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NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, AND WASHINGTON ADVERTISER.
Vol. V. WASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. NO. DCCIX. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24th, 1805. FIVE DOLLARS PER ANNUM. PAID IN ADVANCE.
THE subscribers have opened a GROCERY STORE in the house near the Capitol, lately occupied by Mr. JAMES D. BARREY—where they have for sale, low, for cash or in exchange for country produce. Genuine Cogniac brandy, Inferior French do. Old Jamaica spirits, Madeira, Sherry, Lisbon, and claret, smaller quantity, Claret, Brown Sugar, 1st and 2d quality, Loaf and Lump, do. Molasses, Firkin 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, Rye, Imperial, Young Rye, Tea, fresh, and of superior quality. Salt Herrings in Barrels. PETER HEALY, & Co. Washington October 31—tf
STELLE'S HOTEL & CITY TAVERN. THE subscriber takes this method of thanking his friends and the public for their favors while on the Capitol Square and begs leave to acquaint them that having purchased and now occupying the tavern, late Tunnicliff's hotel, which he has commenced enlarging and improving—he respectfully solicits a continuance of the patronage of his friends and the public; assuring them that 'tis his full determination to fit up his present hotel, and so to conduct it, as to merit, he hopes, the preference of the public travelling, as well as those coming to the permanent seat of the Government of our Land of Liberty. PONTIUS D. STELLE. Washington City, March 25—tf
TO LET. I wish to let for 2 1-2 years the house in which I reside, furnished as it is. The house is large and tolerably convenient; the furniture ample new and fashionable. My demand for the whole is 750 dollars per annum, payable quarterly—it more agreeable to the tenant I will reserve the lower room now occupied by me as a store, and deduct 100 dollars from the annual rent. Possession may be had 1st July next. CHARLES LOVE. Georgetown, Jefferson Street. April 12—3w. N. B. For sale a large flock of Groceries, by wholesale only.
Garden Seeds, &c. Theophilus Holt has received his assortment of garden seeds, &c. consisting of most kind of kitchen garden and flower seeds, physical and pot herb seeds, Lucerne, St. Foin, Burnet seeds, bird seeds, garden tools, viz. hoes and rakes, various sizes, garden shears, reeds and lines, budding and pruning knives, spades, belt Durham mustard by the pound, split peas, &c. &c. for sale at his nursery garden Eastern Branch, City Washington. April 15—3t. N. B. The garden seeds and tools may also be had of Mr. Eno, George Town.
FOR SALE. Eight hundred acres of Land. IN Fauquier county state of Virginia, known by the name of Oakland Farm, distance about 22 miles from Fredericksburg, and the same from Dumfries. About three hundred acres of this land are under a fine growth of oak and hickory timber. The cleared land is inclosed and well adapted to the culture of corn, wheat and tobacco, it is finely watered by a number of never failing springs, dispersed in such a manner in four separate inclosures, as to afford water for stock in great plenty. On the premises are a small mill and distillery, a strong frame dwelling house 44 feet by 20, finished in a plain and elegant style, a stone spring house completely finished, scullery and framing, sufficient for a kitchen and smoke house. Any person inclining to purchase will be shown the land by Mr. Levan Oliver who lives near the place—the terms may be known by an application to Mr. John Love of said county and the title confirmed by the subscriber living in the city of Washington, district of Columbia. THOMAS THORPE. April 3—1awtf
Life of Washington. Gentlemen in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, who signed a subscription paper for the above work held by DAVID POE, Jun. late postmaster of that place, who received the advance money and never remitted one cent to the publisher, will be furnished with their books on applying at John March's bookstore, George Town, or to Mr. G. Hill, bookbinder, Baltimore. * * The Third volume of the above book is published ready for subscribers. April 12—1aw3t
One Hundred Dollars Reward. ON Friday evening the 22nd inst. ROBERT W. PEACOCK, confined in the Jail of Washington County of the District of Columbia, upon a conviction of forgery at December Term, 1804, escaped from said Jail. He was before this conviction a practicing Attorney in the City of Washington, and is very well known in Virginia and Maryland, having resided in both. He is a stout man, 5 feet 10 or 11 inches high, about 34 or 35 years of age, looks young of his age, has blue eyes, full face, fair and ruddy complexion, light hair, which he wears tied behind. He is also very much inclined to corpulency. Whoever apprehends the said felon, and secures him in any Jail, so that I get him again, shall receive the above reward from DANIEL C. BRENT, Marshal of the District of Columbia. March 25—tf
THIRTY DOLLARS REWARD. Runaway from the subscriber on Thursday the 11th inst. a negro man named SANDY, 22 years of age, about 5 feet 6 inches high, well made, round forehead, face and of light complexion, and short hair, by trade a barber—He was met on the day he absconded between Thomas's ferry and the Eastern Branch bridge, with a bridle in his hand; when met he wore a short coat made of grey cloth, and mackinaw small clothes, white waistcoat and a half worn black hat; it is probable he is lurking about the city of Washington or George town, or may have made for Baltimore. I will give the above reward, if he is secured in any Jail without the district so that I get him again, or one half if taken within the district, and if delivered here all reasonable charges paid in addition. H. ROSE. Alexandria, April 17—3t
War Department, March 6, 1805. Notice is hereby given.
THAT separate proposals will be received at the office of the Secretary for the Department of War, until 12 o'clock at noon of the first Wednesday in June next, for the supply of all rations that may be required for the use of the United States, from the 1st day of October 1805, until the 30th day of September 1806, both days inclusive, at the following places, viz. First, At Niagara, Detroit, Michilimackinac, Fort Wayne, Chicago, Swan Creek, and at any place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited within the state of Ohio, or territory of Michigan, or at any place or places within the Indiana territory north of the 41st degree of north latitude. Second, At South West Point, Tellico, Knoxville, Nashville, and within the Cherokee nation between Tennessee and Georgia, and on the Tennessee river, and on the road between said river and Nashville, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited within the states of Kentucky and Tennessee. Third, At the garrison near Vincennes on the river abv. ft. Fort Mafiac, New Madrid, Chickasaw Bluffs, Arkansas, Natchez and Fort Adams, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited in the Mississippi territory, except the county of Washington, and at any place or places in the Indiana territory south of the 41st degree of north latitude and fifty miles east of the Mississippi river. Fourth, At St. Louis, St. Charles, Kaskaskia, Cahokia, and at any place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited within the territory of Louisiana north of New Madrid, and at any place or places in the Indiana territory within fifty miles east of the Mississippi river and south of the 41st degree of north latitude, Fort Mafiac except. Fifth, At New Orleans Plaquemines, Point Coupee, Oacheta, Natchitoches, Appelonas, Attakapa, Fort Stodder, Fort St. Stephens, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited within the territory of Orleans, or in the county of Washington in the Mississippi Territory, and at any place or places on the west side of the Mississippi river below Arkansas. Separate proposals will also be received as aforesaid for the supply of all rations, which may be required for the use of the United States, from the 1st day of January 1806, to the 31st day of December of the same year, both days inclusive, within the several states herein after mentioned, viz. Sixth, At Fort Wilkinson, Cockspur Island and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited, within the state of Georgia, and on the Indian boundary between Georgia and the Creek nation. Seventh, At Charleston, Rocky Mount, on the head waters of the Santee, and at any place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited, within the states of North and South Carolina. Eighth, At Norfolk, and at any place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited, within the state of Virginia. Ninth, At Fort M'Henry, and at any place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited, within the state of Maryland and the district of Columbia. Tenth, At Fort Mifflin, and at any place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited, within the state of Pennsylvania, east of the river Susquehannah, and within the states of New Jersey, and Delaware. Eleventh, At Pittsburg, Carlisle, and at any place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited, within the state of Pennsylvania, west of the river Susquehannah.
Twelfth, At Fort Jay, West Point, Albany, Schenectady, and at any place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited, within the state of New York, Niagara and its dependencies excepted. Thirteenth, At Fort Trumbull, Fort Wolcott, and at any place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited, within the states of Connecticut, Rhode Island and Vermont. Fourteenth, At Fort Independence, (Boston harbour) and at any place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited, within the state of Massachusetts, the town of Springfield, and the district of Maine, excepted. Fifteenth, At Portsmouth, Portland, and at any place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited within the state of New Hampshire and the district of Maine. Sixteenth, Proposals will also be received as aforesaid, for the supply of all rations, which may be required by the U. States, for the troops which are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the town of Springfield in the state of Massachusetts, & for the armours and other portions employed in the United States' armoury at that place, from the 1st day of January 1806 to the 31st day of December in the same year, both days inclusive. A ration to consist of one pound and one quarter of Beef, or three quarters of a pound of pork, eighteen ounces of bread or flour, one gill of rum, whiskey or brandy, and at the rate of two quarts of salt, four quarts of vinegar, four pounds of soap, one pound and a half of candles, to every hundred rations. The prices of the several component parts of the ration shall be specified; but the United States reserve the right of making such alterations in the price of the component parts of the ration aforesaid, as shall make the price of each part thereof bear a just proportion to the proposed price of the whole ration. The rations are to be furnished in such quantities, that there shall at all times, during the term of the proposed contract, be sufficient for the consumption of the troops at Michilimackinac, Detroit, and Chicago, for six months in advance; and at each of the other posts on the western waters, for at least three months in advance, of good and wholesome provisions if the same shall be required. It is also to be permitted to all and every of the commandants of fortified places or posts, to call for, at seasons when the same can be transported, or at any time in case of urgency, such supplies of like provisions as is advance, in the discretion of the commandant shall be deemed proper. It is understood that the contractor is to be at the expense and risk of shipping the supplies to the troops, and that all losses sustained by the depredations of an enemy, or by means of the troops of the United States, shall be paid by the United States at the price of the articles captured or destroyed as aforesaid, on the deposition of two or more persons of credible character, and the certificate of a commissioned officer, stating the circumstances of the loss, and the amount of the articles for which compensation shall be claimed. The privilege is understood to be referred to the United States of requiring that none of the supplies, which may be furnished under any of the proposed contracts, shall be issued, until the supplies, which have been or may be furnished under contracts now in force, have been consumed; and that a supply in advance may be always required at any of the fixed posts on the seaboard, or Indian frontiers not exceeding three months. H. DEARBORN, Secretary of War. March 8—1aw6w
NOTICE. THE Subscriber has rented the house in F. Street, adjoining that in which the honorable James Madison resides. He intends pursuing the practice of Physic, Surgery, &c. Those who favor him with their custom, may expect his utmost exertions to render them ample satisfaction in the line of his profession. To such as wish for information respecting his qualifications and character, he only observes that he finished his medical education under the different professors in the university of Pennsylvania, and has practised medicine upwards of five years in Martinsburg, state of Virginia. He expects in a few days to add to his present stock of medicine, &c. such articles as will render his assortment complete; and to be able to furnish every article in the apothecary line. THOMAS PATTERSON. City Washington, April 1805—1aw3w.
To be sold at public auction, on Thursday the 20th of May next, at 12 o'clock, at Mr. STELLE'S in the city of Washington, if not sooner disposed of by private contract, of which due notice shall be given to the public, the estate called Chichester, lying on the Eastern Branch, immediate y opp the city of Washington, and extending from near the foot of the bridge to some distance below the Navy Yard. This tract of Land, containing 697 acres, is laid off in Lots from 83 acres to 117 for the convenience of purchasers. Plats of the estate, and the terms of sale, are in the hands of Col. Hanson, at the Navy Yard, and Capt. John Davidson at Rhodes's Hotel, or Charles Mayman, of Georgetown. The lots will be shown by Mr. Wedden, living on the premises, near the bridge. Should the weather prove bad on the 20th of May, the sale will take place on the next fair day. ANTHONY ADDISON. Barnaby, April 19—9amw.
NOTICE. IN obedience to general orders the First Battalion of the 1st Legion of Militia of the District of Columbia will meet for inspection in the city of Washington, on the vacant ground south of the President's House and near the Tyber, on Saturday the 4th May next, at 10 o'clock in the morning, &c. The 2nd Battalion of the same Legion will meet on the vacant ground east of High Street continued in George Town, commonly called the Old Orchard, on Saturday the 11th May next, at 10 o'clock in the morning. By order of Lt. Col. S. P. VANNESS. WM. D. BEALL, Adj. April 19—10t
SALE AT AUCTION POSTPONED. ON Thursday 24th April will be sold at public vendue, the remaining part of the furniture of Stelle's Hotel, on Capitol Hill, consisting of a number of excellent Beds and furniture, chairs, tables, &c. &c. to a quantity of kitchen furniture on the same terms as before advertised. The sale to commence at 11 o'clock. JOHN TRAVERS, Adm'r. N. B. The above property will be positively sold without reserve. April 19—tf.
Traveller's Hall. THE subscriber tenders his sincere thanks to his friends for the very liberal encouragement which they have bestowed on him. He will finish one of his new rooms in a few weeks, which will be large enough to dine near 200 persons at a time, and will shortly after have the remainder of his additional building completed, which will give him a front of near 100 feet, in the most agreeable part of the town, and in the centre of business being on the highest part of the public square. He has on hand, and has contracted for a constant supply of the best wines, and foreign spirituous liquors imported, and country provisions, stable forage, foreign & state newspapers—and has secured a quantity of liquors sufficient for the use of his table and bar during the season. He assures his friends, and that respectable part of the public who have patronized him, that there shall be nothing wanting which his time or purse will command, to render the Traveller's Hall a house of entertainment for genteel guests only, equal to any in America. R. BRADLEY. Lexington, Kentucky, March 1st 1805. N. B. A stage runs from the TRAVELLER'S HALL to the Olympian Springs in the summer and to Frankfort during the session of the Legislature. March 27—ep3m.
I DISCOVERED a few day since (in the Telegraph) a challenge by Samuel Norwood, Esq. Bon parte against Democrat—At Annapolis this fall, I proposed running Democrat against Bonaparte, carrying from 120 lbs. to 130 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 old. Should Mr. Norwood decline this offer, Democrat will cover mares next spring at the subscriber's 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 Medly, Eclipse, Figure, Dove, Godolphin, Arabian, and Mr. Talbot's Silima. 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 BUCKETT. December 21—1aw1ap30
Notice to Creditors. THIS is to give notice, that the subscriber of Washington city and county hath obtained from the Orphans Court of Washington county in the District of Columbia, letters of administration on the personal estate of JAMES CARLAN, late of said city and county deceased. All persons having claims against the said deceased are hereby warned to exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof, to the subscriber at or before the fifteenth day of October next; they may otherwise by law be excluded from all benefit of the said estate. Given under my hand this 8th day of April 1805. MARGARET CARLAN, Adm'x. April 19—w3t
The Causeway. The committee appointed for the purpose by the Corporation, will receive proposals for building the contemplated Causeway, a Dam from Mason's Island to the Virginia shore, until the 26th day of this month. THOS. CORCORAN, HENRY FOXALL, NATH. LUFEBOROUGH. April 19—3t
NOTICE. IN obedience to general orders the First Battalion of the 1st Legion of Militia of the District of Columbia will meet for inspection in the city of Washington, on the vacant ground south of the President's House and near the Tyber, on Saturday the 4th May next, at 10 o'clock in the morning, &c. The 2nd Battalion of the same Legion will meet on the vacant ground east of High Street continued in George Town, commonly called the Old Orchard, on Saturday the 11th May next, at 10 o'clock in the morning. By order of Lt. Col. S. P. VANNESS. WM. D. BEALL, Adj. April 19—10t
The three following Stallions will cover at the Bowling Green the present season. DAREDEVIL. Sire of Shadon, Bruus. Desdemona, Magner, Mr. Hatrison's colt (now Mr. Goodrich's) and many other good racers; &c.
SIX GUINEAS EACH MARE, and one dollar to the groom to be discharged any time before the 1st of August next, by the payment of 5 guineas, or 25 dollars if sent with the mare. Good pasturage gratis. Servants boarded at 100. 61. per week; gentlemen wishing their mares fed, will please send money with them to purchase grain or it cannot be had. Notes for the guineas will be expected with the mares that do not remain with the horse, those left must be paid for before they are removed. Great attention will be paid them, but no responsibility for accidents or escapes.
VOLUNTEER. At TEN DOLLARS EACH MARE, and half a dollar to the groom. He is a fine bay horse, of good size, very stout and strong, with a great deal of bone, very fine action, and uncommon speed, and very likely to get good horses either for the turf, carriage or saddle. Volunteer has been considered among the best running horses, and has won several races, among them a jockey club purse at Fredericksburg, and another at Richmond, and is as high bred a horse as any in the state; he was got by Bedford, his dam Favorite, a very fine English mare got by O'Kelly's famous Stallion Volunteer, (one of the best sons of Eclipse) her dam by Mr. Fenwick's celebrated stallion, Marchmont, &c. &c.
FORTUNIO, (THE TEAZER,) At FIVE DOLLARS each mare, he was got by Cormorant his dam a thoroughbred mare by old Janus. The season will end the first day of August next. JOHN HOOMES. Bowling Green, April 15—w10t
To THE MERCHANTS. MOSES YOUNG, Consul of the U. S. at MADRID, gives this notice to those who may have business there that he is upon the point of returning to his post. Letters may be addressed to him at Philadelphia until the 5th of next month. April 22—3t
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. THAT a Convention of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland will commence at Baltimore on the first Monday in June. The practitioners of Medicine and Surgery in the state of Maryland, are respectfully invited to attend. Those who have not been elected members of the faculty, will please to signify their wishes to the Secretary, or some other member, that they may be admitted at the opening of the convention, and take their seats immediately. Gentlemen who are candidates for permission to practice physic and surgery, in the state of Maryland, will please to attend at the session of the convention. By an unanimous resolution at the last meeting of the faculty, the orator appointed in 1802, was directed to deliver an oration in 1805—indisposition having been deemed a sufficient apology for the non-performance of his duty at that time. The ora or appointed for 1805, will, nevertheless, be expected to deliver his oration at the convention in June. The censors of the counties, towns, and of the cities of Baltimore and Annapolis, are earnestly requested to report to the convention (through the Secretary) the names, places of residence, and dates of commencement, of practice of all the practitioners within their respective jurisdictions. The censors will feel the necessity of such a measure, when they reflect that there are many unlicensed practitioners infringing the law, and that without the rigorous execution of their duty, it must become a dead letter. NATH. POTTER Sec. Med. and Chir. Fac. Maryland. The editors of the Washington Federalist, the National Intelligencer, the Frederick Town Herald, and of the Stat at Easton, will confer a particular favor on the faculty of physic, as well as serve interests of science and humanity, by giving the above a place in their papers two or three times previous to the first Monday in June. April 22
NEW Store. BY WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. The subscriber informs the public that he has commenced business in the house formerly occupied by MR. QUINN, F. Street. And has on hand, a general assortment dry goods, Groceries, wines and spirituous liquors. Porter, Hardware and Cutlery, Queenware, China and Glass, Beer, Corn, and Corn-meal, Oats, and Chopped rye, Candles and Soap by the box, Country whiskey by the barrel, &c. &c. All of which he will sell low for cash or country produce. The HIGHEST prices, given for country produce, CASH. FRANCIS CLARK. Aug. 29—wtf.

Late European News.
LONDON, MARCH 1.
A Russian squadron of 5 ships of the line, and frigates, anchored at Naples on the 30th December, and an additional force was daily looked for. Whether they had troops on board or otherwise, there is no information; but as Rome is stated to be full of Russian officers, whom their curiosity has drawn thither; and as several bodies of French horse and foot have retired out of the Neapolitan territory into Upper Italy, it is most probable that the Emperor of Russia has determined upon sending an army sufficient for the defence of the King of the Sicilies, and that this squadron has brought part of it.
A report was generally prevalent in London on Saturday, that the Dutch had revolted at the Cape of Good Hope, had succeeded in overpowering the government, and had hoisted English colors.
This report might have been considered as deserving of little credit, had it not been backed by strong circumstances from Holland, communicated by a gentleman who arrived in the course of the day, and on whose veracity, we are assured, perfect reliance may be placed.
Letters of the 18th inst. have been received from Rotterdam. The report of the insurrection at the Cape was whispered in the best informed circles, but was not made public. Intelligence had reached Rotterdam the same day, that M. van Schimmelpennick had arrived at the Hague from Paris with the new constitution, the promulgation of which was expected to take place in a few days. An uncommon degree of activity prevailed from the 10th to the date of the letters, among the ships of war, the transports, and the small craft in the Dutch harbors, destined to co-operate in the expedition against this country. All the vessels equipped for the conveyance of troops, were undergoing the inspection of the naval commissioner M. Perron, despatched for that purpose from Bologna, by order of Bonaparte.
No certain information has yet been received respecting the progress and destination of the Rochefort squadron, nor whether the Toulon fleet has or has not sailed.
On Friday last the Channel fleet under the command of admiral Cornwallis, arrived in Torbay.
The Spanish brig El Rosario, from Vera Cruz, laden with a valuable cargo, and having on board 30,000 dollars, has been taken by the Uranie, of 38 guns, and sent into Plymouth. The Spanish brig Caroline, with a valuable cargo from the Havannah, has been captured by the Pallas of 32 guns, and sent into the same place.
Saturday afternoon the Endymion frigate, captain Paget, arrived at Portsmouth with the following Spanish ships, which are very richly laden—Ecce Homo, from the Rio de la Plata; Astgarara, a gifter ship from Lima; La Pemesa de la Pas, from Rio de la Plata; La Biliante, from Vera Cruz, all laden with specie, cochineal, indigo, &c. The Endymion has 1,500,000 dollars on board, which she took out of the galleon. The Thetis, captain Shephard, has also sent in the ship Thetis from N. Orleans, laden with a valuable cargo. The Endymion has captured four more Spanish ships during her cruise, and since the declaration of war, which are safe arrived.
Our correspondent at C. wes writes us that a gentleman who came passenger in an armed cutter which on Sunday passed the Isle of Wight from Jersey, states that 6 sail of Spanish 74 gun ships had effected their escape, and had lately got into Brest, where he saw them on the 18th inst. We are unable to say what degree of credit is due to this statement, but no information upon this subject has yet reached the admiralty.
A letter from Guernsey, by the Brilliant, arrived at Southampton, states, that a privateer of that island fell in with a French squadron of 6 or 7 vessels in lat. 39, that they were tending to the S. S. W. under an easy sail, and that two days after she spoke an American off Oporto, the master of which said he had been boarded by a French line of battle ship, and ordered away from Lisbon, which had been his place of destination.
LONDON, MARCH 3.
Portugal is now in much dread of the powers of France and Spain, that her Government has been obliged to insert in its official Gazette the infamous falsehoods contained in the silly manifesto of the prince of peace. Lord Robert Fitzgerald's remonstrance on this occasion is given below.
STATE PAPER.
To his excellency M. D'Aranja D'Araujo, &c.
LISBON, Jan. 25, 1805.
SIR, Did I not entertain for the Portuguese nation the highest respect, I should perhaps, pass over in silence the indecent publication which has appeared in the supplement of the Gazette of Lisbon of this day, of an article under the title of Manifesto of the prince of peace, dated Madrid, the 20th Decem-
ber, 1800. But anxious, Sir, as I am to possess the good opinion of a loyal nation, which is esteemed by mine, it is just that I should protest in an official and ostensible manner against the insertion of so base a libel as that to which I allude, more particularly, as the Gazette of Lisbon is the only Journal circulated in Portugal; as it is published under the sanction, and subject to the control of the government; and as it is of course, marked with an official character, which gives credit with the public to every thing that appears in it.
I repeat, Sir, that anxious of the good opinion of his nation, I cannot be indifferent to the sentiments it entertains of mine; and what would be its sentiments if a public minister of his Britannic majesty, witnessing, under the character of authenticity, the publication of those foul calumnies with which the manifesto teems, were by his silence to admit, at least tacitly, the reality of the abominable crimes with which his countrymen are reproached? What would be its sentiments if a minister of his majesty felt no indignation at the horrible charge preferred against the English, of suffering their prisoners of war to die of hunger, or of compelling them to enter into their service against their own country? Finally, if he felt no indignation to hear them denounced to all Europe as objects of universal detestation, with the most shameful and aggravating epithets, and at the same time degrading to the ancient and brave Spanish nation (to excite whole ardor it was sufficient but to shew an enemy) and injurious to the generous people against whom they are directed? No, Sir, we do not starve our prisoners to death!—we do not force them to take up arms against their country! If Spain mourns the fate of the unfortunate persons who perished at a moment when a measure of precaution dictated the necessity of detaining certain ships of war belonging to that nation by the British cruisers, do us, Sir, the justice to believe, that sorrow is as general and sincere in England; and that the mourning we wear is at the bottom of our hearts. No, Sir, our hands are not stained with innocent blood! and we would readily shed some of our own to restore to life the victims of a cruel chance, which we constantly deplore.
These, Sir, are the principal points on which I have to vindicate the outraged honor of my nation, while I wait for the instructions of his majesty with respect to the exemplary punishment which he is entitled to demand of the Portuguese government, on the editors or printers who inserted in the said Gazette, no doubt, without its knowledge, a libel so prejudicial to the honor of its august ally. I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, your excellency's, &c.
ROB. S. FITZGERALD.
BERLIN, JANUARY 8.
His Prussian Majesty immediately after having acknowledged the Emperor of the French, ordered notice to be sent to the Count de Lille that it was proper he should refrain from every step which might tend to awaken pretensions to the crown of France, to which a new house had just been called with the approbation of Europe; that thus, having acknowledged the chief of the Fourth race of the Sovereigns of France, he desired that the Count de Lille, if he wished to remain in his states, would not permit himself to attempt any thing, directly or indirectly, against the rights of the new Monarch of the French.
The Count de Lille having, in the mean time, set off for Calmar, and the police being informed that agents went and returned from France to Warsaw to form and keep up intrigues, the king of Prussia wrote to the Count de Lille, that he thought himself obliged to notify to him to choose another residence, because the Emperor of the French had the right reciprocal among Sovereigns, of requiring that none of his enemies should be tolerated in any state in amity with him.
The Count de Lille having then addressed himself to the Emperor of Russia, demanding an asylum, received an answer worthy of that prince; who declared to him, that being attached to the sovereign of the French by the ties of esteem and personal friendship, he was glad to see the new direction of the affairs of France; that if there existed any coolness between the two states, it was merely between the powers, affairs foreign to the interior arrangements of that empire, which he looked upon as terminated. That he would not, however, refuse to grant a refuge to the Count de Lille, and that he assigned to him the town of Kiev, upon the borders of the Borithenes, whether he is to repair next spring, till then he is to remain at Mitau.
FRANKFORT, JANUARY 16.
The fly of the king of Sweden at Stralsund is no longer susceptible of being determined, as the passage from that town to Sweden in the present season, would be too dangerous. Perhaps the king of Sweden is in a hurry to return to his own kingdom, where according to all the private accounts received from thence, the utmost discontent has broken out among all classes of the inhabitants,
on account of the inconsiderate steps of his majesty against the French government, and of the consequences which those steps must necessarily have produced. There reigns throughout Sweden a great predilection for the French, which is founded upon the relations and constant connections between the two states for upwards of two centuries past. What further augments this discontent is the connections which the king of Sweden has formed within these few months with England, and the rumors of a treaty of subsidy, which they say has been concluded between the powers, and according to which the King of Sweden is to furnish to the court of London a body of 8 or 10,000 troops. Some credible persons announce, that if this clause really exists, and if it is to be put into execution, it may occasion an insurrection. It is also known, that several sovereigns, among whom even the Emperor of Russia is mentioned, has strongly advised the King of Sweden not to let out any of his troops to England. It moreover appears, that the King of Sweden does not think himself in perfect safety in his German possessions, for he still continues to augment the fortifications of Stralsund. His efforts to engage the court of Berlin not to oppose the assembling of a numerous corps of Swedish troops in Pomerania, have again proved fruitless.
It is asserted that the court of Vienna is now laboring in concert with that of Berlin, to re-establish good harmony between France and Russia, and that it has also made some propositions for the re-establishment of peace between the maritime powers. It is remarked that there has been a great approximation of late between Austria and Prussia, and that the disputes which subsisted between them, have terminated to the satisfaction of both.
FROM THE PARIS ARGUS.
Spain presents at this moment a spectacle worthy of fixing the attention of statesmen. It cannot be sufficiently admired that at the moment when the English ministry thought the Spanish government benumbed by a long report, overwhelmed by the wasting scourge of contagion, cast down by the loss of some ships, and discouraged by being robbed of some millions, that government, superior to the calamities which it has experienced, should announce itself on a sudden upon the stage of the world with the lustre which distinguished it in the 15th and 16th centuries. The English ministry have discovered their error too late, by driving to extremities a nation naturally generous, which only requires commanders like the Prince of Peace to replace itself soon in the rank of the most warlike nations. It is not the treasures of Mexico which constitute the bravery and greatness of a people. It was when Spain had raised herself to the summit of her glory and power that she conquered Mexico, which she was in no need of to enable her to give laws to the rest of Europe. Some great politicians have dated her decline from that immense conquest, they have discovered in it the cause of her depopulation, of the decay of her agriculture, and of the weakening of the national valour. We shall assign further cause for the decline. Spanish valour shone with great lustre even in the 17th and 18th centuries: whenever the government has wished to make brave men, it has made them: whenever it has honored bravery, it been warriors. The Spanish army amounts to above one hundred thousand men; the navy may be computed at about sixty ships of the line: this military establishment does not exceed her population, which the most moderate calculations raise to ten millions. Most of the powers of Europe have a more numerous army, and yet their population is more numerous in proportion to the extent of their country. It is not then in the great number of soldiers that the successive depopulation of that country is to be looked for; when it was a prey to war, it was more populous. The war of the revolution, so terrible in appearance, which has raised so many men, which has cost so many lives, does not however, appear to have diminished the population of France. The new statistical statements already sent by the prefects, announce, on the contrary, an augmentation. Rome almost always at war in the finest days of her glory, saw her population augmented at every census made of it: so true it is that there are other causes of the decline and fall of states! Neither is it the finances of the Spanish government which have weakened it; its annual receipts exceed its expenses by some millions of dollars, and its public debt amounted, in 1789, only to 130 millions of dollars, very little beyond the revenue of a single year. Thus, in considering the political geography of Spain, we see that she still possesses within herself all the seeds of greatness and prosperity. Her situation secures her from foreign invasions as long as she remains united with France, from which country nature has separated her by a barrier, only the better to secure the mutual independence and friendship of the two nations. It is a happiness for the Spa-
nish nation that its government has lost its pretensions to the two Sicilies. That source of exhaustion being shut, has afforded the means of employing more usefully the riches and courage of the nation. Spain, defended by the two seas, possesses more than the necessary strength to make war with success against England, and at the same time far more than is requisite for the defence of her colonies. A signal from the government will restore to the nation the energy which it seemed to have lost. It has been a maxim among all nations which have acquired renown in arms, that there is no honor unless for those who have fought for their country;—such has ever been the source of nobility in monarchies and of honors in Republics. This sentiment has supported France at every perilous crisis, she has stood in, under Charles VII, under Henry III, under Lewis XIV, and throughout the whole of the revolution. It was by it alone that Spain shone under Ferdinand and Charles V. This military spirit is become more necessary to every nation in the present state of Europe, not to make conquests, but to maintain its rank, to be able to develop at full liberty all its particular means of industry and of prosperity. The cabinet of St. James has never ceased to attack France with the sword: by this it has only kept up her courage and redoubled her emulation: it has taken up against Spain and Portugal arms in appearance less offensive, but in reality more dangerous and deadly; it has excited the cupidity of private people, whilst it has lulled the nations asleep; it has made them believe that the safety of the country depended on the importations of foreign treasures; it has nourished idleness; encouraged idleness, and attacked the prosperity of the state in its first source; and the two nations, thinking they owed every thing to the complaisance of England, have been a servile herd to her lowest agents. But at length British pride has betrayed itself by too much insolence and fury. The Spaniard has felt that he was born for independence. This revolution announces itself by brilliant characters, in the energetic address of the Prince of Peace; and it is to have already vanquished, thus to know how to prepare for victory.
From the Bee.
FEDERAL CANDOR!
Carter's mountain.—Those who pay a little attention to the stale and hackneyed slanders against Mr. Jefferson with a desire to obtain correct information on the subject, require no pains to convince them of the foul and unwarrantable conduct of Mr. Hubbert, in the legislature of Massachusetts. In that situation, taking an unmanly advantage of his seat in the house, he had the unaccountable and sottish hardihood to repeat the often exposed falsehood of Mr. Jefferson's deserting his post in Virginia in a time of danger, a falsehood of all others the most easily, the most publicly & authentically refuted. He asserted that when Virginia was invaded, Mr. Jefferson, then governor of the state, fled from danger and resigned his office, and left the state in confusion, &c. and adduced Mr. Nicholas as authority to the reports, which, with sneers and comments, he took for granted were true. Now the facts are, and a man so zealous in diffusing and maintaining truth as Mr. H. ought to have known them, the reverse of what he has stated. Arnold invaded Virginia in January, and Cornwallis in April, and retreated in May, 1781; Mr. Jefferson was at his post in the active discharge of his duty, till June, having secured the public stores and members of the legislature from the descent and pursuit of Tarleton's light-horse, who hoped to have seized the whole; and after the exigency was past he declined a re-election to his office (as he could not be impeached while he held it) after his term of services was expired, for the purpose of courting an investigation into certain rumours which had been suggested. The consequence was, Mr. Jefferson was appointed a member of Congress in November; it was certified he was present in council every day from April 19th to June 2d; a committee of the legislature reported that they could find no grounds for charges against him, but certain rumours which were groundless; and it was thereupon expressly "Resolved, That the sincere thanks of the general assembly be given to our former governor, Thomas Jefferson, Esq. for his impartial, upright and attentive administration of the powers of the executive while in office; popular rumours gaining some degree of credence, by mere pointed accusations, rendered it necessary to make an enquiry into his conduct, and delayed that retribution of public gratitude so eminently merited; but that conduct having become the object of open scrutiny, tenfold value is added to an approbation founded on a cool and deliberate discussion. The assembly with therefore in the strongest manner to declare the high opinion which they entertain of Mr. Jefferson's ability, rectitude and integrity as chief magistrate of this common-
wealth, and mean by this publicly avowing their opinion, to obviate all future, and to remove all former unmerited censure. And the said resolution being read a second time, was on the question put thereon, agreed to by the house unanimously."
As for the authority of Mr. Nicholas in support of the calumny, hear what he says: "I am happy in having an opportunity of declaring, when it can be attributed to no improper motive, that I have long since changed the unfavorable opinion which I once formed of that gentleman's political conduct; and that I consider him as one of the most virtuous as well as one of the ablest of the American patriots."
Yet with these facts and public documents staring him in the face, this enlightened legislator has pretended to believe his aspersions. Strictly speaking, Mr. Jefferson never resigned the office at all, as he served out the full time for which he was elected. What must be thought of the candor or common honesty of Mr. H. and his echoes? The other topics of this federal abuse, though equally malicious and unfounded, have not been so publicly exposed as this story of the mountain; and therefore the folly and criminality of propagating them are not so great. But the spirit which promulgates them is the same, and the contempt of decency dictates the whole. For what reliance can be placed in the honor or veracity of those who contradict official records, and persist in assertions refuted by the best and strongest possible evidence?
It is not to be expected that President Jefferson will stoop to the task of defending himself against the assertions of the most base and unprincipled scribblers and editors that ever disgraced the arts of writing and printing; when his predecessors waited till their retirement from office to repel the charges made against them. He has been tried at the great bar of the public, and found worthy of the highest honors. Posterity and history will do justice to his merits. But that the citizens should rightly apprehend the views and attempts of his calumniators, is a desirable object. Pretended candor and affected patriotism should be stripped from their possessors, and bitter hypocrisy and selfish malevolence held up in their native colors. Messrs. Hubbert and Co. ought to be known in their true characteristics, as abandoned, false and malicious defamers.
FOR THE CITY GAZETTE.
MR. FRENEAU,
I herewith send you for publication, a protest made by captain Christopher Grant, late master of the brig John and James, lately captured by a British armed brig, when she was on her voyage from St. Thomas's to Curacoa. I think it necessary to say, that the said brig was wholly my property; that she was loaded in this place, and her cargo consisted entirely of rice and a few slaves for Dunnage; that she was first ordered for St. Thomas, but the captain not finding a ready market there, proceeded for Curacoa; that when she left this, I had no knowledge of the said island being in a state of blockade; that to this moment no such information has come to my knowledge, either through the American government, or from notice given by a British consul in the United States—and I know of no other channels it can legally come through. As far as I can collect from the list of her crew, they are all native born citizens of America, except one, who was born in Bermuda, but was admitted to the rights of citizenship in America, several years ago.
From these facts, I am utterly at a loss to know by what law or regulation I am deprived of a valuable vessel and cargo. I intend immediately to state this extraordinary proceeding to the Secretary of State, when, I trust, he will make such a representation as will bring on a satisfactory explanation and a prompt restitution; and that the citizens of America will be assured, that while they are pursuing an honest traffic on the ocean, their government will not suffer them to be robbed with impunity, or to be subjected to every indignity his Britannic majesty's officers may wantonly chuse to inflict.
JOHN EVERINGHAM.
N. B. I am well informed, that it has ever been the law amongst civilized nations, that when a place is declared in a state of blockade, the vessel attempting to enter it is first turned away and her register endorsed, and if she returns it is at her own risk; but in this case no such proceeding took place, as the protest will plainly shew.
PROTEST.
Jamaica, ss.
CHRISTOPHER GRANT, at present of the city and parish of Kingston, in the county of Surry, in the said island of Jamaica, a master mariner, late master of a certain American brig or vessel called the John and James, being duly sworn, maketh oath and saith, That on or about the twenty-fourth day of December now last past, he this deponent, as master of the said brig or vessel called