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NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, AND WASHINGTON ADVERTISER.
Vol. VI. WASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. No. DCCEXXXVI.
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MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1806.
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FROM THE SALEM REGISTER.
Among the reports of the day, the most interesting are such as lead us to review the scenes through which the French Emperor passed to his present glory. The expedition to Egypt has not been more often traced to the ambition of the Emperor, than to the designs of his rivals, who intended to seize the government of France. Whatever may hereafter be discovered to disclose such designs, no doubt remains that the Emperor engaged warmly in the expedition against Egypt, and many things lead to the belief, that he has not abandoned this great object of his ambition. A country so celebrated in history, and possessing the greatest advantages for a commerce with the world, cannot be lost from the view of an enterprising Prince, who sees its advantages neglected, and who can secure his most extensive plans by possessing them. But should the ambition of France not embrace the object of conquering or gaining Egypt, yet the intercourse of Europe with India, and the extending settlements of Russia, as well as the continued discoveries of travellers, lead us to expect that the communications by land cannot much longer remain obstructed. We may then hope that an approximation will be obtained, at least by more direct routes, more secure roads and an uninterrupted intercourse of business, and pleasure. The former state of Europe too much resembled that of the Asiatic nations, and that state is kindly yielding to the influence of commerce. A few years have made great changes in Europe, both in regard to the liberty of travelling and the conveniences attending it. It remains for some modern Alexander to force a passage, or for some conqueror of the east to give the continued roads of ancient Rome, or for some military force to overawe the resistance of Asiatic despotism. What is hoped upon the best principles, is often expected from violent means. What sound policy will not accomplish, daring ambition will achieve. Europe has not been without expectations that the Emperor of France will not overlook this great design, and after Russia has attempted in vain to secure to itself, against Persia, the narrow limits between the Black and Caspian seas; that a French Emperor will dare to extend his dominion to the Southern Ocean. We find the distances once terrible to enterprise, daily becoming less forbidding to private as well as national courage. By the researches, and the discoveries already made, we know the countries and the inhabitants who have so long prevented the visits of Europeans to the richest part of the globe. Mr. Jackson, in 1797, passed from the Persian Gulf by Bagdad, Mosul and Diabekir to the Black sea, and from thence to Constantinople, in a route which had not been attempted for a century by an European traveller. He had guards in passing the deserts, but found as few inconveniences as could be apprehended in this novel situation. The distance from the Persian Gulf to the Black sea, does not exceed 10 degrees of lat. and lies between 30 and 40 deg. of N. lat. and his route was in less than 10 degrees of lon. He passed over the mountains of Armenia. In 1784, Mr. Foster, of whom major Rennel gives an account, passed from Bengal to the Caspian. From Calcutta to Moultan, according to Rennel is about 1500 miles, and to Cabul and to Candahar, about 1800. It is 900 miles from Moultan to Bombay. Cabul is in lat. 34 deg. 36 min. N. and in 63 deg. 38 min. E. lon. from London, and Candahar is 33 deg. N. lat. and 67 deg. 6 min. E. lon. From Candahar to the Caspian, according to Foster, is 772 miles, giving about 2500 miles to Calcutta. The difference between Candahar and the Caspian being about 15 deg. of lon. and 4 of lat. In the lat. of Candahar, and within 15 deg. of lon. lies Ispahan the capital of Persia, and Ispahan is within 7 deg. of Bagdad at the head of the Persian Gulf, not exceeding 1500 miles for the traveller. According to Page, and many other modern travellers, from Bagdad to Syria, about 10 deg. the travelling, free from the plundering parties of the desert, by sufficient guards, might be easily performed. The distances from Egypt to the Red Sea, are inconsiderable in themselves, and as they have been, so they may again become the path of a rich and extensive commerce. We have long been used to contemplate long journeys with horror, and the expeditions of Alexander and of Caesar, though in opposite directions, would not, in our days, have the glory which they secured to those immortal conquerors.
There appears to be great rejoicing among the federalists, at the loss of one of the gun boats, on her passage to the Mediterranean. That the federalists should rejoice at any misfortunes which may attend the measures of government, is, to be sure, nothing strange—their enmity to the government which protects them is of that nature that their rejoicings are in proportion to the disasters and difficulties its operations may have to encounter. It was doubt-
less the secret wish of many a pious federalist that ALL the gun boats might sink before they reached their port of destination, and they would probably have had no objection to the sinking of all the rest of the squadron, because it would have frustrated the views of government—That, doubtless, would have been great cause of joy to these exclusive patriots . Their joy commenced in 1804, when gun boat No. 1 was driven ashore in a gale of wind, together with a number of other vessels in and near Charleston harbour. In the late gale another United States vessel was driven ashore at Charleston. This will also be a further subject of rejoicing, and we expect soon to see some elegant production from the pen of Fessenden , (the federal poetaster) on this funny subject.
Our federal fresh-water sailors attribute these disasters to the unfitness of these kinds of vessels for the service for which they were intended. This story will do very well to tell green hands, but it won't do among those who have seen blue water . Did any of these critics ever see the gun boats that were built during John Adams' administration? If they have, we would thank them to point out their superiority and the services they performed. We have seen several of them that were built at a great expence. They were curious things! But the discovery of their being unfit for service was not made till after they were launched, and the contractor's bills were paid. They would not do, and were laid up—not in a dry dock, it is true; but where the worms could have fair play upon them. In this situation they lay about two years, and officers were appointed and paid to see that they did not fly away ! for they had neither masts nor sails. These queer things were at last sold (by John Adams' orders) for less than a third of what they cost. They were purchased for the purpose of carrying fire wood to market—They were hardly fit for that—for they could carry but seven or eight cords. This was federal economy! It is exultingly said by the federalists that the cause of the loss of the gun boat on her passage to Gibraltar was owing to her not being capable of performing a sea voyage. The lieutenant who commanded her, on his return to New-York, in consequence of springing the mast (an accident to which the largest ships are liable in gales of wind and a heavy sea) pronounced her an excellent sea boat, and confirmed this declaration by willingly going out in her again. According to modern federal logic the same cause might be assigned for the loss of the frigate Insurgent and the brig Pickering . What say you to this LUBBERS? Lansingsburg Reg.
FROM THE LOUISIANA GAZETTE.
The importance of Louisiana, and the rank which nature designs it to hold, as a member of the United States, are now becoming generally known to the people of the union. Until lately, and whilst under the government of Spain, the province and its productions were disregarded except by some merchants and adventurers; it was unexplored by those capable of appreciating its value, and the voice of the few who proclaimed its advantages and resources, was either slighted or imputed to interested motives. The veil is now rent, curiosity, speculation, and the wish of providing for poor and numerous families have drawn amongst us, emigrants of all ranks from every part of the United States.—The immensity of the country, the richness of the soil, the value of the productions, the cheapness of land, the facility of intercourse between the most distant parts and the capital, the uncommon salubrity of the climate which was found equal to any part of the United States, have alike called forth their joy and astonishment, and their communications to their friends in the most distant recesses of the union, have at length dispelled the cloud of prejudice which prevented the people of the Atlantic and western states from examining and enjoying the benefits to be realised among us. Should the man of commerce entertain a doubt of the future grandeur of Louisiana, let him cast an eye on the map of America; and with the first glance he must discover, that from the sources of the Ohio to the east, to those of the Missouri on the west, comprehending a space of 40 degrees of longitude, and from the source of the Mississippi in the latitude of 47 to the gulf of Mexico, in the latitude of 29, every stream is tributary to, and pours with its waters, its productions into this first of rivers—let him then inform himself of the present prodigious population of these countries until lately uninhabited, let him enquire what they produced twenty years since, what they now produce, and from thence infer, not only what they are capable of becoming, but what they must be in an equal time in future, when enjoying the blessings of a free government.—Can any one reflect for an instant on this subject, and not be lost in wonder?
Should the farmer for a moment doubt of realising not only a recompence, but
a fortune for himself and family by his industry, let him enquire of his friends who have visited Louisiana, what those who have already emigrated there have acquired by their labor. He will learn that all who are sober and industrious, though poor and unprotected on their arrival, are now rich and affluent, that the first rate lands on navigable streams may be had at the fourth of the price of what he can sell his poor worn out fields for in the place he inhabits, that the produce of these lands is three or four times greater, and more costly than what he raises, and that the conveyance of these rich productions to market is in an inverse ratio to their value—that while at home, the carriage of his crop to market consumes a great proportion of his time, and of the value of the crop itself; yet in Louisiana it is comparatively nothing on account of the superior value of the object, and superior facility of a water communication. The farmer then will learn with surprise that he has overlooked or has been ignorant of these advantages, he will learn with pleasure that many worthy characters among his countrymen have preceded him, and that on the Mississippi in particular, those who have attempted the cultivation of the sugar cane are making immense fortunes, with the same number of hands which in Maryland and Virginia scarce sufficed to pay their annual expenses. But it is not to the rich alone (who on account of the expenses of the first establishments can attempt the cultivation of the sugar cane) that Louisiana holds out a prospect of a better fortune—the poorer classes equally find their account in the cultivation of Indigo, Rice and Cotton, which within a very few years have increased the riches of the inhabitants of the Mississippi territory and Louisiana generally, in a proportion that would not be believed, except by those who had seen the change. Louisiana then, wants nothing but an additional population, to be the first country in the universe, and that population it is rapidly acquiring. It has the singular felicity of offering some advantages to each of the three great portions into which nature has divided our immense empire.—To the inhabitants of the eastern states, who are mostly commercial, and seafaring people, it offers an immense commerce which it never can carry on itself, for want of shipping and seamen of its own, as for ages to come the natives of the country will of choice apply to agriculture, which so soon affords them an independence, rather than to the sea, which has nothing in their eyes to compensate its toils and dangers (a). The people of the eastern states will therefore of necessity be the carriers of our immense and wealthy productions to their own and foreign countries; they will supply us in return with the luxuries and conveniences of life, which we do not raise within ourselves, they will form the richest commercial establishments among us, and by having connections already formed in other countries, and large fortunes already employed, will be able almost exclusively to enjoy a commerce which in a few years will be equal to that of the remainder of the United States.
To the people of the middle & southern states whose lands require a new species of cultivation, which can no longer be managed in the former method, nor raise the crops they have been accustomed to, on account of the poorness of the soil, exhausted by the tobacco plant, it offers an outlet for the superabundance of their black population, and an extravagant price for what will shortly be to them, an incumbrance instead of an advantage. But it is to the western states that Louisiana offers the greatest and most immediate benefits. United now under one common government, our interest is the same, they have nothing now to fear from foreign outrage, the channel to the sea, and thence to the most distant parts of the world is assured to them, and their commodities will in future pass freely without being burdened by foreign duties, or their agents, embarrassed by foreign officers. In proportion as the population of this country increases it will afford a great vent for the produce of the Ohio and its waters, which we shall prefer buying of them, when assured of a constant supply, rather than raise them ourselves, as we can more advantageously employ our time and hands in the cultivation of richer productions, (b) which in return we shall supply them with, at cheaper rates than they can be furnished by foreigners. Our merchants as they acquire larger capitals will be able to export to more advantage the surplus productions of their soil, and will afford them extensive credits, the circuitous trade which is now carried on with a few ports of the Atlantic states, will give place to one more direct and less expensive with N. Orleans, where in future their investments will be made for home consumption, and Louisiana, as it now is from interest, duty and choice, attached to the government of the U. States, will form a link to connect the Western with the Atlantic states, which otherwise could not hold together, and which by their separation would cause their mutual destruction. On this head it is needless to enlarge as the most experi-
enced must see the truth of the position. Louisiana in the hands of a foreign power would control the whole of our western settlements, but supported now by their population, and secure of their assistance, if ever it be wanted, it has nothing to fear from external enemies. The only thing it has to fear, is lest the general government, ill informed of its resources, importance and dispositions of its inhabitants, should refuse to impart to it those blessings to which it is entitled. It is as much the interest of the western states, as of the people of Louisiana, that every privilege enjoyed by any other part of the union should be extended to them, as on the treatment they will receive, will depend their future prosperity or ruin. If encouraged by the fostering hand of government, their riches, their energy & their productions, will be augmented a hundred fold, and in proportion to it will, the importance of the western country be augmented, by the increase of its trade, consumption of its productions and facilities afforded to its inhabitants from the capital, acquired in N. Orleans.—If on the contrary, oppressed or refused a just participation in the rights to which they are entitled, their importance, riches and industry will diminish, and the resources of the western states will diminish in proportion with them. Let the people of the western states examine their own situation and they must candidly acknowledge that they have grown and prospered, only, since they have formed connexions in Louisiana, and that their future grandeur must depend in a great measure, if not totally on that of the lower country. Their states are now indissolubly united, and every reasonable privilege which is refused to the people of Louisiana, or every injury done to them is a mortal wound to themselves: the effect of which it depends altogether on them to guard against, by giving their influence in the national councils to raise Louisiana (which may be called their own sea port) to that rank to which the God of nature, the ties of brotherhood, and the stipulations of treaty have given them so just a right.
(a) Of 40,000 tons of shipping which now frequent the port of New Orleans, and are necessary to convey the present productions of Louisiana, to foreign markets, about 27,000 tons belong to the eastern or New England states, from which a judgment may be formed, of the interest they ought to take, in the affairs and prosperity of Louisiana. The imports and exports of this country, united, amount to near 6 millions of dollars, and a very large proportion of this trade, has already fallen into the hands of N. England merchants.
(b) In proof of this, it will only be necessary to state the quantity and value of an acre of provisions raised in Louisiana, and compare the same value with that of an acre of cotton or sugar, the difference will be very considerable, and must convince the people of the upper country, whose climate is better suited to raising provisions than ours, that, when assured of a constant supply of Indian corn, and when they substitute the flint, for the gourd seed, which latter, is more subject to be destroyed by the weevil than the other, the inhabitants of this country will depend on them for a total supply of that article, as well as for all their salt provisions. The consumption of this latter would be augmented now, ten fold, if more care was taken to cure it, and in future will augment the same ratio with our population. Little is yet exported on account of its inferior quality, although we have a manifest advantage over all the other ports, as far as respects the supply of the island of Cuba. For flour we are totally dependent on the upper country, as we raise no wheat here, and to their own carelessness, or dishonesty of a few concerned in it, they ought to impute the little consumption of this necessary article. There is likewise a manifest repugnance shown by the merchants, to ship it to foreign markets, where the quality is always found inferior to that of the Atlantic states, and almost invariably proves rotten at the end of two or three months. It requires only common honesty in the inspectors, and to pack the flour when cool, in tight and seasoned barrels, to avoid these merited reproaches.
An acre (or arpent) of corn in Louisiana, produces an average crop of 20 barrels to the ear, or about 22 bushels in grain, which at 75 cents per bushel amount to
DOLLARS. 16 50
The same acre (or arpent) planted in cotton, with the same labor will produce 1000 lbs. of cotton seed, or 250 lbs. of clean cotton, valued at 20 cents per lb. the average price of the last seven years
50
An acre (or arpent) planted in cane, produces at the lowest calculation, even in indifferent crops 1000 lbs. of sugar, at 8 dollars per cwt.
80
One barrel of molasses,
7 50
It is therefore evident that the lands of the Mississippi, which are all fit for sugar or cotton, will not be employed to raise corn, when the planters are assured of a supply from above—and the inhabitants of the Ohio, and its waters, will have on the Misissippi without looking to a foreign market, an outlet for almost the whole of their crops, and the consumption must annually increase. It is the same with other provisions—Our lands will be too valuable to devote much of them to pasturage, and the climate is too warm to permit us to salt our own meat intended to be kept through the summer. It may be objected that the culture of rice is more advantageous, and that the planters might be tempted to feed their slaves principally on it.
An acre (or arpent) produces 20 barrels of rough rice, or 10 barrels weighing 1 cwt. and 3-4ths each of clean rice, which at 3 dollars per cwt. is
52 50
It will however, be evident that while the planter can procure this price for his rice, or any thing like it, he will ship it to a foreign market, and not feed his slaves on it, and heides rice is not supposed so healthy a food as corn, and will only be raised in small quantities, by the poorer planters. This branch can never therefore, interfere with the inhabitants of the Ohio, and in proportion as the lands are drained and made capable of producing the cane, the cultivation of rice will be abandoned for sugar.
FROM THE DEMOCRAT.
The following extract is taken from the elegant oration pronounced at Springfield (Ms.) July 4, 1806.
By WM. C. WHITE, Esq.
The subject is indeed awfully sublime, and might well challenge a muse not inferior to that of Milton . Already has it given birth to the most successful efforts of juvenile genius. The audacious and profligate despotism which was exhibited by our oppressor, on the one hand, and the meek and gentle and supplicating disposition, which was returned by our insinuated, and persecuted countrymen, on the other; till the humility of patient suffering was succeeded by the proud resistance of aggrieved humanity, and the intended slave became the decreed conqueror: this is a theme on which the fancy delights to be awake; for it is a theme calculated to arrest the best and finest feelings of the human heart. America, overpowering her foe; a national stripling encountering and prostrating a national giant ; is like an Ulysses subduing a Polyphe , and reduces the extravagance of poetic fable to the soberness of rational probability. A lesson may likewise be taught from it, fraught with political wisdom. It teaches us that there is no system however sagaciously projected; however deeply laid in artifice, and stratagem; that can stand against the powerful & irresistible opposition of Nature . It teaches us that the spirit which is excited by tyranny, never tires and never sleeps; but becomes stouter, by resistance, and at last pours a terrible and desolating vengeance on the head of its oppressor!
Yet this subject so sublime in itself, and so interesting to humanity; this subject so dear to the virtue, so glorious to the character, and so fascinating to the pride of Americans; this subject, which has so frequently called forth the most splendid exertions of eloquence, which has drawn from sensibility the purest feelings and the most exalted sentiments. Yes, this subject, so fertile to the philosopher, and so luxurious to the poet, has but few charms for the political or religious bigot. It has but few charms for those who have the hardened insensibility and the brutal indifference to call an audience, so respectable and so brilliant as the present one, by the foul and slanderous name of a " Jacobine rout ". It has but few charms for those who would on this day fortify the doors of our churches with double and triple bars, and event the point of the bayonet, lest the heart elated patriot should be guilty of the unpardonable crime of approaching the altar of the living God, and pouring out before him the abundance of his gratitude. And here I cannot forbear making the remark, that political and religious bigotry, and religious hypocrisy, are almost the only enemies which humanity has now to encounter, on this side of the Atlantic. Could these formidable foes be annihilated, not many years perhaps, and America would exhibit to the world a spectacle of felicity and glory that might consecrate the splendid predictions of philosophy in reference to the possible perfection of our species. You will therefore pardon me, fellow citizens, if I consider political and religious bigotry and religious hypocrisy, as furnishing topics deeply interesting to the patriot, and that as such, they may with propriety be made the subject of that discussion for which we are this day assembled.
The dreadful consequences which would result to this country, from the

prevalence of religious bigotry are too obvious to need illustration. It has been a pest and a scourge wherever it has existed. It confines the mind in a narrow and sickly prison, and tortures it with a thousand imaginary horrors. It is a tyrant whose arbitrary commands require a prompt and unresisting obedience, without permitting the delay of a momentary thought, or the passage of a fugitive reflection. It says, I am holier than thou, and holds out the threatening language of death against those who blasphemously contradict it. It says, believe as I believe, or suffer woe in this world, and eternal horror beyond the grave. Its path is strewed with the blood and bones of martyrs. It is the implacable and irreconcilable foe of Science and Morality. It persecuted Galileo, it put Arisotle to flight, & murdered, in cold blood, the divine and unoffending Socrates. It kindled the voracious and unhallowed flames of Smithfield. It doubly armed the fierce and intractable Mahometan with the sabre in one hand and the Koran in the other; that if he should not convince with his gospel he might cleave down with his steel. To descend to more modern instances, it persecuted, drowned and hung the suspected wretches in Salem, for the fabled crime of witchcraft. It hung the quakers in Virginia, and would fain hang our President for expressing his indignation at this deed of tenfold darkness.
Thus much for bigotry. It most certainly has some claim to our compassion, for it is the production of an erroneous head, rather than of a corrupt heart. It has always flourished the most vigorously in the darkest ages of the world, and has been gradually disappearing since the invention of printing, and the promulgation of letters.
But bigotry would long since have voluntarily banished herself from our land, had it not found an artful, formidable, and an assiduous auxiliary in hypocrisy. They are in fact mutually dependent on each other. Bigotry, which is a weakness, would melt away before the irresistible rays of that intelligence, which it is the art of hypocrisy to keep in perpetual eclipse; and hypocrisy, which is a vice, would universally be branded with the infamy it merits, did not the weakness of bigotry disable it from discriminating between the semblance of virtue and its reality. Since then hypocrisy is one of the most terrible adversaries of the human race, we, in common with the rest of our fellow beings, are interested in accelerating its extinction.
Hypocrisy is the greatest enemy of the christian religion. This may account for the denunciation of "Woe unto you scribes, pharisees, hypocrites" which so often occurs in the new testament. Christ has taught us the indicium, by which they are to be designated. He tells us to judge of the tree by the fruit, and not of the fruit by the tree. The sincerity of this lesson is evinced, by exhibiting in his life an exact conformity to his exalted precepts. Had he merely preached humility and forbearance of injuries, and yet at the same time displayed a proud and avenging temper in his conversation with the world, we should haveigmatized him as an impostor, and ascribed his divine exertions to a motive that would have dishonored him. It is therefore the coincidence between the professions and the practice of Christ that induces us to listen to the former with veneration and delight. Wherever we do not discover this coincidence, we ought to be on our guard, for depend upon it a hypocrite is not far off. And give me leave to say that one hypocrite will make more infidels, than a thousand such writers as David Hume and Thomas Paine. For when we behold religious professions associated to vicious practice, in an easy and obvious transition, we transfer our disgust at this practice to that religion from whence these professions are supposed to flow, and avidly imagine the whole to be counterfeit.
Let us then, as the basis of our discrimination between a hypocrite and an honest man, adopt the idea recommended by Jesus Christ. That may give you an illustration of this lesson, suffer me to wander along the precepts of the region of fancy. Suppose, ten fellow-citizens, that ten years since, you should elect for your Governor a man, whose practice should be at direct war with his professions. Suppose, you should manage the matter so well as to have the customary salt appointed to be held on the very week next, preceding the then ensuing gubernatorial election. Suppose, too, (for suppositions are harmless things) that this man, whose practice should be at direct war with his professions, should be elected. Suppose, that the name of Christ should be emblazoned in capitals at every third of his pious production. Suppose, too, at this very same time, this same Governor should be eating the bread of a corrupt and treacherous operation; that he should, parsimoniously spend, by farthings, the millions he honestly won at the guilty and aced game of the Funding System; that he should contemplate with remorse, the miserable condition of the numerous soldiers, their widows and their orphans, reduced by his opulence to beggary and wretchedness; and should long hesitate in deciding the
real character of such a man? No, fellow-citizens, you would instantly class him under that abandoned and profligate hypocrisy, against which the wrath and curse of heaven has been denounced. That hypocrisy, which has been aptly compared to a whitened sepulchre, with a fair outside but with much corruption and pollution within; that hypocrisy, which slains at a gnateat and swallows a camel; which leaps over mountains toils over mole hills—which idolizes the shadow while it persecutes the reality of virtue, "and seems a saint, when most it plays the devil."
The last topic which I propose to discuss is that of political bigotry. The political bigot is so superstitiously attached to old systems, that he is cordially disgusted with every thing which comes under the name of improvement and reform. He, of course, can never become reconciled to the constitutions of America. He wants a king instead of a President, and a House of Lords instead of a Senate. He talks loudly and vehemently of the danger of faction, the ignorance and delusion of the people, the intrigues of elections, and the fatal charms that lurk under the captivating but mistaken words, Liberty & Equality . With Tracy he says the commonality are too rich and too powerful, and with Morris that they are their own worst enemies. He raves against the insubordination resulting from the want of aristocratical distinctions. He has no peace, day nor night. By day he endeavors to inspire the people with a distrust of American liberty by comparing it with the liberty of Greece and of Rome. By night he beholds the envied but unpossessed paraphernalia of royalty, and diadems and stars, and ribbons glitter in his dreams and gild his slumbers. Strange infatuation!
* In the Springfield paper, published on the Tuesday preceding the 4th of July, the parish committee of Springfield were called upon to shut the meeting house, to prevent its being broken up by a "Jacobine rout!"
From the London Courier of Aug. 15.
Whilst the conclusion of peace between Russia and France would induce us to believe that war would not again break out upon the continent, the aspect of affairs, and the measures lately adopted, would almost persuade us that the preservation of peace is impossible, and that the flames of war are on the point of bursting forth again with as much violence as ever. The peace of the continent is ensured, say the Paris papers, by the treaty with Russia. Yet, immediately after the conclusion of that treaty, Bonaparte orders a fresh levy of fifty thousand conscripts! The Paris papers which have arrived to the 7th, and Dutch to the 12th, have communicated to us this important intelligence. The Monitor endeavors to remove all suspicions and apprehensions, which this warlike measure is calculated to excite. When the third coalition, it asserts, assumed an aspect, which rendered a large conscript levy necessary, to support the glory of the throne, and defend the interests of the country, the levy of 80,000 conscripts was ordered, but they were never called out. But now, of the 30,000 men of the conscription of 1806, who were not deemed necessary to be called out, even in time of war, and before the battle of Austerlitz had sealed the humiliation of the House of Austria—now, of those 80,000 men, 50,000 are to be called out directly! But the Monitor would have us believe, that at any rate that number, or nearly that number, would have been called out, even if we had enjoyed profound peace, to replace those who have been or may be discharged. Be it so; but why then was it necessary to state any other reason—though even then we should ask why it was deemed necessary to keep up the army to its full war amount, at a time when Bonaparte had held out the prospect of reducing his army to the peace establishment? The Monitor however is not content with stating that these 50,000 will not do more than supply the places of those who have been or may be discharged—(we do not believe that one man has been discharged)—it says, and we beg our readers to attend to the expression: "If, as every thing leads to hope, the affairs of the continent are about to be settled, the 50,000 men will serve to replace the soldiers who shall receive their discharge and return to their families. If, on the contrary, which there is no reason to think, the period of the repose of the continent is not yet arrived, these 50,000 men, by completing the different corps on the war footing, will carry the French army to its highest degree of strength."
Is this the language of a government which has so confidently told us, that the tranquillity of the continent was ensured, and that there was no power which dared to disturb it? "Every thing leads to hope," and "there is no reason to think:"—Is this the confident tone which we should have expected Bonaparte to have assumed? Had he been so convinced that the peace of the continent was ensured, would he have expressed a doubt upon the subject?—Would he have confined himself to a hope that the affairs of the continent were about to be settled!—Would he have suffered the idea to be entertained a moment, that the "period of the repose of the continent is not yet arrived?" Observe too that in informing us that the levy would have been resorted to at all events, to fill up the vacancies produced by discharges, he uses the words "even if we had enjoyed profound peace." Why, as far as relates to the continent, the peace with
Russia, we were told, had restored peace to the continent. It cannot be said that the war with England has rendered this fresh levy necessary.
But it may be asked from what quarter can hostility be expected to come? Russia has made peace and withdrawn—Austria has not yet sufficiently recovered her strength to undertake another contest;—and Prussia seems too much under the power and in the toils of France to go to war with her? But all these are arguments which would have rendered it wholly unnecessary for Bonaparte to have increased his military force, or to have entertained a doubt upon the subject of the continental peace. Does he think that his new German confederacy will not be quietly acquiesced in, however humble Austria or Prussia may be? Does he think this fresh display of force necessary to make them "drain his draughts of Rhenish down?" or, does he meditate new enterprises? Is his ambition not yet satiated? Does he aim at something more than the German confederacy?—Are Prussia and Austria to be further curtailed of their power? Is Switzerland to be converted into a new kingdom for another of his mushroom family? Does he extend his prospects and his presumption to the confines of Europe, and sitting himself down upon the throne of Constantine, does he wish to fix his menacing looks on Asia? Nothing is too wild, nothing too extravagant for a man whose ambition is remorseless—who combines in his character the extremes of democracy and despotism—whom we can compare to no man that ever lived—but whom Milton, by prophetic anticipation, seems to have portrayed in the description he gives of the king of terrors.
The other shape, If shape it might be called that shape had none, Distinguishable in member, joint or limb; Or substance might be called, that shadow seemed: For each seemed either; black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell, And shook a dreadful dart. What seemed his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on.
LONDON, AUGUST 15.
POLITICAL BALANCE OF EUROPE.
M. Gentz has lately published an able work upon the Political Balance of Europe, in which he enters into a view of the events that preceded and have followed the peace of Presburg. We recommend it to the attentive perusal of our readers. The following extract from it is by no means unseasonable at the present moment:—
"The duty of rousing the public spirit, is the common duty of us all; but here also the governments must lead the way. For if they do not set the example, we have no right to expect that, in an age like ours, so distinguished for general culture, for the development of individual talent, for the refined enjoyment of life, for constantly increasing riches, for growing corruption, for the charm of so many private occupations which tempt to a renunciation of those of a more public nature, and which entice individuals to devote their cares exclusively to their own happiness, their own improvement, or pleasures, people shall again take a hearty and lively interest in the public welfare, depending as it does upon the existence and preservation of a great political union. But princes, and particularly those of high rank, are created and live expressly for the purpose of managing the high trust of the general interest. For this purpose, they must, before all things, be true to that which to them is dearest. Their most sacred duty is never to permit any diminution of their own rights, but to maintain in fact the degree of political weight, importance and influence, which has been consigned to them; and not to tolerate, under any pretence, the introduction of changes, the general system of the political relations and distributions of power in Europe, by which, sooner or later, they might be driven from their proper stations. But they are no less called upon and obliged to watch over, maintain and defend the independence, security and rights of their neighbours, their allies, and of every acknowledged and legally constituted power; even those of their rivals, and those of their occasional enemies. From the moment that they no longer feel themselves strong enough to prevent the weakest and most inconsequential state from being injured with impunity, or robbed of its independence by the criminal and arbitrary acts of a stronger, their own thrones become unstable. We must hear of no insular systems, no indifference to a danger apparently foreign to their own immediate interests, no absolute neutrality, no unconditional seclusion from any important transaction! The fear of involving themselves in endless disputes and continual wars by this policy (the only true and worthy policy) is altogether imaginary, and is suggested by false philanthropy, or ignoble sloth and pusillanimity. The more industry and vigor is employed in checking the first acts of injustice and violence, the less frequent will be the cases in which it will be necessary to march forth to fight against them in the field; the more steadfastly they hold themselves in a state of preparation, the greater reluctance will be felt to challenge them to combat. In a word, the more perfect, harmonious, and stable the federal system of the European states, the greater the sensibility each individual discovers to every violation of common rights, the stronger the tie which binds each
member to the collective body, the more rarely wars occur.
It is impossible that the history of our time should pass without producing some beneficial fruits for us and our posterity. Whether Bonaparte, in the recess of his haughty and gloomy mind, has really conceived the idea of a universal monarchy; under what form he has conceived it; what progress he has made in forming the project, and when and how he thinks of realizing it, all his futurity will disclose. But so much is clear and certain, that in the course of six frightful years he has been doing; without intermission, all that he must do on the very worst supposition, and that he has succeeded in things which seem very unequivocally to prognosticate the most perilous and desperate issue. Were every thing here to close, were his career to be terminated, were our undertakings to be crowned with complete success, and his flag to set for ever, it is possible that we could forget what sorrows, what bitterness, what disgrace, what troubles, what convulsions, what a grievous load of present evils, and what anguish for every coming day for throughout the greatest and best part of Europe, from a bare attempt and beginning to effect such a project; and shall we not therefore adopt every expedient which wisdom can devise to prevent the return of these hard trials.
WASHINGTON CITY.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 13.
We noticed a short time since an article in a federal print called the 'People's Friend,' stating that New Orleans was in a state of distraction. A few days ago we gave publicity to a letter from Major Claiborne, the private Secretary of the Governor, declaring that at New Orleans, they were perfectly tranquil. The Editor of this print, thus detected, ridicules the idea of their being perfectly tranquil at New Orleans, while the Spanish troops were in the vicinity of Natchitoches—and yet he talks of the great distance of Natchitoches from New Orleans, and of the intermediate country being almost all overflowed! We may expect to hear this Editor, on the occurrence of the next riot at Paris, ridiculing, as absurd, any allegation of the tranquil state of London!
MARYLAND ELECTION.
Representatives in Congress. For Baltimore city and county— N. R. Moore, 6,164, elected, William Mac Creery, 3,559, elected, Joshua Barney, 2,063, John Scott, 533
For Montgomery and part of Frederick county— Philip B. Key, elected by a majority of 243 over F. Magruder. Edward Lloyd is elected to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of J. H. Nicholson.
The upper or 5th district in Anne Arundel county. Congress. Vanhorn, 283 Covington, 165
Representatives in Assembly. For Baltimore city the votes were as follows:
Edward Aisquith, 1430 Robert Stewart, 1170 Adam Fomerden, 945 Elias Glenn, 384 W. G. D. Worthington, 657 Theo. Bland, 639 Nicholas Norris, 335
For Baltimore county— Stansbury, 1809 Leamun, 1584 Harryman, 1638 Brown, 1644 Ogden, 1164 Little, 1900
For Ann Arundel County. John S. Belt, 375 G. Wilkins, 323 T. B. Dorsey, 303 G. Stockett, 226
For Kent County. Richard Frisby, Benjamin Hanson, Cornelius Comegys, Gideon Pearce, jun. For Somerset County. Gen. Levin Winder, Gen. John Gall, Geo. W. Jackson, esq. Dr. Robert Jenkins King. For Harford County. John Street, John Forwood, Dav. Davis, John Bond.
FOR THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
At a crisis, like the present, when several of the powers of Europe, blind to their own interests and regardless of the eternal principles of justice, menace us with violence, it might be expected that party opposition would relax its efforts to divide and weaken. Embarked in the same bottom, one common fate awaits us; and every honest citizen is equally interested in the preservation of national independence. History teaches us that the divisions fomented in republics have been their ruin. Shall we, enlightened as we profess to be, enlightened as we really are, be deaf to this solemn warning? In-
stead of opposing to foreign injustice and oppression in an unbroken front, shall we suffer treason to be carried into the midst of our camp?
These are solemn enquiries. They ought to command the serious reflections of the systematic opponents of the present administration. Will they undertake to say, however radically they may differ in their political theories from the individual whose galaxy of virtues and talents seems to have struck them blind, will they undertake to say that this is the time to foment internal divisions, to animate vindictive passions, to push personal feelings of animosity and envy, of disappointment and hatred, to direful extremes? Are these the patriots who love their country better than themselves; or are they the brawlers for popularity, still in pursuit of office and power, who, so that they can riot in wealth and are encompassed with the pageantry of office, care not whether their country smiles in peace, or is deluged with blood?
Federalists! I call upon you to reflect calmly, and for once to assert the prerogatives of an independent mind. I do not address myself to the violent partisans of your body, to the Ames, the Smiths, and the Griswolds, whose pursuit is office, and who so long as they are disappointed in this object, will continue to clamour. No. It is but too probably the destiny of such men to remain in eternal darkness. I address myself to those of your party, constituting, I would persuade myself, a large majority of your profession, whose intentions are pure, and who have no personal interests to promote at the sacrifice of the public good. I call upon you to reflect on the situation of your country, and the duties you owe it; and having so reflected, I call upon you to say whether it does not become you to abandon to their own infatuated policy those men who are incessantly occupied in blowing the trumpet of sedition; in dividing the people, in striving to disgrace the government, in countenancing, nay, in inviting the aggressions and insults of foreign powers?
With regard to our internal affairs misrepresentation and opposition, however reprehensible and even disgraceful they may be, are readily met and repelled, and cannot therefore be followed by any fatal effects. But with regard to our foreign relations, recollect how prone a government with which we have subsisting differences is to credit the tales of slander, and how difficult it is to dispel them by furnishing correct information. Look, at this moment, at the cabinet of Madrid. See it enveloped in darkness, guided by the distorted information and the intimated prejudice of a man totally unworthy of the station he occupies; a man, who doubtless feeds the credulity of his masters with the detraction and falsehood with which the federal prints abound. There can be no doubt but that this man seizes every libel that meets his eye, and sends it to the Escurial, while he, as sedulously, intercepts every ray of light that by illuminating the mind of the Spanish cabinet would tend to restore the two nations to a state of friendship, and necessarily to plunge him in irretrievable disgrace. I call upon you to say whether the countenance and patronage of such calumnies may not be the cause of war, and whether you, without meaning it, may not be the fatal instruments of one of the greatest scourges that can befal a nation.
In a following number this subject shall be treated more in detail.
TIMOLEON.
M. Leopold Von Buch, a member of the academy of Sciences of Berlin, and an intimate friend to the celebrated Humboldt, has undertaken a voyage at his own expence, to Iceland, where he intends to pass the winter, and to make physical and geological observations.
120 French troops were sent from Guadeloupe to the Carracas to assist in opposing Miranda.
Mer. Adv.
The English government have granted licences to the merchants of London to trade direct with the emperor of Hayti.
Alexandria Oct. 7.
Arrived yesterday, brig A. Vive captain Black, in 20 days from Point-Petre, (Guad.)
Extracts from a journal kept on board the brig Active.
August 28th.
A privateer brig, of 20 guns and 150 men, failed for Laguire with 150 troops, under the command of the captain of the port, on purpose to co-operate with the Spaniards against Miranda.
Sept. 14th, failed from Point-Petre; and on the 19th, in lat 21, 50 long. 64 30, fell in with the above-mentioned privateer, on a continuation of her cruise, (after having landed her troops at Laguire), who informed us that Miranda had met with a severe repulse from the Spaniards at Laguire, and compelled to retreat to his shipping for shelter; they also added, that no hopes are entertained of his (Miranda) ever succeeding in his operation, unless he had a force of from 40 to 50,000 men, the whole of the country being united against him.
Boston, October 4.
Captain Godfrey, who arrived yesterday (via quarantine) from the Bay of Honduras, which he left 26th August, informs, that the inhabitants expected an immediate attack from the Spaniards; having received information that

several thousand troops and a number of gun boats, &c. were fitting out at Bacalar and Campeachy, for the purpose of attacking them. The English were making spirited exertions to receive them; and had armed boats watching their movements. A flag of truce, which had been sent them by the English, had not returned when capt. G. sailed.
New-York, Oct. 7.
GENERAL MIRANDA.
In order that an idea may be formed of the opposition which Gen. Miranda is likely to meet, in his attack on the Spanish Provinces of South America, the following statement of the forces there, extracted from a work recently published in France, by M. D. Pons, a French commercial agent, who travelled through those provinces in the years 1801-2-3 and 4, and entered upon the most comprehensive and accurate investigation of all that related to them, by order of the French government, may prove acceptable to our readers:
  The force in the Carraccas consists of   one company of grenadiers 71 Men.   Eleven companies of fusiliers, each. 77   Total 918.   Artillery.   One company 100   Two ditto of white militia 200   Four ditto of men of color 400   Two do. of blacks 200   Total 900.   Militia.   One battalion of whites, 9 companies 810   Two do. of white militia 200   Four do. of men of color 400   Two do. of blacks 200   Total 1610.   Valence Militia.   One battalion of whites 810   Two do. of men of color 720   Total 1530.   The Valleys of Arragoa Militia.   One battalion of whites 810   One do. of men of color 720   Total 1530.   Sans Carlos Militia.   One company of cavalry 50   Total of the force in the Carraccas 6558   IN CUMANÁ.   Troops of the Line.   Three companies 221   Artillery.   One company of artillery 100   Two do. of white militia 200   One and an half do. of men of color 150   Total 450   Militia.   Twelve companies of whites 1080   Two of cavalry do. 990   One and an half of cavalry 75   Total 2245   Total in Cumana 2916   MARACAIBO.   Troops of the Line.   Four companies 303   Artillery.   One company of men of color 100   Militia.   Five companies of whites 450   Four do. of men of color 360   Total 810   Total in Maracaibo 1216   LA GUYANA.   Troops of the Line.   Three companies 150   Artillery.   One company of artillery 100   Militia.   Four company of whites 360   One company of artillery 150   Four companies of infantry, men of color 560   Total 670   Total in Guiana 1120   ISLAND OF MARGUERITA.   Troops of the Line.   One company 77   Artillery.   Four companies of men of color 400   Militia.   Four companies of whites 360   One do. of cavalry 50   Four do. of men of color 500   Total 770   Total in Marguerita 1247   Grand total Men 15,059 
New-York, Oct. 8.
A letter from Campeachy, dated the 14th of August, mentions that on the 27th of February the sentences of the brig Franklin, ship Nancy, ship Portsmouth, and several other American vessels, were reversed at Madrid.
Philadelphia, Oct. 6.
The following extract of a letter from London, will be found interesting, in regard to the doctrines of the British courts, in adjudicating American vessels.
"We have now to inform you of the restitution of the Union and cargo, on our paying the captor's expenses. The judge, Sir William Scott, would not consider the voyage from Batavia to Philadelphia connected with the outward one from Amsterdam, and the whole question with the court was respecting the property; and though there was in his opinion strong evidence of its true nature, yet as the persons from whom this evidence was received, had been engaged in a colorable transaction (alluding to clearing out for Tranquebar) in a former part of the business, he did not consider it improper to refer the case for further proof, if wished for by the captors. With respect to that part of the cargo shipped on account of the George, he ordered immediate restitution. Upon this the King's advocate offered to restore ship and cargo on paying the captor's expenses, which the court agreed to, and restitution was ordered accordingly."
Baltimore, Oct. 7.
Agreeable to the charter the Baltimore and Fredericktown turnpike road company, an election was held yesterday for President, Treasurer & Managers—the following gentlemen were duly elected:
  Jonathan Ellicott, President.   William Cooke, Treasurer.   Thomas Sprigg, Managers.   John M'Pherson,   George Baer, Jun.,   John E. Howard,   John Ellicott of John,   John Donnell,   Solomon Etting,   Lewis B. Smith, 
Petersburg, Oct. 2.
TORNADO.
On Monday last, the inhabitants of this place, and the adjacent country, experienced one of the most destructive rains accompanied with a violent wind from N. W. that has ever occurred within the memory of the oldest citizens. The rain commenced about four o'clock in the morning, and continued with increasing violence till noon, when it began to abate, and about three o'clock the storm subsided. From ten till twelve o'clock, the water appeared to fall in an almost solid body, filling and overflowing every rivulet over which the clouds passed—Mills, fences, bridges, &c. met one common fate; and the low grounds and meadows, presented an appearance unparalleled in the annals of this state. The fall of water was incalculable—and the injury sustained, must be very considerable.
The damage sustained by the inhabitants of Petersburg, is estimated at from 6 to 8000 dollars. The Blandford causeway, which had suffered considerable injury by the preceding rains, was rendered impassable, except by boats. Mr. Harrison, residing near the causeway, lost a considerable quantity of salt by the water suddenly bursting into his lumber house; and the undertaker, who was about to rebuild the arch over the creek, lost all the materials he had been collecting—But the most destructive scene was on Old-street, in the neighborhood of the Little bridge. The quantity of driftwood that came down the valley leading to the Little bridge, completely stopped the aqueduct passing under Mr. Baird's large brick tenement, and the water unable to discharge itself through the usual channel, rose with incredible impetuosity; till it found a vent through the store rooms of Messrs. Trokes, Cooke, &c. where it passed off in a body at least two feet in depth, carrying with it various articles that could not be secured in time. The quantity and rapidity of the water running over the street, suspended the communication between the east and west end of the town, for some time.
We understand the most material sufferers are, Mr. Knox, (who had two houses, situated near the river, washed from their foundations, and several tenements on the street materially injured) Messrs. D. & M. Trokes, Mr. John Cook, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Peniston, & Mr. Whitlock.—One man lost his life, and several were in imminent danger.
Cincinnati, September 25.
A gentleman lately from Malden, in Upper Canada, has communicated the following information:
That a few chiefs from the Sacque nation had arrived there, and said, that lieutenant Pike, on an expedition to explore the Upper Mississippi, finding within the American line, a number of British traders, levied duties upon them to the amount of 28,000 dollars: that the traders taking umbrage at the measure, had influenced (it was believed) the savages to attack lieutenant Pike's party; but that Pike having notice of their design, fortified himself before the enemy appeared: that the Indians assaulted the work, and were repulsed with considerable loss: and that the Americans had five men killed.
The same gentleman also adds, that it was reported at Malden, that the party under captains Lewis and Clarke, had been cut off; that this report was
founded on letters said to have been received from the remote British posts. He farther adds, that a gentleman of the North West Company in Canada, had proceeded to explore the country west of Cook's river, whence he was to continue his researches between the dividing mountains and the Pacific ocean, as far as Cape Horn. He was not expected to return in less than 7 years—His party consisted of between 30 and 40 men.
Norfolk, Sept. 25.
The following is a list of the number of English ships that composed the fleet off Trafalgar—with the state they were in after the engagement, and the names and number of vessels that joined the English just before—it is translated from a French official account, and deemed correct, and has not been before published here.
Ships dismantled.
   Guns.     Victory, 100   Temeraire, 98   Queen, 98   Canopus, 98   Thunderer, 98   Spencer, 74   Swiftsure, 74  
In a crippled state.
  Driad, La Saunette, and Hardie.   Sunk in or after the action.   Britannia, 100   Prince of Wales, 98   Neptune, 98   Prince, 98 
Burnt after the action.
  Defence, 74 
Lost on the coast.
  Donnegal, 80   Tiger, 80   Orion, 74   Monitor, 74   Colossus, 74   Sparta, 74 
In good condition.
  Windham, 74   Zealous, 74   Conqueror, 74   Revenge, 74   Achilles, 74   Mars, 74   Bellerophon, 74   Polypemus, 74 
Ships that joined before the battle.
  Duke of York, 90   Royal Sovereign, 100   Swift, 80   Lightning, 74 
Eagle, 74. Lost with 500,000. sterling on board, bound to Malta.
Disassembled and towed by a frigate. From this statement it will appear that although the English obtained the victory, it was obtained with a loss dreadfully severe on their part, and also with a considerable superiority in number on their side at the commencement of the action, particularly in first rate ships.
FROM THE NEW JERSEY JOURNAL.
Mr. Kollsch.
Supposing that it will be interesting to the farmers of this neighborhood, I wish to inform them through the medium of your paper that a Pumpkin has been raised by Mr. Niemcewicz of this place, which measures 5 feet 4 inches in circumference, and weighs 88 lbs. 1-2. As this vegetable, is of a peculiar species and the gentleman who raised it is desirous of improving the produce of this part of the country, he will gladly furnish any farmer (desirous of planting it) with a few seeds.
A SUBSCRIBER.
Elizabeth-Town, Oct. 6. h. 1806.
JOHN COX
Has received a large General assortment of FALL GOODS,
Which he will sell by wholesale and retail very cheap. No one shall sell lower than he will, George Town, October 13—cpNi&UG—6w
LOST.
The following Certificates of United States Debt:
  No. 2708 for 244 dolls. 45 cts. 6 per cents.   3924 for 88 dolls. 3 per cents.   3339 for 123 dolls. 25 cts. deferred 6 per cents. 
Issued by the Register of the Treasury, Joseph Nourse, Esqr. he 6 per cts. on the 2d September, 1791—the 3 per cts. on the 25 January, 1792, and the deferred 6 per cents on the 27 January, 1792, in favour of William Wilson, of Alexandria. For the renewal of which application will be made at the Treasury of the United States.
W. M. HODGSON. October 11th, 1806—6wep
RUNAWAY NEGRO.
WAS committed to the jail of this county as a runaway slave on the 17th inst. a bright mulatto man by the name of RICHMOND THOMAS about 35 years old, about 5 feet 6 inches high, stout made, wide mouth and thick lips, the little finger of his left hand crooked, his clothing is an old black broad cloth coat, a black satin and a silk and cotton jacket, a pirindim & a pair ornabriz pantaloons, a muslin shirt, a pair old shoes and a white and green hat, says he is free and lives in Philadelphia, has taken a coat to the N. M. and was on his way home when taken up, his owner is desired to come and prove property pay charges and take him away, otherwise he will be sold for his prison fees according to law.
I. HILHARY, Sheriff. Allegany county, Maryland. Cumberland, October 8—2tw
Post Office, Washington.
MAIL ESTABLISHMENT.
To commence 13th October, 1806.
The Northern mail by way of Baltimore will arrive every day at 5 P. M. and be closed at 8 P. M.
The Southern mail, by way of Alexandria, will arrive every day at 6 P. M. and be closed at 9 P. M.
The Northwestern mail, by way of Fredericktown, will arrive every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 5 P. M. and will be closed at 8 P. M.
The Eastern mail, from Annapolis and the Eastern Shore, will arrive every Tuesday and Thursday at 4 P. M. and will be closed every Tuesday and Friday at 8 P. M.
The mail from Port Tobacco, Leonardtown the Ridge &c. will arrive every Tuesday at 6 P. M. and be closed every Thursday at 8 P. M.
The mail from Benedict, Charles town, &c. will arrive every Wednesday at 6 P. M. and be closed every Friday at 8 P. M.
The mail from Brookeville will arrive every Thursday at 7 P. M. and be closed every Wednesday at 8 P. M.
The mail from Winchester, Shepherdstown, Leesburg, &c. will arrive every Monday at 2 P. M. and be closed the same day at 7 P. M.
The mail from Ohio by Clarkburg, Winchester, Paris, Centreville, &c. will arrive every Friday at 10 A. M. and be closed the same day at 2 P. M.
The New Orleans mail by way of Port Stoddert, Athens, Greenville, &c. will arrive Saturday at 8 A. M. and be closed every Saturday at 7 P. M.
The Tennessee, Mississippi and Orleans mail will arrive every Monday at 6 P. M. and close at 9 P. M.
NOTE—During the Winter the Northern mail will not arrive until 8 P. M.
THOMAS MUNROE, P. M.
October 13—tf
By order of the Orphans Court of Montgomery county.
WILL BE SOLD to the highest bidder, on Thursday the 30th instant all the personal estate of John Holmes, and Mary Holmes, late of said county deceased, consisting of, Twenty-Two NEGROES, eleven head Horses, a flock of Cattle, sheep and Hogs, a crop of old and New Corn, Wheat, Rye, and Oats, a crop of Flax, Fodder and Straw, Cider, and Cyder Brandy, one Road Wagon and Carts, Household and Kitchen Furniture, with many other articles; a credit of 10 months will be given, the purchaser giving note with approved security, bearing interest. Sale to commence at 10 o'clock & continue from day to day until all is sold.
M. BROWNING, admr. D. B. Non of John Holmes & admr. of Mary Holmes deceased.
TO BE RENTED.
The late Farm of Mary Holmes containing 500 acres of arable Land, on which will be seeded 80 bushels of wheat and Rye. Good buildings, a fine orchard and healthy situation. For terms apply to
M. BROWNING, Clarkburg, Maryland.
October 13—ep3w
ELISHA RIGGS,
HAS received by the late arrivals, via Philadelphia and Baltimore, a part of his
Fall Goods,
and daily expects by the Leonidus and WILLIAM and JOHN, (from Liverpool to Alexandria) a Large supply of coarse goods, which will make his assortment extensive—among those received, are, Plain and plain Silks, and flannel muffs, Dimities, calicoes, and L. Linens, Fustics, dimities, calicoes, and trimmings, Carpeting flannels and counterpans, and many other articles, ALL of which are direct from the manufacturers, or bought in this country for cash, and will be sold at a small advance for money, or to punctual persons only.
Geo. Town. September 19—2w4w
60 DOLLARS REWARD.
RANAWAY from the subscriber living in Prince George's county on Sunday the 29th inst. the three following slaves—a mulatto young man who calls himself BILL STEWART, he was born at Montgomery court house, was once the property of Honoré Martin, was purchased of him by the late Esqr. Contee who sold him to me; he is a likely well made fellow about 21 years of age, 5 feet 10 inches high, his hands and feet are large; the evening before he absconded he had his hair cut close; he had with him a variety of clothing, viz. a blue coat and overalls, one light colored bearskin coat and overalls, a swansdown waistcoat, 3 fine Irish linen shirts and some coarse shirts, three muslin neckcloths, a fine hat, price 7 dollars; he took away a prayer book, in the first page of which is written Mary Duckett.
JOE who calls himself Joe Grimes, alias GRAHAM, and HARRY, both young negro men about 21 years of age—the clothing of these cannot be described. Joe has one of his arms broken near the wrist, which makes it longer than the other; when he is spoken to he speaks fast as if his tongue was too large for his mouth. Harry, I am informed, has several large scars on his body and one of his thighs occasioned by burns when he was young.
The above reward will be paid for confining the three in jail, or 50 dollars for confining Bill in jail for that I get him again. WALTER BOWIE. July 7—2w4w
RUNAWAY NEGRO,
COMMITTED to the jail of Frederick county, as a runaway, LEVI RILEY, a mulatto, about 22 years of age, 5 feet 4 or 5 inches high, has long wool. His clothing consists of coarse linen shirt and trousers. He says he is a free man and previously to his being taken into custody he was engaged in the business of sweeping chimneys. His owner is desired to release him, or he will be sold for his jail fees agreeably to law.
GEORGE GREAGER, Sheriff of Frederick county. August 27—w8t
New-York, October 9.
London papers to the 16th of August (one day later than our previous advices) were received at the office of the Mercantile Advertiser yesterday, by the ship Gold Hunter. She sailed on the 17th, and had a paper of that date; but being boarded on the banks of Newfoundland, and by two British frigates from Greenland, captain Vose gave it to one of the commanders at his earnest solicitation.
It contained, however, we are informed, no additional intelligence on the subject of the pending negotiations; and it was the general expectation in London, that they would be broken off without terminating in peace.
The paper of the 16th is politically uninteresting. The report of the commissioners appointed to investigate the charges against the Princess of Wales, has been made to the King, but is not

CHARLES H. VARDEN, Merchant Taylor New Jersey Avenue, near the Capitol. RESPECTFULLY informs the gentlemen of the district of Columbia, that he has received by late arrivals at Philadelphia from London, a fresh supply of the best superfine cloths, cashmeres, &c. with a choice assortment of plain nankeens, cotton cashmeres, India nankeens, blue and yellow, fashionable Trafalgar white and fancy Merleilles, with a variety of other articles suitable for the summer. N. B. Ladies habits, regimentals, and navy uniforms made in the first style of fashion. Richard Harwell's new invented patent elastic suspender, which are far superior to any heretofore in use, can be had on the same terms as at his manufactory. June 23—tf
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 Station Hotel lately 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. STELL. Washington City, March 23—tf N. B.—P. D. S. will rent the house lately occupied by him on the adjoining square.
ELIAS GALLATIN, ATTORNEY AT LAW,
HAS removed his Office, to the house lately occupied by Mr. Law, on Capitol Hill. Washington, July 26—tf
EDUCATION.
THE Subscriber, late a Professor in St. John's College, Annapolis, respectfully informs the inhabitants of Upper Marlboro' and the friends of learning generally, that he INTENDS TO OPEN A SCHOOL in this town, on Monday the 2nd inst. for the education of Young Gentlemen, who will be instructed in the different Greek and Latin Authors, Roman and Grecian History, English Grammar, Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, &c. He hopes from his long experience as a public teacher, to meet with the support of a generous public. The subscriber will board in his family young gentlemen—Terms for five days in the week 100 DOLLARS. For constant board 120 DOLLARS per annum, bed and bedding being supplied by their parents—Terms of tuition for Greek and Latin, Ten Guineas—for English, &c. Ten Guineas per annum, one Dollar for House rent and half a cord of fire-wood. HUGH MAGUIRE. Upper Marlboro' Sept. 24—4w
On a liberal credit.
THE subscriber will dispose of at private sale, his estate called Chichester, lying ten 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 Hanlon 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—tf
THE subscriber not having disposed of all the property he advertised for sale on the 22nd ult. owing to the weather being unfavorable to the purpose. WILL offer for SALE at his present residence in Charles county on Monday the 27th inst. a few Horses and Horned cattle, also some excellent Household and Kitchen Furniture, fundry goods in his late store, a good cart, a full set necessary tubs, plantation utensils, carpenters tools, and a large quantity of well cured fodder, hay and straw. The sale will commence on the above day, should it prove fair, if not on the first fair day thereafter and continue from day to day till all is sold—For all sums of 30 DOLLARS and under cash will be required, and for all over 30 DOLLARS six months credit will be given on the purchaser giving bond or note with approved security on interest from the date. GEORGE LEE. October 3—tf
The subscriber having finished his literary engagement with the public, will now entirely devote his time and attention to the practice of PHYSIC in George Town, Washington and the neighborhood. TRIO: EWELE. A YOUNG GENTLEMAN of studious habits will be taken to study the science of Medicine. George Town, October 2—4t
FOR SALE.
WILL be sold to the highest bidder, on the 23rd day of October next at 12 o'clock, on the premises, that very valuable property, adjoining the Bank of Columbia, in George Town, which is now occupied as a tavern by Mr. Wm. Graham. This property is in the center of George Town, the house is large and commodious, with every convenience necessary for a tavern. Adjoining thereto, is a kitchen, stables, and necessary out-houses. There is attached to said property an excellent dwelling house for a family that will be sold with it. No situation in George Town, can surpass this for a tavern, nor can there be more suitable building for that purpose than those on said property. The terms of sale are, one third of the purchase money to be paid within 60 days with interest, and the other two-thirds to be paid in one, two, and three equal annual instalments, with interest thereon from the day of sale. The whole to be secured by good negotiable notes with approved endorser. Possession will be given immediately. OSBORN SPRIGG. Prince George's county, October 1—tf
Treasury Department of the United States, June 21, 1806. WHEREAS the commissioners of the Sinking fund, at a meeting held on the 28th day of April, 1806, did resolve, that the sum remaining to complete the expenditure of the annual appropriation of eight MILLIONS of DOLLARS, should among other purposes be applied to the reimbursement of the navy six per cent. stock, created in pursuance of an act of Congress passed on the 30th day of June, 1798 and to the reimbursement of the five and half per cent. stock, created in pursuance of an act of Congress, passed on the 3rd day of March, 1795. This is therefore to give notice, that the principal of the said navy six per cent. stock, with the interest due thereon, will on surrender of the certificates, be paid on the 1st day of October next ensuing the date hereof, to the respective stockholders or their lawful representatives or attorneys duly constituted and authorized, either at the Treasury, or at the Loan office, as the case may be, where credits have been given for the amount of stock, respectively held by them: and that the principal of the five and half per cent. stock, with the interest due thereon, will in like manner, and at the same places, be paid on the 1st day of January, 1807, to the respective stockholders, or their lawful representatives or attorneys duly constituted and authorized. It is furthermore known, for the information of the parties concerned, that no transfers of the navy six per cent. stock, either from or to the books of the treasury, or from or to the books of a Commissioner of Loans, will be allowed after the 1st day of September ensuing, nor of the five and half per cent. stock, after the 1st day of December ensuing. And the interest on all certificates of said stocks, which shall not have been surrendered, in pursuance of this notification, will cease and determine, on the day preceding the day hereby fixed for the reimbursement thereof. ALBERT GALLATIN, Secretary of the Treasury. June 23—tf
NOTICE.
ON the 15th day of October next, at the UNION Tavern in George Town—will be sold, the whole of the personal estate of CHARLES M'LAUGHLIN, deceased, consisting of Beds, Bedding, Chairs, Tables, Looking-glasses, Negroes, Horses, Stages, Cows, Hogs, &c. &c. agreeably to an order, of the Orphan's Court of Washington county. The terms of sale are, all sums not exceeding 20 dollars cash, for all sums above 20 dollars a credit of six months, the purchaser giving note with approved endorser, interest to be included from the day of sale. P. M'LAUGHLIN, Adm. September 26—2w
LEONARD TOWN JOCKEY CLUB RACES.
ON the 2nd and Tuesday in October next, a PURSE of Forty Guineas will be run for over a handsome course—beats four miles, free for any horse, mare, or gelding, agreeable to the rules of the Club, & on the following day a Purse of 20 Guineas will be run for over same course, beats two miles, free as aforesaid, only excepting the winning horse of the preceding day. By order of the Club, B. J. MOLLARD, Sec. Sept. 2—epte
LOST,
Supposed to be stolen on the 16th inst. a BLACK MARE, 4 years old nearly 16 hands high; she has a long blaze down her lip—her under lip and all four feet are white, with many white hairs, on each side, under the Tail which is rather short docked and thin of hair. She has a small black spot on each fore foot near the hoof—has been used mostly in the collar and moves rather heavily. Whoever will take up the thief and Mare shall receive 20 dollars, or 10 dollars for delivering the mare to me. Charles Minifie. Washington city, near the Eastern Branch bridge. Sept. 26—tf
50 Dollars Reward.
RANAWAY from the subscriber, on the 20th ult. mulatto JOE. Joe is a stout well made dark mulatto fellow, 5 feet 9 or 10 inches high, about 30 years of age—has several large scars on his hands and body, lips a little thick and took with him, a tow linen shirt & trowers, one pair of nankeen trowers, also one old furtout coat and old fur hat much worn. Joe can write a tolerable good hand, & has run away before, when he was taken up & put in the Frederick town jail & sold out by George Crager in 1805. Any person taking up said fellow, and securing him in any jail to that I get him again, shall receive if taken within the county, 20 dollars, and if out of the state the above reward. If brought home all reasonable charges will be paid by the subscriber living in Frederick county, Md. near New Market. SINGLTON BURGE. N. B. I forewarn all persons from harboring or carrying off said fellow at their peril. P. S. Joe ran off in company with a fellow named Adam, and they were both lately advertised together; since which Adam has been taken and secured in the jail of York, (Pa.) Joe went in the same direction, and will probably make for Philadelphia, and endeavor to get on board some vessel and go to sea. Sept. 12—epte
TO RENT,
THE COMMODIOUS BRICK STORE near the CAPITOL, now in the occupation of Messrs. P. HEALY & Co. Possession to be given on the 1st of May. Enquire at Frederick May. March 26—tf
THE SUBSCRIBER
HAS just supplied his shop in F Street with a complete assortment of fresh Medicines & Drugs, among which are Spermacci & Linseed oils—also Paints of every description. THOMAS PATTERSON. Washington city, June 23—tf
HENRY INGLE, HAS received by the Leonidas, from Liverpool, a large supply of HARDWARE, amongst which are building materials, furniture, and tools for mechanics. Plated and Japan'd Cruet stands, } For Ivory handled Knives and Forks, } House- Wire Penders, &c. &c. } keepers. The residue of his assortment is expected by the Six Sisters, and by the William and John. September 29—1m
A LIST OF LETTERS
Remaining in the Post Office at Washington city, on the 1st day of October, 1806.
A. Joseph Alston, Esq. 2, Thomas Alston. B. Daniel Bockins, William Balentin, Doctor Edward Briscoe, 3, Mrs. Catherine Belt, Samuel B. Brooks, Francis Brodie, Miss Bayly, William Billings, lieutenant Joseph Blake, Daniel Burbank, Caleb Boiles, Stephen Barry, Corbling Babcock, James Bury, Mr. Bellamy, George Beatty. C. William Crain, Senr. Miles Church, Jesse Chisman, William Cooper, Thomas S. Crawford, Betty Chandler, Mr. G. Clifton, Abraham Cordroy, 2, Catherine Cornen, Hugh Coyle, Esq. Geo. Cox, Esq. Joseph Chambers, Esq. 3, John Chesnut, Esq. William Croft, Mr. Campbell, John Chalmers, Jun. Miss Margaret R. Chesnut, Polly Crane, Philip Clayton, John Carr, Esq. John Collings, Josias Cox, Thomas Costille, Andrew Chambers, William P. Curtis. D. John Darby, 2, Daniel Doran, Matthias Dorsey, James Disney, Miss Mary G. H. Bulany, Edmund Duvall, Elie E. Danielson, Henry St. John Doxon, Esq. Joseph Duly, Edward Douglass, Joseph Driggs, John Dyer. E. Doctor Thomas Ewell, Joel Elliott, John Erskine, Elijah Edmondston, Evan Evans, 2. F. Francis Foushee, Senr. Jos. Picklin, Esq. Alexander Frazure. G. Lishay Gilpina, Casper Greeger, John Gooding, Isaac Garritson, 2, Matthew Glooson, 2, James Graham, Esq. 2, Miss Ann Gally, Nathan Garson. H. John Hunt, Lieutenant Alexander C. Harrison, Joseph Hogge, Nathaniel Holden, Jacob Hite, (Midshipman) 2, Mrs. Henry Hutchens, Major Seth Hunt, William Hawks, Capt. Isaac Hull, 5, Capt. Elijah Hazen, Doctor George Harrall, 2, Elisha Hall, John Hertty, Doctor Elisha Harrison, Miss Ann Heart, Jonathan Howe, 2, Ellick Hardray, Samuel Hoyt. I. Lieut. Ralph Izard, 2, Walter Jones, Esq. Charles Irwin, Alexander Jones, Esq. Richard Jones. K. Edmund P. Kennedy, 2. L. Doctor Webster Lewis, Mr. John Lincoln, lieutenant Charles Lucian, Mrs. Jane Lottor, Mr. Samuel Leonard, 4, James Lowndes, Lieut. James Laurence, John Laland, Messrs. Alexander and Robert Leistin. M. Alexander M'Cormick, Charles M'Clay, Lieut. Daniel Murray, James M'Gill, Corns. M'Lean, 2, Thomas Moore, Abraham Mattax, Azariah Mister, 2, William Magill, John M'Mullen, John Mannery, John Mills, Jun. Daniel M'Caughran, Robert Munro, William Mackling, William Megee, Thomas M'Intosh, Mr. Mayson, James Morrison. N. Catherine Nigly, Morris Newman. O. Robert Ormsby, Captain Richard O'Brien. P. John W. Pratt, Esq. John Phipps, Mr. Potts, John Price, William Pittman, Lieut. Oliver H. Perry, Augustus Page, Seth Pease, Esq. 2, William Pasco, Samuel Peterson, Samuel Patterson, John Payne, Lewis Prudhomme, Esq. C. Charles Platt, John W. Pittman, Lawson Pearson, 3, Mr. Polereocki. R. Mr. Thomas Richardson, Francis Richard, James Redmund, Lieutenant Reed, Isaac Reed, Recorder of the Land Office United States. S. John Showard, Molley Sharp, Mrs. Ann Smith, 2, Lieut. Arthur Sinclair, Mr. Gamaliel Sturtevant, Midshipman, Thomas Swearingen, 2, W. B. Shields, Walter B. Smallwood, Benjamin Strong, Thomas Shields, George Shorter, Chas. Stewart, Esq. Winthrop Shriggins, Charles Ward Shoemaker, Mr. Joseph Samson, John R. Seecratt. T. Jonathan B. Tombs, Captain John Tustin, Mr. John Thomas, 3, George Terry, Mr. Tytis, James Taylor, Lewis Talburt, John Town, Mr. Thomas, John Tobin. V. William Vernon, Sybert Vanschaick, Esq. Joseph Varden. W. Robert Wade, William Willis, 2, Joel Wendel, Mr. Wilson, Daniel Witz, Charles B. Ward, James P. Wise, Thomas Wolbert.
TO RENT,
On very low terms, FOUR convenient Two story brick DWELLING HOUSES directly south of the Six Buildings. Apply to T. H. GILLISS. Washington city, Aug. 15—wtf
In Chancery, September 24, 1806. ORDERED that the sale made by James S. Morkel as trustee of the real estate of Thomas Clarke, dec'd, as reported by him on the 3rd day of July last, be ratified and confirmed unless cause to the contrary be shown on or before the 25th day of November next—provided a copy of this order, be inserted in the National Intelligencer, once in each of three successive weeks, before the first day of November next—The report states that a part of the said estate was sold for 3847 dollars, and other part for 210 dollars. Test SAMUEL HARVEY HOWARD, Reg. Cur. Can. October 6—w3t
ATTENTION!!
Those persons that wish to purchase the GENUINE PAYNE & FAMILY MEDICINES OF RICHARD LEE & SON MUST APPLY TO Mr. Daniel Rapine, Capitol Hill, Washington, & Dr. John Ott, Georgetown.
"An ounce of prevention is worth pounds of cure."
For the prevention and cure of Billions and Malignant Fevers, is recommended Lee's Anti-Bilious Pills, Prepared by Richard Lee & Son, Baltimore.
THIS medicine has, for eight years past been attended with a degree of success highly grateful to the inventor's feelings, in several parts of the West Indies, and the southern part of the U. States, particularly in Baltimore, Petersburg, Richmond, Norfolk, Edenton, Wilmington, Charleston and Savannah. The testimony of a number of persons in each of these places has been adduced, who have reason to believe that a timely use of this salutary remedy has, under Providence, preserved their lives when in the most alarming circumstances. Facts of this conclusive nature, speak more in favor of a medicine than columns of pompous eulogy, founded on mere assertion. It is not indeed presumptuously proposed as an infallible cure, but the inventor has every possible reason that can result from extensive experience, for believing that a dose of these pills taken once every two weeks, during the prevalence of sur-bilious fevers, will prove an infallible preventative: & further, that in the early stages of those disorders, their use will very generally succeed in restoring health, and frequently in cases esteemed desperate, and beyond the power of common remedies. The operation of these pills is perfectly mild, so as to be used with safety by persons in every situation, and of every age. They are excellently adapted to carry off superfluous bile, and prevent its morbid secretions—to restore and amend the appetite—to produce a free perspiration, and thereby prevent colds, which are often of fatal consequence; a dose never fails to remove a cold, if taken on its first appearance. They are celebrated for removing habitual costiveness—sickness at the stomach and severe head ache—and ought to be taken by all persons on a change of climate. They have been found remarkably efficacious in preventing and curing disorders attendant on long voyages, and should be procured and carefully preferred for use by every seaman.
Lee's Infallible Fever and Ague Drops,
For the cure of Agues, Remittent and Intermitent fevers. Thousands can testify of their being cured by these drops, after the best and every other medicine have proved ineffectual. Not one in a hundred has had occasion to take more than one, and numbers not half a bottle. These drops are particularly recommended to the inhabitants of low marshy countries, where the worst sort of agues generally prevail; which, unless early attended to, and speedily removed, injure the constitution exceedingly, bring on dropsies, putrid fevers, and a variety of complaints of the most dangerous and alarming nature. Many other medicines are daily offered to the public for the cure of this disorder, which, upon trial, have been found either dangerous or useless. The bark is the usual remedy made use of; but being a very noxious medicine, and seldom taken in sufficient quantity, it very often fails; children and those who have weak stomachs, are frequently loth for want of a more easy and pleasant remedy.
Sovereign Ointment for the Itch.
A preparation which for pleasantness, ease, safety, and expedition, gives place to no application whatever; free from mercury, or any pernicious ingredient.
Lee's Worm Destroying Lozenges.
Which have within seven years past cured upwards of one hundred thousand persons of both sexes, of every age and in every situation, of various dangerous complaints arising from worms and from obstructions or foulness in the stomach and bowels—they are perfectly safe and pleasant, and may be given to the youngest infant or the most delicate pregnant lady with propriety.
Lee's Genuine Eye Water.
A sovereign remedy for all diseases of the eyes, whether the effect of natural weakness or of accident.
Tooth Ache Drops.
The only remedy yet discovered which gives immediate and lasting relief in the most severe instances.
Genuine Persian Lotion.
So celebrated among the fashionable throughout Europe, as an invaluable cosmetic, perfectly innocent and free from corrosive and repellent minerals, (the basis of other lotions) and unparelleled efficacy in preventing and removing blemishes of every kind, particularly freckles, plumpies, inflammatory redness, scars, tatters, ring worms, sun-burns, prickly heat, premature wrinkles, &c.
Lee's Genuine Essence and Extract of Musick.
A safe and effectual remedy for Acute Chronic Rheumatism, Gout, Palsy, Lumbago, Numbness, White Swellings, Chilblains, Sprains, Bruises, Pains in the late and neck, &c.
The Anodyne Elixir, For the cure of every kind of Head-Ache.
Lee's Damask Lip Salve, Is recommended (particularly to the Ladies) as an elegant and pleasant preparation for chapped and sore lips, and every blemish and inconvenience occasioned by colds, fevers, &c. speedily restoring a beautiful rosy color and delicate softness to the lips. Restorative Powder for the Teeth and Gums.
Lee's genuine Corn Plaster. An infallible remedy for speedily removing Corns, Root and Branch, without giving pain.
Indian Vegetable Specific, For the cure of Venereal Complaints.
It will be prudent in all who estimate the value of health, to observe that each of the above articles have the signature of Richard Lee & Son, on the outside wrappers, without which none are genuine. Letters directed for Richard Lee & Son, No. 17, Market street, Baltimore, will be punctually attended to. October 10—6w
TO BE LET
For the next Season, or for SALE, the following capital Imported Horses, CLIFDEN, DRIVER, & KING HIRAM. Also the famous American running horse, WILD MEDLEY. Some thorough bred Colts, some broad tail'd RAMS and SHEEP for sale. Applications by letter must be post paid.
A Manager Wanted, For the ensuing year. No one need apply who cannot bring a good character for honesty, industry, and sobriety. WILLIAM THORNTON. City of Washington, Oct. 10—
A NEW WORK
Just received and for Sale by J. MARCH High street, George Town, In a beautiful octavo volume, containing near 500 pages, with plates. Price THREE Dollars in extra boards PLAIN DISCOURSES OF THOMAS EWELL, M. D. LATE OF VIRGINIA.
WHICH detail the properties of Matter, on principles of Modern Chemistry, designed for domestic as well as professional gentlemen.
Unfortunately for the interests of mankind, of late years, there has been an intrusion on the world, many books relating to Chemistry, which have not only in part mistaken the objects of this science, but have been obscured by technical terms, which only scholars could understand. In consequence of this, the word Chemistry generally conveys with it something mysterious. An attempt is made, in these discourses to restore the science to its beautiful simplicity and proper objects: for, instead of devoting pages to the consideration of useless compounds, the work is engrossed by subjects of importance to every individual. The plan of the undertaking, it will be readily recollected, has not long since been distinguished by the approbation of many of the first characters of the country; and the publishers now offer the work to the public with peculiar pleasure, because they can confidently assert that the execution is equal to the plan. With a strict regard to truth, it may be asserted that no Chemical Work contains more suggestions entirely original, or more information so important and so interesting to every part of the community. To detail all the valuable topics treated of in these discourses, would be giving almost an index. The economical management of heat—the burning of fuel—the preparation of soils—of manures—of spirituous and fermented drinks—of vinegar and of food—the arts of working metals—of making mortar—bricks—potter's ware—of purifying butter—meats—infectious or contagious airs—putrid or impure waters—and hundreds of other subjects of equal importance, are fully treated of in this volume. In fact, it will be difficult to find a character, from the most learned philosopher, down to the most uninformed farmer, or dairy maid, who will not be benefitted by the perusal of this work. Under such circumstances it would be useless to make further remarks; as discernment is too prevalent in this country to suffer it to be said, that American citizens were not the first patrons of American genius and labors, when devoted to purposes so universally useful. October 8—4t
GEORGE-TOWN, WASHINGTON AND BALTIMORE MAIL STAGES.
THE PUBLIC ARE RESPECTFULLY INFORMED THAT
MYER'S NEW LINE
WILL START FROM
Mr. SEMMES's Tavern, George-Town, and call for passengers at RHODES', MYER'S and FROST's Hotels, city of Washington.
FARE THREE DOLLARS AND A HALF.
October 1—2t