The national intelligencer and Washington advertiser. (Washington City [D.C.]), 1805-07-12 00:00:00

NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, AND WASHINGTON ADVERTISER.
Vol. V. WASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. NO. DCCXLII. FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1805. PAID IN ADVANCE.
Rapine, Conrad, & Co.
On New Jersey Avenue Capitol Hill, HAVE just received and offer for sale, at a low price, a quantity of PERUVIAN BARK by the pound and smaller quantity.
They have also, lately received an addition to their former assortment of books and stationery.
July 10—
SHELL LIME.
WILL burnt with sound wood, at 16 DOLLARS the hundred bushels. A less quantity will not be sold at this price. It will be delivered in any part of the city or George Town at from 17 to 20 dollars per hundred, the price to be paid on delivery, apply to
COLEMAN CONRAD, at the Brewery in Turks Town, C. W. N. B. Application must be made within ten days from this date.
July 10—3t
Fifty Dollars Reward.
RAN away from the subscriber living near the Bowling Green on the 23d inst. a Negro Man named PETER, between thirty and forty years old, about five feet ten inches high, he is black and rather spare made, had on when he went off a light drab colored coat, a red striped waistcoat, corduroy or thickset breeches and dark mixed stockings, has lost the greater part of all his toes on the left foot, and when spoken to is very apt to appear surprised, I will give the above reward if taken out of the state of Virginia, and thirty dollars if taken in the state and out of this county, and ten dollars if taken in the county or confined in any jail so that I get him, or if brought home all reasonable charges paid.
JOHN G. WOOLFOLK. Carolina July 10—ep3w.
CHARLES H. VARDEN, MERCHANT TAILOR.
Has received from Philadelphia a handsome assortment of FALL goods, consisting of the best London and French superfine cloths, cassimeres, patent Benner's card, toilettes, fancy and white Marcellas, black and figured silk, moleskins, fancy silk, Marcellas, constitution cords, velvets, Genoa cord, silk and satin Florentines, superfine coating, knapped cloths, with a variety of other articles suitable for the winter season.
N. B. Ladies habits, regimentals, and navy uniforms made in the first style of fashion. New Jersey Avenue near the Capitol, December 10—tf
RAGS.
The highest price, in Cash or Books, will be given for any quantity of clean Linen and Cotton RAGS, by Rapine, Conrad and Co. Capitol Hill. June 24—
RAGS.
THE highest price CASH, given for clean RAGS, by EDGAR PATTERSON, George town, and SAMUEL STETTENIUS, near the Centre market, Washington March 8—tf.
In the case of John Thomas Frost, an insolvent debtor.
SIX months from and after the first day of July next is limited and appointed for the creditors of the said Frost to bring in and exhibit their claims to the trustee. It is ordered that this notice be published in the National Intelligencer and Washington Federalist three times in each paper prior to the first day of August next.
By order of the Hon: Wm. Cranch, esq. URIAH FORREST, Ck. July 5—
The subscriber being appointed trustee in the above case of John T. Frost, requests all persons having claims against him to exhibit them without delay. Also all persons indebted to the said J. T. Frost prior to his taking the benefit of the act of insolvency, are requested to make immediate payment to JAMES KENNER. July 8—3t
PUBLIC VENDUE.
TO be sold at public vendue, at the late dwelling house of JOSEPH HODGSON, deceased, on the 15th day of July next, at 11 A. M. all the personal property belonging to the estate of said Hodgson, consisting of parlour and kitchen furniture, fine and coarse hats—turs of various kinds—hatters' wool, and a good lot of hatters' utensils, consisting of kettles, blocks, &c. &c. likewise one good milch cow. The terms of sale will be, for all sums under twenty dollars, cash; and for all sums over twenty dollars a credit of six months will be allowed,—by the purchaser's giving bond bearing interest with approved security.
REBECCA HODGSON, Adm a . Washington city, June 29, 1805.—5t
N. B. The convenient dwelling house, garden, and out-houses to be let on moderate terms, which is now occupied by Mrs. Hodgson.
PUBLIC SALE.
IN virtue of an order issued from the hon. court of Calvert county, will be offered at public sale, on the 28th day of August next (if fair, if not, the first fair day thereafter) at the late mansion of Benjamin Ward, deceased, at the hour of 12 o'clock, a valuable plantation, containing 134 acres of Land, lying on the Chesapeake Bay, in Calvert county. The improvements are a small dwelling house, kitchen, tobacco house, corn house, and other out houses; a large orchard of fine fruit. This fertile spot has every advantage, it abounds in heavy timber, and has a great proportion of rich low ground, capable of being made into meadow at a very trifling expense. The soil is extremely rich—tobacco, wheat, rye, and Indian corn, grow with little labour—the neighbourhood affords a society of very genteel and friendly people—places of worship surround it—convenient to mills and a ware house for the inspection of tobacco within two miles of the premises. This Land will be laid off in small parcels, or sold all together, as may best suit purchasers.—Bond with approved security will be required, carrying interest from the day of sale, payable in two equal payments, the first in 12, and the last in 18 months from the day of sale.
WM. M. CARCAUD, DAVID L. WREMS, CHAS. WILLIAMSON, Commissioners. July 3—ep3w.
On a liberal credit.
THE subscriber will dispose of at private sale, his estate called Chichester, lying on the eastern branch, immediately opposite the city of Washington. This tract of land containing 697 acres is laid off in lots from 83 to 144 acres for the convenience of purchasers. Plats of the estate and the terms of sale are in the hands of colonel Mason at the navy yard, and Charles Wayman of George Town. The lots will be shown by Mr Wedden, living on the premises, near the Eastern Branch bridge.
ANTHONY ADDISON. Barnaby, 12th June 1805—tf
TO BE SOLD,
AT PUBLIC VENDUE, At Gadsby's Hotel, in Alexandria, on Monday the 16th day of September, at 12 o'clock at noon.
ALL that TRACT OF LAND late Presly Thornton, Esquire's situated in Northumberland county, Virginia, lying immediately on the Potomac river. The following description is given of this property by persons well acquainted with it. "It contains 2 500 acres, 1700 acres of which are the most valuable low grounds on the river, between 3 and 400 acres heavily timbered, and the remainder very high land extremely productive. The soil of this tract is equal to any in the state for the cultivation of corn, wheat, tobacco, timothy, and small grain of all kinds. On this tract are a large commodious Brick Mansion House and two Offices, a large Brick Stable, valuable Barn, Cow House, and many other out houses. The Orchards and Garden contain a variety of valuable fruit trees, and the waters abound with excellent fish and oysters. It is situated about a day's sail from Baltimore Alexandria and Norfolk. There are two good mill sites for grist and saw mills on the estate, and plenty of cedar and chestnut timber, for which an excellent market may be found at the city of Washington."
The terms of sale are—one fourth cash one fourth in one year, one fourth in 18 months, and the residue in two years from the day of sale. The payments to be secured by bonds, with mortgages on the premises, and to be on interest from the day of sale.
For further information, application may be made in behalf of the subscriber, Thomas Robinson, to Richard Peters, jun attorney at law in the city of Philadelphia, or to William Lewis, in the same city, (Philadelphia.)
THOMAS ROBINSON, W. LEWIS. June 19—ept3p.16
STELLE'S HOTEL & CITY TAVERN.
THE Subscriber takes this method of thanking his friends and the public for their favors whilst on the Capitol Square and begs leave to acquaint them that having purchased and now occupying the tavern, late Tunnicliff's hotel; which he has commenced enlarging and improving—he respectfully solicits a continuance of the patronage of his friends and the public, assuring them that 'tis his full determination to fit up his present hotel, and so to conduct it, as to merit, he hopes, the preference of the public travelling, as well as those coming to the permanent seat of the Government of our Land of Liberty.
PONTIUS D. STELLE. Washington City, March 23—tf
ADAM KING, & Co.
AT their wine Store in High Street George Town, have in addition to their stock of old wines, laid in a large and general assortment of all kinds of Liquors and Groceries suitable to the present season; where bills of any description, in their line, will constantly be filled up on the shortest notice and they flatter themselves, from the quality of their wines, &c. they will be able to give general satisfaction to all those who may think proper to favor them with a call—where all kind of commission business as usual will be attended to with the utmost attention.
George Town, November 5—tf
To the Editor of National Intelligencer.
The politics of a neighbouring state, among other topics of discussion, presents one of the first rate magnitude. What is the best mode of altering constitutions, or of submitting them to revision, is a question, in the solution of which every freeman of America is deeply interested. Feeling this interest myself, I have taken the liberty of offering you my ideas on this point, without the most remote idea of dictating to, or interfering with the peculiar concerns of Pennsylvania. I believe that the citizens of that state have sufficient wisdom and patriotism to manage their own concerns, and that they will, on this, as they have on other occasions, combine prudence and vigor in their ultimate decisions.
A deliberate, and I think dispassionate reflection has convinced me that the most advisable plan for submitting constitutions to revision is by periodical conventions, distinct from ordinary legislative bodies, and elected at periods considerably distant from each other.
My reasons in favor of this plan are embraced in the following remarks:
It is essential to the correct understanding of this subject, to form definite ideas of constitutions as contradistinguished from laws.
When men enter into political association for their common good, it becomes necessary to lay down the principles on which they associate; to designate the powers which shall be exercised by governments; the manner in which those governments shall be formed, and the powers invested shall be exercised. This is the peculiar province of a constitution. Without these provisions every thing would be left to legislative discretion, and no man would feel secure in the enjoyment of his property or rights, as they might, at any moment, be invaded by those appointed to administer the government.
Laws are provisions, formed by the government thus established, enacted in a prescribed way, in virtue of some delegated power.
As it is an opinion, universally received in the United States, that political rights are most secure, when, instead of being dependent on mere legislative will, they are defined and guaranteed by constitutional compacts, it would be useless to adduce arguments on this point. The whole people of the United States, in forming the federal constitution, and every section of them in establishing state constitutions, have manifested this opinion. It is true that in two or three states there has been an omission to form new constitutions of government; but, notwithstanding, the systems of government in being, however incorrectly formed, are considered as of constitutional validity, and alterable only by the people, not by the legislature.
This broad distinction between constitutions and laws is founded on two principles; first, that the former require a comparative permanency, and secondly, that they are better framed by men distinct from those who administer the government.
Let us apply these principles, and others, which in the prosecution of our enquiry will naturally occur to the different modes in which constitutions may be formed in the first instance, and afterwards modified.
All agree that no other body than a convention, charged with the sole duty, is the proper one for the formation of a constitution. A concise discussion will show that no other body is competent to the alteration of a constitution once formed. The principal reasons in favor of a convention in the first instance are the superior talents of those who compose it, their greater exemption from improper feelings and views, and their capacity, from having but one object to attend to, to devise a system the best suited to the advancement of the general interest.
That the talents of those who are deputed to a convention will be superior to those of ordinary legislators is proved as well by the reason of things as by actual experiment. Great objects necessarily require proportionate talents, which, while they delight to employ themselves in arduous and difficult duties, will not stoop to the relatively humble task of legislation. He, who forms a constitution creates a monument to his
fame, which may endure for ages, while laws, however beneficial, are generally destined to a short existence. The sacrifice of time, too, in the one case, is extremely moderate, while in the other it is generally so great as essentially to interfere with his personal concerns. Hence it is a fact, that, while in our legislative bodies there is frequently but a few men of great talents, and often not a single one, there is always seen a galaxy of genius and learning in our conventional bodies. The people, believing that every thing that is dear to them, depends on the form of their constitutions, as in a time of danger, select with vigilance their greatest men. All local jealousy and envy of superior merit are sacrificed to nobler motives. Talents and virtue are alone looked to; and each section of a state is ambitious of out-doing the other portions by delegating its best men.
Let us contrast this picture with that of an ordinary legislative body. In the latter are generally to be found plain men, with a few individuals of superior though moderate powers, fully competent to the purposes of common legislation, but altogether incompetent to the formation of a political system, in which a proper degree of power shall be bestowed, and correctly distributed. The former requires but little knowledge, while the latter requires, not only a wide experience, but likewise the rare talent of foreseeing the effects of radical principles upon the government and the people.
It may be, nay it often so happens, that in a legislative body, there is one man, who, from talent or intrigue, has become the leader of the body. This man will rarely have acquired his superiority, without long and sharp contests with his colleagues. He will have emulated around him a party, who, from mere confidence or an union of interests or opinion on common points of legislation, always vote as he dictates; while on the other hand, there will be a minority, exasperated by disappointment, always in opposition, and eager to seize every opportunity of gratifying their hostile sentiments. Is such a body competent to form a constitution, the proud offspring of human genius? This petty leader, trusting to his flexible adherents, and the omnipotent power of a majority, will be at little pains laboriously to devile the best system in his power. His circumscribed mind will be almost entirely limited by his own contracted experience; and he will be swayed almost exclusively by the desire of introducing such provisions as will enable him the more easily and securely to gain his little objects. The opposition he meets with will make him more tenacious of his own projects, and his jealous ambition will be sure to damn the advice of an enemy, however good. Who does not see that a constitution, thus formed, would want all the great features of wisdom, impartiality, and caution, without which it would be the instrument of oppression instead of advantage to the community.
From these improper feelings and views the members of a convention would be generally exempt. Coming together with minds, not pre-occupied with prejudice, with feelings unflamed by personal collisions, neither inspired by the ardor of victory, or humbled by the mortification of disappointment, selected for a great object, not originating with themselves, it may be presumed, and experience verifies the assurance, that their deliberations, conducted with candor, enlightened by learning, and guided by patriotism, will issue in the best and purest systems. Not mingling the duties of common legislation with the higher duties of forming a constitution; uninfluenced by the selfish view of shaping the constitution as the best to admitter to their paltry schemes of personal aggrandizement; and confined to a single object; it may be expected that they will devise a system, whose objects shall be neither temporary or personal, but always calculated to advance the permanent and general interests of their fellow-citizens. Why should they go astray? The system once established, their political existence is at an end. Would they, by devising a bad system, impair the purity of their character, and become candidates for popular odium? No. The idea is too absurd; and accordingly all experience tells us that conventional bodies have been the most virtuous as well as most wise that have ever convened among us.
Can the same be said of legislative bodies? Have they not in some instan-
ces become the victims of misguided passion; in others the instruments of intolerance and oppression? Have they not, in some cases, been wantonly prodigal, and in others shamefully pecuniary? Have they not even some times been corrupt? And are these the bodies, in whose hands, we repose our lives, our liberties, our property, all that renders life a blessing? As well might we open our apartments, warmed by a blazing fire, to the raging tempest, and suffer the devouring element thus entreated to involve in common ruin ourselves, our wives, our children and our property.
Every argument in favor of a convention for the original formation of a convention applies with equal if not increased force, to any alterations which may be made in it. Arduous as the formation of a constitution may be, it is extremely questionable, whether it does not require greater talent judiciously to alter it. The several provisions of which it is composed are so intimately connected with each other, that it is always difficult to determine what effect would be produced on the operation of the whole structure by an alteration of any part. One thing is most certain, that if changes be authorised by the legislative body, there will be the greatest risk of their being made on light and superficial views, as well as from impure motives. For the purpose, therefore, of giving confidence and security to all measures which may be adopted in relation to the alteration as well as the formation of a constitution, it is highly desirable that the whole should be the result of conventional deliberation.
NUMA.
(To be continued.)
LEXINGTON, (KEN.) JUNE 18!
Books are now opened in this place, by Messrs. John Jordan, jun. Alexander Parker, and John Bradford, commissioners for receiving subscriptions of three, for opening a CANAL at the Falls of Ohio. The liberal spirit evinced by the citizens of Lexington for the public good, it is hoped will be as conspicuous on this, as on former occasions.
The party of discovery, under the command of captains Lewis and Clark, left the mouth of the Missouri on the 19th day of May, 1804. An express with dispatches from their winter quarters, which left them the 14th April, has returned to St. Louis. By the express, letters were received from captain Clark to his correspondents in Kentucky. A gentleman from Jefferson county, has obligingly favored the Editor of the Kentucky Gazette with the following account, which he obtained from one of the men who returned with the express, and from letters from some of the party. They fortified themselves in November last, on the bank of the M. Jour, 1600 miles from the mouth, by actual admeasurement, in lat. 47, 51, north; called then Fort Mandan, after a nation of Indians who reside in the neighborhood, and who have been very friendly to them. On their passage up, they were delighted with the beautiful appearance of the country for about 200 leagues, or to the mouth of the river Li Plate, which comes in from the south; after which, to their winter quarters, it is described not to be so fertile. The person who brought the dispatches, speaks of the opening made by the river, being about one mile wide with high cliffs on each side. The bed of the river occupies about a fourth part of it, the remainder of the bottom entirely composed of coarse sand covered with cotton wood. This bottom is continually giving way either on one side or the other, and gaining on the opposite side. The cliffs in some places are covered with red cedar, which, with the cotton and a few small black ash trees, is the only timber described to be in that country. From the height, there is not a tree or twig to be seen, as far as the sight can extend, or as they have explored. Out from the river the land goes off perfectly level, with but few exceptions—and their plains covered with grass. They passed the mouths of a number of streams, the most of which had names given by the French—One they have named Floyd's river, to perpetuate the name of a young man, of their party, named Charles Floyd, who died much regretted on the 20th August. They represent the Indians to have been friendly, with but a few exceptions. The Sioux are the most numerous, are organised in bands bearing different names, move about from place to place, from the banks of the river out to the

plains, in pursuit of game and plunder having no fixed place of residence, and a continual state of warfare. These were the most troublesome Indians to the party of discovery, as they excelled a jealousy, lest they would supply their enemies higher up with arms, &c. The higher up they went, the more friendly they found the savages, and the better armed. They have a more regular trade with the north west company, and the Hudson bay company; which supplies come to them by the way of Lake Winnipeg. The Mandanes cultivate corn, which is of a small kind, from whom the party was supplied during the winter, and their hunters kept them in abundance of meat.
Buffaloes are said to be in great numbers, and of large size. Two description of deer are described; those resembling the common kind of this country being larger, and the tails 18 inches long, and the hair much longer on their bodies; the other kind having a black tail. Elk and goats are numerous. The grouse or prairie hen are plenty; and before the closing of the river in the fall, water fowl in abundance. Fish scarce, and those principally of the cat kind. Some of the white bear skins, had been brought to the fort by visiting Indians from higher up; but the party had seen none of those animals. The Indians keep horses, which are used entirely for the chase, and in war.
From such information as they have received of the country above there, it is about 600 miles to the great falls, which are made a ledge of mountains, called Rocky Mountain, in which it is presumed the Missouri terminates. At their winter quarters the river is nearly a quarter of a mile wide: is equally as muddy as at its mouth, and has continued its rapidity with very little alteration, as high as they have gone, though it has become considerably more shallow, so that they will not be able to take their large barge any higher. From what information they have obtained of the course of the upper part of the river, the most are at the northwardly part. From where they wintered to the falls, is nearly a south course. The description given by M c Kenzie, of the head waters of the river, is accurate.
They have sent on to the President of the United States, an accurate journal, with a map of the country through which they passed.
Six of the party were sent back—the party now consists of 28 men, exclusive of the two officers. They have enjoyed perfect health—not one having been sick, except the unfortunate young man before mentioned, and he was taken off in a few hours with a cramp in his stomach. The greatest friendship has existed with the party; and the men who have returned, speak in the highest terms of the humanity, and uncommon pains and attention of both the captains, Lewis and Clark, towards the whole of them; and that they left them in good spirits, fully convinced that they would winter on the Pacific Ocean.
They were told of six nations of Indians they would have to pass, before they would arrive at the falls, from only one of which, they apprehended any difficulty—they are called the Snake tribes, and reside high up.
Curiosities of different kinds; live beasts, birds, several boxes of minerals, a pair of uncommon ram's horns, from the rocky mountain, skins of a new discovered berry, called the but false berry, &c. have been brought on by the returned party, and deposited with the commanding officer at St. Louis, to be sent by him to the President.
We expect in a few days, farther particulars relative to this interesting voyage.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The Contributors to a permanent Institution for the education of youth in the city of Washington, are notified to attend at M y ers's tavern, on the Pennsylvania Avenue, on Monday the 15th day of July, for the purpose of electing six trustees.
The Act of the Council establishing the aforesaid Institution provides "that the individuals who shall have contributed ten dollars or upwards, shall, in person or by proxy, elect six trustees, to hold their appointments for one year," and that "each contributor shall have as many votes as he shall have contributed sums of ten dollars."
The election will be opened at 10 A. M. and continue open till 2 P. M. when it will be closed until 4 P. M. and from that hour remain open until 7 P. M.
NICHOLAS KING, SAMUEL H. SMITH, GEORGE BLAGDEN.
Whereas my wife Elizabeth voluntarily without any provocation abetted her son and board, I therefore caution the public from crediting her on my account as I am determined not to pay any debts of her contracting.
THOMAS WILLIAMS. Washington city, July 10—3t
IMPEACHMENT OF JUDGE CHASE.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22.
(Mr. LEE in continuation.)
I will now proceed to make some observations upon the 6th article of impeachment: "And whereas it is provided by the 24th section of the act entitled "An act to establish the judicial courts of the United States," that the laws of the several states, except where the constitutions, treaties, or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as the rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States, in cases where they apply; and whereas by the laws of Virginia it is provided, that in cases not capital, the offender shall not be held to answer any presentment of a grand jury until the court next succeeding that during which such presentment shall be made; yet the said Samuel Chase, with intent to oppress and procure the conviction of the said James T. Callender, did, at the court aforesaid, rule and adjudge the said Callender to trial, during the term at which he the said Callender, was presented and indicted, contrary to law in that case made and provided."
The charge in this article against the respondent, is in substance that he, with intent to oppress and procure the conviction of Callender, ruled him to trial during the term at which he was presented and indicted, contrary to the laws of Virginia, which it is alleged have provided that in cases not capital, the offender shall not be held to answer any presentment of a grand jury until the next succeeding court.
This article it is admitted does contain an accusation of crime; but I hope I shall be able to satisfy this honorable court, that in this instance no crime or offence was committed. I shall undertake to show that no error in law was committed, and that if the judge had done otherwise, he would have been more liable to censure than he now is. If this be made to appear, as a supposed illegality of his conduct is the foundation of the charge, there will remain nothing to support the charge.
The accused judge had sworn to support the constitution of the U. States, and to administer justice without respect to persons, and to perform all the duties of his office according to the laws of the United States. If in ruling Callender to trial at the same term at which he was indicted, he acted according to law, the judge performed his duty and ought not to be charged with oppression.
The article may be understood as affirming, that there exists some law of Virginia which positively prohibits the trial of a misdemeanor at the same term at which the indictment is found. No such law has been produced, and I must be allowed to deny that any such law of Virginia exists. The act of assembly of 1788, which provides that "upon presentment by any grand jury of an offence not capital, the court shall order the clerk to issue a summons or other proper process against the person or persons offending, to appear and answer such presentment at the next court," appears to have given birth to the idea that an offender may not be tried for a misdemeanor at the same term he is indicted. It however does not warrant the position. When the party appears and answers the presentment, the trial may immediately take place. When the party appears and answers an indictment, the trial may immediately take place, if so ruled by the court, who are vested with a discretion uncontrolled by any positive statute. The defence of this article may therefore be placed on two grounds, either of which will be sufficient. First. There is no law of Virginia which prohibits the trial of a misdemeanor at the same term the indictment is found; and secondly, if there be such a law, the same is not binding on the courts of the United States, in respect to offences against the United States.
With respect to the first ground, in addition to what was said it may be observed, that some instances have been proven before this hon. court, of trials in the state courts of indictments for misdemeanors, at the same term they were found. Mr. Robertson stated two specific cases where the punishment might be imprisonment. These instances show there can have been no such positive prohibition by the laws of Virginia, as the article of impeachment has alleged; nor however that may be, such a law, and that in the general practice of that state there are some exceptions, or such a general practice would not be obligatory on the courts of the United States, which is the second ground of defence against this charge.
A great deal which has been said in relation to the 5th article, applies with equal force to the article now under discussion.
When the supreme court by their rule of court deliberately formed, declared that the practice of the king's bench should form outlines for the practice in their court subject to the alterations they might make, it was reasonable and natural for the circuit court, composed of justices of the supreme court, to conduct its business upon the like principle. In the king's bench, process may be returnable immediately. Gilbert's origin of king's bench, p. 313, 2 Hawk. ch. 3, sec. 14. 4 Black. 319, and such is the practice if the offence is committed in the county where the court sits; but if the offence is committed in another county, the process may be returnable to any day the court will appoint. The object of the court in using its discretion will be to insure the service of the process, and its due return by allowing sufficient time according to circumstances for that purpose. It is not denied that venire facias is a proper process in cases not capital, but it is not the only process that may be issued. Judge Blackstone who wrote since Hawkins in the passage cited, declares that a capias is a usual process from the king's bench, and may be returnable at the pleasure of the court, but that in strictness there ought to be a venire facias where it is intended to proceed to outlawry. In the United States under the statutes of Congress, there can be no proceeding to outlawry, and therefore the reason for awarding a venire in England, does not hold in the U. States in regard to prosecutions in their courts. But let the practice of the king's bench be as it may, it is merely to be used as an outline by our judges who will guide and direct themselves by the statutes of the U. States, and will act in conformity to them. When process has been served and the offender brought into court to answer an indictment already found, it is the duty of the court to proceed to the trial. Such will be shewn to be the manifest direction of the laws of the United States. As to the laws of Virginia, it is repeated, there is no legislative act of that state which fixes positively the time of trying an indictment for a misdemeanor, and if there were, it would not bind the federal court. The time of a trial is not the trial, but a circumstance, which, as well as the place of trial, is subject to the laws of the United States.
But it has been said in support of this article, that in England it is not usual or according to the general course of proceedings, to try petty misdemeanors at the same court that the traverser pleads. For this is cited 4 Black. 351, and it is also said that the practice of Virginia conforms to the practice in England in this instance. Let this be admitted, and what does it avail? The practice that has been mentioned applies only to petty misdemeanors, and the law has always distinguished between petty misdemeanors and those of a greater malignity. The practice does not apply to what are termed crimina majora . Can it be said that such a rule of practice applies to the case of Callender? Was he indicted for a petty misdemeanor? No, sir, he was not. I have long learned to abhor the detestable crime of calumny. A calumniator is the greatest of criminals, and Callender has been the greatest of calumniators. All have agreed in reprobating the wickedness of his calumnies; and ought the hon. judge who is now answering before you to have applied the rule of English and Virginia practice concerning petty misdemeanors to such a case as that of Callender? Certainly not.
To place this matter still more clear of doubt, I wish the hon. court to turn their attention to the constitution, and to a few clauses of the laws of the U. States. The sixth amendment to the constitution provides, "that in all criminal prosecutions the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed." In the same spirit of speedy justice, a clause in the 33. section of the statute directs, that "copies of the process shall be returned as speedily as may be into the clerk's office of such court, together with the recognizances of the witnesses, for their appearance to testify in the case, which recognizances the magistrates before whom the examination shall be, may require on pain of imprisonment; and if such commitment of the offender or the witnesses shall be in a district other than that in which the offence is to be tried, it shall be the duty of the judge of that district where the defendant is imprisoned reasonably to issue, & of the marshal of the same district to execute a warrant for the removal of the offender and the witnesses, or either of them, as the case may be, to the district in which the trial is to be had. And upon all arrests in criminal cases, bail shall be admitted, except where the punishment may be death," &c.
With the same view to a speedy trial, the 7th section of the statute of 2d March, 1793, enacts, "that it shall be lawful for the several courts of the U. States, from time to time, as occasion may require, to make rules and orders for their respective courts, directing the returning of writs and process, &c."
and otherwise in a manner not repugnant to the laws of the United States to regulate the practice of the said courts respectively, as shall be fit and necessary for the advancement of justice, and especially to that end to prevent delays in proceedings." Hence it is evident, that in bringing Callender to trial at the same term at which he was indicted and at which he pleaded, the court obeyed the injunction of the constitution, and it obeyed the injunction of the laws of the United States.
In cases where bail is requireable to delay, the trial may be used to the oppression of the accused. It is therefore enjoined by the constitution and by the laws, that there shall be no delay. If the hon. judge who stands accused of trying Callender too soon, had deferred the trial to another term, that is to say, six months, and the traverser could not have given bail, he would have been imprisoned six months without a trial. After he was convicted, the sentence of imprisonment pronounced by the same judge was only an imprisonment of about nine months. He acted therefore not only according to law, but with humanity in bringing the traverser to trial at the same term at which he was indicted. If the trial had been postponed to another term, and Callender in the mean time had been imprisoned, such a conduct in the court would have given cause of complaint against the judge, who would then have been accused of postponing the trial of an innocent man, for the purpose of oppression. What in such a case ought the judge to have done? Exactly what he did. Obeying the constitution and the laws of the United States, he brought the traverser to a speedy and public trial.
It is, may it please the hon. court, upon these grounds that the respondent stands justified in his conduct, in relation to the charge contained in the 6th article of impeachment.
In the distribution of the articles of impeachment among the counsel of the respondent he assigned to me the 5th and 6th, and I humbly indulge the hope that the defence which has been made, will be deemed satisfactory. But before I conclude, I hope I may be allowed shortly to advert to some of the remarks which have fallen from the hon. managers in respect to this part of the accusation.
The hon. managers have attempted to shew a difference between a presentment and an indictment, and that until the indictment was found, a capias ought not to have been issued, even if it were lawful to issue it upon an indictment. That there is no such distinction, I appeal to those passages of the acts of Congress to which reference has been already made. I appeal to the reason of the thing and to the nature of a presentment. It is a species of indictment, an informal indictment, it is an accusation of a grand jury. There are cases where it would be improper in a court to wait until a presentment shall be put in the form of an indictment. Circumstances may be such, that the offender would escape if process was not issued upon the presentment.
One of the hon. managers charged the respondent with precipitancy in awarding the capias . If this gentleman had recollected the testimony, he would not have made that remark. It was undeniably proved that the respondent enquired of the clerk of the court and of the district attorney, what was the proper process. These officers answered, that a capias was the proper process. Upon such subjects it is usual to enquire of such officers, and their answer is generally deemed sufficient by the courts.
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Bailey Washington,
IN the house formerly occupied by Mrs. Osborn, New Jersey Avenue, near the CAPITOL, has just received and opened, in addition to his former Stock of Goods, the following articles which he is selling at the most reduced prices.
 Superfine and second cotton do.  broad cloths, do. striped silk & fancy do.  Cotton kersemeres, do. pantaloon do.  Yellow, blue, and mixed nankeens, Women's colored and white silk do.  Calicoes & furnitures, do. black & white cotton do.  Brown Hollands and round Dowlas, do. satin beaver mitts and gloves.  4.4 & 7.8 Irish linens, do. hite, black silk & kid do.  4.4 & 6.4 colored mouselins, do. picknick silk mitts, Men's white & brown thread gloves, do. Beaver and white kid do.  4.4 & 6.4 white do. do. white & black silk do.  4.4 Chambery do. Women's kid shoes, do. black Morocco and Leather do.  4.4 & 6.4 tambores muslin shawls, Men's white & black silk stockings, do. raw do. do.  5.4 & 6.4 striped do. do. brown thread and  Bandannas, linen, and cotton handkerchiefs, Dimities, do. do. do.  Courte & fine hats, do. do. do.  Men's white & black silk stockings, do. do. do.  do. do. do. do. do. do. 
ALSO Crockery, Hardware and Cutlery. Segars by the box S glasses, T's, &c. &c. &c. June 46—tf.
HOLLAND.
Speech of M. Schimmelpennick at the opening of the Session of the States General.
"HIGH AND MIGHTY LORDS! For a long time have our countrymen felt the necessity of preventing, by the introduction of a new order of things, the downfall of the tottering edifice of the state. This necessity was so generally felt and in so lively a manner, that I deem it superfluous and unfit to enlarge upon a truth universally acknowledged; but it is this general conviction which holds to us the rule by which we are to measure the hope which the nation has again recovered, and the expectation which it grounds upon our exertions.
"The burden which we take upon ourselves, and the most troublesome and painful part of which is to fall upon me, is heavy. The difficulties in which the state is involved, are manifold and great; the first proof of our courage will be, to dare to contemplate those difficulties, such as they actually exist; the second, not to despair of conquering them, that is to say, of the salvation of our country.
"In my opinion, it would be little consistent with that calm impartiality and unshaken integrity which must be esteemed in a government, to ascend in any manner, either to the nearer or to the more remote causes to which we have to impute the present situation of our country.
"I deem this the more repugnant to wisdom and equity, because, whatever partial inconveniences may have arisen from individual misapprehension, prejudices, or actions, yet the main force of our disorders is by no means to be looked for in our bosom, but in causes entirely without us, and quite independent of us.
"Our country could not fail, by its situation and relations, deeply to partake of the great events which have changed the whole face of Europe; and the powerful impulses which have shaken the great bodies situated around us, must naturally cause a sensible agitation in our contracted territory. And ought we, then, to continue searching into our entrails, or rendering the wounds of our state more incurable, by seeking after their causes in our own bosom; a search, the result of which would always be exposed to different judgments, always lead to dangerous reproaches, and would be always most adverse to a conciliation?
"No, High and Mighty Lords, let us leave the causes, and let us only view the wounds clearly; calmly with intention to heal them; and permit me, who am now placed at the head of the government, to point out the means, and, on this solemn occasion, to state to your High Mightinesses, the principles by which I shall regulate my administration, and which I deem the most proper for securing our political existence abroad, and our tranquility at home.
"Among the great acts which I imagine a wise nation expects of us, I principally have the following before my mind:
"In the first place, the putting an end to the state of uncertainty with respect to our internal government, which has long since tied and fettered the people, and which would have terminated in despair and dissolution.
"In the second place, the improvement of the finances of the country, brought to the brink of absolute ruin, by the consequences of internal troubles, and of ruinous war.
"And lastly, the embracing and maintaining a firm political system, calculated according to the situation of Europe, and fit to inspire qualities with confidence, our friends with good will, and our enemies with awe.
"When we have attained the two former objects, the latter (as far as depends on us, and not on events out of our power) will be easily attainable, provided we only take care that we (always keeping in mind the great changes which have taken place in Europe, and in our relations with our neighbors) do convince all nations which surround us, that our welfare and our prosperity can never be detrimental to theirs, and that they may fully depend upon our good faith in fulfilling our engagements.
"In order to restore the solidity and energy of our internal government, I deem nothing more fit than an unchangeable attachment to the holy principles of justice; the doing equal justice to all, without difference of rank or opinions; the restoring the necessary vigor to the laws, and the requisite authority and the ancient respect to all the lawful authorities; homage to talents, bravery, and merit; every possible indulgence to misapprehension; inexorable rigor to misdeeds.
"The restoration of the finances of the country will be our most laborious branch. Can you deem it necessary, High and Mighty Lords, that a melancholy picture thereof should be exhibited to you on this occasion? or is that fact truth not sufficiently known, that all the present ordinary revenue of the state is hardly sufficient to pay the interest of our debts? and can it after this be required to add any thing to make you feel the grievous state of our finances?

Without efficacious remedies, there is no possible salvation from so great an evil; and all the authority granted by the constitution to the executive powers, is absolutely necessary to arrive at these great measures, which since the origin of the Republic, at various periods, have always been desired by great statesmen, and recommended by some; but constantly frustrated by the clashing of the powers, and the eternal opposition either of prejudice, or of mean selfishness, oftentimes badly understood.
By these efficacious remedies, high and mighty lords, I do not by any means aim at a violation of our engagements. As little do I aim at an order for new and extraordinary imposts. These would, in my judgment, either be politically impracticable, or end in a general emigration of all who can emigrate, and in a total corruption of those remaining behind. And therefore they shall never make a part of the measures which will be proposed to your high mightinesses in the course of my administration.
The measures I aim at, high and mighty lords, consist, on the one hand, in the introduction of a much greater simplicity in the branches of administration, and in making very considerable savings; and, on the other hand and principally, in introducing a new system of general taxation.
This system, operating uniformly according to the relative abilities of the inhabitants in the different districts, will be able very considerably to increase the resources of the country, as well by its simplicity as by the certainty of the receipts. This increase, united with the saving of the expenditure, will enable the public treasury regularly to answer all ordinary demands; and when war, or other evils, require any extraordinary expenses, they will be aided by such means as will be found the least pressing upon the public.
It is towards these important objects that I wish to draw the attention of your high mightinesses, and in the completion of which I expect the most earnest assistance from your wisdom and patriotism; and in the accomplishment of which, I cannot but think the people will, in a great measure, re-establish the former state of affairs.
I think what I have advanced is sufficient for the present; but perhaps your high mightinesses, perhaps the nation, have a right to examine and consider upon the measures I intend to adopt for the redress of their grievances, and the renewing of their prosperity.
It is needless to say a single word respecting my inclination and resolution to sacrifice what is most dear to me, in order to accomplish so desirable an object. This very Hall, Paris, Amiens, and London, can testify my love and zeal for my country.
I have no doubt of succeeding in these undertakings. My hopes are founded on Providence, whom I adore, and whose care and protection we have so often experienced.
On the calm reason and sound judgment of the nation; on that valor which ever distinguished them; on their good faith, honor and inward conviction, depends this last attempt to re-establish their happiness.
It likewise depends on the assistance, and concord in opinion, of your high mightinesses; on the wisdom of your resolutions; on the power of your example; and on the firmness of your courage; objects in which I cannot be disappointed, if I have acquired any knowledge of mankind.
Finally, it depends on our love for our country, and the great promises I have of the assistance of the great Napoleon, that extraordinary genius, who is admired both by friends and foes, who, after having caused a change in the affairs of France, which will be a subject of wonder and astonishment to future ages, has obtained the greatest influence over us, as well as over several other nations, of whose friendship I have the greatest reason to boast because it was obtained by never swerving from truth or rectitude in all my words, my actions, or even in my thoughts, which his penetrating eye read in the deepest recesses of my heart.
Notwithstanding these hopes, I am not certain of attaining my end. The book of futurity is shut to yourselves as well as me. As for myself, I shall never quit my object, till I have used every possible effort in my power to attain it; I shall never quit it dishonorably. May Heaven avert all disappointments, may its blessings crown our labor with success, and re-establish the nation in its former flourishing state and happiness.
LONDON, MAY 15.
Political Review.—Since our last publication, several mails and messengers have arrived from the continent, but nothing has transpired to warrant the hope, expressed at the opening of the present session of Parliament, of a continental connexion. Dispatches received by government and the Russian ambassador, are stated to bring the ratification of the treaty which has been so long negotiating between this country and the emperor Alexander. The ratification of a treaty may sound very well, but we
want something more than names set to an agreement. We want to see substantial assurances of action, and in that respect we much fear that we shall be disappointed, if there be any weak enough to entertain such hopes.
So delusive is the prospect of a continental war, that we learn from letters dated Hague, the 6th inst. that Bonaparte's new title of king of Italy has been recognised by the emperor of Austria. Indeed if any thing were wanting to prove the conscious security in which our mortal enemy reposes, and the contempt with which he considers our endeavors to form a continental confederacy against his gigantic power and his unbounded ambition, it might be found in his present visit to his Italian dominions. He leaves the care of his good people of France to his military banditti; he smiles at the chance of insurrection, and proceeds by easy journeys with all the testimonies usually paid to a beloved and venerated sovereign through the cities and towns of his empire. At Lyons, Grenoble, Geneva, and Turin, he is hailed with triumphal honors; he graces his train with the abject presence of the successor of St. Peter, who is now literally what he was before but figuratively servus servorum; he creates Princes and Princesesses; he overawes the court of Vienna; terrifies that of Naples; and all this he does with as much indifference as if not only he had nothing to apprehend from Russia, but as if even an alliance, defensive and offensive, had been cordially concluded between him and the Emperor Alexander.—So well is he served in his absence, that expeditions are undertaken, and his fleets put to sea without what was formerly thought indispensable, his special instructions, or his personal superintendence. He waits, no doubt, with impatience, the moment when the grand attack upon our coasts may be attempted, but he feels that in order to facilitate the execution of this formidable enterprise, he must weaken our naval force at home.—To this conviction we may justly attribute the late attack upon our West Indies islands, and the sailing of the combined fleets from Cadiz which is certainly destined to execute some act of colonial aggression. He attacks us in the extremities, for the purpose of striking a fatal blow at the heart of the British Empire. But although he has calculated on the precarious system of blockades, and on the ultimate contingency of having a superior force at sea, he has not taken into his account the spirit, the magnanimity, the numbers of the British people, to whom death would be preferable to the yoke of a foreign Tyrant.—The session is now at hand, when the grand flotilla at Bologne will resume all its activity, and when Bonaparte will himself, after his Italian Coronation, preside over its movements. The vast number of small craft that compose it continues to increase, and the Army of England, on the opposite coasts, as it is oftentimes called, has of late been considerably reinforced. In proportion as the enemy augments the means of aggression, we are confident the country will not be wanting in aiding its resources, and confirming its patriotism. Government is well aware of the policy of Bonaparte; if his majesty's ministers once thought an invasion likely to be attempted, surely this sentiment must derive new weight from the present relative state of naval affairs between the two powers; they ought therefore, to act with a promptitude and vigor adequate to the crisis; they have at their disposal a great and effective force; and should it be necessary, they will in addition to the Regular Volunteer Army, by calling out the Levy en Masse, put into activity the whole strength of the nation.
May 24.
A letter from Peterburgh of the 20th inst. says, that M. Novozitkoff was not to proceed on his intended mission, in consequence of the receipt of unsatisfactory dispatches from France. We are inclined to think that this account is not so correct as those that state, that M. Novozitkoff would proceed to lay some pacific propositions before Bonaparte.
A letter states that his Swedish Majesty has returned to the King of Prussia the Order of the Black Eagle, with which he had been invested, alleging as a motive his chagrined at the circumstances of the Prussian Monarch having accepted the new Orders of Bonaparte, while the conduct of the French Government bore such an equivocal appearance towards Sweden. The returned decorations were accompanied by a very spirited letter, commenting on the passive manner in which his Majesty continues to view the innovations of France.
There was a report very current in town yesterday, that a revolt had taken place in Sweden under the influence of France. It was even said, that the person of the King had been put under confinement. We trust there is little or no foundation for this report. It is very possible, however, that the intrigues of France may be at work to produce some fermentation to engage the attention of the King at home. There is no doubt that, if any serious commotions were to take place, the King would be supported by Rus-
fia. Formerly Russia supported the Republican party, and France the Royal—Circumstances, however, have changed.—Indeed, no person who has attended to what has for sometime been going on among the Northern Powers, can doubt, for a moment, that the Court of Stockholm has taken a single step in any part of its Diplomatic intercourse with France, without consulting the Court of St. Petersburg.
WASHINGTON CITY.
FRIDAY, JULY 12.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
WHEREAS by the 7th section of the act entitled "An act supplementary to the act entitled "An act making provision for the disposal of the public lands in the Indiana Territory, and for other purposes," it is enacted "that all the sections heretofore reserved for the future disposition of Congress, and lying within either of the districts established for the disposal of public lands in the state of Ohio, with the exception of the section No. 16, of the salt springs, and lands reserved for the use of the same, and of the other sections or tracts of land otherwise heretofore specially appropriated, shall be offered for sale in that district within which such reserved sections may lie, on the same terms and under the same regulations as other lands in the same district: Provided, That such sections shall previously be offered to the highest bidder at public sales to be held under the superintendence of the Register and Receiver of the land offices, respectively to which they are attached, on the same terms as has been provided for the public sales of the other public lands of the United States, and on such day or days as shall, by a public Proclamation of the President of the United States, be designated for that purpose; And provided also, That no such heretofore reserved section shall be sold either at public or private sale for less than eight dollars per acre."
Wherefore, I, Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States, in conformity to the provisions of the seventh section of the act aforesaid, Do hereby declare and make known, that sales for the disposal of the abovenamed lands shall be held at the following times and places, viz.
At Cincinnati, Chillicothe, and Marietta, on the 22d day of October, 1805.
At Zanesville, on the 29th day of October, 1805.
At Steubenville, on the 5th day of November, 1805.
Given under my hand the tenth day of July, 1805. (Signed) TH: JEFFERSON.
The heat for some days past has been unusually great, and the mercury has risen higher than it has been known to do for many years. The following marks its elevation in Fahrenheit's thermometer of the best construction, in the open air, unexposed to any reflection of the sun.
Table with 3 columns: Time (e.g., July 1, 2, 3), Temperature (e.g., 60, 60, 60), and a third column (e.g., 82, 88, 92). Includes a note 'Before sunrise' and 'At half after 3 P.M.'.
Washington, July 11, 1805.
Departed this life, on the 4th inst. at Staunton in Virg. DAVID RAWN, Esquire, principal clerk in the office of the Comptroller of the Treasury, in the 35th year of his age. Mr. Rawn was on his way to the Sweet Springs, for the benefit of his health. He had been, for some years, threatened with a consumption. On his arrival at Staunton on the 21st of June, his disorder attacked him with such violence, that his decline was rapid, and on the 4th inst. at seven o'clock P. M. he breathed his last. He was composed and resigned to his fate, and retained his senses until he expired.
In the discharge of the duties of his station he was able, faithful and assiduous. In private life he was a man of strict integrity. He has left a widow and three small children to mourn his loss, which, to them, is irreparable.
CONSULS AND Commercial Agents OF THE UNITED STATES.
IN GREAT BRITAIN AND ITS DOMINIONS.
CONSULS. William Lyman, London. Elias Vanderhorst, Bristol.
Robert W. Fox, Falmouth. James Manly, Liverpool. Joseph Wilson, Dublin. Thomas Aulio, (Vice Consul) Poole. James Holmes, Belfast. John Church, Cork. John Gavino, Gibraltar. Joseph Pulis, Malta.
IN FRANCE AND ITS DOMINIONS.
COMMERCIAL AGENTS.
Fulwar Skipwith, Paris. Jacob Ridgway, Antwerp. Isaac Cox Barnett, Havre de Grace. John Mitchell, V. Com. Ag. do. William Lee, Com. Ag. Bordeaux. Thomas Aburn, V. Com. Ag. Cayenne. James Anderson, Com. Ag. Cette. William Buchanan, } Isles of France and Bourbon. Etienne Cathalan, Marseilles. John Appleton, Calais. William Patterson, Nantz. Aaron Vale, L'Orient. Thomas Lovell, La Rochelle. Francis Coffyn, Dunkirk. Henry Wilton, Ostend.
IN SPAIN AND ITS DOMINIONS.
CONSULS.
Moses Young, Madrid. Joseph Yznardi, Cadiz. Robert Montgomery, Alicante. William Kirkpatrick, Malaga. Lewis Meagher O'Brien, St. Andero. John Leonard, Barcelona. John Martin Baker, } Isles of Majorca, Minorca & Yvica. Henry Hill, Island of Cuba. John James Armstrong, } Island of Teneriffe.
IN PORTUGAL AND ITS DOMINIONS.
William Jarvis, Consul, Lisbon. John Street, Fayal. Marian Lemar, Madeira.
WITHIN THE BATAVIAN REPUBLIC AND ITS DEPENDENCIES.
Sylvanus Bourne, Con. Gen. Amsterdam. Thomas Hewes, Consul, Batavia.
IN DENMARK AND ITS DOMINIONS.
Hans Rodolph Saabye, Con. Copenhagen. John F. Brown, St. Croix.
IN PRUSSIA.
Frederick W. Lutze, Stettin. William Clarke, Embden.
IN GERMANY.
John M. Forbes, Hamburg. Frederick J. Wichelhausen, Bremen. Philip Mark, Franconia. William Riggin, Triest.
IN THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN.
Robert G. Gardiner, Gottenburg. Isaac Prince, St. Bartholomews.
IN THE ITALIAN STATES.
Thomas Appleton, Leghorn. Frederick Degan, Naples. Peter Kuhn, Jun. Genoa. John Broadbent, Messina. Abraham Gibbs, Palermo.
IN RUSSIA.
Levitt Harris, St. Petersburg.
IN TURKEY.
William Stuart, Smyrna.
IN ALGIERS.
Tobias Lear, Consul General.
ON Tuesday the 25th of June last, departed this life after a long and painful illness, (which a firm reliance in the gracious promises of a blessed redeemer, enabled her to support with uncommon fortitude) Mrs. REBECCA DAWSON, the sincere and truly affectionate wife of JOSHUA DAWSON.
Arrived at Philadelphia, in the Thomas from Bordeaux, C. J. TOUSSARD, French consul for the port of New-Orleans.
Canandaigua, June 25.
DETROIT IN ASHES!
A letter from a gentleman of respectability at Buff. Joe Creek, dated the 20th inst. to his friend in this town, contains the following distressing intelligence:
"By the schooner Charlotte, captain Niben, who arrived at Fort Erie yesterday, we are informed that the whole town of Detroit is totally consumed by fire, not a single house in town left standing!
"The fire, it is said, first made its appearance in a stable near the centre of the town, about 9 o'clock in the morning, and such was the rapidity of its ravages that at 12 o'clock not one house remained. The citadel, which was rather detached, and in which were the Barracks, officers, quarters and contractors' stores, was entirely consumed."
Note. Detroit is the seat of government of the Michigan territory, and contained upwards of 300 houses, built of wood, in a compact manner, and above 2000 inhabitants.
FOR THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE.
On the establishment and respectability of the first board of trustees, for an institution for the education of youth, its prosperity may ultimately depend. In the other territories of the U. S. G. has made ample provision for this object, out of the public lands—and they can here, if our own local difficulties do not disqualify them, exercise the same liberality out of the donations of the same received from the city. When our own interests, and the happiness of the rising generation are at stake, local prejudices and feelings ought to be disregarded. An opportunity is given, in the ensuing election of Trustees by the contributors and the council, to restore that harmony which has unfortunately been interrupted, and which if suffered to increase must materially injure our best interests. Under these circumstances the following ticket for the six trustees to be chosen by the contributors, on Monday next, is submitted for consideration:
West of the Tiber. GABRIEL DUVAL, Esq. REVD. JAMES LAURIE, SAML. H. SMITH, Esq. East of the Tiber. HON. WM. CRANCH, CAPT. THOS. TINGEY, ROBT. BRENT, Esq.
I will sell upon a liberal credit, the following valuable property.
MY plantation on St. Charles's branch, containing 800 acres, about three miles from Upper Marlbro', and not more than one from Patuxent River.
Few plantations in Prince George's County combine greater advantages, or flatter an industrious man with better prospects of profit.
The situation of the dwelling house is elevated, pleasant and remarkably healthy—the spring water, fine and abundant—the arable land, extremely favorable to the growth of Tobacco, Corn and all kinds of small grain. The meadows, sure to remain acre, are extensive, and with proper management will produce two hundred tons of Hay annually—This plantation abounds with fire wood, rails and fine timber, so distributed that little labor is required in making the necessary repairs, and much can be spared in the vicinity of a good market towards refunding the purchaser his money. In 1803 it produced 28,000 lb. of tobacco, with only 11 hands, the product would have been greater the next year, but for the succession of uncommon frosts. The dwelling, out houses four tobacco houses and four quarters, are in good repair, and the plantation abounds with fruit trees.
The purchaser may be furnished with the negroes on it, about 20 in number, twelve of whom are working hands and of them eleven are men. Mules, horses, about sixty head of cattle, a waggon, a cart, and every necessary for carrying on said plantation.
Strawberry Hill, containing 130 acres within two miles of Upper Marlbro', on the post road leading from thence to the City of Washington. The soil is remarkably fertile and nearly one third may be made good meadow. The buildings are sufficient for a small family, who, with care and industry, would be sure to reap, on land, so congenial to the growth of tobacco, corn, small grain and grass, the full benefit of their labor.
Its situation renders it a pleasing retreat to a gentleman of fortune, disposed to take the advantages it promises to health, and amuse himself with the cultivation of a small rich plantation in a genteel neighborhood at the distance of about 12 miles from the seat of the general government, to which the road is very level, and nearly equal to a turnpike.
Four hundred acres of land about 2 miles from Hancock in Washington County Maryland. About 40 acres of this land is cleared, and a small house on it; the balance heavily timbered, well watered and level, the post road from Hancock to Allegany passes through it; near the road about the centre of the land is a fine spring, well calculated to turn a saw mill, or to carry on a Distillery; timber may be easily taken from this land to Hancock, and from thence it is said to the city of Washington, where it always commands a handsome price.
Lot in the City of Washington, sq. 652, No 12 fronting 173 feet 7 inches on South North Street, and 55 feet 3 inches on half Street West.
WM. B. BEANS. Upper Marlbro', July 10—10:W
Twenty Dollars Reward.
STRAYED or stolen from the subscriber on the night of the 4th inst. two HAY HORSES, one a large bay six years old, one of his eyes appears to be injured, his tail bobbed very short; the other an old horse, with two white hind feet, several white saddle spots, has a switch tail which has been lately cut at the ends; the first accustomed to the carriage, trots & paces, the second made use of as a road horse; trots easy, paces badly, very lately had all round, as I am satisfied they have been stolen, I will double the reward, on conviction of the thief or thieves, and on getting the horses.
DANIEL CARROLL of Dud's. July 12—E & W
Twenty Dollars Reward.
Ran away from the subscriber's plantation near this place, on Monday the 10th of June.
PHIL, who commonly calls himself Phil Brice a dark mulatto, aged about twenty four years, five feet eight or nine inches high, remarkably polite, speaks quick (though with difficulty) when spoken to, his clothing unknown, having acquaintances in Baltimore, Alexandria and the City of Washington, I think it probable he has gone to one of those places. The above reward will be paid to any person who shall bring him home, or ten dollars for lodging him in any jail, so that I get him again.
WM. B. BEANS. Upper Marlbro', July 12—6.W

PROPOSALS
For carrying the Mails of the United States, on the following post-roads, will be received at the General post-office, in Washington until the 10th day of July next, inclusive.
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115. From Reading by Womelsdorf, Lebanon & Jones's town to Harrisburg, once a week. Leave Reading every Thursday at 5 a m & arrive at Harrisburg on Friday at 10 a m. Leave Harrisburg every Friday at 2 p m & arrive at Reading on Saturday by 6 p m.
116. From Philadelphia to the Spread Eagle and Downingtown to Lancaster six times a week. Leave Philadelphia every day (Sunday excepted) at 4 a m & arrive at Lancaster by 4 p m. Leave Lancaster every day (Sunday excepted) at 4 a m & arrive at Philadelphia same day by 4 p m.
117. From Harrisburg by Hanover, Southbury, Northumberland, Danville, Catasauqua, Berwick, Salem & Plymouth to Wilkesbarre, thence by Hanover, Newport, Lewisburg, Salem & the same route to Harrisburg once a week. Leave Harrisburg every Tuesday at 1 p m & arrive at Wilkesbarre the next Friday by 7 p m. Leave Wilkesbarre every Saturday at 8 a m & arrive at Harrisburg the next Tuesday by 11 a m.
118. From Northumberland by Lewisburg, Millersburg, Aaronsburg, Bellefonte & Milesburg to Centre Furnace once a week. Leave Northumberland every Saturday at 5 a m & arrive at Centre Furnace on Sunday by 6 p m. Leave Centre Furnace every Monday at 8 a m & arrive at Northumberland on Tuesday by 6 p m.
119. From Harrisburg by Clekks Ferry, Millersburg, Thompsontown, Millington, Lewistown, Cullens, Drakes & Huntingdon to Alexandria & from thence by Huntingdon, Blairsville & the same route to Harrisburg once a week. Leave Harrisburg every Tuesday at 1 p m & arrive at Alexandria the next Friday by 6 p m. Leave Alexandria every Saturday at 6 a m & arrive at Harrisburg the next Tuesday by 10 a m.
120. From Downingtown by West Chester, Kennett Square, New London & Roads to Chatham to the Bick Meeting house once a week. Leave Bick Meeting house every Tuesday at 6 a m & arrive at Downingtown by 8 p m. Leave Downingtown every Wednesday at 6 a m & arrive at Bick Meeting house by 8 p m.
121. From Lancaster by Strasburg, Gap, Lebanon, Coopers Tavern, Chatham & New Garden to Newport once a week. Leave Newport every Monday at 6 a m & arrive at Lancaster on Tuesday by 8 a m. Leave Lancaster every Tuesday at 11 a m & arrive at Newport on Wednesday by noon.
122. From Fayetteville, by Lumber-ton, Bath's Mills, Portersville, Lynchburg, Wilton and Georgetown to Charleston three times a week, within the body of a stage carriage. Leave Fayetteville every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 4 a m & arrive at Charleston by 7 p m. Leave Charleston every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 6 a m & arrive at Fayetteville by 8 p m. Leave Georgetown every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 4 a m & arrive at Charleston by 6 p m. Leave Charleston every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 6 a m & arrive at Georgetown by 8 p m. Leave Fayetteville every Wednesday, Friday and Monday at 4 a m & arrive at Fayetteville by 8 p m.
Note. The contract for the route 122 is to be in operation on the 1st day of October next, and to continue in force until December 31, 1807.
123. From Lancaster by the Sorrel horse, Black horse, Union, Rising Sun and Bick meeting house to Elkton once a week. Leave Elkton every Monday at 5 a m & arrive at Lancaster by 5 p m. Leave Lancaster every Tuesday at 5 a m & arrive at Elkton by 8 p m.
124. From Lancaster by Beaufort, Adamstown, Goodfellow, Allentown, Bethlehem, Nazareth, Hellertown, Stroudsburg & Middletown to Milford once a week. Leave Lancaster every Wednesday at 2 p m & arrive at Milford the next Sunday by 7 p m. Leave Milford every Sunday at 6 a m & arrive at Lancaster the next Wednesday by 10 a m.
125. From York to Carlisle once a week. Leave Carlisle every Monday at 6 a m & arrive at York by 1 p m. Leave York every Monday at 4 p m & arrive at Carlisle on Tuesday by noon.
126. From York by Shrewsbury and Black Horse to Baltimore once a week. Leave York every Tuesday by noon & arrive at Baltimore on Wednesday by 7 p m. Leave Baltimore every Thursday at 6 a m & arrive at York on Friday by noon.
127. From York by Abingdon, Gettysburg, Fairfield & Emmettsburg to Hagerstown once a week. Leave York every Saturday at 1 p m & arrive at Hagerstown on Monday by 6 p m. Leave Hagerstown same day by 8 p m & arrive at York the next Saturday by 10 a m.
128. From Carlisle by Manahan, Washington, Berlin, Abbottstown, Hanover, Manchester & Rotherford to Baltimore once a week. Leave Carlisle every Tuesday at 5 a m & arrive at Baltimore on Wednesday by 7 p m. Leave Baltimore every Saturday at 6 a m & arrive at Carlisle on Sunday by 7 p m.
129. From Baltimore by Reisterstown, Winchester, Union Mills, Petersburg & Gettysburg to Chambersburg once a week. Leave Baltimore every Wednesday at noon & arrive at Chambersburg on Friday by 7 p m. Leave Chambersburg every Sunday at 1 p m & arrive at Baltimore on Tuesday by noon.
130. From Chambersburg, by Strasburg, Farnersburg, Bedford Furnace, Thirlefsburg, to Drakes on the Juniata. Leave Chambersburg, every Thursday at 6 a m & arrive at Drakes on Friday by 10 a m. Leave Drakes every Tuesday by noon & arrive at Chambersburg on Wednesday by 6 p m.
131. From Alexandria, by Hollidayburg, Braxton, Armagh, Derry & Denniston, to Greenburg once a week. Leave Alexandria every Saturday at 6 a m & arrive at Greenburg on Sunday by 7 p m. Leave Greenburg every Thursday at 6 a m & arrive at Alexandria on Friday by 6 p m.
132. From Boonboro' Md. by Sharpsburg, Hagerstown, and Messersburg, to M'Connellstown once a week. Leave Boonboro' every Monday at 6 a m & arrive at M'Connellstown on Tuesday by 10 a m. Leave M'Connellstown on Tuesday by 1 p m & arrive at Boonboro' on Wednesday by 6 p m.
133. From Somerset, by Connellsville, Union New Geneva & Morgantown to Clarkburg once a week. Leave Somerset every Monday at 6 a m & arrive at Union by 3 p m & at Clarkburg on Wednesday by 7 p m. Leave Clarkburg every Thursday at 6 a m & arrive at Union on Saturday by 9 a m & at Somerset by 7 p m.
134. From Union, by Brownsville & Washington to Waynesburg once a week. Leave Union every Tuesday at 6 a m & arrive at Waynesburg on Wednesday by 11 a m. Leave Waynesburg every Wednesday at 1 p m & arrive at Union on Thursday by 7 p m.
135. From Pittsburgh by Butler ch, Mercer ch, Meadville, Crawford ch, and Le Boeuf to Presque Isle once a week. Leave Pittsburgh every Wednesday at 2 p m & arrive at Presque Isle on Saturday by 6 p m. Leave Presque Isle every Sunday at 6 a m & arrive at Pittsburgh on Wednesday by 10 a m.
136. From Somerset to Berlin once a week. Leave Somerset every Tuesday at 5 a m & arrive at Berlin by 8 a m. Leave Berlin at 11 a m & arrive at Somerset by 2 p m.
IN OHIO.
137. From Pittsburgh Pa. by Beaver-ton, Georgetown, New Lisbon, Poland, Canfield, & Youngstown to Warren once a week. Leave Pittsburgh every Thursday at 6 a m & arrive at New Lisbon on Friday & at Warren on Saturday by 6 p m. Leave Warren every Saturday at 6 a m & arrive at Pittsburgh on Wednesday by 6 p m.
138. From Warren by Mesopotamia, Wadsworth, Thompson, Trumbull, Austintown, Grand River, Euclid, Cleveland, Hudson, Revere, Deerfield, Ellsworth & Palmyra to Warren once a week. Leave Warren every Saturday at 6 a m & arrive at Cleveland on Monday by 9 a m. Leave Cleveland every Monday at 11 a m & arrive at Warren the next Wednesday by noon.
139. From Cleveland to Detroit once a week. Leave Cleveland every Monday at 10 a m & arrive at Detroit on Wednesday evening. Leave Detroit every Thursday at 9 a m & arrive at Cleveland on Monday by 8 a m.
140. From Brock ch Va. by Warrenton and Stephenville to New Lisbon once a week. Leave New Lisbon every Wednesday at 6 a m & arrive at Brock ch by 6 p m. Leave Brock ch every Thursday at 6 a m & arrive at New Lisbon by 6 p m.
141. From Brooke ch to West Liberty in Virginia once a week. Leave Brooke ch every Wednesday at 9 a m & arrive at West Liberty by 11 a m. Leave West Liberty every Wednesday at 1 p m & arrive at Brooke ch by 3 p m.
142. From Wheeling in Va. by St. Clairsville, Zaneville, Springfield, and New Lancaster to Chillicothe, once a week. Leave Wheeling every Saturday at 1 p m & arrive at Zaneville on Sunday by 3 p m and at Chillicothe on Monday by 8 p m. Leave Chillicothe every Tuesday at 4 a m & arrive at Wheeling the next Thursday by 11 a m.
143. From Zaneville by Tuscarora and Salem to Gnadenhütten once in two weeks. Leave Zaneville every other Monday at 6 a m & arrive at Gnadenhütten by 7 p m. Leave Gnadenhütten every other Tuesday at 6 a m & arrive at Zaneville by 7 p m.
144. From Chillicothe to Franklinton once in two weeks. Leave Chillicothe every other Tuesday at 8 a m & arrive at Franklinton on Wednesday by 10 a m. Leave Franklinton every other Wednesday at 2 p m & arrive at Chillicothe on Thursday by 6 p m.
145. From Chillicothe by Peper to Alexandria once a week. Leave Chillicothe every Tuesday at 4 a m & arrive at Alexandria by 6 p m. Leave Alexandria every Wednesday at 6 a m & arrive at Chillicothe by 8 p m.
146. From Brownsville Roads by New Market, Williamburg and Columbia to Cincinnati once a week. Leave Brownsville Roads every Saturday
at noon and arrive at Cincinnati on Monday by 10 a m. Leave Cincinnati every Monday at 2 p m and arrive at Brownsville Roads on Wednesday by 10 a m.
147. From Cincinnati by Hamilton, Franklin and Dayton to Staunton, thence by Springfield, Ludlow, Green ch, Wayneville, Lebanon, Deerfield, and Charleston to Cincinnati once a week. Leave Cincinnati every Monday at 2 p m and arrive at Cincinnati the next Saturday by 6 p m.
IN KENTUCKY.
148. From Chillicothe by Brownsville Roads, Manchester, Mayville, Lower Blue Licks, Paris, Lexington and Versailles to Frankford, twice a week. Leave Chillicothe every Tuesday and Saturday at 6 a m and arrive at Brownsville Roads by 10 a m and arrive at Lexington on Thursday and Monday by 11 a m and at Frankford by 6 p m. Return—Leave Frankford every Tuesday and Friday at 4 a m and arrive at Lexington by noon, and at Brownsville Roads on Thursday and Sunday at 1 p m and at Chillicothe by 8 p m. Returning two hours at Washington in passing each way.
149. From Washington by Augusta to Cincinnati once a week. Leave Washington every Wednesday at 6 a m & arrive at Cincinnati on Thursday by 5 p m. Leave Cincinnati every Friday at 5 a m & arrive at Washington on Saturday by 5 p m.
150. From Washington by Fleming ch, Upper Blue Licks, Slate Furnace, Mount Sterling and Winchester to Lexington once a week. Leave Lexington every Tuesday at 1 p m & arrive at Washington on the next Friday by 7 p m. Leave Washington every Sunday at 6 a m & arrive at Lexington on Tuesday by 10 a m.
151. From Frankfort by Georgetown, Cynthiana, Falmouth & Newport to Cincinnati once a week. Leave Frankfort every Friday at 4 a m & arrive at Cincinnati on Monday by 10 a m. Leave Cincinnati every Tuesday at 6 a m & arrive at Frankfort on Thursday by 6 p m.
152. From Frankfort to New Castle once a week. Leave New Castle every Monday at 10 a m and arrive at Frankfort by 5 p m. Leave Frankfort every Tuesday at 6 a m & arrive at New Castle by 3 p m.
153. From Frankfort by Shelbyville & Middletown to Louisville once a week. Leave Frankfort every Tuesday at 6 a m and arrive at Louisville by 6 p m. Leave Louisville every Wednesday at 6 a m & arrive at Frankfort by 6 p m.
154. From Frankfort by Middletown, Bardstown, Beaufort & Elizabethtown to Hardensburgh once a week. Leave Frankfort every Tuesday at 6 a m & arrive at Hardensburgh on Friday by 10 a m. Leave Hardensburgh every Friday at 2 p m & arrive at Frankfort on Monday by 6 p m.
155. From Hardensburgh by Yellow Banks, Henderson, Hopkins & Eddyville to Eddyville once in two weeks. Leave Hardensburgh every other Friday at 2 p m and arrive at Eddyville the next Tuesday by noon. Leave Eddyville every other Monday at noon and arrive at Hardensburgh on the next Friday by 10 a m.
156. From Hardensburgh by Hart-ford, Greenville & Muhlenberg ch to Russellville, Springfield and Munkers Lick to Nashville once a week. Leave Hardensburgh every Friday at 2 p m and arrive at Nashville the next Monday by 6 p m. Leave Nashville every Tuesday at 6 a m and arrive at Hardensburgh the next Friday by 10 a m.
157. From Russellville by Christian ch, and Eddyville to the mouth of Cumberland river once in two weeks. Leave Russellville every other Wednesday at noon and arrive at the mouth of Cumberland on Friday by 6 p m. Leave the mouth of Cumberland next day, Saturday, and arrive at Russellville on Sunday by noon.
158. From Frankfort by Harrodsburg and Lancaster, to Stanford once a week. Leave Frankfort every Tuesday at 6 a m and arrive at Danville by 7 p m. Leave Danville on Wednesday at 5 a m and arrive at Stanford on Wednesday by noon. Leave Stanford every Sunday at noon and arrive at Danville by 3 p m. Leave Danville every Monday at 6 a m and arrive at Frankfort same day at 6 p m.
159. From Stanford by Pulaski ch, to Wayne ch, once in two weeks. Leave Stanford every other Wednesday at 1 p m and arrive at Wayne ch, on Thursday by 7 p m. Leave Wayne ch, the next day, Friday, at 6 a m and arrive at Stanford on Saturday by noon.
160. From Danville by Springfield, Bardstown and Shepherdsville to Louisville once a week. Leave Danville every Wednesday at 6 a m & arrive at Springfield by noon and at Louisville on Thursday by 8 p m. Leave Louisville every Friday at 6 a m & arrive at Springfield on Saturday by noon. Leave Springfield by 1 p m and arrive at Danville by 7 p m.
161. From Springfield by Green ch, Glasgow & Bowling Green, to Russellville once in two weeks.
Leave Springfield every other Wednesday at 1 p m, arrive at Green ch, on Thursday by noon. Leave Green ch,
every other Thursday at 1 p m & arrive at Russellville on Saturday by 7 p m. Leave Russellville every other Saturday at 6 a m, & arrive at Greenburg the next Wednesday by 11 a m.
162. From Greenburg by Adair ch, Cumberland ch & Jackson ch, to Blackburns Springs T. once in two weeks.
Leave Greenburg every other Thursday at noon, & arrive at Blackburns Springs on Saturday by 6 p m. Leave Blackburns Springs every other Sunday at 6 a m, & arrive at Greenburg on Tuesday by 10 a m.
In Indiana Territory.
163. From Louisville, Ky. by Jeffersonville & Clarksville, to Vincennes once a week.
Leave Louisville every Wednesday at 6 a m, & arrive at Vincennes the next Saturday by 10 a m. Leave Vincennes every Saturday at 2 p m, & arrive at Louisville the next Tuesday by 6 p m.
164. From Vincennes to Cakokia, once a week.
Leave Vincennes every Saturday at 2 p m, & arrive at Cakokia on Tuesday by 6 p m. Leave Cakokia every Wednesday at 6 a m, & arrive at Vincennes the next Saturday by 10 a m.
165. From Cakokia to St. Lewis once a week.
Leave St. Lewis every Tuesday at 2 p m, & arrive at Cakokia by 6 p m. Leave Cakokia every Wednesday at 6 a m, & arrive at St. Lewis by noon.
166. From Cakokia by Prairies du Rochers, St. Philip, & Kaskaskia to Geneva, once a week.
Leave Geneva every Monday at 9 a m & arrive at Cakokia on Tuesday by 5 p m. Leave Cakokia every Wednesday at 6 a m, & arrive at Geneva on Thursday by 3 p m.
167. From Geneva to Cape Girardot once in two weeks.
Leave Geneva every other Friday at 6 a m, & arrive at Cape Girardot on Saturday by 10 a m. Leave Cape Girardot same day at 2 p m, & arrive at Geneva Sunday by 6 p m.
168. From Cape Girardot to New Madrid once in two weeks.
Leave New Madrid every other Thursday at 5 a m, & arrive at Cape Girardot on Saturday by 11 a m. Leave Cape Girardot every other Saturday at 1 p m and arrive at New Madrid on Sunday by 7 p m.
169. From Cape Girardot by Wilkinsonville & Fort Massac to the mouth of Cumberland river, once in two weeks.
Leave the mouth of Cumberland river every other Wednesday by noon & arrive at Cape Girardot on Friday by 11 a m. Leave Cape Girardot every other Saturday at 1 p m, & arrive at the mouth of Cumberland river on Monday by 10 a m.
170. From St. Lewis to St. Charles once in two weeks.
Leave St. Lewis every other Wednesday at 2 p m, & arrive at St. Charles on Thursday by 6 p m. Leave St. Charles every other Friday at 6 a m & arrive at St. Louis on Saturday by noon.
IN MASSACHUSETTS.
171. From Worcester by Holden, Rutland, Hubbardston, Templeton, Winchendon & Fitz William to Jaffrey in N. H. once a week. Leave Worcester every Wednesday at 6 a m, & arrive at Jaffrey on Thursday by 9 a m. Leave Jaffrey every Thursday at noon, & arrive at Worcester on Friday by 6 p m.
172. From Weymouth landing by Abington, East Bridgewater, West Bridgewater, Taunton, Dighton, Somerset & Swansey to Warren once a week. Leave Weymouth every Wednesday at 6 a m, & arrive at Warren on Thursday by 10 a m. Leave Warren every Thursday at 2 p m & arrive at Weymouth on Friday by 6 p m.
IN NEW JERSEY.
173. From Coopers Ferry by Long-king, Blue Anchor, Great Egg Harbour, River Bridge & Somers' Point, to Ablesome once a week. Leave Coopers Ferry every Wednesday at 2 p m & arrive at Ablesome on Thursday by 7 p m. Leave Ablesome every Tuesday at 5 a m & arrive at Coopers Ferry on Wednesday by 10 a m.
IN PENNSYLVANIA.
174. From Alexandria by Center Furnace & Bellfont to Williamport once a week. Leave Alexandria every Saturday at 6 a m, & arrive at Williamport on Sunday by 6 p m. Leave Williamport every Thursday at 6 a m, & arrive at Alexandria on Friday by 6 p m.
175. From Bristol by Attleboro, Newtown & Doylestown, to Quakertown, once a week. Leave Bristol every Wednesday at 6 a m, & arrive at Quakertown by 6 p m. Leave Quakertown every Thursday at 6 a m, & arrive at Bristol by 5 p m.
176. From Lancaster by New Holland, Churchtown, Morgantown, Pughstown, Powningsford, Norristown and Montgomery square, to N. whope once a week. Leave New whope every Monday at 6 a m, & arrive at Lancaster on Tuesday by 6 p m. Leave Lancaster every Wednesday at 6 a m & arrive at New whope on Thursday by 6 p m.
177. From Bethlehem by Lausanne, to Berwick once in two weeks. Leave Bethlehem every other Thursday at 5 a m, and arrive at Berwick on Friday by 10 a m. Leave Berwick every other
Friday at 2 p m and arrive at Bethlehem on Saturday by 6 p m.
178. From Presque Isle town to Berwick in New York once in two weeks. Leave Presque Isle every other Sunday at 6 a m and arrive at New Amsterdam on Tuesday by 10 a m. Leave New Amsterdam every other Tuesday at 2 p m and arrive at Presque Isle on Thursday by 6 p m.
IN MARYLAND.
179. From Annapolis by Rock Hall, to Chestertown once a week. Leave Annapolis every Thursday at 6 a m and arrive at Chestertown by 6 p m. Leave Chestertown every Wednesday at 6 a m and arrive at Annapolis by 6 p m.
IN VIRGINIA.
180. From Randolph ch to Franklin Va. once in two weeks. Leave Pendleton ch, every other Thursday at 6 a m and arrive at Randolph ch, by 11 a m. Leave Randolph ch, every other Thursday at 1 p m, and arrive at Pendleton ch, by 6 p m.
181. From Prince Edward ch, by Hunter's tavern to Lynchburg once a week. Leave Prince Edward ch, every Saturday at 6 a m and arrive at Lynchburg on Sunday by 6 p m. Leave Lynchburg every Monday at 6 a m and arrive at Prince Edward ch, by 6 p m.
182. From Campbell ch, by Pettysylvania ch, to Danville once in two weeks. Leave Campbell ch, every other Monday at 6 a m and arrive at Danville on Tuesday by 6 p m. Leave Danville every other Wednesday at 6 a m and arrive at Campbell ch, on Thursday by 6 p m.
IN NORTH CAROLINA.
183. From Williamboro' by Bullocks store, Brown's store, Sterlingville & the Red House to Cofwell ch once in two weeks. Leave Williamboro' every other Wednesday at 6 a m & arrive at Cofwell ch on Thursday by noon. Leave Cofwell ch every other Thursday at 1 p m & arrive at Williamboro' on Friday by 6 p m.
184. From Raleigh by Paul's ferry, Watson's Roads, Richardsons on little River, Woodwards on Copteney river & Downs on Tiffnot to Tarboro' once in two weeks. Leave Raleigh every other Tuesday at 6 a m & arrive at Tarboro' on Wednesday by 10 a m. Leave Tarboro' every other Wednesday at 2 p m & arrive at Raleigh on Thursday by 6 p m.
185. From Greenville ch in South Carolina to Allsville in North Carolina once in two weeks. Leave Greenville ch every other Friday at 9 a m & arrive at Allsville on Saturday by 6 p m. Leave Allsville every other Saturday at 6 a m & arrive at Greenville ch by 6 p m.
IN GEORGIA.
186. From Darien by Tatal & Montgomery ch to Fort Wilkinson once in two weeks. Leave Fort Wilkinson every other Saturday at 8 p m & arrive at Darien the next Thursday by 6 p m. Leave Darien on Friday by 8 a m & arrive at Fort Wilkinson on Wednesday by 6 p m.
IN ORLEANS.
187. From Natchez M. T. by Cadysferry, Cahola & Rapid to Natchitoches once in two weeks. Leave Natchez every other Friday at 6 a m & arrive at Natchitoches on Saturday by 6 p m. Leave Natchitoches every other Sunday at 6 a m & arrive at Natchez on Monday by 6 a m.
188. From Knoxville T. to the agency house on Tellico river once a month. Leave Knoxville the first Monday of each month & arrive at the agency house in ten days on Wednesday by 6 p m. Leave the agency house on Thursday at 6 a m and arrive at Knoxville in ten days on Saturday by 6 p m.
NOTES.
1. The Postmaster General may expedite the mails and alter the times of arrival and departure at any time during the continuance of the contracts, he stipulating an adequate compensation for any extra expense that may be occasioned thereby.
2. Fifteen minutes shall be allowed for opening and closing the mails at all offices where no particular time is specified.
3. For every thirty minutes delay (unavoidable accidents excepted) in arriving after the time prescribed in any contract, the contractor shall forfeit one dollar; and if the delay continues until the departure of any departing mail, whereby the mails destined for each departing mail lose a trip, an additional forfeiture of five dollars shall be incurred.
4. Newspapers as well as letters are to be sent in the mail; and if any person making proposals, desires to carry newspapers, other than those conveyed in the mail, for his own emolument, he must state in his proposals for what sum he will carry with the emolument, and what sum without the emolument.
5. Should any person making proposals desire an alteration of the times of arrival and departure above specified, he must state in his proposals the alteration desired, and the difference they will make in the terms of the contract.
6. Persons making proposals are desired to state their prices by the year. Those who contract will receive their pay quarterly in the months of August, November, February and May, in one month after the expiration of each quarter.
7. No other than a free white person shall be employed to convey the mail.
8. Where the proposer intends to convey the mail in the body of a stage carriage, he is desired to state it in his proposals.
9. The Postmaster General reserves to himself the right of declaring any contract at an end whenever three failures happen which amount to the loss of a trip each.
10. The contract for the above routes are to be in operation on the first day of October next, and are to continue in force for two years, excepting the routes from No. 178 to 187 which are to continue in force until the 31st of March 1807.
GIDEON GRANGER,
Postmaster General,
GENERAL POST OFFICE, Washington City, 25 Feb. 1805.