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NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER,
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WASHINGTON ADVERTISER.
Vol. IV.
WASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
No. DXLVIII.
FIVE DOLLS. PER ANN.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11th, 1804.
PAID IN ADVANCE.
Trial of JOHN PICKERING.
(Continued.)
Mr. Harper then commenced the reading of the deposition of EDWARD St. LOE LIVERMORE. During the reading, particularly of that part wherein the deponent states his opinion that the insanity of judge Pickering did not arise from his intemperance, but the latter from the former, Mr. Harper was interrupted by the President, who desired him to read only that part which related to the allegation of insanity. In compliance with this injunction Mr. Harper waved reading a considerable portion of the affidavit. Notwithstanding, however, this circumstance, we give it entire; remarking that only that part of it relative to the allegation of insanity was received as evidence.
Deposition of EDWARD St. LOE LIVERMORE.
I, Edward St. Loe Livermore depose and say, that in the beginning of November in the year 1802, I was applied to by Eliphilat Ladd, Esq. of Portsmouth in the State of New-Hampshire, to attend a special District Court to be held at Portsmouth on the eleventh of said November, to exhibit a claim for a certain ship called the Eliza, and two cables, seized by the officers of the customs and libelled in said court. The statement of the case made to me by the said Ladd, was this—That in the month of September, 1802, the ship Eliza, owned by him and of which his son was master, arrived at Boston with a cargo of salt, and nothing else, except some pieces of check linen which were the private adventure of the captain.—That the ship was entered at Boston and the duties on the salt secured, & the duty upon the linen paid by the captain, and the vessel authorised to proceed to Portsmouth to discharge her cargo; accordingly she arrived at Portsmouth, where the captain obtained a permit from the collector for landing the linens and also a permit was given for landing the salt. That while the ship was at some foreign place (I think Bonavista) her cables which were old, became much chafed, and injured, at some bad anchorage ground; and that a vessel of which a certain captain Lamb was master, being cast away, the seamen from the Eliza were employed in saving goods from the wreck, and Capt. Lamb to compensate them gave them a new cable which had been saved. This cable had been purchased by captain Lamb intending it for sale in the Southern States, but that it was a very ordinary one made of very bad materials. That Captain Ladd thinking the situation of his ship to be such as to require a new cable, purchased it of his crew for his ship's use; and that it was accordingly bent to his bower anchor on the passage home; and that with old and new the ship was but indifferently found. That while the ship was discharging her cargo of salt at Portsmouth, the cables (being in the way) were taken out of the ship, and put into a store upon the wharf; and that the vessel, after discharging, was intended to be hove down for the purpose of graving—that it always had been customary to take out the cables, as well as the ship's sails, upon such occasions, and that the same had now been done in the presence of some of the custom house officers; and no question had ever been made as to the legality of such doings. From this statement (which was afterwards fully proved on the trial) I was of opinion that the revenue of the United States had not been in danger of suffering material injury and accordingly engaged with Mr. Ladd to undertake his defence. The cables he informed me had been appraised by two merchants and a rope maker (all as respectable as any in the town of Portsmouth) at two hundred and fifty dollars value; and by an order from the district judge had been delivered to him, but had again been immediately seized by the officers, alleging that the judge was incompetent and the proceedings had been irregular. I informed Col. Ladd that the trial must be truly farcical as the judge was insane and wholly incapable of transacting business; and as there could be no appeal in the case of the cables, it was but the cast of a die whether he lost them or not. It was at that time considered by me to be an unfortunate circumstance that the cables were valued so low; but the reason, he informed me, was that the rope maker, who well understood the value of such articles, said the new cable was made of so bad materials, and others were so old and rotten they were worth very little. But with respect to the ship he could appeal if the insane judge decreed against him—and even if it were possible to conceive that the cables were illegally landed, yet as the value did not
amount to four hundred dollars, and the affair of the linens appearing to be merely a mistake at the custom house, the ship could not be condemned. Accordingly I attended at the time and place; soon after the judge arrived and appeared to me very feeble in body and greatly deranged in mind. By his singular appearance and extravagant incoherent language, he drew a large concourse of people into the court house, and behaved in so wild and disordered a manner, as to afford mirth to the giddy multitude, but the most painful sensations to all those who knew his excellent character and had judgment enough to reflect on the deplorable situation of a man when deprived of his reason. He seemed to have some recollection of the business before him, and ordered the parties to proceed;—saying that he had heard enough of the libels (using very profane language) and would decide upon them in a few minutes. But such was the situation of the judge, and the general confusion, that I suggested to the district attorney the propriety of postponing the business until the ensuing day. Mr. Sherburne acquiesced. I accordingly moved for the postponement, upon which the judge demanded the reason. I informed him I wished for time to prepare my claims—he immediately answered in his former benevolent style, "My dear I will give you to all eternity." and immediately ordered the court adjourned to nine o'clock the next day, observing that he would "then be sober." I do not recollect that he said "I am damned drunk now," and am strongly inclined to believe he did not utter those words, and think I should have recollected them if he had uttered them, as the other expressions made a deep impression on my mind, and very much surprised me, and induced me to believe as I apprehend it did many others, that the judge was intoxicated. At the hour appointed the next day he attended, and his appearance was not different from the preceding day, and was equally as irrational. I then concluded it would be best to get through the farcical trial as soon as possible, wholly uncertain of the event; but was informed that at the judge before he reached the court house, had declared he was determined to condemn both ship and cargo, and had expressed himself with great disapprobation of the claimant, Colonel Ladd. The trial of the libel against the cables being the first in order, I immediately proceeded to the examination of the witnesses for the claimant, who testified very circumstantially to the facts in the statement which I have before mentioned. During the testifying of the witnesses, the judge appeared attentive, but I do not apprehend he understood much of their testimony. Possibly he might, but he pretty soon declared that both vessel and cargo should be restored to the claimant, and ordered the clerk to enter the decree.—Mr. Sherburne then observed to him he had heard only one side, and that he wished to produce his witnesses in behalf of the United States. The judge replied he might produce forty thousand, but it would not alter the decree.—Mr. Sherburne then claimed an appeal to the circuit court; upon which the judge said he might appeal, but he would take care that the decree should not be altered. I objected to an appeal as the matter in controversy, the cables, did not amount to three hundred dollars in value. The judge then said there should be no appeal. I intimated to Mr. Sherburne that it must be the court ad quem not a quo that should determine the right of appeal, and if he was dissatisfied with the determination of the district judge, he could apply to the circuit court—but he persisted in demanding an appeal, and the judge refused, telling him that he knew that he had talked the matter over with him in his office five hundred times. This was answered with warmth by an absolute contradiction by Mr. Sherburne; and the judge as positively persisted in the assertion, which produced a scene of confusion. I told Mr. Sherburne that he ought not to let the assertion of a distracted man disturb him, to which he assented, and I thought that Mr. Sherburne entertained no doubt of the judge's distraction. At length the court was adjourned to the great relief of all the thinking part of the audience.
I do not recollect any demand of an appeal being made in the case of the ship, and am confident that had there been I should have recollected it, as the same objection as to value could not have been made, but I have ever since presumed that the prosecutor was satisfied that there were no linens illegally imported, and that the value of the ca-
bles could not amount to four hundred dollars—and even if they were illegally landed, it would not subject the vessel to condemnation; and this was the cause that no application was ever made to the circuit court upon the subject.
It is impossible for me to repeat all the incoherent jargon uttered by judge Pickering at this time, and the task would be very painful could I repeat it. But during the whole of the transaction I entertained but one opinion on the subject, relative to the cause of the judge's irregularities on this day, which was merely—that it was distraction—I am sensible some gentlemen entertained a different opinion, and among those was the Marshal of the district. But as I well knew that from his situation in life, he had not had the opportunity of knowing the judge as well as myself, I endeavoured to convince him his distraction was not occasioned by too free a use of liquor of any kind, and I am fully of the opinion that he was not intoxicated with any kind of spirituous liquor on this day.
It is now more than twenty years since I have had a most intimate acquaintance with judge Pickering—our avocations being the same, of course led to it—and always until his distraction he has sustained a most excellent moral character, and I never knew a man more perfectly free from the imputation of any vice or immorality than judge Pickering. But he was not merely negatively good; his active virtues were always considered of the most amiable kind. He was very chaste in his conversation, and in no instance, that I can recollect, did he use profane, obscene, or indecent language; and a person of much discernment formerly acquainted with him, and hearing his conversation at this time, I think would be convinced of his distraction, were there no other proof. I am sensible that it has been reported, that judge Pickering injured himself by the too free use of inebriating liquors; and it has been the opinion of some not so well acquainted with him, that this was the principal cause of his distraction. I think the opinion very erroneous, and the supposition uncharitable.—It is possible at times he may have drank too freely, but I think I have good reason to conclude it was the consequence of his insanity, as it is easy to imagine that a man in this situation would be intemperate.—For many years I have known him to have been grievously afflicted with nervous disorders to which all studious and sedentary men are in some degree liable—but frequently I have seen him so extremely affected, that to appearance his direst and sufferings have been as great as the human frame could endure—and I can distinctly recollect instances from June seventeen hundred and ninety to eighteen hundred, the time in which his distraction became very apparent, that his disorder has rendered him unfit for public business—and being chief justice of the superior court several years, much disappointment and confusion was occasioned by his frequent illnesses—and his situation was the subject of much conversation.—This disorder shews itself in different ways—sometimes in acute pains—at others in hypochondriac affections—he grew exceedingly fearful of crossing ferries, and frequently was very wild in his imagination; and such were his conceits (as they were called by some) and fearful apprehensions of—he could not tell what—that some of his most intimate friends pronounced him to be approaching to a state of insanity, or total incapacity for business; but in all this time, there was not the least suggestion or surmise that a fondness for drink was the cause, although perhaps no man in New-Hampshire was at the time more conversed about. One instance in particular I will mention, of the business of the court being thrown into confusion on account of his illness. In the fall of the year seventeen hundred and ninety four, it was necessary that he should go the circuit;—as there were but three judges of the Superior Court at that time, and the whole were necessary to constitute a quorum.—The judge was so ill, that he declared it was impossible for him to reach Amherst, which is little short of sixty miles from Portsmouth, his place of residence. With much difficulty and great intreaties, he was prevailed upon to make the attempt, but consented, provided I would ride with him in a chaise, and carry him around about way in order to avoid a ferry, and pass the river Merrimack, upon a bridge newly erected—and (as he said) take care of him. We travelled part of the way the first day, but his distress and sufferings were so great that I am confident he slept none through the
night, as he wholly prevented my sleeping. The next morning he expressed his determination of returning, but with much persuasion I induced him to proceed to Amherst, where the first court was to be held; and the day following he came into court, and sat while a cause was partly tried; but finding he could sit no longer, the court was adjourned, and he went to his lodgings, where he was confined by sickness about a fortnight—he then returned to Portsmouth, and thus ended the fall circuit of 1794. Many unfeeling people at this time, affected to say, that his disorder was feigned or imaginary—in the same manner that some do now, that his distraction is the effect of drink.
In the beginning of the year 1800, I heard it intimated, that judge Pickering was deranged in his mind—that his extravagant actions and conversation could be accounted for upon no other principle. But the first proof I recollect to have received, was in the summer of that year, when he called at my house, before sunrise, one morning, and insisted on seeing me, having business of great importance—when I came to him to know the cause of so early a visit, he informed me he was immediately going to set out for Philadelphia, in a coach and six, to see the President, and should be back in five days. I instantly perceived his situation, and my conversation with him was in conformity. I told him there were many obstacles in the way, such as bad ferries.—He answered, he had got above all those considerations since his voyage to England—I enquired of him when he had been in England; well knowing that a ferry was the utmost extent of his navigation—he said he had been in England, France and Germany, and various other countries across the Atlantic; and then mentioned his having been a captain of horse in the British army—told me the particular uniform he used to wear—that he was first at a particular time by government as ambassador to make peace with the Indians, interlarding his stories with oaths, and the most incoherent language imaginable, that left not a doubt upon my mind of his distraction. I mentioned his affair to gentlemen, and found he had told the same stories before. I saw no more of him for some time, as he was removed into the country by his friends, on account of his insanity, and I thought it was perfectly understood by all persons who knew him, that he was distracted; and many anecdotes respecting him have been related as proofs of his distraction, and one in particular has been deemed an unequivocal proof, that is, his undertaking to dandle Jonathan Steele, Esq. from his office of clerk of the district court, and of appointing R. Curs Shannon, Esquire; as Mr. Steele had given universal satisfaction in the office, and there was no cause for his removal. Mr. Steele, upon the application of Mr. Shannon, refused to give up the records; and the relatives of the judge have so managed the business, that Mr. Steele has continued in the office ever since—I thought that both Mr. Steele and Mr. Shannon were convinced of his distraction, and have several times conversed with them upon the subject.
The judge continued to grow worse, and after the passing of the late judiciary act now repealed—judge Smith was appointed to do the duties of the office, and New-Hampshire was relieved from the embarrassment, until the repeal of the act, since which time several distressing scenes have passed, in pursuance of the duties again devolving upon the unfortunate judge.
Portsmouth, New-Hampshire, February 15, 1804. EDWD. ST. LOE LIVERMORE. State of New-Hampshire, Rockingham, ss. Portsmouth, Feb. 15, 1804.
Then Edward St. Loe Livermore, Esq. made oath, that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed, was just and true, according to the best of his knowledge. Attest—GEO. SULLIVAN, just peace.
Mr. Harper said this was the testimony on which he founded the application, which was to postpone the trial until such time as the court may think fit, in order to take a petition.
The President. It does not seem to me proper to receive any motion from you. The State will attend to what you have said, and take proper order upon it.
Mr. Harper said he was but little solicitous about form; he regarded substance. His only wish was that an opportunity should be allowed, and the necessary facilities afforded to obtain
testimony. This being his object, it was not his wish to occupy the time of the court unnecessarily. The testimony he had just submitted was of itself amply sufficient, upon which to rest, with this honorable court, the prayer of the petitioner, and to ground the application he had intended to make. It was such as carried conviction with it, and required no observations of his to apply or elucidate it. Most of the gentlemen whose affidavits he had read, and their respectability of character must be well known to members of the court, and he humbly presumed that after evidence so direct and conclusive, scarcely a doubt could possibly remain upon the mind of any gentleman as to the insanity of this most unfortunate man, as well at present, as at the time when the offences charged against him in the articles of impeachment were committed. And surely, Mr. President, said Mr. H. it cannot be necessary to produce authorities to prove to this court, that the mildness and humanity of our laws exempt the insane from prosecution and punishment. Surely it cannot be necessary to shew to this court that the man whom God has been pleased to bereave of the greatest of all earthly blessings, his reason, and who without mind is incapable of committing any crime, and not amenable to human laws for his conduct—Surely, Sir, it cannot be necessary to shew to this court, that to constitute any crime a vicious will is necessary, and that a man insane cannot be put upon his trial—cannot in a criminal prosecution be called upon to plead either by himself, or by counsel, guilty or not guilty—being at the time without any rational will, and knowing not the meaning of such a plea; or of shewing that such a person is utterly incapable even of receiving any legal notice to attend upon judicial proceedings. These principles Mr. H. observed, were too well settled, and too well known to every member of this honorable court to render such a proceeding on his part necessary. To their justice, and to their wisdom he would therefore confidently appeal, and beg leave to submit the prayer of the petitioner in behalf of his most unfortunate parent.
The court then adjourned until the next day.
[To be continued.]
Continuation of Foreign Advices, from late English papers.
STATE PAPERS.
Ratisbon, Jan. 30.
The king of Prussia according to a proposal made the day before yesterday by his minister to the diet, with a view to give to that Assembly full power to determine in regard to the contest which has arisen between several princes and the Equestrian order. The idea of this expedient which deviates from the ordinary rules, supposes on the part of his majesty, a desire to establish new principles. As the emperor does not participate in this desire, he persists in observing in this affair a different course, traced out by the constitution, and which tends to support it. This evidently appears by the following important declaration, given in this day to the diet, by the two Comitial Ministers of the court of Vienna:
IMPERIAL DECLARATION TO THE DIET.
"The numerous infringements which, since the occupation of the countries assigned as indemnities have been made by several states of the empire, in the rights and the immediacy of the Equestrian order and its members, have for a long time excited the attention of Germany:
"His Imperial Majesty, as supreme chief of the empire, and agreeably to the obligation under which he lies to maintain the decrees of the diet, as well as order and tranquility, has already endeavored, as is well known, by paternal exhortations, to put a stop to measures contrary to the state of possession, and to the laws which have been pursued in regard to the Equestrian Order and its members, and to re-establish things on their legal footing. These efforts of his Imperial Majesty have not produced that effect which he had a right to expect. The infringements, on the contrary, have become more general and more oppressive, and the consequence in the interior of the Empire has been events which must necessarily endanger the public tranquility and bring an absolute oppression of the Equestrian Order; the existence and rights of which are, however, equal to those of all the states of the Empire, and have been ig-

enred as well as the constitution itself, by the peace of Westphalia, the old and new decrees of the Diet, and particularly by the last decree of the Empire.
"At the request of the General Directory of the Equestrian Order in the Aulic Council of the Empire as a constitutional authority, there was issued, on the 23d of January by this supreme tribunal, Conservatorium , for the protection of the Equestrian Order against all encroachments, which might in future be attempted, and for the re-establishment of that order in the state in which it was before the occupation of the countries assigned as indemnities. The execution of this sentence is referred to the Elector, the Arch-Chancellor; the Electors of Saxony and Baden, and to his Imperial Majesty himself in his quality of Archduke of Austria, with the clause, each individually, and all collectively.
"His Imperial Majesty, in his quality as a state of the Empire, is animated with a sincere desire of contributing according to his strength, to the maintenance of justice in the Empire, as well as of the public safety and tranquility, and of the security of the German constitution, and he enjoins his ministers to make a declaration on this subject to the General Diet."
February 3.
"The comitial deliberations on the affair of the virile votes, which were again interrupted for some time, have been resumed. Several ministers, whose courts had delayed declaring their opinions, have now given their votes. Among these is the electoral minister of Hanover, who proposed the establishment of a deputation authorised to endeavour to bring together the divided opinions, and to submit to the Diet conciliating propositions. But the affair which at present excites most attention is that relating to the Equestrian Order of the Empire which has come to a crisis as to be no longer susceptible of an amicable arrangement. The conservatorium of the Empire, or sentence of the Aulic Council of the Empire, announced to the Diet by the ministers of the court of Vienna, gives to the elector, the arch chancellor, the electors Saxony and Baden, and to the archduke of Austria, a formal commission to re-establish the immediate nobility in their former situation, and even in case of need, by the force of arms; of the execution of this commission, the emperor expects to be informed in the course of two months. What increases the danger of this crisis, is the support which the court of Berlin may give to those of Munich, Cassel, Darmstadt and others, if they should attempt to oppose the sentence of the Aulic tribunal of Vienna. The king of Prussia has caused a formal declaration to be made to the Diet, that he will not admit the decision of the tribunals of the empire. This declaration is contained in a memorial which was delivered to the Diet by the Prussian minister on the twenty-eighth of January.
DECLARATION
Of his Prussian Majesty.
"His Majesty the king of Prussia has observed with attention and interest the events which have taken place for some time past in several parts of the empire and in the heart of Germany, in regard to the possessions of the members of the Equestrian Order. It would have been of great advantage if in the recess of the deputation of the empire it had been possible to establish a regulation, or fixed rule for ensuring the future relations of the Equestrian Order, in a manner so as to reconcile a regard for the rights of all with the new situation of things, the new wants, and the real goods of the empire.
"If the Ecclesiastical states secularized have passed into the hands of new possessors, not only with the rights really exercised, but also with their pretensions; and if these governments, formerly ecclesiastical according to their nature and organization, and according to the interest, merely personal, of their ecclesiastical sovereigns, can have been with indifference the efforts of the Equestrian Order to extend its territorial independence, and its immediacy, the new possessors of sovereign and hereditary lands, may have considered things under a different point of view. They must and ought to have found themselves differently obliged to claim rights, which must be considered as real and ancient integrant parts of their share of the indemnity; right which could not be weakened but by negligence and by encroachments made at a former period. Aroused by such an event, the other possessors of the ancient lay countries, where similar relations, equally hurtful to their rights and to their administration existed, have begun to bring forward their pretensions. Hence it has happened that almost at the same time several of the most distinguished states of the Empire, such as the elector of Bavaria, the prince of Fulda, the elector of Hesse, the Landgrave of Hesse Darmstadt, the duke of Saxe Meiningen, and other princes have all tended to the same object. These princes have formed claims to the villages and the land of the Equestrian Order lying within their territory, or situated on their frontiers,
both because their possessions formerly made an integrant part of their countries, and because they are still in relation with the latter by their geographical position, by the feudal law, by the duties and rights of jurisdiction, and other connections, which, as ancient sources, must still be considered as indications of sovereignty. They have consequently thought themselves authorised to replace under their sovereignty these places and lands, and cause to be announced by patents the possession they have taken of them, and to secure a part of them by sending thither military detachments. Hitherto uniform and certain principles have been established or followed; and not only have contestations arisen among the sovereigns & persons of the equestrian order, who have been exposed to encroachments; but differences have broken out between one sovereign and another, in regard to the limits of their respective territorial jurisdictions. A judicial examination in regard to this object having been insufficient, because the organization of the circles is not yet completed; the question is to know, whether or in what manner the tribunals of the empire ought to interfere in the affair? The whole of the German body participates in the regret excited by this state of things, and by the anarchical crisis which threatens, in so great a number of places, the property and subjects of the empire. If every one is convinced that this crisis cannot be of long duration, but that measures ought speedily to be taken to put an end to it, it is the more indispensably necessary to think of the means of accomplishing this end; the affair has become too important and too general to be discussed by the tribunals of the empire. It cannot be dismantled, that in the state in which the affairs of the empire are at present, the dispositions of these tribunals would never operate but in a partial manner, and would never be any thing but palliative. The collisions in question are, indeed, too complex and too extensive; they lead too immediately to general complaints on the part of the states; they are even too intimately connected with the affair of the indemnities, and they have still too much need of general principles, well determined, and which may accord with the new situation of the empire, for a juridical procedure to be proper and sufficient.
"His Majesty can never see with indifference the advantage taken of this opportunity to spread, by procedure, division in the empire, and by these means to accomplish some political object. His Majesty cannot either permit that his most powerful co-estates should be weakened, by taking away for no end of the vassals and property of the equestrian order.
"His Majesty, guided by constitutional sentiments, is consequently, of opinion, that there can be no means surer and more proper, than to submit to the Diet this object, which is equally important to the safety and tranquility of the particular members of the empire; in order, that in the deliberations which may take place, there shall be established general principles in concert with all the states, and particularly with those interested, that the latter may regulate their conduct accordingly. His Majesty has reason to expect that the states of the empire, who have received from him, in the most important affairs an assistance so effectual, and on the continuation of which they may depend, will acknowledge his good intentions in the complex affair in question, and will regulate themselves according to his counsels. In his patriotic solicitude, and the affliction he experiences in regard to the differences which have already taken place, and which may still occur, his Majesty cannot help expressing an ardent wish, and positively requiring that all the states, and particularly those who are interested in the relations of the Equestrian Order, will concert among themselves and determine, above all, in the most precise manner, by means of a regular deliberation of the Diet, the general principles to be observed in regard to these relations, as is required by the essential rights of those interested by the new situation of the empire, and the need of consolidating more and more its internal force, that those who are injured may regulate their conduct accordingly; and that the states between whom differences have arisen, may terminate them in an amicable manner, according to this basis.
"His Majesty, in judging this measure essential for maintaining internal tranquility, must require also, that in the interval, until the Diet has come to some determination on this subject, the present status quo shall be provisionally maintained, with respect to every thing hitherto done, in regard to the possessions of the Equestrian Order; that in the mean time the military detachments shall be recalled to their garrisons, the measures of execution every where suspended, and that the present state of things shall receive no extent, in order that farther collisions may be prevented.
"His Majesty, for the present, will abstain from any declaration on the principles to be established, and will in no manner anticipate the future delibe-
rations. In the mean time he will persist in the principles which he is authorised to carry into effect, in his principalities of Franconia, against the members of the Equestrian Order, who are domiciliated."
LONDON, March 3.
The Bulletin shown to the royal visitors at St. James's, who were very numerous, was briefly as follows:—
Queen's House, March 3. "His Majesty is going on favorably."
Signed as before.
To this agreeable information we are enabled to add, that reasonable hopes are entertained, that his Majesty will be able to resume the full exercise of his Royal functions in a few days. That is to say, such is the confident reports in the Ministerial circles.
Notwithstanding what was stated in most of the papers of yesterday, there is still some reason to believe that the Toulon squadron had failed, and consequently, that it has been pursued and attacked by Lord Nelson. The dispatches received from his Lordship on Wednesday, were dated so far back as the 20th of January.
Yesterday further accounts were received from the Noble Admiral of some days later date, brought by Mr. Falcon our late Consul at Algiers, who arrived on Tuesday at Falmouth in the Townshend packet from Lisbon. Mr. Falcon left Lord Nelson cruising off Toulon, the French force being then in harbour, consisting of ten sail of the line and several smaller vessels. At Lisbon Mr. Falcon heard a report of their having failed, but of this he did not encourage any belief.
It should appear from Mr. Falcon's return, that the dispute with the Dey of Algiers remains at present unsettled.
Last night a rumour was once more circulated, of an insurrection having broke out in Paris, in consequence of the excessively high price of provisions, and an attempt having been made to assassinate the First Consul. We merely mention this report as it reached us, without attaching to it much credit.
In the beginning of January Genoa, the capital of the Ligurian republic, was closely blockaded by four frigates.
A number of Ligurian troops have been sent to reinforce the garrison of the Isle of Elba.
Fears are entertained at Gibraltar for the safety of several of the vessels that went out with the last convoy, the fleet having been much scattered.
The Board of Admiralty have come to a determination of ordering 20 sail of the line to be immediately laid down in our several yards, and to be built without loss of time, wisely judging that the crafty Corsican is using every exertion to repair his navy, whilst the indispensable necessity of blockading his ports, from Toulon to the Texel, must necessarily cause great wear and tear in our men of war.
The Courier de Londres of last night, states with a degree of confidence that on the 12th ult. Madam Bonaparte went to the Dock of the Invalids, at Paris, where, instead of being received with acclamation, she was assailed by the tumultuous cries of the workmen, demanding bread and the arrears of their wages. The Minister of the Marine, who was present, with some difficulty appeased the tumult, by a promise of the payment of eight francs to each of the workmen that evening. Madam Bonaparte is said to have been very much alarmed, and to have regained her carriage with some difficulty.
Provisions are excessively dear at Paris, owing to the great demand for the troops. The Italians in the army have had much contention with the French soldiery, in consequence of which, the following letter is said to have been addressed to General Junot, commandant of the Corps d'Elite, of the Army of England. "Tell the soldiers that I wish to call upon those of all nations to avenge the common cause of all; and that every auxiliary corps should represent a people interested in our behalf, and offering up prayers for our success. In this grand enterprise, there should be no distinctions of French or Italians; no denominations but those of the enemies of England. Upon my arrival, let all these disputes be settled, that the army may present a grand whole, totally subjected to the will of its chief."
The Vendean departments, and those of the West, in general, are said to be in such a state of discontent, as to threaten a dangerous explosion.
LONDON, March 2.
Dispatches have been received from Lord Nelson. They are said to relate chiefly to a misunderstanding subsisting between his Lordship and the Dey of Algiers, which is said to have arisen in the following circumstance:—It may be remembered that some time since the British Consul (John Falcon, Esq.) and the Dey were not on very friendly terms. The misunderstanding had long subsisted, but the breach was much widened by a charge being lately made against
the Consul that he harboured Moorish women in his House, a usage not allowed by the laws of Mahomet. By French intrigue the women were introduced into the Consul's during his absence, and therein found by the guards who were sent in search. In consequence of this circumstance, Mr. Falcon was ordered away, and otherwise treated with much indignity.
The British Consul immediately wrote home to government, apprizing them of the situation of affairs, in consequence of which they sent instructions to Lord Nelson to apply to the Dey to get Mr. Falcon reinstated. His Lordship, on receipt of the dispatches (being then off Toulon), proceeded immediately with a part of his squadron, to Algiers, and on his arrival sent a polite note, requesting that the Dey would allow him to explain the above business.—The Dey refused. Lord Nelson then said, that if the Dey would not consent to do justice to the British Consul he must be under the necessity of compelling him by force.
The Dey's answer was, that if Lord Nelson fired a single gun, he would consider it as a declaration of hostilities, and immediately open the batteries against his ships. Lord Nelson not having instructions to proceed to extremities, has sent the particulars of the affair to Government, and waits their answer to govern his conduct in this curious affair.
From the London Morning Chronicle, of February 29.
The great length of the two important debates which took place on Monday, made it impossible for us to offer the lightest remark on the extraordinary flight of the British House of Commons.
The object of the motion of Sir R. Rawley, seems to have been to obtain some information, and some information indeed was obtained.—After various explanations, Mr. Addington affected positively, "that at present, there is no necessary suspension of the personal exercise of the Royal Authority." We understand him to have previously said, that in case of extraordinary emergency, there was no obstacle to the exercise of the royal function, and the words quoted were the explanation of the sentiment. We confess ourselves to be utterly unable to comprehend how his Majesty is unequal to the small, and yet capable of the very highest functions; unequal to a measure of routine, and yet equal to the issuing of orders, and the direction of measures on which the salvation of the country may depend.
In truth, the explanations of Mr. Addington, in our humble opinion, impose a most imperious duty on Parliament immediately to require some authentic communication of the state of the King's health; a thing which as was well observed, is perfectly different from the prudence or necessity of proceeding to do any act. But it was with amazement we heard the king's Chancellor of the Exchequer give a meaning to the reports of the physicians, not only not consistent with the words, but in express contradiction to them! It was not merely (what might justly be suspected at such a moment, and in such a man) nimis valida intrepida ratio , but it was an attempt to impose on the House of Commons. Mr. Addington's account of the state of the king's health, in contempt of the report of professional men. If this was not the tendency of all Mr. A's interpretation, we do not understand the import of language, and we think that we faithfully state what passed. Indeed, when he affected to tell what the physicians thought, in opposition to what they had expressed, when he so confidently set aside the opinion of doctors, we expected that he would conclude with the words, et moi aussi je suis medecin!
If Parliament delay a moment formally to demand information from the physicians, it is possible for a minister to dethrone the king if he thinks it necessary, or to reign under his name if he thinks that necessary. In what state are Sir Lucas Pepys, Doctors Heberden, Reynolds and Millman? They have not given reports which can convey information, or can command belief!
What information have the public (as Parliament have none) respecting the king's health? Why, none! The Physicians frame a toolish sentence, sometimes English, sometimes not English, to satisfy the people, just as, with mysterious air and unmeaning phrase, they dispense their oracle responses to the friends of a family! So, in effect, says Dr. Addington of the Physicians. But we think better of the faculty. Isn't credible that four physicians of reputation should for a fortnight have reported the king as worse than he was? Was there any temptation to that? Was it not more natural for them to report him better? would not that have been pleasanter to the court and the people?
But how do things now stand? Mr. Addington has completely destroyed all faith in the reports of the physicians, because he has told us that they have not hitherto described the true state of the
King's health, and of course they are good for nothing. Indeed they had nearly destroyed themselves, for we leave it to the four physicians to reconcile the following reports:
Sunday—"We think that his majesty is going on favourable, though any rapid amendment is not to be expected."
Monday—"His majesty is still better than he was yesterday, and appears, to be gradually advancing towards recovery."
Here we have more than the Sangrado system: the hot and cold sedatives & stimulants , ever to cheer and to depress combined. These physicians are worse than the magicians: they raise both false hopes , and false fears : they irritate, soothe, and leave nothing but perplexity. The effect indeed, is dramatic, but it is playing with our passions.
Irritat mulsi, fallis terroribus implet Ut Magnus.
We most solemnly declare, that on reading the Monday's report, after that of Sunday, our first sentiment was, that his majesty's physicians had been changed. We had likewise another sentiment, which Mr. Addington's exhibition tended to justify, but our view was different from Mr. Addington's.
Every man who heard Mr. Addington on Monday must have thought that he took most unjustifiable liberties with the rest of the physicians; but it belongs to them to satisfy the public that they with reports agreeable to their opinion of the patient. If they authorised Mr. Addington to speak in the name of the faculty, let them say so.
After all, however, what information has any member of parliament, and, acting with prudence, every member of parliament ought to give to the house to which he belongs such information as he possesses, or urge it to seek better. That is clear. But is he to believe Mr. Addington? He may if he can. What then should he do? He ought after such uncertainty has been thrown on the king's state of health, to incite the parliament to call for the depositions of the physicians, or to examine them. After that parliament will act or not act. They cannot rely on the statement of Mr. Addington. They cannot rely on the reports of the physicians. The king has not been kept by his people or by his family for some time. Let this matter be explained; if it is not, we venture to assert, that the public will not be satisfied with any reports either of Mr. Addington or the other physicians. It is for the honor of his majesty's person, but far more it is for the dignity of the throne itself, that this matter should be openly declared, as every thing in the British constitution should be. The parliament should act for the king's honor. If we are not deceived, some examples given in this country in the present reign, by courtiers, have done more to lead to a Republic than superficial observers are aware of; and, perhaps, we may one day lay before our readers an argument to prove that of which we ourselves are thoroughly convinced.
"Et moi aussi je suis peintre, ai-je dit avec Corregge." says Montesquieu of himself, after his hesitation and timidity to undertake the vast work of the Esprit des Loix .
Middlebury, Feb. 9.
The following very important letter was inserted in the City Gazette of today, printed in Dutch and French.
The president and members of the departmental government of Zealand, to general Monnet, exercising the command of Flushing and the island of Walchoren. SIR,
Before we received your letter of the 17th Pluviole, we had already information of the measures which you had taken, by order of your government, to seize upon the English merchandise found in the commercial houses and shops within this city; now we have intelligence that the same has also been done at Flushing and Veere. It is impossible to withhold our surprise at the step against the inhabitants of this country which you find yourself authorised to take. We have no room to furnish that the Batavian government had the smallest intimation of a measure, which is as extraordinary as singular, or that it has been adopted and carried into execution with its previous knowledge, or that it should have co-operated in it. All the lamentable circumstances which strike in succession our country, dear to us, and the inhabitants on this island, whose interests are entrusted to us, affect us in the most sensible manner. However, it may be as to what has passed as long as we are ignorant of the motives and the cause which has led to what has passed, we find ourselves compelled from duty and love for our fellow citizens, to censure every thing which has been done, or that may be undertaken against their property, and possessions, as an act of arbitrary authority, which we solemnly disavow. We beseech you, Sir, by the liberty of Batavia, acknowledged for more than two centuries, and acquired

In battle by our ancestors, at the ex- pence of their valor and their blood, and you will not convert that liberty to a shackle, by perverting farther in the execution of a measure which has been carried to great lengths already, and against which we protest with all our might. If in the mean time against all expectation, you refuse to give ear to this just and well founded protest, we solemnly and energetically implore you, that the goods and property of our fel- low citizens, already seized and placed in security, may not be transported else- where; at least, that the sacred right of property be so long respected, till both the governments shall have treated and determined as to the destiny of so many inhabitants, whose welfare and existence alone depend on the preserva- tion of their property and possessions.
We have the honor to be,
With respect, President and Members Of the Departmental government of Zealand. Middletburg, } Feb. 8, 1804. } J. W. SCHORER, President.
WASHINGTON CITY,
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11.
Our readers will perceive, by an ad- vertisement, in this day's paper, that proposals are offered for erecting a com- modious HOTEL in the vicinity of the Capitol. For this purpose Messrs. Car- roll and Law have, with a generosity that does them honor, presented the con- templated company with a large lot on the best ground, either for elevation or local position, in the city. No measure could be better timed—The disposition among our citizens is universal to afford a better accommodation for strangers than they have heretofore commanded; and we do not entertain a doubt of the suc- cess of this plan. The terms of sub- scription are within the reach of a large number of the citizens; and interest, no less than public spirit will, we are convinced, insure the active co-operation of all descriptions of individuals.
Extract of a letter from Commodore Preble to Mr. Cathcart, dated fourth January, 1804, in the harbor of Syracuse.
"I have just returned from a cruise off Tripoli, where on the 23d Decem- ber I captured a vessel with the Bashiaw's presents to the Grand Signior, accom- panied by several officers of distinction. I trust this capture will give us consi- derable advantages in negotiating a peace."
The following statement, derived from a respectable source, though it may not place on a footing of certainty the election of the republican candidate as governor of New Hampshire, de- monstrates the vast accession of republi- can votes gained in one year, and shews the probability of an early triumph of republicanism in that state.
In 171 towns ascertained:
Langdon. Gilman. In 1803—9,083 11,938 In 1804—11,973 11,633
In the remaining 28 towns not ascer- tained:
In 1803 493 626 Allowing the votes of the towns not ascertained to be the same this year as the last, Mr. Langdon will be elected by a majority of 207 votes, thus— Langdon. 11,973 11,633 Gilman. 11,633 626
Langdon. Gilman. Ascertain—11,973 11,633 To be returned 493 626 12,466 12,259 12,259
Majority 207
Calculating on the same change in the votes of the towns from which re- turns have not been received, as has ta- ken place in the 171 towns heard from, Mr. Langdon will command a majority of about 350.
NEW SERIES OF FEDERAL MISREPRESENTA- TIONS.
The notices of "Federal Misrepre- sentations," originally taken in this paper were some time since suspended, under the hope that after so emphatic a decision of public sentiment as had been indicated throughout the union in favor of republican principles and republican men, their opponents would perceive the policy of abandoning that violence of denunciation and wantonness of reproach which had been so unsuccessfully used. It was sincerely believed that the com- mon interests of our country dictated moderation and decorum; and it was hoped that those who had so unproduc- tively violated these estimable traits would at last become sensible of the po- licy of pursuing a different course. In
this hope, as in some others, which we have entertained, we have been disap- pointed. The same course is still pursu- ed by the opponents of the administra- tion. There is no talent, however so- lid or splendid, not invidiously depre- ciated, and no worth, however pure, not reviled. The national character, in the estimation of the civilized world, is tar- nished by the coarse ribaldry of our public prints. However the virtuous part of society may regret this abuse of a free press, nothing but time will, in our op- inion, cure it. The public sentiment is not, we trust, so deeply and deplorably corrupted, as not ultimately to condemn and punish those disturbers of the peace of society and transgressors of decency, who at present attempt to lead it. With a view to the gradual production of an effect so desirable, and to expose, in the mean time, in some degree, some of the falsehoods which originate in this depraved spirit, we shall occasionally notice the slanders of party violence.
No. I.
From Coleman's Evening Post.
"The man of the people.—A fellow who had been excommunicated by the Methodists, and so got into favor with the President and was made chief baker to the navy, took it into his head to compliment his patron, and for this purpose on Monday, the day before congress rose, formed a procession con- sisting of a suitable number of the sove- reign people, preceded by all the bakers in Washington, dressed in clean white frocks and aprons, and bearing something cov- ered with a white cloth on a bier. This was actually carried into the capi- tol, and laid out in state in the large committee room, I paraded from that where the Senate was sitting by a pas- sage way, and on a level with the Se- nate gallery. Being uncovered, it ap- peared to be a Mammoth Loaf of bread, about 12 feet in length, 2 feet in breadth, and of a suitable height. Ac- companying the Mammoth Loaf was a huge cold roasted firloin, and two quarter casks, one containing wine, and the other the more republican li- quor cyder. The bakers arranged themselves on each side ready to do the honors of the table. The mobility were not, at once, admitted into the room; they therefore soon became very clam- orous for their equal rights, and loud and authoritative knocks were repeated at the door; means, however, were found to looch and restrain them till the Presi- dent should appear and take the first cut. In the mean time the House of Representatives (1) adjourned for two hours that gentlemen might regale them- selves with a light and taste. Some of them were witnesses to what we relate, but who thought it most prudent for them to leave the room soon after the entrance of the great personage. At length about 12 o'clock the President of the United States sauntered in among them, in the unceremonious style of a true republican. After he had exchange- ed a few careless nods with one and an- other, the chief baker advanced and asked him if he would take a luncheon? He put his hand deliberately in his pocket, pulled out a jack knife and ad- vancing to the loaf he cut off a large piece—[In this particular we are con- cerned to state, our informants are not pre- cisely agreed whether the piece of bread was cut by the President or the baker; on the whole we let the circumstance remain as it stood yesterday and proceed] —then turning to the firloin he very handsomely cut off a slice from that, af- ter which he put up his knife, and tak- ing his bread and his meat in his fingers, he eat with apparent hunger, ever and anon dipping his meat in the salt and mustard alternately, the band all the while playing Jefferson's March! By this time as many of the sovereign people had got in as the room could con- tain, consisting principally of the "un- happy fugitives from justice," with a suitable mixture of "our Indian neigh- bors," negro brethren and several ladies of fashion as the the latest and most polite London prints term them as a substitute for the vulgar phrase of ladies of the town. (This circumstance was omitted yesterday through the extreme haste in which the article was drawn up, but we assure the reader it is one in which all our infor- mants, to the amount of half a dozen gentlemen, agree.)—The wine was plen- tifully distributed to such as preferred it, but "our beloved President" it is ad- mitted on all hands, contented himself with cyder, as being more congenial with the spirit of "genuine republica- nism." While this was going on in the committee room above, care had been taken to provide (2) a barrel of whiskey, and another of cyder in the great area below, which was sold out by the gill to those of the less favoured of the crowd who could not get admittance a- bove. By which means a suitable and corresponding degree of enthusiasm was kept up throughout all the citizens as- sembled on this occasion. When mat- ters had been sufficiently prepared, and the sovereign people were quite ripe and mellow, an (3) Irishman advanced and passed up on the door a caricature of Mr. Senator Wright from Maryland, carry-
ing off the capitol on his back, with a label issuing from his mouth, containing the words "I can't move it," alluding to Mr. Wright's motion then pending before the Senate to remove the seat of government to Baltimore: the next step was to (4) burn Mr. Wright and eight other senators, who voted with him, in effigy, and preparations were making ac- cordingly. "the band all the while playing Jefferson's march ," but, alas! like all human schemes for happiness, the duration of this presidential jubilee was but of short continuance.
"(5) The mutual congratulations of each other and of the Man of the Peo- ple , became so enthusiastic and so noisy, that the Senate, in their chamber, found it impossible to proceed in their debates, which had not been a moment suspen- ded on the occasion. Mr. Franklin, there- fore, president pro tem. sent a messen- ger to desire the people assembled to de- part. He soon returned with the infor- mation that they absolutely refused, and threatened the messenger with personal violence. On this several members ex- pressed their opinion that the chair ought to be supported, and at the unanimous desire of all present, Mr. Franklin sent the sergeant at arms, Mr. Matthews, to disperse them, at all events. The fer- cest at arms entered with much impor- tance, and in a loud voice addressed them with "What's here? you noisy, good for nothing rascals, I command you all, in the name of the Senate, to de- part instantly, and remove those tables, and those barrels of liquor." While he was in the act of executing this duty, what was his consternation to encounter the President himself in the crowd, and as busy and jovial as any of them! Awe- struck he instantly retreated. Perceiv- ing him to look extremely pale and agi- tated as he entered the Senate chamber, some gentlemen enquired with anxiety, what was the matter or what he had seen?—All the answer he could make at first was, "he's there, he's there" "Who's there?" "Mr. Jefferson—the President himself is there!" The reader is left to guess at the confusion that en- sued. The report spread among the members and for some minutes bu- siness was nearly interrupted.
The gallery of the senate chamber was soon perceived to be crowded with the merry makers, who becoming a little noisy even there, the senate adjourned. In the afternoon the same audience re- turned, which being perceived, General Jackson rose and made a speech in be- half of privilege ; in the course of which he expressed great warmth at the un- worthy treatment Mr. Wright had met with in the forenoon. Turning direct- ly to the gallery, and stretching forth his arm, he addressed them at some length, concluding with "Columbians! let me conjure you never to be guilty of such conduct in future; if you do, rely upon it we shall never tamely submit to it; we will, if necessary, call the army and the navy to our assistance, and—put you all to death!" This terrible menace was heard in the most profound silence, nor was the general either interrupted or in- sulted. But Mr. Wright entertained such serious apprehensions for his per- sonal safety, that when he went to the senate chamber the next morning, he thought it prudent to go armed, and ac- cordingly entered the room with a pair of large loaded horse-pistols.
"Here ends the story itself—remarks will not be indulged; every reader is left to make his own. All we shall say is, that we have not a doubt that this mob procession was framed, if not origi- nally at the desire, at least with the connivance of the president himself, that thus he might have a fair opportunity before he left Washington to show that he was in reality and practically the Man of the people ."
We should have passed over in silence the above trifling story, but for its im- plication of some circumstances which, if in the least degree founded, would expose those to whom they are ascribed, to deserved censure. The true circum- stances attending the affair are these: Mr. Miller, a respectable baker of Washington, on the day before the rising of Congress had carried into one of the apartments of the capitol a loaf of bread, of probably the above dimensions, having in the paper of the morning in- serted an advertisement requesting the members of Congress to attend and partake of it. On that day, as well as the following, the President was at the capitol, for the purpose of expediting the examination of laws sent to him for his approbation. This, however at va- riance it may be with affected dignity of station, has been his uniform prac- tice ever since he came into the Presi- dency. About one o'clock a considera- ble number of members of the House of Representatives, federal as well as re- publican, entered the room where the loaf was exhibited. This was done with- out any neglect of duty, as the House were for the two last days principally employed in receiving messages from the Senate on bills previously sent from the House, and in attending to matters of form. A short time after the President entered, and did, during the short time he stayed, appear to be in very good spi- rits. During his stay there was not the least disorder, and when he left the room, he was immediately followed by
the members of the legislature. A short time afterwards, the remainder of the loaf was taken from the capitol, accom- panied by a large number of persons col- lected from curiosity.
We shall not attempt to enumerate all the falsehoods in the above extract. We have noted by successive numbers a few of the most mischievous.
1. The House did not adjourn until some time after the exhibition.
2. This is totally false.
3. An Irishman did pass up a cari- cature of Mr. Wright; but he had not the least participation with those who brought the loaf. The act was instantly resented in a becoming manner by the citizens of Washington, and the man committed to jail by a magistrate.
4. This, with every circumstance re- lated, is totally false.
5. After the President and the mem- bers of Congress left the room in which the loaf was exhibited, there was a mo- mentary noise, we understand, which may have disturbed the Senate, and the Sergeant at Arms was directed to put an end to it, which was immediately done. Every syllable stated relative to the presence of Mr. Jefferson, when Mr. Matthews entered the room, is with- out foundation.
We shall not spend more time in re- futing the other falsehoods in the ex- tract. They are literally too contempti- ble for notice.
The whole scene may have been a whimsical one. However this may be, it certainly originated in the best mo- tive, in gratitude, which we only with those who traduce the administration would feel, when they reflect on the un- paralleled prosperity of their country. It was, however, sufficient for them, that the loaf was called Mammoth , that Mr. Jefferson was present, and that the scene passed over with no impressions other than those of pleasure, to tell a tale in which there is more malice than wit. Fallen indeed, must be the oppo- nents of the administration, when they are reduced to the necessity of convert- ing a festive scene, which would not o- therwise have been remembered for a day, into a fruitful topic of detraction.
Governor Claiborne has issued a pro- clamation, offering a reward of two hundred dollars for the apprehension of a Spaniard named Courn, charged with having murdered a French sailor of the name of Cecile, on the night of the 20th of Feb. in the streets of Orleans.
The following is a statement of the quantity of flour, etc. inspected in the port of Philadelphia, during the last year:
534,908 bbls. flour. 6,811 do middlings. 14,341 do rye. 26,205 1-2 do flour. 6,725 hds. corn meal. 16,268 bbls. do. 668 258 Total.
(By Authority.)
AN ACT Further to protect the commerce and seamen of the United States, against the Barbary powers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of defraying the expenses of equipping, officering, man- ning, and employing such of the armed vessels of the United States, as may be deemed requisite by the President of the United States, for protecting the com- merce and seamen thereof, and for carry- ing on warlike operations against the regency of Tripoli, or any other of the Barbary powers, which may commit hostilities against the United States, and for the purpose also of defraying any other expenses incidental to the inter- course with the Barbary powers, or which are authorized by this act: A duty of two and an half per centum ad valorem, in addition to the duties now imposed by law, shall be laid, le- vied and collected upon all goods, wares and merchandise, paying a duty ad valorem, which shall after the thir- tieth day of June next, be imported into the United States from any foreign port or place: And an addition of ten per centum shall be made to the said additional duty in respect to all goods, wares and merchandise imported in ships or vessels not of the United States: and the duties imposed by this act shall be levied and collected in the same manner, and under the same regulations and al- lowances as to drawbacks, mode of secur- ity and time of payment respectively, as are already prescribed by law in re- lation to the duties now in force on the articles on which the said additional du- ty is laid by this act.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That a distinct account shall be kept of the duties imposed by this act, and the proceeds thereof shall constitute a fund, to be denominated "The Medi- terranean Fund," and shall be applied solely to the purposes designated by this
act: And the said additional duty shall cease and be discontinued at the expira- tion of three months after the ratifica- tion by the President of the United States, of a treaty of peace with the regency of Tripoli; unless the Unit- ed States should then be at war with any other of the Barbary powers, in which case the said additional duty shall cease and be discontinued at the expiration of three months after the ratification by the President of the United States of a treaty of peace with such power: Pro- vided however, That the said additional duty shall be collected on all such goods, wares, and merchandise, liable to pay the same, as shall have been imported pre- viously to the day on which the said duty is to cease.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States, if he shall deem it necessary, shall be, and is hereby authorized to cause to be purchased or built, officered, manned and equipped, two vessels of war, to carry not more than sixteen guns each, and likewise to hire or accept on loan in the Mediterranean sea, as many gun boats as he may think proper.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That a sum not exceeding one million of dollars, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriat- ed, shall be, and the same is hereby appropriated (in addition to the sum heretofore appropriated for the same objects) for the purpose of defraying any of the expenses authorized by this act, which may be incurred during the pre- sent year: Or if necessary the President of the United States is hereby authori- zed to borrow the said sum, or such part thereof as he may think proper, at a rate of interest not exceeding six per centum per annum, from the bank of the United States, which is hereby empowered to lend the same, or from any other body or bodies politic or cor- porate, or from any person or persons; and so much of the proceeds of the du- ties laid by this act, as may be necessary, shall be and is hereby pledged for replac- ing in the treasury, the said sum of one million of dollars, or so much there- of as shall have been thus expended, and for paying the principal and interest of the said sum, or so much thereof as may be borrowed, pursuant to the authority given in this section: And an account of the several expenditures made under this act shall be laid before Congress during their next session.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JESSE FRANKLIN, President of the Senate pro tempore.
March 25, 1804. APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON.
HOTEL.
A spacious corner lot next the capitol on Square 687 having been pre- sented by Daniel Carroll of Dudington, and Thomas Law Esquires, for the purposes of building a commodious HOTEL thereon.
A subscription is now opened, on advan- tageous terms, for the names of those who wish to promote this important work, and may be seen in the hands of Daniel C. Brent, George Blagden, James Hoban, Griffith Coombs and Robert Brent, or either of them.
April 11—
Clover Seed.
A quantity of fresh Red Clover Seed for sale at a reasonable price by ANTHONY REINEZEL. George Town, April 11—3t
Free Masons Lodge.
THOSE persons who have subscribed towards the erection of the Mason's Lodge in this city, are requested to pay their subscriptions to Mr. Alexander M'Corquick, or either of the subscribers.
CHARLES JONES, Chairman to committee. NICHOLAS KING, Secy. April 11—tf
In the case of HARLES SHOEMAKER, an insolvent debtor. District of Columbia to wit.
ON the petition of Charles Shoemaker an insolvent debtor confined in the prison of Washington county for debt. Notice is hereby given that on Monday the 16th day of April inst. at 10 o'clock A. M. at the court room in the capital, the oath of an insolvent debtor will be administered to the said Charles Shoemaker, agreeably to the act of congress now in force against insolvent debtors in the district of Columbia, and a trustee appointed, unless sufficient cause be then and there shown to the contrary. It is ordered that this no- tice be published twice in the National Intel- ligencer and Washington Federalist, before that day. By order of the hon. Wm. Cranch Esq. assistant judge of the circuit court of the district of Columbia.
URIAH FORREST, Ck. April 11—2t
TO BE LET
And entered upon immedi- ately, a two story BRICK HOUSE in good repair on Twelfth street near Pennsylvania Avenue. Opposite Morin's tavern—The house is the property of the Washington building Company, and will be rented low apply to THOMAS CARPENTER. Jan 30 3twtf

THOMAS CARPENTER TAYLOR
HAS just received an handsome supply of fall goods, which he is determined to sell and make upon the most reasonable terms, and in the best and most fashionable manner, and greatest expedition.
Pennsylvania Avenue, near the President's Square and Capitol Hill, seventh house from the Capitol.
Oct. 14
A GREAT BARGAIN.
THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS will be taken and payment made easy, to the purchaser, for the following valuable property free from any incumbrance whatever.
A SET of saw mills working two saws—a grist mill with two run of stones and bolting machine, also a cotton and rice machine complete all worked by water, also one f.w. mill about 400 yards from the former and on the same dam, now about finishing that will work from two to fourteen saws under the same roof—this mill is insured for three years after her being completed—they now going in good repair and the whole in a progressive way of improvement, with about Ten thousand acres of land all adjoining and immediately contiguous to the mills, on which are several valuable farms. The timber for mill w.c are inexhaustible and unexceptionable good—they are situated on the waters of Drowning Creek ninety seven miles from George Town South Carolina, to which place the lumber is carried being rafted at the mills without the trouble of hauling, a valuable convenience. The stream is equal if not superior to any in the states of North or South Carolina—the grist mills command a custom at times of 30 or 40 miles around them. The situation at the mills is high, pleasant and very healthy, on which is a good two story house with piazza, a good kitchen, flaxery, carriage and harness houses and other necessary out buildings with a new store house completely finished, it being an excellent stand for a country store. Application to be made to the Subscriber at Millville near Lumberton in North Carolina, or for any information respecting the premises, to Samuel D. Purvis at the city of Washington.
WM. NORMENT.
Millville N. C. Dec. 12.
N. B. Any part of the above property will be sold as may best suit a purchaser.
Dec. 23—tf
PUBLIC SALE.
BY virtue of a decree of the Circuit court of the district of Columbia for the county of Washington in the suit of Thomas Law against James Piercy, jun. James Ray, Samuel Treat, and James Piercy, sen. defendants, in Chancery, will be sold at the premises to the highest bidder at public auction on Saturday the 5th day of May next, the lot of ground mentioned in the complainant's bill, situate in the city of Washington, and known and distinguished in the general plan of the said city by lot numbered one, in square numbered seven hundred and forty-four, it being the south half part of said square and containing sixty-three thousand four hundred and forty square feet of ground, with the Sugar House, and all the other buildings and improvements thereon or thereunto belonging. The Sugar house is large and extensive and is said to be extremely well calculated for sugar refining—the other buildings consist of several wooden houses sufficient with some repairs for those conducting the business to live in. The sale will commence at 11 o'clock A. M. The terms ready money or money to be paid immediately on the courts ratifying the same, the time of which ratification will be notified in the same papers in which the sale is advertised, within one month after the report of the said sale shall be made to the court, which report will not be made until the fourth Monday in July, when the court commence their next sitting for the county of Washington.
DANIEL C. BRENT, Trustee.
March 23—tdof
War Department Feb. 8, 1804.
Notice is hereby given,
THAT separate proposals will be received at the office of the Secretary for the Department of War, until the eighteenth day of May next ensuing, for the supply of all rations which may be required for the use of the United States, from the 1st day of October, 1804, until the 30th day of September, 1805, both days inclusive, at the following places, viz.
First. At Niagara, Detroit, Michilimackinac, Chicago, Fort Wayne, the post on the Miami of the Lakes, and at any place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the state of Ohio and at any place or places within the Indiana territory north of the 41st degree of north latitude.
Second. At South West Point, Tellico, Knoxville, Nashville, and within the Cherokee nation between Tennessee and Georgia, and on the road between said river and Nashville, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the states of Tennessee and Kentucky.
Third. At the garrison near Vincennes, on the river Wabash.
Fourth. At Fort Massac, near the mouth of the Ohio, Kaskaskia, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the Indiana territory, south of the 41st degree of north latitude, (Vincennes excepted.)
Fifth. At St. Louis, New Madrid, and any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited in Louisiana, north of the settlements on the river Arkansas.
Sixth. At Chickasaw Bluffs, Arkansas, Natchez, Fort Adams, Fort Stoddart on the Mobile, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the Mississippi territory, and on the road between Natchez and the Tennessee river, (the post on said river excepted.)
Seventh. At New Orleans, and any place or places on the Mississippi river, below Fort Adams, and at Opelousas, Natchitoches, and at any other place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited in Louisiana, not before mentioned, or provided for.
Separate proposals will also be received as aforesaid, for the supply of all rations, which may be required for the use of the United States, from the first day of January, 1805, until the 31st day of December of the same year, both days inclusive, within the several dates herein after mentioned, viz.
Eight. At Fort Wilkinson, Cockspur Island, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the state of Georgia, and on the Indian boundary between Georgia and the Creek nation.
Ninth. At Charleston, Rocky Mountain, on the head waters of the Santee, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the states of South and North Carolina.
Tenth. At Norfolk, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the state of Virginia.
Eleventh. At Fort M'Henry, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the state of Maryland and the district of Columbia.
Twelfth. At Fort Mifflin, Pittsburg, Carlisle, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware.
Thirteenth. At Fort Jay, West Point, Albany, Schenectady, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the state of New York, Niagara excepted.
Fourteenth. At Fort Trumbull, Fort Wolcott, & at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the state of Connecticut, Rhode Island and Vermont.
Fifteenth. At Fort Independence, (Boston harbour) and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the state of Massachusetts, (the district of Maine excepted.)
Sixteenth. At Portsmouth, Portland, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the state of New Hampshire and the district of Maine.
A ration to consist of one pound and one quarter of beef or three quarters of a pound of pork, eighteen ounces of bread or flour one gill of rum, whisky or brandy, and a the rate of two quarts of salt, four quarts of vinegar, four pounds of soap, and one pound and one half of candles, to every hundred rations. The prices of the several component parts of the ration should be specified; but the United States reserve the right of making such alterations in the price of the component parts of the ration aforesaid as shall make the price of each part thereof bear a just proportion to the proposed price for the whole ration.
The rations are to be furnished in such quantities, that there shall at all times, during the term of the proposed contract, be sufficient for the consumption of the troops at Michilimackinac, Detroit, Niagara and Chicago for six months in advance, and at each of the other posts on the western waters for at least three months in advance, of good and whole some provisions, if the same shall be required. It is also to be permitted to all and every of the Commandants of fortified places or posts to call for at seasons when the same can be transported, or at any time in the case of urgency such supplies of like provisions in advance, as in the discretion of the commandant shall be deemed proper.
It is to be understood that the contractor is to be at the expence and risk of issuing the supplies to the troops, and that all losses sustained by the depredations of an enemy, or by means of the troops of the United States shall be paid by the United States at the price of the articles captured or destroyed as aforesaid, on the deposition of two or more persons of creditable characters, and the certificate of a commissioned officer, stating the circumstances of the loss, and the amount of the articles for which compensation shall be claimed.
The privilege is understood to be reserved to the United States of requiring that none of the supplies which way be furnished under any of the proposed contracts, shall be delivered until the supplies which have been or may be furnished under contracts now in force, have been consumed, and that a supply in advance may be always required at any of the fixed posts on the Sea board or Indian frontiers, nor exceeding three months.
H. DEARBORN, Secretary of War.
22w May 18.
SCHEME
Of the Extra class of the EASTON DELAWARE BRIDGE LOTTERY, Authorised by the states of Pennsylvania & N. Jersey.
 12 prizes of 10,000 dolls.  2 5,000  4 2,500  5 1,000  10 500  25 200  50 100 
And many other good Prizes.
All! All! a going for 2 3-4 Dollars, until the 10th of April when the tickets will be advanced to 3 Dollars.
EDWARD MOTT, Manager.
Who will, on receiving the necessary information of the payment of 20 per cent to his credit in any of the United States branch banks of discount & deposit, with an engagement to pay the residue by four equal instalments in 3, 6, 9 & 12 months from the 1st March next, send the numbers and deposit any quantity of tickets (not less than 50) in the hands of the treasurer, subject to the purchaser's demand on the punctual payment of the residue of the money; which not being observed, the tickets may be resold, & the money paid in advance forfeited; or he will, on the purchase money of any number of tickets (not less than 10) being deposited in any of the branch banks above mentioned, immediately forward them to the direction of the purchaser. For any number of tickets less than ten, the cash to be enclosed to the manager; who will, on its receipt, forward them as directed, and on the conclusion of the drawing find the purchasers an account of their success; and such arrangement shall be made that the holders of fortunate tickets, after they have been properly checked, may receive their prizes at the bank they made their payments at. The numerous advantages of this arrangement must be obvious to every person. The payments are made easy, and the purchasers will not be liable to any advance of price which from the unexamined fates of the tickets, may with confidence be expected to be considerable before the drawing commences
March 19—taw&w
Extract from a Law
Passed at Chillicothe, February 18, 1804. State of Ohio.
Sec. 1. BE it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio That all lands the property of individuals within this state shall be chargeable for the state expences to be levied and collected in such manner and proportion as herein after directed.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That land shall be rated and classed in the manner following, that is to say, first, second and third rates, and the rule to be observed in classing of land shall be as follows, when a greater part of a tract shall be superior in quality to second rate land it shall be denominated first. When a greater part of a tract shall be inferior to first rate and superior to third rate it shall be denominated second rate, and when a greater part of a tract shall be inferior to second rate it shall be denominated third rate land taking into view the situation and surface of the earth as well as the quality of the soil. First rate land shall be taxed at seventy cents, second rate at fifty cents, and third rate at twenty-five cents; and it is hereby made the duty of every resident proprietor owning lands chargeable aforesaid on the fifteenth day of April annually, when thereto required by the listers of the respective townships, to give an accurate list of such land in writing, and such resident proprietor or proprietors, shall list all and every tract of land he, she or they claim within this state, specifying the quality, quantity, range, township, section and county, if known, and whether held either by patent, deed, entry or other evidence of claim.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all persons not residing within this state and holding lands within the same, except lands lying between the Scioto and Little Miami rivers, called the Virginia Military lands shall have the same entered for taxation either by themselves or their agents in the form aforesaid with the clerks of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county within which the same shall be situate on or before the first Monday of June next, and it shall be the duty of each clerk of the Court of Common Pleas to make out two alphabetical lists of all lands so entered with him, one whereof he shall retain in his own possession, together with the original entry, the other shall be by him delivered with a general alphabetical list of all returns to him made by the several township listers within the county, to the commissioners of the county by the second Monday in June annually.
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of each collector or by the third Tuesday of December annually to pay into the treasury of this state the full amount of all taxes contained in his duplicate and not transmitted to the auditor in their schedules, of which payment or such part thereof as may be made, the treasurer shall give his receipt, which receipt the collector shall deliver to the auditor, upon the delivery whereof he shall give his receipt for the same to the collector, which shall be a voucher of the payment so made; and if any collector shall not have paid, or shall not have delivered the treasurer's receipt as aforesaid, the auditor is hereby required within fifteen days to make out an account of the sum due from each delinquent collector, and transmit said account to the clerk of the court of common pleas of the proper county, whose duty it shall be to issue a summons to the collector, commanding him to notify the collector and his securities to appear at the succeeding term of the court, and show cause, if any, why judgment should not be rendered against him at the suit of the auditor; and the court of common pleas are hereby required to enter judgment against such collector and his securities on the return of the said summons, the same having been served by leaving a copy thereof at the usual place of abode of such collector and his securities, for the amount of the account by the auditor transmitted and ten per cent damages on such sum, unless such collector or his securities shall produce the auditor's receipt of the payment of the account aforesaid; then in such case the court shall dismiss the suit against the collector or his securities paying reasonable costs; and in case judgment shall be rendered the clerk shall issue execution thereon in due form of law, directed to the coroner, returnable in thirty days; and the coroner, when he shall have collected the amount of execution or such part thereof as may be, he shall, within twenty days, pay the sum so collected into the treasury of the state, of which payment the treasurer shall give his receipt, which receipt the coroner shall deliver to the auditor and take his receipt, and the payment so made shall be by the auditor carried to the credit of such delinquent collector; and the coroner shall be allowed lawful fees, and twelve cents for each mile's travel to the treasury from the seat of justice in his county, to be levied and collected by him from such delinquent collector or his securities.
Sec. 28. And be it further enacted, That the collector for the Virginia military district shall, from and after the first Monday of August, annually collect and receive all taxes of non residents charged with taxes upon his duplicate, and in case payment be not made by the first Monday of December, said collector shall charge all delinquents with a penalty of twenty-five per cent. on the taxes of all delinquents, and it shall be his duty within ten days thereafter to make out and deliver to the auditor a schedule from his duplicate of all the taxes that shall not have been paid by the time aforesaid, and the auditor on receiving the schedule shall charge the collector with the said penalty on the amount of all the taxes contained in his schedule.
Sec. 29. And be it further enacted, That the collector of each county shall, at least fifteen days before the first Monday of December yearly, keep open an office for the receiving of taxes at the seat of justice in the several counties, either by himself or his deputy, who shall, without fail, attend each and every day from the hours of six in the morning until eight in the evening.
THO: GIBSON, Auditor for the state of Ohio.
April 2—3w
CLOVER SEED.
A quantity so Fresh Clover Seed for
CHARLES WAYMAN.
George Town, April 4—2w
WASHINGTON ASSOCIATION
The office of the Washington Association and United States Insurance company is removed to the corner of square No. 226 fronting on the President's square and Pennsylvania Avenue. THOMAS HERTY, sec'ty P. T. Jan. 18—tf.
TO RENT,
And immediate Possession given, A Two-story Frame House, in the City of Washington, situated on N. F street, square 224—containing 4 rooms beside two garret rooms, piazza and pantry, kitchen, floor room, &c. with a good garden—lately occupied by Mrs. Lee, adjoining to Mr. Xaupie's store—Also that convenient two-story frame on same square, late in possession of Dr. Tabs, opposite to which Robert Peacock, Esq. lately resided—consisting of 6 rooms, and two garret rooms, piazza and balcony to south front, cellar with dry well, kitchen, carriage house, stable, an excellent garden, with every convenience for the reception of a genteel family. For particulars enquire at Mr. Rhode's tavern, Mr. Xaupie's store, or to the subscriber
REDMUND PURCEL.
January 13, 1804—tf
Twenty Dollars reward.
ABSCONDED from the subscriber, residing near Port Tobacco, Maryland, on the 15th inst. a Negro man named ADAM, aged 23 year, about 5 feet 6 or 7 inches in height. He has a large mouth rather thick lips, and a scar near the mouth, speaks loud and hoarse, stoops, and walks awkwardly. He had on a blue kersey jacket and overalls, an old hat, and pair of yarn gloves—the above reward will be paid to any person securing him in goal, if taken out of this county, or ten dollars if taken within it.
ALEXANDER SCOTT.
March 21—tf
Bank of Columbia.
THE Board of Directors having this day declared a dividend for the half year ending the 20th inst. at the rate of 9 per cent. per annum. The same will be paid to the Stockholders or their representatives on or after Tuesday the 20th inst.
WILLIAM WHANN, Cashier.
March 19—ep6w.
(BY AUTHORITY.)
Scheme of a Lottery.
To build an ACADEMY in the city of Richmond.
 1 Prize—last drawn ticket, having a blank to its number, 20,000  1 do. 10,000  1 do. 5,000  5 do. of 1,300 make 5,000  6 do. — 500 — 3,000  10 do. — 200 — 2,000  20 do. — 100 — 2,000  100 do. — 50 — 5,000  250 do. — 30 — 7,500  420 do. — 25 — 10,500  1,500 do. — 20 — 30,000  3,000 do. — 15 — 45,000  1 first drawn ticket after 1,000 having a blank to its number, 250  1 do. after 2,000 do. 250  1 do. do. 3,000 do. 250  1 do. do. 4,000 do. 250  1 do. do. 5,000 do. 500  1 do. do. 6,000 do. 500  1 do. do. 8,000 do. 500  1 do. do. 10,000 do. 500  1 do. do. 12,000 do. 500  1 do. do. 13,000 do. 500  1 do. do. 14,000 do. 1,000  5,325 prizes, 150,000  9,675 blanks, not two to a prize,  15,000 tickets at 10 dollars each, 150,000  N. B. Prizes subject to a deduction of 15 per cent. 
This lottery has been authorised by the legislature of Virginia, for the laudable purposes of erecting a seminary of learning in or near the metropolis of this state. With this view, it is contemplated to raise 20,000 dolls. and 2,500 dolls. in addition, for defraying the expences attendant on drawing the lottery. Citizens of the first respectability have been selected as trustees, and they have pledged themselves to use their utmost exertions to carry it into effect. The scheme has the advantage of giving to each adventurer, a chance for some very large prizes, whilst the proportion of prizes to blanks, is so great as to invite the friends of the intended institution to partake in the lottery, with very little risque of their becoming losers. The treasurer of the state is to be appointed to receive the money for the tickets as they are sold, and to pay the amount of the prizes to the fortunate adventurers. It is believed that the above considerations will induce a rapid sale of tickets, and the drawing will commence as soon as a sufficient number shall be sold to authorise it—which it is believed will be on the second Monday in December next.
Richmond, March 2—tf
Tickets to be had of Robert Pollard Esq. John Brockenbrough, jun. Wm. Price, (Reg.) Samuel Pleasants, jun. and William Prichard.
NOTICE.
ALL who are indebted to the estate of John Crookshank deceased are requested to make immediate payment to, CHARLES GLOVER, Admr. George Town, Nov. 25—tf
CHARLES VARDEN,
TAYLOR,
FROM PHILADELPHIA.
HAS received from Philadelphia an elegant assortment of the best quality Superfine Cloths, Cassimeres, Silk floratine, Black and fancy silk mouselin velvet, white & figure Marcellas, Swandowns, Toilinettes, Velvet teens, Fancy cords, Coating, &c. 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, the second House from the Capitol Square. November 8, 1803.
District of Columbia,
Be it remembered that on this 31st day of March in the twenty-eighth year of the Independence of the United States of America, John Francis Renault of the said District hath deposited in this office the "Title of a Print or Picture, the right whereof he claims as Author in the words following, to wit: "A Historical and Allegorical Picture, entitled "The Siege of York or the British surrendering their arms to General Washington after their defeat at York Town in Virginia in the month of October 1781," in conformity to the act of the congress of the United States, entitled, "An act for the encouragement of Learning by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned."
URIAS FORRETT, Clerk of the circuit court of the district of Columbia for the county of Washington.
April 6—tm
PUBLIC SALE.
By virtue of a decree of the circuit court of the district of Columbia for the county of Washington, in the suit of the United States against Samuel Jackson, William Shannon, Philip Fitzhugh, Joshua B. Bond and Frederick Shaffer, defendants, in chancery; will be sold at the premises to the highest bidder at public auction on Friday the 4th May next; all that piece or parcel of land situate in the second addition of George Town, made by Thomas Beall of George, being part of a tract of land called the Rock of Dumbar-ton and bounded as is described and set forth in the said decree and containing four acres and one eighth part of an acre of land with all and singular the buildings, improvements and appurtenances thereon or thereunto belonging or appertaining. The improvements are on a high, dry, and handsome situation, and consist of a large two story brick house with a passage through the center, four rooms on a floor and good cellars. The front rooms are about 17 by 18 feet—the back rooms are semicircular and are about 22 by 17 feet—the passage 9 feet wide and 38 feet long—two brick offices two stories high 17 feet 6 inches square and are connected with the House by covered ways. The said premises are the same property possessed by the said Samuel Jackson and by him expensively improved. The sale will commence at 12 o'clock. The terms ready money or money to be paid immediately on the courts ratifying the same, the time of which ratification will be notified in the same papers in which the sale is advertised, within one month after the report of the said sale shall be made to the court, which report will not be made until the fourth Monday in July, when the court commence their next sitting for the county of Washington.
DANIEL C. BRENT, Trustee.
March 23—tdof
ADVERTISEMENT.
BEING informed that several gentlemen in the country are willing to have their children taught music, if they were provided with good instruments. I take the present opportunity to acquaint them that I wish to dispose of two very good Piano's with pedals, also some good Violins. As I intend principally to accommodate my scholars, I offer the abovenamed Piano's as low as they can be possibly bought in Philadelphia or Baltimore of the same quality.
FR. A. WAGLER, Opposite the Roman Chapel, G. Town. March 28—w3t
PROPOSALS,
By THOMAS HERTY, Of the City of Washington, Conveyancer, for publishing by SUBSCRIPTION The Second Volume of his DIGEST OF THE Laws of Maryland.
IT will contain all the public acts of assembly passed since the publication of the first volume to the present time, which have not been repealed—that is, the acts of the sessions of 1798, 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802 and 1803. It will be printed of the same size, in the same order of arrangement and have reference to such parts of the first volume as are repealed, expired or which may otherwise undergo alterations, with a neat Index: subjoined to which, will be given by way of Appendix, a variety of precedents adopted to the law, for the use of justices of the peace, &c. &c.
CONDITIONS.
 1. It will be put to press as soon as a sufficient number of subscribers is procured to defray the expence of the work, and finished immediately thereafter as soon as a strict attention to neatness and accuracy will admit.  2. Price to subscribers 2 Dollars stitched, to be paid for on delivery; to non-subscribers the price will be enhanced.  3. Those procuring 9 subscribers, and accountable for the money, will be entitled to an additional copy. 
Subscriptions received by the Editor at his office near the Treasury Department, by the Booksellers in Maryland, and by those in whose hands subscription papers are left.
Printers of Newspapers in Maryland giving the above due publicity will be entitled to a copy.
N. B. He has in forwardness and will issue proposals as soon as ready for
A System of Conveyancing calculated for each state in the union; to the precedents of each species, will be prefixed observations on their nature and use, the law on the subject of alienation by deed of each particular state, shall be exhibited, and how such deed shall be authenticated when executed as well by non-res