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NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, AND WASHINGTON ADVERTISER.
Vol. V.
WASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
NO. DCXXXVIII.
FIVE DOLLARS PER ANNUM.
FRIDAY, JUNE 7th, 1805.
PAID IN ADVANCE.
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 having purchased and now occupying the tavern, late Tunnicliff's hotel, which he has commenced enlarging and improving—he respectfully solicits a continuance of the patronage of his friends and the public, assuring them that his full determination to sit up his present hotel, and to conduct it, as to merit, be hopes, the preference of the public travelling, as well as those coming to the permanent seat of the Government of our Land of Liberty.
PONTIUS D. STELLE, Washington City, March 25—tf
By virtue of a decree from
the Court of Chancery, the Subscriber will sell at public auction on the 10th day of July next, several lots of ground in the property of Benjamin Brooks deceased, in the town of Upper Marlinton in Prince George's county, two of these lots are improved; on the one stands the well known tavern lately occupied by Samuel Cooleedge with the improvements thereto attached, and, on the other, the house which Samuel Hepburn, esq. has occupied for some time past, and has just moved from. On the day of sale the unimproved lots will be particularly described, and all the improvements shown. The terms are, bond with security given for the purchase money, payable in two and three years. Possession will be immediately given.
This property is sold for the payment of the debts of the deceased; all persons who have claims and have not yet exhibited them, are requested to file the same with the register of the court of Chancery, with the respective vouchers on or before the 25th day of November next.
ROBERT BOWIE, trustee. May 29—ept July 10
ADAM KING, & Co.
AT their wine store in High Street George Town, have in addition to their stock of old wines, laid in a large and general assortment of all kinds of Liquors and Groceries suitable to the present season; where bills of any description, in their line, will constantly be filled up on the shortest notice and they flatter themselves, from the quality of their wines, &c. they will be able to give general satisfaction to all those who may think proper to favor them with a call—where all kind of consumption business as usual, will be attended to with the utmost attention, George Town, November 5—tf
To be Sold
For cash, at Public Vendue, to the highest bidder, at Rhodes's tavern in the city of Washington, on Monday the third day of June next.
All the right and estate of
JOHN GARDNER, late of the city of Washington, or of the subscriber, in virtue of a deed of trust to him from the said Gardner, bearing date the 28th Dec. 1804, of in, and to, a certain tract or parcel of land situate and lying in the State of Ohio, on the Muddybrook river, and adjoining to the flourishing town or settlement of Zanesville; described in the said deed of trust in the words following, "being part of the third quarter of the first township in the seventh range of the tract appropriated for satisfying warrants for military services, granted by patent signed by the President and sealed with the seal of the United States, on the twenty ninth day of March 1800, unto Robert Underwood, beginning at a stake on the south line of said quarter township eighty chains, west from the south east corner thereof, and running thence north eighty four chains, thence west to the low water line of the Muddybrook river, and then down and with the low water line of said river to the lands granted by the United States to Ebenezer Zane, and then leaving the Muddybrook river and running south with the western line of the said Zane's land to the southern boundary of the said third quarter of the first township, and with the said southern boundary line east to the place of beginning, (excepting thereout a road of one rod and a half wide adjoining to Zane's line and extending from the southern boundary northward to the river; another road three rods wide parallel to the former and extending from said boundary to the river at the distance of ten chains eastwardly from the first described road, and also three lots numbered two, three, and four, of five acres each lying between said roads, and one lot numbered eleven containing ten acres lying on the east side of the road last described, which roads and lots the said Robert Underwood hath heretofore sold or released) containing exclusive of said roads and lots, six hundred and nine acres and twenty perches more or less; being part of the premises which under and by virtue of a certain indenture bearing date the 15th of October 1803 was conveyed and assured by the said Robert Underwood unto and to the use of the said John Gardner his heirs and assigns."
This advertisement and the sale of the land is in conformity to the trust mentioned in the deed to me; and I will give every information in my power relative to the same, before, and on the day of sale.
NICHOLAS KING.
May 7—8t
Ten Dollars Reward.
WAS missed on Sunday, the 5th of May a double cased silver Watch, maker's name Crosswhite, Dublin, and in the outer case was a watch paper with Mr. P. Packer's name of Philadelphia.—Whoever will bring the said watch to the office of the National Intelligencer, shall receive the above reward, and no questions will be asked.
May 19—tf.
SPRING GOODS.
THOMAS W. PAIRO,
HAS just received a very extensive assortment of Spring Goods, amongst which are a variety of fancy articles, viz.
Laced cambric muffs, Countesspanes, Lino do. Ginghams, Laced cambric shawls, Swiss and plain nankeens, Cambric muffs, Black, pink, yellow, & Jeans and Marfailes, Willow sheets of a superior quality, Cotton and thread hose, Leghorn hats, Linen, silk and cotton Crapes and fans, handkerchiefs, Turdshell combs, Bombazets, Silk shawls and head- Durants and callimancos, handkerchiefs, Glass ware, Chinzees and callicoes, Knives and forks, Furniture do. Stationary, Ribbons, Brushes and tooth- Shoes with cork soles, brushes, Dimities, snuff boxes, Cambric do. Penknives and scissors, Irish & German linens, Darning cotton, Fine diaper and table- Caskets and flutes, cloth, Sheetings, superfine and Coffee mills, &c. &c. second quality, May 29—3t.
ROSS, & PLEASANTON
Have just received and offer for sale, whole sale and retail, a large and general assortment of groceries consisting of
Gun-powder, Imperial, Hyson, Young Hyson and Congo } Teas of the } important } Madeira, Sherry, Malaga, Port and Lisbon } Wines. Claret, Bitters and } In bottles. Sweet Oil. Cognac and other French Brandies. A variety of the best French Cordials in bottles and casks. Holland Gin, Jamaica, Antigua, and New-England } Rum Old Irish Whiskey. Pennington's double & single refined sugar. Do. Lump. Loaf and Lump sugar of other manufacturers. Best brown sugar and inferior do. English and American cheese. Pine apple do. Fresh Mulcatel raisins. Rice. They have also an invoice of elegant white and gilt china tea sets, together with a variety of the best cut glass. Besides what are above particularly mentioned they have on hand, and constantly keep every other article in the grocery line. Georgetown, May 29—ep3w.
THE CELEBRATED WARM SPRINGS In VIRGINIA.
THE subscribers have taken a lease of ten years, of the highly celebrated Medical Springs in the county of Bath called the WARM SPRINGS, so justly famed for their great cures and general relief in many complaints.
They are now preparing every necessary comfort and accommodation to suit the amusement of those who have health, (and to promote the recovery of those who want it) and it is deemed necessary to make these things widely known, because complaints have heretofore been made against the entertainment which has been offered.
Preparations are made for at least one hundred constant boarders, besides transient guests, for the accommodation of which, the subscribers will make all possible exertions; and they flatter themselves, that those who may place confidence in this advertisement, will not find the smallest cause for regret or complaint.
ROBERT & GEORGE TURNER. May 1—ep6w
MRS. SMITH and MRS. WILY respectfully acquaint their friends and the public that they have removed their boarding school from the house they occupied in Water Street, to a large brick house fitted up for a school, on the Main Street near Mr. Francis Lowndes, with a good garden, yard, and excellent spring of water.
They solicit the patronage of the inhabitants of George town and its vicinity, which they have liberally experienced, and gratefully acknowledge. They teach reading, writing, English grammar and geography. The best masters attend to instruct the young ladies in music, dancing, arithmetic, French and drawing. Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Willy continue to teach plain work, marking, embroidery in lamb's wool, silk and chenille, with a variety of other kinds of needle work, in the afternoon. April 26—6w.
THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED, BY SAMUEL H. SMITH. —PRICE TWO DOLLARS—
THE TRIAL OF SAMUEL CHASE,
An associate justice of the Supreme court of the United States, impeached by the House of Representatives, for high crimes and misdemeanors, before the Senate of the United States, taken in short hand by
SAMUEL H. SMITH, AND THOMAS LLOYD.
The second volume will probably contain between three and four hundred pages.
The first volume will be sold only to those who subscribe for the whole work.
VOLUME I.
This volume contains,— 1. Measures preliminary to the trial, including the proceedings of the House of Representatives and Senate antecedent to the trial. 2. The answer of Mr. Chase and the replication of the Managers. 3. The speech of Mr. Randolph on opening the impeachment. 4. The evidence on the part of the prosecution. 5. The speech of Mr. Harper on opening the defence. 6. The evidence on the part of Mr. Chase. 7. The speech of Mr. Early. 8. The speech of Mr. Campbell.
The advertisement prefixed to this edition will enable the public to form some opinion of its accuracy.
The following report of the trial of Samuel Chase has been drawn up with the greatest care. To guard against misconception or omission, two individuals, one of whom is a professional stenographer, were constantly engaged during the whole course of the trial; and the arguments of the managers and counsel have in most instances, and wherever it was attainable, been revised by them. It is with some satisfaction that the editor of this impression is enabled, under these circumstances, to submit to the public a tract whose fidelity and comprehensiveness, he hopes, will amply reward the interest so deeply excited by the progress and issue of this important trial.
"The second volume is in the press, and will be published in a short time."
COPY-RIGHT.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, to wit:
BE IT REMEMBERED, that [SEAL] on this twenty third day of April, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and five, Samuel H. Smith of the said district, hath deposited in the clerk's office of the district court of the United States for the district of Columbia, the title of a book the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit: "The trial of Samuel Chase, an associate justice of the supreme court of the United States, impeached by the House of Representatives for high crimes and misdemeanors, before the Senate of the United States, taken in short hand by Samuel H. Smith and Thomas Lloyd," in conformity to the act of Congress for the encouragement of learning by securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the time therein mentioned.
G.DENEALE, Clk. Dist. Col.
BOOKSELLERS or others, who purchase CHASE'S TRIAL for sale, will be allowed a deduction of twenty five per cent.
CHARLES H. VARDEN, MERCHANT TAYLOR.
Has received from Philadelphia a handsome assortment of FALL goods, consisting of the best London and French superfine cloths, caltimers, patent Bennett's cord, toiletries, fancy and white Marfailes, black and figured silk, molekins, fancy silk, Marfailes, constitution cords, velvets, Genoa cord, silk and satin floranteens, superfine coating, knapped cloths, with a variety of other articles suitable for the winter season. N. B. Ladies habits, regimentals, and navy uniforms made in the first style of fashion. New Jersey avenue near the Capitol, December 10—tf
IMPEACHMENT OF JUDGE CHASE.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21.
Mr. Hopkins's speech, continued.
I have as yet considered this part of the case, only in its most unfavorable aspect to the respondent. Upon turning to the testimony of the other witnesses, its complexion becomes much more mild and unexceptionable. The suggestion, that this opinion made up by the court, and handed to the counsel, was declared to be final and conclusive upon them, and that no argument in opposition to it was to be permitted or heard, rests wholly and solely on the recollection of Mr. Lewis. Mr. Dallas was not in court at the time it is supposed to have happened; no other witness of all that were present have any remembrance of any such declaration, and two witnesses expressly disprove it. Mr. Edward Tilghman states that judge Chase desired that the court had maturely considered the law arising upon the overt acts charged in the indictment against John Fries. That they had reduced their opinion to writing; that he understood a great deal of time had been consumed upon the former trial, and that in order to save time, a copy of the opinion of the court would be given to the attorney of the district; another to the counsel of the prisoner, and that the jury should have a third to take out with them. Mr. Tilghman further states that previously to the throwing of the papers on the table, and at the moment it was done, the judge expressed himself in these words, "Nevertheless or notwithstanding counsel will be heard." Mr. Rawle, a witness examined, as well as Mr. Tilghman on the part of the managers, gives the same account of the declared motive of the judge in preparing this opinion, to save time, as much had been lost at the former trial; and states that the judge said the court had determined to express their opinion in writing on law, that they might not be misunderstood. Here we find the reason not only for forming the opinion, but for reducing it to writing also. The court, continues Mr. Rawle, observed, they had therefore committed their opinion to writing—that the clerk had made three copies, one of which should be given to the district attorney; one to the counsel for the prisoner, and one the jury should take out with them. To put this part of the transaction beyond doubt, and strengthen, if possible, the character it now bears, I beg this honorable court to advert for a moment to Mr. Meredith's testimony. He too states that the judge declared the court on great deliberation had formed an opinion on the law on the overt acts set forth in the indictment—and that to save time and prevent mistakes, this opinion was reduced to writing—the copies to be distributed as mentioned by the other witnesses. He further expressly avers that the judge when he threw down the papers declared that the giving of this opinion was not intended to preclude the counsel from being heard, or from expressing any objections to its correctness. After this mass of concurring testimony can the motive of the judge in forming and delivering this opinion be misrepresented or misunderstood; and can it now be believed or pretended that it was done, as the article charges, to prejudice the mind of the jury against John Fries before counsel had been heard in his defence? In order to bear up this charge against this weight of evidence and support Mr. Lewis's testimony in discredit of that delivered by the other witnesses, the managers who have spoken to this part of the case pretend that Mr. Lewis should be most relied upon, because most interested in the transaction. This interest, sir, may have given a false colouring and appearance to the conduct of the judge, and his anxious zeal for his client may have represented the conduct of the court to his mind in harsher views than it deserved. I have always understood that those witnesses were most to be relied upon who were most cool and least interested in the transaction, to which they testify. But the ingenious gentlemen invert this rule. But, sir, I have no intention of making a comparison between the credibility of these witnesses, they are all respectable above suspicion. It is a question of memory and not of character between them, & we must judge from various combinations of circumstances in ascertaining the respective correctness of memory. Mr. L. was humbly most candidly declared his memory to be very uncertain and imperfect of distant
events. Besides Mr. Tilghman and Mr. Meredith positively aver that the judge said, counsel would be heard on the corrections of that opinion. Now Mr. Lewis does not and cannot say that the judge did not say so, but his evidence is no more than this, either that he did not hear it at the time, or that he does not remember it now. I refer the honorable managers to their own rule about affirmative and negative testimony. In the Baltimore case, a single, ordinary, unimpeached witness (Mr. Montgomery) swears to a declaration of the judge, which some fourteen or fifteen respectable witnesses both for and against this prosecution, with equal and better opportunities of hearing all the judge said at that time, declare was not, to the best of their knowledge, uttered by the judge, nor any thing like it. Now for the managers, this single affirmative Mr. Montgomery is more to be depended upon than all the other witnesses put together. And if any body can think so, let it be so. But in Fries's case, we produce two affirmative witnesses against one negative witness, who testifies himself to the imperfection of his memory.
I presume, sir, I have most firmly established the point that the judge, in making up this opinion, had really and truly no other object or motive than to prevent a further delay and useless waste of time. And sure I am, that whoever attended the first trial of Fries, would see the necessity of some regulation for this purpose. How then did the judge carry this intention into execution? The opinion of the court on the points likely to arise in the case, was put into writing, and delivered to the counsel. Was this any disadvantage to them? Was it not rather a friendly guide to them, by which they might shape their argument so as best to meet the points of difficulty, and serve their client. The court furnish each side, as well the United States as the prisoner, with copies of this opinion. This would have the effect to regulate and confine the argument on both sides to the proper channel, to the real points of difficulty, and prevent a wild, devious and useless extension of the argument into matters wholly irrelevant. It was surely an advantage to Fries's counsel thus to know the opinion of the court on the points of law in their case, and thus to have an opportunity of meeting and repelling it. If they would convince the court or jury this opinion was erroneous, they would succeed for their client. But if the court had permitted the counsel to take the usual course, and had kept their own opinion in close reserve, without any intimation of its direction, until the argument was closed, and had then delivered it to the jury, as unquestionably they might have done, and this opinion had contained some points which had been overlooked by the counsel, surely it would have been more prejudicial to the prisoner than the course that was pursued. The jury would naturally take the law from the court, and if therefore, the judge had intended to have oppressed John Fries, he would have succeeded better by refraining his opinion, concealing it from the counsel, permitting them to flounder on in the dark, and then in his charge to the jury, dictate the law to suit his partial and oppressive purpose. Would any gentleman of the law, about to argue a case before a court, think himself aggrieved, if the judge were previously to inform him of the ideas he entertained of the case, with full liberty to controvert them? It would be deemed a favor.
You will be pleased to bear in mind, sir, that this paper containing the opinion of the court, was not read, nor was there any declaration whatever of its contents or substance. It was known to none, it was intended to be made known to none but the counsel for whom it was designed. Now then could it produce any prejudice to John Fries? No attempt was made, no intention was manifested to read it. It was privately handed to Mr. Lewis. How then did it become public, in what manner were copies distributed to various hands? Not, sir, by the court, but by the counsel of John Fries. Mr. Lewis, in a moment of real or affected indignation, threw the paper from him, declared his hand should not be polluted by it, and cast it upon the table of the court, and it does not appear that to this hour he knows the contents of the paper he so hastily condemned. Several gentlemen of the bar by this means got hold of it and some copies were taken. But for this conduct on the part of Mr. Lewis, nobody ever could have known the contents of the paper or the opinion of the court. It was this that gave publicity to the opinion, and extended a

Knowledge of its contents, not only without the design and concurrence of the court, but decidedly against them. The act of the court was thus thrown into a different course and direction from what was intended or contemplated by them.
What then, Sir, is the whole amount of the crime of the judge on this occasion? That he, a law judge, had been bold enough to form an opinion—not on John Fries's case, or the facts or circumstances of it, for he knew them not; but on certain abstract points of law, without first conferring and hearing Mr. Lewis and Dallas. And further, he had not only formed such opinions, but he had the audacity to put them into the hands of these gentlemen, which, in the article of impeachment, is called "delivering the opinion." The judge, then, on mature deliberation, from a full consideration both of English and American precedents and decisions, had really made up his mind upon what overt acts would constitute the treason of levying war; and to prevent mistake, he had reduced this opinion to writing, and for the information of the court on both sides (no partial selection) he gave a copy of this opinion to each of them; and intended to give another to the jury to take with them. The jury should have this opinion where they could not mistake it, instead of their memories where it might be misinterpreted. Is not this, Sir, a fair and just epitome of the facts given in evidence? Is it not the full meaning and amount of the judge's crime and corruption? If the judge had a right to have any opinion of his own on the case, and if the opinion he formed was a correct one, and it is admitted or at least not denied to be so, where or whence could any injury arise from it to John Fries or his counsel? The opinion is supported by English authority, and by the highly respectable names of Judges Paterick and Iredell. And this opinion judge Chase had an undoubted right to give to the jury. He never intended to give it until the argument was closed, and then he designed to vary from the usual mode of charging juries, only in this, that to prevent mistake and for more certainty, he would deliver in writing instead of verbally. Yet the article charges that in consequence of the forming and delivering this opinion in this illegal manner, John Fries was convicted and sentenced to death. The undisputed correctness of this opinion wipes away every idea of an intention to injure or oppress John Fries. No injustice could result to him from a legal and correct opinion, which must finally have ruled the case, delivered at any time and in any manner. There might be some inattention to usual forms, but there could be no substantial injury. An opinion thus anticipated, if manifestly unfound and erroneous and against the prisoner, might carry some suspicion of unjust prejudice, but how corrupt intentions are to be proved, manifested or executed by correct opinions, is to me inexplicable. The judge had taken much labor and particular pains to inform himself on the law of the case. He would not trust himself on hasty opinions made up at the moment when the life of a fellow citizen was at stake, and might be the forfeit of an error; and he therefore carefully examined the law and deliberately took an opinion. For this unflinching attention, he deserves thanks and not impeachment. If knowledge of the law be a crime in a judge, ignorance is his best recommendation; and that judge is most worthy and best qualified for his office, who possesses no opinions of his own on any legal subject, but presents himself as a scholar to be taught by the counsel, and has no impressions but such as they are pleased to give him. I mean not to pass a sentence of condemnation on the views or conduct of the counsel of Fries. Their sole object and anxiety were to save the life of their client; and if they believed they could better effect this end by taking free at the conduct of the court, by excusing a strong feeling and prejudice against the mode of proceeding, and by involving the court in embarrassment and difficulty, it was for them to judge how far they might pursue this object by such means, and to their own judgment I submit it. It is not easy to lay how far counsel may fairly go in such a case, and when the life of the client is in issue, much more will be allowed than in common cases.
We have heard much about the agitation of the bar on this occasion. The particular cause of it has not been clearly explained. It might have been produced by the demerit of Mr. Lewis, which from his own account was violent and indignant, or it might have been the mere built produced by the different efforts that were made to get hold of the noxious paper which Mr. Lewis cast from him with so much feeling as too foul for his hand; or from a combination of these with other causes. Another circumstance equally immaterial, has been dignified with much importance by the attention the managers have bestowed upon it. I mean the novelty of the proceeding. Every witness was asked in solemn form, "Did you ever see the like before?" "How long have you
been a practising lawyer? "How many criminals have you defended?" "Was not this mode of forming and giving opinions by the court a novelty to you?" Granted, it was a novelty—I say granted, for argument's sake—it was a novelty; and what follows? Is it therefore impeachable? Every innovation, however just and beneficial, is subject to the same consequence. But, Sir, if this novelty proceeded not from impure intentions, and was not followed by oppressive or injurious consequences, where is its injustice or criminality? There were many other novelties in that trial. It was a novelty that a man named John Fries should commit treason, and be tried and convicted for it. I never heard of precisely the same thing before. It was a novelty that counsel should desert their cause in the abrupt manner in which it was then done. But I presume it will not be pretended that these things were wrong merely because they were novel; and less that a judge is to be convicted of high crimes and to be removed from office for a harmless novelty. The articles charge not the judge with innovations and novelties in legal forms, but with depriving John Fries and his counsel of their constitutional right; and if he has not done this, the rest is of no importance now. But what is this strange novelty that excites so much interest and alarm? Is it that a law judge had a law opinion and was capable of making it up for himself without the assistance of learned counsel? I hope not. I should be sorry to suppose this is a novelty in the United States. Was it then the reducing this opinion to writing, putting it on paper with pen and ink that makes the dangerous novelty? To have the opinion is nothing; but to write it constitutes the crime. And yet, Sir, where is the difference to the prisoner; except that in the latter case there is more certainty; less chance of misapprehension and mistake on the part of the jury, than when it is delivered to them verbally. It should be recollected, Sir, and I am sure it is too important to be forgotten by this honorable court, this written opinion contained all the limitations and discriminations on the law of treason which could serve the prisoner, as well as those which might operate against him. But, Sir, I deny that there was so much novelty either in forming this opinion or in reducing it to writing, as is pretended. Is it uncommon for judges to state their opinions on particular points of law to counsel, even before argument, for the direction of their observations? And was it ever before considered a prejudication of the case or an encroachment upon the rights of the bar? In criminal courts the practice is constant and universal. Previous to the trial of the cases of treason after the restoration of Charles II. the judges of England met together, and did form and reduce to writing opinions, not only upon the mode of proceeding upon the trials, but also on all those questions or points of law, which they supposed would arise and require their decision in the course of the trials. See Kelynge's reports, pa. 1, 2, etc.—11. Here the judges met in consultation expressly for the purposes now deemed so criminal in judge Chase, and took to their aid the king's counsel. Our judge did not take to his assistance the attorney of the United States in forming his opinion; nor did the judges in England deliver to the counsel of the accused, the result of their deliberations, but doubts it would have been received as a favor if they had. In the only two points of difference, therefore, between the two cases, we have most decidedly the advantage.
But, Sir, how can the proceeding of judge Chase, in principle and effect, be distinguished from the common and universal practice of charging grand juries, on the legal nature and description of the crimes to come under their notice? When a judge is about to hold a criminal court, he is particular to introduce into his charge those very offences, and his opinions upon them, which by information or otherwise, he supposes will be brought before the court. The opinion of the judge in such cases is formed, is reduced to writing, and is publicly delivered in the presence of all the jurors, both grand and petit, but never was before conceived to be objectionable. Nor was it ever before supposed to be a prejudication of any man's case, who might afterwards be tried for an offence thus defined. Judge Chase stated what acts in his opinion, would, in construction of law, amount to treason in levying war; but whether those acts and the necessary intention which must accompany them, would be proved upon John Fries or any body else, was left quite at large to be decided by the jury on the evidence.
[To be continued.] STRANGER IN FRANCE. Just opened, and for sale by Rapine, Conrad, & Co. THE STRANGER IN FRANCE; OR A TOUR FROM DEVONSHIRE TO PARIS; By JOHN CARR, Esq. Price 150 Cents. 29—tw2w.
New York, June 3. A S. Vincent's paper of the 11th of May, which we have received by the brig Enterprise, contains the following very interesting intelligence:
Barbadoes, May 4. TOULON FLEET. Dispatches were yesterday received here, brought by his majesty's ship Mercury, capt. the hon. D. P. Buverie, from Vice Admiral Sir John Orde, dated His Majesty's ship Glory, at sea, April 10, 1805, communicating the important intelligence of the sudden appearance off Cadiz of the Toulon fleet; consisting of from 20 to 24 sail, eleven or twelve of them of the line, and the rest heavy frigates. This fleet, it appears, was, on the evening of the 9th, close off Cadiz harbor, where one French ship of the line, and 6 or 7 Spanish, were then ready to join them, and three or four more would be in about 24 hours. Whether any troops were on board these ships was not known, nor had the destination of this force, after its junction, been ascertained; but it was judged to be to the westward, and it was reported that the Spanish ships were bound to the Havana.
The Mercury after delivering her dispatches, immediately proceeded to the westward.
By a neutral this morning, from St. Bartholemews, we learn, that accounts had been recently received there from St. Domingo, via Porto Rico, stating that Massieu's still remained there, and was then actually blockaded by Rear Admiral Cochrane.
Capt. Brown, of the ship Juliana, from Cadiz, has communicated to us the following intelligence for publication:
"At the time of my departure from Cadiz the Eagle, a French 74, two French corvettes, and two Spanish frigates, were ready for sea; and eight of the line were fitting out with all expedition. Troops were embarking daily, and a great quantity of ordnance, etc. had been taken on board each ship. The general report was that they were destined for Spanish America, to garrison the line of demarcation between the territories of Spain and of the United States. This report was confirmed to me by one of the officers belonging to the fleet; who added, that the French and Spanish ships had made a considerable interchange of officers."
"The uniform of the troops embarking is blue faced with red, a round hat turned up on one side, with a feather in it; the officers wear a superfluity of gold lace."
"Gen. Moreau was at Cadiz. He waits the arrival of his son from Paris, and intended to have come to New York in the Juliana. It is said he has received orders to quit Spain immediately; and this sudden and unlooked for intelligence had a very unfavorable effect on the health of his lady, who was learning the Spanish language with the expectation of being permitted to remain there."
"Gibraltar is tranquil, and has received a reinforcement of two thousand troops from England. The Spaniards keep an army before it, but have attempted nothing."
"The British fleet, consisting of five ships of the line, a frigate, a brig, and a cutter, were constantly cruising off the harbor, often close in with its mouth, and sometimes nearly within gun shot of the batteries."
"The men of war in the port of Cadiz consisted of St. Trinidad, of 130 guns; St. Anna, 112; Argonaut and St. Rafael, 80 each; Terrible, Glorioso, Bahama, Fame, 74 each; America, Elpida, San Leandro, 64; Curtilla 60; Magdalena frigate, 34; and two other frigates, names unknown to me."
"The governor of Cadiz, under date of the 30th March, directed a notice (of which the following is a translation) to the board of commerce:
"In a letter which I have just now received from vice admiral Orde, dated yesterday off this port, he informs me that he is authorised to permit neutral vessels, with innocent cargoes and bona-fide neutral property, to enter and sail freely from this port, and from that of San Lucas: but if the said vessels should be wholly or partly loaded with naval or military stores, or with provisions and grain, he cannot permit them to enter either of the said ports; and that in consequence he had given the necessary instructions to the ships under his command that the regulation may be complied with."
LONDON, APRIL 17. An opinion of the French Plan. The plan on which Bonaparte now chooses to conduct the war, is, we think, sufficiently apparent; and our government, we trust, will be prepared to meet the enemy on his new system. He will
venture cut neither with his fleet nor his flotilla in the face of the British navy. His small and detached squadrons can do us more essential mischief by annoying us in different quarters, and distracting our attention. He has men in sufficient numbers for any enterprise. He values them only as counters, with which he plays the grand game that is to make him dictator of the world.—When he has detached them for a given purpose, he neither expects nor cares for their safety or their return; all he hopes from them is, that they may do us effectual mischief. With this view, we have not a doubt, Lenoir was dispatched to the East Indies even before the commencement of the war, but in the expectation of it. Upon the same principles the Rochefort squadron directed its course to the west. Bonaparte has no expectation of making any conquests there which he can retain; enough is done if he can distress our commerce and arm the Blacks against us. In pursuance of the same policy, he will probably send a reinforcement to the East Indies: he will endeavor to land a force in Egypt; he will then make an attempt, or at least a diversion in Ireland; and when we are wearied out with this varied and active warfare, the country drained of its regular troops, and deprived, perhaps, in part of its protecting fleets, then the Boulogne flotilla (which has never been diminished or dismantled, but is increasing every day) will seize a favorable opportunity of putting to sea, and the grand attempt will be made. Such appear to us to be the present system and projects of our inveterate enemy. In the mean time, we trust, that the nation, and the volunteer force in particular, will not relax in their vigilance and activity. It is possible, that our last principal dependence for the defence of the country may be on the volunteers. We trust they will remember the magnitude and importance of the cause they have undertaken, and embrace the opportunity which a favorable season will afford, of becoming as perfect masters as possible, of that discipline on which their own safety and that of the country will depend.
April 20.—On the occasion of the American treaty and neutral ship bill being committed:
Lord Sheffield said, the bill now before the House proposes to continue a treaty which contains the most improvident concessions that can be made by a maritime country; but as it is only for one year, and there will be another opportunity of discussing the subject, he should not then oppose the bill going into committee, and he only meant now to protest against some of the terms of that treaty, lest expectation should be formed, that objections would not be made to them whenever the question shall again be discussed. On the foreign American intercourse bill, Lord Sheffield said, he should not object to the bill going to a committee, as it was for a limited period, but that he could not suffer any suspension of the navigation or colonial system to pass utterly unheard, especially at a time when the British ship owners are labouring under severe depression, many of them almost to insolvency, through the want of adequate employment for their shipping, and from the great imposition and difficulties to which they are subjected; and he should take this opportunity of stating, that unless the navigation act is strictly enforced, and the protecting duties equalized, so as to put the British ship owner on a footing with the neutral owner, the maritime interest of the country will, in a very few years, be nearly annihilated.
A complete set of Dutch papers, but of no later date than those previously received, has reached us, from which we have extracted a proclamation of the state directory, relating to the acceptance of the new constitution. It would appear, that the unfortunate Batavians wished to vote distinctively upon the three questions which were to be submitted to them; which mode of election, the Directory, foreseeing its consequences, have thought proper to prohibit. The three propositions—the appointment of Schimmelpennick, as Pensionary—and the qualifications to be conferred upon him are to be decided on conjunctively and must either be rejected or accepted, "in toto." They must take the four with the sweet—no Schimmelpennick, no constitution. There is another extraordinary feature in this registration. All those legal voters who shall not vote, are to be considered as having voted for the three propositions. This is an admirable plan for procuring the appearance of unanimity; a few of the Batavians, we imagine, will give themselves the trouble of voting either for or against those propositions.
Letters from Vienna of the 16th inst. mention that the plague has made great ravages at Constantinople; and that the insurrection in Servia creates the most lively apprehensions on the part of the Porte. Belgrade is closely blockaded by the Servians; and their chief Gzerny George, has given order to murder every Turkish inhabitant that attempts to make his escape.
It is ascertained, by experiments in
the New York ships, which go on whaling voyages of 20 months duration and more, that scurbutic symptoms appear among the crews, unless they have temporary supplies of fresh vegetable matter. These will of themselves work a cure, but it is well known that they are more efficacious when consumed raw than if they are subjected to any culinary operation. Under this conviction, the Americans eat their pumpkins, potatoes, &c., in their natural and crude state.
DUNKIRK, MARCH 23. Letters from Lille of the 2nd inst. state, that on the 17th of the same month, the female cotton workers threatened to break the great machinery, made on the English plan; that they had put up many headrolls, by which they invited all their comrades to assemble the same day; that they did assemble, and had desired to draw up a petition for the purpose of obtaining the machinery, to necessify to give the Eclairci manufactures. On the 20th, they baled forth in a great body, to destroy the machines, set up in the neighborhood of Lille; that all the garrison were immediately under arms, to disperse these rioters; that the cavalry hastened to the assistance of the neighboring manufactures, and tranquility was again restored.
Rouen, March 27. The decree of his majesty, signifying that the colonial merchandise carried by the vessels of Bembden into our ports shall be seized and confiscated, has been revoked. In consequence of which, the colonial commodities, coming from those ports where we have no agents are admitted into ours; on condition that they export, in produce of French manufacture, the value of the articles they import. This permission of his majesty is only provisional, until some other order shall be decided upon.
Amsterdam, April 12. Some inhabitants of the department Utrecht have petitioned the director of the state against the new plan of the constitution; the issue of this attempt may easily be conjectured. On Saturday last, the proprietors of the Utrecht Gazette announced their intention of publishing this petition in an extraordinary number of their paper; but it was forbidden by the magistracy of that city.
At Milan, the trees of liberty have been rooted up; and endeavors were using to destroy every mark levying to recall liberty and anarchy to their recollection.
FRANCE. Paris, April 9. The emperor, previous to his departure for Italy, committed the direction of the ordinary administration during his absence to Cambacérès, arch chancellor of the empire; this grand dignitary, of course, presides at present in the council of state at Paris, and is invested with the same functions, which, in similar circumstances, he discharged as second consul under the consulate. The emperor, however, by retaining near his person many of his ministers and counselors of state, continues, even whilst on his journey, to be equally attentive to the affairs of government as during his former course.
Notice to Subscribers. SUBSCRIBERS to the National Intelligencer in arrears are requested to make immediate payment. It may be proper to remind subscribers, that the indispensable term of the Paper is the annual payment of Five Dollars in advance; and that unless the term be complied with, their papers will be discontinued.
Traveller's Hall. THE subscriber renders his sincere thanks to his friends for the very liberal encouragement which they have bestowed on him. He will finish one of his new rooms in a few weeks, which will be large enough to dine near 200 persons at a time, and will shortly after have the remainder of his additional building completed, which will give him a front of near 100 feet, in the most agreeable part of the town, and in the centre of business being on the highest part of the public square. He has on hand, and has contracted for a constant supply of the best wines, and foreign spirituous liquors imported, and country produce. He also forage foreign & slave newspapers—and has secured a quantity of liquors sufficient for the use of his table and bar during the season. He assures his friends, and that respectable part of the public who have patronized him, that there shall be nothing wanting which his time or purse will command, to render the TRAVELLER'S HALL a house of entertainment for genteel guests only, equal to any in America. R. BRADLEY. Lexington, Kentucky, March 12. 1805. N. B. A gentleman from the TRAVELLER'S HALL to the Olympian Springs in the summer, and to Frankfort during the session of the Legislature. March 27—ep3m.

WASHINGTON CITY.
FRIDAY, JUNE 7.
The following is a copy of a letter received by the Secretary of the Navy, from midshipman Ogilvie, commanding officer of gun-boat No. 7, built at New York.
U. S. Gun Boat, No. 7, N. York, May 30, 1805.
SIR, I have the honor to transmit for your information, the following account of my transactions, since the 14th inst.
On that day I got under way, in company with the U. S. ship John Adams, and gun-boats Nos. 3 and 6, to proceed to the Mediterranean. We kept in company that day and the next; but on the 16th, it came on to blow very fresh in the evening from ENE.—saw down top sail and lower yards, but carrying all other sail to keep up with the frigate. At 11, we lost sight of the frigate and gun-boats, owing to its being excessively thick and foggy—Next morning, (and for three days afterwards) the fog continued—no sail in sight, and a high sea running, we now discovered that in consequence of our carrying a press of sail to keep up with the ship, we had sprang our mast, and found it split from the keel to the partners. I immediately had two strong woodings clapped on below and an iron band above the partners, hoping it would be sufficient to prevent its going farther—but on the 21st, in lat. 37 17, long. 65. I found the mast to be so weak and worked so much, (the bolt having now got 5 feet above the deck) I was induced to believe that should we get into a heavy sea, we should inevitably lose it—My only alternative now, was to return, as I thought the consequences might be much worse were we to be disabled in the middle of the ocean.
I cannot express to you, Sir, my mortification, at the unfortunate accident which has thus in some measure defeated your, and I assure you my wish, to join the squadron as early as possible—But I trust I shall yet be there in time to participate in the glory which I am confident our little navy will acquire this summer, against its enemies. I assure you, nothing shall be wanting on my part to forward her refitting; and by the time I can have the honor of hearing from you, I shall be again ready for sea.
No. 7, is a very fine vessel and capable of going to any part of the world; she sails well, holds a good wind, is very stiff, and an excellent sea boat.
The other gun-boats, I have reason to believe, were separated at the same time with myself, as they were still farther from the ship when I lost sight of her—but there is no doubt of their making their way across in safety.
From the time I determined to return, we experienced nothing but head winds and calm—and from the weakness of the mast, we were obliged to be very tender in carrying sail—indeed, had not the mast been made of a piece of torry white pine, it never would have been sprung, with the sail we were then carrying on it.
I have the honor to be, with the greatest respect, Sir, Your obedient servant, F. S. OGILVIE.
COMMUNICATION.
We have seen in a Philadelphia Gazette under the London head, an account of an occurrence, which is said to have taken place at the French Theatre, Paris, with which the ministerial journalist of London has undertaken to amuse not only the Gobe mouches of their own country, but likewise those of America, for Gobe mouches are to be found every where.
We do not pretend to deny that such an event would be very extraordinary; but we will venture to prove that such an event could not possibly take place.
It never happens in the Theatres of Paris, as it sometimes does at those of London, that we see orange and apple skins thrown in the face of the king or the royal family. On the contrary, it is known that at Paris the civil and military police co-operate in maintaining order and decency in the galleries of the Theatre, where there is always stationed a commissary of police, an officer of the Etat-major of the governor or of the general, and at the Great Theatres an officer of L'Etat-major of the place.
We know still further, that any actor is expressly forbidden, (even in the absence of the chief of the Empire and the Imperial Family) to read any letter or paper whatever, either thrown or found upon the stage, or in any other part of
the house, without having previously submitted it to the civil or military officer, and having received an express permission to read it.
Now we will leave it to any man of good sense, (for every where are men of sense to be met with) if it is possible that an actor would be permitted to pronounce the libelous verses, quoted by the journalist before the Emperor—before Bonaparte.
Our love for truth constrains us to tell the author of this anecdote, that he has fabricated a gross falsehood.
The following is a more detailed statement, than that given in our last, of the votes for members of the City Council. A great many individuals besides those stated below were voted for. We have confined ourselves to the highest on the list.
Table with 4 columns: Name, Votes, Rat. S. Rat. T. Lists members of First and Second Chamber including Robert Alexander, Charles Minifie, George Collard, William Proul, Joseph Bromley, Alexander McCormick, John Dempsey, William Emack, John Chalmers, John McGowan, John Sinclair, Peter Lenox, Samuel H. Smith, C. W. Stephenson, B. Perkins, F. Clarke, Jos. Stretch, Joseph Cassin, Samuel Hamilton, Azariah Gatten, John Beckley, Peter Miller, Griffith Coombe, Robert Cherry, Michael Nourse, Nicholas Voss, Henry Herford, Phineas Bradley, Thomas H. Gilliss, Thomas Carpenter, N. Gregory, Charles Jones, Geo. Andrews, Joseph Mecklin, Thos. Thorpe.
ASYLUM FOR AGE.
The following article merits the serious attention of our countrymen. The picture it presents is too delightful to the philanthropist, not to awaken his best wishes that similar institutions should be founded in his own country. The love of independence, so intimately connected with our most virtuous feelings, will find ample room for indulgence in participating in their establishment. Interest too will equally enforce it—Nor is there a country on earth in which so small an annual contribution would go so far. By investing the annual contributions in lands, a rapid accumulation of wealth would be ensured. Is not some such plan worthy of the following hand of the national government in the organization of the new states which will soon emerge from the vast territory she possesses? An acre in the thousand would accomplish it; would insure an honorable asylum to age, without any resort to personal contributions; and would confer new honors on the national character.
From YORK'S LETTERS FROM FRANCE.
"I happened lately, to fall into company with a ci-devant nobleman of the name of Duchaila: who during the times of terror, lost all his fortune, and was compelled to shelter himself at Berlin. I soon found that he possessed a kind and inquisitive mind, and was thoroughly conversant in every branch of domestic economy. In the course of our conversation, he enquired whether we had in Great Britain or Ireland, any institutions which offered a retreat for old age. I answered immediately, that they were numberless; and proceeded to enumerate many of our establishments (of which, perhaps, there are more in Britain than in all Europe collectively) for the support of the aged poor. The answer evidently did not satisfy him, and, therefore, he placed his question on a different footing. "Have you (said he) any institution, wholly independent of charitable purposes, in which male and female persons, after they have reached seventy years of age, or sooner if infirm, can, by right, and without asking the favor of any individual, place themselves, in order to pass the remain-
der of their days in comfort and repose?" As I could not recollect any establishment of the kind in England, he immediately said—"Come and dine at my house to-morrow, and I will show you one." On the next day I waited upon him, and I shall now relate what I saw.
"The house of M. Duchaila is most beautifully situated at Chaillot, in the Camps Elysees, about two miles from Paris, commanding a most extensive view of the city, the Seine, and the Camp de Mars. In front, there is a very large and elegant parterre, terminating in an extensive kitchen garden; behind, there is another large house, formerly the monastery of St. Perine, which also belongs to this establishment; and a field, of about four acres, bordered by a well cultivated garden.
"In this establishment I found nearly one hundred aged persons, male and female, whose manners and appearance evidently bespoke that they had figured in the genteelest walks of life, and whose countenances indicated the most perfect happiness and contentment. "This (said he) is the retreat I have established for old age."
"You must now follow me, step by step, with M. Duchaila, into the distribution of all the apartments of his domestic economy."
"The chambers occupied by the female part of the society, compose the right wing of the house. Each female has a bed chamber to herself exclusively; and there is one sitting room or parlour appropriated to two females. Their clothing, if required, is found them."
"The left wing of the house is occupied by the males, who are distributed in the same manner as the females, each person having a bed room to himself and a common parlour being allotted to two persons, in which they receive the visits of their relatives and friends without the inconvenience of being obtruded upon by strangers. A husband and wife have a room also to themselves."
"Their diet corresponds in every respect, with the neatness and simplicity of their apartments. At one o'clock, a plentiful dinner is served up in the hall for the whole society, and at seven they again assemble to supper. Besides a sufficient quantity of meat and vegetables, each person is allowed a pound and a half of bread, the men a bottle of wine, and the women half a bottle daily."
"In case of sickness they are removed to a particular part of the house, which is used as an infirmary, where they are provided with every medical assistance, and experience every possible attention; and in case of their decease, they are decently interred in the neighbouring church, at the expence of the society: or elsewhere, at the expence of their friends."
"Their time is entirely at their own disposal. They may even employ themselves in any lucrative occupation, provided it does not interfere with the quiet and general rules of the house. I observed that several females were very profitably engaged in needle work for their friends and families. What little pecuniary emoluments they may acquire by their industry, supply them with pocket money. The men usually pass their time in reading, walking in the neighbouring fields, or occasionally working in the garden. In general, I observe they were less active and industrious than the women, but much more devout."
"The difference between this institution and hospitals consists in this, the subscriber has a right to the possession of this property for life, acquired by his own economy and labour, and for which he is indebted neither to the compassion, nor to the liberality of others."
"A subscription is the essential and indispensable condition of acquiring the right of admission, according to which, every subscriber must pay regularly and punctually, ten pence per month, from ten till thirty years of age; one shilling and three pence per month, from thirty to fifty; one shilling and eight pence per month from fifty to seventy years of age. These different payments will amount to 45l. which must be completely paid before a person can acquire the right of admission. Hence, if any one more than ten years of age, should offer as a subscriber, he or she must deposit, at the time of subscription, and according to his or her age, the sum which would have been paid if the subscription had commenced at ten. In order to give encouragement to benevolence, all persons who may be disposed to subscribe, may transfer their right to as many persons as they have made subscriptions, on condition that the person who shall be benefited by the transfer, shall be, as nearly as possible, of the same age as the benefactor, and that he shall not be admitted before he has reached seventy years of age, and paid the 45l. The transferred subscription is extinguished by the death of the substitute. The funds are placed on securities, and subjected to an administration which is in every respect fair and undeniable."
Baltimore, June 5.
By capt. McNEIL of the Three Brothers, arrived from Antigua yesterday, we learn, that on the 16th ult. the governor of Antigua had received dispatches from the government of Barbadoes, stating, that the combined Spanish and French fleets, consisting of FIFTY TWO sail, were steering westward from the coast of Europe.
In corroboration of the above, an Alexandria paper of Monday last contains the following article:—
"Capt. Neal arrived this morning in 17 days from Porto Rico, confirms the accounts, via Bolton, of the arrival in the West Indies of the French and Spanish combined fleets, consisting of 19 sail of the line and ten or twelve frigates. A few days before captain Neal failed, a Spanish government brig arrived Porto Rico with the information of her having sailed 18 days in company with them and left them to windward of Barbadoes."
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His excellency the governor of this city has ordered to the board of commerce under date of the 30th March last, the following official advice.
In a letter I have just now received from vice admiral Ode, dated yesterday off this port, he informs me, that he authorized to permit neutral vessels with innocent cargoes and bona-fide neutral property, to enter and sail freely from this port and from that of St. Lucia; but if the said vessels should be wholly or partly loaded with naval or military stores, or with provisions and grain, he cannot permit them to enter either of said ports—and that in consequence he had given the necessary instructions to the ships under his command, for the compliance of the same.
Cadiz, 2d April, 1805.
LOST.
On board the ship Jupiter, Capt. Law, from London bound to New York, the following certificates of United States debt, viz: No. 11,137 for 5000 Dolls. defer. 6 per Cts. 11,138 1000 do. 11,139 1000 do. 11,140 1000 do. 11,141 1000 do. 11,142 1000 do. Issued by Joseph Nourse, Esq. Register of the Treasury, on the 24th May, 1799, in favor of James Heygate of London, merchant. For the renewal of which, application will be made at the Treasury of the United States. JOHN DAVIDSON. May 24—epgw
RAGS.
THE highest price CASH, given for clean RAGS, by EDGAR PATTERSON, George town, and SAMUEL STETTENIUS, near the Centre market, Washington March 8—ef.
Valuable Property for Sale.
THE subscriber being desirous of removing to the western country offers for sale the following tracts of land in Fairfax county Virginia, viz: The tract on which he resides containing about 740 acres, five miles below Alexandria and within one mile of Potomac river, in an agreeable neighborhood, the situation pleasant and remarkably healthy; the land level and well adapted to the production of Indian corn, wheat and other small grain; the improvements are a large and commodious dwelling house two stories high, 54 feet long and 34 feet wide, with four rooms and a passage on a floor, a piazza nine feet wide on each front, the full length of the house and an excellent cellar under the whole house, divided into four rooms and a passage, a good kitchen, meat house, dairy, ice house and every other necessary building, all in good repair, with a well of excellent water, a good garden, apple and peach orchard and about 40 acres of excellent timothy meadow, and as much more may be made at a very small expence, also an overseer's house, negro quarters, a granary, &c. One other tract containing about 2250 acres six miles below Alexandria divided into two farms sufficient to work nine or ten hands on each; the buildings on these farms consist only of overseer's houses, negro quarters, granaries, &c. there are 40 or 50 acres of good timothy meadow well enclosed and a great deal more may be made at a trifling expence; the land very level and fertile with an abundance of timber; this tract is allowed by those who know it well to be equal if not superior to any tract of the same extent in this part of the country, it will be sold entire or divided as may be found most convenient. One other tract near the last mentioned one containing 402 acres rented to tenants at will, a considerable portion of which is level and the soil good, there are on it two or three beautiful and commanding situations for buildings and a meadow from which one of the tenants sells from 15 to 20 tons of hay a year.
Another tract of about 325 acres, 9 or 10 miles below Alexandria, through which the flax road leading from thence to Richmond passes; this would be an excellent stand for a tavern, there being none at this time between Alexandria and Colchester, a distance of 16 or 18 miles. Also one other tract near the last mentioned about 400 acres, both the last mentioned tracts are likewise rented to tenants at will, they produce good corn, wheat and other small grain, and there is on each of them a considerable quantity of excellent timothy meadow in good order from which the tenants sell a great deal of hay.
For terms apply to the subscriber five miles below Alexandria. THOMSON MASON. May 27—w6t
100 DOLLARS REWARD.
RANAWAY, two months ago, about the middle of November, a Negro Man, named TOM DANIEL, five feet ten inches high, black complexion, has lost some of his jaw teeth, very knock kneed, about 45 years of age. It is supposed that he has made to the northward, and has a free pass. He took with him a gray mare, and is very fond of driving a cart—Apply to RALPH LANE, Centreville, wtf Fairfax county, Virginia.
IRON WORKS
FOR SALE.
IN Wythe county State of Virginia, on Cripple Creek about 15 miles from the Great Kanawha and 40 miles from the north fork of Holston which affords a tolerable safe navigation to a prodigious scope of the western country, where perhaps iron is in greater demand than any other quarter of the United States.
Cripple Creek affords, a sufficiency of water for both forge and furnace, being fed by bold never failing springs. The furnace and all the buildings have been commenced within 4 or 5 years—they consist of dwelling houses, kitchens, and a store house; also, a large and convenient stable—the forge has not long been completed. It is supposed to be the best built forge in Virginia, being out of choice timber felled at proper seasons and executed by a first rate force, carpenter from Pennsylvania. It works three fires and two hammers, is fifty feet long and fifty wide, well covered with joint shingles. There are between 7 and 800 acres of land attached to these works, some of it of excellent soil, and any quantity may be procured within 6 or 8 miles for from 1 to 8 dollars per acre.—The ore banks appear to be inexhaustible, lying within one mile of the furnace and good roads. From one of the banks the ore may be conveyed by water within 10 miles of the furnace, with the inconsiderable expence of 40 or 50 dollars.
The quality of the iron is acknowledged by those who have used it to be equal to any. It is particularly sought for by lock makers, saddle tree makers, cutlers, &c.
The demand for iron in that country is far beyond what is made, and is selling from 40 to 50l. per ton. I have no hesitation to say, contracts on not a very long credit can be had for almost any quantity yearly, as from that quarter a considerable portion of the western country is supplied.
As it is supposed a purchase of this magnitude would not be made, without a view of the property by those inclined to purchase, it is deemed unnecessary to give a further description.
Letters addressed to me at Abingdon, Virginia, will be duly attended to.
I will also sell my
SALT WORKS
On Holston in Washington county Virginia, which is now rented at 10,000 Dolls. a year. I have adjoining to it between 5 and 6000 acres of land well covered with timber, a considerable proportion of which in point of fertility is equal to any land whatever, and will afford 3 or 400 acres of meadow, nearly 100 being now in good timothy. The buildings which are extensive are in a good state of preservation. FRANCIS PRESTON. May 1—
An extensive Field for Speculation, is offered in the Sale of the POWHATAN ESTATE,
Which lies contiguous to the lower limits of Richmond, contains 3000 acres of land, borders near a mile on James river, and runs 5 miles back.
The principal part is fine grain land, covered with valuable timber, convenient to a saw mill erected thereon, which has cut 1700 feet per day, and connected with a grist and manufacturing mill, on a constant stream with two pair of stones.
There is a small farm, with a commodious brick mansion, ice house, the usual offices, and two fisheries.
It has many elegant sites for building, furnished with good water, commanding views of the city, falls and shipping, which lie opposite to them.
There is a beautiful level already laid out into lots, at right angles, on the river.
The peculiar advantages of this property are multiplied by a late act for the establishment of an inspection of tobacco on it, and the act for uncing the upper and lower navigation by locks, which as the proper point of junction render it valuable for store houses.
Few persons are unacquainted with the political importance of Richmond, as the capital of the most influential state of the union, nor its commercial advantages from the immense quantities of coal, flour and tobacco, which pass through its market—and will it be necessary to add? that these advantages will be still more increased by the western produce brought through the Kanawha to this navigation and deposit, to be thence shipped directly abroad when the contemplated improvement of the lower navigation shall be complete.
It is submitted to manied men to consider whether a purchase by shares either to sell out or improve parts of the growing estate, would not in a few years afford a certain and handsome remuneration for their attention; being free from those contingencies to which many institutions are liable.
In such an establishment the proprietor would willingly participate. A liberal credit will be allowed the purchasers on payment of interest and further particular are made known by applying to Mr. Robert Atkinson near Peterburg, Mr. Alexander Fulton, Baltimore, Messrs. Proffitt and Monture, Richmond, or the subscriber on the premises, W. MAXO.
Powhatan, near Richmond, Virg. May 1—w6t

PROPOSALS
For carrying the Mails of the United States, on the following post-roads, will be received at the General post-office, in Washington until the 10th day of July next, inclusive.
(Continued.)
147. From Cincinnati by Hamilton, Franklin and Dayton to Staunton, thence by Springfield, Ludlow, Green c. h. Wayneville, Lebanon, Deerfield, and Charleston to Cincinnati once a week—Leave Cincinnati every Monday at 2 p m and arrive at Cincinnati the next Saturday by 6 p m.
IN KENTUCKY.
148. From Chillicothe by Brown's Roads, Manchester, Mayville, Lower Blue Licks, Paris, Lexington and Versailles to Frankfort, twice a week—Leave Chillicothe every Tuesday and Saturday at 6 a m and arrive at Brown's Roads by 10 a m and arrive at Lexington on Thursday and Monday by 11 a m and at Frankfort by 6 p m—Returning—Leave Frankfort every Tuesday and Friday at 4 a m and arrive at Lexington by noon, and at Brown's Roads on Thursday and Sunday at 1 p m and at Chillicothe by 8 p m—Resting two hours at Washington in passing each way.
14"> 149. From Washington by Augusta to Cincinnati once a week—Leave Washington every Wednesday at 6 a m and arrive at Cincinnati on Thursday by 5 p m—Leave Cincinnati every Friday at 5 a m and arrive at Washington on Saturday by 5 p m.
150. From Washington by P'ning c. h. Upper Blue Licks, Slate Furnace, Mount Sterling and Winchester to Lexington once a week. Leave Lexington every Tuesday at 1 p m and arrive at Washington on the next Friday by 7 p m. Leave Washington every Sunday at 6 a m and arrive at Lexington on Tuesday by 10 a m.
151. From Frankfort by Georgetown, Covington, Falmouth & Newport to Cincinnati once a week—Leave Frankfort every Friday at 4 a m and arrive at Cincinnati on Monday by 10 a m—Leave Cincinnati every Tuesday at 6 a m and arrive at Frankfort on Thursday by 6 p m.
152. From Frankfort to New Castle once a week—Leave New Castle every Monday at 10 a m and arrive at Frankfort by 5 p m—Leave Frankfort every Tuesday at 6 a m and arrive at New Castle by 3 p m.
153. From Frankfort by Shelbyville & Middletown to Louisville once a week—Leave Frankfort every Tuesday at 6 a m and arrive at Louisville by 6 p m—Leave Louisville every Wednesday at 6 a m and arrive at Frankfort by 6 p m.
154. From Frankfort by Middletown, Bardstown, Beaufort & Elizabethtown to Henderson once a week—Leave Frankfort every Tuesday at 6 a m and arrive at Henderson on Friday by 10 a m—Leave Henderson every Friday at 2 p m and arrive at Frankfort on Monday by 6 p m.
155. From Henderson by Yellow Bank, Henderson, Harpe's & Eddyville to Eddyville once a week—Leave Henderson every Friday at 2 p m and arrive at Eddyville the next Tuesday by noon. Leave Eddyville every other Monday at noon and arrive at Brackenridge c. h. the next Friday by 10 a m.
156. From Henderson by Hartford, Greenville or Muldenberg c. h. Russellville, Springfield and Mankers Lick to Nashville once a week—Leave Henderson every Friday at 2 p m and arrive at Nashville the next Monday by 6 p m—Leave Nashville every Tuesday at 6 a m and arrive at Henderson the next Friday by 10 a m.
157. From Russellville by Christian c. h. and Eddyville to the mouth of Cumberland river once in two weeks—Leave Russellville every other Wednesday at noon and arrive at the mouth of Cumberland on Friday by 6 p m—Leave the mouth of Cumberland next day, Saturday, and arrive at Russellville on Sunday by noon.
158. From Frankfort by Harrodsburg and Lancaster, to Stanford once a week—Leave Frankfort every Tuesday at 6 a m and arrive at Danville by 7 p m—Leave Danville on Wednesday at 5 a m and arrive at Stanford on Wednesday by noon. Leave Stanford every Sunday at noon and arrive at Danville by 3 p m. Leave Danville every Monday at 6 a m and arrive at Frankfort same day, 6 p m.
159. From Stanford by Pulaski c. h. to Wayne c. h. once in two weeks—Leave Stanford every other Wednesday at 1 p m and arrive at Wayne c. h. on Thursday by 7 p m—Leave Wayne c. h. the next day, Friday, at 6 a m and arrive at Stanford on Saturday by noon.
160. From Danville by Springfield, Bardstown and Shepherdville, to Louisville once a week. Leave Danville every Wednesday at 6 a m and arrive at Springfield by noon and at Louisville on Thursday by 8 p m. Leave Louisville every Friday at 6 a m and arrive at Springfield on Saturday by noon. Leave Springfield by 1 p m and arrive at Danville by 7 p m.
161. From Springfield by Green c. h. Glasgow & Bowling Green, to Russellville once in two weeks.
Leave Springfield every other Wednesday at 1 p m, arrive at Green c. h. on Thursday by noon. Leave Green c. h. every other Thursday at 1 p m, and arrive at Russellville on Saturday by 7 p m—Leave Russellville every other Saturday at 6 a m, and arrive at Green c. h. the next Wednesday by 11 a m.
162. From Greenburg by Adair c. h. Cumberland c. h. & Jackson c. h. T. to Blackburns Springs T. once in two weeks.
Leave Greenburg every other Thursday at noon, & arrive at Blackburns Springs on Saturday by 6 p m. Leave Blackburns Springs every other Sunday at 6 a m, & arrive at Greenburg on Tuesday by 10 a m.
IN INDIANA TERRITORY.
163. From Louisville, Ky. by Jeffersonville & Clarksville, to Vincennes once a week.
Leave Louisville every Wednesday at 6 a m, & arrive at Vincennes the next Saturday by 10 a m. Leave Vincennes every Saturday at 2 p m, & arrive at Louisville the next Tuesday by 6 p m.
164. From Vincennes to Cakokia, once a week.
Leave Vincennes every Saturday at 2 p m, & arrive at Cahokia on Tuesday by 6 p m. Leave Cahokia every Wednesday at 6 a m, & arrive at Vincennes the next Saturday by 10 a m.
165. From Cahokia to St. Lewis once a week.
Leave St. Lewis every Tuesday at 2 p m, & arrive at Cahokia by 6 p m—Leave Cahokia every Wednesday at 6 a m, & arrive at St. Lewis by noon.
166. From Cahokia by Prairies du Rocher, St. Philip, & Kaskaskia to Geneva, once a week.
Leave Geneva every Monday at 9 a m & arrive at Cahokia on Tuesday by 5 p m. Leave Cahokia every Wednesday at 6 a m, & arrive at Geneva on Thursday by 3 p m.
167. From Geneva to Cape Girardet once in two weeks.
Leave Geneva every other Friday at 6 a m, & arrive at Cape Girardet on Saturday by 10 a m. Leave Cape Girardet same day at 2 p m, & arrive at Geneva Sunday by 6 p m.
168. From Cape Girardet to New Madrid once in two weeks.
Leave New Madrid every other Thursday at 5 a m, arrive at Cape Girardet on Saturday by 11 a m. Leave Cape Girardet every other Saturday at 1 p m and arrive at New Madrid on Sunday by 7 p m.
169. From Cape Girardet by Wilkinsonville & Fort Massac to the mouth of Cumberland river, once in two weeks.
Leave the mouth of Cumberland river every other Wednesday by noon & arrive at Cape Girardet on Friday by 11 a m. Leave Cape Girardet every other Saturday at 1 p m, & arrive at the mouth of Cumberland river on Monday by 10 a m.
170. From St. Lewis to St. Charles once in two weeks.
Leave St. Lewis every other Wednesday at 2 p m, & arrive at St. Charles on Thursday by 6 p m. Leave St. Charles every other Friday at 6 a m, & arrive at St. Lewis on Saturday by noon.
IN MASSACHUSETTS.
171. From Worcester by Holden, Rutland, Hubbardston, Templeton, Winchendon & Fitz William to Jaffrey in N. H. once a week. Leave Worcester every Wednesday at 6 a m, & arrive at Jaffrey on Thursday by 9 a m. Leave Jaffrey every Thursday at noon, & arrive at Worcester on Friday by 6 p m.
172. From Weymouth landing by Abington, East Bridgewater, Well Bridgewater, Taunton, Dighton, Somerset & Swansey to Warren once a week. Leave Weymouth every Wednesday at 5 a m & arrive at Warren on Thursday by 10 a m. Leave Warren every Thursday at 2 p m, & arrive at Weymouth on Friday by 6 p m.
IN NEW JERSEY.
173. From Cooperstown by Longcom-ing, Blue Anchor, Great Egg Harbour, River Bridge & Somers Point, to Absecome once a week. Leave Cooperstown every Wednesday at 2 p m & arrive at Absecome on Thursday by 7 p m. Leave Absecome every Tuesday at 5 a m & arrive at Cooperstown on Wednesday by 10 a m.
IN PENNSYLVANIA.
174. From Alexandria by Center Furnace & Belfont to Williamsport once a week. Leave Alexandria every Saturday at 6 a m, & arrive at Williamsport on Sunday by 6 p m. Leave Williamsport every Thursday at 6 a m, & arrive at Alexandria on Friday by 6 p m.
175. From Bristol by Attleboro, Newtown & Doylestown, to Quakertown, once a week. Leave Bristol every Wednesday at 6 a m, & arrive at Quakertown by 6 p m. Leave Quakertown every Tuesday at 6 a m, & arrive at Bristol by 5 p m.
176. From Lancaster by New Holland, Churchtown, Morgantown, Pughstown, Powelville, Norristown and Montgomery Square, to Newhope once a week. Leave Newhope every Monday at 6 a m, & arrive at Lancaster on Tuesday by 6 p m. Leave Lancaster every Wednesday at 5 a m & arrive at Newhope on Thursday by 6 p m.
177. From Bethlehem by Lehigh, to Berwick once in two weeks. Leave
Bethlehem every other Thursday at 5 a m, and arrive at Berwick on Friday by 10 a m. Leave Berwick every other Friday at 2 p m and arrive at Bethlehem on Saturday by 6 p m.
178. From Presque Isle to New Amsterdam in New York once in two weeks. Leave Presque Isle every other Sunday at 6 a m and arrive at New Amsterdam on Tuesday by 10 a m. Leave New Amsterdam every other Tuesday at 2 p m and arrive at Presque Isle on Thursday by 6 p m.
IN MARYLAND.
179. From Annapolis by Rock Hall, to Chestertown once a week. Leave Annapolis every Thursday at 6 a m and arrive at Chestertown by 6 p m. Leave Chestertown every Wednesday 6 a m and arrive at Annapolis by 6 p m.
IN VIRGINIA.
180. From Randolph c. h. to Franklin Va. once in two weeks. Leave Randolph c. h. every other Thursday at 6 a m and arrive at Randolph c. h. by 11 a m. Leave Randolph c. h. every other Thursday at 1 p m, and arrive at Pendleton c. h. by 6 p m.
181. From Prince Edward c. h. by Hunter's tavern to Lynchburg once a week. Leave Prince Edward c. h. every Saturday at 6 a m and arrive at Lynchburg on Sunday by 6 p m. Leave Lynchburg every Monday at 6 a m and arrive at Prince Edward c. h. by 6 p m.
182. From Campbell c. h. by Pittsylvania c. h. to Danville once in two weeks. Leave Campbell c. h. every other Monday at 6 a m and arrive at Danville on Tuesday by 6 p m. Leave Danville every other Wednesday at 6 a m and arrive at Campbell c. h. on Thursday by 6 p m.
IN NORTH CAROLINA.
183. From Williamboro' by Bullocks store, Brown's store, Sterlingville & the Red House to Caswell c. h. once in two weeks. Leave Williamboro' every other Wednesday at 6 a m & arrive at Caswell c. h. on Thursday by noon. Leave Caswell c. h. every other Thursday at 1 p m & arrive at Williamboro' on Friday by 6 p m.
184. From Raleigh by Paul's Ferry, Watsons & Roads, Richardsons on little River, Woodwards on Contentney river & Downs on Tuffnut to Tarboro' once in two weeks. Leave Raleigh every other Tuesday at 6 a m & arrive at Tarboro' on Wednesday by 10 a m. Leave Tarboro' every other Wednesday at 2 p m & arrive at Raleigh on Thursday by 6 p m.
185. From Greenville c. h. in South Carolina to Asheville in North Carolina once in two weeks. Leave Greenville c. h. every other Friday at 9 a m & arrive at Asheville on Saturday by 6 p m. Leave Asheville every other Saturday at 6 a m & arrive at Greenville c. h. by 6 p m.
IN GEORGIA.
186. From Darien by Tatnal & Montgom-ery c. h. to Fort Wilkinson once in two weeks. Leave Fort Wilkinson every other Saturday at 8 p m & arrive at Darien the next Thursday by 6 p m. Leave Darien on Friday by 8 a m & arrive at Fort Wilkinson on Wednesday by 6 p m.
IN ORLEANS.
187. From Natchez m. t. by Cadysferry, Cahola & Rapid to Natchitoches once in two weeks. Leave Natchez every other Friday at 6 a m & arrive at Natchitoches on Saturday by 6 p m. Leave Natchitoches every other Sunday at 6 a m & arrive at Natchez on Monday by 6 a m.
188. From Knoxville t. to the agency house on Tallapoose river once a month. Leave Knoxville the first Monday of each month & arrive at the agency house in ten days on Wednesday by 6 p m. Leave the agency house on Thursday at 6 a m and arrive at Knoxville in ten days on Saturday by 6 p m.
NOTES.
1. The Postmaster General may expedite the mails and alter the times of arrival and departure at any time during the continuance of the contracts, he stipulating an adequate compensation for any extra expense that may be occasioned thereby.
2. Fifteen minutes shall be allowed for opening and closing the mails at all offices where no particular time is specified.
3. For every thirty minutes delay (unavoidable accidents excepted) in arriving after the time prescribed in any contract, the contractor shall forfeit one dollar; and if the delay continues until the departure of any succeeding mail, whereby the mails destined for each succeeding mail lose a trip, an additional forfeiture of five dollars shall be incurred.
4. Newspapers as well as letters are to be sent in the mail; and if any person making proposals, desires to carry newspapers, other than those conveyed in the mail, for his own emolument, he must state in his proposals for what sum he will carry with the emolument, and what sum without the emolument.
5. Should any person making proposals desire an alteration of the times of arrival and departure above specified, he must state in his proposals the alteration desired, and the difference they will make in the terms of the contract.
6. Persons making proposals are desired to state their prices by the year. Those who contract will receive their pay quarterly in the months of August, November, February and May, in one month after the expiration of each quarter.
7. No other than a free white person shall be employed to convey the mail.
8. Where the proposer intends to convey the mail in the body of a stage carriage, he is desired to state it in his proposals.
9. The Postmaster General reserves to himself the right of declaring any contract at an end whenever three failures happen which amount to the loss of a trip each.
10. The contracts for the above routes are to be in operation on the first day of October next, and are to continue in force for two years, excepting the routes from No. 178 to
187 which are to continue in force until the 31st of March 1807.
GIDEON GRANGER,
Postmaster General.
GENERAL POST-OFFICE, Washington City, 25 Feb. 1805.
In Council, Annapolis, May 16, 1805.
ORDERED, That the act to provide for the trial of facts in the several counties of this state, and to alter, change and abolish, all such parts of the constitution and form of government as relate to the general court and court of appeals, be published twice in each week for the space of three months in the Maryland Gazette at Annapolis; the American, Telegraphic and the Federal Gazette at Baltimore; the National Intelligencer; the Republican Advocate and Bartgis's paper at Fredericktown; Greaves's paper at Hagerstown, and in Smith's and Cowan's paper at Ballon.
By order,
NINIAN PINKNEY, Clerk.
AN ACT
To provide for the trial of facts in the several counties of this state, and to alter, change and abolish, all such parts of the constitution and forms of government as relate to the general court and court of appeals.
BE it enacted by the general assembly of Maryland, That this state shall be divided into six judicial districts in manner and form following to wit: St. Mary's, Charles and Prince George's counties, shall be the first district; Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's and Talbot counties, shall be the second district; Calvert, Anne Arundel and Montgomery counties shall be the third district; Caroline, Dorchester, Somerset and Worcester counties, shall be the fourth district; Frederick, Washington and Allegany counties shall be the fifth district; Baltimore and Harford counties shall be the sixth district; and there shall be appointed, for each of the said judicial districts, three persons of integrity and found legal knowledge, residents of the state of Maryland, who shall previously to and during their acting as judges, reside in the district for which they shall respectively be appointed, one of whom shall be styled in the commission chief judge, and the other two associate judges, of the district for which they shall be appointed; and the chief judge, together with the two associate judges, shall compose the county courts in each respective district; and each judge shall hold his commission during good behavior, removable for misbehavior on conviction in a court of law, or shall be removed by the governor upon the address of the general assembly, provided that two thirds of all the members of each house concur in such address; and the county courts, so as aforesaid established, shall have, hold and exercise, in the several counties of this state, all and every the powers authorities and jurisdictions, which the county courts of this state now have, use and exercise, and which shall be hereafter prescribed by law; and the said county courts established by this act shall respectively hold their sessions in the several counties at such times and places as the legislature shall direct and appoint, and the salaries of the said judges shall not be diminished during the period of their continuance in office.
II. And be it enacted, That in any suit or action at law hereafter to be commenced or instituted in any county court of this state, the judges thereof, upon suggestion in writing by either of the paries thereto, supported by affidavit or other proper evidence, that a fair and impartial trial cannot be had in the county court of the county where such suit or action is depending, shall and may order and direct the record of their proceedings in such suit or action to be transmitted to the judges of any county court within the district for trial, and the judges of such county court, to whom the said record shall be transmitted, shall hear and determine the same in like manner as if such suit or action had been originally instituted therein; provided, nevertheless that such suggestion shall be made as aforesaid before or during the term in which the issue or issues may be joined in the said suit or action; and provided also, that such further remedy may be provided by law, in the premises, as the legislature shall from time to time direct and enact.
III. And be it enacted, That if any party presented or indicted in any of the county courts of this state, shall suggest in writing to the court in which such prosecution is depending, that a fair and impartial trial cannot be had in such court, it shall and may be lawful for the said court to order and direct the record of their proceedings in the said prosecution to be transmitted to the judges of any adjoining county court for trial, and the judges of such adjoining county court shall hear and determine the same in like manner as if such prosecution had been originally instituted therein.
IV. And be it enacted, That if the attorney general, or the prosecutor for the state, shall suggest in writing to any county court, before whom an indictment is or may be depending, that the state cannot have a fair and impartial trial in such court, it shall and may be lawful for the said court, in their discretion, to order and direct the record of their proceedings in the said prosecution to be transmitted to the judges of any adjoining county court for trial, and the judges of such county court shall hear and determine the same as if such prosecution had been originally instituted therein.
V. And be it enacted, That there shall be a court of appeals, and the same shall be composed of the chief judges of the several judicial districts of the state, which said court of appeals shall hold, use and exercise, all such peculiar powers, authorities and jurisdictions, heretofore held, used and exercised, by the court of appeals of this state, and also the appellate jurisdiction heretofore used and exercised by the general court; and the said court of appeals hereby established, shall sit on the western and eastern shores for transacting and determining the business of the respective shores, at such times and places as the future legislature of this state shall direct and appoint, and any three of the said judges of the court of appeals shall form a quorum to hear and
decide in all cases pending in said court; and the judge who has given a decision in any case in the county court, shall withdraw from the bench upon the deciding of the same case before the court of appeals; and the judges of the court of appeals may appoint the clerks of said court for the western and eastern shores respectively, who shall hold their appointments during good behavior, removable only for misbehavior on conviction in a court of law; and in case of death, resignation, disqualification or removal out of the state, or from their respective shores, of either of the said clerks in the vacation of the said court, the governor, with the advice of the council, may appoint and commission a fit and proper person to such vacant office, to hold the same until the next meeting of the said court; and all laws passed after this act shall take effect, shall be recorded in the office of the court of appeals of the western shore.
VI. And be it enacted, That all and every part of the constitution and form of government which relates to the court of appeals or the general court, or the judges thereof, or that is in any manner repugnant to, or inconsistent with, the provisions of this act, be and the same is hereby repealed, abrogated and annulled upon the confirmation hereof; provided, that nothing herein contained shall be construed so as to authorize the removal of the clerks of the respective county courts being in commission at the time of the passing of this act, in any other mode or manner than that prescribed by the constitution and form of government.
VII. And be it enacted, That if this act shall be confirmed by the general assembly, after the next election of delegates, in the first session after such new election, as the constitution and form of government directs, that in such case this act, and the alterations and amendments of the constitution and form of government therein contained, shall be taken and considered, and shall constitute and be valid, as a part of the said constitution and form of government, to all intents and purposes, any thing in the said constitution and form of government to the contrary, notwithstanding.
May 31—2aw3m
DANCING SCHOOL.
MR. GENERES respectfully informs the Ladies and Gentlemen of this city, that he has opened his Dancing School on the Capitol Hill, in the house occupied by Dr. May. The days of tuition are Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in the morning; those ladies and gentlemen who wish to have their children taught, will please to apply at his Dancing School, where the particulars will be known.
June 5—3t
District of Columbia, county of Washington, to wit:
UPON the petition of JOHN BURNS an insolvent debtor confined in jail in the county of Washington, in the district aforesaid, praying relief under the act of congress, entitled, "An act for the relief of insolvent debtors within the district of Columbia," It is ordered that notice of his application be given to his creditors, and that on the 10th day of June inst. at 9 o'clock, A. M. at the court room in the Capitol the oath of an insolvent debtor will be administered to the said John Burns, and a trustee appointed agreeably to the said act, unless sufficient cause then and there be shown to the contrary.
It is also ordered that this notice be published twice in the National Intelligencer and Washington Federalist before that day.
By order of the hon. Wm. Cranch, esquire, one of the assistant judges of the Circuit court of the district of Columbia.
June 5—2t
RUNAWAY NEGROES.
WAS committed to the jail of this county on the 12th inst. a runaway slave, a negro man who calls himself BEN, about 40 years old, 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, has a lump near his navel, one country linen, and one Ozanburg shirt, one pair white kersey and one pair tow linen overalls, striped kind of, striped Swan-down, and one mixed cashmere jackets, one blue and one lead colored cloth coat, one pair nankeen and a pair corduroy overalls, old yarn stockings, two pair shoes and a new wool hat; says he belongs to John Wilcox, late of Montgomery county, but now of the state of Kentucky.
Also was committed on the 10th inst. a runaway slave, a negro man by the name of SAM, but says his right name is Eppy, about 25 years old, 5 feet 10 or 11 inches high, has a small scar on his left eye brow and on his forehead, several scars on his right arm occasioned by a burn, same arm has been broke, a scar also on the back of his long head, has a coarse tow linen shirt and trousers, blue jacket, old pair cloth trousers and an old hat; says he belongs to captain Samuel Minnis, but was lent to Dr. Timberlake or Timberlain of the state of Virginia near New town. Their owners are desired to come prove property, pay charges and take them away or they will be sold within eighty days from the date hereof agreeably to law.
L. KILMARY, Sheriff. Allegany county, Maryland. June 5—3w.
BY an order from the Orphan's court of Washington county, district of Columbia, will be sold to the highest bidder on the 25th inst. at Mr. Sammis's tavern, George town, a negro woman, & three small boys, is the property of John Young, deceased, on a credit of six months, giving bond and good security, bearing interest from date.
CHARLES YOUNG, Adm. June 3—3t