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National Intelligencer.
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VOL. VIII.
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belonging to any power, should be suffered to pass but upon conditions prescribed by us. Every sail upon the sea should, as in former times, be obedient to the admiralty of England!"
Such are the principles contended for by this writer. We hope they are not the principles of the government; we are sure they are not those of the nation. But we fear that they are the principles of a class of men, neither mean in number, nor contemptible in point of power—men, who, under the existing political system, may influence the passions of the people, and hurry affairs to a rupture.
Should these principles be avowed and practised, our free agency is at an end. As well might the worm that is trodden upon by an elephant not writhe, as we, under such circumstances, avoid resistance. There is not, we sincerely believe, a more high minded people on the face of the earth than the American nation; and whenever a deliberate purpose shall be avowed by any government to invade their essential rights of sovereignty, and when such an avowal shall be accompanied by the infliction of extensive injuries, they will prove that the same valor that achieved their independence can and will maintain it. Perversion may ascribe these declarations to a hostile spirit; to a hatred of England. Such sentiments we solemnly abjure. A desire for war with any nation is most repugnant to our feelings, and to avoid it we would cheerfully submit to any thing but the loss of national honor. And as to Britain, her people are honest and industrious, intelligent and brave; and are, perhaps, all things considered, not surpassed by any other nation. For these virtues we respect them and wish them well. But the principle of self-preservation enjoins duties paramount to all others; duties, which we should be criminally culpable, were we to disregard.
EXTRACTS.
"Men with English hearts, of whatever opinions respecting domestic matters, have never, until lately, suffered, in silence, any one to deny to their country a right of sea dominion. The dominion of the seas, even to the opposite shores, has, until of late, been distinctly claimed by all the kings and queens and rulers of England ever since our country has borne that name—and, our history shews, that those who have been most distinguished for their attachment to our domestic liberties, have been the most zealous in maintaining this sea-dominion. They were not frightened with the threats of France and of Holland (then great in maritime force) combined. They heard the solemn German quack authors and the flippant Frenchmen talk about the law of nations, and, as far as these related to the forms of treaties and the like, they paid attention to them. But, they scouted the idea, that conquest constituted right of dominion upon land, where Englishmen could scarcely gain any conquests, and that there could be no such thing as dominion at sea, where alone, in all human probability, England could make conquests. They were told, I dare say, that their claim of sea-dominion was making might constitute right; but, they would readily answer, that experience and reason joined had taught them, that, as to the affairs of nations, it was might alone, in fact, that did constitute right; and, this they would avow without any fear of being thought the advocates of despotism. Upon various occasions, when I, for my part, have had to speak of the conquests of Bonaparte, I have always said, that he had, in all cases, where not prohibited by a previous positive compact, to which he was a party, a right to make what conquests he pleased; and, that it was perfect childishness in us to rail against him for his conquering. He has now conquered the land of Europe. We have, long ago, conquered the seas. He may maintain his dominion, and we shall, I hope, always be able to maintain ours."
"In conclusion, suffer me, once more to press upon your minds the important distinction between the rights of nations, as considered with respect to other nations, and individuals, as considered with respect to other individuals of the same nation. In the latter case all ought to be upon a perfect level in the eye of the law. The law comes in to the aid of natural weakness. It says to the strong man, "you
shall have all the advantages which your own strength can give you, as far as the employment of that strength does in no wise, bear down those who are weaker than you are." But nations acknowledge no law; and, tho' there are men, who have written upon what they call the law of nations, their writings are merely the opinions of individuals, and the history of what this and that nation has, at different times, done. The fact is, that, in the concerns of nations, from the very nature of the thing, it must be, that power, in the end, under whatever shew of law or usage, will have its way. It does not hence follow, that it is just for a strong nation to oppress a weak one. The moral considerations of right and wrong are not to be left aside; but, the only check that can possibly be found to national ambition, accompanied with power wherewith to gratify it, is, the combination which, first or last, will naturally be formed against any nation, which uses its power for the purpose of oppressing other nations. The only question, therefore, for us to determine, in the present case, is, whether the exercise of those powers, which our real mastership of the seas enables us to exercise, be now exercised for the purpose of oppression, or of self-defence. I contend, that, in the particular case, which has given rise to this discussion, they have been exercised for the purpose of self-defence. There may return a state of things, when we may safely forego that exercise; and then it will be proper to do it; but, at the present time, all men, I should think, must be convinced, that, if England be not to become an appendage of France, she must maintain, with more rigor than ever, her rights of dominion upon the sea."
"But, though I am very willing to leave the Germans (aye, all of them) to the rule of the emperor of France and his brethren, I can discover a very sufficient object in continuing the war at present, especially as it may now be a war attended with, comparatively, very little expense, taking it for granted, that no more continental expeditions or subsidies can now be thought of. The Morning Chronicle anticipates, as I anticipated months and months ago; that a maritime confederacy is forming against us in the North of Europe. How does he think, that this confederacy is to be got rid of? or, does he wish us to "yield to the turn of affairs," and, "with the rest of the world, acquiesce" (good gentlemen!) "in the decision obtained by an appeal to arms?" How, otherwise, I ask him, is this confederacy to be got rid of, except by a prosecution of the war? Would he really counsel us to yield to terms settled upon the principle of what is called the "liberty of the seas?" Pitt and Addington gave up, as far as they could give up, the honor of the flag, which honor had been maintained by England from the time that flags were first seen upon the European seas; and, would this gentleman advise us, not only to ratify that shameful abandonment, but also bind ourselves not to exercise the right of search, a right, which, it must, I think, be evident to all men, upon the exercise of which our maritime superiority depends?"
"Here, then, is of itself, a quite sufficient object; but, I am of opinion, that a war even now, properly managed, would, in a great measure, deprive France of the advantages she expects from her conquests; and would effectually deprive her of the advantages, which she would, without war, employ for the subjugation of this country. Without a considerable maritime force, she never can effect that object, an object which, I think, every one is persuaded her ruler has in view; and, by war judiciously conducted, upon the avowed principle of maritime dominion, we have it in our power to destroy, for half a century, the means of his obtaining that force. Not a ship belonging to any power, should be suffered to pass but upon conditions prescribed by us. Every sail upon the sea should, as in former times, be obedient to the admiralty of England. The continent Napoleon might rule at his pleasure; but, the moment any one quitted the land, he should be under the dominion of England. These principles I would openly avow as the only principles upon which I would settle terms of peace; and the right of sea-dominion I would exercise in peace as well as in war, or I would make no peace with the ruler
of the land of Europe. Now, is this object to be attained, without a further continuation of the war? Will Napoleon listen to such terms of peace? How, then, are we to obtain peace without; how are we to "obtain every thing which we can hope for, in the present disordered state of the world?"
FOR THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
"THE SAFE DEFENCE OF A NATION."
MR. SMITH,
BE pleased to insert in your paper the annexed letter, which was written by one of the most skillful officers of our revolution. Thinking the subject worthy of special attention at this crisis, it is now communicated in the hope that it may be useful, by yours, &c. F. F.
DEAR SIR,
A review of events which have happened in our own time, exhibits the folly of placing the protection of the nation in means not adequate to the end. See with what celerity puissant potentates have been destroyed by the Roman system adopted in the councils of France!
Making every man a soldier in the period of life, which is calculated best to meet the perils and toils of war, is the only plan, which readily, equally, and economically, secures the safety of a nation. Indeed, it might, with equal truth be said, it is the only plan to be adopted by a nation, either regarding safety at home, or desirous to use fit opportunities for conquest abroad.
The practice under this system differs. It is not the same in its details in France, as it was in Rome. But the main results are alike. I believe it is the soundest and most rational way of effecting the great end; and therefore when called upon by you to give my opinion of the plan best adapted to our own country, I resorted at once to that which the authority of two such nations supports, and which in my judgment completely applies to ourselves. Our object happily and wisely is, defence only. Our constitution and laws forbid the dictatorial levy of Rome, and also the iron conscript system of France. We can produce the end proposed, in a way consentaneous to the laws, habits, and feelings of our people; of which the government is, or ought to be, in practice, the pure essence: consequently our citizens should be prepared as soldiers, on equal and fair principles, with a just attention, not only to their rights, but to their convenience also. When brought into training camps, or into the field, the regulations should be such as, while securing to the nation, troops well disciplined, should withhold from the citizen-soldiers glaring examples of immorality, too often exhibited even by those in command; and stop that degrading custom of applying the cane to the high-minded soldier of the nation, at the same time that it should give, expressly, to the commissioned officer, the power of putting to instant death the man caught in running from the line of battle.
Taking for granted, that we have in the United States two millions of free male inhabitants, and that the period of four years of each man's life (commencing, say with 20, and ending at 24 years of age,) will give at least one hundred and twenty thousand effective men, I begin with this force. I fix the period of life above mentioned, because at twenty academic pursuits generally cease, and at 24 matrimonial connection is as generally sought. For these four years, all free male inhabitants, without respect to rank, should be deemed the children of the Republic, and be trained as its soldiers. The law might fix, and ought to fix, a pecuniary compensation, in exchange for military service, applying alike to all; and, to favor the citizens conscientiously scrupulous, such compensation received from them, should be held as a fund, unalterably to be applied to the education of youth, or the improvements of roads. I build my system of defence upon the principle, that every free man shall be fitted to defend his country as a soldier, for a short period of his life, when the vigor of his constitution is best calculated for meeting and encountering the hardships of war, with the least interruption to his individual private concerns; with this sin-
gle qualification, that all exceptions to this rule, which will soon become, in the estimation of our citizens, the national law of honor, shall yield to the nation a fixed compensation annually for four years, and no longer, with the positive understanding, that the money received from the scrupulous, shall be applied only as above specified. Are not these principles fair? Let us proceed—
I divide this body of men, whom I denominate the soldiers of the nation, into four equal divisions: the first, comprehending the men of 23 years of age—the second, those of 22 years—and so on to the 4th, which of course takes in those of 20 years.
The first division would be first called into service, and would occupy the frontiers, the posts, the arsenals, navy yards, and such other points as might require safe-keeping or defence; and during service, should receive the same pay and cloathing as is allowed by law to the regulars.
To fit them for their duties, the national soldiers must be variously trained;—the main body as infantry, a fit proportion as dragoons, as artillery, and as marines. It is not necessary that the dragoons be provided with horses, except in time of war, as they can be taught the cavalry exercise on foot, and in ten days trained riders may train their horses.
The matrosses must have field-pieces, and these being imperishable, can readily be furnished, without swelling the annual expenditure. I believe that the national sailors might be provided in this general plan of defence—but we will leave that to experience.
The Infantry will be armed with musket and bayonet generally; but the rifle corps which is absolutely necessary, have no bayonets; this addition would be a great improvement, or in its stead a short sabre. They are but half troops with rifles only; for they avoid close action, for the want of fit arms, and thereby diminish their utility.
These troops should be formed into battalions, regiments and brigades, with due regard to local convenience. They should be assembled with the same regard to locality at proper training grounds, encamped in huts, and disciplined for five weeks in each year; the time of training to commence on the day of assembling in camp: and whilst in camp, martial law should prevail, so far as regards discipline.
The huts should be constructed by the troops, of facines, or other cheap materials, and clean dry straw should be furnished in abundance for lodging. The government should provide arms and camp kettles—the district should furnish and convey to camp its contingent of provisions, which should only be such as the law should specify, and all other necessary articles, except that each soldier shall provide his uniform and blanket.
This plan being properly arranged, we make up a complete army of our youth, and rid the nation of its present inadequate force, by progressively substituting better soldiers. But it will meet with opposition from two quarters: the difficulty of securing a proper selection of officers, inasmuch as they are appointed by the state authorities; and, the repugnance which some of the Eastern states have, to changing their present system, which they say has well succeeded with them.
The first difficulty may be easily removed. Let the state authorities select ten men out of every hundred of the national soldiers, for the purpose of being educated at the public expence, with the view of holding commissions. The youths thus selected should be formed into regiments and placed under officers of exemplary merit.
This corps should form the garrison of West Point, or some other place, where ought to be established the national military school. Here, let these young soldiers, whilst studying the theory of war, acquire its practical knowledge, by performing all the duties of a garrison. Taught first to obey, they will lay the best foundation of capacity to command, when honored at a future day with the right to do so.
The state authorities having made this selection for the purpose aforesaid, the United States will fill all vacancies in the army out of this corps: and will
We have lately submitted to our readers various extracts from English prints, which, we have considered, as in a degree indicative of the temper of the government of that country towards us. In this estimate, we are well aware, that the inferences drawn by us amount to no more than probabilities; and we are still, not without hope, that the councils of Britain will be animated by sentiments of justice and honor, and that they will be sufficiently enlightened to perceive that the ultimate prosperity and power of a nation, however great and however powerful, can only be secured by guarding her own rights without violating those of others. We have ever believed, and we do still believe that the resources of that Island, under the guidance of a wise and magnanimous policy, are fully competent to redeeming the nation from the perilous, the calamitous condition to which she has been reduced by the misconduct of men altogether actuated by the love of office and wealth. And so long as the illustrious statesman lived, whose disinterested character shone with the brighter effulgence from the venality that surrounded him, we continued to cherish the hope, that yielding at length to circumstances, England would abandon those unjust pretensions which have made nearly the whole world hostile to her. Certain it is, that that great man, had he been permitted without control to guide the helm, would have fearlessly destroyed all monopolies of individuals or corporations, and have permitted the seas to be the common property of man. In effecting such a revolution, he would have identified the interests of England, with the general interests of other nations, and have proved that no step, more promotive of her solid wealth and true glory, could have been taken. For, in the present state of the world, of what avail to England are her colonies and extended trade? In former periods her colonies, being maintained and defended for one fourth part of the expence at present incurred on their account, may have added to the stock of her national wealth. They were, moreover, so many stepping-stones to conquest. But that day is past. The enormous expence at which these colonies and her trade are now supported, eats up all the profits, nay, according to her own official statements, not only destroys the profits, but in some cases, trenches upon the capital. Are then such possessions worth retaining? Does the merchant who can only sell particular wares at a loss add to his stock by new investments? No. Individual interest is sagacious and circumspect. It exerts its energies to create, not to destroy. It is reserved for the ignorance of rulers, and for their unjust pursuit of their own personal interests, for the arrogance and obstinacy of Kings, to drive on in a career that must inevitably terminate in the infelicity of the governed. We ask pardon of the reader for this digression, into which we have been led by our indignation at the misconduct of rulers, appointed to defend, but actually employed in destroying the little remaining happiness of their constituents.
Our present object is to add a few extracts to those already given from British prints, on the affairs of the two nations.
Cobbett's Political Register for August is full of speculations on the duty of Britain to assert what he terms her maritime rights. By the extracts which follow, it will be seen;
That he laughs at the idea of equal rights of both countries on the ocean.
That he contends, on the part of Britain, for the dominion of the seas even to the opposite shores.
That it has been heretofore the uniform policy of Britain, so far only to respect the laws of nations, as related to the forms of treaties and the like!
That they maintained the right of making conquests on the ocean.
That, as to the affairs of nations, it is might alone that constitutes right.
The reader may imagine that it is impossible for even the daring mind of a Briton to go further. But he is mistaken; for Cobbett adds—"By war judiciously conducted, upon the avowed principle of maritime dominion, we have it in our power to destroy, for half a century, the means of his [Bonaparte] obtaining that force. Not a ship

soon find their soldiers under the orders of men, understanding well their duty, and emulous to rival, in skill and glory, the most renowned captains of ancient or modern times.
The other objection will, upon examination, be found futile, and must be over-ruled. It is true that the Eastern militia are better trained than their southern brethren; they are dressed in uniform, and, on field days, please the eye: but there is a radical defect in the manner in which they are constituted, which will produce serious difficulty in war.
The men being of all ages, from 16 or 18, to 45, are unequal in physical strength and activity: this inequality produces in battle an irregularity of movement which is pernicious in its consequences. The man of 40, can not march with one of 20, and in a severe fought action, his inequality of strength and activity forces him to falter and rest. Known to be a brave soldier, his officer cannot but indulge him. Others, either exhausted like him, with fatigue, or wishing to escape danger, imitate the example; it is impossible to discriminate accurately between the man worn down by fatigue, and the skulker.
Thus the latter is protected by the indulgence due only to the former; and thus your ranks are thinned not only by the enemy's fire, but by the consequences of mingling men of unequal bodily powers, occasioned principally by difference in age; all which pernicious consequences would be avoided, by composing your army wholly of able bodied youths, as proposed by the present plan. It ought not then to be doubted, but that, upon a thorough understanding of the matter, the Eastern legislatures would yield their predilection for their present system, although with them it hath better succeeded than elsewhere.
To excite that manly feeling among our youth, which will beget a solicitude to enroll themselves, as soon as they reach the proper age, amongst the defenders of their country, it seems to me worthy the wisdom of government, to establish, after a certain period, the principle of honoring no man with any office in its gift, who has not passed through his militia quarantennial. Such a rule would operate like magic, in producing throughout the nation that spirit and conduct in our youth, which would place the defence of our country on sure ground.
This plan affords a force which may be estimated as much more considerable, than the state of our country requires, or than her pecuniary resources will warrant. If this be the case let the class which takes the field be subdivided, and relieved by subdivisions.
However when we reflect on our extensive territory, our domestic condition, our defenceless situation, and the absolute necessity of placing our sea-ports in permanent safety as well as the propriety of improving our roads, it seems to me worthy of enquiry whether the whole class liable to active service, may not be for a few years, constantly employed. While engaged in erecting fortifications, or in other important public works where the common good may require such, the troops will be daily trained and will complete their tactical knowledge.
Many may object to the mode suggested for employing the troops; but a soldier ought never to be idle, and in times of peace, ought to be engaged in preparing his country for war. The labor which he may perform in producing this end, is honorable to him, as its effect is useful to his country.
The practical knowledge of erecting works is certainly a professional requisite to officers and soldiers, and good roads traversing the country in various directions, give a facility to the collection of provisions and forage, on the punctual supply of which, military movements so much depend. We may therefore fairly comprehend the labor yielded in giving to our country necessary fortifications and necessary roads among the duties of soldiership.
If this be admitted, in what way can those great national objects be so readily and so economically accomplished.
Let then this important work be commenced without farther delay, and we shall derive from the defenders of our country, all the good which the community can ask from her sons.
WASHINGTON COUNTY MILITIA. To the officers and volunteers of the first brigade, fourteenth division, Washington County, Pennsylvania militia, who have tendered their services to the President of the United States.
Follow-Citizens, On the 12th August I made a return to the President, of the volunteers from the regiment under my command. A few days after the brigade inspector handed me the return of volunteers from the other three regiments of the brigade, with a request to forward the same, which I did by a letter, dated the 18th. But my first not having been received on the 29th, I have the honor of now laying before you the President's answer to the second.
THOMAS ACHESON. Washington, Sept. 16, 1807.
To Thomas Acheson, lieut. col. of the 22d regiment of Pennsylvania militia.
Your letter of the 12th inst. has not come to hand; I have now received that of the 18th, informing me that you call for 480 men from your brigade, 1119 young and active citizens have voluntarily offered their services to their country. This offer merits the highest praise; whenever the moment arrives in which the public rights must appeal to the public arm for support, they will be found to rest safely on the spirit, which animates our nation, on that which produces from your brigade, so honorable a proof, that our citizens view these rights as their personal concern, and that the only contest is, who shall be received into the ranks to which their vindication shall be confided.
I pray you to tender from me, on behalf of their country, to the officers and volunteers of your brigade, the thanks they so justly deserve, and the assurances that when the public interest shall call for their services, this offer of them will be remembered.
TH: JEFFERSON. August 29, 1807.
HALIFAX, Oct. 2. Court Martial.
On Friday the 18th ult. a Court Martial was held on board H. M. S. Acasta.
PRESENT. Francis Pickmore, Esq. Capt. of H. M. S. Ramillies, & third officer in command at Halifax, President.
CAPTAINS. William C. Fahie, Right Hon. Lord Fitzroy, John Shortland, Philip Beaver, Edward Hawker, N. C. Cochrane,
In pursuance of an order from the commander in chief, the Court proceeded to the trial of forty-four seamen and one private marine, of H. M. S. Jason, charged with having "on or about the 5th of September, while that ship lay at anchor in the narrows, at the entrance of New-York harbor, made or endeavored to make a mutinous assembly, and for concealing the same: Also, for attempting to take possession of the ship from the officers, for the purpose of deserting in the boats."
The Court continued to sit, by adjournments, every day (Sundays excepted) until Tuesday, the 29th ult.—When, having heard the evidence in support of the charges, also what the prisoners, collectively and individually, had to offer in their defence; and most maturely and deliberately weighed and considered the whole, the charges were found to be lawfully proved against—Thos. Campbell, William Caton, Mounsey Tinning, Robert Dinen, Peter Bond, seamen; and Patrick Brown, marine; and in part against John M'Neil, William Lang, Edward Milton, Joseph Molena, and Thomas Martin, seamen; on whom sentence of death was then pronounced in the usual form.—But, in consequence of certain circumstances, the court most humbly recommended the five last named criminals to his Majesty's royal mercy.
The charges not being proved against the remaining thirty four seamen, they were therefore—acquitted.
This is another melancholy and incontrovertible proof of the effects which the conduct and declarations of the American government are calculated to produce—various plans have, at different times, been suggested by the enemies of Great-Britain, to distress and reduce her navy—northern coalitions have threatened to cut off its supplies—infernal engines, submarine fires and explosions, have been invented, to destroy those floating castles which were known to be invincible in fair and open combat; but all have hitherto failed—and it remained for the French party in America, to suggest a plan, which must inevitably succeed, if persisted in—to offer encouragement and protection to mutineers and deserters—seduce the seamen, and then—a fig for the ships!—But we trust his majesty's government, while sending fleets to the Baltic, will perceive & parry the blow, which is aimed at the vitals of Great-Britain, from this quarter of the world.
Philadelphia, October 28. LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.—There will soon be published in Philadelphia, a new and interesting work, entitled "The Columbiad, a Poem, in ten Books, by JOEL BARLOW."
This work will be ornamented with twelve engravings, which have been done in England by the most eminent artists, and at great expense. They are in the first style of elegance.
The typographical part wholly American, is executed in a manner highly creditable to the several artists employed. The paper by Amies, the type by Binny and Ronaldson, and the printing with consummate taste and care, by Fry and Kammerer; it will be published by C. and A. Conrad and Co. in one vol. quarto.
A work like this, on a great national subject, must excite a high degree of interest. In the present instance, we are confident that the public expectation will not be disappointed; and while the Columbiad will be cited as a monument of American genius, the publishers are determined that this edition will do equal honor to our arts.
Philadelphia, Nov. 2. By the brig Ariel, arrived at this port last evening, from Bristol, we have received English papers to the 12th of September inclusive, containing London advices of the 10th—from which we have made some extracts for this day's Register.
LONDON, Sept. 9. We are glad to find that the rumour of the U. S. having given our government only four days to decide upon our answer to the dispatches brought by the Revenge schooner is wholly unfounded. We did not indeed attach any credit to it. The differences between the two countries are to be, as they ought to be, deliberately discussed. The U. S. are said to be willing to allow the search for goods under certain circumstances, but not to allow any vessel bearing their flag to be searched for men. But in order to identify British and American seamen, they propose that agents shall be stationed in every commercial port in each country, before whom all complaints shall be heard and decided, and every seaman given up to that nation to which he is found to belong.
Courier. A force, it is said, is to be immediately dispatched from this country to take possession of Madeira. It is to consist, we understand of 3000 men, to be commanded by gen. Beresford. The 3d, 25th, 34th, 83d and 21st regiments are mentioned as being intended for this service.
The expedition, it is believed, has been resolved on in consequence of intelligence received by government of the hostile designs of France and Spain against Portugal and its possessions.
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CURSORY REFLECTIONS.
At the close of the important trial which has so long agitated our city, our readers may very naturally call upon us to deliver our own opinions. To discharge this duty we once more take up the pen.
The subject is complicated and extensive. We shall attempt to seize its leading features and present them in the form of cursory reflections:
These reflections will naturally touch on three great portraits: that of Aaron Burr:
The Chief Justice of the U. S. And Gen. Wilkinson.
There is nothing which we have to submit to our readers, which may not very properly fall under one of these heads.
No. I. PORTRAIT OF AARON BURR.
"Who noble ends by noble means attains,"
That man is great indeed——"
Is such the greatness of the man who stands before us? Is such the character of the transactions, which have been lately unfolded to the world? Let us analyse both his ends and his means to see what pretensions they can give him to the character which the Poet has described.
This trait uniformly marks his conduct and designs; that he never is contented with a lower seat, so long as he can aspire to the highest. The mines and riches of Mexico are tempting objects; but even the wealth and splendor of the Mexican empire, when viewed through the long tract of water and wood which he would have to pass, and the dangers which were to be encountered, are lost and eclipsed in the superior lustre of a throne, erected at New-Orleans, and stretching its sceptre over the western states. From every thing which we can collect, as well from his own declarations where he dared to unbosom himself, as the more unguarded avowals of his less artful accomplices, A. Burr must have had three objects in view:
To separate the Western from the eastern states. To invade Mexico, or To effect a temporary settlement on the Ohio.
The first was the foremost in his hopes and first in the period of its attempted accomplishment. The second was but to turn into a new course the very same means which he had collected, and the very passions which he should have excited for the attainment of the first. And the last, was to have been at once the asylum of his despairing ambition, and the germ of new schemes, where it "hush'd in grim repose expects its evening's prey."
Take the principal points of the evidence as they have been disclosed during this examination, and see how they bear us out in these conclusions.
The examination of Gen. Eaton before the court, and in the presence of the very man whom he arraigned at the bar, establishes the truth of his deposition beyond the shadow of a doubt. "Let us wait to see Eaton confronted with A. Burr," was the former cry of Burr's friends. "Let us see what Eaton will dare to say before him, or whether Burr will dare to contradict him." Yet this important confrontation is over, and what is the issue of it? We have seen gen. Eaton, standing in the very front of A. Burr, and under the flashes of that terrible eye which like Medusa's head was to have turned him into stone: but we have seen Eaton rising with the spirit of conscious truth and re-echoing the same charges against A. Burr without hesitation, and without the slightest alarm. We have seen A. Burr writhing under the consciousness of his guilt, and his bleached countenance betraying the agitations of his soul. We have seen Eaton persecuted, by the cross questions of legal ingenuity, but we have seen him turning upon his assailants, and bearing them down, with the consistency and truth of his story. After this who can doubt, that Burr was just as discontented with his situation, and as sanguine and aspiring as Eaton had represented him; that so long as he was doubtful of Eaton's dispositions for his purpose he amused him, with the tale of the Mexican project; but after having thus felt the pulse of his virtue, after having thus attempted to ascertain, how far his temper was lawless enough to acquiesce in this lawless scheme of plunder, and believing at last that he was unprincipled enough for his purposes, that he then began to open to him his favorite and grander scheme of aggrandizement. He talked to him of dismembering the union, of the ease with which he could separate the Western from the Eastern states, and the splendors of a throne at Orleans. He did not reveal these ideas as if they had just been hatched, or as if they would be lightly relinquished. Far from it. He dwelt upon his means.
He named individuals whom he had selected for his purposes, and he was prepared to answer every objection which could be made to their accomplishment. After this, who is there sceptic enough to doubt, that this man was at heart a traitor?
His interviews with Mr. Stoddert point to the same conclusion, though with this material difference: that while he manifested the same discontented spirit, and the same contempt for the weakness of the administration which he was afterwards forced to respect, and the same idle confidence in his own means and talents, he did not dare to assail Mr. Stoddert's ear with the details of his plans. He did not designate N. Orleans as the point where he should make his attack; he did not name the persons whom he had chosen for his accomplices, and he seemed to disclose his ideas not as if they were such as he meant to execute, but as those that might be successfully attempted by some daring genius. The reason of this distinction is obvious. He knew that Mr. Stoddert was a man of too much virtue, and of too little means to become an accomplice. Gen. Eaton, on the contrary, was young, he was bold, he had shown a military turn, & his virtues had not yet been probed by Burr.
At Pittsburgh, while he was on his route to the Western country, and under the hospitable roof of the venerable George Morgan, he displays the same bent of mind. In truth, wherever he goes, he is destined like the snail to leave his slime behind him.—It would seem impossible for the mind of man, when seriously bent on any favorite idea, to prevent its bursting forth in continued and indirect indications. Burr's mind was full of war, of arms, of military achievement, and the disunion of the states. And what were his conversations, and conduct? They were precisely such as might have been expected from this disposition. He could not see a strong man without considering him as a soldier, and wishing that he had a thousand such fellows. His conversation with the young Mr. Morgans before he reached their father's house, his conversations at and after dinner, breathe this predominant spirit. The same plans haunt him at midnight, and he descends at 11 at night with the candle in his hand to the chamber of old Mr. Morgan; for what? Mr. Morgan's ardent virtue stopped his communications, and prevents us from having the full benefit of the disclosure, but there is every reason to believe that his intention was to make the father an instrument in the ruin of his son, and exact from him his consent that this noble minded son should go along with him in his "nefarious" projects to the West. But why should we dwell upon such scenes as these? The whole air of his conversations, at Morganza, and next morning at Washington, was such as was calculated to draw down upon him the worst suspicions of all the Morgans, and to induce them to give the first information to government of his suspicious designs. The complaisant Mr. Julian Dupestre, may indeed deny all these things. But what weight should be given to that man's word, or vigilance of observation, who has to oppose the united testimony of the Morgans, or who upon being asked, whether N. York might not be taken with 500 men, could complaisantly bow assent?
Let us proceed another step in the investigation of this evidence. The next point where we are able to fix this wandering spirit is on Blannerhasset's island. Here it plays the same part; at least if I may calculate the cause by its consequences. Three days after Burr leaves the island, Blannerhasset publishes the Querist. Two circumstances are here calculated to blend Mr. Burr with the guilt or folly of these writings. 1st. That Blannerhasset, the author, was the notorious accomplice of Burr—and 2dly, that the sentiments and very chain of arguments were so similar to those which a witness had a short time before heard from the lips of colonel Burr, that upon being asked who he supposed to be the author; he very sagely replied, that Burr had furnished the ideas, and that Blannerhasset had put them into style.
These writings speak for themselves. No man that reads the Querist can mistake the disposition or design with which they were composed. Writings which display to the people beyond the Alleghany, the imaginary disadvantages of a union with the Atlantic states, which attempt to shew them in how much better condition they would be placed under a government of their own, which persuade them that it is not only a natural right, but a right ingrained upon the constitution to provide for their own distinct welfare, whoever can mistake the temper of such writings as these from such men, and at such a time, might as well pretend to doubt whether the Declaration of Independence or Common Sense were calculated to promote

the revolution of America. No man can doubt them, and no one can pretend to doubt them who is an accomplice of Burr.
And here it is not improper to give all the weight which they deserve to Blannerhasset's sincere and repeated declarations. From the complex and uncertain code of the law, these declarations may not be received in a court of justice to bear against Burr, but common sense is unable to recognise such an absurd distinction. There are sufficient reasons to satisfy any man, that Burr and Blannerhasset were joint accomplices in a joint undertaking, and that however Burr may have imposed upon the credulity of Blannerhasset, in setting before him the extent of his means, that he fairly represented to him the nature of his plans. Let us then gather these plans from Blannerhasset's declarations, and what are they? Wherever he ventured to be the most frank, his schemes were of the grandest character.
It was not to settle the Ouachita land; nor was it to carry conquest to Mexico; but it was to seize the treasures and arms of Orleans, and by locking up that mouth of the Mississippi, to produce a dissolution of the union, and to establish an independent empire, to the west of the Alleghany. And to whom were these declarations made? Not to such men as Elijah Jones, not to men whom he knew not how to trust; but to such as the Hendersons, and to them too, not in the sportive sallies of his mind; but in the solemnity of retirement, and after he had previously exacted from them a pledge of secrecy. With all that childish garrulity which has been ascribed to him, the simple Blannerhasset could sometimes make distinctions. He was not as fortunate as Burr, in always keeping himself concealed behind the curtain; but like him, he sometimes knew where to be silent. Like him, too, he sometimes mistook his man, as he did in the case of the respectable Hendersons.
Combine with these circumstances, Swartwout's declaration to Gen. W. that there must be some seizing at N. Orleans; the discontented temper of many of the inhabitants of that city; their disposition for a change of government; and the number of friends whom he had there enlisted; recollect the aspiring genius of the man, his desperate fortunes and his vain hope, that the commander in chief and the army would join in with him, and it is impossible to resist the conviction that he would have seized New Orleans if he could. What were his exact plans we know not; but we may at least guess at some chart, by which he might have steered his course. He might have supposed that he had force enough to descend to New Orleans. He might have passed Fort Massac and the fort at Chickasaw Bluffs, without much opposition. When arrived at New Orleans, he might have expected the aid of Wilkinson and army, and of many, and perhaps most of the inhabitants of that city.
His plan at this point, is not to be mistaken. If his force was large, if the army were sincere in his support—if the inhabitants of New Orleans were prompt and explicit in their attachment, Burr would have unfurled the banners of rebellion. He would have invited adherents from all quarters. He would have lavished the confiscated treasures of this city upon them, and perhaps he would have tried whether by locking up the mouth of the Mississippi, or restricting its navigation, he might not have forced the people of the upper country to have acquiesced in his usurpation. Such would probably have been his plan, or if these things had not turned out so favorable to his wishes, he would then have progressed with his other enterprise; collected arms, provisions and adherents, and attacked Mexico through a sea port as Vera Cruz, or up the Red River. For he frequently contended during his trial that his boats were well fitted for going up the stream.
If such were Burr's plans, was not Burr a traitor at heart? "But he did not commit the overt act, he was not guilty of levying war against the U. States." Perhaps it may be so. But even under this view of the subject, he saves his life at the expence of his reputation. He may still continue to breathe upon the earth; but what of that? Like Cain, he has a mark, that lasts for ever.
We shall hereafter inquire in our strictures on the conduct of the Chief Justice, whether the overt act of levying war was committed at the mouth of Cumberland river. We certainly do not approve of the criterion which the Ch. Justice has laid down on that point.
This mass of evidence is sufficient to convince us that the dismemberment of the union was the first and * Do not Bollman's confessions to the President amply confirm this idea.
favorite object of A. Burr, and that he never would have looked to the conquest of Mexico, but in consequence of a fear that he should be disappointed. That object was the next nearest his heart. The host of witnesses who were introduced have proved his attachment to this enterprise; but "this was one" say his advocates "which he would never have meditated but from the prospect of an approaching war with Spain; and never would have executed but in consequence of that war's taking place."
In this we agree with his advocates; that if he had been disappointed in seizing New Orleans and war had been declared by the United States against Spain, that he might then have attempted to turn his preparations into that channel. Perhaps they will agree with us in this; that if he had such an enterprise in view, the tottering state of our affairs with Spain was calculated to advance that object, by enlisting recruits in his service. But in this we join issue with his advocates; that if there had been no war from the United States, he himself would have attempted to have waged it against Spain on his own account. His friends deny this position and point to the settlement of the Ouachita as the ultimate object of his preparations. This last epithet indeed truly expresses our own opinion of his plans. Can any impartial man believe that he would have retired to the Ouachita until he had exhausted all his other plans? Were his means adopted for agriculture or war? Was his party composed of families or young men? Were they possessed of muskets and bayonets, or ploughshares and hoes? Were they provided with seed corn or kiln-dried meal? But why carry our questions further? Was the man who conducted them better calculated for a farmer or commander? Was the ardor of his desperate ambition to be sooner gratified in the bosom of retirement, and amidst the peaceful harvests of the field, or amidst the din of arms & by mowing of the heads of the Mexicans.
But if these presumptive reasons are not sufficient to remove every doubt, there are three direct facts which must be irresistible. Look at the declarations of Blannerhasset to Peter Taylor. Read the conversation of Comfort Tyler in Blannerhasset's Portico. Look at the testimony of Lemuel Henry who proves that Robert A. New, Burr's intimate friend and the only Virginian we are proud to say who was found under Burr's banners did actually ridicule the idea of a Ouachita settlement; said that it was a good idea to hold out to the world & that it seemed to go down very well.
The man who can resist this force of evidence, must have indeed inherited the soul of an ancient Sceptic.
"And is the settlement of the Ouachita completely out of the question? Did Mr. Burr never intend to visit his land? Why then did he pay so much money to col. Lynch for it?" To this we reply that he did not pay much money to col. Lynch as appears from his evidence, even admitting that there was a perfectly fair contract between them; and 2dly, that the veil which he purchased for his other enterprises was well worth the money which he paid for it; and 3dly, that had those enterprises succeeded, he might have easily have repaid himself from the banks of Orleans or the mines of Mexico. We agree with his advocates in this, that Col. Burr would have retired to the Ouachita as an asylum, but not until all his other schemes had been blasted. How long he would have remained there, is beyond our conjecture, but the probability is, that the Ouachita would have been a germ and not the grave of his ambition, and that being thus planted in the wilderness between Mexico and Orleans, he would have called around him the most desperate and enterprising men from all quarters, and then struck such a blow as would have best suited his means and his wishes. Thanks to the vigilance and energy of the government which has so far defeated his machinations!
Here let us pause. We shall hereafter pursue this subject as in relation to this man's means, to the consequences which are likely to arise out of his conduct, and to the lesson which it should teach us.
NOTICE.
By Virtue of an order from the Orphan's Court of Charles county, the subscriber will dispose of, at Public Sale, on Saturday the 21st of November, all the personal estate of Matthias Redmond late of Charles county, deceased, consisting of slaves, also, horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, household Furniture, and plantation utensils. Terms of sale ready cash. The sale will commence at 10 o'clock A.M. TERECY C. BEDMOND, Adm'r. November 4—31
WASHINGTON CITY. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4.
GENERAL TURREAU, Minister of the Emperor of France, has arrived in this city.
On Sunday last AARON BURR passed through George Town and this City for Baltimore. For our own part, we confess, it would be most agreeable to our feelings to let this "wandering spirit," move to and fro without notice, were it not for the duty of keeping a vigilant eye on those who, having distinguished themselves by their abortive efforts to destroy every thing that is dear and sacred, may, from despair, be impelled, if possible, to deeds of greater darkness. We congratulate the city of Washington, that it does not contain this man, whose purpose was, it is said, to take up his residence here.
CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
MONDAY, Nov. 2, 1807.
Four other members appeared and took their seats.
Mr. Thomas said, he had the honor to be appointed a member of the committee of Commerce and Manufactures. He believed it would be allowed by the members who knew him, that he had never failed to perform any duty assigned to him by the House, nor should he ask to be excused from serving on this committee, were it not for this circumstance. At the time the committee was appointed, the immediate representative of the city of New-York was not present: that gentleman, said he, is now in his place, who, besides being the representative of that important commercial city, is much better acquainted with questions of commerce than myself. He hoped the House would therefore grant his request. Granted, and on motion, Mr. Mumford was appointed in his place.
Mr. Van Rensselaer presented the petition of Joseph Knox, a soldier in the revolutionary war, praying compensation for his services; which was referred to the committee of Claims.
Mr. Gardner presented the petition of Nathan Babbitt, of New-Hampshire, stating that he served some time as a physician in the military hospital at Providence, for which he had never received compensation, praying relief. Referred to the committee of Claims.
Mr. Quincy moved that the petition of Paul Revere and J. M. Revere, of Boston, (presented at a former session) be now referred to the committee of Commerce and Manufactures. The petitioners are manufacturers of copper, and pray that a duty may be laid on imported copper in sheets, in order to encourage the works established by them with great labor and expence. Agreed.
Mr. Quincy also moved that the petition of Thomas Leach, Levi Tower, and Ab. Tower, owners of the schooner Phœnix, (presented at the last session) praying to be allowed a bounty on a quantity of salt saved from the said vessel, which the Collector had refused to allow, from some irregularity in the application, be referred to the committee of Commerce and Manufactures. Agreed.
Mr. Fisk moved that the petition of William Kincaid, presented at a former session, praying for compensation as a soldier in the revolutionary war, be referred to the committee of Claims. Agreed.
Mr. Dawson moved that the petition of Robert Peters and others, respecting the titles to certain lots in the city of Washington, presented last session, and referred to a select committee, who brought in a bill which was not acted upon, be now referred to a select committee, with power to report thereon by bill or otherwise.
Mr. Dana suggested the propriety of omitting the latter part of the reference, authorising the committee to report by bill.
Mr. Dawson consented to the alteration and the reference was agreed to. Mr. Thomas moved that the letter from the President of the Senate, and Speaker of the House of Representatives of the state of New-York, inclosing certain resolutions of the legislature of that state, relative to the protection of the port and harbor of the city of New-York, be referred to the committee on that part of the President's message, which relates to the aggressions committed by foreign armed vessels. Agreed to.
Mr. Van Cortlandt moved that the petition of Peter C. L'Enfant, presented at a former session, praying for compensation for services rendered the U. S. be referred to the committee of Claims.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3. Mr. Poindexter said, that a memorial from the Legislature of the Mississippi Territory, was presented on
the 27th of January last, praying for a revision and amendment of the land laws, and for an extension of the right of suffrage. He wished to refer these subjects to distinct committees, and for this purpose moved the following resolution:
Resolved, That so much of the memorial of the Legislative Council and House of Representatives of the Mississippi Territory, presented to this House on the 27th day of January, 1807, as relates to the several acts of Congress "regulating the grants of land and providing for the disposal of the lands of the U. States south of the state of Tennessee," praying that the same may be revised and amended, be referred to the committee on the Public Lands, and that the said committee have leave to report by bill or otherwise.
Mr. Pitkin doubted the propriety of the proposed reference, empowering the committee to report by bill. He wished the subject of this memorial to take the usual course.
Mr. Poindexter said he would explain the reasons why he proposed this specific resolution. Had the gentleman heard the memorial read, he would have observed that it embraced a variety of subjects, a part of which would be properly referred to the Committee on Public Lands; but another part he should propose to refer to a select committee: for, if the whole memorial were referred to the Committee on Public Lands, it would be found that they could not act upon certain parts of it. That the whole might be in a state of progress, he thought it necessary to divide the subject.—Should this resolution be agreed to, he should propose another, in relation to the right of suffrage.
The reading of the memorial was called for, which was read accordingly. Mr. Pitkin said, that from the information given by the gentleman from the Mississippi Territory, he was willing the business should take the course which he had proposed.
The reference was agreed to. Mr. Poindexter, then moved the following resolution.
Resolved, That so much of the memorial of the Legislative Council and House of Representatives of the Mississippi Territory, as relates to the extension of the right of suffrage in said territory, be referred to a select committee, and that the said committee have leave to report thereon by bill or otherwise.—Agreed to, and that the committee should consist of five members.
The Speaker laid before the House a communication from Gen. Wm. Eaton, inclosing the translation of a memorial from Hamet Caramelli, ex-bashaw of Tripoli, stating, that, from attaching himself to the service and interests of the United States he had suffered great injury. That he had relied on the promises of the officers of the United States for remuneration, the non-performance of which had reduced him to the greatest difficulties.—Referred to a select committee of seven members.
The Speaker laid before the House the memorial of Duncan M'Farland of North Carolina, accompanied by several documents, complaining of the undue election of John Culpepper, and praying that his seat may be vacated in his favor.—Referred to the committee of Elections.
Mr. Cook, said, that, in the year 1799, a port of entry was established for the port of Thomaston, in the district of Waldoborough, which had been found altogether unnecessary, and the money paid to the surveyor, was so much lost to the United States: He should therefore move the following resolution, to effect the purpose he had in view:
Resolved, That the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures be instructed to enquire into the expediency of abolishing the office of surveyor of the port of Thomaston, in the district of Waldoborough, and that they report by bill or otherwise. Agreed to.
Mr. Thomas moved that the bill which was before the House last session, on the subject of the Post Office and Post Roads, and which was indefinitely postponed, with the petitions which had been presented on that subject, should be referred to the committee appointed to consider this subject at the present session.
Mr. Dana doubted the propriety of referring a bill of last session to any committee of this House.
Mr. Thomas said that the Post Office Committee was empowered to report by bill or otherwise; that the bill proposed to be referred to them, was the report of a former committee, and a part of the unfinished business of last session. The propriety of establishing different roads had been considered; and it would probably save the present committee much trouble, to have that report before them.
Mr. Dana wished, if the gentleman had any precedent in view, that he would produce it. For his part, he believed the proposition perfectly a novel one.
Mr. W. Asten said, it would be improper to refer a bill of last session. What, he enquired, would the committee do with a bill thus referred? They must dispose of it in some way. When a former report is referred to a committee, it may be made a part of the report of such committee; but they cannot make a bill of the last session a part of their report. The committee would doubtless cast their eye over the bill in question, without making any direct reference of it, and would make such use of it as they might think proper.
Mr. Newton proposed a division of the question. There could be no doubt of the propriety of referring the petitions presented at the last session.
Mr. Thomas had no objection to modify his motion, and to omit the reference of the bill.
Mr. Ely could see no reason why all the applications made at the last session for alterations in the post-roads should be referred to the committee of the present session. Many of those applications might not now find any gentlemen to support them. He thought the better way would be for members to bring forward such alterations as they may wish, without reference to what had taken place at last session.
Mr. Thomas withdrew his motion, & proposed a resolution instructing the post-office committee to enquire into the expediency of establishing a new road in a certain part of his district.
Messrs. Lewis, Swart, Storer, Rhea, (T.) offered similar resolutions, which were agreed to.
Mr. Porter moved that the petition of Mary F. Hibs, of Pennsylvania, presented at a former session, be referred to the committee of Claims.
A motion has been introduced into the Senate of the U. States, for the appointment of a committee to take into consideration the expediency of authorising the state of Tennessee to reduce the price of certain lands, which were ceded to the said state by the United States, by the act authorising the state of Tennessee to issue grants and perfect titles to certain lands therein described, &c. to such price as the Legislature of said state may, in their judgment, deem expedient, with leave to report by bill or otherwise.
IN SENATE, OCTOBER 28.
Mr. MITCHELL submitted the following motion, for consideration.
"Resolved, That the part of the President's message, which relates to the defence of our seaport towns and harbors, and the further provisions to be made for their security, be referred to a select committee, with leave to report by bill or otherwise."
OCT. 30.
Mr. WHITTE submitted the following motion for consideration.
"Resolved, That a committee be appointed to enquire into the expediency of extinguishing the claims of the United States, to certain balances reported to be due from several of the states, to the United States, by the commissioners appointed to settle the accounts of the individual states with the United States, and that the said committee have leave to report by bill or otherwise."
NOVEMBER 2.
On motion by Mr. Millidge, Resolved, That the members of the Senate, from a sincere desire of shewing every mark of respect due to the memory of the honorable Abraham Baldwin, deceased, late a member thereof, will go into mourning for him one month, by the usual mode of wearing a crape round the left arm.
On motion by Mr. Hillhouse, a similar resolution was passed in relation to Mr. Tracy.
The following motion, made by Mr. Adams, was agreed to and referred to Messrs. Adams, Smith of Maryland, Millidge, Mitchill and Anderson.
"That so much of the President's message, as relates to the recent outrages committed by British armed vessels, within the jurisdiction, and in the waters of the United States, and to the legislative provisions which may be expedient as resulting from them, be referred to a select committee, with leave to report by bill or otherwise."
The following motion, also made by Mr. Adams, was agreed to, and referred to Messrs. Smith of Maryland, Bradley, and Sumner.
"That so much of the said message, as relates to the formation of the seamen of the United States into a special militia, for the purpose of occasional defence of the harbors against sudden attacks; be referred to a select committee, with leave to report by bill or otherwise."
Philadelphia, October 30.
Recent advices from Spain state that the crops of wheat have been very bad; in many parts of that country, there has not been more reaped than was sowed. Flour about the last of August at Algesiras $11 50 per barrel, and rising.

VALUABLE PROPERTY, FOR SALE. WILL be offered to the highest bidder at the house of Mr. M. Semmes in this town, on Monday the 30th November next, such parts of the following property as may not be disposed of prior to that day, viz. several improved and unimproved lots and other Lots, and parts of Lots in George Town and its additions—Lot 7 in square 79, and 7, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, in square 569 city of Washington, together with the following lands—the Vale 403 1-4 acres; Dry meadow 54 acres; Good Fellowship 21 acres; Mount Airy 59 1-2; part of Mount Airy, 5 1-2 acres; Below Amsterdam 12 1-2; acres Burns neglect 81 acres; Precept 167 1-2; and part Knowles Disappointment 51-2 ac. in the district; New Harbor 83 acres; I believe it will be 9 acres; Little Spot 12 1-4 ac. Montgomery & Frederick county Maryland—Nichols Delight 60 1-2 acres, Last Shift 100 acres; the resurvey of Cresap's neglect 204 3-4 acres, and Jacobs Ladder 300 acres, in Alleghany county Maryland, and 5132 acres in Randolph county Virginia. Sale to commence at 4 o'clock P. M. and to continue from day to day till the whole is sold—Terms of sale, time agreeable to the amount purchased, to be made known on the day of sale, where plots or the whole will be shown.
J. M. BEATTY, C. A. BEATTY. George Town, October 26—tds P. MAURO takes the liberty to inform his friends, the members of Congress, and the inhabitants of the city in general, that he has lately returned from a journey to Baltimore, Philadelphia and New-York, with a large supply of the best and choicest groceries, wines, spirits, cordials, fruits, preserves, spices, pickles, &c. and also, with a large and well selected assortment of DRY & FANCY GOODS, which he offers for sale at his store adjoining Mr. Thomas W. Paio, west of the Seven Buildings, by whole sale and retail at very moderate terms. October 30—tf.
FOR SALE —On Saturday the 14th day of November, will be sold at Auction either separately or together, the three Two story BRICK BUILDINGS on E street between 10th and 11th streets, late the property of Charles Cist, deceased; being near the Bank, the Public Fountain and Centre Market; their local situation renders them peculiarly eligible either for private families or a boarding house—Also, at the same time will be sold a large Frame Building in the rear of the above houses, well calculated for a work shop. Terms of payment, one fourth cash, and the remainder in six, twelve, and eighteen months. ** Should the weather prove unfavorable the sale will take place the following Monday. S. SPEAKE, Auct October 30—8t
Post Office, Washington 2 city, October 28, 1807. UNTIL a different notification shall be given, all mails from this office will be closed at 6 P. M. on the days specified in the published lists of the last summer's arrangement, except those therein stated to close at 11 A. M. and 2 P. M. the former of which will continue to be closed, during the winter establishment, at 11 A. M. and the latter at 12 M. on the days mentioned in the summer lists.
N. B. Lists of the summer establishment have been sent to the Members of Congress, and Officers of Government, all other persons who desire them shall be furnished at the office. T. MUNROE. October 30—3t
FRESH TEAS —The subscriber has received by Captain Elwood , 6 Chests of Old Hyson, 4 ditto Young Hyson, 4 ditto Best Imperial Teas. Oranges, limes, oil, olives, capers, &c. Daily expected— 50 Boxes of mould Candles 20 ditto dipped ditto 50 ditto brown soap 10 ditto white ditto and a large quantity of Cordials, preserved limes, ginger, currant jelly, pickles, &c. P. MAURO. October 30—tf.
WILL be sold at Public Auction , on the premises, on Monday the 30th of November next, part of Lot number 4, in square 78, being 28 feet front, near the Western Market, and extending back about 147 feet to an alley. There is erected upon this lot, a good Brick Building covering the whole front, with a good Kitchen and enclosure, and was formerly occupied by Dr. Bullus. As the property is well known, nothing further descriptive is thought necessary. Washington, October 30—tds
JUST RECEIVED, And for sale by R. C. WEIGHTMAN, Pennsylvania Avenue, The Miseries of Human Life, or the Groans of Samuel Sensitive and Timothy Testy, 1 Vol. Cumberland's Memoirs, with a supplement down to 1st of 1806, 1-25. Langley's Builder's Jewel, 1 75. Denman's Midwife, 1 75. Rumford's Essays, 5 vol. 8vo. Lock's Essays, 3 vol. 12mo. 3 50. Harris's Encyclopedia, 4 vol. 12mo. 4 50. Faley's Philosophy, Cheselden's Anatomy, Underwood on Diseases of Children, Homer's Iliad, 2 vol. 1 75. Rural Economy, a Treatise on Pise Buildings, &c. &c. &c. Wrigley's best Printing Ink, &c. &c. October 23—6t
BURAS AND BEALL. WOOLLEN drapers, men's merchants, and tailors, New Jersey Avenue, opposite the Secretary of the Navy's, respectfully inform the public that they have commenced business in the above line, where they will endeavor to give satisfaction—they have on hand a fresh supply of the most fashionable goods, suitable for the approaching season, all fresh and of the very best quality. N. B. Regimentals and naval uniforms made in the most elegant and fashionable stile with neatness and dispatch. October 23—tf.
CHARLES H. VARDEN, Merchant Taylor New Jersey Avenue, near the Capitol RESPECTFULLY informs the gentlemen of the district of Columbia, he has imported by ship Eliza ANN lately arrived at Philad. A choice assortment of Extra Superfine cloths, Bennetts, Velvets, and Cords, Cassimere, single and double milled Sattin cloths, fashionable Spanish Orleans and Toilets, rich silk Mouselin velvets, silk and Sattin Florentines, with a variety of other articles suitable for the season. N. B. Ladies habits, regimentals, and navy uniforms made in the first stile of fashion. Richard Marwells celebrated patent parallel Suspenders, can be had on the same terms as at his manufactory. November 12—tf.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD. DAN away from Freestone Point, near Dumfries, on Sunday the 17th of last month, a Negro Man, named ANDREW, the property of SARAH FOUCHÉE, in Prince William county, and hired of her until the end of the year. He had a pass for three days, being Whitsunday Holidays. Andrew is about 21 years of age, 5 feet 9 inches high, a black complexion; has a scar near the corner of his eye, is a little cross eyed, and has a forward, impudent countenance. Any person who will apprehend and secure him in gaol, so that the subscriber, living near Dumfries, may get him again, shall receive the above reward. JOHN STONE. Prince William county, June 27.
N. B. All persons are forbid harboring him, or conveying him away by land or water. Just Published, and for Sale At R. C. WEIGHTMAN'S Book-store Pennsylvania avenue, POLITICS FOR AMERICAN FARMERS. Fine copy, 87 1 2 cents—Coarse do. 25 cents. Ramsay's Life of Washington, 2 d. 50 c. Thornton's Enquiry into the nature and effects of the paper credit of Great Britain, 2 d. 50 c. Dupon's Travels in South America, 3 vols. 7 d. 50 c. With many other valuable publications which have lately been received and for sale as above. Politics for Farmers may be had at all the Book-stores in the district of Columbia. Subscriptions are received by R. C. W. for Johnson's Dictionary , to be published in Boston in Four Royal octavo volumes—Price to subscribers 18 Dollars. The London 4to. copy sells at 30 Dollars. October 19—6t
JOHN GOULDING, HAS FOR SALE, Real good Old Madeira, Sicily Madeira, Sherry, Lisbon, Port, & Bucello Bottles. Wines, in Casks and in Bottles. Claret in bottles, large and small boxes, from 6 to 12 dollars per dozen, Cogniac Brandy, Peach and Apple brandy, Jamaica spirit, Holland gin, Whiskey in barrels, 5th proof, Loaf and Lump Sugar in barrels, Porter and Ale in hds. and in barrels. Together with most other Wines and Spirits generally used in this part of the country—Also, Ravens Duck, Spermaceti Candles, and oil of the very first quality, with sundry other articles, all of which he is determined to sell low for money or on short credit to his kind and punctual customers. Cash purchasers will find it their interest to call on him. He earnestly requests all those indebted to him to cause payment to be made to him soon; also those indebted to him for Postage since last year and the beginning of the present year. Georgetown, October 23—tf
SUBSCRIPTIONS for the Richmond Enquirer will be received at the Post Office, in George Town. The terms are 5 dollars a year, paid in advance. Gentlemen residing in George Town or the City of Washington, who are in arrears for the Enquirer will please to call and pay off the balances against them, Receipts will be given by D. WILEY. October 28.
LINDSAY'S HOTEL. The Subscriber has taken that well calculated house on the Capitol Hill. Late occupied by Mr. Frost formerly by Mr. Stelle—Where he intends to open a Tavern on the 24th October. Those gentlemen who may favor him with their Custom may rely on every attention in the Power of the Public's devoted Servant. GEO. W. LINDSAY. N. B.—EIGHT or TEN BOARDERS may be conveniently accommodated. October 19—tf.
THORN HEDGES. FOR Sale by the subscriber, upwards of One Hundred Thousand seedling plants of the American HEDGE THORN , from Two and an Half to Five dollars per thousand. Also a few thousand of the Pyracantha or Evergreen Thorn , and of the Honey Locust —all of which will be got ready for delivery at his Nursery near the Little Falls of Potomac as soon after the fall of the leaf as practicable. Purchasers who chuse will be furnished gratis with a pamphlet of directions for the management of the plants, &c. Any former customer, also may have a copy of the same by application at the Nursery; to others the price will be Twenty-five cents. THOS. MAIN. October 14—
MRS. SUTER'S BOARDING HOUSE. MRS. SUTER (from Georgetown) respectfully informs her friends and the public that she has taken the house adjoining the Store of Mr. Edgar Patterson in the city of Washington where she is ready to receive Boarders, and promises herself the satisfaction of meriting the patronage of those who may please to favor her with their company. October 26—7t.
New & Valuable BOOKS. JUST received, and now opening, at D. RAPINE'S Book-store on Capitol Hill, a Choice and Valuable Collection of BOOKS and STATIONERY, which he will be happy to dispose of to his friends and customers on the most reasonable terms—amongst which are: The Novice of St. Dominick, by Miss Owen. son, author of the Wild Irish Girl, Saint Clair, or the Heiress of Dermond, by the same author. Warren's History of the American revolution, 3 vols. Montgomery's Poems, Roberts on Frauds, Suggden's Law of Venders, East's Reports, vol. 7th, Peter's (judge) Maritime Law, Henning and Mumford's Virginia Reports, Domestic Cookery, Sidney on Government, Aitkin's Geography, Workman's do. Geographical questions, Sporting Anecdotes, Nautical Almanacs for 1808—9 German Theatre, 6 vols. Jess's Surveying, Sacred Classics, 9 vols. Sevingne's Letters, 7 vols. Sully's Memoirs, 5 vols. Pope's Homer, 4 vols. Crayla's Italian Dictionary, Young's Centaur Lady's elegant tortoise-shell combs, ornamented and plain. Spectacles and Morocco cases. Watch fobs and keys. Fashionable paper hangings and borders. Reeves' water colors Mathematical Instruments. Chamber Lamps and wicks. Japanese Ink. Durable do. A large assortment of writing & letter paper—hot pressed and plain. Quills, sealing wax, wafers, pen knives, &c. &c. Dr. Rees' Cyclopaediae. Vol. 5th. Part 1st, or the 9th half volume, is just received and ready for delivery, those who have not had ALL the preceding vols. will oblige by sending for them. Aug. 7 tf.
This is to give notice, That the subscriber of Georgetown in the district of Columbia, hath obtained from the Orphan's Court of Washington county, and district aforesaid, letters of administration on the personal estate of Christopher Richmond, late of the said county, deceased. All persons having claims against the said deceased, are hereby warned and required to exhibit the same with the vouchers thereof to the subscriber on or before the 20th day of March next, or they may otherwise by law be excluded from all benefit of the said estate. Those standing indebted to the deceased are requested to make immediate payment. All claims forwarded by mail must be post paid. JOS. CARLETON. Georgetown, September 18—taw4w
TO LET, During the Session of Congress, or longer, FIVE or six Bed Chambers, Dining-Room, Kitchen, neatly furnished—Also Stabling for four horses, and carriage. N. B. A good Cook and two or three Male Servants and Wood for the season, can be had from the subscriber, on moderate terms, between the Theatre and Bank of Deposit. PETER LENOX. October 26—w3t
FRESH FRUIT. THE Subscriber has just received from Antigua a large supply of fine ORANGES and LIMES, which he will dispose of wholesale or retail, on reasonable terms. JOHN OTT, Druggist, &c. George Town. October 26—w3t
WILLIAM O'NEALE'S BOARDING HOUSE. SIX or seven gentlemen can be accommodated with genteel boarding and lodgings, and stabling for six or seven horses during the session of Congress. A coach will be furnished free of any expense to the members to the Hall and back again. WOOD & COAL will be sold at his coal yard, or delivered to those house-keepers who want it. Twenty tons of good Timothy for sale by WILLIAM O'NEALE, Near the West-Market. Washington City, October 30—w3t.
Treasury Department, Register's Office, June 5th, 1807. Notice is hereby given, THAT, in conformity with the provisions of the act supplementary to the act, entitled "An act making provision for the redemption of the whole of the public debt of the United States," books will be opened at the Treasury on the first day of July next, to continue open until the seventeenth day of March, 1808, inclusively, the fourteen last days of each quarter excepted, for the purpose of receiving subscriptions for such parts of the old six per cent. deferred six per cent. and three per cent. stocks, as may, on the day of subscription stand on the books of the treasury. Those proprietors of the old six per cent. and deferred stocks, who may subscribe, will receive in lieu thereof a new six per cent. stock, equal to the unredeemed amount of the stock surrendered, redeemable at the pleasure of the United States, under a proviso however, that no reimbursement shall be made except for the whole amount of any such new certificate of stock, nor till after six months previous notice; and the proprietors of the three per cent. stock who may subscribe, will receive in lieu thereof, a six per cent. stock, equal to sixty-five per cent. of the amount of three per cent. stock surrendered, redeemable in the same manner as the new six per cent. stock above mentioned, but not reimbursable however, without the assent of the holders, until after the whole of the new six per cent. (given in exchange for old six or deferred as above mentioned,) as well as the whole of the eight per cent. stock of the United States, shall have been reimbursed. It is also provided that in every reimbursement which may take place, a preference will be given to those creditors who may notify their wish to be reimbursed; and that if the applications to that effect shall at any time either exceed or fall short of the sum then applicable to that purpose, the priority of payment shall, so far as may be necessary, be determined by lot. The present stockholders who reside in any part of Europe and may assent to that modification, may, at their option, receive the interest accruing on the new stock, either in the United States as heretofore, or in London, or Amsterdam, at par; in which last case, the interest will be paid there by the bankers of the United States, six months subsequent to the day on which the same would be payable in the United States and subject to no variation; nor to any other deduction than a commission to the bankers, of one half per cent. on the interest thus paid. JOSEPH MOURSE, Reg. of the Treasury NOTE—Proprietors of 1000 dollars nominal six per cent. stock, subscribed before the 1st October, 1807, will be entitled to receive 649 62 of new six
It subscribed between the 1st Oct. and 31st Dec 1807, 64 37 Between the 1st Jan. and 17th March 1808 619 03 Proprietors of 1000 dollars nominal deferred stock, subscribed before the 1st Oct 1807 will be entitled to receive, 855 78 It subscribed between the 1st Oct and 31st Dec. 1807 853 62 Between the 1st Jan. and 17th March 1808, 831 42 Being the unredeemed amount of the old stock on the 1st July and October 1807, and 1st January 1808 respectively. Proprietors of 1000 dollars three per cent. stock, will be entitled to receive 650 dollars of new six. June 8—wgm.
Treasury Department, United States, April 28, 1807. WHEREAS the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund at a meeting held on the 23d day of March 1807, did among other things resolve, that the light per cent. Stock, created in pursuance of the several acts of Congress passed on the 16th day of July 1798, and 7th day of May 1800, should be reimbursed on the first day of January one thousand eight hundred and nine. This is therefore to give notice that the principal of the said light per cent. stock will, on surrender of the certificates, be paid on the first day of January 1809, 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. It is further made known for the information of the parties concerned, that no transfers of the said light 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 first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and eight. And the interest on all certificates of said stock, 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. And whereas the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund at their meeting held on the 23d day of March as aforesaid, did also resolve, that the sum which after making the current payments for the years 1807 and 1808, and after reimbursing the Four and a half per Cent Stock, might remain to complete the annual appropriation of Eight Millions of dollars, for those two years should, among other purposes, be applied to the purchase of the Eight per Cent Stock at private sale, and that such of the Cashiers of the Bank of the United States, and of its office of Discount and Deposit as the Secretary of the Treasury shall designate, be the agents under his superintendence for making the said purchases:—Notice is hereby accordingly given, That James Madison, Jun. Cashier of the office of Discount and Deposit at Washington, has been appointed agent for that purpose in Washington, to whom such of the proprietors of Eight per Cent stock as may be willing to sell the same within the prices limited by law, are requested to apply. ALBERT GALLATIN, Secretary of the Treasury. w.
A NEGRO MAN, A very good Laborer, to hire by the year, Enquire of the Printer. October 7—wtf
Valuable Scats for Iron Works. THE subscriber offers for sale between Five and Six Thousand acres of Land bounded on one side by James River, including big and little Owen's Creek, and situate in Amherst county in the state of Virginia. This land is in the midst of a well and thick settled country, about 100 miles above the city of Richmond. There are not more than 30 acres of it cleared. The remainder is heavily timbered—consisting of large pines, white oaks, poplar, black walnut and chestnut. On Big Owens creek, and within 600 yards of James river, which is navigable for boats at all seasons of the year—there is an excellent site for any kind of water works. The stream is rapid and constant, and about three miles from the seat are, as it is believed inexhaustible banks of iron ore, which the subscriber has secured and which will be sold with the land. This ore has been tried and proved to be of a very superior kind. The land adjoining the seat is of excellent quality. Two hundred acres of timothy meadow might be made on the creek. The upland although hilly in places is well adapted to small grain, and a great proportion of it suitable to the raising of tobacco. Immediately around the site for water works are inexhaustible LIMESTONE Quarries, together with great quantities of the best building stone. In short there are many advantages combined to render this a most eligible spot for the erection of iron works, or any other kind of water works. It is deemed unnecessary to say more concerning this property than to request those who incline to purchase to view it. It will be shown by captain Henry Halloway in the neighborhood. The price will be moderate, terms of sale which will be made very easy, will be made known on application to the proprietor residing in Georgetown district of Columbia. NATHAN LUFFBOROUGH. Georgetown, February 16—wtf
St. Mary's College, GRAND LOTTERY, BALTIMORE. Authorised by the General Assembly of the state of Maryland, the scheme of which is the most brilliant ever offered to the citizens of the United States, containing, besides a large number of other good prizes. 1 prize of 30,000 dollars, 1 do. of 15,000 dollars, 3 do. of 10,000 dollars, 2 do. of 5,000 dollars, 8 do. of 1,500 dollars, 7 do. of 1,000 dollars. Not two blanks to a prize, and the lowest prize is twelve dollars. The scheme contains only 21,500 tickets; 10,000 of which are actually sold to a company of gentlemen, in New York, to whom the Managers have obligated themselves to commence the drawing in the city of Baltimore, On THURSDAY the 31st day of DECEMBER next, and to draw 500 tickets per day. Tickets and Shares are now selling in a variety of numbers and very rapidly, at Ten Dollars and a Half each, for a short time, at G. & R. WAITE'S only fortunate Lottery Office, corner of Market and Charles streets Baltimore. The grandeur of the Scheme of the above lottery, together with an assurance from the Managers that it will positively commence drawing on the 31st day of December next, have been a sufficient inducement for the subscribers to come to the city of Baltimore for the express purpose of facilitating the sale of the tickets. G. & R. WAITE. One of the above firm will personally attend the drawing daily, to take down the numbers correctly, as will also one of their clerks. The next New York Lottery will not commence drawing till April next—tickets of which lottery may be had at Waite's offices, No. 64 and No. 38, Maiden Lane New York. ** Distant adventurers, accompanying their orders with Bank Notes, of any description to either of Waite's offices, in New York or Baltimore, may have Tickets and Shares forwarded to any amount with the utmost punctuality, and the earliest advice sent them of their success. All prizes sold by G. and R. Waite, will be paid by them. ** Tickets in the above Lottery are to be had at J. MARCH'S Book-store, Georgetown, where the prize list will be regularly received. Tickets may likewise be had at John Goulding's. October 12—taw3m
NEW STORE. THE Subscriber begs leave to acquaint the citizens of Washington and the neighboring country, that he has just opened his new store, where he shall think himself very happy in accommodating his customers at the most reduced prices, and requests a share of the patronage of a generous public. He has on hand snarlet, yellow and white flannels, Irish linen, Gurrab and Cassas muslins, cambric, Madrass silk and Malabar handkerchiefs, fine blue cloth, do. of different colors, swans-downs, contin. s, black Bennet cord, constitutional do. twilled kersey, sewing silk, blankets, playing cards, men's hose, milled do. worsted, cotton & silk stockings, hair, silk, worsted and cotton gloves, piano and violin strings, drum and fiddles, check and fappy velvet, sarsnet, peplong hats, razors, knives, scissors, looking-glasses, best Eagle powder, suspenders, &c. &c. and the following GROCERIES, of the very best quality—Best French brandy, 4th proof, whiskey, spirits, butter, cheese, lard, meal, tea, Spanish segars, lump, loaf and brown sugar, soap, mustard, candles, tobacco. He expects a supply of Goods from Philadelphia and Baltimore; among which are Morocco shoes. Oats, Coffee, &c. Three or Four Rooms with Kitchen, also to be let to a genteel family. An excellent Saddle Horse on two month's credit. Country Produce sometimes taken in barter. F. A. WAGLER, near the Center Market. October 26—w3t