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National Intelligencer.
WASHINGTON ADVERTISER
WASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
NO. 1311.
MONDAY, MARCH 6. 1809.
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[BY AUTHORITY.]
AN ACT to interdict the commercial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain and France, and their dependencies; and for other purposes.
B E it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That from and after the passing of this act, the entrance of the harbors and waters of the United States and of the territories thereof, be and the same is hereby interdicted to all public ships and vessels belonging to Great Britain or France, excepting vessels only which may be forced in by distress, or which are charged with despatches or business from the government to which they belong, and also packets having no cargo nor merchandise on board. And if any public ship or vessel as aforesaid, not being included in the exception above mentioned, shall enter any harbor or waters within the jurisdiction of the United States, or of the territories thereof, it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, or such other person as he shall have empowered for that purpose, to employ such part of the land and naval forces, or of the militia of the United States, or the territories thereof, as he shall deem necessary, to compel such ship or vessel to depart.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any citizen or citizens of the United States or the territories thereof, nor for any person or persons residing or being in the same, to have any intercourse with or to afford any aid or supplies to any public ship or vessel as aforesaid, which shall contrary to the provisions of this act, have entered any harbor or waters within the jurisdiction of the United States or the territories thereof; and if any person shall, contrary to the provisions of this act, have any intercourse with such ship or vessel, or shall afford any aid to such ship or vessel, either in repairing the said vessel or in furnishing her, her officers or crew with supplies of any kind or in any manner whatever; or if any pilot or other person shall assist in navigating or piloting such ship or vessel, unless it be for the purpose of carrying her beyond the limits and jurisdiction of the United States, every person so offending, shall forfeit and pay a sum not less than one hundred dollars, nor exceeding ten thousand dollars; and shall also be imprisoned for a term not less than one month, nor more than one year.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That from and after the twentieth day of May next, the entrance of the harbors and waters of the United States and the territories thereof, be and the same is hereby interdicted to all ships or vessels sailing under the flag of Great Britain or France, or owned in whole or in part by any citizen or subject of either; vessels hired, chartered or employed by the government of either country for the sole purpose of carrying letters or despatches, and also vessels forced in by distress or by the dangers of the sea, only excepted. And if any ship or vessel sailing under the flag of Great Britain or France, or owned in whole or in part by any citizen or subject of either, and not excepted as aforesaid, shall after the said twentieth day of May next, arrive either with or without a cargo, within the limits of the United States or of the territories thereof, such ship or vessel, together with the cargo, if any, which may be found on board, shall be forfeited, and may be seized and condemned in any court of the United States or the territories thereof, having competent jurisdiction; and all and every act and acts heretofore passed, which shall be within the purview of this act, shall be and the same are hereby repealed.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That from and after the twentieth day of May next, it shall not be lawful to import into the United States or the territories thereof, any goods, wares or merchandise whatever, from any port or place situated in Great Britain
or Ireland, or in any of the colonies or dependencies of Great Britain, nor from any port or place situated in France or in any of her colonies or dependencies, nor from any port or place the actual possession of either Great Britain or France. Nor shall it be lawful to import into the United States the territories thereof, from any foreign port or place whatever, any goods, wares or merchandise whatever, being of the growth, produce or manufacture of France, or of any of her colonies or dependencies, or being of the growth, produce or manufacture of Great Britain or Ireland, or of any of her colonies or dependencies of Great Britain, or being of the growth, produce or manufacture of any place in the actual possession of either France or Great Britain. Provided , That nothing herein contained shall be construed to affect the cargoes of ships or vessels wholly owned by a citizen or citizens of the United States, which had cleared for any port beyond the Cape of Good Hope, prior to the twenty-second day of December, one thousand eight hundred and seven, or which had departed for such port by permission of the President, under the acts supplementary to the act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That whenever any article or articles, the importation of which is prohibited by this act, shall after the twentieth of May be imported into the United States or the territories thereof, contrary to the true intent and meaning of this act, or shall, after the said twentieth of May, be put on board of any ship or vessel, boat, raft or carriage, with intention of importing the same into the United States, or the territories thereof, all such articles, as well as all other articles on board the same ship or vessel, boat, raft or carriage, belonging to the owner of such prohibited articles, shall be forfeited; and the owner thereof shall moreover forfeit and pay treble the value of such articles.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That if any article or articles the importation of which is prohibited by this act, shall after the twentieth of May, be put on board of any ship or vessel, boat, raft or carriage, with intention to import the same into the United States, or the territories thereof, contrary to the true intent and meaning of this act, and with the knowledge of the owner or master of such ship or vessel, boat, raft or carriage, such ship or vessel, boat, raft or carriage shall be forfeited, and the owner and master thereof shall moreover forfeit and pay treble the value of such articles.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That if any article or articles, the importation of which is prohibited by this act, and which shall nevertheless be on board of any ship or vessel, boat, raft or carriage, arriving after the said twentieth of May next, in the United States, or the territories thereof, shall be omitted in the manifest, report or entry of the master, or the person having the charge or command of such ship or vessel, boat, raft or carriage, or shall be omitted in the entry of the goods owned by the owner, or consigned to the consignee of such articles, or shall be imported, or landed without a permit, the same penalties, fines, and forfeitures, shall be incurred, and may be recovered, as in the case of similar omission or omissions, landing, importation, or attempt to land or import, in relation to articles liable to duties on their importation into the United States.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That every collector, naval officer, surveyor, or other officer of the customs, shall have the like power and authority to seize goods, wares and merchandise imported contrary to the intent and meaning of this act, to keep the same in custody until it shall have been ascertained whether the same have been forfeited or not, and to enter any ship or vessel, dwelling house, store, building or other place, for the purpose of searching for and seizing any such goods, wares and merchandise, which he or they now have by law in relation to goods, wares and merchandise subject to duty; and if any person or persons shall conceal or buy any goods, wares or merchandise, knowing them to be liable to seizure by this act, such person or persons shall, on conviction thereof, forfeit and pay a sum double the amount or value of the goods, wares and merchandise so concealed or purchased.
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the following additions shall be made to the oath or affirmation taken by the masters or persons having the
charge or command of any ship or vessel arriving at any port of the United States, or the territories thereof, after the twentieth of May, viz. "I further swear, (or affirm) that there are not to the best of my knowledge and belief, on board, (insert the denomination and name of the vessel,) any goods, wares or merchandise, the importation of which into the United States, or the territories thereof, is prohibited by law: And I do further swear, (or affirm) that if I shall hereafter discover or know of any such goods, wares or merchandise, on board the said vessel, or which shall have been imported in the same, I will immediately, and without delay, make due report thereof to the collector or the port of this district."
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That the following addition be made, after the twentieth of May, to the oath or affirmation taken by importers, consignees, or agents, at the time of entering goods imported into the United States, or the territories thereof, viz. "I also swear, (or affirm) that there are not, to the best of my knowledge and belief, amongst the said goods, wares and merchandise, imported or consigned as aforesaid, any goods, wares or merchandise, the importation of which, into the United States, or the territories thereof, is prohibited by law; and I do further swear, (or affirm) that if I shall hereafter discover or know of any such goods, wares or merchandise, amongst the said goods, wares and merchandise, imported or consigned as aforesaid, I will immediately and without delay report the same to the collector of this district."
Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States be and he hereby is authorised, in case either France or Great Britain shall so revoke or modify her edicts, as that they shall cease to violate the neutral commerce of the United States, to declare the same by proclamation; after which the trade of the United States, suspended by this act, and by the act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States, and the several acts supplementary thereto, may be renewed with the nation so doing; Provided , That all penalties and forfeitures which shall have been previously incurred, by virtue of this, or of any other act, the operation of which shall so cease and determine, shall be recovered and distributed, in like manner as if the same had continued in full force and virtue: and vessels bound thereafter to any foreign port or place, with which commercial intercourse shall be by virtue of this section be again permitted, shall give bond to the United States, with approved security, in double the value of the vessel and cargo, that they shall not proceed to any foreign port, nor trade with any country other than those with which commercial intercourse shall have been or may be permitted by this act.
Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That so much of the act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States, and of the several acts supplementary thereto, as forbids the departure of vessels owned by citizens of the United States, and the exportation of domestic and foreign merchandise to any foreign port or place, be and the same is hereby repealed, after the fifteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and nine, except so far as they relate to Great Britain or France, or their colonies or dependencies, or places in the actual possession of either: Provided , That all penalties and forfeitures which shall have been previously incurred by virtue of so much of the said acts as is repealed by this act, or which have been or may hereafter be incurred by virtue of the said acts, on account of any infraction of so much of the said acts as is not repealed by this act, shall be recovered and distributed in like manner as if the said acts had continued in full force and virtue.
Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That during the continuance of so much of the act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States, and of the several acts supplementary thereto, as is not repealed by this act, no ship or vessel bound to a foreign port with which commercial intercourse shall be by virtue of this act, be again permitted, shall be allowed to depart for such port, unless the owner or owners, consignee or factor or master, have given bond with one or more sureties to the United States, in a sum double the value of the vessel and cargo, if the vessel is wholly owned by a citizen or citizens of the United
States; and in a sum four times value, if the vessel is owned in part or in whole by any foreigner or foreigners, that the vessel shall not leave the port without a clearance, nor shall, when leaving the port, proceed to any port or place in Great Britain or France, or in the colonies or dependencies of either, or in the actual possession of either, nor be directly or indirectly engaged during the voyage in any trade with such port, nor shall put any article on board of any other vessel; nor unless every other requisite and provision of the second section of the act, entitled "An act to enforce and make more effectual an act, entitled 'An act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States,' and the several acts supplementary thereto," shall have been complied with. And the party or parties to the above mentioned bond shall, within a reasonable time after the date of the same, to be expressed in the said bond, produce to the collector of the district, from which the vessel shall have been cleared, a certificate of the landing of the same, in the same manner as is provided by law for the landing of goods exported with the privilege of drawback; on failure whereof, the bond shall be put in suit; and in every such suit, judgment shall be given against the defendant or defendants, unless proof shall be produced of such relanding or of loss at sea.
Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That so much of the act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States, and of the several acts supplementary thereto, as compels vessels owned by citizens of the United States, bound to another port of the said states, or vessels licenced for the coasting trade, or boats, either not masted, or not decked, to give bond, and to load under the inspection of a revenue officer, or renders them liable to detention, merely on account of the nature of their cargo (such provisions excepted as relate to collection districts adjacent to the territories, colonies or provinces of a foreign nation, or to vessels being long or bound to such districts,) be, and the same is hereby repealed, from and after the fifteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and nine: Provided , however, That all penalties and forfeitures which shall have been previously incurred by any of the said acts, or which may hereafter be incurred by virtue of the said acts, on account of any infraction of so much of the said acts, as is not repealed by this act, shall be recovered and distributed in like manner as if the same had continued in full force and virtue.
Sec. 15. And be it further enacted, That during the continuance of so much of the act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States, and of the several acts supplementary thereto, as is not repealed by this act, no vessel, owned by citizens of the United States, bound to another port of the said states or licensed for the coasting trade, shall be allowed to depart from any port of the United States, or shall receive a clearance, nor shall it be lawful to put on board any such vessel any specie or goods, wares or merchandise, unless a permit shall have been previously obtained from the proper collector, or from a revenue officer, authorised by the collector to grant such permits; nor unless the owner, consignee, agent or factor shall with the master, give bond with one or more sureties, to the United States, in a sum double the value of the vessel and cargo, that the vessel shall not proceed to any foreign port or place, and that the cargo shall be relanded in some port of the United States: Provided , That it shall be lawful and sufficient in the case of any such vessel, whose employment has been uniformly confined to rivers, bays and sounds within the jurisdiction of the United States, to give bond in an amount equal to one hundred and fifty dollars, for each ton of said vessel, with condition that such vessel shall not during the time limited in the condition of the bond, proceed to any foreign port or place, or put any article on board of any other vessel, or be employed in any foreign trade.
Sec. 16. And be it further enacted, That if any ship or vessel shall, during the continuance of so much of the act, laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States, and of the several acts supplementary thereto, as is not repealed by this act, depart from any port of the United States without a clearance or permit, or having given bond in the manner prescribed by law, such ship or vessel, together with her cargo, shall be wholly
forfeited; and the owner or owners, agent, freighter or factors, master or commander of such ship or vessel shall, moreover, severally, forfeit and pay a sum equal to the value of the ship or vessel, and of the cargo put on board the same.
Sec. 17. And be it further enacted, That the act to prohibit the importation of certain goods, wares and merchandise, passed the eighteenth April, one thousand eight hundred and six, and the act supplementary thereto, be and the same is hereby repealed, from and after the said twentieth day of May next: Provided , That all penalties and forfeitures which shall have been previously incurred by virtue of the said acts shall be recovered and distributed in like manner as if the said acts had continued in full force and virtue.
Sec. 18. And be it further enacted, That all penalties and forfeitures arising under, or incurred by virtue of this act, may be sued for, prosecuted and recovered, with costs of suit, by action of debt, in the name of the United States of America, or by indictment or information, in any court having competent jurisdiction to try the same; and shall be distributed and accounted for, in the manner prescribed by the act, entitled "An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage," passed the second day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine; and such penalties and forfeitures may be examined, mitigated or remitted, in like manner, and under the like conditions, regulations and restrictions, as are prescribed, authorised and directed by the act, entitled "An act to provide for mitigating or remitting the forfeitures, penalties and disabilities, accruing in certain cases therein mentioned," passed the third day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, and made perpetual by an act passed the eleventh day of February, one thousand eight hundred
Sec. 19. And be it further enacted, That this act shall continue and be in force until the end of the next session of Congress, and no longer; and that the act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States, and the several acts supplementary thereto, shall be, and the same are hereby repealed from and after the end of the next session of Congress.
J. B. VARNUM, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JNO. MILLEDGE, President of the Senate pro-tempore. March 1, 1809. APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON.
THE Friends of the present administration are requested to meet at Mr. Semmes' Tavern, on next Monday evening, at 6 o'clock, to take into consideration the propriety of addressing Mr. JEFFERSON before he leaves the district. Georgetown, March 1.
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A TOUR through part of Virginia, in the summer of 1808, in a series of letters, including an account of Harper's ferry, the natural bridge, the new discovery called Weir's Cave, Monticello, and the different Medical Springs, hot and cold Baths visited by the author.
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MONDAY, MARCH 6.
ON SATURDAY last, at 12 o'clock, JAMES MADISON took the oath of office as PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES, and delivered, in the Chamber of the House of Representatives, in the presence of the Senate, most of the late Representatives, and a large concourse of Citizens, the following
SPEECH.
UNWILLING to depart from examples, of the most revered authority, I avail myself of the occasion now presented, to express the profound impression made on me, by the call of my country to the station, to the duties of which I am about to pledge myself, by the most solemn of sanctions. So distinguished a mark of confidence, proceeding from the deliberate and tranquil suffrage of a free and virtuous nation, would, under any circumstances, have commanded my gratitude and devotion; as well as filled me with an awful sense of the trust to be assumed. Under the various circumstances which give peculiar solemnity to the existing period, I feel that both the honor and the responsibility allotted to me are inexpressibly enhanced.
The present situation of the world is, indeed without a parallel: & that of our own country full of difficulties. The pressure of these too is the more severely felt, because they have fallen upon us at a moment, when the national prosperity being at a height not before attained, the contrast resulting from the change has been rendered the more striking. Under the benign influence of our Republican institutions, and the maintenance of peace with all nations, whilst so many of them were engaged in bloody and wasteful wars, the fruits of a just policy were enjoyed in an unrivaled growth of our faculties and resources. Proofs of this were seen in the improvements of agriculture; in the successful enterprizes of commerce; in the progress of manufactures and useful arts; in the increase of the public revenue, and the use made of it in reducing the public debt, and in the valuable works and establishments every where multiplying over the face of our land.
It is a precious reflection that the transition from this prosperous condition of our country, to the scene which has for some time been distressing us, is not chargeable on any unwarrantable views, nor, as I trust, on any involuntary errors, in the public councils. Indulging no passions which trespass on the rights, or the repose of other nations, it has been the true glory of the United States to cultivate peace, by observing justice; and to entitle themselves to the respect of the nations at war, by fulfilling their neutral obligations, with the most scrupulous impartiality. If there be candor in the world, the truth of these assertions will not be questioned; posterity, at least, will do justice to them.
For, no exorable curse could not avail against the injustice and violence of the belligerent powers. In their rage against each other, or impelled by more direct motives, principles of retaliation have been introduced, equally contrary to universal reason, and acknowledged law. How long their arbitrary edicts will be continued, in spite of the demonstrations that not even a pretext for them has been given by the United States, and of the fair and liberal attempt to induce a revocation of them, cannot be anticipated. Assuming myself, that under every vicissitude, the determined spirit and united councils of the nation will be safe-guards to its honor and its essential interests, I repair to the post assigned me, with no other discouragement than what springs from my own inadequacy to its high duties. If I do not sink under the weight of this deep conviction, it is because I find some support in a consciousness of the purposes, and a confidence in the principles which I bring with me, into this arduous service.
To cherish peace and friendly intercourse with all nations having correspondent dispositions; to maintain sincere neutrality towards belligerent nations; to prefer, in all cases, amicable discussion and reasonable accommodation of differences, to a decision of them by an appeal to arms; to exclude foreign intrigues and foreign partialities, so degrading to all countries, and so baneful to free ones; to foster a spirit of independence, too just to invade the rights of others, too proud to surrender our own; too liberal to indulge unworthy prejudices ourselves, and too elevated not to look down upon them in others; to hold the union of the states as the basis of their peace and happiness; to support the constitution, which is the cement of the union, as well in its limitations as in its authorities; to respect the rights and authorities reserved to the states and to the people, as equally incorporated with, and essential to the success of, the general system; to avoid the slightest interference with the rights of conscience or the functions of religion, so wisely exempted from civil jurisdiction; to preserve in their full energy the other salutary provisions in behalf of private & personal rights, and of the freedom of the press; to observe economy in public expenditures; to liberate the public resources by an honorable discharge of the public debts; to keep within the requisite limits a standing military force, always remembering that an armed and trained
militia is the firmest bulwark of Republics; that without standing armies their liberty can never be in danger; nor, with large ones safe; to promote by authorised means improvements friendly to agriculture, to manufactures and to external as well as internal commerce; to favor in like manner, the advancement of science, and the diffusion of information, as the best aliment to true liberty; to carry on the benevolent plans, which have been so meritoriously applied to the conversion of our aboriginal neighbors from the degradation and wretchedness of savage life, to a participation of the improvements of which the human mind and manners are susceptible in a civilised state: As far as sentiments and intentions, such as these, can aid the fulfilment of my duty, they will be a resource which cannot fail me.
It is my good fortune, moreover, to have the path, in which I am to tread, lighted by examples of illustrious services, successfully rendered in the most trying difficulties by those who have marched before me. Of those of my immediate predecessor, it might least become me here to speak. I may however be pardoned for not suppressing the sympathy with which my heart is full, in the rich reward he enjoys in the benedictions of a beloved country, gratefully bestowed for exalted talents, zealously devoted through a long career, to the advancement of its highest interest and happiness.
But the source, to which I look for the aids which alone can supply my deficiencies, is in the well tried intelligence and virtue of my fellow citizens, and in the councils of those representing them, in the other departments associated in the care of the national interests. In these my confidence will under every difficulty be best placed, next to that which we have all been encouraged to feel in the guardianship and guidance of that almighty Being, whose power regulates the destiny of nations, whose blessings have been so conspicuously dispensed to this rising Republic, and to whom we are bound to address our devout gratitude for the past, as well as our fervent supplications and best hopes for the future.
On Saturday, James Madison, in obedience to the voice of his country, assumed the duties of President of the U. States. The day, from its commencement to its close, was marked by the five-fold demonstrations of joy. It appeared as if the people , actuated by a general and spontaneous impulse, determined to manifest, in the strongest manner, the interest excited by this great event, and their conviction of the close connection between it and their happiness. For many days before citizens from the adjacent, and even remote states had been pouring into the city, until its capacity of accommodation was strained to the utmost.
The dawn of day was announced by a federal salute from the Navy Yard and Fort Warburton; and at an early hour the volunteer corps of militia began to assemble. Such was the interest to be present at the Inauguration that the whole area allotted to citizens in the Representative Hall was filled, and overflowing several hours before noon, the time assigned for that purpose, and it is computed that the number of persons surrounding the Capitol, unable to obtain admittance, exceeded ten thousand. The Senate convened at 11 o'clock in the Chamber of the Representatives, Governor Milledge, the President pro tempore, in the chair. Agreeably to arrangement the Senators were placed next to the chair, the late President of the U. States on the right of the chair, foreign ministers and suite on the left, judges of the Supreme Court in front, Heads of Department on the right of the President of the Senate, members of the House of Representatives on the floor, and various other places assigned for other public characters and for ladies.
Mr. Jefferson arrived about 12 o'clock. A short time before that hour, Mr. Madison left his own house, escorted by the troops of cavalry of the City and George Town, commanded by Capt. Brent; and at twelve entered the Representative Hall, attended by the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of the Navy, the Attorney General and Mr. Coles, Secretary to the late President, and introduced by a committee of the Senate; when Mr. Milledge left the chair, foreign ministers and suite on the left, Mr. Madison took it, seating himself on the right. Mr. Madison then rose and delivered the speech given above.
The oath of office was then administered to him by Chief Justice Marshall; on which, and as the President retired, two rounds of minute guns were fired. On leaving the Capitol he found the volunteer militia companies of
the district, nine in number and in complete uniform, under the command of Col. M'Kinney, drawn up, whose line he passed in review, when he entered his carriage and was escorted home in the same way he came.
A large concourse of ladies and gentlemen, and Mr. Jefferson among the number, immediately waited upon him; among whom refreshments were liberally distributed. The company generally, after calling on the President, waited on Mr. Jefferson to take a last farewell before his departure.
In the Evening there was a grand Inauguration ball, at Long's Hotel, the most brilliant and crowded ever known in Washington, at which the late and present President of the U. States and foreign ministers were present by invitation. The company is supposed to have exceeded four hundred.
Thus terminated a day memorable for an important event, and which, we trust, will prove the harbinger of much good in store for our country.
Of the Inaugural Address, without attempting a critique, we may be permitted to say, that in point of style it is chaste and nervous, and in point of principle worthy of the man so honorably called upon to preside over the affairs of a free and enlightened people.
Mr. Madison was dressed in a full suit of cloth of American manufacture, made of the wool of Merinos raised in this country; his coat from the manufactory of Col. Humphreys, and his waistcoat and small clothes from that of Chancellor Livingston, the clothes being, we understand, severally presented by those gentlemen.
We published the Inaugural Speech in an Extra paper, immediately after its delivery; but it is republished for preservation.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman of respectability, residing at Fort Stoddart, Feb. 17th, to a member of Congress.
"Three vessels for Orleans are now detained at Mobile. Two of them contain supplies for the troops stationed here, and are detained, it is said, on account of the duties. The third is principally loaded for the Choctaw trading houses, and is detained because among the articles destined for that factory are one hundred barrels of gunpowder."
On Saturday, a Committee, appointed by the Citizens of Washington, delivered to Mr. Jefferson on the following Address, who returned the subjoined Answer.
TO THOMAS JEFFERSON.
SIR,
The citizens of Washington cannot forego the last opportunity which may, perhaps, ever occur, to bid you a respectful and affectionate farewell. As members of the great and flourishing nation, over which you have so illustriously presided, your virtues, talents, and services command their esteem, admiration and gratitude. Embarked in the fate of this solitary republic of the world, they have, in common with their fellow citizens, rejoiced in its prosperous and sympathised in its adverse fortunes, as involving every thing dear to free men. They have marked, with exultation, the firm column of its glory, laid on imperishable foundations, rising as a monument of the reign of principle in this quarter of the globe. To you they have been instructed to ascribe the memorable act, which, by declaring a gallant people free and independent, in a tone that appalled tyranny, instilled those sentiments and principles, which, inspiring every virtue, and urging every sacrifice, led them to triumph and empire.
We have since beheld you, with parental solicitude, and with a vigilance that never sleeps, watching over the first offspring of liberty, and by your unremitting labors, in upholding, explaining and vindicating our system of government, rendering it the object of love at home, and respect abroad.
It would be a pleasing task for us, as citizens of the United States, to fill up and extend the outlines we have sketched. But it is, as citizens of the national metropolis, that we now appear before you. In addition to every patriotic feeling that can warm our breasts, we have still further inducements to open our hearts to you on this proud, yet painful occasion.
The world knows you as a philosopher and philanthropist; the American people know you as a patriot and statesman; we know you, in addition to all this, as a man. And, however your talents have extorted our respect, there is not one among us, whose predominant feeling at this moment is not that of affection for the mild and indomitable virtues, that have made every one here your friend, and you his. We should be lost to gratitude, did we not acknowledge that it is to you we owe much, very much of that harmony of intercourse and tolerance of opinion, which characterise our state of society — of that improvement, which, amidst unpropitious circumstances, has progressed with sure & steady steps, & above all, of that spirit of enterprise, which your benevolence and liberality have invariably aided, and which promises in a few years to render this place the fairest seat of wealth and science.
Deeply as we feel your retirement, we approve, nay applaud it. Personal considerations aside, it was to be expected from the friend and protector of republican institutions, that he would follow, and by his co-operation strengthen, the example of the illustrious hero of the revolution.
May you in the retirement, to which you go, be happy! As your fellow citizens will still look towards you with interest, and pray for your felicity, so will you find it impossible to lose sight of the arduous scenes through which we have passed, as well as those in store for our country. Your heart will still beat with patriotism, and the energies of your mind continue to be engaged on national objects. In your retreat, may every anxious thought be solaced by the mild and tender occupations of private life! Happy, thrice happy retreat! Where patriotism and philosophy, friendship and affection, will animate, direct and soften the purest feelings of the heart! With a grateful nation, we pray that you may be happy, and if the just Being, that presides over the universe, insure to you but a portion of that felicity you have conferred on others, our prayers will be fulfilled!
ROBERT BRENT, Chairman. NICHOLAS KING, Secretary.
TO THE CITIZENS OF WASHINGTON.
I receive with peculiar gratification the affectionate address of the citizens of Washington, and in the patriotic sentiments it expresses, I see the true character of the national metropolis. The station which we occupy among the nations of the earth is honorable, but awful. Trusted with the destinies of this solitary republic of the world, the only monument of human rights, and the sole depository of the sacred fire of freedom and self-government, from hence it is to be lighted up in other regions of the

earth, if other regions of the earth shall ever become susceptible of its general influence. All mankind ought then, with us, to rejoice in its prosperity, and sympathize in its adverse fortunes, as involving every thing dear to man. And to what sacrifices of interest or convenience, ought not these considerations to animate us! To what compromises of opinion and inclination, to maintain harmony and union among ourselves, and to preserve from all danger this hallowed ark of human hope and happiness! That differences of opinion should arise among men, on politics, on religion, and on every other topic of human enquiry, and that these should be freely expressed in a country where all our faculties are free, is to be expected. But these valuable privileges are much perverted when permitted to disturb the harmony of social intercourse, and to lessen the tolerance of opinion. To the honor of society here, it has been characterized by a just and generous liberality, and an indulgence of those affections which, without regard to political creeds, constitute the happiness of life. That the improvement of this city must proceed with sure and steady steps, follows from its many obvious advantages, and from the enterprising spirit of its inhabitants, which promises to render it the latest seat of wealth and science.
It is very gratifying to me that the general course of my administration is approved by my fellow-citizens, and particularly that the motives of my retirement are satisfactory. I part with the powers entrusted to me by my country, as with a burden of heavy bearing: but it is with sincere regret that I part with the society in which I have lived here. It has been the source of much happiness to me during my residence at the seat of government, and I owe it much for its kind dispositions. I shall ever feel a high interest in the prosperity of the city, and an affectionate attachment to its inhabitants.
TH. JEFFERSON.
March 4, 1809.
LIST OF ACTS
Passed at the second session of the Tenth Congress.
1. An act to authorize the transportation of a certain message of the President of the United States, and documents accompanying the same. 2. An act authorizing the President of the United States to employ an additional number of revenue cutters. 3. An act authorizing the payment of certain pensions by the secretary of war at the seat of government. 4. An act for the relief of Andrew Joseph Villard. 5. An act to revive and continue in force for a further time the first section of the act, intituled "An act farther to protect the commerce and seamen of the United States against the Barbary powers." 6. An act for the relief of Augustin Seay. 7. An act authorizing the proprietors of squares and lots in the city of Washington, to have the same subdivided, and admitted to record. 8. An act to enforce and make more effectual an act, intituled "An act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States," and the several acts supplementary thereto. 9. An act supplementary to an act, intituled "An act for extending the terms of credit on revenue bonds in certain cases and for other purposes." 10. An act for the relief of Edmund Remmont. 11. An act to alter the time for the next meeting of Congress. 12. An act for the employment of an additional naval force. 13. An act for dividing the Indiana territory into two separate governments. 14. An act making appropriations to complete the fortifications commenced for the security of the seaport towns and harbors of the United States, and to defray the expenses of deepening and extending to the river Mississippi, the canal of Carondelet. 15. An act supplementary to the act, intituled "An act to amend the act intituled 'An act establishing circuit courts and abridging the jurisdiction of the district courts of Kentucky, Tennessee and Ohio.'" 16. An act to revive and continue for a farther time the authority of the commissioners of Kaskaskia. 17. An act to incorporate a company for opening the canal in the city of Washington. 18. An act making appropriations for the support of government, during the year one thousand eight hundred and nine. 19. An act extending the right of suffrage in the Indiana territory, and for other purposes. 20. An act freeing from postage all letters and packets to Thomas Jefferson.
21. An act for the disposal of certain tracts of land in the Mississippi territory, claimed under Spanish grants, reported by the land commissioners as ante-dated; and to confirm the claims of Abraham Ellis and Daniel Ha regal.
22. An act for the relief of Daniel Cotton.
23. An act for the relief of certain Alabama and Wyandott Indians.
24. An act to interdict the commercial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain and France, and their dependencies and for other purposes.
25. An act making provision for the farther accommodation of the household of the President of the United States.
26. An act farther to amend the judicial system of the United States.
27. An act to extend the time for making payment for the public lands of the United States.
28. An act making a farther appropriation towards completing the two wings of the capitol at the city of Washington, and for other purposes.
29. An act to extend to Amos Whittmore and William Whittmore, jun. the patent right to a machine for manufacturing cotton and wool cards.
30. An act for the relief of Jacob Baunitz.
31. An act supplemental to the act, intituled "An act for establishing trading houses with the Indian tribes."
32. An act concerning invalid pensions.
33. An act to authorize the making a turnpike road from Mason's causeway to Alexandria.
34. An act farther to amend the several acts for the establishment and regulation of the treasury, war and navy departments.
35. An act making appropriations for the support of the military establishment, and of the Navy of the United States for the year 1809.
36. An act supplemental to an act to amend the charter of George Town.
37. An act authorizing the further augmentation of the marine corps.
CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1.
On motion of Mr. Kelly, the bill for the relief of Jacob Baunitz went through a committee of the whole, Mr. Desha in the Chair; was reported to the House, and ordered to a third reading. It was subsequently read a third time and passed.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
On motion of Mr. Masters, the House resolved itself into committee of the whole, 52 to 24. Mr. BASSETT in the Chair, on the bill from the Senate, making further appropriations for completing the two wings of the capitol, in the city of Washington, and for other purposes.
Mr. W. Alston said that he wished to withhold any appropriation but for the accommodation of the Senate. Such extravagance and waste had characterized the progress in the buildings, that as long as the present superintendent remained in office, he would not vote a cent farther appropriation. He moved to strike out every item in the bill, but that for the accommodation of the Senate.
Mr. Lewis objected to the motion. He called for the reading of the report of the Surveyor of Public Buildings on the subject.
Messrs. Alston, Sloan, Smilie and Stanford opposed the motion, and Messrs. Mason, Nelson, J. G. Jackson, and Lyon, opposed it on the ground that the buildings, having been commenced, ought to be finished.
The motion for striking out the appropriation for the Representatives Chamber, was negatived 44 to 31. The committee then refused to strike out any part of the bill.
The committee then rose and reported the bill, which was ordered to be read a third time to-day. The bill being about to be read a third time, Mr. Culpepper moved that the bill be re-committed for the purpose of striking out the items before moved to be stricken out.—Motion negatived, Ayes 9.
The bill was then read a third time and PASSED as follows:
YEAS—Messrs. L. J. Alston, Bacon, Barker, Basset, Blackledge, Blake, Blount, Boyle, J. Campbell, Champion, Cutts, Davenport, Dawson, Desha, Eppes, Findley, Franklin, Gholson, Goodwyn, Green, Helms, Holland, Holmes, Howard, Humphreys, J. G. Jackson, Johnson, Kelly, Key, Kirkpatrick, Lambert, Lewis, Love, Lyon, Macon, Marion, Masters, M'Creery, N. R. Moore, J. Morrow, Mumford, Nelson, Newton, Nicholas, Porter, Rhea, (Ten.) Riker, Rowan, Russell, Say, Seaver, Shaw, Smett, Sturges, Taggart, Tammadge, Taylor, Thompson, Upham, Van Alen, Van Dyke, Van Horn, Van Rensselaer, Ver-
planck, M. Williams, A. Wilson, N. Wilson.—67.
NAYS—Messrs. W. Alston, Brown, Calhoun, Clay, Culpepper, Gardner, Heister, Milnor, Quincy, Randolph, M. Richards, Sawyer, Sloan, Smilie, J. K. Smith, S. Smith, Southard, Stanford, Swart, Whitehill, Wilbourn.—21.
The House resolved into a committee of the whole House, 38 to 36 on the bill for incorporating a company for making a Turnpike road from Georgetown to Alexandria, Mr. Mason in the chair. After a long time spent in committee in discussing the details of the bill, about 6 o'clock, after being in session eight hours, a quorum not being present, the committee was dissolved; and the House adjourned.
The details of Thursday's and Friday's proceedings will be given in our next. The list of acts passed will be found in this day's paper.
From the Aurora.
THE CASE OF OLMSTEAD.
It seems as if insatiation and folly had become epidemic at Boston, and had spread to Congress, and communicated its infection to Lancaster.
The following message, it is said, has been communicated to the state legislature. The governor, no doubt, is sworn to obey and support the laws of this commonwealth, and there is a law on this special subject, which authorizes the Executive to call out the militia and protect the parties.
But then there is this infelicity in the case, that the laws of the U. S. are also part of the laws of this commonwealth; and the decisions of the supreme court of the U. S. are, and must be, a paramount authority to any such law.
The law of this commonwealth is in reality an ex post facto law, produced by intrigue to cover injustice, and to violate the first principles of human rights in human society.
It is further aggravated by the facts, that the money , which is the hard earned and sole property of Gideon Olmstead , is now in the state treasury of Pennsylvania; and that the state has neither in law nor in equity, any lien, nor is there any pretence of claim on the part of the state, to the money of this injured man.
Gideon Olmstead, commanded an American armed vessel during the revolution, he was captured and carried into Jamaica, and brutally incarcerated in a dungeon for several months; with one or two others he was put on board a vessel to be sent to New York, and on the passage, by an enterprise, spirit, intrepidity, humanity, and effect , of which ought to have obtained for him a statue, and in Greece or Rome he would have obtained one; he, with two other persons and a boy, seized the vessel, with twelve or fourteen men on board, and brought her in to the Delaware. The vessel was condemned, and the property has been hung up now 30 years in law suits; the man has grown into years and into want; he has had decisions of the old Congress and of the state courts, and ultimately of the supreme court in his favor, and now rather than render this veteran of the revolution justice, or pay the man his money , which is his own, the militia is to be called forth. Lamentable indeed is the state of morals and justice in society, when such transactions as have been exhibited in Massachusetts, in Connecticut, and now in the case of Olmstead , can occur!
MESSAGE OF THE GOVERNOR.
To the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
GENTLEMEN— "I have received information that the Supreme Court of the United States hath ordered a peremptory mandamus to be issued to the suit of Gideon Olmstead and others, versus Elizabeth Sergeant and Esther Waters executrices of the late Mr. Rittenhouse, and that immediate application will be made to Richard Peters, judge of the district court of Pennsylvania, for an execution against the persons and effects of Mrs. Sergeant and Mrs. Waters, or that rather, as it is an admiralty proceeding, an attachment against their persons will be the compulsory process adopted on the occasion.
"By the act of the 2d April 1803, Mrs. Sergeant and Mrs. Waters, are directed to pay a sum of money, arising out of the sale of the British sloop Active , captured during the revolutionary war, into the state treasury. With the requisitions of that law, the said executrices have complied; it now becomes my duty, agreeable to the provisions of that act, to protect the persons & property of the said executrices against the said process.
"Painful as the duty is, I am compelled, and am now making arrangements to call out a portion of the militia for that service; that being the on-
ly means in the power of the executive. As the execution of this law may produce some serious difficulties, as it respects the relation between the state governments and that of the U. States, I have thought it proper to make this communication, on which the legislature can act as in their wisdom they shall think expedient.
"SIMON SNYDER.
"The hon. JAMES ENGLE, Esq.
"Speaker of the House of Representatives.
"Lancaster, Feb. 27. 1809.
The following resolution, in relation to the above case, was adopted by the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania on the 1st instant.
"Resolved, That the Secretary of the commonwealth be required to lay before the house information touching the measures the Governor may have taken to call out the militia, to protect the persons and property of Elizabeth Sergeant and Esther Waters, in pursuance of an act of Assembly of this commonwealth."
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN AWAY from the Subscriber's Plantation near Lower Marlinton in Calvert county, about the 15th of January, a Negro man by the name of Cuddy; he is about 50 years of age, 6 feet high, rather spare made, of a yellowish complexion and thin visage, stammers when spoken to, and one of his knees bends in, which makes him limp a little, but is scarcely perceivable. Whoever takes up said negro and secures him so that I get him again shall receive the above reward, if taken upwards of 20 miles from home, if under 20 miles 10 dollars.
THOMAS BLAKE.
March 6—3t
TO THE PUBLIC.
WHEREAS, in consequence of various supposed provocations, I have been induced, at sundry times to utter and publish severe and unmerited strictures on the conduct and character of my late partner, Mr. John Lisle of this city. I now feel myself called upon, in justice to that gentleman, and in conformity with the advice of my friends, thus to avow my regret at having been instrumental to the injury of his feelings or character.
(Signed) MACALL MEDFORD. Witness, GEORGE RUNDLE. Philadelphia, Jan. 28, 1809.
In consequence of the above, and the solemn declaration of Mr. Macall Medford, that he is unable to discharge the monies I claim of him, I have agreed to discontinue my pursuit of said claim, and my intention of prosecuting him for a libel.
JOHN LISLE, late JOHN LISLE, Jr. Philadelphia, March 6—2t
ON application by petition, in writing, of GEORGE W. WILLETT of Prince George's county, to me the subscriber, an associate judge of the first judicial district of Maryland, composed of Saint Mary's, Charles and Prince George's counties, in the recess of Prince George's county court for the benefit of the act of Assembly, passed at November session, 1805, intituled "An act for the benefit of sundry insolvent debtors," and the several supplements thereto, a schedule of his property and a list of his creditors, as far as he can ascertain them on oath, being annexed to his said petition, and being satisfied by competent testimony, that the said petitioner is a citizen of the state of Maryland, and that he has resided therein the two last preceding years; and being also satisfied, that the said George W. Willett is now in actual confinement for debt; and for no other cause, and the said petitioner having entered into a bond with security for his appearance in Prince George's county court on the first Monday of April next, to answer such interrogatories as his creditors may propose to him—It is thereupon ordered and adjudged, that the said George W. Willett be discharged from his imprisonment, and the said first Monday of April next be, and hereby is appointed, for the said petitioner to deliver up his property, and to have a trustee appointed for the benefit of his creditors; and the said petitioner, by causing a copy of this order to be inserted in the National Intelligencer , once a week for three months successively, before the said first Monday of April next, give notice to his creditors to be and appear before the Judges of Prince George's county court on the day aforesaid, to recommend a trustee for their benefit. Given under my hand, this eighteenth day of June, 1809.
DANIEL CLARKE.
True Copy, Test, JOHN READ MAGRUDER, jun. C P G Cy Ct December 19—w13t.
State of Maryland, in Chancery, February 4, 1809.
ORDERED, That the sale of certain lots, in the city of Washington, made and reported by Edward S. Burd as trustee in a suit in this court by the executors of M. Lewis and Edward Burd, against Morris, Nicholson and others, be ratified and confirmed, unless cause to the contrary be shown on or before the 15th March next, provided a copy of this order be inserted three successive weeks before that time in the National Intelligencer .
The report states, that the said lots which are therein particularly described, were sold for thirteen thousand dollars.
True copy—Test, NICHOLAS BREWER, Reg. Cur. Can. Feb. 22—w3t.
MR. MADISON'S PORTRAIT.
An elegant engraved Portrait of JAMES MADISON, Executed by the celebrated Edwin of Philadelphia, from an original painting, by Stuart, just received and for Sale at the Book-store of R. C. WEIGHTMAN, Pennsylvania avenue.
PRICE 2 DOLLARS, Published by C. Boyle, Baltimore. February 15—6t
IN COUNCIL—ANNALS. Feb. 8, 1809
Ordered, That the resolution of the legislature, passed at the last session, requesting the Governor and Council to procure information as to the probable expenses of erecting and furnishing a building of sufficient dimensions for the manufacturing annually one thousand stand of arms complete, be published twice a week for the space of four weeks in the American and Federal Gazette at Baltimore; the Maryland Gazette at Annapolis; the Republican Advocate at Frederick-Town; the National Intelligencer ; the Maryland Herald at Hager's-Town, and in Mr. Smith's paper at Hager's-Town.
Order,
ANTHONY PINKNEY, CL.
Resolved, That the Governor and Council be requested to procure, and submit to this House, at their next meeting, information as to the probable expenses of erecting and furnishing a building of sufficient dimensions for the manufacturing, annually, one thousand stand of arms complete, fifty brace of horsemen's pistols, one hundred horsemen's swords, and one hundred swords suitable for artillery, and the practicality of procuring workmen sufficient for the same, and the usual wages for such workmen, and as to the most eligible site for the erection of such buildings, the machinery of which, if necessary, to be worked by water, steam, or otherwise; and that by publication of this resolution, they give notice that they will receive description of and proposal for the sale of such site. Add that they procure if practicable, the annual report of the different establishments of the same kind in the United States.
February 17—w4w
Prince George's county court, September Term, 1809.
ON the application by petition in writing, of ROBERT M'Koy, of Prince George's county, to this court, for the benefit of the act of Assembly passed at November session eighteen hundred, and five, intituled "An act for the benefit of sundry insolvent debtors" and the several supplements thereto, a schedule of his property and a list of his creditors on oath as far as he can ascertain them being annexed to his said petition, and the court being satisfied by competent testimony that the said petitioner is a citizen of the state of Maryland, and that he has resided therein the two last years preceding his application, and being also satisfied that the said Robert M'Koy, is now in actual confinement for debt, and the said petitioner having entered into bond with security for his appearance in this court on the first Monday in April next to answer such interrogatories as his creditors may propose to him. It is thereupon ordered and adjudged, that the said Robert M'Koy be discharged from his imprisonment, and the said first Monday in April next is appointed for the said petitioner to deliver up his property and to have a trustee appointed for the benefit of his creditors; and it is ordered that the said Robert M'Koy by causing a copy of the foregoing to be published once a week for three months successively in the National Intelligencer , before the said first Monday in April next, give notice to his creditors to be and appear before this court on the said day to recommend a trustee for their benefit.
Test JOHN READ MAGRUDER, Jr. December 26—w3m Ck. P. G. C. C.
Solomon Holland } In Chancery, vs. } February 1809. Hezekiah M. Ford }
The object of the bill, is to have a deed recorded, granted from Hezekiah M. Ford to said Holland, bearing date the 6th of August, 1806, for a lot or parcel of land called "Exchange and New Exchange Enlarged," being part of lot number two in the town of Williamsburgh, in Montgomery county. The bill also states, that the said Hezekiah M. Ford has removed out of this state to the state of Kentucky.
It is thereupon ordered, that the complainant, by causing a copy of this order to be inserted three weeks successively in the National Intelligencer before the 22d day of March next, give notice to the defendant to appear in this court on or before the 22d day of July next, to show cause, (if any he has) why a decree should not pass as prayed.
True copy—Test, NICHOLAS BREWER, Reg. Cur. Can. Feb. 22—w3t.
SAMUEL STETTINIUS, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE NEAR THE CENTRE MARKET.
GRATEFULLY sensible of the past favors of both his Friends and the Public at large, takes the liberty to offer in addition to his lately Advertised Stock of DRY GOODS, a new supply of—
Common Broad Cloth, Pelisse do. Tappay V. Vet, Silk do. and Flannels of almost any description at the most reduced prices, as also every other article in the Dry Good line, at the most reasonable accommodations a favoring public can expect. He has also newly received by the ship Hope , capt. James Keeth, and offers for Sale by Wholesale,
5000 lbs. best Green Coffee, 500 lbs. well tanned Sole Leather of first rate slaughter Hides, 1 pipe Holland G. 1 bale Almonds in shells, 9 boxes Tin, A quantity of best Sheet Iron, single, double and treble, 1 box London imported Hats, A few pieces Oil Cloth, Spanish segars by the box, Linen Checks, Aron do. Cotton Velvets, Black Cambric, Do. silk Velvets, Plain Velvet Binding of all numbers, 1 trunk elegant Calicoes, Silk Shawls, Pelisse Cloth, Dressing Looking-Glasses, Black Worsted Stockings, Cotton Stripes, Linen do. 1 trunk tanned Buck skins suitable for gloves and pantaloons making, 5000 best Clarified Quills, All of which he intends to dispose of on the most pleasing terms for cash or approved notes. December 28—8t.wtf