The national intelligencer and Washington advertiser. (Washington City [D.C.]), 1802-05-24 00:00:00

NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER,
WASHINGTON ADVERTISER.
Vol. II.
WASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
No. CCLXI.
FIVE DOLLS. PER ANN.
MONDAY, MAY 24th, 1802.
PAID IN ADVANCE.
[By Authority.]
AN ACT
To extend and continue in force the provisions of an act entitled "An act giving a right of pre-emption to certain persons who have contracted with John Cleves Symmes or his associates, for lands lying between the Miami rivers, in the territory North-West of the Ohio; and for other purposes."
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled. That the several provisions of an act entitled "An act giving a right of pre-emption to certain persons who have contracted with John Cleves Symmes, or his associates, for lands lying between the Miami rivers in the territory North West of the Ohio" shall be, and the same are hereby continued in force, until the first day of March next, subject to the modifications contained in this act.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of the said act shall, and the same are hereby extended to all persons claiming lands lying between the Miami rivers, and without the limits of Ludlow's survey, by purchase or contract made prior to the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred, with John Cleves Symmes or his associates.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That every person claiming lands as aforesaid, either within or without the limits of Ludlow's survey, and who have not obtained a certificate of the right of pre-emption therefor, shall, on or before the first day of November next, give notice of the nature and extent of his claim, in manner prescribed by the second section of the said act. And the receiver of public monies, and commissioners appointed under the fourth section of the said act, shall meet at Cincinnati, on the second Monday of November next, they having given four weeks previous notice of such meeting, in a public newspaper printed at Cincinnati, and shall then and there proceed to hear and finally decide upon all claims, of which notice may have been given as aforesaid, and shall, in all matters relative thereto, govern themselves by the provisions of the said act. Vacancies in the said board of commissioners may be filled by the President of the United States alone. And the duties, powers and emoluments of the said commissioners, receiver of public monies, and register of the land office at Cincinnati, and surveyor general, as prescribed by the said act, shall, and the same are hereby continued.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That every person who may have obtained, or who shall hereafter obtain, as aforesaid, a certificate of a right of pre-emption from the said commissioners shall be allowed until the first day of January next, to make the first payment required for the lands described in such certificate, and shall, in all other respects relative thereto, conform to the several provisions of the said act.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the Secretary of the treasury to cause to be viewed, marked, and opened, such roads within the territory North West of the Ohio, as in his opinion will best serve to promote the sales of the public lands in future: Provided, that the whole sum to be expended on such roads shall not exceed six thousand dollars, and that the same shall be paid out of the monies paid by purchasers of public lands on account of surveying expenses.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That all the lands around Vincennes on the Wabash, in the Indiana territory, the Indian title to which has been extinguished, shall be surveyed and laid off in the manner prescribed by the third section of an act entitled "An act to amend an act entitled "An act providing for the sales of the lands of the United States in the territory North West of the Ohio, and above the mouth of Kentucky river," under directions from the Secretary of the treasury, and by such person or persons as the President of the United States shall appoint for that purpose: Provided, that the whole expense of surveying and marking the lines shall not exceed four dollars for every mile that shall be actually run, surveyed and marked. And two plats of the lands aforesaid, shall be prepared by the person or persons who may survey the same, who shall also designate thereon the bounds of the lands of individuals held under reservations of the state of Virginia, or under the laws of the United States; one of the said plats shall be returned to the office of the Secretary of the treasury, and the other
shall be deposited with the secretary of the Indiana territory.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That in all cases where any section or fractional section of land lying within the seven ranges of townships, has been sold prior to the tenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred, under the authority of the United States, the lines of such section or fractional section, shall be run under the direction of the Secretary of the treasury, in the manner most consistent with the supposed boundaries of the same, at the time of the sale; any thing in the act of the tenth of May, one thousand eight hundred, to the contrary notwithstanding. And it shall be lawful for the Secretary of the treasury, whenever lines thus run shall interfere with the claim of a purchaser of public lands under the last mentioned act to permit such purchaser, if he shall desire it, at any time within six months, after such lines, thus interfering with his claim, shall have been run, to withdraw his former application, and to apply in lieu thereof for any other vacant section.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ABRAHAM BALDWIN, President of the Senate pro tempore. APPROVED, May 1, 1802. TH: JEFFERSON, President of the United States.
AN ACT
To provide for the establishment of certain districts, and therein to amend an act, entitled, "An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage;" and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled. That from and after the last day of June next, a district shall be formed from the district of Yorktown, in Virginia, to be called the district of East River, which shall comprehend the waters, shores, harbors and inlets of North and East River and Mobjack bay, and all other navigable waters, shores, harbors and inlets within the county of Matthews, in said state; and it shall be lawful for the President of the United States to designate a proper place to be the port of entry and delivery within the said district; and to appoint a collector and surveyor of the customs to reside and keep their offices therein, who shall be entitled to receive, in addition to the fees, and other emoluments established by law, the annual salary of two hundred dollars each.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That from and after the said last day of June next, Bennett's creek, within the district of Edenton, and state of North Carolina, shall cease to be a port of delivery, as heretofore established, and the office, authority and emoluments of the surveyor of said port, shall also, from thenceforth, terminate and be discontinued; and a port of delivery in lieu thereof, shall be established, on Saimon creek within the district aforesaid, as a place called the Tombstone; and a surveyor of the customs shall be appointed to reside and keep an office therein, who shall be entitled to receive for his services, in addition to the fees established by law, the annual salary heretofore allowed to the surveyor of Bennett's creek.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That from and after the said last day of June next, a port of delivery shall be established at the mouth of Slave's creek on the north side thereof, within the district of Washington, and state of North Carolina, on a certain tract of land, intended and designated for a town, whereon William Purnell resides; and a surveyor of the customs shall be appointed to reside and keep an office therein, who shall be entitled to receive for his services, in addition to the fees established by law, an annual salary of one hundred and fifty dollars.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That in the territory of the United States north west of the river Ohio, there shall, from and after the passing of this act, be established a district, to be called the district of Marietta, which shall include all the waters, shores and inlets of the river Ohio, on the northern side, and the rivers, waters and shores connected therewith, above or to the eastward of, and including the river Scioto, from the mouth thereof, upwards, as far as the same may be navigable:—And a collector of the customs shall be appointed to reside and keep an office at the town of Marietta, which shall be the sole port of entry and delivery for the said district; and the said collector shall be entitled to receive for his services, in addition to the fees and other emoluments established by law, an annual salary of one hundred and fifty dollars.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the President of the United States to establish, when in addition to the port of entry and delivery already established, on the Mississippi, south of the state of Tennessee, one other port of entry and delivery on the said river; and to appoint a collector of the customs to reside and keep an office therein, and to appoint one or more surveyors to reside at such place or places as he may think proper to designate as ports of delivery only; and the surveyor or surveyors thus appointed, shall be subject to the controul and direction of the collector within whose district he or they shall reside.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passing of this act, no duty shall be demanded or collected on merchandise of the growth, produce or manufacture of the United States, or of any foreign country transported coastwise between the Atlantic ports of the United States, and the districts of the United States on the river Mississippi, or any of its branches, although landed at the port of New Orleans, on its passage; provided the same would not be subject to duty, or liable to seizure, if transported from one district of the United States, on the sea-coast, to another: And provided likewise, That no debenture for a drawback shall have been issued upon the export of such merchandise from the Atlantic ports of the United States to any foreign port or place; and to the end as well that frauds on the revenue may be prevented, as that the coasting vessels of the United States may be permitted to participate in the said trade, the Secretary of the Treasury, with the approbation of the President, is hereby authorized to prescribe and establish such forms and regulations, and the same from time to time, with like approbation, to alter and amend, for the government of the officers of the customs in this respect, as he may think proper and necessary; on the observance of which, merchandise thus transported shall be exempt from duty; and it shall be lawful for the coasting vessels of the United States to be employed in the said trade, and not otherwise.
Sec. 7. And whereas it is provided by the hundred and fourth section of the collection law, that merchandise belonging to British subjects may be brought (without regard to the character of the vessel importing the same) into the ports of the United States, on the northern and north western frontiers, subject to no higher or other duties than are or shall be payable by the citizens of the United States, on the importation of the same in American vessels into the Atlantic ports of the United States; and it being just and reasonable that the same privilege should be extended to vessels and merchandise belonging to persons residing at New Orleans, and other ports of Louisiana and Florida, on the Mississippi, or any of its branches: Be it further enacted, That from and after the last day of June next, all goods and merchandise, the importation of which into the United States shall not be wholly prohibited, shall and may freely for the purposes of commerce be brought into the ports of the United States on the Mississippi, or any of its branches, in vessels belonging to New Orleans, or any other port of Louisiana or Florida, on the Mississippi; and such goods or merchandise, shall be subject to no higher or other duties than are, or shall be payable by the citizens of the United States, on the importation of the same in American vessels into the Atlantic ports of the United States.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That from and after the last day of June next, no duty on the tonnage of any boat, flat, raft, or other vessel, shall be demanded, or collected on the arrival or entry of such boat, flat, or raft, or other vessel in any district which is or may be established on the Mississippi, or any of its branches, and on the northern and north western boundaries of the United States: Provided nevertheless, That this exemption shall not be construed to extend to any vessel above fifty tons burthen, and which shall not be wholly employed in carrying on inland trade between the ports of the United States on the Mississippi, and its branches, and the ports of Louisiana and Florida, on the same, including New Orleans, and between the ports of the northern and north western boundaries of the United States and the British provinces of Upper and Lower Canada.
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That all that part of the act, entitled "An Act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage," passed
on the second day of March one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, that directs that the collector of the district of George Town shall reside at George Town be, and is hereby repealed.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ABRAHAM BALDWIN, President of the Senate pro tempore. APPROVED, May 1, 1802. TH: JEFFERSON, President of the United States.
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Military establishment of the United States, in the year one thousand eight hundred and two.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled. That for defraying the several expenses of the military establishment of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and two, for the Indian department, for arsenals and armories, and for the erection of fortifications, the following sums be and the same hereby are respectively appropriated: that is to say:
For the pay of the army of the United States, the sum of 292,272 dollars, including therein the sum of 60,000 dollars appropriated by an act of the present session.
For the subsistence of the army, the sum of 201,027 dollars and 40 cents.
For forage, 3,804 dollars.
For clothing, 66,630 dollars.
For the medical and hospital department, 10,000 dollars.
For bounties and premiums, 2,000 dollars.
For all expenses of transportation, tents, tools, and the contingent expenses of the war department, 64,000 dollars.
For the pay, subsistence, and clothing of the corps of engineers, 7,010 dollars and 80 cents.
For the Indian department, 71,750 dollars.
For the expenses incident to the arsenals, magazines, and armories of the United States, 66,766 dollars and 88 cents.
For erecting and completing fortifications and barracks, 70,500 dollars.
For running certain boundary lines between the Indians and white inhabitants of the United States and for ascertaining the lines of sundry reserved tracts of land in the Indiana and north western territories, 5,000 dollars.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That for defraying all expenses which will arise in consequence of discharging the officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates, who are, or shall be, supernumerary by the act of the present session, entitled "An Act fixing the military peace establishment of the United States," and for carrying the said act in to complete operation, the following sums be, and they hereby are respectively appropriated; that is to say:
For the pay of the officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates, to be discharged, 39,500 dollars.
For subsistence, 18,000 dollars.
For clothing, 12,000 dollars.
For forage, 1,500 dollars.
For the medical department, 2,000 dollars.
For quarter-master's department, 45,000 dollars.
For bounties and premiums, 1,500 dollars.
For allowance to officers and soldiers who are to be discharged, 30,000 dollars.
For contingencies, 9,000 dollars.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That a sum not exceeding 40,000 dollars, including any unexpended balance of the sum of 15,000 dollars, appropriated by the act approved on the 18th of May 1800, entitled "An act to appropriate a certain sum of money to defray the expenses of holding a treaty or treaties with the Indians," be, and the same hereby is, appropriated for defraying the expense of any treaty or treaties which may be held with the Indians south of the river Ohio: Provided, That the compensation to be allowed to any commissioner appointed, or who may be appointed, for negotiating such treaty, or treaties, shall not exceed, exclusive of travelling expenses, the rate of 8 dollars per day, during the actual service of such commissioner.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the several appropriations herein before made, shall be paid and discharged, first, out of any balance remaining unexpended of former appropriations for the same objects, respectively, and le-
condly, out of any monies in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ABRAHAM BALDWIN, President of the Senate pro tempore. APPROVED, May 1, 1802. TH: JEFFERSON, President of the United States.
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the support of Government for the year one thousand eight hundred and two.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled. That for the expenditure of the civil list, including the contingent expenses of the several departments and officers; for the compensation of clerks in the several loan offices, 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, & public piers, & for satisfying certain miscellaneous claims & expenses, the following sums, including therein the sum of one hundred thousand dollars already appropriated, by an act, intitled "An Act making a partial appropriation for the support of government during the year 1802," be, and are hereby appropriated, that is to say:
For compensations granted by law to the members of the Senate and House of Representatives, their officers and attendants, estimated for a session of five months continuance, one hundred and sixty-four thousand five hundred and twenty-six dollars and sixty-six cents.
For the expense of fire wood, stationery, printing, and all other contingent expenses of the two houses of Congress, seventeen thousand dollars.
For extraordinary contingent expenses of the House of Representatives, by resolutions of the house during the present session, including also the expenses of the library of the two houses of congress, and for printing one thousand copies of the census of the United States, seven thousand dollars.
For defraying the expense of new furniture, provided for the house of representatives, one thousand two hundred and forty-four dollars and eighty-five cents.
For the 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, eleven thousand three hundred and sixty dollars.
For the incidental and contingent expenses in the said department, twelve thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars.
For compensation to the secretary of the treasury, clerks and persons employed in his office, eleven thousand two hundred and forty-nine dollars and eighty-one cents.
For expenses of translating foreign languages, allowance to the person employed in receiving and transmitting passports and sea letters, stationery and printing, eight hundred dollars.
For compensation to the comptroller of the treasury, clerks and persons employed in his office, twelve thousand nine hundred and seventy-seven dollars and eight cents.
For expense of stationery and printing in the comptroller's office, eight hundred dollars.
For compensation to the auditor of the treasury, clerks and persons employed in his office, twelve thousand two hundred and twenty dollars and ninety-three cents.
For expense of stationery and printing in the office of the auditor, 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 and printing in the treasurer's office, three hundred dollars.
For compensation to the commissioner of the revenue, clerks and persons employed in his office, (including the wages of two persons employed in coin stamping paper in the said office,) six thousand six hundred and fifty-three dollars and six cents.
For expense of stationery and printing in the office of the commissioner of the revenue, four hundred dollars.
For compensation to the register of the treasury, clerks and persons employed in his office, sixteen thousand and fifty-two dollars and one cent.
For expense of stationery and printing (including books for the public books

and for the arrangement of the marine papers in the register's office, two thousand eight hundred dollars:
For compensation to the Superintendent of Stamps, clerks and persons employed in his office, one thousand six hundred and sixteen dollars and sixty-seven cents:
For expenses of stationery and printing in the office of Superintendent of Stamps, two hundred dollars:
For compensation to the Secretary of the Treasury, for the printing of the public accounts, two hundred and fifty dollars:
For compensation of clerks to be employed in the treasury, in addition to those authorized by the act of the second of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, for the purpose of making drafts of the several surveys of lands in the territory of the United States north west of the river Ohio, and for keeping the books of the treasury, in relation to the sales of lands at the several land offices, two thousand dollars:
For fuel and other contingent expenses of the treasury department, including therein the sum of one thousand dollars already appropriated, four thousand dollars:
For defraying the expense incident to the printing and printing the public accounts for the year one thousand eight hundred and two, one thousand two hundred dollars:
For defraying the expense of printing two large tables of imports, for one year, (sending the thirtieth of September, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine,) in American and foreign vessels, including paper furnished for the same, one hundred and sixty-four dollars:
For compensation to a Superintendent employed to secure the buildings and records in the treasury department, during the present year, and for nine months service in the year one thousand eight hundred and one, not heretofore appropriated, including the expense of two watchmen, and the repair of fire engines, buckets, &c. one thousand four hundred dollars:
For compensation to the secretary of war, clerks and persons employed in his office, eleven thousand two hundred and fifty dollars:
For expenses of fuel, stationery, printing, and other contingent expenses in the office of the secretary at war, one thousand dollars:
For compensation to the accountant of the war department, clerks and persons employed in his office, ten thousand nine hundred and ten dollars:
For contingent expenses in the office of the accountant of the war department, one thousand dollars:
For compensation of clerks employed in the paymaster general's office, one thousand eight hundred dollars:
For fuel in the said office, ninety dollars:
For compensation to the surveyor of public supplies, clerks and persons employed in his office, including a sum of seven hundred dollars for compensation to his clerks, in addition to the sum allowed by the act of the second day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, and for expense of stationery and fuel in the said office, three thousand eight hundred dollars:
For compensation to the secretary of the navy, clerks and persons employed in his office, nine thousand one hundred and ten dollars:
For expense of fuel, stationery, printing, and other contingent expenses in the office of the secretary of the navy, two thousand seven hundred dollars:
For compensation to the accountant of the navy, clerks and persons employed in his office, including the sum of one thousand one hundred dollars, for compensation to his clerks in addition to the sum allowed by the act of the 2d of March, 1799, ten thousand three hundred and fifty dollars:
For contingent expenses in the office of the accountant of the navy, seven hundred and fifty dollars:
For compensation to the postmaster general, assistant postmaster general, clerks and persons employed in the postmaster general's office, and for making good a deficiency in the appropriation for clerk hire in the said office, in the year one thousand eight hundred and one, including a sum of two thousand three hundred dollars for compensation to his clerks in addition to the sum allowed by the act of the 2d of March, 1799, eleven thousand seven hundred and five dollars:
For expense of fuel, candles, stationery, furniture, chests, &c. exclusive of expenses of fires, prosecutions, mail locks, keys, portmanteaus, saddle-bags, blanks for post-offices, advertisements relative to the mail, and other expenses incident to the department at large, these being paid for by the postmaster-general out of the funds of the office, two thousand dollars:
For compensation to the several loan officers, thirteen thousand two hundred and fifty dollars:
For compensation to the clerks to the commissioners of loans, and an allowance to certain loan officers, in lieu of clerk hire, and to defray the authorized expenses of the several loan officers, thirteen thousand dollars:
For defraying the expense of clerk hire in the office of the commissioner of loans,
for the state of Pennsylvania, in addition to the permanent provision made by law, in consequence of the removal of the offices of the treasury department, in the year one thousand eight hundred, to the permanent seat of government, two thousand dollars:
For compensation to the surveyor general, and the clerks employed by him, and
For expense of stationery and other contingent expenses in the surveyor general's office, three thousand two hundred dollars:
For defraying the expense of publishing in the Sciota gazette, the act providing for the sale of lands in the territory north west of the river Ohio, and of paper for printing twelve hundred copies of the act providing for the sale of western lands of the United States, eighty-four dollars:
For completing certain surveys authorized by acts of Congress passed the tenth of May, one thousand eight hundred, the eighteenth of February and third of March, one thousand eight hundred and one, and for surveying and lying off, according to law, the lands around Vincennes, on the Wabash, in the Indiana territory, thirty-nine thousand two hundred and ninety-six dollars and ninety cents:
For compensation to the following officers of the mint:—
The director, two thousand dollars:
The treasurer, one thousand two hundred dollars:
The assayer, one thousand five hundred 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 hundred dollars:
And two, at five hundred dollars each.
For the wages of persons employed, at the different branches of melting, refining, coining, carpenter, mill wright and smith's work, including the sum of eight hundred dollars per annum, allowed to an assistant coiner and die-singer, who also oversees the execution of the iron-work, seven thousand dollars:
For repairs of furnaces, cost of rollers and screws, bar iron, lead, steel, office furniture, and for all other contingencies of the establishment of the mint, three thousand nine hundred dollars:
For compensation to the governor and judges and secretary of the territory north west of the river Ohio, five thousand one hundred and fifty dollars:
For expenses of stationery, printing patents for land, and other contingent expenses for lands in the said territory three hundred and fifty dollars:
For compensation to the governor, judges, and secretary of the Mississippi territory, five thousand one hundred and fifty dollars:
For expenses of stationery, office rent, and other contingent expenses in the said territory, three hundred and fifty dollars:
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 in the said territory, three hundred and fifty 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 compensation of clerks," eleven thousand eight hundred and eighty-five 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 admitted in a due course of settlement at the treasury, and which are of a nature, according to the usage thereof, to require payment in specie, two thousand dollars:
For the compensation granted by law to the chief justice, associate judges, circuit judges, and district judges of the United States, including the chief justice and two associate judges of the district of Columbia, and to the attorney general, sixty eight thousand six hundred and fifty dollars:
For the like compensations granted to the district attorneys, and for defraying the expenses of the supreme, circuit, and district courts of the United States, including the court for the district of Columbia, 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 the keeping of prisoners, fifty-six thousand nine hundred dollars:
For compensation to the marshals of the district of Maine, New-Hampshire, Vermont, Kentucky, Rali, and West Tennessee, one thousand two hundred dollars:
For the payment of sundry pensions granted by the late government, nine hundred dollars:
For carrying into effect the act of Congress, of the third of February, one thousand eight hundred and two relative to the officers and crew of the United States Schooner Enterprise, one thousand seven hundred and nineteen dollars.
For payment of the annuity granted to the children of the late colonel John Harding, and major Alexander Truesman, by an act of Congress passed the fourteenth of May, one thousand eight hundred, six hundred dollars:
For payment of the annual allowance to the invalid pensioners of the United States, for their pensions from the fifth of March one thousand eight hundred and two to the fourth of March one thousand eight hundred and three, ninety three thousand dollars:
For the maintenance and support of light-houses, beacons, buoys, and public piers, and sinking off channels, bars and shoals, and for occasional improvement in the construction of lanterns and lamps, and materials used therein, and other contingent expenses, including commissions to the superintendents of the said light-houses, at two and a half per centum, forty-four thousand eight hundred and forty-one dollars and forty-five cents:
For the discharge of such miscellaneous demands against the United States, not otherwise provided for, as shall have been admitted in due course of settlement at the treasury, and which are of a nature, according to the usage thereof, to require payment in specie, four thousand dollars:
For defraying the contingent expenses of government, twenty thousand dollars:
For defraying the expenses of taking the second enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States in addition to the appropriation heretofore made for that object, twenty thousand dollars:
For defraying the expenses incident to the purchase or erection of certain warehouses and stores for the reception of goods, wares and merchandise, under the "Act respecting quarantine and health laws," passed the twenty-fifth of February, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, sixty nine thousand and twenty-six dollars and twelve cents:
For the expenses of intercourse with foreign nations, sixty-four thousand and fifty dollars:
For the salaries of the commissioners under the seventh article of the treaty of amity, commerce and navigation between the United States and Great Britain, including contingent expenses, twenty-four thousand and sixty-six dollars and sixty-seven cents:
For salaries of the agents of the United States, in London and Paris, expenses of prosecuting claims and appeals in the courts of Great Britain, in relation to captures of American vessels, and defending causes elsewhere, twenty-nine thousand dollars:
For the salary of an agent in London, for the relief and protection of American seamen, and contingent expenses to be incurred therein; and for relieving seamen elsewhere, fifteen thousand dollars:
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , That the several appropriations herein before made shall be paid and discharged out of the fund of six hundred thousand dollars reserved by the act "making provision for the debt of the United States," and out of any money which may be in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ABRAHAM BALDWIN, President of the Senate pro tempore. APPROVED, May 1, 1802. TH: JEFFERSON, President of the United States.
AN ACT Further to alter and establish certain Post Roads; and for the more secure carriage of the mail of the United States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following post roads be discontinued;
From Pelham to Nottingham West, in New Hampshire;
From Hanover to Scituate, in Massachusetts;
From Bridgewater to Taunton;
From New York to Sagg Harbor, in the state of New York;
From Schenectady to Sandy Hill;
From Salem to Bridgetown, in New Jersey;
From Lumberton, by Elizabethtown, to Anderson in North Carolina;
From Rockford, by Scull Camp, to Grafton court house;
From Amelia court house, by Pridewill, to Payneville, in Virginia;
From Washington to Cincinnati;
From Franklin court house to Jackson court house, in Georgia;
From Goldsboro, by Greerbridge, St. Tammany's, Mecklenburg court house, Marshall's store, Christian's store, Lunenburg court house and Edmund's store, to Goldsboro;
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted , That the following post roads be established:
In Maine.
From Dennyville to Eastport;
From Machias, by Dennyville, to Sedac.
In New Hampshire.
From Pelham, by Windham, to Londonderry;
From Haverhill, by Bath and Littleton to Lancaster.
In Massachusetts.
From Boston, by Easton, to Taunton;
From Hingham, by Cohasset, to Scituate;
From Springfield, by South Hadley, to Northampton;
From Salem, by Topsfield, to Haverhill.
In Vermont.
From Middlebury by New Haven, Mendon, Hunsburg, Williston, Jericho, Essex, Wellsford, Fairfax and Sheldon, to Hunsburg; to return from Hunsburg by Belkine, Eastbury, Bakersfield, Cambridge, Underhill, Jericho, Richmond, Huntington, Starksboro' and Bristol, to Middlebury;
From Danville, by St. Johnsbury through Berne, to return to Ryegate.
In Connecticut.
From Hartford, by Coventry, Windham and Canterbury, to Plainfield;
From Middletown, by Haddam, to Saybrook;
From New Haven, by Woodbridge, Watertown and Watertown, to Litchfield;
From Norwich, by Lisbon, Canterbury and Brooklyn, to Pomfret.
In New York.
From New York, by Brooklyn, Jamaica, Hempstead, Merrick, Oysterbay South, Huntington South, Islip, Patchogue, Fireplace, Moriches, West Hampton, Southampton and Bridgehampton, to Sag Harbor;
From Hempstead, by Huntington, Smithtown, Brookhaven and Riverhead, to Southold;
From Newtown, in the county of Tioga, by Catharine town, to Geneva;
From Schenectady to Ballstown Springs, Milton, Saratoga Springs, Greenfield, Hadley, Galloway, Charleston; and again to Schenectady;
From Sandy Hill to Fort George, and through the towns of Chermont and Jay to Plattsburg, and thence to the northern line of said state.
In New Jersey.
From Woodbury, by Bridgetown, Milville, Port Elizabeth and Cape May court house, to Cape Island;
From Somersett court house, by Baskenridge, to Morristown;
From New Germantown, by David Miller's, in Washington township, and New Hampton, to Pittstown.
In Pennsylvania.
From Lancaster, by Reading, Allentown, Bethlehem and Stroud's, to Milford;
From Lebanon to Jonestown;
From Jenkintown, by the Cross Roads and New Hope, to Flemington, New Jersey;
From Chambersburg, by Messersburg, to Bedford;
From Downingtown, by West Chester, Kennett's square, and New London cross roads, to the brick meeting house, in Maryland.
In Maryland.
From Reisterstown, by McAlisterstown, Abbotstown and Berlin, to Carlisle, Pennsylvania;
From Elkton, by the brick meeting house, to the Rising Sun, black horse and forrel horse taverns, to Lancaster, Pennsylvania;
From Westminster in Maryland, by Union Mills, Petersburgh and Gettysburg to Chambersburgh, in Pennsylvania;
From Boonesboro, by Sharpsburg and Hagerstown to Messersburg, Pennsylvania;
The mail from Ellicott's mills to Montgomery court house, shall pass by Brookville.
In Delaware.
From Georgetown, by Broadkiln landing, to Lewistown;
From Newport, by Chatham Cochran's and Straitsburg, to Lancaster, in Pennsylvania;
From Whitelysburg to Frederica;
From Georgetown, by Bridge Branch and Northwest Fork Bridge, to Hunting Creek or New Market, Maryland, as the postmaster may direct.
In Virginia.
From Leesburg to Centreville;
From New Dublin, by Tazewell court house, Russel court house, and Lee court house, to Robinson's mills at the foot of Cumbe land mountain;
From Cumberland court-house to Ca Ira;
From Culpepper court house, by Woodville and Mundell's store to New Market, in Shenandoah county;
From Fauquier court-house, by Aquia, to King George court house;
From Winchester, by Front Royal, to Culpepper court-house;
From Brooke court-house, to Steubenville, in the North Western Territory;
From Brooke court-house to West Liberty;
From Brookington by Newman's and Randolph's taverns, and Dennis's store, to Henderson and Fitzgerald's store;
From Amelia court-house, by Perkin's store, to Payneville;
From Wytheville, in Charlotte county, by Speed and Wilson's store, Sterling, Yancey's and Norman's store, to Person court-house in North-Carolina;
From Harrisville, by Field's mill, Onarlesville, McFarland's store, Lunenburg court-house, Christianville, Marshallville, Mecklenburg court-house and St. Tammany's; and to return by Greer-
bridge, Edmund's store, Field's mill to Harrisville;
From Richmond court-house to Tappanock.
In North Carolina.
From Pium-burgh, to Robert Winn's, on Scuppernong river;
From Jonesburg to Pasquotank river bridge;
From Rutherfordstown, by John Gowen's store, to Greenville court-house, in South-Carolina;
From Wilkes to Abbe court-house;
The road from Mount Airy to Greystone court-house, in Virginia, shall pass by Scull Camp.
In Tennessee.
From Jonesborough to Carter court-house;
From Nashville to Franklin;
From Knoxville to Barville.
In South Carolina.
The road from Edgefield to Cambridge, shall pass by Amos Richardson's, and return by Northampton;
From Monk's corner over Biggen bridge, by Pineville, Murray's ferry, Santee, to Kingstree.
In Georgia.
From Oglethorpe court-house, by Athens, through Clarkburg, to Jackson court-house.
In Kentucky.
From Shelbyville to Louisville;
From Danville, by Palaski court-house, to Wayne court-house.
In the North Western Territory.
From Marietta, by Chillicothe and Williamsburg, to Cincinnati;
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted , That for the better and more secure carrying of the mail of the United States, on the main post-road between Petersburg, in Virginia, and Louisville, in Georgia, the Postmaster-General shall be, and hereby is authorized and directed to engage and contract with private companies, or adventurers, for carrying the mail of the United States, for a term of time not exceeding five years, in mail coaches or stages, calculated to convey passengers therein: Provided, that the expense thereof shall not exceed a sum equal to one third more than the whole of the present expense incurred for carrying the mail on such road, on horseback. And the said Postmaster-General may, hereafter at his discretion, require as a stipulation in the contract for carrying the mail from Sheffield, in Connecticut, by Windsor, in Vermont, to Dartmouth College, in New-Hampshire; that the same shall be conveyed in a carriage or line of stages: Provided, the expense thereof shall not exceed more than one third the sum heretofore given for carrying the mail on the last mentioned route by a post-rider.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted , That from and after the first day of November next, no other than a free white person shall be employed in carrying the mail of the United States, on any of the post-roads, either as a post-rider or driver of a carriage carrying the mail: And, every contractor or person who shall have stipulated or may hereafter stipulate to carry the mail, or whose duty it shall be to cause the same to be conveyed, on any of the post-roads, as aforesaid, and who shall, contrary to this act, employ any other than a free white person as a post-rider or driver, or in any other way to carry the mail on the same, shall, for every such offence, forfeit and pay the sum of fifty dollars, one moiety thereof to the use of the United States, and the other moiety thereof to the person who shall sue for, and prosecute the same, before any court having competent jurisdiction therein.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted , That all letters and newspapers to and from the attorney-general of the United States shall be conveyed by post free of postage: Provided, that all letters by him sent be franked in the manner required by the seventh section of the act to establish the post-office.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted , That the Postmaster-General be authorized to allow the postmaster at the several distributing post-offices, such compensation as shall be adequate to their several services in that respect: Provided, That the same shall not exceed in the whole 5 per cent. on the whole amount of postage on letters and newspapers received for distribution, and that the said allowance be made to commence on the first day of June, in the year one thousand eight hundred and two: Provided also, That if the number of mails received at and dispatched from any such office is not actually increased by the distributing system, then no additional allowance shall be made to the postmaster.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted , That there shall be allowed to the deputy postmaster at the city of Washington, for his extraordinary expenses incurred in the discharge of the duties of his office, an additional compensation, at the rate of one thousand dollars per annum, to be computed from the first day of January last.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted , That this act shall not be so construed as to affect any existing contracts for carrying the mail.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ABRAHAM BALDWIN, President of the Senate pro tempore. APPROVED, May 3, 1802. TH: JEFFERSON, President of the United States.

AN ACT Making an appropriation for exploring the interior of the United States, and for other purposes.
BE it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That for carrying into effect the convention of the eighth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and two, between the United States of America and his Britannic Majesty, the sum of two millions six hundred and sixty four thousand dollars be, and the same hereby is appropriated.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the aforesaid sum shall be paid in such instalments, and at such times, as are fixed by the said convention, out of any monies in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ABRAHAM BALDWIN, President of the Senate pro tempore. APPROVED, May 3, 1802. TH: JEFFERSON, President of the United States.
AN ACT For the relief of Falmouth Shipwrecks. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That there be paid unto Falmouth Shipwrecks, out of any money in the public treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of four thousand five hundred and fifty dollars, advanced by him for the use of the United States, with an interest at the rate of six per centum per annum, from the first day of November one thousand seven hundred and ninety five, at which time the advance was made.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ABRAHAM BALDWIN, President of the Senate pro tempore. APPROVED, May 3, 1802. TH: JEFFERSON, President of the United States.
AN ACT To amend an act, entitled "An act for the relief of sick and disabled seamen" and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the monies heretofore collected in pursuance of the several acts "for the relief of sick and disabled seamen," and at present unexpended, together with the monies hereafter to be collected by authority of the aforementioned acts, shall constitute a general fund, which the President of the United States shall use and employ as circumstances shall require for the benefit and convenience of sick and disabled American seamen: Provided, that the sum of fifteen thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated for the erection of an hospital in the district of Columbia.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the President of the United States to cause such measures to be taken as, in his opinion, may be expedient for providing convenient accommodations, medical attendance, necessary attendance, and supplies for the relief of sick and disabled seamen of the United States who may be at or near the port of New Orleans, in case the same can be done with the assent of the government having jurisdiction over the port; and for this purpose, to establish such regulations, and to authorise the employment of such persons as he may judge proper; and that for defraying the expense thereof, a sum not exceeding three thousand dollars be paid out of any monies arising from the said fund not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That from and after the thirtieth day of June next, the master of every boat, raft or flat, belonging to any citizen of the United States which shall go down the Mississippi with intention to proceed to New Orleans shall, on his arrival at Fort Adams, render to the Collector or naval officer thereof, a true account of the number of persons employed on board such boat, raft or flat, and the time that each person has been so employed, and shall pay to the said collector or naval officer at the rate of twenty cents per month, for every person so employed, which sum, he is hereby authorised to retain out of the wages of such person: and the said Collector or naval officer shall not give a clearance for such boat, raft or flat, to proceed on her voyage to New Orleans, until an account be rendered to him or the number of persons employed on board such boat, raft or flat, and the money paid to him by the master or owner thereof: and if any such master shall render a false account of the number of persons, and the length of time they have severally been employed as is herein required, he shall forfeit and pay fifty dollars, which shall be applied to and shall make a part of the said general fund for the purposes of this act: Provided, that all persons employed in navigating any such boat, raft or flat, shall be considered as seamen of the United States, and entitled to the relief extended by law to sick and disabled seamen.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States
be, and he is, hereby authorised to nominate and appoint for the port of New Orleans, a person to be director of the marine hospital of the United States, whose duties shall be in all instances the same as the directors of the marine hospital of the United States, as directed and required by the act, entitled "an act for the relief of sick and disabled seamen."
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That each and every director of the marine hospital within the United States shall, if it can with convenience be done, admit into the hospital of which he is director, sick foreign seamen, on the application of the master or commander of any foreign vessel to which such sick seamen may belong; and each seaman so admitted shall be subject to a charge of seventy five cents per day for each day he may remain in the hospital, the payment of which, the master or commander of such foreign vessel, shall make to the Collector of the district in which such hospital is situated: and the Collector shall not grant a clearance to any foreign vessel, until the money due from such master or commander, in manner and form aforesaid shall be paid; and the director of each hospital is hereby directed under the penalty of fifty dollars, to make out the accounts against each foreign seamen that may be placed in the hospital under his direction, and render the same to the Collector.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the Collectors shall pay the money collected, by virtue of this and the act to which this is an amendment, into the treasury of the United States, and be accountable therefor, and receive the same commission thereon, as for other money by them collected.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That each and every director of the marine hospital, shall be accountable at the treasury of the United States, for the money by them received in the same manner as other receivers of public money, and for the sums by them expended, shall be allowed a commission at the rate of one per cent.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ABRAHAM BALDWIN, President of the Senate pro tempore. APPROVED, May 3, 1802. TH: JEFFERSON, President of the United States. END OF LAWS.
CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
SATURDAY, April 24, 1802.
Debate on bill making military appropriations for the year 1802.
Mr. Griswold moved to divide the item, appropriating 48,000 dollars for the department of the quarter master general and for contingencies.
Mr. Nicholson said he could not agree to the motion. The Secretary of war was a responsible officer; while the quarter master general was not. He therefore wished to place the disbursement under the direction of the Secretary. There had been, to his knowledge, great abuses heretofore in the quarter master's department. The Secretary is at present not responsible for the quarter master general, and before his accounts are settled years may elapse. The present mode of appropriation was not unusual. It was so made in 1797. What has hitherto been the usage? To consider the whole appropriation as a general fund from which money might be drawn as the Secretary of War pleases. The law has heretofore lumped in gross the whole sum allowed for military service. But this bill adopts a new plan. It specifies particularly the several payments to be made. But in the quarter master's department, where it is absolutely necessary to allow some discretion, it has been thought best to blend these two items to make the Secretary responsible. This has been done to prevent abuses.
Mr. Griswold. The ideas of the gentleman from Maryland furnish a conclusive argument for the separation of these items. For if blended, the whole sum may be taken for the quarter master's department. Nor do we by this bill limit disbursements by the quarter master general; for under all circumstances, the warrants must be signed by the Secretary of War. This therefore does not place the quarter master general's department more under the control of the Secretary of War, than it was placed before. Now, if we add 16,000, which may go to the quarter master's department, we extend the power of abuse. I therefore, think that on the plan we are pursuing, we ought to make a separation of this appropriation into two items: then the 16,000 dollars will be under the direct control of the Secretary, and the remainder under the control of the quarter master general.
I know the former course was different. Sums appropriated were considered as grants of money to the departments, to be applied to military services under law. This course is now complained of. I confess I do not feel great confidence in the course now pursued. But am willing to try it, and to allow that it succeeds, it will be a very fortunate and desirable thing. It is for this reason that I will pursue all through the plan according to the report of the Secretary.
Mr. S. Smith. It will be remembered that we have now no such thing as a quarter master's department. It follows that the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Griswold) would fill up the blank with what don't exist. If he will examine the report of the Secretary of war, he will find an appropriation desired for what has heretofore been called the quarter master general's department. But the gentleman is very candid. He says that he does not like this specific appropriation, and yet he is for carrying it to far as to render it impossible for the department to move!
It is, however, but fair, that when a new experiment is made, it should be tried in conformity to the ideas of its friends; it is not fair that its friends should oppose it with hostile ideas. The gentleman says it will be a good thing if it succeeds. Let him then suffer it to be tried. If he permits its friends to go on their own way, then if it fails to succeed, he may say—I warned you against it, and the blame is altogether yours. Not so, if the mode is adopted by him; for he will himself then be responsible.
In the year 1801, a law passed appropriating the gross sum of 2,093,000 [Mr. Smith here quoted the law.] The sums thereafter specified were never considered as a restraint on the department. There was no contingent expense—that was included in the sweeping clause, under which the whole sum appropriated might have been applied to contingencies.
For myself, I would just as leave have the old as the new system. I have great confidence in the heads of departments. I should have been well pleased that each head of department should have returned an account specifying the amount expended on each item, that we might be enabled to see where the sum appropriated was exceeded. But I found that the President had recommended specific appropriations. I found a majority of this House for it. I therefore acquiesced. I hope, therefore, the motion will not succeed; but that we shall give those who approve the new mode a fair chance for trying it.
Mr. Dana supported, though there might be a change of names, there could not be an army without something like a quarter master general's department. At the opening of Congress we received from the President a recommendation of specific appropriations. It is well known that there has been a question for some time as to the most expedient mode of making appropriations. For heretofore, Mr. Dana believed the only proper way was for the army or navy to receive a general sum, which shall be limited by law as to pay, provisions, and other ascertainable compensations. Latitude will forever be involved in the quarter master's department; in the contingencies, and for ordnance, &c. These are the only cases where the laws admit a discretion. In the instance before the House, two of these are combined, as so far as they go, they completely overthrow the idea of specific appropriations. Mr. Dana said he was in favor of this, though he believed it against the President's recommendation, and in the very face of specific appropriations. He was, therefore, against the amendment of his colleague.
Mr. Nicholson. The gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Dana) says these two items ought not to be involved, because it is in direct opposition to the recommendation of the President, & to our plan. I do not think so. He says there are three objects that necessarily involve great discretion, which are blended in the bill, and that it is proper to blend them. Why? If the gentleman had looked at the bill he would have found the very reverse. For the article of subsistence there is a distinct appropriation amounting to 201,000 dollars. This is a sum on which the Quarter master General, if there were one, is not any longer permitted to exercise a discretion; for he cannot now go beyond this expense, if he wished. This too is specifically in conformity to the advice of the President.
An important limitation is here made, where the Quarter master General used to exercise an unlimited discretion. For the treasury books will shew, that the Quarter master General stands charged with the enormous sum of 800,000 dollars. Hereafter the Quarter master General cannot avail himself of this latitude. For this purpose we want specific appropriations. But when we specify we ought to take care, that we do not go too far. Tho' the President has recommended our making appropriations more specific than they have heretofore been, he did not assign to what length, in his opinion, the specification should extend. But he had seen that great abuses had taken place, and therefore he recommended measures to correct them.
According to the former mode the appropriations were made as general as could be, so that the officers of the war department could incur nearly such expenses as they pleased. Not so under this bill. But it ought to be remembered that there may be expenses under the article of contingencies that may exceed
16,000 dollars—So in the department of the quarter master general, they may exceed 48,000 dollars. It is impossible rigidly to assign the limits of those expenditures. It has, therefore, been thought better to blend them together, and make the Secretary responsible. Whether we can make the former secretary responsible for the quarter master general I do not know—perhaps we cannot. The quarter master stands charged with 800,000 dollars; he has sold property to the amount of 300,000 dollars; and though written to, his accounts cannot be got. To remedy these evils we now make specific appropriations.
Mr. Eustis said he thought the blending or separation of these items amounted to the same thing. If you appropriate 48,000 dollars to what has heretofore been denominated the quarter master's department, you allow the Secretary to expend that sum at the different posts.
The question was then taken on Mr. Griswold's motion to separate the items, and lost—Ayes 17.
When the bill was ordered to a third reading.
WASHINGTON CITY.
MONDAY, Mar 24, 1802.
FEDERAL MISREPRESENTATION DETECTED.
No. X.
A paragraph has appeared in the United States Gazette, in which it is said that the first communication of the Secretary of the Treasury to the Committee of Investigation, was printed privately and withheld from the minority of the committee. A greater untruth never was published. The fact is, that the Secretary made his communication on the 9th of March, and it was agreed by the whole committee, as this document would exhibit highly but an imperfect view, it should be printed, but the copies should not be distributed to the house till the Report was made. It was accordingly printed and every member of the committee had one delivered to him by the chairman of the committee. There is not a member of the committee who will dare to contradict this statement.
The above is one of the numerous applications call on the majority of the committee of Investigation, whose intelligence and fairness cannot be too highly applauded. While however their services shall be rewarded by the esteem of the virtuous, they must expect detraction from those whose mal-conduct is exposed.
There is certainly nothing at present in the aspect of affairs in Europe, calculated as they are, which can afford reasonable apprehension on the score of peace. It seems scarcely probable that we ever can have an administration that would be so infatuated as to copy the example of the last, and plunge the nation in war for objects never defined, and with the best explanation, foreign to the interests of a commercial nation; without, therefore, relying much on the abilities of our present statesmen, we may hope they will have common sense to avoid such a calamity.
Bonaparte's system of government, if it delivers the name, will certainly not find advocates in this country, nor does he seem very anxious to defend it himself. He appears desirous of establishing no freedom but that of his own will, and like his predecessors in absolute power, will find it ill exchanged for the affections of a nation.
A writer has discovered the seeds of a new opposition, in Mr. Pitt's nodding assent to Mr. Canning. He is thought to discover his sentiments now, like the statesman in the Critick, by "shaking his head." [London pap.]
ITALIAN REPUBLIC.
MILAN, FEB. 5.
The committee of government to their fellow citizens.
"A sacred duty commands us to announce to the people, that on the 9th February, the exercise of our functions will cease, and the constitutional government be established."
"The last moment of our career will be most happy to us, if in returning to the mass of simple citizens, we find there that confidence of soul."
"We dare not decide, whether in the course of these two years, the greatest exactness has been introduced into the public service, whether the necessary activity has been displayed in the different branches of the administration—whether efforts have been exerted to enliven subsistence to the people in calamitous times—whether the requisite means to revive commerce have not been neglected—whether the greatest eagerness has been used in the organizing the two arms—whether dignities and employments have been conferred on the persons worthy of them—whether the finances and the fine arts have found encouragements and protection. We leave that decision to the severe and impartial judgment of
the people. But we cannot dissemble that the multiplicity of obligations which bound us, and the extraordinary burthens we had to support, have determined us sometimes to adopt measures, which may be thought necessary in a crisis, which may be considered in a similar situation could not have been dispensed with—to answer the public demands we have been forced to intrude upon the private economy of citizens. We have been constrained to take them to the qu. & sometimes to open wounds that were on the point of being healed. But not being light of the injury that the class upon which burthens were laid, experienced, we hastened to give them in national funds a compensation already realized, or at least alluded. What repugnance have we not felt in pressing upon our fellow citizens! But it was necessary to yield to the force of circumstances. Our operations, however, have raised up enemies, who indignant at the measure, without calculating the necessity of it, have insinuated levities to us that cost us many an effort.
"We have given an account of our administration to that illustrious personage who committed to our care the directed pot of the public authority. The certainty that he never withdrew from us the cordial tie with which he honoured us, being an evident proof of his entire satisfaction, is to us, the most precious of monuments. We think we have rendered ourselves worthy of that testimony, because we have faithfully served the cause of the people. We have always cherished the most ardent desire to do good; and our intentions have not always been fulfilled, as least we have used all our efforts to avoid greater evils. We may be accused of having wanted power and information, but not of having been deficient in zeal. Our intentions have sometimes been erroneously decided upon from events. A different judgment would, we must repeat, have been formed, if all the circumstances had been weighed."
"The aspect of affairs is now changed, and every thing promises us a happy future. The fate of the republic fixed—the agitation that vexed the public mind appeased—the basis of the constitutional system laid down—independence insured—the public burthens proportioned to the means—the government confided to persons esteemed and invested with the public confidence—we cannot but render in a happier moment the honorable and difficult office entrusted to us—and we console ourselves for past evils with the flattering idea that our successors, animated with the most fervent zeal, and aided by circumstances already become better, will crown the wishes of a people who, favoured with so many vicissitudes, have a right at length to enjoy the happiness to which they aspired."
"The committee of government, "SOMMARIVA RUCA, "CLAVENA, sec. general."
NOTICE.
THOSE Printers of Newspapers in the United States, who supplied their papers on public account to members of the House of Representatives during the late session of Congress, in conformity to letters from me, and have not yet rendered their accounts, are requested to forward them without delay, to the subscriber, for immediate payment.
JOHN BECKLEY, esq. Washington, May 20, 1802.
Thomas Carpenter, TAYLOR.
HAS just received an elegant and fashionable assortment of summer goods consisting of London imperine cloths and cambrics; India, Manchester, and silk striped mouselines; cotton calimancoes, b. alpaca, Bengal elegant white choral for pantaloons, white and coloured marcelines, jans and faint croissavers, silk ginghams, jack and other coloured striped linns, &c. All which he will make up on the most reasonable terms, and in the most neat and fashionable manner—Ponsula-villa Avenue, well of the President's square. May 24, 1802. eptf
Lots for Sale,
Or to Let on Ground-Rent.
THE subscriber offers to sell or to lease one hundred Lots, advantageously situated; some in the vicinity of the Capitol, and others near the Navy Yard; for cash, credit or wet or dry goods. WILLIAM PROUT, Washington City, April 5, 1802. d2w
Notice is hereby given,
TO all persons having claims against Mr. J. NOLEY YOUNG deceased, to render them properly authenticated to Robert Brent, in the City of Washington; and all those indebted to him are requested to make payment. RENE YOUNG, NICHOLS YOUNG, } Ex'rs. ROBERT BRENT, } April 19, 1802. eptf
FOR SALE,
An excellent Blacksmith, together with his wife and three likely children, to wit, two boys, 10 and 8 years of age, and a girl four. The woman has been employed altogether in washing and ironing. An extensive patron of the blacksmith's work will be his best recommendation. To have unnecessary applications the price of the family is 1,400 dollars. V. PEXTON. Stafford, March 8, 1802. d2w

PROPOSALS
For carrying the Mails of the United States on the following Post Roads, will be received at the General Post Office in Washington City, until the 12th day of July next, inclusive.
118. From Frankfort by Shelbyville, Madelburg, Bardstown, Beaufort & Hudson, to Frankfort every Friday at 2 p m arrive at Bardstown on Sunday at 8 a m and arrive at Frankfort on Monday at 3 p m. Leave Frankfort every Tuesday at 5 a m and arrive at Bardstown on Wednesday at 3 p m and arrive at Frankfort on the next Friday by 10 a m.
119. From Frankfort by Shelbyville, to Nashville T. once a week. Leave Frankfort every Friday at 2 p m and arrive at Springfield on Saturday by 8 a m at Russellville by 4 p m, at Hartfords on Sunday by 6 p m. Leave Hartfords on Monday at 5 a m and arrive at Frankfort on Wednesday by 6 p m. Leave Frankfort on Wednesday at 6 a m and arrive at Russellville on Thursday by 7 a m. Leave Russellville at 3 a m and arrive at Springfield by 3 p m. Leave Springfield at 4 p m and arrive at Nashville on Friday by 10 a m.
120. From Bardstown by Shepherdsville to Louisville once a week. Leave Bardstown every Thursday at 7 a m and arrive at Louisville on Friday by 10 a m. Leave Louisville every Friday at 2 p m and arrive at Bardstown on Saturday by 6 p m.
121. From Frankfort by Henderson c. h. Eddy Grove, Eddyville and Smithfield to Fort Massac once in two weeks. Leave Frankfort every Tuesday at 6 a m and arrive at Fort Massac the next Friday by 6 p m. Leave Fort Massac every other Saturday at 8 a m and arrive at Frankfort on the next Tuesday by 6 p m.
122. From Frankfort by Vienna to Greenville, Muhlenburg c. h. once in two weeks. Leave Frankfort every other Wednesday at 6 a m and arrive at Greenville on Thursday by 10 a m. Leave Greenville every other Thursday at 2 p m and arrive at Frankfort on Friday by 6 p m.
123. From Russellville by Christian c. h. to Eddy Grove once in two weeks. Leave Russellville every other Saturday at 7 p m and arrive at Eddy Grove on Monday by 6 p m. Leave Eddy Grove every other Tuesday at 6 a m and arrive at Russellville on Wednesday by 6 p m.
124. From Russellville by Bowling Green and Glasgow to Greenburg, once in two weeks. Leave Russellville every other Thursday at 9 a m and arrive at Greenburg on Saturday by 6 p m. Leave Greenburg every other Saturday at 8 p m and arrive at Russellville on Tuesday by 5 p m.
125. From Frankfort by Harrodsburg, Danville and Pulaski c. h. to Wayne c. h. once a week. Leave Frankfort every Friday at 3 p m, arrive at Danville on Saturday by 3 p m, and arrive at Wayne c. h. the next Monday at 10 a m. Leave Wayne c. h. every Wednesday at 6 a m and arrive at Frankfort on Friday by 10 a m.
126. From Danville by Standford to Lancaster, once a week. Leave Danville every Monday at 4 a m, and arrive at Lancaster by 11 a m. Leave Lancaster every Monday at 1 p m, and arrive at Danville by 8 p m.
INDIANA TERRITORY.
127. From Louisville, K. to Vincennes, once a week. Leave Louisville every Saturday at 10 p m, and arrive at Vincennes on Tuesday by 4 p m. Leave Vincennes every Wednesday at 8 a m, and arrive at Louisville on Friday by 6 p m.
128. From Vincennes by Kaskaskia to Cahokia once in two weeks. Leave Vincennes every other Wednesday at 8 a m, and arrive at Cahokia the next Tuesday by 6 p m. Leave Cahokia every other Thursday at 6 a m, and arrive at Vincennes the next Tuesday by 4 p m.
MISSISSIPPI TERRITORY.
129. From McIntosh's by Grindstone Ford, Brackits and Greens to Natchez, once in two weeks. Leave McIntosh's every other Sunday at 4 a m, and arrive at Natchez the next Monday by 4 p m. Leave Natchez every other Sunday at 4 a m, and arrive at McIntosh's the next Saturday by 7 p m. The contract to continue until March 31, 1804.
NOTES.
I. The Postmaster-General may expedite the mails and alter the times of arrival and departure at any time during the continuance of the contracts, he previously stipulating an adequate compensation for any extra-expence that may be occasioned thereby.
II. Fifteen minutes shall be allowed for opening and closing the mail at all offices where no particular time is specified.
III. For every thirty minutes delay (unavoidable accidents excepted) in arriving after the times prescribed in any contract, the contractor shall forfeit one dollar; and if the delay continue until
the departure of any depending mail, whereby the mails destined for such depending mail lose a trip, an additional forfeiture of five dollars shall be incurred.
IV. Newspapers as well as letters are to be sent in the mails: and if any person, making proposals, desires to carry newspapers other than those conveyed in the mail, for his own emolument, he must state in his proposals, for what sum he will carry it with that emolument and for what sum without that emolument.
V. Should any person, making proposals, desire an alteration of the times of arrival and departure above specified, he must state in his proposals, the alterations desired, and the difference they will make in the terms of his contract.
VI. Persons making proposals are desired to state their prices by the year. Those who contract will receive their pay quarterly, in the months of February, May, August, and November, one month after the expiration of each quarter.
VII. No other than a free white person shall be employed to convey the mail.
VIII. Where the proposer intends to convey the mail in the body of a stage carriage, he is desired to state it in his proposals.
IX. The Postmaster-General reserves to himself the right of declaring any contract at an end whenever three failures happen which amount to the loss of a trip each.
X. The contracts for the above routes are to be in operation on the first day of October next, and to continue in force for one year, from that time, excepting such routes as have a particular note respecting the continuance of the contract.
GIDEON GRANGER, Post Master General. General Post Office, Washington City, May 9, 1802.
FOR SALE.
THE Subscriber offers at private sale, those adjoining and highly improved lots in the town of Camden, on which he now lives, having an east front of 128 feet on Broad-street, & a west of the same extent on Church-street, a north front of 193 feet on the central square of said town, and being 528 feet deep, from Broad to Church-street.
On the premises at the corner of Broad-street and the square, is a large commodious and well finished dwelling house, measuring 25 feet by 50, two stories high, consisting of six rooms, apartments in the garret, a piazza, and a cellar under the whole building. Also a brick house fronting 30 by 32 feet on Broad street, with a tiled roof, having on the first floor a dry goods store, and one for groceries, &c. communicating with each other, also a counting house with a fire place; on the second floor two rooms, one of which is used for the storage of dry goods, and the other as a chamber for clerks. This building, taking it to view its safety from accident by fire, with the convenience of its plan, for mercantile business, is superior to any in this place. Also a back house of 18 by 28 feet, and a salt house of 26 by 14 feet, both adjacent to the brick house before described. Also a convenient kitchen and wash-house with a fire place in each, and lodging room for servants, a brick oven, a smoke house, poultry house, carriage house and stable, a pump with good water in the yard, and a large garden in excellent order, with a number of choice fruit trees. The front on Broad street handsomely enclosed with a brick wall, and the whole of the premises on the other side with a good plank fence; having part thereof separately enclosed as a grass plot for horses, &c. with every other accommodation suitable for a large and genteel family, and for carrying on the mercantile business extensively; the stand being acknowledged equal to any in the place.
Situated as the town of Camden is, on a fine navigable river communicating with Charleston by the Santee Canal, as well as by its natural channel with a trade for several late years, has increased with a rapidity almost unequalled, renders it unnecessary to comment on the advantages so obvious to a purchaser of the above described property, who intends to advance his fortune in the commercial line.
This valuable property is only offered for sale on account of the subscriber's intention to decline the mercantile business which he has carried on for several years past.
Terms will be one fourth of the purchase money in hand and the remaining three fourths in three equal annual payments, with a mortgage on the premises, as security for the three latter payments, and interest from the date. For further particulars, and for a view of the premises, apply to the subscriber in Camden.
JOHN ADAMSON. Camden, S. C. May 17, 1802. iaw6w.
To be Let,
On the 1st of July next, A HANDSOME and well-finished three story brick house, with a brick kitchen adjoining the same, and an excellent pump of water in front of the house, situated on F street, a few doors east of the bank. For further particulars, apply to the subscriber on Pennsylvania Avenue, near the market, or to Mr. Webster on the premises.
ROBERT BROWN. Washington City, May 10, 1802. iaw6w.
For Sale,
A VERY elegant saddle HORSE, seven years old, paces, trots, and canters, and is in other respects completely broken to the bridle. For further particulars enquire of Mr. Stelle on Capitol Hill, and see the horse at his livery stable.
April 26, 1802. epf
John Weems against John Weems jun. Sarah Weems, Wilhelmina Gantt, Henry Gantt, Philip Barton Key, and Charles Lowndes.
IN CHANCERY, May 12, 1802.
THE object of the bill filed in this cause is to obtain partial relief against a bond, executed by the complainant to the said John Weems jun. for 2500. It states, that the said bond was executed by the complainant, to secure a supposed balance to Amelia Weems, one of his father's representatives, due from him, as executor to his father, that the said balance was not justly due from him, because since the decree of this court, directing him to pay money on account of which the said bond was given, the complainant, as executor as aforesaid, hath had a decree against him in the suit of Daniel Kent, for the sum of 1395 1 3 3 4 and that several other suits have been instituted against him as executor.
It states likewise, that the said balance was not due from him, because he was entitled to a contribution from the said Amelia, for money paid by him on a compromise made of a suit brought against him by William Loch Clew, for the recovery of a tract of land called Loch Eden, which suit his father, by his last will had directed to be defended to the last resort, at the expence of his estate. It is further stated that some of the defendants reside out of the state.
It is, on the complainant's motion, therefore ordered, That he cause a copy of it to be served on the defendants, at least once in each of three successive weeks in the National Intelligencer, before the 12th day of June next, to the intent, that the non-resident defendants may have notice of the complainant's application to this court, and of the substance and object of their bill, and may be warned to appear here on or before the second Wednesday in October next, to show cause wherefore a decree should not pass as prayed.
(True Copy) Samuel H. Howard. Reg. Cur. Can. 1aw3w May 19, 1802.
The Imported Horse DRIVER,
WILL stand the ensuing season, at the City of Washington, at the stable of the subscriber, at sixteen dollars the season, and five shillings to the groom. The season will commence on the first of March, and end on the 10th of August next. This will probably be the last season that Driver will stand here, as he is provisionally engaged the next season to stand in North Carolina. Driver was seven years old on the 28th of April last. He is fifteen hands three inches high, of great beauty, uncommon bone, strength and agility. He is a beautiful blood bay, with a bay small snip, a circle of white round each hind hoof, with black mane, tail and legs. Three hundred pounds each were refused for him at ten months old. Applications made at Mr. Rhodes's, and Mr. Johnson's Tavern.
PEDIGREE.
Driver was got by Lord Edmiston's famous running horse Driver, which now stands 60 high in England, and won twelve races out of fourteen in one year against the best horses; his dam, bred by Lord Offery, was full sister to Strawbery, by Dorimont, an extraordinary good runner; his grand dam by the famous running mare Mufe, bred by old King Herod; his great grand dam by Shepherd's Crab; his great grand grand dam Miss Meredith by Cade, full brother to old Lath, by the Godo phin Arabian; his great grand grand dam the Little Harcourt Mare, by Bartlett's Childers, full brother to Flyg Childers, and Sire of Squirt, which was the sire of Mariko and grand sire of Esopus; his great grand grand grand dam Frying Whig, by Williams's Wootton Arabian, gt. gt. gt. gt. grand dam Points, by the St. Victor Barb, out of a daughter of Whynot, son of the Fowick Barb.
Lord Egremont's Driver, foaled in 1783, was gotten by Trentham, out of Coquette, who was gotten by the Compton Barb, out of a Godolphin Arabian Mare, own sister to Regulus, her grand dam Grey Robinson by the Bald Galloway; great grand dam by Snake, out of old Wilkes, who was gotten by Hautboy, out of Miss D'Arcy's Pet Mare, a daughter of a Sedbury Royal Mare.
Dorimont was foaled in 1772, gotten by Ohio, his dam by Babraham; grand dam by the Hampton Court Childers, out of the Duke of Somerset's Bald Charlotte. Dorimont won eleven thousand two hundred and ninety nine guineas, besides cups, flasks, subscriptions, and the jockey club plate.
W. THORNTON.
N. B. The dam of Driver was purchased by my relation Isaac Pickering esq. of Foxlease, Hampshire, England; who sent her to the Earl of Egremont's by one of his own grooms. The individual pedigrees were examined in the stud book by governor Ogle.
April 5, 1802. Varico has proved a capital runner, having beat many of the best horses in Virginia. General Lingan will supply pasture at 50 cents per week. 2aw2w&1awf
Annapolis, May 4, 1802. St. John's College.
ON the 22nd day of June next the trustees of St. John's College purpose to proceed to the appointment of a professor of English and Grammar in St. John's College, who shall receive for his services at the rate of 400, to be paid quarterly—Doll. 533 33.
His duty is, in conjunction with an assistant, to teach English grammatically, and the Latin grammar, the vocabulary, and Corderius, so as to prepare students for the schools of languages. He and his assistant are likewise to teach writing and arithmetic, and the lower branches of the mathematics, if required, to such of the students as are not destined for the upper schools.
By order of the visitors and governor of St. John's College.
A. C. HANSON. May 14, 1802.
To be Rented,
And immediate Possession given, A VERY convenient three story brick house, in a fine airy situation.—Enquire at this office.
April 12, 1802. ep4w
PROPOSALS
WILL be received by the Committee of the Washington building company, for erecting and completing three brick buildings on Lot 4, square 22, the whole extent 55 feet 9 inches, by 30 feet, with back buildings.
The plans and particulars may be seen at Mr. Henry's Secretary to the Company, with whom sealed proposals may be left on or before Friday the 18th day of the present month (May 3) twelve o'clock.
By order of the building Committee, THOMAS CARPENTER, Chairman. May 19th, 1802. 4t
Fifteen or twenty shares
In the Washington Building Company to be offered at public sale on Saturday evening next at 7 o'clock, at Mr. Morris's tavern on the Pennsylvania Avenue, if not sold before by private sale.
THE flourishing state of the stock may be seen at Mr. Henry's office, who is secretary for the company. If one half cash advance will be an accommodation to the purchaser it may be lodged in the hands of the Secretary until the next Saturday evening when the certificates will be delivered.—Apply to
WILLIAM DYER. May 17, 1802. ep3t
EDUCATION.
THE subscriber begs leave to inform the citizens of Washington, that he has opened a school at Mr. Doyme's boarding house in front of the President's house; where he will instruct those committed to his care spelling, reading, writing, vulgar and decimal arithmetic, book-keeping and mensuration, &c. according to the most approved methods. Those desirous of seeing his recommendations from where he last taught, will please apply as above, to
PATRICK EDWARDS. May 12, 1802. epf
CHARLES VARDEN,
Merchant Taylor, from Philadelphia, GRATEFULLY acknowledges the favors conferred on him by the gentlemen of this City, and flatters himself that the general satisfaction he has already given will merit a continuation of the same. He has also received a handsome assortment of goods from Philadelphia, consisting of,
Best superfine cloths, Cassimires, Swansdown, Toysets, Velveretts, Fancy Cords, Coatings, Flannels, &c. N B Regimentals, Naval Uniforms, and Ladies Habits, made in the neatest and most fashionable manner, and at the shortest notice.—Washinton City, New Jersey Avenue, next to Mr. Rapine's book store. Dec. 10, 1801. epf
FOR SALE.
A TRACT of land containing 2,500 acres lying immediately on the river Potomac, in the county of Northumberland, Virginia, late the residence of PRESLEY THORNTON Esq. Seventeen hundred acres of which are of the most valuable kind of low grounds on the river; between three and four hundred acres heavily timbered, the remainder is wavy high land extremely productive. The soil of this tract is equal to any in the state for cultivation of corn, wheat, tobacco, timothy, and small grain of all kinds. On this tract are a large commodious two story brick mansion house and two offices, a large brick stable, a valuable barn, cow house and many other out-houses, all in good repair. The orchards and garden contain a variety of valuable fruit trees, and the waters abound with excellent fish and oysters. It is situated about a day's sail from Alexandria, Baltimore or Norfolk. There are two good mill sites for grist, or sawmills on this estate, and plenty of cedar and chestnut timber, exclusive of the heavy timber, which if sawed up into scantling will command a price in the City of Washington, nearly equal to the value of the land.
The terms will be made easy to the purchaser or purchasers, and the tract will be divided into two or more plantations if necessary.—Apply to
RICHARD PETERS, junr. No. 85, Walnut-street Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Nov. 11. epf
NOTICE.
THE subscriber takes the liberty to inform the inhabitants of Washington (who may not attend particularly to that part of the Corporation law respecting the right of suffrage) that unless their taxes be paid prior to the first Monday in June next, the day appointed for the election of common council for the City of Washington, they will be deprived of their right of voting. He also informs those who may make it convenient to call on him for the purpose of settling their dues that he may be seen at his lodgings (at Mr. Johnson's) every day from 5 to 8 o'clock A.M. and on Friday and Saturday from 4 to 6 o'clock P.M. at Mr. Rhodes's Little Hotel until the first Monday in June.
WASHINGTON BOYD, Collector for the county of Washington. May 12, 1802. ep3t
For Sale,
A TRACT or parcel of land consisting of 240 acres, more or less, late the property of Robert Buchanan, deceased; lying in Prince George County, Maryland, and on the point branch of the Eastern Branch of the Potomac River. Any person inclined to purchase, may view the wood and meadow land, as also the improvements and situation. If the above land is not sold before the 25th day of August, it then will be offered for public sale.—And also the whole of the following property of said estate: Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Hogs, household and kitchen Furniture, and plantation utensils. Terms at a public sale for the land one third cash, and a credit of twelve months for the balance by giving bond with interest and approved security. For the personal property all sums over 50 dollars 12 months credit, by giving bond as above; all sums not exceeding 50 dollars, cash. The above land is situated about five miles from Bladensburg and ten from Georgetown. Possession will be given in December next.
JAMES BUGHAN, Acting Heir. April 26, 1802. 1aw2w
For Sale,
A NEGRO WOMAN about 38 years of age; she is an excellent cook, and good washer. For terms apply to the subscriber. April 5, 1802. epf
Thomas Carpenter,
TAYLOR, HAS just received part of his assortment of his Spring and Summer goods, which he will sell or make up on very reasonable terms.—Pennsylvania Avenue west of the President's House. May 14, 1802. epf
Wanted Immediately,
AT William Duane's Printing Office, Washington City, A good ready PRESSMAN.—None need apply but those who can give satisfactory recommendations of their good behaviour. May 12, 1802. epf
FOR SALE,
LOOKING GLASSES & FURNITURE.
The subscriber respectfully informs the public, that he has just received from New-York various kinds of Looking-Glasses, from 5 to 70 dollars each—Also card tables, bureaus, &c. of an elegant and fashionable make. He continues to manufacture and sell all kinds of ornaments for chimney pieces, door caps, frontispieces, metal tables, &c. &c.
GEORGE ANDREWS. April 14, 1802. epf
TO RENT,
And possession given immediately, A TWO STORY brick house on F street near the War Office, containing two parlors, six bed rooms, and a kitchen, with an excellent garden, coach house, stable, &c. The house is newly painted and papered; it was formerly occupied by Mr. Dexter, and lately by Mr. John Brown. Enquire of Clement Dorsey, Esq. George-Town; or of the subscriber, who has for sale a well finished three story brick house opposite the Six Buildings, and a variety of City Lots in the most eligible situations. The above House will be sold for less than any gentleman could build it. The payments will be made easy on the whole of the above property.
WILLIAM DYER. April 7, 1802. epf
Building Materials will be taken in part payment. W.D.
City Hotel,
BROADWAY NEW-YORK.
THE Subscriber most respectfully informs his friends and the public, that the above Hotel will be opened on the first of May ensuing, when their patronage is earnestly solicited. He avails himself of this opportunity to return his sincere and grateful thanks to those societies, parties, and gentlemen, who have given him their support, and assures them that a continuance of their favors will be a stimulus to future exertions to please; and that the utmost attention shall be given for their comfort and accommodation.
Boarding may be had by the day, week, month, or year. Families travelling, may be elegantly accommodated with lodging and sitting rooms; and, if preferred, have dinners &c. in their apartments.
The Hotel being so well known, it is almost useless to say, that it is situated in one of the most healthy and pleasant parts of the city; commanding an extensive view in every direction, not only of the city itself, but also of the Narrows, the North and East Rivers, the state of New-Jersey, York and Long-Island, &c. &c.
A handsome coffee-room will be fitted up in the principal story; where gentlemen may have tea, coffee, chocolate, soups, and refreshments in general, at the shortest notice. All the leading newspapers in the union, will be regularly taken in.
Public dinners and suppers in a plain or elegant style either for large or small parties. Also, beef steaks, oysters, &c. regularly furnished. An ordinary every day at half past 2 o'clock, to the public's obedient servant.
JOHN LOVETT. N. B. Rooms to let by the month or year. April 21, 1802. epf
Now Landing
AND FOR SALE,
By the subscriber at his store in Jefferson street, at very reduced prices, by wholesale and retail, for cash, country produce, or approved notes at 60 and 70 days.
Loaf, lump and brown Pepper, sugars, Nutmegs, Melasses, Mace, Rum of different kinds, Cloves, Holland gin, Madder, Cherry bounce, Indigo, Madeira, Sherry, Lil Blue, bon, and Malaga, Scotch snuff in bottles, wines, Real Havana segars, Clarets in boxes—of superior quality, First quality chewing tobacco, French Liquors, Coarse and fine salt, Hyson, Young Hyson, Shad and herrings in Imperial and Sen barrels, choug teas, Ham, Shoulders, and Coffee, middlings of bacon, Chocolate, Georgia Cotton, Almonds, Portland pitchers, Raisins, China Bowls, Prunes, Glass ware assorted, Fresh Lucea oil, Sets of tea China, Copers, Port wine in quartor, Anchovies, or bottles, Olives, Patent cheese, Lemons, Porter in bottles, Brown and white soap, Powder, shot, & bar Mould and dipped candles, Lead, Ginger, Ruffa Glue, Pimento, Allum, And a few dozen very cheap long and short kid and fancy gloves.
B. G. ORR. April 30, 1802. epf
For Sale,
A Quantity of SHELL LIME, on the most reduced Terms.—Apply to Brown & Dyas, Young's wharf. April 16, 1802. ep3w