Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer (Alexandria [Va.]), 1803-03-23 00:00:00

Public Vendue.
On FRIDAY,
at 10 o'clock, will be sold at the Vendue Store,
 Rum in hogheads and barrels.  French Brandy in pipes,  Gin in pipes and bks.  Whiskey and Apple Brandy in bks.  Sugar in hhds. tierces and bks.  Coffee in tierces and bags,  Chocolate  White and brown Soap } in boxes,  Mould and dip'd Candles }  Raisins in kegs, boxes and jars,  Figs in kegs and frails,  Queens Ware in crates,  FURNITURE, &c. 
ALSO,
a variety of DRY GOODS,
 Among which are,  Cloths, Coatings,  Kerleymers, Duffs,  Plains and Kerseys,  Negro Cottons, Serges,  Elasticks, blue Friezes,  Calimancoes and Russells,  Yarn Stockings,  Chintzes and Calicoes,  Irish Linens, Silesia do.  Platillas,  Osnaburgs and Ticklenburgs,  Muslins and Muslin Hand'fs,  India Muslins and Table Cloths  Bandanna Handkerchiefs,  Silk Stockings,  Coloured Threads, Hats,  Plated Candlesticks,  And sundry other Articles. 
P. G. MARSTELLER.
March 22.
Sales by Auction.
On SATURDAY,
at 10 o'clock, will be sold at the Vendue Store, the corner of King and Union streets.
 Rum in hhds. and barrels,  Whiskey in barrels,  Apple Brandy in barrels,  Gin in casks,  Wine in pipes and quarter casks,  Molasses in hhds.  Sugar in hhds. and barrels,  White and brown Soap in boxes,  Coffee in casks and bags,  Raisins in kegs and boxes,  Queen's Ware, and 
ALSO,
A variety of DRY GOODS.
 Among which are-  Broad Cloths,  Cassimere,  Kerseys,  Coatings,  Halfhicks,  Fearnaught,  Blankets,  Planes,  Negro Cottons,  Worsted and other Stockings,  Irish Linens,  Calicoes,  Threads,  Chintzes,  Bedricks,  Oznaburgs,  Sewing Silks,  Muslin and Muslin Handkerchiefs,  India Cottons, &c 
THOS. PATTEN, Auctioneer.
March 22.
ABEL WILLIS,
 A FRESH SUPPLY OF  Rhode-Island CHEESE,  Apples,  Crab Cyder, by the barrel, of the first quality,  Cranberries,  Sweet Oranges,  Lemons, by the box,  Best Rhode-Island Potatoes,  Mackerel, by the barrel, together with a general assortment of  GROCERIES and NUTS. 
We have received by the sloop Mary, from Portsmouth,
10 tons Bar Iron,
 A few bales Russia Sheetings and Duck,  A few bks. of excellent Mackerel,  A few hhds. N. E. Rum,  And a few bales low priced Muslins,  which will be sold cheap. 
RICKETTS, NEWTON, & Co.
Feb. 23.
On MONDAY the fourth day of April next, will be sold at Vendue, on the premises on a credit of 60 and 90 days,
Those two HOUSES on the south west corner of King and Washington streets, at present occupied by Philip Russell and John Violet.
Also,
The small House and Shop on Washington-street adjoining.
For information as to the title, &c. &c. apply to Jonah Thompson, Esq. or to
THOS. PATTEN,
Auctioneer.
March 15.
Valuable LANDS for Sale.
WILL BE SOLD,
To the highest bidder, by the Executor of the late Gen. George Washington, the following
TRACTS OF LAND,
at the times and places hereafter mentioned, viz.
On the first Monday in April, on the premises, 600 acres lying in Charles county, in the state of Maryland, near a place called the Fish Trap, about 16 miles above Port Tobacco.
On the 2d Monday in April, on the premises, 519 acres in Montgomery county, in the state of Maryland, in the neighbourhood of Frederick Town, not far from Kittortan.
On the 15th day of April, at Charlestown, 453 acres in Jefferson county, Virginia, about two miles west of Charlestown. Also, 240 acres lying in Hampshire county, on Potomac river, about 12 miles above Bath.
On the 16th day of April, on the premises, 1600 acres in Jefferson county, on the fourth fork of Bullskin.
On the 18th day of April, on the premises, 183 acres in Jefferson county in Wormley line.
On the 20th day of April, on the premises, 571 acres in Frederick county, 1 1/2 miles south of Battle Town.
On the 22nd day of April, at Paris, 2481 acres on Ashby's Bent, and 885 acres on Chattin's run, in Fauquier county.
One fourth of the amount of the purchase money to be paid down, and the balance in three equal annual instalments, to be secured by a mortgage on the premises, and to carry interest from the day of sale.
THE EXECUTORS.
March 12.
THOMAS SIMMS
Has just received and offers for Sale,
A few barrels of Rhode Island
 Cyder,  Rhode Island Cheese,  Codfish and some barrels of excellent  APPLES. 
Feb. 18.
Just received, and for Sale,
By Robert and John Gray,
[Price 25 Cents]
Negro Slavery Unjustifiable.
A SERMON.
By ALEX. M'LEOD, A. M. Pastor of the reformed Congregation, in the City of New-York.
Feb. 5.
Will be landed to-morrow, At Messrs. Laruson and Smoot's wharf, out of the Schooner Friendship, Captain Burns, from Montserrat, 25 puncheons strong, fine flavoured RUM, which will be sold cheap for cash or a short credit.
JOHN G. LADD.
March 15.
Just Received, A large supply of Writing Paper, of various kinds.
R. & J. GRAY.
March 15.
William Hartshorne
HAS FOR SALE,
 Eighty barrels new Beef,  Five bks. Pork,  Fifty bks. Tar,  Fine and coarse Salt,  First quality Sugar in hhds and bks.  Phila. loaf and lump Sugar in do.  Five pipes old Lisbon Wine,  One pipe Madeira, four years old,  Pennsylvania and Swedish Bar Iron,  One pair Bur Mill Stones, 5 feet diameter,  One pair Cologne do. about 5 feet. 
And at his Mill,
 Shorts and Bran,  Indian Meal,  Rye Meal,  Seed Oats,  Plaster of Paris by the bushel. 
3d Mo. 19.
d
To Rent,
Possession given immediately,
A large Brick Warehouse adjoining R. Newton and Co. and a comfortable Dwelling House, on Prince Street. For particulars enquire of
RICKETTS, NEWTON & Co.
 Just Received and for Sale,  Sweet Oranges, Lemons, Limes and Cocoa Nuts. Also,  A few boxes of excellent Havana SEGARS. 
J. DYSON.
March 18.
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Alex. Feb. 28.
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Just Received,
250 sacks ground Allum Salt, in bags of four bushels each, for sale by WM. HODGSON.
Feb. 26.
d
For Falmouth and a Market,
The SHIP
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Jeremiah Lawton,
Master;
Will be ready to sail in about 6 days. For Passage only, having excellent accommodations, please apply to the master on board, at Col. Hood's wharf, or to. J. G. LADD.
March 22.
d
ABEL WILLIS
Has just received,
Fresh Lemons by the box,
Apples by the bl.
Fresh Limes,
Sweet Cider by the bl.
And a general Assortment of Groceries.
March 22.
d
T. SIMMS—has for Sale,
SALT,
For the fisheries; some excellent Bacon, and first quality Segars.
March 22.
d
Fifteen Dollars Reward.
RAN AWAY on Saturday, the 5th of this month, a bright Mulatto Man, named STEPHEN; about 28 or 30 years of age: He is about 5 feet 7 or 8 inches high, pleasant countenance, speaks rather slow, but very active and handy at any work; he served an apprenticeship to a weaver, is a good workman at that business, and a remarkable good hand in a brick-yard; in short, he is smart at any thing he is set about; he is very fond of spirits of any kind. I cannot describe his dress. He never ran away before, so I expect he has been enticed off by some artful villain; if it be the case, and the man can be apprehended, I will give 50 Dollars on his conviction of the theft.
ROBERT BOGGESS.
N. B. I forewarn all persons from harbouring said fellow at their peril, as in that case they may expect to be prosecuted.
Fairfax County. March 22.
d
DR. HALL,
(OPPOSITE MR. HEISKELL'S TAVERN.)
Is now opening an extensive assortment of
Drugs, Medicines, &c.
Which he will dispose of either by wholesale or retail, at the most reduced prices.
 Red, pale and yellow Bark,  Russian Rheubarb,  Common, do.  Jalap, Calomel, and Ipecacuanha,  Campher, Gum Guaiacum and Socotrine Aloes,  Salt Petre,  Cream of Tartar,  Glauber Salts,  Mace, Cloves, and Nutmegs,  Turmeric white Ginger, and Cinamon,  Teeth Brushes,  Sallad Oil,  Fresh Castor Oil,  Aquafortis,  Quicksilver, Oil of Vitriol an Verdigris,  Gold and silver leaf,  Spirits Turpentine,  Borax,  Barley Sugar,  Sugar Candy,  Essence of Anchovies,  Church's Cough Drops,  Isinglass, &c. &c. 
March 21.
d
Notice.
All persons having claims against the estate of William Triplett, of Round Hill, deceased, are requested to bring them forward for adjustment and payment; and all those indebted to the estate, are respectfully called upon to make immediate payment to the Executors—it being their anxious wish to close all the accounts, and settle with the legatees as soon as possible.
CHARLES LITTLE, } Ex rs .
GEO. TRIPLETT, }
March 1.
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Cash given for rags;

From the CHARLESTON COURIER.
IT appears by a letter from Washington, that the President has got certain assurances from the French government, that they had "the greatest desire to cultivate a good understanding with the American government, and that Gen. Victor, who is to command in Louisiana, had received instructions from the First Consul to pursue conciliatory measures, such as would conduce to the harmony and mutual improvement of the interests and rights of both countries, and to respect the rights, territory and persons of the people of the United States."
55,000,000 250,000,000
Doll. 305,000,000
When they entered Piacenza a proclamation, calling on the people for confidence, with other certain assurances, went before the army. And a volume is published in German, and translated into all the languages in Europe, of their murders, pillage, exactions and enormities.
In Lombardy, Bonaparte issued a proclamation:—"Nations of Italy, the French army are come to break your chains. The French are the friends of the people in every country. Your property, your customs shall be respected."
(Signed)
BONAPARTE.
In Milan he published another: Respect for property, and personal security; respect for the religion of countries; these are our sentiments."
(Signed)
BONAPARTE.
Now let us see how he made good all this! From the Milanese, a very small state, he exacted a contribution of twenty million of livres, or one million pounds of our money; and afterwards other successive exactions to the amount of six million pounds sterling. The churches were given up to plunder—every religious fund, and every public treasure was confiscated; and the country was made one scene of rapine and disorder. At Pavia, a garrison of French troops left by Bonaparte, having wantonly destroyed the tomb of St. Augustine, which the inhabitants had always religiously venerated, they collected around and took the garrison prisoners, but carefully abstained from offering violence to a single soldier. Bonaparte marched back, and carried military execution over the whole country—burnt the town of Benasco, and put 800 of its inhabitants to death in cold blood; and then marching to Pavia took it by storm, and massacred the inhabitants.
Bonaparte signed a treaty with the Duke of Modena promising neutrality on the payment of twelve millions of livres. When that was paid he arrested the Duke, and extorted from him 200,000 sequins; on this another treaty was signed, called a Convention de Sureté, which, of course, was followed by fresh violations and exactions.
In breach of the treaty and rights of neutrality, he took possession of Leghorn to seize the British property lying there, and he made the Duke of Tuscany pay the expence of his army marching thither.
When he entered the territories of Venice, he issued, according to custom, a proclamation of "certain assurances."—"Bonaparte to the Republic of Venice."—"It is to deliver the first country in Europe from the iron yoke of the proud House of Austria the French army has come, &c. &c. Religion, government, customs and property shall be respected, all provisions for the army shall be paid in money." This, like every other, was followed by infamous exactions—He established democracy, and with the new government made a treaty, by which money and naval stores to the amount of six millions of livres, and three ships of the line were given to him, in return for which he gave them certain assurances of friendship. This he performed in his own way, by handing them over in four months after, by the treaty of Campo Formio, to the iron yoke of the proud House of Austria.
In Egypt his proclamation ran thus: In the name of GOD, merciful and gracious—There is no God but GOD—"He has no son or associate in his kingdom."
"The French adore the Supreme Being, and honor the Prophet and his Koran."
"The French are true Mussulmen—not long since they marched to Rome and overthrew the Pope, who excited Christians against Islamism (Mohomedanism)." He returns home, establishes popery, and at a solemn mass held on the occasion, in the face of that world who know of his pretending to be a Mussulman, he takes the sacrament of the Lord's supper, as by CHRIST ordained, according to the rituals of the Church of Rome. Infamous, abominable blasphemy!
After this authentic detail, are we justified in casting off all confidence in such a man's professions? Our will our Executive be justified in reposing any confidence in them?
We are aware, because we hear it every day and see it before us, that many men are obstinately averse to war, and would maintain peace at any rate; but have those persons duly considered war or peace, in all their bearings and relations? War is a thing that relates to society, not to individuals, and if individual feelings or private self interest enter into the composition of a man's thoughts on these subjects, they cannot be correct. We must often venture life to save it, and to render it more secure, and to make it worth the having—and many have lost their all by being afraid to venture all in its defence. One has a land speculation; another commercial one. One is afraid that lands will fall; another that insurance will rise. But this does not alter the real nature of the question; the question of war or peace extends to whole countries, empires, and regions. These see no farther than the fence of their own estate, or walls of their own warehouse; and let them put this question to their minds and hearts; and as they themselves are not concerned, perhaps their judgment will not be warped, and they will answer it fairly:—Would it not have been better for the places which I have mentioned to have risen, en masse, opposed Bonaparte, and run the hazard of all the grievance, murders, oppressions, exactions, and plunder of war, in an honorable resistance, with a chance of succeeding, than to endure them, as they did, with all the ignominy and infamy of cowardly base submission, to arrogant, barefaced imposture; and surely it speaks enough of Bonaparte. What can we say—what could Shakespeare, Milton, and all the poets in one, imagine of an arrogant imposture, worse than his hay-ing the impudence after what he has done, to hold out the language of promise, and expect to have it believed. Alas, Alas—farewell the dignity of manhood—it has surely fled from the earth, when the most that we can say under oppression is, 'Let me, oh! let me die in peace.'
P.S. Does Bonaparte say a word about our right at New Orleans. His assurances are a declaration that the right does
not exist. Having used the word oaths in the outset of this writing, we think it right to observe that Bonaparte, with his arms, imposed on the people, and swore fidelity to that constitution, which he afterwards put down.
From the FREDERICK TOWN HERALD.
Secret Service Money—Some conjectures were offered in our last as to the probable object of the appropriations which congress, behind the screen of closed doors, have been so profuse in submitting to the disposal of the President. To this subject we now return, and we shall return to it again and again in company with our brother editors, until the people shall appear generally to have a full understanding of this most suspicious among the many suspicious transactions which government has lately exhibited.—During the Federal Administration, the Democrats now in power raised the most furious yelping whenever occasions, few and special as they were, occurred of such a nature as to require a momentary privacy. While General Washington was president, and the British Treaty was under the consideration of the Senate of the United States, a democratic member of that body the Honorable General Mason from Virginia thought proper to break through a solemn injunction and the obligations of his official oath by a premature disclosure and publication of the instrument in question. The cry was, that a government of a free country should not keep any secret, no not for an instant, from the view of the people? and it was promised that, if Mr. Jefferson were made President, the proceedings of every kind whatever should be carried on in open day under the most public inspection. What has the sequel produced? It has produced, in this as in other instances, a conduct directly the reverse of all the expectations which the party took incessant pains to create. The fact will warrant us, it is believed, in asserting that during the few months of their late session, a democratic Congress has observed more secrecy; and ordered more concealment, than the Federalists ever did through the whole twelve years in which the vessel of State was under their command. Whenever a subject came before the democrats this winter, on which they were afraid to have their real sentiments known, or ashamed of exposing their wretched inferiority in contrast with their talents, the knowledge and eloquence of the Federal minority, the constant trick was for some fellow more silly and impudent than the rest to move that the doors should be closed. Thus it was day after day the lobbies and galleries were cleared of every citizen spectator,—that is to use a fashionable phrase, every day the representative servants, were seen turning out of the house a portion of their sovereign masters, like truant school boys playing Christmas pranks on their tutors. The veil of mystery was in no case more studiously spread forth by the democrats, than when they were about to act on matters involving an expenditure of public money, concerning which they have heretofore said that the nation has at all times a right to the most particular and satisfactory information. The reader has already been told that congress (on a motion of the sapient General Smith) passed a law, putting TWO MILLIONS OF DOLLARS under the arbitrary discretion of the President, and that to this sum, by another law, they added two thousand five hundred dollars more; so that the whole amount of money, now lodged under Mr. Jefferson's management by this new sort of specific appropriations is TWO MILLIONS, TWO THOUSANDS AND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS. As to the manner which all this money is to be laid out, the public are left entirely to guess. A conjecture has already been proposed to the readers of the Herald, which seems to accord with the impression current in other papers, and which carries with it every appearance of probability. The object of our economical administration in all likelihood, may be to squander away the first two millions of dollars in bribing Talleyrand and the other two ministers of Bonaparte to coax the First Consul to give our ambassador Munroe permission to tell his story. This may fairly be conceived as the object, because (as we have before remarked) when Mr. Ross in his speech was going on to tell of his having heard of such a plan, he was directly interrupted by the democrats, as if fearful that he was about to let the cat out of the bag, and tell how they were
immediately ordered to be shut. But besides, the Materialists contend that every thing done by their federal predecessors was wrong: Now, it is fresh in all our memories that, when president Adams in the year 1797 sent Embassadors to France to claim redress for the plunder of our commerce, the government would not even admit them to a hearing, unless they would first pave the way by an application and a further promise of money—"You must pay money, you must pay a great deal of money," said one of the French agents (Mr. V.) in a very imposing tone. This a federal administration refused to do: and as there was no alternative but either to pay, or to refuse and prepare for defence; and as the democratic leaders opposed defensive measures at that time, and have violently blamed the whole policy of the Federal Administration, is it not reasonable to conclude that having now the management of affairs in their own hands they are prepared with an offering such as was then demanded? Is not this idea strengthened by the President's selecting as an Envoy the very same James Monroe who, when our Minister at Paris a few years ago, undertook of his own accord to tell the French, that the Americans would bear with every loss by the robbery of their trade and might even supply a considerable loan of cash, rather than risk the displeasure of their Allies? The same Talleyrand too is now in office, who tried every art of extortion on our Embassadors in the year 1797. Curiosity has led us to look over the celebrated dispatches once more, in order to ascertain what amount was then demanded as the price of Talleyrand's good will, and as the consideration for which Adels. Pinckney, Marshall and Gerry were to have been suffered to appear in their diplomatic character.
The doeur or bribe required for Talleyrand himself and a few comrades was £50,000 sterling or 222,000 dollars. Besides this, our government was asked for a tribute by way of loan in the purchase from France of thirty two millions of florins of Dutch inscriptions, or 1,875,000. If, for a little amusement, we
add 1,875,000 dolls. to 222,000
the amount will be 2,097,000—two millions ninety seven thousand dollars, out of which Mr. Talleyrand & the Directory, if possible, were "determined to fleece us."
This sum was more indeed than the 2 millions of dollars which the democrats have now provided; but as money is now more valuable than it then was, if Talleyrand and Co are disposed for a bargain, perhaps they will give up all the old thousands. As to the remaining two thousand five hundred dollars which Congress have put under executive direction, that perhaps is to be employed in procuring the good offices of some tool about the Spanish Intendant at New Orleans, while Munroe's negotiation is going on at Paris. The little fry as well as the ravenous sharks of foreign corruption will thus have been both satisfied, and every honorable appetite appeased out of this fund of our thoughtless Administration. Supposing all this to be done, however, inquisitive persons will next ask what good is to follow? The only good, that can be imagined, will be, that after the national purse shall have been thus freely drained, we may then have leave to talk leisurely to Bonaparte about our grievances and fears.
Should any answer be given us (and it seems the honorable Mr. Breckenridge in his letter to his Frankfort friend expects an answer about "midsummer") it may turn out that it will not render our condition a whit better or more auspicious, even if the French do not go in the mean time and take quiet possession of New Orleans and the Mississippi. But if we are to be sanguine, if Bonaparte should even be soothed into some sort of engagement not to molest us, will he or will the Spanish regard any engagement a moment longer than it suited them? And after all the expence, all the trouble and all the embarrassment thus incurred on our part, may we not lose for ever this most precious interest? May not the pusillanimity and the weakness of our Councils, doting as they do on peace, thus involve the Country in the worst miseries and horrors of war? And would it not be more dignified, more safe, nay, would it not be infinitely cheaper to seize the opportunity by one manly struggle to assert our rights, and to occupy a stand essential to the welfare, the security, the independence, perhaps the very existence of these United States. If any true American can yet doubt, let him for an instant attend to the glowing, the monitory and comprehensive speech of Mr. Ross in the Senate, which we this day re-publish entire. He will see at once that the crisis points to a course of energy, as the only one which ought to be taken. As to that which Government has chosen to pursue, it lies present under a shroud of confusion and referment. In any thing we have now advanced, we do not pretend to certainty. Among other forms of economy, our new rulers have made themselves very perfect in what Edmund Burk calls "economy of truth." Perplexed and ununiformed, as they find it convenient to leave the public mind on this very momentous and interesting concern, they reduce us to the expedient of interpreting the wanderer in our way, or forcing its explanation, by such hunts as assign the most obvious and adequate motives for their strange, fallen and perverseness.

Messrs. Editors, HAVING been proposals in your paper by Messrs. Conrad and Bradford for publishing an American edition of Pinkerton's System of Modern Geography, I beg leave through the same medium to offer my sincere wishes, that their success in the undertaking may be commensurate with the general utility by which it cannot fail to be accompanied. I have lately had an opportunity of examining this splendid production of genius, learning, and industry, and rejoice at the prospect of seeing the inhabitants of the United States, enabled to possess themselves of such an extensive, and well arranged body of select and important information, on such moderate terms.
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NEW-YORK, March 18.
Arrived, brigs Matilda, Lee, Demarara; William, Roland, Bay of Honduras; Ferdinand, Lane, Trinidad; sch'r Antelope, Combs, Edenton, N. C. Olive Branch, Smith, N. Carolina; sloop Miranda, Smith, do. Betsey, Musier, Wilmington, N. C.
Cleared, sch. Volunteer, Bell, Curacao; Lark, Cronk, St. Johns.
Ship Olive Branch, Tier, of this port, sailed from Bourdeaux, for N. Orleans in company with the brig Minerva, Maine.
Arrived since our last.
Brig Ferdinand, Lane, 22 days from Trinidad. Left at Port Spain, on the 22d ult. brigs Maria Jane, Salter, Portsmouth, N. H. Peter, Lehretor, Newburyport; Mary, Glazier, Ipswich; Newhaven, Lham, Newhaven; Barbara, Hitchcock, N. York; schs. Amphitrite, Mac-
donald, do. Hannah, Francis, Middlehead; Eliza, Dole, Newburyport; Mary, Gordon, Plymouth; Phoebe, Adamson, Boston; William, Fern, do. Commerce, Ingersol, Salem; Friendship, Kidder, Wiscasset; Hannah & Betsy, Childs, Maine; Mohawk, Southward, Roxbury; Matilda, Remington, Providence; Fair Play, Scovil; Fair Trader, Mead, Philadelphia; Eleanor, Bray, Washington City; Belona, Pride, Edenton. The Franklin, Merchant, sailed on the 21st for Turk's Island.
In lat. 28, 10, long. 67, spoke sloop Eliza, Keith, belonging to Middletown, Conn. bound from Dominica to N Carolina.
Brig Miltida, Lee, 21 days from Demerara, bound to Hartford. Left at Demerara brig Thetis, and sch'r Lydia, Abelleton, both of New York, to sail in a few days; brig America, Newel, Saybrook; sch'r. Marks, Combs, of Westfield; and several others, names not recollected. The day before the Matilda sailed, a brig arrived from Newport, dismasted. March 28th, lat. 28, spoke sch'r. Antelope, out 12 days from New York, bound to Jamaica. Pork 27 dols. beef 12, flour 11.
Alexandria Advertiser.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23.
Mr. Snowden —In your paper of the 22d of February, a writer under the signature of "A Farmer," has addressed to Richard Brent, Esq. and myself, as candidates at the ensuing election for a member to represent this District in the Congress of the United States, several questions, to which he requests candid answers. As I have no wish to conceal from the district or from the world, any opinions which I may have formed, either as public men or measures, I shall not hesitate in complying with the wishes of the Farmer. You will, therefore, please republish the questions, in the order in which they have been offered, with my answers to each.
Question.
1. Do you approve of Mr. Jefferson's ordering the marshal of Virginia, to republish the fine of 200 dollars which he has received from Callender, in consequence of a verdict of a jury finding him guilty of a most malicious, wanton and scandalous libel on the president of the United States and General Washington; and of the judgment of the court fixing the fine? If you do, state your reasons.
Answer. The marshal having actually received the fine of James T. Callender, the money was then the property of the United States, and, of course, beyond the constitutional controul of the President, and any interference on his part was certainly improper.
2. Do you approve of Mr. Jefferson's paying Callender 100 dollars to enable him to write and print his book, called The Prospect before Us , in which is contained the libel for which he was fined—wherein he calls General Washington a traitor to his country, and Mr. Adams a murderer and an hoary headed incendiary? If you do, give your reasons for such approbation.
Ans. I do not.
3. Do you approve of Mr. Jefferson's inviting Thomas Paine, the writer of a most abusive letter to General Washington, and the author of the Age of Reason , in which he denies the existence of Jesus Christ, and reviles our holy religion—to come to this country in one of our national ships: And do you not believe Mr. Jefferson and Mr. Paine are intimate friends and affectionately attached to each other?
Ans. Whatever might have been Mr. Jefferson's attachment to Thomas Paine, or his enmity to Gen. Washington, a decent respect for the opinions of the American people, ought to have deterred the President of the United States from inviting to this country, the man whose favorite theme is the abuse of that great and good man; who is revered by his countrymen, and whose services will never be forgotten by those who are real Americans. I know nothing of Mr. Jefferson's attachment to Mr. Paine. His letter of invitation to Paine is couched in very affectionate terms.
4. Do you think that the law of the last session of Congress, depriving the judges of the circuit courts of their commissions, without being convicted before
the proper tribunal of misbehavior in office, is constitutional?
Ans. I have no hesitation in believing the law unconstitutional.
5. Do you think Mr. Jefferson could constitutionally withhold from certain persons in the District of Columbia, commissions appointing them justices of the peace in that district for five years—which appointment had been approved of by the Senate and commissions signed by the late President, and left in the office of the Secretary of State, to be recorded before they were delivered to the persons thus appointed—especially when the act of the 27th February, 1801, concerning the District of Columbia, declares that the justices appointed by virtue of it shall hold their offices for five years.
Ans. I do not.
6. Do you think it was expedient or just in Congress, at their last session, to take the taxes off of pleasure carriages, whisky and white sugar, and to continue them on bohea tea, brown sugar, coffee and salt?
Ans. Whenever the situation of our country will warrant the reduction of taxes, it ought to be the object of the representatives of the people to unburden those articles, which are absolutely necessary to all classes of our citizens, and to retain the taxes on the luxuries only. I therefore, think the law unjust, as the interests of the poor are sacrificed to the convenience of the rich.
7. Do you approve of Mr. Jefferson removing men from office, for no other reason than that of their not agreeing with him in his political opinions, and putting in their places only such as do think with him in policies; and particularly do you approve of his removing old officers and soldiers of our revolutionary war, against whom there was no complaint as to their conduct in office; Such as Col. William Heath, of Petersburg, who was a valliant officer in our army, and who while collector of the customs of Petersburg, acted most faithfully towards the public, and against whom Mr. Jefferson could not alledge a single fault, except that of not thinking with him in politics?
Ans. I have always been opposed to political intolerance or proscription.—Whenever good men are to be driven from office, or excluded from an equal participation in our government, liberty is gone—it is but a name. I have been taught to believe that merit alone, in a republican government, was the grand pivot on which executive favor ought to turn.
8. Do you approve of the conduct of the House of Representatives, in refusing to request the President to give them such information as he may have received respecting the cession of Louisiana, by Spain to France, if in his opinion, it would be proper to give the information; and do you believe the President has been as attentive to this subject as he ought to have been? Do you think he has ever yet officially called on the French or Spaniards, to say whether the session has been made or not?
Ans. I think the House of Representatives was entitled to every information, which it was in the power of the President to give; especially on a subject of so much importance to the interests of this country, & one on which it was absolutely necessary for them to act—A refusal on the part of the majority to request of the President the necessary information was certainly improper. It is impossible for me to say, whether the President has ever officially called on the French or Spaniards, or what steps he may have taken in this business, being without any information on that subject.
9. Do you approve of the expence and delay of sending Mr. Monroe to Spain and France, when in each country we have ministers who have but lately left America, and who must be as competent as Mr. Monroe to negotiate on this subject?
Ans. I have always supposed the Executive the best judges, in all affairs of a foreign nature.
10. Do you not think that if it is proper to send a special envoy to France or Spain, that he ought to have been sent six or nine months ago; and that the delay which the President has been guilty of in this important business, proves him to have been very inattentive to the interests of our western citizens?
Ans. I have no information on this subject; therefore, can give no opinion.
11. Do you not believe that Mr. Jefferson wrote the letter to Mazine, in
which the executive, who was General Washington, is charged with endeavoring to introduce the principles of the British government into our own, and with being at the head of an anglo-monarchic and aristocratic party; and do you believe the charges are true?
Ans. I believe that Mr. Jefferson did write the letter to Mazine; and, I also believe, that the charges contained in it are untrue.
12. Do you not believe that Mr. Jefferson is a Deist, and if so, is he a proper person to be at the head of a people who profess themselves to be believers in Christianity?
Ans. Never having been honored with the confidence of Mr. Jefferson, I know nothing of his religious tenets. He has been frequently and publicly charged with deistical principles, and never having designed to contradict those charges, it is fair to presume they are true. Whether he is a proper or improper person, to be at the head of a Christian people, must be answered by the people themselves, who have the same information, on this subject, that I have. I think a Deist an improper person to be at the head of those professing Christianity.
13. Do you not think that the democratic party in Congress, in directing monuments to be erected to the memory of certain officers who were killed during the war, after they had refused to have one erected to the memory of Gen. Washington, shewed the reason of that refusal, to wit: the expence was not the real one, but that it proceeded from a hatred to him, and a wish to bury as soon as possible in oblivion, his services as a President of the United States; so that the influence which a recollection of the services might have, in opposing their views, might be soon destroyed.
Ans. I have never been in favor of the erection of a monument to the memory of any man; but certainly, if one was denied to the memory of Gen. Washington, none ought to be granted to any other person or persons whatever: the conduct of Congress, therefore, at their last session, on this subject meets my disapprobation.
I have thus answered concisely and candidly the questions that have been propounded to me, and I shall be pleased if they are satisfactory.
JOSEPH LEWIS, jun.
LOTTERY, No. I.
FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF LITERATURE, (New York.)
Thirtieth day's Drawing.
27494, first drawn, 2000 dols. 31761, 200 dols. 31169, 100 dols. 2233, 3852, 10028, 12221, 28235, 50 dols.
6494, 13502, 17572, 21604, 21683, 20 dols.
156 of 10 dols.
Thirty first day's Drawing.
13353, 500 dols.
6186, 200 dols.
41599, 12082, 14182 100 dols.
3350, 50 dols.
19149, 20 dols.
179 of 10 dols.
32d day's Drawing.
10922, 30037, 100 dols.
7075, 11455, 15495, 20083, 2730 50 dols.
573, 1719, 9285, 22439, 30435, 31995, 34876, 20 dols.
171 of 10 dols.
33d day's Drawing.
11677, 12004, 26502, 30447, 100 dols.
9968, 19310, 23095 50 dols.
4114, 28616, 20 dols.
171 of 10 dols.
Gain this day 1300 dols.
Public Vendue.
On TUESDAY, April 5th, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, will be sold on the premises,
Three handsome Building Lots of Ground, on a long credit; situate on the corner of Cameron and Pitt Streets.
P. G. MARSTELLER.
March 23.
To Rent,
For one or more Years, A STORE HOUSE situated at Fairfax Court House, which, from the great resort of people, is thought to be a very good stand for a Retail Store. For terms apply to Mr. John Ratcliff, living at the place, or the subscriber.
RICH'D. RATCLIFF.
Feb. 27.
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For BOSTON,
The fast sailing copper-bottomed BRIG HARMONY, Robert B. Hall, Master: Intended to sail on Friday next. — For freight of two hundred bbls. or passage, having excellent accommodations, apply to JOHN G. LADD. Who offers for sale from said vessel, now landing at Merchant's wharf, 3 puncheons Jamaica Rum, 1 pipe Cognac Brandy, 7 chests Gunpowder and Young Hyson Tea, Some Lime and Plaster of Paris, March 21.
JOHN G. LADD HAS JUST RECEIVED, per the snow Cornelia, and offers for sale, 100 pieces Russia Sheetings, 100 do. Ravens Duck, 52 bolts Russia Canvass, 2 bales fine Oznaburgs, 2 do. brown Rolls, 1 do. white do. 1 box Platislas, 1 do. narrow Linens, 5 ton Russia clean Hemp, 2 do. Cordage assorted, 50 boxes Castile Soap, 100 do. brown Soap, 50 do. Spermaceti Candles, 70 casks Spermaceti Whale Oil, 20 do. Tanners' brown do. 6 bales of Glue, 15 Feather Beds with Bolsters and Pillows, 10 chests Hyson Tea, 11 hds. Molasses, 100 casks fresh Lime, 2 bks. and 3 boxes Ladies fine fancy coloured Shoes, very cheap. March 10.
FOR SALE, A LIKELY NEGRO GIRL, about 16 years of age. Apply to the Printer. Dec. 18. Just received and for Sale by JOSEPH DYSON, A QUANTITY OF FRESH ORANGES, By the hundred or smaller quantity. Jan. 19.
R. & J. GRAY Have just received and for sale, at their Book Store in King Street, (Price 25 cents,) AN ADDRESS
To the Government of the United States, ON THE Cession of Louisiana, To the French; and on the late breach of Treaty by the Spaniards: Including the translation of a Memorial on the War of St. Domingo, and Cession of the Mississippi to France, drawn up by a French Counsellor of State. March 10.
Just Received, A QUANTITY OF EXCELLENT VENISON HAMS, For sale by T. SIMMS. March 12.
A. WILLIS Has just received a quantity of excellent China Oranges, Cramberries and Shelbark Nuts, which he offers for sale at his store on Prince Street. March 9.
CLOVER SEED, Warranted of the last crop. Just received and for Sale by the Subscribers. A few tiersces of fresh CLOVER SEED. RICKETTS, NEWTON, & Co. Feb. 28.
JUST RECEIVED, And for Sale by SAMUEL BISHOP, (Price 25 Cents,) PITT & HIS STATUE, A SATIRICAL POEM. By Peter Pindar. Jan. 10.
Fifty Barrels TEA, Just received and for Sale by WM. HARTSHORNE. March 16. Printing in all its variety executed at this office.
For Sale,
A Negro Man about 35 years of age, and his wife and four children. He has been a waiter, a very good gardener and shoemaker; the woman is about 30 years of age, a good cook, washer, and sews tolerably well. Enquire of H. J. STIER, 21 Bladensburg. March 15. Public Sale.
Will be sold to the highest bidder Wednesday the 6th of April next, at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, Sundry building LOTS, Part of Lot No. 17, situated upon Fairfax and Princess Streets, in the town of Alexandria; upon some of said Lots are erected small buildings. Any person desirous of purchasing at private sale may be accommodated by applying to the subscriber, who has a plot of the Lots as laid off. The terms of sale will be made known on the day of sale or upon application to RICHARD WEIGHTMAN. March 12.
Dividend. The Commissioners named and authorised in and by a commission of bankruptcy, awarded and issued forth against James Gillies , of the town of Alexandria, intend to meet on Monday the 18th day of April next at 3 o'clock in the afternoon at the House of Peter Heiskell in said Town, in order to make a Dividend of the Estate and effects of the said Bankrupt, when and where the creditors, who have not already proved their debts under the said Commission, are hereby required to come prepared to prove the same or they will be excluded the benefit of the said Dividend. JOHN M'IVER, Assignee. March 3.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, County of Alexandria, ss. NOVEMBER TERM, 1802. Alexander & Allison, comp. against Jacob Harman & W. Davis, trading under the Firm of Harman & Davis, Wm. Mitchell & Robert Brown, Jameson. In Chancery. This suit abates as to the plain
tiff Alexander, and the defendants Harman and Davis, not having entered their appearance and given security according to the act of assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court upon affidavit, that the said Harman and Davis are not inhabitants of this district, on motion of said complainant, by his counsel, it is ordered, that the said defendants, Harman and Davis, do appear here on the first day of June court next, and enter their appearance to this suit, and give security for performing the decrees of the court; and that the other defendants, Wm. Mitchell and Robert Brown Jameson do not pay away, convey, or secrete the debts by them owing to, or the estate or effects in their hands belonging to the said absent defendants Harman and Davis, until the further order or decree of this court; and that a copy of this order be forthwith published for two months successively, in one of the public newspapers published in this county; and that another copy be posted at the front door of the Court House of the said county. A copy, G. DENEALE, Clerk. Twenty Dollars Reward.
RAN AWAY from the subscriber, on the 24th of Dec. 1803, a Negro Slave, named Jacob , about 30 years of age, rather of a yellowish complexion: he is a stout, lusty fellow, five feet eleven inches high; his foot is twelve inches and a quarter long; he has a very large nose, a big belly, head, he has a small scar on the out side of his right leg just below his knee, another on the same side of his thigh just above his knee, occasioned by a burn; his clothing, when he went away from me, were a dark drab coloured coarse cloth, his coat was laped with large buttons on it, a pair of overalls of the same cloth, white yarn stockings, Virginia cotton shirt and felt hat; he may be very apt to change his clothing, and very likely may have a forged pass; he has a wife at Mr. George Wolf's, in Alexandria, and very likely he is lurking about that place. Matters of vessels and others are hereby forewarned from harbouring or carrying him off at their peril. Whoever takes up said Negro and secures him in jail, so that I get him again, or deliver him to me in Stafford county, near Mudley creek, shall receive the above reward. ROBERT LAING. March 18.
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Postponement.
THE sale of the Land in the county of Loudoun, belonging to the estate of George Carter, deceased, was unavoidably postponed, owing to the indisposition and consequent absence of one of the Executors. I will now certainly take place on Thursday the seventh of April next, at the town of Leesburg, and on the same terms formerly advertised. LANDON CARTER, jun.  THOMAS L. LEE, Jan. 24.
To Let, For one or more years, a convenient dwelling HOUSE, for a small family, pleasantly situated on Pitt Street, between Wolf and Wilkes streets. CHARLES SIMMS. March 21. Five Dollars Reward.  RAN AWAY from the subscriber, on Saturday the 4th inst. a likely Negro Man named Daniel ; about 5 feet 5 inches high; rather knock-kneed, and when spoken to is apt to stutter; had on, when he went away, a short blue jacket and trowseis, wool hat, a pair of shoes and stockings. Whoever takes up said Daniel, and brings him to me in Alexandria, near the county wharf, shall receive the above reward and reasonable charges. GARRET HEADEN.
NOTICE. Will positively be Sold, at Public Sale, on the premises, the first day of April if fair, if not the next fair day thereafter, A tract of LAND in the county of Loudoun, on Goose Creek, near the Mill formerly owned by Col. Simon Triplett, containing 500 acres, a considerable part of which is in Wood; formerly the property of Augustine Love, and by him conveyed to Alexander Gordon, and by said Gordon conveyed to the subscribers for the benefit of his creditors. One fifth of the purchase money to be paid on the day of sale, two fifths in twelve months, and the remaining two fifths in eighteen months from the day of sale; for which payments approved security will be required. JONAH THOMPSON,  BENJ. COMEGYS,  JACOB HOFFMAN. Jan. 18.
Notice. The subscribers being appointed assignees of the estate and effects of ISAAC M'PHERSON, late of Prince William County, a Bankrupt, give notice, to all persons indebted to the said Isaac M'Pherston, or who have any of his effects, not to pay or deliver the same to any person, other than the subscribers, or such as shall be duly authorized by them. BENJAMIN BOTTS,  TIMOTHY BRUNDIGE. Dumfries, March 8.
Twenty Dollars Reward, To any person who will bring to me, or secure so that I get him again, JOHN AYRES, A BRIGHT mulatto fellow, about 21 years of age, who eloped from this place on the 9th instant. He had on when he went away a blue plains coat, his pantaloons of the same were patched, and darned in some places with white cotton, a swansdown waistcoat, white yarn stockings, an excellent pair of shoes tied with strings, and a very good white hat. He has a thick suit of black hair, rather inclined to curl, which he generally keeps tied, a fine set of teeth, and when he thinks he has done wrong his countenance expresses great fear mixed with a considerable blushing; I suppose he must be about 5 feet 8 or 10 inches high. BALDWIN M. LEE.
N. B. I hereby forewarn all masters or skippers of vessels from receiving or harbouring the above mentioned mulatto on board their vessels, at the peril of the law. B. M. L. Should the said mulatto fellow be apprehended and secured in the jail of Fredericksburg or its vicinity, and I can be informed of it, Mr. John Scott is directed to pay the reward. Cabin Point, Westmoreland county, Feb. 22.
Cash given for clean linen and cotton rags. PRINTED DAILY BY S. SNOWDEN.