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National Intelligencer.
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VOL. IX.
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FRENCH DECREES.
Extract of the Minutes of the Secretariat of State's office.
In our Imperial Camp at Madrid, 4th Dec. 1808.
Considering that the Council of Castile, have shown in all their actions as much duplicity as weakness;
That after having published throughout the kingdom the renunciation of king Charles IV. and the Princes D. Fernando, D. Carlos, D. Francisco and D. Antonio to the crown of Spain, and after having acknowledged proclaimed our legitimate rights to the throne, they have the baseness to declare before Europe and posterity, that they signed these different acts only with mental and perfidious restrictions;
We have decreed and do decree what follows:
Art. 1. The members of the council of Castile are dismissed as cowards and unworthy of being magistrates of a brave and generous nation.
2. The presidents and attorney-generals shall be put under arrest and detained as hostages. The other members of the said council shall be held to remain in their dwellings in Madrid, under pain of being prosecuted and punished as traitors. Are accepted, nevertheless, from the present provisions those of the members of the said council who have not signed the deliberations of the eleventh of August, 1808, which was as disgraceful for the dignity of a magistrate as for the character of a man.
Signed NAPOLEON, &c.
SAME HEAD.
We have decreed and do decree what follows:
Art. 1. The court of Cassation created by Tit. II. Art. CI. of the constitution of the kingdom of Spain shall be immediately organized.
Signed as above.
SAME HEAD.
We have decreed and do decree what follows:
Art. 1. The Tribunal of the Inquisition is abolished, as militating against the sovereignty and civil authority.
2. The property belonging to the Inquisition shall be sequestrated, and added to the Spanish domains, in order to serve as a guarantee for the vales and all other bonds or obligations of the government.
Signed as above.
SAME HEAD.
We have decreed and do decree what follows:
Art. 1. One and the same individual can be commandant of only one place.
2. From and after the first of January next, any individual who may be commandant of more than one place, shall make choice of the one he wishes to preserve as commandant; and the others shall return to the disposal of the king.
Signed as above.
SAME HEAD.
Considering that the friars of the different monastic orders in Spain are too numerous;
That if a certain number is useful in order to assist the ministers of the altar in the administration of the sacraments, the existence of a number which is too considerable is hurtful to the prosperity of the state.
We have decreed and do decree what follows:
Art. 1. The number of the convents which at present exist in Spain shall be reduced to one third.
This reduction shall be effected by joining the friars of several convents of the same order into a single house.
II. From the date of the publication
of the present decree, no novitiate, nor any religious profession shall be permitted until the number of the friars and nuns is reduced to one third of the number at present existing.
In consequence, and within fifteen days, all the novices must leave the convents into which they may have been admitted.
III. All the regular ecclesiastics who may wish to renounce living in communities, in order to live as secular clergy, shall be at liberty to leave their convents.
IV. The ecclesiastics who renounce living in communities agreeably to the preceding article, shall be admitted to the enjoyment of a pension, the amount of which shall be fixed according to their age, and which cannot be less than 3000 reals, nor exceed the maximum of 4000 reals.
V. From the amount of the property of the convents which shall be suppressed agreeably to article I. of the present decree, the sum shall in the first place be taken, which is necessary for augmenting the fund of the curates, so that the smallest salary to be paid them may not be less than 2,400 reals.
VI. The property belonging to the convents which are suppressed, that is disposable after the sum as stated in the preceding article is deducted, shall be added to the domains of Spain and employed as follows:
 1. The half of the said property to guarantee the vales and other public bonds.  2. The other half to reimburse the provinces, cities and towns for the expenses occasioned by the maintenance of the French and insurrectional armies, and to indemnify the towns and provinces for the damage, loss of houses or any other losses occasioned by the war. 
Signed, as above.
SAME HEAD.
We have decreed and do decree what follows:
Art. 1. From the publication of the present decree the feudal rights are abolished in Spain.
2. All personal duty, all exclusive right of fishery, or drag or other rights of the same nature upon the coasts and rivers, all interdictions of ovens, mills, or inns are suppressed. Every one shall be permitted, upon conforming to the laws, to give a free scope to his industry.
Signed as above.
SAME HEAD.
Considering that one of the establishments which most oppose the prosperity of Spain, is that of the barriers existing between the provinces;
We have decreed and do decree what follows:
Art. 1. From the first of January next, the barriers existing between the several provinces, shall be suppressed.
The custom-houses shall be conveyed to, and established at the frontiers.
Signed as above.
GRAND DUCHY OF WARSAW.
Warsaw, Dec. 7. —The anniversary of the coronation of his majesty the Emperor Napoleon has been celebrated in the Duchy of Warsaw as a national fete. That day had been chosen for the first meeting of the Senate, which meeting his majesty the king of Saxony was pleased to preside in person.
His majesty repaired to the Senate, preceded by his ministers, high officers of his court and aid-de-camp generals; and being seated upon his throne, he delivered the following speech:
"Agreeably to the constitution, before the meeting of the diet which I intend soon to convoke, I have called the Senate together in order that they may fulfil the functions imposed upon them by the constitution."
"Being desirous of giving more splendor to the assembly of the Senate, I have fixed for its first sitting, upon the solemn day of the anniversary of the coronation of the Emperor Napoleon, my high ally."
"Senators, I augur favorably for the opening of your sittings on this day, which is consecrated by gratitude of the nation to him to whom the Duchy of Warsaw owes its existence, its constitution and its laws."
"It is pleasing for me to call upon men who are well known for their patriotism and zeal, in order to fill places with which they are entrusted by the constitution, being full of confidence that all their measures will tend to the welfare of the country."
The fete was announced the preceding evening by numerous discharges of artillery. In the evening of the day, the city and palace were illuminated, and there was a drawing room at court.
CONFEDERATION OF THE RHINE.
Augsburg, Dec. 15. —Some private letters mention in a very positive manner, that his majesty king Joachim has been in Sicily at the head of 30,000 French, Italian and Neapolitan troops. These letters also add that her majesty the Queen has been declared Regent of the kingdom of Naples during the absence of the king. We are waiting with the utmost impatience for the official confirmation of this news.
(Journal de l'Empire.)
Naples, Dec. 10. —His majesty issued on the 1st instant the following decree:
Joachim Napoleon, &c.
Considering that the tranquility which now prevails throughout Calabria happily enables us to revoke the rigorous measures which were adopted in 1806, against that province, we have decreed what follows:
 1. The law of the 31st July, 1806, which declares Calabria in a state of warfare, is repealed.  2. From this time that province shall be administered the same as all the other provinces of our kingdom. 
(Idem.)
Copenhagen, Dec. 3. —The day before yesterday at 11 o'clock in the morning, the king arrived in perfect health at Amalienburg.
As the cold has for some days past been at 7 deg. (Reaumur) we have every reason for believing that the enemy's vessels will soon leave our coast.
The clouds with which the Swedish affairs have been covered, begin at length to disperse. It is now well known, that the entire defeat of the king's armies in the two provinces of Finland, and the disturbances which have broken out, as well among the troops as among several classes of the inhabitants, have rendered the king undecided in his future determinations. It is besides possible that his dissatisfaction at the conduct of his ally the king of G. Britain contributes also to induce him to change his system; it is even remarked that the editors of the English newspapers already begin to express their opinion that the government will be at last compelled to abandon the king of Sweden, who is not able to maintain himself. It is now said that the disturbances which had broken out in different parts of Scania were the causes of the alarm fires which were remarked a few days ago upon the coasts of Sweden.
Our Official Gazette which has published some news from Sweden as extracted from the English newspapers, confirms the rumor that was afloat of the king having broken his regiments of body-guards, which has been the occasion of much discontent among the families of the nobility. The same Gazette has also published the reports of the aid-de-camp Gen. Baye and Field Marshal Klingpor of the battles which were fought towards the end of Sept. and which were the cause of the retreat of the Swedes. These reports tally with those published in the Gazette of the court of Petersburg.
According to the accounts given by travellers arrived from Sweden, the trade of that kingdom is concentrated in the hands of a few houses who do some good business; but the country in general suffers severely from the situation into which the monarch has brought it. It is said, that the bank of Stockholm has specie; but it is less money than men that the king of Sweden is in want of in order to defend his provinces.
Berlin, Dec. 29. —The general of division Saint Hilaire, commander of the town of Berlin and the Middle Mark, has just published the following letter, which had been addressed
to him by Marshal Davoust, Duke of Auerstadt:
To the General of Division St. Hilaire, Commander of Berlin.
General, being upon the point of quitting Berlin, the last order that I think it my duty to give you, must do honor to the glorious memory of the Great Frederic, at the same time that it will be a mark of the high esteem of our sovereign and the French army for his brother. As the troops quit Berlin the 3d Dec. you will present at their head the keys of the town to his royal highness prince Ferdinand. It cannot but be pleasing to his majesty the king to receive them from the hands of that prince, to whom I beg you to testify upon that occasion my most profound respect. After this ceremony you will cause the troops to set off for Potsdam, whence they will repair to their further destination. As to you, general, you can also repair to your post with the certain conviction of your having acquired to yourself that esteem of which an officer of your talents and delicate sentiments is deserving. At your departure, you will inform the national guards that the French authorities retain the command at Berlin until the evening of the 5th Dec. and that you cannot give them a greater mark of your esteem than by confiding to them alone the safety and police of that capital. Those truly national guards have under the most difficult circumstances evinced a spirit of order, moderation and prudence, which has gained them the approbation and consideration of the French army. All sensible men who are devoted to their sovereign, owe a very particular acknowledgement to those guards. The French carry with them an honorable remembrance of the committee of the states and of the municipality.
Make known, general, to the inhabitants of that city, that if our great and beloved emperor, and also his nation, have seen with grief the eternal enemies of the continent succeed in sowing mistrust and discord, and exciting the two nations to war, whilst the true interest of the one dictated to it never to abandon the political principles of a monarch who will ever be the glory and pride of this country, we see with the more lively satisfaction peace re-established between them, and all our wishes are confined to its lasting forever. At Berlin and at Vienna, whither the fate of arms has led our emperor, the inhabitants cannot refuse us the justice of saying that we never endeavored to divert the subjects from the love which they owe to their sovereign. Here as every where else we find hot-headed men and adventurers, to whom the subversion of order and every change is a hope and a want. These hurtful heads have been kept in check. The nobility, the landholders, the clergy, the burgher, the merchant, and all the establishments upon which the order of society rests, have been protected and defended against all the attempts of innovators. The French quit this country with the most profound esteem for the sovereign and the nation.
Signed, The Marshal Duke of Auerstadt, Commander in Chief of the army of the Rhine.
December 4. —The Koenigsberg gazette, of the 27th Nov. announces officially the retreat of Baron de Stein, minister of state, who has received his discharge in consequence of a demand which he himself addressed to the king for that purpose.
The garrison of Colberg, consisting of 3800 men, will arrive in this city on the 8th, and remain here in garrison. These troops have received this mark of distinction from his Prussian majesty, for their having, during the last war, valiantly defended the place which was intrusted to them.
The new governor of Berlin, lieutenant gen. de Lastocq, arrived here on the 3d, the very day that the French quit our city.
Preparations are now making for the reception of our sovereigns. We are not still ignorant of the day of their arrival.
5th—General St. Hilaire, upon presenting to his royal highness prince Ferdinand the keys of the town, addressed to him among other words the following:
"At the moment of the definitive evacuation of Berlin, it was natural
that the marshal of Auerstadt should reserve to your royal highness the joy of delivering yourself to your august nephew the keys of his capital, whither he is called both by his own interests and by the unanimous wishes of his people. I must also deposit in the breast of your highness the sentiments of esteem and respect with which I and my predecessors have been inspired by the authorities and a great number of the most respectable inhabitants of Prussia. I have had time to know their sentiments for the house of Frederic the Great, their unbounded attachment to their constitution, and their hatred for the principles which may destroy it. These sentiments are the strongest support of the throne, when sovereigns know how to appreciate them. The greater part of the inhabitants of Prussia are sensible of the truth of the system which is to secure peace to the world; they wish to see the union with France more and more strengthened; therein they hope to find the oblivion of their evils; they no longer wait for any thing more than the arrival of their King and Queen, in order to take them for guides in the flight of their patriotic sentiments.—The French, since their arrival in Berlin, know that the illustrious brother of the Great Frederic was their friend. I esteem myself happy to be the organ of their sentiments of gratitude and respect, which I share with the most lively eagerness."
His royal highness returned in substance the following answer:
"I receive, Monsieur le Comte, the keys of the city of Berlin, which the marshal duke of Auerstadt has charged you to deliver to me, as a particular distinction: I beg you to testify to him my gratitude, and to add, that being convinced of my little merit, I attribute this token of esteem to the happiness of being the brother of Frederic the Great, whose renown and glory will descend to the most distant posterity. Upon quitting the post of commander of this town, you carry with you the esteem and approbation of all my fellow citizens, for the order which you have constantly maintained among your troops, and for the justice and equity which have guided all your steps. My sentiments are known to you, Monsieur le Comte, I only renew them to you, wishing you every thing that can contribute to your happiness and satisfaction."
FROM THE MONITOR.
I publish the following, in accordance with the desire of the gentlemen of the Navy, who wish nothing more than that the world should bear witness to the respect in which they have invariably held their chief.
To the hon. Robert Smith, Secretary of State.
DEAR SIR, Your removal from the Navy Department has afforded us both pleasure and regret. We are pleased that you have been called to fill a station the most honorable in the gift of the government, because we consider that in this instance, exalted worth has been justly rewarded. We regret your leaving us, because throughout a long course of years, in which we have had the happiness of your acquaintance, we have personally experienced an undeviating conduct on your part, calculated to excite our most respectful esteem and affectionate personal attachment.
Under the influence of these sentiments, we cannot suppress the expression of our warmest wishes, that in the discharge of the distinguished trust reposed in you, you may exceed the most sanguine expectations of your friends; that your years may be many; the esteem of your country increase with them; your health uninterrupted, your happiness complete.
Ch. W. Goldsborough, Thomas Turner, J. K. Smith, S. T. Anderson, Conrad Schwarz. March 10, 1809.
ANSWER.
GENTLEMEN, Occupied as I am, I cannot for a moment, postpone the pleasure of conveying to you my warmest thanks for the very kind expressions of regard and solicitude in your note just received.

ed. Little as I merit what your partiality attributes to me, I cannot but be gratified by such pleasing indications of interest in my behalf, and especially as coming from gentlemen with whom I have been so intimately and for so many years associated in the same department. Of your merits, official and private, and of your very laborious application to your respective duties in the Navy Department, I shall ever with great pleasure bear ample testimony.
Remain, I intreat you, well assured of my high esteem and my best wishes, and believe me to be gentlemen, sincerely, your friend, R. SMITH.
MARCH 19, 1809. To Messrs. Goldsborough, Turner, J. Smith, Anderson, and Schwartz.
Washington, 14th March, 1809. SIR, Influenced by sentiments of the highest respect and esteem, we cannot permit the occasion to pass, without tendering you our congratulations on your recent appointment to the Department of State. At the same time we regret to part with a gentleman whose undeviating and liberal conduct has given general satisfaction, and has excited in our bosoms, sentiments of the most affectionate personal attachment.
We beg, that you will accept our ardent wishes, that you may long continue to enjoy uninterrupted health and happiness, and we remain with sincerity, sir, your friends and obedient servants,
(Signed) Wm. Bainbridge, Stephen Decatur, Chas. Stewart, Thomas Tingey, John Smith, John Cassin, Charles Gordon.
The Hon. Robert Smith, Secretary of State.
Washington, March 14, 1809. GENTLEMEN,
I have received, and with infinite pleasure, your very obliging letter of this day. It is me to peculiarly console thus to learn that in the administration of a department, full of difficulties, I have had the good fortune to acquire your approbation.
Accept, I entreat you, my warmest acknowledgements for your kind expressions as to what concerns me personally, and be persuaded that in all situations, I shall take a deep interest in whatever may contribute to the reasonable advancement of the navy of the United States, or may relate to the happiness and the honor of its officers.
With great esteem, Your obedient servant, (Signed) R. SMITH. Captains Bainbridge, Decatur, Stewart, Tingey, Smith, Cassin, and Gordon.
WASHINGTON CITY.
FRIDAY, MARCH 24.
We are highly pleased to find that our merchants are, in many parts of the United States, guided by considerations which manifest great prudence and good sense. Having acquired independence, and in many instances affluence, in the prosperous periods which preceded the late outrages on neutral rights, it is equally the dictate of patriotism and of wisdom, to withhold from the voracious jaws of plunder the acquisitions of honest industry and enlightened enterprise, on the retention of which their own comfort and the prosperity of their country are alike dependant. By committing but a part of their property to the ocean, they will be enabled to feel the pulse of foreign powers, and accordingly as it shall beat, withhold or embark the residue of their capital. The fruits of this caution will be a diminution of the risk of foreign depredation, and an increase in the prices given for our products. The injustice and violence of foreign governments will probably be in the ratio of the temptation held out; and, unless this be sufficient in the selfish reward that it brings to silence the murmurs of remorse, we may hope that we shall be permitted to enjoy the fruits of our enterprise. Let us recollect that it was the magnitude of our trade, and the daring spirit with which it threatened to rival that of Britain, that excited her jealousy, until that jealousy led to actual hostility. Who will undertake to say, whether like causes would not again produce like effects, and whether fifty or an hundred millions worth of property incautiously jeopardised on the ocean would not be swept into her ports, sequestered, or condemned, or returned, accordingly as we complied, or refused to comply with her mandates.
Independently of these risques, where can this immense property go to? The whole demand of Europe, unfettered by commercial restriction, is no more than adequate to the taking off our surplus produce. With the numerous and vigorous restrictions subsisting, will it be contended that this produce will find its way to those places which stand most in need of it? Even if it should be granted
that this will ultimately be the case, by what circuitous and expensive routes will it not have to travel, before it reaches the market of the actual consumers; how greatly will the expense of its transportation be augmented, and its ability advantageously to compete with similar products, as well as the consumption, be diminished?
But it is not granted that it will in all, or even in a majority of cases, overcome the barriers of legal restriction. What stronger evidence can there be of this, than the differences between the English and French prices of various articles of domestic and foreign growth? While flour is eighteen dollars a barrel in England, it is only seven in France. On the other hand, look at the prodigious difference in the price of colonial produce, which in France is in general twice as dear as in England.
Let then our merchants, while the terrible storm rages in Europe, practise the cardinal virtues of fortitude and temperance. Let them be contented with a circumscribed trade, and with moderate profits. Let them have no confidence in those who have so treacherously betrayed the confidence hitherto reposed in them. Let them shew foreign nations that we are not more dependant on them, than they are dependent on us. Let them convince their government that they will not pursue a commerce which is neither profitable to themselves or their country. Let them convince them that they have the sagacity to foresee danger, and the will to avoid it.
This will more effectually teach them to respect our rights, than morality or war. They will at length discover the connection between their interest and a regard for our rights; when they may be expected to treat us with justice from the same motives which are the source of the injustice now done us.
The following toasts, say the New-York papers, are those given at the late dinner at that place in honor of Timothy Pickering, which, as ill-luck would have it, was nearly eaten up before the honored guest arrived. Coleman refused to publish them; but the republican editors have most maliciously dragged them into daylight as luminous evidences, not only of the wit of judge Benson, to whose pen they are ascribed, but likewise as irresistible proof that the federalists possess "all the talent of the country." To place this beyond all doubt we add from the Boston Gazette, a most sublime effusion of poetical genius; leaving it to the reader to decide between the merits of the toasts and the poetry, and according to his taste, to give the preference to the attic wit of the one, or the classical inspiration of the other.
"TOASTS,"
At a public dinner given by the Federalists of New-York, to the gentlemen of the minority in Congress, passing through that city on their return home.—14th March, 1809.
 1. Our country.  2. The President—the Chief Magistrate of the land.  3. The MINORITY in Congress—they have done their duty—the consciousness of it in themselves and the persuasion of it in their friends, the grateful recompence.  4. The constitution—May it never fail of its purposes, "to perfect union, establish justice, insure tranquility, provide for defence, and secure liberty."  5. Perpetuity to a republican government within the United States—May the People never lose the right to make the laws by their representatives, and no one ever succeed to office by inheritance.  6. Antaeus depended for strength on his contact with the earth—the strength of Hercules originated from Heaven: in the end he took from the GIANT his breath: the fable—Perseverance by the Federalists the application.  7. The memory of our beloved Washington.  8. The memory of the heroes who fought and fell in the war of our revolution.  9. Hamilton—"oppressive grief is ever silent."  10. The memory of Ames—if it was permitted, the intelligence and purity of a Seraph.  11. The reverend clergy in our land—"May our fruit so abound to our account, that they may never need to desire a gift."  12. The mothers in our land and their daughters—may we save them from the fate of the mothers and daughters in Lubec, in the ravages of Germany by the MONSTER of Corsica, or perish ourselves.  13. The Spanish nation—in this moment of suspense; our anxious hopes, our distressing fears.  14. Sympathy for the oppressed of the whole human race.  15. Napoleon the Great, and his American well-wishers, the scourgers of Britain; the protectors of the rights of the sea; the deliverers of mankind; the only real republicans; the —— and so forth.  16. Thomas Jefferson—the rule is, "nothing of the dead, unless good." 
17. The philosopher's economy of human life—"If you are slain in battle you can never fight again; but if you run away, you live, and so you may fight another day."
18. The end of the next session of Congress; or the tide of experiment on proclamations, non-importations, embargoes, non-intercourses, &c. &c. &c. run out, and the mud all left bare.
19. An account with a receipt to it, making no bad toast: Messrs. Wilkinson & Claiborn in acct. with the People.
Dr. Cr. To 11350—Segars | By—Smoke. Errors excepted.
Received the above in full.
Thos. Jefferson, for the PEOPLE. 20. A book for the study at Washington—"Reflections on comparing the establishment of the new constitution by the federalists against its enemies, in the time of the state conventions, with the rebuilding of the wall of Jerusalem by the Jews against their adversaries in the time of Nehemiah—With one hand they wrought in the work, and with the other hand they held a weapon"—"Title rather prolix." Antifed. Review.
21. Ship Embargo going down—A scrap saved from her log-book—"All hands employed in stopping leaks."
22. Enter Father Hudson, with his dispe—"How fare ye, my hearties! We got a new harbor-master, you know the 4th of the month; and I have just been telling him, without there, that I'll float his one-gun men of war no longer and so he must run 'em into some creek or I'll turn up my jug and stop pouring—he said something about the old harbor master, as how he had given up his commission himself—You should made a yellow admiral of him, says I. Both of 'em all gab. Now, my good fellows, take care of little Manhattan—I and old stout hearted Santa-Claus found it—snug in between the Sound and the Sea. And then there are the lakes too—it must all come here—Mayhap I tire you, and so I'll go and turn in again, and then you may drink the memory of old Skipper Hendrick, for so Claus always called me—Good night."
The memory of that skilful and adventurous seamen and discoverer, Skipper HENDRICK HUDSON.
23. A Lawyer's toast—paid for by the folio—draft and copies—words enough of course. The administration, vs. THE PEOPLE. On trial in suit on Embargo—Witnesses examined and cause summed by the council on both sides, and court about to charge the jury, when plaintiffs consented a non-suit might be entered the last day of the next term; and now according to a case lately reported by Sir Albert Gallatin, Knight Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, if their successors bring a new suit, it can only be a paupers. If they are non-suit likewise, and not able to pay the costs, let the law be left to take its old course. Let there be judgement against them, to be whipped.
24. To suggest what is not, or to suppress what is, the truth; alike according to federal ethics, the crime of falsehood; and all concerned principals.
THE FINAL TOAST for both master & man."
From the Boston Gazette. Upon hearing the sound of bells, and firing of guns for the removal of Thomas Jefferson from office, the 4th of March, 1809.
AND art thou gone? Fly swift thou baneful STAR.
God speed thy passage; God thy stay prolong.
So flies the METEOR, thro' the liquid air, Spreading its bon-fu influence thro' the land.
To MONTICELLO, or to CARTER'S MOUNT, There hide thy self, with BLACK and Horned Frags, On ne'er return to ght thy Savage Soul, Nor lost REPUBLIC, and lost LIBERTY.
And solace there thy self, that thou hast done,
All that a despot, Tyrant's Soul could do, To hunt fair FREEDOM, from her native soil;
Then leave thy own MADSON, the rest to clime.
That thou hast been, a NERO, CATALINE, To aid thy Friend, the CURST NAPOLEON, But don't forget, that Heaven has wrath in store, To blast the MAN, who sinks his Country's Fame.
With what indignant, cutting satire, does the Essex Muse lash the "baneful star" rivalling the dog barking at the moon! For a while we considered this piece unrivalled, until the following transatlantic performance was, by an association of ideas, brought to our recollection; we still, however entertain doubts which merits the highest encomium.
Extract from an irregular ode by Lord Thurlow—
After being thrown into a furious passion by the opposition of his enemies, he exclaims—
D—mn Fox and d—mn North; D—mn Portland's mild worth; D—mn Devon the good, Double d—mn all his name, D—mn Fitzwilliam's blood, Heir of Rockingham a fame; D—mn Sherburne's wit, The terror of Pitt; D—mn Longbrough, my piogue—would his bagpipe were split? D—mn Derby's long scroll,
Fill'd with names to the brim: D—mn his limbs, d—mn his soul, D—mn his soul, d—mn his limbs! With Stormont's curs'd din, Hark! Carlisle chimes in; D—mn them; d—mn all the partners of their sin; D—mn them, beyond what mortal tongue can tell; Confound sink, plunge them all to deep- est, blackest hell!
The republicans in the Congressional district composed of the counties of Fairfax, Prince William and Loudon, in Virginia, have agreed to support Col. William Tyler of Prince William country, as a candidate, at the ensuing election; in opposition to Mr. Joseph Lewis.
In the Senatorial district of Fairfax and Prince William counties—they have agreed to support Dr. Henry Rose as a candidate for the state Senate, vice Richard Brent, Esq. appointed Senator of the United States.
Col. George Minor and Capt. Lewis Summers, have likewise been agreed upon by the republicans of Fairfax, as candidates for the House of Delegates.
Sanguine expectations are entertained of the election of all these gentlemen.
New Hampshire Election.
At the annual election held on the 14th inst. the votes given were as follows—
  For Governor.     Langdon (Rep.)  315    Smith (Fed.)  312  
The following translations from the original letters have been handed to us, and appear worthy of publication, as an example of that liberality which the pursuits of science are calculated to inspire.
To the National Institute of France. Kalorama, 20 July, 1808.
GENTLEMEN, Accept with your accustomed kindness a copy of my poem, the Columbiad, which I have the honor to present to you, by the hands of one of your members, my excellent friend the Senator Bishop Gregoire. I offer it to you only as a specimen of American typography, and not for any intrinsic merit in the work. The paper, the type, the ink and the impression are of my country; the engravings are from abroad.
The French nation, which has done so much for the development of the human mind in all its resources, and is continually astonishing the world with the immensity of its intellectual labors, cannot see without interest the efforts of a distant people, progressing in a like career.
France can fear no rival in anything; but in the fine arts, as in literature and science, all rivals are friends. True knowledge, whether physical or moral, will teach us more and more that the real interests of all nations are common and reciprocal. It is only a false light that can present them otherwise to the mind.
Receive, gentlemen, the testimony of my profound respect, JOEL BARLOW.
Paris, 15th October, 1808. To JOEL BARLOW, SIR,
The Institute of France receives with the highest interest the splendid copy you have presented them of your poem, the Columbiad. All the friends of the human race desire that your country should reach the high destinies to which Providence seems to have called it. The most enlightened men of France rejoice to see the United States join to the public and private virtues, of which they have given such illustrious examples, the culture of letters, science and arts; which give glory to a nation and happiness to man. You may therefore be well assured that the National Institute will always take pleasure in applauding the success of the literary, the scientific and the artists of your country.
This edition of your poem is a proof of the astonishing progress of typography in the United States. And it is a happy circumstance that one of the finest monuments of this precious art should be a work that does so much honor to the national genius.
All those among us who had the pleasure of knowing you in Paris, rejoice to find you the author of this work. For myself, sir, I esteem it a peculiar felicity to be at this moment the organ of the Institute of France, in offering you their thanks and the expression of their esteem. In these sentiments I have the honor to salute you.
JOACHIM LE BRETON, Perpetual Secretary of the Institute for the Class of Fine Arts, and its general Secretary ad interim.
P. S. I beg you personally to accept a copy of the memoir that I read at our last public session.
Note. By this memoir it appears that the Class is employed, among other things, in compiling a new Dictionary of the Fine Arts, and that within the last year they had discussed and adopted 262 new articles for that Dictionary.
The following CIRCULAR has been transmitted by the Secretary of the Treasury to the Collectors:—
CIRCULAR. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, March 18, 1809.
SIR, I sent you on the third instant, together with the Non-Intercourse Act, some general instructions which, on a first impression, appeared necessary in order to preserve uniformity in its execution. Some of those may not be sufficiently explicit: On one important point, I have, from a further consideration of the several sections of the act, been induced to alter my opinion; and new questions have arisen on which several of the Collectors have applied for instructions.
The expressions, used in the sixteenth section of the act, had at first impressed a belief, that vessels, owned in whole or in part by foreigners, could not be cleared for English or French ports. But on more minute investigation of the thirteenth section of the act, and of the proviso of the first section of the embargo act, passed on twenty-second December, one thousand eight hundred and seven, I think that opinion to have been erroneous. Vessels owned in whole or in part by foreigners are still permitted in conformity with the said proviso, to depart either in ballast, or with the cargoes which they had brought in, and which have not been landed, for any foreign port whatever. If they shall clear for a port with which commercial intercourse is permitted to American vessels by the act of first instant, they must give bond, in conformity with the thirteenth section of the said act, that they shall not proceed to a forbidden port; but if they are bound to a forbidden port no bond is necessary; and they may be permitted to clear accordingly. This applies as well to English or French, as to any other foreign vessels. But the proviso of the act of twenty-second of December, one thousand eight hundred and seven, being still un-repealed in all its parts, and the act itself being repealed in part only, so far as relates to vessels owned by citizens of the United States; vessels owned in whole or in part by foreigners are still forbidden to take on board any new cargo. American vessels are permitted to go only to the ports not forbidden by the act of first instant, and may export there every species of merchandise. Foreign vessels may depart for any foreign port whatever, but cannot take on board or export any merchandise either foreign or domestic, other than was on board when notified of the embargo, or in other words, as it relates to all foreign vessels now in the United States, other than the cargoes which they may have brought in, and which have not been landed.
On the subject of ports for which clearances may be granted, or must be refused to American vessels, I will observe, that as the legality or illegality of the voyage can, in doubtful cases, be determined only by the courts of the United States, that question can never be affected either by granting or refusing a clearance. The forms of bonds which have been transmitted by the Comptroller, are in conformity with the expressions used in the act; and it must be clearly understood that as, on the one hand, the condition of the bond may not, on trial, be deemed forfeited in every instance where a vessel shall have proceeded to a port for which a clearance had been refused; so, on the other hand, errors may be committed in granting clearances for ports which the Courts may ultimately adjudge to have been forbidden by law, and it is not intended that the mere act of thus granting a clearance shall release the party from the penalty which may be incurred by pursuing an illegal voyage.
I am still of opinion that no clearance can be granted for any part of the Island of San Domingo, or of the kingdom of Italy. The independence of San Domingo has not been acknowledged by any act of government; and, if not independent, it is a dependency of France. The kingdom of Italy, which now includes Venice and Leghorn, though not annexed to France, is governed in the name of the French Emperor, and is not only in fact, but in name, one of his dependencies. There are ports in Spain and Portugal, which may hereafter be exclusively in the possession of Great Britain or France, and for which clearances should according to circumstances be refused. It is understood that at present they are all under the nominal government of a Spanish Sovereign, or of the Prince Regent of Portugal, and that therefore clearances may be granted for all. The rule must be that places held in the name of the sovereign of the country, though garrisoned by British or French troops, are not to be considered as forbidden ports. But if conquered by either, as in the case of Lisbon before its evacuation by the French, they are exclusively in the possession of the conquerors and therefore forbidden.
There is nothing in the law which forbids the sale of American vessels abroad; but the condition of the bond required by the thirteenth section is,

that they shall not proceed to any British or French port. The condition of the bond will be considered by this Department as forfeited and the bond put in suit, if prior to their return to the United States, and during the continuance of the act, they shall proceed to such port, whether they have been sold or remain the property of the same owners. The provisions in that section which relate to the production of a certificate of the landing of the cargo, only establish the species of proof requisite in that respect, but do not affect that part of the bond by which the vessels are altogether forbidden to proceed to certain ports.
Bonds given under the act of ninth January last, in six times the value of the vessel and cargo, on the condition that vessels having cargoes on board shall not depart without clearance, may be cancelled whenever the owners shall think proper to send such vessels and cargoes to a port with which intercourse is permitted by the act of first instant, and shall give bond in conformity with the thirteenth section of the said act.
The extension of the terms of credit allowed in certain cases on revenue bonds, by the acts of March tenth, one thousand eight hundred and eight, and January twelfth, one thousand eight hundred and nine, continues in force, notwithstanding the partial repeal of the act laying an embargo.
The temptations to evade the embargo laws are so much diminished by the partial repeal which has now taken place, that I do not perceive any further necessity for continuing the extraordinary expenses which had been authorised for the purpose of enforcing the laws. All the authorities therefore which have been heretofore given to employ additional boats, officers, or men for that purpose, must be considered as henceforth revoked. And under the existing circumstances of the revenue, I have to request that you will, as far as is practicable and consistent with the public service, reduce every branch of expense incident to the collection of duties, and connected with the performance of your official duties.
I am, very respectfully, Sir, Your obedient servant, ALBERT GALLATIN. To the Collector of the Customs for the District of
New-Orleans Bature. —On the 31st Jan. in the Legislature of Orleans territory, Mr. Hughes presented the petition of Edward Livingston, praying for a copy of a petition presented to the Legislature by the Council of Orleans which appears to contain some charges against Mr. Livingston. Mr. Hughes moved to grant the copy asked. Mr. Blanque opposed the motion and moved that the proposition of Mr. Hughes be rejected. Mr. B's motion was agreed to nearly unanimously.
The Legislature of Pennsylvania, have passed an act to incorporate the Farmers and Mechanics Bank. The state is to receive 75,000 dollars in stock. The Stockholders to appoint the directors.
FOR THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER. At a numerous and respectable meeting of the democratic citizens of Kent county, held on the 4th instant, at the House of Thomas Peacock, head of Chester, Maryland.
Doctor John Thomas was called to the chair, and Cornelius Comegys, Esq. was appointed Secretary. The meeting then proceeded to the election of a committee of seven citizens to draw up an address and resolutions. Whereupon, Doctor John T. Rees, Doctor Robert G. Maxwell, Benjamin Massey, Joseph Thomson, William Ferral, James Brook & George Palmer, Esq. were duly elected, and after an appropriate speech from the chair, reported the following address, and resolutions, which were read and unanimously agreed to—
TO JAMES MADISON, Esquire. PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. SIR,
It is with the greatest pleasure, we in common with our fellow-citizens throughout the Union, welcome you with congratulations to the Presidential Chair. This is a day of proud triumph, for the republic of America; and we hail it with those honest and cordial feelings that distinguish freemen. You have been elevated to that dignified seat, by the old soldiers of the revolution & their descendants, the real advocates of liberty. Yes, sir, you have been thus honorably supported through the political storms of a factious opposition, and against torrents of intrigue and corruption.
It is now eight years since the same republican party placed your predecessor Mr. Jefferson in the Presidency. At that time excessive taxation and laws hostile to the freedom for which we fought, were subjects of just and loud complaint. In their Jefferson, his fellow citizens placed their confidence and from his administration much was expected—
they were not disappointed; those impolitic and unjust measures were abolished; the wisdom of his administration redounded to the interest of his country, and the republic flourished beyond example.
That clangor of arms, which has convulsed all Europe to its centre, covered its plains with human blood, & revolutionized nations, was not to be received with indifference by the wise government of our country: accordingly the administration observed its progress with a vigilant eye and by a judicious policy guarded us from its ruinous effects. Thus while other nations were bleeding by the sword and bayonet, and expiring in the agonies of war and famine, our country presented the most serene and pleasing aspect. A great and increasing nation under a mild and free government, peace smiling through the land, industry enlivening its inhabitants, and a universal plenty cheering alike the peasant and the citizen, the cottager and the statesman. Although a wise and just policy has thus preserved us from the political vortex of Europe which has swallowed nations in its eddy, it has not been able to preserve us from insult and injury. The two great belligerents, England and France, in the deadly contest between them, have aimed blows at each other, which in their effects, had they not been warded off by our government, would have crippled the independence of our country. Regardless of all justice, those powers have trampled upon the rights of neutrals, and treated with contempt the laws of nations; our commerce has been fettered by their arbitrary restrictions, our merchantmen subject to piratical capture, and our native seaman seized on board his own ship, and shamefully forced into foreign service. These multiplied aggressions have brought us into a collision and nearly to hostilities with those powers. Our government while it has taken a dignified, and manly attitude, has at the same time manifested every disposition for an honorable adjustment, thus proving to the world that they are directed by the most liberal and enlightened policy. In this important & critical situation of our national affairs, you, sir, ascend the chair of state. It is unnecessary to recount the past transactions of your political life, it is sufficient to say, we have viewed you in subordinate stations, and the zeal and ability with which you have discharged the trust reposed in you has given us the utmost confidence in your talents and integrity. Whether our differences with the European powers will be amicably settled, or settled by an appeal to arms, is yet uncertain—for either event the nation is prepared, and rests satisfied that the government will prefer an honorable war to a dishonorable peace. If in the issue the freeman must shoulder his firelock to preserve his liberty, that spirit which in '76 led our fathers to victory will again be distinguished in the heroism of their children.
With the united wisdom of a patriotic Congress to assist you, and supported by a people who glory in their freedom, we trust you will be able to surmount all difficulties, to act with energy, to guard the republic on all sides, and to crush the enemies of its independence; alike domestic traitors and foreign foes.
With full confidence that you will emulate the bright example of the illustrious statesmen who has gone before you, and that when you retire from office, it will also be with your blushing honors thick upon you, we wish you long life, health and happiness.
Resolved, That we hail this day, which ushers JAMES MADISON to the Presidential chair, and with pleasure anticipate that each revolving year will witness its anniversary commemorated by plaudits of encresing thousands of republicans. President Madison is not esteemed by us through party considerations only, but for his tried virtues, independence, integrity and patriotism. We have the most exalted opinion of his talents, and have full confidence of his administering the government with like wisdom, mildness and dignity, which has ever characterised his former public conduct.
Resolved, That Thomas Jefferson, late President of the United States, is entitled to the gratitude of his country for his long and beneficial public services, and his consistency in maintaining the policy corresponding in principles with that which gave America independence and liberty; and although our country is deprived by his resignation of the talents of one of its greatest statesmen, yet we greatly approve of the motives which have thus actuated his conduct. He has now virtuously practised what he has long thought in theory, that rotation in office is eminently essential to the happiness and prosperity of our country.
Resolved, That we highly approve of the measures of the late administration of the general government, and view the laying the embargo as a manly and prudent measure, calculated to restore our property, then on
the seas, and avert the horrors of war; or give us time to prepare for the combat should the lawless and infamous conduct of either belligerent nation render such an event ultimately necessary.
Resolved, That we view with the utmost indignation and contempt the insolent letter of Mr. Canning and his endeavor to alienate the good opinion of the people from our present happy form of government. We also view in the same light the infamous dictatorial letter of the French minister, Mr. Champagny.
Resolved, That we have no preference for any foreign nation whatever, and are ready at the risk of the loss of our lives and property, to assert and maintain our independence, our honor and our rights against any nation who may dare assume the temerity to outrage or insult them.
Resolved, That those characters who pledged themselves to support the constituted authorities immediately subsequent to the attack on the Chesapeake, and are now clamoring against the measures of government, were insincere in their professions and should not be forgotten.
Resolved, That it is with the most indignant astonishment we hear American citizens apologising for British aggression, justifying them in the repeated violations of our neutrality, hinting at an alliance offensive and defensive with England—extolling the wisdom, the firmness and magnanimity of the British government—attempting to weaken and distract our own by slandering the President, the administration and Congress—endeavoring to foment division—creating suspicion in the minds of the people unfriendly to their government, and charging the administration with being under French influence! Such language we despise, and must ever look upon the man who is capable of making use of it, at a time like this, when unanimity is so essential, as inimical to the freedom of our country.
Attested by CORNELIUS COMEGYS, SEC.
Lancaster, March 16. This has been an interesting day. The report of the committee in the case of Olmstead, (which I sent you the day before yesterday) came up for consideration—considerable debate ensued. Mr. Thompson offered a resolution, as a substitute for one proposed by the committee, the object of which was a repeal of the law passed upon the subject a few years ago. The proposition was negatived. A resolution was offered by Mr. Darlington, proposing to pay to Olmstead the money due him. It was also negatived. All the resolutions attached to the report [and published in our paper of Friday last] were adopted. Mr. Mixon then offered a resolution, declaring that Penn. at every hazard, would resist the decree of the United States' Court; in the case of Olmstead. He observed, on offering it, that it was to try the sense of the House, and that he could not vote for it himself—that it was notorious that the Governor had called out the military force of the Commonwealth, to resist the execution of the process of the federal court—that the committee, in their labored and ingenious report, had declared the right of the state, and had clearly intimated their determination not to recede; but when the resolutions attached to the report were considered, they would appear mere milk and water things—that after all the blustering, the legislature had, to be sure, resolved—that the Governor should write to the President. He thought such a resolution, if the state was in earnest about resisting, was weak and useless. If the great state of Pennsylvania really supposed her constitutional rights invaded, and had seriously determined on an appeal to arms, he thought the legislature should assume a manly and determined attitude, and declare so, openly and boldly. To bring the matter home—to test the sentiments of the House fairly—he had offered the resolution.
The Yeas and Nays were taken on the resolution, when it was negatived—only one voting in favor of it:—the mover and seconder voting against it.
The following are the resolutions which were agreed to.
Resolved, By the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, &c. That, as a member of the federal union, the legislature of Pennsylvania acknowledges the supremacy, and will cheerfully submit to the authority of the general government, as far as that authority is delegated by the constitution of the United States. But, whilst they yield to this authority when exercised within constitutional limits, they trust they will not be considered as acting hostile to the general government, when, as guardians of the state rights, they cannot permit an infringement of those rights by an unconstitutional exercise of power in the U. States' courts.
Resolved, That in a government like that of the United States, where
there are powers granted to the general government, and rights reserved to the states, it is impossible for the imperfection of language so to define the limits of each that difficulties should not sometimes arise, from a collision of powers; and it is to be lamented, that no provision is made in the constitution, for determining disputes between the general and the state governments, by an impartial tribunal, when such cases occur.
Resolved, That, from the construction the United States' courts give to their powers, the harmony of the states, if they resist encroachments on their rights, will frequently be interrupted—and if, to prevent this evil, they should on all occasions yield to stretches of power, the reserved rights of the states will depend on the arbitrary power of the courts.
Resolved, That, should the independence of the states, as secured by the constitution, be destroyed, the liberties of the people, in so extensive a country, cannot long survive. To suffer the United States' courts to decide on state rights, will, from a bias in favor of power, necessarily destroy the federal part of our government; and whenever the government of the United States becomes consolidated, we may learn, from the history of nations, what will be the event.
To prevent the balance, between the general and state governments, from being destroyed, and the harmony of the states from being interrupted:—
Resolved, That our Senators in Congress be instructed, and our Representatives requested, to use their influence to procure an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, that an impartial tribunal may be established to determine disputes between the general and state governments, and that they be further instructed to use their endeavors, that in the mean while such arrangements may be made between the governor of the union and of this state, as will put an end to existing difficulties.
[BY AUTHORITY.]
AN ACT Making appropriations for the support of the military establishment, and of the navy of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and nine.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That for defraying the expense of the military establishment of the United States for the year one thousand eight hundred and nine, for the Indian department, and for the expense of fortifications, arsenals, magazines and armouries, the following sums be, and the same hereby are respectively appropriated, that is to say: For the pay of the army of the United States, eight hundred and sixty-eight thousand two hundred and forty dollars:
For forage, sixty-four thousand six hundred and twenty-four dollars:
For subsistence, six hundred and forty-one thousand two hundred and twenty-eight dollars and thirty-five cents:
For clothing, two hundred and ninety-three thousand two hundred and sixty-four dollars:
For bounties and premiums, fifteen thousand dollars:
For the medical and hospital departments, forty-five thousand dollars:
For camp equipage, fuel, tools and transportation, two hundred and seventy thousand dollars:
For ordnance, seventy-five thousand dollars:
For purchasing horses, saddles and bridles for the light dragoons, and for the light artillery, fifty-one thousand seven hundred and twenty dollars:
For forage for the horses for the regiment of light artillery, ten thousand eight hundred dollars:
For fortifications, arsenals, magazines and armouries, two hundred and nineteen thousand and thirty-four dollars and seventy-five cents:
For purchasing maps, plans, books and instruments, two thousand five hundred dollars:
For contingencies fifty thousand dollars:
For the salary of clerks employed in the military agent's offices, and in the office of inspector of the army, three thousand five hundred dollars:
For the Indian department, one hundred and twenty-five thousand six hundred dollars:
For the purpose of paying James Powell, late collector of Savannah, the amount of monies advanced by him to Solomon Ellis, contractor for supplying rations to the troops of the United States, in the state of Georgia, including a commission of two per centum to the collector, twenty-seven thousand six hundred and twenty-one dollars and eight cents:
For the purpose of paying Ferdinand Phinizy, late contractor for supplying the troops in Georgia, a balance due to him as admitted by the comptroller of the treasury, on the twenty-fourth of July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, one thousand three hundred and ninety-three dollars and thirty-nine cents:
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That for defraying the expenses of the navy of the United States, during the year one thousand eight hundred and nine, the following sums, including therein the sum of four hundred thousand dollars, already appropriated by an act, entitled "An act authorising the employment of an additional naval force," the following sums be, and the same are hereby respectively appropriated, that is to say:
For the pay and subsistence of the officers, and pay of the seamen, one million three hundred and twenty-three thousand and seventy dollars:
For provisions, five hundred and sixty-seven thousand seven hundred and sixty-five dollars:
For medicines, instruments and hospital stores, thirty-five thousand dollars:
For repairs of vessels, four hundred and forty-five thousand dollars:
For freight, store rent commissions to agents, and other contingent expenses, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars:
For pay and subsistence of the marine corps, including provisions for those on shore, and forage for the staff, one hundred and thirty-five thousand six hundred and forty-seven dollars, and seventy cents:
For clothing for the same, thirty-two thousand nine hundred and thirty-three dollars and eight cents:
For military stores for the same, one thousand three hundred and fifty-four dollars:
For medicines, medical services, hospital stores, and all other expenses on account of the sick belonging to the marine corps, two thousand dollars:
For quarter-master and barrack master's stores, officer's travelling expenses, armorer's and carpenter's bills, fuel, premiums for enlisting, musical instruments, bounty to music, and other contingent expenses of the marine corps, fourteen thousand one hundred and twenty-five dollars:
For the expense of navy yard, comprising dock and other improvements, pay of superintendants, storekeepers, clerks and laborers, sixty thousand dollars:
For ordnance and small arms, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars:
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the several sums specifically appropriated by this act, shall be paid out of any monies in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated.
J. B. VARNUM, Speaker of the House of Representatives. J. N. MILLEDGE, President of the Senate, pro tempore. March 3, 1809. APPROVED. TH: JEFFERSON.
FOR SALE. WILL be sold at private sale, a valuable tract of LAND, containing three hundred acres, well wooded, within three miles of George town—For terms of sale, which will be accommodating, apply to James Morsell, Esq. of George town, or to EDWARD HALL, of West River. March 24—6t.
COLUMBIAN LIBRARY. IN conformity to the charter of this Institution, an election will be held at the Library room for SIX DIRECTORS, on Wednesday next, the 29th inst. JOSEPH MILLIGAN, Librarian. March 24—3t.
SALE. THE Subscriber being about to leave the city, offers for sale at her house, Pennsylvania Avenue, near the War Office, sundry articles of household and kitchen furniture, consisting of tables, chairs, bedsteads, looking glasses, and divers articles, too tedious to mention. Sale to begin on Thursday, 30th March, at half past 10 o'clock. Terms cash. REBECCA SCOTT. March 24—3t.
TO RENT. THE BRICK HOUSE, on Virginia Avenue, near the Navy Yard, lately occupied by Mr. Josiah Fox. Enquire of FREDERICK MAY. March 1—10t.
THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE. THAT the subscriber hath obtained from the Orphans Court of St. Mary's county and state of Md. letters of administration on the Personal Estate of RICHARD BOND, late of the aforesaid county and state deceased. All persons having claims against the said deceased are hereby wanted to exhibit the same, for adjustment, with the proper vouchers thereof, to the subscriber, living in St. Mary's county and state of Md. at or before the 13th day of July next, they may otherwise by law be excluded from a benefit of the said estate. Given under my hand this 13th day of January 1809. REBECCA WHITE BOND, late of St. Mary's county and state of Md. January 20—m6m2U.

PUBLIC SALE. By order of the Orphan's Court of Prince Georges county, Maryland, will be offered for sale at the town of Upper Marlborough on Thursday the 18th day of April next, the Personal Property of the late Dr. Samuel Hopburn , deceased, consisting of a Negro or Mulatto Boy, a saddle Horse, Medicine and Surgical Instruments, also a small Medical Library with other Books and sundry other articles. Six months credit will be given for all articles sold above Ten dollars, the purchaser giving bond with approved securities. Lesser sums ready money. The sale to begin at 12 o'clock.
GABRIEL PETERSON VAN HORN, Administrator.
March 22—3t
NOTICE.
THE persons who claim title to the following LOTS in Georgetown , are notified that their titles are defective in consequence of their having neglected to avail themselves of the compromise agreed on in the case of Beatty and Davidson . The representatives of Gen. Davidson are yet willing to assent to the same compromise, and all who apply by the 10th May next may obtain deeds on those terms—the lots claimed by those who do not apply will be proceeded against. If those persons desire any information on this subject they can apply to Mr. Abner Blakely or to P. S. Key , Esq. Georgetown. Letters from those who do not reside in the District (post-paid) will be attended to.
ANNE MARIA DAVIDSON, Executrix & devisee of Gen. JOHN DAVIDSON.
The following are the Lots in Beatty and Davidson's addition to Georgetown , referred to in the above notice—Lots No. 2 & part of lot No. 3.—lots Nos. 4, 6, 15, 30, 41, 43, 44, 52, 53, 59, 60, 65, 67, 71, and part of lot 72—lots no. 80, 81, 83, 85, 86, 87, 91, 92, 94, 103, 104, 105, 109, 110, 113, 114, 118, 119, 121, 123, 125, 129, 130, 132, 133, 135, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 148, 149, 154, 155, 163, 166, 168, 170, 175, 176, 194, 195, 196, 205, 207, 211, 212, 214, 216, 220, 225, 227, 230, 231, 236, 237, 239, 245, 248, 256, 257, 258, 259, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 267, 269, 270, 272, 273, 275, 278, 279, 282, 287, 288, 289, 290, 294, and 295.
March 22—10m
INFORMATION WANTED.
IF the heirs of ROBE HOHREIN , a native of Wuttemberg, in Germany, who it is said died at Fredericktown, in the state of Maryland, in the year 1773, will make application at the Department of State, they will receive some information, which may probably be of advantage to them.
March 22
NEW YORK STATE LOTTERY, Positively commences Drawing 12th of April next.
HIGHEST PRIZES: 30,000 Dollars. 20,000 Dollars. 10,000 Dollars. 5,000 Dollars.
TICKETS & SHARES, Sold at WAITE'S Truly Fortunate Lottery Offices in New York, where was sold in the last Lottery the three highest prizes, viz.
No. 20,231 25,000 Dollars. — 25,403 10,000 Dollars. — 20,799 5,000 Dollars.
Tickets and Shares in the above Grand Lottery from Waite's Office, may be had of Mr. JOSEPH MILLIGAN , at his Book Store in Georgetown, where the weekly Prize List will be regularly received.
Georgetown, Marc 10—epim
FIRE ENGINE.
THE Columbian Fire Company having appointed a committee to make a contract for a Fire Engine, it is hoped that all persons indebted to them for fines, or subscriptions, will pay without further delay, to enable the committee to make the purchase. The following is the state of the funds of the company.
Cash in the hands of the Treas- surers, 202 25 Due on the subscription list, 156 00 Due for Fines, 106 00 Dollars 464 25
A good Engine will cost 600 dollars. There will be some additional expenses. Those who have not subscribed are earnestly called upon to make up this deficiency. It would be insulting both the understanding and the public spirit of the citizens to suppose that so important an object should be further delayed, for the want of a small addition to the funds in hand. Every citizen is deeply interested, and every one should cheerfully contribute his mite. Mr. Nicholas L. Queen is appointed to collect and receive subscriptions, and Griffith Coombe and Henry Tims to collect the fines. By order, and on behalf of the Company.
JOHN COYLE, President.
March 17.
District of Columbia, Washington county to wit.
I HEREBY certify that Joseph Etsep of said county, brought before me, as a Stry, trespassing on his premises, a BAY GELDING , 9 or 10 years old, bob tail, which with the mane is black, a faint star on the forehead with a small snip on the nose; no white else; no mark or brand discoverable—said Gelding has been worked in gears.
Given under hand of me a justice of the peace for said county, this 17th day of March, 1809.
CHARLES MINIFIE.
March 30—3t
BLACK RIVER LOTTERY.
No. 2. POSITIVELY commence Drawing on the 12th of April next.
Present Price of Tickets. Whole Tickets $3 50 Half do. 4 25 Quarter do. 2 25 Eight do. 1 12 1/2
Tickets at the New York prices from G. & R. Waite's Truly Fortunate Lottery Office may be had of JOSEPH MILLIGAN , Georgetown; where a regular Check book of the drawings will be kept, and adventurers in the Lottery may obtain the earliest information of their success gratis.
*** Letters post paid containing Bank Notes shall be promptly attended to, and distant adventurers advised of the success. Georgetown, March 20—6t
NATIONAL MUSEUM.
THE very flattering encouragement the Subscriber has met with from a number of Gentlemen of the highest respectability and talent, among whom he has the honor to name the President of the United States and Dr. Samuel L. Mitchell of New York —has induced him respectfully to announce to the Public, his determination to commence the establishment of a NATIONAL MUSEUM , connected with a GALLERY OF PORTRAITS , in the city of Washington , where a Building well calculated for the purpose is now preparing.
The great and obvious utility of such an institution at the seat of the National Government, it is presumed will strike every liberal and enlightened mind in so forcible a manner as to render any further detail in the present instance unnecessary.
C. BOYLE.
March 20—3t
PUBLIC SALE AT AUCTION, (WITHOUT RESERVE.)
WILL be sold at the residence of Mrs. HAMILTON on Capitol Hill on Friday the 24th inst. sundry articles of Household Furniture, consisting of beds, Chairs, Tables, &c. A Carriage and Harness and a pair of Horses; a second hand Hack Carriage, and excellent Horse for carriage or saddle, and a thorough bred Horse by Cliffden three years old; also a Cart, some Hogs, and sundry other articles too tedious to mention.
The sale to begin at 11 o'clock. The terms to be made known on the day of sale. SAML. SPEAKE, Auct.
March 20—3t
By Virtue of a decree of the High Court of Chancery of the state of Maryland, will be sold at Public Auction to the highest bidder on the 8th day of April next on the premises at the hour of 12 o'clock, all the Estate, right, title, claim and interest of the late Philip Fitzhugh , deceased, of in and to the one moiety of the Adelphi Mills , land & appurtenances thereunto belonging, containing about thirty and a half acres of Land; also the whole of from 27 to 30 acres of Land with the appurtenances being part of Elizabeths Delight , lying in Prince Georges county on the North West Branch. The terms of sale are cash.
JOSEPH L. SCHOLFIELD, Trustee. 3d month 17th, 1809—3w
PUBLIC SALE.
THE DWELLING HOUSE and half the WORK SHOP, now in the occupancy of JAMES DUDDLE , being on a piece of ground immediately opposite to the Marine Barracks, on Eighth street, and adjoining the property of Mr. James P. Tuckfield , subject to a ground rent of seventy-five cents per front foot only, will be offered at public sale on Saturday the 25th inst. at 11 o'clock, on the premises. Terms of sale made known on that day.
S. SPEAKE, Auc.
March 20—3t.
FOR SALE.
A very likely healthy MULATTO GIRL, About 12 years of age—apply at this office. February 27—tf
WANTED TO HIRE.
A WOMAN SERVANT, of good character, one that is acquainted with plain cooking, washing and ironing, and house work generally, to such a person liberal wages will be given—Apply to TOPPAN WEBSTER, Near to the Six Buildings.
Feb 24—tf
FOR SALE.
THE two story BRICK HOUSE, situate on square No. 930, in the city of Washington, now occupied by Mr. Tunis Craven , as a retail store. The eligibility of this stand for the retail business is excelled by none in this city; being situated on the principal street to the Navy Yard, and very near the Navy Yard Gate. Any person desirous of purchasing the above property may be shown it by applying to the subscriber, who will also make known the terms of sale. WM. BRENT.
THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE, THAT I intend to petition to the next County Court of Charles, for the benefit of an act of insolvency. GEORGE BOARMAN Charles County, Jan. 6—2awm3
FIVE DOLLARS REWARD.
LOST, a SILVER WATCH with bands of leather, and capped—Mott, maker, New York. Whoever will return the Watch to this office, shall receive the above sum, and no question asked. Wednesday, March 1, 1809—
NOTICE. WILL be exposed to PUBLIC SALE on the 15th day of April next at Drummonds tavern Navy Yard, all the right, title, claim and interest of JOHN VINNET in and to a LOT in square No. 930, on Eighth street, 20 feet in front, running back 75 feet, with a Two Story BRICK HOUSE thereon, and other improvements, which property Mr. John Dobbins now occupies, taken by virtue of a writ of feri facias , issued from the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia for the county of Washington, at the suit of Lewis Clephan . Terms of sale cash. Sale to commence precisely at 12 o'clock. WASHINGTON BOYD, Marshal. March 15—tavis
CHARLES H. VARDEEN, MERCHANT TAYLOR, RESPECTFULLY informs the gentlemen of the district of Columbia and Public in general, that he has received by a late arrival from Philadelphia, a Choice Assortment of superfine Cloths, Cassimeres, single and double milled, superfine Coating, black silk Florentines. Likewise an elegant assortment of Sponceteks & rich silk Moleskins for Waistcoats with a variety of other articles suitable for the season. Regimentals and Navy Uniforms made in the most elegant and uniform style of fashion.
Richard Horwell's celebrated PATENT PARALLEL SUSPENDERS far superior to any hitherto in use can be had on the same terms retail, as at his Manufactory. November 27—tf
PUBLIC NOTICE.
PURSUANT to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the United States, of the third day of March inst. I am ready to receive, until the 10th day of April next, separate proposals in writing, for the supply of such articles of Stationery, as may be necessary for the service of the said House, until the 4th of March, one thousand eight hundred and eleven; and also, the like Proposals for the execution of all the Printing business of the said House, and for the supply of Fuel during the same time. The several species of Stationery, Printing and Fuel wanted, are subjoined to this advertisement, and the proposals must be accompanied with the names and residence of sufficient securities for performance.
PATRICK MAGRUDER, Clerk to the House of Representatives.
STATIONERY WANTED.
Letter Paper, hot pressed, vellum, extra large, } PER REAM. Do. plain, Folio Post, wove and plain, Medium size for engrossing, Foolscap, Ready made Pens and Quills, per hundred, Best Dutch Red Wax, } PER POUND. Best Black do. Red Wafers, Common Black Sand, Inks and Sands (glass) per pair, Water Boxes and Pounce boxes, Half pint phials, with corks, Low priced Folders, } PER DOZEN. Lead Pencils, Red and white tape, in pieces, Silk tape, or narrow ribbon, Ink of the best quality, per gallon, Indian Rubbers, per bottle, Parchment in skins, per dozen, completely dressed and pounced for use, 28 by 32 inches, Office Pen Knives,
The supply of these articles must embrace a possible demand to the value of three thousand five hundred or four thousand dollars for each of the sessions in the Congress.
It is desirable that specimens of Paper, Quills, Parchment and Wax should accompany the proposals. A security equal to sixteen thousand dollars will be required.
PRINTING WANTED.
Plain work, octavo, 300 impressions of each sheet, Bills folio, numbered, per line, in sheet or half sheet, } In octavo, & in folio, same number of impressions. Figure work, Rule & Figure work, Table work, Folding and Stitching, per hundred, for any number of documents exceeding three half sheets, and thence to twenty half sheets, and upwards, Book-binding in boards, } Per volume, folio in sheep, } & octavo, marked in sheep, & lettered.
In every instance the Printer supplies the paper as well as the work, duly folded and stitched, and no possible delay is to occur in the daily execution and delivery of the work, so that in all cases where it is practicable, the document ordered to be printed on any given day, may be ready for delivery the next morning, at the hour to which the House stands adjourned. The proposals must specify the ratio of decrease in the price for printing any number of impressions greater than the usual number of three hundred, and not exceeding five thousand.
No extra allowance will be made for working on Sundays, holidays, or after night; these must be considered by the contractor in the price per sheet. The contractor must embrace a possible amount of work, during the sessions of the Congress equal to twenty thousand dollars, and the security required will be to the amount of forty thousand dollars.
FUEL WANTED.
The supply of the next Congress will require three hundred Cords of good sound Hickory wood, to be delivered, sawed, packed and measured in the public cellar of the Capitol, at the expense of the contractor. One hundred and fifty cords to be delivered on or before the first day of October next; the remaining one hundred and fifty cords, must be delivered on or before the first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ten. A proportion of the purchase money will be advanced on giving sufficient security for the performance of the contract.
PATRICK MAGRUDER, Clerk H. of K. of the U. States.
March 1—3w
PUBLIC SALE.
By order of the Orphan's Court of Prince Georges County, Maryland, on Saturday the first day of April next, will be offered at public sale, at the late dwelling house of Thomas H. Hanson , deceased, all the personal property of the deceased, consisting of several Likely Negroes, to be sold for a term of years, and some to be sold for life—Horses, Cattle, Plantation Utensils & Household furniture. Terms made known on the day of sale. THOMAS G. ADDISON, Administrator. March 10—2awtds
BUILDING LOTS.
TO LET on Ground rent, TEN or TWELVE Building Lots, fronting each on Pennsylvania avenue , about 25 feet each, situate between Mr. Weightman's bookstore and the bridge near the Capitol, on square 491. Enquire HOBAN, JAMES HOBAN, Who has to LET, a LOT containing half an acre of good ground for gardening, well enclosed with a substantial fence. March 13—6t
A TAN YARD to be REANTED, For a term of years, from the 2nd day of April next—
THE premises consist of a good Dwelling House and Stable, with two Gardens; the Yard contains about 24 Sinks, a large Bark and Mill House, a Warehouse, Currying Shop, &c. Situate near the Capitol and Navy Yard, in the city of Washington. The present tenant will treat with any person who may rent this property, for the Stock of Leather, Hides, and Bark, which he may then have on hand. For further particulars enquire of ROBT. UNDERWOOD on the Pennsylvania avenue, who will show the premises. February 17—tf
FOR SALE.
Avaluable Family of NEGROES, consisting of a Man, who is a carpenter, his wife and seven children; all young and healthy. BENJ. ODEN. Prince Georges county, Dec. 16—tf
PROPOSALS.
By THOMAS J. ROGERS & OTHERS, (Of Easton, Pennsylvania,)
For publishing by subscription, a new and valuable work, to be entitled
THE AMERICAN SENATOR,
Or Select Debates in the Congress of the United States.
TO THE PUBLIC.
IN offering this work to the American people, the Editors deem little need be said in its praise. It is to perpetuate as well the names as the talents of the sons of America, and to rescue from oblivion the eloquence of the American Senate. It has long been a source of regret to the lovers of oratory, that hitherto the debates in the Congress of the United States have been suffered to pass into oblivion, or preserved only in the ephemeral productions of the day. Oration, which would have done more honor, to a Cicero or a Demosthenes, to a Chatham or a Curran, have been suffered to expire for the want of the fostering hand of a kind parent. No attempt has ever been made to give them a substance capable of enduring for ages to come. The Editors, proud of their country, and anxious to transmit to posterity monuments of her fame and her glory, are determined to publish in volumes the speeches that may be delivered by the Representatives of the people of the United States. These they are not ashamed to put in competition with the most eloquent of antiquity. If Rome had her Cicero, and Greece her Demosthenes, America had her Ames. If Great Britain boasts of her Burkes, her Faxes, and her Chathams, why may not America boast of her Madisons and her Dickenson, her Giles's and her Bayards, her Pinckneys and her Livingstons?
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Prefixed to the orations on any particular subject, a concise narrative will be given of the object of them, and the orations will be selected without reference to parties or politics.
The Editors had intended to have commenced their publication with the next Presidency; but as the debates during the present session of Congress have been extremely interesting to men of all parties, the editors have thought it most proper to commence with them, as in all probability the debates during the ensuing legislature, will have a strong relation to the acts and proceedings of the present one.
CONDITIONS.
I. The work shall be put to press as soon as a sufficient number of subscribers are obtained to defray the expenses of printing. II. The debates of each Session will be comprised in a large Octavo volume, to contain about 400 pages. III. The work shall be handsomely printed, on a good paper, with a new Small Pica Type , and delivered to subscribers at Two Dollars the volume in Boards. To non-subscribers the work will be enhanced. IV. A list of Subscribers' names will be given at the end of the work. Orders from Booksellers and others will be promptly attended to. Easton, February 27.
WE the undersigned, Merchants, and Masters of vessels now in the port of Havana, having been called upon by Captain WILLIAM WILKINS , commander of the brig WILLIAM , of Dumfries, lately arrived from Baltimore to this port in distress, to examine and report the true situation of the said vessel, we do hereby certify and declare, that we went on board said vessel, and after strict examination, found the said brig's stern was started out and loose from its frame, the stern post entirely moved out of its place, and the stern in every part so wrecked, that the crew was obliged to confine it together with a hawsar at sea—we also found that the said vessel made a great deal of water while lying in this port in smooth water—We also found her water ways all open, and her main top-mast carried away, and also the head of her foremast rotten and gone. We give it, as our decided opinion, that the said vessel cannot proceed to sea in her present situation, and must be discharged to undergo a thorough repair. Given under our hands at Havana, this twenty-eighth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and nine.
Signed, WM. L. RICHARDSON, ROBERT DAWSON, DANIEL SHAW, I. TABER, CLEMENT CATHELL.
Extract of a letter from Mr. Vincent Gray, under date 22 February, 1809.
"The brig has been sold for the best price she would command. To ship this cargo back to the United States, and pay a freight of 4 or 5 $ per barrel is out of the question, and no tribunal would ask it, as the freight and insurance from hence would amount to more than the flour would be worth on its arrival in the United States. Some of the cargo it appears was thrown over board, and a quantity damaged." (Signed) VINCENT GRAY. March 17—ep im.
10,000 DOLLARS, MAY BE GAINED FOR 1-2 DOLLARS!! In the 1st Class of the Lottery authorised by law for removing obstructions in the RIVER LEHIGH, IN PENNSYLVANIA. SCHEME. 2 prizes of $10,000 each 20,000 2 5,000 10,000 2 2,500 5,000 3 1,000 3,000 6 500 3,000 15 200 3,000 30 100 3,000 60 50 3,000 150 20 3,000 300 10 3,000 13,800 5 69,000 35,630 not 2 1-2 blanks to a prize. 50,000 tickets at 2 1-2 dollars, 125,000
To draw 500 tickets each day at the State House in Philadelphia, and the prizes to be paid by Thomas Hibone, esq. the treasurer of that city, 30 days after the conclusion of the drawing, subject to a deduction of 15 per cent. Prizes not demanded in twelve months after the close of the drawing, to be considered as relinquished to the Lottery.
Part of the above prizes determinable as follows: The 1st drawn ticket on the 1st, 5th, 10th, 15th, 20th, 25th, 30th, 35th, 40th, 45th, 50th, and 55th, days $200 each. do. on the 60th, 65th, 70th & 75th do. 500 do. do. on the 80th and 85th do. 1000 do. do. 90th do. 2500 do. do. 95th do. 5000 do. do. 100th do. 10000 do.
The two $10,000 prizes to receive each in part payment 25 shares of the Lehigh Stock, at 100 dollars each, 10 shares The two 5000 dollars 5 do. Societies, associations, and individuals purchasing not less than 50 tickets will be allowed to pay for them by instalments much to their interest.
Letters post paid, and enclosing the cash, will be duly attended to, and prizes of Lotteries in the cities of Philadelphia, and New York, will be received in payment, by GEORGE TAYLOR, Jun. No. 85, South Second street, Philadelphia, and JOHN DAVIDSON , Washington city, December 12—wtf
STOP THE SWINDLERS.
1000 DOLLARS REWARD, WILL be paid for the apprehending and delivery of JOHN THOMAS & HONORE MONPOEY , who absconded from this city on Tuesday or Wednesday last, having swindled several persons to a considerable amount.
JOHN THOMAS is a small thickset well made man, about 5 feet 4 inches high, 34 or 35 years of age, dark complexion, short black hair, and a very black beard, speaks fast and usually with a smile on his countenance; has a remarkable scar on one side of his face; much inclined to dress; pretends to have some knowledge of horses, and frequently rides on a good one. Said Thomas resided for many years in Union street, where he kept a boarding house and grocery store.
HONORE MONPOEY is about 5 feet 9 or 10 inches high, a Creole of St. Domingo, speaks broken English, of slender make, is lame in one foot, has a dark swarthy complexion, with short coarse curly hair, so much so that many would not take him for a white man, but from his residence in this city for many years past, he has generally been considered as such: pitted with the small pox, speaks fast, though he stammers while he speaks; usually very slovenly in his dress; pretends to have a knowledge of horses, having lately been in the habit of trafficking in the above species of property, as well as letting public chairs. Monpoey resided at the corner of Wentworth and King streets, where he kept a grocery store. From their connexions, it is highly probable they have travelled the same road, and may make for St. Mary's Georgia or New Orleans.
Five Hundred Dollars reward will be paid for apprehending and delivering either; or One Thousand Dollars for both.
WASHINGTON POTTER, WILLIAM POTTER, DANIEL LATHAM, PHILIP COHEN, JOSHUA BROWN, Committee on behalf of the creditors.
N. B. The Printers throughout the Southern states and New Orleans are requested to insert the above three times, and forward their bills for payment. Charleston, March 15—3t
CARPENTERS, LABORERS, & TIMBER, wanted at the Washington Bridge. Enquire of Mr. Mills or Mr. Nottage at the Bridge. March 1—10t.
NOTICE.
WAS committed to the jail of Frederick county, Maryland, on the 15th day of February last, a negro man, who calls himself Phil Blake</