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At a meeting agreeable to notice of the Federal Republicans of the city of Richmond, and town of Manchester, held at the Bell Tavern, in the city of Richmond, on Monday the 17th of October, 1808, to decide upon the candidate whom they will support at the ensuing election of President of the United States.
Doctor James McClurg , was unanimously chosen Chairman, and Doctor John Adams , Secretary to the meeting—after which the following resolutions were unanimously adopted.
1. Reduced by the tyranny of the General Ticket Law, to the necessity of abandoning our choice, and bestowing our suffrages on one of the democratic candidates for the Presidency of the United States, and believing that of these, the election of JAMES MONROE would most essentially promote the welfare of the union; Resolved , That this meeting will support the ticket of the said James Monroe , at the ensuing election; and that the following recommended address to the federal republicans of Virginia, be published in Davis's Virginia Gazette , and in the other federal papers of this state.
To the Federal Republicans of Virginia.
To those of our fellow citizens in Virginia, who approved of the conduct of our first President, the immortal WASHINGTON , and who are penetrated with respect for those observations on the state of parties in this country, which his political sagacity, improved by long experience in the most arduous situations, and prompted by the purest patriotism, enabled him to make; to the people called federalists , we the federal republicans in Richmond and Manchester, submit this address. The violence of a majority, which, in the pursuit of power, has never hesitated to sacrifice its pretended republican principles, having deprived us of all influence in the approaching election of President, by substituting a general ticket in place of the election by districts, reduces us to the necessity of supporting the one or the other, of their rival candidates. In the present crisis of the country, there is no room for private considerations. Ancient friendship must yield to public good—and even the opinion of eminent talents, can only persuade us that, under an improper bias, they may be more extensively mischievous.
We disapprove of many important acts of the present administration; to which, in our opinion, may be ascribed the evils we now endure, and the still greater evils we have to apprehend; and as we cannot doubt that they have been recommended by Mr. MADISON , we must believe that they will continue to receive his sanction and support. On the other hand we know, that Mr. MONROE had the sagacity to foresee, and in his late public function, endeavored, as far as was in his power, to prevent our present distresses; and we have reason to conclude from the last address of his committee, that his course of proceeding in regard to our foreign relations, will be more agreeable to our sentiments, and to the true interests of the country.
We presume not, however, to dictate to our fellow citizens—our only hope is, that an expression of our opinion, may induce in their minds that serious reflection, which the times require, and a disposition, at all events, to act with energy and con-
cert.—Still less do we entertain the idea of interfering with the plans or objects of the other states, in which federalism may be more confident, or less flattered, than here. We leave them to vote according to circumstances and inclination; happy if they can accomplish, what it would be folly in us to attempt. We know that at this late period the whole weight of the federal vote in Virginia cannot be brought into action; but we had seen, until lately, no proof that Mr. MONROE would adopt a different course of proceeding in respect to our foreign relations, and a choice between individuals disposed to pursue the same system of measures, was to us unimportant.
2. Resolved , That Mr. Daniel Call , Mr. William Marshall , Dr. John Adams , Messrs. James Penn , Robert Gamble , jun. Thomas Wilson , Walter McClurg , and Charles Johnson , be appointed a committee to correspond with the Federalists throughout this state, and to adopt all proper measures to promote the success of the election of the said James Monroe .
JAMES MCCLURG,
Chairman.
Attest,
JOHN ADAMS,
Secretary.
On these proceedings the Enquirer makes the following comment:
The die is at length cast! The federalists of this city and Manchester, have at last determined publicly to support Mr. MONROE .
It is apparent then, that on this great question the friends of James Monroe and the federal party of this state will be completely identified. Within a few years, what great revolutions have occurred in the political world! In 1793, James Monroe was the theme of federal clamor and denunciation. There was no political epithet too harsh to be applied to him. Who then would have thought that Mr. Monroe would have been indebted to federal aid for his appointment to the highest office in the union? Who would have supposed that the federalists of Virginia would have lavished their suffrages and support upon him?
The clue to these proceedings is before the world. The federalists believe that Mr. MADISON is an ardent friend of the measures of the present administration; that he stands committed on points, which are essential to the rights and honor of his country; that Mr. Monroe is a discontented man; that he is not a warm friend of the administration; and that he would pursue a course of measures, which is more congenial to federal policy; in fine to employ their own phrases, that they "have reason to conclude from the last address of his committee, that his course of proceedings, in regard to our foreign relations"—by far the most important at this time to our country—"will be more agreeable to their sentiments and to the true interests of their country."
People of Virginia! ye, who have always stood foremost in the cause of the Republic, ye who have always been foremost in defeating the attacks of deluded or wilful opponents on the cause of Republicanism, and the rights of your country—come forth in the majesty of your might, at the ensuing Presidential election. The enemies, whom you have to encounter, are now before you. Single-handed you are able to overthrow the joint efforts of your political opponents who require a change in the administration. These men count upon your remissness. They believe you are so confident of the success of MADISON , that you will not turn out at the Polls. They will muster all their strength, with the hope of defeating you. To the polls, then republicans of Virginia—abjure all associations with federalists—adhere to the banners of Jefferson and MADISON —and shew to the world, the resolution with which you will support the wise measures of your administration, and the rights of your country.—Remember the 7th of November.
Philadelphia, Oct. 22.
The officers of the 25th. regiment of Pennsylvania militia, waited on general Wilkinson, on Wednesday last, and presented him the address, of which the following is a copy.
To GEN. JAMES WILKINSON, COMMANDER OF THE MILITARY FORCE OF THE U. STATES.
The twenty-fifth regiment of Pennsylvania militia, on their annual muster, were so fortunate, as to learn on their parade, that the man who had rescued his country from treason and traitors, at the risk of life, and at the peril of his reputation, was in Philadelphia, spontaneously and generally expressed a desire to pay the only tribute of respect within their power collectively to that man—and they had the honor of thus manifesting the emotions of their gratitude and respect yesterday.
The officers of the regiment, solicitous to carry the emotions of their hearts into the hands of the commander in chief, have determined that the expression of their sentiments shall not be confined to mere parade, and have therefore resolved to present their written testimony of their respect, their confidence, and their gratitude to general James Wilkinson .
Accept then, sir, this fair and unstudied assurance of the gratitude which we feel for the magnanimous services rendered to our country, by your frustration of a treasonable conspiracy, and our sincere applause for the sagacity, moderation, and profound military talent, which you displayed in baffling at the same moment an external menace of attack, and the more perfidious treason meditated within the bosom of our country.
Let us also congratulate you, sir, on what must be no less grateful to you than it is to us, a further motive for our attachment and esteem. We congratulate you on the character of your enemies, and that complete as has been your triumph, in nothing has it been more signalily established, than in the fact, that you have no enemies but those of your country—and that all who are the friends of that liberty and independence, which you participated in the glory of establishing, are also yours.
May this assurance be acceptable, and we make no doubt that if your stay should permit, that similar sentiments would be expressed by every regiment of our division; and may you live long and happy in the esteem and confidence of all whose respect is worth possessing, is the sincere wish of your fellow-citizens. In behalf of the regiment.
SAML. ERWIN, Lieut. Col. S. DILLINGHAM, 1st Major. ROBERT COCHRAN, 2d Major.
TO WHICH THE GENERAL REPLIED.
Gentlemen, I receive this testimony of your confidence & good wishes, with a lively sense of gratitude; and I believe the richest return I can make you, is the solemn pledge that you shall never have cause to retract the one or the other.
Having devoted myself to the military service of our country, I have always been and shall ever be ready to sacrifice ease, comfort, health and life, to protect her honor and advance her glory—For,
"Who would not die in his dear country's cause? Since, if base fear his dastard step with-draws, From death he cannot fly—one common grave Receives alike the coward and the brave."
An instrument in the hands of Heaven, to repress a daring conspiracy against the most precious interests of the nation: if my humble efforts proved successful, I did but discharge the inclinations of my bosom, and the obligations of duty and honor; and without claiming distinctions, I feel the value of conscious applause enhanced, by the approbation of a band of citizen soldiers.
The only respect I shall pay to the delusions which ensued; the privations, pains and pangs I have suffered in the public service, will be to forgive and forget the injuries which have been heaped upon me; and whilst I defy my enemies, I will implore Heaven to turn their hearts.
Accept my thanks, gentlemen, and may you prosper and be happy! JA: WILKINSON.
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REPORT OF THE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
PARIS, September 1.
SIRE—I have the honor to propose to your Majesty to communicate to the Senate the two Treaties which have placed the crown of Spain in your hands, and the Constitution which under your auspices, and enlightened by your advice, the Junta assembled at Bayonne, after free and mature deliberation have adopted for the glory of the Spanish name and the prosperity of that kingdom and its colonies.
If in the arrangements made by your Majesty the security of France has been your principal care, the interests of Spain herself has, however, been dear, and in uniting the two States, by the most intimate alliance, the prosperity and the glory of both were equally the objects proposed. The troubles which have manifested themselves have particularly excited the solicitude of your Majesty, in deprecating their progress, in foreseeing their sad consequences, in hoping to prevent them by persuasive means, and by measures of wise and humane policy. Your Majesty interfered as a mediator in the midst of the divided Spaniards, shewing them on one side the anarchy which threatened them, and on the other England ready to profit by their divisions, and to make use of them to suit her convenience, and pointing out to them the way by which they might be saved from this double danger, by a constitution even provided, proper to provide, all of which they stood in need, and in which liberal ideas intermixed themselves with those ancient institutions which Spain wished to be preserved.
The expectations of your Majesty have been deceived. Individual interests, foreign intrigues, and the influences of foreign corruption have prevailed. Why is it so easy to lead nations to their ruin by letting loose their passions? In a former report, I have made your majesty acquainted with the influence which the English were acquiring in Spain, the numerous party that they had formed, the friends whom they had acquired in the commercial towns, by holding out to them the prospect of a revival of their trade; I had pointed them out to you as authors of the sedition which overturned the throne of Charles IV. and the favorites of the popular disorders which arose at that epoch. They had burst through that salutary restraint which keeps the people in submission, by operating upon their interest. The populace of Spain having shaken off the yoke of authority aspersed at governing. English gold, the intrigues of the agents of the Inquisition, who were afraid of losing their authority, the influences of the numerous tribe of Monks in Spain, who dreaded a reform, have in this critical moment occasioned the insurrection of several Spanish provinces, in which the voice of the more prudent class has been either mistaken or stifled, of whom not a few have fallen victims to their courageous opposition to popular tumult, and a dreadful anarchy has been seen to diffuse itself over the greatest part of Spain. Will your Majesty permit England to say, "Spain is one of my provinces, my flag driven from the Baltic, the North Sea, the Levant, and even from the shores of Persia, rules in the ports of France?" No, never, Sire!—To prevent so much shame and misfortune, two millions of brave men are ready to scale the Pyrenees, and the English will be chased from the Peninsula. If the French fight for the liberty of the seas, they must, to conquer, begin by wresting Spain from the influence of the tyrants of the ocean. If they combat for peace, they cannot obtain it until they have chased from Spain the enemies of peace.
If your Majesty, embracing the future as well as the present, aspires to the noble object of leaving after you your Empire calm, tranquil, and surrounded by powerful friends, you must begin by securing its influence in Spain.
Lastly, if honor is the first sentiment, as well as the first object of Frenchmen, your Majesty must promptly inflict vengeance for the outrages committed against the French name, and the atrocities to which so great a number of our countrymen have fallen victims. French-
men established in Spain for more than twenty years, exercising in peace their useful industry, and almost regarding Spain as their country, have been massacred. Every where French property has been seized. The Consular Agents of your Majesty have experienced a treatment which would not have been suffered even in the most barbarous countries. What estimation, what consideration will the French name enjoy in Europe, if, in a country so near to us, atrocities so infamous and so public remain unpunished? Reparation ought to be had for them—but a reparation consonant to Frenchmen by victory.
It is no small advantage the probability of at length meeting the English, of fighting them man to man, of making them also feel the evils of war; of a war, of the dangers of which they are ignorant, having only caused it by their gold. The English will be beaten, destroyed, dispersed, or at least they will make haste to fly, as they did at Toulon, at the Helder, at Dunkirk, in Sweden, and every where the French armies have been able to find them; but their expulsion from Spain will be the ruin of their cause. This last check will exhaust their means, annihilating at the same time their last hopes, and peace will become more probable. The wishes of all Europe will in this contest be with France. France and Russia make common cause against England.—Denmark supports with honor a contest which she did not provoke. Sweden, betrayed and abandoned by the ally to whom an insane Cabinet has sacrificed her, has already lost her most important provinces, and is hastening to that ruin which is the inevitable effect of alliance and friendship with England.
Such will be the fate of the insurgents in Spain. When the contest becomes serious the English will abandon Spain, after making them the sad bequest of a civil war—of a war for foreign interest, and for anarchy, the most cruel of scourges. It will be for the wisdom and beneficence of your majesty to repair the evils of which they will be the cause.
The court of Vienna has constantly testified to your majesty the most amicable intentions; indignant at the policy of England, she has recalled her minister from London, sent back the minister who was at Vienna, shut her ports against England, and placed herself in a state of hostility with that power. She has added to these measures an interdict in her ports against the admission of vessels, which, under a neutral flag are only the carriers of English produce and merchandise.—Your majesty has cultivated this favorable disposition; has testified to the court of Vienna friendship and confidence; and has several times intimated to her, that France takes a real interest in her prosperity.—Lately, however, this power has carried its armaments beyond measure—its military force is out of all proportion to its population and finances. Your ministers, sire, only wish to mark this, in order that your majesty may perceive the necessity of augmenting your force, for the purpose of still preserving the relative superiority which exists between the power and the population of the two empires.
A new revolution has broken out at Constantinople. Sultan Mustapha has been deposed.
The Americans, a people who involve their fortunes, their prosperity, and almost their existence, in commerce, have given the example of a great and courageous sacrifice. They have inhibited by a general embargo, all commerce and all navigation, rather than shamefully submit to that tribute which the English impose on the navigation of all nations. Germany, Italy, Switzerland and Holland, are peaceable, and wait only for a maritime peace to exert all their industry.
That peace is the wish of the world, but England opposes it—England is the enemy of the world. The French nation, all Europe knows the efforts made by your majesty to obtain peace, they know that your enterprizes are the immediate result of the ill success of the attempts which you have made to obtain it.
The devotion of the French people is without bounds; and it is more especially under circumstances which are so essentially connected with their

honor & its security, that their sentiments will be evinced, and that they will show themselves worthy of reaping the harvest of glory and honor, which your majesty has prepared for them.
I am, with respect, &c.
Message of the Emperor and King Napoleon to the Senate.
Senators —My minister for foreign affairs will lay before you the different treaties relative to Spain, and the constitutions agreed to by the Spanish Junta. My war minister will acquaint you with the wants and the situation of my armies in the different parts of the world.
I am determined to carry on the war with Spain with the utmost activity, and destroy the armies which England has disembarked in that country. The future security of my subject's, the prosperity of commerce and a maritime peace, must alike depend on these important operations.
My alliance with the emperor of Russia extinguishes every hope which England can entertain from her projects. I have no doubts respecting the peace of the Continent, but I neither will nor ought to rely upon the false calculations and the errors of other courts, and since my neighbors increase their armies, it is a duty incumbent on me to increase mine.
The empire of Constantinople is struggling with the most violent convulsions; Sultan Selim, the best emperor the Ottomans have had for a length of time, has just fallen by the hands of his own nephews. This catastrophe has deeply affected me.
I impose fresh sacrifices on my people, confident of their support; they are necessary, in order to secure them from heavier sacrifices, and to lead them to the grand result of a general peace, which ought also to be received as the moment of repose.
Frenchmen, my projects have but one object in view, your happiness and the permanent well being of your children; and if I know you right, you will hasten to comply with this new call, rendered necessary by the interests of the country. You have so often assured me of your affection. I will behold the sincerity of your sentiments in the alacrity with which you will second projects that are so intimately connected with your dearest interests, with the honor of the empire, and with my glory.
Given at the Imperial Palace of St. Cloud, this 4th of September, 1808. (Signed) NAPOLEON.
BONAPARTES EXPOSE, In respect to Spain, &c.
Paris, Sept. 8. —On the 5th inst. the Senate assembled, under the Presidency of his serene Highness the Prince Arch Chancellor. The Prince arch treasurer, the Prince vice grand elector, and the Prince vice constable, assisted at the sitting. The ministers of foreign affairs and of war communicated the following reports. A message from his majesty was also ordered to the Senate.
Report of the minister for foreign affairs to his imperial and royal majesty.
Bayonne, April 24, 1808.
Sire —The security of your empire, the consideration of its power, and the necessity of employing every means to compel to make peace, a government which making a sanguinary sport of mankind, and in violation of every thing held most sacred among men, has adopted the principle of perpetual war, imposes on your majesty the obligation of putting an end to the anarchy, which menaces Spain and to the licentious which agitate it. These important circumstances render the choice of a line of conduct extremely important; they involve considerations which interest, in the highest degree, both France and Europe.
Of all the states of Europe there are none whose fate is more necessarily connected with that of France than Spain. Spain is to France either a useful friend or a dangerous enemy. An intimate alliance must unite the two nations, or an implacable enmity separate them. Unfortunately that jealousy and distrust which exist between two neighboring states have rendered enmity habitual. It is thus the ensanguined page of history attests the rivalry of Charles V. & Francis I. which was not less the rivalry of the two nations than of their sovereigns, & which continued under their successors. The troubles of the league were excited and fomented by Spain who was no stranger to the disorder of La Fronde, and the power of Louis XIV. did not begin to rise until after having conquered Spain. He formed with the then reigning house in that kingdom an alliance, which in its consequences, placed the crown of that kingdom on the head of his grandson. That act of provident policy gave to the two countries an age of peace, after three ages of war.
This state of things however ceased with the cause which gave birth to it. The French revolution broke the permanent connection which existed between the two nations. Then came the third coalition, in which Spain, prodigal to France of protestations of friendship, secretly promised her aid to the coalesced powers as was discovered by the papers communicated to the British Parliament. The English ministry determined from this moment, to undertake nothing against Spanish America, already considered Spain as an ally, and Spain, as well as England, looked forward to the defeat of its enemies. Events set aside that expectation, and Spain remained friendly.
At the epoch of the fourth coalition, Spain showed more openly her hostile disposition, and betrayed by a public act the secrets of her engagement with England. That famous proclamation cannot be forgotten, which preceded by nine days the battle of Jena, by which all Spain was called to arms, when no enemy threatened her, and which was followed by measures promptly effective, since the military establishment of that kingdom was raised from 113,000 men, to 140,000. A report was at that time spread, that the army of your majesty was beaten, and that Austria was about to declare against you, and Spain imagined she might declare herself with impunity. The victory of Jena confounded her projects. The moment is arrived to give to France on the side of the Pyrenees, a permanent security, so that if France is exposed to new dangers, she may, instead of having any thing to fear from Spain, expect from her aid, and have recourse to the Spanish armies to march to defend her.
In its present state, Spain is ill governed, badly united, or rather not united at all, in a common cause against England. Her marine is neglected, scarcely are any ships to be seen in her ports, & those in the worst state; the magazines are badly supplied, the workmen and sailors not paid, whilst in her ports there are no redoubts or batteries, nor armaments. In all the branches of the administration the most horrible disorder prevails; all the resources of the monarchy are dilapidated, and the state, loaded with an enormous debt, is without credit. The produce of the customs and the estates of the clergy, destined to diminish this debt, have another destination given them. Lastly, in the penury of its means, Spain, abandoning totally her marine, occupies herself with the augmentation of her land force. Great evils can only be cured by great changes.
The most pressing object of solicitude with your majesty is the war against England. England announces, that she will not come to any accommodation. All the overtures of your majesty have been rejected or neglected. The inability to continue the war will alone induce England to make peace. The war against her, therefore cannot be carried on with too much vigor. Spain possesses maritime advantages which are lost to her and to France. It is necessary that a good government should give them activity, improve them by a judicious organization, and that your majesty should direct them against the common enemy, to arrive at length at peace, which humanity calls for, and of which all Europe stands in so much need. Every thing that leads to this end is legitimate. The interests of France and those of Continental Europe, will not allow your majesty to neglect the only means by which the war against England can be carried on with success.
The present situation of Spain compromises the security of France, & the fate of the war against England. That country, which possesses the greatest maritime means in Europe, uses them the least.
Sire —Spain will not be to France a sincere and faithful friend, nor can the war against England be continued with the hope of arriving at peace, until a common interest shall unite the two Houses reigning in France and Spain. The dynasty which governs Spain, through its affections, its recollections, its fears, will be always the secret enemy of France; an enemy the more perfidious, pretending to be friendly and yielding every thing to France whilst victorious, it will be ready to overwhelm her the moment her victory becomes uncertain.
It will be for the interest of Spain, as well as of France, that a firm hand should re-establish order in her administration, the disorder of which has crippled her government, and leads to that ruin, towards which she is hastening with rapid strides. A Prince, the friend of France, by sentiment, by interest, having nothing to fear from her, and not being an object of dis-
trust to her, will appropriate all the resources of Spain to her interest, prosperity to the re-establishment of her marine, and to the success of the cause which unites Spain to France and the continent. Thus the work of Louis XIV. will be re-established.
What policy suggests, justice authorises—Spain is really in a state of war with your majesty, her communication with England was an hostile act, her Proclamation of the 15th of October was really a declaration of war, which would have been followed by an act of aggression, if your majesty had not conquered at Jena. In that case, the departments on the left of the Loire, which your majesty had left without troops, would have been obliged to fly to repel this new enemy.
The French ministers in Spain have lost their antient privileges, the laws of the customs were directed chiefly against French commerce, and were remarkable for their arbitrary and perpetual variation. These variations could not be known, no publicity was given to them. It was only at the custom-house that it was learnt that the law of one day was not the law of the next. Merchandise, confiscated often without any pretext, was not restored. All the applications made by, or on behalf of the French, were rejected. Whilst Spain was thus making war in detail upon the French and their commerce, all her ports, and chiefly those of the Gulph of Gascony were open to English commerce. The law of blockade proclaimed in Spain, similar to that of France, was only rendered the means of favoring still more the contraband trade of England, the merchandise of which was spread through Spain into the rest of Europe.
Exclusive, however, of the considerations which I have stated, existing circumstances do not permit your majesty to refrain from interfering in the affairs of that kingdom. The king of Spain has been precipitated from his throne, your majesty is called upon to judge between the father and the son. What part will you take? Will you sacrifice the cause of sovereignty, and sanction an outrage committed against the majesty of the throne? Will you leave on the throne a prince who cannot withdraw himself from the yoke of England, in consequence of which, your majesty must constantly keep on foot a powerful army in Spain. If on the contrary, your majesty determines to replace Charles IV. on the throne, it is known that it cannot be done without overcoming a great resistance, and shedding French blood. Can that blood, of which the nation is prodigal for the defence of its own interests, be shed for the interest of a foreign king, whose fate is of no consequence to France? Lastly, Can your majesty, taking no interest in these important differences, abandon the Spanish nation to its fate, while already it is agitated by an extreme fermentation; and when England is sowing the seeds of trouble, and of anarchy, ought your majesty to leave this new prey to England to devour? No; certainly not. Your majesty, therefore, occupied of necessity with the regeneration of Spain, in a manner useful to that kingdom, and useful to France, ought neither to re-establish, at the price of much bloodshed, a dethroned king, nor abandon Spain to herself; for in both cases it would be delivering her to the English, whose money and intrigues have produced the dissensions in that country.
I have stated to your majesty the circumstances which demand a great determination. Policy advises, justice authorises, the troubles in Spain enforce the necessity—your majesty ought to provide for the security of the empire, and save Spain from the influence of England.
I am with respect, &c.
EXTRACT of a letter, dated
GIJON, SEPTEMBER 8.
At Castro , a short distance only from Bilboa, I met a most intelligent gentleman, holding a high office in the civil department of the army of Old Castile. He was one of the members of the Junta of Bilboa, from whence he escaped when the French took possession of that place; and having been stationed at Hun, a small town close to Bayonne, under the Old Government, in an official capacity, he was able to give me the best information respecting the French forces, &c. From him I learn that the French force now at Bilboa, is about 1000, and 150 at Portogallete, a small place on the back of the river, a little below Bilboa, the whole of whom are boys and striplings, the veteran troops having marched again towards Burgos. The force which took possession of Bilboa, consisted of 4000 men, under general Merlin of which they lost a considerable number; the Spaniards lost only 90 or 100. Of 1000 who defended the place, there were 800 only armed with muskets.
General Moncey arrived at Bilboa
about the 1st instant; Joseph Bonaparte was supposed to be at Miranda, about 45 miles N. E. of Burgos; and Jourdon is also arrived in Spain but without any considerable reinforcements. Between the 20th and 26th of August, 1180 wounded soldiers and several Generals passed into France. The division under general Lefebvre had retreated from Tudela about 70 miles N. W. of Saragossa and in the attack on Saragossa, on the 14th August, the French lost 9000 men, and it is believed nearly 23,000 altogether in the several engagements with general Palafox, who defended his post with a handful of troops (about two thousand) his whole force, including peasantry, at this moment not comprising 3,000. The gentleman above alluded to, estimated the French force in Spain & Portugal, in the first instance, at 150,000 of which 132,000 passed under his inspection; 19,000 of that number were cavalry, including the artillery, horses, &c.; and there were not less than 80 Generals attached to the army. The French are constantly throwing troops into Spain, but in such small numbers that they do little more than keep pace with the desertion, which is great; and from every account I have reason to believe that the French have lost 113,000 men in Spain and Portugal, including in that number the forces under Junot, whose fate is considered as inevitable. The whole remaining of the enemy is, therefore, at this time about 10,000 between Burgos, Pampelona, Vittoria and Bilboa, not reckoning those at Barcelona, as we are ignorant of the state of affairs in Catalonia.
“As gen. Castanos only reached Madrid on the 23d ult. and general Blake's army cannot move from Astorgas for want of cavalry, I am sorry to say there is not, at this moment, any force of the Patriots sufficiently advanced to keep the enemy in check; but they have not lately made any great efforts, and it is to be hoped part of our army from Portugal will soon be at liberty to act in Spain.
“The liberation of the Spanish troops in the North, has excited the most lively sensations of joy, and it is hardly possible to describe the attachment of the Spaniards to the English, whom they hail as their deliverers.
“The property of the Prince of Peace having been confiscated, the Junta of Oviedo have sold his sheep, with other things, and sent presents to all the captains on the station, of the Merino breed.”
Madrid, Aug. 20. The 24th inst. is the proclamation of Ferdinand VII. for which day a conspiracy was in readiness, paid by the French, and directed by the Marquis ——, who had secreted 7000 muskets, 1 cannon, 1 howitzer, and several cases of sabres; but soon we shall see a great number of those irreligious wretches hanged, &c.
London, Sept. 17. The troops embarked at Cork are to proceed to Falmouth, where they are to be joined by those embarked in the Channel. The whole will sail from Falmouth for their ultimate destination, under the command of sir David Baird.
“Head Quarters, Grabsby, Aug. 23.
“According to a report of count Klingspor, the Swedish troops have taken possession of Jeppsjaerd, whence the Russians have retreated on the road to Bjorneborg. His majesty has also received a report from adjutant gen. Engelbrechten, dated Iljergse battery, in Jemtland, the 20th inst. stating that the enemy had evacuated both Jemtland and Hurjedal, and retreated beyond the frontiers.”
Stockholm Gaz. Aug. 26.
Frankfort, Sept. 3. The 6th regiment of hussars passed through here yesterday, the 4th passed through this day, the same day the 4th hussars, the 15th chasseurs, and the 2d horse artillery, arrived at Bamberg; the 50th and 56th infantry arrived on the 27th in the same city, and proceeded on the 28th, as did also the hussars of the Hanoverian legion. The 27th and 28th ult. five French regiments passed Wirttemberg; the 5th regiment of chasseurs arrived on the 30th at Aschaffenburg. On the 22d, the 21st regiment of dragoons arrived at Dorsheim, on its way to Wesel; on the 25th, the 75th infantry arrived at Hanover from Prussia, on its way to Wesel and France. Field marshal Soult is arrived at Berlin.
The news from Prussia states, that the French are augmenting the fortifications of Neiss, Sierroch upon the Narew, and Thorn upon the Vistula.
On Thursday the 27th inst.
ONE Full blooded Bright Bay STUD HORSE, of good size and figure, six years old, and several pair of CARRIAGE HORSES, with three second hand Coaches in good order, and little worse for service; any persons desirous of purchasing will please apply to
SAMUEL SPEAKE, Auc.
Washington city, October 19—M
WASHINGTON CITY.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28.
Nothing has so fully roused the people of this country as the shameful attempt of the British ministry to exact tribute from us. It has awakened all the revolutionary feelings which had such an astonishing effect at that time, and but for which we should have still remained in a colonial state. Shameful, however, as this attempt is, the disposition of the federalists to palliate, and their hardihood in some instances even to deny it, is still more shameful. Its existence, together with many of the aggravating circumstances attending it, have been already exposed. But the magnitude of the outrage, and various important features of it, have scarcely been noticed. The object of this view will be to exhibit a specimen of this tribute, so far as it relates to the important article of COTTON, which will, if we are not totally mistaken in our estimate of the American character, excite feelings of the liveliest indignation and abhorrence, feelings which, but for the embargo, would have long since hurried us into resistance and war.
By the orders of council and acts of the British parliament passed during the late spring and summer—
1. Every American vessel, carrying cotton, must take it to England. If she attempts to take it elsewhere, she will be forcibly carried into England.
2. All such cotton thus taken into England is chargeable with a heavy import duty, which in case of its consumption in England must be paid.
3. Every pound of cotton exported from England is charged with a duty of nine pence sterling, or about seventeen cents.
4. All cotton, not for English consumption, may be warehoused, chargeable with the above duty on its exportation.
5. All such cotton must within fifteen months be exported, or taken out of the warehouse for home consumption, on the payment of duties; and in case it is not so taken out, it shall be publicly exposed to sale by the commissioners of the customs, and after such sale the produce thereof shall first be applied towards the payment of the freight, primage, and charges of warehouse room, and other charges that shall arise thereon, next to the duties of customs and excise, and the overplus (if any) shall be paid to the proprietor or other persons authorised to receive the same.
6. Upon the request of the owner, the cotton so imported, may be destroyed without payment of duty, and upon payment only of any charges and expenses due thereon.
7. Goods, wares or merchandise, of the growth, produce, or manufacture of any British colony in Africa or America, imported directly therefrom, are exempted from export duty, as are likewise goods imported by the East India Company.
8. No export duty is charged on goods exported to the Isle of Man by virtue of a special license.
9. It shall be lawful “for his majesty, at any time, by order in Council, to suspend the operation of this act [containing the above provisions] as to any duties, or any proportion or part of any duties granted by this act, in respect of any country for the time being, in amity with his majesty, and to allow the exportation to any such country so in amity with his majesty as aforesaid, of any goods, wares or merchandise, made subject by this act to any duties on exportation, without the payment of such duties, upon such terms and conditions, and subject to such restrictions, as to his majesty may seem fit.”
10. By an act of the 14th April last the exportation of cotton wool is absolutely prohibited, except licensed by the king in special cases “under such regulations, restrictions and securities, as may be specified in the said license.” For cotton exported in violation of this act, the vessel and cargo shall be forfeited, together with forty shillings sterling penalty for every pound so exported.
Such are the legal provisions applicable partially to various commodities, and totally to cotton. As our present object is solely to elucidate the restrictions to which this article is exposed, we have omitted the enumeration of the other articles as well as the numerous provisions to which they are exposed.
As all the cotton exported by the United States is for Europe, to nearly the whole of which the British orders are applicable, and as it is scarcely possible for an American vessel to escape capture by a British cruiser, it will follow that nearly the whole of the article of cotton exported would find its way into England. The quantity of this article exported last year was sixty-four millions of pounds.

Suppose, then, this quantity carried into England; and that one-fourth part of it were wanted by her for her own consumption. There being, consequently, four times as much in the market as she wanted, the remaining three-fourths would become the proper subject for exportation. Allow it to be exported, and it would pay a duty into the British exchequer, amounting to eight millions one hundred and sixty thousand dollars ; and when exported, the duty paid upon it, with the freight, warehouse and other charges, added to its first cost, would bring it up to at least fifty cents a pound, a price which either could not be had on the continent, or which would greatly diminish the consumption.
But this view of the subject is merely nominal, as every such exportation would make not only the goods, but the vessel carrying them legal prize. The idea, therefore, of exporting it to the continent is altogether chimerical.
This immense quantity of cotton, therefore, being accumulated in England, a gift of the market would be the unavoidable consequence, and the small quantity demanded for their consumption would be sold at a ruinous price.
And what would become of the residue? Its exportation, as we have seen, being effectually inhibited, at the expiration of fifteen months, it would be in the option of the owner, to avoid the payment of the duty, to cause it to be destroyed, or to have it exposed to public sale, where the immense quantity offered for sale would reduce its value almost to a cypher.
Do the annals of civilized or savage nations furnish such a tissue of outrages offered to an independent nation, which, on the one hand impose an enormous tribute, and on the other mercifully allow the owner of the goods, to avoid this unheard of oppression, to destroy them?
But in the enormity of this outrage, let us not overlook other features not less insulting to every sentiment of honor or repugnant to every principle of justice. The king may grant special licenses; that is, he may bribe and corrupt the American merchant at pleasure, according to his standing with the British ministry, according to his fidelity to the British cause, according to the zeal with which he has aided the enemy of his country, and his treachery to his own country.
Let the citizens of South Carolina, Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee, look at this picture, and say, whether they would rather that fifteen millions worth of cotton should have been secured at home by the embargo, although involving a temporary diminution of its value, than that it should have been sent to England, and have been there exposed to these abominable outrages. Let them say, whether they will support an administration that has determined to resist these outrages, or exchange it for one that will tamely submit to them?
Let them say, whether Madison, who has so ably and strenuously resisted these invasions, or Pinckney, who, we are told, will submit to them, is the man of their choice. Let them say, whether by a manly opposition to injustice they will endure temporary privations to insure eventual safety, or whether, by giving up every thing to the arrogance of foreign nations, they will convert the very growth of cotton, hitherto so instrumental to their wealth and happiness, into a curse. We do not believe that they can hesitate for a moment. We know that heretofore they have not hesitated. We believe that they will not at this crisis tarnish their revolutionary character. Having once suffered much to acquire independence, they will unhesitatingly endure further sufferings to maintain it.
The Gazette of the United States says, if any reliance can be placed on a late article in this paper, "it is a frank acknowledgement on the part of our government, that they have subjected the country to all the evils of the embargo for ten months, to the actual loss of about 40 millions of dollars to no purpose whatever. That they have now voluntarily offered to do the very thing which Great Britain asked them to do upon the first publication of the Berlin decree. All that Great Britain demanded, was, that we should resist the execution of the Berlin decree against our commerce; and she waited twelve months, before the orders in council were issued, to see whether we would maintain our neutral rights against the mandates of Napoleon. She waited in vain. Our government made no resistance; issued no proclamation; passed no non-intercourse law to bring France to terms. If it is now proper to remove the embargo so far as it regards England, provided she will rescind her or-
ders, and to continue it so far as it regards France, until she revokes her decrees, was it not equally proper to lay it on in regard to France as soon as she issued those decrees and before Great Britain issued her orders in council? Had this been done, the British orders would never have been issued. We should have enjoyed a lucrative commerce with Great Britain, her allies, and her numerous dependencies, instead of being oppressed by a useless embargo; and Napoleon seeing that his decrees, instead of cutting off our commerce with his enemy, had given her a monopoly of it, would soon have revoked them, and our prosperity would have been uninterrupted. According to this representation, therefore, all that we have gained by a ten month's embargo is simply this: it has brought our administration to a sense of their own errors , and induced them voluntarily to offer to Great Britain the very same terms, to induce her to rescind her orders, which they refused to comply with, to prevent those orders from being issued."
Give a logician his premises, and he will draw any conclusion he wishes. So in this article, allow the Gazette the premises it assumes, and it may be admitted to have very logically deduced its inferences. But the fact, the indisputable fact is, that we did resist the execution of the Berlin decree , so effectually that it was in truth not executed except in a single instance, until the celebrated British orders in council; and that, until then, so far from being executed by France, the intention of applying it to the United States was officially and openly disavowed. What more could then be required of our government than the demand and receipt of this explanation, and a practice conformable to it? It is absurd to allege its having been enforced after the British orders as an argument that it was originally meant to be enforced against us. For if it was so meant, why was a whole twelve month suffered to elapse without its being carried into effect; and why was it, that it was only carried into effect after the British orders, but because they were the real cause of enforcing, or, in other words, of applying that to us which was not originally intended to affect us. This view of the subject has been so often exhibited that it seems scarcely necessary to repeat it. But it proves that the British orders did not flow from the Berlin decree, that they did not flow from any want of resistance on our part to it, that they would have existed although that decree had never been, and that it was only made their pretext to render them more popular in England.
The real object of these celebrated orders was far different. It was to seize our defenceless property, and, holding it as a pledge, coerce us into abject submission, and make us directly or indirectly take a part against her enemy; to make us fight her battles, or contribute to the payment of those who fought them.
Flour at New-York has risen to seven dollars a barrel.
Information recently received from New Jersey reduces it to a certainty that the Republicans have a majority of one in the Council, and of six in the Assembly.
The AMERICAN says that Mr. Page, claimed by the federalists, has recently declared, "that he ever had been a republican, and ever would continue to support the principles of republicanism."
South Carolina Elections.—From this state we learn that Col. L. J. Alston is re-elected to Congress, it is believed without opposition.
Election in the state of Ohio. In the county of Ross—For Governor, Thomas Worthington 1046, Thomas Kirker 486, Samuel Huntington 149.—For Congress, Jeremiah Morrow 1249, Philemon Beecher 425.
All these gentlemen are republican, except Mr. Beecher.
More recent information from the Western part of Pennsylvania furnishes grounds for the belief that the whig majority over the Mountains will exceed 10,000.
In the district composed of Chester, Lancaster and Berks, the following votes have been given for representatives in Congress. The three first named are elected.
Mathias Richards 10,642 Daniel Heister 10,525 Robert Jenkins 10,524 John Whitchill 10,216 Wm. Wiltman 10,121 Roger Davis 10,161
Two of those elected are old members. Daniel Heister is a new member, and a republican
The following article from the Charleston City Gazette is at once conclusive of the complete triumph of republicanism in South Carolina, and evincive of its magnanimity:
"Within a few days past we have received several pieces on the subject of the late election—the triumph of republicanism there has been so complete, that, after the most serious consideration, we think nothing more should be said on that subject, which might in the least wound the feelings of any person. We have conversed with several respectable men of the party which has been opposed to us; they have said, though you have defeated us, still we are Americans—we felt a pride in supporting the cause which we believed to be right—the voice of the majority of our fellow-citizens has told us we were mistaken—believe us when we say, that we had the same end in view as yourselves, and that if danger should approach our country, you will find us as ready to meet it as you can be, therefore do not push things to extremities. This is the language of honest men—believing it to be sincere, we shall not in future be the assailants. Constantly keeping in view our good old motto, nothing extenuate nor set down ought in malice , we have labored to support that cause which, in our consciences, we believed to be the just one, and the same that was supported formerly by our departed worthies—we have been successful—we are satisfied. But should there be a continuation of the attempts to blacken and defame the exalted character of one of the best men in our country; one who, as a writer, orator and statesman, reflects honor on his native soil; and to bring into contempt the much abused laws of our government, why then, supported by the highly valuable friends, whose luminous productions have honored our columns for some time past, and the arguments of which have carried conviction into the mind of every man who has read them, we say, with this support, we will use our endeavors to vindicate this enlightened son of America, and the measures of the administration, and we trust we shall not have to retire ingloriously from the field."
The New-York Public Advertiser contains a long official statement of the proceedings of a Naval Court of Inquiry, instituted into the conduct of Lieut. Renshaw, commander of Gun Boat No. 40, in consequence of a protest of a certain David Petty, complaining of extreme ill usage. As soon as this protest was published the Secretary of the Navy ordered a Court of Inquiry which was held at New-York. The statement embraces a wide field of testimony which completely exculpates Lieut. Renshaw, and shews the protest of Petty to be replete with wilful falsehoods. The public will recollect the great use that was made by the federalists of this statement. The Editor of the Public Advertiser observes, that at a future day he may be able to prove that this was an electioneering trick.
INSANITY. QUEM DEUS VULT PERDERE PRIUS DEMENTAT.
The following is extracted from an article in the last Washington Federalist:
"By our last accounts it appears that this nation, [Great Britain] which our jacobins have so often doomed to destruction, is rising above the depressions which a war against the world had brought upon her. She is mounting brighter than ever, and is now occupying in the minds of all candid and thinking men, the station she has long deserved, of the first nation that ever existed on this globe . Notwithstanding the violent strokes she has sometimes bestowed on innocent nations, in her struggle for her own existence and the liberties of the world, it must be acknowledged, even by her enemies, that she has behaved with as much moderation, as a nation in her situation and with her power could be expected to do ."
FOR THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
MR. SMITH. I have both heard and read a good deal respecting the riot at Baltimore. As that place is the residence of the ex-attorney general of Maryland, Mr. Martin, I strongly suspect that he had some hand in that transaction; for it is plain that he advocated that doctrine before the Senate of the United States on the trial of Judge Chase, and for the information of yourself and readers I will quote his words as published by S. Butler, Market street, and S. Cole, Light street, Baltimore, 1806, vol. 11, page 177.
"On this subject let me introduce the authority of Dr. Franklin, himself a printer, and as great an advocate for the Liberty of the Press as any reasonable man ought to be. He has de-
clared, that unless the slander and calumny of the Press is restrained by some other law, it will be restrained by club law; the sentiment, sir , is just . If gentlemen cannot find in the laws of their country a protection from that profligate conduct of printers, which is at this time so common, or cannot obtain from the laws of their government ample punishment against their base calumniators they will become their own avengers; and to the bludgeon, the sword, or the pistol they will resort for that purpose."
After such an authority, who can blame the mob of Baltimore from prosecuting the shoemaker when supported by the advice of their chaste Attorney General?
SENEX.
Marshal Jourdan is to command in chief the French force to be employed in Spain, with Marshals Ney and Bessieres to assist him.
In the official returns of members of the Maryland House of Delegates from the county of Dorchester, it appears that Edward Griffith, Esq. a decided republican, is the member elected, instead of Hugh Henry, Esq. a federalist, as heretofore stated. This gives republicanism a majority of two in that body. American .
Extract of a letter dated Halifax, 11th October.
A vessel returned a few days ago from Cape Francois, St. Domingo, which port appears to be in the hands of Christophe, who assumed an arbitrary power in the disposal of the cargo of this vessel, and purchased it himself for the use of his troops at his own price, and gave in exchange produce on similar equitable terms, which circumstance has occasioned to the owners but a poor speculation, their expenses not being covered. The mulatto general Petion, at the other side of the island, shews a very different conduct towards our vessels—a decided preference will in future be given to the latter, by the merchants of this place. Mer. Ad.
Charleston, Oct. 14.
Flour is very scarce at Havana, there being no recent arrivals from Vera Cruz. A brig from Philadelphia for New-Orleans, was sent into Havana about three weeks since, with 300 barrels of flour, which sold for 55 dollars per barrel.
Boston, Oct. 22.
By a gentleman who came passenger in the Triumph, Capt. Barker, arrived at Newport from Rio Janeiro (Brazils,) information has been received, that Lord Strangford, the British ambassador to the Emperor of Brazils, (late Prince Regent of Portugal) had arrived there:—That the convoys bound to India and the Cape of Good Hope, had touched there:—That a camp had been formed for 40,000 British and Portuguese, to be commanded by the count de Arcos, their destination then supposed to be against the Spanish settlements. [ They had not heard in the Brazils of the new order of things in Europe .) That the Spaniards in Brazils had been arrested, and sent to the River of Plate, among whom was Liniers, a brother of the hero of Buenos Ayres: That the British naval force in Brazils consisted of six sail of the line, besides frigates under Sir Sydney Smith. The following are the ships:—Foudroyant 80, London 98, Marlborough 74, Monarch 74, Bedford 74, Agamemnon 64.—The Surveillante, President, and Constance, are among the frigates:—And, that the duties paid at Rio Janeiro are 24 per cent. ad valorem on imports; none on exports.
The Vice Roy of Mexico has refused to acknowledge the authority of the Seville Junta; but declares his unshaken loyalty to Ferdinand VII.
A RUNAWAY.
WAS committed to the jail of Washington county in the state of Maryland, on the 9th inst. as a runaway, a negro man, who calls himself PHILIP, says he belongs to Margaret Rickett of Orange county, Virginia; he is about 5 feet 5 inches high, about 30 years of age; had on when committed, a grey coating roundabout, tow shirt and trowsers and an old wool hat. His owner is desired to take him away, or he will be sold for his jail fees, &c. according to law. ISAAC S. WHITE, Sheriff. October 28—w3t
A RUNAWAY.
WAS committed to the jail of Washington county in the state of Maryland, on the 9th inst. as a runaway, a negro man, who calls himself JERRY, says he belongs to Elijah Edwards of Orange county, Virginia; he is about 5 feet 7 inches high, about 30 years of age; had on when committed, an old great coat, tow trowsers, and an old tow shirt. His owner is desired to take him away, or he will be sold for his jail fees, &c. according to law. ISAAC S. WHITE, Sheriff. October 28—w3t
MRS. TILTON'S. IN THE SIX BUILDINGS. HAS one House with a handsome Drawing Room for the accommodation of Ladies and Gentlemen, with Coach House and Stables, and Lodges for Servants. October 28—tf
SALE. By Order of the Orphan's Court of Washington county, District of Columbia, will be sold to the highest bidder at the house of the Subscriber in the city of Washington, near the Bank, on Thursday the 3d day of November next, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, the PERSONAL ESTATE of Robert Tilton, deceased, consisting of Negroes, Horses, a Milch Cow, and sundry articles of Household and Kitchen Furniture. All purchases above the sum of twenty dollars shall have a credit of six months, giving bond or notes with approved security on interest from the day of sale. ANN TILTON, Adm'x. Washington city, October 28—3t
TEN DOLLARS REWARD. STRAYED or STOLEN from the Commons of the City of Washington, about the 10th of October a BLACK HORSE, rising 5 years old, about 14 hands high, a natural trotter, with a large blaze, his mane cut as a hog mane, but now grown thick; three white feet, one fore foot black, shod before, a long tail, has some small specks about his shaft. Whoever will bring the said horse to the subscriber living in the city of Washington at the Treasury Office, shall have the above reward, or if stolen, inform him of the thief, so that he can be prosecuted, Five Dollars. WILLIAM ESTENBECK, Washington city, October 28—3t
BY HIS EXCELLENCY ROBERT WRIGHT, ESQ. GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND. A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS it has been represented to me on the oath of Kitty Brawner an infant of the age of ten years, that a Bebe has been committed on her by a certain Thomas Burk, of Frederick county, and on the oath of William Brawner and Catherine Brawner the parents of the said Kitty Brawner that there were marks of violence on their said daughter who charged said Burk. And whereas it has been certified by Thomas Bond, esq. a justice of the peace of Frederick county, that the said Thomas Burk has fled from justice. And whereas it is the duty of the Executive, in the execution of the laws, to endeavor to bring all malefactors to justice; I have therefore thought proper to issue this my proclamation; and do by and with the advice and consent of the Council, offer One Hundred and Fifty Dollars reward, to any person or persons, who shall apprehend and bring to justice, the said Thomas Burk. Given in Council at the city of Annapolis, under the seal of the state of Maryland, this twentieth day of October, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eight, and of the independence of the United States of America, the thirty-third.
ROBERT WRIGHT. By his excellency's command, NINIAN PINKNEY, Clerk of the Council.
Ordered, That the foregoing proclamation be published twice in each week, for the space of five weeks, in the American and Federal Gazette, at Baltimore; the Maryland Gazette, at Annapolis; the National Intelligencer, the Republican Advocate at Frederick Town, the Maryland Herald at Hagerstown; and in Mr. Smith's paper at Easton. October 28—2aw5w
BY HIS EXCELLENCY ROBERT WRIGHT, ESQ. GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND. A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS, the General Assembly of Maryland, did, by an act passed at November session, eighteen hundred and five, entitled "an act to reduce into one the several acts of Assembly, respecting elections, and to regulate said elections," direct, that the Governor and Council after having received the returns of elections of the members to represent this state in the Congress of the United States, should enumerate and ascertain the number of votes given for each and every person voted for as a member for Congress aforesaid respectively, and shall thereupon declare, by proclamation, signed by the governor, the name of the person or persons duly elected in each respective district: We in pursuance of the directions of the said act, do by this our proclamation, declare that by the returns made to us, it appears that John Campbell , esq. was elected for the first district; Archibald Van Horn , esq. was elected for the second district; Philip Barton Key , esq. was elected for the third district; Roger Nelson , esq. was elected for the fourth district; Nicholas Branton Moore , and Alexander M'Kim , esqs. were elected for the fifth district; John Montgomery , esq. was elected for the sixth district; John Brown of Nathan, esq. was elected for the seventh district; and Charles Goldsborough , esq. was elected for the eighth district. Given in Council at the city of Annapolis, under the great seal of the state of Maryland, this twentieth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eight, and of the independence of the United States of America the thirty-third.
ROBERT WRIGHT. By the Governor, NINIAN PINKNEY, Clerk of the Council.
Ordered, That the foregoing proclamation be published twice in each week, for the space of four weeks, in the American and Federal Gazette, at Baltimore; the Maryland Gazette, at Annapolis; the National Intelligencer; the Republican Advocate, at Fredericktown; the Maryland Herald, at Hagerstown; and in Mr. Smith's paper, at Easton. October 28—2aw4w
JOHN GOULDING IS now landing from on board the Polly from Baltimore, a few barrels of West India COFFEE and New Orleans SUGAR, Bottles in hampers, Red and White Champagne Wine in boxes, Fresh Tea, &c.
On hand, as usual, most kinds of choice old Wines in bottles and in casks; best Albany Ale; Philadelphia Porter and Ale; Spermaceti Candles, Train Oil; Castile Soap in boxes, with sundry articles in his line, to be sold for Cash, and as usual, cheap to his punctual customers. Georgetown, September 16—2m

SAMUEL STETTINIUS, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE NEAR THE CENTRE MARKET.  Has just received and is now opening an En- tire Assortment of DRY GOODS, consisting in a variety of  Broad Cloths, Coat-making Muslin, ing, Blue and drab Looking Glasses of colored Bear Skin, all sizes and some of every description, Goose Shell Combs, Plannels of almost great elegance, Tor- Irish and German Linens, most fashionable or- namented Combs, Black Crapes, white do. silk Velvets of different colors, silk plush Bonnets, Laces, silk, kid, cotton and worsted Gloves long and short, White, black & color- ed cotton Canabrys, Linen Cambrics and shirtings do. Durent, Calimanco, Bomba- zet, Wildboar.  An handsome assort- ment of  Calicoes, Furniture Calicoes, Camel hair and cotton Shawls, Silk Shawls, White, black & color- ed cotton Canabrys, Linen Cambrics and shirtings do. Durent, Calimanco, Bomba- zet, Wildboar.  An handsome assort- ment of  Velvets, Corduroy & worsted Cord, Ben- nets Cord, Swans- down, Blue, black and nankin colored Cas- simeres, Tallo Cloths ready made, Russia toweling, bed spreads, velvet Bindings, Lute- rings of different co- lors.  Gold and silver Span- gles, Linen and cotton Checks, Baftas and Knives and Forks, Gurlas, shirtings and Ivory & horn Combs.  And a variety of other DRY GOODS, too tedious to enumerate.  S. STETTINIUS begs leave to pay here- to his friends and the public in general, his warmest thanks for the encouragement they were pleased to give him, since his establishment in this city, and solicits their kind remembrance in the above branch of business, where it will always be his first duty to accommodate to his utmost endea- vors and in all respects.  He has also received by the Schooner Sally , Capt. Fairfair, and offers for  SALE BY WHOLESALE, 5 Hogsheads of prime New Orleans Sugar, 2 Pipes of genuine Holland Gin, with a certificate of importation from the custom house of New York, 200 B. green Coffee, 20 barrels Whiskey, of a good flavor, 12 boxes Window Glass, 12 by 10 and 10 by 8. 50 Pieces tanned Buck Skins, suitable for Glove-makers and fit for Pantaloons. Plain velvet Ribbons, from No. 12 to 50. Figured do. from No. 18 to 50. Suspenders, Linen Checks, No. 3. Apron do. L. B. 42 inches, do. do. C. 40 do. Cotton stripes, Linen do. Red Tapes, No. 3. Ladies long Floret Gloves, Mens cotton do. Silk Shawls, No. 8. Black silk Velvets, Mens over Shoes, Womens do. do. Black Cambric, One trunk Calicoes, Cotton Velvets, 5000 best Quills, Ladies & c. over Slippers.  Any admr of CANARY BIRDS may be accommodated with Bird and Cage, at a moderate price when calling on me. Washington City, Oct. 26-38&w
NEW MILLINERY. M. A. PIC has the honor to inform the Ladies and Gentlemen of Columbia, and the public in general, that she has just received and opened a truly Elegant Assortment of  Goods in her line, consisting of— Velvet Caps and Bonnets, different colors, Artificial Flowers, Ribbons, various patterns and colors, Cut and plain velvets, various colors, Crapes, Plain Leno for dresses, Ladies and Gentlemen's English silk Stock- ings, black and colored, Silver ornaments, Fancy trimmings, Ostrich Feathers, Damask Shawls, Plain do. &c. &c. Gold and Silver Epauetts, Feathers, &c. &c. All her Gold and Silver Goods, she war- rants as such.  M. A. PIC having now at her house a Lady from Europe well acquainted with Mantua-Making, will make in the neatest and most fashionable manner all sorts of robes, pelices, riting dresses, and other garments for ladies. Georgetown, October 26-3t
W. & C. SMITH HAVE removed to their New Warehouse corner of KEYS and WATER streets, near the PERRY, where they have lately received from New York, a large additional supply of  GOODS in their line. They now have in store and offer for sale at reasonable terms  Madeira Wine in pipes, half pipes, and quarter casks, Sherry, Lisbon and Teneriffe Wine, in quar- ter casks, Old Port and Catalonia Wine in pipes and quarter casks, Claret in Boxes, 1 dozen each, Old Cogniac Brandy, superior quality, Bordeaux and Marseilles do. Genuine Holland and New York anchor Gin, Old Jamaica and Antigua Spirits, 4th Proof Whiskey, very old and fine, 1st Proof do. Loaf and Lump Sugars in hogsheads and barrels, Muscavado Sugars, superior quality in hogs- heads and barrels, do. 2d quality do. do. Imperial, } TEAS, fresh and of ap- Hyson, } proved qualities in Young Hyson, } chests, boxes and lead Hyson Skin, } canisters, Coffee, Nutmegs, Pepper and Allspice, Mustard, Chocolate and Sweet Oil, Almonds, soft shelled, and Currants, Eggs, Ginger and Basket Salt, Soap, mould and dipped Candles in boxes Spanish Indigo, Dantifings, Gin Cases, Liverpool Blown and Ground Allum Alum Salt, &c. &c. &c. Georgetown, October 26-24&w
TO BE SOLD. A very smart and active NEGRO BOY, who has eight years to serve from first next January, or will be exchanged for a girl about 7 or 8 years old, who must serve until 21—for terms apply to ROBERT ELLIOTT, Oct. 26-3t. Capitol Hill.  District of Columbia, Washington County, to wit:  IN the case of JOHN HARRIS, an insolvent debtor, confined in the prison of Wash- ington county aforesaid, for debt—Notice is hereby given to the creditors of the said John Harris, that on the thirty-first inst. at the hour of ten o'clock A. M. at the court room, in Lindsay's Hotel, in the city of Washington, the oath prescribed by the act of Congress, entitled "An act for the re- lief of insolvent debtors within the district of Columbia," will be administered to the said John Harris, and a trustee appointed unless sufficient cause be then and there shown to the contrary—Ordered, that this notice be published in the National Intelli- gencer three times before that day.  By order of the honorable Wm. Cranch, esq. chief judge of the circuit court of the district of Columbia. Wm. BRENT, Cl'k. Oct. 26-3t.
E. OLIVER, HAS just received and is now opening for sale at her Store, in the House next above Mr. BURNEY'S Jewelry Store , a new and very elegant assortment of  MILLINERY & FANCY GOODS, consisting of  Laced Caps, velvet Bonnets plain & figured, Turans, gold and Silver flowers, Garniture for trimming dresses, Gold and Silver Cord, do. do. Cords and Tassels, do. do. Spangles and Thread, do. do. Bullion, Artificial Flowers and Feathers, Silk Cord, and Silk Cords and Tassels of all colors, Silk Buttons of new patterns, Black jet, marble and amber Buttons, Beaver Hats and Bonnets, do. do. do. for Children, Necklaces and Ear Rings, Chip, Leghorn, and Vulture Straw of new patterns, Silk and velvet Pelices, Pelice Coating, Pelice Velvet and Levant Silks, Angola and Cashmere Shawls, Silver Bear and other Muffs and Tippets, Morocco Jockey Cap—a very general as- sortment of working Chenille, Spider net Sleeves, hair and beaded Caps and bands, Velvet Ribbons of different colors, Silks and Sarsnets of different colors, Crapes of all colors, Perfumery and sweet Soaps, a very large assortment of Thread and Cotton, soft Satin, and a new assortment of fashion- able Ribbons, Madras Ginghams—Silk and Cotton Umbrellas, a very general assort- ment of Ladies and Gentlemen's Gloves, best Playing and Message Cards, Wadding, Murray's Shoes, best Tortoise Shell Combs, mounted and plain, &c. &c. with a general assortment of DRY GOODS. Georgetown, October 26-3w
TREASURER'S OFFICE, Oct. 22d, 1808. THE Ordinary Keepers and Retailers of Spirituous Liquors in the City of Washington, will please to take notice, that a number of their Licences will expire on the 31st instant, and that this office will be open on the first day of November next, from ten o'clock in the forenoon until two o'clock in the afternoon, and from four o'clock until six o'clock in the evening, to receive, and give receipts for, the taxes due on the same.  HENRY WHETCROFT, Treasurer of Washington City. October 24.
THOMAS W. PAIRO HAS removed next door to his former store, where he has received from Philadelphia and Baltimore a new supply of goods, which make his assortment very considerable—he has  London and French Cloths, Cassimeres and Coatings, Fancy Waistcoatings, Silk and Cotton Velvets, Cords and Thicksets, Rose Blankets, Scarlet Flannels and others, green, blue and brown bucking haze, Mandamocs, Madras Handkerchiefs, India Muslins, Cambrics, Book Muslin, Leno Handkerchiefs, Chambrays, Tappy Velvet, Black Silk do. Parisian Shawls, Silk and Camels Hair, do. Shirting Muslin, Crapes and Fancy Trimmings, Silk Stockings, and a large assortment of cotton and worsted hosiery, Ladies and Men's Gloves, Ladies and Men's Shoes, Childrens do. Irish and German Linens, Irish and Flanders Sheetings, Knitting and Sowing Cotton, Spinning do. Silk Spencers, Linen and cotton Checks, Hats, Ribbons, Lace, Cotton and Thread, Sarsnets and Peelings, Plaid Silks, Tortoise Shell Combs, Mock do. do. Silk Cords, Suspenders, Razors, Penknives and Scissors, Spun Buttons, Gilt and Plated do. Playing Cards, Ink Powder, Quills, Pencils, Slates, Oil Cloth, Powder and Shot, Nails and Augurs, An assortment of Glass Ware, also, The following Liquors and Groceries. Madeira, Lisbon, L. P. Teneriffe, Mala- ga, Port Wine, Claret, French Brandy, old Jamaica Rum, Gin, Whiskey, Cherry Bounce, Coffee and Tea, Chocolate, Leaf & Brown Sugar, Raisins, Filberts, Rice, Soap, and Candles, Spanish Segars, and Philadel- phia Porter and Ale. All of which will be sold on low terms for Cash or to punctual customers. Washington, October 24.
NEW GOODS. The Subscriber has lately received an exten- sive and Complete assortment of  SEASONABLE GOODS, consisting of  Extra superfine London Cloths, Cassimeres, Stannettes, Manchester, Toilets, Swansdowns, Ladies Pelice Cloths, Silk and tabby Velvets, Damask, raw silk, and Camels hair Shawls, Down Scarfs, Lace Caps, silk Buttons and Cords, Ostrich Feathers, Artificial Flowers, Fancy Muslins, Linen and cotton Cambrics, Irish Linens and Sheetings, Shirting Cottons, Lace Sleeves and Gloves, Silks of every description, Hosiery, Ginghams, Chambrays, Calicoes, London Hats, Second Cloths, Coatings, Plains, Ken- scys, Half Thick, Rose and Duffield Blan- kets, Hearth Rugs, Dowlass, Ticklenburgs, Canabrys, Batas, Mamoodies, Lawns, Guirahs, &c. Which will be sold at the most reduced prices. October 24-1m
TEN DOLLARS REWARD. RAN away from the subscriber on Thurs- day the 13th inst. a negro boy named GLEN, about 15 years old; he is a likely well made boy, good countenance, and has lost one of his upper fore teeth; he had on when he went away a suit of German Os- naburgs, and the last I heard of him he was carried into Alexandria by one William A. Adams. Whoever will deliver the said boy to the subscriber, shall receive the above reward, or five dollars if secured in any jail, so that I get him again. CHARLES TYLER, Jun. Sudly Mills, P. Wm. County, about 8 miles from Centerville, and the same distance from Hay- market. October 24-3t
CHARLES H. VARDEN, MERCHANT TAYLOR, RESPECTFULLY informs the gentlemen of the district of Columbia and Public in general, that he has received by a late ar- rival from Philadelphia, a Choice Assortment of superfine Cloths, Cassimeres, single and double milled, superfine Coating, black silk Florentines, Likewise an elegant assortment Sponcelts & rich silk Molekins for Waist- coats with a variety of other articles suitable for the season. Regimentals and Navy  Uniforms made in the most elegant and uniform stile of fashion. Richard Horwell's celebrated PATENT PARALLEL SUSPENDERS far superior to any hitherto in use can be had on the same terms retail, as at his Manufactory. November 27-4f
PLAYING CARDS Of the First Quality, Just received, and FOR SALE By the Gross, Dozen or Pack, at DR. MACRUDER'S Drug & Medical Store, George Town. October 21-1t
FURNITURE. THE Subscriber, residing next door to Mr. LATROBE, and about half way between the Capitol and Navy Yard, will sell at PUBLIC  VENDUE , on TUESDAY the first day of November next, the whole of his House ,  Kitchen, & Office Furniture ; among other things there are elegant Mahogany Dining, Card, and Tea Tables; a handsome Side- board, Desk, and Bureau, Beds and Bed- ding, Washstands, Chairs, Carpets, Glass, China, Earthen-ware, Andirons, Shovels & Tongs; an excellent Harpsichord, a Violin of superior quality, Book Cases, Writing Desk, &c. &c. &c. and every description of Kitchen Furniture. On all sums above Twenty Dollars, a cre- dit of 120 days will be allowed, provided notes with approved endorsers be given, negotiable at any Bank in the district. The sale to commence at 10 o'clock A. M. WM. O. SPRIGG. Any of the above articles may be pre- viously had at private sale. W. O. S. October 21-3t
JOHN PETER Has just received from Philadelphia, a large & complete Assortment of DRY Goods , viz.  Superfine Cloths and Cassimeres, Ladies Pelice Cloths, Silk Velvets, Irish Linen & Sheetings, do. India & British shirtings cottons, Hosiery of every description, Silks of all kinds, Bed Tickens, Furniture Chintzes & Dimities, Coarse India Muslins, Best London Hats, Elegant Brussels, Ingrain, Scotch, and Venetian Carpetings, &c. &c. &c. Together with a general supply of coarse Woollens—any of which he will sell at the most reduced prices. Persons who pur- chase to put off again shall find their inter- est to price the goods. They were purchased for cash, and will be sold for small profits. October 21-4w
DOCTORS NOTICE. DOCTORS JAMES H. BLAKE and GERARD T. GREENFIELD have entered in- to co-partnership in the practice of Medicine. Their Friends, and the inhabitants of Washington and its vicinity, are res- pectfully informed that in the absence of either, the other will attend to all applica- tions made for professional advice, &c. and when requested, the attendance of both may be had without any additional expence to the patient. Oct. 21-
PUBLIC SALE. BY Order of the Orphan's Court of Calvert county, the subscriber will offer at Public Sale , at " Gods Grace  Lerick ," in Calvert county, the late resi- dence of Mrs. Rebecca Mackall, deceased, on MONDAY the 21st day of November next or the first fair day after, the HOUSE ,  HOLD FURNITURE, Plantation Utensils,  stock of Horses, Cattle, Sheep & Hogs , of the said Rebecca Mackall; and also a number of Law Books and other Books . The sale will be on a credit of six months, the pur- chaser giving bond with security, and will commence at 9 o'clock in the morning and be continued from day to day if necessary. RICHARD POTTS, Adm'r. of Mrs. Rebecca Mackall. Calvert county, October 21-3w
NOTICE. PURSUANT to an act of the General Assembly of Maryland, passed at No- vember session, 1806, entitled "An act authorizing the collection of certain ground rents due on lots in the town of Cumber- land, in Allegany county," and a supple- ment thereto, passed at November session, 1807. Public Notice is hereby given to all persons holding unimproved lots in said town, on which ground rents are now due, that unless the said rents are paid on or before the first day of December next, the said lots will on that day be offered at pub- lic sale to the highest bidder, on a credit of 60 days. The sale to be held at Mr. J. Rine's tavern, in said town—to commence at ten o'clock, A. M. and continue from day to day, until the whole are sold. THOMAS BEALL, of Saml. March 21-epids
INFORMATION WANTED. IF JOHN BATEBY DOBBINS who came from England some years ago, and re- sided at Washington (it is not certain in what state) for some time, will call on, or write to the subscriber, he will hear some- thing much to his advantage . Any informa- tion that will enable me to ascertain whether the said John Bateby Dobbins is alive or not, will be thankfully received. SAMUEL SPACKMAN, No. 1, Bank Alley, Philadelphia. 10th month, 11, 1808-2m
BANK OF COLUMBIA. THE President and Directors having this day declared a Dividend for the half year ending the 20th inst. at the rate of eight per cent. per annum. The same will be paid to the Stockholders or their re- presentatives on or after Tuesday the 20th inst. Wm. WHANN, Cash'r. September 19-6w
THE COMMERCIAL COMPANY OF  WASHINGTON. Now landing from on board the sch r . Maria , capt. Fitzhugh, and for SALE , at low prices,  Jamaica Spirit, Antigua and New England Rum, Muscavado Sugars, Molasses, Coffee, Muscatel and bloom Raisins, Holland and country Gin, Spermaceti Candles, Spermaceti Oil, Spanish Segars, Corks, Powder and shot of the best quality, White Lead in oil, A few crates of Stone Ware. They have also on hand, and for Sale, Madeira, } Wine by the cask. Marsala, and } Catalonia, } Claret in boxes of 1 dozen each, Cogniac and } Brandy 4th proof. Bordeaux, } Hyson and Young Hyson, Tea, Best Salid Oil, Mould and Dpt Candles, Soap, Whiskey, and A few Lots of Mahogany. JOSEPH FORREST, Pres. August 22-
BY VIRTUE of a decree of the High Court of Chancery of Maryland, the Subscriber as trustee for the sale of part of the REAL ESTATE of James Beall son of Robert, deceased, will sell at PUBLIC  AUCTION at Mr. Daniel Beall's, living on the premises, on Monday the 31st day of October next—the following Tracts or par- cels of LAND, lying in Montgomery county and adjoining the lands of the late Allen Bowie:    Part Easter,  142 acres.    First Vacancy,  41    Part Second Vacancy,  38    Resurvey on Batchelor's  49    Purchase,  270    A further description of the property will be given to any person wishing to purchase, on application to the subscriber. The terms of sale are, that the purchaser or purchasers shall give bond with security to be approved of by the trustee for paying the purchase money with legal interest thereon, within twelve months from the day of sale. SOLOMON HOLLAND, Trustee. Rockville, October, 7-3w
MRS. LEE , begs leave to acquaint the Ladies & Gentlemen of Washington and its Vicinity, that in addition to the Masters of MUSIC, DANCING and DRAWING, who attend her ACADEMY , She has engaged a Gentleman of known ability to attend to instruct in ARITHMETIC and GEOGRAPHY with the GLONES . Mrs. LEE flatters herself with a conti- nuance of that patronage, she has ever ex- perienced; and hopes still to merit by an unremitting attention to the duties of the trust reposed in her. Mrs. Lee wishes to form a Class for Arithmetic, and Geogra- phy, by 28th inst. Washington, October 20-2m
SALE—NEAR LEONARD TOWN. ON THURSDAY the 10th day of Novem- ber next will be offered at Public Sale , at the late dwelling of PHILIP FORD , de- ceased, all the PERSONAL PROPERTY of the deceased, (except Negroes) consisting of an excellent Stock of Horses, Cattle,  Sheep and Hogs, Household and Kitchen Fur-  niture of all sorts, Plantation utensils, &c. Six months credit will be given to purchasers for all sums over $20, upon their giving good security for the payment of the same with interest from the day of sale. All sums of $20 and under, the cash must be paid to PHILIP FORD, surviving Adm'r. October 14-3w
PUBLIC SALE. ON MONDAY the 31st October next will be sold at Public Auction a Two STORY BRICK HOUSE , with adjacent FRAME BUILDING, and the LOTS No. 10 and 11, on Square No. 925, near the MARINE BARRACKS. The house was lately inhabited by Col. Wharton, now in the occupancy of Thomas Carberry. The terms will be made known on the day of sale, at STELLE'S Hotel. The sale to commence precisely at 12 o'clock. It will be sold without reserve. SAMUEL SPEAKE, Auct. September 19-tdos
ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE PROPHECIES. JUST published and for sale at R. C. Weight- man's Bookstore. Illustrations of the Prophecies, by the Rev. Joseph Towers, L. L. D. In two vo- lumes octavo, price 5 $ in boards. In the course of which are elucidated many predictions which occur in Isaiah and  Daniel , in the writings of the Evangelists , and the Books of Revelation ; and which are thought to foretel among other great events A REVOLUTION IN FRANCE , favorable to the interests of Mankind, the overthrow of the Papal power and of Ecclesiastical  Tyranny , the downfall of Civil  Despotism and the subsequent meliora- tion of the state of the World. The trade supplied with the above inter- resting work on naval terms. R. C. W. has lately received a few splen- did pocket editions of valuable works. A few copies of Sampson's memoirs. A supply of Stationery. Several new plays from New York. Travelling Secretaries from 11 to 13 $ each. Patent ball skins, &c. &c. Oct. 17-6t.
NOTICE. THIS is to give notice that the subscriber of Washington city, hath obtained from the Orphan's Court of Washington county in the district of Columbia, Letters of Adminis- tration on the Personal Estate of JOHN LEATHALL late of said city, deceased. All persons having claims against the said deceased are hereby warned to exhibit the same with the vouchers thereof to the subscriber on or before the 25th day of April next, they may otherwise by law be excluded from all bene- fit of the said estate. Given under my hand this 17th day of October in the year 1808. JANE LENTHALL, Adm'rx. October 21-4w
NOTICE. THIS is to give notice that the Subscriber of Washington City, hath obtained from the Orphan's Court of Washington county in the district of Columbia, Letters of Adminis- tration on the Personal Estate of ROBERT  TILLEY late of said city, deceased. All persons having claims against the said estate are hereby warned to exhibit the same with the vouchers thereof to the subscriber on or before the 25th day of April next, they may otherwise by law be excluded from all benefit of the said estate. Given under my hand this 17th day of October in the year 1808. ANN TILLEY, Adm'x. October 19-3t
Prince Georges' county, ss. ON application to me the subscriber in the recess of the court as Chief Judge of the first Judicial District of the state of Maryland by petition in writing of HENRY  ADDISON CALLIS , of Prince Georges county, praying for the benefit of the act for the relief of sundry insolvent debtors, and the several supplements thereto on the terms mentioned in the said acts—a schedule of his property and list of his creditors on oath as far as he can ascertain them, being annexed to his petition; and the said Henry Addison Callis, having satisfied me by competent testimony that he has resided in the state of Maryland two years immediately preceding the time of his application; having also stated in his petition that he is now in actual confinement for debt and not on ac- count of any breach of the peace or for the non-payment of any fine, or penalty for the breach of the laws of this state or of the United States, and having produced to me the certificate of the sheriff of Prince Georges county to that effect, and having prayed to be discharged from confinement on the terms prescribed in the said acts, and having given security for his personal appearance at the next county court to an- swer any allegations that may be made against him by his creditors. I do hereby order and adjudge that the said Henry Addi- son Callis be discharged from his inspon- sionment, and by causing a copy of this order to be inserted in the National Intelli-  gencer for three months successively before the first Monday in December next, to give notice to his creditors to appear before the county court at the court house of said county, at 12 o'clock of the said first Mon- day in December next for the purpose of recommending a trustee for their benefit, or the said Henry Addison Callis then and there taking the oath prescribed for the de- livering up his property and to show cause if any they have why the said Henry Addison Callis should not have the benefit of the several acts of Assembly for the relief of insolvent debtors. Given under my hand this 12th day of August 1808. JOHN GANTT. September 2-w3m
VALUABLE LAND & MILLS. THE Subscriber offers for sale or bar- ter, for Property in the City of Wash-  ington or George-Town , 125 acres of LAND , one half well timbered, the soil of an ex- cellent quality, with a proportion of me- adow ground, a never failing stream a water running directly through it, on which is a Grist and Saw Mill adjoining, all in com- plete order, with a fifteen foot water wheel, overshoot, also a small comfortable Dwelling and other out houses, with a variety of young fruit trees, and a spring of excellent water bursting out of a large rock near the house. It is deemed unnecessary to de- scribe the natural advantages of this seat, as it is presumed those inclined to pur- chase will view the premises. The above property is beautifully situated in Mont- gomery county, four miles from Richard Ross's tavern on the Baltimore road, seven miles from Bladensburg, and twelve from the city of Washington and George-Town. RICHARD LANSDALE. September 28-1awtf
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