The national intelligencer and Washington advertiser. (Washington City [D.C.]), 1802-05-14 00:00:00

NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER,
AND WASHINGTON ADVERTISER.
Vol. II.
WASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
No. CXXXVII.
FIVE DOLLS. PER ANN.
FRIDAY, MAY 14th, 1802.
PAID IN ADVANCE.
PROPOSALS
For carrying the Mails of the United States on the following Post Roads, will be received at the General Post Office in Washington City, until the 12th day of July next, inclusive.
IN MAINE.
 1. From Kennebec to Eastport on Moose Island once a week. Leave Kennebec every Thursday at 2 P. M. and arrive at Eastport at 5 A. M. Leave Eastport every Friday at 5 A. M. and arrive at Kennebec by 10 A. M.  2. From Scodias by Pennamaquan, Kennebec, Machias, Grand Isle, Columbia, Narragansett, Gouldsboro' & Sullivan to Trenton once a week. Leave Scodias every Friday at 6 A. M. and arrive at Trenton the next Monday by 10 A. M. Leave Trenton every Monday at 2 P. M. and arrive at Scodias the next Thursday by 6 P. M.  3. From Trenton by Blackhill, Prospect, Penobscot, Bucksport, Penobscot, Belfast, Dickerson, Camden, Thomaston, Warren, Waldoboro' and Newcast to Wilscasset once a week. Leave Trenton every Monday at 2 P. M. and arrive at Wilscasset the next Thursday by 6 P. M. Leave Wilscasset every Friday at 6 A. M. and arrive at Trenton the next Monday by 10 A. M.  4. From Bucksport by Frankfort, Hampden, Bangor, Edington and Orrington to Bucksport once a week. Leave Bucksport every Monday at 6 A. M. and arrive at Orrington by 4 P. M. and arrive at Bucksport the next Tuesday by noon.  5. From Wilscasset by Bath, Brunswick, Freeport, North Yarmouth and Falmouth to Portland three times a week. Leave Wilscasset every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 4 A. M. and arrive at Portland the same days by 6 P. M. Returning—Leave Portland every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 4 A. M. and arrive at Wilscasset the same days by 6 P. M.  6. From Wilscasset by New Milford, Dresden, Pittston, Hallowell, Augusta, Waterville, Monmouth, Greene, Lewiston, New Gloucester, Gray and Falmouth to Portland once a week. Leave Wilscasset every Wednesday at 8 A. M. and arrive at Portland on Saturday by noon. Leave Portland every Saturday at 6 P. M. and arrive at Wilscasset the next Tuesday by 7 P. M.  7. From Hallowell by Augusta, Vassalboro', Waterville, Fairfield and Canaan to Norridgewock once a week. Leave Hallowell every Thursday at 6 A. M. and arrive at Norridgewock on Friday by 9 A. M. Leave Norridgewock every Tuesday at 3 P. M. and arrive at Hallowell on Wednesday by 4 P. M.  8. From Hallowell by Augusta, Reedfield, Mount Vernon and Chelsea to Farmington, and from thence by New Sharon and Belgrade to Augusta once a week. Leave Hallowell every Thursday at 6 A. M. and arrive at Farmington by 6 P. M. Leave Farmington every Wednesday at 6 A. M. and arrive at Hallowell by 4 P. M.  9. From Portland by Windham, Raymond, Bridgton, Waterford, Norway, Paris, Buckfield, Turner, Poland and New Gloucester to Portland once a week. Leave Portland every Tuesday at 8 A. M. and return to Portland the next Wednesday by 5 P. M.  10. From Portland by Saccarappa, Gorham, Standish, Falmouth, Hiram, and Brownfield to Fryeburg once a week. Leave Portland every Monday at 6 A. M. and arrive at Fryeburg every Tuesday by 10 A. M. Returning—Leave Fryeburg every Tuesday at 2 P. M. and arrive at Portland the next Wednesday by 7 P. M.  11. From Portland by Gorham, Buxton, Limington, Limerick, Parsonsfield, Newfield, Shapleigh, Waterboro', Sanford and Lebanon to Berwick once a week. Leave Portland every Monday at 8 A. M. and arrive at Berwick on Wednesday by 7 P. M. Leave Berwick every Tuesday at 6 A. M. and arrive at Portland on Saturday by 6 P. M.  12. From Portland by Scarboro', Biddeford, Kennebunk, Doughty's Falls, Berwick and Dover, N. H. to Portsmouth, N. H. three times a week. Leave Portland every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 4 A. M. and arrive at Portsmouth same days by 6 P. M. in summer, and by 8 P. M. in winter. Returning—Leave Portsmouth every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday by 4 A. M. and arrive at Portland by 6 P. M. in summer, and by 8 P. M. in winter.  13. From Portland by Scarboro', Pepperington, Biddeford, Kennebunk, Wells, York and Kittery to Portsmouth three times a week. Leave Portland every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 4 A. M. and arrive at Portsmouth the same days by 6 P. M. in summer, and by 8 P. M. in winter. 
 14. From Portsmouth by Dover, Rochester, Middletown, Ossipee, Moultonboro', Centre Harbor, Plymouth, New Hampton, Meredith, Gilmanton, Nottingham and Durham to Portsmouth one week, and return the contrary way the next week, so as to pass alternately once a week. Leave Portsmouth every Monday at 2 P. M. and arrive at Plymouth the next Wednesday by 7 P. M. Leave Plymouth every Thursday at 6 A. M. and arrive at Portsmouth the next Monday by 2 P. M.  15. From Portsmouth by Exeter, Chichester, Londonderry, Amherst, Peterboro', Marlboro' and Keene to Walpole, once a week. Leave Portsmouth every Tuesday at 9 A. M. and arrive at Amherst on Wednesday by 7 P. M. Leave Amherst every Thursday at 6 A. M. and arrive at Keene by 7 P. M. and at Walpole on Friday by 10 A. M. Returning—Leave Walpole every Friday at 2 P. M. and arrive at Keene by 7 P. M. and at Amherst on Saturday by 6 P. M. Leave same in one hour and arrive at Portsmouth on Monday by 4 P. M.  16. From Exeter by Nottingham, Concord, Salisbury, Crafston, Canaan, and Lebanon to Hanover once a week. Leave Exeter every Wednesday at 6 A. M. and arrive at Concord on Thursday by 9 A. M. Leave Concord at 11 A. M. and arrive at Hanover on Saturday by 9 A. M. Returning—Leave Hanover every Saturday at 9 P. M. and arrive at Exeter the next Tuesday by 7 P. M.  17. From Haverhill by Manchester, Pembroke, Concord, Belknap, Salisbury, Plymouth, Romney and Haverhill, N. H. to Newbury, Vt. once a week. Leave Haverhill, Mass. every Friday at 2 P. M. and arrive at Chester by 5 P. M. and at Concord on Saturday by noon; leave Concord at 7 P. M. and arrive at Plymouth on Monday by 6 A. M. and at Haverhill by 7 P. M. Returning—Leave Newbury on Tuesday by 6 A. M. and arrive at Haverhill by 7 P. M. at Plymouth by 6 P. M. and arrive at Concord on Wednesday by 6 P. M. Leave Concord on Thursday at 10 A. M. and arrive at Haverhill on Friday by 10 A. M.  18. From Hanover, N. H. by Orford to Haverhill once a week. Leave Hanover every Monday at 6 A. M. and arrive at Haverhill by 4 P. M. Returning—Leave Haverhill on Tuesday at 9 A. M. and arrive at Hanover by 6 P. M.  19. From Hanover by Norwich, Hartford, Hartland, Windsor, Vt. to Charlestown, Walpole, Westminster, Vt. Putney, Vt. Brattleboro', Vt. Hinsdale, Vt. Bernardston, Mass. Greenfield, Mass. Deerfield, Whately, Hatfield, Northampton, Southampton and Westfield, Mass. to Suffield, C. twice a week. Leave Hanover every Monday and Thursday at 6 A. M. and arrive at Windsor by noon. Leave Windsor in half an hour and arrive at Brattleboro' on Tuesday and Friday by 11 A. M. Leave Brattleboro' at 2 P. M. and arrive at Suffield on Wednesday and Saturday by 8 P. M. Returning—Leave Suffield every Monday and Thursday at 4 A. M. and arrive at Northampton in half an hour and arrive at Brattleboro' every Tuesday and Friday at 10 A. M. Leave Brattleboro' at 1 P. M. and arrive at Windsor on Wednesday and Saturday by noon. Leave Windsor in half an hour and arrive at Hanover by 6 P. M.  20. From Portsmouth by Exeter, Kingston, Haverhill, Mass. Andover, Wilmington, Woburn and Medford to Boston three times a week. Leave Portsmouth every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 3 A. M. and arrive at Boston the same days by 7 P. M. Returning—Leave Boston every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 3 A. M. and arrive at Portsmouth the same days by 7 P. M.  21. From Exeter by Newmarket and Durham to Dover once a week. Leave Exeter every Tuesday at 5 A. M. and arrive at Dover by 10 A. M. Leave Dover every Tuesday at 2 P. M. and arrive at Exeter by 6 P. M. 
IN VERMONT.
 22. From Rutland by Pittsford, Brandon, Leicester, Salisbury, Middlebury, New Haven, Vergennes, Ferrisburg, Charlotte, Shelburne, Burlington, Colchester, Milton, Georgia, St. Albans and Swanton to Highgate once a week. Leave Rutland every Monday at 5 A. M. and arrive at Charlotte on Tuesday by 10 A. M. and arrive at Highgate on Wednesday by 7 P. M. Returning—Leave Highgate every Thursday by 6 A. M. and arrive at Charlotte on Friday by 2 P. M. and at Rutland on Saturday by 7 P. M.  23. From Burlington by Jericho, Montpelier, Williamstown, Randolph, 
 Royalton, and Woodstock to Windsor Vt. once a week. Leave Burlington every Friday at 2 P. M. and arrive at Montpelier on Saturday by 6 P. M. and arrive at Windsor the next Tuesday by 12 A. M. Returning—Leave Windsor every Tuesday at 2 P. M. and arrive at Montpelier on Wednesday by 6 A. M. and at Burlington on Friday by 10 A. M.  24. From Montpelier by Barre, Washington, Corinth, Bradford, Newbury, Ryegate, Peacham, and Deweyburg, to Danville once a week. Leave Montpelier every Saturday at 7 P. M. and arrive at Newbury on Monday by 6 P. M. and at Danville on Tuesday by 2 P. M. Returning—Leave Danville every Tuesday at 4 P. M. and arrive at Montpelier on Thursday at 4 P. M.  25. From Rutland by Castleton, Fairhaven, Benson, Orwell, Shoreham and Addison to Vergennes, once a week. Leave Rutland every Monday at 6 A. M. and arrive at Fairhaven by 10 A. M. Leave Fairhaven at noon, and arrive at Vergennes on Tuesday by 2 P. M. Returning—Leave Vergennes every Wednesday at 6 A. M. and arrive at Fairhaven on Thursday at 6 A. M. and at Rutland by noon.  26. From Rutland by Clarendon, Timnouth, Danby, Dorset, Manchester, Arlington, Shaftsbury, Bennington, Laningburg and Troy to Albany, twice a week. Leave Rutland every Monday and Thursday by 6 A. M. and arrive at Bennington on Tuesday and Friday by 7 P. M. Leave Bennington on Wednesday and Saturday by 6 A. M. and arrive at Albany same days by 5 P. M. Returning—Leave Albany every Monday and Thursday at 9 A. M. and arrive at Bennington same days by 7 P. M. Leave Bennington, Tuesday and Friday at 6 A. M. and arrive at Rutland on Wednesday and Saturday by 3 P. M.  27. From Rutland, by Shrewsbury, Salt Ash and Reading, to Windsor, once a week. Leave Rutland every Monday at 5 A. M. and arrive at Windsor on Tuesday by 10 A. M. Returning—Leave Windsor every Tuesday at 2 P. M. and arrive at Rutland on Wednesday by 7 P. M.  28. From Rutland, by Cavendish, Chester, Rockingham, B. Howes Falls & Westminster, to Walpole, N. H. once a week. Leave Rutland every Thursday at 6 P. M. and arrive at Walpole on Friday by 10 A. M. Returning—Leave Walpole every Friday at 2 P. M. and arrive at Rutland on Saturday by 6 P. M.  29. From Bennington by Marlboro', Wilmington and Woodford to Brattleboro', once a week. Leave Bennington every Thursday at 9 P. M. and arrive at Brattleboro' on Friday by 11 A. M. Returning—Leave Brattleboro' every Friday at 2 P. M. and arrive at Bennington on Saturday by 4 P. M. 
IN MASSACHUSETTS.
 30. From Newburyport, by Amesbury to Haverhill, once a week. Leave Newburyport every Monday at 5 A. M. and arrive at Haverhill by 11 A. M. Returning—Leave Haverhill every Monday at 1 P. M. and arrive at Newburyport by 7 P. M.  31. From Boston, by Chelsea, Lynn, Salem, Beverly, and Manchester, to Gloucester, three times a week. Leave Boston every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, by 6 A. M. and arrive at Gloucester by 6 P. M. Leave Gloucester every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 6 A. M. and arrive at Boston by 6 P. M.  32. From Boston, by Charlestown, Medford, Woburn, Billington, Bellerive, Chelsea, Tyngsboro', Dunstable, Amherst, N. H. Francisstown, N. H. Waltington, N. H. and Clermont, N. H. to Windsor, Vt. once a week. Leave Boston every Saturday at 5 A. M. and arrive at Amherst by 3 P. M. and at Windsor the next Tuesday by 10 A. M. Returning—Leave Windsor every Tuesday at 2 P. M. and arrive at Amherst on Wednesday by 7 P. M. Leave Amherst on Thursday at 4 A. M. and arrive at Boston by 8 P. M.  33. From Salem to Marblehead six times a week. Leave Salem every day, Sunday excepted at noon, and arrive at Marblehead by 1 P. M. Leave Marblehead every day at half past two o'clock P. M. and arrive at Salem by half past 3 P. M.  34. From Billerica by Tewksbury, Dracut, Pelham, N. H. and Windham to Londonderry, N. H. once a week. Leave Billerica every Monday at 5 A. M. and arrive at Londonderry by 11 A. M. Leave Londonderry every Monday at 1 P. M. and arrive at Billerica by 8 P. M.  35. From Boston, by Cambridge, Lexington, Concord, Acton and Littleton, to Groton twice a week. Leave Boston every Wednesday and Saturday at 5 A. M. and arrive at Concord by 11 A. M. 
 36. From Groton, by Townsend, Abney, New Ipswich, Jaffrey, Marlboro', Keene and Chesterfield, N. H. to Brattleboro', Vt. once a week. Leave Groton every Thursday at 5 A. M. and arrive at Brattleboro' on Friday by 10 A. M. Leave Brattleboro' on Friday at 2 P. M. and arrive at Groton on Saturday by 9 P. M.  37. From Concord by Acton, Boxboro', Harvard and Lancaster, to Leominster, twice a week. Leave Concord, every Wednesday and Saturday at 1 P. M. and arrive at Leominster by 7 P. M. Leave Leominster every Monday and Thursday at 5 A. M. and arrive at Concord by 11 A. M.  38. From Leominster by Westminster, Templeton, Gerry, Athol, New Salem, Wendell and Montague, to Greenfield, once a week. Leave Leominster every Thursday at 5 A. M. and arrive at Greenfield, by 7 P. M. Leave Greenfield every Saturday at 5 A. M. and arrive at Leominster by 7 P. M.  39. From Worcester, by Boylston to Lancaster, once a week. Leave Worcester every Wednesday at 6 A. M. and arrive at Lancaster by 11 A. M. Leave Lancaster same day at 1 P. M. and arrive at Worcester, by 6 P. M.  40. From Boston, by Roxbury, Dedham, Medfield, Medway, Bellingham, Mendon, Uxbridge, Douglas, Thompson, C. Pomfret, C. Allford, C. and Tolland, C. to Hartford, C. once a week. Leave Boston, every Monday at 9 A. M. and arrive at Hartford, on Wednesday by 5 P. M. Leave Hartford every Thursday at 8 A. M. and arrive at Boston on Saturday by 4 P. M.  41. From Boston, by Dedham, Wrentham, Attleboro', Providence, R. I. Scituate, Plainfield, C. Norwich, New London, Lyme, Saybrook, Killingworth, Guilford and Branford, to New Haven, three times a week. From November 1, to May 1. Leave Boston every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, at 8 A. M. and arrive at Providence every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 4 A. M. and arrive at New London by 8 P. M. Leave New London every Wednesday, Friday and Monday, at 4 A. M. and arrive at New Haven by 6 P. M. Returning—Leave New Haven every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, at 4 A. M. and arrive at Providence every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, at half past 5 A. M. and arrive at Providence on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, at 7 A. M. Leave Providence in half an hour and arrive at Boston by 3 P. M.  41. From Boston by Milton, Compton, Easton, Taunton, Berkle and Free town to New Bedford three times a week in summer, and twice in winter. May 1, to November 1. Leave Boston every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, at 9 P. M. and arrive at Taunton on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, by 1 P. M. and at New Bedford by 8 P. M. Returning—Leave New Bedford every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday, at 9 P. M. and arrive at Taunton on Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 11 A. M. and at Boston by 8 P. M. November 1, to May 1. Leave Boston every Wednesday and Friday, at 9 A. M. and arrive at Taunton by 8 P. M. Leave Taunton in half an hour and arrive at New Bedford on Thursday and Saturday, by 8 P. M. Returning—Leave New Bedford every Monday and Wednesday at 9 A. M. and arrive at Taunton by 3 P. M. Leave Taunton in half an hour, and arrive at Boston, on Tuesday and Thursday by 8 P. M.  42. From New Bedford to Nantucket three times a week in summer, and twice in winter. May 1, to Nov. 1. Leave New Bedford every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, at 4 A. M. and arrive at Nantucket the same days, wind and weather permitting. Returning—Leave Nantucket every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, at 4 A. M. and arrive at New Bedford the same days. November 1, to May 1. Leave New Bedford every Friday and Mon- 
 day at 6 A. M. and arrive at Nantucket same days. Leave Nantucket every Saturday and Tuesday, at 6 A. M. and arrive at New Bedford same days, when the wind and weather will permit.  43. From Boston by Dorchester, Milton, Randolph, Bridgewater, Raynham, Taunton, Dighton, Somerset and Swansea to Warren, R. I. once a week. Leave Boston every Wednesday at 2 P. M. and arrive at Warren on Friday by 9 A. M. Leave Warren every Tuesday at 7 A. M. and arrive at Boston on Wednesday by 11 A. M.  44. From Boston by Dorchester, Milton, Quincy, Braintree, Weymouth, Hingham, Hanover, Pembroke, Duxbury and Kingston, to Plymouth, twice a week. Leave Boston every Tuesday and Friday, at 6 A. M. and arrive at Plymouth by 7 P. M. Returning—Leave Plymouth every Monday and Thursday at 6 A. M. and arrive at Boston by 7 P. M.  45. From Plymouth by Sandwich, Barnstable, Yarmouth, Dennis, Harwich, Chatham, Orleans, Eastham, Wellfleet, Bellingham and Truro, to Provincetown, once a week. Leave Plymouth every Wednesday at 6 A. M. and arrive at Sandwich by 10 A. M. Leave Sandwich at 11 A. M. and arrive at Provincetown on Friday by noon. Returning—Leave Provincetown every Friday at 3 P. M. and arrive at Plymouth the next Sunday by 6 P. M.  46. From Hingham by Cohasset, Scituate, Marshfield and Duxbury, to Kingston, once a week. Leave Hingham every Wednesday at 5 A. M. and arrive at Kingston by 11 A. M. Leave Kingston every Wednesday at 1 P. M. and arrive at Hingham by 7 P. M.  47. From Sandwich, by Wareham, Rochester, New Bedford, Dartmouth, Westport, and Little Compton, R. I. to Newport, R. I. once a week. Leave Sandwich every Monday at 6 A. M. and arrive at Newport on Tuesday by noon. Returning—Leave Newport every Tuesday at 3 P. M. and arrive at Sandwich on Wednesday by 7 P. M.  48. From Sandwich by Falmouth, and Holmes' hole to Edgartown once a week. Leave Sandwich every Wednesday at noon, and arrive at Edgartown on Thursday by 1 P. M. Leave Edgartown every Thursday at 4 P. M. and arrive at Sandwich on Wednesday by 10 A. M.  49. From Providence, R. I. by North Providence and Cumberland, R. I. by Mendon, Upton, Grafton, Worcester, Holden, Rutland, Barre, Peterboro', New Salem, Wendell and Northfield, Mass. to Brattleboro', Vt. once a week. Leave Providence every Tuesday at 9 A. M. and arrive at Brattleboro' on Friday by 9 A. M. Leave Brattleboro' every Friday at 3 P. M. and arrive at Providence the next Monday by 5 P. M.  50. From Brookfield by Ware, Belchertown, Granby, South Hadley, Northampton, Chesterfield, Worthington, Paetridgefield, Dalton, Pittsfield, Lanesboro' and New Lebanon, N. Y. to Albany, twice a week. Leave Brookfield every Monday and Thursday at 9 A. M. and arrive at Northampton by 8 P. M. Leave Northampton on Tuesday and Friday at 6 A. M. and arrive at Pittsfield by 1 P. M. and at Albany on Wednesday and Saturday by 8 P. M. Returning—Leave Albany every Tuesday and Friday at 9 A. M. and arrive at Pittsfield by 8 P. M. Leave Pittsfield on Wednesday and Saturday at 4 A. M. and arrive at Northampton by 8 P. M. Leave Northampton on Monday and Thursday at 4 A. M. and arrive at Brookfield by 4 P. M.  51. From Bennington, Vt. by Pownall, Vt. Williamstown, Mass. Alford, Lanesboro', Pittsfield, Lenox, Stockbridge, Great Barrington, Sheffield, Salisbury, C. Sharon, C. Kent, C. Dover, N. Y. South-East, N. Y. Salem, N. Y. Bedford, N. Y. North-Castle, N. Y. and White Plains, N. Y. to New Rochelle, N. Y. once a week. Leave Bennington every Wednesday at 6 A. M. and arrive at Stockbridge by 7 P. M. Leave Stockbridge on Thursday at 6 A. M. and arrive at Sheffield by 10 A. M. at Sharon by 3 P. M. and at New Rochelle the next Saturday by 5 P. M. Returning—Leave New Rochelle every Saturday at 6 P. M. and arrive at Bedford on Sunday by noon. Leave Bedford at 1 P. M. and arrive at Sharon on Tuesday by 4 P. M. Leave Sharon at 5 P. M. and arrive at Sheffield on Wednesday by 10 A. M. and at Stockbridge by 4 P. M. Leave Stockbridge every Thursday at 6 A. M. and arrive at Bennington on same day by 7 P. M.  52. From Springfield by West Springfield, Westfield, Suffield, Blandford, Loundon, Bethleham, Tyringham, Stockbridge and West Stockbridge to Kinderhook, N. Y. once a week. Leave Springfield every Thursday at 6 A. M. and arrive at Kinderhook on Friday by 6 P. M. Leave Kinderhook on Friday by 6 P. M. and arrive at Springfield on Saturday by 6 P. M. (Continued on last page.) 

of the 8 3/4 cents will admit, it may be bought with the millions. Faced by the postponement of the payment of the Dutch debt.
The remarks of the gentleman respecting bills being below par, and the facility of purchasing them, may apply perhaps to ordinary bills, where only small sums are required; but when a demand for two millions, beyond the current demand, is superadded, will not the necessary effect be to enhance the price of bills? But suppose the individuals from whom bills are generally purchased have no right to draw beyond the ordinary demand for bills, what will be the effect? Is government to be driven, no matter what length, to put as the gentleman says, their shoulders to the wheel. In answer, I will say that the government have put their shoulders to the wheel, and have manifested in their actions the most unequivocal disposition to pay off the debt; but notwithstanding this disposition, they are unwilling to put the country to the inconveniences that may arise from the payment of the large instalment due in 1808—they are therefore in favor of equalizing it.
Besides if every dollar that is saved from the Dutch debt, be applied to the payment of public loans, navy stock, or 8 per cents, will there not be less debt extinguished? Will not such application of the public monies promote as highly the public interest; and have gentlemen known that the ultimate redemption of the debt will be prolonged for a moment?
Mr. S. Smith said this section, and others that follow, were of considerable importance; the effects of which he had but little considered. He, therefore, wished the committee might rise, and time be allowed for further consideration until tomorrow. It appeared to him that the provision in the bill would answer one good object at least. Persons, who have bills, may hold them up, and the Secretary of the Treasury, having this power, may keep down the price. If the provision should have no other effect, this may be a very important one. The committee rose, and asked leave to sit again.
WASHINGTON CITY.
FRIDAY, MAR. 14, 1802.
Pursuant to a public notification given in the National Intelligencer of this day, a meeting of the inhabitants of that part of the City of Washington, west of Sixth-street, was held at Mr. Morris's Tavern, Pennsylvania Avenue, for the purpose of nominating six fit characters in that part of the city, as members of the City Council.
Dr. CONNELLY COXINHAM, was appointed chairman, and NICHOLAS KING, Secretary. The following resolutions were agreed to:
Resolved, That this meeting highly approve of the mode proposed at a meeting of the inhabitants in the Eastern part of the City, for choice of characters to fill the council of the city; and that they will cheerfully imitate their laudable example. This meeting being well assured that unanimity in the electors, will certainly ensure unanimity in the elected. And that a union of interest is necessary for the prosperity of the City.
Resolved, That this meeting do proceed by ballot, to nominate six fit characters to represent the part of the City west of Sixth-street, in the City Council.
On counting the ballots it appeared that   Nich. King, had 55 votes.  Corr. Coningham, 43  Thos. Herty, 27  Thos. Carpenter, 32  James Hoban, 39  W. M. Duncanson, 28   Had the greatest number of votes; therefore,
Resolved, That the foregoing gentlemen be recommended by the meeting to the inhabitants of the two western wards, as representatives in the City Council with the six already nominated in the eastern wards.
Resolved, That the Chairman appoint a committee to meet the committee from the eastern wards, on the subject of this meeting.
Thos. H. Gilles, Nich. King, Thos. Carpenter,—were the committee appointed.
Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be published in the City papers.
FOR THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
[The republican printers throughout the United States are requested to give the following statement a place in their papers.]
A VIEW Of the Proceedings of the last Session of Congress.
TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES.
It is the right and the duty of the citizens of a free state to acquire and
communicate a correct knowledge of all the proceedings of its government, and as far as possible, of the principles which produced its various acts.
Whenever a portion of the people are induced by the representations of interested persons to deny their confidence to the constituted authorities it is peculiarly necessary, for the friends of the government, on its part, to give publicity to its principles and measures, and for the people on their part, to become acquainted with the nature, design, extent and operation of the measures; that they may be enabled to judge from the system and measures themselves, not from ill-natured and bitter inuendoes, what is the true character of the administration.
The people at the last national election reposed their confidence in, and elevated to office, men whose political principles are materially different from the principles of those gentlemen who composed the last administration.
Government is instituted to secure and increase the happiness of the persons governed. It is the right and property of the public—not of its administrators. Therefore whenever the public withhold their confidence from one man and reposes it in another, it becomes the duty of every man, as it will be the practice of every good citizen to yield the same ready obedience to the laws and ordinances of the existing authorities, as heretofore, while the persons in administration were the men of his choice.
The decided majority which appeared in congress during the last session, proves clearly a greater unity of sentiment, views and opinions, than has existed at any other period for the last ten years.
Although the federal government, and thirteen out of sixteen of the state governments, are united in a system of measures which they believe best calculated to promote public prosperity, and national happiness; still a difference of opinion and of political views and principles exists. This difference produces an opposition to government headed by different appointed partisans, and supported by persons well intentioned, but misinformed. An opposition which attempts to distract the councils of the nation, and passy the efforts of administration; which circulates with incredible industry the most unfounded calumnies and falsehoods, which while in power, heretofore secured itself from sober investigation, by assuming as a fact charged, the inference or opinion of another, and in dictating severe punishments for the pretended crime of sedition. Which enhances the public expenditures by retarding the progress and operations of government, and protracts the session of congress; by presenting every obstacle in its power with a view to render the government odious to the people. An administration which labours to substitute order for confusion, economy for lavish expenditures and the mild reign of principle for the intolerance of despotism—courts investigation and despises calumny. It does not fear, but admires the plain language of truth. It never will entrench itself behind the palisades of a sedition act. Conscious that it imports the just principles of our government, and moves within its constitutional orbit, it believes that its views and measures when fairly understood will be applauded.
To remove all jealousies from the minds of the uninformed, and to furnish the public with a just knowledge of the present improved state of the nation; the following view of the proceedings of the first session of the seventh Congress, with such executive acts as are naturally connected with the subject, and the remarks thereon is submitted to the public.
The session of Congress commenced on the 7th of December; on the 8th the President's message was delivered to both houses.
By this message, after giving a general view of the state of our foreign relations and the prosperity of the nation, he recommended:
A reduction of our expenditures in the civil department, and
In the army and navy departments:
And particularly to abolish useless offices; an operation which he had commenced where the existence of the office depended on executive discretion.
A repeal of the internal taxes—comprehending,
 The excise on domestic distilled spirits.  The stamp tax.  The tax on sales at auction.  —on licences to retail.  —on carriages.  —on domestic refined sugars, and  The postage of newspapers. 
A careful attention to the interests of Agriculture, Manufactures, Commerce, Navigation, and especially of the carrying trade.
A revision of the laws on the subject of naturalization.
A revision of the Judiciary System, with a peculiar reference to the late Judiciary Act passed on the 13th day of February, 1801; and provision for an impartial selection of Jurors.
The man who devotes his talents and attention,
To a reduction of public expenditures,
To the abolition of useless offices,
To the diminution of public burdens,
To aid, encourage and promote, agriculture, manufactures, Commerce and navigation—
To preserve a due administration of justice at a reasonable expense, and to provide for an impartial selection of Jurors, richly merits the confidence of the nation.
Among the nations of the earth, it was reserved for America to exhibit to the world, a government devoted to the interest of the people—A government which instead of increasing public burdens, removed many of those heretofore imposed—which instead of enlarging the powers already enjoyed—restores to the people those not essential to their security.
At the head of which precludes a man, who for the promotion of the public good and the preservation of civil liberty, solicits the limitation of his own powers, the reduction of his own privileges, and the exercise of every constitutional check to limit the executive will.
The two Houses of congress, united with the Executive in the great works of reformation and improvement.
They have reduced the army to little more than 3000 men, who are considered sufficient to take charge of, and to keep in repair the various forts of the United States, and thereby have made an annual saving to the nation of $22,000 dollars.
They have reduced a part of the navy establishment, yet retained in service a sufficient force to humble the Barbary pirates. By this reduction they have lessened the public expenditures 200,000 dollars, annually.
Proceeding on the principle of giving efficient support to national credit, and of maintaining the national faith and honor inviolate, they have carefully compared the amount of every demand against government; the terms of payment stipulated—and the current expenditures as reduced, with the annual revenue. They have found the annual revenue exclusive of the internal taxes exceeds the wants of the nation—They have therefore repealed all the internal taxes.
As the repeal of these taxes has been attributed to a design to promote the interests of one section of the union, at the expense of another—a few moments may be well employed in considering this subject.
Excise is a tax always odious to a free people, from the extent of power which is necessarily given to enforce an obedience to the law. "It seems hardly compatible with the temper of a free nation." It was so abhorrent to the feelings of the people of England, that the house of commons once voted to bring to condign punishment certain persons who charged them with a design to introduce it.—It was, however, afterwards introduced into that nation, first levied on a few articles, from time to time extended to others as the people were found to submit to the imposition; until at last it embraced almost every article of convenience and many of necessity.
So here it commenced with a duty on distilled spirits; but in the course of four years was extended to the ordinary sales, for consumption, of all spirits, brandies and wines; to all sales at auction; to all carriages for the conveyance of persons, and all runners of sugar.—It has been continued and the same system of policy pursued, in a few more years, as in England, the paper for our school books, the dyes for our clothing, the lights for our rooms, the beer for our tables and the shoes for our feet would have been laid under contribution.—As it respects its effects on domestic distilled spirits it operates, in the first instance, upon two description of persons:
1st. The people who have emigrated from the old settlements into the interior, who encounter all the evils and hardships of opening the wilderness, are deprived of the convenience of market towns or markets, and who are incapable of supplying themselves from a foreign market, or vending their surplus grains. With them a circulating medium is scarcely known; their necessities force them to resort to the process of distillation to prevent the loss of their surplus crops and furnish a comfortable beverage.
These emigrants are highly useful to the nation; they form a barrier against the savages; they extend the sphere of action; their emigration prevents a too dense population; which increases the comforts of those left behind. To levy this tax on them is unjust and cruel.—They require the fostering hand of a parent, not the grasping hand of a tyrant or tax gatherer.
The middle and eastern states have uniformly cherished and aided infant settlements, by freeing them wholly from taxation for a considerable time. The wisdom and policy of the measure have never been doubted.
2d. Persons principally residing in our large towns who enter upon the business of distillation for the purpose of acquiring property. The spirits with which they furnish the market, are derived either from molasses imported, or from grains, cyder, and the like, purchased of our farmers. So far as they are derived from the distillation of molasses, the government derives a revenue from the article, by a duty on its importation.
So far as the spirits are derived from ar-
ticles produced in the country; the excise reduces the price of the article, and throws the tax upon the farming interest. When the distiller pays government ten cents the gallon on the spirits he distills, he will deduct that ten cents from the price he pays for the portion of grain or liquor, it requires to produce the spirit. By removing the excise on distilled spirits, government does the most efficient act in its power; to furnish the farmer with a reasonable market.
The demand of bread in Europe has of late years enabled the farmer to sell his produce at a high price, but let peace once visit that Quarter of the Globe he will find an increased proportion of the monied capital applied to distillation, and by that the price of the various kinds of grain will be principally regulated.
The charge that it favours Virginia and the other agricultural states, to the injury of Massachusetts and other states, is not true; the report of the Secretary of the Treasury lately published, evinces the fallacy of the allegation.
Indeed when the excise on distilled spirits was laid, it was considered as particularly injurious to the interest of Massachusetts. Mr. Dalton and Governor Strong both voted against the bill. This appears by the Journals of the Senate.
Congress were induced to repeal these taxes, from the following considerations:
That the remaining revenues of government were equal to its necessities; that it would be an equal and great relief to the people, not only as it enabled them to apply the amount of the monies, say 900,000 dollars, yearly to their private use; but as it would free them from the loss of time and expense which was necessarily required in traveling to and from the various offices to furnish themselves with licences, and stamp paper, and to make their payments. The difference in the consumption of the citizen's time and money in the collection of the external and internal revenue is immense. The first is limited to a very few commercial points, where the merchants and officers reside. The latter extends to every portion of the nation. It operates more or less in every town, village and settlement. The system itself creates an embarrassment on business; not infrequently the expense of procuring the licence on paper is equal to the whole revenue derived from it.
That the expense of supporting the various officers employed in collecting it, consumes more than twenty dollars out of every hundred dollars collected, and amounts to 160,000 dollars yearly, every cent of which is saved to the people by abolishing the system. While the duties on imported articles does not require an expense of more than five dollars on a hundred dollars paid.
That the system, by creating a vast number of officers, had a tendency to increase the power and patronage of the executive so far, that it might become, if it had not already been, dangerous to the liberties of the country.
That experience had shewn governments become extravagant and expensive in proportion to the means they possessed. It was therefore both just and politic to surrender and yield up to the people, that portion of revenue which was not necessary to the government. That this surrender ought to consist of those taxes which were most obnoxious; which most embarrassed the ordinary pursuits of the people, and which were of political aspect the most suspicious; and that the history of the nations who have gone before us, evinces this truth. That a system of excise when once established, is usually extended from article to article, until it is applied to all the comforts and conveniences of life, and most of its necessities; when it sucks the body of the nation into wretchedness and poverty. Considering the condition of the persons upon whom the carriage tax operated, it appeared in some measure desirable to continue that tax; but when it was considered that it produced only 77,871 dollars and 41 cents, that it could not be continued without employing a vast corps of officers at an expense equal, or nearly equal, to the tax, thereby preserving the feeds of another general excise system, the policy of the government forbids its continuance.
It has been said by opposition, that the repeal of these taxes only operated to relieve the more wealthy; leaving the poor under the whole pressure of all their former burdens. That if the finances of the nation admitted of a reduction, the duty on salt, bohea tea, and brown sugar, ought to be diminished. Yet they and their friends were the persons who levied the duties on these articles two years before they levied any excise. They have from time to time increased the duties on the same articles. The first duty on salt was 6 cents per bushel; they increased it to 12 cents; on tea it was 10 cents per pound; they increased it to 12 cents. It was one cent per pound on sugar, they increased it to two. These duties they made perpetual, that is to say, to continue until a majority of both houses of congress, and the President, or two thirds of both houses agree to remove them.
The internal taxes, whatever might be their wishes, they did not venture until after the election of Mr. Jefferson
to make perpetual. These taxes were temporary, and most of them would have expired before this day, had not the desire of the party to preserve the trappings of monarchy induced them to pass the tax of the 25th of February, 1801, by which they were made perpetual. To satisfy the public that the design of the opposition in objecting to the repeal of the internal taxes, was solely to embarrass governments, and not to relieve the poor, who while they tide it with moderation, are as much comforted by spirits as by tea or sugar; it is proper to examine the conduct while in power, a little more minutely. Instead of lessening the duties on these articles, in the month of February 1797, when they had the benefit of the knowledge of the operation of the duties for more than six years, they increased them. Every member of congress from Connecticut (including Griswold and Dyer) every member from New Hampshire, every member present from Massachusetts (excepting Wm. Lyman) voted in favor of that measure. At the same session, a law was passed granting relief to distillers, by removing the duty from the amount of spirits and fixing it on the capacity of the still. Every member from the states of New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Connecticut, voted in favor of this law. These facts appear from the Journals of Congress. Here, people of New England, is a just view of your representatives, who would induce you to believe that the government of the country was sacrificing its interests at the shrine of Virginia's ambition.
It has been said that found policy required the application of these taxes to the discharge of the national debt. To this it is answered—maintain the present economical establishment, the surplus funds arising from the remaining revenues will pay the debt, as soon as Congress have by law a right to pay it, and the exorbitant expense of collecting the excise will be avoided.
It has been said by opposition, that these taxes are repealed, and the duties on imported articles continued with a view to destroy commerce. Let the commercial interest reflect. There is not an additional cent imposed on commerce. As the taxes of the nation are lessened, the ability of the people to pay is increased. Let it be remembered with what promptitude the trade of the Mediterranean was protected. That government has completed a treaty with Great Britain whereby our merchants are enabled to re-cover their lost property, and continue in the enjoyments of commercial enterprise—above all, that government relying solely on commerce for her revenue, stands pledged by interest, the strength of all her resources, and support it. The removal of the internal taxes, so far from evincing hostility to commerce, furnishes proof next to demonstration, of a determination on the part of the government to support it.
To close the remarks on this subject, it has been said, the repeal of these taxes was designed as a blow to the funds, and was a prelude to extinguishing the national debt with a sponge.
Nothing can be more unfounded than this aspersion. The payments are made with punctuality.
The government has by a law of this session, appropriated 7,800,000 dollars annually towards the discharge of her debts, the funds in the Market are worth 12 per cent. more than they were during the last administration.
Does the creditor's confidence in his debtor increase in proportion to the debtor's extravagance & dissipation? Does a man's living beyond his income furnish the best evidence of his remaining ability to pay his debts? Does a debtor forfeit all claims to confidence by uniting rigid economy with a constant attention to business?
Thomas Carpenter, TAYLOR,
HAS just received part of an assortment of his Spring and Summer goods, which he will sell or make up on very reasonable terms.—Pennsylvania Avenue west of the President's House. May 14, 1802. eptf
Annapolis, May 4, 1802. St. John's College.
ON the 23rd day of June next the trustees of St. John's College purpose to proceed to the appointment of a professor of English and Grammar in St. John's College, who shall receive for his services at the rate of 2000, to be paid quarterly—Dolls. 533 33. His duty is, in conjunction with an assistant, to teach English grammar, and the Latin grammar, the voc. Salary, and Corderius, so as to prepare students for the schools of languages. He and his assistant are likewise to teach writing and arithmetic, and the lower branches of the mathematics, if required, to such of the students as are not destined for the upper schools. By order of the visitors and governor of St. John's College. A. C. HANSON. May 14, 1802.
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A Quantity of STEEL TIME, on the most reduced terms—Apply to Braham & Byas, Young's wharf. April 16, 1802. eptf