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NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, AND WASHINGTON ADVERTISER.
VOL. V.
WASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
NO. DCLXXXII.
FIVE DOLLARS PER ANNUM.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20th, 1805.
PAID IN ADVANCE.
(BY AUTHORITY.)
By the PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS a treaty between the United States of America, and the Delaware tribe of Indians, was concluded and signed at Vincennes in the Indiana territory, on the eighteenth day of August last, past, and was duly ratified and confirmed by the President of the United States, on the twenty-fifth day of January, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and five, and with the advice and consent of the Senate, which treaty is in the words following, to wit:
A treaty between the United States of America, and the Delaware tribe of Indians.
The Delaware tribe of Indians finding that the annuity which they receive from the United States is not sufficient to supply them with the articles which are necessary for their comfort and convenience, and afford the means of introducing amongst them the arts of civilized life, and being convinced that the extensiveness of the country they possess, by giving an opportunity to their hunting parties to ramble to a great distance from their towns is the principal means of retarding this desirable event; and the United States being desirous to connect their settlements on the Wabash with the state of Kentucky; therefore the said United States by William Henry Harrison, governor of the Indiana territory, superintendent of Indian affairs, and their commissioner plenipotentiary for treating with the Indian tribes north west of the Ohio river; and the said tribe of Indians by their Sachems, Chiefs and Head Warriors, have agreed to the following articles, which when ratified by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall be binding on the said parties.
Article 1st.—The said Delaware tribe for the consideration herein after mentioned, relinquishes to the United States forever all their right and title to the tract of country which lies between the Ohio and Wabash rivers, and below the tract ceded by the treaty of Fort Wayne, and the road leading from Vincennes to the falls of Ohio.
Article 2d.—The said tribe shall receive from the United States for ten years an additional annuity of three hundred dollars which is to be exclusively appropriated to the purpose of ameliorating their condition, and promoting their civilization; suitable persons shall be employed at the expense of the United States to teach them to make fences, cultivate the earth, and such of the domestic arts as are adapted to their situation; and a further sum of three hundred dollars shall be appropriated annually for five years to this object. The United States will cause to be delivered to them in the course of the next spring, horses fit for draft, cattle, hogs and implements of husbandry to the amount of four hundred dollars. The preceding stipulations together with goods to the amount of eight hundred dollars which is now delivered to the said tribe (a part of which is to be appropriated to the satisfying certain individuals of the said tribe, whose horses have been taken by white people) is to be considered as full compensation for the relinquishment made in the first article.
Article 3d.—As there is great reason to believe that there are now in the possession of the said tribe, several horses which have been stolen from citizens of the United States, the chiefs who represent the said tribe are to use their utmost endeavors to have the said horses forthwith delivered to the superintendent of Indian affairs or such persons as he may appoint to receive them. And as the United States can place the utmost reliance on the honor and integrity of those chiefs who have manifested a punctilious regard to the engagements entered into at the treaty of Greenville, it is agreed that in relation to such of the horses stolen as aforesaid, but which have died or been removed beyond the reach of the chiefs, the United States will compensate the owners for the loss of them without deducting from the annuity of the said tribe the amount of what may be paid in this way. But it is expressly understood that this provision is not to extend to any horses which have been stolen within the course of twelve months preceding the date hereof.
Article 4.—The said tribe having exhibited to the above named commissioner of the United States sufficient proof of their right to all the country which
lies between the Ohio and White river, and the Miami tribe who were the original proprietors of the upper part of that country having explicitly acknowledged the title of the Delawares at the general council held at Fort Wayne in the month of June 1803. The said United States will in future consider the Delawares as the rightful owners of all the country which is bounded by the White river on the north, across the Ohio on the south, the general boundary line running from the mouth of the Kentucky river on the east, and the tract ceded by this treaty, and that ceded by the treaty of Fort Wayne on the west and south west.
Article 5.—As the Piankashaw tribe have hitherto obstinately persisted in refusing to recognize the title of the Delawares to the tract of country ceded by this treaty, the United States will negotiate with them, and will endeavor to settle the matter, in an amicable way, but should they reject the propositions that may be made to them on this subject, and should the United States not think proper to take possession of the said country without their consent, the stipulations and promise herein made on behalf of the United States, shall be null and void.
Article 6th.—As the road from Vincennes to Clark's grant will form a very inconvenient boundary, and as it is the intention of the parties to these presents that the hole of the said road shall be within the tract ceded to the United States, it is agreed that the boundary in that quarter shall be a straight line to be drawn parallel to the course of the said road from the eastern boundary of the tracts ceded by the treaty of Fort Wayne to Clark's grant, but the said line is not to pass at a greater distance than half a mile from the most northerly bend of said road.
In witness whereof the commissioner plenipotentiary of the United States, and the chiefs and head men of the said tribe have hereunto set their hands, and affixed their seals. Done at Vincennes the eighteenth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and four; and of the Independence of the United States, the twenty-ninth.
[Signed,] WM. HENRY HARRISON, (L. S.) Teta Buxika, his mark, (L. S.) Bokongehelas, his mark, (L. S.) Alimee, or Geo. White-Eyes, his mark, (L. S.) Hocking Pomsikann, his mark, (L. S.) Tomagucee, or the Beaver, his mark, (L. S.)
Signed, sealed, and delivered in the presence of JOHN GIBSON, Secretary to the Commissioner. HENRY VANDERBURGH, one of the Judges of the I. T. VIGO, Colonel of Knox county I. T. militia. B. PARKE, Attorney General of the I. T. JOHN RICE JONES, of the I. T. ROBERT BUNTON, Prothonotary of Knox county, I. T. G. WALLACE JUN. of the I. T. ANTONIE MARCHEL of the I. T. JOSEPH BARRON, Interpreter. EDWARD HEMPSTEAD, Attorney at law
I do certify that each and every article of the foregoing treaty was carefully explained and precisely interpreted by me to the Delaware chiefs who have signed the same. (Signed,) JOHN GIBSON.
NOW therefore to the end that the said treaty may be observed and performed with good faith on the part of the United States, I have caused the premises to be made public, and I do hereby enjoin and require all persons bearing office civil, or military, within the United States, and all others, citizens or inhabitants thereof, or being within the same, faithfully to observe and fulfil the said treaty, and every clause and article thereof. In testimony whereof I have caused the seal of the United States to be affixed to these presents, and signed the same with my hand.
DONE at the city of Washington, this fourteenth day of February, A. D. 1805, and of the independence of the said states, the twenty-ninth.
TH: JEFFERSON. By the President. JAMES MADISON, Secretary of State.
By the PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS a treaty between the United States of America, and the Piankashaw Tribe of Indians was concluded and signed at Vincennes in the Indiana territory, on the twenty-seventh day of August last past, and was duly ratified and confirmed by the President of the United States, on the twenty first day of January in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and five, and with the advice and consent of the Senate, which treaty is in the words following, to wit:
A Treaty between the United States of America, and the Piankashaw tribe of Indians.
The President of the United States, by William Henry Harrison, Governor of the Indiana territory, superintendent of Indian affairs, and Commissioner Plenipotentiary of the United States, for concluding any treaty or treaties which may be found necessary with any of the Indian tribes North West of the river Ohio; and the chiefs and head men of the Piankashaw tribe, have agreed to the following articles, which when ratified by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall be binding upon the said parties.
Article 1st. The Piankashaw tribe relinquishes, and cedes to the United States for ever, all that tract of country which lies between the Ohio and Wabash rivers, and below Clark's grant, and the tract called the Vincennes tract, which was ceded by the treaty of Fort Wayne, and a line connecting the said tract and grant, to be drawn parallel to the general course of the road leading from Vincennes to the falls of the Ohio, so as not to pass more than half a mile to the Northward of the most northerly bend of said road.
Article 2d. The Piankashaw tribe acknowledges explicitly the right of the Kaskaskia tribe to sell the country which they have lately ceded to the United States, and which is separated from the lands of the Piankashaws by the ridge or high lands which divides the waters of the Wabash, from the waters of the Saline creek; and by that which divides the waters of the said Wabash from those which flow into the Ausable and other branches of the Mississippi.
Article 3d. An additional annuity of two hundred dollars shall be paid by the U. States, to the said tribe for ten years, in money, merchandise, provisions or domestic animals, and implements of husbandry at the option of the said tribe, and this annuity together with goods to the amount of seven hundred Dollars which are now delivered to them by the commissioner of the United States, is considered as a full compensation for the above mentioned relinquishment.
Article 4th. The United States reserve to themselves, the right of dividing the whole annuity which they pay to the said tribe, amongst the families which compose the same; allowing always a due proportion for the Chiefs. And the said chiefs whenever the President of the United States may require it, shall upon proper notice being given, assemble their tribe, for the purpose of effecting this arrangement.
IN witness whereof, the commissioner plenipotentiary of the United States, and the chiefs and head men of the said tribe, have hereunto set their hands, and affixed their Seals. Done at Vincennes in the Indiana territory, the twenty seventh day of August in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and four; and of the Independence of the United States—the twenty-ninth.
(Signed) WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, (Seal.) Wabouquakelagropole or Big Corn, his mark, (S:al) Swekamia, Troisfesse or three thighs, his mark, (Seal) Makatew-lama, Chief or Black Dog, his mark, (Seal) Alemon Le Chien, or the Dog, his mark, (Seal) Kehelanquagot, or Light-nig, his mark, (Seal) Signed Sealed and delivered, in presence of John Gibson, secretary to the commissioner. John Griffin, one of the Judges of the Indiana territory. Henry Vanderburgh, one of the Judges of the Indiana territory. B. Parke, Attorney general of the Indiana territory. William Prince, Sheriff of Knox county, Indiana territory.
George Wallace, jun. of the Indiana territory.
Peter Jones, of Knox county Indiana territory.
Edward Hempstead, attorney at law, Indiana territory.
Abraham F. Snapp, Interpreter.
I do certify that each and every article of the foregoing treaty, was carefully explained and precisely interpreted by me to the Piankashaw chiefs who have signed the same. (Signed,) JOSEPH BARRON, Interpreter.
Now therefore to the end that the said treaty may be observed and performed with good faith on the part of the United States, I have caused the premises to be made public, and I do hereby enjoin and require all persons bearing office, civil or military, within the United States, and all others, citizens or inhabitants thereof, or being within the same, faithfully to observe and fulfil the said treaty, and every clause and article thereof. In testimony whereof I have caused the Seal of the United States to be affixed to these presents, and Signed the same with my hand.
Done at the City of Washington, the sixth day of February A. D. one L. S. thousand eight hundred and five, and of the Independence of the said states, the twenty ninth.
TH: JEFFERSON. By the President. JAMES MADISON, Secretary of State.
CONGRES.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30.
DEBATE ON THE GEORGIA CLAIMS.
MR. ELLIOT.—It cannot but be considered as a very fortunate circumstance, and one which cannot fail to have a favorable influence upon the final decision of this important question, that, since the delivery of the animated observations which yesterday so powerfully attracted the attention of the House, we have been afforded a few hours of tranquil retirement from the tempest of the forum, for the purpose, useful at all times and peculiarly so at the present time, of calm reflection. To transfer ourselves in a moment from the flowery fields of fancy, to the rugged road of argument, to descend instantaneously from the elevated scenes of eloquence to the humble walks of common sense, requires an effort transcending ordinary powers. In claiming your attention, Mr. Speaker, for a greater portion of the day than I commonly occupy in debate upon this floor, I shall not address you in the style of compliment or ceremony. It is time to banish from these walls that idle frippery of ceremonious conversation, which is suited only to a new year's compliment, or a birth day salutation, and to try to catch a little of the sturdy spirit of antiquity. A bold, a loud, an impressive appeal, is made to the American People. In that appeal I fearlessly and most cordially unite. I regret, however, the existence of a precedent which at once justifies and demands these addresses to the people. Much as I wish to disseminate correct information, particularly on a subject which I believe is but imperfectly understood without these walls, except by interested persons, and convinced as I am that the subject is understood, and an opinion formed upon it, by every member of this House, I shall not so completely follow the example before us as to speak to the people in the first instance, but shall as usual direct my observations to the House. I propose to examine, in a concise, and if it be in my power, in an argumentative manner, the following questions, which have a direct application to the amendment proposed by the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Clark) to the resolution under consideration, and which at the same time open to view the whole extent of the subject.
Did the state of Georgia, in the year 1795, possess a title to the territory in question?
Were the legislature of Georgia, in 1795, invested with the constitutional power of making a sale of the territory, & did they make such sale to those from whom the present claimants derive their title or pretended title? And if such sale was made, what title or colour of title did it convey?
Were the members of the legislature of Georgia, in 1796, invested with the constitutional power of rescinding the
acts of their predecessors in relation to such sale, and did they rescind them?
Were the claims or pretended claims of the present claimants in any manner recognized by the act of cession of the territory in question from Georgia to the United States? And,
Do justice and policy, or either justice or policy, require that the whole or any part of the five millions of acres, referred to by the act of cession from Georgia to the United States, for the purpose of satisfying claims of a certain description against Georgia, in reference to the said territory, should be appropriated for the purpose of satisfying the claims of the present claimants?
However extensive the outline which I have sketched of the subject, the survey will be a rapid one.
It is necessary that I should make one or two preliminary observations. I have uniformly been opposed to the doctrine which has been so powerfully advocated, that Congress is competent to make a legislative decision upon the validity or invalidity of the conflicting acts of Georgia. We possess no such powers. But as individuals we may express our opinions. Nor am I disposed to do anything which shall have a tendency to impugn the title of the United States to this territory. Without deciding the question of title, my principal object is to show that the claimants are in possession of so strong a color of title, that it will be good policy to authorize a negotiation with them for the abandonment of their claim, especially as we have a prospect of obtaining that abandonment on their part, without going beyond the reservation in the act of cession, and of course without the actual expense of a single dollar to the United States.
Did the state of Georgia, in the year 1795, possess a title to the territory in question?
To answer this enquiry, it is only necessary to make one or two quotations from the articles of agreement and cession, entered into on the 24th of April 1802, between the commissioners of the United States and those of Georgia. In the first article, "the state of Georgia cedes to the United States all her right, title and claim, which the said state has to the jurisdiction and soil of the lands situated within the boundaries of the United States south of the state of Tennessee," &c. By the second article, "The United States accept the cession abovenamed, and on the conditions therein expressed; and they cede to the the state of Georgia whatever claim, right, or title, they may have to the jurisdiction or soil of any lands lying within the United States, and out of the proper boundaries of any other state, and situated south of the southern boundaries of the states of Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina, and east of the boundary line herein above described, as the eastern boundary of the territory ceded by Georgia to the United States." Whatever claim or title the United States might previously have had to the territory, they thought proper, in 1802, to combine with it, and to fortify it, by that of Georgia; and surely we shall not do any act, or adopt any principle, tending to impair the title under which we now exercise jurisdiction over the territory.
Were the legislature of Georgia, in 1795, invested with the constitutional power of making a sale of the territory, and did they make such sale to those from whom the present claimants derive their title or pretended title? And if such sale was made, what title or color of title did it convey?
In this age of political revolution and reformation, for I consider it as an age of reformation as well as revolution, there are still certain principles and maxims, not merely venerable for their antiquity, but consecrated by their conformity to the common sense, and reason of mankind, which are considered as universal in their application, and irresistible in their influence. Among these may be numbered the principles which attach to the government of every regularly organized community, the power of pledging the public faith, and that of alienating the right of soil of the vacant territory of the nation. In every free government, there must exist the power of legislation or of making laws, a distinct power charged with the execution of the laws, and a judicial power; the union of these different powers in the same man or body of men is the very essence of despotism. Thus in France, prior to the revolution, it was a fundamental maxim of state that the king was the legislator of the French monarchy; and the power exercised in some instances by certain parliaments, of refusing to register the edicts of the mon-

By a decree of the Governor and Intendant of Havana dated 20th November last, the importation of horses is restricted to Spanish vessels, after the 1st January last.
The Senate have passed a bill providing for the territory of Orleans a territorial government similar, in most respects, to that in force for the Mississippi territory, and providing for their admission as a state into the union so soon as their free white population shall amount to sixty thousand.
The House have made this bill the order of the day for this day.
HIGH COURT OF IMPEACHMENT.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1805.
The court was opened at 10 o'clock A. M.
Present the MANAGERS, accompanied by the House of Representatives, and
Mr. CHASE, attended by his counsel. William Rawle, Edmund Lee, Philip Gooch, Gunning Bedford, Nicholas Vandyke, Archibald Hamilton, John Hall, Samuel Moore, — Wyndham, and Judge Wincheſter, were examined on the part of Judge Chase.
When the court rose about 3 o'clock.
TUESDAY, February 19.
The court was opened at 10 o'clock A. M.
Mr. Tilghman was called in and examined respecting the mode of procedure of the circuit courts of the United States.
When the counsel for Judge Chase proceeded to examine witnesses relative to that article of the impeachment which is founded on the charge delivered at Baltimore.
Thomas Chase, — Moore, Judge Dorsey, John Parviace, Nicholas Price, James P. Boyd, William McMechan, William G. Wane, John Campbell, and William Cranch, were examined.
Mr. Harper then adduced sundry charges of Judges, containing political matter, to show that for the last thirty years such charges had been very usual; he particularly cited a charge of William Henry Drayton, chief justice of South Carolina, delivered April 23d, 1776; a recommendation of the executive council of Pennsylvania, in the year 1785, to the judges to inculcate certain principles and measures, conceived to be conducive to the morals and general welfare of the community; a charge of Judge Iredell, delivered in 1799; a charge delivered by chief justice McKean, on the 27th November, 1797, to a grand jury, relative to matters conceived to be libelous, which were published by William Cobbett; and an address lately made to the legislative council of Orleans by Governor Claiborne.
Thomas Hall, a witness summoned by the managers, but absent when he was called in the regular course, was sworn and examined, relative to the charge delivered at Baltimore.
George Hay, D. M. Randolph, and John Montgomery, were further examined, principally in explanation of their previous testimony.
The testimony having been closed on the part of Judge Chase, Mr. Harper rose, and in the name of Judge Chase, read a written paper of the Judge, stating that in consequence of a severe indisposition, he was unable any longer to keep his seat in the court: expressing his thanks to the court, for the patience they had manifested during the course of the trial, and declaring his full reliance upon their impartiality and justice; and concluding with the request that he might be permitted to retire.
Mr. Harper added that for several days a fit of the gout had been coming on the judge, which had so far progressed as to disable him from further attendance—not, however, intimating any wish, on that account, to interfere with the progress of the trial.
The President observed that the presence of the Judge was no, according to the rules of the Senate, required.
When Judge Chase immediately withdrew.
Mr. Randolph then (about 1 o'clock) in the name of the Managers requested a postponement of the trial until to-morrow, that the gentlemen who should open the argument, on the part of the House of Representatives, might be enabled to collate, compare and digest the testimony offered.
The counsel for Judge Chase said they did not ask, to ugh they should not oppose the delay.
Nothing further being offered, the President put the question whether the Senate would retire, which was carried.
It was previously stated by the managers and counsel, on enquiry from the chair, that the case would be opened by the managers, replied to by the counsel for Judge Chase, and closed by the managers.
jects, is more useful than mere declamation. From motives which I cannot develop, for I ascribe improper views to no one, the present is attempted to be made a party question. The people are told that the capitol has become a scene of political and private iniquity, of fraud and federalism; that the majority of their representatives are committing a stupendous robbery upon the public patrimony; and their indignation is invoked upon the plunderers. What facts exist to justify these denunciations? Are we about to barter away the rights and interests of the people? Are we about to be guilty of a wanton waste of the public property? Are we guilty of political apostasy? No such thing. We are about to make arrangements for carrying into effect a solemn stipulation in the treaty with Georgia, and a solemn act of our predecessors, by devoting a part of the five millions of acres, specially reserved for that purpose, for which the United States never paid a cent, and never will pay a cent, to the extinguishment of the colourable claims of equitable claimants. Yet we are told that this act of equity, good faith, and good policy, is a stupendous crime, compared with which the flagitious acts of the former "unprincipled administration" dwindle into "petty larcenies." I am a republican, a democratic republican. I was opposed to the general system of that administration. But I do not think it magnanimous or honorable, malignantly to triumph over fallen foes. Nor do I dread the union of honest men. It can be dreadful only to the dishonest.
It is said that the press is under the influence of a virtual sedition law. No, Sir. The press, I speak without allusion to political distinctions, is incorrigibly licentious. Has the gentleman from Virginia read, in one of the oracles of our country, mingled with his own praises, the denunciation of the whole representation of one of the largest states in the union, (Massachusetts) as composed of men deficient both of public and private integrity, and conspirators against the peace of the union, merely because they differ in opinion from that gentleman upon this single question? Does he know that these denunciations are echoed and re-echoed, by means of the presses called exclusively republican, through almost every village of the nation? Has he heard that the representatives of remote districts are denounced to their constituents as traitorous to their rights, and that their independence of his imperious mandates is made the powerful evidence of the treason? I hope, Sir, that we shall never see the day when a private caucus of a few individuals shall be enabled to dictate to the people in whom to invest their confidence. And I also hope that the day is not distant when independence of sentiment, when independence even of party, shall be the surest passport to public confidence and public honors.
It is said that the circumstance that one of the great officers of the government is numbered among the claimants, ought to scatter consternation through this House. It is unnecessary for me to undertake a vindication of the character of that gentleman. Does his office divest him of the common rights of a citizen? Does it deprive him of the right of petitioning the national legislature? But his contracts are referred to for the purpose of proving that he has extended his official influence within our walls. Unfortunate indeed is the application of this argument. By the report upon the table it appears that three members are contractors, and we all see that two of them are opposed to the present claims.
Believing, Mr. Speaker, that this act of enormous robbery, this wanton diffusion of the public treasure, this abominable league between corruption and federalism, of which we hear so much, is neither more nor less than an act of just national policy; believing with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the late Attorney General, that "the interest of the United States, the tranquility of those who may hereafter inhabit that territory, and various equitable considerations, which may be urged in favor of most of the present claimants, render it expedient to enter into a compromise on reasonable terms;" and believing that this compromise ought to be delayed no longer, I shall give a decided vote in opposition to the proposed amendment, and in favor of the original resolution, as reported by the committee of claimants.
(To be continued)
A LOST BROTHER.
OF SANDFORD EDWARDS, or any of his children (who resided about thirteen years ago, within thirty miles of Edenton in North Carolina, near Perquimons river, and in a county probably of the same name) are now living, and will apply to me by letter or otherwise, they may hear of something to their advantage, and very much relieve and oblige an anxious and affectionate brother.
BEN. EDWARDS.
Bairdstown Kentucky, January 1. N. B. All printers of newspapers in the United States, south of Potomac are requested to give the above a few insertions. B. E. Feb. 20—
ons of the commissioners, the Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, and Attorney General of the United States, upon this subject. On the claims pretended to be derived under the act of Georgia of the 21st December 1789, they observe, "upon a full view of the subject, the commissioners do not perceive that those companies have any equitable claim either for the land, or for compensation from the United States."
Very different is their opinion upon the claims under the act of 1795. "The commissioners think those propositions inadmissible, and without pretending to affirm that the legislature of Georgia was competent to make the decision, they feel no hesitation in declaring it as their opinion, that under all the circumstances which may affect the case, as they have come within their knowledge, and as herein stated, the title of the claimants cannot be supported. But they nevertheless believe that the interest of the United States, the tranquility of those who may hereafter inhabit that territory, and various equitable considerations, which may be urged in favor of most of the present claimants, render it expedient to enter into a compromise on reasonable terms."—Here I cannot but remark how very difficult it is for feeble minds to decide important questions upon which great men disagree. The gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Randolph) is of opinion that it would not only be impolitic to compromise these claims, but that the only claims of the applicants are fraud and villainy; the commissioners, who probably examined the subject with as much attention, at least with as much coolness, as that gentleman, believe that not only the public good requires the compromise, but that various equitable considerations may be urged in favour of most of the present claimants. The Secretary of the Treasury, in his letter of the 9th inst. to the chairman of the committee of claimants observes, "My own impression was, that the five millions of acres would be sufficient to cover all the claims of settlers, British grantees, and others not expressly provided for by the articles of agreement, and also to make a reasonable compensation for claims derived or pretended to be derived from Georgia; and it appeared to me that the effect of the clause would be—to prevent Congress from voluntarily confirming, at some future time, the said Georgia claims. 2d. To leave it in their power to compromise with that description of claimants, by allowing so much of the surplus of five millions of acres as they might think proper; without, at the same time, pledging government to enter into a compromise, if upon a full view of all the circumstances of the case, a different course was thought more eligible." The committee of claimants who, must have paid more attention to the subject than it is possible for other members to do, "On considering these various transactions, are of opinion, that it is proper to make some legislative provision for the purpose of letting the existing claims on such terms as shall appear to be reasonable," and they recommend the appointment of commissioners for that purpose. Can there any longer be a doubt that the claimants are recognized by the act of cession? Can there be a doubt that Congress, by making the appropriation of the five millions of acres, and by subjecting the claimants to great expense in recording and supporting their claims, have tacitly pledged the public faith that some provision shall be made for them? And do not justice and policy require the adoption of the resolution reported by the committee?
The gentleman from Virginia, has expressed his surprise that the chairman of the committee of claimants has contented himself with reporting facts and principles, and that he has not adopted the novel procedure of reporting something tantamount to an elaborate speech in favor of the claimants. As the speech of the gentleman from Virginia is unfortunately destitute of argument against the claimants, and as it might be possible to deduce from it reasons in their favor, it might perhaps be proper for him to print it and annex it to the report, as a substitute for that which he thinks the chairman ought to have subjoined, for the edification of the House. My feeble optics have been able to discover but one attempt at argument, which is in those observations which relate to the message of the President, and the proceedings of Congress, on the act of Georgia, in 1795, and which it is contended, were notice, to purchasers and to the world, of fraud. At that time it was not suspected that fraud had been committed, and the reason for those proceedings was, that the United States possessed, or were supposed to possess, certain claims to the territory. There are certain subtleties, sublimated, ethereal, heaven descended genius, the soft and silken texture of whose minds would suffer infinite discomposure from the contact of that rude and knotty thing, an argument. That gentleman is not of this description. Too often have we witnessed his argumentative powers, to entertain this idea. I regret that he has declaimed instead of reasoning upon this occasion, as I believe that argument, particularly upon important subjects,
they listen for a moment to an application for the admission of such evidence? It may well be doubted. Do not then the present claimants possess a very strong colour of title? Is it not prudent to extinguish claims of this description?
Were claims or the pretended claims of the present claimants in any manner recognised by the act of cession of the territory in question from Georgia to the United States? And,
Do justice and policy, or either justice or policy, require that the whole or any part of the five millions of acres, reserved by the act of cession from Georgia to the United States, for the purpose of satisfying claims of a certain description against Georgia, in reference to the said territory, should be appropriated for the purpose of satisfying the claims of the present claimants?
I have anticipated the principal arguments in favor of the equity of the claimants, and the policy of a compromise with the claimants. The memorialists state that their claims were particularly contemplated by the commissioners, both of the United States and of Georgia. They have offered us no evidence of this fact, and we are not to take it for granted. Indeed I am far from thinking it my duty either to advocate or answer the pamphlet of the memorialists, and I shall make but this single allusion to it. Whatever may be its merits, it has had no influence upon my mind in forming my opinion. An examination of the official documents upon our tables will evince, however, that by a very strong implication, if not by express provisions, these claims have been recognised, both by the act of cession, and by the law of Congress passed in consequence. The first condition of the first article of agreement and cession, provides for the payment of one million two hundred and fifty thousand dollars to the State of Georgia, out of the first nett proceeds of the sales of the lands then ceded; the second provides for certain British & Spanish grants; and the third is as follows: "That all the lands ceded by this agreement to the United States, shall, after satisfying the above mentioned payment of one million two hundred and fifty thousand dollars to the State of Georgia, and the grants recognised by the preceding condition, be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of the United States, Georgia included, and shall be faithfully disposed of for that purpose, and for no other use or purpose whatever: provided however, that the United States, for the period & until the end of one year after the assent of Georgia, to the boundary established by this agreement shall have been declared, may, in such manner as not to interfere with the abovementioned payment to the state of Georgia, nor with the grants herein before recognised, dispose of or appropriate a portion of the said lands, not exceeding five millions of acres, or the proceeds of the said five millions of acres, or of any part thereof, for the purpose of satisfying, quieting, or compensating for any claims other than those herein before recognised, which may be made to the said lands, or to any part thereof. It being fully understood, that if an act of Congress making such disposition or appropriation shall not be passed into a law within the above mentioned period of one year, the United States shall not be at liberty thereafter to cede any part of the said lands on account of claims which may be laid to the same, other than those recognised by the preceding condition, nor to compensate for the same; and in case of any such cession or compensation, the present cession of Georgia, to the right of soil over the lands thus ceded or compensated for, shall be considered as null and void, and the lands thus ceded or compensated for, shall revert to the state of Georgia." It is unnecessary to enquire into the motives which dictated a provision so singular; they are obvious to all who are acquainted with the whole history of the transaction. It was well understood that Congress was to pass the law, and it was passed on the third of March 1803. The eighth section appropriated so much of the reserved five millions of acres, as might be necessary to satisfy the claimants, not recognised by the preceding agreement, which were embraced by the two first sections of the act, or derived from British grants for lands not re-granted by the Spanish government; and also contained the following appropriation—"to much of the residue of the said five millions of acres, or of the nett proceeds thereof as may be necessary for that purpose, shall be and is hereby appropriated for the purpose of satisfying, quieting and compensating for such other claims to the lands of the United States south of the state of Tennessee, not recognised in the above mentioned articles of agreement, and which are derived from any act or pretended act of the state of Georgia, which Congress may hereafter think fit to provide for; Provided however, that no other claims shall be embraced by this appropriation but those the evidence of which shall have, on or before the first day of January next, been exhibited, by the claimants, to the secretary of State, and recorded in books to be kept in his office for that purpose, at the expence of the party exhibiting the same." The following are the opinions
which, however in practice it might operate as an obnoxious to legislation, was in theory only a matter of form, or at most but a temporary check upon the executive power. In oligarchies, the legislative power is vested in the rich and noble, and in aristocracies, in a few individuals who are presumed to be the wisest and the best in the community. In governments of the democratic form, this power resides in the great body of the people, and is exercised by themselves or their representatives. The base of the temple of American liberty is democracy, or the sovereignty of the people; representation and confederation are the principal pillars which support the great superstructure. As the state governments are unquestionably representative democracies, the general government is a representative federal republic. In every government of the representative form, the representatives of the people are vested with power to pledge the public faith, and to alienate the vacant territory of the nation. Were the members of the legislature of Georgia, in 1795, invested with this authority? Certainly it was within the sphere of those constitutional rights and powers, which had never been surrendered to the general government. We have since recognised that authority by receiving a solemn deed of cession of the territory, from a subsequent legislature of Georgia, transferring to us not only the soil, but the right of jurisdiction. Was this authority exercised in 1795. In the act of the legislature of that state of the 7th of January in that year, granting this territory to those from whom the present claimants derive their claims, certain lands are described, and it is enacted that those lands shall be sold to such and such persons, as tenants in common and not as joint tenants. The lands shall be sold, or in other words, the right of soil shall be alienated. A proper distinction is taken between the dominium utile and the dominium directum of the civilians. No transfer was made of the right of jurisdiction, although such imaginary transfer forms a prominent article in the reasons assigned by the legislature of 1796 for passing the rescinding act. From this view of the subject, whatever may be the present state of the question of legal title, who can doubt that the present claimants, honest purchasers from the original grantees, upon the faith of an independent state, and innocent of fraud, if fraud existed, possess such a color of title, such an equitable claim, as to render it prudent and politic to enter into a compromise with them upon reasonable terms?
Were the Members of the legislature of Georgia in 1796, invested with the constitutional power of rescinding the acts of their predecessors in relation to such sale, and did they rescind them?
Congress is incompetent to the decision of this question. Nor is such decision necessary. I will however make one or two enquiries & state one or two principles, which are applicable to the subject, which at the same time will go to strengthen the ground I have taken as to colour of title in the claimants, and the policy of extinguishing their claims.
Can a legislature rescind a contract made by its predecessors?
Writers on national law make a distinction between laws which operate in the nature of contracts, and those which have no such operation. Every enlightened and reasonable man will subscribe to the opinion that a pledge of the public faith, given by the competent authority, ought to be irrevocable. Laws which pledge the faith of the community, which create contracts, which vest rights in individuals or in corporate bodies, it may safely be assumed as a general principle, are irrevocable. Laws of merely municipal operation are alterable or repealable at the pleasure of the existing legislature.
Can the judicial power declare a legislative act void as having been passed by means of corruption?
Different opinions have existed in our country as to the right claimed by the judiciary of deciding upon the constitutionality of laws. The better opinion seems to be, that from the nature of our government, and the very terms of the constitution itself, by which that instrument is declared to be the supreme law of the land, the judges not only ought to exercise that power, but that they cannot avoid its exercise. If I am not mistaken, some gentlemen who deny that the judges possess this right, are prepared to invest them with the more dangerous one of setting aside a legislative act on the ground of corruption. To admit that the judiciary may examine into the motives of the legislature in passing laws, or that they may receive and decide upon evidence tending to prove corruption in the legislative body, would certainly be going much farther than those have gone who have claimed for that department the right of deciding upon the constitutionality of laws—Suppose a trial of title between a person claiming under the act of Georgia of 1795, and another claiming under the act of 1796, and suppose evidence offered to the court to prove the corruption of the legislature of Georgia, in what a peculiar situation would the judges be placed? And would

United States Senator. Yesterday the Senate concurred with the House in the election of the hon. Timothy Pickering, esq. as a Senator of this commonwealth, in the Senate of the United States. The whole number of votes was 31, of which Mr. Pickering had 18. Boston paper.
DIED In Portsmouth, New-Hampshire, WOODBURY LANGDON, an eminent republican and revolutionary patriot.
The following interesting communication from the Governor to the Assembly of New York, is an evidence of the enlightened zeal with which the great interests of knowledge are likely to be promoted in several of the states of the union. Should the recommendation of the Governor receive the sanction of the legislature, New York will stand pre-eminent among her sister states, and Mr. Lewis will have established a claim to the benedictions of distant ages. Of all the objects that at present engage attention, this ranks highest in consequence; and he whose breast is fired with the highest, as well as purest ambition, with the ambition of doing the greatest good, will seize the present moment, as the most auspicious which may ever occur, for advancing this vast object. Let the great mass of the nation be enlightened, and they will understand their rights, and the means of preserving them. Their course, and that of their representatives, will exhibit an illustrious career of wisdom, moderation and virtue,—the great and cardinal points of republicanism.
MESSAGE Of the Governor of New York to the Legislature.
Gentlemen, Understanding that the attention of the legislature is about to be directed to the promotion of literature, and believing that any ideas which may tend to cast the least glimmer on so important a subject, will not be unacceptable to gentlemen engaged in so laudable a pursuit, I venture to offer to your consideration such as have occurred to my mind, with all that diffidence which novelty and the magnitude of the object is calculated to inspire. The plan I shall propose, is not one that can immediately go into full and efficient operation. The ground work, however, should it meet with approbation, may, if not at the present, at the next session, be laid:—And the lapse of a few years, if I do not indulge a visionary expectation, may rear an edifice sacred to science, morals and religion, which shall exalt in dignity the American character.
The first essential to the support of a general literary institution, in all its various ramifications is the establishment of an adequate, permanent and certain fund. In looking into the finances of the state, it will be discovered, that nothing can be spared from her ordinary revenue. The unappropriated lands which still remain to her, present the only sure resource. Of these she still possesses 1,500,000 acres which certainly cannot be devoted to a more noble end. On a moderate computation these lands may be estimated as forming a capital of 1,000,000 dollars, which, at an interest of six per cent. will yield an annual income of 60,000 dollars. The mode of disposing of them, which I should prefer, would be, to have them laid out into convenient farms, with a price affixed to each according to quality of land, and contiguity to market. Sales should then be made to applicants, on condition of actual settlement, and patents granted, reserving a rent charge equal to the interest on the purchase money at the rate aforesaid, with permission to the purchasers to discharge the rent at any time by a payment of the purchase money. One, two or three years might be allowed free from rent, according to circumstances. The advantages in favor of this mode are many. Honest industry would be furnished with the means of profitable exertion, without the aid of capital. Payment of rent would not be called for till it could be made out of the product of the land; and the expectation of being compelled to pay a large principal, when very inconvenient, or perhaps impossible, would not be incessantly damping the ardor and the spirits of perhaps the worthy fathers of promising families.
To those who object to such disposition, from a desire to see an overflowing treasury at the disposal of the government, I answer, that the true riches of a state is its efficient labor; its physical strength; its yeomanry. A rich treasury is frequently an evil. It too often becomes the parent of speculation, and the corrupter of the administrators of the government.
The fund being once established, the next enquiry is as to its disposition. This might with safety be confided to the regents of the university. The great outline of their conduct being described by the legislature. A competent sum being first appropriated for the support of colleges, the residue should be applied to the support, perhaps, of academies, but certainly of common schools. These latter should be established throughout
the state, by dividing each county into a competent number of school districts, according to its geographical extent and population. And the regents of the university should have the power of appointing three trustees for each district, who should be authorised to fix the place for the school house, erect one where necessary, employ a competent teacher, have the disposition of the funds allotted to them, with an authority to levy and collect the inhabitants of the district, according to the circumstances and abilities of each, such further sums as might be necessary for the support of the school, and the maintenance and tuition of such poor children as may be objects of charity. The division of the county into districts, and the sum allotted to each, to be at the discretion of the regent of the university.
The support of academies by aids from this fund I have stated hypothetically, because there are many weighty objections to their composing a part of a general system of education. Those which occur to me, are the difficulty of keeping them constantly supplied with unexceptionable teachers. The academies which have fallen under my observation, have all of them been, at some period, for months without a teacher. This is owing in a great measure to the necessity of employing young men, just from college, who enter into these situations, merely to acquire the means of procuring the learned professions, which, when achieved, they bid adieu to the academy. A suspension of academic instruction is the consequence, and before a successor can be procured, the students are frequently dispersed. Add to this, that each new teacher introduces a new system of education. The systems established in different academies also vary according to the acquirements and ideas of the various teachers. A consequence is, the almost insurmountable difficulty of pursuing with effect a collegiate course when the preparation has been so various.
A grammar school, attached to a college, and under the direction of its faculty, is free from these objections. An attention also to morals can be afforded, which in academies is impossible. Should, however, academies be deemed indispensable, the same course of study should be prescribed to each.
Colleges, though last considered, are not the least important graduation in the scale of academic institutions. If national prosperity, if national pride, which is an honest pride, shall warm our bosoms with a wish to see our country great in the various arts and sciences, the prolific parent of statesmen, legislators, divines, &c. we cannot regard colleges with too much partiality. When judiciously arranged and conducted, they become the bounteous source of knowledge, of virtue, of piety, of all that is great and good. The arrangement of the buildings should be such as to completely cloister the students; who should never pass the walls but by permission. The endowments should be sufficiently liberal to secure teachers the most respectable for talents, for morals and for manners. Liberal endowments, particularly where the plan of education is economical, tends to diminish the expense, so as to place liberal education within the reach of the respectable yeomanry of a country, where the most virtuous ordinarily exists, and from among whom no inconsiderable part of the professional characters in a government like ours ought to be taken. Where this end is to be attained, the liberal endowment of seminaries of learning is obviously the application of the public funds for the benefit of the middling and poorer classes of community. For, if seminaries of learning are not patronised by the state, and for the want of this patronage, a liberal education is very expensive, the consequence will be, that the rich alone can afford to educate their children; a consequence not desirable in any government and highly dangerous in our own.
Though the whole plan, as suggested above, cannot be carried into immediate effect, and though, perhaps, a step so important to the state, as the disposing of all her unappropriated lands ought not to be taken till some time has elapsed for the expression of the public sentiment, the attention of the legislature may safely be directed to this subject, and in the mean time a complete system in all its detail be maturing.
The same reason for delay with respect to the higher seminaries, where a proper system is already adopted, does not exist. These seminaries are the nurseries in which the instructors of common schools are to be reared; and no time should be lost in placing them on the most respectable and independent footing: that those from among the middling and poorer classes of community, who wish to give their sons a liberal education may have it in their power to do so, without being at the inconvenience and expence of sending them to other states, as is now the case; a reproach to the state of New York, which it is hoped her enlightened and patriotic legislators will speedily wipe away by rendering her as independent in her literature, as she is in her resources and her government.
These ideas are hastily thrown together. They are, however, the result of former reflections through a course of twenty years; that I have had the honor of being a trustee of Columbia College. They will probably be found liable to many objections. Should they fortunately throw the least light on a subject that lies near to my heart, and have the least tendency to promote the first object of my wishes, (the diffusion of knowledge) my end will be attained. MORGAN LEWIS. 4th February, 1805.
Congressional Register.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16. The House resolved itself into a committee of the whole, and attended the trial of Samuel Chase, and after some time spent therein, the committee returned, and Mr. Speaker having resumed the chair.
Mr. Gregg reported, that the committee had attended the said trial, and that a farther progress had been made therein.
The engrossed bill making an appropriation for the payment of witnesses summoned on the part of the United States, to attend the impeachment of Samuel Chase, was read the third time and passed.
Petitions were presented from Wm. Halting, of Hillsboro' county, New-Hampshire, John Henry Van Billon, a native of Germany, and John Hardyman, of Charles city, Vir. which were severally referred to the committee of Claims.
A petition was presented from sundry inhabitants of the state of Pennsylvania, praying the establishment of a post road from New Hope, in Bucks county, through Doyle's town, &c. to Lancaster, and also,
A petition from sundry inhabitants of the same state, praying the establishment of a post road from Philadelphia thro' Germantown, and to Bethlehem.
Referred to the committee on post offices and post roads.
Mr. Dana from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of W. A. Barron, submitted the following resolution:
Resolved, That the proper accounting officers be authorised to settle the account of Wm. A. Barron, captain in a corps of engineers, for his travelling expenses on two journeys performed by him, on public service, in the year 1802, by order of the lieutenant colonel commandant of that corps; which being concurred in by the House, the committee of claims were directed to bring in a bill pursuant to the said resolution.
Mr. Dana from the same committee made a report on the petition of Francis Mentges, which was referred to a committee of the whole on Monday next.
Ordered, That the committee of Ways and Means be discharged from the consideration of the message of the President of the U. States, and the treaties lately entered into and concluded with the Delaware and Piankeshaw Indians, and the tribes known by the name of the Sacs and Foxes, and that the said message and treaties be referred to a committee of the whole House on Monday next.
The House resolved itself into a committee of the whole House.
Mr. VARNUM in the chair, On the amendment from the Senate to the bill supplementary to the act regulating the collection of duties on imports and tonnage; and after some time spent therein, the committee rose and reported their agreement to the said amendment; which report was taken into consideration, and concurred in by the House.
Adjourned.
New York, February 12.
NEW ORLEANS AFFAIRS.—We yesterday published a resolution of the Legislative Council at New Orleans, relative to the Spanish troops retained by the late Spanish governor, the Marquis de Casa Calvo, declaring the same dangerous to the peace of the city, and derogatory to the dignity of the government of the United States. By accounts dated since the passing of that resolution, it appears that the council on a reconsideration of the question, resolved that, though the sentiments it expressed perfectly accorded with their ideas, yet it was an affair in which the council could not interpose, without an interference with the concerns of the governor. The resolution was accordingly dismissed.
New-York, Feb. 14.
The ship Penelope, which arrived at this port last evening, left Nantz on the 17th December. Our Paris papers by her are to the 11th of that month, inclusive; but they are wholly uninteresting on any other subject than the coronation of Bonaparte, which took place at the time and in the manner prescribed by the Senatus Consultum; and that Turkey has agreed to acknowledge the new emperor in the double title of emperor and of Pades chach, a denomination which it has been customary for
the Porte to bestow on the kings of France.
Philadelphia, Feb. 15.
INTERESTING FROM SPAIN.
A letter from Cadiz, dated Dec. 1. mentions, that all British property in the ports of Spain, had been sequestered by the government; it follows, therefore, that war between that country and England is certain.
Accounts of the same and later dates indicate the approach of some serious civil commotion in this ancient but debased government. It is understood that the queen and prince of peace had conspired against the royal character and the prince of Asturias. Their design was to have them committed to a convent, under the charge of insanity; and then to erect a regency under the joint influence of the queen and her favorite.
This intelligence is in part confirmed by verbal information received from captain Smith of the Resolution. He left Cadiz the 3d of December, at which time it was currently reported that the prince of peace had been stabbed by one of the grandees, in presence of the king; the wound not proving mortal, the prince was placed under arrest. Other circumstances conspire to render it very probable that the government of Spain is about to experience a shock which may not only vary its form, but even jeopardize its existence.
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IN offering the above work to the public, the proprietors are sensible that excellence is not often attainable; but with candor and truth, equally remote, from arrogance and partiality, they can say, that they conscientiously believe it has a just claim to the confidence and patronage of the people.
A map of Virginia has been long and anxiously looked for: None has been published, on the plan of the one now offered, for many years, when Augusta was the frontier county. The labor, expence, and apparent difficulties, in accomplishing so interesting a work, have deterred several from the arduous undertaking. The proprietors, finding that most of the other states had recently given encouragement to similar productions, and entertaining a high sense of the real dignity and importance of Virginia, embarked in the business, from a well grounded belief, that the magnitude and utility of the work, would insure, if accomplished, a remuneration and while Virginia is powerfully stimulated with the love of science and virtue, they hope and believe she will view domestic productions, which prove pre-eminently useful, with a generous pride.
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A Young Negro Woman, named HANNAH, tall and stout, who has lived with a respectable farmer, Mr. Leonard, about two years past; she was directed to return home on Christmas day as I am informed—she had on and took with her, a green jacket and petticoat, made of half thick or kersey cloth, two pair of shoes and stockings, and a coarse hat, a yellow ground calico habit, a white cotton petticoat and spotted jacket, a straw bonnet, &c. she may have changed her clothing, as it is supposed she has some money, she is capable of great deception, sometimes she appears to be passive, and has but little to say when it is to answer her purpose, but at other times extremely impudent. Whoever takes up said negro, and will bring her home to the subscriber, living in the county of Alexandria and district of Columbia, if five miles from home shall receive Five Dollars, if ten miles Ten Dollars, and if a greater distance and is secured in any jail so that I get her again, Ten Dollars will be paid. Her mother's name is Fanny whom I set free, her father's name is Harry belonging to Mr. Edward Washington. I forewarn all persons from employing or carrying her away. SIMON SOMMERS. Feb. 20—31
Fifteen Dollars Reward.
RAN AWAY from Thomas King, some time in October last, a Negro Woman, named FAME, whom I had hired to him for one year, near the Eastern Branch, in Prince George's county, Maryland, 5 feet high, very black, small featured, and her face scarred very much, and has a great defect in one of her eyes, occasioned by the small pox; 38 years of age, when spoken to she has a down look, one of her upper teeth broken out—Her clothing, when she went off, was blue striped country cloth; but, in all probability she will endeavour to alter it. She has been seen in the city since she ran away. She has obtained a free pass from a certain Charity Shorty, who has obtained her freedom, and this Negro Fame passes under the said pass as a free woman. It taken up out of the district of Columbia the above Reward will be paid, on delivering her to me, or securing her in any jail, by applying to me, in Charles county, Maryland, or to Mr. Samuel Speake, of the city of Washington; or if taken up in the district ten dollars. All persons are forewarned harbouring or employing the said Negro Woman, Fame. MASSAY SIMMS. February 18, 1805. 4w

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DURING the present year, J. Ogilvie will continue to instruct youth in the city of Richmond. In addition to the various branches of literature and science heretofore taught in his school, his pupils will have an opportunity of studying the higher branches of mathematical science, a more extensive course of natural philosophy, the dead languages, and the French and Spanish languages. In teaching the higher branches of Mathematical science and the dead languages, J. Ogilvie will be assisted by Mr. Wood of this city, whose superior proficiency and skill in Mathematical and Physical science, eminently entitle him to public patronage. The French and Spanish languages will be taught by Mr. Bonnadil, with whose ability and qualifications are the line of his profession, the citizens of Richmond are sufficiently acquainted. These arrangements, whilst they will considerably diminish J. Ogilvie's emoluments, will greatly enlarge the utility of the school. The principal disadvantages of schools conducted by a single teacher, are, the principal and uninterrupted pressure of exertion, the dissipation of thought amongst such a variety of studies as almost to preclude the possibility of pre-eminent skill or proficiency in any one department of knowledge, and the consequent imperfection and incompleteness of the course. These disadvantages will be radically obviated by the preceding arrangements. Thus modified and extended, the plan of education which will be pursued in this school, will embrace probably, as comprehensive and complete a course of literature and science as can be reasonably expected in a seminary, so totally destitute of every sort of extrinsic support. The school will be opened on the second Monday in January.
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AN ACT More effectually to provide for the payment of taxes upon Lands within this Commonwealth.
Passed January 29, 1803. Sec. 1. WHEREAS numerous inconveniences and losses have accrued to this Commonwealth, from the want of an adequate mode for the collection of Lands to the payment of taxes: and whereas it is a principle in well organized governments, that property should be held subservient to the purposes thereof.
Sec. 2. Be it enacted, That when the taxes upon any tract or survey of land, shall have remained unpaid for the space of two years, such tract or survey of land, shall be forfeited to the Commonwealth, and subject to location, according to the terms prescribed by an act, entitled "An act for the reducing into one, the several acts concerning the land office, ascertaining the terms and manner of granting waste and unappropriated lands, for settling the title and bounds of lands, directing the mode of proceeding, and prescribing the duty of surveyors" so far as the said act applies to waste and unappropriated lands, and not to forfeit land; and title thereto shall be acquired by the said location, and by the payment of the taxes due upon such tract or survey of land; Provided nevertheless, That the tract or survey of land so as aforesaid forfeited shall be subject to the redemption of the former rightful and proper owner, at any time within one year after such forfeiture shall have accrued, upon the payment of the taxes due thereupon, with interest upon the same from the time they became payable.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That at any time within six months after the annual return of the list of insolvents or delinquents for the non payment of the taxes upon land into his office, the auditor of this Commonwealth shall cause this act to be published for three several times in the Gazette of the printer of this Commonwealth and in some newspaper of general circulation, published at the seat of the general government: Provided always, that nothing in this act shall be so construed as to authorise the location of any lands within the purview of this act, before the expiration of the time limited for the redemption thereof: nor to affect the rights of infants, femes covert, or persons of unsound mind, until one year after the disabilities shall have ceased.
Sec. 4. All acts and parts of acts, within the purview of this act, are hereby repealed. Sec. 5. This act shall commence and be in force from and after the first day of March next.
(A Copy) JAMES PLEASANTS, Jun. C. H. D. Richmond, Virginia, Feb. 3—3t
NOTICE. THE subscriber intends to embark for England early in the next month, for the purpose of importing his Fall Goods. As the object will require a considerable sum of money, he requests all those indebted to him, to call and pay their accounts immediately. ELISHA RIGGS. CASH will be given for a quantity of GOOD TOBACCO. He has on hand, and will continue to keep as usual, an extensive assortment of D-Y GOODS, which will be sold much lower than the regular prices for Cash. Feb. 15.—7t
FALL GOODS. THOMAS CARPENTER, TAYLOR, Pennsylvania Avenue, near the President's Square, HAS just received a very handsome assortment of Fall Goods. Orders executed with the greatest dispatch and fashion, and on the most moderate terms. Oct 31—tf
TO PRINTERS. THE subscriber takes Order for Type from the well known Foundry of William Caslin, Jun. and Co. London—Specimens and list of London prices to be seen at Mr. Geo. W. Riggs, Georgetown. CHARLES WIRGMAN, No. 215, Market-street, Baltimore. Jan. 16. tf.
American Printed goods. Calicoes, Shawls, Pocket Handkerchiefs, &c. manufactured by the subscribers near Baltimore, and sold at No. 13 Calvert street.
To remove that distrust often felt respecting new undertakings, and so prejudicial to manufacturing attempts in America, they think it proper to observe, that nothing is wanting in the business to enable good articles to perform their work here as well as in Europe. That they have these articles; that two of the partners were bred to the business in a factory of the best repute carried on by their father, long afterwards by themselves. They trust that while foreign goods are received without a question, an unreasonable suspicion will not prevent their countrymen from giving that trial to their goods, which only can prove their value. Besides a natural doubt, they know that certain interests, national as well as individual, will suggest objections to their undertaking. They have no difficulty in saying, that work of the like kind shall be as well executed here, as in other countries. The colors capable of being fixed, will be found as permanent; the cloths perhaps better substance, and the prices lower than of the imported cottons. M'CULLOCH & LUNNUI, Baltimore, No. 13 Calvert Street. Sept. 17—tf
CHARLES H. VARDEN, MERCHANT TAYLOR. Has received from Philadelphia a handsome assortment of FALL goods, consisting of the best London and French superfine cloths, cassimeres, patent Bennet's cord, toilettes, fancy and white Marcellas, black and figured silk, moleskins, fancy silk, Marcellas, constitution cords, velvets, Genoa cord, silk and satin Florentines, 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
Charlotte-Hall School.
THE Trustees having met this day according to adjournment; and having considered the great increase of responsibility attached to the duties of the Principal from the flourishing state of the Institution, resolved to raise his salary to 1000 dollars per annum, they then proceeded, by ballot, to an election; and the Rev. George Ralph was unanimously chosen. The Trustees acquaint the public of this arrangement and that the classes are now open. The Stewards house, also, has been fully repaired and every comfortable accommodation attended to, for the reception of boarders. Terms for the present year. Tuition, twenty dollars per annum. Board, 28. 7s. 6d. Maryland Currency. And 21. 10s. 0d. if bed and bedding be furnished. Payments to be made quarterly and one quarter always in advance. (Signed) By order. NEALE H. SHAW, Reg. Feb. 11.—5t
Tucker's Blackstone. May be had for the present at the subscription price of J. MARSH, George-town, Wm. Duane, and R. Rine. Conrad & Co. city of Washington—J. Kennedy, and Messrs. Gray's—Alexandria—Mr. Brundige. Dumfries—Mr. Henderson, Fredericksburg—Mr. S. Pleasants, and Mr. Prichard, Richmond—Bonafle, Conrad, and Co. Norfolk—Somerville, Conrad & Co. Peterburg—J. Bell, Winchester—J. Swape, Swanton—J. Alburts, and Wm. Somerville, Martinsburg—J. Gales, Raleigh—Bailey and Wailor, Charlton—Conrad, & Co. G. Hill, & Eutler, Bonall, Warner and Hannah, Baltimore—the book-stores generally in Philadelphia—Messrs. Swords, New York, and C. Bingham. Boston. February 11—ep4w
ROBERT CHERRY. HAS removed his store, to the house of Mr. George Blagden New Jersey avenue on the Eastern Branch, where he has just received (in addition to his former stock) by the Schooner Myland from Philadelphia a general assortment of groceries and liquors of superior quality, with a few boxes India chiss of the best quality eighty pieces to the set; all of which he will sell wholesale and retail at the most reduced prices for cash, or in exchange for country produce—All orders in his line will be executed with punctuality and dispatch; he flatters himself from the quality of his articles he will be able to render ample satisfaction to his friends and all those who may be pleased to favor him with their custom. ALL kinds of commission business will be attended to with the utmost attention. Washington city Dec. 22—tf
NOTICE. To facilitate to claimants under the 7th article of the treaty with Great Britain the receipt of the third installment due on the 15th July next, in instances in which they have not constituted the public agent in London, their special attorney, it has been thought proper to draw to the United States all such monies of the above description as may not be drawn from him by the individuals themselves prior to the 1st of September next. The agent is accordingly instructed to cease paying them after that date; but after the 1st of November next, they will be again payable at the city of Washington, to those who have right, or to their attorneys duly authorised. Department of State, February 4, 1805. ** Note, The Printers of the Laws of the United States are requested to insert the above four times in their gazettes. Feb. 12—4t
THE subscribers have opened a GROCERY STORE in the house near the Capitol, lately occupied by Mr. JAMES D. BARRY—where they have for sale, low, for cash or in exchange for country produce. Genuine Cogniac brandy, Inferior French do. Old Jamaica Spirits, Madeira, } Wines, by the quarter cask Sherry, } and case, or smaller quantity. Lisbon, } Claret, } Brown Sugar, 1st and 2d quality Loaf and Lump, do. Molasses, Firkim Butter, Mould Candles, Sweet Oil, Spices of different kinds, Fig Blue, Starch, Almonds, Anchovies, } In bottles. Capers, } Powder and Shot, Excellent Wine Vinegar, Gin, Whiskey, Hylon, } Teas, fresh, and of superior quality. Imperial, } Young Hylon, } Salt Herrings in Barrels. WASHINGTON October 31—tf
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 commission business as usual, will be attended to with the utmost attention. George Town, November 5—tf
FOR SALE, THE subscriber intending to decline his present business, offers FOR SALE two Coaches with venetian blinds, likewise Gigs and Plated Harness, with or without Horses. If not disposed of at private sale, they will be sold at Auction on Saturday the 23d inst. opposite Stelle's Hotel.—The sale to commence at 12 o'clock. Also for sale, Any quantity of WOOD by the cord. Application to be made to the subscriber at the place formerly occupied by Mr. George Walker, near the Capitol. THOMAS BARWISE. Feb. 8.—tf.
NOTICE. THE Legionary Court of enquiry which met by adjournment the 2d instant, is again adjourned to meet at the Union-Tavern in George-Town, the 5th March next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon. As there is business of importance to come before the Court it is hoped the members will be punctual in their attendance. By order, Wm. D. BEALL, Clk. lt. L. M. D. C. Feb. 8.—10t
This day is published by SANUEL H. SMITH, —price 50 cents— A DEFENCE of the MEASURES OF THE ADMINISTRATION of THOMAS JEFFERSON. BY CURIUS. Taken from the National Intelligencer
To the Refugees from Canada and Nova Scotia, Take Notice.
THAT all those persons who claim and have located any tract or parcel of land within the state of Ohio, which has been appropriated by Congress for the relief of the Refugees, must pay the tax due on the same on or before the first Monday in April next, together with the penalty of 25 per cent, to be paid to the Collector in the respective county or counties where the land lies; otherwise so much of each tract will be sold (after thirty days notice) as will satisfy the amount of tax and penalty of 25 per cent for each year in which the payment of the same has been neglected on each and every tract listed in the year 1804 and which were liable to taxation for the four preceding years. The above advertisement is made by one who feels a lively interest in the welfare of the revolutionary citizens, whose property is implicated as above stated. From like motives, it is hoped that the PATRIOTIC PRINTERS throughout the United States will give the above a few insertions in their papers.
NOTICE. To facilitate to claimants under the 7th article of the treaty with Great Britain the receipt of the third installment due on the 15th July next, in instances in which they have not constituted the public agent in London, their special attorney, it has been thought proper to draw to the United States all such monies of the above description as may not be drawn from him by the individuals themselves prior to the 1st of September next. The agent is accordingly instructed to cease paying them after that date; but after the 1st of November next, they will be again payable at the city of Washington, to those who have right, or to their attorneys duly authorised. Department of State, February 4, 1805. ** Note, The Printers of the Laws of the United States are requested to insert the above four times in their gazettes. Feb. 12—4t
NOTICE. To facilitate to claimants under the 7th article of the treaty with Great Britain the receipt of the third installment due on the 15th July next, in instances in which they have not constituted the public agent in London, their special attorney, it has been thought proper to draw to the United States all such monies of the above description as may not be drawn from him by the individuals themselves prior to the 1st of September next. The agent is accordingly instructed to cease paying them after that date; but after the 1st of November next, they will be again payable at the city of Washington, to those who have right, or to their attorneys duly authorised. Department of State, February 4, 1805. ** Note, The Printers of the Laws of the United States are requested to insert the above four times in their gazettes. Feb. 12—4t
For Sale, A pair of elegant young CARRIAGE HORSES; Also an Elegant London made Curricule and a Coach—Apply at this office. February 13—tf
From the solicitations, and from the earnest request of several friends, the Proprietor of the MYSTERY, is induced to postpone his departure until Saturday afternoon, when he positively leaves George town; those therefore who intend viewing this astonishing machine, will please to take the present opportunity, as it positively leaves this place for the West Indies. Independent of its many performances, the proprietor assures the public that a sight of the machine alone will gratify them. February 11—3t ** To be seen at Mr. Knowles' opposite the Union Tavern, George town.
PROPOSALS FOR
PUBLISHING BY SUBSCRIPTION, A New Work on the principles of Steam Engines to be entitled, Young Steam Engineer's GUIDE. By OLIVER EVANS.
TO CONTAIN A General description and investigation of the principles of the engines used in England where the steam, is used as an agent to form a vacuum, and to act with a power only equal to the weight of the atmosphere.
Also of the new and simple principle discovered by the author, of obtaining unlimited power, and working steam engines with a power equal to five or ten atmospheres, either against the pressure of the atmosphere in the most simple form, or with the use of a vacuum to take off that resistance; and to show wly doubling the fuel on the new principle produces about sixteen times the power and effect. Drawings of the simple and cheap, new form of engines suitable for producing and containing such great power in the least space, and with the least weight, to fit them for various purposes, for which no others would answer.
Tables of the size and proportions of engines of the different powers, from the power of one man to that of one hundred horses, to suit different purposes; with the assistance of a professional English steam engineer of long experience and great abilities, capable of communicating many secrets in the engineers art, that will render the work highly useful, and which are not to be found in any other work. The author hopes to be able to shew, and demonstrate principles (part of which he has already in use) by the application of which, he can make engines at half the price of those heretofore used; not exceeding one fifth, or perhaps one tenth part of the weight to produce equal powers, and which will not require more than one third, or one fourth part of the fuel and which will serve the great purposes of raising water to water our cities, of sawing ship timber, mahogany and marble stone, grinding malt, paints, chocolate, plaster and turning lathes, &c. in cities—sawing timber on or near navigable waters; grinding grain, draining mines, working forges and furnaces, where water falls cannot be obtained—propelling boats against the stream, on all our rivers where hand oars are now used, and transporting heavy burdens on turnpike roads, with great advantages over the means by which these things have hitherto been done. He may also touch on several other mechanical and philosophical subjects which may lead to useful discoveries.
CONDITIONS. The work shall be printed on good paper and neatly bound. But as it will be original and the subject abstruse, and will be extended no farther than the author may be enabled to proceed in, no estimate can be made of the expense of the engravings, nor of the price of the book. He can only say that it will be delivered to subscribers on the lowest terms that can be afforded; and should it exceed Four Dollars a copy, they shall be at liberty to refuse the work. A list of the subscribers will be annexed. Subscribers for six copies shall receive the seventh gratis.
NOTICE is hereby given to ROBERT BOYES and JAMES BOYES , if now living, children of Robert Boyes, who was the son of the late esq. Boyes, of Londonderry in the county of Rockingham and state of New Hampshire, deceased; which said Robert the elder left Londonderry aforesaid upwards of thirty years ago, married in Baltimore in the state of Maryland, and removed to Virginia and there died; that, if they will apply to Silas Norton of Salem in the state of New Hampshire, now in the city of Washington, or to Alexander Boyes of Londonderry aforesaid, may hear of some property worth their attention. The several printers of Virginia and Maryland will serve the cause of humanity by republishing the above. Jun. 9
FOR SALE. A Tract or parcel of land, containing one hundred thousand acres, surveyed in tracts of one thousand acres each, lying on the great Satilla and St. Mary's rivers in the counties of Wayne and Telfair in the state of Georgia, distant about 40 miles from the town of St. Mary's and the sea. This land is an undivided moiety of two adjoining tracts containing each 100,000 acres, and is remarkable for its extensive forests of large and valuable yellow pine, and the luxuriant growth of natural grass, affording an inexhaustible range of pasturage for cattle. It is also favorable for the culture of cotton, and lies in a very healthy district of country. A great bargain may be had to a purchaser of the whole undivided moiety, for terms of sale apply to JOHN BECKLEY. City of Washington. Sept. 12—tf.
PUBLIC SALE. BY virtue of a decree of the circuit court of the district of Columbia for the county of Washington, in the suit of Samuel Speake complainant, against Joshua Gregg, defendant in chancery, will be sold to the highest bidder at public auction on Saturday the sixteenth day of March next, at the Union Tavern, in George Town, all that part of two lots of ground in Thomas Beall's addition to George Town, known and distinguished by the numbers one hundred and thirty-four and one hundred and thirty-five, beginning for the first part at sixty feet southwardly, from boundary number thirty-seven on Washington street and running eastwardly parallel with Dumbarton street sixty feet, then southwardly parallel with Washington street sixty feet, to lot number one hundred and forty-four, then westwardly with said lot to Washington street, then with said street northwardly to the beginning, being and intended to be the half of said lot—beginning for the second part of lot number one hundred and thirty-five, being the south half of said lot number one hundred and thirty-five and adjoining lot number one hundred and thirty-four, at the end of the third line of lot number one hundred and thirty-four, and running reverse with said third line sixty feet, then eastwardly parallel with Dumbarton street sixty feet, then southwardly parallel with Washington street sixty feet, then to the beginning, it being and intended for the south half of the above described lots, with the improvements thereon. The sale will commence at 4 o'clock P. M. The terms of sale, ready money, or money to be paid immediately on the courts ratifying the same, the time of which ratification will be noticed in the same papers in which the sale is advertised after the report of the said sale shall be made to the court, which report will not be made until the court commences their next sitting, for the county of Washington. HENRY WHETCROFT, Trustee. February 15—3w
DISCOVERED a few day since (in the Telegraph) a challenge by Samuel Norwood, Esq. Bonaparte against Democrat—At Annapolis this fall, I proposed running Democrat against Bonaparte, carrying from 110 lbs to 140 at the discretion of Mr. Norwood; which was rejected. As Mr. Norwood refused the proposition made by me at that time, I am not bound to run the race proposed by him in the Telegraph—Democrat will run Bonaparte over the Annapolis race course, on the third Tuesday in May next, four miles and repeat, for 1000 dollars, play or pay, carrying 126 lbs. each; which is the weight they are to carry by the rules of racing, both being seven years last spring—Should Mr. Norwood decline this offer, Democrat will cover mares next spring at the subscribers farm, from the first day of March until the first day of August, at Sixteen dollars each and Fifty cents for the groom. Democrat's pedigree is equal to the pedigree of any horse to be produced, having in him the blood of Medley, Eclipse, Figure, Dove, Godolphin, Arabian, and Mr. Tackin's Groom. If this proposition is approved of by Mr. Norwood, notice will be given in the Maryland Gazette within forty days from the date hereof. ISAAC DUCKETT. December 21—tawt—pr30
Thirty or forty lively NEGROES, Will be offered for sale for ready money at Loudon March court, on the first day of the court, before the door of Mr. Jones, Inn-keeper in Leesburg; where due attendance will be given by the subscriber; WILLIAM BYRD PAGE, Trustee of F. Fairfax. Jefferson county, Feb. 18—tdof
FOR SALE, By virtue of a deed of trust, executed by Robert Ware Peacock, to the subscriber, for the purposes therein mentioned, will be exposed for sale, at Rhodes's tavern in the city of Washington, on Saturday the 2nd day of March next, at 4 o'clock P. M. for ready money, to the highest bidder, all the right and estate vested in me by virtue of a deed of trust from Robert Ware Peacock, bearing date the 22nd day of June 1804. to part of lot numbered one, in square numbered two hundred and ninety one in the plan of the city of Washington, with the Houses and improvements thereon. Possession to be given on or before the first day of April next ensuing. JOHN DAVIDSON, Trustee.
NOTICE. By virtue of a writ of Venditioni Expos nas issued from the Circuit court of the district of Columbia for the county of Washington, at the suit of the President directors and Company of the Bank of Columbia—Will be exposed to public sale for ready cash on the 21st day of December next, at Wm. Rhodes's tavern in the city of Washington, all the right, title, claim and interest of John P. Van Ness in and to the following property, viz.—Lots no 3 4 5 and 6 in sq no 492 Lots no 5 9 and 10 in sq no 493 Lots no 4 5 6 and 7 in sq no 494 Lots no 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 and 13 in sq no 535 Lot no 1 in sq no 403 Lot no 15 in sq no 878 Lots no 5 6 9 and 10 in sq no 874 Lots no 5 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 17 18 and 19 in sq no 585. Lots no 9 to 12 13 14 15 17 and 18 in sq no 587 Lots 2 3 4 5 16 17 18 20 21 and 22 in sq no 642 Lots no 1 2 3 4 5 6 and 7 in sq no 537 Lots no 8 and 3 in sq no 577 Lot no 3 in sq no 579, Lots no 1 2 3 4 5 and 6 in sq no 581 Lots no 2 and 13 in sq no 583 Lot no 1 in sq no 583 Lots no 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 and 27 in sq no 583 Lots no 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 and 27 in sq no 583 Lots no 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 in sq no 583
FOR SALE. The sale of the above property is postponed to the 22nd day of February next, on which day the sale will certainly commence precisely at 10 o'clock. Dec. 19—w2