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NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, AND WASHINGTON ADVERTISER.
VOL. VII.
WASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
No. 998.
FIVE DOLLARS PER ANNUM.
MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1807.
PAID IN ADVANCE.
CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 18.
Debate on the resolution offered by Mr. Broom to make further provision by law to secure the privilege of the writ of Habeas Corpus to persons in custody under or by colour of the authority of the United States.
Mr. BROOM. It will be recollected by the House that I had the honor of submitting a resolution to make further provision by law for securing the privilege of the writ of Habeas Corpus to persons in custody under or by colour of the authority of the United States.—It was then my wish that it should lie upon the table in order that members might have an opportunity of considering the subject, being fully persuaded that the more it was considered the more evident would be the importance of it appear. As it now becomes my duty to call the attention of the House to the subject, I shall move that the resolution be referred to a committee of the whole House—and I should not offer a single observation in support of this motion but for the doubts which have been suggested by several members, of the necessity and propriety of a legislative interposition at this time. I trust therefore that I shall be indulged in pointing out the necessity and importance of the provision which it is contemplated to make. I am sensible that this subject is not familiar to the majority of this House; for until now no circumstance has occurred in this country which could make us duly appreciate the value of the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus. In ordinary times the laws which already exist may be sufficient, for in such times there is no temptation to transgress the limits of constitutional or legal privileges; but in times of turbulence and commotion the mere formal recognition of rights will afford too feeble a barrier against the inflamed passions of men in power whether excited by an intemperate zeal for the supposed welfare of the country, or by the detestable motives of party rancor or individual oppression. I could have wished that circumstances had never occurred which would make it necessary to fortify, by penal laws, the constitutional privilege of habeas corpus, and that the whole nation from the first to the last had regarded it with such religious veneration that no officer either military or civil would have dared to violate it—But recent circumstances have proved that such a wish would have been in vain, and have demonstrated more powerfully than any abstract reasoning, the necessity and importance of further legislative provision.
This privilege of the writ of habeas corpus has been deemed so important that by the 9th sec. of the 1st art. of the constitution, it is declared that it shall not be suspended unless, when, in cases of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it. Such is the value of this privilege that even the highest legislative body of the union—the legitimate representatives of the nation, are not entrusted with the guardianship of it, or suffered to lay their hands upon it, unless, when, in cases of extreme danger the public safety shall make it necessary.
The suspension of this privilege upon slight pretences, it was easily foreseen would destroy its efficacy, and if it depended on the mere will of Congress, it would become, in the hands of the majority, the most certain and convenient means to accomplish the purposes of party persecution or to gratify political or personal rancor or animosity. This constitutional provision was only intended as a check upon the power of congress in abridging the privilege; but was never intended to prevent them from entrenching it around with sound and wholesome laws: on the contrary, it was expected that Congress were prohibited from impairing, at their pleasure, this privilege; that they would regard it as of high importance, and by coercive laws ensure its operation. By the 14th section of the judiciary law, 1 vol. L. U. S. page 58, power is given to certain courts and judges, to grant the writ of habeas corpus; and this is all the provision made by any act of Congress to secure this privilege. Thus the constitution sanctions the writ, and the act of Congress gives the judges power to grant it; but, there is no law of the United States which compels the judge to grant it, or the officer to obey it;—and the only remedy left to the individual is that which he derives from the common law of England (if, indeed, gentlemen will allow that law any operation in the United States courts) and that very law upon which we now rely to enforce the privilege, was found, during the reign of Charles the 2d, utterly insufficient, and has ever since the 31st year of that reign, been considered in England, as only auxiliary in securing the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus.
The Speaker was sorry to interrupt the gentleman from Delaware, but
must observe, that it was not in order to debate the motion until the house should agree to consider it.
Mr. SMILIE hoped the gentleman from Delaware would be permitted to proceed, as the subject was a very important one.
Mr. BROOM then moved to consider the motion of reference, to which the house agreed, ayes 57.
Mr. BROOM: I am sorry that I have trespassed upon the rules of the House; I assure the House that it was not intentional, and beg leave to offer to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Smilie) my acknowledgment for his liberality. As the House has now agreed to consider the motion, I will proceed in support of it. The stat. 31. Ch. 2. was designed to remedy, and did effectually remedy, the defects of the common law provision on this subject. By that statute severe penalties were imposed on judges refusing to grant the writ of Habeas Corpus and on all parties refusing to obey it. In most of the states, laws have been made upon the principle of the statute of Charles, and so far as they extend are found to have the most beneficial effect in securing the privilege of the writ, but they do not extend to inflicting penalties on judges of the courts or officers of the U. S. If the privilege of the writ of Habeas Corpus be important, and the laws be defective, it is surely our duty to apply the remedy. Of its importance it is true we have had but little experience in our own country. In England, from whence we derive our knowledge of it, they have proved its value, they have tried it and it has not been found wanting. In England this inestimable privilege has been for ages the proud theme of exultation—there they worshipped it as a talismanic wand which could unbar the gates of the strongest prison and dissolve in an instant the fetters of the captive. It was to Englishmen as a wall of fire by night shielding them from the arbitrary sway of tyrannic power. It is indeed the great palladium of that English civil liberty which has exalted the English character. Of the power and influence of civil liberty upon the happiness of the people of England we need no stronger evidence than the situation of surrounding nations where it was unknown. Let us go back to less civilized times and we shall see in these nations men in the most abstract state of society, suffering oppression in every possible shape—there every private castle was a secret and inviolable prison—there the life and liberty of the most illustrious as well as the meanest subject were alike the sport of the caprice of a tyrant. Even the petty lordling held as it were the shears of fate and cut at pleasure the thread of the life of his vassals—a letter of cachet could confine the unhappy victim of power for life in the loathsome walls of a dungeon, and in spite of the ties of affection or blood, friends must forget each other or share a common fate—the savage tortures of the inquisition chilled the soul with horror, and the gloomy recess of the sanctuaries of religion too often bore witness to the diabolical temper of man when inflamed with passion and unrestrained by wholesome laws. Such was the condition of other countries while the people of England were reposing in security under the protection of their civil institutions—institutions which had received the sanction of ages and were guarded by the religious veneration of the people. The right to personal liberty unless for the commission of an offence against law—The right to know the accusation against them, and the right to be tried by their peers were all recognised by their charters and which their monarchs had sworn inviolably to observe. These rights were not merely secured by parchment—they were incorporated with the habits, manners, and customs of the people—they were handed down from father to son in trust for posterity, and guarded as a sacred inheritance which could never be diminished with honor. The people were early taught to know them and to consider it a sacred duty to draw their swords in defence of them. These fundamental rights of Englishmen have existed from their earliest ages—they were collected in a body by Edgar the Saxon—they were revised by Edward the confessor, and were ratified by William the Conqueror—they were recognized by Magna Charta, and after the wars between Henry III. and his subjects, were confirmed by the statute of Marlborough and never afterwards questioned. Rights thus maintained, through all the convulsions of England; rights thus endeared to the nation and engraven on the hearts of the people, and which have walked hand in hand with them through the darkest periods of their history, require no other proofs of their importance.
Yet, however important these rights may be, a few moments reflection will satisfy us that without the writ of Habeas Corpus they could avail but little. The rights may exist as abstract rights, but the writ of Habeas Corpus affords the most important, if not the only means of exercising them. In vain does the law proclaim that no man
shall be imprisoned contrary to law, if the party imprisoned has no access to a tribunal to decide the question of legality. In vain does the law promise a trial by peers, if the party imprisoned can have no access to a tribunal where he may demand such trial. In short, without the writ of Habeas Corpus, rights of personal liberty, however solemnly proclaimed, would exist but in name. This writ of Habeas Corpus is coeval with the rights which it secures. It existed by the force of common law until the subtleties of lawyers had nearly refined it away when it was aided by the statute of Charles, and has since been found fully adequate to produce the desired effect. If then, this privilege of the writ of Habeas Corpus has been productive of the most salutary effects in England, in guarding the liberty of the subject, we have the strongest proof which we can require of its importance to us, except our own experience. It is true we live under a form of government where the sovereignty is acknowledged to belong to the people; but let us not vainly imagine that we have no necessity for laws restrictive upon men in power. Under the fair semblance of republicanism, has often been practiced the most detestable tyranny, and the mild laws of a republic have too often afforded a shelter for knaves and tyrants instead of a shield for the virtuous and oppressed. I ask then of this House to hedge round this valuable privilege of the writ of Habeas Corpus with efficient laws. I beg them to profit by the experience of others and grow wise in time. Let it not be said that we are less jealous of our personal liberty than the people of England, or that the important privilege which guards it is less dear to us, because we have not like them waded through blood to maintain it. Let us with the constitution, acknowledge the importance and sanctity of the privilege and proceed without delay to fortify it with penal statutes. The warnings which we have lately received call loudly on us to guard it more effectually in future. It has been too generally our misfortune to wait until offences have been committed before we have provided a punishment; but when such offences have been committed, the public attention has been awakened and laws have been made to guard against them in future. The violations of our constitutional privileges at N. Orleans have shown clearly the insufficiency of existing laws and the imperious necessity of providing the remedy. If we will not be roused from our slumbers by the experience which we have had I shall despair that we will ever be awakened to any sensibility of our personal rights—for let it be remembered that these abuses are not of an ordinary character—they have been committed by a military officer at the head of the army of the United States, and in the full view of the highest authorities of the union. The civil authority at New Orleans has been trampled under foot and the commander of the army in the plenitude of his power avows his disobedience to laws and constitution, and takes on himself all the responsibility of the violation of our constitutional rights of personal liberty. Loft in amazement at this bold and unprecedented stretch of power we can scarcely be sensible of its extent unless we contrast it deliberately with the constitution. The constitution declares that no warrant shall issue but upon probable cause supported by oath or affirmation. That no citizen shall be deprived of his liberty without due process of law, and that the accused shall enjoy the right of a speedy trial by a jury of the district where the offence was committed; yet in defiance of all these constitutional provisions, our citizens have been arrested without any warrant and without any process of law whatsoever, deprived of their liberty, confined in military prisons & transported under military guards two thousand miles from the place where the offence was committed. The constitutional privilege of the writ of Habeas Corpus which is to secure these rights to the citizen, has been treated with contempt, and a military officer vauntingly take upon himself all the responsibility of wilful disobedience to the writ. For all these violations we are to be told that the conspiracy which existed in that country will afford a sufficient justification. With respect to the conspiracy, whatever might have been its contemplated extent, we have reason to believe that it is now at an end, and without determining whether the aspect which it had at New Orleans was really alarming to the general, or whether any circumstances do exist which may palliate his conduct, this such we all know, that his power was employed in the arbitrary violation of the rights of the citizen, and that the conspiracy, is to furnish the justification. Such conduct, and even such a justification I
look upon with abhorrence and dread; for if upon every alarm of conspiracy our rights of personal liberty are to be entrusted to the keeping of a military commander, we may prepare to take our leave of them forever. For my own part I wish to live under a government of laws and not of men, for however pure and upright be the intention of our military commanders, however virtuous and even unperfected be their conduct, I can never agree that my right to personal liberty shall depend on their forbearance and discretion.—I know not whether these men that have been arrested are innocent or guilty of the treason with which they are charged; but whether innocent or guilty they must be arrested and tried according to law. However atrocious the crime which has been committed the punishment must be according to law; for in transgressing the limits of the law to revenge upon a criminal the wrongs of society we are guilty of injustice both to society and the criminal. The manner and circumstances attending these arrests have been of the most uncomprehending kind. It is said that all intercourse between one of the prisoners and his family and friends was cut off and that not a soul except military men was suffered to approach him. That after being detained under close military confinement for nearly two weeks he was transported by the way of Baltimore to this city, and that upon his arrival here he was informed that there was no evidence to support any charge against him whatever. But whether this man or the others who have been arrested, are guilty, or not, it can have no influence upon our deliberations at this time; for if even these violations now affect only the guilty, they may, at the discretion of the military officer, be extended to the innocent. It is enough for us to know that rights of personal liberty guaranteed by the constitution, have been openly violated in the person of a citizen of the United States, and that no laws exist sufficiently effectual to prevent or to punish such violations. It then becomes our duty as faithful guardians of the public rights, to interpose our authority, in order to preserve them. But if we content ourselves with tamely looking on, while our best rights are trampled upon, we become partakers of the guilt by the encouragement which we give the offenders. For these violations what remedy has the mild innocent individual against the officer who arrested and transported him; as the laws of the United States have provided none, his remedy is at common law. He must sue for false imprisonment, and it depends entirely on the jury to say whether they will give him anything or nothing. Can a punishment so uncertain prevent the offence, or will a remedy so precarious always remunerate the injured? But if to this we add exemplary penalties, we have surely an additional security that the laws will be obeyed. The laws are not and in my opinion will not be sufficient unless they punish in the most prompt and exemplary manner all judges who refuse to grant the writ of Habeas Corpus and all officers who refuse to obey it. For such offences, ruin ought to stare a man in the face, and when he has so seriously abused his power he ought to be stripped of it forever. But if we have no laws to guard us against these abuses and are unwilling to make any, we take upon ourselves all the responsibility of future violations. I wish and propose to entrench our privileges with the most vigorous laws, such as will suffer no man to violate them with impunity. There is no citizen of the United States, however abject his condition in society, in whose person the constitutional rights of personal liberty are not sacred; and however exalted the situation of the person who tramples upon them, or however plausible the pretence, the punishment ought to be prompt, certain, and exemplary. Dangerous indeed, will be the situation of our country, if every alarm of conspiracy is to be followed with the seizure and transportation of our citizens, at the will of a military commander, and in defiance of the civil authority. If such a doctrine be looked upon not only without abhorrence but even with approbation, how easy will be the transition from lawful to lawless power. Leaving the examples of ancient times, where the rumors of conspiracies have raised in an instant the body guards of tyrants, we have seen in modern France the cry of conspiracy made the signal of massacre, or the pretext for some violent usurpation of power. I do not pretend to say that this conspiracy has been fomented or permitted from any sinister views. It is enough to point out the danger to be apprehended from suffering this dark and dangerous machine of
conspiracy, to be any apology for the violation of the most solemn constitutional rights of personal liberty. Having witnessed the defects of our laws and the dangerous abuses of our most valuable privileges, let us proceed to provide the remedies. Rights so important cannot be too strongly guarded, and violations so serious cannot be too strictly prohibited.
(To be continued.)
PROCLAMATION
By the King of Prussia, to the inhabitants of Silesia.
Brave inhabitants of Silesia
Among the mournful events which have taken place during the course of the present war, there is nothing that has so much filled with grief the heart of his majesty, as to see a considerable part of his provinces and faithful subjects oppressed by the weight of sufferings, which must be the inevitable consequence of a war, in which the enemy by his manner of making war, unusual in our time, entirely exhausts the country through which he passes, with forced requisitions of every kind, and by the large bodies of Marauders who swarm round his disciplined armies, and who, incapable of sparing, treat the armed warrior and the unhappy peaceable inhabitant with the same cruelty, and every where leave behind them traces of the grossest barbarity, desarts, and ashes; even where, through fear of violence, the unarmed inhabitants have shown the greatest submission in the reception of those destroying hordes.
His majesty perceives that his faithful Silesian provinces are now threatened with the same wretched fate.
It sensibly grieves his majesty that he is prevented by the situation of affairs, which renders his presence necessary at other points, from hastening in person to the aid of his faithful Silesians, who have at all times and under all circumstances, rewarded the paternal care of their monarch for the welfare and prosperity of their country, by the most unshaken attachment to the house of Prussia.
The enemy boasts—favored by fortune, so liable to change; and not less favored by the treachery of base traitors—that he has already annihilated the whole force of the Prussian monarchy.
But he knows not that his majesty is at this moment at the head of a formidable army, which burns with eagerness to engage the oppressors of the country.
He knows not, or appears not to wish to know, that the monarch of Prussia finds himself surrounded by a guard, which no force, no misfortune, no talisman can subdue—the unalterable love of his people.
He knows not that every day thousands of volunteers offer themselves, with arms in their hands, to set bounds to his progress, and that the Silesians display no less activity and energy in defence of their king and country, than to defend their property from unexampled rapacity.
He flatters himself with the doubts he is anxious to disseminate of the promised aid of Russia.
But he deceives himself in his hopes; the most sacred and inviolate fulfilment of all treaties entered into, is one of the principal traits in the character of the noble minded sovereign of all the Russias.
Already two formidable Russian armies have arrived near the banks of the Vistula, while a third, much more numerous, is advancing by rapid marches.
Already legions of patriots, voluntarily armed, and used to battle, are prepared to join the armies in the field.
His majesty under these circumstances, depends on the attachment of his Silesian states and subjects, who have at all times, both by word and deed, given the most manifest proofs of their unshaken fidelity; and he believes that, by the appointment, ad interim , of one of the most distinguished of them, his excellency the Prince of Anhalt Piess, to be governor general of Silesia, he gives them a proof of his confidence and good will. Conducted by this prince, who has gloriously signified himself in the course of the war, the states, and all classes of the inhabitants of Silesia, will certainly exert themselves to contribute all in their power, in conjunction with the forces which his majesty will send to their assistance, to defend their country, and their own province in particular.
Invested with full power by his majesty, I therefore hereby call on all and each of the inhabitants of the Silesian provinces, to bear cheerfully the sacrifices and burthens which probably may be necessary for the attainment of this great object, and the rather as they not only can bear no proportion to the enormous sacrifices to which they must be subjected should the enemy succeed in his attempt to conquer Silesia, but as in due time they will be rewarded by his

Majesty, and as far as possible made
Given at Breslau the 3d of Decem-
ber, 1806. Count VON GOTTZEN, Major and Fligel Adjutant to his Majesty the King.
IMPERIAL UKASE. Alexander, Ruler of all the Rus- sias, &c. &c. &c.
Our manifesto of the 30th of August declared the situation of our affairs with the French government.
At that period of our hostile situa- tion, Prussia still formed a barrier between us and the French, who tyran- nized over various parts of Germany. But soon after, the fire of war blazed out in Prussia also; after various disas- ters, and important losses on her part, our own dominions on the frontiers are now threatened by the flame.
To the Russians, accustomed to love the glory of their country, and to sacri- fice every thing to it, it is unnecessary to explain how unavoidable these events have made the present war.
Honor unsearchable our sword for the protection of our allies; how much more justly must it be drawn for the defence of our own safety? Before these events could approach our frontiers, we took, at an early period, every measure to be ready to meet them. Having in good time, ordered our army to move beyond the frontier, we have now com- missioned our general, field-marshal Kamenskoy, to command it, and to act against the enemy with all the forces entrusted to him.
We are assured, that all our faithful subjects will join us in fervent prayers to the Almighty, who directs the fate of states, and the issue of battles, that he may take our righteous cause under his all powerful protection, that his victorious strength and blessing may direct the Russian armies employed for repelling the general foe of Europe.
We are confident, that all our faithful subjects of the government on the fron- tier will, in the present circumstances particularly, redouble the proofs of their attachment and their zeal for the com- mon good; and that, unshaken by fear or delusive promises, they will tread with firmness the same path in which, under the protection of the laws, and of a mild government, they have hitherto enjoyed tranquility and undisputed property, and shared in the universal prosperity of the whole empire.
Lastly, we are confident, that all the children of the land, relying on the help of God, on the valor of troops, and on the known experience of their leader will spare no sacrifice, no efforts which patriotism and the safety of our country may demand.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 23, 1806.
Patent Fire and Water Proof CEMENT.
AMONG the various discoveries which have of late been made in the United States, we know of none more deserving of public notice than the following by LEWIS DE NIROTH. Such a desideratum in the architecture of buildings has been long wanting. Many attempts have been made to com- pose or manufacture a chemical compos- ition similar to that used by the ancient Egyptians; but we have heard of none which approximates nearer to that which is generally called the Egyptian cement, and which has put at defiance the ravages of time for several thousand years, than that which the Patentee here describes.
A composition equal in durability to free stone for covering roofs, floors, and plastering walls of houses—
Rendering cellars that are marshy and damp water proof.
Chimney pieces.
Fire hearths and cisterns.
Steps to front and back doors of houses.
Cement pavement entire for front and rear of houses, arches, and work under water, statues, images, &c. plaster out side of houses.
The materials of this cement does not much exceed the price of common plastering.
A specimen of the composition may be viewed at Stelle's hotel, Capitol Hill, and also at the Union tavern, George- town.
Through mistake we inserted the (N. B.) to Mr. Nirot's advertisement, which was directed by him to be omitted.
March 6—w3t
Five Dollars Reward.
RAN away some weeks ago, from the subscriber's farm, in Montgomery county, state of Maryland, an appren- tice boy named Chambers Speeden, about fourteen years of age, fair complex- ion, light blue eyes, and has little hesi- tation in his speech. It is supposed that he is in Frederick county. All persons are cautioned against harboring him. Whoever will secure the said boy, so that I get him again, shall receive the above reward.
WM. THORNTON.
March 5—3t
LOST THIS DAY,
BETWEEN the Navy Yard and Ca- pitol Hill, a new Morocco purse, containing bank notes to the amount of ninety one dollars fifty cents, of the fol- lowing description. Two bills of twenty dollars, five of ten, one of one dollar, and one of fifty cents. Whoever has found the same and will deliver it to Mr. Steele, near the Capitol, shall be generously rewarded.
March 5—3t
(By Authority.)
AN ACT
Making appropriation for finishing the South Wing of the Capitol, and for other purposes.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in addition to approp- riations already made, the following sums of money shall be, and the same are hereby appropriated, to be applied under the direction of the President of the United States, to the purposes here- inafter mentioned, that is to say:
For finishing the south wing of the capitol, twenty-five thousand dollars.
For furnishing the same for the ac- commodation of the House of Repre- sentatives, seventeen thousand dollars.
For making a new roof and other re- pairs to the north wing of the capitol, twenty five thousand dollars.
For opening and repairing avenues and roads within the Territory of Co- lumbia, three thousand dollars.
For repairs and improvements on the President's house, and the lot of ground on which the same stands, fifteen thou- sand dollars.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several sums of money here- by appropriated, shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not other- wise appropriated.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representa- tives.
S. SMITH, President of the Senate pro tempore. March 3, 1807.
APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON.
AN ACT
Authorizing the President of the Unit- ed States to accept the service of a number of volunteer companies not exceeding thirty thousand men.
SEC. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the U- nited States of America, in Congress as- sembled, That the President of the Unit- ed States be, and he hereby is, authori- zed to accept of any company or compa- nies, of volunteers, either of artillery, ca- valry, or infantry, who may associate and offer themselves for the service, not ex- ceeding thirty thousand men, who shall be clothed and furnished with horses at their own expense, and armed and equipped at the expense of the United States, after they shall be called into service, except such of them as may choose to furnish their own arms, and whose commissioned officers shall be appointed in the manner prescribed by law in the several states and territories to which such companies shall, respect- ively, belong: Provided, That where any company, battalion, regiment, bri- gade, or division of militia, already or- ganized, shall tender their voluntary service to the United States, such com- pany, battalion, regiment, brigade, or division shall continue to be commanded by the officers holding commissions in the same, at the time of such tender, and any vacancy thereafter occurring shall be filled in the mode pointed out by law in the state, or territory, wherein the said company, battalion, regiment, brigade, or division shall have been originally raised.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That any company, battalion, regiment, brigade, or division thus offering itself for the service, shall be liable to be called upon to do military duty at any time the President of the United States shall judge proper, within two years af- ter he shall accept the same, and shall be bound to continue in service for the term of twelve months after they shall have arrived at the place of rendez- vous, unless sooner discharged, and when called into actual service, and whilst remaining therein, shall be un- der the same rules and regulations, and be entitled to the same pay, rations, for- age and emoluments of every kind, bounty and clothing excepted, with the regular troops of the United States: Provided, That in lieu of clothing, every non-commissioned officer and private, in any company, who may thus offer themselves, shall be entitled, when called into actual service, to re- ceive, in money, a sum equal to the cost of the clothing of a non-commissioned officer, or private, (as the case may be) in the regular troops of the United States.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States be, and he hereby is, authorized to or- ganize the companies so tendering their services as aforesaid into battal- ions, squadrons, regiments, brigades, and divisions, as soon as the number of volunteers shall render such organiza- tion, in his judgment, expedient; but until called into actual service, such companies shall be bound to do regular military duty as is required by law in like manner as before the passage of this act.
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That in case any volunteer above men- tioned, while in actual service, shall sustain any damage, by injury done to his horse, or such other equipment as shall have been furnished at his own expense, or by loss of the same, with- out any fault or negligence on his part, a reasonable sum, to be ascertained in such manner as the President of the United States may direct, shall be al- lowed and paid to such volunteer for each and every such damage, or loss.
SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the sum of five hundred thousand dollars, to be paid out of any monies in the treasury not otherwise appropriat- ed, be and the same hereby is appro-
priated towards defraying any expense incurred by virtue of the provisions of this act.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representa- tives.
GEO: CLINTON, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate. February 24, 1807.
APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON.
AN ACT
Repe"> Repealing the acts laying duties on salt, and continuing in force, for a further time, the first section of the act, entitled "An act further to pro- tect the commerce and seamen of the United States, against the Barbary powers."
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the U- nited States of America, in Congress as- sembled, That from and after the thir- tieth day of June next, the act, entitled "An act laying an additional duty on salt imported into the United States and for other purposes," passed the eighth day of July one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, shall be and the same hereby is repealed, and that from and after the thirty-first day of December next so much of any act as lays a duty on imported salt, be and the same here- by is repealed, and from and after the day 1st aforesaid, salt shall be import- ed into the United States free of duty: Provided, That for the recovery and receipt of such duties as shall have ac- crued, and on the days aforesaid res- pectively remain outstanding, and for the recovery and distribution of fines, penalties and forfeitures, and the re- mission thereof, which shall have been incurred before and on the said days respectively the provisions of the afore- said act shall remain in full force and virtue.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That from and after the first day of Ja- nuary next, so much of any act as al- lows a bounty on exported salt provisions and pickled fish, in lieu of drawback of the duties on the salt employed in cur- ing the same, and so much of any act as makes allowance to the owners and crews of fishing vessels, in lieu of draw- back of the duties paid on the salt used by the same, shall be, and the same hereby is repealed: Provided, That the provisions of the aforesaid acts shall remain in full force and virtue for the payment of the bounties or allowances incurred or payable on the first day of January, next.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That so much of the act, passed on the twenty-fifth day of March one thousand eight hundred and four, entitled "An act further to protect the commerce and seamen of the United States against the Barbary powers," as is contained in the first section of the said act, be, and the same hereby is continued in force until the first day of January next, and no longer: Provided, however, that the additional duty laid by the said section shall be collected on all such goods, wares and merchandise liable to pay the same as shall have been import- ed previous to that day.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representa- tives.
S. SMITH, President of the Senate, pro tempore. March 3, 1807.
APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON.
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the support of government during the year one thousand eight hundred and sev- en.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress as- sembled, That for the expenditure of the civil list, in the present year, in- cluding the contingent expenses of the several departments and officers; for the compensation of the several loan of- ficers and their clerks, and for books and stationery for the same; for the payment of annuities and grants; for the support of the mint establishment; for the expenses of intercourse with foreign nations; for the support of light houses, beacons, buoys and public piers; for the defraying the expenses of sur- veying the public lands, and for satis- fying certain miscellaneous claims; the following sums be, and the same hereby are respectively appropriated, that is to say:
For compensation granted by law to the members of the Senate and House of Representatives, their officers and attendants, estimated for a session of four months and a half continuance, two hundred and one thousand, four hundred and twenty five dollars:
For the expense of firewood, stationery, printing, and all other contingent ex- penses of the two Houses of Congress, twenty four thousand, two hundred dol- lars:
For all contingent expenses of the library, and librarian's allowance for the year one thousand eight hun- dred and seven, eight hundred dollars:
For compensation to the President and Vice-President of the United States, thirty thousand dollars:
For compensation to the secretary of state, clerks and persons employed in that department, thirteen thousand dol- lars:
For the incidental and contingent ex- penses of the said department four thousand two hundred dollars:
For printing and distributing copies of the laws of the second session of the ninth Congress, and printing the laws in news-papers, eight thousand two hun- dred and fifty dollars:
For special messengers charged with dispatches, two thousand dollars:
For compensation to the secretary of the treasury, clerks and persons employed in his office, sixteen thousand, seven hundred dollars:
For the expense of translating foreign languages, allowance to the person employed in receiving and transmitting passports and sea letters, stationery and printing, one thousand dollars:
For compensation to the comptroller of the treasury, clerks and persons em- ployed in his office twelve thousand nine hundred and seventy-seven dol- lars:
For expense of stationery, printing and incidental and contingent expenses of the comptroller's office, eight hundred dollars:
For compensation to the auditor of the treasury, the clerks and persons in his of- fice, twelve thousand two hundred dol- lars:
For expense of stationery, printing, and incidental and contingent expenses in the office of the auditor of the treasury, five hundred dollars:
For compensation to the treasurer, clerks and persons employed in his office, six thousand two hundred and twenty seven dollars and forty five cents:
For expense of stationery, printing, and incidental and contingent expenses in the treasurer's office, three hundred dollars:
For compensation to the register of the the treasury, clerks, and persons employed in his office, sixteen thou- sand and fifty-two dollars and two cents:
For expense of stationery and printing for the public flock, and for the arrange- ment of the marine papers,) two thou- sand eight hundred dollars:
For purchasing books, maps, and charts for the use of the treasury depart- ment four hundred dollars:
For compensation to the secreta- ry of the commissioners of the sink- ing fund, two hundred and fifty dol- lars:
For fuel and other contingent expenses of the treasury department four thousand dollars:
For defraying the expenses incident to the stating and printing of the public accounts for the year one thousand eight hundred and seven, one thousand two hundred dollars:
For compensation to a superinten- dant employed to secure the buildings and records of the treasury, during the year one thousand eight hundred and seven, including the expense of two watchmen, and for the repair of two fire engines, buckets, lanterns, and other incidental expenses, one thousand, one hundred dollars:
For compensation to the secreta- ry of war, clerks and persons employed in his office, eleven thousand two hun- dred and fifty dollars:
For the expense of fuel, stationery, printing, and other contingent expenses of the office of the secretary of war one thousand dollars:
For compensation to the account- ant of the war department, clerks and persons employed in his office, ten thousand, nine hundred and ten dol- lars:
For contingent expenses in the offices of the accountant of the war department, one thousand dollars:
For compensation to clerks employed in the paymaster's office one thousand eight hundred dollars:
For fuel in the said office, ninety dol- lar:
For compensation to the purveyor of public supplies, clerks and persons em- ployed in his office, and for expense of stationery, store rent and fuel, for the said office, four thousand, six hundred dollars:
For compensation to the secretary of the navy, clerks and persons employed in his office, nine thousand eight hun- dred and ten dollars:
For expense of fuel, stationery, printing, and other contingent expenses in the office of the secretary of the navy, two thousand dollars:
For compensation to the accountant of the navy, clerks and persons employ- ed in his office, ten thousand four hun- dred and ten dollars:
For contingent expenses in the office of the accountant of the navy, five hun- dred dollars:
For compensation to the post-master general, to the assistant post-master general, and clerks and persons em- ployed in the post-master general's office, fourteen thousand four hundred and fifty dollars:
For expense of fuel, candles, house rent for the messenger, stationery, chests, &c. exclusive of expenses for prosecution, portanteaus, mail locks, and other expenses incident to the de- partment, these being paid for by the post-master general out of the funds of the office, two thousand five hundred dollars:
For compensation to the several loan officers, thirteen thousand two hundred and fifty dollars:
For compensation to the clerks of the several commissioners of loans, and for an allowance to certain loan officers,
in lieu of clerk hire, and to defray the authorized expenses of the several loan offices, fifteen thousand dollars:
For compensation to the surveyor general, and for that of the clerks em- ployed by him, three thousand two hundred dollars:
For compensation to the surveyor of the lands south of the state of Tenne- see, clerks employed in his office, stati- onery and other contingencies, three thousand two hundred dollars:
For compensation to the officers of the mint:
The director, two thousand dollars:
The treasurer, one thousand two hundred dollars:
The assayor, one thousand five hun- dred dollars:
The chief coiner, one thousand five hundred dollars:
The melter and refiner, one thousand five hundred dollars:
The engraver, one thousand two hundred dollars:
One clerk at seven dollars:
And two clerks at five hundred dol- lars:
For the wages of persons employed in the different branches of melting, coining, carpenter's mill-wright's, and smith's work, including the sum of one thousand dollars per annum, allowed to an assistant coiner, and die-forger, who also oversees the execution of the iron work, seven thousand two hundred and seventy eight dollars:
For the repairs of furnaces, costs of rollers and screws, timber, bar-iron, lead, steel, pot-ash, and for all other contingencies of the mint, two thousand six hundred and fifty dollars:
For compensation to the governor, judges, and secretary of the territory of Orleans, thirteen thousand dollars:
For incidental and contingent expen- ces of the executive officers of the said territory, and for express hire and com- pensation of an Indian interpreter, two thousand eight hundred and fifty dol- lars:
For compensation to the governor, judges, and secretary of the Mississippi territory, five thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars:
For expense of stationery, office rent, and other contingent expenses in said territory, three hundred and fifty dol- lars:
For compensation to the governor, judges, and secretary of the Indiana territory, five thousand one hundred and fifty dollars:
For expenses of stationery, office rent, and other contingent expenses of the said territory, three hundred and fifty dollars:
For compensation to the governor, judges, and secretary of the Michigan territory, five thousand one hundred and fifty dollars:
For expense of stationery, office rent, and other contingent expenses of the said territory, three hundred and fifty dollars:
For compensation to the governor, judges, and secretary of the Louisiana territory, five thousand one hundred and fifty dollars:
For expense of stationery, office rent, and other contingent expenses of the said territory, three hundred and fifty dollars:
For the discharge of such demands against the United States, on account of the civil department, not otherwise provided for, as shall have been admit- ted in a due course of settlement at the treasury, two thousand dollars:
For additional compensation to the clerks of the several departments of state, treasury, war, and navy, and of the general post office, not exceeding, for each department respectively, fifteen per centum, in addition to the sums allowed by the act, intitled "An act to regulate and fix the compensa- tion of clerks, and to authorize the lay- ing out certain public roads; and for other purposes," thirteen thousand two hundred and sixty nine dollars:
For compensation granted by law to the chief justice, associate judges, and district judges of the United States, including the chief justice, and two associate judges of the district of Co- lumbia; to the attorney general, and to the judge of the district of Orleans, fifty nine thousand four hundred dol- lars:
For the like compensation granted to the several district attorneys of the United States, three thousand four hun- dred dollars:
For compensation to the marshals of the districts of Maine, New Hamp- shire, Vermont, Kentucky, Ohio, East and West Tennessee, and Orleans, one thousand six hundred dollars:
For defraying the expenses of the supreme, circuit and district courts of the United States, including the dis- trict of Columbia, and of jurors and witnesses, in aid of the funds arising from fines, forfeitures and penalties, and likewise for defraying the expenses of prosecution for offences against the United States, and for safe-keeping of prisoners, forty thousand dollars:
For the payment of sundry pensions granted by the late government, eight hundred and sixty dollars:
For the payment of the annual allow- ance to the invalid pensioners of the United States, from the 5th of March, one thousand eight hundred and seven, to the fourth of March, one thousand eight hundred and eight, ninety eight thousand dollars:
For the maintenance and support of light houses, beacons, buoys, and pub- lic piers, and stakeage of channels, bars and shoals, and certain contingent expenses, eighty three thousand, nine hundred and sixty one dollars and eight cents:
For erecting a light house on St. Si- mon's island, in Georgia, the former appropriation of seven thousand dollars for that object having been carried to the surplus fund, nineteen thousand dollars:

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February 27—taw2w
SALE AT AUCTION.
ON Wednesday the 1st day of April will be held a public auction at the house of Dr. JOHN BULLUS, living near the Marine Barracks, all his
Household & Kitchen Furniture,
consisting of Mahogany and other bedsheads, bureaus, chairs, mahogany dining, tea and card tables, sofas, dressing tables, wash stands, Brussels and Scotch carpeting the greater part of which is new, large pier and dressing glasses, lamps, plated and other candlesticks, lamps, handsome geared tenders and shevils and tongs, curtains quite new and handsomely made, gilt window cornices, beds, matresses and bed furniture, good paintings and prints in frames, dining and tea china, cut and plain glass, silver, and plated ware, consisting of tea furniture, ladies' spoons and holders—also, one coach and a traveling carriage near new, with harness; a pair of good found horses, and one double barrel fowling piece.
The sale to commence at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, if fair, if not, the next fair day, and continue from day to day until all are sold.
Terms made known at time and place of sale.
The goods may be viewed two days previous to the sale.
SAMUEL SPEAKE, Auct.
March 2—tcof
AMERICAN COFFEE-HOUSE, WASHINGTON CITY.
THE Subscribers have opened for the entertainment of travellers, members of Congress, families, &c. resorting to the seat of government, the houses occupied for several years by Mr. P. D. TALLE, immediately east of the Capitol, to which they respectfully invite the public.
The premises are well known as large and convenient, are provided with new beds and furniture, and the best wines and liquors, flanked for 50 horses, with carriage houses, &c.
FROST and QUINN.
Nov. 4—if.
LOST or MISLAID,
THREE Navy Six per Cent certificates of the following description:
No 41 for 1000 dollars. 96 for 400 do. 109 for 100 do.
2500 Dollars in all, dated 4th August 1800 in favor of Wm. Patterson, and this public notice is given, that new certificates may issue to replace those that have been lost.
WILLIAM PATTERSON.
Washington February 11—6w
PUBLIC SALE.
By order of the Orphan's court of Prince George's county, will be exposed at Public Sale, to the highest bidder, at the farm lately occupied by Mr. Richard Crampkin, and at his late dwelling in the town of Bladensburg, on Tuesday the 10th day of March next, if fair, if not the next fair day.
All the Personal estate
of the said deceased (except the crop of Tobacco) consisting of a number of valuable servants, among whom are some excellent house and kitchen servants, the flock of horses, two of which are very pleasant saddle horses, mules, cattle, sheep and hogs, plantation utensils of every kind, about 160 barrels of corn, 150 bushels of clean rye, upwards of 20,000 weight of hay, a large crop of well saved straw, &c. &c. Likewise the unexpired term in a lease for 120 acres of land, granted on the 31st day of May 1714 for ninety-nine years, being six years after the 31st day of May next. This property lies about one mile west of Bladensburg, directly on the old road to Georgetown and contiguous to the fine property of Wm. D. Diggs. The improvements are sufficient for the accommodation of a family of middling size and for the advantageous cultivation thereof; there are twenty six bushels of wheat seeded upon it and about 8 or 10 acres in thirteenth clover, and a sufficiency of wood it is believed for its support—a further description is deemed unnecessary, as it is presumed that those who wish to buy will view the property previous to the sale. An impartial title will be given. And at the dwelling in Bladensburg, a variety of articles of household & kitchen furniture, several volumes of valuable books, prints, maps and other articles too tedious to mention. The sale will commence on the farm, at 10 o'clock in the morning, and continue from day to day, till all is sold. Terms of sale are a credit of twelve months for all sums above ten pounds, the purchaser or purchasers to give bond, with two good and sufficient securities, carrying interest from the day of sale, and for all purchases to the amount of ten pounds and under the cash is to be paid. No property will be delivered until previously paid, or bonded for as above.
THOMAS BOWIE,
Administrator of Richard Crampkin.
February 11—gt
WHARF MATERIALS & WORKMANSHIP WANTED
THE following materials will be wanted for building a Wharf at the south end of 17th street west (at the mouth of the Tyber, viz. From 600 to 700 perches of Blue Stone. 2000 feet running of White Oak timber. Squared on three sides, 12 inches in the bed, and to raise one foot. 3000 yards of filling in with earth. James Hoban, Timothy Caldwell, J. P. Van Ness, Commissioners. February 20—
CHARLES H. VARDEN, Merchant Taylor
New Jersey Avenue near the Capitol.
RESPECTFULLY informs the gentlemen of the district of Columbia, he has imported by ship Suzu ANN lately arrived at Philadelphia,
A choice assortment
Of Extra Superior cloths, Sennets, Velvets, and Corduroys, single and double milled Saxon cloths, fashionable Spanish Orleans and Toilets, rich silk Molekin velvets, silk and satin Florentines, with a variety of other articles suitable for the season.
H. B. Ladies habits, regimentals and navy uniforms made in the first style of fashion.
Richard Harwell celebrated patent parallel suspenders, can be had on the same terms as at his manufactory.
November 12—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
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 3 to 144 acres for the convenience of purchasers. Plats of the estate and the terms of sale are in the hands of colonel Hanson 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, 14th June 1805—tf
CHARLES A. BURNETT,
has received from London and Liverpool a handsome assortment of articles in his line, consisting of
WATCHES & JEWELRY,
Silver, Tortoiseshell, and steel Spectacles, Table knives and forks with ivory handles, Pen knives and scissors,
Ladies and Gentlemen's Pocket BOOKS.
He also continues to manufacture gold and silver ware, at the most reduced prices. George-Town Dec. 24—tf
Fifty Dollars Reward.
FOR apprehending RICHARD GOTIER, who broke jail last night. He was committed on his confession of passing counterfeit checks; he is about 5 feet 7 inches high, fair complexion, light hair, grey eyes, very much pitted with the small pox, and pretty much round shouldered. He was a tailor in the United States' service, had a blue tailoring jacket and trousers, a long blue coat, several white linen shirts, a pair of shoes and a very good black hat. The above reward will be given for apprehending and securing the said Gotier in any jail and giving me information thereof.
DANL. C. BRENT,
Marshal of the district of Columbia. December 8—2awtf
Tickets in St. Paul's Parish
LOTTERY—BALTIMORE, NOW DRAWING,
May be had of any of the Managers, for whose names and the scheme of the Lottery, see the National Intelligencer, No. 985. February 27—
By virtue of a deed of trust from the Rev. George Ralph to Samuel Tyler deceased, and Mary Pottinger, will be sold at Public Sale, for cash on Monday the 16th day of March next at Mr. Chapalins tavern Charlotte Hall Academy in St. Mary's county; a tract or parcel of LAND called Hutton, situate, lying and being in the vicinity of said Academy in St. Mary's county aforesaid, containing about 150 acres also five Negroes consisting of three valuable men, a woman and a lad.
MARY POTTINGER, Survivor of Samuel Tyler. February 17—tcof
FOR SALE,
A healthy negro woman under 30 years of age, with two healthy children. For particulars apply to the printer. 1st Nov 1806—cptr
ROSS & GETTY,
At their Store, corner of Washington and Bridge streets, next door to the Union Tavern, Georgetown,
Have received per the Schooner Rebecca,
from New York,
200 bushels potatoes
10 barrels prime mackerel
5 do. white onions
20 boxes spermaceti candles
200 weight currants
10 boxes muscatel raisins
1200 pounds fine yellow cheese.
ON HAND,
Good old Madeira, Sicily, Sherry, Malaga,
Port and Lisbon Wines—Cognac Brandy,
Jamaica Rum, New England, do. Holland
and country Gin, Irish and Rye Whiskey,
Aniseed, Orange, Cinnamon and Perfume
Love Cordials on draught and in bottles;
prima St. Croix, Loaf and Lump Sugar.
Gunpowder Tea in canisters,
Do. do. in chests
Imperial Hyson, Young Hyson, Hyson Skin,
and Souchong Teas of the Latest importations.
A few sets of handsome French China
Five barrels excellent Buck-wheat Meal
Bar Iron and Steel
Mould and dipped Candles
Spanish and country Segars
With a great variety of other articles in the
GROCERY LINE—All of which they will
dispose of on the Lowest terms.
Have received,
By the Sloop Unity, captain Hand from Philadelphia,
140 boxes of mould candles
60 do. dipped do.
50 do. brown soap
20 do. white do.
5 kegs raisins
20 boxes Muscadine, do.
700 lbs. prime Flemington cheese, far
superior in quality to any in this market
3 tiers of winter strained spermaceti
oil
2000 lbs. prime green coffee
1000 lbs. Bourbon do.
1200 lbs. of Pennington's loaf sugar
20 4rks butter
5 chests fresh hyson tea
6 do. young hyson do.
4 do. imperial do.
22 hds. muscovada sugar
Together with a large quantity of excellent
IRON, all of which they will sell on the lowest
terms, by wholesale or retail.
Georgetown, February 13—
War Department, February 23, 1807.
NOTICE is hereby given, that separate proposals will be received at the office of the Secretary for the department of war, until 12 o'clock at noon of the first Wednesday in June next, for the supply of all rations that may be required for the use of the United States, from the first day of October 1807, until the 30th day of September 1808, both days inclusive, at the following place, viz.
First, At Niagara, Detroit, Michilimackinac, Fort Wayne, Chicago, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited within the State of Ohio, and territory of Michigan, and at any place or places within the Indiana territory north of the 41st deg. of north latitude.
Second, at the new military post opposite the mouth of the Hiawatee, and within the Cherokee nation between Tennessee and Georgia, and on the Tennessee river, and on the road between said river and Nashville, and at any place or place where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the States of Kentucky and Tennessee.
Third, at the garrison near Vincennes on the river Wabash, at Fort Massac, New Madrid, Chickasaw Bluffs, Arkadelphia, Natchez, & Fort Adams, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited in the Mississippi territory, except the county of Washington, and at any place or places in the Indiana territory south of the 41st degree of north latitude, and fifty miles east of the Mississippi river.
Fourth, at St. Louis, St. Charles, Kaskaskia, Cahokia, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the territory of Louisiana north of New Madrid, and at any place or places in the Indiana territory within fifty miles east of the Mississippi river, and south of the 41st degree of north latitude, Fort Massac except.
Fifth, at New Orleans, Plaquemines, Point Coupee, Opelousas, Natchitoches, Appelonas, Attakapas, Fort St. David, Fort St. Stephens, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the territory of Orleans, or in the county of Washington in the Mississippi territory, and at any place or places on the west side of the Mississippi river below Arkansas.
Separate proposals will also be received as aforesaid for the supply of all rations, which may be required for the use of the United States, from the first day of January 1808 to the 31st day of December of the same year, both days inclusive, within the several States hereinafter mentioned, viz.
Sixth, at the Oakmulgee Old Fields, and
at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited, within the State of Georgia, and on the Indian boundary between Georgia and the Creek nation.
Seventh, at Charleston, Rocky Mount, on the head waters of the Santee, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited, within the States of North and South Carolina.
Eighth, at Norfolk, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited, within the State of Virginia.
Ninth, at Fort M'Henry, and at any place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited, within the State of Maryland and the district of Columbia.
Tenth, at Fort M'Lin, Carlisle, and at any place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited, within the State of Pennsylvania, east of the mountains, and within the States of New Jersey and Delaware.
Eleventh, at Pittsburgh, and at any place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited, within the State of Pennsylvania west of the mountains.
Twelfth, at Fort Jay, West Point, Albany, Shenedady, and at any place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the State of New York, Niagara and its dependencies excepted.
Thirteenth, at Fort Ticonderoga, Fort Wolcott, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the States of Connecticut, Rhode Island and Vermont.
Fourteenth, at Fort Independence (Boston harbor) and at any place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited, within the State of Massachusetts, the town of Springfield, and the district of Maine excepted.
Fifteenth, at Portsmouth, Portland, and at any place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the State of New Hampshire and the district of Maine.
Sixteenth, Proposals will also be received as aforesaid, for the supply of all rations, which may be required by the United States, for the troops which are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the town of Springfield in the State of Massachusetts, and for the armourers and other persons employed, in the United States' armory at that place, from the 1st day of January 1808 to the 31st day of December in the same year, both days inclusive.
A ration to consist of one pound and one quarter of beef, or three quarters of a pound of pork, eighteen ounces of bread or flour, one gill of rum, whiskey or brandy, and at the rate of two quarts of salt, four quarts of vinegar. One pound of loop, and one pound and a half of candles to every hundred rations. The prices of the several component parts of the ration shall be specified; but the United States reserve the right of making such alterations in the price of the component parts of the ration aforesaid, as shall make the price of each part thereof bear a just proportion to the proposed price of the whole ration. The rations are to be furnished in such quantities, that there shall at all times, during the term of the proposed contract, be sufficient for the consumption of the troops at Michilimackinac, Detroit and Chicago for six months in advance; and at each of the other posts on the western waters for at least three months in advance, of good and wholesome provisions, if the same shall be required. It is also to be permitted to all and every of the commanders of fortified places or posts, to call for, at seasons when the fame can be transported, or at any time in case of urgency such supplies of like provisions in advance, as in the discretion of the commandant shall be deemed proper.
It is understood that the contractor is to be at the expense and risk of lifting the supplies to the troops, and that all losses sustained by the depredations of an enemy or by means of the troops of the United States, shall be paid by the United States at the price of the articles captured or destroyed as aforesaid, on the deposition of two or more persons of credible characters and the certificate of a commissioned officer, stating the circumstances of the loss, and the amount of the articles for which compensation shall be claimed.
The privilege is understood to be reserved to the United States of requiring that none of the supplies, which may be furnished under any of the proposed contracts, shall be issued, until the supplies which have been or may be furnished under contracts now in force, have been consumed, and that a supply in advance may be always required at any of the fixed posts on the seaboard, or Indian frontier, not exceeding three months.
H. DEARBORN, Secretary of War. February 25—2aw6w
LANDS FOR SALE.
By virtue of a decree of the High Court of Chancery, will be sold, at public auction, at Piscataway, in Prince George's county, at 12 o'clock, on Monday the 23rd day of March next, if fair, if not the first fair day thereafter, all the REAL ESTATE of Randolph B. Latimer, deceased, lying and being in Charles county, consisting of several tracts and parts of tracts of land, to wit: Latimer's Addition, Latimer's Second Addition, Latimer's Forest, Willow's Hardship, Bayget's Lot, Smallwood's Good Bargain, Part of Daniel's Conclusion, part of Stewart's Overflight, part of Koby's Help, and a tract of land which the said Latimer purchased of a certain Henry Hagman. These lands will be laid off into convenient lots to suit the convenience of purchasers; a plot, and an accurate description, will be shown on the day of sale. The terms of sale are, that so much of the said lands as will be necessary to raise the sum of eighteen hundred dollars will be sold for cash, to be paid on the day of the ratification of the sale, which will be about six weeks from the day of sale. The residue will be sold on a credit of one and two years, with interest from the day of sale. Bond with approved security, will be required.
NICHOLAS BREWER, Trustee. March 2—tcof
PORTRAIT PAINTING
C. BOYLE respectfully informs the public that he paints Likenesses in Oil Colors, in the building formerly occupied by Mr. G. Stewart, on the Pennsylvania Avenue, near Duane's book-store.
N. B. A few specimens to be seen, January 5—tf
LANDS FOR SALE.
THE subscriber offers for sale the following tracts of Land lying in the county of Fairfax, Virginia, viz. one Tract on the south side of Great Hunting Creek, on Potomac river, about a mile from Alexandria and contiguous to the southern monument of the bridge about to be built over the said creek. There are on this tract about 900 acres 400 of which are rich low grounds, 450 in woods, most of which are heavily timbered, and the rest rich upland—this tract may truly be said to be the most valuable of its size of any on the river. Also, one other Tract, about 6 miles from Alexandria (on which the subscriber resides) lying on the new TURNPIKE road leading to the westward and contains 857 acres, well improved with houses, barn, flax-mill, &c. orchards and meadows—the improvements on this land cost 2000. Also one other Tract about 5 miles above, the latter containing 337 acres, with about 70 or 80 acres of bottom land, lying on Accotink run, convenient farm houses good orchards, &c. Also a moiety of the farm on which Basil Williams at present resides, about three miles from the last mentioned. Also a tract about 13 miles from Winchester in the edge of Shenandoah county, containing 280 acres. Also about 6000 acres of land in the State of Kentucky, a considerable part of which, lying on the Ohio river, is very desirable and valuable. Purchasers of any of the above property may be accommodated with horses, cattle, sheep and hogs, farming utensils, provender, &c. The terms, which will be easy, may be known by applying to the subscriber near Alexandria.
AUG. J. SMITH.
March 4—6t Good Lands in West Tennessee, and Negroes will be received in payment for a considerable part of the above property
THE IMPROVED STRAW CUTTER.
MAY be seen in operation at Wm. Morgan's in Georgetown—the steel of this machine is formed slant so as to cause the knife to cut off the straw at an angle of 22 1/2 deg. which makes it cut much easier than at right angles or square across. This valuable straw cutter feeds itself with the straw to any given length; both hands may be applied at once to the handle. They are manufactured at the subscriber's house between the Six Buildings and the Potomac river, city of Washington.