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NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER,
AND WASHINGTON ADVERTISER.
VOL. VII.
WASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
No. 1092.
FIVE DOLLARS PER ANNUM,
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1807.
PAID IN ADVANCE.
CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES.
On the motion to commit Messrs. Burr, Blannerhasset, and Smith.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24.
(CONTINUED.)
Mr. Neal was then called into court and sworn. Mr. Hay. Will you state to the judge what you know of the publication in the Marietta Gazette, under the signature of Querist? A. About 1st Sept. Mr. Blannerhasset sent for me, and told me that he had something to copy about the division of the states; and that the Printer had met with some difficulty in understanding the writing of the first No. I copied the 2nd and 3rd No's. and carried them to Fairlamb, the printer at Marietta, and gave them to him. Q. Did you read the papers as they came out? A. Yes. Mr. Blannerhasset supplied me with the whole. Q. Did they correspond with the manuscript? A. Yes. The very same I think. The court accepted them, but on the suggestion of Mr. Hay, the reading was waved, and they were to be put into the possession of the Chief Justice.
At Mr. Hay's suggestion, all the witnesses who had been examined, were agreed to be discharged, except gen. Eaton. He declared that he did not "wish to go."
JOHN G. HENDERSON.
I rode with Mr. Blannerhasset and his wife to my brother's house, on the second Monday in September last. When we got near to my brother's, Mr. Blannerhasset introduced the subject of the separation of the union. He stated, I think, that it was to be conducted under the auspices of col. Burr. He mentioned that there were many eminent characters in the Eastern and Western states concerned. He mentioned the names of general Eaton and Mr. John Graham, perhaps others at that time, I do not recollect. I do not believe that any thing more passed between us, till we arrived at my brother's. When we got to my brother's, we took some refreshment, (dinner). I was not much in company with Mr. Blannerhasset till dinner, and I do not know whether his conversation led to that subject or not. After dinner we walked into the meadow; my brother, Mr. Blannerhasset and myself. The subject was then renewed, under injunctions of secrecy which we agreed to observe. Mr. Blannerhasset observed that it was a subject of great importance. He stated that the object was the separation of the union; he mentioned characters who were concerned in it; observed that Col. Burr was at the head of it, or words to that effect. He spoke very much in praise of colonel Burr; mentioned an instance of his goodness of heart with respect to the Manhattan Company, and making the fortunes of many without benefiting himself. Gen. Eaton's and Mr. Graham's names were again mentioned as concerned, and a number of others, whom I do not recollect, that were acquainted with it; among the rest was Mr. Harper and Mr. Alston's name was mentioned, as being highly pleased with the scheme. In the course of conversation, Mr. Blannerhasset observed, that New Orleans would be seized. He mentioned that the park of French artillery at New Orleans, which Mr. Jefferson was too economical to purchase, was to be procured, whether seized or obtained in any other way, I do not recollect. He stated that the people in the lower country were displeased with the present government, on account of their interests not being protected or attended to. He seemed to apprehend no opposition in that quarter. He said the attempt would be made in less than nine months; that he himself had embarked in it. He observed, that it would be a favorable juncture for effecting the object, owing to a want of energy in the administration—I am not, however, certain, whether he or which of us made the observation: we all three concurred in it. I think Mr. Blannerhasset observed, that he hoped he should see my brother at the head of a regiment of horse, at some time, but I do not recollect. He seemed anxious for us to join. Some time in the course of conversation, the name of Mr. Grainger was mentioned, I thought in a threatening style, as if he would have cause to regret his having made
use of an expression for a time before published, importing that danger was threatening in the West. I do not know whether my brother was present during this observation. Mr. Blannerhasset said, that we must take an active part one way or the other, as we could not remain neutral. He mentioned an expression of colonel Burr's, respecting the people in the city, or the administration; that if they were any ways impetuous, he would tie them neck and heels, and throw them into the Potomac. Mr. Hay. Did I understand you to say that this was an expression as quoted from col. Burr? A. Yes. We desired Mr. Blannerhasset just before he left my brother's, not to consider us as committed; that it was a subject which required reflection; and that we must consult our friends on this side the mountain, who were interested in that country. I mentioned it to my father, under the same injunctions, on which I had received it from Mr. Blannerhasset. I recollect having asked Mr. Blannerhasset when he spoke of the leading characters of the union, whether John Randolph had been made acquainted with it. He answered no. Mr. Wirt. Why did you put that question? A. Because Mr. Blannerhasset had said, that the leading characters of the country were concerned. I asked Mr. Blannerhasset what kind of a government he would establish in the Western country. He said, that this was not yet determined; but that a more energetic one than the present, would be adopted. I asked Mr. B. also, if any foreign power was concerned. He assured me there was not.
Mr. Hay. You asked him what form of government was to be established? A. Yes. Q. Where did you suppose the seat of this energetic government was to be? A. He did not mention, but I supposed it was some central place. Mr. McRae . Did he mention the line of division? A. He did not particularly, but he said that the people in the South Branch would be in an awkward situation. Q. Did he mention the Alleghany? A. I do not recollect. Q. Did he mention any thing about commanding the passes of the Alleghany? A. Yes. He said, that with a few cannon and a few sharpshooters, he could defend any pass in the Alleghany. Q. Did he mention the Querist in your presence? A. He did. Q. What did he say of it? A. He read one number of it. The first words in it were "universal history every where teaches or informs," or some such expressions. Q. Do you remember what was the object of those pieces? A. I understood that it was to promote the separation of the union. Mr. McRae . Do you recollect any observations about Blannerhasset's property? A. I think he estimated his property on the island at 50,000 dollars. and besides he had a small fund in Europe, which he said would be safe. He said they could not touch that. Mr. McRae . What did he mean by "they?" A. I do not know his allusion; but I suppose he meant the government. Mr. Wirt . Do you recollect any observation about the expense of supporting government? A. He said that we were contributing three or four millions to the present government, when 100,000 would be sufficient for a government of our own. Witness. I have omitted to state, that after my brother received his last letter from Mr. Blannerhasset, my brother and myself went down to inform him of our decided opposition to his plan. He and Mr. Alston were gone down the river, and we directed the overseer to inform Mrs. Blannerhasset of our intentions. There was a subsequent meeting of the people of Wood county on this subject, and resolutions were adopted in opposition to the scheme. And a month afterwards, the militia volunteered their services to suppress it. Shortly after I left that country for Dumfries.
Cross examined.—Mr. Wickham.—Was this conversation in earnest or in jest? A. Perfectly serious. Q. Did you hold any conversations with Mr. Blannerhasset before this, which led to it? Were you in the habit of expressing opinions adverse to the union? A. I never was opposed to the union. Q. Is it talked of in that country? A. It has been talked of as an event that would take place in half a century, or a century. Q. Was your
deposition ever taken? A. It never was. Q. At whose instance did the meeting of the people you spoke of take place? A. Several of us called it, and among the rest my brother and myself. Q. And they passed resolutions about this plan? A. They did. Q. How were they informed of this scheme? A. From reports in the county. Q. Did you communicate any information to this meeting? A. No—nor my brother; any thing but general observations. Q. What was the purport of these resolutions? A. Nothing but to prepare for the danger which was to be apprehended. One of the resolutions alluded particularly to col. Burr. Q. Was Mr. Blannerhasset's name ever mentioned? A. A proposition was made to insert Mr. Blannerhasset's name in one of the resolutions; but I opposed it. Q. Did you communicate on this subject with Mr. Graham? A. I had left the country at that time. Mr. Martin . What were your politics? A. They were federal, and are so still. Mr. McRae . What have you considered Mr. Blannerhasset's politics to be? A. Democratic. Chief Justice. Did you understand that this separation was to be effected by political means quietly or by force? A. I understood him to mean, that if the lower country was in their possession, it would bring the upper country along with it. Mr. McRae . And he conceived the lower country to be dissatisfied with the government? A. He did. Mr. Wirt . Did Mr. Blannerhasset state the manner in which this revolution was to be brought about? A. No—he did not. Q. Did the meeting in Wood county arise from any of Mr. Blannerhasset's declarations, or from the movements on the Ohio? A. I suspect the last. Mr. Blannerhasset. What movements? A. I did not myself use that word. I alluded to the building of the boats, and kiln-drying meal, &c.
Alexander Henderson again called in by the counsel for the accused.
Here, at Mr. Wickham's request, the counsel for the prosecution read the numbers of the Querist, from the Ohio Gazette. They consist of a short interlocutory essay, containing some strictures on "The Western World" and of three other numbers, whose decided object appears to have been to demonstrate to the western people the advantages that would result to them from a dissolution of the union, and their constitutional right to adopt this expedient. Every line of them breathes the air of a discontented, disaffected and revolutionary spirit. The reader must be satisfied with this general character of them. We republished one or two of them during the last fall; and were they not even too voluminous for our paper, we could have no other possible motive for re-publishing them, than to show that even in such a country and under such a government as our own, there are yet spirits wild and wanton enough to sigh for a revolution. But there are direct proofs of this discontented disposition. Pass we on therefore to such proofs:
Mr. Wirt to the court: "It is remarkable that col. Burr was at the island on the 1st of September, and the 1st No. of the Querist is dated on the 4th."
Mr. John Henderson returned to supply an omission in his evidence: that Blannerhasset informed him, that the officers of the army and navy were disgusted with the administration, and disposed to join. Mr. Blannerhasset also mentioned in the course of the day, that gen. Moreau was expected to reside near Pittsburg.
MR. JOHN GRAHAM.
In the latter end of October last, I received a letter from Mr. Madison, requesting that I would pass through the Western country, on my return to New Orleans—I know not whether it be proper to assign to the court the reasons of this wish. It may serve however to explain my conduct in the Western country—Mr. Madison stated to me, as a reason of this request, that government had received information from various quarters that a project was on foot to sever the Union or to invade the territory of Spain.
Mr. Wickham objected to this explanation.
Witness. It was to show that I had acted in obedience to my duty as an officer of the government.
Mr. Wickham. What office did you hold? A. I was secretary of the Orleans territory. When I arrived at
Marietta, about the middle of November, I made enquiries and heard what it may not perhaps be proper to state—Mr. Duval called on me and informed that Mr. Blannerhasset had just arrived with him and would wait upon me. After passing the usual compliments and expressing his pleasure at seeing me, he begged leave to read to me certain letters which he had received by captain Elliot of the Western country, who had just returned from Pittsburg. Mr. Blannerhasset made many enquiries relative to comfort Tyler, Dean and Butler, and the preparations which they were making for their expedition down the river; what number of men and settlers they had obtained. Mr. Elliot gave him to understand that there would be more settlers than there would be boats for them. When Mr. Blannerhasset received this information, he observed that they could descend in his boats, as he had more boats than men. Before captain Elliot quitted the room, Mr. Blannerhasset handed me a letter, which he said he had received a few days before from col. Burr in Kentucky. Shall I state my recollection of the contents of that letter?
Mr. McRae . Do you believe the letter to have been col. Burr's? A. I believed it was col. Burr's writing; for though I had never seen col. Burr write, yet I had seen many letters said to be written by col. Burr. I merely mention this letter to show that it gave rise to a conversation between Mr. Blannerhasset and myself, relative to the contents of this letter. The conversation was somewhat desultory;—nor do I particularly recollect the order in which the several topics were introduced. In general I recollect, that Mr. Blannerhasset animadvert upon the conduct pursued towards col. Burr at Frankfort; stating however his belief that this conduct was not authorised by the government—He mentioned that col. Burr had purchased from col. Lynch, I think, a certain part of the Baron Bastrop's grant in the territory of Orleans. He stated also that he was to have an interest in this purchase, and seemed desirous of impressing on my mind a belief, that the object of his preparations was the settlement of this land, but I cannot now recollect that in the course of conversation he did positively avow it.—His object seemed to be to avoid an explicit avowal—but he said, that they avowed that this was their object; that it was a legal one, and government would have no right to interfere, until it was ascertained, that they (meaning col. Burr and himself, as I understood) had an ulterior object. He contended that they had a right to go towards this object with just such preparations as they thought proper. This was an opinion in which I did not acquiesce. I made a few enquiries; but he admitted in the course of conversation, that he was building boats for the expedition in which he was engaged with col. Burr—that he was engaging young men, single and without families to go down armed; he said they would have no cannon, but they would have rifles. He stated in the course of conversation, the use to which these rifles might be applied: to resist the Indians and Spaniards, or to kill game. It is justice to Mr. Blannerhasset to add, that he said, he did not solicit men to go; that he took such only as pleased to go; and that he did not expect more than 300 men would go with him. He stated also that he was engaging provisions for this same expedition. From what I had heard after my arrival at Marietta, and from the manner in which Mr. Blannerhasset entered my room and made these communications, I was rather induced to believe that he conceived me to be one of the party. Q. Why from his manner? A. My acquaintance with him before was slight—and yet he was extremely polite to me; and expressed how happy he would be at seeing me in his own house. For reasons which it is unnecessary to take up the time of the court with, I was anxious to undeceive Mr. Blannerhasset. I asked him, if he had stated that I was one of the party. He said that he had; and that he had understood so from col. Burr. When I assured him I was not, he expressed considerable surprise, not by verbal declarations but by the marked air of his countenance. He observed to me that I did not know col. Burr, and passed some eulogiums upon him—and asked me in a very impressive
manner, whether I had not heard of an association in New Orleans for the invasion of Mexico. I told him, that I had not, and I ventured to assure him that there was no such association there. He told me, that there certainly was, and that about 300 men had signed to such an association, for the purpose of invading Mexico. After I had repeated my thorough conviction, that there was none such, and assigned the fact of his being deceived about me as a presumptive reason why he should be deceived about others, he told me that he had obtained this information from Mr. Bradford.
Considering Mr. Blannerhasset at that time as a deluded man, I endeavored to draw him off from the undertaking in which he was engaged; and considering that it was more the policy of the government to prevent than to punish such enterprizes on the Ohio, I informed him, that so far from being concerned in the plan, I was an agent of the government, authorised to enquire into the facts relative to this enterprize in the Western country, and to take such steps as might be necessary for repressing it. I then stated to him, from reasons drawn from Col. Burr's visit to New Orleans in the preceding summer, from the information which government had received, and from the nature of the preparations which Mr. Bl. himself was then making, why I believed that the object of colonel B. was either to attack the territories of the U. S. or those of Spain. I assured him at the same time, that any collection or combination of armed men on the Ohio, would under these circumstances be considered as a violation of the laws and repressed accordingly. He again contended that they had a right to go down the river, as they thought proper, inasmuch as they avowed the settlement of the Ouachita which was a legal object. Though we could not agree on this point, he asked me whether there would be any objection or opposition made to these men, if they went down in small parties. I gave him to understand, that this would depend upon circumstances, but that when they were collected, they would be arrested, and the enterprise would end in the ruin and disgrace of all those who were concerned in it.
During this conversation, I stated to Mr. Bl. pointedly, that I knew not the opinions of Mr. Jefferson or Mr. Madison; that these were my own opinions; and that I had power to act, under the government of the U. S. as circumstances required; that I was authorised to call on the constituted authorities of the country, if the constitution was about to be violated. I wish the court to understand, that I was to consider the moving down the Ohio, as a violation of the law, and I was then to call on the constituted authority. When I spoke of the reasons which influenced my belief as to colonel B's plans, Mr. Blannerhasset observed to me, that however acute the opinions of gentlemen might be, he and col. Burr were as well acquainted with the constitution and the laws as the administration itself; and that they knew very well what they were about. Q. What produced this remark? A. I do not recollect, but perhaps it may have been the arguments which I had used to show that the expedition was a violation of the laws. Mr. Bl. said, that he had joined his friends in this undertaking and could not abandon them, unless they consented to give the thing up; and asked me, if he was at liberty to communicate to Col. Burr the information I had given him. I told him he was. I do not recollect, whether I have mentioned the opinion I expressed to Mr. Bl. of the validity of Bastrop's grant. I told him all that I knew of the title and that col. B. would have no title to it; and that if he had, the Orleans land could be no object with Mr. Blannerhasset.
Mr. Wirt . How came you, sir, informed about this title? A. I had been at New Orleans, where the subject was much talked of. Q. Have there been any judicial proceedings about it? A. I told Mr. Bl. that Mr. Lynch claimed under Mr. E. Livingston; that this was a considerable purchase; and that Mr. Livingston had invalidated this contract in court. Mr. Burr . I deny, that this is a fact.
The next day, perhaps that after-

Remarks on the effects of large expenditures on a Navy, &c. (CONCLUDED.)
We are now able to decide whether this measure would have been attended with the benefits which its advocates boast; and to say whether such an establishment, the intrinsic value of which could not at most exceed a few millions, would be equivalent to a capital of fifty millions, in a state of active production, the annual profit of which cannot be less than five millions.
It results from the course pursued, that if the injustice of foreign powers drive us into war, we can afford to expend fifty millions without placing ourselves in a worse situation than we should now be in had such an augmentation of the navy taken place in the year 1801.
This is perfectly well known to those foreign powers; and there is not one of them, probably, that more forcibly realises the vast advantages it gives us than Britain. She knows that money is the great lever of modern warfare.
Let us attempt an estimate of the amount of these. Suppose our navy had been increased by the addition of ten ships of the line and ten frigates. Had the nation determined to have any force that merits the name of a navy, it will be admitted that this would have been a small armament. The first cost of these vessels would have been about seven millions of dollars, and of their annual maintenance about three millions. The whole expense, consequently, incurred for the last seven years would, without charging interest, have amounted to twenty eight millions of dollars. The interest would have exceeded six millions; making the whole sum thirty four millions.
To this sum, large as it is, is to be added the loss of the profit which has during the above period been derived from the productive employment of the money that would have been thus expended on a navy. This cannot be estimated at less than ten per cent. a year, which for the whole period would amount to at least sixteen millions. The total aggregate expense then to the nation would have been 50 millions.
And by this sum would our present ability to meet danger have been impaired, making a small allowance, a very small one for the value of the vessels on hand.
But the last and most important consideration is, whether a considerable augmentation of the navy at the period the present administration came into office would have placed us at this time in a better situation to defend ourselves.
If the effect of such an augmentation had been, as we apprehend it would have been, to expose us to premature trials of strength on the ocean, and with a power which reigns there with an unbalanced sway, it is evident that our situation, instead of being ameliorated, would have been most essentially changed for the worse, as we should have exhausted our resources, without acquiring wealth, character or power.
But, for argument's sake, let us suppose that no such misfortune had befallen us. Suppose that our little navy had rode the ocean in safety—still there are two effects which would inevitably have arisen from its augmentation;—the incurring of a great expense, and the waste of a large productive capital.
Had the Navy been augmented, our debt, so far from being reduced, would have been increased—our taxes would have shared the same fate. Individual enterprise would not have received that spring which rose from the perfect freedom with which capital was permitted to engage itself; nor would the national treasury have been at this moment overflowing with eight millions of dollars. If these ideas are correct, the rudiments of arithmetic are sufficient to show the superior wisdom of the course we have pursued. Our resources have increased, probably doubled during the last seven years; and those resources are almost entirely free to be applied by the nation to such purposes as it pleases.
If we are driven into war, the nation will direct them as it sees fit; and then the question will present itself, whether we shall have a navy. The vast increase of our wealth will have removed one obstacle to this instrument of warfare; and if it shall be judged expedient to use it, it may be adopted on a scale that will give some chance of success to the experiment. At all events we shall display the superior wisdom of that policy, which instead of wasting the resources of the nation in premature permanent military establishments, reserved them for great exigencies; we shall be enabled, if not to carry on a war without feeling it, at least to disarm it of half its ordinary
ence of opinion about a fact. Col. B. contended that his recognizance had been complied with; Gov. Williams says not.
Mr. Hay. Was his departure from Washington sudden? A. It was certainly sudden, as Gov. W. told me, he had been promised with a call from Col. Burr.
DAVID C. WALLACE—Sworn.
In the Fall of 1806, Mr. Blannerhasset informed me, that he was engaged in a plan, with a number of persons, which he thought would be highly advantageous and that he was authorised to offer me the appointment of surgeon general. I enquired surgeon general of what? And he replied that he was not at liberty to explain, until I had engaged in the expedition. He used various arguments to induce me to join. He said that I should be in very excellent company; that the association would consist of respectable individuals, and particularised Col. B. He thought that after so long an intimacy, I might rely on his friendship. The conversation ended with my peremptory refusal to join in any expedition, the nature and plan of which I was not fully informed of and approved. I heard Mr. Blannerhasset make proposals to several individuals, to join; offering 100 acres of land; each man to furnish himself with a rifle and blanket. He stated that when they got to the mouth of Cumberland, the plan was to be disclosed; and those who did not like it were at liberty to return. Some of the men engaged; others took time to consider the proposition fully. At this time the boats building up the Muskingum were nearly completed, and a general rumor prevailed that Burr, Blannerhasset, and Co. were preparing an expedition to dissever the States, and to carry the war into Mexico. When Mr. Blannerhasset again asked me to join, I replied that the same objections continued; and that I was not yet informed of the objects of the expedition. To which he replied, "you have heard what we were about;" which I understood as assenting to the truth of these reports. I told Mr. Blannerhasset that I expected they would be stopped, descending the river: to which he replied, that he did not believe the country would be able to stop them; that he would have 500 men from Marietta; he would have 7 boats at that place, and they would be joined by others from above. I remarked that the people in the Western country were excellent marksmen, and that the woods on the banks of the river would afford them an excellent covering for firing upon those who were descending the river. He replied, that "in that case we would land a party and set fire to every house and town." I rode with Mr. Blannerhasset to see the boats that were building up the Muskingum, where he showed the builder of the boats and myself the articles by which the people under his command, as he called it, were to be governed on descending the river. Each boat's crew was to choose the captain, until they joined Col. Burr at the mouth of Cumberland where he was to direct their proceedings. At the boat yard, he directed the builder to have an apartment fitted up in his boat for Col. Burr, as he expected the colonel, when he joined him at the mouth of Cumberland, would sometimes wish to stay with him. During the ride, I observed to Mr. Blannerhasset that I did not believe the plan would succeed, as the people generally detested and execrated the plan. To which he replied, "if the people could not see their interest, we will not cram the measure down their throats." Mr. Blannerhasset showed me some letters he had received from Col. Burr about this period. (Mr. Wirt. At which time was it? A. Between September and the time of going down the river,) in one of which he admonished him not to be alarmed by the rumors respecting his arrest in Kentucky; as he apprehended no danger but delay to retard the intended settlement on the Ouachita. A person present (Capt. Elliott) enquired, whether Col. Burr had mentioned any thing about the expedition. To which he replied "no: nothing comes to us on that subject by the mail." Mr. Blannerhasset spoke to me to furnish them a quantity of medicines and such directions for using them as were calculated for a military expedition.
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room, I met Mr. Bl. at another house, in company with gentlemen, most of them strangers to me. Mr. Bl. was speaking and avowing, that Mr. Burr had a great many friends in Kentucky. I observed, that this would much depend upon his object; if to settle Ouachita lands, that the people would wish him well; but if it was to attack the territories of Spain or those of the U. S. he would have very few friends. In reply, Mr. Blannerhasset observed, that whatever was his object, he either had or would have a greater number of friends. This was in a public room, in a tavern; several gentlemen were present; I recollect particularly a Major Sproat.—Either on that evening or the evening of the next day, Mr. Blannerhasset said, he was writing to Col. Burr. He invited me to his room, and wished to know how much of our conversation he might communicate to Col. Burr. I told him, the whole if he chose; that the information was intended for him, but that he might communicate it to Col. Burr. During this time and for a few days afterwards, the intercourse between us was friendly; but after I had had a conversation with Mr. Henderson, I had no further communications with him, save dining with him one day at the same table, and he rose immediately after dinner; and I did not see him again until we met in the Mississippi territory.
Mr. Hay. Had you any communications with Mr. Burr? A. I had; and in the Mississippi territory too—in consequence of the information I had received from Mr. Henderson and others, I lodged information with the governor of Ohio, and a law was passed, and I was also instrumental at Frankfort in Kentucky, in the passage of a similar law. Their object was to put an end to these expeditions.
When I arrived at the little town of Washington in the Mississippi T. about the latter end of January or the beginning of February, I heard that Col. B. was in the house. Mr. Hay. Where is Washington? On the Mississippi river? A. No; It is ten miles from it; and seven miles back of Natchez. It is the seat of government of the Mississippi T. I waited on Col. B. principally with a view to ascertain whether the information I had given to Mr. Bl. had been communicated to him. I asked him, whether Mr. Bl. had communicated our conversation to him. He said that he had. I told him on entering his room, that I had just arrived from the upper country, and perhaps he might be anxious to hear the news. He told me that Mr. Bl. had accused me of a breach of hospitality. I replied, that I never was in his house in my life. He spoke of his protested bills drawn in Lexington, and seemed to attribute their protest to the measures adopted by the government. I told him that just before I left Lexington, the merchants there had received information that they would be paid. He said that they ought to be paid, as the man on whom they were drawn, had the funds to pay them with. He then spoke of the measures pursued by government as ruinous and rigorous (I am not certain which was his expression); that they had detained his people. (Q. Was this before or after his trial? A. It was before; he had then entered into recognizance.) He said, that he had invited investigation into his conduct; he spoke of the measures of the military, and his determination to resist them: I understood him to mean the military of the U. States; he either said he had or that he would order his people to resist them. He said, that he had claimed the protection of the civil authority, and thought that protection would be adequate to his safety. He spoke too of the Ouachita settlement; I believe, he told me that he should send his people there, but did not know whether he should venture into the territory himself; intimating as I thought, an apprehension of general Wilkinson. He asked me, if I knew what gave rise to the President's Proclamation. I told him, that I did not; unless it was Gen. Eaton's communication. The court will see from the date of the Proclamation, that any information I could have imparted had not then reached the seat of government. Col. B. observed, that the machinations of his enemies had led to these proceedings; and that facts did not support and justify them. I assured him that those who were alarmed and agitated were not his enemies; at least this was the idea I intended to convey; and after stating to him the alarm extending through the Western Country, I proposed to him, that he should make some public declaration as to his real object. His reply to this was, that he was a party concerned and that no declaration of his could have any effect. He seemed disposed to ridicule the idea of his bringing about a separation of the union by physical force; that it was to be produced by moral, not physical causes. I mentioned to Col. B. that I had heard in the Western Country of a considerable
number of men, perhaps 2000, being collected for the purpose of invading Mexico. His reply was, that he supposed that event was in case of a war with Spain. I told him, no; that I had not understood it as depending on that condition. He then said something about the Ouachita lands; and replied, that perhaps, when they had a separate gov. something of that sort might be attempted (meaning as I understood the invasion of Mexico). Soon after this, or at least before I had heard any explanation of what he meant by "a separate government," a gentleman of his family came in, and I took my leave. I had no further conversations with Mr. B. or Mr. Bl. I lodged an information against Mr. Bl. and was with him before a magistrate.
Mr. Hay. Did you make particular observations to Mr. Blannerhasset about the sort of preparations he was making? A. He spoke of the settlement of the Ouachita as their object. He never positively told me it was, but he said they avowed it as their object. I observed to him, as a reason why I should not think it was, that young men without families or without any of the implements of husbandry were engaged to go. He said that their arms were to kill turkeys or Indians. He then launched out into an abuse of the administration, their neglect of the army and navy, &c. I forgot to state this circumstance. When Mr. Bl. met me to know how far he was at liberty to communicate my opinions to Col. Burr, I urged to him the impropriety of his engaging in these objects; he said it was impossible that Col. B. could have so much deceived him and his son-in-law, Mr. Alston.
Mr. Wirt. Was this remark after you had announced yourself as the agent of government? A. It was.
Mr. Wirt. Did he say any thing to your objection about the want of implements of husbandry? A. He did say something about the opening of roads. But he never did tell me the real object. Q. Do you know anything of the Ouachita land? A. I never was on it. Q. What is its character? A. Some say it is good; and some say it is bad. I believe the greater part of it is covered with water; and there is some very fine land.
Cross-examined.
Mr. Burr. Did you ever see Bastrop's patent? A. Never. Q. Did you read it? A. No—I always understood, that there never was one.
Mr. Burr. You have said that the greater part was water; I will assure the court, that it was to be laid out without any water. Were you ever examined before? A. Yes; I made a deposition, when I lodged information before the legislature of Ohio. Q. Were you examined on any other occasion? A. I was before the grand jury. Q. Did you say any thing then of a conversation you had with Gen. Neville? A. Yes. I told Gen. Neville that I had come to make some enquiries into this affair. Gen. N. informed me what had passed in his conversation with the Mr. Morgans. He said the people had apprehended that your object was the separation of the U. S. but that if it was the invasion of Mexico, you would be better received on your return than you ever had been. Q. Did you not then speak of the boats? A. I did. Q. Did you not say, they were unfit to go up the stream? A. I so understood at that time. Q. Do you not know that they were seized by government to send troops up the stream? A. I did not hear of it before I came here. Q. Did I give you a welcome reception? A. I was not acquainted with your manner. It was cold, but I thought respectful. Q. Have you not heard Gov. Williams, Mead, and Rodney say, that they would not suffer the military to take me? A. I most certainly recollect, that I both thought and said that it was improper to take you by military authority; and I heard Gov. Williams say, if the attempt was made, he was not authorised to sanction it. Q. Had you not heard of the stipulations made to me by Williams and Mead? A. I knew not of Governor Williams's stipulating with you. I heard of Mr. Mead's doing it. Q. Was there no law to arrest me? A. I mentioned to Gov. W. that if the laws were not sufficiently energetic to meet such occurrences, it was better to provide one. But I never saw the law. Q. Did you not hear of an officer being there to arrest me? A. I had a conversation with Lieut. Peter, who was lately in this place, relative to this subject. The counsel for the prosecution objected to this course of examination.
Ch. Jus. If Mr. Burr means to allege these measures as an excuse for his own military preparations, he may press these enquiries.
Mr. Burr. I did suppose from the sort of duties which Mr. Graham discharged in that country, that he must have known of the stipulations of Mead and Williams, and that in direct violation of these, a party of offi-
cers in disguise (that is without their uniform) and with concealed weapons, as dirks and pistols, were there to seize me. Mr. Graham certainly knows something on this subject.
Mr. Graham. I can speak of my conversation with Gov. Williams and Lieut. Peter, for with no others did I communicate on this subject. Gov. Williams told me, that a Dr. Carmichael had been authorised to come to the Mississippi ter. and seize you;—whether this was before or after your trial, I know not. He said that he was extremely unwilling to have any such thing done. I observed that it was extremely improper to suffer a person to be seized, who was then in the custody of the law. He said that he had remonstrated with Dr. Carmichael; that Dr. C. had given it up and returned.
Mr. Burr. Did C. belong to the army? A. No—to the Miss. ter. I was proceeding to state that the night Col. B. left Washington, I heard some of the officers in the room, in which I slept conversing about him, and one of them observed that if Col. B. was not arrested on that night, he would make his escape. The gentlemen left the room, and I afterwards understood from Lt. Peter, that an application had been or was about to be made to Gov. Williams for permission to arrest Col. B. Lt. Peter having understood that I had heard part of this conversation, informed me that he had come with other officers to arrest Col. Burr, and I advised him to do nothing that would violate the laws of his country. He gave me to understand, that at that moment he felt himself bound to obey the orders of his general, like a good soldier. I urged every consideration I could suggest against the exercise of military authority; and I did then understand, that it was not his intention to proceed against Col. Burr. Indeed I understood that Col. B. had made his escape. I advised Gov. Williams to make such arrangements with him as would send him on to Washington for trial, or to detain him in that territory for trial.
Mr. Blannerhasset. You stated that you had given information against me, and led to a prosecution? A. I did not say that I had led to a prosecution; but only that I had given information against you, that you might be taken to the district where the expedition had been fitted out. Q. Why did you prefer Judge Toulmin to Judge Rodney; the last being the senior judge? A. I made no choice. Q. Did you not understand that Judge Toulmin was the judge of the Tombigbee country? A. I understood that he was judge of the Mississippi territory, and Judge T. still insists upon it that he possesses this authority. Q. Did you not apply to the Attorney Gen. of that territory? A. Certainly not. Judge T. would have interfered; but Judge Rodney issued a writ of Habeas Corpus. Q. Was it by direction or request of the government, that you informed against me for the misdemeanor? A. By neither. Q. Do you not expect to pay the 1000 dolls.? A. I expect not. Q. To whom are you to pay it? Mr. Graham here addressed the court; he said that Judge Rodney had refused to send Mr. Blannerhasset round for trial; but had held him to bail; that he himself had been recognised; that the court was to set some time in May; the Judge considered the Supreme Court as the proper tribunal; the attorney general thought otherwise, that before the court met he had besides been indisposed and had obtained the certificate of his physician that he could not attend that court.
Mr. Burr. Are you still secretary of the Orleans territory? A. I am not. Q. Do you now hold any office under the government and what is it? A. I am chief clerk in the office of Secretary of State.
Q. Was there any arrangement made to seize Col. B. after their judicial proceedings against him? A. Gov. Williams and myself both agreed that his trial in the Mississippi territory was a mere farce and that something ought to be done. He proposed to see Col. Burr and make some arrangements with him to come on to the city of Washington for his trial. Col. B. informed him that he was merely going to ride to Col. Osborn's for that night. Gov. Williams informed me that he received a great coat at the suburbs of the town and disappeared.
Mr. Wirt. Was not Colonel Burr held in recognizance? A. Yes. Q. Did you see such a recognizance? A. Yes. I saw it myself in the Clerk's office.
Mr. Burr. If it is there, I pronounce it to be a forgery. Mr. Hay observed the truth would appear in time.
Mr. Hay. Were any legal proceedings pending at the time of his departure? The witness asked the court if this was a proper question.
Chief Justice. It is a mere differ-

terrors. Deprived of peace, we shall not want plenty.
The publication of the following decree of the French government will impress on the merchants of the U. States the necessity of taking the precautions therein required.
Decree of the French Republic, 13th Messidor, 10th year.
ART. 1st. All foreigners are prohibited from bringing within the continental territories of the Republic, any black, mulatto, or other person of color, of either sex.
ART. 2d. All blacks, mulattoes, or other persons of color of either sex who are not in service, are equally prohibited from entering the continental territories of the Republic in future, under any cause or pretext whatsoever, unless they bring with them the special permission of the magistrates of the colonies from which they came, or if they did not come from the colonies, without the permission of the minister of marine and the colonies.
ART. 3. All blacks or mulattoes who shall come within the Continental territories of the republic, after the publication of the present decree, without bringing with them the permission pointed out in the preceding article, shall be arrested and detained until they are sent out of the country.
APPOINTMENTS.
General John Shee , of Pennsylvania, superintendent of Indian Affairs, to be Collector of the Port of Philadelphia, vice General Muhlenberg, deceased.
General John Mason , of the district of Columbia, to be superintendent of Indian Affairs, vice General Shee, appointed Collector of the Port of Philadelphia.
We are desired to state, that a Stone is placed in the hands of Dr. Ott, which possesses the wonderful power of extracting poison of every kind. This Stone will be used under the direction of Dr. Weems, and without charge. It was brought from India by a gentleman of New-York, who purchased it from a native, after having seen the efficacy of its power demonstrated in extracting the poison of a scorpion that had been permitted to bite the then owner. The owner of this very valuable Stone, dining in company with some gentlemen who were conversing on the peculiar power of a stone owned by a lady in Virginia, related the above account, and has since most generously sent his Stone to a gentleman in town, to be used for the benefit of such of his fellow citizens as may be so unfortunate as to require it. The Stone is black, about an inch in length, and in shape somewhat like a bean.
Wash. Fed.
Norfolk, October 9.
Yesterday the Court of Inquiry into the conduct of Commodore Barron, met on board the Chesapeake, pursuant to adjournment. On account of the indisposition of Commodore B. the court adjourned until this day week.
Wilmington, Del. Oct. 10.
The result of the election, as far as it is known, is as follows:—
New Castle County. Gov. Rep.
Majority for Hazlett and Dickinson, 669 669
Kent County.
Majority for Truitt and Van Dyke, 136 100
533 569
Giving Mr. Hazlett a majority of 533 votes for Governor, and Mr. Dickinson a majority of 569, as Representative to Congress. All that we know from Sussex is the number of votes polled—2,494. A report is in circulation, that Mr. Truitt is elected Governor, by a majority of six votes, and Mr. Dickinson, Representative to Congress, by a majority of two; but we have not been able to trace the report to a correct source.
Lang states that a gentleman had arrived from Bordeaux in the ship Arcturus, who informed that Copenhagen had surrendered to the British—Now the thing is quite the contrary. It so happens, that the Arcturus sailed before the ship Eliza, and there is another gentleman in town passenger in the Eliza, who left the city of Bordeaux on the 5th September. He relates, that he did not hear of any such news. The account, had the event really taken place, could easily have reached Bordeaux in sixteen days.—The Boston papers also state the surrender of Copenhagen to the British, but we are informed, that the ship Delaware arrived at this port a few days ago suited about the same time with the Boston ship—she did not bring any such information. Public Adv.
The schooner Sally, Murphy, with a load of sugar, bound to Philadelphia, was captured off Basseterre, on the 5th Sept. by the English frigate Alexander.
A brig from North Carolina, outward bound, with a cargo of 15,000 dollars:
The brig Peggy, captain Zudenar, of New-York, with a valuable cargo of sugar, coffee, and passengers:
And a brig from Martinique, belonging to New London, with returns of the outward bound cargo, have also been captured by the same English frigate Alexander, and sent into Antigua.
The New London brig was released on condition of paying 150 l . to the captors.
The captains and seamen of these American vessels are said to have been treated with excessive insult and cruelty, by the commander and crew of the Alexander.
FROM THE PARIS ARGUS OF AUGUST 20.
We have just received American papers down to the 5th July. Our readers will not see without interest an extract we have made from them, of an energetic proclamation by the President Jefferson, which shuts the American ports against the English armed vessels, on account of the wanton violation exercised against the Chesapeake frigate. Thus the English navy seems to be at once scattering seeds of hatred and war over the four quarters of the globe.
The newspapers of the north of the latest date, confirm what has been already said of the expedition set on foot against Denmark, and on all sides a concert of maledictions arises against this political iniquity. If the aim of this scandalous expedition is such as all reports agree in stating it to be, it will not be more fatal to those who will have undertaken it, than to those against whom it will have been directed. For some time past it has seemed to be the destiny of the English ministry to do nothing but what must ultimately be a subject of triumph for their enemies. They never thought of preparing to prosecute the war on the continent till the very moment when their allies were constrained to make peace. They could not be bro't to sacrifice a single regiment to serve them, and now they can suddenly find 30,000 men to crush a neutral power! Besides, it is as difficult to guess the pretext of the unforeseen attack, contrary to the law of nations, as it is to see any reasonable aim it can have.—Supposing that the English ministry should have been apprehensive of seeing Denmark enter into the interests of the continental states, it is not in their power to oppose it by any permanent means. Even the capture of Copenhagen itself would be only an ephemeral advantage: the season which closes the entrance of the Baltic to the English navy, would afford the continental powers every possible facility to retake and occupy that point which is looked upon as so important, in such a manner as to make the English in fure renounce the very idea of approaching it. Thus the only thing they can reap from this unwarrantable aggression is, general hatred, and the opprobrium of having caused the ruin of a neutral nation. Some politicians are inclined to think that the present ministers meant to signalize or finish their administration by a coup d'eclat . If they were greedy of glory, Holland, Naples, or Italy afforded them enemies to fight in a more generous manner. Here even success itself could do them no honor; new Erostrates, they will be induced to regret the intemperance which they have so loudly deprecate in their predecessors.
Boston, October 7.
Capt. Pratt, arrived here from Amsterdam, which he left the 27th Aug. informs, that while lying in the Texel he received a letter from an American gentleman in Amsterdam, announcing to him that on the 20th August, Copenhagen was surrendered to the British arms, without resort to hostilities. We also hear, that the conditions of the capitulation were, that the Danish fleet and forts, should be held by the British, until the conclusion of peace between England and France, and then be restored. Capt. Pratt also had the intelligence of the capitulation of the Danish capital from the Dutch admiral, and other officers in the Texel. Mr. Munroe had advised that American vessels in Holland, ready for sea, should return home north about; and that others should remain a short time to see the issue of the negotiations, in England.
New-York, October 9.
Capt. Patzig, who arrived at this port Yesterday, from Cape Francois, informs, that General Christophe left Cape Francois about the 4th Sept. at the head of 10,000 men, for Port de Paix, to give battle to General Peñon.
October 10.
A commercial correspondent has put into our hands a printed copy of the following article, which he has just received from the Cape. We have translated it in the Mercantile Advertiser, from the importance given to it by the second paragraph; although we cannot avoid expressing our opinion that the acknowledgment of the independence of Hayti by Great Britain, and of Christophe for its President, is a mere ruse de guerre of the latter to increase the confidence of his adherents.
Captain Gale, of the schooner Mariner, from Curracoa, was detained there 15 days on account of the affair of the Chesapeake, and had to pay a commission to the government of two and a half per cent. on the sales of his cargo.
Translated for the Mercantile Advertiser.
LIBERTY AND INDEPENDENCE. STATE OF HAYTI. ORDER OF THE DAY OF THE ARMY. Monday, August 24, 1807, 4th year.
The ceremony of the palace is, in addressing yourself to his excellency the President, to give him the title of My Lord ; the same title is also to be used when writing to him.
His Excellency the President announces to the army the arrival of news from Europe, the most happy for the state of Hayti; and he has selected from it the following extract of an official dispatch addressed to the government.
"I announce to you officially that the British government recognizes his excellency the President HENRY CHRISTOPHE for the chief of the government of Hayti, and that it is determined to contribute to aid and establish his supremacy."
Great quantities of powder, muskets, cartouch boxes, woollen cloth, hats, and articles of equipment of every kind, are daily arriving within our ports; and the government has the satisfaction to see that its solicitude and its efforts for the equipment of the army are crowned with the most complete success; it will attend, in a few days, to fulfilling all its wants of that description.
Done at head-quarters at the Cape, 24th of August, 1807, 4th year of independence.
HENRY CHRISTOPHE. In the absence of the chief of the general staff of the state, the brigadier of the armies attached to the general staff.
JH. RAPHAEL.
FROM THE PARIS ARGUS OF AUGUST 27.
Extract from the project of a law laid before the legislative body at Paris, the 25th of Aug. by order of the Emperor.
Interests contracted for cannot exceed in civil affairs five per cent. nor in commercial affairs six per cent.
Legal inteaest in civil matters, will be five per cent. and in commercial affairs six per cent. without deduction.
When it appears in the course of lawsuits that the lender habitually demands usurious interest, the tribunal before which it is pleaded may condemn the lender to a fine which cannot exceed the half of the capital or the sum sued for.
If in the transaction there should appear to have been any swindling, the accused shall be turned over to the correctional policy, and the punishment shall be, besides the aforesaid fine, an imprisonment which cannot exceed two years.
No innovation is understood to take place in the stipulations of interest by contracts or other acts made before the date of the publication of the present law.
Mr. Jaubert laid down the motives of this last project of law. One of the objects, said he, which has most engaged his majesty's attention is the fixing the legal and the conventional interest of money. It is a matter which is intimately connected with social order, public morals and the safety of families.
The former legislature had fixed this interest. It is only since the introduction of paper currencies that ruinous speculations have caused disorder in all branches of the public administration. The 19th Brumaire has brought us back to better principles, and the civil code has fixed the basis and decreed the legal and conventional interests of money, but it was not possible of a sudden to destroy every mark of the disease. It was necessary to use circumspection; private fortunes, yet shook with the commotion that had troubled them.—Besides, the code could not fix the rate of an interest susceptible of variation, and it was bound to leave the fixing it to the province of the law.
Here the orator examined the question of the interest of money, both with regard to morals and commercial utility. He proved that even re-
spect for property, liberty, and mutual transactions cannot be built upon the wrecks of the grand principles which preserve social order and public probity. His majesty entertains no doubt that all good laws ought to rest upon that immutable basis, and all upright merchants are of opinion that transactions which bear a proportion to the produce of landed property and a reasonable benefit, furnish the means of general and particular prosperity, whilst on the other hand, excessive interest corrodes the social body, and by the temptation which it holds out to stock-jobbing, lays the foundation of scandalous bankruptcies, the sources not only of all the calamities, that befell private families but even the state itself.
The emperor means to put an end to the horrors of usury. The law will be put in force by upright men whose influence has so much power; by those who will have to dread even the suspicion of not having been guided by it—by those to whom such a conviction would be the cause of the destruction of their dearest interests; the violations of a law ought not to discourage a wise legislator in a fixed and strongly constituted state. Inevitable abuses do not destroy in his eyes, present good, much less the certainty of future happiness.
PETERSBURG, July 26.
Since the return of his majesty the Emperor, an extraordinary activity is remarked in the offices of the marine departments. The order is issued for arming with all possible dispatch the squadrons at Cronstadt and Revel. Not the least doubt is entertained by any body but that these armaments are destined against England, if she should adopt the fatal determination of rejecting the mediation offered her by our court. The English merchants settled here, entertain the same opinion respecting the present dispositions of Russia; for they are all endeavoring to sell their goods or commercial effects at any price.
SCHWERIN, August 15.
All the Danish troops that were in Holstein and the Duchy of Schleswig, have been marched to Jutland, from whence a part of them will go over to the island of Fionia, which is separated from it by the little Belt.—That strait cannot be occupied by the English, as their ships could not engage in it without exposing themselves to the cross fire from the batteries on the shores. It will be much more difficult to send reinforcements over to the island of Zealand; it is not, however, altogether impracticable, and it is most likely that the British government will attempt it; the importance of collecting on that island a force sufficient to be enabled to repulse an aggression, will considerably over balance the inconveniency of exposing a few boats loaded with troops to fall into the hands of the English.
HAMBURG, August 10.
Prince de Ponte Corvo arrived here the day before yesterday in the evening.
Our Senate has been convoked this day extraordinarily; it is said, that it will deliberate upon the expediency of re-purchasing the British goods, which will be restored to their former owners, in consideration of a certain sum, as it has been done at Leipsick.
The English who were on the island of Rugen, have suddenly occupied Stockholm and Malmoe. Their intention is to occupy one bank of the Sound, whilst the French are extending themselves on the other, and to dispute that important passage. The king of Sweden, is himself stupified at the conduct of the English; he finds himself to be their vassal and their prisoner, and knows not any more whom to resort to for assistance to preserve his states.
SEMLIN, August 5.
Letters from Jassy, written by christian merchants, affirm that the duke of Richelieu has received orders to join with his corps, the army which was acting against Persia, and to cross that kingdom for the purpose of going to attack the English possessions in India.—The Persian monarch, Feth-Aly-Sha, is about being invited by an embassy, to make a common cause with Russia against England.
PUBLIC MEETING.
THE CITIZENS OF THE FIRST AND SECOND WARDS are invited to attend on Saturday evening the 17th inst. at six o'clock, P. M. at Rhodes's tavern to take into consideration the propriety of petitioning Congress for such an alteration of the Charter as will secure to all equal rights.
Washington City, Oct. 14— THE Subscribers to the Association for settling differences by ARBITRATION, are requested to meet at the Rhinecliff Church , at the Eastern Branch on Saturday the 17th inst. October 14.
BRIGADE ORDERS.
THE Commissioned Officers of the 2nd Legion, will be trained by the Brigade Inspector on Monday the 12th, Tuesday the 13th, and Wednesday the 14th of October, on the Commons of Alexandria near the Powder-house.—The 2nd Legion will be mustered on the same ground on Saturday the 24th of October.
The Commissioned Officers of the 1st. Legion will be trained by the Brigade Inspector on Monday the 19th, Tuesday the 20th, and Wednesday the 21st of October next, on the ground adjoining the Infirmary, north of the great Hotel, in the city of Washington.
The 1st. Legion will be mustered on the same ground on Saturday the 31st October.
By order,
WM. D. BEALL, Brig. Ins. Georgetown, October 14—31-t
THORN HEDGES.
FOR Sale by the subscriber, upwards of One Hundred Thousand seedling plants of the American HEDGE THORN , from Two and an Half to Five dollars per thousand. Also a few thousand of the Pyracantha or Evergreen Thorn, and of the Honey Locust—all of which will be got ready for delivery at his Nursery near the Little Falls of Potomac as soon after the fall of the leaf as practicable.
Purchasers who chuse will be furnished gratis with a pamphlet of directions for the management of the plants, &c. Any former customer, also may have a copy of the same by application at the Nursery; to others the price will be Twenty-five cents.
THOS. MAIN.
October 14—
ATTENTION.
LESSONS in DRAWING & PAINTING will be given by JOHN BELL, at his house in Eight street, at the Navy Yard, to commence on Monday the 19th of October, and every Monday and Thursday in each week.
Terms for drawing, &c. in Landscapes, Fruits and Flowers, Six Dollars per quarter.
For lessons in Oil Painting, Ten Dollars.
N. B. Two dollars entrance, in advance.
As J. Bell will not engage more than four classes of pupils, and only four in each class, an early application is solicited.
Any School in the vicinity of the Navy Yard, and Capital Hill, will be attended as above, by Thomas Bell, Jun. who now teaches Young Ladies at Messrs. Smith's and Co's. school, Georgetown, and at Mrs. Lee's school in the City.
October 14—3t
In the case of JOHN BORROWS an Insolvent Debtor. District of Columbia, Washington county, to wit:
ON the petition of John Borrows an insolvent debtor confined in the prison of Washington county for debt—Notice is hereby given to the creditors of the said Borrows, that on the 19th day of October, instant at 10 o'clock, A. M. at the Court room in the Capitol, the oath prescribed by the act for the relief of insolvent debtors within the district of Columbia, will be administered to the said John Borrows and a trustee appointed, unless sufficient cause be then and there shown to the contrary. It is ordered that this notice be published twice in the National Intelligencer and Washington Federalist, before that day. By order of the hon. Wm. Cranch, esq. WM. BRENT, CL.
October 14—2t
In the case of THOMAS LE TELLIER an insolvent debtor. District of Columbia, Washington county, to wit:
ON the petition of Thomas Le Tellier an insolvent debtor, confined in the prison of Washington county, for debt. Notice is hereby given to the creditors of the said Thomas, that on the 19th day of October instant at 10 o'clock, in the morning at the Court Room in the Capitol, the oath prescribed by the act for the relief of insolvent debtors, within the district of Columbia will be administered to the said Thomas and a trustee appointed, unless sufficient cause be then and there shown to the contrary. It is ordered that this notice be published twice in the National Intelligencer and Washington Federalist before that day. By order of the hon. Wm. Cranch, esq. WM. BRENT, CL.
October 14—2t
THE CURIOUS LADY,
At Mr. Gary's, High Street, A YOUNG LADY, born without hands, and with only three toes on one foot; who is not so much a subject of wonder and admiration for her great ingenuity and elegance in embroidering artificial flowers fit for framing, and in cutting with rich variety and taste, gentlemen's watch-papers, as for the peculiar felicity of her disposition and her entertaining style of conversation, diffusing gaiety all around her; indeed, her cheerful and sprightly engaging aspect at once dispels those painful sensations which the deprivation of her limbs excites in the sympathising breasts of her visitors, which give place to the most felicitous impressions, resulting in an admiration of the unparallelled good sense and cheerful resignation of this young Lady to her peculiar lot, which she has rendered by her persevering industry, spirit and wisdom, a happiness to herself, and a very instructive and consolatory example to the world generally, and to her own sex particularly.
Large flowers, &c. for sale by the young Lady, at the above place.
Admittance, 25 Cents.—Children, half price.
George Town, October 13.