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[BY AUTHORITY.]
An Act making appropriations for the sinking of Wells and the erection and repair of Pumps.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the First and Second Chambers of the City Council of Washington, That the sum of six hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated for the sinking of Wells and the erection of Pumps, and that the same be divided in equal proportions between the First, Third and Fourth wards of the City.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor be empowered to establish such regulations respecting the sinking of Wells and the erection of Pumps as aforesaid, and to require such previous individual contributions, as he may see fit, not being one half of the said expense.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the sum of two hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated for the repairs of Pumps in the City of Washington, and that the provisions contained in this act be carried into effect under the direction of the Mayor.
SAMUEL H. SMALLWOOD, President of the First Chamber.
DANL. RAPINE, President of the Second Chamber.
APPROVED, October 9, 1809.
ROBERT BRENT, Mayor.
FOR THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
THE NEW WORLD.
No. VII.
An enquiry into the National Character of the People of the United States of America.
Another characteristic of the United Americans is considered to be an enlightened practical humanity.
The declaration of American Independence correctly affirms it to be a self-evident truth, that all men are born with an equal right to pursue happiness, laying the broadest foundation for the national humanity. Alexander the Great and a Helot once had; the greater Napoleon and a slave have now, as we think, equal rights to seek the blessings of this life—the blessings of eternity.
The whole family of mankind is actually represented in these states. The blood of all the civilized nations runs in our veins. We are in truth the offspring of them all, and every son of woman is our brother.—We are ourselves men, and nothing which benefits man is indifferent to us.
In this spirit, the Americans have, in a manner, pledged themselves to admit into their political family such as they do admit, without preference to the members of any one nation a broad and real humanity.
As this philanthropy appears to have been acceptable to every state, since no objection to the constitutional provision occurred in any of the conventions, it cannot be doubted that it is acceptable also to the various natives of other countries naturalized in America.
In the same humane spirit, the slavery and destruction of Indian prisoners, which occurred in a few instances in the earlier days of some of the late American provinces, have entirely disappeared. The mild regimen of William Penn, of his legislative coadjutors, and of his religious brethren, have been adopted and maintained under our four successive national administrations. Missionaries of several of the pacific churches are constantly employed, as voluntary auxiliaries to the national government, without reward and without indemnity, in the humane and pious employment of winning the Red natives to the sweet peace of the Christian religion. The traffic in ardent spirits, as sure provocatives to strife and death, and in goods convertible to war and bloodshed, is not permitted without many wholesome restraints and precautions. Sales of their lands, in moments of Indian intoxication and delusion, are carefully prevented, for though accomplished with every other circumstance of regularity, no sale by an Indian or a tribe is valid in law, unless effected by means of an authorized and responsible agent of the United States. All sales of territory by the Red natives, even to the general government itself, must be of their own
free will, and must of course be satisfactory to them in the terms of sale. By these and other fair and tender means, territory is acquired with the necessary good humor, and wars with the natives have been unknown for the last fourteen years.
The same characteristic humanity occasioned several of our late provincial legislatures to obstruct and burden the importation of slaves. An insupportable duty on that trade was imposed in Pennsylvania more than forty years ago, but, as in the case of the law to perfect religious liberty, so in the case of the duty on slaves, the negative of the crown in Great Britain was unhappily exercised. The extinction of that royal power, by the declaration of independence, was followed by the memorable act of the state of Virginia; first abolishing on the great principles of humanity the future importation of slaves. Various acts of the other legislatures and of the conventions, have since followed, till at length, on the first day of January, 1808, the introduction of enslaved men into the American states, was terminated in the remaining states by a national law.
The spirit of the American people on this subject was not satisfied by a mere attempt to discontinue the import trade. The delicate and serious work of the gradual abolishment of all slavery in the United States was commenced in Pennsylvania by their legislature, in the year 1779. In the middle states the absence of all danger left those, who had first in America endeavored to obstruct the trade by duties, at liberty to adopt this measure. Considering the times, however, and the contiguity of Pennsylvania to three of the Southern states, it is probable that the friends of abolition there have gone the whole length which prudence allowed. If it be said, that they went too far, it proceeded from personal and religious tenderness towards a very large and very unhappy description of human beings, according with the characteristic we here suggest.
The enlightened humanity of those, who wished to arrest importation, impelled them to exertions for the instruction of the blacks in scholastic knowledge, and in the useful arts and trades. In this meritorious and necessary service, and in the more important duty of religious instruction, much time, abilities, and money are constantly expended. It is considered that an emancipated person of twenty one is possessed of a man's body, informed often by the knowledge only of a child. This would be to produce strength unattended by reason, dangerous even in a few individuals, but formidable in multitudes of persons.
Natural affection, or the mutual love of parent and child, is an amiable and precious form of humanity. It is a favorite theme and of the highest estimation, in the judgment of the moral philosopher. It is an invaluable link in the chain of domestic and civil society. It is peremptorily enjoined by religion. In our municipal regulations, adopted from abroad or devised at home, the people of the late American provinces increased the influence of natural affection beyond the rules of the "common law" of the empire. In England before our revolution and indeed at this time, the eldest son engrossed all the real property. Sisters older than him and brothers and sisters younger were unnaturally deprived of every building, and of every portion of his father's land, of every perpetual ground rent and where (as in the greater part of our slave estates) they were considered as real property, the sisters and younger brothers were deprived of all the slaves. Thus families bred with equal indulgence, and even the tender sex, were sacrificed to the pride and inhumanity of primogeniture, as it is most improperly called. For a first born daughter actually has this fancied right against a son, who is younger. Connecticut, and Pennsylvania in the greater part, did away the English common law in the time of the provinces. So probably did some others. Last wills were found every where to divide the lands. Since the American revolution, it has been altered in favor of natural affection, and of tender love to female children in all the states. The maniacal inhumanity of our old English law of Descents is now every where rejected in the U. States. The des-
* The Storge of the moral writers.
cent of the estates of persons dying without a will, to distant relations, when the aged father or mother remain alive and there are no children, or widow of the deceased, has been considered as a very unsound and painful rule of the common law. By that law real estates do not ascend. Some of the state legislatures have corrected this exceptionable rule of the English law, giving it, under various circumstances, wholly or in part, to the father and mother. The provisions respecting distribution, dower and descent to women are rendered, in some other respects, more favorable and humane. Moral science itself appears to have been defective on the subject of the relation of husband and wife. Much more so, it is conceived, have been the common and the statute law. In these states, we have gone so far, in the case of a son dying intestate without certain relations, as to give the whole income of the real estate to the mother. The situation of the widow has also been ameliorated in this country. Considering the female sex, as they truly are, unrote by any share in the government, we may claim from these new and voluntary attentions to their helpless condition, some credit for a refined humanity.
The American feeling is opposed, on the score of practical humanity, to the custom of impressment . It is often used to force landsman away from their connexions to encounter a new element. Passengers in their way to their property or families, are exposed to this distressing operation. The young seaman who has tried the stormy ocean to obtain bread for a widowed mother and orphan family is cruelly torn from them at the moment of his return; and the married sailor, on whom alone an anxious wife and rising family depend for education and subsistence, is only allowed, after a long voyage, to view at a distance their mournful abode. The humanity of the people of these states will never allow a native press-gang to erase from the declaration of American independence the solemn assurance, that the honest sailor has the same right, as every other citizen to pursue his own happiness.
COLUMBIANUS.
[The trait of humanity, will be the subject of one more number.]
TRANSLATED FOR THE FREEMAN'S JOURNAL.
His excellency and most illustrious Viceroy and Archbishop of the kingdom of Mexico, Don FRANCISCO LE ZAMA DE BEAUMONT, has ordered the following proclamation to be published the 29th of July, 1809.
INHABITANTS OF NEW SPAIN!
I have been promoted, without having wished for it, to the supreme government of these vast and precious dominions, by the Providence of God and by the grace of Ferdinand VII our king, represented by the Supreme Central Junta now governing Spain and the Indies. I find myself now united to you by bonds more sacred and inseparable, at least more public and universal, than those which united me before as your metropolitan Archbishop.
My sons and my flock, belonging to my venerable suffragans!
Till now, your eternal happiness has been the principal object of my love, my prayers, and my tears.—Henceforward, your temporal felicity will engross my particular attention, and will be the object of my thoughts and my tears. You were before all my sons in JESUS CHRIST: I shall now also be your Father in the name of the king. Yes, this name, among the many which corresponds with the dignity and office of Viceroy is the one which I will adopt among you all, while I manage the reins of government which I have taken in my trembling hands. I say trembling hands: because having in meekness and humility borne the shepherd's pastoral crook, it would be intolerable presumption in me to grasp the sword of Viceroyalty with too much arrogance and confidence. Nevertheless, I have accepted it as a good bishop and a good Spaniard, in obedience to the Supreme authority which has confided it to me. I have obeyed; not only for the purpose of giving you all an example of docility and obedience, but also to shew that I have not degenerated, by a scandalous resistance, from your native character, which is docile and obedient.
Inhabitants of Spanish America!
A follower of the Apostles and a Vicegerent of the Spanish monarch, does not know, nor ought to know, any sort of adulation. I am a witness of your heroic fidelity, and will be the praiser of your patriotic Spanish virtues. And if with the enormous weight with which my weak shoulders are loaded, my soul is not dismayed, it is because I confide in the succors of Heaven so abundantly showered on the Spanish nation, and which I hope to obtain by your religious deportment. I rely also, on the advice of those respectable ministers of the king, of whose knowledge, integrity, and zeal, I have the most indubitable testimony; together with the prudent counsel of my dear and venerable brothers the suffragans of this metropolis; and on the prayers of all the regular and secular clergy of this kingdom. I rely, likewise, on the honor and experience of the military chiefs, and on the valor and loyalty of the numerous and brilliant army of this kingdom of New Spain, as well as the zeal, integrity and experience of the directors and officers of the royal treasury, in all their vast and important branches. I entirely confide in the docility, obedience and peaceableness of you all, beloved sons and subjects of Ferdinand VII. Did I not thus confide in you, what else could be expected from me, a weak man, in firm, and borne down with the weight of the mitre, than an immediate and determined renunciation of the reins of government. But I will not do it, while my king and my country demand my few services. To them I willingly sacrifice my repose, and even if it was demanded, my life.
Spanish Americans!
Justice, mercy and peace, will be my companions, that by them you may enjoy all happiness. Endeavor to cultivate the arts and sciences in your houses and in your provinces, and carefully attend to whatever will promote the interests of agriculture and the commerce of mines. And if, through rashness, the barbarous and impious Frenchman should dare to invade our country, I will immediately grasp the sword, I will put myself at the head of your soldiers, I will defend your houses & possessions, and I will drive away the cruel and perfidious enemies that would presume to disturb your repose, in the same manner as the archbishops of Toledo, Rodriguez, Mendozas and Cisneros, have done before, & as been done latterly by the venerable bishop of St. Audero.
Inhabitants of this kingdom!
The glory of God and of his holy religion, the interests of Ferdinand VII, and of the nation, and your individual happiness and tranquility, will be the sole objects of my attention, and the only ends to which my devoirs will be directed. Be not afraid that intrigue and influence will have any share in my government. I have most willingly delivered up, for the urgencies of the crown, all that I possessed over and above my Episcopal income, I will likewise, with pleasure, do the same with the salary appertaining to me as Viceroy. Yes, generous patriots, our common mother is in want of our succors, to finish, with glory, the great work she has in hand; and thanks be to Heaven, it has much advanced, and she hopes to attain it by our love and gratitude.—Continue, then, your donations in abundance, remain united in the sweet bonds of union and peace, and assist your mother Spain to wipe away before the face of the world & for all ages, that black and horrible calumny—which the intruder and false king Joseph published last March in Madrid to deceive all the province of Spain & all Europe—that this kingdom was burning with intestine divisions. On WICKED! Know that the Spanish blood never degenerates by having crossed the Atlantic ocean, nor does it lose its spirit and energy in America. Here are worthy sons and grandsons of the conquerors of Baylen, and of the heroes of Saragossa, Valencia, Cadiz, Asturia, Galicia and Euzemadura, and of all the provinces of Spain. We have in America, brothers and descendants of those who there confounded you with their arms, with their loyalty and even with their last breath. Tremble now at the name of the Spanish Americans, who, if they have not an opportunity of carrying on the war against you sword in hand, do it with their energy and
their MONEY, which they have sent in abundance to their brothers for your destruction.
Inhabitants of this kingdom!
I have given to you the thoughts and the ideas, with which the Archbishop of Mexico commences his government as Viceroy. But I cannot depart from the character of being the successor of the disciples of JESUS CHRIST, who is the Supreme King of kings, and I therefore salute you with the last words which they heard from the blessed mouth of their Divine Master:—Peace be with you; I am he, be not afraid."
THE ARCHBISHOP, VICEROY.
Royal Palace of Mexico,
Jul. 26, 1809.
MANUEL MERINO Sec'y.
Nashville. Ten. Sept. 22, 1809.
IMPORTANT DISCOVERY.
About 30 miles from Carthage, on the Coney Fork of Cumberland river, a Mr. James Bryant has discovered a very extensive Allum and Copperas cave—capable of being wrought to an extent sufficient to supply the whole consumption of this state, and can be afforded at retail in Nashville for half the price the imported coperas has heretofore sold. This discovery which was hinted at some time since in a public paper, is of the greatest importance. The cave that has been wrought lies in Warren county, within two miles of a boatable stream, there is also a fine road from it, and the coperas we have seen is not quite so fine as some of the imported, but appears to be much stronger, and looks very well. Mr. Bryant has experienced considerable difficulty in acquiring a proper knowledge of the cheapest and most productive process by which to separate the coperas from the allum—heretofore he has been obliged to destroy the allum to save the coperas—any person who is acquainted with the method or the manner of making either, will confer a favor on the infant manufactures of our state by communicating the same to the editor of the Clarion, that Mr. Bryant may save us the importation of coperas and allum. Mr. Bryant has only made about 200 weight of coperas as yet, but a Mr. Coats, to whom he gave permission to try what he could make, has made about 800 weight. He is convinced that the different caves that he knows of in that neighborhood will be sufficient, if properly worked, to supply every call for coperas and allum in this state.
Louisville. (Ken.) Sept. 9.
It appears that the indispensable principles necessary to success, in propelling a boat against a current by the agency of fire or steam, have been discovered, after much labor and expense, by Messrs. Livingston and Fulton, of New York; they have proven that the failures heretofore, have been occasioned by a want of exact demonstrations of the mode of taking the purchase on the water, and the proportions and velocities which every part of the machinery should bear to the dimensions, intended velocity and resistance of the boat.
Those gentlemen have associated Mr. N. J. Roosevelt in their enterprise, to extend the utility of this invention to the waters of the Ohio and Mississippi—they intend to form two companies, one for the Ohio and the other for the Mississippi—they propose, provided certain indulgencies are granted, to build boats to be propelled by steam, which shall be capable of carrying each 70 tons of merchandise, produce of materials.
Mr. Roosevelt is now on a tour of observation from Pittsburg to New Orleans, and has probably by this time reached the Mississippi; he is an intelligent gentleman, fully competent to the task of ascertaining in what measure the operation is practicable and in his decision full confidence may be placed. He is well pleased with the Ohio.
Being confident of the practicability of surmounting the obstacles which have hitherto severely opposed our importations to this country by water—a view of the western country becomes truly interesting. The navigable waters of the Ohio and its branches, above the rapids, may be reasonably computed at 5000 miles. This navigation is embraced by the most fertile shores, of equal extent, in the world; they measure 10,000 miles—partaking of the states of Kentucky, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New-York, Ohio, and

and Indian Territory. Touching the locality of this place [Rapids] all these waters concentrate at the foot of the Rapids, and pass within the span of a pistol shot. At this point, the whole of the raw materials produced by the upper country for exportation may be manufactured as occasion may require and by the aid of water fall. This parcel of latitude divides two climates, in reality, which is demonstrated by the difference of productions within our neighborhood—Cotton must not long descend the Ohio, but ascend and be manufactured here, in sufficient quantity to supply the western country with that article.
Augusta [Maine] Sept. 22.
On Friday, Jabez Meiggs, and seven others, all belonging to Malta, in this [Kennebec] county, were committed to jail, charged with the murder of Paul Chadwick, one of the assistants of the surveyors.
By information since received from Maine, it appears that Chadwick was originally one of a party who had agreed to prevent any survey of the lands in that quarter; and the condition of the agreement was, that the others might shoot any one who was found violating it. Chadwick, it seems, thought better of the business, and hired himself to the surveyors as a chain carrier; and the violence upon him was said to be in consequence of his violation of the agreement. This unhappy man languished some time before he died; and his agonies had a good effect on those misguided men who belong to similar combinations. None other of the surveyor's party were injured.
An article from Augusta, of the date of October 6, states that the inhabitants of that town, for about a week past, have been kept in a continual state of commotion and alarm, by bodies of armed men skulking in the neighboring woods, disguised as Indians, and threatening to liberate the prisoners confined in jail. Guards have been furnished during the night for several days past, by the voluntary service of the citizens and militia of this town and Hallowell; and yesterday we understood a regular application was made to the major general of the division, by the sheriff and civil magistrates for a detachment of 300 men to guard the prisoners; they are already in motion, to rendezvous in that town, until the pleasure of the commander in chief shall be known.
Some bombastic and absurd accounts of this transaction have been published here, exaggerating it to an affair of magnitude; but it is pretty well ascertained, that no necessity exists of any aid out of the vicinity of Augusta. If what these men affirm as an excuse for their conduct be true, that they have already been compelled to pay several times for their lands, it certainly is very unjust and distressing. Notwithstanding this, their appearing in arms against the authority of the state is highly reprehensible. If they really are aggrieved, they ought to take a better method than this to obtain relief; as it is probable that their proceeding in this manner will not only prolong the difficulty, but perhaps prevent their obtaining what a more peaceable and legal conduct might produce.
Hartford, October 16.
On Thursday last, the General Assembly of this state met at New-Haven. On Wednesday Lieut. Governor TREADWELL was met at Hamden, by a number of the citizens of New Haven, who accompanied him to that city, &c. The House of Representatives made choice of Lyman Law, Speaker, and William T. Williams, and Noah B. Dethier, Esqs. Clerks.
LIEUT. GOV. TREADWELL'S SPEECH. Gentlemen of the Council, Mr. Speaker, and
Gentlemen of the House of Reps.
A PROVIDENTIAL event which we all deplore, has called me to preside, as God shall enable me, at the opening of this honorable assembly. Our late worthy and beloved chief magistrate, Gov. Trumbull, is departed hence. His lips, which, at our last session, addressed us from the chair, and, at parting, bade us an affectionate and, as it has proved, a final farewell, are now sealed in perpetual silence—his face we shall see, and his voice we shall hear no more. Beloved as a man, respected as a magistrate, and revered as a christian, he has finished a course honorable to himself, acceptable to his friends, and useful to his country and the church of God, &c. has, at the call of God, with a cheerful resignation to his will, resigned his life and his honors to him who gave them; and now sleeps in the dust with his fathers, and has entered we trust, into the joy of his Lord. The circumstances neither of time, place nor occasion, will permit a particular delineation of the character of the late governor Trumbull: suffice it to say, that he long served his country with
dignity, prudence, fidelity and firmness, in elevated stations, in the army, in the national council, and, for the last twelve years of his life, in his native state, as her chief magistrate. These traits of character were eminently displayed in some of the late acts of his administration, well known to the public, which elevated his character as a statesman, and contributed essentially to the welfare of the state and nation. Thus, at the point of his departure, Providence gave him an opportunity for an honorable display of talent and patriotism, as if to make his fellow citizens, who should survive him, the more sensible of their loss, then near at hand, the more to endear his memory, and to transmit his name with more distinguished honor to remote posterity. Such, in general, has been the progress of this luminary across the political hemisphere. It has, in its course, shone with a steady and temperate lustre, brightening as it approached the horizon, and, at the moment of setting, beaming in full splendor.
Having attempted to give vent to our feelings on the present occasion, and to offer the tribute of our condolence to the mourning consort and children of the deceased, for whom we wish the supports and consolations of the gospel, in their deep affliction, it is referred to the Legislature to consider in what manner it becomes them to notice the hand of God, in this solemn and affecting event, and in what manner to express their respect for the memory of the deceased, and their sense of the inestimable loss they have sustained in his death.
Permit me now to solicit your attention to such other objects as may merit legislative consideration.
To advance the interests of religion and learning, to provide for the prompt and impartial administration of distributive and penal justice, and to arm and train the citizens for defence, against insurrection, or external aggression, are essential to the well-being of nations.
The attention this state has ever paid to these great objects, has contributed much to her peace, safety and stability, and has given her an honorable distinction among her sister states; still, there are, it is believed, considerable defects in the provisions which have been made for the attainment of some of these essential objects.
The public maintenance of religion has ever been deemed by the most enlightened nations as intimately connected with the interests of the civil state. In our ancient institutions, on this momentous subject, there is much to commend; in our present system there are evident defects; these, however, seem to be the result of the state of society, and time and reflection, by harmonizing the public sentiment on this point alone can apply the remedy.
The education of youths to qualify them for that employment, which shall be indicated by their respective circumstances and talents, will always be esteemed by reflecting men, as an object of prime importance. The funds provided, in this state, for the support of common schools, are ample; it is believed, beyond any former example; but, in their application, it might be useful to make some farther provisions by law, to secure the appointment of able and virtuous preceptors, and to require their faithful endeavors, to imbue the tender minds of the youths, committed to their care, with the principles of morality and religion, without which, not only the rudiments, but the highest attainments, in learning, would be worse than in vain.
With respect to the prompt and impartial administration of distributive justice, in the higher courts of law, there remains, at present, little further to be desired; time, however, will best discover any defects in the recent organization of those courts.
The execution of penal law, for felonious and other atrocious crimes, is sufficiently energetic. Confinement in Newgate prison is terrible, but not cruel; and it is probably more effectual to prevent such crimes, than capital punishment: there are however among the prisoners few or no penitents; and few means of making them such. Honorable mention ought here to be made, of the pious efforts of the neighboring clergy, who have lately, in succession, preached at the prison, to an audience in general decently attentive. Could the prisoners be brought to treat religion with respect, it would be an act of benevolence to supply them with bibles, and religious tracts, and with preaching on the Sabbath, as opportunity should offer. But while this institution, as a place of punishment, attains in a good measure, its object, the execution of penal law for the minor offences against religion and morals has, too generally, been intermitted. The ancient system which was long effectual, has, to a great extent, become obsolete; and no measures have, as yet, been devised to
restore its tone, or to provide a substitute. This defect, which is daily increasing, must be an inlet to that licentiousness, which, in its progress, will endanger the subversion of our free government, founded, as it is, on the virtuous habits of the people.
Much has been done in this state to teach the militia the rudiments of tactics, but comparatively little has been done to arm them for actual service. It is admitted, that this falls within the province of the national government, but not exclusively: if they neglect to do it, our honor and safety require that we do it ourselves. Power and influence ever attend a state armed, and at all points, prepared, for actual defence; and, in the existing state of things in our world hitherto, if a state will be free and independent, it must, sooner or later, assert its freedom and independence, at the point of the sword: nor, can we claim exemption from the common lot of nations.
We have fought for and by the help of God achieved our independence; & it must ultimately be maintained if it is maintained at all, through the means by which it was achieved until the time come when men shall learn war no more. It is hoped, therefore, that the unsuccessful efforts which this honorable Assembly have recently made, to provide arms for such as may be called into actual service will not be considered as an abandonment of a measure, which the present state of the world evinces to be expedient, and highly important.
The usual business of the October session will, of course, be attended to, and your wisdom will select such other subjects as may require legislative interposition.
A resolution of the general court of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the U. S. now to be communicated, will doubtless be thought to merit particular attention.
The astonishing revolutions which, in rapid succession, have, of late years, convulsed Europe, have given another head to the ancient Western Roman Empire, which exercises a despotism more relentless and bloody, than either of the former; and while we contemplate, with awful reverence, the hand of God in these events, it becomes us to stand aloof from the nation which is the chief agent in producing them, & whose policy is to allure only to devour. Most of the embarrassments, which our republic has, of late years experienced, have, it is believed, originated in an undue bias in her favor. May the fate of other nations, which she has seduced and conquered, prove a warning to us to escape her snares, and to cultivate, by honorable means, the proffered friendship of that power which, more than any other, stands between her and universal empire.
What thanks do we owe to Him who is King of kings and Lord of lords, for permitting us, notwithstanding our numerous provocations, to assemble, under the forms of our happy constitution, on the ordinary concerns of the state; while, in his anger, he is breaking to pieces, like a potter's vessel, the nations which have corrupted his gospel, and so far refused his reign.
JOHN TREADWELL.
(From Mitchell's Tour to Niagara.)
Reasons for supposing that the great Lakes of North America were originally composed of Salt water.
The remains of marine animals throughout the Continents of the earth have long been cited as proofs that the ocean formerly covered them; lithophytous and testaceous substances are so numerous and distinguishable, that in the present case the mind is easily led to this conclusion. They abound the greater part of the way from Cayuga to Buffalo and Erie through the countries of Seneca, Ontario, Genessee and Niagara, a distance of more than one hundred miles. They are found also in Montgomery, Madison, St. Lawrence, Oneida and other counties. At the remarkable sulphurous spring in the town of Pelphs, eleven miles Northwest of Geneva, they appear like corallines and madreporas. On both sides of the Genessee and Tonawanda rivers, they resemble marine shells, while, on the East and West banks of Niagara river, they assume, in addition to the already enumerated forms, those that have erroneously been called wasp-nests and honey-combs. In some cases these calcareous petrifactions are blended with pyrites; and in others, they are impregnated with a petroleum or bituminous matter called Seneca oil. On viewing these appearances, the mind recurs to the unascertained time when oceanic water of the primitive globe rolled over this land, and afterwards on the emergence of the latter, withdrew to valleys and lower receptacles. The saline waters were thus collected in the places they have since occupied, while the upland became bare and dry, on the subsidence of the deluge.
It may therefore be reasonably concluded that the inferior seas, now called lakes, were originally filled with salt water. Their present freshness, on this supposition, is the consequence of the dilution they have undergone, changing them from briny seas to fresh lakes. To understand the subject, let Ontario, Erie and the Upper Lakes of North America, be compared with the collections of salt water, in the other parts of the world.
The Caspian is naturally salt, and retains that quality because there is no outlet, the waters it receives by the rivers and rains are so nearly balanced by that which goes off by evaporation, that this reservoir has never burst its boundary. The like observation applies to the Dead Sea in Syria. The exhalation from its surface seems to be supplied from the influx of the Jordan. And there has been no sufficient accumulation to force a passage out. The Mediterranean has a communication with the Atlantic, & its saltness is preserved by the supplies it receives through the Herculean Straits near Gibraltar. The same remark may be made concerning the Euxine ; though the large and numerous fresh rivers which empty into it, co-operating with its more Northern and cold situation, impel the saline part of it through the Terracian Bosphorus and Straits of the Dardanelles into the Archipelago . Should the supply through the Danube , the Dnieper , the Dniester , the Don and other tributary rivers be more considerable than the quantity carried off in vapor, the Black Sea must find a discharge into the Egean , and a diminution of its saltness by dilution with river water, be the consequence. It is accordingly well understood that the Euxine is undergoing the freshening process, which has long ago been completed in the great American lakes. The Mexican presents a case, which strongly corroborates this doctrine. Of the two lakes which impart health and convenience to the city of Mexico , the upper one is fresh & the lower salt. The salt is not a muriate, but a carbonate of soda, like that of the Nitrian pools of Egypt: the argument loses none of its force on that account. Two streams which enter the upper lake have washed out the alkali, and carried it down to the lower basin. From this latter in dry seasons, more water goes off by exhalation than come in by the current. Extensive shoals are left, bare and encrusted with alkaline crystals which the natives gather and sell, when from copious rains this lower lake rises above a certain height, it overflows as some other ponds are known to do, and finds an occasional outlet.
The inland seas of North America differ from all those cases, except that of the upper lake of Mexico . They are unlike the Caspian and Judean seas, because these latter have no outlets. They vary from the Mediterranean and Euxine inasmuch as their supplies are abundant, and the outlets of the American lakes pass along such declivities, and are so rapid and precipitous, that the current always sets vehement one way, and wholly prevents a reflux, and they can scarcely receive a more apt and happy illustration than the Mexican lakes afford. Their original saltness may therefore be conceived as having been subjected to incessant dilution, and the freshened waters as having left their reservoirs never to flow back.
Under such circumstances where the salt water was constantly going forth, and the fresh water running in, it must necessarily have happened, that the former would gradually be exhausted, & its place occupied by the latter. Thus, it may be conceived, that the ancient saltness of our lakes was lost. When however we survey the marine exuviae on their shores we can with difficulty refuse full credit to these evidences of the former state of things.
When also we reflect that Erie abounds with sturgeons, who never visit the ocean, we must conclude that a fish, which used to migrate from sea to river, and from salt to fresh, has gradually been weaned from his marine habits, and become a perfect fresh water animal. The Salmon of Ontario is believed by some to be a witness of the same fact. Since the transition, it is said he has acquired the faculty of living without brine, and become contented with the unsalted water of his native lake.
AMUSING.
The following miscellaneous extracts from London papers, cannot fail to excite risible sensations. When the unintelligible dispatches of General Wellesley could electify a company so royal; when they could rouse such men as Sheridan and Erskine to contribute to the fun of the loyal groupe, by efforts at levity and extempore oratory; when we know, that this boasted victory, which turned royal heads and loyal hearts, was no victory at all; and when we see mortals
made so happy by a pompous nothing—surely, we must unite in opinion with the bard, that
"Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise."
BRIGHTON, Aug. 15.—A very numerous party, including nearly the whole of the noblemen, who had partaken of the hospitality of the Pavillon on the birth day, again dined with the Prince and four of his Royal Brothers, yesterday, the Dukes of York and Sussex having previously departed for Oatlands. During dinner, dispatches by express arrived for the Prince, acquainting his Royal Highness with the glorious victory obtained by Sir Arthur Wellesley, in Spain. The Prince himself exultingly read them aloud at the dinner table. It is impossible to describe the effect which this information had upon all present; the loudest acclamations of joy were instantaneously uttered. The table cloth removed, his Royal Highness, Lord Erskine and Mr. Sheridan, were particularly eloquent, the two latter raising themselves with their feet on the bottoms of their chairs, for the purpose of being more distinctly heard. The scene of hilarity that succeeded, may be better conceived than expressed—it lasted until near 11 o'clock, when their Royal Highnesses and the party collectively, removed to the BALL at the Castle.
The rooms, as early as 10 o'clock, were prodigiously crowded, many families having arrived there from Worthing, East Bourne, Rottingdean, Lewes, and other parts of the county. Dancing commenced about 10 o'clock, but their Royal Highnesses' approach being announced, the graceful exercise was instantly discontinued, and an avenue formed by the company for their passage to the centre of the room, the elegantes all standing, and the music playing "God save the King."
The Prince with his usual dignified condescension conversed with all that he knew, and communicated the gratifying intelligence he had received without reserve, and the Royal Dukes followed his example. To the Earl of Chichester the Prince seemed particularly attentive: "Lord Chichester," said his Royal Highness, on coming up to his Lordship, "I am glad to see you—this is glorious news; if you have any wish to see my dispatches, you will find col. Bloomfield, and tell him that he has my permission to shew them."
The scene was now truly inspiring; the gallant conduct of Sir Arthur Wellesley, and the British heroes he commanded, being the only topic of conversation. The Prince was habited in a blue coat, white waistcoat, black silk small clothes and hose, with the garter and star, and a round hat. The Duke of Clarence was in a similar costume. The Duke of Kent was in regimentals, with the star, &c. and boots. The Duke of Cumberland was attired in a blue coat, white waistcoat, white kerserose small clothes and silk stockings, with a star, garter, &c. All were in high spirits and excellent health. The ladies, many of them, among whom were the Countess Berkeley, the Duchess of Leeds, &c. were most splendidly dressed with the most expensive display of diamonds. Ear rings, necklaces & bracelets were very generally worn. The dresses were all very much open at the bosom, with long trains; but the waists were not so short as usual. White and straw colored silks were very generally worn, although plain, flowered, gold and silver sprigged muslins had their admirers.
At twelve o'clock the supper rooms were thrown open, three in number—the ornamental decorations of the tables being formed in the most striking and interesting style, and the whole reflecting the highest credit on the taste and talents of the inn-keeper, Mr. Tilt. About five hundred supped, the assemblage altogether being about six hundred and fifty. The Royal Brothers all supped in one room; the Duke of Clarence taking the head of the table, the Duchess of Leeds being to his right, and the Countess of Berkeley his left. The Prince, and the Dukes of Kent, Cumberland and Cambridge, were each between belles of beauty, some on one side the table, and some on the other. The private band of the Prince in their splendid new uniform, played select pieces of music in a very fine stile during supper.
The first toast they drank was "The Prince." The acclamations that followed in every room at the same instant might have been heard to a considerable distance, the ladies waving their handkerchiefs, and by smiles the most fascinating evincing how grateful the toast was to them. The supper apartments were abandoned for the ball room at about half past 1 o'clock, at which time further dispatches respecting the victory in Spain, arrived for the prince, which his royal highness himself read aloud.
The Prince and the royal dukes retired to the Pavillon soon after two

a'clock—but the dancing was continued for about two hour after—The rooms were not entirely deserted till near 5 this morning.
The Prince & all the royal dukes as early as 8 o'clock this morning set off from the Pavilion for Oatlands. The departures have since been very numerous.
London, August 26. The king has been pleased to grant the dignities of Baron and Viscount of the United Kingdoms of Great Britain & Ireland, unto the right hon. Sir Arthur Wellesley, Knight of the most hon. order of the Bath, and Lieut. Gen. of his majesty's forces, and to the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the names, styles and titles of Baron Douro of Wellesley, in the county of Somerset, and Viscount Wellington of Talavera, and Wellington, in the said county.
August 28. By the new Swedish constitution, which has lately been made public at Stockholm, in five sheets quarto, the king is to be assisted by a council of state, consisting of nine members, by whose advice he make peace or war, and transacts all important affairs. All public offices must be filled by natives. The king has the supreme command of the land and naval forces. The royal age of maturity takes place at twenty. Should the male branch of the royal family become extinct, the council governs until the states are convened. No prince royal can marry without the consent of the states.
August 29. The people of England are at length beginning to awake from the delusive dream by which they have been amused for the last month. The expedition, as we predicted, and as every person of common understanding might have foreseen, is about to return, without having accomplished the avowed object for which it was prepared. Whether a difference of opinion among the superior officers does or does not exist; whether Cl. Congreve did or did not come home for orders, with respect to the ulterior objects of our armament, we will not undertake to say—but this we know, that our force has lingered before secondary objects, until the grand primary object of the expedition is believed to be now unattainable. Thus ends the conquest of Holland, and expulsion of king Louis. Even Flushing, almost the first fruits of our efforts, is already threatened, & compelled to stand on the defensive! When we look back even but a few weeks, and reflect on the opprobrious calumnies with which every one presuming to doubt the full success of the expedition, was loaded, we surely may be excused for exclaiming—what infatuation!
The accomplishment of the ulterior objects of the expedition seems to be completely given up, and the belief is now very generally prevalent that the operations of the expeditions in Holland are at an end. The almost universal question now is, where does the expedition go next—some say to Sicily—some to Cadiz—others to Lisbon—Perhaps it will puzzle our vigorous ministers to know where to send it. We now relinquish all hope of the power of England being usefully directed by men who have so repeatedly exhibited proofs of utter incapacity in that respect.
In what part of the peninsula the late Sir A. Wellesley will receive the notification of his exaltation to the rank of Viscount, is uncertain—for brilliant as is the lustre reflected on the British army and commander, by their gallant defence at Talavera—they have retreated—are retreating—and must retreat, before a disciplined and experienced force, of acknowledged numerical superiority.
From Germany, we are without intelligence. Amongst the next that is received may be anticipated peace between France and Austria; and long before Christmas, we apprehend, that neither on the Great Peninsula, nor on the continent of Europe, with the exception of Gibraltar, will there be one British regiment.
Last week William Constable and Richard Cockerell, two manufacturers, were apprehended at Hull, for preparing to leave this kingdom for America.
The dominions of Hanover, to the amount of two millions of livres yearly, have been distributed by Bonaparte among his generals and ministers. The following have the largest grants:—
Berthier, Bernadotte, Mortier, Duroc, Ney, Augereau, Massena, Caulaincourt, Davoust, Soult, Lefebvre, Lebrun, Bessieres, Junot, Victor, Fouche, Champagny, Doyers & Crozet.
August 30. Letters have been received from Presburgh to the 31st ult. and from Riga to the 11th inst. By these we learn that the report of a general embargo in the harbors of Russia and the Baltic, is erroneous. It is true that an embargo has been imposed, but instead of a general, it is confined to native ships only, and its sole object
is to prevent their falling into the hands of the powerful British force cruising in that sea. With a licence from this country it is understood that any Russian ships would be permitted to take their departure. All the difficulties respecting the American vessels in the port of Riga, have been removed by the good understanding which subsists between the consignees and the official agents of the Russian government.
Orders have been received at Woolwich to prepare artillery for another expedition.
GLASGOW, AUG. 24. Extract of a letter from a gentleman at Dornoch, to his friend in Glasgow, dated 17th Aug. 1809, received in town yesterday.
"I have to relate one of the most awful and the most melancholy accidents that ever occurred in this part of the world: Last Wednesday, being the fair-day at Tain, the ferry boat in crossing from that side to the south side, sank, and the whole on board perished, amounting to upwards of 120 souls, among whom were Sheriff M c Culloch, Mr. John Leslie, merchant, and Isabel his sister, &c. There were upwards of 20 from the town and 63 from the Parish. It is easier for you to conceive than for me to describe the awful situation of the whole town. The whole church yard is one scene of graves; and all yesterday carts were employed in carrying the dead bodies to the town. Few of those belonging to the town have yet been found this day, as we have got a net and are going to try what we can do. The boat was over-loaded, and, as soon as they left the land, began to sink. The blame has been much laid on Southerland, the ferryman on the south side, who has suffered, as he happened unfortunately to be on this side that fatal morning. The day was quite calm. Thank God, none of our nearest relations were among the sufferers, but I feel for the situation of my dear neighbors. Good God, what a havoc in one parish—whole families have perished."
Seville, 26th July, 1809. Under date of the 14th inst. the following Royal Order was communicated to the Intendant Sub-delegates of Rents, and Captain General.
The Supreme Junta of the kingdom, keeping in view the means to contribute to the alleviation, and to provide for the subsistence of the unfortunate Spanish subjects compelled to inhabit the places occupied by the enemies, and wishing to combine the interest of said persons with those trafficking with our colonies; notwithstanding the orders issued to cut off all communication or commerce with places occupied by the enemies, to permit sugar, cocoa and bark, may be remitted to said places and sold there with the condition, that such clearances shall be given only to persons exhibiting testimony of patriotism, who shall be subjected to examination and search; to avoid their conveying letters or papers prejudicial to the just cause defended by the nation, or any other goods besides those expressed in their clearances.
Our former orders remain in full vigor and force for all other articles, excepting those of sugar, cocoa and bark.
WASHINGTON CITY.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20.
Extract of letter from the Havana, dated 26th Sept. 1809.
"A brig being upon the point of departure for Baltimore, I have only time to enclose to you herewith three of the last papers, & to say that I have been informed, that by a late royal order received here, all the ports of this island will from henceforward be shut against all foreigners. It is said that the order will be promulgated this evening or to-morrow, and if in time I will forward to you a copy thereof."
"I cannot think it will take effect immediately, but it is said it will and that it actually passed the heads of departments this morning, who ordered the same to be promulgated and carried into execution."
"A rapid rise has taken place in every article, and no person will sell at any price until the extent of the order is known. As to the interest of the merchants of the United States, I do not believe that it will be much injured by this measure, as the losses sustained by those largely concerned in the trade since the embargo was raised are great."
Extract of a letter—dated Havana, 27th Sept. 1809.
"The enclosed order is of such importance to the commerce of the citizens of the United States, that I embrace an opportunity offering this moment for Baltimore to forward to you a copy thereof."
ORDER. The President, Governor and Captain General and the Intendant of this island, in a consultation yesterday, resolved that the royal orders of the 10th July last should be complied with, in which is enjoined an observance of so much of the laws of the Indies as forbids foreign vessels to trade in the ports of the Indies—which is communicated to the public.
Havana, 27th Sept. 1809. A copy from the original posted this morning at the door of the Custom-House.
We have refrained from any comment on the Election lately held in Maryland, until we should be correctly acquainted with the entire result. Of that result we are now informed, from which it appears that the House of Delegates for the ensuing year will be composed of the following members:
   1809.   Rep. Fed.    St. Mary's 0 4  Kent 4 0  Anne Arundel 4 0  Calvert 1 3  Charles 0 4  Baltimore county 4 0  Talbot 4 0  Somerset 0 4  Dorchester 0 4  Cecil 4 0  Prince George's 0 4  Annapolis 2 0  Queen Anne's 4 0  Worcester 2 2  Frederick 1 3  Hartford 4 0  Caroline 4 0  Baltimore city 2 0  Washington 4 0  Montgomery 0 4  Allegany 0 4  44 36  
This result is deservedly a topic of national as well as local felicitation. It is agreed on all hands that greater exertions have not been made at any antecedent election. The brilliant success of the republicans, consequently, attests the sound political character of the state, and wipes off, we trust forever, the reproach cast upon it by the preceding election.
It is but justice to the republicans of Maryland to exhibit fairly and fully the extent of their victory, which might not, on a superficial attention, be distinctly perceived.
Although the republican majority in the House of Delegates is only eight, it does not follow that the republican majority of the voters of the state is no greater. Unfortunately for the cause of principle, in Maryland as in several other states, representation is not apportioned according to numbers. Each county, however unequal in numbers, is entitled to the same number of representatives. For instance, Frederick which gave at this election above 5,500 votes, has no more representatives than Calvert, which gave only 800 votes. In most of the small counties, the votes being nearly equally divided, or a majority federally, an undue political weight is given to these counties in the House of Delegates; while, the large counties, including that of Baltimore, being decidedly republican, sustain a serious defalcation of political weight in that body. This is so strikingly the case, that even at the last election, although the federalists had a majority of six in the House of Delegates, the republicans gave 3,000 more votes than the federalists. As far as we have been able to collect information, the republican majority of votes at this election is not short of 6,000.
When we consider the astonishing efforts made by the federal party, the unworthy means to which they resorted, and the critical state of the country from the injustice of foreign powers, there is abundant reason for indulging a correct pride at this happy victory of principle.
The federalists, with a subtle policy, early determined to direct their strongest efforts to wrest the issue of the election from principle to personal considerations. Aware of the high and firm ground on which the general government stood, and the invincible strength of the principles that supported it in the several states, they dexterously resolved to endeavor to produce the impression, that the leading object of the republicans was to secure the election of General Smith to the Senate of the United States. However eminent the talents and distinguished the services of this citizen, they knew that republicanism is always weakened by identifying itself with any individual, and is only able to exert its full strength, when it rises in support of principle. While, they felt that the latter was impregnable, they hoped by making some impression on the character of an individual to decide the election. In this effort, they partially succeeded, so much so that an uninformed observer of the election canvas would have inferred,
that the sole question was whether General Smith should be Senator. Every act of his life was scrutinized, misrepresented and blackened, and some adverse impressions were unquestionably made on a number of honest minds. But all would not do. His friends threw a blaze of light on his conduct, before which the clouds of detraction vanished. Republicans of the utmost respectability, who had before been inactive, came out, and the result was such as we have witnessed. The government is now republican in all its departments.
The Governor is republican. The whole body of the Senate is republican. And of the House of Delegates 44 are republican and 36 federal.
   NEW-JERSEY ELECTION.   Trenton, Oct. 16.   GENERAL RESULT.   Republican. Federal.   Coun. Assem. Coun. Assem.    Essex, 1 4  Morris, 1 3  Sussex, 1 4  Hunterdon, 1 4  Monmouth, 1 3  Salem, 1 3  Cumberland, 1 2  Gloucester, 1 1  Cape May, 1  Burlington, 1 4  Middlesex, 1 3  Somerset, 1 3  Bergen, 1 3  Republican, total 2 24  Federal, total 5 16  Republican majority,  In Council, 3  In Assembly, 3  In Joint Meeting, 14  
REMARKS. It will be seen that in Gloucester the Republicans have lost two members of Assembly. This was owing to a disgraceful local schism, by which the Republican candidates lost, and the Federal gained, a number of votes.
In Monmouth, where last year the feds had more than a hundred majority, the Republicans have this year about a hundred and fifty.
In Hunterdon, the Republican majority is increased from about eighty last year, to three or four hundred this.
In Essex and Morris, where the federalists had formed tickets and made a great bustle—the Republican tickets have prevailed as usual by immense majorities.
In Cumberland and Salem there was no federal opposition.
In Burlington we understand the federal majority is considerably reduced.
From Middlesex, Somerset, Bergen and Cape May, we have no certain information; but as in our statement we have given them all to the federalists, any members which we may get in any of those counties will increase the Republican majority as above stated.
New-Jersey is safe—and her sons deserve well of their country!
Mr. Erskine, family and suit, arrived here yesterday morning from Baltimore. They will sail for England in the frigate L'Alcaine the first fair wind.
Norfolk Paper, Oct 13.
Lord Erskine has written a pamphlet, explanatory of his son's conduct while minister to the U. S.
CURIOSITY—Mr. Seth Hall, Fairfield, (Con.) says, he has now in his possession a single stalk of Indian Corn, which grew in his field this season, with fifty one ears upon it, which will be shown to any one who may doubt it.
From the Boston Repository of Oct. 13.
The account of the insurrection in our last, was in a high degree magnified. We understand there has been nothing like an attack; that but few have been seen embodied; and that they skulk in the woods.
CONSULATE GENERAL OF RUSSIA, No. 190 Chesnut-street, PHILADELPHIA.
THE Consul General and Charge des Affaires of H. I. M. the Emperor of all the Russias to the U. States, informs all persons, whom it may concern, that
1st. All American vessels going to Russia, must be provided for their admission in her ports with certificates of origin and bills of health.
2d. All American vessels which having cleared out from a port where there is a resident Russian Consul or agent, shall produce at their arrival in Russian ports other certificates than those of the said person, no credit will be given to such papers.
3d. As to vessels which shall clear out from a port where there is no resident Russian consul or agent (if there be no particular and published
regulations which shall require the said papers from the consul or agent residing in another port) all documents and papers duly authenticated by the local authorities shall receive full credit in Russian ports—Should be given in this last case a previous notice to the Consul General of the departure of such vessels, of the nature of their cargoes, of their destination and all other particulars, in order to furnish additional proof of the real ownership and place of departure of the same, the Consul General will take care to forward such notice to his government by the first opportunity, or by the same vessel.
4th. As it is the wish of the Consul General to remove any impediment to the trade of the Americans with Russia and spare them unnecessary formalities as much as possible, in all doubtful and unsearched cases relative to the navigation to Russia, Americans in any port or place of the United States, may apply whenever they shall think proper for any information or any document or authentication of papers, certificates, passports, bills of health or any other, to the consul gen. at Philadelphia, particularly when in the place where they require the Russian consul or agent to examine decide upon the facts by themselves, or if such cases happened without the limits of their respective consulates.
ANDREW DASCHKOFF. No communication will be answered unless post paid.
It happens frequently in spring and summer, after rainy weather, that cattle, feeding on green clover, swell to an amazing size, and die in a short time. That disease is occasioned by a dilation in their stomach of the acid & mephitic gas contained in the clover. The cure is a neutralization of that gas, and is effected by the mean of alkali; which is universally used in France, as follows: dissolve an ounce of potash in a quart of water; take one tumbler full of that dissolution, mix it with a pint of water, and give it to the ox or cow at two different times, one half at a time; it will cure them in one hour.
One quart of strong ley given to an ox will cure him in three or four hours.
Twelve or fifteen drops of Alkali volatile flour mixed in a glass of water, are also a sure remedy.
N. B. One half of the above doses sufficient for sheep. Aurora.
New-York, October 16. Captain Stacey arrived at Marblehead on Wednesday, from Gion, (in the north of Spain, and the province of Asturia) which he left the 19th of August—When he sailed great rejoicings were held at Oviedo, the capital of the province, on account of the supposed possession (which our later accounts shew not to be true) of Madrid on the 15th by the combined armies. Persons recently from St. Andero, S n Sebastian's and Bilbao, said, that all the Americans in those ports had been taken up and imprisoned by the French; that at St. Andero they had once been released through the influence of Madam O'Brien, but were again imprisoned. It was stated, that the French had only 4000 troops in St. Andero, and only as many hundred in Bilbao—that the Spanish lines extended to the former place and that the Spaniards expected shortly to regain possession of it, as well as of Bilbao. Salem Gazette.
AT AUCTION. On Saturday the 28th inst at 12 o'clock will be sold without reserve, at Davy's Wharf, 3 Pipes, } MADEIRA WINE of 1 Half Pipe, & } excellent quality— 3 Quarter Casks } On 3 and 6 months—Notes endorsed satisfactory.—Also, 2 Pipes of old HOLLAND GIN, for cash—to close a consignment. October 20—It
OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC ADVERTISER. New York, June 10, 1809.
THE Proprietors of this establishment have now put into practice an arrangement, that has long since been suggested, and of which great public utility is anticipated by their republican fellow citizens. With a view to disseminate as extensively as practicable the principles avowed and advocated in the PUBLIC ADVERTISER, a paper adapted to the convenience of country friends is issued from this office, every Wednesday & Saturday, under the title of the "NEW YORK JOURNAL."
It will be furnished to subscribers at the reduced price of THREE DOLLARS per annum, to be paid in advance, or by acceptances in the city of New York. Those who subscribe for six months only, will be charged Two Dollars, and no subscriber will be received for a shorter period of time. FRANK, WHITE & Co. No. 133, Water street. October 20—
TIBER BREWERY, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
HERFORD & SON Respectfully inform their friends and the public, that having recommenced brewing for the season, they have now for sale DRAUGHT BEER in bottles and half barrels. Also, Philadelphia bottled Ale and Porter, and Albany Ale. Yeast and Grains to be had at the Brewery as usual. October 20—3 times

DRUGS & MEDICINES. A fresh Supply just received from New York, at  H. CATLETT'S DRUG STORE, F Street Also, PAINTS, OILS, &c. October 13—tf  FOR SALE, By CHARLES J. CATLETT, At his Warehouse in Alexandria. 75 Chests Imperial Hyson and Young Hyson Teas, 50,000 Pounds prime Green Coffee, 20 Pipes and Quarter casks Lisbon and Teneriffe Wine, 8 Hogsheads Muscavado Sugar, 2,000 Pounds Seine Twine, 50 Boxes Spanish Segars, 50 Do. Mould Candles, 8 Barrels Pimento. October 13—tf
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, &c. consisting of Mahogany Tables, Windsor Chairs, Chests and Boxes, one large Looking-glass, a Feather Bed and Bedstead, an excellent Ten-plate Stove, a Spinning Wheel, Pictures in Frames, Pots and Prying Pan, a Turning Lathe and several articles in the Turning and Carpenter line, a variety of Coppers Ware, Coppers Tools, &c. Shoemakers Lasts, &c.; a woman's Riding Saddle and many other articles too tedious to mention; all of which will be sold without reserve on SATURDAY the 21st inst. at TEN o'clock, A. M. at the house of Mr. WM. BRENT, nearly opposite the Centre Market house, Pennsylvania avenue. Terms of Sale CASH. SAMUEL SPEARS, Auct.
N. B. Should Saturday be a rainy day the sale will be postponed until Monday the 23rd at 10 o'clock A. M. October 13—2p  District of Columbia, Washington county, to wit: Circuit Court, June term 1809. IN GRANGER. John McLeod, against Alexander Cochran, Jr. and wife.
ON the petition of John McLeod setting forth that he purchased of a certain Alexander Cochran, Jr. the following piece of ground lying and being in the city of Washington, to wit: All that part or portion of ground being part of a lot as distinguished on the plan of the said city by number 29 in square 904, beginning for the part of said lot so purchased on Eighth street east on the west side thereof at the distance of 22 feet north from the south east corner of said lot in said square and running northwardly with the west side of said street 16 feet; then westwardly at right angles to an alley as laid down on the plan of said city; then southwardly and parallel with Eighth street 16 feet; then with a straight line to the beginning on Eighth street; that said Alexander Cochran, Jr. and Eleanor his wife, did on or about the 16th day of May, 1808, execute a deed to the said John McLeod for the said piece of ground and that without any fraudulent intention the said John McLeod neglected to have the said deed recorded—and praying that the said deed may be recorded agreeably to the act of Congress in such cases made and provided. It is ordered that notice be given thereof to the said Alexander Cochran, Jr. and Eleanor his wife, by advertisement in the National Intelligencer six successive weeks before the first day of December next, in order that the said Alexander Cochran, Jr. and Eleanor his wife may appear in this court personally or by solicitor on the first Monday in June next to show cause if any they have why the prayer of the said petition should not be granted. By order. WM. BRENT, Clk. September 27—w6t
BY Virtue of a decree of the Chancery Court of Maryland, the subscriber will offer at Public Sale, to the highest bidder, on Monday the 23rd day of October next, at the house of Mr. Adam Robb in Rockville, all the right, title and interest of the late Samuel Hepburn, esq. in and to part of two Tracts or Parcels of LAND, in Montgomery county—one called the Hermitage, situate on Rock Creek about 5 miles from Rockville, and now in the possession of Mr. Edward Harding, who formerly purchased a part of the same tract, and the other is part of a tract called Hanover or Bradford's Rest, lying on Seneca creek in said county, and adjoins the lands of Mr. Lawrence O'Neale. These lands are well adapted to the production of tobacco, Indian corn and all kinds of grain. The terms of sale are 12 months credit, the purchaser or purchasers giving bond with security to be approved by the trustee, bearing interest from the day of sale; and on the ratification of the sale by the Chancery, and the payment of the whole purchase money, the Trustee will give a good and sufficient deed convey to the purchaser and his heirs all the right, title and interest of the said Samuel Hepburn, in and to the above lands. The sale will commence precisely at 12 o'clock. TRUMAN TYLER, Trustee. September 27—w3t
SUGARS, COTTON, TEAS, &c. W. & C. SMITH, have just received from New York per the Citizen, Captain Sturges— 30 hds. good scale Sugars, 14 Bales best quality retail Cotton, 10 Chests Hyson Skin Tea, 400 Pounds Black Pepper, 5 Bales Cassia, 6 Punchcons Old Jamaica Spirits, And in Store, Cognac Brandy, Antigua Spirits, Peach Brandy, Holland Gin, Madeira, Sherry, Tenon, Lisbon, Marcella, Calcutta and Clarets Wines, Hyson and Young Hyson Teas, Loaf and Lump Sugars, Coffee, Allspice, Race and Ground Ginger, Sweet Oil in boxes and baskets, Flax in bales, Chewing Tobacco, Cloves, Segars, Olives and Capers, &c. &c. Also 30 barrels excellent New York Pork. Georgetown, October 2—w3t
HEREBY certify that Ezekiah Wood of said county brought before me, as a trespassing stray, a GREY MARE, about nine or ten years old, fifteen hands high, no perceptible marks except some small black spots, on various parts of her, no shoes on, appears to be a natural trotter. Given under my hand this 19th day of October, 1809. DANL. RAPINE, Justice of the Peace for the said county. The owner is requested to prove property, pay charges, and take away the said Mare. EZEKIAH WOOD. October 18—3t
WANTED TO PURCHASE, AN ACTIVE NEGRO GIRL, From 18 to 24 years of age, qualified for House-work, of good character and industrious habits. One from the country would be preferred. Enquire of the Printer. October 13—tf
FOR SALE. WILL be offered for sale to the highest bidder, at 12 o'clock on Wednesday the 8th day of November next—  THE ESTATE On which the subscriber lives in Montgomery county, four miles east of the Court-house, containing 350 and 550 Acres. This Land is distant from the city of Washington 15, and Baltimore 30 miles—has on it a good Dwelling House, and every other necessary building & a newly erected Distillery; it lies well, is not subject to washing, and has a plenty of springs of good water—some of it is rich, and most of it in good heart; has a sufficiency of woodland for all the purposes of enclosing, repairs, and of firewood for a hundred years to come. The times of payment will be in four equal instalments, one of which in hand and one in each of three succeeding years. The title will be indisputable. BENJ. G. ORR. Honeywood, October 13—4dos
Treasury Department, March 28, 1809. WHEREAS, in conformity with the provisions made by law, for the reimbursement of the Exchange Six per Cent Stock, created by the second section of the Act entitled "An Act supplementary to the act entitled an act making provision for the redemption of the whole of the public debt of the U. S." passed on the 11th day of February, 1807, it has been determined by lot that the Certificates of said stock designated by the permanent numbers contained in the annexed Schedule, should be reimbursed on the first day of January next;  PUBLIC NOTICE IS therefore given to the proprietors of the Certificates of EXCHANGED SIX PER CENT STOCK created by the act aforesaid, and bearing the permanent numbers contained in the annexed Schedule, that the principal of the same, will on surrender of the certificates, be paid on the first day of January, 1810, to the respective Stockholders or their legal representatives, or attorneys duly constituted, either at the Treasury or at the Loan Office where the Stock thus to be reimbursed, may then stand credited to the proprietors thereof. It is further made known for the information of the parties concerned, that no transfers of the Certificates of Exchanged Stock bearing the permanent numbers contained in the annexed Schedule, from the Books of the Treasury or of any Commissioner of Loans, will be allowed after the first day of December next. And the interest on all the Certificates contained in the said Schedule, will cease and determine, on the day preceding the day hereby fixed for the reimbursement thereof. ALBERT GALLATIN, Secretary of the Treasury.
SCHEDULE    5 16,201 39,005 40,340   7 16,218 39,006 40,344   5,017 16,219 39,041 40,348   5,018 16,222 39,044 40,355   5,021 16,238 39,045 40,364   5,022 16,242 39,053 40,365   5,023 16,246 40,001 40,367   5,032 16,249 40,005 40,378   5,039 16,255 40,011 40,383   5,045 16,258 40,021 40,384   5,046 16,270 40,023 40,394   5,056 16,275 40,027 40,408   5,061 16,276 40,032 40,413   5,064 16,285 40,036 40,418   10,001 16,290 40,040 40,422   10,007 16,292 40,043 40,432   10,009 16,293 40,049 40,437   10,014 26,001 40,073 40,449   10,023 26,013 40,098 40,452   10,033 27,003 40,107 40,454   10,036 29,008 40,113 40,455   15,004 29,009 40,120 40,463   15,008 29,012 40,128 40,469   15,009 29,013 40,131 40,471   15,012 29,019 40,139 40,476   15,019 29,042 40,141 40,481   15,026 29,084 40,142 40,484   15,029 29,095 40,148 40,487   15,037 29,099 40,165 40,488   16,010 29,104 40,166 40,498   16,011 29,111 40,170 40,500   16,012 29,112 40,176 40,501   16,020 29,113 40,181 40,502   16,023 29,116 40,185 40,507   16,026 29,117 40,188 40,508   16,052 29,127 40,193 40,509   16,053 29,134 40,194 40,510   16,056 29,137 40,197 40,511   16,060 29,143 40,201 50,008   16,061 29,151 40,202 51,002   16,063 29,154 40,207 53,015   16,064 29,166 40,220 53,024   16,076 29,167 40,231 53,031   16,077 29,169 40,235 53,033   16,088 29,175 40,241 53,049   16,091 29,178 40,232 53,053   16,107 29,179 40,256 54,004   16,130 29,187 40,260 54,009   16,131 29,197 40,262 54,012   16,139 29,203 40,271 55,010   16,154 29,209 40,273 55,024   16,158 29,212 40,275 55,029   16,168 29,213 40,279 55,044   16,171 29,219 40,286 55,046   16,175 29,225 40,289 55,055   16,177 29,228 40,302 55,056   16,183 29,232 40,309 55,065   16,184 29,234 40,310   16,186 29,239 40,331   216,200 9,243 40,337   March 31—1am
Washington Navy Yard, Feb. Oct. 1809. I HEREBY notify all persons that have any demands against me, to call on board the United States ship Nautilus at the Navy Yard as I expect to sail in a short time. PETER JOSEPH. October 18—3t
THE Subscriber informs his friends and the public in general that he has commenced business on the Capitol Hill, in the Store formerly occupied by Mr. Wm. Emack, where he has  FOR SALE. French Brandy, Holland Gin, Jamaica Spirits, Spirit Bounce, Whiskey, Teas, Coffee and Chocolate, Loaf and Brown Sugars, Allspice, Pepper, Ginger and Mustard, Raisins and Almonds, Cheese, Pork and Bacon, Shad and Herrings, Fig and Indigo Blue and Starch, Mould and Dip Candles and Soap, &c. all of which he will sell low  FOR CASH. He has likewise opened a LIVERY STABLE back of Carroll's Long Row, where Horses will be taken at three dollars per week—there is a large yard for the use of Carriages adjoining the premises. Every attention will be paid to give general satisfaction. RICH'D. D. BOYD.
N. B. Oysters will be kept during the Season and cooked in the best manner.—Wanted a smart active Lad about sixteen or seventeen years old to attend in the Store. One who can come well recommended will meet with encouragement. R. D. B. Sept. 26—taR
WASHINGTON JOCKEY CLUB RACE. The Washington Jockey Club Races will commence on Tuesday the 24th day of October next—  WEDNESDAY. The second day, will be run for a Purse of 350 dollars, three miles and repeat, free as above, the winning Nag of the first day excepted—and  THURSDAY. The third day, will be run for, the Colt's Purse of 300 dollars, two miles and repeat, free only for Colts and Fillies. It is believed that the Purse will not be less than as above stated, although the amount of each cannot now be known with positive certainty, because it is made up in part, from the gate tolls. The racing on each day is to be conducted in all respects agreeably to the rules of the Club. N. B. The members of the Club are particularly requested to meet at the Union Tavern on Monday evening preceding the first day's race. Application for Boothe ground to be made at the Bar of the Union Tavern. By order of the Stewards. Georgetown, October 9—R
Bank of Washington, Oct. 3, 1809. At a meeting of the President and Directors. Resolved, That it shall be optional for any Stockholder to anticipate the payment of the 3d, 4th, 5th and 6th instalment on his share or shares, by paying the same, on any day hereafter, to Daniel Carroll, esq. Treasurer of the Board, Provided, that the dividend or dividends on such sums so paid shall not commence until the day of the month next ensuing such payments. By order of the President and Directors. SAML. ELIOT, Jun. Cashier. Oct. 4—LN.
CHARLES J. NOURSE 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—tf
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 Jamney, Alexandria, which letter has not been received, and is supposed to have been (by mistake) put under a wrong cover, or may have been misdirected, 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 Jamney, 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—tf
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 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 23—tdos
The time of the above Sale is changed from the 10th to Friday the 10th day of November next, at 12 o'clock. THOS. TURNER, } Exrs. SAML. TURNER, }
TO RENT, The westernmost of the SIX BUILDINGS, In the city of Washington lately occupied by Mrs. Lansdell—Possession can be had immediately. For terms apply to JOHN HIZUCH in Georgetown, or HONORE MARTIN. Rockville, October 9—1m
WANTED TO HIRE, An ACTIVE BOY of Twelve or Fourteen years of age, who can read and write. Enquire at this Office. October 4—
25 per cent. Office, N. 13th & 14th August, 1809. WHEREAS the late Commissioners of the city of Washington, in the 24th December 1793, sold or contracted to sell to Robert Morris & Js. Greenleaf, all the then title, interest and estate of the public in the squares following, among others, in the said city, viz. 626, 628, 634, 637, 725, 726, 727, 729, 733, 750, 782, 786, 789, 814, 816, 818, 841, 843, 866, 868, 895, 897, 899, 918, 919, 922, 923, 943, 966, 967, 968, 970, 972, 992, 1014, 1016, 1037, 1039, 1040, 1062, 1074, 1075, and 1076. Which sale was upon the terms and conditions of a certain stipulated price being paid therefor at certain fixed periods of time subsequent to the contract. And whereas in the course of certain transactions between the said James Greenleaf and the said Robert Morris, and a certain John Nicholson (who had acquired an interest in said squares) and between the said James Greenleaf and Mordecai Lewis and Edward Burd, a certain interest, estate and title of the said Greenleaf, Morris and Nicholson, in and to the same squares, became pledged, by way of mortgage, to the payment of certain debts due to the said Lewis and Burd, respectively. And whereas, the Chancellor of the state of Maryland, in a certain suit lately pending in the Chancery Court of that state, between the executors of the said Mordecai Lewis and the said Edward Burd complainants, and Robert Morris, the heirs of John Nicholson, the Commissioners of the city of Washington, James Greenleaf, Henry Pratt, Thomas W. Francis, John Miller, Jr., John Ashley, Jacob Baker, George Simpson, William Cranch and Thomas Law, defendants, did, among other things, decree, that all the right, title, and interest, which at the time of executing a certain mortgage mentioned in the bill and proceedings filed and had in the suit aforesaid, was in the said Morris and Nicholson, Thomas Law, and the Commissioners of the city of Washington, in and to 295 lots and 3-4ths of a lot, of 5265 square feet each, contained in the squares before enumerated, should be sold, and the proceeds applied to the payment in the first instance, of the debts due as aforesaid, to the said Lewis and Burd, and the residue of the whole proceeds, if any, to the payment of certain other debt or debts in the said decree mentioned. And whereas E. S. Burd, having been duly appointed and qualified, as a trustee, to carry into effect the said sale, did, by deed bearing date the 23d June, 1809, and recorded in the land records of Washington county in the district of Columbia, for the considerations in said deed mentioned, duly convey to Thomas Morris, Samuel Coates, Joseph Morris and Edward Burd, all the right, title and interest of the said Morris and Nicholson, Thomas Law and the Commissioners of the city of Washington, of, in and to the said 295 3-4ths lots, as by the said decree was directed. And whereas, at the time of sale or contract for the sale of the before enumerated squares by the commissioners, to Morris and Greenleaf, as herein before recited, the public interest in the said squares, or in any or either of them, was not then specifically ascertained and known, but was to depend on and be determined by a division thereof, to be thereafter made, between the said commissioners and the original proprietors of the land on which the same were laid out, pursuant to law and certain deeds of trust, which had been executed by the said proprietors and others for all their lands lying within the city of Washington, and such division was accordingly afterwards made, by which it appears that no part or portion of four of the said squares, to wit, Nos. 687, 726, 966 and 1016, was allotted or assigned to the public, and consequently no estate therein was passed to the said Morris and Greenleaf by the commissioners, under or by virtue of the said sale. And whereas there are in the public's part or portion of the aforesaid squares obtained on the division aforesaid, and exclusive of the said Nos. 687, 726, 966 and 1016, 68 lots of 5265 square feet each, over and above the said 295 3-4ths lots sold, as aforesaid, by the said E. S. Burd, pursuant to the decree aforesaid, and whereas the purchasers and grantees of said 295 3-4ths lots hold the same in an undivided interest and possession or tenancy in common with each and every person and persons entitled to the said 68 lots. And whereas the purchase money for the said 68 lots has not been paid or satisfied to the said commissioners or to any other person or persons for the use of the public according to the terms and conditions of the sale, and the same having been due for more than thirty days after it ought to have been paid, and for at least two years prior to the first of May 1802, and being still due and unpaid—by reason whereof and by virtue of the statute of the state of Maryland, entitled "A further supplement to the act concerning the Territory of Columbia and the city of Washington," and of the act of Congress, entitled "An act to abolish the board of commissioners in the city of Washington, and for other purposes," the superintendent appointed in pursuance of the said act of Congress is authorized and required to proceed to sell the said 68 lots. Now this is to give notice that the undersigned, the Superintendent appointed as aforesaid shall and will at 11 o'clock A. M. on Monday the 23rd day of October next at Rhodes's hotel in the city of Washington aforesaid by reason of the premises and by virtue of the statutes aforesaid, sell to the highest bidder at Public Auction for cash, all the said 68 lots of ground of 5265 square feet each, contained in some or all of the squares above enumerated, except the said four squares Nos. 687, 726, 966 and 1016, the purchaser or purchasers thereof to take and hold the same in an undivided and common possession with the purchasers and grantees of the aforesaid 295 3-4ths lots; subject to have the possession thereof, and due partition made between the several parties according to their respective interests and proportions by consent or in due course of law. THOMAS MUNROE, Sup.
THE SALE OF THE FARM called  ST. OSYTH, and the Personal Estate belonging to it, from the circumstance of the day on which it was to take place being a bad one, is postponed till MONDAY the 23rd inst. at Ten o'clock, if fair, otherwise the first good day afterwards. October 16—23.
BY Virtue of an order from the Orphan's Court of Prince Georges county the subscribers will expose to Public Sale on Thursday the 9th day of November next at the late Dwelling Plantation of William Warman Berry, deceased, in Prince Georges county aforesaid, ALL the PERSONAL ESTATE of the said Wm. W. Berry consisting of Household & Kitchen Furniture, sundry valuable Negroes, Horses, Cattle, Sheep and Hogs—Also sundry Blacksmith's Tools, and Plantation utensils. A credit of six months will be given on all sums above $50 on the purchasers giving bond with approved security bearing interest from the day of sale, and cash will be required for all sums not exceeding $50. The sale to commence at 10 o'clock, A. M. on the said 9th day of November and continue from day to day until the whole Personal Estate shall be disposed of. ANN BERRY, Administratrix. ARCHD. VAN HORN, Adminr. Prince Georges county, Oct. 16—3t
WANTED TO HIRE, An ACTIVE BOY of Twelve or Fourteen years of age, who can read and write. Enquire at this Office. October 4—
THE SALE OF THE FARM called  ST. OSYTH, and the Personal Estate belonging to it, from the circumstance of the day on which it was to take place being a bad one, is postponed till MONDAY the 23rd inst. at Ten o'clock, if fair, otherwise the first good day afterwards. October 16—23.
BY Virtue of an order from the Orphan's Court of Prince Georges county the subscribers will expose to Public Sale on Thursday the 9th day of November next at the late Dwelling Plantation of William Warman Berry, deceased, in Prince Georges county aforesaid, ALL the PERSONAL ESTATE of the said Wm. W. Berry consisting of Household & Kitchen Furniture, sundry valuable Negroes, Horses, Cattle, Sheep and Hogs—Also sundry Blacksmith's Tools, and Plantation utensils. A credit of six months will be given on all sums above $50 on the purchasers giving bond with approved security bearing interest from the day of sale, and cash will be required for all sums not exceeding $50. The sale to commence at 10 o'clock, A. M. on the said 9th day of November and continue from day to day until the whole Personal Estate shall be disposed of. ANN BERRY, Administratrix. ARCHD. VAN HORN, Adminr. Prince Georges county, Oct. 16—3t
THE SALE OF THE FARM called  ST. OSYTH, and the Personal Estate belonging to it, from the circumstance of the day on which it was to take place being a bad one, is postponed till MONDAY the 23rd inst. at Ten o'clock, if fair, otherwise the first good day afterwards. October 16—23.
BY Virtue of an order from the Orphan's Court of Prince Georges county the subscribers will expose to Public Sale on Thursday the 9th day of November next at the late Dwelling Plantation of William Warman Berry, deceased, in Prince Georges county aforesaid, ALL the PERSONAL ESTATE of the said Wm. W. Berry consisting of Household & Kitchen Furniture, sundry valuable Negroes, Horses, Cattle, Sheep and Hogs—Also sundry Blacksmith's Tools, and Plantation utensils. A credit of six months will be given on all sums above $50 on the purchasers giving bond with approved security bearing interest from the day of sale, and cash will be required for all sums not exceeding $50. The sale to commence at 10 o'clock, A. M. on the said 9th day of November and continue from day to day until the whole Personal Estate shall be disposed of. ANN BERRY, Administratrix. ARCHD. VAN HORN, Adminr. Prince Georges county, Oct. 16—3t
THE SALE OF THE FARM called  ST. OSYTH, and the Personal Estate belonging to it, from the circumstance of the day on which it was to take place being a bad one, is postponed till MONDAY the 23rd inst. at Ten o'clock, if fair, otherwise the first good day afterwards. October 16—23.
BY Virtue of an order from the Orphan's Court of Prince Georges county the subscribers will expose to Public Sale on Thursday the 9th day of November next at the late Dwelling Plantation of William Warman Berry, deceased, in Prince Georges county aforesaid, ALL the PERSONAL ESTATE