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National Intelligencer.
WASHINGTON ADVERTISER.
WASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
No. 1396.
FIVE DOLLARS PER ANNUM,
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1809.
PAID IN ADVANCE.
PROSPECTUS
OF A
NEW REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER,
to be established in Fredericktown, Maryland
entitled,
"THE FREEMAN OF FREDERICK."
THIS CONDUCTS OF.
The support of the united republican interest of Frederick county and the state at large, is solicited in favor of a decided, independent and inflexible Democratic press, conducted upon the broad and liberal basis of republicanism. In this county most particularly, the utility of, and even necessity for, a newspaper which, combining energy with perseverance and intelligence with application, shall constitute a faithful auxiliary to the Republican phalanx, must appear manifest to every friend of sound principles.
To enable an Editor, therefore, satisfactorily to consummate the views of such an establishment, it is highly important, say indispensable, that such patronage be yielded, as shall secure him from pecuniary embarrassment, and afford him, at the same time, a certain recompence for the toils he must sustain, and the sacrifices of time and comfort, which it will become his duty to make, to his friends, and to the principles he binds himself to cherish and promote. That support, he confidently believes, will be awarded him. He predicates this confidence upon the patriotism and liberality of the republicans of this county, manifested in more than one instance, on similar occasions. But, as he who proposes to be your Editor, is yet a stranger in the county; and as some anxiety will naturally be excited, and enquiry made, as well in regard to his political as to his moral character—and as an unreserved announcement of the leading features of the proposed establishment, independent of the question of existence which it bears, may materially subserve the plan in view, he here submits them, undigested and palpable.
The Editor is a native American, proud and tenacious of his birth-right—who, since reason adjusted the balance of his mind, has ever been devotedly attached to the honest cause of republicanism—to the policy which dictated the measures of the past & present administration of the general government—to a pure system of democracy; and to the sacred and immutable principles which animated the patriots and sages of our revolution, and stimulated by which they achieved that independence which too many of their unworthy descendants enjoy but to abuse.
Professing sentiments and feelings such as these, it were idle waste of words to declare what shall be the bias of "The Freeman." was it not the earnest desire of the Editor to leave no room for doubt on even the most immaterial point. It will, however, be sufficient in this place to state, that, to detect and to convict error—to defeat the machinations of ambitious and restless spirits—to inculcate the great and sublime tenets of republicanism—and to diffuse throughout the sphere in which it is destined to move, a thorough and correct knowledge of men and measures—is the primary and chief design of this establishment. But let it be distinctly understood, that, so long as the Editor shall have power to resist, so long will he repel all undue influence, as an encroachment on the prerogatives of his station—and never, whilst under his charge, shall "The Freeman" be subject to any authority or control in its plan as a public journal, save the authority of the laws, and the individual control of the Editor—aided and assisted by truth, justice, liberality, and decorum—with such aids, in a just cause, much may be expected, and more may be done.
Having rehearsed the chief points of his creed, and having likewise explained in a summary way, the thing contemplated, the Editor deems it useless to enlarge upon the feasibility or merits of the undertaking, or to multiply professions—willing to rest the purity and success of his views upon the judgment and liberality of the independent voters of the county—and remains amply satisfied, that they will come forward freely in support of an institution which promises to be of much immediate consequence in promoting that cause which every friend to the freedom of his country is in duty bound to support.
SAMUEL MAGILL.
TERMS OF PUBLICATION.
"The Freeman of Frederick," will be issued every Thursday evening to subscribers in town; those at a distance will receive it through the customary channels.
Subscription per year, two dollars—one half in advance, the other in six months.
During the month of September, in each year, the paper will be published twice a week free of extra expense.
The paper will commence early in the month of September.
Sept. 4—
MONEY LOST.
ABOUT the 20th of July last, a Letter containing two bank notes of one hundred dollars each, was put into the Post office at Winchester, directed to Joseph Janney, Alexandria, which letter has not been received, and is supposed to have been (by mistake) put under a wrong cover, or may have been mislaid, and gone to a post-office different from that to which it was intended to be sent. It is therefore requested of the different post masters throughout the U. S. if any letter directed to Joseph Janney, should come under their notice, that they send the same either to him, or to the subscriber. If the letter has in any way fallen into private hands, I will give fifty dollars reward for the money and no questions asked.
DANIEL LEE.
Winchester, Sept. 4—4f.
FROM THE ENQUIRER.
IMPRESSIONMENT OF SEAMEN.
"When you endeavor to convey an idea of a greater number of barbarians, practicing a great variety of cruelties upon an incalculable number of sufferers, nothing defined or specific finds its way to the heart, nor is any sentiment excited, save that of a general erratic unappropriated commiseration. When the father of poetry, wishes to portray the movements of contending armies, and embattled field, he exemplifies only; he does not venture to describe the perplexed and promiscuous conflicts of adverse hosts, but by the acts and feats of a few individuals, he conveys a notion of the vicissitudes of the fight and fortune of the day.—Select a single object."—Curran in the case of Hervey vs. Sirr.
To the Editor of the Enquirer.
SIR. It has been truly said, that the last sad privilege of suffering is that of complaint. No man has ever yet writhed under the tyrant's lash, without wishing to breathe the murmurs of his spirit, and enlist the world in his cause. But my own sufferings, acute as they have been, would never have reached the public ear—if they were not calculated to convey instructions as well as to excite compassion—to rouse the attention of my government to attempt some effectual remedy against similar misfortunes. I am the unfortunate victim of the British practice of impressment.
I was born a citizen of the United States—My parents were proud of their boy—and they were laudably ambitious of instilling at least the first elements of knowledge into my mind. They sent me to a liberal school in a village—I had a spirit to learn—I read, thought, and was improved.
My thoughts had been very early turned towards the sea. As I scanned the magnificent mirror of waters, which the ocean spread before me, my young mind wrapt in sublimity, and delight. I was ambitious of viewing the various phases, which man presents in other countries, even before I was acquainted with him in my own. No object appeared so beautiful to my inexperienced eye, as a vessel in full sail with all her canvas and colors, streaming to the wind—I admired the plough which furrows the field; but still more the keel which ploughs the deeps. When I considered the value of commerce, in relation to agriculture, to the export of the productions of the soil, to the increase of the resources of my country, and to the means of her maritime defence, I was penetrated with the persuasion, that my government could not but be the friend of the rights of commerce and that the friend of commerce must be the friend of the seaman. I was determined, therefore, to indulge my fondest prepossessions, and to devote myself to the sea. I was poor too and in want of wages.
Before I put my plan in execution, I had fully considered all the rights which were incident to my profession. I had maturely studied the inimitable letter of Mr. Madison to Mr. Monroe, on the subject of impressment of seamen. My mind was familiar with its arguments. My spirit beat high, as I considered the rank and the rights of the American seaman.
On the 14th of April, 1806, I bound myself to the good brig, the Marianne, then lying at New-York.—In a few days we set sail for Barcelona in Spain. The wind was prosperous, and my spirits were as light as the ether of Heaven. On the 1st of May, however, the scene was sadly reversed. In lat. 30, long. 32, we hove in sight of a British ship of war.—"Breakers ahead," cried our captain. "Avast there my lads." The English ship however, espied us, and made signals for us to haul to. We obeyed with a heavy heart. The long boat was immediately sent off to us, with a stout party, headed by a young and proud midshipman. "A press," whispered our captain. My veteran comrades confirmed the omen.
The moment they placed their feet upon the deck my heart shrunk within me. I could have faced grim death in an honorable shape.—I could have cheerfully perished in the field of battle, in the defence of the rights & freedom of my dear country. I could have wished for no more fortunate doom, than to have been pitched on the shore against
this proud midshipman within my sword's point, and my life staked alone upon the hazard of the reno-tre. I could have plunged with alacrity beneath the salt waves that enshrouded our vessel—at the slightest nod of honor. But thus to be torn from the arms of my comrades, on the mandate of this petty officer of the British empire—thus to be dragged from the realms of liberty and light, to the black hold of a British ship of war—to be flogged by the cat of a boatswain, to be cast into manacles and chains, to be condemned to every sort of obloquy and pain, because I could not perhaps at once bend the firm spirit of a free-man to their most capricious airs of authority—these were prospects not to be encountered without the strongest shuddering of the heart. I awaited my fate in the most gloomy silence. At every risk I was determined not to sink into the willing slave of oppression—nor to suffer that liberty which the blood of my ancestors had purchased, to be wrested from me, without at least one poor effort of meritorious opposition.
The list of the crew was called for. We were required to go on the quarter deck, and to range ourselves in a half moon round the petty chief-tain of this band. He himself took his station on the binnacle—"drest as he was, in a little brief authority," his countenance and mien bespoke all the haughty and supercilious airs of the Oriental Despot on his throne. His Janissaries were placed on his right and left, with pistols and cutlasses to execute his proud behests. The moment his eye light on my person, I saw that my fate was sealed. I was the halest and healthiest man of our crew. Care had not assailed my constitution, nor had the lash of slavery yet sounded in my ears. My cheek was then suffused with the blush of health, and the fire of an adventurous spirit flamed in my eyes. It soon became apparent, that I was too precious a treasure to be readily relinquished, from any nice punitio of principle or decorum.
The first words which he uttered, were of an alarming import. He addressed himself to me. "You know my business. I am the head of a press-gang—commissioned to beat up recruits for his majesty's service. You must go along with me." My indignation was too big for expression—at length with an uncontrollable impetuosity, I poured forth the sentiments of my heart: "By what right do you claim it? Where is your commission to take me? Where are the articles which I have signed, and bound myself to your service? Know you not that I am a citizen of a free country, sovereign and independent as your own. What shadow of allegiance do I owe to you or your masters? My own government has no right to press me into its service. It is one of the privileges of my birth-right to use my limbs, and to seek my fortune at my own discretion. If my government wants seamen to man their ships, what right have they to use compulsion? Let them give wages sufficiently high to draw us into the service—even they dare not lay us under the requisition of such posts as yourselves. Whence then, do you derive the right to exercise a power over my person, which my own country dares not usurp? Besides, even admitting that the pretensions which I claim to the birth-right of an American, are covered in doubt, is this the way in which you dare to rebut them? Is it in this summary form of trial, that you are about to divest me of the name of an American citizen? Is it for you to pronounce my doom? I protest against your jurisdiction. What right have you to call me before this miserable tribunal? You call yourself the judge paramount—the absolute arbiter of my liberty, the most precious boon which belongs to me under Heaven—and these smiling minions, forsooth, are to be the constables of this reverend court, the flaming ministers of your wrath and justice. I abjure the decisions of such a court. What! if I were the most common piece of goods on board of a hulk, a bale of canvas or a barrel of pork, you would not dare to proceed in this way against me. You would not dare to try me—nor pronounce upon the neutrality of my cargo—it would be more than your commission would be worth to assume the power to condemn me. Not before you would dare to appropriate even a piece of goods to your service, you
would be compelled at least to subject it to the mock solemnities of a regular trial—scarcely it be for some one of your admiralty courts—and let one of its constituted authorities be called in to seal its fate. And am I then to be considered of less account than a piece of goods? Is my liberty of less value in the code of eternal justice, than a barrel of pork? Infamy light upon such want of discernment—and shame upon the wilful blindness of your government, which suffers the horrible aggression of such petty tyrants as yourself, to escape with impunity!"
What flashes of resentment shot from the eyes of this infuriated inquisitor, whilst I addressed him thus: "Avast my lad," cried he; "no more of your d—d palaver. If you were a rebellious Yankee, as you pretend to be, I would care no more for you and your cursed country, d're see, than this old quid. Such rascals as you ought to be hung up at the yard arm. Such rebels as those chaps are, deserve no better from his majesty's mercy—Howsoever, I d'ont mind one word of your cursed lingo. You an't even half so good as one of those chaps. I take you, my lad, to be as arrant a deserter from his majesty's government, as ever I laid my eyes upon. You are a rascally Irishman"—I interrupted this wild torrent of abuse. I laid before him my protection, the authenticated pledge of my American citizenship. I might as well have addressed the binnacle on which he reposed. He did not hesitate to say that my protection was forged—or that I had got it from a brother tar, the description of whose person had been somewhat similar to mine own, perhaps for a can of flip—or that I had procured it through some imposition on the Collector. He refused to give the least authenticity or respect to the Passport of my government. He tore it into pieces, and gave it to the winds.
I appealed to my comrades, the living and speaking monuments of my truth. One of them had known me in my cradle at the beautiful village of Poughkeepsie; another had known me at the school, where I had acquired the earliest elements of my education; the captain himself had been my companion to the office of the Collector, who had granted my protection. But, no! My judge was pleased to say, that he would not believe a title of all this lingo—that we were a base association of liars and thieves, bound together by mutual interests and pledged to defend each other's lives—My cheek burned with indignation. A deep sigh rendered my heart, as my eye happened to light upon the flag of the U. S. which was then waving over my head.
Penetrated as my whole soul was with resentment at such brutality and insult, I was determined to make one more effort for my freedom. I was idle enough to address a serious argument to such incomprehensible stupidity and oppression. I was so ridiculous as even to attempt to persuade this man, that even though his suspicions of my birth were right; even though I were an Exile of Erin; yet that he would have no right to disturb me on board of an American vessel. Did he not recollect, that the vessel on which he stood, was a neutral bottom? Whence did he obtain the right of the search and impressment of seamen? What code or what practice of the law of nations, ever recognized such a claim? There were only two established limitations upon the rights of neutrals on the high seas,—in the case of contrabanda of war, and of blockaded ports. Not all his ingenuity could reduce me under either of those descriptions. By what authority then did he presume to insult the flag of the U. S.? Had our vessel been in the ports of his majesty, his municipal regulations might have given a more extensive authority to his subordinate officers; But were we not at present beyond his majesty's jurisdiction. Were we not on the high seas, where as much of the Ocean, on which the neutral bottom floats, is, as it were, a portion of the sovereignty of the country, to which she belongs—with the simple exception of those two cases which the laws of nations had established?
It was fortunate for me that this man merely met the arguments which I was thus urging upon him, with blind supple and an air of profound silence. Many an epauletted scoundrel in his situation would have stopped me in my harangue, with the blow of his cutlass. The only reply which he
condescended to make me, however, was, that his master wanted the services of such chaps as myself to man his fleets. "Your master! And what is he to me? Your master is not mine. And what are his wants to me or to my country? Your infamous Hagan had murdered and robbed the innocent traveller on the high-way, because he wanted his purse. Your nation tyrannizes over every sea, because she wants to be the sovereign of the seas. The great Napoleon oversteps the bounds of justice, because he aspires to be the sovereign of the land. If the real or affected wants of any man or nation were to be taken as the standard of justice, what would there be in the hands of the good, however precious to them, which might not be put under requisition by the weak, or the worst of men?" These were the last words which I uttered—for one of his myrmidons lifted up an immense bludgeon, and with one blow felled me to the deck. I was immediately borne off in their boat to their "floating hell." My companions, my property, every thing which was dear to me in the world, was this in one moment torn from me. I was cast like a dead dog into the poisonous hold of their ship of war, where I was thrown into the heaviest chains. These inhuman wretches after having lavished a flood of curses upon my head, were charitable enough to leave me for a few moments to my meditations.
What sad vicissitudes had my destiny undergone in the course of one short hour! From a merchant vessel of the United States, I was suddenly transferred to the hold of a British man of war. I was once a freeman—now a slave. Once accustomed to tread the decks of my native country with a bold and heavenly spirit—and now dependant upon the nod of a British officer, for the very air which I breathed. I was torn from my friends, from my native country, from the birth-right of a freeman—my wages were reduced—the rod of capricious authority was now vibrating over my head. I called to mind my unfortunate countrymen who were incarcerated in the old Jersey prisonship—perishing amidst the barbarities of Britain—the Goddess of Cruelty herself, as the fine print in Barlow's Columbiad represents her, stationed over the grated deck and drinking in their piteous cries with ears of delight. I recollected my starving countrymen, cooped up in the prisons of Philadelphia—their inhuman masters kicking over the meager soup intended for their subsistence, and insulting them with the exclamation: "Down upon the pavement, you rebels—lap it up like dogs."—I compared my situation to theirs. But then they were in the midst of a revolution, contending for their independence. Now my country had taken her rank amongst the nations of the earth. How long will she tolerate the cruelties which are inflicted upon her impressed sons?
In my next, sir, I shall expatiate upon the miseries which I have endured during my captivity, and my escape from them.
BEN BUNTING.
LATE FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
LONDON, JULY 11.—It is probable that the next accounts from Germany will bring intelligence of the greatest importance—we do not move, from the Danube, but from the North of Germany. It is reported that a general insurrection has broken out in Hanover and Hesse, and that the Austrians were advancing from Leipsic on the one hand, and from Wurzburg on the other, for the purpose of giving confidence to the insurgents.
The foreign intelligence in the preceding page, does not communicate any very important facts; but it is still not without very considerable interest. It shows the disposition of the people of Germany, and proves that they are everywhere prepared to rise against the French, from the North to the South, from the banks of the Lake of Constance to the shores of the Baltic. The insurgents from Volaberg and the Tyrol, keep Swabia and Bavaria in a state of alarm—their activity is increasing—we hear of them in the neighborhood of Salzburg, of Memmingen, of Kempten—on the Lech, the Isar and the Inn: they enter towns and levy contributions,—arrest provisions and horses, and to infest the country, that the enemy ob-

tain supplies with the greatest difficulty.
This must naturally increase the scarcity which is a knowledge to be felt at Vienna, and which is so great that the populace besiege the bakers, and butchers shops day and night, just as they did at Paris during the early part of the revolution. Hungary was the source from whence Vienna usually drew supplies—but that source is no longer open, and to an application in behalf of the capital, made by Bonaparte to the Archduke Charles, a positive refusal is said to have been returned.
Whilst these events are passing in the southern parts of Germany, the northern is not more disposed to remain quiet under the French yoke. The progress of the Austrians in Franconia and Saxony is already known. In Westphalia and Hesse the spirit of insurrection has shown itself, and the "insurgent peasants" as they are called, lately broke into the town of Marburg on the Lahn. These peasants are not raw troops unused to arms; they are men who by the ancient constitution of the country were enrolled and exercised during a certain part of the year. Thus rapidly and vigorously is the spirit of insurrection spreading itself every where round the enemy. Meanwhile the Archduke Charles is reinforcing himself by the Landwehr (militia) of Moravia and Bohemia, and so strong does he feel himself, that he has sent a part of the Hungarian insurrection, that had arrived at Brunn to join the Archduke John at Comorn. This reinforcement is said to have enabled him to advance again and to resume his position at Raab. The two great Austrian armies under the Archduke Charles and John occupy an almost strait line from Warkersdorf to Comorn. Presburg is the centre of it.—Hence the French have made the greatest efforts to take Presburg; they would then have interposed between the two armies.—But all these efforts have been ineffectual, and marshal Davoust has been constantly repulsed in his attempt to make himself master of the Tete de Pont near Wollsthal.
We have authority to state that the Austrian official account of the battle of Aspern will appear in a supplement to the Gazette of this evening. It consists of three sheets, and takes up the events of the war at the period of the battle of Abersburg and the capture of Ratisbon by the Austrians.—gives an account of the capture of Vienna, & follows the march of the Archduke to the position where the battle was fought. It then gives the Archduke's plan of the attack—states the Austrian force at 75,000 men—gives a detail of the battle of the 21st May, which it closes in the following manner—"For the first time Napoleon has sustained a defeat in Germany. The charm of his invincibility was dissolved. No longer the spoiled Child of Fortune; by posterity he will be characterised as the sport of the fickle Goddess."
It then proceeds to give a narrative of the battle of the 22d May—17,000 French muskets and 3000 cuirasses were taken.—The Austrians had 87 superior officers and 4190 subalterns and privates killed—663 officers, and 15,657 privates wounded.—On the part of the French, 7000 were buried in the field of battle, and 5000 are wounded in the Austrian hospitals.—In Vienna and the suburbs there are 29,263 wounded—2300 were taken; hundreds of corpses have floated down the Danube.
The account of the second battle closes in the following terms—"Thus terminated a conflict of two days—it was decisive for the glory of the Austrian arms, for the preservation of the monarchy, and for the correction of public opinion."
The prisoner taken on board a Dutch prize, sent into Dover by the Tiger revenue cutter, states that it was universally believed at Flushing, when they said, that another great battle had been fought upon the Danube on the 26th, which terminated in the defeat of the French army, with the loss of 50,000 men, 10,000 of whom belonged to Bonaparte's guards. The same person also states that there were lying at Flushing three men of war, full of troops, waiting for a favorable opportunity to put to sea, in consequence of which, a squadron sailed immediately from Deal for that part of the Dutch coast; that it was understood 20,000 Prussians were on their march to co-operate with the Austrian army; and that the greatest possible discontent prevailed in Holland, in consequence of the severity of the conscription law. Reports are also stated to have been circulated at Flushing of the assassination of Ferdinand VII. We know not what degree of credit to attach to those statements.
July 12.—We this day lay before
our readers one of the most interesting and important documents that was ever offered to the public eye; the history of the campaign from the battle of Aspern to that glorious victory of Aspern, which "has dissolved the charm of Bonaparte's invincibility, and reduced him to the rank of bold and successful generals, who, like himself, after a few series of destructive achievements, have experienced the vicissitudes of fortune."—A clearer, a more spirited, a more eloquent narrative never came from the hand of man—it is such a narrative as such an achievement deserves, and there is not a human being, at least there is not a Briton who reads it, who will not feel the deepest joy, admiration, gratitude, and enthusiasm for the cause of Austria. Men who can sustain such a cause in such a manner—who, after an unbroken series of disaster and defeat, of calamity and distress, can display such constancy and courage, such loyalty and patriotism cannot (no! it were treason to suppose they could) be subdued, and we have no more doubt that Austria will establish her independence and security, than we have that a British fleet will beat a French one whenever it is fortunate enough to meet with it. How fade the bulletins of Bonaparte before this manly and noble document! How contemptible & disgusting do they look when placed beside it! Here is none of the bragging and insolence which distinguished and degrade those labors of the Corsican.—Here are no claims to a victory gained with ease, and almost without effort. Every line pays tribute to the mightiness and difficulty of the conflict. We have the field of battle depicted to us in the clearest manner; we trace the march of each army—we follow the movements of the different columns; we see where the battle raged with the greatest fury, where the struggle was the most tremendous—we appreciate the talents of the different generals, and we behold, towering above them all, the two commanders in chief bringing into the conflict all the resources and energies of their mighty minds, and fighting for glory and for victory, for fame and for life.—How every thing was foreseen and provided against by the Archduke Charles! With a kind of prophetic wisdom he knew where the greatest efforts of the enemy would be directed, and there the enemy always found that preparations had been made to receive them. All the tactics and manoeuvres of Bonaparte, his furious attempts to pierce the centre, and thus cut off the right wing from the left—his repeated efforts to turn the Austrian flanks, and thus come in their rear, were rendered unavailing by the admirable dispositions of the Austrian commander. After two days, the most sanguinary days that Europe ever saw, Bonaparte was at length compelled to yield the palm of pre-eminence, to descend from his towering height, to lose his character of invincible, and to resign the rank of being the first captain of the age.
It would be difficult to say which part of the conduct of the Archduke Charles deserves the most praise—that firmness of mind which made him not despair of stopping the progress of the enemy after the battle of Eckmuhl—that confidence in his own talents which rendered him anxious to hazard a battle with the French, flushed though they were with uninterrupted success, and led on by Bonaparte in person—that astonishing presence of mind which rendered him equal to every emergency—or that consummate knowledge of the art of war which enabled him to beat the man who had arrogated to himself the title of invincible.
Yet, it is such an army under such a general, such a power making such exertions, that the late ministry would not assist with a liberal hand; they would help her but sparingly with the treasures of England, whilst she is lavishing her blood in a cause which they will not deign to be as much British as Austrian—they would treat her with suspicion and distrust, and we well remember the efforts they made at first to damp our satisfaction by throwing doubts upon this great victory.—They would not even see "the symptoms of a defeat of the French."
A grateful task remains to be performed, and we dare say our readers anticipate us in what we are going to say. The Gazette shews by what sacrifices the late victory was gained. The killed and wounded of the Austrian army amount to twenty thousand. We can abate the grief of those who have lost their relatives—we can assuage the pain of those who are suffering under their wounds, by raising a subscription for their wives and families. It will be worthy of the exalted character of the British nation, and we hope to see it carried into execution without loss of time.
From the Independent American.
POTOMAC TO DELAWARE.
DEAR BROTHER,
I cannot express the pleasure I have received from the gentle and friendly admonition contained in your agreeable favor thro' Mr. Smith, from whom Mr. Patterson, being so well pleased with it, brought it nearer to me. I am encouraged by your desiring to hear from me, and proud of your promise to let me hear from you. I was afraid of neglect, having experienced much of that, and began to despair like others in these perplexing times. The beauty of language, with the benevolence of heart, so evident in you, will, I trust, arouse further attention to our purpose; and I shall be chiefly indebted to you for the pleasure of thinking my feeble efforts not altogether in vain.
I acknowledge the numerous favors you mention to have been bestowed on me by your own great powers, by your good son Schuylkill, and several of our eastern friends. I feel indebted also for other good things, such as tanners bark, large headed cabbages, and Irish potatoes in ship loads, for about one half of the prices demanded, & generally obtained by our own dear citizens for inferior qualities of those very articles, easily produced in the utmost abundance on every side of me. Hay was actually an article of importation here for some time after you resigned the seat of government to me. Some of my people, however, beginning, as all good things ought to begin, among the best of them, are finding out the value and the method of making hay at home, on their own lands, equal in fertility with any you or I could find anywhere. I know you have meadow ground on your sides worth $300 per acre. The importation of hay from New England is suspended here.
I have not been able as yet to return any of those favors, except in the single article of flour. To show you that my people are apt, that I give them great opportunities, with the assistance of Conococheague and some others of my sons, be it known that we furnish annually about two hundred thousand barrels of the finest flour in the United States. You will observe then, my benevolent brother, that I want nothing so much as those valuable people you have to spare. If they were to come here in thousands, they might, by continuing their meritorious exertions, become rich in a few years. I have room enough to welcome, and I do invite them to pass freely upon my waters in boats up into a fine country and climate, not unlike their own. My people heretofore were much in habits of having every thing provided for them, and in consequence were not very good managers; they would probably improve by the good example of many of yours, were they to come here, make pot and pearl ashes, tanners' bark, and as fine hemp as any in the world; this last article I could convey to my Navy Yard, where they may have instantly a check on the Bank of Columbia for 400 or 450 round hard silver dollars, for every ton of such hemp.
I have news still more important than all this for you, my illustrious brother; concerning great guns, which I was afraid would not be so agreeable to some of our friends, but recollecting that they are harmless things in themselves, until they become necessary these wicked times, or else our venerable parson would not so cordially approve of them as he appears to do. I can furnish iron to make great guns equal to those of brass. I do therefore invite any number of your valuable citizens to come, where I offer my canals, many of the first mill-seats in the U. States, or perhaps in the world, with this excellent iron close at my sides; let them come then, prepare cannon, organise horse artillery, and ship their guns, horses and appurtenances to Caraccas, to Brazil, to Buenos Ayres, exchange them for silver, gold or diamonds, or what is more valuable, to wit, raw hides; provided you send some of your people to show ours how to peel the bark from the trees to tan those hides.
There is now here, my dear brother, a respectable youth, born at my Georgetown, who could, and I believe he would, take pleasure in instructing your people in this important business of horse artillery. If he were to send his sergeant with a pair of them to the Spaniards at Carthagena, they would be ready to worship him, and to liberate all the American prisoners there at his request, besides making the fortunes of those concerned in the delivery of them, with a little necessary instruction. But you will say, my dear Delaware, that these articles are contraband of war. To this I will only say, at present, our valuable friends the Yankees, would manage this business or run the gauntlet. Cannon may go in one ship, a few trained horses, with a sample of the carriages, in another ship. Cannon will forever be required, and in great demand by all those countries. Duke Charles, God prosper him, it seems, will cause a demand for cannon in Europe. I can and I want to furnish the means for providing some of those wanted on this side of the Atlantic. I wish the business in vigorous operation, not so much for the good of the Spaniards, whom God prosper, as for the good of my own country, and to nurse the valuable manufacture of arms, particularly horse artillery. We ought to have enough of them to be always ready for use, which might be sufficient to prevent much use for them in this country, either against French democrats or English aristocrats. Nor ever apprehend any such scenes as were lately exhibited near the Ebro and the Danube.
I have strayed away from the matter which I suppose you expected from me. I will make amends another time. It appeared to be necessary, my illustrious brother, to give you some information, to show you, what your own good sense will now I trust approve of; your having yielded the seat of government to me, and also, that if you send a few thousand of your industrious people from delving in the Schuylkill to be happy here, it would I am sure contribute to your happiness. I could pass on in pleasing as well as in sound speculation, but I know myself unable to do justice to the matter; it is far, very far from being so with you. You can cheer; you can arouse; you can hasten much good to your country, and great pleasure to me.
Your much obliged and affectionate brother, POTOMAC.
I had like to forget to recount you, that the Yankees when returning here, would take care to bring us salt instead of stones, when bulky articles of greater value were not plenty. My people seem to think it rather troublesome to call for salt and often bring back whole cargoes of stones, which are conveniently hove out to fill up the
numerous wharves now erecting in Georgetown. If salt was cheap, I could send you some excellent beef. I am told there is no duty on salt now, but that ten cents the bushel will be laid on it the next year.
FROM BELL'S (LONDON) MESSENGER.
Causes of the Misfortune of the Austrians. The disasters of the Austrians have happened so unexpectedly, and so completely, that an opinion is generally prevalent, that they could not have happened fairly; that the enemy has ailed himself of his usual weapon, and triumphed more by corruption than by arms. There are cent in reasons so efficient, and always so ready, that they are uniformly brought forward in cases of difficulty. If a king dies at the exact nick of time for the fortunes of his successor, he is always said to have been poisoned. If an army be defeated contrary to expectation, the assigned cause is treachery, procured by corruption. There certainly cannot be a doubt that both treachery and poison have been occasionally employed, for these and similar purposes; for, fortunately for human nature, these must still be considered as unnatural and extraordinary expedients, and therefore should never be imputed without the strongest, positive, or presumptive evidence. No one will pretend that there can be any thing of positive evidence in the corruption and consequent treachery now alleged. And as to presumptive evidence; where the ordinary causes are sufficient, it is surely unnecessary to have recourse to such as are extraordinary. It is in reasoning as in poetry, he is an inferior dramatist, who can only resolve his catastrophe by the bowl and the dagger. He is a narrow logician, who in all cases has no arguments but treachery and corruption.
The defeat of the Austrians has been occasioned by those causes which in the conflict of armies, always determine the event. War is strictly a game of skill, in which those are certain of victory who possess the greater portion of that quality which commands it. The Austrians have been defeated by the French from the very simple reason that the French were their superiors in military skill—that the French military system was superior to that of the Austrians, and that the French officers and French soldiers have discharged their duties in a more masterly manner than the Austrians.
It is still within the memory of many, when even the naval battles of England, though constantly in our favor, were almost always fruitless. The enemy escaped us almost uninjured—and a barren victory, a mere laurel, was the only result of our general engagements. At that period, however, our seamen and our officers were as brave as they are at present. Whence then originated the difference between the results of our victories in the period of which we are speaking and the present? Simply in one point—we had a bad system. Lord Rodney was the first who being in circumstances which required peculiar efforts, entirely departed from the ancient system, & substituted one of his own. According to the ancient system, ship engaged ship, and each tried to get to leeward of the other. According to Lord Rodney's system, the English fleet formed in one strong line, and then bore down upon the enemy so as to break and divide his line; in which case they directed the main efforts of the whole fleet to destroy one of the divisions of the enemy so separated, and contented themselves with keeping the others in check, till, having destroyed the one, they had leisure to attend to the remainder. Since the days of Rodney, this has been the common system of the English admirals, and it has always been attended with the same success. Instead of a mere barren glory, a victory now is nothing unless the fruit of it have been the capture and destruction of nearly a whole fleet.
It is the same with the French military as with the English naval system. The system of Bonaparte is founded upon precisely the same principles. In description nothing can be more simple. Its characteristic point is obvious to every one. It consists in compressing and compacting all his strength in one point or part, and having thus formed a kind of wedge, driving it through some certain part of the enemy. For example, if he drew up his army in three bodies or divisions, he will throw all his strength into the centre, leaving only such a strength in his wings, as may enable them to keep the enemy at bay. With his centre thus constituted, he will fall upon the weakest part of his enemy's line, and by dint of mass and numbers he is sure to penetrate and break it. The very circumstance of having their line broken throws them into confusion, and gives moreover an advantage in point of position which is almost certain of being decisive. The broken part being routed, the French centre, under this hypothesis, is in the rear of the remaining part of their enemy's line, whilst in the mean time the French wings are attacking them in front. Such a position as this almost necessarily decides the fate of the day.
The Austrians, moreover, are peculiarly unfitted to have any chance of opposing an attack of this nature. The weak part of their line is necessarily broken and dissipated by the superior mass of the French. But according to the habits of an Austrian soldier, resulting no doubt from a defective discipline, when an Austrian division is once routed, once dissipated, they never can rally—they never can re-assemble in the same day and upon the same field. They will fight bravely as a body, and they will continue to fight bravely, even when broken into individuals; they will be cut to pieces, but they will not form again. The French on the other hand, will separate, and re-assemble a score times in a minute, and therefore, even by this part of their discipline, or rather their habits, are necessarily an overmatch for the Austrians. This, therefore, is another point of the superiority of the French system, that the French by their versatility are seldom so routed, but what they can re-assemble, whilst the Austrians, once broken, are like glass, no art can put them together without a new creative process. This peculiar system of the Austrian army renders it equally incompetent to pursue any advantage. In a word, any thing which dissolves the mass, which breaks that compactness, which constitutes the strength of the Austrian army, annihilates its power. On the defensive, and whilst they remain in a mass, and on a point, the Austrian army is the best in the universe. But its strength is gone when it begins to move. When its ranks open, whether in advance or pursuit, the advantage is necessarily on the side of those who are most flexible. The French fight on the principle
of the Macedonian phalanx, and on the principle of the Parthians. By a union of these two principles, compactness in attack, and a most peculiar facility in rallying in a retreat, the French have an invincible superiority over the Austrians, and as long as their relative systems shall remain the same, so long will the events of every campaign, if not of every battle, be uniform.
The French bulletins give an account of the battles, which so exactly corresponds with these principles, that we cannot find it necessary to say any thing as to their immediate application. The French, confident in their superiority, make no disguise;—they doubtless exaggerate in the most extreme degree, but with due allowance for such exaggeration, their accounts may be depended upon. They are incomparably superior to the meagre narratives, which are ordinarily given in the German papers. Let any one for example compare the French bulletins and the Prague Gazettes, and then decide on the superiority.
A circumstance has been stated, which may possibly have operated not a little to produce the disaster which has befallen the army of the emperor Francis. Napoleon carried with him into Germany a very large sum of money, (about two millions sterling, mostly in Napoleons) with the intention of applying it to the purposes of corruption in the Austrian army. Past experience gives us no reason to doubt the fact, and we are sorry to add, that the same experience furnishes us with abundant reason to dread the efficacy of such an engine. The misfortune is that a similar weapon cannot be wielded with equal efficacy against the aggressor; for generals who hope to receive crowns and kingdoms as the reward of their attachment to their chief, may take bribes, but will not betray their masters.
WASHINGTON CITY.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 6.
The fate of Austria appears to be decided.
For particulars see the news under the Baltimore head in the succeeding columns.
The SECRETARY OF STATE and the SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY have returned to the city.
Mr. ERSKINE, the British Minister, arrived here on Monday morning.
Mr. JACKSON, the British Envoy, has arrived at Annapolis.
On Monday the subscription for the stock of the BANK OF WASHINGTON was opened at Long's Hotel. We have the pleasure to state that the number of shares to which the subscription is limited, (25,000 shares at 40 dollars each) was subscribed before 2 o'clock. At 4 o'clock, till which hour the commissioners were required to keep open the books, 36,000 shares were subscribed, and many persons were in attendance, whose subscriptions, if they could have been received, would have added very considerably to the surplus already subscribed. In order to reduce the number of shares to that fixed by the constitution of the Bank, an amount equal to the surplus will be deducted from the shares of those who have subscribed to the largest amount.
Every friend of the city will learn with pleasure this testimony of its increasing prosperity.
The ship Resource Capt. Nicholas, sailed from the Eastern Branch yesterday, with naval stores for Algiers.
We have often had occasion to admire the solid sense displayed by our federal friends at their convivial meetings, as well as the brilliancy of their effusions of wit and genius on such occasions. "In vino veritas"—a man in his cups, it is said, generally speaks the genuine dictates of his heart.—But it would be ungenerous to attribute to all federalists the humane wish contained in the following toast given at a federal dinner in the state of Ohio at the late Anniversary of our independence:—
"Thomas Jefferson—may his shin bones be converted into drumsticks, to beat the triumph of federalism in the U. States!"
FOR THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER. DELAWARE TO POTOMAC.
LETTER II. My Dear Brother and friend,
You give me much pleasure and do me great honor by the promptitude with which you answered my first letter and the satisfaction you express at receiving it. Be assured that every grateful feeling you experience on this occasion is more than reciprocated on my part; and my pride is not a little nourished by the assurance I now feel that our correspondence may become useful to our people. They will read our letters, they will participate in our sentiments; and while, like other good children, they listen with pious attention to the counsels of their aged guardians, they may learn practical lessons of brotherly kindness among themselves, from being thus frequently edited by ours.
You are a powerful potentate, an affectionate brother; and I rejoice to find in you such a decided taste for improving the immense advantages that the permanent allotment of nature

and the vicissitudes of human society have happily thrown into your hands. Your situation, whether we regard it as relative to our great republic of rivers or the corresponding republic of men, is a most commanding one. Your native resources are likewise great, and you do well to invite the men of industry and art from other countries to come and settle on your banks. They will become at once the preceptors and the pupils of your present people, assist you and them in converting your crude materials into rich, vendible, useful commodities, and accelerate the moment of your assuming the station which you must one day attain, the centre of a vast, liberal, peaceful and happy empire.
To engage my emigrants and others from the east to accept your invitation, you must continue, my dear Mack, to develop the advantages to which you invite them. Speak to us more particularly of your improvable resources in all their variety, which I am not able to describe, my knowledge of them being very limited and imperfect. Give us an idea of the different qualities of your lands, whether on your own majestic banks or on those of your beautiful sons, a sketch of the quantities or extent of the different sorts of these lands, the prices they now bear; tell us whether those prices have augmented since you received the seat of government; I mean the lands above your ten mile district.
You have mentioned some of your natural and agricultural productions; particularly that strongly tenacious kind of iron, which from all I can learn is peculiar to your dominion. This precious metal, in the present improved and improving state of the arts, must be highly interesting. We have all heard of it as cast into cannon by your citizen Foxal; in which it is said to be stronger than brass, as proved in guns of equal weight and calibre. But has it been tried in other castings, or forged for other uses? Has it not sufficient tenacity to be cast into musket barrels, cocks, pans and other parts of that machine, screws for all uses, horse shoes and common nails? How does it answer for making steel?
You know, I suppose, my learned brother, that in the country called England, from which our people have borrowed many of their arts, they carry iron castings to such perfection as to cast shoemakers awls, and sewing needles of all sizes down to such as are fit for common tailors' use. And those Englishmen have no such iron as yours, either for making their steel or forming their castings in the state of iron. If your people have not already made experiments with your iron on any of these articles, propose it to them; set their science at work in aid of their arts, and let us know the result. Success would lead to benefits immense in the saving of labor and the advancement of those improvements you have most at heart.
You desire me to send you some of my tanners. As I presume you are in earnest, my good brother, your request does me honor; but on this head I can tell you a secret which does me no honor. My tanners are very bad ones. I assure you, from the report of the best judges that there is no worse leather in all our country than the greater part of what is made in and about my principal city. I learnt the reason of this the other day by accident. As a tanner and another citizen were crossing me in a ferry boat I overheard their conversation; the tanner was asked why they made no better leather at Philadelphia; he replied that the reason was very simple; they could sell all they could make and all at the same price, whether good or bad; and as it costs more time and labor to make it good than bad, it would be time and labor lost.
Now, my friend, I have heard of countries where they had public inspectors of leather, as your people and mine have of flour; and no leather could be sold, under a heavy penalty, without being stamped with the inspector's seal. I advise you to order your people to adopt this system in all your towns and cities.
I have more to say, my patient brother, but I have not time at present to say it. For though you and I, in our own immortal capacities, may laugh at time as being nothing to us, who are as old as he, and as likely to wear him out as he is to us; yet when dealing in the concerns of men, we must measure by their clocks and their lives. In short, as I said before, we must speak their language, and have mercy on them, though they have none upon us.
Your affectionate brother, DELAWARE.
To the Editors of the National Intelligencer. Gentlemen:
Two pieces have appeared in your paper of yesterday; the first addressed to me, by one who calls himself my neighbor Y, the other addressed to you. I regret exceedingly that I am detained from making such observations on the letter of my correspondent Y, as I think might be generally
useful. That personality which is the disgrace of our press, and renders its freedom wholly nugatory, and which the writer uses, is the more reprehensible, as he professes to know who the author signing himself X, is. I will however notice him thus far, as to say, that I do not think my explanation of the banking system very profound , and that I hope to have succeeded in divesting it of profundity by making it plain to the meanest capacity; that the system or theory is not mine, but the system of all the banks of discount and deposit in the world; and that so far from being elaborate , my letter was begun and finished in two hours, and was printed from the first copy. All this is of no importance to the public, but as it appears so to my neighbor X, I beg to inform him of it. As to Mr. Barlow, Mr. Young, and Mr. Laird, I have the honor of knowing only one of these gentlemen, and him I had not seen for a month till this day. At the time I wrote my address to the Mechanics in the city, I had before me an authentic paper, proving that the shares of the new bank would all be taken by certain mounted men, if no others subscribed. I did not exactly like this circumstance. I have a right to dislike it, without being suspected of improper motives. I saw, in the constitution of the bank, a means offered to the poor and the industrious to lay up small sums of money, at interest; sums which would always be at their command, whenever they chose to sell out, and which would produce a good interest during their accumulation. Such a means of laying up money, is of importance to the poor. The poor who save money generally hide it, while the sum is small, and as benevolence is peculiarly the virtue of the poor, it is generally lent out to people like themselves, in moderate circumstances, and too often it is thus lost, or, if repaid, it comes back in small sums without producing real benefit to the owner. I therefore sat down hastily to tell those who might not otherwise know it, that an opportunity was now offered of vesting their little but more safely and profitably than formerly, & I told them so in language which I thought most intelligible to them. What Y says on this subject is not intelligible to me, and I cannot answer it, therefore, as much as I wish that I should not be suspected of intending to gull the poor or to speculate on their scanty surplus .
It is evident from the whole manner and style of my address, that only one view of the subject was intended to be impressed—the view that would best answer its purpose: that of persuading the mechanics of the city to place their funds in an institution advantageous to them—to do this it was proper to contrast the state of our city, without a bank, with that of cities having the benefit of such institutions. The subscription is now full and overflowing, and it is not worth while to say another word upon the subject.
As to what I have said respecting the city, I would, with great respect for your correspondent, A Citizen , maintain all the points I have stated as true , excepting as to the lighting of Georgetown. It may not perhaps be thought by him disrespect to state these truths—but I am of opinion that truth is always the safest foundation of argument on either side. The picture of the city thought so objectionable by the Citizen , is perhaps colored with too much warmth, but it is substantially a correct likeness. One passage indeed is misprinted, so as to give a meaning foreign to my intention. It is this: What is the cause of the ruins of skill and industry stalking about our city, inhabitants (not the inhabitants) harmonizing with our ruined buildings, falling before they are finished? On this passage I will observe, that I am acquainted with many mechanics of skill and industry, some of them having families who came hither between the years 1793 & 1797, who have expended the substance & youth they brought hither, and are now too poor to get away, and too much delayed to be benefited by our growing prosperity.
As to the city, there is not an inhabitant who has a more sanguine hope of its ultimate prosperity than myself, nor one who in his very limited sphere has labored more for its welfare. Both my neighbor Y and the Citizen have overlooked, very unjustly and unfairly, the following paragraph, where, speaking of the Bank of Discount & Deposit of the U. S. I have said, "To the industry fostered by this institution we owe the progressive and not inconsiderable improvement of our condition." For this improvement I pray heartily— esto perpetua . X.
FRENCH TYRANNY. —By the accounts published in the federal papers, (and we have no objection to have it known in ours) there are detained in French prisons for being concerned in unlawful trade or other causes, fifty-seven American citizens; say even the whole of them incarcerated on mere suspicion, or to gratify the whim of a military despot. A list of their names is given, and no doubt of their confinement suggested. This is all bad enough, at the best. But why is so much said by the editors about fifty-seven sufferers, and not one syllable about four thousand American prisoners, seized on their lawful voyages by British press-gangs, and not only confined but compelled to labor and fight and lose their lives in a foreign service as hateful as unjust? Is this owing to French influence ? Or does it shew the cloven foot of Anglo-Federalism ? Bee .
Salem, Aug. 29. Recent accounts from the North of Europe appear to be favorable to American commerce. A letter from Mr. Williams in London, dated July 6th, says—
"This moment I get advices from Mr. Joseph Pitcairn, dated 13th June, of which I give you the substance.—Three vessels had arrived with coffee and some sugar at Tonningen, and were freely admitted by the Danish government; which gave the most positive assurances that they would continue to protect and receive them.—Mr. Pitcairn recommends the Danish port of Kiel for those who are bound to Russia; the distance from it to Hamburg is small, with regular waggons and the harbor good. He adds, that there is no law of Denmark against vessels which have been boarded, or touched at England, tho' it would be so much the better if neither happened; but the ship's papers must
clearly show that the whole cargo was shipped in the U. S."
"Mr. Pitcairn has written to several captains and supercargoes at Gottingen, recommending the port of Kiel, from its vicinity to Hamburg, where teas, nankeens and sugars will produce higher prices than farther up the Baltic."
We understand that accounts are also favorable from the South—that cargoes are sold at Sardinia, and from thence find a channel to the continent, at a good price.
Baltimore, Sept. 2.
By the infuriated policy of the British cabinet, a blow is given to the British manufacturing interest in this country, as deleterious to Britain in its effects as the unwise repeal, by Lewis XIV, of the edict of Nantz was to the manufactures of France. A few years ago, American manufactured articles, particularly of clothing, could scarcely find a home market.—Now home manufacture is all the rage. The society for promoting the use of home-made articles in this city increases rapidly.—It is presumed that more than 2500 citizens have affixed their names for this laudable purpose—with pleasure we recognise a plan for a similar purpose, submitted to the citizens of Charleston, S. C. drawn up by a committee elected at a previous meeting.
From Savannah, 13th Aug.
The markets glutted with all sorts of foreign goods or produce. 15,000 barrels of American flour are now on hand, for which no offer; coffee 20 dols. molasses 15 cents, and very scarce; logwood 40 dollars and hides 18 shillings each. Duties excessive:—on flour 3 1-2 dollars:—on provisions, wines, lumber, &c. 34 per cent. ad valorem, besides a duty of vestuario of 3 shillings per barrel.—Export duties on sugar 11 per cent., on coffee 10, hides and molasses 12 per cent.
A private letter from Stockholm states, that Sweden has at length been permitted to send Baron Steiling to negotiate a peace. The conditions, however, previously demanded, are:—"The guarantee and possession of all Finland and the Isle of Aland; the frontier on this side, being the river Kalix; and that Sweden must consent to shut her ports against England."
A letter from Stockholm states that the late king is allowed to retire from Gripsholm, & reside free from guards on the Island of Wisingsö, in the Lake Wettern; and that at the end of the war, he will be permitted to live in any part of Europe which he may prefer.
Copenhagen, and indeed the whole island of Zealand, is blockaded by the British.
A fleet of about 250 sail (among them 11 sail of Americans with cargoes from Riga) were waiting wind at Gottingen the 17th June, to sail under convoy.
Hemp and other goods have lately advanced in price, in Russia.
Norfolk, Sept. 1.
The British frigate L'Africaine, with Mr. Jackson and family, went up the Bay yesterday morning at eight o'clock, for Annapolis.
The U. States frigate President, anchored in Hampton Roads yesterday evening.
New-York, Sept. 2.
The United States frigate Constitution, Commodore Rogers, came to anchor in the Sound, opposite Frog's Neck, yesterday morning from a cruise from this port, and last from Newport.
Baltimore, Sept. 5.
VERY LATE AND IMPORTANT FROM EUROPE.
Last evening arrived at this port the brig Inca, Mezick, in 33 days from the island of Sylt, Denmark, which place he left on the 30th July. We have been favored with a file of Copenhagen papers down to the 15th July, from which we shall give translations tomorrow.
Capt. Mezick informs that he had read the French Bulletin giving an account of a very severe engagement between the Emperor Napoleon and the archduke Charles. The French crossed the Danube on three bridges which were previous completed, and commenced the engagement on the second of July. The battle continued four days successively. The Archduke Charles was badly wounded, and fled with 40,000 men into Bohemia, leaving 60,000 Austrians on the field of battle. The French stated their own loss to be comparatively trifling. On the 8th July, an armistice was concluded for four weeks, and Bonaparte was in possession of all the strong holds in Austria. It was not known
where the Emperor of Austria was, The Russians occupied a great part of Galicia, but had not formed a junction with the French.
A few English ships of war with 300 troops on board, took possession of Cuxhaven the same day the battle commenced between the French and Austrians, and as there was no French troops in the neighborhood, were still in possession, from whence they carried on a great smuggling trade with continent.
The Capt. had not heard any thing of the grand English expedition sailing, or its destination.
The Danish government appears very friendly towards American vessels arriving safely into Danish ports, but their privateers take every American vessel they come across, whether bound to Danish ports or not. Their privateersmen in conjunction with corrupt judges, are complete pirates, over whom the government exercises very little control. These privateers generally mount from one to four guns, and with a small force are easily resisted.
Out of 100 American vessels, so called, arriving in Russia, 98 had been condemned.
The Inca sailed from this port immediately after the raising of the embargo and arrived at Tonningen the beginning of May, from whence she proceeded to Sylt. In consequence of raising the buoys only two Americans arrived safe at Tonningen without getting ashore, and several were lost.
The evening before last, the British frigate L'Africaine, with Mr. Jackson on board, lying a little below the mouth of the Severn hailed the Inca, to know if she was a privateer, and being answered in the negative, made no further inquiry.
New-York, Aug. 30.
COUNTERFEITERS DETECTED.
Yesterday afternoon, Seneca Page, belonging to Vermont, and Harris Covert, of Cayuga, attempted to pass a counterfeit three dollar Manhattan Bank note, on Samuel Beach, Esq. Post-master at the city of Jersey, who immediately discovered, the bill was a forgery; and Mr. Beach being a judge of the county, immediately arrested and examined the above named counterfeiters, and found on them from 20 to 25,000 dollars of forged notes on the different Banks in the U. States. After which, they were committed to Hackensack jail.
Our informant has furnished us with a list of the following forged notes, found on them, viz:—On the Boston Branch Bank, notes of 50 dollars from 5 to 6000 dollars.—On the Manhattan Bank, notes of 10 and 3 dollar notes, from 5 to 5000 dollars. On the Bank of New York, notes of 5 and 3 dollars from 3 to 4000 dollars. On the Columbia, Hudson bank, notes of 5 and 2 dollar notes to a large amount. On the Bank of Hudson, 5 dollar notes to large amount. On the Mohawk bank, notes of 1 and 2 dollars, amount not recollected; and several notes of 75 cents on the Vermont state Bank, all of which are in the possession of Judge Beach, who detected the above named forgers, and committed them to prison.
NOTICE.
THE subscribers to the Bank of Washington , may receive their receipts for Stock subscribed, and their return money on Friday 8th inst. at Long's hotel, between the hours of 10 A. M. and 3 P. M.
Notice is further given that an election for Twelve Directors will be held at Long's hotel on Wednesday 13th inst. from 9 A. M. to 3 P. M. agreeably to the Articles of Association.
By order of the Commissioners. JOEL BARLOW, Ch.
September 6—4t
THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE,
THAT the subscriber of Worcester county, hath obtained from the Orphans Court of Worcester county in Maryland, Letters of Administration on the personal estate of John Cutler late of Worcester 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 1st day of April next, or they may by law be excluded from all benefit of the said estate.
Given under my hand this 22d day of August, Anno Domini, 1809.
ROWLAND E. BEVANS, Adm'r. of John Cutler, deceased.
September 6—2aw3w
NOTICE TO COTTON SPINNERS.
THE Manufacturing Company of the city of Washington, have erected a machine for carding Cotton on Pennsylvania Avenue, fourth house west of President's Square, where Spinners can be supplied with good Cotton, soaped, cleaned and carded into rolls 24 inches long, for 40 cents per pound.
I want a good Weaver (of Cotton goods,) to whom constant employment will be given, or a family accustomed to Carding, Spinning by Billes and Jennies, and Weaving.
Also, three Slaves , viz: one to work a carding machine, one to do house work, and a girl to attend children.—Should prefer those from the country.
J. GARDINER, Superintendent.
Pennsylvania Avenue, August 22, 1809.
PRINCIPAL OF AN ACADEMY AND PASTOR WANTED.
THE Rev. W. L. TURNER, Principal of the Raleigh Academy, and Pastor of the city, having signified his intention of resigning his situation at the close of the present session, the Trustees of the Academy and the inhabitants of the city are desirous of procuring a suitable character to supply his place. To a clergyman of finished education and unexceptionable moral character, a liberal salary will be given, or the whole profits of the Academy (after paying the Assistant Teachers) with a handsome subscription from the inhabitants of the city and neighborhood, for his services as a Preacher.
This Academy has at present one hundred and fifty students, about sixty of which are females, principally in the care of a female teacher, under the superintendence of the principal of the academy (taught in separate buildings erected for the purpose on a four-acre square of the city, granted to the trustees by the Legislature) and the number of students heretofore has annually increased.
Raleigh being the seat of government of North Carolina, a very healthy and pleasant situation, in the hilly country, containing a moral and respectable society, where every necessary of life can be had in plenty on reasonable terms, and where most of the principal inhabitants are guardians of the academy, it is presumed that this seminary will always have a preference to any other academy in the southern states.
A Lady, of talents and acquirements equal to the undertaking, is also wanted to take charge of the Female Department of the Academy; and a Young Gent. man, suitably qualified, as an Assistant Teacher of the Latin and Greek Languages, &c.
Applications for any of these situations, made to the Trustees of the Raleigh Academy, by letter, post paid, will be duly attended to, and immediately answered, and such further information given as may be required.
N. JONES, President.
Sept. 6—3w.
THE SUBSCRIBER,
HAVING invented an improved STUCCO, or Perrugene Calcareous Cement , intended as a covering for upright walls, offers the same to public notice.
It resembles stucco, and in very few days after it has been applied to a wall, it possesses a firmness as durable as stone itself. Rain, wind or frost will not injure it, but rather accelerate the hardness of its texture.
The inventor will at present rely on its real merit to bring it into use; and, that it may appear he is not palming an indifferent or useless article on the public, he deems it highly essential to the character of his stucco, to publish the following paragraphs contained in a letter he had the satisfaction to receive from B. H. Latrobe, Esq. Surveyor of the Public Buildings of the U. S. who has taken the trouble to examine its properties, and give his opinion upon it.
B. H. LATROBE, Esq. to HENRY HIORT.
Dated, "Washington, Aug. 25, 1809."
"Dear Sir,
"I have examined carefully the three specimens of calcareous cement, which you have sent me, and considered the ingredients of which they are composed. There is no doubt in my mind, that for the purpose of building and incrusting walls, calcareous cements are the only ones on which dependence can be placed in our climate, and your composition, if carefully prepared, and of good materials, has certainly all the principles from which durability must result."
In another part of his letter, Mr. Latrobe observes—
"Your other ingredients add undoubtably to the durability of the Stucco, and among them, I do not know of one which is not advantageously employed."
"Yours truly, "B. H. LATROBE."
If any person of respectability is disposed to join with the inventor in the undertaking, and by an advance of funds promote its utility, such person will be received as a participant in the profits; and, should a patent be taken out, become a sharer in the right according to agreement. In the mean time a proper agent will be selected to superintend the fidelity of its application, if used within the district of Columbia, or at a moderate distance therefrom; and, that the more remote parts of the country may partake of the advantages of this Stucco, the principal ingredients will be prepared with written directions as a guide for its use.
Its qualities are, that it prevents the decay of old walls, gives them a new and handsome appearance, and will insure durability to new buildings, as well as secure them from leaking through walls, if any defect is in the original workmanship or materials.
Letters post paid, addressed to the subscriber in the City of Washington, will receive immediate attention.
HENRY HIORT.
Washington, Sept. 6—7t Printers in commercial towns are requested to give the above a few insertions in their papers.
THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE,
THAT the subscribers hath obtained from the Orphans' Court of Prince George's county, Maryland, letters of administration on the personal estate of NATHANIEL NEWTON, late of the said county, deceased. All persons having claims against the said estate, are here warned to present the same, with the vouchers thereof, to the subscribers on or before the 10th day of March next, they may otherwise by law be excluded from all benefit of said estate.
Given under our hands this 4th day September, 1809.
WM. MARBURY, } Administrators. JOSEPH N. BURCH, }
All persons indebted to the said estate, are requested to make payment without delay. Sept. 6—6w6w.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
THAT the partnership heretofore existing between the subscribers, Silver Smiths and Clock and Watch Makers, under the firm of Bentley and Wood, was this day dissolved by mutual consent. All persons having claims on the concern, are requested to present the same to Wm. Wood for payment; and all persons indebted, are to pay their respective debts to him, he being authorised to close the partnership accounts.
JOS. BENTLEY, W. WOOD.
Washington City, Navy-Yard, Aug. 30—2aw7t.

BOULUS'S BILLS has just received and opening at his New Cash Store, a complete and well selected assortment of SEASONABLE AND FANCY GOODS, which being purchased for money, gives him the opportunity of offering the same at Philadelphia and Baltimore Prices . As he is determined to sell for very small profit, he intends keeping on hand a good assortment of Goods, to be sold by the piece; and those who purchase to sell again, will be furnished at as low rates as they can purchase in any market in the United States, being determined to sell.
CASH GIVEN FOR TOBACCO Inspected at the Georgetown Warehouse.
FOR RENT THE upper part of the House I now occupy, which has six well finished Rooms, and every necessary back building, all newly repaired and in complete order. The rent will be low to a Gentile family, if application is immediately made.
FOR SALE A NUMBER of well-built brick houses, several of which are immediately rentable—situate on Greenbelt's Hill. Also, house lots in almost every part of the city. Apply to JAMES GREENLEAF , or in his absence to SAMUEL RIGBY, junr. July 6—8w
A FARM TO LET A FARM containing 61 acres, divided between 2 1/2 and 3 miles from the Centre Market House in this city. The situation very healthy. A person having a knowledge of Gardening and Fruit trees would be preferred. Apply to JAMES HOBAN . August 23—2w
FOR SALE A PRIME HOGS on the Virginia avenue, between 7th and 8th street east near the Navy Yard. The House is 16 feet front and 27 deep, completely finished, with an alley in front and running back to 1 street; the situation is high, and pleasantly situated for a private family or a store. Particulars apply to WILLIAM SISLER , Facing the East Market. N. B. If not sold by private Sale, it will be sold at Public Auction on the premises the 7th day of September at the hour of 2 o'clock, P. M. Washington, Sept. 1—St
TO BE RENTED OR LEASED THE Plantation I now live on, containing about 700 acres, with the Negroes, Stock, Plantation Utensils, &c. &c. The situation is healthy and convenient to market, being about 4 miles from the city of Washington, and 3 from Alexandria. Any person disposed to rent may view the premises and know the terms by applying to the Subscriber. ANTHONY ADDISON . Pamaly, September 1—St
FIVE DOLLARS REWARD RAN AWAY on Monday 21st August, 1809, from the Subscriber living in the lower end of Montgomery county, state of Maryland, near Vansville, a negro fellow named HARRY, about 21 years of age, about 5 feet 10 or 11 inches high, black complexion, hollow jawed and thin visage, red eyes and when examined had a downcast look—he had on and took with him an old white fur hat, a country striped cotton waistcoat, a white jacket with a spotted border, a pair of green corded pantaloons, one old Irish linen and one ozanburgh shirt, one pair of country tow trousers, and a very large watch coat blanket. It is likely he may change his clothes and in all probability procure a pass and will endeavor to pass as a free man. I will give a reward of Ten dollars to any person who will secure and fellow in any jail so that I get him again, if within the state; and if out of the state, the above reward of 20 dollars, and all reasonable charges, if brought home will be paid by me. JOHN JARBEQ . N. B. All masters or owners of vessels are warned from harboring or carrying off said fellow, at their peril, as I am determined to prosecute any person guilty thereof. J. J. September 1—4t
VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE I WILL sell the tract of land, on which I reside, called RUSSAND ISLAND, lying on Patuxent river, in Calvert county, and nearly opposite to Benedict, containing by estimation, seven hundred three and a quarter acres of as fertile land as can be found in the state of Maryland, one third of which is in wood and very heavily timbered, and as well watered for the convenience of stock as any tract of its size in the state. The arable part of this plantation is level and much of it covered with oyster shells, and is divided into three fields, each of which will produce two hundred barrels of corn with a reserve of prime tobacco. Land sufficient to grow fifty hogsheads of tobacco annually, and with very little labor more meadow may be reclaimed than will be found sufficient. No land can be better adapted to the growth of corn, tobacco and wheat, and few plantations hold out stronger inducements to stimulate an industrious man. It binds for a considerable distance on the river & lies nearly in a square. Fish, oysters, and wild fowl are to be had at all times. Stock of every description, particularly sheep, thrive and improve wonderfully when removed to this land, a convincing proof of the nutritious quality of the grass, which it produces in great abundance. The improvements are sufficient to accommodate a small family. A more particular description is not necessary, a purchaser will naturally view the premises. My price for the above tract of land is sixteen thousand dollars—one sixth part of the purchase money to be paid on the day of possession, and the balance in five equal annual payments, with interest from the day of sale. I will sell at public sale on the 20th December next, in the town of Upper Marlborough, all the personal estate on the above premises, consisting of a number of valuable negroes, horses, mules, cattle, sheep & hogs, plantation utensils, household and kitchen furniture on a credit of twelve months, the purchaser giving bond with approved security; for all sums under $20 each will be required. N. B. If the above tract of land is not disposed of, it will be for rent the ensuing year. RICHARD W. HARWOOD . Sept. 1—4t 20 Dec.
TO BE SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION A Northumberland court house, in the county of Northumberland, and state of Virginia, on Tuesday the 5th of September next, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, five contiguous plantations, amounting together to about 2,700 acres, situate on the river Potomac, and within about three miles of the court house. These estates formerly belonged to Presley Thornton, Esq. and are the same on which he lived. They have never been seen by either of the subscribers, but it is understood, that about 1700 acres of them are as valuable low grounds as any on the river, and a considerable part thereof heavily timbered. The uplands consist of about 1000 acres, and the whole is well calculated for the production of corn, wheat, tobacco, timothy and small grain of all kinds, in great abundance. The waters are said to be bound with excellent fish, oysters and wild fowl. The water carriage is easy and convenient to Norfolk, Baltimore, Alexandria and the city of Washington; and as these estates possess several good mill seats, with an abundance of water and a plentiful supply of timber, they must be very valuable. The premises will be shown to persons inclining to purchase, by Col. James Moore, who lives on them, or by Samuel Blackwell, Esq. who lives near to them; and the terms of payment may be known a sufficient time before the sale, by applying to either of them, or to THOMAS ROBINSON , Near Chester, Delaware, Or to W. LEWIS , at Phila. June 7—ads.
FIVE DOLLARS REWARD STRAYED or Stolen, about a month since, from the Commons in the Western part of this city, a BAY HORSE, six years old, about 14 hands 1 inch high, a natural trotter, short made, shod before, white hind feet, and a few saddle marks. Whoever will return said Horse to the Subscriber near F street, shall be entitled to the above reward, with reasonable charges. O. B. BROWN . August 21—3t
LANDS IN THE STATES OF OHIO AND KENTUCKY FOR SALE BY Virtue of the Last Will and Testament of Robert Means, deceased, the subscriber offers for sale, all the Lands of the testator in the states of Ohio & Kentucky. As there is a large quantity of these Lands, and the quality in general good, they are well worth the attention of all persons desirous of purchasing Lands in those parts of the country. The tracts are of various sizes, and consequently calculated to suit purchasers of all descriptions. Further information respecting the said Lands may be obtained from Mr. Walter Dun, residing in, or near the town of Chillicothe in the State of Ohio. DANIEL CALL , Executor of the last will & testament of Robert Means, dec'd. Richmond, July 19—4t
A VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE WILL be sold in pursuance of the last Will and Testament of Samuel Turner, Esq. deceased, at Public Sale on the premises on the 15th day of November next (if not previously disposed of, and in case of sale notice will be given) that very valuable Farm in Montgomery county late the residence of the said deceased; containing about Seven Hundred Acres of Land, Three Hundred Acres at least in wood and fine timber; the residue under good enclosures and every acre arable; lays level and remarkably well for cultivation and may be made very rich in a few years by the use of plaster and clover; in fact, it is as desirable a farm as any in the county of its size and may be very conveniently divided to accommodate purchasers; it lies about 18 miles from Georgetown and the city of Washington, five from Montgomery court house and within three miles of the Potomac River. A further description is deemed unnecessary, as it is presumed that those inclined to purchase will view the property. The terms of sale, which will be accommodating, may be known by applying to the subscribers living in Georgetown, district of Columbia, or will be made known on the day of sale. THO: TURNER, SAML: TURNER , Executors. July 28—4dos
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD ABSCONDED on the 21st of July last, from the subscriber, (manager at the farm of Mr. Isaac Duckett, on South river, near Annapolis) a Negro TOM, a small black fellow, lost the sight of one eye. Had on when he absconded, osnaburgh shirt and trousers. Any person taking up said Negro and bringing him to the subscriber, or securing him in jail, so that I get him again, shall receive the above reward. This Negro was purchased of Capt. J. S. Brooks about five years since; it is probable he may be in the neighborhood of Upper Marlborough. HENRY BASFORD . August 7—4t
PATENT KNAPSACKS THE Subscriber having obtained from the United States, a patent for an improved KNAPSACK, which in point of durability and convenience, has been pronounced by the best judges in the world, is now offered for sale. The offer of the different volunteer companies in the United States, are respectfully solicited to adopt them. They may be had in any quantity, and will be sold on the most reasonable terms by JOHN P. LIERBETTE , St. Mark's Lane, New-York. To whom applications addressed by post may be made, or to H. B. Latrobe, at the city of Washington. May 19—4t
NOTICE THIS is to give notice that the Subscriber has obtained Letters of Administration on the Personal Estate of Addean Conaway , late of Prince George's county deceased. All persons having claims against the said estate are desired to exhibit the same with the vouchers as soon as possible; and all those indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment. ELEANOR CONAWAY , Adm'x. September 1—w3t
NEW STORE THE Subscriber having opened a New Store in F street, between the Bank and the Treasury Office, has supplied himself with a variety of the best qualities of Cloths & Blankets suitable for the approaching season, and also of Calicoes, Ginghams, Muslins, Silks, Cotton and Worsted Hose, Morocco and Leather Shoes, Hats, &c. &c. where he invites his friends and the public to make their purchases, and assures them they shall be supplied upon the most reasonable terms. Cash, flour, corn, oats or whiskey, will be received in payment. JOSEPH WHEATON . Washington City, Aug. 23—3t
By Montgomery county, Orphans Court, August 16, 1809. ORDERED by the court that the executors of Samuel Turner late of Montgomery county, deceased, give the notice required by law for the creditors of the said deceased to exhibit their claims and that the notice be given in the National Intelligencer, city of Washington. Test SOLOMON HOLLAND , Reg.
THIS is to give notice that the Subscribers of Georgetown and District of Columbia, have obtained from the Orphans Court of Montgomery county Maryland, Letters Testamentary on the Personal Estate of Samuel Turner, late of Montgomery county deceased—all persons having claims against the said deceased are hereby warned to exhibit the same with the vouchers thereof to the subscribers, at or before the 21st day of February next, they may otherwise by law be excluded from all benefit of the said estate. Given under our hands this 21st day of August 1809. THOS. TURNER, SAML. TURNER , Executors. August 21—4w
NOTICE The subscriber has commenced the practice of the LAW, and opened an office in the town of Upper Marlborough, Prince George's county. THOS. G. ADDISON . Aug. 30—ep5w.
FIVE DOLLARS REWARD LOST a silver watch, No. 853, maker's name James J. Hall, Whitehaven.—Whoever returns said watch to this office shall receive the above reward. Sept. 4—3t
PUBLIC SALE THE Sale at the Washington Bridge has been postponed on account of the weather, until Friday the 8th. On which day, if fair, if not the next fair day, will be sold, a Scow, Boats, Sheds, Tools, Blankets, &c. Terms of sale, cash for all sums under twenty dollars, and notes with good endorser at 60 days for all sums over this amount. By order of the President and Directors, SAM. ELLIOT . N. L. & H. M. QUEEN, Auctioneers. September 4—3t
SUGARS, WINES, TEAS, PORK, &c. V. and C. SMITH having received by the Ceres, Capt. Weeks, from N. York. 20 hds excellent Havanna Muscovado Sugar. 10 Chests fresh Hyson and Young Hyson Teas. 40 Quarter Casks Teneriffe, Lisbon, Sherrey and Catalana Wines. 10 Boxes Claret, 1 doz. each. 50 Doz. fresh London Mustard. 1 Case fresh Nutmegs. 34 Barrels N. York Prime Pork very superior quality. And a few Puncheons of well flavored Anigua Rum. Geo. Town, Aug. 16—1aw3w.
EDUCATION THE REV. WALTER D. ADDISON of Georgetown, District of Columbia will board and instruct in the Latin and Greek Languages, Reading, Writing and Arithmetic, a few more Young Gentlemen, at sixty-five pounds per annum, payable quarterly in advance. Letters addressed to him at this place will be attended to. Georgetown, August 21—2awtf.
BAKER & RIGGS , SIGN OF THE PLOUGH, HAVE just received a large supply of SEASONABLE GOODS, which they will sell very low for cash, or good paper at soon dates. August 16—2aw3w.
CHARLES J. COURSE Offers for sale—Chateaux Margaux Claret in boxes of 1 dozen. Genuine old London Particular wine in half pipes and quarter casks. Best Sallad Oil in baskets of 6 bottles each, &c. &c. &c. George Town, May 24—4t.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the subscriber of Washington county district of Columbia, hath obtained from the Orphans Court of the county and district aforesaid, Letters of Administration on the Personal Estate of Edward L. Smith , late of said county deceased. All persons having claims against the estate of said deceased, are hereby desired to exhibit the same with the vouchers thereof to the subscriber on or before the first day of February next, and all persons indebted to the said estate are requested to make immediate payment to the subscriber. Given under my hand this 28th day of July 1809. MARGARET SMITH , Adm'x. of E. L. Smith, deceased. August 2—w4t
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Trustees of Charlotte Hall School have abandoned the scheme of a Lottery heretofore proposed by them; and that purchasers of tickets are invited to apply for their money to the persons from whom they bought their tickets. Signed by order, NEALE H. SITNEY , Reg. Cool Springs—Aug. 28—w3t.
LANDS FOR SALE THE Subscribers offer, for sale, the following lands, to wit: about 1100 acres lying on the North-west Branch, in Montgomery county, 14 miles from Washington city, 16 from Georgetown and 8 from Montgomery court-house. There is on this land a convenient Dwelling-House, for a small family, with other convenient out-houses. About several houses built for tenants. There is about 50 acres of valuable meadow land, which at a small expense may be laid in grass, 10 or 12 acres now in grass. On this land are several valuable apple orchards, from which 12 or 15,000 gallons of cider may be made a year. Also 113 acres on the Paint Branch, in Montgomery county, near Peter Kemp's Mill, and part of several tracts (quantity not ascertained) lying in Prince George's county, about 5 miles from Bladensburg, adjoining the lands of Maj. Williams and Messrs. Beery. It is presumed that any persons inclined to purchase of the lands will first view them. The first mentioned land will be sold entire or divided so as to accommodate purchasers. All of the aforesaid lands are in the state of Maryland. Terms may be known on application to either of the subscribers. JOSIAS P. BEALL, JAMES A. BEALL . August 23—Stw
NOTICE AGREEABLY to an order of St. Mary's county court will be sold at public sale on Friday the 13th day of Oct. next, if fair, otherwise, the next fair day, three tracts of land formerly the property of John Carpenter, late of said county, deceased. One of these farms is handsomely situated on St. Clement's Bay and within half a mile of the head of said Bay, containing about 175 acres of land, with a good framed dwelling house at necessary out houses. Another tract of land situated on the head of St. Clement's Bay, containing about 120 acres, with a two story framed dwelling house thereon. Also another small piece of land lying within two miles of the other two tracts, containing about 70 acres principally covered with wood. This property will be sold in the whole or in such parcels as may best suit purchasers. A credit of 12 and 18 months will be given, the purchasers giving bond with approved security, with interest from the day of sale. Sale to commence at 11 o'clock, at Walker's tavern, and attendance given by JAMES FORREST, ETHELBERT CECIL, JAMES MORGAN , Commissioners. St. Mary's County, Sept. 1. w3w.
BY HIS EXCELLENCY, EDWARD LLOYD, ESQ. GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND, A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS it has been officially represented to me that a certain Thomas Burk , who has lately been sentenced by the judges of Washington county court, to suffer death, for a Rape committed on the body of Catharine Maria Brawner, an infant under the age of 12 years, made his escape from Washington county jail, on the evening of the 4th July inst. And whereas it is obviously the duty of the Executive, in the execution of the laws, to bring all malefactors 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 Three Hundred Dollars Reward to any person or persons who shall apprehend and bring to justice the said Thomas Burk . Given under my hand and the seal of the state of Maryland, this 15th day of July, in the year of our Lord 1809, and the independence of the United States of America, the thirty-fourth. EDWARD LLOYD . By his excellency's command, NINIAN PINKNEY , Clerk of the Council.
Ordered that the foregoing proclamation be published twice in each week for the space of six weeks, in the American and Federal Gazette at Baltimore, the Maryland Gazette and Maryland Republican at Annapolis, the National Intelligencer, the Maryland Herald at Hagerstown, Bartgis's paper at Fredericktown, and in the Star at Easton. By order, NINIAN PINKNEY . July 31—1aw6w
IN COUNCIL Annapolis, June 26, 1809. ORDERED, that the act, entitled, An act to alter the thirty-second and thirty-seventh Articles of the constitution and form of Government, be published twice in each week, for the space of three months, in the American and Federal Gazette, at Baltimore, the Maryland Gazette, and Maryland Republican, at Annapolis, the National Intelligencer, the Easton Star, Mr. Grievs's paper at Hagerstown, and Mr. Bartgis's paper at Fredericktown. By order, NINIAN PINKNEY , Clerk of the Council.
AN ACT To alter the thirty-second and thirty-seventh Articles of the Constitution and Form of Government. BE it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That hereafter, upon the death, resignation or removal out of this state, of the governor, it shall not be necessary to call a meeting of the legislature to fill the vacancy occasioned thereby, but the first named of the Council for the time being shall qualify and act as governor until the next meeting of the general assembly, at which meeting a governor shall be chosen in the manner heretofore appointed and directed. And be it enacted, That hereafter no governor shall be capable of holding any other office of profit during the time for which he shall be elected. And be it enacted, That so much of the thirty-second and thirty-seventh articles of the constitution and form of government as is repugnant to, or inconsistent with, the provisions of this act, be and the same is hereby abrogated and abolished. And be it enacted, That if this act shall be confirmed by the general assembly, after the next election of delegates, in the first session after such new election as the constitution and form of government directs, that in such case this act, and the alteration and amendment of the constitution and form of government therein contained, shall be taken and considered, and shall constitute and be valid, as a part of the said constitution and form of government any thing therein contained to the contrary notwithstanding. July 3—1aw3m.
THE Creditors of the late Long Mifflin are requested to attend the Examiners of John Smith Brooks , in Upper Marlborough, on Thursday the 28th day of September next, where a dividend will be made of the money in hand. THOMAS G. ADDISON, DENNIS MAGRUDER , Adm'rs. August 21—w4t
EIGHTY DOLLARS REWARD RAN AWAY from the subscriber on the 21st inst. a mulatto lad—JIM—who is about seventeen years of age, he has straight black hair, lately cut, and black eyes. He had on when he absconded from me, a short blue kersey jacket, and blue pantaloons patched with white, a large pair of laced shoes, an old hat, osnaburgh shirt, with an old handkerchief round his neck—he has a father living in the city of Washington, near the navy yard, by the name of Georges or George Beall , who served his time with Mr. John Addison , Junr. and a mother by the name of Sophy , who I sold to her husband a few years past, and expect he will make to them or probably to Baltimore as he has some friends and relations there also. I will give forty dollars for securing said lad in jail so that I get him again, or the above reward if taken out of the district of Columbia or state of Maryland. RACHEL PRATT , Prince George's County, June 18th, 1809. June 19—3w15t.
NOTICE The subscriber begs leave to inform the public, that he has opened a shop opposite the West Market House, near the Seven Buildings, where he means to carry on the White Smith, Lock and Gun Smith Business , also, the Cutlery and Bell-Hanging business . He also promises to give the greatest attention to all persons who may be good enough to favor him with their custom. CALEB HESSEY . July 24—w8t.
FOR SALE WILL be sold at public sale, on the first Monday in October next, if not previously disposed of, that valuable farm in Prince George's County, Maryland, known by the name of St. OSYTH .
St. OSYTH contains by estimation seven hundred and fifty acres of Land, between seventy and eighty acres of which are meadow, now fit for the scythe, and capable of being made to produce an hundred tons of hay at a crop—about two hundred and fifty or three hundred are in wood and timber, and the residue arable. No place perhaps in America, can be better watered or more healthy. The improvements consist of a dwelling house, two stories high, forty-two feet long by thirty-six wide, with a passage through the middle, three rooms below and four above, with a garet the whole size of the house, a kitchen and laundry under the same roof, two stories high, with two large rooms above for servants, a meat house, wash house, corn house and granary, a large tobacco house which may very easily be converted into a barn, a productive garden and pigeon house, and a young thriving orchard of excellent fruit and of great variety from Prince's nursery on Long Island. The enclosures are new and in good order. Upon the same property and within a quarter of a mile is a small dwelling house with three rooms below and two above stairs, a kitchen, meat house and barn. This place at a small expense may be easily fitted up and made a most comfortable house for a small family. St. Osyth lies within four miles of the city of Washington, and about the same distance from the nearest ferry to Alexandria. If sold at private sale the lowest price for this valuable property is ten pounds an acre. A further description of the property is deemed unnecessary as those inclined to purchase will doubtless come and see it. The terms of sale may be known on applying to the subscriber living on the premises, Col. Sam. Hanson of Washington, or Dr. Wm. Baker, George Town. On the same day, if not before by private sale disposed of, will be sold the negroes, stock, etc. attached to the estate of the late O. Carr , deceased. The negroes will be sold for a term of years. For sale—Also, the following lots in the city of Washington: Lot No. 2, in sq. 702, front 54 feet 7 in. depth 175 ft. 8 in. In sq. 996 Lots No. 13, front 57 ft 10 in. depth 100 ft. 26 ft. 25 in. No. 14, front 58, depth 75. No. 15, 54 front, 78 and 100, 10 12 depth. No. 16, 54 front, 100 ft. 10 12 in. depth. No. 17, front 49 ft. 6 in. depth 100 10 12. JONA. B. CARR , Executor. May 17—1wtf.
THIS is to give notice, that the Subscriber of Prince George's county hath obtained from the Orphans court of Prince George's county in Maryland, Letters Testamentary on the personal estate of Samuel Luby late of Prince George's 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 tenth day of February next, they may otherwise by law be excluded from all the benefit of the said estate. Given under my hand this fourth day of August 1809. JOHN LUSBY Esq. August 4—w6t
The subscriber offers for sale that elegant and valuable estate, called WILTON , lying nine miles below Richmond. The dwelling house is not inferior to any in the state; the offices are commodious; the garden and yard are handsomely laid out. The situation combines so many advantages, that I am unwilling to give a description of it, wishing any gentleman who is disposed of purchase, to come and view it. It may not be amiss however to observe, that James river runs 100 yards from the door of the house, that vessels of five hundred tons heads have loaded at Warwick, one mile above it, that the water carriage to Richmond is only six miles, that there is a good shed and herring fishery, and that wild fowl are frequently procured. A small CRIST MILL , is attached to it on a stream that runs through the plantation. Also— 2000 ACRES OF LAND Lying on Figuring Creek , Fauquier county, two miles from the Court House, which will be divided into two or more lots to suit purchasers. This land is well watered and calculated for the culture of wheat, corn and tobacco. Particulars apply to the subscriber residing in Richmond, or William Randolph , in Powhatan. WILLIAM RANDOLPH . Richmond, June 23—w3m.