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NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, AND WASHINGTON ADVERTISER.
VOL. IV.
WASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
No. DCXII.
FIVE DOLLS. PER ANN.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7th, 1804.
PAID IN ADVANCE.
For the NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
To the PEOPLE.
THE DEFENCE.
No. I.
THE period draws near, when you will be called upon to exercise one of the highest functions with which freemen can be invested. They alone deserve the name who choose their own rulers, and through them make their own laws. This is your prerogative! May it long remain so, whatever the infatuation and folly of other nations! And while we pity the low state to which their ignorance and a tyrant's wrongs have reduced them, let us cherish, with the zeal of our fathers, the lofty sentiments of freedom, sealed with their blood.
Devoted to liberty and justice, the history of the world should teach you, as you wish to preserve them, to be jealous and vigilant. It should teach you that rulers are more apt to be tyrants than servants; and that, with whatever facility they may declare themselves the friends and guardians of your rights, they are most apt, under this insidious mask, to subvert them by a criminal career of ambition. It is true, that they generally flatter to betray you; and that while they are busied in the immolation of liberty, they are loudest in its praise.
As then you value your rights, examine with an unbending severity the conduct of your rulers. The more important the duties with which a public character is invested, the more imperative the necessity of a rigid scrutiny. When the station to be filled is the highest in your power to bestow, the duty becomes a sacred one; and you become traitors to yourselves not to discharge it. It is criminal in a man to play the tyrant; but that crime is of the deepest hue which a free people perpetrate by neglecting the means for the preservation of their liberties. The tyrant is hurried on by the fury of his passions; while the people have no inducement under Heaven to abandon their duty. The first may influence the period in which he lives: while the last to often decides for ages the destiny of a nation.
You are called on once in four years to elect your Chief Magistrate. In the discharge of this duty, at the last period, you raised to that high station a citizen distinguished for the various services rendered to his country. Of manners simple, affable and winning, and with an understanding penetrating and perspicacious, he had long commanded in the wide circle of his friends a respect softened by affection. Even his enemies, notwithstanding their dislike of his political opinions and actions, acknowledged their love for the man. Roused from infancy to the active scenes of life, and called by the exigencies of the revolution to a vigorous participation in its toils, he had, notwithstanding, found time to pursue the early bias of a mind attached to philosophical pursuits, and from the action of a sound judgment upon a large flock of acquired materials, had gained a reputation in the literary world.
It is not surprising, therefore, that we find him in the legislature of his own state, then the widest field of action presented by the state of the country, animated by the honest enthusiasm of youth, transcending the dull routine of duty, and laying the foundations of future greatness and prosperity by devising and recommending plans of great and general utility. Three vast objects appear to have engaged his patriotic efforts; education, religious toleration, and the reform of the criminal code. Like other philanthropists he but in part succeeded. He obtained something to be done to advance the interests of learning; and he lost only by the calling vote of the Speaker a law for mitigating the penal code. On the interesting point of religion his victory was complete; and every man was guaranteed the free exercise of his conscience and religious opinions. But, however imperfect the success of his plans, he sowed seeds in a soil far from congenial, which have since reared all his efforts. He has the satisfaction of beholding the citizens of his native state enjoying every blessing that religion and civil liberty can bestow; infusing their state institutions with ability, and translating their virtues into the several departments of the general government.
Such is the man, who, four years ago, you called to the head of your af-
fairs. You esteemed him then wise and virtuous; else you would not have placed him at the very altar of your rights.
He was then, however, untried in the discharge of the duties of the First Magistracy of a free people; and with all his virtues and talents, he was liable to disappoint the hopes of his country. Has he disappointed these hopes?—This is the object of the present enquiry. If he has, it is your duty, whatever pain it may give you, to consign him to the walks of private life.
In order to decide this enquiry, it is necessary to state the duties of a Chief Magistrate, and to compare with them the measures of Thomas Jefferson.
The duties of the President of the United States are fortunately, for the preservation of our liberties, fixed by a written Constitution. In every other nation on the face of the earth they are but vaguely defined by a dark and shifting prescription, varying with the temper of the times, and the character and views of those who administer the government. Under such systems, if they deserve the name, Executive power advances with a step as steady as time, towards its own aggrandizement. By the co-operating influence of force and patronage it gradually saps every mound raised against its encroachment. Accordingly under such governments, liberty is but a shadow, dependent entirely on the sun shine of royal favor. To guard against this great evil, this gravitating principle of political institutions, the Constitution of the United States has wisely laid down certain rules so plain that every mind can determine how far they have been observed. Let us, then, on this occasion, resort to them as our unerring guides.
The Constitutional duties and powers of the President are:
1. To give to Congress, from time to time, information of the state of the union, and to recommend, to their consideration, such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient. 2. To pass a qualified veto upon the laws. 3. To command in chief the Army and Navy; and the Militia, when in actual service. 4. To appoint all executive and judicial officers, except of a subordinate nature. 5. To make treaties. 6. To take care that the laws be faithfully executed.
And to secure the execution of these duties, and such others as are imposed by the Constitution, he is required to take the following oath of office.
"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
The first duty is two-fold.—The President "shall, from time to time, give to the Congress information of the state of the union—and recommend to their consideration, such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient."
It must not escape notice that both these duties are mandatory; the term used is "shall;"—it does not, therefore, rest in the discretion of the Chief Magistrate, to give information or advice, according to any theory of government established in his own mind; but he shall give information, and he shall recommend such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient. For one, I do not hesitate to say, that I consider the absolute injunction of this duty, so far as it relates to the recommendation of measures, a defect in the Constitution. It tends unnecessarily to blend legislative and executive power—to give the executive a dangerous agency in the enactment of laws; and to diminish the free will and unprejudiced deliberations of the legislature. But these considerations, however powerful on the mind of the framers of a Constitution, are divested of all their influence when applied to the Magistrate, on whom its execution is devolved. What would be a virtue in the one case, becomes a crime in the other.
The information required by the Constitution has been supplied by the President in a liberal stream. It may confidently be affirmed that the mass laid before Congress during the last four years has not been exceeded, either in interest or magnitude, by that furnished during any antecedent equal period. Whatever relates to interior concerns has, in every instance where its importance justified it, been exposed; and the mysterious obscurity, in which diplomatic relations are usually involved, has been happily dissipated in an eminent degree.
The wishes of the legislature and of the people have, in most instances, been anticipated, and in no case, as under preceding administrations, has a veto been passed upon legislative requisitions. In some few cases, it is true, complaints have been made that the public were not duly informed of passing or impending events; but in all these cases, it has afterwards manifestly appeared that the government had withheld no information, whose communication would not have done more injury than good.
It is, perhaps, to be regretted that there is no regular official journal published of executive acts: Were such a journal published, at periods however remote from the occurrences recorded, it would ultimately afford more correct means of judging of the conduct of the cabinet, and thereby produce a more rigorous responsibility to public opinion, than at present exist. But until provision is made for this, we must expect, from the nature of executive acts, some degree of obscurity to envelope the grounds on which they were taken.
Considering the peculiar circumstances, under which the present Chief Magistrate came into office, the people had right to expect from him a full and habitual disclosure of his measures, and the motives which dictated them, so far as either could tend to promote the public good. An omission by his predecessor, to make such a disclosure, was one of the grounds on which he was ejected from power, and the belief that Mr. Jefferson would evince a contrary course unquestionably conspired with other expectations, to insure his election.
The responsibility of all public men to public opinion is an essential feature of the republican creed, and it is manifest, that all responsibility, to a body not possessed of the means of forming an enlightened decision, must be ideal. To give a salutary vigor to this principle, a full disclosure of the state of the treasury, of every description of public burthen from the greatest to the least, of all compensations, fixed by law or ascertained by executive agents, has been flatly made; together with ample details elucidating the situation of every establishment under the government. Even the sacred ground of patronage, so prudently veiled in darkness by most governments, has been opened to the view of the nation, and the rewards of favourites, if such there are, nakedly exhibited.
A momentary clamour has been raised at the alleged suppression of information on two subjects of very various importance;—the repairs of the Bercéau; and the negotiations respecting Louisiana. But time, by dissipating the obscurity attending those events has proved that the first was a link in the chain of amity that now so happily unites us with the most powerful nation of the world: & that the secrecy attending the Louisiana negotiations was directly, perhaps inseparably connected with the success that crowned the final result. For had the pending steps been at the time avowed, there is every reason to think that injurious delays and obstacles, altogether frustrative of the possession of that territory, would have been interposed by rival nations. England, accustomed to interfere in whatever related to France, would have scarcely suffered such an occasion to pass without improving it to the promotion of her own interest, either directly by benefiting herself, or injuring her rival; and Spain would too probably have exerted every nerve to avert a measure, which, it is known, she deprecates, however erroneously, as unfriendly to her power in this part of the world.
In the discharge then of this constitutional duty, we contemplate in the measures of the Executive, a devotion to the republican principle of giving the fullest information to the people, unalloyed with the imprudence, to which an impolitic extension of even sound principles is too apt to be carried by enthusiasm.
The other branch of this duty, is the recommendation to Congress of such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient.
We have seen that this is not a power, which the President may or may not, but one, which the Constitution expressly declares he shall, exercise. Under this constitutional injunction, sanctioned by an oath of office peculiarly solicitous of engaging the utmost efforts of the chief magistrate in its preservation, he has recommended to the consideration of Congress several measures. It is unnecessary at this time, to enumerate any but those of considerable importance.
In his address to the seventh Congress, at the opening of their first session, he
says, "Other circumstances, combined with the increase of numbers, have produced an augmentation of revenue arising from consumption, in a ratio far beyond that of population alone; and though the changes in foreign relations, now taking place so desirably for the whole world, may for a season affect this branch of revenue, yet, weighing all probabilities of expense, as well as of income, there is reasonable ground of confidence, that we may now safely dispense with all the internal taxes, comprehending excises, stamps, auctions, licenses, carriages and refined sugars; to which the postage on newspapers may be added to facilitate the progress of information; & that the remaining sources of revenue will be sufficient to provide for the support of government, to pay the interests of the public debts, and to discharge the principals in shorter periods than the laws, or the general expectation had contemplated. War, indeed, and untoward events may change this prospect of things, and call for expenses which the imposts could not meet. But sound principles will not justify our taxing the industry of our fellow citizens to accumulate treasure for wars to happen we know not when, and which might not perhaps happen, but from the temptations offered by that treasure. These views, however, of reducing our burthens are formed on the expectation that a sensible, and at the same time, a salutary reduction may take place in our habitual expenditures. For this purpose, those of the civil government, the army and navy, will need revival."
In the same communication, the President invites the attention of Congress, without expressing any opinion, on the revision of the Judiciary establishment.
These two objects are these which have, in the greatest degree, divided public opinion. The propriety of the measures adopted by Congress in relation to them will, in its proper place, be distinctly discussed. They are merely mentioned in this place as forming part of the measures suggested or recommended by the President, in order that the whole may be presented to the view of the reader. Besides these, he has, in his several communications, attracted the attention of the legislature to the following topics.
He has recommended— A retrenchment of unnecessary expense, An abolition of useless offices, An adherence to specific appropriations, A reduction of the army, An impartial selection of jurors, A revival of the naturalisation laws, A faithful payment of the interest, and a prompt discharge of the principal of the public debt, Unceasing efforts to perfect the militia, The establishment of a Dry Dock.
CURTUS.
To be Sold,
On Thursday the 27th day of September on the premises to the highest bidder, if not disposed of by private sale before that day.
THE tract of land whereon I now live in Fairfax Co. Virginia, on Pope's Head creek, containing 557 acres, the situation is agreeable and healthy; there is on it an excellent mill seat on the above mentioned creek, with an innumerable quantity of grey free stone, and an abundance of good red and white oak, poplars, and hickory timber to erect the dam and necessary buildings on the spot; there is on this creek which washes this tract, for about two miles, a very considerable portion of the first quality meadow land, there is a considerable quantity of fresh land, just opened, and nearly half of the tract to cut; it is situated about 20 miles of George Town, Washington, Alexandria and Dumfries, it is considered the best piece of forest land in the country—the terms of payment will be one third paid down, one third in 18 months and the other third in three years; an indispensable title will be made to the purchaser. The public is assured that the sale will take place if not privately disposed of before the day of sale, as I am determined to remove to the state of Kentucky this fall—Also on the same day and place, will be sold, all my stock of every sort, plantation utensils, household and kitchen furniture and the present crop now on hand for ready cash.
THOMAS POLLARD.
Augst 22—tdof
SINAI KILLELY.
TAKEN up as stray by the Subscriber, a Sorrel Filly, supposed to be two years old has four white feet, with a blaze on her forehead, white tail and mane, about 13 hands high, no brand or perceptible mark. The owner is desired to come, prove property, pay charges and take her away.
JOHN HAMMAN.
City of Washington, September 5—raw it
LONDON, July 7.
A variety of articles in the foreign press, tend to confirm the opinion we advanced yesterday, that Russia is arming against France, and meditates an attack against her on the side of Italy, by means of an armament from the Black Sea, and a co-operation of the English fleet in the Mediterranean. Russia has already a considerable number of the troops in the islands of the Adriatic; and by a proclamation which we insert this day, she seems desirous to cultivate the esteem of the people in those parts where her troops may find it convenient a resting place previous to their landing in Italy. Should Austria feel it advisable to join the confederacy, as in the event of a prospect of success, she no doubt will, we are happy to find she is in a condition to interfere with effect. A private letter from Vienna, dated the 20th of June, says—"Though we desire to continue in peace, we are prepared for war; our imperial treasury is better supplied than in 1792; our regiments are more than complete, our military arsenals are oversupplied, and, within twenty-six months six hundred pieces of artillery of different calibres have been cast merely for encampments, not to speak of those of a different calibre for sieges and ramparts of fortresses. According to the official list delivered to our military chancellor the 1st inst. our army of the line, including troops of all kinds, amounted then to 360,500 men, and 9466 men supernumerary in different recruiting depots. Our militia is as well disciplined as our troops of the line, amounting to 96,444 men. All our troops are regularly paid; but such is the prudence and economy of our emperor, and his respectable brother the archduke Charles, that the Imperial Caisse de Reserve contains no less than 100,000,000 of florins in ready money."
It is probable that Russia could attack France in Italy more effectually from the Black Sea, than she could attack her on her northern side. In the present state of the continent, Russia must convey her armies by sea to come at France on any side. It is possible she may meditate a descent, in conjunction with England, on the coast of Holland. Letters from Riga mention, as a fact, that the Russian fleet at Revel has already failed, and that it will be joined by the fleet from Cronstadt; they say, that on board these fleets is a numerous corps of Russian troops, whose fit destination is Ireland. Notwithstanding these warlike appearances, the common opinion is, that during the present year the peace of the continent will not be interrupted, because the Russian troops are only regarded as English auxiliaries. It is probable, however, that those troops will be deposited in Ireland till the spring, then to go on some expedition against France. They could not be brought off the Baltic till a late period, in consequence of the frost.
The late plot at Paris.
The following extract of a letter from Paris, throws a light on the late charges of conspiracy in France, which it was impossible to extract from the mutilated and perverted statements which were sparingly and reluctantly issued from the press in that country:
"The depositions of the persons accused of conspiring against Bonaparte's government, and the proceedings of the court, prove that there existed a bold plan for overthrowing, in one day, and by a single effort, the tyranny which degrades France, and subjugates the continent of Europe; but that this end was to be attained by assassination has not been proved, though the Corsican has used every endeavor to produce such a belief. The dagger of some obscure affair would doubtless have terminated with more certainty, the horrible reign of the tyrant; but would an expedient of this kind—would an enterprise, from danger, have become men who had devoted their existence to the establishment of order in France, and of peace in Europe."
"It was Pichegru who formed the design of attacking with equal arms a usurper, against whom the combined means of civil and foreign war could no longer be united. A small number of brave men, commanded by two princes of the house of Bourbon, were to attack Bonaparte in the midst of his court, and to carry him off, if the obstinacy of his guards did not prevent them. It was then intended to make the senate itself put him in a state of accusation of the monarchy. This project was simple and the more certain as it required few means, few confidants, and was calculated to astonish by the rapidity of its

execution, as well as by the boldness of its combination. In such an enterprise the concurrence of Moreau was not necessary, but his opposition might become extremely dangerous. It was to be feared that the power wrested from the usurper would be transmitted to him; and that the constituted authorities and the inert part of the nation, sure of having a man less capricious and despotic than Bonaparte, would still prolong the existence of their equivocal and illegitimate government. Moreau was founded; he testified much dissatisfaction towards Bonaparte, and a great desire to be reconciled with Pichegru. This disposition was taken for something bold and decisive; but if the situation and character of Moreau had been well understood, less confidence would have been placed in the abilities which escaped him. It would have easily been discovered that his dissatisfaction was far from having reached that pitch which induces men to conspire against a detested government. Moreau was chagrined at the neglect of Bonaparte. His disgust was increased by his mother-in-law and his wife, who could not bear to be eclipsed by the ladies of the new court; but this was only capable of producing private discontent, and could not lead to any act of open aggression. Some reports which had all the appearance of truth, persuaded Pichegru that Moreau only waited for him to take a decisive part, and to exert all his influence against the consul. It was impossible to refuse attention to such indications; the courage and loyalty of Pichegru induced him to brave every danger, to attach to the most noble of enterprises the only general who had partisans at Paris amongst the superior authorities."
A letter from Gossu, dated May 9, contains the following particulars: "The last courier that arrived here from Russia brought orders, by virtue of which the maintenance of the Russian forces, in the Republic of the Seven Islands, whether land or sea, shall in future be entirely at the charge of his Imperial Majesty. Till now an annual sum of one hundred and twenty thousand crowns was paid from the treasury of the Republic of the Seven Islands, as the half of the pay of these forces. The Emperor Alexander, also thanked the Republic for the offer of erecting him a monument, as had been decreed by their Legislative Body, requesting that the funds destined for that object should be laid out on some work of public utility. The Prince and President of the Ionian Senate , yesterday announced to the people these traits of rare generosity in a sovereign, worthy in effect of their highest gratitude. The following is the
PROCLAMATION,
Issued by the Prince and President of the Seven Islands, Dated May 8.
"Formerly, citizens, our state groaned under a hard tyranny, liberty came suddenly within our reach, but the abuse which was made of it, and the excess of republican passions, spread trouble every where. Disorder has disappeared, and we have obtained a fixed system of government, which promises glorious days to our posterity. Each of you, citizens, will acknowledge in the generous restorer of our well being, after God, the protector of nations, Alexander, who wishes that ours should enjoy constant happiness; and from its infant state, the advantages of maturity. That Hero, citizens of the Seven Islands, sensible of the will expressed by our representatives, of placing the statue of his sacred person in the hall of the legislature, will not consent that a part of the feeble resources of the Republic should be employed for this purpose: he wishes that it should be consecrated to some establishment which may be productive of immediate advantage to the people. He has, besides, cauted to be not lost to his plenipotentiary, that it is his pleasure that the expense of maintaining his invincible sea and land forces, garrisoned in our republic, should be destroyed by the Imperial Treasury; and that consequently it should occasion no expense to the Treasury of the Republic. Citizens, behold in the elevated thought of Alexander, the happy destiny which is your lot, and will be that of your posterity! We can actually govern and administer, by our proper resources—found useful institutions—accelerate the establishment of the National Gymnasium—occasion the revival of our Mother Tongue among us, and with it the virtue of our ancestors, without overburdening the people with unnecessary taxes, and even with the certain hope of assuring to our posterity a mild and agreeable life. Thus finishes the infancy of the Republic of the Seven Islands. Under such brilliant auspices, and amidst so much prosperity, it appears before her august benefactor so much the more worthy of him; relying upon her proper forces, she is more capable of seeing, in all its latitude, the importance of her existence. Let us live only for our country, and to render the homage of our gratitude to Alexan-
der, the founder and protector of our Republic.
(Signed) "ANT. COMUTO, Prince and President. "CO. CAPODISTRIA, Secretary of State.
LONDON, July 5.
According to a letter from Bologne, Gen. Charpentier, Chief of the Italian army has passed through that city, with 200 officers, on his way to Rome, for the purpose of escorting the holy father to France, should his holiness consent to undertake the journey.
In case of refusal on the part of the Emperor Alexander, and the king of Sweden, to recognize the new title of Bonaparte, it is expected that an immediate attempt will be made by the latter to seize on Denmark, in order to command the Sound, and shut up at pleasure the Baltic. This is the only point in which Russia or Sweden is valuable; and to the Corsican it would have the inestimable advantage of ruining the trade of England—on the other hand it is certain, that if this attempt were made, it would be followed by a general coalition of Russia, Sweden, Denmark, and the Emperor of Germany, in which the king of Prussia would either be compelled to join or to remain neutral.
It is now said Pichegru was not intentionally put to death; he only died under the operation of the torture applied to make him confess without effect. It appears all the prisoners were treated in the same manner. The torture was applied to them in order to extort the confessions which they are said to have made before the police, and on which they are found guilty. Picot, servant to Georges, on the trial, said he had been put to the torture to make him confess; and we understand that Pichegru was racked to death with the same view.
July 7.
If any credit is to be paid the French deserters who arrived at Deal from Bologne a few days since, the French army is not very well satisfied with Bonaparte's assuming the imperial dignity. Notice being sent to the army at Bologne of the day Bonaparte was to be proclaimed emperor, on that day the general commanding there had an imperial crown affixed on his tent, where it remained all day; but at night it was torn off and trampled under foot by the soldiers. Another circumstance they assert, which is very probable, viz. that very often when the winds sets in shore, the boats in Boulogne harbor are much damaged from their being so numerous and close together; the rolling of the sea dashes them one against the other, so that they are obliged to be constantly replaced, which causes much dissatisfaction.
It is reported that the king of Prussia has, by the demand of Bonaparte, written a second letter to Louis XVIII with proposals to resign his claims to the throne of France; but that this unfortunate prince has given no other answer than that he would send a copy both of his Prussian majesty's letter, and that of Monsieur Bonaparte which accompanied it, to St. Petersburg.
July 9.
Paris Journals to the 27th ult. and Dutch papers to the 4th, have arrived since our last. By the Journal des Debates, we are informed, that on the morning of the 25th, at 7 o'clock, Georges, and 11 of his companions, were taken from Bicetre to the Conciergerie, where their awful sentence was read to them. The only request made by those unfortunate men was, that a Priest might be permitted to attend them in their last moments, and this was readily granted them. Georges was particularly devout, and remained two hours with his confessor. Between eleven and twelve, they were put into four carts, and conveyed to the Place de Greve, where they were guillotined. The head of Georges fell the first, and we understand they all died with the greatest firmness, exclaiming, in an undaunted manly tone, Vive le Roi, vive Louis XVIII. In the person of Georges has fallen, one of the chiefs of the heroes of La Vendee, who some years ago fought so gallantly to restore the altar and the throne. Georges was a man of extraordinary intrepidity and personal strength; qualities which alone brought him into notice, his situation in life being very humble. He was one of those characters which, in revolutions raise themselves by personal energy from obscurity to greatness. Had the Bourbons been restored during his life, he would have held as distinguished a rank in society as he had obtained in public opinion.
It appears that of the twelve judges who sat on the trial of Moreau, four of them voted for death, four for acquittal, and four for two years imprisonment. This singular circumstance is said to have produced a debate of six hours, when the majority declared in favor of the latter sentence.
FRENCH CONSPIRATORS.
The following extracts from a Paris paper of June the 15th, still further expresse the disposition of Bonaparte to pardon.
"Monday last the sister and aunt of M. de Riviere went to St. Cloud to implore the clemency of his majesty the Emperor, in favor of their unhappy relative condemned to death by the sentence of the 10th. Her Imperial Majesty deigned, with that goodness which characterizes her, to facilitate their access to her august spouse.
"The Emperor granted to the tears of this family the pardon it solicited.
"The next day Mademoiselle Lajolais, a young lady of fourteen years of age, whose father was condemned by the same sentence, and her mother in confinement, without relatives, without friends, without counsel at Paris, went alone to express her despair to Madame Louis Bonaparte. Her Imperial Highness received her with the same goodness of which the Empress her mother, had given such affecting examples; she conducted her immediately to St. Cloud. The grief and supplication of the young Lajolais obtained the pardon of her father. When his Imperial Majesty observed that this was the second time that her father had been guilty of a crime against the state, Mademoiselle Lajolais replied, in the accents of ingenuousness, while her voice was interrupted by sobs and tears, "Sire, the first time my father was innocent doublets; but now I supplicate of you his pardon."
"The pardon of Bouvet de Lozier was granted the same day to Mademoiselle Bouvet, his sister, under the auspices of her Imperial Highness the Princess Murat.
It appears by the French papers lately received, that Bonaparte is endeavoring to infuse new vigor into his marine. Rear Admirals Decres, Gantheaume and Villeneuve, have been promoted to the rank of vice-admirals. A number of new regulations have been introduced into the naval departments. An act of amnesty has been passed in favor of the deserters from the army and navy, who shall return to their duty by a certain date. An arrest of the 2d instant, orders the release of all persons in custody under any sentence of the correctional police, for debts due to governmental, or under the sentence of a naval or military court martial. This arrest is stated, in its preamble, to proceed from the new Emperor's wish to dignify his accession to the imperial throne, by acts of indulgence and beneficence. A sum of 600 francs has been granted to each of the municipalities of Paris, Marcellies, Lyons and Bordeaux, and every communal precinct of the empire, to be appropriated by the respective magistrates as dowries to poor girls of good character, who are to celebrate their marriage on the day which shall be fixed for the emperor's coronation.
The Prussian government, at the desire of Bonaparte, has (according to the London papers) arrested general Lahorie, formerly on the staff of Moreau's army, and Fresnier's, Moreau's secretary, at Neisse, in Silesia. They were to be sent down the Elbe from Magdebourg, and delivered up to the French in Hanover.
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We are advised that Andrew Moore declines accepting a seat in the senate of the United States, under the late appointment of the Executive of Virginia.
The election for Representatives to Congress was held in New-Hampshire on the 27th ult. We have only heard from the two towns of Portsmouth and Amherst, which give the republican ticket 746 and the federal 326 votes.
North-Carolina Election for members of Congress.
The following gentlemen compose the new delegation.
  Nathaniel Macon,  } re-elected.    William Blackledge,    James Holland,    Richard Stanford,    Thomas Wynn,    James Gillespie,  } new members.    Marmaduke Williams,    Willis Alston,  
The above gentlemen are all republican. Of the present members one is federal. The change will, therefore, make a difference of two votes in the next house of representatives.
Messrs. Macon, Alexander, Blackledge, Holland and Wynn, have been re-elected without opposition.
In the district for which Mr. M'Farland is chosen, the votes were as follows:
  Mr. M'Farland 2033   Mr. Picket 1750   Mr. Martin 1719   Mr. Hay 22 
In that for which Mr. Alston is chosen, the votes were as follows:
  Mr. Alston 1872   Mr. Binford 578   Mr. Davie 358 
In the district for which Mr. Blount is chosen, the votes were as follows:
  Mr. Blount 1854   Mr. Kennedy 1755 
In the district for which Mr. Gillespie is chosen, the votes were as follows:
  Mr. Gillespie 1698   Mr. Smith 1299   Mr. Ashe 237 
In most of the above instances in which the election has been contested, the opponents were republicans. We congratulate our republican friends on the full restoration of pure politics in the respectable state of North-Carolina.
There is not a state in the union, in which more respect is habitually paid to the personal qualities of the candidate, instead of a blind regard to his political opinions. That such a state should constitute its entire delegation of decided friends of the present administration is among the strongest proofs of the wisdom and virtue of its conduct. It ought not to be forgotten, that the same unanimity that at present prevails in this state existed during the four first years of the Washington administration.
At the late commencement of the university of North-Carolina, the Senior class were dressed in uniform coats of homespun cloth.
A DECREE for re-establishing order in the Leward islands, for the issuing and use of Letters of Marque.
WE L. FERRAND, General of Brigade, Commander in chief of the army of St. Domingo, Captain-general pro tem.
Being informed that several owners and Captains of French corsairs, who have obtained limited letters of marque, whose time is expired, continue or renew their cruising, without having regard to any of the formalities required in such cases.
That others have obtained of some pretended French Agents, the term of their letters of marque to be prolonged.
That others are bearers of letters of marque, whose transfer has been made by these pretended agents, over to other ships, than those for which they had been delivered.
That others have purchased letters of marque of these pretended agents, who abusing the confidence of the captains-general, of whom they held their power, they have permitted a commerce thus culpable, without even examining the morality of the men to whom these letters of marque have been sold.
That some navigate with letters of marque expedited by those generals, who not being captains-general, nor exercising those functions, have no right to deliver them. Intended likewise that under pretence of being ignorant that the tribunals of St. Domingo are alone competent to decide on neutral prizes, in relation with the rebels of that island, without regard to the authority from which the letters of marque, with which the privateers are provided, issued, several owners and captains of corsairs have neglected to observe the formalities prescribed, the principle of which is to make known the literal contents of those letters which have been given them.
Considering, that to tolerate much longer the irregular conduct of the privateers and captains of corsairs, which are found in the different cases mentioned, there would be incontestably result abuses which would cause privateering to degenerate into piracy, and dishonor the French flag.
DECREE.
ARTICLE 1. From the 1st of Vendemaire, 13th year, all the letters of marque delivered by Gen. Rochambeau, those delivered by the generals formerly employed in the army of St. Domingo, likewise those issued by us until the present day the 8th Thermidor, shall be null and without effect. The only letters of marque delivered by us from the present date 8th Thermidor, and which shall be declared under our hand, that they shall be valid until such epoch, are not to be comprised in this repeal.
2l. From the same day the 1st Vendemaire, 13th year, all the owners and captains carrying letters of marque of the French captains-general, other than those of St. Domingo, which shall be in the case of having relation to Santo Domingo, whose courts are the only competent tribunals to judge of neutral ships taken in contravention, on the coast of St. Domingo, as well as those arrested with clearances for the ports occupied by the rebels, or going out of those ports, shall be held to prove their powers in the original.
 3l. Those who should wish to arm for a cruise, or those having armed, who should wish to continue cruising, will obtain from us letters of marque, when they shall conform to the requisite formalities.    4th. The captains-general of the French Windward islands shall be apprized of the abuses committed daily in consequence of the custody of some owners or captains disposed to see every ship in contravention, wherefore they may meet neutral flags in sight, and even frequently out of sight of the coast of St. Domingo, and they shall be invited to put a stop to those abuses, to have returned the letters of marque confided to those men who have abused them—they shall likewise be desired to recall those charged with their affairs, pretending to be French agents, who have given well founded cause of complaint.    5th. From the date of the 1st Vendemaire, 13th year, the prizes that shall be made by the owners and captains of French corsairs, who have not conformed to the regulations contained in articles I. II. III. of the present decree, shall be confiscated for the use of the invalid fund.    6th. The pretended French agents who shall issue letters of marque, of which they may be in possession, or cause to be assigned those delivered by competent authority, shall be considered as forgers, and denounced as such to the Minister of the Marine and the Colonies, and prosecuted with all the rigor of the law.    7th. Copies of this decree shall be sent to the Minister of the Marine and the Colonies—They shall likewise be sent to the Governors of the neighbouring Colonies, to the Captains General of the French Windward Islands, to the Minister of France near the United States of America, and likewise to the French agents in the Antilles. The present decree shall be printed, published, and posted up in the City of Santo Domingo, and likewise in all parts of the Island of St. Domingo occupied by the French. It shall be registered in the bureau of the inspection of the Marine, likewise in the Register of the Provisional Commission of Justice, and also in the Special Commission of prizes.    Head Quarters at Santo Domingo, the 8th Thermidor, 13th year. (Signed) L. FERRAND.    At a meeting of the Republicans of CHARLES COUNTY, in the town of Port Tobacco on Wednesday the 22d day of Augst, General JOHN DENT in the chair, and JOHN B. DUCKETT, Secretary, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted. 

Resolved, That this meeting approve highly of the administration of the general government, by THOMAS JEFFERSON, President of the United States, and are determined to support his election to the ensuing Presidency.
Resolved, That this meeting do entirely approve of the nomination of GEORGE CLINTON to the office of Vice-President of the United States, and will support his election to the said office by all fair and upright means.
Resolved, That General JOHN MITCHELL be supported by this meeting, and recommended as a fit and proper person to be voted for as Elector of the President and Vice-President of the United States.
Resolved, That Francis Newman, Caleb Hawkins, Francis Diggs, and John B. Ducket, be a committee on the part of this meeting, to communicate to the Republicans in this district the foregoing resolutions, and to request their co-operation and support.
JOHN DENT, Chairman. Published by order of the meeting. J. B. DUCKETT, Sec'y.
Departed this mortal life on Saturday the 11th inst. Master JOHN ALEXANDER SMOOT, the eldest son of Mr. Alexander S. Smoot, after a severe illness of twenty hours. He was the fond hope of his affectionate parents, but how delusive are the prospects of man, even subject to the varying hand of Providence, but why should we lament? he is crowned with victory before the sword was drawn or the conflict begun; perhaps the Supreme Dispenser of events, foreknew some inevitable snare of temptation forming, or some dreadful storm of adversity impending, why should we be dissatisfied with the kind precaution, before the dreadful tempest poured its rage?
He is not lost, but taken away from the evil to come, but he now lies the prey of a fond mother, and the blasted expectation of an indulgent father, the axe is laid into the root, the fatal blow is struck, and he has returned to his native dust—the winding sheet and the coffin are the utmost bounds of all earthly devices, invention ceases and man is no more.
DIED—At his seat in the environs of New-York, Commodore James Nicholson, in the 69th year of his age. If candor, probity, sincerity, generosity and patriotism are virtues worthy of our imitation, then has the deceased left us a noble example.
DIED—In Copenhagen, (says a late publication) a child, aged about 6—The following account of the child, is given as a fact:—“It was born in Lubeck, and remained as long as it lived in the arms of its nurse: In ten weeks after its birth, it gave signs of notions of words; in its fourteenth month it understood the history of the bible; before the end of its third year it had made great progress in history, geography, anatomy, religion, and the history and genealogy of Denmark; at the beginning of its fourth year, its teacher commenced with a course of dogmatic, ecclesiastical and natural history:—It was then carried to Copenhagen, and presented to the king.—The rapid manner with which the mental faculties of this child unfolded themselves, will ever remain an insoluble question.—Whatever it heard it retained in its memory.—Its little frame was extremely tender and sickly, and the operation of its mental faculties soon overpowered the weakness of its body.”
In London, Mr. Cohen, one of the Jewish Rabbies:—As he was preparing to officiate in the religious duties of the synagogue, he fell down in a fit and expired.
CHRISTO SACRUM.
A new religious society has lately been formed in Holland, entitled, Christo Sacrum. At first it consisted of only four members; but in a short time the number of the sect increased so rapidly, as to amount from three to four thousand. The object of this society is to unite all religious sects.—The principal place of meeting is at Delft, where the society has already but a church, in which we find Calvinists, Lutherans, Menonites, Catholics, and persons of various other religious persuasions, amicably assembling. The society does not admit of any dominant or exclusive system; they have no priest, but only orators, who, while delivering their discourse, stand at the altar. The service is divided into that of worship and of instruction; the object of the former being to show the greatness of God, by directing our attention to the admirable regularity which reigns in all the productions of nature. For this purpose they assemble every Sunday at six or seven o'clock in the evening. The services of instruction are held every fifteenth day when they discourse about different subjects, and particularly revealed religion. Six times each year they assemble to celebrate the Lord's Supper; and during the prayer and the blessing, the whole congregation continues prostrate. The Dutch clergy
have strongly opposed this society, but without effect; and the present Dutch government favors the new sect.
NEW-YORK, September 1.
Captain Storey, who arrived on Thursday from Gonaives, informs that Dessalines had declared war against Spain, about the middle of July, and that his privateers had commenced capturing all Spanish vessels.
Philadelphia, September 1.
A letter from Capt. Steward, of the brig Syren, dated April 25, to his friend in this city, announces the capture by him of the brig Transfer, a Grecian vessel, from the Archipelago, laden with valuable merchandise, and 19 Turkish soldiers, bound to Tripoli.—The commodore had valued, equipped, and taken her into the service of the United States. The Syren was to proceed the following day to join the blockade off Tripoli.
The following letter gives an account of another capture by our vigilant and enterprising squadron:—
Extract of a letter from an officer on board the United States Schooner Nautilus, dated
Syracuse, April 21,
“We send you a brig we captured off Tripoli, standing in, under English colors, in violation of the declaration of the blockade of that port. Being advised by commodore Preble, we send her to America for adjudication. We had an engagement for an hour, with 11 gun boats, off Tripoli, within half gun-shot of the batteries. We drove them into port without any loss on our side.”
September 3.
Extract of a letter from Williamsport, Lycoming county, dated August 22. 1804.
“It is probable you have heard that the Yankees on Tioga shot Edward Gobin; this has put a stop to all business in that country; they since say he was the wrong person, they meant to shoot the surveyor Henry Donnell. They are forty men in arms on the Tioga, from Sugar Creek and other parts.—Gillet, sometime after Gobin was shot came with upwards of thirty persons on to the tract in the name of Mark Wilcocks, and cut the hay. The person it is leased to fears they will take his life, and for sometime has kept to his house. I am informed that at Tioga Point, they have shot and burnt an effigy of Henry Donnell, & threaten that if he or any other officer should go into that country, they should not leave it alive.—They have stopped travellers and made them give an account of themselves. One of the settlers is now in Williamsport, who had leased a tract of land; he fled the country fearing his life would be taken, and numbers have under like apprehensions removed into the state of New-York.”
NATCHEZ, Aug. 10.
Extract of a letter, dated Aug. 7.
“Returning this morning from the vicinity of Little Bayou-Sara, I met not far from the line, 21 armed men; on passing a house within my view, they fired a volley from their muskets, and unfurled a flag composed of four white and three blue stripes, a yellow field and two red stars: they were mounted, armed with rifles and pistols and wore a deep blue and yellow cockade. Among the party I recognized some of the planters of Feliciana, and one man whom I knew, on passing me, declared he would be in possession of Baton Rouge fort in 24 hours; I have since learned that their plan is to take their different aldaes or commanders as they go along; so that we may naturally suppose our neighbour O'Connor is in strings e'er this. As I get more of the particulars you shall have them.
While waiting, a party of men and women have passed in ribbons and plummage—amongst them are J. S—— and Mrs. A——”
Extract of another letter, dated August 8th, received at 5 o'clock, P. M. this day.
“The K—— and their party amounting as I am informed to nearly 300 men set out yesterday to take Baton Rouge. It is supposed they will effect it, and perhaps seize the whole country as far as the Mobile river; I have learnt that there were a number of American citizens of the party which I regret.—Those insurgents have hoisted the American flag.”
NOTICE.
A General meeting of the Union Fire Company (2d ward) will be held at 6 o'clock in the evening on the second Saturday of the present month at Rhodes's Hotel, at which meeting the officers of the Company are to be chosen. J. H. KEARNEY, Sec. Washington, Sept. 7—
THEATRE.
At Mr. M c Laughlin's ball room George Town, by the Philadelphia and Baltimore company of Comedians.
On Friday September the 7th 1804. WILL BE PRESENTED FOR FAVORITE COMEDY OF THE
Cure for the Heart Ache.
After which the Comic Farce of HONEST THIEVES.
OR THE Faithful Irishman.
The doors will be opened at 6 and the performance to be at 7 o'clock.
Price of admission one dollar.
Nights of performance—Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
Little Hotel.
LOTS No. 5 and 10 in sq 224. will be offered at public sale on the premises, on Saturday the 22d day of September next, at 12 o'clock, to the highest bidder.
Lot No. 5.
where the Little Hotel was kept, fronts on F. street north 61 feet 7 inches near the Treasury Office and adjoining the Hotel and tavern lately occupied by Mr. Rhodes—As a stand for public business this lot is not excelled by any in this city.
Lot No. 10.
fronts on G. street north, 61 feet 7 inches, is north of lot no. 5 on the same square and only separated from it by a public alley 30 feet wide—the buildings on both the lots may be examined and the terms of sale made known by applying to James Hoban.
Washington, Sept. 7—3t
In the case of George Brown an insolvent debtor. District of Columbia, Washington County, to wit:
ON the petition of George Brown an insolvent debtor confined in the prison of Washington Co. for debt. Notice is hereby given to the creditors of the said George Brown that on the 17th day of September inst. at 9 o'clock A. M. at the court room in the capitol, the oath prescribed by the act of Congress for the relief of insolvent debtors within the district of Columbia, will be administered to the said George Brown and a trustee appointed unless sufficient cause then and there be shown to the contrary.
It is ordered that this notice be published in the National Intelligencer and Washington Federalist, three times prior to that day. By order of the hon. Wm. Cranch, assistant judge of the circuit court of the district of Columbia.
URIAH FORREST, Ck.
September 7—3t Circuit Court, District of Columbia, July 25, 1804.
ON the report of Daniel C. Brent of the sale made by him as trustee of the property decreed to be sold by this court in the suit by Thomas Law against James Piercy, jun. James Ray, Samuel Treat, and James Piercy, jun.
It is ordered that the sale be ratified and confirmed unless cause to the contrary be shown on or before the first day of Oct. next, Provided a copy of this order be inserted at least three times in the month of September in those papers in which the sale was advertised. The report states that the said property was purchased by Thomas Law, esq. the highest bidder, at the sum of ten thousand dollars.
By order URIAH FORREST, Ck. September 7—3t
TO BE SOLD
To the highest bidder, on the and Tuesday in September, if fair, if not the next fair day, (sale to continue until all is sold) at my quarter in Cornwall's neck, 50 horned cattle, the same number of sheep and hogs, several mares, colts, fillies, plough mags, work oxen, &c. among the above are two fine thorough bred mares with a colt at their side thorough bred. Also a lease of the plantation which is well known, and forms a pecuniary. This land must yield a handsome profit to the purchaser, for obvious reasons; has a market at the door for every article, add to this the markets of Dumfries, Colchester, Alexandria, the City and Georgetown. Its full length lies on the Potomac to the mouth of Mattawoman creek, which extends around the plantation so far that it may be included with a short line from river to creek. There are a number of fishing landings, fish and wild fowl in their season in high perfection, the land is valuable for making tobacco, grazing, and uncommonly favorable for raising every kind of stock. It is presumed the purchaser would wish to see the premises; on which I shall be the day preceding the sale, will give every necessary information, and the terms will be accommodating to all reasonable purchasers; but will make a considerable deduction for cash or tobacco in hand. Should not the above lease be disposed of, it will be rented for and during its continuance, on giving bond and good security for punctual payment of the rent.
RAPHAL BOARMAN.
September 7—2t
Information Wanted,
OF GEORGE RICHMOND, a carpenter by trade, a native of Scotland, who left Jamaica about 13 years ago for the continent of America and has not since been heard of nor withstanding the diligent enquiry that has been made and publication in the Winchester Centinel, in May 1802. If he is alive and will apply to the subscriber he will hear of something much to his benefit; should he be dead, any of his friends or acquaintance who will give information when and where he died to the subscriber, (who will cheerfully pay any expenses attending the communication) they will also confer a lasting obligation on his relations.
GEORGE LIND, Strasburg, Shenandoah county, Virginia. September 7—Mrt&tuG
PROPOSALS
BY JOHN DIXON,
For Printing by Subscription, a Periodical Work, to be entitled the
VIRGINIA MAGAZINE,
OR,
Monthly Miscellany.
CONDITIONS.
 I. The work to contain 63 pages (Octavo) monthly, of selected miscellaneous prose, and of original prose also, whenever the exertions of the Editor, and his Assistant, and the communications of correspondents can supply it.  II. The work to be printed on good paper, and with a neat type.  III. The price to subscribers, to be Five Dollars per annum, one half to be paid on the delivery of the first number, and the balance at the expiration of six months after.  IV. The work to be put to press as soon as 300 Subscribers are obtained. 
PROSPECTUS.
THE utility and rational amusement derivable from well conducted Magazines, probably will not be controverted. They afford an asylum for many fugitive essays, that might otherwise meet with a more rigorous fate than they merit. The brevity of their articles and their longer duration of existence than that of some other periodical publications, hold out an inducement to that indolence, too frequently the attendant of genius, and to those pressed by the cares of business, to devote an hour or two to their own entertainment, and the pleasure and instruction of the community, while the greater variety of subjects they comprise, gives them a decided superiority over several other works, —For they contain something to suit the palate of every one, and may be particularly pleasing and instructive to those who have not the inclination or the leisure to peruse more prolix writings. There are few countries, where a love of reading prevails and science is regarded, in which Magazines are not numerous and well received. And yet the Subscriber thinks he is correct in saying that not one is published in the respectable state of Virginia. He desires to publish one, principally of a Literary composition, provided he obtains adequate support, in which case he flatters himself, that his exertions will prove fully satisfactory to his patrons. For any reluctance to subscribe, arising from a non compliance of any persons who may have issued proposals, similar to the foregoing, the subscriber has it only in his power to say that he pledges his honor to comply with his engagement, if supported by the public.
September 7. J. DIXON.
(BY AUTHORITY.)
Scheme of a Lottery.
To build an Academy in the city of
Richmond.
Dollars.
  1 Prize—last drawn ticket, having a blank to its number, 20,000   1 do. after 2,000 do. 250   1 do. do. 3,000 do. 250   1 do. do. 4,000 do. 250   1 do. do. 5,000 do. 500   1 do. do. 6,000 do. 500   1 do. do. 8,000 do. 500   1 do. do. 10,000 do. 500   1 do. do. 12,000 do. 500   1 do. do. 13,000 do. 500   1 do. do. 14,000 do. 1,000   1 first drawn ticket after 1,000 having a blank to its number, 250   1 do. after 2,000 do. 250   1 do. do. 3,000 do. 250   1 do. do. 4,000 do. 250   1 do. do. 5,000 do. 500   1 do. do. 6,000 do. 500   1 do. do. 8,000 do. 500   1 do. do. 10,000 do. 500   1 do. do. 12,000 do. 500   1 do. do. 13,000 do. 500   1 do. do. 14,000 do. 1,000 
5,325 prizes, 150,000 9,675 blanks, not two to a prize.
15,000 tickets at 10 dollars each, 150,000 N. B. Prizes subject to a deduction of 15 per cent.
This lottery has been authorized by the legislature of Virginia, for the laudable purposes of erecting a seminary of learning in or near the metropolis of this state. With this view, it is contemplated to raise 20,000 dolls. and 2,500 dolls. in addition, for defraying the expenses attendant on drawing the lottery. Citizens of the first respectability have been selected as trustees, and they have pledged themselves to use their utmost exertions to carry it into effect. The scheme has the advantage of giving to each adventurer a chance for some very large prizes, whilst the proportion of prizes to blanks, is so great as to invite the friends of the intended institution to partake in the lottery, with very little risk of their becoming losers. The treasurer of the state is to be appointed to receive the money for the tickets as they are sold, and to pay the amount of the prizes to the fortunate adventurers. It is believed that the above considerations will induce rapid sale of tickets, and the drawing will commence as soon as a sufficient number shall be sold to authorise it—which it is believed will be on the second Monday in December next.
Richmond, March 2—1f 63 Tickets to be had of Robert Pollard Esq. John Brockenbrough, jun. Wm. Price (Reg d ) Samuel Pleasants, jun. and William Prichard.
A TEN THOUSAND
Dollar Prize,
Now to be had for the small sum of SIX dollars!
SCHEME OF A
Lottery
for the use of THE GERMAN TRINITY CHURCH,
IN SIXTH STREET, PHILADELPHIA. Which will positively commence drawing at the first house in this city the fourth Monday of November next, prizes will be received in payment for such tickets as may remain for sale during the drawing, or the cash advanced for them, on allowing a small discount. From the great proportion already sold, it is expected that the tickets will soon be raised to six dollars and an half.
  Dollars.   1 Prize of 10 thousand dolls. 10,000   1 Three thousand 3,000   1 Two thousand 2,000   1 One thousand 1,000   4 Five hundred 2,000   10 Three hundred 3,000   20 Two hundred 4,000   35 One hundred 3,500   90 Fifty 4,500   100 Twenty 2,000   6000 Seven 42,000   1st drawn No. on the 10th day 500   1 15th 500   1 20th 500   1 25th 500   1 30th 500   1 35th 500   1 40th 1,000   1 45th 1,000   1 50th 1,000   1 55th 1,000   1st drawn No. on the 1st day when there shall be only 600 tickets in the wheel, 6,000 
6274 Prizes. Dollars,—90,000 Considerably less than two blanks to a prize. The prizes to be paid 30 days after the close of the drawing—Subject to a deduction of 5 per cent.
Tickets for sale by, GEORGE TAYLOR, Jun. No. 85, South Second Street, or MATTHEW MCCONNELL, No. 82. Coquina Street. ADAM PREMIE, No. 134, South Sixth St. ANTHY. HOOKLEY, No. Corner of Green and Third Streets, Commissioners. CHARLES BOWMAN, No. 16 Budd Street. Whole tickets—6 dollars Half tickets—3 25 Quarter tickets, 1 75 Prizes in other lotteries received in payment. Letters addressed to either of whom, post-paid and inclosing the cash, will be duly attended to. Aug. 27th—9am 115N.
MEDITERRANEAN PASSPORTS.
Notice is hereby given, that it has been deemed expedient to change the form of the Mediterranean Passport, used to vessels of the United States, that from the eighth day of July next those of the new form will be issued as the custom, hitherto to every vessel, for which application may be made on a compliance with the terms prescribed by law and surrendering the former passport of which she may be possessed, if any, in which latter case no fees will be required for the exchange: and that by an arrangement agreed upon by the Barbary powers, with whom we are at peace, either the old or the new form of passport will be sufficient to protect the vessels of the United States, from capture until the 1st of July 1805, after which the old form of passport will be unavailable and the new one alone in use.
Department of State, 23d of May, 1804. The printers of the laws of the United States are requested to insert the above in their Gazettes twice a week for the space of six months, and the Collectors of the Customs to keep copies of it posted up in their offices. May 30—2am 6m
NEW Store.
The subscriber informs the public that he has commenced business in the house formerly occupied by
MR. QUINN, F. Direct; And has on hand, a general assortment of dry goods, Groceries, wines and spirituous liquors. Porter, Hardware and Cutlery, Queenware, China and Glass, Flour, Corn, and Corn-meal, Oats and Chopped rye, Candles and Soap by the box, Country whiskey by the barrel, and a few casks of genuine old Irish whiskey, All of which he will sell low for cash or country produce. The HIGHEST prices, given for country produce, CASH. FRANCIS CLARK. Aug. 20—wlt.
Valuable Land for Sale.
he, executors of the last will and testament of Anthony Holmes deceased, will sell at private sale about forty acres of Land adjoining the city of Washington at the northern extremity of 20th street well. This land is generally allowed to be one of the handsomest situations near the city, having a beautiful prospect of nearly the whole of the city of Washington, Alexandria and George Town, and any person inclined to purchase this valuable property, will be shown the same, and know the terms by application to the subscriber near the premises. JOHN HOLMSTED.

County of Washington,
In the District of Columbia, to wit: WHEREAS Washington Boyd, collector of the county tax, for the county of Washington...
Table with columns for lot number, area, and owner. Includes entries for Robert Allison, Henry Appleton, Thomas Addison, and many others.
Table with columns for lot number, area, and owner. Includes entries for John Haff's lot 13, John Hackett, John Hammell, David Harry, and many others.
Table with columns for lot number, area, and owner. Includes entries for John Hackett, John Hammell, David Harry, Christopher Hughes, and many others.
Table with columns for lot number, area, and owner. Includes entries for John Hackett, John Hammell, David Harry, Christopher Hughes, and many others.
REMOVAL. THOMAS CARPENTER, TAYLOR, Has removed to the house above Mr. RHODES (LATE LOVEL'S) HOTEL, near the President's Square.
TO RENT, A THREE STORY BRICK HOUSE in the city of Washington, situate on that beautiful ridge north east of the Seven Buildings, on Street, Lot No. 3, square 106.
CHARLES VARDEN, MERCHANT TAYLOR. Has received from Philadelphia in addition to his former stock, a handsome assortment of goods, consisting of the best London and Spanish superfine cloths and cashmeres, white and fancy Marcellines, colored and white Janes, India nankeens, cotton cashmeres, black silk and satin Florentines.
Valuable property FOR SALE, I WILL sell on reasonable terms the farm on which I reside, containing about 1000 acres of valuable land. The soil is well adapted to wheat, corn and tobacco.
NOTICE. Was committed to my custody on the 14th day of this month, a runaway Negro man who calls himself by the name of William, and says that he is the property of John Chaffey of the state of Virginia.
HAT MANUFACTURY. The subscriber informs his customers and the public generally that he has discontinued business in the city of Washington, and has opened shop on Bridge street near the Union Tavern.
To be Rented. THE subscriber has two or three small Farms to let from two to three hundred acres in each, in Prince George's county about six miles from the city of Washington.