The national intelligencer and Washington advertiser. (Washington City [D.C.]), 1804-07-25 00:00:00

NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, AND WASHINGTON ADVERTISER.
VOL. IV. WASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH, PENNSYLVANIA AVE. S.E.
No. DXCIII.
FIVE DOLLS. PER ANN.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 25th, 1804.
PAID IN ADVANCE.
NOTICE.
THE Subscriber, being legally and fully authorised, by his assignees, to adjust, and settle finally, all the concerns of his former estate, situated under the laws of Pennsylvania, of Maryland, and of the United States, hereby calls on all persons indebted to said estate, to make payment to him; and on all who have claims, to render him their accounts, with notice of what property is still held in pledge for securing payment. JAMES GREENLEAF. Philadelphia, April 13—wtf
NOTICE.
The subscriber having been legally authorised, by Messrs Henry Pratt Thomas Willing Francis, John Miller, John Ashley, and Jacob Baker, trustees of a fund created from the joint and separate estates of Robert Morris, John Nicholson and James Greenleaf, and generally denominated, the "Aggregate Fund," hereby calls on all persons, having any claims or pretensions by Mortgage or otherwise, to any of the objects of the said Fund, to make the same known to him, with a view to their adjustment. And all persons disposed to purchase any of the property of the said Fund either in bulk or on terms of short credit, are desired to make early application to JAMES GREENLEAF. Philadelphia April 13—wtf
The property of the AGGREGATE FUND lying in or near the river Potomac, consists of a large number of house lots in the city of Washington. A number of handsome brick houses and a few wooden houses in do. A wharf and store on do. Lands on the Eastern branch, opposite do. Do. on Hunting Creek near Alexandria. Do. adjoining Fort Cameron. Do. about 12 miles from do. The subscriber will in person receive applications on any of the objects of his agency, at Mr. Stites's hotel, until the 10th inst. after which until farther notice, he requests that all applications may be made to Capt. Thomas Tingey, William Cranch, Esq or Mr. Samuel Elliot, jun. JAMES GREENLEAF. Washington, June 4—3t wtf
AT a meeting of the Stockholders of the THEATRE COMPANY, at Rhodes tavern on the 7th June, 1804, pursuant to notice.
ROBERT BRENT, Esq. Mayor of the city of Washington, was called to the Chair, and STANLEY BYUS, appointed Secretary.
On motion made and seconded, the meeting came to the following resolutions:
Resolved, That a Board of Directors, consisting of five stockholders, be chosen by ballot at the present meeting, to continue in office one year from their election.
Resolved, That the said Board of Directors have the power generally to manage the affairs of the institution during the period for which they are elected.
Resolved, That it be the duty of the said Board of Directors to proceed immediately to the raising by such means as they shall deem most eligible the necessary funds, and thenceforth apply the same to the completion of the building; and to procure a dramatic company, when the prospects respecting the completion of the building will in their opinion warrant the same.
Whereupon the meeting proceeded to the election of a Board of Directors for one year, when the following gentlemen were elected.
John P. Van Ness, Samuel Harrison Smith, Robert Brent, William Brent, and Thomas Law.
Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be published in the National Intelligencer.
ROBERT BRENT, Chairman. June 18—3w
Valuable Land for Sale. The executors of the last will and testament of Anthony Holmead deceased, will sell at private sale about forty acres of Land adjoining the city of Washington at the northern extremity of 20th street west. This land is generally allowed to be one of the most beautiful situations near the city. Having a beautiful prospect of nearly the whole of the city of Washington, Alexandria and George Town, and any person inclined to purchase this valuable property, will be shown the same, and know the terms by application to the subscriber near the premises. JOHN HOLMEAD.
THOMAS M'EUEN, THOMAS HALE & WILLIAM DAVIDSON, who heretofore, have transacted business under the firm of Thomas M'Euen & Co. will in future use that of M'EUEN, HALE & DAVIDSON. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 1—tw&ugtf
From the (N. Y.) Evening Post. Correspondence between Col. Burr and Gen. Hamilton, Concluded.
The following paper, in the handwriting of Gen. Hamilton, was inclosed with his will and some other papers in a packet addressed to one of his executors, which was of course not delivered but in the case of the melancholy event that has happened. As it contains his motives and reflections on the causes that have led to this fatal catastrophe it is deemed proper to communicate it to the public.
No. 13.
On my expected interview with Col. Burr, I think it proper to make some remarks explanatory of my conduct, motives and views.
I was certainly desirous of avoiding this interview, for the most cogent reasons.
1. My religious and moral principles are strongly opposed to the practice of duelling, and it would ever give me pain to be obliged to shed the blood of a fellow creature in a private combat forbidden by the laws.
2. My wife and children are extremely dear to me, and my life is of the utmost importance to them, in various views.
3. I feel a sense of obligation towards my creditors, who in case of accident to me, by the forced sale of my property, may be in some degree sufferers. I did not think myself at liberty as a man of property, slightly to expose them to this hazard.
4. I am conscious of no ill will to Col. Burr, distinct from political opposition, which as I trust, has proceeded from pure and upright motives.
Lastly, I shall hazard much, and can possibly gain nothing by the issue of the interview.
But it was, as I conceive, impossible for me to avoid it. There were intrinsic difficulties in the thing, and artificial embarrassments, from the manner of proceeding on the part of Colonel Burr.
Intrinsic, because it is not to be denied, that my animadversions on the political principles, character and views of Col. Burr, have been extremely severe, and on different occasions, I, in common with many others, have made very unfavorable criticisms on particular instances of the private conduct of this Gentleman.
In proportion as these impressions were entertained with sincerity and uttered with motives and for purposes which might appear to me commendable, would be the difficulty (until they could be removed by evidence of their being erroneous,) of explanation or apology. The disavowal required of me by Col. Burr, in a general and indefinite form, was out of my power, if it had really been proper for me to submit to be so questioned; but I was sincerely of opinion, that this could not be, & in this opinion, I was confirmed by that of a very moderate and judicious friend whom I consulted. Besides that Col. Burr appeared to me to assume, in the first instance, a tone unnecessarily peremptory and menacing, and in the second, positively offensive. Yet I wished, as far as might be practicable, to leave a door open to accommodation. Thus, I think will be inferred from the written communications made by me and by my direction, and would be confirmed by the conversations between Mr. Van Ness and myself, which arose out of the subject.
I am not sure, whether, under all circumstances, I did not go further in the attempt to accommodate, than a punctilious delicacy will justify. If so, I hope the motives I have stated will excuse me.
It is not my design, by what I have said to affix any odium on the conduct of Col. Burr, in this case—He doubtless has heard of animadversions of mine which were very hard upon him; and it is probable that as usual they were accompanied with some falsehoods. He may have supposed himself under a necessity of acting as he has done. I hope the grounds of his proceeding have been such as ought to satisfy his own conscience.
I trust, at the same time, that the world will do me the justice to believe, that I have not censured him on light grounds, nor from unworthy inducements. I certainly have had strong reasons for what I may have said, though it is possible that in some particulars, I may have been influenced by misconstruction or misinformation. It is also my ardent wish that I may have been more mistaken than I think I have been, and that he, by his future
conduct, may show himself worthy of all confidence and esteem, and prove an ornament and blessing to the country.
As well because it is possible that I may have injured Col. Burr, however convinced myself that my opinion and declarations have been well founded, as from my general principles and temper in relation to similar affairs—I have resolved, if our interview is conducted in the usual manner, and it pleases God to give me the opportunity, to reserve and throw away my first fire, and I have thought even of relieving my second fire, and thus giving a double opportunity to Col. Burr to pause and to reflect.
It is not, however, my intention to enter into any explanations on the ground of Apology, from principle I hope, rather than pride, is out of the question.
To those, who, with me, abhorring the practice of duelling, may think that I ought on no account to have added to the number of bad examples, I a few at my relative situation, as well in public as private, enforcing all the considerations which constitute what men of the world denominate honor, imposed on me (as I thought) a peculiar necessity not to decline the call. The ability to be in future useful, whether in resisting mischiefs or effecting good in those crises of our public affairs, which seem likely to happen, would probably be inseparable from a conformity with public prejudice in this particular.
A. H.
On the foregoing letters and papers, the Editor will make no comment.—He submits to the heart and understanding of every reader.
WILL.
In the name of God, Amen, I, ALEXANDER HAMILTON, of the city of New-York, Counselor at law, do make this my last Will and Testament, as follows:
First, I appoint John B. Church, Nicholas Fish, and Nathaniel Pendleton, of the city aforesaid, Esquires, to be Executors and Trustees of this my will, & I devise to them, their heirs and assigns as joint tenants and not as tenants in common, all my estate real and personal whatsoever, and whensoever, upon trust at their discretion, to sell and dispose of the same, at such time and times in such manner, and upon such terms as they the survivors and survivor shall think fit, and out of the proceeds to pay all the debts which I shall owe at the time of my decease; in whole if the fund be sufficient, proportionably if it shall be insufficient, and the residue, if any there shall be, to pay and divide to my excellent and dear wife Elizabeth Hamilton.
Though if it should please God to spare my life, I may look for a considerable surplus out of my present property; yet if he should speedily call me to the eternal world, a forced sale, as is usual, may possibly render it insufficient to satisfy my debts. I pray God that something may remain for the maintenance and education of my dear wife and children. But should it on the contrary happen, that there is not enough for the payment of my debts, I entreat my dear children, if they, or any of them should ever be able to make up the deficiency. I without hesitation commit to their delicacy a will which is dedicated by my own. Though conscious that I have too far sacrificed the interests of my family to public avocations and on this account have the less claim to be then my children, yet I trust in their magnanimity to appreciate as they ought, this my request. In so unfavorable an event of things, the support of their dear mother, with the most respectful and tender attention, is a duty all the sacredness of which they will feel. Probably her own patrimonial resources will preserve her from indigence. But in all situations they are charged to bear in mind that she has been to them the most devoted and best of mothers.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my hand, the ninth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and four.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON.
Signed, sealed, published and declared as and for his last will and testament, in our presence who have subscribed the same in his presence, the words John B. Church being interlined.
DOMINICK F. BLAKE, GRAHAM BURRILS, THED. B. VALLEAU.
New-York, Surrogate's Office, ss.
July 16th, 1804.
I do hereby certify the foregoing to be a true copy of the original Will of Alexander Hamilton, deceased, now on file in my office.
SILVANUS MILLER. Surrogate.
National Intelligencer.
Description of the river Mississippi and its Delta, with that of the adjacent parts of Louisiana. By William Dunbar, of the Natchez; communicated by the Author, a Member of the Society; through the President.
THE multiplicity of the rivers which are tributary to the Mississippi, extending themselves over an immense tract which comprehends nearly 20 deg. in lat. and 30 deg. in long. must render this river, at all seasons, one of the most considerable on the globe. The annual inundation, being supplied from so great a variety of climates, must naturally be expected to be of long duration; and may generally be estimated at nearly half the year: beginning (commonly) to rise in January, and fall in June; the two extremes being frequently extended by the early autumnal and winter rains in the southern latitudes, and by the protraction of the northern winters, which retards the dissolution of the immense accumulations of snow in the cold regions. At the landing of the Natchez (380 miles from the mouth of the river) the perpendicular ascent of the waters of the Mississippi, from the lowest ebb to the highest inundation, may be estimated at 50 feet. At Baton Rouge (200 miles distant) it was found to be 30 feet; at New Orleans (80 miles above the mouth) it is about 12 feet; and at the mouth of the river, scarcely any perceptible change is observed, excepting by a stronger current charged with earthy matter rolling into the ocean during the season of the inundation; at which time, all the lakes and communications with the sea are replenished with the waters of the inundation, and the ocean itself is often repelled to such a degree, that fresh water has been drawn up, out of sight of land. This great difference in the perpendicular rise of the waters of the inundation is to be accounted for from the prodigious number of natural canals issuing from the Mississippi, and these immense sheets of water, often unbanded by a single horizon, flowing over the banks, never to return, and inundating vast tracts of country which owe their existence to the creative power of this grand river, and which finally discharge themselves into the Mexican Gulph by an infinite number of mouths, many of which are, in apparent magnitude, equal to the Mississippi itself; the space embraced by the Delta of this river on the sea coast being, from information, not less than 30 deg. of longitude.
Table of the mean altitude of the waters of the Mississippi at Natchez, from the lowest ebb to the highest elevation.
   Days. Alt. feet.     January 1 25   15 30   February 1 35   15 40   March 1 45   15 47   April 1 48   15 48 1-2   May 1 49   15 50   June 1 50   15 48   July 1 45   15 40   August 1 20   15 10   September 1 7   15 5   October 1 0   15 0   November 1 5   15 10   December 1 15   15 20  
It is not to be understood that the rise and fall of the Mississippi, in any one year, ever arrives to the extent of the above table; it is found that years of least elevations will generally be those of greatest depressions. The table is calculated only to convey some idea of the extremes which have been noted in a series of years, and of the general
progress of the inundation both in its advancement and retreat.
By information from the inhabitants of the island of New Orleans, about 25 leagues above the capital, in the year 1774, it appears that the Mississippi had overflowed its banks yearly for three years preceding, by which they had left their crops, and which caused great alarmishment, because from the commencement of their settlements, which exceeded 20 years, they had rarely ever seen the Mississippi surmount the level of its banks, and that an embankment, called by the French name of levee, was required only in very few places. Since that period, from year to year, the river has continued to rise higher and higher, which has obliged the inhabitants of Lower Louisiana to prolong and reinforce their levees; in so much that embankments of 5 or 6 feet perpendicular are now required, where as many inches were formerly sufficient. This increasing ascent of the inundation may be naturally accounted for by the gradual extension of the levees on both sides of the river, which became each succeeding year more necessary for the defence of the new settlements against the encroachments of this great river. Those embankments are now extended on either bank to the distance of 60 leagues above the capital; it is not therefore wonderful that high banks in the lower parts of Louisiana should be required to receive and confine a body of water which formerly escaped over a great extent, now occupied by the embankments. In spite of this mode of reasoning, which appears to be sufficiently satisfactory, the Mississippi has ceased to rise to its usual height for these three years past; the defect at Natchez has not been less than from 8 to 12 feet, and proportionably in the lower country. Many are the conjectures which have been formed to account for this unexpected great change. Some of the old inhabitants say that the Mississippi has returned to its ancient level, while others pretend (ludicrously enough) that the Mississippi has found a new passage into the western Pacific Ocean. It does not appear, that we can assign any physical cause why the Mississippi should have certain periods of years in respect to its inundations; nor have observations been made for a sufficient length of time to establish the fact. The late period of great inundations, which have fallen chiefly under my observation, has been about 27 years, not much short of a cycle of the moon; but whether the inundations of this great river are subject to the influence of any regular cause, must be left to the investigation of future philosophers, profoundly skilled in the laws of meteorology.
The waters of the Mississippi are not, at any time, perfectly transparent: during the absence of the inundation, they are not much troubled, presenting a slight milky appearance, which is attributed to the Missouri; but during the time of the inundation, all the rivers which discharge their superabundant waters into the Mississippi are more or less charged with terreous matter, and during the decline of the inundation, the turbidness is sometimes so great that a glass filled with its water appears to deposit, in a few minutes, a sediment equal to one eighth of its bulk; this extreme impurity is not to be attributed entirely to the immediate effect of the Missouri, but principally to the falling in of the mud banks, either newly formed or beneath the influence of the current of the river; or undermined by its rapidity, perpetually changing its bed, by enlarging the concavity of its bends, and projecting its points or headlands: this operation has a natural tendency to lengthen the circuitous course of the river; but the effect is amply compensated by its own progress; for the enlargement of the bends frequently brings them so near each other, that the weight of the waters bursts at once through the solid soil, forming in a few days a new bed capable of conveying the whole waters of this mighty river, and shortening thereby its course many leagues. The disruption which took place at Point Coupee, cut off ten leagues, and within this territory the cut-off at the Homochitto has thrown to the east of the Mississippi an island of seven leagues in circuit, and at the Yazoo a similar effect has been produced on the west side by the formation of an island of five leagues in circumference. Those islands are now both converted into peninsulas, by the formation of new land across one of the mouths of the old channel, while the other is partially kept open by the discharge of the comparatively small rivers of the Ya-

2002 and Homechito; the former of these, nevertheless, is not inferior in magnitude to that great commercial river the Thames. The consequence of these dispositions, is the formation of lakes, which, in process of time, may be far removed from the actual channel of the river, and in effect are now found to be scattered in all situations over the immense valley of the Mississippi. To be continued.
FOR RENT. THAT large and convenient Three story BRICK HOUSE, near the Treasury Office, and formerly occupied by Mr. Wm. Rhodes as a tavern; the land, as such, is so well known, that it is deemed unnecessary to give any further description of it—immediate possession will be given, and terms made known by applying near the George Town College, to MARY ANN FENWICK, George Town, July 23—w3t
NOTICE. THE Pews in the Gallery of the Protestant Episcopal Church, will be offered at Public Sale, at the church on Tuesday the 31st inst. at 5 o'clock P. M.—Payment to be made within 30 days. A plan of the Pews may be seen by applying to Mr. Clement Smith the treasurer at the Bank of Columbia. Charles Worthington, William H. Dufey, Thomas G. Kearny, Walter S. Chandler, Walter Smith, George Town, July 23—4t
LOTTERY No. III. For the encouragement of Literature.     SCHEME.     1 Prize of 25,000 dolls. 25,000   1 5,000 5,000   1 2,000 2,000   1 1,000 1,000   18 500 9,000   60 200 12,000   120 100 12,000   200 50 10,000   500 20 10,000   5,000 10 50,000   1 first drawn no. 1st day 500   1 5 h 1,000   1 10 h 1,000   1 15 h 1,500   1 20 h 1,500   1 25 h 2,000   1 30 h 10,000   1 35 h 2,000   1 40 h 1,000   1 45 h 1,000   1 50 h 500    9,913 prizes Dols. 198,000 23,077 blanks. 38,000 tickets at 5 dollars is 198,000 Less than 2 1-2 blanks to a prize. Subject to a deduction of 15 per cent.
The drawing of the above lottery will certainly commence in the city of New York, on the first Tuesday in December next, and will be continued at the rate of 800 tickets each day until completed. The managers having disposed of twenty thousand tickets to a company of contractors in the city of New York, the remainder will be sold for cash only, by the respective managers, until the first Tuesday in October next. This is the third of five lotteries directed by an act of the Legislature, passed the 3d of April, 1801, entitled an "act for the encouragement of Literature" and "an act making further provision for improving the navigation between the villages of Troy and Waterford, and for other purposes." DAVID GELSON, THOMAS STORM, DANIEL HALE, PHILIP TEN EYCK, S. SOUTHWICK, June 6—*
Maryland—IN CHANCERY, July 3, 1804. Alexander Conjee, versus. Thomas Johnson, John Mason, William Kilty, and Rinaldo Johnson. THE object of the bill is to obtain a conveyance of certain property conveyed by Rinaldo Johnson to the other defendants on the 19th day of September eighteen hundred and one in trust for the payment of his debts or to vacate the said deed, and that they may account for the profits since the execution of the said deed. The bill states that the defendant Rinaldo Johnson has become insolvent and that the complainant has been appointed trustee for the benefit of his creditors. The bill further states that the defendants John Mason & William Kilty hold out of the state of Maryland. It is thereupon adjudged and ordered that the complainant by causing a copy of this order to be inserted once in each of three successive weeks in some newspaper within the territory of Columbia before the 18th day of August next, give notice to the absent defendants of this application and of the substance and object of the bill, that they may be warned to appear here in person or by a solicitor of this court, on or before the 18th day of December next, to show cause if any they have, wherefore a decree may not be passed as prayed. True copy—Test SAMUEL H. HOWARD, R. C. C. July 20—w3t.
WASHINGTON CITY. WEDNESDAY, JULY 25.
DIED —On Tuesday the 24th inst. CHARLES DE KRAFFT, Surveyor and District Attorney of the Treasury Department.
The New York State Society of the Cincinnati have determined to erect a Monument to the memory of Alexander Hamilton.
A number of the citizens of Philadelphia, among whom are the members of the bar, and the Maryland Society of Cincinnati, have resolved to wear crape for 30 days.
The following extract from the Boston Repertory is a specimen of the matter with which that and many other federal New England prints are constantly filled. They breathe the utmost violence of denunciation against Virginia, and democratic governments. As power is passing from their hands, their political passions rise, until they have really swelled to a tempest, in which all coolness and reason are drowned. It is, however, the fate of the madman, instead of inflicting injuries on others, the most to injure himself. So it is with these men. Hitherto, with some art, they have concealed their views. The paroxysms of despair have betrayed them into a frank avowal of their wish. Rather than Virginia should lead in the councils of the union, or democratic principles prevail, they would dissolve the union. Such is the pride of power that these republicans and federalists, as they call themselves, do not hesitate to acknowledge that they would sacrifice to it the strength, the unity and the happiness of the empire. Do they expect to gain the confidence of the people, or arrest their fall, by this naked exposure of their views? So far from gaining confidence they yet retain. For there is not a sentiment more devotedly embraced by every American, than that both national and individual happiness depend upon the maintenance of the union. Nor is there a state in the Union that would not shrink from a dismemberment as the greatest evil that could befall her. We may be here permitted to state the ideas of an eminent statesman, who had a considerable share in the formation of the constitution, on this subject. "For my part," said he, "I should be well pleased with an amendment to the Constitution, giving each state the right to secede from the union; so convinced am I, that if any state should take this rash step, she would be the first to be sensible of her folly, and to request a readmission into the confederacy."
From the Boston Repertory. The Democrats consider the prevalence of their cause as a proof of the reasonableness of their principles. The people, they say, have begun to open their eyes and are fast returning to the pure and wholesome republican system. In this argument of their pride and ignorance, they disregard or misrepresent the most obvious tendencies of democratic governments. A democratic people who, as they admit, have once slid down from Republican virtue, return to it no more. The mere multitude is an idol, and a senseless idol too, on whose altar the incense of flattery forever smokes, and flattery that is always well received is always sure to corrupt. The electors in a free state will soon learn to prefer to office not him who will serve them best but him who will stop to flatter most. No painted girl whose heart aches when she leaves her glass, is more undulating the dominion of vanity than a multitude. When they can be won by flattery the demagogues who are instinctively skilful in all base arts will govern that multitude. The wife and good for a time will be their rivals and at length their victims. New demagogues will arise to avenge these victims and to sacrifice more, till at length ONE who rose upon the shoulders of the rabble treads on their necks and reigns alone."
FUNERAL ORATION. The following Oration, which we copy from the Post, was delivered by Governor Morris, Esq. over the corpse of General Hamilton.
FELLOW CITIZENS!
If on this sad, this solemn occasion, I should endeavour to move your commiseration, it would be doing injustice to that sensibility which has been so generally and so justly manifested. Far from attempting to excite your emotions I must try to repress my own, and yet I fear that instead of the language of a public speaker, you will hear only the lamentations of a bewailing friend. But I will struggle with my boiling heart, to portray that Heroic Spirit, which has flown to the mansions of bliss.
Students of Columbia—he was in the ardent pursuit of knowledge in your academic shades, when the first sound of the American war called him to the field. A young and unprotected volunteer, such was his zeal and so brilliant his service that we heard his name before we knew his person. It seemed as if God had called him suddenly into existence, that he might assist to save a world!
The penetrating eye of Washington soon perceived the manly spirit which animated his youthful bosom. By that excellent judge of men he was selected as an Aid, and thus he became early acquainted with and was a principal actor in the most important scenes of our Revolution.
At the siege of York, he pertinaciously insisted—and he obtained the command of a Forlorn Hope. He stormed the redoubt; but let it be recorded that not one single man of the enemy perished. His gallant troops emulating the heroism of their chief, checked the uplifted arm, & spared a foe no longer resisting. Hero closed his military career.
Shortly after the war, your favour, no, your discernment called him to public office. You sent him to the convention at Philadelphia: he there assisted in forming that constitution which is now the bond of our union, the shield of our defence & the source of our prosperity. In signing that compact he expressed his apprehension that it did not contain sufficient means of strength for its own preservation; and that in consequence we should share the fate of many other republics & pass through anarchy to despotism. We hoped better things. We confided in the good sense of the American people; & above all we trusted in the protecting Providence of the Almighty. On this important subject he never concealed his opinion. He disdained concealment. Knowing the purity of his heart, he bore it as it were in his hand, exposing to every passenger its inmost recesses. This generous indiscretion subjected him to censure from misrepresentation. His speculative opinions were treated as deliberate designs; and yet you all know how strenuous, how unremitting were his efforts to establish and to preserve the constitution. If, then his opinion was wrong, pardon, oh! pardon that single error, in a life devoted to your service.
At the time when our government was organised, we were without funds, though not without resources. To call them into action, and establish order in the finances, Washington sought for splendid talents, for extensive information and, above all, he sought for sterling incorruptible integrity. All these he found in Hamilton. The system then adopted has been the subject of much animadversion. If it be not without a fault, let it be remembered that nothing human is perfect. Recollect the circumstances of the moment—recollect the conflict of opinion—and above all, remember that the minister of a republic must bend to the will of the people. The administration which Washington formed, was one of the most efficient, one of the best that any country was ever blest with. And the result was a rapid advance in power and prosperity, of which there is no example in any other age or nation. The part which Hamilton bore is universally known. His unspotted confidence in professions which he believed to be sincere, led him to trust too much to the undeserving. This exposed him to misrepresentation. He felt himself obliged to resign. The care of a rising family, and the narrowness of his fortune, made it a duty to return to his profession for their support. But though he was compelled to abandon public life, never, no, never for a moment did he abandon the public service. He never lost sight of your interest—I declare to you, before that God in whose presence we are now so especially assembled, that in his most private and confidential conversations, the single objects of discussion and consideration were your freedom and happiness. You will remember the state of things which again called forth Washington from his retreat to lead your armies. You know that he asked for Hamilton
to be his second in command. That venerable sage well knew the danger of the incidents of a military profession, and he felt the hand of time pinching life at its source. It was probable that he would soon be removed from the scene and that his second would succeed to the command. He knew, by experience, the importance of that place—and he thought the sword of America might safely be confided to the hand which now lies cold in that coffin. Oh! my fellow citizens, remember this solemn testimony that he was not ambitious. Yet he was charged with ambition; and wounded by the imputation, when he laid down his command, he declared, in the proud independence of his soul, that he never would accept of any office, unless in a foreign war he should be called on to expose his life in defence of his country. This determination was immovable. It was his fault that his opinions and his resolutions could not be changed. Knowing his own firm purpose, he was indignant at the charge that he sought for place or power. He was ambitious only of glory, but he was deeply solicitous for you. For himself he feared nothing, but he feared that bad men might, by false professions, acquire your confidence and abuse it to your ruin.
Brethren of the Cincinnati—There lies our chief! Let him still be our model. Like him, after long and faithful public service, let us cheerfully perform the social duties of private life. Oh! he was mild and gentle. In him there was no offence; no guile. His generous hand and heart were open to all.
Gentlemen of the Bar—You have lost your brightest ornament. Cherish and imitate his example. While, like him, with justifiable, with laudable zeal, you pursue the interests of your clients, remember, like him, the eternal principles of justice.
Fellow Citizens—You have long witnessed his professional conduct, and felt his unrivalled eloquence. You know how well he performed the duties of a citizen. You know that he never courted your favor by adulation or the sacrifice of his own judgment. You have seen him contending against you, and saving your dearest interests, as it were, in spite of yourselves. And you now feel and enjoy the benefits resulting from the firm energy of his conduct. Bear this testimony to the memory of my departed friend. I charge you to protect his fame—it is all he has left—all that these poor orphan children will inherit from their father. But my countrymen, that Fame may be a rich treasure to you all. Let it be the test by which to examine those who solicit your favor. Disregarding professions, view their conduct, and on a doubtful occasion, ask, Would Hamilton have done this thing?
You all know how he perished. On this last scene, I cannot, I must not dwell. It might excite emotions too strong for your better judgment. Suffer not your indignation to lead to any act which might again offend the insulted majesty of the laws. On his part, as from his lips, though with my voice—for his voice you will hear no more—let me entreat you to respect yourselves.
And now ye ministers of the everlasting God, perform your holy office and commit these ashes of our departed brother to the bosom of the Grave!
PROPOSAL, For printing by Subscription, Miscellaneous Poems, BY MRS. ALLEN, Consort to the Rev. Mr. Allen of Harford county, Written before her marriage.
CONDITIONS. THE book to be printed with a clear type, and fine paper, in a duodecimo volume, and delivered to the subscribers neatly bound; price Three quarters of a Dollar, half to be paid on subscribing, and the residue on delivery of the book—which will be put to press as soon as three hundred copies shall be subscribed for.
Subscriptions received by Mr. Matthew Carey, Philadelphia—by Messrs. Warner and Hanna, Baltimore, and by the principal booksellers in those cities; also by Mr. Samuel Harrison Smith, Washington city.
Dr. Jacob Hall, of Harford county, of known literary character, to whose inspection these Poems were submitted, in a letter to the author, expresses his opinion of them, as follows:
MADAM, I have been honored and gratified with the perusal of your manuscript copy of Poems. In my opinion it is a work of considerable merit, and displays true piety and poetic genius. The pastoral dialogues are commendable for their novelty, simplicity and beauty. The elegies, epistles, and especially the "Man of Misfortune," a Moral Tale, are interesting and pathetic. The Odes and Fugitive Pieces are sprightly and amusing. And the whole composition seems to breathe such a spirit of philanthropy and benevolence as cannot fail to elevate the affections, and to mend the heart. And it is to be regretted, that the author's modesty has hitherto denied the community so refined & elegant an entertainment.
Your Friend, &c. J. HALL. Christopher's Camp, March 24.
Foreign Intelligence. NEWBURYPORT, July 17.
Captain Dagget, arrived yesterday from Marseilles, informs, that while he lay in that port, Captain Jackson arrived there from Marseilles, and acquainted him, that he had seen a letter from Mr. Gibbs of Palermo, which mentioned that the Tunisians had formally declared war against the United States, on the 16th of March; and that they had sent out a considerable force against American vessels. The same letter adds, that the Neapolitan had sent a number of ships against the Tunisian privateers.
Captain D. further adds, that an Italian vessel, which arrived at Marseilles on the 21st of April; brought intelligence of the fitting out of several Tunisian ships; and that the American Consul had quitted that Regency.
Yesterday arrived at this port ship Aurora, Follenhoff, 35 days from Liverpool; by her we have received a London paper of the 5th June, with two or three of previous dates: from a cursory perusal we find nothing of very great moment.—On the subject of Bonaparte's assuming a royal title, the London Sun of the 18th ult. observes:—
"On the 20th ult. Bonaparte was proclaimed Emperor in Paris. Such is the end of what was called the Republican Constitution of France, which is now represented to have been only an experiment. This experiment, which cost so many hundred thousand lives, and produced scenes of horror unprecedented in the civilized world, has not been found to answer, and France ends exactly where she began—with an absolute monarchical government. It is rather singular that two of Bonaparte's brothers, Lucien and Jerome, do not share in the general elevation of their family: they remain simple citizens, and are excluded from the succession to the empire."
LONDON, May 20.
Numerous American and other neutral vessels have been engaged at Leghorn as transports; it was reported there, that they were to convey French troops to Sardinia.
All the officers of the American frigate Philadelphia, have been liberated by the Dey of Tripoli, on the interference of the French Consul.
May 27.
Most of the northern coasts have received assurances from Russia, of effectual protection in the event of being attacked by France. The Emperor has issued orders to all his residents in Germany and in Italy, directing them to afford assistance and protection to all French emigrants who may be desirous to settle in the Russian territories.
Mr. Drake and family have reached Berlin.
Yesterday we received the following extract of a letter from Paris:
"Domiciliary visits are now constant in Paris, where every time Bonaparte appears on the parade, the military, who crowd every avenue, enter the houses and search every closet in them, to be ascertained that neither arms nor suspected persons are contained therein; if any owner durst remonstrate against this intrusion, the answer is, de par le Consul, taisez vous. "
"The Senate lately assembled at St. Cloud to deliberate upon the powers to be confided to the new Emperor, and upon various matters connected with his elevation, but it did not form any conclusion on the subject."
"The Imperial Diadem and other regalia of the Corisican Adventurer, exceeds in splendor every thing hitherto worn by any monarch; they have been in complete readiness for more than 3 months."
"Moreau and some others are, it is said, to be pardoned, Napoleon wishing by this act of clemency, to signalise the commencement of his Imperial government. The examinations in the temple are frequently renewed, and the prisoners, in passing to the hall, are each attended by two gens d'armes, through two double ranks of dragoons and gens d'armes."
"Part of the army of Gen. Regnier, has embarked on board the fleet at Toulon."
"Orders have been issued to the camps along the coast, that no officer or soldier shall, under any circumstance, be more than one day's march from his corps, and to hold themselves in readiness for service at an hour's notice."
A report has been daily brought by the Lisbon mail, that Mr. Frere was daily expected to take his passage for England, in consequence of an approaching war with this country.—The Prince of Peace, in answer to some complaint of Mr. Frere, respecting the words ascribed by the Moniteur to that Prince, is said to have replied, that if he wished satisfaction it would be given.

by 80,000 Spaniards, that should be sent to join the army destined for the invasion of England.
A letter from Petersburg of the 25th April, says, "Count Woronzow, our minister at the court of London, is recalled, to fill a place in our ministry. The next courier from England is expected to bring an answer, which will be immediately followed by a declaration of war against France. Louis XVIII. will be acknowledged king of France by all the members of the coalition, and all conquests but in his name will be renounced."
The Russian army on the frontiers of Podolia, has been considerably reinforced: and on the 7th May, orders were issued to the troops to hold themselves in readiness to march.
By the last accounts from Hamburg, it was the general opinion that a continental war would speedily take place, and that Russia will shortly declare herself. The Russian troops, it is said, are ready to act; and the fleet at Sebastopolis is in a complete state of equipment. A letter from Lemberg also states, that great numbers of Russian troops are assembling on the frontiers of Poland. Other letters say, that two more Russian frigates have passed the Dardanelles for the Seven Islands.
It is said that the news of Mr. Pitt's appointment has created general satisfaction in Ireland, amongst the Catholics, who in consequence expect "a speedy redress of their grievances, and an emancipation from the bondage of the penal statutes."
June 3.
The French princes and princesses are to be addressed by the title of their Imperial Highnesses; and the sisters of the Emperor are to enjoy the same dignity. The great officers of the empire are to receive the title of their Serene Highnesses, and they, as well as the princes, are to be addressed "Monseigneur."
Captain Cantilo from India, via Egypt and Lisbon, left Lord Nelson with his fleet off Toulon, on the 23d April, all well.
PARIS, May 20.
The Organic Senatus Consultum was proclaimed by the Emperor Bonaparte, and will be published in Paris to-morrow (Su. day) at noon.
His Imperial Majesty has nominated to the dignity of grand Elector, his Imperial Highness Prince Joseph Bonaparte, to that of Chancellor, his Imperial Highness Prince Louis Bonaparte, to that of Arch Chancellor of the Empire, the Consul Gambaceries; and to that of Arch Treasurer, the Consul Lebrun.
PARIS, May 27.
IMPERIAL DECREES.
Bearing regulations on the mode of presentation to the acceptance of the people of the proposition announced in article 142 of the organic Senatus Consulte, of the 28th Floreal, 12th year.
NAPOLEON , by the grace of God, and by the constitutions of the republic, emperor of the French, upon the report of the ministers and council of state, of the 28th Floreal, year 12—Ordains the regulation, the tenor of which follows—
Art. 1. There shall be open to the records of all the administrations and of all the municipalities; to the offices of all the tribunals, to all the justices of peace, and to all the notaries; registers, upon which all the French are called upon to subscribe their votes on the following proposition:
"Do the people desire that the imperial dignity shall be hereditary in the direct, natural, legitimate and adoptive descendants of Napoleon Bonaparte, and in the direct, natural and legitimate descendants of Joseph and Louis Bonaparte, as regulated by the organic Senatus Consulte, on the 28th Floreal, year 12."
Art. II. The registers shall be open 12 days.
Art. III. Immediately after the expiration of the time given for voting, each depositary of register shall be closed, and said register shall be certified, and then directed and forwarded in the course of 2 following days to the Mayor of each municipality; and within the space of 24 hours, the latter shall forward the same to the under prefect of his district, with a note certified by him and which shall be conformable to model, in present regulation, under No. 1.
Art. 4. Twenty one days after the publication of the present regulation, the Under Prefect shall transmit to the Prefect all the registers of his district, with a note by him certified, and which shall be conformable to model No. 2.
Art. 5. Twenty-five days after the publication of the present regulation, each Prefect shall forward to the Minister of the Interior, all the registers of his department, with a general note by him certified, and which shall be conformable to model No. 3.
Art. 6. The Prefects are authorised to put in extraordinary requisition, the gens d'armes, for the quick transmission of the registers of the several municipalities and the orders relative to the execution of the present regulation.
Art. 7. The ministers are charged with the execution of the present regulation, which shall be printed in the bulletin of the laws.
(Signed) NAPOLEON. By the emperor. The Secretary of State, (Signed) H. B. MARET.
PARIS, 5th Floreal.
THE FIRST CONSUL has addressed the following Message to the Senators:
"Your address of the 6th Germinal, has never ceased to be present in my mind; it has been the object of my most constant attention."
"You have judged it necessary that the supreme magistracy should be hereditary in order to secure the French People from the plots of our enemies; and from the convulsions which would spring from the ambition of rivals. Many of our institutions must have appeared to you to be brought to perfection, and to be the most perfect to secure the triumph of equality and public liberty, and to offer to the nation and to the government, the double guarantee which they so much want."
"We have constantly been guided by that great truth; that the sovereignty resides in the French people, and this basis every thing, without exception, must be done for their interests, happiness, and glory: in order to attain this end the supreme magistracy, the Senate, the Counsel of the State, the Legislative Body, the electoral Colleges, and the various branches of the administration, are and must be instituted. When I have fixed my attention on these great objects, the more I have been persuaded of the truth of the sentiments which I expressed to you, and I have felt the more and more that, in circumstances as new as important, the aid of your wisdom and experience have been necessary to me in every step."
"I then invite you to make known to me freely your sentiments."
"The French people have nothing to add to the honors and to the glory which they have conferred on me; but the duty the most sacred to me, and the most dear to my heart, is to ensure to their children the advantages acquired by the revolution, which have cost them so much above all, the sacrifice of a million of brave men, who have died for the defence of their rights."
"I wish that we may say to them on the fourteenth of July of this year; fifteen years have elapsed since a spontaneous movement, you ran to arms, you acquired liberty, equality, and glory! this day those first blessings of nations firmly fixed and secured against all tempests; they are preserved to you and to your children; institutions conceived and commenced in the bosom of the storms of war interior and exterior are about to terminate amidst the noise of wicked attempts and plots of our most mortal enemies, in the adoption of every measure which the experience of ages and of people have demonstrated proper to guarantee rights which the nation had judged necessary to her dignity, to her liberty and happiness."
FRENCH PREPARATIONS.
The following intelligence was communicated by capt. W. Cooke, a passenger in the Tamerlane, arrived at Boston from Amsterdam.
Capt. C. left Boulogne, the 20th April. At that time they were lying in the harbor, inside the pier heads; 500 gun brigs and schooners; 600 pinnaces rowing 32 oars, and carrying 50 men; 300 boys and bateaux plats, and several prams. The latter have three keels, two decks; and carry 20 24 pounders and 50 horses. The line of incampment extended from Boulogne three leagues to the southward. It was said to contain 150,000 men; and new recruits were daily arriving. A few days previous to my leaving Boulogne, the admiral of the fleet, and two generals, were recalled to Paris, & others sent to take their station. This created considerable alarm, which was heightened by an attempt to fire the fleet in Boulogne Bay, on the night of the 19th April. In consequence of which the City gates were closed, the play house doors and all public places guarded, and every person in them examined. Those who did not give a good account of themselves were committed to prison. No stranger was allowed to remain more than 24 hours in the city, let his business be ever so urgent, if not in the public service. The harbors making at Ambleteuse, Etaple and Ver-mareux, employed each two thousand men every tide, night and day; but were not in a situation to take more than 200 small boats in—There generally lay in good weather before Boulogne and Ambleteuse, 25 or 30 sail of English
men of war at anchor. None of the French ships lay in Boulogne Road. Every easterly wind, small fleets ventured a long a shore from the eastward toward Boulogne, but so close to the shore as to be covered by the batteries and flying artillery. Notwithstanding which the enemy frequently succeeded in driving them all off or into some port.
In Calais harbour there lay about 70 flat boats, and forty seven were building and two prams.
The inhabitants had quartered on them 1000 chassurs, 400 hussars, and 500 Italian soldiers, under the command of general Vandam. No stranger was allowed to visit the quays or ramparts fronting the sea. All look outs in private houses were sealed up that no signal might be given to the enemy that lay before the harbour at anchor.
In the case of THOMAS HAYWARD, an Insolvent Debtor—District of Columbia, Washington county, to wit:
ON the petition of Thomas Hayward an insolvent debtor confined in the prison in Washington county for debt.—Notice is hereby given that on Monday the 30th day of July inst. at 9 o'clock A. M. at the court room in the capitol the oath of an insolvent debtor will be administered to the said Thomas Hayward, and a trustee appointed agreeably to the act of Congress now in force on that subject unless sufficient cause be then and there shown to the contrary.
It is ordered that this notice be published three times in the Washington Federalist and National Intelligencer previous to said day. By order of W. Cranch, Esq. assistant Judge of the circuit court of the district of Columbia.
URIAN FORREST, Ck.
July 25—3t
NOTICE.
Those who have demands against the estate of JOHN BURCHAN, late of the City of Washington, deceased; are requested to present the same properly attested to either of the Subscribers; and those who may be indebted to the said estate, are desired to make speedy settlement.
JOHN CRAVEN, JOSEPH STRETCH, Executors of the estate of John Burchan, deceased.
Washington City, July 21.—3w
STOP THIEF. 50 Dollars reward,
FOR apprehending the villain or villains, who on Saturday last, by means of a key or other instrument, stole from my bureau, the following property, viz.—3 Watches, twenty Dollars in cash, and one Gold Seal, according to the following descriptions:
One small metal gilt double cased watch, the gilding much worn on the back, makers name, Brown, London, No. 575 with a small linked steel chain and a single brass key.
One silver gilt old fashioned double cased, tells the day of the month, the end of the outside case is worn off by which it has left a hole, it had an old woven wire chain, (cals and key).
One neat silver double cased, nearly new, if strictly examined will be found at the end of the stem two figures of 2, the case handsome metal hands, the makers name, Lenon, London, her number not remembered.
One white Cornelian oval Seal, set in gold with a handsome coat of arms, the crest of which is a pike's head, and quarreled with eight martins, a square and compass.
The cash one ten dollar Columbia note; and two half eagles.
The above property is suspected to be stolen by those well acquainted with the house, as this has been the second attempt. The above reward will be paid on conviction of the offender or offenders, and a proportionable amount according to the value of the articles recovered.
GEORGE PITT.
George Town, July 20—3t
DOCTOR MAGRUDER,
HAS for sale a few hogheads 4th proof Jamaica spirits, linseed and lamp oil, spirits of turpentine, window glass, glaziers diamonds, glue, lamp black, white lead, Spanish whiting, Venetian red, red lead, verdigris, drop lake, flake white, patent yellow, rose and Dutch pink, kings yellow, Turkey umber, gold and silver leaf, painters and sweepings brushes, camels hair pencils, water colours in boxes, Spanish indigo, fig blue, annott, red wood, alkant, madder, logwood, turmeric, sale perre, alum, copperas, sweet oil, pearl barley, timothy and clover seed, tamarinds, castor oil, marble mortars, spring trusses, ginger, cinamon, cloves, mace, Chings worm destroying lozenges, an assortment of paper hangings, playing cards, copy slips, ink powder, English Latin, Greek and French school books, large family bibles, and his usual complete assortment of drugs and medicine; patent medicine, surgeons instruments, &c.
George Town, July 20—3t
A New Line of Stages.
THE subscribers have established a line of stages from Fredericksburg Virginia to Charlottesville by the way of the Orange Springs, where it will meet the stage that runs to Stannton and the Sweet Springs, it commenced on the 4th of July. Leaves Fredericksburg every Wednesday and Friday at 4 o'clock P. M. during the summer, and arrives at Charlottesville on Thursday and Saturday at 8 P. M. Returning leave Charlottesville every Friday and Sunday at 4 A. M. and arrive at Fredericksburg every Saturday and Monday at 7 A. M.
They flatter themselves the great accommodation this line offers to the public will insure liberal encouragement.
POLLARD & ABRAHAM.
July 18—6t
Valuable Property FOR SALE.
THE subscriber will sell his Plantation adjoining the town of Upper Marlboro' in Prince Georges county, containing eight hundred acres. This plantation is considered amongst the best in the neighbourhood. It is well adapted to the growth of wheat, Indian corn and fine tobacco, and has a great sufficiency of wood for its support. The improvements are a large and commodious dwelling house, with every other necessary buildings for the accommodation of a large and genteel family, all in good repair—There are also on the premises several large tobacco houses; corn house, stables, &c. most of which are almost new—As it is presumed that those who are desirous to purchase would wish to view the premises, it is thought unnecessary to be more minute.—A liberal credit will be given. For further particulars apply to Nathaniel Craufurd residing within eight miles of Washington or to the subscriber.
DAVID CRAUFURD.
Upper Marlboro' July 23—1awt The purchaser may be accommodated with negroes, farming utensils, and stock of very kind. W. C.
Valuable Lands for Sale.
By order of the court of Calvert county, will be exposed to Public Sale the following lands, the property of the heirs of captain Walter Smith, deceased.
ON Monday the 30th day of August next, will be sold on the premises the plantation on which the late capt. Walter Smith formerly resided, containing by actual survey, 1225 1 8 acres of land lying adjoining Patuxent river, bounded on the south west by the said river, on the east by a fine navigable creek, called Saint Leonard's creek, so that one and a half miles of fencing will inclose the whole land—The soil of this land is equal if not superior to any on Patuxent, either for farming, planting or grazing, and in their season the greatest plenty of fine fish and oysters may be had either from the river or creek—A great part of the above land is covered with Red Cedar, fit for posts or fencing.
On Tuesday the 31st on the premises, will be sold one other plantation in the Forrest at about two miles distance from the former containing by survey 627 and one half acres of land, the greatest part of which is covered with hickory, chestnut and oak wood, and a great proportion of swamp land, which at a trifling expence might be converted into valuable meadow, belongs to this land.
On Thursday the 23d on the premises, will be sold one other plantation lying adjoining on Chesapeake Bay, bounded on the north east by the said bay, on the north by a creek called Parkers creek, containing by survey 536 1 2 acres of land, on this land there are a good proportion marsh and meadow land and a great abundance of fine timber.
It is thought needless to give a fuller description of the above lands, as it is presumed that those who wish to purchase will view the lands previous to the day of sale—and on application to Mr. John Turner who resides near the two first mentioned tracts; they may see the plans of the different tracts of land, and will show the lands contiguous to him; and Mr. Richard Hance who resides on the last mentioned tract, will show the outlines of the same to any person wishing to view it.
The above lands will be sold either in the whole, or be divided into parcels as may appear most advantageous for the heirs. The purchasers to give bonds with approved securities for the purchase money, to be paid in three annual payments, the interest to be paid yearly, and on the ratification, of the sale by the court, and a full payment of the purchase money and interest thereon a deed of conveyance will be executed to the purchaser agreeably to an act of Assembly in such case made and provided, by,
J. WILKINSON, JAMES HUGHES, JOHN TURNER, } Commissioners, Calvert county, June 8—1awt 20 Aug.
PROPOSALS
By THOMAS HERTY, Of the City of Washington, Conveyancer, for publishing by SUBSCRIPTION, The Second Volume of his DIGEST OF THE Laws of Maryland.
IT will contain all the public acts of assembly passed since the publication of the first volume to the present time, which have not been repealed—that is, the acts of the sessions of 1798, 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802 and 1803. It will be printed of the same size, in the same order of arrangement and have reference to such parts of the first volume as are repealed, expired or which may otherwise undergo alterations, with a neat Index: subjoined to which, will be given by way of Appendix, a variety of precedents adopted to the law, for the use of justices of the peace, &c. &c.
CONDITIONS.
1. It will be put to press as soon as a sufficient number of subscribers is procured to defray the expence of the work, and finished immediately thereafter as soon as strict attention to neatness and accuracy will admit.
2. Price to subscribers 3 Dollars stitched to be paid on delivery; to non-subscribers the price will be enhanced.
3. Those procuring 9 subscribers, and accountable for the money, will be entitled to an additional copy.
Subscriptions received by the Editor at his office near the Treasury Department, by the Bookellers in Maryland, and by those in whose hands subscription papers are left.
Printers of Newspapers in Maryland giving the above due publicity will be entitled to a copy.
N. B. He has in forwardness and will issue proposals as soon as ready for
A System of Conveyancing, calculated for each state in the union; to the precedents of each species, will be prefixed observations on their nature and use, the law on the subject of alienation by deed of each particular state, shall be exhibited, and how such deed shall be authenticated when executed as well by residents as by non-residents, or, as well in the state as out of the state; together with other interesting particulars.
March 19—wtt
Twenty Dollars Reward.
WILLIAM JOHNSON— STOP THIS MAN!
HE absconded last night, the 22d instant, from my plantation, in Prince Georges County, near Upper Marlboro'—is about 6 feet high—43 years old, very homely—has high cheek bones, a very large mouth, very dark teeth, and wide apart; a large scar on some part of his face or forehead, and another on one of his great toes, and is a dark colored man, between a black and a mulatto. He has a variety of wearing apparel, of domestic and foreign manufacture. His beard was very thick and long on his upper lip when he went away; and he seldom shaves. I request my friends who may read this advertisement, if they reside in Alexandria, the City of Washington, George Town, Frederick, Baltimore, or Annapolis, to shew to the constables, and interest them in taking this man up, who is of great value to me, being the manager of my plantation for several years, and of great merit as such.
The hat he wore was over the common size, pretty broad, but much worn.
I will pay all reasonable expenses and be liberal in addition to the offered reward.
STEPHEN WEST.
July 26—3t.
Prince George's County, Upper Marlboro', June 12, 1804.
At a respectable meeting of public citizens of Prince George's County, pursuant to the recommendations of a former meeting, HUMPHREY BELT, Esquire, having been appointed Chairman, and TRUEMAN TYLER, Secretary, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted.
Resolved, That William Lyles, Alexander Covington, Alexander Contee and William W. Beatty, Esquires be recommended to the people of this County as Delegates to the next General Assembly of Maryland.
Resolved, That Isaac Ducket, Humphrey Belt, James G. Wood, Thomas Hewitt and George F. Hawkins, Esquires be a committee to confer with a similar committee, on the part of Anne Arundel County, on a proper character to represent this district in Congress, in the place of Walter Bowie, Esq. who declines being a candidate.
Resolved, That Richard Sprigg, Thomas Rogers and Trueman Tyler, Esqs. be a committee to confer with Calvert County, and that part of Montgomery County composing the electoral District, on a proper character as an elector of President and Vice-President; and that it is the sense of this meeting that the said corresponding committee recommend, General Joseph Wilkinson, as a proper character to fill that appointment.
Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be published in the National Intelligencer and Maryland Gazette. HUMPHREY BELT, Chairman. TRUEMAN TYLER, Secretary. June 12—epsw.
To be Sold,
At public sale, at Mr. John Barney's Columbian Inn, on the 10th day of September next, at 2 o'clock, P. M.
All the right, title, interest, and estate of Nicholas February (an insolvent debtor) in, and to sixteen and three quarter acres of land, with a dwelling house thereon, in the vicinity of George Town, also some household and kitchen furniture.—Terms of sale, the purchaser, to give bond with approved security, payable in six months after the day of sale, any person wishing to view the property before the sale, may apply to the subscriber. In the above case, the creditors are requested to exhibit their claims within the time limited, to the subscriber.
CHARLES BEATTY, Trustee. George Town March 7
MEDITERRANEAN PASSPORTS.
Notice is hereby given, that it has been deemed expedient to change the form of the Mediterranean Passport issued to vessels of the United States, that from the eighth day of July next, those of the new form will be issued, the custom houses to every vessel, for which application may be made on a compliance with the terms prescribed by law and surrendering the former passport of which she may be possessed, if any, in which latter case no fees will be required for the exchange; and that by an arrangement agreed upon by the Barbary powers, with whom we are at peace, either the old or the new form of passport will be sufficient to protect the vessels of the United States, from capture until the 1st of July 1805, after which the old form of passport will be unavailable and the new one alone in use.
Department of State, 23d of May, 1804.
The printers of the laws of the United States are requested to insert the above in their Gazettes twice a week for the space of six months, and the Collectors of the Customs to keep copies of it posted up in their offices.
May 30—2aw6m

GEORGE TOWN COLLEGE. In the district of Columbia, United States of America, under the direction of the Incorporated Catholic Clergy of the State of Maryland.
1. The annual pension of this establishment is two hundred and twenty dollars; but for children under twelve years of age, only two hundred dollars will be required. Those students who continue their education through the classes of Philosophy shall, on account of extraordinary expenses and some particular indulgencies allowed them, pay two hundred and fifty dollars per annum.
The pension is to be paid half yearly in advance. A deduction of fifty dollars per annum will be allowed to those parents who may choose to charge themselves with the detail of clothing their children. The college will furnish washing and mending; but will not keep particular accounts or become answerable for clothing provided by parents.
II. In lieu of bed linen, table service, school books, and other articles usually required on entering establishments of this kind, each student shall pay ten dollars entrance money.
1. The Sunday or holiday dress is uniform, and consists of a plain coat of blue cloth, with yellow buttons, red cloth or kerseymere waistcoats. The use of silk is not permitted. Every student shall bring with him his uniform dress, besides a suit for daily wear, six shirts, six neck handkerchiefs, six pocket handkerchiefs, six pair of stockings, and three pair of shoes, all new. Any deficiency in the above will be charged to the parents.
IV. On the above terms the students are furnished with clothes, linen, washing, mending, lodging, board, fire, candle, table, school books, pen, ink, paper, amusements, and school rewards; so that nothing will remain to the charge of the parents, but medical attendance and medicines, postage, and such extra lessons as drawing, dancing, music, &c. which they may choose to order for their children.
V. The religion, uniformly practiced by the students living in the college, is the Roman Catholic; but for students of other religious persuasions, there are boarding houses, convenient to the college, where they will be subject to the same rules (religion excepted) and enjoy the same advantages for their improvement in science as the pensioners of the college.
VI. Out Boarders must be furnished by their parents with the uniform of the college, and pay annually for tuition, fire, candle, school books, pen, ink, paper, amusements, school rewards, &c. fifty dollars, always half yearly in advance.
VII. The students are taught English, Latin, Greek, and all the branches of Classical Education, sacred and profane History, Geography, the use of the Globes, Arithmetic, and when sufficiently advanced Algebra and Geometry, with all the other parts of the Mathematics, in the respective classes. Particular care is taken that they learn to read well, and write a good hand, and that they speak and write French with accuracy. Four times a year the students are called to a public examination of what they have been taught before Parents and the Friends of Literature. Those who have made extraordinary progress are honored and rewarded. The time for punishment, are confined in the vacation to certain extraordinary hours of study during playtime, in order to repair what they have neglected to learn in school; therefore, if they are found defective in the last and most important examination of the year, before the August vacation, they will not be allowed to go home during that time.
VIII. The age of admission is from eight to fourteen. When children are not sufficiently advanced to begin a regular course of classical education, they are placed in an elementary class, attended by a particular teacher, from whom they learn to spell, read, and write.
IX. If the children sent to this College have been before at any other house of education, an attestation of their morals and docility is required.
X. The greatest care is taken to instruct the children in the duties of Religion and Morality, and they are constantly under the eye of one or more of the Professors who see that those duties are practiced, and that the rules of civility are not violated.
XI. Cleanliness and exercise, and every thing which contributes to health, are attended to with particular care.
XII. All the pensioners dine and sup with their professors, and have the same table which they have. No distinctions are allowed in diet or clothing.
XIII. As long experience has convinced the directors, that a provision of pocket money is very prejudicial not only to good order, but even to study and application, they therefore request that parents will not be forward in indulging their children in more than fifty cents at most per month, for this purpose.
XIV. No allowance is made for absence during the vacation, which begins on the 15th August and ends the 15th of September. To these terms the parents are desired to be particularly attentive, in case they choose to call their children home as the absence of a few weeks at the opening of school is seldom repaired without very great difficulty. Absence from school at no other time will be permitted. It is indeed the most serious and eternal desire of the Directors, that the children should never be called home during the course of their education, as they have found by experience, that such avocations have often proved prejudicial, not only to study and application, but even to content and happiness. Those children who may be received into the college upon other funds, either totally or partially, than those provided by their parents or guardians, will not be allowed to go home or absent themselves from college during the full course of their education, unless particular circumstances in the judgment of the President should require permission of absence for a time.
XV. Which children are removed from the College, whatever new linen or clothes are furnished them on that occasion, will be charged to their parents. After entering on a new quarter no deduction will be made for the remaining part thereof.
The College is a large building, capable of lodging two hundred persons conveniently. The garden and court adjoining, where the young gentlemen play, are very airy and spacious. The situation is very pleasant and healthy.
It will contribute much to the advantage of the children, if parents on sending them will inform the President how long they propose to leave them at the College, and for what employments in life they are designed. The regular course of education is properly classified; but such as are destined for the commercial line, have a lesson of Arithmetic and Book-Keeping, under a particular Professor appointed for that purpose.
N. B. The above Regulations and Conditions will take place from the 15th day of August, 1804, for all such as enter at, or after that period; but for others, they will only commence at the expiration of the six months, for which the advance payment had become due prior to that term.
Right Rev. LEONARD NEALE, President. Georgetown, June 22—1m.
(BY AUTHORITY.) Scheme of a Lottery.
To build an Academy in the city of Richmond. Dollars.
  1 Prize—last drawn ticket, having a blank to its number, 20,000   1 do. 10,000   1 do. 5,000   5 do. of 1,000 make 5,000   6 do. — 500 — 3,000   10 do. — 200 — 2,000   20 do. — 100 — 2,000   100 do. — 50 — 5,000   250 do. — 30 — 7,500   420 do. — 25 — 10,500   1,500 do. — 20 — 30,000   3,000 do. — 15 — 45,000   1 first drawn ticket after 1,000 having a blank to its number, 250   1 do. after 2,000 do. 250   1 do. do. 3,000 do. 250   1 do. do. 4,000 do. 250   1 do. do. 5,000 do. 500   1 do. do. 6,000 do. 500   1 do. do. 8,000 do. 500   1 do. do. 10,000 do. 500   1 do. do. 12,000 do. 500   1 do. do. 13,000 do. 500   1 do. do. 14,000 do. 1,000 
5,325 prizes, 150,000 9,675 blanks, not two to a prize, 15,000 tickets at 10 dollars each, 150,000 N. B. Prizes subject to a deduction of 15 per cent.
This lottery has been authorized by the legislature of Virginia, for the laudable purposes of erecting a seminary of learning in or near the metropolis of this state. With this view, it is contemplated to raise 20,000 dollars, and 2,500 dollars, in addition, for defraying the expenses attendant on drawing the lottery. Citizens of the first respectability have been selected as trustees, and they have pledged themselves to use their utmost exertions to carry it into effect. The scheme has the advantage of giving to each adventurer, a chance for some very large prizes, whilst the proportion of prizes to blanks, is so great as to invite the friends of the intended institution to partake in the lottery, with very little risk of their becoming losers. The treasurer of the state is to be appointed to receive the money for the tickets as they are sold, and to pay the amount of the prizes to the fortunate adventurers. It is believed that the above considerations will induce a rapid sale of tickets, and the drawing will commence as soon as a sufficient number shall be sold to authorize it—which it is believed will be on the second Monday in December next.
Richmond, March 2—1f Tickets to be had of Robert Pollard (Reg.) John Brackenbrough, jun., Wm. Price (Reg.) Samuel Pleasants, jun. and William Prichard.
WANTED
At the NAVY YARD—Washington a quantity of the following materials, viz.
  5 inch Oak Plank { Lengths, from 30 feet upwards.   4 1-2 inch do.   3 inch do.   2 inch do.   3 inch Yellow Pine Plank.   2 1-2 inch do. {   2 inch do.   Locust Trinails, of 18 and 24 inches long.   Locust Timber, in the log   Cedar do. do.   Beams of yellow Pine and Oak knees of various sizes. 
Proposals for supplying the whole or any part of the Materials, specifying the particular and the lowest price, will be received by the Subscriber until the first of August next.
Navy-Yard, Washington, July 6 1804. THOMAS TINGEY.
N. B. All further information which may be required, can be obtained, on application being made at the Constructor's office.
HAT MANUFACTURY.
The subscriber informs his customers and the public generally that he has discontinued business in the city of Washington, and has opened shop on Bridge street near the Union Tavern—he solicits the continuance of former customers, and hopes that all others who may chuse to call and purchase his manufacture will be amply suited, if neatness and goodness be requisites.
JOEL BROWN. George Town, Feb. 17—tf
COLUMBIAN LIBRARY.
An Appendix to the Catalogue is this day published and may be had at the Library Room. In the course of the last year, the Directors have been incorporated by an act of Congress, and above 250 vols. have been added to the books, making in the whole upwards of 800 vols. New Shares may be had on application to the Librarian—Books are let out on hire to those who are not shareholders, and are to be taken out and returned on the afternoons of Wednesdays and Saturdays.
George Town, June 5—
HERTY'S LAWS OF MARYLAND. Volume I.
Those holding subscription papers to the above, are requested to forward a list of the subscribers and their residence, to the Editor in the city of Washington, before the 4th August next, in order that they be inserted, agreeably to the proposals. The work will be ready for delivery a few days thereafter.
The Editors of papers in Maryland who published the proposals, are requested to give publicity to the above. U Y 13—cp
30 Dollars Reward.
RAN AWAY from the subscriber living in St. Mary's county Maryland, near Point Look Out, on the 5th inst. a negro man named CHARLES about forty years of age, about five feet eight or ten inches in height, of a robust form; had on when he went of a striped cotton coat and trowsers, and is fond of liquor, in all probability he has since changed his dress; he has been used to the water business and may probably try to get a birch to the West Indies or along the coast. Masters of vessels are forewarned from shipping said fellow as the law in that case will be strictly put in force—any person that will secure said fellow in jail so that the owner get him again shall receive fifteen dollars, and if brought to hand the above reward. JAMES KIRK. July 13—7t
Travellers Hall.
THE subscriber has lately been induced from the rapid increase of his custom to purchase a lot of ground adjoining that on which he lives for the purpose of building a dining room and assembly room, each 54 feet by 32 feet 10 inches with six additional lodging rooms, and intends to finish them before the ensuing winter; which together with his tavern and house will occupy a front of near one hundred feet in the most agreeable part of the town and in the center of business being on the highest part of the public square. He has considerably increased the furniture &c. of his houses and stables. His domestics and servants are of the most faithful dispositions and properly qualified for the departments to which they are assigned. He has a constant supply of the best stable forage; imported and country provisions, imported liquors, &c. of the first quality, foreign newspapers, &c. And his ice will most probably last through the hot weather.
The distinguished preference which the first characters have already given him, fills him with gratitude. He offers his sincere thanks to all his good friends and begs leave to assure them that neither his time nor his purse shall be spared in attempting to render the Travellers Hall a house of entertainment, for GENTEELED GUESTS ONLY, equal to any in America.
P. BRADLEY. Lexington, Kentucky, June 12, 1804.
A stage runs from the Travellers Hall to the Olympic Springs in the summer, and to Frankfort during the sessions of Assembly. June 29—3m
For the information of the Freeholders of the state of Virginia.
THE following correct list of the persons who compose the REPUBLICAN TICKET of Electors of President and Vice President of the United States, is published. The election for the choice of Electors will be held in each county and corporation on the first Monday in November next.
PHILIP N. NICHOLAS, Chairman. JOHN H. FOUSHEE, Sec'y. Richmond, May 25, 1804.
Republican Ticket.
  Richard E. Lee, of Norfolk borough. Isle of Wight.   John Goode, — Dinwiddie.   Edward Paget, — Brunswick.   D. Richard Field, — Charlotte.   Thomas Read, — Cumberland.   Creed Taylor, — Amherst.   William H. Cabell, — Patrick.   George Penn, — City of Richmond.   George Wythe, — Caroline.   John Taylor, — King and Queen.   Larkin Smith, — Potomac.   John Minor, — Loudoun.   William Etzky, — Wachapreague.   William Dudley, — Gloucester.   Mann Page, — King George.   John Taliaferro, jr. — Prince William.   Richard Brent, — Frederick.   Hugh Holmes, — Hampshire.   James Dickey, — Shenandoah.   James Allen, — Augusta.   Archibald Stuart, — Russell.   James M'Farlane, — Montgomery.   Gen. John Preston, — Ohio.   William M'Kie, — 
June 27—4w
20 Dollars Reward.
STRAYED or stolen from the commons of the city of Washington, near the Seven Buildings, about 8 weeks since, a Sorrel HORSE 14 hands high, three white feet, a small blaze in his face, trots and gallops, and carries his head and tail very handsomely, one small saddle spot on the right side, both his fore hoofs cracked up to the hair, between eight or ten years old. Whoever takes up said horse and delivers him to the subscriber shall receive Five Dollars and all reasonable charges, and Fifteen for the thief. JAMES MOORE. July 18—3t
FOR SALE ON EASY TERMS.
A HORSE, a few days from the country, about 14 3-4 hands high, three years old, and accustomed to most kinds of work. Enquire at HOLTZMAN'S Tavern in High Street, sign of Gen. Washington. George Town, July 20—3t
CHARLES VARDEN, MERCHANT TAYLOR.
Has received from Philadelphia in addition to his former stock, a handsome assortment of goods, consisting of the best London and Spanish fur, fine cloths and cassimeres, white and fancy Marceilles, colored and white Janes, india nankeens, cotton cassimeres, black silk and fatin Florentines, with a variety of other articles suitable for the summer season.
M. B. Ladies habits, regimentals, and navy uniforms made in the first style of fashion. New Jersey avenue near the Capitol, June 8—tf
NOTICE.
APPLICATION is intended to be made at the Treasury of the United States, for the renewal of the following lot certificates; No. 362, 363, 364, 365, and 366, dated the 5th April 1804, for 2000 dollars each, Louisiana 6 per cent stock, in favor of John Coles of New London, signed by Joseph Nourie, Reg.
JOHN M'GOWAN. June 13, 1804—epbw
REMOVAL.
THOMAS CARPENTER, TAYLOR,
Has removed to the house above Mr. Rhodes (Lat. Lover's) Hotel, near the President's Square.
In addition to the present stock of goods, an Handsome Assortment is expected immediately.
Gentlemen at a distance, by sending a line by post, will be waited upon with all possible expedition.
T. C. will pledge himself to execute any order with a safe, expedition and moderation of charge, which shall not be excelled by any. April 16—tf.
NOTICE.
NOTICE is hereby given to all whom it may concern that JOHN EDWARDS is appointed by the Legionary court of the Fifth Legion of Militia of the district of Columbia to collect all fines put into his hands—by order of said court, WM. D. BEALL, Clk. June 22—6w
District of Columbia, to wit:
BE it remembered, That on this twenty sixth day of June, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and four, and in the twenty eighth year of American Independence, William Cranch, of the said district, hath deposited in this office, the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit: "Reports of Cases, argued and adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, in August and December terms, 1801, and February term 1803." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled "An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned."
G. DENNALL, Clk. of the district of Columbia. July 4—w5t
Was Committed to the jail
of Baltimore county as a Runaway on the 21st February last, a Negro woman who calls herself MILLY THOMAS—she is about 38 or 40 years of age, 5 feet 4 inches high, and of a brown complexion. She says the did belong to Mr. William Briscoe of Charles county in the state of Maryland. Her owner does not release her, she will be sold for her jail fees, according to law.
THOMAS BAILEY, Sheriff of Balt. County. Baltimore May 21—w3t
500 Dollars Reward.
WHEREAS on the first day of April last a Negro fellow named STROTHER and his wife named PHILLIS absconded from my plantation near Chester court house South Carolina—and as I have reason to suspect that some white person or persons has been accessory in said negroes clopement, or has feloniously carried them away—I hereby offer the above reward upon conviction of any white person concealing or carrying away said negroes.
Forty dollars with all reasonable expenses will be paid for lodging said negroes in any jail and giving notice by letter to me at Chester C. H. South Carolina, so that I may get them, or twenty dollars for each; that is, if they are taken by any person after this date—any jailor or other persons giving notice to me of said negroes, that they are lodged in any jail before this date shall be very handsomely rewarded.
STROTHER is 22 or 23 years of age, a little yellow complexioned, 5 feet 9 or 10 inches high, stout made, crooked legged, very large feet, has a four countenance, has large ears on his back occasioned by a severe whipping, by his former overseer in Virginia for rebellion against him.
PHILLIS is 20 or 22 years old, of a middle size, trim made, black complexion, has a small lip when she speaks—Said negroes formerly belonged to Mr. Edward Carter, in Prince William county, state of Virginia. Where it is supposed (if they have eloped of themselves) they will try to go.
Any letters of information will be very thankfully received.
JOHN JOHNSTON. Chester C. H. South Carolina, July 11—1awtf
RUNAWAY NEGRO.
WAS committed to the jail of Frederick county as a runaway on the 28th February last, a negro man who calls himself JOHN RUSHER, he is about 28 or 30 years old, five feet five or six inches high; a stout well made fellow; his clothing are a grey coat, a striped waistcoat and corduroy trowsers. If his owner does not release him he will be sold for his jail fees according to law.
GEORGE CREAGER, Sheriff, Frederick county. June 25—
NOTICE.
By virtue of three writs of venditioni ex ponentes issued from the circuit court of the district of Columbia for the county of Washington, to me directed, one at the suit of Summers and Coates, against Samuel Blodget, one at the suit of Edward Pennington, against Samuel Blodget, and one at the suit of John Mullay, against John Doby, will be exposed to public sale for ready cash on the 28th inst. at Wm. Rhodes's Tavern in the city of Washington, all the right, title, claim and interest of the said Samuel Blodget and John Doby in and to the following property, viz. Lot No. 23 in square 107, Lot No. 13 in square 378, Lot No. 2 in square 533, Lot No. 5 in square 54, Lot No. 12 in square 320, Lot No. 2 in square 218, Lot No. 12 in square 286, Lot No. 22 in square 263, Lot No. 23 in square 263, Lot No. 24 in square 263, Lot No. 7 in square 264, Lot No. 8 in square 264, Lot No. 7 in square 409, Lot No. 8 in square 409, Lot No. 17 in square 253, Lot No. 7 in square 253 with a three story brick dwelling house thereon, late the property of the said Blodget, and Lot No. 5 in square 607, late the property of the said Doby—the sale will commence precisely at 4 o'clock. DANIEL C. BRENT, Marshal. July 2—1aw4t
NOTICE.
THERE was committed as a runaway to the jail of Frederick county, a negro man who calls himself CEASA LANGSTON, and says he belongs to Mr. Isaac Langston of Hertford county North Carolina; he is about 37 years of age, five feet seven inches high, a stout well made fellow—his clothing are a grey woolen coat with a blue cape, cotton striped waistcoat and trowsers and a tow linen shirt, he also has four scars on the back of his neck. If his master does not release him he will be sold for the jail fees agreeably to law. GEORGE CREAGER, Sheriff, of Frederick county. June 25—
JUST PUBLISHED
By Rapine, Conrad & Co.
NEW JERSEY AVENUE, NEAR THE CAPITOL,
MAJOR's Universal History, Ancient and Modern, from the earliest records of time, to the general peace of 1801. Vols. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7—His work will be comprised in 25 volumes, at one DOLLAR each to subscribers in boards. Those who have already favored the publishers with their names are requested to send for their copies, and those who are desirous of possessing this valuable work are informed that the subscription is still open. Also just published and for sale as above.
The works of WILLIAM SMITH, D. D. late provost of the College and Academy of Philadelphia, vols. 1st and 2nd. This work will be comprised in 4 volumes at 250 cents per volume in boards.
R. C. & Co. Have on hand a most valuable collection of new books, received by the late arrivals from Europe, which they will dispose of on the most reasonable terms. June 29—
Ten Dollars Reward.
RAN AWAY from the office of the WESTERN STAR, on the night between the 4th and 5th inst. an indentured apprentice to the Printing business, named WILLIAM JOHNSON, between 18 and 19 years of age, about 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high; rather slender make, short black hair, and dark complexion, had on and took with him a brown coat with pearl buttons, naked pan-taloons, white waistcoat and a good hat; he had also with him a French made watch, with a twisted gold wire chain. The above reward will be given for securing him in any jail, so that I may get him again, or reasonable charges if brought home.
Also all persons are hereby cautioned against harbouring or trusting said boy, and all captains or masters of vessels are warned at their peril against carrying away said apprentice.
EDWARD COLE. Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, July 9—
TO RENT,