The national intelligencer and Washington advertiser. (Washington City [D.C.]), 1802-08-20 00:00:00

NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER,
AND WASHINGTON ADVERTISER.
Vol. II
WASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
No. CCLXVII.
FIVE DOLLS. PER ANN.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 20th, 1802.
PAID IN ADVANCE.
FOR THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
Sir,
I have now before me a file of papers published in New-England in the year 1793, when what is called the Federal Tone was loud and imperative. Altho' the wit is not so coarse, nor the assertions so bold, as those of the then favorite of the day, Peter Porcupine , yet every column contains sarcasms on Republicanism, and encomiums on a monarchical high church government; and this paper, like Porcupine's , was supported by all the federal interest in every state in the union. As a specimen of the sentiments of the then majority, I copy one paragraph from hundreds, as it applies, in a very strong manner, to the conduct of those men who are now become the minority in Congress.
The Editor speaking of the circumstance which happened in England, of Fox, Grey, Sheridan, &c. resigning their seats in Parliament, expresses himself in the following words: "These grumblers" says he "go thither as ancient Cato did, merely to come out again. — What is called the opposition in any government means nothing more than a party of poor, disappointed men, who wish for gratification and riches. — Patriots who love gold at their hearts. — Anxiety for the welfare of the people is the false pretext — inordinate desire for power and rank, is always the secret stimulus of canting patriotism. John Hampden did not value twenty shillings to a royal tax-gatherer; but it imported his ambition to engage in a controversy with the king his master. One ray of anger from a Stuart, would illuminate the obscurity of John Hampden!"
With all stopping to prove, that one John Hampden was more valuable to the world than the whole race of the Stuarts, it is asked, what do the present minority think of their language in 1793, and of their conduct in 1802, now when neither their number nor their reputation is half so formidable as the opposition to the then administration? In the eyes of these men, it was a high crime to oppose an expensive, kingly-inclined system, but it is no sin to throw every possible obstacle in the way of a truly economical, republican government. — "He that runs may read."
Q IN THE CORNER.
FOR THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
Observations and discoveries in Science showing the progress of investigation and research in AMERICA.
Storms beginning to leeward.
Dr. Franklin had long ago observed that storms began to leeward, or that currents of air from the North East, began first to give way or to move in the South-west. The late terrible storm of wind and snow afforded a beautiful proof of this. It began in Washington at half after five on the afternoon of the 21st of February 1802; at the city of New-York it was not felt until midnight or more than six hours afterward, and New-York is about 240 miles North-East of the city of Washington. At Poughkeepsie, it did not begin until 4 in the morning of the 22d, and this village is 82 miles north of New-York. These facts afford valuable information tending towards a theory of the winds, and of atmospheric phenomena along the Atlantic Coast of the United States. Gold and Platina in the Island of St. Domingo.
This fertile but ill fated spot of earth abounds in the precious metals. During the colonial administration since the French revolution, Mr. Girard was employed by the government to explore the mountains in the interior parts of the Island, and survey them and their streams of water with the eye of a mineralogist. He did so; and pursued his mission with so much zeal and hazard, that he finally lost his life. But before this sad event, he had discovered that Platina and Gold abounded in the sands of certain rivers which he describes. It is found in grains and masses of considerable size, oftentimes large enough to be picked up by the fingers. Samples of all these and other things which he discovered were forwarded to the national institute of Paris. These quantities of precious metals, added to the fertility of its soil, make St. Domingo an object of double importance. It is remarkable that the natives had ornaments of gold when first seen by Columbus.
Intended exploration of the country lying South of Lake Superior.
By a concurrent resolution of both Houses of Congress passed April 16th 1800, the President of the United States
was authorised to employ an agent to collect all material information relative to the Upper mines on the south side of Lake Superior. It is not generally known what has been done under this resolution. The report of the commissioner, if made with skill and ability, may be expected to contain not only the information required about the mines of copper, but a great amount of other interesting knowledge on the climate, natural history, productions and advantages of that remote and important part of the American territory. These regions want to have been explored by some person better qualified to make observation than Indian traders are, by a man of political sagacity in whom government could have confided; and who to his other acquirements adds a knowledge of mineralogy in its various details. The account of his mission given by such a man would be honourable both to the national and individual character. If this work has not been undertaken already, a glorious opportunity yet remains of carrying into execution a laudable provision of the government.
Brute animals gradually acquiring the habit (affectation) of living in unhealthy air.
It is said to be established as a fact in the Rural Economy of North Carolina and Virginia, that neat cattle bred on the hills and in the high country, will fatten and die in a short time if driven down to the low lands towards the sea, and kept to graze on the plantations, where agues prevail among the human species. Experience, it is said, has sufficiently convinced the cultivators of the earth of the loss to be sustained by purchasing this kind of stock and bringing it upon their farms. Some of the cows thus introduced, however, survive the unhealthy influence of the atmosphere in which the greater part of their number died; and from these are propagated a race of horned cattle, capable of living in those level and sickly regions. Here is a great analogy between the constitutions of neat cattle and human beings. Both are on the first onset, rendered sickly by infected air; many of them are killed by it in the seasonings, but some grow accustomed to its noxiousness or become insensible of it; and from these proceeds a race capable of withstanding its effects to a degree that is astonishing. They live and thrive in an air so noxious as to kill those of their respective species who have not been seasoned to it, such is the power of habit.
Improvements to be made in the quarantaine regulations of commercial nations.
Within a few years the question whether diseases and their existing causes were carried from country to country in ships, has undergone an ample and minute discussion. The result of this discussion is, that the noxious matter or existing cause of these disorders, is not derived from foreign countries, but engendered or produced within the ships and vessels themselves. It has likewise been ascertained that these infectious airs or fluids are extricated from putrefaction and nastiness, and not afforded by the living process of secretion. Hence they are not contagious, nor of course communicable from man to man as contagions are. To avoid these mischiefs derived from nastiness and infection, accumulated and evolved on shipboard, quarantines and quarantine laws have been contrived. They are all grounded on a mistake, viz. that the distempers are imported from foreign places. Quarantines arose in the 14th century during the crusades, in the midst of fanaticism, ignorance and superstition. It is reproachful to continue them in force in the 19th century. They may be superceded and done away by merely applying to ships the same rules of purification which are employed in houses. All that is wanted to perfect discipline in vessels, is to make naval economy in respect to cleanliness, obey the same rules which govern domestic economy. Keep a vessel clean as a house is kept, and by the same means, and commerce may be relieved from all its burthens and expenses of such absurd restraints as quarantines impose.
Manufacture of Flour.
Wheat is manufactured in America, better than in any part of the world. The discovery of the American millers, that the whole of a given quantity of good and merchantable wheat may be entirely converted into two parts, to wit: Bran and superfine flour, is very important to the agricultural interests of the country. When good wheat is converted by grinding into midlings, shorts and shorts, and common flour, the prevailing opinion among the manufacturers is, that it is the fault of the miller or of his machinery.
National Intelligencer.
[A work, written with great spirit has issued from the London press, entitled "The History of Helvetia," containing the Rise and Progress of the Federal Republic; to the middle of the sixteenth century. By Francis Hare Nayler.
[The reader will form an idea of the work from the following short extract:]
Origin of Rhaetian liberty.
That every system of equality, which is founded upon any other principle than the equality of law, is both chimerical, and impracticable, requires little ingenuity to demonstrate. But it is equally evident to a reflecting mind, that the benign views of the Creator could have never called millions of beings into existence, for no other purpose, than for the sport or pleasure of one. Opinions, like these require but little rhetoric to recommend them. Yet the name of the man, who first communicated them to the Rhaetians, is buried in oblivion. The author of the GRISON LEAGUE is unknown to posterity.
Within the jurisdiction of the abbot of Disentis, is situated the romantic valley of Truns. The whole country from Hanz, to the source of the Rhine, presents a series of the most picturesque objects, that the human eye ever contemplated. Here the loftiest summits of the Alps pour down their stupendous torrents, in a thousand channels, and give birth to mighty rivers. From scenes like these, where nature towers under her most gigantic form, the transition is instantaneous to harmony, and peace. The fertile meadow presents the pleasing picture of cultivation, and furnishes subsistence to the rude native of this sequestered spot.
It was in a grove, near Truns, that the most reputable inhabitants of the adjacent hamlets met, in the dead of night, to confer upon some general plan for their mutual preservation. They were sensible of their condition, and keenly felt the injuries to which they had been exposed. But no mean ambition had kindled the flame of discord; no base nor interested project directed their opposition. They sought not for worldly dignities, nor for the pre-eminence of rank: they were strangers to every selfish motive, and scorned alike to traffic in the ruin, or in the prosperity, of their country. Even their very names are lost to posterity. And while the pompous mausoleum points out, to the execration of posterity, the faithless minister, or the perfidious tyrant, the founders of Rhaetian liberty moulder unnoticed in their native dust. It was the innate sentiment of freedom — the will of establishing some system of equality in the administration of justice — but above all, that noble and manly feeling, which prompts us to promote the comfort and happiness of all our species, but more particularly of those who are connected with us by the ties of consanguinity, or the bonds of friendship — which inspired the resolution necessary for the accomplishment of so arduous an enterprise.
Upon examining into their resources, they found that they had nothing to depend upon except themselves. But the love of liberty supplies its votaries with every thing which is requisite for obtaining it. Accustomed, from their earliest youth, to the fatigues of a laborious life, their bodies were of the most athletic forms. Braced by the bleak Alpine blast, their nerves were strangers to every sensation which could indicate fear. Their wants too were few, for they were acquainted with no other pleasures, but those which nature furnished in her simplest state, and which are ever within the reach of those, whose tastes are uncorrupted by the fastidious enjoyments of polished society.
Such were the men, whom the genius of Rhaetia had assembled at Truns. An ancient tradition still exists, that they were in general persons dignified by age, and distinguished by their long grey beards. From which circumstance, as well as from their dress, which is said to have consisted of the grey clothing so much in use in Rhaetia, the league was afterwards distinguished by the appellation of the GRISON LEAGUE.
The following interesting paper on obtaining sugar from the Beet Plant, is taken from the transactions of the society instituted at London for the encouragement of arts, &c.
One hundred and ten pounds of Beet roots, the Beta cicta of Linnaeus, or white English, Beet, washed, peeled, cleaned, and then grated, gave a mass which weighed eighty-seven pounds; out of which were presented forty one pounds
and a half of juice, which was boiled with twenty ounces and a half of charcoal powder. This, when filtered and evaporated down until crystallized, produced full five pounds of a brownish yellow grained sugar, also five ounces of brown syrup.
The above brown sugar, after being dissolved in six pounds of lime water, mixed with one pound of blood, then boiled, filtered, and afterwards evaporated, yielded four pounds five ounces and a half of purified brown sugar, and six ounces and a half of syrup.
The four pounds five ounces and a half of sugar thus prepared, were again dissolved in six pounds of lime water, mixed with one pound of milk, then boiled for a quarter of an hour; during the boiling, a small quantity of white wine vinegar, and a little more milk, were added; the saccharine matter was filtered, and treated as before; the product was four pounds of well grained white powder sugar.
The residuum after pressure, the brown syrup of the two first processes, and the remains of the filtrations, weighed, when collected, forty pounds: they were mixed with one quart of yeast and eighty quarts of water, heated to 40 degrees of Reaumur's thermometer, or 112 of Fahrenheit's, and after fermenting forty-eight hours, were distilled. They furnished, at the first distillation, fifteen quarts of weak spirit, which, on a second distillation, gave eight quarts of a better; from which, when rectified, were produced three quarts and a half of spirit resembling rum.
From the result of this series of experiments it appeared, that after paying the farmer for the roots, and discharging all incidental expenses whatever, a profit was yielded of nearly cent. per cent. on valuing the four pounds of white powder sugar at one shilling per pound, and the three quarts and a half of rum at one shilling per quart.
It is not to be inferred from these experiments, that the profit from this process will always equal the above; for subsequent experiments have proved that the crops of Beet-roots cannot always be depended upon, nor do they always yield the same quantity of sugar, the produce of different years having varied, from two pounds of sugar per hundred weight of roots, to five pounds according to circumstances which have intervened.
A work, of considerable extent, has recently appeared at Hartford, Connecticut, written by Abraham Bishop, entitled "Proofs of a Conspiracy against Christianity and the government of the United States, exhibited in several views of the Union of Church and State in New-England."
Our other engagements do not allow time for exhibiting an analysis of this performance. In the room of this, we shall make a few extracts.
In page 3 the work thus commences. — Professor Rabinson undertook the gigantic task of proving a conspiracy against all the religions and governments in the world; I am contented with a small section of his subject.
My aim will be, to place the charge of infidel conspiracy, where it ought to rest, in compelling which I shall pass rapidly, and without much ceremony, through the solemn forms, in which religion is presented, in order to arrive at the substance; and in examining this shall occasionally, and without much sensibility, advert to the passions and arts opposed to my process; and after fixing the character of federal religion, shall follow it through the political course, which it has taken from the infancy of our government to the day of the date of these presents — shall with much coolness call some classes of men hypocrites, who have passed for saints — and shall show that whether republicanism means something or nothing; yet that the illusions and distant hints of republicans about the existence of an hypocritical northern phalanx meant something. — And from premises thus constructed shall attempt to prove, that christianity and the government of the United States have a constant, powerful, and efficient enemy in the NEW-ENGLAND UNION OF CHURCH AND STATE."
Page 4. — "Many are for retaining the old order of things, because it is a quiet one; for death and the grave; but are men willing to arrive at these, except of civil and religious liberty, merely for the sake of peace? But peace can never be long preserved, if the public mind is suffered to sleep. The dreadful convulsions in Europe were preceded by stupors and deadly calms. The parties in this country differ not in measures only, but in systems. Discussion is favorable to the cause of truth, and "a war of opinions will save a war of blood."
Page 6. — "An infant knows nothing. Arrived at maturity, he buffles about independence of thought and of speaking and writing naturally, of abstract ideas and first principles: yet he has learnt all which he knows; forgetting from whom he learnt it, he confiders it as his own, and through mere defect of memory, claims the credit of originality. — A thousand men, born in different parts of the world, will have passed a thousand modes of being, and yet each will avow infallible ideas of religion, government and the concerns of life.
"In this advanced state of the world, human systems are so wrought, that it is easier to adopt them than to invent new ones, and if the father worshipped the ape, or adored the crocodile, or bowed at the foot of an emperor's throne, or kissed the pope's slipper, so must the son, and the son's son, to the latest generation; and he, who followeth not the established habit, is denounced by implicit followers, and the system-mongers all join to say, 'Let him be accursed, for he destroyeth the ancient land-mark, he breaketh up the foundation of many generations' — and their followers are obliged to respond, 'Let him be accursed' — but a new order of things has emboldened many to risque exorcisms, to look into the mysterious antiquities, to rend the unconsecrated veil, to shew the people that the holy of holies is not local, and that the day has passed by, when he, who touched the mountain, should be stoned. Among these I have assumed the task of speaking to you definitely of the union of church and state in our country.
"The great events of a few past years have gradually introduced the light necessary to this portraiture. The passions, engendered in darkness, and which seek concealment till they can come forward with effect, have slowly and unsuspectingly met this light, not aware that some were watching the moment, when they could be distinctly seen.
Page 7. — "New-England federalism appeared to be protestant, and to with the downfall of hierarchies, till the church of Rome began to totter: then it began to pray for her re-establishment, ardently as saints for rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem. The French, who till that time had been our good friends and allies, were called a set of atheists and anachists. No curses were too severe to implore on them for abolishing hierarchies and for suspending the observance of that day, which had been before devoted to the dishonor of God, and the ruin of man. No pity for oppressed humanity restrained the rage of our church and state men. No cries ascended to heaven for relief of freemen. With joy the combined troops of the throne and the altar were announced as hurling their thunders on devoted France. The passions were gradually raised. The cries of infidelity and modern philosophy were founded through the country, and the rage of holy church and state men was directed against infidel France. Even the royalist Barruel, a papist, became a favorite, although at the expence of our protestant ancestors, the Albigenses and Waldenses, he criminated France. Every little subject of a political prelate took in charge the cause of God and settled in his own mind a question mighty enough for the greatest talents of the two contending worlds. A little cumberer of the ground, a miserable portion of dust and ashes, to which the worms are heirs apparent, decides on the counsels of his Maker, and decrees in his behalf that the holy father had been wrongfully disturbed — that the king of France should be restored — that the throne and the altar should be more closely united, and that the old order of things should be revived. To express these mighty decrees a new vocabulary is invented to abuse the friends of civil and religious liberty, and to compliment the tyrants and murderers of the world.
— Was this the spirit of christianity, or of church and state?
"New-England federalism appeared to be christian, till by irritation of the public mind, and false alarms, federal power was able to raise an army and navy, and to create extensive establishments of wealth and grandeur, perfectly consistent with church and state union, but actually armaments and batteries against the peaceable kingdom of a humble Redeemer."
"New-England federalism appeared to be federal, till a change of administration destroyed the grand object of church and state, which always was, power to the leaders, delusion to the followers, and ruin to opposition. Then this federalism cried out for dismemberment of the states — the death of federalism."
Page 9. — "While buffeting and persecution were the lot of christians, the knowing ones avoided profession; but

when it was discovered that the religion could be made an engine of state, and that the state and ecclesiastical could sustain each other, it became fashionable to profess. THE FIRST UNION OF CHURCH AND STATE IN CHRISTENDOM WAS THE CORNER STONE ON WHICH SATAN WAS TO BUILD HIS FABRIC OF INIQUITY. High priests pray'd for kings; kings furnished laws to support religion; the Saviour's promise to sustain his church was forgotten, or his power to fulfil the promise was doubted. His picture decorated the walls of churches; but the knee was bent and the eye lifted to his holiness, the fountain of all spiritual power, and to his majesty, who kept that fountain overflowing with the wealth of a subjugated world.
"This magnificent union having for centuries over spread Christendom, and having humbled by persecutions and cruelties every succeeding class of real christians, was at length abridged by the reformation. In the course of a single century, among the churches called reformed, that of England became most conspicuous for the same union, which in its turn was bridged by the puritans, who first settled this country, and New-England can claim the uninterrupted succession of this church and its power.
"The excellence and detestable character of three of these unions will never be doubted. It is my province to consider the fourth, and as the piety of our ancestors has formed the basis of our church and state union, and since much of passion, falsehood and superstition have been improved in the history and application of this piety, I shall proceed in the next number to speak of our ancestors in such terms as my subject requires, and with the express intent of showing that our church and state unionists, who claim to be heirs of the blessing, have actually inherited some constituent parts of their religion, and that this religion is not christianity."
Page 42. "Let me now call you to look at our ancestors just as you would at a class of men, coming here at this time and conducting as they did. Did they fly from persecution, because they hated it in principle, or was it because it was directed against them? At their first establishment here, they persecuted with more violence than they had suffered. Did they leave their homes to find a little quiet spot in the wilderness, where they might enjoy the little, which man wants here below, and from which might ascend daily, and uninterrupted aspirations to heaven? Their first object was extent of territory, and they combated for it with a zeal and perseverance worthy of a better cause. Did they love humanity and peace? But they were in constant wars with their tawny brethren, children of the same universal Father. Did they love toleration? But they denied it to Quakers and Adamites, who, like them, had fled to the same country. If they loved civil and religious liberty, why was every exertion made to destroy them? Especially because they were subject to passions, like to those men, whom they had left. They fought, quarrelled, lined and punished, as often in proportion to their numbers as their poverty, extent that the vices, which arose from luxury, could not attach to them."
(To be continued)
* See the blue laws and Trumbull's history. In fact, to sustain this number, a recital of the cruelty of their wars, the bitterness of their disputes, the multitude and severity of their punishments, the defection of their zealers, &c. would be tedious. It is natural, in turning these pages, leaf by leaf, to observe how rapidly the nation gained against the reign of the age, and how these passions burst forth with an immense force, proportioned to the restraint. Those, who wish to establish the superior piety of our ancestors, must guard all access to their history effectually, as Eden was guarded, after the expulsion of Adam.
FOR THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
Calumny refuted.
The tongue of calumny has been deeply, and constantly employed in vilifying the Post Master General for the dismission of Post Masters:—With what justice the public will be enabled to judge, when they have attended to the facts herein recited.
On the truth of this statement the people may rely; and the enemies of the government and of the Post Master General are challenged to contradict it, or to state another case.
Before the dismission of a single officer by him, the correspondence of one of the principal officers had been frequently violated; two appointments made by the Post Master General had been suppressed, and the papers never heard of, and the seal of the department had been twice broken at issue of the offices.
There are one thousand and ninety-five deputy Post Masters in the United States, each accountable to, and liable to be dismissed by the Post Master General. Of this immense corps of officers it was a rare thing to find a single officer who was friendly to the government of the country. The whole phalanx might be called federal, and many of them ranked with the most bitter opponents of the administration. To them was entrusted the whole correspondence of the country, under a system, where, from its extent,
it is very difficult to trace the suppression of intelligence to any particular office. They too, had the power of circulating the plans of their party with concerted system into every county in the Union, free from expense; and at the same time possessed the power of suppressing the communications of the administration itself, as well as of its friends. This power was certainly in some instances called into exercise; though, to the honor of the department and the officers themselves, it is believed those instances were not frequent. The great majority of those in office, are men of honor and character, and discharge the duties of their offices with diligence and fidelity.
In this state of things, although the republicans as fully entitled to their proportion of the honors and emoluments of office, yet, to furnish an additional evidence of a disposition to conciliate the feelings of every part of the community, a disposition originating not from fear, but a sincere desire to allay the fervor of party spirit, which has in truth characterized the present administration, he has dismissed from office but forty-five Post Masters, out of one thousand and ninety-five. That he has not yet restored to the republicans an equality of office, but trusts principally to the natural progress of the department to effect an end so just and desirable, is to be attributed to a spirit of conciliation, and to a wish to avoid those evils, which might result from the introduction of too many new officers. Of the forty-five, one was dismissed for insanity.
One, who had been appointed in the fever of 1798 in the room of one of the most promising characters in the Union, who was displaced for a decent though noble maintenance of his opinions, at a time when nineteen-twentieths of the officers were friends to the administration, was dismissed to do justice to the person whom he had succeeded.
One, because he could not be answerable on his bonds, being a minor under the age of eighteen years.
One for flagrant abuse of the government, and charging the executive with treason, and every other crime.
Two, for having aided the enemies of the country during the revolution, and maintaining to this day the same regard for British supremacy and royal government: Persons who ought to be permitted the free exercise of opinion, to have the enjoyment of their property and the just protection of the laws; but who, it is believed, ought not to be employed as officers of a government, which they contemn and calumniate.
Two, for such negligence and inattention, that the mails were retarded, and the public inconvenienced.
Three, for forming out their offices to the slaves, and wholly neglecting to bestow their personal attendance upon them.
Five, for wilful misconduct of various kinds:
Five, because their local situations were not convenient either for the public service, or for the accommodation of the people of the vicinity.
Eight printers, or editors of newspapers; and,
Sixteen, to give place to some of the friends of the administration to participate in the offices of government.
The reason for not permitting the printers or editors of newspapers to be Post Masters, are, that they have a strong inducement to suppress the papers of rival printers, and to extend the circulation of their own; and an uncommon interest in abusing the privileges of franking. They enjoy superior advantages over their fellow-craftsmen. This produces jealousies, bickerings and constant irritation; and however fairly the duties of the office may be discharged, these evils can never be avoided. Indeed the propriety of the exclusion was so manifest, that the late Post Master General had for years made it a rule, not to appoint printers of newspapers. The wisdom of this measure has not been doubted but by Callender, who, having been refused an office in the department, feels all the vexation of disappointment. How can it be said that preferring characters, who are least liable to suspicion, who have the least private interest to oppose to the regular discharge of their public duties, is sanctioning a suspicion, and blasting the characters of printers? They are undoubtedly valuable and important members of the community. But does it follow that it is not the duty of an officer to select such persons as are least liable to distrust, and who unite in their characters the most general confidence? Or will it be forgotten that the rule applies indiscriminately to all printers? And can it be believed that the Post Master General wishes to cast a stigma upon the republican printers? In the midrage of the opposition to destroy the fair fame of this officer, they have published that this rule was applied to remove federal printers, but forgotten when an opportunity presented of appointing a republican editor: As an evidence of this pretended duplicity of conduct they point out the instances of Mr. Blake, the editor of the Essex , and of Thomas Pervin Smith, Esq. of Maryland, who, they say, is also an editor. But here, as in every other instance, their charges are malicious and unfounded. Mr. Blake never was appointed. Mr. Smith
was appointed in the late, not by the present Post Master General. Whether he be the Editor of a paper or not, is unknown. In truth the removal of printers or Editors has been limited to cases where there were rival presses in the same town, or where the jealousies before mentioned had produced serious dissatisfaction. There are a number of federal printers, and one republican printer still in office.
Several cases which have arrested the public attention, and which have called forth the utmost violence of attack and bitterness of invective against the Post Master General, require a more particular investigation.
The first is the case of William Hobby of Augusta, Georgia, who was dismissed under a perfunctory charge that he was the Editor of a newspaper. This he has been proper to deny. However the fact may be, it was so understood by the Post Master General; and after the publication of Mr. Hobby's letter, governor Jackson and Mr. Milledge offered to certify, that the Augusta Herald was universally called Hobby's paper, that he was the real and sole Editor, and that they had never heard it denied, till that letter was published. Nor is it probable that Mr. Hobby's connection with that paper, was the only reason for his dismissal; for complaints of misconduct were made against him by several of the most respectable citizens: of that rate, among whom is the Speaker of their House of Assembly; whose letter on this subject, was read on the floor of Congress. The Post Master General declined the acceptance of a certificate from governor Jackson and Mr. Milledge, on the principle, that it would be improper for an officer at the head of any department in the government, to enter with any person, into a newspaper contest on the subject of his official conduct.
To Mr. John Tryon , of Lebanon in the state of New-York, a successor was appointed, because the situation of the former was inconvenient. Mr. Tryon lives on the post road from Berkshire to Albany, near the Massachusetts line; and no other principal road leading from any other place, unites with this post road near Mr. Tryon's. Mr. Jones his successor lives in the centre of population and of the town by the meeting-house, on the same post road. The new Turnpike from Hartford, and the roads, leading to towns which depend on the new Lebanon office for intelligence, unite with the road first mentioned, at or near the house of Mr. Jones. The residence of Mr. Tryon was nearer the springs; but the visitors of these waters, in their daily rides, pass Mr. Jones's door. A number of the inhabitants of the town petitioned, that the office might be kept near the meeting house. Mr. Tryon, who was considered by the Post Master General as a gentleman well entitled to the confidence of the department, discovered that the petition was soon to be forwarded, wrote to the Post Master General on the subject, and suggested the propriety of establishing two offices in the same town, one at the meeting house, and one at the springs. The latter would turn off the mail, which is conveyed in a coach, from the post road for a considerable distance, and made it necessary for it to pass and repass one of the most difficult hills or mountains in that part of the country. On adopting this plan, he suggested his readiness to resign his office, and requested the Post Master General to delay his decision on the petition. The decision was accordingly delayed. But it was ultimately determined, that the centre of the town, where so many roads united, and where it would soon be necessary to open the Hartford mail, was the proper place for the office; and that it was not proper to establish another office within two miles and an half, to accommodate for a few months in the year those persons who visited the springs, especially as the road was very convenient, and the visitors generally passed Mr. Jones's every day. It is also worthy of being remarked that Mr. Tryon wrote a second letter to the Post Master General on the subject contained in the first, offering to resign his office, and recommending Mr. Ter Bofs for his successor. The motives of Mr. Tryon will be justly estimated by those, who know that Mr. Ter Bofs was his tenant.
The third is the case of Augustus Davis , printer of a news paper. This man, though he returned thanks to the Post Master General for his liberal and gentlemanlike conduct, and assured him that whatever decision was made, he was fully convinced would be dictated by what was thought necessary to promote the public good, has published a long statement of a correspondence between himself and the Post Master General, vilifying and calumniating the character of that Officer. That Mr. Davis was satisfied with the conduct of Mr. Granger he cannot deny; for declarations importing his approbation, were made by him at Alexandria and the Bowling Green. The inconsistency of men's conduct, who are governed by a desire to subserve the interest of a party, is strongly exemplified in Mr. Davis. He proposed to evade the rule relating to printers and Editors of News papers, by dividing the business between himself and his son, one was to take the Post Office, and the other the printing office, both being under the same roof.
This was considered as inadmissible, and as tending to destroy the benefit of the regulation. The construction which Mr. Davis made, has not been opposed by the head of the Department in his case only; three of the personal and political friends of Mr. Granger have incurred the same and have met with disappointment.
The fourth case worthy of notice, and which has been the subject of public comment, is that of Benjamin Lowndes of Bladenburg. As the situation of his office was some distance from the post road, and his house quite remote, the Post Master General forwarded an appointment to a gentleman of respectability whose situation was convenient for the office. This was done for the purpose of expediting and rendering secure the carriage of the mail. For in going Eastward, it leaves Washington at one o'clock in the morning, & arrives at Bladenburg long before day light. As Mr. Lowndes's office was at a distance from the road some time must necessarily have been spent in carrying the way bag to the office. This would have been inconvenient to the passengers, and, when none were in the coach, would in the absence of the carrier have hazarded the main mail to a robbery. About the same time, a new road was opened into Bladenburg which passed by the old office. The Gentleman appointed, proposed to take the office if any inconvenience would result from his declining it. The Post Master General having received information of the new road, requested him to inform Mr. Lowndes that he had no objection to his continuing in office; since by the opening of the new road his office was convenient for the public service. Mr. Lowndes declined serving any longer, and a successor was appointed. He never was dismissed, but resigned; no objection was ever made against him.
Col. Pera Taylor of Dresden was dismissed on the petition of the inhabitants of New Milford, a neighboring Town, and of a number of the inhabitants of Dresden, because he lived at one corner of the latter. The late Post Master General established an office at New Milford, and one at Dresden; and, mistaking the local situation of Col. Taylor, appointed him. The Mail carrier was bound to carry the mail through both Towns; but on experiment it was proved that the rider could not visit both offices. The office at Milford was in consequence wholly neglected. It was also represented to the petition that Col. Taylor had been consulted, and did not wish to retain the office. It was not known to which of the political parties he belonged—He was considered a reputable and distinguished citizen in that part of the country. But was dismissed and a successor appointed to extend the benefit of the public mails to the inhabitants of two Towns, instead of limiting those benefits to a small portion of the citizens of one.
The sixth case to which the public attention has been invited through the medium of the newspapers, is that of Mr. Frederic Wolcott of Litchfield, in the state of Connecticut. His friends wrote privately for his appointment; about the 15th of October he was appointed. At the time his appointment was forwarded, Col. Talmadge was in office. He was not removed, nor did he resign in sufficient time to enable the late Post Master General to fill the vacancy. For the latter retired from office on the last of October, and Col. Talmadge's letter of resignation of the 26th of the same month, in which he recommended Mr. Sheldon as his successor, could not, by the course of the mail, reach the general post office till the third of November following. Mr. Wolcott's appointment could not therefore be legal. This is not intended as any reflection on the late post master general, who, undoubtedly, expected Mr. Talmadge's resignation; and did not know that Mr. Wolcott had for years been the calumniator of Mr. Granger. Nor, can we believe, that any one would suppose that the latter would hazard his reputation, by leaving an office in the hands of a man, who had, without provocation and without cause, attempted to defame, and to destroy his character.
Do these acts declare the persecutor and the tyrant? Or do they manifest the constant attention of a vigilant officer, to improve and render more useful the department entrusted to his charge? If the removal of improper persons, be tyranny, he is a tyrant; if the non-appointment of his personal enemy, be persecution, he is a persecutor. But another attempt has been made to destroy the confidence of the public in the character of the post master general. This has been done in a manner not susceptible of a precise answer, because there has been no direct charge: But dark insinuations have been published to the world, evidently designed to impress upon the mind a belief, that removals were made with a view to check a free correspondence on the part of the opposition, and to apply an important national establishment to party purposes, and to the corruption of public opinion. Will it be believed, that the post master general, with a little band of forty five officers, twenty east of the north river, nineteen between that river and the Potomac, and six south of the latter,
has undertaken to effect this dreadful purpose, and has loudly hoped to escape the vigilance of 1030 officers, of whom the former administration approved, and many of whom are their friends, and yet devoted to their policies? To suppose it possible, betrays such ignorance of the system as would induce any person, who possessed a decent regard for his own reputation, to seal his lips in silence. But gentlemen have not long been left in the quiet enjoyment of this base method of injuring the fame of a citizen. In every instance, they have been solicited to communicate freely any knowledge they possessed respecting abuses. In every instance they have been assured, that the evils when pointed out, should be corrected; and the offenders subjected to condign punishment. But they have remained silent. In the management of such a department, errors will be committed; a letter will be occasionally mislaid and lost. Newspapers must unavoidably meet with more accidents; for, notwithstanding the law, they are packed up wet and with carelessness, and will in consequence be frequently worn to pieces in the bags. But no man will presume to say, that intelligence is not conveyed with as much regularity and fidelity, as at any other period in the existence of the government. It is certainly conveyed with more frequency and with vastly greater dispatch.
This department of government has been repeatedly charged with a wanton abuse of its power, and an unrelenting persecution of the opponents of administration. Will the facts stated justify the imputation? Will the removal of sixteen post masters, out of one thousand and ninety-five, give a coloring to the calumny? Will those who impugn the measures of the present government, be willing to have the conduct of the preceding administration, tested by the same principle? They say, because there was no necessity of ejecting from office the opponents of their measures. For by the natural operation of the government from its commencement, and by a careful selection of friends to fill the offices which were created during its progress, this necessity could not exist. During the existence of their power, they openly and publicly avowed that no man ought to be in an official station, who political sentiments were opposed to the opinions of their party. And will it be thought that persons, who advocated such principles, would relinquish them, and retain in office their enemies, had they come into power under the same circumstances as the present administration? So perfectly persuaded were they of the truth of this doctrine, that under its impression they loudly proclaimed, that the present government would pursue their own rule, and sacrifice on the altar of their own principle, every man who was devoted to their party. But they have been disappointed. And it is because they have been disappointed, because they have not been immolated to prove their own prediction, that they are now determined to clamor against the proceedings of government, till it be driven to its accomplishment. They complain that their correspondence is interrupted, that their newspapers are destroyed or suppressed by irregular management in the post office; they complain also that the post masters are dismissed. The former flows uncontrollably that the work of reformation ought not yet to be arrested; and the latter the perfect inconsistency of their conduct.
They, post master the power from the beginning, created in their officers by the influence of interest and of patronage, opinions congenial with their own. They, where an opportunity offered to appoint to office, sedulously chose their friends, by this means including from any share in the honors or emoluments of government, those, who on principle were opposed to the mode of its administration. They, when their friends filled more than nineteen twentieths of the offices in the union, expelled from official situations, many, who dared, though with honor and with decency, to maintain private opinions contrary to the measures of the administration. The changes which have taken place since the 4th of March 1801, the review of sixteen post masters, or of forty five, for the purpose of substituting in their place the same number of the friends of the administration, can assuredly be no counterbalance to that systematic exclusion of one half of the community from the enjoyment of office, which has characterized the former measures of our government.—A decent maintenance of opinions, if they accord with the genius of a republican government, and the exercised of the right of suffrage, though opposed to the proceedings of the administration, ought not of itself, on general principles, to be a ground of exclusion from office. But when a party has unjustly engrossed the official favors of government, it cannot be unjust to take from them a part, to bestow it on those, who are equally entitled. When the influence of an official situation is exerted in hostility to the administration, and the officer is clamorous against its measures, it is proper that he should no longer hold the office, and that he should no longer receive his bread from a hand which he desires and would destroy.
If any persons have a right to complain, it must certainly be the friends of

the administration. They have a right to expect that proportion of governmental favors, which justice demands, and which is measured by the ratio of numbers. That they have not yet obtained it, we are willing to ascribe to that pacific spirit which would rather it should be the offspring of time, than the effect of an exertion of power; to that principle, which would restore to social intercourse that harmony which it had lost; & to a desire to convince the enemies of government, that justice and moderation, instead of their example, would be the rule of its conduct.
A FRIEND TO TRUTH.
WASHINGTON CITY.
FRIDAY, August 20, 1802.
Agreeably to the terms of the National Intelligencer, the Editor reserved the right of suspending its publication four weeks in each year. As, however, it was his original determination not to exercise this right fully without a strong necessity the publication will be suspended this season for only ten days. There is at present no expectation of much interesting news; but should such occur, an extra paper will be published. During the ensuing session of Congress this intelligence will be amply repaid by extra papers.
The facts and remarks on the official conduct of the POSTMASTER-GENERAL, under the signature of a Friend to Truth, merit and will repay universal perusal.
The deaths in Philadelphia were on the 15th and 16th, 22—and on the 17th, 11.
Extract of a letter from commadore Morris to the Secretary of the Navy, dated Gibraltar Bay, June 26, 1802. Yesterday Mr. Simpson, Consul from the United States of America to the Court of Morocco, arrived at Gibraltar, from Tangier. The Emperor of Morocco has forced him from his dominions and declared war against the United States. This circumstance I have made known to the American ministers at London, Paris and Madrid, in order that they might acquaint the Americans bound to the Mediterranean therewith, recommending that they should render you at Cadiz, where they should receive as frequent conveyance as possible could afford. Should you make the above known to the merchants in America, directing them to repair to Cadiz, before they enter the Straits mouth, I will call frequently and take them under convoy.
The following is a copy of a Circular notice, given by Mr. Simpson, to the Consuls in the principal sea port towns in Europe.
CIRCUCLA. Gibraltar, 25 of June, 1802. Sir, I have to acquaint you that the governor of Tangier, in consequence of orders from his Imperial Majesty, Mully Soliman, has compelled me to retire from that country, his Majesty having declared war against the United States of America. You will be pleased by every means in your power, to make this event known to all the citizens of the United States that may be within your district, and to caution all masters of our merchant vessels to be very careful to avoid the Moors Cruisers, especially in and near the Straits of Gibraltar, where it is highly probable they will have many small armed boats.
I am with respect, Sir, your most ob. Servant, (Signed) JAMES SIMPSON.
On Saturday last the New York was put in commission, and it is expected that in the course of two weeks from that day she will be fully equipped for sea. When she joins the Mediterranean Squadron, Commodore Morris will have under his command the Chesapeake, the Constellation, the Adams, the Boston, the New York and the Enterprise. These, with the squadron under the Command of the Swedish Admiral, will, it is conceived, be sufficient to protect our Commerce against Tripoli and Morocco.
The parents and guardians of Mr. Patrick Edwards's pupils having been present at their examination on Thursday the 12th inst. consider it a duty they owe to him and the public, to declare their perfect approbation of the progress made by his pupils in learning, during the time they have been under his tuition—that they are highly pleased with his mode of teaching, and believe it to be the best calculated to instruct youth in the first rudiments of the English language, and to leave a lasting impression of its principles on their minds.
By request of the parents and guardians. C. Harrison, Thomas H. Gillis, David Shoemaker, James Davidson, jun., Jos. Scott, Andrew Way, jun.
Aug. 13, 1802.
Augusta, July 24. For the information of the good people of the State, we are authorized to say, that the following are the bounds of the land purchased from the Creeks by the commissioners of the United States, at the late conference held at Fort Wilkinson, viz.
Beginning at the upper extremity of the High Shoals of the Apalachicola river, the same being a branch of the Oconee river, and on the southern of the same, running thence a direct course to a noted ford of the south branch of Little river, called by the Indians Chucos-chuco Hatchee; thence a direct line to the main branch of commissioner's creek, where the same is intersected by the path leading from the Rock landing to the Ocmulgee old towns; thence a direct line to Palmetto creek, where the same is intersected by the Uchee path leading from the same to the Ocmulgee river; thence down the middle waters of the said creek to Oconee river, and with the western bank of the same to its junction with the Ocmulgee river, thence across the Ocmulgee river, to the south bank of the Altamaha river, and down the same at low water mark to the lower bank of Goose creek, and from thence by direct line to the mouth on the margin of the Okefenokee swamp, raised and established by the commissioners of the United States and Spain, at the head of the St. Mary's river; thence down the middle waters of said river to the point where the old lines of demarcation for the same; thence with the said old line, to the Altamaha river, and up the same to Goose creek.
FROM LATE LONDON PRINTS.
From a Correspondent at Paris. PARIS, May 18.
"I wrote you last post; since then you must have seen by the public papers what has occurred in this place. I dare say the people of England talk more about this new usurpation than the great Parisians. A question naturally arises why one day is he appointed for ten years, and then on the same day an act of the government appears, calling upon the people to appoint him for life? The reason is this; it was first proposed in the Senate to appoint him for life, which was much opposed, particularly by Garat, Lanjuinais, and Lecoulien (the Bankers). At last it was agreed to appoint him for ten years. When this resolution of the Senate was carried to Bonaparte, he was in a furious passion, snapped his fingers in Roderer's face, who carried him the news, and said "you may tell the Senate I shall order something to be done which will convince them that I can do what I please." Immediately on this the act of Government appeared, signed by Cambaceres, who now appears to the people to elect Bonaparte for life, while he refused an appeal to the people to give the life of the unfortunate Louis XVI. (Cambaceres was one of the deputies who voted with the mountain party). Carnot has behaved very manfully on this occasion; he signed with only another tribune, No, and added though I am certain of signing my proscription. The next AM in the Great D'ann will be no doubt to authorize him to name his successor; to call his Tribunes, and his mum Assembly, and the Senate. The thing, indeed, is already set on foot indirectly. The twelve M'ors of Paris have transmitted an official letter to the prefect, stating, that from their observation it was the wish of the people of their department to be enabled, not only to confer the Consulship for life on Bonaparte, but to authorize him to appoint his successor. They propose, therefore, that this question shall be submitted to the people; "Shall Napoleon Bonaparte have the power to nominate his successor?"—The Prefect of the Department returned for answer, that he had no power to propose the second question, which he highly approved. He says, however, that a great number of votes had already been given, with the amendment suggested, and he thinks that the people should be allowed to vote with that addition, if they think fit! The Senate, according to the Constitution, could try Cambaceres and Marat for high treason. It is expressly laid in the constitution, that no change can take place unless it emanates from the Senate.
"A great many arrests take place. A lady by the name of Amlan has been arrested for secreting Colonel Fournier. There was a rumour of Augereau and Massena being arrested, but it is not true. The following two anecdotes deserve notice; An Irish gentleman of the name of —— went yesterday to the Prefecture to get his passport; he was asked if he had signed the book for the appointment of the First Consul! The clerk told him that he could not get it unless he signed the book; a sure way of obtaining votes!"
"An emigrant, just returned, also applied to obtain his card of suruie; he was asked the same question; and on his answering that he was not entitled to it, was answered, that unless he signed it he should not have his card!!"
"Napier Tandy is not allowed to come to Paris."
"This session, which laws so long desired, would suffice to render forever celebrated, becomes still more so by the adoption of the treaty which terminates the war between France and Great Britain. Already on all sides are the channels of commerce re-opened; industry resumes new activity; peace sheds every where her salutary influence, and the copious applaud themselves as being able to apply to the internal wants of the Republic, resources so long devoted to the defending her against her enemies."
A letter from Geneva, dated May 7, says "I arrived here this morning, after a stay of some days at Lyons, where I viewed the manufactures. Trade is dull; formerly there were 20,000 looms, now only 10,000, if so many. Population has decreased, from the siege and other causes, 60,000 souls. The weavers and spinners, enticed from Lancashire and Scotland into France, are not only dissatisfied with their factories, but do not earn half the wages they did in England."
During the last week, the printers of Paris have sent to this country numerous specimens of printing in English, accompanied by proposals to render the work at less than half the current prices in this country. The duty on paper multi-powerfully operate as an encouragement to undertakings of this kind, and must consequently prove injurious to the printers of this country.
Our reader will remember that some time ago we mentioned the discovery made by an American in France, of a Plunging Boat, which could be so contrived as to remain a good while under water, and that it could even be made useful to a collateral object of blowing up ships of war. We did not pay much attention to the thing at the time, but it seems that Lord Stanhope has actually ascertained the possibility of reducing the invention to practice, and that the vessel could be made to remain seven hours under water; and that 14 pounds of powder, fastened on the keel of a 74, would blow her up. This certainly would render blockades of ports extremely dangerous, but the discovery seems to be of a nature to be discouraged by all civilized nations.
Letters from Alexandria, dated the 5th of March, state that our troops there and at Rosetta, are in good health. A curious subscription has been entered into by our troops in Egypt; it is to bring away the Obelisk called Cleopatra's Needle. The sum of 2000L. is stated to have been already subscribed for this purpose.
It is very currently mentioned in the higher circle, that Mr. Pitt is about to be married to the eldest daughter of Lord Carrington. He is now removing from his present small ready furnished house in St. James's Place, to the house of which he has taken a lease, in upper Beker-street, Portman-square, close in the new road.
PARIS, May 30.
LEGISLATIVE BODY.
END OF THE SESSION.
This day the extraordinary session of the Legislature has terminated with the following address from Foucroy, orator of the government.
"Citizens Legislators, You are now on the point of terminating this extraordinary session, and the consuls congratulate you upon the accomplishment of the important labours which have been the object of it."
"The course of our revolution, so fruitful in vicissitudes, has not presented a period marked by more memorable events succeeding each other more rapidly."
"In the space of a few days you have erected monuments which must influence the destiny of a long posterity. France was without worship, and yet the immense majority of her inhabitants had preserved their religious faith; you have assisted in putting an end to that strange contradiction, and religion rises triumphant from her ruins, more fair and sacred, after her misfortunes."
"Public instruction languished; we had abandoned, for unknown paths, the road traced by long experience, and the confidence of the citizens had not followed the legislators in these hazardous attempts."
"You have given your sanction to a law, in which the government has endeavoured to unite the advantages of the ancient discipline with that state of perfection of which the progress of knowledge has shown the possibility."
"You have accomplished, you have aggrandised the wish of the constitution, by giving to the national rewards which it decrees to the warriors, an extension and duration, which, from age to age, enures to the country, a long succession of heroes and of ages."
"Thus, thanks to your cares, religion by purifying the heart; science, by enlightening the mind; civic recompences, by exerting a generous emulation, will operate, in concert, the reform of morals, and the entire re-establishment of social order."
"This session, which laws so long desired, would suffice to render forever celebrated, becomes still more so by the adoption of the treaty which terminates the war between France and Great Britain. Already on all sides are the channels of commerce re-opened; industry resumes new activity; peace sheds every where her salutary influence, and the copious applaud themselves as being able to apply to the internal wants of the Republic, resources so long devoted to the defending her against her enemies."
"Government, relieved from its great object of solitude, sees with pleasure the moment arrive for directing all their attention to the amelioration of the laws. Your next session will give to France the enjoyment of those of which the necessity has been felt from the very commencement of the revolution. The civil code, the commercial code, the modifications which experience has proved to be indispensable in our criminal laws, will at length establish a system of legislation uniform and simplified, of which the annals of jurisprudence have not yet afforded an example among any people."
"Government have fought in the ancient ordinances for the greater number of those wise dispositions which rendered them estimable in the eyes of jurisconsults. They have joined to them all that the new laws offered that were good and useful. From this union of the wisdom of past times, with the happy innovations which that same wisdom would not have disavowed, will result a whole adapted to the spirit of our Republican Constitution, to the manners, habits, and particular genius of our nation."
"The plans of a civil and commercial code have already been published and submitted, if I may use the expression, to the discussion of the citizens."
"The judicial and the criminal code, the drawing up of which has been entrusted to men recommendable for their knowledge, will be communicated to you soon, in order that you may consider them with all the attention that matters of such complication and importance require."
"Each of the four codes will, in all probability, form a single plan of a law; or at least they will be divided into as few parts as the nature of things will permit."
"You have yourself felt the inconvenience of parceling out great works, which ought to be considered in their mass, and in which apparent irregularities of detail are often necessary, to the real merit of the whole."
"This mode will afford room for a more general examination, and of course for an examination more conformable to the essence of the objects upon which you will have to pronounce. There will result from it, besides an economy of time which is not to be disdained, if we do not lose sight of the anxiety with which the laws in question are expected, and how much the state of our legislation renders the publication of them urgent and indispensable."
"Government, by bringing under your view the task you have accomplished, by informing you before hand of the objects upon which your attention will soon be fixed, gives to France, by these intimate communications, a proof of the spirit of concord and harmony that has guided your deliberations."
"Return to your homes, Citizens Legislators; the esteem and gratitude of your fellow citizens await you. Go and prepare yourselves for a new career, and when the epoch fixed by the Constitution, shall call you to this august place, bring to the government the expression of the public will, which they will always be anxious to consult."
The President, after a speech to the Assembly, announced that the extraordinary session of the year 10 was closed.
PARIS, May 30.
The Minister of Police to the Prefects. Reports of every sort are circulating. Although accustomed to those productions of malevolence and folly, till people permit themselves to be deceived by them. I consider it, therefore, my duty, Citizen Prefect to put you on your guard against those rumours, by which it is endeavoured to agitate the departments; Paris is tranquil and cannot be agitated.
No plot has threatened, or now threatens the life of the First Consul; he is in no danger, except from his excessive labours and attention to the interest of the Republic. Some idlers may, for a moment, circulate their gross falsehoods, in the shade in which they suppose themselves concealed; but public indignation and contempt will punish them. (Signed) FOUCHE.
Lots for Sale,
Or to Let on Ground-Rent.
HE Subscriber offers to sell or to lease one hundred Lots, advantageously situated; some in the vicinity of the Capitol, and others near the Navy Yard; for cash, credit or wet or dry goods.
WILLIAM PROUT. Washington City, April 5, 1802.
NOTICE.
COMMITTED on the 24th of July negro JAMES, five feet six and an half inches high, about 50 years of age—says he was free by John Willow, of St. Mary's country.
Committed on the 4th of August REBECCA, a woman, five feet three and an half inches high, appears to be about 27 years of age, has a scar over her left eye—says she was sold by Joshua Poor (who lives near Port Tobacco) to a person going to Georgia. The above negroes, if not taken away by their owners, will be sold agreeably to law, for their jail fees.
ROBERT MCLEAN, Jailer. For Daniel C. Brent, Marshal. Washington, Aug. 13, 1802.
TEN DOLLARS REWARD.
STOP THE THIEF.
A BLACK man, by the name of William Jackson, made his escape from me last evening, in the City of Washington, between the hours of eleven and eleven o'clock. He took with him fifty dollars, belonging to James Maitland. He is about 5 feet 10 inches high, forty-four years of age, of a dark complexion, thick lips, pitted with the small pox, and has lost two or three of his fore-teeth. Had on a long blue pea jacket, yellow striped waistcoat, and blue cloth trousers, much soiled with white thread, and an old hung hat. I hired him from Major M'Lean in Virginia. The above reward will be given to any person for apprehending and securing the said villain in any gaol, so that I may get him again, and reasonable charges paid it brought home.
JOHN HARRISON, Pennylvania Avenue. August 20, 1802.
STOP THE RUNAWAY!
Twenty Dollars
WILL be given as a REWARD by the subscribers, for securing JOHN CORNELL, an indentured apprentice to the book-printing business, who absconded last night the 10th inst. He is an Irish lad, 18 years of age, stout built, round shouldered, about 5 feet 4 inches high, jet black hair, brown eyes, face a little freckled. He has taken all his good clothing with him, in a bag on which is marked in black letters his name, as his clothing consisted of a variety, he will probably change the same often to prevent detection. He has been upwards of two years at the business, and it may be proper to remark, that as a compositor he was slow, awkward and incorrect, but in the capacity of Pressman, he displayed much improvement in the Art.
As he has in all respects been treated well we solicit every printer, whether employer or journeyman, to assist in detaining him, for which the above reward will be paid with reasonable charges if brought home.
WARNER & HANNA. N. B. We request all printers who may receive one of these handbills to exhibit the same in some conspicuous place in their office, so as to bring the clover's name in circulation among the workmen employed therein. We also request an insertion a few times from each printer as publish newspapers, for which we shall be ever ready to return to oblige. Baltimore, Aug. 11, 1802.
State of Maryland,
In CHANCERY, Aug. 12th, 1802. Alexander Glaggett and Richard Henderson, vs. Charles Vance & Mary his wife, & Mary's Managery Deed.
THE object of the bill is to obtain the sale of two tracts of land called "Azalia" and "Gleaming" for the payment of a debt due from Isaac Beall deceased to Samuel Beall deceased, or so much thereof as will be sufficient for the payment of that debt.
The bill states that Isaac Beall was indebted to David Roff, Richard Henderson, and said Samuel Beall, to secure the payment whereof, he on the ninth day of January, 1797, executed a bond to them for the sum of one thousand seven hundred and seventy five, secured a bond to them for the conveyance of the aforesaid land, with an indorsement on the bond, that it was intended merely to secure the debt. That said Isaac Beall, died without paying the debt, and by his will devised the said land to his children, Ann, Alexander, and Mary Beall, in tail as tenants in common after the death of Margery his wife, that Ann and Alexander have since died intestate, under age, and without issue, that Mary married the said Charles Vance, and that they reside in the state of Virginia. The bill further states that said Samuel Beall has also died intestate, and that the complainant Alexander Glaggett, administered on his estate; that the debt due as aforesaid was at the instance of said Beall and his heirs, paid by your complainant, Glaggett, out of the estate of said Samuel Beall.
It is thereupon on the motion of the complainant ordered, That he cause a copy of this order to be inserted at least once in each of three successive weeks in the National Intelligencer, before the end of September next, to the end that the said Vance and wife may have notice of the complainant's application to court, and of the subject matter of their bill, and may be rendered to appear in this court in person or by a solicitor, on or before the first day of February next, to show cause wherefore a decree should not pass as prayed.
(True Copy) test. SAMUEL H. HOWARD, Reg. Cur. Can. Aug. 20, 1802.
For Sale,
A TRACT or parcel of land consisting of 240 acres, more or less, late the property of Robert Buchanan, deceased, lying in Prince George County, Maryland, and on the point branch of the Eastern Branch of the Potomac River. Any person inclined to purchase, may view the wood and meadow land, as also the improvements and situation. If the above land is not sold before the 25th day of August, it then will be offered for public sale—And also the whole or the following property of said estate: Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Hogs, household and kitchen Furniture, and plantation utensils. Terms of public sale for the land one third cash, and a credit of twelve months for the balance by giving bond with interest and approved security. For the personal property all sums over 50 dollars 12 months credit, by giving bond as above; all sums not exceeding 50 dollars, cash. The above land is situated about five miles from Bladensburg and ten from Georgetown. Possession will be given in December next.
JAMES BUCHAN, Adming Heir. April 16, 1802.

William Kennedy, HAIR DRESSER & CUTTER, (From Europe)
RESPECTFULLY informs the ladies and gentlemen of George-Town and the City of Washington, that he cuts and dresses hair and makes the newest fashioned head dresses.
Having pursued his avocation for ten years in Philadelphia, five years in Baltimore, and residing for these two years past in France, he flatters himself he cannot be excelled in the business he professes to follow.
Any commands left at Mr. Benj. M'Key's, opposite the Ohio Printing-Office, will be punctually attended to.
Aug. 16, 1802. ep6t
AGREABLY to a Deed of Trust from Anthony Addison to the Subscriber, will be offered
For Sale,
TO the highest bidder, by Public Auction, at Bell's Hotel, in the City of Washington, on Monday the 9th day of August next, all that tract of land lying and being on the Eastern Branch of the Potomac, opposite to said City called "Chichester, with addition re-surveyed," containing three hundred acres.
On the above-mentioned tract of land, is the Ferry Landing, in well known by the name of "Dyer's Ferry," now in the occupation of Capt. Nayler.
The Sale to commence at 11 o'clock in the forenoon—Terms of sale cash.
Wm BRENT. ep6t
June 30, 1802. The above sale is postponed till Saturday the 9th day of October next.
Aug. 16, 1802. ts
City Hotel, BROADWAY NEW-YORK.
THE Subscriber most respectfully informs his friends and the public, that the above Hotel will be opened on the first of May ensuing, when their patronage is earnestly solicited. He avails himself of this opportunity to return his sincere and grateful thanks to those societies, parties, and gentlemen, who have given him their support, and assures them that a continuance of their favors will be a stimulus to future exertions to please; and that the utmost attention shall be given for their comfort and accommodation.
Boarding may be had by the day, week, month, or year. Families travelling, may be elegantly accommodated with lodging and sitting rooms; and, if preferred, have dinners &c. in their apartments.
The Hotel being so well known, it is almost useless to say, that it is situated in one of the most healthy and pleasant parts of the city; commanding an extensive view in every direction, not only of the city itself, but also of the Narrows, the North and East Rivers, the site of New-Jersey, York and Long-Island, &c. &c.
A handsome coffee-room will be fitted up in the principal story; where gentlemen may have tea, coffee, chocolate, soups, and refreshments in general, at the shortest notice. All the leading newspapers in the union, will be regularly taken in.
Public dinners and suppers in a plain or elegant style either for large or small parties. Also, beef steaks, oysters, &c. regularly furnished. An ordinary every day at half past 2 o'clock, by the public's obedient servant,
JOHN LOVETT. ep6t
N. B. Rooms to let by the month or year. April 21, 1802.
A Valuable Farm for Sale, In King George County & State of Virginia.
THIS Farm contains five hundred and thirty-five acres—about three hundred and fifty of which are cleared and divided into three fields with good inclosures;—it is situated on Potomac river, and bounded on the South West side for a mile and half by Rozier's creek, which affords a great abundance of fine fish and wild fowl, crabs, oysters, &c.—thirty miles from Fredericksburg, forty from Alexandria, and fifty from Washington City.
On this land are very extensive shell banks, exclusive of the advantages to be derived from these banks by the lime business, they are very favourable to the production of corn and wheat, and the soil inexhaustible; there are about sixty or seventy acres of this kind of land, and the balance that is cleared of an excellent quality, and a great number of springs of fine water; it can with certainty be classed among the most healthy situations below the falls of Potomac—indeed, the natural advantages attending this place are innumerable.
The improvements are a two story framed dwelling house, sixty-four feet long, commanding a beautiful view of the creek and river; one other house intended for an office, twenty-six feet by eighteen with three rooms and a cellar in good repair; a large house, including a stable for eight horses, a corn house, carriage house, saddle and harness room, and a commodious granary above, and other convenient buildings on the Farm—a small orchard of well chosen apples and peach trees—The yard and garden includes this spring, with pales and railing—The whole plantation in good repair, and the land in a great state of improvement.
The terms of Sale will be made known by Mr. Francis Whiting, who in a short time will be a resident of Berkley county, or by the Subscriber on the premises.
WILLIAM P. FLOOD. ep6t
July 9, 1802.
Burnet and Rigden, JEWELLERS & WATCH-MAKERS,
RESPECTFULLY inform the public, that they have just received, and for sale, a handsome assortment of
Gold and Silver WATCHES, Gold and steel chains, seals and keys, Knife cases and fine knives, Plated cafés of various kinds, Silver and steel mounted spectacles, Ladies and gentlemen's pocket-knives, A quantity of the most fashionable prints, superbly framed and glazed. And constantly keep an assortment of silver plate of their own manufacture, with a variety of fancy articles; all of which they are enabled to sell on the most reasonable terms.
July 14, 1802. ep6t
NOTICE.
THE passengers of the Sloop Bersey for Norfolk and New-York are informed that she will sail for Alexandria tomorrow morning, where she will lay for 24 hours and wait for those that may come; and if she should be under the necessity of leaving any of the passengers, they will proceed by the first opportunity to Norfolk, and enquire for David G. or John Davis, where all monies or property deposited will be left.
JAMES STEWART. ep3t
Aug. 16, 1802.
Potomack Navigation.
AT a general meeting of the Potomack Company held on Wednesday the 2d instat, a dividend on the Capital Stock at the rate of three per cent per annum was declared for the time, since the Locks at the Great Falls have been opened; and five dollars and fifty-five cents per share, the amount thereof, will be paid to the respective stockholders, or to their legal representatives on demand, to the treasurer of the Company.
By order of the Board,
JO. CARLETON,
Treasurer.
Georgetown, Aug. 11, 1802. ep6t
TO RENT,
And possession given immediately, A TWO STORY brick house on F Street near the War Office, containing two parlors, six bed rooms, and a kitchen, with an excellent garden, coach house, stable, &c.—The house is newly painted and papered; it was formerly occupied by Mr. Dexter, and lately by Mr. John Brown. Enquire of Clement Dorsey, Esq. George-Town; or of the subscriber, who has for sale a well finished three story brick house opposite the Six Buildings, and a variety of City Lots in the most eligible situations. The above House will be sold for less than any gentleman could build it. The payments will be made easy on the whole of the above property.
WILLIAM DYER. ep6t
April 7, 1802. Building Materials will be taken in part payment. W.D.
CHARLES VARDEN, MERCHANT TAILOR from Philadelphia,
Capitol Hill, New-Jersey Avenue. HAS received an assortment of summer goods consisting of the best superfine Cloths.
Cassimeres, Silk Boarths, English Striped Nankeens, White India Dimities, White and printed Marcellas, With a variety of other articles suitable for the summer season.
N. B. Ladys Habits, Regimentals and Navy uniforms, made in the first style of fashion.
July 2, 1802. ep6t
Thomas Carpenter, TAYLOR,
HAS just received an elegant and fashionable assortment of summer goods, consisting of London superfine cloths and cassimeres; India, Manchester, and silk striped nankeens; cotton cassimeres, beopleer, Bengal elegant white cord for pantaloons, white and coloured marcellas, janes and satin cross-overs, silk gingham, black and other coloured striped fatins, &c.—All which he will make up on the most reasonable terms, and in the most neat and fashionable manner—Pennsylvania Avenue, west of the President's square.
May 24, 1802. ep6t
NOTICE.
THE Subscriber having a full power of attorney from THOMAS LAW, Esq. of this City, during his absence on a visit to Europe, requests all persons having business with the said Mr. Law, to apply to him.
WM. BRENT. ep6t
N. B. Persons indebted to Mr. Law, will please to call on Wm. Brent for the settlement of their accounts—he being alone authorised to receive all monies due to him in this country.
August 2, 1802. ep6t
FOR SALE, LOOKING GLASSES & FURNITURE.
The subscriber respectfully informs the public, that he has just received from New-York various kinds of Looking-Glasses, from 5 to 70 dollars each.—Also card tables, bureaus, &c. of an elegant and fashionable make. He continues to manufacture and sell all kinds of ornaments for chimney-pieces, door caps, frontispiece pieces, metal fashes, &c. &c.
GEORGE ANDREWS. ep6t
April 14, 1802.
LOOK HERE!
Lands, Houses and Lots, for Sale. I OFFER for sale the valuable tract of land, called Prospect, containing 167 1-2 acres, bordering on the city of Washington, and nearly north of the capitol—On this property are four beautiful eminences, commanding a view of the city, Georgetown, Alexandria, Potomac river, Eastern branch, and the adjacent country—To accommodate purchasers, this tract, if desired, will be divided into four Lots, each having its eminence.
Also, a tract of 403 acres, called the Vale, lying on the waters of Rock creek, a small distance above Mr. Isaac Pierce's mill, the greater part in wood. I likewise offer for sale, from 2 to 6 cents the square foot, 80 Lots in Beatty and Hawkins's addition to Georgetown. I will also sell a number of water lots, fronting the town, and on the causeway, that connects the town with the city of Washington—and the two large brick dwellings on the water side, at present occupied by Charles Beatty, and his son C. A. Beatty.
As no person will buy, without viewing the premises, I think it unnecessary to give a description of these properties.
Apply to CHARLES BEATTY. George-town, June 23, 1802. ep6t
Proposals
By A. DAVIS & J. DIXON, For reprinting by subscription, that scarce and valuable work, the
DEBATES
And other proceedings of the Convention of Virginia.—To which will be annexed, a copious index.
CONDITIONS.
I. This work shall be printed with a neat type, on good paper, in one large octavo volume, and contain upwards of 600 pages. II. It will be bound in boards, and delivered to subscribers at the moderate price of three dollars and a half. III. To those who wish to have their copies elegantly bound gilt and lettered, the price will be four dollars. IV. As this is a work of great magnitude, and as much expense will be necessarily incurred, two dollars from each subscriber will be required in advance. V. The price will be considerably enhanced to non subscribers.
TO THE PUBLIC.
The above publication was procrastinated on account of the copy-right being vested in Mr. Davis, who has now agreed to print the book in conjunction with the subscriber. The public are therefore respectfully informed, that the work will be put to press, so soon as a full tenancy of subscribers are obtained to indemnify the expense of paper. Upon an accurate calculation, the price mentioned in the former proposals was found too small; the subscriber has thought proper to enhance it, and he hopes that those who first intended to patronize the undertaking, will not on that account withhold their support, for so trivial an alteration.
JOHN DIXON. ep6t
** Subscriptions will be received at the office of the National Intelligencer.
BOOKS & STATIONARY,
Just Published and for sale, at RAINES, CONRAD & Co's Book-store, New-Jersey Avenue, a little South of the Capitol.
A Dissertation on the freedom of Navigation and Maritime commerce, and such rights of states, relative thereto, as are founded on the Law of Nations—adapted more particularly to the United States—by William Barton, Member of the Philosophical Society of Philadelphia, &c.
Secret Memoirs of the Court of Petersburg—particularly towards the end of the reign of Catherine the 2d and the commencement of that of Paul the 1st.
Physical investigations and deductions, from medical facts, relative to the causes, nature and remedies of the diseases of a warm and vitiated atmosphere—by William Barnwell, M.D. &c.
Observations Trelative to the peace with Bona parte—by William Cobbett.
The Political writings of John Dickinson, Esq. late President of the state of Delaware, and Governor of Pennsylvania, in 2 vols.
Lectures on History, delivered in the Normal school of Paris—by C. F. Volney, author of the Ruins of Empires, &c.
Lyrical Ballads, with other Poems—by W. Wordsworth.
A Voyage round the World, performed in the years 1785, 6, 7, & 8—by M. De la Peyrouse.
The Poetical works of Hector Macneill, Esq. 2 vols. with plates.
R. C. & Co. have always on hand a general assortment of stationery, of a good quality, as also a good collection of school books adapted to the Greek, Latin, and English classes.
In a few days will be published "Select No. vels," vol. 5th & 6th, in that uniform handsome file with preceding volumes.
A valuable collection of London and Dublin publications, particularly periodical works int he best repute, are expected in a few days. June 10, 1802. ep6t
IMPORTED
In the Robert from Liverpool, and now opening for Sale at the Subscriber's Store, New-Jersey Avenue, Capitol Hill, City of Washington—
A general assortment of Ironmongery, Cutlery, Sadlery and Brass Wares.—Spades and Shovels, Sheet Iron, Tin in Boxes, Brass Kettles, Corn Hoes, Nail, Glue; Locks, Hinges and Screws, Carpenters planes, Saws, Braces and Bits, Screw drivers, &c. Knives and Forks, Cruit Stands, Iron Wire, Brushes, Smiths Hammers, Files, Vices, Screw plates, &c. Razors, Penknives, Spoons, Japanned Tea Trays, Waiters and Bread Baskets,—a few sets of gentlemen's tools in chests, and a variety of articles too tedious to particularize. Also, 2 cases of Kirtland's fowling guns, which will be sold very low for cash or approved notes.
H. INGUL. ep6t
June 28, 1802.
Public Sale.
Under a decree of the Chancellor of Maryland will be sold, to the highest bidder, on Saturday the 4th day of September next, at Rhodes's Tavern in the city of Washington.
LOTS No. 23, 24, 25, 26, and 27 in square No. 105, in the said City. said Lots will be sold separately and on a credit of six months; but the purchaser must give bond with security, to be approved by the chancellor, for the payment of the purchase money, with interest from the day of sale. When such payment be made, the trustee will convey all the right and estate of James M. Lingan, Ann Calenave, Nicholas Young, Joanna and Peter Calenave, parties to the said decree, to the purchasers.
JOHN HEWITT, Trustee. Washington, Aug. 11, 1802. ep6t
TO THE PUBLIC.
The Proprietors of the Charter for opening the Navigation of the Catawba and Wateree Rivers, having at length seen, with much satisfaction, the completion of the Santee Canal, propose to recommence their operations for opening the Catawba and Wateree Rivers during the present year, as soon as the state of the said Rivers will permit.
In the mean while they have determined to double the number of their shares for the purpose of admitting such persons as may choose to become subscribers. The expenses which have been already incurred by the Company amount to one hundred dollars on each share of the present number, which, when doubled according to the present determination, will reduce to fifty dollars a share.
The Charter of South-Carolina is in perpetuity, and these shares are forever exempted from any rate, tax, duty, assessment or imposition whatever. The Act of North Carolina, authorises the Company to fix and establish a toll on all goods and merchandise, for 99 years, and exempt their shares from any rate, tax, duty, assessment or imposition whatever, for the same period of time.
The present proprietors think it a duty incumbent on them, to inform the public, that a very considerable sum is expected to be raised from the sale of vacant lands, (which extend two miles on each side of the Catawba river, the whole length thereof from the North Carolina line down to Camden Ferry, a distance of not less than 120 miles, and in which are supposed are reserved to the company, not less than 58,000 or 60,000 acres) and left they would be deferred from engaging in the present navigation, by a reference to the enormous expense of the Santee Canal, the stockholders think it just that they should declare their opinion of the improbability of the subscribers being called upon for more than 16 dollars on each share per annum, as it would be impossible for the works to be carried on longer than for about four months in the year, since the labourers will be chiefly employed in the water.
It is further to be remarked, that the Catawba river is looked upon as the most proper site for the establishment of a magazine, foundary and arsenal, for the three southern states, viz. North and South Carolina and Georgia; that surveys have been made, and a statement thereof forwarded on this subject some years ago, to the secretary at war; that the state of South Carolina passed an act, authorizing a purchase by the United States, of a certain quantity of land within this state; and the Catawba company have offered to release to the United States, any of their lands on said river, for such purpose, on a fair valuation. The hour now seems to approach for such an establishment; not only because it is a time of almost profound peace throughout the world, but that the idea is revived by the President of the United States, in his message of the 2d of February, 1802, to Congress, wherein he says, "besides the permanent magazines established at Springfield, West Point, and Harper's Ferry, it is thought one should be established at some point convenient for the states of North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, such a point will be found near the borders of the Carolinas; and some small provision by the legislature, preparatory to the establishment, will be necessary for the present year." And nature indeed has pointed out this river as the most proper place for such a magazine, from the vast quantities of ore which have been discovered on the Catawba and its two branches, and there can be no doubt but that such an abundance of metal must attract the attention of the engineer, who may be authorized to examine and determine on a proper site for this establishment, particularly as there are already several furnaces and forges on the abovementioned rivers, at some of which six pound guns have been cast and bored, equal to any ever imported or made to the northward.
The company intend for the present season, to commence their operations to the removal of the obstructions from Rocky Mount to Camden Ferry, to the opening of a road for a carrying place, and the transportation of goods, from above the falls at Rocky Mount, down to the Old Ferry landing; to the erection of a bridge across the Rocky Creek, and to the building a boat, and establishing the Ferry, which is allowed them by law.
At a meeting of the Catawba Company, the 4th of March, 1802, two-thirds of them being present, On motion, resolved, That the six hundred shares in the Company of the Catawba and Wateree Rivers, be subdivided into twelve hundred.
That the present proprietors be entitled to hold double the number of their present shares; and that they have besides a preference to extend the number of their shares to one for every ten to which they shall be entitled after such subdivision.
To every new subscriber who shall pay 50 dollars, shall be entitled not only to the advantages to be derived from the opening of said river; but also to a proportionate interest in the lands vested in the Company by the legislature of this state.
Resolved, That 100 shares be reserved to be offered to the state of South Carolina, and that an equal number of shares be reserved to be tendered to the state of North Carolina.
At an anniversary meeting of the Catawba Company, on Tuesday the 10th instant, the following resolves were entered into:—
That an advertisement be published, inviting persons to contract for the opening of Graves's Ford and Love's Ford to deep and wide as to admit boats drawing 2 feet 9 inches water, and 12 feet wide; also, for opening a road and carrying place, from above Rocky Mount, to the Ferry landing below, and for constructing a bridge across Rocky Creek; also, for building a Ferry Boat to ply across the river, at or near the present landing at Rocky Mount, also for surveying the vacant land, which have been already granted them by the legislature. Such undertakers to give approved security for the faithful fulfilment of their respective contracts, and to direct their applications to the President, Judge Grimke, during the sitting of the constitutional court at Columbia, from the 19th to the 24th of April next, or to Charles Tew, the secretary, in Charleston, on or before the 15th day of May next ensuing.
That the President do establish a correspondence with some mercantile house in Cambridge, and endeavour to obtain permission to lodge with them the monies of the Company, and that they would disburse the same, according to the directions of the Company.
That one hundred shares be offered to the citizens of North Carolina, and that they be entitled to the first day of January next ensuing, to subscribe for such shares; and that General Davie be authorised to appoint some person or persons in that state to receive such subscriptions on the part of the Company, payable as in the following resolution:
That col. Seal, col. Hill, and John Simpson, esq. clerk of Lancaster court, be authorised to receive subscriptions from such persons as are inclined to become proprietors, and who reside within the limits of this state, and that they take notes, payable to the President and Directors of the Company for opening the navigation of the Catawba and Wateree Rivers on the first day of March 1803, and they be authorised to deliver receipts for the same in the nature of scrip, in such form as the President and Directors shall appoint.
That these resolutions, with the late publication in the papers of this city, as far as the President and Directors shall deem necessary and proper, be inserted in Cox and Shepard's Gazette of this city, and in the one which is printed in Raleigh, North Carolina, by Joseph Gales, once a month until the 1st of October next.
That the solicitor of the company be instructed to adopt the most immediate measures for the recovery of such balances as appear to be due by such proprietors as have paid none of the requisitions for the last 18 months past, and that the secretary do furnish him with a list of the names of such defaulters.
That the following mode be adopted as the uniform rule of transferring the shares of the company. "I A. B. do transfer my right to share No. forty, (the number must be in letters and not numerals) in the company for opening the navigation of the Catawba and Wateree rivers, unto G. D. for value received. Signed A. B. Witnessed by E. F. G. H. Proved on oath, before me, L. M.—J. P."
That the sum of one shilling and two pence be paid on each share, on the requisition which shall become due, on the third Tuesday of September next ensuing, and the same sum on the third Tuesday of March thereafter.
"South Carolina, 1802. Received of a note payable to the President and Directors of the Company, for opening the navigation of the Catawba and Wateree rivers, for fifty dollars, which, when paid, will entitle him to a stockholder in the said company."
District of Columbia, County of Washington }
By the Orphans' Court July 22, 1802.
DEBORAH STEWART having exhibited an exemplification of the last will and testament of Walter Stewart, late of Philadelphia, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania deceased, and applied for letters testamentary thereon; and the said Deborah Stewart, being appointed executrix by said will, but Blair McLean, Francis Wolf, and William Tilghman, also named executors in said will not appearing, It is ordered, That summons issue to the said Blair McLean, Francis Wolf, and William Tilghman, to show cause why letters shall not issue to the said Deborah Stewart as prayed; and also that she give notice of her application, by publishing a copy of this order in a Washington or Georgetown newspaper, to be inserted once a week four weeks successively.
Test.
JOHN HEWITT, Reg.
August 9, 1802. iaw4t
In Exchange.
VALUABLE property in the borough of York, is offered in exchange for property in or near the Federal City.—Enquire at this office.
August 2, 1802. ep3t