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From the VIRGINIA ARGUS.
The mandamus in the supreme court.
To the Chief Justice of the United States.
No. I.
Near a month has elapsed since the progress and fall of the rule against the Secretary of State...
LITTLETON.
No. II.
Doctor Blackstone, speaking of the rule to show cause why a mandamus should not issue...
LITTLETON.
No. III.
Three questions are reported to have been considered. The last decision was that the court had no jurisdiction...
LITTLETON.
No. IV.
BUT the papers have not been content with exhibiting this anomaly in judicial acts...
“It is unnecessary for him to show cause.”
Then to rule one without evidence is to convict conditionally on bare accusation.
It is agreed that the court, while a case is pending, may correct its own errors.
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PARIS, Feb. 21.
ACT OF MEDIATION
Made by the First Consul of the French republic, between the parties which divide Switzerland.
Bonaparte, First Consul of the French republic, President of the Italian republic, to the Swiss.
Helvetia, a prey to dissensions, was menaced with dissolution; it could not find in itself the means of renovation.
The ancient affection of the French nation for this virtuous people, whom it has recently defended by its arms, and caused to be recognized as a power by its treaties...
and of the Italian republic, the frontiers of which are covered by Switzerland, the demands of the Senate, those of the democratic cantons, and the will of the mass of the Helvetic people, have thrown upon us the duty of interpolating our mediation between the parties which divide Switzerland.
The Senators Barthelmy, Roederer, Fouche, and Demeunier, have been by us charged to confer with fifty six deputies of the Helvetic Senate and of the cities and Cantons assembled at Paris, to determine whether Switzerland, federally constituted by nature, might be kept together under a central government, rather than by force, to discover the species of constitution which was most conformable to the will of each canton, to distinguish what best answered the ideas which the new Cantons had formed of liberty and happiness, to conciliate in the old Cantons the institutions consecrated by time, with the rights restored to the mass of the citizens; such were the objects which were to be submitted to examination and discussion.
Their importance and their difficulty determined us to hear, ourselves, ten deputies appointed by the two parties, namely, the citizens D'Affry, Glutz, Jauch, Monnot, Reinhart, Sprecher, Stapfer, Ullery, Watterville, and Vohsen, and we have compared the result of their discussions with the different projects presented by the Cantonal Deputations, and with the results of the discussions which have taken place between those deputations and the Senators commissioners. Having also employed every means of becoming acquainted with the interests and the evils of the Swiss, we, in quality of mediators, without any other view than that of the happiness of the people, on the interests of whom we have to pronounce, and without wishing to injure the independence of Switzerland, appoint as follows.
[Then follow nineteen chapters, containing the organization of the different Cantons of Switzerland, a separate and distinct constitution being assigned to each.]
CHAP. XX.
FEDERAL ACT.
General Dispositions.
Art. 1. The 19 Cantons of Switzerland, viz. Appenzell, Argovia, Bale, Berne, Fribourg, Glaris, Grisons, Lucerne, St. Gall, Schaffhausen, Schwitz, Soleure, Tessen, Thurgau, Unterwald, Uri, Vaud, Zug and Zurich, are to be federally united, according to the principles of their respective constitutions.
They reciprocally guarantee those constitutions, as well as their territories, liberty and independence, either with a reference to foreign powers, or the usurpation of any particular Canton, or the conduct of factions.
2. The contingents, either in troops or money, which will be necessary for the due execution of those guarantees, are to be furnished by the respective Cantons in the following proportions.
[Here follows the quota, &c. which mount to the sum of 13,000 men.]
The restoration in this view was an ill-timed abortion, and the judges of the supreme court (who had already decided their conscientious obligation to resist congressional invasions of the constitution) could not infuse life into a thing of such fated deformity; or in plain words, they could not constitutionally occupy seats that had never been constitutionally vacated.
Though the judges are in general bound to conform to a modification of their duties, yet when that modification is incompatible and in direct conflict with another and a prior constitutional establishment, they are interdicted from the submission by the sacred mandate of the constitution.
How can they enforce the end without giving sanction to the means necessary to attain it.
Applying this view, the act of the whole bench of justices of the supreme court in taking their circuit seats, has tacitly, though solemnly, with the Congress decided THE REPEALING ACT TO BE CONSTITUTIONAL.
The act of the judges to which this has allusion, is not sufficiently understood.
The following is an extract from a manuscript, prepared by the author for another occasion.
The restoration of the old system was predicated on, and indeed the passive legal result of the destruction of the new.
That destruction was unconstitutional, was void, and the subject on which it as to act is preserved in life by a para-

at is proposed each Canton shall furnish. 3. Those that exist no longer in Switzerland, or in other subjects, or any species of privilege, either local, hereditary, personal or appertaining to families.
4. Every Swiss citizen shall have the liberty of removing his residence from one Canton to another, and freely to exercise his industry in any. It is permitted him to acquire political rights in whatever Canton he establishes himself. But he shall not enjoy, at the same time, political rights in more than one Canton.
5. The ancient laws of commerce, external or internal, are abolished. The free exchange and circulation of commodities, cattle, merchandise, &c. are guaranteed. All exclusive commercial privileges are abolished in the interior of Switzerland. The customs, &c. payable on the frontiers, in all go to the treasury of the adjoining canton, but the rates and proportions of these, shall be submitted for the approbation of the Diet.
6. Each Canton shall reserve to itself the tolls destined for the repairs of the roads, keeping in order the banks of the rivers, bridges, &c. but the rates of these tolls, as in the foregoing instance, be left to the discretion of the Diet.
7. The monies coined in Switzerland shall be of a uniform description, which is also to be determined by the Diet.
8. No Canton shall afford asylum to a criminal legally convicted, nor even to one legally accused.
9. The number of auxiliary troops to be supported in any one Canton, shall not exceed two hundred.
10. All partial alliances of one Canton with another, or with any foreign power, is interdicted.
11. The government, or the legislative body of any Canton which shall violate a decree of the Diet, is liable to be cited as rebellion, before a tribunal composed of the Presidents of the Criminal Tribunals of all the other Cantons.
12. The Cantons shall possess all those powers which are not expressly delegated to the federal authority.
OF THE DIRECTORIAL CANTON.
13. The diet is to assemble, by rotation, and at annual periods, at Fribourg, Berne, Soleure, Basel, Zurich, and Lucerne.
14. The Cantons of which the above cities are the chief place, shall, in succession, become the Directorial Canton for the year for those purposes commences on the 1st of January.
15. The Directorial Canton shall provide suitable residence, and a guard of honor for the deputies; it also supplies the expenses of the session.
16. The Avoyer or Burgomaster of the Directorial Canton, shall unite to those titles that of Landamman of Switzerland. He shall have custody of the seal of the Helvetic republic. He cannot absent himself from the city. The supreme council of his canton shall accord to him an appropriate establishment, and shall defray the extraordinary expenses of his official functions.
17. The foreign ministers are to present to the Landamman, their letters of Credence or of recall; and must apply to him on all matters of negotiation. He has also in charge the other diplomatic concerns.
18. At the opening of the Diets, he is to communicate to them the necessary information respecting the domestic and foreign concerns of the republic.
19. No canton shall be allowed to call out or put in motion more than 300 militia, until it shall have availed the Landamman of Switzerland of such an intention.
20. In case of a revolt in the interior of any Canton, or on any other pressing occasion, the troops of one canton may march into another canton: but this shall take place only on the requisition of the supreme or petty council of the canton, which wants such assistance; and after taking the advice of the petty council of the directorial canton, the Diet, however, is to be convoked after the cessation of hostilities, or if the danger continues.
21. If, during the vacations of the diet, any disagreement should arise between any two or more cantons, they are to address themselves to the Landamman of Switzerland, who, according to circumstances, shall appoint conciliatory Arbiters, or refer the case to the consideration of the diet on its next sitting.
22. He is to make known to the cantons, every instance in which he deems their conduct likely to interrupt the tranquility of Switzerland, and every thing which takes place of an irregular nature, and violating against either the federal act, or their particular constitution. He may, in some cases, convene the supreme council, or that of the Landsgemeinde , in those places where the supreme authority is immediately exercised by the people.
23. The Landamman of Switzerland sends, in cases of need, inspectors for the purpose of examining the state of the roads, rivers, &c. Where necessity requires it, he can direct the immediate execution of public works, and make the necessary arrangements with respect to the expenses thereof, &c.
24. His signature attaches a national
credit and character to those acts to which it is affixed.
OF THE DIET.
25. Each Canton sends a Deputy to the Diet, who may be accompanied by one or two Substitutes, who shall be eligible to act as such in case of the absence or indisposition of the principal.
26. The deputies to the Diet are to have instructions and limited powers—they cannot vote contrary to their instructions.
27. The Landamman of Switzerland is, ex officio, deputy of the Directorial Canton.
28. The 19 deputies who compose the Diet, shall have 25 votes in the Deliberations, in manner as follows:
The deputies of those cantons of which the population is more than 100,000 inhabitants, viz. those of Berne, Zurich, Vaud, St. Gall, Argovie, and the Grisons, shall have each two votes. The deputies of those cantons of which the population is less than 100,000 souls, namely, those of Tessen, Lucerne, Thurgovie, Fribourg, Appenzell, Soleure, Basel, Schwitz, Glaris, Schaffhausen, Unterwald, Zng and Uri, shall have but one vote each.
29. The Diet at which the Landamman of Switzerland presides, is to assemble the first Monday in June; its session shall not exceed the term of one month.
30. There shall be extraordinary Diets on the following occasions: 1. On the demand of a neighboring power, or of one of the cantons, supported by the supreme council of the Directorial Canton, which shall be assembled on such occasion, if not sitting at the time. 2dly. On the determination of the supreme council, or of the Lands gemeinde of five cantons, who can, on such an occasion, demand the proceeding, though the Directorial canton may not concur in it. 3dly. When they shall be convoked by the Landamman of Switzerland.
31. The declaration of war, and the treaties of peace or of alliance, emanate from the Diet; but the concurrence of three fourths of the cantons, on such occasions, is necessary.
32. It shall alone have the power of concluding treaties of commerce, &c. for the foreign service. It authorizes the cantons in case it shall deem expedient, to treat particularly in our concerns with a foreign power.
33. The Diet has the direction of the contingent of the troops to be furnished by each canton, according to article 2. It appoints the commanding officer, and in short, adopts all the measures necessary for the security of Switzerland, and for the execution of the other dispositions of the first article: this power comprises internal concerns.
34. It nominates and despatches Ambassadors Extraordinary.
35. It decides finally upon all matters in dispute between the Cantons. For this purpose it forms itself into a Syndicat , but in such case each deputy has but one voice—neither are previous instructions necessary on this occasion.
36. The Verbal-process of the Diet is to be entered in two registers, of which one remains with the Directorial Canton, and the other with the state, to which, at the end of December is to be removed to the chief place in the Directorial Canton.
37. A chancellor and a Grefier , appointed by the Diet for two years, and paid by the directorial canton (at the rate the diet shall think proper) shall always accompany the state seal and the registers.
38. The constitution of each canton, engrossed on parchment, and sealed with the Seal of the Canton shall be deposited in the archives of the Diet.
39. The present federal act, as well as those of the particular constitutions of the 19 Cantons, shall abrogate and annul all interior dispositions whatever that may be contrary to it; and no law relative to the internal affairs of the Cantons, or to the relations between them, can be founded on the ancient political state of Switzerland.
The repose of Switzerland, the success of the new institutions now forming, require that the necessary operations for carrying them into effect, and to transmit to the new magistrates, the care of the public happiness and welfare, be secured from the influence of the passions, and executed with moderation, impartiality, and wisdom.
We cannot hope for a prosperous issue, unless the commissioners, named by the act of Mediation, be animated by the spirit which dictated it.
By these considerations, we, in our said quality, and with the reservations before expressed, do constitute as follows:
1. For the year 1803, Fribourg to be the Directorial Canton.
2. The citizen Louis D'Afry to be Landamman of Switzerland for the said year, and invest him with the extraordinary powers until the assembling of the Diet.
3. The original act of Mediation shall be transmitted to the Landamman, in order to be deposited in the archives of the directorial Canton.
4. In each canton a commission of seven members, and of which one shall be appointed by us, and six chosen by
the ten deputies selected to confer with us, is charged to put into activity the constitution, and to administer it provisionally.
5. These commissions are composed as follows:
Then follow the names of persons appointed to fill the commissions of the different Cantons.
6. On the tenth of March next, the central government shall dissolve itself, after having transmitted its papers and archives to the Landamman of Switzerland.
(To be continued.)
From W. H. C.'s Lectures.
ANIMAL MAGNETISM.
One of the most dazzling and successful inventors in modern times was Mesmer, who began his career of Medical Knight-errantry at Vienna. His house was the mirror of high life; the rendezvous of the gay; the young and opulent were enlivened and entertained with continual concerts, routs, and illuminations. At a great expense, he imported into Germany the first Harmonica from this country: he established cabinets of natural curiosities, and laboured constantly and secretly in his chemical laboratory; so that he acquired the reputation of being a great Alchemist—a philosopher studiously employed in the most useful and important researches.
In 1766 he first publicly announced the object and nature of his secret labours:—all his discoveries centered in the magnet —which according to his hypothesis, was the best and safest remedy hitherto proposed against all diseases incident to the human body. This declaration of Mesmer excited very general attention; the more so, as about the same time he established an hospital in his own house, into which he admitted a number of patients gratis . Such distinguished cures procured as might be expected, no small addition to his fame. He was, besides, fortunate in gaining over many celebrated physicians to espouse his opinions, who lauded the great encomiums on his new art, and were instrumental in communicating to the public a number of successful experiments. This seems to have surprised the expectations of Mesmer, and induced him to extend his original plan farther than it is likely he first intended. We find him assuming a more dogmatical and mysterious air, when, for the purpose of shining exclusively, he appeared in the character of a Magician —his pride and egotism would brook neither equal nor competitor.
The common London, or Mineral Magnet, which is so well known, did not appear to him sufficiently important and mysterious: we contrived an unusual one, to the effect of which he gave the name of " Animal Magnetism ."
After this he proceeded to all bolder assumptions, every where giving it out, that the inconceivable powers of this subtle fluid were centered in his own person. Now the Monodrama began; and Mesmer, at once the hero and chorus of the piece, performed his part in a masterly manner. He placed the most nervous hysterics, and hypochondriac patients opposite to him; and by the sole act of fixating with his finger, made them feel the most violent shocks. The effects of this wonderful power excited universal astonishment; its activity and penetration being confirmed by unquestionable testimonies, from which it appeared, that blows, similar to those given by blunt iron, could be imparted by the operator, while he himself was separated by two doors, nay, even by thick walls. The very looks of this Prince of jugglers had the power to excite painful cramps and twitches in his credulous and prejudiced patients.
This wonderful tide of success instigated his indefatigable genius to bolder attempts, especially as he had no severe criticism to apprehend from the superstitious multitude. He roundly asserted things of which he never offered the least shadow of proof, and for the truth of which he had no other pledge to offer but his own high reputation. At one time he could communicate his magnetic power to paper, wool, silk, bread, leather, stones, &c.—at another he asserted, that certain individuals possessed a greater degree of susceptibility for this power than others.
It must be owned, however, to the honour of his cotemporaries, that many of them made it their business to encounter his extravagant pretensions, and refute his dogmatical assertions with the most convincing arguments. Yet he long enjoyed the triumph of being supported by blind followers, and their increasing number completely overpowered the lilliputians of reason.
Mesmer perceived, at length, that he should never be able to reach his native country, the point which he had fixed as the termination of his magnetic career. The Gaiety began to discredit his pompous claims; but it was only after repeated failures in some important promised cures, that he found himself under the necessity of seeking protection in Paris. There he met with a most flattering reception, being caressed, and in a manner adored by a nation, which has ever been extravagantly fond of every new thing, whimsical, and mysterious.
Mesmer well knew how to turn this national propensity to his own advantage. He addressed himself particularly to the weak; to such as wished to be considered men of profound knowledge, but who, when they are compelled to be silent from real ignorance, take refuge behind the impenetrable shield of mystery. The fashionable levity, the irritable curiosity, and the peculiar turn of the Parisians, ever solicitous to have something interesting for conversation, to keep their active imagination in play, were exactly suited to the genius and talents of the inventor of Animal Magnetism . We need not wonder, therefore, if he availed himself of their moral and physical character, to assure easy entrance to his pretended experiments: in fact he found friends and admirers: wherever he made his appearance.
What splendid promises! What rich prospects! Mesmer, the greatest of philosophers, the most virtuous of men, the physician of mankind, charitably opens his arms to all his fellow-mortals who stand in need of comfort and assistance. No wonder that the cause of magnetism, under such a zealous apostle, rapidly gained ground, and obtained every way large additions to the number of its converts. To the gay, the nervous, and the dissipated, of all ranks and ages, it held out the most flattering promises. Men of the first respectability interested themselves in behalf of this new philosophy, they anticipated, in idea, the more happy and more vigorous race which would proceed, as it were by enchantment, from the wonderful impulsive powers of animal magnetism. Nay, even the French government was so far seduced by these flattering appearances, as to offer the German adventurer thirty thousand livres for the communication of his secret art. He appears, however, to have understood his own interest better than thus to dispose of his hypothetical property, which, upon a more accurate investigation, might be objected to, as consisting of unfair articles of purchase. He, consequently, returned the following answer to the credulous French ministers:—"That Dr. M. considered his art of so great importance, and the abuses it might lead to too dangerous, for him, at present, to make it public; that he must, therefore, reserve to himself the time of its publication, and mode of introducing it to general use and observation; that he would first take proper measures to insure or prepare the minds of men, by exciting in them a susceptibility of this great power; and that he would then undertake to communicate his secret gradually, which he meant to do without hope of reward."
Mesmer, too politic to part with his secret for so small a premium, had a better prospect in view; and his apparent disinterestedness and hesitation served only to round an over-curious public, to allure more victims to his exclusive practices, and to retain them more firmly in their implicit belief. Soon after this he was easily prevailed upon to institute a private lottery, into which none were admitted but such as had bound themselves by a vow to perpetual secrecy. These pupils he agreed to instruct in his important mysteries, on condition, of each paying him one hundred livres . In the course of six months, having had not less than three hundred such pupils, he realized a fortune of thirty thousand livres . It
* His first advertisement was couched in the following high sounding terms: "Behold a discovery which promises unspeakable advantage to the human race, and immortal fame to its author! Behold the dawn of an universal revolution! A new race of men shall arise, shall overspread the earth, to embellish it by their industry. Neither vice nor ignorance shall stop their active career; they will know our calamities only from the records of history. The prolonged duration of their life will enable them to plan and accomplish the most laudable undertakings. The tranquil, the innocent gratifications of that primeval age will be restored, wherein man laboured without toil, lived without sorrow, and expired without a groan! Mothers will no longer be subject to pain and danger during their pregnancy and childbirth; their progeny will be more robust and brave; the now rugged and difficult path of education will be rendered smooth and easy; and hereditary complaints and diseases will be for ever banished from the future auspicious race. Parents will impart to them the activity, energy, graceful limbs and demeanour of the primitive world. Fathers, rejoicing to see their posterity of the fourth and fifth generation, will only drop, like fruit fully ripe, at the extreme point of age! Animals and plants, no less susceptible of the magnetic power than man, will be exempt from the reproach of barrenness and ravages of distemper. The flocks in the fields, and the plants in the gardens, will be more vigorous and nourishing, and the trees, will bear more beautiful and delicious fruits. The human mind, once endowed with this elementary power, will probably rise to still more sublime and astonishing effects of nature:—who, indeed, is able to pronounce, with certainty how far this salutary influence may extend?"
appears, however, that his disciples did not long adhere to their engagement. We find them separating gradually from their professor, and establishing schools for the propagation of his system, with a view, no doubt, to reimburse themselves for their expenses in the acquisition of the impenetrable art. But few of them having clearly understood the enigmatic terms and mysterious doctrines of their foreign master, every new adept exerted himself to excel his fellow-labourers in additional explanations and inventions; others, who did not possess, or could not spare, the sum of one hundred livres , were industriously employed in attempts to discover the secret by their own ingenuity; and thus arose a great variety of magnetic sects . At length, however, Mesmer's authority became suspected; his pecuniary acquisitions were new notions, and our humane and disinterested philosopher was assailed with critical and satirical animadversions from every quarter. The futility of his process for medical purposes, as well as the bad consequences it might produce in a moral point of view, soon became topics of common conversation, and, at length, excited even the apprehensions of government. One dangerous effect of the magnetic associations was, that youn y voluptuaries began to employ this art to promote their libidinous and destructive designs.
As soon as matters had taken this serious turn, the French government, much to its credit, deputed four respectable and unprejudiced men, to whom were afterwards added four others of great learning and abilities, to inquire into and appreciate the merits of the new discovery of animal magnetism. These philosophers, among whom we find the illustrious names of Franklin and Lavoisier, recognized, indeed, very surprising and unexpected phenomena in the physical state of magnetized individuals; but they gave it as their opinion, that the power of imagination, and not animal magnetism, had produced the effects. Sensible of the superior influence which the imagination can exert on the human body, when it is effectually wrought upon, they perceived, after a number of experiments and facts frequently repeated, that contact or touch, imagination, imitation, and excited sensibility , were the real sole causes of these phenomena, which had so confounded the illiterate, the credulous, and the enthusiastic; that this boasted magnetic element had no real existence in nature; consequently, that Mesmer himself was either an ardent impostor, or a deluded fanatic.
In the mean time this magnetizing business had made no small progress in Germany; a number of periodical and other publications vindicated its claims to public favour and attention; and some literary men, who had rendered themselves justly celebrated by their former writings, now appeared as bold and eager champions in support of this mystical doctrine. The ingenious Lavoisier undertook long journeys for the propagation of magnetism and somnambulism*—and what manipulations and other absurdities were not practised on hysterical young ladies in the city of Bremen! It is farther worthy of notice, that an eminent physician of that place, in a recent publication, does not scruple to rank it among medical remedies! Yet it must be confessed, that the great body of the learned, throughout Germany, have endeavoured, by impartial criticism, to oppose and refute animal magnetism, considered as a medical system.
And how should it be otherwise, since it is highly ridiculous to imagine, that violent agitations, spasms, convulsions, &c. which are obviously symptoms of a diseased state, and which must increase rather than diminish the dispositions to nervous diseases, can be the means of improving the constitution, and ultimately prolonging human life? Every attentive person must have observed, that too frequent intercourse between nervous and hypochondriac patients is infectious: and if this be the case, public assemblies, for exhibiting magnetized persons, can neither be safe nor proper. It is no small proof of the good sense of the people of this country, that the professors of this fanatical art could not long maintain their ground; that they were soon exposed to public ridicule on the stage; and that the few who are still left are banished to the dark alleys and obscure cellars of the metropolis.
* Somnambulism is the art of exciting sleep in persons under the influence of Animal magnetism, with a view to obtain, or rather to extort, during this artificial sleep, their verbal declaration and directions for curing the diseases of body and mind. Such was the rage for propagating this mythical nonsense, that even the pulpit was occasionally resorted to, in order to make—not fair penitents, but fair proselytes too the system.
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LONDON, March 13.
LOTS FOR SALE.
WEDNESDAY, MAR. 11.
DIED, in the city of Washington, on Sunday last, Mrs. Diana Maria Ray...
MARRIED by the Rev'd Mr. Knox, on May 1st. John G. Dickson...
MATTHEW CLAY is re-elected to Congress, by a very great majority.
An election was held by the Stockholders of the Delaware and Chesapeake Canal...
Presidents. Joseph Tatum, 1871; Directors: James A. Boyd, 1376; Kenney Julius, 965; Samuel Chew, 1417; George Gale, 1444; John Adair, 1455; Wm. Tugman, 1455; James G. Elither, 1414; George Fox, 1451; Joshua Gilpin, 1411.
It is said in a late London paper that M. Otto is appointed Ambassador from the French Republic to his Prussian Majesty.
The famous Klopstock, died at Hamburg on the 13th of March, in the 76th year of his age.
A Grenada paper of the 11 of March, says "We are exceedingly sorry to learn that the yellow fever has lately raged with the utmost violence in the Island of Antigua..."
LEBOO
Will cover the ensuing season, to commence the first day of April...
Leboo is eight years old, a fine bright bay, 15 hands three inches high...
Leboo was got by High Flier, his blood and figure equal to that of any other horse...
OSBORN SPRIGG.
Prince George's County, March 28.
The Subscriber will furnish good pasture, at half a dollar per week...
TAKE NOTICE.
WILL sell five hundred and fifty acres of Land whereon I live, in Fairfax county...
Thos FOLLARD.
Feb. 21st.
Every candid and unprejudiced person who will take a retrospective view of the measures which were adopted by the late administration...
It is a well known fact that the leaders of the fashion, filling themselves with the revolution, to establish a monarchy or an aristocracy...
Although, there are I believe few examples, either in ancient or modern History of a victorious party acting with much moderation and liberality...
FOR SALE OR RENT,
THAT elegant three story BRICK HOUSE on the corner of Falls & Frederick Street...
Likewise,
THE two well finished three story BRICK HOUSES, adjoining that occupied by Mr. Samuel H. Smith...
Carpenters and Labourers Wanted.
Wanted to work on the Bridge over the Eastern Branch of Potomac, a number of rough Carpenters...
WILLIAM BRENT.
Treasurer of the Eastern Branch Bridge Company April 18th. ex Sw.
All persons having claims or demands of any nature against the subscriber...
are requested to exhibit their accounts, without delay, to JOHN HEWITT or RICHARD FORREST...
SAMUEL BLODGET.
March 30.
Lots for sale.
IN eligible situations, and upon very advantageous terms—A plan of the several squares in which they are contained may be seen and terms thereon by applying to ROBERT W. PEACOCK.
Attorney at law and conveyancer. 30
After a short, deceitful slumber, we are awakened to the prospect of a war of extirpation:—the vision of peace, to which the splendid acquirements of an arduous, glorious contest were sacrificed...
Malta, it is said, is the immediate object in dispute; our government considering the changes which have taken place in Italy, such as to warrant the retention of that island.
We are inclined to believe, however, that there are other and more worthy causes for the hostile position of our government; we are told, that when our ambassador at Paris inquired the occasion of the armaments making along the coasts of France and Holland...
Bonaparte tells us, that England, unaided by Continental Alliances, can no longer hope to cope with France. Has he then forgotten the events of the last years of the war, when Britain alone defied the concentrated power of France...
Should it however, be unavoidable to have again recourse to the sword, what warrants the opinion of the first Consul, that we must encounter him single handed—does he then, reckon nothing of his injuries to America; nothing of the oppression of Switzerland and Piedmont...
Peace is essential to the happiness both of Britain and France, and we shall rejoice to find it consolidated. If war is unavoidable we should encounter it with confidence and energy.
made to obtain it; its preservation must doubtless, be still more an object of desire to them, because they are now in a less favorable situation for the prosecution of war than they were at the period of signing preliminaries.
BOOK & STATIONARY STORE.
THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED AND FOR SALE At Wm. Duane's Book & Stationary Store, Pennsylvania Avenue, (Price one dollar) THE TRIAL OF ALEXANDER ADDISON.
NOTICE.
THIS is to give notice that the subscriber, of the city of Washington, has obtained from the orphan's court of Washington county in the district of Columbia, Letters of Administration on the personal estate of THOMAS ROSE...
Ran away from the subscriber,
on Saturday the 7th inst. living near the Branch Bank, a dark Mulatto Girl, about fifteen years of age, of a delicate form; she is a French girl, and has not been sufficiently long in this country to acquire the English language correctly...
L. DEMUN, at Mr. Xupl, near the Bank. May 11.
The subscriber has for sale,
A QUANTITY OF Claret in bottles, Jamaica Spirits, Anchovies in boxes, Whisky in barrels, Cajes in ditto, New-England cheese, Olives in ditto, Imperial Tea in chests, Olive Oil in ditto, Butter in Firkins, Sugar in hids, & bhs &c. &c. WILLIAM BRENT. Washington, May 11.
For sale or rent.
I will either SELL OR RENT a very handsome & commodious dwelling house and lot, situated at the corner of Gay and Congress Streets in George-town...
I will also sell or rent a very comfortable two story dwelling house, together with some other small buildings, on lot No 2, square 289 in the city of Washington...
Also for sale a very valuable tract of land about 7 miles from George-town, in Montgomery county, on the river road. This tract contains upwards of 300 acres, the greater part of which is covered with wood and valuable timber...
Likewise 1000 acres of land in Montgomery county, State Virginia—This land is of very good quality and in the vicinity of Morgantown.
Any person desirous of purchasing any of the aforesaid property may be accommodated on moderate terms and indispensible titles will be given, on application to me at this place.
JAMES BLAKE. Colchester, May 24.
On an ground rent between the President's house and the Navy-Yard, the price moderate and payments easy—Apply to W. M. DUNCANSON.
The whole of the property
of John Fitzgerald, advertised for sale on the 21st ult. could not on that or the succeeding day be set up, owing to previous engagements of the Vendue Master...
THOS. A. DIGGES, } Acting JAMES KEITH, } Exec'ts. May 10.
SALE AT THE NAVY YARD,
On Thursday next at 10 o'clock, the following public property, viz. 6167 lbs. Ship Bread, 1476 Flour, 3 Tierces Rice. A small quantity of Peas and some Liquor. RICHARD FRAZER. May 11.
LEHIGH NAVIGATION.
LOTTERY. SECOND CLASS.
Five thousand dollars the highest prize!
THIS Lottery will positively commence a drawing at the city of Philadelphia, on the first Monday of September next. The prizes will be paid thirty days after its conclusion, of which public notice will be given.
Tickets may now be had at five dollars of George Taylor, jun. No. 67 William Blackburn, 117. Chestnut Edward Stowe, 73. Street James Greenworth, 34. March 15, 1803.
SCHEME.
1 Prize of 5000 dolls. viz. Cash 3000 20 shares stock 2000 1 two thousand dollars 2000 2 one thousand dollars 2000 6 five hundred dollars 3000 6 three hundred dollars 1800 6 two hundred dollars 1200 15 one hundred dollars 1500 20 fifty dollars 1000 75 twenty dollars 1500 1800 five dollars 10800 111 a own number on the eighth day 600 1st do. twelfth 600 1st do. twentieth 1000 1st do. thirtieth 1000 1st do. thirty fifth 1000 1st do. last day 1000 35,000
1938 prizes, 3062 blanks, 7000 tickets, at five dollars each, is 35,000. The prizes subject to a deduction of fifteen per centum.
Came to the subscriber's plantation
the 23d of March a Bay Horse about thirteen and a half hands high, appears to be about seven years old this Spring, he has some white spots on his back; the owner is desired to come, prove his property pay charges and take him away. WILLIAM MULLIKIN. April 10, 1803.
In Chancery April 20th, 1803.
ORDERED, that the sales made by John Hewitt, as stated in his report this day filed of certain lots in Washington, the property of Peter Callenave, deceased, shall be ratified, unless cause to the contrary be shown, before the end of May next; Provided a copy of this order be thrice inserted in the newspaper, in which the sale was advertised before the 22d day of said May.
The said lots were No. 23, 24, 25, 26, in square 105—And they were sold for dollars 767—31-2. True Copy, Test, SAMUEL H. HOWARD. R. C. M.
FOR SALE,
SEVERAL pieces of ELEGANT HISTORICAL TAPESSTRY, from designs of Le Brun, one of the first painters that ever lived in Europe, intended to ornament either a Museum, a Columbia Gallery of Arts, or a school of drawing and painting...
March 24. 1803. N. S. Apply to the owner at Stelle's Hotel, Washington City.

PROPOSALS
FOR CARRYING THE Mails of the United States, On the following Post Roads, Will be received at the General Post Office in Washington City, until the 1st day of July next, (1803) inclusive.
89. From New Rochelle by White Plains, North Castle, Bedford, Salem, Southfield, Dover, Kent, Sharon, Salisbury Sheffield and Great Barrington to Stockbridge once a week. Leave New Rochelle every Saturday at 8 a.m. arrive at Bedford the next day by noon. Leave Bedford at 1 p.m. arrive at Sharon on Tuesday at 4 p.m. Leave Sharon at 5 p.m. arrive at Sheffield on Wednesday by 10 a.m. and at Stockbridge at 5 p.m. Returning—Leave Stockbridge every Thursday at 6 a.m. arrive at Sheffield by 10 a.m. and Sharon by 3 p.m. and at New Rochelle on Saturday by 6 p.m.
90. From New York by Bergen, Hackinack, Paramum, New Antrim, Chester, Goshen, Southfield, Wardillings, Shawangunk and New Paltz to Kingston once a week. Leave New York every Friday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Goshen on Saturday by 6 p.m. Leave Goshen at 8 p.m. and arrive at Kingston on Sunday by 7 p.m. Returning—Leave Kingston every Monday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Kingston by 7 p.m. Leave Kingston on Tuesday at 6 a.m. and arrive at New York on Wednesday by 6 p.m.
91. From Newburg by New Windsor, Little Britain, Goshen, Warwick, Hamburg, Newstead, Middletown, Hase, Middletown and Easton to Bethlehem once a week. Leave Newburg Monday at 2 p.m. and arrive at Newtown on Wednesday by 11 a.m. and at Bethlehem on Thursday by 2 p.m. Leave Bethlehem at 3 p.m. and arrive at Newtown on Friday by 7 p.m. Leave Newtown at 8 p.m. and arrive at Newburg the next Monday by noon.
92. From Cayuga to Scipio once a week. Leave Cayuga every Saturday at 11 a.m. and arrive at Scipio by 2 p.m. Leave Scipio at 4 p.m. and arrive at Cayuga by 7 p.m.
93. From Newtown by Catharine's town, Hector, Ovid and Romulus to Geneva once a week. Leave Newtown every Friday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Geneva on Saturday by noon. Leave Geneva every Saturday at 3 p.m. and arrive at Newtown on Monday by 6 p.m.
94. From New York by Peekskill, Poughkeepsie, Haverstraw, Middletown, Newburgh, New Paltz, and Saugerties to New York on Wednesday 3 p.m. Leave New York every Thursday at 9 a.m. and arrive at Saugerties on Saturday by 3 p.m.
95. From Jamaica by Queens c. h. Huntington, Smithtown, Brookhaven and Riverhead to Smithfield once a week. Leave Jamaica every Friday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Smithfield on Saturday by 10 a.m. Leave Smithfield on Saturday at 2 p.m. and arrive at Jamaica on Monday by 6 p.m.
96. From Newark by Chatham, Morristown, Boonton, Rockaway and Sparta to Newtown, and from thence by Johnsbury, Hacketstown, Blackriver, Mendon, Morristown and Chatham to New York once a week. Leave Newark every Tuesday at 8 a.m. and arrive at Newtown on Friday by 7 p.m. Leave Newtown on Saturday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Newark on Monday by 7 p.m.
97. From Somerset c. h. by Raritan to Morristown once a week. Leave Morristown every Friday at 5 a.m. and arrive at Somerset c. h. by 11 a.m. Returning—Leave Somerset c. h. every Friday at 1 p.m. and arrive at Morristown by 8 p.m.
98. From Trenton by Allentown, Monmouth, Shrewsbury, Middletown, Point Pleasant, New Brunswick, Somerset c. h. Pluckemin, Raritan, New Germantown, Washington, New Hampton, Princeton, Flemington and Pennington to Trenton once a week. Leave Trenton every Tuesday at 8 a.m. and return to Trenton the next Tuesday by 6 a.m.
99. From Trenton by Pennington, Flemington, Plumstead, Pa. Alexandria, Pitstun, New Germantown, Raritan, Pluckemin, Somerset c. h. New Brunswick, Spotswood, Middletown Point, Shrewsbury, Monmouth and Allentown to Trenton once a week. Leave Trenton every Wednesday at 8 a.m. and arrive at Plumstead by 2 1/2 p.m. Leave Plumstead at 3 p.m. and return to Trenton the next Wednesday by 6 a.m.
100. From Trenton by Bordentown, Slatington, Mount Holly, New Mills, Moorestown and Haddonfield to Philadelphia once a week. Leave Trenton every Tuesday at 9 a.m. and arrive at Philadelphia on Wednesday by 11 a.m. Leave Philadelphia every Wednesday at 2 p.m. and arrive at Trenton on Thursday by 6 p.m.
101. From Philadelphia by Coopers-town, Haddonfield, Taunton and Atkinson to Tuckerton once a week. Leave
Tuckerton every Monday at 10 a.m. and arrive at Philadelphia on Wednesday by 8 a.m. Leave Philadelphia every Wednesday at 3 p.m. and arrive at Tuckerton on Friday by 2 p.m.
102. From Philadelphia by Gloucester, Swedesboro' & Woodbury to New Salem once a week. Leave Salem every Tuesday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Philadelphia on Wednesday by 7 a.m. Leave Philadelphia every Wednesday at 3 p.m. and arrive at Salem on Thursday by 7 p.m.
103. From Philadelphia by Gloucester, Woodbury, Bridgetown, Melville, Port Elizabeth and Cape May c. h. to Cape May Island once a week. Leave Philadelphia every Tuesday and Friday at 4 p.m. and arrive at Bridgetown on Wednesday and Saturday by 7 p.m. Leave Bridgetown on Thursday at 5 a.m. and arrive at Cape May Island every Wednesday at 5 a.m. and arrive at Bridgetown by 8 p.m. Leave Bridgetown every Monday and Thursday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Philadelphia by 7 p.m.
104. From Philadelphia by Jenkintown, Doylestown, Plumstead, Eakton, Hellers, Shupelville and Presque's Mill to Wilkesbarre once a week. Leave Philadelphia every Wednesday and Saturday at 4 a.m. arrive at Jenkintown by 8 a.m. at Plumstead by noon, and at Eakton by 8 p.m. Leave Eakton on Thursday at 10 a.m. and arrive at Wilkesbarre on Friday by 6 p.m. Returning—Leave Wilkesbarre every Saturday at 5 p.m. and arrive at Eakton on Sunday by 8 p.m. Leave Eakton every Monday and Thursday at 5 a.m. and arrive at Philadelphia by 8 p.m.
105. From Wilkesbarre by Pittston, Tunkannock, Braintrion, Wykaling, Asylum and Shelburn to Athens once a week. Leave Wilkesbarre every Monday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Athens on Wednesday by 6 p.m. Leave Athens every Thursday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Wilkesbarre on Saturday by 4 p.m.
106. From Jenkintown by the Crooked Billet, Warminster Grosf Roads, Buckingham, Amwell, Corry's Ferry and Ringos to Flemington once a week. Leave Jenkintown every Thursday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Flemington by 5 p.m. Leave Flemington every Friday at 5 a.m. and arrive at Jenkintown by 3 p.m.
107. From Philadelphia by Germantown, Chestnut Hill, Wharton, Marple, Montgomery and Quakertown to Bethlehem. May 1st to November 1st.
Leave Philadelphia every Wednesday and Saturday at 4 p.m. and arrive at Bethlehem by 8 p.m. Leave Bethlehem every Monday and Wednesday at 4 a.m. and arrive at Philadelphia by 8 p.m.
108. From Philadelphia by Germantown, Norristown, Trapp, Pottsgrove, Reading, Hamburg and Saugerties to Northumberland once a week. Leave Philadelphia every Tuesday at 4 a.m. and arrive at Reading on Wednesday by 6 p.m. Leave Reading on Thursday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Northumberland on Friday by 3 p.m. Returning—Leave Northumberland every Saturday at 5 a.m. and arrive at Reading on Sunday by 6 p.m. Leave Reading on Monday by 4 a.m. and arrive at Philadelphia on Tuesday by 8 a.m.
109. From Northumberland by Milton and Muncy to Williamsport once a week. Leave Williamsport every Friday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Northumberland by 6 p.m. Leave Northumberland every Saturday at 9 a.m. and arrive at Williamsport by 9 p.m.
110. From Northumberland by Lewisburg, Acomb, Milford and Bellefonte to Center Furnace once a week. Leave Northumberland every Saturday at 9 a.m. and arrive at Center Furnace on Monday by 8 a.m. Returning—Leave Center Furnace every Monday at 10 a.m. and arrive at Northumberland on Tuesday by 6 p.m.
111. From Downingtown by West Chester, Kennett Square and New London Cross Roads to the Brick Meeting house in Maryland once a week. Leave the Brick Meeting house every Tuesday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Downingtown by 6 p.m. Leave Downingtown every Wednesday at 6 a.m. and arrive at the Brick Meeting house by 6 p.m.
112. From Philadelphia by Downingtown to Lancaster once a week. Leave Philadelphia every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 4 a.m. and arrive at Lancaster by 5 p.m. Returning—Leave Lancaster every Monday, Thursday and Saturday at 4 a.m. and arrive at Philadelphia by 4 p.m.
113. From Lancaster by Reamstown, Adamstown, Goshen, Allentown, Bethlehem, Nazareth, Hellers and Stroudsburg to Milford once a week. Leave Lancaster every Wednesday at 1 p.m. and arrive at Milford on Saturday by 5 p.m. Leave Milford on Saturday by 9 p.m. and arrive at Lancaster the next Wednesday by 10 a.m.
114. From Lancaster by Middletown and Elizabethtown to Harrisburg once a week. Leave Lancaster every Tues-
day at 6 a.m. and arrive at Harrisburg by 6 p.m. Leave Harrisburg every Thursday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Lancaster by 6 p.m.
115. From Reading by Womelsdorf, Lebanon and Harrisburg to Carlisle once a week. Leave Reading every Thursday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Carlisle on Friday by 8 p.m. Leave Carlisle every Saturday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Reading on Sunday by 6 p.m.
116. From Harrisburg by Halifax, Sunbury, Northumberland, Danville, Catawissa, Berwick, Salem and Plymouth to Wilkesbarre, and from thence by Hanover, Newport, Salem, Berwick, Danville, and the same route to Harrisburg once a week. Leave Harrisburg every Wednesday at 1 p.m. and arrive at Wilkesbarre on Saturday by 4 p.m. Leave Wilkesbarre every Saturday at 10 p.m. and arrive at Harrisburg the next Wednesday by 10 a.m.
117. From Lebanon to Jonestown once a week. Leave Lebanon every Friday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Jonestown by 8 a.m. Leave Jonestown at 10 a.m. and arrive at Lebanon by noon.
118. From Harrisburg by Clark's Ferry, Millersburg, Thompsonstown, Middletown, Lewistown, Bellefonte, Huntingdon and Culbertson's Mills to Alexandria once a week. Leave Harrisburg every Wednesday at 2 p.m. and arrive at Alexandria on Saturday by 2 p.m. Leave Alexandria every Monday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Harrisburg on Wednesday by 10 a.m.
119. From Lancaster by Columbia, York, Carlisle and Shippensburg to Chambersburg twice a week. Leave Lancaster every Sunday and Thursday at 4 a.m. and arrive at York by 11 a.m. Leave York at 1 p.m. and arrive at Carlisle on Monday and Friday by 8 a.m. Leave Carlisle at half past 8 a.m. and arrive at Chambersburg by 6 p.m. Returning—Leave Chambersburg every Tuesday and Saturday at 4 a.m. and arrive at Carlisle by 4 p.m. Leave Carlisle at half past 4 p.m. and arrive at York on Sunday and Wednesday by noon. Leave York at 1 p.m. and arrive at Lancaster by 7 p.m.
120. From Lancaster by the Sorrell horse, Black horse, Unicorn, Rising Sun and Brick Meeting house to Elkton in Maryland once a week. Leave Elkton every Monday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Lancaster by 6 p.m. Leave Lancaster every Tuesday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Elkton by 6 p.m.
121. From Lancaster by Strasburg, Gap tavern, Cuchan's tavern, Chatham and New Garden to Newport in Delaware once a week. Leave Newport every Monday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Lancaster on Tuesday by 8 a.m. Leave Lancaster every Tuesday at 11 a.m. and arrive at Newport on Wednesday by noon.
122. From York by Abbottstown, Gettysburg, Fairfield and Emmitsburg to Hagerstown once a week. Leave York every Sunday at 1 p.m. and arrive at Hagerstown on Tuesday by 7 a.m. Returning—Leave Hagerstown every Tuesday at 9 a.m. and arrive at Gettysburg by 9 p.m. and at York the next Sunday by 10 a.m.
123. From Somerset by Connellsville, Union and New Geneva to Morgantown once a week. Leave Somerset every Wednesday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Morgantown on Friday by 10 a.m. Leave Morgantown every Friday at 1 p.m. and arrive at Somerset on Saturday by 7 p.m.
124. From Pittsburg by Franklin, Meadville and Le Beau to Presque Isle once a week. Leave Pittsburg every Saturday at 10 p.m. and arrive at Presque Isle on Wednesday by 10 a.m. Leave Presque Isle every Wednesday at 2 p.m. and arrive at Pittsburg on Saturday by 5 a.m.
125. From Pittsburg by Beavertown, Georgetown, Canfield, Youngstown and the Salt Springs to Warren in Ohio once a week. Leave Pittsburg every Wednesday noon, and arrive at Warren on Saturday by noon. Returning—Leave Warren every Saturday at 8 p.m. and arrive at Pittsburg on Wednesday by 8 a.m.
126. From Washington by Brownsville to Union once a week. Leave Union every Friday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Washington by 4 p.m. Leave Washington every Saturday at 5 a.m. and arrive at Union by 6 p.m.
127. From Washington to Waynesboro once a week. Leave Washington every Monday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Waynesboro by 1 p.m. Leave Waynesboro every Monday at 4 p.m. and arrive at Washington on Tuesday by noon.
128. From York by Shrewsbury and the Blackhorse to Baltimore once a week. Leave York every Tuesday noon and arrive at Baltimore on Wednesday by 7 p.m. Leave Baltimore every Friday at 5 a.m. and arrive at York on Saturday by noon.
129. From Baltimore, Md. by Reisterstown, Winchesters, Union Mills, Peterborough and Gettysburg to Chambersburg once a week. Leave Baltimore every Saturday at 5 a.m. and arrive at Chambersburg on Sunday by 6 p.m. Leave Chambersburg every Tuesday at 5 a.m. and arrive at Baltimore on Wednesday by 6 p.m.
130. From Baltimore by Reisterstown, Hanover, Abbottstown, Berlin, Washington, and Matinahan to Carlisle once
a week—Leave Baltimore every Saturday at 5 a.m. and arrive at Carlisle on Sunday by 7 p.m. Leave Carlisle every Tuesday at 5 a.m. and arrive at Baltimore on Wednesday by 7 p.m.
131. From Shippensburg to Strasburg once a week. Leave Shippensburg every Tuesday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Strasburg by 8 a.m. Leave Strasburg at 10 a.m. and arrive at Shippensburg by noon.
132. From Bristol to Burlington 6 times a week. Leave Bristol every day Sunday except at 4 p.m. and arrive at Burlington by 4 1/2 p.m. Leave Burlington at 6 p.m. and arrive at Bristol by 7 p.m.
IN OHIO.
133. From Steubenville by Brook c. h. to West Liberty in Virginia once a week. Leave West Liberty every Saturday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Steubenville by 11 a.m. Leave Steubenville every Saturday at 1 p.m. and arrive at West Liberty by 7 p.m.
134. From Zanesville to Marietta once in two weeks. Leave Zanesville every other Thursday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Marietta on Friday by 6 p.m. Leave Marietta every other Tuesday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Zanesville by 6 p.m.
135. From Marietta by Middletown to Chillicothe once a week. Leave Marietta every Tuesday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Chillicothe on Thursday by 6 p.m. Leave Chillicothe every Saturday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Marietta on Monday by 6 p.m.
136. From Brown's roads by New Market, Williamsburg and Columbia to Cincinnati once a week. Leave Brown's roads every Saturday at 2 p.m. and arrive at Cincinnati on Monday by 4 p.m. Leave Cincinnati every Tuesday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Brown's roads on Wednesday by 6 p.m.
137. From Cincinnati by Hamilton, Franklin, Dayton, Xenia, Lower Piquetown, Lorain, Old Fort on St. Mary's, Ottawastown, Ft. Defiance, Fort Miami and Raisin River to Detroit, once in two weeks. Leave Cincinnati every other Tuesday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Detroit the next Monday week by 4 p.m. Returning—Leave Detroit every other Tuesday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Cincinnati the next Monday week by 4 p.m.
IN KENTUCKY.
138. From Lexington by Winchester, Montgomery c. h. and Fleming c. h. to Washington once a week. Leave Lexington every Wednesday at 8 a.m. and arrive at Washington on Friday by noon. Leave Washington every Friday at 3 p.m. and arrive at Lexington on Tuesday by 7 p.m.
139. From Frankfort by Georgetown, Cynthiana, Pendleton c. h. and Campbell c. h. to Cincinnati once a week. Leave Frankfort every Friday at 2 p.m. and arrive at Cincinnati once a week. Leave Frankfort every Friday at 2 p.m. and arrive at Cincinnati on Monday by 3 p.m. Leave Cincinnati every Tuesday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Frankfort on Friday by 10 a.m.
140. From Frankfort by Shelbyville, Louisville and Shepherdsville to Beardsstown once a week. Leave Frankfort every Tuesday at 9 a.m. and arrive at Shelbyville by 2 p.m. Leave Shelbyville at half an hour past 2 p.m. and arrive at Louisville on Wednesday by 3 p.m. Leave Louisville on Thursday at 6 p.m. and arrive at Beardsstown on Friday by 11 a.m. Returning—Leave Beardsstown every Friday by 1 p.m. and arrive at Louisville on Saturday by 6 p.m. Leave Louisville on Sunday at noon, and arrive at Shelbyville on Monday by 11 a.m. Leave Shelbyville at noon, and arrive at Frankfort by 6 p.m.
141. From Shelbyville by Middleburg, Beardsstown, Realburg, and Harden c. h. to Brackenridge c. h. once a week. Leave Shelbyville every Tuesday at 3 p.m. and arrive at Brackenridge c. h. on Friday by 11 a.m. Leave Brackenridge c. h. Friday at 1 p.m. and arrive at Shelbyville on Monday by 11 a.m.
142. From Brackenridge c. h. by Hartford, Russellville, and Springfield to Nashville Tc. once a week. Leave Brackenridge c. h. every Friday at 2 p.m. and arrive at Nashville on Monday by 6 p.m. Leave Nashville every Tuesday at 5 a.m. and arrive at Brackenridge c. h. on Friday by 10 a.m.
143. From Hartford by Henderson, Harpefield, Eddyville, Eddyville, and Smithland to Fort Maitre once in two weeks. Leave Hartford every other Saturday at noon, and arrive at Fort Maitre the next Thursday by 10 a.m. Returning—Leave Fort Maitre same day at 2 p.m. and arrive at Hartford the next Tuesday by noon.
144. From Hartford by Vienna to Muhlenburg c. h. once in two weeks. Leave Hartford every other Saturday at noon and arrive at Muhlenburg c. h. on Sunday by 6 p.m. Returning—Leave Muhlenburg c. h. every other Monday at 8 a.m. and arrive at Hartford on Tuesday at 1 p.m.
145. From Russellville by Davisburg, Christian c. h. and Eddy Grove to Eddyville once in two weeks. Leave Russellville every other Monday at 5 a.m. and arrive at Eddyville on Tuesday by 6 p.m. Leave Eddyville every other Wednesday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Russellville on Thursday by 6 p.m.
146. From Russellville by Bowling-
Green and Glasgow to Green c. h. once in two weeks. Leave Russellville every other Monday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Green c. h. on Wednesday by 10 a.m. Leave Green c. h. every other Wednesday at 2 p.m. and arrive at Russellville on Friday by 6 p.m.
147. From Frankfort by Harrodsburg, Danville, Lancaster, Stanford and Pulaski c. h. to Wayne c. h. once a week. Leave Frankfort every Friday at 3 p.m. and arrive at Wayne c. h. the next Monday by 10 a.m. Leave Wayne c. h. every Tuesday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Frankfort on Friday by 10 a.m.
148. From Danville by Springfield to Beardsstown once a week. Leave Danville every Monday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Beardsstown by 6 p.m. Leave Beardsstown every Tuesday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Danville by 6 p.m.
INDIANA TERRITORY.
149. From Louisville to Vincennes once a week. Leave Louisville every Thursday at 1 p.m. and arrive at Vincennes on Saturday by 4 p.m. Leave Vincennes on Sunday by 6 a.m. and arrive at Louisville on Tuesday by 6 p.m.
150. From Vincennes by Kaskaskia, St. Philis and Prairie du Rocher to Cahokia once in two weeks. Leave Vincennes every other Sunday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Cahokia the next Saturday by 6 p.m. Leave Cahokia every other Sunday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Vincennes the next Saturday by 6 p.m.
NOTES.
1. The Postmaster General may expedite the mails and alter the times of arrival and departure at any time during the continuance of the contracts, he stipulating an adequate compensation for any extra expense that may be occasioned thereby.
2. Fifteen minutes shall be allowed for opening and closing the mails at all offices, where no particular time is specified.
3. For every thirty minutes delay (unavoidable accidents excepted) in arriving after the times prescribed in any contract, the contractor shall forfeit one dollar; and if the delay continue until the departure of any pending mail, whereby the mails delayed for such pending mail, lose a trip, an additional forfeiture of five dollars shall be incurred.
4. Newspapers as well as letters are to be sent in the mail; and if any person making proposals, desires to carry newspapers, other than those conveyed in the mail for his own emolument, he must state in his proposals, for what sum he will carry with the emolument, and for what sum without that emolument.
5. Should any person making proposals desire an alteration of the times of arrival and departure above specified, he must state in his proposals the alterations desired, and the difference they will make in the terms of the contract.
6. Persons making proposals are desired to state their prices by the year. Those who contract will receive their pay quarterly in the months of February, May, August, and November, one month after the expiration of each quarter.
7. No other than a free white person shall be employed to convey the mail.
8. Where the proposer intends to convey the mail in the body of a stage carriage, he is desired to state it in his proposals.
9. The Postmaster General reserves to himself the right of declaring any contract at an end whenever three failures happen which amount to the loss of a trip each.
10. Those who wish to contract for two years, will make distinct proposals, specifying for what price they will perform the service for one year, and at what price for two years.
11. The contracts for the above routes are to be in operation on the first day of October next, and are to continue in force for one year, or two years, at the election of the Postmaster General.
GIDEON GRANGER, Postmaster General.
General Post Office, Washington City, April 4th, 1803.
RAPINE, CONRAD & Co.
BOOKSELLERS & STATIONERS, New Jersey Avenue, near the Capitol.
HAVE JUST RECEIVED AND FOR SALE, Washington's Reports of cases argued and determined in the court of appeals of Virginia—Price 6 dollars.
An address to the government of the United States, on the cession of Louisiana, second edition—Price 25 cents.
Monroe's Embassy, in relation to our claims to the navigation of the Mississippi—Price 25 cents.
An address on the past, present and even future relation of the United States to France—Price 18 cents.
Also,
A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF BOOKS in every branch of literature and science; and a constant supply of the Stationery—all which they will sell at their usual moderate prices.
FOR SALE OR RENT,
SITUATE on Green Leaf's Point, near Bull's wharf, a very convenient two story brick dwelling house, well finished with a shop front—good cellar—and necessary out-houses—For terms apply to
BENJAMIN MOORE, New Jersey Avenue, May 4 1803.