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National Intelligencer.
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NO. 1261.
VOL. IX.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1808.
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True National Independence. On the 24th of October the Corner Stone of the South Carolina Homespun Company was laid at Charleston, amidst the liveliest demonstrations of enthusiastic approbation. A procession of 6,000 citizens, among whom were many distinguished civil and military characters of the state, was formed, and honored the ceremony with their presence. After the corner stone was laid, the following patriotic and eloquent address was pronounced by William Loughton Smith, formerly a leading member of Congress, and afterwards minister of the United States at the court of Lisbon.
In recording this evidence of liberty and patriotism, it is out of our power to do sufficient justice to the merit of a man, who, dismissing personal and party prejudices, has the magnanimity to applaud the justice and wisdom of the measures of those of whom he was once the strenuous opponent. It is difficult to say, whether such sentiments, resolutely announced at such a period, by one who has been an attentive and profound observer of events, are more evincive of the patriotism of the speaker, or of the correctness of the measures of the administration. Among the public men who have heretofore been favored by federal approbation, Mr. Smith stands pre-eminent. He was the leading opponent of Mr. Madison in the House of Representatives, when the latter brought forward his resolutions for retaliating upon Britain her commercial restrictions; he was the strenuous advocate of the British treaty; he was the vigorous adversary of Mr. Jefferson's accession to the Presidency, so much so, that he wrote an elaborate pamphlet against his pretensions; and on Mr. Jefferson's assuming the reins of government his mission to Lisbon was vacated.
The approbation of such a man, in the very teeth of all the sinister biases that too generally cloud the judgment, can only be extorted by the wisdom of the measures pursued by the administration, and does more to establish their justice in the minds of honest and dispassionate men, than a thousand arguments.— Editor Nat. Intel.
Brethren and Fellow-Citizens!
You have just witnessed the ceremony of laying the Corner Stone of the first Edifice, intended for Domestic Manufactures, on a great scale, in this part of the Union; and you have witnessed the interesting ceremony with emotions, corresponding with the dignity and solemnity of the occasion. Permit me to congratulate you and my country at large, on this first step towards the completion of an Establishment, from which, in spite of the cold support of doubting friends and the warm opposition of decided foes, we may entertain flattering anticipations of the most successful results.
No reflecting citizen can any longer question the policy of affording every encouragement to Domestic Manufactures.—The hostile restrictions, which, from time to time, have enthralled our external trade, must have long ago pointed out the absolute necessity of enlarging the sphere of internal commerce; and the obstructions, which, in times of war, close nearly altogether the avenues to foreign markets, and, even in times of peace, abridge in those markets, the vent of our surplus productions, must excite in every American breast an ardent desire to create a more extensive demand for them at home.
The complete success which has already rewarded manufacturing enterprise in various parts of the United States, and the promising symptoms which attend some patriotic Essays in others, and particularly in this state, well justify a hope, that the obstacles are less formidable than some affect to think them, and that the further extension of these essays must be attended by an accession of resources, highly favorable to our welfare and independence.
An era, so pregnant with great and important events as the present, will hereafter occupy a large and distinguished space in the annals of history. Through the discordance of jarring opinions, her candid and impartial voice will be heard; and the torch of truth, dissipating the obscure mists of party, will illumine the deeds of our National Government, and display to approving posterity the wisdom of that policy which, while it has preserved us from desolating wars and degrading alliances, has given a wholesome and quickening stimulus to Domestic Manufactures.
Amidst the inconveniences springing from an unavoidable measure, forced upon us by the rash councils of one belligerent and the miscalculating jealousy of another, we derive a most cheering consolation from anticipating the benefits of an institution, which those councils and that jealousy have so essentially promoted.
Whatever may be the artificial colorings of sophistry, or the real disccontents of impatient cupidity, we may boldly predict, that history, clearing away the rubbish of party declamations, and rending the veil of political deception, and in the spirit of truth recording those great events, will not fail to applaud America's neutral and pacific system, and to announce to future ages, that if the year 1808, felt the pressure of a prolonged embargo, the year 1808 also gave birth to this beneficial Establishment.
May we not also fondly predict, that the anniversary of this auspicious day, the 24th of October, will be hereafter celebrated with rejoicings and festivals by our graceful descendants, and take its rank, without disparagement, amongst our Carolina's proudest days!
Yes, fellow-citizens, let us hail this as a proud day for Carolina's sons! We here see the triumph of reason over prejudice, of love of country over egotism, of perseverance over apathy; we here see, with exultation, the noble result of individual enthusiasm, a result, which exalts our national pride, and makes us strong in the confidence of our own native means. We have long known that we possess, in the bosom of our soil, inexhaustible resources; we now know, and feel, that we have, in our own bosoms, a spirit of patriotism to call forth these resources, and to make them instrumental to the security of our rights and to the avenging of our wrongs.—The shuttle and the loom, operating on the products of your fields and your flocks, will in this century, emancipate you from commercial thralldom, as the operations of your arsenals and foundries delivered you, in the last, from political slavery. Your patriot souls swelling with this great thought, with what multiplied and rapturous emotions, must you have beheld the laying this Corner Stone, on which will soon arise, within the limits of your beloved city, a superb edifice, which her citizens will daily contemplate with increasing delight, as the perennial fountain from which will steadily flow those essential supplies, now derived with difficulty and under disadvantageous circumstances from unfriendly rivals and from alien industry.
Let the insidious fears of false or suspicious friends be realized; let sordid avarice insinuate the failure of her dividends, let sneering hypocrisy propagate her doubts and apprehensions; let it be admitted that our embryo Essays will be unattended with remunerating profits! Still will patriotism obtain its sweet reward. If we receive no paltry dividends in our pockets, we shall receive ten thousand times more precious dividends in our hearts, the heartfelt gratification of knowing, that we are at length truly independent on foreign nations, and that knowledge is at length completely brought home to their rulers.—Here, on Ashley's cheerful banks, on this judiciously selected site, no less salubrious than fair, will patriotism
rear the noble structure, where domestic industry, enhancing the value of our native products by converting them into manufactured supplies, will be the exhaustless source of our comforts and conveniences, our perpetual security against foreign dependence. Here will be found a never failing asylum for the friendless orphan and the bereft widow, the distribution of labor, and the improvements in machinery, happily combining to call into profitable employment the tender services of those who have just sprung from the cradle, as well as of those who are tottering to the grave; this training up the little innocents to early and wholesome habits of honest industry, and smoothing the wrinkled front of decrepitude with the smiles of competency and protection. Here too will be found an everlasting refuge for those unfortunates of other climes, expatriated, with their useful talents, by the iron hand of unrelenting despotism, or the intolerable pressure of taxation and hunger, and wasted by the sighs of fellow misery, to seek liberty and bread on these happy shores! Generous citizens! Who have so magnanimously and disinterestedly proffered your services to watch over and rear to maturity this promising institution, you have this day planted a rich germ, which, under your fostering hand, will soon bud forth and grow up into a stately tree, shedding into the lap of your happy country the abundant fruits of domestic comfort and national wealth.—The tablet of gratitude, inscribed with your names, and enshrined within that consecrated stone, is a sufficient pledge of your present zeal, a sufficient incentive to your future exertions. The infant's lisping tongue, and the tremulous voice of age shall hereafter unite, in choral strains of grateful homage to you, their patrons and benefactors, and in invoking the blessings of Heaven on your useful labors: may their pious incense be acceptable at the throne of grace! And may it be the will of Providence to render those labors commensurate with our most sanguine expectations!
Let the wrangling nations of Europe boast of their Nelsons and their Massenas! we shall shew, we shall exult in the well earned fame of our Custis, our Humphreys, and those valuable citizens, the Bedfords of America, who study not the arts of desolation, but of preservation and improvement; who direct their mental energies, not to the discovery of instruments of human destruction, but to the extension and amelioration of those indigenous materials, the precious and never-ceasing supply of our national looms. And when our distinguished biographer, the faithful recorder of the illustrious deeds of contemporaneous patriots, eloquently tracing the progress of domestic manufactures, shall transmit with applause to future generations the names of those Carolinians, who have deserved well of their country, he will consecrate a copious and a splendid page to the memory of the founders of the Homespun Factory , and wreathe a civic crown for the patriotic Shepherd .
But while we thus foster with delight the mild and amiable virtues of peace, and devoutly implore a continuance of her blessings, hitherto so happily preserved to us by a discerning and temperate policy, let not the haughty sovereigns of Europe, misinterpreting the dictates of wisdom for those of pusillanimity, calculate on a tame and servile submission to their arrogant pretensions or their ambitious designs.
Though American republicans pre-eminently respect the useful and innocent labors of the plough and the loom, they have not forgotten to point the rifle and wield the sword. Should an insolent invader, doubting their prowess, violate our peaceful abode, and assail the threshold of our sanctuary, liberty's last refuge, he will find an iron-bound coast, bristling with defensive and in-liquid rage; he will find our hardy republicans, rising, like their brave ancestors, in all the majesty of their strength, and he and his vile myrmidons will be soon swept away from the soil they have polluted.
Fellow-citizens! were any thing wanting to add to the interest of this country, and to inflame your breasts with more than usual ardor for the success of this infant establishment, I would invite, I would rouse your at-
tention to the memorable spot—to the classic ground, which you now tread—I would direct your eyes to those venerable monuments, the hallowed remains of those proud ramparts, where your illustrious progenitors, with undaunted heroism, breasted the invading foe; I would call on you to survey these sacred shores, bleached with the bones, and purified with the blood, of departed heroes; I would exclaim, "here, my countrymen, from amidst the ruins of these ramparts, once raised to defend your country's rights, on which was unfurled the noble standard of resistance to a tyrant's claims, and the intrepid assertors of fair freedom's cause raised the bold crest of independence against Albion's embattled tribes, from amidst these sanctified ruins, on this consecrated soil, on foundations cemented and strengthened by the blood and enshrining the precious relics of patriot soldiers, is now about to arise another great and lasting monument of American independence."
I would thus invoke the spirits of these immortal worthies; "sanctified spirits of departed heroes! here your throbbing veins poured forth the pure and patriotic streams—on this spot, you gladly sacrificed your lives, to erect the bright temple of liberty, and to ensure to your posterity their political independence; but your splendid fabric remained incomplete, while your sons depended, for the essentials of life, on the very nation, from which you fondly believed you had fully emancipated them. You laid the corner stone of that temple, which was to perpetuate our civil rights; your sons, emulating your virtuous deeds, have this day laid the corner stone of that, which is to perpetuate our commercial rights—your great and glorious work is now consummated—now may your children shout and rejoice, for This Day their independence is complete."
[The spot chosen on the banks of Ashley river for the Factory, was formerly the site of one of the forts erected to defend this city, the ruins of which are still conspicuous.] —Editors.
SPEECH
Of Governor Tompkins to the Legislature of N. York, delivered November 1.
Gentlemen of the
Senate and Assembly.
At the commencement of the last session I had the honor of expressing to the Legislature my opinion respecting the measures adopted by the National Councils, to prevent being involved in the desolating wars of Europe. Nothing has since occurred to produce a change of that opinion or to impair my confidence in their exertions and zeal to avert, as far as is consistent with the welfare and independence of our country, the calamity of war. I am however, compelled with regret to inform you, that I am not apprised of any material alteration in the state of our foreign relations since that period. The embarrassments to commerce and agriculture, incident to the existence of the embargo, are still experienced, & should they continue, they must be ascribed to the perseverance of the belligerents in their illegal and unjust aggressions upon the commerce of the U. States. This consideration affords additional motives for enduring with patience the privations resulting from the counteracting measures of our rulers, and for yielding a warm and decided support to their prudent and incessant efforts to maintain, without an appeal to arms, the honor of our country, and the rights and tranquility of its citizens. Should our hopes of an amicable accommodation of existing differences be frustrated by an obstinate adherence of the belligerents to their unprincipled and arbitrary restraints upon neutral commerce, and a resort to the sword become inevitable, we can meet the event with a consciousness of the rectitude of our cause; with a firm dependence on the patriotism and bravery of freemen, and with a humble reliance on the protection of that Providence who has hitherto favored us.
The period for which the President and Vice-President of the U. States were elected, expires on the fourth day of March next. The appointment of electors to represent this state in the choice of successors to those distinguished personages, is the principal business for which you are now convened. I however avail myself of this occasion to submit to your
consideration some topics not immediately connected with this prominent duty.
It has not probably escaped your observation, that on the 8th day of March last, a law was passed, inflicting death for a crime which antecedently subjected the offender to imprisonment in the State Prison for life, and authorising whipping for petit larceny. It has been justly observed that punishments mild, speedy, and certain, are the means best calculated to answer the end of criminal jurisprudence; that they ought always to be proportioned to the crime, and that the reformation as well as the punishment of the offender, ought to be constantly and steadily kept in view. The spirit of freedom, the dictates of humanity, and the principles of Christianity, require that the awful penalty of death should be inflicted as seldom as possible. The scene of distress and agony exhibited at an execution, naturally excite an aversion to the laws which sanction such severity. Punishments will also be more certain, when moderate and rational. Because, those who are best able to prove the guilt, or who may be most materially affected by the crime, will then feel no reluctance, nay, will cheerfully perform the duty of detecting and exposing every offender. The jury will be less anxious to seize upon specious doubts to justify an acquittal, and but a feeble hope of escaping the sentence of the law, by technical objections to matters of form, or by Executive clemency, will be entertained. Besides, by substituting imprisonment at hard labor, society is relieved from the painful responsibility of sending one of its members suddenly and unprepared to the tribunal of his God. The fruits of his labor are ensured to the benefit of the community or his family, the regimen of the prison precluding gambling, idleness and debauchery, the usual preludes to greater enormities; and that discipline united with the religious exercises of the institution, afford to the charitable and philanthropic mind, at least a glimmering hope of ultimate repentance and reformation. Impressed with a decided opinion that the deprivation of life is seldom necessary, and that it is incompatible with the genius of a free government and the state of civilization and refinement of which we boast, I am constrained by a sense of duty to suggest the absolute necessity of forbearing to extend that punishment to other crimes than those of treason and murder. With respect to whipping, for petit larceny, I would remark, that there are various reasons which might be assigned in favor of confinement at hard labor in preference to corporal pains. By the former the offender is deprived, for a period at least, of an opportunity of repeating his crimes, whilst in the latter case, he is forthwith discharged to renew his depredations. A term of temperance, labor, and privation, affords a hope of amendment; while on the other hand, reason and experience abundantly testify that no such reformation can be wrought by the agonies of a lacerated body; for the publicity and ignominy of the punishment suffice every remnant of pride and ambition, & destroys the prospect of ever regaining a character. I might also add, that the frequent exhibition of cruel and sanguinary punishments wounds the sensibility of the humane, and corrupts the disposition, and depraves the morals of a great proportion of the spectators. With deference, therefore, I submit to your wisdom the propriety of totally exploding corporal chastisement from our criminal system.
There is much reason to believe that the prevalence of crimes of a deeper dye, are too often the result of impunity for offences of an inferior grade. Although the Legislature have, by a variety of statutes, enacted numerous regulations to prevent practices of an immoral and dangerous tendency, and which are generally the commencement of a career of more iniquitous and criminal conduct—and although the provisions of these statutes are daily and notoriously violated, yet the instances in which they are enforced, are astonishingly rare. The security with which one is publicly infringed, not only creates an expectation of similar impunity for the violation of others, but also produces a contempt of the law.

nerally. Your wisdom will determine whether some more suitable measures ought not to be devised to ensure their observance.
The execution of the sentence of Rufus Hill, convicted of murder at the last court of Oyer and terminer, in Cienango county, has been suspended. A statement of his case will be submitted to you without delay.
Most of the arms, ammunition, and military stores, destined for the northern and western frontiers, have been delivered at their respective places of deposit. Those for the counties of Clinton and Essex are on their way, and those to be deposited in Jefferson county are at Utica, and will be speedily transported to Champion.
Under the act authorizing me to select and receive a title for one of the lots of ground offered by the corporation of New-York for the erection of a state arsenal, I have been enabled by the liberality of that respectable body, to obtain two of those lots, and a conveyance of them to the people of this state has been executed and delivered. The building has been finished, and the account of disbursements will be exhibited to you during the present session.
The proceedings which have taken place relative to the acquisition of the title to Ellis's or Oyster Island for fortifications, and of Watch Point for a light house, and also under the act for procuring an additional supply of ordnance, small arms and ammunition, will be particularly detailed in a future communication.
The powder magazine and a dwelling house for the superintendent, will be completed in a few days. The quantity and situation of the land obtained for this purpose, with an account of the money drawn and expended, will be the subject of a special message.
It affords me pleasure to inform you that the fortifications erecting under the authority of the United States for the defence of the city of New York, have been prosecuted with activity and zeal. A variety of circumstances have retarded the commencement of the expenditure of one hundred thousand dollars appropriated for that object by the legislature of this state. To accomplish their views by devising and commencing works upon which the greatest number of distressed persons might be employed and which might be in concert with the defensive operations of the general government, and at the same time to apply the sum granted in the most economical and beneficial manner, was a task replete with anxiety, responsibility and embarrassment. I have the satisfaction to inform you, that with the intelligence and generous assistance of col. Williams, chief engineer of the U. States, whose services merit the highest encomium, those difficulties have finally been surmounted, and I flatter myself the place which has been decided upon, and the plan of the works to be directed, will meet your approbation.
It is our lot, gentlemen, to live in a perilous period. The old world is shaken to its centre by the mad ambition of its potentates, and Europe exhibits an affecting spectacle of blood and warfare. It has been the alternate policy of two of the belligerent powers to entangle us in their quarrels; hitherto we have escaped, but it requires almost superior human wisdom in our rulers to preserve our sovereignty and independence and to avoid being engaged in their wars. Thus situated it is our solemn duty to second the efforts of those to whom we have trusted the highly responsible rights of peace and war. It is our duty to strengthen the hands of government by imparting a liberal confidence when our dearest rights are not only in jeopardy, but actually invaded, & to prove to the world that we are not a divided people, but that we are in truth Americans.
With an ardent wish that harmony may prevail in your deliberations, and that your proceedings may promote the welfare of our constituents, I tender you an assurance of my readiness to co-operate in your labors to promote the common benefit.
DANIEL TOMKINS. Albany, November 1, 1808.
STRAY COW.
STRAYED from the commons of the city of Washington, a light colored red and white COW. She may be known by having a large white place on the rump, and another on the shoulder, a long white tail, a white spot on a red forehead, a small slit in the right ear and a gimblet hole in the underside of her right horn near the head. Any person giving information where she is, shall receive Two Dollars, or for bringing her to the house of the subscriber near the W. Office, Five Dollars.
JANE LENTHALL. November 8-3t
WANTED—during the session—An active boy, about 14 years of age. Apply to the Printer.
WASHINGTON CITY.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8.
We have anticipated the day of publication to give, with the least possible delay, the important Message of the President.
General TURKEAU, minister of the emperor of France, has arrived here.
The following are the Electors of President and Vice-President, chosen by the state of Connecticut. We are authorised to state that they will vote exclusively for federal candidates.
Jonathan Trumbull, John Treadwell, David Daggett, Roger Griswold, Samuel H. Johnson, Jesse Root, John C. Smith, Stephen T. Hosmer, Frederic Wolcott.
Electoral Election in Pennsylvania.
Table with 2 columns: Ticket Type, Votes. Rows: The Republican Ticket (2890, 1889), Federal (Majority 1001), Philadelphia County, as far as heard from (Republican 2,609, Federal 705, Majority 1,904).
The Legislature of New-Jersey have elected John Lambert a Senator of the United States for six years ensuing, in the place of John Condit, whose term of service expires on the 3d. of March next.
Messrs. Marion, Butler, T. Moore, L. J. Alston, Calhoun, Winn, and Taylor, are all re-elected members of the House of Representatives from the state of South Carolina. It is expected that Mr. Witherspoon is elected in the place of Mr. D. R. Williams, who has declined a re-election.
CONGRESS.
SENATE.—November 7, 1808. Present, George Clinton, Vice-President of the United States and President of the Senate; and Messrs. Gilman, Parker, Pickering, Hillhouse, Goodrich, Howland, Mathewson, Bradley, Mitchell, John Smith of N. York, Condit, Kitchell, Maclay, White, Giles, Turner, Sumter, Gaillard, Crawford, Thruston, Pope, D. Smith, Tiffin.
Mr. James Lloyd, of Massachusetts, appointed in the room of Mr. John Quincy Adams, presented his credentials and took his seat.
Messrs. Bradley and Pope were named a committee to join such committee as may be appointed by the House, to wait on the President and inform him that the two Houses have respectively formed a quorum and are ready to receive any communications he may please to make. The committee a short time after their appointment, informed the Senate that they had waited on the President, who had advised them that he would to-morrow at 12 o'clock make a communication in writing.
The usual resolution for supplying the members with newspapers was agreed to.
The President communicated the memorial of the House of Representatives of the Mississippi territory, praying an extension of the time of payment of the several instalments for purchase of lands due January 1809.
Ordered to lie on the table. The usual resolution for the appointment of Chaplains was agreed to.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7. At about 11 o'clock this day, a quorum appearing within the bar, the Speaker took the chair; and on calling over the list, the following gentlemen answered to their names and took their seats:
From New Hampshire, Messrs. Durell, Gardner, Smith, and Storer. From Massachusetts, Messrs. Varum, Bacon, Barker, Cook, Cutts, Deane, Ely, Green, Igleby, Livermore, Quincy, Seaver, Stedman, and Upham. From Connecticut, Messrs. Champion, Dana, Davenport, Mosely, Pitkin, Sturges, and Tallmadge. From Rhode Island, Mr. Wilbour. From Vermont, Messrs. Chittenden, Elliot, and Fisk. From New York, Messrs. Blake, Harris, Humphreys, Kirkpatrick, Mumford, Riker, Russell, Swart, Thompson, Van Allen, Van Rensselaer, Verplanck, and Wilson. From New Jersey, Messrs. Helms, Lambert, Newbold, Sloan, Southard, and Boyd.
* Elected in the room of Mr. Thomas, resigned.
From Pennsylvania, Messrs. Bard, Findley, Heister, Hoge, Milnor, D. Montgomery, Porter, Pugh, Rea, M. Richards, Smilie, S. Smith, & Whitehill.
From Maryland, Messrs. M'Creery, Montgomery, Moore, and Van Horn.
From Virginia, Messrs. Basset, Burwell, Clopton, Dawson, Eppes, Garnett, Goodwin, Gray, Holmes, Jackson, Lewis, Love, Morrow, Newton, Smith, Trigg, Wilson, and Gholson.
From North Carolina, Messrs. Alston, Blackledge, Blount, Macon, Sawyer, and Standford.
From South Carolina, Messrs. L. J. Alston, Butler, Calhoun, Taylor, and D. R. Williams.
From Georgia, Messrs. Bibb and Troup.
From Tennessee, Messrs. Campbell, Rhea, and Wharton.
From Kentucky, Messrs. Desha, Howard, and Johnson.
From Ohio, Mr. Morrow.
Being one hundred and three members, and one delegate, viz. Mr. Poinsett, from the Mississippi Territory.
On motion of Mr. Dawson, a committee of three were appointed to wait on the President, and inform him that the House was formed and ready to receive any communications which he might have to make.
Messrs. Macon, Quincy & M'Creery were named the committee.
A short time after, Mr. Macon reported that the committee had waited on the President, who returned for answer that he would make a communication in writing at 12 o'clock to-morrow.
On motion of Mr. Smilie, the usual rule was adopted for furnishing the members with newspapers.
The daily hour of meeting having been fixed at 11 o'clock,
On motion of Mr. Smilie the House adjourned.
* Elected in the place of J. Claiborne, deceased.
It has often been alleged that the measures adopted by government, to counteract the baneful effects on our commerce of the Orders and Decrees of the belligerent nations of Europe, are dissatisfactory to the great body of commercial men. To shew the falsity of these representations, a list is herewith exhibited of the seaport towns in the United States which support, and of those which oppose the government. It will be seen that out of 296,000 inhabitants engaged in external commerce, 254,000 are in favor of the Embargo and other measures which have been pursued to promote the peace and independence of the country.
Table with 2 columns: Towns, Inhabitants. Rows: Philadelphia 80,000, New York 70,000, Baltimore 30,000, Charleston 20,000, Salem 10,000, Nantucket 8,000, Portsmouth, N. H. 7,000, Marblehead 6,000, Savannah 5,000, Norfolk 8,000, Richmond 5,000, Petersburg 5,000. Total 254,000.
Table with 2 columns: Towns, Inhabitants. Rows: Boston 30,000, Newburyport 7,000, Portland 5,000. Total 42,000.
Majority 212,000
N. B. The other seaport towns in North-Carolina, Delaware, New-Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode-Island and Maine, are about equally balanced in politics.
Chron.
Prince Georges county court, September Term, 1808.
ON the application, by petition in writing by John M. Burgess, of Prince Georges county to this court for the benefit of the act of assembly passed at the November session, eighteen hundred and five, entitled "An act for the benefit of sundry insolvent debtors," and the several supplements thereto, a schedule of his property and a list of his creditors on oath as far as he can ascertain them being annexed to his said petition, and the court being satisfied by competent testimony that the said petitioner is a citizen of the state of Maryland, and that he hath resided therein the two last years preceding his application and being also satisfied that the said John M. Burgess is now in actual confinement for debt; and the said petitioner having entered into bond with security for his appearance in this court on the first Monday in April next to answer such interrogatories as his creditors may propose to him. It is thereupon ordered and adjudged that the said John M. Burgess be discharged from imprisonment, and the said first Monday in April next is appointed for the said petitioner to deliver up his property and have a trustee appointed for the benefit of his creditors—and it is ordered that the said John M. Burgess by causing a copy of the foregoing to be published once a week for three months successively in the National Intelligencer before the said first Monday in April next give notice to his creditors to be and appear before this court on the said day, to recommend a trustee for their benefit.
Test JOHN READ MAGRUDER, JR. Ck. November 8-w3m
WHITE FLANNELS.
A BALE of WHITE FLANNEL, just received by the brig Generous Friend from New York, and imported there in the ship Elizabeth. Hamilton Rice, from London, for sale on reasonable terms, by
HERFORD & SON,
Who have also for sale, Philadelphia and Washington Bottled PORTER, and shall have draught BEER, brewed this season in barrels and half barrels for sale in a few days at their Brewery, Pennsylvania avenue. November 6-3t
FOR SALE.
THERE are Two Stock BRICK HOUSES, well finished, with back Kitchens and good Cellars, in a very healthy situation on E street near the Great Hotel, and contiguous to the invaluable Hotel Spring—they are all under rent, and will be sold on very accommodating terms; in order to close the estate to which they belong. A good title will be given to the houses and lots. A large Back Building adjoining the above property and under rent is likewise offered for sale. For further particulars apply to
PHINEAS BRADLEY. November 7-w6t
THE Subscriber has just received at his
SHOE STORE near the Navy Yard, a fresh supply of Ladies & Gentlemen's SHOES, amongst which are Ladies Morocco with Cork Soles, Kid of all kinds, Misses Morocco and LEATHER, &c. &c. which he offers for sale at a low rate.
JOSEPH CASSIN. November 7-2w
SALE AT AUCTION.
WILL be sold at Public Sale on Wednesday the 16th inst. all those Buildings situated on Lot No. — in square No. 907 on the corner of South M. & 7th together with right of said lot which is purchaseable at a low rate. It is a well known stand for business, being near the Navy Yard gate. It now brings upwards of $450 per year clear of ground rent. The terms of sale will be 1-4th cash, 1-4th at 60 days and the balance at 6 and 9 months with interest and approved notes. Sale to commence at 12 o'clock on the premises.
ISRAEL LITTLE, Auct. November 7-tdos
Prince George's county court, September term, 1808.
ON the application by petition in writing of Dennis M. Burgess of Prince Georges county to this court, for the benefit of the act of Assembly passed at November session eighteen hundred and five, entitled "An act for the benefit of sundry insolvent debtors" and the several acts supplementary thereto a schedule of his property and a list of his creditors on oath as far as he can ascertain them being annexed to the said petition, and the court being satisfied by competent testimony, that the said petitioner is a citizen of the state of Maryland, and that he hath resided therein the two last years preceding his application, & being also satisfied that the said Dennis M. Burgess is now in actual confinement for debt, and the said petitioner having entered into bond with security for his appearance in this court on the first Monday in April next, to answer such interrogatories as his creditors may propose to him. It is thereupon ordered and adjudged, that the said Dennis M. Burgess be discharged from imprisonment, and the said first Monday in April next is appointed for the said petitioner to deliver up his property and to have a trustee appointed for the benefit of his creditors; and it is ordered that the said Dennis M. Burgess by causing a copy of the foregoing to be published once a week for three months successively in the National Intelligencer before the said first Monday in April next, give notice to his creditors to be and appear before this court on the said day to recommend a trustee for their benefit.
Test JOHN READ MAGRUDER, JR. C. November 8-w3m
UNITED STATES PATENT
FOR THE IMPROVED
LIFE BUOY OR SEAMAN'S FRIEND.
A PATENT having been granted by the President of the U. States of America, for the "Improved Life Buoy or Seaman's Friend," the public are respectfully informed that they may be accommodated with this highly useful machine at the shortest notice and very reasonable. Their utility must be generally allowed, and it is hoped now that they may be had in this city, American Manufactured. The lives of many may be saved, which for want of such precaution are untimely launched into eternity, to be lamented by their families and friends. Their power is so great that it is impossible for the wearer to sink, and if in danger of their vessel being wrecked a man may have it on and not be hindered from working at any thing. The subscriber flatters himself that their utility is too well known to all those who are any ways connected with the waters to need any commenting on. Orders from any part of the United States, (post paid) will meet with punctilious attendance by
WILLIAM FLOWER, General Commission Agent, No. 58, Walnut street Philadelphia. October 12
PROPOSALS for carrying Mails of the United States, on the following post roads, will be received at the General Post Office in Washington, until the 16th day of January next inclusive.
1. IN Delaware—From Wilmington by Newcastle, St. Georges-town, Cantwell's Bridge, Duck Creek, Dover, Frederica and Milford to Georgetown three times a week.
April 15 to November 15.
Leave Wilmington every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 11 A. M. arrive at Dover by 9 P. M. Leave Dover every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 4 A. M. and arrive at Georgetown by 7 P. M. Leave Georgetown every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 6 A. M. arrive at Dover by 8 P. M. Leave Dover on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 4 A. M. and arrive at Wilmington by 2 P. M.
November 15 to April 15—Leave Wilmington every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 6 A. M. Arrive at Dover by 6 P. M. and at Milford on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday by 10 A. M. and at Georgetown by 6 P. M.—Returning. Leave Georgetown every Monday, Wednesday & Friday at 6 A. M. and Milford at 2 P. M. Arrive at Dover by 8 P. M. and at Wilmington on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday by 6 P. M.
2. From Georgetown and Broadkill to Lewistown once a week. Leave Georgetown every Sunday at 6 A. M. and arrive at
Lewistown by 10 A. M.—Returning. Leave Lewistown every Sunday at 2 P. M. and arrive at Georgetown by 8 P. M.
3. From Georgetown by Bridge Branch, N. W. Fork bridge and New Market to Cambridge once a week. Leave Georgetown every Monday at 6 A. M. and arrive at Cambridge on Tuesday by 11 A. M. Leave Cambridge at 1 P. M. and arrive at Georgetown on Wednesday by 7 P. M.
4. From Georgetown by Concord to Laurel, once a week. Leave Georgetown every Saturday at 2 P. M. and arrive at Laurel by 2 P. M. and arrive at Salisbury by 6 P. M. Leave Laurel every Saturday at 5 A. M. and arrive at Georgetown by 11 A. M.
5. From Georgetown by Dagsboro, Trap, Snowhill, Horntown and Accomac c. h. to Northampton, c. h. once a week. Leave Georgetown, every Sunday at 6 A. M. and arrive at Northampton c. h. the next Wednesday by 10 A. M. Leave Northampton c. h. every Wednesday at 2 P. M. and arrive at Georgetown on Saturday by 8 P. M.
6. From Wilmington by Christiana, Mid-6town, Warwick, Sassafras and Georgetown Cross Roads to Chestertown, three times a week. Leave Wilmington every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 5 A. M. and arrive at Chestertown by 8 P. M. Leave Chestertown every Sunday, Wednesday and Friday at 5 A. M. and arrive at Wilmington by 8 P. M.
7. In Maryland—From Easton by Tuckersboro, Denton, Greensboro and White'sburg to Frederica, once a week. Leave Easton every Tuesday at 5 A. M. and arrive at Frederica on Wednesday by 11 A. M. Leave Frederica every Wednesday at 1 P. M. and arrive at Easton on Thursday by 6 P. M.
8. From Chestertown by Rockhill, to Annapolis twice a week. Leave Chestertown every Monday and Friday at 5 A. M. and arrive at Annapolis by 8 P. M. Leave Annapolis every Tuesday and Saturday at 6 A. M. and arrive at Chestertown by 5 P. M.
9. From Chestertown by Churchhill and Centerville to Easton, twice a week. Leave Chestertown every Monday and Friday at 4 A. M. and arrive at Centerville by 10 A. M. and at Easton by 5 P. M.—Returning. Leave Easton every Tuesday and Saturday at 4 A. M. and arrive at Chestertown by 6 P. M.
10. From Baltimore by Ellicott's Lower mills, Poplarstown and New Market to Fredericktown, three times a week. Leave Fredericktown every Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday at 4 A. M. and arrive at Baltimore by 4 P. M.—Returning. Leave Baltimore Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 4 A. M. and arrive at Fredericktown by 6 P. M.
11. From Fredericktown by Middletown, Hagerstown, and Greencastle to Chambersburg, three times a week. Leave Fredericktown every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 4 A. M. and at Chambersburg by 8 P. M.—Returning. Leave Chambersburg every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 5 A. M. and arrive at Fredericktown by 6 P. M.
12. From Fredericktown by Woodborough, Taneytown, Petersburg, Hanover, York and Columbia to Lancaster, twice a week. Leave Fredericktown every Tuesday and Saturday at 4 A. M. and arrive at Lancaster the next day by 6 P. M. Leave Lancaster every Sunday and Thursday at 6 A. M. and arrive at Fredericktown by 6 P. M. the next days.
13. From Hagerstown by Hancock, Beckley Springs, Oldtown, Cumberland, Crappsburg, Frankfort, and Springfield to Romney, once a week. Leave Hagerstown every Thursday at 2 P. M. and arrive at Romney on Sunday by 6 P. M. Leave Romney every Monday at 4 A. M. and arrive at Hagerstown on Thursday by 10 A. M.
14. From Baltimore by Ellicott's lower mills, Brookville, Montgomery c. h. and Clarkburg to Leesburg, once a week. Leave Baltimore every Friday at 2 P. M. and arrive at Leesburg on Saturday by 6 P. M. Leave Leesburg every Thursday at 6 A. M. and arrive at Baltimore on Friday by 10 A. M.
15. From Fredericktown to Leesburg, once a week. Leave Leesburg every Tuesday at 5 A. M. and arrive at Fredericktown by 11 A. M.—Returning. Leave Fredericktown every Tuesday at 1 P. M. and arrive at Leesburg by 8 P. M.
16. From Fredericktown by Newtown, Trap, Harper's Ferry, Charlesstown and Beldtown to Winchester, once a week. Leave Fredericktown every Monday at 4 A. M. and arrive at Winchester by 2 P. M. Leave Winchester at 3 P. M. and arrive at Winchester on Tuesday by 8 A. M.—Returning. Leave Winchester every Saturday at 4 P. M. and arrive at Fredericktown on Sunday by 6 P. M.
17. From Hartford to Bel-Air once a week. Leave Bel-Air every Tuesday by 7 A. M. and arrive at Hartford by 9 A. M. Leave Hartford at 11 A. M. and arrive at Bel-Air by 1 P. M.
18. From Baltimore to Annapolis, twice a week. Leave Baltimore every Monday and Friday at 8 A. M. and arrive at Annapolis same day by 5 P. M.—Returning. Leave Annapolis every Tuesday and Saturday at 8 A. M. and arrive at Baltimore by 5 P. M.
19. From Annapolis by Queen Ann's, Pig Point, Tracy's Landing, Friendship, Lower Marlboro', Huntingdon and Calvert c. h. to St. Leonard's, once a week. Leave Annapolis every Saturday at 6 A. M. and arrive at St. Leonard's on Monday by noon. Leave St. Leonard's every Monday at 2 P. M. and arrive at Annapolis on Friday by 8 P. M.
20. From Annapolis by Havaduxie, St. Michael's, Easton, Cambridge, Vienna, Salisbury, Quantico, Prince's Ann and Snowhill to Salisbury, once a week. Leave Annapolis every Saturday at 4 A. M. and arrive at Easton by 7 P. M. Leave Easton on Sunday by 6 A. M. arrive at Cambridge by noon, and arrive at Snowhill on Tuesday by 1 P. M.—Returning. Leave Snowhill every Tuesday at 2 P. M. arrive at Easton on Thursday by 10 A. M. Leave Easton at 2 P. M. and arrive at Annapolis on Friday by 8 P. M.
21. From Washington to Brookville, once a week. Leave Washington every Wednesday at 4 A. M. and arrive at Brookville by 11 A. M. Leave Brookville every Wednesday at 1 P. M. and arrive at Washington by 8 P. M.
22. From Washington city by Georgetown, Montgomery c. h. and Charlesstown to Fredericktown, three times a week. Leave Washington city every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 6 A. M. and arrive at Fredericktown same day by 7 P. M. Leave Fredericktown every Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday at 4 A. M. and arrive at Washington city same day by 4 P. M.
23. From Washington city, by N. Ferry, Port Tobacco, Allens Fresh, Newport, Chaptico, Leonardtown, Great Mill and St. Inigoes, to the Ridge. Leave Washington every Friday at 3 P. M. and arrive at Port Tobacco by 2 P. M. on Saturday and arrive at the Ridge on Sunday by 7 P. M.—Returning. Leave the Ridge on Monday by 6 A. M. and arrive at Washington on Wednesday morning by 5 o'clock.
(to be continued)

National Intelligencer.
WASHINGTON CITY, NOVEMBER 8, 1808.
THIS DAY, at 12 o'clock, the PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES communicated, by Mr. COLES, his Secretary, the following MESSAGE to both Houses of Congress.
To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States.
It would have been a source, fellow-citizens, of much gratification, if our last communications from Europe had enabled me to inform you, that the belligerent nations, whose disregard of neutral rights has been so destructive to our commerce, had become awakened to the duty and true policy of revoking their unrighteous edicts. That no means might be omitted to produce this salutary effect, I lost no time in availing myself of the act authorising a suspension, in whole or in part, of the several embargo laws. Our ministers at London and Paris were instructed to explain to the respective governments there, our disposition to exercise the authority in such manner as would withdraw the pretext on which the aggressions were originally founded, and open the way for a renewal of that commercial intercourse which it was alleged on all sides had been reluctantly obstructed. As each of those governments had pledged its readiness to concur in renouncing a measure which reached its adversary through the incontestable rights of neutrals only, and as the measure had been assumed by each as a retaliation for an asserted acquiescence in the aggressions of the other, it was reasonably expected that the occasion would have been seized by both for evincing the sincerity of their professions, and for restoring to the commerce of the U. S. its legitimate freedom. The instructions to our ministers with respect to the different belligerents were necessarily modified with a reference to their different circumstances, and to the condition annexed by law to the Executive power of suspension requiring a degree of security to our commerce which would not result from a repeal of the decrees of France. Instead of a pledge therefore of a suspension of the embargo as to her in case of such repeal, it was presumed that a sufficient inducement might be found in other considerations, and particularly in the change produced by a compliance with our just demands by one belligerent, and a refusal by the other, in the relations between this other and the United States. To Great-Britain, whose power on the ocean is so ascendant, it was deemed not inconsistent with that condition, to state explicitly, that on her rescinding her orders in relation to the United States their trade would be opened with her, and remain shut to her enemy, in case of her failure to rescind his decrees also. From France no answer has been received, nor any indication that the requisite change in her decrees is contemplated. The favorable reception of the proposition to Great-Britain was the less to be doubted as her orders of council had not only been referred for their vindication to an acquiescence on the part of the United States no longer to be pretended, but as the arrangement proposed, whilst it resisted the illegal decrees of France, involved moreover substantially, the precise advantages professedly aimed at by the British orders. The arrangement has nevertheless been rejected.
This candid and liberal experiment having thus failed, and no other event having occurred on which a suspension of the embargo by the Executive was authorised, it necessarily remains in the extent originally given to it. We have the satisfaction, however, to reflect that in return for the privations imposed by the measure, and which our fellow-citizens in general have borne with patriotism, it has had the important effects of saving our mariners and our vast mercantile property, as well as of affording time for prosecuting the defensive and provisional measures called for by the occasion. It has demonstrated to foreign nations the moderation and firmness
which govern our councils, and to our citizens the necessity of uniting in support of the laws and the rights of their country; and has thus long frustrated those usurpations and spoliations which, if resisted involved war, if submitted to, sacrificed a vital principle of our national independence.
Under a continuance of the belligerent measures, which in defiance of laws which consecrate the rights of neutrals overspread the ocean with danger, it will rest with the wisdom of Congress to decide on the course best adapted to such a state of things; and bringing with them, as they do, from every part of the union, the sentiments of our constituents, my confidence is strengthened that in forming this decision, they will, with an unerring regard to the essential rights and interests of the nation, weigh and compare the painful alternatives out of which a choice is to be made. Nor should I do justice to the virtues which on other occasions have marked the character of our fellow citizens, if I did not cherish an equal confidence, that the alternative chosen, whatever it may be, will be maintained with all the fortitude and patriotism which the crisis ought to inspire.
The documents, containing the correspondences on the subject of the foreign edicts against our commerce, with the instructions given to our Ministers at London and Paris, are now laid before you.
The communications, made to Congress at their last session, explained the posture in which the close of the discussions relative to the attack by a British ship of war on the frigate Chesapeake left a subject on which the nation had manifested so honorable a sensibility. Every view of what had passed authorised a belief that immediate steps would be taken by the British government for redressing a wrong, which, the more it was investigated, appeared the more clearly to require what had not been provided for in the special mission. It is found that no steps have been taken for the purpose. On the contrary it will be seen, in the documents laid before you, that the inadmissible preliminary, which obstructed the adjustment, is still adhered to; and moreover that it is now brought into connection with the distinct and irrelative case of the orders in council. The instructions which had been given to our minister at London, with a view to facilitate, if necessary, the reparation claimed by the United States, are included in the documents communicated.
Our relations with the other powers of Europe have undergone no material changes since your last session. The important negotiations with Spain, which had been alternately suspended and resumed, necessarily experience a pause, under the extraordinary and interesting crisis which distinguishes her internal situation.
With the Barbary powers we continue in harmony, with the exception of an unjustifiable proceeding of the Dey of Algiers towards our consul to that regency. Its character and circumstances are now laid before you, and will enable you to decide how far it may either now or hereafter call for any measures not within the limits of the Executive authority.
With our Indian neighbors the public peace has been steadily maintained. Some instances of individual wrong have, as at other times, taken place, but in no wise implicating the will of the nation. Beyond the Mississippi the Ioways, the Sacs and the Alibamas have delivered up for trial and punishment individuals from among themselves accused of murdering citizens of the United States. On this side the Mississippi the Creeks are exerting themselves to arrest offenders of the same kind, and the Choctaws have manifested their readiness and desire for amicable and just
arrangements respecting depredations committed by disorderly persons of their tribe. And generally, from a conviction that we consider them as a part of ourselves, and cherish with sincerity their rights and interests, the attachment of the Indian tribes is gaining strength daily, is extending from the nearer to the more remote, and will amply requite us for the justice and friendship practised towards them. Husbandry and household manufacture are advancing among them, more rapidly with the Southern than Northern tribes, from circumstances of soil and climate, and one of the two great divisions of the Cherokee nation have now under consideration to solicit the citizenship of the United States, and to be identified with us in laws and government in such progressive manner as we shall think best.
In consequence of the appropriations of the last session of Congress for the security of our seaport towns and harbors, such works of defence have been erected as seemed to be called for by the situation of the several places, their relative importance, and the scale of expense indicated by the amount of the appropriation. These works will chiefly be finished in the course of the present season, except at New-York and New-Orleans, where most was to be done; and although a great proportion of the last appropriation has been expended on the former place, yet some further views will be submitted to Congress for rendering its security entirely adequate against naval enterprise. A view of what has been done at the several places, and of what is proposed to be done, shall be communicated as soon as the several reports are received.
Of the gun-boats authorised by the act of December last, it has been thought necessary to build only one hundred and three in the present year. These, with those before possessed, are sufficient for the harbors and waters most exposed, and the residue will require little time for their construction when it shall be deemed necessary.
Under the act of the last session for raising an additional military force, so many officers were immediately appointed as were necessary for carrying on the business of recruiting, and in proportion as it advanced, others have been added. We have reason to believe their success has been satisfactory, although such returns have not yet been received as enable me to present you a statement of the numbers engaged.
I have not thought it necessary, in the course of the last season to call for any general detachments of militia or of volunteers, under the laws passed for that purpose. For the ensuing season however they will be required to be in readiness, should their service be wanted. Some small and special detachments have been necessary to maintain the laws of embargo, on that portion of our northern frontier which offered peculiar facilities for evasion. But these were replaced as soon as it could be done by bodies of new recruits. By the aid of these, and of the armed vessels called into service in other quarters, the spirit of disobedience and abuse, which manifested itself early and with sensible effect while we were unprepared to meet it, has been considerably repressed.
Considering the extraordinary character of the times in which we live, our attention should unrelentingly be fixed on the safety of our country. For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well organised and armed militia is their best security. It is therefore incumbent on us, at every meeting, to revise the condition of the militia, and to ask ourselves if it is prepared to repel a powerful enemy at every point of our territories exposed to invasion? Some of the states have paid a laudable at-
tention to this object: but every degree of neglect is to be found among others. Congress alone having the power to produce an uniform state of preparation in this great organ of defence; the interests which they so deeply feel in their own and their country's security will present this as among the most important objects of their deliberation.
Under the acts of March 11, and April 23, respecting arms, the difficulty of procuring them from abroad during the present situation and dispositions of Europe, induced us to direct our whole efforts to the means of internal supply. The public factories have therefore been enlarged, additional machineries erected, and in proportion as artificers can be found or formed, their effect, already more than doubled, may be increased, so as to keep pace with the yearly increase of the militia. The annual sums appropriated by the latter act have been directed to the encouragement of private factories of arms, and contracts have been entered into with individual undertakers to nearly the amount of the first year's appropriation.
The suspension of our foreign commerce, produced by the injustice of the belligerent powers, and the consequent losses and sacrifices of our citizens, are subjects of just concern. The situation into which we have thus been forced has impelled us to apply a portion of our industry and capital to internal manufactures and improvements. The extent of this conversion is daily increasing, and little doubt remains that the establishments formed and forming, will, under the auspices of cheaper materials and subsistence, the freedom of labor from taxation with us, and of protecting duties and prohibitions, become permanent. The commerce with the Indians too, within our own boundaries, is likely to receive abundant aliment from the same internal source, and will secure to them peace and the progress of civilization undisturbed by practices hostile to both.
The accounts of the receipts and expenditures during the year ending on the thirtieth day of September last, being not yet made up, a correct statement will hereafter be transmitted from the treasury. In the meantime it is ascertained that the receipts have amounted to near eighteen millions of dollars, which with the eight millions and an half in the treasury at the beginning of the year, have enabled us after meeting the current demands, and interest incurred, to pay two millions three hundred thousand dollars of the principal of our funded debt, and left us in the treasury on that day near fourteen millions of dollars. Of these, five millions three hundred and fifty thousand dollars will be necessary to pay what will be due on the first day of January next, which will complete the reimbursement of the eight per cent. stock. These payments, with those made in the six years and an half preceding, will have extinguished thirty-three millions five hundred and eighty thousand dollars of the principal of the funded debt, being the whole which could be paid or purchased within the limits of the law and of our contracts, and the amount of principal thus discharged will have liberated the revenue from about two millions of dollars of interest, and added that sum annually to the disposable surplus. The probable accumulation of the surplusses of revenue beyond what can be applied to the payment of the public debt, whenever the freedom and safety of our commerce shall be restored, merits the consideration of Congress. Shall it lie unproductive in the public vaults? Shall the revenue be reduced? or shall it not rather be appropriated to the improvements of roads, canals, rivers, education, and other great foundations of prosperity and union, under the powers which Congress may already possess, or such amendment of the constitution as may be approved by the
states? While uncertain of the course of things the time may be advantageously employed in obtaining the powers necessary for a system of improvement, should that be thought best.
Availing myself of this, the last occasion which will occur of addressing the two Houses of Legislature at their meeting, I cannot omit the expression of my sincere gratitude, for the repeated proofs of confidence manifested to me, by themselves and their predecessors since my call to the administration, and the many indulgencies experienced at their hands. The same grateful acknowledgements are due to my fellow-citizens generally, whose support has been my great encouragement under all embarrassments. In the transaction of their business I cannot have escaped error. It is incident to our imperfect nature. But I may say with truth my errors have been of the understanding, not of intention, and that the advancement of their rights and interests has been the constant motive for every measure. On these considerations I solicit their indulgence. Looking forward with anxiety to their future destinies, I trust that in their steady character, unshaken by difficulties, in their love of liberty, obedience to law, and support of the public authorities, I see a sure guarantee of the permanence of our republic; and retiring from the charge of their affairs, I carry with me the consolation of a firm persuasion that Heaven has in store for our beloved country, long ages to come of prosperity and happiness.
TH: JEFFERSON.
November 8, 1808.
Accompanying the public message of the President were the communications therein referred to, which shall be laid before the public with all possible dispatch. A confidential message was likewise presented, which, we understand, contains nothing more than personal allusions in the correspondence publicly imparted to Congress. These important communications kept the two Houses in session until past 3 o'clock in the afternoon. No business of consequence was transacted in either House.
SAMUEL STETTINIUS, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE NEAR THE CENTRE MARKET. Has just received and is now opening an Extensive Assortment of FALL GOODS, consisting in a variety of
 Broad Cloths, Check-sheeting Muslin, Ing, Blue and drab Looking Glasses of colored Bear Skin, all sizes and some of Flannels of almost great elegance, Tor- every description, loose shell Combs, Irish and German Linens, most fashionable ornamented Combs, Red Tickings, Black Crape, white do. silk Velvets of different colors, silk Calicoes, Furniture plush Bomrets, Leees, Calicoes, Camel hair and cotton Shawls, silk, kid, cotton and Silk Shawls, worsted Gloves long and White, black & colored short, cotton Cambrics, Black worsted and Linen Cambrics and cotton Hose for ladies and shirring do. Durant, and gentlemen, silk do. Muffs and Tip- Calimanco, Bombazet, Wildboar. pets of best Furs, An handsome assortment of Silk and cotton Umbrellas, Sword Canes, Velvets, Corduroy & worsted Cord, Henecks Cord, Swansdown, blue, black and nankeen colored Cassimere, Table Cloths ready made, Russia toweling, bed spreads, velvet Bindings, Litterings of different colors, Razors and Razor Gold and silver Spanish, Strops, Scissors of the best quality, Pen, Linen and cotton Knives & Pocket do. Checks, Baflns and Knives and Forks, Gurtals, shirring and Ivory & horn Combs And a variety of other DRY GOODS, too tedious to enumerate. 
S. STETTINIUS begs leave to pay heres to his friends and the public in general, his warmest thanks for the encouragement they were pleased to give him, since his establishment in this city, and solicits their kind remembrance in the above branch of business, where it will always be his first duty to accommodate to his utmost endeavors and in all respects.

D. RAPINE, On Capital Hill has just Received and is now offering, a large Assortment of BOOKS AND STATIONARY Which added to his former supply, makes his assortment more complete than usual; and as he purchased for cash, he is enabled to sell at the established prices in Philadel- phia—amongst which are— East's Reports, 8 vols. and either of the vols. separate Lepine's Reports, 5 vols. the 5th volume separate Nov's Maxims of the English laws Montagu's law of Set-off Pennington's Reports in the Supreme Court of New Jersey Memorials of the Philadelphia Society for promoting agriculture, vol. 1. Fox's History of James the Second The Register of Arts, or a compendious view of some of the most useful modern discoveries and inventions Columbian Eloquence, being the speeches of the most celebrated American Orators in the Trial of Samuel Chase, esq. 3 vols. Salvo's Travels in the year 1806, from Italy to England, through the Tyrol, Styria, Bohemia, Galicia, Poland and Livonia The seasons of England—descriptive Poems The Warrior's Return—by Mrs. Opie Marmion; a Tale of Flodden Field, by Wal- ter Scott author of the Minstrelsy, &c. 2 volumes Elizabeth; or the Exiles of Siberia, a Tale founded on facts The Cutter in five lectures upon the art and practice of cutting, friends, acquaintances, and relations The Lawyer, or man as he ought not to be, a Tale The Pleasures of human life The History of Netterville, a Novel The Ladies Vocal Companion The British Theatre, 18 vols. calf gilt, pock- et edition Shakespeare's works, 9 vols. do. Samson's Memoirs Southey's Letters from England, 2 vols. A large supply of Writing & Letter Paper New Music and Music Pens Towing Pieces—Paper Hangings A small invoice of assorted Cordials of supe- rior quality do. superfine German Town Stockings French, English & American Playing Cards of superior manufacture, by the dozen or single pack. November 7—
FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD. RAN away from the subscriber, living in Montgomery county, Maryland, near the Great Falls of Potomac, on the 16th ult. a Negro Man, named JACK; he is about 5 feet 8 inches high, well made in proportion, and is a very artful fellow, about 40 years of age, an African by birth, speaks bad Eng- lish, stammers very much; he has a re- markable large mouth and teeth, very thick lips, a dull countenance when spoken to, & speaks quick; he has lost both his little toes. It is needless to describe his cloth- ing, as he took away with him several suits, and no doubt will change his dress, and it is highly probable he may have a par- tner. Whoever will take up said fellow, and se- cure him in any jail, so that I get him again, shall receive the above reward, if taken 120 miles from home, and in proportion if near- er. MARGARET OFFUTT. November 4—w6t
WILL BE RAFFLED FOR. On Thursday the 24th instant, at Rhodes's Hotel, at 6 o'clock, P. M. THAT handsome young Horse, PUNCH. He is generally known here, as he was raised within 5 miles of the place. Many colts of his are in this vicinity, and are very fine. He is by Old PUNCH, one of the best horses that ever run in England. He is set up at $500—Subscriptions received at Rhodes's Hotel, at Chester Bailey's, at capt. Jones's, and at Bacon and Moore's, near the Center Market-House. Washington, November 7—2t
CAME to the farm of Robert Brent, near the City of Washington, about two months since, a DARK RED COW, consi- derably intermixed with white. She has no distinctive mark or brand by which she can be more particularly describ- ed—she is in good order, and appears to be young. The owner can have her again, on paying the charges, by applying to Walter Mitchell, the Manager at the Farm. November 7—3t
A BOOT & SHOE STORE. WM. H. P. TUCKFIELD has, by the sale of his friends, opened a BOOT and SHOE STORE on the New-Jersey Avenue, near the factory of Gilbert Dockery, Capitol Hill—He has on hand a handsome assort- ment of Ladies Kid and Morocco, and Gen- tlemen's boots and Shoes, which he means to have a good supply of during the ses- sion of Congress. Orders at the shop, near the Navy Yard, will be attended to as usual— At either place, gentlemen that wish to favor me with their custom, may be assured they will have their work well executed, and of the newest fashion and shortest no- ice. November 7—3t
ON THURSDAY the 17th day of Novem- ber inst. the subscriber will offer to Public Sale , one NEGRO MAN and two NEGRO WOMEN , likewise six Horses , and three Feather Beds , and Furniture , formerly the property of Jacob Edelen of Prince Georges county. At the same time the subscriber will sell all the property which the above mentioned Jacob Edelen is entitled to by virtue of the last Will and Testament of Joseph Edelen, consisting of Negroes, Stock, Farming Utensils and Kitchen and Household Furniture, which property will be shown to purchasers on the day of sale. The sale will be held at the dwelling house of the said Jacob Edelen, near Piscat- away and the terms will be cash. ALEXUS BOONE. November 2—tdos
I RECEIVED in a conditional negotiation last May, Benjamin Contee's Note , negoti- able in the Bank of Columbia, for $4,500, payable to Ludwell Lee; which note was never endorsed and now cannot be found to be returned to said Contee, the negotiation intended, having been annulled. This is therefore to certify that the said note, if found by any person, must be re- turned to said Contee, it being cancelled by Ludwell Lee and myself. H. LEE. The said Note was dated (I believe) the 16th of May. H. L. November 2—3t
FIFTEEN or TWENTY Horses may be wintered at the subscriber's Farm, Two and a half miles from Georgetown. He is pro- vided with the best of Stabling, hay, oats, corn & corn blades, & a sober and capable hostler. Horses will be kept or fattened as the owners may request. Apply to Mr. Dum, serjeant at arms to the House of Representatives, or the subscriber in George Town. NATHAN LUFBOROUGH. November 2—2w
INFORMATION FOR THE PUBLIC. THE Subscriber is empowered by Judge FINDLEY, the inventor of the Chain Bridge , to superintend and build those Bridges, and he is also constituted sole agent, to sell Pa- tent rights throughout the United States. Those who may incline to benefit by this new and invaluable sort of bridge, may obtain information on the subject, by addressing letters to the subscriber in Georgetown, in the territory of Columbia, who will, either superintend the construction of those bridges, or build them on contract. JOHN TEMPLEMAN. October 30—ep1m
TO BE SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION, On Wednesday the 30th of November next on a credit of Six and Twelve months. THAT well known HOUSE on Pennsylvania avenue, occupied by Mr. Wm. Wm. Wm. attached thereunto, comprising every thing necessary for a Tavern, with a private Dwell- ing House. The situation of these premises give them some advantages over any other tavern in the city, being near to the Public Offices, and also to the street that will lead across the Tiber, to the bridge now erect- ing over the Potomac, and which is rapidly progressing, with a Turnpike road to Alex- andria, which will add much to the value of this stand as a house of entertainment— Those inclined to purchase the above very extensive and valuable premises, are invited to call and view them. A few fixtures to be taken by the purchaser at a fair appraise- ment. Sale to be on the premises, and to com- mence at 1 o'clock P. M. SAMUEL SPEAK, Auc. Washington city, October 31—tdos
E. OLIVER, HAS just received and is now opening for sale at her Store, in the House next above Mr. Burnet's Jewelry Store , a new and very elegant assortment of MILLINERY & FANCY GOODS, CONSISTING OF Laced Caps, velvet Bonnets plain & figured, Tiara, gold and Silver flowers, Garniture for trimming dresses, Gold and Silver Cord, Do. do. Cords and Tassels, Do. do. Spangles and Thread, Do. do. Bullion, Artificial Flowers and Feathers, Silk Cord, and Silk Cords and Tassels of all colors, Silk Buttons of new patterns, Black jet, marble and amber Buttons, Beaver Hats and Bonnets, Do. do. do. for Children, Necklaces and Ear Rings, Chip, Leghorn, and Vulture Straw of new patterns, Silk and velvet Pelices, Pelice Coating, Pelice Velvet and Levant Silks, Angola and Cashmere Shawls, Silver Bear and other Muffs and Tippets, Morocco Jockey Caps—a very general as- sortment of working Chenille, Spider net Sleeves, hair and beaded Caps and bands, Velvet Ribbons of different colors, Silks and Sarsnets of different colors, Crapes of all colors, Perfumery and sweet Soaps, a very large assortment of Thread and Cotton, soft Sattin, and a new assortment of fashion- able Ribbons, Madras Ginghams—Silk and Cotton Umbrellas, a very general assort- ment of Ladies and Gentlemen Gloves, best Playing and Message Cards, Warding, Murray's Shoes, best Tortoise Shell Combs, mounted and plain, &c. &c. with a general assortment of DRY GOODS. Georgetown, October 26—3w
CHARLES H. VARDEY, MERCHANT TAYLOR, RESPECTFULLY informs the gentlemen of the district of Columbia and Public in general, that he has received by a late ar- rival from Philadelphia, a Choice Assortment of superfine Cloths, Cassimeres, single and double milled, superfine Coating, black silk Florentines. Likewise an elegant assortment Spangles & rich silk Moleskins for Waist- coats with a variety of other articles suitable for the season. Regimentals and Navy Uniforms made in the most elegant and uniform style of fashion. Richard Harwell's celebrated PATENT PARALLEL SUSPENDERS far superior to any hitherto in use can be had on the same terms retail, as at his Manufactory. November 27—4t
JOHN PETER Has just received from Philadelphia, a large & complete Assortment of DRY Goods , viz. Superfine Cloths and Cassimeres, Ladies Pelice Cloths, Silk Velvets, Irish Linen & Sheeting, do. India & British shirting cottons, Hosier of every description, Silks of all kinds, Bed Tickens, Furniture Cimtures & Dimities, Coarse India Muslins, Best London Hats, Elegant Brussels, Ingrain, Scotch, and Venetian Carpetings, &c. &c. &c. Together with a general supply of coarse Woollens—any of which he will sell at the most reduced prices. Persons who pur- chase to put off again small and fit their inter- est to price the goods. They were purchased for cash, and will be sold for small profits. October 21—4w
MRS. LEE, begs leave to acquaint the Ladies & Gentlemen of Washington and its Vicinity, that in addition to the Masters of Music, Dancing and Drawing, who attend her ACADEMY , She has engaged a Gentleman of known ability to attend to instruct in ARITHMETIC and GEOGRAPHY with the GLOBES . Mrs. LEE flatters herself with a conti- nuance of that patronage, she has ever ex- perienced; and hopes still to merit by an unremitted attention to the duties of the trust reposed in her. Mrs. Lee wishes to form a Class for Arithmetic, and Geogra- phy, by 28th inst. Washington, October 20—2m
NEW GOODS. The Subscriber has lately received an exten- sive and Complete assortment of SEASONABLE GOODS, CONSISTING OF Extra superfine London Cloths, Cassimeres, Satinets, Manchester, Toilennets, Swansdowns, Ladies Pelice Cloths, Silk and tabby Velvets, Damask, raw silk, and Camels hair Shawls, Down Scarfs, Lace Caps, silk Buttons and Cords, Ostrich Feathers, Artificial Flowers, Fancy Muslins, Linen and cotton Cambrics, Irish Linens and Sheeting, Shirting Cottons, Lace Sleeves and Gloves, Silks of every description, Hosier, Ginghams, Chambrays, Calicoes, London Hats, Second Cloths, Coatings, Plains, Ker- seys, Half Thick, Rose and Duffield Blan- kets, Neff Rings, Dowlass, Ticklenburgs, Osanburgs, Bafta's, Mamoodies, Lawns, Guirahs, &c. Which will be sold at the most reduced prices. TUNIS CRAVEN. Near the Navy Yard. October 24—1m
NOTICE. PURSUANT to an act of the General Assembly of Maryland, passed at No- vember session, 1806, entitled "An act authorizing the collection of certain ground rents due on lots in the town of Cumber- land, in Allegany county," and a supple- ment thereto, passed at November session, 1807, Public Notice is hereby given to all persons holding unimproved lots in said town, on which ground rents are now due, that unless the said rents are paid on or before the first day of December next, the said lots will on that day be offered at pub- lic sale to the highest bidder, on a credit of 60 days. The sale to be held at Mr. J. Rine's tavern, in said town—to commence at ten o'clock, A. M. and continue from day to day, until the whole are sold. THOMAS BEALL, of Saml. March 21—epids
THE COMMERCIAL COMPANY OF WASHINGTON. Now landing from on board the schr. Maria, capt. Fitzhugh, and for SALE , at low prices, Jamaica Spirit, Antigua and New England Rum, Muscavado Sugars, Molasses, Coffee, Muscated and bloom Raisins, Holland and country Gin, Spermaceti Candles, Spermaceti Oil, Spanish Segars, Corks, Powder and shot of the best quality, White Lead in oil, A few crates of Stone Ware. They have also on hand, and for Sale , Madeira, Marsala, and } Wine by the cask. Catalonia, } Claret in boxes of 1 dozen each, Cognac and } Brandy 4th proof. Bordeaux, } Hyson and Young Hyson, Tea, Best Salid Oil, Mould and Dipt Candles, Soap, Whiskey, and A few logs of Mahogany. JOSEPH FORREST, Pres. August 22—
PLAYING CARDS Of the First Quality, Just received, and FOR SALE By the Gross, Dozen or Pack, at DR. MACRUDIE'S Drug & Medical Store, George Town. October 21—11t
MERINO SHEEP. A few half-blood Merino Ram Lambs for Sale, at the farm of the Subscriber, near Philadelphia. JAMES MEASE. November 4—4t
INFORMATION WANTED. IF JOHN BATHEY DOBBINS who came from England some years ago, and re- sided at Washington (it is not certain in what state) for some time, will call on, or write to the subscriber, he will hear some- thing much to his advantage. Any informa- tion that will enable me to ascertain whether the said John Bathey Dobbins is alive or not, will be thankfully received. SAMUEL SPACKMAN, No. 1, Bank Alley, Philadelphia. 10th month, 11, 1806—2m
BY HIS EXCELLENCY ROBERT WRIGHT, ESQ. GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS it has been represented to me on the oath of Kitty Brawner an in- fant of the age of ten years, that a Rape has been committed on her by a certain Thomas Burk , of Frederick county, and on the oath of William Brawner and Catharine Brawner the parents of the said Kitty Brawner that there were marks of violence on their said daughter who charged said Burk . And whereas it has been certified by Thomas Bond, esq. a justice of the peace of Frederick county, that the said Thomas Burk has fled from justice. And whereas it is the duty of the Executive, in the execution of the laws, to endeavor to bring all malefactors to jus- tice; I have therefore thought proper to issue this my proclamation, and do by and with the advice and consent of the Council, offer One Hundred and Fifty Dollars reward, to any person or persons, who shall appre- hend and bring to justice, the said Thomas Burk . Given in Council at the city of An- napolis, under the seal of the state of Mary- land, this twentieth day of October, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hun- dred and eight, and of the independence of the United States of America, the thirty- third. ROBERT WRIGHT. By his excellency's command, NINIAN PINCNEY, Clerk of the Council. Ordered, That the foregoing proclamation be published twice in each week, for the space of four weeks, in the American and Federal Gazette, at Baltimore; the Mary- land Gazette at Annapolis; the National Intelligencer, the Republican Advocate at Frederick Town, the Maryland Herald at Hager's Town, and in Mr. Smith's paper at Easton. October 28—2w5w
Board MRS. THOMPSON, IN THE SIX BUILDINGS, HAS one House with a handsome Draw- ing Room for the accommodation of Ladies and Gentlemen, with Coach House and Stables, and Lodges for Servants. October 28—4t
ADVERTISEMENT. New Store, near the Centre Market. THE subscriber, thankful for past fa- vors from a generous public, is determined to sell at the lowest rate all kinds of goods commonly in demand, viz. all sorts of flan- nels, broadcloths and coatings, President's and royal cords, cambric and Irish linens, &c. &c. &c. Groceries, all kinds of liquors, Cognac brandy, Holland gin, Jamaica spi- rits, old peach brandy, Gochen cheese and Smithfield bacon and flour. As cash is always employed in the pur- chase, the subscriber expects the same in return, and particularly in these republi- can times, hates long standing accounts as in- jurious to trade, and rather inclines to em- bargo his goods than sell them on credit, except to punctilious customers. All per- sons in arrears will please to settle their ac- counts. F. A. WAGLER. N. B. Forte pianos tuned, and lessons in music—also a London Piano for sale. November 4—3t suc. &3w
JUST RECEIVED, & FOR SALE. By the Subscriber, A FEW HALF PIPES of MADEIRA WINE, Four years Old, neat as imported. TOPPAN WEBSTER. Washington, October 30—3w
STRAYED away from the city of Wash- ington, on Monday the 24th ult. a brin- dle COW, with face and fore legs white, and crooked horns. Any person bringing her home to Mrs. Lardner, near the new Jail, shall receive a reward of Two Dollars, if taken up at any distance from the city. November 4—3t
JOHN GOULDING Is now landing from on board the Polly from Baltimore, a few barrels of West India COFFEE and New Orleans SUGAR , Bottles in hampers, Red and White Champagne Wine in boxes, Fresh Tea, &c. On hand, as usual, most kinds of choice old Wines in bottles and in casks; best Albany Ale; Philadelphia Porter and Ale; Spermaceti Candles, Train Oil; Castile Soap in boxes, with sundry articles in his line, to be sold for Cash, and as usual, cheap to his punctilious customers. Georgetown, September 16—2m
ON application to me the subscriber in the recess of the court as Chief Judge of the first Judicial District of the state of Maryland by petition in writing of HENRY ADDISON CALLIS , of Prince Georges county, praying for the benefit of the act for the relief of sundry insolvent debtors, and the several supplements thereto on the terms mentioned in the said acts—a sche- dule of his property and list of his creditors on oath as far as he can ascertain them, be- ing annexed to his petition; and the said Henry Addison Callis, having satisfied me by competent testimony that he has resided in the state of Maryland two years immediately preceding the time of his application; having also stated in his petition that he is now in actual confinement for debt, and not on ac- count of any breach of the peace or for the non-payment of any fine, or penalty for the breach of the laws of this state or of the United States, and having produced to me the certificate of the sheriff of Prince Georges county to that effect, and having prayed to be discharged from confinement on the terms prescribed in the said acts, and having given security for his personal appearance at the next county court to an- swer any allegations that may be made against him by his creditors. I do hereby order and adjudge that the said Henry Ad- dison Callis be discharged from his impri- sonment, and by causing a copy of this order to be inserted in the National Intelli- gencer for three months successively before the first Monday in December next, to give notice to his creditors to appear before the county court at the court house of said county, at 12 o'clock of the said first Mon- day in December next for the purpose of recommending a trustee for their benefit, on the said Henry Addison Callis then and there taking the oath prescribed for the de- livering up his property and to show cause if any they have why the said Henry Addison Callis should not have the benefit of the several acts of Assembly for the relief of insolvent debtors. Given under my hand this 12th day of August 1808. JOHN GANTT. September 2—w3m
A RUNAWAY. WAS Committed to the jail of Washing- ton county in the state of Maryland, on the 9th inst. as a runaway, a negro man, who calls himself JERRY , says he belongs to Elijah Edwards of Orange county, Virginia; he is about 5 feet 7 inches high, about 30 years of age; had on when committed, an old great coat, tow trousers, and an old tow shirt. His owner is desired to take him away, or he will be sold for his jail fees, &c. according to law. ISAAC S. WHITE, Sheriff. October 28—w3t
PUBLIC SALE. By order of the Orphan's Court of Mont- gomery county, will be offered at Public Sale , to the highest bidder, on Thursday the 1st. day of December next, if fair. (If not on the next fair day) all the PERSONAL ESTATE of John Fletcher , deceased— Twelve months credit will be given, the purchaser giving note with approved secu- rity, bearing interest from the day of sale. The sale to commence at 9 o'clock, A. M. DARCUS FLETCHALL, Adm. Of John Fletcher deceased. October 31—w3t
W. & C. SMITH HAVE removed to their New Warehouse corner of KEYS and WATER streets, near the FERRY , where they have lately received from New York, a large additional supply of GOODS in their line. They now have in store and offer for sale on reasonable terms Madeira Wine in pipes, half pipes, and quarter casks, Sherry, Lisbon and Teneriffe Wine, in quar- ter casks, Old Port and Catalonia Wine in pipes and quarter casks, Claret in Boxes, 1 dozen each, Old Cognac Brandy, superior quality, Bordeaux and Marseilles do. Genuine Holland and New York anchor Gin, Old Jamaica and Antigua Spirits, 4th Proof Whiskey, very old and fine, 1st Proof do. Loaf and Lump Sugars in hogsheads and barrels, Muscavado Sugars, superior quality in hogs- heads and barrels, do. 2d quality do. do. Imperial, } TEAS, fresh and of ap- Hyson, } proved qualities in Young Hyson, } chests, boxes and lead Hyson Skin, } canisters, Coffee, Nutmegs, Pepper and Allspice, Mustard, Chocolate and Sweet Oil, Almonds, soft shelled, and Currants, Segars, Ginger and Basket Salt, Soap, mould and dipped Candles in boxes. Spanish Indigo, Demijohns, Gin Cases, Liverpool Blown and Ground Allum Salt, &c. &c. &c. Georgetown, October 26—2aw6w
PUBLIC SALE. By Order of the Orphan's Court of Calvert county, the subscriber will offer at Public Sale , at " Gods Grace Levels ," in Calvert county, the late resi- dence of Mrs. Rebecca Mackall, deceased, on Monday the 21st day of November next or the first fair day after, the HOUSE- HOLD FURNITURE , Plantation Utensils , stock of Horses, Cattle, Sheep & Hogs , of the said Rebecca Mackall; and also a number of Law Books and other Books . The sale will be on a credit of six months, the pur- chaser giving bond with security, and will commence at 9 o'clock in the morning and be continued from day to day if necessary. RICHARD POTTS, Adm'r. of Mrs. Rebecca Mackall. Calvert county, October 21—1aw
BY HIS EXCELLENCY ROBERT WRIGHT, Esq. GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS, the General Assembly of Maryland, did, by an act passed at November session, eighteen hundred and five, entitled "An act to reduce into one the several acts of Assembly, respecting elec- tions, and to regulate said elections," direct that the Governor and Council after having received the returns of elections of the mem- bers to represent this state in the Congress of the United States, should enumerate and ascertain the number of votes given for each and every person voted for as a member for Congress aforesaid respectively, and shall thereupon declare, by proclamation, signed by the governor, the name of the person or persons duly elected in each respective district: We in pursuance of the directions of the said act, do by this our proclamation, declare that by the returns made to us, it appears that John Campbell , esq. was elected for the first district; Archibald Van Horn , esq. was elected for the second district; Philip Barton Key , esq. was elected for the third district; Roger Nelson , esq. was elected for the fourth district; Nicholas Ralston , Moore , and Alexander M'Kim , esqs. were elected for the fifth district; John Mont- gomery , esq. was elected for the sixth district; John Brown of Nathan, esq. was elected for the seventh district; and Charles Golds- borough , esq. was elected for the eighth dis- trict. Given in Council at the city of An- napolis, under the great seal of the state of Maryland, this twentieth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eight, and of the independence of the United States of America the thirty- third. ROBERT WRIGHT. By the Governor, NINIAN PINCNEY, Clerk of the Council. Ordered, That the foregoing proclama- tion be published twice in each week, for the space of four weeks, in the American and Federal Gazette, at Baltimore; the Ma- ryland Gazette, at Annapolis; the National Intelligencer, the Republican Advocate, at Fredericktown; the Maryland Herald, at Hager's Town; and in Mr. Smith's paper, at Easton. October 28—2aw4w
FALL GOODS. BAKER, RIGGS, & Co. Sign of the Plough , have just received from Boston, New York, and Philadelphia—37 Packages of English, India, and French GOODS —con- sisting of a general assortment of FANCY AND SUBSTANTIAL Articles, which being selected at the best markets, principally for Cash, enables them to sell lower than their usual prices. A liberal deduction will be made to retailers and large buyers, for each or negotiable notes. Georgetown, October 31—taw4w &4w
NOTICE. THIS is to give notice that the subscriber of Washington city, hath obtained from the Orphan's Court of Washington county in the district of Columbia, Letters of Adminis- tration on the Personal Estate of John Lent- hall late of said city, deceased. All persons having claims against the said deceased are hereby warned to exhibit the same with the vouchers thereof to the subscriber on or before the 23th day of April next, they may otherwise by law be excluded from all bene- fit of the said estate. Given under my hand this 17th day of October in the year 1808. JANE LENTHALL, Adm'r. October 21—w4t
A RUNAWAY. WAS committed to the jail of Washing- ton county in the state of Maryland, on the 9th inst. as a runaway, a negro man, who calls himself PHILLIP , says he belongs to Margaret Rocket of Orange county, Vir- ginia; he is about 5 feet 5 inches high, about 30 years of age; had on when committed, a grey coating roundabout, tow shirt and trousers and an old wool hat. His owner is desired to take him away, or he will be sold for his jail fees, &c. according to law. ISAAC S. WHITE, Sheriff. October 28—w3t