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National Intelligencer.
WASHINGTON ADVERTISER
VOL. IX.
WASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE
NO. 1331.
FIVE DOLLARS PER ANNUM.
FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1809.
PAID IN ADVANCE
FOR THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
Mr. Smith,
It is a subject not unworthy our consideration, to ascertain the difference which at present exists between the old and new stile. The birth-day of General Washington, (February 11th, 1732, O. S.) it is believed, has been uniformly celebrated throughout the United States, since the twenty-eighth of Feb. 1800, as well as during the last century, on the twenty-second, instead of the twenty-third day of February, N. S. In consequence of the reformation of the Julian Calendar made by Pope Gregory XIII, in the year 1582, ten days were ordered to be struck out of the month of October in that year; by which reformation, the moveable feast of Easter would happen on or near the same day of the year thereafter, which had been kept about the time of holding the Council of Nice, in 325 of the Christian Era; and likewise, the Vernal equinox, by that arrangement, would be always on or near the 21st day of March, in each year. To make the reformation useful for many ages, it was directed that three successive centenary years should be considered as common years, and the fourth as a leap year; the variance between the tropical year and the result produced by this reformation of the calendar, will not amount to two hours in a period of 400 years, nor to a whole day (or 24 hours) in less than 5082 years. In 1752, when the government of Great Britain adopted the Gregorian reformation, there were eleven days between the old and new stile, which difference existed during the eighteenth century: But the year 1800 being considered as a common, and not a leap year, it is suggested whether there has not been a variance of twelve days since the 28th day of February, in that year, which will continue during the whole of the present century, and until the 28th of February, in the year 1900, when it will amount, to 13 days? The earth revolves around the sun in 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, 55 seconds, according to some Astronomical writers: if this period be supposed strictly correct, the near approximation to the truth adopted by Pope Gregory, may be evinced by calculation for a period of 400 years, commencing with the centenary year 1700, and ending with 2000, as follows:—
   Leap Common years. Common years.     1700 Common year, 24 76   1800 do. 24 76 Contained in   1900 do. 24 76 the Century.   2000 Leap year, 25 75   97 303  
   Years. Days. Days.     303 Multiplied by 365, make 110,595   97 366, 5,502   400 days 146,097  
The annual period of the earth's revolution, or the tropical year, 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, 55 seconds, multiplied by 400 years, will be 146,096 days, 22 hours, 6 minutes, 40 seconds, leaving a difference of only 1 hour, 53 minutes, 20 seconds in that period, making, at the same rate of computation, one whole day, (or 24 hours) in 5082 years, 129 days, very nearly; after which, a farther correction will be necessary.
But the precise time of the tropical year has not yet been so accurately determined as could be wished:— Some Astronomers whose works merit attention, make it about 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, 50 seconds—and there can be little doubt that this is very near the truth from the best modern observations which have hitherto been made. A farther correction of Pope Gregory's method, for a period of 12,000 years, may be proposed, as follows:
In every period of 2,000 years let there be, in the
   Leap Years. Common Years.     1st period 480 1520   2d 482 1518   3d 484 1516   4th 486 1514   5th 487 1513   6th 488 1512   2907 9093  
   Years. Days. Days.     9093 Mult. by 365, make 3,318,945   2907 366, 1,063,962   12,000 4,382,907  
If we multiply 365d. 5h. 48m. 50sec. by 12,000 years, the product will be 4,382,906 days, 22 hours, 40 minutes, leaving a difference of only 1 hour, 20 minutes, in the aforesaid period of twelve thousand years. Should you think the foregoing remarks, with the accompanying calculations, worth public notice, they are offered for your insertion, by
A SUBSCRIBER.
City of Washington, } April 16, 1809. }
FOR THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
The students in the Georgetown College were examined in the middle week of last month, before the President, and the Professors of that institution; and in the presence of such literary characters as thro' previous invitation had chosen to attend.
They answered every interrogatory with facility and precision, that had been proposed to them respecting a complete knowledge of the principles of the Latin, Greek and French languages, in Euclid's Elements, in Algebra, and in the solution of sundry problems on a terrestrial globe; and during the examinations of the superior classes which lasted the forenoon of two days, they displayed that unembarrassed composure which characterises the compleat orator and logician. Their correct pronunciation of the Latin arrested my serious attention, and I am surprised that the professors of that language in the U. States do not follow the pronunciation of the ancients, and forthwith relinquish the pronunciation of the English. The celebrated poet Milton wrote a treatise on Education, which is incorporated into the American Encyclopaedia published by Mr. Dobson of Philadelphia, under the article "Education" page 327—in which he says, "In their pronunciation of Latin, let them be taught to follow the pronunciation of the Italians; as that of the English is indistinct and unsuitable to the genius of the language." In addition to the above authority let me add that of Mr. James Ross of Philadelphia, who has lately published the 3d edition of a Latin Grammar, which is used in many seminaries in this country, where, in his introductory directions, page 2, he writes, that "An Anglicised pronunciation of Latin is to be carefully avoided." This is penned as a tribute of respect to the President and Professors of that College, and to subscribe the cause of education with a view that other teachers would be induced to follow their example.
SENEX.
April 15, 1809.
*There is not a nation upon earth, whose inhabitants speak or read LATIN as the English do, with the exception of a portion of our countrymen, even the small section of Great Britain called SCOTLAND, retains the pronunciation of the Ancients, in this particular. They are not seconded by any of the Protestant states on the continent of Europe in Queen Elizabeth's project of anglicising the LATIN language.
ADDRESS
Of the LEGISLATURE of N. York, To THOMAS JEFFERSON,
Late President of the U. States.
Sir,
The Legislature of the state of New York, on the occasion of your voluntary retirement to the shades of private life from the office of chief magistrate of the U. States, cannot, without injustice to their feelings, refrain from expressing their respect for your exalted character, their gratitude for your public services, and their best wishes for your personal happiness.
Like your great predecessor, the immortal WASHINGTON, you have evinced to the world, by the whole tenor of your political life, and more especially by your magnanimous determination to retire from office, after having faithfully served the republic, that your only ambition was to promote the welfare of the people, and to perpetuate the principles of our republican institutions. Examples of such disinterested and distinguished patriotism, are rarely found in the history of nations—they add a lustre to the American name and character.
While we look back with satisfaction on your administration of the general government, we look forward with confidence to that of your succes-
sor. May he be animated by your illustrious example, and under the auspices of the Almighty dispenser of all good, direct the destinies of our country in safety, amidst the agitations of a troubled world; and may the remainder of your days be spent in the enjoyment of all those blessings which flow from an honorable and virtuous life, zealously devoted to the good of mankind.
From the Hartford (Connecticut) Mercury.
MR. MADISON'S REPLY To the Litchfield Resolves, published in the Mercury of March 23d.
Washington, March 24, 1809.
SIR,
The resolutions transmitted through you, unanimously adopted by a meeting of "the republicans of the town of Litchfield," have been duly received.
The conduct, as unexampled as unprovoked, by which the belligerent powers have trampled on the rights of neutral nations, and in some instances added peculiar insults to the injuries done to the U. S. naturally excites the feelings which these resolutions manifest.
In such a state of things, whilst it is the duty of the government to take its measures with the impartiality and prudence best calculated to save both our peace and our honor—it is incumbent on its constituents, to reflect that the efficacy of these measures must essentially depend on support, which can only be found in their enlightened patriotism.
It affords pleasure, therefore, to observe in the proceedings of the meeting at Litchfield, sentiments & pledges so well corresponding with this duty.
In inculcating the vital importance of the union, and a faithful maintenance of its constitution and laws they have evinced a knowledge of the true sources of the public welfare as well as laudable zeal in promoting it.
Happily, the union of these states is founded on so clear a reciprocity of interests, and the most important constitutional relations between the general and local authorities are now so far illustrated by practice, that it may be expected, that involuntary errors on those subjects will quickly yield to reflection; and that voluntary ones being confined to a few, will not long resist the general impulse.
I tender to my fellow citizens, who were assembled at Litchfield, my sincere respects and friendly wishes.
JAMES MADISON.
From the Patriot.
LETTER OF THE HONORABLE JOHN ADAMS.
In the early part of the last session of Congress, a gentleman holding an office of high responsibility wrote to Mr. Adams, requesting his opinion with respect to the evils which pressed upon our country and the remedy to be applied. The answer has occasioned many conjectures and been the subject of much vague conversation. Wishing to do justice to that candor, which regardless of party prejudice, calls on age and wisdom for counsel, and to that magnanimity, which forgetting personal wrongs, looks only to the honor of our country, we have obtained leave to publish this interesting letter. We cannot anticipate the comments that may be made; but the text is genuine and we subscribe to its orthodoxy.
Quincy, 26th December, 1808.
Sir,
I receive very kindly your obliging letter of the 15th of this month. Ever since my return from Europe, where I had resided ten years, and could not be fully informed of the state of affairs in my own country, I have been constantly anxious and alarmed at the intemperance of party spirit, and the unbounded license of our presses. In the same view, I could not but lament some things, which have lately passed in public bodies. To instance, at Dedham and Topsfield, and last of all in the resolutions of our Massachusetts legislature. Upon principle, I see no right in our Senate and House to dictate, or advise, or to request our Representatives in Congress. The right of the people to instruct their representatives is very dear to them, and will never be disputed by me. But this is a very different thing from an interference of
a state legislature. Congress must be the "cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night," to conduct this nation; and if their eyes are to be diverted by wondering lights accidentally springing up in every direction, we shall never get through the wilderness.
I have not been inattentive to the course of our public affairs, and agree with Congress in their resolutions to resist the decrees, edicts and orders of France and England; but I think the King's proclamation for the impressment of seamen on board our merchant ships, has not been distinctly enough reprobated. It is the most groundless pretension of all. Retired as I am, conversing with very few of any party; out of the secret of affairs; collecting information only from public papers and pamphlets, many links in the great chain of deliberations, actions and events, may have escaped me. You will easily believe, that an excessive dilligence in my own opinions has not been "the sin, that has most easily beset me." I must nevertheless confess to you, that in all the intricate combinations of our affairs, to which I have ever been a witness, I never found myself so much at a loss to form a judgment of what the nation ought to do, or what part I ought to act. No man, then, I hope, will have more confidence in the solidity of any thing I may suggest, than I have myself.
I revere the upright and enlightened general sense of our American nation. It is nevertheless capable, like all other nations, of general prejudices and national errors. Among these I know not whether there is any more remarkable than that opinion, so universal, that it is in our power to bring foreign nations to our terms, by withholding our commerce. When the executive and legislative authority of any nation, especially in the old governments and great powers of Europe, have adopted measures, upon deliberation, and published them to the world, they cannot recede, without a deep humiliation and disgrace, in the eyes of their own subjects, as well as all Europe. They will therefore obstinately adhere to them, at the expense even of great sacrifices, and in defiance of great dangers. In 1774, Congress appeared almost unanimously sanguine, that a non-importation and non-consumption association, would procure an immediate repeal of acts of Parliament and royal orders. I went heartily along with the rest in all these measures, because I knew, that the sense of the nation, the public opinion in all the colonies required them; and I did not see that they could do harm. But I had no confidence in their success, in any thing but uniting the American people. I expressed this opinion freely to some of my friends, particularly to Mr. Henry, of Virginia, and to Major Hawley, of Massachusetts. These two, and these only, agreed with me in opinion, that we must fight after all. We found by experience, that a war of eight years, in addition to all our resolutions, was necessary; and the aid of France, Spain and Holland too, before our purposes could be accomplished. Do we presume that we can excite insurrection, rebellion, and a revolution in England? Even a revolution would be no benefit to us. A republican government in England would be more hostile to us than the monarchy is. The resources of that country are so great; their merchants, capitalists, and principal manufacturers are so rich, that they can employ their manufacturers and store their productions for a long time, perhaps longer than we can, or will bear to hoard ours. In 1794, upon these principles, and for these reasons, I thought it my duty to decide in Senate against Mr. Madison's resolutions, as they were called, and I have seen no reason to alter my opinion since. I own I was sorry when the late non-importation law passed.—When a war with England was seriously apprehended in 1794, I approved of an embargo as a temporary measure to preserve our seamen and property; but not with any expectation that it would influence England. I thought the embargo which was laid a year ago, a wise and prudent measure, for the same reason, viz. to preserve our seamen and as much of our property as we could get in; but not with the faintest hope that it would influence the British councils. At the same time, I confidently expected, that it would be raised in a few months. I
have not censured any of these measures, because I knew the fond attachment of the nation to them; but I think the nation must soon be convinced that they will not answer their expectations. The embargo and the non-importation laws, I think, ought not to last long. They will lay such a foundation of dissatisfaction to the national government as will give great uneasiness to Mr. Jefferson's successor, and will produce such distractions and confusions as I shudder to think of. The naval and military force to carry them into execution would maintain a war. Are you then for war, you will ask? I will answer you candidly: I think a war would be a less evil than a rigorous enforcement of the embargo and a non-intercourse. But we have no necessity to declare war against England or France, or both. We may raise the embargo, repeal the non-importation, authorise our merchants to arm their vessels; give them special letters of marque to defend themselves against all unlawful aggressors; and take, burn or destroy all vessels, or make prize of them, as enemies, that shall attack them. In the mean time, apply all our resources to build frigates; some in every principal seaport. These frigates ought not to be assembled in any one port, to become an object of a hostile expedition to destroy them. They should be separated and scattered as much as possible, from New Orleans to Passamaquoddy. I never was fond of the plan of building a line of battle ships. Our policy is not to fight squadrons at sea; but to have fast sailing frigates, to scour the seas, and make impressions on the enemy's commerce; and in this way we can do great things. Our seaports and most exposed frontier places ought not to be neglected in their fortifications; but I cannot see for what purpose an hundred thousand militia are called out, nor why we should have so large an army at present. The revenues applied to these uses would be better appropriated to building frigates. We may depend upon it, we shall never be respected by foreign powers, until they see that we are sensible of the great resources which the Almighty, in his benevolent Providence, has put into our hands. No nation under the sun has better materials, architects, or mariners for a respectable maritime power.—I have no doubt our people, when they see a necessity, will cheerfully pay the taxes necessary for their defence, and to support their union, independence and national honor.—When our merchants are armed, if they are taken, they cannot blame the government. If they fight well, and capture their enemies, they will acquire glory and encouragement at home; and England or France may determine for themselves whether they will declare war. I believe neither will do it, because each will be afraid of our joining the other. If either should, in my opinion, the other will rescind; but if we should have both to fight, it would not be long before one or the other would be willing to make peace; and I see not much difference between fighting both and fighting England alone.
My heart is with the Spanish Patriots, and I should be glad to assist them as far as our commerce can supply them. I conclude with acknowledging that we have received greater injuries from England than from France, abominable as both have been. Whatever the government determines I shall support as far as my small voice extends.
I am, sir, with respect and esteem, Your humble servant, JOHN ADAMS.
N. B. The Tribute and British licenses must be prohibited under adequate penalties.
MOUNSEY'S PATENT IMPENETRABLE STUCCO or CEMENT, A substitute for Slates, Tiles and Shingles, to cover roofs of houses and other buildings, &c.
Its color is of a dark and brilliant slate, which is the prevailing taste.
Should a house be on fire, and a brand from it be lodged on the roof of an adjacent building, covered with this Stucco, the brand will not communicate fire to the roof.
There are a variety of valuable trees which are only used for ornament as for example. The Lombardy Poplar, which cannot when worked up withstand the changes of weather, and likewise "the Gum," (which must al-

ways be confined to one element) "the Willow," &c. All these might, by the aid of this Stucco, be a substitute in building, where the oak, the pine, the cypress, the juniper, &c. are used. In short it is (as expressed in the patent) "a substitute for shingles, slates and tile, but may be used for other purposes."
The preparation of this composition may be made thro'out the year in any town, and on every farm & plantation, and (thereby cover any building, at the easy cost of one cent the square foot; but its application can only properly have effect when put on in serene weather from the spring to the fall. The patentee labored under great disadvantages in the experiments he had the honor to make in the presence of the honorable the Justices of the Supreme Court, as the Stucco was applied to the shingle in a very tempestuous and stormy season, yet did not fail.
Those gentlemen who may be desirous of obtaining the privilege from the patentee for making and using the Impenetrable Stucco for any town, county, district, state, plantation or farm, will be pleased to make application to the inventor P. P. Baltimore or to his agent H. Hirt, Esq. attorney at law in the city of Washington—Letters post paid will be attended to.
We the undersigned persons have been witnesses to the the effect of a Stucco or Cement intended to be a covering to the roofs of houses, in order to avert the dreadful calamity of fire. The inventor has informed us that it is easily prepared, is cheap and durable; and as we have viewed an experiment made on it, as well by Aquafortis, as by a coal fire, neither of which seemed to have the complete power of destruction; we are therefore of opinion that the same Cement is a very useful invention. It appears to be nearly incombustible, and well calculated for the purpose intended, particularly, when it is applied on the roofs of buildings which are shingled. The inventor Mr. Mornebeck, has stated to us that it is equally secure against the heaviest rains; he therefore deserves in our opinion, the patronage of the public for so useful a discovery.
Given under our hands at the City of Washington, this 28th day of February, 1809.
(Signed)
John Marshall, Duch. Washington, Wm. Johnson, jun. B. Livingston.
LONDON, FEB. 15.
THIRTY-FIRST FRENCH BULLETIN. The following is a correct translation of the 31st Bulletin.
"The English regiments, bearing the numbers 42, 50 and 52, have been entirely destroyed in the battle of the 16th near Corunna. Not 60 men of each of these corps embarked. The general in chief Moore has been killed in attempting to charge at the head of this brigade, with the view of restoring the fortune of the day. Fruitless efforts! This troop was dispersed and its general slain in the midst of it. Gen. Baird had been already wounded. He passed through Corunna to get on board his ship, and did not get his wound dressed, till he got on board; it is reported he died on the 19th. After the battle of the 16th, a dreadful night passed at Corunna. The English entered in confusion and consternation. The English army landed more than 80 pieces of Cannon; only 30 pieces were re-embarked; the remainder have been taken or lost; and by a return made we find ourselves in possession of 60 pieces of English cannon."
"Independent of two millions of treasure the army has taken from the English it appears that a treasure more considerable has been cast away among the rocks and precipices, that border on the road from Astorga to Corunna. The peasants and soldiers have collected a great quantity of silver among the rocks. In the engagements which took place during the retreat, and prior to the battle of Corunna, two English generals were killed and three wounded. Gen. Crawford is named among the last. The English have lost every thing that constitutes an army. Generals, artillery, horses, baggage, ammunition, magazines. On the 17th at day break, we were masters of the height that commands the road to Corunna, and the batteries were playing upon the English convoy. The result was, that many of their ships were unable to get out, and were taken at the capitulation of Corunna. Five hundred horses were also taken, still alive, sixteen thousand muskets and a great number of battering cannon abandoned by the enemy. A great number of magazines are full of preserved provisions ( munition confectionner ), which the English wished to carry off, but were obliged to leave them behind. A powder magazine, containing two
hundred thousand pounds of powder has also fallen into our hands."
"The English surprised by the issue of the 16th, have not even had time to destroy the magazines. There were even 300 sick in the hospital. We found in the port 7 English ships; three were loaded with horse and four with troops—they could not get out."
"The fortress of Corunna is of an extent which secures it from a coup de main. It was, therefore, impossible to enter it before the 20th, in virtue of the capitulation. In Corunna we found about 200 pieces of Spanish cannon. The French consul, Fourcroy, the general Quisnel and his Staff; M. Taboureau, auditor, and 350 French soldiers or seamen who had been made prisoners, either in Portugal or on board the ship Atlas, have been delivered up. They express great satisfaction at the conduct of the officers of the Spanish navy. The English will have gained by their expedition the hatred of the Spaniards, shame and dishonor. The flower of their army, composed of Scotchmen, have been either wounded, killed or taken."
"General Franceschi has entered St. Jago de Compostella, where he found some magazines and an English guard, which he took. He marched immediately upon Vigo; Romana appeared to have taken this route with 2500 men, all that he could rally. The division of Mermel marched on to Ferrol. The air about Corunna is infected by the carcasses of 1200 horses, whom the English killed in the streets. The first care of the Duke of Dalmaria has been to provide for the restoration of salubrity, equally important to the soldiers and the inhabitants. Gen. Acevedo, governor of Corunna, appears to have taken part with the insurgents only from the constraint of force. He took the oath of fidelity to King Joseph Napoleon, with enthusiasm. The people manifest the joy they feel at being delivered from the English."
February 28. "In December last the Austrian Cabinet sent a confidential mission to St. Petersburg, with a view of exposing to the emperor Alexander the extravagant and dangerous ambition of Bonaparte, the injustice of his conduct in Spain, and the necessity he had imposed on the cabinet of Russia and Austria to unite for their mutual protection. The emperor Francis, at the same time, made a frank communication of the measures he had adopted to meet the war which he despairs of being able to avert, and he invited the emperor Alexander to enter into such arrangements as might be necessary to oppose a barrier to the overwhelming tyranny of France."
"This overture the emperor Alexander immediately communicated to Bonaparte in Spain, and to this circumstance his hasty and unlooked for return to Paris is imputed."
"We further learn that the intentions of Austria, the hopes of Prussia and the politics of Russia, have been exposed to France, by the interception of a letter from the Queen of Prussia to her father the duke of Mecklenburgh Streitz. From the reports which have reached us, it appears, that the suspicions of the French ambassador Caulaincourt had been excited by frequent interviews which the Prussian Minister of State, baron Scladen, (who had attended their majesties to Petersburg,) had had with the Austrian embassy, and that he had caused a Prussian officer of the name of Bruger, who was entrusted with dispatches for Berlin, &c. to be followed, and it is said, murdered and his papers secured. Amongst these was the letter from the queen to her father, expressive of her hope, that the war which Austria was about to wage, in which Alexander had been strongly urged to join, would tend to restore her husband to his former rank in Europe. The emperor Alexander is represented as being pleased with the preparations of Austria, and to be restrained from joining in them, rather through fear of Bonaparte than from friendship to him. The situation of affairs in Spain is mentioned as being favorable to the intended operations of Austria, which, it is added, would develop themselves early in the Spring."
"The Prussian army comprises 40,000 effective men; of which 8,000 were cavalry, and 26,000 infantry; the rest artillery, guards, &c."
"Reports of an approaching war between France and Austria were in general circulation in the north. The French army, under the orders of the duke of Auerstadt, which was cantoned in Hanover, Hanau, &c. was in motion and the Danish paper, The Eagan , of the 6th inst. observes that the prince of Ponte Corvo had received dispatches from France, which had occasioned particular sensation at Hamburg. The same paper however, contains an extract from the Westphalian Official Gazette, con-
tradicting the report of an intended augmentation of that army, or an immediate movement of it."
"We mentioned in our last number, that the Austrian government was forming large stores of grain from the neighboring States, particularly from Bavaria.—The foreign Journals which have since reached us, contain numberless paragraphs on the same subject."
CADIZ, FEB. 23. PROCLAMATION.
Our Lord the king Don Ferdinand VII. and in his royal name, Don Felix Jones, field marshal of the royal armies, and governor pro tempore of this place, &c.
In consequence of the discontents and commotions which have taken place in this city, whose inhabitants have requested various things which they consider useful and necessary to their private and public security, and to the exercise of their liberty and of the national independence; and considering their loyalty and patriotism at all times, and particularly at present, as also the signal and important services which they have performed and are now performing in favor of the just cause which they defend at the hazard of their lives and fortunes, it is made known as follows:
1. That the said governor, with the advice and concurrence of the most reverend father guardian of Capuchins, has resolved, at the petition and request of the people, to remove from their present situations and employments, Don Josef and don Manuel de Heredia, the licentiate don Josef de Castro Cubillas, and don Juan de Dios de Landaburu; and if the people desire the suppression of the junta of government, on expressing their wish without disorders or riot, through their representatives the Lyndie, it shall instantly be done.
2. The most vigilant endeavors shall be used for the discovery of traitors, in order to avoid the danger of collusion with the enemy. That all personal injuries shall be redressed, and that every thing shall be provided for the defence of this place by its inhabitants or by national troops, without admitting any foreign troops whatsoever.
3. That for the greater satisfaction of the public, able officers of the corps of artillery and engineers of the British nation, our close and faithful ally, who so zealously assists us, shall be invited, for the purpose of examining and surveying the fortifications of this place and its dependencies, and shall be consulted in every thing relating to its defence.
4. That whereas the people of Cadiz, dissatisfied with his excellency the marquis de Villel, a member of the central junta, and its representative in this city, did, yesterday the 22d inst. arrest and confine him in the monastery of the reverend father Capuchins, and earnestly requested an examination of his papers, it has been determined to do so, and that a legal investigation shall take place.
5. That as the public discontent appears to arise in a great measure from the reserve with which intelligence of public events has hitherto been communicated, measures shall be taken to satisfy the people on that subject, by announcing whatever may occur with the greatest punctuality and attention.
6. Lastly, that the enlistment of the inhabitants in the provincial regiment of Ciudad Rodrigo shall cease, until, after consulting the supreme authority, suitable measures are taken to garrison and defend this place; for which purpose the distinguished volunteers, the light troops, and the companies of artillery, shall remain and shall not leave it, declaring that the reports spread by malevolence that it is intended to disarm them, or to send them to the army, are absolutely false.
And that this may be known to and satisfy the public, and that the confidence due to the authorities may be restored, and all disturbances cease, & tranquility reign, without which the laws cannot govern, it is ordered that these presents be posted up in Cadiz, this 23d Feb. 1809.
FR. MARINO DE SEVILLA, Guardian of Capuchins FELIX JONES.
NATIONAL MUSEUM.
THE very flattering encouragement the Subscriber has met with from a number of Gentlemen of the highest respectability and talent, among whom he has the honor to name the President of the United States and Dr. Samuel L. Mitchell of New York—has induced him respectfully to announce to the Public, his determination to commence the establishment of a NATIONAL MUSEUM, connected with a GALLERY OF PORTRAITS, in the city of Washington, where a Building well calculated for the purpose is now preparing.
The great and obvious utility of such an institution at the seat of the National Government, it is presumed will strike every liberal and enlightened mind in so forcible a manner as to render any further detail in the present instance unnecessary.
C. BOYLE.
March 20—
WASHINGTON CITY.
FRIDAY, APRIL 21.
We issued on the 19th inst. an Extra Paper, containing the following documents, which, for preservation, are republished to-day.
IMPORTANT.
Since the arrival of Mr. Oakeley at Washington, Mr. Smith, Secretary of State, and Mr. Erskine, the British Minister, have been, we understand, every day engaged in discussions in relation to two points of difference between the United States and Great Britain, which, it seems, Mr. Erskine has been authorised to arrange in virtue of powers received from his government by the British sloop of war, now lying at Hampton, subject to his orders. The following Notes shew the happy result of these discussions.
(No. I.)
MR. ERSKINE TO MR. SMITH.
Washington, 17th April, 1809.
SIR,
I HAVE the honor to inform you, that I have received his Majesty's commands, to represent to the government of the United States, that his Majesty is animated by the most sincere desire for an adjustment of the differences, which have unhappily so long prevailed between the two countries, the recapitulation of which might have a tendency to impede, if not prevent an amicable understanding.
It having been represented to his Majesty's government, that the Congress of the United States, in their proceedings at the opening of the last session, had evinced an intention of passing certain laws, which would place the relations of Great Britain with the United States upon an equal footing, in all respects, with the other belligerent powers, I have accordingly received his Majesty's commands, in the event of such laws taking place, to offer, on the part of his Majesty, an honorable reparation for the aggression, committed by a British naval officer, in the attack on the United States' frigate Chesapeake.
Considering the act, passed by the Congress of the United States on the 1st of March, (usually termed the non-intercourse act) as having produced a state of equality, in the relations of the two belligerent powers, with respect to the United States, I have to submit, conformably to instructions, for the consideration of the American government, such terms of satisfaction and reparation, as his Majesty is induced to believe, will be accepted, in the same spirit of conciliation, with which they are proposed.
In addition to the prompt disavowal made by his Majesty, on being apprized of the unauthorized act, committed by his naval officer, whose recall, as a mark of the King's displeasure, from an highly important and honorable command, immediately ensued, his Majesty is willing to restore the men forcibly taken out of the Chesapeake, and, if acceptable to the American government, to make a suitable provision for the unfortunate sufferers on that occasion.
I have the honor to be,
With sentiments of the highest Respect and consideration,
SIR,
Your most obedient humble servant,
D. M. ERSKINE.
The Hon. ROBERT SMITH, Esq. Secretary of State, &c. &c. &c.
(No. II.)
Department of State, April 17, 1809.
Sir,
I have laid before the President your note, in which you have, in the name and by the order of his Britannic Majesty declared that his Britannic Majesty is desirous of making an honorable reparation for the aggression committed by a British naval officer in the attack on the United States' frigate the Chesapeake; that, in addition to his prompt disavowal of the act, his Majesty, as a mark of his displeasure, did immediately recall the offending officer from a highly important and honorable command; and that he is willing to restore the men forcibly taken out of the Chesapeake, and, if acceptable to the American government, to make a suitable provision for the unfortunate sufferers on that occasion.
The government of the United States having, at all times, entertained a sincere desire for an adjustment of the differences, which have so long and so unhappily subsisted between the two countries, the President cannot but receive with pleasure assurances, that his Britannic Majesty is animated by the same disposition, and
that he is ready, in conformity to this disposition, to make atonement for the insult and aggression committed by one of his naval officers in the attack on the United States frigate the Chesapeake.
As it appears, at the same time, that, in making this offer, his Britannic Majesty derives a motive from the equality, now existing, in the relations of the United States, with the two belligerent powers, the President owes it to the occasion, and to himself, to let it be understood, that this equality is a result incident to a state of things, growing out of distinct considerations.
With this explanation, as requisite as it is frank, I am authorised to inform you that the President accepts the note delivered by you, in the name and by the order of his Britannic Majesty, and will consider the same with the engagement contained therein, when fulfilled, as a satisfaction for the insult and injury of which he has complained. But I have it in express charge from the President to state, that while he forbears to insist on a further punishment of the offending officer, he is not the less sensible of the justice and utility of such an example, nor the less persuaded that it would best comport with what is due from his Britannic Majesty to his own honor.
I have the honor to be, With the highest respect and consideration, Sir, Your most obedient servant, R. SMITH.
The Hon. David M. Erskine, Esq. Envoy Extraordinary & Minister Plenipotentiary of His Britannic Majesty.
(No. III.)
MR. ERSKINE TO MR. SMITH.
Washington, April 18th, 1809.
SIR,
I have the honor of informing you, that his Majesty, having been persuaded that the honorable reparation which he had caused to be tendered for the unauthorized attack upon the American frigate Chesapeake would be accepted by the government of the United States in the same spirit of conciliation, with which it was proposed, has instructed me to express his satisfaction, should such a happy termination of that affair take place—not only as having removed a painful cause of difference, but as affording a fair prospect of a complete and cordial understanding being re-established between the two countries.
The favorable change in the relations of his Majesty with the United States, which has been produced by the Act (usually termed the Non-Intercourse Act) passed in the last session of Congress, was also anticipated by his Majesty, and has encouraged a further hope, that a reconsideration of the existing differences might lead to their satisfactory adjustment.
On these grounds and expectations, I am instructed to communicate to the American government, his Majesty's determination of sending to the United States, an Envoy Extraordinary invested with full powers to conclude a treaty on all the points of the relations between the two countries.
In the mean time, with a view to contribute to the attainment of so desirable an object; his Majesty would be willing to withdraw his Orders in Council of January and November 1807, so far as respects the United States, in the persuasion that the President would issue a Proclamation for the repeal of the intercourse with Great Britain, and that whatever difference of opinion should arise in the interpretation of the terms of such an agreement will be removed in the proposed negotiation.
I have the honor to be with sentiments of the highest consideration and esteem,
Sir, your most obedient humble servant,
D. M. ERSKINE.
Hon. ROBERT SMITH, &c. &c. &c.
(No. IV.)
MR. SMITH TO MR. ERSKINE.
Department of State, April 18th, 1809.
SIR,
The note, which I had the honor of receiving from you this day, I lost no time in laying before the President, who, being sincerely desirous of a satisfactory adjustment of the differences unhappily existing between Great Britain and the United States, has authorised me to assure you, that he will meet with a disposition correspondent with that of his Britannic Majesty, the determination of his Majesty to send to the United States a special Envoy, invested with full powers to conclude a treaty on all the points of the relations between the two countries.
I am further authorised to assure you that in case his Britannic Majesty should, in the mean time withdraw his orders in council of January and November 1807, so far as respects the

United States, the President will not fail to issue a Proclamation by virtue of the authority and for the purposes specified in the eleventh section of the statute, commonly called the Non-Intercourse Act.
I have the honor, &c. &c. (Signed) R. SMITH.
(No. V.) MR. ERSKINE TO MR. SMITH. Washington, April 19, 1809.
SIR, In consequence of the acceptance, by the President, as stated in your letter dated the 13th inst. of the proposals made by me on the part of his Majesty, in my letter of the same day, for the renewal of the intercourse between the respective countries, I am authorised to declare that his Majesty's orders in council of January and November 1807, will have been withdrawn as respects the United States on the 10th day of June next.
I have the honor to be, With great respect and Consideration, Sir, Your most obt. servt. (Signed) D. M. ERSKINE.
Hon. ROBERT SMITH, &c. &c. &c.
(No. VI.) MR. SMITH TO MR. ERSKINE. Department of State, April 19, 1809.
SIR, Having laid before the President your note of this day, containing an assurance, that his Britannic Majesty will, on the tenth day of June next, have withdrawn his Orders in Council of January and November 1807, so far as respects the United States, I have the honor of informing you that the President will accordingly, and in pursuance of the eleventh section of the statute, commonly called the Non-Intercourse act, issue a Proclamation, so that the trade of the United States with Great Britain may on the same day be renewed, in the manner provided in the said section.
I have the honor, &c. &c. (Signed) R. SMITH.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS it is provided by the 11th section of the act of Congress entitled "An act to interdict the commercial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain and France, and their dependencies; and for other purposes;"—that "in case either France or Great Britain shall so revoke or modify her edicts as that they shall cease to violate the neutral commerce of the United States," the President is authorised to declare the same by proclamation, after which the trade suspended by the said act and by an act laying an Embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports & harbors of the United States and the several acts supplementary thereto may be renewed with the nation so doing. And whereas the Honorable David Montague Erskine, his Britannic Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, has by the order and in the name of his Sovereign declared to this government that the British orders in council of January and November 1807, will have been withdrawn as respects the United States, on the 10th day of June next. Now therefore I JAMES MADISON, President of the United States, do hereby proclaim that the orders in council aforesaid will have been withdrawn on the said tenth day of June next; after which day the trade of the United States with Great Britain, as suspended by the act of Congress above mentioned and an act laying an Embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States and the several acts supplementary thereto, may be renewed.
Given under my hand and the seal of the United States, at Washington, the nineteenth day of April, (L.S.) in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and nine, and of the Independence of the United States, the thirty-third.
JAMES MADISON. By the President, Rt. SMITH, Secretary of State
Mission to Petersburg.—The disagreement of the Senate to the mission to Petersburg, however honorable to the independence of that body, probably arose from an inattention to the great and growing importance of the Russian empire. If there be any nation of Europe, with whom it is politic to maintain a diplomatic intercourse, it would seem, pre-eminently, to be Russia. It has, indeed, been made a question, whether the whole of this intercourse is not rather injurious than beneficial, and whether its general tendency has not been to wi-
den, rather than to remove, the causes of difference with foreign powers; but, while other missions are maintained, this question would seem to be waived, and the only consideration remaining to be, the relative importance of this mission. While diplomatic relations are continued with the European nations, they surely ought to be cultivated with those, which have the disposition, as well as the power of promoting the objects on which our prosperity most depends. If it be considered of importance to have a minister at courts, where the policy of the government is dictated by motives of rivalry or jealousy or actual hostility, is it not equally, nay more important, to have a minister at a court, where a spirit of amity presides, emanating from congenial interests and character? By the missions long since instituted, we have decided the propriety of participating, to a certain extent, in the concerns of other nations, at least so far as is necessary for carrying on commercial intercourse with them. If then, to further this purpose, we continue to send ministers to France, England and Spain, with all of whom we have such serious collisions, arising from interfering interests, ought we not to avail ourselves of the good offices of a government, whose maritime principles are the same with ours, whose character is, like ours, essentially agricultural, whose resources are already vast, and which, under a wise administration, are expanding with a rapidity only inferior to our own?
It is unnecessary to multiply proofs of the correspondence between Russia and ourselves on the score of maritime principles. The armed neutrality must be fresh in the recollection of the reader, and previous as well as subsequent to that era, she has given the most decisive proofs of the resolute spirit with which she is bent on establishing the freedom of the seas.
This has not arisen from any accidental or occasional circumstance, or from inordinate ambition; but from the fundamental interests of the country. Russia, like the U. States, as we have observed, is essentially an agricultural nation, possessed of great natural resources, which, like those possessed by ourselves, though principally the objects of domestic consumption, are much beyond the wants of the interior, and, therefore, the natural subjects of barter for the commodities of other nations. Her population, in 1796, was computed by Mr. Tooke at 36,000,000, and as the ratio in which her inhabitants increase is about the same with our own, her numbers may now be estimated at nearly fifty millions. The rapidity with which her people increase is, at present, unknown in any other part of the world, except the United States; and the vast extent of her territory will protract the period of this increase to a distant day. While she doubles her population in less than thirty years, the rest of Europe is nearly stationary. It is in these leading facts that we at once perceive the traits of a congenial character with the United States, which serve to shew the solid friendship which might be cultivated almost without an effort. Indeed we have long since understood, that on the part of the Emperor of Russia there had been manifested a high respect for the American character and government; and we have seen, that on several occasions he has paid unusual marks of respect to our consul and merchants at Petersburg, treating the former with the distinction of a minister, and the latter, as though they were native subjects.
Russia, moreover, is one of the few countries of Europe, with whom we, perhaps, could make no arrangement that would not equally promote our permanent and temporary interests. The agricultural character, which she now possesses most, from her immense population, for ages, if not forever, continue. This will be the case with ourselves. And it is far from improbable, that, a century hence, she will be no less the commanding nation of Europe than we of America. When we consider the astonishing progress already made by both nations in numbers & political importance, the supposition cannot be treated as extravagant.
There is one other interesting point of view in which this subject merits attention. Russia stands precisely in that political attitude, which will be best fitted to check the inordinate ambition of France on the land, and of England on the water. From the nature of her interests, no less than from her comparative invulnerability, it is impossible for her not to view the encroachments of both these powers with equal jealousy, and vigorously to resist them; and, however, for a moment, her efforts may be paralysed by the unprecedented nature of the times, it may be safely calculated upon, that eventually her whole political weight will be actively opposed to them.
VIRGINIA ELECTIONS.
We have received the following returns, in addition to those heretofore given:
 Fairfax County.  Joseph Lewis 146  Wm. Tyler 125  Mr. Lewis is undoubtedly re-elected for Fairfax district.  Matthews and Northampton.  J. Eyre 241  B. Basset 129  Pendleton County.  Mr. Swoope 183  Mr. Smith 120  Botetourt County.  J. Breckenridge 357  A. Wilson 78 
Caroline District. In relation to this district the Enquirer says, "In Caroline county, Mr. Woodford had a large majority. —From King and Queen, we have not heard particularly, but understand that Mr. John Roane more than made it up. It is said, he went to Essex with a majority of 130. There is no doubt of Mr. R's election. He is firmly democratic."
INSANITY
QUEM DEUS VULT PERDERE PRIUS DEMENTAT. From the Federal Republican.
"Had this rebellion broken out in the presidency of Mr. Jefferson, we could not have hoped for the interference of the Executive. His hatred of the judiciary would have preferred a seven years civil war, to the triumph of law, over the machinations of profligate politicians. Indeed we most sincerely believe that Mr. Jefferson himself is at the bottom of the conspiracy, and although secure at this moment in his retreat at Monticello, he directs the operations of the insurgents. With one of the executrices who is protected from arrest by the military, Mr. Jefferson is extremely intimate. At one time he betrayed so great an attachment to her that, it was generally believed they would be married. He presented her with a fine painting of himself, which may be now seen in her house in Philadelphia. To mention this circumstance as an evidence of his participation in the treason of Snyder might be sneered at, but when connected with the inveterate hostility which he has manifested upon all occasions to the judiciary, and the agency of himself and all his bosom friends in the former insurrection we think there is a strong presumption, that he has been instrumental in producing the present state of things in Pennsylvania. Were Mr. Jefferson, therefore, Chief Magistrate of the United States, we should despair of the laws receiving their proper support. But thank God, this hoary old conspirator against the fame and political life of the father of these states, the convicted traitor to the constitution of his country, is shorn of all his power."
FROM THE ENQUIRER.
On the retirement of the late President from office, the feelings of a grateful country were poured forth in addresses from every quarter. The citizens of Albemarle, eager on this occasion to express in the strongest manner, the affection and esteem which they felt for their neighbor and friend, had determined to meet him in a body at the extremity of the country, and conduct him home. Lest however, they might, while obeying the impulse of friendship, inflict a wound on that modesty which has ever characterised him, it was thought best to submit to him this intention. In his reply, he expressed in the most obliging and affectionate terms his wish, that his friends should not take (as he termed it) so much trouble on his account. The idea was accordingly given up.
Subsequently, to wit—on the 6th of March, 1809, "At a meeting of the people of Albemarle county, at the court-house, Wm. D. MERIWETHER was called to the chair—and ALEX. GARNETT appointed Secretary."
"A committee was appointed to prepare an address to THOMAS JEFFERSON, late President of the United States, expressive of the feelings and sentiments of his countrymen, on his recent retirement from office; and submit the same to the consideration of the people on Saturday next."
WM. D. MERIWETHER, Ch. Attest. A. GARNETT, Sec'y.
"Accordingly at a meeting of the people of Albemarle, on Saturday the 11th March, 1809, WM. D. MERIWETHER was called to the Chair, and PETER MINOR was appointed Secretary. The committee appointed on Monday last, to prepare an address to Thomas Jefferson—reported the following, which was unanimously adopted, and Wm. D. Meriwether, Nimrod Brantham, Dr. Charles Everett, Thomas W. Maury and Dabney Minor, were appointed a committee to present the address to Mr. Jefferson."
TO THOMAS JEFFERSON, Late President of the United States.
SIR,
The inhabitants of Albemarle, your fellow citizens and your friends, beg leave to congratulate you on your return to yourselves and to your native country. They invite you to the enjoyment of that domestic happiness from which your public services have so long abstracted you, and for which you have so fair a prospect.
In the bosom of your family, surrounded by your neighbors, and followed by the affections of a grateful country, they hope to see realised those sweets of retirement, for which you have often sighed, and to which they are now anxious personally to contribute. While gratulations of love and applause from every part of the union, testify the feelings of the nation towards you; we, your countrymen, strongly participating in the public sentiment, can have nothing to add, on the score of public gratitude; we hear, with pleasure and delight, the plaudits of a free and grateful people, attending their chief magistrate, as he voluntarily descends from the highest offices of state, to the tranquil walks of private life; and we dare not express our feelings when we reflect, that this voluntary relinquishment of honors and power, restores to us a friend and neighbor, as exemplary in the social circle, as he is eminent at the helm of state.
The mariner, who has weathered the tempest and storm, feels a delicious pleasure in contrasting present safety with former peril; so the cares, the labours, the perplexities, the pomp, the turmoil, and the bustle of office, will doubly endear to you the calm enjoyments of domestic life. As individuals among whom you were raised, and to whom you have at all times been dear, we again welcome your return to your native country, to the bosom of your family, and to the affections of those neighbors who have long known, and have long revered you in private life. We assure you, sir, we are not insensible to the many sacrifices you have already made, to the various stations which have been assigned you by your country; we have witnessed your disinterestedness, and while we feel the benefits of your past services, it would be more than ingratitude in us, did we not use our best efforts to make your latter days as tranquil and as happy, as your former have been bright and glorious.
On behalf of the meeting, WM. D. MERIWETHER, Chair. Attest. P. MINOR, Sec'y.
To which Mr. JEFFERSON returned the following Answer: To the inhabitants of Albemarle County, in Virginia—
Returning to the scenes of my birth and early life, to the society of those with whom I was raised, and who have been ever dear to me, I receive, fellow citizens and neighbors, with inexpressible pleasure, the cordial welcome you are so good as to give me. Long absent on duties, which the history of a wonderful era made incumbent on those called to them, the pomp, the turmoil, the bustle and splendor of office, have drawn but deeper sighs for the tranquil and irresponsible occupations of private life, for the enjoyment of an affectionate intercourse with you, my neighbors and friends, and the endearments of family love, which nature has given us all as the sweetener of every hour. For these, I gladly lay down the distressing burthen of power, and seek with my fellow citizens repose and safety under the watchful cares, the labors and exertions of younger and abler minds. The anxieties you express to administer to my happiness, do of themselves confer that happiness; and the measure will be complete, if my endeavors to fulfil my duties in the several public stations to which I have been called, have obtained for me the approbation of my country. The part which I have acted on the theatre of public life, has been before them; and to their sentence I submit it: but the testimony of my native county, of the individuals who have known me in private life, to my conduct in its various duties and relations, is the more grateful, as proceeding from eye-witnesses and observers, from tryers of the vicinage. Of you, then, my neighbors, I may ask in the face of the world, "whose ox have I taken, or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed, or of whose hands have I received a bribe to blind mine eyes therewith?" On your verdict I rest with conscious security. Your wishes for my happiness are received with just sensibility, and I offer sincere prayers for your own welfare and prosperity.
TH: JEFFERSON. April 3d, 1809.
Philadelphia, April 17. This morning at 9 o'clock, the Marshal of the district made return to the Chief Justice of this commonwealth to the Habeas Corpus issued by the Chief Justice, relative to the arrest of
Mrs. Sergeant one of the executrices of the late D. Rittenhouse.
The Attorney General read the return of the Marshal that he had the body of the said Elizabeth Sergeant before the court, and the process issued by Judge Peters; and he was proceeding to make some observations on the case, when he was interrupted by Mr. Lewis, as counsel for Olmstead, who wished to have it fully understood that he would grant no indulgence—that he did not see the body of Elizabeth Sergeant, and that he should hold the Marshal responsible for all the consequences of his return. Mr. Ingersol contended that there was no necessity for Mrs. Sergeant to be actually in court—that the object of the habeas corpus was to ascertain the opinion of the chief justice as to the deliberation of Mrs. Sergeant from the Marshal, which he apprehended might be done without her being present.
The Chief Justice said that the habeas corpus was issued at the request of Mrs. Sergeant, that if she chose to remain in custody they would hear the cause in her absence.
Mr. Dallas as counsel for the Marshal did not know of his own knowledge, that any determination to resque existed, but he had heard, & he had seen it published in a newspaper, that if he attempted to remove Mrs. Sergeant from her own house that he would be resisted, he therefore prayed that he be permitted to amend his return; which request was acceded to by the chief justice.
The Marshal made an amended return in which he stated that he had arrested the said Elizabeth Sergeant, and that he now has her in his custody at her own house, and it is at the request of Mrs. Sergeant herself, that she is not here personally in court.
Mr. Peters. Does your honor consider the decree and mandamus as before you?
Chief Justice. They are referred to.
The Attorney General began, and in a very able manner went through the judicial history of the case of Olmstead, from 1778 down to the present time, to show that the cause was taken into the circuit court of the U. States illegally, and in violation of the rights of the free, sovereign, and independent state of Pennsylvania, and that therefore the judiciary of the U. States not having jurisdiction, Mrs. Elizabeth Sergeant should be discharged out of the custody of the Marshal.
The Attorney General had not concluded his very animated and highly interesting speech when this paper went to press. To-morrow we hope to give our readers a full account of the proceedings before the chief justice. Dem. Press.
WASHINGTON CANAL.
The Commissioners appointed under the act of Congress for opening the Canal in the city of Washington, hereby give notice that a BOOK for receiving and entering Subscriptions for raising a Capitol Stock for the purpose of opening said Canal will be opened on Thursday the 25th day of May next, at Long's hotel in the city of Washington, and kept open from Ten o'clock A. M. till Three o'clock P. M.
Daniel Carroll of Dud'n George Blagden, Griffith Coombe, Frederick May, James D. Barry, John Law, Elias B. Caldwell, Commissioners. Washington April 21—wtM21
FORM OF A POWER TO SUBSCRIBE. I do hereby authorise and empower to subscribe for me in my name for shares in the Washington Canal Company. Witness my hand and seal this day. Witness,
TO LET. The House now occupied by John Dempsey, fronting on the Virginia avenue, between Third and Fourth streets east. Also for Sale a HORSE and GIG—Enquire as above. April 21—3t
NOTICE to the Creditors of the late General Uriah Forrest.
ON Monday the 22d day of May next at Rhodes's hotel in the city of Washington (11 o'clock A. M.) a dividend and settlement of the estate of the late general Uriah Forrest will be made by the Assignee, under the direction of the Commissioners of Bankruptcy. April 21—4t
FURS.
UPWARDS of four thousand Raccoon Skins, from the Lakes, will be sold at Public Auction, in lots to suit purchasers, at this office, on Wednesday the 17th May next, at 14 o'clock.
For sums not exceeding Two Hundred Dollars cash must be paid. For sums exceeding that amount, notes with approved endorsers at ninety days will be taken. J. MASON, sup't.
Indian Trade Office, Georgetown, April 20th, 1809.
LOST.
FROM the Commons of this City, on Saturday night last, a BROWN MAR, which had when young met with an accident in one of her hocks. She had a star in her forehead, and about 8 or 9 days old. Whoever will bring them to me shall be well rewarded. WILLIAM THOMPSON. Washington, April 21—3t

NOTICE
THE persons who claim title to the following LOTS in Georgetown , are notified that their titles are defective in consequence of their having neglected to avail themselves of the compromise agreed on in the case of Beatty and Davidson . The representatives of Gen. Davidson are yet willing to assent to the same compromise, and all who apply by the 10th May next may obtain deeds on those terms—the lots claimed by those who do not, will be proceeded against. If those persons desire any information on this subject they can apply to Mr. Abner Bitchell or to R. S. Key , Esq., Georgetown. Letters from those who do not reside in the District (post paid) will be attended to.
ANNE MARIA DAVIDSON, Executrix & devisee of Gen. JOHN DAVIDSON.
The following are the lots in Beatty and Davidson's addition to Georgetown , referred to in the above notice—Lots No. 2 & part of Lot No. 3, lots Nos. 4, 9, 15, 30, 41, 43, 44, 52, 58, 59, 60, 65, 67, 71, and part of Lot 79—lots no. 80, 81, 83, 85, 87, 91, 92, 94, 102, 104, 105, 109, 110, 113, 114, 118, 119, 121, 123, 125, 130, 132, 135, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 148, 149, 151, 153, 163, 168, 169, 175, 176, 194, 195, 196, 205, 207, 214, 215, 216, 220, 225, 227, 230, 231, 236, 237, 239, 245, 248, 256, 257, 258, 259, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 267, 269, 270, 272, 273, 275, 276, 279, 282, 287, 288, 289, 290, 294, and 295.
March 22—10m
CHARLES B. FARNER,
RESPECTFULLY informs the gentlemen of the district of Columbia, and Public in general, that he has received by a late arrival from Philadelphia, a Choice Assortment of superior Cloths, Cassimeres, single and double milled, superior Coating, black silk Florentines. Likewise an elegant assortment of Sponcelines & rich silk Mole skins for Waistcoats with a variety of other articles suitable for the season. Regimentals and Army Uniforms made in the most elegant and uniform style of fashion.
Richard Horner's celebrated PATENT PARASOL ESPERANS, far superior to any hitherto in the market, can be had on the same terms retail, as at his Manufactory.
November 27—4f
FOR SALE
ALL or any part of the estate of the late subscriber, lying on the Eastern Branch of the Potomac, between the two bridges, and immediately opposite the city of Washington; a considerable part of the estate is heavily wooded, and the whole is divided into convenient Farms, each containing a proper proportion of wood and arable land. On payment of one fourth part of the purchase money, indispensible titles will be made, and reasonable credit for the res due, secured by bond and mortgage.
ALSO FOR SALE
The whole, or any part of the Estates of the "North American Land Company," and "Aggregate Fund," consisting of divers large bodies of Land variously situated, in the states of New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Kentucky; and of Houses & House Lots in the City of Washington. On the Sale of which, indispensible title and very liberal terms, both as to price and periods of payment, will be granted to all persons, particularly settlers disposed to purchase.
For further information, and terms, apply to the subscriber, at present in Philadelphia, or at Washington from the 1st to the 15th June next.
JAMES GREENLEAF,
Philadelphia, April 12—cp10w
FOR SALE AT PUBLIC AUCTION, On the Premises on the 15th day of June next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon.
LOTS No. 16 and 17, in Sq. 101, in the City of Washington, together with the Buildings thereon standing. Said property is directly opposite Mr. Wm. O'Neal's houses near the West Market, and is most advantageously situated, it being the estate formerly owned by Mr. Samuel Wilson, deceased. The terms of payment are one fourth cash in hand, the remainder divided into three equal annual payments with interest annuity on these three payments which are to be secured by good notes negotiable Bank and a mortgage on the property. Also at the same time and place, Two SHARES in the Theatre.
April 17—4ds
FOR SALE AT PUBLIC AUCTION, On the Premises on the 15th day of June next, at 5 o'clock in the afternoon.
LOT No. 3, in Sq. No. 161 in the city of Washington together with a Dwelling House and Slaughter-House thereon. Said property is well situated for a butcher. A line run of water passes near it. It was formerly owned by Daniel Guyer. Terms of payment, one fourth cash in hand, one fourth payable in six months from the sale with interest, one fourth payable at the end of 12 months with interest and the remainder payable at the end of 18 months with interest. Said payments are to be secured by good notes negotiable at the Bank and a mortgage on the property.
April 17—4ds
PUBLIC SALE.
BY virtue of an order of the Orphans Court of Anne Arundel county, the subscriber will sell at Public Sale, on Wednesday the 30th day of May next, if fair, if not, the first fair day thereafter, at the FARM of John Gwin, esq. deceased, on Deep Creek, in Anne Arundel county, all the Personal Estate of the said deceased at the said Farm, consisting of a number of valuable Negroes , Household Furniture, Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Hogs and Farming Utensils.
The Terms of sale are, for all sums under 10l. the cash to be paid on the day of sale, and for all sums above 10l. a credit of ten months will be given, the purchaser giving bond with approved security, with legal interest thereon from the day of sale.
The sale to commence at 11 o'clock, and to be continued until the whole is sold.
The FARM may be RENTED, and immediate possession given.
TH: HARRIS, Jun. Adm'r.
April 17—tdos
LOST—AN UMBRELLA,
Of Green silk with a curved Handle. Whoever has found the Umbrella, on returning it to the Office of the National Int'l. Reconciler shall receive a reward of TWO Dollars.
April 5—4
PUBLIC SALE.
IN pursuance of a Deed of Trust executed to the Subscriber by JOHN STEPHEN, to secure the payment of sundry sums therein mentioned, will be sold at Public Sale, on the premises (if not previously sold at private sale, of which notice will be given) on the second Monday of May next at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, LOTS No. 4 and 5 in Square 83, and Lots 4 & 5 in Square 89, in the city of Washington. The improvements are, one Two Story Frame House, having 3 rooms below, a Kitchen, Cellar, Smoke and Ice House. The whole inclosed according to a good plan. There is attached to the property a Wharf sufficient to contain 200 Cords of Wood. Terms 60, 90 & 120 days credit on giving approved paper.
JOHN MOUNTZ, Jr. Trustee.
April 5—w3t
BEING impressed with the most lively sense of gratitude for the many favors which she has received from the Ladies and Gentlemen in the western section of this city; to whom she tender her most unfeigned thanks, and respects for their liberal encouragement.
She takes this opportunity to inform them, and the public in general, that a few families of the best respectability have induced her by a liberal endowment to relinquish, with reluctance, her establishment near the War Office; and to embrace a situation near the Capitol, in a house which is large, airy and commodious; with a beautiful garden, and every necessary appurtenance suitable and convenient for such an establishment. Where, in addition to the select number of Young Ladies, by whose parents she is engaged, she is at liberty to admit a number of her former Scholars, or any other Young Ladies of respectable connections who may offer.
She likewise begs leave to inform the public, that she has uniformly attended, in a particular manner, to a due selection of Professors of character, and experience to instruct her Pupils in the higher classes of Arithmetic, Geography, & History , and in the arts of Dancing & Drawing , and that suitable Masters of that description will attend the new establishment, which will commence on the 17th inst.
N. B. Her present residence on the Pennsylvania Avenue to let; enquire of Mr. Buzzard, in Georgetown.
Washington city, April 12—cop2m
   10,000 DOLLARS, MAY BE GAINED OF 1-2 DOLLARS!   In the Third Class of the Lottery, authorized by law for removing obstructions in the RIVER LEHIGH, IN PENNSYLVANIA.   SCHEME.     2 prizes of $10,000 each 20,000   2 " 5,000 " 10,000   2 " 2,500 " 5,000   3 " 1,000 " 3,000   6 " 500 " 3,000   15 " 200 " 3,000   30 " 100 " 3,000   60 " 50 " 3,000   150 " 20 " 3,000   300 " 10 " 3,000   13,900 " 5 " 69,000   35,630 not 2 1-2 blanks to a prize.  
50,000 tickets at 2 1-2 dollars, 125,000
To draw 500 tickets each day at the State House in Philadelphia, and the prizes to be paid by Thomas Milborne , esq. the treasurer of that city, 30 days after the conclusion of the drawing, subject to a deduction of 15 per cent. Prizes not demanded in twelve months after the close of the drawing, to be considered as relinquished to the Lottery.
Part of the above prizes determinable as follows:
   The 1st drawn ticket on the 1st, 5th, 10th, 15th, 20th, 25th, 30th, 35th, 40th, 45th, 50th and 55th days $300 each.   do. on the 60th, 65th, 70th & 75th do. 500 do.   do. on the 80th and 85th day 1000 do.   do. 90th 2500 do.   do. 95th 5000 do.   do. 100th 10000 do.  
The two $10,000 prizes to receive each in part payment 25 shares of the Lehigh Stock, at 100 dollars each, The two 5000 dollars 10 shares The two 2500 do. 5 do.
Societies, associations, and individuals purchasing not less than 50 tickets will be allowed to pay for them by instalments much to their interest.
Letters post paid, and enclosing the cash, will be duly attended to, and prizes of Lotteries in the cities of Philadelphia, and New York, will be received in payment, by
GEORGE TAYLOR, Jun. No. 25, South Second street, Philadelphia, and JOHN DAVIDSON, Washington city, December 12—w3t
PUBLIC SALE.
BY Virtue of a decree from the High Court of Chancery of Maryland, directed to me as trustee, for the purpose of paying a sum of money therein mentioned, due from Philip Fitzhugh deceased to Isaac and Mahlon Schofield , will be sold at Public Auction, on the premises to the highest bidder on the 22nd day of April next at 12 o'clock, one undivided moiety or half of the Adelphi Mills and about 30 acres of Land belonging thereto, lying in Prince George's county, and the whole of from 27 to 30 acres of Land adjoining the above mentioned Land; the Mill House is large and built of stone, 3 pair of 5 feet Burr stones; a stone store house and stable, and there is several other out buildings, Smiths Shop, &c. The terms will be made known on the day of Sale. The creditors are hereby warned to exhibit their claims within six month from the day of Sale.
JOSEPH L. SCHOLFIELD, Trustee. 3d month 31st, 1809—3w
PUBLIC SALE.
PURSUANT to a decretal order of the Chancery District Court of Williamsburg, will be offered for sale, on the 4th Monday in May next, at Westmoreland Court House being court day, that very valuable FARM, situated on Nomony river, in the county of Westmoreland, the property of JOHN MARTIN, esq. late of said county, containing 643 Acres. A credit of twelve months will be given, the purchaser executing to the commissioners acting under the aforesaid order, bond with approved security, and a deed of trust on the land to secure the payment of the purchase money according to the terms of the decree.
April 14—ts
NOTICE.
ALL persons having claims against the estate of Electus Edelen , deceased, late of Prince George's county, are requested to present them to the subscriber with their proper vouchers on or before the first day of August, otherwise they may be excluded by law from all benefits of said estate.
Given under my hand, WALTER EDELEN, Exr. of E. Edelen, deceased. April 12—w3t
ATTENTION!
THE "Washington Navy Yard Rifle Volunteers," are ordered to meet in front of Lt. Dobbin's house, on Saturday the 22nd inst. at 3 o'clock in complete uniform, and with six rounds each. Punctual attendance is expected.
By order of the Captain, ED. FITZGERALD.
April 19—
Prince George's county, to wit.
I HEREBY certify that JAMES SHAW this day brought before the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for said county, as a stray, a BAY MARE about 14 hands high, 4 years old, her near hind foot white, a star in her forehead, and a small white spot on the left side of her neck.
Given under my hand this 12th day of April 1809.
Copy GEO. PAGE.
April 19—3t
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
That the Sale of the PERSONAL PROPERTY Of the late Thomas H. Hanson is postponed till Thursday the 27th of April, if fair, if not the first fair day thereafter.
THOS. S. ADDISON.
April 19—
NOTICE.
A CASH SALE, on the 25th April, 1809, ten o'clock A. M. at the House of Benjamin Burch, a parcel of valuable furniture, five feather beds, with the furniture belonging to them; fifteen or twenty carpets, forty-two Windsor chairs, several looking glasses, mahogany tables, one mahogany side-board, one cow and calf, and many other articles, all in good order, sold as the property of Benjamin Burch, under a distress for house rent due Daniel Carroll of Duddington.
By DAVID BATES, Constable.
April 19—3t
FOR SALE.
The non-resident time of a NEGRO GIRL, Aged about 18 years, who has been accustomed to House work, and has been, about 4 years to serve. Terms will be liberal. Enquire of
JOSIAH FOX.
Navy Yard, April 14—
WANTS A SITUATION.
AS a Private Tutor or Public Teacher, either in town or country, a young MAN, qualified to teach English, including the practical branches of the Mathematics. A line addressed to C. A. city of Washington, will be duly attended to.
N. B. Unexceptionable recommendations will be given.
March 29—2wif
PROPOSALS
FOR CARRYING THE MAILS. [CONTINUED.]
44. From Biliteria, by Patuxent bridge, Decatur, Pelham and Windham to London-derry once a week.
Leave Biliteria every Tuesday, at 1 p m and arrive at London-derry on Wednesday by 9 a m. Leave London-derry at 10 a m and arrive at Biliteria by 7 p m.
45. From Boston, by Concord, Littleton, Groton, Townsend, Ashby, New Ipswich, Jaffrey, Marlborough and Keene, to Walpole twice a week. Leave Boston every Tuesday and Friday at 4 a m and arrive at Keene by 5 p m. Leave Keene every Wednesday and Saturday at 4 a m and arrive at Walpole by 9 a m. Returning. Leave Walpole every Tuesday and Friday at 4 p m and arrive at Keene by 8 p m. Leave Keene every Wednesday and Saturday at 5 a m and arrive at Boston by 8 p m.
46. From Boston, by Concord, Stow, Bolton, Lancaster, Leominster, Westminster, Templeton, Gerry, Athol, Orange, Norwich, Winchester, N. H. and Hinsdale, to Brattleboro' Vt. twice a week. Leave Boston every Monday and Thursday at 5 a m and arrive at Westminster by 3 p m and Brattleboro' on Tuesday and Friday by 8 p m. Leave Brattleboro' every Wednesday and Saturday at 5 a m and arrive at Boston on Thursday and Monday by 8 p m.
47. From Worcester, by Holden, Rutland, Hubbardston, Templeton, Winchendon and Fitz William, to Keene once a week. Leave Worcester every Wednesday at 6 a m and arrive at Keene on Thursday noon. Leave Keene every Monday noon, and arrive at Worcester on Tuesday by 6 p m.
48. From Worcester, by Holden, Rutland, Barre, Petersham, Athol, Warwick, and Northfield to Greenfield, once a week, to return by Wendell and New Salem instead of Warwick and Athol. Leave Worcester every Wednesday at 9 a m and arrive at Greenfield on Thursday by 8 p m. Leave Greenfield every Friday at 6 a m and arrive at Worcester on Monday by noon.
49. From Shrewsbury, by Holden, Rutland, Green, Hardwick, Pelham, Amherst and Hadley, to Northampton once a week. Leave Shrewsbury every Tuesday, at 6 a m and arrive at Northampton on Wednesday by 10 a m. Leave Northampton every Wednesday at 1 p m and arrive at Shrewsbury on Thursday by 7 p m.
50. From Brookfield by Belchertown, Hadley, Northampton, Chesterfield, Worthington, Partington, Dalton, Pittsfield, Hancock and New Lebanon to Albany twice a week. Leave Brookfield every Monday and Thursday at 9 a m and arrive at Albany on Tuesday and Friday by 7 p m. Leave Albany every Wednesday and Saturday at 9 a m and arrive at Brookfield on Thursday and Monday by 7 p m.
51. From Hartford, by Suffield, Westfield, Southampton, Northampton, Hatfield, Whately, Deerfield, Greenfield, Bernardstown, Hinsdale, Brattleboro' Putney, Westminster, Walpole, Charleston, Claremont, Cornish, Windsor, Hartland and Plainfield, to Hanover, twice a week. Leave Hartford every Tuesday and Thursday at 1 p m and arrive at Suffield by 5 p m. Leave Suffield every Tuesday and Friday at 3 a m, and arrive at Brattleboro' by 8 1/2 p m. Leave Brattleboro' every Wed-
day and Saturday at 3 a m arrive at Walpole by 9 a m at Windsor by 2 p m. Leave Windsor at 2 1/2 p m and arrive at Hanover by 8 1/2 p m. Returning. Leave Hanover every Tuesday & Friday at 3 a m arrive at Windsor by 10 a m at Walpole by 3 p m at Brattleboro' by 8 1/2 p m. Leave Brattleboro' every Wednesday and Saturday at 3 a m and arrive at Suffield, by 8 p m. Leave Suffield every Thursday and Monday at 8 a m and arrive at Hartford by 11 a m.
52. From Springfield, by West Springfield, Russel, Blandford, London, Bethlehem, Tyringham, Stockbridge and West Stockbridge, to Kinderhook, once a week. Leave Springfield every Thursday at 6 a m and arrive at Kinderhook on Friday by 6 p m. Leave Kinderhook every Saturday at 6 a m, arrive at Stockbridge by 6 p m. Leave Stockbridge every Tuesday at 4 p m and arrive at Springfield on Wednesday by 6 p m.
53. From Boston, by Dedham, Medfield, Medway, Bellingham, Milford, Medford, Uxbridge, Douglas, Thompson, Pomfret, Ashford and Tolland, to Hartford, once a week. Leave Boston every Tuesday at 9 a m and arrive at Hartford on Thursday by 5 p m. Leave Hartford every Friday at 8 a m and arrive at Boston on Monday by 4 p m.
54. From Hartford, by New Harford, Hartford Ct. Sandisfield, London, Becket, Lee, Lenox, Richmond and Hancock, to New Lebanon, N. York, once a week.
Leave Hartford every Friday at 8 a m and arrive at New Lebanon on Saturday by noon. Leave New Lebanon every Wednesday at 1 p m and arrive at Hartford on Thursday by 4 p m.
55. From Boston, by Milton, Canton, Easton, Taunton, Berkley and Freetown, to New Bedford, three times a week.
Leave Boston every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at 3 a m and at New Bedford by 8 p m. Leave New Bedford every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 3 a m and arrive at Boston by 8 p m.
56. From New Bedford to Nantucket, once a week.
Leave N. W. Bedford, every Tuesday at 9 p m and arrive at Nantucket in 24 hours. Leave Nantucket every Friday at 3 a m and arrive at New Bedford by 8 a m—wind and weather permitting.
57. From Boston, by Dorchester, Quincy, Braintree, Weymouth, Hanover, Pembroke, Kingston, Plymouth & Sandwich, to Falmouth, three times a week.
Leave Boston every Tuesday, Thursday, & Saturday at 6 a m & arrive at Sandwich by 7 p m. Leave Sandwich on Monday, Wednesday & Friday at 5 a m & arrive at Falmouth by 9 a m. Leave Falmouth every Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday at 2 p m & arrive at Sandwich by 6 p m. Leave Sandwich every Monday, Wednesday & Friday at 4 a m & arrive at Boston by 7 p m.
58. From Boston, by Weymouth, Hingham, Cohasset, Scituate, Marshfield, Duxbury & Kingston, to Plymouth, once a week.
Leave Boston every Wednesday at 5 a m & arrive at Plymouth by 6 p m. Leave Plymouth every Thursday at 6 a m & arrive at Boston by 7 p m.
59. From Sandwich, by Barnstable, Yarmouth, Dennis, Harwich, Chatham, Orleans, Eastham, Wellfleet, Billingsgate & Truro, to Provincetown, once a week.
Leave Sandwich every Wednesday at 7 a m & arrive at Provincetown on Friday by 11 a m. Leave Provincetown every Friday at 1 p m & arrive at Sandwich on Monday by 6 p m.
60. From Falmouth, by Holmes Hole, to Edgartown, once a week.
Leave Falmouth, every Wednesday at 10 a m & arrive at Edgartown by 1 p m. Leave Edgartown every Thursday at 8 a m & arrive at Falmouth by 1 p m.
61. From Sandwich, by Wareham Rochester, New Bedford & Little Compton, to Newport, once a week.
Leave Sandwich every Saturday at 11 a m & arrive at Newport on Sunday by 6 p m. Leave Newport every Monday at 8 a m & arrive at Sandwich on Tuesday by 5 p m.
62. From East Bridgewater, by Middleboro', East Meeting-house, to Rochester, & from Rochester, by the same route to East Bridgewater, once a week.
Leave East Bridgewater every Saturday at 4 a m & arrive at Rochester by 11 a m. Leave Rochester at 1 p m & arrive at East Bridgewater by 7 p m.
63. From Warren, by Swansey, Somerset, Dighton, Taunton, West Bridgewater and Abington, to Weymouth once a week.
Leave Warren every Wednesday at 2 p m & arrive at Weymouth on Thursday by 6 p m. Leave Weymouth every Friday at 6 a m & arrive at Warren on Saturday by 6 p m.
64. From Salem, to Marblehead every day except Sunday.
Leave Salem at noon, and arrive at Marblehead at 1 p m. Leave Marblehead at 2 p m & arrive at Salem by 3 p m.
65. From