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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Friday, June 9.—Concluded.
FINANCES.
On motion of Mr. Eppes the House resolved itself into committee of the whole, Mr. PITT in the chair, on the bill supplementary to the act entitled an act making further provision for the support of public credit, and for the redemption of the public debt.—This bill provides—
"That the powers vested in the commissioners of the sinking fund, by the 10th section of the act to which this act is a supplement, shall extend to all the cases of reimbursement of any instalments or parts of the capital, or principal, of the public debt now existing, which may become payable according to law. And in every case in which a loan may be made accordingly, it shall be lawful for such loan to be made by the bank of the U. States, although the same may exceed the sum of fifty thousand dollars."
Mr. Eppes stated the object of the bill to be to accommodate the provision of a former law to the existing state of the public debt. On the 11th Feb. 1807, a change was made in the stock; and it had been made a question by the Bank of the U. S. whether the commissioners of the sinking fund had the same power to borrow, in relation to the new stock created by the exchange, which the law gave them in relation to that which was thus exchanged.
Mr. Dana observed that this bill appeared to be a form to supply a deficiency actually existing or apprehended in the revenue of the U. S. He was not certain that it was the best mode of borrowing money for the current service of the year to borrow it under the name of a loan for the redemption of public debt. He also doubted whether the mode proposed was the most proper; for himself he said he should prefer that no loan should be made until public notice should be given of the time and place of making it, so that the bank of the U. States should not have any particular privilege; and that individuals disposed to loan money might have an opportunity of competing with the bank in the loan. For, such a contract for a loan of three or four millions, given to a particular individual or institution, in the existing state of commerce, might be very valuable, perhaps worth many thousands of dollars. The simple fact that the interest on stock of the United States was payable quarterly, gave it a preference to other stock, and other considerations enhanced its value; so that the United States six per cent. stock generally sold at an advance. He should therefore wish that public notice should be given by the Secretary of the Treasury of the loan when made, as had heretofore been done in similar cases.
Mr. Eppes replied, that the bill did not contemplate any new principle, but merely to accommodate the law to the change of stock. Circumstances might cause a deficiency in the revenue, which this provision would meet; but for the change in the denomination of the stock, it would have been met without the necessity of any new provision.
This debate was continued for two hours. Messrs. Dana, Quincy, Livermore, Tammadge and Randolph, contended that, should there be a possibility of the revenue falling short of the sum of eight millions annually pledged (after the payment of 600,000 dollars for the civil list) for the payment of the public debt, then such a law as this would be absolutely necessary for the support of public credit; but such a deficiency being almost out of the compass of probability, it was almost immaterial whether the bill passed or not. That a deficiency would exist in the revenue of the U. States for the current expenses of the year, after paying the civil list and public debt, could not be doubted; but such a deficiency could not be supplied by borrowing for the payment of the public debt, without a misapplication of the public money. It was also said, that if money was wanting for the current expenses, it must be had, but ought to be obtained by a special loan, public notice of which should be given. This bill could not be acted on but in a supposed case (which it was said
would not occur) of a deficiency in the sum of 8,600,000 dollars annually pledged for the payment of the civil list and public debt; and that it would not be lawful to apply the revenue thus pledged, to the payment of the current expenses, and thus leave a deficiency (to be supplied under this bill) in the sum required for the payment of the civil list and public debt.
It was replied by Messrs. Eppes and Montgomery, that, whether there would or would not be a deficiency in the public revenue depended on a contingency, viz. whether or not the sum to be paid out of the Treasury for drawbacks would exceed the estimate; and it was to provide against a deficiency which might be thus caused, that the bill was intended.
Mr. Quincy observed also, that it would not be fair to pay off the subscribers to the stock with money obtained by a new loan, whilst they were willing, nay even desirous to remain the creditors of the United States. It would in fact be favoring the bank of the U. States in preference to those who had accommodated the government by lending money. He therefore moved the following proviso: "Provided also, That no such loans be made for the purpose of reimbursing any certificate issued under the act, entitled, 'An act supplementary to an act for the redemption of the whole of the public debt of the United States'—the owners of which shall not wish to be reimbursed."
On this motion it was observed by Messrs. Eppes and Varnum, that this was a provision which precisely rendered the provisions of the bill nugatory; besides that it would be a violation by the United States of the faith they had pledged, not to reimburse the creditors, and surely it could be no hardship to them to have their money reimbursed when due.
Before a question was taken, the committee rose and the House adjourned till Monday.
Wednesday, May 31.
DEBATE
On Mr. Randolph's motion for approving the late conduct of the President of the U. States.—Continued.
Mr. Ross said, that when he heard reasons assigned and principles stated as a ground of action for adopting or rejecting the resolution now submitted to the consideration of the House, which were in his opinion erroneous, he could not omit offering to the consideration of the House those views which he entertained on the subject. He said he should not on this occasion either pledge his life or appeal to his God for the veracity of his declarations; but he hoped the House would do him the justice to believe that he was equally as sincere as if he had made those pledges. I shall not on this occasion, said Mr. R. deny that this House possesses common law jurisdiction, & then declare that common law is founded on common sense; because, if I did, I believe that the good sense of the House would revolt at such a proposition. I shall not insult the feelings of this House by saying that all the propositions which I offer or state are true, and correct, and that every man of common honesty and common sense would say with me; for I have too great a deference for the opinion of others to be guilty of such indecorum.
I have endeavored, sir, as far as I have been able to collect, from the different members who have spoken, the points of objection taken to this resolution. I would, had I powers and abilities, endeavor to examine them, and to throw that light upon it which I think its importance deserves. It is and perhaps will remain one of the wonders of the world that a resolution which it was said every man agreed to, the truth of the statements therein contained and the conclusions drawn therefrom no one pretended to doubt, should, after this admission, maintain a discussion, consuming day after day and week after week in the debate whether it should be adopted or not. But strange as this is, it is nevertheless true.
The first objection which has presented itself to my consideration as having been urged against the adoption of the resolution, is, that every member of the House and every person in the United States agree precisely in the sentiments expressed in that resolution. I am not prepared to say, if this assertion be correct in point of fact, that it is a conclusive argument against adopting the resolution; for I find that those gentlemen who compose the opposition to this resolution, on a former occasion did not think it valid. I refer to the first resolution attached to the report of the
committee of foreign relations at the last session. That resolution was contended to be a self-evident proposition, and one on which it was not necessary to legislate; and yet those members who then urged its passage and demonstrated its propriety to my conviction as an individual out of doors, and unquestionably with success to the then House, are now opposed to the adoption of this resolution because it is a self-evident proposition. That resolution was as follows: "That the U. States cannot without a sacrifice of their rights, honor and independence, submit to the late edicts of Great Britain and France." One would suppose, sir, that if it was necessary to express an opinion upon a subject of the nature contained in the resolution I have just read, which it would have been madness in any citizen of the U. States to have doubted, that it would never be considered a good reason for rejecting this resolution, because there is an unanimous opinion in favor of it. But if it be true, as the honorable mover has mentioned, and I have no reason to doubt his word—I put implicit confidence in what he stated, as I should hold myself bound to do in any member who rose and stated a matter in his place—if it be true that there are persons who do not approve the conduct of the President for acts which he has done, for the promptitude with which he met the conciliatory disposition of Great Britain it becomes doubly proper to express the sentiments of this House in relation to this subject. If further proof were necessary that such a difference of opinion does exist, that proof can be found in the public prints. Already is the poison attempted to be infused into the public mind; already is the rankling suspicion spread abroad, and the administration arraigned directly or indirectly, and that too in prints possessing great control over the people of this country. If I can shew that there is an attempt to infuse an improper sentiment in the minds of the people, & that the matter of the proposition before the House be correct, it becomes the House to give their weight and sanction to this proceeding. The publications to which Mr. Ross said he alluded were one in the Aurora of the 25th of the month, purporting to be copied from the Trenton True American and another in the Baltimore Whig, which he quoted from those papers. I repeat said Mr. R. that if it be not a reason for rejecting a resolution that every one agrees in the truth of the matter it contains, there is strong reason for adopting it when it has become necessary to counteract the course of abuse which has been commenced. Therefore I shall not trouble the House any further with this objection, but proceed to what I consider the next objection made. I think by my colleague from Pennsylvania (Mr. Findley.)
It was this: that there is no precedent for it; that it was improper to introduce a new precedent, and that it necessarily tended to produce imitation at the outset of the session. [Mr. Findley said that he had said that the usual course of replying to the President's speech had heretofore produced irritation at the commencement of the session.] I have been accustomed (said Mr. Ross) to think and act for myself. I should not adopt an opinion merely because it proceeds from the most respectable authority. I always should, however, distrust my own judgment and opinion till I had thoroughly weighed the objections from respectable authority. The age, experience & integrity of my colleague entitle his opinion to great weight; and therefore I would not adopt an opinion different from that drawn from his experience until I considered it well. I may perhaps entertain some heretical opinion on the score of politics. Be it so; they must remain my opinions until I am satisfied that they are wrong. It never has appeared to me, sir, that the mode of communication by the President adopted for the last eight years was a more democratic mode than that adopted the preceding sessions. I never could bring my mind to believe that he who writes on you with information acted with less respect or equality than he who sent his message by a footman or a lacquey. I am not ready myself to reject a procedure which is democratical, because the king of England acts in the same manner. I should not reject the use of the knife or fork because an emperor or king also makes use of them. We ought not to be hurried into the adoption or rejection of measures by mere names, but should examine on what principle they hang. As to the tendency that this may have to produce irritation at the commencement
of a session or to make a waste of time, let us see if that irritation at the beginning of a session is not better calculated to do good than evil; more particularly so at the commencement of a session immediately after the election of a new Congress. During the heat of electioneering contests and strifes, the minds of wisest and best statesmen become irritated and their tempers destroyed, perhaps, by slander and abuse, and the heat accumulated in such conflicts wants an opportunity of exploding; after which we could go to business with coolness. My idea is, that it is best to let it evaporate at the commencement of a session, and we could then come to business coolly and deliberately. What is the mode adopted by the proposed horse-racer? (And in this simile I mean no disrespect to the House. We know that the best poets Homer and others, have compared their heroes to steeds.) In order that horses should keep up their mettle, they are always held in the first heat—for what? That they may have fire and spirit through the whole course. Thus the effect of refusing the members from different quarters of the Union an opportunity to vent whatever disagreeable sensations they have on their minds, is only treasuring it up to leak out on all occasions to disturb the tranquility of the House. Therefore I conclude, with all due respect to my colleague, that as it respects the evil which he supposes to result from the irritation produced by an early debate, the very reverse is the correct state of the case.
The honorable gentleman who moved this resolution has shown to the House on the different occasions on which he has addressed you on this subject, that this is not a novel proposition. He has produced precedents from the first administration of the present government, cases of a similar nature from the second, and from the third administration also, that which is looked up to as the test of political truth by the party to which I have the honor to belong. But it may be said in reply to this that these administrations are politically dead. That which was conducted by the immortal Washington is politically dead; and, alas for his country! he himself is no more. And it may be said that the preceding administrations are politically dead, and do not furnish an example for the living. Have we on this occasion any reason to appeal to the dead for the correctness of our procedure, or may not precedents of our procedure be drawn from the living? Have they not been brought forward by men high in the republican party, and in the most democratic states in the Union—in states, to question the democracy of which would be heresy indeed. I refer to the late resolutions and address of the Pennsylvania legislature. If it would be pleasing or gratifying, and it appears so to have been considered by the late President of the U. S. for a legislature of a state to come forward approving the measures of last year, can it be less agreeable to the present President to have the approbation of the Representatives of the people expressed in this House? Surely not; and to me this precedent appears conclusive. Less it should be said that this case is from a middle state not possessing the true principles of democracy, I refer to another precedent in the case of certain resolutions of the state of North Carolina, presented to Congress at the last session. Other resolutions approving the conduct of this House and the measures of government, may be produced from other states. Will it be said that these states have any thing in their respective constitutions directing this to be done? No, sir; it was the spontaneous and voluntary expression of the confidence of those states in the measures of the general government. I shall therefore conclude, as far as precedent goes on this subject, that it is in favor of the resolution at the table; and that there is no reason for rejecting it as a novelty. In relation to answering addresses, have those sessions which succeeded the omission to answer addresses been less tedious or more dissipation than the sessions which proceeded them? If not, I shall conclude that there is no evidence before this House from experience that the omission to answer addresses has been productive of any good consequences.
The third objection made to the adoption of the resolution before the House is, that it may have an improper influence on the mind of the President. May not the denial to do it have an improper influence on his mind? Shall cold, chilling silence be the only salutation on the great change which has taken place in our political
affairs? One of the strongest incentives to do well is, that he who so does shall receive the plaudits of his fellow-citizens. Say then that you will not give praise where it is due, and you take away one of the strongest motives to induce a man to deserve well. We well know that every man is frail; and it may not on all occasions be a sufficient satisfaction to him that his own conscience approves him, but he may look, and justly and honorably look, for the approbation of the nation.
The fourth objection is, that the House of Representatives have no authority to pass the resolution, that there is nothing in the law or constitution of the country which can justify its adoption. Let me ask, sir, what there is in the law or the constitution which authorized the House to adopt an abstract resolution during the last session, which was reported by the Committee of Foreign Relations?—Nothing is so easy as for ingenuity to raise objections to any principle however correct, if it be desirable to get rid of a motion. Sir, let us see whether we have scrutinized resolutions on all occasions with this critical eye; whether my friend from Pennsylvania has on all occasions observed this nicety with regard to the powers of this House. I apprehend not. Have not the House at this session chosen a chaplain, and put their hands in the public purse for his compensation—and is there any thing in the law or constitution which authorizes it? If there be, I am ignorant of it; and yet we are told that this House can only speak by law. Was there any scrutiny as to the constitutional powers of the House when that motion was adopted? Is it absolutely necessary to the due performance of the functions of this House, that a chaplain should be elected? I do hold that it is not necessary. I see nothing to prevent the daily proceedings of this House going on as well precisely, and with as much promptitude as at present, if we were to omit to choose a chaplain. Here then is evidence that this House has not always looked to the constitution for the ground on which it acts. Is this all, sir? Where is the law which says that each member shall be furnished with three papers during the session? There may be such a law, but I know not of it. And yet, sir, on that question, which also puts your hand into the treasury, none of these nice susceptibilities as respects the constitutional right and power of the House were displayed. These examples bring strong corroborating proof to my mind that there is some secret objection to the adoption of the resolution.
It is said, sir, that men generally have two motives; one which they keep to themselves, and which is the motive of action; and the other which they avow, but which is not the motive of action. Far be it from me to attribute these motives to gentlemen; yet I cannot see through the mystery why this resolution is objected to. It is involved in such impenetrable darkness that I cannot see the reasons of those who approve the conduct of the President, for opposing this resolution going to express that approbation.
The 5th objection is that it is constituting this House a council of censors to approve or disapprove the measures of the President. The mover of this resolution, when he first addressed the House, showed the use of such a discussion as this, in such strong and energetic terms, that it appears to me to be useless to say anything further on the occasion. If any thing need be said, it might be asked, has the gentleman shown to the House that the censure of the people expressed by their Representatives, would be injurious? Before he can assume this position, he must have shown to the House that the expression of disapprobation would be improper. If it be not improper the whole fabric which he has raised on that supposition tumbles to the ground.
The 6th and last objection is to me a very unpleasant one, and I wish on that account the present discussion had been omitted. But seeing that it has been commenced, and that a latitude has been taken in debate, I trust that I shall never be found to shrink from any question propounded to me. It is said that the proposition is calculated to reflect on the proceedings of the last administration. If that was the object of the honorable mover of the resolution I think clearly that he will fail, that he has certainly missed his aim. Unquestionably, so far from reflecting on the last administration by this, it goes the full length of approbating it. We have heard from what

has been said that there appears to be three distinct opinions in the House. Some say that we should worship the rising sun; some that if we do we ought to worship the setting sun also; some that we should worship none at all. It is necessary to examine the three, and see the different bearings of the proposition now on the table. As to the first, then, and those who say that we should worship the rising sun alone—let us see how that principle stands. Here is a resolution appropriating, in the strongest terms, the promptitude and frankness with which the President has met the late overtures of the British government. Is not appropriating his conduct appropriating all he said on the subject? And has not the President in his late message to the House said "essentially the same as is contained in the amendment proposed by the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Bacon)?" The President of the United States, communicating the late overture, himself in the secrets of the government, says, that the government has never intended similar dispositions. I say, then, if such a disposition did really exist, that those who suppose when they adopt this resolution that they do not approve the former administration, are totally mistaken, or that I am mistaken. I only mean to give it as my idea that the adoption of this proposition, taken with the communication which has produced it, does in the most conclusive manner say that at no time did the administration omit a similar disposition. It was to my mind satisfactorily observed that the withdrawal of the proclamation was not in the present instance made a preliminary to negotiation, and that formerly it had been; and that this is all the difference between the two cases. When this resolution was offered, I supposed from the opposition made to it and from the quarter whence it proceeded, that it was intended to reflect on the late President. I am happy to hear that the gentleman who moved the resolution has declared on the floor of the House that had it not been for the late President, we should have been involved in a war. He has taken away from my mind all objections to the adoption of the resolution. Whatever I had thought, when a gentleman rises and says that he considers himself as not pure enough to sit as a juror on the former administration, and that had it not been for the late President we should have been involved in a war, it brings the question home, and enables me to say that it shall be adopted either with or without the amendment.
I do not think it is right, sir, for gentlemen to appeal to the new members of the House to decide who was right and who was wrong respecting their conduct during the last winter. I should myself have wished for one to have avoided the discussion. We have not a full view of the whole ground and must consume much time to obtain it. On each side of the House the gauntlet has been thrown as to the propriety of the embargo. For myself, I was in favor of the embargo when first laid, and against it when it assumed a permanent aspect. I then thought it destructive in its effects. That it was destructive to the interests of the country in which I live I have no doubt. For myself I think it ought to be buried in oblivion by the democrats of this country. The day of the passage of the embargo, and the day of the passage of the enforcing embargo law might be hailed as the days of resurrection of federalism in this country. For however proper the laws, however difficult for wisdom to have adopted a better measure, the appeal has been made to the people, and had it been pursued six months longer, there is scarcely a man on the floor who does not believe that it would have revolutionized the government and placed our opponents in power, whether correctly or not I will not decide. I agree that whenever the people do decide, this government emanating from them, it is the duty of good democrats to bend to their will. This I conceive they have done, and I hope that on this occasion those who are desirous of guarding, entrenching or shielding the embargo measures from censure, will not be found on this floor. Let it be buried in oblivion where it has gone, unless our opponents disturb its ashes. It is not now a measure on which we are called upon to decide. It is not involved in the resolution on the table, and has been improperly dragged into the discussion. I should have said this and no more on the subject of the embargo, had not my former impressions been wrong. I had supposed from the prodigious clamor which has gone through the country, that the late President of the United States was more disposed to make terms with France than with England. I am now satisfied, from what the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Randolph) has said that I was mistaken; as I was, sir, when I enquired impatiently on my arrival in the city for the dry dock, and to my astonishment found that there was no dry dock. Having been mistaken in these points, I will not say that any other opinions are perfectly correct.
The gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Johnson) observed to you yester-
day that the system pursued here had been approved on the floor of the House of Commons in England. I hope it will never be said that the conduct of the British or French government has been approved on the floor of Congress; and yet I am fearful that some Grenville anxious for power and opposed to the administration of his country will be found here. I presume that whatever the excluded minister Grenville may have said would have been said against any administration to make his own way into power; and should be no guide for us, in support of that which the people have declared to be a pernicious system.
I hope, sir, that what I have said on this subject may be considered with candor. I have no disposition to press the House into my opinions, and I ask the same indulgence from others which I am disposed to give to them.
(Debate to be continued.)
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WASHINGTON CITY. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14.
According to the official promulgation of the whole number of votes given in the state of N. York for Senators, the republican majority amounts to 769.
The republican citizens of N. York, as well as the Corporation of that city, through their respective committees appointed to make arrangements for celebrating the 10th of June, on the morning of that day notified the public, that, in consequence of the intelligence received by the Pacific, "it would be inexpedient to have any public expressions of rejoicing," which might imply an approbation of the Orders in Council of the 26th of April.
Letters by the Pacific mention that Col. Burr had left London the 26th of April, on his way to the north of Europe. They add, that his departure from G. Britain was in consequence of an order from the British government.
The following selections, made from London prints to the 5th of May, and from Eastern papers, embrace the principal articles of intelligence received by the Pacific.
Copy of a written communication, made by the Lords of Trade to a Deputation from the American Chamber of Commerce in London.
"The order in council of the 26th April, 1809, after a recital of the orders in council of the 11th November, 1807, and a reference made to the subsequent orders of the 25th November and 18th December, 1807, and the 13th March, 1809, revokes and annuls the said several orders, except as therein after excepted.—It then proceeds to order, that all the ports and places under the government of Holland and France, together with the colonies, plantations and settlements, in the possession of these governments and the ports of Italy, north of Obi-tello and Pesaro, shall continue and be subject to the same restrictions, in point of trade and navigation, without any exception, as if the same were actually blockaded by his Majesty's naval forces in the most strict and rigorous manner; and that any vessel trading from and to the said countries or colonies, plantations or settlements, together with all goods and merchandise on board, shall be condemned as prize to the captors. It is further ordered, that if any vessel shall be captured after the day of the date of the order, in a voyage prohibited by the former orders, but which prohibition is by the present order revoked, such ships shall be released.
"And it is further ordered, that no vessel shall be liable to capture for being in a voyage not prohibited by the former Orders, but which is not permitted by the provisions of this order, unless such vessels shall have received actual notice of the present order, or until after the same interval allowed for constructive notice in the orders of the 25th of November, 1807, and 18th of May, 1808.
"It is proposed, under the new Consolidation Act, that all cotton wool, not being the growth or production of British colonies, shall be subject to a duty of 17 1/2 6d. per 100 lbs. and 12 1/2 6d. temporary, or war duty, if not imported in a British ship; but, until the passing of this act, it is intended that cotton wool, being the growth or produce of the United States, shall, when imported in American ships, navigated according to law, be subject to the same duties, whether such importations shall be made directly or indirectly from the place of its growth.
"With respect to the explanations entered into respecting the extent of protection, which it may be deemed expedient to afford at the present juncture to the commercial intercourse with the United States, their Lordships will be very ready to give any further information which any of the American merchants may wish to obtain.
London, April 24.—The Dutch papers contain an account of the treaty of peace between this country and Turkey. It is said to consist of twelve articles of which the following is the substance:
"The property which either may have in its possession belonging to the other, and all ships of private individuals under embargo shall be immediately restored.
"From the moment of the signing of this treaty all hostilities shall cease, and the prisoners of war on both sides shall be restored within 31 day succeeding, without any ransom.
"Mutual accommodations in regard to commerce, to be afforded in its fullest extent—the tariff at Constantinople to remain as it is.
"The 11th article says that "as it has been at all times forbidden to ships of war to enter the canal of Constantinople, viz. the Strait of the Dardanelles, or that of the Black Sea, and as that ancient rule of the Ottoman empire must be henceforward observed in time of peace by all powers
whatsoever, the British court promise to conform to this principle."
April 25.—The accounts which we have received from Portugal are rather of a contradictory nature, but still we are convinced that the intelligence brought by the Loire, respecting the distressed situation of Soult's army is well founded, and that unless he receives very powerful assistance from the South, he will be under the necessity of surrendering. The accounts from Galicia fully confirm those which we some days ago laid before our readers. The French are entirely confined to the fortresses of Ferrol, Corunna, and St. Jago, and it is said, but we do not vouch for the fact, that letters from the French General Ney to Joseph Bonaparte have been intercepted, in which he represents his situation as extremely desperate, and earnestly presses for reinforcements.
May 1.—The intelligence from the North of Spain continues to be of a very favorable nature. The Marquis de Romana, with the regular troops under his command, and a large body of armed peasants, has completely cut off all communication between general Ney at Corunna, and Soult who still remains at Oporto, although reports have been circulated of his having advanced towards Coimbra.
We entertain strong hopes that the Marquis de Romana will soon be strong enough to attack Ferrol and Corunna.
Marquis Wellesley is appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Spain.
London, April 27. We yesterday stated, that the Swedish government had permitted the trade with Great Britain to be continued to the 30th of September next. We understand, however, that Sir Samuel Hood, who commands our fleet in the Baltic, is so convinced of the insecurity of British property in Sweden, that he will not permit British vessels to enter Gottenburg, or any of the Swedish ports. Sir Samuel neither goes on shore himself, nor permits that indulgence to any of his officers. To this we may add, that Mr. Merry, our minister at Stockholm, has not been invited to the Congress, about to be held of the Russian, Danish and Swedish plenipotentiaries; & that gentleman comes home in the Alexander frigate. Denmark is said to have made a declaration that she will not consent to a suspension of hostilities against Sweden, until the English are totally excluded from the Baltic.
HOUSE OF LORDS. April 28.
Lord Grenville felt the highest satisfaction at a report which had been spread through this metropolis, as he hoped he could confide in its truth. He alluded to the rumored recall of the Orders in Council, that obnoxious measure, which had caused such an heavy addition to the evils of war, and the necessity of repealing which, he had so often pointed out. He wished to enquire of the noble Secretary of State if this were the fact. If it were he rejoiced that his majesty's ministers had been brought at last to a sense of the destructive tendency of these orders, and although with a bad grace, had at last determined on their recall. A month later, their Lordships were not aware how severely the effects of these orders would have been felt.
The Earl of Liverpool was sorry that such a question had been put, whilst his noble friend, who was at the head of the office in which this business was transacted, was absent. He would however reply, that a considerable alteration had been made in the Orders in Council. But the alteration was caused by the changing circumstances of the war, and not by a dereliction of the principles on which the orders were founded. His Lordship vindicated the justice and policy of these orders, as well as of the alteration which had been made, and which in a few days would be laid before the House. So far from agreeing with the noble Lord as to the evil tendency of the late measure, he thought it was one of the most advantageous to the country that had ever been put into execution by any government. This position he would be prepared to prove on any occasion, whenever it should be required.
Lord Grenville rejoiced at the recall of these obnoxious orders, which he now found to be true. Had this not been the case, he would have thought it his duty, once more before the close of this session, to call the attention of the House to that important subject. If the new enactment, substituted for the former, were framed on the same principle, it must be equally fatal to the interests of this country. In the same proportion as the new orders resembled the last, in the same proportion would they prove destructive, and incur the severest animadversion.
The Earl of Liverpool observed, that he had not said the Orders in Council were repealed, but that a considerable alteration, occasioned by present circumstances, but in strict conformity with the principles of the original, had been made in them.
HOUSE OF COMMONS. April 28.
Mr. Whitbread wished to ask a right honorable gentleman on the other side of the House (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) whether the Orders in Council had been rescinded, or were likely to be rescinded; he said, if the information he had received on this subject was true, he should experience the highest gratification.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer replied, that the Orders had not been rescinded; but that certain alterations had been made, which were conceivably judicious, according to the present state of the Continent.
April 28.—Yesterday at one o'clock, in consequence of a notification sent on Wednesday evening by Earl Bathurst, president of the board of trade, to Mr. Sansom, chairman of the American committee, the latter, accompanied by Messrs. Baring, Jacobs, M'Kenzie, Glennie, Mullet, and several other respectable merchants, deeply interested in the commerce with the United States, waited on the lords of trade at the treasury.
At this conference it was announced, that the orders in council would be rescinded, as far as they relate to the American republic; and that this arrangement should take date from the preceding day, 26th April. It was at the same time decided, that the ports of France, Holland, Italy, and their dependencies, should be put under the most vigorous blockade. Under the last distinction are to be included, in Spain, the city of Barcelona, and the bay of Rosas, in the Mediterranean, and the coast of the bay of Biscay from Santander to Fonterable.
By this regulation the United States may trade without interruption from British cruisers, with all the ports of Russia, Norway and Sweden, in the Northern Ocean; with the whole circuit of the Baltic Sea; with British Isles; with Spain from the Eastern extremity of Asturias to the Southern bank of the Lobregat; and, Italian and French ports excepted, with every harbor of the Mediterranean, from the Straits of Gibraltar to the Sea of Marmora.
Licences will be granted to all ports north of the Weser and south of the Eyder; but we understand they are to be withheld with respect to the rest of the continent, excepting the havens of the Baltic.
Another commercial arrangement of great temporary importance is, the indulgence to be given as to the shipping to be employed in the transport of American produce. These commodities may be imported in any ship however documented, from the Floridas, from the Western Isles, from Madeira, Lisbon and Cadiz, free of the duties under the orders in council to the 1st of August next.
Liverpool, May 2.—"It gives us pleasure to advise you of an important, though a very unexpected alteration in our commercial policy. The Orders in Council of the 11th November, 1807, and several Orders subsequent to that period, have been, with certain exceptions, revoked and annulled. Their operation, with respect to America and other Neutral Powers, has ceased to exist from and after the 26th of April, 1809. In their place, a new Order, of that date, has been substituted, if similar in principle, at least greatly modified in extent. That you may be in possession of every requisite information respecting such provisions as are connected with the regulation, we have annexed a copy of the Order, and also of a communication, from the Board of Trade, explanatory of the leading points of the new arrangement. From these documents, it will be perceived, that all ports and places under the government of France and Holland, together with their respective colonies and settlements, and all the ports of the kingdom of Italy, properly so called, are still subjected to a strict and rigorous system of blockade. A free trade is, of course, allowed with Embden, Bremen, Hamburg, Tonningen, all the ports of Norway, Denmark and Russia, and various ports and places within the Mediterranean.
The Board of Trade has also intimated, that government, desirous of giving every facility to the introduction of American produce, under existing circumstances, will grant licences, until the first of August next, admitting its importation from those ports or places which have been made general depots.
A new consolidation Act is contemplated, by which a duty of £1 1s 6d per 100lb. is proposed on Cotton, not the growth of British colonies, and also an additional war duty of 12s 6d per 100lb. if not imported in a British vessel.—Should this be carried into effect, it will fall peculiarly heavy on the inferior descriptions of Cotton.
"Although your commerce, it must be confessed, will still be greatly restricted, yet we cannot but hope that the new regulations are a prelude to a more friendly understanding with the United States, and will prepare the way for the restoration of an intercourse, the suspension of which has been highly injurious to the interests of both countries.—From the official documents which have been laid

fore the public, it appears reasonable to conclude, that as several of the objectionable parts of the late orders are rescinded with regard to America, the embargo will be raised with respect to this country. That this course of procedure will be adopted, is the general impression; and, in contemplation of direct supplies, your produce has again experienced a very great and serious depression. Old Upland Cottons have been sold at 12d—new at 14d & 15d, and New Orleans at 16d per lb.—Some small parcels of York and James' River tobacco have obtained 4d a 5d—and stemmed 7d a 7 1/2 per lb.—Wheat supports the prices of 14s 6d a 14s 9d per lb.—In other articles so little has been done, that no quotation can be given with certainty.
"Since the establishment of our present firm, we have had occasion to lay before you several important changes in our market, arising from unexpected occurrences. The subject of our present communication, in this respect, stands particularly conspicuous—so little did the public anticipate any relaxation in the policy of our government, that measures of increased vigor were considered as extremely probable. Under this impression, the intimation, which was given by the Lords of Trade, was received with surprise and astonishment. It was, however, not the less gratifying to perceive the existence of a disposition to restore, in some degree, that freedom to commerce, of which she has been so long divested. We hope the period will yet arrive, when the powers of Europe, abandoning their anti-commercial restrictions, will be actuated by a more wise and liberal policy."
DECLARATION OF WAR, By Francis I. Emperor of Austria. AND ADDRESS OF THE ARCHDUKE. VIENNA, April 12.
Before his imperial Majesty left this capital, he was pleased to issue the following:
PROCLAMATION: "Francis I. by the Grace of God Emperor of Austria, &c.
"People of Austria!—I leave my capital to join the brave defenders of the country assembled on the frontiers for the protection of the state.
"For these three years past I have made the utmost exertions to procure you, my beloved subjects, the blessings of a permanent peace. No sacrifice, any ways consistent with your welfare, and with the independence of the state, however painful, have I spared to secure your tranquility and welfare by a friendly understanding with the Emperor of the French.
"But all my endeavors proved fruitless. The Austrian Monarchy was also to submit to the boundless ambition of the Emperor Napoleon; and aid in the same manner he strives to subdue Spain, insults the sacred Head of the Church, appropriates to himself the provinces of Italy, and parcels out the German dominions. Austria was to do homage to the great empire, the formation of which he has loudly announced.
"I have adopted all necessary measures to assert the independence of the state. Not only have ye answered my call, but your love for your native country had prompted you to anticipate it. Accept my cordial thanks; they will be repeated by my posterity and yours. Self defence, not invasion, was our aim. But the conqueror will not allow the sovereignty of his people, strong in their mutual confidence, to possess sufficient means to oppose his ambitious views. He declared himself hostile to Austria, unless she should relinquish her measures of defence, and prostrate herself disarmed at his feet. The disgraceful proposal was rejected, and now his hosts are advancing against us, arrayed for battle.
"I confide in God—in the valor of my armies, in the heroic conduct of my brother, who leads them on to glory, in you my beloved people: our exertions for this war are great; but such they must be in order to attain more securely the important end of self-preservation.
"What you have hitherto done is the most unquestionable pledge of the powerful assistance which I am to receive from you. They who bear no arms will also share in the protection of their country. Unanimity, order, obedience, activity, and confidence, constitute the real strength of a nation. You have evinced them, and to this alone is it owing, that we start with a fairer prospect of success than we ever did. Fortunate events will not unnerve your energy, nor disastrous occurrences, should any happen, shake your firm resolve. Perseverant valor overcomes all dangers, enhances every advantage and supplies all losses. Our cause is just; Providence does not forsake those who do not forsake themselves.
"I depend on your love, your tried fidelity to your prince and country. Depend ye on the paternal solicitude of your monarch, who finds all his happiness in you.
"FRANCIS." "Vienna, April 9, 1809."
The Archduke Charles has issued
the following Address to the German Nation :
"His Majesty the Emperor of Austria is forced to take up arms, because the French Emperor will not tolerate the existence of a state which does not acknowledge his supremacy of power, nor stoop to become subservient to his views of conquest; because he requires that Austria shall renounce her independence, unbend her energies, and surrender at the conqueror's discretion; because the armies of the Emperor of France, and of his dependent allies, advance against Austria with hostile views.
"The forces of Austria have risen for self-defence and self-preservation at the nod of their monarch; I am leading them on against the enemy, to prevent the certain attack he prepared against us.
"We pass the frontiers not as conquerors; not as enemies of Germany: nor to destroy German institutions, laws, customs and manners, and impose foreign ones; not to appropriate to ourselves the property of Germany, or to sacrifice her children in distant wars, carried on to destroy and subjugate foreign nations.—No; we fight to assert the independence of the Austrian monarchy, and to restore to Germany the independence and national honors which are due to her.
"The same pretensions which now threaten us have already proved fatal to Germany. Our assistance is her last effort to be saved. Our cause is that of Germany.—United with Austria, Germany was independent and happy; it is only through the assistance of Austria that Germany can receive happiness and independence.
"Germans!—Consider your destruction. Accept the aid we offer, and co-operate with us for your salvation. We demand from you no exertions, but such as the war for our common cause requires.—Your property and your domestic peace are secured by the discipline of our troops. The Austrian armies will not oppress, nor rob you; they respect you as brethren, chosen to fight jointly with us, for your cause and ours. Be worthy of our respect; such terms only as forget themselves are our enemies.
"Depend on my word which I have more than once pledged, and redeemed to save you! Depend on the word of my Emperor and brother, which has never been violated.
"CHARLES, Generalissimo."
PROCLAMATION BY DAVOUST. To the army of the Rhine.
MEMAU, APRIL 12. "Soldiers!—His majesty the Emperor of Austria commenced hostilities on the 8th inst. This was announced by his Generals in Chief on the 9th. They have taken up arms. The orders of the day delivered to the Austrians are merely the effusions of scurrility. This is not the way to attack the soldiers of the Emperor Napoleon. They threaten to overwhelm us with defeat and disgrace upon the plains of Ulm and Marengo. Your conduct will show what right they have to make use of these threats.—Soldiers, our beloved Sovereign, when he was First Consul offered peace, the Emperor of Austria refused it—Marengo compelled her to accept of terms. The English broke the treaty of Amiens. Our Sovereign had collected his armies on the French coast, and the Emperor of Austria availed himself of that juncture, and without any previous declaration of war, violated the territory of our allies, and threatened ours. Ulm compelled the enemy of our Sovereign again to make peace. In the present instance the Emperor of Austria has threatened the territory of our allies, without the least appearance of any difference between the two powers, and concealing himself in a situation to undertake hostilities, has actually commenced war. The directors of the Austrian Cabinet have a very great interest in the result of their libelous scurrilities. Woe be to those who may dare to disseminate them, and by these means excite disturbance; the prompt execution of military law will be the inevitable consequence.
"Soldiers!—In spite of those libelous reproaches, Germany has done honor to your discipline and good conduct. You do not make war against the inhabitants; those unfortunate sacrifices to the views of the House of Austria, whose ambition has stained so many pages of history with blood and whose arrogance has again excited such agitation among the nations.
"A soldier of Napoleon must not only be free from censure, but without fear. If there are any of a contrary character in our ranks, and who shall so far transgress against the fundamentals of all discipline as to dishonor his cloth by plunder or disobedience, punishment shall speedily follow.
"The results of this war are certain. We shall be supported by the Emperor Alexander, who is faithful to his engagements in peace or war. With his armies, whom you highly respect; with the confederate sovereigns whose wish is that we should avenge their cause, & secure them in future against the ambition of our eternal enemy; & lastly, through the justice of our cause, victory must be ours. Your courage, & the genius of your sovereign, when you
see him in the midst of you, will be the most infallible assurance of your triumph.
"The Marshal Duke of Auerstadt."
SENATE.—June 12.
On motion by Mr. Giles, resolved, that a committee be appointed to enquire whether it be expedient and proper at this time, to make any provision by law for remitting the penalties & forfeitures incurred by the violations of some of the provisions of the act, entitled "An act to prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the U. States from and after the 1st of Jan. 1808," so far only as relates to the introduction of slaves into certain parts of the United States, who were lately forcibly expelled from the Island of Cuba, with the French inhabitants thereof.
Messrs. Giles, Bradley, Anderson, Crawford and Franklin were appointed the committee.
After considering the bill to amend and continue in force the act to interdict the commercial intercourse between the U. States, and G. Britain and France, &c. it was on motion of Mr. Giles, postponed till to-morrow.
The same course was then pursued with the bill to direct the sale of gun-boats.
June 13. The President communicated two reports from B. H. Latrobe, Surveyor of the Public Buildings.—Referred to Messrs. Brent, Gregg and Leib.
The Senate resumed the consideration of the bill to amend and continue in force the act entitled "An act to interdict the commercial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain and France and their dependencies."
On motion of Mr. Anderson the bill was postponed until to-morrow.
On motion of Mr. Lloyd, resolved that the President of the U. States be requested to cause to be laid before the Senate such information, in relation to our concerns with Great Britain, as may be in possession of the Department of State, and as he may think it expedient to submit to the Senate.
The Senate resumed the consideration of the bill to direct the sale of gun-boats.
Mr. Bradley moved to postpone its further consideration until the first Monday in January next.
This motion was negatived. When, on motion of Mr. Anderson, the further consideration of the bill was postponed until to-morrow.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
MONDAY, JUNE 12.
Many petitions were presented and referred; amongst which were several presented by Messrs. Quincy & Gardner, from manufacturers of salt, praying for a duty on imported salt.
Mr. Gardener obtained leave of absence for the remainder of the session.
Mr. Montgomery reported a bill making compensation to Major Z. M. Pike and his companions for certain exploring expeditions. On the question whether the bill should have a second reading, it was negatived 57 to 42.
A report was received from the attorney general on the subject of sundry memorials relative to the capture of New Orleans, referred to him at the last session.—Referred to a select committee with leave to report thereon by bill.
MISSISSIPPI TERRITORY.
The Speaker presented a petition inclosed to him from a number of inhabitants of the district East of Pearl river, in the Mississippi territory, praying for the division of the territory.
Mr. Poindexter moved that the petition lie on the table; it would perhaps be disrespectful to the petitioners to reject it, although its contents would merit that course. There were three parties who must, by the ordinance for the government of the territory, consent before the territory of the Mississippi could be divided. One party was the Mississippi territory, the other the state of Georgia, and the third the United States. Neither of these parties had consented. There was therefore an absolute interdiction to all legislation on the subject; and the House would with as much propriety refer a petition from a state to be exempt from general taxation or to recede from the union, as to refer this petition.
Mr. Burwell said he felt himself bound to oppose the motion for its lying on the table. If the request was wholly improper, the report of a committee to that effect would settle the question at once.
Mr. Bibb was in favor of the motion; though, had a motion been made to reject it, he should have voted against it.
Mr. Macon was in favor of a reference of the petition. No harm could arise from an enquiry into it.
Mr. Troup admitted the correctness of the remarks of the delegate from the territory, but wished the petition to be referred to a committee for the purpose of an enquiry as well into the amount of population in that country as into its quality; whether it was lawful or unlawful. There were cer-
tain facts connected with this subject perhaps not generally known to the House. In the course of last year he had understood that a great many persons, amounting to perhaps three or four thousand, had crossed the Tennessee river, and fixed themselves on its banks, not only contrary to law, but the impression was that they had set out in defiance of the law, and had even gone so far as to organize themselves into military associations for the purpose.
Mr. Poindexter observed that there had been a settlement contrary to the existing law on Tennessee near about a year ago; but that they were ordered to be driven off by the military force, except they would take permission to reside as tenants at will. Some had done so, and some had been driven off.
Mr. Troup said he knew that orders had been given to remove them; but of their removal and dispersion he had not heard. He said he had farther understood that there were in the county of Madison alone two or three thousand intruders, and many of them settled on Indian lands, whose owners they excited to hostilities. There was another fact, of which the House might keep possession. Among these intruders was one of the name of Harrison (he believed) who claimed under what was called the Tennessee Yazoo claims, and who settled on the land with his retainers, and deliberately began to apportion it amongst them. Whether he had been dispossessed, Mr. T. said he did not know. It was absolutely necessary to ascertain the situation of that country, and therefore he should vote for the reference of the petition to a committee.
The petition was ordered to lie on the table—67 to 27.
ADJOURNMENT. On motion of Mr. Bibb, the House took up the resolution from the Senate to adjourn on the 20th instant.
Mr. J. G. Jackson moved that it lie on the table till Thursday. He thought it was unbecoming the dignity of this body to fix a day at which to adjourn, when it was impossible to say whether the business before the House could be maturely considered at that time. It was hurrying business at the hazard of its being insufficiently attended to.
Messrs. Alston and Cook were of the same opinion.
Mr. Bibb said he was not very anxious about it, but he did not before know that the dignity of a body was proportioned to the length of its sittings. He was of a very different opinion, believing that as much business might be as well done in a week as was often done in a month.
Mr. Dana was in favor of the resolution lying on the table. He said he had supposed that quality was quite as material as quantity in legislation. It was an extraordinary thing that a legislature should serve its members as sometimes men served their horses or slaves, giving them a certain portion of work to do within a given time, and then lashing them up to it. He had no idea of legislating upon compulsion.
The resolution was ordered to lie on the table till Thursday next—ayes 87.
A bill from the Senate for extending the benefit of drawback to goods transported by land from the district of Newport to the port of Boston, was twice read and committed.
NAVAL ESTABLISHMENT.
Mr. Cutts, from the committee on our naval establishment, reported a bill concerning the naval establishment.—[This bill authorises the President of the United States, in case of a favorable turn, in our foreign relations, to cause to be laid up in ordinary such of the public armed vessels of the United States as he may think proper.]—Twice read and committed.
Mr. Cutts, from the same committee, on the resolution directing the committee to enquire into the expediency of selling any part of the public armed vessels, reported, that it is not expedient at this time to sell any of the public armed vessels.—Report ordered to lie on the table.
CONTESTED ELECTION.
On motion of Mr. Findley, the house resolved itself into a committee of the whole, Mr. Pitkin in the chair, on the report of the Committee of Elections on the petition of Charles Turner, jr. contesting the right of William Baylies to his seat.
On this report, the acceptance of which by the House would postpone the decision of the case till the next session, a debate arose, which continued till 5 o'clock; in which Messrs. W. Alston, Bacon, Baylies, Clay, Dana, Findley, Fisk, Gannett, Gholson, Gold, Holland, Livermore, Macon, Montgomery, Pickman, Quincy, Randolph, Rhea, Taylor, Varnum, Wheaton and Wilson, took part.
(The report of the committee of Elections in this case, now excluded by other matter, shall appear in our next.)
It was contended by those in favor of postponement, that the depositions taken on the subject of this election, although the parties might have had reasonable notice, were not legal, having been taken under the authority of no existing law; that time had heretofore been allowed in similar cases on the request of the sitting members; that the constituted authority of Massachusetts having decided the first elec-
tion not to be valid, & having ordered a second, it was doubtful whether Congress were not precluded from acting on the subject. It was also said by other gentlemen that it was a matter of courtesy to the sitting member, on his request in behalf of his constituents, to grant time for procuring testimony.
On the other hand it was said that the depositions were taken under the same circumstances as those under which a member (Mr. Culpepper) had during the last Congress been deprived of his seat; that time sufficient had been allowed previous to the meeting of Congress; that the returned member had not stated any specific facts which he believed he could prove, if time were given; that the constituted authority of Massachusetts had no exclusive power of deciding on the returns of members, Congress being the sole judges of the returns of their own members, and having in various instances set aside elections, declared valid by the state authorities, as in the case of Cowles Mead and John Culpepper. It was also observed that some consideration was due to the gentleman contesting the seat of Mr. Baylies, who had already attended the whole of this session at considerable expence and inconvenience.
A motion was made that the committee rise, with a view to re-commit the report to the committee of elections. The committee did rise about 5 o'clock and were refused leave to sit again, 65 to 35. A motion was made to re-commit the report; which was opposed by Mr. Pitkin. A motion was made to adjourn and carried.
Previous to adjournment Mr. Newbold obtained leave of absence for the remainder of the session.
Tuesday, June 13.
Mr. J. G. Jackson, from the committee of foreign relations, reported the bill to amend and continue in force the non-intercourse act, with amendments.—Twice read, referred to a committee of the whole House, and made the order of the day for Thursday.
Mr. Stanley reported a bill for the relief of John Keer (a sufferer by inadvertent violation of embargo laws.)—Twice read and committed.
Mr. Poindexter presented a memorial of a number of citizens of the U. States, residing on Tombigbee river, stating that they are subject to an enormous duty of 12 per cent. on all exports and imports at the Mobile, to be paid to the Spanish government, and praying relief.—Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Mr. Love reported a bill for the improvement of the navigation of the river Potomac.—[This bill contemplates giving power to raise money by lottery, &c. for the purpose mentioned.]—The bill having been read once, was read a second time, 50 to 48.—Made the order for to-morrow week, 53 to 42.—(Presumed to be equivalent to rejection.)—Refused to be printed, ayes 30.
CONTESTED ELECTION. The House resumed the consideration of the unfinished business of yesterday.
Mr. Findley gave his reasons in favor of re-commitment.
Mr. Pickman stated at length the grounds on which the council of Massachusetts had ordered a new election in the case; and supported the right of Mr. Baylies to his seat. Mr. Cutts replied. Messrs. Rhea, Bacon and Cook also advocated re-commitment, and Mr. Quincy replied to some observations made by these gentlemen.
The report was re-committed without a division.
Mr. Bacon moved a resolution to instruct the committee of elections to enquire into and report such specific facts as in their opinion may afford good grounds for postponing the decision; and, if none should exist, to instruct them to enquire into the merits of the case.
Mr. Potter moved to amend it by adding "and likewise to report to the House whether the depositions taken were authorized by any law of the United States."—Motion negatived, Ayes 36.
Mr. Bacon's motion was also negatived, Ayes 28.
MIRANDA'S EXPEDITION.
On motion of Mr. M'Kim, the house resolved into a committee of the whole, Mr. W. Alston in the chair, on the report of the committee on the petition of the thirty-five American citizens confined at Carthagena, S. America.
[The report recommends the giving authority to the President of the U. S. to endeavor to effect their liberation and proposes an appropriation of — dollars for that purpose.]
Mr. M'Kim moved to fill the blank with 3,500 dollars.
On this motion gentlemen proceeded to debate the merits of the case. An animated debate took place which continued till near five o'clock. Messrs. Randolph, Smilie and M c Kim opposed the report, and Messrs. Emmit, Bacon, Pearson and Fisk, supported it. [This debate hereafter.]
On a motion that the committee rise, there were for it 52, against it 31. The chairman tied the vote.
The committee refused to fill the blank, 49 to 36.
The resolution was agreed to in committee, 43 to 41. [There being a very thin House, this vote cannot perhaps be considered as deciding the question.]
The committee having risen and reported, the House adjourned immediately, 51 to 35.

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ROMULUS EGGS. Has just received and opening at his New Cash Store, a complete and well selected assortment of SEASONABLE AND FANCY GOODS, which being purchased for money, gives him the opportunity of offering the same at Italianate and Philadelphia Prices . As he is determined to sell for very small profits, he intends keeping on hand a good assortment of Goods, to be sold by the piece, and those who purchase to sell again, will be furnished at as low rates as they can purchase in any market in the United States, being determined to sell. CASH GIVEN FOR TOBACCO. Inspected at the Georgetown Warehouse. FOR RENT. THE upper part of the House I now occupy, which has six well furnished Rooms, and every necessary back building, all newly furnished and in complete order. The rent will be low to a genteel family, if application is immediately made. June 9—1t
TEN DOLLARS REWARD. I will pay the above, to any person, who will apprehend and secure in any jail, ROSITTA, a Mulatto Girl, 18 years old, the property of Rachel Gantt. She is of the middle size, and has that kind of hair or wool which negroes commonly have, she took with her one jacket and petticoat of cotton and wool, blue and white striped, another of tow linen, and some other clothes which I cannot describe. It is probable that she will offer her services to any person who will hire her in the city of Washington, if she is not with her mother at a farm of Mr. Stoddert's near Bladensburg. EDWARD GANTT. June 9—3t
TO BE LET ON GROUND RENT, FOR 99 YEARS (renewable forever). On Saturday the 24th inst. (June) at the toll house of the Washington Bridge, at five o'clock in the evening. A CONSIDERABLE PART , if not the whole, of square 327, fronting on Maryland Avenue, which leads from the bridge over the Potomac to the Capitol, and contiguous to the foot of the bridge. The square will be laid out into convenient lots, so as to suit those who are disposed to rent. This square being in a most healthy, high and dry situation, and immediately on a grand thoroughfare of the city, it is unnecessary to dwell on the probable advantages it will afford for business or for houses of public entertainment. The title is indisputable. S. SPEAKE, Auctioneer. N. B. At the same time will be rented, for one or three years, the Wharf and Warehouse below the bridge, on square 472, lately in the occupation of Griffith Coombs. June 9—4t
PATENT KNAPSACKS. THE Subscriber having obtained from the United States, a patent for an improved KNAPSACK, which in point of durability and convenience, has been pronounced by the best judges infinitely superior to any hitherto in use. The officers of the different volunteer companies in the United States, are respectfully invited to adopt it. They may be had in any quantity, and will be sold on the most reasonable terms by JOHN P. LHERBETTE, 81, Maiden Lane, New-York. To whom applications addressed by post may be made, or to B. H. Laurie, at the city of Washington. May 19—endm.
FOR SALE. A 11. or any part of the Estate of the late Subscriber, lying on the Eastern Branch of the Potomac, between the two Bridges, and immediately opposite the city of Washington; a considerable part of the Estate is heavily wooded, and the whole is divided into convenient Farms, each containing a proper proportion of wood and arable land. On payment of one fourth part of the purchase money, indisputable title will be made, and reasonable credit or the residue, secured by bond and mortgage. ALSO FOR SALE. The whole, or any part of the Estates of the "North American Land Company," and "Aggregate Fund," consisting of divers large bodies of Land variously situated, in the states of New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Kentucky; and of Houses & House Lots in the City of Washington. On the Sale of which, indisputable title and very liberal terms, both as to price and periods of payment, will be granted to all persons, particularly settlers disposed to purchase. For further information, and terms, apply to the subscriber, at present in Philadelphia, or at Washington from the 1st to the 15th June next. JAMES GREENLEAF. Philadelphia, April 12—enl10wng
CONVEYANCING. DEEDS of conveyance, Mortgages, Bills of Sale, Bonds, Articles of Agreement and all other instruments of writing, drawn with accuracy, and agreeing with the most approved forms, may be had at the office of the subscriber, corner of north E street and 14th street west. JAMES KEARNEY. June 9—3t
TO LET. CAPTAIN BARRY'S Wharf and Warehouse, together with a Neat and convenient dwelling house. Enquire Branch.—Possession can be had immediately. Apply to Mr. J. D. BARRY. June 9—4t
A WET NURSE WANTED. A young healthy woman, with a good breast of Milk, is wanted—Enquire at the office of the National Intelligencer. June 9—3t
CHARLES J. NOURSE Offers for sale—Chateaux Margaux Claret in boxes of 1 dozen. Genuine Old London Particular wine in half pipes and quarter casks. Best Sallad Oil in baskets of 6 bottles each, &c. &c. &c. George Town, May 24—4t
WEISKOPFF and KELLER, CONFECTIONERS. High Street, Georgetown, Town. BEG leave to inform the ladies and gentlemen of the city of Washington, that they will be daily supplied with ICE CREAMS, to be served up either at their store or privately, by giving a previous notice thereof. They will constantly be supplied with the various articles of confectionary, preserves, and confectionary of an exquisite taste. Ladies and gentlemen who will please to favor them, will meet with an anxious desire to give general satisfaction. May 26—12t
A CARD. Mr. BUPOBT, respectfully informs the ladies and gentlemen of Georgetown and Washington, that he will open his Dancing School on Tuesday 6th inst. at Mr. A. Ritchie's, High Street, Georgetown. The subscription paper is left at J. Milligan's Bookstore, where ladies and gentlemen who wish to apply previous to that time. Mr. D's engagements will not permit him to remain longer than three months. N. B. School for ladies at 4 o'clock P.M. gentlemen at half past seven. No scholars can be admitted after the first week or fourth lesson. June 2—6t
FOR SALE AT PUBLIC AUCTION, On the Premises on the 15th day of June next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon. LOTS No. 16 and 17, in Sq. 101, in the city of Washington, together with the buildings thereon standing. Said property is directly opposite Mr. Wm. O'Neal's houses near the West Market, and is most advantageously situated, it being the estate formerly owned by Mr. Samuel Wilson, deceased. The terms of payment are one fourth cash in hand, the remainder divided into three equal annual payments with interest annually on these three payments which are to be secured by good notes negotiable Bank and a mortgage on the property. Also at the same time and place, Two SHARES in the Theatre. April 17—tds
NOW OPENING AND FOR SALE, At R. C. WEIGHTMAN'S Book-Store, Pennsylvania Avenue, a handsome assortment of Books, and Stationary, amongst which are the following: LAW BOOKS. Harrison's Chancery, 2 vols. Sugden's Law of Vendors, Newland on Contracts, Roberts on Fraudulent Conveyances, Kid on Awards, Selwyn's Nisi Prius, 3 vols. Maxwell's Law Dictionary, Watson on Partnership, Butler's Horse, etc. Burrow's Reports, 5 vols. Admiralty Decisions, 2 vols. Douglas's Reports, 2 vols. Robinson's Admiralty Reports, 5 vols. Roberts on Frauds, Amesley on Insurance, Brady on Distresses, Peake's Evidence, Martineau on Law, 2 vols. Booth on Real Actions, Noy's Maxims, Jones on Bailment, Montague on Set-off, Pothier on Obligations, McNally's Evidence, 2 vols. Peake's Nisi Prius, Vernon's Chancery, 2 vols. Lawes on Pleading, Powell on Devices, Parke on Insurance, Cruise on Real Property, 3 vols. Plowden's Reports, 2 vols. Hale's Common Law, Notes to Blackstone, Burne's Justice, 4 vols. Attorney's Manual, Kyd on Bills, Burne's Insurance, Bast's Crown Law, 2 vols. Foster's Reports, Dallas' Reports, 3 vols. Sudy of Law, Day's Epitome, 2 vols. Buller's Nisi Prius, Gilbert's Law of Evidence, Graydon's Digest, Tidd's Practice 2 vols. Espinasse's Nisi Prius, 2 vols. etc. etc. MISCELLANEOUS. Capt. Fanning's Memoirs, Montgomery's Poems, Chaptal's Chemistry, Barton's St. Pierre, 3 vols. Burne's Obestical Works, Ramsay's Washington, Campaigns of Bonaparte, 2 vols. Virgil's Georgics, Complete Farrier, Military Tutor, Lacroix's Military and Political Hints, Military Mentor, 2 vols. Military Library, by Lt. Col. Duncane, 2 vols. and 1 vol. plates, Kosciusko's Manoeuvres of Horse Artillery, Rollin's Ancient History, 5 vols. Svo. Lempriere's Classical Dictionary, Aiken's Annual Review for 1807, Edinburgh Review for October 1808, etc. McCulloch's Music, Irish Melodies by Ana-Moor, etc. etc. NEW NOVELS. Woman, or Ida of Athens, by Miss Owenson, Thaddeus of Warsaw, by Miss Porter, Laura, Exiles of Siberia, Match Girl by Mrs. Edgeworth, 3 vols. etc. MINIATURE EDITIONS. Sham's British Theatre 18 vols. Zimberman Solitude, 2 vols. Iliad, Odyssey, Roderick Random, Junius, Old English Baron, Pope, Dryden's Virgil, Ossian, Thomson's Seasons, Gulliver, Cotton and Moore, Akenside, Gray, Petrarch, Shipwreck, Stevens's Lecture on heads, Dictionaries in Ornamented cases, etc. A general assortment of paper, quills, etc. wholesale and retail. Arrowsmith's maps of Europe, and America, on rollers, and in portable form, Writing Secretaries, Mathematical Instruments, etc. etc. Priming Ink of the first quality. A few boxes of best Havana Segars. June 5—6t
WASHINGTON BRIDGE COMPANY. —NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN— TO THE STOCKHOLDERS of the Washington Bridge Company, that the FIFTH INSTALMENT of TEN dollars on each share is hereby called for, which must be paid on or before the 15th of June next, agreeably to the act of Congress, entitled, "An act authorising the erection of a Bridge over the river Potomac, within the District of Columbia." By order of the Directors, DANL. CARROLL of Dud. President. May 26—dt15thJun.
FOR SALE AT PUBLIC AUCTION, On the Premises on the 15th day of June next, at 5 o'clock in the afternoon. LOT No. 3, in Sq. No. 161 in the city of Washington together with a Dwelling House and Slaughtering-House thereon. Said property is well situated for a butcher. A fine run of water passes near it. It was formerly owned by Daniel Guyer. Terms of payment, one fourth cash in hand, one fourth payable in six months from the sale with interest, one fourth payable at the end of 12 months with interest and the remainder payable at the end of 18 months with interest. Said payments are to be secured by good notes negotiable at the Bank and a mortgage on the property. April 17—tds
FOR SALE AT PUBLIC AUCTION, On the Premises on the 15th day of June next, at 5 o'clock in the afternoon. LOT No. 3, in Sq. No. 161 in the city of Washington together with a Dwelling House and Slaughtering-House thereon. Said property is well situated for a butcher. A fine run of water passes near it. It was formerly owned by Daniel Guyer. Terms of payment, one fourth cash in hand, one fourth payable in six months from the sale with interest, one fourth payable at the end of 12 months with interest and the remainder payable at the end of 18 months with interest. Said payments are to be secured by good notes negotiable at the Bank and a mortgage on the property. April 17—tds
CITY AUCTIONEERS. THE subscribers beg leave to inform their friends and the public, that having obtained a license to sell goods, wares and merchandise at vendue in this city. To accommodate those who may be pleased to employ them, they have taken a commodious house in the street directly opposite the Marine Barracks, and from their close attention to business, they flatter themselves that they will give general satisfaction. NICOLAUS L. QUEEN, HENRY M. QUEEN. Mar 30—4t
SEBASTIAN SPRING. SITUATED near the new turnpike road between Washington and Alexandria, about three quarters of a mile from the Washington Bridge. The Subscriber has opened a House of Entertainment for the accommodation of travellers, the citizens of both places and their vicinity—Public Dinners and Tea Parties, &c. &c. will be furnished on a short notice in the style required. He will always keep supplied with the best of Madeira, Port, Claret and Champagne—and will endeavor generally to keep the dainties of the season. A private room will be kept for the accommodation of Ladies. Ladies can be supplied with Syllabub under the Cow every morning until six, and every evening until seven o'clock. He flatters himself that the encouragement he may receive, will enable him to extend his present plans. A. LINDO. N. B. Just received from New-York, a fresh supply of Champaign, Burgundy and Old Hocks. Strawberries and Cream, while in season, every afternoon. If for a large party a day's notice is requested. * Liberal wages for one or two smart boys. May 24—4t
WALTER COX, Has just received for sale at T. Craven's Store, Navy Yard, a valuable collection of books On Law, Physics, Divinity, History, Voyages, Novels, low priced Family Bibles, and School Books. June 2—7t
TO BE SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION, At Northumberland court house, in the county of Northumberland, and state of Virginia, on Tuesday the 5th of September next, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, five contiguous plantations, amounting together to about 2700 acres, situate on the river Potomac, and within about three miles of the court house. These estates formerly belonged to Presley Thornton, Esq., and are the same on which he lived. They have never been seen by either of the subscribers, but it is understood, that about 1700 acres of them are as valuable low grounds as any on the river, and a considerable part thereof of heavy timber. The uplands consist of about 1000 acres, and the whole is well calculated for the production of corn, wheat, tobacco, timothy and small grain of all kinds, in great abundance. The waters are said to abound with excellent fish, oysters and wild fowl. The water carriage is easy and convenient to Norfolk, Baltimore, Alexandria and the city of Washington; and as these estates possess several good mill seats, with an abundance of water and a plentiful supply of timber, they must be very valuable. The premises will be shown to persons inclining to purchase, by col. James Moore, who lives on them, or by Samuel Blackwell, Esq., who lives near to them; and the terms of payment may be known a sufficient time before the sale, by applying to either of them, or to THOMAS ROBINSON, Near Chesler, Delaware, Or to W. LEWIS, at Phila. June 7—tds
GRAND NATIONAL FESTIVAL FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY, 1809. THE subscriber proposes, should it be approved of by the citizens of the district of Columbia, to furnish a dinner for a number not exceeding 500 persons, in the grove adjoining his spring, which forms a beautiful shade and will be covered with a thousand yards of canvas handsomely decorated. He also proposes illuminating the grove in the evening with variegated colored lamps, and to conclude the mirth of the day with fire-works. The best band of music that can be obtained will be procured to assist in the grand festival. Should his plan be approved of, an early notice would be necessary, in which case the co-operation of two gentlemen of the district in his line of business will be solicited. A. LINDO, Sebastian Spring. June 7—
AT PUBLIC SALE. Will be sold on Thursday the 15th inst., at 11 o'clock A. M. at Lindsay's Hotel, on Pennsylvania Avenue, Lot No. 15 in square 489, in this city, either whole or divided into two equal parts of 25 feet 6 1/2 inches each, in front, and nearly one hundred feet in depth, as will best accommodate purchasers. The premises are elegantly situated, east of the great Hotel, in an elevated position, fronting on the Judiciary square, and commanding a most interesting and extensive view. The terms of sale will be one third cash in hand, another third at 60 days, and the remainder at 90 days. The two last payments to be secured by approved and endorsed notes, negotiable at the bank. June 7—tds
RESPECTFULLY informs the gentlemen of the district of Columbia and Public in general, that he has received by a late arrival from Philadelphia, a Choice Assortment of superfine Cloths, Cassimeres, single and double milled, superfine Coating, black silk Florentines. Likewise an elegant assortment of Spenceys and rich silk Molekins for Waistcoats with a variety of other articles suitable for the season. Regimentals and Navy Uniforms made in the most elegant and uniform style of fashion. Richard Norwell's celebrated PATENT PARALLAX SUSPENDERS far superior to any hitherto in use can be had on the same terms retail, as at his Manufactory. November 27—4t
WILLIAM S. NICHOLLS, Has just received from Philadelphia, and opened for sale, At his Store, opposite the Coffee House, an extensive assortment OF SPRING & SUMMER GOODS, Which being purchased on the very lowest terms—principally for cash—he will sell them as low as any person in this place. His assortment has generally been very complete; but he can assure his friends that it is better this spring than usual. He has many goods which he will sell by the piece lower than can be had in this place. Purchasers who wish to buy to sell again, will find it to their advantage to call on him. George Town, May 29—3m
CITY AUCTIONEERS. THE subscribers beg leave to inform their friends and the public, that having obtained a license to sell goods, wares and merchandise at vendue in this city. To accommodate those who may be pleased to employ them, they have taken a commodious house in the street directly opposite the Marine Barracks, and from their close attention to business, they flatter themselves that they will give general satisfaction. NICOLAUS L. QUEEN, HENRY M. QUEEN. Mar 30—4t
FOR SALE AT PUBLIC AUCTION, On the Premises on the 15th day of June next, at 5 o'clock in the afternoon. LOT No. 3, in Sq. No. 161 in the city of Washington together with a Dwelling House and Slaughtering-House thereon. Said property is well situated for a butcher. A fine run of water passes near it. It was formerly owned by Daniel Guyer. Terms of payment, one fourth cash in hand, one fourth payable in six months from the sale with interest, one fourth payable at the end of 12 months with interest and the remainder payable at the end of 18 months with interest. Said payments are to be secured by good notes negotiable at the Bank and a mortgage on the property. April 17—tds
CITY AUCTIONEERS. THE subscribers beg leave to inform their friends and the public, that having obtained a license to sell goods, wares and merchandise at vendue in this city. To accommodate those who may be pleased to employ them, they have taken a commodious house in the street directly opposite the Marine Barracks, and from their close attention to business, they flatter themselves that they will give general satisfaction. NICOLAUS L. QUEEN, HENRY M. QUEEN. Mar 30—4t
BOOT MAKING. JOHN MINCHIN, BOOT-MAKER, New Jersey Avenue, near the Capitol, has on hand and manufactures, BOOTS of the first quality, of the best materials and workmanship, and equal in neatness and durability to any in the United States—he can employ FIFTY MEN more to make strong shoes, to whom constant employment and good wages will be given May 24—1m
THE bill states that the defendant Thomas Waters Griffith was the agent of the house of Taney and Simmond for the delivery of a cargo of flour belonging to the said Taney and Simmond to the French government—that the French government not being able to pay ready money for the said cargo the balance due thereon from the said government was placed to the credit of the said Griffith the agent, instead of being placed to the credit of the real owners Taney and Simmond; that the debt so due hath been liquidated by the Louisiana Convention in the said Griffith's name, for the sum of one hundred and ninety thousand two hundred and seventy francs French money of the value of 35,675 dollars; that the said Thomas Waters Griffith, now residing and for several years past having resided in Baltimore city in the state of Maryland well knowing all the circumstances mentioned in the complaints said bill, and that the debt aforesaid was liquidated in his name in Paris, under the Louisiana Convention, was in truth and in fact a debt due to the said complainants, as the trustees of Francis Lewis Taney, and Taney and Simmond, did execute a writing transferring all the interest of said Griffith in the said debt due to the complainants as trustees aforesaid; that notwithstanding the above circumstances the said Griffith did employ James C. Montflorece of Paris to receive for his own account and use the aforesaid debt which actually belongs to the said complainants as trustees aforesaid; & the said Montflorece did actually receive the bills of the Minister of the United States on the Treasury of the United States in part payment of the said debt in four sets of bills drawn in favor of said Thomas Waters Griffith, and which bills have been fraudulently endorsed by the said Montflorece with a view as the said complainants believe to defraud them the said complainants, and under a real or pretended power from the said Griffith, & as his attorney to the said I. I. Picard, who endorsed the same over to John R. Livingston who has endorsed the same over to Jonathan Burrell, cashier of the Bank of Discount and Deposit at New York, who has endorsed them over to James Davidson, cashier of the Branch Bank of the United States in the city of Washington, who now holds the same for collection. The complainants further state that four other bills, for the balance of the aforesaid claim on the French Government liquidated in the name of the said Griffith, but actually belonging to said complainants as trustees aforesaid, have been drawn in favor of Goubault and Doyrey, as transferees of Thomas Waters Griffith for thirty-thousand francs, French Money of the value of 5,625 dollars, which said four bills have also been sent to the aforesaid James Davidson and endorsed over to him for collection, in the same manner as in the case of the four other bills first herein recited. That all the aforesaid eight bills of exchange drawn by the American Minister at Paris on the Treasury of the United States under the Louisiana Convention for the debt liquidated in the name of Thomas Waters Griffith, are actually the property of said complainants as trustees aforesaid.
THE object of the bill is to save and protect the said complainants from the fraud projected against them on the part of the said Thomas Waters Griffith, and his coadjutors, and to obtain a writ of injunction, directed to all the before-mentioned defendants, &c. and particularly to the said James Davidson enjoining him & commanding him, from paying over to any person besides the said complainants, the money that may be paid by the Treasury of the United States, in virtue of the said bills of exchange, and particularly enjoining the said James Davidson from paying the said money arising from the said bills or parting with the said bills, until the further order of this Court in the premises.
It is represented by the complainants that the said Thomas W. Griffith, John R. Livingston, Jonathan Burrell, Goubault and Doyrey, James C. Montflorece and I. I. Picard, defendants in this cause, all reside out of the District of Columbia, and are not within the reach of the process of this Court. And whereas further, in the supplemental bill filed in this cause, in which bill the said Robert R. Livingston and Daniel Parker are made defendants, reciting the substance of the said original bill, further states that Daniel Parker, a non resident of the District of Columbia who resides in Paris in France was concerned in the fraudulent assignment of the bills of exchange mentioned in the said original bill, that the said Parker at the time he procured the assignment of said bills knew that the claim for which the same were drawn as liquidated in the name of Thomas W. Griffith was the bona fide property of the complainants, and had been properly before transferred and assigned to them, and also that the said Robert R. Livingston is not a resident of the said District of Columbia, but resides in the state of New York, and is the person really claiming the proceeds of the said bills, and prays that he may be made a party to said bill and compelled to answer to the facts stated in the original bill—Also that said Parker may state the circumstances, attending the pretended transaction between Picard and Montflorece the defendants, whether he paid any consideration and what to Picard & Montflorece, and whether he did not know, or whether he had not received notice of the complainants claim and right at the time of or before the said transfer. The object of the bill is to obtain a decree in favor of the complainants, ordering and decreeing the monies for which said bills are drawn, now in the hands of James Davidson, to be paid over to the said complainants as the assignees of Taney and Taney and Simmond, and to enjoin the defendants and each of them from paying over or receiving the same until the decision of the court in the premises.
It is therefore ordered that the complainants cause a copy of this order to be inserted in the National Intelligencer printed in the city of Washington, six weeks successively previous to the fourth Monday in December next, to the intent that the said defendants may have notice of this application, and of the object of this bill and to be warned to appear in this court in person or by solicitor on or before the said fourth Monday of December next, to show cause, if any, why a decree should not pass as prayed.
St. Mary's county Court, March term, 1809 ON application to St. Mary's county Court, by petition in writing of FRANCIS HOWARD of St. Mary's county for the benefit of the act of Assembly for the relief of sundry insolvent debtors passed at November session eighteen hundred and five and the several supplements thereto on the terms mentioned therein, a schedule of his property and a list of his creditors on oath, as far as he can ascertain them being connected to his petition, and the court being satisfied by competent testimony that the said Francis Howard has resided two years immediately preceding the time of his application, in the state of Maryland. It is thereupon ordered and adjudged that the said Francis Howard by causing a copy of this order to be inserted in the National Intelligencer, once a week for three months before the 7th day of August next, give notice to his creditors to a pear before this court at the court house in Leonardtown in St. Mary's county, on the said 7th day of August next, for the purpose of recommending a trustee for their benefit, and to show cause if any they have, why the said Francis Howard should not have the benefit of the acts of Assembly aforesaid as prayed. Test JO. HARRIS, Clk. April 28—w3m
WILL BE OFFERED AT PUBLIC SALE, On Monday the 23d day of July, if fair, and if not, on the next fair day thereafter, the Plantation, late the residence of Mrs. Elizabeth Dripot, deceased, near Allen's Ferry, containing between one hundred and sixty and two hundred acres of very fertile land. The greater part of this plantation is rich low land and produces Indian corn, wheat and tobacco in great abundance as any land in Charles County; it is about eight miles distant from Port Tobacco and very convenient to navigable water. There is on the premises a small snug dwelling house, kitchen, corn house, tobacco house, and houses for poultry. A further description is deemed unnecessary, as it is presumed those who are inclined to purchase will view the premises before the day of sale. One half the purchase money will be required when the deed is delivered to the purchaser, and the other half with interest from the day of sale on the 1st day of July, eighteen hundred and ten, bond, with approved security, must be given for the money which is not paid in hand. At the same will be offered for sale four valuable Negro men. PHILIP B. SMOOT. May 26—w4t
RICHARD BECK Has just received from New York & Philadelphia a Large and Handsome assortment of Seasonable GOODS which are all of the latest importations, consisting of IMPERIAL Cords, Granduls, Cotton Cassimeres, white Jeans, colored do. superfine Cloths and Cassimeres, Marselles & Imperial Westcoating, Patent Nankkeen, Silk Hosiery, Bed Tickings, Seersuckers, Bandanna Handkerchiefs, Dimities, Apron Checks, Netting Cottons, Sewing Silks, Silk and Cambric Buttons, plain India Mill Muslins, figured do. seeded do. Jacanet and book do. veined and japanned do. book & jacanet Handkerchiefs, plain & figured Lenoes, Italian Manuas, Shashwas and Lattessings, Bibbys, Threads, black Cambrics, Kid and Silk Gloves, Umbrellas and Parasols, Damask and other silk Shawls plush bordered do. York Tan and Heavy Gloves, Suspecters, fashionable Buttons, Boss Thread, Yellow, White, and Blue Nankeens: 1 case German Linens, 1 case 7-8 Cotton Shirting, 1 do. 4-4 do. do. 1 trunk 9-8 Cambrics, 2 do. 6-4 do. 3 trunks Calicoes and Chintzes, 1 trunk Ginghams, 1 case Irish Linens, 1 case Cotton Hosiery, 1 trunk Adelphia Cottons, 6 bales Gurrabs, Baftas, Emeries, Mamodies, Cassins, and May Lowns, etc. etc. All of which being well selected, and on the best terms, enables him to sell them at the most reduced prices, by the piece or retail for cash or approved notes. Georgetown, May 21—31w—wff
District of Columbia, Washington county, to wit. IN the case of EDWARD GANTT an insolvent debtor in the county aforesaid. Six months from and after the first day of March next is limited and appointed for the creditors of said insolvent to bring in and exhibit their claims to the trustee. Ordered that this notice be published in the National Intelligencer and Washington Federalist once a month during said time. By order of the hon. Wm. Cranch, Esq., chief judge of the circuit court of the district of Columbia. WM. BRENT, Clk. February 23, 1809. Those indebted to the insolvent's estate are hereby noticed to pay the same without delay, otherwise suit will be brought for recovery. THOMAS HERTY, Trustee. March 27—mcm
THIS is to give notice that the subscribers of Prince George's County have obtained from the Orphans Court of said county, in Maryland, letters testamentary on the personal estate of Nathaniel Clagett, late of said county, deceased. All persons having claims against the said deceased, are hereby warned to exhibit the same with the vouchers thereof to the subscribers at or before the 19th day of Nov. next, they may otherwise by law be excluded from all benefit of said estate. All persons indebted to the estate are requested to make immediate payment to HANNIBAL CLAGETT, who is hereby authorised to receive the same. Given under our hands this 19th day of May, eighteen hundred and nine. WILLIAM MARSHALL, NICHOLAS YOUNG, WM. R. CLAGETT, HANNIBAL CLAGETT. May 19—6w.
REAL ESTATE AT AUCTION. Will sell on the 1st. Monday in August next, at the tavern of Mr. Ruth, in this town, the entire real estate (yet unsold) of col. Chas. Beatty, deceased, consisting of a number of valuable improved and unimproved lots in Georgetown and its additions, and in the city of Washington. Several tracts of land in the neighborhood of the two places, and others in Montgomery, Frederick, and Washington counties, Maryland, with one of 5132 acres, (an old grant) in Randolph County, Virginia. Plots and title papers will there be shown, and terms of sale then made known. Sale to commence at 10 o'clock A. M. and continue from day to day until the whole is sold. JOHN M. BEATTY, CHAS. A. BEATTY. Georgetown, D. C. June 7—wtds