The national intelligencer and Washington advertiser. (Washington City [D.C.]), 1802-10-20 00:00:00

NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER
AND WASHINGTON ADVERTISER.
WASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
V. CCXVIII.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20th, 1826.
FROM THE AMERICAN.
Some account of the House of Correction at Amsterdam, extracted from the travels of M. Thouin, into Belgium and Holland.
[CONCLUDED]
M. Thouin made particular enquiries whether it was customary for persons after their discharge, to be confined a second and third time, as is but too often the case in many countries, for a repetition of their offences. He informed me that such instances very rarely occur; but the case is not without precedent, as he observed in the person of a young Jew, who was then in the Rasp-huis for the third time. The case of this man is somewhat extraordinary. During the period of his detention, he always conforms to the rules of the place, with the most scrupulous observance, and gives general satisfaction by his exemplary conduct. But such as he himself avowed to our traveller, is his constitutional propensity to thieving, that no sooner is the term of his imprisonment elapsed, than he returns with redoubled ardor to his lawless courses. It is not so much for the sake of plunder, as to gratify his irresistible impulse, that he follows this vicious life; and M. Thouin adds, that he recounted his different exploits with as much exultation and triumph, as a veteran displays when rehearsing his warlike achievements.
Another salutary regulation in this institution, from which the best consequences result, is the indulgence granted to the prisoners of receiving the visits of their wives and mistresses, twice every week. Proper care, however, is taken to guard against the introduction of disease; and the ladies, in one sense, purchase their admission by giving a trifling sum of money at the gate, which becomes the perquisite of the aged prisoners, whose wants are of a different nature from their youthful comrades. Thus the pleasures of one class contribute to the comforts of the other; and the entrance money, trifling as it is, keeps away a crowd of idle vagabonds who have no acquaintance with the prisoners. The ladies, at their visits, are permitted to eat and drink with their lovers, and when the conversation becomes too animated for a third person to be present, the rest of the company obligingly take the hint, and leave them to enjoy a tête-à-tête. By this prudent regulation, many hurtful consequences attendant on a total exclusion from female society, are guarded against.
M. Thouin concludes his account with observing, that the Rasp-huis at Amsterdam bears a greater resemblance to a well ordered manufactory, than to a prison. It were to be wished, that all similar institutions were conducted upon a similar plan.
From the London Courier.
CHARACTER AND POLITICS OF BONA-PARTE.
[Concluded.]
The army!—That vast and irresistible engine, is solely under the control of the Chief Consul.—The composition, the indefinite extension, the disposition of it, are all in his power. The legion of honour is one of his great pillars; and a more formidable institution is not to be found in the history of any age in our country. It will begin by being the engine of the state—it will conclude by commanding it.*
It has been shewn, that the power of the chief magistrate is unlimited and without control. But is such a constitution likely to be stable?—Bonaparte has discovered one talent, which we did not know he possessed—the talent of irony. He compliments the French nation upon the stability of its character and constitution. The compliment is certainly a little unseasonable two days after the destruction of a former constitution, which he assured them, in the same words, was founded upon the best principles, and was equally strong and stable. But in such a constitution, we repeat the question, likely to be permanent?—That it is chiefly upheld by the personal character and talents of Bonaparte is unde-
niab!e; and this furnishes an argument against its stability.—His power is not supported by any of those progressions of authority, considered in themselves, and independently and permanently constituted. It is supported principally by officers of state. To this it varies essentially from most of the European despotisms, and bears a great resemblance to the Asiatic forms of government. Our readers know that the marked difference between the Asiatic and European constitutions is that the latter pass is privileged orders and a benefited priesthood, whereas the former acknowledge no privileged orders, and no powers that are not conferred by offices of state. To this cause may be ascribed principally the shocks and convulsions so frequent in that quarter of the globe. But though the system of Bonaparte may be stable during his life, what is the scene that is likely to be presented after his death? After he has given a military impression and character to the constitution, does he think that a Gambacéras or a Lebrun will be permitted of themselves to give away the first magistracy? Will the army, will the Legion of Honour, permit their Moreaus and their Murats to bend the knees to a Consul of Gambacéras' choosing? Does he, who is such an admirer of the character of Alexander, forget the conduct of his beloved Generals after his death? Did they guard the throne for his son and legal successor? Is there no room to apprehend that the army, after the demise of Bonaparte, will be agitated by contending factions? That the army of the Rhine will oppose the choice of the army of Italy, and the army of Egypt: That the Murats will intrigue against the Moreaus, and the Messenas against the Angereaus? What is to prevent these shocks? The legislature? We have already seen of what avail the legislature is against a Pas de Chargé . The Senate? The grand officers of the Legion of Honour, the General, and the Ministers, are the members of the Senate.
Is it, therefore, without reason that we consider the present system as not likely to be permanent? We see that all the institutions of Bonaparte have an immediate reference to himself, and essentially depend upon his life. All that relates to the appointment of a successor, cannot but be considered as nugatory. It is not probable that Bonaparte will be in haste to name his successor, and every thing that regulates the appointment of one by will is idle. The will of Louis XIV. was violated almost before his interment, though he had all the advantages of hereditary right and a descent from a long line of Kings in his favour.
The attachment and obedience of the army will of course cease with the life of the Consul; the new Consul may neither have the power nor the inclination to tread in the steps of his predecessor; he may set aside all his institutions; the heir to his throne may not be the heir to his talents. He may be the tool of the army, instead of being the leader, and a Marcus Aurelius may again be followed by a Commodus.
It has frequently been said, that Bonaparte is an admirer, if not imitator of many of those heroes whom the pen of history, has recorded and immortalised. It is surprising that he should derive so little experience from their fate and fortunes. Some of his panegyrists have compared him to Alexander—others to Cæsar—others to Charlemagne.—The history of the Macedonian and Roman conquerors might, we should think, have taught him the fatal effects of a system, upheld and supported solely by one man; a system where the man is every thing, and where there is not in the State a principle of life independent of the life of the individual. The Generals of Alexander divided and distracted his empire. Cæsar, by a vain ostentation of power, says the Biographer of Cicero, destroyed the stability of it, and as men shorten life by living too fast, so Cæsar, by an intemperance of reigning, brought his reign to a violent end; and this is a lesson which
* We refer our readers to the history of the Pretorian Bands, the Janissaries, the Templers, and the Mamelukes. † Proclamation of the Consuls to the people on the 15th Dec. 1799
history repeatedly inculcates; she teaches us that absolute Sovereigns are constantly exposed to conspiracies; that unlimited power offers temptation to ambition, whilst limited authority, though it restricts the conduct of the Chief Magistrate, preserves his person, and prolongs the duration of his power.
Other panegyrists have compared him to Charlemagne. Perhaps there is in their habits, their vigour, their activity, and their fortunes, a considerable resemblance. The historians of that period of French history inform us that the vigilance and attention of Charlemagne extended to every part of the Empire—he regulated church and state in the midst of war, descended into the minutest details, saw into every thing himself, and was equally admirable at the head of an army, or of a council of state, of an assembly of the clergy, or an academy of learned men. But the policy of Charlemagne consisted in counterbalancing the power of the nobles by the power of the clergy and the free men. Where shall we find any such balance in the institutions of Bonaparte? Yet the fault of Charlemagne's system was, that it depended too much upon his own life, that he alone was able to wield it, and that after his death the kingdom became convulsed, his descendants were driven from the throne, and the sovereign authority passed into the hands of another family. Such have been the effects in those states in which the chief has been every thing.
There is a fourth class of men who think the resemblance to the fate and fortunes of Cromwell much more striking than to any of those personages to whom we have already alluded. Raised from obscurity to the highest honours of the army, Cromwell subdued the enemies of the Government by which he was employed, and having secured the support of the army, dissolved by military force, that very Government, entering himself with his soldiers into the sanctuary of the Legislative Assembly. He procured himself to be named to the Chief Magistracy, and, after the nation had been contending for liberty and a republican form of government, established a supreme power quite as despotic as that which the people had taken up arms to oppose. The army was entirely at his disposal, he narrowed the principle of the national representation, and rendered his own power unlimited; yet the nation acquiesced universally in his government, and he received congratulatory addresses from every constituted authority. "The royalists," says Hume, "though they could not love him, expected more lenity from him, than from the jealous and imperious republicans who had hitherto governed. All men, likewise, harassed with wars and factions, were glad to see any prospect of settlement; and they deemed it less ignominious to submit to a person of such admirable talents and capacity, than to a few ignoble enthusiastic hypocrites, who, under the name of a Republic, had reduced them to a cruel subjection." By his able and determined conduct, Cromwell preserved peace at home, though in many instances he suffered and sanctioned the practice of arbitrary arrests and illegal commitments and detention in prison; he enforced respect and deference from foreign powers, even from those that had been the most intimate allies of the regal government. He changed the mode of electing a successor, and procured the power of appointing and declaring the person to succeed in the government to be vested in himself alone. He flattered himself that as his government had been strong, it would be stable, and that he should bequeath the empire peaceably and permanently to his son and successor. How well founded his expectations were, we need not say.—In less than two years Charles the Second was established upon the Throne.
We have thus taken a view of Bonaparte's policy, as far as it relates to the internal government and constitution of France.—It is in vain to deny that it tends, in the strictest sense of the word, to establish a military despotism. He has disappointed us. Yet, perhaps, we ought not to have expected, that he who derived his chief fame and glory from his military exploits, would not carry his military principles into the government of the state:—perhaps we ought not to have imagined, that he who had been ac-
customed to unlimited command and undisputed control, would, in his civil capacity, submit to a division of authority, and to a limitation of power. To have contended the devices of domestic factions—to have restored his country to internal and external peace—to have given repose to Europe, will always entitle him to the praise and admiration of mankind.—Yet still we may be permitted to deplore, that ambition and the love of power should so far have misled him from the path of true glory, and that he should have suffered the liberties of his country to have been offered up at the shrine of despotic rule. We may too be permitted to lament that he who has studied and imitated the great names that swell the page of European history, should not have cast one glance towards that bright luminary, whose parting ray yet gilds the horizon of the Western world.
Is it reserved for America alone to present to the world the spectacle of a man devoting his life to the service of the state—fixing its rights upon a stable and solid basis—rejecting all the dictates of personal ambition—wielding the power entrusted to him only for the consolidation of the liberties of his country—setting to his fellow-countrymen the example of obedience to the constitution he had established—resigning at length the supreme authority, and descending of his own accord to the class of a private citizen?
Foreign Intelligence.
From Bristol papers to the third of September, received by the fast sailing Pame, arrived at New-York.
LONDON, Aug. 28.
A Hamburg Mail arrived this day, brings the following articles of intelligence. Six ships of the line have sailed from Toulon to proceed against Algiers. The envoy who is appointed to go with them is Citizen Hullin, who before the revolution was a private in the French guards, and was particularly active in storming the Bastille. It is said, that the letter of our Government, addressed to the Dey, is conceived in very strong terms; and that, entirely to root out that nest of pirates, we shall probably take possession of Algiers.
It is confirmed by the Jamaica papers, that a difference has taken place between the Governor of that Island and the House of Assembly on the subject of the demand by Government for the Island to undertake the payment of 5000 troops for its defence. The House of Assembly have pointedly resisted the principle, as contrary to their rights, and they claim protection, as their due, equally with every other part of the British empire. They likewise decline finding supplies for the maintenance of a corps of black artificers, thought necessary by the Governor for the execution of certain work resolved upon.
The heat in the neighbourhood of Frankfort, at the commencement of the present month, was so intense, that the leaves of the vine, and other trees, fell in the same manner as at the end of Autumn.
The rapid increase of Cotton Manufactory in the North of England has lately been almost incredible. Lancashire is, and perhaps will continue to be the grand centre; but one manufactory of this article has, within the last four or five years, been gaining much ground in Cheshire, Staffordshire, and Wensleyland; and so considerable has its progress been in Yorkshire, that the labouring poor in the western parts of this Riding, are at present principally employed in it. In the neighbourhood of Halifax, Huddersfield, Bradford, and even Dewsbury, several large manufactories have lately been erected, and we are informed the enterprising proprietors of these works have the most flattering prospect of success.
We are happy to find that the refractory ship-wrights have submitted, are again employed, and work together with the men from the king's dock-yards. The caulkers likewise have applied for permission to work, so that those unpleasant disputes are likely to be soon settled.

This day arrived Paris papers to the 19th instant. The French funds continue to decline. On the 27th the five per cents were at 50. 80.
An article from Genoa, speaks of a treaty about to be entered into between that state and the French Republic, by which the former is to renounce the islands of Corsica and Caprera, and to receive in exchange Oneille and its dependencies.
The approaching departure of general Androssi from Paris to London, is announced to take place within fifteen days from the 21st inst.
A senatus consulta is, it is stated, about to be issued, for the purpose of regulating the order of distribution of possessions in St. Domingo, in such a manner as to conciliate the rights and interests of the proprietors and the negroes.
The Hamburg mail which arrived on Saturday, mentions, on the authority of letters from Vienna, that the Imperial court continues to refuse its assent to the scheme of indemnities which has been so "disinterestedly" arranged by France, Russia and Prussia.
An article from Augsburg, of the 19th inst. states that a body of Bavarian troops, on their march to take possession of that part of Passau granted as an indemnity to the Elector Palatine, were prevented from passing by a corps of Austrians, stationed for that purpose by the cabinet of Vienna, on the extreme frontier of the Inn Viertel. The declaration of the First Consul and the emperor Alexander, will, no doubt, remove all opposition; though it appears but reasonable, that the proposed plan of indemnities should not be carried into effect until sanctioned by the decision of the Imperial Diet.
Last night a Dutch mail arrived, and a second this morning. Accounts from the Hague state, that a French army is to be assembled on the Rhine, for the ostensible purpose of military parade when the Chief Consul shall visit Belgium, but more probably for the more important object of influencing and accelerating the deliberations of the Diet of Ratisbon.
The French journals are silent respecting the prohibition issued against the reading of English newspapers. The fact, however, is certain, orders have been received by many in the habit of sending them over, to discontinue them till further notice. One would think this sufficient to quiet the apprehensions of those who entertain fears respecting fair discussion; and yet we find in one of the journals a furious trade against the English papers. It is supposed to be from the pen of Barrere, and contains very gross and unfounded charges of corruption. How different the conduct of the journalists of the two countries—we should rather say how different the governments! Here we reprint the worst things they can invent against us—there they dare not even read our plain statement of facts.
It is positively stated in a private letter from Lisbon, that the abrupt departure of Gen. Lafres was occasioned by some very extraordinary attention manifested to Madame Lafres by an illustrious personage belonging to that court.
The harvest in Belgium is just finished, and is the richest ever remembered in that country.
Bristol, Sept. 2.
Improvements of the Harbour of Bristol.
We rejoice to see the spirit of enterprise that heretofore deservedly ranked Bristol as the second seat of commerce in the empire, rapidly reviving; in so much, that we trust, in the course of a few years, the city will regain its former Mercantile importance and respectability. The plan at present for rendering the harbour of Bristol, a constantly floating one, is generally esteemed to be such as will make the port, at least equal, if not superior, to any other in the United Kingdom, both for safety and convenience; and the appearance will, assuredly, present a scene of commercial grandeur and magnificence, hardly to be paralleled. Hitherto, the ships at our Quays have inevitably grounded every tide, a circumstance which has deterred foreign vessels from bringing cargoes to the port, except at very advanced rates of freight; and even then, very reluctantly, owing to their liability to damage on taking the ground. This evil being removed, there is every reason to believe, that foreigners will prefer coming here to any other port, and we have no doubt, but that merchants from all parts of the kingdom will flock hither, to participate in the great commercial advantages which Bristol will then most certainly insure to them.
WASHINGTON CITY.
WEDNESDAY, October 20, 1802.
It is, with much regret, that the Editor, from a disappointment in the receipt of proper paper, is obliged for the present and perhaps another publication to use smaller paper.
From Poulson's American Daily Advertiser.
To Levi Lincoln, Esq. Attorney General of the United States.
SIR, From an independent citizen of the United States, little apology perhaps is necessary in addressing you; no more than to say that he feels it a duty incumbent on him—a duty urged by the supposition that it has escaped the notice of others—to ask for that information, the explanation of which tenderly concerns him in common with his fellow citizens.
The correctness of the opinion which you gave after mature deliberation in the case of Callender's fine has been frequently discussed before the public. Miserable comparisons have been made, and puerile arguments urged, to force the President from any blame in the transaction, and to justify the opinion given by yourself. The question which I shall put to you Sir, will, if answered, dispel all doubt upon the subject, and while it may prove the veracity of your conduct, will greatly tend to alleviate the fears of many who now suppose the property of the United States at the mercy of the executive before it is vested in the office of the Secretary of the Treasury.
Did you not, about three months after you gave it as your opinion, that a fine paid into the hands of any public and lawful agent (other than the Secretary of the Treasury) was returnable at the pleasure of the President (on his retrospective pardon)—Give a diametrically opposite opinion in the case of certain citizens of Georgetown, Alexandria and City of Washington; who having incurred lawful penalties, part of which were paid to the Commissioners, applied to the President for a remission of them, who referred the matter to the Secretary of the Treasury, by whom you were consulted upon the subject. I say, Did you not, in this case, give it as your solemn opinion, that money having been once paid into the hands of a public agent was not at the disposal of the President? And did not Mr. Gallatin act in conformity to this opinion?
Perhaps I am not correct in stating the particulars, though certain of the fact. The subject was local, attracted little or no attention, and I believe, was never noticed in any paper to the eastward of the seat of government. But at that time the restoring of Callender's fine, or the granting a pardon after the culprit had undergone his punishment, and the sentence of the court was fulfilled, were equally unknown.
A PLAIN CITIZEN. Philadelphia, Sept. 29, 1802. Mr. Poulson, will please to request the Editor of the National Intelligencer to insert the above.
The "Plain Citizen" having requested the insertion of his piece in the National Intelligencer, we will inform him that he is mistaken in every particular of the fact which he asserts. No citizens of George-Town, Alexandria, or this city, applied to the President or the Secretary of the Treasury for the remission of penalties incurred by them. The attorney general gave no opinion, and was not even consulted on the subject of any fines, penalties or forfeitures incurred in the district of Columbia. Neither his nor any other legal opinion was taken on the question whether the amount of fines incurred in that district and paid into the hands of a public agent, but not yet paid into the Treasury, might or might not be legally remitted. No such question arose in the district. The strangely misrepresented fact to which the "Plain Citizen" seems to allude is nothing more than this.
A question arose, under the 2d section of the act supplementary to the act intitled, "An act concerning the district of Columbia," whether certain fines, penalties and forfeitures were payable, by the public agents who had collected the same, to the Treasury of the United States for the use of the United States, or to the board of county commissioners for the use of that county in the district in which they had been incurred. A part was actually paid into the Treasury; another part was in the hands of the marshal, and the construction given to
the law by the Treasury Department being unfavorable to the claim of the county commissioners, the attorney of the district was consulted. His opinion, in some respects coincided with, and in others, differed from that of the Treasury; and so far from considering the payment of the fines to the marshal as a bar against a proper application of their amount, he was directed by the Treasury to pay them in conformity to the decision of the district attorney. So far as there is any similarity between this and Callender's case, the decisions may be laid to agree; but the questions which arose under each were materially different: in Callender's case, the question was, whether monies collected for the use of the United States by a public agent, but not yet paid into the Treasury, could legally be paid in any other way than into the Treasury: in the case now alluded to, the question was, whether certain monies collected by a public agent, and not yet paid into the Treasury had, under the law, been collected for the use of the United States, or for that of the county commissioners.
We hope that Mr. Poulson by republishing this statement, will satisfy the "Plain Citizen," that even if there has been any error in the attorney general's decision in the case of Callender's fine, the charge of inconsistency at least is groundless.
But since our attention has been thus drawn to the subject of Callender's fine, it may not be improper to add some remarks on the legality of the decision made on it. These we will premise with a short recapitulation of the facts taken from the original letters and documents which have been published by the late marshal of Virginia.
On the 16th of March, 1801, a pardon was granted by the President to J. T. Callender, for certain offences of which he had been convicted under the "Sedition law." The operative words, in conformity to the usual style of pardons, which was adopted on this occasion, were, "hereby remitting and releasing all pains and penalties incurred or to be incurred by him, the said J. T. Callender, by reason of the conviction and judgment of the court."
On the 25th of March the marshal of Virginia wrote to the attorney general, then acting as Secretary of State, that he would "resort to the proper authority to decide the questionable point whether, as the fine had been paid, previous to the date of the pardon, a return of the money was intended." On the 20th April the attorney general answered that "in his opinion, before a fine was paid into the Treasury, a pardon remitted and restored it to the party, and that he might therefore return the money to Mr. Callender." On the 20th of May the marshal wrote to Mr. Callender to call at the custom house for the money: this he refused doing; and the marshal having, on the 17th of May, enclosed to the comptroller his account of the expenses of the March term, credited in that account the United States with the amount of the fine, but without remitting the money, or paying at that time any part of the balance which, exclusively of that fine, he owed to the United States. The Comptroller wrote on the 30th May to the marshal that it appearing by a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, and from the opinion of the attorney general that the fine had been remitted and ought to be returned, he should return it accordingly. With the previous refusal of Callender of the 20th of May, the Treasury and the other officers of government at Washington, were at that time unacquainted, as the information was communicated by the marshal only in his letter of the 20th of May to the attorney general, which followed him to Massachusetts where he had at that time returned. The knowledge of that fact could not have had any effect on the decision; it is only for the sake of correctness that this circumstance is here noticed. The marshal complied with the directions of the Treasury, and on the 20th of June paid the amount of the fine to Callender.
The only question on which a difference was given by the attorney general, or any of the heads of department, was whether, a pardon remitted and restored to the party a fine, collected by the marshal, but not yet paid into the Treasury? Yet, how often had it been asserted, and we have seen it repeated in some federal papers even since the original documents have been published, that the money was paid from the Treasury to Callender? That question was decided on the 20th of April, and before the Secretary of State had entered into the duties of his office, or even arrived at the seat of government. Yet allusions have been made to the motives which probably had actuated him in a decision in which he had no share, and which was made before he was
in office. Yet when it was stated that the fine was not repaid till the end of three months and half, the fact that it had been tendered seven weeks after the date of the pardon, was omitted for reasons which will be easily perceived by a recurrence to the piece to which we allude. But it is only the correctness of the attorney general's decision which we mean to examine.
The constitution gives the President the explicit and unlimited authority (except in cases of impeachment) to grant pardons; this, in the usual style of pardons, which was adopted on this occasion, implies the remission of all penalties incurred, or to be incurred by conviction and judgment. When we say the authority is unlimited, we mean that it operates in every case and on every object, in which it is not limited by some other clause of the constitution. The only clause which can limit the exercise of it is that by which it is declared that no monies shall be drawn from the Treasury except by virtue of an appropriation made by law; and this is the true and only reason, why fines, once paid into the Treasury, cannot be remitted by the mere effect of a pardon; all such fines being, when once in the treasury, appropriated not for that, but for other purposes. What shall be considered "monies in the treasury," admits neither of doubt or controversy, the meaning of those words being expressly defined by the act to establish the Treasury Department, passed the 2d of September 1789, which declares that it "shall be the duty of the Treasurer to receive and keep the monies of the United States" "and all receipts for monies received by him shall be endorsed upon warrants signed by the Secretary of the Treasury, without which warrant so signed, no acknowledgement for money received into the public treasury shall be valid."
Hence it follows, that no monies can be legally considered as in the treasury, unless paid to the Treasurer, and the payment be sanctioned by a warrant of the Secretary. Callender's fine was collected by the Marshal, but had not been paid to the Treasurer, nor the payment sanctioned by a warrant. It was neither legally, nor in fact in the treasury; and the clause of the constitution which forbids the drawing of any monies out of the treasury without an appropriation, being inapplicable to it, it became, although incurred, legally remitted to the party by the mere effect of the President's pardon. To support a contrary construction, it must be proved that monies once legally vested in the United States, although not actually paid into the Treasury, that a penalty once incurred, cannot be affected by a pardon. There is nothing in the constitution which can justify such a construction. No such exception or limitation to the executive authority of granting pardons can be found in that instrument. The style of pardons, as before observed, has, on the contrary, uniformly been "remitting all penalties incurred, as well as to be incurred." Such exception or limitation would lead to the inevitable consequence that a pardon, so far as it related to the imposition of a fine, never could operate after a conviction; for it will not be denied that the judgement of the court vests the right to the fine in the United States as fully and absolutely, as its actual payment by the party.
We are authorised to assert that the construction pursued in this case not only is that which alone could legally have prevailed, but that it has uniformly been adopted in similar cases. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorised by law to remit certain fines and penalties incurred under the revenue laws, in the same manner as the President is authorised by the constitution to grant pardons in all cases. That power has uniformly been exercised by every Secretary of the Treasury in the same manner precisely, and with like effect, as the President's authority was exercised in the case of Callender. Fines and penalties, incurred under the revenue laws, have repeatedly been remitted, and repaid to the party, as well after as before judgement, and as well after as before they had been actually paid by the parties to the collectors of the revenue, who were the proper public agents to receive them. Yet the law, which gives this authority to the Secretary, is as silent on the point whether it shall operate on monies thus paid to public agents for the use of the United States, as the constitution, which vests in the President the pardoning power. In neither of these two parallel cases had it ever been supposed, until the present moment, that a doubt could exist; and in both cases the repayment of the money, (unless it had actually been drawn into the treasury,) was considered as the natural and necessary operation as well of the power given by law to the Secretary as of that confer-

red by the constitution or the President. After this plain view of the subject, it is presumed that no rational doubt can be entertained of the rigid legality of the power exercised in the case of Callender.
On the application of the marshal, the attorney general gave his opinion on the legal effect of the pardon; to that opinion the Secretary of the Treasury gave effect so far as in his power lay, by instructing the marshal that he ought not to pay the amount of the fine to the Treasury but to Callender. Yet those decisions left the question open for another tribunal. The authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to refuse from the marshal a payment of the fine into the Treasury was absolute; but although he might direct he had not the power of compelling the late marshal of Virginia to return it to Callender. Had the marshal persisted in not returning him the money, we think that on his own ground he was justified and acted correctly in repaying it; but had he persisted in not doing it, the only means of deciding the question would have been to institute a suit against him for the use of Callender, and the legal effect of the pardon would thus have come regularly before a court of law, and been ultimately decided by the judiciary.
Through the whole of that transaction, the only act of the President was the granting of the pardon. For the exercise of that discretionary power, and for that alone he is responsible. Without pretending to assert what were his motives, we are inclined to believe that having originally considered the sedition law as unconstitutional, and finding, when he came into office, that law expired, he did, on either of those grounds, or perhaps on both, think it proper to put an end to every proceeding, under that law, which had not yet had its complete operation. He certainly granted pardons in every case where a conviction had taken place, and where it was not ascertained that the whole of the punishment had been incurred, and he directed the discontinuance of every prosecution under the same law where a judgment had not yet taken place. But he went no farther, and he let the pardons he had granted have their legal effect without any other interference on his part.
The Republican majority in Lancaster county Pennsylvania, amounts this year to about 700. Three years ago the federal majority was 1027.
Extract from the Official Gazette of St. Domingo.
Cape, the 9th Thermidor, 10th year, July 28th 1802.—General Quarters at the Cape, 6th Thermidor, 10th year.
The General in Chief Captain General, Having seen, etc. The memorial of citizen Alexander, attorney of William M'Fadon and Joseph Williams, Merchants, at Baltimore, praying for the restitution of 22,231 dollars, seized at the late configuration of the Cape, and claimed by Jonathan Low, agent of said Merchants.
2dly. The letters of Citizen Pichon, charge d'Affairs of the French Republic, near the United States, and of citizen Levillain-Commissary of Commercial Relations of France at Baltimore, showing that the cash taken in the house of Johnston F. Low, and deposited on board the Watigny is the property of William M'Fadon and Joseph Williams, Merchants in Baltimore.
3dly. The report of the Colonial Prefect, Orders as follows:
The 22,231 Dollars deposited on board the ship Watigny at the late configuration of the Cape, and since lodged in the chest of the Paymaster General of the Army, having been sequestered for no other purpose but that of insuring said property to its real and lawful owners, who were not then sufficiently known, shall be paid by said Paymaster General to Citizen Alexandre, merchant at the Cape, who shall furnish for the same his receipt, to which shall be annexed the original power of attorney of William M'Fadon & Joseph Williams, by which said Alexander is authorized to receive the said sum on their behalf. The colonial prefect shall deliver his warrant, so that said sum may be drawn from the chest of the said paymaster general.
The General in Chief Capt. Gen. (Signed)
LECLERC. By the Captain General (Signed)
LENOIR, Secretary Gen.
We have been favoured, by a respectable commercial gentleman of this city, with the following interesting letter from an official character at the Spanish court:
Rel's Gazette.
[COPY.] Madrid, 15th August, 1802. Sir, On the 11th instant the plenipotentiaries of the United States and Spain signed a convention for the appointment of commissioners who are to form a board, and sit at Madrid, for the indemnification of those who have sustained losses, damages, or injuries in consequence of the excesses of individuals of either nation, during the late war, contrary to the existing treaty or the law of nations. The convention to have no force or effect, until it be ratified by the contracting parties. I am Sir, &c.
The (London) "Traveller" of the 31st of August, mentions the arrival of Toussaint Louverture at Dijon on the 22d, and left it the same day, taken the road to Besançon. He was accompanied by an aide-camp of Gen. Laborde, and some gendarmes. He had one domestic, who was a negro. Toussaint wore a General's undress. The account of his arrival in Paris and imprisonment in the Temple, is therefore premature.
The misunderstanding between the Regency of Tunis and the Spanish government has been adjusted.
Boston, October 12, 1802.
FRIGATE BOSTON.
On Sunday morning arrived the frigate Boston, capt. M c Neil 30 days from Gibraltar. Com. Morris, had negotiated a temporary peace with the Moors, and Mr. Consul Simpson had returned to Tangiers. The Moors had manned, and hoisted their colors on board the Tripoline ship at Gibraltar, intending to carry her to Tripoli; but Com. Morris had ordered the frigate Adams to watch for and capture her if found at sea. The peace was therefore expected to be soon at an end. Com. Morris had sailed for Algiers, with Mr. Cathcart, who is appointed Consul at that place. This gentleman was our Consul at Tripoli, before the rupture with that power. The Danes had purchased a peace of the regency of Tripoli, with money and naval stores. Capt. M c Niel had a slight engagement with three gun-boats off Tripoli, one of which he sunk—the others run under the fort which fired on the frigate. No person was injured on board the Boston. The Constellation took the station of the Boston, in the blockade of Tripoli.
Orders for the frigate Boston to proceed to Washington, on her arrival here, had been some time in the hands of the Navy Agent. They were delivered to Capt. M c Niel, on Sunday, and yesterday morning the frigate sailed for the Potomac, with a fair wind.
ATTENTION!
The WASHINGTON TROOP OF CAVALRY will meet on the Race ground North of the President's House, on Friday Evening next, at 8 o'clock. Those members who have their uniform will attend completely equipped, and it is expected that the members who have not already equipped themselves, will provide uniforms immediately, as it is of importance to acquire a thorough knowledge of the exercise, previously to the 30th instant, when there will be a legionary review.
Wm. BRENT, Captain.
A LIST OF LETTERS
Remaining in the Post Office at Washington City on the 1st October 1802.
A. Eliza Abraham, Drury Allen.
B. Captain William Bainbridge, J. B. Bond, William Butler, (2) of navy, James Buchanan, Abraham Buttler, Maria Bailey, Catherine Belt at Thomas Hanfons, Miss Anne Ballard, Wm. Baker, doctor (2), Major J. G. Barnwell, John M. Baker, Edward Barry, shipcarpenter, Robert Buney, George Brown, Esq. Major Daniel Ridley, Wm. Birch, Thomas Berry, William Bowdet, John Brown (2) George Beall, junr.
C. Joseph Chambers, James Conway, navy, Archibald Carey, navy, Thompson Clark, William Cannon, John Crumwell, Mrs. Anne Carr, Nathan Clifton, Michael Brown Carroll, John Orde Creighton, navy, William Caley, Hugh G. Campbell, navy, James M. Cooke, Mrs. Sarah Cox, Jn. M c Clean, Peter Catlet, Robert Cole.
D. Frederick Deighton, William Dor-mar, John Deceaves, cont. ble, Joseph Duncan, David Dare, navy, William Dyer (4), David Dobbins (2), James Dennis, mariner, Thomas Dixon, Benjamin Dearborn, Mrs. Priscilla Donaldson, lieutenant Stephen Decatur.
E. Captain Samuel James, Richard Elliott (2), Solomon Ellis, Pat. Edwards, Edward Smothers, James & Thomas Ellis coopers, Samuel George East, navy.
F. Doctor Nathan Fobes, Robert Field, miniature painter, John Francis, Colin Ferguson, Robert R. Flinn, James Fraser.
G. Mr. William Giles, Frederick Gibbon, stone cutter, A. Ja. Gocete, Martha Gordon, Charles R. Goodwin, Jaque George, gardener, Samuel Gothard, Archelaus Gardner, Col. Henry Gaither, John B. Goddard, John Gallagher.
H. Jeremiah Hunt, Anthony Hale, John Hicks. Mr. Harrison at Secretary of Navy's Office, William Hopkins, Daniel Haragan, Captain Charles Hyde (4), Anthony H. C. Heickem, commercial agent, James Hull, mariner, James Howard, Isaac Howard, William Hommers, Rebecca Hopkins, William Humphries, Hannah Huggins, James Harrison.
I. Flora Johnson, John Johnson of War Office, Mr. Jourdan, Thomas Jamelson, Esq. Gen. Post Office (2), William Ingles.
K. William King, Navy Yard, Archibald K. Kearney (2), Robert King at Mr. Smiths.
L. Thomas Lowndes, Esq. (2), Frederick Lasser at Lear & Co's, Israel Loring (2), Edward Langly, Lieut. Archibald Lee, John P. Lovell, Navy.
M. Gideon Morris, Mrs. Eliza Moore, Nick's Miller, Daniel M c Neil, junr. of the Navy (2), Dennis M c Elroy, John M c Clean, Joseph Martin, mariner, John & Daniel G. Marsh, Mr. N. Rerrad Mix (3), Rev. Mr. Marshall, Marmaduke M c Cane, William Vans Murray, Esq. Berlin Maris, Joseph M c Murray.
N. William Francis Nichols of Navy, Charles Nicholson, Samuel Nicholson, Lewis Nicolas (2), John Y. Noel, Esq.
O. Bicker Olsen, Esq. Thomas Oliver.
P. Penelope Palliaton, Captain Richard Pitt, Liley Patterson, Peter B. Porter, Esq. (2) Robert Piper, William Peters, major (2), Joseph Becker Parlons, John Pennington, Lieut. Pinkney, R. G. Van Polanen (2).
R. John Reath (2), George F. Ross, Capt. George Reynolds, Fenner Rhodes, John Rower (2).
S. Thomas Seward, Wm. P. Smith, Miss Nancy Smith, Mrs. Jane Smith, Albert Stevens, Antoine Suarez (2), Ld. Henry Stewart, Francis Henry Stewart, Mrs. Elizabeth Stewart, G. W. Spofford, Ames Stall, saddler, Thomas Sillick, mariner, Hugh Scott (2), C. or in Ames Stoddard, General Sumpter, Capt. John Shaw.
T. Joseph Tucker, junr. Rock Creek, Rev. James Templeman (2) James Taylor, James Thompson, Alexander Thom, Charles Treadwell, Capt. Samuel Tinsley (2), John Thompson, mariner.
V. James Vanfandt, Henry Vandike, Daniel Vertner.
W. Jacob Wagner, Lieut. Godfrey Wood, Ambrose White, Charles Wilkins, Esq. Gen. James Wilkinson, Edward Walker, Mr. Wiley, Thomas Wilson, Lieut. Col. Williams, Captain Thomas Wiley, John Wilkinson, junr. Barton West, Mrs. Wilson.
FOR SALE OR RENT,
THAT elegant three story BRICK HOUSE, on the corner of Falls & Frederick street, in George Town, lately occupied by Mr. Pichon.
Likewise,
THE two well finished three story BRICK HOUSES, adjoining that occupied by Mr. Samuel H. Smith, Printer, on the Pennsylvania Avenue, east of the centre Market House, City of Washington—Apply to GEORGE THOMPSON, George Town.
Geo. Town, Oct. 20. tf.
By virtue of a power contained in a deed of Trust from HUGH DENNETT to me, dated 26th January 1802, will be offered to public sale, on the 20th instant at 11 o'clock A.M. at M c Laughlin's Tavern, George Town; all the interest, right, title and claim of said Densley, in and to the following described corner lot of ground, in square 695, in the City of Washington, that is to say, fronting 50 feet on half street East, and one hundred feet on South I street, and to run to an alley as laid down in the plot of said squares containing 5000 square feet, to satisfy a debt due from said Hugh Densley to Richard Ringgold.
JAMES S. MORSELL, Trustee. Oct. 15, 1802. ep:200.
UNITED STATES, District of Columbia and County of Washington.
IN CHANCERY, Oct. 9, 1802.
Charles Lowndes, John Templeman, James Maccubin Lingn, Thomas Davis, John Weeks and Edward Gantt,—Complainants. AGAINST
Francis Dealings, John Hewitt, assignee of Uriah Forrest, Benjamin Stoddert, Joseph B. Rowles, Thomas Sim Lee, John Laird, Joseph Forrest, Thomas Law, Isaac Pollock, John M c Clure, William O'Neil, David Pollock, Elisha Janney, Jacob Hoffman, Jonah Thompson, and John Scott, Gullavus Ball Scott, Mary Scott, Elizabeth Rankin and Robert Rankin, her husband, Catherine Scott, Juliana Scott, William Scott and Robert James Scott, children and heirs of Gustavus Scott, deceased, in the County of Washington, Samuel Bodget Jan, Thomas L. Moore, James Reid, Hudson and York, John Reid, William Vaughan, Harrison and Sterrett, Charles Carroll of Carrollton, James M c Henry, Charles Wallace, John Muir, William Stewart, Lucia De Block, Alexander McDonald & Co. Joseph Hardy, Thomas Charles Clarke, Benjamin Clark, children and heirs of Thomas Clarke, Martha Clarke, Charles Thomas Clark & Maria Clark, deceased, late of George Town, Joseph Cavacheche, Dominic Lynch, Farris and Stocker, Alexander J. Miller, Richard W. Ashton, Henry Lawrence, Clement Lawrence, James C. Nielson, and Pierce L. Tanner. Defendants.
THE object of the Bill is to obtain a decree for the sale of the bridge over Potomac river built by, and belonging to the George Town bridge company to raise money to pay a large sum of money due from the said company to sundry persons.
The bill states that these debts amounting to the sum of dols. 16,067 76 principal, besides a large sum for interest thereon, were all contracted for in and about the building of the said bridge, that the accounts have been submitted to the stockholders and that they have approved of the expenditures of these monies and the contracting of this amount of the debt. That the whole monies subscribed by the stockholders for building this bridge have been appropriated and paid away properly and fairly, that the amount of debt still remains unpaid by the company, who though frequently called on, will make no provision for the payment of the same.
The bill further states that Samuel Bodget Jan, Thomas L. Moore, James Reid, Hudson & York, John Reid & William Vaughan, Defendants above named, reside in Philadelphia in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania; that Harrison and Sterrett, Charles Carroll, James M c Henry, Charles Wallace, John Muir, William Stewart, Lucia De Block, Alexander McDonald and Co. Joseph Hardy, Thomas Charles Clarke, Benjamin Clark, Martha Clark, Charles Thomas Clark and Ann Maria Clark, Defendants, above named reside, in the state of Maryland; that Joseph Cavacheche and Dominic Lynch, Defendants above named, reside in the city of New-York; that Farris and Stocker above named reside in the state of Massachusetts; and that Alexander J. Miller, Richard W. Ashton, Henry Lawrence, Clement Lawrence, James C. Nielson, & Pierce L. Tanner reside out of the District of Columbia and not within the jurisdiction of this Court, but where they do reside, is not known.
It is on the complainants motion ordered that they procure this order to be inserted at least once in six successive weeks in the National Intelligencer and Washington Federalist, before the first day of February next, to the intent that the aforesaid defendants, and all other persons (if any there be) who are interested in the premises, may have notice of the complainants application and of the substance and object of the bill, and that the said defendants and each of them may be warned to appear here in person, or by solicitor, on or before the fourth Monday in July next, to show cause if any they can, why a decree should not pass as prayed by the said bill.
By order, URIAH FORREST, Clk. Oct. 20. iaw6w.
Ten Dollars Reward.
ESCAPED from the Jail of Washington County in the District of Columbia a negro man who calls himself BILL STEVENS, about 30 years of age near 6 feet high smooth round face and strong spoken, slender though well made, had on an ozanburgh shirt and trowers, he may it is probable change his dress, supposed he has gone towards Pennsylvania as he was bought from there, about two years ago and employed by William Lane on Rock Creek as a waggoner and is said to be a freeman—the above reward will be paid on delivering him to me at Washington.
ROBERT MCLEAN, Jailor. For Daniel C. Brent, Marshal of the District of Columbia. Oct. 12, 1802.
Taken up and committed to
the Jail of Washington County, the following Runaways—GEORGE ALIA MOSE—who says he belongs to Mrs. Julian of Fredericksburg Virginia—about 30 years old 5 feet 5 inches high well made, stout curly beard—says he is a carpenter by trade.
WILL—who says he belongs to Mrs. Mary Southon of St. Marys County near Benedict—appears to be about 2 or three and twenty years old 5 feet 8 inches hi, h. slender made, thin visage—he says he has been runaway upwards two years.
The owners of the above slaves are requested to come forward and pay the charges or they will be sold agreeable to law.
ROBERT MCLEAN, Jailor. For Daniel C. Brent Marshal of the District of Columbia. County of Washington? Oct. 12, 1802.

TO BE RENTED, Two or three large three story brick Houses. SITUATED on the Capitol Hill, convenient to the Capitol—to prevent trouble it is wished that no one would apply who will not pay half the rent in advance, or who can give good security for the payment of the rent—application to be made to DANL. CARROLL of Ducln. Sept. 8, 1802. ept1.
Charlotte Hall School. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT the Trustees on the 4th Monday of October next, if fair, or the first fair day thereafter, will contract with any person of reputable character, who will undertake the stewardship of said School for the year 1803. Signed by order, NEVLE H. SHAW, Reg. Cool Springs, St. Mary's Co. } September 17, 1802 3w.
The George Town and Annapolis STAGE. WILL commence on the first Monday in October next to run three times a week; leave Annapolis every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and return from George Town every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday—Fare and allowance as usual. JOSEPH SEMMES, JOHN SMITH. This is intended to accommodate such gentlemen and ladies as are going to and from Frederick and Hager's Town. October 11th, 1802. tf.
ADVERTISEMENT. By virtue of a Deed of Trust from OWEN ROBERTS to the Subscriber, will be exposed to Sale, for ready money, on the Premises, on Wednesday the 18th day of November, if fair, if not, then the next fair day. ONE half of that LOT OF GROUND in the city of Washington lying in square No. 256, and designated in that square by the No. 10; the moiety intended to be sold fronts upon the open area on the Pennsylvania Avenue, and joins upon the lot No. 11 in that square, has a front of 24 feet 2 inches and an h. and 93 feet 5 inches deep; upon it is erected a frame Dwelling House. JAMES KEITH, Trustee. Oct. 13. ept18N.
Now Landing. FOR SALE, On Messrs. R. & G. Barry's Wharf, TEN hhds. Molasses, twenty barrels brown Sugar, two thousand pounds of the green Coffee, fifteen hundred pounds of Carroll's best Petersburg chewing Tobacco, in small kegs, and a few excellent Cheeses—Also, Soap and a few shells of low priced Tea. Apply to the Subscriber near the 20 Building. RD. FRAZER. Oct. 18. ept4w.
MARSHAL'S SALE. By virtue of a writ of fieri facias, issued out of the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia for Washington County, to me directed, I have seized and taken, and shall proceed to sell at M C LAUGHLIN's Tavern George town, on Saturday the 23d of October next, at 10 o'clock P. M. for cash. THAT valuable house and lot in George Town, situate lying and being at the intersection of Falls and Water streets, being part of the lot or parcel of ground, known and distinguished as No. 50, in the plan of said Town, at present occupied by Jeremiah Conner, Esq. ALSO, one half square of ground in said Town, with all the houses and out houses thereon, at present occupied by Mr. Bailey—the said half square is divided into four lots and designated in the plan of the town by the following numbers, viz. 46, 47, 59 and 60. ALSO, Two tracts or parcels of land adjoining each other, situate, lying and being in the County of Washington, between Bladensburg and the City of Washington, known and called by the names of Scotland and Barbadoes, containing about 206 acres, at present in the occupancy of Mr. Henry Smith. The above property will be sold to satisfy debt and cost, due the President, Directors and Company of the Bank of Columbia, by George M c Gruder. The President and directors of the Bank of Columbia will receive good notes such as they will approve of, payable in 120 days, from the purchasers of the above property. DANL. C. BRENT, Marshal District Columbia Sept. 24, 1802.
TO LET. A TWO STORY FRAME HOUSE near the Bank, the tenant will have the advantage of a well cultivated Garden. Enquire of Mr. Joseph Saul at the office of District and Deposit, Washington. Sept. 27, 1802. tf.
FOR SALE, A FEW Puncheons excellent Antigua Rum, of 3d and 4th proof. Apply to the Subscriber. WM. BRENT. Sept. 29, 1802. tf.
INFORMATION. I do hereby certify, that on the 13th July, 1802, I directed the proper officers of the customs to give a fair trial, experimentally to Mr. Dearborn's patent balance, to ascertain its correctness with the standard weights of the treasury of this state; and particularly its utility, in the facility of weighing dutiable cargoes. The surveyor and weigh master of the port, have, after various experiments, and after due examination, reported to me this day, as follows: That they tried Dearborn's patent balance with the 50, 25, 14, 7, and 4 pounds brass legal standard weights, procured from the treasury of this state, and found the patent balance exactly correct. After several comparative trials, they report— That they weighed in the custom-house scales, 10 hogheads of sugar in one hour, with six hands. The same 10 hogheads of sugar were weighed in the patent balance in twenty-two minutes, with only two hands. In the scales 34 barrels of coffee and sugar were weighed in thirty-seven minutes, with two hands. In the patent balance the same 34 barrels of coffee and sugar were weighed in twenty-two minutes, with two hands. In the scales 15 boxes of Havanna sugar were weighed in fifteen minutes, with four hands. In the patent balance, 18 boxes of the same Havanna sugar were weighed in fifteen minutes, with two hands. In weighing a hoghead of sugar in the scales, it required 31bs. weight to preponderate the scale. In weighing the same hoghead of sugar in the patent balance, half a pound weight would preponderate the scale. Two drays are necessary to carry from wharf to wharf, the custom-house triangles, scales and weights, sufficient to weigh a hoghead of sugar. One dray is necessary to carry the custom-house triangle, scales and weights, to weigh smaller articles. The patent balance, with its frame and weights (consisting of only two brass 32 b. weights, and one brass 16lb. weights) can be moved from wharf to wharf on a hand cart, with two labourers only. Any person who understands simple addition, can in five minutes be taught the use of the patent balance. The patent balance occupies a less space of ground on the wharf, than the triangle and scales. The beam, scales and weights of the custom house, were proved by this valuable patent balance, to be incorrect; and by which, as a true and just standard, the necessary adjustments are making. The cost of the patent balance is half less than scales and weights. In all cases one third, and in heavy articles two thirds of labour is saved; and in its use in the customs, dray hire is altogether saved. Hence as respects its correctness, facility in weighing, saving in the first cost, saving of labour, and from weights being always liable to injury and reduction of weight, by the removal of the lead necessary to secure the handle to the weight, (and to adjust the weight) the patent balance is rendered, in my judgement, preferable in every point of view, to the common beam scales and weights. It combines the use of the common scale yard (without its imperfection) with the common scales, but is superior to either, from the reasons given. In a word, it is my opinion, that the patent balance requires only to be known & understood, when it will be universally used, in preference to the common beam scales and weights. At all times it would afford me pleasure to certify the meritorious discoveries of any person—but I feel a more than ordinary pleasure on the present occasion, to give publicity to the merit of a country-man, an American. As Dearborn's patent balances are made to weigh from one pound weight and upward, as may be required, it is in the power of every person to suit himself with a balance to weigh as much as he may choose. Not only as justice due to merit, but as an encouragement to others, I with pleasure give this certificate, and sincerely hope that Mr. Dearborn will be as generously rewarded for his important discovery, as I feel a conviction that his discovery of the patent balance will be universally useful & beneficial to his country. Given under my hand, at the Custom-House of Charleston, this seventh day of August, 1802. JAMES SIMONS. Collector of the Customs. Prices of the Patent Balance, at the Manufactory.
A beam with its prizes to weigh from one pound to one hundred pounds, 4 50 Do. do. from 2 to 200 do. 10 25 Do. do. from 5 to 500 14 75 Do. do. from 5 to 800 20 75 Do. do. from 5 to 1000 27 75 Do. do. from 10 to 1500 41 50 Do. do. from 10 to 2000 54 00 Do. do. from 20 to 3000 70 50 The above prices are for beams and prizes only, every article of the apparatus is at a fixed price, in addition to the above, that purchasers may be suitably accommodated without paying for any article they may not want. The following are the prices of the apparatus at the manufactory:— A frame 7 dollars—a screw 4 dollars—a yard 1 dollar and 25 cents. A balance weight from 2 dollars to 2 dollars and 75 cents. A scale and field from 8 to 12 dollars—according to the size required. By the above general estimate, the prices of beams of any intermediate or larger size may be nearly ascertained, exclusive of the charges of transportation. Thomas Carpenter, TAYLOR, HAS just received an elegant and fashionable assortment of summer goods, consisting of London superfine cloths and cammeres; India, Manchester, and silk striped nankeens; cotton calimeres, boglepoor, Bengal elegant white chintz for paulstoon, white and coloured marcelles, janes and satin crocovers, silk pinjams, black and other coloured striped satins, &c.—All which he will make up on the most reasonable terms, and in the most neat and fashionable manner—Pennsylvania Avenue, west of the President's square. May 24, 1802. eptf CHARLES VARDEN, Merchant Taylor from Philadelphia, Capitol Hill, New-Jersey Avenue. HAS received an assortment of summer goods consisting of the best superfine Cloths. Cashmeres, Silk Borratas, English Striped Nankeens, White India Dimities, White and printed Marcellas, With a variety of other articles suitable for the summer season. N. B. Ladys Habits, Regimentals and Navy uniforms, made in the best style of fashion. July 2, 1802. tf
City Hotel, BROADWAY NEW-YORK. THE Subscriber most respectfully informs his friends and the public, that the above Hotel will be opened on the first of May ensuing, when their patronage is earnestly solicited. He avails himself of this opportunity to return his sincere and grateful thanks to those societies, parties, and gentlemen, who have given him their support, and assures them that a continuance of their favors will be a stimulus to future exertions to please; and that the utmost attention shall be given for their comfort and accommodation. Boarding may be had by the day, week, month, or year. Families travelling, may be elegantly accommodated with lodging and sitting rooms; and, if preferred, have dinners &c. in their apartments. The Hotel being so well known, it is almost useless to say, that it is situated in one of the most healthy and pleasant parts of the city; commanding an extensive view in every direction, not only of the city itself, but also of the Narrows, the North and East Rivers, the state of New-Jersey, York and Long-Island, &c. &c. A handsome coffee-room will be fitted up in the principal floor; where gentlemen may have tea, coffee, chocolate, soups, and refreshments in general, at the shortest notice. All the leading newspapers in the union, will be regularly taken in. Public dinners and suppers in a plain or elegant style either for large or small parties. Also, beef steaks, oysters, &c. regularly furnished. An ordinary every day at half past 2 o'clock, by the public's obedient servant, JOHN LOVETT. N. B. Rooms to let by the month or year. April 21, 1802. eptf
TO RENT, And possession given immediately, A TWO STORY brick house on F street near the War Office, containing two parlors, six bed rooms, and a kitchen, with an excellent garden, coach house, stable, &c.—The house is newly painted and papered; it was formerly occupied by Mr. Dexter, and lately by Mr. John Brown. Enquire of Clement Dorsey, Esq. George-Town; or of the subscriber, who has for sale a well finished three story brick house opposite the Six Buildings, and a variety of City Lots in the most eligible situations. The above House will be sold for less than any gentleman could build it. The payments will be made easy on the whole of the above property. WILLIAM DYER. April 7, 1802. eptf Building Materials will be taken in part payment. W.D.
By virtue of an order from Montgomery County Court, to us directed we will proceed on Monday the 25th day of October next, if fair, otherwise the next fair day, on the Premises to the highest bidder, on a credit of one, two, three and four years with interest to be paid annually from the date—All the right, title and Estate of JOSEPH SIMONS deceased, to a certain tract of land, called the Second Addition to the town of Charles Town, containing 306 acres, lying on the Potomac river called the North West and in Montgomery County, now in possession of his widow Catherine Simons. DANIEL REINZEL. ADAM KING JOHN THRELKELD, } COUNTRYS Sept. 27, 1802. ept25D.
In Pursuance of Orders From the Orphans Court of Washington County, in the District of Columbia, and of Prince George's County, in the state of Maryland, we shall proceed to sell by public Sale, at the forms of the late Nolley Young, Esq. in Washington County, on Monday the 25th of October next, if fair, if not fair on the first fair day. A valuable Stock of Cattle, Dair Heifers, Hogs, Sheep, Farming Utensils, and various other articles of the personal Estate of the said Nolley Young, deceased—and on Tuesday the 2d day of November, we shall sell all the personal property belonging to the Estate of the said deceased, at his plantation in Prince George's County, in the Forest of Queen Ann, except his slaves, consisting of a very large and valuable stock of every kind, farming utensils, &c. &c. Nine months credit will be given for all sums above twenty dollars, on bonds with approved security. BENJ. YOUNG. NICH. YOUNG. } Executors. ROBT. BRENT. N. B. The Sales will commence at the Farm adjoining the City, which belonged to Mr. Young. Sept. 27th, 1802. ept25D.
District of Columbia, } Oct. 2, 1802. Washington County, } BROUGHT before me by John Addison, a BASTRAY and Trespasse, a BROWN HORSE, fourteen and an half hands high, hind feet white, a little white on his upper lip, no artificial mark, strong and clumsy made, two white spots under the saddle on the off side, marks of his having been a draft horse by a few white hairs in his mane, and a scar on his breast or shoulder. BENJAMIN MOORE, Just. Peace. October 4, 1802. 3t.
The Subscriber wishes to rent the House he now lives on Pennsylvania Avenue, opposite Mr. Duanes Stationary store—it is well situated for a boarding House or private family—There is a large room and passage on the first floor, three on the second floor, and two good bed chambers in the garet, with a good kitchen and pantry under the whole. JOHN GARDNER. October 18, 1802. ept3t.
FOR RENT, SEVERAL Houses in New Jersey Avenue, well calculated for Boarding Houses and private families. WM. BRENT, Atty. for Thomas Law, Esq. Sept. 29, 1802. ept14D.
LEWIS DEBLOIS, Has just received by the Brig Leopard, the following articles, which he offers for sale, on moderate terms—at his store on Stewart or Lowndes's Wharf. Russia Sheeting, Ravens Duck, India Cottons, Osbrigs, Sweeds Iron, Cordage, Sugar in Barrels, New-England Rum. A few Casks of cut Nails, of different sizes. George Town, } Sept. 22, 1802. 5
MULES FOR SALE. The subscriber having purchased a large drove of Mules, in the states of Massachusetts, New-Hampshire, Vermont and Connecticut, takes this opportunity to inform the public that he expects to cross the river Delaware, at Baltimore in Pennsylvania, on or about the 11th instant—arrive at Bethlehem the 18th, at Reading the 24th, at Carlisle the 16th, at Shippenburgh and Chambersburg the 18th—cross the Potomac at Williamsport about the 20th, arrive at Winchester the 21st; and from thence proceed on the most direct road through Virginia, and North Carolina to Columbia in South Carolina. As his drove is composed of Mules from one year old rising two, to four years old, he invites the Gentleman's planters of the Southern states to call in with his drove on the aforesaid route, when he hopes to accommodate them to their satisfaction. ERASTUS LYMAN. State of Connecticut, October 4th, 1802. 3t.