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National Intelligencer.
WASHINGTON ADVERTISER
W. 1. IX.
WASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
No. 1403.
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NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
It is probably well known to most of our readers, that Mr. Custis has for a number of years past been zealously engaged on objects well fitted to call forth the resources of our country, and to place it on the independent footing which the fluctuating state of the foreign world so forcibly recommends. He has more especially directed his attention to the rearing of sheep, on the importance of which he has emphatically insisted in a late address to the people of the United States on encouraging Agriculture and Domestic Manufactures. From this tract, we extract the following interesting account of the sheep on Smith's Island:
"I come next to speak of the Smith's Island wool, a discovery which will accrue in the happiest effects to my country, and yield the most grateful sensations to myself. This island lies in the Atlantic ocean, immediately off the eastern cape of Virginia, and contains between three and four thousand acres. Its name is derived from Smith, the permanent settler and improver of the colony of Virginia; the soil, though sandy, is in many parts extremely rich and productive of a succulent herbage, which supports the stock at all seasons. About one half of the island is in wood, which is pierced with glades, running parallel with the sea, and of several miles in extent. These glades are generally wet, and being completely sheltered by the wood on either side, preserve their vegetation in great measure throughout the winter, and thereby yield a support to the stock. Along the sea coast are also abundant scopes of pasturage, producing a short grass in summer, which is peculiarly grateful to the palate of most animals, and particularly sheep. The island is very long, being estimated at fourteen miles, which gives the variety and change of pasture, so necessary to the system of sheep farming. Within it, are various shrubs and plants, which the animals appear to browse on with great relish, particularly the myrtle bushes, with which the island abounds. The access to salt also forms a material feature in the many attributes which Smith's Island possesses. The stock are wild cattle, and sheep principally; hogs have been prohibited, from their destroying the lambs; and of some horses put on to breed many years since, but two or three remain.
"The origin of the Smith's island sheep cannot be precisely ascertained but are supposed to be the indigenous race of the country, put thereon about twenty years since, and improved by the hand of nature. When we come to compare the Smith's Island wool with the native wool of the country at large, we are lost in astonishment at this wonderful interposition of Providence in our behalf, which serves to show what a benefit we enjoy, and how little we have estimated the gift.
"The Smith's Island wool is, without question, one of the finest in the world, and has excited the praise and astonishment of all who have seen it. To recapitulate the various opinions given of its merits is unnecessary. It only remains to be judged in Europe, whither a specimen has been sent, to determine its value, when compared with the famous Merino, hitherto the unrivalled material in the woolen manufacture. The Smith's Island is a great deal longer than the Spanish, being, in full growth, from five to nine inches in length, and in some instances touch more. In quantity it is also vastly superior, as the sheep yield at least twice as much, and in some instances still more. And, lastly, the size and figure of the animal adults of no comparison, being entirely in favor of the Smith's Island.
"The only question remaining is the texture. If the Merino is finer in grain, the Smith's Island is so fine as to answer every purpose to which the other can be appropriated, and so much
larger in quantity as to yield a better profit to the breeder. No cloth which the Merino manufactures will be disgraced by the introduction of the Smith's Island; and many fabrics manufactured by the one, at a great price, can be formed by the other at a much less. The Smith's Island is as white as snow, and perfectly silky and soft to the touch, and of delicate grain.
"It is to be remembered that the specimens which have been shown to the world, were sheared from an ewe, promiscuously seized on the island, and sent to Arlington. If such be the product of an indiscriminate choice, may we not expect a much more superior sample, selected by the eye of judgment and experience.
"The sheep on Smith's Island are perfectly wild, and so unconscious of the care of man as to fly his approach. They are taken twice a year, in spring and fall by certain stratagems, and sheared at each time, after which they are again given to liberty and uncontrol. The growth of wool must certainly be very rapid, since the period of a few months produces a second harvest for the shears.
"The number of sheep formerly on Smith's Island amounted to between five and six hundred, but depredations, and other casualties, have very much reduced this quantity. The number which the island would carry, when fully stocked, may be computed from the stocking of similar pasturage in other countries. From two visits made in 1800 and 1804, I supposed the prime pasturage consisted of twelve or fourteen hundred acres, that is, the glades in the interior, and the flat ground on the west end; but added to this is a vast range extending from the termination of the wood on the east, to the Ship shoal, or eastern extremity. The sea shore, in many places, also, produces a short and pleasant herbage, much coveted by the stock.
"It would not be too great an average to allow four sheep to the acre, but for the sake of certainty in the calculation, four thousand sheep might fairly be allowed to the whole. The wild cattle would in no wise interfere with this arrangement, for it is always deemed a good system of grazing, to intermix the beasts, so that the one may destroy what the other would refuse, and those which are close biters should always follow the lighter feeders.
"The wild cattle are so very shy as to be approached with great difficulty, and are exceedingly fierce when wounded. Their size is not large, but the flesh well tasted, and sometimes very fat. The sheep are by no means so wild, being more timorous from nature, but cannot be approached without much circumspection, & when wounded or taken, show every symptom of fear, at beholding the great destroyer man.
"It may be rather advisable to retain the stock of Smith's Island in this primitive state of nature, since it affords a partial security from depredation, and no doubt contributes to their health, and the superior quality of their fleece.
"Animals, if left to themselves, teach us many lessons, derived from instinct, which puzzles our superior reason. Smith's Island will afford a vast school in the science of breeding, which may give a tone to our domestic arrangements in that respect, and contribute to rescue many valuable men-talities from the obscurity of past ages.
"In vain does the philosopher resort to study and letters to acquire truths which nature alone chooses to reveal. Man may acquire much knowledge from the efforts of his genius and his researches in science, but nature alone unfolds the works of God, and points, with the finger of truth, to the history of the world.
"When we consider the wonderful improvements made by climate and soil in the sheep of Smith's Island, unimproved and unnoticed by man for so many years, we are convinced that nature is the surest guide in the promotion of all her works. Had her designs been thwarted, and these sheep, instead of being left to roam at pleasure, been cooped up in hurdles, and crossed and intercrossed with other species, they would have degenerated, from the same cause which has promoted their improvement. The idea long cherished in the agricultural world, that by crossing various breeds you alone combine their various estimable qualities in one animal, has been
happily abandoned since the days of the great Bkewell, whose system has taken place of these absurdities, and who has at once perpetuated his fame, while he has benefited his country.
"The Arabian horse, while roaming in his native deserts, gathers strength and activity from the quantity of exercise necessary to obtain his food. He exults in his native freedom and is unconscious of the power of man, yet, when subjected, he bows his lofty crest and resigns his liberty to a master's will. The chieftain who subdues this haughty tyrant of the herd, takes care to preserve his former habits, to convert those habits to his own use. He is not immured in close stables covered with cloths, or submitted to the farrier's care, but rests, in ease and happiness, at the door of the tent, cheered by the attentions of his friend, and participating in the hospitalities of the family. Thus fitted for service, and preserved in those habits which nature at first had formed, the Arabian horse outstrips the wind, and bears his master in triumph to the field.
The breeder, like the physician, should endeavor to assist nature and not to counteract her laws; and by studying the manners and habits of animals in their native state, he may find data from which better systems may be drawn, than from all the hypotheses extant.
The practice common in Europe of immuring animals in close houses, called shelters, is very detrimental to their health and vigor. Those which are intended for the knife may, with some propriety, be treated in this way; but such as are to form the breeding stock should never be denied the air, and exercise, so essential to all constitutions.
Sheep are particularly delicate in some respects, and are very liable to be injured by an wholesome atmosphere. We know that those which frequent the mountainous parts of most countries are a very hardy vigorous race; those again which resort to the salt marshes are unconscious of diseases common in other parts of the country. As a proof of the salubrity of our sea islands, in this respect, I remember shooting a ram on Smith's island so very old as to have worn his teeth entirely away, and his eyes were almost obscured from age. Perhaps he had numbered fifteen or twenty years, and from his size had, no doubt, been once master of the flock.
The rot, a disease fatal to sheep in all countries, is unknown upon Smith's island, and is not incident to any salt pasturage. The island, being of sandy soil, affords dry places on which they can repose; and from its insular situation, is not capable of receiving contagion from abroad.
The sheep of Smith's island will answer, I believe, in all parts of our country, particularly in the Southern latitudes of Virginia, the states of Tennessee and Kentucky, the Mississippi and all southward thereof. Upon the sea islands of the Carolinas and Georgia they might be pastured to great advantage, and very many situations now lying idle and unprofitable might be turned to use by the introduction of this valuable race of animals. They are so very active in pursuit of their food, as to cover a great space of ground in a very short time, and will browse upon any plants which are at present converted to no use whatever. In situations similar to their native island, and where the climate is colder, and the pasturage less abundant, they will be found to subsist at least as well as any other species.
During my visit in 1804, I had great opportunity of judging of the mutton, and can affirm, that it was truly epicurean, and very high flavored; whether this would continue if the animals were domesticated, I much doubt, since the flavor is as much derived from the habits as the food of the animal. The bone is remarkably small, which will cause them to weigh well, and to fatten sooner, than those of a different description.
The difficulty of obtaining fresh water upon the Sea islands is not so great as may be imagined, for in digging four or five feet in the sand it rises in abundance, and perfectly fit for use. The persons who live upon the island form ponds of this description for the use of the stock.
It has been doubted by many whether the Smith's Island sheep, removed
from his native soil, would not degenerate, or, at all events, lose in part the quality of his fleece. Time has not yet permitted me to ascertain this fact by experiment, having as yet removed but two to Arlington, & that only within the last year. For three months from the time of their arrival at Arlington, they retained so much of their native wildness as only to be taken with great difficulty, and would in no wise associate with their brethren at the farm; at the approach of winter they began to become more reconciled to the change, and at length submitted to their fate.
The only cause I have noticed to create apprehension, is their propensity to feed in low moist places, which in clayed lands generally produce throt. As all writers, however, agree in this particular, it is only necessary to state, as a remedy, a speedy removal to high and airy grounds, and a frequent change of pasturage."
FOR THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
HATRED OF ENGLAND.
The Republican party, and the administration itself, have been charged with cherishing the criminal passion of inveterate hatred to England; and the accusation has been extended by malignant men so as to inuendo with that imagined hatred an inextinguishable desire for the destruction of the British nation. Indeed, there are individuals who have been presumptuous enough to aver that so fervent are these anti-Britannic affections that the government of the United States has been willing to commit the peace and prosperity of the country to the fortune of war, by a belligerent league with France, in order to insure the extermination of the name and power of G. Britain.
The charge is true neither in form nor in substance. The wildest enthusiasm of the most extravagant politician of the republican party, has never transcended the reasonable bounds which terminated the wishes and the hopes of the illustrious Fox and the enlightened lord Erskine, and which limit the expectations and views of virtuous and philosophical Englishmen. The temper of several of our public writers may hurry them into the use of inflammatory phrases, but their arguments extend no further than to a demonstration of the propriety of a Parliamentary reform, and the renovation and purification of the British monarchy. And surely, the expression of a wish to that effect is in strict conformity with the most rational spirit of humanity. Connected as we are with the people of England by the most interesting ties, how is it possible for us to avoid feeling, and feeling acutely, for their own oppressed, degraded, and forlorn situation! Happy under our mild form of government, we should be kindness & cruel were we not actuated by a benevolent sympathy for their abject condition and unhappy sufferings. If there be Americans whose sublimated imaginations mislead their judgments into an approving admiration of British naval glory, which is founded upon the wretchedness of the mass of industrious population, they cannot be animated by the holy genius of philanthropy, nor justified by the precious doctrines of the Christian gospel. The candid portion of the community will decide whether the republicans, who advocate the amelioration of grievances for British subjects, are greater enemies to the English name and nation, than those politicians who recommend the adoption of the British ministerial system in the United States.
But the administration has not sanctioned the ideas in relation to the British government, which the latitude given to the freedom of the press in this country has permitted republican writers to discuss and disseminate. Our rulers know too well what is due to their own dignity and to the independence of foreign nations, to permit themselves to interore, either directly or indirectly, with the theory or practice of the British constitution, however anomalous it may be in its structure or corrupt in its general operation. When English ministers have manifested an equivocal disposition, or demonstrated a perniciousness demoralizing to the good faith which ought to exist among nations, it is natural that the American administration, governed as it is by the purest principles of probity, should perceive with a sentiment of profound regret that
the fate of England was committed to the guidance of men who sport with her honor and sally her fame. That regret is embittered by the thought that the peace of two nations, naturally and essentially qualified for reciprocal friendship, is endangered by the levity of temporary expedients, and the separation of their interests prolonged by pretences which engendered distrust and necessity procrastinate the return of genuine harmony.
Sensations like these are as beneficial to Great Britain as to the United States. They are proofs of sincerity, which, properly understood, are invaluable; and if England were governed by minds of a wise foresight, would be met and acknowledged with corresponding fidelity and equity.
From these considerations, calmly weighed, it may be concluded with fairness, that with respect to the British nation American writers have only exercised their constitutional privilege of investigating and denouncing the errors and corruptions of her governments; whilst our administration confines itself to its legitimate prerogatives, in requiring the observance of established maxims and the fulfilment of solemn contracts.
REGULUS.
FOR THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
Dr. Franklin's Fable of the Eagle and the Cat, imitated in verse.
One morning as grimalkin sat Hatch a barn to watch a rat An eagle hov'ring in the air There spied him squatting like a hare. "Thank dove" said she, "good cheer at last, Upon a hare I'll break my fast." Then cowering through the welkin came Hedalong, and pounced upon her game. Grimalkin to a rude attack Was never known to turn his back. With foremost claw he fiercely clings Portwith on both the Eagle's wings; About her sides the hinder ply, At every stroke the feathers fly. "Atruce, Gre Jove" the Eagle cried— "No truce I'll grant," the Cat replied— "Ah cease dear Puss! and you'll receive Quick from my talons a reprieve." "No," said the Cat, "your carcass shall From this great height now break my fall Unless you ease me to the ground, And leave me just where I was round." Then at her throat he forward sprung, And like a fury there he hung. Jove's bird, before remark'd for sight, Was never caught in such a plight; No choice was left her but to choke, Or bend her neck beneath the yoke; So, stooping from a fearful height, She downward tamely takes her flight, And leaves grimalkin free to roam About the barn, his ancient home.—† But in the battle, it was found, The bird receiv'd an ugly wound, Which, tho' pretending oft to hide, Still rankles in her royal side.
APPLICATION.
Thus Britain thought in Seventy-six, Her talons on a hare to fix; But ever since her pride hath griev'd The ugly wounds it then receiv'd.
* The original in prose was lately published by Mr. Adams in the Boston Patriot. † The Fable in prose ends here.
FROM THE AURORA.
RAIL-WAYS.
We do not know, that we can render a more important service to the public, than by laying before it, and earnestly calling its attention to the following interesting paper relating to an experiment lately made by Mr. Thomas Leiper, of this city.
Those who, from observation, have had an opportunity to remark the vast utility and improvement produced in Great Britain by the employment of rail-ways, need not be told how much more useful they would be, if introduced in this country; on the other hand, those who had no personal experience, need not require a more satisfactory evidence, than they will find in the subjoined papers, of their invaluable advantages—the facts stated in these papers speak more than a volumes of explanation or admonition, and we therefore hope that they will stimulate our countrymen to engage with their accustomed activity in adding this new source of wealth and improvement to the other advantages and blessings we enjoy.
Nor can we close this brief notice of an interesting work, without paying a merited tribute of applause to the patriotic enterprise of the gentleman, who has been the first in America to engage in it, and he hopes that he may derive as much advantage from it as such an example to the public fully entitled him to.
It will be seen from an advertisement, in a succeeding column, that Mr. Leiper intends to complete what

he was so well begun, and we shall consider it our duty to give notice to the public of the progress and completion of the work, that those who may be desirous of benefiting themselves and their country may obtain every information, that can enable or stimulate them to exert themselves with effect:—
We have the pleasure to inform the lovers of domestic improvements, that a satisfactory experiment, at which we were present, was lately made in this city, by Mr. Thomas Leiper, of the great utility of rail-ways, for the conveyance of heavy burthens—an improvement which was a few years ago introduced in England, and some other parts of Europe, as, in many cases, a cheap and valuable substitute for canals.
In the above experiment, a rail-way was laid of two parallel courses of oak scantling about four feet apart, supported on blocks or sleepers about 3 feet from each other. On this rail-way which had an ascent of one inch and a half in the yard, or 29 33", a single horse, under the disadvantage of a path of loose earth to walk on, hauled up a four wheeled carriage, loaded with the enormous weight of 951 2 hundred, or 10,695 pounds.
We are informed, that Mr. Leiper is about to lay a rail-way at Crum Creek, in Delaware county, for the conveyance of stone, from his quarry to the landing; a distance of about one mile.
R. PATTERSON, Professor Math. University of Pennsylvania. CALENDER IRVINE, Supt. U. S. JOHN GLENN, Agent for Thos. Leiper.
Being called on by Thomas Leiper, Esq. to view his newly made truck waggon, fixed on the rail-way of about 21 yards in length, for the purpose of making experiments, exhibited in the yard of the Bull Tavern, in the Northern Liberties—
I took the precise acclivity of the said rail or draught way, and found it to rise at the rate of one inch and a half to the yard.
READING HOWELL, Engineer.
Phila. July 31st, 1809.
LATE FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
London, Aug. 8.—The extraordinary Gazette gives a very clear and satisfactory narrative of the first proceedings of the grand expedition.—Every thing has been done with skill and promptitude, and the violence of the westerly wind which created considerable apprehensions here for the safety of the ships, and which might have done much damage had the troops been reduced to the necessity of attempting the landing on the western coast of Walcheren was not productive of the least injury, the fleet having been carried with distinguished skill by Sir Home Popham through the narrow and difficult passage into the Veer Gat. The enemy did not suppose that we were acquainted with the practicability of proceeding thro' this passage, and hence the landing was effected without any opposition from the enemy, and without any damage from the violence of the westerly wind. The Earl of Chatham was amongst the first that landed. The progress of the troops, from the landing and the capture of Middleburg Veer, and Rammekeens, and the complete investment of Flushing, it were unnecessary to follow, the dispatches having traced it with clearness. We shall only observe, that not a moment was lost in accomplishing the first object of the expedition. The troops landed on the 30th ult. and by the 3d, South Beveland, and Walcheren, with the exception of Flushing were in our possession. The reduction of Schoon and Cadzand was in the first contemplation of the projectors of the expedition. As we do not however find that any thing has been attempted against those two islands, we take it for granted that they will not be attacked, or perhaps not attacked in the first instance. This alteration may have been produced by the armistice, which has rendered it of importance to proceed to the ulterior operations of the expedition with all possible speed. The possession of Walcheren and South Beveland will probably be sufficient. Flushing will no doubt fall soon. In all likelihood it has fallen by this time.—But even if the capture of it should occupy more time than we conjecture it will, it will not retard the ulterior operations. A force will be left sufficient for its reduction, and the other divisions will be moved on. This we collect from the dispatches from Sir R. Strachan, which are of a later date than those from the Earl of Chatham. The former says, in his letter of the 4th—
"When the Rammekeens battery is taken, we hope to pass the lighter vessels to the Western Scheldt, for the purpose of following up the other objects of the expedition."
The transports and frigates can all be got through the Slough, and no time will be lost in sending the troops by this passage into the West Scheldt for the purpose of carrying on further operations. By the time we are in the West Scheldt by this passage, Flushing will probably have surrendered. The Marquis of Huntley whose division was originally destined for Cadzand, and which remained at the date of late dispatches in the Wieling Passage, will then push on into the West Scheldt, together with the ships of the line; and the whole army, with the exception of the troops necessary to be left in Walcheren and Beveland, will be available "for the purpose of following up the other objects of the expedition."
Walcheren, once taken, will, we trust, be annexed to the British possessions. It makes us completely masters of the East and West Scheldt, and Bonaparte may build what vessels he pleases at Antwerp—there let them remain and rot. And that it is the intention of ministers to keep Walcheren, is inferred from the articles granted to the town of Middleburg, the capital of the island—security is, by the answer to the first article, granted, "provided they conduct themselves as peaceable citizens and conform to such regulations as will be hereafter established by the authority of the British government."
In what manner the ulterior operations in the Scheldt will be conducted, whether, while the army proceeds along the banks of the Scheldt, the ships of the line will endeavor to force their way up to Antwerp, we are as yet uninformed.—Attempts are making to alarm us with the report that our armament is likely to be opposed at Antwerp by Napoleon in person. Neither our soldiers nor seamen would have any objection to fight him in person, provided he did not bring an immense superiority against them. For instance if he would only fight them with the superiority in numbers which his general had over General Stuart at Maida, or over Sir Arthur Wellesley at Vimeira. But the accounts from Vienna mention Bonaparte's departure from that city only as a rumor; we rather think that Bernadotte will be employed. He has left the army at Vienna, and is gone in great haste to France. What force has been collected in the Netherlands we know not. Jerome Bonaparte is too well occupied by his own subjects to send his army out of his own territories. Will Bonaparte detach a strong force from his army on the Danube? If peace has not been signed, he will not weaken his force in that quarter.
In part of our impression yesterday we communicated the contents of the Hamburg papers to the 30th, Berlin to the 26th, and Vienna to the 16th, which we received at a late hour in the morning.
They shew us the almost universal discontent which the Armistice has produced both in the Austrian army & amongst the German people.—We find part of the army again occupying Dresden after the Armistice.—We find the Duke of Brunswick paying no attention to it, and pursuing his operations.—Above all we find the Count de Guilly, with the division of the army which he commands at Gratz, refusing to give up that Citadel, though summoned to do so by the French. We remark also that in the Valley of the Inn, the Austrians, though informed of the armistice, refused to discontinue hostilities, and made a furious attack upon the Bavarians. The Tyroleans, too, the Brave Tyroleans, pay no attention to the Armistice, but continue their incursions into Bavaria, and harass the Bavarians wherever they meet with them. In Hanover the people are ripe for insurrection.—In Hesse the same. May we indulge the hope that, seeing all these symptoms, Austria may yet determine not to break the heart of the Continent entirely and may renew hostilities.—Such a hope we are aware will be pretty generally scouted and we confess we do not suggest it with confidence.
Augsburg, July 30.—Certain intelligence has reached us, that after the departure of the Duke of Ragusa, the Austrians almost instantly again took possession of a part of Lower Styria; but the province will, by virtue of the armistice of Znaim be shortly given up to the French troops. It essentially contributes, at the present moment, by its fertility, to the supply of Lower Austria and particularly of Vienna, with provisions. Gratz, the capital, is one of the most important towns belonging to the Austrian Monarchy. Marshal Macdonald's corps has been ordered to take up cantonments in the province.
WASHINGTON CITY.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4.
Mr. Erskine on Monday presented his letters of recall, and took leave of the President; and Mr. Jackson was yesterday presented to him.
Potomac to Wappocomo No. 2, is inadmissible.
Extract of a letter from a respectable merchant in Philadelphia, to his friend in the city of Washington, dated September 29, 1809.
"I have seen letters from Naples and Leghorn, by the Kite, dated the 10th of August, from well informed men, stating that the negotiation was broken off between Armstrong and Hauterive, and that orders had been received at Naples to buy up all the colonial produce in the place."
[Other letters of co-temporaneous date, received from Naples, merely mention the foregoing as a rumor to which no credit was attached. Letters from Holland and papers from England several days later are altogether silent on the subject. Had an event of such importance occurred, we should doubtless have heard of it from these sources.]
MARYLAND ELECTIONS.
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY.
   FEDERAL. UP. Blad Vans-Not. Pts. To. REPUBL.   Mar. cab. ville. tings. cat. tal.     F. Magruder 167 139 92 130 318 846   E. H. Calvert 165 140 91 139 328 863   J. C. Herbert 159 131 100 130 325 845   C. S. Peirce 157 132 90 147 312 838   R. Bowie 125 123 266 239 65 818   W. Lyles 124 123 262 222 95 826   J. Cross 128 131 270 224 63 816   J. Kent 119 126 265 214 63 787    John Darnall was elected Sheriff by a large majority.
In Montgomery County there was no opposition to the federal ticket.
September 30, 1809.
At a meeting of Citizens held at Lindsay's Tavern, pursuant to public notice, for the purpose of establishing a Mutual Insurance Company.
ROBT BRENT, Esq. was appointed Chairman; and
N. KING, Secretary,
It was then Resolved, That a committee be appointed to prepare and draft articles of association for a Mutual Insurance Company against loss from Fire; and that the said committee be authorised to call a meeting of the citizens for the purpose of deciding on the same.
The following were the persons appointed on the committee: N. King, W. Brent, John Davidson, Edm. Law, Alex. Kerr, Joseph Huddleston, Jas. Davidson, Wm. Cooper, and George Blagden.
TEST,
N. KING. Secretary.
Defence of the administration of Thomas Jefferson.—No. IX.
Having closed our detailed view of the internal measures pursued during Mr. Jefferson's administration, we are naturally brought to a consideration of the general situation of the country. Is it prosperous or wretched? The answer to this inquiry will conclusively decide, independently of every other consideration, the merits of his administration. For if it is prosperous, its prosperity must flow either directly from the measures of the government, or virtually from the government having abstained from every measure calculated to check the natural progress of the country.
Let the appeal then be carried to the conscience of every honest man, by requiring a true answer to the following questions.
Is there a political right dear to free men that has been invaded during Mr. Jefferson's administration?
Is there at present a human being who can justly affirm that he is not in the actual enjoyment of all the liberty that is compatible with a good government?
Has the right of suffrage, in any part of the union, been abridged?
Has it not, on the contrary, been greatly extended?
Have the broad principles of religious liberty in a single instance been violated?
Has the property of any one been invaded?
Is there not, at this moment, the sweetest enjoyment of liberty, religion and property?
Has there been any increase of public burthens?
On the contrary, has there not been a great reduction of them, connected with a redemption of thirty millions of the public debt?
Has not the quota of taxes paid by each individual sensibly diminished, so much so, that at present only one dollar and sixty cents are annually paid, while at the commencement of Mr. Jefferson's administration two dol-
lars and eighteen cents were annually paid by each individual?
Have not the numbers of our people increased in as rapid a ratio as has ever before been known on the face of the earth, and is not this an unequivocal evidence of prosperity?
Has not our wealth increased in the same, if not in an accelerated ratio?
Has the laborer, during the whole of Mr. Jefferson's administration, wanted employment, or the capitalist been unable to find objects for a lucrative business?
Have not monied institutions, evincive of the great accumulation of riches, sprung up in every part of the union; and have they not all prospered?
Have not the arts that contribute to comfort risen with unexpected vigor, and those that embellish life evinced a sensible progress?
Do we not ourselves, as well as the whole civilised world, consider our national existence, liberty and prosperity as placed upon firmer foundations than were thought to support them at the commencement of Mr. Jefferson's administration?
Is there an American citizen, or intelligent foreigner, that will not admit that our situation, compared with that of any other nation, is happy and even enviable?
Finally, is there an American, who can put his hand on his heart, and affirm that the situation of his country is less prosperous now than at the commencement of Mr. Jefferson's administration he expected it would be?
These various questions admit of but one reply, which proves the existence of a solid internal prosperity, that, it may be safely pronounced, has never been the lot any other people.
A nation thus prosperous within may bid defiance to foreign injustice. Its prosperity is indeed abundant proof of its invulnerability, and, consequently, (whatever delusion may temporarily prevail,) of the impotence of the folly that sports with its feelings and tramples upon its rights.
For the National Intelligencer.
ESSAY ON THE ERA OF THE WORLD
In seeking for data by which to estimate the age of this Globe, the minds of enquirers appear to have been distracted by a variety of unavailing conjectures. The chronologies of the Eastern nations have been adverted to by some in the hope of establishing an hypothesis subversive of the Mosaic. But their researches have not been attended with any satisfactory results, and the investigation which the subject has obtained from the learned and impartial Sir William Jones fully establishes the apocryphal nature of that evidence which was so triumphantly adduced for anti-christian purposes.
Nor do the sanguine expectations of those who expected from the labors of Bonaparte's literati in Egypt, appear to be satisfied on this interesting question by the discoveries which they have made; notwithstanding the earnestness with which that object was pursued; for the distances of time, marked by their diagrams, fail in satisfactory disclosure, for want of a knowledge of the different periods to which they were adjusted, and which probably being confined to the priests, became extinct with the religions which cherished them.
The lavas of Vesuvius furnished to a sagacious geologist, who perforated the superincumbent stratas of successive eruptions, marking the progress of decomposition in its substance by the accumulation of earth interlaying the respective strata of lava, and from the term requisite to produce this earth fit for vegetation, deduced from the same causes operating on the surface, in a similar way, have given ground to refer to the Globe a very high antiquity, and far beyond what the Mosaic account appears to indicate.
The poetical traditions which have handed down to us the accounted fictions of a golden and a silver age should not perhaps be entirely disregarded, as poets were in fact the historians of early times; in an age when perhaps the art of writing was unknown, he whose exuberant fancy could interest the passions in his narrative, was alone entitled to receive the attention and rewards of an audience. But, independent of this cause of historic confusion, modern ingenuity has often attempted the translation of the rude and epic ancient prose into modern verse. The coincidence between profane and sacred testimony in this respect, both representing the earlier as happier than the succeeding ages, and the references in each being made to no very distant periods, are corroborating proofs of the general correctness of the fact.
It must always be recollected that the divine books, being a compend of that religion, which embraces the eternal relations of man; and not a
mere sketch of Mundane transactions, for temporary, political or philosophical purposes, except as those stood connected with the revealed laws of the Deity; cannot therefore be expected to be determinate in chronological dates. The allegorical style in which, many of its parts are composed, which, in the dark ages, was equally astonishing to the unlearned, and is still, with some of our co-temporaries, a fruitful source of misconception, though reason and industry have succeeded in obviating many difficulties which credulity preferred at once to attribute to supernatural causes, rather than to labor in the search of them natural ones: in the early ages the emblematic, or hieroglyphical science, the reliques of which have descended to us in the Egyptian, Grecian and Persian mythologies, and in the Hebrew theology, and this science which was the medium of knowledge to its early professors, has become the veil to hide from the view of the moderns much of the most interesting history of antiquity.
The observations made on the progress of civilization have induced many to suppose that perfection in the arts was the result of slow and repeated discovery; and under the impression that man in his most original state was a mere savage have been predicated the opinions that a vast space of time was necessary to bring him to that state of perfection in which he is placed in some countries by the most antique testimony. But how can we assent to this supposition when we consider that both sacred and profane history represent man as having very much depreciated since his original formation, and by the monuments yet remaining of his ingenuity of indefinite antiquity, we may be led rather to suppose that he possessed in the beginning accomplishments, genius and capacities which were not transmitted in similar extent to posterity, the memory of many inventions having perished in after times, as if their comprehension and retention were no longer possible, when their effects remained still visible. This does not prove a gradual progress in knowledge and the arts, agreeably to the philosophy of the day, and the generally received opinions, but almost the reverse.
But to approach more nearly to the object of this enquiry; for the honor of mankind it may be said, that at no preceding period has their intercourse been so unlimited, or profitable in the way of scientific research. Travellers have generally, on setting out, some specific objects in view for investigation, and though those subjects have assumed a desirable extension, it will readily be admitted that there are still many remaining unexplored.
Amongst others, it may be observed, that in countries where large rivers have, from their formation, borne the soil of their banks from their sources towards the sea, extensive alluvions have been formed, corresponding to the magnitude and rapidity of the stream, the nature of the soil of its bed, and the facilities of deposition. Along the Atlantic coast of the United States, the formation of this species of land has been much impeded by the current of the gulph, which floating off the lighter particles of soil on their efflux into the ocean, left the heavier sands to form those flats which now constitute in most parts of the Southern states, the Atlantic margin; the former being carried on towards the banks of Newfound land by the stream of the gulph, affords additional accretions to those emerging regions.
It is not known that any remarks have been made, with views similar to the present, on the alluvions of those great rivers, the Ganges, Nile, Indus, La Plata, or Mississippi, for the purpose of forming an estimate of the time they have respectively been in forming, but such an enquiry would appear to supply very important data for ascertaining the periods of their origin, and consequently of the formation of the earth itself.
The large rivers of the Eastern and middle states offer traces too vaguely defined for a reference of this nature, but the Mississippi will be found highly favorable. Its alluvion extends from the ancient shore, (which is distinctly marked by a steep acclivity, as well as the distinctive properties of soil,) to the sea, in a direct line 156 miles, and in its meandering course 255 miles; and is formed in two parallel ridges, divided longitudinally by the river, and sloping gently on each side towards the sea. The waters at all seasons thickened by a saponaceous earth, which it deposits as it approaches its level at the bottom of the Mexican gulph, when no longer revolved under the impetus of the current, and then becomes a part of the solid land, still receiving new additions until it attains its regularity of surface, corresponding with that by which vegetation has marked its due elevation.
About eighty years ago the building, since used for the accommodation of

The pilots who navigated the river, was built. Being intended to command the earliest intelligence of vessels endeavoring to enter, it was erected as near as was consistent with safety to the margin of the gulph, and the increase of the terra firma since that period, appears to be about a league, not 15 miles, as Liancourt asserts and Volney repeats, which the residents there have been enabled to ascertain, by the growing space between their building and the sea, and though this distance is merely the estimate of ocular observation and not of mensuration, yet it may serve sufficiently the purpose of a general enquiry, like the present, where it appears utterly impossible, from the nature of the subject, to arrive at any strict accuracy.
If we estimate the time necessary to form the entire alluvion of 255 miles, by the time taken to form this last league or 3 miles of land, the result will be 6800 years; that is the length of time since the Mississippi commenced its course; which may be fairly presumed to be cotemporaneous with the continent itself.
It has been thought by all who have examined the structure of the West India islands, that they are of evident volcanic origin; by which it may be presumed is meant an origin of posterior date to the (organised) earth itself; but if so, the state of the Delta of the Mississippi is contradictory of such an hypothesis, for by the course of the banks and the river itself, it will be seen that, at the place where it frees itself from its high banks at its disembogement, meeting the waters of the sea, it is carried in their circling course round the bottom of the gulph, towards the east, though contrary to its former direction: and it appears that this was its uniform course from the beginning, from which it may be inferred that there has been constantly the same influx of water, in the same direction, under the same impulse of winds, and the same efflux at the Florida passage, as there is at this day, and that the Caribbean islands were situated at first as they at present stand, without any subsequent volcanic commotion of any importance, and that all analogous opinions have probably no better foundation.
An East Indian astronomical tract, the Surya Siddhanta , according to the learned Brahmins, claims for their country an antiquity of more than two millions of years, and the regularity of their ancient chronology, which excites without allaying our curiosity, on this interesting enquiry, seems to corroborate the former; and the calculations made on the Zodiac, which according to Duprès is of an antiquity of 17,000 years, from which the progress of men to a state of savage and original ignorance being presumed and calculated retrospectively, the earliest times will appear to be removed far beyond what the largest reckoner would allow from a critical survey of the Delta of the Mississippi. Yet here is testimony which neither the selfishness nor the fanaticism of priestcraft could have operated upon, and which, however inferior to the correct results of astronomical science, affords testimony sufficiently accurate to exhibit the fabulous nature of some of those authorities which have hitherto been industriously quoted as authentic.
CYIPHERION.
FROM THE AURORA.
Philadelphia Ward Election.
The Democrats carried seven of the fourteen wards, & have larger majorities than at the last election.
Whig. Fed. New Market, 53 — Cedar, 150 — Locust, 108 — Chesnut, — 50 Waverly, — 48 South, — 40 Upper Delaware, 62 — Lower Delaware, 79 — North Mulberry, 127 — South Mulberry, 150 — North, — 67 Mudie, { Little opposition to the fed. ticket. Dock, High,
New-York, Sept. 30.
We stop the press at one o'clock this morning, to announce the arrival below, of the ship Triton , capt. Henderson. She sailed from Liverpool the 18th of August, and brings London dates to the 15th.
These papers contain the official particulars of the battle fought in Spain on the 27th and 28th July. The intelligence reached London on the 14th Aug. and the Park and Tower guns fired on the occasion—and the following official note was sent to the Lord Mayor:
Downing Street, Aug. 14, 1809.
My Lord—I have the honor to inform your Lordship, that the enemy having assembled on the Alberche all
his forces in that part of Spain, consisting of the corps of Victor, of Sebastiani, and of 7 or 8000 troops from Madrid, the whole under the personal command of Joseph Bonaparte, assisted by Marshals Jourdan and Victor and Gen. Sebastiani, attacked the combined armies posted at Talavera, on the 27th and 28th ult. The efforts of the enemy were chiefly directed against the British troops, and I have the satisfaction to acquaint your lordship, that on both days he was defeated with the most distinguished gallantry, and compelled to retire over the Alberche, with the loss of not less than 10,000 men, 20 pieces of cannon, and five standards. A victory so glorious to his majesty's arms has not been purchased without a severe loss on our part. We have to lament the loss of Major General Mackenzie, Brigadier General Langworth, and many other gallant officers who have fallen on this occasion. The total loss on both days is stated to be in killed, 201; wounded 3913; missing 353. The French generals Lapisse and Morlot are killed; Gens. Sebastiani and Boulet wounded.
"I have the honor to be, &c."
"CASTLEREAGH."
"The right Honorable the Lord Mayor."
A Gazette extraordinary was published on the 15th, with the official dispatches from Sir Arthur Wellesley.
The surrender of Flushing was reported, but no official advice had been received.
It was reported in Spanish papers of the 31st July, that Venegas had captured Madrid.
Sir James Saumarez's squadron had made a successful attack on Archangel, and took 100 ships in the harbor, laden with tallow and other valuable commodities.
The emperor of Austria had repaired to Campsin, to accelerate the conclusion of the negotiations for peace. It was reported that a Congress would be held at Presburg, to settle the terms of peace.
Nothing of American affairs.
The Triton reports, that the Henrietta Charlotta , was to sail from London on the 21st of August for New-York.
The new LUNATIC ASYLUM in New York.
This noble edifice is ninety feet long. The width of the wings sixty-five feet, and of the central part forty. Its walls are sand stone and granite, and correspond with those of the main building, of which it may be considered as an appendage. It is five proof from bottom to top. It consists of four stories, reckoning the ground floor. It contains about sixty separate cells. Four of these are of large size, and ten of a second rate. The rest are single rooms, 45 in number, and admirably adapted to their purpose. They are sufficiently airy for the most complete ventilation. Their walls are lime-washed without being plastered. They are warmed in such a manner, that the patient, while he receives the benefit of the fire, can neither burn himself, nor the chamber in which he is confined.
Persons of all conditions, whether affluent or indigent, may be accommodated, according to their respective situations in life. The cells are made strong, and the confinement rigorous in proportion to the violence of mental derangement, and the corresponding bodily disorder. Care is taken also to sever the servants of the house who attend the kitchen and laundry from all communication with the patients. None are to be admitted to them but the needful and proper attendants. It is intended to place the maniacs who are received into this asylum under the care of a special physician. It will be expected of him that he should study the various forms of insanity with the strictest attention: and by a steady perseverance in that pursuit, it may be reasonably hoped he will acquire more than usual knowledge of mental disease. Where consultations shall be necessary, the consulting physicians of the New York hospital will also be the medical counsellors of the Lunatic Asylum. On the 16th of June, 1808, Archibald Bruce, M. D. was appointed the physician.
This building was erected at an expense of at least fifty thousand dollars. Its architecture is well suited to the intended purpose, both as to the design and execution. Its object is to relieve mankind from one of the heaviest afflictions of life. And it may be affirmed with truth, that the Lunatic Asylum of New York does honor to the city in which it stands, and the country to which it belongs. The eye is not offended in this institution with the sight of padlocks and bolts, nor the ear by the rattling of letters and chains. And it is believed that the proper discipline can be established among the maniacs without the use of the whip. A report will be made annually of the state of the Lunatic A-
sylum, and of all the patients it contains. This will have the desirable effect of giving information to families and the public concerning the individuals who are the objects of its beneficence, and of the success which may attend the attempts to mitigate the hardships of lunacy.
Extract of a letter from a correspondent at Martinique.
"ST. PIERRE, SEP. 2."
"I enclosed you one late paper yesterday, I now have the pleasure of enclosing you a note* taken from the Insurance Office books here, and which is correct. Twenty odd American vessels in port, chiefly cargoes sold; there are from 10 to 11,000 barrels of flour on shore and afloat—last sales 8 dollars and an half cash. Within the last 8 days, six American captains have died of a fever, as also several Europeans. Indeed it has not been so sickly for many years as at this moment. There are a great number of row boats as well as privateer schooners out from Guadalupe, and lately they have been successful in capturing prizes. His majesty's sloop of war arrived this morning with an English barque from Halifax and an American schooner from North Carolina, recaptured prizes—that an expedition will be fitted out against Guadalupe in the course of the fall there is no doubt."
* The Spanish ship Palafox from Cadiz on her way to La Vera Cruz, arrived at Barbadoes the 29th Aug. and brings letters and newspapers to the 1st of same month. The French armies amounting to 60,000 men in Spain, had concentrated themselves in or near Madrid under Marshals Victor, Ney, Soult, and Gen. Sebastiani, where they were surrounded by the combined forces of Spain, Britain & Portugal, amounting to 120,000 men.
Hudson, September 26.
On Saturday three steam boats came up the Hudson together, the old North River Steam Boat , and the new Car of Neptune belonging to Messrs. Livingston and Fulton, of Clermont, and the Rariton , owned by Mr. J. R. Livingston. The old boat continued her course as usual, the new boat ( Car of Neptune , capt. Roerbach) goes to Albany, to start from there on Saturday next, and the Rariton returned to New-York.
From the London Monthly Gazette.
To the Editor,
Sir—For some time past, among other pursuits, during my leisure hours, I have tried a variety of experiments respecting the various and least expensive articles from which paper can be made, and partly with a view to this, I have travelled through the greater part of Scotland, England and Ireland. The result of my experiments and observations is, that by far the cheapest and most ready articles from which paper can be made, are the refuse of hemp and flax, and the hempen particles of the hop and bean plant.
It is a fact, that about the generality of mills for beating and dressing hemp and flax, a large proportion in some inland places, amounting nearly to one half of what is carried thither, is either left there to rot under the name of refuse, or thrown away as of no use, because too rough and short for being converted into cloth. Now, from the experiment I have tried, I have uniformly found that though too rough and short for being converted into cloth, even of the coarsest kind, the refuse of hemp and flax, on being beat and shaken so as to separate the straw from the tough stringy particles (which can be done in a few minutes by a mill driven by wind, water, steam or even by an old blind horse,) becomes thereby as soft and pliable and as useful for making paper, as the longest and what is reckoned the most valuable part of the plant, after it has been converted into cloth and worn for years.
In its natural state, it is true, the refuse of hemp and flax is generally of a brown, and somewhat dark colour. But what of that? By the application of a little oil of vitriol, or other cheap ingredients well known to every bleacher, such refuse, without being in the least injured for making paper, can in a few hours, if necessary, be made as white as the finest cambric. By being beat when wet by a mill or otherwise, it also acquires a considerable degree of whiteness.
There are, at a medium, published in London every morning 16,000 newspapers; & every evening about 14,000. Of those published every other day, there are about 10,000. The Sunday's newspapers amount to about 25,000; and there are nearly 20,000 other weekly papers: making in all the enormous sum of 245,000 per week. At a medium, twenty newspapers are equal to one pound. Hence the whole amount to above five tons per week, or 260 tons per annum. But though this is not perhaps the one half of the paper expended yearly in London on pe-
riodical publications and what may be called fugacious literature, and yet one fourth of what is otherwise consumed in printing houses in the country at large, yet there are materials enough in the refuse of the hemp and flax raised in Britain and Ireland for all this and much more.
Nor is this all: for as the vine or straw of hops contains an excellent hemp for making cloth, canvas, ropes, cables and a thousand other articles, so also the very best materials for making all kinds of paper. And it is a fact, were even one half of the vine of the hops raised in the counties of Kent, Sussex, & Worcester instead of being thrown away, after the hops have been picked or burnt as is commonly done, steeped for five or six days in water, and beat in the same way as is done with flax and hemp (independent of what may be got from scarlet runners, nettles, the naum of potatoes, &c.) there would be found, annually, materials enough for three times the paper used in the British dominions.
While we admire the rapid progress that is making in painting, sculpture, engraving, architecture, coach-building, and the elegant arts in general, one cannot help being astonished at the slow progress that is making in discoveries of the useful kind in various departments. Though it has not been attended to, nor, so far as I know, has even been mentioned by any one, yet it is certain that, according to its size, every bean plant contains from twenty to thirty five filaments, running upon the outside, under a thin membrane, from the foot to the very top, all round; the one at each of the four corners being thicker and stronger than any of the rest. It is also certain that next to Chinense , or sea grass, in other words, the materials with which hooks are sometimes fixed to the ends of fishing lines, the filaments to the bean plant are the strongest and most durable yet discovered. These with a little beating, shaking and rubbing, are easily separated from the strawy part, when the plant has been a few days steeped in water, is damp, and in a state approaching to fermentation, or what is commonly called rotting.
From carefully observing the medium number of stalks, or bean-plants in a square foot, in a variety of fields, & multiplying these by 4840, the number of square feet in an acre, and then weighing the hemp or filaments of a certain number of stalks, I find that there are at a medium of two hundred weight of hemp of these filaments in an acre, admirably calculated for being converted into canvas, cables, cordage and a thousand other things, where strength & durability is of importance, as well as, with a little preparation, into paper of all kinds, even that of the most delicate texture. Now since there are at least 200,000 acres of sticks, horse, and other beans, in G. Britain and Ireland, and since, where there is not machinery for the purpose, the poor of each workhouse, as well as others, both young and old, males as well as females, might (hemp having risen lately from 50l to 100l. per ton) be advantageously employed, and gain something handsome to themselves, in peeling or otherwise separating the filaments from the strawy part of the bean-plant, after the beans are thrashed out—I leave it to you, Mr. Editor to judge of the importance of the idea held out here, not only to the landed proprietors and the poor, but to the community at large. And as the insertion of the above in your useful miscellany, may be the means of preventing many, perhaps some thousand tons of valuable vegetable materials for making paper, &c. from being thrown away as useless, your giving it place, as you lately did the result of my experiments on the prunings of the vine, will much oblige him who has sent you a specimen of bean hemp, and who is, with respect and good wishes,
Your's, &c.
JAMES HALL.
London, Sept. 13, 1800.
The following curious notice was lately fixed up on the door of Ludford Church, in Hertfordshire, and read in the Church by the Clerky, viz.—"This is to give notice, that no person is to be buried in this church yard, but what lives in the parish; and those who wish to be buried, are desired to apply to me Ephraim Grubb, parish clerk."
FOR SALE WITHOUT RESERVE.
On Monday the 9th inst. at Mr. Rhodes's Hotel Pennsylvania avenue,
TWO BRICK STORES,
Adjoining the Seven Buildings, with the Lot on which they are erected, one Lot in square 119, two do. being the entire east front of sq. 222, and two do. in sq. 378 fronting on 9th street contiguous to Messrs. Way's buildings. The sale of the above property advertised for the 15th ult. having been unavoidably postponed, the sale will commence on the 9th precisely at 3 o'clock, when a Tract of LAND in Beaver county state of Pennsylvania will also be struck off to the highest bidder.
SAM. SPEAKE, Auct.
October 4—3t
WANTED CO. BATE. An ACTIVE BOY of Twelve or Fourteen years of age, who can read and write. Enquire at this Office. October 4—3t
NOTICE. On THIS DAY will be Sold at Long's Hotel, in elegant ENGLISH CHARIOT Belonging to Mr. Browne, the British Minister. N. L. & H. M. QUEEN, Ancts. October 4—3t
PASTORAL NOTICE. THE RT. REV. BISHOP CLAGGETT having spent next Sabbath, for the purpose of Consecrating Christ's Church, in Washington parish; and a so of conferring the apostolic Rite of Confirmation on those who may come prepared to receive the same: All persons having a wish to be confirmed will please to discourse with the Rev. Mr. McCormick on the subject previous to that time, in order that he may be enabled to judge of their qualifications. October 4—3t
TUITION.
MR. & MRS. GRAY, Having moved their English School to G street nearly opposite to Mr. Duval's, very respectfully informs the citizens of that vicinity, that they will continue with assiduous application, the Instruction of Youth. Misses will be taught Reading, Writing, Geography, English Grammar, Arithmetic, and all kinds of Needle work, with the strictest attention to Piety. Also beg leave to thank their patrons for the encouragement they have received since they came to the city. Washington, October 4—3t
IN THE PRESS, And will be published speedily By J. MILLIGAN, Georgetown, In Three Volumes, 18mo. Price $2 50 neatly bound and Lettered THE PARENT'S ASSISTANT Or Stories for CHILDREN. By Maria Edgeworth. Author of Practical Education, Letters for Literary Ladies, &c.
The above work, of which an American edition is now first offered to the public, has been so well received in England that our Editions were speedily exhausted.
The Tales it contains are certainly not unworthy of the literary reputation which their author had previously obtained: the principles of justice, truth and humanity are inculcated in language at once simple and elegant, and the situations described are such only as children can easily imagine, and which may consequently interest their feelings. October 4—w6t
LEATHER MANUFACTURED, AND FOR SALE BY JOHN C. THOMPSON, & Co. in High street, Georgetown, near the Post Office and opposite Mr. Milligan's bookstore.
BOOT LEGS of all kinds manufactured in the most complete manner: Upper Leather, Wax and Grain Causkin, Bridle and Harness Leather, Covering Hides and Skirting, together with an assortment of Sole Leather and every kind of Leather in the rough or finished.
Orders will be thankfully received and punctually attended to.
N. B. OIL for sale by the barrel or gallon. Also for sale a quantity of Morocco Leather of different colors.
Cash will be given for Raw Hides or Skins. October 4—w3m
LIVERPOOL WARE.
W. & C. SMITH, have just received by the Schooner Brothers Return , Captain Weston, from Liverpool, FORTY CASES LIVERPOOL WARE, which they will sell at a moderate advance. Georgetown, October 4—2w2w
JUST PUBLISHED, And for Sale by R. C. Weightman and Joseph Milligan. The Correspondence of JOHN ADAMS, Late President of the U. States. Including the First Eighteen Letters. Price 25 Cents. Oct. 4—
Back of Washington, 2 Oct. 3, 1809
At a meeting of the President and Directors Resolved, That it shall be optional for any Stockholder to anticipate the payment of the 3d, 4th, 5th and 6th instalment on his share or shares, by paying the same, on any day hereafter, to Daniel Caruth, esq. Treasurer of the Board, Provided, that the dividend or dividends on such sums so paid shall not commence until the day of the month next ensuing such payments.
By order of the President and Directors, SAML. ELLIOT, Jun. Cashier. Oct. 4—LN
A GREAT BARGAIN OFFERED FOR fourteen thousand dollars. I will sell seven hundred acres of Rich Land lying in Calvert county, State of Maryland, beautifully situated on the banks of the river Patuxent and Saint Leonard's Creek, within one easy day's sail of the Baltimore market, and four miles from Saint Leonard's Town post-office.
This Land has on it a commodious two story brick mansion house, lately erected, of the very best materials, with a dry cellar under the whole house, eight good rooms and a large garage—also, kitchen, corn house, stables, two very large barns and many other out-houses all in good repair, and would divide very handsomely into two farms. The soil is equal to any in the state for the culture of Indian corn, tobacco, wheat and clover, and no farm on the river can boast of more constant running springs of water, or better grazing land—about four hundred acres are the most valuable kind of low grounds on the river, the remainder is wavy high Land, very productive, on which stands a plentiful supply of fine red cedar for fencing, oak, hickory and pine for firewood.
The waters here abound in the best of oysters, fish, and wild-fowl—the neighborhood is healthy, genteel and agreeable—I will sell the growing crop on the land, furnish hands, &c. to finish the same—also, a good stock of black cattle, horses, sheep and hogs—and give a long credit on two thirds of the purchase money, the interest to be paid annually—the remaining third part thereof must be cash—possession may be had immediately.
HENRY GARDINER.
St. Leonard's, Calvert County, July 24—w5

THE Partnership of Robert & Walter Clarke (Painters), is dissolved, by mutual consent. The business will in future be carried on by ROBERT CLARKE & RANDOLPH PENN , Pennsylvania Avenue, opposite the West Market, they will undertake House and Sign Painting and Glazing in the best manner, with good materials and on the shortest notice.
S.D. Oil, Lamp-black, &c. for sale on the most reasonable terms. Washington, Sept. 28—3t
RAN AWAY FROM THE SUBSCRIBER , living in Brenton, Prince William County, Virg. on the 11th Aug. 1809, a Negro man named CESAR , 31 or 32 years of age, 5 feet 9 or 10 inches high, calls himself Reys ; is much sun-burned, has a full suit of hair—broke with him a pair of nankeen pantaloons, a Bennett Cord waistcoat having yellow and red collars; a short dark camlet coat, besides several other articles. He is presumed to have gone northward, having been traced into Washington City with a number of negroes returning from the camp near Chain-Bridge in Fairfax county. He is not skilled in any handy craft, but has been entirely accustomed to the business of a plantation. Whoever shall apprehend the said negro, and secure him in any jail, shall receive twenty dollars reward if brought home all reasonable charges shall be paid by the subscriber. Masters of vessels are cautioned against receiving on board their vessels the said Slave.
GERARD ALEXANDER, Sen. Sept. 22—2wtf
THE Subscriber will receive Proposals in writing until the 10th day of October next, for building an addition to the Eastern Branch Market House; for the plan and other particulars apply to either of the commissioners.
SAMUEL N. SMALLWOOD, Com- ADAM LINDSAY, missi- WILLIAM PROUT, ouers. Sept. 27—
THE Subscriber informs his friends and the public in general that he has commenced business on the Capitol Hill, in the Store formerly occupied by Mr. Wm. Emack, where he has
FOR SALE. French Brandy, Holland Gin, Jamaica Spirits, St. Remy Brandy, Whiskey, Tea, Coffee and Chocolate, Loaf and Brown Sugars, Almonds, Peppers, Ginger and Mustard, Raisins and Almonds, Cheese, Pork and Bacon, Shad and Herrings, Fig and Indigo Blue and Starch, Mould and Dips Candles and Soap, &c. all of which he will Sell
FOR CASH. He has likewise opened a LIVERY STABLE back of Carroll's Long Row , where Horses will be taken at three dollars per week—there is a large yard for the use of Carriages adjoining the premises. Every attention will be paid to give general satisfaction.
RICHD. D. BOYD. N.B. Oysters will be kept during the Season and cooked in the best manner.—Wanted a smart active Lad about sixteen or seventeen years old to attend in the Store. One who can come well recommended will meet with encouragement.
R. D. B. Sept. 28—
By Montgomery county Orphans court, August 16, 1809. ON application of Thomas Turner and Samuel Turner, executors of Samuel Turner late of Montgomery county, deceased, to sell the Personal Property of the said deceased: Ordered by the court, that they sell the same on a credit of nine months on all above twenty dollars, taking bond with good security bearing interest from the day of sale; all sums under twenty dollars cash—giving thirty days notice in some newspaper printed in Georgetown and the City of Washington; and printed hand bills set up in the most public places in the county of the time and place of sale.
Test  SOLOMON HOLLAND, Reg. PURSUANT to the above order and on the terms and conditions therein stated, will be offered to Public Sale at the late dwelling plantation of Samuel Turner, deceased, (about five miles from Montgomery court house) on Friday the 10th day Nov. next, the Personal Property of the said deceased, consisting of valuable Negroes, men, women, boys and girls; stock of Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Hogs &c. Household & Kitchen Furniture, Plantation Utensils, crop of Corn, Potatoes, &c. &c. The sale will commence at 11 o'clock and continue, if necessary, from day to day until all is sold.
THOMAS TURNER, Executors. SAMUEL TURNER, September 29—tdos
SAMUEL BROOK, HAS imported thirty-five Bales of coarse and fine Plains and Merseys which are for Sale at Thomas C. Wright's in Geo. Town. Sept. 15—9t
THE Subscriber will offer for sale, at the plantation of the late deceased Doctor DANIEL JENIFER , within a mile of Port Tobacco, on Monday the sixth day of November next if Fair, and if not, on the first fair day thereafter, the following property, to wit: about twenty likely negroes, consisting of two very valuable Blacksmiths, two young Women, and the rest Boys and Girls, from four to fifteen years of age. At the same time, about sixty head of Cattle , some of which are steers well broke, also several Horses and Colts , an excellent Carriage , with harness complete, an old Chariot and a Waggon , with sundry other articles suitable to planters and farmers. For all sums above twenty dollars, bond with approved security, payable in six months, will be required—and for all others cash must be paid.
DAN. of St. THOS. JENIFER, Administrator of Dr. Danl. Jenifer, dec. Sept. 22—6t
THE Subscriber offers for sale that valuable Lot No. 19, in square No. 846, running back 92 feet, together with the improvements thereon, consisting of two one and a half story frame houses and kitchens. This property will be sold for below its value for cash if applied for previous to the first day of October next, if not, it then will be sold at public auction. This property is situated near the navy yard. It is supposed its value will increase.
JOSEPH CASSIN, near the Navy Yard Gate, Washington City. Sept. 13—ts
LANDS IN THE STATES OF OHIO AND KENTUCKY FOR SALE. BY VIRTUE of the Last Will and Testament of Robert Means, deceased, the subscriber offers for sale, all the Lands of the testator in the states of Ohio & Kentucky. As there is a large quantity of these Lands, and the quality in general good, they are well worth the attention of all persons desirous of purchasing Lands in those parts of the country. The tracts are of various sizes, and consequently calculated to suit purchasers of all descriptions. Further information respecting the said Lands may be obtained from Mr. Walter Dun, residing in, or near the town of Chillicothe in the State of Ohio.
DANIEL CALL, Executor of the last will & testament of Robert Means, dec'd. Richmond, July 19—4t
A VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE. Will be sold in pursuance of the last Will and Testament of Samuel Turner, Esq. , deceased, at Public Sale on the premises on the 15th day of November next (if not previously disposed of, and in case of sale notice will be given) that very valuable Farm in Montgomery county late the residence of the said deceased; containing about Seven Hundred Acres of Land, Three Hundred Acres at least in wood and fine timber; the residue under good enclosures and every acre arable; lays level and remarkably well for cultivation and may be made very rich in a few years by the use of plaster and clover; in fact, it is as desirable a farm as any in the county of its size and may be very conveniently divided to accommodate purchasers; it lies about 18 miles from Georgetown and the city of Washington, five from Montgomery court house and within three miles of the Potomac River.
A further description is deemed unnecessary, as it is presumed that those inclined to purchase will view the property. The terms of sale, which will be accommodating, may be known by applying to the subscribers living in Georgetown, district of Columbia, or will be made known on the day of sale.
THO. TURNER, SAM. TURNER, Executors. July 28—tdos
The time of the above Sale is changed from the 15th to Friday the 10th day of November next, at 12 o'clock. THOS. TURNER, Ex'rs. SAM. TURNER, October 4—
Bank of Washington, Sept. 26, 1809. THE Stockholders are notified that the second installment of One Dollar on each share will be due on Wednesday the 4th day of October next, and that attendance will be given on that day at Long's hotel, between the hours of 9 A. M. and 3 P. M. in order to receive the same. The Stockholders will observe that unless the payments are punctually made, their shares are liable to forfeiture. By order of the President and Directors. SAM. ELLIOT, Jun. Cashier. September 27—4t
CITY PROPERTY FOR SALE. THE subscriber offers for sale that valuable Lot No. 19, in square No. 846, running back 92 feet, together with the improvements thereon, consisting of two one and a half story frame houses and kitchens. This property will be sold for below its value for cash if applied for previous to the first day of October next, if not, it then will be sold at public auction. This property is situated near the navy yard. It is supposed its value will increase.
JOSEPH CASSIN, near the Navy Yard Gate, Washington City. Sept. 13—ts
LANDS IN THE STATES OF OHIO AND KENTUCKY FOR SALE. BY VIRTUE of the Last Will and Testament of Robert Means, deceased, the subscriber offers for sale, all the Lands of the testator in the states of Ohio & Kentucky. As there is a large quantity of these Lands, and the quality in general good, they are well worth the attention of all persons desirous of purchasing Lands in those parts of the country. The tracts are of various sizes, and consequently calculated to suit purchasers of all descriptions. Further information respecting the said Lands may be obtained from Mr. Walter Dun, residing in, or near the town of Chillicothe in the State of Ohio.
DANIEL CALL, Executor of the last will & testament of Robert Means, dec'd. Richmond, July 19—4t
A VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE. Will be sold in pursuance of the last Will and Testament of Samuel Turner, Esq. , deceased, at Public Sale on the premises on the 15th day of November next (if not previously disposed of, and in case of sale notice will be given) that very valuable Farm in Montgomery county late the residence of the said deceased; containing about Seven Hundred Acres of Land, Three Hundred Acres at least in wood and fine timber; the residue under good enclosures and every acre arable; lays level and remarkably well for cultivation and may be made very rich in a few years by the use of plaster and clover; in fact, it is as desirable a farm as any in the county of its size and may be very conveniently divided to accommodate purchasers; it lies about 18 miles from Georgetown and the city of Washington, five from Montgomery court house and within three miles of the Potomac River.
A further description is deemed unnecessary, as it is presumed that those inclined to purchase will view the property. The terms of sale, which will be accommodating, may be known by applying to the subscribers living in Georgetown, district of Columbia, or will be made known on the day of sale.
THO. TURNER, SAM. TURNER, Executors. July 28—tdos
The time of the above Sale is changed from the 15th to Friday the 10th day of November next, at 12 o'clock. THOS. TURNER, Ex'rs. SAM. TURNER, October 4—
Bank of Washington, Sept. 26, 1809. THE Stockholders are notified that the second installment of One Dollar on each share will be due on Wednesday the 4th day of October next, and that attendance will be given on that day at Long's hotel, between the hours of 9 A. M. and 3 P. M. in order to receive the same. The Stockholders will observe that unless the payments are punctually made, their shares are liable to forfeiture. By order of the President and Directors. SAM. ELLIOT, Jun. Cashier. September 27—4t
BANK OF COLUMBIA, September 14, 1809. THE Board of 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 representatives on or after Wednesday next.
WILLIAM WIHANN, Cash. September 18—3w
MONEY LOST. ABOUT the 20th of July last, a Letter containing two bank notes of one hundred dollars each, was put into the Post office at Winchester, directed to Joseph Janney, Alexandria, which letter has not been received, and is supposed to have been (by mistake) put under a wrong cover, or may have been misdirected, and gone to a post office different from that to which it was intended to be sent. It is therefore requested of the different post masters throughout the U. S. if any letter directed to Joseph Janney, should come under their notice, that they send the same either to him, or to the subscriber. If the letter has in any way fallen into private hands, I will give fifty dollars reward for the money and no questions asked.
DANIEL LEE. Winchester, Sept. 4—4t
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD. ABSCONDED on the 21st of July last, from the subscriber, (manager at the arm of Mr. Isaac Dickett, on South river, near Annapolis) a Negro man, TOM, a small black fellow, lost the sight of one eye. Had on when he absconded, osnaburg shirt and trousers. Any person taking up said Negro and bringing him to the subscriber, or securing him in jail, so that I get him again, shall receive the above reward.
This Negro was purchased of Capt. J. S. Brooks about five years since; it is probable he may be in the neighborhood of Upper Marlborough. HENRY BASFORD. August 7—4t
EDUCATION. THE Rev. WALTER D. ADDISON of Georgetown, District of Columbia will board and instruct in the Latin and Greek Languages, Reading, Writing and Arithmetic, a few more Young Gentlemen, at sixty-five pounds per annum, payable quarterly in advance. Letters addressed to him at this place will be attended to. Georgetown, August 21—2wtf
A FARM TO LET. TO Let on shares, a Farm containing 61 acres, distant between 2 1/2 and 3 miles from the Centre Market House in this city. The situation very healthy. A person having a knowledge of Gardening and Fruit trees would be preferred. Apply to JAMES HOBAN. August 25—
VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE. Will sell the tract of land on which it resides, called BUSSARD ISLAND , lying on Patuxent river, in Calvert county, and nearly opposite to Benedict, containing by estimation, seven hundred three and a quarter acres of as fertile land as can be found in the state of Maryland, one third of which is in wood and very heavily timbered, and as well watered for the convenience of stock as any tract of its size in the state. The arable part of this plantation is level and much of it covered with oyster shells, and is divided into three fields, each of which will produce two hundred barrels of corn with a reserve of prime tobacco land sufficient to grow fifty hogsheads of tobacco annually, and with very little labor more meadow may be reclaimed than will be found sufficient. No land can be better adapted to the growth of corn, tobacco and wheat, and few plantations hold out stronger inducements to stimulate an industrious man. It binds for a considerable distance on the river & lies nearly in a square. Fish, oysters, and wild fowl are to be had at all times. Stock of every description, particularly sheep, thrive and improve wonderfully when removed to this land, a convincing proof of the nutritious quality of the grass, which it produces in great abundance. The improvements are sufficient to accommodate a small family. A more particular description is not necessary, a purchaser will naturally view the premises. My price for the above tract of land is sixteen thousand dollars—one sixth part of the purchase money to be paid on the day of possession, and the balance in five equal annual payments, with interest from the day of sale.
I will sell at public sale on the 20th December next, in the town of Upper Marlborough, all the personal estate on the above premises, consisting of a number of valuable negroes, horses, mules, cattle, sheep & hogs, plantation utensils, household and kitchen furniture on a credit of twelve months, the purchaser giving bond with approved security; for all sums under $20 cash will be required.
N.B. If the above tract of Land is not disposed of, it will be for rent the ensuing year. RICHARD W. HARWOOD. Sept. 1—20 Dec
PORT-TOBACCO JOCKEY CLUB RACES. The Port Tobacco Jockey Club Races will commence on Tuesday 31st day of Oct. next. ON THE FIRST DAY, Will be run for a purse of two hundred and forty dollars, four miles and repeat, free for any horse, mare or gelding. WEDNESDAY, THE SECOND DAY, Will be run for a purse of one hundred and twenty dollars, two miles and repeat, free as above, the winning horse of the first day excepted. WILLIAM D. HARRISON, Sec. Sept. 22—4R
CHARLES J. NOURSE Offers for sale—Chateaux Margana Claret in boxes of 1 dozen. Genuine Old London Particular wine in half pipes and quarter casks. Best Sallad Oil in baskets of 6 bottles each, &c. &c. &c. George Town, May 24—4t
IN COUNCIL. Annapolis, June 26, 1809. ORDERED, that the act, entitled, An act to alter the thirty-second and thirty-seventh Articles of the constitution and form of Government, be published twice in each week, for the space of three months, in the American and Federal Gazette, at Baltimore, the Maryland Gazette, and Maryland Republican, at Annapolis, the National Intelligencer, the Eastern Star, Mr. Greville's paper at Hagerstown, and Mr. Bartgis's paper at Fredericktown. By order, NIANIAN PINKNEY, Clerk of the Council AN ACT
To alter the thirty-second and thirty-seventh Articles of the Constitution and Form of Government.
BE IT enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That hereafter, upon the death, resignation or removal out of this state of the governor, it shall not be necessary to call a meeting of the legislature to fill the vacancy occasioned thereby, but the first named of the Council for the time being shall qualify and act as governor until the next meeting of the general assembly, at which meeting a governor shall be chosen in the manner heretofore appointed and directed.
And be it enacted, That hereafter no governor shall be capable of holding any other office of profit during the time for which he shall be elected.
And be it enacted, That so much of the thirty-second and thirty-seventh articles of the constitution and form of government as is repugnant to, or inconsistent with, the provisions of this act, be and the same is hereby abrogated and abolished.
And be it enacted, That if this act shall be confirmed by the general assembly, after the next election of delegates, in the first session after such new election as the constitution and form of government directs, that in such case this act, and the alteration and amendment of the constitution and form of government therein contained, shall be taken and considered, and shall constitute and be valid, as a part of the said constitution and form of government, any thing therein contained to the contrary notwithstanding.
July 3—taw3n.
NOTICE. WAS committed to the gaol of Frederick county, Maryland, on the 4th day of July, last, a NEGRO MAN who calls himself CHARLES THOMAS , he appears to be about 44 years of age, five feet seven or eight inches high, stout made—his clothing when committed were; a tow linen shirt, and an old patched pair of pantaloons, only one shoe—he has a large scar on his right knee, his back somewhat scarified by the whip; and says he belongs to captain Nathaniel Reilly, Montgomery county, Maryland, near Wm. Robinson's Mill, on Rock Creek, in said county. The owner is hereby requested to come and release him, otherwise he will be sold for his prison fees agreeably to law.
GEORGE GREAGER, Jun. Sheriff, Frederick County, Md.
The Editors of the National Intelligencer at Washington City, Evening Post at Baltimore, and Republican Star at Eastern, are requested to insert the above once a week for eight weeks each, and forward their accounts.
August 23—w8t
THE SUBSCRIBER Will sell at Public sale on Tuesday the 10th day of October next at the house of Mr. Wm. Ross, in the town of Bladensburg at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, a VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, containing One Hundred acres more or less. The above property is situated within one mile of Bladensburg and six from the Capital of the U. S. Terms of sale, one half of the purchase money to be paid at the time of the sale, and a credit of twelve months will be allowed on giving bond with security for the payment of the balance with interest. I have also to dispose off at Private Sale, several young FEMALE SERVANTS , who have been used to all kinds of house work, and are good spinners. MARGARET ADAMS. September 22—7t
TO BE SOLD, A SMALL Farm and Mill Seat, five miles from the City of Washington and two from Bladensburg, adjoining the farm of the Widow C. Diggs; there is 137 acres of Land, 80 or 90 of which is cleared & mostly under fence, about ten acres well set in clover and Timothy. There is dwelling houses, Orchard, Garden, and pleasant situation—and a Spring of most excellent water; a public road is laid out through the place which will make an easy conveyance to the City and George Town. This unnecessary to say more about this property, as it is presumed any person wishing to purchase will view the premises and consider the advantages which it undoubtedly has for improvement, and for further particulars enquire of ISSACHAR SCHOLFIELD. N. B. If the above property is not sold it will be Rented to a Farmer. I have also a small but valuable Farm adjoining the A. delphi Mills, a Tan Yard and Blacksmith's Shop to rent, apply as above. I. S. Adelphi Mills, P. Geo. City. 9th mo. 18—7t
FOR SALE. Will be sold at public sale, on Thursday the twelfth October next, if not previously disposed of, that valuable farm in Prince George's County, Maryland, known by the name of St. OSYTH.
St. OSYTH contains by estimation seven hundred and fifty acres of Land, between seventy and eighty acres of which are meadow, now fit for the scythe, and capable of being made to produce an hundred tons of hay at a crop—about two hundred and fifty or three hundred are in wood and timber, and the residue arable. No place perhaps in America, can be better watered or more healthy. The improvements consist of a dwelling house, two stories high, forty-two feet long by thirty-six wide, with a passage through the middle, three rooms below and four above, with a garret the whole size of the house, a kitchen and laundry under the same roof, two stories high, with two large rooms above for servants, a meat house, wash house, corn house and granary, a large tobacco house which may very easily be converted into a barn, a productive garden and pigeon house, and a young thriving orchard of excellent fruit and of great variety from Prince's nursery on Long Island. The enclosures are new and in good order. Upon the same property and within a quarter of a mile is a small dwelling house with three rooms below and two above stairs, a kitchen, meat house and barn. This place at a small expense may be easily fitted up and made a most comfortable house for a small family. St. Osyth lies within four miles of the city of Washington, and about the same distance from the nearest ferry to Alexandria. If sold at private sale the lowest price for this valuable property is ten pounds an acre. A further description of the property is deemed unnecessary as those inclined to purchase will doubtless come and see it. The terms of sale may be known on applying to the subscriber living on the premises, Col. Sam. Hanson of Washington, or Dr. Wm. Baker, George Town.
On the same day, if not before by private sale disposed of, will be sold the negroes, stock, &c. attached to the estate of the late O. Carr, deceased. The negroes will be sold for a term of years. For sale—Also, the following lots in the city of Washington:
Lot No. 2, in sq. 702, front 54 feet 7 in. depth 175 ft. 8 in. In sq. 906 Lots No. 13, front 57 10 1/2, depth 100 ft. 26 ft. 25 in. No. 14, front 58, depth 75. No. 15, 54 front, 78 and 100, 10 1/2 depth. No. 16, 54 front, 100 ft. 10 1/2 depth. No. 17, front 49 ft. 6 in. depth 100 10 1/2.
JONA. B. CARR, Executor. May 17—1wtf
CITY LOTS FOR SALE. THE undermentioned lots of ground are offered for sale, either separately or by squares, on liberal terms either for cash or on credit; they are all free from mortgage or incumbrance, and are subject to no litigation or contest as the titles are derived by immediate conveyance from the Chancellor of Maryland and the commissioners of Washington, to Messrs. Henry Pratt, Thomas Witting, Francis, John Miller, jun. John Ashley, and Jacob Baker of the Aggregate Fund.
Square No. 54 Lot no 9 sq 72, Lots no 3 4 8 10 12 13 14 15 18 sq 84 Lot no 1 Sq 85 Lots no 20 21 22 sq 103 Lots no 7 8—sq 145 Lots no 1 2 7 8—sq 146 Lots no 1 2 3 sq 147 Lot no 4 sq 163 Lots no 5 6 7 12 13 14 sq 258 Lots no 6 7 10 11 12 13 16 sq 293 Lots no 1 2 3 7 8 11 12 13 18 sq 349 Lots no 1 2 8 sq 376 Lots no 6 17 18 sq 409 Lots no 3 4 7 8 9 17 18 sq 487 Lots no 5 6 7 10 sq 488 Lot 8 7 12 sq 489 Lots 5 6 9 sq 491 Lot 10 11 12 16 19 20 24 sq 493 Lots no 7 8 sq 494 Lots no 8 9 10 sq 531 Lots 3 4 11 12 13 14 sq 533 Lots no 13 15 16 17 sq 584 Lots no 1 2 3 4 21 22 23 24 sq 588 whole square. Bk. of 590 whole square. Sq. 635 Lots no 1 2 3 5 6 9 sq. 638 Lots no 1 2 3 sq. 639 Lot no 1 sq. 640 Lot no 1 2 3 4 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 sq. 641 whole square. Sq. 642 Lot no 1 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Bk. of 643 Lot no 2 South of 643 Lots no 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 sq. 644 Lots no 1 5 7 West of 645 whole square. Sq. 878 Lots no 16 17 18 19 20 sq. 973 Lots no 4 5 6 7 8 20 21 sq. 995 Lots no 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 South of 1009 Lots no 1 2 4 sq. 1020 Lots no 1 2 3 4 5 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 sq. 1021 Lot no 1 sq. 1022 Lot no 2 sq. 1023 Lots no 4 5 7 8 9 10 sq. 1024 Lots no 10 12 13 14 15 sq. 1045 Lots no 9 10 12 sq. 1046 Lots no 2 14 15 sq. 1047 Lot no 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 19 20 sq. 1048 Lot no 7 8 9 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23.
Persons disposed to purchase are desired to apply to JAMES GREENLEAF, or in his absence to SAM. ELLIOT, JR. Greenleaf's Point, June 28—4w&8t
State of Maryland, Office of the late Commissioners of the City of Washington, in the 24th December 1809, sold or consigned to sell to Robert Morris & Js. Greenleaf , all the then due interest and estate of the public in the squares following, among others, in the said city, viz. 626, 628, 684, 686, 725, 726, 727, 729, 758, 760, 785, 792, 814, 816, 818, 841, 843, 866, 868, 895, 897, 900, 918, 919, 922, 923, 943, 956, 967, 968, 970, 972, 992, 1014, 1045, 1057, 1059, 1060, 1062, 1074, 1075, and 1076. Which sale was upon the terms and conditions of a certain stipulated price hereinafter mentioned at certain fixed periods of time subsequent to the contract. And whereas in the course of certain transactions between the said James Greenleaf and the said Robert Morris, and a certain John Nicholson (who had acquired an interest in said squares) and between the said James Greenleaf and Almon Lewis and Edward Burd , a certain interest, estate and title of the said Greenleaf, Morris and Nicholson, in and to the same squares, became pledged, by way of mortgage, to the payment of certain debts due to the said Lewis and Burd, respectively. And whereas, the Chancellor of the state of Maryland, in a certain suit lately pending in the Chancery Court of that state, between the executors of the said Almon Lewis and the said Edward Burd complainants, and Robert Morris , the heirs of John Nicholson , the Commissioners of the city of Washington, James Greenleaf , Henry Pratt , Thomas W. Francis , John Miller, Jr. , John Ashley , Jacob Baker , George Simpson , William Oranch and Thomas Law , defendants, did, among other things, decree, that all the rights, title, and interest, which at the time of executing a certain mortgage mentioned in the bill and proceedings filed and had in the suit aforesaid, was in the said Morris and Nicholson , Thomas Law , and the Commissioners of the city of Washington, in and to 295 lots and 3-4ths of a lot, of 5265 square feet each, contained in the squares before enumerated, should be sold, and the proceeds applied to the payment in the first instance, of the debts due as aforesaid, to the said Lewis and Burd , and the residue of the whole proceeds, if any, to the payment of certain other debt or debts in the said decree mentioned. And whereas E. S. Burd , having been duly appointed and qualified, as a trustee, to carry into effect the said sale, did, by deed bearing date the 23rd June, 1809, and recorded in the land records of Washington county in the district of Columbia, for the considerations in said deed mentioned, duly convey to Thomas Morris , Samuel Coates , Joseph Morris and Edward Burd , all the right, title and interest of the said Morris and Nicholson , Thomas Law and the Commissioners of the city of Washington, of, in and to the said 295 3-4ths lots, as by the said decree was directed. And whereas, at the time of sale or contract for the sale of the before enumerated squares by the commissioners, to Morris and Greenleaf , as herein before recited, the public interest in the said squares, or in any or either of them, was not then specifically ascertained and known, but was to depend on and be determined by a division thereof, to be thereafter made, between the said commissioners and the original proprietors of the land on which the same were laid out, pursuant to law and certain deeds of trust, which had been executed by the said proprietors and others for all their lands lying within the city of Washington, and such division was accordingly afterwards made, by which it appears that no part or portion of four of the said squares, to wit, Nos. 687, 726, 966 and 1016, was allotted or assigned to the public, and consequently no estate therein was passed to the said Morris and Greenleaf by the commissioners, under or by virtue of the said sale. And whereas there are in the public's part or portion of the aforesaid squares obtained on the division aforesaid, and exclusive of the said Nos. 687, 726, 966 and 1016, 68 lots of 5265 square feet each, over and above the said 295 3-4ths lots sold as aforesaid, by the said E. S. Burd , pursuant to the decree aforesaid, and whereas the purchasers and grantees of said 295 3-4ths lots hold the same in an undivided interest and possession or tenancy in common with each and every person and persons entitled to the said 68 lots. And whereas the purchase money for the said 68 lots has not been paid & satisfied to the said commissioners or to any other person or persons for the use of the public according to the terms and conditions of the sale, and the same having been due for more than thirty days after