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NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER,
AND WASHINGTON ADVERTISER.
VOL. VII.
WASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
No. 1053.
FIVE DOLLARS PER ANNUM
FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1807.
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TRIAL of Col. AARON BURR.
Saturday, June 27.
OPINION
On the motion for an attachment against Gen. Wilkinson.
The motion now under consideration was heard at this time, because it was alleged to be founded on a fact which might affect the justice of the case in which the court is about to be engaged, and because while the bills were depending before the Grand Jury, the court might without impeding the progress of the business, examine into the complaint which has been made.
The motion is to attach gen. Wilkinson for a contempt of this court, by obstructing the fair course of justice with regard to a prosecution depending before it. In support of this charge has been offered the testimony of Mr. Knox, who states a conversation between gen. Wilkinson and himself previous to his being served with a subpoena, the object of which was to extract from him whatever information he might possess respecting the expedition which was the subject of inquiry in this court; and who states also, that he was afterwards summoned before Judge Hall, who examined him upon interrogatories, and committed him to jail, whence he was taken by order of the deputy marshal, who was a military as well as civil officer, and put on board the Revenge, in which gen. Wilkinson sailed, for the purpose of being brought from New Orleans to Richmond.
That unfair practices towards a witness who was to give testimony in this court, or oppression under color of its process; also those practices and that oppression were acted in another district, would be punishable in the mode now suggested, provided the person who had acted therein, came within the jurisdiction of the court, is a position which the court is not disposed to controvert; but it is also believed that this mode of punishment ought not to be adopted, unless the deviation from law could be clearly attached to the person against whom the motion was made; and unless the deviation was intentional, or unless the course of judicial proceeding was or might be so affected by it, as to make a punishment in this mode, obviously conducive to a fair and correct administration of justice.
The conversation which took place between gen. Wilkinson & the witness on the arrival of the latter in New Orleans, was manifestly held with the intention of drawing from him any information which he might possess, relative to the expedition which was then the subject of enquiry. In this intention there was nothing unlawful. Government and those who represent it, may justifiably and laudably use means to obtain voluntary communications, provided these means be not such as might tempt the person making them to give an improper coloring to his representations, which might afterwards adhere to them when repeated in court. The address stated to have been employed, the condescension and regard, with which the witness was treated, are not said by himself to have been accompanied with any indications of a desire to draw from him more than the truth. The offer of money, if with a view to corrupt, could not be too severely reprehended. It is certainly a dangerous species of communication between those who are searching for testimony and the person from whom it is expected. But in this case the court cannot contemplate the offer as being made with immoral views. The witness had a right to demand from those he was expected to accuse, a small sum of money sufficient to subsist him on his return to his home. He was asked whether on receiving this sum, his objections to giving testimony would be removed. This was certainly a delicate question, but it might be asked without improper motives, and it was pressed no further. This is not shown to be an attempt to contaminate the source of justice, and a consequent contempt of the court, in which it is administered.
The imprisonment of Mr. Knox, and the order for conveying him from New Orleans to Richmond, were the acts of judge Hall. Whether his proceedings were legal or illegal, they are not shown to have been influenced by gen. Wilkinson, and this court cannot presume such to have been the fact. Gen. Wilkinson therefore is not responsible for them. They were founded it is true, on an affidavit made by him; but there was no impropriety in making this affidavit, and it remained with the judge to decide what the law would authorise in the case.
All the subsequent proceedings were directed by the civil authority. The agents who executed the orders of the judge were indeed military men, who most probably would not have disobeyed the commander in chief; but that officer is not responsible in this way for having failed to interpose his authority, in order to prevent the execution of the orders of the judge, even if those orders ought not to have been given.
Upon a full view of the subject, the case appears to have been this. General Wilkinson was desirous that the
testimony of the witness should be obtained; and aware of the accusations which had before been brought against him for the use he had made of the military power, he was desirous of obtaining the testimony by lawful means, and therefore referred the subject to a judge of the territory, under whose orders all subsequent proceedings were taken. Whether the judge did or did not transcend the limits prescribed by law those ministerial officers who obeyed his orders, cannot be supposed to have acted with a knowledge that he had mistaken his power. Should it be admitted that this would be no defence for them in an action, to obtain compensation for the injury, yet it furnishes sufficient evidence, that no contempt was intended to this court by gen. Wilkinson, that he has not been guilty of any intentional abuse of its process or of any oppression in the manner of executing it.
It is said that capt. Gaines, the gentleman whom the marshal appointed as his deputy for this particular purpose, had not taken the oath of office, and was therefore not legally qualified to act in that character. However correct this observation may be in itself, it does not appear to the court to justify an attachment against gen. Wilkinson. The person who sees in the possession of another, a commission as deputy marshal, and sees that others acting under that commission, ought not to be subjected to a process of contempt for having made no enquiries respecting the oath which the law requires to be taken.
The attachment will not be awarded because gen. Wilkinson cannot be considered as having controled or influenced the conduct of the civil magistrate, and because in this transaction his intention appears to have been not to violate the laws. In such a case, where an attachment does not seem to be absolutely required by justice, due to the particular individual against whom the prosecution is depending, the court is more inclined to leave the parties to the ordinary powers, which are given for the purpose of preserving the administration of justice, in that purity which ought to be so universally desired.
Richmond, July 11.
In Council, July 10. 1807.
The Governor laid before the board a letter from Henry Dearborn, secretary of the war department of the U. States, bearing date the 6th of July, 1807, requiring the Executive of Virginia to take effectual measures to organise, arm and equip according to law, and hold in readiness to march at a moment's warning, eleven thousand five hundred and sixty-three militia, (officers included,) by virtue of an Act of Congress passed on the 18th day of April, 1806, intitled "An act authorising a detachment from the militia of the United States;" and to accept of the services of companies of volunteers, conformably to the second section of the said act, or to an act of Congress passed the 24th day of February, 1807, intitled "An act authorising the President of the United States to accept the services of a number of volunteer companies, not exceeding thirty thousand men;" on due consideration thereof.
It is advised, that orders be immediately issued to maj. general Lee, to furnish from his division two thousand four hundred and forty-two artillery, one hundred and eighty-four cavalry, including the necessary officers; to major general Williams to furnish from his division two thousand & eighty seven infantry, 1 hundred & twenty two artillery & two hundred & forty five cavalry, including the necessary officers; to major general Preston to furnish from his division three thousand two hundred and twenty three infantry, (one thousand one hundred and fifty six of which shall be rifle men) one hundred and eighty nine artillery, and three hundred and seventy nine cavalry, including the necessary officers; and to major general Woodson to furnish from his division two thousand one hundred and nine infantry, one hundred & twenty five artillery, and two hundred and forty eight cavalry, including the necessary officers; the whole to be so organised as to constitute twelve regiments of infantry, two of cavalry, and one of artillery: to consist of a number of men not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand each.
It is advised, that the several commanders of regiments be directed to procure the number of men required from each regiment, by accepting companies, of volunteers, who may, at any time previous to orders for taking the field, tender their services, either conformably to the 2nd section of the act of congress first above mentioned, intitled "An act authorising a detachment from the militia of the United States," or to the act "Authorising the President of the
United States to accept the services of a number of volunteer companies not exceeding thirty thousand men;" preferring, in the first place, such volunteer companies as are already organised. and, (in case of a deficiency of volunteers,) by drafting men according to law. If such volunteers, in any regiment, shall exceed in number the proportion of men required therefrom the commandant thereof shall not reject the services of any of them; but shall report the circumstance to the Executive.
Published by order of the Executive, DANIEL L. HYLTOM, Clerk of the Council.
The documents referred to in the above advice are the following, viz.
War Department, July 6, 1807. His Excellency the Governor of the State of Virginia.
SIR, The President of the United States has directed me to call upon the Executives of the several states to take effectual measures to organise, arm and equip, according to law, and hold in readiness to march at a moment's warning, their respective proportions of one hundred thousand militia, officers included, by virtue of an act of Congress passed on the 18th day of April, 1806, intitled, "An act authorising a detachment from the militia of the United States." This therefore is to require of your Excellency to take effectual measures for having eleven thousand five hundred and sixty-three of the militia of Virginia, (being her quota) detached and duly organised in companies, battalions, regiments, brigades, and divisions, within the shortest period that circumstances will permit: and as nearly as practicable in the following proportions of artillery, cavalry and infantry, viz: one twentieth part of artillery; one tenth part of cavalry; and the residue infantry. There will however be no objection on the part of the President of the United States, to the admission of a proportion of rifle men, duly organised in distinct corps, and not exceeding one tenth part of the whole quota of the states respectively: each corps should be properly armed and equipped for actual service. Any companies of volunteers, who, previous to orders for taking the field, may tender their services conformably to the second section of the aforesaid act, or to an act of Congress (a copy of which is enclosed) passed on the 24th day of February, 1807, intitled, "An act authorising the President of the United States to accept the services of a number of volunteer companies, not exceeding thirty thousand men," will be considered as a part of the aforesaid quota of eleven thousand five hundred and sixty-three, according to their numbers; and, from the well known patriotism of our fellow-citizens, it must be presumed, that under the existing circumstance of our country, a large proportion of the quotas of the several states will be composed of such volunteer corps, especially, as they will undoubtedly meet with every encouragement from your excellency, and from all other patriotic, influential characters.
When the detachment and organization shall have been effected, the respective corps will be exercised under the officers set over them: but will not remain embodied, or be considered as in actual service, until, by subsequent orders, they shall be directed to take the field; your excellency will please to direct that correct muster rolls and inspection returns be made of the several corps; and that copies thereof be transmitted to this department as early as possible.
I have the honor to be, Very respectfully, Your excellency's obdt serv't, H. DEARBORN.
AN ACT Authorising a detachment from the militia of the United States.
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 authorised, at such time as he shall deem necessary, to require of the executives of the several states, to take effectual measures to organise, arm and equip according to law, and hold in readiness to march at a moment's warning, their respective proportions of one hundred thousand militia, officers included: to be apportioned by the President of the United States, by the militia returns of the last year, in cases where such returns were made, and in cases where such returns were not made the last year, by such other data as he shall judge equitable.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President may, if he shall judge it expedient, authorise the executives of the several states, to accept, as part of the said detachment, any corps of volunteers, who shall engage to continue in service six months after they arrive at the place of rendezvous.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the detachment of militia and volunteers aforesaid, shall be officered out of the present militia officers, or others, at the option & direction 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. And be it further enacted, That the said detachment shall not be compelled to serve a longer time than six months after they arrive at the place of rendezvous: and that during the time of their service, they shall be entitled to the same pay, rations and allowance for clothing, that are established by law, as the pay, rations and allowance for clothing of the army of the U. S.
SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States be and he is hereby authorised to call into actual service any part, or the whole of the said detachment, when he shall judge the exigencies of the United States require it; if a part of the said detachment only shall be called into actual service, they shall be taken from such part thereof, as the President in his discretion shall deem most proper.
SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That two millions of dollars be, and are hereby appropriated, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated for the pay and subsistence of such part of the said detachment as may be called into service.
SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That an act entitled "An act directing a detachment from the militia of the United States, and for erecting certain arsenals," approved the third of March, one thousand eight hundred and three, be, and the same is hereby repealed.
SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That this act shall continue, and be in force for the term of two years from the passing thereof, and no longer.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. S. SMITH, President of the Senate pro-tempore. APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON.
[Here follows the Act of the 24th of Feb. 1807, as published in our last paper.]
Charleston, July 4.
As soon as the news which arrived the evening before the last from Norfolk, was known to the citizens, every heart and mind was penetrated with indignation at the recital of the gross affront our national character has received from the British government, in directing an attack to be made on the American frigate Chesapeake.—In consequence thereof, a hand bill was issued yesterday morning, calling on the citizens to meet at four o'clock in the afternoon, in the Exchange, to consider of the proper measures to be taken to make known their sense of this egregious insult to the supreme government of our country.
At four o'clock a very numerous meeting took place. Major JOHN WARD was unanimously called to the chair.
The chairman, in a short but eloquent speech, stated to the meeting what he considered to be the cause of their assembling. He reminded them that in all large meetings, it generally happened that measures were agreed upon and carried too hastily; that in the present instance, and in an affair of such deep consequence to the country, it ought to be the study of the meeting to make their deliberations known with coolness and with dignity; for this purpose it appeared to him that the proper mode of expressing their sentiments would be through a committee, to be appointed by the meeting. This opinion was unanimously concurred in.—Whereon, a motion was made, that the following named gentlemen be a committee to draw up such resolutions, expressive of the public sentiment, as they should think proper, and that they should make a report of their proceedings to a meeting to be held on Wednesday next, in the Circular Church, at 10 o'clock in the morning.
This motion was carried by a great majority. The meeting then adjourned.
JOHN WARD, Chairman.
General Pinckney, John Blake, Felix Warley, John Dawson, jun. David Ramsay, Thomas Pinckney, Thomas Somersall, Peter Freneau, William Rouse, Thomas Lee, Thomas Roper, Samuel Robertson, Langdon Cheves, John Johnson, jun.
From the Norfolk Ledger.
In the narrative which we published the 24th of last month, it might be inferred that the men taken from the Chesapeake had deserted from the Halifax; the fact is, they had left the Melampus; but admiral Berkeley's instructions contained a list of eight men,
which the commander of the Leopard was ordered to search for and take, if found on board; four had belonged to the Melampus, the other four to the Halifax. We state from good authority, that captain Humphries was ordered to offer permission to commodore Barron to search the Leopard for American seamen, and that he communicated these orders to commodore Barron. Such an offer might have the appearance of reciprocity, but nothing more. The commander of the Leopard, knowing that he was to make this offer, could very easily have removed any Americans that might have been on board to any of the other ships. An offer to permit a search of all the ships, would have produced a substantial benefit, but all this is mere trifling—no national ship ought to be searched, and although we ever have advocated, and still do advocate the creation of a navy, we would rather see the few ships that remain destroyed, than to surrender a principle that would reduce us from the rank of an independent nation.
RICHMOND.
In Council, July 10th, 1807.
Several patriotic addresses from military associations, in various parts of the state, expressive of their warm indignation at the outrage lately committed by the British squadron within our jurisdiction, and offering their services to march at a moment's warning to repel their lawless aggressions, having been received by the governor, and laid before the board; it is unanimously advised, that the officers, soldiers & privates, who have thus voluntarily come forward, be requested to accept the thanks of the Executive for the very laudable zeal manifested by them in defence of their country.
The following tenders of services have been, with great pleasure, received by the Executive since the date of the advice of Council, published on the 8th instant, viz.
From capt. Harry Heth, of the Manchester troop of Cavalry, and the officers and soldiers under his command;
From capt. Robert Anderson, of a company of Riflemen, formed by a voluntary association in the city of Williamsburgh, and the officers and soldiers under his command;
From capt. John Burk, of the Republican Rifle corps of Petersburg, and the officers and soldiers under his command; and
From capt. Byrd C. Willis, of a volunteer company of Light Infantry at Fredericksburgh, and the officers & soldiers under his command.
Published by order of the Executive, DANIEL HYLTOM, C. C.
In the Press,
And will be published with all possible expedition, (probably by the 1st of August)
THE TRIAL
OF
Col. Aaron Burr,
For High Treason and Misdemeanor against the United States; Began and held in Richmond (state of Virginia) on the 22nd day of May, 1807.
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WASHINGTON CITY.
FRIDAY, JULY 17.
78 074 barrels and 3,177 half barrels of flour were inspected in the town of Alexandria, during the three months ending on the 11th inst. which, on a very moderate estimate, may be valued at 550,000 dollars.
The quantity of flour inspected at George Town during the three months preceding the 31st ult. exceeded 37,000 barrels, which may be valued at 270,000 dollars.
The whole quantity of flour, therefore, exported from the district of Columbia during a single quarter may be estimated at 800,000 dollars. Besides the exportation of flour, that of tobacco is very considerable, to which might be added a long list of other articles. Do not these indisputable facts prove that nothing is wanting but capital and a wise use of its resources, to elevate the district to high commercial importance? There is, probably, no place in the United States where a merchant, possessed of ample capital, would reap so great a profit.
Returns have been so far received for members of the new British Parliament as to render it certain that the ministry will have a decided majority.
The crisis in our affairs has been met with a proper temper and an honorable decision. There is no American, who has not felt the indignity offered to his country, and who has not boldly avowed his preference of war to abject submission. Such are the feelings we had reason to expect from the hearts of freemen and Americans. Their love of peace may have been mistaken abroad, and have been ascribed to pusillanimous fears of danger; but at home there is no man, who does not know that it has arisen from a spirit of benevolence and a dispassionate conviction of the best interests of the nation. It remains, perhaps, for us to demonstrate this fact to an unbelieving world.
That the spirit of Americans is invincible, if disputed, will be proved. The dangers it has encountered and repelled—which are the noblest monuments of our glory—are pledges that we will maintain our liberties with as great valor as was exerted in their acquisition. In our revolutionary contest, our present happiness and national elevation was little more than the dream of philosophy. If then a whole people submitted to the hardships and sufferings of a seven years' war to attain an uncertain good, what limit shall we oppose to that fortitude or active courage which shall be called forth to maintain not only a great and certain good, but the greatest blessings ever enjoyed by human beings? We may boldly affirm that there is no sacrifice of personal ease or emolument, and no exertion within the physical power of the nation, that will not be made with alacrity. This undaunted spirit is the basis on which the measures taken on our part will rest. But while it is our only positive security against that injustice and despotism that know no other measure for right than force, and while it is cherished as the sacred shield of our rights, there are other considerations of high interest, deserving of our attention and equally deserving of the attention of our enemies.
Should Britain refuse to redress our wrongs, it will become a wise government and an intelligent people, to husband with all the economy in their power, the national resources by adopting those measures which shall in the highest degree combine our own security with the injury done to our enemy. Let us strike at those points in which she is most vulnerable, and guard those from her assault in which we are most exposed.
The war waged between the U. S. and Great Britain will be of a peculiar kind. After a very short period there will cease to be any considerable conflict of arms except on the ocean. The British possessions on the continent will soon fall, and the West Indies be commercially lost to Britain. They must be either our friends or our enemies. If the former, their intercourse with Britain will be at an end; if the latter, we shall starve them, if not fight them into submission. On the ocean the British navy will be balanced by the swarms of cruisers fitted out from our ports. Every merchant vessel will be converted into a letter of marque and reprisal. We shall consequently have no trade on the ocean to reward the cupidity of our enemy; while her vast and ramified commerce will be the victim of our privateers. The system of convoys will afford her but a feeble, and a totally inadequate protection. Hostilities once commenced between the two nations, a great change will be soon effected in the state of the respective belligerent powers. Russia, and all those powers who ordinarily embark in her contests, will discern their true policy too distinctly not to pursue it. France will see the policy of offering them terms which they will in all probability eagerly accept, the more especially from the cessation of British tribute, the sources of which will be dried up by a war with us. The ardent and ascendant ambition of Russia to rise to maritime importance will be unfolded. She will become the enemy, or the secret friend of America, not more interested than herself in curbing the naval superiority of Britain, and in establishing neutral rights on a broad and just footing.
The combined navies of Russia, France, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, and America, if not equal to, will at least give full employment to the British navy. She will no longer be able to distribute her strength in convoys without exposing herself to great injury, if not to irretrievable ruin. The allies will concentrate their strength either in a single fleet, or in a few squadrons of considerable force, which will require the undivided strength and the unceasing vigilance of Britain to keep in check.
What will then be the situation of her commerce? It will be at the mercy of our privateers; at the mercy of an enterprise, a hardihood, and a valor, which, we have already shown to be unsurpassed, if not unequalled.
We have seamen enough to equip seven hundred respectable privateers. Supposing that each of these took only four vessels a year, valued at 15,000 dollars, we are presented with an aggregate of forty two millions of dollars, which exceeds the amount of our annual consumption of foreign goods.
Such would be the loss to our enemy. What would be her gain? The capture of a few privateers, generally so much disabled before they were taken, as to be of little worth.
From open hostility then, it is apparent, we have little to apprehend.
A prosecution of the subject will show that the incidental and necessary effects of war upon us will be much less injurious than on Britain.
To prove this, we shall examine its effects on the pursuits of the inhabitants of the two nations;—on national wealth;—and on their political condition.
PATRIOTIC REGISTER.
The Richmond Light Infantry Blues, commanded by captain Wm. Richardson, have offered their services to the President of the U. States.
A like offer has been made by the Manchester (Virg.) Cavalry, commanded by Captain Harry Heth.
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Norfolk, July 11.
The ADDRESS of the Committee to their Fellow-Citizens of the Towns of Norfolk, Portsmouth, and their Vicinities, on the cessation of their functions.
FELLOW CITIZENS,
The Select Committee, previous to their dissolution, beg leave to recur to the causes which gave existence to your resolutions; and to attract your notice to the principles, which presided over their conduct, in the execution of them. The late outrage, committed in sight of your shores, on the National Flag, by a British ship of war, which was previously prepared for that act of atrocity, by instructions and signals given by order of the Commandant of the squadron, at that time anchored within the Capes of Virginia; and the deliberate slaughter of your countrymen, who fell unsuspecting victims, at the very moment, the human voice was prostituted and prophaned, in articulating professions of peace and amity—roused and excited your indignation and resentment to a degree never before felt.
This last deed of savage ferocity, unparalleled even in the naval annals of Britain, awakened the sentiment of abhorrence in every breast. Every voice was loud in its call for reparations commensurate to the insult: British insolence and barbarity had reached the ne plus ultra . They had the unblushing effrontery to claim the rights of hospitality, while their hands were crimsoned and smoking with the blood of your countrymen. Even at the instant, they had declared war, in sight of those shores from which not many years past, their discomfited and recreant myriads were driven with disgrace—in sight of those monuments—which fill your breast with a holy and inspiring admiration for the valor and triumphs of your forefathers. The nation was unexpectedly plunged into war, and yourselves the first exposed to its ruthless blast. The choice of tame submission or resistance was forced on your consideration; with one voice you declared that your ancestors had wrested their rights, their liberties and independence from the suffocating grasp of British tyranny, by the sword; and that you—their posterity, had resolved with it to defend and to perpetuate the hallowed patrimony.
Remote, in this crisis of imminent danger and alarm from the government of the United States, whose decision could not be immediately had, and knowing this portion of the union to be within striking distance of a savage and insidious enemy, the deliberate
violators of all those just principles and usages which religion, law and time have sanctified; you assembled for the purpose of concerting the best possible means for the immediate protection of all that was dear to you—your wives, your children, and the sacred honor of your country. The resolutions unanimously adopted by this august assembly, in which the sublime majesty of the people presided, are spread before the world; in all places, they receive the pure and sincere homage of elevated patriotism. To enforce obedience to your resolutions, you appointed a committee of citizens from your body, whom you made depositaries of your power; but whose existence, as your organ, should cease and determine the instant the voice of government pronounced its decision. This, fellow citizens, is a concise history of the outrage, and of your proceedings.
Your committee, though deriving no powers from the constitution and laws of the land, yet feel an honorable and just pride in the recollection, that the appointment conferred on them, flowed from the only pure and legitimate source of all power—the PEOPLE—the fountain from which branches, as so many streams, the Constitutions and Laws.
They were deeply impressed with a sense of the delicate situation in which they were placed, and filed with anxious solicitude for the right performance of the solemn duties confided to them. All eyes were directed to them—they were regarded as the rallying point. The public sentiment placed in their hands the lever which was to raise—to poise—and to communicate momentum to the public force.
The course the committee was to hold, could not be accurately delineated; the eye had in prospect, wherever it directed its vision, dangers threatening & awful. They were imperiously called on to take no step without deliberation; to sanction no measure that might compromise the honor and reputation of their countrymen. They endeavored, in all their proceedings, to respect the demarcations of civil and political powers; and by their acts, as to communicate to the complex machinery of government—accession of force. The committee kept in view the alarming state of affairs; and their consultations were incessantly employed to promote the public good, by endeavoring to separate from it—the evils that are often blended—with it.
They were taught by the pages of American history, how much the magic enthusiasm of public sentiment ought to be appreciated.—A sentiment to which the magisterial arm is indebted for the far greater portion of its strength.—They were sensible that if this divine, and all powerful impetus could be confined to its appropriate orbit, that it would diffuse around, like the Sun, the centre of our system, health, vigor, and splendor. A constant effort was therefore exerted by a judicious direction of this impetus, to prevent those schisms and collisions whose invariable tendency, is to destroy the harmony of the political sphere.—Your committee have endeavored by vigilance and attention to every subject embraced by your resolutions, to realize your expectations. Their zeal and ardor were never remitted—No duty, however hazardous or difficult to perform, arrested the steady movement of the hand that was entrusted with the executive power.—That they have erred, they are not so presumptuous as to deny. It is not the fortunate lot of humanity to boast of exemption from error.
To attain perfection is not permitted by the laws of our nature. We are allowed to progress towards, but never to reach it. If they are chargeable with deficiency in judgment, suffer them in extenuation to say, that their intentions were pure and honest. Permit them to declare, that next to the smiles and approbation of their consciences, they prize and value the esteem & confidence of their fellow citizens. The exercise of their functions is no longer required. The government of the United States has decided on the course that is to be pursued.
The outrage committed has roused into action its energies. You, fellow citizens, have anticipated the wise and salutary measures which it has taken; you have the glory of performing spontaneous acts of patriotism; you need not the promptings of authority; the fescue of government to remind you of the relation in which you stand to the Republic; your acts are approved by the Executive Magistrate of the United States; they have his sanction. Your committee express a lively satisfaction in the great respect rendered to your authority. Few are the instances in which it has been questioned, because its foundation was not systematically laid in the constitutions and laws of the land. You have the merit by wise precaution, & the temper and firmness discernible in all your proceedings of securing to this portion of your country— unanimity.
We now, Fellow Citizens, re-deliver to you the powers you entrusted to us, to promote the public good.—We flatter ourselves that they flow back—unpolluted to the source, from which they emanated.
We exhort you to feed—to keep alive the vestal fire—we exhort you, never to forget, that in unity there is strength, & that the best safeguard is preparation & sleepless vigilance.
We salute you with friendship & pray God to bestow on you countless blessings.
Thomas Matthews, Thomas Blanchard, Daniel Beadinger, Thos. Armistead, William Newman, Seth Syster, Richard Blow, Moses Myers,
J. W. Murdaugh, Luke Wheeler, William Pennock, Francis S. Taylor, Thomas Newton, jun.
REPORT.
It was very currently reported last evening, that there are two more British ships of war off our Capes.
Another !!
That boats from the British men of war have been up James River, to get water, & that others were landing men on Cape Henry.
Norfolk, July 13.
Official notification of the President's Proclamation, was yesterday sent down to Commore Douglas, by Lieut. Ham, in the Revenue Cutter. And this morning the Bellona and Leopard, the two ships that were in the Roads, got under weigh and went down.
Philadelphia, July 13.
Arrived from Canton, the ship Helvetius, Ezra Bowen, in 121 days passage.
The Helvetius, left Canton the 7th March, ten days previous to her departure from thence, an affray between some Chinese and some of the crew of the English East India company's ship, had taken place, during which the latter unluckily killed a Chinese; for whom the Mandarin demanded a man, which being refused, the loading of the company's ship was stopped; the chief of the English factory had the Mandarins made acquainted, that unless they were permitted to proceed with the loading of their ships, he would, on account of the approach of the south west monsoon, dispatch them as they were, and render the Chinese responsible for the loss that would occur thereon.
Captain Rolls, of his majesty's ship Lion, of 64 guns, demanded at the same time, that an officer and six men, who had been taken by the Ladrone about one month since, when attempting to land at Macao to procure provisions, should be restored; that if they were not, he would proceed to obtain redress.
The Chinese mandarines gave three days notice to the English factory, that should they obstinately persist in not giving them a man, their supply of provisions should be stopped; the English had prepared themselves in case of any further disturbances, as the ship Lion of 64 guns, a brig, and a discovery ship then at Macao, were held in readiness to proceed at a moment's notice up the river; the Chinese had sealed the guns in their forts; and some very severe consequences were apprehended by the gentlemen of the East India Company.
Richmond, July 11.
On Wednesday morning last, capt. Shepher's troop of Richmond Cavalry left this city for Norfolk; and in the afternoon capt. Richardson's and capt. Randolph's companies of Richmond Light Infantry marched for the same place.
Philadelphia, July 14.
Extract of a letter from Halifax, dated June 14.
"The noted pirate Ross, with 18 of his associates (French Spanish and American,) arrived on Friday last in the sloop Driver, which on the 12th inst. captured the pilot boat schooner Ill Bolarius, of one gun, fitted out at St. Augustine. They may all be hung—it no commission is found."
From the Boston Chronicle.
Extract of a letter from a respectable merchant in Baltimore, to his correspondent in this town, dated July 2.
"There are two vessels up for Boston, but I feel considerably embarrassed about making shipments of flour at this time in consequence of a report now prevalent, of the British ships lying in the waters of the Chesapeake, stopping all vessels bound out—in a few days more, we shall be able to form a pretty correct opinion whether this report be true or otherwise; it is very certain, they have captured many vessels bound in, and sent them to Halifax."
IMPRESSIONS!
Barnstable, July 7th, 1807.
MESRS. ADAMS, & RHODES.
"To add to the villainy of the British frigate Leopard, I consider it my duty through your paper to make known to the public, that a fishing sch. bound from this port, was on the 30th ult. brought to by a tender of his Britannic majesty's, on George's Bank, who forcibly took therefrom two of her crew, belonging to Yarmouth, one of whom was provided with a protection, which not finding so soon as pleased the press-gang, they hurried him and the other on board the tender, declaring "they were determined to take from every coasting and fishing vessel that they came across, every seamen who had not a protection."
W. O.
A gentleman just arrived here from the interior of New Hampshire, informs that the people feel their national dignity severely wounded by the late British depredations—and that but one spirit animates all classes, which was to rally round the standards of the government, with the spirit of '75 and shew to the world that we are but one people, and have but one interest when the nation is insulted.
Boston, July 8.
NATIONAL BIRTH DAY.
On Saturday last the thirty first anniversary of American Independence was celebrated in this town with demonstrations of joy, gratitude and festivity far exceeding any thing manifested heretofore.
The day was ushered in as usual, with firing of guns and ringing of bells. At ten o'clock, agreeably to arrangements made by the executive, a procession was formed at the State House, consisting of his excellency the governor, and the honorable council; such of the members of the hon. Senate and House of Representatives as were in town; the municipal officers of the town of Boston; United States officers and foreign consuls, and the officers of the fifth division of militia in full uniform—which was escorted by the independent company of cadets, commanded by col. Athorp, to the meeting house in Brattle-street, where divine service was performed in the following order, viz. a psalm, by the choir; an appropriate and sublime prayer, with a short and patriotic address, by the Rev. Dr. Baldwin, chaplain to the legislature; concluding with a hymn, composed for the occasion. After which the procession was again escorted to the council chamber, where they partook of a bountiful collation provided by direction of the governor.
A second procession was then formed, and escorted to the old south meeting house, where an oration was pronounced, in conformity to the usage of the town, by Peter Thatcher, esq. As the common law of England is the only staple of foreign intercourse with some lawyers, we are not surprised that one in the profession, should be so ignorant of our mercantile connections as to "wish an impassible gulph between France and the United States." What a pity it is, that the commercial reputation of the metropolis of Massachusetts should be thus sported with, by the absurd reveries of an ignorant young man. The fact is, the trade of France has been the principal source of all our riches.
REPUBLICAN DINNER.
The anniversary of our National Independence was celebrated on Saturday the 4th inst. by one hundred republicans of Boston, at the Boston Coffee House, with that genuine republican zeal and harmony which the real friends of our government have ever displayed—and could the independent citizens of Boston have been more commonly accommodated, their National Jubilee would have united a very numerous company of those whose hearts and sentiments are ever in unison with our national interests.
The Declaration of Independence was read with great pathos and energy by J. T. Austin, Esq.
Col. Edward Proctor in the chair, the following toasts were drank with enthusiasm and applause, as expressive of the feelings of the real republicans of the town of Boston.
Ind. Chron.
TOASTS.
 1. The day! Let us never abandon one 'jot or tittle' of those sacred principles, which the lives, the fortunes, and the honor of our primitive patriots were so solemnly pledged to maintain—Hail Columbia.  2. The President of the U. States—May his enemies learn from his displeasure and resentment, a lesson, which they refused to receive from his moderation and justice—Jefferson's March.  3. The American Congress—May the spirit which rose indignant at the outrages of '75, be rekindled by their repetition in 1807—Yankee Doodle.  4. His Excellency James Sullivan—The firm friend of liberty, the stern advocate of justice, and the dignified governor of an independent people—Massachusetts March.  5. The Heads of Departments—May they not be appalled by the violence, nor deceived by the intrigues and machinations of a British Cabinet—Yankee Doodle.  6. The Vice President and his venerable cotemporaries in arms—Let us be encouraged by the reflection, that the dangers which threaten us are much less formidable than those which they once subdued—Washington's March.  7. Old Massachusetts—May the recollection of our former sufferings and successes, remind us of the sacred duties which we owe to every member of the great national family—Massachusetts March.  8. The American Militia—The sturdy defenders of our country—May they be prepared to demonstrate that they are worthy of the high trust which their country has reposed in them—Wash. Inf. March.  9. The Navy—May the American flag and the ship that bears it, float, or sink together—Yankee Doodle.  10. Peace from choice, war from necessity—May the American be deprived of his food and raiment who would not surrender the half of both to vindicate the honor of his country.  11. Equal rights to all nations on the ocean, and the bottom of it to those who would usurp its entire dominion.  12. Commerce and Agriculture—But let us plough neither land nor sea by permission of any but the God who created them.  13. The memory of Washington, and the remembrance of the scenes which have rendered his glory immortal.—Dirge.  14. The memory of Samuel Adams and John Hancock—In every exigency of our country, may we think as they thought, and act as they would have acted—Dirge.  15. Our patriotic brethren at Norfolk and the millions of freemen whose hearts 

and whose hands are ready to support them.
16. The brave capt. Humphreys—Let him enjoy a momentary triumph in his murders—"We meet again at Philippi."—Yankee Doodle.
17. The Seventeen States, united and indivisible—May all local and party distinctions be lost in our zeal for the common safety and welfare.
VOLUNTEERS. By the President—Sullivan and Lincoln—the Hancock and Adams of Massachusetts.
By B. Austin, Esq.—It in 1776, we beat the British Lion, we cannot in 1807, dread the British Leopard.
By capt. John Foster Williams, Vice-President—The captain of the British ship Leopard—may he receive his deserts—a HALTER.
By major Stutson—Our brethren Seamen, torn from their country and families by the tyrants of the ocean—we will their emancipation.
New York, July 11.
Capt. Lanfair, who arrived this morning, in 42 days from London, has furnished us with papers to the 25th of May inclusive, one day later than before received. From these papers it appears that no event of importance had occurred. The following are the only articles worth extracting.
LONDON, MAY 25.
For these two days reports have prevailed that a bloody battle took place on the 7th, between the two armies, which, according to some accounts, was indecisive, both parties losing 30,000 men; and according to others, was unfavorable to the French. We do not give much credit to the intelligence. The Atana Mercury of the 18th, contains no such intelligence, nor any allusion to a battle. Vessels from Holland, however, are said to have brought the report, but we do not remember a single instance, among hundreds, in which these reports have been confirmed. It is not very improbable that a battle may have been fought; but there is no authority for the fact. The firing on the coast of France, mentioned in confirmation of the report of a battle, is ascertained to have been owing to the Clyde frigate having got near the batteries.
Dantzic has not yet surrendered, and the most recent accounts state, that it has suffered little from the bombardment. The French suffered immense loss in the attempt to storm it, in which they were repulsed.
We have received Dutch journals to the 21st, and Paris papers to the 19th. The former mentions no event of importance, and the latter do not contain any new bulletin of operations in Poland. One private letters, however, notice the arrival of an extraordinary messenger at the Hague, on the 20th, with dispatches from the grand army. They were immediately sent off to King Louis, who had a short time before set out for Brussels. It was reported that the dispatches communicated the details of a general battle, but the substance of them was not allowed to transpire. A report of a general battle was also in circulation in town on Saturday. It was said to have commenced on the 6th, and to have lasted three days, when it ended without any decisive result. The scene of action has not been stated, nor do we believe that there was any foundation for the report, but the probability of such an event.
MADRID, MAY 1.
The troops will pass the frontiers about the end of this month to the number of 27,000 men, part by Catalonia, and part by Biscay. The 5000 men for Etruria have commenced their march for Strasburg, where they will join the forces coming from Spain. The united army will go to Mentz, and then it is said to occupy Hanover, in order that the Spaniards may have a compensation to offer to the English.
The capture of Montevideo has not caused much sensation, owing to the hope generally entertained that that important place will be retaken, like Buenos Ayres. The public funds have not been affected by the news.
It appears that there is some dissatisfaction with Portugal, who has assisted the English too much. Our Gazette complains of the conduct of the governor of the Brazils. Nevertheless it is thought that a marriage between the Prince of the Asturias & an infanta of Portugal, is in agitation.
CONSTANTINOPLE, APRIL 13.
The Russians have succeeded in taking the Island of Tenedos by storm; we received this intelligence on the 4th. The captain Pacha has sailed to the Dardanelles with 16 sail of the line, and a great number of troops, to retake it. The enemy's force consists of 4 Russian and 4 English ships of war.
GERMAN BYLAU, APRIL 23.
This day we heard the firing on Dantzic very distinctly. It is impossible the place can hold out long. The emperor has removed his residence nearer that city to expedite the siege, but the head quarters still remain at Finckenstein. The army also still retains the same position on that side; Marshals Bernadotte and Soult are on each side of the Lower Passage, Marshals Ney and Davoust are upon the Alle, and the Polish troops serve as the connecting medium between marshals Davoust & Massena. The latter remains upon the Narew.
The Russians have long talked of giving us battle, which is highly necessary for them, to relieve Graftentz
and Dantzic. Still however, they content themselves with feints and preparations. In a few days probably, they will have the mortification of finding they have lost their time, as the fall of Dantzic will add the force now before that to the grand army. Thus the situation of the French is highly advantageous for them; on the other hand, we cannot account for the irresolution of the Russians. General Beningsen has been at head quarters at Bartensien for this month past. His troops form a line from Koningsberg through Helsing, Passenheim, and Ortelsburg—Upon the whole, the Russians seem as if they wished to act upon the defensive, which is ascribed to the emperor's arrival, previous to which they did not think proper to undertake any thing of importance.
It is reported that the emperor Alexander was expected from Memel, at gen. Beningsen's head quarters, accompanied by the king of Prussia. However it is certain he had not arrived there on the 26th.
An extract of a letter from Honduras, dated May 25th 1807. Says "The governor of Jamaica, from an application by the magistrates, to his majesty's superintendent, supported and recommended by him, has granted permission for the importation of salted beef and pork into the settlement in American Bottoms, for eight months from this date."
TROOP or CAVALRY.
Those who would be willing to join a Troop of Cavalry about to be formed in the city of Washington, are requested to meet at STELLE's tavern, at Six o'clock this evening. July 17.
On Saturday next, the 13th inst. will be sold, for the benefit of the United States, at the Capitol, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, for Cash,
A Quantity of INGRAIN CARPETING, of various figures, which has been in the use of the House of Representatives of the U. S. in the north wing of the Capitol.
SAML. SPEAK, Auct'r. July 13. 3t
NOTICE.
THE Church on F street will be opened next Sabbath; the pews that remain undisposed of, will be let, on application either to John McGowan, Michael Nourse, or Toppan Webster. Washington, 13th July, 1807.
NOTICE.
THE Subscriber having obtained from the Orphans Court, of Montgomery county, Maryland, Letters of administration De bonis Non, on the personal estate of John Holmes, Esq., as also letters of administration on the personal estate of Mary Holmes, both of said county deceased; all persons having claims against said estates are hereby warned to exhibit the same to me properly authenticated on or before the 1st day of January next, otherwise by law they may be excluded from any benefit of said estates.
Given from under my hand the 27th June 1807. MESHECH BROWNING, Adm'r. Clarkburg, Md. July 1—3w
LOTS IN WASHINGTON FOR SALE.
I will sell by public sale to the highest bidder at Rhodes's tavern in the city of Washington on Saturday the 18th of July next at 11 o'clock A. M. the seven following Lots in said city, if not previously disposed of by private sale, viz.
 Lots No. 11 and 12 in square No. 255  Lot No. 1 in square — 257  Lot No. 3 in square — 293  Lot No. 13 in square — 430  Lots No. 8 and 9 in square — 456 
A credit of 60 and 120 days in equal installments will be given. The payment to be secured by notes negotiable at the Bank of Columbia satisfactorily endorsed. JOHN MURDOCH. Georgetown, July 31—tdof
THE CELEBRATED ENGLISH RUNNING HORSE CLIFDEN,
WILL stand the ensuing season, at my Farm in Prince Georges county, about 5 miles from Queen Ann, 9 from Bladensburg, the same distance from Upper Marlborough, and about 15 from the city of Washington, at 25 DOLLARS the season; but 20 DOLLARS will be received in full if paid within the season; which will commence in March and end on the 1st of August. Good pasture will be furnished gratis, as soon as the grass is good, and in the mean time hay and corn furnished at the common price, for the Mares, according to orders. The utmost care will be taken of the mares, but I will not be answerable for accidents or escapes.
CLIFDEN is a horse of uncommonly fine form, above 15 and 1-2 hands high, of a beautiful deep blood-bay, and perhaps the strongest made thorough blooded horse on the continent. Large and powerful horse produce the only real good turf horses.
Notes of hand must be sent with the Mares. ISAAC DUCKETT. March 6—1807.
FOR THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
ORATION
Delivered by ROBERT BAYLY, at Dumfries, July 4.
FELLOW-CITIZENS,
This day dawns upon the year of that independence which Nature and Nature's God have bestowed upon us. We have fought for freedom and hitherto we have preserved—Did I say we have fought for freedom? Pardon my too forward ambition to rank myself among the champions in so glorious a cause. My youth has hitherto prevented my engaging in the rugged scenes of war; and this feeble arm has not yet been able to wield a sword in the cause of my country; but I have heard of the deeds of former times; I have listened to the recital of the war-worn veteran, the distress of our mothers and dangers of our fathers. I have heard of the triumph of America, and since I am permitted to appear before so respectable an audience, I feel it a duty I owe to my country, to you and to myself, to exert my infant oratory in favor of that cause to which I have not been able to render a more essential service. Why has not age and literature matured my judgment? Why has not Nature endowed me with the descriptive eloquence of a Cicero, of a Demosthenes—in what just and resplendent colors would I then paint to you the blessings of liberty—With what unfeigned laurels would I crown those who have fallen in its defence; but what I can, I must. To see an infant people groaning under the intolerable burden of accumulated evils, while over their heads are suspended by a slender thread the most tremendous calamities, does it not produce painful sensations when you reflect, that such was once the deplorable situation of our country? No sooner had the Europeans set foot upon this Western Hemisphere, than oppression and tyranny, like baneful weeds obstructed the growth of all useful virtues; and, had not the hand of patriotism been stretched forth to crop the noxious plants, must have spread throughout the continent. The arts and sciences had not yet dawned on the mind; nor the genial warmth of freedom actuated their breasts, until they arrived at that period when human nature was debased, and the laws of humanity and religion trampled upon. Such was once our connection with a despotic nation until almighty liberty dissolved the chain and restored us to nature. Heaven was appealed to for the justness of our cause, inasmuch as it was founded upon virtue—and I appeal to you, my countrymen, who were eye witnesses to the general calamities, and who fought and bled for your country. The late conduct of our forefathers in declaring their independence, and establishing a government of their own upon the principles of virtue and equal liberty, is a subject that must strike your minds in a very interesting point of view. Is there a bosom within these walls that does not throb with the honest feelings of patriotism and the most sublime sensibility, upon contemplating this memorable crisis. Consult your history, and see what torrents of blood have been shed to cement this union, destined by Nature! What miseries undergone to obtain our liberty, the cause of reason and of God. To thee! O Liberty we owe the sweets of every enjoyment—to thee, the happiness of our country. While the potentates of Europe have dashed their kingdoms one against another, and deluged the earth with the blood of their subjects, peace has smiled on this Western World. While the countries from the English Channel to the Adriatic, from the Tagus to the Danube, groan in misery under the iron hand of a despotic usurper, we have lived in prosperity and happiness—while the republics of the ancient world have been crushed into the coalition of kingdoms, ours has remained fixed and immutable—an eternal monument to the wisdom of its founders! A stupendous mausoleum to those who have cemented it with their blood! But at the same time we congratulate one another upon our fortunate condition, let us pay a respectful tribute to those sister institutions which have perished, and reap an instructive moral from the calamity of their fall. Passing over the inconsiderable republics of Italy, now incorporated into the vast monarchy of France; let us dwell for a while upon Holland and Switzerland. Holland, a republic once so famous for her contest, for her liberty, now bows her neck to a despot's yoke. Her spirit and resolution were dissipated, and supinely she bears the chains of slavery under the flimsy veil of liberty. Prince of Orange! thou shouldst appear to thy countrymen, and shewing thy breast still reeking for the liberties thou established, remind them of the tyranny of Philip, and the cruelty of Alva, and inspiring them with a courage invincible, they would open their dykes to wait them to their enemy! Let us now turn our attention to Switzerland. Poor, fallen Switzerland! Her glory is no more. Thy abode, oh Swiss, was once the abode of virtue and liberty, and from the glaciers of thy country they winged their flight to Heaven! Once so celebrated for their simplicity of manners and hospitality of disposition, that when they became the tributaries of France, they changed them with their condition—Here, no longer shall the father recount to his listening children his battles and his conquests—for the heroes of Switzerland are no more. No longer shall his liberality cheer the weary wandering stranger—for the hospitality of Switzerland is no more—No longer shall the modest rustic and blushing maiden close the weary day in dancing and festivity, for the heroes of
Switzerland are no more—Yes, fallen Switzerland, thy hospitality, bravery & benevolence have passed like the lightning's flash—Enraptured with slavery, thy hearts have become as cold as the snow that caps thy mountains. Yes, fallen Switzerland, the carols of liberty no longer re-echo from thy mountains, "but thou mayest sing the Ca Ira of equality to drown the clanking of your chains." But let us turn from a scene, the contrast of which will serve only to brighten the idea of happiness we enjoy, and whilst dwelling upon it we may ask with emphasis to whom are we indebted, that we are not in the same situation with the republics we have reviewed? I answer to heaven, and the patriots of the revolution.
I shall not take up your time in reciting the long list of worthies who signified themselves in the glorious cause of liberty. You are already well acquainted with them. Their names can never die. May they be expressed in the first accents of the lisping infant, & the last words pronounced by the faltering voice of age. History shall be the lasting monument of their fame, for in it is woven the noble actions of their lives.
It was at that crisis of the revolution, when the Americans had almost yielded to the sword—when the first dawn of liberty seemed to expire, that Washington was applauded as the first harbinger of day. A ray of hope now began to issue from the cloud that darkened the horizon and threatened their destruction. It was the voice of Washington, which, like some heavenly sound, descending upon their ears, and inspiring them with courage, that led them on to the field, to victory. See with what celerity he crosses and recrosses the Delaware, and meets the enemy in every point. His whole attention was devoted to his country.
While the majestic streams of America flowed with blood to the ocean, the re-echo of the cannon along her shores brought with it the welcome sound of liberty. In this honorable contest the soul of Washington soared above the consideration of danger. At one time the world beheld him amidst the most formidable difficulties and dangers, leading his army to the field of glory; at another it marked him at the helm of government, collecting with a sagacious eye and profuse hand the rich materials that constitute the happiness of his country. For the integrity of his public conduct, he appeals to the memoirs of his country. He might now be called happy, if that precarious epithet could be safely applied before the last term of the life of man. But shall we follow him a little farther? The path is solitary, very short, and at the end his tomb! He had lived enough for nature and for glory—When he parted on the verge of eternity he heard the welcome sound. Peace be to thy ashes, oh! Washington! Accept the feeble tribute of my praise; for as long as virtue and liberty shall be regarded, thy name shall never be forgotten!
Let us now pause and contemplate our present situation, for the time, perhaps, is fast approaching when we shall no longer be idle spectators of the triumphs of liberty. The violent gust of rebellion is scarcely dissipated, and threatening clouds of sullen discontent are still lowering round the horizon.—To every reflecting mind the situation of our country for some time past has appeared truly alarming. Already have the slumbers of the states been disturbed by imminent and internal dangers. The unparalleled insults that have frequently been offered our national independence, and which now agitate the mind of every American citizen deserve our most serious attention. The sails of commerce torrid within our ports have witnessed the molestation of our trade—our Eagle, which has hitherto extended her wings over every quarter of the globe, now is impeded in the meridian of her glory. Happy am I to find that one sentiment actuates you all. For what is liberty, what is life, when preserved by the loss of honor?—
Would not the most abject slavery, to which oppression and tyranny can reduce a people, be more preferable than the scorn, the reproach, and derision of the world. Forbid it Heaven, that this should be our fate! On you your country calls to revive the spirit of seventy-six. Without recurring to the examples of distant ages, let me only recommend to you to imitate yourselves: You have already given ample proofs of the patriotic virtues. I am persuaded there still exists a spark of patriotism, which may rekindle a vivid flame. And should your country call upon you to assist in her councils, or to defend her with your fortunes, your lives, against the sword of invasion, or the dagger of oppression, I am confident you will not be wanting in those republican virtues which characterised your fathers, and which alone can effectually support the glorious cause of freedom and virtue. And shall we, by our inattention, deprive the hoary headed father, who nobly fought to establish our liberty, of closing his languishing eyes in a land of freedom? Or reduce his widow and orphan child to beggary and want? Forbid it ye powers who are the protectors of innocence and virtue!
But I am persuaded we shall never realize the idea I have suggested, if we attend to the principles upon which the grandeur of a nation is erected. Survey the faithful page of history, peruse the annals of the civilized world, and you will always find that the paths of rectitude and justice have ever been to a country the paths of glory and happiness. Rome, the imperial mistress of the world, exhibits to you an illustrious example of greatness, to which a nation can arrive, by a sacred regard
to public faith. It was not by the frequency of her triumphs, that she extended her dominion over the submissive world, but by her strict adherence to the laws of justice. On the other hand, all the faithless rivals of Rome display the melancholy consequences of an unjust system of policy in a nation. May an inescapable attachment to such principles ever shine forth in all your actions; ever be the favorite theme of your discourse. Above all may your ruling passion ever be to preserve pure and immaculate the reputation of your country. From the well known honor and integrity of the distinguished patriots, who, by the sacrifices of a free people has repeatedly been called to fill the seat of government, and from the present dispositions of the majority of my countrymen, I would still hope that they will adhere inviolably to every maxim of justice and equity. And oh! may you ever instil into the tender minds of your children, the pure principles of virtue, liberty, and patriotism, and remember that the man who can violate his country's faith must ever be, regardless of his own.
From the Orleans Gazette.
GEN. BOWLES.
We have in our possession an account of the life of the celebrated W. A. Bowles, from his first entering the Creek nation, until a short time previous to his seizure, and being delivered up to the Spaniards—written by one of his companions, who is now engaged in finishing the narrative. As conspiracies and treason at present agitate the mind of the American people, this work, which fully develops the views of Bowles, as well as the Spanish agents, will be read with no inconsiderable interest. When the work is ready for the press it will be announced.
Valuable Seats for Iron Works.
THE subscriber offers for sale between Five and Six Thousand acres of Land bounded on one side by James River, including big and little Owen's Creek, and future in America county in the state of Virginia. This land is in the midst of a well and thick settled country, about 100 miles above the city of Richmond. There are not more than 30 acres of it cleared. The remainder is heavily timbered—consisting of large pines, white oaks, poplar, black walnut and chestnut. On Big Owens creek, and within 600 yards of James river, which is navigable for boats at all seasons of the year—there is an excellent site for any kind of water works. The stream is rapid and constant, and about three miles from the seat are, as it is believed inexhaustible banks of iron ore, which the subscriber has secured and which will be sold with the land. This ore has been tried and proved to be of a very superior kind. The land adjoining the seat is of excellent quality. Two hundred acres of timothy meadow might be made on the creek. The upland although hilly in places is well adapted to small grain, and a great proportion of it suitable to the raising of tobacco. Immediately around the site for water works are inexhaustible LIMESTONE Quarries, together with great quantities of the best building stone. In short there are many advantages combined to render this a most eligible spot for the erection of iron works, or any other kind of water works. It is deemed unnecessary to say more concerning this property than to request those who incline to purchase to view it. It will be shown by captain Henry Halloway in the neighborhood. The price will be moderate, terms of sale, which will be made very easy, will be made known on application to the proprietor residing in Georgetown district of Columbia. NATHAN LUFBOROUGH. Georgetown, February 16—wtf
Treasury Department of the United States, April 22, 1807.
Whereas the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, at a meeting held on the 23rd day of March 1807, did resolve, that the sum remaining to complete the expenditure of the annual appropriation of eight millions of dollars, should among other purposes be applied to the reimbursement of the FOUR AND HALF PER CENT. STOCK, created in pursuance of an act of Congress, passed on the 3rd day of March 1795.
This is therefore to give notice, that the principal of the said Four and half per cent. Stock, will on surrender of the certificates be paid on the 1st day of October next ensuing the date hereof to the respective Stockholders or their lawful Representatives or attorneys duly constituted and authorized, either at the Treasury or at the Loan Office as the case may be, where credits have been given for the amount of stock respectively held by them; & that the interest which may then be due on said stock, will also be paid to the respective Stockholders or their lawful Representatives or Attorneys duly constituted and authorized.
It is further made known for the information of the parties concerned, that no transfers of the said Four and half per cent. Stock, either from, or to the books of the Treasury, or from or to the books of a Commissioner of Loans, will be allowed after the first day of September ensuing, and the interest on all certificates of said stock, which shall not have been surrendered in pursuance of this Notification will cease and determine on the day preceding the day, hereby fixed for the reimbursement thereof.
ALBERT GALLATIN, Secretary of the Treasury. April 6—wtf30
All my creditors are requested to take Notice.
THAT I shall apply to Charles county court at August term eighteen hundred and seven, for the benefit of the laws passed in favor of insolvent debtors, in the years of eighteen hundred five and eighteen hundred and six.
JOHN B. HANSON, Charles county, state of Md. June 6—July 3—w3t

RUN AWAY NEGRO.
Was committed to the jail of Kent county, on Wednesday the 3d inst. as a runaway negro BOB, who is between 40 and 45 years old, 5 feet 10 or 12 inches high, and has a scar on his chin. His clothes are a coarse roundabout blue over jacket and trow- sers, and a coarse linen shirt. His owner is desired to release him, or he will be sold for his jail and other fees, agreeably to the laws of Maryland.
RASIN GALE , sheriff of Kent county. Said Bob says he belongs to Mr. Fur- low, Green county, state of Georgia. June 24—w3t
JAMES S. STEVENSON, WHOLESALE & RETAIL DRUGGIST.
Has for sale (at a credit of 12 months to Druggists and Physicians) a large and com- plete assortment of Drugs, Medicines, Sur- geon's instruments, Patent Medicines, &c. &c. of the first quality which he will sell at the lowest prices. Tobacco taken in payment. Navy Yard, City of Washington, July 8—w3t
R. C. WEIGHTMAN, PRINTER, BOOKSELLER AND STATIONER, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
HAVING purchased the Extensive and Valuable establishment of WM. DUANE, consisting of Books, Stationery, Binding im- plements, and Printing materials, offers for sale at the lowest Philadelphia rates, Books and Stationery of all kinds;—Music and Mu- sical Instruments—Printing Ink of the first quality, and Patent Ball skins. Printing in all its various branches, will be executed to order, with taste and on the shortest notice. Blank Mortgages, Deeds, Leases, Bills of Lading, Powers of Attorney, Apprentices' Indentures, Warrants, &c. kept constantly for sale, by the quire or single sheet. Lawyers & others, by taking a quantity will be allowed a liberal discount. R. C. W. Solicits the attention of his friends, and hopes by unremitted assiduity to his business, to merit a share of public patro- nage. May 27—copf
WASHINGTON CITY, JUNE 5, 1807. THE Subscriber being desirous, that the public should be informed that he has fitted up his House on F street nearly opposite the Bank, with every requisite for the accom- modation of Travellers, where the strictest attention will be given to pleas, both in fare and price. He pledges himself, to those that will favor him with their call to leave nothing undone to give satisfaction. Also, he keeps a supply of Groceries, and many other articles at his store as usual, which will be disposed of on low terms for cash. THOMAS THORPE. June 5—w3t
FOR SALE, A VALUABLE tract of LAND contain- ing 217 acres, situated in Montgomery county and State of Maryland, about 7 miles above Georgetown, on the river road, and within a mile of the navigation of Potomac river.— This land is very valuable, not only on account of its eligible situation, but also for the quantity of meadow land, and timber thereon. A great bargain may be had in this property, and a credit given till the 20th of November next for two thirds of the purchase money, and a very long credit for the residue, the pay- ments being properly secured, and upon the first payment's being made an unexceptionable title will be given, agreeably to the decision of the Chancellor of Maryland. Also for Sale, A LOT with the improvements thereon in Washington city, fronting on F. street a few doors east of the Branch Bank—on this lot are two comfortable framed buildings, one two stories high, with a piazza to each story, the other a single story. This property will be sold either for cash or on a credit, as may best suit the purchaser. JAMES H. BLAKE. Alexandria, June 19—w6t
By the Orphan's Court of Saint Ma- ry's county, June Term, eighteen hundred and seven. ORDERED that William Mills, Executor of Joseph Hargis late of St. Mary's county, deceased, give the notice required by law for creditors to exhibit their claims against the estate of the said deceased, and that the same be published once a week for six weeks in the Washington Federalist and National Intelli- gencer. In testimony whereof, I have set my hand this ninth day of June, anno domini one thousand eight hundred and seven. JAMES FORRESTER, Reg. Willis for St. Mary's county.
This is to give notice That the subscriber of St. Mary's county has obtained from the Orphan's Court of St. Ma- ry's county, in Maryland, letters testamentary on the personal estate of Joseph Hargis late of St. Mary's county aforesaid, deceased—any persons having claims against the said deceas- ed, are hereby warned to exhibit the same with the vouchers thereof, to the subscriber at or before the 9th day of December next, they may otherwise by law be excluded from all benefit of the said estate. Given under my hand this 9th day of June, eighteen hundred and seven. WILLIAM MILLS, Exr. June 29—w6t
In Chancery, July 2, 1807. ORDERED that the sale made by Buf- ford Washington, Trustee for the sale of the real estate of George Washington, deceased, shall be ratified and confirmed unless cause to the contrary be shown on or before the 25th day of September next: provided a copy of this order be inserted in the National Intel- ligencer before the 2d day of August next. The report state: that 519 acres of land in Montgomery county, was sold for 6446 dol- 37 cents, and 511 acres in Charles county for 5 dollars 50 cents per acre. True copy. Test. NICH. BREWER, Reg. Cur. Can. July 8—cpts22
This is to give notice, that the subscriber of the city of Washington in the district of Columbia, hath obtained from the Orphan's Court of Prince George's county in the state of Maryland, letters of administra- tion on the personal estate of Thomas Duckett, late of said county deceased. All persons having claims against the said deceased are hereby warned to exhibit the same with the vouchers thereof, to the subscriber on or be- fore the first day of October next, they may otherwise by law be excluded from all benefit of the said estate. Those indebted to the deceased are desired to make immediate pay- ment. ALLEN B. DUCKETT, Adm. City of Washington, March 18—w6t All claims forwarded by mail must be paid. Prince Georges county, July 2, 1807.
THE Subscriber having been appointed trustee, by the Chancellor of the state of Ma- ryland, for the creditors of Barton Brashear, an insolvent debtor, and also, for the creditors of the late Wilkinson Brashear, also an insolv- ent debtor. Notice is hereby given that he will on Tuesday the 23th of this month, proceed to sell all the estate real and personal which Wilkinson and Barton Brashear, or either of them; consisting of about 75 acres of land whereon the said Barton Brashear lived, and two negroes, a man and woman. The sale to be on the premises, and for ready cash, and will begin at 12 o'clock. CHARLES DUVALL, Trustee. July 8—3t
St. CROIX SUGARS, COFFEE, &c.
JUST Received per Schooner Citizen from New York, 20 Hhds. of the very first quality of St. Croix feale sugars. 2000 pounds Guadalupe green Coffee. 6 pipes of excellent Holland Gin. 6 Barrels Albany amber Ale. 10 Dozen best Marceilles refined Sweet Oil. For sale by W. & C. SMITH. Georgetown, July 1—tawtf
WILLIAM MARBURY
HAS just received, via Philadelphia and Baltimore, and now for sale at his store, next door above Mr. Elisha Riggs, Bridge Street, an elegant assortment of FANCY & SPRING GOODS, viz. 4 4th, and 7 8th Irish Thibet net, do. Linens Silk and cotton hosiery 5 4th Irish sheeting Figured Florence Linen ca-bricks, Do. craps Thread and cotton lace Plaid and plain Man- Fancy ginghams twas Do. gauze mullins White and coloured Seeded mull do. Kid gloves Tamboured do. Parasols, plated Fancy tamboured mull mounted mantles Ladies, misses and chil- dren morocco slippers Leno do. do. Leno long shawls Do. tamboured veils, Blue, plain and coloured 8 8th and 6 4th cam- nankeens brick muslins Cotton calimcos 4 4th silk chambrays Marceilles waistscoating Cotton do. India and cambric di- 7 4th fatin damask mities Shawls London hats, &c. &c. Georgetown, May 15—tawtm
Treasury Department, United States, April 28, 1807.
WHEREAS the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund at a meeting held on the 23d day of March 1807, did among other things resolve, that the Eight per cent. Stock, created in pursuance of the several acts of Congress passed on the 16th day of July 1798, and 7th day of May 1800, should be re-embursed on the first day of January one thousand eight hundred and nine. This is therefore to give notice that the principal of the said Eight per cent. Stock will, on surrender of the certificates, be paid on the first day of January 1809, to the respective Stockholders or their lawful representatives or attorneys duly constituted and authorised, either at the Treasury or at the Loan Office, as the case may be, where credits have been given for the amount of Stock respectively held by them. It is further made known for the information of the parties concerned, that no transfers of the said Eight per Cent. Stock either from or to the books of the Treasury, or from or to the books of a Commissioner of Loans will be allowed after the first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and eight. And the interest on all certificates of said Stock, which shall not have been surrendered in pursuance of this notification, will cease and determine on the day preceding the day hereby fixed for the reimbursement thereof.
And whereas the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund at their meeting held on the 23d day of March as aforesaid, did also re- solve, that the sum which after making the current payments for the years 1807 and 1808, and after reimbursing the Four and a half per Cent. Stock, might remain to com- plete the annual appropriation of Eight Mil- lions of dollars, for those two years should, among other purposes, be ap- plied to the purchase of the Eight per Cent. Stock at private sale. and that such of the Cashiers of the Bank of the United States, and of its office of Discount and De- posit as the Secretary of the Treasury shall designate, be the agents under his su- perintendence for making the said pur- chases:—Notice is hereby accordingly given, That James Davidson, Jun. Cashier of the of- fice of Discount and Deposit at Washington, has been appointed agent for that purpose in Washington, to whom such of the proprie- tors of Eight per Cent. Stock as may be willing to sell the same within the prices li- mited by law, are requested to apply. ALBERT GALLATIN, Secretary of the Treasury. W.
20 DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN AWAY from the subscriber in August last, Negro CHARLES—he is a straight well made black man, about 26 years of age, 5 feet 9 or 10 inches high; has lost some of his fore teeth; is remarkably polite and much of a gallant. The above reward will be paid to any person who will bring him home or lodge him any jail to which I get him again. Wm. B. BEANES. Upper Marlinton, Jan. 9—tawtf
District of Columbia, Washington county, to wit: IN the case of JACOB H. GEIGER an in- solvent debtor.
ON the petition of Jacob H. Geiger an insolvent debtor confined in the prison of Washington county, for debt. Notice is here- by given to the creditors of the said Jacob H. Geiger that on the 13th day of July inst. in the Capitol at the court room at the hour of 8 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 Geiger and a trustee appointed unless sufficient cause be then and there shown to the contrary. It is ordered that this notice be published in the National Intelligencer and Washington Federalist three times before the said 13th inst. By order of the hon. Wm. Cranch, eq. chief judge of the circuit court of the District of Columbia. WM. BRENT, Ck. July 8—3t
Treasury Department, Register's Office, June 5th, 1807. Notice is hereby given,
THAT, in conformity with the provisions of the act supplementary to the act, entitled "An act making provision for the re- demption of the whole of the public debt of the United States," books will be opened at the Treasury on the first day of July next, to continue open until the seventeenth day of March, 1808, inclusively, the fourteen last days of each quarter excepted, for the pur- pose of receiving subscriptions for such parts of the old six per cent. deferred six per cent. and three per cent. stocks, as may, on the day of subscription stand on the books of the treasury. Those proprietors of the old six per cent. and deferred stocks, who may subscribe, will receive in lieu thereof a new six per cent. stock, equal to the unredeemed amount of the stock surrendered, redeemable at the pleasure of the United States, under a proviso however, that no reimbursement shall be made except for the whole amount of any such new certificate of stock, nor till after six months previous notice; and the proprietors of the three per cent. stock who may subscribe, will receive in lieu thereof, a six per cent. stock, equal to fifty-five per cent. of the amount of three per cent. surrendered, redeemable in the same manner as the new six per cent. above- mentioned, but not reimbursable however, without the assent of the holders, until after the whole of the new six per cent. (given in exchange for old six or deferred as above- mentioned,) as well as the whole of the eight per cent. stock of the United States, shall have been reimbursed. It is also provided that in every reimbursement which may take place, a preference will be given to those creditors who may notify their wish to be reimbursed; and that if the applications to that effect shall at any time either exceed or fall short of the sum then applicable to that purpose, the priority of payment shall, so far as may be necessary, be determined by lot. The present stockholders who reside in any part of Europe and may assent to that modifi- cation, may, at their option, receive the interest accruing on the new stock, either in the United States as heretofore, or in London, or Amsterdam, at par: in which last case, the interest will be paid there by the bankers of the United States, six months subsequent to the day on which the same would be payable in the United States and subject to no varia- tion; nor to any other deduction than a commission to the bankers, of one half per cent. on the interest thus paid. JOSEPH NOURSE, Reg. of the Treasury.
NOTE—Proprietors of 1000 dollars nomi- nal six per cent. stock, subscribed before the 1st October, 1807, will be entitled to re- ceive, 649 62 of new six. If subscribed between the 1st Oct. and 31st Dec. 1807, 644 37 — Between the 1st Jan. and 17th March 1808 619 03 Proprietors of 1000 dollars nominal deferred, sub- scribed before the 1st Oct. 1807, will be en- titled to receive, 853 78 — If subscribed between the 1st Oct. and 31st Dec. 1807, 853 62 — Between the 1st Jan. and 17th March 1808, 831 42 — Being the unredeemed amount of the old stock on the 1st July, and October 1807, and 1st January 1808. respectively. Proprietors of 1000 dollars three per cent. stock, will be entitled to receive 650 dollars of new six. June 8—w6m
James Waring, Tab against and Alethea his wife, formerly Alethea Turner, No- ble and Elizabeth his wife (formerly Eliza- beth Turner) Evans and Mary his wife, (formerly Mary Turner) Walter Turner and Ary Turner. MARYLAND—COURT OF CHANCERY, JUNE 16th, 1807.
THE object of this bill is to obtain a decree for the sale of the real estate of John Turner deceased, father of the said Alethea, Elizabeth, Mary, Walter and Ary, for the purpose of satisfying a debt which the complainant as security for the said deceased paid to Charles Carroll of Carrollton. The bill states that all the said defendants, are no residents of the state. It is therefore, and on the complainant's motion, ordered, that he cause a copy of this order to be inserted in the National Intelli- gencer three weeks successively before the 25th day of July next, to the intent that the said defendants may have notice of his appli- cation to this court, and of the substance and object of his bill, and may be warned to ap- pear here in person or by a solicitor on or before the 25th day of November next to show cause, wherefore a decree should not be passed as prayed. True copy Test. NICH. BREWER, Reg. Cur. Can. June 22—w3t
15 Dollars Reward.
STRAYED or stolen on the 5th instant a large light BAY HORSE, about 16 hands high, 5 or 6 years old last spring, shod all round, hind legs and one fore leg white, and has a large and small scar on the buttock. The above reward will be paid to any person that will deliver said horse to the subscriber at Mrs Kearney's on F street. HORACE H. EDWARDS. Washington city, July 8—4w
LITERARY NOTICE.
WM. DUANE, of Philadelphia, will thank such Book-sellers, Printers, and others, as may have had the goodness to collect sub- scribers, for the LIFE & WORKS OF DR. FRANKLIN, about to be published by Wm. Duane, to forward to him lists of the subscribers, obtain- ed, with particular directions relative to their residence, &c. Printers of newspapers, who have published the proposals for this extensive work, will add to the favors already conferred by publishing the above in their respective papers, as often as convenient. WM. DUANE will also thank those, who have collected subscribers, for "POLITICS FOR FARMERS AND MECHANICS," to inform him of their names and places of residence, without delay. July 13—
ELIAS B. CALDWELL, ATTORNEY AT LAW, HAS removed his Office, to the house lately occupied by Mr. Law, on Capitol Hill, Washington, July 26—ti
RAMSAY'S LIFE OF WASHINGTON.
IN the press, and in a few weeks will be pub- lished by B. S. THOMAS, of Providence, R. Island, late of Charleston, S. C. and for sale at J. March's book store, George Town. The Life of GEORGE WASHINGTON, Commander in Chief of the Armies of the U. States of America, throughout the war which established their In- dependence, and first President of the United States. BY DAVID RAMSAY, M. D. AUTHOR OF THE HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. This work will be published on the fol- lowing conditions. 1st. It will be comprised in one volume, octavo, of about 400 pages, on a fine wove paper. 2d. It shall be ornamented with an elegant engraved Head of Washington. 3d. The price to Subscribers, in boards, will be two dollars and fifty cents; to non- subscribers, three dollars. 4th. No money will be required until the books are ready for delivery. On the merits of a work, coming from an author so celebrated in the annals of literature as Ramsay, suffice it to say, that the manu- script has been read by several gentlemen of great literary acquirements, and pronounced to be "a piece of elegant classic biography." Subscriptions received at J. March's book store, High street, George Town. Where are just received a new collection of books in every department of literature. July 15.
LAND FOR SALE.
PURSUANT to an order of the court of Calvert county, the subscribers will sell by public auction at the Court House in said county on Monday the 28th day of Septem- ber next, if fair, if not the next fair day, all the real estate of the late Mr. James Weems, consisting of the following tracts of Land The tract on which the said James Weems resided, lying about two miles from Patuxent river, and containing 650 acres. The soil of this land is well calculated for the growth of corn, wheat and tobacco; there is about 30 acres of excellent meadow ground upon it not now in an improved state, but can be put to with very little labor or expense; a considerable part of this land is very heavily covered with wood, among which there is a great quantity of superior timber; there is also upon this tract a large two story Brick Dwelling house, containing 4 rooms and a passage on the 1st floor and 6 rooms and a passage in the 2nd story, also a cellar under the house divided into 5 apartments, one of which is intended for a kitchen and most conveniently fixed as such; there is also a barn, stable, corn house and other convenient out-buildings One other tract of Land lying near the Court House containing 450 1 2 acres; upon this tract there is a small but very convenient framed dwelling-house with a kitchen and other ne- cessary out buildings This land produces extremely well; there is some excellent mea- dow land upon it and an ample quantity of wood for fencing and fire wood. This tract is now in the possession of Mrs. Weems (the widow of the aforesaid James Weems) to whom it was laid off by the commissioners as her portion of the land, and it will be sold encumbered with her life estate. Two other tracts of Land lying very near the left men- tioned tract, one containing 100 acres; the other 162 acres. Upon the first of these two tracts there is a small wooden dwelling-house, also a quantity of excellent wood and timber. On the other tract, there are several small wooden dwelling houses and one tobacco house, also a sufficiency of wood for fencing and fire-wood. It is thought needless to give a more full description of these lands, as it is presumed no one will purchase without first viewing them, and on application to Dr. Nathaniel T. Weems, who lives adjacent to the first mentioned tract, he will show all the different tracts. These different tracts of land will be sold in a body or in parcels as may best suit those who wish to purchase. The purchasers to give bond with approved security for the purchase money, to be paid in three equal annual pay- ments; the whole interest to be paid yearly, and on the ratification of the sale by the court and a full payment of the purchase money, a deed of conveyance will be executed to the purchasers agreeable to an act of Assembly in such case made and provided. FREDERICK K. SKINNER, } Commis- JAMES DUKE, } sioner PARKER BOWEN, July 10—w2m
FOR SALE,
By J. S. STEVENSON, near the Navy Yard, Swedish and English carriage and chair Tires, English square Iron, Pennsylvania bar Iron, flat and square, Rod and spikes Iron, German and English Steel. J. S. Stevenson will sell the above at Phi- ladelphia prices (adding only freight) for cash, or for tobacco deposited in the Warehouse on the Eastern Branch—Persons wanting Iron will perceive the advantage of calling on J. S. S. City of Washington, July 10—w3t
NOTICE is hereby given to the sub- scribers to the Washington Institution for the Education of youth, that an election will be held at Mr. Meyer's Hotel, on Monday, the 20th inst. for the purpose of choosing six trustees on their part for said Institution during the ensuing year. The election will be open from 9 A. M. to 7 P. M. JOHN DEMPSEY, PHINEAS BRADLEY, ANDREW WAY, junj
ATTENTION.
SONS of Columbia, it is death to sleep at our posts—all able bodied men, who have a desire to manifest their zeal in the cause of their country, are request- ed to meet at Myer's Hotel this even- ing, at seven o'clock, for the purpose of forming a volunteer company—and for the purpose of offering to the Presi- dent of the United States their ser- vices, in defence of our government, our glorious constitution, and the honor of Freemen.
RUNAWAY.
WAS committed to the jail of Frederick county (M.D.) on the 23 May last, a mulatto man who calls himself FRANK DUTCHER, about 5 feet 6 inches high, he had on when committed a blue cloth coat, blue vest with silver collar and lapels, likewise be and round with red; a pair of buckskin breeches, worsted stockings, one old pair of shoes, and an old wool hat, no shirt, has a scar on his right forehead as he says by fighting; he appears very fond of spirituous liquors and says he belongs to Mrs. Pricilla Coats, of Charles county, on Mattawoman creek. The owner is requested to come and release him, otherwise he will be sold for his prison fees. GEORGE CREAGER, Jr. sheriff. June 22—w6t
FOR SALE
By J. S. STEVENSON, 20 boxes Spanish Segars, 6 tons Spanish Whitening, and A complete assortment of Paints, Oils, Glaze, Brushes and other articles in the Paint line, which he will sell at the lowest prices for cash. Navy Yard, July 10—3t
TEAS, SUGARS, BRANDY, RICE, &c.
WALTER & CLEMENT SMITH, have just received by the Schooner Citizen, captain Burges, and Providence captain Tra- vers, from New York, and offer for sale at their Warehouse opposite Lowndes's wharf— 50 chests fresh Hylon, Young Hylon, and Hylon Skin Teas of fine quality, 200 boxes of 7lb. Superior and fresh Hylon, and 14lb. each Imperial and Gunpowder 200 leads 2lb. Tea, put up in Canton for each family use, 4 chests single Hylon, 7 pipes high alt proof and well flavored Bordeaux Brandy, 20 tiersce Rice, 15 hds. best Surinam Molasses, 40 hds. Prime St. Croix and Trinidad 30 barrels Sugars, 25 hds. Martinique claved Sugar, entitled to drawback and certificate, 40 boxes, Clare and Frontignac wines, one dozen each, 30 boxes Olives and Capers, 10 baskets best refined Sweet Oil, 6 bottles each, 10 boxes London Mustard, 6 hds. Spermaceti and Whale Oil, 100 Demijohns, Pimento, Ginger, Nutmegs, Cloves, Fruits, &c.
And in Store,
Old Cogniac Brandy, very fine, Holland and country Gin, Whiskey, Peach and Apple Brandy, Sherry, Lisbon, Teneriffe, Port, Catalonia, and old Madeira Wines, old Jamaica Spirits, West India Rum, Segars, Lemons in boxes, Loaf and Lump Sugars, coarse Lisbon Salt, &c. Georgetown, May 27—2awtf
PUBLIC SALE.
By virtue of a decree of the hon. the Circuit Court of the district of Columbia, sitting as a court of Chancery for the county of Washington, will be sold, at public sale, on the premises, the 5th day of August next, at 12 o'clock, M. that valuable farm, situated in Georgetown, in the district of Columbia, and known by the name of THE UNION TAVERN, now in the occupancy of Wm. Crawford, and late the property of Charles McLaughlin, de- ceased; together with the Lots, Houses, Sta- bles and improvements belonging to, and on which the said tavern is erected, and also the two story Brick House situate on Bridge street, near the said Union Tavern, and the Lot on which the same is erected, late the property of James S. Morrell, eq.
The terms of sale are, the purchaser to give bonds, with approved security for the pay- ment of the purchase money, with interest from the day of sale, in three equal annual payments. DANIEL BUSSARD, Trustee. The creditors of the said Charles McLaugh- lin are hereby notified to bring into the said court, their claims, with the vouchers there- of, against the said Charles McLaughlin, within two months from the day of sale above mentioned. DANIEL BUSSARD, trustee. May 6—w2t
BAR IRON, STEEL, &c.
FOR SALE, By J. S. STEVENSON, near the Navy Yard, Swedish and English carriage and chair Tires, English square Iron, Pennsylvania bar Iron, flat and square, Rod and spikes Iron, German and English Steel. J. S. Stevenson will sell the above at Phi- ladelphia prices (adding only freight) for cash, or for tobacco deposited in the Warehouse on the Eastern Branch—Persons wanting Iron will perceive the advantage of calling on J. S. S. City of Washington, July 10—w3t
FOR SALE,
By J. S. STEVENSON, near the Navy Yard, Swedish and English carriage and chair Tires, English square Iron, Pennsylvania bar Iron, flat and square, Rod and spikes Iron, German and English Steel. J. S. Stevenson will sell the above at Phi- ladelphia prices (adding only freight) for cash, or for tobacco deposited in the Warehouse on the Eastern Branch—Persons wanting Iron will perceive the advantage of calling on J. S. S. City of Washington, July 10—w3t
NOTICE is hereby given to the sub-
scribers to the Washington Institution for the Education of youth, that an election will be held at Mr. Meyer's Hotel, on Monday, the 20th inst. for the purpose of choosing six trustees on their part for said Institution during the ensuing year. The election will be open from 9 A. M. to 7 P. M. JOHN DEMPSEY, PHINEAS BRADLEY, ANDREW WAY, junj
ATTENTION.
SONS of Columbia, it is death to sleep at our posts—all able bodied men, who have a desire to manifest their zeal in the cause of their country, are request- ed to meet at Myer's Hotel this even- ing, at seven o'clock, for the purpose of forming a volunteer company—and for the purpose of offering to the Presi- dent of the United States their ser- vices, in defence of our government, our glorious constitution, and the honor of Freemen.
RUNAWAY.
WAS committed to the jail of Frederick county (M.D.) on the 23 May last, a mulatto man who calls himself FRANK DUTCHER, about 5 feet 6 inches high, he had on when committed a blue cloth coat, blue vest with silver collar and lapels, likewise be and round with red; a pair of buckskin breeches, worsted stockings, one old pair of shoes, and an old wool hat, no shirt, has a scar on his right forehead as he says by fighting; he appears very fond of spirituous liquors and says he belongs to Mrs. Pricilla Coats, of Charles county, on Mattawoman creek. The owner is requested to come and release him, otherwise he will be sold for his prison fees. GEORGE CREAGER, Jr. sheriff. June 22—w6t
FOR SALE
By J. S. STEVENSON, 20 boxes Spanish Segars, 6 tons Spanish Whitening, and A complete assortment of Paints, Oils, Glaze, Brushes and other articles in the Paint line, which he will sell at the lowest prices for cash. Navy Yard, July 10—3t