The national intelligencer and Washington advertiser. (Washington City [D.C.]), 1805-12-09 00:00:00

NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, AND WASHINGTON ADVERTISER.
VOL. VI.
WASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
No. DCCCVI
FIVE DOLLARS PER ANNUM.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1805.
PAID IN ADVANCE.
(By Authority.)
An act for supplying vacancies happening in the board of trustees for carrying into effect the "act to establish and endow a permanent institution for the education of youth, in the city of Washington."
BE it enacted by the First and Second Chambers of the City Council of Washington, That whenever vacancies shall happen in the board of trustees for carrying into effect the "Act to establish and endow a permanent institution for the education of youth," they shall be filled up and supplied in the following manner, viz: The contributors to the institution shall appoint trustees to fill such vacancies as may happen among those they had elected for the current year—and the joint council shall elect trustees to fill such vacancies as may happen among those they had elected for the current year; the elections in both cases shall be held within thirty days of the vacancy or vacancies happening in the same manner as is directed by the act herein mentioned, and any vacancy or vacancies at the time of passing this act shall be filled within thirty days from its passage.
JOHN DEMPSIE, President of the First Chamber. SAM. HAMILTON, President of the Second Chamber. APPROVED, October 17th, 1805. ROBERT BRENT, Mayor. Test, THOMAS HERTY, REGISTER.
AN ACT
For the repair of G street north, and for other purposes.
BE it enacted by the First and Second Chambers of the City Council of Washington, That the several sums hereinafter mentioned be, and the same are hereby appropriated for the repair of streets and bridges to be expended and the repairs made under the direction of three inhabitants, residents of the street or neighborhood to be appointed by the mayor.
For the repair of G street from Lear's wharf to the east side of twenty-fourth street west, the sum of eighty-five dollars.
For the repair of a bridge on twenty-seventh street west, the sum of fifteen dollars.
For the repair of the bridge over the canal at the intersection of south Capitol street and Virginia Avenue, the sum of twenty-five dollars.
For the repair of seventh street east, from Pennsylvania Avenue to L. street south, the sum of one hundred dollars.
JOHN DEMPSIE, President of the first Chamber. SAM. HAMILTON, President of the Second Chamber. APPROVED, October 17th, 1805. ROBERT BRENT, Mayor. Test, THOMAS HERTY, REGISTER.
AN ACT
Repealing an act entitled, "An act authorising the Mayor to contract for a lot of ground and wharf thereon, for the use of the corporation."
BE it enacted by the First and Second Chambers of the City Council of Washington, That the "act authorising the mayor to contract for a lot of ground and wharf thereon for the use of the corporation," be, and the same is hereby repealed.
JOHN DEMPSIE, President of the first Chamber. JOHN BECKLEY, President pro tem. Second Chamber. APPROVED, October 18th, 1805. ROBERT BRENT, Mayor. Test, THOMAS HERTY, REG.
AN ACT
Making an appropriation for rebuilding the bridge on south N street over James Creek.
BE it enacted by the First and Second Chambers of the City Council of Washington, That a sum not exceeding three hundred and fifty dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated for rebuilding the bridge on south N street over James creek, to be expended under the direction of the mayor.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted , That the mayor be authorised to sell the lumber of the old bridge at public auction, and the proceeds be returned to the treasurer, to be deposited with the funds of the corporation.
JOHN DEMPSIE, President of the First Chamber. JOHN BECKLEY, President pro tem. Second Chamber. APPROVED, October 19, 1805. ROBERT BRENT, Mayor. Test, THOMAS HERTY, REG.
AN ACT
Making an appropriation for the relief of the poor.
BE it enacted by the first and second Chambers of the City Council of Washington, That the sum of seven hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated for the relief of the poor, to be paid by the treasurer to the trustees, and by them to be expended as authorised by former acts, making provision for the city poor.
Sec. 2. Be it enacted , That if the
monies in the treasury be inadequate to the above appropriation, that the mayor be authorised to borrow the same to be repaid by the treasurer out of the tax for the support of the poor, infirm, and diseased, of the city, as the said tax is collected.
JOHN DEMPSIE, President of the First Chamber. JOHN BECKLEY, President pro tem. of the Second Chamber. APPROVED, November 29, 1805. ROBERT BRENT, Mayor. True Copy, Test, THOMAS HERTY, REGISTER.
ODE TO THE SWISS.
Gird on the sword, ye sons of Tell, And bend again th' unerring bow; And fall, as erst your fathers fell, Or lay the fierce invader low.
And what tho' many a savage horde, Like locusts, thro' your country swarm— Yet might be the freeman's sword, And wing'd with death his warrior arm.
Swear by each Switzer's hallow'd shade To burst your ignominious chains; Or else, in freedom's ranks array'd, Extract your life's blood from your veins.
Behold your Fathers' spirits rise, In grisly state, through Uri's steep, And bending from the flitting skies, On old HELVETIA look and weep.
"Vain your sighs and vain your tears, (With deep astounding voice they cry) Grasp your swords and point your spears, Like freemen live, or freemen die!"
Your bosoms pant with patriot zeal, Inspired by these no earthly strains— Ye swear to end the wrongs ye feel, Or sleep upon your native plains.
FROM THE POLITICAL REGISTER.
HALIFAX, Nov. 8, 1805. MR. EDITOR,
As the interlocutory decree of the court of vice admiralty in the cases of the Enterprise, Eugenia, Zulema, and Hamilton, will necessarily affect all other neutral ships engaged in the same trade; and as it is a decree that may lead to a final decision of infinite importance, I hold it a duty I owe to my countrymen, to communicate it to you, under the expectation that you will give it publicity.
These several ships and their respective cargoes, were charged, generally, in the allegation of the king's advocate, to be enemy's property; and various grounds were adopted in support of the allegation. Among the number, was a point of national law, which the counsel for the captors thought fit to raise, upon very loose information, extracted from letters found on board the ships, in relation to a decree of the government of France, which prohibits the importation of goods, the growth or produce of Great Britain or her colonies.
It appeared, by a number of those letters, that certificates of origin (as they were termed) had been carried to France by those several ships, for the purpose of proving the growth or manufacture of their outward cargoes.
It appeared also, that unless those certificates had been produced at Bordeaux, the vessels and their cargoes would in all probability, have been condemned by the French government, under the decree before mentioned—And it further appeared, that the produce of the French colonies, of which the outward cargoes chiefly consisted, was exempted from duties, on the production of these certificates.
Upon these facts, it was contended, on the part of the captors, that a trade carried on to France by neutrals, under the decree in question, was an unusual course of trade submitted to for the advantage of the enemy—That the certificate of the origin was obtained conformably to that decree, and favored the views of the enemy, by rejecting all goods of British growth or manufacture, and by entitling the neutral to the same exemption or reduction of duties that would be granted to a Frenchman, and that such commerce was unneutral, upon the general ground of avowed partiality to the known enemy of Great Britain.
On the part of the claimants it was answered by their counsel, that the information respecting the decree as well as of the certificates of origin, and the duties in question, was extremely garbled and incorrect; that even taking the facts for granted, it did not appear that the course of trade was any other than such as neutrals, by the law of nations, had been entitled to for ages past; that the French government had an undoubted right to impose any restrictions whatever upon the imports into its own ports, and to admit neutrals to a participation of them upon such terms, as a regard for its own interest should dictate.
That the decree which directed the certificate of origin was of recent date, so that it is yet impossible to ascertain what the conduct of neutrals respecting
it shall be, but that if they should still continue to carry on their commerce with France, under the restrictions imposed by that decree, they would have a complete right by the law of nations so to do, and would by no means be guilty of a partiality so gross, as to amount to a breach of neutrality; at all events supposing the greatest mischief to result to the British government by such commerce, it was a subject for ministerial interposition, but could not be made a ground of legal argument, in a court of vice admiralty.
The judge nevertheless appeared very much inclined to adopt in his decree, the arguments of the king's advocate, and laid much stress upon the course of trade being unusual, and of its having been resorted to by the enemy, in consequence of British naval superiority; he admitted that the certificate of origin would not of itself be sufficient cause of condemnation; and that a decision to this effect had been given by their courts, at the close of the last war. But he observed, that the decree in question might impose certain restrictions and limitations, which if complied with, would create a breach of neutrality.
That if neutrals who were favoring the commerce of France, were allowed the same privileges with Frenchmen, by an exemption from duties or otherwise, he could not but consider them in the same light with the subjects of France, and on that account he was desirous of ascertaining in what respect the course of trade, now carried on with the French ports, in the mother country, differed from the former and customary line of commerce, he therefore directed further proof to be produced to the following points. 1st. Of what country or colony, the outward cargoes were the growth, produce or manufacture. 2d. Under what certificates were the same admitted to entry in the ports of France, and whether subject to foreign or reduced duties. 3d. What are the French laws on this subject, and what limitations are imposed on return cargoes.
All letters of correspondence, bills of lading, and invoices, which concern such shipment or notarial copies of them, must be produced to the court, verified by the attestation of the clerk, or other indifferent person, this proof should be accompanied by the test affidavit (as it is called) of the party himself, swearing to his native character, and fully stating his right to the property claimed and the fund by which he acquired it. It should conclude with the usual averment, that no enemy of G. Britain had any concern in the goods at the time they were shipped, and at the capture, and in case of being restored, the sole and exclusive property of the claimant.
Fredericksburg, Nov. 19. GENERAL EATON.
This distinguished character arrived here on Saturday evening last, in a stage from Richmond. He was waited on the next morning by the principal inhabitants of the town, and solicited to accept a public dinner at Mr. Farish's. Accordingly a large and respectable company assembled about three o'clock, after an elegant repast, the following toasts were drunk—Doctor FRENCH (the mayor) acted as President—Mr. WINCHESTER and Doctor CARTER as Vice-Presidents.
TOASTS.
1. The United States.—Tho' peace is its policy, yet war is preferable to dishonorable tribute. 2. The President of the United States. 3. The Vice-President and heads of departments. 4. The navy and military of the United States.—Not the instruments of ambition, but the official means of natural defence. 5. The memory of our countrymen who fell before the walls of Tripoli—bravely combating in the cause and under the banners of their country. 6. The spirit which now pervades America—that neither wantonly offers violence, nor tamely submits to injuries, may it be transmitted through succeeding generations, to our latest posterity. 7. The ingratitude of republics.—Let the tears which embalm the memories of those who fell, and the honors and name of those who have returned in our late gallant squadron, wipe off the foul aspersion. 8. The Constitution of the United States.—Let its excellencies be free from hasty innovations, and let no superstitious reverence sanctify its defects. 9. The present Administration.—Its measures such as they ought to be—neither mealy submissive, nor precipitately violent. 10. The Laurels which a grateful people awards to the victory—the strong incentive to heroic enterprise, and the reward of the soldier's toil.
VOLUNTEER.
By Gen. EATON.—The British Lion, if he still continues to prowl among our flocks, let us invent measures to starve his whelps.
New-York, Dec. 3.
To Mr. Israel Smith of Philadelphia, who came passenger in the ship Illinois, we are indebted for the complete list of
vessels left there which appears in our marine department, and for the following statement:
"The British fleet, consisting of the Tremendous, commodore Osborne, of 74 guns; Grampus, Barker, 50; Pitt, Voshing, 40; and Terpsichore, Bathurst, of 36 guns, arrived off the Isle of France the 4th of June, and sailed on the 13th August. Before their departure the Pitt cruised off Bourbon, during which time she cut out of the Roads the French ship Tolleret, of 40 and for Marseilles, with about 600 bags of coffee on board. They generally allowed most of the merchant vessels to go and come out of the harbor without molestation. Several American vessels have been during the cruise forbidden to go in, and some have been ordered for Bourbon; the cause of which was not known. This has only happened to vessels from India or Europe, with cargoes: vessels from America direct have never met with any detention."
"The great number of vessels that have arrived at the Isle of France with cargoes within this year has caused a complete stagnation in business. It is with great difficulty a cargo of any kind can be disposed of particularly at this moment; as it is hazardous to sell on credit, even to persons who were supposed safe at any other time. Two and a half to three per cent. per month was given for the best paper in the Island. It is supposed that the quantity of wine, beef, pork, flour, &c. now at the Isle of France, is sufficient for the consumption of the two islands for at least a year without any additional supplies. In consequence of which most of the vessels that have arrived there made ruinous voyages, and are compelled to seek elsewhere for cargoes, produce at the Islands being scarce and excessively dear."
"There have been several prizes lately brought in, but their cargoes mostly consist of rice, excepting one or two with tea, &c. which, with the ships, have been purchased on speculation, and are held at an extravagant rate."
Capt. Congor from Madeira, informs, that a British fleet of 100 sail, 10 of which were line of battle ships, transports and merchantmen, with 20,000 troops on board destined as was supposed for the Cape of Good Hope, left Madeira (where they stopped 3 days) about a week before the Enterprise.
Capt. Taylor, of the schooner Union from Ayamonte (Spain,) informs, that just before he sailed, letters were received from Cadiz, mentioning, that the combined French and Spanish fleets, consisting of 45 ships of the line, and frigates, were ordered to be laid up for the winter: and that they had proceeded 8 or 10 miles above Cadiz, and were preparing to moor.—The French had landed 10,000 men at Cadiz, and taken possession of the forts.
An English fleet, of 20 sail of the line and frigates, were then off Cadiz, and a reinforcement hourly expected—These ships daily presented themselves in full view of Cadiz, and several of them sailed with gun shot of the town.
The markets at Cadiz were much glutted with all kinds of American produce. All the warehouses and many dwelling houses, at Ayamonte, were filled with wheat, flour, bread and salted provisions, which were brought there from France for the King of Spain. The nominal price of flour at Cadiz was dollars. 15 1-2 per barrel; but no ready sales could be procured for any articles whatever. The merchants and inhabitants of Cadiz were thrown into much embarrassment and distress by a total stagnation of business, and scarcity of money. Such was the scarcity of specie at Madrid, that the King had ordered paper money to be issued and made a legal tender for all debts payable in that city. He had also directed the Notaries not to protest bills of Exchange which should be payable after the paper medium should be issued—thus the holders of bills of Exchange would be compelled to receive the amount in paper. The merchants of Cadiz were seriously apprehensive that the paper currency system would be inforced also in that city; and throughout the kingdom.
December 3.
ITALIAN SLAVES IN BARBARY.
A letter of Jerome Bonaparte's having been published, with great pomp & parade, on the subject of his expedition to Algiers; and some un candid inferences having been drawn from it, and applied to the government of the United States, we publish, with great pleasure, the following statement of facts, derived from a source that leaves no doubt with us of its accuracy.
The negotiations for the Italian slaves throughout Barbary, had been carried on under the auspices of France for some time previous to the coronation of Napoleon; and it has only terminated at Algiers, for which a ransom of eighty thousand dollars is to be paid—When Jerome arrived at Algiers, he had on board the squadron no specie, and the Dey refused Bonaparte's notes, unless their payment was guaranteed by some consul. The Swedish was asked, but he declined; assigning as a reason, the political situation of his country. The Batavian offered himself, but was rejected by the Dey. Finally, the Danish
agreed, and has accordingly given his obligation, conjointly with the French, for the payment of 80,000 dollars in four months. All the captives that were taken after the coronation of B. have been released. A similar negotiation is going on at Tunis, but not yet concluded. Thus much for the glory and prowess of Admiral Jerome.
New York, Dec. 3.
At their anniversary festival on Saturday, the St. Andrews Society came to the resolution of erecting a Monument value 400 dollars, to the memory of Gen. ALEXANDER HAMILTON, on the spot where he fell.
A letter from capt. Norton, of the brig Mary of this port, mentions that on his passage from Jamaica for the Havana, in ballast, he was boarded off Cape Antonio by a French privateer, the captain of which insisted that the Mary had a quantity of specie on board, and demanded the surrender of it. Capt. Norton remonstrating, the captain of the privateer drew his dirk, and threatened to kill him. He, however, suffered the brig to proceed after detaining her nine hours, and plundering her of several articles.
Middlebury, (Vt.) Nov. 13. CONSTITUTION OF VERMONT.
Agreeably to the constitution, a Council of Censors, consisting of thirteen persons, will be elected by the freemen on the last Wednesday in March next, who are to assemble in this place on the first Wednesday in June, 1806—"Whose duty it will be to enquire, whether the constitution of this state has been preserved inviolate in every part, during the last seven years, or seven years; and whether the legislative and executive branches of the government have performed their duty, as guardians of the people. They are also to enquire, whether the public taxes have been justly laid and collected in all parts of the commonwealth; in what manner the public monies have been disposed of: and whether the laws have been duly executed. For these purposes, they are authorised to send for persons, papers and records; and have power to pass public censures, to order impeachment, and to recommend to the legislature the repealing of such laws as shall appear to them to be unconstitutional. These powers they are to hold during the space of one year from the day of their election. They are also empowered to call a convention, to meet within two years after their sitting, if there appears to them an absolute necessity of amending any article of the constitution," &c. &c.
FOREIGN NEWS.
PARIS, SEPT. 24.
His majesty the emperor, arrived here this day. The prefect presented to his majesty the keys of the city and the following address:
"SIRE,"
"Here are the keys of Paris, of the capital of your empire, of that city you have made the first in the world."
"In offering you that ancient symbol of the submission and devotion of the city, we cannot dissemble, sire, that joy, that delicious sentiment which always signalises the arrival of your majesty within the capital, is united this day with more grave emotions."
"The announcement of an imperial sitting of the Senate, the rumors which have preceded that intelligence, those that have followed it, some circumstances that are known, others that are said to be known; in a word every thing that is known or supposed, for some days, has thrown the public mind into a kind of agitation, which demands only a word to become the most generous and national impulse."
"That word, sire, we expect, and the immense crowd that is about to follow you is impatient to learn what impulse will be permitted, or what measure shall be prescribed to their indignation and their zeal."
"God forbid, sire, that we should seek to predict the designs of your high wisdom, or the conceptions of that great genius which has every where made you master of times, places, and events; but if it be true, as has been reported, that your person has been attempted, and the independence of the nation, our liberties and constitution menaced, command the defence to be proportioned to the interest of such a cause; and if it be necessary to march, believe that every thing will be soon ready to follow you, serve you, and avenge you."
"Such, sire, are the sentiments of your good city of Paris."
This address, delivered when the emperor was going in procession to the Senate, smells of conspiracy discovered against the person of his majesty.
By an imperial decree, the conscripted of reserve, of the years 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13, are placed in immediate requisition.
CIRCULAR OF THE GRAND JUDGE.
The grand judge, minister of justice, has written the following letter, dated

the 25th September, to the imperial attorney general, to the courts of criminal justice:
"The intrigues and gold of England, gentlemen, have at length prevailed; she has dragged two great powers into the war, one of which is so much the more valuable towards France, that her throne shaken by the valor of our soldiers, has only stood through the moderation of the conquerors. The emperor marches in person to discount the projects of our enemies, and, under such a chief, seconded by such brave armies, victory cannot be doubtful. But to ensure the duration and plenitude of our success, we must all be animated with the sacred love of our country; we should all, warriors, magistrates, and citizens, by a common effort, contribute as much as in our power to support the most just of wars, and to second, with all our energy, the generous monarch who, in order to preserve France at the high degree of glory and of power to which he has raised her, is going anew to encounter fatigues and dangers.
Amongst the means that are to guarantee our success, the conscription is, without doubt, the most powerful of all, since upon that depends the renovation and the permanence of our military forces, as well as the good composition of our armies; we must then apply, with indefatigable perseverance, to cause the laws and decrees it has rendered necessary to be religiously executed. Without doubt, the youth of France, so distinguished for valor, and always so ready to march at the voice of honor and of their country, will crowd to follow the steps of their emperor; and amidst this sublime impulse, we must hope that there is not a Frenchman so unworthy the name as to refuse joining in the perils and the glory of our warriors. If, notwithstanding, any should be found, who yielding to dastardly fear, or giving way to perfidious suggestions, should prefer infamy to honor, they, their abettors and accomplices may expect inevitable punishment. Thus whilst the Military Tribunals shall punish refractory conscripts, you must prosecute and cause your subordinates to be prosecuted with inflexible severity, all those who from disaffection, corruption or even an unseasonable and false pity, shall dare, in a manner more or less criminal, to aid or to favor the coward who shuns our colors. No exception of persons, no effeminate complaisance; reflect that, in a matter so grave, and with which the public safety is so intimately connected, all partiality, all relaxation in the execution of the laws would be a great crime towards the country. Be penetrated with this salutary doctrine; impress it frequently on the minds of the magistrates before whom you exercise your functions, and make them forcibly feel that imperious duty requires them never to depart from it. Receive, gentlemen, the assurance of my affectionate sentiments.
REGNIER.
New-York, Dec. 6.
We have the pleasure of laying before the readers of the Mercantile Advertiser European intelligence to the 25th of Oct. 19 days later than any advices previously received. We are indebted for this to the politeness of capt. Crosthwaite, of the ship Ardent, which arrived at this port last evening in the short passage of 38 days from Greenock. Our selections, from the extreme barrenness of the papers, and the late hour at which they were received, are necessarily brief.
Peace is concluded in India between lord Lake and the Rajah of Bhurtpore. The whole of the East India fleet, which it was reported had been captured by the Rochefort squadron, have safely arrived in the British ports. The only vessel lost is the Calcutta, by whom the fleet were convoyed.
Hostilities had not commenced in Italy or in Germany at the date of our latest accounts from those quarters. In the former the force of the French under Massena was estimated at 120,000 men, and on the Rhine they had embodied an army of 210,000.
The Austrians had concentrated their forces in the Adige. They had retired from Ulm (a free and imperial fortified city of Germany in the circle of Suabia) of which the French had taken possession; and were apparently in a state of inactivity, waiting the arrival of the hordes of Russia.
In the mean while the French and Bavarian army had violated the neutrality of the Prussian territory; and this circumstance, it was supposed, would have the effect of inducing Prussia to join the coalition.
LONDON, Oct. 21.
It is stated on the authority of private letters from Holland, that Prussia and Denmark have entered into a convention with Saxony, Hesse, and some of the smaller states, for preventing the landing of all foreign troops upon that part of Germany, and their passage through their territories and dependencies.
The secretary of state has directed that notice be given to America, Denmark, &c. that British vessels, captured by the enemy, and purchased by Americans, Danes, &c. cannot be admitted to enter into any of the ports of this kingdom.
GREENOCK, Oct. 23.
The Hamburg mail due on Wednesday last, arrived on Friday. The following is the substance of the very interesting intelligence communicated by it.
The French troops under Bernadotte and Marmont, with the Bavarian auxiliaries, marching apparently towards Bohemia, had turned suddenly around,
and proceeded in three columns towards Nienberg, Donawert, and Ingolstadt, with a view to turn the flank of the Austrians. To reach his destination with the greater celerity, Gen. Bernadotte, acting by previous instructions, proceeded on his march thro' the Prussian territory of Anspach. The Prussian commandant protested, but in vain—Bernadotte alleged his positive orders—and the Prussians were forced to retire before a superior force. This outrage was next day renewed by the passage of 20,000 Bavarians thro' the same territory, in a parallel line. Against this violation of neutrality, the Prussian minister at Anspach also protested, and his dispatches, narrating the transaction, excited the strongest sensation at the court of Berlin. A council of state was immediately held, and the result sent off to the king. His Prussian majesty arriving the same evening at his capital, held a second council, after which dispatches were sent to the generals in all parts of his dominions, and to all the courts of Europe. Some private letters say that his Prussian majesty has, in consequence, declared, "that he would allow a free passage to the Russian troops through his dominions—and that he would not in any way oppose the entrance of the allied forces into Hanover." But shocking as it is, this is not the only act of violence and injustice which this mail enables us to record. The Usurper has again violated the rights of the Diplomatic character, and the law of nations, by issuing orders for the arrest of two foreign ministers, their four secretaries of Legation, and a Charge d'Affairs, at Stuttgart!—orders given at the time when he was hospitably entertained at the palace of Louisbourg, belonging to the duke of Württemberg, whose capital he has so grossly insulted. Among the persons thus arrested, with every circumstance of harshness and publicity were the Austrian and Russian Ministers. The whole were put into close confinement.
The only intelligence from Italy by this mail is that the Austrian troops are concentrated on the Adige; and the Archduke Charles has removed his head quarters from Padua to Vicenza.
The disembarkation of 20,000 Russians at Stralsund is fully confirmed. They are to be joined in Pomerania, by 14,000 Swedes, and the junction of our German Legion will render them an effective force of more than 40,000 men.
Dutch papers of so late a date as the 15th inst. were received on Sunday morning. Some extracts from Paris papers, of the 12th, are contained in the Journals, by which we have the satisfaction to find that the French are still unable to boast of any greater success in Germany, than the entrance of their army into Ulm; and even this is given merely as a report. The Austrians are in the mean time, concentrating their forces: without, however, abandoning any fortified place, or strong pass. The arrival of the Russians will, it is hoped, soon enable them to enter upon a more brilliant career. To hasten this, no less than three thousand waggons are employed upon the conveyance of one column consisting of forty four battalions of chosen infantry.
LONDON, Oct. 7.
Intelligence has been received at the East-India house this morning, by an overland dispatch, that peace has been concluded in India between gen. Lake and the Rajah of Bhurtpore.
We trust that the Rochefort squadron will be fallen in with; for fast sailing cutters have been dispatched not only to our fleet off Brest, but to lord Nelson, and the fleet off Cadiz. Letters from that fleet state, that the most violent dissensions prevail between the French and Spaniards in that port. Several Frenchmen have been assassinated; and the French in return, are said to have hung up many Spaniards. The Spanish adm'l insists upon a court martial on adm'l Villeneuve, for treacherously firing into one of the Spanish men of war after she had struck.
Just before our paper was put to press, we heard from good authority that the French have withdrawn their troops from the Banks of the Elbe and the Weser.
Bonaparte arrived at Strasburgh on the 25th ult. Part of the French army had crossed the Rhine the day before, and another division had reached Frankfort on the 25th. But neither of those divisions belonged to the main body, or to that army which had been sent from the coast of Boulogne. The detachment which arrived at Frankfort on the 20th was the army from Hanover, which had been permitted a passage through the electorate of Hesse. The detachment which passed the Rhine at Mentz, was the first division of the troops that were in Holland. It is not probable that Bonaparte will be ready to commence operations on the right bank of the Rhine before the first week in October. Meanwhile the Austrian army, according to the Munich gazette, of the 21st, received on the 20th directions to halt till further orders. But this rumour seems to be unworthy of credit, for subsequent accounts from Ulm and the Banks of the Mein affirm that on the 20th, several battalions of infantry passed through Ulm, and that the Austrians had crossed the Danube, and taken up a position between that river and the Neckar, descending from Nordingen to Ekingen and Fridingen, and pushing their advanced posts to Gmund and Rothweil—it was supposed to be their intention to proceed to the Rhine, and to occupy the line that extends from Baden to Friburgh. The Austrian division that was on the Grisons frontier is said to have advanced also, and to have entered the Grisons and occupied Coire; this division, it is added, has likewise entered
Schaff-hausen after some opposition. But it is next to impossible that the Grisons division could have advanced so far as Schaff-hausen—if that place has been occupied, it must have been by part of the left wing of the main Austrian army, which was known to have been so near as Stockach. Of the Russians we have no information from the Paris papers to the 29th and Dutch to the 4th inst. which we received yesterday—but the Hamburg mail that arrived yesterday has brought accounts of their rapid approach to the seat of war—they halt only one day in six, and are expected to reach the Bavarian frontiers on the 10th—we expected them earlier. The emperor of Germany was to leave Vienna for the army about the 30th ult.—the Archduke Charles set out on the 19th to take the command of the Austrians in Italy. The next accounts from Italy will in all probability bring us the intelligence of the commencement of hostilities.
A courier from Paris has brought intelligence to the Dutch government that war being now determined on, the French government demands of the Dutch the assistance in money and troops stipulated by treaties.
Captain Clark, of the Leipzig, arrived at Hull on Thursday from Tonningen—he says that just before he left the river on the 27th ultimo, a person informed him that an express arrived at Tonningen the day before with an account of the Prussian soldiers having marched into Hanover, and that the Elbe was expected to be freed from blockade and the intercourse between Hull and Hamburg resumed.
The French, we understand, have quitted Cuxhaven, and destroyed the batteries they had erected there; part of the cannon they took with them, the remainder with the ball they threw into the river, not having carriages to convey the whole away.
By a vessel arrived at Hull from Embden, we learn that the King of Prussia had sent some troops to occupy the extensive barracks at that place, which have lately been let to the merchants as warehouses for the goods received from this country.
The Russian corps to be embarked at Cronstadt are on their march to that port, where the transports are ready to receive them; and the imperial forces at Corfu are immediately to be reinforced by a division of 14,000 men. In Sweden also every thing is activity; a fleet of 12 sail of the line and 8 frigates is ready to sail from that country on an important expedition. From Copenhagen we learn that about 20,000 Danes are about to march for Holstein, to form, in conjunction with a Prussian and Hessian army, a neutral cordon. The Paris papers which mention this fact, also state that Cuxhaven has been evacuated by the French.
WASHINGTON CITY.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 9.
The Managers of the WASHINGTON DANCING ASSEMBLIES give notice that the first Assembly, will be on Thursday evening the 12th inst. at Stelle's new Hotel, and will be continued every fortnight during the season. Dec. 6—3t
MESSAGE
The calumny cast upon the administration of a total neglect of commerce must still vibrate on the ears of the reader. The disposition to less than the spirit to protect our vessels were denied. What says the President on this point? After stating the outrages of the belligerent nations, he says
"These enormities appearing to be unreach by any control of their sovereign, I found it necessary to equip a force, to cruise within our own seas, to arrest all vessels of these descriptions found hovering on our coasts, within the limits of the gulf stream, and to bring the offenders in for trial as pirates."
Is this the act of a pusillanimous spirit? Does it betray a treacherous insensibility to the invaded rights of our country? No; it manifests that spirit, which consists, not in the bravadoes of the bully not in the language of gasconade, but in positive acts; not in threatening, but in inflicting chastisement. And if there be any truth in the adage that actions speak louder than words, then is it evident that, in this instance as in every other, our present chief magistrate has manifested a dignity of spirit worthy of the high station he fills.
Mention is next made of the new, and extraordinary principles attempted to be interpolated into the law of nations. This is a point of infinite magnitude, and the commercial world should consider themselves under great obligations to the executive department of the government for the stand they seem determined to make against the alarming innovations which already threaten the subversion of some of their most important rights. In the resistance of these principles it must be a source of sincere satisfaction, to perceive that there exists a perfect identity between national and commercial interest; to perceive that they, on whom the discharge of the public affairs is devolved, are as much alive to national honor, as the merchants are to their own immediate interests. If Britain perceive this, and perceive it she must, she will feel how difficult, nay
how impossible it will be for her to carry her point against the unequivocal dictates of reason and justice, against that reciprocity of interests which ought to govern independent nations, against the true and established principles of the laws of nations, and against the collected and undivided weight of opinion in this country. She will reflect before she pushes her experiments on our patience to extremities; she will duly and dispassionately estimate the value of our friendship and the weight of our enmity; she will not close the door to an amicable, honest and liberal intercourse; she will acknowledge that we too have rights on the ocean as well as herself; and consulting the dictates of an enlightened policy she will permit us to continue her best customers, instead of driving us to other markets to supply our wants.
It is not a little extraordinary that on this very point, as well as the one we have previously noticed, the administration have been charged with a criminal neglect of duty. It has been unblushingly asserted by that ignorance which did not even take the commonest means of informing itself, that nothing has been done to oppose these alarming principles, but that the executive, indifferent or timid, had suffered them without remonstrance to be adopted and practiced on. Does the language of the message justify the charge? It breathes, on the contrary, a spirit fired at the injustice with which our rights are invaded, & bespeaks a mind bent on repelling it. No doubt can indeed, exist that remonstrances have been made, such as ought ere this to have produced a retraction of the principles assumed, and such, as it may be hoped, will soon produce it. Time will show whether we are right or wrong in our convictions. For ourselves we unhesitatingly believe that the mind of the executive has long since been awake to the magnitude of the object, and from the acknowledged talents which preside over the department of state, which is immediately charged with our foreign relations, we have no doubt but that the subject has been pursued with the vigilance and irradiated with the intelligence which the gentleman at the head of that department is known so eminently to possess.
Our attention is next drawn to a disclosure of facts, astonishing as painful. That a government so distinguished as that of Spain for its just ice, its good faith, and its high sense of honor, should manifest towards us that conduct, which we are told she has is scarcely to be accounted for on any principle of the least feasibility. There is no national hostility between the United States and Spain. We have always been friends. There exist no commercial rivalries or political collisions. The people of both nations are, it is true, inhabitants of the same continent; but there is more than ample room for both. There is not a single act of injustice with which Spain can even charge the United States. And yet, notwithstanding the absence of every serious ground of complaint on the part of Spain, she refuses to render us that justice for which her honor is pledged, and she commits new aggressions both on land and on sea. There is an infatuation in this course of procedure which almost defies a parallel.
It may, perhaps, in no small degree, be ascribed to misinformation and even deception. If so, a hope may be entertained that the court of Madrid will, when this shall be dispelled, return to her sentiments of amity, and cease to return evil for good. There is one view which she must inevitably take. The injury we can do us is trifling; that which we can do her is almost unlimited. Her colonies are not, cannot be protected against an enemy to enterprising, so vigorous, we will even say so resolute, as the Americans on her frontier would become, should there exist a war between the two nations.
In this part of the message we are once more furnished with the means of refuting the calumnies with which the executive have been criminated. We have been told that they have done nothing. The President says "I have found it necessary to give orders to our troops on that frontier to be in readiness to protect our citizens and to repel by arms any similar aggressions in future"—The President has been charged with a want of spirit. Hear him on this point. "But some of them (injuries from the belligerent powers) are of a nature to be met by force only, and all of them may lead to it. I cannot therefore but recommend such preparations as circumstances call for. The first object is to place our seaport towns out of the danger of insult. Measures have been already taken for furnishing them with heavy cannon for the service of such land batteries as may make a part of their defence against armed vessels approaching them. In aid of these it is desirable we should have a competent number of gun boats and the number to be competent must be considerable." Actions, we again repeat it, speak louder than words.
The militia, the bulwark of a republic, next command the attention of the President. And here we rejoice to find the proposition of a plan for rendering
them efficient, so efficient as to protect our liberties, and be ready to meet external danger whenever it comes. The select corps, composed of the young men of the country, is unquestionably the best mean of rendering a militia competent to national defence. A body thus organised, well equipped, and trained by actual service in the field for a considerable part of the year, during which they should be maintained at the public expence, would be equal to a standing force. This subject, we deem, of infinite moment. It is not merely connected with the protection of the country against external danger; but as such a well organised and efficient militia will probably be the only barrier against the existence of a large standing army, which might be too powerful for our liberties, it is not too much to associate with it even the maintenance of our republican institutions. We rejoice that the President has seized the auspicious moment, when the zeal of the nation is roused, for the recommendation of this plan.
Such is the dark aspect of public affairs exhibited in the Message. We shall in our next halting contemplate the bright side of things.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6.
Mr. Leib offered the following resolution.
Resolved, That the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures be instructed to enquire into the expediency of so far amending the act to regulate the collection of duties upon imports and tonnage, as to extend the time for taking the oath and giving bond in cases of goods exported for drawback; and to authorise the Comptroller of the Treasury to grant relief to those who have forfeited their claims to debentures by exceeding the ten days assigned by law for taking the oath and giving bond, where no intention of fraud shall appear.
Mr. Leib observed, that it would be recollected that heretofore at every session of Congress petitions had been offered complaining of hardships under this act and soliciting relief. If redress were to be given, it ought to be under a general and not a special provision. At any rate it would be allowed to be advisable to institute an enquiry into the expediency of making such provision.
Mr. Crowninshield hoped the reference would obtain, as he had been acquainted with several hard cases under the present provisions of law.
The resolution was agreed to.
Mr. Crowninshield attracted the attention of the House to another provision under the same act, that related to the size of the casks and the weight of the packages in which it is made necessary to import sundry articles. He was of the opinion that some of these restrictions were useless for the protection of the revenue, at the same time that they embarrassed the merchant. If this were so they might be dispensed with. To make the proper enquiry on this point he moved the following resolution:
Resolved, That the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures be instructed to consider the expediency of amending the act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage, so far as relates to the importation of malt liquors, distilled spirits, and loaf & lump sugar in casks, vessels or packages of a limited capacity and weight, and to report thereon by bill or otherwise.
Agreed to.
Mr. Alston remarked that a memorial from a number of merchants of North Carolina, praying for the establishment of a port of entry at Plymouth had been presented at the last session; to which effect a bill had been brought in; but that owing to the pressure of important business it had either been rejected or postponed. He wished the subject to be again taken into consideration. To which end he moved the reference of the memorial to the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures.
Agreed to.
Mr. Varnum said it would be recollected that the rules and regulations for the government of the army had never been revised since the era of the present government; and that consequently the rules and regulations established during the revolutionary war still continued in force, though our circumstances had materially changed. From the present aspect of affairs, he thought it became necessary that a revision should take place, that they might be adapted to the provisions under the present government. An attempt to this effect had been made during the two last sessions; and in this House a bill had passed, which had been rejected in the Senate. He was of the opinion that it became the House, by again attending to the subject, to do their duty; and if neglect should attach any where, it should be at the proper door. He therefore moved the following resolution:
Resolved That a committee be appointed to prepare rules and regulations for the government of the army of the United States, and that they have leave to report by bill or otherwise.
Agreed to, and a committee of seven members appointed.
Mr. Dawson, from the committee on that part of the President's Message that relates to aggressions committed on our coasts, &c. having obtained leave to report by bill or bills—reported in part a bill prohibiting for a limited time the exportation of arms and ammunition from the United States which was read twice, and made the order of the day for Monday next. This bill prohibits the exportation of

the ordinary warlike articles until the day of; and declares all such as do not constitute a part of the equipment of a vessel, forfeited, and in case the same in value exceed dollars, declares the vessel forfeited.
Mr. Gregg said he wished to submit to the House a resolution on a subject of considerable importance, which had engaged the House at several of its previous sessions, and which was generally known by the name of the Yazoo claims. The discussions on this subject had occupied much time, and had excited greater irritation than any other subject within these walls. He supposed there was no probability that the subject would be permitted by the claimants to sleep, while the act appropriating five millions was permitted to remain in force. His object was to repeal that act. By this step the claimants would not be placed in a worse situation, as the courts of justice would be open to them. Mr. Gregg said he did not expect the House immediately to act on this resolution, though he was prepared at once to go into it. But as it was important, and related to a subject on which the papers were voluminous, he would be satisfied that it should lie for some time on the table, the more especially that new members might become acquainted with it. He then offered the following resolution:
Resolved, That so much of an act entitled "An Act regulating the grants of land, and providing for the disposal of the lands of the United States, south of the state of Tennessee," as appropriates any portion of said lands for the purpose of satisfying, quieting, or compensating any claims to the said lands, derived from any act, or pretended act of the state of Georgia, and neither recognised by the articles of agreement and cession between the United States and the state of Georgia, nor embraced by the two first sections of the above mentioned act, be repealed.
Ordered to lie on the table. A message from the Senate announced the passage of the act making an additional appropriation for the naval service during the year 1805.
On motion of Mr. Leib, Resolved, That when this House adjourn, they adjourn till Monday—Ayes 67.
Mr. Gregg observed that they had been informed by the President in his communication at the opening of the session, that several purchases of lands had been made from the Indians, which were the more advantageous from their vicinity to thick settlements. It became necessary to make provision for the surveying and disposal of these lands. He believed that some amendments would be found necessary in the existing land laws, particularly with regard to lands in the neighborhood of Detroit. He therefore submitted the following resolution:
Resolved, That a committee be appointed to enquire whether any, and if any, what alterations or amendments are necessary to be made in the several acts providing for the disposal of the lands of the U. S. north west of the Ohio.
Mr. J. Randolph suggested the propriety of permitting the resolution to lie on the table, until the treaties ceding the land had been ratified & carried into effect. It might also, he added, be found that the law for the disposal of the lands south west of the Ohio required modification.
Mr. Gregg acquiescing in this disposition of the resolution, it was ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. Varnum said, that during the late revolutionary war with Great Britain, the government of the U. S. had thought proper to place on the pension list certain officers and soldiers who had been wounded or disabled in the war. It had so happened, that, from a variety of circumstances, a large number of our meritorious officers and soldiers of this description had not been placed on the list. A number of them had kept back, and omitted reaping the benefit of this provision, under the expectation of supporting themselves by their own industry, or by the assistance of their friends. He believed that many had been prompted to this by the most laudable motives. Many of them had since found themselves unable to earn a decent subsistence. A number of petitions of this kind had this morning been referred to the Committee of Claims. Gen. Varnum said it was his wish that a general and ample provision should be made for all those who had been disabled in the revolutionary war. The independence and happy situation of our country were owing to their exertions, and our wealth now enabled us to make an ample provision. He therefore moved,
That the Committee of Claims be instructed to enquire what further measures are necessary to be adopted to remunerate the meritorious services of the officers and soldiers who were wounded or disabled in the revolutionary war with Great Britain, with leave to report by bill or otherwise. This resolution was immediately taken up and agreed to.
On a motion made to refer to a select committee the memorial of the Ohio company, presented the last session, the House divided—Ayes 63. Carried, and a committee of three members were appointed.
A message was delivered from the President of the United States, by Mr. Coles, his secretary, as follows:
"Mr. SPEAKER, "I am directed by the President of the United States to deliver you a message in writing."
"The Speaker, having received and opened a packet of considerable size, observed that the message was confidential, and thereupon ordered the galleries to be cleared."
In about one hour and a half the doors were opened, when it appeared that part of the communications made by the President were confidential, and that the members of the House remained under an injunction of secrecy with regard to them; and that another part was not confidential. This part embraces, among others, the following documents.
1. A letter from Governor Claiborne to the Secretary of State, dated, October 24, 1805, in which, after stating the preparations making by the Spaniards at Pensacola and other places, he says; "I flatter myself that hostilities between the U. States and Spain may be avoided, and that an honorable adjustment of our differences may ensue. But I am inclined to think that the Spanish agents calculate on a speedy rupture and are making all the preparations that their means permit to commence the war in this quarter."
2. Statements respecting the detention of the American Gun Boats.
3. Correspondence between Governor Claiborne and the Marquis de Casa Calvo on exempting the Spanish officers from municipal taxes.
4. Correspondence between Governor Williams of the Mississippi territory and Gov. Grandpre, with sundry communications to the Secretary of State on outrages committed in the Mississippi territory.
5. Documents to shew that the settlement of Bayou Pierre on the Red river, at which a principal aggression took place, was originally made by France, while possessing Louisiana, and came to the possession of Spain only by the general delivery of Louisiana to her and as a part of it.
6. Extract of a letter from C. Pinkney, dated Aug. 1805, as well as one dated, September 22, 1805, respecting Spanish spoliations.
7. Communications from Gov. Claiborne, dated October 24, 1805, respecting obstructions on the Mobile.
8. Copy of a letter from the commander of the ship Huntress to the Secretary of the Navy.
Committees appointed in the House of Representatives.
On the compensation of the officers of the two Houses. Messrs Leib, Seaver, and Trigg.
On authorising a bridge across the Potomac. Messrs P. R. Thompson, J. Campbell, Lewis, Magruder and Butler.
On enrolled bills. Messrs T. M. Randolph and Cutts.
The measures taken by the President, as stated in his message to the two houses, to guard our coasts from the violence of the belligerent cruisers, will, we are persuaded give general satisfaction, as the outrages committed had become so flagrant as to demand a vigorous repression. As the public may not be acquainted with the extent to which similar measures have been carried by European powers, we have considered it of sufficient importance to publish the following authorities derived from the usage of Great Britain, which shew how far that government has deemed itself authorised to go in like cases, and that they have extended their jurisdiction at least as far as the President has that of the United States on this occasion.
Extract from a charge of Sir L. Jenkins, at an Admiralty session, Vol. 1, p. XC.
"But besides these four seas, which are the peculiar care, and as it were, part of the domain of the crown of England, his majesty hath a concern and authority (in right of his imperial crown) to preserve the public peace, and to maintain the freedom and security of navigation all the world over: so that not the utmost bound of the Atlantic ocean, nor any corner of the Mediterranean, nor any port in the south or other seas, but that if the peace of God and the king be violated upon any of his subjects, or upon his allies or their subjects, and the offender be afterwards brought up or laid hold on in any of his majesty's ports, such breach of the peace is to be enquired of, and tried in virtue of a commission of oyer and terminer, as this is, in such country, liberty or place, as his majesty shall please to direct. So long as arm hath God, by the laws, given to his Vicegerent the king; and so odious are the crimes of piracy, blood-shed, robbery and other violences upon the seas, that justice observes and teaches the malefactors, even in the remotest corners of the world, and vengeance pursues them close at the heels to their own homes; where they seldom escape those punishments they have deserved."
"The power and jurisdiction which his majesty hath at sea in those remoter parts of the world, is but in concurrence with all other sovereign princes that have ships and subjects at sea; and it is on this special regard that pirates are called Hostes Humani Generis; in that as they do give themselves the liberty of making a prey without distinction of all nations, and all manner of people; and do, inasmuch as in them lies, hinder that mutual amity and supplies which Providence hath ordained as the means to cherish and preserve that humanity and sociableness, which distinguishes not only christians, but all men from savages and beasts of prey; so all nations and sovereign princes that meet with them, have a just and competent authority to execute the law upon them: and they are therefore esteemed to be out of the protection of all princes and of all laws; because all magistrates that fear the Lord for the terror of those that do evil, is to draw it against them, and is made a minister to execute justice upon them whenever they can lay hold of them."
Extract from the same author. Vol. 2. p. 728.
BRITISH DECLARATION OF 1604. "Our pleasure is, that within our ports, havens, roads, creeks, or other places of our dominions, or so near to any of our said ports or havens, as may be reasonably construed to be within that title, limit or precinct, there shall be no force, violence or surprize or offence suffered to be done either from man of war to man of war, or from man of war to merchant, &c. but that all of what nation soever so long as they shall be within those our ports and places of jurisdiction, or where our officers may prohibit violence, shall be understood to be under our protection, and to be ordered by course of justice, &c. and that our officers and subjects shall prohibit, as much as in them lies, all hovering of men of war, &c. so near the entry of any of our havens or coasts; and that they shall receive and succour all merchants and others that shall fall within the danger of any such as shall await our coasts in so near places, to the hindrance of trade to and from our kingdoms."
Extract from the same. Vol. 2. P. 736.
BRITISH DECLARATION OF 1678.
"Our will and pleasure therefore is, 1st. That within our ports, havens, roads and creeks, as also in every other place or tract at sea, that may be reasonably construed to be within any of those denominations, limits or precincts, there shall be an inviolate truce and cessation of hostilities between all persons and parties whatsoever: and that no force, violence, surprize, or offence shall be done either from man of war to man of war, or from man of war to merchant, or from merchant to merchant, that happen to be in hostilities, the one against the other. But that all of what nation soever, so long as they shall be within our ports, harbors, or other places, reputed to be within our more immediate protection, and where our commanders and officers are accountable for the public peace, shall be understood to be under our special safe-conduct, and must keep the peace inviolably each with the other. And we do further declare, that the ships and goods of all aggressors, actors and offenders whatsoever, against the true meaning of this our proclamation are and shall be ipso-facto confiscated, and proceeded against in our high court of admiralty, to sentence and condemnation, according to law; notwithstanding any commission of war, or letters of reprisals, such offenders may have, or pretend to have for their justification."
"We will and command that all our officers and subjects by sea and land do, as much as in them lies, prohibit the roving and hovering of men of war so near the entry of any of our harbors or our coasts as that merchantmen homeward or outward bound to and from any of our ports shall apprehend their passage to be unsafe, or their danger of being set upon and surprised to the hindering and diverting of trade and commerce from our ports: and we strictly charge and require our officers and subjects to rescue, succour and defend, all merchant-men and others that shall happen to be set upon, or surprised so near our coasts, or the entry of our harbors, as may easily be construed to be under our more special care and protection, and that they apprehend and seize all offenders in this kind in order to bring them to condign punishment for disturbing and hindering the trade and commerce between our subjects and those of our neighbors and allies. All which, &c."
Signed, L. JENKINS."
The Legislature of North Carolina have elected Dr. Nathaniel Alexander Governor of that state.
Philadelphia, Dec. 5.
A letter from a gentleman at Lancaster, states, that the Senate and House of Representatives of this state were organised on Tuesday last. James Brady, Esq. is chosen Speaker of the Senate, and Charles Porter, Esq. Speaker of the House of Representatives—both Constitutionalists.
The votes for Speaker, in each House, were as follows:
In the Senate. For James Brady, of Westmoreland, 13 John Steele, of Lancaster, late Speaker, 8 In the House of Representatives. For Charles Porter, of Fayette, 46 Jacob Holgate, of Philadelphia county, 32
Baltimore, Dec. 6.
Luther Martin, Esq. has resigned the office of Attorney General of this state. John Scott, Esq. is confidently spoken of as the person most likely to be appointed his successor in office.
We are informed by a gentleman from Annapolis, that the legislature have invested 40,000 dollars in the Farmer's bank.
Alexandria, Dec. 6.
Capt. Luckett of the Hiland, from cape Francois, arrived last evening, politely furnished us with the following: That 3 days before he sailed, a boat belonging to one of the British frigates cruising off there came in, and the pursuer informed that a brig of 14 guns from Gonaives, supposed to be the Orion of Baltimore, had fallen in with two French privateers in the Caicos passage, and after a desperate engagement, had been captured, and every person on board massacred!
Raleigh, Dec. 2.
It will be seen under the head of the Legislature, that the report of the committee in favor of granting a Court of
Oyer and Terminer, and general jail delivery to try the Hon. Duncan McFarland, Esq. was disagreed to in the House of Commons—77 to 40.
Charleston, Nov. 25.
Extract of a letter from Savannah, dated November 21, to a merchant in this city.
"The Tippoo Saib has this moment arrived, after a passage of 41 days from Liverpool; she brings nothing new, except that they spoke a ship which had passed through the Combined Fleets bound to Ireland."
November 26.
The Savannah papers received last evening, furnish a long "Exposition of the comparative conduct of France and Austria, since the peace of Luneville," which was read by the minister of foreign affairs in the sitting of the conservative senate, at Paris, on the 23d September. This is considered as a declaration of war on the part of France against Austria and Russia. An imperial decree has passed the senate for raising 80,000 additional conscripts. The emperor and empress, accompanied by the minister of foreign affairs, have left Paris to join the armies. Napoleon delivered a speech to the senate, previous to his leaving Paris, which concludes as follows:—"Frenchmen, your emperor will do his duty my soldiers will do their's, you will do yours."
A letter from Paris of September 25, says, "Not to alarm his subjects and allies by the reports of frequent conspiracies, Bonaparte has ordered the trials and executions of all implicated persons to be secret. Hence we hear no more of the late plot than we heard of the conspiracy at Milan last May. One thing is however certain, that the pretended conspirators were not connected with any foreign power, but domestic rivals or disaffected subjects. Several generals are still mentioned as individuals suspected or accused. You have undoubtedly read that Jourdan has been deprived of his command in Italy, and succeeded by Massena, Macdonald sent for his health to Barège, and Lecourbe exiled to his estate near Lons Saunier, in France Comté."—London paper.
Lexington, Nov. 21.
Last evening arrived in this town 24 Indians, deputies from the several nations who were present at the treaty at St. Louis, on their way to the city of Washington, on a visit to the President. They consist of
5 of the Little Osage nation, 2 Missouri, 9 Sockias, 1 Kancis, 2 Ayowa, 1 Pautowatamis, 1 Sioux, 2 Panis, 1 Otowa.
Chillicothe, Nov. 28.
The chiefs of the tribes of Indians, mentioned under the Louisville, Frankfort and Lexington heads, in the first page of this paper, passed through this town yesterday, except one, a chief of the Sioux nation, who died on Tuesday evening last. He had been but a few days sick.
(Published in the National Intelligencer by order of the legislature of Maryland.)
To the honorable the President of the Senate, and Speaker of the House of Delegates.
IN COUNCIL, Nov. 30, 1805.
Gentlemen,
We have the satisfaction of communicating to the general assembly, that we have received information from the agent, of the sale of the stock in the British funds. It appears, that the bank stock sold at 176 1-2 per cent.
The navy 5 per cents at 89 1-2
The 5 per cents of 1797 at par
We are also happy in having it in our power to state, that the whole expense of this negotiation amounts only to the sum of three pounds and six pence sterling.
As soon as information shall be received that the investment of the proceeds has been completed, it shall be communicated by the executive.
We are, with great respect, Your obedient servants, ROBT. BOWIE.
Baltimore, 29th April, 1805.
SIR, In Aug. last bank stock was at 160, and in Oct. 168, and the inclosed London paper, called the Morning Chronicle, 2d March last, it is stated at 179.
I have thought proper to give this information to your excellency and the council, that you may determine on the propriety of disposing of the bank stock, belonging to the state, in any manner at this time. I believe that either a sale or exchange will be greatly injurious to the state.
I believe the great number of Spanish prizes, with the specie lately carried into England, will contribute to increase the value of bank stock.
I expect to receive by the April packet, which will probably arrive in June next, the then price of stock, and will inform you. I hope I need offer no other apology to you for the trouble of this letter, but my wish to promote the interest of the state.
I have the honor to be, with great respect and esteem, your excellency's most obedient servant, SAML. CHASE. Gov. Bowie.
PORTABLE PUMP. A small portable pump on a new construction, has lately been exhibited in London and its vicinity. It may be kept in every street or house, at a very inconsiderable expence, and is designed to overpower conflagrations on the instant when a short delay would be fatal. It may be put in a closet or corner, and will project to the distance of 40 feet, a column of water of a quarter of an inch diameter. This is sufficient to extinguish the fire which is spreading its destructive influence over one or two chambers, and will prevent all further communication of the flames. The utility of the machine of this description, particularly for houses remote from the city, is too self-evident to need any arguments for its encouragement.
THEATRE.
TO-MORROW EVENING, Dec. 10. will be presented a celebrated Tragedy, performed in all the Theatres in America with distinguished applause, called BUNKER'S HILL; OR, The Death of Gen. Warren. End of the Play, a Hornpipe by Master DOUGLASS.
To which will be added!
The Comic Opera of THE POOR SOLDIER.
ADMITTANCE—Box one Dollar, Pitt three quarters of a Dollar.
Tickets to be had at Mr. McLaughlin's tavern, George-Town, at the office of the Washington Federalist, at the Theatre, and at A. & G. Way's Printing-Office.
Doors to be opened at half past FIVE, and the performance to commence at half past SIX o'clock.
Places for the Boxes to be taken at the Theatre, on the days of performance, from ten o'clock till one.
Stoves will be placed in the lobby to render the Theatre more comfortable.
PUBLIC SALE.
THE Sale of James Wigfield's Lots, which should have taken place on the first Monday in November last is unavoidably postponed to Thursday the 12th day of December 1805, when the Lots heretofore advertised will positively be sold. The sale to commence at 11 o'clock, A. M.
BENSON L. MCCORMICK. Dec 9—3t
The Partnership of
JOHN CROW & H. C. WRIGHT, Trading under the firm of Crow and Wright, is this day dissolved by mutual consent—tho' indebted to the said firm are requested to make immediate payment to Thomas C. Wright, and all persons having any claims thereon, are requested to send them in without delay, as the books will be closed and put into the hands of Thomas Herty for collection and suit after the 25th of December.
JOHN CROW, THOS. C. WRIGHT.
George Town, Nov. 30
The business will be conducted in future at the same place by THOS. C. WRIGHT, for cash. December 9—3m
Public Sale.
By virtue of an order from the Orphans court of Anne Arundel county, the subscriber will offer, at public sale, on the 23d day of December next, if fair, if not, the first fair day thereafter, at the late dwelling plantation of Randolph Brandt Latimer, Esq. deceased, in Charles county, a part of the personal estate of the said deceased, consisting of
NEGRO MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN, among which are several valuable plantation men; horses, two mules, cattle, household furniture and plantation utensils, and sundry other articles. The sale to commence at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, and to continue till all the things are sold. Terms of sale ready cash.
RICHARD H. HARWOOD, Ad'mr. Annapolis, Dec 9—7t
Found Adrift,
ON the 16th of November 1805, a small BOAT clincher built in the river Potomac, between Alexander's island and Alexandria, by
THOMAS SMITH, City of Washington. December 4—3t
Thirty Dollars Reward.
RANAWAY from the subscriber living near Huntingdon, Calvert county, on the first of October last, a bright mulatto woman by the name of
SOPHY, she is about 25 years of age, 5 feet 3 or 4 inches high, she is spare made, likely featured, with two small black moles on her forehead, close to the eye brows, also a scar on the leg occasioned by the kick of a horse, thick belly hair, wears a blue great coat, she has a great many clothes, the particulars I know not—but some of them are country made. She was raised in Calvert county but is supposed to be in or near George Town; any person taking up said woman and securing her in any jail to that I get her again, shall receive the above reward.
Masters of vessels and others are forewarned against harboring or carrying off said runaway at their peril. EDWARD ISAACK. November 29—2aw3t