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NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER,
AND
WASHINGTON ADVERTISER.
Vol. IV.
WASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
No. DXVIII.
FIVE DOLLS. PER ANN.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15th, 1804.
PAID IN ADVANCE.
ANCHOR TAVERN And Oyster House.
G. PITT cannot omit returning his unfeigned thanks, to his friends in the District, and the community at large for that distinguished and generous support he has received since he opened the above tavern, and assures them every exertion shall be used to render the travellers transient abode comfortable, and the citizens of the district agreeable.
Notwithstanding the severe and inclement season, he has been, and shall be during the season, supplied with oysters in the shells for although the expense of procuring them is considerable, and their conveyance troublesome; yet the satisfaction he feels in obliging his friends renders every obstacle a pleasure.
His liquors are of the best quality—his oysters as good as can be procured—his rooms warm, and himself devoted to their service. George Town, Feb. 13—3t
REPORT,
Of the committee of Commerce and Manufactures, respecting the Island of Nantucket.
[Concluded.]
Boston, 25th September, 1803.
SIR,
In pursuance of our appointment communicated in our letters of the 25th July last, the undersigned have visited the Island of Nantucket, and having made the necessary survey of the harbor, bar and shoals contiguous to it; beg leave to submit to your consideration the following Report.
That the harbor of Nantucket, situated on the north side, is a safe, capacious, and convenient port having a sufficient depth of water, for all the purposes of the commerce of the island. On the eastern side, there is a large gulf, which extends in that direction six miles, and varies in breadth from one half to two miles; into this gulph the tide flows four feet, at the ebb, the water on passing by Brant Point where the passage is narrowest, acquires an increased degree of velocity, and runs at the rate of 2-1-2 miles in an hour, from thence it spreads and passes over a wide extent of shoals to the sea. At Brant Point where the current is most rapid, the channel is twenty-six feet deep, from this point it gradually shoals in proportion as the rapidity of the current diminishes by the spreading of the water, till it reaches the bar, where the force which the water acquires in its passage by Brant Point is spent.
The entrance to this harbor is obstructed by a bar, or range of sand banks, which extends from the eastern shore, in a western direction, across the mouth of the harbor, to the shoals which surround Tuckanuc island, and join the western extremity of Nantucket. On this bar there is at low tide but four feet of water, except on that part which lies in the direction of the channel, marked on the chart which accompanies this with a dotted line, at that place there are three sand banks lying parallel to each other, measuring from the edge of the outer, to the edge of the inner bank, eleven hundred and twenty two feet, on which the water varies in depth, from five to six feet, and between the banks, from 6 1-2 to 7, and without this part of the bar, the water suddenly deepens to 2 1-2 fathoms.
We are of opinion that it is very practicable to remove the obstruction to the entrance of this harbor, by opening a passage to the channel through this part of the bar, which is obviously the most proper place, as a greater depth of water can be obtained here with the same labor, than at any other part of the bar. By digging across these banks to the depth of 2 1-2 and three feet, a channel may be procured, eight feet deep at low water, and as the common tides flow here four feet, there will be twelve feet at high water. This is the greatest depth that can be had, without removing the bed of the channel that lies within the bar to a great distance. The expense of forming a channel one hundred and fifty feet wide, which will be sufficient, and of the depth above mentioned, conformable to the annexed estimate, amounts to 16,045, say, sixteen thousand and forty five dollars. But we have no hesitation to offer our opinion, that this work only would prove but a temporary removal of the difficulty, for such is the nature of the sand, and such the exposed situation of the place, unless some power is formed and applied to keep the passage open, the bar would in a short time be replaced.
Judging from the effect produced by the current at Brant Point, we are of opinion that the plan which promises the most successfully to effect this purpose, is to contract the passage of the
water from the harbour, as near to the bar as is practicable, by this means to increase the current, and give it a direction, through that part of it where it is proposed to dig the channel, to accomplish this plan, it will be necessary to build two piers, of the form and in the situation they are marked out on the chart, where we have found on examination at the depth of two and three feet below the sand, a bottom of clay, which affords a very proper foundation for such an erection. Should the current after passing the end of the Piers, take a course different from the one intended, (and it is possible it may) it will be necessary to increase the length of the Piers on the side it may turn. The plan of the piers forwarded with this, is in our opinion the cheapest and perhaps the best calculated to resist the storms to which they would be exposed, they are constructed by driving piles into the sand and clay, and raised two feet above high water mark, to admit the sea to break over them, and closed on every side so as to prevent the water from entering, and afterwards filled up with sand. The expense of building the piers, the cost of materials and necessary machines, amounts agreeable to the annexed estimate, to 38,075 dollars, say thirty eight thousand and seventy five dollars, which added to the sum estimated for removing the bar, will make the sum fifty four thousand one hundred and twenty dollars, to complete the whole work.
We have the honor to be, Very respectfully, Sir, Your obedient servant, JOHN FOSTER WILLIAMS, LEMUEL COX.
LETTER
From the Secretary of the Treasury, accompanying his Report, respecting the levying new, and more specific duties, on goods, wares and merchandise, imported into the United States; prepared in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Representatives.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
January 23d, 1804.
SIR,
I have the honor to transmit herewith, a report, prepared in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 21st of February, 1803.
I have the honor to be, Very respectfully, Sir, Your obedient servant, ALBERT GALLATIN. The honorable, the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
REPORT.
The Secretary of the Treasury, in obedience to the Resolution of the House of Representatives of the 21st of February, 1803,
RESPECTFULLY REPORTS—
That the articles in the annexed statement are susceptible of being taxed in proportion to quantity instead of value.
That the great variations in prices, arising from the various places where the articles are purchased, from fluctuations at the same places, and from the different modes of purchasing, render it difficult to state with precision, in conformity with the resolution, what specific duty, instead of that now laid, would neither increase nor diminish the revenue; but that from the best materials which have been obtained, the duties, which, in the annexed table, are stated as equal to those now laid, appear equivalent to the present duties ad valorem computed on the highest market value.
And that the alterations in the rate of duty, which will be found in the last column of the statement, have been suggested by some of the collectors.
Although not embraced by the resolution of the House, it is respectfully suggested, that a small difference in the rate of duties respectively laid on the importation of the several manufactures of hemp and flax, cotton, silk, wool, paper, leather and hard ware, for the purpose of ascertaining, with precision the amount consumed in the United States of each class, would hereafter enable the legislature, without risk to the revenue, to introduce from time to time such modifications as might appear most favorable to the agricultural and manufacturing interests of the country.
All which is respectfully submitted, ALBERT GALLATIN.
Treasury Department, 23d January, 1804.
STATEMENT
OF ARTICLES, ON THE IMPORTATION OF WHICH NEW SPECIFIC DUTIES MAY BE LAID.
   ARTICLES. QUANTITY. Specific duty equal to duty now paid. Alterations in specific duty proposed by several collectors.   DOLLS. CTS. DOLLS. CTS.     FISH.   Cod, dried, - - - - - Cwt. 37 1-2   Salmon, pickled, - - - - - barrel. 75 1   Mackerel, do. - - - - - 45   Shad, do. - - - - - 37 1-2 75   Herring, do. - - - - - 28 50   FRUIT.   Almonds, soft shelled, - - - - - lb. 2 1-2   hard do. - - - - - 2   Currants, - - - - - 2   Prunes and Plumbs, - - - - - 2 2   Figs, - - - - - 1 1-2   Raisins, muscadel, - - - - - 1 1-2   Do. in boxes and jars, - - - - - 1 1-2   Do. in casks, - - - - - 100 1 1 1-2   Pine Apples, - - - - - 60   Cocoa Nuts, - - - - - 60 1   Lemons, - - - - - 18 50   Oranges, - - - - - 18   Limes, - - - - - 8 20   GLASS.   Black quart bottles, - - - - - Gr. cee. 60 75   Window, English, - - - - - 100s. f. 1 60   Not above 8 by 10, - - - - - 1 75   — 10 by 12, - - - - - 2 25 1 75   Above, - - - - -   Do. German, - - - - - 1 20   Not above 8 by 10, - - - - - 1 20 1 25   — 10 by 12, - - - - - 1 50   Above, - - - - -   GUN-POWDER.   First quality, - - - - - Cwt. 3 25   Second do. - - - - - 2 75 3   IRON.   Old, - - - - - 25 25   Bar, - - - - - 60 75   Hoop and Slit, - - - - - 90 1   Sheet, - - - - - 1 20 1 25   PAINTS.   White lead in oil, - - - - - 2   Do. dry, - - - - - 1 90   Red lead in oil, - - - - - 1 50   Do. dry, - - - - - 1 35 1 50   Yellow Ochre in oil, - - - - - 1 50   Do. dry, - - - - - 60   Spanish Brown in oil, - - - - - 80 1   Do. dry, - - - - - 20 50   PEWTER.   Plates and Dishes, - - - - - lb. 3 1-2 5   Quick Silver, - - - - - 5 1-2 10   SPICES.   Cassia, - - - - - 3 6   Cinnamon, - - - - - 20 20   Cloves, - - - - - 20 20   Mace, - - - - - 1 25 1 25   Nutmegs, - - - - - 50 50   Tallow, - - - - - 1 1 1-2   NANKEENS.   Short, - - - - - piece. 9 10   Long, - - - - - 14   Blue, - - - - - 15 15   Russian Sheeting, - - - - - 2   Do. Duck, - - - - - 1 80 2   Ravens do. - - - - - 1 20 1 50   UMBRELLAS.   Silk, East India, - - - - - 35 50   Do. other, - - - - - 50 75   Cotton, - - - - - 25 30   (A) NAILS.   From 3d to 8d. - - - - - lb. 2 3   Under 3d. - - - - - 2 15 p. c. ad val.   (b) Segars, - - - - - thousand, 30 2   (c) Seines, - - - - - lb. undetermined. 4   (d) Shoes.   Kid and Morocco, - - - - - pair, 15 25   (e) WINE.   Sicily, - - - - - gallon, 23 30   (f) Saddles and Saddlery, - - - - - 12 1-2 p. ct. 15 per cent. ad valor.  
(A) Spikes and nails now pay a duty of 2d per pound, which is therefore much lower, in proportion to the value on nails of a small, than on those of a large size; the alteration proposed in the last column would equalize the duty.
(b) Segars now pay, under the name of tobacco, a duty of 6d per pound, which is less than 5 per cent. on the value.
(c) Seines now pay an ad valorem duty of 12 1-2 per cent. twine pays 4 dollars per cwt. it is proposed to lay a similar duty on seines.
(d) Kid and Morocco shoes now pay the same duty as leather shoes, viz. 15 cents per pair; it is proposed to lay on them a duty equal to that laid on silk shoes, viz. 25 cents a pair.
(e) Sicily wine being non-enumerated, now pays 23 cents per gallon; it is proposed to lay on it a duty of 30 cents as on Lisbon wine, to which it is said to be at least equal in quality.
(f) All manufactures of leather now pay 15 per cent. ad valorem, addles and parts of saddles excepted, which pay only 12 1-2 per cent.
CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
WEDNESDAY, January 18.
Debate on Mr. Rodney's motion for the extinguishment of the Balances reported to be due by several states.
(Continued.)
Mr. SOUTHARD. I rise Mr. Chairman, to give a reason for the vote I shall soon be called upon to give. Every member of this House, who has proceeded me on this question, has drawn conclusions, and founded his opinions in favor of the state he represents, arising from the partial and circumscribed knowledge he has of the subject under consideration.
Gentlemen appear to have formed their judgement, of the justice of the report of the commissioners, from what they themselves have seen or heard, of the sufferings of the respective states from whence they came, during the revolutionary war with Great Britain.
Were I, Mr. Chairman, to take the same ground, and point out to you, by taking a view of the sufferings of the state I have the honor to represent, the supplies she furnished, and the services rendered, it would appear that she would not yield to any other state in the union.
But I acknowledge my information is too limited, to form my opinion from this source. I consider the commissioners who settled the accounts between the United States and the individual states, and who reported those balances, as having been men of talents, knowledge, and integrity; mutually chosen by all the parties concerned, and that each state by their agent furnished them with the evidences of their respective claims, and therefore, as standing on higher ground, than any member on this floor, and possessed of more information on this subject, than this House collectively.
It was well observed by the gentleman from Delaware, who introduced this resolution into the House, that those balances were occasioned by, or grew out of the war.
It was a common danger, Sir, that pressed these states into the union, for their mutual defence against a powerful enemy. The old Congress under these circumstances, entered into a confederation, and resolved, that to defray the expense of the war, on final settlement, each state should bear their just proportion of the expense of the war, according to the principles therein prescribed.
In pursuance of this object, commissioners were appointed, and several laws have been passed by Congress, for the purpose of carrying those resolves into effect.
I consider Mr. Chairman, the settlement just from the subsequent acts of the national legislature. The report of the commissioners was accepted by the parties concerned, and the balances due the creditor states funded—But they went further, the state of New-York, actually paid about 250,000 dollars in part of the debt due from her.—The legislature of Pennsylvania made provision for the payment of the whole sum due from that state. North Carolina, another debtor state, and who is now so much opposed, if I am rightly informed when she ceded to the United States a part of her territory, now the state of Tennessee, bound the citizens of that district, to pay their proportion of this debt—This, however, I am not certain of, I have it only from information; If I am wrong, the gentlemen from that state will correct me.
I adduce these facts to shew in what light congress viewed this subject at the time when the commissioners made their report. I presume the national legislature at that time, though less in number, were as competent to judge of the justice of the settlement as this House now is, though more numerous.
But gentlemen in favor of extinguishing the balances, say, the debtor states will not pay, and if they would, there is no way pointed out for them to do it. If they will turn to the act of Congress, passed February 15th, 1799, they will there find here is a way provided by law for these balances to be paid.
I am opposed to the resolution to extinguish, because it tends to weaken and destroy the confidence of the citizens of the United States in their government, for, Sir, the hand that would blot out the balances due from the debtor

States, has the same power at one blow, to wipe off the whole debt, founded in favor of the creditor States, the principle is the same, for if the report be unjust as to the debtors, it is so as to the creditors.
But the gentlemen ask, what advantage is there in holding those balances hanging over their heads; I answer, I consider them as a security for the payment of the debt already funded. Believing as I do the settlement made by the commissioners, between the United States and the individual States, to be as just as the nature of the case and the difficulties attending it would admit of, I hope the resolution on your table will not prevail.
Mr. VARNUM. The resolution under consideration is for the extinguishment of the balances, due from several of the individual States, to the United States, as appears by a report of commissioners appointed to adjust and finally to settle the demands of the several States for services rendered and supplies furnished the United States in the late revolutionary war with Great Britain. This report was made on the 5th day of December, 1793. The whole amount of the balances due from the debtor States, and which is now proposed to be extinguished, is 3,517,582 d. 83 c. This resolution is supported on the ground, that the settlement was unjust, and consequently that the balances found by it were improper, and not due.
And in fact, Sir, I cannot conceive of any other ground on which an extinguishment could be supported, for it is evident, that the debtor States are not deficient in ability to pay that which they justly owe; and if not deficient in ability, surely no other consideration can be sufficient to exonerate them from the payment; no principle either political or moral, can justify an individual or a State, in holding property justly due to another, without the consent of the individual or State to whom it is due. In order to establish the position that the settlement was unjust, the gentleman from Delaware (Mr. Rodney) has produced a document from the comptroller of that State to show, that Delaware did a part of the time in which the United States were engaged in the war, comply with the requisitions of congress. And if it is granted that the statement is true, does that prove that the settlement was unjust? No, Sir, nor would any documents which can be produced, of the services rendered by that State, go to prove the fact, without contesting them with the services rendered by the other States in the union; and gentlemen very well know this cannot be done, without a revision of all the documents of the services rendered, and supplies furnished, by each State in the union, during the whole of the war. Will congress undertake to do this? If they will not, the documents which the gentleman has referred to must go for nothing. In fact, Sir, they prove nothing, relative to the question under consideration. Several other gentlemen have expatiated on the services rendered by the debtor States, to prove that the settlement was unjust: And, Sir, I might with as much propriety go into a detail of the services rendered by the State which I have the honor, in part, to represent on this floor, to prove the reverse; but this might also be considered irrelevant to the question before you: Yet as gentlemen have taken this ground, in justice to Massachusetts, I shall be permitted generally to say, that she was second to no State in the union, in point of exertion for the general defence, during the whole of the war; her exertions in furnishing men and supplies were general, uniform and without a parallel: History does not, in my opinion, give you an instance, of any people, since the first formation of civil government, ever having paid, according to their numbers and wealth, in the same length of time, so great an amount, in specie value, as was paid, by the way of direct taxes, by the people of Massachusetts in the ten years the next subsequent to the year 1777. At the close of the war, towns and individuals were deeply involved in debt, which had grown out of their exertions to furnish supplies for your armies, and to hire soldiers to fight the battles of the country, at a time when the credit of the nation could not produce them. The pressure of these debts, and the exorbitant taxes which had been unavoidably imposed by the State, drove the people into an insurrection, which for a considerable time assumed an aspect which threatened the destruction of all the fair prospects which had been acquired by the revolution; but thanks to Heaven this insurrection happily subsided. But notwithstanding all their exertions, the assumption of part of the debt by the United States, and the payment of the balance found due on the settlement, in stock of the United States, yet after all the State were burdened with an unwieldy state debt, which grew entirely out of the transactions of the war; and for the gradual extinguishment of which, a heavy direct tax, has from that period to the present time, been annually imposed on the people, and must continue for years to come before the debt can be entirely extinguished. This being the case, while some of the debtor States
have glided easily along without the imposition of a direct tax to the amount of a single cent, for the discharge of the expense of the war, during the many years which Massachusetts has laboured under this pressure of taxation, has induced gentlemen the best informed on the subject, to doubt whether the services of that State had all been taken into the account; but, Sir, although the settlement was supposed to bear hard on that State, the people were determined to make the best of their situation, and not complain of a settlement which was made under so much solemnity, and as they conceived with the most upright intentions, so far as the perplexed state of the accounts would permit, to do equal justice to all the States.
The honorable Speaker in order, I presume, to inform on the mind of the gentlemen of this House, the injustice of the settlement, has stated, that the commissioner of the great middle department, has, since the report was made, stated on the floor of Congress "that those balances ought to be extinguished, and if it were not done, that he would unfold a tale which would make the hair stand on end, or some strong expression of that kind."—Mr. Speaker did not mention the name of the commissioner which he laid uttered this sentiment; but being so clearly designated, that every gentleman present must know the commissioner alluded to, there can be no harm in mentioning his name, I conceive it must be General Irwin. When I look at the report and find that General Irwin is the first commissioner who signed, it is difficult for me to reconcile the statement of the honorable Speaker with this document: and when I recur to a more recent transaction, I am confident there must have been some misunderstanding in regard to the general's declaration, (for I am sure the honorable Speaker would not intentionally misrepresent it.) General Irwin did not only sign the report of the commissioners, but there is at this time a letter in the possession of a gentleman of this House, written by General Irwin since the commencement of the present session of Congress, and to which his signature is subjoined, stating, that all possible pains was taken by the commissioners to do equal justice to all the States in that settlement.
Now, Sir, will this committee conclude, that General Irwin had, ten years ago, any frightful tale to develop which would evince the injustice of this settlement? or will they not rather conclude that his signature subjoined to the report, under the solemnity of an oath (for all the official transactions of the commissioners were done under that solemnity), together with his statement in the letter which I have mentioned, afford sufficient evidence that he has always considered the settlement a just one? Another objection to the justice of the settlement is, because the expense of the war was not apportioned among the States by the value of their lands, agreeable to an article in the confederation. It is an old adage that consent takes away error; and, Sir, it is true, that mode of settlement was adopted by the unanimous consent of all the States. When a recurrence is had to the history of the whole transaction, I believe it will be found that this objection has no weight. Sir, I am far from entertaining a wish, in the least degree, to depreciate the exertions of any State in the union in the revolutionary war. I know they all made great exertions. Yet, Sir, I presume it will not be derogating from the merit of any State to say, that the exertions of some of the States exceeded those of others. It is well known that in some of the States many of the citizens were inimical to the cause in which we were engaged, and did all in their power to assist the enemy in subduing our common country—this was a misfortune, although local in its operation, that was general in its effects, and it was generally lamented: Yet it did by no means detract from the merit of those citizens who were friendly in the same States; but it goes to show, that those States where it did happen did not, nor could not do as much towards the common cause as those who had nothing of the kind to impede their exertions; and consequently the improbability of the settlement being unjust as it relates to those States which stand the most indebted to the United States.
The ordinance which passed the old Congress in 1787, authorizing the settlement of the accounts of the several States, against the United States, for services rendered and supplies furnished during the war, makes a ample and liberal provision for an allowance of all the accounts exhibited, as could possibly be expected, or even asked, by any of the parties to the settlement: it was founded on the principles of mutual compromise, and by the unanimous consent of all the States. By the conditions of the settlement agreed upon by that ordinance, the public faith of each State was solemnly pledged to all the other States, and the public faith of the United States was solemnly pledged to each individual State, that the settlement, and proportion of the debt allotted to each State, by the commission-
ers thus mutually agreed upon and chosen by all the States, should be final and conclusive. Soon after the establishment of the present government in the year 1789, a law was passed by Congress for facilitating the settlement and for filling vacancies in the board agreeable to the principles of the ordinance of 1787, and so far as I have discovered by a recurrence to the journals, this law passed without any opposition. In 1790 Congress again assumed the consideration of the subject, and passed a law which recognized all the principles of the ordinance of 1787, and provided that a distribution of the whole expense should be made among the several States according to the first census under the present constitution. This law was also passed by the almost unanimous consent of the House, and in the Senate where the State Sovereignties are more particularly represented, it appears by the journals, to have passed without opposition. Thus, Sir, from the first agreement of 1787 to the final close of the settlement, all the States were unanimous in the mode prescribed for settlement, and stood most solemnly bound to each other to abide by it; and the public faith of the nation was, by the several acts of congress on the subject, most solemnly pledged to carry it into effect.
Can the legislature then relinquish these balances, without a violation of the public faith? And yet will they undertake to do it? Sir, it is a fundamental principle in the government of all civilized nations to pay the most sacred regard to the public faith. And Sir, the friends of our government have derived much consolation from the idea, that the United States would never suffer their national character to be stained by a violation of this important national principle. Yet, Sir, from what has taken place, it has been believed, that the United States would not be behind any nation on the earth in the preservation of this public virtue. But if the resolution on the table should be passed into a law, this valuable principle will receive a wound which may lead to fatal consequences. I must be permitted to doubt the power of congress to extinguish these balances without the concurrence of all the States. The settlement having been made under a solemn agreement of all the States, where will you find a power vested in congress to alienate the interest which any individual State has acquired in the balance in consequence of that agreement, and vest it in another State? No such power is expressed in the constitution, nor can I conceive it to be implied by anything which is expressed in that instrument.
If then congress have no constitutional power to make the extinguishment, will not the transaction be considered an innovation on the rights of individual States, as well as a dereliction of the public faith?
A gentleman from New-York has said that the extinguishment could not be a violation of public faith, because Congress had already given up a part of the debt. It seems to me that the gentleman's conclusion does not naturally follow from the premises which he has stated, for if it could, under any circumstances, be considered a dereliction of public faith to extinguish these balances, it cannot at this time be considered the less so, merely on the ground of the legislature having heretofore fallen into an error on the subject. The fact is, that Congress did, in 1799, pass a law, for remitting the balances, on condition, that each debtor State would pay into the treasury of the United States by a given period, the amount of the sums which had been assumed by the United States, of their respective State debts prior to the settlement: But, Sir, at the time of passing that law, and ever since I have considered it in the same point of light as I do the resolution before you, and therefore cannot admit that as a circumstance in favor of the resolution. That provision has now expired, without being embraced by any of the debtor States, except in that which has been done by the State of New-York, in fortifying her ports and harbors. If the State of Delaware had thought proper to have complied with this liberal provision, she might have been discharged from a debt of 600,000 dollars for 60,000 dollars, but it seems that she prefers a total extinction to a partial payment. If the balances should be extinguished on the principle that the settlement was unjust, which is the only ground taken in favor of their extinguishment, I am apprehensive that this is only to be a stepping stone to a more favorite object. I mean the extinguishment of the balances due to the creditor States on the settlement: for although these balances have been funded by the United States, it is well known, that the evidences of the debt in the possession of the creditor States are not transferable, so that Congress will have nothing to do to effect this part of the business, but to order payment to the creditor States on those balances, to be stopped. And if this House shall consider the settlement so entirely unjust as has been stated by some gentlemen, and in consequence thereof give their vote for the extinguishment of the balances due from the debtor States, I cannot conceive why the same principle
might not with the same propriety be extended to stop payment to the creditor States; nor should I be surprised, if the one should be carried, at seeing a resolution laid upon your table, before the close of the present session, for effecting the other. And will not the same parity of reasoning which has been adduced on this occasion lead to the extinguishment of all the debts of the nation? If 3,500,000 dollars due to the United States is to be wiped off on a mere statement on this floor, that the settlement was unjust, without the least particle of evidence to prove the fact, will a pretext ever be wanting for passing sentence against any class of your public debt? Sir, I have always been an admirer of the system of government established in the United States. I have thought it the best calculated of any government on earth, to perpetuate national faith, and secure individual rights. I have entertained excited ideas of the wisdom and economy of the present administration, and I have contemplated myself on the pleasing prospects of the future prosperity and happiness of our nation. But, Sir, I view the measure before you as calculated to veil those pleasing prospects, and excite fearful apprehensions for the honor, and fate of our country. [To be continued.]
WASHINGTON CITY
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15.
(CIRCULAR.)
Madrid, 21st Oct. 1803.
Sir, In consequence of instructions which I have this day received from Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson, commander in chief of his Majesty's fleet in the Mediterranean, I am to acquaint you that the ports of Genoa and Spezzia have been declared in a state of blockade, and you are hereby requested to communicate this information to all the Consuls or Vice-Consuls of neutral powers in the port of your residence, or its district, in order that they may give notice to the vessels of their respective flags.
All neutral vessels attempting to enter the ports of Genoa and Spezzia, after receipt of this notification, or found on the coast between Leghorn and Cape Delle Melie, will be stopped by his Majesty's squadron, and sent into port for adjudication.
I am, Sir, Your obedient humble servant (Signed) JOHN HUNTER JAMES DUFE, Esq. H. B. Majesty's Consul, Cadiz.
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD.
The following notice of falsehoods appears in the Boston Centinel of the 4th of February under the title of "An Extract of a letter from a Member of Congress, dated Washington, 20th January, 1804."—The description of this article to a member of Congress, who should be under the sacred obligations of veracity, is a libel on the character of a representative of the people. As such every friend to truth and the dignity of the representative character is interested in drawing before the public for their censure the man, who has committed such an outrage. With this view the above reward is offered to the individual who shall give satisfactory proof of the forger of the above letter.
An Extract of a Letter from a Member of Congress, dated Washington, 20th January, 1804.
"I enclose you two bills now pending before the two Houses of Congress, which I with may be immediately published in the newspapers at Boston, as one or the other of them will in all probability pass, in some shape or other, and I apprehend will be productive of important consequences not only to the commerce but to the peace of the United States.
"The zeal upon this occasion is of such burning heat, that it has thus produced two bills at the same time, one in each House for one and the same purpose;—the project is a deep laid one, and the ministerialists thought by the color of protecting American seamen to scare all opposition out of doors;—the fraud however is detected, and I hope will be exposed. Although both the bills pretend in their titles to be for the protection of AMERICAN seamen and seamen of the UNITED STATES, there is in fact not one word about AMERICAN seamen in either of them, and yet when its frantic provisions has been attacked I wish you had seen the hornet's nest that burst down upon our heads. The real object is to protect FOREIGN seamen against the authority of their own governments, and within their own jurisdictions and for this purpose to let the laws of nations at defiance. It is especially to protect British seamen deserting from the British service and contriving to get on board an American merchant vessel even within the British jurisdiction;—to protect a sailor who may desert from a man of war in the river Thames against impedi-
ment by his lawful commander. Judge of the principle and its inevitable consequences.
"As I am very confident that this will never be assented to by foreign governments and especially by that of Great Britain, I cannot possibly suppose these bills brought forward for any other purpose than that of leading to a war with England. There are many other circumstances which concur to confirm this belief. I think it therefore necessary to give this notice to you, and I wish it may be known to the commercial interest in general at Boston and the other parts of the State, that those of our fellow citizens who have their property afloat and exposed to the consequences which these measures may draw upon them, may adopt such precautions as individually their own prudence shall point out to secure themselves."
APPOINTMENTS made by the President during the recess, and confirmed by the Senate.
James Monroe, minister Plenipotentiary of the United States to the government of Great Britain, vice, Rufus King, resigned.
Tobias Lear, consul general of the United States for the city and kingdom of Algiers, and a commissioner to treat of peace, with the Bashaw of Tripoli, vice, James Leander Cathcart.
John M. Goetchius, of New York, consul for the port of Genoa.
Isaac Cose Barnet, of New Jersey, commercial agent of the United States for the port of Havre de Grace, in France, vice Peter Doyell, resigned.
Levitt Harris of Pennsylvania, consul of the United States for St. Petersburg in Russia.
Thomas Rodney of Delaware, a judge of the Mississippi territory, vice, Seth Lewis, resigned.
Nathan Sanford of New York, attorney for the United States, for the district of New York.
Jared Mansfield of Connecticut, surveyor general of the lands of the United States North West of the Ohio, vice, Rufus Putnam, removed.
Isaac Briggs of Maryland, surveyor of the lands of the United States South of the state of Tennessee.
Edward Turner, of the Mississippi territory, register of the land office within the same for the lands lying west of Pearl river, in the county of Adams.
Charles Jones Jenkins of South Carolina, a commissioner of the United States under the act of Congress providing for the valuation of lands and dwelling houses, and for the enumeration of slaves for the 5th division of South Carolina.
Tench Coxe of Pennsylvania, surveyor of public supplies of the United States, vice, Israel Whelen.
Henry Warren of Massachusetts, collector of customs for the district of Plymouth in Massachusetts, and inspector of revenue for the port of Plymouth.
Isaac Illey of Massachusetts, collector for the district of Portland and Falmouth.
Samuel Ward of Massachusetts, naval officer for the district of Salem and Beverly.
Thomas Durfee, of Rhode Island, Inspector of Revenue and Surveyor for the port of Tiverton, in Rhode Island.
Abraham Bishop, of Connecticut, collector for the district of New Haven, in Connecticut.
Samuel Osgood, of New York, naval officer for the district of New York.
Callender Irvine, of New York, inspector of the revenue, and surveyor of the port of Buffalo creek, in New York.
Robert Lee, of New York, collector for the district of Niagara in New York, and inspector of revenue for the port of Niagara.
Jeremiah Berne, jun. of New Jersey, collector for the district of Bridge Town in New Jersey, and inspector of revenue for the several ports, within the same district, vice, Eli Elmer removed.
Charles Gibson, of Maryland, inspector of the revenue and surveyor for the port of Elkton in Maryland.
Thomas Dudley, of N. Carolina, now surveyor of Swanboro in North Carolina, to be inspector of the revenue for the same.
Brian Mellon, of North Carolina, collector for the district of Beaufort in North Carolina and inspector of revenue, for the port of Beaufort.
Joseph Turner, of Georgia, collector for the district of Brunswick in Georgia, and inspector of the revenue for the port of Brunswick.
Hore Brown Trist, of the Mississippi territory, collector for the district of Mississippi in the said territory, and inspector of revenue for the port of Fort Adams, vice, I. F. Carmichael, removed.
Appointments since made, by and with the advice, and consent of the Senate.
Francis Coffyn of Dunkirk in France, to be commercial agent of the United States at Dunkirk, vice Charles D. Cox, declined.
Jacob Ridgway of Pennsylvania, to be commercial agent of the United States at Antwerp, vacant.

John Mitchell of Pennsylvania, to be vice commercial agent at Havre, in France, vice the Sieur de la Motte, declined.  Henry Wilson of Maryland, to be commercial agent of the United States at Offend, vacant.  John M. Forbes of New-York, now Consul at Hamburg, to be consul also for such parts of the circle of Lower Saxony as may be nearer to Hamburg than to the residence of any other consul of the United States.  William Clarke of Massachusetts, to be consul at Embden, vacant.  John Leonard of New-Jersey, now vice Consul of the United at Barcelona, to be consul at the same place, vice William Willis, resigned.  John B. Brown of Massachusetts, to be consul at the Island of St. Thomas, vacant.  Isaac Prince of New-York, to be consul for the Island of St. Bartholomew, vacant.  John Childress jun. of West Tennessee, to be marshal of West Tennessee, vice, Robert Hays, removed.  Thomas G. Tuckerman of Massachusetts, to be marshal of the District of Maine, vice, Isaac Parker, whose term has expired.  Dudley Broadstreet of Massachusetts, to be collector and Inspector of revenue of Bath in Massachusetts, vice, William Webb, resigned.  Samuel Derby of Massachusetts, to be Collector of York, in Massachusetts, and Inspector of revenue for the same, vice, Joseph Tucker, removed.  George Wolcott of Connecticut, to be Surveyor and Inspector of the revenue for Saybrook, in the district of Middle-town in Connecticut, vice, Richard D. Eken.  Erastus Granger of New-York, to be Surveyor and Inspector of the revenue of the port of Buffalo creek, in the district of Niagara, vice Callender Irvin, who declined.  Aaron Hassert of New-Jersey, to be Surveyor and Inspector of the revenue for New-Brunswick, in New-Jersey, vice, Andrew Lyle, resigned.  John Cutler of Maryland, to be Collector and Inspector of the revenue for Snowhill, in Maryland, vice William Selby.  Martin Tapscott of Virginia, to be Collector and Inspector of the revenue Yencomico river in Virginia, vice, A. Thompson, deceased.  Peterson Gurley of North Carolina, to be Surveyor and Inspector of revenue for Winton, in the district of Eden-ton in North Carolina, vice, Laurence Mooney, deceased.  Thomas B. Terree of North Carolina, to be Surveyor and Inspector of revenue for Indian-town, in the district of Camden, in North Carolina, vice, Thomas Williams, deceased.  The Speaker of the House of Representatives of Vermont on the 26th ult. communicated to the House an answer of the President of the United States to the address of the General Assembly, at their last session, which was read in the words following, viz.  To the General Assembly of the State of Vermont.  I join you, fellow citizens, in grateful acknowledgments to the Ruler of the universe, for the prosperous situation of our common country, its rapid increase in wealth and population, and our secure and uninterrupted enjoyment of life, liberty and property. He conducted our fathers to this chosen land, he has maintained us in it, in prosperity and safety, and has opened the hearts of the nations, civilized and savage, to yield to us enlargement of territory, as we have increased in numbers, to fill it with the blessings of peace, freedom and self-government. It must be a great solace to every virtuous mind, that the countries lately acquired, are for equivalents honestly paid, and come to us sustained with blood.  Sensible as we are of the superior advantages of civil life, of the nourishment which industry provides for the body, and science for the mind and morals, it is our duty to associate our Indian neighbors in these blessings, and to teach them to become fit members of organized society.  The spirit which manifested itself on the suspension of our right of deposit at New-Orleans, the cool and collected frames with which our citizens awaited the operations of our government for its peaceable restoration, their present approbation of a conduct strictly neutral and just, between the powers of Europe now in contention, evince dispositions which ought to secure their peace, to protect their industry from new burthens, their citizens from violence, and their commerce from spoliation.  The falsehoods and indecencies you allude to, in which certain presses indulge themselves habitually, defeat their own object before a just and enlightened public. This unenviable and only resource, be it our endeavor to leave them, by an honest and earnest pursuit of the public prosperity.  I thank you fellow citizens for the affectionate expressions of your concern for my happiness present and future; and I pray Heaven to have your lives, as well as our common country in its holy keeping.  TH: JEFFERSON. Decr 18th, 1803.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.  MONDAY, Feb. 13.  The House agreed to the modification of the amendments to the bill for carrying into effect the laws of the United States in Louisiana, as agreed to by the Senate.  Previously to the vote of agreement Mr. Nicholson stated that by such agreement, all provision for registering vessels, whether owned by citizens of the United States or inhabitants of Louisiana, would be waived; and that that subject was before the Senate in another shape. The bill is consequently passed.  Mr. Nicholson presented a memorial signed by Thomas Tingey, Robert Brent, Thomas Herty, and Augustus B. Woodward, in behalf of themselves and others, subscribers and members of the Association in the city of Washington, for the erection of a theatre, praying for an act of incorporation.  On the reference of this memorial the House divided—Ayes 44—Noes 31.  Mr. Nicholson made a report on the petition of Mathew Phelps, and others, styling themselves military adventurers, concluding with a resolution that the petitioners have leave to withdraw their petition.  Mr. Lyon opposed, and Mr. Nicholson supported the report, which was agreed to by the House.  The House referred the resolutions, relating to claims to lands ceded by Georgia to the United States agreed to on Friday to a select committee to bring in a bill.  A bill for the relief of certain military pensioners in the state of South Carolina was read in committee of the whole, and ordered by the House to a third reading to-morrow.  The House went into committee of the whole—Mr. John C. Smith in the chair—on the bill for the reduction of the marine corps.  The bill reduces the officers of the corps to 1 captain and 12 lieutenants, and empowers the President, at any future period, when in his opinion it may be necessary, to augment the number of officers so as not to exceed those at present authorized by law.  Mr. Eppes moved to strike out from the word next in the 3d line of the 1st section to the end of the section, and insert—"The whole of the officers of the marine corps except such as are at present in actual service in the Mediterranean, shall be, and the same are hereby discharged from the service of the United States.—Provided, however, that if the President of the United States shall deem it expedient to employ a greater naval force than is now in actual service, he shall be, and hereby is authorized to appoint such additional officers as may be necessary for the additional vessels called into service."  Mr. LEIB said it might be proper to state that the bill on the table was the same with that passed by the House the last session, and arrested by the Senate. It was then alleged to be improper to pass it as the state of the country as to its foreign relations, was such as might require the aid of the whole military force in existence. That reason had ceased, and the bill was consequently reported to the House. The committee, who reported it, were of opinion that it was not the intention of congress to reduce the corps entirely; they had supposed that the reduction contemplated by the bill might be made, & a sufficient number of marines still retained in service. They had considered a Lieut. Col. Commandant unnecessary; as it would be found, by consulting the report of the Secretary of the Navy, lately laid before the House, that not more than 112 marines were attached to this place—they had supposed a captain fully competent to this command, which embraced as large a number as was stationed in any other part of the United States. The bill contemplated the retaining one captain to be stationed here and twelve lieutenants, three of which were to be attached to the command of Norfolk, Philadelphia, and New-York. At Philadelphia there was at present one captain with the command of only fifteen marines. There were likewise several lieutenants and one captain in the Mediterranean. According to the contemplation of the bill, there would be one lieutenant at Philadelphia, another at Norfolk, and another at New-York; & our officers in the Mediterranean, leaving 5 at this place, which were considered as sufficient to relieve a returning squadron. It was, therefore, considered that twelve lieutenants would be amply sufficient, allowing the establishment of a marine corps to be necessary.  Since the bill had been reported, a statement of the expenses of the corps had been laid before the House by the Secretary of the Navy. On looking at that statement, he was inclined to the opinion of the gentleman from Virginia, that the whole establishment ought to be done away. It would appear from it, that it was the most expensive military establishment existing in any country. It was so far beyond the ordinary expenses of the military, that
in his opinion, the committee ought not to hesitate a moment about either reducing it, or incorporating it as part of the army. The lieutenant colonel commandant received more than 3,000 dollars a year. This extravagant sum paid for the support of this officer, was a sufficient reason of itself for reducing that office. It appeared that he charged the United States for pay and subsistence 1722 dollars; for house rent, under the denomination of quarters, 500 dollars; for fire-wood 200 dollars; for forage (the committee will recollect that he is a marine officer) 200 dollars. It also appeared that subsistence officers, charged exorbitant sums for fire-wood and forage; how forage could be used on board of ships he was yet to learn. It would further appear that the colonel commandant had passing through his hands the annual sum of between fifty and seventy thousand dollars; and that, in his accounts, there remained to be accounted for a sum of near 13,000 dollars; that for the present year, the unaccounted sums was 5,700 dollars, and for the preceding years 7,200 dollars; making in the aggregate 12,921 dollars.  Considering the expense of this corps extravagant, and that if it were necessary it might be placed on a different footing, and that the marines required might be detached from the regular military establishment, Mr. Leib said, he should heartily give his assent to the motion of the gentleman from Virginia.  Mr. EUSTIS enquired how, if the proposition of the gentleman from Virginia should be adopted, those officers at present in the Mediterranean, were to be relieved. It must be well known to the gentleman, that one squadron went out before the other returned. As to the idea of the gentleman from Pennsylvania, to take the requisite number of officers from the army, it was not practicable. The ordinary soldiers were not entitled for this kind of service; they were not qualified to discharge it; there was another and a stronger objection; there were not men in the army to be found, who could be spared. For these reasons, he was of opinion, that if the bill were to pass, it would be better to keep it in its original shape.  Mr. NICHOLSON said he was friendly to the bill for reducing the marine corps; but did not perceive the propriety of adopting the amendment proposed by the gentleman from Virginia. He considered some few marine officers, under the direction of the President, to be necessary. If all the officers should be disbanded, there would remain privates under the command of no officers, unless of the Secretary of the Navy. While we kept up our naval establishment in the Mediterranean, there appeared to him a necessity of having five or six officers in readiness to relieve those engaged in the service; for the present force must be relieved before it can return. For these reasons he should vote against the amendment.  Mr. LYON expressed similar sentiments.  Mr. EPPES rose to give the gentleman from Massachusetts (Dr. Eustis) the explanation he asked. If the gentleman were friendly to the principle of the amendment it would be easy to obviate the difficulty he had stated. In making the amendment, Mr. Eppes said he had been guided by the conviction that the marine corps, whatever duty they might have performed, had not rendered services equivalent to the expenses incurred in their establishment. The corps had been established in 1798, since which period they had cost the United States 353,373 dollars. There appeared to have been advanced in 1798, 7,200 dollars; in 1799, 37,000 dollars; in 1800, 84,000 dollars; in 1801, 25,000 dollars; and in 1802 to the 30th June 38,800 dollars, making in the aggregate 252,834 dollars. This sum appears to have been actually advanced to the Lieut. Col. Commandant, before he had filed a single account or voucher, and on his individual responsibility. Any one who will examine the accounts will perceive that throughout the whole list of expenses a mode of adjustment is adopted which is calculated to prevent a fair examination of the accounts. It is impossible to ascertain what a particular officer has received and to what he is entitled. I have made a statement, said Mr. E. as far as I have been able, of the sums received by the commandant.  [Mr. Eppes here specified the several items of charge made by the commandant.]  From which it appeared, he said, that he had received 9,170 dollars. It also appeared that, during part of the period covered by these accounts, he had received 480 dollars for quarters. From this statement it followed that the commandant received within 400 dollars as much as brigadier general Wilkinson, whose salary was limited to 2,700 dollars, while Col. E. receives 2,398 dollars a year.  He observed that he had not had an opportunity of investigating the other accounts in the statement; but he had seen enough of them to convince him that the corps ought to be reduced.
asked whether it was the interest of the United States to support this establishment at an enormous expense when the adjustment of our differences in the Mediterranean had nearly rendered their services unnecessary in that sea. It was not, however, he said, his intention to dwell on the subject. He was fully convinced the corps might be dispensed with, without any injury to the United States. For this purpose a law had passed Congress two years ago, and it was well understood that the continuance of the officers in the service arose solely from a mistake in wording it.  Mr. VARNUM said, if he understood the effect of the amendment, it went to reduce the officers and not the men; it would therefore leave the men without any person to command them. This, he apprehended, would produce a state of chaos.  The question was then put on Mr. Eppes's amendment, which was negatived—Ayes 45—Noes 50.  On motion of Dr. Leib the period from which the reduction is to take place was fixed to be the 1st of March.  When the committee rose and reported the bill, which the House immediately took up, and ordered to a third reading to a third reading to-morrow—Ayes 63.  A bill for the relief of Samuel Corps, having passed through a committee of the whole, was ordered to a third reading to-morrow.  The House went into committee of the whole, on the bill to amend the charter of Alexandria.  An unsuccessful motion having been made to waive the ordinary reading of the bill, it was in part read, when Dr. Leib moved that the committee should rise, and ask leave to sit again.  He observed that as the bill had not been printed, it was difficult to understand it; from that part which he did understand, he was persuaded certain principles were sanctioned by it which it did not become Congress to countenance. Certain qualifications of electors as well as elected were required which were improper, [Mr. L. particularly alluded to the requisition of freehold estate.]  Mr. Eppes stated his understanding, from a respectable inhabitant of Alexandria, that the bill differed materially from the propositions agreed to by the citizens of that town.  After some remarks from Messrs. J. Lewis, Findley, Smilie and Southard, the rising of the committee was agreed to.  On motion of Mr. Jackson the House took up the bill making provision for the application of the money heretofore appropriated to the laying out and making public roads leading from the navigable waters of the Potomac into the Atlantic to the Ohio river.  Mr. J. C. Smith moved to postpone the bill to the 1st Monday of December.  Lost—Ayes 41—Noes 40.  Mr. R. Griswold moved to amend the first section, as to vest the President with a general power to appoint three commissioners to designate a route, to be reported to Congress, for their ultimate decision, which motion, after a short conversation, was agreed to by a considerable majority.  Mr. Lyon offered a motion for empowering the President to designate the routes.  Lost—without a division.  The committee rose and reported the bill with several amendments, in which the House concurred and ordered the bill to a third reading on Wednesday.  TUESDAY, February 14.  Mr. Rodney observed that a subject had some time since been before congress, in which the commercial world was considerably interested; he alluded to the fixing a standard of weights and measures. Under an impression that this was a fit time to resume its consideration, he moved a resolution to instruct the committee of Commerce and Manufactures, to enquire into the expediency of fixing a standard of weights and measures.  Mr. Leib suggested the propriety of referring the subject to a select committee, in which idea Mr. Rodney acquiesced. When Dr. Mitchell after assigning a number of reasons which led him to be of opinion, that congress would not, during the present session, be enabled to arrive at any conclusive measures on the subject—moved to postpone the resolution until to-morrow.  In which Mr. Rodney acquiescing, the motion was ordered to lie until to-morrow.  An engrossed bill for the relief of certain military pensioners in South Carolina was read the third time and passed.  An engrossed bill for the reduction of the marine corps was read the third time, and passed—Yeas 73—Noes 40.  An engrossed bill for the relief of Samuel Corps was read the third time.  Messrs. J. Clay, S. L. Mitchell and Dana supported, and Messrs. Gregg and Smilie opposed its passage; when the question was put, and the bill passed—Ayes 63—Noes 44.  Mr. Thomas's motion for the appointment of a joint committee of the two Houses to report when it will be expedient to adjourn, and what business
it will be proper previously to attend to was agreed to.  Mr. Bard's motion for the imposition of a tax of ten dollars upon every vessel imported into the United States was taken up.  A debate arose which continued till 4 o'clock, when an adjournment took place without any decision.  Messrs. Bard, Findley, S. L. Mitchell, and Sloan, supported; and Messrs. Lowndes, Bedinger, Mason, Moore, & Huger, opposed the resolution.  Thirty Dollars Reward.  DESERTED from the Marine Barracks, the following Marines—MOSES STUCKNEY, born in Massachusetts, 23 years old, 5 feet 10 1/2 inches high, grey eyes, brown hair and light complexion—GEORGE SIMMONS, from Virginia, 23 years old, 5 feet 11 1/2 inches high, hazel eyes, sandy hair, and light complexion—GEORGE ELDOR, born in New-York (state) 22 years old, 5 feet 9 inches high, blue eyes, dark hair, and fair complexion. Ten Dollars will be paid for each of the said deserters if lodged in any jail, or delivered at any military post in the United States, and information given to the Commanding Officer at Washington, and all reasonable expenses paid if brought to the Barracks in the city of Washington.  By order of Col. Burrows, J. R. PENWICK, Adj. M. Corps Feb. 13.—3wtf  MILLINERY GOODS.  Marie Ann Pic,  Has the honor to inform her customers that she has just received from her correspondents in Philadelphia, a new assortment of MILLINERY GOODS of the latest importation—consisting of PLUSH HATS ornamented in the newest fashion, feathers, wigs of the newest fashion, frizzettes do. double farset of all colors suitable for dresses, white, black and colored hussings, white satin, white and colored paulings, craps of all colors, plush sleeves and aprons, gipsy cloaks, handkerchiefs do. damask thavis two yards square, new fashioned fringe head handkerchiefs, silver and gold half wreaths, foraging do.—silver and gold cord and tassels, do. flow bows, comfort cravats, split straw bonnets and hats ornamented with new robes and feathers, pickens gloves and mits, silk gloves and stockings for ladies and gentlemen, fur and buck skin gloves for gentlemen, wreaths of flowers and nose gays, gold and silver embroidered ribbons, gold and silver embroidered head handkerchiefs, Leghorn and straw bonnets, new fashioned puffs, gentlemen's tips and dancing pumps, ladies shoes and half boots, all sorts of perruquiers, elegant dolls full dressed, toys of all kinds, wadding, muffs and tippets, &c.  Geo. Town, Feb. 15.—3t  SUBSCRIPTIONS for the remaining shares in the Washington Association and United States Insurance Company, will be received at the company's office till the 25th instant, unless sooner subscribed. By order of the committee.  T. HERTY, Secretary of the Association. February 15.—3t  New Political Campaign.  Just received at Dunne's book-store, A REPLY TO THE BUNN PAMPHLET OF ARISTIDES.  By James Hecthim of New-York.  Though it might be supposed from all that has been heretofore published on the intezozes of 1800, that the subject has been exhausted, the reader will find that this pamphlet of 134 pages, contains a body of new facts equal in their extraordinary character to any that have heretofore appeared—the pamphlet is written with temper, perspicuity and vigor.  At the above store, the best collection of Books in America for the number, are exposed for sale.  Book binding executed equal to any English workmanship—Printing and Stationary, at Philadelphia prices.  February 15. 3t  IN CHANCERY, Feb. 1, 1804.  ORDERED that the sale made by John Hewitt trustee for the sale of the real estate of Gerard T. Conner, shall be ratified and confirmed unless cause to the contrary be shown on or before the third day of April next, provided a copy of this order be inserted in the National Intelligencer before the first day of March next.  The report states that a tract of land in Montgomery county called Elizabeth, containing 178 acres was sold for 800 dollars.  Test SAMUEL HARVEY HOWARD, Reg. Cur. Can. Feb. 8.—w3t  IN CHANCERY, JANUARY 13, 1804.  Abraham Faw, versus Abel Sargent.  THE object of the bill is to obtain a decree for the sale of three Lots or parcels of ground with the improvements, situate in the town of Western Port in Allegany county or so much thereof as shall be necessary to discharge the debt due from the defendant to the complainant.  The bill states that the defendant on the 7th day of October 1792 to secure the sum of five hundred pounds current money due from him to the complainant, on that day executed a deed of mortgage for the said property, that no part of the money has been paid, and that the defendant has removed from the state, and without the process of this court. It is thereupon on the motion of the complainant ordered, that he cause a copy of this order to be inserted at least once in each of three successive weeks in the National Intelligencer or the Baltimore Telegraph, before the 22d day of February next, to the end that the said Abel Sargent may have notice of the complainant's application to this court, and of the subject and object of his bill, and may be warned to appear in the court in person or by a solicitor on or before the 22d day of June next, to show cause wherefore a decree should not pass as prayed.  Test SAMUEL HARVEY HOWARD, Reg. Cur. Can. Feb. 23.—w3t

Fifty Dollars Reward.
RUN away from the subscriber about the first of November last, a negro man called BILLY BUSBY , about 26 years old, yellowish complexion, bends forward with his knees, a large scar on or near one of his heels, and has a habit of striking his chin when spoken to, he has for some time worked at the carpenters trade. The above reward will be given on delivering him to the subscriber, or thirty dollars to secure him in jail so that I get him again.
LUCY BROOKE.
Essex County, Virginia, Feb. 8.—2m.
SELIM.
A Genuine Arabian Horse , brought to this country last summer by captain James Barron, in the United States Frigate Chesapeake. On her return from the Mediterranean. The said horse was brought from Egypt by the way of Malta, and from thence to Gibraltar, at which place capt. Barron obtained him from captain Ramay, of the Queen's Regiment, who intended him for England, but was prevailed on to let him come to this country. He will stand the ensuing season at my house in Dinwiddie county, near the Cut Bank Bridge, on Nottoway River. The terms will be made known in due time. And whereas doubts may have arisen with respect to his being an Arabian, the subscriber pledges himself in case it should be made apparent otherwise than has been stated in captain Ramay's certificate, at any future reasonable time, to reimburse the money the said horse covers at such gentlemen as think proper to lend to him. The manner of his coming, and the character who brought him, are in addition to this guarantee, as well as undeniable certificates, such testimony of his being a genuine Arabian, whatever interest or prejudiced minds may advance to the contrary, that an attempt to further proof of this horse being a really Arabian bred, is thought at this time unnecessary, yet I beg leave to submit that he is considered upon the grounds of being genuine, a great acquisition by those who are really acquainted with the character of the Arabian horses.
WM. STARKE.
Groveland, Dinwiddie county, Feb. 3.—1m.
THOMAS CARPENTER, TAYLOR
Has just received an handsome supply of fall goods, which he is determined to sell and make upon the most reasonable terms, and in the best and most fashionable manner, and greatest expedition.
Henry Virginia Avenue, near the President's Square and Capitol Hill, seventh house from the Capitol. Oct. 14
WASHINGTON ASSOCIATION
The office of the Washington Association and United States Insurance company is removed to the corner of square No. 225 fronting on the President's Square and Pennsylvania Avenue. THOMAS HERTY, Sec'y P. T. Jan. 18.—tf.
A GREAT BARGAIN.
THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS will be taken and payment made easy, to the purchaser, for the following valuable property free from any encumbrance whatever.
A SET of saw mills working two saws—a grist mill with two run of stones and boiling machine, also a cotton and rice machine complete all worked by water, also one low mill about 200 yards from the former and on the same dam, now about building that will work from two to fourteen saws under the same roof. This mill is insured for three years after her being completed—they are being in good repair and the whole in a progressive way of improvement, with about ten thousand acres of land all adjoining and immediately contiguous to the mills, on which are several valuable farms. The timber for mill site is inexhaustible and unexceptionably good—they are situated on the waters of Drowning Creek ninety seven miles from George Town South Carolina, to which place the lumber is carried being raised at the mills without the trouble of hauling, a valuable convenience. The stream is equal if not superior to any in the states of North or South Carolina—the grist mills command a custom at times of 30 or 40 miles around them. The situation at the mills is high, pleasant and very healthy, on which is a good two story house with piazza, a good kitchen, stable, carriage and harness houses and other necessary out buildings with a new store house completely finished, it being an excellent stand for a country store. Application to be made to the subscriber at Millville near Lumberton in North Carolina, or for any information respecting the premises, to Samuel D. Purvis at the city of Washington.
WM. NORMENT.
Millville N. C. Dec. 12. N. B. Any part of the above property will be sold as may best suit a purchaser. Dec. 23.—tf.
Public Sale of Lots,
In George Town and the City of Washington.
THE executors of the estate of Anthony Holmead deceased, will offer at public sale, at the Union Tavern in George Town, on Monday the 30th instants 57 lots in Holmead's addition to George Town, many of them in eligible situations—Also several lots in the city of Washington, in squares 48, 49 and 52. The terms, which will be moderate, will be made known on the day of sale. The sale to begin at 12 o'clock. Any person wishing to view any of the above lots, will be shown them on application to the subscriber.
JOHN HOLMEAD.
Jan. 4.—tf.
TO BE LET
And entered upon immediately, a two story BRICK HOUSE in good repair on Twelfth Street near Pennsylvania Avenue, opposite Moria's tavern—The house is the property of the Washington Building Company, and will be rented low. Apply to THOMAS CARPENTER. Jan. 30.—3m.
NOTICE.
ALL who are indebted to the estate of John Crookshank deceased are requested to make immediate payment to, CHARLES GLOVER, Admr. George Town, Nov. 25.—tf.
TO RENT,
And immediate Possession given, A Two story Frame House, in the City of Washington, situated on N. F. Street, square 224—containing 4 rooms beside two garret rooms, piazza and pantry, kitchen, store room, &c. with a good garden—lately occupied by Mrs. Lee, adjoining to Mr. Xaupie's store—Also that convenient two-story frame on same square, late in possession of Dr. Tabb, opposite to which Robert Peacock, Esq. lately resided—consisting of 6 rooms, and two garret rooms, piazza and balcony to front front, cellar with dry well, kitchen, carriage house, stable, an excellent garden, with every convenience fit for the reception of a genteel family. For particulars enquire at Mr. Rhode's tavern, Mr. Xaupie's store, or to the subscriber
REDMUND PURCEL.
January 13, 1804.—tf.
FOR SALE.
PURSUANT to the Will of the late PA TRICK HENRY, a Tract of Land, lying on both sides of Falling river, in Charlotte county, Virginia, and containing about 1800 acres. This Land is in general poor, but contains a bank of Iron Ore, supposed to be the best, of any known in that part of the country. It lies on an excellent stream, a branch of Roanoke river, within four miles of its mouth, from whence is an easy and safe navigation. There are water-falls, stone and timber on the Land for all the purposes of an Iron Work; in the midst of a fine corn country; and about 400 acres of the Land is valuable for its soil. For further particulars enquire of Mr. RANDOLPH, of the House of Representatives. The terms will be made easy to the purchaser by
EDMUND WINSTON, Ex'r of Patrick Henry.
Buckingham county, Ver. Dec. 23.—tf.
JOHN COX
Has just received a quantity of American manufactured Bed Tickens warranted to hold the down of the feathers, which will be sold by the piece at the manufacturers prices, and by retail at a very small advance—Also fewings, darnage and tea-boring cotton, with a quantity of chintzes and calico, which he will sell lower than the regular importer can afford to sell at. Elegant thread lace, fox, bear, and martin skin muffs and tippets, handsome paper hangings, with almost every other article in the dry good line, both fanciful and substantial, which he will sell at his usual low prices for cash, or in exchange for tobacco and flaxseed. For flax seed he will allow 11s. 3d. per bushel. Also a few handsome double barrel fowling pieces. George Town, Dec. 23.—2m.
FOR SALE.
THE Plantation on which I live, containing about 600 acres of valuable land. The improvements are, an exceedingly good dwelling house two stories high, 42 feet long, by 36 feet wide, with a passage through the middle, three rooms below, and four above stairs, with five places in all but one, and a dry sweet cellar, the size of the house, in which is a capital vault with two rooms, and above is a fine airy pantry. A kitchen 36 by 18, two stories high, with a kitchen and laundry below, and lodging rooms for servants above. A washing house, meat house and dairy and in short every necessary improvement for the accommodation of a family, and a very fine collection of grafted and budded peach trees of the most approved kinds, chiefly from Princes nursery on Long Island, which are just beginning to bear. This property is situated in a healthy general neighborhood, about four miles from the city of Washington, five from Alexandria. Nearly one half is in wood and timbered, and the residue arable and meadow land; of the latter, there are about 50 or 60 acres under the feythe and more may be easily laid down. Perhaps no tract of the same size, abounds more in fine springs, there being a never failing stream in every field, besides an abundant one which runs through the meadow and from which the greatest part of it may be watered. For terms apply to the subscriber on the premises.
OVERTON CARR.
September 19.
CHARLES VARDEN,
TAYLOR,
FROM PHILADELPHIA.
Has received from Philadelphia an elegant assortment of the best quality Superfine Cloths, Cassimeres, Silk Northerns, Black and fancy silk molekin velvet, white & figured Marcellus, Swandowns, Toiletnettes, Velveteens, Fancy corle, Coating, &c. With a variety of other articles suitable for the winter season.
N. B. Ladies Habits, Regimentals and Navy uniforms made in the first style of fashion. New Jersey Avenue, the second House from the Capitol Square. November 8, 1803.
S. THOMEE.
BEGS leave to inform his friends that he has removed his store from George Town to King Street Alexandria, where orders in his line will be executed with punctuality and dispatch. Orders left at Mr. March's Book-store will be duly attended to. GILDING
AND ENAMELLING ON GLASS, A few doors above the Washington tavern—Looking glass and picture frames made and regilt.
NEEDLE WORK
Framed in the handsomest manner, and names done on glass.
S. THOMEE, as a stranger being determined to establish in the line of his profession, solicits that encouragement alone which he trusts the reasonableness of his charges and his affidavits to business may entitle him to.
Window cornices handsomely gilt, and every thing in his line done to please the fancy of the owner equal to any imported.
N. B. He has some glasses and prints for sale on low terms. Jan. 9.—ep7w
LOST,
THE following described certificates of funded three per cent stock issued by the Register of the Treasury for the name of Jacob Fictamer of Amsterdam, for the renewal of which application is intended to be made at the proper office. No. 3113 dated 23th October 1791 for 12,419 53 3/4 per cent stock. No. 3500 dated 23d November 1791, for 7,900. No. 6271, dated, 7th December 1792, for 831 41. No. 1201 dated, 5th December 1792, for 8,749 29 3/4.
Dolls. 30,000 00 ROBERT GILMOR, & Sons. Dec. 28.—ep7w
Valuable property for Sale.
In virtue of a deed of trust executed and bearing date on the 8th day of January 1798, between ISAAC POLOOCK of the first part, WILLIAM DEAKINS jun. since deceased of the second part, and JONAH THOMPSON and RICHARD VEITCH of the third part. The subscriber being the Executor, devisee and legal Assignee of the said William Deakins jun. deceased, for the purpose of executing the trusts in and by that deed declared, shall and will on the 27th day of March next, if law, if not, the next fair day, at the Tavern of John H. Baracy in George-Town, expose to public sale for Cash, to the highest bidder, that valuable Lot situated on Water Street, in said town, on which the House at present occupied by Mr. Barney, as a Tavern, stands, together with all the buildings and improvements on the same; said Lot, fronting on Water-Street 52 feet, and running back 175 feet parallel with Cherry-Alley, and bounding thereon, being part of that lot designated in the plan of Old George-Town, by No. 49.—Also another Lot on Keys Street, (being part of that Lot designated by the No. 77 in the plan of Old George-Town) comprehending a part of that wharf lately occupied as a Lumber Yard, by Mr. George King—also a large and convenient two story brick dwelling house.—More particular information relative to the above valuable property, may be had at any time previous to the day of sale, by application to Messrs. Thompson and Veitch in Alexandria, John T. Mason, Esq. George-Town, or the subscriber.
FRANCIS DEAKINS. Executor and Devisee of William Deakins jun. deceased. George town, January 20.—tw27 Mar.
H. CARITAT'S PROPOSALS For Publishing by subscription, a National work, entitled
A Journey,
Made by order of the French government, from Pitsburg on the river Ohio, through the western territory of the United States to the Upper and Lower parts of
LOUISIANA,
Chiefly on the Mississippi, Missouri, Illinois, Arkansas and the adjacent rivers as low as
NEW ORLEANS.
In the years 1796 and 1797,
BY GENERAL COLLOT.
This work will be comprised in two volumes in 4to. containing thirty charts drawn from the most part on imperial paper of the dimensions of three feet six inches, together with plates and views executed by the best artists of Paris, describing the aspect of the country, its supposed boundaries, the nature of the soil, the farms, hamlets, villages and towns, which border on the Ohio, the Mississippi, and other rivers, and marking their foundations and those of the creeks which pour their waters into their floods. Translated into English from the original manuscript, by Helen Maria Williams.—Subscriptions to this work are received by Mr. John Barnes, and Mr. John March, George Town, and Mr. Wm. Dunne and Messrs. Rapine, Conrad & Co. Washington—and the principal booksellers in the United States.
PROSPECTUS.
The French government having formed the design of making the acquisition of Louisiana, became highly interested in procuring more positive information respecting that country, than it had hitherto obtained. Gen. Collot, was therefore commissioned in 1796, to take the most accurate survey of the country.
This mission Gen. Collot undertook, notwithstanding the dangers with which it was attended and which proved fatal to some of his suite, which consisted among others, of twelve persons, skilled in geography and drawing. He began his expedition at Pitsburg, where he embarked on the Ohio and followed the course of this river to its junction with the Mississippi, descending the country on each side of its banks, the rivers which empty themselves into the Ohio, and the creeks, shoals and soundings. From the Ohio, Gen. Collot took a survey of the Mississippi and other rivers on the west, which empty themselves into the Mississippi, the course of which he followed to New Orleans, where Spanish jealousy attacked him, there he owed his liberty only to the firmness of his character; escaped from this new danger he reached Philadelphia from whence he had departed.
Gen. Collot not satisfied with taking the soundings of the creeks and rivers which he surveyed, pointing out the dangers of the navigation, directing the course of future travellers, by marking on his charts the rocks, shoals, banks and bars which obstruct the passage, &c. He has also indicated the quality of the lands, and the character of the country, with a degree of precision that cannot fail to be eminently useful to American emigrants. Forests as ancient as the world here lift their towering heads, while natural meadows, which extend 40 leagues without a tree, bounded by woods and intersected by an infinite number of creeks, demand the hands of cultivation. There, the most luxuriant vegetation invites the wanderer to fix his dwelling.
Gen. Collot admonishes his readers, while
he conducts them through immense plains still now unknown, covered with mulberry trees, and silk worms equal to those of the East Indies, and left to the care of nature. He leads them to mountains of pure salt, to lakes covered with birds and full of fish of every kind; in short to lands become the domain of an innumerable quantity of game.
The author bestows equal attention on natural history and commerce as on other objects; he treats of furs in the minutest detail; nothing is neglected; nothing escapes his penetration; neither quadrupeds, reptiles, birds, plants, trees, nor mines of any kind. To relieve the minds of his readers from that latitude, which is too often inseparable from topographical description, he has been careful to enlarge each of his chapters, with historical remarks, which afford just ideas of the manners and dispositions of the Indians he had visited and which are naturally connected with his subject, and engage by the interest they excite.
This interesting work was on the point of being published at Paris, at the expence of the French government when Louisiana was ceded to the United States, which circumstance left general Collet at liberty to dispose of it.
Already several Americans residing in France, at the head of whom was Mr. Swan of Boston, wished to treat with general Collet, under the favor, and advice of his excellency Mr. Livingston, Ambassador. They were disposed to advance the price, when the correspondent of Mr. Caritat, then in France, yielding to the solicitations made him from every quarter, consented to purchase it, on condition that the American gentlemen residing in Paris in July last, should subscribe first, which they did with eagerness. Mrs. Helen Maria Williams, so advantageously known in America, by her literary fame, after having read the manuscript with the greatest attention, undertook to translate it into English, and Mr. Tardieu, the first engraver of France, undertook the maps and plates, which are at present finished.
The public are respectfully requested to observe that Mr. Caritat did not consent to become the Publisher of this important Work, and to advance near 10,000 dollars to complete it, until he received from his subscribers at Paris the positive expectation that their example would be followed in the U. States, by all men of Public Character, of Literature, Merchants and Persons in easy circumstances, interested in the glory and prosperity of their country. The Publisher has only one circumstance to regret, that he could not diminish the price of the work, which will however be found moderate, as may be proved, when the various and heavy expenses attending such a publication, are calculated.
The drawings and plates being extremely expensive, the public are informed that there will only be a sufficient number of copies to satisfy the demands of the subscribers.
The publisher is not ignorant that a work so necessary to the public, must generally speaking, be put within the reach of every class, as much as possible. This principle which applies to every country ought to be more scrupulously observed in America, where they are not familiarized with editions of the quarto size which the publisher has been obliged to adopt in the aforesaid work; had he taken any other, the end, as well as the utility of this work would have absolutely failed. The reason will appear just, when it is remembered that the size of the copper-plates and maps, would not have allowed them to fold in two, without being exposed to such mutilation as would render their use impracticable, after having opened the book only three or four times.
† General Warin, his Aid de Camp, was killed by an Indian. New-York, Nov. 28, 1803.
CONDITIONS.
The price of each copy on fine paper, with elegant type, will be 24 dollars, neatly bound, and 20 in boards, to be paid on delivery. They will be ready for delivery on the first of May. A List of the subscribers will be published at the end of the second volume.
LIST of those who subscribed both in Paris and here, before the Prospectus was put to press.
The President of the United States; his Excellency Robert R. Livingston, Ambassador to France; his Excellency James Monroe, Ambassador to Great Britain; Mr. Skipwith, Commercial Agent of the United States in Paris; Messrs Robert Louis Livingston, Peter R. Livingston, Burnet, Maclure, Cutting, Fulton, Barlow, Melville, Swan, Benton, Monro, Lawrence, Grant, Burch, Fenwick, White-fide, Wayer, Pinckney, Norry, Garden, Saint-Clair, Robertson, Norris, Miller, Col. Orant, Capt. Burn.
January 18th, 1804.
A GREAT BARGAIN.
FOR sale or exchange for CITY Lots, a valuable Plantation and Iron works, separate within seven miles of navigable water on James River—for further particulars, apply to ROBERT W. PEACOCK, Atty at law and Conveyancer. Feb. 10.—3t
THOMAS M'EUEN, THOMAS HALE & WILLIAM DAVIDSON, who heretofore, have transacted business under the firm of Thomas M'Euens & Co. will in future use that of M'EUEN, HALE & DAVIDSON. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 1.—tw&veit
PATENT RIGHT.
FOR painting rooms, ornamenting ceilings, borders, &c. to represent paper hangings. The subscribers having purchased the patent from John Selby the original inventor, for the district of Columbia, the states of Virginia, N. Carolina S. Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, the province of Louisiana and New Orleans, will dispose of the same for such place or places within the above limits as may be agreed on. The model may be seen and terms made known by applying to, Messrs. RICHARD BYLAND, WILLIAM BYRNE. Stocco plasterers, Capitol Hill, City of Washington—Feb. 2.—3t
N. B. Those desirous of blending economy with utility and elegance, will find their account in this invention. Letters post paid and addressed as above will be attended to.
Fresh Garden Seeds, &c.
THEODORE HOLT respectfully acquaints his friends and the public, that he has received a supply of fresh Garden Seeds, &c. from London, and for sale at his nursery garden, Eastern Branch, near the bridge—consisting of,
Peas & beans of various sorts, Early Turnip, Early York cabbage, Large Norfolk do. Early Butterhead do. Hamburg Parsley, Butterhead do. Sugarleaf do. Spinage, Carrot, Anjou do. Late Drumhead do. Parsnip Lettice, Late Drumhead do. Green Savoy do. White asparagus, with many others. Yellow do. do. Red Pickling do. Grass Seeds, Red Pickling do. Early and late Cauliflower, Burnett, Brocoli forts, Scotch Kale, Lincoln, White Clover. Triumph do. St. Roin, White Seeds. Spanish do. Garden Hoes, various sizes, Early Frame Radish, Scarlet do. Dutch Hoes, do. do. Early Frame Radish, White Turnip do. Iron Rakes, do. do. Early Frame Cucumber, Chuffer, do. Garden Sheer, Long Green do. Garden Reels & Lines Pruning Knives, Flour Seeds, Roots, Pots, &c.
Also a collection of Fruit Trees, Flowering Shrubs, Poplars, Asparagus Roots, &c. &c. N. B. An assortment of the Garden Seeds are for sale at Mr. R. Eno's George-town. February 1.—1m.
Heron's Junius.
This day is published by RAPINE, CONRAD, & Co. NEW-JERSEY AVENUE, NEAR THE CAPITOL.
THE LETTERS of JUNIUS, with notes and illustrations, historical, biographical and critical, by Robert Heron, Esq. 2 vols. 8vo.—price 5 dollars.
This edition contains all the letters of Junius, Philo Junius, and Sir William Draper and Mr. Horne to Junius, with their respective dates, and according to the order in which they appeared in the public advertiser.
Also, just come to hand. The Domestic Encyclopedia, vol. 4th. Sermons by Jean Baptiste Massillon, Bishop of Clermont. 2 vols. Music—Young Colinetta—Love is a torment—Old Tower—Female Auctioneer. Where's the harm of that—Heav Pricilla.
By the PRESIDENT of the United States
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS by the first articles of the terms and conditions declared by the President of the United States on the seventeenth day of October, 1791, for regulating the Materials and manner of buildings and improvements on the lots in the city of Washington, it is provided that the outer and party walls of all houses in the said city shall be built of brick or stone, and by the third article of the same terms and conditions it is declared, "that the wall of no house shall be higher than 40 feet to the roof, in any part of the city, nor shall any be lower than 33 feet on any of the Avenues."
AND WHEREAS the above recited articles were found to impede the settlement in the city of mechanics and others whose circumstances did not admit of erecting houses authorized by the said regulations, for which cause the operation of the said articles, has been suspended by several acts of the President of the United States from the fifth day of June 1796, to the first day of January 1804, and the beneficial effects arising from such suspensions having been experienced—it is deemed proper to revive the same, with the exception hereafter mentioned.
Wherefore, I THOMAS JEFFERSON, President of the United States, do declare that the first and third articles above recited shall be, and the same are hereby suspended until the first day of January in the year one thousand eight hundred and five, and that all Houses which shall be erected in the said city of Washington previous to the said first day of January, in the year one thousand eight hundred and five, conformable in other respects to the regulations aforesaid shall be considered as lawfully erected, except that no wooden house covering more than 320 square feet, or higher than twelve feet from the sill to the Eave shall be erected—nor shall such house be placed within 24 feet of any brick or stone house.
GIVEN under my hand, 28th December, 1803. TH: JEFFERSON.
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD.
Run away on the first of April last my servant HARRY. He is about twenty-one years of age five feet five inches high, a straight well proportioned active man, black complexion a round full visage, and comely face but much carabaneled, and stern countenance. He speaks good English with a rough voice, and can read and write a little, and plays on the fiddle. Harry is a native of this state but is well acquainted in the states of North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee where he has travelled as my waiting man.
The above reward of one hundred dollars will be paid for lodging him in any jail of the United States so that I may get him, or if delivered to me in Charlottesville or on my plantation near Parker's Ferry all reasonable charges will be paid in addition to the above reward.
ANDREW BURNET, collector district South Carolina. Feb. 3.—w3arow