The national intelligencer and Washington advertiser. (Washington City [D.C.]), 1806-11-10 00:00:00

NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, AND WASHINGTON ADVERTISER.
VOL. VII.
WASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
No. 948.
DOLLARS PER ANNUM.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1866.
PAID IN ADVANCE
(By Authority.)
AN ACT To establish an Infirmary.
BE it enacted by the first and second chambers of the city council of Washington, That the more effectually to provide for poor, diseased and infirm persons, that there shall be and hereby is appropriated the sum of two thousand dollars for procuring a sufficient lot of ground, and for the erection thereon of a suitable building, to be denominated "THE INFIRMARY;" the said lot shall contain at least one hundred thousand square feet, shall be situated north of F street and between Third and Ninth streets west, and if purchased, there shall not be expended therefor, more than five hundred dollars.
SEC. 2. Be it enacted, That there shall be appointed by the Mayor, three Commissioners, whose duty it shall be, without compensation, to designate and obtain, by donation or purchase, the said lot; to cause the same to be enclosed, and suitable buildings to be erected thereon; previously to which they shall submit to the Mayor a permanent plan of the said institution, together with such parts thereof and temporary arrangements as they shall think it proper at present to complete or make, and obtain his approbation thereof.
SEC. 3. Be it enacted, That the disposition of the said ground and the buildings erected thereon shall be as far as practicable in conformity to the permanent plan.
SEC. 4. Be it enacted, That the sum remaining after obtaining the Lot, shall be applied to the inclosure of the same, to the erection of the necessary buildings, and to the purchase of proper tools and machinery for carrying on such manufactures as the commissioners may think it advisable to pursue.
SEC. 5. Be it enacted, That the aforesaid sum of two thousand dollars shall be paid to the said commissioners by their orders countersigned by the mayor, who is hereby authorised to borrow at legal interest the same, or so much thereof as shall be necessary to carry the purposes of this act into effect, for the reimbursement of which, with the interest thereon, the monies received under the eleventh section of the act, entitled, "An act imposing certain taxes and providing for their collection," passed the fifth of September, one thousand eight hundred and four are hereby appropriated and pledged as follows, viz. One fourth part of the whole sum expended shall be reimbursed by the Mayor on or before the first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and seven, and a like instalment on or before the same day in each succeeding year, until the whole sum drawn from the treasury with interest thereon, shall be discharged, and to insure the ability of the mayor to make such reimbursement, it shall be the duty of the treasurer each year to retain in his hands a sufficient sum out of the proceeds of said tax, and of the trustees of the poor to combine their expenditures to the balance of monies appropriated to the support of the poor, remaining after deducting said sum.
SEC. 6. Be it enacted, That the said commissioners shall each of them give bond to the mayor in the sum of one thousand dollars, for the faithful discharge of their duties, and shall on the completion thereof lay before the council a full statement of their accounts.
SEC. 7. Be it enacted, That the concurrence of any two of the said commissioners shall be sufficient to do any thing required to be done, by them in this act.
SEC. 8. Be it enacted, That as soon as the said commissioners shall have performed the duties assigned them by this act, the trustees of the poor shall take charge of the said infirmary which shall thenceforth constitute the poor house of the city, where poor, infirm and diseased persons who may not be otherwise provided for, shall be lodged and maintained. And it shall be the duty of the said trustees to procure proper tools and materials for the employment of all such said persons as are able to labor, and to apply the proceeds thereof to the objects of the institution.
T. H. GILLISS, President of the first chamber.
ALEXANDER MCCORMICK, President of the second chamber.
APPROVED, October 31st, 1866.
ROBERT BRENT, Mayor.
Test THOMAS HERTY, Reg.
AN ACT Supplementary to the act to regulate weights and measures.
BE it enacted by the first and second chambers of the City Council of Washington, That the scale of weights and measures shall once, at least, in every three months between the rising and setting of the sun, enter into every store, shop or place where goods are bought and sold and examine the scales, weights or measures, if any therein. If any should be found unadjusted, deficient or
exceeding in weight or measure, the same shall be forfeited to the corporation, and the person in whose possession such scale, weight or measure shall be found, shall pay a fine of two dollars for every such scale, weight or measure; provided, that nothing herein shall be construed to prevent any manufacturer or other person from keeping weights and measures for sale; in which case such person shall previously give information thereof to the register, on failing to do which, he shall incur the said penalty.
T. H. GILLISS, President of the first chamber. PHINEAS BRADLEY, President of the second chamber.
APPROVED, November 2d, 1866.
ROBERT BRENT, Mayor.
Test THOMAS HERTY, Reg.
NOTICE.
It has been represented to the Secretary of State, that John Miller, Robert Britton, Thomas Morris, John Herbert, James Lind, Francis Nicholas, (a black man) Nathaniel Roach, Francis Cornick, Henry Connor, William Allen, William Withersall, James Fowler, James Bennett, John Jones, John Lein, Robert Silver, John F. Cook, James Oppa, William Ambrose, Augustus Tomkins, Thomas Pierce, John Donalds, John Chase, David Hayes, David Johnson, Billy Chiffers, William C. Bree, and John Lock, who calls themselves citizens of the United States, have been impressed into the British service, and are detained for want of documents to prove their citizenship. The friends of these men are therefore notified, that upon their transmitting, to the Secretary of State, proofs of the citizenship, together with a description of the persons, of the above named Seamen, measures will be taken to obtain their discharge.
Department of State, November 3rd 1866.
The Editor of the National Intelligencer, and the Editors who publish the laws of the union in the sea-ports, are requested to insert the above three times in their respective Gazettes.
TEAS, WINES, BRANDY, GIN, SUGAR, &c. &c.
Now landing from on board the schooner Dispatch, captain Smith from New York.
 40 chests of fresh hyson, young hyson, and hyson skin teas, warranted good, imported in August last,  1 chest and 13 small boxes fine imperial teas,  1 chest gunpowder tea, in small leaden canisters,  10 small boxes hyson Chulan tea,  1 pipe, 2 hds. and 4 quarter casks Sicily wine,  7 pipes genuine London particular Madeira wine, 4, 5, and 9 years old,  30 quarter casks old sherry wine,  12 do. Colmewar do.  10 do. Catalonia do.  1 pipe 2 hds. and 12 quarter casks, Lisbon particular teneffie, do.  1 pipe and 10 quarter casks Lisbon do.  12 pipes high 4th proof cognac brandy, some of it very old,  10 pipes Pierpoint New York anchor gin,  12 hds. prime St. Croix sugars,  75 hds. tierces and barrels, Trinidad sugars calculated for retailing, the greater part entitled to drawback;  30 barrels loaf and lump sugars,  70 boxes mould candles,  14 do. spermaceti do.  6 bags pepper, 12 boxes London mustard,  10 boxes Florence oil in flasks,  15 baskets Marfelles do. in bottles,  30 boxes olives, capers and anchovies,  70 whole and half boxes best Havana segars,  4 hds. sugar house molasses  400 baskets fine table salt.  100 small sacks Liverpool floured salt,  32 crates Liverpool ware,  300 jugs boiled Holland linseed oil,  100 demijohns,  13 bales India piece goods, consisting of guras, raitas, mamoodies, saunaho, &c.  1 bale very fine and wide Russia fluting, rooijh. Coffee.  Fresh Zante currants, Smyrna figs, nutmegs, English walnuts, filberts, &c.  100 bushels and 120 barrels excellent potatoes, 
The above goods have been carefully selected in the New York market, and purchased on the best terms.
They will be sold by the subscribers at their ware house opposite Lowndes wharf, at a moderate advance.
WALTER & CLEMENT SMITH.
WHO HAVE ALSO IN STORE, Old Port and Lisbon Wines, Holland Gin, Bordeaux Brandy and a few chests Souchong Tea.
George Town, October 29—wtf
To Rent,
AND possession given on the 19th November next, the Two story Brick Dwelling House on the corner of F and 11th streets, at present occupied by Mr. Andrew Way. A No 2 two story brick dwelling house in a central situation, of which possession may be had immediately. For terms apply to
THOS. HERTY.
Oct. 17—3t & wtf
OBSERVATIONS, Extracted from the Journals of William Dunbar, esq. and Doctor Hunter.
(CONTINUED.)
The rock through which the hot springs either pass or trickle over, appears undermined by the waters of the creek. The hot water is continually depositing calcareous, and, perhaps, some silicious matter, forming new rocks, always augmenting and projecting their promontories over the running water of the creek, which prevents its formation below the surface. Whenever this calcareous crust is seen spreading over the bank and margin of the creek, there, most certainly, the hot water will be found, either running over the surface, or through some channel, perhaps below the new rock, or dripping from the edges of the overhanging precipice. The progress of nature in the formation of this new rock is curious, and worthy the attention of the mineralogist. When the hot water issues from the fountain, it frequently spreads over a superficies of some extent; so far as it reaches, on either hand, there is a deposition of, or growth of green matter. Several lamina of this green matter will be found lying over each other, and immediately under, and in contact with the inferior lava, which is not thicker than paper, is found a whitish substance resembling a coagulum; when viewed with a microscope, this last is also found to consist of several, sometimes a good number of lamina, of which that next the green is the finest and thinnest, being the last formed; those below increasing in thickness and tenacity until the last terminates in a soft earthy matter, which reposes in the more solid rock. Each lamina of the coagulum is penetrated in all its parts by calcareous grains, extremely minute, and speedily converted into a rich vegetable earth, and becomes the food of plants. The surface of the calcareous rock also decomposes and forms the richest black mould intimately mixed with a considerable portion of soil; plants and trees vegetate luxuriantly upon it.
On examining a piece of ground upon which the snow dissolved as it fell, and which was covered with herbage, they found, in some places, a calcareous crust on the surface; but in general a depth of from five inches to a foot of the richest black mould. The surface was sensibly warm to the touch. In the air the mercury in the thermometer stood at 44 degrees; when placed four inches under the surface, and covered with earth, it rose rapidly to 68 degrees; and upon the calcareous rock, eight inches beneath the surface, it rose to 80 degrees. This result was uniform over the whole surface, which was about a quarter of an acre.
On searching they found a spring, about fifteen inches under the surface, in the water of which the thermometer shewed a temperature of 130 degrees. Beneath the black mould was found a brown mixture of lime and silix, very loose and divisible, apparently in a state of decomposition, and progressing towards the formation of black mould; under this brownish mass it became gradually whiter and harder, to the depth of from six to twelve inches, where it was a calcareous sparkling stone. It was evident that the water had passed over this place, and formed a flat superficies and silicious lime stone; and that its position, nearly level, had facilitated the accumulation of earth, in proportion as the decomposition advanced. Similar spots of ground were found higher up the hill, resembling little savannas, near which hot springs were always discovered, which had once flowed over them. It appears probable that the hot water of the springs, at an early period, had all issued from its grand reservoir in the hill, at a much greater elevation than at present. The calcareous crust may be traced up, in most situations on the west side of the hill looking down the creek and valley, to a certain height, perhaps one hundred feet perpendicular; in this region the hill rises precipitously, and is studded with hard silicious stones; below, the descent is more gradual, and the soil a calcareous black earth. It is easy to discriminate the primitive hill from that which has accumulated, by precipitation, from the water of the springs; this last is entirely confined to the west side of the hill, and washed at its base by the waters of the creek, no hot spring being visible in any other part of its circumference. By actual measurement along the base of the hill the influence of the springs is found to extend seventy perches, in a direction a little to the east of north; along the
whole of this space the springs have deposited stony matter, calcareous, with an addition of silix, or crystallized lime. The accumulation of calcareous matter is more considerable at the north end of the hill than the south; the first may be above a hundred feet perpendicular, but sloping much more gradually than the primitive hill above, until it approaches the creek, where not unfrequently it terminates in a precipice of from six to twenty feet. The difference between the primitive and secondary hill is so striking that a superficial observer must notice it; the first is regularly very steep, and studded with rock and stone of the hardest flint, and other silicious compounds, and a superficies of two or three inches of good mould covers a red clay; below, on the secondary hill, which carries evident marks of recent formation, no flint, or silicious stone, is found; the calcareous rock conceals all from view, and is, itself, frequently covered by much fine rich earth. It would seem that this compound, precipitated from the hot waters, yields easily to the influence of the atmosphere; for where the waters cease to flow over any portion of the rock, it speedily decomposes; probably more rapidly from the heat communicated from the interior of the hill, as insulated masses of the rock are observed to remain without change.
The cedar, the wax myrtle, and the cassina japon, all evergreens, attach themselves particularly to the calcareous region, and seem to grow and thrive even in the clefts of the solid rock.
A spring, enjoying a freedom of position, proceeds with great regularity in depositing the matter it holds in solution; the border or rim of its basin forms an elevated ridge, from whence proceeds a glacial all around, where the waters have flowed for some time over one part of the brim; this becomes more elevated, and the water has to seek a passage where there is less resistance; thus forming, in miniature, a crater, resembling in shape the conical summit of a volcano. The hill being steep above the progress of petrification is stopped on that side, and the waters continue to flow and spread abroad, incrusting the whole face of the hill below. The last formed calcareous border of the circular basin is soft, and easily divided; at a small depth it is more compact; and at the depth of six inches it is generally hard white stone. If the bottom of the basin is stirred up, a quantity of the red calx of iron rises, and escapes over the summit of the crater.
Visitors to the hot springs having observed shrubs and trees with their roots in the hot water, have been induced to try experiments, by sticking branches of trees in the run of hot water. Some branches of the wax myrtle were found thrust into the bottom of a spring run, the water of which was 130 degrees by Fahrenheit's thermometer; the foliage and fruit of the branch were not only sound and healthy, but at the surface of the water roots were actually sprouting from it: on pulling it up the part which had penetrated the hot mud was found decayed.
The green substance discoverable at the bottom of the hot springs, and which at first sight has the appearance of plush, on examination by the microscope, was found to be a vegetable production. A film of green matter spreads itself on the calcareous base, from which rises fibres more than half an inch in length, forming a beautiful vegetation. Before the microscope it sparkled with innumerable nodules of lime, some part of which was beautifully crystallised. This circumstance might cause a doubt of its being a true vegetable, but its great resemblance to some of the mosses, particularly the byssia, and the discovery which Mr. Dunbar made of its being the residence of animal life, confirmed his belief in its being a true moss. After a diligent search he discovered a very minute shell fish, of the bivalve kind, inhabiting this moss; its shape nearly that of the fresh water muscle; the color of the shell a greyish brown, with spots of a purplish colour. When the animal is undisturbed it opens the shell, and thrusts out four legs, very transparent, and articulated like those of a quadruped; the extremities of the fore legs are very slender and sharp, but those of the hind legs somewhat broader, apparently armed with minute toes: from the extremity of each shell issues three or four forked hairs, which the animal seems to possess the power of moving; the fore legs are probably formed for making incisions into the moss for the purpose of procuring access to the juices of the living plant, upon which, no doubt, it feeds; it may be provided with a proboscis, although it did not appear while the animal was under examination: the hind legs were well adapted for propelling it in its progress over the moss, or through the water.
It would be desirable to ascertain the cause of that perpetual fire which keeps up the high temperature of so many springs as flow from this hill, at a considerable distance from each other: upon looking around, however, sufficient data for the solution of the difficulty is not discoverable. Nothing of a volcanic
nature is to be seen in this country; neither could they learn that any evidence in favor of such a supposition was to be found in the mountains connected with this river. An immense bed of dark blue schistus appears to form the base of the hot spring hill, and of all those in its neighborhood: the bottom of the creek is formed of it; and pieces are frequently met with rendered soft by decomposition, and possessing a strong aluminous taste, requiring nothing but lixiviation and crystallization to complete the manufacture of alum. As bodies undergoing chemical changes generally produce an alteration of temperature, the heat of these springs may be owing to the disengagement of caloric, or the decomposition of the schistus: another, and perhaps a more satisfactory cause may be assigned: it is well known, that within the circle of the waters of this river vast beds of martial pyrites exist; they have not yet, however, been discovered in the vicinity of the hot springs, but may, nevertheless, form immense beds under the bases of these hills: and as in one place at least, there is evidence of the presence of bitumen,* the union of these agents will, in the progress of decomposition, by the admission of air and moisture, produce degrees of heat capable of supporting the phenomena of the hot springs. No sulphuric acid is present in this water; the springs may be supplied by the vapor of heated water, ascending from caverns where the heat is generated, or the heat may be immediately applied to the bottom of an immense natural caldron of rock, contained in the bowels of the hill, from which as a reservoir the springs may be supplied.
A series of accurate observations determined the latitude of the hot springs to be 34 deg. 31 min. 4 sec. N. and longitude 6 h. 11 min. 25 sec. or 92 deg. 50 min. 45 sec. west from the meridian of Greenwich.
While Mr. Dunbar was making arrangements for transporting the baggage back to the river camp, doctor Hunter, with a small party, went on an excursion into the country. He left the hot springs on the morning of the 27th, and after travelling sometimes over hills and steep craggy mountains with narrow valleys between them, then up the valleys and generally by the side of a branch emptying into the Washita, they reached the main branch of the Calfat in the evening, about 12 miles from the springs. The stones they met with during the first part of the day were silicious, of a whitish grey, with flints, white, cream-colored, red, &c. The beds of the rivulets, and often a considerable way up the hills, shewed immense bodies of schistus, both blue and grey, some of it efflorescing and tasting strongly of alum. The latter part of the day, they travelled over and between hills of black, hard and compact flint in shapeless masses, with schist as before. On ascending these high grounds you distinctly perceive the commencement of the piney region, beginning at the height of sixty or seventy feet and extending to the top. The soil in these narrow valleys is thin and full of stones. The next day, which was stormy, they reached a branch of the bayou de saline, which stretches towards the Arkansas; and empties into the Washita many leagues below, having gone about 12 miles. The mountains they had passed being of the primitive kind which seldom produce metals, and having hitherto seen nothing of a mineral kind, a little poor iron ore excepted, and the face of the country, as far as they could see, presenting the same aspect; they returned to the camp at the hot springs, on the evening of the 30th, by another route, in which they met with nothing worthy notice.
In consequence of the rains which had fallen, Mr. Dunbar, and those who were transporting the baggage to the river camp, found the road watery. The soil on the flat lands under the stratum of vegetable mould is yellowish, and consists of decomposed schistus, of which there are immense beds in every stage of dissolution, from the hard stone recently uncovered and partially decomposed to the yellow and apparently homogeneous earth. The covering of vegetable earth between the hills and the river is, in most places, sufficiently thick to constitute a good soil, being from four to six inches; and it is the opinion of the people upon the Washita, that wheat will grow here to great perfection. Although the higher hills, three hundred to six hundred feet in height, are very rocky, yet the inferior hills, and the sloping bases of the first, are generally covered with a soil of a middling quality. The natural productions are sufficiently luxuriant, consisting chiefly of black and red oak, intermixed with a variety of other woods, and a considerable undergrowth. Even on these rocky hills are three or four species of vines, said to produce annually an abundance of excellent grapes.
* Having thrust a stick down into the crater of one of the springs, at some distance up the hill, several drops of petroleum, or naphtha, rose and spread upon the surface: it ceased to rise after three or four attempts.

A great variety of plants which grow here, some of which in their season are said to produce flowers highly ornamental, would probably reward the researches of the botanist.
On the morning of the 8th January, 1863, the party left Ellis' on the river camp, where they had been detained for several days, waiting for such a rise in the waters of the river, as would carry their boat in safety over the numerous rapids below. A rise of about six feet, which had taken place the evening before, determined them to move this morning; and they passed the chutes about one o'clock. They stopped to examine the rocky promontory below these falls, and took some specimens of the stones which so much resemble the Turkey oil stone. It appears too hard. The strata of this chert were observed to run perpendicularly nearly east and west, crossed by fissures at right angles from five to eight feet apart; the lamina from one fourth of an inch to five inches in thickness. About a league below, they landed at White-stone hill and took several specimens. This projecting hill is a mass of greyish blue schists of considerable hardness, and about 20 feet perpendicular, not regularly so, and from a quarter to two inches in thickness, but does not split with an even surface.
They landed again on the morning of the 9th, in sight of the bayou de la Prairie de Champagne, to examine and take specimens of some free stone and blue slate. The slate is blue schists, hard, brittle, and unfit for the covering of a house; none proper for that purpose have been discovered, except on the Calfat, which Dr. Hunter met with in one of his excursions.
On the evening of the 20th they encamped near Arcon's Troughs, having been only three days in descending the distance which took them thirteen to ascend. They stopped sometime at the camp of a Mr. Le Fevre. He is an intelligent man, a native of the Illinois, but now residing at the Arkansas. He came here with some Delaware and other Indians, whom he had fitted out with goods, and receives their peltry, fur, &c. at a stipulated price, as it is brought in by the hunters. Mr. Le Fevre possesses considerable knowledge of the interior of the country; he confirms the accounts before obtained, that the hills or mountains which give rise to this little river are in a manner insulated; that is, they are entirely shut in and inclosed by the immense plains or prairies which extend beyond the Red river, to the south, and beyond the Missouri, or at least some of its branches, to the north, and range along the eastern base of the great chain, or dividing ridge, commonly called by the name of the sand hills, which separate the waters of the Mississippi from those which fall into the Pacific ocean. The breadth of this great plain is not well ascertained. It is said by some to be at certain parts or in certain directions, not less than two hundred leagues; but it is agreed by all who have a knowledge of the western country, that the mean breadth is at least two-thirds of that distance. A branch of the Missouri called the river Platé, or Shallow river, is said to take its rise so far south as to derive its first waters from the neighborhood of the sources of Red and Arkansas rivers. By the expression plains or prairies in this place, is not to be understood a dead flat, resembling certain savannas, whose soil is stiff and impenetrable, often under water, and bearing only a coarse grass resembling reeds; very different are the western prairies, which expression signifies only a country without timber. These prairies are neither flat nor hilly, but undulating into gently swelling lawns, and expanding into spacious valleys, in the center of which are always found a little timber growing on the banks of the brooks and rivulets of the finest waters. The whole of these prairies are represented to be composed of the richest and most fertile soil; the most luxuriant and succulent herbage covers the surface of the earth interspersed with millions of flowers and flowering shrubs, of the most ornamental kinds. Those who have viewed only a skirt of these prairies, speak of them with enthusiasm, as if it was only there that nature was to be found truly perfect; they declare, that the fertility and beauty of the rising grounds, the extreme richness of the vales, the coolness and excellent quality of the water found in every valley, the salubrity of the atmosphere, and above all the grandeur of the enchanting landscape which this country presents, inspire the soul with sensations not to be felt in any other region of the globe. This paradise is now very thinly inhabited by a few tribes of savages, and by the immense herds of wild cattle, (bison) which people these countries. The cattle perform regular migrations, according to the seasons, from south to north, and from the plains to the mountains; and in due time, taught by their instincts, take a retrograde direction. These tribes move in the rear of the herds, and pick up stragglers, and such as lag behind, which they kill with the bow and arrow, for their subsistence. This country is not subjected to those sudden deluges of rain which in most hot countries, and even in the Mississippi territory, tear up and sweep away with irresistible fury, the crop and soil together: on the contrary, rain is said to become more rare in proportion as the great chain of mountains is approached; and it would seem that within the sphere of the attraction of those elevated ridges, little or no rain falls on the adjoining plains. This relation is the more credible, as in that respect our new country may resemble other flat or comparatively low countries, similarly situated; such as the country lying between the Andes and the western
Pacific; the plains are supplied with nightly dews so extremely abundant, as to have the effect of refreshing showers of rain; and the spacious valleys, which are extremely level, may with facility, be watered by the rills and brooks which are never absent from these situations. Such is the description of the better known country lying to the south of Red river, from Nacogdoches towards St. Antonio, in the province of Texas: the richest crops are said to be procured there without rain; but agriculture in that quarter is at a low ebb; the small quantities of maize furnished by the country, is said to be raised without cultivation. A rude opening is made in the earth, sufficient to deposit the grain, at the distance of four or five feet, in irregular squares, and the rest is left to nature. The soil is tender, spongy and rich, and seems always to retain humidity sufficient, with the bounteous dews of heaven, to bring the crops to maturity.
(To be Continued.)
Foreign Intelligence.
LONDON, SEPT. 15.
Mr. Fox.—At a quarter before six on Saturday afternoon this great and illustrious statesman yielded his last breath in the arms of his nephew, lord Holland. His dissolution was so gradual and accompanied by so little struggle, as scarcely to permit the most anxious eye to ascertain the instant. His friends had at least the sad and melancholy consolation of perceiving that he suffered no pain—and they had been prepared for the event, by the unerring symptoms of exhaustion that had increased for the two days preceding.—On Friday, at noon, the physicians announced to him the approaching close, and he received it, as he had done in the first instance, with that firm tranquillity of spirit which was characteristic of his nature, and which he maintained to the last.
Mr. Fox died at the very moment when the Park and Tower guns were announcing the capture of Buenos Ayres. It is singular to remark the fatality that has spread among the leading men of this country within the last twelve months, viz.
Marquis Cornwallis, Oct. 5, lord Nelson, Oct. 21, Mr. Pitt, January 23, lord Thurlow, Sept. 12, Mr. Fox, Sept. 13.
On the subject of the pending negotiations with France, we can say nothing farther, than that couriers are continually passing between the two governments.
The troops which disembarked from the transports at Plymouth, in consequence of admiral Louis's squadron, which was to convoy the expedition, having been detached for the purpose of intercepting admiral Guilleumez, have been re-embarked, and the transports are immediately to proceed to Falmouth, to await the return of admiral Louis.
A messenger to the Russian ambassador arrived at half past four o'clock yesterday, with dispatches from the court of St. Petersburg.
Yesterday morning Mr. Basset, the messenger, also arrived in town with dispatches from St. Petersburg.
Mr. Russe, the messenger, set off on Saturday with dispatches for Copenhagen. The Russian minister, in announcing to the French cabinet, the refusal of his master, to ratify the treaty of M. D'Oubril, declares, "that the minister had acted entirely contrary to the orders & instructions which he had received; but that in order to leave no possible means of restoring peace, and general tranquility, untried, the imperial ministry has received orders to make known to the cabinet of the Tuileries, the basis on which his imperial majesty will be ready to renew the negotiations—so that it will depend on the French government, to accept or decline the equally just and moderate proposals which are made to it."
SEPT. 18.
We have received Paris papers to the 11th, and Dutch to the 15th inst. they both agree in stating, that upon the news of the non-ratification of D'Oubril's treaty, the return of the troops from Germany was countermanded, and the camp of Muedon, near Paris, was expected to break up. A camp for the reception of 60,000 men, is preparing at Zeist, on the northern frontier of Holland; and other military movements and operations, indicate approaching war. Private letters from Holland stated, that the Russian ambassador had left the Hague, but we have seen a letter of the 14th, in which it is mentioned that the Russian ambassador is still at the Hague. From the manner however, in which this statement is introduced, it seems evident that the rumor of such an event was prevalent in Holland, and that war was generally expected between that country & France. The hopes of peace have likewise diminished.
Extract of a letter from commodore Popham, who commanded the expedition against Buenos Ayres, to the Secretary of the admiralty.
Off Buenos Ayres, 6th July.
Sir, In a letter which I had the honour to address you from St. Helena, on the 30th of April, I fully explained, for the information of my lords commissioners of the admiralty, the motives that induced me to press so strongly the urgency and expediency of undertaking an expedition against the enemy's settlements in Rio de la Plata.
I have therefore to give you only a short detail of the proceedings of the squadron; previously congratulating their
lordships on his majesty's forces being in full position at Buenos Ayres and its dependencies, the capital of one of the richest and most extensive provinces of South America.
To the commerce of Great Britain it exhibits peculiar advantages, as well as to the active industry of her manufacturing towns. And when I venture in addition to assure their lordships of the extreme healthiness of the climate, I trust I only hold out a consolation that the friends of every person employed in this expedition are justly entitled to, and which I am satisfied will be equally gratifying to the feelings of every British subject.
As I considered the object of material consequences to obtain the earliest local informations of the river, I placed the squadron under the direction of capt. Rowley, and preceded it in the Narcissus for that purpose.
On the 8th ult we anchored near the Island of Flores; and after passing Monte Video the following day, we detained a Portuguese schooner, by whom the intelligence we had formerly received was generally confirmed. On the 11th, we fell in with the Encounter and Ocean transport near the south coast of the river;—and on the 18th we joined the squadron.
It was immediately determined to attack the capital; and no time was lost in removing the marine battalion to the Narcissus, the Encounter, and the transport, for the purpose of proceeding to Buenos Ayres, while the Diadem blockaded the port of Monte Video, and the Reasonable and Diomedea, by way of demonstration, cruised near Maldonado, and other assailable points.
Our progress up the river was very much retarded by the shoalness of the water, adverse winds and currents, continual fogs, and the great inaccuracy of the charts;—but by the unremitting and laborious exertions of the officers and men I had the honor to command, these difficulties were surmounted, and the squadron anchored, on the afternoon of the 25th, off point Quelmey a Poulichin, about 12 miles from Buenos Ayres.
As it was impossible for the Narcissus, to approach the shore, on account of shoalness of the water, the Encounter was run in so close as to take the ground, the more effectually to cover the debarkation of the army in the case of necessity; the whole however was landed in the course of the evening without the least opposition; consisting of the detachment of his majesty's troops, from the Cape, and that from St. Helena, with the marine battalion under the orders of capt. King, of his majesty's ship the Diadem, which was composed of the marines of the squadron augmented by the incorporation of some seamen, and three companies of Royal Blues from the same source of enterprise, which had been regularly trained for that duty, and dressed in an appropriate uniform.
The enemy was posted at the village of Redueño, which was on an eminence about two miles from the beach, with the appearance of a fine plain between the two armies, which however proved on the following morning to be only a morass in a high state of verdure.
This in some measure checked our advancement, nor did the enemy open his field train till the troops were nearly in the middle of the swamp, from whence he thought it was impossible for them to be extricated.
The able and excellent disposition of Gen. Beresford, and the inrepidity of his army, very soon however satisfied the enemy, that his only safety was in a precipitate retreat, for we had the satisfaction of seeing from the ships near 4000 Spanish cavalry flying in every direction, leaving their artillery behind them, while our troops were ascending the hill with that coolness & courage, which has on every occasion marked the character of a British Soldier, and has been exemplified in proportion to the difficulties and dangers by which he was opposed.
On the 27th, in the morning, we saw some firing near the banks of the river Chuelo, but it blew so hard that it was totally impracticable to have any communication with the shore during that day. On the 28th, our troops took possession of Buenos Ayres.
I have sent Lieut. Groves to take possession of Eufenaba de Baragon, a port to the eastward of Buenos Ayres, where I understand there are two gun vessels and two merchant ships.
GREENOCK, SEPT. 19.
Since our last, both the Hamburg mails which were due have arrived. Their contents are important. Prussia has been driven to such extremity, that unless she at length determines to resist the farther encroachment of France, she must submit to receive the imperial court de grace , and sink into absolute vassalage. Russia holds a commanding position. Sweden preserves her wonted spirit, and Austria seems waiting for an opportunity to revenge the insults she has sustained.
LAUNBURGH, SEPT. 3.
His Majesty the King of Sweden, has taken possession of this country in the name of the King of England; the Prussian arms and eagles are taken away, & every thing re-established on the former footing.
PARIS, SEPT. 9.
The refusal of the Emperor Alexander, to ratify the treaty of peace, already concluded between Russia and France, has not as yet been followed by the rupture of the negotiations between the French and English plenipotentiaries, though, according to all appearances, they leave but slight hopes of peace. In the mean time, as the signature of peace with Russia was followed by preparations on the part of France for the evacuation of Germany, so the unexpected determination on the part of the Court of St. Petersburg, which rejected a treaty which had been actually signed, has immediately determined the Emperor Napoleon to countermand the orders for the return of his army to France, where some of it has already arrived, and the whole would have been soon collected. The camp of Munden, in which the troops were first returned, were assembled, & which in a few days would not have been sufficient to contain the number of troops expected, is about to break up, and we are assured that orders have been transmitted to Marshal Prince Berthier, minister of war, and major-general of the Grand Army, to stop the return of the army.
WASHINGTON CITY.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10.
The death of Mr. Fox is an event, whose magnitude it is scarcely possible correctly to estimate. England, since he has been placed at the helm, has looked to him as her deliverer, and Europe as her pacificator. It is now but too probable that the storm of war will renew its destructive rage, and sweep before it all the established landmarks of kingdoms, and what is still more important, spread incalculable misery among the lower and middling orders of society.
Never was man raised to a more awful and even dangerous eminence. Many of his best friends considered him as exposing to shipwreck that character which he had so laboriously acquired by a life of unintermitted public services. But he had a spirit that dared to attempt any thing which promised to promote the happiness of his fellow-men. However dazzled by the talents of this illustrious statesman, it is his virtue that most commands our homage. No man more loved power than he; but he loved integrity still more; and office was only desirable to him as the means of doing good. In the trying scene in which he was placed, he seems to have formed the heroic resolution to abandon the crooked and contracted policy of his predecessors, and to take the plain path of honesty; to treat with foreign nations on the ground of reciprocity, and to require no more than he gave. He correctly viewed the energies of his country as boundless, when disengaged from the chains imposed upon them by monopolies and restrictions. It is to be feared that we have lost, by his death, a powerful friend, and that no successor can be found who will so eminently combine the ability with the disposition to reconcile our differences on terms of mutual benefit. We believe it may be stated as a fact that this great man has been in every vicissitude, the steady, invariable friend of the United States; contemplating with admiration their struggle for liberty, rejoicing in its successful termination, and approving the wise policy, which, since our independence, has marked our political career. We should be destitute of gratitude, could we as a nation ever forget the support we received from him in the worst of times. Supporting, and supported by a Chatham, he had the boldness to declare that he rejoiced in our successes, thereby inspiring us with confidence in the justice of our cause, and with the hope of ultimate triumph. It was his eloquence that conquered the obstinate repugnance of the king to acknowledge our independence, and that produced a treaty of peace between the two nations. Such services must be indelibly engraven on the hearts of free men. Let us hope that what they feel, they will not hesitate to adopt some marked mode of manifesting to the world. Charles Fox was not merely an Englishman, but a citizen of the world, a philanthropist. As such it becomes us to express our regret; and we flatter ourselves that the national legislature will seize this occasion to manifest the distinguished estimation in which he is held by their constituents. Franklin extorted this token of respect from the representatives of France, and why should not the memory of Fox receive the same distinction from the representatives of the United States?
The House of Delegates of Maryland have unanimously elected Tobias E. Stansbury, their Speaker.
Appointment by the Governor and Council of Maryland.
John Johnson, attorney general, in the place of J. T. Mason, who is elected to the senate of Maryland.
Joseph Bloomfield, republican, is re-elected Governor of New Jersey.
The Tennessee Gazette, of the 11th October, published at Nashville, says, "Colonel A. Burr left town on Monday last (the 6th October) for Kentucky."
The legislature of Vermont have re-elected Stephen R. Bradley, to represent that state in the Senate of the United States, for the term of six years, to commence on the fourth of March next.
We are informed, that the company of Dragoons, commanded by Captain James Ferguson, have made a tender of their services to the President, should our misunderstanding with Spain render a recourse to arms necessary. Too high a compliment cannot be paid to their patriotism, and must be doubly acceptable to the President at the present period, when designing and ambitious individuals would endeavor to foment the public mind, in order to effect a separation of the Eastern and Western states. From the persons concerned, however, we have nothing to apprehend—and we hope the laudable example set by the company of Horse, will be followed by the uniform companies through the state.
[Western Spy.]
It appears by late Jamaica papers, per the Philanthropist, that gen Miranda had been reinforced by La Seine, frigate, on board of which vessel he had embarked, and had sailed from Aruba to Curacoa, and thence to Barbadoes, in hopes of obtaining more adherents, to attempt once more his meditated scheme.
When the body of the illustrious hero of Trafalgar was put into a cask of spirits to be transported to old England, the bung accidentally fell out & one of his Lordship's fingers made its appearance at the opening. A seaman who had for some years served in the admiral's ship, seized the hand, & giving it a cordial gripe, at the same time wiping away a tear that glistened on his weather-beaten cheek, exclaimed, "D—n me old boy, if you are not in better spirits than any of us."
ADVANTAGES OF UNION, WITH AN INQUIRY INTO THE COMPATIBILITY OF A REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT WITH AN EXTENSIVE TERRITORY.
(CONTINUED.)
There is no political topic respecting which greater errors and prejudices have prevailed than on this. An experience of the fate of other governments has been consulted, and found in every important feature fallacious. Because all the free governments which have heretofore existed have been found to be incompatible with an extensive territory, it has been superficially inferred that the union of these states will be equally perishable. A moderate degree, however, of reflection will be sufficient to satisfy us that the most important characteristics of our systems of government were either unknown to or unadopted by the ancients. Three powerful agents of influence have been since created; the press—the principle of representation—and that of federalism. Owing to the want of the first, there was no common or easy mode of diffusing information among communities, whose consequent ignorance made them the dupes of every impostor that sprung up among them; owing to the want of the second it was impossible to collect with any precision the public suffrage, except in very small societies; and owing to the want of the last established on principles of justice and reciprocity, and only taking cognizance of concerns of a general nature, small communities, individually too weak to protect themselves, were incapacitated from uniting themselves in a firm or advantageous alliance.
All these agents are now in powerful activity in the U. S. This united influence is not only vast, but almost irresistible. It will consequently be allowed they have effected a fundamental revolution from which the greatest effects may rationally be expected. They certainly ought so far to influence our judgments as to prompt us to dismiss as futile all the preposterous analogies that are attempted to be drawn between our situation and that of the ancient republics. Let us then, throwing aside all such fanciful reasoning, consider how far, according to the reason of things, a government such as ours is inconsistent with an extensive territory.
We have already seen that there are no physical or moral sources of disunion inherent in the states; we have seen on the contrary, that those circumstances, which a superficial observation has considered as having a tendency to divide, have in truth a powerful influence to unite the different sections of the community.
First, then, the existence of local interests cannot impair the duration of the union, because these interests are confided exclusively to the state governments. The powers of the general and state governments are in this respect so well defined, that there cannot hereafter arise any serious collision unless from the deliberate intention of the one to trench upon the powers of the other. In this event, however such a purpose may be entertained for a short time, it is scarcely possible to last long enough to accomplish its object. The ensuing elections, which cannot be more distant than one, two, three or four years, by an appeal to the people, the fountain of all power, as well that consolidated under the states as under the confederacy, will restore things to their original situation. Should an invasion of state powers be attempted by the general government, the states will be prompt to take the alarm, and a sense of common interest will not fail to unite them in the prosecution of vigorous measures of re-

distance; while any attempt of a single state to usurp or oppose federal powers, being an invasion of the common stock of power exercised by the representatives of all the states, will be felt as such by them, who will not fail to rally round the general government and enable it to resist the aggression.
In the second place, it will be remarked that all the powers reposed in the federal government are of a general nature, and such as are unsuscceptible of exercise by any other than a general authority pervading the whole community. To prove this let us examine the leading powers bestowed on the general government.
It possesses exclusive power to regulate commerce. It will be admitted that this is a power of a general nature & our own experience has proved the incompetency of a part of the confederacy to exercise it. This experience has shown that if the regulations adopted be not co extensive with the whole U.S. they will operate greatly to the benefit of those portions of the union to which they do not extend, and of course detrimentally to those to which they do extend. It is likewise a truth as forcibly attested by our present as by our former experience, that it requires our undivided energy to resist the unjust aggressions made by foreign nations on our commercial rights. Cut up into different governments, the rivals, if not the enemies of each other, we should possess no power adequate to our protection against the most flagrant injustice of foreign governments.
It possesses the exclusive power of declaring war and making peace. It is the necessary effect of this power that no one state can wage war against another. Indeed it is the admirable effect of a federal government founded on proper principles, to extract all sources of serious collision from among its several subordinate members, thus destroying a large portion of the ordinary materials of warfare. Should any violent aggression be committed by one state on the rights of another, it becomes at once the duty of the general government to interpose. It is thus the peculiar attribute of such a system to establish an arbiter possessed not only of adequate power to curb and control violence, but likewise free from any undue bias towards either of the interfering states; possessed indeed of the confidence of both. In such cases it will not therefore be irrational to expect a just decision and effectual redress. It also ought not to be forgotten, that the power of the general government will be so superior to that of the state, that a consciousness on the part of the latter of its inability successfully to contend with the former, will in most, if not in all instances avert the necessity of using force. The undoubted ability to coerce will supereede the necessity of resorting to coercion. This however will only be in those cases in which the interposition of the general government is just. For in all other cases, as its power will be made up of the collective power of the several states, they will not hesitate to make a common cause with the injured state, and having the power, they will withhold the means without which the general government will be unable to take a decisive step. Here then we again perceive the admirable effects of a confederated government grounded on correct principles. The consciousness that its strength alone consists in its justice will effectually prevent it from interposing, except in cases where it will be supported by the united exertions of the subordinate members of the confederacy, whose union can never be calculated upon when there is not a common interest.
The best step towards averting foreign warfare is, perhaps, a cordial internal union and harmony. Few wars would have existed but for the sources of domestic division existing among nations. We shall then by having dried up these sources of discord have taken a decisive step towards our protection against foreign aggression. It is acknowledged that from this source we have every thing to apprehend which the folly and depravity of tyrants can enlist against us. Our cause is that of truth and justice, of equal rights, and general welfare. Its principles, and still more its effects, displayed before an astonished world, will be more contagious, than the maniac spirit of war between unoffending nations roused by the drum or trumpet of tyrants. Let us not deceive ourselves. Kings have a common cause as well as republics. They know that the moment the principles of the latter extensively prevail, they must abandon the helm. They will fight, therefore, as well as we, pro arts et focis. The more extensive therefore our resources, the greater our numbers, the wider our territory, the more capable we shall be to oppose force to force. An invading army may conflagrate a town, or ravage a state, but before it can subdue such an extensive country as the United States, or mould it to its will, it must march above a thousand miles, move an equal distance in many a parallel or diverging line, pass a hundred bold rivers, traverse mountains almost inaccessible and totally unproductive of means for their subsistence; and all this before an enemy, who, either conscious of his strength, will victoriously repulse the rash valour of its legions, or prudently retire on their approach, and let them waste themselves. In the mean time, be the invading force ever so large, the numbers of our countrymen will increase much faster than the loss sustained by the conflict, be it ever so sanguinary.
It will not be denied that this power is perfectly compatible with the most extensive territory. The more extensive the territory the farther removed from the interior, will be the frontiers, ordinarily the seats of war, and the
smaller the proportion which those seats bear to the whole territory. In the same ratio the necessity for a standing force will be diminished. The weak points will be fewer. This is one of the principal causes of the weakness of a small state. It is all frontier. All its citizens are obliged to fly to arms, and to neglect their occupations, on every attack that is made or menaced. It follows that it is kept in a perpetual state of alarm; its resources are constantly exhausted by war or the apprehension of war, and they are impaired by frequent interruptions, until it is deemed a lesser evil to submit to the sword of a military chief, or become the prey of a powerful empire. Such was the fate of the Greek republics. This necessity can never be imposed on the United States, so long as they maintain their union.
(To be continued.)
The Albany Register makes the following remarks on the numbers recently published in this paper, entitled "Thoughts on the subject of a Naval Power in the United States of America."
"This subject has always appeared to me pregnant with the fate of our country. It is one of the essential points on which the great contest between republicans and federalists turns. The object of the republicans is to preserve the nation free from every thing which in European governments is oppressive and not essential to the maintenance of independence and the purposes of internal policy. The federalists take on trust and as essential to the public welfare all the principal maxims of European politics. The republicans contend that the adoption of a great part of these maxims would be ruinous to our happiness and necessarily destructive of our liberties; that they would require exertions which no government established on principles of freedom can make, and that therefore their direct tendency and inevitable consequence must be the abolition of our present constitution and the introduction of one that shall concentrate powers adequate to the object in view. Federalists, on the contrary, treat with contempt every thing that does not mount up in dignity to the European standard. Standing armies and navies are by them considered as essential to the respectability and existence of the nation; but by the republicans neither are estimated to be of such consequence. They do not think that the existence of the nation, or the preservation of its rights, depend on them. But that if the federalists should succeed in procuring their introduction the country would be subject to intolerable burdens, and that a change of government, the establishment of a despotism and national misery, would be the consequence."
"The publication to which I have alluded undertakes the discussion of this subject in a cool, dispassionate manner. It is certainly of the utmost consequence to every citizen to understand it. Every man who wishes not to be led by names & sounds but to form his conduct from a clear view of the real distinction of parties ought to investigate it, examine it in all its bearing, contemplate its aspect with attention on every side, view it in every shape in which prospective reason can trace it, dwell with deliberation on all the minutiae of its origin, growth and maturity, and then dropping all the paltry considerations of local politics and the prejudices of party, decide which way to lend his influence. In order to aid those who are inclined to judge for themselves on an affair of such primary importance, I wish every printer in the United States would republish such temperate discussions of it as may appear in print, and especially that which has produced these remarks. It bears the stamp of no ordinary capacity and evinces a diligent research into what may affect the highest interest of the nation."
Lord STANHOPE, who is always directing his mind to some object of utility, has lately circulated among his friends a small work, entitled, "Principles of the Science of Tuning Instruments with fixed tones." In this little treatise the nature of musical temperament is investigated, and explained in a novel, interesting, and satisfactory manner. That disagreeable sound, technically called the Wolf, which musicians have always been anxious to get rid of, is proved to be of great advantage in modulation, when distributed according to the Stanhope temperament. His lordship objects to the expression, the Wolfe, in the singular number, and shews that there are in fact five Wolves in the quint and major thirds; and clearly demonstrates, that so far from being imperfections, it is precisely the proper distribution of those five Wolves which produces that charming and essential variety of character between different keys, which is one of the chief requisites in a well tuned instrument. This work is printed at Mr. Wilson's Stereotype Press, and it is a most beautiful specimen of the high degree of perfection to which the art of printing by fixed types has been brought, under his lordship's direction and patronage. An iron press, of a most ingenious construction, also invented by his lordship, was used in working off all the impressions which have been taken from the Stereotype plates of the treatise we
have just noticed. The largest sheet can be printed on this press by a single pull, and it is calculated to produce a great saving both in time and labor.
London Print.
At a meeting of a number of the democratic republicans of the townships of Germantown, Roxborough and Bristol, at the house of George Peters in Germantown, on Tuesday the 28th of October, 1806.
Thomas Forrest was appointed chairman, and George S. Bensell, secretary.
On motion, Resolved, That this meeting, entertaining the highest sense of the patriotism, virtue and rectitude of Thomas Jefferson, Esq. President of the United States, and influenced by the salutary effects of his administration and unleviating republican principles; do further resolve, that Aaron Levering, Jacob Pecker, Jacob Holgate and Dr. Samuel Betton, be a committee to meet the delegates appointed by the county of Delaware and the county of Philadelphia—to meet the city committee at the district court room, on Saturday, the 1st of November, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of preparing a respectful address to Thomas Jefferson, Esq. requesting him to permit his name to be again placed on the list of candidates for the office of President of the United States.
THOMAS FORREST, Chairman. GEO. S. BENSELL, Sec'y.
Trenton, Nov. 3. The following is a statement of the votes given for the twelve highest on the return of the late election for Representatives to Congress—by which it will be seen that the republican ticket has prevailed by a large majority:—
 William Helms, 14,672  Thomas Newbold, 12,195  Henry Southard, 12,131  Ezra D. Dwy, 11,876  John Lambert, 11,520  James Sloan, 10,959  Aaron Ogden, 5,789  George C. Maxwell, 5,733  Ebenezer Elmer, 5,703  John Beatty, 3,311  Adam Boyd, 3,311  Jonathan Dayton, 713 
Chillicothe, October 30.
Extract of a letter from one of the commissioners appointed to fix the most eligible route for a road from Cumberland, in the state of Maryland, to the Ohio river, to the editor, dated Wheeling, (Va.) Oct. 25th, 1806. "The commissioners are progressing in their view of the country between the Potomac and Ohio, and will, in all probability, be able to determine the points on each of the rivers, and the intermediate points, against the first of December, and then begin to locate. I think it doubtful whether they will be able to complete the location this fall or winter: however, that will depend on the weather, if they have their health. "There are many conjectures here respecting Mr. Burr's late visit through this and that country. Both provision and boats are wanting here, by people supposed to be in that party; but nothing has transpired to discover their intention."
Philadelphia, Nov. 3.
On Saturday arrived the schooner Emily, Lauderbrun, from St. Thomas, with whom came passengers capt. Sagar and Mr. Thomas, merchant, both late of the sloop Rising Sun of this port, which vessel they sold at St. Thomas. By the attention of capt. S. we are furnished with a newspaper giving the following account of the fire at that island—to which he adds orally, that there were in the conflagration 232 houses and stores destroyed, with a great variety of European, East and W. India goods, the loss estimated from 2 to 5 millions of dollars. The loss of the stores and goods we are told, has chiefly fallen on the European factors and merchants, and that capt. Vanneman and Mr. Totten, who have lost their all, are the only Americans who have materially suffered.
St. THOMAS, Oct. 14. The quick re-establishment of the town of St. Thomas had scarcely made the inhabitants forget the disastrous night of the 22d of November, 1804, when a fresh fire has renewed that painful scene, and consumed a rich quarter of the town.
A fire broke out (about half past 7 in the evening of the 1st inst.) in a store situated in the market place which is about the centre of the town. Notwithstanding the quick succour which the civil authorities brought in conjunction with the inhabitants, it was impossible to confine the flames; they extended in such quickness to a pretty large circumference that scarcely any thing was saved. The houses of Messrs. Lange and Suffren, constructed with bricks and not yet covered, put a stop to the flames in the eastern quarter; and those of Messrs. Murphy and Penneke, the latter being a brick house & fire proof, happily succeeded in the western quarter. A light breeze springing up about 11 o'clock caused the flames to break out in the northern quarter and spread themselves to a considerable extent. The ravages did not stop in this quarter, but for some vacant lots and the demolition of some buildings, which being inconsiderable, were soon pulled down. It is supposed that more than a fourth part of the town has been consumed. The two extremities are fortunately saved, but the centre which was newly and handsomely built, now discovers but the standing walls, and a space covered with the ashes of merchandizes, furniture and
precious effects to a very considerable amount.
The fire lasted till about 10 minutes past twelve, and was perceived at St. Croix.
The greatest order reigned during this unfortunate night; the rest of the town owes not less its safety to the exertions of the civil authorities, and inhabitants, than to the favorable circumstances by which they were seconded.
FROM THE PEOPLE'S FRIEND.
DED.—At Chiswick the Right Honorable CHARLES JAMES FOX, third son of Lord Holland, in the 57th year of his age. He received the rudiments of his education at Eaton school, over which the celebrated Dr. Bernard then presided.—Here he first manifested those extraordinary talents which afterwards blazed with such uncommon effulgence in the British senate. At this early age his declamation was remarked for its energy of thought and facility of expression. Here also young Fox was remarked for a fondness of pleasure too often the concomitant of genius, and which connected itself to his habits by too strong an attachment to be easily surrendered in the evening of his life. He finished his studies at Oxford. In 1763 he made his first entrance into Parliament as representative of the borough of Midhurst, and on the 6th of May, 1772, through the interest of his father, who at that time possessed great influence in the British councils, obtained a seat at the treasury board, from which place he was soon afterwards dismissed under circumstances which were calculated to excite the resentment of persons less irritable than himself. At the close of the American war, which he had always opposed, Mr. Fox, then member for Westminster, occupied the place of secretary of state with lord Shelburne, but soon afterwards retired in disgust—however, forming a coalition with Lord North, he again brought both that gentleman and himself into power—but was soon necessarily obliged to relinquish the administration, having lost his weight in the house and his favor with the crown, by the introduction of his famous India Bill. From this period he continued out of power, until the late compromise between the Grenville party and the old opposition, when he was sworn of the privy council, and appointed secretary for foreign affairs, and a member of the board of control. He was 38 years member of parliament—his integrity was equal to that of any statesman whatever, and his eloquence has perhaps never been surpassed. He was born January 13, 1749, and died September 13, 1806.
The Subscribers take this method of requesting DAVID DUNCAN late Collector of the port of Machias, to remit them on or before the month of March next the amount of their bond given to the United States as judgment has been obtained against them on said bond.
ROBERT ABBOTT, JNO. DODDMEAD. Detroit November 10—14
P. MAURO'S NEW GROCERY AND CROCKERY WARE STORE.
THE Subscriber respectfully informs the inhabitants of the city of Washington that he has lately received from New York and Philadelphia, a large & complete assortment of Groceries, Liquors, Fruits, and Crockery ware,—that he expects with the first arrivals from Baltimore, a supply of the above articles, and that he has opened store opposite the SEVEN BUILDING, where he flatters himself that he will be able to accommodate his customers not only with the best and choicest kind of goods, especially fresh teas, and Liquors, but on as low terms as elsewhere in this vicinity.
P. MAURO.
P. MAURO, Professor of Music, begs the inhabitants of Washington and George Town, to accept of his hearty thanks for the encouragement he has been favored with, informing them that he does not intend to decline his profession, but that he shall continue as formerly to instruct on the Piano Forte, Cerman Flute, and Guitar. Washington City, November 10—tf
Stop the Thief.
ON the night of the 4th inst. was stolen from my plantation, a BRIGHT BAY GELDING, 14 and an half hands high, 10 years old/next spring, a small white spot on his nose, one of his hind feet white, which includes a remarkable black spot about the compass of a dollar, some white hairs under the fore top, a switch tail, not very long, which he carries erect when galloped, is somewhat rubbed on his hind parts, occasioned by the waggon gears, trots and gallops with good spirit—Whoever delivers said horse to me, living in Prince Georges county, near Queen Ann, state of Maryland, SHALL receive 20 DOLLARS reward, and by securing the thief in any goal in the union, so that he may be prosecuted to conviction SHALL receive 150 DOLLARS, paid by THOMAS SOPER. Nov 10—tf
TO BE LET
For the next Season, or for SALE, the following capital Imported Horses, CLIFDEN, RIVER, & KING HIRAM, Also the famous American running horse, WILD MEDLEY. Some thorough bred Cows, some broad tailed RAMS and SHEEP for sale. Applications by letter must be post paid.
WILLIAM THORNTON. City of Washington, Oct. 19—
WASHINGTON CITY.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10.
Various erroneous statements respecting the expiration of the British treaty having been lately circulated through the newspapers, we think it may be useful to repeat what we observed on a former occasion, that according to the limitation expressed in the 28th article, it expired on the 1st of October, 1803, except as to the ten first articles, which are permanent. All the articles except those ten and the 12th article, were limited to a term of twelve years from the date of the ratification; but the 12th art. (which was only partially ratified) was to expire two years after the signing of preliminary or other articles of peace, and it was provided that if in the intermediate time no new arrangements on the subject of this article should be concluded between the two nations, the whole treaty except the ten first articles should expire with the 12th art. No such arrangements however were substituted, and, the condition taking effect, all the articles, except the ten first, ceased two years after the signing of the preliminaries of the late general peace, that is to say, they ceased on the 1st of Oct. 1803. It may not be amiss to add that this construction has been acquiesced in by the British government.
ATTENTION!!
A GENERAL MEETING OF THE SUBSCRIBERS TO THE TIBER CREEK,
IS requested at Thorpe's tavern, on F street north, on Wednesday evening the 12th inst. at SIX o'clock, as the time of the present Managers is expired, they wish to lay before the subscribers their receipts and expenditures. The delinquent subscribers are requested to pay their balances to Thomas Thorpe previous to that date.
All Subscribers and Gentlemen friendly to the institution are requested to attend. By order of the Managers. November 7—3t
NOTICE.
DR. BENSON purposes returning to Eng. and very shortly, he therefore requests all persons indebted to him to settle their accounts without delay.
The books and accounts are put into the hands of THOMAS HERTY, attorney at law, for collection and suit—no indulgence can be given after the 20th inst.
Washington city, Nov 7—3t
JAMES S. STEVENSON, DRUGGIST, &c.
Having purchased of Dr. John Bullus his Medical establishment, and having just received an extensive supply of articles in the Drugg line. Now offers for sale at the Drug store near the Navy Yard (lately occupied by Dr. John Bullus) a complete assortment of every article usually kept in a drug store, which he warrants to be of the first quality, and pledges himself to supply both city and country customers, on as reasonable terms as any other person in the district will do. His stock consists of,
 Drugs, Spring Lances,  Medicines, Thumb do.  Shop furniture, Blastic steel trefoils,  Patent medicines, silver mounted lancet  Dye stuffs, cafe's,  Perfumery, Surgeons needies,  Paines of every kind splints for broken  Ground and dry, limbs,  Flaxseed oil, flasks for bathing in-  Window glass, flamed eyes,  Paint brushes, Marble mortars and  Sash tools, pestles,  Spices of all kinds, Reeve's water colors,  Surgeons instruments, Hair powder,  among which are Waivers & sealing wax,  Amputating, Copal varnish,  Trepanning, Maccabe snuff,  Cupping, Segars by the box,  Dillecting, Gold leaf,  Pocket and teeth in- Fine rose and orange  struments, flower water, in  Elastic catheters, pint bottles,  Bongies, Noyou cordial,  Mudges inhalers, Camel hair pencils,  Flesh brushes, India ink, &c. &c. 
Orders from country Physicians and Druggists, will receive particular and immediate attention. Physicians prescriptions carefully prepared. Washington, November 2—eMtf
Twenty Dollars Reward.
WILL be given for apprehending and securing in jail a young Mulatto man named ANDREW. He was hired by me last year to Mr. Joseph Thomas who keeps the midle ferry to Alexandria, and absconded from that place about the latter end of August last. He is about 23 years of age, 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, lufly and well made, has short curly hair, and is frequently subject to have several large pimples on his face. He is reckoned to be a tenible fellow of an easy agreeable address for a man in his low sphere of life. As he has not been heard of by me since his disappearance, I suspect he has had the address to ship himself as a freeman on board some vessel either at Alexandria or Baltimore. Whoever takes him up and secures him in jail shall receive from me the above reward, or as soon due information thereof is given to me or to Dr. N. P. Caudin at Port Tobacco.
G. B. CAUSIN.
Maryland Charles County, January 23—wtf

CHEAP GOODS. T. W. FRAIR , Seven Buildings, has received from Philadelphia and Baltimore, a Large Assortment of DRY GOODS, which he will sell unusually low. Also London PIANO FORTES. Liquors and Groceries of a superior quality. November 7—tMar.3
NOTICE. DR. BENSON purposes returning to England very shortly, he therefore requests all persons indebted to him to settle their accounts without delay. A liberal deduction will be made for prompt payment in cash, or good notes of short date. Washington city, Nov 7—3t
JOHN COX Has received a large general Assortment of FALL GOODS, Which he will sell by wholesale and retail very cheap. No one shall sell lower than he will. George Town, October 13—epNI&UG—6w
NOTICE. By order of the Orphans Court of Washington county, will be sold at public sale, on Thursday the 6th day of November next, at Joseph M. Semmes's tavern, all the personal estate of Joseph Taylor, deceased. Consisting of wearing apparel, one good watch, Washington's Life nearly bound in calf, one bureau, one portable electrical Machine, one shower bath, &c. The terms of sale are, all sums not exceeding 20 dollars cash, for all sums above 20 dollars a credit of three months, the purchaser giving note with approved endorser, interest to be included from the day of sale. The sale will commence at 11 o'clock A.M. JOHN D. VIDSON, WASHINGTON BOYD, Executors of Joseph Taylor, deceased. Oct. 17—tdos
LOST, The following Certificates of United States Debts: No. 2708 for 244 dolls. 45 cts. 6 per cents. 3922 for 88 dolls. 3 per cents. 3339 for 122 dolls. 23 cts. deferred 6 per cents. Issued by the Register of the Treasury, Joseph Norris, Esq. The 6 per cts. on the 2d September, 1791—the per cts. on the 25 January, 1792, and the deferred 6 per cents on the 27 January, 1792, in favour of William Wilson, of Alexandria. For the renewal of which application will be made at the Treasury of the United States. WM. HODGSON. October 11th, 1806—6wep
The Subscribers residing near the Navy Yard, offer for sale on the most reasonable terms the following GROCERIES, Cognac, and } Brandy, French, } Holland, and } Gin. Country, } Jamaica, and } Rum. New England, } Whiskey London Particular Madeira Wine, Spirit and Whiskey Bounce. A fresh supply of Teas of the first quality and latest importation. Smoked salmon, Pickled do. in kids, Smoked herring in boxes, Cod or dumb fish in do. Tongues and sounds in kegs, Mustard in boxes, Chocolate in boxes or pounds, Sugar in barrels, Cheeses, &c. with a number of other articles. JOSEPH CASSIN, & Co. October 27—2w
50 Dollars Reward. RANAWAY from the subscriber, on the 20th ult. mulatto JOE. Joe is a stout well made dark mulatto fellow, 5 feet 9 or 10 inches high, about 30 years of age—has several large scars on his hands and body, lips a little. Had on and took with him, a tow linen shirt & trowlers, one pair of nankien trowlers, also one old fusticot coat and old hat but much worn. Joe can write a tolerable good hand, & has run away before, when he was taken up & put in the Frederick town jail & sold out by George Creager in 1805. Any person taking up said fellow, and securing him in any jail so that I get him again, shall receive it taken within the county 20 dollars, and if out of the state the above reward. If brought home all reasonable charges will be paid by the subscriber living in Frederick county, Md. near New Market. SINGLETON BURGER. N. B. I forewarn all persons from harboring or carrying off said fellow at their peril. P. S. Joe ran off in company with a fellow named Adam, and they were both lately advertised together; since which Adam has been taken and secured in the jail of York, (Pa.) Joe went in the same direction, and will probably make for Philadelphia, and endeavor to get on board some vessel and go to sea. Sept. 12—cpf
TO RENT, THE COMMODOIOUS BRICK STORE near the CAPITOL, now, in the occupation of Messrs. P. HEALY & Co. Possession to be given on the 1st of May. Enquire of Frederick May. March 28—tf
NOTICE. MR. MERRY , His Britannic Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States, being about to quit the city of Washington, gives this notice of his intended departure, in order that any person to whom he may be indebted may send in to him an account of their demands by the 12th of this present month of November. November 7—3t
SALE BY AUCTION. WILL be sold on Saturday the 8th November if fair, if not the next fair day, at the dwelling house of James Archbald, on South I street, two good Milch Cows, ten hogs, some Geese, an excellent Cutting Box, a pair of Dray Wheels, a quantity of Cabbage, Household Furniture, consisting of Chairs, Tables and Bedsteads, and Cloths Press, with sundry other articles too tedious to mention. The terms of sale will be cash. N. B. The sale will commence at 11 o'clock. N. L. QUEEN, Auct. November 5—1t
NOTICE. THE creditors of Uriah Forrest late deceased, whose claims have arisen since his bankruptcy, are requested to meet at ten o'clock on the first Monday in December next at Mr. Key's office in George Town, at which time a payment of the assets in hand will take place, amongst the claims legally authenticated—those who do not attend, or who have not exhibited their claims, will be excluded. PHILIP B. KEY, Attorney for the Executrix. November 3—taw4w
20 Dollars Reward. ELOPED in the night of the 18th instant, MILLY a dark Mulatto, about 30 years old 5 feet 5 or 6 inches high, of rather a slim make, a small scar on her forehead, occasioned the said, by a piece of wood striking her when cutting it—when she laughs shows her teeth, which are pretty large, white, and placed a considerable distance apart. Among the articles of apparel she took with her, were a striped calico gown flounced round the bottom, a jacket and petticoat of striped calico of a lead color, with white flounces. Whoever brings the said mulatto to the subscriber, shall receive, if in the territory of Columbia, 5 dollars, if 20 miles from home, 10, and in the same proportion for any greater distance, and all reasonable charges paid. ANDREW T. MCCORMICK. Oct. 24—tf
CHARLES H. VARDEN, Merchant Taylor New Jersey Avenue, near the Capitol. RESPECTFULLY informs the gentlemen of the district of Columbia, that he has received by late arrivals at Philadelphia from London, a fresh supply of the best superfine cloths, cassimeres, &c. with a choice assortment of plain nankiens, cotton cassimeres, India nankiens, blue and yellow, fashionable Trafalgar white and fancy Mercieries, with a variety of other articles suitable for the summer. N. B. Ladies habits, regimentals, and navy uniforms made in the first style of fashion. Richard Harwel's new invented patent elastic suspenders, which are far superior to any heretofore in use, can be had on the same terms as at his manufactory. June 23—tf
THE SUBSCRIBER HAS just supplied his shop in F street with a complete assortment of fresh Medicines & Drugs, among which are Spermaceti & Linseed oils—also Paints of every description. THOMAS PATTERSON. Washington city, June 23—tf
ALL persons indebted to the estate of Charles M'Laughlin, deceased, are informed that their accounts are lodged in the Orphans court of Washington county, and that a list thereof is placed in the hands of Francis S. Key, Esq. with directions to bring suits against all those who do not settle them by the 10th day of November next. George Town, October 22—td
A TAN YARD FOR SALE. SITUATE on sq. east of sq. 642 in the city of Washington, together with 21 lots containing 77198 square feet of ground in said square, the whole of which is completely enclosed with an excellent post and rail fence. The building consists of a well built brick dwelling house 30 by 15 1 2 ft 2 stories high, and a large kitchen, a brick currying shed and warehouse 30 by 15 1 2 ft. one story high, and a frame leather house, a tan yard containing 25 excellent tanners or vats which are uniformly supplied by water conveyed from a spouting post in the yard, a bark and mill house 46 ft. sq. sufficient to contain 100 cord of bark, with a drying loft over the same a beam house 20 by 16 ft.—likewise a flashboard for 5 horses. This situation for carrying on the tanning business is not excelled by any other in the state, as green hides, &c. can be purchased in the city to any reasonable amount, where a ready market is found for every species of leather. Terms—one fourth of the purchase money to be paid down at closing the contract, and the remainder at 3 equal payments satisfactorily secured at 3, 6 & 9 months with interest—a discount of 8 per cent. per annum will be given for the 3 last payments if discharged at the time of the sale. Possession to be given on 1st April next. The present occupant will treat with the purchaser for his stock of hides then in vats, bark and tanning utensils. Any person inclined to purchase will of course view the premises. For terms apply to Robert Underwood, Treasury Department. City of Washington, Oct. 17—tf
ELIAS B. CALDWELL, ATTORNEY AT LAW, HAS removed his Office, to the house lately occupied by Mr. LAW, on Capitol Hill, Washington, July 26—tf
ATTENTION!!! These persons that wish to purchase the GENUINE PATENT FAMILY MEDICINES OF RICHARD LEE & SON MUST APPLY TO Mr. Daniel Rapine, Capitol Hill, Washington, & Dr. N. Magruder, George Town. "An ounce of prevention is worth pounds of cure." For the prevention and cure of Billious and Malignant Fevers, is recommended Lee's Anti-Billious Pills, Prepared by Richard Lee & Son, Baltimore.
THIS medicine has, for eight years past been attended with a degree of success highly grateful to the inventor's feelings, in several parts of the West Indies, and the southern part of the U. States, particularly in Baltimore, Petersburg, Richmond, Norfolk, Eden-ton, Wilmington, Charleston and Savannah. The testimony of a number of persons in each of the above places has been adduced, who have reason to believe that a timely use of this salubrious remedy has, under Providence, preserved their lives when in the most alarming circumstances. Facts of this conclusive nature, speak more in favor of a medicine than columns of pompous eulogy, founded on mere assertion. It is not indeed presumptuously proposed as an infallible cure, but the inventor has every possible reason that can result from extensive experience, for believing that a dose of these pills taken once every two weeks, during the prevalence of feverish fevers, will prove an infallible preventative: & further, that in the early stages of those disorders, their use will very generally succeed in restoring health, and frequently in cases esteemed desperate, and beyond the power of common remedies. The operation of these pills is perfectly mild, so as to be used with safety by persons in every situation, and of every age. They are excellently adapted to carry off superfluous bile, and prevent its morbid secretion—to restore and amend the appetite—to produce a free perspiration, and thereby prevent colds, which are often of fatal consequence; a dose never fails to remove a cold, if taken on its first appearance. They are celebrated for removing habitual costiveness—sickness at the stomach and severe head ache—and ought to be taken by all persons on a change of climate. They have been found remarkably efficacious in preventing and curing disorders attendant on long voyages, and should be procured and carefully preferred for use by every seaman.
Lee's Infallible Fever and Ague Drops, For the cure of Agues, Remittent and Intermit-tent fevers. Thousands can testify of their being cured by these drops, after the bark and every other medicine have proved ineffectual. Not one in a hundred has had occasion to take more than one, and numbers not half a bottle. These drops are particularly recommended to the inhabitants of low marshy countries, where the work of agues generally prevail; which, unless early attended to, and speedily removed, injure the constitution exceedingly, bring on dropsies, pitrid fevers, and a variety of complaints of the most dangerous and alarming nature. Many other medicines are daily offered to the public for the cure of this disorder, which, upon trial, have been found either dangerous or useless. The bark is the usual remedy made use of but being a very astringent medicine, and seldom taken in sufficient quantity, it very often fails; children and those who have weak stomachs, are frequently loth for want of a more easy and pleasant remedy.
Sovereign Ointment for the Itch. A preparation which for pleasantness, ease, safety, and expedition, gives place to no application whatever; free from mercury, or any pernicious ingredient. Lee's Worm Destroying Lozenges. Which have within seven years past cured upwards of one hundred thousand persons of both sexes, of every age and in every situation, of various dangerous complaints arising from worms and from obstructions or foulness in the stomach and bowels—they are perfectly safe and pleasant, and may be given to the youngest infant or the most delicate pregnant lady with propriety.
Lee's Genuine Eye Water. A sovereign remedy for all diseases of the eyes, whether the effect of natural weakness or of accident. Tooth Ache Drops. The only remedy yet discovered which gives immediate and lasting relief in the most severe instances. Genuine Persian Lotion, So celebrated among the fashionable throughout Europe, as an invaluable cosmetic, perfectly innocent and free from corrosive and repellant minerals, (the basis of other lotions) and unparalleled efficacy in preventing and removing blemishes of every kind, particularly freckles, pimples, inflammatory redness, scurfs, tatters, ring worms, sun-burns, prickly heat, premature wrinkles, &c.
Lee's Genuine Essence and Extract of Mustard. A safe and effectual remedy for Acute Chronic Rheumatism, Gout, Palsy, Lumbago, Numbness, White Swellings, Chilblains Sprains, Bruises, Pains in the face and neck &c. The Anodyne Elixir, For the cure of every kind of Head-Ache. Lee's Damask Lip Salve, Is recommended (particularly to the Ladies) as an elegant and pleasant preparation for chopped and sore lips, and every blemish and inconvenience occasioned by colds, fevers, &c. speedily restoring a beautiful rosy color and delicate softness to the lips. Restorative Powder for the Teeth and Gums.
Lee's genuine Corn Plaster. An infallible remedy for speedily removing Corns, Root and Branch, without giving pain. Indian Vegetable Specific, For the cure of Venereal Complaints. It will be prudent in all who estimate the value of health, to observe that each of the above articles have the signature of Richard Lee & Son, on the outside wrappers, without which none are genuine. Letters directed for Richard Lee & Son, No. 17, Market Street, Baltimore, will be punctually attended to. October 10—6w
On a liberal credit. THE subscriber will dispose of at private sale, his estate called Chichester, lying on the eastern branch, immediately opposite the city of Washington. This tract of land containing 697 acres is laid off in lots from 83 to 144 acres for the convenience of purchasers. Plats of the estate and the terms of sale are in the hands of colonel Hanlon at the navy yard, and Charles Wayman of George Town. The lots will be shown by Mr. Wedden, living on the premises, near the Eastern Branch bridge. ANTHONY ADDISON. Barnaby, 12th June 1805—tf
STELLE'S HOTEL & CITY TAVERN. THE Subscriber takes this method of thanking his friends and the public for their favors whilst on the Capitol Square and begs leave to acquaint them that he has taken the Spacious Hotel lately erected by Mr. Carroll, near the Capitol. The hotel being above one hundred feet in front, and containing fifty rooms enables the subscriber to offer every accommodation to members of Congress and travellers which can be expected in a public house. PONTIUS D. STELLE. Washington City, March 25—tf N. B.—P. D. S. will rent the house lately occupied by him on the adjoining square.
GEORGE-TOWN, WASHINGTON AND BALTIMORE MAIL STAGES. THE PUBLIC ARE RESPECTFULLY INFORMED THAT MYER'S NEW LINE WILL START FROM Mr. SEMMES's Tavern, George-Town, and call for passengers at RHODES', MYER's and FROST's Hotels, city of Washington. FARE THREE DOLLARS AND A HALF. October 1—tf
POSTPONEMENT of the LEONARD TOWN JOCKEY CLUB RACE. THE race for FORTY Guineas lately advertised and designed to have been run on Tuesday the 14th inst. was postponed till Tuesday the 11th November next, when the purse of 40 Guineas will be run for over the Leonard Town course agreeably to the rules of the club, free for any horse, mare or gelding, the sole and absolute property of some member or members of the club; otherwise the person proposing to start a horse shall pay two shillings in the pound on the amount of the purse. The treasurer is authorised to receive subscriptions for the Jockey Club of any person at his discretion—this being the last year's race of the Club. Gentlemen proposing to start horses may become members by subscribing one guinea; horses to be entered before 9 o'clock of the evening preceding the race. No race unless two horses at least start for the purse. By order, E. I. MILLARD, Sec. & Treasurer. October 24—tf
NOTICE. ON MONDAY the 10th of November at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, will be sold at Public Sale, at the Navy Yard Washington—Cables and warp Cordage of all sizes, in convenient lots, computed to be about Fifty tons. If bad weather the sale will take place next fair day. Washington October 29—tNro
WILLIAM MARBURY, HAS received from Philadelphia and Baltimore, and for sale by MR. BARBER, next door above Mr. Elisha Riggs store on Bridge street, A General assortment of Fall & Fancy Goods of the latest importations, and will receive a further supply in a few days, all of which have been purchased on the best terms for cash, and will be sold very low. George Town, October 15—tawam
FOR SALE, The following described property, lying in the city of Washington, between the President's house and George Town. Lot No. 1, in square 80 having a south east front on F street north and 21st street west, and Lot No. 3, in square 102 fronting south on G street north. For terms apply to Dr. Alexander McWILLIAMS near the Navy Yard. November 3—3t
NEGROES. FOR SALE, for a term of years several Likely young Women, among them a very good Cook. To hire by the year, two good Laborers and a Boy—they all have good characters. Also to rent on north G street square 142, a Two Story FRAME HOUSE with two rooms on a floor and a passage. Enquire of the Printer, October 15—wtf
DR. REES' NEW CYCLOPEDIA. D. RAPINE, on Capitol Hill, respectfully informs his subscribers to Dr. Rees' new Cyclopaedia, that the first part of the second volume is now ready for delivery, and requests that these subscribers who have not been supplied with THIS and the PRECEDING volumes, will be so good as to send for them at his store. Where he has always for Sale. A very large assortment of Books and Stationary on reasonable terms. Also ALMANACS for the year 1807.—Store keepers who purchase by the dozen will have a considerable allowance made to them. November 2—4t
FOR SALE, A healthy negro woman under 30 years of age, with two healthy children. For particulars apply to the printer. 1st Nov. 1806—cpf
60 DOLLARS REWARD. RANAWAY from the subscriber living in Prince George's county on Sunday the 29th inst. the three following slaves—a mulatto young man who calls himself BILL STEWART, he was born at Montgomery court house, was once the property of Honore Martin, was purchased of him by the late Rich. Contee who sold him to me; he is a likely well made fellow about 21 years of age, 5 feet 10 inches high, his hands and feet are large; the evening before he absconded he had his hair cut close; he had with him a variety of clothing, viz. 1 blue coat and overalls, one light colored bearded coat and overalls, 2 fawn-colored waistcoats, 3 fine Irish linen shirts and some coarse shirts, three muslin neckcloths, a fine hat, price 7 dollars; he took away a prayer book, in the first page of which is written Mary Ducket. JOE who calls himself Joe Grimes, alias Graham, and HARRY, both young negro men about 21 years of age—the clothing of these cannot be described. Joe has one of his arms broken near the wrist, which makes it longer than the other; when he is spoken to he speaks fast as if his tongue was too large for his mouth. Harry, I am informed, has several large scars on his body and one of his thighs occasioned by burns when he was young. The above reward will be paid for confining the three in jail, or 50 dollars for confining Bill in jail so that I get him again. WALTER BOWIE. July 7—2awtf
By his excellency ROBERT BOWIE Governor of Maryland. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS it has been stated to me, by the petition of number of respectable persons, inhabitants of Prince George's county, that a MURDER hath been committed on the person of CHARLES NEVITT , junior, late of Prince George's county—by a certain negro man (slave of Basil Soper,) called WALL , who hath since absconded and fled from justice. And whereas, it is the duty of the Executive to guard as much as may be against the commission of such enormities, and to bring such offenders against the laws and peace of society to justice. I have therefore thought proper to issue this my Proclamation, and do by and with the advice and consent of the Council, offer a reward of One Hundred Dollars to any person or persons who shall apprehend and secure the said negro WALL, in any jail in the United States, so that he be brought to justic.
Given in Council, at the city of Annapolis, under the Seal of the state of Maryland, this sixth day of September, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and six. ROBERT BOWIE, By his Excellency's command. NINIAN PINKNEY, Clerk of the Council. Ordered, That the foregoing Proclamation be published once in each week until countermanded, in the Maryland Gazette, at Annapolis; the Federal Gazette and Evening Post, at Baltimore; the Frederick-town Advocate, and in the National Intelligencer, at the City of Washington. By order, NINIAN PINKNEY, Clerk of the Council. Sept. 22—wtf.
Durham Parish, Charles county 20th September, 1806. The Vestry and Church Wardens of Durham Parish, Charles county, Maryland, hereby give notice that their parish is and has been for some time vacant and that they wish to employ a CLERGYMAN of the protestant episcopal church, of a fair character to officiate in said Parish. The average amount of subscriptions for the last four years was, about 400 dollars per annum, besides a Glebe that rents for 1900 lbs crop tobacco per annum. By order of the vestry. WM. BRAWNER, Regl October 24—w6t
Twenty Dollars Reward. WILL be given for apprehending and securing in jail a young Mulatto man slave named ANDREW . He was hired by me last year to Mr. Joseph Thomas who keeps the mid. le ferry to Alexandria, and absconded from that place about the latter end of August last. He is about 23 years of age, 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, lanky and well made, has short curly hair, and is frequently subject to have several large pimples on his face. He is reckoned to be a sensible fellow of an easy agreeable address for a man in his low sphere of life. As he has not been heard of by me since his elopement, I suspect he has had the address to slip himself as a freeman on board some vessel either at Alexandria or Baltimore whoever takes him up and secures him an jail shall receive from me the above reward, or as soon due information thereof is given to me or to Dr. N. P. Canfin at Port Tobacco. G. B. CAUSIN, Maryland Charles County, January 25—mwf