The national intelligencer and Washington advertiser. (Washington City [D.C.]), 1808-09-14 00:00:00

National Intelligencer.
WASHINGTON ADVERTISER.
VOL. VIII.
WASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
NO. 1237.
FIVE DOLLARS PER ANNUM.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1808.
PAID IN ADVANCE.
From the Boston Gazette, Sept. 5.
On Saturday arrived the fast-sailing ship Arcturus, captain Main, in 48 days from St. Sebastians.
The general complexion of affairs in Spain, is said, by several of the passengers, to be highly flattering; that no doubts were entertained of the final success of the Spanish patriots; that the armies were filling up with great alacrity; that arms and ammunition were continually arriving, and the collected force when arranged and supplied with military stores would far exceed any force or body of men, Bonaparte could bring against them; that at present the steps of the Spaniards, were precautionary, although in every instance, where they have been brought into action, they have succeeded in repelling or destroying their enemies. The following summary, presents a number of instances of this valor and intrepidity. It was furnished by one of the passengers in the Arcturus, and may be relied on as containing facts:—
All the provinces of Spain are in a state of revolution, and have actually declared war against France, except Guipuscoa, Biscay, Alava, and Navarre, these being so near and immediately under the power of France, have not as yet taken up arms; but only wait for a favorable moment to join in the common cause, having the same sentiments as the other provinces respecting France. However many of the inhabitants have gone to Saragossa, and all the soldiers of two regiments, which garrisoned that town, with some of their officers have also deserted. This desertion was winked at by the Spanish commander. The French troops under general Lefebvre, who made repeated attacks during 30 days on Saragossa, were always beaten with great loss. The Spaniards fought on those occasions with unheard of bravery; and feel confident of success in their just cause. The annexed letter of general Palafox, will shew the spirit which actuates the patriots of that brave people.
There is but little doubt that general Dupont, with about 17,000 men, who passed the mountain of Sierra Morena towards Seville and Cadiz, has been entirely defeated at Cordova and Andujar. Gen. Moncey who went against Valencia has also been defeated.
In consequence of the disasters of the French, a rendezvous of 17,000 men had been ordered at Burgos, and 3 or 4,000 men (French) had abandoned Santander, after being in possession of that town for some weeks. The French continued in the possession of Madrid when the Arcturus sailed; as well as of Valadofid, Burgos, Victoria, Pamplona, and St. Sebastians; but a considerable army from Galicia and Andalusia, was said to be marching towards Madrid. The lieutenant king, prince Murat, had returned to Bayonne, and had left general Savary in his stead. The new created king, Joseph Bonaparte, with most of the Spanish grandees, and the delegates with the new constitution, a copy of which has been received by the Arcturus, had set out for Madrid, and were at St. Sebastians on the 9th July, where their reception was as cool as it possibly could be. Not a shout or cry in favor of the new king. Nothing was done but what the authorities were obliged to do. It was doubtful if he would reach Madrid under such unfavorable aspects. Most of the Spanish grandees did not hesitate to declare to their friends, that what they had done was forced on them, that they should, on the first occasion, join the patriots with their persons and property.
Palafox the commander of the Spanish troops which took up arms against the French, is unmarried—about 32 years of age, youngest of three sons of a marquis of that name, a family distinguished in the annals of Spain; he was a brigadier in the king's body guard, and went with the young king Ferdinand the VII. to Bayonne, where foreseeing what was to pass, escaped to Saragossa in Aragon, his native town, and put himself at their head.
Although the citadel of Barcelona is in possession of the French; the province of Catalonia is mostly under arms, and have had several successful skirmishes.
There appears great mortality at
Madrid among the French soldiers, as well as desertion to the Spanish side. The French officers have on various occasions expressed their dislike and regret to march against the Spaniards, in so unjust a cause. Almost all the French troops, now in Spain and Portugal, supposed about 120,000 are young, and of the last conscriptions, and let the issue be what it may, many cannot in all calculations return, or escape from slaughter. All the French at Oporto, have with the general who is in the castle at Ferrol, surrendered to the Portuguese;—but general Junot was at Lisbon at the last dates. All the proclamations of the provinces are warm and spirited, declaring that Spaniards war not against the French people, but against the Tyrant and Usurper .
Some days out from St. Sebastians, passed a convoy of 75 sail from Cork, with 10,000 troops on board, under general Wellesley—was boarded, and informed they were bound to join the Spaniards and Portuguese against general Junot.
It appears from the latest accounts that the Spanish war is exceedingly unpopular in France;—that the Spanish royal family had been sent into the interior of France;—that the troops lately sent into Spain by Bonaparte's orders, were principally new and inexperienced conscripts;—that Murat was ill at Bayonne, and much indisposed;—that the direct road from Bayonne to Madrid was in possession of the French; but was the only communication they had between the two countries.
Milan Decree enforced.
We have received by the Arcturus three of the first condemnations by the council of prizes at Paris, of American vessels and cargoes, taken under the Milan decree of the 17th December. The first on the 8th June, (the first sitting) is the brig George, of Newburyport, capt. Bray, (late capt. Hale) from Labrador to Bilboa, with fish and some oil, papers endorsed by the British, and being far north, and in want of provisions and water, put into Falmouth for supply, where the British government, seeing the unjustness of the endorsement, granted a pass for the original destination, and from further detention by British ships. No duties were required or paid at Falmouth.—A few miles from the entrance of Bilboa harbor, was taken by a French armed boat of Bayonne, and sent into St. Sebastians in Spain.
The second is the brig Vengeance, of Salem, capt. Ward Chipman, owned by William Gray, Esq. condemned the 15th June, (the second sitting) bound with a cargo of tobacco from Norfolk (from whence she sailed the 4th Dec.) for Bilboa, was endorsed on the 30th same month by the Irish frigate, capt. Tower. On the same night escaped and bore away for Bilboa. On the 6th Jan. came to anchor at San Antonio; lost an anchor, and ran for Bilboa, and was taken by the same boat off said port of Bilboa, on the 7th and sent into Passage in Spain. The cargo was worth 180,000 dollars, at the time of condemnation. Her cargo consisting of about 180 bds. tobacco, would have brought one dollar per pound.
[An official copy of the above condemnation has been received at this office, a translation of which will be given in our next.]
The third is the ship Mars, of N. York, Charles Henry, master, condemned on the 15th June, bound from Savannah, (from whence she sailed the 4th Jan.) for London, laden with rice and cotton. On the 4th Feb. about lat. 49, 18, North long. 11, W. was captured by a French privateer of Rochelle and sent to Passage in Spain. Capt. H. had not his papers endorsed, nor did he see or speak with any English or other vessel.
Capt. Henry, and Chipman are passengers in the Arcturus.
All the foregoing are facts and may be relied on.
It appears that after the date of the Milan decree, and perhaps at the same time of Mr. Champagny's letter to Mr. Armstrong, an order was given to the Council of Prizes, not to proceed on American cases; but soon after the arrival of the Osage, a counter order was given; and the three cited vessels were condemned with many others, at the first and second sitting being every Thursday, weekly. Most of the valuable vessels and car-
goes were condemned on those days. It was rumored that a suspension took place in the Council of Prizes; but two gentlemen passengers, per the Arcturus, saw a letter from Paris, the day before their sailing, to a French gentleman at St. Sebastians, saying, that although it was supposed that the Council would not condemn any more, yet since the 15th June, SIX more American vessels and cargoes has been condemned.
Among other remarkable cases, one is worthy to be noticed. A Salem brig, the Hipsy and Jane, was endorsed off the Cordovan on the 3d Dec. escaped the vigilance of the English, and run into Bayonne on the 5th, unloaded; and the captain went to Bordeaux to consult and sell his cargo. On the 25th same month, the government seized vessel and cargo, under the Milan decree of the 17th Dec. 12 days after the arrival of the vessel in port; and will no doubt condemn her—valued at 60,000 dollars.
PARIS, JUNE 20.
Captains Bray and Chipman, Gentlemen—It gives me much pain to inform you, in answer to your letters of the 6th inst. that on recurring to the proceedings of the Council of Prizes, I find your vessels and cargoes have both been condemned. The one on the 8th and the other on the 15th inst. The reasons assigned for condemning the George, are, "because having been stopped by a British cruiser, she was carried into Falmouth, from which place she sailed with the king's licence." For condemning the Vengeance, "because she has been visited by British cruisers."
It is the duty of the agent of prize causes to give you all necessary information on this subject. Permit me therefore to refer you to him. I am, gentlemen, your obedient humble servant.
(Signed)
JOHN ARMSTRONG.
The following translations are made from Spanish papers, received by the Arcturus, from St. Sebastians.
Extract from the Gazette Extraordinary of Saragossa, of the 20th June.
On the 17th, a Spanish soldier, who had been a prisoner to the French, delivered a letter directed to the administrators of Saragossa, which had been given him by the French gen. Lefebvre, to be placed in the hands of his excellency Palafox. The same soldier brought with him seditious proclamations printed in Bayonne in the Spanish language which were delivered to him by the French General. The letter was sent without breaking the seal, to his excellency, who has given the following answer, which was sent this day to the enemy's camp.
Saragossa, at my head-quarters, June 18th.
If his majesty the emperor, sends you, General, to establish the tranquility of this country; which it has never lost, the cares you take are very useless. If I ought to answer the confidence placed in me by the valiant people of Aragon, who drew me from my retirement to place their interests in my hands; I certainly should not fulfil my duty by abandoning them at the appearance of a friendship so deceitful. My sword guards the gates of its capital and my honor is answerable for its security. This labor should not be the lot of those troops, who are yet fatigued from their exertions on the 15th and 16th, they will be found, however, active in their ranks, I shall be so in my exertions.
The spirit of the Spanish nation roused by their numerous wrongs is far from being appeased, it continues to rise. The spies paid by your excellency are faithless: a great part of Catalonia has placed itself under my command; the same has been done by not a less part of Castile; the captains general of this and of Valencia, are united with me: Galicia, Estremadura, Asturias and the four kingdoms of Aragon are resolved to revenge their sufferings: the French troops commit atrocities unworthy of men; they rob, insult and murder worthy people who have done them no wrong; they outrage religion, burning the sacred images in an unheard of manner. Neither this, nor the tone your excellency adopts, even after the days of the 15th and 16th, are proper to satisfy a valiant people.
Your excellency may do what you please, I shall do what I ought. Y. H. S. JOSE PALAFOX Y MELIT, Gen. of the troops of Aragon.
PAMPLONA, JUNE 22.
The Gazette of the 20th, announces that the French army had lost 4000 men, killed, since its entrance into that kingdom, independent of wounded, prisoners and deserters. The Gazette of the 24th, assures that a detachment of 2000 men, who are marching towards Epla, and who indeed entered, were so completely destroyed that there only remained 400 who could flee. That of the 25th relates another famous action in Saragossa, whose result has been so favorable that we are assured that Gen. Lefebvre can have at the most only 2500 men of the 12000 who marched for that place, and Logrono. Indeed God protects our cause, since the Spaniards perform miracles never known in a people so undisciplined. A courier from gen. Lefebvre, has been intercepted, in which he relates to the Emperor his want of men, but requests all the kingdoms might be declared already reduced to obedience. Notwithstanding this news, formidable trains of artillery continue to leave this city destined for Aragon, as well as bombs, &c.
A letter of the 3d July, states, that in Saragossa, on the 26th ult. a shell from the French camp fell in the square of St. Domingo, which so enraged the inhabitants, they rushed to the field of battle, routed the enemy, pursuing them 7 leagues, and became masters of 27 pieces of cannon with all their baggage.
On the 28th, 29th and 30th, there was a violent cannonading, but the result is not known—a person however, who came yesterday from P. assures us that Gen. Lefebvre, with the few men left him, surrendered, and that the escort with provisions and ammunition, destined for his camp, had been taken by the Aragonians with 45 baggage wagons.
"Gazette Extraordinary," Saragossa, July 3.—The day before yesterday, at midnight, the French camp in the neighborhood of this capital began the bombardment of the city; and continued it till the evening of the following day, in which they expended more than 1400 balls and shells. They attacked some of the gates, but the valor of the troops and inhabitants who guarded them resisting a galling fire, destroyed all who presented themselves, strewing the field with French bodies; in the evening of the same day, they continued the attack with their infantry and artillery, and were again repulsed with considerable loss. At day break yesterday they renewed their attack on all sides, and after suffering great loss, and convinced of the obstinacy and valor of our troops they retired, having suffered from a continual fire of 12 hours. The shot and shells of the enemy have not only done little damage, but have served to excite a greater hatred to them, and impress us with the sacred duties of religion, of our country, of our honor, & our king. [It contains a long list of promotions.]
A great many arms had fallen into our hands, and among the slain have been found some of the ornaments stolen from the churches and houses of individuals: We have made many prisoners.
In all parts the French army has been routed, and intrigue and deceit are the only resources remaining to save them from the total extermination with which they are menaced in Spain.
By an express which left Valencia on the 30th June, we received official information that the French army commanded by gen. Moncey, having attacked that city on 28th of the same month, were received by such a dreadful fire from the batteries for the space of seven hours, that after having been routed, and their bodies covering the ground in the neighborhood, they precipitately abandoned the field, and in the utmost confusion, without provisions and without force, took the road to Madrid in which the main body of the Valencia army is waiting to cut off their retreat, so that not one of those that remain can escape.
We have also received, by the Courier of to-day information, that
the remains of the army of 16000 men who entered Andalusia under the command of General Dupont, has retreated to Andujar, and that it is reduced to only 6000: that on the 22d of June they were within the distance of two leagues from the first division of the vanguard of the Spanish army of the kingdom, commanded by general Campagni, and that the day following it would be joined by the second division under the command of general Castanos, for the purpose of attacking and entirely destroying Dupont.
SPANISH MANIFESTO.
[Translated for the Evening Post.]
SEVILLE, JUNE 18.
This day was published here the following manifesto, or statement of the principal facts which occasioned the creation of this Supreme Council of Seville, which in the name of Ferdinand VII. governs the kingdoms of Seville, Cordova, Granada, Jaen, the provinces of Estremadura, New Castile and others which are shaking off the yoke of the emperor of the French.
Spain was reposing in her own grandeur preserved through so many ages, and was relying upon the alliance and forces of France. As soon as she made peace with the latter in 1795, she embraced her interests, and gave her ships, money, troops and whatever aid she thought fit to require. Even the very kings of Spain appeared like vassals of France; and to this union with Spain it may be said France owes her triumphs and her successes. During all this time Spain was governed with absolute and despotic sway by the wicked Godoy, who abusing the excessive goodness of our king Charles IV., appropriated to himself in 18 years of favor the treasures of the crown, the property of individuals, the public employments which he distributed infamously, every title, honor, and even the appellation of highness, with the dignities of generalissimo and admiral, and with salaries augmented to immense and scandalous sums which filled up the measure of our calamity. As it appears that he aspired to the royal throne, and the prince of Asturias Don Ferdinand was an obstacle to the attainment of his wish, he attacked directly his sacred person: he attributed to him conspiracies against his august father, and under this pretext caused him to be arrested, and issued the horrible circular of the 30th Oct. 1807, and the truly ridiculous one of the 5th of November following. The people saw both of them with amazement: they believed neither; and the council of Castile, called to take cognizance of the cause, unanimously declared the Prince of Asturias innocent. The king his father did not conform to this decision, & caused the pretended accomplices of the Prince of Asturias to be severely punished. With the Spanish people the name of their king was sufficient to induce them to obey, and suffer in silence; in this state, things continued until the month of March, of the present year 1808, when the danger of the same king and of the country converted their patience into fury. Previously to this, the kings of Portugal were obliged to abandon Europe, to go to America, and to command their subjects to make no resistance to the French army, which was entering their territory. So much moderation did not soften nor calm the ambition of Napoleon. His troops took possession of Portugal, and committed there excesses which affright humanity. Napoleon annexed that kingdom to his empire, and imposed on it heavy contributions, which it would not have suffered from the most ferocious conqueror. Spain saw by this example, that if her kings abandoned her she would suffer the same lot as Portugal; besides that, neither the love which they have for their kings, nor a thousand other reasons, could permit Spaniards to see with indifference the overthrowing of their fundamental laws, & the annihilation of their monarchy, the most glorious of the whole earth. French armies had at this time entered Spain; had possessed themselves of her principal fortresses, and had arrived near Madrid, protesting that they came to effect no change, that their only object was the execution of a vast design against England, and that their intention was

to make us happy. At this juncture then, it is published, and even proofs are given, that the king, queen and all the royal family are about to abandon the Capitol, go to Andalusia and sail to America in English vessels. These rumors irritate the people extremely against Don Manuel Godoy, the sole and only author of this abandonment; all the troops of the royal palace, the rest of the army, and all the honest inhabitants, unite in Aranjuez to prevent its execution, and they do prevent it. The infamous favorite excites their just indignation, and owes his life to the generosity of the Prince of Asturias. King Charles renounces the Crown, & sends to the council the most authentic document of his free abdication. While events so extraordinary are passing, not a drop of blood is spilt at Aranjuez: Such is the unheard-of loyalty of the Spanish people. In Madrid the council caused the abdication of Charles IV. to be published, and the oldest son and Prince of Asturias Don Ferdinand VII. to be proclaimed king. The people of the capital and the whole nation received this information with a joy of which there is no example, and protested their love, their obedience, and their fidelity to their new king, with an union, with an ardor, and with demonstrations so new, that they are unknown in history, even in that of the most faithful Spanish nation. The French army could not be astonished at such strange events, and even the burning of the furniture of some suspected houses of Madrid, was executed with such order, with such attention that the public should not suffer, and so bloodlessly, that it may be said that the Spanish nation alone is capable of such circumspection in a popular commotion.
[To be concluded in our next]
DR. WILLIAM GRAYSON,
HAS taken a part of the house lately occupied by Mr. JOHN FLEMING on Bridge street, two doors above Summers' tavern, where he begs leave to offer his Professional services to the citizens of George Town, and the Public in general.
George Town, Sept. 14—If
TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION,
ON Monday the 19th inst. at Ten o'clock in the forenoon at the dwelling house formerly occupied by James Webb, a variety of Household Furniture consisting of Beds, Tables, Chairs, one Bureau, Looking Glasses, Glass Ware of several kinds, an painted Keggs, adapted to a Grocery store, a few Barrels of Cherry Bounce, and a variety of other articles too tedious to mention—where due attendance will be given by
HENRY WEAVER.
Terms will be made known on the day of sale. H. W. September 14—3t
SHERIFF'S SALE.
WILL be exposed at public sale on Thursday the 29th inst. on the premises, for cash, the FARM whereon Ignatius West now lives, containing upwards of 300 acres of Land, the greater is in woods—The property of said West taken by virtue of a writ of Fieri Facias , at the suit of Cornelia L. Gist, assignee of John Hodges of Thomas, who was assignee of Benjamin Odum, of Wm. B. Beans. The sale will commence at 3 o'clock P. M. JOHN FLEMING, Sheriff of Montgomery county Md.
September 14—7t
Mr. JOHN RUST.
Sir—Your not being a resident of this state, I take this public method of notifying you that I shall proceed to take sundry affidavits at Richmond court-house on the third day of October next, to be read as evidence in an injunction pending in the District Chancery court, held at Williamsburg, state of Virginia, wherein I am plaintiff and you are defendant. You will also take notice that I shall take affidavits to be read as evidence in the above mentioned injunction, at Westmoreland court house on the 5th day of October.
PETER RUST, Richmond county state of Virginia.
September 14—3w
District of Columbia, Washington county, to wit.
ON the petition of THOMAS Y. SPROGELL an insolvent debtor confined in the prison of Washington county aforesaid for debt, notice is hereby given to the creditors of the said Thomas Y. Sprogell that on the 26th day of September inst. at Lindsay's hotel, in the city of Washington at the hour of 9 o'clock A. M. the oath prescribed by the act of Congress, entitled, "An act for the relief of insolvent debtors within the District of Columbia" will be administered to the said Thomas Y. Sprogell and a trustee appointed unless cause be then and there shown to the contrary.
Ordered that this notice be published three times before the 23d inst. in the National Intelligencer, Washington Federalist, and the United States Gazette, published in Philadelphia. By order of the honorable William Cranch, Esq. chief judge of the circuit court of the district of Columbia.
WM. BRENT, Ck.
September 14—3t
WASHINGTON CITY.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14.
A number of the leading federalists have at length come forward with the nomination of General PINCKNEY for the Presidency. For a long time these prints affected a fastidious neutrality, or satisfied themselves with expressing a preference of one republican candidate to the others named. Whether this change in their tone arises from any hope entertained of succeeding in the choice of a federal man, or from an entire hopelessness of dividing the republicans, or from an insidious attempt to throw the republicans off their guard, it is not easy to say. It is, however, immaterial which of these is their object, as they ought all of them to have the same influence. It is highly probable, indeed, that, according to circumstances, the federal votes will be given to a federal man, or to a republican, in such a way as shall best subserve federal ends.
For a while the federal party flattered themselves with the hope of a serious division among the republicans. While any circumstances occurred to favor this hope, they perceived and yielded to the policy of keeping themselves as much as possible out of view. Fortunately, however, for the nation, it has spoken on this head the most unequivocal language, and there is not a republican state in the union that has not declared itself in favor of Mr. Madison. Even New York, with a patriotism that reflects upon her the highest honor, has sacrificed local to national motives, and manifested her purpose not to be separated from her sister states.
If there be a hope entertained by the federalists of carrying a federal man into the Presidency, we may rest satisfied that every exertion in the power of man will be made to effect so great an object. It will be endeavored to effect it, not from the superior talents or virtues of their candidate, not from the predilection of the people of the U. States for federalism, but by producing the impression that the great measures of the last session of Congress, and more especially the embargo, are impolitic, and that the good of the country requires that these steps should be retraced. Heaven and earth will be moved to produce this conviction; the people will be loudly appealed to on this head, and they will be called upon to overlook every other consideration. As a large portion of every community are prone to sacrifice their ultimate interests to those of the moment, the low price of produce and the stagnation of commerce will be copiously dwelt upon, and ascribed, not to the unjust conduct of foreign powers, but the embargo.
To counteract these false impressions on the public mind, it will be the duty of the republicans to be vigilant and assiduous. Let them realise the present crisis as all-important. On its issue truly depend the great interests of the nation; not those of a day, but those of many years, and perhaps of ages. The election of Mr. Madison can no longer be considered in any degree as a personal contest. He is the republican candidate, and the only republican candidate. The other republicans named, however, sincere their political sentiments may be, must derive their support from the federalists. Can there, under such a state of things, any longer exist a division among the republicans? Are they not called upon by the most powerful motives of patriotism to sacrifice their personal or local predilections on the altar of patriotism? Who among them, that is a republican at heart, that will forgive himself should his apathy or vote throw the affairs of the country into the hands of the federalists, or justify the impression of foreign governments that the people of the U. States do not possess the fortitude to adhere to the present system of measures?
It may be that the nomination of Gen. Pinckney flows from the hopelessness of dividing the republicans, and that all that is intended by it, is the creation of a rallying point for the federal electoral votes, not from any expectation entertained of success, but with the view of entering their protest against Mr. Madison. The expressions of public opinion in the several states have certainly been sufficiently explicit to show them, that if they calculated on dividing the republicans, they grossly deceived themselves. It has been proved, beyond a doubt, that the republicans of the South and the West, will give an entire vote for Mr. Madison. The votes of these states will be—
  Georgia 6   South Carolina 10   North Carolina 11   Virginia 24   Tennessee 5 
  Kentucky 3   Ohio 3   67   Add to these as certain—   Maryland 7   Pennsylvania 20   New Jersey 3   102 
And we have 102 certain votes for Mr. Madison, constituting a decided majority. We have omitted Delaware, New York, and Vermont, not from any doubts we entertain of their vote; but, because there exists some contrariety of opinion in the public mind. Well, therefore, may the federalists consider the division of the republicans hopeless.
It is, however, very probable that the nomination of Gen. Pinckney is made to throw the republicans off their guard. Our opponents may reason in this way. If we stand aloof from all interference with the republicans, they will be most likely to be divided among themselves. To make a shew of this the most politic step we can take is to nominate a candidate of our own. The impotence of our strength in carrying a federal man will be laughed at, and treated with derision. Instead of being a cause of fear, it will be a topic of mirth. Under this cover, we shall avail ourselves of every possible means of gaining our end. The republicans will divide their votes, and ours will come in to decide who shall be President, who will, consequently, be of our making. It will not follow, because we nominate Mr. Pinckney, that we are finally to vote for him. As circumstances shall favor, our votes may, notwithstanding, be given to him, to Mr. Clinton or Mr. Monroe.
Under every view, then, in which this subject can be presented, the republicans of the U. States are admonished to vigilance and exertion. Never has there been a period in the annals of nations in which there was a stronger claim on the virtue of a community. They have more to preserve than any nation that ever existed. On the maintenance of their independence, on their resistance of oppression, on their union, depend their future fate, their individual felicity and the true glory of their country. A foreign power, co-operating with the mercenary spirit that actuates a portion of our fellow-citizens, has flattered itself with the hope of subverting our present happy system of measures, and thus paving the way for an entirely new political era. If they can succeed in frustrating the republican wishes of the people by raising some man to the Presidency, who will undo all that has lately been done, they will have taken a bold step towards the attainment of their object; and, still further profiting themselves of our divisions, they may indeed flatter themselves with turning us from the error of our ways.
Our adversaries are welcome to all the joy they feel, and so clamorously express, on their triumph in Rhode Island and New Hampshire. We do not wish to conceal our disappointment at these results. Let it, however, be recollected that the politics of Rhode Island have always been of a vacillating character, and that the majority in that state is very small, that the republican majority which has heretofore obtained in New Hampshire is inconsiderable, and that in the last session of Congress her representatives were for the first time republican. We believe most conscientiously that these triumphs are the entire offspring of misrepresentation. It is a fact that the wealth of Boston has been lavished in diffusing the falsest views of the measures and dispositions of the government. Every one knows the immensity of this wealth, and the inability of the republicans to incur an equal expence in the diffusion of correct information.
The people of New Hampshire have been made to believe that it was the intention of the government to make the Embargo permanent, and not to take it off, even should Britain rescind her orders, or France revoke her decrees. Whereas the truth is, that the government has by no one measure avowed its purpose to make it permanent; but has, on the contrary, by the express enactment of a law, authorised the President on certain events to suspend it. We boldly say, without the fear of denial, that on the occurrence of such events the Embargo would be raised, and that our ministers in London and Paris have been instructed to say so to the English and French governments. To speak more explicitly, that even the subterfuge of federalism may not pervert our meaning, we boldly say, that in case England revokes her orders, it would be suspended so far as relates to her, and in case France revokes her decrees, it would be suspended as to her, and that England and France know this. The reverse
has been unblushingly asserted, has been industriously circulated, and has been extensively believed.
At most the result of the elections in these two states is only an expression of their opinion, that the Embargo ought to be raised. That was the great question, and almost the exclusive topic of discussion. Suppose the Embargo is raised at the next session of Congress—suppose it has been the constant purpose of the President at the next session to have proposed its being raised after it had had the effect of securing within our own territory all the exposed property of our merchants, what then will this mighty triumph avail? Its end will have been answered altogether without its agency, and the new representatives will at the end of the year 1809 take their seats to raise an embargo removed a year before. For let it be recollected that these elections apply to the next Congress, the constitutional sitting of which will not commence before the 1st Monday in December 1809, fifteen months from this time, and before which the whole aspect of our foreign affairs may have changed.
But, it seems, that these elections decide the complexion of those for electors in November next.
Suppose they do, what then? There will be eleven federal electors out of one hundred and seventy six!
But we deny the inference. The single question that decided these elections was the policy of raising the Embargo. That is a measure for Congress to decide, as the suspending power of the President will expire with the commencement of the ensuing session. So far then as Rhode Island and New Hampshire could express their sentiments, and enforce that expression, they will have done it by the choice of representatives, in expressing which many republicans, friendly to the general measures of the administration, concurred. But in the choice of electors they will be called upon to discharge a very different duty, and may discharge it in a very different way. The federalists, who voted for new representatives, may consistently vote for federal electors; but the republicans cannot, and, we presume, will not. There will be no incompatibility in desiring the removal of the Embargo and also the election of Mr. Madison as President, as whatever laws Congress may pass, it will be his duty to execute.
The mail from Chambersburg, Penn. was previous to July 1st carried but twice a week to Pittsburg. Since that period it has been carried three times. That alteration rendered several other alterations west of Pittsburg necessary—measures were taken at the Gen. Post Office in June, to make the mails from Kentucky correspond with the alterations that had taken place in Pittsburg. The contractors from Wheeling, Virg. to Frankfort, Ky. complied with the order of the Postmaster General. The contractor from Pittsburg to Wheeling did not, but in part; and to his negligence alone, is the whole ground of complaint to be attributed, that has appeared in several of the western papers. The moment that the General Post Office were apprised of his negligence, they directed the mail to be taken by express from Pittsburg to Wheeling, and which has eventuated in the re-establishment of the regularity of the great western mail. The contractor has since been superceded from his employment. Measures were long since taken at the General Post Office to have the mail carried from Wheeling, Virg. to Frankfort, Ky. in four and an half days—a rapidity that has not been equalled before in that part of the country. This statement is made merely to show that the obloquy that has been placed on the Postmaster General, was unjust—and that arrangements were properly made at the General Post Office—and in due time.
MR. CANNING'S SPEECH.
To the Editor of the National Intelligencer.
Sir, The use which the enemies of the administration have frequently and indelicately made of an extract from Mr. Canning's speech said to have been delivered in the House of Commons of G. Britain on the 24th of June last, requires that it should be freely and candidly examined. It is my intention to offer to the public, through the medium of your paper, a few observations proving the fallacy of the remarks and the dexterity of the Speaker. If the speech may be truly ascribed to Mr. Canning, and has been fairly reported, it will not be difficult to demonstrate that his observations were made without a decent regard to truth or candor. This may be done by a reference to the official
correspondence, and documents which accompanied the President's message to Congress of the 22d of March last, and which have been published, and to other official and public communications. To this mass of the proceedings of our government, it is impossible that Mr. Canning could have been a stranger. He refers in his speech to the correspondence on the table of the House, which, without doubt, was the official correspondence between the two governments. This embraces the whole referred to, except the reply of the American Secretary of state to Mr. Erskine's letter, bearing date the 23d of Feb. and communicating the Orders of Council of the 11th of November preceding. The Secretary's reply is dated the 25th of March. It cannot be doubted that Mr. Canning had seen this reply, because Mr. Pinckney, the American Minister, in a letter dated the 30th of May, acknowledges the receipt of it; and the British minister here used the same conveyance to communicate dispatches to his government.
These facts are incontrovertible; and therefore the inference is just, that, at the time this speech was made, the British ministry were in possession of the answer of the American government to Mr. Erskine's communication, remonstrating in the strongest terms against the Orders of Council interdicting our trade, and exposing their illegality and fatal tendency by arguments which are unanswerable.
The manner in which those official declarations were made to the public through the medium of parliamentary discussions, justifies the belief that they were designed to deceive the people of both countries. That they were intended to create a belief in G. Britain that the American government was satisfied; and to convey a charge against our government, of indifference at least as to the accommodation of the subjects in controversy. The party in opposition affect to consider this speech as a key to the American cabinet. Whether the conduct of an American citizen, who appeals to the unfounded assertions of a foreign minister in contradiction to the solemn acts of his own government, will reflect honor or disgrace on its author, is left to be tested by his own feelings. To refute and expose every observation made by Mr. Canning, nothing more is necessary than to appeal to the public correspondence published by order of the House of Representatives. This volume contains the most irrefragable evidence of the sincerity and anxiety of the administration to effect a general adjustment upon the most equitable and liberal principles. It is in the possession of many respectable and influential characters; but as it is not in the power of every individual in the community, it becomes necessary to exhibit to the view of the public such parts of the correspondence as have an intimate connection with the subject of Mr. Canning's observations.
It is well known that the principal points in controversy between the two governments are,
 1. The impressment of seamen from American vessels on the high seas.  2. The lawless attack on the frigate Chesapeake.  3. The Orders of Council interdicting neutral trade. 
With respect to the first point—The arguments used by the American government in support of the rights and immunities of a neutral flag are compatible with the law of nations. They have contended that no principle in the code of public law is better established than the common freedom of the seas. That a neutral flag affords protection to the crew of a merchant vessel as well as to that of a ship of war. That in many essential circumstances the objections which are applicable to impressions from ships of war, are equally applicable to those from merchant vessels. To the individuals who suffer by the practice, the injury is the same in either case. Their claim on the government for protection is in both cases equal; every maxim of public law and private right which is violated in one, is equally violated in the other. The restoration of the belligerent to the neutral power, extends to certain objects only, and is defined in each by known laws. Beyond that limit, the right of the neutral is sacred and cannot be encroached on without violence and injustice. These arguments, with many others, which cannot be refuted, have been urged by the government in support of the immunities of a neutral flag against the practice of impressment by the commanders of British armed vessels.
The government of G. Britain does not claim the right to search ships of war in the national service of any state, but has hitherto refused to relinquish the practice of impressment

from our merchant vessels, under the pretext that the similarity of language and of features between American citizens and British subjects are such as not easily to be distinguished.
But this subject, like all others, is unquestionably susceptible of adjustment by equitable and liberal stipulations. The American government has ever been ready to yield to amicable accommodation. The British ministry has admitted the expediency of the measure, yet never fail to find the means of evading a settlement. In all our negotiations with that power, the Executive of the U. States have authorised our ministers to propose & submit propositions perfectly consistent with that spirit of amity which ought to exist between friendly nations and which ought to have been accepted. The government of Great Britain has, more than once, assented to articles to remove this grievance, but when they were ready for signature, her ministers have declined it under various pretences. An arrangement was settled by Mr. King with the British ministry on the subject of impressments from American vessels on the high seas; but at the moment when the articles were expected to be signed, an exception of the "narrow seas," was urged and insisted on, which being utterly inadmissible on the part of the U. States, the negotiation was abandoned.
The following articles were proposed by Messrs. Monroe and Pinckney to the British commissioners in the year 1806.
"Article 1. No person whatever shall, on the high seas and without the jurisdiction of either party, be demanded and taken out of any ship or vessel, belonging to citizens or subjects of one of the parties, by the public or private armed ships belonging to or in the service of the other, unless such person be at the time in the military service of an enemy of such other party."
"No person, being a subject or citizen of one of the parties & resorting to, or residing in the dominions of the other, shall in any case be compelled to serve on board any vessel, whether public or private, belonging to such other party; and all citizens, or subjects whatever, of the respective parties, at this time compulsively serving on board the vessels of the other, shall be forthwith liberated, and enabled by an adequate recompence, to return to their own country."
"In all questions which may arise within the dominions of either power, respecting the national character of any person who claims to be a citizen or subject of the other power, due credit shall be given to such public document as his government may have granted for his protection. And where such documents may have been lost, destroyed, or by casualty not obtained, and any person claims to be a citizen or subject of either party, such other evidence of said claim shall be received and admitted, as would be satisfactory in a court of judicature. The high contracting parties engage that due care shall be taken that such documents shall be granted in their respective ports to such persons only as are justly entitled to them, and by suitable officers who shall be specially designated for the purpose."
"Article 2. It is agreed that no refuge or protection shall be afforded by either party to the mariners, sailors, or other persons, not found to be its own citizens, or subjects, who shall desert from a vessel of the other party, of the crew whereof the deserter made a part; but on the contrary all such deserters shall be delivered up on demand to the commanders of the vessels from which they shall have deserted, or to the commanding officers of the ships of war of the respective nations, or to such other persons as may be duly authorised to make requisition in that behalf, provided that proof be made within two years from the time of desertion, by an exhibition of the ship's papers or authenticated copies thereof, and by satisfactory evidence of the identity of the person that the deserters so demanded were actually part of the crew of the vessels in question."
"And for the more effectual execution of this article, adequate provision shall be made for causing to be arrested, on the application of the respective consuls or vice-consuls to the competent authorities, all deserters duly proved to be such, in order that they may be sent back to the commanders of the vessels to which they belonged, or removed out of the country. And all due aid and assistance shall be given in searching for as well as in seizing and arresting the said deserters, who shall be even detained and kept in the prisons of the country at the request and expence of the said consuls or vice-consuls, until they shall have found an opportunity of sending back or removing them as aforesaid."
But if they be not sent back or removed within three months, from the day of their arrests, they shall be set at liberty and shall not be again arrested for the same cause."
These articles to an impartial observer appear to be unexceptionable, as they contain fair and reciprocal provisions to prevent aggressions by either party on the other, relative to their seamen. They were however not agreed to on the part of Great Britain, nor were any others proposed to be substituted.
In order if possible, to establish some arrangement on this head, the American ministers were authorised, by instructions, dated in May 1807, in the event of a rejection of every arrangement before authorised, to admit an article to the following effect:
"It is agreed that after the term of months computed from the exchange of ratifications, and during a war in which either of the parties may be engaged, neither of them will permit any seaman, not being its own citizen or subject, and being a citizen or subject of the other party, who shall not have been, for two years at least prior to that date, constantly and voluntarily in the service, or within the jurisdiction of the parties respectively, to enter, or be employed on board any of its vessels navigating the high seas: and proper regulations, enforced by adequate penalties, shall be mutually established, for distinguishing the seamen of the parties respectively, and for giving full effect to this stipulation."
They were further instructed, that "as long as negotiation can be honorably protracted, it is a resource to be preferred, under existing circumstances, to the peremptory alternative of improper concessions, or inevitable collisions."
These extracts from the mass of public matter before referred to, are faithfully made, and prove indisputably the honest solicitude of the American government to obtain a just and honorable accommodation; and if the British government shall persist in refusing a settlement, it will prove that adjustment is not her policy, and that she prefers a continuance of a vexatious and unfounded claim, to equitable and friendly arrangement.
PLAIN TRUTH. (To be Continued.)
The Arcturus brings French advises to the latter end of June. We understand that permission had been given by the French government to the St. Michael to return to France if she saw fit, after touching at England.
Rhode-Island Election. —By official statements it appears that Elisha R. Porter and Richard Jackson, both federal, are elected Representatives in the next Congress by a majority of 449 votes.
PRESIDENT'S ANSWER to the Boston PETITION. August 26, 1808.
SIR, I beg leave to communicate through you the inclosed answer to the representation which came to me under cover from you, and to add the assurances of my respect.
TH: JEFFERSON. CHARLES BULFINCH, Esq. for the Selectmen of Boston.
To the inhabitants of the town Boston, in legal town meeting assembled.
Your representation and request were received on the 22d instant, and have been considered with the attention due to every expression of the sentiments and feelings of so respectable a body of my fellow-citizens. No person has seen with more concern than myself, the inconveniences brought on our country in general, by the circumstances of the times in which we happen to live; times to which the history of nations present no parallel. For years we have been looking as spectators on our brethren of Europe, afflicted with all those evils which necessarily follow an abandonment of the moral rule which bind men and nations together. Connected with them in friendship and commerce, we have happily so far kept aloof from their calamitous conflicts, by a steady observance of justice towards all, by much forbearance, and multiplied sacrifices. At length however, all regard to the rights of others having been thrown aside, the belligerent powers have beset the highway of commercial intercourse with edicts, which taken together, expose our commerce and mariners, under almost every destination, a prey to their fleets and armies. Each party indeed would admit our commerce with themselves, with the view of associating us in their war against the other. But we have wished war with neither. Under these circumstances were passed the laws of which you
complain, by those delegated to exercise the powers of legislation for you, with every sympathy of a common interest in exercising them faithfully. In reviewing these measures therefore we should advert to the difficulties out of which a choice was of necessity to be made. To have submitted our rightful commerce to prohibitions & tributary exactions from others, would have been to surrender our independence. To resist them by arms was war, without consulting the state of things or the choice of the nation. The alternative preferred by the Legislature of suspending a commerce placed under such unexampled difficulties, besides saving to our citizens their property, & our mariners to their country, has the peculiar advantage of giving time to the belligerent nations to revise a conduct as contrary to their interests as it is to our rights.
"In the events of such peace, or suspension, of hostilities between the belligerent powers of Europe, or of such a change in their measures affecting neutral commerce, as may render that of the United States sufficiently safe, in the judgement of the President," he is authorised to suspend the embargo. But no peace or suspension of hostilities, no change of measures affecting neutral commerce, is known to have taken place. The orders of England, and the decrees of France and Spain existing at the date of these laws, are still unrepealed, as far as we know. In Spain indeed a contest for the government appears to have arisen; but of its course or prospects, we have no information on which prudence would undertake a hasty change in our policy, even were the authority of the executive competent to such a decision.
You desire that, in this defect of power Congress may be specially convened. It is unnecessary to examine the evidence or the character of the facts which are supposed to dictate such a call: Because you will be sensible, on an attention to dates, that the legal period of their meeting is as early as, in this extensive country, they could be fully convened by a special call.
I should, with great willingness, have executed the wishes of the inhabitants of the town of Boston, had peace, or a repeal of the obnoxious edicts, or other changes, produced the case in which alone the laws have given me that authority; and so many motives of justice and interest lead to such changes, that we ought continually to expect them. But while these edicts remain, the Legislature alone can prescribe the course to be pursued.
TH: JEFFERSON. Aug. 26, 1808.
PROSPECTS.
Republican prospects in New-Jersey were never brighter. From every quarter of the state from which we have heard, we have intelligence of the utmost union and harmony among the friends of our government, and of a firm and general determination to turn out to election like a band of brothers in support of the present administration and its measures.
From Gloucester county we hear, that the republican meeting for the selection of candidates on Monday last, was much more numerous and respectable attended than usual—that a ticket was agreed upon with perfect unanimity—and that a resolution approving the nomination of Mr. Madison, was carried with but two dissenting voices—Mr. Sloan's and his son's.
The republican meeting at Mount Holly, on the 27th ultimo, to form a ticket for Burlington county, was larger than had ever before convened on a similar occasion—and the business of the meeting was gone through with universal satisfaction. The particulars we shall probably have next week.
In Salem county, the republicans will have a larger majority than they have had any past election.
In Cumberland, federalists have but faint hopes of success—and the republican meeting this day will probably dissipate these.
In this county, Hunterdon, at the republican meeting on Saturday at Flemington, about three hundred and thirty were present—and the utmost harmony and union prevailed through the transaction of the whole business. Particulars next week.
True American.
The captain of the schooner West Indian, arrived at Baltimore on Saturday morning from Jamaica, states that the embargo is most severely felt in that island—that flour is 48 dollars per barrel, and cod fish 39 dollars per cwt—and every other article of necessity at a proportionate price.
The latest accounts from Jamaica, which are to the 10th ult. represent that island to be in state of great dis-
tress, from the scarcity of flour and other provisions. Flour is as high as 48 dollars per barrel, and very little on hand. The crops had failed. Indian corn was extraordinary high and very scarce.
Phil. Gaz. New-York, Sept. 9.
Letters received in this city yesterday mention the death of JAMES SULLIVAN, Esq. Governor of the state of Massachusetts.
We learn by a passenger in the Arcturus, that Col. Burr and General Miranda arrived in Corunna (Spain) on the 5th of July, via England.
Letters from Bordeaux by the Arcturus, as well as passengers state the existence of an embargo in France.
Extract of a letter from Bordeaux, dated the 18th of July.
"French troops are continually marching through this place for Spain, by forced marches, where 40,000 have already arrived."
Sept. 10.
Captain Lovett, arrived at Salem from the Havanna, informs, that the Spaniards, of Cuba are determined to maintain their independence, even if Old Spain should be reduced under the yoke of Bonaparte. The French had twelve days from the time of his sailing to leave the island. Their situation had been extremely dangerous there, from the wrath of the Spaniards; some had been assassinated, for having spoken lightly of the Spanish cause, and saying that the Spaniards would soon be suppressed by Bonaparte. They would not bear such language. Captain Lovett having lost several of his hands, shipped a number of French sailors, who were glad of this opportunity to get away.
A letter received in this city from Bordeaux, by the Arcturus, dated 27th June, says, "A general embargo, it is apprehended, will ere long take place on all American vessels in the ports of France; and it is feared a rupture will be the consequence. Sixty-two American vessels have been lately condemned by the council of prizes at Paris. Our markets for colonial and American produce have been very favorable for some time past; prices in consequence were pushed extremely high, but are now lowering, and in no demand."
The Boston papers received yesterday are silent as to the death of Governor Sullivan. In the Repertory he is said to be "very seriously indisposed."
In addition to the intelligence we have already given respecting Spain, we learn, from papers received at Boston by the Arcturus, that General Lefebvre had surrendered to the Aragonese, who had taken the provisions and ammunition destined for his relief; and that Jerome Bonaparte was to be king of Naples, and Murat of Westphalia.
It was reported, that about 60,000 French troops had been recently marched into Spain, including many of the national guards. The patriots are said to have 50,000 cavalry.
The French papers contain some accounts of advantages obtained over the rebels, as those are called who fight for their country. But the circumstances under which those papers are published prevents their obtaining credit.
It appears that orders have been given for disarming all Spaniards. A Bayonne article of June 17, says that Gens. Lasalle and Merle, who went to disarm the people at and near Valencia, met 1200 rebels under general Cuesta, whom they dispersed, killing about 1000. The French losing 6 killed and 8 or 10 wounded! The French proceeded to Valladolid disarming the people, and 30 of the most culpable were shot.
"On the 12th of June Gen. Lefebvre attacked the army of insurgents of Saragossa, and dispersed them; more than 2000 of them were thrown into the river and perished. The French had four killed and four wounded."
[French Paper.] "The emperor had directed that those Spaniards who renounce their errors shall be treated with indulgence; but that a terrible example shall be made of such as persist."
[Ibid.]
"The rebels killed Gen. Cevallos at Valladolid."
[Ibid.] Col. Gibbs (one of the passengers in the Arcturus) was informed, when in Paris, that an attack had been contemplated on the Austrian dominions before the disturbances in Spain broke out. That Austria was more formidable than ever, having organized a force of 400,000.
The Arcturus stopped at Fayal, and while there, a Portuguese 74 arrived on her way to England, from Brazil.
and informed that sir Sidney Smith was about proceeding with an allied army of British and Portuguese, against Buenos Ayres.
A letter from Halifax, (N. S.) dated Aug. 22d, received at Boston, mentions the arrival of the Hussar frigate from Barbadoes, and that she had obtained from a vessel she spoke the same information we published in this paper on Thursday—"That Russia, Sweden, Denmark and England had concluded a treaty of peace."
MANlius, Aug. 30.
We are happy to learn that a stop is to be put to the unprincipled speculation, which has been so long carried on by the inhabitants of this vicinity, that those whom duty or patriotism could not restrain will be compelled by force to observe the laws of the country. The governor's aid, Mr. Livingston, has arrived in this county, with orders for the detachment of one hundred militia, who commenced their march this morning for Oswego, where, as well as Sodus, and other places on the lake, a sufficient number will be continued to frustrate the running of property, so long as the existing laws shall be continued in force.
We saw a letter on Saturday evening, from an eminent mercantile house at St. Sebastians, of July 7, to a merchant in this city, from which we copy the following:
A decree of our government, directs the setting at liberty of American vessels that had been arrested, for having been visited by the English; this proves that your flag will be respected in our ports.
Aurora.
A gentleman arrived in town yesterday from Vermont, informs, that Capt. Mott had received his trial and was found guilty of murder, by the jury.
Boston Gaz.
WASHINGTON THEATRE.
(FOR FIVE NIGHTS ONLY.)
ON WEDNESDAY EVENING,
SEPTEMBER 14, 1808.
Will be presented an admired Comedy
IN FIVE ACTS,
CALLED,
THE ROAD TO RUIN.
Dornton, Mr. M'Kee. Harry Dornton, Mr. Cope. Mr. Sulky, Mr. Francis. Mr. Silky, Mr. Bissett. Goldfinch, Mr. J.erson. Milford, Mr. Millet. Mr. Smith, Mr. Briers. Hosier, Mr. Cross. Sheriff's Officer, Mr. Seymour. Tradesmen, Messrs. Jacobs, &c. Jacob, Mr. Harris. Post Boy, Master Scrivener. Widow Warren, Mrs. Francis. Sophia, Mrs. Wmmt. Jenny, Mrs. Seymour. Mrs. Ledger, Jefferson.
To which will be added
A MUCH ADMIR'D ENTERTAINMENT,
In two Acts,
called
THE MOCK DOCTOR,
OR
DUMB LADY CURED.
Sir Jasper, Mr. Bray. Leander, Mr. Miller. Gregory, Mr. Jefferson. Robert, Mr. Briers. James, Mr. Cross. Harry, Mr. Jacobs. Davy, Mr. Bissett. Hell-bore, Mr. Francis. Dorcas, Mrs. Francis. Charlotte, Miss Root.
The next night's Performance will be on SATURDAY.
** Tickets to be had of Mr. Charlack at Mr. Stibbins's, Cabinet-maker, in F street, near the Bank.
†† Box One Dollar—Pitt Three-quarters of a Dollar.
Doors will be open at Six—Curtain rise a quarter before Seven o'clock.
THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE
That the subscriber of Prince Georges county hath obtained from the Orphans Court of Prince Georges county in Maryland letters of administration on the Personal Estate of Isaac Menger late of Prince Georges county, deceased. All persons having claims against the said deceased, are hereby warned to exhibit the same with the vouchers thereof to the subscriber at or before the 13th day of March next; they may otherwise by law be excluded from all benefit of the said estate. Given under our hands, this 13th day of September 1808.
ANN MAGRUDER, THOS. MAGRUDER, Administrators.
September 14—w.6t
FOR SALE.
FOUR HUNDRED acres of land adjoining land of Samuel Aurent, beginning in Beaver Township, Northumberland county, state of Pennsylvania—or exchanged for merchandise or good property well situated in this city.
For terms apply to JOSEPH WHEATON, Washington City, May 18—tt

STRAYED or STOLEN FROM the commons (near the Eastern Branch), on Saturday the 27th August, a tolerable large Brindle COW, about 8 years old—she had some white on her belly, face, and part of her tail; had a gimlet hole bored in each horn, the mark in her ears not recollected—she was raised up the country. Any person that delivers the said Cow to the subscriber, shall receive three dollars reward, paid by JEREMIAH BOOTH. Washington, Sept. 7—2w2w
J. CROSSFIELD. HAS just received per the schooner Maria from New-York a large assortment of Groceries, which he offers for sale at the corner of Twelfth and D streets between Pennsylvania Avenue and the Tybee wharf, and next door to Col. J. P. Van Ness—Consisting of Madera, } Ten-ri, } Sherry, } Lisbon, } Malaga, } Sicily Madeira, } Claretland } Burgundy, } Jamaica spirits, } St. Croix, do. } Gin, } Melasses, } Smichang, } Hysan, } Young Hysan and } Hysan skin, } Brown Sugar, } Coffee and Almonds, } Meal and Dips Candles, } Soap, Cotton Wool, } Muscadel Raisins, } Sugars, &c. &c. } Sept. 7—6p
MARSHAL'S SALE. WILL be exposed to public sale on the 25th day of September next, at Rhodes's tavern in Washington city, all the right, title, and interest of BENJAMIN PERKINS to lot No. 1, in square 70, in said city, together with a small frame workshop thereon; the above property is seized and sold to satisfy two writs of feri facias issued out of the circuit court of the district of Columbia for the county of Washington, the one at the suit of Timothy Caldwell, and the other at the suit of Alexander Cochran use of Hugh Smith, against said Perkins. The sale will commence at 11 o'clock, A. M. Terms cash. WASHINGTON BOYD, Marshal D. C. August 22—2w1w
NOTICE. MERCHANTS and others desirous of forwarding LETTERS to Europe, are hereby informed that a vessel will sail under the orders of Government from Philadelphia, on the 15th of September next, or as soon as may be thereafter, for France and England. The postage on Letters must be paid in Philadelphia. Department of State, August 29—6p
LEGIONARY COURT. A Legionary Court of Enquiry for the First Legion of the Militia of the District of Columbia will be held at Rhodes's tavern, in this city, on the 15th September next, at 3 o'clock P. M. All who have been absent from their late Company musters may ascertain, by applying to the Commanding Officers of their respective Companies, whether they are fined by the Battalion Courts; from which there lies an appeal to the Legionary Court. September 12—
Fresh Teas, Nutmegs, sugars, Coffee, &c. W. & C. SMITH have just received by the Maria from New York, 6 Chests } 20 Boxes } 100 Canisters } 25 Chests } 15 Boxes } 100 Canisters } 20 Chests } 18 Half do. } 30 Boxes } 10 Chests } 1 Cts hysan skin do. 1 Cts nutmegs and cloves. 52 Hds. 5c. Croix sugars—part of them very first quality. 40 Bags best Martinique green coffee. 12 Bags Cocks. 20 Small baskets best Marseilles re-fin d olive oil. 10 Quarter casks London particular Teneffe wine. Georgetown, June 20—2wtf.
MARSHAL'S SALE. WILL be exposed to public sale on Saturday the 17th day of September next at Rhodes's Tavern in Washington city, all the right, title, and interest of Thomas T. Gantt to Lot No. 15 in square 293, Lots Nos. 12 and 14 in square 430. Lot No. 2 in square 12, Lots 21, 22 and 23 in square 569, and Lots 13 and 14 in square 1023, taken by virtue of a writ of feri facias , issued out of the circuit court of the district of Columbia for the county of Washington, at the suit of Samuel Crowder and others (for the use of William Brent) against Thomas T. Gantt: the sale will commence precisely at 12 o'clock. Terms, a credit of 60 days and 90 days, the purchaser giving notes with approved endorser. WASHINGTON BOYD, Marshal District Columbia. August 11—2wts
WASHINGTON JOCKEY CLUB RACES. ON Tuesday the 25th day of OCTOBER next, will be run for over the Washington course, a Purse of five hundred dollars , four miles and repeat—free for any horse, mare, or gelding. On Wednesday the 26th will be run for, a Purse of three hundred and fifty dollars , three miles and repeat—free as above, the winning horse of the preceding day excepted—and On Thursday the 27th will be run for, "The City and Town Purse," of three hundred dollars , two miles and repeat—free only for colts and fillies—Each race to be run and conducted agreeably to the rules of the Club. The Purses will probably be considerably larger than has been stated. The amount of each cannot be stated with positive certainty, because it is made up, in part, from the tolls collected at the gates, and from the rent of the booths. SAMUEL BOOTES, Sec. George Town, August 31—4h
N. B. The members of the Club are particularly requested to meet at the Union Tavern, at 6 o'clock on the evening of the day preceding the first day's race, in conformity to a standing rule of the Club. S. B.
NEW GOODS. The Subscriber has just received from New York, and now opening at his STORE in BRIDGE STREET, the following Goods, viz: 1 Case 4 3/4 and 6 3/4 cotton cambric muslins. 1 do. 7 3/4 Irish linens well assorted. 1 do. 8 3/4 and 10 3/4 Irish damask table Diapers. 6 do. men's low priced f'd hats. 1 do. men and women's cotton stockings, plain, laced, and sandals. 1 trunk low priced English calicoes. 1 do. 8 3/4 cotton damask table diapers. 1 do. containing 35 dozen cotton damask towels. 1 do. 60 pieces scarlet and brown bandana hankchiefs. 1 do. dark plaid pingham and black cambric muslins. 6 bales India cottons, different kinds. 4 do. white and brown German ticklenburgs. 45 box. A Havannah segars, All of which will be sold low for cash or approved paper at 60 or 90 days. EDWARD L. SMITH. George Town, September 2—5w
PROPOSAL, By JOSEPH MILLIGAN, George Town, For publishing by Subscription, ADELINÉ MOWBRAY; OR THE MOTHER & DAUGHTER. IN TWO VOLUMES. By MRS. OPIE.
CUSTOM, and perhaps propriety, have rendered it necessary to usurp the favorable opinion of the public to a new book; but the writings of Mrs. Opie have long held such an undisputed claim to excellence, that nothing more seems necessary than to point out the leading object of the present very interesting tale, to recommend it to general patronage. Those who have attentively read the writings of Mr. Godwin, well know, that however correct his abstract positions, and however logical his deductions may be—till they are, in many instances, by no means suited to the actual state of society. His opinions on the matrimonial engagement would, if generally adopted, infallibly destroy those bonds which are at once the most efficacious restraint upon licentious passion, and the best, nay the only security for domestic happiness. To counteract his fatal theory appears to be the principal design of the work now offered—in which the characters are so well supported, the incidents arise so naturally from the situations in which they are placed, the reasoning is so perfectly just, the whole narrative so beautifully pathetic, and the impression which it is calculated to produce on every ingenuous mind, so favorable to the cause of morality, that the publisher confidently anticipates its meeting the same universal applause in this country which it obtained in England. CONDITIONS. To those who may subscribe before the first of October next, the price will be seventy-five cents per volume, in boards, after which it will be advanced to eighty-seven and a half cents per volume. August 12—eop1m
To the Creditors of Capt. JOHN MITCHELL deceased. THIS is to give notice, that the subscriber of George Town hath obtained from the Orphans Court of Washington county in the district of Columbia, letters testamentary on the will and personal estate of Capt. John Mitchell, late of George Town in said county deceased—All persons having claims against the said deceased are hereby warned to exhibit the same together with the vouchers thereof, to the subscriber on or before the 15th day of March next, they may otherwise by law be excluded from all benefit of the said estate. Given under my hand this 9th day of September, in the year 1808. MARY MITCHELL, Ex'r. September 7—3t
NOTICE. THE sale of Negro JOHN, advertised for sale, the 27th of August, for his jail fees, is postponed until Saturday 17th of September precisely at 10 o'clock, A. M. at the jail in Washington county, at which time and place there will also be offered for sale two other likely young NEGRO MEN. WASHINGTON BOYD, Marshal D. C. September 9—1d
FURNITURE FOR SALE. ON Monday 26th inst. will commence at the dwelling house of the subscriber on Jersey Avenue, near the Capitol, the sale of a large quantity of excellent household and kitchen furniture—viz. Mahogany dining, breakfast and card tables, ditto sideboard & sofa; a number of carpets but little used from 7 1/2 by 6 1/2, to 4 by 3 yards, one settee several dozen of chairs, writing tables, washstands and basins; a quantity of double and single beds, bedssteads, curtains, blankets and sheets to suit, in good preservation; large and small looking-glasses, open stoves, grates, andirons, shovels and tongs, one large urn, a quantity of china and glass ware, knives and forks, pickling and preserving jars. Also a variety of kitchen furniture too tedious for specification; and two excellent milch cows accustomed to the pail. Terms of Sale. All purchases under 50 dollars, cash—from 50 to 100 dollars, ninety days and upwards 100 dollars 120 days, with interest calculated thereon and notes satisfactorily endorsed payable either at the City or Columbia Banks. JOHN COYLE. Sept. 9—epts
District of Columbia, Washington county, to wit. ON the petition of HEZEKIAH BERRY an insolvent debtor confined in the prison of Washington county for debt—Notice is hereby given to the creditors of the said Hezekiah Berry that on the 19th day of September instant at the hour of 9 o'clock A. M. at Lindsay's Hotel, in the city of Washington, the oath prescribed by the act of Congress, entitled, "An act for the relief of insolvent debtors within the district of Columbia," will be administered to the said Hezekiah Berry and a trustee appointed, unless cause be shown, and there shown to the contrary. It is ordered that this notice be published in the National Intelligencer, and Washington Federalist three times in each paper before said day. By order of the honorable William Craigh, esq. chief judge of the circuit court of the district of Columbia. WM. BRENT, Ck. September 9—3t
Prince Georges, county, ss. ON application to me the subscriber the recess of the court as chief judge of the first judicial district of the state of Maryland by petition in writing of HENRY ADDISON CALLIS, of Prince Georges county, praying for the benefit of the act for the relief of sundry insolvent debtors, and the several supplements thereto on the terms mentioned in the said acts—a schedule of his property and list of his creditors on oath as far as he can ascertain them, being annexed to his petition; and the said Henry Addison Callis, having satisfied me by competent testimony that he has resided in the state of Maryland two years immediately preceding the time of his application; having also stated in his petition that he is now in actual confinement for debt and not on account of any breach of the peace or for the non-payment of any fine, or penalty for the breach of the laws of this state or of the United States, and having produced to me the certificate of the Sheriff of Prince Georges county to that effect, and having prayed to be discharged from confinement on the terms prescribed in the said acts, and having given security for his personal appearance at the next county court to answer any allegations that may be made against him by his creditors. I do hereby order and adjudge that the said Henry Addison Callis be discharged from his imprisonment, and by causing a copy of this order to be inserted in the National Intelligencer for three months successively before the first Monday in December next, to give notice to his creditors to appear before the county court at the court house of said county, at 12 o'clock of the said first Monday in December next for the purpose of recommending a trustee for their benefit, on the said Henry Addison Callis then and there taking the oath by the said act prescribed for the delivering up his property and to show cause if any they have why the said Henry Addison Callis should not have the benefit of the several acts of Assembly for the relief of insolvent debtors. Given under my hand this 12th day of August 1808. JOHN M. GANTT. September 2—w3m
I WILL RENT for the next year, several LARGE FARMS, situated on the Potomac in the state of Virginia, about 20 miles above this place. These Farms will all be seeded at the proper season with Wheat and delivered up to the persons that rent on the first day of January next, or sooner if required—they will be shown to any persons desirous of renting by Mr. James Middleton, who resides at M'Cartys island near them, or by the subscriber. JOHN W. BRONAUGH. George Town, August 31—4w
CHARLES H. VARDEN MERCHANT TAYLOR, RESPECTFULLY informs the gentlemen of the district of Columbia and public in general, that he has just received by a late arrival from Philadelphia, A CHOICE ASSORTMENT Of superfine Cloths, Cassimeres, single and double milled, superfine Coatings, black silk Florentines. Likewise an elegant assortment of Spangle and rich silk Moleskins for waistcoats with a variety of other articles suitable for the season. Regimentals and Navy Uniforms made in the most elegant and uniform style of fashion. Richard Horwell's celebrated patent parallel suspenders far superior to any hitherto in use can be had on the same terms retails as at his manufactory. November 27—tf
To holders of NON-RESIDENT LANDS, within the state of OHIO. WEL knowing that many gentlemen, non-residents of this state, and who own lands within it, and particularly those who hold it within the Virginia Military District, are subjected to many inconveniences and impositions by men in this state; and, upon a particular examination of the books in the Auditor's office, of this state, I discover that many gentlemen holding lands within the above mentioned district, have, from a non-payment of the taxes due thereon, subjected them to be sold for the taxes so due, by the collector of the taxes on non-resident proprietors lands for said district. And it frequently happens that the purchaser at such sales will not relinquish his title to the original owner, under one-fourth of the real value of the land. From the circumstances above mentioned, and many more that might be recited, of equal if not greater importance to land holders, I am now prompted to come forward and offer my services to such gentlemen, as an agent to superintend the payment of their taxes, the redeeming of their lands, sold by the collector, mentioned above; and also for the selling of any lands which they may wish to sell, which business I will transact on moderate terms; much more so than those on which many within the compass of my knowledge have their business of that nature transacted. Any gentleman who shall think proper to entrust to me the management of his business, may be well assured that entire justice will be done him. As I reside with the Auditor of this state, and have always access to his books, I have every opportunity of ascertaining the precise situation of any lands within the state, which are subject to taxation, and as I am not engaged in any land speculations, will have no inducement to withhold correct information. By an act of the last session of the legislature of this state, the rate of land tax was raised to the following rates, viz. First rate 100 cents, Second rate 75 cents, and Third rate 50 cents per 100 acres. And under the said act, all lands which are hereafter sold for the payment of taxes, may be redeemed by paying to the purchaser thereof, 100 per cent. and interest on the purchase money and costs: Provided such redemption shall take within one year after the purchase. All lands subjected to taxation within this state, & which shall not be paid between the first day of August past, and the first day of December next, will, as has always been customary, on that day, be offered for sale for the taxes due thereon. Any letters on the above business, postage paid, will be strictly attended to by, CADWALLADER WALLACE. Chillicothe, Ohio, Aug. 15—3w
MARSHAL'S SALE. WILL be exposed to Public Sale on the 30th day of September next, at Rhodes's tavern in Washington city, all the right, title, and interest of Wm. ESKENBECK, to LOTS numbered Two and Three in square 257 in said city—said property is seized and sold by virtue of a writ of feri facias , issued out of the circuit court of the district of Columbia for the county of Washington at the suit of John C. Severman, against said Eskinbeck. The sale will commence precisely at 11 o'clock, A. M. Terms cash. WASHINGTON BOYD, Marshal D. C. Aug. 29—2wts
NOTICE. PURSUANT to an act of the General Assembly of Maryland, passed at November session, 1806, entitled "An act authorizing the collection of certain ground rents due on lots in the Town of Cumberland, in Allegany county," and a supplement thereto, passed at November session, 1807, Public Notice is hereby given to all persons holding improved lots in said town, or which ground rents are now due, that unless the said rents are paid on or before the first day of December next, the said lots will on that day be offered at public sale to the highest bidder, on a credit of 60 days. The sale to be held at Mr. J. Rine's tavern in said town, to commence at ten o'clock, A. M. and continue from day to day, until the whole are sold. THOMAS BEALL, of Saml. March 21—epts
FOR SALE. THE Subscriber has just received and offers for sale at his store near the Navy Yard a general assortment of LADIES & GENTLEMEN'S SHOES, Which he will sell for Cash at a low price. JOSEPH CASSIN. N. B. He has always on hand an assortment of GROCERIES of the first quality. September 2—tw
PORT-TOBACCO JOCKEY CLUB RACES. WILL be run for, over the Port Tobacco Jockey Club Course, on the second Tuesday in October next, a Purse of three hundred and sixty dollars , four miles and repeat, free for any horse, mare, or gelding, and on the second day a Purse of two hundred dollars , two miles and repeat, the winning horse of the first days race only excepted. Weights agreeable to the rules of the club; and on the third day a handsome Saddle, Bridle, and Martingale, value Fifty dollars, one mile and repeat, by saddle horses. All horses must be entered with the Secretary on the evening previous to their running. WM. D. HARRISON, Sec. August 24—
FOR SALE or RENT. THE Hotel at present occupied by P. D. STELLÉ. The advantages of this situation are so well known, that it is useless to say more of it—it is convenient to the Capitol, is calculated for a large establishment, with stabling for 40 or 50 horses. The Bridge, rapidly progressing over the Potomac, with the turnpike road to Alexandria, also in great forwardness, will add to the many advantages this situation possesses. To a man qualified to carry on such an establishment, no situation can insure a more certain and rapid fortune. Occupation can be had any day before the first of October next. Apply to the subscriber. DANL. CARROLL of Dud'a. Washington, August 5—epto
Orphan's Court, Prince Georges county, July 19th, 1808. IT being represented to this court by a Petition in writing of Robert McGill administrator of Benjamin Gaither late of said county, deceased, that in consequence of the absence of the deceased's representatives from the state of Maryland, and of doubts being entertained whether the said absent representatives are in existence or have left any issue to represent them, he cannot safely make distribution of the assets in his hands without the interposition of this court. It is therefore ordered, that unless the said absent representatives appear before this court on or before the 30th day of January next to receive their respective dividends, that the court will then proceed to make distribution of the assets in the hands of the said Rbt. McGill, among the deceased's representatives residing in the state of Maryland, provided the said Robert McGill shall cause a copy of this order to be inserted in the National Intelligencer one a week for eight weeks before the 30th day of November next. Test TRUEMAN TYLER, Reg. of Wills for Prince Georges county. August 19—w8t
FOR SALE. ON Monday the 10th of October next, if fair, if not the next fair day, I will offer at public sale, 308 acres of LAND, lying on St. Clement's Bay, and nearly between Chaptico and Leonardtown, handsomely situated on the said Bay, with a large and commodious Dwelling House with comfortable dry cellars, a convenient kitchen, dairy, meat house, corn house, stables, barn, and every other necessary outhouse nearly new, and in good order—Eighty acres of the above land is heavily timbered with large white oak, cedar, and some pine—the situation perfectly healthy and within three miles of the river Potomac—fish, oysters, and wild fowl in abundance during the season, and to be had within 300 yards of the door; the soil fertile and a perfect level only whereon the houses stand. One half the purchase money will be required on the first day of January 1809, when possession will be given, and the balance a credit of twelve months will be given from the day of sale an giving bond with approved security. Sale to be on the premises, and to commence at 2 o'clock. JOHN BOND. St. Mary's county, August 24—3w.
THE RT. HON. CHARLES J. FOX'S HISTORICAL WORKS. BIRCH & SMALL of Philadelphia announce that they have just received from London, and will publish on or before the 10th September, The History of the early part of the reign of James the Second, by the Rt. Hon. Charles J. Fox , to which is prefixed a copious Address to the Reader, by Lord Holland, under whose care it was published, with an Appendix containing a correspondence between Louis XIV. and M. Barillon on English affairs, and other original and important papers. It will be printed in the handsome Octavo Vol. price Two Dollars & Fifty Cents , in neat 3c. containing the whole of the whole London 4c. which cost Thirty-six shillings sterling in England. August 24—3t