The national intelligencer and Washington advertiser. (Washington City [D.C.]), 1806-05-21 00:00:00

NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, AND WASHINGTON ADVERTISER.
VOL. VI.
WASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
No. DCCCLXXV.
FIVE DOLLARS PER ANNUM.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1806.
PAID IN ADVANCE.
(By Authority.)
AN ACT Supplementary to the act, entitled "An act to regulate the cordage of fire wood."
BE it enacted by the first and second chambers of the city council of Washington, That from and after the first day of May next, all wood brought to the city aforesaid for sale shall be of the following description, that is to say, sound and free from decay or hollowness and two inches at least in diameter at the small end, but in all other respects to be in conformity to the second section of the act to which this a supplement. All under size, hollow or decayed wood shall be corded separately and apart by itself and sold as unmerchantable, and all wood brought to the said city by land shall be subject to the aforesaid regulations, if the purchaser require it, excepting such as may be sold by the waggon, cart, dray or sledge load.
SEC. 2. Be it enacted, That all wood orders appointed under the act to which this is a supplement, shall previous to the first day of May next, take the following oath or affirmation, before any justice of the peace for the county of Washington, viz. "I A. B. do swear or solemnly, sincerely and truly declare or affirm, that I will diligently and truly examine, set up, pack and cord fire wood (or cause the same to be done in my presence) when thereunto required, according to the best of my skill and judgement, and according to the directions of this act, and of the act to which this is a supplement, without fear, favor, affection, malice or partiality, so help me God." A copy of said oath or affirmation the person sworn or affirmed, shall have and keep (together with the Mayor's appointment) as his authority signed by the magistrate who administered said oath or affirmation. But in all cases of neglect, or refusing to comply as above directed, their appointment shall cease on the day aforesaid: and all others who may be appointed after the passing of this act shall take the aforesaid oath or affirmation, and have a copy of the same as above directed before they enter on the duties of their office. Any thing contained in the former act to the contrary hereof notwithstanding.
WM. PROUT, President pro tempore first chamber, &c. PHINEAS BRADLEY, President pro tempore, second chamber, &c. APPROVED, April 17th, 1806. ROBERT BRENT, Mayor. Test THOMAS HERTY, REG.
AN ACT Making an appropriation to open the gutter on the east side of First street east, and for other purposes.
BE it enacted by the first and second chambers of the city council of Washington, That the sum of ten dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated to open the gutter on the east side of first street east, from William R. King's tavern, to the opposite side of north A street; also the sum of twenty dollars for E street east, from New Jersey Avenue to second street east; and the further sum of fifty dollars for the repair of Canal street east from M, to N, street south; to be expended under the direction of the Mayor.
JNO. DEMPSE, President first chamber &c. SAML. HAMILTON, President second chamber, &c. APPROVED, November 17th, 1805. ROBERT BRENT, Mayor. Test, THOS. HERTY, Reg.
AN ACT Making an appropriation for the relief of John Hines.
BE it enacted by the first and second chambers of the city council of Washington, That the treasurer be authorised to pay a balance due John Hines for expenditures in erecting a wharf at the termination of twelfth street west.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, that the sum of forty dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated.
JNO. DEMPSE, President of the First Chamber of the city council of Washington. SAML. HAMILTON, President, Second Chamber of the city council of Washington.
APPROVED, December 1st, 1805. ROBERT BRENT, Mayor. Test, THOS. HERTY, REG.
Notice is hereby given that the subscriber intends to petition the next county Court for Washington, to be held in the territory of Columbia, for an order to renew the lower ferry over the Eastern Branch, what was generally known by the name of Barry's ferry.
JEREMIAH BOOTH. Washington, May 16—aw3w
FRENCH EXPOSE.
[CONCLUDED.]
"The blessings which attended the emperor have been re-echoed throughout the Apennine mountains. Genoa has heard them, and has hastened to present to the emperor its homage and its wishes: its wishes are to become French, which she is in a great measure by her affections and her habits; while a due attention to her own existence urges her to be so altogether. Confined between the sea which formerly maintained her, and on which our enemies, which are equally hers, have closed up the passage, and these mountains, which our laws have wisely determined to be a barrier for her, Genoa, wanting every thing, without strength, without laws, and almost without government, solicits the honor of an adoption, which may re-unite them to a great people, and let them enter into a share of its advantages, and which is the chief of them, its government. This wish has been accomplished: it proceeded from every class of citizens, and this re-union has been a blessing to them all. The emperor has consecrated it by his presence. He has been received by the transports which are awakened by the appearance of a deliverer. French Genoa receives the taxes of Piedmont, furnishes to France the produce of its industry, by which she is maintained and enriched, and promises, in return, an increase of maritime power and commercial wealth. Several of its citizens, already known to the emperor, received from him the most flattering distinctions. The French laws have been introduced there, without counteracting any of those interests which caused its former prosperity. Its finances are improved—the debt of the republic is consolidated, its territory is enlarged; it is divided into departments; and that which is nearest France, receives a name, which recalls one of the first successes of the hero of France—one of the first crowns, with which victory has adorned that brow, which has been since so deeply shaded with laurels. The spot, where this first laurel was gathered, well deserved to be a part of France. The advantage of this organization is confirmed to Genoa, by the choice of a great dignitary named to establish it."
"Parma and Piacenza, long in a state of doubt as to their destinies, and subject to Gothic institutions, have also been visited by the chief of the empire; and, from that moment, date a code of laws, and a system of administration, conformable to the improvements of the present age. If false alarms have troubled for a moment certain valleys of these states, measures, full of promptitude, but without violence, have soon restored order among these misled people, who were themselves incapable of assigning the motive of an almost childish agitation, and which has ceased from the moment that any pains were taken to suppress it."
"Italy has, notwithstanding, changed its face, and the ancient kingdom of the Lombards is restored at the voice of Napoleon. Italy, reposing under the shade of the monarchy from its long convulsions, has no longer any cause to envy France. The same breath animates it; the same power protects it; the same spirit formed its new institutions accommodating them to its situation, and its manners. Milan has saluted, in the name of its king, him whom it had called its deliverer. Mantua received with transport him who was under its walls, the vanquisher of five armies, sent to defend it. Assembled at Casiglione, the French soldiers recall to their memories the successes of the army of Italy. Into whatever part of Europe they shall be conducted by the genius who has so often led them to victory, they flatter themselves with still greater successes."
"Italy is proud of receiving laws from a new Charlemagne, and fancies that she sees springing up with her ancient glory, all the prosperity which her climate and her soil entitle her to. Displaying a new character, she hopes to prove that her long weakness was the vice of her institutions, and not the fault of her inhabitants."
"A prince, instructed by his lessons, previously adopted by his affections, as he was subsequently by his decrees, continues his labors in copying his example. Italy enthusiastically pursues his steps. Manifesting a new character, she hopes to evince that her long continued weakness has proceeded rather from the defects of her government, than the fault of her population."
"France, which with avidity received the details of these grand operations, supposed that the emperor was still occupied in accomplishing them, when he was already at the gates of the capital, and occupied in taking an account of the internal situation of the empire. A few days after, astonished England heard the cannon which announced his presence. It was there, amidst the flower of his army, and the last cares of these grand preparations, that he began to enjoy repose. His multiplied combinations were brought to a point; the army, full of impatience, conceived the moment
had arrived which was to compensate their lengthened toils; but England trembling, not for her glory or her commerce, but for her actual existence, prepared a powerful diversion on the continent. She gave a shriek of terror; the continent put itself in motion in consequence of her shrieks; its warriors took up arms—from all quarters they advanced against France; and already they menaced her frontier. Upon this unexpected aggression, the emperor changed his plans. England triumphed, in having poured forth upon the continent all the calamities which she herself dreaded. Vain triumph! She speedily learnt that she had only precipitated the ruin of those whom she looked upon as her supporters, and dug an abyss which must completely ingulph her."
"In a few days the emperor had transported his army from the borders of the Channel to the Rhine; he had taken leave of the Senate and the nation; he had passed the Rhine; at the same moment he was at Ulm, at Vienna, at Austerlitz."
"I shall not attempt to inform you of actions truly admirable, which cannot be worthily related but by him who achieved them—these things that we all know, that we shall teach our children from the moment they begin to understand us; which our descendants shall speak of with pride, and which shall lay the eternal foundation of the nation, almost as great as that of its incomparable chief. Minister of the emperor, I abuse his intention in using this language, but I am a Frenchman; happy so to be, I cannot speak coolly of him, who has fixed the glory and prosperity of my country."
"I had commenced the summary of so many events from the epoch of the coronation; you know how glorious the termination of one year of this remarkable epoch has been; how his crown, given by a great people, has been confirmed by God, and by victory upon a head so worthy to bear it."
"That which you are least informed of, it is now most incumbent on me to tell you."
"It was in the midst of these immense and painful labours, when the emperor, given up to the chances and combinations of war, experiencing all the fatigues of a private soldier, exposed to all the intemperance of a rigorous season, and often having no bed but a truss of straw, no covering but the heavens—from whence all the fire of his genius seemed to emanate; even then, at the distance of three hundred leagues, he held the reins of the administration of France, carefully inspecting the smallest details; occupied equally with the good of his people as with that of his soldiers; seeing all, knowing all, resembling that invisible spirit that governs the world, and who is only seen in his power and benevolence. You have, as proofs of these assertions, the numerous decrees dated from Ulm, Munich, Vienna and Austerlitz."
"The interior was stripped of troops—Paris did not contain a soldier, and yet never was public order more strictly maintained—never were the laws better executed. France obeyed the name of its sovereign, or rather the sentiment of love and admiration which she felt. It was this sentiment which hastened the progress of the conscription, and made it produce threefold before the time when the contingent was expected to be raised. By it is formed the long rampart of volunteer soldiers, which line our frontiers from the channel to the Alps; a new army, almost spontaneously formed, and which announces to Europe, that, at the voice of its chief, all France can become a great army. It is this sentiment of devotion and military ardor, which animates those young men, who press to enrol themselves in the emperor's guard of honor, and who alone, in all France, may regret the rapidity of those exploits in which they had no part."
"Peace was concluded before, in many parts of France, it was scarcely known that the war was begun; a war not so long as your annual session, and the consequences of which must embrace future ages, Europe, and the other parts of the world."
"If the war has been conducted with courage and genius, the terms of peace have been dictated by generosity and moderation. A sovereign, unfortunate in war, has recovered by peace a great part of his states. His losses vanish into nothing, when compared to the dangers to which the monarchy of which he is the head was exposed. Princes in alliance with us have seen their power increased, and their titles exalted. The beneficence of the emperor has surrounded France with nations friendly to its government. Italy, that noble daughter of France, and which promises to be worthy of her, has reaped the benefits of the war. But her strength is ours; her wealth adds to our prosperity; our enemies are repulsed from her shores; they can no longer have any commercial connexions with her—This rich quarry is snatched from their rapacity. Italy is a conquest made from England. She is united to Germany by the double tie of vicinity and friendship, and by that alliance which her prince has just contracted with the daughter of one of the most powerful sovereigns of the Germanic empire."
"Now it is, indeed, that peace is secured to the peaceful inhabitants of the mountains of the Pyrenees—Commerce will soon enrich her deserted valleys, and thus her conquest will prove to her a blessing."
"The emperor, liberal towards his enemies and generous to his allies, has not been less liberal and generous to his people and his army. Never has there been a finer harvest of trophies offered to men; never has a nation received a more magnificent present. The circle which contains the Senate of the empire, the cathedral of this city, and the hotel de Ville, are filled and decorated with the ensigns taken from the enemy, offered by the noble and delicate liberality of the conqueror; a recompence equally honorable for the companions of his victory, and his people, who had followed him with their prayers, and had prepared themselves to second all his efforts."
"The army has made several campaigns in three months. France reckons these campaigns by their successes, the emperor calculates them for the recompences which he bestows; the heroes who return with him, return with new honors; those who have devoted themselves to their country, have left to him the interests of their families, and care of their memory; he has been satisfied; but the most worthy recompence of the French soldier is the regard of his emperor; it is the glory of the empire enhanced by his courage; these form the transports of the whole of the French people, with which they will receive the soldier upon his return. The emperor desires they may come and enjoy them under his own inspection; and that a triumphal fete may be given by the capital to the army—a spectacle worthy of the great events which will then be celebrated; where all the éclat of the arts, all the pomp of ceremony, all the characters of glory, and all the accents of public joy, shall encircle the grand army, re-united under its worthy chief, and then shall form a brilliant retinue to these phalanges of heroes."
"Such are the principal events of the preceding year, which I have but barely mentioned."
"The Expose next proceeds to describe the various improvements in the interior administration, and the immense national works which are in contemplation."
"But here, and it is necessary to declare it boldly to the nation, that its safety requires that a numerous army should be kept on foot; that fleets should be constructed, and seamen raised to protect our commerce, our colonies, and our rights. These circumstances require productive finances. The emperor thinks eight hundred millions will be necessary in time of war, upwards of six hundred during peace; as the fate of a country should never be left to the mercy of an obscure plot, nor any intrigue of a cabinet; but in all cases it should be ready to make head against any storm, and silence the jealous clamors of its enemies."
"It is the will of the emperor, as well as the desire of the whole nation, to augment our navy; and as we lost some ships in the late engagement, it is a new motive for redoubling our ardor. A great number of our cruisers are scouring the sea, and have attacked the commerce of our enemies in the remotest regions. Our whole flotilla shall shortly revive, by the return to its banks of the conquerors of Ulm and Austerlitz. But all those warlike measures shall be nothing more than measures to peace, and even of a moderate peace, in which we shall secure the pledge of not being surprised and seized upon under the most vain and perfidious pretences; it were otherwise better to endure still the miseries of war, rather than make a peace which would expose us to new losses, and afford fresh aliment to the bad faith and avarice of our enemies."
"The union of Piedmont with France two years ago, rendered necessary the union of Genoa, which is a part of it. That of the city of Genoa, for a long time occupied by the French, and defended by them during the second coalition, is a consequence of the will and independence of the republic. This union does not increase our strength on the continent; England alone had the right to complain of it; nor was it the cause of the war just terminated. The union took place in June, and in the month of April the cabinet of Petersburg had been seduced by the intrigues of England. The abasement of France, the dispossessing her of her provinces, was decreed. It was not only the kingdom of Italy, of which they would deprive us; Piedmont, Savoy, the duchy of Nice, even Lyons and the united departments, Holland, Belgium, the fortresses on the Meuse, these were the conquests prescribed to the confederates by England; and to this they certainly would not have confined themselves, if they had triumphed over the perseverance of the French people."
"England attaches no great interest
to Italy—Belgium is the true ground of the hatred which she bears to us."
"But Holland, the hundred and ten departments of France, the kingdoms of Italy, Venice, Dalmatia, Istria and Naples, are now under the protection of the imperial eagle; and the union of those states only affords us the means of being formidable on our frontiers and coasts."
"Bavaria, Wurtemberg, Baden, and several of the principal powers of Germany, are our allies."
"Spain, firm to its purposes, has manifested a laudable diligence, valor and fidelity."
"In former wars, England and Russia had promised the emperor of Austria an augmentation in Italy, to draw him into war; but that monarch, better informed of the state of things, has acknowledged the danger of being in alliance with England, and leaves all the affairs of Italy to France—having merely gained re-possession of his states through the moderation and magnanimity of the emperor, he knows that he can only find in the friendship of France, the repose and happiness which his subjects want more than any other nation of Europe."
"The emperor of Russia, unable to do us harm, will feel, that the true policy of his country is concentrated in the friendship of France; every thing, as well as his genuine glory, is concentrated in the liberation of the seas, and in the refusal to recognise principles which are detrimental even to the sm. least state, and which has led them to sustain bombardments and blockades, rather than submit to acknowledge those principles."
"The emperor, after each victory, offered peace to Austria. He also offered it to Naples before the war—peace violated as soon as sworn, and which has produced the downfall of that house. He also offers it to England. He does not mean to force that power to recede from the prodigious changes made in India, as little as Austria and Russia from the partition of Poland; but he has a right to refuse to recede from the alliances and unions which form the new federative systems of the French empire."
"Turkey has continued under the yoke of Russia; and it was the emperor's chief aim, by getting Dalmatia into his hands, to be ready to protect the most ancient of our allies, and to enable him to maintain his independence, which is of more importance to France than to any other power."
"The first coalition terminated by the treaty of Campo Formio, had the favorable issue for France of the acquisition of Belgium, the frontier separation of the Rhine, the bringing of Holland under the federative influence of France, and the conquest of the states now forming the kingdom of Italy. The second coalition gave it Piedmont; and the third brings Venice and Naples under the federative system."
"Let England be finally convinced by her imbecility: let her not try to operate a fourth coalition, if it were in the nature of things possible to renew it."
"Such have been the exertions of government for the glory and prosperity of France; the emperor looks only to what remains to be done, which he considers as superior to what he has already performed; but it is not conquest that he projects. He has exhausted military glory. He wants none of those bloody laurels, which he has been compelled to gather. To perfect the public administration; to make it a source of lasting happiness for his people, as well as of an increasing prosperity; to render his acts the lesson & the example of a pure & elevated morality; to merit the blessings not only for the present, but future generations, whose interests ever occupy his mind; such is the glory which he aims to possess; such is the recompence which he promises himself, for a life devoted to the most noble, but at the same time the most painful duties."
WASHINGTON ACADEMY EAST OF THE CAPITOL.
WILL be opened on the 19th instant, for the education of youth in the city, in one of those commodious brick buildings belonging to Daniel Carro, Esq. south of Stelle's Hotel, by the Rev. ROBERT ELLIOT, A. M. For terms—rents or guardians if pay scholars, will please to apply to Mr. Elliot—and to one of the other description, to WM. CRANCH, WM. BRENT, or JOHN DEMPSE, who are the superintending committee to said Academy. May 14.
By order of the Orphan's Court of Prince George's county will be sold on Saturday the 7th day of June next, at the house of Ignatius Boone in the town of Georgetown, for a term of 20 years, One NEGRO boy, 10 or 11 years of age, on a credit of 12 months, to satisfy debts due from the estate of the late Mrs. Ann Brady Cox of said county deceased. Bond with approved security will be required.
AQUILA BRALL, Adm'r. Prince George's county, May 16—Urgt

WASHINGTON CITY.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 21.
We learn that with a view to prevent the landing of persons from the parts of St. Domingo in the possession of the blacks, the captain general of Martinique has framed regulations...
WE perceive from the late London prints that the performance entitled "An examination of the British doctrine, which subjects to capture a neutral trade not open in time of peace," has been republished in England.
This is a favorable symptom. We have little doubt of a correct judgment being formed on the important principle elucidated in this essay...
A long and interesting debate, which took place in the two Houses of the British Parliament on the 4th of March, on the compatibility of the place of lord chief justice with that of a seat in the cabinet, is detailed in the London prints.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
New York, May 18.
We have received, through the post-house of capt. Waite, of the ship Robert Burns, a regular file of London papers to the 5th April inclusive...
On the morning of the 8th of April, it was reported that WAR had been declared against Prussia. Our printed accounts, however, extend no further than the laying on an embargo.
An embargo at Nantes of 20 days continuance, capt. Swaine informs us, was taken off on the 4th of April, in consequence of the sailing of 3 French frigates...
Our private letters inform us, that a new duty had been laid on all cotton goods exported from G. Britain.
LONDON, March 25.
Lord Melville appeared in the House of Lords yesterday, and after protesting against the circumstances under which the last article of impeachment has been preferred against him, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
March 28.
The convention between France and Prussia is carrying into execution with all possible speed. Wesel, and the whole of Prussian Cleves has been occupied by the French...
The evacuation of this city and the whole of the Prussian Cleves, is now completed. Yesterday, at two o'clock in the afternoon about 200 French troops arrived here...
Accounts have been received by adm'l lord Collingwood, of the arrival
at Palermo of their majesties the king and queen of Naples with the royal family, with an immense quantity of property, specie, plate, diamonds, &c. in his majesty's ships...
The French army, it is said, is to be reduced to the peace establishment by the 1st of April.
The columns of the Moniteur are filled with the details of the disturbances in Turkey. Bonaparte will soon find a pretence for interposing in the affairs of that distracted country.
Swedish Pomerania, it is said, will immediately be taken possession of by the French, if Prussia should refuse to occupy it.
The fate of Holland is on the eve of being decided, and the post and palace of the Nassaus may at this time be occupied by one of the upstart relatives of Bonaparte.
The dutchess of Devonshire died yesterday morning, at half past three o'clock.
April 1. The Hamburg mail due on Sunday, arrived at a late hour last night. The accounts which it brings are of a very different nature from the notice in the Moniteur...
Sweden, it is said, is to experience a similar fate to that of Naples: the king is to be dethroned and his dominions to be partitioned among his neighbors, Russia, Prussia, and Denmark.
Private letters from Holland state, that the Batavian government had received assurances from the court of the Tuileries, that the emperor Napoleon had determined to give to Holland the choice either to have a king at the head of its government, or to become a department of France...
It is confidently asserted on the authority of private letters from Berlin, that the following proposals form a considerable part of the negotiations pending between France and Prussia.
1. The duchy of Mecklenburgh Schwerin, whose sovereign is to receive Bareuth in exchange, with a proportionate pension to make up every deficit. 2. The duchy of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, whose prince is to be pensioned for life. 3. The duchy of Brunswick, whose sovereign and descendants in direct line are to be pensioned; and the duke himself permitted to remain as Sovereign, in his capital during the remainder of his life. 4. The whole of Austrian Silesia and Galicia, for which the emperor of Austria is to be indemnified by the Turkish provinces of Servia, Bosnia, Wallachia, Moldavia, and the whole of Turkish Dalmatia. 5. The king of Sweden to be dethroned, and part of his dominions to be given (if the emperor Alexander consents to the spoliation) to Prussia...
According to the last advices from St. Petersburg these proposals have been rejected.
An embargo was this morning laid upon all vessels in the river bound to the Elbe, or any other of the ports in the north of Europe. Orders were also received at Sheerness yesterday for the detention of the Baltic and Tomingen convoys, until further orders.
The stocks have fallen in consequence. Omnium, which had been down at 41-4 premium, had fallen at two o'clock to 2, and the consols from 61 1-4 to 59 7-8.
It is expected that the bank of England will resume at no distant day the payment of its notes in specie.
APRIL 5.
On Thursday, Mr. Windham submitted to the House of Commons his plan for the improvement of our military system. The principal object of this plan is, the permanent increase of the regular army; and the means by which it is proposed to attain this object are as follows: The soldier, instead of engaging for life, as at present, is only to enlist for seven years; at the end of that period, if he be disposed to enter again for a similar term, he is to have a
small increase of pay; and also a further increase of pay, if he should choose to enlist for a third term of seven years. At the conclusion of the 21 years service, he is then to be entitled to all the full allowances of Chelsea, and the advantages of that retreat are to be augmented.
In the militia, no alteration whatsoever is to take place for the present with respect to their number, but in future they are to be recruited, not by the present system of ballot, but by a small bounty; and the militia of Ireland are to be encouraged as much as possible to enter into the line. With respect to the volunteers, they are not after the present year, to enjoy their present advantage; they are only to be exempted from the general training of the male population of the country, which forms an essential part of the new system.
Translated from the Journal de Commerce.
PARIS MARCH 16.
The decree of the 4th March has taxed brown sugar from the French colonies 45 francs, and tete and clayed sugars 50 francs per decimal quintal. Some persons have thought from the manner of announcing the duty, without distinguishing that of entry from consumption, that the whole was payable on the arrival of the merchandise.
A friend has politely favored us with the following extract of a letter, dated,
LIVERPOOL, 7th April, 1806.
"We have only time to inform you that this day's gazette contains an embargo on all Prussian vessels in British ports, and all British ships are prohibited from sailing to any of the Prussian ports. This step is taken in consequence of the King of Prussia taking possession of some of our king's German dominions, and the misunderstanding occasioned by that conduct, it is thought, will probably lead to a war.
LIVERPOOL, April 7.
In consequence of the dispute with Prussia, an embargo was yesterday laid upon all the vessels belonging to that power at present in this port.
Murat is the new sovereign of the duchies of Cleves and Berg. He has formally assumed the sovereignty under the title of prince Joachim, duke of Cleves and Berg—he made his formal entry into Dusseldorf on the 25th ult. and a proclamation was immediately issued to his new subjects.
CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
THURSDAY, MARCH 13.
DEBATE On Mr. Gregg's Resolution.
(CONTINUED.)
MR. NICHOLSON. I second the motion, on a principle which has governed me ever since the beginning of this session. This subject was early referred to a select committee on a motion offered by myself, with a view that the fullest light might be thrown on the subject of our differences with G. Britain...
This proposition produced several others, one of which I had the honor to submit. As I have before said, I submitted this proposition to meet that of the gentleman from Pennsylvania, that the House and people of this country might take into view its whole course and bearing; and that they might see the manner in which the revenue was likely to be effected by it.
MR. ALSTON. I cannot see what we are to get by the committee rising. If I entertained the same ideas with the gentleman from Maryland, I should be for a course directly the reverse of that which he recommends.
The motion for the committee to rise was lost—Ayes 53—Nays 68.
When the committee agreed to take up Mr. Nicholson's resolution; the discussion of which was suspended by the arrival of the usual hour of adjournment.
FRIDAY, MARCH 14.
MR. MUMFORD.—Mr. Chairman, It is with great diffidence I rise to speak on this question. I am a merchant unaccustomed to speak in a public body. But, sir, when I see the dearest interests of my country unjustly attacked by a foreign nation, I must beg the indulgence of this committee while I express my sentiments on the serious aspect of our foreign relations.
Sir, I had indulged the hope that the ninth Congress of the United States had assembled to deliberate on the momentous affairs of their country, as AMERICANS: but, sir, it gives me pain, and I regret extremely, to see gentlemen so far forget the interest of their own country in defending the pretended rights of others.
* "In 1801, in consequence of a decree of the vice admiralty court at Nassau, condemning the cargo of an American vessel going from the U. S. to a port in the Spanish colonies, with a cargo consisting of articles the growth of old Spain; our highly respectable and able minister at the court of London, immediately addressed lord Hawkesbury, his majesty's secretary for foreign affairs, and remonstrated in a respectful but firm and dignified manner, against this infringement and violation of the rights of neutrals.
"The remonstrance met that prompt attention from the British government which its merits demanded: the subject was referred to the consideration of the advocate general, who reported that the sentence of the vice admiralty court at Nassau was founded in error; that it was now (1801) distinctly understood, and had been repeatedly so decided by the high court of appeals, that the produce of the colonies of the enemy may be imported by a neutral into his own country, and may be re-exported from thence even to the mother country of such colony; and in like manner, the produce and manufacturers of the mother country, may in this circuitous route, legally find their way to the colonies; that a direct trade had not been recognized as legal, and the decision of what was, or was not a direct trade, was a question of some difficulty, & that the high court of admiralty had expressly decided, and the advocate general saw no reason to expect the court of appeals would vary the rule, that landing the goods, and paying the duties in the neutral country, breaks the continuity of the voyage, and is such an importation as legalises the trade; although the goods be re-shipped in the same vessel, and on account of the same neutral proprietors and forwarded for sale to the mother country.
"The report of the advocate general was accepted by the British government, immediately transmitted by lord Hawkesbury to Mr. King, and by his majesty's express command, communicated by the duke of Portland, the principal secretary of state, to the lords commissioners of the admiralty, with the information, that it was his majesty's pleasure, that the doctrine laid down in the advocate general's report, should be immediately made known to the several judges of the vice admiralty courts, setting forth to them what is held to be law upon the subject, by the superior tribunals, for their future guidance and direction.
"Thus are obtained so recently as within five years the deliberate opinions on the subject under discussion of the most eminent English civilians, and of the high court of admiralty, corroborated (if one of the first law officers of the crown may be credited) by the repeated decisions of the same court of appeals which by its late & contradictory decree in the case of the Essex, Orne, has caused so disastrous an arrestation and condemnation of American property.
"Judgment thus perspicuously stated and enforced by the high authority, it was fair to consider as intended for a beacon to direct to the channel through which neutral commerce might be prosecuted with security. It is hoped the event will not prove they were a mere ignis fatuus to ensnare the innocent and unsuspecting.
"At any rate whether the doctrine were sound or not, or whether it injured G. Britain or not, it cannot become the integrity and magnanimity of a great and powerful nation at once, and without notice to reverse her rule of conduct towards other states and to prey upon the unprotected property of a friendly power, the extension of whose commerce had been invited by the formal avowal of her intentions, and prosecuted under a reliance on her good faith, and from the confidence reposed, that her courts, uniform in their principles would never be influenced by the time serving politics of the moment.
"But whatever may have been the motives for the proceedings on the part of G. Britain, the effect is notorious. From her recent conduct great losses have been sustained; our commerce has been checked and embarrassed, and large quantities of produce are now remaining locked up in this country.

This is no fiction, sir, it is a more matter of fact. After all this I must confess I am astonished to find gentlemen in an American Congress, palliating the oppression of our seamen and the indiscriminate condemnation of our vessels and cargoes. Are we prepared to present an humble address to his most gracious majesty on the throne, praying he would vouchsafe to take us into his holy keeping, pardon our former transgressions, and accept of us as large subjects who have erred from the right way? No, Sir. We are not colonists: we are an independent nation. Your acts and laws speak of thirty years of independence: I wish we could conquer our prejudices as easily as we did our enemies. Shall we never get rid of the idea of colonists and dependents on Great Britain?
I shall now commence my observations on our unfortunate fellow citizens in British bondage; and in answer to the honorable gentleman from Maryland, whom I very much respect, I do frankly acknowledge that amongst all the petitions presented to you by the merchants of the United States, there is not one word about our impressed seamen, Salem and another port excepted. But, Sir, I beg leave to inform this committee, and that honorable gentleman, that before we enter our vessels at the custom house we are called upon to witness the recording of this tale of human woe before a notary public stating all the seamen impressed during the voyage. This is immediately transmitted to the secretary of state, for the correctness of which I refer you to the documents from that department now on your table. Sir, is it decorous, is it candid, is it liberal, is it respectful to the committee to impute such unworthy motives to the merchants as we have heard expressed on this floor? They are men, Sir; and I believe candor will allow them their share of sensibility, & that they sympathize for suffering humanity as much as a planter, a farmer, a lawyer, or any other class of the community. Sir, I feel as much as any man for the sufferings of this meritorious class of citizens, having been an eye witness to the barbarous treatment inflicted by the officers of the British government on one of them. He was lashed to a scaffold on the gunwale of a boat, and whipped from ship to ship, until he had received five hundred lashes. What was the consequence? He expired the next morning. What was his crime? He had been impressed into their cruel bondage and had endeavored to regain his liberty! We are asked, What is the remedy for this outrage? There is but one, Sir: Demand satisfaction for the past, and in future make your flag protect your citizens, at least on the high seas, the common high road of all nations. Your merchants can insure their property, against this "Leviathan of the Ocean," but there is no alternative for the poor sailor—he is inevitably doomed to cruel slavery.
I now come to speak of foreign nations. We are told that the American merchants cover Spanish property—This may be the case: I believe it—But it is to a very limited amount. The Spanish merchants have little capital at present to dispose of. Their government owes them considerable sums of money, and the paper currency of that government is at such a discount (I believe from 40 to 50 per cent.) that they are not able to extend their commerce, if they were ever so much disposed to do so.
Respecting the French merchants, a great proportion of them in France are bankrupts in consequence of heavy taxes, contributions, forced loans, and all the impositions of imperial ingenuity. That country depends not on commerce for her revenue; she collects one hundred and twenty millions of dollars per annum, of which twelve millions only are levied upon commerce, being but ten per cent on the whole revenue. Their merchants have it not in their power to extend their business for want of a capital which is a fact that will be acknowledged by all commercial men. They are by no means the favorites of the emperor; he grants them no indulgences, of which the late transactions at the national bank are a sufficient evidence.
Respecting Holland, every person conversant in business knows the cautious calculation of the Dutch merchants; they trade very little on their own account in time of war, but are constantly soliciting the American merchants to make consignments of property to sell on commission.
And yet we are told in that oracle, the celebrated pamphlet, "War in Disguise," that France, Spain and Holland carry on the war against G. Britain with property covered by Americans! Will any rational man believe them?
I now come to G. Britain, Sir, not one word has been said about property covered for her. She is immaculate—she is innocent—she can do no wrong. I have good authority for this last expression. The King says so, and others repeat it. Sir, immediately upon the coalition being formed on the continent of Europe, she seized upon your unsuspecting commerce, and surprised it with new principles and new doctrines in her courts of admiralty, which operated with her ships of war in the same manner as though they had actually received orders from the Lords of the admiralty (how insidious! but they understand Deceit ) to capture and
which were purchased for foreign markets, because our merchants cannot send it abroad without taking risks on themselves which prudence would not justify, or without paying such rates for insurance as the trade of the country cannot afford.
being in all American vessels bound to enemies ports; and if by chance any of them escape their bails, after a mock trial, they are compelled to pay enormous charges from 500 to 600 guineas, and some time more. This operates as a premium to carry in all your vessels, knowing before hand they will have nothing to pay for, although you gain your cause, you must pay the costs. This, Sir, discourages your cautious and best merchants, and they are thus compelled to abandon and decline pursuing a lucrative and lawful traffic.
If there be any property covered for G. Britain, I have every reason to believe, from facts I will state to the committee, that it appertains almost exclusively to some British merchants lately adopted citizens of the U. S. for they take good care to keep all their business in their own hands. They are the honest merchants who own the honest vessels we have heard so much about, that they are engaged in exporting cotton, tobacco, and other produce of our country. Why should they have the preference? It will be seen (as I will not tell you what I do know (as has been said in this committee) but I will tell you what I do know. Sir, the real American merchant cannot enter into competition with them. They have their particular friends in England, who are interested, and will of course give them the preference. By a variety of ways they obtain all the freights, to the exclusion of your vessels. Sir, we are often compelled to take in ballast along side of those very ships who have full freights engaged. Thus, Sir, the real American merchant is the dupe of these honest adopted British citizens. These are your slippery old merchants , so justly denominated by the honorable gentleman from Virginia, whose acme of mind I much admire—They were indeed, Sir, so very slippery in some of your districts, that it was found necessary to pass a law excluding all of them who resided in foreign countries from owning any ship or vessel belonging to the U. S. for a number of them after having made fortunes out of your neutrality, had slipped off to G. Britain to spend the money and the remainder of their days. And in order that we might not compromise our neutrality in this deceptive business, our national legislature has been careful to pass a law in the first session of the eighth Congress, dated 27th March, 1804, to correct the abuse, which has in some measure put a check to it; and yet we are emphatically told it is only coffee, sugar, and East India goods that are guilty of the sin of interfering with British merchants, those monopolizers of the commerce of the whole world.
I mention these facts Sir, to vindicate the character of the real American merchant; it will stand the test with that of any other nation in the world. Sir, look at your revenue system, examine all the records of your district courts, see how very few fines and forfeitures they have incurred, and then compare them with any class of citizens you please, and you will I am confident, Mr. Chairman, exculpate them from such disingenuous reflections as have been and adverted upon in this committee. Sir, they make it a point of honor to discourage smuggling, knowing the whole revenue of their country to depend upon that fidelity which they have never ceased to inculcate. I cannot but persuade myself that on mature reflection gentlemen will not withhold from that class of the community the protection guaranteed to them by the constitution of their country. It is a fact well known to this committee that the federal constitution, under which we now hold our seats in this House, grew out of the great inconveniences we then experienced in our commercial affairs with foreign nations. Surely they are not outlawed. I trust not Sir. I hope better treatment from the hands of my country.
I now come to the true history and the cause of the objections of Great Britain. It is very difficult to trace her in all her ramifications of fraud on your neutrality and of injustice on your commerce. Sir, when the present continental coalition was concluded, the "Lords of the ocean" with that colossus the East India company, the merchants trading from London to the continent of Europe, the West India merchants, and some of our honest adopted citizens from Great Britain, all agreed with common consent to be in the fashion; and they formed a coalition against your commerce, and ordered a book to be written, in which they took a conspicuous part, called "War in disguise." This was truly on their part war in disguise , and the first act of hostility they commenced upon your unsuspecting commerce; and I hope they may ultimately meet the fate of all other coalitions, at least as far as respects our country. They had ordered, as all coalitions do, a large supply of ammunition; one hundred thousand copies of this instrument of death to your commerce were distributed at ex post facto to all parts of the British dominions, in order that your property might be plundered for the use of the naval commanders who could no longer find any other property on the ocean. This book says, "They must retire on a handsome competency at the close of the war," no matter from whom it is taken.
Next comes the East India company, that colossus of mercantile avarice, whose monopoly draws into its vortex all the demand for East India produce in Europe. Your lawful commerce to those markets interfered with them, and was considered incompatible with this monopoly; and must be doomed to destruction.
Next come the merchants trading from London to the continent of Europe. They attend the public auction, pur-
chase your condemned vessels and their cargoes, procure a licence from their government, and send the same cargo on their own account to the very market your own citizens intended it for.
I now come to some of those honest adopted British merchants; and in order to elucidate that subject, I will beg leave to read the copy of a letter from one of the first houses of respectability in London said to be in the confidence of the minister:
Extract of a letter from London, dated 21st November, 1805.
"This government has granted licences to neutral vessels, who take in a proportion of their cargoes in G. Britain, to proceed to the Spanish colonies to the south of the line; provided the returned cargoes are to be brought to this country; and I have now several expeditions of this nature under my direction for the account of houses on the continent who prefer subjecting themselves to the conditions ministers have imposed for the toleration of that trade, to the risque of detention and its consequences even in the event of restitution."
"This is no fiction, Sir, it is a fact. It cuts your commerce like a two edged sword, involves your neutrality, and prevents your own merchants from going to the same market, the profit on which ultimately centres in G. Britain. There are at this moment British agents in two of your commercial cities, and I suppose more in other parts of the U. S. as well as in Europe, for they swarm on the industry of all nations. They are acting in concert to carry on this licensed trade with the Spanish colonies, their enemies jeopardizing your neutrality, to the manifest injury of the real American merchants. This is a very valuable branch of commerce, as you may readily suppose from the price that sagacious calculating nations sets upon it. What is the result of all this? Why, Sir, if it were not for the interference of this very government, so much extolled at the expence of your own, we should enjoy the benefit ourselves. They themselves license vessels to carry on a commerce, which if pursued by your citizens without their permission is sure to be plundered. Thus, Sir, that government assails your commerce at home, & condemns it abroad, on the most vexatious and unwarrantable pretensions."
(Speech of Mr. Mumford to be continued.)
GENERAL MEETING.
THE ELECTORS of the City of Washington are requested to meet at MYER'S Tavern on Pennsylvania avenue, on Wednesday evening next, at 6 o'clock, for the purpose of making arrangements preparatory to the ensuing election of a City Council.
To STONE CUTTERS.
WANTED in the City of Washington, a number of Stone Cutters—they will find great encouragement on applying to George Blagden at the Capitol. Washington, May 21—3t
JOHN LAW,
HAS commenced the PRACTICE OF THE LAW, & opened an Office on the Capitol Hill, near the office of Mr. Wm. Brent, Clerk of the County Court. May 21—2m
SALES BY AUCTION.
WILL be sold at the store lately occupied by Peter Healy, deceased on New Jersey avenue on Saturday the 14th inst. sundry articles in the Grocery Line, consisting of
Brandy, Leaf and lump sugar, Fyson and fouchong tea, Spermaceti candles, Pepper, Ginger, Allspice, Molasses, &c. &c. and Also a good young Horse.
Terms of sale, for sums under 20 dollars cash, and for purchases amounting to 20 dollars or more, notes at 60 days with satisfactory endorser will be taken.
ALSO,
On the same day, at the same place, will be sold for cash, a number of Empty Stand Casks, a pair of excellent large Scales and Weights, several small Scales for counters and a variety of other things (such as measures, &c. useful in a grocery store.
The sale to commence at 11 o'clock in the forenoon. May 21—2t
District of Columbia county of Washington, ss.
ON the petition of HENRY SCHNIVELY an insolvent Debtor confined in the prison of Washington county for debt. Notice is hereby given to the creditors of the said Henry Schnively that on the 2nd day of June next at 9 o'clock A. M. at the court room, in the capitol, the oath prescribed by the act of Congress for the relief of insolvent debtors within the district of Columbia, will be administered to the said Henry Schnively and a trustee appointed unless sufficient cause then and there be shown to the contrary.
It is ordered that this notice be published three times in the National intelligencer, before that day, and in a newspaper published in Baltimore and Alexandria.
By order of the honorable Wm. Cranch, Esq. chief judge of the circuit court of the district of Columbia. May 21—3t
WM. BRENT, CL.
WASHINGTON CITY.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 21.
We perceive in the London Morning Chronicle of the 31st of March the following article under the Hague head of March 25.
"Mr. Armstrong, the minister from the U. States of America, to the emperor Napoleon, arrived here to-day from Paris, with his suite; he proceeds to Amsterdam, in order to embark with his suite for America."
We apprehend the writer of this article must have committed a mistake, probably by blending inference with fact. That Mr. Armstrong had arrived at the Hague is probable; but that he arrived there, on his way to Amsterdam; thence to embark for the U. S. is extremely improbable. We should presume that his visit to the Hague was with a view to the transaction of some special business; and that having accomplished this object, he would again return to Paris.
The minister of Prussia took leave of the emperor of France on the 23d of March.
Capt. Wood, arrived at New Bedford, in 35 days from Embden, says that he was informed in the channel by a British gun brig that war had been declared between Prussia and England.
The Porte has formally recognised Napoleon as emperor of the French and king of Italy.
Capt. Cutter, arrived at Portland, from Martinico, (which he left about the 20th April,) informs, that he saw Trinidad papers, received there the day before he sailed, which say, that Miranda had taken Margaritta, Cumana, Barcelona, and Carraccas—that immediately after landing, he was joined by 16,000 Colonians—that the current report was, the United States were at war with Spain, and that the expedition was fitted out by the U. States government. Barcelona and Cumana surrendered without resistance.
PROPOSALS
For carrying MAILS of the United States, on the following post roads, will be received at the General Post Office until the first day of August next, inclusive.
1. FROM Portsmouth, N. H. by Hampton, Seabrook, Salisbury, Newburyport, Rowley, Ipswich, Hamilton, Wenham, Beverly, Salem, Lynn and Chelsea, to Boston, six times a week.
May 1 to November 1. Leave Portsmouth every day at noon, and arrive at Boston by midnight, in 12 hours.
Leave Boston every day at 11 a m, and arrive at Portsmouth by 11 p m in 12 hours.
November 1 to May 1. Leave Portsmouth every day at 6 a m and arrive at Boston by 4 p m.
Leave Boston every day at 6 a m and arrive at Portsmouth by 4 p m.
2. From Boston by Cambridge, Watertown, Waltham, East Sudbury, Framingham, Southboro', Northboro', Sherborn, Worcester, Leicester, Spencerc, Brookfield, Western, Palmer, Wilbraham, Springfield, Suffield, Windsor, Hartford and Berlin, to New Haven, three times a week.
May 1 to November 1. Leave Boston every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 4 a m and arrive at New Haven on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday by 1 p m in 33 hours, resting 2 hours at Suffield.
Leave New Haven every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 3 a m and arrive at Boston on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday by 10 a m in 31 hours, resting 2 hours at Suffield.
November 1 to May 1. Leave Boston every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 10 a m and arrive at Worcester by 8 p m.
Leave Worcester every Wednesday, Friday and Monday at 4 a m and arrive at Suffield by 4 p m.
Leave Suffield every Thursday, Saturday and Tuesday at 6 a m and arrive at New Haven by 6 p m.
Returning. Leave New Haven every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 4 a m and arrive at Suffield by 6 p m.
Leave Suffield every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 4 a m and arrive at Brookfield by 8 p m.
Leave Brookfield every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday at 4 a m and arrive at Boston by 3 p m.
3. From New Haven by Milford, Stratford, Bridgeport, Fairfield, Norwalk, Stamford, West Chester, Rye, New Rochelle, & to New York, seven times a week.
May 1 to November 1. Leave New Haven every day at 2 p m and arrive at New York the next day by 10 a m in 20 hours.
Leave New York every day at 9 a m and arrive at New Haven the next day by 3 a m in 18 hours.
November 1 to May 1. Leave New Haven every day at 4 a m and arrive at New York the next day by 10 a m in 30 hours.
Leave New York every day at 11 a m and arrive at New Haven the next day by 6 p m in 31 hours, resting one hour at Stamford each way.
The mail is to be carried daily from this week from Oct. 1, 1806, to Oct. 1, 1807, omitting to take it both from New Haven and New York on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, in the mid season, and on Monday, Wednesday and Friday in the cold season.
4. From New York by Jersey, Newark, Elizabeth town, Rahway, Woodbridge, New Brunswick, Princeton, Trenton, Bristol, Holmeburg and Frankfort to Philadelphia, seven times a week.
Leave New York every day at 1 p m and arrive at Philadelphia the next day by 6 a m in 17 hours.
Leave Philadelphia every day at 1 p m and arrive at New York the next day by 6 a m in 17 hours.
From Dec. 1 to April 1 the mail is to be delivered in New York and Philadelphia at 7 a m, in 18 hours.
5. From Baltimore by Elk Ridge, Vanville, Bladensburg and Washington City to Georgetown, every day.
April 15 to December 1. Leave Baltimore every day at 8 a m and arrive at Washington City by 4 p m in 8 hours.
Leave Washington City every day at 2 a m and arrive at Baltimore by 10 a m in 8 hours.
December 1 to April 15. Leave Baltimore every day at 10 a m and arrive at Washington City by 8 p m in 10 hours.
Leave Washington City every day by 10 p m and arrive at Baltimore the next morning by 9 o'clock in 11 hours.
6. From Washington City by Alexandria, Colchester & Dumfries to Fredericksburg, six times a week.
April 15 to December 1. Leave Washington City every day at 4 a m and arrive at Alexandria by 5 a m; leave Alexandria at 6 1/2 a m and arrive at Dumfries by 11 a m and arrive at Fredericksburg by 5 p m in 13 hours.
Leave Fredericksburg every day at 4 a m and arrive at Dumfries by 9 a m; leave Dumfries at 10 a m and arrive at Alexandria by 2 p m; leave Alexandria at 5 p m and arrive at Washington by 8 p m.
December 1 to April 15. Leave Washington City every day at 4 a m and arrive at Alexandria by 6 a m; leave Alexandria at 7 a m and arrive at Dumfries by 1 p m; leave Dumfries at 2 p m and arrive at Fredericksburg by 7 p m.
Leave Fredericksburg every day at 4 a m and arrive at Dumfries by 9 a m; leave Dumfries at 10 a m and arrive at Alexandria by 4 p m; leave Alexandria at 4 1/2 p m and arrive at Washington City by 6 1/2 p m.
7. Fredericksburg by Bowling Green, White Church, Hanover City, Richmond and Offutt's, to Petersburg, six times a week.
April 15 to December 1. Leave Fredericksburg every day at 2 a m and arrive at Richmond by 3 p m; leave Richmond at 4 p m and arrive at Petersburg by 9 p m.
Returning. Leave Petersburg every day at 3 a m and arrive at Richmond by 8 a m; leave Richmond by 9 a m and arrive at Fredericksburg by 10 p m.
December 1 to April 15. Leave Fredericksburg every day, Sunday excepted, at 5 a m and arrive at Richmond by 6 p m; leave Richmond every day Sunday excepted, at 4 a m and arrive at Petersburg by 10 a m.
Returning. Leave Petersburg every day, save Sunday, at 2 p m and arrive at Richmond by 8 p m; leave Richmond every day, save Sunday, at 4 a m and arrive at Fredericksburg by 8 p m.
8. From Richmond by Feziers, New Kent Co. Williamsburg, Yorktown & Hampton, to Norfolk, three times a week.
Leave Richmond every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 4 a m and arrive at Hampton by 9 p m and at Norfolk on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday by 10 a m.
Returning. Leave Norfolk every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 3 p m and arrive at Richmond the next day by 8 p m.
9. From Petersburg by Gabbins Point, Smithfield, Surry Co. and Sleepy hole, to Portsmouth, three times a week.
Leave Petersburg every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 4 a m and arrive at Sleepy hole by 2 p m; leave Sleepy hole at 3 p m and arrive at Portsmouth by 7 a m.
Leave Portsmouth every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 5 a m and arrive at Sleepy hole by 9 a m; leave Sleepy hole at 10 a m and arrive at Petersburg by 8 p m.
December 1 to April 15. Leave Petersburg every Sunday, Tuesday & Thursday at 11 a m and arrive at Sleepy hole by 9 p m.
Leave Sleepy hole every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 4 a m and arrive at Portsmouth by 8 a m.
Returning. Leave Portsmouth every Monday, Wednesday & Friday at 3 p m and arrive at Sleepy hole by 7 p m.
Leave Sleepy hole every Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday at 4 a m and arrive at Petersburg by noon.
10. From Charleston by Jacksonboro' Pocotaligo and Coosawatchie to Savannah, three times a week.
Leave Charleston every Monday, (To be continued.)

TO RENT.  THE COMMODORE  BRICK STORE, near the Capitol, now in the occupation of Messrs. P. HEALY & Co. Possession to be given on the 1st of May. Enquire of Frederick May. March 28—tf
FOR SALE, AT Bath (Berkeley Springs) Virginia, a HOUSE & LOT thereto belonging (late the property of Thomas Palmer, deceased.) The premises are calculated for a genteel family, or would make an excellent Boarding house, having thereon a smoke house, coach house and stables, with a garden laid out with much taste and inclosed with a good board fence. Also near the town, are for sale, SEVEN acres of LAND, inclosed with a stone wall, The whole will be sold very low, or ex- changed for property in or near any of the three towns or cities. Apply to John Davidson, Washington city, or to Wm. Alexander, esq. Bath, aforesaid. Note.—If not sold, it will be let for the season. April 16—tf
CHARLES H. VARDEN,  MERCHANT TAYLOR, NEW JERSEY AVENUE, NEAR THE CAPITOL. Respectfully informs the gen- tlemen of the District of Columbia that in ad- dition to his former stock he has received by late arrivals at Philadelphia from London a choice assortment of superfine cloths, single and double milled cassimeres, Bennetts patent cord, wooleteens and waistcoating, fancy and black silk molekins, all of superior quality and newest fashion, plain and stripe black velvets, constitution cord, knop coatings, plushes, flannels, &c. &c. with a variety of other articles in his line, and he pledges him- self, to those gentlemen who shall favor him with their orders to complete them in the newest style of fashion. N. B. Ladies habits, regimentals, navy uniforms, made in the most fashionable man- ner. Washington, Dec 12—tf
City of Washington, Sept. 9, 1805. Several persons under the impression that the public lots in this city are to be disposed of in future by public sales only, having made enquiries when the next sale will probably take place, we are requested to state that those lots may at any time be purchased at pri- vate sale of the Superintendent of the City. Sept. 9—tf
A BARGAIN. THE subscriber offers for sale the farm he now occupies, containing near 300 acres with or without the stock thereon. It is distant from the cities of Georgetown and Washington, about five miles, and well known as a healthy situation. There is much fine fruit thereon, and abounds with springs, affording as good water as in the United States, a considerable proportion of the land has been inclosed, and from thirty to forty acres fit for the scythe the ensuing summer. It is now in a very improving state, being altogether clear of broom sedge, and from 40 to 50 acres ploughed and prepared for a spring crop, and from 30 to 40 acres well set with wheat and rye—some part of the land is calculated for tobacco; and plaster of paris answers well with it all. The dwelling house and other improvements may with small re- pairs, be rendered very comfortable—From its vicinity to two growing cities, many ad- vantages result in supplying the markets. A purchaser may calculate on a good bargain, particularly if an early application be made. Some part of the purchase money will be re- quired in cash or approved negotiable paper; the remainder rendered easy—or negroes re- ceived in payment. The subscriber or Wil- liam early residing on the farm will show it when required, and the terms made known by application to Mr. John Thompson, George Town, or Dr. WM. THORNTON, Washington. Isaac Pollock, Fruit Hill, Some lands calculated for the culture of cotton, Indian corn and small grain, situated on a navigable river in the healthful part of the state of Georgia, will also be sold on rea- sonable terms or exchanged for negroes. I. P. Jan. 29—epf
STELLE'S HOTEL & CITY TAVERN. THE Subscriber takes this method of thanking his friends and the public for their favors whilst on the Capitol Square and begs leave to acquaint them that he has taken the Spacious Hotel lately erected by Mr. Carroll, near the Capitol. The hotel being above one hundred feet in front, and containing fifty rooms enables the subscriber to offer every accommodation to members of Congress and travellers which can be expected in a public house. PONTIUS D. STELLE. Washington City, March 25—tf N. B.—P. D. S. will rent the house lately occupied by him on the adjoining square
NOTICE. The SYNOD of PHILADELPHIA to meet, by adjournment, in the Third Presbyterian church, in the city of Philadel- phia, on Tuesday, the 13th day of May inst. at 11 o'clock A. M. NATHL. IRWIN, Stated Clerk. Printers of public papers in Easton (Md.) Baltimore, City of Washington, Lan- caster, York, Carlisle, Northumberland, &c. are respectfully requested to republish the above. N. I. May 12.
Left, through mistake, the latter part of the last session of Congress, at the Office of the National Intelligencer , a pair of convex SILVER SPECTA- CLES. May 12—3t
On a liberal credit. THE subscriber will dispose of at private sale, his estate called Chichester, lying on the eastern branch, immediately opposite the city of Washington. This tract of land containing 697 acres is laid off in lots from 83 to 144 acres for the convenience of pur- chasers. Plats of the estate and the terms of sale are in the hands of colonel Hanson at the navy yard, and Charles Wayman of George Town. The lots will be shown by Mr Wedden, living on the premises, near the Eastern Branch bridge. ANTHONY ADDISON. Barnaby, 12th June 1805—tf
ELIAS B. CALDWELL,  ATTORNEY AT LAW, HAS removed his Office, to the house lately occupied by Mr. Law, on Capitol Hill. Washington, July 26—tf Treasury Department, Washington May 3rd, 1806. Notice is hereby Given, That sealed proposals will be received by the Treasurer of the United States, as Agent for the commissioners of the Sinking Fund, until the 13th day of June next inclusive, for the purchase of the following species of the public debt, viz. Eight per cent. Old Six per cent. and Deferred Six per cent. stock, with the dividends payable on the first of July next off. Such persons as may be desirous of con- tracting for the sale of any portion of the a- bove-mentioned stocks, are requested to trans- mit their proposals SEALED UP, under cover to the subscriber, specifying therein the unre- deemed amount and species of said stocks, and the lowest price they will accept for the same, which proposals will be opened on the 14th day of June next, in the manner directed by law. In all cases where the terms are approved of, payment will be made immediately after the stocks thus purchased, shall have been transfer- red to the subscriber, in trust for the United States. THEO. T. TUCKER, Treasurer United States. May 5—epical.
PURSUANT to a decree of the superior court of Chancery held at Richmond, will be exposed to sale two Tracts of Land in the county of Loudoun, the property of Thomas Atwood Digges, esq. One called the Valley Tract, containing about 1097 acres, lying about 3 miles from Leesburg. The other called the Green Hill Tract, lying on the Potomac river near the Blue Ridge and sup- posed to contain about 1940 acres. These Lands are to be sold for the purpose of raising the sum of about 6000 DOLLARS, due from the said Thomas A. Digges, to certain creditors in the de- cree mentioned. The sale will be made to the highest bidder, for ready money, and will commence on the 13th day of June next, in the town of Leesburg and county of Loudoun. THOS. SWANN, WILSON G. SELDEN, } Commis- sioners. April 23—wtdf
The subscriber and possessor of the above advertised Lands, thinks it proper to warn any person who may incline to pur- chase under the above decree (which was ob- tained in the most secret manner and totally unknown to him), that he will not give, or aid in any manner whatever, the procuring a title to perfect such sale of the Land; the at- tempt to which is a vague and ill tempered effort. THOS. A. DIGGES, Warburton, Maryland, April 23—tj3g.
The public are notified, and all persons are cautioned against purchasing cer- tain lands in Loudoun county, Virginia, decreed by the superior court of Chancery, to be sold as the property of Thomas Atwood Digges, and advertised by the commissioners, Messrs. Swan and Selden, to be sold at Leesburg on the 13th day of June next; the fee of said estate being clearly vested in and belonging to William Dudley Digges, of Maryland, an infant under age. ROBERT BRENT, attorney in fact for the estate of Wm. Dudley Digges. City of Washington, April, 28—tfjunt3
A HOUSE & LOT  FOR SALE. WILL be offered at public sale on Tues- day the 24th of June next on the premises, on a credit of 90 days, a two story BRICK HOUSE, with two rooms and a passage on each floor, a cellar, and dry well therein; this house is situated on Lot No 10 in sq 728 on East Capitol Street, fronting the capitol. Negotiable paper with improved endorsements will be required of the purchaser, and when paid a good title will be made by SAML. TYLER, Ex'r of Saml. Tyler, deceased. May 14—10t
MARY POTTINGER, survivor of Samuel Tyler. May 14—13t
SPRING GOODS.  JOHN COX, HAS received a part of his Spring Assortment of Goods, consisting of many fancy and sub- stantial articles. He has also received by the Jefferson captain Hunt from Amsterdam, a quantity of Ticklenburgs, Ozarburgs, Hef- fians, Hempens, Rolls, Glass and Quills, and by the Washington from Leghorn, Handsome Leghorn Chairs and Flats. All which goods he will sell at his usual low prices by the piece or retail. George Town, April 30—epNI&UG6w.
The subscriber is ready to re- ceive proposals, in writing, and will con- tract with the lowest bidder for the supply of Eighty CORD of WOOD for the use of the House of Representatives at the next session of Congress. The wood to be of best quality white heart, round hickory, and delivered in the public cellar at the Capitol, packed, saw- ed and measured at the expense of the contrac- tor before delivery. The money for the con- tract price per cord to be paid at the time of delivery and the whole to be delivered on or before the last day of September next. JOHN BECKLEY. Capitol Hill, April 30—3w
NOTICE. THE Partnership of the Subscribers, trad- ing under the firm of Samuel Lowdermilk and Co. near the Navy Yard, was dissolved on the 26th inst. by mutual consent. ALL persons indebted to said firm will please to make pay- ment to S. Lowdermilk before the first day of June next, otherwise their accounts will be put into the hands of proper officers for collection. SAMUEL LOWDERMILK, JOHN BANKS. Washington city, April 30—6t
SAMUEL LOWDERMILK, BRGS Leave to inform the public that he will continue to keep a constant supply of Liquors, Groceries, Hardware, and Dry Goods, and through the medium which he receives his supplies, flatters himself he will be enabled to sell as low as any of the retailers in the dis- trict of Columbia, for Cash only; and re- quests all persons (in order to prevent the ne- cessity of a retainer) not to ask for credit, as he is determined to credit no person what- ever. Corner of L street south and 8th street east, near the Navy yard.—6t
THEOPHILUS HOLT, HAS received a fresh supply of GARDEN SEEDS, &c. Suitable for the season, for sale at his garden, city of Washington. May 19—3t
NOTICE. IS hereby given that unless the tax due to the Washington Corporation from the follow- ing persons be paid on or before the 28th day May next, the following property or so much thereof as will satisfy the tax and other charges due thereon, will on that day be offered at public sale to the highest bidder. [CONTINUED.]
A HOUSE & LOT  FOR SALE. BY virtue of a deed of trust from the rev. George Ralph to Saml. Tyler, deceased, and Mary Pottenger, will be sold at public sale, for cash, on Tuesday the 10th day of June next, at Mr. Chaplier's tavern Charlotte Hall Academy, in St. Mary's co. a tract or parcel of LAND called Pulston, Situate, lying and being in the vicinity of said academy, in St. Mary's co. aforesaid, containing about 150 acres: also six NEGROES, consisting of three valuable men, a woman and two likely boys MARY POTTINGER, survivor of Samuel Tyler. May 14—13t
  James Dant, part of sq 502 with improvements 1802. 0.29 10 sq 225 with imp. 1805. 2.47   3. 0.35 James O'Brien, part of lot 1802. 2.3   4. 0.44 1 in sq 662 with improvements 3. 2.2   5. 0.44 4. 2.8   Deblos and Nicholson wharf & ware house 1802. 7.20 Susannah Osborne, part of lot 1802. 0.92 1.2   Alexander Davidson, lot 1 in sq 651 with improvements 1803. 2.44 sq 690 with improvements 3. 2.37   Jasper de Carnap's heirs, sq 743 with improvements 1803. 3.12 4. 3.03   1.50 Pratt, Francis & others, 1802 5. 3.08   1.92 part of sq 502, part of sq 503, sq 504, sq 546 and part of sq 973 3 328,64   1.92 4. 420,66   8.97 5. 420,66   11.48 Isaac Pollock, part of sq 38 1802. 8.23   11.48 and part of sq 74 with improvements 3. 14,10   1.63 4. 18,07   2.08 5. 24,62   2.08 Robert Ware Peacock, part of lot 1 in sq 291 with improvements 1804. 7.11   1.07 William Prentis, part of sq 1802. 1,241-2   1.07 907 and part of sq 502 with improvements 3. 0.93   1.65 4. 1,19   2.12 5. 1,19   2.72 Philips, Grout and West, lot 13 in sq 407 with improvements 1805. 3.33   2.72 Isaac Reid, part of sq 502 with improvements 1802. 1.17   1.04 3. 1.50   4.64 4. 1.92   6.22 5. 1.92   6.2 Rhodes & Higden, part sq 118 with improvements 1805. 1.94   10.62 Michael Shanks, part of sq 1802. 0.60 1.2   2.05 502 with improvements 3. 0.71   2.62 4. 0.91   2.62 5. 0.91   6.29 John Swank, part of sq 741 1802. 0.18   8.95 with improvements 64. 1.08   8.95 4. 1.31   5. 1.31   John Story, part of sq 741 1802. 0.33   with improvements 3. 0.71   4. 0.91   5. 0.91   Alexander Shaw, 1-2 of lot 1802. 0.36 1.2   8 in sq 787 with improvements 3. 0.51   4. 0.65   5. 0.65   Stoddert & Templeman, lot 11 in sq 104 with improvements 1802. 67.84   4. 42.47   4. 54.39   John Sutton, lot 10 in sq 1803. 1.08   222 with improvements 4. 1.38   Joseph Saul, part of sq 233 1803. 3.05   with improvements 4. 3.90   Roger Smith part of sq 907 1803. 1.31   with improvements 4. 1.67   5. 1.67   Shreeve and Unthark, lot 186 3.96   11 in sq 322 with improvements 5. 3.96   George & Sarah Sweeney, 1804. 5.08   lot 13 in sq 290 with improvements 5. 5.08   John Stewart, 1-2 of lot 6 in 1804. 1.93   sq 86 with improvements 5. 1.93   Shaw and Birth, lot 17 in sq 75 with improvements 1805. 12.39   Calhoun Smith & co. part lot 3 in sq 141 with improvements 1805. 3.06   Nicholas Spohrer, part of lot 5 in sq 460 with improvements 1804. 3.04   5. 2.87   James Tomkins, part of sq 1802. 1,131-2   651 with improvements 3. 1.17   4. 1.50   5. 1.50   Theatre company, part of sq. 349 with improvements 1805. 23.72   Patrick Tool, lot in sq 322 1805. 1.82   with improvements 4. 2.33   5. 2.33   Philip Tool, part of sq 787 1803. 0.57   with improvements 4. 0.72   5. 0.73   George Thompson, part of sq 1803. 1.37   sq 38 with improvements 4. 1.75   5. 1.75   Thompson and Veitch, part of sq 74 with improvements 1805. 31.19   Colin Williamson's heirs, 1-2 of lot 17 in sq 254 1802. 2.24   with improvements 3. 2.07   4. 2.65   5. 2.65   Ambrose White, part of sq 1802. 0.72   695 with improvements 3. 0.80   Thomas Wilson, part of sq 1802. 1.32   sq 738 with improvements 3. 1.69   4. 1.69   5. 1.69   John Wilson, part of sq 825 with improvements 1802. 0.48   Nathan Walker and James Thompson, lot 5 in sq 759 with improvements 1802. 0.51 1.2   Robert Wilson 1-4 of lot 7 in sq 288 with improvements 1802. 0.79 1.2   James Waugh, part of sq 1803. 0.50   929 with improvements 4. 0.64   5. 3.84   George Walker, lot 17 in sq 728 with improvements 1803. 54.86   4. 70.20   5. 51.70   Joshua Ward, part of sq 1804. 3.43   503 with improvements 5. 3.42   George Washington's heirs, lot 16 in sq 634 with improvements 1805. 40.18   Thomas Webb, lot 9 in sq 253 with improvements 1805. 9.11   John B. Winsett, part of sq 906 with improvements 1805. 1.68   Mary Yeats, part of sq 929 1803. 0.65   with improvements 4. 0.83   5. 0.83   The sale of the above property will be held at the city Treasurer's office, and will commence at eleven o'clock A. M.   WASHINGTON BOYD, Treasurer of W. City Washington, April 28—2awtds..   FOR SALE. I WILL sell or exchange for dry goods Two BRICK BUILDINGS, well calculated for a retail store, being opposite the Centre Market. For further particular enquire of the subscriber on the premises. ROBERT HARRISON. Ap. 1—tf