The national intelligencer and Washington advertiser. (Washington City [D.C.]), 1804-05-30 00:00:00

NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, AND WASHINGTON ADVERTISER.
VOL. IV.
WASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
No. DLXIX.
FIVE DOLLARS PER ANNUM.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 30th, 1804.
PAID IN ADVANCE.
PROPOSALS.
For carrying the Mails of the United States on the following Post-roads, will be received at the General Post Office in Washington, until the 15th day of June next, inclusive.
1. From Portsmouth by Hampton Falls Salisbury, Newbury-Port, Ipswich, Beverly, Salem and Lynn to Boston six times a week.
May 1 to November 1. Leave Portsmouth every day Sunday excepted at 2 p. m. and arrive at Boston the next day by 1 A. M.
Leave Boston every day Sunday excepted at 1 p. m. and arrive at Portsmouth the next day by 7 a. m.
November 1. to May 1. Leave Portsmouth every day Sunday excepted at 2 p. m. and arrive at Boston the next day by 9 a. m. in 19 hours.
Leave Boston every day Sunday excepted at 2 p. m. and arrive at Portsmouth the next day by 10 a. m. in 20 hours.
2. From Portsmouth, by Dover, Rochester, Middletown, Ollippee, Mountsbrough, and Center Harbor to Plymouth, and from Plymouth by New Hampton, Meredith, Gilmanstown, Nottingham, and Durham to Portsmouth once a week.
Leave Portsmouth every Tuesday at 2 p. m. and arrive at Plymouth on Thursday by 7 p. m. Leave Plymouth every Friday at 6 a. m. and arrive at Portsmouth on Monday by 8 a. m.
3. From Hanover by Orford to Haverhill, once a week. Leave Hanover every Friday at 6 a. m. and arrive at Haverhill by 5 p. m. Leave Haverhill every Saturday at 6 a. m. and arrive at Hanover by 6 p. m.
4. From Haverhill Ms. by Chester, Pembroke, Concord, Bolstown, Salisbury, Plymouth, Romney and Haverhill to Newbury Vt. once a week.
Leave Haverhill every Tuesday at 2 p. m. and arrive at Chester by 5 p. m. arrive at Concord on Wednesday by 10 a. m. Leave Concord at 4 p. m. arrive at Plymouth on Thursday by 7 p. m. and arrive at Haverhill on Friday by 5 p. m. Leave Haverhill at 5 1-2 p. m. and arrive at Newbury by 7 p. m. Returning. Leave Newbury every Saturday at 6 a. m. and arrive at Concord on Monday by 10 a. m. Leave Concord on Monday at 11 a. m. and arrive at Haverhill on Tuesday by 10 a. m.
5. From Burlington by Jerico, Montpelier, Williamstown, Randolph, Royalton and Woodstock to Windsor, once a week. Leave Burlington every Friday at 2 p. m. and arrive at Windsor on Tuesday by 3 p. m. Leave Windsor every Tuesday at 3 p. m. and arrive at Montpelier on Wednesday by 9 p. m. and arrive at Burlington on Friday by 9 a. m.
6. From Montpelier by Barre, Washington, Corinth, Bradford, Newbury-Ryegate, Barnet, Peacham and Danville to St. Johnsbury, once a week. Leave Montpelier every Thursday at noon, and arrive at Newbury on Friday by 7 p. m.
Leave Newbury every Saturday at 5 a. m. and arrive at St. Johnsbury by 5 p. m. Returning.
Leave St. Johnsbury every Tuesday at 6 a. m. and arrive at Montpelier on Thursday by 11 a. m.
7. From Boston by Dorchester, Quincy, Braintree, Weymouth, Hingham, Hanover, Pembroke and Kingston to Plymouth three times a week.
Leave Boston every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 6 a. m. and arrive at Plymouth by 7 p. m.
Leave Plymouth every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 6 a. m. and arrive at Boston by 7 p. m.
8. From Boston by Cambridge, Watertown, Marlboro, Worcester, Brookfield, Springfield, Suffield, Hartford, Berlin, Wethersfield, Middletown, Durham, Wallingford, Northford, New Haven, Milford, Stratford, Fairfield, Norwalk, Stamford, Rye, New Rochelle, Westchester and Harlem to New-York, three times a week.
May 1 to November 1. Leave Boston every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 2 a. m. arrive at Suffield the next mornings by 2 1-2 a. m.
Leave Suffield at 5 a. m. and arrive at New-Haven at 1 3-4 p. m.
Leave New-Haven at 2 p. m. and arrive at New-York on Thursday, Saturday and Tuesday by 11 a. m. in 57 hours. Returning.
Leave New-York every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 10 a. m. arrive at New-Haven the next days by 2 1-2 a. m.
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(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. 10,000   1 do. 5,000   5 do. of 1,000 make 5,000   6 do. — 500 — 3,000   10 do. — 200 — 2,000   20 do. — 100 — 2,000   100 do. — 50 — 5,000   250 do. — 30 — 7,500   420 do. — 25 — 10,500   1,500 do. — 20 — 30,000   3,000 do. — 15 — 45,000   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 authorised 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 a 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—tf T Tickets to be had of Robert Pollard Esq. John Brockenbrough, jun. Wm. Price (Reg.) Samuel Pleasants, jun. and William Prichard.
ADVERTISEMENT.
THE Subscriber has for sale a likely well grown healthy strong NEGRO lad about sixteen years of age; although his conduct has been such as obliges me to part with him, I believe he will make a valuable slave to any man who lives in the country and who will keep him closely, and constantly at work. Apply at the house of the subscriber in George Town where in his absence his brother will treat for him.
JOHN T. MASON. April 30—tf
NOTICE
BY virtue of a decree of the circuit court of the district of Columbia in the suit of Valentine Peyton, against Mary Cooke & Alexander Stedman and Julia his wife, Joseph Wilson and Robert Brown defendants, in chancery, will be sold at the premises to the highest bidder at public sale on the 14th day of June next, all that piece or parcel of Land known and distinguished by lot, No. 5, in square No. 253 in the city of Washington, together with the houses and appurtenances according to the terms of the said decree, which are as follows, to wit: one third of the purchase money within six months from the time of the sale with interest thereon until the same shall be paid, one other third in twelve months from the time of the said sale with interest thereon as aforesaid, and the residue in eighteen months from the time of the said sale with interest thereon as aforesaid; and if the purchaser or purchasers of the said premises shall fail to make his payments or either of them at the periods before mentioned it shall and may be lawful for the said marshal, and he is hereby ordered upon giving ten days notice of the time and place of the said sale to sell again the said premises upon the following terms of payment, that is to say, for as much cash as may be necessary to discharge the sum which may be due at the time of such sale, and the residue at such time or times as were upon the first sale appointed for the payment thereof. And if the said premises upon the said second sale, should not sell for as much as upon the first, the purchaser or purchasers, at the said first sale shall be accountable and liable for the deficiency. It is further decreed and ordered that the marshal do bring into court the money arising from the sale of the said premises from time to time as the same shall be received, to be subject to such distribution as the court shall from time to time direct and appoint; & the said marshal is further decreed and ordered to report to this court his proceedings herein, in order that a final decree be made and the title of the purchaser be confirmed, until which said final decree the said premises shall remain bound to the payment of the purchase money. The improvements are a small framed Dwelling House with a shed and a small stable, the sale will commence precisely at 12 o'clock.
DANL. C. BRENT, Marshal. May 14—114Jun,
REPORT
Presented on the 11th December 1803, to the House of Representatives.
The Committee of Commerce and Manufactures respectfully submit their report and opinion, upon the petition of Nathaniel Smith and William Smith of Newbury-port, Massachusetts, referred on the 12th December.
THE petitioners ask to be exonerated from the payment of a Custom-house bond for duty on twenty-two hogheads of sugar imported into the United States, and which were lost, or totally damaged, going coastwise from Newbury-port to Boston, where, it is stated, the sugar was to have been exported to a foreign country.
The sugar was accompanied with the usual document certifying that the duties inwards, had been secured, and stating the amount and time of exportation. This certificate was only intended to identify the article upon its arrival in Boston, and was not the Debenture promising the payment of a sum of money, which Debenture would have been issued at the custom-house, where the sugar was originally bonded, had it been exported directly out of the limits of the United States. It has never been considered proper to refund the duty accruing on any goods or merchandise when the same have been regularly loaded, and the returns thereof have been duly certified at the custom-house, although losses or damage may afterwards have accrued from any cause whatever; other than from the fault, neglect or error of the custom-house officers; and excepting in cases of debentures for drawback of duties on goods shipwrecked or otherwise lost on our own coasts, after the goods have been landed for exportation and cleared out for a foreign port or place.
The sugar in question was not cleared out for importation to a foreign country. The committee had hoped merchants had understood, by this time, that the duties secured to be paid will always be demanded, and that the United States are not to be considered as insurers or underwriters on goods bonded at the custom-house.
The committee are fully of opinion that it would be improper to allow the drawback on any merchandise, which may be damaged or lost in the transportation thereof coastwise, from one district to another in the United States, and they therefore beg leave to submit the following opinion:
Resolved, That the prayer of the petitioners ought not to be granted.
COLUMBIA.
MESSAGE
From the Governor of South-Carolina, delivered the 11th May, 1804.
To the honorable President and Members of the Senate.
Honorable Gentlemen,
It has not been without mature deliberation upon the importance of the occasion, that I have drawn you from your domestic enjoyments, to consider of matters of public concern, in which the interest of your country is involved; nor have I been insensible to the many inconveniences that will consequently result to every individual, at this unexpected change in the constitutional arrangement; but I feel sanguine in the hope that every private consideration will readily yield to the necessity of such measures as proffer the public good, and tend to secure, upon a permanent basis, the internal peace and tranquility of our country.
The scene which took place in determining the late Presidential election, and the weighty consequences which remained suspended during the deliberation of Congress, must be recent in the recollection of every individual who charges his mind with the consideration of public affairs: No friend to his country, whose mind is not agitated with high concern, at the recollection of that event, and who would not use every possible exertion, to obviate a return of the impending evil, which for a moment threatened commotion, and clouded the peaceful prospects of America. Congress, aware of the possibility that an event which had happened once, might reasonably be calculated under the same regulations, to happen again,
has wisely adopted the resolution which I have received from the President of the United States, and herewith communicated for your consideration. As I hold it essential fellow citizens, that you should have an opportunity of expressing your sentiments upon every measure submitted to you by the general government, and that the sense of the state may be known to the union, on all occasions of national importance, more especially where her interest is so materially interwoven, are the objects which actuated me in convening you at this time. I am not unaware of the ill consequences which some times result from the abrogation of a system under which our government has flourished, and its citizens have lived happy for years; but when peculiar circumstances arise which point out defects, from whence proceed difficulties, which tend to endanger our peace and happiness, and to which it would be perpetually exposed, I cannot hesitate to avow that such a system is imperfect, and should meet with alterations.
This appears to be the situation of that part of the constitution of the U. States, which this resolution contemplates the alteration of, and affords you the opportunity of being instrumental to the change, and of wresting from design and intrigue, the possibility of attempting hereafter, to frustrate the wishes of a majority of the citizens of the United States in the choice of their President.
In consequence of representing to the governor of North-Carolina, the sentiments of the legislature respecting the settlement of a boundary between the two states, which had existed so long a subject of dispute and contention; it has produced the communication herewith transmitted, and remains for your determination upon such measures as you may deem expedient on the occasion.
It is to be observed, that in the attempts heretofore made to adjust this difference with a sister state, the leading obstacle was the confined powers given the commissioners, on the part of North Carolina, and of which the commissioners on the part of this state complained, as not being co-ordinate with their own, they met upon unequal terms. The law of that state, recently passed, has nominated commissioners with full and ample powers to establish the boundary, as justice may point out, which evinces a desire on the part of that state, to have an amicable adjustment of this long existing difference. I would therefore recommend that you should adopt similar measures to effect an object so long sought after by this state, and to meet the wishes of North-Carolina, as I have well grounded hopes, from the apparent desire of the two states, that their merits and bounds will be settled and finally established.
During the recess of the legislature, I received from the executive of the state of Georgia, a resolution of that state, respecting the navigation of Savannah river, with a request that the same may be laid before you, which, in compliance therewith, accompanies this communication. The attention of that state appears to be engaged in rendering that river navigable; but as it is the boundary between the two states, and as a large proportion of fertile lands lie in both states, that would not only be materially benefited therefrom, but the respective states (and Georgia in particular) would derive considerable advantages from the incitement to population in that of the state, whose produce would be conveyed through that channel to market; it is confidently expected, that as those advantages will be reciprocal, so ought the contributions: It will however be for you to determine how far those benefits contemplated to derive from effecting this navigation will be mutual with the states, or commensurate to the expenditures it will unavoidably incur. While on the subject of navigation, I would recommend that your attention should be engaged in every improvement within your state that possibly can be effected by your liberal aid. The experiment of inland navigation has proved of immense value to our country, and each day those advantages continue to augment; and its advantages only require to be more generally known, to render it of still more general utility; it is indeed to be wished that the benefits the public derives, may be reciprocal with the proprietors, who on that occasion received no pecuniary legislative aid, the finances of the state not being in a situation to contribute to its advancement. This however is very far from being the case at the present period; the means are ample and within your power, and I hope in every instance that oppor-
tunity may present for the benefit of navigation and intercourse, will be duly regarded; and that you will exercise with alacrity, for the public benefit, the energies of government.
I have heretofore claimed your attention to the military establishment of the state, I again repeat that claim, as I deem some regard to improve the present regulations necessary for their future prosperity: No part of the system for their governance appears to require more immediately your consideration, than the law organising the cavalry and artillery, which, as respects the artillery, is extremely partial in its arrangement; for in the seventh brigade there is a regiment of artillery, in the 8th brigade a battalion, and in all the other brigades in the state, the artillery are confined to companies. This has not only a tendency to discourage the emulation of officers engaging in the establishment of a company in either of the brigades, other than the 7th and 8th, but has an appearance of partiality which I could wish to see avoided in every system that is calculated to have a general operation; I would therefore recommend the establishment of a regiment of artillery in every brigade, so soon as they have a certain number of companies, as it will have a tendency to give vigor to the already great exertions of the officers, to view their situation regarded by the constitutional authority of their state: And this attention, which is so requisite for their welfare, can require no material consumption of your time.
With the enjoyment of peace, and the fair prospects of a continuance, our country is still blessed, the advantages arising therefrom are manifested in various instances; the citizens continue easy under the exactions of government, yet the opulence of the nation increases alike with that of the individual, and there are no interpositions to annoy it; this demonstrates a wise and well regulated government, that under the blessings of a kind Providence yields so many comforts to mankind. Let then your exertions, (to which I pledge my faithful support) and those of every friend to his country, and future generations, be exercised for the lasting preservation of the purity and good order, which now characterises the administration of America.
JAMES B. RICHARDSON. Columbia, May 10, 1804.
To the honorable the President and members of the Senate.
HONORABLE GENTLEMEN, At the request of the honorable Pierce Butler, Esq. one of the Senators from this state in the Congress of the United States, I have the honor to lay before you two letters which I have received from him. I feel it my duty to comply with his request thus early, as they contain sentiments respecting the resolution of Congress upon the proposed amendment of the constitution of the United States, which I have just caused to be laid before you.
I have the honor to be, With high respect, Your most obedient, JAMES B. RICHARDSON. Columbia, May 11, 1804.
Federal City, December 6th, 1803.
SIR, A resolution passed the Senate on Friday last, which will be sent to the several states for their approbation; the object of it is, to authorise the electors to designate in voting for a President and Vice-President; to this resolution I have been opposed: it becomes my duty to state to the legislature of my own state why I am opposed to it. First, I like the constitution as it stands, much better than the proposed alteration. The convention in fixing on two names to be indiscriminately voted for, felt an anxiety to guard against the evil attending an elective chief magistracy, as have been felt in Poland. While two distinguished citizens are indiscriminately voted for, party heat will not be so great as by having single opposite champions, running in direct opposition to each other; the attachment to an individual gives birth to heat and turbulent passions, which are in a degree checked by an indiscriminate vote for two persons, each party having this consoling hope, that if their candidate does not succeed to the chief magistracy, he will, by being Vice President be in the road to it. If the alteration is agreed to, the small states, in which South Carolina is ranked, never will give either a President or Vice President to the union. Large

States can then combine freely, and give a President and Vice-President for ever. Four States send 74 members to the house of representatives; the whole number of representatives is one hundred and forty-three. In the mode pointed by the constitution, there can be no combination as to a Vice-President, for in that case, the choice of the smaller States might step in and give a President. The ostensible reason assigned by the advocates of the proposed alteration, is to prevent a repetition of the disgraceful scene, so d-grading to a republican government, that took place at the last election; there is no honest man whose pulse does not beat high on that occasion; but the probability of there ever again being two names equal on the highest number, is so remote as not to justify an alteration, so materially affecting the sovereignty of states; so remote is it that if doctor Price, who was said to be better read in doctrine of chances, than any other man in Europe, could rise from his grave, he would probably tell us that it is the nearest to impossibility its ever taking place again. We all recollect the course of this extraordinary circumstance too well to need my detailing it; it is much to be apprehended, that in a paroxysm of discontent or resentment, some of the States may be hurried into an approbation of a measure, without allowing time to view it in all its bearings, which in the end, they may have cause to regret.
I have another reason which had an influence on me in opposing the contemplated alteration, and which my duty obliges me, however unpleasant, to make known to the legislature, the more so as a guardianship in senate, of the sovereign rights of South-Carolina, is solely in my hands: I had not long been in senate, since my last election, before I perceived a combination among certain large states, unfair in itself, and dangerous in its consequences, to the rights of other states; they held evening meetings, to decide what shall take place or prevail in senate. Into this combination they have drawn two or three of the small states, and by this combination nothing is suffered to come fairly before senate, that is not either brought forward by one of the party, or has not their previous sanction—to such a state of things, I could not—I cannot—I will not submit—without expressing both my concern and disapprobation—concern, because I expected a very different conduct from gentlemen with whom I hoped to have been in unison—disappointment at finding these men, who, before a revolution in the public mind took place, possessed a jealous regard for equal rights, now in power, the first to subvert the principles which they wished to be thought the advocates of.
I request, Sir, you will lay this letter and a copy of it, before the two houses. I will indulge a hope that the legislature may not, by any present impressions, be hurried into a measure which places the state on an unequal footing in the confederacy.
I have the honor to be, With consideration & regard, Your Excellency's most obt. P. BUTLER.
His Excellency } Gov. RICHARDSON. }
PHILADELPHIA, April 3, 1804. Dear Sir,
Looking over a copy of my letter to you of December 6th, which letter I requested you to lay before the legislature, I observe one departure from grammar, which I will thank you to amend, before the letter is sent to the legislature. I will quote the sentence to save you the trouble of looking over the whole letter.
"The attachment to an individual, gives birth to heat and turbulent passions, which is, in a degree, checked by an indiscriminate vote for two persons."
I do not know your sentiments on the proposed alteration of the constitution. Your station as governor—your having advocated personal rights since you entered into public life, must give great weight to any opinion you may give on this very interesting question. Intrigue itself cannot have the impudence, if truth is at all regarded, to call it a party question. It is truly a question of state rights; or rather an improper attempt by a few states, under the specious garb of republicanism, to rob other states of their rights and rank in the confederation. The honor of saving these states from degradation, is reserved for South-Carolina—she will thus become the Thespes of America. If South-Carolina gives her sanction to the proposed alteration, she ratifies for ever her own degradation, as well as that of other states. If the alteration succeeds, the Vice-Presidency will for ever hereafter become an article for sale, barter or exchange, by a combination of a few states. "Throw your votes into our scale for a President, and you may name the Vice President." Thus the Vice-President, instead of being the second most estimable character in the Union, as is contemplated by the constitution, as it now stands, will be the creature, the offspring of intrigue. In the event of the death of a Presi-
dent, how dreadful would the situation of the country become under the government of such a Vice-President as this intriguing innovation will, nineteen times in twenty, give to the union.
South-Carolina has, and justly, the reputation of embracing as many enlightened, well educated citizens as any state in the union—can there be a reflecting mind in the state who does not foresee the effect of the proposed alteration? There cannot. In a few years, when party heat subsides, if it ever will subside, I would venture to risk my reputation and life on it, that several of the states, who have allowed themselves to be hurried by the spirit of party, into an approbation of the measure, will devoutly thank South-Carolina for saving them from the snare laid for them—from the degradation into which they are hurrying themselves. I yesterday was assured by very good authority, that governor Fenner of Rhode-Island, did all in his power to prevent the adoption of the alteration by Rhode-Island; but in consequence of some federalists being active in opposing it, the republicans laid it must be a good thing. Such is the hurry into which party heats sometimes hurry men. South-Carolina has a favorable opportunity to distinguish herself for possessing true patriotism, and calm, clear judgment. God Almighty grant that she may embrace the opportunity.
I regret exceedingly that the state of my health does not permit of my return to Carolina. If my worthy colleague and myself were called before the legislature to give a statement of public measures, public relations, and private combinations, I am well satisfied that we should not differ in our statement—but alas! my health permits not of my being in the way of discharging this duty.
I have the honor to be, With great consideration & esteem, Dear Sir, your most obedient, P. BUTLER.
I received the letter you favored me with, covering your communications to the legislature, for which I return you my best thanks.
Perusing this letter over, I see nothing in it that I can wish to be secret; you are therefore at liberty to make what use you think proper of it.
National Intelligencer.
An interesting work has lately been published in England under the title of " The Political and Confidential Correspondence of LEWIS THE SIXTEENTH, with observations on each letter. " By Helen Maria Williams. In three volumes Octavo.
The character of the fallen monarch is not unworthy of study; that of the illustrious men who achieved the revolution justifies a higher and more laudable curiosity, while the revolution itself, particularly in its early stages, merits all the interest it has created. We have seen no documents more illustrative of all these than this collection of letters, with the spirited and often eloquent observations of the Editor. Persuaded that the pleasure afforded us by their perusal will be felt by our readers, we shall make copious extracts from them.
The work commences with the following Preface written by Miss Williams.
"Amidst the struggles of contending parties, and the fury of hostile passions to which great public events give birth, there is no task more difficult than to observe with calmness, and appreciate with impartiality, the actors in those memorable scenes. Were it possible to lay down any common principle to which we might bring back those heated opponents, to fix some sure basis on which we might build a structure of reasoning, to agree on some general axiom from which we might draw indisputable conclusions, the difficulties would be considerably softened; and hope might be entertained, that, by patient investigation and good faith, we might arrive at length, if not to perfect similarity of sentiment, at least to that tolerant state of mind which permits us to view, without rancour, opinions that do not accord with our own."
"Whether we have yet reached that happy period, I shall not pretend to determine; nor can we decide if the present phase of the French revolution be that in which those who call themselves the friends of Lewis the Sixteenth act wittily in evoking the shade of this unfortunate prince. The motives which have led them to make this appeal to the public, are assigned in the preface to the intended French edition of these letters. We cite the words of the editors themselves."
"Many respectable writers have attempted to reconcile the memory of this good king with the esteem of his
contemporaries, which he never deserved to have lost. Their works have been read with avidity, and the pages have been bathed with the tears of regret. But it never yet entered into the mind of any person to paint the unfortunate monarch by his most secret thoughts, by extracts from his manuscripts, by his analyses, by his public and private correspondence. This, however, is the surest way of appreciating him, to behold him, not in his court, amidst his courtiers, with that kind of borrowed soul which the habit of commanding gave him, but in the presence of his intimate friends, of nature, and of his own conscience. It is by this mode of trial that we discover the man without reproach, that we sometimes feel disgust at the great man. The end which it was intended to promote by the publication of these letters was to scatter a few flowers over the tomb of a prince, the friend of mankind, whose apotheosis will surely be one day made by future generations."
"The surest way of appreciating characters, as the Editors have observed, is by viewing them stripped of that borrowed kind of soul which the circumstances in which they are placed lead men to assume. How often, when we read ancient history, do we feel a restless desire to know something of the domestic situation, the undisguised feelings, of celebrated personages. We see them like distant stars, lighting up the darkness which covers remote times, and with for a mental telescope capable of piercing the gloom of ages, through which their beams pass before they reach us."
"Whatever opinions may be formed of the motives of the French Editors for the publication of this correspondence, it seems doubtful if the end they had in view will be attained. We live in an age, it has been observed, when every thing is discussed; and the first impressions which we have received respecting any object, are often effaced, when we have examined it more closely. At the opening of the French revolution Lewis the Sixteenth was considered, by the friends of liberty, as an hostile power. In the progress of this revolution, he made repeated and solemn professions of his adherence to the principles it had established, and the reforms which had taken place. He accepted the title of Restorer of French Liberty, and bound himself by the most sacred obligations to maintain and execute the constitutional laws. In reading this correspondence, which, according to its intended Editors, is to place him in the presence of his intimate friends, of nature, and his own conscience, we may be led to suspect either that we have hitherto mistaken the meaning of these terms, or that conscience is a more accommodating principle with the rulers of nations than with other men; and whatever disposition we may have to see flowers over the tomb of the unfortunate, we may be allowed to doubt whether any generation, even the remotest, will raise Lewis the Sixteenth to the honors of an apotheosis."
"Nor let this opinion be deemed rash or severe. If time may be measured by the succession of ideas, we have lived centuries of the common flight of years since the reign of Lewis the Sixteenth: we may therefore be permitted to consider ourselves as a sort of posterity with respect to him; and be allowed to be capable of judging him with the calm impartiality which, in the ordinary course of human affairs, is the birthright of succeeding generations. But independently of this consideration, whatever may be the personal feelings or opinions of a writer with respect to political characters or events, he surely, when he presumes to seize the pen of history, cannot lose sight of the dignity of his occupation, or forget (to use the words of Johnson) "that he is charged with a certain portion of truth."
"When we first unroll the mighty canvass of the revolution, the most prominent figure is Lewis the Sixteenth. At its opening scene, when we behold him in possession of absolute power, and shrinking from parting with a small portion where so much was left, the generous mind naturally places itself on the side of the oppressed multitude, and considers that every weapon wrested from despotism was a trophy gained to justice. But when, in the progress of the drama, we contemplate him, who was once the master of a powerful empire, pending a victim beneath the tempest of popular fury; when we reflect on the gloomy close of the tragedy; when we follow him from his throne to a prison, and from the prison to the scaffold; when we witness his sufferings and his resignation, his meekness, & his wrongs; when we compare his character and his destiny, and balance his faults and his punishment, we see him placed in a point of view in which every sympathy of our nature pleads in his behalf; and we lament that his country was not spared the offence of his death."
"In examining the records which treat more particularly of the history of Lewis the Sixteenth, we must guard against the slavish panegyrist, who views in him no error but that of relaxing the slightest rein of authority, and the intemperate demagogue, who, considering the
kingly office as a crime, deems the punishment of the holder an indispensable expiation. With those extremes truth holds no association. From those political rhapsodies the impartial enquirer turns with disgust; he sees passion deforming every page, the calumniator usurping the pen of the historian, and finds the pleadings of an advocate, instead of the decisions of a judge."
"But if it may hitherto have been difficult to form a just estimate of the real character of Lewis the Sixteenth from the disfigured documents which have been laid before us, the intended editors of the present correspondence assert, that we have here the most sure and most indisputable means of arriving at truth. The evidence they present is the most infallible and persuasive: it is the confession of the monarch himself, the expression of his inmost sentiments, the transcription of his most secret thoughts, the unfoldings of his mind with kindred affections, the translation of his conscience into the bosom of friendship, in which reserve would have been folly, and prevarication without a motive."
"It must be admitted that this kind of evidence is the least liable to challenge from any quarter, when the only question to be decided is the real opinion of the party, without any reference to the propriety or impropriety of holding such opinion. This is a separate question, of which every one will judge according to the opinions or prejudices he may have previously formed. The advocates of the king, in the confidence of victory, exult at the universal suffrage they have obtained. "This collection," say they, "is a monument erected to the glory of Lewis the Sixteenth, and which will appear more worthy of eternal duration than those magnificent mausoleums raised with splendid extravagance, than those statues of marble and bronze, which time silently impairs, or which great catastrophes overturn & destroy." Whatever be the duration of this monument, some doubt when we have examined it with attention, may remain, whether the consent of the present generation or posterity will ratify this fond prediction with respect to its glory."
"It was the intention of the king's friends to have published those papers in two volumes. The first contained simply his letters, and were destined "a nous montrer Louis XVI homme privé," to present the private character of the king. The second volume contained all that could portray him "comme homme public" as a public character; and consisted of his discourses, memorials, observations, writings, the analysis of a few of his works; "all which objects, united, were to present us the last king of France, as a prince really enlightened, made to govern men in the solitude of the cabinet, fitted to become the counsellor of a king, worthy of executing, capable of judging men, and transmitting his judgements to posterity." This work was supposed by the editors to offer a "full justification to men who were prejudiced, to awaken in generous minds grateful recollections, to excite remorse in the hearts of the king's persecutors, to give useful instructions to statesmen, and teach crowned heads that it is not sufficient to possess the virtues of Trajan and Antoninus; that the courage of heroes, and the policy of great kings, are equally necessary, joined to the wisdom of a Sully, and the sumness of a Richelieu."
"The purposes of the intended French editors have been religiously observed with respect to the king's letters, and also with respect to such of his other papers as have never yet appeared; but it seemed unnecessary to swell these volumes with the mass of papers that have been already published, and which are to be found in the journals of the times, and in most of the memoirs or annals of the French revolution. The chief merit which these papers possess in the eyes of the editors, is that they were written by Lewis the Sixteenth; and, as such, contain the faithful expression of his sentiments. A very few of those papers, which were but little known, I have preserved; but the intention of the rest appeared to me unnecessary, for the reasons already mentioned. The titles of the papers which are omitted will be mentioned in the table of contents."
"The materials for this monument to the glory of Lewis the Sixteenth have been for some time prepared. The French editors state that they have it in their power to enlarge this collection, but that a choice was necessary. We are therefore in the possession of those which are most favorable to the cause which the friends of the late king are anxious to support, deeming the evidence sufficient to gain every suffrage in its favor."
"It is unnecessary to mention the reasons which produced the delay of their publication, and still less the means by which these manuscript volumes fell into my hands. The only important point to be ascertained was that of their authenticity. The French editor, in the note which precedes his preface, states that the originals are deposited in the hands of a personage "who will think it a pleasure and a duty to communicate them to such as are curious or incredulous." This statement is true.
But, independent of this external proof, which is conclusive to those who are acquainted with the hand writing of the king, such measures have been taken, as appeared to me fully satisfactory, to arrive at the greatest supplementary proof, by consulting such persons as were most likely to be informed on the subject. The proofs which I have obtained from men who now fill eminent offices under the republic, and from others who exercised the highest functions under Lewis the Sixteenth, and who were consequently instructed both as to the spirit and the letter, leave no doubt whatever, with respect to the authenticity of those papers. While they present the king alternately as a private and public man, by his correspondence with individuals, and his discourses to the national representation and to sections of the people, it appears singular that no suspicions entered the minds of the French editors, that the public, who were called only to admire, would sometimes pause to compare and to reason. The editors, it is true, in their preface, hazard certain animalversions which wear the air of impartiality, and to which they would limit those of the readers. "We dare, at present," they observe, "publish without fear in books, what is already in every heart; and declare, in the name of future generations, that Lewis the Sixteenth, on the throne of the Bourbons, had no other reproach to make himself in the difficult art of governing, than that irresolution which neutralises every thing, that want of self-confidence which renders the monarch null, and that weakness which destroys."
"There are, no doubt, blemishes in the princely character; and, if nothing further had been intended in this justification of Lewis the Sixteenth than the display of his private virtues, respect for his misfortunes would have left his faults unnoticed. But to defend the memory of Lewis the Sixteenth appears the aim of his friends; 'tis to calumniate the memory of those who have rendered themselves illustrious by rescuing their country from the ignoble servitude under which it was oppressed. This generous effort is stigmatized in the prefatory address as a "series of useless crimes, producing only useless disasters." The revolution, by changing all the elements of social order, is stated to have "caused the most enlightened nation of Europe to make a retrograde step towards barbarism," and which is still more disastrous, "to have rendered indocile to the yoke the people whom the king's birth had condemned him to govern."
"The defence of Lewis the Sixteenth is therefore no longer the point in contest, or at least becomes only a point of secondary consideration. His friends have shifted the ground on which they might have remained secure, and, by enlarging their means of defence, have left themselves and the object of their idolatry open to attack. It is no longer the king they mean to defend; it is the revolution they are earnest to criminate. Let them not be displeased, therefore, if, in the observations which have suggested themselves on reading these letters, they sometimes discover an attempt to defend that barbarism towards which the most enlightened country of Europe has made a retrograde step."
"And what period in the annals of mankind more calculated to awaken intense, rapt attention, to seize every faculty of the soul, to call forth every feeling excited by the sublime and the terrible, than the epocha of that revolution which, in its effects, will change the condition, and almost the delineations, of man? How long will posterity pause on the solemn page which marks its mighty records? In reading history, we pass rapidly over the common flight of years and ages, like the traveller, who diligently pursues his way through a country which presents only ordinary objects; but when this astonishing & unfolds itself to the intellectual view, the reader will feel a sensation similar to that of the same traveller, when, suddenly bursting on his sight, he beholds scenes of overwhelming majesty, and finds himself surrounded by images of nature, the beautiful, the sublime, the terrific, the stupendous, which fill his mind with astonishment, or swell his bosom with enthusiastic emotions."
"Considering the French revolution as the most important event of modern history, every thing that tends to throw light on that momentous epocha has some portion of interest; and it is with this persuasion that I presume to offer to the public the observations that accompany the subsequent letters. If I have not concealed my admiration of the great and exalted principles in favor of the human race which the revolution was destined to establish, I hope also, that in commenting on the character and conduct of Lewis the Sixteenth, I shall not be accused of insensibility or injustice, while I have sought nothing but truth. Some of the observations subjoined, trivial perhaps in themselves, may derive value from their connexion with the mighty events of the revolution, in the same manner as an obscure individual may be remembered, who carves his name upon an immortal monument which mocks the destruction of time."

WASHINGTON CITY,
WEDNESDAY, MAY 30.
New Hampshire Election.
The Boston Centinel acknowledges six Senators elected to be republican, five are federal, and that in one district there is no election.
Massachusetts Election.
The same print observes that "In all the towns we have heard from the federal gain has been 19,—loss 13—net gain 6.—Democratic gain 30,—loss 8—net gain 22. Making a democratic gain on the majority of last year of 16. Of the votes for Speaker last year, Mr. O is had 124—Mr. Morton 73. Should the towns we have not heard from prove as they were last year, the probable numbers of the house will be 120 federalists, and 95 democrats. The parties will not essentially vary from this proportion."
The whole number of votes for governor are, for
Calb Strong, 30,007
James Sullivan, 23,979
Federal majority 6,028
Connecticut Election.
The whole number of Representatives elected is 193, of which 115 are federal, and 78 republican.
REPORT.
The joint committee of the first and second chambers of the city council, appointed on the 18th day of May to settle the accounts of the treasurer, REPORT:
That in pursuance of the resolution of the council, they have examined and settled the accounts of the treasurer, from the 25th day of May, 1803, to the 24th day of May, 1804. And, they submit the following statement of the receipts and expenditures during that period.
Moneys received by the treasurer, on account of the corporation of the city of Washington, since the 25th day of May, 1803.
Table with 2 columns: Description, Dollars, Cents. Includes items like 'On account of taxes due for the year 1802', 'Tax on dogs', 'Tax on billiard table licenses', etc.
Moneys paid by the treasurer on account of the Corporation since the 25th May, 1803.
Table with 2 columns: Description, Dollars, Cents. Includes items like 'For fire ladders', 'For the discharge of arrears in erection and additional repairs', 'Salary of the Register', etc.
Table with 2 columns: Description, Dollars, Cents. Includes items like 'Expences of election', 'Board of appeals', 'Discounts at the Branch Bank', etc.
Table with 2 columns: Description, Dollars, Cents. Includes items like 'The committee report further, that there is due from the corporation at the time of making this settlement', 'To the bank of the United States', etc.
Table with 2 columns: Description, Dollars, Cents. Includes items like 'Remains due of the assessed tax for 1802', 'The total of the tax on assessed property for the year 1803', etc.
To this balance of the taxes on assessed property may be added what is due on the dog and slave tax, which the committee suppose will encrease the total to about 6,000 dollars; on the receipt of 3,500 dollars of which sum the council may rely, as applicable to the payment of existing debts, and the current expenses of the next year, until the tax for that year come into the treasury.
A farther source of revenue to the amount of a thousand or twelve hundred dollars annually falls to the city by the supplementary law, which the council procured during the last session of Congress; arising from the exclusive right which the corporation will now possess of licensing ordinary and tavern keepers and retailers, billiard tables, and hawkers and pedlars. The deliverance from the levy court assessment, may be also considered, as equivalent to the placing of any assessment laid by them in the hands of the corporation; it enables our citizens to contribute the same sum to the wants of the city.
The council will perceive that several items of the payments of this year, are in discharge of the engagements of the former council. A circumstance which must continue to take place until the receipts are beyond the necessary expenditures for the same period.
From the view which the committee have had of the state of the finances, they feel authorised in suggesting a few alterations in the present system. Although the present mode of collection has been sanctioned by the practice of Maryland, and the first city council, who appear to have made that practice their guide, experience points out the propriety of imposing on the treasurer the duty of calling at the residence of the inhabitants, when practicable, for the taxes due: it may be more agreeable to the citizens, it will be less burdensome to himself than a constant attendance at his office, and we believe will be the cause of more money being paid into the treasury.
Besides shewing the probable annual demand on the city treasury, which your committee estimate at between four and five thousand dollars; they have been particular in their report, that the next council may take into full consideration the propriety of erecting or purchasing a permanent work house or infirmary for the poor, as suggested by the trustees in their last report to the mayor, where the poor may be employed in such labor as they are capable of enduring—the proceeds of which will go towards their maintainence.
WM. BRENT, JOSEPH HODGSON, BENJAMIN MORE, NICHOLAS KING.
NEW SERIES OF FEDERAL MISREPRESENTATIONS.
The following declarations are made in the Charleston Courier, on the credit of a Washington correspondent.
1. "By the last mail we learn that the frigate United States, on being moved down the river, proved leaky."
2. "That a survey was had upon her, and that the frigate United States has been pronounced unfit for sea."
3. "Commodore Barron's flag has been removed to the Effex."
4. "She has also suffered (tho' in a less degree) from having lain so long in the Virginia mud, and has been ordered for repair to Norfolk."
We content ourselves with assuring our readers that the above declarations are destitute of truth.
New York, May 24.
An indiscriminate massacre of all the white French inhabitants at Cape Francois, took place on the 20th of April. In this dreadful carnage which continued for three successive days and nights, the murderers spared not "even the women and children!" An embargo was laid on the American vessels in the harbor previous to this work of death; and had not been taken off at the date of our correspondent's letter, which was the 29th.
May 25.
The French frigates Dido and Sybille each of 44 guns, from Guadaloupe, where they recently arrived from France with troops, arrived last evening, and anchored at the quarantine ground. The object of their coming here is unknown.
From captain O'Brien, from the Streights, arrived last evening, we have received the following particulars: Major Barney, the American consul for Sicily, had received dispatches from Mr. Livingston at Paris, enclosing a letter from the First Consul of France (written in his own hand,) to the Commissaire gen. at Tripoli, demanding the release of the American officers and seamen of the Philadelphia frigate. The dispatches had been forwarded to Syracuse.
On the 6th of Feb. an aid-de-camp of general Berthier arrived at Leghorn from Paris with orders to raise 200,000 rations. On the 7th the French gen. Verdier, with the said aid-de-camp, visited the vessels in Leghorn and took down their names. Sixteen had been put in a state of requisition, for the purpose of carrying French troops: Their destination was not known, nor was it known at what port they were to embark. It was supposed, however, for Corsica or Elba.
Captain O'Brien has dispatches for government from the American Consul at Gibraltar; and Mr. Tom, passenger in the Shepherdess, has also dispatches from the consul at Tangier.
MR. SMITH, I recommend to the citizens of Washington the following tickets for members of the City Council. A REPUBLICAN.
First Chamber: James Barry, Benjamin Moore, Daniel Carroll of Duddington, William Brent, Samuel H. Smith, A. B. Woodward, John P. Van Ness, John Tayloe, Nicholas Voss. Second Chamber: Thomas Tingey, William Prout, Charles Minish, Alexander McCormick, Daniel Rapine, William Woodward, John Hewitt, Peter Lenox, Cornelius Cunningham.
For the National Intelligencer. TO THE VOTERS OF THE CITY OF WASHINGTON.
As the time for electing Councilmen is drawing near, it is the indispensable duty of every man, that has a right to a vote, to be particularly careful in selecting such characters for that place, who shall have the entire interest of this city at heart, that will stand by her in adversity, as well as prosperity; that will use every lawful exertion in their power, to promote her general interest. Who shall we look to for this? Not to the men that does not poss is one cent's worth of real property in the city. Not to the man, that on the slightest pretence of moving government, will declare their willingness to it. Not to the men that in all probability wishes to depopulate this city, by declaring it their opinion that government will move. Not to the man that may have an interest in our neighbouring cities, and none here.
Those men may be good men, but they are not the men we want. We want men that will be frugal. We want men that are settled here with some security, that we can rely on for the faithful discharge of their duty. We want men that are essentially concerned in the progress of the city. We want men that will leave nothing undone to promote her interest.
Then to get such men, let us unite, as one man, and vote independently, for men possessed with a freehold estate, men that have their interest here; men that can manage their own business with discretion, men that will sacrifice their time, their money, and even their lives, to defend their rights.
AN ELECTOR
that takes the liberty to recommend the following men: Joseph Hodgeson, Timothy Coldwell, Thomas H. Gillis, Nicholas King, James Hoban, Clotworthy Stevenson, C. McDermot Roe, Lewis Clifton, William Woodward, Peter Lennox, Charles Jones, Henry Ingle, Griffith Combe, George Blagden, Samuel N. Smallwood, Matthew Right, John Sinclair, Adam Lindsay.
JAMES HOBAN declines being a candidate at the approaching election for Councilmen. May 28, 1804.
MR. SMITH, I beg leave, through the medium of your paper, to notify to the electors of Washington, that I decline a re-election as a member of the City Council. JOHN HEWITT. Washington City, May 28.
MR. SMITH, Observing by your paper of this morning, that my name is included, with others, in a ticket recommended to the citizens for support at the ensuing election for members of the City Council, I request you to make known through the same channel of information, my disinclination to serve in either of the Councils. In the few instances where I have been consulted, I have pointedly objected to my name being used in the nomination; and you will oblige me by erasing it from any list which may in future, be offered to you for publication. Y our obed-ent servant, JOHN DAVIDSON, F Street, May 25, 1804.
MEDITERRANEAN PASSPORTS.
Notice is hereby given, that it has been deemed expedient to change the form of the Mediterranean Passport issued to vessels of the United States; that from the eighth day of July next, those of the new form will be issued at the custom houses to every vessel, for which application may be made on a compliance with the terms prescribed by law and forrendering 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.—2aw6m.
A CARD. The inhabitants of Washington and its vicinity, who feel disposed to contribute for the support of a Clergyman of the Presbyterian denomination, are respectfully invited to attend a meeting at Stelles Hotel, on Saturday next at 4 o'clock P. M. The object of the meeting will be then and there more fully explained. Washington City, May 30, 1804.
PROFILES.
I. TODD last from Alexandria, has erected his patent Physiognotract for taking LIKENESSES IN PROFILE, in the convenient room, lately occupied by Mr. Duclercq, dancing master, formerly Somme's tavern, in High street a few doors above Bridge street, where those who may favor him with their attention may have four gilt profiles for 25 cents. N. B. Gilt and Black frames, may be had at the room. George Town, May 30.—tf
THEATRE. THE Theatre committee request a meeting of the subscribers and other gentlemen delinquent in promoting that object, at Mr. Rhodes's tavern on Thursday the 7th day of June next, at 6 o'clock in the evening—The matters of importance will then be laid before the meeting, it is hoped there will be a full attendance. WILLIAM BRENT, Sec. of the Theatre Co. Washington, 30th May.
House and Lot for Sale.
BY virtue of a deed of trust from JOHN KENNEDY to the subscribers, will be sold by public sale, at Rhodes's tavern, in the city of Washington, on Friday the 25th day of May next, at 5 o'clock P. M. for ready money, part of lot No. 1, in square No. 201 in said city, fronting 54 feet on Pennsylvania avenue and 100 feet 2 inches on 12th street west, conveyed by the commissioners to the said Kennedy, with the two story brick dwelling house built thereon, at present occupied by Augustus B. Woodward, esq.
George Town, May 30.—tf
The sale of the above-mentioned house and lot not having taken place on the 25th inst. they will be sold, without reserve, on Wednesday the 20th day of June next, at the same place and hour of the day and on the terms above stated. G. T. J. M.
George Town, May 30.—tf. As the proceeds of the above sale are intended to be paid into my hands, a bond or notes with approved security, bearing interest from date, and payable one third in 6 one third in 12 and one third in 18 months will be accepted of from the purchaser, in place of cash.
JOHN LAIRD.
The subscribers inform the Public that they have opened a store on the corner of Bridge and Washington streets next door to the Union tavern, George town, where they offer for sale an extensive and well assortment of groceries. ROSS or PLEASANTON. Georgetown—May 30.—tf.
TAKE NOTICE.
THE sale of those lands, lots, and houses in the city of Washington and district of Columbia on which the direct tax and cost has not been paid is postponed until Monday the 11th of June next, and will commence at 10 o'clock A. M. and continue from day to day until the whole are sold—any person wishing to examine the list of the property may by calling on the subscriber living in George Town. GEORGE MAGRUDER, Collector 6th collection district. May 28.—tf.
The Committee appointed
by the Washington Building Company wishes to contract for materials, and workmanship for the erection of a brick building adjoining Wm. Woodward's on Pennsylvania avenue, the plan and particulars may be seen with C. Stevenson, and the proposals must be brought forward on Friday next. CLOTHWORTHY STEVENSON, JOSEPH HUDDLESON, & ORLANDO COOK, Com. of the W. B. Co. May 28.—3t
TO BE SOLD
AT public sale on Wednesday the 5th of June, at Montgomery courthouse, at Mr. Robb's Tavern, at 12 o'clock—a Tract of Land called DUNLAH—the property of R. Lee, esq. lying within 2 miles of the courthouse, containing 300 acres of valuable farming land.
Mr. William Clements, living near the premises will show them to any person inclined to purchase. One third of the purchase money to be paid down, the remainder in 9 and 13 months—Also in George Town the next day, at Mr. M'Laughlin's Tavern at 12 o'clock, the following parcels of land, two undivided fourth parts of Scotch Ordinary near George Town, containing in the whole 73 acres. One undivided fourth part of a Tract of Land called Read's Swamp, containing 467 acres, near Piscataway.
Two undivided fourth parts of a Tract of Land called Bell's Reserve, near the latter Tract, containing 310 acres. JAMES CLERKLEE. May 26.—tf.
20 Dollars Reward.
RANAWAY from the Subscriber, living near Dumfries in Virginia, on the 11th inst. A Negro or dark Mulatto named PRINCE, about 22 years of age, about five feet nine inches high, bow legs, has a mark on his face occasioned by a fall from a horse and a scar on one of his wrists, from a cut with a broken glass bottle. I will give thirty dollars reward for apprehending and bringing said negro home. ROBERT GRAHAM. May 23.—tf
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—he solicits the continuance of former customers, and hopes that all others who may chuse to call and purchase his manufacture will be amply suited, if neatness and goodness be requisites. JOEL BROWN. George Town, Feb. 17.—tf
WANTED.
An APPRENTICE to the SADDLERY business—A boy of about 14 years of age will be taken on liberal terms. GEORGE BLOUNT, Pennsylvania avenue. May 18.—95

Leave New-Haven at 3 a m arrive at Suffield by noon. Leave Suffield at 1 p m and arrive at Boston on Wednesday, Friday and Monday by noon, in 50 hours. November 1 to May 1. Leave Boston every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 10 a m arrive at Worcester by 9 p m. Leave Worcester every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 3 a m and arrive at Suffield by 4 p m. Leave Suffield at 5 p m and arrive at Hartford by 9 p m. Leave Hartford every Wednesday, Friday and Monday at 3 a m and arrive at New-Haven by noon and at Stamford by 9 p m. Leave Stamford every Thursday, Saturday and Tuesday at 3 a m and arrive at New-York by noon in 74 hours. Returning. Leave New-York every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 10 a m and arrive at Stamford by 9 p m. Leave Stamford every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 3 a m and arrive at New-Haven by noon and at Hartford by 9 p m. Leave Hartford every Wednesday, Friday and Monday at 3 a m remain one hour at Suffield, and arrive at Worcester by 9 p m. Leave Worcester every Thursday, Saturday and Tuesday at 3 a m and arrive at Boston by 1 p m. 9. From Charlotte by Essex c h. Willboro, Peru and Plattsburg to Champlain, once a week. Leave Champlain every Sunday at 3 p m and arrive at Charlotte on Tuesday by 6 p m. Leave Charlotte every Wednesday at 6 a m and arrive at Champlain on Friday by 8 a m. 10. From Albany to Schenectady six times a week. Leave Schenectady every day, Sunday excepted at 5 a m and arrive at Albany by 11 a m. Leave Albany every day, Sunday excepted at 2 p m and arrive at Schenectady by 7 p m. 11. From Schenectady by Amsterdam, Trips-hill, Palatine, Manheim, Fairfield, Herkimer and Schuyler to Utica three times a week. Leave Schenectady every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 4 a m and arrive at Utica on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday by 7 p m. Returning. Leave Utica every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 4 a m, and arrive at Schenectady on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday by 7 p m. 12. From Utica by Whitestown to Rome, twice a week. Leave Utica every Wednesday and Friday at 4 a m and arrive at Rome by 11 a m. Leave Rome every Tuesday and Thursday at noon, and arrive at Utica by 6 p m. 13. From Utica by New-Hartford, Westmoreland, Oneida, Sullivan, Canajoharie, Manlius, Onondaga, Marcellus, Aurelius, Cayuga and Geneva to Canandaigua, twice a week. Leave Utica every Tuesday and Saturday at 10 a m and arrive at Canandaigua on Friday and Tuesday by 9 a m. Returning. —Leave Canandaigua every Tuesday and Friday at 3 p m and arrive at Utica on Thursday and Sunday by 7 p m. 14. From New-York by Newark, Elizabethtown, Rahway, Woodbridge, New-Brunswick, Princeton, Trenton, Bristol, Holmeburg and Frankfort to Philadelphia, every day. Leave New-York every day at 1 p m and arrive in Philadelphia the next morning by 7 o'clock, in 18 hours. Returning. —Leave Philadelphia every day at 1 p m and arrive at New-York the next morning by 7 o'clock, in 18 hours. 15. From Baltimore by Reisterstown, Manchester, Hanover, Abbotstown, Berlin, Sulpher-Springs and Holly Iron-Work to Carlisle, one a week. Leave Baltimore every Saturday at 5 a m and arrive at Carlisle on Sunday by 5 p m. Leave Carlisle every Tuesday at 5 a m and arrive at Baltimore on Thursday by 7 p m. 16. From Baltimore by Elk Ridge Landing, Vanvile and Bladensburg to Washington City, every day. May 1 to November 1. Leave Baltimore every day at 7 1-2 a m and arrive at Washington by 4 p m. Returning. —Leave Washington every day at 1 o'clock a m and arrive at Baltimore by 11 o'clock a m. November 1 to May 1. Leave Baltimore every day at 10 a m and arrive at Washington by 8 p m, in 10 hours. Leave Washington every day at 10 p m and arrive at Baltimore by 9 a m in 11 hours. 17. From Washington by Georgetown, Alexandria, Colchester, Dumfries, Aquia and Falmouth to Fredericksburg, six times a week. May 1 to November 1. Leave Washington every day, Sunday excepted, at 5 p m and arrive at Alexandria by 7 1-2 p m. & Fredericksburg by the next noon, in 15 hours. Returning. —Leave Fredericksburg every day, Monday excepted, at 11 a m and arrive in Washington by 11 p m. November 1 to May 1. Leave Washington every day, Sunday excepted, at 6 p m and arrive at Fredericksburg the next day by 8 p m. Leave Fredericksburg every day, Tuesday excepted, at 3 a m and arrive at Washington same day by 10 p m.
18. From Fredericksburg by Bowling Green and Hanover c h. to Richmond, six times a week. May 1 to November 1. Leave Fredericksburg every day, Sunday excepted, at 1 p m. and arrive at Richmond the next day by 3 a m, in 14 hours. Returning. —Leave Richmond every day, Sunday excepted, at 9 p m and arrive at Fredericksburg the next day by 10 a m, in 13 hours. November 1 to May 1. Leave Fredericksburg every day, Monday excepted, at 3 a m and arrive at Richmond the same day by 7 d m. Returning. —Leave Richmond every day, Monday excepted, at 3 a m and arrive at Fredericksburg the same day by 8 p m. 19. From Richmond by Manchester and Old-roads to Petersburg every day. Leave Richmond every day at 4 a m and arrive at Petersburg by 9 a m. Leave Petersburg every day at 3 p m and arrive at Richmond by 8 p m. 20. From Richmond, Frazier's, New-Kent c h. Williamsburg, Yorktown, & Hampton to Norfolk, three times a week. Leave Richmond every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 4 a m and arrive at Hampton by 9 p m. and at Norfolk on Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday by 10 a m. Returning. —Leave Norfolk every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 3 p m and arrive at Richmond the next day by 7 p m. in Summer, and 9 p m. in Winter. 21. From Petersburg by City Point, Cabin Point, Smithfield, Surry c h. and Suffolk c h. to Portsmouth, three times a week. Leave Petersburg every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 11 a m and arrive at Portsmouth the next day by 8 a m. Returning. —Leave Portsmouth every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 4 p m and arrive at Petersburg the next day by 1 p m. 22. From Charlottesville by Jacksonboro' Pocotaligo and Coosawhatchie to Savannah, three times a week. Leave Charlottesville every Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday at 2 p m and arrive at Savannah on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday by 8 p m. Returning. —Leave Savannah every Tuesday, Thursday, & Sunday at 3 a m and arrive at Charlottesville on Wednesday, Friday and Monday by 9 1-2 a m. 23. From Augusta by Jacksonboro' and Ebenezer to Savannah once a week. Leave Savannah every Saturday at 8 a m and arrive at Augusta on Tuesday by 10 a m. Leave Augusta every Tuesday by 2 p m and arrive at Savannah on Friday by 4 p m. 24. From Augusta by Waynesboro' and Louisville to Savannah. Leave Savannah every Monday at 8 a m and arrive at Louisville on Wednesday by 9 a m. Leave Louisville at 10 a m and arrive at Augusta on Thursday by 10 a m. Returning. —Leave Augusta every Thursday by 2 p m and arrive at Louisville on Friday by 10 a m. Leave Louisville at 11 a m and arrive at Savannah on Sunday by 6 p m. 25. From Savannah by Bryan c h. Midway Church, Riceboro, McIntosh c h. Darien, Frederica, Jeckyl Island, and Dungeness Nelt to St. Mary's, once a week. Leave Savannah every Monday at 8 a m, and arrive at St. Mary's on Thursday by 10 a m. Returning. —Leave St. Mary's every Thursday at 2 p m and arrive at Savannah the next day by Sunday 6 p m. 26. From Jeckyl Island to Brunswick, once a week. Leave Jeckyl Island every Thursday by 5 a m and arrive at Brunswick by 10 a m. Returning. —Leave Brunswick every Thursday at 2 p m and arrive at Jeckyl Island by 6 p m. IN MAINE. 27. From Brunswick by Litchfield and Hallowell to Augusta once a week. Leave Brunswick every Friday at 6 a m and arrive at Augusta same day by 6 p m. Leave Augusta every Saturday at 6 a m and arrive at Brunswick the same day by 6 p m. 28. From Wiscasset by Edgecomb to Booth Bay once a week. Leave Wiscasset every Monday at 6 a m and arrive at Booth Bay by 10 a m. Returning. —Leave Booth Bay every Monday at 1 p m and arrive at Wiscasset by 4 p m. IN NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 29. From Fryeburg in Maine by Conway, the Notch of the White mountain, Jefferson and Lancaster to Guildhall c h. in Vermont once in two weeks. Leave Fryeburg every other Wednesday at 6 a m and arrive at Guildhall on Thursday by 10 a m. Returning. —Leave Guildhall every Thursday at 2 p m and arrive at Fryeburg on Friday by 6 p m. 30. From Conway to Alton once in two weeks. Leave Conway every other Wednesday at noon and arrive at Alton by 6 p m. Leave Alton every other Thursday at 10 a m and arrive at Conway by noon. IN VERMONT. 31. From Littleton in New-Hampshire by St. Johnsbury, Danville, Walden, Wolcott, Johnson and Fletcher to St. Albans once in two weeks. Leave Littleton every other Monday 1 p m. & arrive at Lancaster c h. by 9 at 6 a m and arrive at St. Albans the next Wednesday by 6 p m.
Leave St. Albans every other Thursday at 6 a m. and arrive at Littleton the next Saturday by 6 p m. IN MASSACHUSETTS. 32. From Shrewsbury by Holden, Rutland, Oakham, Harwich, Greenwich, Pelham and Amherst to Northampton once a week. Leave Shrewsbury every Tuesday at 6 a m and arrive at Northampton on Wednesday by 10 a m. Leave Northampton on Wednesday at 2 p m and arrive at Shrewsbury on Thursday by 6 p m. [Concluded.] IN CONNECTICUT. 33. From Hartford by Granby and Granville to Blandford in Massachusetts once a week. Leave Hartford every Thursday at 8 a m and arrive Blandford by 6 p m. Leave Blandford every Wednesday at 8 a m and arrive at Hartford by 8 p m. 34. From New-Haven by Hamden, Cheshire and Southington to Farmington once a week. Leave New-Haven every Tuesday at 8 a m & arrive at Farmington by 6 p m. Leave Farmington every Monday at 8 a m & arrive at New-Haven by 6 p m. 35. From Hartford by Glastenbury and Colchester to New London once a week. Leave Hartford every Thursday at 8 a m & arrive at New London by 6 p m. Leave New London every Friday at 8 a m & arrive at Hartford by 6 p m. IN NEW YORK. 36. From Kingston by Catskill, Lunsburg and Coxsackie to Albany once a week. Leave Kingston every Monday at 6 a m & arrive at Albany on Tuesday by 10 a m. Leave Albany every Saturday at noon and arrive at Kingston on Sunday by 6 p m. 37. From Lansingburg by Scitico, Easton, Argyle and Hartford to Whitehall once in two weeks. Leave Lansingburg every Wednesday by 2 p m & arrive at Whitehall on Thursday by 6 p m. Leave Whitehall every Tuesday at 6 a m & arrive at Lansingburg on Wednesday by 10 a m. 38. From Owego by Dryden and Milton to Scipio once a fortnight. Leave Owego every other Thursday at 2 p m & arrive at Scipio on Friday by 6 p m. Leave Scipio every other Saturday at 6 a m & arrive at Owego on Monday by 8 a m. 39. From the Little Falls to Fairfield once a week. Leave the Little Falls every Tuesday at 1 p m & arrive at Fairfield by 3 p m. Leave Fairfield at 4 p m & arrive at the Little Falls by 6 p m. 40. From Kingston by Woodstock & Middletown to Delhi once a week. Leave Kingston every Monday at 6 a m & arrive at Delhi on Tuesday at 11 a m. Leave Delhi every Tuesday at 1 p m and arrive at Kingston on Wednesday by 6 p m. IN PENNSYLVANIA. 41. From Williamsport by Crooked Creek and Lindsleytown to Painted Post once a week. Leave Williamsport every Monday at 6 a m & arrive at Painted Post on Tuesday by 6 p m. Leave Painted Post every Saturday at 6 a m & arrive at Williamsport on Sunday by 6 p m. 42. From Chambersburg by Strasburg and Fannettsburg to Huntingdon once a week. Leave Chambersburg every Friday at 6 a m & arrive at Huntingdon on Saturday by 10 a m. Leave Huntingdon every Saturday by 2 p m & arrive at Chambersburg on Sunday by 6 p m. 43. From Alexandria by Hollidays, Beaula and Armagh to Greensburg once in two weeks. Leave Alexandria every other Saturday at 3 p m & arrive at Greensburg on Monday by 6 p m. Leave Greensburg every other Tuesday at 6 a m & arrive at Alexandria on Thursday by noon. IN VIRGINIA. 44. From Clarkburg by Buchanan Settlement to Randolph c h. once in two weeks. Leave Clarkburg every other Monday at 6 a m & arrive at Randolph c h. by 6 p m. Leave Randolph c h. every other Tuesday at 6 a m & arrive at Clarkburg by 6 p m. 45. From Kenhawa c h. by Point Pleasant, Gallipolis and the Salt Springs to Chillicothe once in two weeks. Leave Kenhawa c h. every other Friday at 6 a m & arrive at Chillicothe on Monday by 10 a m. Leave Chillicothe every other Monday by 2 p m & arrive at Kenhawa c h. on Thursday by 6 p m. 46. From Marietta, Ohio, to Wood c h. once a week. Leave Marietta every Tuesday at 6 a m & arrive at Wood c h. by 6 p m. Leave Wood c h. every Wednesday at 6 a m & arrive at Marietta by 6 p m. 47. From Lancaster c h. to Kilmarnock once a week. Leave Lancaster c h. every Monday at 6 a m & arrive at Kilmarnock by 11 a m.
Leave Kilmarnock every Monday at 11 a m. 48. From Prince Edward c h. by Leisters Store, Wheeler's Springs and Campbell c h. to New London once in two weeks. Leave Prince Edward c h. every other Saturday at 6 a m & arrive at New London on Sunday by 6 p m. Leave New London every other Monday at 8 a m & arrive at Prince Edward on Tuesday by 6 p m. IN NORTH-CAROLINA. 49. From Danville Va. to Lenox-Castle N. C. once a week. Leave Danville every Monday at 6 a m & arrive at Lenox-Castle by 6 p m. Leave Lenox-Castle on Tuesday by 6 a m & arrive at Danville by 6 p m. 50. From Scotland Neck by Greenburg & Roads to Windfor once a week. Leave Scotland Neck every Thursday at 9 a m. and arrive at Windfor by 7 p m. Leave Windsor every Friday at 5 a m. and arrive at Scotland Neck by 6 p m. 51. From Newbern to Beaufort once in two weeks. Leave Newbern every other Friday at 6 a m. and arrive at Beaufort by 6 p m. Leave Beaufort every other Saturday at 6 a m. and arrive at Newbern by 6 p m. 52. From Halifax to Enfield once a week. Leave Halifax every Thursday at 6 a m. and arrive at Enfield by 11 a m. Leave Enfield every Friday at 6 a m. and arrive at Halifax by 6 p m. 53. From Neilsons ferry by Orangeburg, Barnwell c h. Tredways and Town Creek to Campbellton once a week. Leave Neilsons ferry every Tuesday at 6 a m. and arrive at Campbellton on Friday by 10 a m. Leave Campbellton every Friday at 6 p m. and arrive at Neilsons ferry on Monday by 6 p m. 54. From Statesburg to Columbia once a week. Leave Statesburg every Friday at 6 a m. and arrive at Columbia by 6 p m. Leave Columbia every Saturday by 8 a m. and arrive at Statesburg by 7 p m. IN OHIO. 55. From Warren by Cleveland, fort Miami and Raisin river to Detroit once in two weeks. Leave Warren every other Saturday at 10 p m. and arrive at Detroit the next Saturday by 3 p m. Leave Detroit every other Saturday at 10 p m. and arrive at Warren the next Saturday by 3 p m. 56. From Chillicothe to Alexandria once a week. Leave Chillicothe every Tuesday at 6 a m. and arrive at Alexandria by 11 a m. Leave Alexandria every Tuesday at 1 p m. and arrive at Chillicothe by 7 p m. 57. From Steubenville to New Lisbon once in two weeks. Leave Steubenville every other Monday at 6 a m. and arrive at New Lisbon by 6 p m. Leave New Lisbon every other Tuesday at 6 a m. and arrive at Steubenville by 6 p m. 58. From Chillicothe to Franklin once in two weeks. Leave Chillicothe every other Tuesday at 6 a m. and arrive at Franklin on Thursday by 6 p m. Leave Franklin every other Friday at 6 a m. and arrive at Chillicothe on Sunday by 6 p m. 59. From Zanesville by Tuscarora to Gnadenthal once in two weeks. Leave Zanesville every other Monday at 6 a m. and arrive at Gnadenthal by 6 p m. Leave Gnadenthal every other Tuesday at 6 a m. and arrive at Zanesville by 6 p m. 60. From Cincinnati by Hamilton, Franklin, Dayton, Staunton, Wainefville, Deerfield and Charleston, to Cincinnati once a week. Leave Cincinnati every Tuesday at 6 a m. and arrive Staunton on Wednesday by 4 p m. Leave Staunton every Wednesday at 6 p m. and arrive at Cincinnati on Friday by 6 p m. IN INDIANA. 61. From Maffac by Girardeau in Louisiana to New Madrid once in two weeks. Leave Maffac every other Thursday at 2 p m. arrive at Cape Girardeau on Friday by 6 p m. Leave Girardeau the next Saturday at 6 a m. arrive at New Madrid on Sunday by 4 p m. Returning. —Leave New Madrid every other Monday at 8 a m. and arrive at Girardeau on Tuesday by 6 p m. Leave Girardeau on Wednesday at 6 a m. and arrive at Maffac the next Thursday by 10 a m. 62. From Kaskaskias by Geneva to Girardeau once in two weeks. Leave Kaskaskias every other Friday at noon and arrive at Girardeau on Saturday by 6 p m. Leave Girardeau every other Sunday at 6 a m. and arrive at Kaskaskias on Monday by 2 p m. 63. From Cahokia to St. Louis once
two weeks. Leave Cahokia every other Monday at 4 a m. and arrive at St. Louis by 10 a m. Leave St. Louis every other Monday at 1 p m. and arrive at Cahokia by 8 p m. IN KENTUCKY. 64. From Springfield by Green 6 c h. Vair c h. Cumberland c h. and Jackson c h. T. to Blackburns Springs, T. once in two weeks. Leave Springfield every other Monday at 6 a m and arrive at Blackburns Springs on Thursday by 10 a m. Leave Blackburns Springs every other Thursday at 2 p m and arrive at Springfield the next Sunday by 6 p m. 65. From Washington to Augusta once a week. Leave Washington every Wednesday at 1 p m and arrive at Augusta by 6 p m. Leave Augusta every Thursday at 5 a m and arrive at Washington by 6 p m. 66. From Frankfort to Henry c h. once a week. Leave Frankfort every Tuesday at 4 a m and arrive at Henry c h. by 11 a m. Leave Henry c h. every Tuesday at 1 p m and arrive at Frankfort by 8 p m. IN TENNESSEE. 67. From Dicks Springs by Lebanon c h and Rutherford c h to Nashville, once in two weeks. Leave Dicks Springs every other Monday, at 6 a m. and arrive at Nashville on Tuesday by 10 a m. Leave Nashville every other Tuesday at 2 p m and arrive at Dicks Springs on Wednesday by 6 p m. IN MISSISSIPPI TERRITORY. 68. From Natchez to Fort Stoddart once in two weeks. Leave Natchez every other Friday at 6 a m. & arrive at Fort Stoddart the next Thursday by noon. Leave Fort Stoddart every other Friday at 6 a m. & arrive at Natchez the next Thursday by noon. IN N. ORLEANS TERRITORY. 69. From Loftus's heights by Pinckneyville, Little Sarah Creek, Big Sarah Creek, Thompson's Creek, Butler's Plains, Baton Rouge, Iberville or Manluc Church, Abbeville, La Fere, Cantrills German and Red Churches to New-Orleans once a week. Leave Loftus's heights every Friday at 2 p m. & arrive at New-Orleans the next Monday by 5 p m. Leave New-Orleans every Tuesday at 7 a m. & arrive at Fort Adams the next Friday by 10 a m. The contracts for the routes numbered from 27 to 43 inclusive and from 55 to 69 inclusive, are to be in operation on the 1st day of October next, and continue in force for one year. The contracts for the routes numbered from 44 to 54 inclusive are to be in operation on the 1st day of October next and are to continue in force until the 31st day of March, 1805. NOTES. 1. The Postmaster-general may expedite the mails and alter the times of arrival and departure at any time during the continuance of the contract, he stipulating an adequate compensation for any extra expense that may be occasioned thereby. 2. Fifteen minutes shall be allowed for opening and closing the mails at all offices where no particular time is specified. 3. For every thirty minutes delay (unavoidable accidents excepted) in arriving after the time prescribed in any contract, the contractor shall forfeit one dollar; and if the delay continues until the departure of any depending mail whereby the mails destined for such destination are lost, an additional forfeiture of five dollars shall be incurred. 4. Newspapers as well as letters are to be sent in the mail; 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 with the emolument, and for what sum without that emolument. 5. Should any person making proposals desire an alteration of the times of arrival and departure above specified, he must state in his proposals the alteration desired, and the difference they will make in the terms of the contract. 6. Persons making proposals are desired to state their prices by the year. Those who contract will receive their pay quarterly, in the months of August, November, February and May, in one month after the expiration of each quarter. 7. No other than a free white person shall be employed to convey the mail. 8. Where the proposer intends to convey the mail in the body of a stage carriage, he is desired to state it in his proposals. 9. 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. 10. The contracts for the above routes are to be in operation on the first day of October next, and are to continue in force for two years. GIDEON GRANGER, Postmaster-General. General Post-Office, Washington City February 23, 1804. Feb. 27—2awt15Ju.