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NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, AND WASHINGTON ADVERTISER.
VOL. IV. WASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. No. DLXXXVII.
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A period of more than three years has now elapsed since Mr. Jefferson has been at the head of our national government; and every candid & unprejudiced person who will take a retrospective view of the measures which were adopted by the late administration , and compare them with those which have taken place since the auspicious 4th of March 1801 , cannot fail of doing justice to the superior talents and patriotism which distinguished the present from the former administration .
Although a large majority of the American people, have in the most unequivocal manner, declared their full confidence in, and their sincere and ardent attachment to our present patriotic administration, still there exists a faction among us, who, although their numbers are daily diminishing, appear nevertheless to be as pertinacious in their opposition to every measure of the government, and as implacable in their enmity to the President, and to every other distinguished republican in this country as they ever were. This faction instead of confessing their opposition to a fair & candid investigation of the measures of the administration, have disgraced the American character, by the most glaring misrepresentations, and by their scurrilous attacks upon the private character of the chief magistrate of our country; but their arrows though dipped in wormwood and gall, and stained with malice and aimed with fury and vengeance are ineffective. Our illustrious President, elevated far above their reach and strongly armed in virtue and innocence, and possessing the confidence of a grateful people, looks with pity and contempt, on his base calumniators.
The leaders of the opposition , despairing of ever being able to regain their lost authority and influence, and convinced of the impossibility of preventing the re-election of Mr. Jefferson by fair & honorable means, seem determined to resort to the most desperate measure to prevent it if possible. They are now endeavouring (by the most insidious, & base arts than can be imagined) to prejudice the eastern people, against their fellow-citizens of the south, particularly against the Virginians, whom they basely represent as already giving law to the union; without however producing the least shadow of proof, to shew that Virginia, enjoys any greater privileges, or any more of executive patronage than those of her sister states. It is not difficult to perceive the objects, which those incendiaries have in view by endeavouring to make impressions of this kind on the minds of the Eastern people: it is nothing less than a most treasonable attempt to dissolve the union. Should any person be inclined to doubt that such a plan is in agitation, let him read "the opposition papers," published in Massachusetts and Connecticut, for the last three months, and he will find their "proofs strong as holy writ" of a conspiracy against the Constitution and indivisibility of the American Republic. Notwithstanding the attempts which these men are making to dissolve the union, is notorious, they have still the arrogance and presumption to stile themselves federalists , and likewise the exclusive friends of Washington—Could that immortal patriot however be permitted to revisit the earth, he would consider himself dishonored by acknowledging such persons to be his friends, and would in the language of his valedictory address call upon his countrymen. "Indignantly to frown on the first dawning of every attempt to alienate one portion of the country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various parts."
Citizens of America; If there be a nation on earth that has cause to rejoice for the blessings they enjoy, you certainly have. The climate, the soil and productions of our country are equalled by few others, and our political rights by none. We have a constitution admirably well calculated to preserve the union of these states, and to secure the liberties, and promote the happiness of our citizens; and we have the good fortune to have at this time a band of patriots, at the head of our government, by whose wise and prudent measures our country has been advanced to an unparalleled state of prosperity—Let us therefore fellow-citizens, remain firm in our attachment to those principles, which gave birth to our revolution, and emancipated us from the yoke of a foreign power, and gave us a rank among the nations of the earth.
FRANKLIN.
NEW-YORK.
FOURTH OF JULY —The anniversary of our independence was celebrated in this city in a style of unequalled magnificence. The day, as usual, was ushered in by the ringing of bells and firing a federal salute from the guns on the battery. There was an universal suspension of business and the streets were more than usually crowded with spectators. Every one seemed pleased with reflecting not only that we are independent as a nation, but that we are blessed with the salutary operation of those principles which made us so.
The different societies formed in procession in the Park between 9 and 10 in the morning, and moved to the brick Presbyterian church, where the Declaration of Independence was read by Mr. Robinson with propriety and taste, and an oration delivered by Major John W. Mulligan. As we propose to write a few letters on the oration we dispense with reflections on it at present. The Odes which followed were designed to be sung in the church, but owing to the absence of vocal and instrumental performers, this part of the ceremony was dispensed with.
The societies returned from church in inverted order to join the military. When united in procession both marched to the Battery, where the military performed various evolutions.
The different companies were laudably emulous to excel in spectacle and discipline. Their appearance was unusually splendid. All the places of fashionable resort were crowded in the evening.
The number of troops in uniform who joined the parade, as communicated to us by an accurate observer, were,
  Of the Regiment of Artillery.   Matrosses with muskets 200   Officers 17   Non commissioned officers with muskets 25   Musick 30   With the four field pieces 60   332   Infantry.   Sixth Regiment 420   Officers 30   Non-commissioned 40   Musick 40   510   Infantry Flank companies belonging to the Brigade. 300   Officers 35   Non-commissioned 40   Musick 30   405   Cavalry officers and non-commissioned officers 100   Brigade Company of artillery with 2 field pieces 33   1373 
The appearance was splendid, and their military manoeuvres were conducted with uncommon skill and regularity.
ALEXANDRIA.
FOURTH OF JULY, Anniversary of our National Independence.
The return of another anniversary of that day which emancipated the United States from foreign despotism, and ranked our country among the great nations of the world—which laid the foundations of our happiness, and enables us to boast of liberty, secured on such broad and just principles, as history could never before record, or other nations claim. Such an anniversary would not pass, without awakening feelings in every patriot bosom, which would necessarily induce those convivial meetings, which when bounded by prudence, tend to keep alive the most virtuous sentiments; exhibit our attachment to the most liberal principles and a just acknowledgement of the nations sense of the good conduct of those servants with whom the people have entrusted their honor and their happiness. These reasons it is believed have induced a more general celebration of this great day throughout the United States than ever has been before—actuated by them the militia of this part of the district, had a dinner prepared at the Spring Garden, to which the residents in our vicinity were generally invited. The morning was ushered in by Capt. Longden's company discharging the Artillery, during the day Capt. Alexander's Light
Infantry and the Artillery uniform companies, displayed several military evolutions accompanied with platoon firing; the Declaration of Independence being read, about 2 o'clock the company which was very numerous sat down to dinner: Col. Peyton presiding, and Major McKinney acting as Vice President, when the following toasts, each accompanied by a discharge of Artillery, were drank—and after a day spent in the utmost good humor and hilarity the company dispersed.
 1. The day, may it always be celebrated by Americans, as the era of their freedom, and held up to the world as an example of the enthusiasm of liberty—1 gun.  2. The constitution of the United States, with the late amendment, may the will of the people be ever fairly expressed—1 gun 3 cheers.  3. The President of the United States, may his re-election to the chief magistracy of his country, prove to the world the high estimation in which he is held by the United America—1 gun 6 cheers.  4. The memory of those heroes who gloriously fell in the achievement of independence.  5. Louisiana, may the social state of the people, like the first acquisition of the country, prove that wildness prevails over force.  6. The memory of General Washington, he fought for those principles which his pretended admirers now condemn.  7. The 14 patriotic states of America, may their bright and dignified example, reclaim those deluded sistrers, who have swerved from the bond of union—6 cheers.  8. Our republican Congress, may wisdom be their guide and justice their director—6 cheers.  9. Virginia, envied for an importance which is the boon of nature, may she keep the onward path of republican virtue, unawed by clamour, and unfluctuated by the intrigues of the vicious and designing—9 cheers.  10. The Patriotic sage, governor Clinton of New York.  11. A speedy end to the distresses of the brave son of Hibernia, may their efforts prove Herculean and the hydra of oppression fall beneath their strokes—6 cheers.  12. Thomas M'Kean, the enlightened statesman and inflexible republican—3 cheers.  13. The militia of the United States, the only real bulwark of their country—3 cheers.  14. Governor Page of Virginia, the early and distinguished advocate of liberty—3 cheers.  15. The opposition, hostility to the principles of republicans has ever produced rancour against their persons and outrage on their characters.  16. The Barbary powers, may the gallant Preble, and Decatur of America, soon sweep them from among the nations of the earth—6 cheers.  17. The American fair, may the sons of freedom find a rich reward in the smiles of beauty—6 cheers. 
VOLUNTEER.
Richard Brent—the honest statesman, steady patriot and enlightened advocate of his country's rights.
Petersburg, July 6:
THE FOURTH OF JULY,
Was celebrated by the inhabitants of Petersburg, on Wednesday last, with those demonstrations of joy commensurate to the importance of the occasion. An evening gun on the 3d announced the approach of the day that excites in the breast of every American, feelings of the most exalted kind—a day ever to be held in sacred remembrance, as from it have sprung all those blessings, so bountifully enjoyed by this free and happy nation. At day-break on the 4th, the citizens were aroused from their slumbers by a discharge from the artillery. At 11 o'clock, the troop of horse, commanded by capt. Wilder, capt. Williams's company of artillery, and the militia of the town, under the orders of major Byrne, assembled on Centre-Hill—they were engaged in going through various evolutions, until the hour of 12, when a federal salute was fired from the artillery, followed by discharges from the militia and the cavalry. Never have we witnessed more regular firings than were made by the militia, and we only speak the sentiment of all who were present, when we say, that they were such as to reflect
on them the highest honor. The firings having ceased, a procession was formed, about half past 1 o'clock, and marched in the following order:
TROOP OF HORSE.
COMMON HALL,
AND
CITIZENS.
(Brass Field Piece—4 pounder)
ARTILLERY COMPANY.
(MUSICK.)
MILITIA.
The procession proceeded through Bollingbrook, and up Old Street, to Archer's Hill, the place designed for the entertainment. Every preparatory arrangement had been made by Mr. Gay, so as to afford complete accommodation to the company; and at 3 o'clock, about 200 citizens sat down to this festival in honor of American Liberty—Robert Birchett, esq. presided, and major James Byrne officiated as vice-president. It was indeed gratifying to observe the cheerfulness, the universal smile of content that reigned triumphant on every countenance—harmony uninterrupted prevailed, and the feelings of patriotism communicated like an electric shock throughout the whole circle. After dinner, the following toasts were drank, each followed by a discharge of cannon. At intervals appropriate tunes were played, and national songs sung by several of the company.
TOASTS.
 1. The 4th of July, '76. The day which gave birth to the noblest monument of human wisdom—the pride of Americans, the hope of the oppressed, and the terror of tyrants.  2. The Congress of '76. Immortal patriots, your names shall be hailed with rapture by millions, when the tyrants of Britain shall have sunk in oblivion.  3. The United States. May their union be perpetual, and each glory in promoting the liberty and prosperity of the nation.  4. Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States. Happy philanthropist! there are no tears of the widow, nor cries of the orphan, to arrest the career of your well earned fame.  5. To the memory of General George Washington. We honored him when living—a tear of gratitude to the memory of the dead.  6. The intrepid revolutionary army of the United States, who fought and bled in defence of the just rights of man. They preserved our freedom by their valor, we will preserve their memory by our gratitude.  7. The Militia. Citizens in arms, inspired with the glorious enthusiasm of liberty, will always make the common good their pride and glory.  8. The Navy of the United States—May our brave tars, teach all nations to respect the rights of the sea, and the Barbarians of the Mediterranean to obey the dictates of humanity, and practise the common hospitality of civilized nations.  9. John Page, Governor of Virginia. Like the state he represents—who early saw the prejudices and errors of nations, and who uniformly advocated the rights of man, upon the sound principles of reason and truth.  10. To the memory of Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Adams, Edmund Pendleton, & other American worthies. By the commemoration and imitation of what is great and good in character, we hand to posterity allurements which will not fail to awaken and elevate the soul.  11. Agriculture, Commerce and Manufactures. While under the fostering care of an enlightened government, they will flourish and enrich the nation.  12. The Arts and Sciences. They enlighten, exalt, and embellish our national character.  13. The American Press. Influenced by truth alone.  14. The Spirit of Republicanism.—Political virtue its guide, the happiness of mankind its object.  15. The memory of French Liberty. It has passed away like a fiery meteor, but it has left a spark which may yet consume the tyrants of the earth.  16. The State of New-Hampshire—May the work of regeneration progress.  17. The Fair of America. May they be pre-eminent for virtue, truth and simplicity. 
Volunteer by the President.
Many happy returns of the Day.
In the evening there was a grand display of fire-works, and it is with plea-
sure we mention, that upwards of two hundred ladies and gentlemen rewarded the exertions of Monsieur Durieux, who had spared neither labor nor expence to render the display as brilliant as the occasion merited.
The following articles are extracted from Gobast's Political Register.
SUMMARY OF POLITICS.
DUKE D'ENGHIEN —It is stated in the foreign papers, and, it is to be feared, but too correctly stated, that the Duke D'Enghien was that, in the wood of Vincennes, on the night after his trial, which took place on the 21st of March. It appears, that he was first brought to Paris, from Ettenheim, on the evening of the 20th, in a coach and six, under escort of a party of gens d'armes; that he was carried to the Temple, but was not imprisoned there, an order being given to take him to the Castle of Vincennes; that he was so much fatigued as to be scarcely able to keep his eyes open when put upon trial for his life; that he desired to speak with Bonaparte, but was refused; and that, in the presence of several of the republican generals, he met his fate with that courage which has ever belonged to his name. There were persons who expected, that this gallant prince, the last of the Gondes, would have been spared by Bonaparte, if from no other motive, from that of policy: from a desire to have the honor of doing a merciful and magnanimous act, as well as from the fear of exciting the horror and the implacable resentment of the people of France. But, Bonaparte did not fail to perceive, that his clemency would have been attributed to the latter and not to the former motive; that it would, all the world over, and especially amongst the royalists in France, have been ascribed to fear of the effects of that attachment, which the people of France yet entertain for their sovereign and his family; and that such an opinion would have been extremely injurious to him the Consul must have been convinced. Indeed, the means that were made use of to get possession of the unfortunate prince, clearly shewed, that no mercy was to be expected. The hopes which the "safe politician" entertain as to the hatred which this deed will excite against Bonaparte, in the hearts of the people of France, have alas! no other ground than that infatuation and cowardice, which led them to seek for peace and safety, in perceiving those who wished to keep that hatred alive. It is, indeed, shameful, it is scandalous to the last degree, to hear the sentiments, which this description of persons now utter. It is only about thirteen or fourteen months ago, that they were prosecuting a man for endeavouring "to excite, amongst the people of France, hatred of the person and authority of the First Consul;" and they now look for their own safety in the exciting of that hatred; and this they are not ashamed openly to avow! But, they will say, that the difference of our situation justifies this difference of sentiment and of conduct: we were then at peace with Bonaparte, we are now at war with him. Do we, then, ourselves adopt the principle upon which the revolutionists of France acted; the principle that a state of war gives us a right to excite internal hatred against the government and the ruler of the nation with whom we are at war; that hateful principle which the Brissotines promulgated in the decree of November, 1792? Are we, at last, driven to adopt this barbarous principle, and thus to imitate those maxims we have long and so justly reprobated?—The peace changed, with respect to us the nature of Bonaparte's authority. 'Till that degrading compact was signed, we had a right to consider him as a usurper, and to endeavor to subvert his power for the purpose of restoring the lawful sovereign; and, we have now an unquestionable right to effect the same object by legitimate war; but, after having acknowledged the legality of his power, after having solemnly entered into bonds of "friendship" with him, after having acted with his co-operation in settling the limits and governments of other countries, after this shall we claim the right to act against him in a manner contrary to all our conduct in a war against any other power, with whom we had before been at peace? No: the law of nations, the voice of reason and of justice, say, no. By the peace of Amiens we not only established his power, but we deprived ourselves of the right to question the legitimacy of that power;

and, we can never reproach him with being an usurper, without pronouncing our own condemnation, as the "friends" of usurpation. It were curious, indeed, for us to claim the right of considering him as an usurper, and a legitimate ruler, alternately, as it may suit our purpose; yet the claim of the safe politicians amounts to nothing short of this. They may claim, but the world will not grant; and, to the reputation of cowardice they will now most assuredly add that of perversity. Mr. Otto, too, Lord Hawkbury's noble friend, our worthy friend Mr. Otto, has, it seems, made his frigate of emigrants, in the capital of the Elector of Bavaria. Well? Was not Mr. Otto drawn through the streets of London in triumph? Was not this mark of attachment to him applauded in the London newspapers? Was not Mr. Otto obliged to go incognito for fear of being hugged and squeezed to death? Did not the ministerial herd fawn upon him like spaniels? Did not the Mayor and Aldermen bedazzle him in a manner most disgusting? And, as to emigrants, have not many of them starved to death in St. George's Fields, and did not a member of the last parliament, actually object to the granting of the remaining ones another farthing, in order that they might be famished into a compliance with the Consul's terms of re-admission? Shall we, then, be suffered undespised to let up our lamentations at the fate of these emigrants, who have fallen into the claws of our amicable friend Mr. Otto? But, did not the makers of the peace and their applauders basely desert the royalists of France? Did not the ministers omit to stipulate in behalf of the gallant remains of the royal and christian army of the west? Did they not even refuse to afford, to those who could have escaped, the means of reaching England and of existing after their arrival? In consequence of this abominable breach of national faith, was not the signing of the peace of Amiens the signal of the murder of all those who had remained faithful to their king and to the engagements with this country, twelve hundred of whom were put to death in the summer of 1802, and were wittingly in their blood at the very moment that Lord Hawkesbury was giving dinners upon that service of Perseverance d-Sive which he received as a mark of Bonaparte's friendship? And, is it for us, is it for the safe politicians and their followers; is it for those who made and those who applauded the peace of Amiens, now to bewail the fate of the French emigrants, now to affect an abhorrence of Bonaparte for his severity towards those unfortunate deserters of men? The fact is this, and a shameful fact it is, that the far greater portion of the sorrow which we hear expressed, on this account, proceeds, not from any attachment to the persons or the cause of the French royalists, but from the conviction, that this country will not be able to derive any further aid from their efforts, that they no longer afford the hope of making a diversion in our favor, that their discomfiture and their fall deprive us of the means of purchasing protection against the menaced assault of our enemy. From the circumstance of the execution of the Duke D'Enghien having taken place in the night, it has been concluded, that Bonaparte was afraid to execute him by day light. This seems to have no good foundation. The trial could not have closed much before the hour when the execution is said to have taken place. The time of the execution could have little weight with the people; and, indeed, the opinion at the people of France are at all disposed to favor an act hostile to the Consul is entirely unsupported by any facts that have reached this country. The ruling passion of a Frenchman's breast is the glory of France; the desire to see his country the mistress of the world; and, the only way to sink Bonaparte in the esteem of Frenchmen is to beat him. We may fret and revile and gibe and sneer as long as we please; we may lament, with Mr. Addington and Mr. Pitt, the "apathy and degradation of the powers of the continent," and, in the fullness of our compassion, may weep over the "blindness and facility of the people of France;" but, while the French armies remain in Hanover, and while we ourselves are besieged, however lofty may be our talk, we may rest assured, that the powers of the continent and the people of France will repay our lamentations and compassion with scorn.
Mr. DRAKE. The under-plot, which from the correspondence to be found in the former part of this sheet, this gentleman seems to have been engaged in, may serve as a tolerable exemplification of the nature and effects of the "safe politician's" system. Mr. Drake appears to be the worthy representative of Lord Hawkbury, of that "prudent and solid young man," to whom the foreign affairs of this country have been committed, and whom Mr. Pitt chose to describe as second to no man in England, himself and Mr. Fox excepted! The authenticity of Mr. Drake's letter is questioned by some of the ministerial
writers. It will be a pleasing circumstance to find that this doubt has any foundation; but, at present, it appears to have none. Mr. Drake may soon be expected home; for the French will scarcely suffer him to remain at Munich, unless, indeed, they should think it an advantage to keep him in their neighbourhood as a Marplot. These letters will serve strongly to corroborate the charge, which has been made against England, which will now be implicitly believed all over the continent, and which belief will facilitate the project of the French for cutting off a connexion, even of a formal diplomatic nature, between England and the states bordering upon France. It will draw round her another tier of states hostile to us; and, thus, the project of the "safe politician" will finally have no other effect, than that of linking our country still lower in the eyes of the world, while it will make the enemy still more secure on the side of the continent, and leave him nothing to provide for but an attack upon these islands, whenever the time comes, whenever our own financial or other distress or troubles shall render it favorable, for the making of that attack.
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Monday, April 23.
Motion on the Defence of the NATION.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. "Sir, I am induced to offer myself to your notice at this moment, rather than at a more advanced period of the debate, for the purpose of combating the arguments which the hon. gentleman has argued at considerable length, in support of one of the most extraordinary motions, that, within my parliamentary experience, has ever been submitted to the consideration of this House. I have another inducement also, arising from some incidental circumstances in the speech you have just heard, for trespassing, at this early hour upon the attention of gentlemen. The hon. gentleman has alluded to the zeal and unanimity which at present (even he is candid enough to confess,) pervades all ranks and classes of society; but his approbation is qualified by the observation, that it is a zeal and unanimity solely to be attributed to the fear of invasion, inferring thereby, that his Majesty's ministers, neither by their measures nor their conduct, have coaduced either to excite or maintain it. The hon. gentleman has adverted to some discussions which took place at the commencement of the war; but it must be in the recollection of gentlemen, that the observations which fell from him on one of those occasions, drew forth the representation of the House on another question. I had the benefit of that hon. gentleman's support. When a motion was made, the tendency of which was to condemn me and my colleagues for engaging in the war, that hon. gentleman refused to support it. By his vote on that question, he did, in the fullest and most unqualified manner, absolve and acquit us entirely from the guilt of having commenced that war. But, Sir, we do not depend for our justification on the accidental approbation of that hon. gentleman, great as the effect of his approbation might be. We build it on much more solid and extended grounds, the almost unanimous vote of this House, by which it has been sanctioned and confirmed. I come now to the hon. gentleman's present motion, certainly one of the most extraordinary that has ever been brought before this House; for which there is no precedent in the parliamentary history of this country; to which there is nothing analogous in the parliamentary usages of this country, and which I am well justified in describing as a measure most uncommon and extraordinary, when coupled with the strange and singular matter that the hon. gentleman has contrived to mix with it. The object of his motion is to appoint a committee, to revise the Acts that have been passed for the defence of the country, & to consider of and provide adequate means for the protection of it in future. Sir, there is no man in this House who more highly values the privileges of Parliament than I do, there is no man in the House who is more ready to assert and maintain them. I know that by the constitution it is inviolable, and it is fitting it should be, with very great and extensive powers, and I will not deny its right to institute a committee for the purposes that are proposed. But, Sir, while I admit the power of the House to do this, I think I may safely apply to the discretion of gentlemen, that they will not, by supporting the motion, countenance the establishment of a committee, which, in its proceedings and result must terminate and become, to all intents and purposes, a committee of a purely military nature. Such a com-
mittee would be rather a novel and uncommon mode of manifesting either the authority or the prudence of this House, and one to which, I am persuaded, it will not easily recur, except upon much stronger grounds than the hon. gentleman has brought forward in support of his motion of this night. There is something peculiar also in the matter of the hon. gentleman's motion. For reasons peculiar to himself, no doubt, but which the House will have little difficulty in guessing at, he has totally omitted all mention or allusion whatever to the navy, and has wholly excluded from his consideration, the four hundred thousand volunteers, composing so essential a part of our means of defence. But this peculiarity is not to be exclusively appropriated to the purport of his motion, or the various details that it is intended to embrace. He has so worded it, as to take in all descriptions of persons in this House, with all their floating and contradictory opinions; one man objecting to too great an extension of one part of our force, another lamenting any attempt at its diminution; some recommending a greater and some a lesser addition to the army, and others who differ as to that particular species of naval force we should employ; some preferring a large number of small vessels; all, all these, the hon. gentleman has found means to gratify, in their individual caprices; and to include them all within the compass of this sweeping general motion, & I come now to another part of the hon. gentleman's argument, in which he has said that he did not attach much credit to the apprehension of invasion. The hon. gentleman, as I stated before, has been pleased to declare, that the unanimity arose entirely from the actual danger of the country. I know not by what dexterity of argument the hon. gentleman will be able to reconcile those two observations, that, as he says, there is no danger of invasion, and again, that our unanimity is entirely owing to it. Nor am I very solicitous on that head, when I recollect that during the last war, that hon. gentleman continually asserted, that it was the injustice of that war which prevented us from being unanimous then. During that war, I believe it cannot be imputed to that hon. gentleman that he ever came forward with any proposition to avert any danger with which the country might have been menaced, nor during the actual hostility, has he ever favoured his Majesty's ministers with any project or suggestion of his, or given them any way whatever the advantage of his great talents. Indeed the hon. gentleman has said, that if Ministers had frankly communicated to him that they were really apprehensive of danger; he would have concurred in any augmentation to the public force they might have thought necessary for the public defence. But, Sir, was it necessary that this should have been made the subject of particular and specific communication to him, or to any thinking man in this country? Is it possible that hon. gentleman would have shut his eyes, and closed up his enlightened mind against the active, unceasing, and insidiously ambitious of France, stimulated and invited to the exertion of that ambition, and possessing the means of gratifying it, in the possession of so many hundred leagues of sea coast, extending almost from the Texel to the Adriatic? In the course of the hon. gentleman's speech, he has frequently adverted, but with a partiality which I have reason to complain of, to the declarations of ministers respecting the probable duration of the peace of Amiens. Sir, we never did pledge ourselves for the continuance of that peace. On the contrary, we always thought, and omitted no opportunity of declaring so, the best security for the continuance of peace was to impress France, and not only France, but all Europe, with a conviction that our strength, our spirit, and our means, were whole and inexhausted; and that although we were willing to adhere to the peace we had made, we were ready for war, whenever insult or aggression, on the part of any power should compel us to it. It was, Sir, from these motives, that our peace establishment so greatly exceeded the peace establishment of 1792, an augmentation which brought down on us the censure of the hon. gentleman. I come now to the hon. gentleman's motion, narrowed and restricted to a degree, inconsistent with his usual candor, and unworthy of his great mind. He has directed his observations principally to the regular and militia force, omitting the navy and volunteers, and has recommended, with his accustomed zeal and perseverance, the adoption of his favorite project of adding an armed peasantry. He has chiefly relied upon two points, for the appointment of this committee, from which he affects to suppose, that so many advantages may be derived: one is, that the pernicious principle of recruiting by competition may be abolished in it, and next, that the extent of service may be altered from life to a term of years. I trust I shall be able to prove to the satisfaction of the house, that it would not be justified, that it would not be prudent nor advisable in it, to proceed to the formation of such
a committee, upon such slight and insufficient reasons as have been mentioned. My noble friend who sits near me, (Lord Calthorpe,) has stated, from authentic documents, that although the recruiting for general service was not so great at present, as it was on former occasions, yet that it was as great as circumstances gave us a right to expect. When gentlemen, Sir, are informed, that the persons who are entrusted with his Majesty's government, were compelled to collect and take out of your population no less than 200,000 men for the purpose of recruiting your army and your navy, and that within the space of little more than twelve months they will cease to express any surprise that the recruiting service should have experienced a momentary cessation; when I declare to this house, on the part of that government, that there is at present a regular force in this country and in Ireland, composed of troops of the line and militia, of no less than 184,000, I trust it will be acknowledged that his Majesty's ministers have not been remiss or improvident in making adequate preparations for the defence of the country. When gentlemen reflect upon the difficulties we had to encounter, that we had the militia to raise, that we had the army of the line to recruit, that we had the army of reserve to establish, that we had the defence act to prepare, & that we had a regular army, line and militia, of 184,000, that we have 400,000 volunteers, that we have 27,000 sea-fencibles, independent of troops in other points, in garrisons and in colonies, making in the whole, a force little short of eight hundred thousand men, and greater in number by 200,000 than the greatest exertions of the enemy can bring forward. I say Sir, when such difficulties and such successes are weighed against each other, I trust the House and the country will admit that we are not that incapable and incompetent description of men, the hon. Mover of the question before you endeavours to repel us. This, Sir, could be proved by documents, the most authentic and irrefragable; and though, for many reasons which will be obvious to gentlemen, I feel strong objections to the production of such information, yet I will consent to give those gentlemen, who make the want of it a ground of complaint and accusation against ministers, an account of the military and naval force of the country as it actually is, but upon the express condition that they do not ask for the distribution of it. I am persuaded, Sir, that if such an account were laid on the table, it would be the best. I will go farther, and say, it would be a decisive answer to the best argument the hon. gentleman has urged in support of his motion. The hon. gentleman has gone at considerable length into the consideration of that principle expressed in the Defence Act, that it is his Majesty's prerogative to call upon the services of all ranks of his subjects capable of bearing arms in case of invasion. Sir, in discussing that bill, that principle was frequently alluded to in debate but never opposed; for it was admitted, generally admitted, that his Majesty possessed such a prerogative in case of invasion, and the only question was, I well remember, whether he might not resort to it before invasion? The hon. gentleman affects to acquit ministers of any blame in introducing the assertion of that particular prerogative into that bill, by presuming that in their anxiety to prepare for the defence of the country, a solitary instance of recognizing it might have escaped their observation. Sir, I desire that principle may be thoroughly examined and inquired into. I desire that it be not taken, pro admissio , but that it may stand on its fair and general constitutional grounds. With respect to the hon. gentleman's motion, I am to look for other motives, than those he has thought prudent to avow, for proposing it. I am to seek for other reasons, for a motion peculiarly calculated to collect all the floating regiments of the house, and to create such an opposition to his Majesty's ministers as would tend to produce a charge of administration. If that be the object of the hon. gentleman's motion, let him state so, broadly & unequivocally; let him produce some specific accusation; let him bring forward some direct, explicit charge; and let him take the sense of the house on it; but let him not bring it forward in this covert and underhand mode, and by a devoir endeavor to stigmatize, those he has not the courage to assail boldly and manfully. Let not the hon. gentleman, I say, have recourse to a paltry expedient of this nature, it is unworthy of him. If we are fairly attacked, if we are accused upon specific grounds, we are ready and willing to meet the charge, and we shall find, I trust, no difficulty in defending and justifying ourselves upon fair, open, and constitutional principles. To the motion of the hon. gentleman I feel the strongest objections, and I am bound to resist it upon every consideration of prudence and of public policy. I call upon every member of this house to look at the state of the country, and to say, whether such a committee is practicable or advisable? To accomplish all the objects proposed by it, you
must bring officers from their duty, with great inconvenience to the public service, and possibly with greater danger to the public safety; you must collect documents and information from various quarters, you must have all the records and accounts, the plans and the proposals that are possessed by, or have been submitted to the different departments, laid on that table and examined; and what is no trivial objection, made public before you can come to a right, or indeed to any conclusion, as to whether the naval and military force of the country has been properly employed and administered. I do not mean to say, that a great state necessity may not justify the appointment of such a committee; but I leave it to the wisdom of the house to determine, if any proofs of such necessity have been advanced in support of the present dangerous and extraordinary measure. It is, upon these grounds, I oppose the motion of the hon. gentleman, and I hope that a great majority of this house will agree with me in opinion, that no found reasons have been urged to recommend it; that no necessity has been proved to justify it; and that as it has been brought forward from motives different from what are professed, it is unworthy to be entertained or adopted by the house."
(Debate to be continued)
TREATY OF PEACE,
Between the British East India Company and the Rajah of Berar.
Article 1.
There shall be perpetual peace and friendship between the honorable company and their allies, on the one part, and Senah Saheb Soubah Ragoojee Bhoollah, on the other.
Article 2.
Senah Saheb Soubah Ragoojee Bhoollah, cedes to the honorable company and their allies, in perpetual sovereignty, the province of Cuttack, including the port and district of Balfore.
Article 3.
He likewise cedes to the honorable company and their allies, in perpetual sovereignty, all the territories, of which he has collected the revenues, in participation with the Soubah of the Deccan the Nizam, and those of which he may have possession, which are to the Westward of the river Wurdaugh.
Article 4.
It is agreed, that the frontiers of Senah Saheb Soubah, towards the territories of his highness the Soubah of the Deccan, shall be formed, to the west by the river Wurdaugh, from its issue from the Injady Hills, to its junction with the Godavery. The hills on which are the forts of Narmallah and Gawulgurh, are to be in the possession of Senah Saheb Soubah, and every thing south of those hills, and to the west of the river Wurdaugh, is to belong to the British government and their allies.
Article 5.
Districts amounting to four lacks of rupees per annum contiguous to, and to the south of the forts of Narmallah and Gawulgurh are to be given over to Senah Saheb Soubah. Those districts are to be fixed upon by major general Welleley, and delivered over to Senah Saheb Soubah at the same time with the forts.
Article 6.
Senah Saheb Soubah, for himself, his heirs and successors, entirely renounces all claims of every description on the territories of the British government and their allies ceded by the second, third and fourth articles, and on all the territories of his highness the Soubah of the Deccan.
Article 7.
The honorable company engage that they will mediate and arbitrate according to the principles of justice, disputes of differences that may now exist or may hereafter arise, between the honorable company's allies Secunder, his heirs and successors, and Rao Pundic Purdhann (chief of the Poona Maharrattas) his heirs and successors respectively, and Senah Saheb Soubah.
Article 8.
Senah Saheb Soubah engages never to take or retain in his services, any Frenchman, or the subject of any other European or American power, the government of which may be at war with the British government; or any British subject, whether European or Indian, without the consent of the British government. The honorable company engage on their part, that they will not give aid or countenance to any discontented relations, Rajas, Zemindars, or other subjects of Senah Saheb Soubah, who may fly from, or rebel against his authority.
Article 9.
In order to secure and improve the relations of amity and peace hereby established between the governments, it

is agreed, that accredited ministers from each shall reside at the court of the other.
Article 10.
Certain treaties have been made by the British government with federations of Senah Saheb Soubah. These treaties are to be confirmed. Lists of the persons with whom such treaties have been made, will be given to Senah Saheb Soubah, when this treaty shall be ratified by his excellency the governor general in council.
Article 11.
Senah Saheb Soubah hereby renounces for himself, his heirs and successors, all adherence to the confederacy formed by him and Dowlut Rao Scindia, and other Marhatta chiefs, to attack the honorable company and their allies. He engages not to assist those chiefs, if the war with them should still continue.
Article 12.
The treaty of peace is to be ratified by Senah Saheb Soubah within eight days from this time, and the ratification is to be delivered to major general Wellesley; at which time the orders for the cession of the ceded territories are to be delivered, and the troops are to withdraw. Major gen. Wellesley engages, that the treaty shall be ratified by his excellency the most noble the governor general in council, and that the ratification shall be delivered in two months from this date.
Valuable Lands for Sale.
By order of the court of Calvert county, will be exposed to Public Sale the following lands, the property of the heirs of captain Walter Smith, deceased.
ON Monday the 20th day of August next, will be sold on the premises the plantation on which the said Capt. Walter Smith formerly resided, containing by actual survey 1215 1-8 acres of land lying adjoining Patuxent river, bounded on the north west by the said river, on the east by a fine navigable creek, called Saint Leonard's creek, to that one and a half miles of fencing will include the whole land. The soil of this land is equal if not superior to any on Patuxent, either for farming, planting or grazing, and in their fashion the greatest plenty of fine fish and oysters may be had either from the river or creek. A great part of the above land is covered with Red Cedar, fit for posts or fencing.
On Tuesday the 21st on the premises, will be sold one other plantation in the Forrest at about two miles distance from the former containing by survey 617 and one half acres of land, the greatest part of which is covered with hickory, chestnut and oak wood, and a great proportion of swamp land, which at a trifling expense might be converted into valuable meadow, belongs to this land.
On Thursday the 23d on the premises, will be sold one other plantation lying adjoining on Chesapeake Bay, bounded on the north east by the said bay, on the north by a creek called Parkers creek, containing by survey 536 1-2 acres of land, on this land there are a good proportion marsh and meadow land and a great abundance of fine timber.
It is thought needlessly to give a fuller description of the above lands, as it is presumed that those who wish to purchase will view the lands previous to the day of sale—and on application to Mr. John Turner who resides near the two first mentioned tracts; they may see the plans of the different tracts of land, and will show the lands contiguous to him; and Mr. Richard Hance who resides on the last mentioned tract, will show the outlines of the same to any person wishing to view it.
The above lands will be sold either in the whole, or be divided into parcels as may appear most advantageous for the heirs. The purchasers to give bonds with approved securities for the purchase money, to be paid in three annual payments, the interest to be paid yearly, and on the ratification of the sale by the court, and a full payment of the purchase money and interest thereon a deed of conveyance will be executed to the purchaser agreeably to an act of Assembly in such case made and provided, by
J. WILKINSON, JAMES HUGHES, JOHN TURNER, Commissioners, Calvert county, June 8—12w10 Aug.
Was Committed to the jail
of Baltimore county as a Runaway on the 21st February last, a Negro woman who calls herself MILLY THOMAS—the is about 38 or 40 years of age, 5 feet 4 inches high, and of a brown complexion. She says she did belong to Mr. William Briscoe of Charles county in the state of Maryland. If her owner does not release her, she will be sold for her jail fees, according to law.
THOMAS BAILEY, Sheriff of Balt. County. Baltimore May 21—w8t
District of Columbia, to wit:
BE it remembered, That on this twenty sixth day of June, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and four, and in the twenty eighth year of American Independence, William Cranch, of the said district, hath deposited in this office, the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following to wit: "Reports of Cases, argued and adjudged in the supreme Court of the United States, in August and December terms, 1801, and February term 1803." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled "An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned."
G. DENEALE, Clk. of the district of columbia. July 4—w5t
WASHINGTON CITY,
WEDNESDAY, July 11.
On the second instant MORGAN LEWIS was inducted into the office of Governor of New-York.
The Council of appointment of that state have advanced James Kent, senior justice of the Supreme Court, to the office of chief justice, made vacant by Mr. Lewis's acceptance of the Chief Magistracy; and have appointed Daniel D. Tomkins, of the city of New-York, to fill the vacancy occasioned by Judge Kent's promotion.
Norfolk, July 5.
The United States squadron, under command of Commodore BARRON, failed for the Mediterranean yesterday.
Philadelphia.
The 28th Anniversary of American Independence, was celebrated by the republicans of this city and county, with the same joy and liberality as heretofore. The festive parties were numerous, and the republican militia legion, never appeared more numerous or in better order.
The usual salutes being fired at the dawn, the legion paraded in 3d Street, with its left on Pine Street, and countermarched from the right down Spruce into 2d Street, thence to Market, and up to Centre square—where the whole being formed along Broad Street, a salute from the artillery, and a triple feu de joie were fired, after which the several military corps marched to their places of entertainment. The toasts given on the occasion, already received, would more than occupy two papers; we shall give them from day to day.
Celebration of the 4th of July.
A number of citizens met at captain Vogde's inn to celebrate the day, which gave us national birth. Matthew Lawler, the mayor, and gen. Barker presided at table. After the cloth was removed the Declaration of Independence was read, and the following toasts were drunk.
1. The day. Perpetuity to its principles, and universality to its triumphs. 2. The patriots of '76. They toiled for us and gave us freedom, may we never disgrace them or ourselves by apostasy from their principles. 3. The Congress of '76. Patriotic, undaunted and virtuous, may their successors forever venerate and imitate their example. 4. The revolutionary armies of the United States. They fought and they conquered, may the nation be as grateful as they were triumphant. 5. The martyrs to American Independence and freedom. Perish the wretch who would disturb their manes by destroying that union which was acquired and cemented by their blood. 6. The memory of Benjamin Franklin. The same hand which snatched the lightning from heaven, called forth the electric spark of liberty; may it never be extinct. 7. The people. May their sovereignty never be destroyed by oppression, nor their will frustrated by intrigue. 8. The constitution of the United States. The wisdom of its provisions in rejecting the vicious and adopting the salutary. 9. Thomas Jefferson, the author of the declaration of independence. May the principles of that declaration never be prophaned by those who profess admiration for his patriotism and respect for his virtues. 10. George Clinton. His name is a terror to faction, his enemies are the enemies of the people; success to his election. 11. Thomas M'Kean our governor. One homage to his virtues is the hypocrisy of traitors and apostates, who publicly flatter and privately calumniate. 12. Republican principles. May the nation's will always be the nation's law. 13. The Pres. May it never be prostituted to the purposes of private calumny, under the pretence of public discussion. 14. Agriculture, commerce, and manufactures, arts and sciences. The loom, the plough, the anvil, and the Corinthian capital of our country. 15. The militia and no standing armies. An armed people can never need an armed and mercenary mob to defend them.
16. The militia legion of Philadelphia. Unappalled by the pretorian bands of aristocracy, uncorrupted by the combinations of apostates.
17. Our adopted brethren of Louisiana. Geographically connected with us, may they become as intimately allied by affection and principle.
Yesterday being the glorious anniversary of our national independence, a very large and respectable number of democratic citizens from Philadelphia city and county, met at Kennedy's Long-room, Market Street, where they sat down to an elegant and plentiful dinner provided for the occasion.
DR. GEORGE LOGAN was chosen president of the day, and JONATHAN BAYARD SMITH and TENCH COXE, Esqs. vice presidents.
After dinner the Declaration of Independence was read by Mahlon Dickerson, Esq. when the following toasts were given.
1. The 4th of July, 1776—May it be celebrated to the latest posterity, as the commencement of an era the most glorious in the annals of freedom. 2. Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States—May he live to see many returns of this happy day, & to witness the gratitude and confidence of his countrymen. 3. Thomas M'Kean, Governor of the state of Pennsylvania—The patriot of '76 and '98, too firm for the shafts of malice or trammels of intrigue. 4. The Heads of Departments—May they receive that reward and support which their arduous services merit. 5. The 4th of March, 1801—A second era of American Independence, established by civic virtue. 6. James Monroe and Robert R. Livingston—They have gained for us benefits incalculable: for themselves proportionate fame. 7. Our Brethren of Louisiana—May the example of their fellow-citizens of the United States, teach them to appreciate the blessings of freedom and equal right. 8. John Dickinson and Charles Thompson—An assemblage of private virtues and public merits. 9. The memory of Washington and of the other Heroes, who fought and bled to establish the independence of our country. 10. The memory of Franklin, Rittenhouse, Hancock, and Adams—Statesmen, who deserve the warmest gratitude of their countrymen. 11. The Electoral Ticket of the state, as agreed upon at Lancaster—the point of union of the democratic interest. 12. The Free Citizens of the United States—May they ever have an eye to virtue and talents, in selecting men for their representatives, and never be disappointed in their choice. 13. True Republicanism—Inimical to vice and unpractised in intrigue. 14. The Liberty of the Press—May it never control the Liberties of the people. 15. The Militia, Navy, and Army of the United States. 16. The absolute Dominion of our own Coasts—May every attempt to encroach upon them be resisted with firmness, and repelled with vigour. 17. The American Fair—May virtue and valour ever defend them.
500 Dollars Reward.
WHEREAS on the first day of April last, a Negro fellow named SIROTHER and his wife named PHILLIS absconded from my plantation near Chester court house South Carolina—and as I have reason to suspect that some white person or persons has been accessary in said negroes elopement, or has feloniously carried them away—I hereby offer the above reward upon conviction of any where person concealing or carrying away said negroes.
Forty dollars with all reasonable expences will be paid for lodging said negroes in any jail and giving notice by letter to me at Chester C. H. South Carolina, so that I may get them, or twenty dollars for each; that is, if they are taken by any person after this date any jailor or other persons giving notice to me of said negroes, that they are lodged in any jail before this date shall be very handsomely rewarded.
SIROTHER is 22 or 23 years of age, a little yellow complexioned, 5 feet 9 or 10 inches high, stout made, crooked legged, very large feet, has a four countenance, has large scars on his back occasioned by a severe whipping, by his former overseer in Virginia for refusing against him.
PHILLIS is 20 or 22 years old, of a middle size, trim made, black complexion, has a small lip when she speaks—said negroes formerly belonged to Mr. Edward Carter, in Prince William county, state of Virginia, where it is supposed (if they have eloped of themselves) they will try to go.
Any letters of information will be very thankfully received. JOHN JOHNSTON. Chester C. H. South Carolina, July 11—12wtf
CITY AUCTION ROOM F STREET.
To be sold by public auction on Saturday 14th inst. the following articles, viz—Wines and spirituous liquors, Port and Claret in bottles, Porter and Cider in bottles, Vinegar, Molasses, Sweet oil, Crockery and Glass ware, Spanish segars, James River tobacco, Snuff, Scales, Weights & Measures, two Horses, Cart, Dray and Harness—Also several articles of Household furniture, consisting of Beds, Bedsteads, Mattresses, Chairs, Tables, Looking glasses, Mahogany press Bed, Grates, Kitchen furniture too tedious to mention.
Terms of sale, Cash for all sums under fifty dollars, and for all sums above fifty dollars negotiable notes at five months with approved endorser bearing interest from the date.
GEO. QUINN, Arch. N. B. Sales to Commence at 10 o'clock. July 11—
TAKE NOTICE.
THE sale of those lands, lots, and houses in the city of Washington and district of Columbia on which the direct tax and cost has not been paid is postponed until Friday the 20th of July, at Mr. Rhodes's tavern. Sale to commence at 10 o'clock A. M. and continue from day to day until the whole are sold—any person wishing to examine the list of the property may by calling on the subscriber living in George Town.
GEORGE MAGRUDER, Collector 6th collection district. June 18—td of
NOTICE.
THE Subscriber, being legally and fully authorized, by his assignees, to adjust, and settle finally, all the concerns of his former estate, surrendered under the laws of Pennsylvania, of Maryland, and of the United States, hereby calls on all persons indebted to said estate, to make payment to him; and on all who have claims, to render him their accounts, with notice of what property's still held in pledge for securing payment. JAMES GREENLEAF. Philadelphia, April 13—wtf
NOTICE.
The subscriber having been legally authorized, by Messrs Henry Pratt Thomas Willing Francis, John Miller, jun John Ashley, and Jacob Baker, trustees of a fund created from the joint and separate estates of Robert Morris, John Nicholson and James Greenleaf, and generally denominated, the "Aggregate Fund," hereby calls on all persons having any claims or pretensions by Mortgage or otherwise, to any of the objects of the said Fund, to make the same known to him, with a view to their adjustment. And all persons supposed to purchase any of the property of the said Fund either for cash, or on terms of short credit, are desired to make early application to JAMES GREENLEAF. Philadelphia April 13—wtf
The property of the AGGREGATE FUND lying in or near the river Potomac, consists of a large number of house lots in the city of Washington.
A number of handsome brick houses and a few wooden houses in do. Awhart and Gore in do. Lands on the Eastern ranch, opp site do. Do. on Hunting Creek near Alexandria. Do. adjoining Fort Cumberland. Do. about 12 miles from do.
The subscriber will in person receive applications on any of the objects of his agency, at Mr. Stelles hotel, until the 10th inst. after which until further notice, he requests that all applications may be made to capt. Thomas Tingey, William Cranch, Esq or Mr. Samuel Elliot. jun.
JAMES GREENLEAF. Washington, June 4—3t wtf
RUNAWAY NEGRO.
WAS committed to the jail of Frederick county as a runaway on the 28th February last, a negro man who calls himself JOHN RUSSELL, he is about 28 or 30 years old, five feet five or six inches high, a stout well made fellow; his clothing are a grey coat, a striped waistcoat and corduroy trowsers. If his owner does not release him he will be sold for his jail fees according to law.
GEORGE CREAGER, Sheriff, Frederick county. June 23—
MEDITERRANEAN PASSPORTS.
Notice is hereby given, that it has been deemed expedient to change the form of the Mediterranean Passport issued to vessels of the United States, that from the eighth day of July next those of the new form will be issued as the old form houses to every vessel, for which application may be made on a compliance with the terms prescribed by law and surrendering the former passport of which she may be possessed, if any, in which latter case no fees will be required for the exchange; and that by an arrangement agreed upon by the Barbary powers, with whom we are at peace, either the old or the new form of passport will be sufficient to protect the vessels of the United States, from capture until the 1st of July 1805, after which the old form of passport will be unavailable and the new one alone in use.
Department of State, 23d of May, 1804. The printers of the laws of the United States are requested to insert the above in their Gazettes twice a week for the space of six months, and the Collectors of the Customs to keep copies of it posted up in their offices. May 30—22w6m
A LIST of LETTERS remaining in the Post Office WASHINGTON CITY, on the 1st day of July, 1804.
A. Philip Allen, D. D. Addison esq. J. B. Anderson.
B. Andrew Battle, Jona. Bunt, Moses Bullen, Lieut. William L. Brent, John Lewis Brooke, Samuel Bodge, esq. Miss Nancy H. Baker, Eggleton M. Boyle, Wm. Buris.
C. Overton Carr, jun. Josiah Curtis, Capt. Silas Caulkins, James Crook, Capt. Wm. Groves, George Calder, Ann Crone, Mrs. Ann Carr, Harith Carter, John Cross, George Crowninshield, esq.
D. Patrick Deery, Andrew Dodge, Peggy Dorsey, William Durny, William Dupuy, James R. Dymot, William Dyer, Mrs. Eliz. Davies.
E. Rufus Easton, esq. Joseph Eaton.
F. William Fairburn 2, Mrs. Susannah B. Finch, Jacob Forman, Joseph Foster.
G. Christian Gouldin, John Green, Margaret Gibbs, Thomas Gant, jun. Mr. Green, Martha Gordon, Robert Gilmer John Grogan.
H. Doctor Grafton Hanlon, 2, Thomas Hanlon, esq. 2, Spencer Hickman, Dalia Harderton, Benjamin Hurton, jun. Miss Hanlon, John Hurrey, J. Hardy, Isaac Henry, care of Isaac Pollock.
I. James Jackson, Israel Jones, Ariel Jeans, General Andrew Jackson, John Jennings.
K. John Keall, James Kennedy, Capt. James Kiener, Thomas Kanns.
L. John U. Loulin, 2, George Lewis, Anthony Litherneis, King Luton, Geo. Lan, John Lloyd, Hillary Linham, Christopher Lowndes, Lieut. Charles Ludlow, Mrs. Lewis, Louis Aubain Citizen Louis Legas.
M. Absalom Mayers, William Macgill, Peter Moor, Notley Maddox, esq. 2, Joseph M'Nele, John Mayne, Captain Ignatius Manning, James Miles, Thos. M'Minn.
P. Archibald Penton, John Pierson, Thomas Pearce, Lawson Pearson, Wesley Pymann, Thomas Purcell, Peter B. Porter, Esq. Charles Pongy, Wm. Priestman, Oliver Pollock, Esq.
R. M. Rozilly, Miss Nancy Ruslan, George H. Rogers, David K. Richardson, 2, M. jr Rivard, Major Rogers, 3, Tench Ringgold, Mrs. Maria Rogers, care of Mr. Stille.
S. Capt. Thomas Swaine, 2, John Swank, Joseph Schofield, Godfrey Smith, Isaac Smith, Mrs. Jane Savery, Andrew Smith, Esq. George Sands, Esq.
T. William Terry, Maria Thomlan, Eliza Thompson, Benjamin Talman, 2, John Taylor, Samuel G. Thompson, Lewis Talburt.
W. Catherine Wilson, Thomas Wilson, Joseph Wilson, Mrs. Ann H. Winthrop, 2, Thomas W. Wb, Col. W. A. Washington, Jeffrey Ward, John A. Wilson, Robert R. Williams, William Wood, Lieut. Melancthon, T. Woolsey, Joseph Williams, Charles White, Jacob Woolf, y, George Wilson, Esq. James Wilson.
Y. Charles Young, William Young. July 4.
NOTICE.
THE Sale of the lots &c. in the city of Washington and district of Columbia for the payment of the direct tax is postponed until the 20th inst. The sale will commence at 10 o'clock on that day at Mr. Rhodes tavern and continue until the whole are sold. GEORGE MAGRUDER, Col. 6th collection district. July 4—
NOTICE.
THERE was committed as a runaway to the jail of Frederick county, a negro man who calls himself CRASA LANGSTON, and says he belongs to Mr. Isaac Langston of Frederick county North Carolina; he is about 37 years of age, five feet seven inches high, a stout well made fellow—his clothing are a grey woolen coat with a blue cape, cotton striped waistcoat and trowsers and a tow linen shirt, he also has four scars on the back of his neck. If his master does not release him he will be sold for the jail fees agreeably to law. GEORGE CREAGER, Sheriff, of Frederick county. June 25—
THOMAS M'EVEN, THOMAS HALE & WILLIAM DAVIDSON, who heretofore, have translated business under the firm of Thomas M'Even & Co. will in future use that of M'EVEN, HALE & DAVIDSON. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 1—12w6m

Ten Dollars Reward.
RAN AWAY from the office of the WESTERN STAR , on the night between the 4th and 5th inst. an indentured apprentice to the Printing business, named WILLIAM JOHNSON , between 18 and 19 years of age, about 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high; rather slender make, short black hair and dark complexion, had on and took with him a brown coat with pearl buttons, nankin pantaloon, white waistcoat, and a good hat; he had also with him a French made watch, with a twisted gold wire chain. The above reward will be given for securing him in any jail, so that I may get him again, or reasonable charges if brought home.
Also all persons are hereby cautioned against harbouring or trusting said boy, and all captains or masters of vessels are warned at their peril against carrying away said apprentice.
EDWARD COLE. Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, July 9—
For NEW ORLEANS.
THE fast sailing ship COMET , J. McNeill master—a constant trader, and elegant accommodation for passengers. She will sail in all this month. For freight or passage apply to WM TAYLOR, No. 8, Bank Street. Baltimore, July 9—3t
At a meeting of the Stockholders of the THEATRE COMPANY , at Rhodes tavern on the 7th June, 1804, pursuant to notice.
ROBERT BRENT, Esq. Mayor of the city of Washington, was called to the Chair, and STANLEY BYUS , appointed Secretary.
On motion made and seconded, the meeting came to the following resolutions:
Resolved , That a Board of Directors, consisting of five stockholders, be chosen by ballot at the present meeting, to continue in office one year from their election.
Resolved , That the said Board of Directors have the power generally to manage the affairs of the institution during the period for which they are elected.
Resolved , That it be the duty of the said Board of Directors to proceed immediately to the raising by such means as they shall deem most eligible the necessary funds, and thenceforth apply the same to the completion of the building; and to procure a dramatic company, when the prospects respecting the completion of the building will in their opinion warrant the time.
Whereupon the meeting proceeded to the election of a Board of Directors for one year, when the following gentlemen were elected.
John P. Van Ness, Samuel Harrison Smith, Robert Brent, William Brent, and Thomas Law.
Resolved , That the proceedings of this meeting be published in the National Intelligencer .
ROBERT BRENT , Chairman. June 18—3w
CHARLES VARDEN, MERCHANT TAYLOR.
Has received from Philadelphia in addition to his former stock, a handsome assortment of goods, consisting of the best London and Spanish superfine cloths and cassimeres, white and fancy Marcellés, colored and white jeans, India nankins, cotton cassimeres, black silk and satin Florentines, with a variety of other articles suitable for the summer season.
N. B. Ladies habits, regimentals, and navy uniforms made in the first style of fashion. New Jersey avenue near the Capitol, June 8—tf
30 Dollars Reward.
RAN AWAY from the Subscriber, living near Dumfries in Virginia, on the 15th inst. a Negro or dark Mulatto named PRINCE , about 22 years of age, about five feet nine inches high, bow legs, has a mark on his face occasioned by a fall from a horse and a scar on one of his wrists, from a cut with a broken glass bottle. I will give thirty dollars reward for apprehending and bringing said negro home.
ROBERT GRAHAM. May 23—tf
NOTICE.
APPLICATION is intended to be made at the Treasury of the United States, for the renewal of the following lost certificates; No. 362, 363, 364, 365, and 366, dated the 5th April 1804, for 2000 dollars each, Louisiana 6 per cent stock, in favor of John Coles of New London, signed by Joseph Nourse, Reg.
JOHN M'GOWAN. June 13. 1804—ep6w
NOTICE.
THERE was committed to a Run away to the jail of Frederick county, a negro boy who calls himself George and says he belongs to capt. Newman of George Town; he is about 14 years of age, four feet seven inches high, his clothing are a tow linen shirt and a pair of coarse blue cloth trowsers. If his master does not release him from jail he will be sold for jail fees agreeable to law.
GEORGE CREAGER , Sheriff Frederick county. June 25—
Travellers Hall.
THE subscriber has lately been induced from the rapid increase of his custom to purchase a lot of ground adjoining that on which he lives for the purpose of building a dining room and assembly room, each 54 feet by 32 feet 10 inches with six additional lodging rooms, and intends to finish them before the ensuing winter; which together with his tavern and house will occupy a front of near one hundred feet in the most agreeable part of the town and in the center of business being on the highest part of the public square.
He has considerably increased the furniture &c. of his house and stables. His domestics and servants are of the most faithful dispositions and properly qualified for the departments to which they are assigned. He has a constant supply of the best stable forage; imported and country provisions, import d liquors, &c. of the first quality, foreign newspapers, &c. And his ice will most probably last through the hot weather.
The distinguished preference which the first characters have already given him, fills him with gratitude. He offers his sincere thanks to all his good friends and begs leave to assure them that neither his time nor his purse shall be spared in attempting to render the Travellers Hall a house of entertainment, for GENERAL GUESTS ONLY, equal to any in America.
P. BRADLEY. Lexington, Kentucky, June 12, 1804. A Stage runs from the Travellers Hall to the Olympic Springs in the summer, and to Frankfort during the sessions of Assembly. June 29—3m
NOTICE is hereby given to all whom it may concern that JOHN EDWARDS is appointed by the Legionary court of the First Legion of Militia of the district of Columbia to collect all fines put into his hands—by order of said court.
WM. D. BEALL , Clk. June 22—6w
TO RENT,
A THREE STORY BRICK HOUSE in the city of Washington, situate on that beautiful ridge north east of the Seven Buildings, on 1 Street, Lot No. 3, square 106, at present occupied by Mrs. Scott. Possession may be had the 1st of August next. Under said house is a good dry cellar, on the back of the lot is a stable, and near the premises a pump of most excellent water.
Enquire of Mrs. Scott, or of the subscriber, High Street at Doctor John Beatty's George Town.
ABSALOM JOY. June 29—tf
JUST PUBLISHED
By Rapine, Conrad & Co. NEW JERSEY AVENUE, NEAR THE CAPITOL.
MAJOR's Universal History, Ancient and Modern, from the earliest records of time, to the general peace of 1808, Vols. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7—This work will be comprised in 25 volumes, at one DOLLAR each to subscribers in boards. Those who have already favored the publishers with their names are requested to send for their copies, and those who are desirous of possessing this valuable work are informed that the subscription is still open.
Also just published and for sale as above.
The works of WILLIAM SMITH, D. D. late provost of the College and Academy of Philadelphia, vols. 1st and 2nd. This work will be comprised in 4 volumes at 25 cents per volume in boards.
R. G. & Co. Have on hand a most valuable collection of new books, received by the late arrivals from Europe, which they will dispose of on the most reasonable terms. June 29—
PROPOSAL,
For printing by Subscription, Miscellaneous Poems,
BY MRS. ALLEN, Consort to the Rev. Mr. Allen of Harford county, Written before her marriage.
CONDITIONS—
THE book to be printed with a clear type, and fine paper, in a duodecimo volume, and delivered to the subscribers neatly bound; price Three quarters of a Dollar, half to be paid on subscribing, and the residue on delivery of the book—which will be put to press as soon as three hundred copies shall be subscribed for.
Subscriptions received by Mr. Matthew Carey, Philadelphia—by Messrs. Warner and Hanna, Baltimore, and by the principal booksellers in those cities, also by Mr. Samuel Harrison Smith, Washington City.
Dr. Jacob Hall , of Harford county, of known literary character, to whose inspection these Poems were submitted, in a letter to the author, expresses his opinion of them, as follows:
MADAM, I have been honored and gratified with the perusal of your manuscript copy of Poems. In my opinion it is a work of considerable merit, and displays true piety and poetic genius. The pastoral dialogues are commendable for their novelty, simplicity and beauty. The elegies, epistles, and especially the "Man of Misfortune," a Moral Tale, are interesting and pathetic. The Odes and Fugitive Pieces are sprightly and amusing—And the whole composition seems to breathe such a spirit of philanthropy and benevolence as cannot fail to elevate the affections, and to mend the heart—And it is to be regretted, that the author's modesty has hitherto denied the community so refined & elegant an entertainment.
Your Friend, &c. J. HALL. Christopher's Camp, March 24.
WANTED
At the NAVY YARD —Washington, a quantity of the following materials, viz.
5 inch Oak Plank } 4 1-2 inch do. } 3 inch do. } Lengths, from 2 inch do. } 30 feet up- 3 inch Yellow Pine } Plank. } 2 1-2 inch do. } 2 inch do. } Locust Trunnails, of 18 and 24 inches long.
Locust Timber, in the log Cedar do do Beams of yellow Pine and Oak knees of various sizes.
Proposals for supplying the whole or any part of the Materials, specifying the particulars and the lowest price, will be received by the Subscriber until the first of August next.
Navy-Yard, Washington, July 6 1804. THOMAS TINGEY.
N. B. All further information which may be required, can be obtained, on application being made at the Constructor's office.
For the information of the Freeholders of the state of Virginia.
THE following correct list of the persons who compose the REPUBLICAN TICKET of Electors of President and Vice President of the United States, is published. The election for the choice of Electors will be held in each county and corporation on the fifth Monday in November next.
PHILIP N. NICHOLAS , Chairman. JOHN H. FOUSHEE , Sec'y. Richmond, May 25, 1804.
Republican Ticket.
Richard E. Lee, of Norfolk borough. John Goodrich, — Isle of Wight. Edward Pegram, — Dinwiddie. Dr. Richard Field, — Brunswick. Thomas Read, — Charlotte. Creed Taylor, — Cumberland. William H. Cabell, — Amherst. George Penn, — Patrick. George Wythe, — City of Richmond. John Taylor, — Caroline. Larkin Smith, — King and Queen. John Minor, — Spotsylvania. William Elzey, — Loudoun. William Dudley, — Warwick. Mann Page, — Gloucester. John Taliaferro, jr. — King George. Richard Brent, — Prince William. Hugh Holmes, — Frederick. James Dailey, — Hampshire. James Allen, — Shenandoah. Archibald Stuart, — Augusta. James M'Farlane, — Russel. G. John Preston, — Montgomery. William M'Kinley, — Ohio. June 27—4w
Prince George's County, Upper Marlboro, June 12, 1804.
At a respectable meeting of republican citizens of Prince George's County, pursuant to the recommendations of a former meeting, HUMPHREY BELT , Esquire, having been appointed Chairman, and TRUEMAN TYLER , Secretary, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted.
Resolved , That William Lyles, Alexander Covington, Alexander Contee and William W. Berry, Esquires be recommended to the people of this County as Delegates to the next General Assembly of Maryland.
Resolved , That Isaac Duckett, Humphrey Belt, James G. Wood, Thomas Hewitt and George F. Hawkins, Esqs. be a committee to confer with a similar committee on the part of Anne Arundel County, on a proper character to represent this district in Congress, in the place of Walter Bowie, Esq. who declines being a candidate.
Resolved , That Richard Sprigg, Thomas Rogers and Trueman Tyler, Esqs. be a committee to confer with Calvert County, and that part of Montgomery County composing the electoral District, on a proper character as an elector of President and Vice-President; and that it is the sense of this meeting that the said corresponding committee recommend, General Joseph Wilkinson, as a proper character to fill that appointment.
Resolved , That the proceedings of this meeting be published in the National Intelligencer and Maryland Gazette.
HUMPHREY BELT , Chairman. TRUEMAN TYLER , Secretary. June 18—ep3w.
REMOVAL.
THOMAS CARPENTER, TAYLOR, Has removed to the house above Mr. Rhodes (LATE LOVELY'S) HOUSE, near the President's Square. In addition to the present stock of goods, an Handsome Assortment is expected immediately.
Gentlemen at a distance, by sending a line by post, will be waited upon with all possible expedition.
T. C. will pledge himself to execute any order with a taste, expedition and moderation of charge, which shall not be excelled by any.
April 16—tf.
COLUMBIAN LIBRARY.
AN appendix to the Catalogue is this day published and may be had at the Library Room. In the course of the last year, the Directors have been incorporated by an act of Congress, and above 250 vols. have been added to the books, making in the whole upwards of 800 vols. New Shares may be had on application to the Librarian—Books are let out on hire to those who are not shareholders, and are to be taken out and returned on the afternoons of Wednesdays and Saturdays.
George Town, June 5—
HAT MANUFACTURY.
The subscriber informs his customers and the public generally that he has discontinued business in the city of Washington, and has opened shop on Bridge street near the Union Tavern—he solicits the continuance of former customers, and hopes that all others who may chuse to call and purchase his manufacture will be amply suited, if neatness and goodness be requisites.
JOEL BROWN. George Town, Feb. 17—tf
GEORGE TOWN COLLEGE,
In the district of Columbia, United States of America, under the direction of the Incorporated Catholic Clergy of the state of Maryland.
I. The annual pension of this establishment is two hundred and twenty dollars; but for children under twelve years of age, only two hundred dollars will be required. Those students who continue their education through the classes of Philosophy shall, on account of extraordinary expenses and some particular indulgencies allowed them, pay two hundred and fifty dollars per annum.
The pension is to be paid half yearly in advance. A deduction of fifty dollars per annum will be allowed to those parents who may choose to charge themselves with the detail of clothing their children. The college will furnish washing and mending; but will not keep particular accounts, or become answerable for clothing provided by parents.
II. In lieu of bed linen, table service, school books, and other articles usually required on entering establishments of this kind, each student shall pay ten dollars entrance money.
411. The Sunday or holiday dress is uniform, and consists of a plain coat of blue cloth, with yellow buttons, red cloth or kerseymere waistcoats. The use of silk is not permitted—Every student shall bring with him his uniform dress, besides a suit for daily wear, six shirts, six neck handkerchiefs, six pocket handkerchiefs, six pair of stockings, and three pair of shoes, all new. Any deficiency in the above will be charged to the parents.
IV. On the above terms the students are furnished with clothes, linen, washing, mending, lodging, board, fire, candle, table, school books, pen, ink, paper, amusements, and school rewards; so that nothing will remain to the charge of the parents, but medical attendance and medicines, postage, and such extra lessons of drawing, dancing, music, &c. which they may choose to order for their children.
V. The religion, uniformly practiced by the students living in the college, is the Roman Catholic; but for students of other religious persuasions, there are boarding houses, convenient to the college, where they will be subject to the same rules (religion excepted) and enjoy the same advantages for their improvement in science as the pensioners of the college.
VI. Out Boarders must be furnished by their parents with the uniform of the college, and pay annually for tuition, fire, candle, school books, pen, ink, paper, amusements, school rewards, &c. fifty dollars, always half yearly in advance.
VII. The students are taught English, Latin, Greek, and all the branches of Classical Education, sacred and profane History, Geography, the use of the Globes, Arithmetic, and when sufficiently advanced Algebra and Geometry, with all the other parts of the Mathematics, in the respective classes. Particular care is taken that they learn to read well, and write a good hand, and that they speak and write French with accuracy. Four times a year the students are called to a public examination of what they have been taught before Parents and the Friends of Literature. Those who have made extraordinary progress are honored and rewarded. The idle, for punishment, are confined in the vacation to certain extraordinary hours of study during playtime, in order to repair what they have neglected to learn in school; therefore, if they are found defective in the last and most important examination of the year, before the August vacation, they will not be allowed to go home during that time.
VIII. The age of admission is from eight to fourteen. When children are not sufficiently advanced to begin a regular course of classical education, they are placed in an elementary class, attended by a particular teacher, from whom they learn to spell, read, and write.
IX. If the children sent to this College have been before at any other house of education, an attestation of their morals and docility is required.
X. The greatest care is taken to instruct the children in the duties of Religion and Morality; and they are constantly under the eye of one or more of the Professors, who see that those duties are practiced, and that the rules of civility are not violated.
XI. Cleanliness and exercise, and every thing which contributes to health, are attended to with particular care.
XII. All the pensioners dine and sup with their professors, and have the same table which they have. No distinctions are allowed in diet or clothing.
XIII. As long experience has convinced the directors, that a profusion of pocket money is very prejudicial, not only to good order, but even to study and application, they therefore request that parents will not be forward in indulging their children in more than fifty cents at most per month, for this purpose.
XIV. No allowance is made for absence during the vacation, which begins on the 15th August, and ends the 15th of September. To these terms the parents are desired to be particularly attentive, in case they choose to
call their children home, as the absence of a few weeks at the opening of school is seldom repaired without very great difficulty. Absence from school at no other time will be permitted. It is indeed the most serious and earnest desire of the Directors, that the children should never be called home during the course of their education, as they have found by experience, that such avocations have often proved prejudicial, not only to study and application, but even to content and happiness. Those children who may be received into the college upon other funds, either totally or partially, then those provided by their parents or guardians, will not be allowed to go home or absent themselves from the college during the full course of their education, unless particular circumstances in the judgment of the President should require permission of absence for a time.
XV. When children are removed from the College, whatever new linen or clothes are furnished them on that occasion, will be charged to their parents. After entering on a new quarter no deduction will be made for the remaining part thereof.
The College is a large building, capable of lodging two hundred persons conveniently. The garden and court adjoining, where the young gentlemen play, are very airy and spacious. The situation is very pleasant and healthy.
It will contribute much to the advantage of the children, if parents on sending them will inform the President how long they propose to leave them at the College, and for what employments in life they are designed. The regular course of education is properly classical; but such as are destined for the commercial line, have a lesson of Arithmetic and Book-keeping, under a particular Professor appointed for that purpose.
XVI. The above Regulations and Conditions will take place from the 15th day of August, 1804, for all such as enter at, or after that period; but for others, they will only commence at the expiration of the six months, for which the advance payment had become due prior to that term.
Right Rev. LEONARD NEALE, President. Georgetown, June 22—1m.
(BY AUTHORITY.)
Scheme of a Lottery. To build an ACADEMY in the city of Richmond. Dollars.
  1 Prize—last drawn ticket, having a blank to its number, 20,000   1 do. — 10,000 10,000   1 do. — 5,000 5,000   5 do. — 1,000 each 5,000   6 do. — 500 each 3,000   10 do. — 200 each 2,000   20 do. — 100 each 2,000   100 do. — 50 each 5,000   250 do. — 30 each 7,500   420 do. — 25 each 10,500   1,500 do. — 20 each 30,000   3,000 do. — 15 each 45,000   1 first drawn ticket after 1,000 having a blank to its number, 250   1 do. after 2,000 do. 250   1 do. do. 3,000 do. 250   1 do. do. 4,000 do. 250   1 do. do. 5,000 do. 500   1 do. do. 6,000 do. 500   1 do. do. 8,000 do. 500   1 do. do. 10,000 do. 500   1 do. do. 12,000 do. 500   1 do. do. 13,000 do. 500   1 do. do. 14,000 do. 1,000   5,335 prizes, 150,000   9,675 blanks, not two to a prize,   15,000 tickets at 10 dollars each, 150,000   N. B. Prizes subject to a deduction of 15 per cent. 
This lottery has been authorized by the legislature of Virginia, for the laudable purposes of erecting a seminary of learning in or near the metropolis of this state. With this view, it is contemplated to raise 20,000 dollars, and 2,500 dollars, in addition, for defraying the expenses attendant on drawing the lottery. Citizens of the first respectability have been selected as trustees, and they have pledged themselves to use their utmost exertions to carry it into effect. The scheme has the advantage of giving to each adventurer, a chance for some very large prizes, whilst the proportion of prizes to blanks, is so great as to invite the friends of the intended institution to partake in the lottery, with very little risk of their becoming losers. The treasurer of the state is to be appointed to receive the money for the tickets as they are sold, and to pay the amount of the prizes to the fortunate adventurers. It is believed that the above considerations will induce a rapid sale of tickets, and the drawing will commence as soon as a sufficient number shall be sold to authorize it—which it is believed will be on the second Monday in December next.
Richmond, March 2—tf Tickets to be had of Robert Pollard Esq. John Brockenbrough, jun. Wm. Price (Reg.) Samuel Pleasants, jun. and William Prichard.
Cheap Goods.
JOHN COX
HAS received a large and handsome assortment of Spring and Summer goods, and is happy in having it in his power to sell them unusually low. George Town, May 14—ep2m
NOTICE.
THERE was committed to the jail of Frederick county, as runaways, a negro man who calls himself JIM , and a Mulatto woman who calls herself MIMA , and says they belong to Mr. Peter Larkins of Farquhar county Virginia; said Jim is about thirty four or five years of age, five feet five or six inches high, a stout well made fellow, his clothing are a blue coat and waistcoat, tow linen shirt and trowsers, he has also a scar on his breast—Mima is about twenty five years of age, five feet one or two inches high, stout and well made, her clothing are a blue short gown, white linsy petticoat and a tow linen shirt. If their owner does not release them from jail they will be sold for their jail fees agreeably to law.
GEORGE CREAGER , Sheriff. Frederick county. June 25—