Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer (Alexandria [Va.]), 1802-05-20 00:00:00

Public Sale.
On FRIDAY, At ten o'clock, will be sold at the Vendue Store, Rum in hogheads and barrels. Whiskey in barrels, Gin in casks and barrels, Port wine in casks, Molasses in hds. Sugar in hds and bds. White and brown soap in boxes, Chocolate in boxes, Coffee in tiers and bags, Raisins in kegs and boxes. Queens Ware in crates, handsomely assorted,
ALSO, A variety of DRY GOODS, -AMONG WHICH ARE- Superfine cloth and Kersimere, Narrow Cloth, and Flannels, Irish Linens, and Oznaburgs, Sail duck of different qualities, Chintzes and Calicoes, Cambric and Cotton shawls, India Muslin and Table Cloaths, Coloured threads and sowing silks, Ribbons, Hats, and A number of other articles.
P. G. MARSTELLER, Vendue-Master. May 20
Sales by Auction.
On SATURDAY next, At ten o'clock, will be Sold at the Auction Room, 4th proof Jamaica Rum in hogheads, Holland Gin in pipes and bds. New-England Rum in bds. Port Wine in quarter casks, Lisbon Wine in pipes, Molasses in hds. Sugar in bds. Soap Candles and Chocolate Pepper in bags, Castor Oil in bottles, Fig Blue in kegs.
Together with a large quantity of DRY GOODS,
Among which are Chintzes and Calicoes, Sprig'd, lappet, jaconet and book muslins and muslin shawls, White and coloured Marseilles and muslinets, Linen and cotton checks, Bandannoes, flags and chequered silk handkerchiefs, Large and small fans, Irish and German linens, Mens and Womens' saddles, A quantity of mens' and womens' shoes. THOMAS MOORE, Auctioneer. May 20
FOR SALE, At R. and J. Gray's Book Store, King street, THE GLOSSER: A Satirical Poem—by Giles Julap, of Chotank, Virginia. Price 62 1/2 cents. Also,
Mr. BAYARD'S SPEECH On the Judiciary Bill. 25 cents. Clerical Candidates. Price 25 cents. And an Essay on the Mineral qualities of the Sweet Springs of Virginia. By Dr. John Baltzel. Price 25 cents. April 24.
For Sale, or to Rent, THE unexpired lease of a HOUSE and LOT, on Queen street, with a BAKE-HOUSE thereon; the lease has 3 years to run. The stand is good for business, and is well known, having been occupied for a length of time by a baker. For particulars apply to THOMAS SIMMS, Prince street. March 20.
WILLIAM LOWRY
HAS REMOVED FROM GEORGETOWN TO ALEXANDRIA, AND IMPORTED By the ship Tyson, from Liverpool, via Baltimore, and now opening for sale, at the store lately occupied by John Ramsay, King street,
A quantity of EARTHEN WARE, in crates assorted. Also,
A quantity of Dry Goods, suitable for the season, and is in daily expectation of receiving an additional supply of those articles by the first arrivals from Britain. Country storekeepers and others will find it their interest in giving him a call, as he is determined to sell on the most reasonable terms. April 30.
RICHARD VEITCH
Has imported by the brig Union, captain Woodhouse, from London, and offers for sale, by the piece or package, at his warehouse on King street,
A general Assortment of SPRING GOODS,
Amongst which are, Superfine Mens' and Ladies' Cloths and Cassimere, Fashionable Buttons, and Waistcoating, Irish linens, 5-4 sheetings, and diaper, Osnaburgs, housewife and Lancashire dowels, Printed calicoes, chintzes, and dimities, Ticks, checks, stripes, stuffs, and Scotch gauze, Cambric, jaconet and other fancy muslins, Cotton and thread hosiery, and ladies' gloves, Color'd crapes, and figured sarfnetts, Fashionable cotton trimmings, girdles, ribbons, silk handkerchiefs, One case bonnets, &c. &c. May 18. d2w 2aw6w
SPRING GOODS
By the Union, capt. Woodhouse, from London, will be opened immediately and for sale by the subscriber,
JAMES WILSON. Also, 100 casks best London Brown Stout, 6 doz. each. May 18. d3w
Calumny Detected and Exposed!
JUST PUBLISHED, And for sale at this office, price 12 1/2 cents, OBSERVATIONS
AND DOCUMENTS, Relative to a Calumny circulated By JOHN BROWN, A member of the Senate of the United States, from Kentucky, To the prejudice of ELISHA I. HALL, of Frederick county, Virginia. April 24. d
Just received from Norfolk, and for sale by the subscriber, Fresh Lemons by the box or retail; excellent soft shell'd almonds and oranges; muskadel raisins; double and single Glo'fter cheese, tamarinds, &c. &c. with 700 bushels of Lisbon Salt. V. BEL WILLIS. May 4.
FOR SALE,
At Cotton and Stewart's Book Store, Royal street, THE GLOSSER: Satirical Poem—By Giles Julap, of Chotank, Virginia. Price 62 1/2 cents. Also,
Mr. BAYARD'S SPEECH On the Judiciary Bill. April 24. d
SPRING GOODS.
JOSEPH RIDDLE & Co.
Have imported in the brig Union, captain Woodhouse, from London, a general assortment of goods suitable for the present season, which they offer for sale on reasonable terms, by the piece or package. May 18. d
SPRING GOODS.
JOHN RAMSAY,
Has imported by the brig Union, captain Woodhouse, from London, an assortment of goods suitable for the season, and is in daily expectation of receiving by the United States from Liverpool, an additional supply. May 18. d
Cuthbert Powell
Has received per the Union, capt. Woodhouse from London,
A handsome Assortment of SPRING GOODS, which he offers for sale, by the piece or package, at his store on King street, on the most moderate terms,
Amongst which are, Superfine cloths and cashmeres, Irish linens, sheetings, Bedticks, Osnaburgs, Silk, cotton and thread hosiery, Chintzes, calicoes, ginghams, Mullins, long lawns, dimities, Jeans, quiltings, &c. &c. Also,
Best grain scythes, Buttons, pins, and needles, A few elegant guns, Ladies' Fashionable kid shoes, &c. &c. May 18. d122aw3w
Robert T. Hooe & Co.
Have received by the brig UNION, from LONDON—a great part of their SPRING GOODS, and are daily expecting the balance by the ship United States from Liverpool.
They have likewise for sale, Rum in hogheads, Sugar in hds. and barrels, An extensive assortment of Liverpool Earthen Ware in crates, German Osnaburgs. May 18. d
Public Sale.
At 10 o'clock on THURSDAY the 27th instant, will be sold on the premises, FIVE LOTS of GROUND On Duke street, extending in front on Duke street from the corner of Pitt street to an alley on the west side of the brick house now occupied by Elisha Janney; this ground is divided into four lots £26 feet each, and one of 25 feet 6 inches, by 102 feet in depth to an alley of 18 feet wide, that leads westward to Pitt street.
A credit of 6 months will be given for one half of the purchase money, and nine months for the remainder;—bonds will be required of the purchaser, and when the first payment is made, a bond will be given by the seller to make a good title when the last payment is received.—The title to said property is undoubted, and from its situation likely to encrease in value speedily.
P. G. MARSTELLER, V. M. May 19. ddf
SPRING GOODS.
WILLIAM OXLEY
Has received per the Paul Seiman, via Baltimore, and Union, capt. Woodhouse, from London,
And is in daily expectation of further supplies of suitable GOODS for the season, which are now opening and will be sold low by the package or piece.
N. B. He has also for sale, China in boxes and Sadlery. May 19. d
The Patent Balance,
FOR WEIGHING OUNCES OR TONS,
For sale—At the store of
JOHN G. LADD.
The price of this valuable instrument is less than one half the cost of scales and weights for weighing large draughts. Its accuracy is superior to any other mode of weighing, as the brass cased weights are not liable to the influence of corrosion, which gradually reduces iron weights; and in transporting and in using, more than one half the labor is saved.
N. B. Mr. Dearborn, the patentee, is now in this city, with testimonies of the above mentioned, and other important advantages attending the use of the Patent Balance. Gentlemen who wish to peruse those testimonies, to witness experiments, or to engage beams of any size, will be received with attention at G. Ladd's Tavern, or at the store above mentioned. Alexandria. May 18. d
Spencer, Pearce & Co.
(Next door to Messrs. Bennett & Watts's retail store, King street)
Have received by the Gen. Hunter, from Liverpool, and the Union, from London—a part of their
SPRING GOODS,
Consisting of fine and coarse hats, Irish linens, osnaburgs, ticking, India dimities, silks, black and color'd silk velvet, silk gloves and mitts, ribbons, sewing silk, black crape, Barcelona and love handkerchiefs, buckrams, tapes, pins, ink powder and London pewter.
They have also received by the Six Sisters, via Baltimore,
An assortment of handsome Prints. And they daily expect by the United States, from Liverpool,
Cotton and silk hosiery, stuffs, cloths, kerseymere, flannels, aprons and shirting checks, thickset, fancy cord and velvet, bindings, ferrets, striped Holland, cotton and linen handkerchiefs, shawls, muslinet, Marseilles quilting, fustian, striped and silk nankeen, leather gloves, and a general assortment of
Hardware & Cutlery,
which they will sell low for cash, or the usual credit. May 19. d10t
FOR SALE,
About 1100 bushels Liverpool fine Salt,
300 do. Lisbon. Wm. HODGSON. May 19. d
BENNETT & WATTS
HAVE RECEIVED,
By the George and Paul Seiman, via Baltimore—a part of their
SPRING GOODS,
which they are now opening for sale. They daily expect the remainder of their goods by the Union from London, and the United States from Liverpool. May 1. d2w e02w 2aw2w
TO RENT,
The STORE occupied by the subscriber, at the corner of Prince and Union street. It is an excellent stand for almost any business, and particularly for Ship Chandlery, Grocery, or a Flour Store. For terms apply to
SAMUEL HARPER. May 19.
Clean linen and cotton rags bought at this office.

Congress of the United States.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Thursday, February 25.
Debate on the bill received from the Senate entitled "An Act to repeal certain acts respecting the organization of the courts of the U. States."
(Mr. Griswold's speech continued.)
It has been said in the course of this discussion that the old arrangement might be improved by adding to the judges of the supreme court. This proposition has been repelled, whenever it has been urged. It may not however be improper at this time to observe, that such an arrangement would be exposed to most of the absurdities and inconveniences which attended the old arrangement itself; the unnatural association of supreme and inferior judges on the same bench would continue the same: the absurdities of a judge sitting in an inferior court on one day and deciding causes, and reverting his own judgments the day following in a supreme court is not removed: the shifting of judges from one circuit to another at every term, and the consequent want of identity in the circuit judge remains as the old system has left it: the certainty of courts may be somewhat increased, but the geographical extent of the country is not diminished, nor can the circuit duty be lessened, provided you send two justices of the supreme court into each circuit. And after all, what will you gain by such an organization? As to economy, which is so much the order of the day at this time, you will not promote it, in any essential point; the salaries of your new judges will amount nearly to as much money as the salaries of your present circuit judges, and the expense of holding courts will be precisely the same. That uniformity of decision, which is so necessary throughout the United States, will not be materially promoted by this arrangement; because the provision already made for that object, by writs of error and appeals to the supreme court, will preserve that uniformity in every point, which is not a mere matter of form; and in respect to the forms of business it is of little importance whether the forms of one or the other part of the country are preserved, provided the principles of decision are the same.
There is, however, one object which will be gained by the proposed arrangement. You will gain a great accession of numbers to the supreme court, and you will make that tribunal in which the justice of the country is to reside, to resemble a popular assembly, and liable to those party agitations which are so uniformly found in every large assemblage of men.
Some gentlemen, however, have said that without increasing the number of judges, in the supreme court, you may render the sessions of the circuit court more certain, and identify the judge upon each circuit, by dividing the United States into as many circuits as you have judges of the supreme court, and attaching one of the judges of the supreme court permanently to each circuit. Sir, of all possible expedients, this in my opinion is the worst, for without removing the most formidable objections to the old system, it absolutely renders the decision of causes impracticable. If the judge of the supreme court, and his associate the district judge, shall differ in opinion upon any cause which comes before them, there can be no decision; and justice becomes more uncertain (if possible) than in the court of a Virginia chancellor.
On the whole, Sir, the gentlemen who advocate the present bill, have proposed no substitute for the system which it is calculated to abolish, and whilst they admit the necessity of courts, and the defects of the old system, they cannot in this hasty manner prostrate a useful institution, erected in obedience to the constitution, on any principle of decency or patriotism.
It is certainly true that no exertions have been spared by the executive power, to prove the inutility of the present circuit courts, and the novel expedient has been gone into of sending into the judicial department for a report of all the causes which have been returned to the national courts, and from these reports, the President has sent to this house, the document number eight. Sir, many of the errors which that document contains have been already exposed, and I have not troubled myself to investigate them further, because I have considered the document itself of no importance; I will however
observe, that if my information is correct, in relation to the returns from the circuit court of Connecticut, and I presume it must be, because it is derived from the clerk of that court, the return on your table is not the return which was sent to the executive from that circuit. That return included the names of the parties in each action now depending, and if it had been sent to us unmutilated it would have appeared, whether the aggregate of causes had been truly extracted, and it would likewise have appeared, who were the defendants in that court, from what class of citizens the President had made the late executive appointments in that state, and who the persons were, who are now probably afraid of federal justice.
But, Sir, this document imperfect and erroneous as it is, still proves (if indeed it proves any thing) the necessity of these courts; it proves that much business has been transacted in the national courts, and that much remains to be done.
But if the business was much less than it really is, could that consideration afford any conclusive arguments against the existence of the courts. This I believe, is the first time that the utility of courts has been tested by the number of causes depending in them. In a country so commercial as this is, and embarked in so many enterprising pursuits, in which foreigners are concerned as well as our own citizens, it is impossible to prevent the existence of disputes; and if a small number of suits only have been carried into the courts for decision, it proves either that the courts were so badly organized that justice could not be obtained in them, or that justice has been so well administered that men have been induced to do justice to each other without any appeal to the courts.
But all this enquiring into the number of causes depending or tried in the courts, tends more to embarrass the question than to guide the judgment in its decision.—It is not important to be informed, how much business has been or may be done in the courts; it is sufficient to know that the existence of national courts is not only necessary but expressly required by the constitution, and that they must be so organized as to render justice speedy and certain, to every man who has the right to apply for it, and whilst it is both proved and admitted that the old arrangement could not secure this object, and that the new one has greatly promoted it, it must necessarily result that a determination to destroy the one and restore the other, can only arise from a spirit hostile to the judicial power of the union.
I will, however, detain the committee no longer upon this part of the subject, but call their attention to the present bill; I mean the constitutional right of the legislature to destroy the judges by repealing the law which regulated the mode of their appointment. And here I take the liberty of observing that I feel no terror in approaching this interesting question. Its importance can only animate us in the enquiry, and stimulate our exertions in the defence of truth and the constitution. Nor am I intimidated by any arguments which have been urged in support of this novel claim of the legislature, because those arguments, in my judgment, have been as often refuted as they have been urged.
With the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Giles) I believe that the powers of the legislature must be ascertained by the words of the constitution itself. With that gentleman I think that this instrument is expressed in clear and unequivocal language. And he cannot admire with more ardor than I do, the wisdom of the sages who formed it, or the provisions which it contains. Indeed, Sir, I admire not only the provisions of the instrument, but the order and arrangement in which it is expressed. And I fully believe, if gentlemen will attend to the order as well as the provisions of it, they will find themselves less embarrassed in the expositions which they must pronounce.
Sir, the framers of the constitution have kept every object which it contemplates perfectly distinct; they have blended no two subjects together; each point is settled by itself, and never embarrassed by involving the definition of other points or other powers under the same head.
This order and symmetry will be apparent when gentlemen turn to the constitution. It will be there found that the first article relates exclusively to the legislative department. The mode of election, the term of service, and the powers of the legislature are there fully & clearly defined,
and it will be found that there is not a section in the article, nor a sentence, which delegates power to any other department, nor can there be found in any other article, an expression which conveys an atom of power to the legislature. The second article, pursuing the same order, treats exclusively of the executive department, and does not include a word which does not relate to the executive power. The third article with the same precision is confined to the judiciary department. The fourth relates to the authority of the states, and the duty and power of the national government, both as it regards states and public property. The fifth article provides for amending the constitution. The sixth defines the duty of government in relation to debts, and the effect of the constitution and laws made under its authority. And the seventh prescribes the mode of ratification.
This correct and distinct arrangement in the instrument itself is calculated to facilitate the investigation of powers actually given, or supposed to be given to any department of the government.—For, if your enquiry is directed to the powers of the first great department, your attention will be drawn to the first article, where every power of the legislature is delegated; and although these may be limited by powers which are given in other articles to the other departments, yet the power of the legislature can never be encreased by any thing which those articles contain.—The same rule will guide our enquiry in respect to the powers of the two other departments, and in this way by discarding the application of terms to one department, which the framers of the constitution have exclusively applied to another, we shall escape much confusion and doubt.
To investigate then the powers of the legislature in relation to the judicial power, I must beg the attention of the committee in the first place to that part of the first article which relates to this subject. And here it will be found that there is not an expression in this article, or in any part of the constitution which delegates to Congress any power on this subject, but what is contained in two sentences, in the 8th section of this article. The first declares, that "Congress shall have power to constitute tribunals inferior to the supreme court." The second, "to make all laws which shall be necessary for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by the constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or office thereof." By the first of these provisions Congress are clothed with unlimited power, in the erection of inferior courts, both in respect to the number and their jurisdiction; and if this power has not been limited in other parts of the constitution, it is certain that the jurisdiction of these courts, both in criminal and civil causes, might have been extended to every case which could possibly arise in any state or within the United States. And, if gentlemen please, under this general and unlimited delegation of power to erect courts, Congress might not only create and abolish courts and judges at will, but might limit the tenure of office to a term of years, to be held at the pleasure of the President or any executive officer of the government. It is under authority of this part of the constitution, that the inferior courts have been established, and it is apparent that the power given to the legislature by the general words is not only broad enough to cover all the ground demanded, but much more, and for myself, I shall readily admit, that unless this power has been limited by the subsequent parts of the constitution, Congress may at this time do what they please with courts and judges. Under the second provision which I have cited, Congress were authorised to pass the law organizing the supreme court and establishing the salaries of the judges of all the courts, and to pass all laws which were necessary to give complete efficacy to the judicial power.
I will not detain the committee by examining the particular provisions of the second article, because that relates exclusively to the executive power, and is not materially connected with this subject; but will pass to the consideration of the third article, and to which I now beg the particular attention of the committee.
The third article of the constitution does not delegate any power to the legislature—its object is to make a disposition of the judicial power—to limit and to define it—these are the great objects, and the article has provided for them in the follow-
ing manner: by designating the courts in which the judicial power shall vest; by commensurate with good behaviour, and a compensation for services which cannot be diminished; by designating the jurisdiction which the courts shall exercise; the mode in which trials shall proceed, and the facts which shall constitute certain crimes.
(To be continued)
Alexandria Advertiser.
THURSDAY, MAY 20.
DEFINITIVE TREATY.
On Wednesday the 12th inst. arrived at Marklehead the Schooner Molly, 42 days from Havre. A paper of that city, of the 30th March, contains a copy of the Definitive Treaty of Peace—of which the following is a translation.
PALLADIUM. Definitive Treaty of Peace between the French Republic, the King of Spain and the Batavian Republic, on the one part, and his Majesty the King of the United Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland on the other.
THE first consul of the French republic, in the name of the French nation, and his majesty the King of the United Kingdom, &c. equally animated by a desire to put a stop to the calamities of war, have laid the foundations of the peace, by the preliminary articles signed at London, the 1st of October, 1801; and as by the 15th article of the said preliminary, it has been agreed, "that there shall be nominated on the one part and the other plenipotentiaries, who shall resort to Amiens, to draw up the definitive treaty, in concert with the allies of the contracting parties;" the first consul of the French republic, in the name of the French nation, has appointed citizen JOSEPH BONAPARTE, counsellor of state; and his majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Marquis CORNWALLIS, knight of the most illustrious order of the garter, &c. his majesty the King of Spain, and the government of the Batavian republic have appointed for their plenipotentiaries, Don JOSEPH NICHOLAS D'AZZARRA, &c. and ROGER JOHN SCHIMMELPENNINCK, &c. who after having exchanged in due form their powers, which are hereinafter stated, have agreed to the following articles:
Art. I. There shall be peace, amity and a good understanding between the French republic, the King of Spain, his heirs and successors, and the Batavian republic, on the one part; and his majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, his heirs and successors, on the other part.
The contracting parties shall endeavor to maintain a perfect harmony between them and their states, without sufferings, on either side, any sort of hostility by land or sea, under any pretence whatever; they shall carefully avoid every thing which may, in future, disturb the union so happily established, and shall afford neither aid nor protection, directly or indirectly, to those who would prejudice either of them.
Art. II. All the prisoners made on either side, by land or by sea, and the hostages taken or given during the war, and to the present time, shall be restored, without ransom, in six weeks at farthest, to reckon from the day of the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty, after paying the debts contracted during their captivity. Each contracting party shall (liquidate) pay, respectively, the advances made by either of the contracting parties for the subsistence and maintenance of prisoners in the country where they shall have been detained.—There shall be appointed a special commission to establish and regulate the compensation due either party. The time and place of meeting the commissioners, charged with the execution of this article, shall be fixed in concert; they shall state an account, not only of the expenses of the prisoners, but also for the foreign troops, which, before being taken, were in the pay of any one of the parties.
Art. III. His Britannic majesty restores to the French republic and its allies, the King of Spain and the Batavian republic all the possessions and colonies which belonged to them respectively, and which have been occupied or conquered by the British forces in the course of the present war, with the exception of the Isle

of Trinidad, and Dutch possessions in the Isle of Ceylon.
IV. His Catholic majesty cedes and guarantees in full possession and sovereignty to his Britannic majesty the Island of Trinidad.
V. The Batavian republic cedes and guarantees in full possession and sovereignty to his Britannic majesty, all the possessions and establishments in the island of Ceylon, which belonged, before the war, to the Republic of the United Provinces, or to its East Indian company.
VI. The port of Cape of Good Hope is restored in full sovereignty, as before the war, to the Batavian Republic.
The vessels of every description, belonging to the other, contracting parties, shall have the privilege of resuming and purchasing the necessary provisions as formerly, without paying any other duties than the Dutch are subject to.
VII. The territories and possessions of her most faithful majesty are to remain entire, as they were before the war; but the limits of French and Portuguese Guyana are fixed at the river Ararawary which empties into the ocean above the "North Cape," near "New Isle," and the isle of Penitence, in about a degree and a third of north latitude. These limits shall follow the course of the river Ararawary, from its mouth, the farthest from the Cape, to its source—thence in a straight line drawn from this source to "Rio Branco" towards the West. Therefore, the northern bank of the river Ararawary, from its mouth to the source, and the territory north of the above limits, shall belong in full possession to the French Republic: The southern bank of the said river, from the mouth, and all the territory south of said limits, shall belong to her most faithful majesty. The navigation of the river Ararawary in its whole course, shall be common to the two nations.
The arrangements which have taken place between the two Courts of Madrid and of Lisbon, for the establishment of their frontiers in Europe, shall be made according to the stipulations of the treaty of Badajoz.
VIII. The territorial possessions and rights of the Sublime Porte, shall be maintained entire as they were before the war.
IX. The Republic of the seven isles is acknowledged.
X. The islands of Malta, Gozo, and Comino, shall be restored to the order of St. John of Jerusalem, to be held by it under the same conditions as before the war, and under the following regulations;
1st. The Knights of the order, whose ("langues") languages continue to exist, after the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty, are invited to return to Malta, as soon as the exchange takes place: They will there form a general chapter, and proceed to elect a grand master, selected from among the natives of those nations who preserve (des langues) the language, unless they shall have already made choice since the ratification of the preliminaries. It is understood that an election made since that epoch shall alone be considered valid, to the exclusion of every other which may have taken place prior to that epoch.
2d. The governments of the French Republic and Great-Britain, wishing to place the Order and Island of Malta in a state of entire independence in respect to them, agree, that henceforward neither the French nor English language shall be suffered there, and that no individual of either of these powers can be admitted into the Order.
3d. There shall be established a Maltese language, which shall be maintained by the territorial revenues, and the commercial duties of the island. This language shall be entitled to the dignities proper to it, to benefits ("traitemens") and to a college ("auberge.") Proof of nobility shall not be required for the admission of the Knights of the said language; they shall be admissible to all the offices, and shall enjoy all the privileges with the Knights of other Orders. The municipal, administrative, civil, judicial and other offices dependant on the government of the island, shall be occupied, on half at least, by the inhabitants of Malta, Gozo and Comino.
4th. The forces of his Britannic majesty shall evacuate the island and its dependencies in three months after the exchange of the ratification, or sooner, if possible, when it shall be restored to the order in the state in which it is found, provided
that the grand master, or commissaries fully authorized according to the statutes of the order, be in the said island to take possession thereof, and the troops which are to be furnished by his Sicilian majesty, as hereafter stipulated, be arrived.
5th. Half of the garrison at least, shall be composed of native Maltese: The remainder, the order shall have the power of raising among the natives of those nations who continue to possess the language. The Maltese troops shall have Maltese officers. The command in chief of the garrison, as well as the nomination of officers, shall belong to the grand master, and he cannot dispense with it, even temporarily, but in favor of a knight, according to the advice of the council of the order.
6th. The independence of the Islands of Malta, of Gozo, and of Comino, as well as the present establishment, is placed under the protection and guarantee, of France Great-Britain, Austria, Spain, Russia and Prussia.
7th. The order and island of Malta, with its dependencies, are declared neutral.
8th. The ports of Malta shall be open to the commerce and navigation of all nations, who will pay their equal and regular duties; these duties shall be applied to the maintenance of the Maltese language, as specified in the 3d sect.—and of the civil and military establishments of the island and also of a general Lazaretto, open to all nations.
9th. The Barbary powers are excepted from the two preceding stipulations, until the contracting parties shall procure a cessation of the hostilities which subsist between the said Barbary states, the order of St. John, and those powers that possess the language, or are a component part of it.
10th. The order shall be governed, as well in its spiritual as temporal capacity, by the same laws, which were in force when the knights quitted the island, as far as they are not deprived of them by the present treaty.
11th. The regulations contained in sections 3d, 5th, 8th, and 10th, shall become laws and perpetual statutes of the order in the usual form; and the grand master, or if he should not be in the order, his representative, as well as his successors, shall make oath punctually to observe them.
12th. His Sicilian majesty shall be requested to furnish 2000 men, natives of his dominions, to serve as a garrison in the different fortresses of the said islands. This force shall remain there a year, from the restitution to the knights; and if, at the expiration thereof, the order shall not have levied a sufficient force in the judgment of the guarantee-powers, to serve as garrison to the island and its dependencies, as specified in sect. 5th, the Neapolitan troops shall remain there until replaced by another sufficient force.
13th. The different powers designated in section 6th, to wit: France, Great Britain, Austria, Spain, Russia, and Prussia, are invited to accede to the present stipulations.
Art. XI. The French troops shall evacuate the kingdom of Naples and the Roman state; the English forces shall likewise evacuate Porto Ferrajo, and generally, all the ports and islands which they occupied in the Mediterranean or in the Adriatic Sea.
XII. The evacuations, cessions, and restitutions stipulated by the present treaty, shall go into operation, as they regard Europe, in the course of a month, the seas of America and Africa in three months; the continent and seas of Asia in six months, following the ratification of the present definitive treaty, except in those cases especially provided to the contrary.
XIII. In all cases of restitution, granted by the present treaty, the fortifications shall be restored in the condition in which they were found at the moment of signing the preliminaries, and all the works constructed since their being occupied shall remain untouched.
It is more ver agreed, that in every case of cession stipulated, there shall be allowed to the inhabitants, of whatever condition or nation, a term of three years, from the ratification of the present treaty, to dispose of their property acquired and possessed, whether before or during the present war; during which period of three years they may enjoy freely their religion and their property. The same is granted in the countries restored, to all those, whether inhabitants or not, who shall have made any establishments during the period when these countries were possessed by Great Britain.
As to the inhabitants of places ceded or restored, it is agreed that no one shall be persecuted or disturbed in his person or property, under any pretext, on account of his political conduct or opinion, or of his attachment to either of the contracting parties, or for any other cause, except
debts contracted with individuals, or for acts posterior to the present treaty.
XIV. All requisitions, on the one part or the other, laid upon funds or revenues, of whatever kind they may be, belonging to one of the contracting parties, or to its citizens or subjects, shall be taken off immediately after the signature of this definitive treaty.
The decision of all claims between the individuals of the respective nations, for debts, property, effects, or whatever rights, which conformably to the established usages and to the rights of nations, should be exhibited at the moment of peace, shall be laid before the competent tribunals, and prompt and full justice shall be rendered in these cases in the dominions where the claims shall be made.
XV. The fisheries upon the coasts of Newfoundland and the adjacent isles, and in the gulf of St. Laurence, are placed upon the same footing as before the war.
The French fishermen of Newfoundland, and the inhabitants of the islands of St. Peter and Miquelon, shall be allowed to cut the wood necessary to them in the Bay of Fortune and of Despair, during the first year, from the ratification of the present treaty.
XVI. To prevent all subjects of complaint and contest which may arise from captures which may be made at sea after the signing of the preliminary articles it is mutually agreed, that the vessels and effects which may have been taken in the channel, and in the North Seas, after 12 days from the exchange of the ratifications of the preliminaries, shall be restored on both sides; and the term shall be a month from the channel and the North Seas to the Canary isles, inclusively, whether in the Ocean or in the Mediterranean: two months from the Canary isles to the Equator; and five months in all other parts of the globe, without any further exception or distinction of time or place.
XVII. The ambassadors, ministers and other agents of the contracting powers, shall respectively enjoy in the states of the said powers, the same rank, privileges, prerogatives and immunities, which agents of the same class enjoyed before the war.
XVIII. The branch of the House of Nassau, which was established in the ci-devant republic of the United Provinces, now the Batavian republic, having sustained losses as well in private property as by the change of the constitution adopted in that country, there shall be procured compensation equivalent to the said losses.
XIX. The present Definitive Treaty of peace is declared common to the Sublime Ottoman Porte, ally of his Britannic majesty; and the Sublime Porte shall be requested to transmit its accession as soon as possible.
XX. It is agreed that the contracting parties, upon the demand by them respectively made, or by their ministers and officers, duly authorized to this effect, shall be held to deliver up to justice, persons accused of the crimes of murder, of forgery, or of fraudulent bankruptcy, committed within the jurisdiction of the party making the demand, provided that it shall not be done unless the evidence of the crime shall be so well established, that the laws of the place, where the accused person shall be discovered, would authorize his detention and transmission to justice in case the crime had been there committed. The expence of apprehending and transmitting the person to justice, shall be defrayed by those who make the demand. It is understood that this article does not regard in any way, the crimes of murder, forgery, or fraudulent bankruptcy, committed prior to the conclusion of the Definitive Treaty.
XXI. The contracting parties promise to observe with sincerity and good faith, all the articles of the present treaty, and they will not suffer their respective citizens or subjects to act in contravention of the same, directly or indirectly, and the said contracting parties guarantee to each other generally and reciprocally, all the stipulations of the present treaty.
XXII. The present treaty shall be ratified by the contracting parties within the space of thirty days or sooner, if possible, and the ratifications in due form shall be exchanged at Paris.
In faith of which, we, the undersigned plenipotentiaries have signed with our hands, and by virtue of our full powers respectively, the present Definitive Treaty, and affixed our respective seals.
Done at Amiens, March 25, 1802. (Signed) BUONAPARTE, CORNWALLIS, AZARRA, SCHIMMELPENNINCK
The sch'r Eliza, capt. White, of this port, was left at New-Orleans the 13th of April.
By capt. O'Brien from Teneriffe, arrived at N. York the 16th inst. several official letters were received from Peter Stirling, esq. vice consul of the United States at Barcelona. The first letter of the date of the 6th February, contains information that the Swedish admiral, Baron Cederstrom, then at Malaga, had given orders that on the 10th of January, he intended to dispatch two frigates of his division, to convoy the Swedish and American vessels destined for the ports of the Mediterranean, as far as Sicily.
The second letter is addressed to capt. J. O'Brien, of the date of the 13th of February. Mr. Stirling informs captain O'Brien that, by a letter addressed to Mr. William Willis (Consul) from Mr. Richard O'Brien, dated the 30th of January, at Algiers—"It seems from the best information, that at present there are three sail of Tripolitan cruisers at sea, in search of Americans and Swedes; and some report that there were five cruisers out." Mr. Stirling adds, that the Swedish admiral had gone to Toulon, to adopt a plan with commodore Dale, relative to attacking Tripoli; and expresses his hopes that it may be attacked with success; for if the war should continue in its present state, it would drain the U. States of vast sums of money.
Capt. O'Brien adds, that on the 28th February, during a violent gale, a number of Swedish vessels had taken shelter in the inner road of Salou, amongst which was a Tripolitan Xebec of 10 guns and full of men, under French colors. This cruiser on the 2d of March went to sea and anchored in 50 fathoms water. Some time previous to this, at night a boat belonging to her was seen rowing amongst the Danish vessels adjacent to the port of Salou.
Justices of the Peace for the Territory of Columbia, as approved by the Senate, April 27, 1802.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Daniel Reintzell, Daniel Corroll, Cornelius Cunningham, Thomas Peter, Robert Brent, Thomas Addison, Abraham Boyd, Benjamin Moore, John Mason, William Thornton, Joseph Sprigg Belt, Thomas Corcoran, Anthony Reintzell, John Oakley, Isaac Pierce, } New nominations.
ALEXANDRIA COUNTY.
* George Gilpin, Francis Peyton, Charles Alexander, George Taylor, * Jonah Thompson, Abraham Faw, * Charles Alexander, jun., * John C. Herbert, Cuthbert Powell, * Jacob Hoffman, Elisha C. Dick, Alexander Smith, Peter Wise, jun., George Slacum, Presley Gunnell, } New nominations. John Dundas, }
Those Majistrates, whose names have an Asterisk prefixed, hold commissions under the late President of the United States.
A letter from Cape Francois, under date of the 29th April, to a gentleman in Philadelphia, states, "a rumor is now very prevalent, that Toussaint has been shot in the shoulder, of which wound he has since died."
Sales by Auction.
SALE OF Damaged Goods & Furniture.
On Saturday the 22d inst. will be sold at the Auction Room,
Four bales of damaged Osna-burgs, for the benefit of the underwriters.
Also will be sold, without reserve,
Two trunks of cotton hose, 1 trunk umbrellas, 1 trunk ribbons, together with a variety of
Household Furniture,
consisting of mahogany and walnut dining tables, mahogany and Windsor chairs, carpets, large looking glasses, feather beds, plated urns, butter boats and bread baskets, silver candlesticks and goblets, large oras and irons, 1 elegant chimney clock, and a number of other articles.
THOMAS MOORE,
May 20.
Auctioneer
The subscribers have for sale at their store, corner of Prince and Water streets, at a moderate advance for cash,
Molasses of an excellent quality in hds. New-England Rum in bbls. Beef in barrels and half barrels, Coffee in bags, Soap in boxes, Mould and Dipt Candles in do. Chocolate, James River Tobacco, Cheese, best Havana Segars, Turks-Island and Liverpool Salt, fresh R. Island Lime, Nova Scotia Grindstones, fine and coarse Hats, Brown Sugar in barrels, Pickled Salmon in bbls. two hds. of Allum, three boxes pint and half pint tumblers, Tanners Oil.
Also,
A general assortment of Ladies' and Gentlemens' Shoes,
Amongst which are,
A few fashionable English nice slippers, just received.
JOSIAH FAXON & Co.
May 20.
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John Gardner Ladd
Has lately received for sale at his Warehouse, Prince street Wharf, Russia Sheetings, Russia and Ravens Duck } per bale or piece, And India Cotton German Linens and one trunk sewing Silks and Ribbons, A few pair handsome Looking Glasses in gilt and mahogany frames, Two bales of Paper Hangings, A great variety of mens, womens and childrens' shoes, coarse and fine, Hyson, Young Hyson and } TEAS, Souchong Tea table sets of China in boxes, Cotton, wool and playing Cards, Holland and country Gin of the best quality in pipes, W. India, and N. } in hhds and bls. England Rum, Molasses & Sugars Coffee in bags, Spinning Cotton, Butter in firkins, Beef and Pork in bls. and half bls, Spermaceti and tallow Candles, White and brown Soap, Chocolate of the best and common sort, Cheese of an extraordinary fine quality, Shad, Herrings and dried Cod-Fish, A quantity of red Seal Leather, Fresh Raisins and Figs in casks, Lemons in boxes, Pepper, Allspice, Nutmegs, Almonds, and a small quantity of fresh Hops, &c. Also, About 30 tons of Lignumvitæ. May 13. d
Ricketts, Newton and Co.
Have just received, Hyson, Hyson Skin, Young Hyson and } TEAS, Imperial Nankeens, Bandanno hhds. and humbuns, German and British osnaburgs, Ticklenburgs, Loaf and lump sugars, Jamaica sugar in hhds. and bls. Molasses, Jamaica spirits, And a quantity of Shad and Herrings in barrels. Wanted Immediately, A white or black woman, to do the house-work in a small family.—Enquire of the Printers. May 10. d
GERMAN LINENS.
Joseph Riddle & Co. HAVE FOR SALE Best white Ticklenburg, Second qual. do. Brown do. Osnaburgs, Brown Hemp Roll, White do. Hessian do. Brown Holland and Dowlas. ALSO ON HAND, A Quantity of Turk's Island, Isle of May, and Cadiz SALT. December 29. d
VALUABLE LANDS
In Hardy county, Virginia, for Sale at Auction. By virtue of a Deed of Trust from Peter Catlett and Susannah his wife, to the subscriber, will be sold at public auction, at the Coffee House in the town of Alexandria, on Monday the 31st day of this present month, at 12 o'clock for ready money, Two hundred and six acres of LAND, being part of a tract containing 406 acres; lying and being in the county of Hardy, in the state of Virginia, adjoining Robert Denton's land, about two miles from Col. Martin's Front Pond, on the Thorn Bottom. The title of this land is indisputable, and it is said by good judges to be of an excellent quality. HENRY MOORE, Trustee. T. MOORE, Auctioneer. May 10. d 12t Just received and for Sale at this office—Price One Dollar, DEBATES In the Senate of the United States, on the bill for repealing the late JUDICIARY LAW. May 10. An apprentice wanted.
Valuable Building Lots
In and adjoining the town of Alexandria. For sale on a long Credit. On Wednesday, the 16th day of June, will be sold at public auction, on the premises, About forty five acres of LAND, in and adjoining to the town of Alexandria, and binding on Hunting creek. This land will be divided into squares, according to the plan of the town, and each square will be sold separately, on a credit of six, twelve, fifteen and eighteen months—the purchasers giving notes negotiable in the bank of Alexandria, with approved endorsers. The whole of this land is now enclosed by a post and rail fence. Its contiguity to the town, and its high and healthy situation render it amongst the most desirable estates in the neighborhood for building lots. On one of the lots a neat and commodious framed dwelling house hath been erected, together with the necessary out-houses, and on this lot there is a well of good water, and a number of flourishing trees growing. Some small frame houses have been erected on an adjoining lot. The title to this property is complete, and conveyances will be made in fee simple when the purchase money is received. The title papers may be seen, and likewise a plat of the land and lots, by applying to the subscriber. JAMES H. HOOE. At the same time and place will be sold a LEASE for thirteen years of twenty seven acres of LAND adjoining the above tract: subject to a ground rent of twenty seven pounds per year. May 17. d 1m
Just Received,
and for sale at this Office, Mr. BAYARD'S SPEECH on the Bill for repealing the late Judiciary Act. FOR SALE, A Negro Man, about 25 or 26 years of age—accustomed to house work and waiting at table—being strong and active he may be otherwise employed at the pleasure of the purchaser. Apply to the printers. March 29. d
T. SIMMS
Has just received and offers for sale, at the lower end of Prince street, 15 jars best quality Tamarinds, And a quantity of Fresh Limes and Lemons. April 27. d
In the case of James Gillies, a Bankrupt.
WHEREAS a commission of bankruptcy was duly awarded and issued against James Gillies, of the town of Alexandria, in the district of Columbia, by the name and the description of James Gillies, on the 6th day of May, in the year of our lord, one thousand eight hundred and two: And whereas the commissioners in and by the said commission named and authorised, have declared him to be a bankrupt; the said commissioners do hereby summon and require the said James Gillies personally to be and appear before the commissioners, in the said commission named, on Thursday the 13th day of this present month; on Thursday the 3rd day of June next, and on Friday the 18th day of the same month, at Gadsby's Tavern in Alexandria, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon of each day, then and there to be examined, and to make a full and true discovery and disclosure of all his estate and effects according to the directions of the act of Congress, entitled, "An act to establish an uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States," at either of which meetings the creditors of said bankrupt may attend to prove the same, and those who are indebted to the said bankrupt, or have effects of any kind in their hands belonging to him, are not to pay away or secrete the same. JAMES KEITH, J. C. HERBERT, J. B. NICKOLS, } Commissioners. Teste, HENRY MOORE, Secretary to the commission. May 8. d 6w
To the Citizens of Prince William County.
TAKE NOTICE, that there will be a petition presented to the next General Assembly of Virginia, for the purpose of moving the County Court from Dumfries to the centre of the county.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ALEXANDRIA COUNTY. } TO WIT.
In pursuance of an order of the Circuit Court for the district and county aforesaid, made by consent of parties in the case of the United States; v. s. Robert T. Hooe and Co. in chancery, will be exposed to public sale for ready money upon the 19th day of June next, the following valuable property, conveyed in trust to the subscribers by Col. John Fitzgerald, late of this town, deceased, viz:—
A Water Lot commonly called Fitzgerald's Wharf, lying upon the south side of King street and east side of Union street, and bounded by an alley of 30 feet in width, on the south from Union street to the water. On this piece of ground are erected three Brick Warehouses, 24 feet 4 inches in front, 42 feet deep and three stories high each—Also, a SAIL LOFT above the up per story 73 feet in length and 42 feet wide upon the floor—all under one roof. Adjoining, and on the east side of this house, is a piece of ground unimproved the whole length of the house, 55 feet deep, terminating on a 25 feet alley, laid out upon the front of the wharf. From the front of the wharf is a pier extended into the river 100 feet by 60 in breadth. Appertaining to the pier is a dock 35 feet wide on the one side and another 28 feet on the other side. Wm. HERBERT, Jno. C. HERBERT, } Trustees. May 8. d 1f
Philadelphia Bar Iron,
A few tons just arrived by capt. Hand, and if the subscriber meets with encouragement in the sale, he will endeavor to keep a constant supply of it. He has three boxes of
WINDOW GLASS, 10 by 8,
And COARSE SALT, fit for the fisheries, to sell. A Lot or two to rent for five years, in the Gut, near the Spring where a tan yard was once begun. Wm. Hartshorne. 5th mo. 3d. d
JUST RECEIVED,
A COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF GLASS, Consisting of elegant cut quart and pint decanters, goblets, tumblers and wine glasses, to match; plain half pint, pint and quart tumblers, do. quart, pint and half pint decanters, which will be sold by the box, or by retail, on moderate terms. Also, Gentlemens' fine black Hats of a superior quality, do. white with green unders, childrens' fine do. of every colour, and a quantity of well assorted, low priced wool hats, by the box or by retail. JOSHUA RIDDLE. April 19. eo
Wanted a Journeyman Baker.
A person who is master of the baking business, particularly hard biscuit, &c. and well recommended, will meet with employment and good wages, by applying to J. Stickney, or H. Jones, merchant, opposite Rhodes's tavern, City of Washington. May 15. eo 3t
PETER NOWLAND,
Hair Dresser, Royal Street, Has just received an additional supply of articles in his line, among which are Ladies' shell Combs mounted with gold and beads, Gentlemens' plain do. Almond Paste for cleaning the skin, Chemical Wash Balls, Gentlemens' Morocco travelling Shaving Cases, Salt of Lemons for taking spots out of Clothes, Vegetable Powder in boxes, Short Silk Suspenders, Violet & Windsor Soap, Essences in Phials, Tooth Powder and Dentifrice, An assortment of Tooth Brushes, Silk and Swandown Powder Puffs, Curling and Pinching Tongs, Rose, Melliflower, Violet and Mar. schall Pomatum, Ladies and gentlemens' japanned Dressing Cases, complete, Gentlemens' Neck Pads, Do. Bandoes, Moreton's and Hopkins's Razor Straps, Bayley's Shoe Blacking, Court Plaister. May 6. eo 6t
Land for Sale.
On Friday the 18th of June next, will be sold, on the premises, by virtue of a decree of the county court of Fairfax, made by consent of parties at July Court, in the year 1801, in a suit brought on the chancery side of the said court, By Wm. Wainwright, Josiah W. King, Letitia King, Henry Whitecroft, Sarah Whitecroft, Thos. Munroe, Frances Munroe, Alexander Kerr, Ann Kerr, and Catharine Whitecroft, administrators & heirs at law of Wm. Whitecroft, deceased, Against Josiah Watson, and Jane his wife, and Jas. Watson, } Complainants, } Defendants.
We the subscribers, commissioners in and by the said decree commissioned and named, shall proceed to expose to public sale by auction for ready money, all that tract or parcel of land lying in the county of Fairfax, about two or three miles from Alexandria, between the turnpike and Colchester roads, and touching on both of those roads, with Cameron and South Run flowing through it, containing between five and six hundred acres, mortgaged by Josiah Watson to William Whitecroft deceased, which mortgage is filed among the papers in the said suit. The above land will be sold either in parcels or altogether as may be found most suitable on the day of sale; a satisfactory exhibition of the title will be ready for the inspection of all concerned by the day of sale, and those disposed to purchase, are referred for more particular information to the proceedings and decree in the said suit to Mr. Josiah Watson, in the town of Alexandria, or to either of the subscribers, Wm. HARTSHORNE, Nich's FITZHUGH, Wm. PAYNE. May 4. eo 6t
SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR
The Turnpike Road from Alexandria to Little River, in Loudoun county, will be received by William Hartshorne for himself and John Thomas Ricketts, in Alexandria—Israel Lacy and Burr Powell in Loudoun; David Hunter and William Riddle in Berkley; Thomas Hammond and Matthew Frame in Jefferson; Bushrod Taylor and Wm. Davidson in Frederick; Samuel Crowder and William Stienberger in Shenandoah. This being a business in which the community may be greatly benefited, and as it has only this day come into my hands, I have undertaken to publish without consulting the other commissioners as they are all at a distance. The law is with me and I doubt not will be shewn by the other commissioners, to any person applying. The law requires Ten Dollars to be paid at the time of subscribing; the remaining sum of Ninety Dollars, on each share, is to be paid in dividends, as called for by the President and Directors, to be chosen by the stockholders. Wm. HARTSHORNE. April 20. eo
ATTENTION!
WANTED to employ immediately, for the benefit of the 60th Regiment of Virginia Militia, two MUSICIANS; one to teach the different beats of the drum, the other, the music of the fife. Such persons as are well qualified for the above tuition, and will engage to instruct the Learners which will consist of sixteen boys for each branch, shall receive a liberal compensation from the subscriber, who is authorized by law to employ tutors; and by the Court of Enquiry, to pay them for their services when performed. CHARLES LITTLE. April 7. Fairfax County, 22wtf
GUNPOWDER.
Baltimore Bellona Gunpowder, by the quarter cask. Also, Refined Salt Petre, by the quarter cwt. or larger quantity. A constant supply of those articles from the Manufactory, will be kept for sale on the lowest terms, by LAWRASON & SMOOT. April 8. eo 6m