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From the RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
VINDICATION OF MR. JEFFERSON.
No. III.
Second approach of the enemy to Richmond.
IT was soon after this predatory excursion that Gen. Philips having joined Arnold with a reinforcement of 2000 men, they advanced up to Petersburg, and towards the latter end of April they marched over to Manchester. During this period, the governor had constantly remained at Richmond or in its vicinity, exerting all his constitutional powers and all his individual energies for collecting the militia together, and providing such means of defence as were furnished by the exhausted resources of the state. In the forming of these arrangements, did he betray any want of activity or prudence? Let the "oldest and most respectable inhabitants of Richmond" testify! Did he betray any want of manly resolution? Let his conduct declare. In spite of the predatory and wavering sallies of the enemy, the governor constantly appeared without a guard. Although there was nothing but the river that separated him from the enemy, his lodging was frequently within 4, 5, or 6 miles from their camp.
It was about this time that the marquis de la Fayette arrived at Richmond with some continental troops. With these and with the militia already collected, he continued to occupy the capital and the northern banks of the river, at the very time when Philips and Arnold held Manchester and the southern bank of the river, and until they retreated to Warwick and down the James river. Still it has been asserted that the governor "did abandon the seat of government" before Philips and Arnold left Petersburg. It has been asserted, and the appeal has been made to "the oldest and most respectable inhabitants of Richmond," that Mr. Jefferson did abandon his station "with an awkward precipitation, indicative of timidity, unwarranted by any immediate movement of the enemy, and forbidden by a regard to those duties which belonged to the station he held." That such are not the facts; that Mr. J. instead of abandoning the seat of government, did actually remain in it; that instead of betraying timidity and neglecting his duties, he was at that very moment exerting every nerve for defending the commonwealth and expelling the enemy, let the following documents satisfactorily attest. In the letter from col. Tatham, which we introduced into our last number, he thus continues:
"On another occasion, when the British army marched from Petersburg to Manchester, being at an advanced post near Osborne's, commanded by col. Goode, and his videts coming in successively with intelligence that the enemy were advancing in force, I, together with a small party of volunteer cavalry, covered his retreat. We came off slowly before them until we had gained the heights above Osborne's and after alarming the intermediate route along the road. I was with Mr. J. several times in the course of the evening conversing him, where he seemed to be without any apprehension, altho' within 4 to 7 miles of the enemy's encampment; which was that night about Amphill or Warwick." In another part of the letter he observes: "I frequently heard of Mr. J.'s exertions individually, when left without militia, and am persuaded, if it had been as easy at that day to raise recruits as it was afterwards stock-jobbers, speculators and land-mongers, he would have never have found it necessary to retire beyond the falls of James River."
Mr. Richard O'Brien, late American consul at Algiers, has certified—"That in the spring of 1781, I was first lieutenant on board the state brig Jefferson, lying in James river, when the British under Philips and Arnold came to Petersburg & from thence to Manchester. In ascending the river above Osborne's, they attacked, captured and burned the aforesaid brig then under my command, (in the absence of capt. Travers of Williamsburg,) I went immediately to Richmond, where they were every moment expecting the British in Manchester. The marquis de la Fayette had arrived unattended by his troops, and taken the command of about 600 militia, collected for the defence of the town. The principal reliance was upon about 200 best Augusta riflemen. By forced marches the marquis's army reached Richmond just as the British entered Manchester. I remained in Richmond until the evacuation of Manchester, the retreat of Philips and Arnold to Warwick, and down James River. When I arrived I found Mr. Jefferson, the governor, and knew, to my own knowledge, he continued upon the spot during the whole scene."
RICH. O'BRIEN.
No man who is conversant with the conduct of Mr. O'Brien will presume to doubt the veracity and correctness of his assertions. To those who have not enjoyed the pleasure of a personal in-
tercourse, a short sketch of his life will furnish the most satisfactory assurances as to the truth and impartiality of his testimony.
Mr. O'Brien continued 8 months in the service of Virginia before the close of the revolution. In conjunction with a friend he then purchased a brig for the West-India market, which was lost on her first voyage. On his return to the U. S. he sailed out of the port of Philadelphia for the Mediterranean, where he was taken captive by the Algerines, with whom he remained in ignominious bondage for 12 years, until the treaty with Algiers had restored him to liberty. Pleased with the integrity and sagacity of Mr. O'Brien, President Washington appointed him consul at Algiers, in which capacity he remained 8 years. At length after an absence of 20 years from his native country, he resigned his employment under the government, and arrived at Philadelphia in the early part of the last spring. Would such a man as this, whose integrity has been thus tested by experience; whose personal antipathies and attachments, while they have been modified by absence, cannot have been exasperated by the alterations of party; would such a man as this have any possible inducement to represent the conduct of Mr. Jefferson in too favorable colors.
Capt. Christopher Hudson of Albermarle, an old veteran, who oft times has "heard the din of battle-bray," has also made the following statement on this subject:
"I was attached to capt. Call's troop of horse, when Philips and Arnold in their second invasion of Virginia, reached Manchester. I was constantly on duty, when Mr. Jefferson, (then governor) always appeared, and by his presence, activity and perfect composure inspired the troops with perfect confidence. He remained at Richmond till the retreat of the English to Warwick and down James river."
C. HUDSON.
From the time when Arnold retreated in January, he remained blocked up in Elizabeth river by a French squadron, and on land menaced by the militia of the state. When by the departure of the French fleet, on the 18th day of April, he was enabled to change his position, he commenced his second expedition to Richmond, some of the particulars of which have been already given in the preceding certificates, but the beginning and termination of which are more minutely and correctly described in the following communication from the governor to the President of Congress.
Richmond, April 23, 1801.
Sir,
On the 18th inst. the enemy came from Portsmouth up James River in considerable force, though their numbers are not yet precisely known to us. They landed at Burwell's ferry below Williamsburg and near the mouth of Chickahominy above it; this latter circumstance obliged Col. Innes, who commanded a body of militia stationed on that side of the river to cover the country from depredation, to retire upwards left he should be placed between their two bodies. One of those entered Williamsburg on the 30th and the other proceeded to a shipyard we had on Chickahominy. What injury they did there, I am not yet informed. I take for granted they have burnt an unfinished twenty gun ship, we had there; such of the stores belonging to the yard as were moveable had been carried some miles higher up the river. Two small galleys retired also up the river; whether by this either the galleys or stores were saved, is as yet unknown. I am just informed by a private hand that they left Williamsburg yesterday morning. If this sudden departure was not in consequence of some circumstances of alarm unknown to us, their expedition to Williamsburg has been unaccountable. There were no public stores there, but those necessary for the daily subsistence of the men there. Where they mean to ascend next, the event alone can determine. Besides harrying our militia with this kind of war, their being taken from their farms at this interesting season of planting corn will have an unfortunate effect on the crop of the ensuing year. I have heard nothing from Gen. Green except that his head quarters were on the 11th on Little river.
TH: JEFFERSON.
On the 8th of May he addressed the President of Congress in the following terms from Richmond: "Since the last letter I had the honor of addressing to your excellency; the military movements in this state have scarcely merited communication except a very late one. The enemy after leaving Williamsburg came directly up James river, and landed at City point, being the Point
of land on the southern side of the confluence of Appomatox and James river. They marched up to Petersburg where they were received by Major Baron Steuben, with a body of militia somewhat under 1000 men, who tho' the enemy were 2,300 strong disputed the ground very handsomely; during the whole time the enemy gained only one mile and that by inches. Our troops were then ordered to return over a bridge which they did in perfect good order. Our loss was between sixty and seventy in killed and wounded, and 21 taken. The enemy's is unknown, but it must be at least equal to ours; for their own honor they must confess this, for they broke twice, and were like sheep until supported by fresh troops, an inferiority of numbers obliged our force to withdraw about 12 miles up wards, till more militia should be assembled. The enemy burnt the tobacco in the warehouses of Petersburg and its neighborhood. They afterwards proceeded to Osborne's, where they did the same, and also destroyed the residue of the public armed vessels and several of private property, and then came to Manchester, which is on the hill opposite this place. By this time, Major Gen. Marquis la Fayette having been advised of our danger, had by forced marches got here with his detachment of continental troops; the enemy finding we were able to meet them on equal footing, thought proper to burn the warehouses and tobacco at Manchester, and retire to Warwick, where they did the same. Ill-armed and untried militia, who never saw the face of an enemy have sometimes during the course of the war, given occasion of exultation to our enemies; but they afforded us while at Warwick little satisfaction in the same way. Six or eight hundred of their picked infantry, with Gen. Arnold at their head, having crossed the river at Warwick, fled from a Patrole of 16 horse, force pushing North, some South as their fears drove them. Their whole force then proceeded to the Hundred, being the point of land within the confluence of the two rivers; embarked and fell down the river. Their foremost vessels had got below Burwell's ferry on the sixth instant, when the arrival of a boat from Portsmouth, and a signal given, the whole crowded sail up the river again and with a fair wind and tide came to anchor at Brandon. There six days' provision were dealt out to every man. They landed and had orders to march an hour before day the next morning. We have not yet heard which way they went or whither they are gone, but having about the same time received authentic information, that Lord Cornwallis had on the 18th inst. advanced from Wilmington half way to Halifax, we have no doubt, putting all circumstances together, but that these two armies are for forming a junction. We are strengthening our hands with militia as far as arms either public or private can be collected; but cannot arm a force, which may face the combined armies of the enemy. It will therefore be of very great importance, that General Wayne's forces be pressed on with the utmost dispatch. Arms and a naval force however must ultimately save us. This movement of our enemies we consider as most perilous in its consequences. Our latest advices from Gen. Green were of the 26th. He was before Camden; the works and garrison of which were stronger than he had expected.
(Signed)
THOMAS JEFFERSON.
If the precipitate retreat of Arnold from Manchester be itself an unquestionable proof of the vigilance and activity of the Governor of Virginia, the argument will be still more strongly confirmed by a retrospective view of our military resources at that period. When Arnold left Richmond in January, he had taken refuge in Elizabeth river from a superior French squadron where he continued until the 18th of April, when he was relieved by a powerful reinforcement under Philips. It was immediately before this period, that Virginia had sent her full quota of troops to South Carolina; and that she had also furnished the army of Gen. Green with 4000 men. In 1780 she had dispatched 7000 men, and as many stand of arms to Carolina. Was it after such signal exertions had been made to succour her sister states, that Virginia could be expected to be in the best possible situation for defending herself? Drained as she thus was of her internal resources, could it be expected that she would be competent to repel an unexpected enemy, full of strength, full of spirits, equipt with arms, and buoyed up by the animating idea, that the prowess of regular troops was not to be resisted by an un-
disciplined militia? Let it also be taken into the account, that there were not more than ten days from the time of Arnold's departure from Elizabeth river till his return towards the Capital; an interval in which it was impossible to provide the necessary means of defence, through an almost indefinite extent of country and to resist him at every point on which he might think proper to land his troops. Is it then a matter of surprise that our state should experience some little injury? Or is it not rather a matter of greater wonder, that it did not completely fall a victim to the British troops?
Now then let Mr. Turner come forward and repeat his accusations against Mr. Jefferson's official conduct. Let him once more assert that he "abandoned the seat of government with an awkward precipitation, indicative of timidity." But ere he repeats his experiment upon the credulity of the nation, let him recollect how feeble and how contemptible, mere empty and unsupported assertions appear when put into competition with express and respectable testimony! If like another Curtius he is ambitious of plunging into a fiery gulph for the salvation of his party, let him have the prudence to consider, whether his romantic enterprise is likely to be crowned with the same success and the same honor which accompanied the fabulous hero of antiquity!!
From Bell's Weekly Messenger.
PRESENT SITUATION OF BOTANY BAY.
We have been favored with the following description of Botany Bay, from the manuscript of Mr. Trumbull, whose very interesting and curious voyages are about to be published.
It struck forcibly on my mind, as one of the characteristics of the colony (says Mr. T.) that it is almost the only settlement in the world in which the residence of Europeans has produced absolutely no change in the manners, or useful knowledge of the natives. The inhabitants of Otaheite (as will be hereafter mentioned) have adopted our fishing-hooks, and acknowledging the superiority of our tools, have almost universally laid aside their implements of bone. The Sandwich islanders are in many respects still more advanced in the knowledge and use of European commodities. It is not so with the natives of New Holland; they have gained nothing in civilization since their first discovery. They are still the same savages as in the time of Phillips and their first settlement.
"The town of Sydney, the capital of the colony, and the seat of government, is divided into two parts by a river, which empties itself into a cove, named after the town. Sydney Cove has thus a double advantage, that of being well and plentifully supplied with excellent water, and at the same time, possessing an harbor that might contain with ease, all the royal navy of Great Britain. These two-fold advantages rendered it much more eligible than Botany-Bay, the original destination."
"The peculiar circumstances which belonged to the first settlement of this colony, rendered it necessary to have store houses erected for the reception of provisions, houses for the convicts, and barracks for the military, upon the arrival of the first settlers. These buildings, in different parts of the country suited for cultivation, formed the outlines of the present towns, the chief of which are Sydney, Parramatta and Hawkesbury. The adjacent country being parcelled out amongst such of the settlers as preferred this means of livelihood; others of a more mechanical and sedentary propensity, collected together in villages, erecting shops, establishing trades, and becoming factors in the mutual exchange of commodities between the country and the towns. From such beginnings, the villages have increased to towns, and Sydney, according to the most accurate calculations I am enabled to make, has now a population of 2600 inhabitants. They are classed under the following denominations:
   "Military and civil establishment 450   "Convicts employed by the crown in the public works, bridges, batteries and docks yards, &c. 400   "Taylors, shoe makers, bakers, butchers, carpenters, and masons 250   "Fishermen 20   "People employed in boats, getting wood for shipping, bringing grain from the Hawkesbury dealers in Bass's Straits, chiefly employed on the water 350   "Petty traders or pedlars who gain a livelihood by trading 40   "Women 600   "Children 450   "The space occupied by the town is about a mile from one extremity to the other. With the exception of the store  

rooms and other public buildings, eight out of ten of the houses are only one story in height, and whether built at the first formation of the colony, or immediately afterwards, are for the most part composed of wattle and plaster, and some few, but few indeed, of brick and stone. The absolute want of lime, or any sufficient substitute, except that made from shells, is an invincible impediment against more substantial architecture.
Sydney, however, is in every respect well situated to become, in progress of years a port of very great commerce. It already comprehends upwards of one third of the whole population of New South Wales. The effect of the climate has been rather over rated. It is chiefly visible in children born in the country of European parents, but it is not visible so much in any defect, as in a certain characteristic trait of countenance. These children differ nothing in size or stature from the common standard of Europe, but are invariably of one complexion, fair and with white hair. Out of eleven hundred children born in New South Wales, there is scarcely a single exception to this national, as we may call it, distinction. Their eyes are usually black and very brilliant, their disposition quick and volatile, and their loquacity such as might render them a proverb.
The settlers follow as much as possible the customs and manners of life of their native country, and are therefore liable to the same maladies with their countrymen of the same order. Intemperance, encouraged perhaps by the intensity and continuance of labor, so necessary in a new settlement, has many victims, and some have fallen a premature sacrifice to dysenteries, and complaints in the liver, the diseases of all new settled lands."
Congressional Register.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1.
DEBATE ON THE YAZOO CLAIMS.
MR. FINDLEY—CONCLUDED.
(Concluded.)
Mr. F. said that if by compromise the claimants obtained and accepted of the ninth or tenth part of the land which they had purchased and paid for, they could gain nothing by it except by actual settlement; that compact settlements and improvements made in consequence of the compromise would increase the value and encourage the settlement of the land adjoining and remove the cloud of doubt that would hang over the sale of these lands, and would also strengthen and enrich the United States in the quarter in which it was weakest and most vulnerable. These considerations had induced him to believe that rejecting the amendment moved by the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Clarke), and agreeing with the report of the committee for the interest of the U. States, even if they were under no obligation of law or justice. He said he could assure the house that he had possessed as strong prepossessions against the speculations of Georgia as he thought any man could do; that he had examined every avenue of information respecting the case and sought to find every argument against the claim that his judgment and conscience would admit, before he had to sit on the solemn and awful seat of judgment, before he was called to decide on the case, a case wherein the faith, the honor, and the future peace of the U. States and the fortunes of individuals were deeply interested, but he undoubtedly had endeavored to divest himself of every prejudice, of every prepossession. To gentlemen who had used the unprecedented freedom of attacking his motives instead of his arguments and of impugning his virtue, he had a right to put the question. Had they divested themselves of all prepossession? Were they influenced by no prejudice? But, passing this, those attacks without example in any public body and not justified by any rule of order, had occasioned other members to make declarations of their own character which nothing but the singularity of the attacks could justify. He thought he was also justified in declaring that he had not now, nor never had any interest in the Georgia or any other speculations, nor had he any friend or relation to his knowledge that had, and none of the owners or agents of the companies or their friends had attempted to influence his mind, on the subject. In making this unusual declaration, he was certain he would be believed by those that knew him best, they knew that he never had even a law suit about land in court in his life.
Mr. F. said, that if he had not taken so much pains to understand the subject as he did, the arguments in opposition to the report of the committee and the manner in which the opposition had been conducted, would have given his mind a bias in favor of the report. During all his time of observation, and he had not been an inattentive observer; he always found a good cause best supported by arguments. In it had a close analogy to the subject and candid address to the judgment, without inflaming the passions. He long had been in the habit when he came into a court of justice of judging of the goodness of the cause by the manner of the arguments; whenever he heard a good attorney use sophistry, or arguments that had no real bearing on the subject, or have recourse to animated declamation, he believed the cause was bad, and in this he had seldom been mistaken.
He asked why was all this heat and uncommon zeal. The gentlemen knew well that no public property was at stake, nor
any political principle proposed to be perverted. They knew well that no fraud was proposed to be countenanced. If the assemblies of Georgia of 1789 and of 1795 were corrupt and committed frauds on people at a distance and sold lands to the amount of forty or fifty millions of acres, that monstrous and fraudulent sale would be corrected. The corrupt legislators indeed would not, nor had not been punished; but the innocent purchasers would, they would only at most get the residue of five millions of acres after satisfying numerous specific claims. How can gentlemen say that we propose to reward frauds when we propose only to authorise the President to appoint, no doubt the three best men that the U. States can afford, to distribute, not an empire, but the residue of five millions of acres, or part thereof, among the innocent and injured purchasers, who have agreed to the law for that purpose provided, made their proposals and registered their claims. Do we doubt the President's discernment and integrity in the choice, or the ability and honesty of the commissioners he will choose. For his own part, Mr. F. said, he had no doubt of either, and when he opposed the fulfilling the moral and political obligations of the government with good faith, he would disclaim the name and character of a republican.
Mr. VARNUM begged permission to see the gentleman from Mar. v. 1. (Mr. Nelson) right. The committee of claims had reported a bill, making provision for those who were disabled by known wounds received in the service of the United States during the revolutionary war, which bill had been twice read and referred to a committee of the whole.
Mr. NELSON. It is true, sir, there is such a bill upon your table; but where is the gentleman on this floor, that will say the bill will pass; besides, it contains so many clauses, such restrictions and modifications, that I really do not know the man who will be bettered a single cent by it. I am not throwing any imputation upon the committee of claims; they, no doubt, do their duty; I am simply speaking of the liberality of Congress, and comparing a Yazoo land speculator with an old soldier. The one asks you for an annuity of 40 dollars to make him comfortable in his old age, the other, in all the bustle and gaiety of life, modestly requests a sop in the pan; give me ten millions of dollars and that will stay my stomach till dinner is ready, I will call upon you next year. We are about giving five million acres of land to stock jobbers, speculators and gamblers; this they claim of the liberality of Congress. It is an old saying and a true one, that a man ought to be just before he is generous. We have on your table a statement from the secretary of the treasury, stating that there are liquidated claims, justly due from the United States to individuals to the amount of 290,000 dollars; those persons are undoubtedly entitled to the payment of their just debts, as Yazoo men are to our donations. But, say gentlemen, this is a proper subject for you to exercise your liberality on; I have no idea of that species of liberality, which takes from the body of the community their pence in order to give it away by pounds to individuals. There was a celebrated highwayman in England, of whom it was said, he robbed the rich to give to the poor; I do not know but his morality was better than ours, for we are about to rob the poor to give to the rich. If we must be generous, for Heaven's sake, let us search for more worthy objects; let us look for the war-worn soldier; for a numerous family in distress, and then I will say be liberal—But no, you will not do that. Recollect, however, that the blessings of the widow and the orphan will be more acceptable to the Deity than altar-smoking with the blood of hecatombs.
I am sorry to detain the House so long. I will just briefly recapitulate the reasons, why I do not consider a compromise of this claim to be consistent with good policy. It is not politic to do that which is unlawful or unjust; the act of the corrupt legislature of Georgia of '95 never had any validity, it was void ab initio ; the faith of the people of Georgia was never pledged; it could not be pledged; for the legislature had no authority on the subject. If then there never was a title granted by the legislature, these innocent purchasers could not obtain it; they had also notice of the fraud, and cannot therefore be deemed innocent purchasers. If they had a title, then Congress are about to do them injustice, by granting them five instead of fifty millions of acres; and lastly, on the score of liberality they have NO claim, for it is not liberal to take from the pockets of our constituents, money to increase the hoards of speculators. We are appointed guardians of the public purse, and it is our duty to prevent a public robbery.
Mr. VARNUM. I do not mean to impeach the motives of any gentleman, but wish to assign the reasons why I shall vote in favor of the resolutions reported by the committee of Claims. They are reasons which may exonerate me in the opinion of those gentlemen who differ from me on the present question, and they will be satisfied, when they are convinced their own motives are pure, that mine are the same, although we differ in the views which we take of the subject.
Here Mr. Varnum recited, in chronological order all the transactions which had taken place since the commencement of our revolutionary war in relation to the back lands of the state of Georgia, from which he inferred that the Yazoo act of '95 was as justifiable as any grant ever made by that state, and that the consideration was equal, if not superior to any which she had previously obtained.
With respect to the present claimants, he did not conceive they had notice of fraud; that never appeared to him to
be the object of the communication of the President of the United States to Congress, in Feb. 1795. He said he would give his reasons why he thought that was not the object of the communication. We had recently been engaged in a very extensive Indian war, the flames of which were scarcely smothered, and the exposed situation of the western part of Georgia was such as to render it at time extremely desirable that Georgia should make a cession thereof to the United States. It would be seen from a perusal of the message, that the President (Washington) deprecated a continuance of that war; there is not a word in that message that points to the purchase of the territory by individuals.
Here Mr. Varnum read the message and every thing connected therewith.
In length Congress finally succeeded in obtaining this land by the cession of Georgia; and if Georgia had no right to dispose of her vacant territory to individuals, neither had she the right to dispose of it to the Union. So well convinced was Georgia of some lien being held upon the property by these and other purchasers, that she made a reservation of 5 millions of acres to be distributed among the claimants, under the sound discretion of Congress. Mr. Varnum said he did not believe the U. States entitled to any part of that five millions of acres, while there were any of the claimants of lands under the government of Georgia left uncompensated. Hence he did not conceive the position, which had been taken, a fair one, that we are about to put our hands into the public purse, to reward a gang of speculators, or that we are about to rob the poor to give to the rich. He considered Congress as holding these five millions of acres merely in trust for those whom they may find fairly entitled to it. He concurred most heartily in the opinion which had been given by the commissioners, that "sound policy requires a compromise." He had no concern, no interest in the decision of the question. He mentioned this in order to show gentlemen that his motives were as pure as their own, although their views might differ.
Mr. STANTON.—Mr. SPEAKER: I had concluded to have satisfied myself by giving a silent vote on the amendment offered by a gentleman from Virginia, to the report of the committee of claims, relative to the Georgia lands. But as an attempt was made yesterday by an honorable gentleman of the committee from the state of Kentucky with a view to criminate the conduct of the majority of the committee, and in his superabundant goodness to implicate me in a particular manner, by innuendo, that a republican member of the committee had gone over to the Federal side, it becomes necessary for me to reply. Were that the fact, I shall always take a pride in so doing whenever they happen to be in the right. But the gentleman is incorrect in his statement; the fact is I never had but one opinion on the subject. Sir, when your committee met upon the stupendous speculation which has involved so many serious consequences to the safety and honor of the nation, and such intemperate discussion that has wounded the feelings and censured the motives of venerable statesmen, whose talents, patriotism & uniformity of conduct in support of the rules of morality and sound policy have never been doubted before. Mr. Speaker, when the committee met they heard the claimants, and those gentlemen from Georgia who opposed the claims with great ability. Your committee then entered into an investigation of the subject. The two hon. gentlemen from Virginia and N. Carolina opposed the claims of the petitioners with cogency, to show that the claimants had no right in law or equity, and that it was both imprudent and impolitic for government to interfere. The hon. gentleman from Kentucky seemed disposed to decline argument tho' very able. I endeavored to provoke him to it, but to no purpose. Sir, the hon. member from Virginia, who introduced the amendment, advanced a doctrine, in my opinion, dangerous to the peace and welfare of the community. That a subsequent legislature or convention possess a legitimate right of rendering null and void the doings of an antecedent one of equal constitutional power. Sir, if this pernicious doctrine prevails, I ask where are your boasted liberties, or that security of our persons and property so essentially necessary to our happiness?—Gone forever! If this abhorrent doctrine should be sanctioned by Congress, our laws, however just and necessary, passed at the present session may not only be repealed, but their retrospective operation rendered a nullity. Sir, the idolatrous tenet of our judiciary, who assume the right not only of expounding and declaring the law, but also of pronouncing what laws are constitutional, and what are unconstitutional. Mr. Speaker, all the imported diamonds of the east, cannot out blaze the crimson that ought to stain our cheeks if we admit such dangerous maxims. Experience has taught us the bad effects of our judiciary system; the tenure by which they hold their offices is such, that they consider themselves too often independent of heaven and earth; it puts the lives of our fellow-citizens at hazard. The honorable member from Maryland whose lungs are quite equal to his talents, though both eminent, told the House he would not speak to their passions, but to their understandings. In the latter attempt he has failed. He then relapsed into censure; paraphrased on the corruption of the legislature of Georgia; that the claimants were speculators and swindlers, but without proving his assertions, he entertained the House with some funny anecdotes; told us we must be just before we are liberal. I confess he appeared animated
as though he considered himself addressing an ignorant jury, and was laboring to ram down their windpipe like a fish tale moremost, a fictitious evidence. The venerable gentleman from New-Jersey, whose candor and sagacity on most occasions are conspicuous, rose, and after indulging himself in the order of the day; declamation and censure against speculators, and their fraudulent conduct, as dangerous to the peace of the community, he gravely read an extract from the best of books, an account of a red Dragon who would undoubtedly devour all those concerned in speculation. Sir, I could hardly suppose the gentleman serious, when I recollected he recently informed me of his intention to enter into the business himself. Sir, I hope he will not, lest the red Dragon should devour him, as well as his brethren, the Yazoo claimants, and the nation lose his aid in her councils, and the state from which he came a useful citizen. Sir, I have taken as correct a view of the whole ground on which the claims rest, as my humble abilities admit, and every enquiry and step I have taken, tend to confirm my early impressions, that sound policy dictates the measure, not merely because the commissioners recommended it in their report made to Congress, and in whose talents and integrity I place the utmost confidence, and Congress seems, (by their various acts) to be disposed to satisfy equitable claims. If they shall appear unjust they will be rejected. Sir, it is not for me at this late period of my life, to quit the field because some of my political friends have apostatised from republicanism. I do not entertain a shadow of doubt of the correctness of the position I have taken, I shall persevere to the end, for such and such only will be saved. Sir, I am equally determined to disregard the frowns of tyrants and the more despicable wheedlings of sycophants, under whatever garb they may appear. This is my political creed. This is my ultimatum. So help me God.
Mr. VAN CORTLANDT called for the reading of the resolution reported by the committee of Claims, which being read as follows:
Resolved, That three commissioners be authorised to receive propositions of compromise and settlement, from the several companies or persons, having claims to public lands within the present limits of the Mississippi territory, and finally to adjust and settle the same in such manner as in their opinion will conduce to the interest of the United States: Provided, that in such settlement the commissioners shall not exceed the limits prescribed by the convention with the state of Georgia.
Mr. Van Cortlandt then moved to strike out the word finally ; and to add the following clause to the resolution, "and that the compromise shall not be considered binding on the United States until confirmed by Congress,"—in order that the decision might again come before Congress, that the doings of the commissioners might not be binding on the United States until confirmed by another Congress.
Mr. J. RANDOLPH. I hope the worthy gentleman from New-York, will at my request consent to withdraw his amendment. I ask it, because a resolution of a similar nature has been already referred to commissioners appointed on the part of the United States, viz. the secretary of state, the secretary of the treasury and the attorney general: they were authorised to receive offers of compromise from these very claimants, and report thereon to the House; they have done it. Do we expect to get commissioners more able, men of greater talents, of more sagacity, more tried fidelity, or more impartiality than they were? Can you expect to receive propositions of compromise, more beneficial than those which have been already received? The course which the worthy gentleman has pointed out, has been already travelled; those commissioners have exercised that very authority which his proposition goes to vest in a new board; they have recommended a course for us to pursue; they have told you that there was fraud in the original contract, that it was void ab initio ; they have told you no title can be derived under it; yet they recommend a settlement. They have, however, stated no reasons in support of their recommendation. When I first read their report, I was filled with unutterable astonishment. Finding men, in whom I had and still have the highest confidence, recommend a measure, which all the facts and all the reasons which they had collected opposed and unequivocally condemned. I felt myself wandering back into the field of the main question—I meant to confine myself simply to oppose the alteration just proposed. I may, however, be permitted to say that it has been, if not a well fought field, at least, if they prove victorious, to them a dear bought victory.
Here Mr. Van Cortlandt made an offer so to modify his motion as to confine it to striking out the word finally .
Mr. HUGER said he was in favor of the motion for striking out in order that Congress might make the final decision, as he conceived that they were more competent than any three men, be they who they may. He had on a former occasion voted for the examination by the commissioners, but he never gave his vote that they should finally decide. Congress on this occasion should be the alpha and omega .
He was now convinced from what he had seen, that it would be absolutely necessary for the general government to compromise the matter, and he thought that it could by no means be done so well as by Congress itself. At the last session he had voted for a similar amendment, and he was anxious that it
should obtain at this time. The next Congress would be called upon by the people to whom we have made an appeal. If they decide against this claim by sending representatives to this House, who are opposed to it, let their fiat be the law.
Mr. Van Cortlandt hereupon withdrew his motion for amending the resolution, which was revived by Mr. Huger and seconded by Mr. Holland.
Mr. JACKSON said he was opposed to the amendment; he would prefer joining with the gentlemen who were in opposition to the measure rather than see this amendment carried; he was fully convinced that the House of Representatives was totally incompetent to decide upon fifteen hundred claims, which assumed as many different shapes. It would occupy the sessions of two years, and at last would probably be decided with less equity than it would be by commissioners. He hoped gentlemen would not give their sanction to the amendment, and he hoped the decision would be taken on the general question and that it would be final; he had no doubt but that commissioners would be found equal to the task, and that they would not be deterred from doing justice by any circumstances which had taken place either within or without these doors.
Mr. Huger requested the yeas and nays might be taken on the question for striking out the word finally , but not being supported by the constitutional number of members, the question was put on the amendment, and six members only rose in favor of it.
The yeas and nays were then taken on the resolution of the committee of Claims as follows: Yeas 63—Nocs 58.
Yeas.—Messrs. Alston, jun. Baldwin, Betton, Bishop, Boyd, Poyle, J. Campbell, Chamberlin, Chittenden, Claggett, Crowninshield, Cutler, Cutts, Dana, Davenport, Dawson, Dennis, Dickson, Dwight, Elliot, Elmer, Eustis, Findley, Fowler, Goddard, G. Griswold, R. Griswold, Hastings, Helms, Hoge, Holland, Hough, Huger, Hunt, Jackson, Knight, Larned, Lewis, jun. Livingston, Lowndes, Lyon, Mitchell, Morrow, Mott, Plater, Purviance, Root, Southard, Stanton, Stedman, Stevenson, Taggart, Tallmadge, Tenney, Thatcher, Thomas, Tibbets, Van Rensselaer, Varnum, Wadsworth, Walton, L. Williams, and M. Williams.
Nays.—Messrs. Anderson, Baird, Bedinger, Blackledge, Bowie, Brown, Bryan, Butler, Casey, Claiborne, Clark, J. Clay, M. Clay, Clopton, Conrad, Earl, Eppes, Goodwin, Gregg, Griffin, Hanna, Hasbrouck, Heister, Holmes, Jones, Kennedy, Leib, Lucas, McCord, Meriwether, N. R. Moore, T. Moore, Nelson, New, Newton, jun. Nicholson, Olin, Palmer, J. Randolph, T. M. Randolph, J. Rea, (of Pennsylvania) Richards, Riker, Sammons, Sandford, Seaver, Sloan, Smither, Smith, Staniford, Stewart, Thompson, A. Trigg, Van Horn, Whitehill, Wilson, Winston, and Wynns.
Mr. Dana moved to refer the resolution to the committee of Claims to report a bill.
Mr. J. Randolph, moved to adjourn. On the question of adjournment, there were 55 Ayes and 63 Nocs.
Mr. J. Randolph. On this question I have nothing more to say, than to congratulate my friends on the vote just taken. We are strong in the cause of truth, and gentlemen will find that truth will ultimately prevail. When I compare the votes of this session with some of the votes of the last, my objections to refer this subject are almost done away. In whatever shape the subject may be again brought before the House, it will be my duty and that of my friends to manifest the same firm spirit of resistance, and to suffer no opportunity to pass of defeating a measure so fraught with mischief.
The question was then taken on referring the resolution to the committee of Claims to bring in a bill, and carried, Ayes 64.
Our readers will recollect that, on a subsequent day, a bill was introduced for compromising the claims; but that it was not acted upon by the House during the remainder of the session.
Ten Dollars Reward.
WAS missed on Sunday, the 5th of May a double cased silver Watch, maker's name Crothwaite, Dublin, and in the outer case was a watch paper with Mr. Parker's name of Philadelphia. Whoever will bring the said watch to the office of the N. J. Intelligencer, shall receive the above reward, and no questions will be asked.
May 10.—tf
The subscriber begs leave
to inform his friends and the public generally, that he has moved from the Navy Yard to the Capitol Hill, in the hotel lately occupied by Mr. P. D. Stelle, where he hopes to be favoured with a part of their patronage. It being a deft all situation, and the conveniences of the hotel excelled by none in the city. He therefore hopes to please those that call upon him in every instance.
WILLIAM R. KING.
Aug't 30.—tf.
Runaway Negro.
WAS committed to the jail of Frederick county, on the 25th of July last, as a runaway, a negro man named JIM, about 23 years of age, five feet four inches high; His clothing is a velvet jacket, osnaburg shirt and trousers, and a wool hat. He says he belongs to Mr. Evans, of Natchez, and that he was purchased of Rezin Hammond, of Anne Arundel county, Md. His owner desires to retrieve him, or he will be sold for his jail fees agreeably to law.
GEORGE CRAIG, Sheriff of Frederick County. Aug. 16.—1805.—awgw.

It is with great regret that we state the death of MR. HODGKINSON, one of the most distinguished theatrical performers on the continent.
AN ENQUIRY INTO THE CONSTITUTIONALITY AND EXPEDIENCY OF THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT MAKING PROVISION FOR EDUCATION AND INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS. (Continued.)
2. Another power given by the constitution to Congress, is "to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states."
It would, perhaps, revolt the common sense of the superficial reader to say that as a great portion of the commerce carried on between the several states will be through canals and turnpikes, the power of regulating this commerce involves that of making canals and roads, or of prescribing by whom and in what manner they should be executed. But let us, by analysing the subject see whether the power to regulate does not go very far towards this point. Suppose canals and roads to be made under the authority of the states. Suppose numerous roads and canals lead from a large district of interior country into a maritime state, whose ports are the only outlets for the exportation of the abundant productions of the interior country. Suppose this state, improperly acted by a regard to her own interest, imposes an enormous toll on all commodities carried along her canals and roads, by which all the profits of the cultivator are taken from him, and carried into the treasury of the maritime state, by which the one is enriched and the other impoverished; would not the power of Congress to regulate commerce among the several states authorise their interposition, in declaring that the canals and roads should be considered as public highways, and no higher tolls be imposed than justice authorised.
Let us put another case. Suppose a state, surrounded by other states which carried on, through her territory, extensive commerce with each other, should, from ill-will to them, either shut up her canals and roads, or suffer them to fall into such a state of disorder as to cease to answer the purposes for which they were originally intended. Would there be no power in Congress to direct their repair, or that new roads or canals should be made?
It may be said that these are extreme cases. But it may be answered that constitutions are made for extreme as well as common cases, and that it is more peculiarly important that they should provide for the former than the latter, as the latter will generally take care of themselves.
In the last place, the constitution directly gives to Congress the power "to establish post offices and post roads."
But, notwithstanding the explicitness of this language, it has been said that the power to establish does not include the power to make roads; that it means no more than the designation of the routes which the mail shall travel.
This power is specified in the 8th section of the first Art. of the Constitution, which embraces an enumeration of most of the powers vested in Congress. It is not, in terms, given exclusively to Congress; but as it is in the list of those powers, which have invariably been considered as such, for instance the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, to establish an uniform rule of naturalisation, to coin money, &c. we are authorised to consider it of this description. Congress then have the exclusive power to establish post-offices and post-roads. It follows that the power is denied altogether to any other body, when Congress may see fit exclusively to assume its exercise. The word establish is of plain import. It embraces two points, the making of any thing, and the maintaining it when made. When, therefore, is given to Congress the exclusive power to establish post-roads, there is unquestionably given the power to make them, and to maintain them when so made. They may make use of the states, or of any other associations, or of individuals to accomplish the object; but the power will be in that case entirely derivative, and its qualified exercise by others will not impair the original paramount power of Congress. This is the critical meaning of the terms in which this power is given. It must, likewise, have been the intention of the framers of the Constitution. They were fully impressed with the vast importance of the post-office establishment to the general welfare of the community, whether arising from national or individual concerns. They perceived that to render it promotive of these ends it was essential that it should be free from all obstruction or external influence; and that it should be under the direction of one authority, instead of being exposed to the varying and interfering provisions of seventeen, or more independent communities.
To the efficacious discharge of the duties of this establishment, it is indispensably requisite that letters and papers should be conveyed from one part of the union to the other with the greatest attainable celerity. So far as respects individual pursuit, there is not a mer-
chant whose property is at stake, or any other individual, whose interest deeply depends upon receiving or communicating important information, that does not know the value of this trait; and with regard to great national objects its value is still greater. Should one part of the union be invaded, how important that the information should reach the seat of government with the least possible delay, and that the measures of the government for meeting the danger should be carried with dispatch to the remotest parts of the union. How could this be done but by the establishment of good post-roads? And this interesting object the Convention well knew could not be effected by the divided councils of several independent sovereignties. They had perceived the extreme difficulty of bringing them to co-operate even in cases where the salvation of the country loudly claimed their co-operation, and it was principally to place every object of a general nature, on which the good of all equally depended, under one common superintendence, instead of suffering it to remain exposed to the embroilment of the states, that produced the formation and adoption of the Constitution.
To fly that this provision merely gives the power of establishing routes, and not of making roads, is to suppose that the constitution is imposed a duty, without giving at the same time the means of enforcing it. For where would be the utility of fixing a route, when it was left to the states through which it passed, to make the road or not to make it, to keep it in repair, or suffer it to run into disorder. These considerations render it certain that the power to establish comprehends every attribute necessary to the complete discharge of the duty devolved on Congress.
We are justified then by a fair and liberal construction of the several provisions of the Constitution, in inferring that the power of promoting education and internal improvements, so far as it may be connected with the general welfare, is vested in the government of the United States; that, in general, the exercise of this power is only limited by the circumstances of the country; that it is incidental to other important powers conferred and duties enjoined; that it is not prohibited by a fair interpretation of any part of the Constitution; and that so far as relates to the establishment of post-roads it is specifically bestowed. Let us now see how far the exercise of the power by the government of the United States is warranted by the acts of Congress, or the opinions of respectable authorities.
In the first place, the Constitution had been in operation but a few years when the Bank of the United States was established, at the recommendation of the Secretary of the Treasury, a leading member of the Convention, and with the approbation of the President of that body. I know that the constitutionality of this act has been questioned on several grounds, and among others, that no specific power of establishing banks or granting incorporations was given to Congress. But, notwithstanding the want of this power, the constitutionality of the measure has been justified by the general legislature and by public opinion; nor have I heard a doubt entertained of the policy of renewing the charter at the period of its expiration. The precedent becomes still stronger, when we recollect that a motion was made in the federal Convention to vest this power in Congress, and, as appears by the journals of that body, rejected. Yet the power has been exercised, under the opinion that it flowed incidentally from other powers, to whose complete exercise it was essential, and that it was refused specifically to give it, only under the impression that it was virtually given in other parts of the instrument. If then the exercise of this power is justified by these considerations, when there is not a word in the Constitution which directly confers it, how much more may we justify the exercise of a power, which, if not directly given, is certainly embraced in more provisions than one of the Constitution?
In the second place, let us recollect the recommendation of General Washington, as President of the United States, repeatedly urged, to establish a National University. It is true that this subject was never acted upon by Congress; and consequently, they never either investigated their power on this point, or decided on the expediency of exercising it. But it does not appear that this arose from any difference of their constitutional authority to foster the interests of learning. The genuine reason for their apparent apathy was the situation of the finances of the country. We have then here the clear, decided opinion, and the earnest recommendation of one of the best men the world has ever seen, in favor of the exercise of this power, in its most naked and unequivocal character, unopposed by the weight of any other dignified public or private authority.
In the third place, we find by the positive acts of Congress, that the interests of science have been aided by exempting philosophical apparatus for the use of seminaries of learning from duties ordinarily paid on their importation. Where is the substantial difference between liberating these institutions from a pecuniary burthen, & the giving them that wherewithal such a duty might be paid? When, too, it is recollected that the Constitution directs that "all
duties shall be uniform throughout the United States," the authority becomes still stronger, and proves that Congress considered themselves at liberty by a virtual donation, involving the possession of the positive right, to aid the interests of science.
[TO BE CONTINUED.]
Baltimore, Sept. 11.
OFFICIAL. Preliminaries of peace with Tripoli were signed on the second day of June last, and on the same day capt. Bainbridge, the officers and crew of the late frigate Philadelphia were liberated.
The following is an extract of a letter from * commodore Rodgers to the Secretary of the Navy, dated
U. S. ship CONSTITUTION, June 8, 1805.
"The Bashaw, conscious that by a continuance of his obstinacy, his town would fall a sacrifice to our forces, in the course of this summer proposed to us terms of peace, which left us no interest or motive in not acceding to them, as he acknowledged that he felt sensible our efforts would be sufficient to reduce his town, and oblige him to retire to the mountains. This acknowledgment at once precluded the possibility of acquiring any honor by our arms; but indeed the reverse, as it would have been persecuting an enemy, who, in anticipation of our vengeance, by his own acknowledgment, felt himself more than half vanquished, and who perhaps in his savage perturbation, might have carried his resentment to the sacrifice of 300 of our unfortunate countrymen, whom chance had placed in his power."
*Commodore Barron, owing to the debilitated state of his constitution, was constrained to resign the command of the squadron to capt. Rodgers, on the 22d of May.
The following is a copy of a letter from capt. Hull, of the Argus, to commodore Barron, dated
"ARGUS, (DERNE) April 23.
"SIR. I have the honor to inform you that at 9 o'clock in the morning of the 27th, being about 10 miles to the eastward of the town of Derne, with the Hornet in company, we discovered the Nautilus at anchor, very close to the shore, which led us to suppose that capt. Dent had fallen in with Mr. Eaton's army, as he had been sent on shore for that purpose the day before. We made all sail for the Nautilus, and at half past 10 spoke her, and was informed by capt. Dent, that he had had communication with Mr. Eaton the night before, and that he wished the field pieces landed as soon as possible, that Mr. Eaton intended to make an attack as soon as he could get possession of them, being then only about 2 & a half miles from the town of Derne, and the enemy having sent him a challenge. I hoisted out our boat and sent the field pieces on shore, with such supplies as Mr. Eaton wanted; but on approaching the shore we found it was impossible to land the guns without hauling them up an almost perpendicular rock 20 feet above the boat, but with the perseverance of the officers and men sent on this service, they effected the landing of one of them, by hauling it up the steep rock; Mr. Eaton, finding that we should lose time in landing the other, sent it off again, informing me that he should march for the town as soon as he could possibly mount the field piece that he had on shore. I gave lieut. Evans orders to stand close in shore to cover the army whilst they were preparing to march, in case the enemy should come out against them, as they had already made their appearance in large numbers outside of the town. I gave orders for the necessary preparations to be made for the attack by sea upon the town and batteries, and stood down very close to the town. At 2 P. M. Mr. Eaton began the attack by land, at the same time the Hornet, lieut. Evans, anchored with springs on her cables within 100 yards of the battery of 8 guns, and commenced a heavy fire upon it; the Nautilus took her station to the eastward of the Hornet, about half a mile distant from shore, and opened upon the town and batteries; the Argus anchored a little without, and to the eastward of the Nautilus, and began firing on the town and batteries. The fort kept up a heavy fire for about an hour, after which the shot flying so thick about them, they abandoned it, and ran into the town, and gardens back; the guns of the vessels were then turned on the beach, and kept up a heavy fire upon the enemy, to clear the way for the few brave Christians Mr. Eaton had with him, to enter the fort, as they were gaining ground very fast, though a heavy fire of musketry was constantly kept up upon them from behind the houses and old walls near the shore.
At about half past 3, we had the satisfaction to see lieut. O'Bannon of the marine corps, and Mr. Mann, midshipman of the Argus, with a few brave fellows with them, enter the fort, haul down the enemy's flag, and plant the American ensign on the walls of the battery. On turning the guns of the battery upon the town, they found that the enemy had left them in great haste, as they were primed and loaded at their hands. Whilst our men were turning the guns of the battery on the town, Hamet Bashaw had taken possession of the back part of it, which brought the enemy betwixt two fires, that soon silenced them, and about 4 in the afternoon we had complete possession of the town and fort; sent all our boats on shore for the purpose of carrying ammunitions to the fort, and to bring off the wounded men
as soon as possible, that they might be dressed. Mr. Eaton gave the necessary orders at the fort, and went into the town to see every thing quiet and to make arrangements for its being well guarded during the night. At half past 5 he returned on board to get his wound dressed, having received a musket ball through his left wrist. On collecting our men we found one killed and 13 wounded—a list of which is inclosed."
I have the honor to be, Sir, Your obedient humble serv't. (Signed) ISAAC HULL."
List of killed and wounded at the taking of Derne.
 KILLED.  John Wilton, Marine.  WOUNDED.  William Eaton, Esq.  Capt. Laurens, a Greek,  David Thomas, } Marines,  Bern'd. O'Brien, }  And nine Greek Christians. 
The following is an extract of a letter from Commodore Barron to William Eaton, Esq. dated Malta, March 22, 1805.
"YOU must be sensible that in giving them sanction to a co-operation with the Ex-Bashaw, government did not contemplate the measure as leading necessarily and absolutely to a re-instatement of that prince in his rights to the Regency of Tripoli: They appear to have viewed the co-operation as a means, which, if there existed energy and enterprise in the Exile, and attachment to his person on the part of his former subjects, might be employed to the common furtherance and advantage of his claims and our cause; but without meaning to fetter themselves by any specific or definite attainment as an end, which the tenor of my instructions, and the limited sum appropriated for that special purpose clearly demonstrates. I fear, by the convention you seem to think of making with Hamet, that a wider range would be taken than is consistent with the powers vested in me for that particular object. These apprehensions may perhaps prove groundless on further representations from you, but under present impressions I feel it my duty to state explicitly, that I must withhold my sanction to any convention or agreement, committing the U. States or tending to impress upon Hamet Bashaw, a conviction that we have bound ourselves to place him upon the throne."
The consequences involved in such an engagement cannot but strike you forcibly, and a general view of our situation in relation to the reigning Bashaw and our unfortunate countrymen in Tripoli, will be sufficient to mark its inexpediency. I shall consider it my duty, as it is certainly my inclination, to afford you every aid compatible with the authority vested in me and commensurate with the means that have been placed at my disposal; and you may rely upon the most active and vigorous support from the squadron, as soon as the season and our arrangements will permit us to appear in force before the enemy's walls; but I wish you to understand that no guarantee or engagement to the exiled Prince, whose cause I must repeat we are only favoring as an instrument to our advantage, and not as an end in itself, must be held to stand in the way of our acquiescence to any honorable and advantageous terms of accommodation which the reigning Bashaw may be induced to propose. These terms, being once offered and accepted by the representative of government appointed to treat of peace, our support to the Ex-Bashaw must necessarily cease. You will not however conceive, Sir, that these considerations, important and necessary as they are, ought to induce us at once to abandon the benefits which the measures you have adopted seem to promise. I conceive a perseverance in them by no means incompatible with a total freedom from any trammels with respect to a definitive object, which freedom I deem it all important to preserve, especially when I view the peculiar situation in which captain Bainbridge and his fellow-sufferers may be placed by this co-operation. If by your energy and exertions added to the supplies now sent forward, you succeed in getting possession of Derne and Bengazi, we may calculate that having received this impulse from our strength, the Ex-Bashaw will himself possess sufficient energy, courage, and talent, and if accounts are correct, sufficient interest among the people to move on with firm steps, and to conduct his friends and followers to the gates of Tripoli; but should he be found deficient in these essential qualities, or that it appears we have been deceived in regard to the disposition of the inhabitants, he must be held as an unfit subject for further support or co-operation."
Charleston, Aug. 24.
The brig Eliza, captain Taylor, arrived yesterday in 32 days from Malaga, furnishes the following intelligence:
In the bay of Gibraltar, capt. T. saw Lord Nelson's fleet at anchor, and was boarded by an officer from one of his ships, who stated that the British fleet left Barbadoes on the 14th of June and had followed as they supposed in the wake of the combined fleets until they arrived off the coast of France; when, having every reason to suppose that the French and Spaniards had got safely into Brest, Lord Nelson stood away for Gibraltar, where he arrived on the 19th July.
A French and Spanish squadron of 6 sail of the line had sailed from Carthagena with 6000 troops on board, supposed to be destined for Egypt. They were followed by Rear Admiral Bickerton, with five sail of the line, convoying the troops under the command of General Craig.
Sale at Auction OF FURNITURE.
ON Tuesday 17th September will be held at public auction, next door to Mr. S. H. Smith's on Pennsylvania avenue, a variety of furniture the property of Miss Sally DABNEY, consisting of beds, beds & curtains, &c. Mahogany dining & card tables an elegant side board, chairs, bras and rone, shovels and tongs, mahogany bureau, cars, pots, and a quantity of blankets all in excellent order, also a quantity of kitchen furniture. The terms of sale for all sums amounting to 20 dollars each, for all sums over 20 dollars, notes at six months with approved indorsers negotiable at the city bank. Sale to commence at 10 o'clock in the forenoon. JOHN T. LAVERS, Auct.
Sept. 11—3t
FOR RENT,
THAT valuable property adjoining the Bank of Columbia, in George Town which is now occupied by Mr. J. J. Senne, as the Indian King Tavern. This property is in the centre of George Town; the house is large and commodious, with every convenience necessary for a tavern, a large harem, a kitchen, stables, and necessary out-houses. There is attached to said property an excellent dwelling house for a family that will be rented with it. Possession will be given immediately. Apply to the subscriber living on Capitol Hill, city of Washington. WM. O. SPRIGG.
Sept. 16—tf
Runaway Negro.
ON the 29th ult. a yellow man calling himself JOSEPH R. LEE, was committed to the jail of Washington County in the district of Columbia, on suspicion of being a runaway; but who says he is free, was raised in Accomack county, Virginia, by his parents, who were also free; that he has since lived 14 years in Baltimore, and has likewise lived some time in Charleston, S. Carolina. He appears to be 6 or 7 and twenty years of age, is 5 feet 3 inches high, can read and write, has a decent respectable look, long hair, for his color well made, and is tolerably well dressed. His owner, (if he has any) is requested to come and prove property, pay charges, and take him away; otherwise he will be disposed of as the law directs. DANIEL C. BRENT. Marshal of the district of Columbia.
Sept. 16—law3w.
Runaway Negro.
CAMPBELL, about 32 or 33 years of age, 5 feet 9 inches high, yellow complexioned, has a scar between his eye brows, and 3 or 4 remarkable ones on his breast, besides several on his shoulders, apparently occasioned by the whip—Has with him a blue cloth coat with a black cape, a pair of blue panaloons, and several other articles of clothing less notable—for some time back passed in the city as a free man; but latterly confesses that he is the property of Wm. Smith of Fauquier county, Virginia, to whom he was sold by George Robinson—was committed to the jail of Washington county, in the district of Columbia, on the first instant.
ALSO,
On the 12th instant was committed as aforesaid a mulatto man, calling himself JIM ALBERT, about 22 or 23 years of age, 5 feet 6 inches high, has a remarkable scar over his left eye, and says that about a month ago, his former master, Thomas Strachan of Spottsylvania, Virginia, sold him to John Crumpton, from whom he shortly afterwards made his escape. He has a blue round jacket, grey panaloons, and half boots, which appear to be all the outer clothes he has with him.
The owners of the above slaves are requested to come and prove property, pay charges, and take them away; otherwise they will be disposed of as the law directs.
DANIEL C. BRENT.
Marshal of the district of Columbia. Sept. 16—w3t.
Rich Kanawha Bottom Lands FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.
THE subscriber offers for sale, or exchange for Lands or other real property on the east side of Blue Ridge, about 2000 acres of rich bottom land on the Great Kanawha river, and on both sides thereof, opposite and below the mouth of Poca, in the state of Virginia, 25 miles from Point Pleasant, the county town of Mason county, and 12 miles from the county town of Kanawha county, and adjoining the lands of the late Gen. Washington. They were surveyed at the same time with these lands, viz. in the year 1772, and are held under the same titles, viz. old military rights which are unquestionable.
The Lands are of the very first quality, the bottoms in many places a mile wide. They have been lately re-surveyed, and divided into lots containing from 150 to 300 acres each, for the accommodation of purchasers, each lot fronting on the river, and extending back from thence to the hills, which afford a most extensive range for stock, which can never be interrupted. 100 acres therefor of this rich bottom with its advantages would make a good settlement. The great Virginia turnpike road leading to the States of Ohio and Kentucky, passes by and through these lands, which being on a navigable river will command a ready and high price for the produce to the emigrants to the western countries both by land and water. Their situation besides gives their occupants choice of the eastern or western markets as produce or stock may be found most profitable. The climate is mild and remarkably favorable to the production of fruit. Salt works are erected on the banks of the river but a few miles above these lands, and the neighborhood furnishes abundance of iron, coal, lime-stone, mills and mill seats—so that there is no part of the western country which holds out more advantages to persons desirous of emigrating. A more particular description of these lands, with plots of the several lots, their situation, description and price may be had by application in Alexandria, to Mr. Wm. CAIRK who attended the surveying of them, or to the subscriber. JAMES CRAIG.
Sept. 11—w3w

ORDERED, That the act to provide for the trial of facts in the several counties of this state, and to alter, change and abolish, all such parts of the constitution and form of government as relate to the general court and court of appeals, be published twice in each week for the space of three months in the Maryland Gazette at Annapolis; the American Telegraph and the Federal Gazette at Baltimore; the National Intelligencer; the Republican Advocate and Bartig's paper at Frederick; Town; Green's paper at Hagerstown, and in Smith's and Cowan's paper at Balton.
By order,
NINIAN PINKNEY, Clerk.
AN ACT
To provide for the trial of facts in the several counties of this state, and to alter, change and abolish, all such parts of the constitution and forms of government as relate to the general court and court of appeals.
Be it enacted by the general assembly of Maryland, That this state shall be divided into six judicial districts in manner and form following to wit: St. Mary's, Charles and Prince George's counties, shall be the first district; Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's and Talbot counties, shall be the second district; Calvert, Anne Arundel and Montgomery counties shall be the third district; Caroline, Dorchester, Somerset and Worcester counties, shall be the fourth district; Frederick, Washington and Allegany counties shall be the fifth district; Baltimore and Harford counties shall be the sixth district; and there shall be appointed, for each of the said judicial districts, three persons of integrity and sound legal knowledge, residents of the state of Maryland, who shall previously to and during their acting as judges, reside in the district for which they shall respectively be appointed, one of whom shall be styled in the commission chief judge, and the other two associate judges, of the district for which they shall be appointed; and the chief judge, together with the two associate judges, shall compose the county courts in each respective district; and each judge shall hold his commission during good behavior, removable for misbehavior on conviction in a court of law, or shall be removed by the governor, upon the address of the general assembly, provided that two thirds of all the members of each house concur in such address; and the county courts, so as aforesaid established, shall have, hold and exercise, in the several counties of this state, all and every the powers and jurisdictions, which the county courts of this state now have, use and exercise, and which shall be hereafter prescribed by law; and the said county courts established by this act shall respectively hold their sessions in the several counties at such times and places as the legislature shall direct and appoint, and the salaries of the said judges shall not be diminished during the period of their continuance in office.
II. And be it enacted, That in any suit or action at law hereafter to be commenced or instituted in any county court of this state, the judges thereof, upon suggestion in writing by either of the parties thereto, supported by affidavit or other proper evidence, that a fair and impartial trial cannot be had in the county court of the county where such suit or action is depending, shall and may order and direct the record of their proceedings in such suit or action to be transmitted to the judges of any county court within the district for trial, and the judges of such county court, to whom the said record shall be transmitted, shall hear and determine the same in like manner as if such suit or action had been originally instituted therein; provided, nevertheless, that such suggestion shall be made as aforesaid before or during the term in which the issue or issues may be joined in the said suit or action; and provided also, that such further remedy may be provided by law, in the premises, as the legislature shall from time to time direct and enact.
III. And be it enacted, That if any party presented or indicted in any of the county courts of this state, shall suggest in writing to the court in which such prosecution is depending, that a fair and impartial trial cannot be had in such court, it shall and may be lawful for the said court to order and direct the record of their proceedings in the said prosecution to be transmitted to the judges of any adjoining county court for trial, and the judges of such adjoining county court shall hear and determine the same in like manner as if such prosecution had been originally instituted therein; provided that such further and other remedy may be provided by law in the premises as the legislature may direct and enact.
IV. And be it enacted, That if the attorney general, or the prosecutor for the state, shall suggest in writing to any county court, before whom an indictment is or may be depending, that the state cannot have a fair and impartial trial in such court, it shall and may be lawful for the said court, in their discretion, to order and direct the record of their proceedings in the said prosecution to be transmitted to the judges of any adjoining county court for trial, and the judges of such county court shall hear and determine the same as if such prosecution had been originally instituted therein.
V. And be it enacted, That there shall be a court of appeals, and the same shall be composed of the chief judges of the several judicial districts of the state, which said court of appeals shall hold, use and exercise, all and every the powers, authorities and jurisdictions, heretofore used and exercised, by the court of appeals of this state, and also the appellate jurisdiction heretofore used and exercised by the general court; and the said court of appeals hereby established, shall sit on the western and eastern shores for transacting and determining the business of the respective shores, at such times and places as the future legislature of this state shall direct and appoint, and any three of the said judges of the court of appeals shall form a quorum to hear and decide in all cases pending in said court and the judge who has given a decision in any case in the county court, shall withdraw from the bench upon the deciding of the same case before the court of appeals; and the judges of the court of appeals may appoint the clerks of said court for the western and eastern shores, respectively, who shall hold their appointments during good behavior, removable only for misbehavior on conviction in a court of law; and in case of death, resignation, disqualification or removal out of the state, or from their respective shores, of either of the said clerks in the vacation of the said court, the governor, with the advice of the council, may appoint and commission a fit and proper person to such vacant office, to hold the same until the next meeting of the said court; and all laws passed after this act shall take effect, shall be recorded in the office of the court of appeals of the western shore.
VI. And be it enacted, That all and every part of the constitution and form of government which relates to the court of appeals and the general court, or the judges thereof, or that is in any manner repugnant to, or inconsistent with, the provisions of this act, be and the same is hereby repealed, abrogated and annulled upon the confirmation hereof; provided, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to as to authorize the removal of the clerks of the respective county courts being in commission at the time of the passing of this act, in any other mode or manner than that prescribed by the constitution and form of government.
VII. And be it enacted, That if this act shall be confirmed by the general assembly, after the next election of delegates, in the first session after such new election, as the constitution and form of government directs, that in such case this act, and the alterations and amendments of the constitution and form of government therein contained, shall be taken and considered, and shall constitute and be valid, as a part of the said constitution and form of government, to all intents and purposes, any thing in the said constitution and form of government to the contrary, notwithstanding.
May 31—2aw3m
To be Sold,
ON the 10th of October next, if fair, if not the next fair day, by order of the Orphans Court of Prince George's county, at the plantation of WILLIAM HUTCHINSON near Upper Marlinton, to the highest bidder on 9 months' credit, all the personal estate of JOHN T. WILLETT, late of Prince George's county, deceased, viz. seven negroes, consisting of women, boys and girls, horses, cows and hogs, some household furniture—the purchaser to give bond with approved security bearing interest from the date, the sale to commence at 12 o'clock.
NINIAN T. WILLETT, Adm'r.
Sept. 13—1aw3w
NOTICE.
THE Subscribers having obtained letters of administration from the Orphan's Court of Prince George's county upon the personal estate of JOHN FRANCIS HARDY, deceased; they therefore give notice to all those indebted to the estate of the said John Francis Hardy to settle their respective debts. Those who have claims upon the estate are requested to exhibit them legally authenticated.
ELIZABETH HARDY, } Adm'rs.
RICHARD B. GARDINER, }
Magruder's Ferry, Prince George's county, Sept. 13—3w
SALE AT AUCTION.
ON the 7th of October at 11 o'clock in the forenoon will be sold at public auction (at the COLUMBIAN INN in GEORGE TOWN.) a handsome assortment of HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, consisting of beds, bedsteads and furniture, mahogany dining tables, fide board, walnut tables, looking glasses, carpets, chairs, bras and andirons, fenders, shovels and tongs, &c. &c. and a great variety of other articles—a liberal credit will be given for all sums above one hundred dollars.
JOHN TRAVERS, Auct.
WASHINGTON RACES.
ON Tuesday the 29th of October next, will be run for over the Washington course, a JOCKEY CLUB PURSE, the four mile heats free for any horse, mare or gelding, agreeably to the rules of the club.
WEDNESDAY,
A JOCKEY CLUB PURSE the three mile heats, free as aforesaid, the winning horse of the preceding day excepted.
THURSDAY,
An Elegant Fifty Guinea Silver cup. Ten subscribers—Single four miles, and a handsome City and Town Purse. The two mile heats free as aforesaid, the winning horse of the preceding days excepted.
Table with 2 columns: Weight as follows. Aged Horses 126 lb., 6 years old 120, 5 do. 112, 4 do. 100, 3 do. 86. Mares and Geldings allowed 3 lb.
The members of the Club will meet at the CLUB ROOM on the evening before the Races, in order to make proper arrangements for the same. Those who cannot attend are particularly requested to forward their dues to the subscriber.
C.H. M'LAUGHLIN, Sec. & Treasurer. W. J. Club.
N. B. The amount of the Purse cannot at this time be ascertained, as they are in part to be raised from toll at the gates and rent of booths.
C. M'L.
RAGS.
The highest price, in Cash or Books will be given for any quantity of clean Linen and Cotton Rags, by Rapine Conrad and Co. Capitol Hill. June 24—
PUBLIC SALE,
Of Houses, Lots, and lands, situated in Fredericktown, and in the county of Frederick and state of Maryland.
ON the 23d of October next, at Mrs. Kimbolls in said town, will be sold at auction for the benefit of creditors, viz. in Fredericktown.
A large, handsome and commodious three story brick dwelling & storehouse, in a central situation for business—Also an extensive range of building, forming a very eligible family residence, in an airy situation with every needful improvement; and an out lot of 21 acres, enclosed with a post and rail fence, now in clover—453 acres of good farming land, in two tenements well apportioned, with meadow, upland, improvements and timber, distant about 12 miles. The terms, one twelfth in hand, one fourth in one month, the residue in two equal annual instalments with interest, on bond and security.
JOHN RITCHIE, Trustee. Frederick town, Sept. 11—
Anacosta Library.
NOTICE to the Stockholders—That the annual election was held at the Library room in conformity to the constitution, on Tuesday the 3d inst. when the following gentlemen were elected officers:
Doc. A. McWilliams, James Burgess, Azariah Gatton, Matthew Wright, Adam Lindsay, } Trustees.
Gustavus Higdon—Librarian. Samuel Fowler—Treasurer. Robert Bunnie—Secretary.
The Library is now removed to Mr. Higdon's, at the corner of L street south and 8th street east.
R. BUNNIE, Secretary. City of Washington, Sept. 11—3t
District of Columbia, Washington county, ss. BE it remembered that on the 10th day of September, 1805, Stephen Osbourne, residing near Rock creek church, brought before me the subscriber, a justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid, a black mare taken up as a stray about 6 years old, 14 hands high, a long blaze down her forehead, with a remarkable scar on the right buttock. Given under my hand the day and year above written.
SAML. N. SMALLWOOD. The owner of said mare is requested to prove property, pay charges and take her away.
STEPHEN OSBOURNE. Sept. 11—3t.
ISAIAH BALDERSTON, & SON,
AT the sign of the Fan and Screen, No. 52 Front street, Old town, and 1 Hanover street (nearly opposite Evans's Tavern) Baltimore, Manufacture and sell the following articles, viz.—Fans for cleaning wheat, Wire Sifters of the most approved kinds, Rolling & Standing Screens (for merchant mills, and flaxseed Rolling Screens may be had on the common construction, or on Isaiah Balderston's improved plan, which is found to be superior to any heretofore in use for separating garlic from wheat) Riddles and Seives for corn, coal, ore, barley, rye, oats, flax and clover seeds, wheat, cockle, lime, sand, snuff, starch, and brick dust. Woven Wire for milk houses and cellar windows, together with all kinds of wire work, of which they constantly keep a complete and extensive assortment.
Orders for any of the above articles left with Wm. Morgan, George Town, or forwarded to them will be executed with punctuality and dispatch on moderate terms. 8th Mo. 23—
For sale on a liberal credit,
or will be exchanged for ground rents or improved property in Alexandria. George Town or Washington, one half or the whole of the LONG GLADES, containing thirteen hundred and fifty acres of land, situated three miles from the Great Falls of Potomac, in the county of Fairfax, on the post road from Alexandria and the city of Washington, twenty miles from the former, and fourteen from the latter.
On this land is the well known White House, half way between Alexandria and Leesburgh. The buildings are convenient and good. The situation for a Public House is inferior to none. A store might be established here to advantage.
This property can be divided so as to give an equal proportion of woodland to each part. There is no tract of the same size in the county that is better watered, that has a larger proportion of valuable meadow, nor no one in the state on which plaidier of paris answers better. May meet with a ready sale as at Washington or Alexandria. There are on it two mill seat, a stone Quarry, and an excellent situation for a distillery. There are strong appearances of copper ore on part of the land that adjoins the mine tract, belonging to Lord Tankerville and others.
Also, a plantation containing 400 acres of good lime stone land, situated within 12 miles of Winchester 7 of Newtown, and 7 from the Shenandoah river which is now opening. One half the tract is in heavy timber, has a good proportion of meadow and is well watered.
Also, a tract of land containing three hundred and fifty six acres in the district of Columbia, on four mile run, between seven and eight miles from Alexandria, and about four from George Town or Washington.
More than half this land is in valuable timber; has a large quarry of building stone, and is well watered. The improvements are indifferent. It has several elegant sites for building, that command a prospect of the city of Washington and adjacent country. J. SWITT.
Sept. 11—3t.
LOST,
IN George Town District of Columbia on the evening of the 31st ultimo, one SILVER WATCH, double cased, marked R. B. on the outside, and R. B. in small letters on the side—maker's name Elliot, London. Whoever will stop the said watch, & person having it and give notice to the printer hereof, shall receive FIVE DOLLARS REWARD. Sept. 4—w6t
CHARLES H. VARDEN, MERCHANT TAYLOR.
Has received from Philadelphia a handsome assortment of FALL goods, consisting of the best London and French superfine cloths, cassimeres, patent Bennet's cord, toilettets, fancy and white Marceilles, black and figured silk, moleskins, fancy silk, Marceilles, constitution cords, velvets, Genoa cord, silk and satin Florentines, superfine coating, knapped cloths, with a variety of other articles suitable for the winter season.
N. B. Ladies habits, regimentals, and navy uniforms made in the first style of fashion. New Jersey avenue near the Capitol, December 10—tf
Preparing for the Press,
AND will be published early in the Spring, in one closely printed volume, The spirit of the Public Journals; Being an impartial selection of the best original Poetry, Essays, &c. which have appeared in the newspapers of the United States during the year 1805.
The Editors of Newspapers who exchange with the BALTIMORE Evening Post, are requested to give the above advertisement a few insertions in their papers. When published, a copy of the work will be sent to each office. Sept. 9—
NOTICE to Delinquent Subscribers to the THEATRE.
ALL Subscribers to the Theatre, who have not made full payments on their shares, or contributed the materials and work promised, are hereby notified that unless the same be done on or before the first day of December next, their shares will be forfeited; after which day certificates of stock will be issued to those subscribers who have complied with the terms of subscription on application to the Directors.
ROBERT BRENT, WILLIAM BRENT, SAMUEL H. SMITH, } Directors. Sept. 4—tf
For Sale
IN the county of Prince William, Virginia, Neshannaco Furnace and its appurtenances, with four or five thousand acres of land adjoining, near the town of Dumfries, and within four or five miles of the Potomac—the soil is generally adapted to small grain, and if too considerable for one purchaser, will be laid off in Lots suitable for small farms—a description of the land is thought unnecessary—as those wishing to purchase will no doubt first view it: the payments required will be one third cash, and the other two thirds in annual instalments, to be secured by a mortgage on the land; and no deed given until the last payment is made; any person wishing to purchase, may know the terms by applying to Mr. Thomas T. Page, living near the premises, who is fully authorized by me to sell the whole or any part.
JOHN TAYLOR. August 16—3m.
N. B. A valuable mine bank in Maryland may be had with the furnace if required. J. T.
A Brewery for Sale.
By virtue of an authority given to the subscriber will be sold upon the premises to the highest bidder, on Monday the 21st day of October next at the hour of twelve, Lot numbered 10 in square east of square numbered 88 in the city of Washington; upon this lot are a malt house and kiln, a dwelling house of four rooms, to which is attached the brew house, containing a copper of 600 gallons and another of 100 gallons, a mashing tun, at present down, a working tun and a number of hogheads; also a small granary with cellar room for sixty rum hogheads—the standing works are convenient and the whole may be put in complete repair for 500 dollars. Annexed to the brewery is a good horse mill. A wharf may be extended from it at a small expense, to receive wood and grain, and beer may be conveyed from it by water to all the more populous parts of the city and George Town. The above property is extremely desirable in all respects to a person wishing to go into the brewing line.
The terms of sale are, the purchase money to be paid one half in six and the other in nine months. For which payments security will be expected. Any person wishing to view the premises will please apply to Dr. Conningham residing thereon. MARSHAM WARING. Sept. 3—tdof
To be Sold,
Or exchanged for other property in the City, or its vicinity.
TWO valuable and contiguous TRACTS of LAND in the state of Kentucky, the one containing 6880 acres, and the other 6252 acres, by late re survey. They are under old and indisputable titles of more than twenty years, and situate in a populous county, adjoining flourishing settlements. All taxes thereon have been duly paid. Apply to the subscriber, JOHN BRACKLEY. City of Washington, July 17—cpam
FLOWER ROOTS.
THE HOLT has for sale at his Nursery Garden the following Flower Roots imported by him last spring, but came too late then to offer them for sale, consisting of, Double Yellow Hyacinths, Red do. Blue do. White do. Polyanthus Narcissus of sorts, Double Roman, do. Fine mixed Tulips, Large Double Jonquils, Crown Imperials, &c. &c. Washington city, Aug. 26—w6t
1500 DOLLARS REWARD.
HIGHWAY ROBBERY.
YESTERDAY about 11 o'clock in the forenoon, Mr. JOHN PETAS, an Officer of the BANK OF COLUMBIA, was stopped on horseback on the road between this town and Alexandria, and within about 2 miles of the latter place, by some unknown villain, shot through the body with a pistol, and robbed of a sum of money in his possession belonging to this Institution which he was taking to Alexandria, for the purpose of exchanging with the banks there.
The whole sum taken amounted Eighteen Thousand One hundred and Fourteen Dollars and Sixty-five Cents, made up in several packages, among which were,
Table with 2 columns: Item, Amount. 1 post note of the Bank of Virginia, for 800, 1 do. of the same, for 500, 1 do. of the same, for 500, 1 do. of the same, for 450, 1 do. of the Bank of Potomac in favor of Joseph Riddle by him endorsed to Washington Bowie, dated 6 July, 1805. No 117 149 05
A check of the Union Bank, on the Bank of Alexandria, drawn by R. Higginbotham, cashier, in favor of Greatham and Devereau, by them endorsed and by Benj. Stoddert, and C. Smith, Teller.
There were also a parcel of post notes of the Bank of Alexandria for 100 dollars, and for 50 dollars each. The remainder was in current notes, principally of the banks of Alexandria and Potomac, and some few of the Bank of Virginia of different sizes and denominations.
As the attack was sudden, and the wound received of a nature to deprive Mr. Peter instantly of his senses, (although it is now hoped he will recover) the description obtained may not be very accurate—As far as we are informed—the man who perpetrated the act, is of middle stature, good countenance, and had a genteel appearance. He had on a dark blue or black coat, nankeen pantaloon, shoes, and a black hat, he was on foot and alone at the time, but may have had accomplices concealed, and will probably change his clothes.
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS will be given to any person or persons, who will detect and bring to conviction the robber: and ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS additional for the recovery of the whole of the money, or in proportion for any smaller sum recovered—should there be accomplices, and one of them make a discovery, so that it leads to the conviction of the robber, or to the recovery of the money he shall receive the above reward, and interest will be made to obtain his pardon.
WILLIAM WHANN, Cashier of the Bank of Columbia. George Town, July 31—
On a liberal credit.
THE subscriber will dispose of at private sale, his estate called Chichester, lying on the eastern branch, immediately adjacent to the city of Washington. This tract of land containing 697 acres is laid off in lots from 83 to 144 acres for the convenience of purchasers. Plats of the estate and the terms of sale are in the hands of colonel Hanson at the navy yard, and Charles Wayman of George Town. The lots will be shown by Mr. Wedden, living on the premises, near the Eastern Branch bridge. ANTHONY ADDISON. Barnaby, 12th June 1805—tf
TO BE SOLD,
AT PUBLIC VENDUE, At Gadsby's Hotel, in Alexandria, on Monday the 16th day of September, at 12 o'clock at noon.
ALL that TRACT of LAND late Presley Thornton, Esquire's, situated in Northumberland county, Virginia, lying immediately on the Potomac river. The following description is given of this property by persons well acquainted with it:—It contains 2,500 acres, 1700 acres of which are the most valuable low grounds on the river, between 3 and 400 acres heavily timbered, and the remainder very high land extremely productive. The soil of this tract is equal to any in the state for the cultivation of corn, wheat, tobacco, timothy, and small grain of all kinds. On this tract are a large commodious Brick Mansion House and two Offices, a large Brick Stable, valuable Barn, Cow House, and many other out houses. The Orchards and Garden contain a variety of valuable fruit trees, and the waters abound with excellent fish and oysters. It is situated about a day's sail from Baltimore Alexandria and Norfolk. There are two good mill seats for grit and saw mills on the estate, and plenty of cedar and chestnut timber, for which an excellent market may be found at the city of Washington.
The terms of sale are—one fourth cash one fourth in one year, one fourth in 18 months and the residue in two years from the day of sale. The payments to be secured by bonds, with mortgages on the premises, and to be on interest from the day of sale.
For further information, application may be made in behalf of the subscriber, Thomas Robinson, to Richard Peters, jun. attorney at law in the city of Philadelphia, or to William Lewis, in the same city, (Philadelphia.)
THOMAS ROBINSON, W. LEWIS. June 19—ep Sept. 16
ELIAS B. CALDWELL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Has removed his Office, to the house lately occupied by Mr. LAW, on Capital Hill. Washington, July 26—tf
City of Washington, Sept. 9, 1805.
Several persons under the impression that the public lots in this city are to be disposed of in future by public sale only, having made enquiries when the next sale will probably take place, we are requested to state that those lots may at any time be purchased at private sale of the Superintendent of the City.