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NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, AND WASHINGTON ADVERTISER.
WASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. No. DCCCXXXIX.  FIVE DOLLARS PER ANNUM. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1806. PAID IN ADVANCE.
(By Authority.)
AN ACT For licensing and regulating auctions in the city of Washington. Be it enacted by the First and Second chambers of the city Council of Washington, That no person or persons whatsoever except as hereinafter is excepted, shall after the publication of this act, take upon him her or themselves to sell or expose to sale by way of vendue or auction any goods wares or merchandise within the city of Washington unless such person shall reside within the city, and first receive a licence and shall have given bond to the mayor and council of the said city in the sum of five thousand dollars with two sureties of five thousand dollars each conditioned for his or their honest and due performance of the duties of an auctioneer or vendue master for the term of one year; but the mayor shall not licence more than two auctioneers within any one year. The bond given by an auctioneer shall not become void on the first recovery, but may be put in suit and prosecuted from time to time by and at the costs of any person injured by a breach thereof until the whole penalty shall be recovered.
SEC. 2. Be it enacted. That if any person shall be found selling or disposing of any goods, wares or merchandise within the city of Washington by way of vendue or auction without being licenced and having given security as aforesaid, such person or persons so offending and being thereof lawfully convicted shall for every such offence forfeit and pay the sum of two thousand dollars to be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction, one half to the informer, the other to the use of the corporation.
SEC. 3. Be it enacted. That the auctioneer or auctioneers licenced as aforesaid shall receive all articles, which they shall be required to sell at public auction, and give a receipt for the same, if requested; and in three days after any sale made, shall deliver to the owner or owners of the articles sold, a fair account of the sale, and shall pay the amount of the money received deducting therefrom the fees and commissions hereinafter allowed; that is to say, on the sale of all dry goods five per cent on the amount sold, unless they shall be sold in their original packages, in which case a commission of two and a half per cent only shall be allowed; on the sale of all wet goods, groceries of every description and horses two and a half per cent, upon household goods and furniture five per cent; upon the amount of the sales of all vacant lots, and vessels, the property of one person or of two or more persons jointly, two per cent on the first two hundred dollars, and one per cent on the next one thousand dollars, and if the amount of the sales should exceed fifteen hundred dollars, then one fourth per cent on such excess; and if the said auctioneers shall on the same day, or by adjournment to any other day make sale of more than one vacant or improved lot, or vessel, the property of the same person or persons it shall be considered as one entire sale and a commission allowed thereon agreeable to the rates before stated: and when the said auctioneers shall let ground on a rent for ever, they shall receive a commission on a sum equal to the amount of ten years purchase of such rent. In all cases where any articles shall be actually exposed to sale, which shall not be sold by reason of their not producing the price limited, it shall be lawful for the auctioneers to demand and receive one fourth of the commission on the sum at which such articles shall have been struck off, which they would have been entitled to receive had such articles been actually sold. Provided, That such commission shall not be demanded or received more than three times on the same article. Every auctioneer who shall demand or receive any fees or commission where none are allowed by law, or greater fees or commissions than are so allowed, shall forfeit four times the amount of the fees or commissions so demanded or received; to the use of the person or persons on whom such demand shall be made, or from whom such fees or commissions shall be received.
SEC. 4. Be it enacted. That no auctioneer shall receive storage for any goods, wares or merchandise, put into his hands for sale, except for the following articles, and at the rates herein specified: that is to say, for all wet goods and groceries, and for all pork, beef or fish in barrels or hogsheads, coffee in hogsheads, tiers, barrels or bags, crockery or glass in hogsheads or crates which shall remain undisposed of after having been once exposed to sale; for every hogshead, pipe or crate twenty-five cents per month; for each barrel or bag eight cents per month, and in the same proportion for any larger or smaller quantity, and for any longer or shorter time.
SEC. 5. Be it enacted. That no person licenced as aforesaid shall receive goods for sale of any servant or minor, without the owner's certificate: and every auctioneer before exposing of any real or personal estate to public sale, shall make out in writing and sign and publicly read the conditions of sale, and
every auctioneer shall advertise the articles intended for sale, and the time and place of each sale in one or more newspapers printed within the city, and shall moreover give notice of the same by a crier and the ringing of a bell. No auctioneer shall sell or retail dry goods in lots or parcels of less value than three dollars, or wet goods in lots or parcels of less value than five dollars, or liquors of any kind in less quantity than five dollars, under the penalty of five dollars for every offence, to be recovered, one half to the informer and the other to the use of the corporation.
SEC. 6. Be it enacted. That no auctioneer shall by himself or by any person for his use, purchase any articles sent to him or her for sale, except for his or her consumption. Every auctioneer shall for every offence forfeit and pay five hundred dollars, one half to the use of the person who shall sue for the same; the other half to the use of the Corporation: Provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent any auctioneer from advancing money on goods deposited for sale.
SEC. 7. Be it enacted. That all auctioneers licenced as aforesaid, shall keep a printed copy of this law in some conspicuous place in their auction room, for the inspection of the public; or for such neglect shall forfeit and pay one hundred dollars for the use of the Corporation.
SEC. 8. Be it enacted. That every auctioneer licenced under this act, shall out of the monies arising from each and every sale at auction, return and pay to the city treasurer for the use of the city at the rate of one per cent on the amount of all sales made by him or them, and shall once in every three months on oath or affirmation, account for and pay the same to the treasurer for the use of the city: Provided always that the licence of an auctioneer shall, after the expiration of the first year, be annually let by the Mayor by public advertisement to the highest bidder, on approved security according to the provisions of this act; and the person or persons thereupon licenced shall in manner aforesaid, pay to the treasurer for the use of the city, such further additional rate of per centage on the amount of all sales made by him or them as he or they shall have publicly bidden or offered to pay for the said licence of an auctioneer.
JOHN DEMPSEY, President of the First Chamber of the City Council of Washington. SAMUEL HAMILTON, President of the Second Chamber of the City Council of Washington. APPROVED, Feb. 10, 1806. ROBERT BRENT, Mayor. Test. THOMAS HERTY, Reg.
Report of the committee appointed on the 18th of December last, to whom were referred the report of a select committee, on the letter of Wm. H. Harrison, made the 17th February, 1804: a memorial of the legislative council and House of Representatives of the Indiana territory; and several petitions of sundry inhabitants of the said territory.
REPORT. The committee to whom were referred the report of a select committee, made on 17th February, 1804, on a letter of Wm. Henry Harrison, president of a convention held at Vincennes, in the Indiana territory, declaring the consent of the people of the said territory to a suspension of the 6th art. of compact between the U.S. & the said people; also on a memorial and petition of the inhabitants of the said territory; also on the petition of the legislative council and house of representatives of the said territory; together with the petition of certain purchasers of land, settled and intending to settle on that part of the Indiana territory west of Ohio, and east of the boundary line running from the mouth of Kentucky river; and on two memorials from the inhabitants of Randolph and St. Clair.
REPORT. THAT having attentively considered the facts stated in the said petitions and memorials, they are of opinion that a qualified suspension, for a limited time, of the 6th article of compact between the original states and the people and states west of the river Ohio, would be beneficial to the people of the Indiana territory. The suspension of this article is an object almost universally desired in that territory. It appears to your committee to be a question entirely different from that between slavery and freedom, inasmuch as it would merely occasion the removal of persons, already slaves, from one part of the country to another. The good effects of this suspension, in the present instance, would be to accelerate the population of that territory, hitherto retarded by the operation of that article of compact; as slave holders, emigrating into the western country, might then indulge any preference which they might feel for a settlement in the Indiana territory, instead of seeking, as they are now compelled to do, settlements in other states or countries permitting the introduction of the slaves. The condition of the slaves themselves would be much
ameliorated by it; as it is evident, from experience, that the more they are separate and diffused, the more care and attention are bestowed on them by their masters; each proprietor having it in his power to increase their comforts and conveniences in proportion to the smallness of their numbers. The dangers too (if any are to be apprehended) from too large a black population existing in any one section of country, would certainly be very much diminished, if not entirely removed. But whether dangers are to be feared from this source or not, it is certainly an obvious dictate of sound policy to guard against them, as far as possible. If this danger does exist, or there is any cause to apprehend it, and our western brethren are not only willing, but desirous to aid us in taking precautions against it, would it not be wise to accept their assistance? We should benefit ourselves without injuring them, as their population must always so far exceed any black population which can ever exist in that country, as to render the idea of danger, from that source, chimerical.
Your committee consider the regulation contained in the ordinance for the government of the territory of the U.S. which requires a freehold of fifty acres of land, as a qualification for an elector of the general assembly, as limiting too much the elective franchise. Some restriction, however, being necessary, your committee conceive that a residence continued long enough to evince a determination to become a permanent inhabitant, should entitle a person to the rights of suffrage. This probationary period need not extend beyond twelve months.
The petition of certain settlers in the Indiana territory, praying to be annexed to the state of Ohio, ought not, in the opinion of your committee, to be granted.
It appears to your committee that the division of the Indiana territory, in the manner directed by the ordinance of 1787, and for which the people of Randolph and St. Clair have petitioned your honorable body, would be inexpedient at this time. The people of the two sections have lately entered into the second grade of government, the whole expense of which would fall on the people of one section, if a division was now to be made. This, in the opinion of your committee, would be neither politic nor just. But although a division of the territory appears improper at this time, we think it should be made as soon as the population of either section has increased so far as to entitle them to form a state government. The petition which prays that such a government may be formed, by uniting the two sections, as soon as their inhabitants shall have augmented so far as to authorise it, your committee conceive ought not to be granted. A territory, when once erected into a state, cannot be divided or dismembered, without its own consent. The formation, therefore, of two states out of this territory, originally intended by the ordinance of 1787, could not constitutionally be effected, if the two sections were once permitted to form one state, without the consent of that state, however necessary the extent and population of that territory might render such division.
After attentively considering the various objects desired in the memorials and petitions, the committee respectfully submit to the house the following resolutions:
1st. Resolved , That the 6th article of the ordinance of 1787, which prohibits slavery within the Indiana territory, be suspended for ten years, so as to permit the introduction of slaves, born within the United States, from any of the individual states.
2d. Resolved , That every white free-man of the age of twenty one years, who has resided within the territory twelve months, and within the county in which he claims a vote, six months immediately preceding the election, shall enjoy the rights of an elector of the general assembly.
3d. Resolved , That the petition of certain settlers in the Indiana territory, praying to be annexed to the state of Ohio, ought not to be granted.
4th. Resolved , That it is inexpedient at this time to grant that part of the petition of the people of Randolph and St. Clair, which prays for a division of the Indiana territory.
5th. Resolved , That so much of the petition of the legislative council and house of representatives of the Indiana territory, as prays that the two sections may be united into one state government, ought not to be granted.
The following report has been made to the Senate by the Secretary of State.
The secretary of state, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 2d March last, directing him to lay before the Senate at their present meeting, "such laws of Great Britain, as impose any higher or greater duties on the exportation of goods, wares and merchandise to the United States, than are imposed on similar goods, wares, and merchandise, when exported to the nations of Europe, and also to report the amount in sterling money, of
the exports to the United States from Great Britain and Ireland, for the years 1802, 1803, and 1804, on which such duties are charged," has the honor to transmit herewith a copy of an act of the British parliament, passed on the 7th of May, 1802, entitled "An act for granting to his majesty, certain duties on goods imported into and exported from Great Britain, and on the tonnage of ships and vessels, entering outwards or inwards in any port of Great Britain, to or from foreign ports;" whereby on every hundred pounds of the value of goods, wares, and merchandise, of the growth, produce, or manufacture of Great Britain, (except in special cases) when exported to any part of Europe, or to any port or place within the Straits of Gibraltar, a duty of ten shillings is imposed; but on the same goods, when exported elsewhere (except to countries within the limits of the charters of the East India company) the duty is doubled.
"Another act of parliament, dated on the 4th July, 1803, a copy of which is also herewith transmitted, entitled "An act for granting to his majesty, during the present war, and until the ratification of a definitive treaty of peace, additional duties on the importation and exportation of certain goods, wares, and merchandise, and on the tonnage of ships and vessels in Great Britain," imposes 1 per cent. duty on goods, wares, and merchandise, the growth, produce, or manufacture of Great Britain (with certain exceptions) exported to Europe or the Mediterranean and 3 per cent. upon such goods, wares and merchandise, when exported elsewhere, except to countries within the limits of the charters of the East India company.
"A table exhibiting the amount in sterling money, of the exports from Great Britain to the United States, in the respective years 1802, 1803, and 1804, on which duties under the above mentioned acts of parliament were payable, and the amount of duties so paid, is annexed hereto.
"It must be observed, that as from the mode of collecting ad valorem duties in Great Britain, the merchants generally deem themselves secure in undervaluing their exports, to the amount of about one fifth, the real value of these exports to the United States, exceeds that given in the table by an equal proportion.
"It may also be remarked, that the table does not give the full annual amount of the respective duties of 1 and 3 per cent. in any year except that of 1804; the first mentioned duty not having commenced until the month of May, 1802, nor the other until the month of July, 1803.
"The measures taken for complying with the resolution of the Senate, as far as respects the exports to the United States from Ireland, not having been successful, the secretary of state takes the liberty of annexing a table, shewing the value of goods exported in the years 1802, 1803, and 1804, respectively, from that country, and distinguishing the amount subject to duty; which amount being inconsiderable, a statement of the unfavorable discriminations, if any, against the U. States, becomes of less importance.
All which is respectfully submitted, JAMES MADISON.
Department of State, } Jan. 27, 1806. }
Annexed to this report are the two acts of the British Parliament referred to.
A table of the new and additional duties payable on goods imported into Great Britain, not imported by the East India company.
A table of like goods imported into Great Britain by the East India company.
A table of new and additional duties payable on the exportation of goods from Great Britain.
A table of tonnage duties payable on ships entering outwards or inwards in any port of Great Britain to or from any foreign ports, by which one shilling a ton is imposed on vessels entering outwards or inwards to or from any port in the U. States.
A table of new and additional duties payable on importations into and exportations from Great Britain, and on goods carried coastwise from port to port within Great Britain.
By this table the following duties are imposed on articles imported:
   l. s. d.     Copper unwrought per cwt. 0 4 6   Cotton wool of growth of U. S. or British colonies per 100 lbs. 0 8 4   — of growth of other countries. 0 12 6   Sugar for every 100 l. of duties 20 0 0   All other goods, except tea, wine, and particular descriptions of wood for every 100 l. of duties. 12 10 0  
On articles exported the following duties:
Goods, wares, and merchandise, not being of the growth, produce, or manufacture of G. Britain, for every 100 l. of the
produce and amount of the duties of customs due and payable on the exportation thereof, an additional duty of
Goods, wares, & merchandise, of the growth, produce, or manufacture of Great Britain, (except as hereinafter mentioned) exported to any part of Europe, or to any port or place within the Straits of Gibraltar, for every 1. 100 of the true & real value thereof, an additional duty of
Goods, wares, & merchandise, of the growth, produce, or manufacture of G. Britain (except as hereinafter mentioned,) exported to any port or place whatever, not being in Europe, or within the Straits of Gibraltar, or within the limits of the charters granted to the united company of merchants of England trading to the East Indies, for every 100 l. of the true and real value thereof, an additional duty of
Except,
— Bullion.
— Cotton yarn, or other cotton manufactures, being of the manufacture of G. B.
— Sugar refined, in leaf complete and whole, or lump duly refined, and all refined sugar called bastard, and ground or powdered sugar, & refined leaf sugar broke in pieces, and all sugar called candy & molasses.
Any sort of craft, food, victuals, cloathing or implements, or materials fit & necessary for the British fisheries, established in the island of Newfoundland, or in any of his majesty's colonies, islands, or plantations in N. America, exported from G. Britain to the said colonies, islands, or plantations.
Goods, wares, or merchandise exported from Great Britain to the isle of Man, by virtue and under the authority of any licence which the commissioners of his majesty's customs in England or Scotland, or any three or more of them respectively, are or may be by law authorised and empowered to grant.
Military stores exported by the united company of merchants of England trading to the East Indies.
A table of new and additional duties payable on goods imported by the East India company.
A table of new and additional tonnage duties, payable on ships entering inwards or outwards in any port of G. Britain from or to foreign ports; by which it appears that one shilling sterling is imposed upon every ton of ships from the United States.
An account of the value, estimated at the current market price, of goods, the growth or manufacture of Ireland, exported to the United States of America, in the last three years in Irish currency.
By this account it appears that the amount of goods thus exported was for the year 1803, 1. 124,713 for 1804, 221,446 for 1805, 239,953
An account of the exports from Great Britain to the United States, subject to the one per cent. duty of the 4th of Geo. III. and to the 3 per cent. duty of the 43rd of Geo. III. in the years 1802, 1803, and 1804, with the amount of duty so paid.
   Value of Goods. Duties.     In 1802, 1. 2,026,000 20,466   1803, 3,530,800 75,504   1804, 3,121,900 124,365  

THURSDAY, FEB. 13.
BRITISH AGGRESSIONS.
Debate on the second resolution reported by a select committee, as given in our last.
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Dr. MITCHELL said he hoped the resolution would be adopted in its full extent. On this subject he differed wholly from the honorable gentleman from Vermont (Mr. Israel Smith.)
As the proposition recommended to the Senate by the select committee was now before them in its most broad and extensive sense, he should apply his remarks to the principle, rather than to the form of the resolution under debate.
Toward the end of 1803, more than half the articles of the treaty between our government and that of Great Britain had ceased. Since that event commercial intercourse had been carried on by the two nations, under their respective laws, without any convention or pact between them. Inconveniences had been experienced in various ways from that time to the present. An attempt indeed had been made two years ago to remove a considerable part of them by a repeal of the countervailing duties; but that effort not corresponding with the feelings of the nation, had been relinquished.
The war which was rekindled in Europe soon after the expiration of the temporary articles of the treaty had embarrassed the commerce of the great maritime powers, and thrown into the hands of neutrals an extraordinary proportion of the colonial and carrying trade. The citizens of the United States among others, had profited by the opportunity, and engaged extensively in this neutral commerce. But it had been the policy of Great Britain, the strongest maritime nation among the belligerents, to interrupt this intercourse of neutrals, with the colonies of her enemies, as if they had been her own colonies. A series of outrageous proceedings had been the result; such as had excited the most lively indignation against them from Maine to Georgia, and roused the nation with one voice to resist and repel them.
Dr. M. said he would enumerate a few of these injurious principles and acts. The great and fundamental regulation, which served as a ground work for a principal part of the rest, was, that a commerce allowed to neutrals by belligerents, during and on account of the war, ought to be prohibited. The assumption of such a rule, in contradiction of all the practices, acknowledgments and treaties among civilized nations, was a dangerous innovation upon their public law. It was however followed by another declaration of theirs, equally unfounded in truth and reason, and this was that as the adherence to the principle was rightfully in them, they might relax from the observance of it when they pleased; and that such relaxations were always acts of favour and grace to neutrals.
Another of the extravagant consequences of this doctrine was, that the belligerent might inquire into the intention of the neutral, as to colonial produce exported from his own country under drawback, and if he would not prove to the satisfaction of the prize court, that such produce was originally imported into the neutral country for consumption there, without the design of sending it abroad once more, the ship and cargo should be condemned: thus declaring that two distinct commercial operations, were one and the same continued voyage.
So it has been pretended and insisted by them that a vessel which has escaped their vigilance on a voyage from the neutral to the belligerent port, and has begun her return voyage loaded with the productions (not contraband) of the latter country in exchange for the cargo carried thither, may be captured and condemned under an allegation that such outward cargo was the produce of an enemy's colony. By this means, the certificate of origin as to French produce, was made the evidence on which the condemnation was grounded in a British court.
The catalogue of grievances, he said, was long and odious: but he would mention the oppressive manner in which the British exercised the right of search, the unjustifiable impressment of seamen wherever they pleased to take them, and their arbitrary proceedings relative to blockaded ports, as tending to wound the feelings of individuals, to excite national irritation, and to revive those sentiments of animosity and hatred which had been dying away ever since the revolutionary war: and but for these renewed acts of hostility would have risen no more.
With all these difficulties in view, stated and reiterated from all the commercial cities of the nation, the proposition now under consideration, had been reported. It was in the nature of an admission to the President, to make a further effort to accommodate these differences in a just and amicable way. The resolve which passed the Senate unanimously yesterday, comprehended a total denial of the interpolated maxims, and the conduct which they authorised. The resolution now before the Senate was a corollary from the other. It sprang from the former as a natural inference. The two were so intimately connected, that he considered the adoption of the former as a favourable prelude to the reception of this. And having declared that unprovoked aggressions had been made upon the persons and properties of our citizens, there was an evident propriety in endeavoring to negotiate on the subject, and settle the differences by fair discussion.
But an objection had been made, that the Senate was about to proffer advice to the President of the United States. The resolution certainly was written for that purpose, and in this there was the strictest propriety. For by the constitution, this body is the council of that high executive officer. In questions touching our foreign relations, the Senators are declared by the supreme law of the land to be the President's counsellors. In urgent and arduous cases it was not only allowable for them to exercise this right, but it was their duty to do so. By such a measure, there was no reflection on the chief magistrate; for it was well known he had vigilantly and correctly done his duty. He had left nothing untried that was in his power. Now, however, when another effort was to be made, he believed the President, though firm in the performance of the important trusts reposed in him, would be comforted and strengthened by the approving voice of his constitutional advisers. With this resolution in his hand, he would speak to a foreign nation in a bolder tone, and employ the energetic language of his united fellow citizens.
Dr. M. did not think with the gentleman who preceded him, that the adoption of the proposition would be productive of discord; but on the contrary would have a happy tendency to promote harmony, by a candid and patriotic communication of sentiments between these two important organs of the government.
Of the three resolutions reported by the select committee, the second, which was the one under consideration, was solely of an executive nature. The two others, to wit: the first which had passed without a dissenting voice, and the third which remained to be acted upon, were of a legislative complexion. Together they constituted a series of measures adapted to the present exigencies of the nation. The first declared the wrongs done us; the second proposed to settle the dispute to which these wrongs gave rise, by equitable arrangement or treaty; and the third proposed, in case no settlement could be obtained upon just and honorable terms, to diminish our intercourse with a nation whose administration was so unjust and inflexible. There was another step which might have been the subject of a fourth resolution, and that was war. For his part, he believed the acts of the cruisers and courts of his Britannic majesty were directly and openly hostile; and it was only necessary for us to consider them so, to make ourselves a party in the strife among the nations. Although the provocation was sufficient to justify us in a declaration of war, Dr. M. said he would at present prefer a different policy. He would in the first place make another overture of civility; and if that did not succeed, our connection could be discontinued. If after that, it should be necessary to put ourselves in hostile array, he knew there was courage enough in the nation to make an enemy, now as heretofore, tremble on approaching our shores.
Viewing the subject in this manner, and conceiving the proposition as one of a catenation of measures on a subject of great national importance and uncommon public solicitude, he was earnest in his hope that it would be carried, like the preceding one, not by a mere majority, but by an unanimous vote.
MR. BAYARD.—MR. President, If there be any objection to the resolution now before us, it is that it shields the executive government from that responsibility as to its measures which properly ought to attach to it. The duty prescribed by the resolution is of an executive nature, and the President is charged with the care of those interests for which the resolution provides. By prescribing a course of conduct to the executive, we release that branch of government from responsibility as to the event, and take it upon ourselves. But, sir, tho' I feel this objection, yet at the present moment it is outweighed by other considerations. The state of our public affairs is critical, and at such a time I think it becomes every branch and member of the government to co-operate with cordiality and zeal in support of each other, and to strive to do more rather than less than their respective duty.
The design of this resolution, sir, presents itself to my mind in a very different point of view from that in which it appears to the gentleman from Vermont (Mr. Smith.) That honorable member is opposed to it because he thinks it gives just cause of offence to the President. That we prescribe to the President a duty which he ought certainly to perform without our injunction, and of consequence we betray doubts that he will do what belongs to his office without our interference. For my part, sir, I do not consider the resolution as intended in any degree for the President, but as designed for the British government. I suppose without the resolution the President would take the course which it marks out. But we intend to manifest by it, that it is not simply the opinion of the President that specific redress should be granted for the wrongs we have suffered, but that it is the concurrent sense of this branch of the government, that such redress should be insisted on. I do not mean that we should be considered as offering an empty menace to the British cabinet, but a demonstration of the union of different branches of our government in demanding satisfaction for the wrongs done us. Foreign governments calculate much on our divisions, our union will disappoint those calculations.
It has been objected by the gentleman from Vermont, that it is improper to pass the resolution, because it is not the ground of any legislative proceeding. The gentleman is too late in making this objection. He has voted for
the first resolution which less than the present is the basis of a legislative act. At present it is designed only as the declaration of our opinion as to the conduct of a foreign nation. But I am not disposed to admit that these resolutions may not become the ground of a legislative act. It belongs to Congress to declare war, and when I give my assent to these resolutions, I consider myself as pledged to vote for war; if redress is not granted to us. In adopting the first resolution, we have gone too far to recede. We have declared that unprovoked aggressions have been committed on the property of our citizens—that our neutral rights have been violated and our national independence trespassed upon. This unanimous declaration is recorded in your journals; & can we hesitate whether we will bear the wrongs and affronts put upon us, or hazard the peril of a war? Can we, sir, after the declaration which we have made sit quietly down and console ourselves with the meek virtue of suffering with forbearance? For what purpose have gentlemen agreed to the first resolution? To shew the world we knew the extent of our injuries, yet from indulgence or dread we meant they should pass unredressed and unavenged.
I hope, sir, it will not be thought that I wish for war, or would, without adequate cause, plunge the nation into it. I am contending only that we must learn to insist upon our national rights, or by and by none will belong to us. We must learn to defend our honor as a people, or soon we shall be without national character. We are best protected against war when it is known that we are ready to meet it. Let the nations of Europe know that a love of ease, a dread of disasters, or an apprehension of privations, chain you to a state of peace, and they will drain your treasury of its last cent, and make you drink the dregs of humiliation.
I hope the government will never go to war without a just and sufficient cause. But when that cause does exist, I hope they will not be appalled by the dangers or calamities of war. The resolution before us is not, however, a declaration of war. We have stated in the first resolution the wrongs we have suffered, we here state the redress we expect. I do not consider that the resolution enjoins on the President any particular mode of negotiation, or to demand any specific satisfaction. But it requires something substantial, direct satisfaction or equivalent indemnity, & some assurance of future security.
I am in favor of the resolution because I think it will facilitate the negotiations of the President. When it is seen that we are united in insisting upon our rights, that rather than abandon them we are resolved to encounter any alternative; it must create impression and serious reflection abroad. The resolutions justify the President in speaking in a manly tone to the British government, in holding a language worthy of a great and free people, and I therefore give them my cordial support.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The following remarks of Mr. D. R. WILLIAMS on taking into consideration the bill imposing a tax on slaves imported into the U. States ought to have been given in the sketch some time since published.
MR. D. R. WILLIAMS hoped the committee would not have leave to sit again. If the object of bringing forward this business was to give gentlemen an opportunity to vent their spleen against the state of S. Carolina, they had enjoyed it, when they had painted her conduct in the most odious and detestable colors their ingenuity could invent; when they had cast on that community, in a most unmanly manner, all the opprobrium applicable to an inhabitant of Newgate; and had applied to a whole community what they dare not apply to a single individual of it. S. Carolina deserved a far different character from that given her by those gentlemen who had taken upon themselves the task of abuse. Setting aside this one blot, he would call upon gentlemen to compare notes. There was not a state in the union which had appropriated so much money for objects of munificence and improvement, for the encouragement of literature, for the promotion of internal navigation, for the maintenance of the poor. Was South Carolina backward in the revolutionary contest, or deficient in the number of her patriots or statesmen? There sits the descendant of as brave an officer as ever lived, and in the other branch of the legislature, is to be seen a man who may be called the hero of liberty; a man who in the worst of times did not despair of the republic. And are we now to be anathematized as depraved and abandoned? There is another reason for not giving leave to the committee to sit again. Some gentlemen seem determined to plunge us in a war whether we will or not. Is this a proper time to destroy the harmony that subsists among the different members of this confederacy? Shall the man spend time in adjusting the tie of his cravat, when the hangman's noose is at his neck? Shall we be engaged in our little divisions when the enemy is at our door? As a pledge of harmony and conciliation, I hope the committee will be refused leave to sit again.
MR. SPALDING on the 12th instant, presented the following report:—The committee to whom was referred the memorial of the legislature of the state of Georgia, respecting disputed limits between that state and the state of North-Carolina, having taken into consideration the matter of the said memorial, as well as such information as the documents attached
ed to the memorial and former reports made to this House, beg leave to submit the following
REPORT:
Between the latitude of 33 deg. N. which is the southern boundary claimed by N. Carolina, and the northern boundary of Georgia, as settled by a convention between that state and S. Carolina, intervenes a tract of country supposed to be about 12 miles wide from north to south, and extending in length from the western boundary of Georgia, at Nicajack, on the Tennessee, to her north-eastern limits, on the Tugaloo. This tract was consequently within the limits of S. Carolina; and in the year 1787, it was ceded to the United States, who accepted the cession. This territory remained in possession of the United States until 1802, when it was ceded to the state of Georgia. From the most correct information relative to the said territory, it appears that it is inhabited by about 800 souls, and to adopt the words of a former report, it is not shown at what period they made the settlement; nor had they any titles to the land on which they settled and made improvements. No such title indeed could have been created, as those lands remained within the boundary of the Cherokees until the year '98, when a part of this territory was purchased by a treaty held at Tellico. It does not appear that the lines that bound the tract of land in question, and divide it from Carolina, have ever been established by public authority.
After the transfer of this territory by the U. S. to Georgia, the legislature of that state, in compliance with the earnest request of those self governed people, praying that they might be allowed to participate in the civil rights, enjoyed in common by the people of the U. S. passed an act in the year 1805, to organise the inhabited part of the territory, and to form it into a county; authorising at the same time, the governor to appoint commissioners, to meet such commissioners as should be appointed by the government of N. Carolina, to ascertain, and plainly mark, the line dividing this territory from North Carolina. The governor of North Carolina expressed a readiness to accede to the proposition, under the provisions of a former act of the legislature of that state, but clogged with a condition which the legislature of North Carolina refused to depart from, and which the legislature of Georgia refused to accede to. Her reason may be found in a letter from general Pickens, of the state of South Carolina, attached to a report made to this House respecting that territory, while the property of the United States. The letter states, that before the people now inhabiting that territory settled on the lands, it was surveyed and grants obtained for most part of it from the state of North Carolina, and probably by men who cared little whether the land was within the Indian claim or the limits of South Carolina. Your committee conceive that they have no right to enter into the feelings of either of the parties, or to pronounce upon the justice of the condition made by North Carolina on the one part, or its rejection by Georgia on the other, and have therefore confined their attention to that part of the memorial which calls upon congress to define and mark out the thirty-fifth degree of latitude, the line which North Carolina admits to bound her state, upon the south and north of which Georgia can have no claim of territory. Your committee, after giving to this point the most deliberate consideration, are of opinion, that the United States are bound in good faith, to use their friendly offices with the state of North Carolina, for obtaining an amicable adjustment of the limits of the territory, which they have transferred to Georgia in all parts where such limits may be disputed.
Your committee therefore beg leave to offer the following resolution:
Resolved, That the President of the United States be authorised to appoint a commissioner, to meet such commissioners as may be appointed by the states of North Carolina and Georgia, for the purpose of ascertaining and running the line which divides the territory transferred by the United States to Georgia, from North Carolina.
IRON WORKS
ON POTOMAC.
The Subscriber has for Sale or Rent, a good seat for a Furnace upon the North Branch of Potomac in Hampshire county, with plenty of ore already investigated at considerable expence and found to be good, a constant and sufficient stream with upwards of 30 feet fall, and the wood of more than 9000 acres of well timbered land; enough of which is arable to form a complete establishment. Connected with this may also be rented the forge built by Mr. John Potts at the Great Falls of Potomac, now the property of the subscriber. It is conceived that these two seats are particularly worthy of the notice of Iron Masters of capital; as they are fully adequate to the supply of iron, in its various forms, to an extensive country, having great demand for that article, both above and below the Blue Ridge. The Hampshire property is free from every incumbrance, and the payment of a very few thousand dollars due to the proprietor of the fee simple at the Great Falls (my lease of which is for upwards of 900 years at a low rent) for rents in arrears prior to my purchase, will render this property clear; and afford a complete establishment for all the various manufactures of iron, as well as for mills, with a convenient farm, &c. &c.
I have seats equally eligible (if not superior) for furnace and forge, upon the river Shenandoah in this county, with ore, wood, and water, all convenient and abundant: which may be rented for a long term of years, with rich farming land attached thereto.
FERDINANDO FAIRFAX, Charles town, Jefferson Co. Virg. November 16—wtf
WASHINGTON CITY.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
FRIDAY, FEB. 21.
The bill for increasing the salaries of the Judges of the territory of Orleans was read the third time, and rejected. Yeas 45—Nays 68.
The bill for the relief of Philip Nicklin and R. E. Griffith was read the third time and passed—Yeas 69—Nays 40.
Mr. Jackson observed that the House having decided against augmenting the salaries of the Judges of the territory of Orleans, in consequence, probably, of the idea that a general review of the salaries of the judges of the several territories of the U. S. should be previously made, he would in correspondence with that impression, offer the following resolution:
Resolved, That the committee of Ways and Means be instructed to enquire into the expediency of increasing the salaries of the officers of the territories of the United States, and of the district of Columbia, or any of them, and that they be authorised to report by bill or otherwise.
On the question to take this motion into consideration, the House divided—Ayes 23.
The bill authorising the sale of a lot of land in the town of Cincinnati, and state of Ohio, was read a third time and passed.
The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, enclosing an annual statement of the district tonnage of the U. S.
A bill was received from the Senate, to suspend the commercial intercourse between the U. S. and certain parts of the island of St. Domingo.
This bill prohibits all commercial intercourse between citizens or inhabitants of the U. S. and any part of the island of St. Domingo not in the possession and under the acknowledged government of France; in violation of this provision, the vessel and cargo are to be forfeited. It is limited to one year, and the President is authorised at any intermediate time to take off the restraints and prohibitions.
Referred to a committee of the whole on Monday.
Mr. Gregg, agreeably to notice given yesterday, called for the order of the day, on a resolution, offered by him on the 6th day of December, for the repeal of so much of an act of Congress, regulating the grants of land, and providing for the disposal of the lands of the U. S. south of the state of Tennessee, as appropriates any portion thereof to the satisfaction of claims under certain acts of Georgia.
Mr. Meriwether moved a postponement till Monday.
Mr. Epes moved a postponement till the second Monday of March. He said every member knew his sentiments on this subject. He was in favor of the proposition of the gentleman from Pennsylvania. But, while so many interesting subjects, in which the national welfare was directly involved, remained unacted upon, he did think that every thing calculated to disturb the harmony of the House ought to be withheld from consideration; that no unpleasant circumstances, or division of opinion on subordinate points, should prevent the concurrence of men of all parties in the adoption of measures called for by the interesting crisis of our affairs.
Mr. Gregg did not know on what ground gentleman inferred that this proposition was calculated to cause mere division among the members of the House, than any other proposition which might be offered. It was a plain and simple question, whether it was not best, under all the circumstances of the case, to repeal the law making an appropriation for satisfying the claims under the act proposed to be repealed; that Congress might thus forever be done with the subject. Mr. G. said he had forbore calling up this resolution for the reasons assigned by the gentleman from Virginia. Though he considered the subject important, and that it behoved the legislature to decide upon it at an early day, he had thought it most advisable not to call it up till the great national business before the House were attended to. This last business had been unexpectedly to him delayed from time to time; and he thought it probable that the resolution, under consideration, could be acted upon, before the House were prepared to act on the national business. He regretted that the subject of our differences with one of the belligerent nations had not before this time been acted on. He had laid a resolution on the table on this subject four weeks ago. But it had been delayed by a call of various treasury statements; which he regretted having consented to ask, as, in his opinion, they had no bearing on the subject.
Mr. Jackson rose to move a postponement indefinitely.
Mr. Leib said as this motion involved a decision of the main question he would call for the taking of the Yeas and Nays.
Mr. Thomas hoped the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Jackson) would withdraw his motion, as, from its going to reject the resolution, it would produce all the remarks which would arise from a direct discussion of it. For the reasons which had been urged by the gentleman from Virginia, (Mr. Epes) who had first spoke, which he considered very cogent; and as the subject of compromise was progressing, and might be settled before the second Monday of March, he hoped the motion for an indefinite postponement would be withdrawn, and that for a postponement to the second Monday of March prevail.

Mr. Jackson said, if he viewed the subject in the same light with the gentleman who had just spoken, he would agree to withdraw his motion. He could, however, never make principle bend to expediency. Principle had heretofore governed his vote, and should still continue to govern it. Even on the ground of expediency, he doubted the propriety of adopting the resolution. It was known there was another subject connected with it, before the legislature. If that should be decided in the negative, it might be proper to agree to this resolution. As there was a probability that that subject would come before the House, he did not wish to bring the subject twice before them in one session. Its discussion had heretofore excited all the malignant passions of the human heart, and it was well calculated to disturb that harmony which ought assiduously to be cherished when they were on the eve of entering on business of the deepest national interest.
Mr. J. said he wished the subject could be avoided altogether. He was heartily sick of it, and wished to get rid of it for ever. But he thought it most proper that the question of compromise should first be decided. If that were negatived, the course pointed out by the resolution of the gentleman from Pennsylvania might be necessary.
Mr. Alston hoped the motion for an indefinite postponement would not prevail. He said that though his sentiments were not changed on this subject, and though they were the same now they ever had been, he did believe the tranquility of the nation depended much on the decision of this question, and the meeting it fairly and fully. He hoped this would take place this session; but with his friend from Virginia, he hoped the subject would not now be taken up. He thought that the other question, relative to a compromise of claims, should be previously discussed. If the question of compromise should not be agreed to, he would agree to that course which would prevent the subject from ever being agitated within these walls, by transferring it entirely to the judiciary tribunals of the country. He would rather make a voluntary return of the whole territory to Georgia than suffer the subject to remain in its present state. Should the compromise be not agreed to, he would in proper time lay a proposition to this effect before the House. He thought the interest of the nation required the getting rid of the subject in this way.
Mr. Jackson withdrew his motion. He said his object could be effected by postponing the resolution from time to time, till the question of compromise should be first decided. He was indeed willing that both questions should be decided at the same time.
Mr. Clark was really concerned his colleague had made this motion. The resolution of the gentleman from Pennsylvania had been before them two months, and not a single step taken respecting it, and now we are told we are not to act upon it till a proposition, not even before us, shall be decided upon. Whatever may be before the other branch of the legislature, we are not at liberty to argue upon it. What prospect then is there to get at this subject, when gentlemen say their object is to postpone it from time to time, till a proposition in its embryo shall be decided upon? If the subject were really considered as composed of such inflammable materials as some gentlemen think, the sooner it is decided the better. Mr. C. said he was ready to go at once into the discussion, and he thought the hotter the battle, the earlier would be the peace that followed it. He was ready to repeal the law, which in the opinion of some gentlemen, gave a sanction to claims founded in fraud and corruption.
Mr. Gregg said he had no objection to the postponement moved by the gentleman from Virginia, provided they could get at the business contemplated by him. But if this could not be done, he was rather for going into a consideration of the resolution. As to the proposition of compromise, he knew nothing of it. No proposition of this kind had been received by the House from the claimants. To postpone therefore this resolution for a business they knew nothing about, was very extraordinary. If he were satisfied they could get at this business within the time mentioned, he would be content to let it rest for the present. But as that was uncertain, he hoped the resolution would not prevail.
Mr. G. W. Campbell hoped the motion to postpone would prevail. Business of much more importance claimed a prior attention. He conceived that the resolution, when investigated, would be found to contain a very curious principle, which the House would not be likely to adopt. It went not merely to decide on the rights of others, but to strip them of the right of deciding upon those rights. He should be against deciding on the resolution until they had previously decided the question of compromise. As he did not think it necessary, before this decision was made, to deprive themselves of the power of allowing claims which might be brought before them. The postponement would leave an opening to Congress to act on these claims as they may see fit. For this reason, and in order that business of greater moment might be taken up in the first instance, he should be in favor of the postponement.
The question was then taken on the postponement, until the 2nd Monday of March, and carried—Ayes 73—Nays 39.
Mr. Nicholson, from the committee of ways and means, in the absence of the chairman, reported a bill making appropriation for the support of government for the year 1806, which was re-
ferred to a committee of the whole on Monday.
The House resolved itself into a committee of the whole—Mr. GREGG in the chair—on the bill from the Senate providing for the payment of the witnesses on the trial of Samuel Chase.
Mr. John C. Smith gave a history of the fate of a similar bill at the close of the last session, and advocated its adoption.
Mr. Macon moved to amend the bill by limiting the payment of witnesses to those summoned on the part of the United States.
On this motion a debate arose, which occupied the remaining part of the sitting; in which Messrs. Macon and Nicholson supported; and Messrs. Alston, Jackson, and Early opposed the amendment.
When, on motion of Mr. Smith, the committee rose and obtained leave to sit again.
The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the letter addressed by William Lambert, to the Speaker.
REPORT— The applicant requests the payment of his salary as principal Clerk in the office of Clerk of this House, from 1st October to 1st December, 1805, inclusive, which he complains is unjustly withheld from him.
Without considering whether the present applicant performed with fidelity, the duties of his place, it is sufficient to observe, that from evidence before the committee, it appears he was not removed from office until the commencement of the present session. As the claim is clearly cognizable by the Accounting officers of the Treasury, there can be no necessity at this time of any legislative interference.
Your committee are, therefore, of opinion, that it is not expedient for the House to take any order on the letter of William Lambert, addressed to their Speaker.
Considered and agreed to by the House, February 14th, 1806.
SENATE UNITED STATES. THURSDAY FEB. 3. Additional Provision for the sick and disabled American seamen.
The following memorial from the governors of the Hospital, in the city of New-York, was presented to the Senate, by Mr. MITCHELL; it exhibits the suffering condition of sick and disabled American seamen, in our own ports, owing to a deficiency of the peculiar application of the fund intended for their relief.
TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED.
The Governors of the Hospital in the city of New-York,
RESPECTFULLY SHEW— That for several years past, the sick and disabled seamen, in the port of New-York, have been received into the Hospital under their care. That for the board, nursing, medicine & attendance of such seamen, a sum has been agreed upon, between your memorialists and the collector of the port of New-York, which has been regularly paid, and is considerably less than what is charged in other states for the same object.
This arrangement, your memorialists believe, has been eminently beneficial to the seamen, & attended with the greatest economy of the funds destined for their support.
That your memorialists have expended very considerable sums of money in making additions and improvements to the buildings and grounds of the Hospital, so as to afford ample and convenient accommodations for the sick and disabled. That the collector of the port of New-York, acting under the direction of the secretary of the treasury of the U. S. has, since the beginning of July, one thousand eight hundred and four, limited the number of seamen to be admitted into the Hospital, on account of the U. S. to seventy-five at any one time.
In consequence of the very great and increasing commerce and navigation of the port of New-York, a larger number of seamen have applied for admission into the Hospital; and the governors considering that these unfortunate persons, having paid their Hospital money to the U. S. were entitled to public support, and if rejected, would be thrown upon the charity of their fellow citizens, have never refused to admit any of them, when they appeared proper objects, though exceeding the number limited by the collector. They conceived it a duty which they owed to humanity, to impart to such seamen the benefits of their infirmary, in the same manner as if they were paid for by the U. S. In consequence of this, there is now due to your memorialists, for the board, nursing, medicine and attendance of American seamen, over and above the number paid for by the collector, the sum of eleven hundred & ninety-two dollars, & twenty-nine cents, up to the 3rd inst. as will appear from the annexed accounts, marked A, and B, and which your memorialists request may be reimbursed to them, in such manner as Congress may think proper to direct.
But your memorialists, however willing they may be to extend the benefits of this hospital to all American seamen, yet, in consequence of the progressive increase of the number, find that their funds will not allow them to do so; yet they are sensible that if those who apply beyond the number limited by the collector should be refused admission, many deserving individuals might degenerate into beggars or paupers, or be liable to perish in the streets. To provide against the necessity of a measure that might be considered not only as unfeel-
ing, but unjust in regard to a very useful class of men; your memorialists appeal to the wisdom and justice of Congress.
From the relative position of the port of New-York, a very large part of the navigation and foreign commerce of the adjacent states centers in this place, and a great number of seamen belonging to other states are of course received into the hospital.
If the monies now collected from American seamen, cannot be so applied as to produce an adequate sum to support all those admitted in the New-York Hospital, your memorialists request, that an additional monthly sum may be collected from each seaman, in the manner specified in the acts of Congress, passed July 16, 1798, and March 2, 1799, or that such other provision should be made for the support of all the sick and disabled seamen admitted into this hospital, as Congress may think most fit and reasonable.
All which is respectfully submitted. (Signed) M. CLARKSON, Pres. New-York, 30th Jan. 1806.
Read and referred to a select committee consisting of Dr. Mitchell, Mr. Adams and Gen. Smith, of Md.
Raleigh, Feb. 17. We are sorry to state that we have just heard that a dreadful fire took place in Wilmington on Monday night last, by which two whole squares, comprising nearly one half the town, were burnt to the ground. We understand that the fire commenced in a bake house; the printing-office was not burnt, but the confusion and distress was so great that no paper was issued as usual, consequently we have heard no particulars.
EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM A GENTLEMEN AT FORT ST. STEPHENS (MISS. TER.) TO HIS FRIEND IN THIS PLACE, DATED DEC. 6TH. 1805.
GOVERNOR CLAIBORNE has sent Mr. Graham, to governor Folk at Pensacola, to remonstrate on the subject of Spanish duties at Mobile. Mr. Graham, in a letter from Pensacola, dated a few days since, says "that governor Folk, agrees to suspend the order for the payment of duties at Mobile, upon receiving official assurance that no duties shall be demanded at Orleans, on goods destined for Baton Rouge; but that he will admit of no other terms."
Mr. Graham has written to the government of the U. S. on the subject—but we are entirely, at a loss to conjecture what will be the result.
"Had Spain a right to the country between the thirty-first degree of latitude, and the island of Orleans; there can be no doubt but that it would be just, and consistent with the spirit of our treaties with that power, that Spanish subjects passing up and down the Mississippi, with property destined to or coming from their country, and not intended to be landed in the United States, should not be burthened with duties to the American government. But I much doubt whether the government will think it expedient indirectly to sanction the Spanish claim to Eastern-Louisiana, by entering into a stipulation which, though it does not expressly recognise their right,—cannot be founded on any other principle but that they are lawfully possessors of the country which they occupy. The determination is all important to the people residing on the waters of the Mobile, but I am satisfied that they do not wish to see the just pretensions of the nation to Eastern-Louisiana,—at all weakened by any arrangements which might contribute to their immediate benefit."
"The British continue to harass the trade to Pensacola. We have lately heard a good deal of heavy firing, and thought that they might possibly be paying a visit to our neighbors at Mobile: but accounts from that place just received, informs, that it was only some Spanish vessels firing salutes in the bay."
"We have had a large concourse of Indians at this place for a week past, upwards of a thousand I suppose, who have come down to receive their annual presents. Some of them are highly dissatisfied with the treaty:—but the new chief Pushmattalioy, a man of great eloquence and energy of mind, gave them a firm and undaunted talk,—and put his opponents at defiance. These men were formerly much in honor with the late Spanish government here—and are mortified with the popularity and influence of the new chief, who has, however, the general countenance of the Choctaw nation, as well as of the U. S. agents."
New-York, Feb. 20. Capt. Bartlett, from Kingston, informs us, that a few days previous to his sailing a British frigate arrived there with intelligence of a French fleet of 17 sail of the line having been seen standing to the westward. The inhabitants of Jamaica were much alarmed at this report; and the government immediately ordered two of their largest vessels of war to be hauled into the channel way abreast of Port Royal harbor.
To be Sold, Or EXCHANGED for other property in the City, or its vicinity.
TWO valuable and contiguous TRACTS of LAND in the state of Kentucky, the one containing 6880 acres, and the other 6252 acres, by late re-survey. They are under old and indisputable titles of more than twenty years, and situate in a populous county, adjoining flourishing settlements. All taxes thereon have been duly paid. Apply to the subscriber,
JOHN BECKLEY. City of Washington, Feb. 14—wtf
By AUTHORITY.
AN ACT Making a further appropriation for the support of a library.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in addition to the unexpended balance of the former appropriation made to purchase books for the use of Congress, which is hereby revived and continued, there shall be appropriated the sum of one thousand dollars yearly, for the term of five years; to be paid out of any monies in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated, and expended under the direction of a joint committee, to consist of three members of the Senate, and three members of the House of Representatives, to be appointed every session of Congress, during the continuance of this appropriation.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEO: CLINTON, Vice-President of the United States & President of the Senate. Feb. 21, 1806. APPROVED TH: JEFFERSON.
AN ACT To repeal in part the fourth section of an act, entitled "an Act to authorise a grant of lands to the French inhabitants of Gallipoli; and for other purposes therein mentioned."
BE it enacted by the Senate & House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That so much of the fourth section of an act, entitled "an Act to authorise a grant of lands to the French inhabitants of Gallipoli; and for other purposes therein mentioned," as imposes the condition of an actual settlement on the said inhabitants, or any of them, their heirs or assigns, be, and the same is hereby repealed. And in every case where a patent has issued, in conformity with the said fourth section, to any of the inhabitants aforesaid, their heirs or assigns, the conditions aforesaid, inserted in any such patent, shall be considered null and void; and the fee simple be vested to all intents and purposes, in the person to whom such patent has been issued, his or her heirs or assigns.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEO: CLINTON, Vice-President of the United States & President of the Senate. Feb. 21, 1806. APPROVED TH: JEFFERSON.
AN ACT For the relief of the governor, secretary and judges of the late territory of the United States, north west of the river Ohio.
BE it enacted by the Senate & House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting officers of the treasury be, and they hereby are authorised and directed to settle, at the rate of compensation heretofore established, the accounts of the governor, secretary and judges of the late territory of the United States, north west of the river Ohio, for their services while acting in those capacities, respectively, at any time between the twenty-ninth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and two, and the first Tuesday of March, one thousand eight hundred and three.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEO: CLINTON, Vice-President of the United States & President of the Senate. Feb. 21, 1806. APPROVED TH: JEFFERSON.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
WILL be sold on Saturday the 1st day of March next precisely at 12 o'clock one 2 story Brick House, 16 feet front, 28 feet back, two rooms below and two above with an extensive bake oven adjoining the same, fronting on 7th street near the Navy Yard. The terms of sale one fourth of the purchase money in cash, one fourth in 90 days, one fourth in six months and one in twelve months. Also two feather beds, some chairs, tables, and a variety of other articles too tedious to mention.
NICH. L. QUEEN, Auctioneer. Feb. 24—3t
This is to give notice that the Subscriber hath obtained from the Orphans Court of Prince George's county in Maryland letters of administration on the personal estate of George Hutton late of said county, deceased. All persons having claims against the said deceased are hereby warned to exhibit the same with the vouchers thereof, to the subscriber at or before the 11th day of August next, they may otherwise by law be excluded from all benefit of the said estate.
Given under my hand this 11th day of February 1806. BASIL HATTON, Admr. Prince George's county near Piscataway, Feb. 24—7t
FOR SALE,
A Handsome two story BRICK HOUSE, 22 feet front by 34 feet back, with a kitchen stable and carriage house, its situation for a public or private dwelling is superior to any house near the Navy Yard, it commands a perfect view of the Yard and shipping and is now rented for 30 dollars per annum. I will also sell a valuable unimproved Lot near the premises in sq. 881—Young negroes will be taken in part payment. For terms apply to the subscriber living near the Navy Yard, or to Mr. Samuel McIntire.
NICHOLAS VOSS. Washington, Feb. 14—wtf
Subscribers in arrears are respectfully requested immediately to transmit their dues. They will otherwise impose upon the Editor the disagreeable necessity of discontinuing their papers at this interesting period.
CITY LOTS FOR SALE.
THE undermentioned Lots of ground are offered for sale, either separate or by squares, on liberal terms either for cash or on credit—they are all free from mortgage or incumbrance, and are subject to no litigation or contest, as the titles are derived by immediate conveyance from the chancellor of Maryland and the commissioners of Washington, to Messrs Henry Pratt, Thomas Miling Francis, John Miller and John Ashley & Jacob Barker, trustees of the Aggregate Fund.
 Square No. 54 Lot no 9—sq 72 Lots no 2 4 8 10 12 13 14 15 18—sq 84 Lot no 1—sq 85 Lots no 20 21 22—sq 103 Lots no 7 8—sq 145 Lots no 1 2 7 8—sq 146 Lots no 1 2 3—sq 147 Lot no 4—sq 163 Lots no 5 6 7 12 13 14—sq 238 Lots no 6 7 10 11 12 15 16—sq 243 Lots no 1 2 3 7 8 11 12 13 18—sq 349 Lots no 1 2 8—sq 376 Lots no 10 16 17 18—sq 407 Lots no 3 4 7 8 9 17 18—sq 437 Lots no 5 6 7 10—sq 488 Lots no 8 9 12—sq 489 Lots no 6 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 24—sq 493 Lots no 7 8 9 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 24—sq 531 Lot 3 4 5 11 12 13 14—sq 537 Lots no 13 15 16 17—sq 584 Lots no 1 2 3 4 22 23 24—sq 588 whole square. Half of 590 whole sq re—sq 635 Lots no 1 2 3 5 6 9 19—sq 648 Lots no 1 2 3—sq 639 Lot no 1—sq 640 Lots no 1 2 3 4 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18—sq 641 whole square—sq 642 Lots no 1 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15—sq 643 Lot no 2—south of 643 Lots no 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20—sq 644 Lots no 1 5 7 west of 645 whole square—sq 878 Lots no 16 17 18 19 20—sq 973 Lots no 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 
Persons disposed to purchase are desired to apply to the subscriber at Mrs. Fross's near the capitol.
JAMES GREENLEAF, Agent and attorney to the trustees of the Aggregate Fund. Feb 24—wtf
In the Circuit court of the District of Columbia for the county of Washington sitting in Chancery, In the matter of John Blagge, & John P. Van Ness, administrators of William Laught, & Charles Laught, deceased, against George Walker defendant.
THE bill states that the said Wm. Laught and Charles Laught are now deceased and that the said John P. Van Ness is their administrator.
The object of the bill is to revive the proceedings in the original case and to obtain a foreclosure of any equity of redemption that said George Walker may have or may suppose himself to have in a certain indebiture or mortgage therein mentioned.
It appearing to the satisfaction of the court, that the said George Walker is not at this time a resident of the district of Columbia, on the motion of the complainants by their counsel, it is ordered that the said George Walker be warned to appear in the circuit court of the district of Columbia and answer the said bill on the fourth Monday in July next, otherwise the same to be taken for confessed, and that a copy of this order be published once in a week for three successive weeks before the 11th day of July next, in the National Intelligencer printed in the city of Washington.
By order, W.M. BRENT, Ck. Kearney, Solicitor for } complainant. True copy, W.M. BRENT, Ck. February 7—w3t
FOR SALE.
ALL that tract of land which I purchased from Mrs. Mary Jenkins and on which I now reside lying in St. Mary's county on the Chesapeake bay three miles from St. Inigoes creek, containing 700 acres more or less. The advantages of this land are numerous, 400 acres are in wood abounding in oak locust and poplar. The bay floor affords an inexhaustible source of excellent manure in the sea weed or sea oar as it is commonly called which is at all seasons thrown up in great quantities and is of easy access, lying immediately along side of the fields. No place can be better adapted than this for flock of all kinds. The woods yield abundance of acorns, and it abounds in grounds well calculated for meadows that produce great quantities of grass. The improvements of this place are likewise considerable. There are on it a good brick dwelling house, every necessary out house, a small water mill, and two tenements now under rent, besides all necessary fencing in good repair. Moreover there are many convenient springs of good water that do not fail in the driest seasons. Its situation renders it almost superfluous to mention that it lies convenient to the Baltimore, Norfolk and Alexandria markets. This valuable tract of land I will sell for one cash and the remainder in one two and three years.
WILFRED MANNING. Great Mill, Jan. 31—3t&wtf
Fresh Garden Seeds, &c.
THEOPHILUS HOLT respectfully informs his friends and the public that he has received from London per ship Mars to Baltimore, and for sale, a very extensive assortment of fresh Garden Seeds, garden roots, grass seeds, bird seed. Split peas and flour of mustard by the pound. He also has for sale a variety of bulbous flower roots, fruit trees, flowering shrubs, Lombardy poplars, &c. &c.
The customary allowance made to Gardeners and those who purchase to sell again. Washington City, Dec. 13—2awtf P. S. An assortment of the garden seeds are for sale at Dr. Orr's George Town.

NEW STEAM ENGINE.
It is not without reason that a great many people think that the English nation is indebted to the steam engine for her present prosperity & wealth; it is by the force of that machine that she can spin for a great portion of the earth, and that a great number of furnaces, looms, fluting and all sorts of mills have been put into motion, where it would have been otherwise impracticable, and has rendered the iron, so abundant in that kingdom, the creation of iron bridges over navigable waters, is a work practicable by single individuals. The introduction of the steam engine into the United States would certainly produce the same effect; but the great quantity of iron which is required for her construction, and the complicated mechanism necessary to produce a motion of rotation from her natural motion of back and forward, will for some time prevent her adoption.
The subscriber respectfully informs the public that he has invented a new way of producing a motion of rotation on a wheel by the steam, very simple, and with a small quantity of iron, and at a small expense compared to the old way, for which invention it is intended to make application for a patent; but being obliged to leave the country for some time, he is willing to dispose of a part of his right thereto, and will attend to any who will favor him with a call (either personally or by letter) to be free from charge. His residence in this city is at Mr. Villard's, engineer to the U. S. Navy, for about a fortnight, at Philadelphia about the same time, and at New York until the last part of next month. He will also communicate his idea on a way of procuring a blast for furnaces with two or three feet of water fall without a wheel, also a new method of kiln drying corn or grain without danger of scorching it, and a cheap way of making salt.
He has also a good Horse to sell, with saddle and bridle. JOHN JAMES DUFOUR. Washington city, Feb. 19-3t
NOTICE.
A Benevolent gentleman has left with me a sum of money, and requested that I should expend it in the purchase of Medicines for such of the poor as are sick in and about George town. Those who cannot conveniently pay for medical assistance, will be furnished with medicines, and be regularly attended to during their illness gratuitously, by applying at my office, nearly opposite Mr. Goulding's grocery store in Bridge Street. THOMAS EWELL. Georgetown, Feb. 19-
TYBER SPRING GARDEN.
GARDEN SEEDS.
MRS. HEPBURN, INFORMS her friends and customers that she has got a small collection of Fresh Garden Seeds, and also some very fine sorts of Peach trees and Lombardy Poplars, which she will dispose of on very low terms. Feb. 10-2w
TO BE SOLD,
TWO TRACTS OF LAND,
ONE containing 103 acres, the other 46 acres, adjoining each other, and are from 3 to 4 miles from Alexandria in the county of Fairfax and state of Virginia. The aforesaid Land is bounded on the old Leesburg road, just above captain Slemons and joins the lands of Benjamin Dulaney and Carlisle Whiting, and will be sold pursuant to a deed of trust given to the subscribers from a certain John Withers to secure the payment of a debt due to Jonathan and Mahlon Schofield. The above lands will be offered at public sale until the 18th day of February, inst. and if not sold by that day they will be sold at the Coffee House in Alexandria on the 24th day of February at public auction for cash. The sale to commence at 3 o'clock, P. M. ANDREW SCHOFIELD, } Trustees. THOMAS COOK, }
MINIATURE PAINTING.
J. D. MALLAT has the honor of inviting the Ladies and Gentlemen that are desirous of having their likenesses taken in miniature, in the most striking resemblance, and in the latest modern style, executed to the satisfaction of those that will favor him with their patronage, to call at Mrs. Thompson's, six buildings. Feb. 7. 2w2w.
CHARLES H. VARDEN, MERCHANT TAYLOR, NEW JERSEY AVENUE, NEAR THE CAPITOL.
Respectfully informs the gentlemen of the District of Columbia that in addition to his former stock he has received by late arrivals at Philadelphia from London a choice assortment of superfine cloths, single and double milled cassimeres, Bennetts patent cord, woolverton and waistcoating, fancy and black silk molekins, all of superior quality and newest fashion, plain and stripe black velvets, constitution cord, knap coatings, flannel flannels, &c. &c. with a variety of other articles in his line, and he pledges himself, to those gentlemen who shall favor him with their orders to complete them in the newest style of fashion. N. B. Ladies habits, regimentals, navy uniforms, made in the most fashionable manner. Washington, Dec. 18-1t
PLOUGHS.
The subscribers take this method to inform the farmers that they have now on hand and purpose keeping ready for sale, a number of Large three horse ploughs, (such as are used and recommended by Mr. Thomas Moore) Mr. G. W. Riggs will attend to any orders given, and give information of the terms—some of them may be seen in Mr. M c Laughlin's yard, as the great advantage of deep ploughing has been so sufficiently proved by some years experience, it is presumed that every farmer who studies his own interest and the improvement of his farm will get some of those most useful and much admired ploughs. JOHN THOMAS, 3d, & Co. Feb. 17-1t
THE IMPROVED STRAW CUTTER,
May be seen in operation at the subscriber's house between the Six Buildings and the Potomac river; he forms the steel of this machine so as to cause the knife to cut off the straw at an angle of 22 1/2 degrees which makes it cut much easier than at right angles, or square across—also a model of the improved Press. Either of the machines can be had of Oliver Evans in Philadelphia or the subscriber, city of Washington. EVAN EVANS. February 12-cp4w
CITY OF WASHINGTON, Sept. 9, 1805.
Several persons under the impression that the public lots in this city are to be disposed of in future by public sales only, having made enquiries when the next sale will probably take place, we are requested to state that those lots may at any time be purchased at private sale of the Superintendent of the City. Sept. 9-1t
FEBRUARY 12, 1806.
R. S. Bickley, versus Thomas Peter, Thomas Monroe, Robert Brent, Benjamin Stoddert, Elias Boudinot Caldwell, William Thornton, John Stickney, Adam Lindsay, Edward Frithy, James Dougherty, Francis Lowndes, Samuel Blodget, Thomas M c Ewen, William Davidson and William Smith.
ORDERED that the report made by Daniel Carroll Brent the trustee in this case of the sale made by him be absolutely ratified and confirmed unless cause to the contrary be shown on or before the 4th Monday in March next; I provided a copy of this order be inserted three successive weeks before that time in the National Intelligencer, the Washington Federalist and the daily Aurora in Philadelphia. The report states that a part of the property mentioned in the decree was sold by him to the amount of twenty thousand seven hundred and thirteen dollars, seventy-five cents, the particulars of which are in the said report filed. By order, WM. BRENT, Clk. Feb. 7-3w
20 DOLLARS REWARD.
RANAWAY from the subscriber about the latter part of December last a negro man named LEWIS about 4 or five and thirty years of age. He is very black, about 5 feet four inches high and rather slender made, when interrogated he has a considerable impediment in his speech and discovers much confusion. He had on when he went off a short coat of bear skin cloth very much worn, and a pair of long breeches, of white planes—he was seen the first of January in the county of Fauquier enquiring the way to the city of Washington where if he gets he will probably attempt to pass as a free man, though being very ignorant it is likely his tale will not be a plausible one. The above reward will be given for securing him in any jail so that I get him again and all reasonable charges paid if brought to me. JOHN WILLIS. Orange county Feb. 7-1m
The Subscriber offers to lease
for a number of years 200 tracts of first rate land situate in the 4th, 5th, 6th, 10th, & 11th ranges on each side of Mad river and between the great and little Miami rivers—Jacob Broadwell, esq. resident in the vicinity of Cincinnati is authorized by the subscriber to lease the whole or any part of the above lands. Industrious families, who first commence their improvements on the premises shall have cattle and other stock on shares if required. The above lands lie in a healthy part of the country, surrounded with mills and a populous settlement. The soil is rich and productive, is well watered, studded with some of the most valuable sort of timber, and pleasantly situated. Town lots will be given to well recommended mechanics who commence their settlement in one year from this date. Mr. Broadwell is authorized to dispose of ten plantations between the two Miami's well improved, with a large distillery and a set of new mills, equal to any in the western country. They stand on the Little Miami river 8 miles from the Ohio. The gift mill is calculated for five pair of stones, among them is a pair of burrs. Mr. Broadwell will show the premises and make known the terms of sale and an indispensable title will be given on payment of the purchase money, by JOHN SMITH, of Ohio. Washington city, Feb. 14-2w
20 DOLLARS Reward.
RANAWAY from the subscriber on the 22d inst. a negro name NEO about 30 years old 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, his clothes uncertain, except a blue cloth jacket and trowers. It is believed he rode off a young Grey mare, and as he was raised in St. Mary's county, and has lived in the city of Washington he will endeavor to go to one of those places. He was purchased of Mr. Enoch Millard in George town about 9 years ago. I will give the above reward to any person who will have him secured in any jail so that I get him again. One of his hands has been lately hurt and is yet perhaps a little swelled. DAVID LYNN. Cumberland, Alleghany county, Md. February 12-3w
WANTED,
A WOMAN that understands plain cooking and house work; likewise a GIRL of about 14 years of age to take care of children—none need apply but those who can bring unexceptionable recommendations. Enquire at the 2nd house from the west end of the Six Buildings and at this office. Nov. 27-1t
ELIAS B. CALDWELL, ATTORNEY AT LAW,
HAS removed his Office, to the house lately occupied by Mr. Law, on Capitol Hill. Washington, July 26-1t
STELLE'S HOTEL & CITY TAVERN.
THE Subscriber takes this method of thanking his friends and the public for their favors whilst on the Capitol Square and begs leave to acquaint them that he has taken the Spacious Hotel newly erected by Mr. Carroll, near the Capitol. The hotel being above one hundred feet in front, and containing fifty rooms enables the subscriber to offer every accommodation to members of Congress and travellers which can be expected in a public house. PONTIUS D. STELLE. Washington City, March 25-1t N. B.—P. D. S. will rent the house lately occupied by him on the adjoining square.
TO BE SOLD OR RENTED,
A WHARF,
ON the Eastern Branch, with a two story brick Warehouse and frame Countinghouse thereon, formerly occupied by R. & G. Barry as a lumber yard, an eligible situation for any person wishing to follow that business. Possession may be had on the first March next—
Also a new Three story brick Dwelling House in New Jersey Avenue, completely finished and in excellent repair. Possession may be had on the 1st May next. The terms will be made known and the premises shown to any person applying to the subscriber at the Twenty Buildings. CARRET BARRY. January 29-1m
A BARGAIN.
THE subscriber offers for sale the farm he now occupies, containing near 300 acres with or without the stock thereon. It is distant from the cities of Georgetown and Washington, about five miles, and well known as a healthy situation. There is much fine fruit thereon, and abounds with springs, affording as good water as in the United States, a considerable proportion of the land has been in clover, and from thirty to forty acres fit for the scythe the ensuing summer. It is now in a very improving state, being altogether clear of broom sedge, and from 40 to 50 acres ploughed and prepared for a spring crop, and from 30 to 40 acres well set with wheat and rye—some part of the land is calculated for tobacco; and plaster of paris answers well with it all. The dwelling house and other improvements may with small repairs, be rendered very comfortable—From its vicinity to two growing cities, many advantages result in supplying the markets. A purchaser may calculate on a good bargain, particularly if an early application be made. Some part of the purchase money will be required in cash or approved negotiable paper; the remainder rendered easy—or negroes received in payment. The subscriber or William Searly residing on the farm will show it when required, and the terms made known by application to Mr. John Thompson, George Town, or Dr. WM. THORNTON, Washington. Isaac Pollock, Fruit Hill. Jan. 29-epf
On a liberal credit.
THE subscriber will dispose of at private sale, his estate called Chiefester, lying on the eastern branch, immediately opposite the city of Washington. This tract of land containing 697 acres is laid off in lots from 83 to 144 acres for the convenience of purchasers. Plats of the estate and the terms of sale are in the hands of colonel Manion at the navy yard, and Charles Wayman of George Town. The lots will be shown by Mr. Wedden, living on the premises, near the Eastern Branch bridge. ANTHONY ADDISON. Barnaby, 12th June 1805-1t
Twenty Dollars Reward.
AARON, a mulatto man about 43 years old, left the city of Washington early in October, and was seen on the road leading from Alexandria to Leesburg in company with a black woman, who I am informed is the property of some person in the vicinity of this place—He is about 5 feet 10 inches high, has fair hair, very bald, in one of his eyes brows (I think it is the left) near his nose, there is an indented scar occasioned by a stroke he received, which fractured the bone in that place, and whenever he has it in his power never fails to drink to excess. It is probable that he has gone to Jefferson or Berkeley county Virginia, where he formerly resided, and from thence will endeavor to go to Kentucky. The above reward will be paid to any person who will have him committed to jail, and give information thereof to the subscriber in George Town, district of Columbia. EDWARD GANTT. Nov. 11-1t
Thirty Dollars Reward,
FOR apprehending and securing in jail negro JACOB, who is a Jew well made fellow, about 25 years of age, complexion rather black, tho' not deep, has a pleasant countenance, is stout made about the shoulders and breast with small legs, has a stoopage in his speech and cannot make a quick reply, when spoken to without flustering his eyes or being in motion, which is very observable, his clothing was blue negro cotton jacket and overalls, osnaburg shirt, and wool hat, though they are subject to change, he was late the property of Richard E. Beall of Fauquier county, Virginia, and eloped about the 6th of November last. The constables and others of the city of Washington, George Town, Alexandria, Baltimore, Philadelphia and Norfolk are requested to look out for the said runaway slave, as the above reward will be immediately paid them on the terms specified by JOHN KEDGLIE. City of Washington, Dec. 16-2awtf
FOR SALE, A Valuable Tract of Land,
in the state of Kentucky, under an indisputable title, and for which the proprietor will take, if applied for soon, half a dollar per acre, payable one half down, and the other half in 12 months on approved security—Enquire of the printer. Feb. 17-4w
Twenty Dollars Reward,
WILL be given for apprehending negro FANNY a very low and tolerable ugly woman about 38 years of age, but from appearance older, very black and much marked with the small pox which occasioned a small defect in one of her eyes, has lost one of her foreteeth, she is very sullen and cunning, having procured a free pass, and passes by the name of Charity Shorter; she was formerly the property of John Chittenden of this county, and was run away for near eight year, was apprehended and sold to me in 1803 and was hired by me to a certain Thomas King of Prince George's county, from whom she absconded in Oct. 1804 and has been lurking, I do suppose near where she was hired or gone to Calvert county where I have understood her husband has gone. The above reward will be given to any person who will lodge her in jail so that I get her again, or deliver her to Mr. Samuel Speake city of Washington, or to the subscriber living in Charles county Maryland, near Port Tobacco. P. S. I forewarn any person from harboring or employing said woman, at their peril. MARRY SIMMS. Nov. 27-1t
BOOKSELLING
AND PRINTING.
TO BE SOLD an establishment in the Bookselling & Stationary lines, containing a general assortment of approved publications, particularly school and classical books of the best authors, and the most correct editions, with a variety of stationary articles. Also, a complete PRINTING OFFICE, containing two presses, with fonts of types from full faced canon to brevier, in good order, with imposing stone, chases, furniture, and every article necessary to carry on either book work or newspapers—Likewise a parcel of book binding materials. To an active young man, this situation may be found a very eligible and profitable introduction to business. The who are inclined to treat for both branches, or either, will meet with encouraging terms, by applying to Theo. Bland, esq. attorney at law, Baltimore. Baltimore, Feb. 17-6t
FALL & WINTER GOODS.
JOHN COX
HAS this day received a Large addition to his former supply of FALL and WINTER GOODS, which makes his assortment very complete. Most of his goods were bought on such terms as to enable him to offer them by piece or retail lower than the regular importers can afford to sell at. George town, Oct. 18-Nit&UGeptf
PROPOSALS
For Publishing by Subscription,
THE
DRAMATIC WORKS
OF
WILLIAM DUNLAP.
IN TEN VOLUMES.
THE work shall be printed in small duodecimo, on good paper, with a handsome type, and delivered to subscribers, bound in boards, at ONE DOLLAR the volume. The price of one volume to be paid in advance, at the time of subscribing, and a dollar on the delivery of each volume, excepting the last. The price to non-subscribers will be ONE DOLLAR and TWENTY CENTS. A permit of an eminent performer will be given with each volume; and the first volume will be put in the press as soon as the engraver, Mr. Edwin shall be ready, he being now engaged in engraving a likeness of Mrs. WIGNELL. Likeness in miniature, painted for the above work, by the author, may be seen at SEMMES's hotel, city of Washington, with other specimens of Miniature Painting. Feb. 21-3t
THE Subscriber informs the
public and his friends in general that he has
commenced business near the NAVY YARD,
where he has for sale, an assortment of
GROCERIES among which are
 Genuine old Madeira, } WINES.  London particular, do. }  A few bags of Green Coffee,  Hyson, Young Hyson, &c.  Imperial Tea, fresh, and of a superior quality. 
JOSEPH CASSIN. Feb. 21-3t
Valuable Property For Sale.
THE Subscriber offers for sale a number of valuable heights convenient to the city of Washington about 1 1/2 miles from the President's House and near the same distance from the Capitol, and command a handsome view of the city, river Potomac, and Alexandria. Lot No. 1, contains 60 acres, No. 2, contains 44 acres, No. 3 contains 104 acres, No. 4 contains 19 acres; Likewise a lot lying between John Taylor, and Dr. Worthington, containing from 80 to 100 acres. These lots will be sold together or apart as may suit purchasers. Terms may be known by applying to James White or Rev. John Breckenridge near the property. Jan 24 wtf.
COMMITTED
to my custody on the 30th day of January last as a runaway negro man who calls his name DAVY and says that he is the property of Wm. Cook of Charles county. Davy is a black fellow, 5 feet 4 or 5 inches high, his clothing are a white broad cloth, coat much worn, yarn trowlers, old shirt, black hat, shoes and stockings; his master is requested to take him out of jail or he will be sold for his jail fees agreeably to law. SUTTON WEEMS, sheriff Calvert County. February 14-w3t
AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
Chillicothe, State of Ohio January 31, 1806.
Extract from an act levying a state tax for the year 1805.
Section 2. Be it further enacted, That all lands shall be rated and classed in the manner following: that is to say, first, second, and third rates; and the rule to be observed is, that when a greater part of any tract shall be superior in quality to second rate land, it shall be denominated first rate; when a greater part of a tract shall be interior in quality to first rate, and superior to third rate, it shall be denominated second rate; and when a greater part of a tract shall be inferior to second rate, it shall be denominated third rate land, taking into view the situation and the quality of the soil. First rate land shall be taxed at the rate of ninety cents, second rate sixty-five cents, and third rate thirty cents, each per hundred acres.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That in all cases where the owners of any lands have, by themselves or their agents, entered their lands in their proper class, with the auditor or clerks of the court of common pleas, agreeably to the laws heretofore in force, such lands shall under this act be placed in the same class for taxation, and all lands which shall not be entered by the owners, or their agents, with the auditor, before he makes out his duplicate, he shall class and charge the same as second rate, and if any owner or proprietor of lands, or their agent, have heretofore, or shall hereafter enter any tract of land in an inferior class to that of its real quality, and land shall (until it is changed into its proper class) be charged, over and above the rate for which it was entered, with double the amount of tax which should have been paid had the same been entered in its proper class; which shall be paid to the collector of the county, township, or district in which such lands may be chargeable, for the use of the state, on the information of any freeholder, making due proof thereof to the auditor or commissioners and be recovered at the same time and in the same way as other taxes are recoverable.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That for the collection of taxes of non-residents lands the state shall be and is hereby divided into six collection districts: the first to include the lands purchased by John Cleves Symmes and his associates, and the land within the district of Cincinnati land office; the second to include lands in the Virginia military district, the land within the district of Chillicothe land office and the French grants; the third to include the land purchased by the Ohio Company and all grants included within the limits thereof and the land within the district of the Marietta land office; the fourth to include the lands in the United States military district and the refugee lands, and all the lands within the district of Zaneville land office; the fifth to include the lands within the district of the Steubenville land office, and all lands south of the Connietient reserve, and not included in the other districts; and the sixth to include the lands in the Connietient reserve.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That there shall be appointed, by a joint ballot of both houses of the general assembly, and commissioned by the governor, a collector in each district, who shall continue in office one year and until his successor is chosen and qualified, who shall collect all taxes due and owing on non-residents' lands within their respective districts. The collector of the first district shall keep his office at Cincinnati; the collector of the second district shall keep his office at Chillicothe; the collector of the third district shall keep his office at Marietta; the collector of the fourth district shall keep his office at Zaneville; the collector of the fifth district shall keep his office at Steubenville, and the collector of the sixth district shall keep his office at the town of Warren, in the county of Trumbull. And shall each, at the time they receive their duplicates, take & subscribe the following oath or affirmation: viz. "I, A. B. do solemly swear or affirm, (as the case may be) that I will, according to the best of my abilities, faithfully and impartially perform the duties enjoined on me by law, as collector of the district; and that I will not directly or indirectly purchase any land by me sold for taxes." Notice is hereby given that all taxes within this state are due and payable after the 1st day of August next ensuing, and if not paid by the first Monday of December, the lands will be sold, or so much thereof as will satisfy the amount due with interest. 1st district collector, A. Goforth, Cincinnati.
 2d do Virginia army lands, Thomas Scott, Chillicothe.  3d do. Wm. Skinner, Marietta.  4th do. James Herron, Zaneville.  5th do. Charles Maxwell, Steubenville.  6th do. James Hiram, Warren. 
THOMAS GIBSON, Auditor of Accounts for the state of Ohio. Feb. 20-6w.
WILL
be sold on the 5th day of March 1806 at an Arundel county jail, One negro man named RICHARD , for his Prison fees, at 11 o'clock. JASPER EDWARD TILLY, Sheriff. February 21-3t
Twenty Dollars Reward.
WILL be given for apprehending and securing in jail a young Mulatto man slave named ANDREW . He was hired by me last year to Mr. Joseph Thomas who keeps the road ferry to Alexandria, and absconded from that place about the latter end of August last. He is about 23 years of age, 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, luffy and well made, has short curly hair, and is frequently subject to have several large pimples on his face. He is reckoned to be a tenable fellow of an easy agreeable address for a man in his low sphere of life. As he has not been heard of by me since his elopement, I suppose he has had the address to ship himself as a freeman on board some vessel either at Alexandria or Baltimore. Whoever takes him up and secures him in jail shall receive from me the above reward, as soon as due information thereof is given to me or to Dr. N. P. Caudin at Port Tobacco. G. B. CAUSIN. Maryland Charles County, January 29-wtf