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FROM THE AURORA.
SPANISH AGGRESSIONS!
No. III.
Since the two preceding numbers were written, a series of articles, purporting to be letters from Spain, have appeared in the Philadelphia Gazette—some of which merit particular attention.
The letters are declared to be from "characters of the first respectability"—we have not the least doubt of this fact, and they are said to have been received by an intelligent character here—which is still more certain! we could wish that they had fallen into the hands of an editor either intelligent himself or capable of discerning what was due to the honor and interest of his own country; or who possessed a knowledge of the subject to be capable of forming an opinion upon it. The opinion of the Philadelphia Gazette here is certainly of no more importance than the chirping of the locust, but when it is well known that foreign governments have taken pains to obtain and make use of the opinions of certain American individuals for the purpose of delaying or denying the just claims of American citizens made by the American government—we should not be at all surprised to hear of the equally inconsistent and imbecile opinions of a mercenary Gazetteer, being employed for the same purposes as the opinions of mercenary lawyers.
We have not the least doubt that the Madrid letter of the 12th July, comes directly from an official source; and in this view we shall offer a few remarks upon it.
It now appears notwithstanding all the previous exultations of major Jackson and other wise acre editors, that Spain "does not dispute our title to Louisiana properly so called," and that all the exultation on the injudicious consequences resulting from the purchase are reduced to a simple dispute about boundaries!
That some negotiation would necessarily arise, and some difference of opinion follow, upon the final settlement of boundaries which have never yet been settled, were incidents that might naturally have been expected; and it was as natural to suppose that in the negotiation Spain would employ all the means usually resorted to by European diplomatists to procure for itself, as good terms as possible.
But it was not therefore a necessary consequence that a war should be the effect of this negotiation; and it will scarcely be supposed that the menace of war, would be the most likely method of obtaining from us the best terms for Spain. Whatever therefore has been said in the papers in the nature of menace, we conclude to be mere brutum fulmen ; and that the whole will be amicably settled by the more pacific system of negotiation—we find in the letter from Madrid, that Spain is disposed to do this for "a fair equivalent."
What then are the objects upon which negotiation will principally hinge? They appear to be founded in the following propositions.
 1. That East and West Florida were originally ceded by France to England in 1763, who at the same time ceded to Spain the island of New Orleans, and the territory west of the Mississippi.  2. That in 1780, Spain conquered the country east of the Mississippi, then divided into E. and W. Florida, which conquests were confirmed by the peace of 1783.  3. That West Florida formed no part of Louisiana as originally ceded by France to Spain. 
These propositions will be found perhaps to contain the essence of the dispute, so far as it concerns territory; but it should be kept in view, that while Spain affects to carry a lofty port on these particulars, there are other subjects, upon which Spain has to render justice and retribution to the United States; and it is very apparent, that she assumes a more arrogant tone upon these points, only because our government has in the most decisive manner, demanded satisfaction for the insult and injury done us, by the Spanish intendant at New Orleans, and by the pillage of our vessels at sea.
Spain in fact appears to wish for a general compromise of differences, to obtain an oblivion of injuries, and to make that oblivion the price of a settlement of boundaries—but in the course she pursues, she defeats her own purpose—either her ministers are misinformed or very much mistake the character of our government—from what we know we are rather disposed to think them mistaken.
Let us now examine the principles laid down in support of the pretensions of Spain, as expressed in the Madrid letter.
The first proposition sets out with stating in a manner and in words incorrect, what is not in fact true. It states, that "East and West Florida were originally ceded by France to England." This is incorrect in terms, because there was no division of the territory into East and West, until after the English took possession of Florida in 1763.—The treaty bears date the 10th day of February, 1763, and the British king's proclamation is of date the 7th October of that year, the 7th and 24th articles contains all that relates to this subject therein.
Art. VII. In order to establish peace on solid and durable foundations, and to remove for ever all subject of dispute with regard to the limits of the British and French territories on the continent of America, it is agreed, that for the future, the confines between the dominions of his Britannic Majesty and those of his most Christian Majesty, in that part of the world shall be fixed irrevocably by a line drawn along the middle of the river Mississippi, from its source to the river Iberville, and from thence by a line drawn along the middle of this river, and the lakes M'urepas and Pontchartrain to the sea, and for this purpose the most Christian King cedes in full right and guaranties to his Britannic Majesty the river and port of Mobile, and every thing which he possesses or ought to possess on the left side (all side) of the Mississippi, except the town of N. Orleans and the island on which it is situated, which shall remain to France, &c.
Art. XXIV. Great Britain shall at the end of three months after the exchange of ratifications enter into possession of the river and port of Mobile, and of all that is to form the limits of the territory of Great Britain on the (East) side of the Mississippi as specified in the 7th article.
These we presume are the foundation of the affection that East and West Florida were originally ceded by France to England, "who at the same time ceded to Spain New Orleans, and the territory west of the Mississippi—which Spain is alleged to have held ever since without any alteration of boundaries whatsoever."
Now this is altogether either wilfully misrepresented or palpably mistaken. The country here specified was ceded to Spain by France in virtue of a secret convention dated the 3rd of November, 1762, which preceded what is called the "original cession."
Neither is it a fact that the country now called E. and W. Florida, was held ever since and without alteration of boundaries by Spain; for it is well known that during our revolution, the British took possession of Florida, and so far from its remaining without boundary, the British did actually divide the country into two provinces, which they called East and West Florida.
But it may be proper in this place to advert to the original condition and names of those countries. The whole of the territory south of Virginia was first called Florida, and it was with a view to its conquest that Soto set out from Cuba in the voyage wherein he discovered the Mississippi. The plantations of Carolina and of South Carolina and subsequently of Georgia, took from the country therefor called Florida.
The success of the British plantations, and the disputes which arose between their southern neighbours, and the disputes which arose upon the seas, between the two nations, produced a variety of negotiations. Those which took place in 1738, arose from the Spaniards insisting on the right of "visiting, searching" British vessels, and the counter complaints of Britain, that Spain was encroaching upon British boundaries, in convention concluded at Pardo, on the 14th January, 1739, wherein it was stipulated "that commissioners should be appointed to regulate the pretensions of the two powers in relation to the limits of Florida and Carolina."
It appears that commissioners were appointed, and that they determined the limits of Florida, to be a line drawn from fort St. George on the mouth of the river San Matheo, due west to the mouth of the river Vaila, in the bay of Apalachee. We have before us the convention of Pardo, and the map with the boundary line thus drawn, published in 1755.
The river St. Matheo, is now called the St. John's river and is in latitude 30, 35 north.
This boundary it will appear was a sacrifice on the part of Great Britain, which plainly shews that she thought it necessary to make some reparation to Spain; for the Carolinians had by two very desperate battles in 1702 and 1703 in which the Spaniards were overcome, obtained possession of the country of the Apalachees, and had extended their conquests to the full limits of the Carolina charter, by the destruction of the Timogua Indians and the Spaniards who had joined them in 1706.
The Carolina Charter extended the boundary to the 29th degree of north latitude and these several victories of the Carolinians had secured what by charter they had been granted. Great Britain in granting to Spain by the operation of the convention of Pardo territory, which she held to the extent of a degree of latitude ceded towards Spain so far liberally. But what is important to the present question is, that the line settled by the convention at Pardo, limits Florida simply to the Peninsula, and does not extend it even as far as the St. Marks or to the Apalachicola rivers.
From thenceforward to 1732, when the charter for Georgia was passed, the whole of that country from the Currituck Inlet, the south boundary of Virginia, to Cape Canaveral, in latitude 28 54, was called Carolina; and after Georgia had been established, the country north of the river St. John's, and as far as Savannah on the sea coast was called Georgia, as well as the interior to the river Alabama, and all the countries of the Greeks; and thence beyond called and claimed by the French as Louisiana up to the Alleghany mountains.
It appears then that the Madrid letter is not incorrect in its position, that East and West Florida was originally ceded by France to England in 1763.
 1. Because neither the treaty of 1763 nor the convention of Pardo of 1739 even mention any such subdivision.  2. Because as it appears by the facts, the whole of Florida, after the convention of Pardo, was necessarily limited to the Peninsula, part of what is now called East Florida.  3. Because as is evident from this convention that even the occupation of that part of what is now called East Florida which lies north of the 30 deg. 35 min.—was an usurpation and contravention of the pre-existing convention, which ought not to be brought up even if it would be of use in support of a claim to a still more extensive innovation.  4. It is not a correct position to assert, that any part of Florida was originally ceded by France to England, because the original cession was made by France to Spain in 1762.  5. Because the division into two provinces was made by the British after the treaty of 1763, their intention being to extend their frontier along the Mississippi, and to combine their political and commercial operations from Canada by the Lakes with the Mississippi. 
SPANISH AGGRESSIONS!
No. IV.
The second proposition of the letter from Madrid, that Spain conquered the country east of the Mississippi in 1780 and was confirmed in the possession by the peace of 1783, may be admitted in its fullest latitude; but what does this prove; does this conquest from the British (by the bye with the aid of the Americans) shew that the French did not previously possess that country? Does it prove what were or what were not the boundaries of Louisiana, under the French? In a word does it prove any one fact upon which the question of the limits of Louisiana depends?
The simple amount of this proposition is, that all those countries before 1712, were all called Florida. That Grozat gave the name of Louisiana to part of the country, the limits of which never have been accurately defined to this hour. That France possessed the countries of Louisiana and Florida until the secret convention of Pardo, of November, 1762, when she conveyed to Spain a part of those countries, at both sides of the Mississippi, and that the remainder was, by the 7th article of the treaty of 1763, ceded to Great Britain; and that a Spanish force combined with an American force, expelled the British in 1780.
This is the whole value of the proposition, it neither settles limits nor defines the extent of one or another territory; if it could amount to anything, it would amount to more than is pretended to be asked, for while the British possessed the Floridas during our revolution, they did not confine themselves to the provincial boundaries, which they had originally fixed in 1763, but extended their rule over the country as far as Natchez, and called that West Florida, which had before been known by the name of Florida, in common with Louisiana, and by the name of Louisiana, after it had been granted to Grozat and settled by him.
The question then wholly depends upon a correct examination of the import and value of the third proposition of the Madrid letter—which is to be found more fully expressed in this paragraph.
"In 1780, we (Spain) conquered from Great Britain all the country east of the Mississippi, then divided into East and West Florida, which conquests were confirmed to us by the definitive peace of 1783. It is here to be observed that West Florida, has ever since retained that name, and formed no part of Louisiana, as originally ceded by France to Spain, but having been conquered by the latter it remained a separate government as when under the dominion of England, and independent of Louisiana in possession of a governor appointed by the crown, who was in a certain degree as well as the governor of Louisiana dependent on the government of Havana."
This article merits discussion. And the first question to be examined is—whether the incidents of war, the capture of a country, a temporary retention, and a subsequent expulsion, if any power can give validity to the acts of the invader after his expulsion? The import of the third proposition depends upon the affirmative. But what are the real merits? Britain had taken possession of the country of Florida, with a view to the annoyance of Spain, newly embarked in the war of our revolution, and to create such a diversion of our force on the fourth as would weaken our resistance towards the center of the union. Spain had then with us a common interest; she had Cuba and her part of St. Domingo to protect against the cruizers of the British which hovered in the bays of Apalachee and Mobile; she had to protect her frontier of Mexico from British ambition; and we had to co-operate in self defence with an ally because of some importance to us from the hostility which she had experienced from our common enemy. By common efforts we succeeded, and it no longer became a consideration whether the convenience which had dictated the peace of 1763, and the secret cession of 1762, still prevailed or not; it was not for the name of the country but its possession the ousting of the British was made; and that the country should during the remainder of the war do no more than adopt the system of government practised by their predecessors was in the ordinary nature of things so unsettled.
That the peace of 1783 transferred the Floridas to Spain, we apprehend does not alter the nature of the cession, which does not at all depend even the peace of 1763, nor upon any measure or event subsequent thereto. The convenience of the belligerent powers might adopt new limits or bestow new names at discretion on territories uninhabited by civilized man, but these new and temporary regulations, always subject to the mutation of fortune cannot be urged against a definite principle established upon a pre-existing state of those countries; and which those subsequent changes, never constant nor consistent in themselves, could neither alter nor abrogate.
Spain, by the joint operation of her own force and ours, came into possession of the whole of Florida and Louisiana according to its ancient limits. As parties in the war, France and the United States consented to her possession of those territories; but that consent neither altered the pre-existing facts, with relation to the original possession by France; nor did it prevent Spain from re-consolidating Florida with Louisiana, had Spain chosen to have done.
These considerations then lead back to the true ground, or that upon which the cession of Louisiana was made by Spain to France, the terms of which are—"the colony or province of Louisiana, with the same extent that it actually has in the hands of Spain, that is had when France possessed it." These words, it should be particularly remembered, are the words of the treaty of St. Ildefonso of 1st October, 1800, com-

ended between Spain and France, which was confirmed and enforced by another treaty of the 21st of March, 1801; and under the operation of these treaties, it was that France transferred the sovereignty of Louisiana to us, and in the express words "Louisiana with the same extent as it had when France possessed it," is our right to claim, and to maintain it; which by the help of God, we trust our government are determined to do.  The question then would seem to be, what was the extent of Louisiana when France possessed it?  A slight knowledge only of the enmities and jealousies which prevailed for 30 years before our revolution, between the rival powers of France and England, is required to be able to arrive at a correct opinion on this subject. The French had formed a very splendid project of empire which was to embrace the whole range of our western lakes from Canada to the Mississippi. The British perpetually cavilled at the French inroads on their territory; and their disputes and stratagems to circumvent each other were incessant until the conquest of Canada by the British, annihilated the hopes of France in that quarter; only to leave their success in pursuit of the illusions which France had raised to captivate their ambition.  The French described their boundary of Canada, by a line drawn along the western waters through the south-west angle of Lake Huron, thence into Michigan, and thence down the Illinois to the Mississippi; comprehending all to the westward in Canada!  The negotiations of M. Busey and Mr. Pitt on this subject in 1761, exhibit a disgusting picture of political wickedness, and considering what has since happened the folly of both negotiators—and nations!  However these documents and the papers of M. Vadreuil and governor Pownal, place the question concerning "the extent of Louisiana when France possessed it" out of all question.  The French minister in his first general memorandum, proposed, that all which did not belong to Canada should appertain to Louisiana, and that Louisiana should be considered as extending to the frontier of Virginia.  The British minister on the other hand, declares he cannot submit to this, that not only what lies west of the Illinois, but what lies west of the Ohio, shall be Canada! nay more, that some other countries (not described but by the word intermédiaire ) shall form a neutral barrier, "even admitting them to have been previously included in Louisiana!"  The French minister gave in his ultimatum on the 17th August followed by a note on the 18th. In which he agrees to the proposition concerning a neutral intermediate territory "between Canada and Louisiana, as also between Virginia and Louisiana"—and fixes the boundary of Louisiana at the river Perdido.  The British minister however, rejects this proposition, and upon this extraordinary ground, that the countries as far as the river Perdido, were "already ceded under the description of Canada!"  It is very certain that there was in these negotiations a want of information or something else, which was not to be presumed from the eminence and celebrity of the two statesmen.  It was clear the British minister did not want peace at that moment, and the negotiations were broken off; but we have abundant materials in Pownal's papers to shew what had been the real state of things, and that Bussy in fact claimed no more than had been already occupied.  In Pownal's papers on the administration of the colonies published in 2 vols. 8vo. by Walter at London, in 1774—is a memorial drawn up in 1756, corresponding with preceding official memorials of 1754 and 1755, concerning the policy of Britain with regard to France. The work exhibits the mind of a profound and sagacious statesman, he surveys the country with the eye of a soldier and a political economist; points out the weak points of the French system, and the commercial advantages to be derived from totally extruding them!  After describing the whole of the Canada frontier, and the force in each of the French forts, he proceeds to Louisiana—thus  "The establishments, posts, and settlements of Louisiana, are as follows:  "Thirty-seven companies of 50 men each, and two Swiss companies of 75 men each—  "1. The garrison of New Orleans.    "French,  900    "Swiss,  75     975    "Out of which are garrisoned the out posts of the Biloxi, and other small posts.  "2. Detour Anglais—4 companies, &c. which have their tour of duty with the Mobile and Illinois, &c.  "3. Mobile—eight French companies and one Swiss—475.
One company each, a detachment from the garrison of Mobile.  He then goes through the other military posts, it is to be presumed, that the posts of Mobile, and Tombigbee and the Alabama, are here sufficiently shown upon the authority of governor Pownal, to be within the colony of Louisiana, in the year 1756; three years before the seizure of Canada, and six years before the secret convention of Pardo in 1762, which appears to have been a measure taken in consequence of the ineffectual negotiations of Bussy in 1761.  It seems that during these rivalries, the British agents contrived constantly to possess themselves (ala mode de Liston et Drake ) of the dispatches of the governor of Louisiana, M. Vadreuil; and governor Pownal makes ample use of them, they are under dates from the year 1743 to 1752, in which the countries in the neighborhood of the Mobile, Alabama, &c. are treated of as part of Louisiana. The various tribes of Indians are named, and their attachments, French, English, or neutral marked.  In a corresponding memorial of 1754, Mr. Pownal proposes the plan for overturning the French power; among which are the following.   1. To disjoin and keep separate Louisiana and Canada.  2. To throw off the yoke of forts which the French are laying on our necks.   And he proceeds to shew the effect on Louisiana in these words:  "I should have extended my idea to an attempt on Mobile by a West India squadron with troops raised in the islands—for nothing would more embarrass the enemy's Indian affairs in Louisiana than the taking this place."  The same able writer published a memorial of date the 22d October, 1759, which appears to have been the guide of the British negotiations in 1761 and 1768.—The words of the memoir merit quotation:  "If the English policy does not extend to the obtaining and preserving the entire possession of Canada and Louisiana, it will consider by what line it shall circumscribe those parts." And he proposes that the line be drawn down the Mississippi—and directly to the north west corner of the Spanish rights at Pensacola."  A point of termination that exactly corresponds with the account of Louisiana by governor Pownal and M. Vandreuil.  We have not regarded method nor style in throwing together these facts; we conceive, however, that they plainly shew, that what is called West Florida, was "part of Louisiana in the same extent that France possessed it," before the cession to Spain. And that the use of these words "originally ceded," as it relates to the peace of 1763, is in every sense fallacious and inapplicable to the merits of our title to the countries as far as the Perdido.   1. Because it was not true that the cession was originally made by the peace of 1763—it having been made by France to Spain in the preceding year, after the failure of negotiation with England.  2. Because when France ceded the part of Louisiana she actually held the whole of Louisiana, and the country on the Mobile was therein comprehended, as appears by the foregoing evidence.  3. That Spain having ceded the country of Louisiana with the same extent as France had held it—and as she did not hold it between the years 1762 and 1800, the date of the treaty of St. Ildefonso—it is dishonorable and faithless on the part of Spain to attempt a violation of the treaty which she solemnly established and reinforced by the treaty of Madrid, in March 1801. 
SPANISH AGGRESSIONS!  No. V.
his work a map of Louisiana and the eastern boundary is the river Apalachicola, or St. Esprit. The work bears date September 1726, and after relating the discoveries by Soto, Joliet, Sale, Hennepin, &c. gives the following account of Louisiana:  "During the cessation of arms in 1712, the late (French) king granted letters patent, to his secretary, M. Crozat (the fittest person in France to support and execute so great an undertaking) the sole power to trade and settle colonies on the Mississippi, and in all the countries between Carolina on the east and New Mexico on the west, which he called Louisiana after the late king Louis. This grant Mr. Crozat resigned about two years ago (this written in 1721) in favor of the (French) West India company, p. 32.  "How far the limits of Louisiana extended is impossible to be known; but the part of which was granted to M. Crozat, and which is now vested in the company is bounded by New Mexico and the lands of the English of Carolina, west and east, and by the river Illinois and Gulph of Mexico, north and south; wherein if it be meant as no doubt it is, that all the tracts of land not actually possessed by the Spaniards of Mexico and the English of Carolina, though claimed respectively by both shall be comprehended, it will make more than two thirds of the gulph, and reckoning from St. Fe, in New Mexico, to our most westerly settlements in Carolina, about 24 degrees of longitude or 1440 miles, and from the mouth of the Illinois to that of the Mississippi, 150 or 160 leagues in a strait line. p. 34.  "But this is only a part of Louisiana, which the king of France (by a reservation expressed in the patent) may enlarge when he thinks fit the whole extent of that immense country, reaching the south sea, Japan, and the Frozen ocean. Ib.  Father Hennepin in the account dedicated to king William of his travels thro' part of it positively asserts that Japan is contiguous to North America (the great Grævia was also of this opinion) and that an easy passage may be infallibly found it, from Louisiana to the South Sea, through rivers that run beyond the Mississippi, deep enough to carry ships of burthen, &c. p. 34.  "The third unhappy circumstance that attends the French settling in Louisiana, with respect to us, is their being thereby masters of the gulph of Mexico, and consequently in a condition to ruin our trade to Jamaica, p. 66.  On K er 's map, Florida is confined to the peninsula.  It may be useful then to refer to the several treaties, which relate to the American possessions of Spain, France, and England, in order that we may, if practicable, discover what may relate to this subject therein.  The treaty of Utrecht of 1713 is the first that relates to American territory between Spain and Great Britain; and it is barely provided by the 8th article that Spain should not alienate to France any of its American territories.  The treaty of Paris of 1763, between England France & Spain says, (art. 7.) to remove disputes with regard to the limits of the British and French territories, on the continent of America; it is agreed, that for the future, the confines between his Britannic majesty and those of France in that part of the world, shall be fixed irrevocably by a line drawn along the middle of the Mississippi from its source to the river Iberville, and from thence by a line drawn along the middle of this river, and the lakes Maurepas and Pontchartrain to the sea; and for this purpose the (French) king cedes in full right to the (British) king the river and port of Mobile and every thing which he possesses on the left side (east) of the Mississippi, except the town of New Orleans, and the island in which it is situated, which shall remain to France." &c.  ART. XX. "In consequence of the restitution (Havannah) stipulated in the preceding article the (Spanish) king cedes and guarantees, in full right, to his Britannic majesty, Florida, with fort St. Augustine and the bay of Pensacola, as well as all that Spain possesses on the continent of North America to the east, or to the south-east of the river Mississippi, and in general every thing that depends on the said countries & lands, &c. &c.  ART. XXIV. "Great Britain shall at the end of three months after the exchange of ratifications, enter into possession of the river and port of Mobile, and of all that is to form the limits of the territory of Great Britain on the [east] side of the Mississippi, as they are specified in the 7th article," &c.  The convention at Pardo, of date the 14th June, 1739, noticed in a former paper. Art. I. provides for the appointment of commissioners "to regulate the pretensions of the two crowns, as well in relation to trade and navigation in America and Europe, as to the limits of Florida and Carolina," &c.  ART. II. "During the time of discussion, the limits of Florida and Carolina shall remain as they are at present, without increasing fortifications or taking new posts," &c.
The preliminary articles of peace, of date at Fontainebleau, 3d. Nov. 1762, and the definitive treaty of 10th Feb. 1763, are expressed in the same terms, as to the boundary fixed for the British and French limits in Louisiana.  The next official notice of Florida, is the proclamation of the British king, of October 1763, establishing for the first time into two provinces, East and West.  The treaty of Versailles of the 3d Sept. 1783, "says Art. V. "His Britannic majesty likewise cedes and guarantees in full right to his Catholic majesty East Florida, as also West Florida."  From all these facts—from Ker's statements, as well as from those of gov. Pownal and gov. Vandreuil, it appears that Louisiana did extend even beyond the Perdido; and that the French negotiator Bussy in offering to limit the boundary to the Perdido, did in fact abandon a considerable portion of territory including the bay of Pensacola, and thence to the Apalachicola, and that in fact Louisiana, in 1721, was the next country to Carolina, with the definite name of Louisiana.  That it appears from the preliminary articles of 1762 and the definitive treaty of 1763, the country east of the Mississippi (excepting N. Orleans) was not abandoned to England, because it was Louisiana, but as is stated in the XXth article, in restitution of the Havannah and other parts of Cuba which the British restored to Spain.  And it is further to be remarked, that the phraseology of the treaty corroborates the general principle; for in fixing the new boundary these particulars are prominent, and would not have been necessary had there existed before any province under the denomination of West Florida.   1. Boundaries are fixed, where they had not been previously known.  2. In addition to Florida, Mobile and the country east of the Mississippi are stated particularly to be ceded with  3. The exception of N. Orleans—which tho' at the same side of the same side of the Mississippi with Florida is stiled Louisiana.  4. In the 20th article the words are "cedes Florida with fort St. Augustine and the bay of Pensacola," a mode of expression which would not have been proper had Pensacola been previously part of Florida.  5. The 24th article provides for the period of entry upon the possession of Mobile, and all that is to form the limits of Great Britain, separately from the entrance upon Florida.   It therefore appears that the pretences which the Madrid letter alleges for refusing to ratify our convention with Spain for indemnities and injuries done us; are not alone injurious but insulting, because absurd and fallacious.  It is in vain that the Madrid letter (which we consider as decidedly issuing from an official source ) says, that she does not dispute our title—when in fact she not only does dispute it, but denies us a common right of remuneration for wrong, and erects her pretences for refusal upon the very dispute.  The Madrid letter is written in the spirit of an artful sophistry; it assumes a principle the truth of which you cannot deny, but the terms in which it is expressed, carry an assumption of fact that is totally false.  Thus for example the letter says:— "In regard to East and West Florida, they were originally ceded by France to England by the peace of 1763."  Here is a truth expressed in terms not consistent with truth: but calculated to bear up the false pretensions of Spain. There can be no doubt, that the country afterwards called East and West Florida, was ceded; but it is not true that any such distinction into East and West, at that time prevailed; nor that the country was originally ceded under the names of East and West Florida.  That the countries retained the names given them by the British proclamation of October 1763, is beyond doubt; but it is also true, that after the expulsion of the British from Florida in 1780, the whole country of Florida (East and West) together with the whole of Louisiana, fell into the hands of Spain, and enabled Spain to negotiate her treaty of St. Ildefonso, of October 1st, 1800, and her treaty of Madrid, of 21st March, 1801, by which she could re-cede and did re-cede to France "the colony or province of Louisiana, with the same extent that it actually has in the hands of Spain, and that it had when "France possessed it."  It is calculating very humbly indeed upon the American discernment, in the writer of the letter from Madrid, to presume that it would pass for granted that because France ceded only a part of Louisiana to Spain, by the secret convention of 1762, she must be considered as having held no more; while the treaties exist by which she ceded what was not therein reserved. And it is equally insulting to suppose that the same arguments which are used in the Spanish letter against American rights, are not to be used in their support.  For example the writer alleges, that because the words West Florida are
not employed by the treaty of cession to us that therefore West Florida is not comprehended. With more propriety he might have referred to the total cession of West Florida in the convention of 1762, and the treaty of 1763. The object contemplated by our government in the negotiation, was in fact rather the whole of Florida than the whole of Louisiana; and our negotiators would have stopt short had not the ancient limits been expressed in the Spanish treaty of 1800, "in the same extent that it had "when France possessed it." Now when did France possess it? Surely not after the cession of a part of it to Spain! Of consequence it must be before that cession, when France held the whole of Louisiana—and what the whole of Louisiana was in the extent held by France, we apprehend, upon the authority of the ablest statesmen, British as well as French, there can be no question that it extended to the boundary of the Perdido.  The concluding paragraph of the Spanish letter, though it might form a handsome termination of a school boy's declamation; is of too futile a cast to merit serious examination.—If the pretensions of the American government are unjust, then the treaty of St. Ildefonso must be a nonentity, and France was guilty of an imposture, an accusation which it is presumed no loyal Spaniard would deem it decorum to assert at least publicly. On the other hand if the country bordering on the Mobile is that 'barren and unimportant tract,' which the Spanish writer describes, must not the flagrant folly and injustice of the Spanish government be more odious and offensive, in denying us restitution of our plundered property—in denying us satisfaction for the violence of her officers in America—when the pretence for these denials of justice, is no more than "a barren and unimportant tract of country."
WASHINGTON CITY.  MONDAY, OCTOBER 1.  Yesterday arrived in this city, the PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES.  By JAMES MADISON, Secretary of State of the United States.
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of the Act of Congress passed on the 26th March last, entitled "An act supplementary to the act, entitled "An act relative to the election of a President and Vice-President of the United States, and declaring the officer who shall act as President, in case of vacancies in the offices both of President and Vice-President." That the amendment proposed, during the last session of Congress, to the Constitution of the United States, respecting the manner of voting for President and Vice-President of the United States, has been ratified by the Legislatures of three-fourths of the several states, to wit: by those of Vermont, Rhode-Island, New-York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, North-Carolina, South-Carolina and Georgia, and has thereby become valid as part of the Constitution of the United States.  Given under my hand at the City of Washington, this twenty fifth day of September, 1804.  (Signed)  JAMES MADISON.
The Printers of the laws of the United States are requested to publish the above notification and the annexed laws, three times in their Gazettes.
AN ACT Supplementary to the act, entitled "An act relative to the election of a President and Vice President of the United States, and declaring the officer who shall act as President, in case of vacancies in the offices both of President and Vice President."  Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That whenever the amendment proposed during the present session of Congress to the constitution of the United States, respecting the manner of voting for President and Vice President of the United States, shall have been ratified by the legislatures of three fourths of the several states, the secretary of state shall forthwith cause a notification thereof to be made to the executive of every state, and shall also cause the same to be published, in at least one of the newspapers printed in each state, in which the laws of the United States are annually published.—The executive authority of each state shall cause a transcript of the said notification to be delivered to the electors appointed for that purpose, who shall sit therefor in such state, for the election of a President and Vice President of the United States; and whenever the said electors shall have received the said transcript of notification, or whenever they shall meet more than five days subsequent to the

publication of the ratification of the above mentioned amendment, in one of the newspapers of the state, by the Secretary of State, they shall vote for President and Vice President of the United States, respectively, in the manner directed by the above mentioned amendment, and having made and signed three certificates of all the votes given by them, each of which certificates shall contain two distinct lists, one, of the votes given for President, and the other, of the votes given for Vice President: they shall seal up the said certificates, certifying on each, that lists of all the votes of such state given for President, and of all the votes given for Vice President, is contained therein, and shall cause the said certificates to be transmitted and disposed of, and in every other respect act in conformity with the provisions of the act to which this is a supplement. And every other provision of the act to which this is a supplement, and which is not virtually repealed by this act, shall extend and apply to every election of a President and Vice President of the United States, made in conformity to the above mentioned amendment to the constitution of the United States.
And whereas, the above mentioned amendment may be ratified by the legislatures of three fourths of the states, and thereupon become immediately valid, to all intents and purposes, as part of the constitution, on a day to be fixed by law for the meeting of the electors in the several states, that the electors shall not in every state be appointed of the said ratification, and may vote in a manner no longer conformable with the constitution, as amended, whereby several states might be deprived of their vote in the election of a President and Vice President; for remedy whereof,
Sec. 2. Be it farther enacted, That the electors who shall be appointed in each state for the election of a President and Vice President of the United States, shall at every such election, unless they shall have received a transcript of the notification of the ratification of the above mentioned amendment to the constitution, or unless they shall meet more than five days subsequent to the publication of the said ratification by the Secretary of State, in one of the newspapers of the state, vote for President and Vice President of the United States, in the following manner, that is to say: they shall vote for two persons as President and Vice President, in conformity with the first section of the second article of the constitution. And in other respects act in conformity with the provisions of the act to which this act is a supplement; and they shall likewise vote for one person as President, and for one person as Vice President, in conformity with the above mentioned amendment of the constitution; and in other respects act in conformity with the provisions of the first section of this act. But those certificates only, of votes given for President and Vice President of the United States, shall be opened by the President of the Senate, for the purpose of being counted which shall contain the list or lists of votes given in conformity with the Constitution, as in force on the day fixed by law for the meeting of the electors, by whom the said votes shall have been given.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That whenever, by the provisions of the second section of this act, it shall be the duty of the electors for any state, to vote in conformity, both with the constitution, and of the proposed amendment thereto, the executive authority of such state shall cause six lists of the names of the electors of the state to be made and certified, and to be delivered to the said electors on or before the day fixed by law for them to meet and vote for President and Vice President, and the said electors shall enclose one of the said lists in each of the certificates by them made and sealed, in conformity to the provisions of this act, and of the act to which this is a supplement.
NATH. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JESSE FRANKLIN, President of the Senate, pro tempore. March 26, 1804. APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON.
The injury done by the late storm in the Southern states is estimated at Savannah to amount to 350,000 dollars, and in South Carolina to exceed a million.
DIED In this City, WIDOW MARY WILLIAMS.
DIED—At Paris the 10th July, Francis Ambroise Didot, Printer, in the 74th year of his age. This gentleman has contributed more than any of his cotemporaries, to improve the art of printing in France, and has of late years been celebrated for the elegant stile in which he has printed many valuable works.
Musical prodigy. The famous Spanish singer, Donna Isabella Colbran, is on her way from
Italy to Paris. This virtuoso, who is not yet twenty years old, is already considered as the first finger of our times. At three years of age, she sung very well, and at six she was regarded as a wonder. The last concert she gave at Madrid before her departure brought her in 40,000 reals (6,000 l.) She has, at the requisition of the emperor Napoleon, obtained permission to travel for twelve months, eight of which she will pass at Paris. On the day of the emperor's coronation, she is to sing for the first time. From the emperor's private purse 100,000 livres (4,000 l.) are assigned for her expenses during her residence in France, not including presents, and what she will gain if permitted to sing before the public.
New York, Sept. 26. Capt. McMullen, who arrived last evening from Cadiz, informs, that the talk of a war between the United States and Spain, had subsided—and that our minister at the court of Spain, had not, to his knowledge, left Madrid, as reported. In to-morrow's Gazette, we shall probably be able to give extracts from letters on this subject, more full and satisfactory.
Gen. Moreau and lady were at Cadiz, and would sail for America as soon after the confinement of Mrs. Moreau as possible.
Philadelphia Sept. 25. TRAVELLING TO NEW ORLEANS, by way of PITTSBURGH.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman at Pittsburgh, dated Sept. 7, 1804.
"I have the pleasure of announcing to you my safe arrival here, after a very pleasant journey of less than 7 days from Philadelphia. Ladies perform this trip with much ease and safety: there were two in the stage with us."
"The horses in this line, I believe to be superior to any other on the continent, and the drivers very careful and accommodating. The Inns where the stages put up are excellent, having good beds, and refreshments of all kinds, accompanied with much hospitality. Their charges are truly moderate; my expenses the whole distance (320 miles) for meat, drink, lodging, and hair-dressing, amounted to only the small sum of 8 dollars 2 cents. The proprietors really merit every encouragement, and the thanks of the public. I hope your state legislature will pay some attention to this road; a small annual appropriation would keep it in excellent repair, and greatly facilitate the communication between our great eastern and western worlds. I set out in two days for New Orleans, in a covered boat, and the waters being in good order, hope to be there in 20 to 25 days. The trip to Orleans will soon become as easy and familiar to us, as the travelling from Philadelphia to Boston, and quite as cheap."
Vincennes, [I. T.] Aug. 21. A few days since the Delaware tribe of Indians relinquished to the United States all their claim to the extensive tract of country which lies between the Ohio, Wabash, and the road leading from Fort Vincennes, to the great falls of the Ohio.—It fronts the Ohio about 300 miles, and its acquirement by the United States, is of an immense value, as it will facilitate the establishment of extensive settlements on Wabash river, the Wabash and the Mississippi, great part of it is first rate land; plentifully watered, and abundantly supplied with good timber.
Frankfort, (K.) September 2. On Wednesday last, his Excellency Governor GREENUP, took the oath of office at the State-house in the presence of several of the citizens of this place. On Tuesday, the 28th ult. a public dinner and Ball were given in honor of his election, on which day it was expected he would have been inaugurated; but a doubt arising on the proper construction of that clause of the constitution which points out the time when the Governor elect may commence the duties of his office, the ceremony was postponed until the Wednesday following. Prior to taking the oath, the Governor delivered the following
ADDRESS: Friends and Fellow Citizens, Being about to enter on the duties of an arduous and important trust, which the partiality of my fellow citizens have thought proper to confide to me; I deem it not improper, before I give that solemn test which the Commonwealth requires from all her servants, to declare that portion of you who are now assembled, those leading principles by which I shall be governed during my continuance in office.
Having at an early period of my life formed the strongest predilection in favor of a republican government—having also shared in part the toils, dangers and difficulties experienced by all those who joined in the glorious cause, which secured to the United States her liberty and independence—seeing the unparalleled progress which our citizens are
daily making in the arts and sciences; together with the great extension of the agricultural and commercial interests, and the astonishing increase of population in the short time the United States have become a nation—all combine to convince me that a republican form of government is capable of, and does afford more lasting security to the lives, liberties, and properties of the governed, than any other form of government which has ever yet been devised by the wit of man. With this belief it is my determination, in all things within my power, to cherish, support, and defend true republicanism, according to what I conceive to be the intent and meaning of those maxims and principles which prevailed at the formation of our government. I cannot join in opinion with those gentlemen (some of whom were lately high in office) that the word "Republicanism" means any thing or nothing, or that it is a mere word without any appropriate signification. According to my apprehension it is a word of a clear and certain import, expressing it to be a government of the people, under such an organization as they shall from time to time ordain and establish, and where every freeman, not legally disqualified, has directly or indirectly a voice in its administration.
It is foreign to my design to contrast our general and state governments with ancient republics which have been established in different parts of the world—they were for the most part imposed on the people by some leading demagogue or powerful faction, or from the necessity of guarding against some impending danger or other adventitious circumstances; but in the formation whereof the great bulk of the people seldom had a voice.—Nor shall I draw any comparison between the present republic in Europe and the United States; it is enough for me to declare my approbation of our own government, and endeavour to support it.
The importance and difficulty of the trust to which I have just been called, being sufficient to awaken in the wilful and most experienced of our citizens a distrustful scrutiny in his qualifications to discharge with propriety the duties attached to the office, would certainly have deterred me from entering on so momentous a task, did not the confidence I entertain of the well-known liberality of my fellow citizens embolden me to undertake it—telling that the friendly aid which they have ever in time past, would not be withdrawn on the present occasion. In this confidence I now advance to take that test prescribed by the constitution, and to implore the assistance of the Divine Ruler of the universe to assist and direct me in the execution thereof for the benefit of my fellow citizens.
LONDON August 4. On the 20th ult. M. D'Oubril, the Russian Chargé des Affaires in France, had received a courier with dispatches, which required an immediate answer; he therefore went directly to the office of the Foreign Department, where he was informed by M. Callard, its Chief, ad interim, that the Emperor being on the coast, and Talleyrand at the waters of Bourbon d'Achambeau, until further orders from the Emperor, the communications could not be answered; though they would be received and forwarded to his majesty, whose determination should be sent to M. D'Oubril, as soon as obtained. It will be seen that the absence of Bonaparte and his minister, at the moment when a courier from Petersburg was expected, with the Emperor's ultimatum, is merely a political trick to gain time, as should the month of August pass in temporising, and without any open rupture with Russia, the season will be too far advanced for the Russian naval and military force to co-operate with England this year, at least upon a large scale; and during the winter, changes may occur of which the Corsican will take the advantage, either to embroil his opponents or to bring about a pacification with them. More votes are given in France for Bonaparte to be emperor, than were given for him to be consul for life.
It is communicated, in private intelligence from Paris, that the same tribunal which tried Georges and Moreau will be shortly called together for the trial of the ex-nouvelles Fauchée Borel, de la Rochefoucault, and de Beaumont, who have been several years prisoners in the Temple. The object of this measure is, no doubt, to implicate the generals Lecourb and Macdonald, whom the Corsican views with a most suspicious eye.
CONSTANTINOPLE, June 1. The letter from the First Consul, written with his own hand, which M. Joubert delivered to the Grand Seigneur, at a private audience, contained repeated wishes for the continuance of the pacific and friendly relations which subsist between the Porte and the French government; & also assurances, that the latter had never entertained an idea of landing troops from Italy in the Morea or Albania, but that all such reports circulated at Constantinople, originated from the enemies of France. The First Consul advised the Porte to
be on his guard against such reports, as also to recollect the constant and disinterested friendship which Prussia always preserved with the Porte, and to do justice to the memory of the late captain Pacha, who had endeavoured to maintain and strengthen those friendly connections, which for several years had subsisted between the Porte and the French republic.
The Grand Seigneur, in the answer which he returned to this letter, makes no mention of the project of landing French troops in the Turkish territories; but contents himself with expressing his warmest thanks to Bonaparte for his friendly sentiments towards the Sublime Porte, and adding a wish that these two powers may maintain and confirm, by every possible means, the harmony so fortunately subsisting between them.
The greatest activity prevails in the Russian ports on the Black sea. A great number of troops are assembled in their vicinity. The Russian General Sprengporten is here, has frequent conferences with the Turkish minister, and does not seem as if he would soon take his departure for Corfu.
June 9. The Russian squadron which passed this city a fortnight ago, is now in the sea of Marmora; some of the ships belonging to it are damaged. On the 31st of May, two Russian 64 gun ships appeared off our capital. They are conveying about 1200 troops to Corfu. The most authentic accounts state that the whole Russian force assembled at Sebastopol, and destined for the Ionian islands, to consist of about 8000 men only. These, added to the above 1200, and to the troops already there, will make the whole force 11 or 12,000 men. The 8000 will be sent off without delay on board of five sail of the line. There will then be a Russian naval force in the sail islands, of seven sail of the line and four frigates. The captain Pacha has had his audience of leave, being on the point of taking for the Archipelago, with four ships of the line and two frigates. Satisfactory accounts are received from Egypt. The Arnauts are subdued, and the adherents of Elfi Bey have fled to Upper Egypt.
Corfu, June 16. All the reports which have been circulated of the arrival of a Russian army here are destitute of foundation. We have 3000 Russian troops who are extremely necessary to support the power of M. Mocenigo, who governs this country under the appearance of a constitution which leaves nothing to do to the inhabitants. We have no squadron here, 3 frigates only have lately arrived with the troops requisite to reinforce our garrison, and complete the 3000 men. The dispositions of Greece are at present much more favourable to the French than to the Russians. Some movements have even been perceived at Prevesa, excited by the discontent conceived by the Pasha of Janina.
Brun, July 23. The Gazette of this city contains an article from the frontiers of Turkey, which is as follows: The Turks on the 13th inst. made a sortie from Belgrade, and endeavoured to carry the redoubts furnished with artillery, which the Servians had erected in front of their line. The attempt was unsuccessful, and after a very bloody conflict, they were obliged to make a precipitate retreat. The Day, who commanded the attack, had, it is said his foot shot off. Nothing farther is known relative to Bekir Pacha, commissioned by the Porte to re-establish order and tranquility in Servia.
Banks of the Maine, July 10. According to accounts from Italy, Admiral Nelson has sent a part of his fleet to Corsica to make an attempt on that Island. According to the public journals, the count of Benthem Steinfurth, has already paid 170,000 fl. for the sum for which the country was pledged, which country will now no longer be treated in a hostile manner by the French. The count had at first required a foreign guarantee that the King of England, as Elector of Hanover, in case of a peace with France should acknowledge this redemption.
PUBLIC SALE.
By virtue of the powers vested in me by the last will and testament of JOHN EMERY deceased, I will sell at public auction, at Rhodes's hotel in the city of Washington on Monday the 5th day of November next, the following lots. Lots no 5 and 15 in square 431—on lot 15 is erected a small one story frame house and workshop; one half of lot no. 2 in square east of 1025 laying on the Eastern Branch and improved by a wharf and a one story frame house—part of a lot no. 2 in square 731, lying on Pennsylvania avenue near the Capitol, and lots no. 1 and 22 in square 218. The said lots will be sold on a credit of 12 months, bond with good security being given for payment with interest from the day of sale. GEORGE BLADEN. October 1—3:30&twelv
FALL AND WINTER GOODS! JOHN COX, GEORGE-TOWN.
HAS received a large and general assortment of Fall and Winter Goods, which he will sell on the very best terms. Amongst which are carpets and carpeting, negro cottons, kerseys and plains, rose and striped blankets, superfine, second and coarse cloth, and cashmeres, patent Bennett cord, thickset, velvets and fancy cords, coarsings, Flushing's baizes, flannel and buckings, swansdown and mouselkin waistcoating, gentlemen's fine fur and silk hosiery, hats, common fur and coarse wool do. children's do. men's and women's silk, cotton, worsted and yarn hose, muffs and tips, gentlemen and ladies neck and shoulder comforts, book, jacquet, cambric and lace muffs, white and colored embossed cambric do. silk and mouselkin shawls and huckabuck do. and mouselkin do. elegant laces and edgings, silver, silk, and cotton trimmings, silver frogs and fine roses, American manufactured bed ticken, bed laces, Irish lines and sheeting, Osnaburghs, Beckenburgh's brown hemp and rolls, mahogany dressing cases with silk cushions, dressing glasses, tea trays and Morocco decanter stands, ladies pic net, silk, cotton, doe skin, kid and beaver gloves and mitts, men's beaver, cotton and furred gloves, Leghorn flits and bonnets, white and black feathers and sprays—crapes, pealongs, fatins, lute strings, and farcenets, Marleilles and cotton counterpanes, elegant fans, with almost every other article of fancy and substantial goods. October 1—twelv
City of Washington, Sept. 28, 1804. TAKEN this day from a person who calls himself John Clark Peacock, and who has been committed to jail for horse stealing, a SORREL HORSE with a blaze face and his off hind leg white, is about 14 1/2 hands high, and has been lately reworked on both shoulders, also a bay bloomed colt of 2 years old last spring, about 11 1/2 hands high and of a handsome shape. COAN. CONINGHAM. October 1, 1804. N. B. The above described horse and colt are now in the keeping of Robert Sutton, of said city. The owners, if any, are required to come within ten days from this date, prove property, pay charges, and take them away—otherwise they will be sold to pay expenses. 30
NOTICE.
Particular attention is requested. ALL persons wishing to become members of the Fourth Fire Ward Company, will please to attend at Selle's Hotel, on Tuesday evening, the 2d inst. at six o'clock, to take into consideration the ratification of articles for the government of said Company, drawn up by a special committee appointed at our last meeting for that purpose. GRIFFITH COOMBE. Director of the Fourth Fire Ward. October 11, 1804.
Journey-man Shoemakers wanted, TO whom constant employment will be given, and liberal wages. For further particulars, enquire at the store of ALEX. MCCORMICK, Capitol Hill, Washington. October 12, 1804—tf
Information Wanted, OF GEORGE RICHMOND, a carpenter by trade, a native of Scotland, who left Jamaica about 13 years ago for the continent of America and has not since been heard of notwithstanding the diligent enquiry that has been made and publication in the Winchester Centinel, in May 1802. If he is alive and will apply to the subscriber he will hear of something much to his benefit; should he be dead, any of his friends or acquaintance who will give information when and where he died to the subscriber, (who will cheerfully pay any expenses attending the communication) they will also confer a lasting obligation on his relations. GEORGE LIND, Strasburg, Shenandoah county, Virginia. September 7—NITS&twUG
Valuable Land for Sale.
The executors of the last will and testament of Anthony Holmead deceased, will sell at private sale about forty acres of Land adjoining the city of Washington at the northern extremity of 20th street west. This land is generally allowed to be one of the handsomest situations near the city, having a beautiful prospect of nearly the whole of the city of Washington, Alexandria and George Town, and any person inclined to purchase this valuable property, will lo shewn the same, and know the terms by application to the subscriber near the premises. JOHN HOLMEAD.
Notice to Subscribers. SUBSCRIBERS to the National Intelligencer in arrears are requested to make immediate payment. It may be proper to remind subscribers, that the indispensable term of the Paper is the annual payment of Five Dollars in advance; and that unless the term be complied with, their papers will be discontinued.
NOTICE.
THE Subscriber, being legally and fully authorised, by his assignees, to adjust, and settle finally, all the concerns of his former estate, surrendered under the laws of Pennsylvania, of Maryland, and of the United States, hereby calls on all persons indebted to said estate, to make payment to him; and on all who have claims, to render him their accounts, with notice of what property is still held in pledge for securing payment. JAMES GREENLEAF. Philadelphia, April 13—wtf

FOR SALE.
A Tract or parcel of land, containing one hundred thousand acres, surveyed in tracts of one thousand acres each, lying on the great and little Satilla rivers in the counties of Wayne and Liberty in the state of Georgia, distant about 40 miles from the town of St Mary's and the sea. This land is an undivided moiety of two adjoining tracts containing each 100,000 acres, and is remarkable for its extensive forests of large and valuable yellow pine, and the luxuriant growth of natural grass, affording an inexhaustible range of pasturage for cattle. A great bargain may be had to a purchaser of the whole undivided moiety; for terms of sale apply to
JOHN BECKLEY.
City of Washington.
Sept. 12—tf.
(BY AUTHORITY.)
Scheme of a Lottery.
To build an Academy in the city of Richmond. Dollars.
  1 Prize—half drawn ticket, having a blank to its number, 20,000   1 do. 10,000   4 do. 5,000   5 do. of 1,000 make 5,000   6 do. — 500 — 3,000   10 do. — 200 — 2,000   20 do. — 100 — 1,000   100 do. — 50 — 5,000   250 do. — 30 — 7,500   420 do. — 25 — 10,500   1,500 do. — 20 — 30,000   3,000 do. — 15 — 45,000   1 first drawn ticket after 1,000 having a blank to its number, 250   1 do. after 2,000 do. 250   1 do. do. 3,000 do. 250   1 do. do. 4,000 do. 250   1 do. do. 5,000 do. 500   1 do. do. 6,000 do. 500   1 do. do. 8,000 do. 500   1 do. do. 10,000 do. 500   1 do. do. 12,000 do. 500   1 do. do. 13,000 do. 500   1 do. do. 14,000 do. 1,000 
5,325 prizes, 150,000 9,675 blanks, not two to a prize, 15,000 tickets at 10 dollars each, 150,000 N. B. Prizes subject to a deduction of 15 per cent.
This lottery has been authorised by the legislature of Virginia, for the laudable purposes of erecting a seminary of learning in or near the metropolis of this state. With this view, it is contemplated to raise 20,000 dolls. and 2,500 dolls. in addition, for defraying the expenses attendant on drawing the lottery. Citizens of the first respectability have been selected as trustees, and they have pledged themselves to use their utmost exertions to carry it into effect. The scheme has the advantage of giving to each adventurer a chance for some very large prizes, whilst the proportion of prizes to blanks, is so great, as to invite the friends of the intended institution to partake in the lottery, with very little risk of their becoming losers. The treasurer of the state is to be appointed to receive the money for the tickets as they are sold, and to pay the amount of the prizes to the fortunate adventurers. It is believed that the above considerations will induce rapid sale of tickets, and the drawing will commence as soon as a sufficient number shall be sold to authorise it—which it is believed will be on the second Monday in December next.
Richmond, March 2—tf TICKETS to be had of Robert Pollard Esq. John Brockenbrough, jun. Wm. Price (Reg.) Samuel Pleasants, jun. and William Prichard.
AN ACT Providing for the establishment of semi-annual Fairs. BE it enacted by the first and Second Chambers of the City Council of Washington, That two FAIRS be held in every year within the city of Washington for the sale of all kinds of cattle, goods wares, and merchandise, on the first Wednesday's of May and November, under such regulations as the Mayor may prescribe, of which Fairs he shall make due notification.
In virtue of powers vested in me by the above act, I do hereby order and direct that the Fairs authorised thereby shall be held on the public grounds appropriated in the plan of the city of Washington for the Mall on the south side of the Tyber, extending from the Bridge at the Centre Market to the river Potomac, and that the continuance of said Fairs shall be for three days successively, viz. on the first Wednesday, Thursday and Friday in May and November.
ROBERT BRENT, Mayor. September 14—
Public Notice from the Court of Chancery I shall sell at Public Auction in the town of Piscataway on Thursday the first day of November next—
ALL the Real estate of Thomas Clagett, Esq. late of Prince George's county deceased, containing in the whole about the quantity of eighteen hundred acres, of which that beautiful and highly improved Lot in the town of Piscataway is a part. These lands lie near the navigation of Potomac river, the farthest is about three miles distant. They will be divided into parcels to make it the more convenient to purchasers. The whole is a good fertile soil, well adapted to the growth of corn, tobacco and small grain. The purchaser or purchasers of the whole or of any part thereof to give bond with approved security to the trustee for the payment of the purchase money with interest thereon in four equal annual installments from the day of sale and on the ratification of the sale by the chancellor and on the receipt of the purchase money (and not before) the trustee will convey the land to the purchaser and his heirs free from all claim of the heirs of the said Thomas Clagett.
THOMAS DUCKETT, Trustee. Prince George's county, September 26—1awtdof
CHARLES VARDEN,
MERCHANT TAYLOR.
Has received from Philadelphia in addition to his former stock, a handsome assortment of goods, consisting of the best London and Spanish superfine cloths and cassimeres, white and fancy Marceilles, colored and white Janes, India nankeens, cotton cassimeres, black silk and satin Florentines, with a variety of other articles suitable for the summer season.
N. B. Ladies habits, regimentals, and navy uniforms made in the first stile of fashion. New Jersey avenue near the Capitol, June 8—tf
REMOVAL.
THOMAS CARPENTER,
TAYLOR,
Has removed to the house above Mr. Rhodes (LAW LOVEL'S) HOTEL, near the President's Square.
In addition to the present stock of goods, an Handsome Assortment is expected immediately.
Gentlemen at a distance, by sending a line by post, will be waited upon with all possible expedition.
T. C. will pledge himself to execute any order with a taste, expedition and moderation of charge, which shall not be excelled by any.
April 16—tf.
TO RENT,
A THREE STORY BRICK HOUSE in the city of Washington, situate on that beautiful ridge north east of the Seven Buildings, on 1 street, Lot No. 3, square 106, presently occupied by Mrs. Scott. Possession may be had the 1st of August next. Under said house is a good dry cellar, on the back of the lot is a stable, and near the premises a pump of most excellent water.
Enquire of Mrs. Scott, or of the subscriber High street at Doctor John Beatty's George To n.
ABSALOM JOY. June 29—tf
FOR SALE.
The following
City Lots,
ON A LIBERAL TIME, Upon SECURITY, viz.
LOTS—3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9, in square No. 919. — Lot 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, & 16, in sq. No. 938. Lots 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 13, 14, 15, & 16, in sq. N 986. Lots 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 & 19, in square No. 1042. Lots 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13, in square No. 1066.
Apply to CHARLES MINIFIE, Washington City, or to RICHARD C. JONES, at Philadelphia.
Washington, August 3—tf.
N.B. C. M. has sundry other lots for sale or ground rent (on easy terms to improvers,) and in eligible situations.
Doctor MARKUDER,
HAS for sale a few hogsheads 4th proof Jamaica spirits, linseed and lamp oil, spirits of turpentine, window glass, glaziers diamonds, glue, lamp black, white lead, Spanish brown yellow ochre, chalk, spanish whiting, Venetian red, red lead, verdigris drop lake, flake white, patent yellow, rose and Dutch pink, kiogs yellow Turkey umber gold and silver leaf, painters and sweepers brushes, camels hair pencils, water colours in boxes, Spanish indigo, fig blue, arnott, red wood, alkant, madder, logwood, turmeric, salt petre, alum, copperas, sweet oil, pearl barley, timothy and clover seed, tamarinds, castor oil, marble mortars, spring trusses, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, mace, Chings worm destroying lozenges, an assortment of paper hangings, playing cards, copy slips, ink powder, English Latin, Greek and French school books, large family bibles, and his usual complete assortment of drugs and medicine, patent medicine, surgeons instruments, &c.
George Town, July 20—tf
HAT MANUFACTURY.
he subscriber informs his customers and the public generally that he has discontinued business in the city of Washington, and has opened shop on Bridge street near the Union Tavern—he solicits the continuance of former customers, and hopes that all others who may chuse to call and purchase his manufacture will be amply suited, if neatness and goodness be requisites.
JOEL BROWN. George Town, Feb. 17—tf
Travellers Hall.
THE subscriber has lately been induced from the rapid increase of his custom to purchase a lot of ground adjoining that on which he lives for the purpose of building a dining room and assembly room, each 54 feet by 23 feet 10 inches with six additional lodging rooms, and intends to finish them before the ensuing winter; which together with his tavern and house will occupy a front of near one hundred feet in the most agreeable part of the town and in the center of business being on the highest part of the public square. He has considerably increased the furniture &c of his house and stables. His domestics and servants are of the most faithful dispositions and properly qualified for the departments to which they are assigned. He has a constant supply of the best stable forage; imported and country provisions, imported liquors, &c. of the first quality, foreign newspapers, &c. And his bed will most probably last through the hot weather.
The distinguished preference which the first characters have already given him, fills him with gratitude He offers his sincere thanks to all his good friends and begs leave to assure them that neither his time nor his purse shall be spared in attempting to render the Travellers Hall a house of entertainment, for GENTEL GUESTS ONLY, equal to any in America.
P. BRADLEY. Lexington, Kentucky, June 12, 1804.
A Stage runs from the Travellers Hall to the Olympian Springs in the summer and to Frankfort during the sessions of Assembly. June 29—3m
JUST PUBLISHED,
HERTY'S DIGEST
Of the Laws of Maryland,
VOL. II.
PRICE 2 DOLLARS 25 CENTS,
In blue paper.
District of Columbia, to wit:
BE it remembered, that on this twenty-fifth day of August in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and four, Thomas Hertty, Esq. of the said district, Conveyancer and Notary Public, hath deposited in this office, the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author in the words following to wit: "A Digest of the Laws of Maryland, being a complete system alphabetically arranged of all the public acts of assembly, now in force and of general use, from the first settlement of the state, to the end of November session 1803, inclusive—to which is added, the acts of Congress for the district of Columbia, from the assumption of jurisdiction to the end of the session, which terminated in April 1804, inclusive—Also a variety of precedents, (adapted to the several acts) for the use of justices of the peace; and also a table explanatory of sundry technical Law terms, Volume 2nd. In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, intituled, "An act for the encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned."
G. DENEALE, Clerk of
he dist. Ct. at Columbia.
The above may be had at the publisher's office for the present.
September 5—1aw4t
American Printed goods.
Calicoes, Shawls, Pocket Handkerchiefs, &c. manufactured by the subscribers near Baltimore, and sold at No. 13 Calvert street.
To remove that distrust often felt respecting new undertakings, and so prejudicial to manufacturing attempts in America, they think it proper to observe, that nothing is wanting in the business to enable good artists to perform their work here as well as in Europe. That they have these artists; that two of the partners were bred to the business in a factory of the best repute carried on by their father, & long afterwards by themselves. They trust that while foreign goods are received without a question, an unreasonable suspicion will not prevent their countrymen from giving that trial to their goods, which only can prove their value. Besides a natural doubt, they know that certain interests, national as well as individual, will suggest objections to their undertaking. They have no difficulty in saying, that work of the like kind shall be as well executed here, as in other countries. The colors capable of being fixed, will be found as permanent; the cloths perhaps better substance, and the prices lower than of the imported cottons.
M'CULLOCH & LUNNUY,
Baltimore, No. 13 Calvert Street. Sept. 17—tf
TO BE SOLD
By private contract, an estate called Chichester, lying on the banks of the Eastern Branch, immediately opposite the city of Washington. This estate extends from near the foot of the Bridge to a little below the Navy Yard, and contains 605 acres of land. It is laid off in lots of from 33 to 117 acres. Dyer's Ferry is on it.
The price and conditions of sale may be known on application to captain Marbury of Blue Plains opposite Alexandria, to colonel Hanpon, of the Navy yard, or to the subscriber.
Captain Marbury who has a plat of the estate, may be spoken with on any Thursday at the Bank of Columbia.
ANTHONY ADDISON. Barnaby Prince Georges County. September 12—2aw3w
MEDITERRANEAN PASSPORTS.
Notice is hereby given, that it has been deemed expedient to change the form of the Mediterranean Passport if sued to vessels of the United States, that from the eighth day of July next those of the new form will be issued at the custom houses to every vessel, for which application may be made on a compliance with the terms prescribed by law and surrendering the former passport of which she may be possessed, if any, in which latter case no fees will be required for the exchange; and that by an arrangement agreed upon by the Barbary powers, with whom we are at peace, either the old or the new form of passport will be sufficient to protect the vessels of the United States, from capture until the 1st of July 1805, after which the old form of passport will be unavailable and the new one alone in use.
Department of State, } 23d of May, 1804. }
The printers of the laws of the United States are requested to insert the above in their Gazettes twice a week for the space of six months, and the Collectors of the Customs to keep copies of it posted up in their offices. May 30—2aw6m
This is to give notice,
THAT the subscriber, of Calvert County, in the State of Maryland, hath obtained from the Orphan's Court of said County, letters of Administration on the personal estate of Nathan Smith, late of the county aforesaid, deceased. All persons having claims against the said deceased, are hereby warned to exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof, to the subscriber, at or before the tenth day of April, eighteen hundred and five—they may otherwise by law be excluded from all benefit of the said estate. Given under my hand this eighteenth day of September, eighteen hundred and four.
THEODORE HODGKIN, Adm'r. September 19—1aw3t
IN CHANCERY, September 17th, 1804.
Charles Carroll of Carolton,
against
Aquila Beal and Grace his wife, Elizabeth Holliday and Margaret Holliday, which Grace, Elizabeth and Margaret are the only children and co-heiresses of Leonard Holliday the younger, late of Prince George's county deceased.
THE object of this bill is to obtain a sale of the real estate of the said Leonard Holliday, for the payment of a debt due to the complainant upon the ground, that the personal estate has proved insufficient.
The bill states, that the said Leonard Holliday in his life time, and at the time of his death was indebted to the complainant, on bond bearing date, October 25, 1783, with condition for the payment of 149. 53 3d. current money, with interest from the date; that judgment was obtained on the said bond, in the General Court for the Western Shore of Maryland, at May term, 1797, to be repleaded on the payment of the above sum, with interest and costs—That on January 25th, 1804, there was due on the said judgment, for principal, interest, and costs, after giving credit for all payments, the sum of 2581. 12s. 01 2d. current money. no part of which has been paid, that the said Leonard Holliday departed this life intestate, leaving a considerable Real Estate, and the defendants, Grace, Elizabeth, and Margaret his only children and co-heiresses, that the personal estate of the said Leonard is so far exhausted, as to be insufficient for the payment of the complainant's debt; that the defendant Aquila, hath intermarried with the defendant Grace, and that all the defendants reside in George Town in the District of Columbia.
It is thereupon, and on the complainant's motion ordered, that he cause a copy of this order to be inferred in the National Intelligencer once at least in each of three successive weeks, before the end of October next, to the intent, that the defendants may have notice of his application to this court, and of the substance and object of his bill, and may be warned to appear here in person or by a solicitor, before the last day of February next, to show cause wherefore a decree should not pass as prayed.
True copy,
SAMUEL H. HOWARD, R. C. C. September 28—wjt
PATENT WIND-MILL.
THE subscriber having purchased Mr. John Avilhe's interest in a patent Wind-mill for the District of Columbia—Will sell rights to those desirous of erecting them in said district, an inspection of the model at the Secretary's office, will sufficiently prove the utility of this machine in manufacturing grain, plaster of Paris, paints, snuff, &c. and sawing of timber or stone. Further information may be obtained by applying to Mr. Benjamin Perkins, President's square, or near the Seven Buildings to
JOHN M'ELWEE. September 28—1aw3m
WAS committed to the goal of Frederick county, on the 25th July last, negr
JOE,
about 28 years old, five feet 8 inches high, yellowish complexion, has scars on each of his hands, with burns, particularly on the left hand: His clothes are tow linen shirts and trowlers, a blue great coat, &c. He says he belongs to col. WILLIAM WINN, of Harford county, North Carolina, and that he has been absent from his master about two years. If his OWNER does not release him he will be sold for his GOAL FEES agreeably to law.
GEORGE CREAGER, Sheriff of Frederick county. Aug. 22—1aw8t.
NEW Store.
BY WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
The subscriber informs the public that he has commenced business in the house formerly occupied by
MR. QUINN, F. street;
And has on hand, a general assortment of dry goods, Groceries, wines and spirituous liquors.
 Porter,  Hardware and Cutlery,  Queenware, China and Glass,  Flour, Corn, and Corn-meal,  Oats, and Chopped rye,  Candles and Soap by the box,  Country whiskey by the barrel, and a few casks of genuine old Irish whiskey,  All of which he will sell low for cash or country produce.
The HIGHEST prices, given for country produce, CASH.
FRANCIS CLARK. Aug. 29—wtf.
NOTICE.
In pursuance of an act of the corporation of Washington city, entitled "An act to establish fire wards and fire companies in said city," the inhabitants of the fourth ward having been convened at Stelle's hotel by previous notice, given, the following resolutions were adopted, viz.
Resolved, That a committee consisting of three persons be appointed to draft rules and regulations for the government of said company:
Whereupon the following persons were duly elected, viz.
JOHN COYLE,
HENRY INGLE, and
DANIEL RAPINE.
Resolved, That as soon as the committee shall have agreed upon rules, &c as aforesaid, they shall report the same to the director, whose duty it will be to advertise a meeting of the inhabitants of said ward, to consider and determine upon the same.
Wednesday Sept. 26.
A TEN THOU SAND
Dollar Prize,
Now to be had for the small sum of
SIX dollars!
SCHEME OF A
Lottery
for the of
THE GERMAN
TRINITY CHURCH,
In SIXTH STREET, PHILADELPHIA, Which will positively commence drawing at the state house in this city the fourth Monday of November next, prizes will be received in payment for such tickets as may remain for sale during the drawing, or the cash advanced for them, on allowing a small discount. From the great proportion already sold, it is expected that the tickets will soon be raised to six dollars and an half.
  Dollars.   1 Prize of 10 thousand dolls. 10,000   1 Three thousand 3,000   1 Two thousand 2,000   1 One thousand 1,000   4 Five hundred 2,000   10 Three hundred 3,000   20 Two hundred 4,000   35 One hundred 3,500   90 Fifty 4,500   100 Twenty 2,000   6000 Seven 42,000   1st drawn No. on the 10th day 500   1 15th 500   1 20th 500   1 25th 500   1 30th 500   1 35th 500   1 40th 1,000   1 45th 1,000   1 50th 1,000   1 55th 1,000   1st drawn No. on the last day when there shall be only 600 tickets in the wheel, 6,000 
6274 Prizes. Dollars,—90,000 Considerably less than two blank to a prize. The prizes to be paid 30 days after the close of the drawing—Subject to a deduction of 15 per cent.
Tickets for sale by.
GEORGE TAYLOR, Jun.