The national intelligencer and Washington advertiser. (Washington City [D.C.]), 1806-11-21 00:00:00

NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, AND WASHINGTON ADVERTISER.
VOL. VII.
WASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
No. 953.
FIVE DOLLARS PER ANNUM.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1806.
PAID IN ADVANCE.
CONSULATE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. ISLAND OF CUBA.
By this public instrument, be it made known to all whom the same doth or may concern, that I, John L. Ramage, consul of the United States of America for the island of Cuba, resident at Havana, do hereby certify, that on the day of the date hereof before me personally came and appeared Thomas B. Bennett, master, Thomas Lynch, mate, and Giles Williams, seaman, of and belonging to the schooner Agencia , of Baltimore, who being by me severally duly sworn, according to law, did severally solemnly depose and declare, that they the deponents on the second day of August, inst. sailed in and with the said schooner from Baltimore aforesaid, bound to Vera Cruz; that nothing remarkable happened until the 23d, when they made the Berry Islands, and on the next day having light winds and pleasant weather, they brought up the said Islands, and at 6 P. M. in company with several other vessels, came to anchor on the bank.
That on the 25th, at sun set, the British schooner Haddock , Lieut. Foley, commander, with a pilot boat schooner, her prize, also came to anchor, and at half past eleven P. M. the said Foley sent a boat along side, and an officer came on board and demanded her papers; that at this time he the said Thomas B. Bennett was not on board; that in about a quarter of an hour he came on board and objected to the showing his papers, as they had been regularly examined by a British brig of 16 guns, then lying at anchor near them; that upon this the said John Foley came on board and abused the said Thomas B. Bennett very grossly, snapt a pistol at him, and knocked him down several times.
That the said Bennett stated, that if a proper officer had come on board at first, he should have no objections to showing his papers; but the said Foley was then very much intoxicated, and ordered his men to search for the crew, who came aft to get their protections; and the said Foley having looked at Henry Hara's (second mate's) protection, first struck him, and then ordered him and three others, to wit, Edward Williams, Giles Williams, and Joseph Fraley into the boat, without paying any attention to protections; that at 1 A. M. the boat returned and delivered up the said Giles Williams and Joseph Fraley; and at day-light they discovered the said schooner under way, upon which they immediately made sail for her, in hopes to get the other man released; but the winds being light they could not succeed in their attempt to get up with her, and at 9 A. M. she was almost lost to view, and finding their endeavours fruitless, they at 10 hove about and stood in for the place they had been at anchor; that they again came to anchor there, and at 5 P. M. got under way; and on the 13th, in consequence of the impressment aforesaid, being short of hands, they put into this port. And the said Thomas B. Bennett did further depose, that the persons thus impressed are citizens of the United States, had protections, and were also certified as such by the collector of the port of Baltimore, on the list of the crew of said vessel; which he, the deponent, also exhibited to the said Foley.
And the deponent further saith, that there were several other vessels which he, the said Foley, under the assumed name of John Haddock, also boarded at the same time, and abused the captains and crews in an infamous manner.
The said Thomas B. Bennett therefore doth, and I, the said vice consul do, by these presents, most publicly and solemnly protest, as well against the said Foley, for the impressment and improper conduct aforesaid, as against all other matters, and causes whereby or by means whereof any damage, loss or injury has been, or shall or may hereafter appear to be sustained in the premises, and for all costs and charges attending the same, to the end that the same be submitted unto, suffered and borne by those to whom of right it shall appertain, to be adjusted and recovered in time and place convenient.
Done and protested at Havana aforesaid.
THOMAS B. BENNETT, THOMAS LYNCH, his GILES & WILLIAMS, mark.
In testimony whereof the said deponents have hereunto subscribed their names, and I, the said vice consul, have hereunto set my [L. S.] hand, and affixed my seal of office, the 1st day of September, in the year of our Lord, 1806, and of the Independence of the United States the 31st.
JOHN L. RAMAGE.
Capt. Bennett requests us to state, that when he pursued the said schooner Haddock , he reversed his colors, and that when his men's protections were shown to the said Lieut. Foley, he insultingly said, that "all the six-penny protections the rebels could produce,
were fit for nothing else but to —" Captain Sherman was one of the captains mentioned in the above protest, who shared the fate of capt. Bennett.
MALTA, JULY 18. (Private letter.)
"I now come to relate to you an event of the most melancholy description, and almost unparalleled in regard to its dreadful and miserable consequences. It happened this morning. A magazine took fire, and blew up with an explosion scarcely ever known to be equalled; by it 370 barrels of gunpowder, and above 1600 shells and grenades, were blown up. Such an immense quantity as 10,000 lbs. of gunpowder must occasion the most dreadful havoc and destruction. The houses adjacent in every direction were immediately blown into ruins—and how shocking it was to the inhabitants you may easily conceive, as there was no chance of escaping. The buildings are all of stone, of an immense thickness. It is calculated that one thousand persons have either perished or are dreadfully maimed. The principal sufferers are the Maltese, who chiefly live near the place. One man has lost his wife and six children; others nearly the same; and whole families are buried together. Those who escaped momentary death perhaps, are shockingly maimed and disfigured, and crawling about in a miserable condition. Fourteen artillerymen, who were in the magazine, were of course blown to atoms. The band of a regiment, (the 39th) were just playing "God save the king" near the place—two men were killed on the spot, the whole remainder were much wounded. The guards on duty were killed. The magazine is situated on the side of the water opposite to the city of Valetta; it is called Barmola . Stones were thrown over to us, some to the distance of two miles. It was situated close to the water side, and the bed of the sea was so shook by it, that it rose up and overflowed the banks. Two vessels (small ones) were sunk. Immense stones were thrown up which fell into the water; others on the ships & rigging; one I saw which fell on a vessel just arrived, weighed an hundred weight. The guard ship, the Madras man of war, is moored some distance from the disastrous place; but a stone fell on the quarter deck, and broke the thigh of the gunner, who had lately arrived. A Mr. Woodhouse, here, who, with his brother has a great wine-making concern in Sicily, has lost 250 pipes of it, worth nearly 7000l. they were at some distance from the place; but the shock was so great that the casks burst.
"In short, it is a scene of misery which no language can describe. The churches are filled with the dead. A friend of mine, just come from the ruins, says, that he was walking over them, when he lighted on the head of a woman, her body was crushed flat; and although it is only a few hours since the general calamity took place, her body, owing to the intense heat, was entirely putrefied. Nothing farther has yet been ascertained.
"It is supposed, however, that the men were employed in cutting away the fuses from the shells, or doing something like that, when by some means a spark arose. The merchants here have begun a subscription of twenty pounds each, for the relief of the poor sufferers. A whole town, I may say, is destroyed.
"The accident happened this morning about a quarter past six o'clock. They say there are now buried in the ruins one thousand barrels of gunpowder that are in danger; but I trust in God it is untrue; were that to blow up it would bring all Malta in ruins. May the almighty avert such another disaster."
FROM THE AURORA.
We noticed a few days since, a voluminous pamphlet which has appeared in this city; it is published by S. P. Bradford, bookseller, and extends to 183 pages of close writing! The title of the pamphlet is—"An inquiry into the present state of the foreign relations of the union, as affected by the late measures of administration," and it has a motto from Lord Boilingbroke, the drift of which is to persuade us in advance that we are arrived at a crisis. Unfortunately for the anonymous writer he has chosen his text from a prophecy that never was fulfilled, and from a man who for splendor of talents is not to be compared with his copyist, nor in any other respect unless it is that political chagrin, the consequence of disappointment in political ambition, and remorse for the desertion of early politics and principles, may be a feature common to both.
The writer assumes in a very flimsy preface, which would rather appear to be a puff from the bookseller, than the grave production of a political censor and counsellor, that he is an independent American, and while he assures his readers that we are "the happiest, and almost the only freemen on earth," he in the same breath declares that our
"political relations wear a gloomy aspect" and assures the reader that he is neither a "British agent" nor a "French intriguer"—undisguised subject of "democratic intolerance, nor disappointed seeker after public honors."
The length of the pamphlet necessarily circumscribes the portion of the extract we most earnestly wish every man may read it who can obtain it, and nothing concerning it would give us more pleasure than to see it go through twenty editions, and a copy in the hands of every man in the nation.
The pamphlet consists of an introduction of 16 pages, and the remainder is composed of a professed discussion of two heads of argument—the first is entitled—"of our foreign policy: and of the policy pursued towards Great Britain." This professed subject extends to the 97th page. The 98th page begins with—"The system of policy pursued towards France and Spain;" this occupies to page 162, and the remainder is what the writer calls a "conclusion."
We said above that it was a professed discussion of these heads; it is only professed; for the introduction is principally occupied with railings and revilings against the modern Charlemagne; lamentations over the Bourbons; prophetic anticipations of imaginary horrors; and deprecations of hostility, which in the course of the pamphlet he sedulously labors to provoke, and which he reproaches the government for not before now commencing. Tho' we are the only free people in the world, he tells his readers that although he is for peace, that we must take a "high and commanding station, and preserve an intrepid air," and the reader will ask, for what is the intrepid air to be assumed—why truly to overawe France which has subjected all Europe, and to uphold that Britain which has plundered our ships and enslaved 3000 of our citizens, and with whose vengeance he menaces us for daring to legislate for ourselves as Britain has legislated for herself. This lofty conduct, he says p. 13—supplies the want of many inferior talent or advantage in the government of nations.—It commands respect and veneration, and like the reverence yielded to enthroned majesty, "it covers all foibles and defects with the mantle of sacred mystery."
This last sentiment will enable the American reader to estimate the POLITICAL character of this anonymous Mentor : and to see that the sentiment is not one hastily thrown out as mere figurative embellishment, we beg leave to take from page 100 of the pamphlet, the following analogous sentiments:
"Speculators have looked for a parallel to this genius, and have compared him with Alexander, and with Caesar, and with Cromwell; he is neither the one nor the other of these characters."
"Alexander was the son of a king and heir to the sovereignty of Greece—though he fought for glory and was impelled by a boundless ambition, yet he looked at the grandeur of his family, and found there, a motive for rendering his present plans beneficial to the posterity of the ancient kings of Macedon—he looked for a transmission of his regal patrimony, vastly improved & increased, to his descendants, and gathered in his mind, new laurels from the imagined uses which they would make of his brilliant achievements."
"Napoleon is the creator of his own fortune—he works for himself; he holds no prescriptive and hereditary right to any part of the dominions now in his possession. If Alexander the Great had lost Persia and Assyria, he would have found a home at Macedon, to which he had a legal and acknowledged title—Napoleon, once worsted, is lost; he must advance or be crushed; his motto is "victory or death"—these reflections push him on to a never-ceasing enmity with all who are not humiliated at his feet—he knows that free nations to act, are free to think and to speak of his character, fame and situation—he is conscious of the reflections which naturally arise in the bosoms of those who look at his beginning, his course, and his exaltation; and he is furiously urged to an annihilation of every disparaging thought, or word, or deed, among men of independence—he works for a supremacy of power, every where, to confound, with his dazzling glories, the whispers of those, who would tell him, that he was once Napoleon Bonaparte."
"Julius Caesar was in the republic of Rome, what Alexander the Great was among the crowd of monarchs. The Julian family was one of the most illustrious in that great city. If the republic was to be changed to an empire, none had a better right than Caesar to sway its sceptre. He was of its high nobility—he had bled for his country, and had achieved wonders for her glory. Roman liberty at an end, Roman citizens might, without envy at the degradation of submitting to one of lower rank than themselves, bow at the footstool of Caesar Imperator."
Napoleon is the first of his family—he has intrenched upon the old order of things which gave the rank of monarch and emperor, to those only who were born of kings, or inherited the blood of
the most splendid nobility. Force placed him where he is, and nothing but force can maintain him in his station. There is not one other supporting prop to save him from being precipitated to destruction; and knowing this well, he sacrifices only to Mars, with some libations to Minerva, to teach him how to govern what he gains by the sword."
"Caesar moreover came to the dominion of Rome after she had subjugated the world. He had nothing left to do, but to complete and secure the conquests she had made. Napoleon sees checks, impediments, obstacles, and many rivals in power all around him—his ambition pushes him to do these away—his fears tell him they do not exist to his safety: and with the sword, which he has used for the execution of his vast purposes, he is resolved to cut away all who refuse to confess his rightful claims to the dominion of the earth."
"There is more of Cromwell belonging to him than of any other man. But still, he is not the entire resemblance of the protector. He has Cromwell's impetuosity, and Cromwell's roughness, all his duplicity and all his penetration—he knows as well, how to manage the passions, the vanities, the virtues, and the weaknesses of man, and he cares as little what means he uses for his ends, provided they effect his purposes. The contrasted conditions of the different stages of the lives of these two characters, bear, too, a strong analogy—they both began their career as subjects unknown, and both lived to wear the glories of monarchs, who never heard of their being in the limits of their respective dominions."
"But Cromwell's ambition was at an end, when he gained the protectorship of England. The pride of an Englishman, caused him to look upon the command of the British empire, as all that a mortal could wish for—and he found himself constrained, from the insularity of his situation, to cherish no ideas of continental conquest. Neither was the continent in a condition to be conquered by England, if England had been vastly more powerful than when Cromwell wielded its strength. France, Spain, and Holland could, either of them, singly, have laughed at an attempt of the protector to humble them to a state of vassalage—they were too powerful on land for his armies to subdue. When Cromwell had usurped the throne of Charles, his mind was entirely taken up in securing himself in his seat, and his ambition looked no further, than to the elevation of the naval glory of England, above that of all the world, and, as a step towards that point, the acquisition of colonial possession. "With all his crimes," says Junius, "Cromwell had the spirit of an Englishman." He fought for the nation, not for himself alone. The spirit of an Englishman impels him to advance the greatness of his country—and so was Cromwell actuated. He made Europe tremble at the navy of England, triumphant under Blake, not for his glory alone, but the glory of his native land."
"Napoleon knows none of this patriotic spirit. His country is not France—if the situation of things had thrown Spain into his hands, as the main engine of conquest, he would feel for Spain as much as he now feels for France. His ambition is a personal one—he borrows nothing from the glory of the nation: but strives to make the glory of the nation come altogether from his splendor."
"He is upon the continent, and has the same fixed mind to rule the land, that Cromwell had for England to rule the ocean.—And his power is here more alaming than that of the protector, because, he may by gaining the command of all the resources of Europe, in time, create a maritime power irresistible to the navies of his enemies. England, from her narrow population, has not men in proportion, to spare for continental wars, and continental conquests; but France, with her immense dependencies, can, after settling her dominion upon the land, create myriads of seamen, and direct herself to the conquest of the element which now knows none of her authority. Napoleon has, too, in his hands, the most prodigious and alarming military force that Europe has ever seen. When he came to the supreme command of France, a long succession of prosperous events, and the conquests made during the times of the republic, and the military experience of the armies acquired in seven or eight years of constant warfare, gave him almost the same advantage of conquering Europe, which the successes of the parliamentary generals and armies gave to Cromwell, for raising himself, from the chief command of the armed force of England, to her absolute domination.—The mere continental situation of Napoleon, and the insular situation of Cromwell, make every difference in the opportunities and relations that the two individuals could manage for their purposes, and of consequences in the march and operation of their qualities and talents."
"Thus, whether we look at the vast and efficient force which the sovereign of France holds for use, at his absolute discretion; at the character of the man who now directs her overwhelming powers: at the mode of his operations and attacks; at the motives which impel him; at the ground on which he stands, and the impossibility of his holding it, unless he every day gathers a new title for his station, in victorious advantages gained over other nations, to his glory and their humiliation—The United States and the world must see, in the present emperor of France, one of the most dangerous enemies of liberties of mankind, that has existed in ancient or modern times—Americans are not on the list of friends—and in truth he keeps no register of that nature. He notes on record his vassals and dependants, and whoever are not there he places in the catalogue of the denounced.—He that is not for him is against him."
"Napoleon has, too, an antipathy natural and violent, against us, because we are the descendants of Englishmen—we expect to find in us, the same stubborn, independent stiffness, and abhorrence of every thing like submission, that he finds, defying his power, at the very borders of his kingdom.—He looks at us with a jealous eye, because he is aware, that our policy is, or must be shortly, a policy that will lead us to treat Great Britain as our best friend abroad; and he sees in us, one of the greatest aids and supports to the power of his formidable enemy, by the resources which our commerce throws into her hands.—Were it not for us, he might, also hope to add the whole of America to his empire, for which he must now look in vain; and such a check as this to the ambition of a man of the cast of Napoleon, furnishes the most certain & unqualified title to his hatred, that a nation or individual can possibly produce."
In these extracts we have the political character of the writer, and a development of his political views; which are to excite a spirit of alarm in the American people, as the only means by which the system of commercial defensive policy may be attacked and put aside.
The sentiments which are here given, show the man to be a monarchist, in the extreme of the most superstitious extravagance—the sacred mystery of the mantle of royalty and hereditary majesty are favorite themes. Individual talents and greatness of mind have no value in his monarchical mind. Divine hereditary right, the "old order of things which gave the rank of monarch and emperor to those only who were born of kings or inherited their blood of the most splendid nobility"—these are the tenets of the instructor and self appointed counselor of a democratic republic, in which the total dereliction and extinction of every idea of hereditary title, or order deriving from any other source than election and merit, are excluded by the fundamental principles of the government.
Baltimore, November 17.
The honorable Robert Wright, governor elect, appeared in the Senate room on Wednesday, and took the qualifications of his office. The following is a copy of his letter to the president of the senate and speaker of the house of delegates, on accepting the appointment.
ANNAPOLIS, Nov. 12, 1806.
Gentlemen, Your joint letter of the 10th inst. notifying me of my appointment as the governor of the state of Maryland, I received by express at my residence in Chestertown, at half past twelve o'clock on the night of that day.
I accept the appointment with peculiar gratification, as I consider it the test of your approbation of my conduct in the office of senator of the United States, which by your appointment I have held for the last five years, and in the discharge of the duties whereof I have most cordially co-operated with a virtuous administration in promoting the best interests of our common country, in repealing such laws as imposed odious and unnecessary taxes on our fellow citizens; in restoring the national judiciary to the state it had obtained in the time of our Washington; in the purchase of Louisiana, and thereby extending to our western brethren the great advantages of the important port of Orleans, and the navigation of the Mississippi with all its tributary streams; in the measure adopted to acquire the Floridas, that the American empire might be consolidated, and a risk of a collision with a colony of Spain avoided: in the cultivation of the arts of peace with all our foreign relations, with temper and good faith, in an honest neutrality with all the belligerent powers, and in an exact discharge of every duty imposed on us by existing treaties or by the law of nations, and in the laudable attention that has been paid to our native brethren the savage tribes, in instructing them in the culture of the soil and some useful manufactures, and

thereby inducing them to convert their scapling knives into pruning hooks, and their tomahawks into implements of husbandry, and both by precept and example teaching them to prefer the pa- cific olive to the bloody laurel.
Permit me to tender to yourselves and the honorable bodies over which you preside, the assurances of my entire personal respect, and of my devotion to the principles of the American revolu- tion, hallowed by the blood of her patri- ots, immolated on the altar of liberty.
I now resign my office of senator in the senate of the United States; I will attend to qualify at such time to-day as will be most agreeable to your honors, and am with great respect, gentlemen, your most obedient servant,
ROBERT WRIGHT.
The honorable the president of the senate and the speak- er of the house of delegates.
View of the productions of the Ter- ritory of Orleans.
(CONCLUDED.) It now remains to shew the cost of an establishment suited for sugar or cotton, that the planter may able to calculate the profit arising from his capital thus invested, and see whether the product is equal to what may be expected from it.
A sugar plantation of 20 acres front on the Mississippi, or 800 acres square, with dwelling and out houses, sugar works in complete repair, and the crop planted, may be estimated, if between the English Turn, in the county of Or- leans, and the upper part of German county; on paying a fourth part cash, and the balance in one, two and three years, from the date of the purchase, at equal payments, without interest, at
Dolls 50,000 60 Prime negroes at 500 dolls. each 30,000 Stock of oxen and horses, 4000 Total cost 84,000
Such a sugar estate well con- ducted will make annually 250,000 lbs. of sugar, at 8 dolls per cwt. 20,000 160 Hhds of molasses at 15 dolls. 22,400 Total 22,400
From which deduct the expenses, viz. Overseer, who will likewise make the sugar. 200 Carpenter hired by the year, 360 Maintenance of do. in addition to what the plantation fur- nishes, 100 Medical care of the slaves, 100 Incidental expenses to the mill and works, 200 Territorial and other taxes, 60 Annual supply of cattle, 200 Cloaming for the negroes, and all other supplies and charges, &c. 1,120 Total annual expenses, 3,000 Nett product, dolls. 19,400
This will leave a clear revenue of 19,400 dolls. or about 23 1-10 per cent. on the capital, the major part of which is not disbursed by the planter till he pays it out of the revenues arising from the property purchased on cred- it.
The calculation would be still more advantageous to the planter, were he to purchase an estate beyond the limits of the German county, in that of Acadia, where the lands have been less culti- vated, and enjoy all the advantages of the others, except proximity to the city. The calculations would in that case stand thus.
First cost of a plantation of 20 acres front. dolls 20,000 Cost of erecting a better dwell- ing house, than that found on the plantation, and a complete set of sugar works 10,000 Stock of cattle, 4,000 Purchase of canes to plant and cost of transporting them, 4,000 38,000 60 Prime negroes at 500 dolls. each, 30,000 Making in all, 68,000
And as the product would be the same as before mentioned it would amount to somewhat more than 28 1-2 per cent. on the capital.
It is here to be remarked, that the plan- ter, if not a man of large fortune, with the disbursement of about 2500 dollars for his sugar boilers, utensils, hire of ma- sons and carpenters, might in the course of the first year with the labor of his own slaves put up the whole of the sugar works. He would likewise save the expense of the purchase of 3/4 of the cane, by the planting only as much as would be sufficient to furnish him with plants for his next year's work, and he might in the mean time raise a crop of cotton, equal to 400 or 500 dol- lars.
In the county of La Fourche, a beauti- ful and populous settlement, for the space of 25 leagues on both sides of the creek, flowing from the Mississippi to the sea, whose entrance is 25 leagues above New Orleans, having an excellent road from the lowest settlement to the river, is navigable for craft of any size, at least six months in the year, the cal-
culation on account of the remoteness of situation, but the lands fully equal, to any on the Mississippi, would be as fol- lows—
First cost of a plantation of 20 acres front, valued at the highest rate, 10,000 Cost of buildings, sugar works, negroes, stock of cattle, plant- ing canes, &c. as in the county of Acadia, 48,000 Making in all, Dolls. 58,000
And yearly product the same, with the deduction of 400 dollars for expense of transporting the crop to market, which in this case, the planter must pay, would be equal to near 33 per cent. on his capital.
How much this interest would be in- creased, and the capital diminished in the eyes of a planter of Virginia or Maryland, who instead of valuing his negroes at 500 dolls. as I do here, for the sake of presenting things in their worst aspect, would be induced to val- ue them at what he could get for them at home, viz. about 280 dolls. and 20 more for the expense of removing them to this country—will be with him to cal- culate and determine. Independent of the immense profit annually derived from sugar plantations, the planters who should settle in the counties of Acadia, Fourche, or lower part of the county of Orleans, would have the addi- tional satisfaction of knowing that their estates were annually increasing in val- ue, and that nothing would be wanting but the addition of a few more people like themselves, to make them fully equal to the best in the counties of German coast or Orleans.
In these last counties the lands from their proximity to New Orleans, are nearer their intrinsic value than in any other part of the territory, and those who have large capitals do well to se- cure as great a quantity of them as possible, since nothing they can employ their money in will afford them a great- er benefit—but I never can be con- vinced, but with a little care and atten- tion, every useful purpose might be as well answered with a third less land, and consequently with a diminution of the third of the capital employed in the purchase. If instead of suffering the cane thrash to be lost, it were col- lected, made into manure, and spread over that part of the land which is an- nually left fallow, these sugar lands which have been cultivated with suc- cess in indigo for 80 years past, and now produce from 1000 to 1500 lbs. of sugar per acre, would then give 2000 to 3000 lbs. as we have seen instances in fresh lands with proper care and atten- tion.
With the least attention to farming, there can be but little doubt but the Louisiana planter could make the same crop, employ the same number of hands, and save a third of the capital em- ployed in the purchase of his land.— His capital might be still more reduc- ed, if instead of making use of his land to raise corn, which seldom or ever gives him more than 25 bushels per acre, he planted it in cane, and bought the corn he wanted from the Acadians or others, who would in that case very gladly devote themselves to that branch. They have lands to spare, and general- ly making use of the plough, would make up the quantity of land cultivat- ed, for the want of value in the article raised for market.
It would not fail to raise a laugh among strangers at the expense of our planters, to be informed that the cane tops and leaves, which when the cane is cut, are thrown over the roots to pre- serve them from the frosts, are always destroyed in the spring to save the trou- ble of collecting them. On the appear- ance of vegetation, and when nothing further is to be apprehended from frosts, we take the earliest opportunity after a few days dry weather, when a strong wind blows, to set fire to those dry leaves and tops, which entirely cov- er fields and fairly burn the whole of them, that those fields, to which na- ture has been so bountiful, may never have a chance of deriving any assistance from what was intended to repair the waste sustained by cultivation.
The cane thrash (which is the stalk after the juice is expressed) leaves and tops if collected and turned to account, would perhaps be sufficient to manure the land annually planted in cane, which is one third of the whole quantity raised on the estate. The cane, after being thrice cut, is ploughed up and replaced with fresh plants, and this sys- tem being constantly followed, the whole quantity is replaced every three years. The reason given for not col- lecting the thrash, is a want of hands at a season when other work presses; but it ought to be recollected that a smaller quantity of land, if manured, would produce as great a crop as is now raised—there would be less capital ne- cessary, and the labor of the slaves be- ing devoted to a smaller portion of ground, it would be easier and better worked and cultivated. It is however with such a wretched system of farm- ing that our immense crops are made; for from the first discovery of this coun- try, there never has probably been an acre of land manured unless for a gar- den from one extremity of the territory to the other.
Another considerable diminution of capital would be made by the introduc- tion of grass seeds, and formation of good pasture grounds. A number of cattle are necessary for plantation work and for the sugar mill, as we have not the advantage of water to turn it, and there are few sugar estates where there are not 150 acres devoted to pasturage. With due care one third of this land would suffice, as we are not under the necessity of laying up provender for the winter, it being
then found in the weeds back of the plantations. Hay is only made for the working cattle, while employed in grinding the cane, and the roads thro' the cane fields, with a little mowed in the corn field, (where it grows to the great annoyance of the planter) suffices for this purpose. The only attempt to in- troduce any thing of this kind, which nature has not provided, has been made within a few years by propagating the white clover, which appears early in the spring before other grasses, and came we know not where from. This is done by scattering a few seeds in the win, and leaving it afterwards to its- elf to take its chance. In this particular we have an entire reliance on Provi- dence, and what it does not for us we scorn to do ourselves.
A good European farmer with half our land, would raise more than we ourselves can, from our whole quantity, his cattle would be better provided for, and the soil, if not ameliorated, would never be made worse by cultivation.— These are truths, however, which our planters never will learn, till the coun- try becomes more populous, and lands rise to such a price as to put it out of the power of people to obtain them with the same facility as at present. They will then see with surprize, that with a little manure and a little knowledge of farming, they will be able to save near one half of the present capital employ- ed in the purchase of their estates, and these remarks, if intended for the Dutch, Germans or English, would have been predicated on the supposition that more was unnecessary, unless they in- crease their stock of slaves, and conse- quently their revenue in proportion.— To avoid however the appearance of calculating too favorably, I have made the statements on the most disadvan- tageous ground; being informed that the people of Virginia and Maryland who may probably be most benefited by a removal to this country, are with re- spect to farming nearly on a level with ourselves.
A cotton plantation, though not per- haps so productive as a sugar establish- ment, has still many advantages. It may be undertaken with success by any number of hands, from 1 to 100—the expenses at first are trifling, the labor is light, and the country in general, from one extremity to the other, is suited to it, whereas but a smaller portion of it is adapted to the culture of cane. The lands therefore required by the cotton planter are easy to be procured, at a cheap rate, and nothing but sobriety, industry and perseverance are required to make him in the course of a few years a man of opulent fortune.
The expense of a cotton establish- ment on a middling scale may be thus estimated.
600 acres of land in the Mississippi or Orleans territories almost any where off the Mississippi, with dwelling house and gin erected, and a sufficiency of land cleared to occupy 30 slaves on tak- ing possession, dolls. 7,000 30 slaves of different sexes & ages at 400, 12,000 Stock of cattle not only suffi- cient to do the needful work but to furnish supplies, viz. 10 pair oxen at 40 dolls. 400 10 horses and mares 60 600 50 cows and calves 16 800 50 sheep 4 200 Total cost dolls. 21,000
These negroes will annually raise a crop of cotton of 1000 lbs. each, which valued at 20 cents, is dolls. 6,000 From which deduct the charg- es— An overseer, 400 Carpenter employed by the year, 300 Medical attendance, 40 Tools, &c. 100 Clothing, and incidental expen- ses, 300 Freight of crop to market, 100 Taxes, 25 Total, dolls. 4,735
Which leaves a clear revenue as a- bove stated, of 4735 dolls. per annum, arising from the labor of 30 slaves, or an interest of 22 1-2 per cent. on the capital.
It will however strike every one un- acquainted with the country, that the value of the lands, and the charges are overrated; that on such an estate there cannot be a necessity of employing a carpenter by the year, and that the own- er of such a gang of negroes ought with very little assistance, to be able to con- duct them himself, and thereby save the hire of an overseer or the major part of it. There are besides, other advantages which the planter may as confidently calculate on as his crop, viz. the increase of his slaves in a rapid manner as the labor is light; the in- crease of his stock, which in a few years will enable him from the sale to the other emigrants to pay the charges of his es- tate; and the constant rise of the estate itself, which becomes annually more valuable by the augmentation of popu- lation.
In the calculation of the price of slaves for a cotton plantation, they are rated less than in the calculation for a sugar estate, the reason is, it is not ne- cessary they should all be slaves in the prime of their age and strength—the labor is lighter, there ought to be a great- er proportion of women, and boys and girls above 12 are nearly as useful as the best of the other hands, provided there is but a proportion of them.
The foregoing calculation of a cotton estate, is made to shew what it would cost a man of middling circumstances to fix himself to advantage in a situa- tion he might prefer—there are many
parts of the country as well calculated for raising cotton where it would cost little more than half the sum, and in proportion to his means, the rich plan- ter will find the expense of his estab- lishment diminished, as small well situ- ated tracts of land sell better than large ones, and the expense of building a house and gin whether on the one or the other is the same.
To the poor industrious emigrants without slaves, or to those who have but a small property this country holds out if possible more advantages than to the rich. Such persons must not in any country think of occupying on arrival the highly cultivated lands in the midst of the rich settlements—this their cir- cumstance will not admit of—they will, however, have a choice of beautiful lands in the counties of Attakapas, O- pelousas, Rapides, Natchitoches and Ouachita in the Orleans territory and on the banks of the Amite and Comite in the neighborhood of Baton Rouge, at from 2 to 4 dollars per acre, and this on the edge of the settlements with a water communication to New Orleans. In some of these places, as in the Atta- kapas and Opelousas, where there is a great proportion of prairie (or natural clearing) the planter may set the plough to work the day of his arrival—in the others he will have to clear his land, and the first year he can expect to do nothing but cut down the timber, make fences, raise his provisions, and be pre- pared to raise a crop in the succeeding one.
For a family consisting of a man and his wife with four children, two of whom at least should be capable of as- sisting in the labors of the field, I should suppose the following calculation of the expense of an establishment, and the profits to be expected from it, would be as exact as well could be calculated.
Purchase of 200 acres of land, pay- ing a third cash, the remainder in one and two years without interest
Dolls. 2 horses 600 6 cows and calves 120 A few hogs and poultry 96 Ploughs, carts and tools 40 Hire of workmen to assist in building a house & procur- ing part of the materials. 100 Provisions and clothing for himself and family for the first year until he raises his own provisions 200 150 Dolls. 1306
The total cost of the establishment at the end of the first year, will be there- fore 1306 dollars.
He is then fixed and his capital a- mounts to the sum before mentioned.
In the next year he may expect, if in- dustrious, to make half a crop of cotton, as he cannot in new ground cultivate his lands otherwise than with the hoe; and I should therefore estimate it at about 2000 lbs. of cotton in seed per hand for three persons, which sold to the owners of public gins at four dollars per 100 weight would be,
Dollars 240 In the mean time his land is improv- ed, his clearing is increased, his house has an addition to it, and he begins to have an idea of the state he is destined to arrive at with future industry, econ- omy and sobriety.
In the succeeding years he may ex- pect to make as much cotton to the hand as any other person in the territory, he will then have paid for his land, will augment his stock of cattle, and by due attention to his business, will annually lay up a sum till he purchases a gang of slaves.—He will then see himself, in- stead of being a poor forlorn creature on the extreme border of population, a respectable and opulent planter in the midst of a rich and populous settlement. Such were the beginning of ninety in a hundred of all the wealthy inhabitants of the Mississippi territory—of Bayou Sa- rah, and of the western counties of the territory of Orleans. It may be seen and ought always to be held in mind, that these calculations are addressed to the industrious, the sober and the honest poor, and that a perseverance in these habits, is indispensable; for there is perhaps no country in the world where the idle, the drunkard, or the profli- gate of every description so soon bring themselves to ruin as in this, and no- thing can ever be gained by such char- acters by a change of country. To emigrants of every description I would point out the month of November as that in which they should endeavor to arrive. They will then be able to ex- amine and fix themselves to their satis- faction before the spring, will have time enough to provide a comfortable dwell- ing to protect their families before the return of summer, and being by degrees accustomed to the hot weather, will have less to fear by a change of climate.
AN AMERICAN.
FROM THE PHILADELPHIA GAZETTE OF NOV. 17
DISTURBANCES IN HAYTI.
A letter from Alexandria, dated on Thursday last states that information had been received of a change having taken place in the government of Hay- ti. The particulars which led to this revolution in the black empire, are not stated. As far as we can learn, it ap- pears, that the Fort Dauphin, not be- ing in great state of preparation, was attacked by a party of Spaniards, who took possession of the place, and put the inhabitants to death. Intelligence of this event first reached the ears of Christophe, Dessalines's principal gene- ral—He immediately dispatched a messenger with the news to the Empe- ror, and followed himself with all possi- ble expedition. On arriving at the
palace Christophe was indignantly re- fused an audience with the Emperor. In this dilemma, he determined, without counsel of the Emperor, to march to the relief of Fort Dauphin—He had hardly reached this place, when he was overtaken by Dessalines, when a scene of great rage and violence ensued.
Two generals, La Braave and Capace, were instantly ordered to be shot. In the confusion which followed, Des- salines received a deadly shot, from whose hand is not understood. Chris- tophe, it is added, was declared Emper- or.
The Alexandria papers of Friday and Saturday are silent on the above subject, a circumstance which considerably dimin- ishes the credibility of the report. We are informed, that both Capace and Braave, were the distinguished favorites of Dessalines, and had received from him every mark of distinction and con- fidence. It is therefore probable, if the report be true, that they were sacrificed in one of the moments of savage ferocity to which this inexorable tyrant was lia- ble.
FROM THE REGISTER.
The following article is copied from the American Daily Advertiser of this morning. The Alexandria Daily Ad- vertiser of Saturday last, makes no men- tion of such information being received at that port. It is stated, however, with confidence, in a private letter re- ceived in this city—the generals Pe- tion and Christophe are said to have tak- en the lead in deposing and putting to death the Emperor Dessalines, whom they considered a cruel tyrant. Pétion is spoken of as a very able & honorable man, mild in his character, and parti- cularly kind in his disposition towards the whites. Christophe was generalis- simo under Dessalines, and commanded at the Cape.
REVOLUTION IN HAYTI.
By advices from Cape Francois, via Alexandria, information is received, that the Emperor Dessalines, had been assassinated. It appears that, previous to this event, he had ordered the gene- ral Capace, at Port de Paix, and Gen. Braave, at the Cape, to be shot, which was obeyed; several other of his prin- cipal officers had also been executed previous to his death. No certain ac- counts of the situation of the Americans are received, but the island is stated to have been in great ferment, &c.
Phila. edphia, Nov. 15. MIRANDA.
A gentleman arrived at Boston on the 10th inst. in 22 days from Barbadoes, (via the Vizeyard) informs, that he left Miranda at Barbadoes, where he had arrived to seek additional forces, after unsuccessful attacks on Coro, Maracaibo and Little Gibraltar. The Barba- does papers speak very favorably of Miranda's prospects.
On Saturday last, the circuit court of the U. States for this district, holden by judges Washington and Peters, rose after a session of five weeks. During this session much important civil and criminal business has been despatched, and the court before it rose went com- pletely through the docket, not leaving the smallest motion which was brought before it unacted upon.—When will the same be said of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania?
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL FESTIVAL commem

very echoed them to the remotest corners of the district, for which that worthy citizen Mr. Stephen Girard contributed his present of a barrel of powder.
Never did harmony and good humour more completely prevail—the inconvenience of bad weather and infirmity appeared to be wholly forgotten in the hilarity of the occasion and the gratification of such numbers assembled, congenial in spirit and devoted only to the national honor and liberty. Early in the evening every man returned to his home contentment on his brow, and gladness in his heart.
The Wigwam could not accommodate the whole company inhospitable as was the day, but every room in Mr. Smith's house was crowded; and many for want of accommodation, were prevented from joining in the celebration.
At no former time, and on no public occasion were so many of our democratic citizens seen together around one festive board in this district.
TOASTS.
1. The day—It commemorates a triumph over federalism and anglicism—May it prove only the precursor of uniform victory.— Three guns.
2. The people—Alternately courted and contemned by conspirators—May they henceforth shun the sycophant as an impostor, and measure contempt to those who disregard them.— Four guns.
3. The constitution of the United States—It was formed to secure union—May it be amended to preserve liberty.— Two guns.
4. The representatives of the people—The will and the power in them to do justice, and a responsibility in them to their sovereign which shall command and enforce obedience.— Two guns.
5. The president of the United States—His labours have been devoted to his country—May they be continued until the temple of liberty shall be cleared of predatory friends as well as open enemies.— Three guns.
6. The delegates of the first congressional district—By energy and union their motto and every election will give to them a jubilee.— Three guns.
7. The warfare of negotiation and custom house—The blood of freemen is more precious than that of monarchs—May it never be shed until pacific means shall fail of redress.— Two guns.
8. The Floridas—Millions for fair purchase, not a cent for wanton war.— Two guns.
9. The elective franchise—The brightest gem of liberty—May he who considers and treats it as a double meet a punishment equal to the Athenian ostracism.— Three guns.
10. Our deluded democratic brethren—The embrace of good fellowship to the mistaken, but the finger of scorn to time-servers & apostates.— Two guns.
11. The press—Its freedom is our safety, tyrants and traitors dread and seek to fetter it, and to them may it point the daggers of an accusing conscience.— Three guns.
12. The militia—Arms, discipline and an effective system our best security in peace, and our best defence in war.— Three guns.
13. Education—Ignorance favors oppression, may every freeman be taught, that none may be oppressed.— Two guns.
14. Our judicial code—Laws for the citizen and not alone for the bench and the bar; and an exchange of the barbarous jargon and usages of a foreign monarchy, for the plain principles and common sense of our republic.— Three guns.
15. The trial by jury—As it ought to be, a blessing; as it too often is, a curse; may we soon have a change of mode, or a change of men.— Two guns.
16. The constitution of Pennsylvania—May it be a charter to protect our rights, not a text or pretext to infringe them.— Two guns.
17. The world a republic, and a millennium to man.— Four guns.
VOLUNTEERS.
George Clinton and our democratic brethren of New York—May next April afford them a triumph over Burrism, quiddism and federalism.
The Lex talionis—May we retaliate by land on those who plunder us at sea.
The American Union, the only hope of freedom and only asylum for the oppressed—May the intriguer who attempts its division meet with the fate of Sejanus.
The memory of the illustrious Franklin—May every son of freedom walk in his footsteps.
The ocean a common highway—May he who infests it be considered as hostis humani generis , and all nations combine in avenging the violation of a national law.
A Yankee suit of broad cloth of the fashion of 1775, to the violator of the laws and policy of America in 1806 and 7.
Public execration and removal from office, to those servants of the people who shall dare to countenance or connive at a violation of non-importation law.
National honor—May the injuries and wrongs which we have experienced from Britain be retaliated by the means we possess.
The piracy on the ocean, by exclusion from our ports.
The exorbitant duties on our ships and produce, beyond these levied on those of other nations, by a transcript adoption of the navigation law.
The impressment of American citizens—by the imprisonment of an equal number of Englishmen as hostages till our citizens are restored.
Mercantile honor—as the oppressions of the British government have rendered defensive measures necessary, may
our custom-house officers prove by their fidelity to their country that the citizens of a republic are not to be bought like the slaves of kings.
British goods—as they have abused the right of search, may our custom-houses discharge their duty without favor or abuse on every bale and package .
May the more exalted of the servants of the people set an example of obedience to the constitution and laws of the land.
May the smuggling of sir Alexander M'Kenzie, become a warning and not a precedent .
The sovereign people—May they as in 1775, be always ready to second and sustain the public officers who are faithful to their country.
Paulding, Williams, & Vanwert —The faithful militia men, who withstood bribes, detected British emissaries , frustrated American treason, and rendered glory to themselves and security to their country.
A speedy return to the enjoyment of the blessings of the British government to every enemy of American peace, prosperity, liberty and independence.
The auxiliaries of public virtue, execration and public odium to all who are her enemies.
Domestic prosperity —May the mechanics and artisans at every branch, form themselves into societies for aiding the officers of government in enforcing the laws.
The next session of congress—May the artifices of speculators and intriguers, be frustrated by the co-operation of really virtuous men in maintaining the rights and independence of their common country.
May congress never be duped by distinctions without a difference—If American property is plundered on the ocean, may we retaliate on the land.
AT THE THEATRE.
MR MANFREDI,
On FRIDAY EVENING, Nov. 21st, AT THE WASHINGTON THEATRE.
The Performance will commence, With a SPANISH DANCE by the Little American.
Dancing on the Tight Rope.
A dance in character, with the balance pole by Miss LOUISA. Miss CATHERINE will dance a Hornpipe on the rope—after which a serious dance. A grotesque dance, by Madame MANFREDI—the moving board—she will dance without putting her feet on the rope, with the balance pole, and play a handsome air on the Mandoline, on the rope, without it.
After which the combat of the two dogs, by Mr. and Mrs. MANFREDI on the rope. The Coffee dance. Mr. Manfredi will dance with two baskets tied to his feet—after which with two boys in the same manner, without the balance pole. He will beat the drum, perform the curious feat of the cloak, play the French horn, and jump backward and forward over a handkerchief.
TUMBLING AGILITY
OF THE CHILDREN. Who will perform several Feats on the Carpet in the Italian style. Extraordinary Feats of the Tumblers, who will throw Somersets, backmark and forward over tables and chairs—Ground tumbling, with English and Spanish dances.
The Egyptian Pyramids.
Mr. Manfredi will balance several persons on his arms, legs, &c. showing several perspectives in the Roman style. He will dance a Spanish FANDANGO over several ROSES. Miss Catherine will dance a HORNPIPE.
The whole to conclude with a PANTOMIME, CALLED
Harlequin Protected,
AN
ENGLISH DOG.
Harlequin, Miss Catherine. Clown, Mr. Manfredi. Old man, Miss Louisa. Columbine, Mrs. Manfredi. Little Devil, The Little American. Magician, Mr. Mquel.
In the course of the performance Harlequin will make a great variety of changes in his dress with great facility.
PERFORMANCES ON MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY.
The doors to be opened at FIVE, and performance to begin at HALF past SIX. Admittance—BOX ONE DOLLAR—PIT SEVENTY FIVE CENTS.
The place will be made comfortable by stoves. No Segars to be smoked during the performance. Nov. 21.—
RUNAWAY NEGRO.
Committed to the jail of Washington county, Maryland, as a runaway, Charles Bowman, alias Charles Butler, about 35 years old, five feet 5 or 6 inches high, his complexion a dark mulatto, his clothes which he wears, are a striped cotton short coat, checked cotton trousers and a coarse brown linen shirt. He has other clothes with him, and has a dark spot on his nose. His owner is desired to release him or he will be sold for his jail fees agreeably to law.
N. ROCHESTER, Sheriff of Washington County. November 7, 1806—3tw
WASHINGTON CITY.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21.
It is alleged that trade has not been duly protected by the present administration; that its protection required a resort to two measures, the one an increased navy, and the other a more efficient fortification of our ports and harbors.
There are but two ways in which, to test the justness of this allegation. The one consists in considering in the abstract the size of the naval force required by our circumstances and the scale on which the fortifications of our ports and harbors ought to be graduated; the other in determining whether the present administration have not as liberally provided for these objects as their predecessors.
The first point is extremely difficult of solution. The opinions entertained in the U. States, with regard to the extent to which a naval force should be created, are too indefinite to establish a criterion, and yet public opinion seems to be the only correct arbiter to which to appeal in such a case. A complete protection of trade against the maurauders of the ocean has not even been dreamt of; nor has any man determined in what degree we ought to attempt it. The almost universal opinion of the nation has been that it was not expedient to go farther than to maintain a force that should keep in subjection the pirates of the Mediterranean, and secure our own territory from the unauthorized outrages of the European powers.
A difficulty, nearly as great, has attended the decision to what extent it is politic to defend our ports and harbors. It has been said, not perhaps incorrectly, that the placing them in a complete state of defence would cost twenty millions, and that to keep them in such a state would require annually an additional million. Calculating the interest of the former sum at one million two hundred thousand dollars, and adding this to the annual million, the effect would be the increase of the national debt to the amount of twenty millions, and the augmentation of our annual taxes to the extent of two millions two hundred thousand dollars a year. This would involve the imposition of a new tax on the great body of the people equal to one fifth part of the whole amount of taxes at present paid by them on imported goods. There is no man in the community quixotic enough to urge a measure which would have this effect. But why, it is enquired, not annually appropriate a much smaller sum, which would put our harbors in a better state of defence than they are now in. As a small sum is annually appropriated to this object, the enquiry must refer to a sum considerably larger than that appropriated. I answer that this measure would be attended with great, perhaps insuperable difficulties.
If it were applied in large masses to particular districts, so as to afford to the ports within them a complete protection, would not the other parts of the union justly clamor against it? And if it were equally divided among the several states, from what we have just stated, it would be inadequate to the object, and would consequently involve a prodigal waste of the public treasure. Notwithstanding the large sums of money expended, a crisis in our affairs would not fail to expose the inadequacy of our fortifications, and subject us to derision and humiliation. It is indeed but too probable that in proportion to the extent of our fortifications would be our tendency in courting danger, and that they would in fact expose us to an increase of perils. It is from these, and other considerations equally obvious, that that policy has been considered extremely questionable, which led us prematurely to attempt, what we were incompetent to do effectually. Many have thought that true policy recommended our standing on humble ground, until our strength enabled us to punish those who wronged us, thus in their opinion ensuring the earliest arrival of that state of mankind that would justify us in putting forth our full strength.
But whatever insuperable difficulties may attend this branch of the discussion, we have no difficulty in saying in regard to the remaining point, that the present administration have as liberally provided for the maintenance of a naval force and the fortification of our ports and harbors as their predecessors. The facts on which this allegation is founded we have always laid before the public.
MASSACHUSETTS ELECTION.
Representatives to the 10th Congress.
ESSEX NORTH DISTRICT.
   Kittredge. Livermore.     In our last, 179 536   Reading, 42 42   Rowley, 18 80   Bradford, 14 21   Haverhill, 45 66   Salisbury, 0 23   Topsfield, 14 56   Amesbury, (small maj. for Kittredge)  
CUMBERLAND DISTRICT.
   Tisley. Whitfield.     Portland, 227 516   Standish, 61 42   Paris, 103 23   Hebron, 30 64   Minot, 64 46   Poland, 34 9   New-Gloucester, 67 55   Gray, 63 13   Bucksfield, 49 17  
   Hartford, 33 12   Brunswick, 52 29   North-Yarmouth, 35 224   Falmouth, 149 73   Gorham, 44 61   Cape-Elizabeth, 29 25   Freeport, 101 87   Raymond, 48 —   Scarborough, 63 21   Windham, 6 53   1338 1174  
WORCESTER NORTH DISTRICT.
Hon. Wm. Sedman, (fed.) re-elected by a reduced majority.
WORCESTER SOUTH DISTRICT.
The returns from 18 towns in this District stands thus:—For Edward Bangs, esq. the Republican candidate 1117—Hon. Jabez Upham, 1304.
There are no doubts of the re-election of the hon. Ebenezer Seaver, in Norfolk district, and of Gen. Varnum, in Middlesex—and the Centinel says "it is expected Mr. Deane (Rep.) has succeeded, by a small majority, in Bristol."
New York, Nov. 17.
The ship New Guide, captain Hall, in 48 days from Liverpool, was below last evening when this paper was put to press. The passengers came up in the pilot boat Throne, but brought no newspapers or letters. They inform us that she sailed on the 28th of September, and has on board London papers to the 26th. We shall probably receive these papers in the course of this morning. In the meanwhile we can assure the readers of the Mercantile Advertiser that no political movement of consequence had taken place since the date of our former advices. The death of Mr. Fox has occasioned some new arrangements in the British ministry: lord Howick succeeds that illustrious statesman as minister for foreign affairs; and Mr. Thomas Grenville fills the office of first lord of the admiralty, rendered vacant by his lordship's promotion. No other changes have come to our knowledge. Of lord Lauderdale the London papers cannot afford us any information; we know he was in Paris on the 23th of September. But the passengers in the New Guide mention it, as a prevailing opinion in England, that Peace would not be the result of his mission.
November 18.
The ship New Guide has not yet come up; nor any letters or papers been received.
NOTICE.
By order of the Orphan's Court of Prince George's county, will be exposed at public sale on Tuesday the 16th day of December next at the Dwelling plantation of the late JOHN BADEN, of Thomas, a part of the personal estate of the said deceased, consisting of Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Plantation utensils, &c. A credit of six months will be given. Bonds with good security will be required, on interest from the day of sale. Sale to commence at 11 o'clock. CLEMENT BADEN, } Executors. JOSEPH N. BADEN, } November 21—3t
SALE BY AUCTION.
WILL be sold on Saturday the 22nd inst. at 4 o'clock, P. M. at the frame DWELLING HOUSE on Lot No. 4. square 533 the house is subject to ground rent, one half of the purchase money must be cash, and the other half a credit of ninety days will be given the purchaser giving his note with good security. JOHN STEPHEN, Auct. November 21—3t
By Saint Mary's County Court.
August Term, 1806.
WHEREAS the commissioners appointed on the petition of Samuel Greenwell praying that a commission might issue to ascertain whether the real estate of Martin French late of St. Mary's county deceased would admit of division without injury or loss to the Parties concerned, having made a return stating that on examination of the premises a division would be prejudicial to the parties. And whereas all the representatives of said French having been summoned to appear in the county court aforesaid, to show cause why the return aforesaid should not be confirmed, except James French, Raphael French, John French and Eleanor French who it is represented reside out of the state, to wit, in the state of Kentucky. It is thereupon ordered that the said James French, Raphael French, John French and Eleanor French appear before the said county court to be held at Leonard town in Saint Mary's county aforesaid on the first Monday in March next to show cause if any they have, why the aforesaid return should not be confirmed and that notice be given to the said James French, Raphael French, John French and Eleanor French, by a publication of this order in the National Intelligencer once in each week for four weeks successively, three months before the first day of March next. Teste JOSEPH HARRIS, clks. November 21—w4t
This is to give notice that the Subscriber hath obtained from the Orphan's court of Prince George's county in Maryland, letters of administration on the personal estate of Peter Wood, jun late of said county deceased. All persons having claims against the said deceased are hereby warned to exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof, to the subscriber at or before the first day of June next, they may otherwise by law be excluded from all benefit of the said estate. Given under my hand this third day of November 1806. JOHN T. WOOD, Administrator. November 9—w6t
JAMES S. STEVENSON, Has for Sale at his Drug Store near the Navy Yard. 20 boxes window glass, 8 by 10, and 10 by 12. 22 boxes first quality Spanish soaps, 20 boxes do American do. Spermaced and linseed oil, and a general assortment of Drugs and Paints, etc. Washington, Nov. 5—ew
For Sale.
 1 Crate of Liverpool Earthen ware well assorted.  1 Case of Shoes and Boots.  1 Case of bottled London particular Madeira Wine, Martin que Noyau and Catcup.  1 Small bale of Calico.  3 Casks of Catalonia and Vidonia Wine.  4 Casks of Gun Powder.  4 Boxes of B Bon Chocolate.  1 Chest of iron Nyon Tea.  Received on consignment and to be sold immediately for Cash or good notes a 60 days.
Who has for sale.
Best Spermaceti Candles and oil of the very first manufacture of the United States.
Also on hand as usual,
A choice stock of good old Madeira Wine, Buccellos, Sherry, Port, Claret, Lisbon and other Wines, Cognac, Bordeaux and Virginia Peach Brandy, Jamaica Spirit, Holland Gin, Bourbon, Whisky &c. Fresh Teas, Porter, Ale &c. &c.—Which will be warranted good and sold at the most reduced prices by whole sale and retail.
JOHN GOULDING.
Georgetown Nov. 18—tf.
AMSTERDAM GIN.
JUST received by the ship WILLIAM MURDOCH direct from Amsterdam, 10 Pipes of the best HOLLAND GIN, for sale by W. & C. SMITH. Georgetown, Nov. 17—taw3w
By his excellency ROBERT BOWIE Governor of Maryland. A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS it has been stated to me, by the petition of number of respectable persons, inhabitants of Prince George's county, that a MURDER hath been committed on the person of CHARLES NEVITT, junior, late of Prince George's county—by a certain negro man, (slave of Basil Soper,) called WALL, who hath since absconded and fled from justice. And whereas, it is the duty of the Executive to guard as much as may be against the commission of such enormities, and to bring such offenders against the laws and peace of society to justice; I have therefore thought proper to issue this my Proclamation, and do, by and with the advice and consent of the Council, offer a reward of One Hundred Dollars to any person or persons who shall apprehend and secure the said negro WALL, in any jail in the United States, so that he be brought to justice.
Given in Council, at the city of Annapolis, under the Seal of the state of Maryland, this sixth day of September, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and six.
ROBERT BOWIE,
By his Excellency's command.
NINTIAN PINKNEY,
Clerk of the Council. Ordered, That the foregoing Proclamation be published once in each week until countermanded, in the Maryland Gazette, at Annapolis; the Federal Gazette and Evening Post, at Baltimore; the Frederick-town Advocate, and in the National Intelligencer, at the City of Washington. By order, NINTIAN PINKNEY, Clerk of the Council. Sept. 22—wtf.
NOTICE.
IN pursuance of an order from the Orphan's Court of Prince George's co. the subscriber will offer for sale, on the 8th day of December at the dwelling place of John Hughes late of said county deceased, (near Magruder's ferry) all the personal estate of the said deceased, consisting of Horses, Cattle, Hogs, Household Furniture, and Plantation Utensils. The Terms of sale will be a credit of six months, the purchaser, or purchasers giving bond with approved security. Sale to commence at 12 o'clock. The subscriber moreover gives notice to all persons having claims against the estate of said Hughes, to exhibit the same with the vouchers thereof and all persons indebted to the said estate are requested to make immediate payment to
WILLIAM WREMS, Administrator of John Hughes. November 17—w3t
Twenty Dollars Reward.
WILL be given for apprehending and securing in jail a young Mulatto man slave named ANDREW. He was hired by me last year to Mr. Joseph Thomas who keeps the tide to ferry to Alexandria, and absconded from that place about the latter end of August last. He is about 23 years of age, 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, lully and well made, has short curly hair, and is frequently subject to have several large pimples on his face. He is reckoned to be a restless fellow of an easy agreeable address for a man in his low sphere of life. As he has not been heard of by me since his escape, I suspect he has had the address to ship himself as a freeman on board some vessel either at Alexandria or Baltimore. Whoever takes him up and secures him in jail shall receive from me the above reward, or as soon due information thereof is given to me or to Dr. N. P. Caucho at Port Tobacco. G. B. CAUSIN. Maryland Charles County, January 29—wtf

THE SUBSCRIBER has just supplied his shop in F street with a complete assortment of fresh Medicines & Drugs , among which are Spermaceti & Linseed oils—also Paints of every description. THOMAS PATTERSON. Washington-city, June 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 Philadelphia,
A choice assortment Of Extra Superfine cloths, Bennets, Velvets, and Cords, Cashmere, single and double milled Satin cloths, fashionable Spanish Orleans and Toilets, rich silk Mouselin velvets, silk and satin Florentines, with a variety of other articles suitable for the season.
N. B. Ladies habits, regimentals, and navy uniforms made in the first style of fashion. Richard Marwells celebrated patent parallel suspenders, can be had on the same terms as at his manufactory. November 12—tf
IT is by consent of parties ordered by the court that the Auditor state the accounts of Elias B. Caldwell, trustee for the sale of the real estate of Gustavus Scott, deceased, as also the accounts against the said estate, and apportion the assets in hand amongst the different claimants in proportion to their respective claims, or among such of them as shall exhibit their claims on or before the 25th day of December next. It is further ordered, That the aforesaid trustee cause to be published a copy of this order, at least twice a week for three successive weeks before the 25th day of December next, in the National Intelligencer, Washington, Federalist and some of the Baltimore newspapers. By Order, WM. BRENT, CLK.
LOST, The following Certificates of United States Debt: No. 2708 for 244 dollars 45 cts. 6 per cents. 3922 for 88 dollars 3 per cents. 3339 for 122 dollars 23 cts. deferred 6 per cents. Issued by the Register of the Treasury, Joseph Norris, Esq. The 6 per cts. on the 2d September, 1791—the 6 per cts. on the 25 January, 1793, 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. WM. HODGSON. October 11th, 1806—6m/p
ELIAS B. CALDWELL, ATTORNEY AT LAW, HAS removed his Office, to the house lately occupied by Mr. Law, on Capitol Hill, Washington, July 26—tf
CHEAP GOODS. T. W. PAIRO, Seven Buildings, has received from Philadelphia and Baltimore, a Large Assortment of DRY GOODS, which he will sell unusual low. Also London PIANO FORTES, Liquors and Groceries of a superior quality. November 7—tMar.3
WILL BE SOLD, At Public Auction, on Saturday the 22nd of November inst. at 12 o'clock, at the house next to Mr. Rapine's dwelling, on East Capitol Street, a quantity of Household & Kitchen Furniture. A credit of three months will be given on all purchases above 20 Dollars, under that sum cash—notes with security will be required. N. L. QUEEN, Auctioneer. Nov. 14—4t.
50 Dollars Reward. RANAWAY from the subscriber, on the 20th inst. 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. Had on and took with him, a tow linen shirt & trowsers, one pair of manken trowsers, also one old jacket 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 Creager 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 county the above reward. If brought home all reasonable charges will be paid by the subscriber living in Frederick county, Md. near New Market. SINGELTON BURGER. 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—epf
STELLE'S HOTEL & CITY TAVERN. THE Subscriber takes this method of thanking his friends and the public for their favors whilst on the Capitol Square and begs leave to acquaint them that he has taken the Spacious Hotel 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 25—tf N. B.—P. D. S. will rent the house lately occupied by him on the adjoining square.
On a liberal credit. THE subscriber will dispose of at private sale, his estate called Chichester, lying on the eastern branch, immediately opposite the city of Washington. This tract of land containing 697 acres is laid off in lots from 83 to 124 acres for the convenience of purchasers. Plats of the estate and the terms of sale are in the hands of Colonel Manson 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, 28th June 1805—tf
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—tf
P. MAURO'S NEW GROCERY AND CROCKERY WARE STORE. THE Subscriber respectfully informs the inhabitants of the city of Washington that he has lately received from New York and Philadelphia, a large & complete assortment of Groceries, Liquors, Fruits, and Crockery ware,—that he expects with the first arrivals from Baltimore, a supply of the above articles, and that he has opened there opposite the SEVEN BUILDINGS, where he flatters himself he will be able to accommodate his customers not only with the best and choicest kind of goods, especially fresh Peas, and Liquors, but on as low terms as elsewhere in this vicinity. P. MAURO.
P. MAURO, Professor of Music, begs the inhabitants of Washington and George Town, to accept of his thanks for the encouragement he has been favored with, informing them that he does not intend to decline his profession, but that he shall continue as formerly to instruct on the Piano Forte, German Flute, and Guitar. Washington city, November 10—tf
ATTENTION!! Those persons that wish to purchase the GENUINE PATENT FAMILY MEDICINES OF RICHARD LEE & SON MUST APPLY TO Mr. Daniel Rapine, Capitol Hill, Washington, & Dr. N. Magruder, George Town.
"An ounce of prevention is worth pounds of cure." For the prevention and cure of Bilious 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 the above places has been adduced, who have reason to believe that a timely use of this salutary remedy has, under Providence, preferred 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 our 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—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 aches—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 preserved for use by every seaman.
Lee's Infallible Fever and Ague Drops, For the cure of Agues, Remittent and Intermittent fevers. Thousands can testify of their being cured by these drops, after the bark 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 nauscons medicine, and sel-
dom 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 souleness 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 unparalleled efficacy in preventing and removing blemishes of every kind, particularly freckles, pimples, inflammatory redness, scurfs, tetter ring worms, sun-burns, prickly heat, premature wrinkles, &c.
Lee's Genuine Essence and Extract of Mustard. A safe and effectual remedy for Acute Chronic Rheumatism, Gout, Palsy, Lumbago, Numbness, White Swellings, Chilblains Sprains, Bruises, Pains in the face and neck, &c.
The Anodyne Elixer, 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 chopped 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 Plaister. 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
The Subscribers take this method of requesting DAVID DUNCAN late Collector of the port of Machine, to remit them on or before 1st month of March next the amount of their bond given to the United States, as judgment hath been obtained against them on said bond. ROBERT ABBOTT, JNO. DODDMEAD. Detroit November 10—tm
FIRE WOOD. I wish to purchase 2000 CORDS of Wood on the Potomac river, or its branches, convenient to navigable water.—Persons having 50 Cords and upwards for sale will please give a particular description of the harbor and landing from whence it must be taken; the distance the wood now stands from the Landing; the distance it must be boated from the landing to a vessel drawing six feet water, and the distance of the Landing from some well known place on the river, as for instance, Craney Island, Potomac Creek, Cedar Point, Blackwater Island, &c. &c. Letters by the mail, paid, informing the lowest price that will be taken for OAK and HICKORY, either standing or delivered at a Landing, will be immediately attended to, and the postage of Letters in answer thereto will be paid by me. RICHARD WILLSON, Treasury Department, Washington City, November 10—copy
JUST PUBLISHED, And for Sale at D. RAPINE'S Book Store, Capitol Hill. Original Anecdotes of Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, and of his family, his court, his ministers, his academies, and his literary friends—collected during a familiar intercourse of twenty years with that prince; translated from the French of D. TAIREBAULT, Professor of Belles Lettres in the royal academy of Berlin—in 2 vols. price 4 DOLLS. Few works have been presented to the public so justly esteemed in Europe and America as this. The author has delineated the character of this great man in a manner so ingeniously that no person can read it without feeling a gratification which few works are calculated to produce in a similar degree. Also just Received, The life and pontificate of Leo. 10th—4 vols. Charnock's memoirs of Lord Nelson. Moore's Epistles, odes, and other poems. Scott's Lay of the last Minstrel, a poem. D. R. Has always on hand an extensive assortment of books in every class of literature and science, which he will sell at reasonable prices. Monday 17—3w
FOR SALE, A healthy negro woman under 30 years of age, with two healthy children. For particulars apply to the printer. 18c Nov. 1806—epf
AMERICAN HOTEL, WASHINGTON CITY. THE Subscribers have opened for the entertainment of travellers, members of Congress, families, &c. resorting to the seat of government, the houses occupied for several years by Mr. P. D. STELL, immediately east of the Capitol, to which they RESPECTFULLY invite the public. The premises are well known as large and convenient, are provided with new beds and furniture, and the best wines and liquors, stables for 50 horses, with carriage houses, &c. FROST and QUINN. Nov. 4—tf.
DR. MAGRUDER HAS FOR SALE TWENTY Hogsheads of good Brown Sugar which he will sell at a low price. A few casks of the best winter strained Lamp Oil, Window Glass of different sizes, Japan, Copal & other varnishes, glaziers Diamonds, Russian Glue, Salt Petre, Paper Hangings, Taylors patent liquid Shoe Blacking in jugs at 25 cents each, and his usual extensive assortment of DRUGGS & MEDICINES, patent Medicines, Surgeons Instruments, Oil and Paints, Die Stuffs, Spices, &c. all of which have been purchased for cash, he can therefore sell many articles uncommonly cheap by the quantity. November 19—tawtjt
WILLIAM MARBURY, HAS received from Philadelphia and Baltimore, and for sale by Mr. BREWER, next door above Mr. Elisha Riggs store on Bridge Street, A General assortment of Fall & Fancy Goods of the latest importations, and will receive a further supply in a few days, all of which have been purchased on the best terms for cash, and will be sold very low. George Town, October 15—tawam
ELISHA RIGGS, Has Imported by the latest arrivals from London & Liverpool, FIFTY-EIGHT PACKAGES SEASONABLE GOODS, Which are direct from the best manufacturers, and will be sold lower by the wholesale or retail, than can be afforded by any other house here, (being the only importer of Dry Goods)—among them are: 3 bales of fine cloths, cashmere and cords, 12 do second cloths, coatings, ladies cloths, app'd, frize, Plains and Kendal cottons, 8 bales rose and duale blankets and rugs, 4 cases Manchetry, Bennets cords, dimities, furniture and cotton shirtings, 6 cases fine hats, and umbrellas, 6 trunks, silk, cotton, and worsted hosiery, 11 trunk upholsterers, and hatters trimmings, 2 cases knives and forks, razors, fine cutlery, faddlery, and fashionable buttons, 5 bales flannels, stuffs, ferges and baizes, 1500 lb London feine twine, 3 bales carpets and carpeting, 3 cases Irish linens, sheetings, long lawns, table cloths, & } Cheap. diapers. Silks, mouselins, chintzes and calicoes, Pelices, pelice, velvets, lace shades, & shawls, Spider net, and pick net, lace sleeves and gloves, Fancy muslin dresses, drapery, gauze and flowers. And many other articles, which will be sold low, for cash, or to punctual persons only. George Town, Nov. 19—2aw2m
PROPOSALS for opening, bridging and improving the road laid out under the direction of the Secretary at War, between Nashville in Tennessee and Grimsone Ford on the Mississippi river, in the Mississippi territory, will be received at the General Post Office until the 25th day of December next. For the convenience of contractors the road will be divided into three parts, and separate proposals received for each. First. From Nashville to the Tennessee river, 112 miles. 2. From Tennessee river to Loonachitta creek, a branch of the Big Black river, 113 miles. 3. From Loonachitta creek to Grimsone Ford, 135 miles.
NOTES. Note 1. The road is to be cleared of all trees and brush, twelve feet in width and made passable for a waggon. All streams not over forty feet wide are to be bridged, and the banks of other streams are to be heaved or sloped down so that they may be passable for a waggon. Note 2. The bridges are to be twelve feet broad supported by proper abutments, the bridge part to be composed of four pieces of timber not less than 10 inches in diameter at the smallest end, and covered with halved logs whose original diameter was not less than 8 inches, the piers or supports of the bridge not to be more than twenty feet apart. Note 3. Some parts of the road will require causewaying, these will be pointed out by the Post Master General's agent. The causewaying is to be done with logs, 10 feet in length and not less than 6 or over 9 inches in diameter, each is to be thrown upon them to render them passable, and where the places to be causewayed are subject to be overflowed the causeway is to have a rider on each side keyed down by forked stakes or stones and gravel. Note 4. It is supposed that there is already a cleared waggon path on some part of the distance, no clearing is to be done where that is the case. The work is to be completed by the first day of October 1807. Reasonable advances will be made at the commencement of the work, and the balance paid as soon as the work is completed. Mr. R. J. Meigs, and Mr. Thomas Wright are to decide whether it be executed conformable to contract. Note 5. The proposals should state the price by the mile for clearing, the price by the yard in length for causewaying, the price by the foot in length for the bridge-work, and the price by the cubic yard for sloping or heaving the bank of watercourse. GIDEON GRANGER, Postmaster General, Sept. 15—tawtjt
LOTTERY OF ST. PAUL'S PARISH, BALTIMORE. THE Managers of this Lottery intend to commence the drawing on the first Tuesday in December, and to draw 1000 tickets every week, till it be completed. Tickets may be had, till the drawing commences, at the original price of FIVE DOLLARS, of either of the Managers, and other persons in Baltimore authorized to sell, and of prizes in the Precincts Market House Lottery of Baltimore will be received in payment. S C H E M E. 1 Prize of 10,000 2 - 5,000 3 - 4,000 4 - 3,000 5 - 4,000 6 - 3,000 7 - 3,000 8 - 3,000 9 - 3,000 10 - 3,000 11 - 3,000 12 - 3,000 13 - 3,000 14 - 3,000 15 - 3,000 16 - 3,000 17 - 3,000 18 - 3,000 19 - 3,000 20 - 3,000 21 - 3,000 22 - 3,000 23 - 3,000 24 - 3,000 25 - 3,000 26 - 3,000 27 - 3,000 28 - 3,000 29 - 3,000 30 - 3,000 31 - 3,000 32 - 3,000 33 - 3,000 34 - 3,000 35 - 3,000 36 - 3,000 37 - 3,000 38 - 3,000 39 - 3,000 40 - 3,000 41 - 3,000 42 - 3,000 43 - 3,000 44 - 3,000 45 - 3,000 46 - 3,000 47 - 3,000 48 - 3,000 49 - 3,000 50 - 3,000 51 - 3,000 52 - 3,000 53 - 3,000 54 - 3,000 55 - 3,000 56 - 3,000 57 - 3,000 58 - 3,000 59 - 3,000 60 - 3,000 61 - 3,000 62 - 3,000 63 - 3,000 64 - 3,000 65 - 3,000 66 - 3,000 67 - 3,000 68 - 3,000 69 - 3,000 70 - 3,000 71 - 3,000 72 - 3,000 73 - 3,000 74 - 3,000 75 - 3,000 76 - 3,000 77 - 3,000 78 - 3,000 79 - 3,000 80 - 3,000 81 - 3,000 82 - 3,000 83 - 3,000 84 - 3,000 85 - 3,000 86 - 3,000 87 - 3,000 88 - 3,000 89 - 3,000 90 - 3,000 91 - 3,000 92 - 3,000 93 - 3,000 94 - 3,000 95 - 3,000 96 - 3,000 97 - 3,000 98 - 3,000 99 - 3,000 100 - 3,000 101 - 3,000 102 - 3,000 103 - 3,000 104 - 3,000 105 - 3,000 106 - 3,000 107 - 3,000 108 - 3,000 109 - 3,000 110 - 3,000 111 - 3,000 112 - 3,000 113 - 3,000 114 - 3,000 115 - 3,000 116 - 3,000 117 - 3,000 118 - 3,000 119 - 3,000 120 - 3,000 121 - 3,000 122 - 3,000 123 - 3,000 124 - 3,000 125 - 3,000 126 - 3,000 127 - 3,000 128 - 3,000 129 - 3,000 130 - 3,000 131 - 3,000 132 - 3,000 133 - 3,000 134 - 3,000 135 - 3,000 136 - 3,000 137 - 3,000 138 - 3,000 139 - 3,000 140 - 3,000 141 - 3,000 142 - 3,000 143 - 3,000 144 - 3,000 145 - 3,000 146 - 3,000 147 - 3,000 148 - 3,000 149 - 3,000 150 - 3,000 151 - 3,000 152 - 3,000 153 - 3,000 154 - 3,000 155 - 3,000 156 - 3,000 157 - 3,000 158 - 3,000 159 - 3,000 160 - 3,000 161 - 3,000 162 - 3,000 163 - 3,000 164 - 3,000 165 - 3,000 166 - 3,000 167 - 3,000 168 - 3,000 169 - 3,000 170 - 3,000 171 - 3,000 172 - 3,000 173 - 3,000 174 - 3,000 175 - 3,000 176 - 3,000 177 - 3,000 178 - 3,000 179 - 3,000 180 - 3,000 181 - 3,000 182 - 3,000 183 - 3,000 184 - 3,000 185 - 3,000 186 - 3,000 187 - 3,000 188 - 3,000 189 - 3,000 190 - 3,000 191 - 3,000 192 - 3,000 193 -