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HISTORY
Of the West Indies :
A WORK in the contents of which every citizen of America must be interested whether devoted to business, or desirous of information through the medium of amusement.
A new & revised edition of Mr. Edwards's History of the West Indies, with a third volume, (completed by its amiable author a short time previous to his death) has lately been published in London. This third volume contains the interesting and important history, with a large Map of the Island of St. Domingo, or Hispaniola, as also that of Tobago; likewise a history of the war in the West Indies from its commencement in 1773, and a tour of Sir William Young through several of the islands. It is accompanied by a highly finished portrait of Mr. Edwards, a history of his life written by himself, and a predatory advertisement by Sir William Young, Baronet, M.P. F.R.S. &c. under whose editorship it has been given to the public.
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Subscriptions are received by said Humphreys at his book-store the corner of Second and Walnut Streets, and by the principal booksellers through the Union. Philadelphia, July 15—
FOR SALE.
AN unfinished two story brick house with an excellent cellar fronting on Seventh Street, east, figure No. 907, in the city of Washington; if not disposed of at private sale previous to the 4th day of September next, it will on that day be offered at public sale, for terms apply to the subscriber.
And on the same day will positively be sold a frame house situated on the same street and square as the above property; and a quantity of household and kitchen furniture.
The vicinity of the above property to the navy yard renders it an object worthy of attention.
WILLIAM PROUT.
Aug. 12—
CHARLES H. VARDEN, MERCHANT TAYLOR.
Has received from Philadelphia a handsome assortment of FINE goods, consisting of the best London and French superfine cloths, calimeres, patent Bennet's cord, toilettens, fancy and white Marcelline, black and figured silk, moleskins, fancy silk, Marcelline, constitution cords, velvets, Genoa cord, silk and satin Florentines, superfine coating, knapped cloths, with a variety of other articles suitable for the winter season.
N. B. Ladies habits, regimentals, and navy uniforms made in the best style of fashion.
New Jersey avenue near the Capitol,
December 10—tf
Twenty Dollars Reward.
STRAYED or stolen from the subscriber on the night of the 4th instant, two MARY HORSES, one a large bay six years old, one of his eyes appears to be injured, his tail bobbed very short, shod all round; the other an old horse, with two white hind feet, several white saddle spots, has a switch tail, which has been lately cut at the ends; the first accustomed to the carriage, trots & paces, the second made use of as a road horse, trots easy, but paces badly, very lately shod all round. As I am satisfied they have been stolen, I will double the reward, on conviction of the thief or thieves, and on getting the horses.
DANIEL CARROLL, of Dudn'a. July 12—F&Wtm
On a liberal credit.
THE subscriber will dispose of at private sale, his estate called Chichester, lying on the eastern branch, immediately adjacent to the city of Washington. This tract contains 697 acres, is laid off in lots from 83 to 144 acres for the convenience of purchasers. Plats of the estate and the terms of sale are in the hands of colonel Hanlon at the navy yard, and Charles Wayman of George Town. The lots will be shown by Mr. Wedden, living on the premises, near the Eastern Branch bridge.
ANTHONY ADDISON.
Barnaby, 12th June 1805—tf
For Sale
IN the county of Prince William, Virginia, Neabsco runnace and its appurtenances, with four or five thousand acres of land adjoining, near the town of Dumfries, and within four or five miles of the Potomac—the soil is generally adapted to small grain, and if too considerable for one purchaser, will be laid off in Lots suitable for small farms—a description of the land is thought unnecessary—as those wishing to purchase will no doubt first view it: the payments required will be one third cash, and the other two thirds in annual instalments, to be secured by a mortgage on the land; and no deed given until the last payment is made; any person wishing to purchase, may know the terms by applying to Mr. Thomas T. Page, living near the premises, who is fully authorised by me to sell the whole or any part.
JOHN TAYLOR.
August 16—3m. N. B. A valuable mine bank in Maryland may be had with the furnace if required. J. T.
Lands for Sale.
PURSUANT to an order of the court of Calvert county—the subscribers will sell at public auction at the house of Mr. James Duke, at Prince Frederick Town in the county aforesaid on the 29th day of August, if fair, if not the next fair day—ALL the real estate of captain Walter Smith late of said county deceased, consisting of the following tracts of land.
The tract on which the said captain Smith resided, containing 1225 1.8 acres lying on the river Patuxent, bounded on the west by said river, and on the south and east by a fine navigable creek called St. Leonards, so that a short fence will enclose the whole land—the trial of this tract is equal to any on Patuxent either for farming, planting, or grazing; and no other season a great abundance of fine fish and oysters may be had either from the river creek.
One other tract of land in the Forest, about two miles from the former, containing 627 1.2 acres. The greater part of which is covered with hickory, chestnut, and oak wood, and a great proportion of swamp land, which at a trifling expense might be converted into valuable meadow.
One other tract of 536 1.2 acres lying on Chesapeake Bay, bounded on the east by said bay and on the north by a creek called Parker's creek; on this tract there is a very fine salt marsh a quantity of fine meadow land, and abundance of timber.
It is thought needless to give a fuller description of those lands, as it is presumed no one will purchase without first viewing them. And on application to Mr. John Turner who lives adjoining the first mentioned tract he will show the different tracts as well as the plats of the same.
These different tracts will be sold in a body or divided into lots, as may best suit those who wish to purchase: The purchasers to give bond on interest with approved security for the purchase money to be paid in three equal annual payments the whole interest to be paid yearly. And on the ratification of the sale by the court and a full payment of the purchase money, a deed of conveyance will be executed to the purchasers agreeable to an act of assembly in such case made and provided.
JO. WILKINSON, JOHN TURNER, JAMES HEIGHE. } Commissioners. July 31—wtf.
IMPEACHMENT
OF
JUDGE CHASE.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25.
When the court met again, Mr. RANDOLPH said, that with the leave of the counsel for the respondent, he would offer one or two observations, which might save that gentleman and the court some trouble. We know, said he, we cannot lay much stress on the testimony of a single man, rebutted by that of another respectable witness. Among the persons summoned to appear, who are able to give evidence of the declaration of Mr. Heath respecting the conversation between judge Chase and Mr. Randolph, are Messrs. Meriwether Jones and Hugh Holmes. Mr. Jones, we are advised, is, from extreme indisposition, unable to attend—Mr. Holmes, the Speaker of the House of Delegates, did not attend until since the evidence on the part of the prosecution was closed. That honorable and respectable man is, however, now in the lobby. I only state this circumstance, in tenderness to the character of the witness, and that Mr. Holmes is ready to prove that pending the trial of Callender, Mr. Heath did declare to him as having passed in his presence such a conversation as the witness has stated. It is not our wish to press his evidence, because we know that the evidence of a witness thus rebutted can establish nothing material to the prosecution. But we are ready, if the court and counsel for the respondent agree, to receive his testimony.
Mr. HARPER. It is not for us to say how the honorable managers shall proceed in conducting this prosecution. We have no objection to Mr. Holmes being examined; and we feel perfectly indifferent whether Mr. Heath be abandoned or not. Should Mr. Holmes not be examined, I presume it will be understood that he was offered to support the declaration of Mr. Heath.
Mr. Randolph said it was not intended to abandon Mr. Heath.
Mr. Harper enquired how long Mr. Holmes had been in the city. It correctly informed he had been here three days, and if so, his testimony might have been adduced before the defence on the part of the respondent was made.
Mr. Randolph said the not previously offering Mr. Holmes to the court arose solely from an indisposition to interrupt the counsel for the defendant. The character of Mr. Holmes stood too high to be impeached. It was only when they heard the correctness of Mr. Heath's testimony questioned, that the managers deemed it necessary to do that, for the not doing of which they had received the censure of the counsel for the respondent. Mr. Randolph then moved that Hugh Holmes should be sworn.
The President said the reasons assigned for the admission of Mr. Holmes's testimony, so far as they arose from tenderness to the character of Mr. Heath, could have no weight with the court. The only question for them to decide was, whether his testimony was or was not material.
Mr. Nicholson said he held it to be the right of either party at any stage of the trial, when the evidence of a witness was impeached, to justify it by the testimony of another witness. He asked the receiving, therefore, of Mr. Holmes's testimony as a matter of right, not of favor.
The yeas and nays were taken on examining Mr. Holmes, and were—Yeas 21—Nays 11.
HUGH HOLMES sworn.
In answer to an interrogatory put by Mr. Randolph,
Mr. Holmes replied—I was at Richmond when the circuit court sat there. I am told they sat on the 22d of May, 1800. On the Sunday following I left Richmond. My impression is that Mr. Heath, between Wednesday and Sunday, told me in substance what I understand has been related to this honorable court. It has been detailed to me, and I cannot trace any difference between it and my recollection.
Mr. Harper. Please to state it.
Mr. Holmes. It was this. That he
(Mr. Heath) had business with judge Chase of a judicial nature, and waited upon him; that while he was there Mr. Randolph came in; that he held a paper in his hand; that the judge asked him what it contained. He replied, the pannel of the jury for the trial of Callender. The judge asked if there were any persons of a particular description, I think democrats, on it. Mr. Randolph said there was—The judge then said, no such persons must be on the pannel.
Mr. Harper. Are you confident that you left Richmond the Sunday following?
Mr. Holmes. I think so. It is possible that I may be mistaken. As to the substance of the conversation I cannot be mistaken; though I may as to the time.—Mr. Heath may have given me the account in the following September when I was at Richmond.
Mr. Nicholson. Were there any persons present when Mr. Heath gave you this information?
Mr. Holmes. I think judge Brookes and Gen. Minor were.
Mr. Martin. Did you leave town on the Sunday before or after Callender was tried?
Mr. Holmes. I left town before he was tried.
Mr. Randolph. I understand you as stating that you are positive as to the substance of the conversation, but not as to the time.
Mr. Holmes. I think it was during the first time I was in Richmond; but it may have been during the second time. But I think I may speak positively of the substance of the conversation.
Mr. HARPER—This testimony of Mr. Holmes, Mr. President, completes the overthrow of John Heath, whom it was adduced to support. It adds the last clench to the nail, by which his testimony is fixed on high. This honorable court will recollect that John Heath declared, that as soon as the conversation between judge Chase and the marshal, about striking those "creatures called democrats" from the jury summoned to try Callender, took place, which was in the morning before the court met, he went immediately on the hill, related that conversation to Hugh Holmes. This, consequently, must have happened before Mr. Holmes left Richmond. He tells us that he left Richmond on Sunday, the 25th May. We know from the record evidence in the cause, as well as from the testimony of Mr. William Marshall and some other witnesses, that Callender was not brought to Richmond until the 27th of May. And it is well known that by the practice of Virginia, a jury is never summoned to try an offender, till he is before the court, and puts himself upon trial. Consequently at the time when John Heath informed Mr. Holmes, that he had seen the marshal present to the respondent the pannel of jurors summoned for the trial of Callender, and had heard the respondent tell the marshal to strike off all the "creatures called democrats," it is perfectly certain that no jury had been summoned; that the marshal had not taken Callender; that it was perfectly uncertain whether he would be taken; and that no such circumstance as Heath related to Mr. Holmes, could possibly have taken place. For this flat contradiction of their witnesses, we are indebted to the honorable managers, and we tender them our thanks. They have furnished us by the same respectable testimony, with another contradiction of minor importance, but not undeserving of notice. Heath says that he made this communication to Mr. Holmes in the morning. Mr. Holmes states, as his strong belief, that it was made in the evening. So much for the testimony of Mr. John Heath; which I leave without further remark, where it has been placed by Mr. David M. Randolph, Mr. William Marshall, and Mr. Holmes; and proceed to consider the transactions at New-Castle, in Delaware, which form the matter of the seventh charge.
And here three questions present themselves for examination. What was the respondent's conduct on that occasion? How far was that conduct conformable to duty and propriety? What were the motives from which it proceeded? On all the previous articles the same division of the matter presented itself to the mind; but the two first grounds were fully occupied by my learned colleagues. What remained for me belonged almost entirely to the third divi-
sion. Here, and on the eighth charge, being deprived of their able assistance, it is incumbent on me to consider the subject under each of these three points of view.
As to the conduct of the respondent, he admits in substance that he did, on the first day of the court, decline to discharge the grand jury; on their request; did state to them some information which he had received, respecting a seditious printer in the town of Wilmington, who was said to be in the habit of violating the act of Congress called the Sedition law, and did inform them that it was their duty to enquire into that affair. He also admits that he requested the district attorney to assist them with his advice, in making this enquiry. But he denies that he did utter those expressions relative to a seditious temper in the state of Delaware, or any part of it, with which he is charged.
That he uttered those expressions is sworn by Mr. George Read, the district attorney of Delaware, and Mr. Lee, one of the grand jurors. Four witnesses on the contrary equally respectable and equally intelligent with Mr. Read and Mr. Lee, have deposed that they were present, that they attended particularly to what passed, and that they heard no such expressions. First, judge Bedford, who sat by the side of the respondent at the time, who must have heard all that was said, and who appears to have remarked particularly what the respondent said on the subject of seditious publications: for he afterwards told him, that he had used expressions which would give offence. Yet judge Bedford did not hear any such expressions, as are stated by Mr. Read and Mr. Lee. Next, Mr. Vandyke, the attorney general of the state of Delaware; a gentleman of high character, whose manner of delivering his testimony proves him to be very capable of accurate observation. He attended in court at this time, and was attentive to the proceedings; but he heard nothing of those remarkable expressions. Then Mr. Hamilton, who attended the court as an assistant to his father, the marshal, sat near the judges, listened to the conversation between the respondent and the jury, but he heard nothing of those remarkable expressions. And fourthly, Mr. Hall, who was in court during the whole time, paid particular attention to what passed, but heard nothing of this seditious temper in the state of Delaware, and particularly in the county of New Castle, and more especially in the town of Wilmington. On Mr. Moore so much stress cannot be laid as on the former witnesses, because he was not particularly attentive to what passed on the first day. Laying him, however, out of the case, we have four witnesses against two; and these four witnesses were so situated, that they must have heard those expressions had they been uttered, and must have remarked them. Judge Bedford did remark expressions far less strong, which he was apprehensive might give offence. Is it possible then to believe, that those very offensive expressions, had they fallen from the respondent, could have escaped his notice?
But there is another piece of evidence, still stronger than the testimony of these witnesses. We know that within a day or two after these transactions took place, an account of them was published by the printer, and in the gazette, which had been the object of the respondent's animadversions. The publication is in evidence before the court. It is sufficiently exaggerated, but it makes no mention of those remarkable and offensive expressions. This printer, it is evident, was extremely well disposed to represent the respondent's conduct in the most unfavorable light that truth would justify. He, no doubt, received his information of what passed, from persons who felt the same disposition. Those persons must have heard these expressions had they been uttered, must have been struck by them, and surely would not have suppressed them.
When this mass of evidence stands opposed to Mr. Read and Mr. Lee, can we hesitate to pronounce that they have stated what never took place? I am far from intending to charge them with intentional departure from truth. No doubt they understood in this manner something that was said. But it is plain that there must be a mistake somewhere. Their testimony can not be reconciled with that of the four witnesses for the respondent; or with that of the printer, which under the circumstances of this case, is stronger than all the rest. And it is much more probable that two men should be mistaken than four; and that all the six should have been mistaken, than that this printer should have been uninformed of, or should have omitted to notice, those expressions, if they had been used by the respondent.
These expressions indeed contain nothing criminal. To have used them would not have been an impeachable offence; but it would have been an act of

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31.
A letter from Tangier, dated 22d June, mentions that the gun boat captured by two Spanish vessels in the Straights of Gibraltar and sent to Algiers, was instantly liberated by General Castanos on her arrival at the latter place.
A Court Martial has been convened at New Orleans for the trial of Col. Butler for disobedience of orders.
William Lattimore, a decided republican, is re-elected a delegate to represent the Mississippi Territory in the Congress of the United States. He had 10 votes, Cato West 2 votes, and John Ellis 1 vote.
The city of New Haven is restored to its usual health.
Having been furnished with a Liverpool Price Current, dated June 1, and expecting to receive it monthly, we have supposed it would be interesting to many of our readers to have a monthly statement of the prices of the leading articles of American produce. Should we be furnished regularly with these papers, we shall publish this statement, and contrast with it the prices of the same articles in our own market.
  Wheat, 12s 6d a 13s 6d 70lbs.   Flour, Superfine, 52s 0d 0s 0d Barl.   Fine, 50s 0d 0s 0d    Rice, Banded for exportation, 26s 0d 28s 0d Cwt. 
   TOBACCO.     York & James River, 3 3-4d 7d Lb.   Petersburg, 3 3-4d 6 1-4d    Rappahannock, 3 3-4d 5 3-4d    Potomac, 3 3-4d 5 1-4d    Georgia, 3 3-4d 5 1-4d    Carolina, 3 3-4d 5d    Stem'd, 7d 8 1-2d   
   COTTON.     Georg. Sea Isl. Fine, 2s 8d 2s 11d     Good, 2s 5d 2s 7d    Middling, 2s 2d 2s 4d    Ordinary & Stained, 1s 6d 1s 9d    Upland Bowed, 1s 5d 1s 6d    New Orleans, 1s 6d 1s 8 1-2d    Tennessee, 1s 5 1-2d 1s 7d   
The conductor of the Political Register has undertaken to destroy the popularity of the administration by showing their deadly hostility to the "agricultural, commercial and manufacturing interests."
For this purpose two powerful batteries are opened; the one against the alleged acts of the government; the other against the speculative opinions of the President.
The exportation of a small consignment of Petries, not exceeding seven thousand dollars in value, by the agent for Indian affairs, is represented as evidence of a deliberate purpose to depress and destroy our own by preferring foreign manufactures. A few of the batters of Philadelphia have been induced to come forward, and to express their sense of this measure, and, as might be expected, they deeply deprecate its tendency. Facts have been grossly distorted: a mountain of misrepresentation has been raised; but a short disclosure of the truth has reduced it to a mole hill. Mr. Davy, whose veracity is unimpeachable, has declared that, previous to the exportation of the petries, he offered them for sale in the Philadelphia market, and that he only exported them because he could not get a reasonable price for them: and it further appears that the standing instructions of the War Department are not to export what can be advantageously sold at home.
From these facts it follows that the only difference between Mr. Davy and the batters must have been as to the price of the petry. He thought he could get more for them by exporting them; and they knew they would stand a better chance of getting them low, provided a greater stock was retained in the United States than the demand required, while by the exportation of a part, that part would, by being carried to the great European market, sell for its full price, while the part retained in the United States would, likewise, from its diminished relation to the demand, sell for its value. Thus a good and reasonable price would be received for the whole, and the government would correspondently be the gainer.
On the other hand, by systematically withholding the exportation of petry, the natural effect would be its accumulation here beyond the demand, and its inevitable diminution in value. By this, the government and the whole people would be losers. If our manufacturers succeeded in monopolising the raw materials they could afford to sell their fabrics cheaper; but would they do it? That they would not is evident from the consideration, that they regulate their prices, not by the intrinsic worth of their articles, but by the price of similar
NOTICE. THE Battalion court for the 1st battalion of the 1st legion of Militia of the district of Columbia will meet at Rhodes's tavern, in the city of Washington, on Saturday the 24th inst. at 10 o'clock in the morning. And the Court of the 2d battalion of same legion will meet at M c Laughlin's Union tavern in George town, on Saturday the 31st inst. at 10 o'clock in the morning. The Legionary court will meet the 13th September next at Rhodes's tavern in the city of Washington, at 10 o'clock in the morning. By order, W m . D. BEALL, acting adjt. August 19.—1awt133ept.
I will sell upon a liberal credit, the following valuable property.
MY plantation on St. Charles's branch containing 800 acres, about three miles from Upper Marlbro, and not more than one from Patuxent River.
Few plantations in Prince George's County combine greater advantages, or flatter an industrious man with better prospects of profit.
The situation of the dwelling house is elevated, pleasant and remarkably healthy. The spring water, fine and abundant. The arable land, extremely favorable to the growth of Tobacco, Corn and all kinds of small grain. The meadows, sure to remunerate, are extensive, and with proper management will produce two hundred tons of Hay annually. This plantation abounds with fire wood, rails, and fine timber, so distributed that little labor is required in making the necessary repairs, and much can be spared in the vicinity of a good market towards refunding the purchaser his money. In 1803 it produced 28,000 lb. of tobacco, with only 11 hands. The product would have been greater the next year, but for the succession of uncommon frosts. The dwelling, out houses, four tobacco houses and four quarters, are in good repair, and the plantation abounds with fruit trees.
The purchaser may be furnished with the negroes on it, about 20 in number, twelve of whom are working hands and of them eleven are men. Mules, horses, about sixty head of cattle, a waggon, a cart, and every necessary for carrying on said plantation.
Strawberry Hill, containing 180 acres within two miles of Upper Marlbro, on the post road leading from thence to the city of Washington. The soil is remarkably fertile and nearly one third may be made good meadow. The buildings are sufficient for a small family, who, with care and industry, would be sure to reap, on land, so congenial to the growth of tobacco, corn, small grain and grass the full benefit of their labor.
Its situation renders it a pleasing retreat to a gentleman of fortune, disposed to take the advantages it promises to health, and amuse himself with the cultivation of a small rich plantation, in a genteel neighborhood, at the distance of about 12 miles from the seat of the general government, to which the road is very level, and nearly equal to a turnpike.
Four hundred acres of land about 2 miles from Hancock in Washington County Maryland. About 40 acres of this land is cleared, and a small house on it; the balance heavily timbered, well watered and level, the post road from Hancock to Allegany passes through it; near the road about the centre of the land is a fine spring, well calculated to turn a saw mill, or to carry on a Distillery; timber may be easily taken from this land to Hancock, and from thence floated to the city of Washington, where it always commands a handsome price.
1 Lot in the City of Washington, sq. 652. No 24 fronting 173 feet 7 inches on South North Street, and 55 feet 3 inches on half Street West.
WM B. BEALL. Upper Marlbro, July 10.—1010w.
the offender. It is impossible that a case should be more exactly in point. Indeed it goes much farther than the conduct of the respondent at New-Castle.
I am far from condemning or calling in question the conduct of the late chief justice of Pennsylvania, in this instance. But I contend that the same act which has been considered proper in him, ought not to be imputed as a crime to my honorable client.
Thus we see that the conduct of the respondent, in this instance, was strictly correct, whether it be tested by principle or precedent. If this could be doubted, if it were even admitted that he acted incorrectly, it would still be clear that he acted from proper motives; that his error was a mere error of judgment, and consequently cannot be the ground of a conviction on impeachment.
Had he been conscious of improper intentions, how easy was it for him to accomplish his object, without appearing in the business? When Dr. M c Mecken, from whom, as Mr. Hall tells us, the respondent received the information, mentioned these publications to him, it would have been easy for him to request that gentleman to give the information to the grand jury. Dr. M c Mecken no doubt would have complied with the request; the grand jury would have obtained the information; the printer, had it appeared proper to them, would have been presented; and the respondent would have attained his end without in the least exposing himself to view. Would he not have acted thus, had he been conscious of improper designs? With criminal plans of oppression in his mind, would he not have sought concealment, where it was so easily practised, and could in no degree have impeded his projects? Undoubtedly he would. Nothing but a consciousness of upright views could have induced him in such circumstances, to act this frank and open part.
In judging of men's motives, it is material also to listen to their private conversations, addressed at the time to those in whom they have confidence. In such conversations the hearts of the most cautious are apt to expand, and the most hidden plans are sometimes disclosed. What was the respondent's reply to judge Bedford, when that gentleman censured him for acting imprudently in recommending in that part of the country, an enquiry into offences against the sedition law? "My dear Bedford," to use the beautiful language of the respondent as repeated by the witness, "no matter where we are, nor among whom we are; we must do our duty." This, sir, is the language of the heart; not of a corrupt heart, filled with plans of oppression and violence, but of a heart manly, upright and honorable. It bears the intrinsic character, the genuine stamp of sincerity and truth. It is a frank and unstudied avowal of motives, made to a confidential friend in an unsuspecting moment: and it is of more avail than volumes of testimony, to show the real impressions under which he acted.
Remember too how readily, and in what good humor the respondent gave up this point, and acquiesced in the opinion of the grand jury and the district attorney, when they declared they had found nothing libelous in the papers. Having acted from a sense of duty in calling the attention of the grand jury to the subject, he was content with having discharged his duty, and pressed the matter no further. But had he acted from a vindictive spirit of oppression, or any other improper motive, inducing him to wish for the prosecution of the printer, would he so readily have desisted? The file of papers was within his reach. We, who have examined it, know, that he might have found in it libelous matter enough. And would he not have examined it? Would he not have pointed out the libelous passages to the grand jury? Would he not have sent them out again, with stronger injunctions to do their duty? Do oppressors so readily abandon their projects, when the accomplishment is so much in their power? No, sir. This conduct in the respondent is utterly inconsistent with any other motive, than that sense of duty under which it is manifest that he acted throughout.
We come now, Mr. President, to the eighth charge, under which I find myself again obliged to perform the disagreeable task of contrasting evidence, and controverting the testimony of a witness for the prosecution. This witness, Mr. Montgomery, has attributed to the respondent expressions relative to the character, motives and views of the present administration, which had he uttered them from the bench, ought to draw on him the censure of the public, and the severe animadversion of this tribunal. These expressions I am authorised by him expressly to deny and disclaim. He contends that according to the custom of this country, justifying for almost thirty years, without any mark of public disapprobation, he had a right to warn his fellow-citizens, in a charge from the bench, against the political dangers by which he believed them to be threatened; to assist in this manner, in averting impending ruin; in snatching the people of his native state, from the abyss in which he thought them about to plunge. He contends, that for this purpose, and according to this custom, he had a right to point out,
laws can be executed, except by parts; and whether it ever did or could happen that they were all violated at once?
There is however a more serious objection to this principle; which, if it be correct, goes to invest the judiciary with a power infinitely more formidable and alarming than has ever yet been contended for, in this, or as far as I know, in any country.
In what part of our constitution, or of our system of jurisprudence, have the honorable gentlemen found this dispensing power of the judges, over a part of the laws? Was not the sedition act, while it continued in force, a law of the land? Were the courts of justice to neglect its execution, because it had been opposed by a political party in the legislature, or was disagreeable to a portion of the people? Are the honorable gentlemen willing to be tried by this their principle? Let them, before they answer in the affirmative, examine how far it will carry them. We now have circuit courts, and associate justices to hold them. We now have, and probably always shall have, parties in Congress and in the country. It is very possible that laws may be passed, which will be highly disagreeable to one of those parties. Are gentlemen prepared to say, that judges may dispense with the execution of all laws, which they may suppose to be of this description? If gentlemen find this principle intolerable and absurd, when applied to laws passed by themselves, will they still insist on its application to such as were heretofore passed against their opinion? Or will they contend that the question, whether a person shall be punished for the violation of a law, shall depend on the popularity or unpopularity of the law, in the particular district where the offence is committed? Is a judge appointed to hold a criminal court, to enquire from the people of the district, or from popular leaders, what laws he shall execute? Ought he to take his information on this subject from political parties, or from the statute book? Would this be living under equal laws, equally, impartially, and steadily administered? And do not such laws so administered, constitute the very essence and definition of free government?
On principle then, even the principle admitted by the honorable gentleman himself who opened the prosecution, the conduct of the respondent in directing the attention of the grand jury to this offence, is strictly justifiable. But it does not rest on principle alone. It is strongly supported by precedent, both in England and this country. In the Lawyers Magazine, an authentic collection of legal proceedings and adjudications, vol. 3, page 338, we find a charge delivered to a grand jury by chief Baron Perryn, in which he calls their attention to certain particular offences. In page 384 of the same book, we find Lord Loughborough calling the attention of the grand jury to particular offences. In the fifth volume of the same work, page 199, there appears a charge of judge Ashurst, in which he directs the attention of the grand jury to certain seditious societies. And in the report of Hardy's trial, we see the celebrated chief justice Eyre, as illustrative for his justice, humanity and love of liberty as for his profound knowledge of the law and his great talents as a judge, directing the attention of the grand jury to a particular offence.
Passing from England to this country, we see judge Iredell, whose example has so often been held up for imitation, directing the attention of the grand jury in a very particular and emphatical manner to the particular case of the Northampton insurgents. This took place at the circuit court at which those insurgents were to be tried: and the charge was delivered to the same grand jury, which found the first indictment against John Fries. And we have another authority more directly in point, because it occurred in the case of a supposed libelous publication. It is also furnished by a judge of great legal reputation and talents, whom I trust the honorable gentlemen will not consider as inimical to liberty or disposed to judicial oppression. I mean Mr. M c Kean, formerly chief justice, and now governor of Pennsylvania. In a charge delivered to a grand jury of the city and county of Philadelphia, on the 27th of November, 1797, after a very elaborate and luminous exposition of the law relative to libels, he informs them that a certain printer in that city, meaning Cobbett, the publisher of Porcupine's gazette, was, and long had been in the habit of offending against this law, by the publication of scandalous and malicious libels; that he had interfered and endeavored to arrest the progress of this offender by binding him over to good behaviour; but the printer, in contempt of his recognizance, and in defiance of the authority of the law, persisted in his mischievous course; and that the duty of arresting him devolved on the grand jury, by whom alone the strong correctives appearing to be necessary could be applied. The expressions used by this learned and able judge are strong and remarkable. I will take the liberty of presenting them to the court in his own dress. (Here Mr. Harper read the charge from Claypole's gazette of November 28th or 29th, 1797.) It will be remarked that the printer in this case had not been bound over to appear at the court, and answer for a libel; but had been bound in a recognizance to be of good behavior, which he was supposed to have violated by publishing further libels. On this recognizance a civil action had been brought; and the grand jury, who had nothing to do with the recognizance, nor any information before them, were thus called upon to apply a further corrective, by presenting
great indecorum and impropriety. It was the duty of the judge to charge the grand jury; and to point their attention to any specific offences against the laws of the United States, which had come within his knowledge or information: but to utter indiscriminate abuse against a whole state or county, to charge the people of it generally with a seditious temper, would have been equally extrajudicial and unbecoming. This consideration, we hope, will be admitted as an apology, for occupying so much time in the refutation of a charge, which in every other point of view is manifestly frivolous and futile. We wish to rescue the conduct of our honorable client from the imputation of impropriety as well as of guilt.
It may perhaps be replied, that we rely on merely negative testimony, to disprove these expressions, while positive testimony is adduced to prove them. But whether testimony ought to be regarded as positive or merely negative, depends on the situation of the witness, and the circumstances of the case. When a man swears he did not see a transaction, which might have taken place without his seeing it, his testimony is merely negative, and can have no weight against that of a witness, who swears that he did see the transaction. But when it is of such a nature, that it could not possibly, or within the bounds of reasonable probability, have taken place, without being seen by the person who swears that he did not see it, the testimony of such person then assumes the character and possesses the weight of positive testimony. It is the same as if he had sworn positively, that no such transaction did take place. If, for instance, a witness were to swear, that he saw a man standing with his hat on during the whole of this trial, in the opening space on the floor between the president and me; and every other person present were to swear, as they no doubt would, that they had seen no such person: Surely no man in his senses would put this on the footing of mere negative testimony, and contend that the first witness was to be believed against all the others! And where is the difference between the two cases. It consists, I answer, solely in the number of witnesses; for it is as impossible that those expressions should have been uttered by the respondent, without being heard by judge Bedford, Mr. Vandike, Mr. Hamilton, and the persons who gave information to the printer; as that a man should stand for an hour with his hat on, in the middle of this floor, without being observed by the audience.
We are therefore warranted in laying these expressions out of the case; and then to what does it amount? There was a law of the United States for the punishment of seditious libels, which the respondent, as judge of the circuit court of Delaware, was bound to enforce within that district. On his way to the court he receives information, that certain habitual violations of this law are committed within the district. This information is given to him, as appears from the testimony of Mr. Hall, by a justice of the peace for that district, whose duty it was to attend to such offences, and to take all legal steps for bringing the offenders to justice. This information derived from this official and authentic source, the respondent communicates to the grand jury; observing to them that it was their duty to enquire into the matter, and that they must remain in session one day more, for that purpose. He goes further. He requests, or, if the honorable managers will have it so, he orders the district attorney to assist them with his advice in making this enquiry; and directs a file of the newspapers supposed to contain these libelous publications, to be procured and laid before them. This is the "head and front of his offending." And will the honorable managers be pleased to point out the rule or principle of law, that was violated by these acts? Will they be so good as to inform us, whether it was not the duty of the grand jury to enquire concerning offences within the district; and of the judge to give in charge to them all such offences as had come to his knowledge? Suppose that instead of a breach of the sedition law, a piracy had taken place on the high seas, and information had been given to the judge, that the pirates were lurking in the district of Delaware? Would it not have been his duty to state this information to the grand jury, and to direct them to enquire concerning the offence? And I again call on the honorable gentlemen, as I had occasion to do in a former part of the case, to inform us by what authority, and what criterion, a judge is to distinguish some offences from others, to prosecute some, and let others, as far as depends on him, escape with impunity.
The honorable gentleman who opened the case on the part of the prosecution, admitted distinctly, in his opening speech, that a judge may properly be zealous and active, in the execution of the criminal law generally; and he bestowed very high, and probably very just encomiums on a judge of Virginia, whom he represents as thus vigilant, zealous and active. But it is zeal and activity in the execution of this particular law, that he imputes as a crime to the respondent.
But if this zeal and activity of the respondent be not confined to this particular law, of which there is not the least proof or pretence, how, I ask, can it be an offence, according to the principle of the honorable gentleman? Surely each particular law is a part of the whole body of the law; will the honorable gentleman be pleased to inform us how it is impossible to be zealous and active as to the whole, without being so as to each of the parts? Will he inform us how the

for imported articles. Now the monopoly in the home market, by diminishing the supply of the foreign market, and rendering the raw materials there scarcer, would necessarily make them dearer, and proportionally elevate the price of the manufactured articles of which they are made. Thus, while our manufacturers could afford to sell their fabrics cheaper they would be enabled to sell them dearer. Is it then at all surprising that they should aim at a monopoly; or that they should do what has always been attempted by manufacturers in like circumstances? It would, however, be truly surprising if the agents of a government apprised of these effects should for the purpose of unduly fostering the interests of a few manufacturers, injure the interests of the whole people and diminish the national revenue.
We are very much inclined to believe from the irrational clamour, attempted to be excited, that the general interests have heretofore been extensively sacrificed to those of a small class of individuals; and that the reform, now commencing, has spread alarm in the bosoms of monopoly should be dried up. It would be an interesting view, to contrast the prices paid in the United States for ten years past, for the peltries sold by the government, with the prices current in Europe. This would enable us to see whether the interests of the whole community have not been sacrificed to the gain of a few; and whether the future prevention of similar injustice does not require other expedients than those heretofore used, and whether among these, an occasional resort to exportation is not necessary.
These animadversions may be considered harsh by the class of individuals to which they refer. But they are surely too enlightened, not to know, that it is the duty of the government to consult the general interests; that, consequently, it is the duty of their agents to get the best price they can for the articles they sell; and that it is not with any executive officer, without the express sanction of law, to allow either virtual or direct bounties on manufactures.
So much for this branch of the new attack on the administration. In our next we will say a little on the frictions on the speculative opinions of the President.
In the same spirit with that manifested in the Register, the Editor of the Baltimore Federal Gazette has presented his readers with the following misstatement of facts, and perversion of motives.
"Considerable part of yesterday's Gazette was taken up in exposing the conduct which certain of Mr. Jefferson's editors have pursued, to defend his administration; and a portion of this day's paper is occupied with extracts from the Political Register, exhibiting striking traits in the character of the administration itself."
"If our information be correct, and it is from a respectable republican,—executive enmity is carried as far against the agriculture as it is against the mechanics and internal commerce of our country—No American raised Hemp, however good its quality, we are assured, is permitted to be used in any cordage for the American navy; and the rope-makers in the employ of government are prohibited from purchasing it for that purpose!"
To this piece Mr. John Gordon of Baltimore immediately replied as follows:
Baltimore 14th August, 1805. Messrs. YUNDT AND BROWN, Gentlemen, I beg leave to correct the statement of the executive enmity against Agriculture and Mechanics, in your Gazette of last evening.—'That no American Hemp, however good its quality, is permitted to be used in any cordage, for the American navy, and the rope-makers in the employ of government are prohibited from purchasing it for that purpose.'
I assure you there was no such stipulation by Col. Striker, naval Agent for the cordage, Gordons and Smith are making for government; only that it was to be of the first quality, which cannot be made of other than Russia Hemp, and only from the first quality of that Hemp, of which there are three.
American Hemp was not even mentioned when we made the contract. For your better information I will add, that first quality cordage cannot be made from American Hemp, owing to its being too harsh and not well cleaned; that the difference of price is, American 8 and 9 cents per lb. Russia 13 and 14 cents per lb. consequently no rope-maker would attempt to impose cordage made from the lowest priced Hemp, for first quality. You will please give the above a place in your Gazette of to-morrow. I am Gentlemen, Your obed't serv't, JOHN GORDON.
Since receiving the Baltimore print, containing this letter, we have been requested to publish the following communications, which shew, in the clearest manner, the sentiments and measures of the Navy Department, and the competency of the American Hemp to the most important purposes of the Navy. The reader will perceive, that the statements of Messrs. Chalmers and Parrott, being the most circumstantial, give the clearest views of the quality of that article.
Washington, Aug 17, 1805. Mr. SAML. H. SMITH, SIR,
IN Wednesday's Federal Gazette, of Baltimore, I saw a publication reflecting on our executive for prohibiting the use of our own country hemp, which I was about to answer, but in Thursday's paper, I perceive two pieces on the subject, the one as an answer. Taking all into view, though I have no talents or inclination for scribbling, yet I think it a duty I owe the Secretary of the navy and the public, to give through the medium of your paper, the following plain relation. When I came here to establish myself for the purpose of serving the department of the navy with cordage, the secretary gave me positive orders to give all possible encouragement to our country hemp. I stated some objection to its generally being badly cleaned, and of course its not making so neat cordage to look at, but at the same time did believe that it was a stronger fibre; since then I have had an opportunity to give it a trial, by the Secretary's directing me to prepare some cable yarn of it. I did so, and in September 1803, made cables for the frigate Essex of the yarns of which we boasted of our ship riding independent of Russia, for the cables were so neat in their appearance as not to be easily distinguished from Russia, and gave great satisfaction to the captain at the yard, and also to the officers who were after appointed to her. From that time I have encouraged the hemp, and have paid from 10 to 12 dollars per cwt. for clean country hemp, when I have refused 3 dollars for other American hemp of inferior quality, and could have bought clean Russia for 12 dollars, of which a spinner could spin more in a day than of country; but I did in obedience to orders. Yet I never ventured to make one coil of running or a piece of standing or rigging of it, only because I thought it would not look so neat as the Russia. But the result of my experience in the business is this, that for cables, hawsers or any water ropes, it will answer as well; I hesitate to say outwear, as I have not had a trial, but it will not make so neat running or standing rigging.
Our Farmers do not understand water rotting, they generally dew rot, of course do not make it so clean; but when it is well cleaned it is stronger. There are considerable objections to the manufacturer purchasing this hemp. It generally needs so much cleaning in which it loses considerably, so much so, that it is not easy to ascertain its loss. And again, no spinner can spin as much yarn in the same time from our country as he can from the Russia hemp. The particular color of Russia is an advantage to its looks, while our hemp at best has a dark look, and when it imbibes the tar, is not so neat in its appearance to the eye, though the yarn be otherwise equal or preferable. I am at nothing in this but plain truth, which must support itself.
And remain your hbl. serv't. JOHN CHALMERS, Jun.
Mr. SMITH. HAVING seen a piece in the Federal Gazette of Baltimore, calculated to impress the public mind with a belief that the present administration is not friendly to the produce and manufactures of our country, and that the Naval department has been wanting in their duty in not making experiments of, or giving proper encouragement to American hemp; and having been employed almost wholly by that department for five years, I think it my duty to state what has come to my knowledge on that subject.
Soon after Mr. Smith came into office, he made particular enquiries into the quality, quantity and price of country hemp to be procured at this market, and particularly requested that the highest price should be given for the best clean country hemp, and that it was his wish that a fair experiment should be made; and if it was found equal in quality, tho' the appearance might not be so good, it ought to be brought into use. I well remember that in the spring of 1803, the Secretary appeared desirous that I should purchase hemp or yarn from Kentucky, as large supplies of excellent quality are to be had there. In fitting out the Essex about two years ago, the experiment was made: her cables were of country hemp and highly approved, and in fitting out the Mediterranean fleet last summer, Mr. Chalmers and myself made the cables and water ropes mostly of country hemp; and I have understood that those officers who have returned, have said "the cables were more approved of than the cordage," which was made of Russia hemp. Indeed those acquainted with that article cannot question the superiority of the lint of the country hemp to that of Russia; and the improvement made within a few years in rotting and cleansing it, has exceeded all expectation. I have received hemp of Col. Douglas of Loudoun county for two years past, as properly rotted and cleansed as the imported; and last summer I purchased a quantity of a Mr.
Peall, which was sent by a Mr. Willis, of Berkley county, and which had been water rotted, which in color and other respects so resembled the Russia, that my spinners did not know the difference. With encouragement so liberal and effective, and experiments so flattering to our agriculture, ought not our citizens to be well pleased?
RICH'D. PARROTT. George-town, Aug. 17, 1805.
KOTZEBUE has, it is said, been arrested in Italy, as it is supposed, by the order of Bonaparte, in consequence of the freedom of his remarks upon the present state of France.
HAMILTON ROWAN has returned to Ireland, having received his Majesty's pardon. He made promises of future loyalty in open court.
FROM SPAIN—VIA NEW-YORK.
We have seen letters from Cadiz, to the 27th June, 1805, received by the Andriana arrived at New-York. Mr. Bowdoin our minister to Spain had arrived at Coruna;—Mr. Monroe had left Spain; and Mr. Pinckney resided at Madrid as a private citizen.
"A singular affair" the letters add, "lately occurred in the Straights of Gibraltar; an American gun-boat, in her passage into the Mediterranean, was mistaken for English, attacked by the Spanish gun-boats, taken and carried into Algeziras. The error being discovered she was immediately given up. Our boat having no guns mounted, was unable to resist the assailants, and immediately struck. No lives were lost."
"Cadiz is blockaded by an English squadron, under admiral Collingwood, of seven sail of the line, five frigates, and several smaller vessels. They are almost daily in sight; and sometimes run in near the batteries. "There are four ships of the line equipping here; of which one is the Santissima Trinidad, of 144 guns, said to be the largest ship in the world. The port is crowded with gun boats; but they dare not venture out."
Boston Centinel.
BRITISH WEST-INDIA TRADE.
Lord Holland after expressing his anxiety that a good understanding should be preserved with the U. S. of America, and his surprise at the conduct of several of the West-India governors, moved for certain papers respecting the intercourse between the U. S. and the islands. Lord Stanhope supported the motion, recommending the cultivation of a close connexion between Great Britain and "the wise, the moderate and upright population of America"—Earl Camden said, the system which now controlled the governors in the west Indies was the same which was acted upon at the conclusion of the last war. That if a change was agreed to, it could not be well arranged now, as the session was very near its close; and if the motion should be brought forward early next session ministers would give all the information that could be wished; but if the motion was now persisted in he should be obliged to move the other orders of the day. The motion not being withdrawn, earl Camden moved the other orders—which were agreed to—yeas 14—nays 8.
House of Lords, July 3. LONDON, July 5.
Lord Sidmouth, (late M. Addington,) President of the Council, and Mr. Vansittart, have resigned. His Lordship gave in his resignation to his Majesty yesterday, at the Queen's house.
London, July 1.
Prussia has not yet acknowledged Bonaparte's title to the crown of Italy, notwithstanding the assertion of the French journalists to the contrary. In answer to the letter of Bonaparte, announcing his acceptance of this crown, Prussia only thanked him for his communication, and for the assurances he was pleased to give of his moderation. The King added, that he was but remotely concerned in the affairs of Italy, and he hoped the emperor would consult those powers more immediately interested, particularly Austria. Bonaparte's new titles were neither given in the superscription nor in the course of the letter.
RUSSIA.
From St. Petersburg we learn that the inland navigation of the Russian empire has been opened from the frost, this season, much sooner than usual; vessels were every where passing and repassing as early as the middle of April. The Russian embassy to China consists in all of 239 persons, who travel in three divisions; and are to rendezvous at Irkutsk. Capt. Von Kruvenstern, commander of the Russian expedition round the world, has been lately honored with admission into the Russian order of St. Anne's. A company has been instituted at Cherson to trade on the Black sea; their capital consists of one thousand shares, each one thousand rubles. There is also a company for trade on the White sea. The Russian government is providing, with great anxiety, against the introduction of pestilential disease in old clothes.
PRUSSIAN STATE PAPER.
The Baron de Hardenberg, to the Baron de Brinckmann, Charge d'Affaires of his Swedish Majesty. "BERLIN, Dec. 24, 1804. "WHEN his majesty, the king of Sweden, thought proper to send lieut.
general Armseldt to Berlin, with a letter from his Swedish majesty to the king, dated Sept. 19, to inquire in what light he considered the political situation of the north of Germany, the king explained himself upon this subject, with the greatest freedom to the baron d'Armsfeldt, as well in his answer of the 20th of September, as by the medium of the undersigned cabinet minister of state. The king declared that, as his system was to prevent, as much as possible, the extension of the war to the continent; and as he had invariably prescribed to himself the strictest neutrality for the good of his kingdom and of his neighbors, his majesty would, in conformity to that system, employ every means in his power to prevent the tranquility of the north of Germany being disturbed by any person whatever; that his majesty had given his explanations on this important object, as well to the emperor of all the Russias as to the emperor of the French, and that his majesty had entered into mutual engagements in consequence thereof, and that he could not admit or suffer any hostile attempt on either side, consequently no armament of any kind in Swedish Pomerania. This declaration was at the same time communicated to France, and it is with true satisfaction that his majesty on the one hand received the most positive assurances, by Baron Arnsfeldt and M. Brinckmann, his Swedish majesty's Charge d'Affaires at his court, that his said majesty had not any hostile intention against France, that the measures taken at Strausberg were purely defensive, and would never have any other view than to secure himself from an unjust attack; and on the other hand, his majesty found that his endeavors to preserve the tranquility of the north were not employed in vain at Paris.
"Nevertheless, the king has just been informed by an official note delivered by the French minister, Mr. Laforest, that a treaty of subsidy is at this moment negotiating between England and Sweden, in which the latter power offers to march 25,000 men, and, according to the statement of the expence attendant thereon, demands a subsidy of two millions sterling for the same, and that it is only the amount of the subsidy which is still under discussion. Although the king wishes to persuade himself that those facts deserve no credit, facts which are so greatly at variance with the above mentioned assurances; yet the manner in which they are announced, and the confirmation received, at least in part, by other advices, place the king under the necessity of giving his sentiments thereupon. The undersigned has, therefore, received orders to request M. de Brinckmann, to ask of his august sovereign, a positive explanation on this important subject, in conformity to the mutual confidence which he has deemed necessary to establish between the king and himself."
"The king hopes, that his Swedish majesty, far from wishing to extend the evils of war to, and expose to danger the tranquility and peace of his own dominions, and of the rest of Europe, by an aggression against France, will rather be inclined to co-operate in the preservation of those benefits, and in a reconciliation with that power, all the avenues to which may perhaps not yet be closed. But in no case can his majesty permit (without forgetting what the interests of his kingdom and of his neighbors require) that Swedish Pomerania shall become either the focus, or theatre of war, as he does not conceal from his majesty, that in the event of offensive measures taking place on the part of Sweden against France, he would be obliged, though reluctantly, to take the most decisive measures respecting that province, in order to hinder that event from disturbing the system which he has adopted. His Swedish majesty certainly will not charge this system with partiality, if he will please to consider, that the same principles which oblige the king to hold such language, are those which in general make it his duty not to permit that the tranquility of the north of Germany be disturbed, and which guarantee Swedish Pomerania itself from every consequence attending any war whatever."
"The undersigned requests M. de Brinckmann to accept the assurance of his most perfect regard. (Signed,) "HARDENBERG."
District of Columbia, Washington county, to wit:
ON the Petition of JANE BURCH an insolvent debtor confined in the prison of for Washington county debt. Notice is hereby given to the creditors, of the said Jane Burch, that on the 26th day of August inst. at 9 o'clock A. M. at the court room in the capitol, the oath prescribed by the act of Congress for the relief of insolvent debtors within the district of Columbia will be administered to the said Jane Burch and a trustee appointed unless sufficient cause then and there be shown to the contrary.
It is ordered that this notice be published twice in the National Intelligencer and Washington Federalist before that day. By the hon. Wm. Cranch, assistant judge of the circuit court of the district of Columbia. WM. BRENT, Ck. August 21—2t
ELIAS B. CALDWELL, ATTORNEY AT LAW,
HAS removed his Office, to the house lately occupied by Mr. LAW, on Capitol Hill. Washington, July 26—2t
SALE AT AUCTION.
ON the 7th of October at 11 o'clock in the forenoon will be sold at public auction (at the COLUMBIAN INN in GEORGETOWN) a handsome assortment of HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, consisting of beds, bedsteads and furniture, mahogany dining tables, side board, walnut tables, looking glasses, carpets, chairs, brass andirons, fenders, shovels and tongs, &c &c &c and a great variety of other articles—a liberal credit will be given for all sums above one hundred dollars. JOHN TRAVERS, Auct. Aug. 21—2awtf
District of Columbia, County of Wash-ington, to wit.
ON the Petition of ROBERT DILLON, an insolvent debtor confined in the prison of Washington county for debt. Notice is hereby given to the creditors of the said Robert Dillon that on the 26th day of August inst. at 9 o'clock A. M. at the court room in the capitol the oath prescribed by the act of Congress for the relief of insolvent debtors within the district of Columbia will be administered to the said Robert Dillon and a trustee appointed unless sufficient cause then and there be shown to the contrary.
It is ordered that this notice be published twice in the National Intelligencer, and Washington Federalist before that day. By order of the hon. Wm. Cranch, Assistant Judge of the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia. WM. BRENT, Ck. August 21—2t
A Valuable Tract of Land FOR SALE,
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SULLIVAN'S LECTURES, PROPOSALS By THOMAS B. WAIT & Co. FOR PRINTING, BY SUBSCRIPTION, AN HISTORICAL TREATISE ON THE FEUDAL LAW, AND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF ENGLAND, With a Commentary on Magna Charta, and Illustrations of many of the English Statutes. BY THE LATE FRANCIS SPOUGHTON SULLIVAN, L.L.D. Royal Professor of Common Law in the University of Dublin.  To which authorities are added, and a Dif- course is prefixed, concerning the Laws and Government of England, BY GILBERT STUART, L.L.D.
THE Lectures of Professor Sullivan, delivered to the students in the University of Dublin, are in very high repute among all Lawyers of eminence, and have been uniformly recommended as an elementary book to those young gentlemen who begin the study of Law with a view to render themselves respectable in the profession.  However obsolete the feudal policy may now seem to be, it having gradually disappeared as mankind grew more civilized and became better acquainted with their natural and inalienable rights and privileges; yet a research into the history of the government of jurisprudence of the nations of Europe, will satisfy any one, that many consequences of that system still exist and influence the opinions and decisions of the highest and most enlightened tribunals of justice. Every author who has undertaken to give a regular and systematic account of the rise and progress of modern nations, has felt himself obliged to resort to the history of feuds and feudal rights, as the fundamental principle from which all existing civil and political institutions have taken their rise; and every jurist who has employed himself in explaining the constitution and laws of his country, has gone to the same source for the correct materials of his essays and disquisitions. Robertson, in his history of the Emperor Charles V. has with great beauty and perspicuity illustrated so much of the feudal policy as was necessary to enable the scientific reader to understand that valuable book; and Sir Wm. Blackstone has in the course of his commentaries, led the student to a contemplation of the ancient tenures, many of which depend upon the doctrine of feuds, as established in England by the Norman conqueror.  But in both those invaluable productions, the feudal policy was adverted to, only as incidental to the principal object of the authors, and therefore cannot be supposed to furnish so complete and satisfactory an account, as would be given by a distinguished lawyer as professor Sullivan, who declares the great purpose of his lectures to be the full discussion of the subject, which was of necessity but partially considered by the other writers.  This work has become so scarce in this country, as to be seldom seen, even on the shelves of a practising lawyer; a fact to be accounted for only by the difficulty of obtaining the book: for it cannot well be supposed that any one of the profession, who has higher views than the mere pecuniary advantages of the practice, would willingly neglect an enquiry into those ancient institutions, upon which, notwithstanding the lapse of ages, most modern improvements are founded. But it is not to the profession alone, that this book may be considered useful. In this rising empire, where legal knowledge to a certain degree is claimed by all, and actually possessed by many; a book which succinctly and perspicuously brings to view the laws, institutions, manners and customs of those nations from which our English ancestors descended, must be peculiarly useful, as it will enable young politicians to trace all our civil regulations to their source, and thus to account methodically and scientifically for many modern usages and practices, of which their knowledge is extremely superficial. In this book they will see how our ancestors struggled for the establishment of those privileges which artful monarchs and a proud nobility were continually attempting to destroy; and they will also learn that the perseverance of the people, aided by the wealth which their skill and enterprise brought into the country, finally obtained a complete victory in the establishment of principles and customs, which, transplanted into America by our progenitors, terminated in those glorious constitutions which distinguish the people of America, for liberty and happiness, from every other people on the earth.
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Council, Annapolis, May 16, 1805.  ORDERED , That the act to provide for the trial of facts in the several counties of this state, and to alter, change and abolish, all such parts of the constitution and form of government as relate to the general court and court of appeals, be published twice in each week for the space of three months in the Maryland Gazette at Annapolis; the American Telegraph and the Federal Gazette at Baltimore; the National Intelligencer; the Republican Advocate and Bartgis's paper at Frederick-Town; Greener's paper at Hagerstown, and in Smith's and Cowan's paper at Balton.  By order, MINIAN FINKNEY, Clerk.
AN ACT To provide for the trial of facts in the several counties of this state, and to alter, change and abolish, all such parts of the constitution and forms of government as relate to the general court and court of appeals.  Be it enacted by the general assembly of Maryland, That this state shall be divided into six judicial districts in manner and form following to wit: St. Mary's, Charles and Prince George's counties, shall be the first district; Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's and Talbot counties, shall be the second district; Calvert, Anne Arundel and Montgomery counties shall be the third district; Caroline, Dorchester, Somerset and Worcester counties, shall be the fourth district; Frederick, Washington and Allegany counties shall be the fifth district; Baltimore and Harford counties shall be the sixth district; and there shall be appointed, for each of the said judicial districts, three persons of integrity and found legal knowledge, residents of the state of Maryland, who shall be called judges, and who shall hold their respective courts, one of whom shall be styled in the commission chief judge, and the other two associate judges, of the district for which they shall be appointed; and the chief judge, together with the two associate judges, shall compose the county courts in each respective district; and each judge shall hold his commission during good behavior, removable for misbehavior on conviction in a court of law, or be removed by the governor, upon the address of the general assembly, provided that two thirds of all the members of each house concur in such address; and the county courts, so as aforesaid established, shall have, hold and exercise, in the several counties of this state, all and every the powers and jurisdictions, which the county courts of this state now have, use and exercise, and which shall be hereafter prescribed by law; and the said county courts established by this act shall respectively hold their sessions in the several counties at such times and places as the legislature shall direct and appoint; and the salaries of the said judges shall not be diminished during the period of their continuance in office.
II. And be it enacted, That in any suit or action at law hereafter to be commenced or instituted in any county court of this state, the judges thereof, upon suggestion in writing by either of the parties thereto, supported by affidavit or other proper evidence, that a fair and impartial trial cannot be had in the county court of the county where such suit or action is depending, shall and may order and direct the record of their proceedings in such suit or action to be transmitted to the judges of any county court within the district for trial, and the judges of such county court, to whom the said record shall be transmitted, shall hear and determine the same in like manner as if such suit or action had been originally instituted therein; provided, nevertheless, that such suggestion shall be made as aforesaid before or during the term in which the issue or issues may be joined in the said suit or action; and provided also, that each further remedy may be provided by law, in the premises, as the legislature shall from time to time direct and enact.
III. And be it enacted, That if any party presented or indicted in any of the county courts of this state, shall suggest in writing to the court in which such prosecution is depending, that a fair and impartial trial cannot be had in such court, it shall and may be lawful for the said court to order and direct the record of their proceedings in the said prosecution to be transmitted to the judges of any adjoining county court for trial, and the judges of such adjoining county court shall hear and determine the same as if such prosecution had been originally instituted therein.
IV. And be it enacted, That if the attorney general, or the prosecutor for the state, shall suggest in writing to any county court, before whom an indictment is or may be depending, that the state cannot have a fair and impartial trial in such court, it shall and may be lawful for the said court, in their discretion, to order and direct the record of their proceedings in the said prosecution to be transmitted to the judges of any adjoining county court for trial, and the judges of such county court shall hear and determine the same as if such prosecution had been originally instituted therein.  V. And be it enacted, That there shall be a court of appeals, and the same shall be composed of the chief judges of the several judicial districts of the state, which said court of appeals shall hold, use and exercise, all and singular the powers, authorities and jurisdictions, heretofore held, used and exercised, by the court of appeals of this state, and also the appellate jurisdiction heretofore used and exercised by the general court; and the said court of appeals hereby established, shall sit on the western and eastern shores for transacting and determining the business of the respective shores, at such times and places as the future legislature of this state shall direct and appoint, and any three of the said judges of the court of appeals shall form a quorum to hear and decide in all cases pending in said court and the judge who has given a decision in any case in the county court, shall withdraw from the bench upon the deciding of the same case before the court of appeals; and the judges of the court of appeals may appoint the clerks of said court for the western and eastern shores.
respectively, who shall hold their appointments during good behavior, removable only for misbehavior on conviction in a court of law; and in case of death, resignation, disqualification or removal out of the state, or from their respective shores, of either of the said clerks in the vacation of the said court, the governor, with the advice of the council, may appoint and commission a fit and proper person to such vacant office, to hold the same until the next meeting of the said court; and all laws passed after this act shall take effect, shall be recorded in the office of the court of appeals of the western shore.
VI. And be it enacted, That all and every part of the constitution and form of government which relates to the court of appeals and the general court, or the judges thereof, or that is in any manner repugnant to, or inconsistent with, the provisions of this act, be and the same is hereby repealed, abrogated and annulled upon the confirmation hereof; provided, that nothing herein contained shall be construed so as to authorize the removal of the clerks of the respective county courts being in commission at the time of the passing of this act, in any other mode or manner than that prescribed by the constitution and form of government.
VII. And be it enacted, That if this act shall be confirmed by the general assembly, after the next election of delegates, in the first session after such new election, as the constitution and form of government directs, that in such case this act, and the alterations and amendments of the constitution and form of government therein contained, shall be taken and considered, and shall constitute and be valid, as a part of the said constitution and form of government, to all intents and purposes, any thing in the said constitution and form of government to the contrary, notwithstanding.  May 31—2am 3m
West Indies. BERNARD McMILLON SEEDSMAN, No. 129. CHESWUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA, Has just imported from London by the ship Columbia, A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF Garden Seeds,
PARTICULARLY of such kinds as are usually in demand in the West Indies, and as other hot climates; and also of such sorts in are necessary for summer and fall sowing in the United States. They are all fresh, of the last season's growth, and will be disposed of on moderate terms.  TURNIP SEED. He has likewise imported from one of the most eminent Turnip farmers in England, a quantity of the genuine White Norfolk field Turnip seed, which is the most profitable kind yet known for cattle feeding, and exceeded by none for ordinary purposes.  FLOWER ROOTS. His flower roots being now taken up, his friends and the public may be supplied with upwards of three hundred varieties of the most superb Tulips, all named, and arranged in the best proper divisions, a large collection of the best double Hyacinths, Anemones, Ranunculus and Jonquils; likewise Crown Imperial, crocus spring and autumnal Cyclamen roots, with several other kinds.  BOOKS. He is constantly supplied with the best and most approved works on Agriculture, Botany and Gardening, and in a few weeks will have ready for publication his treatises on AMERICAN GARDENING, adapted particularly to the climates, seasons, and vegetable productions, that are, or may be profitably cultivated in the United States.
He is also supplied with the best English flour of mustard and split peas; white and brown mustard seed for mangoes, &c. watering pots, bafs mats, pruning, grafting, and inoculating knives; garden rakes, hoes, reels, lines, spades, shovels, trowels and edging irons, hot bed lights and glafs, hyacinth glasses, red, white, and yellow clover seed, burnet, lucerne, ray grass, timothy, herd grass and orchard grass seeds, lentils, vetches, peas, beans and every other necessary article in the seed trade.  McMILLON invites, nay he solicits a correspondence and reciprocity of services with the admirers of curious and useful vegetable productions, in the United States and elsewhere; and having it considerably in his power, being generally supplied with an immense number of scarce, curious, and valuable seeds, he hopes they will find in him an attentive and useful correspondent.  July 15.
STELLE'S HOTEL & CITY TAVERN. THE Subscriber takes this method of thanking his friends and the public for their favors whilst on the Capitol Square and begs leave to acquaint them that having purchased and now occupying the tavern, late Tunnicliff's hotel; which he has commenced enlarging and improving—he respectfully solicits a continuance of the patronage of his friends and the public, assuring them that 'tis his full determination to fit up his present hotel, and so to conduct it, as to merit, he hopes, the preference of the public travelling, as well as those coming to the permanent seat of the Government of our Land of Liberty.  PONTIUS D. STELLE. Washington City, March 25—tf
Ten Dollars Reward. WAS missed on Sunday, the 5th of May a double cased silver Watch, maker's name Crosthwaite, Dublin, and in the outer case was a watch paper with Mr. Parker's name of Philadelphia. Whoever will bring the said watch to the office of the National Intelligencer, shall receive the above reward, and no questions will be asked.  May 10—tf
PUBLIC SALE. IN virtue of an order issued from the hon. court of Calvert county, will be offered at public sale, on the 23th day of August next, (if fair, if not, the first fair day thereafter) at the late mansion of Benjamin Ward, deceased, at the hour of 12 o'clock, a valuable plantation, containing 184 acres of Land, lying on the Chesapeake Bay, in Calvert county. The improvements are a small dwelling house, kitchen, tobacco house, corn house, and other out houses; a large orchard of fine fruit. This fertile spot has every advantage, it abounds in heavy timber, and has a great proportion of rich low ground, capable of being made into meadow at a very trifling expence. The soil is extremely rich—tobacco, wheat, rye, and Indian corn, grow with little labour—the neighbourhood affords a society of very genteel and friendly people—places of worship surround it—convenient to mills, and a ware house for the inspection of tobacco within two miles of the premises. This Land will be laid off in small parcels, or sold all together, as may best suit purchasers.—Bond with approved security will be required, carrying interest from the day of sale, payable in two equal payments, the first in 12, and the last in 18 months from the day of sale.  WM. M. CARCAUD, DAVID L. WEEMS, CHAS. WILLIAMSON, Commissioners.  July 3—cp8w
Rapine, Conrad, & Co. On New Jersey Avenue Capitol Hill, HAVE just received and offer for sale, at a low price, a quantity of PERUVIAN BARK by the pound and smaller quantity. They have also, lately received an addition to their former assortment of books and stationery.  July 10—
Twenty Dollars Reward. STRAYED or was stolen from the commons of the city of Washington on the night of the 4th inst. a Bright Bay Riding Horse, about eight years old and fifteen hands high—he has a star in his forehead, and as well as it is recollected one of his fore feet is white—he canters, paces and trots, and possesses great spirit—he has had for some time a sore on his back which has prevented his being rode. His tail is cut square and is trimmed remarkably close. The above reward will be paid on the recovery of the horse, and if stolen, for the conviction of the thief, and ten dollars will be paid for the delivery of the horse to the subscriber and all reasonable charges.  WILLIAM BRENT. Aug. 12—tf.
ADAM KING, & Co. At their wine Store in High Street George Town, have in addition to their stock of old wines, laid in a large and general assortment of all kinds of Liquors and Groceries suitable to the present season; where bills of any description, in their line, will constantly be filled up on the shortest notice and their flatter themselves, from the quality of their wines, &c. they will be able to give general satisfaction to all those who may think proper to favor them with a call—where all kind of commission business as usual will be attended to with the utmost attention.  George Town, November 5—tf
To be Sold, Or exchanged for other property in the City, or its vicinity.  TWO valuable and contiguous TRACTS of LAND in the state of Kentucky, the one containing 6830 acres, and the other 6452 acres, by late survey. They are under old and indisputable titles of more than twenty years, and situate in a populous county, adjoining flourishing settlements. All taxes thereon have been duly paid.  Apply to the subscriber, JOHN BECKLEY. City of Washington, July 17—cp2am
Fifty Dollars Reward. RANAWAY on the 9th inst. from the subscriber's farm near Frederick Town, (Maryland) a dark mulatto fellow named MOSES. But commonly called LANHAM, He was raised near Piscataway and sold by a Mr. Burrells to the late James Marshall, deceased, of Frederick county. Lanham is about thirty years of age, nearly six feet high, stout and very active, fond of spirituous liquors, has been accustomed to working aboard shipping, likewise in a brick yard and is well acquainted with the management of horses and with the ferrying business; he is a very artful fellow, and I expect he has obtained a pass and will pass under the name of Samuel Bell. He had on and took with him an osnaburg shirt & trowsers, a blue cloth coat with a black silk velvet cape bound with silk ferreting, a black fur hat nearly new, a pair of shoes nearly new, an old drab surcoat coat, with sundry other clothing not recollected; he has a scar under one of his eyes but it is not recollected which, somewhat hard of hearing and round shouldered. From his acquaintance in the city of Washington I suppose he has made for that place or some other seaport. Whoever takes up and secures said fellow in any jail so that I get him again shall receive if taken ten miles from home eight dollars, if twenty miles sixteen dollars, if thirty miles twenty dollars, if fifty miles thirty dollars, and if a greater distance the above reward with all reasonable charges if brought home.  JOHN L. HARDING. N. B. Masters of vessels and others are cautioned against harboring said runaway at their peril.  July 26—rm
RAGS. The highest price, in Cash or Books will be given for any quantity of clean Linen and Cotton RAGS, by Rapine Conrad and Co. Capitol Hill.  June 24—
1500 LOLLARS REWARD. HIGHWAY ROBBERY. YESTERDAY about 11 o'clock in the forenoon, Mr. JOHN PETER, an Officer of the BANK OF COLUMBIA, was stopped on horseback on the road between this town and Alexandria, and within about 2 miles of the latter place, by some unknown villain, shot through the body with a pistol, and robbed of a sum of money in his possession belonging to this Institution which he was taking to Alexandria, for the purpose of exchanging with the banks there.  The whole sum taken amounted Eighteen Thousand One hundred and Fourteen Dollars and Sixty five Cents, made up in several packages, among which were,    Dol.  C.    1 post note of the Bank of Virginia, for  800    1 do. of the same, for  500    1 do. of the same, for  500    1 do. of the same, for  450    1 do. of the Bank of Potomac in favor of Joseph Riddie by him endorsed to Washington Bowie, dated 6 July, 1805. No 117  149 65    A check of the Union Bank, on the Bank of Alexandria, drawn by R. Higginbotham, cashier, in favor of Greatham and Devereau, by them endorsed and by Enj. Stoddert, and C. Smith, Teller.  There were also a parcel of post notes of the Bank of Alexandria for 100 dollars, and for 50 dollars each. The remainder was in current notes, principally of the banks of Alexandria and Potomac, and some few of the Bank of Virginia of different sizes and denominations.  As the attack was sudden, and the wound received of a nature to deprive Mr. Peter instantly of his senses, (although it is now hoped he will recover) the description obtained may not be very accurate—As far as we are informed—the man who perpetrated the act, is of middle stature, good countenance, and had a genteel appearance. He had on a dark blue or black coat, nankeen pantaloons, shoes, and a black hat, he was on foot and alone at the time, but may have had accomplices concealed, and will probably change his clothes.
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS will be given to any person or persons, who will detect and bring to conviction the robber: and ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS additional for the recovery of the whole of the money, or in proportion for any smaller sum recovered—should there be accomplices, and one of them make a discovery, so that it leads to the conviction of the robber, or to the recovery of the money he shall receive the above reward, and interest will be made to obtain his pardon.  WILLIAM WHANN, Cashier of the Bank of Columbia. George Town, July 31—
TO BE SOLD, AT PUBLIC VENDUE, At Gadsby's Hotel, in Alexandria, on Monday the 16th day of September, at 12 o'clock at noon.  ALL that TRACT of LAND late Presley Thornton, Esquire's, situated in Northumberland county, Virginia, lying immediately on the Potomac river. The following description is given of this property by persons well acquainted with it: "It contains 2,500 acres, 1,700 acres of which are the most valuable low grounds on the river, between 3 and 400 acres heavily timbered, and the remainder very high land extremely productive. The soil of this tract is equal to any in the state for the cultivation of corn, wheat, tobacco, timothy, and small grain of all kinds. On this tract are a large commodious Brick Mansion House and two Offices, a large Brick Stable, valuable Barn, Cow House, and many other out houses. The Orchards and Garden contain a variety of valuable fruit trees, and the waters abound with excellent fish and oysters. It is situated about a day's sail from Baltimore Alexandria and Norfolk. There are two good mill sites for grist and saw mills on the estate, and plenty of cedar and chestnut timber, for which an excellent market may be found at the city of Washington."  The terms of sale are—one fourth cash one, fourth in one year, one fourth in 18 months and the residue in two years from the day of sale. The payments to be secured by bonds, with mortgages on the premises, and to be on interest from the day of sale.  For further information, application may be made in behalf of the subscriber, Thomas Robinson, to Richard Peters, jun attorney at law in the city of Philadelphia, or to William Lewis, in the same city, (Philadelphia.)  THOMAS ROBINSON, W. LEWIS. June 19—cp Sep. 16
Twenty Dollars Reward. RAN away from the subscriber's plantation near this place, on Monday the 10th of June,  PHIL, Who commonly calls himself Phil Brice, a dark mulatto, aged about twenty four years, five feet eight or nine inches high, remarkably polite, speaks quick (though with difficulty) when spoken to, his clothing unknown. Having acquaintances in Baltimore, Alexandria and the City of Washington, I think it probable he has gone to one of those places. The above reward will be paid to any person who shall bring him home, or ten dollars for lodging him in any jail, so that I get him again.  WM. B. BRANES. Upper Marlborough July 12—w6c
Runaway Negro. WAS committed to the jail of Frederick county, Maryland, on the 19th day of May last past, as a runaway, a negro man named JIM, who says he is the property of a certain John Chew Thomas. He is about 23 years of age, five feet three inches high; has thick lips and long wool: His left hand and wrist have been considerably injured by a waggon. His clothes are, a striped gingham sailor-jacket, a swansdown waistcoat, white calfskin small clothes, woollen stockings, an old fur hat, and a muslin shirt. His owner is desired to release him, or he will be sold for his jail fees agreeably to law.  GEORGE CREAGER, Sheriff of Frederick County. June 12th—1805—12am