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National Intelligencer.
WASHINGTON ADVERTISER.
VOL. VIII.
WASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
NO. 1185.
FIVE DOLLARS PER ANNUM.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1808.
PAID IN ADVANCE.
Letter of Messrs. Monroe and Pinkney, to Mr. Madison—Treaty Concluded.
Art. 8. It is agreed, that in all cases where vessels shall be captured or detained on just suspicion of having on board enemy's property, or of carrying to the enemy any of the articles which are contraband of war, or for other lawful cause, the said vessel shall be brought to the nearest or most convenient port; and if any property of an enemy should be found on board such vessel, that part only, which belongs to the enemy, or is otherwise confiscable, shall be made prize, and the vessel, unless by law subject to condemnation, shall be at liberty to proceed with the remainder of the cargo, without any impediment. And it is agreed that all proper measures shall be taken to prevent delay, in deciding the cases of ships or cargoes so brought in for adjudication, and in the payment or recovery of any indemnification adjudged or agreed to be paid to the masters or owners of such ships.
It is also agreed, that in all cases of unfounded detention or other contravention of the regulations stipulated by the present treaty, the owners of the vessel and cargo so detained shall be allowed damages proportioned to the loss occasioned thereby, together with the costs and charges of the trial.
Art. 9. In order to regulate what is in future to be esteemed contraband of war, it is agreed, that under the said denomination, shall be comprised all arms and implements serving for the purposes of war, by land or by sea, such as cannon, muskets, mortars, petards, bombs, grenades, carcases, saucisses, carriages for cannon, musket rests, bandoliers, gunpowder, match, saltpetre, ball, pikes, swords, head-pieces, cuirasses, halberds, lances, javelins, horse-furniture, holsters, belts, and generally all other implements of war; as also timber for ship building, copper in sheets, sail cloth, hemp, and cordage, and in general (with the exception of unwrought iron and fir planks, and also with the exception of tar and pitch, when not going to a port of naval equipment, in which case they shall be entitled to pre-emption) whatever may serve directly to the equipment of vessels; and all the above articles are hereby declared to be just objects of confiscation, whenever they are attempted to be carried to an enemy. But no vessel shall be detained on pretence of carrying contraband of war, unless some of the above mentioned articles, not excepted, are found on board of the said vessel at the time it is searched.
Art. 10. Whereas in consideration of the distance and of other circumstances incident to the situation of the high contracting parties, it may frequently happen that vessels may sail for a port or place belonging to an enemy, without knowing that the same is either besieged, blockaded, or invested, it is agreed, that every vessel so circumstanced may be turned away from such port or place; but she shall not be detained, nor her cargo, if not contraband, be confiscated, unless after such notice she shall again attempt to enter; but she shall be permitted to go to any other port or place she may think proper: nor shall any vessel, or goods of either party, that may have entered into such port or place before the same was besieged, blockaded, or invested by the other, and be found therein after the reduction or surrender of such place, be liable to confiscation, but shall be restored to the owners or proprietors thereof.
Neither of the parties, when at war, shall, during the continuance of the treaty, take from on board the vessels of the other, the subjects of the opposite belligerent, unless they be in the actual employment of such belligerent.
Art. 11. Whereas differences have arisen concerning the trading with the colonies of his majesty's enemies, and the instructions given by his majesty to his cruisers in regard thereto, it is agreed, that during the present hostilities, all articles of the growth, produce, and manufacture of Europe, not being contraband of war, may be freely carried from the U. States to the port of any colony, not blockaded, belonging to his majesty's enemies: provided, such goods shall previously have been entered and landed in the U. S. and shall have paid the ordinary
duties on such articles so imported for home consumption, and on re-exportation shall, after the drawback, remain subject to a duty, equivalent to not less than one per cent. ad valorem and that the said goods, and the vessels conveying the same, shall, from the time of their clearance from the American port, be bona fide the property of citizens and inhabitants of the U. S. and in like manner that all articles, not being contraband of war, and being the growth and produce of the enemy's colonies, may be brought to the U. S. and after having been there landed, may be freely carried from thence, to any port of Europe, not blockaded, provided, such goods shall previously have been entered and landed in the said U. S. and shall have paid the ordinary duties on colonial articles so imported for home consumption, and on re-exportation shall, after the drawback, remain subject to a duty equivalent to not less than two per cent. ad valorem; and provided, that the said goods, and the vessel conveying the same, be bona fide the property of citizens and inhabitants of the U. States.
Provided always, That this article, or any thing therein contained, shall not operate to the prejudice of any right belonging to either party; but that after the expiration of the time limited for the article, the rights on both sides shall revive and be in full force.
Art. 12. And whereas it is expedient to make special provisions respecting the maritime jurisdiction of the high contracting parties, on the coasts of their respective possessions in North America, on account of peculiar circumstances belonging to those coasts, it is agreed that in all cases where one of the said high contracting parties shall be engaged in war, and the other be at peace, the belligerent power shall not stop, except for the purpose hereafter mentioned, the vessels of the neutral power, or the unarmed vessels of other nations, within five marine miles from the shore, belonging to the said neutral power, on the American seas.
Provided, That the said stipulations shall not take effect in favor of the ships of any nation or nations, which shall not have agreed to respect the limit aforesaid, as the line of maritime jurisdiction of the said neutral state; and it is further stipulated, that if either of the high contracting parties shall be at war with any nation or nations, which shall not have agreed to respect the said special limit or line of maritime jurisdiction herein agreed upon, such contracting party shall have the right to stop, or search any vessel, beyond the limit of a cannon shot, or three marine miles from the said coasts of the neutral power, for the purpose of ascertaining the nation to which such vessel shall belong: and with respect to the ships and property of the nation or nations not having agreed to respect the aforesaid line of jurisdiction, the belligerent power shall exercise the same rights, as if this article did not exist: and the several provisions stipulated by this article, shall have full force and effect only, during the continuance of the present treaty.
Art. 13. With respect to the searching of merchant ships, the commanders of ships of war and privateers shall conduct themselves as favorably as the course of the war then existing may possibly permit, towards the most friendly power that may remain neutral, observing as much as possible the acknowledged principles and rules of the law of nations. And for the better security of the respective subjects and citizens of the contracting parties, and to prevent their suffering injuries by the men of war or privateers of either party, all commanders of ships of war and privateers, and all others the said subjects and citizens, shall forbear doing any damage to those of the other party, or committing any outrage against them, and if they act to the contrary, they shall be punished, and shall also be bound in their persons and estates to make satisfaction and reparation for all damages, and the interest thereof, of whatever nature the said damages may be.
For this cause all commanders of privateers, before they receive their commissions, shall hereafter be compelled to give, before a competent judge, sufficient security by at least two responsible sureties, who have
no interest in the said privateer, each of whom, together with the said commander, shall be jointly and severally bound in the sum of two thousand pounds sterling; or if such ship be provided with above one hundred and fifty seamen or soldiers, in the sum of four thousand pounds sterling, to satisfy all damages and injuries, which the said privateers, or officers, or men, or any of them, may do or commit during their cruise, contrary to the tenor of this treaty, or to the laws and instructions for regulating their conduct, and further, that in all cases of aggression, the said commissions shall be revoked and annulled.
It is also agreed, that whenever a judge of a court of admiralty, of either of the parties, shall pronounce sentence against any vessel, or goods, or property, belonging to the subjects or citizens of the other party, a formal and duly authenticated copy of all the proceedings in the cause, and of the said sentence, shall, if required, be delivered to the commander of the said vessel, without the smallest delay, he paying all legal fees and demands for the same.
Art. 14. It is further agreed, that both the said contracting parties shall not only refuse to receive any pirates into any of their ports, havens or towns, or permit any of their inhabitants to receive, protect, harbor, conceal, or assist them in any manner, but will bring to condign punishment, all such inhabitants as shall be guilty of such acts or offences.
And all their ships, with the goods or merchandizes taken by them, and brought into the port of either of the said parties, shall be seized as far as they can be discovered, and shall be restored to the owners, or the factors, or agents, duly deputed, and authorized in writing by them (proper evidence being shewn in the court of admiralty for proving the property) even in case such effects should have passed into other hands by sale, if it be proved that the buyers knew, or had good reason to believe, or suspect that they had been piratically taken.
Art. 15. It is likewise agreed, that the subjects and citizens of the two nations shall not do any acts of hostility or violence against each other, nor accept commissions or instructions so to act from any foreign prince or state, enemies to the other party, nor shall the enemies of one of the parties be permitted to invite, or endeavor to enlist in the military service, any of the subjects or citizens of the other party: and the laws against all such offences and aggressions, shall be punctually executed; and if any subject or citizen of the said parties respectively, shall accept any foreign commission, or letters of marque, for arming any vessel to act as a privateer against the other party, it is hereby declared to be lawful for the said party to treat and punish the said subject or citizen, having such commission or letters of marque, as a pirate.
Art. 16. It is expressly stipulated, that neither of the said contracting parties will order or authorise any acts of reprisal against the other, on complaints of injuries and damages, until the said party shall first have presented to the other a statement thereof, verified by competent proof and evidence; and demanded justice and satisfaction, and the same shall either have been refused or unreasonably delayed.
Art. 17. The ships of war of each of the contracting parties shall at all times be hospitably received in the ports of the other, their officers and crews paying due respect to the laws and government of the country. The officers shall be treated with that respect which is due to the commissions which they bear; and if any insult should be offered to them by any of the inhabitants, all offenders in this respect shall be punished as disturbers of the peace and amity between the two countries. And both contracting parties agree, that in case any vessel of the one should, by stress of weather, danger from enemies, or other misfortunes, be reduced to the necessity of seeking shelter in any of the ports of the other, into which such vessel could not in ordinary cases claim to be admitted, she shall, on manifesting that necessity to the satisfaction of the government of the place, be hospitably received and permitted to refit, and to purchase at the market price such necessaries as she may
stand in need of, conformably to such orders and regulations as the government of the place, having respect to the circumstances of each case, shall prescribe. She shall not be allowed to break bulk, or unload her cargo, unless the same shall be bona fide necessary to her being refitted; nor shall she be obliged to pay any duties whatever, except only on such articles as she may be permitted to sell for the purpose aforesaid.
Art. 18. It shall not be lawful for any foreign privateers (not being subjects or citizens of either of the said parties) who have commissions from any power or state in enmity with either nation, to arm their ships in the ports of either of the said parties, nor to sell what they have taken, nor in any other manner to exchange the same, nor shall they be allowed to purchase more provisions than shall be necessary for their going to the nearest port of that prince or state from whom they obtained their commissions.
Art. 19. It shall be lawful for the ships of war and privateers, belonging to the said parties respectively, to carry witherssoever they please the ships and goods taken from their enemies, without being obliged to pay any fees to the officers of the admiralty or to any judges whatever, nor shall the said prizes when they arrive at and enter the ports of the said parties, be detained or seized, nor shall the searchers, or other officers of those places, visit such prizes (except for the purpose of preventing the carrying of any part of the cargo thereof on shore, in any manner contrary to the established laws of revenue, navigation or commerce) nor shall such officers take cognizance of the validity of such prizes; but they shall be at liberty to hoist sail, and depart as speedily as may be, and carry their said prizes to the places mentioned in their commissions or patents, which the commanders of the said ships of war or privateers shall be obliged to shew.
No shelter or refuge shall be given in their ports to such as have made a prize upon the subjects or citizens of either of the said parties; but if forced by stress of weather or the dangers of the sea to enter them, particular care shall be taken to hasten their departure, and to cause them to retire as soon as possible: nothing in this treaty contained, shall however be construed to operate contrary to the former and existing public treaties with other sovereigns or states. But the two parties agree, that while they continue in amity, neither of them will in future make any treaty that shall be inconsistent with this or the preceding article.
Neither of the said parties shall permit the ships or goods belonging to the subjects or citizens of the other, to be taken within cannon shot of the coast, nor within the jurisdiction described in article 12, so long as provisions of the said article shall be in force, by ships of war or others, having commissions from any prince, republic, or state whatever; but in case it should so happen, the party, whose territorial rights shall thus have been violated, shall use his utmost endeavors to obtain from the offending party, full and ample satisfaction for the vessel or vessels so taken, whether the same be vessels of war or merchant vessels.
Art. 20. If at any time a rupture should take place (which God forbid) between his majesty and the United States, the merchants and others, of each of the two nations, residing in the dominions of the other, shall have the privilege of remaining and continuing their trade, so long as they do it peaceably, and commit no offence against the laws; and in case their conduct should render them suspected, and the respective governments should think proper to order them to remove, the term of twelve months, from the publication of the order, shall be allowed them for that purpose, to remove with their families, effects and property; but this favor shall not be extended to those who shall act contrary to the established laws; and for greater certainty, it is declared, that such rupture shall not be deemed to exist, while negotiations for accommodating differences shall be depending, nor until the respective ambassadors or ministers, if such there shall be, shall be recalled, or sent home on account of such differ-
ences, and not on account of personal misconduct, according to the nature and degree of which, both parties retain their rights, either to request the recall, or immediately to send home the ambassador or minister of the other; and that without prejudice to their mutual friendship and good understanding.
Art. 21. It is further agreed, that his majesty and the United States, on mutual requisitions by them respectively, or by their respective ministers, or officers, authorised to make the same, will deliver up to justice all persons, who being charged with murder or forgery, committed within the jurisdiction of either, shall seek an asylum within any of the countries of the other, provided, that this shall only be done on such evidence of criminality, as, according to the laws of the place, where the fugitive or person so charged shall be found, would justify his apprehension and commitment for trial, if the offence had there been committed. The expense of such apprehension and delivery shall be borne and defrayed by those who make the requisition, and receive the fugitive.
Art. 22. In the event of a shipwreck happening in a place belonging to one or other of the high contracting parties, not only every assistance shall be given to the unfortunate persons, and no violence done to them, but also the effects which they shall have thrown out of the ship into the sea, shall not be concealed or detained, nor damaged under any pretext whatever; on the contrary, the above mentioned effects and merchandise shall be preserved, and restored to them, upon a suitable recompense being given to those who shall have assisted in saving their persons, vessels and effects.
Art. 23. And it being the intention of the high contracting parties, that the people of their respective dominions shall continue to be on the footing of the most favored nation, it is agreed, that in case either party shall hereafter grant any additional advantages, in navigation or trade, to any other nation, the subjects or citizens of the other party shall fully participate therein.
Art. 24. The high contracting parties engage to communicate to each other, without delay, all such laws as have been or shall be hereafter enacted by their respective legislatures, as also all measures which shall have been taken for the abolition or limitation of the African slave trade; and they further agree to use their best endeavors to procure the co-operation of other powers for the final and complete abolition of a trade so repugnant to the principles of justice and humanity.
Art. 25. And it is further agreed, that nothing herein contained shall contravene or affect the due execution of any treaty or treaties now actually subsisting between either of the high contracting parties and any other power or powers.
Art. 26. This treaty, when the same shall have been ratified by his majesty, and by the President of the U. States, with the advice of their Senate, and the respective ratifications mutually exchanged, shall be binding and obligatory on his majesty and on the said states, for ten years, from the date of the exchange of the said ratification, and shall be reciprocally executed and observed, with punctuality and the most sincere regard to good faith.
IN faith whereof, we, the undersigned plenipotentiaries, on the part of his majesty the king of Great Britain, and the commissioners extraordinary and plenipotentiaries on the part of the United States of America, have signed this present treaty, and have caused to be affixed thereto the seal of our arms. Done at London, this thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and six.
(Signed) VASSAL HOLLAND, Seal. (Signed) AUCKLAND, Seal. (Signed) JAS. MONROE, Seal. (Signed) WM. PINKNEY, Seal.
Note from Lord Holland and Lord Auckland.
The undersigned, Henry Richard Vassal Lord Holland, and William Lord Auckland, Plenipotentiaries of his Britannic majesty, have the honor to inform James Monroe and William Pinkney, commissioners extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the United

States of America, that they are now ready to proceed to the signature of the treaty of amity, commerce and navigation, on the articles of which they have mutually agreed.
But at the same time they have it in command from his majesty, to call the attention of the commissioners of the United States to some extraordinary proceedings which have lately been taken on the Continent of Europe, & to communicate to them, officially, the sentiments of his majesty's government thereupon.
The proceedings alluded to, are certain declarations and orders of the French government, issued at Berlin, on the 21st of Nov. last.
In those orders, the French government seeks to justify or palliate its own unjust pretensions by imputing to Great Britain, principles which she never professed, and practices which never existed. His majesty is accused of a systematical and general disregard of the law of nations, recognized by civilized states, and more particularly of an unwarrantable extension of the right of blockade; whereas his majesty may confidently appeal to the world, on his uniform respect for neutral rights, and his general and scrupulous adherence to the law of nations, without condescending to contrast his conduct in these particulars with that of his enemy; and with regard to the only specific charge, it is notorious that he has never declared any ports to be in a state of blockade, without allowing to that object, a force sufficient to make the entrance into them manifestly dangerous.
By such allegations, unfounded as they are, the enemy attempts to justify his pretensions of confiscating as lawful prize, all produce of English industry or manufacture, though it be the property of neutrals; of excluding from his harbors every neutral vessel which has touched at any port of his majesty's dominions, though employed in an innocent commerce; and of declaring Great Britain to be in a state of blockade, though his own naval ports and arsenals are actually blockaded, and he is unable to station any naval force whatever, before any port of the United Kingdom.
Such principles are in themselves extravagant and repugnant to the law of nations; and the pretensions founded on them, though professedly directed solely against Great Britain, tend to alter the practice of war among civilized nations, and utterly to subvert the rights and independence of neutral powers.
The undersigned cannot therefore believe that the enemy will ever seriously attempt to enforce such a system. If he should, they are confident that the good sense of the American government will perceive the fatal consequences of such pretensions to neutral commerce, and that its spirit and regard to national honor will prevent its acquiescence in such palpable violations of its rights, and injurious encroachments on its interest.
If however the enemy should carry these threats into execution, and if neutral nations, contrary to all expectation, should acquiesce in such usurpations, his majesty might probably be compelled, however reluctantly, to retaliate in his just defence and to adopt in regard to the commerce of neutral nations with his enemies, the same measures which those shall have permitted to be enforced against their commerce with his subjects. The commissioners of the U. States will therefore feel that at a moment when his majesty and all neutral nations are threatened with such an extension of the belligerent pretensions of his enemies, he cannot enter into the stipulations of the present treaty, without an explanation from the U. States of their intentions, or a reservation on the part of his majesty in the case abovementioned if it should ever occur.
The undersigned considering that the distance of the American government renders any immediate explanation on this subject impossible, and animated by a desire of forwarding the beneficial work in which they are engaged, are authorized by his majesty to conclude the treaty without delay. They proceed to the signature under the full persuasion that before the treaty shall be returned from America, with the ratification of the U. States, the enemy will either have formally abandoned, or tacitly relinquished his unjust pretensions, or that the government of the U. States, by its conduct or assurances, will have given security to his majesty that it will not submit to such innovations in the established system of maritime law: And the undersigned have presented this note from an anxious wish that it should be clearly understood on both sides, that without such an abandonment on the part of the enemy, or such assurances or such conduct on the part of the U. States, his majesty will not consider himself bound by the present signature of his
commissioners to ratify the treaty, or precluded from adopting such measures as may seem necessary for counteracting the designs of his enemy.
The undersigned cannot conclude without expressing their satisfaction at the prospect of accomplishing an object so important to the interests and friendly connexion of both nations, and their just sense of the conciliatory disposition manifested by the commissioners of the U. States during the whole course of the negotiation.
(Signed) VASSALL HOLLAND, AUCKLAND. London, December 31, 1806.
WASHINGTON CITY. WEDNESDAY, MAY 13.
The House of Representatives of the Orleans territory on the 10th of March passed a resolution—Yeas 14, Nays 6—“that after the expiration of the present session the seat of the legislature shall no longer continue in the city of New-Orleans.”
The election of the Directors of the Commercial Company of the City of Washington took place on the 16th inst. in pursuance of public notice given thereof, when the following gentlemen were duly appointed:
Thomas Tinsley, Peter Miller, John McGowan, Charles W. Goldsborough, Joseph Forrest, James D. Barry, Alexander Kerr, Adam Lindsay, John P. Van Ness, William Prout, Samuel N. Smallwood, Janus Cassin.
By order of the Commissioners, WILLIAM PROUT.
No. 3. TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES.
The most important measure of the last session of Congress is the EMBARGO. As the same considerations which dictated it led likewise to most of the other steps taken, if it shall appear to have been the result of correct views, there can be little dispute with regard to them.
Against this measure the collected artillery of the opposition has been brought to bear. It has inspired new hopes, and has given new life blood to party. The shattered fragments of federalism are industriously collected together, and we are exultingly told that the proud column, which once marked its triumphs, is again to rise on the ruins of the principles of the present administration.
Montesquieu and other distinguished political writers have laid it down as an axiom, that the duration of a republican government is dependent upon the virtue of the people. Our political adversaries, let it be remembered, have invariably treated the existence of this sentiment as chimerical; and hence, probably, their uniform ridicule of the feasibility of the principle of self-government, and their confidence that we must, eventually, perhaps in their own day, go the way of all other nations.
It is to this belief that their aspiring hopes at this crisis are to be traced. The ignorant, unruly, and factious body, whose whole history, in their view, is that of a succession of storms and vices, is once more, under a different sky, but still under the same baleful star, to be wrought upon by those means which have heretofore always proved successful. Their mistaken interests, their momentary gratifications, the fickleness of their feelings, their sudden hatred of those whom they lately respected, their pleasure in exercising despotic power by tumbling down one system and building up another, is to mark, in unerring characters, their total inability to govern themselves, and to prove to the world, and even to themselves, the policy of bending their necks to a regal usurper.
Fantastic as this picture may, in some of its features, appear, let us not too lightly treat it with contempt. It is only necessary to establish one fact, to reconcile all its apparent contradictions, and to soften down its discordances into one harmonious hue. Once establish the fact, that the people cannot command their own feelings, and it irresistibly follows that they must be commanded by others; the republican system vanishes; and liberty is entombed.
The discussion of this topic is, therefore, of awful magnitude; it involves, not merely the fugitive interests of the day, the happiness of the present generation; but that of ages; that of a people, whose numbers and power are hereafter to guide the civilized world.
To establish the wisdom of the Em-
bargo seems to my mind a very simple process. Few premises are required to supply the materials of a perfect demonstration.
Had not the embargo been laid, or some measure equally prohibitory of commerce been adopted, war would have been inevitable.
The effects of war would have been more injurious than those of the Embargo.
Hence the imposition of the Embargo was called for from a prudent government, by that principle which required it to adopt the best measure which existing circumstances admitted.
Of deity only it is the prerogative to do absolute, unqualified good, because such an act implies infinite wisdom. To the limited capacity of man, it belongs to do the best he can, which in its most intelligent exercise blends evil with good. It is, however, enough for the purest virtue and highest wisdom of man, that he does his best, and that the condition of those, who are the subjects of his power, is rendered as happy as circumstances warrant.
As the inferences here drawn are plain and indisputable, the whole of this discussion must consist in examining the soundness of the premises. To do this, it will be requisite,
In the first place, to show that, but for the imposition of the Embargo, war would have been inevitable.
Secondly, to show that the Embargo is the lesser evil; in doing which a contrasted view will be taken of the effects of war and of the Embargo.
To carry me successfully through this discussion, it is necessary to require one thing from my countrymen. In pronouncing judgment they must think as well as feel. While they realize the extent of the evil they suffer, they must not shut their minds to the evils they would suffer, but for the existence of that which they feel. They must exercise their rational as well as animal faculties. They must look to their permanent and ultimate, no less than to their fleeting and present interests; & they must not forget that their whole welfare, present as well as future, is inseparable from that of the nation.
I proceed, then, in the first place, to show, that but for the imposition of the Embargo war would have been inevitable.
The French decree declares the British Isles in a state of blockade, prohibits the trade in British goods, and confiscates as lawful prize the neutral vessel and cargo which shall have submitted to British search, on the high seas, touched at her ports or received her license. While the British orders authorize the forcible capture of all British subjects found on board American vessels, making subordinate British officers the judges of the fact; and, under the form of a blockade of all the ports of the continent of Europe, interdicts all trade with it, except through England, and under such fiscal and political restrictions as she may think fit to impose.
There are two obviously distinct views of which this point is susceptible; the one, political; the other, pecuniary.
Individual interest out of the question, would it comport with the character of an independent nation to permit its merchants to carry on a traffic under such restrictions? Would not such a permission betray a destitution of spirit inconsistent with independence; and would not our nominal independence but clumsily cover our actual vassalage? Our spirits have risen indignant at Algerine tribute, although in rendering it we only trod in the steps of the most powerful nations; and at a recent period, the universal cry of the country has been “millions for defence, but not a cent for tribute.” Are these feelings dead? Is the generous spirit that excited them fled forever? Has the magnitude of the present evil deprived us of the power of estimating it, and made us insensible of its effects upon our national character? Has the record of our valor, traced in the blood of our heroes, become defaced and obliterated? Is the proud monument of our triumph annihilated? Can we think of what we did when a trifling, a disconnected, a poor nation; and not sunk, in abasement, at the idea of now, when we are a numerous, a united, a rich people, doing less, nay undoing what we then did? For the cases are in principle most strikingly analogous. The only difference is in the degree in which it is applied. Then, although a colony, we denied the right of Britain to lay a tax even of a cent on a pound of tea; we appealed to arms to resist the exercise of the right, and we triumphed. Now, although an independent nation, acknowledged as such by herself, she does not hesitate to impose taxes a thousand fold as onerous. Then the tax attempted to be rivetted was on a foreign commodity; now it is imposed on our own domestic products. She tells us you shall
bring all these products into my ports, you shall pay such duties on their importation as I prescribe, and, then, you shall, as I please, as my interest dictates, either not export them at all, or pay such taxes on their exportation as I shall fix. So fully does this view of the subject present itself to an unprejudiced mind, that we find it has not escaped the intelligent and independent writers in England. Mr.
Baring, in his celebrated tract, on the conduct of Britain towards this country, says, “The American patriot will probably see with pleasure, that if he must have war, the provocation (by England) is of a nature to unite every prejudice, and every real interest of his country. By attempting to confine the European trade of America to G. Britain, and by the avowal of an intention to tax that trade on its passage to the continent, we are returning to those principles to which, even as a colony, she would not submit. It is immaterial whether it be a tax on stamps or on cotton: this question has already been the subject of a long and bloody war, and it can hardly be supposed that America will now submit to a direct attack on her sovereign and independent rights.”
Attend on this same point to the language of Mr. Rathbone, an eminent merchant of Liverpool, which place has been elected by the effect of the British orders—“Can we expect,” says he, “she (America) will ever consent that we shall dictate the terms on which her commerce shall traverse the ocean; or that her ships shall be forcibly compelled to enter our ports, and be subject to taxation, in return for which she obtains no advantage? On the subject of foreign taxation, America may naturally be expected to be jealous in the extreme. Will she who voluntarily encountered all dangers, struggled under all difficulties, enduring all privations, submitted to all sacrifices, and largely expended both her treasure and blood, rather than submit to taxation by a foreign state; will she, now that her independence has been acknowledged and established, submit to be taxed by us?”
Such are the sentiments imbibed by intelligent men, on the other side of the Atlantic, of our character, and of the conduct which a maintenance of that character must produce. They consider submission on our part as out of the question. Contemplating the principles to which we owe our political birth, the success with which they were asserted, and the vast accretions of strength which have since crowned our adherence to them, they do not dream of the possibility of our submitting as a nation to the exercise of a power as unjust in itself as injurious to us. They consider the exertion of this power as an act of war, as a forcible invasion of our essential rights of sovereignty.
And can it be conceived that our regard for our own country is less ardent than their regard for it; or that our perception of our interests is less clear than theirs? Is the spirit of liberty dead? Are we insensible to the wide spread prosperity with which it has covered our whole country; and that its absence for any length of time would turn our cultivated fields into deserts, and our populous towns into neglected ruins? Are we ready, for the enjoyment of a commerce, without profit, to pay tributary millions into the coffers of our rival and our enemy? More millions than feed our own treasury? The thing is impossible. Throwing aside altogether its effects on individual interest, submission is impossible. It would sink us deeper in disgrace than any people has hitherto ever sunk. The thought of what we were, contrasted with the feeling of our degradation, would be intolerable; and the government that should be base enough to submit would be instantly despoiled by an incensed people of its blighted honors.
AN AMERICAN WHIG. CELEBRATION Of the Anniversary of the Sons of St. Tammany or Columbian Order, of the City of Washington.
The members of this Society having assembled at the Council fire of their Great Wigwam the twelfth day of the month of flowers, in the three hundred and sixteenth year of discovery, proceeded to the election of officers for the ensuing twelve months, when the following were declared duly elected:
Grand Sachem—William Patterson Gardner. Father of the Council—Richard Dinmore. Secretary—Bernard Smith. Treasurer—Joshua John Moore. SACHEMS. Cornelius Conyngham, Benjamin Moore, Francis P. Hamilton, Benjamin Burch, Samuel Hamilton, R. C. Weightman, James W. Bryson, Charles Jones, John Sessford, Ezra Varden, Henry Abram, Bernard Smith, Richard Dinmore, William R. Cozens, Sa-
muel McIntire, Henry Herford, Joshua John Moore.
They then adjourned to Lindsay's Hotel, Capitol Hill, where an appropriate and eloquent long talk was delivered by brother Joshua John Moore, after which the Society partook of an elegant repast at which the following toasts & sentiments were drunk accompanied with patriotic songs, and music:—
1. The Anniversary of St. Tammany —May each revolving year find the white children of the Western World as patriotic and virtuous as at this day, and as willing to incur privations when the good of their common country shall require it.
2. The seventeen tribes of America —May their Union be perpetual and may they prefer “Liberty with danger, to servitude with security.”
3. The chain of Union —Supported by national independence and cemented by individual rights—may its links continue untarnished for a thousand generations.
4. The principles of Tammany —Death when our country's good requires it.
5. Our virtuous and enlightened Grand Sachem —Jefferson. Amidst the din of war and the wreck of nations his wisdom has hitherto secured our peace; his eminent public services are engraved on the hearts of his children—6 cheers—Hail liberty supreme delight.
6. The venerable father of the council —Clinton—The warrior and statesman. May his country long enjoy the benefit of his wisdom and experience—3 cheers—Hail Great Republic.
7. James Madison and James Monroe —Pre-eminent in diplomacy—The splendid and solid talents of the New World have cast into shade the boasted talents of the Old—May these brilliant stars long illumine our horizon—3 cheers.
8. The Great Council of the nation —At its next session may internal improvements, the great sources of public and private wealth and national independence, occupy a more than ordinary portion of attention.
9. The Embargo —The best and wisest policy of this nation—May its effects on the European World bring the mad monarchs of that unfortunate hemisphere to a just sense of our neutral and national rights—3 cheers.
10. The warriors of United America —Their persevering and successful industry in the acquisition of military knowledge is a sure pledge of their patriotism. Their enemies will never be able to contend against the combined force of military precision and the propelling enthusiasm of civil liberty—3 cheers.
11. Domestic manufactures —One of the pillars of national independence—Let Europe madmen while we apply to the spinning wheel and the loom.
12. The Republicans of the Union —May the partial success which their political opponents have recently met with, shew the necessity of henceforth making unanimity the order of the day—3 cheers.
13. The Legislature of New-York —They have evinced a regard to the true interest of their country by the encouragement of internal manufactures and agricultural improvement.
14. The Tammany Society of New-York —The monument at the Wallabout will be an eternal record of their patriotism—Amfit silente.
15. The Commercial Company of the City of Washington —May it succeed in its object, and draw to our ports the trading vessels of every nation of the world.
16. The Election of the next Grand Sachem —May republican virtue induce each individual to sacrifice personal feelings, and concentrate the national energies in the hands of a virtuous Executive—United we stand, divided we fall—6 cheers.
17. Our sisters of the Seventeen Tribes —May they never smile on the man who pollutes the land attempts that have invaded our independence, enslaved our brethren & dishonored our flag.
VOLUNTEERS.
1. Ancient rights —May the leviathan of the ocean soon be compelled to respect them.
2. May the Baring of the British House of Commons soon bear down the unjust and tyrannical orders of the British council.
3. Democracy —May the principles contained in the Rights of Man and Common Sense prevail throughout the Globe.
4. The unfair trader —The masked enemy of his country—May the lightning of public opinion wither his energies & sweep him forever from our shores.
5. May the members of the Tammany Society of the District of Columbia support and cherish with as much zeal as that which characterizes our red brethren, the spirit and fun-

amental principles of freedom—whose motto is:
"Liberty to a rational creature as far exceeds property as the light of the sun does that of the most twinkling star."
WE publish the following article from the Richmond Enquirer, not with any expectation of converting to the faith those enemies of the administration and true interests of their country, who sin against conviction, for the splendor of a Meridian sun would not convince them that they are not enveloped in the shades of night; but for the information of those few who are open to conviction, & to shed still greater light on the understandings of the many who approve the efforts made to preserve in the support of our neutral character.
FROM THE RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
Citizens of Virginia! Federalists of the Union! Friends of the minority! READ! Behold the eulogium which is paid by men on the spot, upon the present measures of the administration! We pledge to you, that the following extracts of letters have been just received from an intelligent Virginian, a merchant now in London, and lately a resident of this city. We know that another letter has also been received here, from a federal merchant in London which declares that if we stick to our embargo for six months, we shall obtain our terms from Great Britain.
LONDON, MARCH 20.
"Petitions against the Orders of Council from London, Liverpool and Manchester have been presented to the House of Commons and House of Lords, praying that the petitioners might be heard by council at the bars of both Houses, and might be permitted to adduce evidence in support of the allegations of their petitions. The House of Lords have refused to grant the prayer of the petition. The House of Commons although they granted that prayer, yet would not hear them until after the bill for carrying the orders of council into more complete effect had passed that House. I was last night in the gallery and heard the examination of some witnesses; the further examination was postponed until the 22d. From the questions which were asked by ministers and their friends, there is not the smallest reason to imagine that the government intend any relaxation of those orders, and it seems the ministers intend to give their orders full experiment. I trust, therefore, that America will hold fast to her embargo, as it is a measure of all others, best calculated to make this country feel the importance of her commerce, and the policy of conciliating her friendship, rather than by irritating measures exciting a spirit of hostility. By an arrival in Ireland, Boston papers have been received as late as the 29th January, at which time the orders of council had been received. These papers are federal, and I am very sorry to find them attempting to palliate the conduct of this country and censure the measure of their own government in relation to the embargo. I trust that these prints do not convey the sentiments of the federalists throughout America. The spirit of federalism must be an American spirit; alive to feel and ready to resent insults & aggressions offered to our country, by any and every nation in the world. I hope no federalist will be found in Virginia who will attempt a justification of England, because France has inflicted an injury also."
The conduct of both nations is equally a violation of American neutral rights, and the one cannot justify the other. I trust that when the packet arrives, it will bring papers, which will better express the sentiments the American people certainly must entertain.
Let the merchants who murmur at the embargo, ask themselves what they would do, if the embargo was taken off and the orders of council continued; their trade must necessarily be confined to England alone, where they could not find a market for one fifth of the exports of the United States. The consequence of which must be, to reduce the value of every article of American produce, as low as the embargo now makes it. Bonaparte will not permit any ship to enter the ports of the Continent which have entered an English port & England will not suffer any ship to enter into a continental port, unless she first enters a British port, and also pays duties on many articles—the Americans therefore (independent of the embargo) are completely shut from all trade except to England—and if they were themselves to suffer the continuance of that trade, would only lengthen the term of embarrassment under which their
commerce would labor; because that embarrassment will certainly continue, until this country feels the distress which the loss of the American trade will inevitable bring with it. The whole exports of this kingdom in manufactures, East and West-India produce, &c. amount annually to forty millions sterling, of which ten millions consisting entirely of manufactures go to the United States Consequently the loss of that trade must throw out of employment above one third of the whole manufacturing population and capital of the kingdom, since we may presume that the East and West-India goods amount to the fourth of the whole export. Indeed the distress is unparalleled in the manufacturing districts, and the ministry will very soon be compelled either to make peace with France, or repeal every measure they have adopted to restrict the trade to the continent. They go on the wild supposition that by depriving the continent of sugar, coffee, cotton & bark, they will compel Bonaparte to make peace on their own terms; forgetting that his power is not founded, nor depends upon the affections of his people, but upon the strength and fidelity of his army—on which army the privation of sugar and coffee will not operate, as these articles form no part of their subsistence, and forgetting that however the mass of the people may be affected by other privations, Bonaparte always has, and always will take care to provide well for the wants of the army. I have before had occasion to observe that the present administration of this country is greatly deficient in talents. Every day produces fresh evidence of that fact—and their deficiency is rendered the more apparent, by the superiority of talent opposed to them. I trust that America will adhere strictly and inflexibly to the measure of the embargo, as the only way to avoid the danger, the loss, and the expense of war—and at the same time, to inflict upon the aggressor all the injury she can.
MARCH 23.
The wind still continues strong from the East, and of course we cannot expect the arrival of the packet. Boston papers to the 29th January and letters to 8th February are received in town. The papers are the Boston Gazette and the Palladium, both of which I am sorry to see, are so strongly censuring the measure of the Embargo.
When the orders of council are rightly understood in America, I flatter myself that not a man will be found who will not join heart and hand in giving full effect to the embargo. I repeat that it is a step of all others best calculated to produce such an impression upon this country, as will hereafter render it advisable for England to pay more regard to the rights of the United States.
I have seen some of the manufacturers who have been sent forward with the petitions against the late orders of council.
They unite in stating that the distress occasioned among the manufacturing class exceeds any thing of which an idea can be formed, that many who usually received a guinea a week for their labor are now sweeping the streets and begging for their subsistence.
MARCH 25.
As the Rolla will not leave Cowes until to-morrow, I am afforded an opportunity of saying that the packet from New York has arrived. I am truly astonished at the part the federalists seem to be taking in the politics of America, relating to the Embargo. They have always accused the democrats of submission to every thing coming from France, and they now seem ready to submit to every thing from this country. If Bonaparte's decrees were an injury to the American trade, the orders of council will operate with a hundred fold more effect. Bonaparte did not possess the power of injuring us. Great Britain can do so most completely. The orders of council cannot be understood in America, or they must among all parties produce the same sentiment of hostility which, without an exception, is felt by every American here—and if the embargo is taken off before the orders of council are completely revoked, I for one, will feel ashamed to call myself an American. The federalists censure the administration for laying the embargo, in compliance with the view of France—but certainly if the embargo was laid without sufficient cause, that objection no longer exists—and however improper its imposition may have been, its continuance ought to be supported by every friend to his country.
WASHINGTON CITY, May 18.
GENERAL MOREAU has passed through this place to the Northward, without making any stay.
Albany, May 16. The returns from Ontario county, and indeed from the whole Western District, have operated as a damper to the hopes of federalism. A republican majority in the next House of Assembly is ascertained to a certainty.
So elate were the federalists with their anticipated triumph, that the sacrifice of an OX to the rising genius of federalism, was sagely resolved on—and several fair hands were employed in weaving garlands to decorate the victim, which was preparing for the bloody knife!
Since the returns from Ontario, the Federal Ox has become an Irish Bull.
The rejoicings of the federal party, like the lucid intervals of reason which sometimes flash across the maniac's brain, were, alas, of but short duration. After having for forty eight hours, created as much confusion in the city of Albany as the Stranger's nose formerly occasioned in the great city of Strasburgh, and disturbed the citizens with their diurnal riotings & midnight orgies, for their anticipated triumph in the state, poor souls, the cup of joy is dashed from their lips in the very midst of their feastings (upon an illusive hope.) Pity they could not have been permitted to enjoy their fancied bliss for a whole week. But the naughty democrats will always be playing their mischievous tricks upon their betters. The wicked elves pay no respect to those whose bowels yearn with benevolence towards them, and whose hearts are constantly panting for an opportunity, to save the people from their worst enemies—THEMSELVES!!! The poor feds are quite chop-fallen since the result of the election in the Western and Southern Districts has been ascertained. Troy Register.
Boston, May 13.
REVOLUTION IN SPAIN.
The following interesting particulars of the affairs of Spain, were received here in a letter from Alicante, dated 27th March.
"On the 27th instant the rumor being spread at Aranjuez, that the king and royal family were making preparations to set out for Cadiz, there to embark on board the English squadron, it caused a great fermentation amongst the people. At 11 o'clock at night, about 40,000 peasants from the neighborhood, made their appearance, surrounded the palace, and insisted on seeing their majesties, who were of course under the necessity of shewing themselves at the Balcony. The Prince of Peace, who had already placed a great number of coaches and post horses along the road, took this opportunity of telling their majesties that their lives were in danger, and that no time must be lost in making their escape. The Prince of Asturias, (who has always been an enemy to the Prince of Peace,) found means of informing one of his guards of what was going forward, desired him to tell the rest, that if they would protect him, he was resolved not to quit the country, and even to jump out of the carriage, if taken away by force. Every thing being ready, orders were given to the Guardes du Corps to disperse the populace, and even to fire upon them; instead of which, these troops went to the palace of the Prince of Peace, forced his guard, and searched for him without success. His wife was found and treated with the greatest respect, as being a cousin to the king; she was placed in a carriage, and drawn to the royal palace by the populace. In the meanwhile, Marquis Caballero, Minister of Gracia and Justicia, took this opportunity of informing the king, that attempting to leave the country would be in vain; that his majesty had nothing to fear from the French troops, (then 11 leagues distance) and that the Prince of Peace was a traitor to his country and king. The council of Castile was assembled, and their advice was unanimously to the same purpose—the king then issued a Proclamation, withdrawing from the Prince of Peace the titles of Generalissimo and high Admiral; but this did not appease the people, who continued to insist on the Prince of Asturias being proclaimed king. At last, the king finding there was no other remedy issued a second proclamation on the 20th, by which he resigns his crown to his son, who was accordingly proclaimed to the great satisfaction of the whole nation."
The Prince of Peace is in confinement, and is to have a public trial. No blood has been spilt, but several houses, belonging to his partizans, have been plundered and destroyed. The late king and queen have re-
tired to a palace in the neighborhood of Madrid.
Bonaparte has left Paris for Madrid.
New-York, May 14.
By the arrival of the ship Connecticut, in 36 days from St. Lucar, we are indebted to the politeness of capt. Lovett, for the following information: that the Prince of Peace was beheaded on the 5th of April, and had been exposed in public loaded with chains—the houses of all his officers were destroyed—Prince Ferdinand was crowned king—and the arrival of Bonaparte was hourly expected at Madrid with 50,000 troops—and that the siege of Gibraltar was no more spoken of.
St. Lucar was blockaded by 8 or 10 sail of the line. Provisions were very high; flour 15 dolls. and rising.
At a late hour last evening the ship Alleghany, capt. Morris, arrived at this port in the remarkably short passage of 32 days from Greenock. The Editor of the Mercantile Advertiser has received by her Glasgow papers to the 8th ult. containing London news to the 5th, from which the following articles (which appear on a cursory perusal to be the most interesting) are copied.
LONDON, APRIL 4.
Capt. Duncan, who for some time has had a command in the Portuguese naval service, had the good fortune, about the end of February, to escape on board the Russia squadron in the Tagus; from whence he further succeeded in getting on board a vessel of our blockading fleet, and is now arrived in England. This officer remained on board the Russian squadron till the 13th ult.—he of course had ample means of ascertaining the state of opinion, and disposition, of the Russian officers there. Captain Duncan states, that they are anxious to leave that uncomfortable station, could they do it with safety.
The Russians had suffered greatly from the want of necessaries of all kinds. Junot had forbidden any supplies being sent to them; nor had they been enabled, for some time, to procure from the stores of Portugal an ounce of fresh provisions of any kind. In the mean while, the inhabitants of Lisbon were reduced to the necessity of making bread of pease, beans, and all the inferior sorts of grain, which, when mixed together, were scarcely eatable; and even of this kind the supply was scanty.
Several councils had been held on board the Russian squadron to consider of the measures to be pursued at such an emergency. At one time, it was proposed that the Russian fleet should put to sea, consisting of nine sail of the line and a frigate, and risk an engagement with the British; but, on reflecting that every one of their ships were damaged in their masts, the plan was abandoned as impracticable. Besides this, the crews, for want of proper nourishment, were in a very sickly state.
The plan that had met the sense of the majority, as the less evil of the two, was that of laying up their ships in the Tagus, and of marching their crews over land to St. Petersburg. This project had not been carried into execution on the departure of captain Duncan; but he is of opinion that it must soon take place, from necessity.
It was a prevailing notion among the crews that the withholding of relief from the Russians was a measure of policy on the part of the French, in order to induce them to abandon their ships, and proceed to St. Petersburg—but when the real scarcity in Lisbon became apparent, they began to judge more favorably of the conduct of Junot. When the Russian squadron first arrived, Junot shewed great attention to the officers, and invited them to dine with him on shore; but these civilities ceased after a time. It is said that offence was given by the Russian officers omitting to toast Bonaparte, after gen. Junot had drunk the health of the Emperor.
Some accounts have been received from the French coast, which speak of a fresh assemblage of troops on the heights of Bologna. The huts which form the encampment in that neighborhood, appear to have been newly painted as they were last spring, and their number considerably increased within the last month; the flotilla in the harbor, however, remains in statu quo.
APRIL 5.
No farther accounts have been received of the reported victory in the Mediterranean; and the rumors that have been circulated on that subject are sinking into discredit. Had any real accounts been received, the names of the parties, the mode of communication, every circumstance, would have transpired before this
time—by no possibility could they have been concealed; but, on the contrary, every thing like authority that has yet been quoted has vanished when attempted to be ascertained. As we have repeatedly observed, from the known situation of affairs in the Mediterranean, it is more than probable that an action has taken place in that quarter before this time. On this probability, we doubt not, the rumor has been fabricated, for it rests on no authority. Star.
Price of stocks, this day at one o'clock, consols 64 3-4, 5 per cent. 96 7-8.
GLASGOW, APRIL 4.
Mr. Nourse, and Lieut. Lewis, in the Osage, from America, are arrived at L'Orient. This information is brought to-day by a letter from Guernsey, dated 29th March, in these words: "The American government has sent two persons to treat with France and G. Britain. The Phoenix privateer, of this place, spoke them going into L'Orient; and brought Philadelphia papers of the 26th ult. which mention the circumstance."
We have been politely favored with the following extract of a letter received in Glasgow this morning:
"London, April 1, 1808."
"A letter is said to have been received by a merchant in this place, from his brother, an officer under sir R. Strachan, and, if genuine, confirms the following facts:
"That Sir R. Strachan, with eight sail, attacked the Rochefort and Carthagena squadrons, consisting of 12 sail of the line, in Palms Bay, Majorca; that he took or destroyed nine sail at the expence of his own life, two captains, and 1860 killed and wounded. One of our ships blew up, and one was sunk by the batteries."
ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY.
A stated meeting of the Society will be held at the House of David Waterstone on Friday the 26th inst. of which the members will please to take notice.
JOHN MURDOCH, secret. W. May 18—2t
ONE HUNDRED WORKMEN AND A FEW TEAMS.
WANTED IMMEDIATELY to be w, saw, rath, and haul timbers for the Washington Bridge—Constant employment may be had for six months by application to Andrew Schofield in Alexandria, John Muncare at Aquia, or William Her, jux King George county, or to
JOAN. E. M. SCHOLFIELD.
The printer in Frederickburg is requested to publish this in his paper for three weeks. May 18—3t
FOR SALE.
FOUR HUNDRED acres of land adjoining land of Samuel Auran, lying in Beaver Township, Northumberland county, state of Pennsylvania—or exchanged for merchandise or good property well situated in this city.
For terms apply to JOSEPH WHEATON. Washington City, M. V. 18—wtf
NOTICE is hereby given, that I will receive until the 5th day of June next, written proposals for supplying the House of Representatives, for the next session with one hundred and fifty cords of Hickory Wood; the same to be delivered, saved, and put into the cellar on or before the first day of November next. Security will be required for the performance of the contract.
PATRICK MAGRUDER, CLK. Clerk's Office, H. R. May 18—15th June
KUNAWAY.
WAS committed to the jail at Calvert county, state of Maryland as a runaway on the 17th of last April, a negro man, who says his name is JIM and belongs to Balden Lee of King Georges county state of Virginia, he is about 21 or 22 years old 5 feet 6 inches high, yellow complexion; his clothes are 1 green coat, blue cloth pantaloon, home spun shirt. His owner is desired to release him or he will be sold for his jail fees agreeably to law.
JOHN LEDWICK, Sheriff of Calvert county. May 18—3t
Bank of Columbia, March 18, 1808. THE President and Directors having this day declared a Dividend on the capital stock of the Institution for the half year ending the 20th inst. at the rate of eight per cent. per annum, the same will be paid to the stockholders or their representatives on Monday the 21st inst. or at any time thereafter. WM. WHANN, Cash. cp6w.
SALE.
On Monday the 231 inst. will be sold, at Public Auction, at the house of the subscriber, the remains of his stock of
Dry Goods & Groceries—Also his Household Furniture; until which time, he will sell good bargains to merchants or others. Sale to commence at 11 o'clock, A. M.
N. B. He will sell at private sale, on a liberal credit, the House he now occupies; a small Frame House near to the Tobacco Warehouse; several Lots of Ground on the square on which Mr. Cherry lives, and one Lot fronting the Marine Barracks. There is no property in the city in better situations.
ALEX. COCHRAN, jr. May 18—3t

BURNS and BEALL. WOOLLEN drapers, men's mercers, and tailors, New-Jersey Avenue, opposite the Secretary of the Navy's, respectfully inform the public that they have commenced business in the above line, where they will endeavor to give satisfaction—by having on hand a fresh supply of the most fashionable goods, suitable for the approaching season, all fresh and of the very best quality. N. B. Regimentals and naval uniforms made in the most elegant and fashionable style with neatness and dispatch. October 22—tf.
NOTICE. PURSUANT to an act of the General Assembly of Maryland, passed at November session, 1806, entitled "An act authorizing the collection of certain ground rents due on lots in the Town of Cumberland, in Allegany county," and a supplement thereto, passed at November session, 1807, Public Notice is hereby given to all persons holding unimproved lots in said town, on which ground rents are now due, that unless the said rents are paid on or before the first day of December next, the said lots will on that day be offered at public sale to the highest bidder, on a credit of 60 days. The sale to be held at Mr. J. Rife's tavern in said town, to commence at ten o'clock, A. M. and continue from day to day, until the whole are sold. THOMAS BEALL, of Saml. March 21—epts
CHARLES H. VARDEN MERCHANT TAILOR, RESPECTFULLY informs the general public of the district of Columbia and public in general, that he has just received by a late arrival from Philadelphia, A CHOICE ASSORTMENT Of superfine Cloths, Cassimeres, single and double milled, superfine Coatings, black silk Florentines. Likewise an elegant assortment of Spanelers and rich silk Mouselins for waistcoats with a variety of other articles suitable for the season. Regimentals and Navy Uniforms made to the most elegant and uniform style of fashion. Richard Horwell's celebrated patent parallel suspenders far superior to any hitherto in use can be had on the same terms retails at his manufactory. November 27—tf.
IONIS CRAVEN HAS removed his entire stock of DRY GOODS from Alexandria to Washington, and is now opening, at his new Store, between the Marine Garrison and Navy Yard Gate, an assortment equal to any in the District;—among which are, Wood's best London cloths, Do. double milled & plain cassimeres, Bennett's cords and velvets, Constitution Gerrow, hunting, Trafalgar, and silver cords, Velvets, Imperial, Brunswick waistcoating, Silk mouselins do. Toilnets, swansdown do. Plain and figured Marseilles do. Bearskin coatings, Plains, kerseys, halfthicks, Rose and duffel blankets, flannels, Superfine green & cloth table covers, Calicoes, colored cambrics, Gingham, silk and cotton chambrays, Furniture Chintz, Cambric and lacet muslins, India and British book do. India mouselin figured and plain, Plain and figured lenoes, Laced cambrics, Elegant tambooured muffs, Grecian robes and Pelisse dresses, 8-4 damask and raw silk shawls, Damask scarfs, Camel's hair and swansdown do. Down scarfs, Long and short lace sleeves, spider & nett sleeves, Extra long and habit kid gloves, Do. do. silk do. Do. do. raw silk do. Cross-barred and plain Mantuas and lute strings, Persians and Medes, Thread and cotton laces, Lace caps and handkerchiefs, Book muslin and leno cap patterns, 4-4-7-8 Irish linens, Long lawns, linen cambrics, Irish diapers, table-cloths, napkins, Cotton counterpanes, Cambric Dimities, Common do. Furniture do. Ladies and gentlemen's silk, thread, cotton, worsted, lamb's wool & Angola hose, Gentlemen's pantaloons do. Silk cords and buttons, Ribbons, floss threads, Scarlet and other colored bombazets, Heath rugs, Russia sheeting, ticklingburg, Osaburgs, bastas, gurrahs, &c. &c. ALSO, Imperial and young hyson tea of a superior quality in small boxes, to suit families, or by the pound—Also genuine Havana segars. T. C. is determined to sell on the lowest terms. February 3—tf
LUKE KENT, Clock and Watch Maker from Philadelphia, BEGS leave to inform his friends and the public, that he has taken the shop occupied by the late Mr. Suter in F street, Washington, near the Treasury, where he carries on the above business in all its branches. Any orders in his line will be thankfully received and duly attended to. Tea spoons, table spoons, gold ear rings, finger rings, and every other article in the line made to order in the best manner and shortest time. May 11—6t
MR. JOSHUA B. BOND's celebrated running HORSE FIRST CONSUL, WILL stand this season, at the subscriber's farm in Prince Georges county, Maryland, about seven miles from Queen Anne, ten from Bladensburg, the same distance from Upper Marlborough, and about sixteen miles from the city of Washington; at Twenty-Five dollars the season, and one dollar to the groom; but Twenty-One dollars will be received in full if sent with the MARES; if the money is not sent with the MARES it is requested that notes of hand will be sent at that time, given for Twenty-Six dollars, payable at the expiration of the season, which will commence immediately and end the 1st of August. Good pasture will be furnished gratis, as soon as the grass is good, and in the mean time, hay and corn furnished at the common price, for the MARES according to orders. The utmost care will be taken of the MARES, but I will not be answerable for accidents or escapes. Consol is of fine figure, beautiful bright bay, with a small blaze in his face, and his hind ankles white; full 15 and 1-2 hands high. It is expected that the stock from Consol and well bred MARES, will not be surpassed by the stock from any horse (scarcely) in America, for the turf, carriage, or saddle; or even from Consol and good looking MARES, which have none of the running blood; their colts cannot be other than elegant in a car, large or under the saddle. Such MARES as have little, or not any of what is supposed to be running blood in them, may be put to Consol at half price, the money sent with the MARES. It should be preferred by gentlemen living beyond Bladensburg and Upper Marlborough, who wish to breed from Consol, by giving notice to the subscriber, he can be sent one day in each week to each place, from the first day of April, while there will be any MARES to send to him from either of those directions; say Bladensburg on Tuesday, and Upper Marlborough on Saturday. ISAAC DUCKETT. March 12, 1808.
PEDIGREE OF FIRST CONSUL. HE was foaled in Philadelphia county, June 1793, got by the noted running horse Flag of Truce, his dam by the imported horse Slender, his granddam from the imported mare Diana, Diana was got by Old Eclipse, Slender was got by King Herod, who produced more runners than any other horse in England, as may be seen by the Racing Calendar, therefore it may in truth be said on the dam side of First Consul, the two great grand sires were the best horses England ever produced. Flag of Truce was bred by Colonel Good of Virginia and was esteemed the best turf horse in his day and was the sire to Colonel Taylor's famous running horse Leviathan. First Consul has won either 20 or 22 purses from 100l. and 100g. and never started against a horse he did not outrun until the fall he was eight years old—the spring following he won three purses and distanced the field the first day at New Market on Long Island. JOSHUA B. BOND, Philadelphia. March 18—epts&wtf
FORTY DOLLARS REWARD. RAN AWAY on Sunday the 10th ult. at Alexandria, from the hon. Marmaduke Williams, member of Congress for N. Carolina, negro Joe Key, who formerly belonged to Dr. Thornton of the city of Washington. Joe is about 5 feet 6 inches high, very active and strong, a little bow legged, and combs his wool very high before. He had on a round dark grey jacket, a striped swanskin waistcoat, and dark blue pantaloons, all with white metal buttons; light blue and white mixed half stockings; a hat and shoes, all new. Whoever will lodge him in any jail, or secure him so that he can be had again by his master, shall receive the above reward and reasonable expenses by application to the printer hereof. City of Washington, May 16—3t
District of Columbia, Washington county, to wit ON the petition of WILLIAM CONNER an insolvent debtor confined in the prison of Washington county aforesaid for debt—Notice is hereby given to the creditors of the said William Conner, that on Monday the 23d inst. at the court room in the Capitol, at the hour of 9 o'clock A. M. the oath prescribed by the act of Congress, entitled, "An act for the relief of insolvent debtors within the district of Columbia," will be administered to the said Conner, and a trustee appointed, unless sufficient cause be then and there shown to the contrary. It is ordered that this notice be published in the National Intelligencer, three times before that day. By order of the honorable Wm. Cranch, esq. chief judge of the circuit court of the district of Columbia. WM. BRENT, Clk. May 16—3t
Monday, 16th May, 1808, Will be the 25th Day of Drawing of the New York State Lottery, first drawn number will be entitled to a Prize of 5,000 Dollars. The following capital prizes are now in the wheel: 1 Prize of 25,000 Dollars, 1 do. of 10,000 do. 2 do. of 5,000 do. 3 do. of 2,000 do. 4 do. of 1,000 do. Present price of Tickets eight dollars and a half. ** Tickets for sale at J. March's Book-store, Geo. Town, where a regular Check-Book of the drawing is kept. Prize-Tickets taken in exchange for undrawn tickets. May 13—3t
WASHINGTON BRIDGE COMPANY. NOTICE is hereby given, to the subscribers to the Washington Bridge Company that certificates of stock of the said Company are ready for issuing upon application to the Clerk at Greenleaf's Point, City of Washington. All transfers must be made in the books of the Company in person or by attorney. By order of the Directors SAM. ELIOT, jun. Clerk.
Form of a power of Attorney. I hereby constitute and appoint my lawful attorney, to transfer shares standing in my name, on the books of the Washington Bridge Company . Given under my hand and seal, this day of Sealed and delivered in presence of [Two Witnesses.] May 16—3t.
WAR DEPARTMENT, May 12, 1808. PROPOSALS in writing will be received by this Department, until the 1st day of August next, for manufacturing muskets with bayonets, of the kind and dimensions manufactured at the United States' armories at Springfield, Massachusetts, and at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, every part to correspond in dimensions, materials, workmanship, and proof with the samples, which will be given from one or the other of those armories, or from Mr. Whitney's armory at New Haven in Connecticut. It will be unnecessary for any one to offer terms, unless the price shall be reasonable, and not exceeding Ten Dollars and seventy five cents . Any person inclined to contract for the delivery of from five hundred to two thousand stands a year, for five years, will, on the execution of the contract, and entering into bond with approved sureties for the faithful performance thereof, receive in advance, if required, a sum equal to the amount of the contract price of the number he shall agree to deliver the first year; and such other subsequent advances, as his punctuality in the faithful performance of his contract may entitle him to. No proposals will be attended to, unless from persons of such character, as can be fully relied on for a faithful and punctilious performance of their contracts, and who can give ample and satisfactory security for the correct fulfilment thereof. No muskets will be received under any contract, that shall not, on a full and correct inspection by persons appointed for the purpose, be found, in all their parts, and in workmanship, fully to correspond with the patterns. H. DEARBORN, Secretary of War. May 16—2aw5w
40 DOLLARS REWARD, FOR apprehending and bringing home, or the one half for securing in jail so that we get them again, OLIVER & DAVID who runaway from the subscribers living in Madison county, Virginia, on the 17th of Feb. last, Oliver, a middling stout made fellow, near 6 feet high, about 46 years old, some grey hairs to be seen about his temples, a little yellow complexioned. David, a large stout made fellow, about 6 feet high, 26 years old, thick lips and full face, and has a brand with the letter G on his right cheek, it looks dim, hardly discoverable without close inspection; dark complexioned. Said negroes runaway last summer, and was apprehended. One was committed to Fairfax jail, and the other was committed to Dumfries jail, and do expect they have gone that way again, aiming for Maryland, and may have provided themselves with a pass and attempt to pass as free people. We do hereby forewarn all masters of vessels and others from taking on board the vessels the said negroes or secreting them any other way under the strictest penalties of the law. THOS. GRAVES, Jun. THEOPHILUS EDDINS. April 25—4w
LINDSAY'S HOTEL. THE Subscriber has taken that well calculated house on the Capitol Hill. Late occupied by Mr. Frost formerly by Mr. Stelle—Where he intends to open a Tavern on the 24th October. Those gentlemen who may favor him with their Custom may rely on every attention in the Power of the Public's devoted Servant. GEO. W. LINDSAY. N. B.—EIGHT or TEN BOARDERS may be conveniently accommodated. October 19—tf.
ROBS and GATTY, HAVE for sale at their store George Town, the following articles just received from Philadelphia, by the schoner Carolina, capt. HANN, jun. viz. 30 kegs butter, 20 barrels, New Town, Pippin Apples, 10 do. buck wheat flour, 10 do. Cranberries, and 10 do. shell bark hickory nuts. Also a small assortment of very elegant Looking Glasses, Waiters, Trays, polished steel Shovel and Tongs, with cu and brass heads, &c. &c. January 9—tf
TO BE LET, After the 20th June next, THAT elegant, well built two-story BRICK HOUSE, lately the property of Mr. Wm. Woodward, on Pennsylvania Avenue. The stand is well known. Solomon Myers's lease for three years, at the rate of 250 dollars per annum, will expire on that day.—For terms enquire at Robert Underwood's, directly opposite. April 27—epts
FORT WINE, Of very good quality in casks, each one inclosed in a dry case for security against any adulteration, with a small parcel of other excellent Wines in casks and in bottles; among which are Red & White Claret, Dry Lisbon , and very old Brazil Madeira Wine , just received and for sale, by JOHN GOULDING Who has on hand as usual an assortment of choice LIQUORS of most kinds used here. Georgetown, March 25—
BAKING'S PAMPHLETS. Just received and for Sale, at J. March's Book-Store, High-Street, Geo. Town, An Enquiry into the Causes & Consequences of the Orders in Council, &c. &c.—By Alexander Baring, Esq. M. P. } 0 50 ALSO, Corinna, or Italy, by Madame De Staël Holstein, 2 vols. } 2 50 Winter in London, or Sketches of Fashion, by T. S. Surr, 2 vols. } 2 00 Cooper's Practice of Surgery, an elementary work for Students, & concise reference for Practitioners, &c. plates, Esquirol's Letters, 2 vols. } 2 75 Walsh's Practical Arithmetic, adapted to the commerce of U. States in its domestic and foreign relations, with forms of accounts and other writings usually occurring in trade, } 1 00 ** A few more copies of the "Horrors of St. Domingo" are just received, } 1 00 May 13—3t
IN obedience to the decree of the High court of Chancery of Maryland will be sold to the highest bidder at Summers's tavern George Town, on the 31st. instant at 11 o'clock, A. M. all the right, title, and interest of Thomas Clark, deceased, in and to sundry Lots of ground in Thomas Beall of George's addition to George Town, purchased of John M. Gantt, esq. being the four easternmost Lots purchased by said Gantt of Thomas B. all of George, esq. and in and to Lots No. 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16 in square No. 8 in the city of Washington and to part of Square No. 3, in said city. The purchaser to give bond with satisfactory security for the payment of the purchase money with interest from the day of sale, payable in fifteen months after said day of sale. All persons having claims against the said Thomas Clark, deceased, are requested to exhibit the same to the Register of the court of Chancery of Maryland aforesaid, with the vouchers to support them within three months from the said day of sale. JAMES S. MORSELL, Trustee. May 4—wtf3t
TO RENT, AND possession given the 13th June next, that house on Pennsylvania Avenue, the property of the Washington Building Company, at present occupied by Mr. Solomon Myers—it being so well known, it is not deemed necessary to give a peculiar description of it, suffice it to say, it is calculated for an extensive tavern and boarding house—for terms, apply to Mr. THOMAS HERTY, Sec. to said Company. April 29—tf.
A GREAT BARGAIN. JOSEPH WHEATON Broker and Commission Merchant, has put into his hands for sale, at his office in F street near the Bank, a valuable property in the city of Washington, consisting of 646,453 square feet of city LOTS advantageously situated on the most prominent and valuable streets, and near the Navy Yard and Bridge, and to be had on the most reasonable terms of payment. This great bargain is recommended to gentlemen desirous of securing an early fortune, in this truly growing and flourishing city; the permanent residence and seat of the government of the United States. Other city property to be had—HOUSES and LOTS—Enquire as above. All kinds of Stocks bought and sold. ** Wanted to Purchase a few MILITARY LAND WARRANTS Washington city, Dec. 11—tf
BAKER, RIGGS & Co. At E. Riggs' old stand, (sign of the Plough) a few doors above the Union Tavern, Have just received a large supply of SPRING GOODS; Among them are fancy muslins, undressed chintzes, ginghams, linen cambrics, cambric handkerchiefs, long lawns, fancy printed robes, long shawls, Leno veils, Italian silks, spring bonnets, gloves, flowers, hosiery, ribbons, ladies' and gentlemen's umbrellas, India crapes, white jeans, fancy Marseilles, tablecloths, Irish linens, superfine cloths, 4 4 and 3-4 Russia diapers, and many other fancy and substantial articles; all of which have been selected at the best markets, (principally for cash) enables them to sell very low. Geo. Town, April 5—M&F6w
THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE, THAT the subscribers of Washington city have obtained from the Orphan's Court of Washington county in the district of Columbia, letters testamentary on the personal estate of GEORGE MITCHELL late of said city, deceased. All persons having claims against the said estate are hereby warned to exhibit the same to the subscribers on or before the 1st day of December next, they may otherwise by law be excluded from all benefit of said estate. Given under our hands this 9th day of May in the year 1808. JOHN MCGOWAN, MICH. NOURSE. May 11—6t
WANTED At the Woodyard for the ensuing year a Manager, to take charge of the whole estate. He must be a sober, diligent and discreet man—well acquainted with the culture of wheat, corn and tobacco, and the management of negroes. To such a man who can produce unquestionable testimonials of his capacity, sobriety and fidelity, high wages will be given. A person not connected in the neighborhood will be preferred. Apply to RD. W. WEST, Woodyard. N. B. Application must be made before the 1st. Sept. next. May 13—epts
NOTICE. THE Subscriber being anxious to settle all his business, has sold his entire stock of goods to John Peter; he therefore requests all those indebted to him to call and pay their accounts, (particularly such as are of long standing, as further indulgence cannot be given them). His Books are removed to the counting house of Baker, Riggs, and Co. where all his accounts will be ready for settlement by his assistant Mr. Samuel C. Offut, or ELISHA RIGGS. George Town, March 16—tf
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD. RAN away on the evening of the 7th inst. a bright Mulatto Man, named BOB, who calls himself Robert Thomas, about 5 feet 10 inches high, 24 or 25 years of age, has large black eyebrows, large full eyes, not very dark, and is a stout, well made, handsome fellow. His hair is thick, but not quite straight, and he wears it nicely trimmed, combed and ridged on the top. His beard appears very black if suffered to grow for a day or two, but he usually shaves it very closely. He has recently received an injury on the forefinger of the left hand, and has it bound up, and may probably lose the first joint of it. He speaks deliberately, and is more correct in conversation than persons of his color usually are. He walks slowly, is a very good waiter, but delights particularly in attending to horses. He has a variety of cloths, and took with him one dark green broadcloth coat and pantaloons with yellow buttons, one cloth coat and pantaloons nearly of the same color, but the cloth of inferior quality, with white metal buttons, one blue cloth coat with worn buttons, a good hat, and a pair of black top boots. The rest of his apparel I am unable particularly to describe. He is fond of wearing boots, and pays great attention to his dress. As he can read and write very well, he may probably produce a forged authority for him to pass, or procure the certificate of some one of the Negroes, who, a few years ago, petitioned by the name of Thomas, and obtained their freedom in Maryland. If taken out of the state of Maryland and district of Columbia, and secured in any jail, so that I shall get him again, the above reward will be given, or sixty dollars if taken and secured within the said state or district; all reasonable expenses will also be paid, if he should be delivered to me in the city of Washington, or to Dr. Richard Ducket, in Prince George's county, Maryland.—He is well acquainted in Annapolis, Baltimore, Geo. Town, and the city of Washington. ALLEN B. DUCKETT. May 13—epts
WAS Committed to my custody as Runaways, a negro man and woman, who call themselves by the names of Thomas W. Ashton, and Betty Ashton; they say that they obtained their freedom, in Westmoreland county Virginia, at June term 1803. Tom is about 50 years of age, about 5 feet 9 inches high; Betty is of a common size, and appears to be about 45 years of age; their clothing is very indifferent; they are in possession of something like certificates of their freedom, signed by Joseph Fox, clerk of Westmoreland county. The owner or owners of them are desired to take them away, or they will be sold for their expenses agreeably to law. JOHN FLEMING, Sheriff of Montgomery county, Md. May 6—7t
FRESH GARDEN SEEDS, &c. THE Subscriber having recently received a supply of European Garden Seeds , &c. which added to the various sorts saved by him the last summer, makes his assortment extensive and which are for sale at his Nursery Garden, Eastern Branch and at Dr. Orr's Medicine Store, Georgetown. THEO. BOLT Washington city, Jan. 11—2aw
TO PAPERMAKERS. WANTED To go to North-Carolina in May, a Papermaker, who is a good workman, and is sober and industrious. To such a person good wages will be given. Apply to the Editor of this paper. April 20.
FOR SALE. THE Two story Brick HOUSE, situate on square number 230 in the city of Washington now occupied by Mr. Louis Craven, as a retail store. The eligibility of this stand for the retail business is excelled by none in this city; being situate on the principal street to the Navy Yard, and very near the Navy Yard Gate. Any person desirous of purchasing the above property may be shown it by applying to the subscriber, who will also make known the terms of sale. WM. TRENT. Washington city, Dec. 18—vtf