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NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER,
AND WASHINGTON ADVERTISER.
VOL. III.
WASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
No. CCCCXLVI.
FIVE DOLLS. PER ANN.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST, 31st, 1803.
PAID IN ADVANCE.
A TURKISH ODE OF MESIHI.
Translated by Sir W. Jones.
HEAR how the nightingales on every spray, Hail in wild notes the sweet return of May! The gale, that o'er yon waving almond blows, The verdant bank with silver blossoms strews: The smiling season ocks each flowery glade. Be gay: too soon the flowers of spring will fade.
What gales of fragrance scent the vernal air! Hills, dales and woods, their loveliest mantles wear, Who knows what cares await that fatal day, When rudler guests shall banish gentle May? Ev'n death, perhaps, our values will invade; Be gay: too soon the flowers of spring will fade.
The tulip now its varied hues displays, Add sheds, like Ahmed's eye, celestial rays, Ah, never ever faithful, ever true, The joys of youth, while May invites, pur- sue! Will not these notes your timorous minds persuade? Be gay: too soon the flowers of spring will fade.
The sparkling dew drops o'er the lilies play, Like orient pearls, or like the beams of day. If love and mirth your wanton thoughts en- gage, Attend ye nymphs! (a poet's words are fage) While thus you sit beneath the trembling shade, Be gay: too soon the flowers of spring will fade.
The fresh-blown rose like Zeineb's cheek appears, When pearls, like dew drops, glitter in her ears. The charms of youth at once are seen and pall; And nature says, "they are too sweet to last" So blooms the rose; and so the blushing maid! Be gay: too soon the flowers of spring will fade.
See yon anemonies their leaves unfold, With rubies flaming, and with living gold! While crystal bowers from weeping clouds descend, Enjoy the presence of the tuneful friend. Now, while the wines are brought, the fofa's laid, Be gay: too soon the flowers of spring will fade.
The plants no more are dried, the meadows dead, No more the rose bud hangs her pensive head: The shrubs revive in valleys, meads and bow- ers, And every stalk is diadem'd with flowers; In silken robes each hiuock stands array'd, Be gay: too soon the flowers of spring will fade.
Clear drops each morn imppearl the rose's bloom, And from its tear the zephyr drinks perfume; The dewy buds expand the lucid flos: Be this our wear in ye damasels all no more. Though wile men envy, and though fools upbraid, Be gay: too soon the flowers of spring will fade.
The dew drops, sprinkled by the musky gale, Are chang'd to essence ere they reach the dale. The mild blue sky a rich pavilion spreads, Without our labor, o'er our favor'd heads. Let others toil in war, in arts or trade, Be gay: too soon the flowers of spring will fade.
Late gloomy winter chill'd the fullien air, 'Till Soliman arose, and all was fair. Soft in his reign the notes of love rebound, And pleasure's rosy cup goes freely round. Here on the bank, which mantling vines o'er shade, Be gay: too soon the flowers of spring will fade.
May this rude lay from age to age remain, A true memorial of this lovely train. Come charming maid and near thy poet sing, Thyself the rose, and he the bird of spring: Love bids him sing and love will be obey'd, Be gay: too soon the flowers in spring will fade.
Patent Horizontal Wind-Mill.
The subscriber offers to the gentlemen farmers and others of Maryland, and the other states, an invention, which for utility has not been exceeded by any piece of me- chanism which this or perhaps the last century can boast of. It is a peculiarly, though simply, constructed horizontal Wind-Mill, ap- plied to the grinding of all sorts of grain, and at the same time threshing out wheat and rice, fanning them and pounding the latter, pow- dering plaster of Paris, cutting tobacco, &c. &c. Its aptitude to all those various and use- ful purposes, will be more easily and justly estimated by a view of the machine itself, than from any description that can be given here.
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ON THE MANAGEMENT OF CI- DER.
Cooper's Point, 18th Feb. 1803.
Cider is an article of domestic manu- facture, which is, in my opinion, the most managed of any in our country, considering its usefulness; and perhaps the best method to correct errors is to point out some of the principal ones, and then recommend better methods.
One of the first errors with respect to cider is, to gather apples when wet; the next, to throw them together, exposed to sun and rain, until a turners per- vades the whole mass, then grind, and, for want of a trough or other vessel suf- ficient to hold a cheese at a time, put the pumice on the press as salt as ground; then make so large a cheese, as to take so long time to complete, and press off, that fermentation will come on in the cheese before the cider is all out; and certain it is, that a small quantity of the juice pressed out, after fermenta- tion comes on, will spoil the product of a whole cheese, if mixed therewith.— When either of the above circumstances will spoil the cider, which I know to be the case, do not wonder at the effect of a combination of the whole, which is fre- quently the case.
As I have very often exported cider, and sold it to others for that purpose, to the West-Indies and Europe, without ever hearing of any spoiling, and as it is my wish to make the productions of our country as useful as possible, will give an account of my method.
I gather the apples for good cider when dry, put them on a floor under co- ver, have a trough sufficient to hold a cheese at once, and when the weather is warm I grind them late in the evening, spreading the pumice over the trough, to give it air, as that will greatly enrich the cider, and give it a fine amber color, and early in the morning press it off.— The longer a cheese lays after being ground, before the pressing, the better, provided it escapes fermentation until the pressing is completed. The reason is evident from the following circum- stance—take a tart apple, bruise one side, and let it lay till brown, then taste the juice of each part, and you will find the juice of the bruised part sweet and rich, though of a tart apple. So if sweet and tart apples are ground together, and put immediately on the press, the liquor therefrom will taste both sweet and tart; but if let lay till brown, the cider will be greatly improved. I always take great care to put cider in clean sweet casks, and the only way to effect this is to rinse or scald them well as soon as the cider is out, and not let them stand with a remnant or less in, which is certain to make them sour, must, or stink. When my casks are filled while the weather is warm, I place them in the shade, expos- ed to the northern air; when fermenta- tion takes place, fill them up once or more a day, to cause as much of the filth as possible to discharge from the bung; when it discharges a clear and white froth I put in the bung flask, or bore a hole and put a pipe in it, and thereby check the fermentation gradually, and when the fermentation has subsided, take the first opportunity of clear, cool wea- ther to rack it off into clean casks, to ef- fect which, when I draw the cider out of a cask in which it has fermented, I first rinse the cask with cold water, then put into a hoghead two or three quarts of fine gravel, and three or four gallons of water, work it well to scour off the yeast or scum, and sediment, which al- ways adheres to the casks in which the cider ferments, and if not scoured off, as above directed, will act as yeast when the cider is put in again, bring on a fer- menting, and spoil or greatly injure the li- quor: after scouring, rinse as before.— I find benefit in burning a brimstone match suspended in the cask by a wire, after putting in two or three buckets of cider, the best method for which process is to have a long tapering bung, that when drove in the different ends will fit most common bung-holes, with a large wire drove in the small end with a hook for the match, which for a hoghead should be sufficient to kill a hive of bees. If the cider stands a week or more after racking, previous to being put in the cellar, I rack it again, rinsing the casks, but not with gravel, and put it immediately in the cellar. The late made I put in the cellar immediately after or before the first racking, agreeably to cir- cumstances as to the weather. The ci- der I wish to keep till warm weather I rack in cool clear weather, the latter part of February or beginning of March. It is best to keep the cask full, and bunged as tight as possible.
If I wish to fine cider for exportation on bottling, I take of Russia stinging glass
about an ounce to a barrel, pound it as soft as possible, pick it into fine shreds, put it in a clean earthen pot, pour on a- bout half a pint of boiling water, and stir or beat it like beating eggs, with a stick split in four parts at the end, and some- thing put in to keep it apart; when it becomes thick, add a pint of good sound cider, set the pot in a place the most safe and handy, but not too warm; as it grows stiff, add cider as before in small quantities, and repeat the stirring, the other the better, if fifty times a day; in two or three days, if it is well dissolved, rack off the cider which is for storing, add of it to the stinging glass prepared as above, stirring it well till fit for straining through a linen cloth, then mix the fining and ci- der together as well as possible, and set it in a proper place for drawing off, giving some vent for air for some days; if it is not sufficiently fine in ten days, rack it off, and repeat the fining as before, but it is best to rack it, fine or not, in ten or twelve days, left the sediment should rise, which I have known to be the case.
The foregoing operation should be performed previous to the apple trees be- ing in bloom; but I have succeeded be- ing in bloom, in steady cool weather. I have likewise had good success in the fin- ing in the cider direct from the press, and set it in casks with one head out, taps put in, and set in a cool place, properly fixed for drawings, and covered. When the fermentation subsides, and the scum begins to rack, take it off carefully with a skimmer, and draw it carefully from the sediment. If it is not sufficiently fine by the middle of winter, proceed as before directed. As I gave to the Editor of the True American at Trenton directions for improving cider spirit, by reducing it with water-cider, I think it is proper to mention, that the settings of spirit so reduced being put into cider, in the proportion of from two to three gallons to a hoghead, answered the purpose of fining full as well as the stinging glass.
I make no doubt but many are as well or better acquainted with making and fining cider than myself; but as I have seen no method described, which I have found to be preferable on experi- ence, have submitted the foregoing, which is at your service, or the public's, if it is deemed worth communicating, with proper corrections.
JOSEPH COOPER.
JAMES MEASE, M. D.
From the Northumberland Argus.
FINANCE, or the CURSES of WAR!
The late war added to the national debt of Great Britain 258 millions of pounds sterling, a sum equal to eleven thousand, four hundred and sixty-one millions, nine hundred and eight thou- sand dollars; to the annual taxes of Great Britain, it added 15 millions ster- ling, equal to 66 millions, 390 thousand dollars. The population of Great Britain, is eleven millions; thus by the late war, averaging each person to pay equally, every man, woman, and child in Great Britain, has contracted a debt of one thousand and fifty-two dollars; for which (in taxes occasioned by that war) each has to pay an annual interest of upwards of sixty dollars. Whoever af- ter this statement is so stupid as not to see the blessings of having a wise and good king and a heaven-born minister, must be considered as one of Mr. Burke's incorrigible Jacobins.
Finance, or the Blessings of Peace.
The population of the United States is something more than five millions; the purchase of Louisiana, of New-Or- leans, and consequently of the great ri- ver Mississippi is fifteen millions of dol- lars and a fraction; let the surplus of the five millions pay the surplus quarter of a million in the purchase, and we find that for three dollars each, we have acquired a right to a territory of great extent, and a most luxuriant soil and climate, and have added half a million of people to our population. People who will soon feel the thousand advan- tages they possess under a republican go- vernment, when compared with their situation as colonists under a despotic government. The expenses incurred by John Adams to support his odious measures in opposition to the will of the people, far exceeded the purchase of a country, 'where from the favorable effects of the climate, two annual crops of In- dian corn as well as rice may be produced.' The fruitless expense of John Adams to expensive five millions of freemen, was far greater than the sum which is to be paid to make citizens of half a million of slaves. Let the wise and sober minded among the federalists reflect upon these
things; let the mad men who were for plunging the country into a war gnash their teeth in the vexation of their hearts, and let the democratic republicans re- joice, and proudly exult in the blessings which are enjoyed, and those which are to be expected under the administration which is composed of the men whom the people love.
Every, the Consequence of War!
In a debate in the house of commons on the conduct of Mr. Pitt and the late administration of England, Mr. Nichols thus expressed himself. "By an inju- rious extension of paper-money; by an exorbitant rise in the price of all the necessaries of life; by reducing the trad- eman to poverty and wretchedness, and by sinking the poorhouses with thousands of miserable inhabitants, who for the last two years, were doomed to perish, to the amount, he would not say, of hundreds bit of thousands." (Strong and general murmers in the house.) Mr. Nichols continued, "I repeat, sir, that thousands have perished in the poorhouses within the last two years. I speak from good information and from my own knowledge. If any gentleman doubts the accuracy of this statement, let him move for a com- mittee of enquiry, and I pledge myself to produce such damning proofs, as shall make his hair stand on end." Such is the prosperity, such the happiness of the people of Great Britain! such are the fruits, of that most stupendous fabric of human wisdom, the British constitution.
Plenty, the Consequence of Peace.
Citizens of America! when you are thus from unquestionable authority as- sured, that poverty, wretchedness and death, in its most terrifying forms have been the lot of the people of England (said to be the most free and happy coun- try in Europe) how must your hearts swell with pride and gratitude, on a com- parison between your situation and theirs. When the friends of British influence confound you with their sophisms in praise of British liberty and British hap- piness, remember the damning proofs to the contrary, which we have this day laid before you. Plenty and peace, liber- ty and happiness have been, may they ever be, the blessed, the enviable lot of the citizens of the United States.
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
Additional arguments in favor of the Louisiana purchase, drawn from a federal authority.
No. VI.
The capacity of Louisiana to produce sugar, coffee, molasses and cocoa is pec- uliarly worthy of the consideration of those, who are disposed to make an ac- curate and candid estimate of its value to us. It has been said, that it is equal to twenty times the supply of France with sugar. It has been experienced, that the European nations have prohib- ited the shipment of West-Indian pro- duce to the United States from their colonies on various occasions; and upon others have confined the exportation to their own ships, as well indeed as the carriage of our produce thither. We notice this important subject to intro- duce a recent publication. During the discussions of last winter, a small pam- phlet was issued in the form of "a trans- lation of a memorial on the cession of the Mississippi to France by the Spanish government." It was the avowed inten- tion of that publication to prevent the true interests of the United States from being misunderstood or overlooked by our government, for want of a perfect knowledge of the subject. It will there- fore be presumed that the contents of the pamphlet were considered as reason- able and true. It certainly was not a republican measure: we do not intinuate that it was a foreign measure: it must be deemed a federal measure. This pamphlet consequently will have due weight with the federal part of our ci- tizens. It is now quoted, because it is wished to offer to them arguments, with which they are familiar, and facts with which they are conversant, and to which they have already given their full appro- bation and belief.
The writer of this pamphlet (p. 21) draws a very interesting picture of our new acquisition. "Fancy, (says he) in her happiest mood, cannot combine all the felicities of nature and society in a more absolute degree, than they will be actually combined, when the valley of the Mississippi shall be placed under the
auspices of France. Not one of the im- pediments to opulence will be found here. Not one of the advantages, the least of which have made other regions the envy and admiration of mankind, will here be wanting."
He asks of the Egyptian Nile—does this river bellow riches worthy of the greatest efforts to gain them, and shall the greater Nile of the western hem- isphere (the American Mississippi) be neglected? The choicest luxuries of Europe are coffee, sugar, and tobacco. The most useful materials of clothing are cotton and silk. All these, continues he, are natives of the Mississippi valley, or remarkably congenial to it. He con- tends, as we have stated, that one twen- tieth part of that noble valley is equal to the production of sugar for the French nation—30 millions of white persons.— We may count then on enough for our- selves at the most advanced state of our population, and abundance to carry in our own vessels for sale to foreign na- tions. No longer shall we be forced to consume sugar produced by slaves. Like the cultivation of cotton, by the less opulent part of the whites of Georgia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, Kentucky, &c., the cultivation of sugar and coffee will be performed by innumerable small, but thriving planters. It is as easy to plant the cane and the coffee tree, as to plant Indian corn and field beans or potatoes. Nor is the grinding of canes for sugar more difficult than the grinding of apples for cider. The boiling of the syrup of the cane is as easy as the boiling of the syrup of the maple tree. The sugars of India and China are not cultivated by domestic slaves, but by an oppressed peasantry. There are already German settlements in the sugar country of Lou- isiana.
It is not intended to pronounce upon the true source of the publication we refer to, but it professes to be a zealous federal work. As it was entirely oppo- sed in its recommendations and aims to the sentiments, propositions and views of the republican interest, it is clearly no work of that party. It is fair to appeal to candid federalists, whether they ought not to admit the intrinsic value of the Mississippi country, to be what their most distinguished writers and speakers asserted in the course of the last winter. If that value be admitted, then it will follow, that so much political advan- tage, so much proper and absolute profit, and exemption from so much and so va- rious evils, never were procured by any country for so small a sum.
The capacity of Louisiana to produce sugar has been so frequently mentioned, that it must be satisfactory to those prudent men of all parties, who desire to form their public and private opinions upon correct information, to learn the extent of that capacity. Imperfect ma- terials are possessed, but it is certain, that a sugar plantation has been estab- lished and is carried on by a native of Philadelphia as far north as point Cou- pee. This is a considerable distance above fort Manshat or Bouté, which is at the opening of the gut of Iberville, or the place where that river communi- cates, at its upper end, with the Missis- sippi. Let it then be well remembered, that the extensive region, south of point Coupee, is capable of producing articles of consumption and trade which will not grow in any part of the original terri- tory of the United States.
COLUMBUS.
FROM THE KENTUCKY GAZETTE.
IF ever a nation had reason to admire its constitution, to applaud its adminis- tration, and to express the profoundest gratitude to the Father of the universe for the unparalleled felicity it enjoys, America is that nation. If ever a part of a community had motives of gratitude to the whole, the union of all the repub- lican interest in the United States in ex- pressing sensibility on the violation of our right to navigate the Mississippi, and the moderate and firm, the prompt and prudent measures adopted by our executive, to restore to us our natural advantages, must claim our grateful ac- knowledgments. The clamors of a party really hostile to the growth and prosper- ity of this western part of the union, but affecting an ardent zeal in our cause, have been fully understood, and duly appreciated. Mortified at the failure of their deep laid projects of aggrandize- ment and ambition—racked with envy at the growing prosperity of our affairs under the wise and frugal administration of a republican executive—alarmed at the increasing confidence inspired by the growth of our commerce, the exten-

of our manufactures, and the reduction of the public burthens, the nation already wick'd, became desperate; and war with all its horrors, was willingly offered as the means of producing a change in the administration. The distorted features of their profligate policy became visible through the thin veil of affected patriotism. Their sanguinary projects, their wild and visionary schemes, were detected and exposed by a republican phalanx, whose march has been firm and dignified; whose path has led to peace, liberty, and an extension of empire. The calamities of federalism have appeared in their genuine deformity—the productions of their leaders have proved to be but the dreams of lying prophets. The republican Jefferson has been pronounced a disorganizer;—and yet he has acquired and will ere long organize a territory capable of adding new and flourishing states to our confederation. He has been accused of being unfriendly to commerce—By his wise and prudent policy, the commerce of the fair and most promising part of the union has been secured. He has been represented as unfriendly to the interests, and disposed to abandon the rights of the western country. The memorial presented by Mr. Livingston—the mission at Montevideo, and the success of the negotiation, have silenced these base aspersions. His enemies have accused him of a wish to excite dissensions between the eastern and southern states, and ultimately to dismember the union—Under his administration the bonds of union have been strengthened; and the productive and carrying states united by removing every obstacle to commerce, by securing a safe road for our shipping on every sea, and of a profitable market for our productions in every port. It has been insinuated that he was unfriendly to religion. Let the religious society which has been persecuted, or the religious opinion which has been proscribed, or the individual who has been restrained in his devotions, be produced in proof of the assertion. With an administration thus tolerant, attached to the constitution, alive to the interest of all the states, friendly to manufactures and commerce, and pursuing a system at once frugal and firm, but moderate and specific; is it not extraordinary that an opposition should exist?—Is it not astonishing, that in the western country, which under the late administration was almost outlawed—subjected to odious excises and oppressive direct taxes, threatened with a standing army to crush the genius of freedom, and curb the liberty of the press, and where fifty cockaded aristocrats lately lorded it over 20 000 freemen, the open advocates of that detestable system, few in number, and feeble in talents, should yet impudently ask the suffrages of the people, and aim at the first offices in our government?—The moderation which characterizes republicans, and the hardihood of federalism, can alone account for the presumption of the pitiful remnant of the party. But let not their hopes revive. It is only by penitence, and a complete abandonment of their political heresies that they can ever hope to be admitted into the confidence of the people of Kentucky. The wounds inflicted on us by federalism, have been too deep—The benefits derived from a republican administration too conspicuous, to permit us to revert to the former, or withhold our support from the latter.—We are not to be deceived by deluging federalists. We can distinguish between toleration and confidence. To the former the enemies of our administration are entitled—to the latter they can have no well-grounded pretensions.
A PLAIN FARMER.
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF COMMONS, JUNE 20.
DEFENCE OF THE COUNTRY.
On the motion being put from the Chair, MR. WINDHAM rose, and in a very acute speech stated his objections to the plan of defence which the right hon. gentleman had detailed. He had hoped that ministers, taking a comprehensive view of the present situation of the country, would have come forward with some vigorous and effectual plan of national defence. He had, however, found himself most grievously disappointed.—With every thing that had been said on the novelty of our situation, with all that had been stated of the unprecedented perils to which we were exposed, with every thing that had been urged in favor of the propriety of extraordinary exertions he most cordially agreed. He was the first man in the house to allow, that if we went on in our old orderly course, if we did not resort to new means of activity, arising out of new circumstances, and suggested by new appearances of danger, our destruction must at no very remote period be inevitable. His great objection to the plan which the right hon. gentleman had disclosed—he wished to speak out his sentiments on the subject fairly, and those sentiments were, that the system proposed went directly to cut up the existence of a regular army.
Under the system which was now pursued it was utterly impossible that a regular army could be established; the reason of this was obvious to every man who, divesting himself of prejudice, suffered his understanding to be exercised on the subject. Without recurring to a variety of other circumstances which necessarily prevented the army from being placed on a respectable footing, he would merely advert to the great cause of the eventual annihilation of a large military force in this country. This cause was the present system of substitution, as applicable to the militia. Bounties were allowed to an extent in the militia, which prevented the recruiting for the regular army, having any thing like a reasonable chance of fair competition. The effect of the proposed measure was to add fifty thousand men to the existing militia, and, in the same proportion, to prevent the regular army from receiving any augmentation, or even arriving at a consistent, or formidable appearance. It was his decided opinion that the present system of substitution was incalculably ruinous to the best interests of the country. Infusing this, however, he begged his sentiments to be fairly understood; that a rigorous enforcement of personal service should in all cases take place, he allowed would be a grievance altogether insupportable.—But this was no sort of argument in favor of the existing system. By permitting substitutes to be procured in the way in which they were now obtained, the prices of the commodity was raised far above its real worth, and individuals and the country equally suffered. It might be asked, in what manner his objection could be removed? To this his answer was simple. Instead of allowing substitutes as they now stood, he would consent that individuals, who did not choose to serve personally, ought to commute their service by paying a certain sum to government, not to be employed in providing for the increase of the militia, but in adding to the number of the regular army.
The right hon. gentleman had claimed credit for the plan, by stating, that it would leave a large disposable force applicable to general purposes. So far was he himself from entertaining such an opinion, that he thought the addition of fifty thousand men was precisely so much of a decrease of the means of providing a disposable force. The fact was, and it was proper that the house and the country should know it, that the army, if the present system was persisted in, would gradually diminish. The right hon. gentleman in the course of his speech alluded to the necessity of reviewing and improving our present military system. The present was, however, represented as being a very unfavorable moment for undertaking any important improvement. He could not at all enter into this idea. If improvement was at all necessary, it never could be more expedient than at a period of unparalleled difficulty and danger. With respect to the quality of our army, he did not see much room for improvement. He saw, however, the most important considerations to induce him to wish that the army might be increased. This was, indeed, the great object which he wished to press on the attention of the committee. He had heard it mentioned as the first recommendation in favor of a book, that it would secure its being read, and on the same principle he would ever argue that the first and most essential love of an army was to let the country have an army. He had taken an opportunity on more than one occasion to state what were his sentiments of the militia system. He admired it in its own place, but could not agree to place it on the same footing with a regular army. It was contrary to the nature of things that it should ever be equal to a body of regular troops. The materials were indeed the same, but the mode of their application was essentially different. Without at all disparaging the militia officers, for whom, on the contrary, he entertained the most sincere respect, he was confident they never could gain over those whom they command the same ascendancy which regular officers could secure.
With the views of mere defence a large regular disposable force was highly important, but still more important was it with the view of any impression on the continent. He desired gentlemen to consider what would be the consequence if any of those changes took place in France, from which alone there was any hope of the restoration of all that the Jacobinism of the revolution had destroyed on the continent, to have it seen that we had no force to whom any power on the continent could look with any feeling approaching to confidence.—He was a friend to all subsidiary means of defence. But he could never too forcibly declare his opinion that the force confessedly the best in every point of view, was sacrificed to those of a subordinate order. He had no objection to them in their own place, but he could not at all admit their being admitted to the first rank. If after using every exertion to raise the regular army as far as possible, it had been found necessary to resort to the militia or to volunteers, this would have been all very well; but the order
had been reversed. The militia had received the bounty which ought to have been given to the regular army. The right hon. gentleman, after complementing the zeal and services of the yeomanry and volunteer forces, stated, that however he might approve of that body, which answered very well for the purpose of police officers in the several districts to which they belonged, yet if he had any thing to do in arranging the plan of defence necessary for the defence of the country, he should propose a volunteer system of a very different nature, more efficient for all objects of national safety, and not by any means tending to interfere with the recruiting of the army, the supply of the militia, or the offers of service which independent and public spirited gentlemen might in the present conjuncture be disposed to make. This system would be, to put the people in a state of preparation for rising en masse, that in whatever part of the country the enemy might land, he should meet a peasantry army, ready to repel his approaches. To put the people in such a situation, it was not necessary that they should be drilled in all the minutiae of military discipline, in the various modes of marching and countermarching, in turning their eyes to the right or to the left, or in those other movements, which he understood were not thought so material to the perfection of an army. He believed that men of very high military rank considered them by no means essential. It was indeed well known that they were of recent introduction into the military system.—They were quite unheard of at times when military achievements of the first character were performed. There was no idea of them in the day of the justly famous duke of Marlborough. It was not then deemed of much consequence whether the whole of an army stepped forward with the same leg. It ought to be inquired into, how much of those innovations should be retained—all perplexing superfluities should be lopped off. The modern system of French tactics should afford us some useful instruction, and, with the aid of intelligent, experienced persons, the mode of selection might be ascertained. We might learn how to cast aside the nut and keep the kernel.
The consequence of a volunteer plan thus arranged and co-extensive with the population of the country, would be an exemption from any very material expense, while we might balance our force with that of the enemy, and still more, that it would prepare the minds of the people for war; for all men should be led to talk and think of it; military knowledge should be generally cultivated, and officers to be appointed in each district for occasionally commanding and directing the military operations of the people should be instructed to promote the conversations of the neighborhood in which he might reside—that in every private and public house it should be the topic of discourse. In short, those officers should make it their study to read classical lectures to the people on the subject of war. He declined to follow the Right Honorable Gentleman (the Secretary of War) in his description of the dangers of the country, at the same time that he wished to renounce as damnable and heretical the doctrine which some gentlemen were so forward as to preach, that the country ought not to be apprised of its danger, that it was a subject of which it would be imprudent to speak much. What, could it be seriously considered unwise to inform the people of their actual situation? Could not the country even bear to be told of its danger? If it could not, was it probable that it would be qualified to meet that danger with firmness, or to resist it with efficacy? He strongly deprecated an opinion so ignoble, because it naturally led to an inference so mischievous, so dishonorable to the country, and so opposite to fact. He did not mean that the country should feel no fear, but he wished it to take a middle course between a too early fear, and no fear at all; to be steady and determined, not to be afraid of the danger which menaced the country, but yet not to overlook it, or to look at it lightly. He begged to observe, that he did not like the calm which was recommended. There was the calm of grief and the calm of fear, and the calm of a man who should put his head under the bed clothes to avoid the midnight robbers: This was the calm of non-resistance, and of course not that of which he could approve for the security of this country; but it was said by the friends of Ministers that, though thus apparently calm, they were exceedingly active in their operations; they had a great deal doing for the public safety, though nothing appeared. This nearly resembled the policy of Bonaparte: he was said to be making very active progress in his hostile arrangements, without any very considerable bustle or ostentation; and perhaps Ministers imagined that it was advisable for them to imitate his policy (a laugh) but if so, he decidedly differed with them, for, though to be secret in preparation might be very good for those who hoped to surprise, it was quite the reverse for those who expected to be surprised—it would certainly be very
strange in a commanding officer who apprehended an attack upon his camp, to tend for his lieutenant and tell him so; but enjoining him thus:—“don’t mention this circumstance to any of the soldiers; don’t state it to the guards, nor let the centries know any thing about it.” So, according to some Gentlemen, the country was to be kept in ignorance as to the extent of the danger which threatened it as to the preparations of Bonaparte, or the means taken to counteract their effects. If we were to be saved by the voluntary exertion of the people, how was that exertion to be excited, or how was it likely to be effective, if this system of concealment were to be persisted in; and what hopes could be entertained from exertions, if those libelous assertions were to be regarded, that it would alarm and discourage them beyond measure to be acquainted with the nature of their situation? Such unfounded and dastardly ideas should be abandoned, and Ministers should get rid of that dignified calm, of which their friends seemed so proud; for it was not by such ideas or such calumnies that the public dangers were to be provided against.
He wished it to be understood that he saw nothing in the state of our affairs which should excite dismay. There was great capacity for exertion in the country, and ample resources, if directed with wisdom and energy. If the country would do its duty, there was no reason whatever to be apprehensive; but in order to render that performance of duty effectual for its object, it was indispensably necessary that the government should do its duty, and that was not to be done by bringing forward such tardy and inefficient measures as that now before the committee, nor by such indecisive and neglectful conduct as had characterized the administration for some time back; a conduct so scandalously negligent as to encourage the arrogance of the enemy, and to weaken the confidence of the country. But without dwelling on a retrospect of the conduct of ministers, he would exhort them now to exert themselves for the defence of the country. Let them call upon every man of talent in the nation for his advice on the subject. Let not their opinions, however, be collected merely from private conversation, for men might be too much disposed in such cases to make sacrifices, in order to flatter the judgment of others; to give up their opinions to the favourite plan of persons in power; but intelligent men should be applied to for written statements of their ideas. Thus their characters would become responsible, and many new and important plans might be obtained. He professed himself sorry that the first measure which ministers submitted to the House, indicating a disposition to vigour, should be liable to so many and such weighty objections, not because it was a force too great for the population of the country to afford, nor because it would be troublesome in the execution, but upon the ground that though it would be troublesome in a certain degree, and would tend to cut up the army, it would be inefficacious towards the end it professed to have in view. It was not efficient for the purpose of present defence, and it was fatal in its tendency to our future security. It was both in a political and military point of view, likely to be productive of the most fatal effects.
LONDON, July 4.
The Moniteur mentions that two departments, those of La Manche and Seine and Oise, have each voted about 31,000l. for equipping vessels.
The mayor of Amiens presented Bonaparte with some swans the usual present made by the mayors of Amiens to the sovereigns of France whenever they did the city the honor of a visit. “Louis XII,” says the mayor, “received them graciously: the valiant Henry deigned to except them: to acquit ourselves towards you we have doubled the number usually given.”
The prefect of Somme, in his address to the Chief Consul, introduced the following rhetorical flourish:—“Father of thy country, continue through our abundant fields, through our embellished cities, amidst universal joy, thy triumphant and pacific march—but let England tremble! Let the English, abandoned to the scoundrels and arrogance of its ministers, to the folly and audacity of its orators, contemplate with affright the hero of France, advancing to punish perjury, to impose on the pirates of the sea the yoke of peace, and to proclaim on the ruins of Albion the commercial independence of Europe.”
July 11.
Government has, we are assured, received authentic information that the wishes expressed by the court of Madrid to preserve a strict neutrality have been completely frustrated by the positive injunctions of Bonaparte, who requires every possible exertion on the part of Spain to co-operate in his views against this country, by the assistance of her navy. In consequence of this requisition, officially communicated to the Spanish government, orders were sent to the commandant of the marine at Cadiz, to prepare ten sail of the line with all possible dispatch for sea, and they were ac-
tually cooping at the Isle de Leon harbor. The intelligence reached government on the 25th ult. and measures were immediately adopted to strengthen our fleet in the Mediterranean. It was in consequence of that determination that the Malta and Canopus of 80 guns and the Sceptre and Conqueror of 74 were dispatched from the Straits last Tuesday from the channel fleet. The blockade of Cadiz and Ferrol does not seem very distant. Notwithstanding the departure of these four ships, Admiral Cornwallis's force is adequate to the accomplishment of every object we have in view. His squadron, which is now cruising in different points before Brest, consists of 46 sail of the line and the port of Rochefort is blockaded up by three more under the command of Sir Edward Pellew.
In the event of invasion, the king, it is stated, will take the field in person, and will be assisted in the conduct of the war by a military council. His majesty certainly will, in the course of the autumn, review the various camps near London.
A letter from Amsterdam, of the 4th inst. says, “We are informed that the French government has demanded in the most precise manner, that similar measures to those adopted in France should be taken in this republic to prevent every kind of communication, direct or indirect, with England. It is expected that the exportation of every kind of provisions will be severely prohibited—orders are already given for the examination of vessels at their sailing, and for sequestrating all those whose papers are not conformable to regulations, &c.”
Letters from Marseilles state, that a convoy has arrived in that port from America worth seven millions of livres.
CONSTANTINOPLE, June 6.
We are so accustomed to rebellions, that each new relation of this kind is not received with that dismay and astonishment which such events may be expected to produce. The 26th ult. the Porte received, from the commander in chief in Egypt, an extraordinary courier, with the unexpected and at the same time disagreeable intelligence, that the Turks in Egypt have been deprived of Alexandria. This important city is now in the hands of a corps of rebellious Albanians or Arnauts. These troops, the most valiant and intrepid in the Turkish army, lay in garrison, with others in that city. As a poor reward, however, for their courage and their service, no pay had been given them for some months past notwithstanding their solicitations and their murmurs. The Pacha, commanding in Alexandria, often regaled them, it is true, with promises, but as often forgot to realize them. The Arnauts at length grew impatient, and compelled their officers to conduct them in the presence of the Pacha, who, terrified at their menacing aspect, immediately issued an order to the Tefterdar, or general pay-master, to pay them their arrears. With this order they proceeded to the Tefterdar, who resided at some distance from Alexandria. Either ignorant or fearful of the consequences, this man in office arrogantly refused to comply with the Pacha's orders; excusing himself by saying, that there was no money in the chest. This was more than the disappointed heroes could bear; they began to mutiny against the Tefterdar; roughly handled him, as well as those who were with him; and concluded their insults by carrying him, in irons, towards Alexandria.
The Pacha, who was perhaps not ignorant that his order on the Tefterdar would be dishonoured, made preparations against the expected return of the Arnauts. Accordingly, on their approach, he commanded the remaining part of the garrison to shut the gates and to point the cannon against them: on which the rebels swore, in a fury not to be described, that they would either conquer or die; and, without suffering their rage to cool, they instantly procured some ladders, and other instruments, with the assistance of which they climbed up the fortifications of the city, spread terror and dismay, and in a few hours made themselves masters of Alexandria; a city which had been strengthened by both the French and the English, but which was now defended by Turks! The Pacha, as cowardly as mean, made his escape, with some of his adherents, out of a gate at the other end of the city; and the military chest fell into the hands of the Arnauts. Several persons however, were slaughtered before their fury subsided.
The capture of Alexandria in this accidental manner, through the bad conduct of the Pacha and the pay master, may, in this moment, produce the most important consequences, with regard to Egypt. The Porte, aware of this, hastened the departure of the Captain Pacha with his fleet. In short, they are determined to leave no means untried to regain possession of this ill-fated city.
NAPLES, June 17.
We have just received a piece of intelligence as important as agreeable, provided it be true. The First Consul, at the pressing instance of several courts, and particularly that of Austria, has assured the new-

reality of our Sovereign. This joyful intelligence has, it is said, been officially communicated to the admiral.
MILAN, June 20.
On the 8th instant the following was issued at Naples:
"The King having resolved to observe the strictest neutrality in the war which is now broke out between the French Republic, and the King of England, it is his will and pleasure that none of his subjects shall enter into the service of either of those two powers."
COPENHAGEN, June 25.
The French government, it seems, took the earliest opportunity of officially assuring our court, that Denmark had nothing to fear from her side, in consequence of the present posture of public affairs.
WASHINGTON CITY.
WEDNESDAY, August 31.
The sloop Hiland, (a constant trader from Philadelphia to Alexandria) arrived at Alexandria on the 28th inst. from Philadelphia. On her passage Captain Hand had one of his men impressed by a British 64 gun ship. The impressed man's name is David Gitchell, he was born near Philadelphia, and has a family consisting of a wife and children in that city, who, by this circumstance are deprived of his industry, their only means of support.
The Captain of the 64 was very minute in his enquiries of Captain Hand, respecting JEROME BONAPARTE.
ELECTION RETURNS.
The following gentlemen are elected to serve in the next congress for Kentucky:
David Walker, John Boyle, Mathew Walton, Thomas Sandford, John Fowler, and G. M. Bedinger—All republicans.
By an official statement of the board of health of N. York, it appears that the number of those who have fallen victims to the Yellow Fever in that city from the 29th July to the 24th of August, amounts to 102.
The United States brig Argus has been launched from Mr. Hart's ship-yard in Boston—and will sail in a short time to join commodore Preble's squadron in the Mediterranean.
Capt. Norris, arrived at Salem from Lisbon, informs, that it was reported that a French army was on its march for that place; and that the English merchants were preparing to remove, some to America; and among those Mr. Bulkeley, who had sent off his property by different vessels, to Philadelphia.
All such commodities as are prohibited in Sweden, and shall be found on board vessels entering the ports of that kingdom to discharge any part of their cargoes, are to be confiscated, tho' intended for other countries. The intelligence has been communicated by a Danish consul to the chamber of commerce at Copenhagen.
(London paper.)
New-York, August 27.
We have received London papers to the 13th July, inclusive, and Rotterdam papers to the 9th. These papers contain very little intelligence of moment.
The expedition against England, it is said, will consist of 500,000 men, in 5 divisions, to be commanded by Bonaparte, Moreau, and Bournonville; of which it is calculated that 200,000 will be destroyed in the attempt, and that the remainder will be a force sufficient to conquer the island.
Robert Allett, late assistant to the principal cashier of the bank of England, had his trial on the 8th for embezzling property belonging to the bank to the amount of 200,000l. sterling, and was acquitted without examining the witnesses, on the ground that the exchequer bills alleged to have been stolen had not been formally signed under the authorities constituted in the act by which they were issued. He was, however, remanded to prison for a civil debt due to the bank of upwards of 100,000l.
LONDON, July 12.
The Brussels papers contain important intelligence from Hanover and the Elbe. It seems that the French are determined to cross that river, which the Hanoverians seem as determined to oppose. The ostensible object for the advance of the French army across the Elbe, is to disarm the Hanoverian army, in fulfilment of the treaty of Sublingen; but we presume they must have more important objects in view, as they meditate the crossing at three different places. The next accounts from that quarter will be interesting.
Alexandria, in Egypt, has for a time at least, been wrested from the Porte by a part of the garrison, who mutinied from want of pay, and after committing great excesses, made themselves master of the place.
A letter from Amsterdam, of the 4th inst. says, "We are informed that the French government has demanded in the most precise manner, that similar measures to those adopted in France should be taken in this republic to prevent every kind of communication, direct, or indirect, with England. It is expected that the exportation of every kind of provisions will be severely prohibited; orders are already given for the examination of vessels at their sailing, and for sequestering all those whose papers are not conformable to regulations, &c."
Letters from Marseilles, state, that a Convoy has arrived in that port from America worth seven millions of livres.
July 13.
Some of the Paris Journals, upon the authority of the German Gazettes, speak of the court of Berlin being concerned in the mediation which Russia had offered between this country and France. They add, that a plan has been actually formed by the court of Berlin, for settling the disputes between England and France; of which the following are the principal articles; "that Malta shall be occupied by Russian troops for ten years, and that they shall be paid by England and France jointly; that Malta shall be ceded to the Order at the expiration of ten years, and shall be garrisoned by Neapolitan troops; and that the Island of Lampedusa shall be ceded to Great Britain." We believe that some overture of this nature has actually been made to our government, but no one who understands the real ground of war between the two countries, can believe that it would be listened to for a moment. It is possible, however, that the offer of Prussia may revive the negotiation for a little, which before was considered as at an end; but we cannot promise it.
A bill was last night brought in by the Lord Mayor, for raising an additional military force by the City.
Foreign affairs.—By the London accounts it appears that his Britannic Majesty, as elector of Hanover has refused to ratify the convention of Sublingen. It is stated that in consequence; the Hanoverian troops will be sent prisoners to France, and that the French were at the beginning of July preparing to pass the Elbe. The Hanoverians were also preparing to dispute the passage in a very determined manner.
The First Consul it is said suffers his Neapolitan majesty to remain neutral. The talked of negotiation for peace between France and England, through the medium of Russia, has come to an end.
Bonaparte has dictated a set of resolutions to the government of Hague, which they have very obsequiously published, in the form of decree. By these the importation of merchandise from Great Britain and its colonies is prohibited. Neutral vessels must be provided with certificates from Dutch consuls, or from the magistrates where shipped, stating the cargo, the names of the vessel and master, the number of hands, &c. Those who have not these certificates must take a return cargo of the produce or manufactures of that country. It prohibits the exportation of vessels or materials for shipbuilding. It renews the existing laws relative to exportation of warlike stores, gunpowder, salt-petre, &c. and prohibits the exportation of provisions to the enemy.
The emperor of Germany is recruiting 80,000 men as a corps of observation and Great Britain is making vigorous preparations to be able to rise en masse in case of invasion.
COMMUNICATION,
The wisdom of the government in the resolute maintenance of peace.
It seems highly important to the United States to make a correct estimate of the affairs of Europe, in order that they may themselves be governed by a sound discretion in an extraordinary conjuncture.
It has become obvious to every man, that the councils of France, Russia, Austria, Prussia, Sweden and Denmark must be under the influence of some vast plan for the new modelling of Europe and for effecting a revolution in commerce and naval power. The proper crowns of Germany and all the neighbouring crowns, which are also German powers, have witnessed, without an objection, the stoppage of the inlets of British commerce into the German empire and the total subversion of the British Hanoverian electorate. The provisions of treaties, of the law of nations and of the Germanic constitution, have not produced the least interpolation of any of those powers. Can it be doubted that some great and secret concert of common interest has produced this effect from the last revolution of the Alpine republic to that of Hanover?
These powers, combined in a plan to new model Europe, find nothing on that continent to withstand their arms. Hanover (and countries like Hanover unable to resist) becomes at once a subjugated district ready for any disposition if the new combination, and a copious fountain of present revenue to the ostensible operating members of the coalition.
The mouths of the rivers which penetrate Germany, are garrisoned by or for the new combination to the exclusion of English commerce and manufactures. The Scheldt, the Maese, the Rhine, the Ems, the Weser, and the Elbe, are shut against the British trade. The army, which in a moment quelled Hanover, recruited by its exaction in that electorate, is at leisure to place an irresistible division on either margin of the Baltic. By one stroke the whole of the necessary commerce of Britain on the Baltic sea must be instantly suspended. Will Denmark and Sweden consent!
Do they, with to rise at the expense of the British trade and navy? Do France, Russia, Austria and Prussia approve the measure of the French occupying the Sound seems also to be an important question. Should the Baltic be closed, by these new combined powers against the commerce and navy of England, the supplies for her manufactures of iron, steel, hemp and flax, and the materials for her private vessels and ships of war must be greatly reduced. The Trident of Neptune, so long wielded by Great Britain, appears to be a primary object of the new combination. Tho' naval engagements are no objects of apprehension to the English fleet, the timber, the hemp, the flax, the sail cloth, the iron, the cordage, the tar, the pitch and the turpentine of the Baltic are necessary to keep it in an efficient condition. Practical navigation is necessary to preserve nautical habits, skill and character. The French alone were for a time in the quarrel with England: Holland has followed, and Spain and Portugal may be forced into it. The Prussians cannot postpone their decision much longer, and their conduct, since 1794, will convince us, that it will not be unfavorable to France. Momentous circumstances crowd upon each other at this awful crisis and seem likely to embroil or involve Europe to the utmost extent. In such a state of things, some federal partizans and pressers clamorously denounce the firm discretion of the president of the United States, which steadily maintains our peace. Let us pray as of old time, "father forgive them: they know not what they do!" Let Great Britain extend to her people the right to their various religions, the right to arms within their own estates, and the right to elect, for the commons house, the representatives of their persons and the legislative dispensers of their property, real and personal, and the will do more towards her own safety and independences, than all the good America could perform in her favor, by a mad engagement in a distant, most expensive, and most extreme war.
By LETTERS PATENT.
What is generally useful, ought to be generally known.
THE undeniable success which has attended the use of
West's Rheumatic Ring,
In the cures of the Rheumatism, Rheumatic pains and Cramps, has induced him to obtain Letters Patent for his invention, in order to secure his property therein, and defend the public against the mischievous effects of spurious imitations.
The following instances of the efficacy of West's Rheumatic Ring, are selected from a considerable number, and submitted for public inspection, to demonstrate the vast importance of his discovery, and in no instance have they failed of success. A few of which are to be had at Mr. Wm. Rhodes's, city of Washington near the Treasury office, at two dollars each.
THOMAS WEST.
I do certify, that I have had the Rheumatism in my knee, till it was much swelled, I then applied to Edward West for one of his Rheumatic Rings and by using it two weeks, I was perfectly well. Given under my hand this 6th day of December 1799, about six miles from Lexington.
BENJAMIN BEELER.
I do hereby certify, that I had pains in my arms, and I do believe by wearing a ring I have got from Mr. West, I have got clear of the pains. Lexington, Dec. 4, 1799. WM. ROSS.
I do certify that my wife both had the rheumatism in once her arms, and was very helpless with it for a long time; and I applied to Mr. Edward West, for some of his Rheumatic Rings, which appear to have greatly relieved her, and I believe it will perfectly cure her. Given under my hand, this 6th day of Dec. 1799.
AZARIAH HIGGINS, near Lexington.
I do certify that I have had the cramp in one of my legs these three years, and the latter part of the time extreme bad; I could
receive no benefit from any thing, until I tried one of Edward West's Rheumatic Rings, which perfectly cured me in three days—given under my hand this 15th of March, 1800. THOMAS VAUGHAN.
I do hereby certify that I have had the rheumatic pains in both my arms, so that I was not able to work, and by wearing two rings which I got of Edward West, I have got perfectly well. Given under my hand this 20th day of December, 1799. ASA COMBS.
I hereby certify that for several years past I have been much afflicted with a rheumatism. Mr. Edward West of Lexington, complimented me with one of his Rheumatic Rings, which I have generally worn, and have been entirely free from all symptoms of that complaint ever since. Given under my hand this 17th December, 1799. JESSE WILLIAMS, Bourbon Co.
I do hereby certify that I got of Mr. Edward West a ring called a Rheumatic Ring, and it has perfectly cured me of the pain which had constantly followed me for fifteen months, less or more, in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, the last day of March 1800. WM. N. POTTS.
The above Thomas Vaughan, Asa Combs, Wm. N. Potts, and Jesse Williams, sworn to before me, this 27th day of July, 1800. ARCHIBALD M'ILVAIN, Justice of Peace.
Observe those rings are to be worn on the fingers or the wrists and the small of the legs, if the skin be very dry, it requires to be slightly rubbed with a little salt butter, on the part they are applied. August 31. tawfm
United States of America.
Fifth circuit, Virginia district, May term, 1803.
Under a decree of the said court, We the commissioners will expose for public sale, on the premises, at 12 o'clock on Friday the 30th day of September next, that valuable and extensive
F A R M,
Called Mount Salus, alias Millthrope, lying in Fairfax county on Difficult and Wolf Trap runs, containing by deed 550 acres, and by survey 673 acres. The mansion house is on a high healthy and agreeable situation, convenient to which are springs of good water. The house is 40 by 12 feet, two rooms on a floor, with a nine feet passage and stair case, two brick chimneys, with a fine place to each room, a piazza the whole length of the front, a cellar 40 by 12 walled with stone and divided into two apartments. There are several small buildings near the mansion house and garden. There are also a valuable merchant and grist mill, saw mill, distillery, miller's house and overseer's house. The mill house is 40 by 30, two stories high, half the lower story of stone, the other part framed work, and covered with shingles. There are one pair of burrs, and one pair of Coogone stones, three bolting cloths almost new, and one screen, all now in use in manufacturing wheat and grinding grit. The mill house 40 by 30, one story high, walls of stone and shingled roof, the floors planked, the upper laid for making grain, and troughs fixed round the whole house, constructed to carry water to every vessel which may need it. Three stills and one boiler can be worked to advantage in said house. The waters of Wolf Trap, on which the mill and saw mill stand, are constant streams. The situation for country custom, or purchasing wheat is exceeded by none in the county or neighborhood, not being more than 17 miles from Alexandria and 13 from George Town, where there are excellent markets for country produce of every description; and about 14 miles from the city of Washington. The land is fertile and productive, and the soil well adapted to received improvement from the use of plaster of Paris. There are upwards of 3000 panels of fence on the land, about 160 or 170 acres of well timbered land belonging to the tract. There have been nearly 20 acres of timothy made, lying on Wolf Trap and Difficult runs, 50 acres more may be made at a small expense. This farm enjoys many natural advantages, which are unnecessary for us to mention, it being taken for granted that any person wishing to buy such property will avail themselves of the opportunity of viewing the premises previous to the day of sale. The terms of which are, one third of the money to be paid on the day of sale, (at which time deeds will be made to the purchaser) one third in six months, and the other third in 12 months, with the interest accruing on the two last payments from the day of sale. A deed of trust will be expected to secure the last payments. Some informality in the decree prevented the sale agreeably to the former notice. This defect being obviated by the parties, the property will most certainly be sold as now noticed. Captain James Wiley, residing near the land, will show the premises, and also a plan of the survey, which is left with him for the information of those concerned. The title papers will be exhibited on the day of sale. CHARLES LITTLE, JAMES WILEY, JAMES DOUGLASS. August 30. cp
An act for the erection and repair of pumps.
Be it enacted by the first and second chambers of the City Council of Washington, That the sum of six hundred dollars be appropriated for the purpose of erecting and repairing pumps, under the direction of the mayor.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the mayor be empowered to establish such regulations respecting the erection of pumps, and require previous thereto, such individual contributions, as he may see fit.
A CARD
H. O. HEBERT (from Philadelphia) to call the attention of the citizens of Baltimore in general, and invalids in particular, to his "Air Pump Vapour Bath," a machine constructed on true philosophical principles, the efficacy of which in gout, rheumatism, palsy, contractions and enlargements of the joints, withered and enlarged limbs, cutaneous and many other diseases, both chronic and acute, can be testified by many respectable persons who have had recourse to it.
This machine comprehends, and combines the application of fomentation and the cupping glass, two of the most powerful external applications for the removal of disease, and that on a plan more excellent than was ever before known.
As many persons who have never seen the apparatus might be deterred from using it, either from the reports of prejudiced persons, or fear, they are respectfully assured that its application is not attended with either pain or inconvenience. It possesses all the good effects of warm bathing, without its attendant consequences, debility and relaxation; on the contrary, it invigorates and strengthens the whole system, but particularly the part to which the machine is applied. Persons desirous of further information respecting the nature and effects of this machine, will please to apply to the proprietor, at No. 3, Ball Street, near the assembly room.
N. B. The Air Pump Vapour Bath is particularly adapted for the removal of all obstructions occasioned by violent colds, which are the forerunners of consumptions, &c.
Complaints peculiarly incident to females, which too generally baffle the remedies hitherto applied, and to which they frequently fall victims in the prime of life, are readily and effectually removed by the application of this machine. May 31.
Treasury of the United States,
Washington August 15. 1803.
WHEREAS by an act of Congress dated May the 8th, 1794, entitled "An act to provide for a Copper Coinage," in the second section thereof, it is enacted;
"That after the expiration of six calendar months from the time when there shall have been paid into the Treasury by the said Director of the Mint in coins and half cents, a sum not less than fifty thousand Dollars, which time shall forthwith be announced by the Treasurer in at least two gazettes or newspapers, published at the seat of government of the United States for the time being, no copper coins or pieces whatsoever, except the said cents and half cents, shall pass current as money, or shall be paid or offered to be paid or received in payment for any debt, demand, claim, matter or thing whatsoever; and all copper coins or pieces, except the said cents and half cents, which shall be paid or offered to be paid or received in payment contrary to the prohibition aforesaid, shall be forfeited, and every person by whom any of them shall have been so paid or offered to be paid or received in payment, shall also forfeit the sum of ten dollars, and the said forfeiture and penalty shall and may be recovered with costs of suit for the benefit of any person or persons by whom information of the incurring thereof shall have been given."
And whereas it appears by the books of this office, that more than fifty thousand dollars in cents and half cents, have been paid into the Treasury. I now therefore, in obedience to the said act, do hereby give public notice of the same.
TH. T. TUCKER.
Treasurer United States.
August 15. taw3m
(By Authority.)
An act for the erection and repair of pumps.
Be it enacted by the first and second chambers of the City Council of Washington, That the sum of six hundred dollars be appropriated for the purpose of erecting and repairing pumps, under the direction of the mayor.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the mayor be empowered to establish such regulations respecting the erection of pumps, and require previous thereto, such individual contributions, as he may see fit.
JOHN P. VAN NESS,
President of the first chamber of the city council of Washington.
BEJAMIN MOORE,
President pro-tempore of the second chamber of the city council of Washington. Approved, August 20th, 1803.
ROBERT BRENT, Mayor.
Copy from the original deposited
in my office,
THOMAS HERTY, REG.
of the city of Washington.
August 20th, 1803.
In consequence of the act entitled "An act for the erection and repair of pumps," by which the mayor of the city of Washington is authorised to adopt regulations as to the application of the monies thereby granted. The following regulations have been adopted by him.
1st. That the neighbourhood, or persons applying to have wells dug and pumps erected, shall subscribe one half the money necessary to carry the work into effect.
2nd. That the wells and pumps be on some public street, and in front of an improved lot—and when finished, to be free for public use.
1: being desirable that every part of the city should participate in the advantages held out by the above recited act, it is hoped that early applications will be made, so as to afford an opportunity of distributing this fund in a manner the most equal—It will be proper that every application be accompanied with a true estimate of the sum, each well and pump will require to finish it—The applications may be left for the mayor at the office of the Register, of the city of Washington.
It is the wish of the Editor of the NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER to engage an individual well qualified to REPORT THE DEBATES OF CONGRESS. Immediate application, with the terms that will be agreeable, is requested.
The Editors of papers who publish Debates from the National Intelligencer are requested to insert this advertisement in their papers a few times.

PRINTING INK OF AN EXCELLENT QUALITY, FOR SALE AT TIMOTHY CALDWELL'S Near the West Market, City of Wash- ington, who has to Let on Ground Rent a number of Lots in eligible situa- tions. June 22. 3m.
Lots for sale. IN eligible situations, and upon very ad- vantageous terms—A plan of the several squares in which they are contained may be seen and terms thereon by applying to, ROBERT W. PEACOCK. Attorney at law and conveyancer.
FOR SALE, For a term of 5 years, A LIKELY young and healthy NEGRO MAN , about 23 years of age for sale by ROBERT M'CLAN. Washington May 25. tf.
BY AUTHORITY. SCHEME OF A LOTTERY, To build a Catholic Cathedral Church in the City of Baltimore.
  1 prize of 20,000 1 20,000   1 ditto 10,000 1 10,000   2 do 5,000 is 10,000   5 do 1,000 — 5,000   10 do 500 — 5,000   15 do 200 — 3,000   200 do 100 — 20,000   200 do 50 — 10,000   200 do 25 — 5,000   250 do 20 — 5,000   4000 do 15 — 60,000   1 first drawn ticket after 2000, having a blank to its number, 500 500   1 do after 4000 do 500 500   1 do after 6000 do 500 500   1 do after 8000 do 500 500   1 do after 10,000 do 500 500   1 do after 12,000 do 500 500   1 do after 14,000 do 500 500   1 do after 16,000 do 500 500   1 do after 18,000 do 500 500   1 first drawn ticket, which may have a blank to its number, 2,000 2,000   754 Prizes, 210.00 210.00   13,856 blanks—Not two to a prize. 
21,000 Tickets, at 10 dollars each, 210,000 The laudable purpose of this lottery—the many very valuable prizes offered, and there- no being two blanks to a prize, are consider- rations which give the managers reason to hope for a rapid sale of the tickets. The drawing will commence as soon as a sufficient number of tickets shall be sold to authorize it; and thirty days after the completion of the drawing, the prizes will be paid to the fortune- ate adventurers, subject to a deduction of fifteen per cent. Such prizes as shall not be demanded within twelve months after the drawing is finished shall be considered as re- linquished for the benefit of the church.
For the satisfaction of those at a distance, it may be necessary to mention, that the man- agers have given bond to the mayor and city council in the sum of 120,000 dollars for the due payment of the prizes which may be drawn.
Tickets to be had of the managers, or of such persons as may be appointed by them. Managers. Right rev. Bishop Carroll, Rev. Francis Beall, Messrs. David Williamson, Robert Walsh, Charles Ghequiere, Patrick Bennett, Arnold Liver, Luke Tiernan, Frances I. Mitchell.
July 13, 1803. The managers have lodged a number of tickets in the above lottery in the hands of Wm. Brent and James D. Barry for la- e.  I WILL sell five hundred and fifty acres o Land whereon I live, in Fairfax county, within five miles of the court house, and with- in twenty of the City of Washington, Alex- andria, Dumfries, and twelve of the Occa- quon mills, it is a healthy situation, the land fertile, and has about two hundred acres of wood to cut, there is a great proportion of white and red oak, popular and hickory tim- ber—There is nearly one hundred acres of prime land for meadow, I will give six months credit for one fourth of the purchase money —twelve months for the other quarter, eight- een for the third, and two years for the last payment, a purchaser will find me on the he premises.
THOS. POLLARD. Feb 21st. ep  FIRE WOOD WANTED. ANY person who has from 50 to 400 cords of wood to dispose of, and will deliver it in the city of Washington, may hear of a purchaser by applying to, JOHN GARDNER, President's square. The seller will be accommodated with a long time for delivery. Aug. 23. 3t
THOMAS CARPENTER, TAYLOR HAS just received by recent arrivals at Philadelphia, from England, and the East Indies, a handsome assortment of SPRING and SUMMER GOODS, of the best quality, also Patent water proof Cloth's and Camifere's, Superior NAVY BLUE and other colours; hand- some NAVY & FASHIONABLE BUTTONS, &c. Gentlemen of ARMY, NAVY and FASHION served with expedition and taste. New Jersey Avenue, seventh house from Capitol Square and Pennsylvania Avenue near the President's square. April 13 1803. tf.
BISCUIT BAKE HOUSE, Near the Sugar House New-Jersey Avenue. THE subscriber has commenced the above business in all its various branches; where merchants or owners of vessels may be supplied on reasonable terms; also private families with the best of Crackers. PETER MILLER. Washington August 19. tf.
All persons having claims or demands of any nature against the subscriber, are requested to exhibit their accounts, with- out delay, to JOHN HEWIT or RICHARD FORRESTER , Esqrs. of the city of Wash- ington, who are authorized, in my name, to ad- just and settle the same: and all persons in- debted to me are requested to make payment to either of the gentlemen above named. SAMUEL BLODET. March 30. tf.
By his excellency JOHN T. MERCER, go- vernor of the state of Maryland. A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS it appeareth unto me, by an inquest taken in Kent county, before Joseph Hynson, Esq. one of the coroners of the said county, that an atrocious murder hath been committed on the person of ROBERT ASHLEY late of Kent county, by a certain Ephraim Armstrong, also of said county, who hath since absconded and fled from justice: And whereas, it is the duty of the Executive to guard as much as may be against the com- mission of such enormities, and to bring such offenders against the laws and peace of soci- ety to justice—I have, therefore, thought pro- per to issue this my proclamation, and do, by and with the advice and consent of the coun- cil, offer a reward of TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS to any person or persons who shall apprehend and secure the said Ephraim Armstrong, in any jail in the United States, so that he be brought to justice.
GIVEN in council, at the city of Annapolis, under the seal of the state of Maryland, this fifth day of August, in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and three. JOHN F. MERCER. By his excellency's command. NINIAN PINKNEY, Clerk of the governor and council.
Description of the person of Ephraim Armstrong. He is about thirty-five years of age, of a medium make, five feet ten inches high, wears his own hair, which is short, black, and curls very much; his eyes are small, black and piercing; his complexion brown; his coun- tenance remarkably dark and gloomy; when he speaks he works his mouth about a good deal. 'Tis said he has a brother somewhere in the western country, if so, it is probable he has gone to him—He usually rode a grey mare, which it is supposed he rode away, as he is missing from his farm.
IN COUNCIL. Annapolis, August 5, 1803. Ordered, That the foregoing proclamation and description be published four times in each week for the space of four weeks, in the Telegraphic, American, and Federal Gazette, at Baltimore; the National Intelligencer at Washington; the Maryland Gazette, at Ana- polis; the Republican Advocate, Herald, and Bartis's paper at Frederick Town; and Mr. Smith's paper at Easton. By order, NINIAN PINKNEY, Ck. August 10. epaw.
FIRST LEGION.
ATTENTION! At a Legionary Court of Enquiry, held on the 15th day of March last, in obedience to a law passed at the last session of Congress, intituled, "An act more effectual to provide for the organization of the Militia of the District of Columbia," ordered that the fol- lowing be the Uniform to be worn by all non-commissioned officers and privates be- longing to the battalion companies of the first Legion while on duty, viz. A DARK BLUE COAT of ordinary length, WHITE VEST WHITE BREECHES and WHITE STOCK- INGS, or WHITE PANTALOONS and WHITE STOCKINGS, or WHITE OVER- ALLS, with SHIRTS and ROUND BLACK HATS : which Uniform having been approved by the Brigadier General, is now published by order of the said court. WM. D. BEALL, Clerk of L. & E.
Sec. 27. And be it further enacted, That all non commissioned officers and privates, belonging to battalion companies, shall appear while on duty, uniformly clothed, the color and fashion of which uniforms to be deter- mined on for the respective legions, by the first legionary courts of enquiry which shall be held, and to be approved of by the Bri- gadier General; provided the expense of the same, additional to that of usual, ordinary, and dress clothing, does not exceed five dol- lars for each person, and every such non-com- missioned officer, or drummer, or fifer, or private, appearing at any muster held after three months from the time that such uniform shall have been determined on, and the order relative thereto shall have been published, in some newspaper within the legionary district and not wearing the same, shall be fined five dollars for each offence, unless he can make it appear to the satisfaction of the court of enquiry of the battalion to which he may belong, that he was unable to equip him- self.
NEW BOOKS &c. JOHN MARCH, GEORGE-TOWN. Respectfully informs his friends, that he has received. Forsythe's Treatise on the culture and ma- nagement of fruit trees, a new and improved edition. Public Characters, or contemporary Biography, containing the Memoirs of Charles James Fox, William Pitt, Lord Shelburne, Thomas Jefferson, Bushrod Washington, Edmund Randolph, General Powel, &c. &c. Walker's English Dictionary, 8vo. Washington's Reports of cases argued and de- termined in the courts of appeals of Vir- ginia. Tooke's Life of Catherine the Second, Hamilton on Education, Modern and Antient Europe, by Dr. Russel, Carey's 4to Bible. Mayor's Voyages and Travels, Peter's Treatise on farming and plaster of Pa- ris. Moore's Do. Binns's Do. Latin, Greek and English school books, History, Novels, &c. Paper and Stationery. Drs. Church and Lee's patent medicines, An assortment of blank books, Account books made to pattern, and bound in the best manner. The subscriber has this day received The 2nd vol. of Domestic Encyclopaed and 4th vol. Select Plays. August 17th, 1803.
NEW BOOKS.
Just imported in the ship Active, from London, via Philadelphia, and for sale by RAPINE, CONRAD & CO. New- Jersey Avenue, near the capitol, a choice collection of new and valuable books— amongst which are Burk's works, 8 vols. 8vo. Pratt's Gleanings, 5 vols. 8vo. elegant. Percy's Voyage, 2 vols. 8vo. Mickle's Luciad, 2 vols. 8vo. Link's Travels, 8vo.—Clavigero's Mexico, 2 vols. 4to. Sancho's Letters, 8vo. Memoirs of Pius the 6th, 2 vols. 8vo. Segur's Frederic William 2nd, 3 vols. 8vo. Soulavie's Memoirs of Louis 16th, 6 vols. 8vo. Spallanzani's Travels, 4 vols. 8vo. Watson's Philip 2nd and 3rd, 5 vols. 8vo. Helen Maria Williams' Sketches, 2 vols. 8vo. Gibbon's Roman Empire 12 vols. 8vo. Grandpre's Voyage in the Indian Ocean 2 vols. Memoirs of Politianus, 8vo. Reynier's State of Egypt, 8vo. Cavendish's Natural and Experimental Philoso- phy, a new and valuable work, 4 vols. 8vo. Beilstein's Moral Philosophy, 8vo. Payley's (Dr.) Natural Theology, 8vo. Adams on the Microscope, with plates. Brown's Travels into Africa, 4to. Hornman's do. Grant's life of France. Delphine 6 vols. 12mo. War Office 3 vols. 12mo. Microcosm 5 vols. 12mo. The Benevolent Jew, 2 vols. by Geo. Walker. Infidel Father, 3 vols. 12mo. Monk of Madrid 4 vols. 12mo. Lorimer 2 vols. 12mo.—Home 5 vols. 12mo. Romance of the Pyrenees, 4 vols. 12mo. The Savage of Aveyron, 12mo. Tales of Superstition 12mo. Broad Grins, by G. Colman, Boucicaut's Poems, 12mo. Atala—Glover's Athenian, 3 vols. 8vo.
In addition to the above they have alway on hand a collection of well assorted books on education, science, and amusement, which they will sell at such prices as cannot fail of giving general satisfaction.
TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS THE HIGHEST PRIZE, GERMAN ROMAN CATHOLIC HOLY TRI- NITY CHURCH LOTTERY. In the City of Philadelphia.
  1 Prize of ten thousand dollars 10,000   1 six thousand 6,000   1 three thousand 3,000   1 two thousand 2,000   5 one thousand 5,000   10 five hundred 5,000   20 three hundred 6,000   20 two hundred 4,000   35 one hundred 3,500   90 fifty 4,500   100 twenty 2,000   6000 seven 42,000 
6274 prizes, dolls 90,000 11726 blanks, less than two to a prize. 18000 The prizes will be paid thirty days after the conclusion of the drawing, subject to a de- duction of fifteen per cent. The first drawn numbers on the 10th, 15th, 20th, 25th, 30th, and 35th days of drawing, will be entitled to a prize of 500 dollars each. The first drawn numbers on the 40th, 45th, 50th, and 55th, will be entitled to a prize of 1000 dollars each. The first drawn number on the last day of drawing, when only 600 tickets shall be in the wheel, will be entitled to a prize of 6000 dollars. From the extraordinary demand for these tickets, from every part of the Union, it is expected that the drawing will commence at a much earlier day than was at first estimat- ed, and that the tickets will be raised con- siderably before that period. They may be had at SIX dollars of GEORGE TAYLOR, jun. No. 67, Chesnut. MATTHEW M'CONNELL, 82, S. Street. D. C. D. C.
Whole tickets 6 3/4 Quarter tickets, 1 7/8 Half, 3 3/8 Eighth, 9/16 Letters post paid, inclosing the cash, shall be duly attended to, and St. Augustine and New York lottery prizes received in pay- ment. July 20. epim
CHARLES VARDEN, TAYLOR, FROM PHILADELPHIA. HAS received from Philadelphia an elegant assortment of the best quality Super- fine Cloths, Cassimeres, Silk florantine, Black and fancy silk molekin velvet, white & figured Marcelles, Swandowns, Tollimettes, Velveteens, Fancy cords, Coating, &c. With a variety of other articles suitable for the winter season. N. B. Ladies Habits, Regimentals and Navy uniforms made to the first style of fashion. New Jersey Avenue, the second House from the Capitol Square. December 3, 1802.
PATENT GUN LOCK.
The subscriber offers for sale the right of making and using Edward West's improvement in Gun Locks, which is consi- dered by judges of the utmost importance to every person using fire arms, and more parti- cularly to the army and militia of the United States. There are two very great advantages resulting from this improvement, the first is, that no accident can possibly happen by a gun going off at half cock as it has in that situation no connection with the dog, consequently not with the trigger or any other external part of the lock. It cannot possibly catch at half cock as there is no notch that the dog can catch on, and the counter dog is so placed in the act of cocking, as not to be restored but by the cock first falling or being let down. The great security in this improvement ought certainly to recommend it to general use, to avoid the innumerable accidents that has and must una- voidably happen from the present plan, in guns going off at half cock, &c. Application made to Mr. Rhodes, city of Washington, will be communicated and attended to, where I shall attend at the sitting of Congress. THOMAS WEST. August 29. saw3m
STRAYED OR STOLEN.
ON Saturday night, August 20. from the Capitol Hill—a bright Bay HORSE, 15 hands high, about 9 years old, his right hind footlock is mixed with grey hairs—his left hind hoof has a little white mark on his hoof— along his belly on both sides, are spots occa- sioned by a furfeit—on his back are two very small white spots—a handsome full-eyed horn, natural trotter, flood all round. Whoever re- turns him to the subscriber shall receive, if strayed away, Ten dollars, if stolen Twenty dollars for the horse and thief. JAMES MATHERS, Sen. August 29. 2tiff
FOR SALE.
WILL be sold to the highest bidder, at the house of Henry Ingles, Capitol Hill, on Monday the 5th of September next, at 10 o'clock, A. M. Handsome Household Furniture: viz. Mahogany dining, card and tea tables, do. bureau, candle and wash stands, do. Knife Cases, Field and Low Post Bed Stears: And sundry other Goods too te- dious to enumerate.
A CREDIT OF NINE MONTHS.
Will be given for all purchases over Twenty Dollars, by giving Bonds or Notes, with approved security, and bearing interest from the day of sale: for all sums under Twenty Dollars Cash will be required. JAS. CONNER, Auctioneer. August 27, 1803. 3t
NOTICE.
The partnership of William Cherry and John Donnell, of the City of Washington, un- der the firm of "Cherry and Donnell," is this day dissolved—the conduct of the said Cherry having been such as to render the measure in- dispensably necessary on the part of the sub- scriber. All persons indebted to the said par- tnership are hereby warned not to make payment to the said Cherry; and the subscri- ber will not be answerable for any debts con- tracted on account of the co-partnership, by the said Cherry after this date. JOHN DONNELL. City of Washington, 25th Aug. 1803—3t
NOTICE.
AS the difference between Mr. Don- nell and myself (of which due notice was given the public on the 27th inst.) is in a fair way to be settled in a court of equity, the public are requested to suspend their opinion, until a decision takes place, which I anticipate will be a complete refutation of the mis- information contained in the said notice—and I have no doubt will convince Mr. Donnell that he had no just cause to apprehend any evil, from the public's obedient servant. WM. CHERRY. August 29. 2t
LANDS FOR SALE.
THE subscriber wishes to sell a tract of land situate near the foot of the Blue Ridge and Short Hills in Loudoun county Vir- ginia, bounded partly by Potomac river within two miles of Harper's Ferry and the mouth of Shenandoah. It is of strong good soil, answering perfectly well for Plaster of Paris, and contains by patent 2340 acres. It is so well known as a valuable and fine tract of land that a further description is un- necessary to those who incline to purchase will naturally view and examine it. A clear and indisputable title will be given by the subscriber. There is no mortgage, judg- ment, debt, lease, claim or demand whatso- ever against any part, it having been always let to tenants at low annual rents who are raised and removable at will; but the occu- pying tenants (through favor only) have been permitted to claim from any coming in tenant one half of the deposit money as may be set- tled between them, for the improvements and good will, the other half going to the land- lord. There are at present sixteen or seven ten tenants upon the estate at very low rent- And it is recommended as an object well worth the attention of any person who would purchase the whole to parcel it into lesser farms to the resident tenants or others wish- ing to purchase parts of it. The terms of sale are a portion of one fourth paid down in money, or in approved negotiable paper, and the remainder in one two or three years as may be agreed upon carrying interest from the day of sale. Ap- plication may be made personally, or by let- ter, to the subscriber residing at Warburton on Potomac river, near to Alexandria, to James M'Ilhenny near the premises, or to Mr. John Janney merchant in Alexandria. THOMAS ALWOOD DIGGES. July 13, 1803. tawam
PLASTER OF PARIS.
A Cargo of Plaster of Paris, just received and for sale by the subscribers—In proof of its excellence, we subjoin the certificate of John A. Binns, Esq. of Loudoun county, Vir- ginia, whose long and successful experience as a farmer in the use of this article, must render him equal to, if not the best judge in this country. SIEUART & BEALL. August 12. I do certify that I have this day examin- ed a large quantity of Plaster of Paris, be- longing to Stuart and Beall of George Town, and conceive it to be genuine and of the very first quality, and such as I should at all times select for my own use, and think I can with propriety recommend it generally. JOHN A. BINNS. July 26, 1803. saw6w
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN AWAY from the subscriber, on the 24th of June last, near the Eastern Branch ferry, City of Washington, a Negro man named ABRAHAM, but being an artful fellow, I expect he will change his name, and pass for a free man. He is about 28 years of age, about 5 feet 9 or 10 inches high, well made: He is rather of a yellow complexion; his wool is very short, and a scar on one side of his head near the top; he speaks very quick, and stammers in his speech. He was formerly the property of Doctor Blake of Cal- vert county. I have some reason to believe he has made for that place, or otherwise for Baltimore. He had no clothing with him but what he had on, which was Osnaburg trousers, an old shirt, a grey short coat. Whoever delivers the said fellow to me, shall receive the above reward. LEWIN TALBUTT. July 11. 1803. tawtf
TO COTTON MANUFACTURERS.
THE Subscriber offers to make the follow- ing machinery, and to let them to work in any part of the United States Carding engines, either single, or double, with flat cards or top rollers, as may be re- quired, and the cylinders of any length from 20 to 32 inches. Drawing frames, with as many spindles as shall be required—each system having three or four heads. (According as they are ordered) will draw from 20 to 25lb. of cotton per day. Roving frames, with any number of heads, each having two roving cans, will rove from 20 to 25lb. per day. Water spinning frames, of 34 spindles, (42 on each side) which will spin from two to two and a half hanks on each spindle per day, the hank being 840 yards in length. Mules, of from 60 to 216 spindles each, which will spin by an experienced hand, from one to one and a half hanks per spindle, daily. Twisting frames, to double and twist the yarn into two or three threads, for stockings, fringes, netting, tambouring, &c. Looms, for weaving any width with the fl. shuttle, either single or double boxes. Warping mills, either woollen, cotton or linen yarn. PETER ELTONHEAD. Philadelphia July 13†
ORDINANCE.
Of his Danish Majesty, defining what is to be observed by foreign vessels in regard to quarantine regulations.
HIS Majesty the King most graciously ordered by his mandate of the 12th of October last, that whenever any accounts are received of the existence of the yellow fever in the United States of America, or when no particular advice is received to the contrary from the minister resident there, all American vessels which are not provided with health certificates from the beginning of the month of July until the end of the year are to submit to certain quarantine regulations, and even if they are provided with such certificates, these vessels are still prohibited from communicat- ing with the shore, before they have been visited by the appointed health physician, and if he has the least suspicion, then the vessel must be dealt with accordingly, in conformity to which, no American vessels during such a time shall be piloted, except having hoisted the green flag. Which gracious command is hereby publish- ed for the regulation of all concerned. Given at the Danish Royal Chancery, on the 5th of November, 1802.
Extract of an ordinance concerning qua- rantine regulations, and rules, to be observed by navigators who touch at the ports or coasts of the royal Danish dominions, dated at Copen- hagen, the 14th November, 1800. 1. Every vessel belonging to our dominions shall have a green flag on board, to be used as prescribed hereinafter. 2. Whenever a vessel arrives from a place where there has been contagion, and in all other cases of suspicion, such as having been visited by any vessel from the Barbary coast, having bales of merchandise on board from suspected places, and having not undergone a quarantine since in any other place, or having had any suspicious circumstance on board during the voyage, then the green flag shall be hoisted at the head of the mainmast, before any com- munication is had with any person whatever from the shore, and before anchor is cast. 3. The commander of any vessel offending against these orders, shall pay a fine of 500 rix dollars, (400 dollars) if no dangerous consequences ensue from his misconduct; but if other wise he shall be punished with 12 years labor in the fortification—and should any malicious intent be proved upon him, he shall labor in irons during his life. Any vessel having had communication with another ves- sel that is suspicious, shall be subject to the same regulations and restrictions.