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From the Aurora.
POLITICAL VIEWS.
No. III.
BEFORE the revolution of 1789, France employed nearly three thousand sail of vessels of all sizes, in the Mediterranean; for Spain, from the constant hostility which subsisted between her and the Barbary powers, was under the necessity of using the bottoms and the flag of France in that sea. Since the conquest of Lombardy and Tuscany, France has secured, by treaty, the monopoly of the coral fishery on the coast of Algiers, which was formerly in the hands of merchants of the kingdom of Sicily, of the island of Corsica, Genoa, &c. Marseilles, giving employment to all 500 vessels, of from 15 to 20 tons, with ten men each. France will not suffer this lucrative trade, and nursery for 5,000 seamen, to diminish; and her factories at El-Gallo and El-Badian, on the eastern coast of Algiers, in the province of Constantia, open at once resources of great magnitude to her commerce, give strength and interest to her influence at the courts of Barbary, and afford new aids to the coral and coasting trade.
The monopoly which the city of Marseilles enjoyed under the Bourbons, was not as advantageous to that city, as an open trade to the whole nation would have been, and the whole nation suffered by this mistaken favor and contract system. The African company at Marseilles, like all monopolists, became as odious as their system was vexatious & intolerant, they were detected at home, and lost the confidence of the natives of the African shores. The Barbary powers, during the reign of Louis XIV. had contracted many treaties with France, highly advantageous to France, but they were only attended to; but the same laxity & imbecility which ruled France, and which ultimately produced the revolution, had suffered more treaties to be broken through, and by the activity of her great English rival, in the year 1799, there was not a single French merchant in the dominion of Algiers. A recent expedition of Jerome Bonaparte, to that coast—the counteraction of Mr. Cartwright, the English Consul, still more recent, and his flight from that country, plainly point out the objects pursued by France, and the unity of her stupendous policy. In a subsequent number of these papers, we shall go into the detail and particulars of the commerce of the Levant.
The next power in the order before given, was Genoa; now an integral part of the federal empire of France. Genoa, before her union with France, had pursued a system of policy in relation to the Barbary powers, well worthy of their ancient reputation, and honorable to the native land of Columbus. She always preferred fighting the Barbary pirates to the payment of tribute. Her seamen, therefore, were the best and bravest that sailed in that sea—the state never redeemed those who surrendered, and her merchantmen, always prepared for death rather than slavery, were a terror to the corsairs. They have not had, for the 25 years preceding their incorporation with France, more than three large ships of war, two galleys, and two corvettes; yet, with this small force, they protected their coasts with effect, and carried on an active commerce with a degree of security and success, honorable and worthy of imitation, by commercial nations. The acquisition of such a people on the Mediterranean shores must be of the first consequence to the federal empire: and a recent release of a great number of Genoese, who had been captured, and remained unredemed, at the solicitation of Jerome Bonaparte, is another evidence, that the system of French policy is directed by men of no mean intellect or shallow views.
The third power, whose number of ships was stated, was G. Britain. One half of the number stated, are chiefly confined to Gibraltar and Malta; a great proportion of those that trade with Gibraltar, are navigated by Italians, who expect, under the British flag, protection against corsairs, and who, during war, possess many indulgences in smuggling commerce, not authorized by English laws, but which policy blinks at in consideration of their supplying the British garrisons, and aiding in cutting up the French and Spanish commerce; these men after acquiring property adequate to their wishes, return to the Italian shores from whence they came, to Genoa, to Tuscany, to Elba, to Scrutia and Corsica.
A decree of Bonaparte published in July, 1805, against enemy's corsairs, manned in Italy, has paralysed that branch of illicit commerce, and thrown those hardy seamen on shore in their several countries, or transferred them to the naval ports of the federal empire; & it is not at all improbable that the same policy which dictated the decree, and that adopted Genoa may, upon the ascendency of Bonaparte being unequivocally established, convert those very seamen into enemies of English commerce.
Malta, to which another portion of the British commerce was directed, has been in a commercial decline for fifty years; and after all her former celebrity, her military monks, like the eunuchs of those infidel countries to which they had, in the name of God, sworn a holy hatred, had lost all their vigor & their reputation. During the twenty years which our American friend, to whom we are indebted for these facts, resided there, there had not been a single Barbary corsair captured by the Maltese knights. Malta, excepting a small quantity of cotton, produces nothing worthy of commerce. It is therefore an entrepot, where the commerce of other places may be deposited for future transportation, and possesses no consequence but from its military position. As things look at present, the British commerce to the Mediterranean has reached its height. The Barbary system has been hitherto sustained and nourished by G. Britain, as a check and a scourge upon the commerce of nations which are not "intimately connected" with her. That system will now be either destroyed, or employed by France, as it was formerly employed by her rival, the Sarent of universal mischief . The commerce of Italy, and of the Mediterranean generally, will obtain a renewed life, and a more vigorous body; and the consequences will affect the Baltic and the Atlantic—while to the U. S. if the pacific and strictly neutral policy of our government is pursued, the consequences must prove of the first importance. But our greatest danger will be from the influence of English politics in our country, & the assumption of our flag by English factors, who disregard our nation, and who, to answer the purposes of England, would readily commit our peace. But these dangers will diminish with the progress of those events, which time must now speedily unfold.
Spain, before the humiliating peace made with the Barbary powers, & her disasters under Acton , (late Neapolitan minister) and Count O'Reilly, in 1785, had net, in the Mediterranean, more than 250 vessels, and these principally belonging to Majorca & Ivice; Barcelona and Malaga furnished a few. The sacrifice of national honor, however, procured a considerable advantage to Spain; near 100,000 Italians removed to her seaports on the Mediterranean. The Catalonians, and Majorcans are the most active of the Spanish seamen; and it has been more than once hinted that Catalonia was to be incorporated with the federal empire; an event by no means inconsistent with the prevailing policy of France.
Naples has recently undergone a total revolution. The island of Sicily which contains a population of about a million of both sexes, cannot long remain unsubjected. Its commercial prosperity was at its greatest height about 30 years ago. Since that period, particularly since the war of the second coalition, its general commerce has been virtually annihilated, as its ordinary imports and exports were almost limited to the mere subsistence of human life. Her navy, between her enemies and her friends, ceased to exist, and the numerous corsairs of Tunis, without professing or courting alliance, preyed upon the vessels, and ravaged the coasts and carried thousands of the unhappy Sicilians into captivity. Under their own flag, the Sicilian seamen have never fought with valor or success. Under other flags, they have been found gallant, intrepid, and intelligent—such is the evident effect, and the most salutary commentary on depraved and debased government. Her new destiny may restore her to commerce and prosperity; under the former dynasty, Naples and Sicily were doomed to wretchedness & progressive deterioration. If the same genius that pervades France, should equally favor Naples and Sicily, their position, climate, productions, promise to exalt them to an unexampled state of commercial prosperity. The occupation of Naples is surely a powerful evidence of the intelligence and unity of design, which governs the policy of France.
Next to the Neapolitan and Sicilians we noticed the Greeks, subject to the Grand Signior. These possess the largest, best rigged, and best fitted ships that navigate the Mediterranean. Since the commencement of the French revolution they have doubled in number. Three out of four of their vessels they build themselves, the rest are purchased at Naples, Genoa, Venice, &c. The activeness, intelligence, intrepidity and enterprize of the Greeks are proverbial; their skill in commercial transactions is not surpassed even by the Chinese. In 1804, 900 sail of Greek vessels were loaded in the Archipelago and Euxine, with grain for Spain and Portugal; and as they took but very little of a return cargo, it is supposed that from Spain alone they carried in that year 4 millions and a half of dollars, and it is a fact ascertained, that in the course of 3 months they carried from the port of Malaga alone, in exchange for grain, to the amount of a million of dollars.
Noting more strongly characterises the activity and perseverance of the Greeks than the constancy with which they resist and overcome all the op-
pressive exactions and vexations to which they are subjected under the Turkish rule—The Porte is jealous of them, and with great justice, for they are miserably and cruelly oppressed. Heavy duties and fees exacted by the officers of the Turkish government, have no doubt retarded and deterred many from commerce—but the progress which they have made, is the best proof that even subjugated as they are, they are a great people, and form the materials ready prepared for a great nation. The oppression which they have been exposed to, has thrown many under the protection of Russia, and given life and commerce to the Crimea. It is difficult to foresee what course the Greeks will take, because it will be difficult for France to maintain amicable relations with Turkey, and encourage the emancipation of the Greeks; while it will be equally difficult not to afford protection to the Greeks, who would, if not countenanced by France, naturally strengthen their connexion, and adhere more ardently to Russia. The course to be pursued perhaps by France, is that of colonization; and the Porte would be readily brought to cede the Morea to France, in return for the guarantee of Romania, Bulgaria and Bessarabia, against the designs of Russia, or perhaps in consideration of shutting up the Bosphorus against the Russian flag.
The reader of these papers will keep constantly in mind, that they are but the illustration of certain reasonings and anticipations formed at different times in the Aurora , on the interesting theatre of European politics; and that we pursue the commercial and political relations of the several people, as they bear upon and illustrate each other.
FROM A LONDON PAPER.
FEDERATIVE SYSTEM.
Comparison of the federative system of France with the policy of the Roman Republic.
ITALY was long considered the school of the arts and of politics. The French of the present day removed the finest monuments and productions of the former, from that fair peninsula to their brilliant capital; and since Talleyrand's administration, a plan of the most subtle policy seems to have found its way, with those monuments, to the palace of the Tuileries. Many expressions of that cabinet are now recalled to mind, which to many perhaps, appear totally unmeaning, but whose eventual significance was but too soon manifested. What however distinguishes the French school from the more ancient one is, that its plans are more speedily matured; and is not this perfectly natural, as the impulsive energies employed are so infinitely superior?
In the letter in which the Emperor of the French informed the Senate, that he had adopted prince Eugene viceroy of Italy, in that remarkable document, dated the 13th of January, Napoleon used for the first time the expressive term Federative States . "We intend," said he, "by other dispositions, to devote the relations which shall exist between all the federative states of the French empire. As the different parts, though independent of each other, have one common interest, so likewise they shall have one common bond of union. Scarcely three months had elapsed when the promised development appeared, and this federative system upholds itself by marriages and political treaties, to an extent that excites astonishment.
The expressive term Federative State first received a signification from the speech with which Napoleon opened the sitting of the legislative body on the 2d of March. "The whole peninsula of Italy, said he, forms a part of the great empire: I have, as its chief, guaranteed the sovereigns and the constitutions, by which the different portions of it are governed." The new federative system continued to extend itself over Europe. The idea may perhaps long have engaged the mind of him, whose influence over the destiny of states is so powerful and irresistible. Its appearance before the world, its realization, can only be dated from the last disastrous coalition, and particularly from the eventful battle of Austerlitz.
Modern times can scarcely transfer to the great book of history, events and circumstances, for which a parallel may not be found on some preceding page. Thus, in an earlier epoch of the human race, we discover the same federative system which now forms a principal object of French policy, of an extent and a perfection that are worthy of admiration. It was at Rome, where the ambition of universal dominion invented this system—The subtle rulers of that conquering state were convinced of the difficulty of retaining all the distant and motley parts of which this perpetually increasing colossus was composed, and this conviction created allies. These allies of the Roman people were nations who, either voluntarily, to preserve their otherwise precarious political existence, or van-
quished, after a fruitless contest, entered into alliance, by which Rome promised them her protection, as the price of her independence. They were obliged to furnish numerous auxiliaries, who never formed separate armies, but were only permitted to act in conjunction with the Roman legions. The political exertions were consequently crippled by this alliance; from Rome emanated the commands which decided the destination and employment of their energies.
The various nations which inhabited the Italian peninsula, the Latins, the Etrurians, the Pecen and the Campanians, were the principal allies of the Roman state. In the sequel, this federative system expanded itself, and for many centuries kept advancing by degrees. It extended to Greece, to Spain, to Gaul, and reached from Europe even to Asia and Africa. Not only small Republics, but likewise many Kings, some of whom were powerful monarchs, belonged to this confederacy.
As Napoleon at the present day strengthens through gratitude the bonds which unite Bavaria, Wirttemberg and Baden to France, by increasing the power and enlarging the dominions of those princes, so Rome likewise rewarded the zeal of her allies. The territory of the African king, Massinissa, was considerably extended; and that of king Eumenes in Asia Minor, was increased, by the provinces united with it, to a powerful monarchy. Exactly in the same manner as Napoleon accommodates the differences between Bavaria, Wirttemberg, and Baden, relative to their respective limits, the Roman state adjusted a similar dispute of king Eumenes.
This parallel is rendered still more striking, by the language employed in the assembly of the French legislature, after the official exposition of the exterior situation of France:—"From the peace concluded by Napoleon, (said a member of the legislature, in the meeting of the 5th of March,) Europe goes forth under a new form. A balance of power can no more subsist among states, than among the individuals who compose them; for equal pretensions produce jealousy; this leads to war, and war entails misery on nations. Every thing, therefore, indicates the necessity of a preponderating power which surrounded by states less powerful, can afford them protection and succor, can be the umpire of their quarrels, and the chastiser of their guilt—This power, Frenchmen, you have become; Europe is under your direction; your laws shall resound from its tribunals; and like the glorious luminary of day, ye are called to operate, from the center of the political power, and to direct the others in their appointed course."
Of these directed powers, which are immediately, or mediately under the command of France, a demi-official paper, the Journal de Paris , conducted by the counsellor of State Rœderer, lately gave a remarkable calculation. France, it is here laid, in an article dated from Leipzig contains, in the 110 departments, of which that empire is composed, 30,480,000 souls. The total population of the countries united in one common interest with France, amounts to nearly the same number. Among the federative states, that Journal mentions the kingdom of Italy with 6,300,000, and the kingdom of Naples, since conferred on Prince Joseph, with 7,350,000 inhabitants. The population of the allied states is estimated at 16,450,000, viz. Spain contains, according to this statement, 10,000,000; Bavaria, 3,200,000; Wirttemberg and Baden together, 1,600,000; and Holland, 1,650,000 inhabitants. The sum total presents a mass of 66,500,000 persons, who are all under the direction of Napoleon.
If we pause at this number, and compare it with the total population of our quarter of the globe, we shall find that about two-fifths of the 170,000,000 of inhabitants in Europe, are under the general direction mentioned by the Journal de Paris . But we are obliged to go still farther; for by the Westphalian State, recently created for Prince Murat, by the new possessions on the Adriatic Sea, in the vicinity of Greece, by the late acquisitions in the south of Italy, and by many other alterations which since that time have been either effected or prepared, the balance of the European states, which was declaimed against in the assembly of the French legislature, has been still more deranged, and the power of France has gained a still greater preponderance.
The federative system, on which it is principally founded, continued in Rome for many centuries. It fell, at length, through the cupidity of the great, who were desirous of converting the allied states into provinces, to make their exertions the more productive, and through the discontent of the allied nations in Italy, which broke out into a terrible and sanguinary war, in which
the existence of the Roman state was long endangered. The policy of Napoleon has taken precautions against the possibility of such an accident. Relations, and multifarious ramifications, have cordially united the sovereigns of the allied states, with the reigning family in France. Should even time weaken these bonds, no prophetic spirit is required to assert, that they will not be dissolved in the age of Napoleon.
FROM AN ENGLISH PRINT.
To the independent electors of Honiton.
GENTLEMEN,
Perceiving that Mr. Cavendish Bradshaw has, since by your voice he was constituted one of the guardians of the public purse, taken care to obtain a place, by the means of which he drew into his own pocket some thousands a year out of that purse, and this, too, at a time when the load of indispensable taxes, pressing his honest and industrious constituents to the earth; perceiving this, and being fully persuaded, that whenever the electors of any place re-choose a representative under similar circumstances, the cause is not so much in their own disposition as in the apathy and lukewarmness of those independent men who have the ability to rescue them from such hands; with this truth being deeply impressed, I did, upon hearing of the approaching vacancy, use my efforts to prevail upon other men of this description to afford you an opportunity of evincing your good sense and uprightness, and having failed in those efforts, I have thought it my duty to afford you this opportunity; it being manifestly true, that, unless men of independence and of public spirit will offer themselves as candidates, to rail at electors for choosing and rechoosing the dependent and the mercenary is in the highest degree, unreasonable and unjust.
As to professions, gentlemen, so many and so loud, upon such occasions, have they been; so numerous are the instances in which the fulness and shamelessness of the apothecary have borne an exact proportion to the purity and totality of the vow; so completely, and with such fatal effect, have the grounds of confidence been destroyed, that it is now become necessary, upon all occasions like the present, to give a pledge, such as every man can clearly understand, and such as it is impossible to violate without exposing the violator to detection and to all the consequences of detected hypocrisy and falsehood; and, such a pledge I now give in declaring, that, whether you elect me or not, I never, as long as I live, either for myself, or for, or through the means of, any one of my family, will receive, under any name, whether of salary, pension or other, either directly or indirectly, one single farthing of the public money; but, without emolument, compensation or reward of any kind, or in any shape, will to the utmost of my ability, watch over and defend the property, the liberties and the privileges of the people, never therefrom separating, as I never yet have, the just and constitutional rights and prerogatives of the crown.
This declaration, gentlemen, is not made without due reflection as to the future as well as to the present, as to public men in general as well as to myself. It proceeds, first, from an opinion that the representatives of the people ought never to be exposed to the temptation of betraying their trust; secondly, from long observation, that those who live upon the public are the most miserable of men; and thirdly, from that experience in the various walks of life, which has convinced me of the wisdom of Hager, who prayed for neither riches or poverty; not riches, lest she should forget God; nor poverty, lest she should be tempted to steal; and to receive the public money unjustly, is not only stealing, but stealing of the worst and basest sort, including a breach of the most sacred trust accompanied with the cowardly consciousness of impunity. From reflections like these, gentlemen, it is, that the declaration now made has proceeded, and, when I depart, in word or in deed, from this declaration, may I become the scorn of my country; where in to be remembered with esteem I prize beyond all the riches and all the honors of this world.
But, gentlemen, as it is my firm determination never to receive a farthing of the public money, so it is my determination equally firm, never, in any way whatever, to give one farthing of my own money to any man, in order to induce him to vote, or to cause others to vote for me; and being convinced, that it is this practice of giving, or promising to give, money or money's worth, as elections; being convinced that it is this disgraceful, this unlawful, this profligate, this impious practice, to which are ascribed all our calamities, and all the dangers which now stare us in the face, I cannot refrain from exhorting you to be against all such attempts at such practices, constantly and watchfully upon your guard. The candidates who have resorted to such means have always

been found amongst the most wicked of men; men, who having by a life of idleness, or of gambling, or of prodigality of some other sort, ruined both their character and their fortunes, have staked their last thousand upon an election, with the hope of thereby obtaining security from a jail, and of selling their vote for the means of future subsistence, drawn from the sweat of the people at a hundred fold; and thus expecting to pocket the profit of the corrupt speculation, sneering at their bribed and perjured constituents, as Satan is said to have sneered at the reprobate with whom he had bargained for his soul.
Far from you, gentlemen, be credulity so foolish! Far from you disgrace so deep, infamy so indelible! Far from you so flagrant a violation of the law, so daring a defiance of the justice, and the power, and the wrath of God! But, were it otherwise, and did I find in Hinton but as many righteous men as were found in Sodom and Gomorrah, I would tender them my hand to lead them from the nest. Very different, however, are my hopes; these hopes forbid me to believe it possible that there should be, collected upon one spot, four hundred Englishmen, having the eyes of all England upon them, who will not, by their votes, freely and cordially give, sanction the great principle upon which I now stand; and in these hopes, I will, if I have life, do myself the honor to meet you on the day of the election.
I am, with great respect, gentlemen, Your most humble and most obedient servant, WM. CORBETT. Botley, Southampton, 1st of June, 1806.
By AUTHORITY. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS a treaty between the United States and the Cherokee nation of Indians was held and concluded at Tellico, the twenty-seventh day of October, in the year one thousand eight hundred and five, and was duly ratified and confirmed by the President of the United States on the tenth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and six; by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, which treaty is in the words following, to wit;
ARTICLES of a treaty between the United States of America, by their commissioners, Return J. Meigs and Daniel Smith, who are appointed to hold conferences with the Cherokees for the purpose of arranging certain interesting matters with the said Indians, of the one part, and the undersigned chiefs and head men of the Cherokees, of the other part.
ART. I. Whereas it has been represented by the one party to the other, that the section of land on which the garrison of South West Point stands, and which extends to Kingston, is likely to be a desirable place for the assembly of the state of Tennessee to convene at (a committee from that body now in session having viewed the situation) now the Cherokees being possessed of a spirit of conciliation, and seeing that this tract is desired for public purposes, and not for individual advantages, reserving the feries to themselves, quit claim and cede to the United States the said section of land, understanding at the same time that the buildings erected by the public are to belong to the public, as well as the occupation of the same, during the pleasure of the government; we also cede to the United States the first island in Tennessee, above the mouth of Clinch.
ART. II. And whereas the mail of the United States is ordered to be carried from Knoxville to New Orleans, through the Cherokee, Creek and Choctaw countries; the Cherokees agree that the citizens of the United States shall have, so far as it goes through their country, the free and unmolested use of a road leading from Tellico to Tombigbee, to be laid out by viewers appointed on both sides, who shall direct in the nearest and best way; and the time of doing the business the Cherokees shall be notified of.
ART. III. In consideration of the above cession and relinquishment, the United States agree to pay to the said Cherokee Indians sixteen hundred dollars in money, or useful merchandise at their option, within ninety days after the ratification of this treaty.
ART. IV. This treaty shall be obligatory between the contracting parties as soon as it is ratified by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate of the United States.
In testimony whereof, the said commissioners, and the undersigned chiefs and head men of the Cherokees have hereto set their hands and seals.
Done at Tellico, this twenty-seventh day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and five.
RETURN J. MEIGS, (L.S.) DANL. SMITH, (L.S.) Black Fox, or Bunum, his mark, (L.S.) The Glass, or Tan, que, ti, hee, his mark, (L.S.) Kut-tah-kee, his mark, (L.S.) Toochalaty, his mark, (L.S.) Turtle at Horns, or Sulmoos, kie, watai, his mark, (L.S.) Dick Justice, his mark, (L.S.) John Greenwood, or Makosettas, his mark, (L.S.) Chauvelah, or Gentleman Tom, his mark, (L.S.) Brown, or Can, hat, we, so, she, (L.S.)
his mark, (L.S.) Bald Hunter, or Too, wa, yeel, lan, his mark, (L.S.) John Melamere, or Tu, quel, loo-ka, his mark, (L.S.) Closemie, or Creeping, his mark, (L.S.) Double Head, or Chu, que, cutto-gue, his mark, (L.S.) Chickasaw-tikee, Chickasaw-titue Viller, his mark, (L.S.) WITNESSES. (Signed) ROBERT PURDY, Secretary to the Commissioners. WILLIAM YATES, NICHOLAS BYERS, United States Factor. WM. LOVELL, Assistant Agent. B. MC GHEE, SAMUEL LOVE, JAMES BLAIR, HOPKINS LACY, CHS. HICKS, Interpreter.
NOW THEREFORE, to the end that the said treaty may be observed and performed with good faith on the part of the U.S. I have caused the premises to be made public, and I do hereby adjourn and require all persons bearing office, civil or military, within the U.S. and all others, citizens or inhabitants thereof, or being within the same, faithfully to observe and fulfil the said treaty and every clause and article thereof.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have caused the seal of the U.S. to be affixed to these presents, and signed the same with my hand.
DONE at the City of Washington, the tenth day of June, in the year of our Lord 1806, and of the independence of the said States the thirtieth.
TH. JEFFERSON. By the President, JAMES MADISON, Secretary of State.
JUST RECEIVED FROM BLAKE'S MUSICAL REPOSITORY, PHILADELPHIA AND FOR SALE AT WM. DUANE'S BOOK STORE, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
A VERY handsome assortment of Music which will be sold at Philadelphia prices. Any quantity can be supplied. Also just received a few copies of the Defiance, a late play of F. RAYNOLDS, Indian play, Brecht Giffen, Sp. Ques. Plans of the City of Washington, Parrington's life and trial, Wm D. has on board of Elwood, a large assortment of books, &c. which will be disposed of on reasonable terms. July 30-3tsp.
PROOF is requested to be transmitted to this Department that Richard Smith, Peter Jennings, Christopher Dockman, George Johnson, Charles Hancock, William Barrett, and Edward Duncan, now retained in the British service, are citizens of the United States, accompanied with a description of their persons respectively, in order that application may be made for their release. Department of State, July 23, 1806.
The Printers of the Laws of the United States in the sea ports are requested to republish the above three times. July 25-3t
TEM DOLLARS REWARD.
Ranaway from Pettworth, the farm of John Teyloe, esq near Washington city on Thursday the 19th ult. a negro boy by the name of BILL about 19 years of age, of a yellow cast, of middling stature and well made; his clothing an old fur hat, and old brown broadcloth coat and coarse brown linen shirt and trowsers, his countenance naturally good, but will show guilt immediately on being questioned—whosoever will take up said boy and deliver him to C. Bailey at the place he went from or to the subscriber at Neabico Run near Dumfries Virginia shall receive the above reward beside what the law allows. THOMAS T. PAGE, agent for John Teyloe, esq. at Neabico. July 9-4t&wt
Valuable Property For Sale.
THE Subscriber offers for sale a number of valuable heights convenient to the city of Washington about 2 1/2 miles from the President's House and near the same distance from the Capitol, and command a handsome view of the City, river Potomac, and Alexandria. Lot No. 1. contains 60 acres, No. 2. contains 42 acres. No. 3. contains 102 acres. No. 4. contains 19 acres; Likewise a lot lying between John Teyloe, and Dr. Worthington, containing from 80 to 100 acres. These lots will be sold together or apart as may suit purchasers. Terms may be Lneown by applying to James White or Rev. John Prekeouridge here the property. Jan 24 wtt.
District of Columbia, Washington county. Orphans court, 5th July, 1806.
ON the application of Christiana Berra for letters of administration on the personal estate of Wm. Sykes late of the Navy of the United States, deceased, claiming the same as a creditor. Ordered that five days notice of her said application by advertisement in the National intelligencer inserted once a week for four weeks. True copy JOHN LEWETT, Reg. July 18-v.42
WASHINGTON CITY.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 1.
DURING the last winter the subject of education was brought before Congress under various aspects. An Institution having been founded at the City of Washington, under the local authorities of that place, emanating from the national legislature, a memorial was received from its Trustees soliciting the same aids which have been ordinarily given in the other territories, principally consisting in a certain portion of the public lands. The application was sanctioned by a favorable report of the committee to whom it was referred, who reported a bill endowing the Institution with a certain number of lots, from the gradual sale of which it was contemplated ultimately to provide a liberal fund for a respectable college. The general opinion of the members of Congress was favorable to this measure, although, owing to the great importance of national business, before that body, it was not conclusively acted upon. There is the strongest reason to hope that the measure will be adopted at the next session, and the metropolis be thereby enabled to rear within her bosom an Institution for the education of the rising generation, immediately useful to herself & eventually beneficial to the whole union. Already have the citizens of Washington manifested a laudable degree of liberality in the sums they have subscribed, and in the voluntary imposition of an annual tax of fifteen hundred dollars a year for the education of poor children. Under these auspices, an academy, consisting of two schools, was organised at the commencement of the present year; and it is with lively satisfaction we are enabled to inform the public that, considering their infancy, and the unsearchable obstacles attending the organisation of all institutions, they have already attained to great respectability. They are respectively placed under the direction of Mr. White, and the Rev. Mr. Elliot, whose various attainments, practical knowledge, and personal respectability give them well founded claims on the public confidence. In these schools, the English and Latin languages, Geography, Arithmetic, and writing are taught to about one hundred and thirty pupils, a portion of whom are instructed gratis. The too well founded complaint, which has heretofore been made, of a want of good schools, is now happily removed, and the citizens of Washington have before them the prospect of realising their most sanguine hopes in the establishment, at no distant day, of an institution of the first order, in which every branch of useful and ornamental knowledge may be taught.
There was likewise presented at the last session, a memorial from Mr. Blodget respecting a National University, the plan of which is doubtless known to our readers. The memorial was committed, but no report made on it.
Another view was presented of this interesting subject by our distinguished countryman JOEL BARLOW, in a tract, published at Washington, entitled "Prospectus of a National Institution to be established in the United States." A perusal of this performance will show the importance attached by its author to a liberal system, under the auspices of the nation for diffusing the blessings of knowledge; and, altho' it may fail to produce a conviction of the eligibility of the means recommended for the attainment of this object, it will probably insure an universal concurrence with respect to the importance of the object itself. Although we coincide with Mr. Barlow in his general ideas, and most sincerely wish the outlines of his plan could be adopted, we are among those who are inclined to think that the great end in view can only be attained by forming, in the first instance, a more humble plan, susceptible of future extension. But whatever variance of opinion may arise on this subject with regard to the means to be pursued, Mr. Barlow has the merit of having laid before the public a mass of valuable information and many useful hints derived from other countries, and particularly France, where he has resided for many years. He has likewise the merit of adding his exertions to awaken the national attention to a subject, incomparably more important than any which can engage it. A republican government, the existence of equal rights, the enjoyment of general happiness, all require a wide diffusion of knowledge among the citizens. Liberty, (the history of the whole civilised world proves it) cannot long exist without a general illumination of the people. Under this conviction of the importance of the subject, we ask no apology for republishing the following extracts from Mr. Barlow's tract.
"THE project for erecting a university at the seat of the federal government is brought forward at a happy moment, and on liberal principles. We may therefore reasonably hope for an extensive endowment from the munificence of individuals, as well as from the government itself. This expectation will naturally lead us to enlarge our ideas on that subject, and to give a greater scope to its practical operation than has usually been contemplated in institutions of a similar nature. "Two distinct objects, which, in other countries have been kept asunder, may and ought to be united; they are both of great national importance; and by being embraced in the same institution they will aid each other in their
acquisition. These are the advancement of knowledge by associations of scientific men, and the dissemination of its rudiments by the instruction of youth. The first has been the business of learned corporations, such as the Royal Society of London, and the National Institute of France; the second is pursued by collections of instructors, under the name of universities, colleges, academies, &c.
"The leading principle of uniting these two branches of improvement in one institution, to be extended upon a scale that will render it truly national, requires some development. We find ourselves in possession of a country so vast as to lead the mind to anticipate a scene of social intercourse and interest unexampled in the experience of mankind. This territory presents and will present such a variety of productions natural and artificial, such a diversity of connections abroad, and of manners, habits and propensities at home, as will create a strong tendency to diverge and separate the views of those who shall inhabit the different regions within our limits.
"It is most essential to the happiness of the people and to the preservation of their republican principles, that this tendency to a separation should be overbalanced by superior motives to a harmony of sentiment; that they may habitually feel that community of interest on which their federal system is founded. This desirable object is to be attained, not only by the operations of the government in its several departments, but by those of literature, sciences and arts. The liberal sciences are in their nature republican; they delight in reciprocal communications; they cherish fraternal feelings, and lead to a freedom of intercourse, combined with the restraints of society, which contribute together to our improvement.
"To explore the natural productions of our country, give an enlightened direction to the labors of industry, explain the advantages of interior tranquility, of moderation and justice in the pursuit of self interest, and to promote, as far as circumstances will admit, an assimilation of civil regulations, political principles and modes of education, must engage the solicitude of every patriotic citizen; as he must perceive in them the necessary means of securing good morals and every republican virtue; a wholesome jealousy of right and a clear understanding of duty; without which no people can be expected to enjoy the one or perform the other for any number of years.
"The time is fast approaching when the United States, if no foreign disputes should induce an extraordinary expenditure of money, will be out of debt. From that time forward, the greater part of their public revenue may, and probably will be applied to public improvements of various kinds; such as facilitating the intercourse through all parts of their dominion by roads, bridges and canals; such as making more exact surveys, and forming maps and charts of the interior country, and of the coasts, bays and harbours, perfecting the system of lights, buoys, and other nautical aids; such as encouraging new branches of industry, so far as may be advantageous to the public, either by offering premiums for discoveries, or by purchasing from their proprietors such inventions as shall appear to be of immediate and general utility, and rendering them free to the citizens at large; such as exploring the remaining part of the wilderness of our continent, both within and without our jurisdiction, and extending to their savage inhabitants, as far as may be practicable, a taste for civilization, and the means of knowing the comforts that men are capable of yielding to each other in the peaceable pursuits of industry, as they are understood in our stage of society.
"To prepare the way for the government to act on these great objects with intelligence, economy and effect, and to aid its operations when it shall be ready to apply its funds to that purpose, will occupy in part the attention of that branch of the Institution composed of men of scientific research; whose labors, it is expected, will be in a great measure gratuitous. It cannot be too early, even at this moment, to direct the researches of science to occupations of this nature. By these means, at the end of the eleven years, the epoch at which the government may expect to be free of debt, the way can be prepared to begin the system, and proceed with regularity in the various details of public improvement; a business, which, if the rulers of all nations did but know it, ought to be considered among the first of their duties, one of the principal objects of their appointment.
"The science of political economy is still in its infancy; as indeed is the whole science of government, if we regard it as founded on principles analogous to the nature of man, and designed to promote his happiness. As we believe our government to be founded on these principles, we cannot but perceive an immense field of improvement opening before us; a field in which all the physical as well as the moral sciences should lend their aid and unite their operation, to place human society on such a footing in this great section of the habitable world, as to secure it against further convulsions from violence and war. Mankind have a right to expect this example from us; we alone are in a situation to hold it up before them, to command their esteem, and perhaps their imitation. Should we, by a narrowness of views, neglect the opportunity of realizing so many benefits, we ought to reflect that it never can occur to us again; nor can we assure that it will return to any age or nation. We should grievously disappoint the expectations of all good men in other countries, we should ourselves regret our error while we
live; and if posterity did not load us with the reproaches we should merit, it would be because our country will have kept them ignorant of the possibility of obtaining the blessings, of which it had deprived them.
"It would be superfluous, in this Prospectus, to point out the objects merely scientific, that will naturally engage the attention of this branch of the Institution. We are sensible that many of the sciences, physical as well as moral, are very little advanced; some of them, in which we seem to have made considerable progress, are yet so uncertain as to leave it doubtful whether even their first principles do not remain to be discovered; and in all of them there is a great deficiency as to the mode of familiarizing the results, and applying them to the useful arts of life, the true object of all labor and research.
"What a range is open in this country for mineralogy and botany! How many new arts are to arise, and how far the old ones are to be advanced, by the pursuit of these two sciences, it is impossible even to imagine. Chemistry is making a rapid and us ful progress, though we still dispute about its elements. Our knowledge of anatomy has laid a necessary and sure foundation for surgery and medicine; surgery indeed is making great proficiency; but, after three thousand years of recorded experience, how little do we know of medicine! Mechanics and hydraulics are progressing fast, and wonderful are the facilities and comforts we draw from them; but while it continues to be necessary to make use of animal force to move heavy bodies in any direction by land or water, we have a right to anticipate new discoveries. Could the genius of a Bacon place itself on the high ground of all the sciences in their present state of advancement, and marshal them before him in so great a country as this, and under a government like ours, he would point out their objects, foretell their successes, and move them on their march, in a manner that should animate their votaries and greatly accelerate their progress.
"The mathematics, considered as a science, may probably be susceptible of higher powers than it has yet attained; considered as the handmaid of all the sciences and all the arts, it doubtless remains to be simplified. Some new processes, & perhaps new modes of expressing quantities and numbers, may yet be discovered, to assist the mind in climbing the difficult steps that lead to an elevation so much above our crude conceptions; an elevation that subjects the material universe, with all its abstractions of space and time, to our inspection; and opens, from their combinations, so many useful and satisfying truths.
"Researches in literature, to which may be united those in morals, government and laws, are so vague in their nature, and have been so little methodised, as scarcely to have obtained the name of sciences. No man has denied the importance of these pursuits; though the English nation, from whom we have borrowed so many useful things, has not thought proper to give them that consistency and standing among the objects of laudable ambition, to which they are entitled. Men the most eminent in these studies have not been members of their learned associations. Locke, Berkeley, Pope, Hume, Robertson, Gibbon, Adam Smith and Blackstone, were never admitted into the Royal Society. This is doubtless owing to the nature of their government; though the government itself exerts no influence in these elections. The science of morals connects itself so intimately with the principles of political institutions, that whereas it is deemed expedient to keep the latter out of sight, it is not strange that the former should meet no encouragement.
"This policy is strikingly exemplified in the history of the French Institute. That learned and respectable body was incorporated by the National Convention in the year 1795, and took place of all the old academies, which had been previously abolished. It was composed of three classes, according to the objects to be pursued by its members. The first was the class for the physical sciences, the second was the class for the moral and political sciences, the third was for the fine arts. Thus it went on and made great progress in its several branches, till the year 1803, when Bonaparte's government assumed that character which rendered the pursuit of moral and political science inconvenient to him. He then new modelled the Institute, and abolished that class. But lest his real object should be perceived, and he be accused of narrowing the compass of research, he created two new classes in the room of this; one for ancient literature, and one for the French language. On the same occasion an order was issued to all the colleges and great schools in France, suppressing the professorships of moral and political philosophy.
"But in our country, and at this early epoch in the course of republican experiment, no subjects of research can be more important than those embraced by these branches of science. Our representative system is new in practice, though some theories of that sort have been framed by speculative writers; and partial trials have been made in the British dominions. But our federal system, combined with democratical representation, is a magnificent stranger upon earth; a new world of experiment, bursting with inculcable omens on the view of mankind. It was the result of circumstances which no man could foresee, and no writer pretended to contemplate. It presented itself to us from the necessity of the situation we were in; dreaded at first as an evil by many good men in our own country, as well as by our friends in Europe; and it is at this day far from being understood, or pre-

perly appreciated by the generality of those who admire it. Our practice upon it, as far as we have gone, and the vastness of our continent that prevent themselves to its embrace, must convince the world that it is the greatest improvement in the mechanism of government that has ever been discovered, the most consoling to the friends of liberty, humanity and peace."
COMMUNICATION.
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Miscellaneous articles from London
DEATH OF LORD NELSON.
Mr. West has finished his picture of the memorable event of the death of Lord Nelson; and he opens his beautiful gallery in Newman-street for ten days, that the amateurs may see this most elaborate work before it is consigned into the hands of Mr. Heath, the engraver. It is a wonderful work, and will pay the fame of the master to a very high point. It was truly remarked by an artist of distinguished merit, that it was only necessary to look over the series of prints which have been taken from the pictures of Mr. West to form an estimate of the value of the original. While almost all his contemporaries have degenerated into the insipidity of portraits, he has maintained his enthusiastic love of the higher department of the art, and has seized on every great occasion to illustrate upon canvas, the triumph and achievements of the country. Upon no former occasion had he so grand a subject, and upon no former occasion has he more highly distinguished himself. The picture is truly epic, for it combines a perfect history of the battle, with such a burst of passion as to arouse every generous emotion of the soul. He has chosen the point of time when the hero, after hearing from Capt. Hardy that the battle is won, is raising his last petition to the author of his being permitted to die in the arms of his friend. His attitude is nearly the same, though reversed, as that of Gen. Wolfe, but the expression of all the groups which form the centre is superior to every former effort of the master. He has departed so far from the reality as to make his last scene on the quarter-deck, instead of the cockpit, because he could, not otherwise have combined the other great features of the action which he has introduced as episodes to the principal event — the death of captain Adair, of Mr. Scott, and of several gallant youths who fell beside their commander. All these are more forcibly introduced without confusing or encumbering the chief point, and the background shows the sublime character of the battle. It is a work which truly redounds to the praise of the English school, and we have no doubt that Mr. Heath will feel all his enthusiasm, as well as skill, aroused in doing justice to the work in his engraving.
The noblest male Ostrich from Africa ever seen in this kingdom, upwards of 11 feet high, is now the great attraction of the curios to the Royal Menagerie, Exeter Change, Strand, where it first arrived, and will remain but a short time for the gratification of the lovers of natural history. The highly valued collection is still at the same place, consisting of Elephants, Lion, Horses, Nylghav, and hundreds of other animals of every species. A number of curiosities from Botany Bay to be disposed of.
Lord Erskine, a few days ago, upon a case of lunacy, in the Court of Chancery, said, that he considered the various trusts with which he was invested in a manner as nothing, when compared with the sacred duty of protecting those who were visited with so severe a calamity as that of mania. He said it was as much a disease as any other with which it pleased God to afflict mankind, and that he was sure it was always exacerbated in its symptoms, & frequently rendered incurable by unkind and rigorous treatment. That he never would permit lunatics to be shut up from the common use of air and their own limbs, when they were capable of enjoying protected enlargement, without danger to others or to themselves; and that, in the management of the estates of lunatics, he would not allow remainder, nor to consider them as encumbrances, or to think that the property was to accumulate for their benefit; but that he would always examine, with the most anxious attention, how much comfort and satisfaction the lunatic was capable of receiving from the enjoyment of that which was his own.
It is impossible for the pen to describe the emotion of the sensibility, which this declaration from the Bench, produced in every auditor in the court, and we are sure it will be felt with equal interest and sympathy by every one of our readers.
THREATENED INVASION.
The Editor of the Courier in speaking of Bonaparte's invasion of England, concludes his remarks, with —
"Let him come then, this Corsican emperor, if he dare. An island gave him birth; it may be the fate of another island to provide him a burying place. Let him come with his battalions of Lodi, of Marengo, of Austerlitz, &c. inscribed upon his colours. We will meet him on the beach with the recollections of our fame at Cressy and Agincourt — with the remembrance of our achievements on the 1st June, at Camperdown, of S. Vincent, at Aboukir and at Trafalgar — of our defeat of his best troops, led on by himself, at Acre, and of our victory over his Invincibles in Egypt."
We will meet him with a deep sense of the blessings we enjoy under the mild government of the British Constitution, and with a full knowledge of the miseries in which every country has been involved that has been visited by the arms of France. We will meet him too, in the manner of some of the ancient Republics when they went out to battle, chanting that Ode which has been left us by one of the best of our poets, as well as one of the best of our countrymen: —
What constitutes a state? Not high rais'd battlements or labour'd mound, Thick wall or moated gate; Not cities proud with spires and turrets crown'd; Not bays and broad arm'd ports, Where laughing at the storm, rich navies ride; Not starv'd and spangled courts, Where low brow'd baseness waits per- fume to pride; No; MAN, high-minded MAN With pow'rs as far above dull brutes en- durd, In forest, brake or den, As beasts excel, cold rocks and brambles rude; Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and knowing, dare maintain, Prevent the long aim'd blow; And crush the tyrant.
New-York, July 28.
The Circuit court met on Saturday morning, at ten o'clock, pursuant to adjournment. In an hour afterwards the examination of witnesses closed on the part of the prosecution; and Mr. Golden, Mr. Hoffman, and Mr. Emmett, severally addressed the court on behalf of Mr. Ogden, and were replied to by Mr. Edwards. The jury, having retired for a short time, returned a verdict Not Guilty.
Captain Hamlen, whose arrival from Curacoa we noticed on Saturday informs us, that the trials of the persons captured in Miranda's two Schooners had taken place at Curacoa; 8 of these unfortunate people had died in prison; the whole of the officers 15 in number, were sentenced to be hanged; the remainder have been released. He adds that all the ports on the Spanish Main were opened to neutrals on the 8th of July.
WILLIAMS'S SURVEY OF N. YORK HARBOR.
A survey of the harbor, bay and narrows of New York, has been made, pursuant to an order of General Dearborn, the Secretary of the War Department, by colonel Jonathan Williams, of the corps of engineers, and a chart of the survey has been correctly drawn by captain Alexander Macomb. — From this it appears, that the distance from the shore of Signal-Hill, on the east side of Staten-Island, to the western termination of Long-Island, near Deny-le's, freight across the narrows, is 2000 yards; and the greatest depth of water at this passage 16 fathoms. It also appears, that the distance, from the ferry at Powles-Hook to Governor's Island is 3270 yards; and the greatest depth of water, 14 fathoms. The passage between governor's Island and Long Island formerly called Butter-milk channel and within the memory of man, both narrow and shallow, is now eight fathoms deep. The distance from Whitehall slip to the wharf on Governor's Island, is 300 yards.
Philadelphia, July 28.
Captain Selby, of the brig Union, in 22 days from La Guaira, informs, that he was embargoed 11 days in that port, after being ready for sea, and that upon making a civil application to the commandant of marines for permission to proceed upon his voyage, being the only American in port, he received the most extravagant abuse, and implicated with all the Americans as villains, and necessary to Miranda's expedition, and finally threatened to be put in irons. The embargo being raised, orders were given that he should not as an American be suffered to go to sea till 24 hours after all other neutrals. A few days previous to his sailing, the fchr. Matilda, Captain Murdock, after lying off and on the port, proceeded for Curacoa, not being able upon any condition to procure admittance. Same day he failed, spoke fchr. Jane, 30 days from Baltimore, for this port. Understood that the prisoners taken from Miranda, had been tried in Port Cavello, but could not learn either the particulars thereof, or the decisions of the Judges, but report says that they conducted themselves with a true spirit of independence, seldom known in that country — and that one of their principal officers had died in prison.
Literature — England, in the course of the year 1805, produced 600 new literary works, France 1150, and Germany not less than 4654! although in the Leipzic catalogue for the Michaelmas fair 1000 works less were announced than in 1804; among which there are only 63 novels and 61 almanacks. The most numerous class of books were those on medicine and education.
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Leave Ballston springs every Wednesday at 6 a m arrive at Hadley by 8 p m & return to Ballston springs on Thursday by noon; leave Ballston springs every Tuesday and Saturday at 5 a m & arrive at Schenectady by 11 a m. IN NEW JERSEY. 47. From Belvidere to Stroudsburg, in Pa. once in two weeks. Leave Belvidere every other Saturday at 6 a m and arrive at Stroudsburg by 11 a m. Leave Stroudsburg every other Saturday at 1 p m & arrive at Belvidere by 7 p m. IN PENNSYLVANIA. 48. From Berlin by Salisbury to Cumberland, once a week. Leave Berlin every Friday at 6 a m & arrive at Cumberland by 6 p m. Leave Cumberland every Saturday at 6 a m & arrive at Berlin by 6 p m. 49. From Greensburg to Kittanning, once a week. Leave Greensburg every Monday at 6 a m and arrive at Kittanning by 6 p m. Leave Kittanning every Tuesday at 6 a m and arrive at Greensburg by 6 p m. 50. From Tunkhannock by Wilingsboro' & Sidney to Chenango point, N. Y. once in two weeks. Leave Tunkhannock every other Monday at 6 a m & Chenango point on Tuesday by 11 a m. Leave Chenango point every other Tuesday at 1 p m & arrive at Tunkhannock on Wednesday by 6 p m. 51. From Greensburg by Mount Pleasant, R. borough, Williamport, Washington & Alexandria to Wheeling, in Va. once in two weeks. Leave Greensburg every other Monday at 6 a m & arrive at Wheeling on Wednesday by 6 p m. Leave Wheeling every other Thursday at 6 a m & arrive at Greensburg on Saturday by 6 p m. 52. From Gettysburg by Miller's town, Nicholson's gap and Waynesburg to Gettysville once a week. Leave Gettysburg every Monday at 5 a m and arrive at Gettysville by 11 a m. Leave Gettysville every Monday at 1 p m & arrive at Gettysburg by 7 p m. 53. From Northumberland by Milton, Muncy, Williamsport, Delmar, Tion, & Lundy town to Painted Post, once a week. Leave Northumberland every Saturday at 5 a m and arrive at Painted Post the next Tuesday by 10 a m. Leave Painted Post every Tuesday at 2 p m & arrive at Northumberland the next Friday by 6 p m. 54. From Carlisle by Mannahan, Warrenton, Berrien, Abbott's town, Hanover & Reibe's town, to Baltimore Md. once a week. Leave Carlisle every Monday at 5 a m and arrive at Baltimore on Tuesday by 6 p m. Leave Baltimore every Friday at 6 a m and arrive at Carlisle on Saturday at 6 p m. IN OHIO. 55. From Austintown by Jefferson & Piquant to Erie, in Penn. once in two weeks. Leave Austintown every other Sunday at 4 a m & arrive at Erie on Monday by 10 a m. Leave Erie every other Monday at 2 p m & arrive at Austintown on Tuesday by 8 p m. 56. From Franklin to Worthington once in two weeks. Leave Franklin every other Wednesday at 6 a m and arrive at Worthington by noon. Leave Worthington every other Wednesday at 1 p m & arrive at Franklin by 6 p m. 57. From Cincinnati by North Bend, to Laurenceburg, I. T. once a week. Leave Cincinnati every Monday at 6 a m & arrive at Laurenceburg by 9 p m. Leave Laurenceburg every Tuesday at 6 a m & arrive at Cincinnati by 6 p m. IN DELAWARE. 58. From Christiana by Newark to Strasburg, Pa. once a week. Leave Christiana every Tuesday at 6 a m & arrive at Strasburg by 7 p m. Leave Strasburg every Wednesday at 5 a m and arrive at Christiana by 7 p m. 59. From Georgetown by Concord to Laurel, once a week. Leave Georgetown every Monday at 6 a m & arrive at Laurel by 6 p m. Leave Laurel every Tuesday at 6 a m & arrive at Georgetown by 6 p m. IN VIRGINIA. 60. From Lynchburg by Bethell, Pedlar mills and Wincanton, to Lexington, once a week. Leave Lynchburg every Saturday at 6 a m and arrive at Lexington by 6 p m. Leave Lexington every Sunday at 6 a m & arrive at Lynchburg by 6 p m. 61. From Waterford by Snickers gap, R. Braden's store, J. Jany's store, Upper ville and Israel Jany's mills to Waterford, once a week. Leave Waterford every Wednesday at 6 a m and arrive at Upper ville by 6 p m. Leave Upper ville every Thursday at 6 a m & arrive at Waterford by 6 p m. 62. From Wythe's ch by Tazewell ch Ruffett's ch and Lee's ch to Robinson's mills, once in two weeks. Leave Wythe's ch every other Thursday at 6 a m & arrive at Robinson's mills on Sunday by 6 p m. Leave Robinson's mills every other Monday at 6 a m & arrive at Wythe's ch on Thursday by 6 p m.

50 DOLLARS REWARD.
STOLEN out of the subscriber's pasture in Loudoun county in the night of the 26th June, a bright BAY MARE with a bald face, the left hind foot white, the right hip a little lower than the other, a mark like a seam down the hoof of the right hind foot, and it is different in shape from the other; about 15 hands and 1 1/2 high, three years old last spring, a natural trotter, had on when she was taken three shoes. Whoever will apprehend the thief and secure the mare so that the owner may get her again and the felon brought to conviction, shall have the above reward or for the mare only twenty-five dollars and all reasonable charges. WILLIAM NICHOLS. Loudoun county, Vir. July 11-3m
A NEW STORE OF FRESH AND GENUINE DRUGS, CHEMICALS, &c. FOR CASH.
W. BLANCHARD, Chemist and Druggist respectfully informs the public, that he has just opened his store, situated on Fifth and High street continued, being one of Mr. Thomas Corcoran's new houses, & has laid in a large stock of Drugs and Medicines from the first houses in London, and was himself present at the putting up of the most delicate and valuable articles, which he selected from several houses with whom he has had former dealings & personal acquaintance for 10 years past, therefore can better depend on the present as well as the future quality of his drugs. Besides he makes many of the chemical compounds himself and purchased for ready money, therefore is enabled to sell at such prices as cannot fail to meet the approbation of all buyers, whether wholesale or retail. N. B. Physicians prescriptions faithfully compounded with the utmost care and diligence. Genuine approved patent and quick medicines bought of their real proprietors. The best and latest horse medicines. Pharmacy, surgeons instruments, and all articles that form a complete Drug Store, too numerous for insertion. Noticed, peppermint, cinnamon, and other cordials by the bottle and gallon—also, Stonehenge's aromatic bitters in the like quantities. George Town, July 9-1m
Treasury Department of the United States, June 21, 1806.
WHEREAS the commissioners of the Sinking fund at a meeting held on the 28th day of April, 1806, did resolve, that the sum remaining to complete the expenditure of the annual appropriation of eight millions of dollars, should among other purposes be applied to the reimbursement of the navy six per cent. stock, created in pursuance of an act of Congress, passed on the 30th day of June, 1798 and to the reimbursement of the five and half per cent. stock, created in pursuance of an act of Congress, passed on the 3rd day of March, 1795.
It is therefore to give notice, that the principal of the said navy six per cent. stock, with the interest due thereon, will on the expiration of the certificates, be paid on the 1st day of October next ensuing the date hereof, to the respective stockholders or their lawful representatives or attorneys duly constituted and authorized, either at the Treasury, or at the Loan office, as the case may be, where credits have been given for the amount of stock respectively held by them; and that the principal of the five and half per cent. stock, with the interest due thereon, will in like manner, and at the same places, be paid on the 1st day of January, 1807, to the respective stockholders, or their lawful representatives or attorneys duly constituted and authorized.
It is further made known, for the information of the parties concerned, that no transfer of the navy six per cent. stock, either from or to the books of the treasury, or from or to the books of a Commissioner of Loans, will be allowed after the 1st day of September ensuing, nor of the five and half per cent. stock, after the 1st day of December ensuing. And the interest on all certificates of said stock, which shall not have been surrendered, in pursuance of this notification, will cease and determine, on the day preceding the day hereby fixed for the reimbursement thereof. ALBERT GALLATIN, Secretary of the Treasury. June 23-1f.
STELLE'S HOTEL & CITY TAVERN.
THE Subscriber takes this method of thanking his friends and the public for their favors whilst on the Capitol Square and begs leave to acquaint them that he has taken the Spacious Hotel lately erected by Mr. Carroll, near the Capitol. The hotel being above one hundred feet in front, and containing fifty rooms enables the subscriber to offer every accommodation to members of Congress and travellers which can be expected in a public house. PONTIUS D. STELLE. Washington City, March 25-1f N. B.—P. D. S. will rent the house lately occupied by him on the adjoining square.
DANIEL RAPINE, BOOKSELLER & STATIONER, On CAPITOL HILL,
HAS Just received from PHILADELPHIA, and now opening, a choice collection of BOOKS & STATIONARY, and as he has been at great pains to make the selection, he avers himself that it is the most complete assortment that has ever been offered for sale in the District of Columbia. His Law, Miscellaneous and Practical collection is as complete as any one bookseller's on the continent. He has also an excellent assortment of PAPER HANGINGS, and the most useful kinds of MEDICINES, such as Peruvian Bark, Castor Oil, Bouché Oil, Glauber Salts, Liquorice Root, &c. &c. all which he offers for sale on reasonable terms. Account and other Books bound in the neatest manner, on short notice, and according to any given pattern. July 25-cpw
On a liberal credit.
THE subscriber will dispose of at private sale, his estate called Chichester, lying on the eastern branch, immediately opposite the city of Washington. This tract of land containing 697 acres is laid off in lots from 8 3/4 to 144 acres for the convenience of purchasers. Plats of the estate and the terms of sale are in the hands of colonel Hanson at the navy yard, and Charles Wayman of George Town. The lots will be shown by Mr. Wedden, living on the premises, near the Eastern Branch bridge. ANTHONY ADDISON. Barnaby, 12th June 1805-tf
CHARLES H. VARDEN, Merchant Taylor
New Jersey Avenue, near the Capitol. RESPECTFULLY informs the gentlemen of the district of Columbia, that he has received by late arrivals at Philadelphia from London, a fresh supply of the best superfine cloths, cassimeres, &c. with a choice assortment of plain nankeens, cotton cassimeres, india nankeens, blue and yellow, fashionable Trafalgar white and fancy Merlaines, with a variety of other articles suitable for the summer. N. B. Ladies habits, regimentals and navy uniforms made in the first style of fashion. Richard Harwells new invented patent elastic suspenders, which are far superior to any heretofore in use, can be had on the same terms as at his manufactory. June 23-tf
FOR SALE,
I will sell two Tracts of LAND lying and being in Allegany county in the state of Maryland; one called and known by the name of "Harvey's Meadows" patented 31st December 1805, for 341 acres, near Shelly or Shelly's Little Meadows; the other "Mount Parramore," patented 31st December 1805, for 298 acres; this tract lays on a branch of Savage river about five miles below the Little Meadows. I have never seen these lands, consequently know nothing of their value. Mr. Thomas Beall of Cumberland who is well acquainted with the above land informed me they were as valuable as any in that part of Maryland. Daniel Clark and Robert Cowden, Esqrs. also informed me that from their acquaintance with the situation of the aforesaid tracts of Land they must be of an excellent quality. Any person inclined to purchase, it is presumed will view before his contract. A great bargain may be had for cash, or good paper on a short credit—a good and indisputable title will be given when the land is paid for. For terms apply to the subscriber in Upper Marlborough near George's county. MUSL J. COOLIDGE. June 23-3w
FOR SALE,
AT Bath (Berkeley Springs) Virginia, a HOUSE & LOT thereto belonging (late the property of Thomas Palmer, deceased). The premises are calculated for a genteel family, or would make an excellent Boarding house, having thereon a smoke house, coach house and stable, with a garden laid out with much taste and inclosed with a good board fence. Also near the town, are for sale seven acres of LAND, inclosed with a stone wall, the whole will be sold very low, or exchanged for property in or near any of the large towns or cities. Apply to John Davidson, Washington city, or to Wm. Alexander, Esq. Bath, aforesaid. NOTE.—If not sold, it will be let for the season. April 16-tf
THE SUBSCRIBER
HAS just supplied his shop in F street with a complete assortment of fresh Medicines & Drugs, among which are Spermaceti & Limced oils—also Paints of every description. THOMAS PATTERSON. Washington city, June 23-tf
TO RENT,
THE COMMODOIOUS BRICK STORE near the CAPITOL, now in the occupation of Messrs. P. HEALY & Co. Possession to be given on the 1st of May. Enquire of Frederick May. March 28-tf
AT a meeting of REPUBLICAN DELEGATES
from that part of Frederick county, which by law is attached to the 3d Congressional district, held at the house of Mr. DAVID LEVY, in Frederick town, on Friday, the 4th of July 1806, the propriety of taking measures to insure success to the Republican Candidate for Congress was reflected upon, Where it was Resolved unanimously, that the conduct of PATRICK MAGRUDER, has been such at the last session of Congress, as to command the respect and confidence of the Republicans of the third Congressional district—Therefore Resolved unanimously, That PATRICK MAGRUDER, be recommended to the republican voters of said district, to be by them supported at the Congressional election in October next. Resolved unanimously, That these resolutions be published in the republican papers of Frederick town, and in the National Intelligencer. A true copy from the minutes of the meeting. JOHN B. COLVIN, Sec. July 18-4v
ON the application of Michael McCormick
for letters of administration on the personal estate of WILLIAM GOUGH late of the navy of the United States, seaman deceased, claiming the same as a creditor. Ordered, by the court, that he give notice of his said application, by advertisement in the National Intelligencer, inserted once a week for four weeks. John H. Witt, Reg. O. C. July 30-w4t
PROPOSALS
For carrying MAILS of the United States, on the following post roads, will be received at the General Post Office until the first day of August next, inclusive.
IN NORTH CAROLINA.
63. From Wilmington by Conwayboro' to Georgetown, S.C. once a week. Leave Wilmington every Thursday at 2 p.m. and arrive at Georgetown on Sunday by 6 p.m. Leave Georgetown every Monday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Wilmington on Thursday by 10 a.m. 64. From Wilkesboro' to Ashe ch once a week. Leave Wilkesboro' every Monday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Ashe ch by 6 p.m. Leave Ashe ch every Tuesday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Wilkesboro' by 6 p.m.
IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
65. From Porters Ferry to Conwayboro' once a week. Leave Porters Ferry every Saturday at 6 a.m. & arrive at Conwayboro' by 2 p.m. Leave Conwayboro' every Saturday at 2 p.m. and arrive at Porters Ferry on Sunday by 10 a.m.
IN GEORGIA.
66. From Washington to Petersburg, once a week. Leave Washington every Tuesday at 6 a.m. & arrive at Petersburg by noon. Leave Petersburg every Monday at noon, & arrive at Washington by 6 p.m. 67. From Athens by Telfair, to Knoxville, T. once in two weeks. Leave Athens every other Monday at 1 p.m. & arrive at Knoxville the next Monday by 10 a.m. Leave Knoxville every other Monday at 2 p.m. & arrive at Athens the next Monday by 10 a.m.
IN KENTUCKY.
68. From Newcastle by Gallatin ch and Boone ch to Lawrenceburg, I. once a week. Leave Newcastle every Wednesday at 4 a.m. & arrive at Lawrenceburg by 6 p.m. Leave Lawrenceburg every Thursday at 4 a.m. & arrive at Newcastle by 8 p.m.
IN TENNESSEE.
69. From Lebanon by Kavensag and Carthage, to Mount Granger, once in two weeks. Leave Lebanon every other Tuesday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Mount Granger by 6 p.m. Leave Mount Granger every other Wednesday at 6 a.m. & arrive at Lebanon by 6 p.m. 70. From Nashville to Charlotte, once a week. Leave Nashville every Friday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Charlotte by noon. Leave Charlotte every Friday at 1 p.m. and arrive at Nashville by 8 p.m. 71. From Burrville by Walnut Cove and Cuiwood, on the turnpike road, to Wayne or Pulaski ch Ky. once in two weeks. Leave Burrville every other Tuesday at 1 p.m. and arrive at Wayne ch on Wednesday by 6 p.m. Leave Wayne ch every other Monday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Burrville on Tuesday by 11 a.m. 72. From Palmyra by Stewart ch to Eddyville, once in two weeks. Leave Palmyra every other Saturday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Eddyville on Sunday by noon. Leave Eddyville every other Thursday at noon, and arrive at Palmyra on Friday by 6 p.m.
IN MISSISSIPPI TERRITORY.
73. From Nashville by Franklin T. Occoboppe and McIntoshville, to Walnut Hills, once a week. Leave Nashville every Friday at 5 a.m. and arrive at Walnut Hills the next Thursday by 6 p.m. Leave Walnut Hills every Friday at 5 a.m. and arrive at Nashville on Thursday by 6 p.m. 74. From Walnut Hills by Grindstaff, Port Gibson, Greenville, Hunsford, Washington, Natchez, Fort Adams, Rockeyville, Thompson's creek, Bullar's plains, Baton Rouge, Iberville, Marillac, Abbeville, a Fort Gernaud coast, & Red church, to New Orleans, once a week. Leave Walnut Hills every Friday at 4 a.m. and arrive at New Orleans the next Sunday by 10 a.m. 75. From Natchez by Fort St. Stephen, to Fort Stoddert, once a month. Leave Natchez the first Monday in every month, at 6 a.m. and arrive at Fort Stoddert the next Sunday by 6 p.m. Leave Fort Stoddert the second Monday in every month, and arrive at Natchez the next Sunday by 6 p.m. 76. From Natchez by Caddy's ferry, Catahoula, and Rapid, to Natchitoches, once a month. Leave Natchez the first Monday in
ELIAS B. CALDWELL, ATTORNEY AT LAW,
HAS removed his Office, to the house lately occupied by Mr. Law, on Capitol Hill. Washington, July 26-tf
IN ORLEANS TERRITORY.
77. From Rapid or Alexandria, to Opelousa, once in two weeks. Leave Alexandria every other Wednesday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Opelousa by 8 p.m. Leave Opelousa every other Thursday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Alexandria by 8 p.m.
NOTES.
1. The Post Master-General may expedite the mails and alter the times of arrival and departure at any time during the continuance of the contract, he previously stipulating an adequate compensation for any extra expense that may be occasioned thereby. 2. Fifteen minutes shall be allowed for opening and closing the mail at all offices where no particular time is specified. 3. For every thirty minutes delay (unavoidable accidents excepted) in arriving after the times prescribed in any contract, the contractor shall forfeit one dollar; and if the delay continues until the departure of any succeeding mail, whereby the mails delivered for such succeeding mail lose a trip, an additional forfeiture of five dollars shall be incurred. 4. Neat papers as well as well as letters are to be left in the mail; and if any person, making proposals, desires to carry newspapers, other than those conveyed in the mail, for his own emolument, he must state in his proposals, for what sum he will carry it with that emolument, and for what sum without that emolument. 5. Should any person, making proposals, desire an alteration of the times of arrival and departure above specified, he must state in his proposals, the alterations desired, and the difference they will make in the terms of his contract. 6. Persons making proposals, are desired to state their prices by the year. That, who contract will receive their pay quarterly, in the months of February, May, August, and November; one month after the expiration of each quarter. 7. No other than a free white person shall be employed to convey the mail. 8. Where the propose intends to convey the mail in the body of a stage carriage, he is desired to state it in his proposals. 9. The Post Master-General reserves to himself the right of declaring any contract at an end whenever three failures happen, which amount to the loss of a trip each. 10. The contracts for the routes numbered 1 to 14, are to be in operation on the first day of October next, and to continue in force for two years, from that time; for the routes No. 15 to 57, are to commence at the same time, and continue in force one year; and for the routes No. 58 to 77, are to commence at the same time, and continue in force until the 31st day of March 1809.
GIDEON GRAIGER, Post Master-General. General Post-Office, Washington City, May 19-w4Aug.
A BARGAIN.
THE subscriber offers for sale the farm he now occupies, containing near 300 acres with or without the stock thereon. It is distant from the cities of Georgetown and Washington, about five miles, and well known to be a healthy situation. There is much fine fruit thereon, and abounds with springs, affording a good water as in the United States, a considerable proportion of the land has been in clover, and from thirty to forty acres fit for the scythe the ensuing summer. It is now in a very improving state, being altogether clear of broom sedge, and from 40 to 60 acres ploughed and prepared for a spring crop, and from 50 to 40 acres well set with wheat and rye—some part of the land is calculated for tobacco; and planter of parts answers well with it all. The dwelling house and other improvements may with small repairs be rendered very comfortable—roomy vicinity to two growing cities, many advantages result in supplying the markets. A purchaser may calculate on a good bargain, particularly if an early application be made. Some part of the purchase money will be required in cash or approved negotiable paper; the remainder rendered easy—on negroes received in payment. The subscriber or William Searcy residing on the farm will show it when required, and the terms made known by application to Mr. John Thompson, George Town, or Dr. Wm. Thornton Washington.
Isaac Pollock,
Fruit Hill, Some Lands calculated for the culture of cotton, Indian corn and small grain, situated on a navigable river in the healthiest part of the state of Georgia, will also be sold on reasonable terms or exchanged for negroes. I. P. Jan. 29-1m2wtf
Young Ladies Academy.
MRS. REAGAN respectfully informs the inhabitants of Washington city and its vicinity, that she has taken that commodious house on F. Street situated between Capt. James Hoban and Jesiah W. King, where she has this day opened an Academy, for the instruction of young ladies in the following branches of female education, viz. Tambouring, embroidery, open work, queens work, marking, all kinds of plain sewing, filigree, painting, wax work, French, music, dancing, reading and writing. Mrs. Reagan is sensible of the responsibility of her situation, & will endeavour by an assiduous attention to the morals, manners, and literary improvements of her pupils to merit the approbation of their parents and the patronage of the public. Young ladies can be accommodated with boarding, &c. N. B. Military, mantua-making, glove making, executed with neatness and dispatch. July 18-w3t.
Twenty Dollars Reward.
WILL be given for apprehending and securing in jail a young Mulatto man slave named ANDREW. He was hired by me last year to Mr. Joseph Thomas, who keeps the road le ferry to Alexandria, and absconded from that place about the latter end of August last. He is about 23 years of age, 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, ludy and well made, has short curly hair, and is frequently subject to have several large pimples on his face. He is reckoned to be a considerable loly of an easy agreement, as for a man in his low sphere of life. As he has not been heard of by me since his elopement, I suppose he has had the address to ship himself as a freeman on board some vessel either at Alexandria or Baltimore. Whoever takes him up and secures him in jail shall receive from me the above reward, or as soon due information thereof is given to me or to Dr. N. P. Causin at Port Tobacco. G. B. CAUSIN. Maryland Charles County, January 20-wtf
60 DOLLARS REWARD.
RANAWAY from the subscriber living in Prince George's county on Sunday the 29th inst. the three Nolly boy slaves—a mulatto young man who calls himself BILL STEWART, he was born at Montgomery court house, was once the property of Monroe Martin, was purchased of him by the late Rich. Contee who sold him to me; he is a likely well made fellow about 21 years of age, 5 feet 10 inches high, his hands and feet are large; the evening before he absconded he had his hair cut close; he had with him a variety of clothing, viz. a blue coat and overalls, one light colored beaver skin coat and overalls, a twandown waistcoat, a fine linen shirt and some coarse shirts, three muslin neckcloths, a fine hat, price 7 dollars; he took away a prayer book, in the first page of which is written Mary Ducket. JOE who calls himself Joe Grimes, alias Graham, and HARRY, both young negro men about 21 years of age—the clothing of these cannot be described. Joe has one of his arms broken near the wrist, which makes it longer than the other; when he is spoken to he speaks fast as if his tongue was too large for his mouth. Harry, I am informed, has several large scars on his body and one of his thighs occasioned by burns when he was young. The above reward will be paid for confining the three in jail, or 50 dollars for confining Bill in jail so that I get him again. WALTER BOWIE. July 7-2awtf
TO RENT.
THE WHARF & WAREHOUSE late in the occupation of Mr. Griffith Coombes in this city. The Warehouse is large and convenient for the storage of Tobacco, Flour, or any other articles. The Wharf is admirably calculated for a Lumber Yard, being convenient to every part of the city, and at which ships or other vessels may moor to discharge or take in their cargoes. Immediate possession will be given. ROBERT BRENT. July 16-w6t
SALES BY AUCTION.
WILL be sold to the highest bidder on Tuesday 29th inst. a two story frame DWELLING House on 13th Street, joining the store of Mr. Hughes and opposite the Branch Bank, the house is subject to ground rent; for the one half of the purchase money a negotiable note at 60 days will be required on either the City or George Town Bank, with a sufficient indorser, the other half payable in nine months from the day of sale with equal endorser. Also will be sold at the same time and place a variety of articles too tedious to mention. Sale to commence at 11 o'clock. JOHN STEPHAN, Auct. July 14-2t3x1f
FOR SALE,
A Handsome two story BRICK HOUSE, 23 feet front by 34 feet back, with a kitchen stable and carriage house, its situation for a public or private dwelling is superior to any house near the Navy Yard, it commands a perfect view of the Yard and shipping and is now rented for 300 dollars per annum. I will also sell a valuable unimproved Lot near the premises in sq. 881—Young negroes will be taken in part payment. For terms apply to the subscriber living near the Navy Yard, or to Mr. Samuel McIntire. NICHOLAS VOSS. Washington Feb 14-wtf
THE Subscriber takes this method to inform
the public, that he has enlarged his tavern considerably for the accommodation of Travellers and Boarders; his stand being on F. street opposite the Bank and very near the public offices. He flatters himself from the advantage of his situation and the reasonableness of his charges, with the strict attention to business, to give general satisfaction. THOMAS THORPE, June 20-wtf