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NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER
AND WASHINGTON ADVERTISER.
VOL. VI.
WASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
No. DCCCXII.
FIVE DOLLARS PER ANNUM.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1805.
PAID IN ADVANCE.
LETTER
From the SECRETARY of the TREASURY, transmitting a report prepared in obedience to the act supplementary to the act, intitled "An act to establish the Treasury Department." December 10, 1805. Read and ordered to be referred to the committee of Ways and Means.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Dec. 9th 1805.
SIR—I have the honor to inclose a report prepared in obedience to the act entitled "An act to establish the Treasury department." I have the honor to be, very respectfully, sir, your obedient servant,
ALBERT GALLATIN.
The honorable the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States.
REPORT.
In obedience to the directions of the act supplementary to the act intitled "An act to establish the Treasury Department," the Secretary of the Treasury respectfully submits the following report and estimates:
REVENUE AND RECEIPTS.
The net revenue arising from duties on merchandise and tonnage which accrued during the year 1801, amounted to 12,020,279 Dollars.
The net revenue arising from the same source, which accrued during the year 1802 amounted to 10,154,564
That which accrued during the year 1803, amounted to 11,206,430
And that which accrued during the year 1804, amounted, after deducting that portion which arose from the Additional duties constituting the Mediterranean fund, (as will appear by the statement (A) to 12,672,323
It is ascertained that the net revenue which has accrued during the three first quarters of the year 1805, does not fall short of that of the corresponding quarters of the year 1804: and that branch of the revenue may, exclusively of the Mediterranean fund, be safely estimated, for the present, at twelve millions of dollars; which is nearly the average of the two years 1803 and 1804.
The devaluation which took place in the year 1802, and the increase in the next following years, sufficiently show that no inconsiderable portion of that branch of the revenue, is due to the neutrality of the U. States during the continuance of war in Europe. Yet if the revenue of 1802, the only year of European peace since 1792, be considered as the best basis on which to form an estimate, this, with an addition of ten per cent. on account of the increase of population for three years, and of near 300,000 dollars, the computed revenue of New Orleans, will give a result of near eleven millions and a half.
The statement (B) exhibits in detail the several species of merchandise and other sources from which that revenue was collected during the year 1804.
The revenue arising from the sales of public lands has been greater during the year ending on the 30th Sept. 1805, than that of any preceding year. It appears by the statement (C) that during that period, besides 145,000 acres sold to persons claiming a right of pre-emption, 474,000 acres have been disposed of at the ordinary sales, making altogether, with the preceding sales, from the time when the land offices were opened in 1800 and 1801, an aggregate of near two millions of acres. The actual payments by purchasers which, during the year ending on the 30th of Sept. 1804, had amounted to 422,000 dollars, and had not in any one previous year exceeded 250,000 dollars, have during the year ending on the 30th Sept. 1805, amounted to 573,000 dollars; of which sum 533,000 dollars were paid in specie, and the residue in stock of the public debt. The specie receipts from that source may for the ensuing year be safely estimated at five hundred thousand dollars.
The receipts arising from the permanent revenue of the United States may, therefore, without even including the duties on postage and other small incidental branches, be computed, for the year 1806, at twelve millions and five hundred thousand dollars, 12,500,000
The payments in the treasury, during the same year, on account of the temporary duties, constituting the "Mediterranean fund," which will have accrued to the 31st day of March next, are estimated at 900,000 dollars, and about one hundred thousand may be expected from the arrears of internal duties and of the direct tax, and from other incidental branches, making for temporary & incidental receipts one million of dollars, 1,000,000
The balance of specie in the treasury which, on the 30th day of Sept. last, amounted to 4,575,654 dollars, will, as the receipts and current expenditures of the present quarter may be considered as nearly equal, be diminished at the end of this year, only by the payments on account of the American claims, assumed by the convention with France, and as the whole amount of those claims which remained unpaid on the 30th day of Sept. last, will, in this estimate, be stated amongst the expenditures of 1806, the whole of the above mentioned balance may be added to the receipts of that year, viz. 4,575,000
Making in the whole an aggregate of more than eighteen millions of dollars, 18,075,000
EXPENDITURES.
The expenses of the year 1806, which must be defrayed out of those resources, are, like the revenue, either of a permanent nature or temporary, viz.
The permanent expenses are estimated at 11,450,000 dollars, and consist of the following items, viz.
 1. The annual appropriation of eight millions of dollars for the payment of the principal and interest of the public debt, of which more than 4,000,000 dollars will be applicable to the discharge of the principal, and the residue to the payment of interest, 8,000,000  2. For the civil department, and all domestic expenses of a civil nature, including invalid pensions, the light house and mint establishments, the expenses of surveying public lands, the third instalment of the loan due to Maryland, and a sum of 150,000 dollars to meet such miscellaneous claims as may be allowed by Congress, 1,150,000  3. For expenses incident to the intercourse with foreign nations, including the permanent appropriation for Algiers, 200,000  4. For the military and Indian departments, including the permanent appropriations for certain Indian tribes, 1,030,000  5. For the naval establishment (exclusively of deficiencies for the service of the years 1804 and 1805, which are estimated at 600,000 dollars) 1,070,000 
11,450,000
The extraordinary demands, for the year 1806, amount to four millions of dollars, viz.
The Navy deficiencies of 1804 and 1805, as above mentioned, 600,000
And the balance of the American claims assumed by the French convention, which remained unpaid on the 30th of Sept. last, amounting to 3,400,000
Making altogether fifteen millions four hundred and fifty thousand dollars, 15,450,000
It appears from the preceding statement that the permanent revenues of the United States will, during the ensuing year, exceed the permanent expenditures by a sum of more than one million of dollars, and that the monies already on hand, together with the temporary resources of the year, will, after leaving the sum which it is always necessary to keep in the treasury, be sufficient to discharge the navy deficiencies and the whole amount of the claims assumed by the convention with France, the large receipts of last year rendering it unnecessary to recur for that object to the loan authorised by the act of the 10th of November, 1803.
MEDITERRANEAN FUND.
It appears by the statement (B.) that the additional duty of two and an half per cent. on goods paying duties ad valorem, which constitutes the "Mediterranean Fund," amounted, during the six last months of 1804, to 563,038 dollars. And it is ascertained that the amount of the duty accrued during the year ending on the 30th day of June, 1805, was 990,000 dollars. This apparent product will, it is true, be diminished by subsequent exportations; but it is believed, from a view of the value of the goods imported in 1803 and 1804, which are charged with that duty, that the fund may be estimated as producing nearly nine hundred thousand dollars a year. If that estimate be correct, the fund will ul-
timately produce, during the one year and nine months, commencing on the 1st day of July, 1804, and ending on the 31st day of March, 1806, one million five hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars, 1,575,000
The expenses heretofore charged on that fund have been, viz.
Paid, in 1804, to the navy department, under the act constituting the fund, 525,000
Paid, in 1805, to the said department, by virtue of the 2d sect. of the act of the 25th Jan. 1805, 590,000
Making altogether, 1,115,000 dollars, and leaving an unappropriated surplus, estimated at 460,000 dollars, but which will be more than absorbed by the navy deficiencies above mentioned. The monies actually received or to be received into the treasury on account of that fund, prior to the first day of January, 1806, are estimated at about 600,000 dollars. The residue will be received between that day and the 31st day of March, 1807; and credit has been taken for a sum of 900,000 dollars, on that account, in the preceding estimates of the receipts of the year 1806.
PUBLIC DEBT.
The payments on account of the principal of the public debt have during the year ending on the 30th day of September, 1805, exceeded four millions three hundred and seventy-seven thousand dollars, as appears by estimate (D.) 4,377,898 63
The two last instalments due to Great-Britain, and amounting to one million seven hundred and seventy-six thousand dollars, have also been discharged during the same period, 1,776,000
Making in the whole a reimbursement of more than six millions one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, 6,153,898 63
As the exportation of the specie necessary to discharge the last mentioned instalment would have been sensibly felt, it was found eligible to pay it in London, in conformity with the authority given by the act of the 3d of March, 1805, and the operation was effected, at par, by the bank of the United States.
It appears by the same statement (D.) that the payments on account of the public debt, from the 1st April, 1801, to the 30th September, 1805, have amounted to almost eighteen millions of dollars, 17,954,720 49
During the same period there have been paid to Great-Britain, in satisfaction and discharge of the money which the United States might have been liable to pay, in pursuance of the provisions of the 6th article of the treaty of 1794, 2,664,000
The balance in the treasury amounted, on the 1st day of April, 1801, to 1,794,052 59
And on the 30th day of September, 1805, to 4,575,654 37
Making an increase of 2,781,601 78
From which deducting the proceeds of the sales of the bank shares, 1,287,600
Leaves for the increase arising from the ordinary revenue, 1,494,001 78
Making in the whole, a difference of more than twenty-two millions of dollars in favor of the United States, during that period, of four years and a half. 22,112,792 27
In order to give a more general and concise view of the receipts and expenditures of the United States during the four years commencing on the 1st day of April, 1801, and ending on the 31st day of March, 1805, than can be derived from the annual printed accounts, a statement marked (H.) and several explanatory statements marked (H. 1. to H. 8.) have been added to those which usually accompany this report.
From those it appears that a sum of fifty millions six hundred and sixty-seven thousand four hundred and sixty-seven dollars and four cents has been paid into the treasury during that period, viz.
From duties on tonnage and on the importation of foreign merchandise, 45,174,837 22
From all other sources (including 1,596,171 dollars and 43 cts. arising from the sales of bank shares and of public vessels,) 5,492,629 82
50,667,467 04
And that the expenditures, during the same period, have amounted to forty-nine millions six hundred and sixty-five thousand five hundred and twenty-seven dollars and fifty-six cents, which have been disbursed for the following purposes:
1. Less than one third of the whole has been sufficient to defray all the current expenses of the United States, viz.
For the civil list and all domestic expenses of a civil nature, 3,786,114 79
For the military establishment and Indian department, 4,405,192 26
For the naval establishment, 4,842,635 15
For the expenses attending the intercourse with foreign nations, 1,071,437 34
Amounting altogether to 14,105,380 04
2. Near one third was necessary to pay the interest on the public debt, viz. 16,278,700 95
On which subject it may not be improper to observe that a part of that sum, amounting to 3,160,000 dollars, was paid on account of the interest on the deferred stock, a charge which commenced only in the year 1801, and was therefore in addition to the annual sum wanted before that year for the payment of interest on the public debt.
3. More than one third, and which may be considered as the surplus revenue of the United States during that period, has been applied towards the reimbursement and extinguishment of the debt, viz.
On account of the principal of the public debt proper, 16,517,663 92
In payment of debts contracted before the 1st day of April, 1801, and arising under the British treaty and under the French convention of 30th September, 1800. 2,963,782 65
19,281,446 57
49,665,527 56
It is sufficiently evident that whilst one third of the national revenue is necessarily absorbed by the payment of interest, a persevering application of the resources, afforded by seasons of peace and prosperity, to the discharge of the principal, in the manner directed by the legislature, is the only effectual mode by which the United States can ultimately obtain the full command of their revenue, and the free disposal of all their resources. Every year produces a diminution of interest and a positive increase of revenue. Four years more will be sufficient to discharge (in addition to the annual reimbursements on the six per cent. and deferred stocks) the remainder of the Dutch debt, and the whole of the eight per cent. navy six per cent. five and a half per cent. and four and a half per cent. stocks. As the portion of the public debt which shall then remain unpaid will consist of the six per cent. deferred and Louisiana stocks, neither of which can be reimbursed except at the periods and in the proportions fixed by contract, & of the three per cent. stock, which its low rate of interest will render it ineligible to discharge at its nominal value; the rapidity of the reduction of the debt, beyond the annual reimbursements permitted by the contracts, will, after the year 1809, depend on the price at which purchases may be effected. And should circumstances render it eligible, a considerable portion of the revenue now appropriated for that purpose, may then, in conformity with existing provisions, be applied to other objects.
All which is respectfully submitted, ALBERT GALLATIN, Secretary of the Treasury. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, December 9th, 1805.
CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18.
On motion of Mr. John C. Smith the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole, Mr. Dawson in the chair—on the bill "in addition to an act to make provision for persons that have been disabled by known wounds, received in the actual service of the U. States, during the revolutionary war."
The committee having passed thro' the bill, reported it without amendment.
The House immediately took up the report; and on the question to engross the bill for a third reading,
Mr. Alston asked for information with regard to a new principle which appeared to him to be contained in the first section. He observed that it was unknown to him whether the U. States had ever placed volunteers or militia on their pension list. If this had not heretofore been done, and it should be done at this late period, he did not know where the business would end. It would be no wise difficult for any person to bring forward some kind of evidence of a disability received in the revolutionary war, by showing that he had performed some service or other. With regard to those at present on the pension list of the states, it would be extremely difficult for them to produce the evidence required by this law; and the states might alter the passage of the bill sweep from their list pensioners of the description contemplated in the bill. Unless a proper explanation of these circumstances were made, Mr. A. said he could not vote for the bill.
Mr. Gregg moved to strike out the words relative to the making provision for persons disabled in the militia, or acting under the authority of a particular state. He said that he thought it a forced construction of the act of 1803 to extend its provisions to those persons employed in the militia service, or who acted under particular states. He read the provisions of that act, and observed that they did not contain a word respecting the militia, or those who acted under the orders of states. He could not see the propriety of placing on the pension list those who acted under the authority of the states. There might be some bodies who had been ordered out, by particular states, who so far from being recognized by the general government, had been called out in contravention of their orders. It would, Mr. G. thought be very extraordinary to place such men on the pension list of the United States. He believed that all proper objects who had been drawn out under state orders were on state pension lists. If these men were set afloat by this act, they might at this late day, owing to the difficulty of collecting proper evidence, be left without remedy.
Mr. John C. Smith said that the bill under consideration was precisely similar to one which had, at the last session, been agreed to in the House, and had been ordered to be engrossed for a third reading; but which had not been concisely acted upon. He observed that he had never been very tenacious of the principle on which gentlemen had animadverted; though he believed that the wounds received by the description of persons referred to had been as serious to them, and as important to their country, as those received by soldiers in the actual service of the U. S. It had been remarked that some of the states had made provision for this description of persons. Whether this was, or was not the case, he did not know. But if gentlemen would advert to the act of 1796, they would find a provision made for commissioned and non-commissioned officers and privates of the militia who had been in the service of U. S. since the revolutionary war. The principle in this bill was the same with that in the bill passed in 1796. In that instance the militia had been called out for the general service under the authority of particular states. Congress then thought proper to provide for such a case. Mr. Smith did not know any thing which made it less proper to provide for similar cases which had occurred during the revolutionary war. It was true that the provision would be applicable to but a few individuals, but this could not affect their claims to the justice of their country. How far this provision might operate unequally, especially on states who had already made provision for their militia, he did not know. He was not acquainted with the facts alluded to. He was perfectly willing that the bill should lie, until correct information should be obtained.
Mr. Marion hoped the words would not be struck out. He perceived no real difference between the claims of the militia and of those in regular service. It was true that some states had made provision for their militia. But every state in the union ought to bear the burthen of the war equally, it ought not to fall exclusively on those states which had been invaded, and whose militia had consequently been the most exposed. Although such states had made a provision it was more consensual to equity and justice that the union should bear

the burthen. Gentlemen should recollect that the section only provided for those who had been engaged in the general service.
The question was then taken on Mr. Gregg's motion, and lost—Ayes 16. It was then ordered, without a division, that the bill be engrossed for a third reading to-morrow.
On motion of Mr. Southard, Resolved, That a committee be appointed to enquire whether any and if any, what alterations are necessary in the act respecting the compensation to grand and other jurors summoned to serve in the courts of the U. S.
Mr. Southard prefaced this motion by stating that he had been informed that jurors in the different courts of the U. States received various compensations.
On motion of Mr. Thomas the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole—Mr. J. C. Smith in the chair—on the bill "supplementary to the act entitled an act regulating the grants of land appropriated for the refugees from the British provinces of Canada and Nova Scotia."
This bill directs the following locations of land and patents to be granted:
"To Charlotte Hazen, widow of Moses Hazen, sixteen hundred acres; Elijah Ayre, senior, one thousand acres; Elijah Ayre, jun. three hundred and twenty acres; and Anthony Burk, two hundred and fifty acres."
Mr. Thomas explained the grounds on which this bill is predicated, in virtue of the resolutions of the old Congress, when the committee rose and reported it without amendment; in which report the House immediately concurred, and ordered the bill to a third reading to-morrow.
Mr. Newton presented a memorial from A. J. Villard, representing his having made considerable improvements in the construction of gun-carriages, and submitting to Congress how far it may be expedient to compensate him.
Referred to the committee on that part of the President's Message that relates to the organisation and classification of the militia, and the augmentation of our land forces.
Mr. Morrow presented a petition, of a very interesting nature, from Francis Messonier, a native of France; stating that from numerous experiments made by him, in the vicinity of Cincinnati, in the state of Ohio, he believes he will be able to cultivate the vine with complete success; that the experiments made have issued in results equal to his most sanguine expectation; that he believes he will be able to supply wines of a quality equal to those of France competent to the demand of the state at one fourth of the price of imported wines; that the fever & ague, so prevalent on the western waters, is, in his opinion, greatly owing to the inability of the people, from the exorbitant price of wine, to consume it in connection with the bark; that he is convinced that the bottoms of Ohio are as favorable to the cultivation of the grape as the hills of France; and soliciting either the grant, or the sale on an extended credit of section 29, in township No. 3, range 9, on Mad river, a situation which he considers singularly favorable to a vineyard.
Referred to the committee of Commerce and Manufactures.
Mr. Parke moved the reference of the report on the letter of the President of the convention of Indiana, relative to the suspension of the 5th article of the compact between the U. States and the people of Indiana, and the memorial of the inhabitants of the said territory, to a select committee, which was agreed to, and a committee of seven members appointed.
Mr. Parke presented a memorial from the Legislative Council and House of Representatives of the Indiana territory, praying,
 1. The right of introducing slaves into this territory.  2. That residence for a prescribed time, and the payment of taxes may entitle every man to the full enjoyment of political rights.  3. A cession of the salt licks and springs (belonging to the U. States) to the territory, on condition that the lands of the U. States should be exempted from territorial taxes for seven years.  4. Submitting the situation of various species of unsatisfied claims for lands.  5. Remonstrating against a division of the territory.  6. And praying that they may be admitted, as soon as their population shall allow, as a state into the union, and not be divided into several states. 
Referred to the committee last appointed.
On motion of Mr. J. C. Smith, the committee of Claims were discharged from the further consideration of the petitions of John McEntire and Edwin Lewis, which were referred to the committee on the public lands.
Mr. Varnum, from the committee appointed to prepare rules for the government of the armies of the U. States reported a bill for establishing rules and articles for the government of the armies of the U. States; which was referred to a committee of the whole on Friday.
Mr. Morrow presented a petition from sundry inhabitants of Indiana, praying to be annexed to the state of Ohio, which was referred.
Mr. Tenny from the committee of Revision and Unfinished Business, made a further report.
Leave having been given, Mr. Tenny presented a bill to revive and continue in force an act to suspend in part the act regulating foreign coins and for other purposes; which was referred to a committee of the whole House to-morrow.
Mr. Morrow presented a petition from sundry purchasers of lands from the U. States, praying for an extension of the times of payment, which was referred to the committee on the public lands.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19.
The Speaker laid before the House a letter from governor Harrison, covering sundry resolutions of the legislature of Indiana against a division of that territory, which were referred to the committee constituted yesterday on the same subject.
The bill supplementary to the act regulating the grants of land appropriated for the refugees from the British provinces of Canada and Nova Scotia was read the third time and passed without a division.
The bill "to make provision for persons that have been disabled by known wounds, received in the actual service of the U. States, during the revolutionary war" was read the third time and passed by a great majority—Ayes 84.
The bill supplementary to the act making provision for the payment of Claims of citizens of the U. S. on the government of France, &c. under the convention of April 30, 1803, having passed through the committee of the whole, was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow.
The report of the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures on the petition of E. Toppan and others, authorising the remission of duties on certain goods exported to New-Orleans, having passed through the committee of the whole, the House referred the same to the said committee to bring in a bill.
In committee of the whole—Mr. Gregg in the chair—on the bill to revive and continue in force an act entitled an act to suspend, in part, the act entitled an act regulating foreign coins, and for other purposes.
The bill was read as follows:
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the act, intitled "An act to suspend in part the act, intitled an act regulating foreign coins, and for other purposes," approved on the thirtieth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and two, shall be, and the same is hereby revived and continued in force for the term of years from the passing hereof.
Mr. Tenney moved the following substitute after the enacting words:
"That so much of the act entitled an act regulating foreign coins, and for other purposes, as is contained in the second section thereof be and the same is hereby further suspended during the term of years from the end of the present session of Congress."
Mr. Varnum wished that the section referred to, which prohibits any foreign coin, excepting Spanish milled dollars, or parts thereof from being a legal tender, might, instead of being suspended, be repealed. That provision, he said, had been introduced under the idea that the coin of the United States would be sufficient for the demand, which had been found to be erroneous.
Mr. J. C. Smith differed so widely from the gentleman from Massachusetts that he entertained strong doubts of the policy even of suspending the provision. There were very few foreign coins in circulation besides Spanish milled dollars and British guineas. If the suspension were therefore confined to these, it would be, so far as respected the public convenience, equivalent to a repeal. Every one knew that there had been some years past a large quantity of bad money in circulation. By the proposed repeal, this description of money would be again brought back.
Mr. Macon (Speaker) said that if the idea of the gentleman from Pennsylvania were adopted, it would be necessary to go further than he had suggested. In addition to the coins mentioned by him, it would be proper to extend it to Portuguese guineas, which were extensively circulated. But he considered the proposition of the gentleman from Massachusetts the best. When we can do without foreign coins we may declare that they shall not be a legal tender. Since last May, when the provision contemplated to be renewed, ceased, there had been no complaints. The necessities of the country required the use of French coins. With regard to our own coin, in many parts of the union it was as difficult to find a flying as a gold Eagle. Into his part of the country, Mr. Macon said it never found its way.
Mr. Varnum moved to amend the amendment of Mr. Tenney, by striking out the words in Italy , and inserting in lieu thereof the word "repealed."
Mr. J. C. Smith hoped the amendment would not take place. If there were any real inconvenience it would be entirely obviated by the proposed suspension. He acknowledged that when he was up before the Portuguese gold had escaped his attention. But it was so clipped and mutilated as scarcely to be considered as coin; and the fact was that it was chiefly confined to the Banks. If the repealing provision should be confined to the gold coins he should have no great objection to it; but there was no necessity of introducing into the circulation any other silver coin than that now authorised. Some of the foreign coins was so roughly executed as not to furnish a proper protection against counterfeits. The great security, attending coins as well as Bank notes, was the excellence of the workmanship.
Mr. Jackson was in favor of the amendment offered by the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Varnum.) All economical writers agreed that the wealth of nations was intimately connected with the quantity of the circulating precious metals. For this reason he thought it impolitic to restrict the circulation of foreign coins in the United States. It was likewise improper to legislate frequently on the subject. It had been found that the mint could not furnish a sufficient supply of coin for our purposes, especially while such vast quantities went out of the country. All objections made to a repeal were obviated by the consideration that the existing law provides that foreign coins shall pass by weight. Mr. Jackson concluded by saying that it was his opinion that it was for the interest of the country that money should circulate more extensively than it ever had done.
Mr. Varnum said that the gentleman from Pennsylvania grounded his objection on the idea that foreign coins were more easily counterfeited than those of the United States. He should, however, recollect that those who resided in the country did not possess that kind of knowledge which belonged to those acquainted with Bank transactions; they saw but little money, and always in small quantities; and were as likely to take false coin of the United States, as foreign coin. The real situation of the United States as to money was this. In some parts of the country there was no specie whatever; there was nothing but paper. In the Eastern parts of the union this was peculiarly so, owing to the great number of Banks, which circulated the greater part of their notes at a considerable distance. This scarcity of specie arose in a great measure from foreign coins not being allowed to be a legal tender. He thought it would be highly beneficial to the United States to admit all foreign coins to be a legal tender, under the existing limitations of law. The question was then taken on Mr. Varnum's amendment, which was agreed to—Ayes 79.
Mr. Tenney's amendment, thus amended, was agreed to, when the committee rose. The House immediately took up, concurred, in their report, and ordered the bill to a third reading to-morrow.
On motion of Mr. G. W. Campbell, Resolved that a committee be appointed to enquire, whether any, and if any, what alterations are necessary to be made in the act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers, with authority to report by bill or otherwise.
On motion of Mr. Cook, Resolved that the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures be instructed to consider the several acts relative to bounties on salted fish taken in vessels of different sizes, and to consider what alterations, if any, are necessary to equalise such bounties; and that they be authorised to report by bill or otherwise.
On motion of Mr. Stanton, Resolved that the Committee of Ways and Means be instructed to enquire, whether any, and if any, what alterations are necessary to be made in the several acts fixing the salaries and emoluments of the collectors of the duties on Imports and Tonnage, and that they be authorised to report by bill or otherwise.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20.
An engrossed bill "supplementary to the act making provision for the payment of claims of citizens of the U. S. on the government of France," &c. under the convention of the 30th April, 1803, was read the third time and passed without a division.
An engrossed bill, repealing so much of an existing act of Congress as declares foreign coins not to be a legal tender, was read the third time and passed without a division.
Mr. Crowninshield having obtained leave, submitted, from the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures, a bill to extend the time of taking the oath and giving bond in cases of drawback, and for other purposes, which was referred to a committee of the whole on Thursday.
This bill extends the time to twenty days, and directs five days' notice to be given by the collectors, for which twenty cents, to be equally divided among the collector, naval officer and surveyor, shall be allowed.
Mr. Crowninshield, from the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures, submitted a bill for the relief of Edward Toppan, George Jenkins and William Currier, which was referred to a committee of the whole on Monday.
Mr. J. C. Smith, from the Committee of Claims, made a report on the memorial of Return J. Meigs, recommending the giving authority to the proper accounting officers of the treasury to settle the accounts of the governor, secretary and judges of the territory north west of the Ohio, for their services while acting in their respective capacities at any time before the first Tuesday in March, 1803, for the term between the admission of Ohio into the Union and the period of the first meeting of the state legislature.
Referred to a committee of the whole on Tuesday.
Mr. Parke presented a petition from the governor, secretary and judges of the Indiana territory, praying compensation for services rendered in the district of Louisiana, which was referred to the Committee of Claims.
On the motion of Mr. Findley a new rule was adopted, prescribing that it shall be the duty of any committee to meet on the call of any two of their members, if the chairman be absent or declines calling a meeting.
Committees appointed in the House of Representatives.
On the act of the legislature of South Carolina, authorising the city council of Charleston, with the consent of Congress, to impose a duty on tonnage—Referred to Messrs. Marion, Tracy, Smith of Virg. Broome and Cook.
On mitigating or remitting forfeitures, penalties and disabilities in certain cases—Referred to Messrs. Sails, Pitken, Bard, Morrow of Virg. and Fowler.
Standing Committee on the Public Lands.—Messrs. Gregg, Morrow, Ohio, Boyle, Clinton, Helms, Clay of Virg. and Bryan.
PETITIONS of—
John Earl jun. and Thomas H. Hazard, and of Elizabeth Peekham—referred to the committee of Commerce and Manufactures.
Nathaniel Elliott, praying that the post office at Colchester, Virg. may be discontinued, and an office established at Accomac—referred to the post office committee.
Samuel Downey, of Vassel White, of William A. Barron, and of William Love—referred to the committee of Claims.
Thos. Ketland referred to the committee of Commerce and Manufactures.
Samuel Beebe—referred to the committee of Ways and Means.
Nathaniel Irish, and of Wm. Breck, jun.—referred to the committee of Claims.
Return J. Meigs, jun. of John McIntire, and of John Lowry—referred to the committee of Claims.
Isaac Clason—referred to the committee of Commerce and Manufactures.
Peter Landais—referred to the Secretary of State.
Hannah Douglass, of Moses Tryon and Richard Law, jun.—referred to the Committee of Claims.
Ann Ledyard—referred to the committee of Claims.
WASHINGTON CITY.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 23.
Never before have the American prints been overwhelmed with such a flood of momentous intelligence. Events, of the most astonishing nature, succeed each other with a rapidity unprecedented; even on which the fate of empires, and we might almost say, the destiny of the old world hang. In addition to the details given, we might add much, only of subordinate interest, from the English prints which have not failed to realise the terrors of the crisis.
There was an interesting debate on Friday in the Senate on Dr. Logan's bill to suspend commercial intercourse between the U. States and St. Domingo. Messrs. Logan and Jackson advocated, and Messrs. S. Smith, Hillhouse, Mitchell and Adams opposed it. The debate became the more interesting from its implication of the general state of our foreign relations, and particularly the late British orders. No sentiment but that of reprobation was uttered, and the necessity of taking bold and commanding ground in defence of our violated rights was avowed on all hands. The further consideration of the bill was postponed till Monday. We shall endeavor to publish a sketch of the debate.
Hopes were entertained that, at the present interesting crisis, the voice of party would have been hushed. It was believed that the great and unequivocal interests of the nation required a sacrifice of those little jealousies and bickerings, which are at all times disreputable, & in such times as these disgraceful. It was rationally expected that as the government was necessarily, in such a state of things, to become the organ for obtaining security for national rights, or redress for national wrongs, that the measures it should take, would be supported by the undivided suffrage of the nation. With mortification, however, we are constrained to acknowledge our error. Although the national sentiment never was more unequivocally expressed, yet there are found some little souls who cannot, even in their country's cause, obliterate or even suspend the petty animosities which originally sprang from disappointed expectations. There are found some editors of prints, devoted to the ambitious views of men who dare not themselves boldly appear before the public, who have the temerity at this moment, when every American is sacrely called upon heart and hand to support the government in their just measures, not merely to hold up the conduct of the administration as reprehensible, but even to palliate, and, in some measure, defend the measures of the British government. The "ordering orders" of that government, to use the appropriate language of Mr. Crowninshield, by which Britain takes a decisive step towards the ultimate sovereignty of the ocean, and the immediate destruction of almost a moiety of our trade, is represented as the uniform principle which that government has practised since the year 1756, although it is allowed that so far as regards neutrals it has in every succeeding war been relaxed. What kind of principle is that which is thus more honored in the breach than in the observance? What
is the language which this relaxation speaks, but that either Britain doubted its justice, or was obliged to waive it, whenever she had not sheer power to enforce it? But why dignify it with the epithet of principle? It is acknowledged that it was unknown to maritime nations antecedently to the year 1756. Did then the will of Britain, here ipse dixit , make it a part of the law of nations? If it did not, it could not, even had it gone into operation, entirely owing to the application of force unconnected with right, would even that have made it a part of the law of nations? This is too absurd for a moment to imagine; for it makes force and right convertible terms.
But Britain has not even this ground to stand upon. She has, ever since 1756, waved her own principle, as she styles it, in consideration of peculiar circumstances. Thus it appears that peculiar circumstances gave rise to the order in 1756, and peculiar circumstances have produced its relaxation until the present moment? What are these peculiar circumstances but an equivalent phrase for the peculiar interests of Britain, to which every other consideration respecting the rights or the interests of other nations must bow? And does not this bring us to the precise point from which we started, that in making her will law, she substitutes naked force in the room of right.
But says the Boston Repository —the print which has extorted from us these animadversions—Mr. Jefferson knew the uniform adherence of Britain to the principle now so extensively practised by her; if unjust , it was his duty to remonstrate against it; and had he remonstrated with becoming spirit, an accommodation would doubtless have been the result. In this representation, the facts assumed are unfounded and the inferences unsound. Is it a fact that Mr. Jefferson has made no proper remonstrances on the subject? Is the Editor of the Repository , or those who fill his columns with their angry ebullitions, the depositories of Presidential confidence? Are they the keepers of the keys of the cabinet? Have they any authority for saying that the Executive has not remonstrated? Is there a citizen of America that will believe the declaration on such authority? For ourselves, knowing the prompt and zealous spirit with which the Executive discharge their high duties, we dare to say that on this occasion they have done their duty; and we confidently believe that proper representations have been made. Whether these representations will be followed by a favorable issue we cannot say. It is sincerely to be hoped they may. It may be, and we trust it will be, that Britain, if she is alone to be governed by her fears, will be driven from her purpose by the energetic expression of public opinion in this country; or if she is to be guided by principles of mutual benefit, that she will be shown that her present orders are altogether repugnant to them. If her cabinet will consent that these orders should stand or fall on the ground of fair argument, we can entertain no doubt of the issue. It can be demonstrated, and we presume, it has been demonstrated to her that those orders are unjust and oppressive, that they are neither countenanced by the laws or usages of nations, and that nothing but force can compel our citizens to submit to them.
The London Morning Chronicle of the 5th Nov. says, "we are happy to find, that the archduke Ferdinand has made his escape. It was reported in some of the Paris journals of the 28th that accounts of his being taken, along with 400 horse, had been received, but it does not seem to have been true. The news from Nuremberg, of the 23d, several days later than that in the Paris papers, states, that prince Murat had returned from the pursuit. He went no farther than Grasenberga. Both parties in this case violated the Prussian neutrality. Murat then came back by Newmark. This is four days after the surrender of Gen. Wernick. There are no authentic accounts of any actions with the combined Austrians and Russians. We find, however, an authentic account of the junction of Gen. Kienmayer with the first Russian army. It took place on the 15th, and the force of the Russians is about 48,000 men. That of Gen. Kienmayer, about 12,000 at most. This army of 60,000 men, is the only force with which the immense army of Bonaparte, amounting to at least 120,000 men, has in the first instance to contend."
"The only possibility of repelling the invasion which Bonaparte is determined to attempt, must depend on the aid of the Russians who are advancing. Letters from Buda, in Hungary, of the 6th, state, that 2 columns, amounting to 50,000 men, under Gen. Michelson, were on their march through West Galicia, and that two other columns of equal strength, were to follow. There is some danger, however, that they will arrive too late to be of service."
COMMUNICATION.
In the present crisis of our national affairs it becomes the duty of every young man to step forth and volunteer his services in defence of his injured country. Under this impression, a young gentleman of the City of Washington suggests the propriety of forming a volunteer corps in this city. There is scarcely a city in the Union in which there is not a number of volunteer companies, composed chiefly of its younger inhabitants, except in the city of Washington. There are sufficient in this city to form a respectable company; and were any exertions made, there exists no doubt but that the plan would be carried into effect.
If the plan is adopted, it ought to be soon; and it is to be hoped that mea-

sures will be speedily taken to carry it into execution.
JUVENIS.
We have seen a decree of GENERAL FERRAND, dated Santo Domingo, 26th Vendémiaire, 14th year (11th October, 1805) from which the following extracts are made.
ART. 1. All vessels detained either with clearances direct for the ports occupied by the rebels, or coming from thence with clearances from the Custom-houses, or plausibly suspected of masked clearances in order the better to establish their communications with the rebels, may be carried into the neighboring neutral or allied ports, on condition, however, of proving a lawful cause why they were not carried directly to Santo Domingo or to Havana; derogating in this respect from our decree of the 13th last Messidor.
The Captains General, Governors & Commandants in these Islands who cannot doubt the obligation of every nation to concur in measures which may stifle the rebellion in that of St. Domingo, are requested to authorise the entrance of these vessels into their ports.
ART. XI. A list shall be made by the same magistrate (the president regent of the Imperial audience or court of appeal) of the owners, insurers, laders, merchants, dealers, captains, supercargoes and others connected in commercial relations, or interest with the rebels, and designated in the correspondence and documents deposited as proofs of the offences. At the head of this list shall be inserted the owners & others interested in the vessels stopped in the act, and condemned as such on account of their clearances either direct for rebel ports, or exhibiting proof that they were coming from thence by receipts of the custom-houses, &c. The same operation shall be repeated every month.
Copies of these lists shall be delivered to every cruiser, which carries our letters of marque.
ART. XII. Every vessel whatever, navigating under any flag whatever on board of which shall be found invoices, bills of lading and other documents having any direct relation to one or more of the persons inserted in the lists directed by the preceding article, shall be provisionally detained without regard to the distance of the territorial sea or place in which she may be met, and shall be carried into port to be there examined. There, after the most exact examination, which shall be made by the competent tribunals, it shall be determined whether there is ground for a confiscation and condemnation of either the vessel or the whole or part of the cargo only; without in any case the captured captain being authorised to claim from the capturing cruiser, any indemnity on account of being forced from his course or delay in his voyage. The expenses of the procedure shall also be in this case imposed on the captives.
Foreign Intelligence.
SIXTH BULLETIN.
ELCHINGEN, Oct. 18.
The day of Ulm was one of the most brilliant in the history of France. The capitulation of the town is annexed, as well as the account of the regiment shut up there. The emperor might have taken the place by assault, but 20,000 men, defended by fortifications and wet ditches, would have made a resistance, and his desire was to save the effusion of blood. Gen. Mack, commander in chief of the army, was in the town: it is the fate of generals opposed to the emperor to be taken in fortified places. It will be recollected, that after the brilliant movements on the Brenta, the old field marshal Wurmser was made prisoner in Mantua; Melas was also at Alexandria; Mack also at Ulm. The Austrian army was the finest Austria ever had; it consisted of 14 regiments of infantry of the army of Bavaria, as it is called, 13 regiments from the Tyrol, and 5 regiments which had been sent in waggons from Italy—altogether 32 regiments of infantry and 15 regiments of cavalry.
The emperor had placed the army of prince Ferdinand in the same situation in which he had placed that of Melas. After having long hesitated, Melas adopted the noble resolution of piercing through the French army, which occasioned the battle of Marengo. Mack took another resolution: Ulm is a point of union of a great number of high roads; he had formed the plan of making his divisions retreat by these roads, to re-assemble them in Bohemia and the Tyrol. The division of Hohenzollern and Werneck marched off by Heydenheim. A small division retreated by Memmingen, but the emperor on the 12th hastened from Augsburg to Ulm, immediately disconcerted the projects of the enemy, ordered the bridge and position of Elchingen to be carried, which rendered every thing secure.
Marshal Soult, after having taken Memmingen, went in pursuit of the other columns. Prince Ferdinand had therefore no other resource than to surrender himself to be shut up in Ulm, or to endeavor, by cross roads, to join the division of Hohenzollern:—this prince adopted the latter resolution, and proceeded to Axiem with four squadrons of cavalry.
In the mean time prince Murat was in pursuit of prince Ferdinand. The division of Werneck endeavored to oppose him at Langenau. He took 3000 of them prisoners, one of which was a general officer, and 2 stands of colors. While he made a movement on his right to Heydenheim, marshal Lannes marched towards Asch and Nordlingen. The progress of the enemy was retarded by 500 waggons, and they were weakened by the battle of Lage-
neau. At this action prince Murat had much reason to be satisfied with the conduct of gen. Klein. The 20th regiment of dragons, the 9th light infantry, and the chasseurs of the imperial guard, particularly distinguished themselves. The aid-de-camp Brunet displayed a great deal of courage.
The action did not retard the march of prince Murat. He advanced rapidly towards Neresheim, and on the 17th, at 3 in the evening, he arrived before that position. The division of dragons of gen. Klein charged the enemy. Two standards, a general officer, and 1000 men were again taken at the battle of Neresheim. Prince Ferdinand and 7 of his generals, had barely time to get on horseback. Their dinner was found on the table. For two days they had no place of rest.
It appears that prince Ferdinand will not be able to escape the French army, unless by disguising his person, or getting off with a few squadrons by some by-path of Germany.
The emperor, when the army occupied the heights which commanded Ulm, sent for the prince of Lichtenstein, major general, who was shut up in the town, to communicate to him, that he wished it would capitulate: telling him, that if he took it by storm, he would be under the necessity of acting as he did at Jaffa, where the whole garrison was put to the sword: that it was one of the melancholy rights of war; that he wished that both he and the brave Austrian nation were spared the necessity of so dreadful an action—that the place was not tenable; that it therefore ought to surrender. The prince required that the officers and soldiers should have liberty to return to Austria. "I will grant it," replied the emperor, "to the officers, but not to the soldiers: for who will be my security that they will not be made to serve again?" Then after having hesitated a moment, he added—"Well, then, I will rely upon the word of prince Ferdinand. If he is in the town, I wish to give him a proof of my esteem, and I will grant to him what you require of me, hoping that the court of Vienna will not break the word of one of its princes." Upon M. Lichtenstein assuring him that prince Ferdinand was not in the town, Then," said the emperor, "I do not see who is to be my guarantee that the soldiers I send you back will not be employed again."
A brigade of four thousand men occupies one of the gates of Ulm.
On the night of the 16th there was a terrible hurricane; the Danube completely overflowed, and carried away almost all the bridges, which straitens us very much in our supplies of provisions.
On the 15th Marshal Bernadotte having pushed his advanced posts as far as Wassenbourg and Haag, on the road of Brahau, took 4 or 500 prisoners, and 17 pieces of cannon, of different sizes, having thus taken, since his entry at Munich, 1500 prisoners, 19 pieces of cannon, 200 horses, and a quantity of baggage, without the loss of a single man.
The emperor passed the Rhine on the 1st of Oct. the Danube the 6th, at five o'clock in the morning; the Lech the same day, at half past three, his troops entered Munich on the 12th; his advanced guard arrived on the Inn on the 15th. On the same day he was master of Memmingen, and on the 17th of Ulm.
He took from the enemy, at the battle of Wertingen, Guntzburg, Elchingen, the days of Memmingen and Ulm, and in the actions of Albeck, Langenau, and Neresheim, 40,000 men, infantry as well as cavalry, more than forty stand of colors, a great number of cannon, baggage waggons, &c. and to accomplish all this only marches and manœuvres were employed.
In these partial actions the loss of the French army amounts to no more than 500 killed and 1000 wounded. It is a common remark among the troops: "the emperor has found out a new method of making war—he only makes us use our legs instead of our bayonets." Five-sixths of the army have never fired a shot, which has mortified them much. But they have all marched a great deal, and they redouble their activity, when they have hopes of overtaking the enemy. The eulogy of the army may be made in two words. It is worthy of its chief.
The Austrian army may be considered as annihilated. The Austrians and Russians will be obliged to make many levies of recruits to resist the French army, which has destroyed an army of one hundred thousand men, without experiencing, we may say, any loss.
SEVENTH BULLETIN.
ELCHINGEN, Oct. 19.
On the 18th, at 5 o'clock in the morning, prince Murat arrived at Nordlingen, and succeeded in surrounding the division of Werneck. This general solicited a capitulation. The terms of the capitulation will not arrive until tomorrow. Lieuts. gen. Werneck, Buillet, Hohenzollern, and gens. Vagat, Mackey, Hohenfeld, Weiber, and Diensberg, are prisoners on parole, with permission to return home. The soldiers will be sent to France as prisoners of war. More than 2,000 cavalry have surrendered, and a brigade of dismounted dragons have been mounted on their horses. It is asserted, that the Reserve artillery of the Austrian army, consisting of five hundred carriages, is taken. It is supposed that all the remainder of the column under prince Ferdinand is at this moment surrounded, prince Murat having out-flanked his right on the side of Aalen, and marshal Lannes his left towards Nordlingen. We expect to hear the result of these manœuvres. Prince Ferdinand has now but few men left.
After an audience, which the emperor granted to gen. Mack, at 2 o'clock
this afternoon, marshal Berthier and that general signed an addition to the capitulation, purporting that Ulm must be evacuated by the Austrian garrison on the 20th.
There are at Ulm 27,000 men, 3000 horses, 18 generals, and from 60 to 80 pieces of cannon, with their horses. Half the emperor's guard has already set out for Augsburg; but his majesty consented to remain here to-morrow, to see the Austrian army file off. We become more certain every day, that there are not 20,000 men escaped of this army of 100,000 men, and this extraordinary advantage has been obtained without the effusion of blood.
It is supposed that the emperor will set out for Munich to-morrow evening. The Russian army has arrived on the Inn.
English Bulletin of the Grand Army.
ELCHINGEN, Oct. 20.
The following are the two capitulations announced in the Bulletin of yesterday, which were concluded by order of Prince Murat: the one being signed by the chief of Prince Murat's staff, and the other by Gen. Paucoumet.
The Emperor took his station, from 2 o'clock in the afternoon, to seven in the evening, on the heights near Ulm, where the Austrian army filed off in his presence. Thirty thousand men, two thousand of which are cavalry, with sixty pieces of cannon, and forty stands of colors, have surrendered to the victorious army.
NINTH BULLETIN.
ELCHINGEN, October 21.
The Emperor has just issued the subjoined proclamation and decrees: "His Majesty set off for Augsburg at noon this day."
"We are now in the possession of an accurate list of the army which was shut up in Ulm. It consisted of 35,000 men, to which number the 3000 wounded being added the total amounts to 38,000. There were also found in the place, 60 pieces of artillery, with their carriages and ammunition, and 50 stand of colors."
"Nothing can form a more striking contrast than the disposition of the French army, and that of the Austrian army. In the French army heroism is carried to the highest pitch; in the Austrian army dejection has reached its lowest level. The Austrian soldier is paid in paper money; he can remit nothing to his family, and he is ill treated. The French soldier thinks only of glory. A thousand traits might be particularised like the following: Breid, a private in the 76th, was about to have his thigh amputated—Life was already almost extinguished—At the moment when the surgeon was preparing to operate, the soldier stopped him—"I know that I shall not survive the operation," said he, "but no matter! The loss of one man will not prevent the 27th from marching with their bayonets extended, and formed in three ranks, against the enemy."
"The emperor had occasion to complain of nothing except the excessive ardour of the soldiers. Thus the 17th light infantry, which arrived before Ulm rushed into the place; and thus, during the capitulation, the whole army were so anxious to storm it, that the emperor was obliged to declare it as his positive intention, that the place should not be stormed."
"The first column of the prisoners at Ulm has just begun its march for France. The following is a statement of the total of our prisoners, at least of those actually known to have been taken, with their present situations:—10,000 at Augsburg, 33,000 at Ulm, 12,000 at Donauwerth, & 12,000, already on their march for France."
"The emperor, in his proclamation, says, that we have made 60,000 prisoners; it is probable that they exceed that number. He states the captured standards at 90; it is also probable that these amount to a greater number."
"The emperor addressed the Austrian Generals whom he sent for, as their army was filing past him, in the following terms:—"Gentlemen, your master carries on an unjust war. I tell you plainly, I know not for what I am fighting, I know not what can be required of me. It is not in this army alone that my resources consist, though were this the case, still my army and myself would make considerable progress. But I shall appeal to the testimony of your own prisoners of war, who will speedily pass through France; they will observe with their own eyes the spirit which animates my people, and with what eagerness they flock to my standards. This is the advantage of my nation, and my position. A single word, 200,000 volunteers crowd to my standard, and in six weeks become good soldiers—whereas your recruits only march from compulsion, and do not become soldiers but after several years."
"I would give my brother the Emperor of Germany one further piece of advice—let him hasten to make peace. This is the moment to recollect that all empires have an end—the idea that the end of the dynasty of the House of Lorraine may have arrived, should impress him with terror."
"I desire nothing upon the continent. I want ships, colonies, and commerce; and it is as much your interest as mine that I should have them."
"M. Mack replied, that the emperor of Germany had no wish for war, but was compelled to it by Russia. "If that be the case," said the Emperor, "then you are no longer a power."
"Most of the Generals have confessed how disagreeable the war was to them, and how much they were affected to see a Russian army in their country. They condemned that blind system of politics, which would bring into the centre of Europe a people accustomed to
live in an uncultivated country, and who as well as their forefathers, might take a fancy to settle in a milder climate."
"The Emperor has treated Lieutenant General Kienau (whom he knew as commander of the regiment of Wurmser) with much civility, as also the Lieutenant Generals Gidlay, Gettesheim, Rues, and the Prince of Lichtenstein, &c. comforting them in their misfortunes, and telling them that war has its chances, and that though frequently conquerors, they might sometimes be conquered."
NAPOLEON, EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH AND KING OF ITALY.
We have decreed, and do hereby decree as follows:
ART. 1. Possession shall be forthwith taken of all the states in Suabia belonging to the House of Austria.
2. The military contributions which shall be levied thereon, together with the produce of the ordinary contributions, shall be entirely appropriated to the army. All the magazines taken from the enemy, those of artillery and provisions excepted, shall likewise become its property. Every individual shall share in the contribution, in proportion to his rank.
3. All contributions levied by individuals, and all articles taken out of the enemy's magazines, shall be restored to the general mass; it being improper that any person should avail himself of the laws of war, to the prejudice of the general mass of the army.
4. There shall forthwith be appointed a Treasurer and Director General, who shall account monthly to a military council of administration, for the produce of the contributions levied, a statement of which, with its reparation shall be printed.
5. The pay of the army shall be regularly advanced from the fund of our imperial treasury.
6. Our minister at war is charged with the execution of the present decrees.
(Signed.) NAPOLEON.
TENTH BULLETIN.
Augstberg, Oct. 22.—On the capitulation of Gen. Werneck, near Nordlingen, prince Ferdinand with a body of one thousand horse, and a portion of artillery, had taken to flight as he threw himself into the Russian territory and took the route by Gunzenhausen for Nuremberg. Prince Murat followed on his heels, and succeeded in overtaking him; which gave rise to a battle on the road between Furth and Nuremberg, on the night of the 21st. All the rest of the park of artillery, and all the baggage, without exception, were taken. The Chasseurs a Cheval of the Imperial Guard covered themselves with glory; they overthrew every thing which opposed them; they charged Mack's regiments of Cuirassiers. The two regiments of Carabiniers have sustained their reputation.
We are full of astonishment when we consider the march of Prince Murat from Albeck to Nuremberg. Although always fighting, he succeeded in spced the enemy, who were two days march before him. The result of this prodigious activity was the taking of 15000 waggons, 30 pieces of cannon, 16,000 men, including the capitulation of General Werneck, and of a great number of colors. Eighteen Generals have laid down their arms. Three were killed.
[Here follows an enumeration of officers who distinguished themselves.]
On the 21st, at night, prince Murat slept at Nuremberg, where he slept the 22d.
The division of Wurtemberg is arrived at Geisengen.
No idea can be formed of the misery of the Austrian army—they are paid in notes by which they lose 40 per cent.—Our soldiers pleasantly call the Austrians, paper soldiers. They are without any credit. The House of Austria could not any where borrow 10,000 francs. The generals themselves have not seen a piece of gold for several years. The English, when they heard of the invasion of Bavaria, made a little present to the emperor of Austria, which has not rendered him more rich; they have engaged to remit him the 48 millions, which they had lent him the last year. If this be an advantage to the House of Austria, it has already paid pretty dear for it.
Bulletin of the Italian Army.
Oct. 13.—14th year.
At 4 o'clock in the morning the general in chief caused the bridge of the old castle of Verona to be attacked.—The wall which barricaded its middle was thrown down by means of a petard.
The two columns which the Austrians had made, were rendered practicable by the aid of planks and boards; & 24 companies of Voltigeurs sprung from the other side of the river, from whence they were followed by the first division.
The enemy warmly defended the passage; they were driven back and chased from all their positions, after a battle which lasted till six o'clock in the evening. They lost 7 pieces of cannon and 18 covered waggons.
We took 14 or 1500 prisoners, and killed or wounded nearly an equal number; but a few combatants fell on our side.
We had about 300 slightly wounded.
A bridge-head was immediately constructed at the bridge of the Old Castle. We shall make known the results of this happy day.
LONDON, Nov. 7.
A report was circulated at Paris last Monday, that the emperor of Austria had applied for a cessation of hostilities, and that Bonaparte had answered that he would consent to a cessation, on condition of the emperor of Germany sending back the Russians, renouncing his alliance with England, and placing Venice and the Tyrolese in the hands of the emperor of the French.
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No, a little farm of only 135 acres 34ths still unenclosed, adjacent to the Meadow Farm.
The object in this sale being to raise as much money as may be necessary to release the only incumbrance that exists on the above property; if the several purchasers produce the sum required, they will respectively be allowed a credit of part of the purchase money, as an inducement to them to buy as largely as they may wish to do; and no money will be required, but in exchange for a clear deed.
FERDINAND FAIRFAX.
Charles Town, Dec. 23, 1805—32—wtf
N. B. The sale will take place at the Rocks; and should any of the above land be previously disposed of by private sale, notice will be published in due time.
NOTICE.
J. J. RAY respectfully acquaints the Gentlemen and Ladies of Washington and George Town, that he has been affected by repeated misfortunes in a mercantile career, and is deprived of his property, whereby he is constrained to resort to his own talents (God's gifts) to seek a new after an honest and virtuous support of life; whose choice would be the education of youth to speak, read, and write English properly, and either or instruct them in the French or Spanish languages grammatically, in private families or public schools—he shall give proofs of sobriety, modesty, and decency, which are the most commendable qualifications in a teacher for the purpose. He relies on the encouragement and liberal patronage of parents to promote his desire, as his terms will be quite reasonable. A line or word thereof left at this office will be gratefully received.
December 23—3t

To Lease or Rent, FOR a term of years a MILL and PLAN- TATION, lying in Prince George's county, about three miles from Bladensburg—terms of disposal will be made known by applying to the subscriber residing at King's Hotel, city of Washington or Richard Pownall of Blad- ensburg. JOHN H. BEALL. Decem. 27—tf
Twenty Dollars Reward, WILL be given for apprehending negro JAME a very low and tolerable fully woman about 33 years of age, but from appearance older, very black and much marked with the small pox which occasioned a small defect in one of her eyes, has lost one of her foreteeth, has a very artful and cunning, procured a free pass, and passes by the name of Charity Shorter; she was formerly the pro- perty of John Chittenden of this county, and was run away for near eight years, was appre- hended and sold to me in 1803 and was hired by me to a certain Thomas King of Prince George's county, from whom she absconded in Oct. 1804 and has been lurking. I do fur- ther say that she was hired or gone to Calvert county where I have understood her husband has gone. The above reward will be given to any person who will lodge her in jail so that I get her again, or deliver her to Mr. Samuel Speake city of Washington, or to the subscriber living in Charles county Maryland, near Port Tobacco. P.S. I forewarn any person from harboring or employing said woman, at their peril. MANY SIMMS. Nov. 27—tf
PUBLIC SALE. CONFORMALLY to an order issued from the hon. court of Calvert County on September term last, the subscribers will offer at Pub- lic Auction on Tuesday the 4th day of February next, if fair, if not the first fair day thereafter, at the late residence of Nathan Smith deceased, at the hour of 12 o'clock.
A valuable Tract of Land containing Four Hundred and Fourteen acres, and Fourteen Perches. This truly fertile spot may justly be ranked as first-rate land, the soil being extremely rich, capable of pro- ducing wheat, hemp, flax, clover, timothy, Indian corn and fine tobacco; the greater part of this beautiful place lies extremely level, and we should do injustice to it, did we neglect to say that few places are equal and none can excel it; the improvements are convenient and in tolerable repair, and as it is presumed that those who are inclined to purchase will view the premises previous to the day of sale, it renders a full detail of the improvements unnecessary. This place lies within four miles of Nottingham and about six from Rig Point, has a sufficiency of timber and wood to sup- ply it, a tolerable apple orchard, with other fruit trees.
The terms of sale are, that bond and ap- proved security will be required, on the day of sale, payable in two equal payments, the first in twelve, and the second in eighteen months, with yearly interest on the balance money unpaid, the sale to be subject to the ratification and confirmation of the court, and upon the whole purchase money and interest being paid (and not before) the purchaser or purchasers will receive an indispensable title to the premises so bargained and sold. Pos- session will be given on the day of sale. This land will be sold altogether or in lots as may appear most conducive to the interest of the representatives. Joseph Blake, } Com'rs. Charles Williamson, Richard Ireland, Jun. } Nov. 27—2m
LUMBER Wanted Immediately. PROPOSALS sealed up, post paid & ad- dressed to Robert Underwood, of this city, will be received until the 20th Monday in the pre- sent month. Bidding precisely the lowest term on which the proposer is willing to contract for supplying the following described lumber, to be delivered at the Tiber creek in this city, and which is designed for improving the navi- gation of said creek, so as to admit vessels of One Hundred Tons and upwards to pass up at least 3000 feet, from its junction with the Potomac, viz: 4 or 500 Red Cedar or White Oak posts, from 15 to 18 feet long, capable of squaring 7 inches at the butt end, and to designed to the price of each kind of timber. Four hundred White Oak Poles, 20 feet long to square 3 or 4 inches at the top end. Thirty thousand feet of 2 inch pitch pine plank, from 10 to 12 feet long. Washington city, Dec. 16—tf
SPERMACETI OIL & CANDLES. 50 Boxes superior quality Spermaceti Can- dles. 10 Barrels do. do. do. Oil, just landed and for sale by the box and bar- rel by JOHN GOULDING, at his grocery store in Bridge Street, George Town, where he continues to be supplied as usual, with the oldest and best liquors, for sale in casks and bottles, and by retail—a- mong which are 30 cases of real Holland Gin. Also a small box of FLAKE SPER- MACITI for Medicine. Nov. 23—1m
New DRY GOOD STORE. BENJ. & HORATIO JONES, HAVE just received at their store in High Street, next door to Mr. John Cox's, a handsome assortment of Fall and Winter Goods, which being laid in on the best terms, they will dispose of them unreasonably low, for all Gerge Town. Nov. 13—6w
WANTED, A WOMAN that understands plain cooking and house work; likewise a GIRL of about 14 years of age to take care of children—none need apply but those who can bring unexcep- tionable recommendations. Enquire at the last house from the west end of the Six Build- ings and at this office. Nov. 27—tf
F. OLIVER, TAKES the liberty to acquaint her friends, and the public in general, that she has just received a handsome assortment of MILLINE- RY of the very newest fashions. Also a va- riety of Dry Goods, Consisting of Mantillas, and Florence silks, Crapes, Peeloons, plain and figured sarinets, Bombazens and Bombazettes, Plush and velvets of different colours, Plain and figured gauzes, laced cambric and lino, Worked and mul-mul mufins, A variety of handsome chinizes, calicoes and dimities, flannels and linens, Silk shawls, Madras and cotton handkerchiefs, A variety of head handkerchiefs, Laced point brilliant do. Soufflee gauze do. Flowers and feathers, Gold and silver trimmings, Silk and cotton do and buttons, Real gold and silver spangles and thread, Black and white laces and veils, A variety of ladies and gentlemen's gloves, Do. of ladies and gentlemen's hose, Leghorn, split straw, and chip hats and bon- nets, Muffs and tippets, Furs for trimmings, A new assortment of Murray's best shoes. Together with a variety of other articles too numerous for an advertisement. Dec. 4—2w
Public Sale. By virtue of an order from the Orphans court of Anne Arundel county, the subscriber will offer, at public sale, on the 23d day of December next, if fair, if not, the first fair day thereafter, at the late dwelling plantation of Randolph Brandt, Latimer, eq. deceased, in Charles county, a part of the personal estate of the said deceased, consisting of NEGRO MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN, among which are several valuable plantation men; horses, two mules, cattle, household furniture and plantation utensils, and sundry other articles. The sale to commence at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, and to continue till all the things are sold. Terms of sale ready cash. RICHARD H. HARWOOD, Adm'r. Annapolis, Dec. 9—7t
Public Sale. By virtue of a decree of the circuit court of the district of Columbia for the county of Washington, in the suit of Robert S. Bickley against Thomas Peter, Thomas Munroe, Ro- bert Brent, Benjamin Stoddert, Elias B. Caldwell, Wm. Thornton, John Stithney, Adam Lindsey, Edw. Prithy, James Douglass, Francis Lowndes, Samuel Blodgett, Thos. McKenon, Wm. Davidson and Wm. Smith defendants in chancery—Will be sold on Thursday the 2d day of January next enuing, at Stille's Hotel, to the highest bid- der, at public auction, on credit of 6 and 9 months by equal installments, the purchasers giv- ing their notes with approved endorser ne- gotiable in the Bank of Columbia or the Branch Bank or the United States in the city of Washington, in the sum of property situated in the said city as below described, or to such thereof as shall be sufficient to raise a sum to satisfy the complainant's debt and costs, and the expenses attending the execu- tion of this decree, to wit:—Square number- ed 195 sq 277, sq 334 sq west of sq 309, sq east of sq 475. Lots numbered 6 7 8 9 10, 11, 12, in sq 159. Lots numbered 1, 2 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, in sq 182. Lots numbered 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, in sq 212. Lot numbered 10, in sq 84. Lots numbered 7, 8, 9, in sq 225. Lots numbered 1, 4, 5, 7, 14, 18, in sq 200. Lot numbered 21, in sq 254. Lots numbered 4, and 20, in sq 4. Lot numbered 21, in sq 16. Lot numbered 5, in sq 12. Square 193. Lots numbered 156, 157, 180, 208, 210, 239, 241, 279, 308, 310, 336, 337, 338, 353, 365, 366, 394, 396, 397, 417, 442, 443, 476, 478, 508, 509, 519, sq north of sq 242. Sq North of sq 333. Sq north of sq 396, and square north of sq 508—and also the following lots to wit: Numbered 8, in sq 161. Lots numbered 1, 12, 13, & 14, in sq 361. Lots numbered 1, 2, 3, & 10, in sq 393. Lots numbered 1, 2, & 3, in sq 410. Also, several certain ground rents reserved by said Blodgett, amounting in the whole to 80 dollars per annum. And also, all that square in the said city of Washington, known and distinguished in the plan of the said city by sq. No. 653 except that part of the said sq alleged to be sold and conveyed by the said Samuel Blodgett, and Benjamin Stoddert to Adam Lindsey, one of the defendants herein- named. On Lot No. 9, in sq 225 are erected the walls of two large two story houses, and on q. No. 200 are also two houses, one of wood and the other of brick. Plots of the differ- ent squares and lots, containing the number of sq. feet, and showing the lots on which buildings are placed will be exhibited on the day of sale.
The sale will commence precisely at 10 o'clock, A. M. and if a sufficiency of property to satisfy the debt, &c. shall not be sold on that day, it will be continued to the next, and the day after if necessary. DANIEL C. BRENT, Trustee. Dec. 4—2wtf
Notice is hereby given, that the subscriber is authorized by the administra- tor to collect all debts due to the estate of John Dunlap late of George Town deceased. All persons indebted are therefore desired to call and settle their accounts, as otherwise suits will be commenced immediately. JOHN MURDOCH. George Town, Dec. 12—tf
STELLE'S HOTEL & CITY TAVERN. THE Subscriber takes this method of thanking his friends and the public for their favors whilst on the Capitol Square and begs leave to acquaint them that he has taken the Spacious Hotel lately erected by Mr. Carroll, near the Capitol. The hotel being above one hundred feet in front, and containing fifty rooms enables the subscriber to offer every accommodation to members of Congress and travellers which can be expected in a public house. PONTIUS D. STELLE. Washington City, March 23—tf N. B.—P. D. S. will rent the house lately occupied by him on the adjoining square.
NOTICE. By virtue of a decree of the high court of chancery of the state of Mary- land will be sold at 12 o'clock on Friday the 17th day of January next at public auction on the premises. Two tracts or parcels of land in Montgomery county called Magruders purchase and addition to resurvey on Magru- ders purchase, but lately distinguished by the name of "Fruit Hills," containing by estima- tion two hundred and ninety five and one half acres. On the premises are tolerable buildings and an excellent orchard. The whole situated about five or six miles from the city of Wash- ington and George Town, and has great facilities of communication in all directions. The terms of sale are that the purchaser shall at his or her election either pay the purchase money on day of sale or on the day of the ratification of the sale by the chancery or which will not be less than five weeks nor more than six weeks from the day of sale, and will be notified in the newspaper where the sale is ad- vertised. NICHOLS BREWER, Trustee. Nov. 29—edof N. B. If the day appointed be a bad day the sale will take place the first fair day there- after. N. B.
KING'S HOTEL. The subscriber begs leave to inform his friends and the public generally, that he has moved from the Navy Yard to the Capitol Hill, in the hotel lately occupied by Mr. P. D. Stelle, where he hopes to be favoured with a part of their patronage. It being a desirable situation, and the convenien- cies of the hotel excelled by none in the city. He therefore hopes to please those that call upon him in every instance. WILLIAM R. KING. August 30—ef
City of Washington, Sept. 9, 1805. Several persons under the impression that the public lots in this city are to be disposed of in future by public sales only, having made enquiries when the next sale will probably take place, we are requested to state that those lots may at any time be purchased at pri- vate sale of the Superintendent of the City. Sept. 9—tf
Twenty Dollars Reward. AARON, a mulatto man about 43 years old, left the city of Washington early in October, and was seen on the road leading from Alexandria to Leesburg in company with a black woman, who I am informed is the property of some person in the vicinity of this place—ris about 5 feet 10 inches high, has fair hair, very bald in one of his eyes (I think it is the left) near his nose, there is an indented scar occasioned by a stroke he received, which fractured the bone in that place, and whenever he has it in his power never fails to drink to excess. It is probable that he has gone to Jefferson or Berkeley county in Virginia, where he formerly resided, and from thence will endeavor to go to Kentucky. The above reward will be paid to any person who will have him committed to jail, and give information thereof to the subscriber in George Town, district of Columbia. EDWARD GANTT. Nov. 17—tf
Adam King, and Co. Having this day received, and are now opening a very handsome assortment of FALL Goods with which they can afford to accom- modate their customers on better terms than they are usually bought, and which having arrived late in the season induces them to sell by the piece or package at the most reduced prices for cash or tobacco. They have also added to their former stock of old wines and liquors, a complete assortment of groceries, and expect in a few days a large supply of fresh fruits—they have likewise on hand a large and general assortment of hard ware and cutlery. Geo. Town, Dec. 2—tf
Twenty Dollars Reward. WILL be given for apprehending NIM, a small mulatto fellow, about 5 feet 4 inches and a half high, active and well made, 22 or 23 years of age, tho' perhaps of an appear- ance more youthful, and cunning, and artful in the extreme. His features are regular, and the expression of his countenance agreeable— his thumbs are short and unusually thick at the ends—he is an excellent coachman and hostler, having done little else than attend to horses for many years. He carried with him a short blue cloth coat, corduroy pantaloons, and a drab great coat, and many other ar- ticles of clothing in a pair of black faddle bags. The above reward will be given for seizing him in jail. JOHN COLES. Albemarle county Virg Nov. 1— WASHINGTON CITY.
BOARDING HOUSE. Mrs. THOMPSON, RESPECTFULLY informs the Members of Congress and others, that having taken Two of the Six Buildings, she is prepared for general accommodation of a number of Ladies and Gentlemen, as transient boarders or by the year. Those who honor her with their custom, will find it an eligible spot, situated half way between the President's house and George Town; dry, healthy, and convenient to the Public Offices. She has apartments for servants, excellent stables and coach houses, and will spare no pains to give general satis- faction. November 25—
The Partnership of JOHN CROW & THOS. C. WRIGHT, Trading under the firm of Crow and Wright is this day dissolved by mutual consent—those indebted to the said firm are requested to make immediate payment to Thomas C. Wright, and all persons having any claims thereon, are requested to send them in without delay, as the books will be closed and put into the hands of Thomas Herity for collection and suit after the 25th of December. JOHN CROW, THOS. C. WRIGHT. George Town, Nov. 30— The business will be conducted in future at the same place by THOS. C. WRIGHT, for cash. December 9—1m
NOTICE. Christmas day being an Holy day, this office will not be open. Notes for discount on that day, must be left in the office on Monday the 23d before 3 o'clock P. M. NOTICE Is hereby given that the joint committee of the City Council, will meet on the first Monday in January next, to hear complaints of those persons who conceive themselves aggrieved by the assessment of 1805. By order of the Council of Washington. WASHINGTON BOYD, Treasurer of Washington city. Dec. 20—1am.6
ELIAS B. CALDWELL, ATTORNEY AT LAW, HAS removed his Office, to the house lately occupied by Mr. LAW, on Capitol Hill. Washington, July 26—tf
WILLIAM WATERS, HAS removed to Washington near the West Market, between the six and seven buildings; and offers for sale a choice selection of Wines, Liquors and Groceries. Dec. 2d—1w3t.
FORENSIC ELOQUENCE, JUST PUBLISHED By G. DOUGLAS, Bookseller, Baltimore, Sketches of Trials in Ireland For High Treason, &c. including the speeches of Mr. CURRAN at length, with an elegant engraved Likeness of that Orator. Second Edition with considerable additions. Where may be had THE AMERICAN NEWS, A collection of the Lives of the most celebrat- ed men who have contributed to the discovery the settlement, and the independence of North America. December 13—6t
On a liberal credit. THE subscriber will dispose of at private sale, his estate called Chichester, lying on the eastern branch, immediately opposite the city of Washington. This tract of land containing 697 acres is laid off in lots from 83 to 124 acres for the convenience of pur- chasers. Plats of the estate and the terms of sale are in the hands of colonel Hanlon at the navy yard, and Charles Wayman of George Town. The lots will be shown by Mr. Weddle, living on the premises, near the Eastern Branch bridge. ANTHONY ADDISON. Barnaby, 12th June 1805—tf
100 DOLLARS REWARD. Ranaway from the Subscri- ber on the evening of the 17th instant two negro men named BEN and DICK—Ben is about 23 years of age, and was purchased from Joseph Knapp, and Dick somewhat older, was purchased from Mr. Driver—the former is rather a mulatto; the latter of a shining black. Whoever secures the said negroes in any jail in this city, Annapolis or Baltimore shall receive the above reward, or if delivered to us at our residence in Summer county, on Station Camp, Tennessee, shall receive Fifty Dollars additional. JAMES NORRIS & JAMES LAUDABLE, Washington, Dec. 16—6t N. B. Said negroes were handcuffed. Masters of vessels and others forewarned from harboring said fellows, as they will be prosecuted with the utmost rigor should they do it.
CENTREVILLE ACADEMY. ON the second day of January next an academy will be opened in this place for the reception of students under the direction of the Rev. Mr. SMYDER, assisted by one or more Ushers. This Gentleman has conducted different Academies for the space of several years past, with great credit; his department is consonant to his station, and to the accomplishments of the scholar he adds the happy facility of ex- citing in his pupils the symptoms of literary genius, and to cultivate their mental improve- ments. In this institution will be taught the Latin and Greek Languages; the English Language grammatically; Geography, History, Elo- quence; the various branches of the Mathema- tics; Writing; Arithmetic and Book Keep- ing. There are few places in our country more advantageously situated for an institution of this nature, than this. Its situation is very elevated and the air salubrious; and in the centre of a remarkably healthy neighbor- hood; the necessaries of life are cheap and may easily be procured. The strictest atten- tion will be paid to the morals of the students both in and out of school. The terms of tuition will be; for the Latin and Greek Languages, including Ge- ography & 25 Dollars; for the Mathema- tics 20 Dollars; for Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic, 14 Dollars per annum, paid quarterly in advance. A small contribution will be required from each pupil for the pur- chase of fire-wood. Centreville. Dec. 18—ep
MASONIC PROCESSION. ON Friday the 27th inst. a Masonic Pro- cession will be formed by the Brethren of Lodges Nos. 15, 35 and 41, to attend Divine Service, delivered by the Rev. Brother McCormick, at 12 o'clock. All Brothers who are not members within the city, and wish to join the procession, are respectfully invited to attend at the different Lodge rooms at 9 o'clock in the morning. Dec. 18—3t
FOR SALE, On the wharf of James Barry, eq. 20 Punches 4th proof Jamaica rum, 40 Boxes 12 by 10 London crown window glass 15 — 18 by 12 do. do. 40 Boxes fresh bloom brimstone, 2 Pipes cogniac brandy, Also, Brown sugar in barrels and hds. L. P. Madeira } Wines by the quarter cask L. P. Teneriffe } half pipe and pipe. BULLER COCKE. Washington, Dec. 18—3t
OFFICE OF DISCOUNT AND DEPO- SIT, WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 1805. Christmas day being an Holy day, this office will not be open. Notes for discount on that day, must be left in the office on Monday the 23d before 3 o'clock P. M.
NOTICE Is hereby given that the joint committee of the City Council, will meet on the first Monday in January next, to hear complaints of those persons who conceive themselves aggrieved by the assessment of 1805. By order of the Council of Washington. WASHINGTON BOYD, Treasurer of Washington city. Dec. 20—1am.6
ELIAS B. CALDWELL, ATTORNEY AT LAW, HAS removed his Office, to the house lately occupied by Mr. LAW, on Capitol Hill. Washington, July 26—tf
WILLIAM WATERS, HAS removed to Washington near the West Market, between the six and seven buildings; and offers for sale a choice selection of Wines, Liquors and Groceries. Dec. 2d—1w3t.
This is to give Notice, THAT the subscriber hath obtained from the Orphans court of St. Mary's county, Maryland, letters of administration on the personal estate of Augustine Spalding late of St. Mary's county, deceased. All persons having claims against the said deceased, are hereby warned to exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof, to the subscriber, at or be- fore the 15th day of June next, they may otherwise by law be excluded from all benefit of said estate. Given under my hand this 14th day of December 1805. BARBARA SPALDING, adm'x. December 20—3t
FURNISHED LODGINGS. THE Subscriber will rent a handsome Parlor and 2 Lodging rooms furnished with or without Board, a garage, part of a cellar, part of a smoke house, part of a stable, etc. Apply to Thady Hogan, North E Street near St. Patrick's church. Washington city, 20th Dec—3t
FOR SALE, Wholesale and Retail, By The subscribers, at their store near the Union Tavern, an extensive assortment of Wines Liquors and Provisions, consisting of London particular Madeira, 1. do. do. Teneriffe, Sherry, } Port, } Sicily, } Lisbon, } Malaga, } Co. ficau, } Cognac brandy, 1st and 4th proof, Old Jamaica spirits, Holland gin in pipes and cases, Country do. Old rye and inferior whiskey A large and fresh assortment of teas, Pennington's double and single refined lump sugars, 100 boxes tallow and spermaceti candles, Spermaceti oil in tiers, Spanish olives, A small invoice of elegant cut glass, consisting of decanters, water bottles, tumblers and wine glasses. Also, 20 hogsheads and 22 barrels of Muscovado sugar of different qualities, 4000 pounds green and white coffee, in hds. barrels and bags. They are in daily expectation of receiving from New York, Mackerel in barrels, Apples, Onions and 5000 weight of Cothen Cheese. ROSS & ILLASANTON. George Town, Dec. 11—3t
1500 DOLLARS REWARD. HIGHWAY ROBBERY. YESTERDAY about 10 o'clock in the forenoon, Mr. JOHN PETER, an Officer of the BANK OF COLUMBIA, was stopped on horseback on the road between this town and Alexandria, and within about a mile of the latter place, by some unknown villain, shot through the body with a pistol, and robbed of a sum of money in his possession belonging to this institution which he was taking to Alex- andria, for the purpose of exchanging with the banks there. The whole sum taken amounted Eighteen Thousand One hundred and Fourteen Dollars and Sixty-five Cents, made up in several pack- ages, among which were, Dol. C. 1 post note of the Bank of Virginia, for 300 1 do. of the same, for 500 1 do. of the same, for 500 1 do. of the same, for 450 1 do. of the Bank of Potomac in favor of Joseph Riddle by him endorsed to Washington Bowie, dated 6 July, 1805, No 117 149 65
A check of the Union Bank, on the Bank of Alexandria, drawn by B. Higginbotham, cashier, in favor of Greatham and Doversen, by them endorsed and by Benj. Stoddert, and C. Smith, Teller. There were also a parcel of post notes of the Bank of Alexandria for 100 dollars, and for 50 dollars, each. The remainder was in cur- rent notes, principally of the banks of Alex- andria and Potomac, and some few of the Bank of Virginia of different faces and den- ominations. As the attack was sudden, and the wound received of a nature to deprive Mr. Peter instantly of his senses, (although it is now hoped he will recover) the description obtained may not be very accurate—as far as we are in- formed—the man who perpetrated the act, is of middle stature, good countenance, and had a genteel appearance. He had on a dark blue or black coat, nankian pantaloons, shoes, and a black hat, he was on foot and alone at the time, but may have had accomplices conceal- ed, and will probably change his clothes. FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS will be given to any person or persons, who will detect and bring to conviction the robber; and ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS additional for the recovery of the whole of the money, or in pro- portion for any smaller sum recovered—should there be accomplices, and one of them make a discovery, so that it leads to the conviction of the robber, or to the recovery of the money he shall receive the above reward, and interest will be made to obtain his pardon. WILLIAM WHANN, Cashier of the Bank of Columbia. George Town, July 31—
Forty Dollars Reward. RANAWAY from the subscriber, living in Harrisonburg, Rockingham county, Vir- ginia, JANE, a mulatto woman. She is about 22 years of age, very tall, straight back hair longer than common, has an affect- ed delicate voice. She has been seen near New Market. It is probable she will endea- vor to pass for a free person, and produce a forged pass. If she is taken in Rockingham or Shenandoah counties, I will give fifteen dollars, provided she is so secured that I can have her again; if 100 miles from Harrisonburg go dollars; if out of the state the above men- tioned reward, secured as aforesaid. She left this place about the 5th of September last. FREDERICK SPANGLER. Harrisburg, Dec 13—w3t