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The following Act is republished at the request of the Register of the City. The reader will observe that several important corrections are made of errors committed in its transcription.
An act making appropriations for opening and improving Streets and Avenues and for other purposes.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the First and Second numbers of the City Council of Washington, That for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, the following sums be and the same are hereby appropriated, viz.
For opening and improving Virginia avenue, from Maryland avenue to New Jersey avenue, six hundred dollars:
For opening and improving Virginia avenue, from New Jersey avenue to Fourth street east, one hundred dollars:
For opening and improving Second street east, from Maryland avenue to Pennsylvania avenue, one hundred dollars:
For opening and improving Virginia avenue from Seventh to Eleventh street east, two hundred and fifty dollars:
For improving South K street from Seventh street to Seventeenth street east, eight hundred dollars:
For improving South L Street from Jersey avenue to Georgia avenue and thence along Georgia avenue to south K street, three hundred dollars:
For opening and improving Eleventh street east from the Eastern Branch to Pennsylvania avenue, three hundred dollars:
For improving South M street from Seventh to Eleventh street east, one hundred dollars:
For repairing East Capitol street from Second to Twenty-second street east, one hundred dollars:
For opening Second street east from Pennsylvania avenue to Virginia avenue, three hundred dollars:
For paving gutters on Pennsylvania avenue between Sixth and Seventh streets west, forty dollars:
For building an addition to the Eastern Branch Market-house, thirteen hundred dollars:
For repairing Twentieth street west from Pennsylvania avenue to the northern boundary of the city, fifty dollars:
For opening and repairing South B street between New Jersey and Pennsylvania avenues, one hundred and fifty dollars:
For improving Seventh street east, from M street south to Pennsylvania avenue, one hundred and fifty dollars:
For improving and opening gutters on Eighth street east, between M and G. streets south, one hundred dollars:
For repairing Maryland avenue from the Capitol Square to Third street east, one hundred dollars:
For improving and gravelling Fourteenth street west, from North F street, to the Northern boundary of the city, one hundred and fifty dollars:
For improving South N street, from Third street east to Second street east, one hundred dollars:
For improving Third street east, between Virginia avenue and South L street, one hundred dollars:
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the Mayor be authorised to appoint three inhabitants of the neighborhood of that part of Pennsylvania avenue, which lies between Ninth and Fourteenth streets west, who, when appointed are hereby authorised to convey water from the spring, commonly called "Caffrey's Spring," (or from any other spring which may be more convenient) to Pennsylvania avenue, and to continue the same on said avenue, as far as the funds hereinafter provided for will enable them.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the sum of three hundred and sixty-six dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated for the above object, Provided however, that the Treasurer shall not pay the same until the Mayor is satisfied, that the inhabitants of the aforesaid neighborhood, have subscribed and paid into the hands of the commissioners appointed as aforesaid the sum of five hundred and forty-four dollars.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor be and hereby is authorised to borrow on legal interest in the name of the Corporation, and for the before-mentioned purposes, any sum not exceeding five thousand dollars, which shall be repaid out of the first money received into the Treasury after the first day of December next.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That there shall be appointed by the Mayor, three inhabitants of the neighborhood of said streets and avenues, and Market-house, whose duty it shall be to contract for and superintend the expenditure of the aforesaid appropriations.
SAML. N. SMALLWOOD, President of the First Chamber. JAMES S. EVESON, President pro tem of the Second Chamber. APPROVED, AUGUST 4, 1809. ROBERT BRENT, Mayor.
STATED MEETING OF THE S. AND W. SOCIETY A Meeting of the S. And W. Society was held on Friday evening the 20th inst. at the usual place in Georgetown, for the transaction of business, being a stated meeting. The Members are requested to be punctual in attendance. By order of the President.
SONG, Written by the celebrated Dr. FRANKLIN, in honor of his wife.
Of their Chloe and Phillises poets may prate, I sing of my plain country Joan; Now twelve years my wife, still the joy of my life— Bless'd day that I made her my own! Not a word of her shape, her face or her eyes, Or of flames or darts shall you hear; Tho' I beauty admire, 'tis virtue I prize, For it fades not in seventy years.
With peace and good humor my household she guides Right careful to save what I gain, Yet cheerful attends and smiles on my friends, Whom with pleasure I oft entertain.
In health a companion delightful and dear, Still easy, engaging and free; In sickness, no less than the tenderest nurse, She's tender as tender can be.
She defends my good name e'en when I'm to blame, Friend former to man ne'er was given; Her compassionate breast feels for all the distress'd, Which draws down new blessings from Heaven.
Some faults we have all—and so may my Joan, But then they're exceedingly small; And now I'm us'd to them they're so like my own, I can scarcely discern them at all.
Was the fairest young Princess, with mil- lions in purse, To be had in exchange for my Joan, She could not be a better, she might be a worse, So I'd e'en be content with my own.
The following Epitaph, found on a tomb stone in Scotland, is designed to ridicule the proud pretensions of men who rely on birth and inheritance, instead of wisdom and virtue.
Johnie Carnegie lies here, Descended from Adam and Eve; If any gang ligher I'll willingly gie him leave.
MISSISSIPPI TERRITORY.
MESSAGE Of the Governor to the House of Representa- tives on the third instant.
To the House of Representatives of the Mis- sissippi Territory.
GENTLEMEN, You have been convened at this period for the purpose of affording you an oppor- tunity to exercise the power with which you are invested by the ordinance for the govern- ment of this Territory, to nominate ten persons qualified to be Members of the Legislative Council, in order that the Presi- dent of the United States may select there- from the number requisite to form this branch of the territorial legislature.
The prosperity of a free government de- pending in a great degree upon the faithful discharge of trust by those whom the peo- ple have honored with their confidence—I cannot entertain a doubt but that you will be governed in performing this important duty, by the sole view of promoting the general good.
DAVID HOLMES. Washington, M. T. July 3d, 1809.
The following address was presented by the House to Governor Holmes. To his Excellency David Holmes, Governor of the Mississippi Territory.
SIR, The House of Representatives take occa- sion to congratulate your excellency on your safe arrival in the territory. The source from which you derived your appointment, as well as the character which you have so long maintained on the theatre of public life, afford well grounded assurances that your administration of this government will be conducted on purely republican princi- ples, and in the manner best calculated to promote the interest of the territory.
In carrying into effect these laudable views, rely, sir, upon always meeting the cordial co-operation of the members of this House, both in their individual and public capacities; and in the hope that your ad- ministration may be as pleasing to yourself as profitable to your country—We wish you, sir, health and happiness.
P. L. CLAIBORNE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. BEVERLY R. GRAYSON, Clerk. July 4th, 1809.
(GOVERNOR'S REPLY.)
Fellow Citizens of the House of Representatives, The reception with which you have been pleased to honor me, by your respectful ad- dress upon my arrival as chief magistrate of this territory, demands my grateful acknow- ledgements. To merit, eventually, in your opinions and that of your constituents this mark of attention and civility will be to me a source of infinite satisfaction. I have al- ways, fellow citizens, professed to be a re- publican; by that I mean a friend to free government formed and administered by the authority of the people, and to the su- premacies of laws emanating from the same source. That I shall commit many errors in the course of my public conduct, cannot be doubted; but I am emboldened to say they will not be errors of intention, and will therefore rely with confidence upon the indulgence of a generous and enlightened people—Accept gentlemen, my best wishes to your prosperity and happiness.
DAVID HOLMES. Washington, July 4th, 1809.
ADDRESS TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. To James Madison President of the U. States.
The Representatives of the Mississippi Territory, convened for the purpose of no- minating ten persons, from among whom a legislative council shall be appointed, cannot close their session without expressing their satisfaction on your elevation to the chief magistracy of the union; an event grateful to their feelings as it is flattering to the fu- ture prospects of the nation. Though par- taking but partially of the benefits of our peerless constitution, being not yet fully within its pale, still the people of this terri- tory will always feel a deep concern for whatever regards our national interest or honour. We rely, sir, with the fullest con- fidence that the government in your hands will be administered in the true spirit of the constitution, with a single view to the best interests of our country, and according to the exemplar of your late illustrious prede- cessor. Fully confiding in your talents, virtue and patriotism, we beg you to accept assurances of our firm attachment and best wishes for your health and happiness.
F. L. CLAIBORNE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. BEVERLY R. GRAYSON, Clerk. July 5th, 1809.
FROM THE AURORA.
INVASION OF ENGLAND.—A Paris paper of the 6th June, contains the follow- ing notice of a work just published there, entitled "An essay on the means for com- pelling England to raise the blockade of the coasts of France, written by M. de M****"
"The Carthaginians were the pirates of antiquity; the English are the pirates of our days. Like the descendants of the Ty- rians the progeny of the Angles are seamen from their geographical position; like them they are greedy of gold, the riches of the whole world are the objects of their covet- ousness, and they claim the sovereignty or exclusive property of the seas. But that thirst for wealth, and that ambition, which destroyed Carthage, will ruin her worthy rival. Blindness has seized them. It is the Monstrum horrendum, informe, ingens, cui lumen ademptum."
"The British ministry necessarily bribes, and is as necessarily corrupt. That corrup- tion began with the revolution of 1688. William III. a gloomy, false, and deceitful prince, was well calculated to give perfec- tion to the bad faith and duplicity of cabi- nets. He wanted neither vices nor inclina- tion to corrupt the whole world. "It (said he) I had places to give, or if I were rich enough to grant pensions, there is not a whig that I could not make the most deter- mined Tory." William knew mankind well —animus hominis est impatiens injuriarum.
"Since the intrusion of the House of Ha- nover to the British throne, a disastrous e- poch for the sovereigns of Europe, the sys- tem of corruption, usurpation, and rapaci- ty, has rapidly increased. We know that Robert Walpole had in his pocket a regu- lar scale, or standard, of all degrees of hon- esty: Lord Chatham and his son adhered to his principles. At all times, but more particularly at this time, those principles predominate in the cabinet of St. James. Bad faith, violations of treaties, cruelty, & robbery—such is the system of England. Pudendum ingenium."
"And it is because this system of corrup- tion and usurpation is now at its height, it is because the English government is in a state of delirium, that it is emboldened to insult all the powers of Europe, to violate the rights of nations, and to consider them as her tributaries and slaves. And it is this, we repeat, that is hastening their fall: well informed Englishmen themselves, who know their weak side, do not conceal this; and they admit that it is possible for France to avenge her wrongs in the very heart of G. Britain. Sandwich, Lord North, and Lord Rockford said alike—"We need not try to destroy France, all we have to do is to pre- vent the destruction of England." In fact, every people that has dared to attempt to make a descent upon England, has con- quered it. We mention, for example, the invasions of the Romans, Danes, Saxons and Normans.
"This is the opinion of the author of the essay we are noticing, and we now give the prominent features of his production:—
"Among the events, which change will produce, is one that sooner or later must be considered as certain, and be equally an- ticipated by those who are to accomplish it as by those whom it is to affect—the landing of a French army in England. It has long been said that the French will never be able to make peace but in London—and there they may make it in earnest.
"That a descent is possible, no one doubts; that it may be easily effected, is what prepossession induces many to deny; not among the enemy, who know very well their strong and their weak side, but among the very people called to make the descent. We shall be astonished, one day or another, no matter when, to find that, what was long considered as impossible or as very difficult, was accomplished in a few hours, in the course of a tide, without striking a blow."
"This essay is divided into five chapters. In the first, the author endeavors to enforce the necessity of raising, and keeping in ser- vice at all times, 50,000 marine soldiers, organized for the service of artillery, mus- quetry, boarding, and the other manoeuvres of vessels of war. The author shews that a sailor is not, in the correct sense of the term, a fighting man, although he does jus- tice to his patience under privations, to his fortitude during a storm, and to that cool courage which enables him to manoeuvre his ship, either under the fire of an enemy's artillery, or under the fire of the heavens themselves.
"He, therefore, considers it indispens- ably necessary that there should be men ex- clusively designed for the navigation and management of the ship, and other men prepared to fight. But in he first instance, he soldier should have served an appre-
nticeship to the sea service: once disciplined, an advantage will be found in confiding to him, and jointly with the marine artillery, the duties of attack and defence in sea- fights; establishing a real and useful distinc- tion between the seaman and the soldier, the sailor being, during the action, what the soldier will be in manoeuvring, simply an auxiliary, and not a principal.
"It is for this reason that the author con- cludes, that there ought to be always in readiness, a corps of marine soldiers, ex- clusively for the service of vessels of war, or for maritime expeditions, to consist solely of active men, trained for the service.
"He calculates that France will, at one time, have one hundred ships of the line, all armed and prepared at the same time, be- sides frigates, and two hundred corvettes, cutters, luggers, brigs, advice boats, and other vessels of war: he divides the marine soldiers proportionably to each vessel & the number distributed amount to 40,000 men, all embarked; 10,000 being retained as a reserve, to relieve, successively, re- turning detachments, and to perform port duty, &c.
"Supposing that force raised (says the author) we should instantly set about exer- cising it, in order that it may be completely prepared for its destined service—the rais- ing the blockade of the French coast, the preservation of the coasting trade and fish- eries, and that it may contribute to promote the freedom of the seas."
"To accomplish such important objects, without creating too heavy an expense for the government, the author proposes to employ, for the immediate execution of his project, 500 gun-boats, and 500 pinnaces, to be taken from the immense collection of them laying useless at Boulogne; he pro- poses that they should be repaired and em- ployed in such a manner that they should not only render an immediate service, but be prepared to contribute to make a descent near the straights of Dover—their flotilla to be stationed in the ports of the channel, and sufficient to land 30,000 men, a force at least equal to any that the English could collect at a single point.
"We will here remark, what the author does not appear to have recollected, that, if we are to make a descent, it will not be pru- dent to make the points of embarkation re- mote from each other; for should they be remote, it will be difficult to unite even those stationed in the ports of the channel; and that if a descent should take place, the rais- ing the blockade of our ports will be one of the brilliant and necessary consequences— All those preparations, therefore, would have no other object. But let us proceed.
"The author proposes to make a great, steady and simultaneous movement, from the whole extent of the coast of France; a move- ment guided by the direction of the winds generally prevailing in our climate, and so combined that their variation, whatever it may be, may not suspend or paralyse the ob- ject. This movement requires, that the force destined to make it, should be distrib- uted in nearly all the ports situated imme- diately on the French coast. The author designates the mode of that distribution in the principal places, the ordinary stations, and ports of armament. 1st division, the Belgic coast from Flushing to Boulogne— 2d. north coast from Boulogne to Havre— 3d. eastern channel from Havre to Cher- bourg—4th. western channel from Cher- bourg to Brest—5th. northern sea from Brest to Rochelle—6th. southern sea from Ro- chelle to Bayonne. Such is the purport of the second chapter.
"The third contains directions for the service of the gun-boats & pinnaces, intend- ed to be used as cruisers for the protection of the coasting trade—the manner of cruizing during the variable winds, and how the armed vessels are to execute the move- ments in the sixth division.
"The fourth chapter offers observations for the direction of the gun-boats, upon the conduct they should observe on meeting an enemy of superior force, or one which they may think proper to attack with an appear- ance of success.
"The author, in closing his work, by a review of its contents, enumerates the ad- vantages that would result from the adop- tion of the proposed measure; among others:—
"The extension and amelioration of the defence of the coast, by employing moveable sea-batteries:
"The means of exercising to the sea-ser- vice a numerous corps, indispensable for the service of the imperial squadrons:
"The facility with which provisions and supplies could be furnished, either to ports of armament or construction:
"The security of the coasting trade, the utmost extent of our resources, either for the service of government, or for the pur- poses of commerce:
"The cessation of the dangers, that at present await the entrance and departure of vessels of war, merchantmen, privateers, and their prizes, &c.
"A market opened, to the proprietors of the maritime departments, for the consump- tion of a great quantity of their wines, cat- tle, and provisions of all sorts:
"The impracticability of smuggling or making clandestine landings:
"Nothing, in fine, can be more pure or patriotic than the views of the author."
The exportation of gun-powder, salt-petre ammunition, and any sort of arms, from Great Britain, is prohibited until the 6th of Decem- ber next.
FROM THE RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
RECAPITULATION Of facts and inferences.
FACT 1st.—That the accredited agent of Great Britain did on the 18th April, solemnly pledge the faith of his gov- ernment, to take off her obnoxious orders of January and November,
1807, on condition that the United States would take off the restrictions to a commercial intercourse with her.
FACT 2d.—That in consequence of this pledge, the United States did re- scind their Embargo laws as respects G. Britain.
Our merchants have risked on the high seas, nearly 1,800 of their vessels—and 50 or 60 millions of their property.
The pressure of the embargo on G. Britain is gone—her islands are supplied with provisions and lum- ber, her manufacturers with ma- terials, and her merchants with a market.
FACT 3d.—That at a time when all these good effects were secured to herself, the act of her minister was disavowed—all the benefits of the contract were lost to the United States —besides the immense calamity of having 1,800 of our vessels, and 50 millions of our property, laid open to her rapacity.
FACT 4th.—That if this engagement of their minister be not contra- ry to his instructions, the disavowal of it is one of the most profligate acts of perfidy, which stands on record since the days of ancient Carthage—whilst such acts would call the United States to arms they would deserve the indig- nant execrations of the world—for "If honor is to desert the rest of the world, let it never abandon the bo- soms of princes"—without which, words would be but wind, treaties would be but parchment, the reciproc- ities of commerce could never be secured, and wars would be perpetual.
FACT 5th.—That the character, the situation and the assurances of Mr. Er- skine, are the pledges of his having fulfilled his instructions—
his character is that of a man of ho- nor.
his situation is that of a minister, who holds his office on the plea- sure and suspicions of a party in opposition to his own;
and his assurances, both at the first adjustment of the affair and after the receipt of subsequent dis- patches, were ample and conclu- sive that he was "authorised" and was acting "in conformity to his majesty's instructions."
Whilst neither the character nor the measures of the ministry are any pledges of the contrary—whilst the conflagration of Copenhagen and the orders of November are on record— whilst the affairs of England are con- ducted by such men as Canning, a je- suitical sophist, and "a joker of jokes" —Melville, a proven peculator—and Castlereagh, the unblushing advocate of parliamentary corruption.
FACT 6th.—That there are the strongest reasons for believing, that the instructions laid before the House of Commons, by Mr. Canning, were not the ones, by which Mr. Erskine had acted:
because there was nearly a lapse of one month, from the date of these instructions, to the departure of Mr. Oakley:
because these are entirely silent a- bout the affair of the Ches- apeake, which appears, from the first letter of Mr. Erskine to Mr. Smith, to have been the first point which he was instructed to bring forward:
because they are so directly contra- ry to the arrangement at Wash- ington that they could not have borne him out in the assurances which he gave on that occasion, and which he afterwards repeated on the orders of the 26th April, in the most solemn, prompt and spontaneous manner:
FACT 7th.—That if these were the only instructions, they at least would show the proud and insolent presump- tion, which actuates the present minis- try of G. Britain—the impossibility of coming to any fair agreement with such a band—and the necessity of re- sorting to some immediate and deci- sive steps for the vindication or protec- tion of our rights.
that the 1st condition, which calls upon us to give security for our good behavior, in defence of our own rights too, against the attacks of France—
the second which requires us to re- landon one of the natural bran- ches of our commerce, which the present President of the United States has so ably defended—the British cabinet itself in 1801 ac- knowledged, and which, in 1806, all the leading merchants as well

as the Senate of the the United States, pledged themselves to protect; and the 3d, which solicits the aid of the British navy to enforce our laws—are derogatory to our honor as well as to our interests. That the disavowal of Mr. Erskine's engagement, is the disavowal of all intention to do us justice—because it admitted no favors on us—but only recognized certain rights, which the United States might claim and demand.
FACT 2d.—That even if Mr. Erskine has transgressed his instructions, the government has equally transgressed those peculiar duties which grew out of such an event. They have neither stepped to their own principles, nor displayed that tenderness towards our merchants, of which they have made their sounding professions. What was their duty? To replace us as nearly as possible in that situation, from which their minister had withdrawn us. Their orders of May 24th permit only the vessels of the United States sailing before the 20th of July, to enter the ports of Holland. This concession falls eminently short of our rights.
1. Because many of our vessels are bound to other ports than those of Holland. 2. Because these orders had not received many of the ports of the U. States by the 20th July—but vessels sailing from these, are liable to capture. 3. Because many of our vessels have gone to Cowes, or Cadiz &c. "and for a market," which would have gone into Dutch ports, but for the orders of April.
FACT 9th.—That even the privileges of entering the ports of Holland will almost be rendered nugatory by the arbitrary retention of their "being actually blockaded." It is a fact, stated in the Philadelphia Gazette, that the ship Creole, which left the Texel on the 28th May, reports, that even at that time the ports of Holland were strictly blockaded by the British.
FACT 10th.—That the operation of the orders of April last, was shifted from the 10th August to the 20th of July—through the influence of 160 merchants and others—on the consensated ground that the trade of the Americans "militated against their interests." Thus proving in conjunction with previous facts, that it is not so much against an enemy as a rival, that Great Britain points her artillery—that it is our trade which her merchants wish to possess, and our vessels which her navy wishes to plunder.
FACT 11th.—That should the United States submit to the encroachments of Britain, our trade will take a new and disgraceful course—all our vessels, bound to the continent will be lawful prize to the British—insurance on them will be dearer than a licence;—and our produce will only be sent to British ports, or be sold to British agents, and smuggled into the continent for the benefit of British merchants. They will run off with the produce of our own cargoes, by carrying on that trade themselves from which we have been interdicted us; and we shall sink into the humble colonists, factors and tributaries of Great Britain.
FACT 12th.—That Francis James Jackson, the fugitive of Munich, and the negotiator of the robbery of the Danes, has been commissioned a minister to the U.S.—thus, really adding insult to our injuries.
FACT 13th.—That the ministry of Britain fully verifies the maxim—that "submission never yet set boundaries to encroachment"—that if we now submit to her exactions no limits can be prescribed to her cupidity—Who shall even presume to say, that Mr. Jackson will not be hereafter instructed to demand, that no commerce shall be carried on but to British ports—perhaps that no produce shall be exported but in British bottoms—and that the declaration of American independence itself may be cast into the flames? There are Tories enough, even in this country, inclined to justify such requisitions.
Mark the consequences! SHALL WE THEN SUBMIT?
SPAIN. Royal Decree of his Majesty. The Spanish people must retire from this bloody struggle, with a certainty of leaving to their posterity, an inheritance of prosperity and glory, worthy of their sighly endeavors and the blood they shed. Never has the Supreme Junta lost sight of this object, which in the midst of continual agitation caused by the successes of the war, has always been their principal desire. The advantages of the enemy less due to their valor than to their superiority of numbers, failed for the attention of government; but, at the same time the reflexion was sad and
poignant, that the misfortunes which the nation has suffered, proceeds from the oblivion into which those salutary institutions have fallen, which in more propitious days were columns of prosperity and the strength of the state. Usurping ambition on one side, and indolent abandonment on the other, by degrees reduced them to nothing; and the Junta, from the moment of their installation, solemnly constituted themselves by obligation to re-establish them.
The time has arrived to commence this great work, and to meditate on the various reformation which ought to be made in our administration—securing them on the fundamental laws of monarchy, which can only consolidate them; and, hearing for the purpose, (as information was given to the public) the wisdom of those who may wish to express their opinion.
Our lord and king, Ferdinand the 7th, wishing that the Spanish nation may appear before the eyes of the world, with that dignity due to their heroic endeavors, resolved that the rights and prerogatives of the citizens may be freed from new attacks, and that the fountains of public felicity when freed from the obstacles which until now has obstructed them, may run freely, as soon as the war ceases, and repair all that inveterate and arbitrary power has drained, and the present devastation destroyed: we have decreed the following:
1. That the legal and known representation of the monarchy in the ancient Cortes may be re-established, convoking the first ones for the approaching year, or sooner, if circumstances would permit. 2. That the Junta may think immediately of the manner, number and class, with which, in consideration of the present circumstances, the concurrence of the deputies to this august assembly, may be verified; that for this purpose they may appoint and commission five of their voters, who with all the attention and diligence which this important affair requires, may recognize and prepare all the toils and plans, which being examined and approved of by the Junta, are to serve for the convocation and formation of the first Cortes. 3. That besides this point, which in consequence of its urgency, must be primarily considered, that the Junta must extend their investigations to the following points, and propose them successively to the whole nation in Cortes nation in Cortes:—Means and resources to maintain the sacred war, in which, with the greatest justice, the nation is engaged, until it obtains the glorious end proposed.—Means of securing the observance of the fundamental laws of the kingdom.—Means of ameliorating our legislation, banishing introduced abuses, and facilitating its perfection, recovery, administration and distribution of the state's income.—Necessary reformation in the system of public instruction and education.—Means of regulating and maintaining a permanent army in time of peace and war, being conformable to the obligations and income of the state.—Means of preserving a navy in proportion to the army.—The part which American possessions ought to have in the meeting of the Cortes. 4. To re-unite all necessary information to such important discussions, the Junta shall consult the Councils, Superior Juntas of the Provinces, Tribunals, Colleges, Chapter-Houses, Bishops and Universities, and shall hear wise and illustrious persons. 5. That this decree shall be printed, published, and circulated with due formality, that it may inform the whole nation.
This I communicate to you, that you may make arrangements for its compliance. (Signed) THE MARQUIS OF ASTORGA, President. Royal Palace of Seville, May 22, 1809. To Don Martin Garay. Which royal decree I communicate to your lordship, that by being published and circulated, the sovereign will may be complied with. Royal Palace of Seville, May 25, 1809. (Signed) MARTIN DE GARAY. New York, Aug. 18.
It will be seen by our extracts from Lloyd's list, that American vessels continued to pour into the different ports of England, where the markets for their cargoes were bad indeed, hardly any thing bringing more than first cost. Captain Clark, however, informs, that about the time of his sailing, the markets were getting better; and some articles had sold at advanced prices, owing to an apprehension that our government would renew the non-intercourse in consequence of the objection to Mr. Erskine's arrangement. There was also a great demand for American vessels, to convey troops, &c. to accompany the new expedition which was on the eve of departure
from England. A temporary embargo was expected, to continue till after the sailing of the expedition, in which case, American vessels nearly ready for sea will meet with detention.
LONDON, June 28.—It is confidently reported, that the earl of Chatham is to be the commander in chief of the expedition now preparing to sail.
Report states, that an insurrection has broken out at St. Petersburg. A number of the nobility and men of influence, it is said, have menaced the emperor with deposition, unless he consented to order the return of the troops which were marching against Austria; and also immediately negotiate a peace with Great Britain.
That there is no intention on the part of the French and Dutch governments to relax in the execution of their severe commercial decrees, even at the present critical moment, which might suggest moderation and forbearance, is shown by the following answer, which was recently given in Holland, to a petition for leave to discharge some American ships:—
"The Director of Public Concerns on the River, informs Mr. —, that, in conformity with his Majesty's orders, his petition touching the American ships, cannot be complied with. That although it afflicts his majesty to be under the necessity of obstructing commerce, in order to avoid greater inconveniences, he cannot revoke the existing orders. All American ships, laden with goods, which are allowed to be imported, will be admitted; but should their cargoes consist of colonial produce, though they should even come from Dutch colonies, they must be deposited in the king's ware-houses until peace takes place, or wait the event of more favorable circumstances or times.—June 20."
JULY 1.—Portuguese paper to the 7th ultimo are received. The intelligence they bring is in general not very important. They state, however, that a vessel had arrived at Lisbon, the captain of which reported that an insurrection had taken place at Genoa, and that the Genoese had put all the French in that city to death.
A gentleman who left Holland on Tuesday last, arrived in town yesterday. He states, that before he left Amsterdam a great ferment prevailed in the public mind, that the people seemed inclined to oppose the measures of their government, and an account, said to have been received that insurrection having broke out in Flanders, greatly tended to augment and keep alive that spirit of disobedience which was little short of open revolt.
This morning the government received, by one of our cruizers, arrived at Harwick from the Dutch coast, intelligence of extraordinary exertions making by king Louis, to raise and embody all persons capable of military service. This force, when collected, was to be marched to the frontiers of Westphalia, where, it was not concealed, the situation of his brother Jerome had become very perilous. A letter from Rotterdam dated on the evening of the 26th ultimo, says—
"It is expected that the king of Westphalia has, in consequence of a general commotion among his subjects, by this time taken refuge in Frankfort, the inhabitants of which city, are even apprehensive of an hostile visit from the insurgents."
Letters were received from Amsterdam of so late a date as the 28th ult. They write that no account of the second battle between the two grand armies had reached them; it was certain, however, that Bonaparte was in an awkward predicament. He was completely kept in check by the Archduke Charles, while the whole of the Tyrol was up in arms, and the north of Germany in possession of the Austrians. It was understood in Holland that all the Dutch ports would be closed on the 20th July, but on what account was not said. American vessels would not be admitted according to the present determination of the Dutch government.
The Marquis of Wellesley has been prevented from setting off upon his mission to Spain on account of indisposition. The noble Marquis being recovered he will leave London on Monday for Portsmouth, to proceed to Spain. He will be accompanied by Lord Apsley, the son of Earl Bathurst.
The expedition, which is now in great forwardness, will certainly be to sail in a week. We lament to state, that government have experienced great difficulties in the procuring of transports. The American merchants have this day been informed, that such American ships as can be at Deptford early in the week, may be engaged for a three months service, at 25s per month.
A letter from Carlscrona mentions, that eight American vessels have been seized in Russian ports and condemned.
Some of the German papers talk of negotiations for peace. We trust there is no foundation for them—for what real permanent good or glory could result from them. Bonaparte would return to France, not with more pacific sentiments in his heart, but with a determination to make war again the moment a favorable opportunity presented itself. Surely, Austria and every state must now be convinced that there can be no end to war, but in the overthrow of him who is the author of it.
Plymouth, June 27. By the Cæsar, 84, hon. rear admiral Stopford, from Basque Roads, is learnt that all the French line of battle ships, except those destroyed, are gone up the river near Rochfort to be repaired as fast as possible. One frigate is kept in Basque Roads as a guard ship.
JULY 1. We understand that the appointment of Lord Bentinck, who was to have gone on a special mission to the Emperor Francis, is superceded for the present.
A report was yesterday in circulation, that a conspiracy had been formed against the Emperor of Russia, and that by the members of this conspiracy he had been threatened with dethronement if he took the side of France against Austria, &c. It might have occurred to every one, that it is not by threats that conspiracies against sovereigns either in Russia or any where else, announce themselves. We know also, that letters of the 7th inst. have been received from Petersburg, in which no allusion whatever is made to such a circumstance.
LONDON, July 2. We hear with much pleasure, that accounts have been received by government, of the French having been repulsed with considerable loss in several attempts which they made on the 15th, 16th, and 17th ult. to cross the Danube, in the neighborhood of Presburgh. The details of these operations are unknown; but the fact of the defeat of the enemy is so far credited by ministers, as to have induced their communication of it to Prince Stahremberg, and to the Spanish Ambassador.
Yesterday we received an Amsterdam paper of Tuesday last, together with several German Gazettes to the 20th ult. The information which they furnish will be read with interest, principally as shewing the great embarrassments to which Bonaparte is reduced and the successes which have attended the patriotic exertions of the Tyrolians.
So critical has Bonaparte's situation become, and so comprehensive are his expedients to reinforce his army, that the soldiers wounded in the battles of Ratisbon, Echnuhl, &c. who were left in the sick quarters at Munich, Augsburg, &c. have been obliged to appear before a medical commission, charged with an examination into the condition of their wounds, and every man, sufficiently recovered to be competent to do any kind of military duty, has been sent to the army in waggons. Between the 1st and 12th of June, General Moulin sent from Augsburg upwards of 300 wounded officers for Vienna. Many of those, who were unable to bear the fatigue of a land carriage were conveyed by water.
The communication between Munich and Vienna has become so insecure from the incursions of the Austrians and Tyrolians, that five waggons loaded with specie, which were proceeding from Munich for the payment of the French army, had, on their arrival at Markel, been obliged to return to Munich, and it was supposed would be sent for greater security to Augsburg.
Bonaparte, after the late battle of Ratisbon, ordered his military chest, and the greater part of the baggage of his army, to be sent to Mentz, promising his soldiers abundant supplies from the Austrian magazines. He has, however, been disappointed & been obliged to bring back his baggage, &c. from the Rhine to Augsburg, and to transport it from thence to Vienna on rafts. Early in June, Count Collovarth intercepted three of these rafts, with a considerable quantity of baggage and ammunition, on the Danube, below Crens.
The most important successes continue to crown the patriotic exertions of the Tyrolians. They have compelled the Bavarian Gen. Deloy to fly from the strong position of Kufstein, after two days fighting, and to retire by Wischbach towards Munich. Gen. Picard had at the same time, been driven from Kempten, and been pursued as far as Kauten within four posts of Augsburg, while the Württemberg corps, under Gen. Von Scheeler, has been beaten beyond the Schussen. Another corps of Patriots, from Schemnitz, had advanced into Bavaria, as far as Aibling and had on their route been joined by numbers of the inhabitants.
A body of Austrian Cavalry, from the Tyrol, has penetrated through Ba-
varia, into Franconia. It proceeded by Eslingen and Gresslingen, and levied heavy contributions on its route. Gen. Moulin dispatched a corps of French and Bavarian horses from Augsburg, by Newburg and Aichstadt, towards Nurnburgh, to watch their motions at Dietfurth; the hostile squadrons came in contact, and after a sharp action, the French retreated, and the Austrians continued on their route to Nurnburgh, where it is understood they joined the Bohemian corps, under the command of the Duke of Brunswick.
The Archduke Maximilian, on retiring from Vienna, carried with him the whole of his own corps, together with 6000 men who had joined him on the 11th, under the orders of Gen. Kienmayer, and this retreat, which is represented in the French Bulletin as the flight of a few individuals, was conducted with the greatest order.
Early in the last month several waggons loaded with presents from Napoleon to Alexander, passed through Frankfort, on their route from Paris to Petersburg.—They are valued at three millions of florins.
A considerable number of troops have been stationed along the Russian coasts, in the Baltic, under an apprehension of a descent from the British squadrons in that sea.
Extraordinary exertions are making in Bavaria to recruit the army, and six battalions of reserve have been ordered.—The people, however are decidedly adverse to the service, and great numbers have joined the insurgents in the Tyrol.
Lord Leveson Gower, it is reported, is to have a seat in the cabinet attached to his War Secretaryship. The unusual association of appointments is imputed to Mr. Canning, with a view, it is added, to strengthen that gentleman's influence in the council.
Since the raising of the embargo in America, 150 sail of merchantmen have entered the port of Liverpool, whereas only two vessels have entered the port of London.
The following distinguished naval officers go with the expedition:—Sir R. Strachan, Admiral Stopford, Admiral Otway, Sir R. Keats, and Lord Cochrane.
JULY 3.—We understand that the American Consul here, has received information from the American Consul at Amsterdam, that the existing state of affairs between the U.S. and France rendered it hazardous for American vessels, particularly with colonial produce, to proceed at this time to the ports of Holland, as some, which had already arrived, were under difficult and embarrassing circumstances. Tobacco and pot ash, however, are allowed by law to enter; but on a view of all circumstances, those concerned will judge of the risk they run in proceeding there at this moment.
The King has been pleased to constitute and appoint the Rt. Hon. Granville Leveson Gower, (commonly called Lord Granville Leveson Gower), to be his majesty's Secretary at War.
It was expected on Saturday, that orders would be issued for an immediate embargo at all the out-ports. The proper officers were in waiting all day at the custom-house. The preparations for the grand expedition are carried on with great activity. A very large fleet of men of war is collecting at Spithead, to take the troops on board; the force being so great that transports cannot be procured to carry them. They are to take on board both horse and foot soldiers. The following are the regiments which are to embark there. Three squadrons of the 9th Lt. Dragoons, two companies of the 95th Rifle Corps, the 68th, 71st, and 87th Lt. Infantry; the 5th, 23d, (2d bat.) 20th, 32d, 36th, 8th (2d bat.), 82d, & 89th regiments. These troops are to encamp on ground between Haslar and Port Monckton, and on Ware Common, near Gosport. The Royal Artillery, 1000 strong; the 2d bat. Royals, 2d bat. 35th, 2d bat. 31st, 2d bat. 14th and 31st, and 2d bat. 63d regiments. These regiments are to encamp on South Sea Common, until the whole come in. The 6th, 8th, 22d, 26th and 35th, are arrived. The whole of the troops will have marched in by the 10th inst. Gen. Sir Eyre Coote, General Picton, and Brig. Gen. Ferrott, are the only officers yet arrived. Commissioner Bower, of the transport board, and M c J. Nisbet, Dep. Quarter master-general of the district, are come to superintend the arrangements for the embarkation. The ships at present ordered to be victualled at Portsmouth, for the service, and taking in their lower deck guns to afford accommodation for the troops, are, we understand, the following, consisting of 22 sail of the line, 6 frigates, and 2 bombs. More are expected.—Eagle, Impetueux, Revenge, Hero, Valiant, Venerable, Superb, Ganges, Centaur, Alcion, Marlborough, Royal Oak, Alfred, Caesar, Monarch, Belleisle, Bellona, Orion, Achilles, Repulse, Resolution, Illustrious, Imperieuse, Rota, L'Aigle, Peacock, Pallas, Dryad, devastation and Vesuvius. Rear-admiral Otway has hoisted his flag on board the Monarch 74, C pt . Lee being appointed to a command in the expedition.
PORTSMOUTH, July 2.—The Mubank cartel, arrived on Friday night at this port, from Mortloix. Col. Williamton Morton, who sailed in her from Portsmouth, with despatches from the American government, for that of France, landed there on the 21st ult., but it was with great difficulty that he obtained permission to go on shore.
RUSSIA. Please to the Senate.—It is known to the whole world, with what fairness the trade of neutrals has been protected by Russia, when the powers of Europe were at war; it is known with what value she has guarded the interest of trading nations, in the time of peace, against the events of war. Following up this inviolable principle, also during the present rupture with Britain, we entertained the fullest hope that the trade with friendly powers would not be carried on by forbidden means; but as experience during last season, has proved to us, that

The enemy has found it practicable, by means of neutral vessels, to supply himself with such produce as he stood in need of...
That all masters of neutral vessels, arriving at our ports, are to prove the propriety of their neutral character...
In case of neutral ships being partly laden with merchandise, which can be proved to be of the manufacture or produce of the enemy...
If a pass granted the ship, by a neutral, friendly, or allied power, is not to be considered legal...
IV. A pass is not to be considered valid, if it should appear that the vessel to which it is granted was not, at the very time it is dated...
V. If the supercargo or master, or more than one third of the crew of a neutral vessel, should be subjects of powers at war with us...
VI. If it should appear that the pass produced by the master has been counterfeited or altered...
VII. If it should appear that a vessel is provided with double documents, with different destinations...
VIII. No ship built by the enemy is to be considered neutral, unless amongst other documents, a duly attested document is found...
IX. If the owner or commander of a neutral vessel be a native of a nation at war with us...
St. Petersburg, May 7, 1800.
Boston, August 16.
Since Saturday we have perused files of French and Spanish papers to the last of June...
Russian columns, though in slow time, were advancing into the Austrian dominions...
The most active operations, though on a limited scale, were in Hungary...
All accounts, whether Spanish, French or English, of operations in Spain were extremely contradictory.
NOTICE
WAS committed to the jail of Frederick county, Maryland, on the 4th day of July...
GEORGE GREAGER, Sen.
Sheriff, Frederick County, Md.
The Editors of the National Intelligencer at Washington City, Evening Post at Baltimore...
August 23--W.B.
WASHINGTON CITY.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23.
Religion teaches us to believe that the severest dispensations of Providence are blessings in disguise...
Our union among ourselves is infinitely more important than the frowns or favors of the whole foreign world.
There is, indeed, perhaps, great truth in the adage, that adversity is the school of greatness.
The man, who in his closet, aloof from the collisions of interest and the bickerings of party...
Notwithstanding, then, the unfortunate result, the agreement with Mr. Erskine has produced two most important effects.
Thus circumstanced, we present a bolder attitude of union than has been manifested since the war.
a claim for all parties to support a government in the necessary measures for the vindication of our rights...
Will we not, under those circumstances, rally round our government? Will we not take them to our bosom...
The President's Proclamation appears, so far as the public prints may be taken as the organs of the national sentiment...
From the Norfolk Public Ledger. The important proclamation, and accompanying letter published in this day's paper...
The conduct of the Executive upon this occasion appears in strict conformity to duty.
From the Virginia Gazette. We issued our extra sheet on Saturday, containing the President's Proclamation...
We have understood that some of the knowing ones are of opinion that the President had no right to issue such a proclamation.
Upon a view of the documents which have been laid before the public relative to the arrangement...
The British court has pronounced that no injury shall result to us from the confidence which our country had placed in the unauthorised arrangement...
From the Connecticut Herald. We this day lay before our readers the proclamation of the President...
The Baltimore N. American on the 9th instant, previous to the appearance of the Proclamation, expressed itself as follows:
of the Proclamation, expressed itself as follows:
"NON-INTERCOURSE." An opinion we delivered respecting its continuance as to England has been canvassed in several papers.
At a large meeting of the citizens of Baltimore, a committee has been appointed to devise and report a plan for the encouragement of domestic manufactures.
TIMOTHY PICKERING, a Senator of the United States, from the state of Massachusetts, has commenced an action for libel against Baptiste Irvine...
FOR THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
Great Diagonal or South Western Road.
This truly national and important work is about to be commenced, by an humble effort on the part of the citizens of this district...
The great diagonal or West and South Western route, has been a favorite theme with most public spirited men since the foundation of the metropolis at Washington...
The post office establishment must be so largely and materially benefited by the proposed measure...
So much wanted, so long desired, no doubt this road will meet a ready assistance and support on its distant way.
The particular route of this projected work is not as yet fully determined, but we believe will be nearly as follows...
However small the portion of this grand work, which the district of Columbia shall perform...
A petition to this effect will be presented at the coming session of Congress...
August 15th, 1809.
New York, August 19.
Tatist from Quibbe.--A letter was
received by this day's eastern mail from Boston, informing of the arrival at Halifax of the July British Packet...
Lexington, (Ky.) Aug. 12.
A very numerous meeting of the citizens of Fayette county, and the town of Lexington, was held at the Market-house on Wednesday last...
After some nervous and appropriate remarks from Messrs. Clay, Darryl & Grayson, the following energetic resolutions were UNANIMOUSLY adopted:
Resolved, That the refusal of the British government to approve and fulfil the arrangement made by their minister...
Resolved, That to hold any longer diplomatic or commercial intercourse with a nation, thus resorting to disgraceful pretexts...
Resolved, That whilst we disclaim the pretension of prescribing to our government the course which ought to be pursued...
Resolved, That we will, at all hazards and sacrifices, afford to our government our most cordial and energetic support...
LAW CASE.
On Thursday the 10th inst. came on in the United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia for the county of Alexandria...
NOTICE TO COTTON SPINNERS.
THE Manufacturing Company of the city of Washington, have erected a machine for carding Cotton on Pennsylvania Avenue...
I want a good Weaver (of Cotton goods,) to whom constant employment will be given.
J. GARDNER, Superintendent.
Pennsylvania Avenue, August 22, 1809.
A FARM TO LET.
To let on shares, a Farm containing 61 acres, distant between 2 1/2 and 3 miles from the Centre Market House...
Apply to JAMES HOBAN.
August 23--
CAUTION.
ALL persons are hereby cautioned against purchasing any articles belonging to the partnership of LEWIS TALBOTT and myself...
Witness my hand, at Washington City, this twenty first day of August, 1809.
CLEMENT VENABLE.
Aug. 23--31.
ADVERTISEMENT.
WILL be sold on Monday the 26th inst. to the highest bidder, for ready money, at Long's Hotel, one Negro Man...
JOHN CATON.
August 22--

BAKER & RICE, KING OF THE PLOUGH, HATE just received a large supply of VERY REASONABLE GOODS, which they will be very low for cash, or good paper at short dates. August 16—2m-3w.
RUN AWAYS. WAS committed the jail of Washington county in the district of Columbia, the following run-aways, viz. on the 3d inst. Negro JOHN, who says he is a French- man by birth, and says he belongs to John Robert, Pond street, Baltimore, Md.— he appears to be about 16 or 17 years of age, 5 feet 7 inches high, had on when com- mitted, an old black furred hat, blue cloth coat, black cloth vest, a pair of nankin small clothes, old corduroy pantaloons, cot- ton shirt, and new shoes. Negro BASIL, on the 6th inst. who says he was the property of Jacob Smith (4 Balti- more, Md. but now is free; he says he is 41 years of age, 5 feet 6 inches high, yel- low complexion, had on when committed an old worn hat, grey cloth round-about jacket, pincham vest, cotton shirt and linen trousers. The owners of the above negroes are requested to come and prove them and take them away, or they will be sold for their jail fees and other expenses as the law directs. C. TIPPETT, Keeper of the jail for W. Boyd, marshal. August 18—w3.
A VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE. BY virtue of a decree of a decree of the High Court of Chancery of the state of Maryland, will be exposed at public auction on the premises, at 12 o'clock on Wednes- day the 15th day of September next, the Real Estate of Solomon Jones, late of Saint Mary's county, deceased, and whereon the deceased lived, comprised of the following tracts or parcels of LAND, viz. Plumb Point , containing 375 acres, more or less, and Pasture Grave , containing 18 acres, more or less, making a total of about 393 acres. This farm is situated on Saint Mary's river, is well watered and well improved, has an excel- lent, convenient & commodious brick Dwelling- House, with every necessary out house, commanding a view of one of the finest arms of the Potomac, and looking over from 40 to 50 acres (part of this farm) of fine meadow land, equal to any. Culture has proved it for Indian Corn and Timothy to be second to none; a fine marsh for grazing; the orchards are of choice fruit; sufficiently well-timbered and the arable land pro- ductive. If contiguous to church, mill, and mar- ket are advantages, this farm possesses them in an eminent degree. The post-office at the Great Mill is within one & a half miles. The terms of sale are, "purchasers shall give bond with approved security for paying one half of the purchase money with interest within nine months, and the residue within fifteen months without interest from the time of sale." The creditors of the said deceased are hereby notified to exhibit their claims in the Chancery office on or before the 13th day of March next. ENOCH J. MILLARD, Trustee. Leonard Town. Aug. 18—w3.
PUBLIC SALE. By virtue of a Decree of the Chancery Court, the subscriber will expose to Public Sale the following property, (formerly owned by Wm. Hammond, deceased) to wit: PARTNERSHIP, containing in the whole 934 acres of Land. This tract is situated on the head of Severn, in Anne Arundel county, adjoining Maj. Philip Hammond's mill, and will be divided into two Lots— Lot No. 1, will contain 366 acres. Lot No. 2, will contain 568 acres. The whole of the above land is in timber, and about four miles from navigable water. A more particular description is thought un- necessary, as those inclined to purchase will examine and judge for themselves. On ap- plication the land will be shown by Mr. Va- lemine Brown, living near the premises. The sale will be made at Maj. Hammond's mill, on the 23th day of August next, if fair, if not, the next fair day, and will commence at 12 o'clock. The terms are, one fifth of the purchase money on the day of sale, or ratification thereof by the Chancellor, the residue in four equal annual instalments, with interest from the day of sale. DANIEL BROWN, Trustee. The editors of the Federal Gazette and the American, at Baltimore, Freder- icktown Herald, the National Intelligencer, and Mr. Smith's paper at Easton, are requested to insert the above in their papers once a week three times, and send their accounts to the Postmaster at Annapolis. August 7—w3.
TO BE LET. And entered on the 27th of this month, The HOUSE in F street in the occupation of J. M. Baker. Likewise to be LET and entered on the 15th of September, the HOUSE on the Penn- sylvania avenue, now occupied by Wm. Cooper. For particulars enquire of WM. COOKING, 19th street west. July 2—w4.
TO BE SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION. At Northumberland court house, in the county of Northumberland, and state of Virginia, on Tuesday the 5th of Septem- ber next, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, five contiguous plantations, amounting together to about 2700 acres, situate on the river Potomac, and within about three miles of the court house. These estates formerly belonged to Presley Thornton, Esq. and are the same on which he lived. They have ne- ver been seen by either of the subscribers. It is understood, that about 1700 acres of them are as valuable low grounds as any on the river, and a considerable part thereof of heavily timbered. The uplands consist of about 1000 acres, and the whole is well calculated for the production of corn, wheat, tobacco, timothy and small grain of all kinds, in great abundance. The waters are said to abound with excellent fish, oysters and wild fowl. The water carriage is easy and convenient to Norfolk, Baltimore, Alex- andria and the city of Washington; and as these estates possess several good mill seats, with an abundance of water and a plentiful supply of timber, they must be very valuable. The premises will be shown to persons in- clining to purchase, by col. James Moore, who lives on who lives on them, or by Samuel Blackwell, Esq. who lives near to them; and the terms of payment may be known a sufficient time before the sale, by applying to either of them, or to THOMAS ROBINSON, Near Chester, Delaware, Or to W. LEWIS, at Phila. June 7—tds.
Superintendent's Office, Washington, 9th August, 1809. WHEREAS the late Commissioners of the city of Washington, on the 24th December 1793, sold or contracted to sell to Robert Morris & J. Greenleaf, all the then title, in- terest and estate of the public in the squares following, among others, in the said city, viz. 626, 638, 684, 687, 723, 726, 727, 729, 738, 759, 782, 786, 789, 814, 816, 818, 841, 843, 866, 868, 895, 897, 899, 918, 919, 922, 923, 943, 966, 967, 968, 970, 972, 992, 1014, 1016, 1037, 1039, 1040, 1062, 1074, 1075, and 1076. Which sale was upon the terms and conditions of a certain stipulated price being paid therefor at certain fixed periods of time subsequent to the contract. And whereas in the course of certain transactions between the said James Greenleaf and the said Robert Mor- ris, and a certain John Nicholson (who had acquired an interest in said squares) and between the said Jam. Greenleaf and Mor- decai Lewis and Edward Burd, a certain interest estate and title of the said Green- leaf, Morris and Nicholson, in and to the same squares, became pledged, by way of mortgage, to the payment of certain debts due to the said Lewis and Burd, respective- ly. And whereas, the Chancellor of the state of Maryland, in a certain suit late- ly pending in the Chancery Court of that state, between the executors of the said Mordecai Lewis and the said Edward Burd complainants, and Robert Morris, the heirs of John Nicholson, the Commissioners of the city of Washington, James Greenleaf, Henry Pratt, Thomas W. Francis, John Miller, jr. John Ashley, Jacob Baker, George Simpson, William Cranch and Thomas Law, defend- ants, did, among other things, decree, that all the right, title, and interest, which at the time of executing a certain mortgage mentioned in the bill and proceedings filed and had in the suit aforesaid, was in the said Morris and Nicholson, Thomas Law, and the Commissioners of the city of Wash- ington, in and to 235 lots and 3-4ths of a lot, of 5265 square feet each, contained in the squares before enumerated, should be sold, and the proceeds applied to the payment in the first instance, of the debts due as aforesaid, to the said Lewis and Burd, and the residue of the whole proceeds, if any, to the payment of certain other debt or debts in the said decree mentioned. And whereas E. S. Burd, having been duly appointed and qualified as a trustee, to carry into effect the said sale, did, by deed bearing date the 23d June, 1809, and recorded in the land records of Washington county in the district of Columbia, for the considerations in said deed mentioned, duly convey to Thomas Morris, Samuel Costes, Joseph Morris and Edward Burd, all the right, title and inter- est of the said Morris and Nicholson, Thomas Law and the Commissioners of the city of Washington, of, in and to the said 235 3-4th lots, as by the said decree was direct- ed. And whereas, at the time of sale or contract for the sale of the before enumer- ated squares by the commissioners, to Morris and Greenleaf, as herein before recited, the public interest in the said squares, or in any or either of them, was not then specifically ascertained and known, but was to depend on and be determined by a division thereof, to be thereafter made, between the said com- missioners and the original proprietors of the land on which the same were laid out, pursuant to law and certain deeds of trust, which had been executed by the said prop- rietors and others for all their lands lying within the city of Washington, and such di- vision was accordingly afterwards made, by which it appears that no part or portion of four of the said squares, to wit, Nos. 687, 726, 966 and 1016, was allotted or assigned to the public, and consequently no estate therein was passed to the said Morris and Greenleaf by the commissioners, under or by virtue of the said sale. And whereas there are in the public's part or portion of the aforesaid squares obtained on the division aforesaid, and exclusive of the said Nos. 687, 726, 966 and 1016, 68 lots of 5265 square feet each, over and above the said 235 3-4th lots sold as aforesaid, by the said E. Burd, pursuant to the decree aforesaid, and where- as the purchasers and grantees of said 235 3-4th lots hold the same in an undivided in- terest and possession or tenancy in common with each and every person and persons entitled to the said 68 lots. And whereas the purchase money for the said 68 lots has not been paid & satisfied to the said commission- ers or to any other person or persons for the use of the public according to the terms and conditions of the sale, and the same having been due for more than thirty days after it ought to have been paid, and for at least two years prior to the first of May 1802, and being still due and unpaid—By reason where- of and by virtue of the statute of the state of Maryland, entitled "A further supplement to the act concerning the Territory of Colum- bia and the city of Washington," and of the act of Congress, entitled "An act to abolish the board of commissioners in the city of Washington, and for other pur- poses," the superintendent appointed in pur- suance of the said act of Congress is author- ized and required to proceed to sell the said 68 lots. Now this is to give notice that the undersigned, the Superintendent appointed as aforesaid shall and will at 11 o'clock A. M. on Monday the 23d day of October next at Rhodes's hotel in the city of Washington aforesaid by reason of the premises and by virtue of the statutes aforesaid, sell to the highest bidder at Public Auction for cash, all the said 68 lots of ground of 5265 square feet each, contained in some or all of the squares above enumerated, except the said four squares Nos. 687, 726, 966 and 1016, the purchaser or purchasers thereof to take and hold the same in an undivided and common possession with the purchasers and grantees of the aforesaid 235 3-4th lots; subject to have the possession severed, and due parti- tion made between the several parties ac- cording to their respective interests and pro- portions by consent or in due course of law. THOMAS MUNROE, Sup. August 19—1 wks
CITY AUCTIONEERS. THE subscribers beg leave to inform their friends and the public, that having given the security required by law, they ob- tained a license to sell goods, wares and merchandise at vendue in this city. To ac- commodate those who may be pleased to employ them, they have built a commodious house adjoining the Store of the Purser of the Navy and opposite to Wm. Proun's, and from their close attention to business, they flatter themselves that they will give general satisfaction. NICHOLAS L. QUEEN, HENRY M. QUEEN. May 29—4f.
FOR SALE. A NUMBER of well built brick houses, several of which are immediately te- nantable—situate on Greenleaf's point— Also, house lots in almost every part of the city. Apply to JAMES GREENLEAF, in his absence to SAMUEL ELIOT, junr. July 6—8w
PAIENT KNAPSACKS. THE Subscriber having obtained from the United States, a patent for an improved KNAPSACK, which in point of durability and con- venience, has been pronounced by the best judges infi- nitely superior to any hitherto in use. The offi- cers of the different volunteer companies in the United States, are respectfully solicited to adopt them. They may be had in any quantity, and will be sold on the most reasonable terms by JOHN P. LHERBETTE, 81, Maiden Lane, New-York. To whom applications addressed by post may be made, or to B. H. Latrobe, at the city of Washington. May 19—epdm.
FOR SALE. Or to be rented for a term of years, or on per- petual ground-rent, A NUMBER of well built brick houses, several of which are immediately te- nantable—situate on Greenleaf's point— Also, house lots in almost every part of the city. Apply to JAMES GREENLEAF, in his absence to SAMUEL ELIOT, junr. July 6—8w
By Montgomery county, Orphans Court, August 16, 1809. ORDERED by the court that the execu- tors of Samuel Turner late of Mont- gomery county, deceased, give the notice required by law for the creditors of the said deceased to exhibit their claims and that the notice be given in the National Intelligencer, city of Washington. Test SOLOMON HOLLAND, Reg
THIS is to give notice that the Subscribers of Georgetown and District of Columbia, have obtained from the Orphans Court of Montgomery county Maryland, Letters Tes- tamentary on the Personal Estate of Samuel Turner, late of Montgomery county deceased all persons having claims against the said deceased are hereby warned to exhibit the same with the vouchers thereof to the subscribers, at or before the 21st day of February next, they may otherwise by law be excluded from all benefit of the said estate. Given under our hands this 21st day of August 1809. THOS. TURNER, } Executors. SAML. TURNER, } August 21—4w
BANK OF WASHINGTON. THE subscription books will be opened at Long's Hotel on Monday the 4th day of September next, at 10 o'clock, and will con- tinue open for three days from 10 o'clock A. M. to 4 o'clock P. M. unless sooner filled. No person will be allowed to subscribe in the name of another without producing to the commissioners powers authorizing him so to do. THE COMMISSIONERS. Aug. 21—ep4Sep
PROPOSALS. THE Subscribers having been appointed by the Mayor, Commissioners for the purpose of superintending the works for the conveyance of water from the Spring com- monly called "Caffray's Spring" to the Pennsylvania avenue and along it, will re- ceive written Proposals for the furnishing and boring the Logs, and laying them down, as also the digging and filling in again, to- gether or separate, until Wednesday the 23d inst. at 6 P. M. JOHN P. VAN NESS, } Commis- LEWIS MORIN, } sioners. JOHN SESSFORD, } August 21—9.
EDUCATION. THE REV. WALTER D. ADDISON of Georgetown, District of Columbia will board and instruct in the Latin and Greek Languages, Reading, Writing and Arith- metic, a few more Young Gentlemen, at sixty-five pounds per annum, payable quar- terly in advance. Letters addressed to him at this place will be attended to. Georgetown, August 21—2awtf.
FIV DOLLARS REWARD. STRAYED or Stolen, about a month since, from the commons in the western part of this city, a BAY HORSE, six years old, about 14 hands 1 inch high, a natural trotter, short mane, shod before, white hind feet, and a few saddle marks. Whoever will return said Horse to the Subscriber near F street, shall be entitled to the above reward, with reasonable charges O. B. BROWN. August 21—3t.
ROMULUS & J. S. Has just received and opening at his New Cash Store, a complete and well selected assortment of SEASONABLE AND FANCY GOODS, Which being purchased for money, gives him the opportunity of offering the same at Baltimore and Philadelphia Prices. As he is determined to sell for very small profits. He intends keeping on hand a good assortment of Goods, to be sold by the piece; and those who purchase to sell again, will be furnished at as low rates as they can purchase in any market in the United States, being determined to sell. CASH GIVEN FOR TOBACCO inspected at the Georgetown Warehouse. FOR RENT, THE upper part of the House I now occu- py, which has Six well finished Rooms, and every necessary back building, all new- ly furnished and in complete order—The rent will be low to a genteel family, if ap- plication is immediately made. June 9—4f.
LANDS IN THE STATES OF OHIO AND KENTUCKY. FOR SALE. BY Virtue of the Last Will and Testament of Robert Means, deceased, the subscriber offers for sale, all the Lands of the testator in the states of Ohio & Kentucky. As there is a large quantity of these Lands, and the quality in general good, they are well worth the attention of all persons desirous of pur- chasing Lands in those parts of the country. The tracts are of various sizes, and conse- quently calculated to suit purchasers of all descriptions. Further information respect- ing the said Lands may be obtained from Mr. Walter Dun, residing in, or near the town of Chillicothe in the State of Ohio. DANIEL CALL, Executor of the last Will & Testament of Robert Means, dec'd. Richmond, July 19—4f.
FOR SALE. A NUMBER of well built brick houses, several of which are immediately te- nantable—situate on Greenleaf's point— Also, house lots in almost every part of the city. Apply to JAMES GREENLEAF, in his absence to SAMUEL ELIOT, junr. July 6—8w
A VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE. WILL be sold in pursuance of the last Will and Testament of Samuel Tur- ner, Esq. deceased, at Public Sale on the premises on the 15th day of November next (if not previously disposed of, and in case of sale notice will be given) that very valuable Farm in Montgomery county late the resi- dence of the said deceased, containing about Seven Hundred Acres of Land, Three Hundred Acres at least in wood and fire timber; the residue under good enclosure and every acre arable; lays level and remark- ably well for cultivation and may be made very rich in a few years by the use of plaster and clover; in fact, it is as desirable a farm as any in the county of its size and may be very conveniently divided to accommo- date purchasers; it lies about 18 miles from Georgetown and the city of Washington, five from Montgomery court house and within three miles of the Potomac River. A further description is deemed unneces- sary, as it is presumed that those inclined to purchase will view the property. The terms of sale, which will be accom- modating, may be known by applying to the subscribers living in Georgetown, district of Columbia, or will be made known on the day of sale. THO. TURNER, SAML. TURNER, Executors. July 28—tdos
IN COUNCIL. Annapolis, June 26, 1809. ORDERED, that the act, entitled, An act to alter the thirty-second and thirty-sev- enth Articles of the constitution and Form of Government, be published twice in each week, for the space of three months, in the American and Federal Gazette, at Baltimore, the Maryland Gazette, and Maryland Republican, at Annapolis, the National Intelligencer, the Easton Star, Mr. Grieve's paper at Ha- gerstown, and Mr. Bartgis's paper at Frederick-town. By order, NINIAN PINKNEY, Clerk of the Council.
AN ACT To alter the thirty-second and thirty-seventh Articles of the Constitution and Form of Go- vernment. BE it enacted, That the General Assembly of Maryland, That hereafter, upon the death, resignation or removal out of this state, of the governor, it shall not be ne- cessary to call a meeting of the legislature to fill the vacancy occasioned thereby, but the first named of the Council for the time being shall qualify and act as governor until the next meeting of the general assembly, at which meeting a governor shall be chosen in the manner heretofore appointed and di- rected. And be it enacted, That hereafter no go- vernor shall be capable of holding any other office of profit during the time for which he shall be elected. And be it enacted, That so much of the thirty-second and thirty-seventh articles of the constitution and form of government as is repugnant to, or inconsistent with, the provisions of this act, be and the same is hereby abrogated and abolished. And be it enacted, That if this act shall be confirmed by the general assembly, after the next election of delegates, in the first session after such new election as the constitution and form of government directs, that in such case this act, and the alteration and amendment of the constitution and form of government therein contained, shall be ta- ken and considered, and shall constitute and be valid, as a part of the said constitu- tion and form of government any thing therein contained to the contrary notwith- standing. July 5—law3m.
SUGARS, WINES, TEAS, PORK, &c. W. and C. SMITH having received by the Ceres, Capt. Weeks, from N. York. 20 bds excellent Havana Muscovado Sugar. 10 Chests fresh Hyson and Young Hyson Teas. 40 Quarter Casks Teneriffe, Lisbon, Sher- ry and Catalonia Wines. 10 Boxes Claret, 1 doz. each. 50 Doz. Fresh London Mustard. 1 Case fresh Nutmegs. 24 Barrels N. York Prime Pork very su- perior quality. And a few Punschons of well flavored An- tigua Rum. Geo. Town, Aug. 16—law3w.
I wish to Dispose of FIFTY SHARES IN THE WASHINGTON BRIDGE, On a credit. A LINDO, Sebastian Spring. August 16—
COMMERCIAL COMPANY. In store, and landing from on board the Ceres, Capt. Weeks, and for sale on the usual terms. MUSCOVADO Sugar, Rum, Gin, Cogniac Brandy, Coffee, Imperial, Hyson & Y Hyson Tea, Almonds, Nutmegs, Cloves, Mace, Cinnamon, Pepper, Ginger, Sperma- ci and Tallow Candles, Soap, Fig Blue— Mess and Prime Pork, Corks, Sheet Iron, Tin, and a few boxes of Pipes—Gunpowder and shot Also, Maderia, Marseilles, Lis- bon, Sherry, Catalonia & Claret Wine. JOSEPH FORREST, Prest. Aug. 11—cop3w.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD. ABSCONDED on the 21st of July last, from the subscriber, (manager at the farm of Mr. Isaac Duckett, on South river, near Annapolis) a Negro, TOM, a small black fellow, lost the sight of one eye. Had on when he absconded, osnaburg shirt and trousers. Any person taking up said Negro and bringing him to the subscriber, or secur- ing him in jail, so that I get him again, shall receive the above reward. This Negro was purchased of Capt. J. S. Brooks about five years since; it is probable he may be in the neighborhood of Upper Marlborough. HENRY BASFORD. August 7—4f.
THE Creditors of the late Henry Adison are requested to attend at the Tavern of John Smith Brookes, in Upper Marl- rough, on Thursday the 28th day of Septem- ber next, where a dividend will be made of the money in hand. THOMAS G. ADDISON, } Adm'ns. DENNIS MAGRUDER, } August 21—wtd.
BY HIS EXCELLENCY, EDWARD LLOYD, Esq. GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND, A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS it has been officially repre- sented to me that a certain Thomas Bink, who has lately been sentenced by the judges of Washington county court, to a term of death, for a Rape committed on the body of Catharine Maria Browner, an infant, under the age of 12 years, made his escape from Washington county jail, on the evening of the 4th July inst. And whereas it is obvious- ly the duty of the Executive, in the execu- tion of the laws, to bring all malefactors to justice—I have therefore thought proper to issue this my proclamation, and do by and with the advice and consent of the Council, offer Three hundred Dollars Reward to any person or persons who shall apprehend and bring to justice the said Thomas Bink. Given under my hand, and the seal of the state of Maryland, this 15th day of July, in the year of our Lord 1809, and the indepen- dence of the United States of America, the thirty-fourth. EDWARD LLOYD. By his excellency's command, NINIAN PINKNEY, Clerk of the Council. Ordered that the foregoing proclamation be published twice in each week for the space of six weeks, in the American and Federal Gazette at Baltimore, the Maryland Gazette and Maryland Republican at Annap- olis, the National Intelligencer, the Mary- land Herald at Hagerstown, Bartgis's paper at Fredericktown, and in the Star at Easton. By order, NINIAN PINKNEY. July 31—law3w
FOR SALE. WILL be sold at public sale, on the first Monday in October next, if not previously disposed of, that valuable farm in Prince George's County, Maryland, known by the name of ST. OSYTH. ST. OSYTH contains by estimation seven hundred and fifty acres of Land, between seventy and eighty acres of which are meadow, now fit for the scythe, and capable of being made to produce an hundred tons of hay at a crop—about two hundred and fifty or three hundred are in wood and timber, and the residue arable. No place perhaps in America, can be better watered or more healthy. The improvements consist of a dwelling house, two stories high, forty-two feet long by thirty six wide, with a passage through the middle, three rooms below and four above, with a garret the whole size of the house, a kitchen and laundry under the same roof, two stories high, with two large rooms above for servants, a meat house, wash house, corn house and granary, a large tobacco house which may very easily be converted into a barn, a productive gar- den and pigeon house. and a young thriving orchard of excellent fruit and of great va- riety from Prince's nursery on Long Island. The enclosures are new and in good order. Upon the same property and within a quar- ter of a mile is a small dwelling house with three rooms below and two above stairs, a kitchen, meat house and barn. This place at a small expense may be easily fitted up and made a most comfortable house for a small family. St. Osyth lies within four miles of the city of Washington, and about the same distance from the nearest ferry to Alexandria. If sold at private sale the low- est price for this valuable property is ten pounds an acre. A further description of the property is deemed unnecessary as those inclined to purchase will doubtless come and see it. The terms of sale may be known on applying to the subscriber living on the pre- mises, Col. Sam. Hanson of Washington, or Dr. Wm. Baker, George Town. On the same day, if not before by private sale disposed of, will be sold the negroes, stock, etc. attached to the estate of the late O. Carr, deceased. The negroes will be sold for a term of years. For sale—Also, the following lots in the city of Washington: Lot No. 2, in sq. 702, front 54 feet 7 in. depth 175 ft. 8 in. In sq. 906 Lots No. 13, front 57 10 1-2, depth 100 ft. 26 ft. 25 in. No 14, front 58, depth 75. No. 15, 54 front, 78 and 100, 10 1-2 depth. No. 16, 54 front, 100 ft. 10 1-2 in. depth. No. 17, front 49 ft. 6 in. depth 100 10 1-2. JONA. B. CARR, Executor. May 17—1wtf.
NOTICE. The subscriber begs leave to inform the public, that he has opened a shop opposite the West Market House, near the Seven Buildings, where he means to carry on the White Smith, Lock and Gun Smith Busi- ness, also, the Cutlery and Bell-Hanging business. He also promises to give the greatest attention to all persons who may be good enough to favor him with their cus- tom. CALEB HESSEY. July 24—wSt.
THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE, That the Subscriber of Washington city, has obtained from the Orphans Court of Washington county in the District of Colum- bia, Letters Testamentary on the Will and Personal Estate of John Demetrie late of said city deceased. All persons having claims against the said estate, are hereby warned to exhibit the same, with the vouch- ers thereof to the subscriber, on or before the 28th of February next, they may otherwise by law be excluded from all ben- efit of the said estate. Given under my hand this 21st day of August and in the year 1809. ELIZABETH DEMETRIE, Executrix. August 21—w3t.