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NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER,
AND WASHINGTON ADVERTISER.
Vol. III.
WASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
No. CCCLXXX.
FIVE DOLLS. PER ANN.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30th, 1803.
PAID IN ADVANCE.
Philadelphia, March 22.
On Saturday the 5th of March, the Members of the American Philosophical Society held at Philadelphia, for the promoting useful knowledge, in token of respect for their venerable associate Dr. Joseph Priestly, invited him to an elegant entertainment at Francis' Hotel.
The meeting was full attended by members of various religious and political descriptions, animated by a common desire of joining in this tribute to distinguished merit.
The following toasts were given.
The Arts and Sciences—May their progress keep pace with Time.
The early Cultivators of useful knowledge and the Founders of public seminaries of learning in America.
The Scientific and literary Institutions of the Old world.
The Societies in the New world, established for the promotion of useful knowledge.
Liberal Education—the great duty of the Parent and the State, its great reward National Prosperity.
The memory of Benjamin Franklin, our first President; he realised the boldest fable of Antiquity. Eripuit Cælo Fulmen.
The memory of David Rittenhouse, our second President; original Genius, unassisting Science, simplicity of manners.
Thomas Jefferson, our president—Philosopher and Statesman.
The memory of our late illustrious associate George Washington, who has erected his monument in the hearts of his countrymen.
The memory of William Penn—the great patron of universal philanthropy.
The American Youth—May they form themselves upon the models of the Great and the Good.
The Aborigines of America—May agriculture and the arts be adopted by, and flourish amongst them.
The Museum of Philadelphia—May it continue to increase the stores, and excite the study of Natural History.
After Dr. Priestly had retired.
Dr. Joseph Priestly, the founder of Pneumatic Chemistry. Long may he enjoy his well earned reputation, as the favorite of Science and the friend of Man.
At a meeting of a number of the democratic republican citizens of New-Market ward, convened by public notice at the house of Daniel M'Karaher, on Monday evening last, the following resolution was agreed to:
That every person of whatever description or standing in society, who endeavours to misrepresent the opinions of the democratic republican citizens of this commonwealth with respect to men in office, or their behavior in their official characters, is deserving of the most pointed censure and no longer worthy of their confidence.
Signed by order of the meeting.
SAMUEL ELLIOTT, Chairman.
SAMUEL JONES, Secretary.
Lancaster, March 21.
To the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Gentlemen,
I have perused and considered the bill entitled "An act to authorise any person or persons owning lands adjoining navigable streams of water, declared public highways, to erect dams upon such streams for mills and other water-works," and although I agree, if it shall be enacted into a law, that it would, with one exception, be beneficial and save a great deal of time and expence, heretofore bestowed on such subjects; yet that single exception withholds my approbation of it. I have directed the secretary to return it to the Senate in which it originated, with my objection, as follows:
By the 3d section of this bill, a justice of the peace has cognizance of damages to the amount of fifty dollars, without the intervention of a jury, which I think confers too great a power on gentlemen of that character in general, and also contravenes an unalterable provision in our constitution "that trial by jury shall be as heretofore," &c. This constitution was established on the 2d day of September, 1790; at which time a justice of the peace had no jurisdiction beyond ten pounds or 26 dollars and 67 cents; and in a variety of specified actions he was excluded from interfering. My opinion is that this constitutional provision extends as well to civil as criminal suits, and that the principle, which deprives the citizens of a trial by jury in actions for torts and wrongs, where the damages do not exceed fifty dollars, will extend to the like actions
for fifty thousand, or any larger amount. My reasoning on this important subject will be found in a message to both houses on the 9th December last, to which I beg leave to refer.
THOS. M'KEAN. Lancaster, March 21st, 1803.
To the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Gentlemen,
I have perused and considered the bill entitled "An act for the adjustment of disputes, and the recovery of debts within this commonwealth." After serious deliberation I have directed the secretary to return the same to the Senate in which it originated, with the following objections, as I do not approve it.
1st. Ancient establishments and venerable institutions, which have been cherished for ages by the learned and the wise, and which have produced in Pennsylvania an unexampled state of political prosperity, and an excellent security for persons, property and reputation, ought not to be departed from, or exchanged for crude theories, fanciful alterations, new projects and pleasing visions—Extraordinary experiments suit only desperate cases.
2d. This new plan of judicial polity would give such an ascendancy to the rich over the poor, to the powerful over the weak, to the learned over the ignorant, and have a tendency to encourage litigation to such a degree that the mind starves at it, even in contemplation—The power given to justices of the peace and arbitrators by this bill is so extensive, that, even in the hands of men of the first genius, education, honor and independence, it would be highly formidable; and the increase of business will become so burdensome that such men (if such could be found in every township and corner of the state) will be discouraged from the undertaking. In some cases fifty or an hundred witnesses may necessarily be examined, to ascertain the credibility of witnesses, and the truth of the fact; the rules of property, the injury suffered from infamous libels and slanders must be explored and explained, proved, and fully understood, and perhaps a week employed, previous to a righteous decision! This would engross too much of their time from the necessary concerns of their families, the improvement of their understandings and their engagements in other public and private pursuits. The consequence must be, that this duty will fall into the hands of men deficient in learning and knowledge, who will not devote the time and pains necessary to a legal and just judgment; and who will too frequently prostitute their trust to fell interest, influence, favor, ambition, avarice or personal resentment.
3d. Innovation, especially in the administration of justices, are dangerous. It is always safer to borrow from former establishments, than to introduce plans entirely new; to travel on a beaten road than one before un trodden. Besides, experiments should be allowed only reasonable time for trial; they may operate very differently from expectation and prove highly prejudicial, and therefore ought to be limited in their duration; But this bill is perpetual.
We ought not to be sent backwards on our steps in contradiction to the order of nature, nor should we imitate the practices of rude inceptive governments, substituting in rude and unlettered times, but rather endeavour to improve by the experience of the enlightened ages that have succeeded.
4th. Though unwilling to comment upon particular parts of the bill, yet I cannot pass unnoticed a provision in the 3d. section "that no pleadings of counsel hired for the purpose shall be admitted before the arbitrators in any cause submitted to their decision," as it alone would restrain my approbation. One of the parties in the suit may be a counselor at Law, and a learned, ingenious, artful and eloquent man, the other illiterate, simple and weak of understanding; one of the parties may be a foreigner, unskilled in our language and laws; he may stammer, be deaf or dumb. To deny the aid of counsel in such or similar cases, unless obtained without compensation appears to me unreasonable and unjust in the extreme—Nay it would not appear more extraordinary to deprive a man of the right to employ an agent in any of his personal concerns; as well might the lock be denied the aid of a physician or any man the assistance of another for pay or reward.
If every suitor must appear personally before the arbitrators, he may be obliged to travel from one end of the state to
the other, and in some instances enjoined to perform impossibilities. This has certainly been an oversight, and passed inadvertently. The consequences attending a strict adherence to this injunction, would render it as eligible to determine controversies by a throw of the die, or any other game of chance.
5th. Every objection that has been made to a bill of a similar nature, in a message of the 9th day of December last, applies in general to this with more than double force, as this bill if enacted into a law would be more than doubly oppressive and injurious.
THOMAS M'KEAN. Lancaster, March 21, 1803.
Congress of the United States.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
THURSDAY, March 3, 1803.
DEBATE ON MR. BAYARD'S RESOLUTION respecting the sale of the BANK STOCK—CONTINUED.
MR. RANDOLPH expressed his surprise that such a motion should be made at such a time. The sale of the bank shares owned by the United States had for many months previous to the meeting of Congress been the theme of much public as well as private discussion—and now, as if it were an event of yesterday, on the very last day of their political existence, a resolution was offered, demanding an inquiry into the legality and expediency of the measure, and that nothing might be wanting to complete the singularity of the business, this motion is brought forward by a gentleman who quotes the law under which the transaction took place, and who confesses himself satisfied as to the most material point of the proposed inquiry—the legality of the sale. [Mr. Bayard said, he had not confessed that the law authorized the sale.] Mr. R. continued. The gentleman will very soon perceive that his expressions have not been mistaken, nor his meaning misunderstood. He did not indeed, in so many words, affirm the sale to have been authorized by law, since his object was to prove its illegality. But he declared, he will recollect it—for the words were taken down—that the commissioners would have been authorized to sell those shares in a case of extreme necessity. (Mr. R. bowed, we suppose, in assent,) and what is this, laid Mr. R. but to acknowledge that a discretionary power on the subject was vested by law in the commissioners of the sinking fund? Who were to judge of the necessity of which the gentleman speaks but the commissioners? And what necessity would give them the power if not transferred to them by law? Could the necessity create a law? And are the commissioners to do any act not authorized by law under the plea of a necessity, of which they are to judge? Certainly not. The gentleman, therefore, by conceding that this sale would have been legal in a case of necessity, has abandoned altogether the question of its legality, the main branch of his inquiry.—Mr. R. said, that the interruption of the mover of the resolution had compelled him to anticipate some of the observations which he had to offer.
It is not a little curious that the gentleman, in imitation of his friend from Connecticut, should preface his motion, by a long speech, tending to criminate the conduct into which he willed to enquire, because, as he had stated, he could not have been permitted by the rules of the house to make any observations on his motion, if it had been submitted in the first instance, until the house should have agreed to take it into consideration. How the question of order was affected by this ingenious device, Mr. R. said, he would leave the house to determine. He had called neither of the gentlemen to order, because he was aware of the imputation which might be thrown out, (he would not say that the opportunity for making it had been courted) that the house shrunk from investigation.
Mr. R. said, that the objection to the sale of the bank shares divided itself into two questions—the legality and the expediency of the measure. By the act of the 31st May, 1796, which had been quoted, the commissioners of the sinking fund were empowered to borrow a sum not exceeding 5,000,000 of dollars—to be applied to the discharge of the debt, due to the several banks before, or during the year 1796. It moreover declared, that it should be a good execution of the power to borrow, either to create a six per cent. stock, irredeemable until the close of the year 1819, or to sell the
bank shares, the property of the United States: provided that not more than one half of the stock to be created, should be sold below par, a provision which barely secured something more than 50 per cent. for the stock; since by selling a certain amount at par, the commissioners of the sinking fund might dispose of an equal amount to the same purchaser at ninety nine per cent. below it. The stock created by virtue of this law, and known in all our financial statements, by the name of the 1796 six per cent. stock, because issued in that year, was accordingly sold to the bank itself, the creditor, at a loss of 20 per cent. The United States, in fact, renewing their obligation to the bank with that additional incumbrance. Unwilling, however, to persist in so ruinous a measure, the commissioners of the sinking fund issued only 30,000 dollars of that stock, and resorted to the other alternative, the bank shares, 2780 of which they sold to meet the more pressing demands of the banks, leaving still undischarged a considerable debt to them. Mr. R. laid, that the act in question contained no limitation as to the time of its duration, and that it had never been repealed. It was likewise worthy of remark, that it was entirely silent as to the necessity of which so much had been said. The meaning of the law, like that of all others, must therefore be inferred from its own provisions, and not from the impressions of individual members who were present on its passage. Under these circumstances the law must remain in full force until carried into complete execution. Its only limitations were the amount which the commissioners were authorized to raise, and the objects to which the money, thus raised, were to be applied. It was not alleged that the proceeds of the last sale of bank stock did, together with the sale made in 1796, and the 30,000 dollars six per cent. stock then created, exceed the sum which the commissioners were authorized to raise by the act of 31st May, 1796. In fact they fell far short of it, and as to the object to which they had been applied, let gentlemen consult the annual report of the secretary of the treasury, which was laid before the house early in the session. Mr. R. then read an extract from that report.
"Of the 5,000 shares stock of the "bank of the United States, 2780 had "been sold in 1796, by virtue of the "act, intended "an act making provision for the payment of certain debts "of the United States, and for the purpose of discharging a part of the debt "due to the bank." The remaining "2220 shares were now, under the same "authority, sold at 45 per cent. advance. The 1,287,600 dollars which "they produced were, in conformity "with the provisions of that act, applied towards discharging an equal amount of that part of the debt due to "the bank before, or during, the year "1796, and the purchase of the stock "sold at the same time to the treasury "an equal amount in bills on Holland." The sum to which they were limited by the law in question, not having been exceeded, and the money having been applied to the very purpose specified in the act, what doubt could exist of the legality of the transaction? And if any doubt did exist, the law being designated by the commissioners themselves under which they had acted, were not the house competent to decide whether the construction given to it was, or was not, correct? It was no matter of fact, which a select committee alone could investigate, but the true intent and meaning of a short act of Congress, which was to be determined. It is conceded that in a case of extreme necessity, the late would have been authorized by law, because the first sale was made under those circumstances. At that time, we are told, the treasury was empty, our credit 20 per cent. below par, and the bank urgent and clamorous for a debt which we had no other means to pay. But now, so far from being pressing for their money, the bank would be glad to let it remain in our hands—our credit was high—and the treasury overflowing. Mr. R. thanked the gentleman for the high encomium which he had passed upon the present order of men and things, and for the picture which he had drawn of our prosperity when contrasted with our necessitous condition in 1796. This eulogium was perhaps undesigned, but in was not, therefore, the less valuable, or sincere. To have legalized this procedure of the commissioners of the Sinking Fund, and to have obtained the support of the gentleman from Delaware, it was only necessary to have begged the exchequer, and to have impaired the public credit. Then indeed we should have found favor in his sight, and the sale of
this stock, at whatever loss, would have been altogether legal and expedient. But to have millions in the treasury is what the gentleman cannot brook, and to sell 2,780 bank shares for (within less than an hundred thousand dollars) as much as was obtained for 2780 in 1796, is the offence which has excited his animadversion. And if the commissioners of the sinking fund were to purchase the 1796 six per cents, administration might be reproached with having raised the credit of that stock to 100 cents in the dollar, which had been issued at 80.
In respect to the expediency of the measure, Mr. R. said that this must be decided not by the mere price at which the stock was sold, but by both the contracts with Mr. Baring, taken together; and if, which he believed to be the case, as much was gained on the contract for bills as was lost on the sale of the stock, supposing a loss to have been sustained; the sale could not be condemned on the ground of expediency. The house would recollect that a gentleman from Maryland, of undoubted commercial information, had, on a late occasion, informed them, that but for this negotiation, the merchants would have been able to dictate to the treasury their own terms of exchange. Would the house put such information as this, and the extensive and accurate knowledge which the official character of the secretary of the treasury enabled him to obtain, in competition with the anonymous allegations which had been produced, coming perhaps from mere stock-jobbers? For the gentleman from Delaware did not inform the house of the quarter from whence his information was derived. Mr. R. said that his habits did not lead him to an accurate and detailed knowledge of the course of exchange between the United States and Europe, and the different rates of Europe with each other. But he believed it would be difficult to establish the fact that the exchange had been in our favor with England, or generally in favor of London with Amsterdam: The treasury had been accused of not taking a sufficiently extensive range and purchasing bills in Salem and Boston, where the exchange was more favorable. He had it from the head of that department in conversation with him, that an attempt to purchase a few hundred thousand guilders in Salem or Boston, he did not recollect which, gave an immediate spring to the price of exchange there, and on enquiry, he found that remittance to the desired amount could not be obtained on better terms in those towns, than in the other commercial cities of the United States.
It had been remarked, that the dividends on the bank stock sold, had been given in to the purchaser—but was not the money immediately paid in discharge of the bank debt?—and moreover, was not the stock retained until information should be received of the payment of the bills drawn on Holland?
Mr. R. observed, that in this transaction the house would not consider the rate of exchange merely, favorable as the contract was, but the secure footing on which the business was put. Heretofore we had had bills returned upon our hands, but in this transaction a valuable consideration was retained in our hands until we should be assured that they were paid.
Mr. R. concluded by congratulating the house on the variance between the charges brought against the present and the former administration. Formerly the ground of complaint was, that the public treasure was wasted and debts to a large amount incurred. Now the theme of animadversion is, that the treasury is overflowing with money, and that these debts are paid. Under an unshaken conviction of the legality of the conduct of the commissioners of the sinking fund, and a firm persuasion that the sale was beneficial to the United States; persuaded also, that this was neither the proper time, nor manner for examining into the facts mentioned by the gentleman from Delaware, he should give his dissent to the resolution.
[To be continued.]
CHARLES VARDEN, TAYLOR, FROM PHILADELPHIA.
HAS received from Philadelphia an elegant assortment of the best quality Superfine Cloths, Cashmeres, Silk Floratine, Black and fancy Silk molekin velvet, white & figured Marcellas, Swandowns, Toillettes, Velveteens, Fancy cords, Coatings, &c.
With a variety of other articles suitable for the winter season.
N. B. Ladies Habits, Regimentals and Navy uniforms made to the first style of fashion.
New-Jersey Avenue, the second House from the Capitol Square. December 8, 1802.

ON FREEDOM.
BY MRS. ROBINSON.
THRO' all the scenes of Nature's varying plan, Celestial Freedom warms the breast of man; Led by her darling hand, what power can bind, The boundless efforts of the labouring mind? The godlike fervor, thrilling thro' the heart, Gives new creation to each vital part; Throngs rapture through each palpitating vein, Wings the rapt thought, and warms the fertile brain; To her the noblest attributes of Heav'n, Ambition, valor, eloquence are given; She binds the soldier's brow with wreaths sublime, From her, expanding Reason learns to climb; To her the sounds of melody belong, She wakes the raptures of the poet's song; 'Tis godlike freedom bids each passion live, That truth may boast, or Patriot virtue give: From her, the arts enlightened splendor own, She guides the peasant she adorns the throne; To mild philanthropy extends her hand, Gives Truth pre-eminence, and Worth com- mand; Her eye directs the path that leads to Fame, Lights Valour's lamp, and trims the glorious flame; She scatters joy o'er Nature's endless scope, Gives strength to Reason, ecclacy to Hope; Imparts each pang Humanity can feel, And binds presumptuous Power with nerves of steel; Strangles each Tyrant Phantom in its birth, And knows no title but superior Worth.
[By Authority.]
SEVENTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES; At the Second Session, Begun and held at the City of Washington, in the Territory of Columbia, on Monday, the sixth of Decem- ber, one thousand eight hundred and two.
AN ACT
Directing a detachment from the Militia of the United States, and for erecting certain Arsenals.
Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby authorized, when- ever he shall judge it expedient, to re- quire of the Executives of such of the States as he may deem expedient, and from their local situation shall be most convenient, to take effectual measures to organize, arm and equip, according to law, and hold in readiness to march at a moment's warning a detachment of mil- itia not exceeding eighty thousand, of- ficers included.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the President may if he judges it ex- pedient, authorize the executives of the several States, to accept as part of the detachment aforesaid, any corps of vo- lunteers; who shall engage to continue in service for such time, not ex- ceeding twelve months, and perform such services as shall be prescribed by law.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That the detachments of militia and volun- teer corps as aforesaid, shall be officered out of the present militia officers, or o- thers, at the option and discretion of the Constitutional authority in each state respectively; the President of the U. States apportioning the general officers among the respective States as he may deem proper.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That one million five hundred thousand dol- lars be appropriated for paying and sub- sisting such part of the troops aforesaid, whose actual service may be wanted, for the purchase of ordnance and other mil- itary stores, and for defraying such other expenses as, during the recess of Con- gress, the President may deem necessary for the security of the territory of the United States; to be applied under the direction of the President, out of any money in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That twenty-five thousand dollars be appropriated for erecting, at such place or places on the western waters, as the President may judge most proper, one or more arsenals; and that the President cause the same to be furnished with such arms, ammunition and military stores as he may deem necessary.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. STEPHEN R. BRADLEY, President of the Senate pro tempore. March 3, 1803. APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON.
AN ACT
Making further provision for the expen- ses attending the intercourse between the United States and foreign nations.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That a sum of two millions of dollars, in addition to the provision heretofore made, be and the same is hereby appropriated for the purpose of defraying any extra-
ordinary expenses which may be incu- red in the intercourse between the Uni- ted States and foreign nations, to be paid out of any money in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated, and to be ap- plied under the direction of the President of the United States, who shall cause an account of the expenditure thereof to be laid before Congress, as soon as may be.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States may, if he shall deem it necessary, and he hereby is authorized to borrow the whole, or any part of the said sum, at an interest not exceeding six per centum per annum, reimbursable before the year one thousand eight hundred and eleven: And it shall be lawful for the bank of the United States to lend the whole, or any part of the same.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That so much as may be necessary of the surplus of the duties on imports and tonnage, beyond the permanent approp- riation heretofore charged upon them by law, shall be, and hereby is pledged and appropriated for the payment of the interest, and reimbursement of the prin- cipal of all such monies as may be bor- rowed in pursuance of this act, accord- ing to the terms and conditions on which the loan or loans may be effected.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. A. BURR, Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate. Feb. 26, 1803. APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON.
TO COUNTRY SUBSCRIBERS.
Subscribers, who have not complied with the fundamental term of this paper the payment of their annual subscription in advance, are respectfully informed that unless this shall be soon done, the editor will be under the disagreeable necessity of ceasing to transmit their papers.
All persons having claims or demands of any nature against the subscriber, are requested to exhibit their accounts, with- out delay, to JOHN HEWITT or RICHARD FORREST, Esqrs. of the city of Washing- ton, who are authorized, in my name, to ad- just and settle the same; and all persons in- debted to me are requested to make payment to either of the gentlemen above named. SAMUEL BLODGET. March 30. tf
Notice is hereby given, That the subscriber, by virtue of a power of attorney from HENRY L. HALL, admin- istrator de bonis non of MARY LAMAR, deceased, late of Prince George's county, Maryland, will expose at public sale, for ready money only, on WEDNESDAY the 20th of April next, if fair, if not, the next fair day, at the house of ROBERT LAMAR, in Allegany county,
Two Negro Girls, the pro- perty of the said deceased. MARIEN LAMAR. March 30. amws
CAUTION.
THIS is to forewarn all persons from trusting ELIZABETH TAIT on my account, as I am determined not to pay any debts of her contracting from the date hereof, she having conducted herself with such impro- priety as to occasion a separation. JAMES TAIT. March 30. cp31
Thomas Carpenter, TAYLOR. HAS received a very handsome assortment of goods consisting of superfine cloths, cashmereers and coatings of all colours. Patent water proof Cloths, Silk and woolen Molekins, Tailmettes, vel- veteens, &c. of superior quality. From which, and an acquisition of the new- est fashions and the best workmen, he can af- ford whatever commanded. Pennsylvania Avenue, near the President's Square, and New Jersey Avenue, about eight houses from Capitol Square. Dec. 1, 1802. tf
Charlotte-Hall School. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the Trustees will set up on the 2d Monday in May, to the lowest bid- der, the building of a house at Charlotte- Hall for the residence of the Principal; agree- ably to a plan which will then be submitted. An advance of one half the cost will be made to the undertaker upon giving bond and security to be approved of by the Board of Trustees. Signed by order, NEALE H. SHAW, Registr. March 19, 1803. cp am in m.
PROPOSALS
Will be received by the Subscriber, un- til the 10th of April next, from the Cabinet makers within the district of Columbia, FOR making thirty six Mahogany chair frames, and a number of Mahogany ta- bles, for the use of the House of Representa- tives of the United States, to be delivered at the apitol at such time as may hereafter be fixed on. Such persons as incline to offer proposals may see patterns by which they will be ena- bled to make their estimates, by calling at the Capitol. The estimates to be made for the first quality of work and the best materials. THOMAS CLAXTON, Capitol Hill. March 16, 1803. saw10thA.
WASHINGTON CITY.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30th.
DON JUAN VENTURA MORALES, prin- cipal Contador (Commissary) of the Army, Intendant ad interim of the Provinces of Louisiana and West Florida, &c. &c.
The knowledge of the impossibility of supporting these provinces during the war, without a commerce, which should supply the articles not yielded by the soil, and procure a vent for its products, was the only cause which determined this Intendancy to conform itself to, and order to be carried into effect, the resolution of the Council of Royal Fi- nance of the 11th June, 1798, establish- ing the regulations under which the commerce of neutrals might be permit- ted, and authorizing its continuance as a substitute for the national, until the cessation of hostilities, or his Majesty should otherwise command: And the conviction of the same cause, strongly urged by the chiefs of the province, and by the corporation and principal mer- chants of this capital, in like manner induced the council and myself, notwith- standing the pointed restrictions con- tained in the Royal orders of the 20th April, and 3d December, 1799, to adopt the resolutions of the 17th October, 1799, 3d November, 1801, and 15th February and 5th October of the present year, permitting a continuance of the said commerce until the publication of peace, unless express orders from the King should be sooner received to make a change necessary. The happy mo- ment to this province, so much desired for the alleviation of afflicted humanity, has now arrived. The publication just made by the government of the contents of the Royal order of the 4th of May last, leaves not the least doubt of the re-establishment of peace. In virtue of which, it not being just that the com- merce of these colonists, under the re- gulations prescribed by the Royal ordi- nance of the 18th January, 1782, and by the Royal orders of the 9th June, 1793, and 11th June, 1796, should longer suffer by the competition of that of neutrals adopted from necessity, I using the powers which belong properly and peculiarly to my Ministry, do declare and order that from the date hereof the aforesaid resolutions of the Council of Royal Finance of the 13th June, 1798, 17th October, 1799, 3d November, 1801, and 15th February, and 5th Oc- tober of the present year, which per- mitted and prolonged the said commerce of neutrals until the publication of peace, be and remain without any force or validity whatever: And the said com- merce being thus suspended and prohibi- ted under the penalties established by the laws and Royal orders, the colonists, conforming themselves, as they can now do without inconvenience, to the will of his Majesty, explained in the afore- said Royal orders of the 20th April, and 3d December, 1799, are henceforth at liberty to trade with the provinces and enter into mercantile speculations ac- cording to the regulations established by the Royal ordinance of the 18th January 1782, and the Royal orders of the 9th and 11th of June, 1793, and 1796: Provided however, that the licenses granted by the Intendancy, (in cases and circumstances where the good of the province made them necessary) for the purchase of vessels in foreign countries and bringing them thence with cargoes of merchandise, shall not serve as a pretext for the infraction of the said regulations; since of those expedited from and after the year 1790, such only as proceed from the ports of Europe, dispatched by the Consuls or Commissaries of commerce, in conformity with the Royal orders before mentioned, or with others which shall have been communi- cated, shall be admitted with cargoes; and such as come from the ports of North America, or the friendly Islands, shall be admitted only in ballast.
So long as it was necessary to tolerate the commerce of neutrals, now abolished, it would have been prejudicial to the province if the Intendancy, complying with its duty, had, immediately on the expiration of the stipulated term of three years, obstructed the deposit granted in this city, to the Americans by the 22d article of the Treaty of Amity, Limits and Navigation of the 27th October, 1797; but as it is now made public that the Treaty of Amiens has been ratified, and the intercourse between the subjects of Spain and England re-established, that inconvenience has ceased. Considering therefore, that the 22d article of the treaty referred to, ties up my hands against the continuance of an indulgence extorted by necessity, and that this In- tendancy, the said term being accom- plished, cannot permit it without express orders from the King, I do order, with- out prejudice however to the (exporta- tion) extraction of what has been intro- duced in proper time, that the privilege enjoyed by the Americans, of introducing and depositing their goods and merchan- dize in this Capital, be and remain inter- dicted from the date hereof: And in order that the foregoing may be known to all, and no one plead ignorance, I com-
mand that the same be made public by setting up copies in the accustomed pub- lic places, and that the requisite advices be communicated to the offices of Royal Finance, administration of rents, and all others where necessary. The present is given, signed with my hand, and attested by the underwritten Notary ad interim of the Royal Finance, in the house of Intendancy at New Orleans, this 16th day of October, 1802.
JUAN VENTURA MORALES. By command of the Senor Intendant, PEDRO PEDESCLAUX, Not. Pub.
I Don Pedro Pedesclaux, First Notary Public of the government and ad interim of the Royal Finance, &c. do certify that by order of Don Juan Ventura Mo- rales, Principal Contador of the Army and Royal Finance, and Intendant ad in- terim of these provinces, I this day fixed up in the usual public places of this city, various copies of this proclamation, which I could not do on the day of its date, having been verbally prohibited therefrom by his Excellency the governor: And in testimony thereof I sign the pre- sent in the city of New Orleans this 18th October, 1802. PEDRO PEDESCLAUX, Not. Pub.
The present is given by order of the Senor Intendant, being a true copy from the original to which I refer. New- Orleans, October 19th 1802. PEDRO PEDESCLAUX, Not. Pub.
We this day publish, conformably to our promise, the entire proclamation of the Intendant of Louisiana. To be fully understood it will be necessary that the reader should have a distinct recollection of the letter of the Minister of Spain to the Secretary of State, assuring him in terms of the greatest solemnity that the act of the Intendant was exclusively his own act, that he disavowed it as the act of his government, and that he had tak- en measures not only evincive of this be- lief, but such as by their effects would conclusively demonstrate his sincerity and the amicable disposition of the King of Spain.
So explicit is the letter of the Min- ister, that it can scarcely be strengthened by any commentary upon it. We, there- fore, re-insert it as a full answer to all that has been laid either previous or pos- terior to its publication.
The Minister says "When you re- presented to me towards the end of Na- vember last, that the port of New-Or- leans had been shut against the citizens of the United States, without the as- signment of any equivalent place of de- posit for their merchandise on the Banks of the Mississippi, according to the stip- ulation in the 22d article of the Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation between the King my master and the United States, I did not hesitate to de- clare to you that I considered this mea- sure, as flowing solely from the mistaken zeal of the Intendant of Louisiana, with- out the approbation, and even without the knowledge of my court. I well knew the sincere desire of the King, my master, to live in peace with the United States; as I also knew well the scru- pulous good faith with which the Span- ish government fulfils the engagements which it forms, particularly when they are founded on the honour of a Treaty."
"I have now the satisfaction of inform- ing you that my first opinion has been verified, and of declaring in the most positive terms, that the proclamation of the Intendant is an act purely personal, without the sanction and even without the knowledge of his Catholic Majesty. In reality, if the said proclamation had appeared here in an entire state, no doubt could have taken place as to the source of this proceeding: But the operative part thereof alone has circulated through the United States, the preamble intro- ducing it, having been probably without design, omitted."
"I have therefore the honor to com- municate herewith an entire and correct copy of the aforesaid proclamation; and by the expressions which I have under- lined, it will be clearly seen that the ar- rangement is absolutely personal, and has originated in the faculties which the Intendant supposed to be incident to his station."
"This assertion is not founded mere- ly on the obvious inference from those expressions: The Intendant himself de- clares it to me in the most direct terms in a letter of January 15th, which I have just received from him; and the Governor of the Province confirms the same thing with the same solemnity in another letter of the same date. Nei- ther the one, nor the other dispute the right of the citizens of the Western States to a place of deposit on the Span- ish banks of the Mississippi; but the Intendant thinks, that the term of three years allowed for the purpose at New- Orleans, having expired, and much pre- judice to the royal interests being ex- perienced from its continuance in that City, it was incumbent on him to suspend the deposit there, without venturing to take on himself, the assignment of anoth- er equivalent place; not because he doubted the right of the inhabitants of the United States thereto; but because it appeared to him to be an act exceeding
his authority, and which he ought to leave to the royal determination of our Sovereign. The governor of Louisiana law the subject under a point of view more correct in my judgement, and more favorable to the inhabitants of the Uni- ted States."
"From the whole it results, that the suspension of the deposit not being an act of my court, and no paper even disputing the right of the American Citizens in the case, I shall now take upon myself to adopt measures which must ensure to the United States, the enjoyment of all the rights stipulated in the 22d article of the Treaty, on the arrival at New Orleans of the dispatches which will be forward- ed under this date."
The enemies of the administration, who have committed themselves by the violence and precipitation of their hos- tility, had, on the appearance of this pa- per, but two resorts; either to retract their aspersions and forbear a repetition of them; or to impeach the sincerity of the minister, and to condemn the cre- dulity of the government that confided in it. As it might have been expect- ed, they have taken the last course; and they have attempted to impress the pub- lic mind, not by a sufficient argument, but by acrimonious insinuation and falsehood, with the opinion that the let- ter of the minister is all a cheat. In the wantonness of their aspersions, they have entirely lost sight of the dignity of official station, and the uniform integrity of private demeanor. Not content with the habitual detraction of their own go- vernment, they have invaded the sancti- ty of diplomatic character, and have un- bathingly questioned the veracity of the highest public agent of a nation distin- guished for its scrupulous regard to truth, and which has been, since the era of our independence, in an alliance of friendship with us.
Is there any proof on which this doubt is founded? Not a single fact or authority is adduced; but all is conjecture and suspicion. It is asked why the Min- ister did not earlier communicate the proc- lamation of the Intendant? Will it fa- tify the interrogators to say that he could not communicate it before he pos- sessed it, and that he did all he could in communicating it as soon as he did pos- sess it? Is it not sufficient that he im- parted early and perseveringly his con- viction that the denial of the deposit was unauthorized by his court? Had not the representative of an honest nation, who himself felt no sentiment but that of integrity, a right to consider his assurance as conclusive evidence of the true disposition of his country; and had the executive a right to doubt or to question its validity? If these questions shall be answered in the affirmative, then are the calumnies which are so liberally uttered, so many outrages not only upon truth, but upon every sacred tie that unites the intercourse of nations. They can indeed, be no otherwise considered than as evidences of a disposition to traduce for any and every measure it may pursue, the administration of our go- vernment, and to hurry the nation into all the horrors of war, not to vind- icate invaded rights, but to embroil the government in those difficulties which are inseparable from war however suc- cessful. But we rejoice that the national sentiment, no less than the desire of our government, is for peace on honorable terms; and that the one will as firmly uphold the other in the use of all mea- sures necessary to avert this great ca- lamity, as it will with energy and una- nimity exert them to avenge wrongs which shall be persisted in.
There is not a more interesting spec- tacle than that of a new state compos- ed of freemen assuming, from their own uncontrolled volition, the exercise of independent political existence, and dis- charging with tranquility the duties resulting from it. This spectacle has been reserved for the new world. In the old are to be seen empires hastening to decay, and occasionally new ones ris- ing from the wreck of those that have perished; but it is in vain that we look for the calm and rational establishment of energetic and impartial laws over a region for centuries in the fetters of ig- norance and slavery. It is here only, that these inglorious chains have either not existed, or existed but to break at the touch of liberty. It is only here, that, under the prevalence of republican sentiments, and under governments, their necessary offspring, the whole na- tional strength is applied to the securing and protecting national objects, the strength of a part to securing and pro- tecting lesser objects, and the strength of every member of society is employed in promoting his own individual happiness. These are the characteristic features of the political system devised by the wis- dom of our statesmen, and defended by the valor of the nation. Individual ef- fort is free as air for every valuable purpose, local and limited authorities protect it from local and personal inva- sion, while the concentrated strength of the nation protects from foreign violence, or from mutual collisions, the several local or limited authorities.
We will not call this system perfect; on the contrary we think it capable of amendment; but we do believe the out-

lines to be perfect; and to be such as will promote immortality to our liberties.
We have been drawn into these reflections by perusing the subjoined communication of the Governor of Ohio. We recommend the perusal to our readers, whose pleasure we will not delay further than by repeating the felicitous words we have often expressed, at the happy auspices under which this new state enters the union, and expressing our hope that the manly vigor of her youth will secure to her in her progress the blessings of good laws, well executed.
Communication of the Governor of Ohio to the General Assembly of the State of Ohio.
Gentlemen of the Senate, and Of the House of Representatives,
WE now exhibit another sovereign, free and independent State, organized north-west of the Ohio, which is about to be added to that confederated government, emphatically titled "the world's best hope;" many of our citizens have, with anxiety, looked forward to that period, and not without reason, when they should become a free people, and I sincerely congratulate you and them, that they have now an entire legislature of their own choice, assembled under a constitution sacred to liberty; a constitution which rests upon equal rights and displays a pure representative system; a constitution whereby the rulers are derivable from and amenable to, the people; a constitution calculated to excite in all our citizens a patriotic zeal, by giving each individual an opportunity, by merit, of being called upon to participate in the government, that all may strive habitually to feel and distinctly understand, its first principles.
The period wherein we commence our national existence is peculiarly auspicious; the government of the United States respected abroad, strong in the confidence of its citizens at home, and by a wise and prudent policy in lopping off all extraneous excrescences from the body politic, requires less fiscal exertions to preserve it in its pristine health and constitutional vigour; the good effects resulting therefrom to us, in our first essay towards self-government, are evident; and it is a pleasing reflection that the focus of Ohio, conscious of the tender solicitude and lively interest manifested for the happiness and welfare of every portion of the American people, as well as for the evident results of an enlightened policy, are fast proving with their fellow citizens in the other states, towards a union of sentiment and affection.
The recent embarrassments to our infant commerce, occasioned by the irregularities at New Orleans, we have every reason to believe will soon be removed by the prompt & efficacious measures taken by the President of the United States, and which has been aided by the minister of his Catholic Majesty; and from the embassy which has been wisely adopted, we may further hope that our situation will be bettered, by placing our commerce on a footing not liable to similar interruptions in future. If however, the just and natural expectations of government should be frustrated, we are consoled by the lively sensibility excited in the general government and in every part of the union, for the situation of their western brethren, and although every friend to humanity may have to regret the derisory resort, yet it is as much impossible to prevent the Mississippi from discharging its vast contents, swelled with the numerous navigable rivers with which it is nourished, into the bosom of the ocean, as to prevent, at the call of government, of whose magnanimity I have no doubt, those brave and intrepid citizens who are everywhere settled on their banks and fertile plains, from asserting their natural and acquired rights, and forcing with the stream, the fruits of their industry to every part of the world.
In giving to the general assembly information of the state of the government, and recommending to their consideration such measures as may be deemed expedient, a wide field of action must necessarily be opened, and discover the important duties devolving on the first legislature; the foundation of government is laid, to you, gentlemen, it is committed to raise the superstructure, and carry in a great measure into effect the national will.
It will, no doubt, afford you much consolation on receiving from the proper officers, a statement of our finances, in discovering that the present revenue, is wholly reserved for state purposes, is adequate to all the necessary exigencies of government; and that by a true economy, devoid of parsimony, the public faith and credit may be maintained, without any additional augmentation in consequence of that change which has taken place.
The constitution having assigned to the legislature the appointment of all the principal officers in the government, that instrument will consequently pass in review, and in due time occupy the serious attention of both houses. Under the constitution of the United States, you will also have to select two of our citizens, to represent the state in the Senate of the United States, for six years,
and to provide, by law, for the election of one member of the House of Representatives.
The laws levying a tax on land, the principal source from whence the revenue has proceeded, expiring of themselves, you will discover the necessity of taking that subject into consideration; and as experience has pointed out the defects which have heretofore existed, you will be thereby aided in devising a system of taxation, which shall operate equally on all, and be incapable of misdirection in favor of any, who either from design or neglect, may fail to comply with the just and necessary requisitions of government. It may also be proper to add, that under the existing laws, great neglect has been manifested by those who have alienated their lands in making the proper transfers on the books of taxation; that considerable locations have been made by individuals in the United States military tract, in the Virginia military tract, and at some of the United States' offices, and which have never been entered for taxation, to provide for bringing all lands under the law, which are subject thereto, and to prevent embarrassments in the collections in future, are amongst the several objects which will naturally present themselves to your minds, when deliberating upon this subject. The return of the special agent, sent by the convention to Congress, intrusted with certain propositions, is daily expected, and which, if accepted to by them, will affect this subject. As soon as official information is received, it shall be immediately communicated.
The constitution having made an entire change in the judiciary system, necessary, it will be proper to direct your particular attention to the third article of that instrument, upon this subject. To erect and establish courts with common law and chancery powers, with civil and criminal jurisdiction, at whose bar, life, reputation, property, and every thing dear to freemen may be at stake, as well as to fill the benches with proper characters to pronounce the law, and to provide for an impartial selection of juries, are of such vast importance in every well regulated government, as to require the utmost deliberation and caution. Under the same article it will be necessary to provide by law, for the election of a competent number of justices of the peace in each township, in the several counties, and it may be an object worthy of your enquiry, whether it would not be economical and judicious, to establish them in each county in a court, to manage its internal concerns, and regulate its general police.
Within one year after the meeting of the first legislature, it is required that an enumeration of all the white male inhabitants, above twenty-one years of age, shall be made; it will therefore be necessary, to provide by law, for the accomplishment of that object, in order that a due apportionment of senators and representatives may be assigned to each county or district.
A well regulated and disciplined militia, being justly considered in every republic as its safeguard for protection and defence, I cannot but recommend to your consideration, a review of the existing laws relative thereto: The first passed in the year 1799, is a good system, but as it was adapted to the state of the district, when the Indiana and North-Western Territory were one, and much injured by a subsequent act, passed in the year 1801, which repealed that part relative to the appointment of general officers, and which the constitution now recognizes, it is suggested whether it would not be best to revive the former law, with such alterations as will make it applicable to our present situation, aided with such other improvements as you may find it susceptible of, as well as to provide for the election of its officers.
The season of the year in which you were necessarily convened, to carry the government into operation, being inconvenient to many of you, will doubtless excite a wish to curtail the present session, and devote your immediate attention to such objects as are most pressing, and more especially, as there is reason to believe you will be much importuned with business of a local nature, from different parts of the state, otherwise it would have been advisable to have taken a review of all the present existing laws, many of which, from the circumstances under which they were adopted in the first, and enacted under the second grade of the territorial governments, require much revision; one however, adopted at an early period, "regulating marriages," whereby the governor is exclusively authorised to grant marriage licences, and which has been justly complained of, will, I hope, now be expunged from our code, and one better adapted to the object of its institution, and more congenial to the spirit of the government, enacted in its stead.
When we consider the present prosperous situation of the United States, and contemplate our own present and future prospects, situated as we are, in a country where nature has been lavish of her favors to every part, where our soil, climate and navigable waters present to the mind of observation and contemplation, the most pleasing view and prof-
pects of the future greatness and importance of this part of the American empire, we have much reason to render the sincere homage of grateful hearts, to that Being who has so highly favored us and every inducement for the exercise of our faculties, in improving those means now within our reach, towards the happiness and prosperity of our country. "Religion, morality & knowledge, are necessary to all good governments," says the excellent constitution under which you are convened, and to this great truth we must all subscribe. The liberal grants of land made by the United States, for the purpose of erecting and endowing universities and other seminaries of learning, and for the support of religion, are advantages in these respects, superior to those which perhaps any other new country can boast of, to improve those means with advantage, towards the noble ends for which they were given, to preserve the public faith unimpaired, to practice economy in all public expenditures, to impose no taxes upon our citizens, either for state or county purposes, but what are really necessary for their honest wants, to cultivate peace and harmony with our Indian neighbours, and to exemplify both in our public acts and private life, every disposition towards discountenancing idleness and dissipation, and by encouraging industry, frugality, temperance and every moral virtue, are objects of such importance to our rising republic, that they cannot fail if attended to, of producing the best effects in forming for us a national character, which may be the admiration of all.—On my part, gentlemen, you may rest assured, it shall be no less my honest pride than it is made my constitutional duty, cordially to co-operate with you in every measure your united wisdom and experience may devise for the public good.
EDWARD TIFFIN. Chillicothe, March 5, 1803.
PRECIOUS CONFESSION.
Letter of a Federalist to a Federalist. Extract of a letter from a citizen of Philadelphia, now in Lexington, Kentucky, dated March 11, 1803.
"With respect to New-Orleans we have nothing materially new here; but we begin to think that a war is not so certain as we felt it thought. The people being generally staunch Jeffersonians, heartily acquiesce in any measures he may recommend; and in his present peaceful measures among the rest, although there was scarcely a man who was not perfectly willing to fight, if ordered. Nay, they wish that steps of that kind might be adopted, but as it was not the opinion of the general government, they were perfectly reconciled to contrary conduct.
"The people of this country have hitherto lain under an imputation of being unfriendly to the union, which I do not think they deserve; on the contrary, they are in my opinion the most deserving of the name of real and patriotic Americans, of any people on the continent; as a proof of which I will mention one circumstance which happened not long since. A person in Scott county in this state wrote a very inflammatory piece, recommending an immediate separation of the union, that is, such part of the United States as lies eastward of the mountains, and a junction with the intended French government of Louisiana. As soon as it appeared in the paper, the people collected in a large body, the most respectable in the neighbourhood, and went to the printer and demanded the author, whose name was immediately given. They then went in search of him, but he had made his escape—when they found they could not get his person, they formed an effigy of him and burnt it in the most ignominious manner; and the governor has at the request of the people instituted a suit against him on a charge of treason.
"This is certainly no great an affair, but it shows the sentiments that prevail here. The population of this state consists more generally of native Americans than perhaps any other in the Union, which makes them always unanimous in their opinions."
JAMES ELLIOT, Esq. of Brattleborough, Vermont, (an undeviating Republican) is elected member of Congress for the district, lately represented by Gen. Morris, by a majority of four or five hundred votes.—This is one of the most astonishing revolutions in political sentiment, which has ever been known in our country.
The steady and consistent efforts of the Republicans in the state of Vermont, notwithstanding the plausible and mild speeches of their federal governor, has completely secured for the next Congress two Republican Senators and three (out of four) Republican members to the House of Representatives. This is a proud triumph not only to themselves, but to the constant Republicans of Massachusetts, a faithful lesson for them to practice on. Perseverance in a good cause will sooner or later be crowned with success.
Boston pap. For the act for the relief of Insolvent debtors within the district of Columbia, see the last page.
The undersigned, Commissary General, and Chargé des Affaires of the French Republic, gives hereby notice to all whom it may concern,
That in consequence of a late law, and by a decree of the Consuls of the Republic, bearing date of the 27th October last, a general pardon and amnesty are granted to all deserters from the navy and from the public arsenals, of whatever grade; as also to all republished workmen and seamen: Provided they return to France within a fixed period of time.
In pursuance of the above decree, and of orders from the Minister of the marine and colonies, the undersigned hereby informs all persons of this description, who may be in the United States, that until the 27th of October next, they may present themselves before the several consular offices of France, in the said states, who are authorised to provide for their return home, and give them passports for their unmolested admission into France. Such persons as take the benefit of the amnesty, are not only exempt from prosecution on account of their desertion, but will moreover be reinstated in all respects, in the situations which they occupied before they left public service. Those who do not avail themselves of the amnesty, will be prosecuted, when they return to France, with all the rigor of the law.
Given at Georgetown, district of Columbia, this 7th of Germinal, 11th year, 28th March, 1803.
L. A. PICHON. March, 30.
LOST.
THIS morning, between the Seven Buildings and George town, a red Morocco POCKET BOOK, containing one hundred and forty dollars in Bank Notes, and several papers of no use to any person but the subscriber. A reward of fifteen dollars will be given to any person who will return said pocket book, with its contents, to the subscriber, living near George town.
ANTHONY HOLMEAD. March 24. 3tep.
FOR SALE OR RENT.
THAT elegant three story BRICK HOUSE, on the corner of Falls & Frederick street in George Town, lately occupied by Mr. Picton.
Likewise,
THE two well finished three story BRICK HOUSES, adjoining that occupied by Mr. SAMUEL H. SMITH, Printer, on the Pennsylvania Avenue, east of the centre Market House, City of Washington—Apply to GEORGE THOMPSON, George Town. Geo. Town, Oct. 20. tf.
Thirty Dollars Reward.
Stolen from the subscriber in the City of Washington, on Monday evening last, the 20th instant, a handsome well made dark sorrel mare, (saddled and bridled) about fourteen and a half hands high, aged about six years; a small white spot behind the right ear under the bridle, some white on one of the hind legs. A rider, with evident symptoms of guilt passed the Georgetown ferry, rode off post haste, and was traced near Colchester on the same evening. The above reward will be given on discovery of the mare and thief, or 15 dollars for the mare.
BENEDICT NESMITH, Near the Navy Yard. City of Washington, 23d March 1803. 3t.
TAKE NOTICE.
I WILL sell five hundred and fifty acres of Land whereon I live, in Fairfax county, within five miles of the court house, and within twenty of the City of Washington, Alexandria, Dumfries, and twelve of the Occoquan mills, is a healthy situation, the land fertile, and has about two hundred acres of wood to cut, there is a great proportion of white and red oak, popular and hickory timber—There is nearly one hundred acres of prime land for meadow, I will give six months credit for one fourth of the purchase money—twelve months for the other quarter, eighteen for the third, and two years for the last payment, a purchaser will find me on the premises.
THOS POLLARD. Feb. 21st. tf.
FOR SALE,
SEVERAL pieces of ELEGANT HISTORICAL &c. TAPESTRY, from designs of Le Brun, one of the first painters that ever lived in Europe, intended to ornament either a Museum, a Columbia Gallery of Arts, or a School of drawing and painting, for the instruction of young and ingenious artists, or mechanics, and to gratify the curiosity of all persons of taste, residents, or traveling in the United States.
March 24. 1803. N.B. Apply to the owner at Stelle's Hotel, Washington City.
In the case of RICHARD WILLSON, AN INSOLVENT DEBTOR.
IT is ordered that three months from and after the first day of April next, be limited and appointed for the creditors, to bring in and exhibit their claims to the Trustee, and that a copy of this order be published once in each week, until the first day of July next in the National Intelligencer, and the Washington Federalist.
Copy Test. URIAH FORREST, Clerk Of the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, for the County of Washington.
ALL persons indebted to the above insolvent debtor, are notified to pay the same, and all creditors thereto, will exhibit their claims to
THOMAS CARPENTER, Trustee to the estate of Richard Willson. March 23, 1803.
NOTICE.
THE inhabitants of the 1st district of the city of Washington (which includes all that part of the City south of Pennsylvania Avenue and west of 6th Street west) and others holding property in said district, are hereby informed that the subscriber will attend for the purpose of receiving their taxes at Mr. Rhodes Tavern from the first day of next month (every day Sunday except, from 3 o'clock P. M. till 6 o'clock P. M.) to the 5th thereof. It is hoped early attention will be had to this notice, as the law requires the tax shall be paid within one month from the date of notice, otherwise their property will be subject to distraint and sale which will be very disagreeable to the subscriber.
WASHINGTON BOYD, Treasurer of the City of Washington. Feb. 28. 2aw3w.
NOTICE.
The inhabitants of the second and third Districts in the city of Washington (which includes all that part of the city east of Sixth Street west and north and south of Pennsylvania Avenue) and others holding property in said district, are hereby informed that the subscriber will attend for the purpose of receiving their taxes at Mr. Stelle's Tavern, from Monday the 21st of this month, until the 21st of next month, every day, Sunday except, from 11 o'clock A. M. till 2 o'clock P. M. It is hoped early attention will be had to this notice, as the law requires the tax shall be paid within one month from the date of notice, otherwise their property will be subject to distraint and sale, which will be very disagreeable to the subscriber. The right of voting for Councilmen for the city also depends on the payment of the tax prior to the election, which will take place on the 1st Monday in June next.
WASHINGTON BOYD, Treasurer of Washington City. March 18. 2aw3w.
Twenty Dollars Reward.
Lost on Thursday afternoon, A RED MOROCCO POCKET BOOK, in which were several Notes of the Bank of Dilemont and Deposit, Washington, and one twenty dollar Manhattan Bank Note, besides sundry papers, valuable only to the owner. It was lost between the Capitol and the lower Ferry, over the Eastern branch. The above reward will be given for returning it to its former owner.
THOMAS CARPENTER. City of Washington, March 21, 1803.
FOR SALE.
EXCELLENT Butter in Firkins, Whiskey in Barrels, and Sherry Wine in quarter Casks. WM. BRENT, New Jersey Avenue near the Capitol.
NOTICE.
In the matter of JOHN JACK, Bankrupt. THE subscriber being appointed Assignee of the Estate and effects of JOHN JACK Bankrupt. All persons indebted to the said Bankrupt, are requested to make immediate payment otherwise legal steps will be indiscriminately taken to compel them.
RICHARD FORREST, Assignee.
THEO. HOLT
Has for sale, at his Nursery Garden, Eastern Branch,
A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF FRESH GARDEN SEEDS, which he has imported from London, per ship Sheppard's, to Norfolk, and others of his own sowing—consisting of
  FRAME Peas, very early,  Deptford do.    Early Charlton do.  White Spanish do.    Dwarf Marrowfat do.  Early Scarlet Radish,    Large Marrowfat do.  Mixed do.    Dwarf Prussian do.  Spanish do.    Dwarf Union do.  White Turnip do.    Dwarf Prolific do.  Long Prickly Cucumber,    Large Windsor Beans,  Green Turkey do.    Turkey Longpod do.  Nasturtion,    Dwarf Bunch do.  Parsley,    Lima do.  Spinage,    Saddlecrop do.  Red Beet,    Early York Cabbage,  Early Horn Carrot,    Early Battersea do.  Long Orange do.    Early Sugarloaf do.  Large Parsnip,    Large Drumhead do.  Loaf Lettuce,    Green Savoy do.  Brown Dutch do.    Red Pickling do.  Mixed do. many sorts,    Scotch Kale,  Solid Celery,    Brocoli forts mixed  Endive,    Early Cauliflower,  White Asparagus,    Late do.  Common,    E. & Y. Dutch Turnip,  Salsolle, &c. &c. &c.    Large Tripoli Onion,   
A variety of different kinds of Fruit Trees, Flowering Shrubs, Flower Seeds, Garden Hoes and Rakes, various sizes; imported Roots of fine Mixed Tulips; Double Hyacinths, Double Jonquils, Crown Imperials, Double Snow Drops, Anemones, Persian Ranunculus, Persian Iris, Crocuses, &c. A quantity of Lombardy Poplars, proper size for planting. Washington, Jan. 21, 1803. 2wtf
City Repository and Auction Room.
Household Furniture, and goods of every description, received for public and private sale, by JOHN GARDINER, Auctioneer, Pennsylvania Avenue, 4th house west of President's square.
GARDINER will have an Auction every Thursday at 11 A. M. and sell by private sale other days. This arrangement he trusts will accommodate those who are desirous to sell cheap for cash; and all who are desirous to buy cheap. Those who have goods they wish to part with, can exhibit them at this repository, and those who wish to purchase, by calling, will probably find what they want on easy terms.
Variety of House Furniture—some dry Goods—Books—Earthenware—Ironmongery—Carpenters Tools—A Franklin stove &c. &c. now for sale Cheap. J. GARDINER.

[By Authority.]
SEVENTH CONGRESS
OF THE UNITED STATES; AT THE SECOND SESSION, Begun and held at the City of Washington, in the Territory of Columbia, on Monday, the sixth of December, one thousand eight hundred and two.
AN ACT
For the relief of Insolvent Debtors within the District of Columbia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That any debtor who now is, or may hereafter be, in actual confinement in jail, in the District of Columbia, at the suit of any creditor, may apply by petition in writing, to any one of the judges of the circuit court of the district of Columbia, and offer to deliver up, for the use of his creditors, all his property, real, personal and mixed, to which he is in any manner entitled, a schedule whereof, on oath or affirmation, together with a list of his creditors, as far as he can ascertain them, shall be annexed to and exhibited with his petition; and thereupon the said judge shall direct notice of such application to be published in some of the public newspapers, for such time as he may think proper, which notice shall likewise require the attendance of the creditors at the court-house of the county, in which the petitioning debtor is confined, and at such time as the said judge may appoint; and it shall be the duty of the said judge, and of the clerk of the county, to attend at the time and place appointed; and on the appearance of the creditors, either in person or by attorney, agreeably to the notification, or on their neglect to appear, the said judge shall administer to the debtor the following oath: "I, A. B. do swear (or solemnly, sincerely and truly declare and affirm) that I will deliver up, convey and transfer, for the use of my creditors, all my property that I have any title to or claim any interest in, whether in possession, remainder or reversion, and all claims, rights and credits that I have or am in any manner entitled to; and that I have not at any time given, sold, conveyed, lessened or disposed of for the use or benefit of myself, or any other person or persons, any part of my money or other property, claims, rights or credits, thereby to defraud my creditors, or any of them, or to secure the same with a view or expectation to receive any profit, benefit or advantage thereby;" and the said judge shall thereupon appoint such person, as a majority of the creditors in value, their agents or attorneys then present, shall recommend, to be a trustee, for the benefit of the creditors of the petitioning debtor; or in case of non-attendance of the creditors, or of their not making a recommendation, the said judge shall name such person as he shall think proper, to be a trustee as aforesaid.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That before the said trustee shall proceed to act, he shall give bond to the United States in such penalty and with such security as the said judge shall approve, conditioned for the faithful performance of his trust, which shall be recorded in the clerk's office of the county in which the proceedings are had; and a certified copy thereof shall be received as evidence in any court of law in the United States; and the said bond may be sued in the name of the United States, for the use of any person or persons who may conceive him or themselves aggrieved by the negligence or misconduct of the trustee. And in case of the death or refusal to act of any trustee, the said judge may appoint another in his place, who shall give bond in manner as aforesaid.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That upon the petitioning debtor's executing a deed or deeds to the said trustee, conveying all his property, real, personal and mixed, and all his claims, rights and credits, agreeably to the oath or affirmation of the said debtor, and on delivering all his said property which he shall have in his possession, together with his books, papers and evidences of debts of every kind, to the said trustee, and the said trustee's certifying the same to the said judge in writing, it shall be lawful for the said judge to make an order to the marshal, jailor or keeper of the prison, in which the said debtor is then confined, commanding that the said debtor or shall be thenceforth discharged from his imprisonment; and he shall be immediately discharged, and the said order shall be a sufficient warrant therefor: Provided, That no person who has been guilty of a breach of the laws, and who has been imprisoned for or on account of the same, shall be discharged from imprisonment: And provided likewise, That any property which the debtor may afterwards acquire, (except the necessary wearing apparel and bedding for his family, and his tools if a mechanic or manufacturer,) shall be liable to the payment of his debts, any thing herein to the contrary notwithstanding.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said judge may allow such petitioning debtor and his family, to retain their necessary wearing apparel and bedding, and if the said debtor be a mechanic or manufacturer, he may likewise retain the tools of his trade.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the said judge may direct the trustee to sell and convey the property of the petitioning debtor, at such time, and on such terms and conditions as he shall deem most to the advantage of the creditors, and the product thereof, after satisfying all encumbrances and liens, shall be divided among the creditors in proportion to their respective claims; and no process against the real or personal property of the debtor shall have any effect or operation, except process of execution, and attachments in the nature of executions, which shall have been put into the hands of the marshal antecedent to the application.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That every trustee may sue for, in his own name, any property or chose in action assigned to him by virtue of this act.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That if any creditor, at any time within two years after the application of such debtor, shall allege in writing to the circuit court of the district of Columbia, or at any other court of the United States, within whose jurisdiction such debtor may be found, that such debtor had at the time of his application as aforesaid, directly or indirectly conveyed, lessened or disposed of, any part of his property, rights or credits, with intent to defraud his creditors, or had at any one time within twelve months next preceding said application, lost by gaming more than three hundred dollars, or had assigned or conveyed any part of his property, rights or credits, with intent to give a preference to any creditor or creditors, or any surety, the said court shall thereupon order notice of such allegation to be given in writing to the debtor, and upon his appearance before the said court, or on his neglect to appear, after proof that notice has been served, the said court shall, within a reasonable time, examine the debtor or any other person, upon interrogatories on oath, touching the substance of the said allegations, or may direct an issue or issues to be tried in a summary way, without the form of an action; to determine the truth of the same; and if upon the answer to the said interrogatories, or upon the trial of the issue or issues, such debtor shall be found guilty of any fraud or deceit towards his creditors, or of having lost by gaming as aforesaid, or of having given any preference as aforesaid, he shall be precluded from any benefit under this act; and in case such debtor, or any other, testifying either for or against him, shall at any time thereafter be convicted of falsely, wilfully and corruptly swearing or affirming to any matter or thing in virtue of this act, he shall suffer as in the case of wilful perjury, and upon such conviction of the debtor, or any other person testifying for him, he shall be forever precluded from any benefit under this act.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That every judge charged with the execution of this act, may, in the respective cases which may be brought before him, allow the trustee a commission not exceeding eight per centum for his trouble, on the amount of debts paid by him; and if any complaint shall be made to the said judge of the misconduct of any trustee by any creditor, or by the debtor, the said judge may call such trustee before them, and enquire into the cause of complaint, and may make such rules and orders as he may think proper for the accomplishment of the object of the trust, and may in his discretion remove such trustee and appoint another in his place.
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the acting judge may, by order, limit and appoint a time for creditors to bring in and exhibit their claims to the trustee; and if the said trustee should think proper to consult any claim exhibited against the debtor, it shall be his duty to report the same to the judge having cognizance of the case, who may examine the creditor and debtor upon oath respecting the same, and may submit to a jury, such issues as shall be proper to settle the points in contest, or may appoint two indifferent persons to act as arbitrators between the parties, with a power, if they differ, to chuse an umpire, and a decision thus made shall be final between the parties; and the said justice may order any part of the debtor's estate to be set apart, and retained for the eventual satisfaction of any contested claim, or to be brought again into distribution; and if any creditor to whom a debt is due, shall collude with a debtor to gain an undue preference, or for the concealment of any part of the debtor's estate or effect or shall contrive or concert any acknowledgement of the debtor by parol, or in writing, to give false color to his claim, such creditor shall lose the whole of his debt.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That if any debtor who shall have been relieved under this act, shall be arrested or imprisoned on any process issued out on any judgement or decree, obtained against him for any debt, damages, or costs contracted, owing or growing due be-
fore his discharge as aforesaid, the court before whom such process shall be returned or returnable, or any judge thereof, shall discharge such debtor; and if any such debtor shall be arrested or imprisoned on any process for the recovery of any debt, damages or costs contracted, owing or growing due before his discharge as aforesaid, the court before whom such process shall be returned, or returnable, or any judge thereof, shall discharge such debtor out of custody, on his common appearance being entered, without special bail: Provided, and it is the true intent and meaning of this act, that no discharge whatever under this act shall be continued or taken as a discharge of any other person from any debt, contract or engagement of any kind or nature forever.
Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That when the acting judge shall as above prescribed, give to the marshal an order for the discharge of a debtor, it shall be the duty of the said judge to lodge with the clerk of the county in which the discharge shall take place, a certificate in the following words, viz. "I do hereby certify, that I have this day ordered the marshal of the district of Columbia, to discharge from imprisonment A. B. an insolvent debtor, agreeably to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An act for the relief of insolvent debtors within the district of Columbia," which said certificate shall be recorded by the said clerk, and a copy thereof under seal, shall be received in evidence, in any court of law in the United States.
Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That if any judge before whom the operation of this act in any particular case shall have been commenced, shall die, resign his office or become disqualified, the proceedings may be completed by any other judge of the said court, in the same manner as if they had been originally commenced before him.
Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That the application of the debtor, the appointment of a trustee, the deed from the debtor to the trustee, the several claims exhibited to the trustee and the amount of sales of the debtor's property shall be transmitted to and recorded by the clerk of the county in which the debtor was confined at the time of his application; copies of which, under seal, shall be received as evidence in any court of law in the United States, and the clerk shall receive the same fees as are fixed by law for the like services in other cases, to be paid by the trustee out of the first proceeds of the debtor's estate that may come into his hands.
Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That no discharge of an insolvent debtor under this act shall have a greater effect in any particular state than if such debtor had been discharged under the insolvent debtor's law of any other state.
Sec. 15. And be it further enacted, That the circuit court of the district of Columbia, shall, by a general order to be entered on the records of the said court, fix the daily allowance for the support and maintenance of prisoners in execution for debt or damages in civil suits, which allowance the said court may, by a like general order, increase or diminish from time to time, as circumstances may require. And no person taken in execution for debt or damages in a civil suit, shall be detained in prison therefor, unless the creditor, his agent or attorney, shall after demand thereof by the Marshal, pay or give such security, as he may require, to pay such daily allowance, and the prison fees: Provided, that a release from prison for want of such payment or security, shall not discharge the debt; but the body of the debtor shall never be again taken in execution therefor.
Sec. 16. And be it further enacted, That the said court may cause to be marked and laid out, reasonable bounds of the prisons in the said district, to be recorded in the said court; and from time to time, may renew, enlarge, or diminish the same. And every prisoner not committed for treason or felony, giving such security to keep within the said bounds, as any judge of the said court shall approve, shall have liberty to walk therein, out of the prison, for the preservation of his health; and keeping continually within the said bounds, shall be adjudged in law a true prisoner.
Sec. 17. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of this act shall not be construed to extend to any debtor who is or shall be imprisoned at the suit of the United States, nor to alter, lessen, or impair the right of the United States, to be first satisfied out of the estates of persons indebted to them; nor to any debtor who has not resided in the district of Columbia one year next preceding his said application.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. STEPHEN R. BRADLEY, President of the Senate pro-tempore. MARCH 3, 1803. APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON.
WANTED, One or two Boys to learn the BOOT and SHOE-MAKING Business. Apply to JOHN CROOKSHANK. George-Town, Jan. 19, 1803.
Sales by Auction.
On MONDAY the 4th April next, will be sold on the premises, at ten o'clock A. M.
A two story Brick House and Lot, belonging to Mr. James Knight, in square 651. Carrollbergh, City of Washington. It is well suited for a store or private family, and is subject to a payment of £112 Maryland currency, to Daniel Carroll, of DuVal, Esq. and fifty acres of Land, near Nansemond river, Eastern Shore of Maryland.
Also will be sold at the old auction room, in this town, on the 9th of April next, all the Household and Kitchen Furniture of the said James Knight, consisting of Beds, Bedsteads, Tables, Chairs, and a variety of other articles—Also, a Milch Cow.
J. CONNOR, Auctioneer. George-Town, March 28.
ADVERTISEMENT.
On THURSDAY the twenty first day of April if fair, if not the next fair day, will be exposed to sale on the premises, in the town of Alexandria, the following parcels of
L A N D, Late the property of John Fitzgerald, deceased, sold pursuant to the directions of his will for the payment of his debts, to wit:-
ONE parcel of land lying upon the east side of Union-street, and to the northward of Wilkes-street, fronting seventy-eight feet upon Union-street, and extending about two hundred feet in the river, having an alley of twenty feet running the whole depth; upon it is erected a frame ware-house; the ground is subject to an annual rent of 91. 17s. 6d. It will be sold altogether, or divided, to accommodate purchasers. One half of a brewery, with all the implements and utensils necessary for carrying on the business, upon a large scale, and a parcel of ground appertaining to it, fronting about forty feet upon Water-street. The whole of the brewery and ground is now under a demise, at a rent of six hundred dollars per annum. A piece of ground immediately joining on the brewery, and fronting about forty feet on Water-street, and extending one hundred and fifty feet on a twenty feet alley. A piece of ground fronting on Wolfe and St. Asaph streets. This will be laid off into convenient Lots. A piece of ground lying upon the south side of King-street, extending 82 feet to a twelve feet alley—in the front is erected a two story brick dwelling house, and upon the alley a two story frame ware-house. A piece of ground lying upon Union and Wolfe-streets, extending with Wolfe-street 62 feet and an half, with Union-street 120 feet. Upon this there are erected a large distillery, ware house and compting-room. The improvements were calculated for carrying on that business upon an extensive scale; there are three stills in it. Not having been occupied for some time past, the property is something out of repair. The ground is subject to an annual rent of 4311. 18s. 6d. There will be sold at the same time, a small tract of land contiguous to the town, containing 37 acres. This is subdivided, and will be sold in small parcels containing from 4 to 6 acres. The sale will be continued till the whole is sold.
The terms of sale are one fourth of the purchase money in hand when deeds will be executed to the purchasers; one other fourth in six months after the sale; one other fourth in twelve months, and the remaining fourth in eighteen months; for securing these payments pecuniary trust will be required upon the property conveyed from each purchaser for his part.
THOMAS A. DIGGS, JAMES KEITH, Acting Executors of John Fitzgerald. March 16.
Valuable Lands For Sale.
Will be sold to the highest bidder by the Executors of the late Gen. GEORGE WASHINGTON, the following tracts of Land, at the times and places hereafter mentioned, viz.
On the first Monday in April on the premises.
600 acres lying in Charles County in the state of Maryland near a place called the fifth Trap, about 16 miles above Port-tobacco.
On the 2d Monday in April on the premises.
519 acres in Montgomery county in the state of Maryland, in the neighbourhood of Frederick town, not far from Kittorlan.
On the 15th day of April at Charles Town.
453 acres in Jefferson county Virginia, about two miles west of Charles town, also, 240 acres lying in Hampshire county on Potomac river, about 12 miles above Bath.
On the 16th day of April on the premises.
1600 acres in Jefferson county on the south fork of Bullskin. On the 18th day of April on the premises.
183 acres in Jefferson county in Wormleys line.
On the 20th of April on the premises.
571 acres in Frederick county 1 1/2 miles south of Battle town.
On the 22d of April at Paris.
2481 acres on Ashley's, and 885 acres on Chattans run in Fauquier county.
One fourth of the amount of the purchase money to be paid down, and the balance in three annual instalments to be secured by a mortgage on the premises, and to carry interest from the day of sale.
THE EXECUTORS. Feb. 28. March 4—cpr22a.
NOTICE.
The Creditors of James Robinson, late of Washington county, deceased, are hereby notified that the subscriber has now in hands a considerable sum of money as assets of the said deceased, and that he will make a distribution of the same among such of the creditors as will attend for such purpose, with proper vouchers, on the second Tuesday in April next, at Rhodes's Hotel, in the city of Washington, at 11 o'clock A. M.
LEWIN TALBURT, Administrator. March 21.
General Boarding and Lodging
ing to be had on the most reasonable terms, or ready furnished rooms, with a Stable, next door but two from Mr. Rapine's Book-store, Capitol Hill. Washington city, March 25.
LEBOO
Will cover the ensuing season, to commence the first day of April, and end on the last day of June, on Mondays and Tuesdays at Queen Anne; Wednesdays and Thursdays at the farm of the subscriber, and Fridays and Saturdays at Bladensburg; at the rate of 16 dollars per Mare, cash, and half a dollar to the groom; the money to the groom to be sent with the mare, and a note for the balance, with the assumption of Messrs. Clagett or Hodges, of Queen Anne, or Messrs. Lowndes or Bruce, of Badenburgh, payable on the first day of December next, will be received.
Leboo is eight years old, a fine bright bay, 15 hands three inches high, a star and two white feet. He has proven himself both a sire and good foal-getter, having covered at four years old 25 mares, all of whom proved with foal; the costs are equal in size and beauty, to any in this part of the country, and except in two instances, they were a like as to colour. At four years old Leboo won the co's purse at Annapolis; on the next day he won the City purse, and on the third day he won a purse in Prince George's county, immediately after having travelled upwards of 50 miles. The next spring, at 5 years old, he won the first day's purse at Canton; the fall after he won again at Mr. Taylor's Leviathan, at Alexandria; one heat, was lame and drawn; a few days after he won the first day's purse at Gowan's town. At 6 years old he won the first day's purse at Canton; the fall after he won the purse again at Canton, the jockey club purse at Gowan's town, the purses at Frederick town, and the city of Washington; running nine miles, and by mistake, at the last mentioned place, beating Mr. Taylor's Leviathan. At seven years old he received a forfeit of 900 dollars at Havre-de-Gras, proceeded on to German town, won the first heat, afterwards fell lame, and was best by Gen. R. Digby's Hamlet, whom he had beaten three times before.
Leboo was got by High Flyer, his blood and figure equal to that of any other horse, and his pedigree may be seen by applying to the subscriber.
OSBORN SPRIGG.
Prince George's County, March 28. tf. The Subscriber will furnish good pasture, at half a dollar per week, but will not be answerable for accidents or escapes.
RAPINE, CONRAD & Co.
BOOKSELLERS & STATIONERS,
New Jersey Avenue, near the Capitol,
HAVE JUST RECEIVED AND FOR SALE, Washington's Reports of cases argued and determined in the court of appeals of Virginia—Price 6 dollars.
An address to the government of the United States, on thecession of Louisiana, second edition—Price 25 cents.
Monroe's Embassy, in relation to our claims to the navigation of the Mississippi—Price 25 cents.
An address on the past, present and eventual relations of the United States to France—Price 18 cents.
Also,
A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF BOOKS in every branch of literature and science; and a constant supply of the stationery—all which they will sell at their usual moderate prices.
TO LET,
And be entered upon immediately, three well finished BRICK HOUSES,
NEARLY opposite Morin's Tavern, on Twelfth street very near Pennsylvania Avenue, built for the WASHINGTON BUILDING COMPANY.
The Houses will be rented on very reasonable terms.
Apply to THOMAS CARPENTER near the President's Square. eptl.
Dec. 12.
Superintendent's Office, Washington 8th March 1802.
THERE will be wanting for public use in this city large quantities of free-stone, foundation stone, lime, sand, and some bricks—Proposals to supply the same will be received on the fourth day of next month, by
THOMAS MUNROE, Superintendent.
N. B. A number of labourers and some timber for joists &c. will also be wanted. March 9. ept4A.
170,038 Acres of Land.
THIS body of land, in one entire and inclusive survey, is offered for sale to any individual or company, who may incline to purchase for the purposes of settlement and emigration. It is situated in the state of Virginia, on the Great Kenawha River, Montgomery county, and is distinguished by the name of "The Great Bent of the Kenawha," being intersected by the Piney river, Great and Little Bluestone rivers, Coal river, and uyandot river, as also by numerous other creeks and waters, running into said rivers. Numerous mill-sites, inexhaustible bodies of coal, and great appearances of ores, metals, salt springs and salt licks, are to be found on this tract, besides which, sugar may be made thereon to any amount, the sugar treacand boiling in almost every part.
For fertility of soil, growth of timber, fitness for cultivation, salubrity of climate, and natural advantages, this body of land stands unrivaled by any tract of equal quantity in Western America; it will be submitted for sale to an entire purchaser, until the first day of June next, on very advantageous terms; after which, it cannot be disposed of at any price the present proprietor being compelled to a division thereon. An indisputable title will be given, and for further particulars, as to terms of sale and payment, enquire of JOHN BECKLEY, Esq. Clerk to the House of Representatives of the United States, at the city of Washington. November 1, 1802.