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NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, AND WASHINGTON ADVERTISER.
Vol. III. WASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. No. LCCCX. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1803. FIVE DOLLS. PER ANN. PAID IN ADVANCE.
The whole of the property of John Fitzgerald, advertised for sale on the 14th inst. could not on that or the succeeding day be set up, owing to previous engagements of the Vendue Master: it was then concluded as most eligible to postpone the sale of the residue until the 19th day of May, (inst.)
One of the Executors being obliged to attend the General Court in Annapolis, on the day appointed for the sale, a further postponement becomes necessary. Thursday the 23rd day of June is appointed when the sale will certainly take place.
The Editors of the National Intelligencer and Bait. Fed. Gazette, are requested to insert the foregoing, three times a week, till the day of sale.
RAN AWAY. FROM the Subscriber, living in Calvert county, some time in February, a NEGRO MAN called John, about 27 years of age, 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, and stout made, has a large scar on one of his cheeks, and some marks of a scald head which may be discovered on examination.
Strayed or Stolen, On the 24th May, FROM the Eastern Branch Ferry, a brindle milk COW, gives a large quantity of milk—her hind feet are white up to her hams, a small star in her face, and her left horn broken off about half way, and tied up with a cord.
MILITIA OF COLUMBIA. LEGIONARY ORDERS—FIRST LEGION. A LEGIONARY Court of Enquiry will convene at Rhodes's Hotel, in the City of Washington, on Wednesday the 8th of June next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, for the settlement of fines on officers for neglect of duty.
CHARLES VARDEN, TAYLOR, FROM PHILADELPHIA. HAS received from Philadelphia an elegant assortment of the best quality Superfine Cloths, Cassimeres, Silk Floraines, Black and fancy silk mouselkin velvet, white & figured Marcellas, Swandowns, Toilmettes, Velveteens, Fancy cords, Conting, &c.
PROPOSALS will be received till the 10th inst. by Major Van Ness, on behalf of the Theatre Committee, both for Materials (the walls to consist of full stone or brick) and for the workmanship necessary to complete the building.
NOTICE. THE Subscribers to the Theatre are notified, that a second instalment of ten dollars on each share be paid to Major Van Ness, as or before the 10th day of June next.
The delinquents on the late company and battalion musters of the first battalion of the militia of this district may, by enquiring of their respective captains, be informed whether, and to what amount, they are fined by the late battalion court of enquiry, and thus be enabled to determine as to an appeal to the legionary court to be held on the 8th inst.
SPRING GOODS. JOHN COX, HAS just received an elegant and extensive assortment of Fashionable Spring Goods, which he is now selling at very reduced prices.
Valuable Ware House FOR SALE. WILL be exposed to public sale on the premises on Friday the 10th day of June next at 12 o'clock, the Ware Houses and the Wharf, now occupied by Messrs. Stewart and Beall.
THOMAS GARPENTER, TAYLOR. HAS just received by recent arrivals at Philadelphia, from England, and the East Indies, a handsome assortment of SPRING and SUMMER GOODS, of the best quality, also Patent water proof Cloth's and Cassimeres, superior NAVY BLUE and other colours; handsome NAVY & FASHIONABLE BUTTONS, &c.
NOTICE. THAT large, extensive, valuable Lot, with the Brick House and improvements in which Mr. Adam King now keeps Store, will be exposed to public sale on the premises, at 1 o'clock on Wednesday the 14th day of June next.
JOHN GOULDING, BROKER AND COMMISSION MERCHANT, HATH LATELY RECEIVED FROM BALTIMORE & PHILADELPHIA, AND FOR SALE, Cognac Brandy, Old Spirit, Clarets, Red Port, Madeira, & Sherry.
NOTICE. In consequence of Mr. Key's being unexpectedly detained at the General Court, the above sale is postponed until Friday the 24th of June, when the property will positively be offered for sale.
FOR SALE, For a term of 5 years, A LIKELY young and healthy NEGRO MAN, about 23 years of age for sale by ROBERT M'CLAN. Washington May 25.
Ten Dollars Reward. LOST on Wednesday last, between Rhodes's Tavern and the Barracks, A red Morocco Pocket-book, containing Bank Notes of different Branches, to the amount of twenty-five or eighty dollars.
Lots for sale. IN eligible situations, and upon very advantageous terms—A plan of the several squares in which they are contained may be seen and terms thereon by applying to ROBERT W. PEACOCK.
FOR SALE OR RENT, THAT elegant three story BRICK HOUSE on the corner of Falls & Frederick Street in George Town, lately occupied by Mr. Pichon.
Likewise, THE two well finished three story BRICK HOUSES, adjoining that occupied by Mr. Samuel M. Smith, Printer, on the Pennsylvania Avenue, east of the centre Market House, City of Washington—Apply to GEORGE THOMPSON.
NOTICE. THE Partnership of QUINN and SIMMS is this day dissolved by mutual consent. All persons having claims against said firm, are requested to furnish their accounts for settlement.
All persons having claims or demands of any nature against the subscriber are requested to exhibit their accounts, without delay, to JOHN HEWITT or RICHARD FORRESTER.
Boarding & Day Schools. PRESIDENT'S SQUARE. J. GARDINER instructs Youth in Arithmetic, Book-Keeping, Writing, and English Grammar.
WANTED, One or two Boys to learn the BOOT and SHOE-MAKING Business—Apply to JOHN CROOKSHANK.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, to wit: BE it remembered, that on the ninth day of November, eighteen hundred and two, in the twenty-seventh year of the Independence of the United States of America, Samuel Harrison Smith of the said district, hath deposited in this office, the Title as a Proprietor, in the words following, to wit:
HISTORY OF THE LAST SESSION OF CONGRESS, which commenced on the seventh of December, 1801—taken from the National Intelligencer, in conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled "An act for the encouragement of learning by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books to the Authors and Proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned."
ENGLISH LAW INTELLIGENCE. DEFAMATION.
At the Norfolk Assizes an action for defamation, in which Sir Jacob Astley was plaintiff, against Colonel Harwood, was tried.
Mr. Erskine followed on the same side, in a most eloquent speech. "Gentlemen of the jury," said he, "notwithstanding the hot debates which have taken place at various periods in this land, on the subject of the liberty of voting and speaking with reference to public characters, and subjects of a public nature, yet as regarding private slander, nothing has ever been brought into question.
It was at this particular moment, when, as I have stated to you the plaintiff was soliciting the suffrage of the freeholders, the defendant, who was at a ball at Norwich, elevated himself, as on a rostrum—called aloud for silence; and having obtained it, applied these epithets to the Gentleman I represent.
Neither was it mine adversary that did magnify himself against me; for then, peradventure, I would have hid myself from him. But it was even thou, my companion, my guide, my own familiar friend.
The first question I would ask (and I humbly implore the attention of the honorable and learned judge to it) is, are these words such as must have been noticed in one way or another? I repeat these words with as

much emphasis as I am able.—Must they have been noticed in one way or another? Will my learned friend's prudence permit him to say that the words used by the defendant, instead of being tried in a Court of Justice, should have had a trial in another Court—a Court of honor? This is a tribunal the law will not hear of. What if a man accuses me of murder, am I to become his murderer or his mine? I thank God there has been on this subject a considerable alteration in the public opinion. It is owing to the Noble Lord who so long administered the justice of the country—I mean the late Lord Kenyon, that we are to attribute a digneity of the practice, characteristic only of the most barbarous people. Since that Noble Lord's time, Officers who I could mention—Officers who have been carrying the fame of the British army to the utmost corners of the earth—Officers who had placed in the shade the achievements of former periods, have come to the Court of King's Bench, appealed for protection to the law, and reserved their courage for that cause in which the execution of courage becomes a moral and religious duty. The law has said, that the first person who shall meet and destroy his adversary in the field of honor, falsely so called, shall expiate his offence with his life. But what is it induces a man to rush into the field and stain his soul with his brother's blood? It is reputation—fame—a false sense of public opinion!
There is no danger a man would not brave death rather than that the hand of scorn should point its flow and moving finger at him, there is no man knows what the dread of public opinion may drive him to; and a man will be justified in taking the law into his own hand when it will not afford him its protection. This observation is as old as the Revolution; for whoever will look into the reports of Lord Raymond, who lived about that time, will find that it was said by Lord Chief Justice Holt, when an attempt was made to explain away words, and give small damages, "I am," said he, "always for supporting actions for words; for I remember a saying of Mr. Justice Twisden, who was present when judgement was arrested for words, and the plaintiff explained, if I had thought this I would have had his blood!" Such was the opinion produced on the mind of that able judge by the circumstance I have mentioned, and therefore it does appear to me that this is a case of a similar description.
The words were proved to have been spoken.
Mr. Gurney for the defendant contended that the words could not be the foundation of an action, as nobody could understand Colonel Hawood to mean that the plaintiff had actually murdered his own father. Therefore, the words did not impute a charge, which, if true, would subject a man to punishment, and were not actionable. He stated too, that a reconciliation had taken place by the intervention of friends.
Evidence was called in support of the defence.
Mr. Justice Grose stated to the Jury, that in order to their returning their verdict in favour of the plaintiff, they ought to be satisfied, that the words were spoken, and that they conveyed the meaning stated in the declaration. His Lordship recapitulated the evidence, commenting upon it as he proceeded. If there were any circumstances that could induce the Jury to give a different interpretation to the words, they were bound to do so. The conversation which had passed between the mutual friends of the parties he considered as, strictly speaking, not sufficiently authorized by the plaintiff, Sir J. Atley. If the Jury should be of opinion the words were used in the sense attributed to them, they would then consider what damages the plaintiff was entitled to recover. He concurred that in no case ought a Jury to give vindictive damages; all they were justified in doing was to give such reasonable damages as the plaintiff was entitled to for the injury he had received.
The Jury consulted together about half an hour, and returned a verdict in favour of the plaintiff.—Damages 2000l.
FOR THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
No. III.
A Refutation of the charge against the present administration that their views and measures are hostile to the Eastern States.
To establish the hostility of the settled opinions of those who compose the present administration to the interests of New-England, resort is frequently had to their habitual declarations and conduct before they came into office. This criterion is undoubtedly so far fair as it is applied with truth; but may be so distorted as to produce extensive misconception. Such has in fact been the case.
The President of the United States is reproached with being a philosopher, because he dares in his opinions to think for himself, and he is called an Atheist, because he does not avow his belief in the thirty nine articles. Whether he does or does not believe them is unknown. It is certain that he gives as good evidence of his faith as those who denounce him, by a regular attendance at places of worship and by liberal contribution to churches. It is also certain that all his addresses to Congress breathe a pure spirit of piety and reverence for Deity. But he is neither a Sectarian nor a persecutor; and while he thinks for himself on religious points he does not condemn those who follow his examples. This measure of liberality is enough to damn him in the estimation of bigots.
Why the people of New-England should feel so tender on this subject, is a question not easy of solution. Is it because they have once been the victims of persecution, that they would in their turn re-oil with fierce vengeance, not on those who persecuted them, but on their fellow men who are not only guiltless, but who with themselves chose America as a retreat from persecution? True motive charity forbids our ascribing to them. Nor would truth justify it. The people of New-England are conscientious. The homage they offer their maker is the homage of their heart. Their adoration is pure and unspotted by resentments against their fellow mortals. They value too highly the liberty they have purchased at so dear a price, to deny it to others. The blood of their fathers has not flowed in vain. The reach and the fagot are too likely on their memories not to impress an abhorrence of ecclesiastical intolerance. They must, therefore, respect the sentiments of Mr. Jefferson on this subject. Let their priests, and political preachers say what they may, the people of New-England and Mr. Jefferson on this interesting subject think alike. They know that nothing can to much endanger true religion as political interference. They know, that should the day ever come, when, in this country an establishment should rise, it would be soon succeeded by its total prostration, which if it did not eventually destroy the interests of religion, would inflict upon them all but a mortal wound.
Fortunately on this point, there exists evidence at once indisputable and comprehensive, and which exhibits, in a narrow compass, the respect of Mr. Jefferson for religion, and for freedom of conscience, and his hostility to every institution in the nature of an establishment. In the year 1786, the Legislature of Virginia passed the following act on his recommendation:
An act for establishing Religious Freedom, passed in the Assembly of Virginia in the beginning of the year 1786.
Well aware that Almighty God has created the mind free; that all attempts to influence it by temporal punishments or burdens, or by civil incapacitations, tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness, and are a departure from the plan of the Holy Author of our religion, who being Lord both of body and mind, yet chose not to propagate it by coercions on either, as was in his Almighty power to do; that the impious presumption of legislators and rulers, civil as well as ecclesiastical, who, being themselves but fallible and unassured men, have assumed dominion over the faith of others, setting up their own opinions and modes of thinking as the only true and infallible, and as such endeavouring to impose on others, hath established and maintained false religions over the greatest part of the world, and through all time; that to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves, is sinful and tyrannical; that even the forcing him to support this or that teacher of his own religious persuasion, is depriving him of the comfortable liberty of giving his contributions to the particular pastor whose morals he would make his pattern, and whose powers he feels he needs for his spiritual comfort, and is withdrawing from the ministry those temporal rewards, which, proceeding from an approbation of their personal conduct, are an additional incitement to earnest and attentive labours for the instruction of mankind; that our civil rights have no dependance on our religious opinions, more than our opinions in physics, or geometry; that therefore, the proscribing any citizen as unworthy the public confidence by laying upon him an incapacity of being called to offices of trust and emolument, unless he profess or renounce this or that religious opinion, is depriving him injudiciously of those privileges and advantages to which in common with his fellow citizens, he has a natural right; that it tends also to corrupt the principles of that very religion it is meant to encourage, by bribing, with a monopoly of worldly honours and emoluments, those who will externally profess & conform to it; and though indeed those are criminal who do not withhold such temptation, yet neither are those innocent who lay the butt in their way; that to suffer the civil magistrate to intrude his powers into the field of opinion and to restrain the profession or propagation of principles, on supposition of their ill tendency, is a dangerous fallacy, which at once destroys all religious liberty, because he being of course judge of that tendency, will make his opinions the rule of judgement, and approve or condemn the sentiments of others only as they shall square with or differ from his own; that it is time enough for the rightful purposes of civil government, for its officers to interfere when principles break out into overt acts against peace and good order; and finally, that truth is great and will prevail if left to herself, that she is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error, and has nothing to fear from the conflict, unless by human interposition disarmed of her natural weapons, free argument and debate, errors ceasing to be dangerous when it is permitted freely to contradict them.
Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly, That no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or burthened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief; but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge, or affect their civil capacities.
And though we well know that this Assembly, elected by the people for the ordinary purposes of legislation only, have no power to restrain the acts of succeeding Assemblies, constituted with powers equal to our own, and that therefore to declare this act irrevocable, would be of no effect in law, yet we are free to declare, and do declare, that the rights hereby asserted are of the natural rights of mankind, and that if any act shall be hereafter passed to repeal the present or to narrow its operations, such act will be an infringement of natural right.
Notwithstanding these facts, the reprobation of infidelity is one of the most fruitful topics of declamation and crimination. It is represented as the interest of southern men to break down all the precepts and restraints of religion, to highly prized in New England, that they may thereby pave the way for that demoralising system which their hearts, with the malice of Demons, pant to disseminate. Black must be that heart, which can ascribe, without evidence, such motives to others!
So far then the honest and enlightened sentiments of Mr. Jefferson constitute him the friend of truth, of an undisturbed conscience, of true religion, of New England. The same remarks applied to Mr. Jefferson, may be extended to every prominent member of the administration. There is not one of them who has either, on the one hand, exhibited a spirit of bigotry and intolerance, or who has, on the other, manifested disrespect for the religious opinions of others.
On the 31st ult. governor STRONG delivered the following speech to the Legislature of Massachusetts.
Gentlemen of the Senate, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives,
We are now entering upon the duties which have been assigned to us respectively by our fellow citizens. Permit me on this occasion, to return them my sincere thanks for the repeated proofs of their esteem and confidence; and to assure you, gentlemen, that I shall cheerfully concur with you in every prudent and salutary measure, for the preservation of their rights; the advancement of their interest, and the improvement of their minds in wisdom and virtue.
To you, gentlemen, the legislative authority of the commonwealth is committed. In discharging this important trust your deliberate reflections will be employed, to establish such laws for the welfare of the state as you may think necessary to support and defend its government; to protect property; to cause personal liberty to be respected; to improve our system of jurisprudence, and provide for the impartial interpretation and faithful execution of the laws.
An equal administration of justice is indispensably requisite to preserve the peace of the state, and the rights of the citizens. Impressed with the importance of this object, the framers of the constitution were particularly solicitous to ensure the independence of the judges of the supreme judicial court; so that in their legal decisions they might be in no danger of partiality from motives of private interest. It is therefore provided by that instrument, not only that they shall hold their offices during good behavior; but that permanent and honorable salaries shall be established by law for their support. A law was indeed passed for this purpose, but the compensation being found inadequate, the legislature for a series of years have made an annual grant to the judges to make good the deficiency. If their stated salaries shall still appear to be insufficient for their honorable support, will it not be more conformable to the constitution to increase the allowance by an act without a terminate limitation, than by resolves which operate but for a single year, and which render the highest judicial court dependent annually, for a part of their subsistence upon the good will of each branch of the legislature?
Since the last session of the general court, I have received a letter from the president of the United States, which will be laid before you by the Secretary, and which enclosed a copy of the report of a committee of the House of Representatives of the national government; in which the president is requested to write to the executive of each state, urging the importance and indispensable necessity of vigorous exertions on the part of the state governments, to carry into effect the militia system, adopted by the national legislature, agreeably to the powers reserved to the states respectively by the Constitution of the United States. Perhaps the militia of this Commonwealth was never in a more respectable condition than at present. But if any measures can be taken to carry the system into more complete effect, I have no doubt of your disposition to adopt them. Indeed it will always be necessary for us to cultivate the military art, not to enable us to commit outrages with impunity, but to defend ourselves against the attempts of unprincipled and ambitious men, who consider all means as lawful that promote their ends, and who make their glory consist in spreading misery through the world.
In pursuance of the resolve of the 23d of last June, for selling the powder Magazine in Boston, and erecting two others out of the town, a piece of land in Roxbury, being the principal part of the island called the Pine-Island, has been purchased for the use of the commonwealth, and a magazine erected thereon. It is proposed to erect the other with the materials of which the magazine in Boston was constructed, as soon as a suitable plot of ground can be obtained for the purpose. This course is thought to be most advantageous for the state, and will be pursued, if it is not disagreeable to the legislature.
The treasurer will prepare for your inspection a statement, containing a general view of the debts of the commonwealth, and the sources of supply to the Treasury. I hope upon comparing the funds and revenues of the state with the necessary expenses, you will find that provision may be made for the payment of part of the remaining debt in the course of the present year, without exhausting the treasury to embarrassment.
Other circumstances of which it may be proper that you should be informed, or to which your attention should be invited, will probably be the subjects of particular messages.
The constitution of the state forms a common interest among the people, and it is designed to unite them in those friendly sentiments that make society tranquil and happy. It secures to every man in the Commonwealth, an equal
claim to social advantages; every man, therefore, however limited his sphere of action, should contribute all in his power to the public good. The members of the government will on their part think themselves obliged to encourage by their example, a love of order and respect for the laws; to endeavor to remove the grounds of discord and misunderstanding among their fellow citizens, and cement friendship between them; and to exhibit such patterns of purity in manners, and rectitude of conduct, as shall tend to promote the practice of religious, moral, and social duties among all classes of the people.
CALEB STRONG. May 31st, 1803.
LEHIGH NAVIGATION. LOTTERY. SECOND CLASS.
Five thousand dollars the highest prize!
THIS Lottery will positively commence drawing at the city of Philadelphia, on the first Monday of September next.
The prizes will be paid thirty days after its conclusion, of which public notice will be given. Such as are not demanded within twelve months shall be considered as relinquished for the benefit of the Navigation.
The Managers depend principally upon the proceeds of this lottery for building the Navigation of the Lehigh. This will open an intercourse by water to Philadelphia of above four hundred miles, including only twelve and an half miles portage near its conjunction with the Schuylkill at Wilkesbarre, thereby forming a new source of trade, affording a plentiful supply of coal, lumber, &c. the advantages of which will be immense; and an easy conveyance to the owners of lands and farms in the vicinity by which they can send their produce to market.
Tickets may now be had at five dollars of George Taylor, jun. No. 67. William Blackburn, 117, Chestnut Street. Edward Stow, 73, do. James Greenworth, 34, do. March 15, 1803.
SCHEME.
1 Prize of 5000 dos. viz. is 5000 Cash 3000 20 shares flock 2000 1 two thousand dosas 2000 2 one thousand dollars 2000 6 five hundred dollars 3000 6 three hundred dollars 1800 6 two hundred dollars 1200 15 one hundred dollars 1500 20 fifty dollars 1000 75 twenty dollars 1500 1500 six dollars 10800 1st drawn number on the eighth day 600 1st do. twelfth 600 1st do. twentieth 1000 1st do. thirtieth 1000 1st do. thirty fifth 1000 1st do. last day 1000 35,000
1938 prizes, 5062 blanks, 7000 tickets, at five dollars each, is 35,000
The prizes subject to a deduction of fifteen per centum. Baw
For sale or rent.
I will either SELL OR RENT a very handsome & commodious dwelling house and lot, situated at the corner of Gay and Congress Streets in George town:—The lot has a front of 180 feet; and there are on it a good stable, carriage house, smoke-house, and dairy. This property is at present in the occupation of Walter Smith, Esq. to whom application may be made.
I will also sell or rent a very comfortable two story dwelling house, together with some other small buildings, on lot No. 2, square 289 in the city of Washington, a few doors east of the bank—Application may be made to me by letter at this place, or to Mr. Boud, adjoining the premises.
Also for sale a very valuable tract of land, about 7 miles from Georgetown, in Montgomery county, on the river road. This tract contains upwards of 200 acres, the greater part of which is covered with wood and valuable timber; and there is already made near 30 acres of timothy meadow, and nearly as much more may be made: it is within a mile of the navigation of the Potomac river, which affords an easy conveyance for wood, hay, &c. to market. Its contiguity to the seat of government renders it an object worthy the attention of any one disposed to purchase.
Also about 320 acres of land on the navigable water of the Potomac, and is distant from Alexandria about 12 miles, from this place 3 miles; the greater part of which is covered with wood and timber; the soil is good, some meadow is already made and a considerable quantity more may be made.
Likewise 1000 acres of land in Monongalia county, state Virginia—This land is of very good quality and in the vicinity of Morgan town.
Any person desirous of purchasing any of the aforesaid property may be accommodated on moderate terms and indisputable titles will be given, on application to me at this place.
JAMES BLAKE. Colchester, May 11. xwi.
TO LET.
And be entered upon immediately, three well finished BRICK HOUSES, NEARLY opposite Morin's Tavern, on Twelfth street very near Pennsylvania Avenue, built for the WASHINGTON BUILDING COMPANY.
The Houses will be rented on very reasonable terms.
Apply to THOMAS CARPENTER near the President's Square. Dec. 18.
FRANCIS DONNELLY, Schoolmaster,
LATE OF PHILADELPHIA,
PURPOSES to open School on Monday next, near the West-Market, in the commodious building lately occupied by Israel Loring, as an auction store.
Where will be taught Spelling, Reading, Writing, English Grammar, Arithmetic, Book-Keeping, History, and Geography; together with the use of Maps, Globes, &c.
The utmost attention will be paid to the manners and morals of the pupils committed to his care.
Washington City, May 27. 31.
TAKE NOTICE.
I WILL sell five hundred and fifty acres of Land whereon I live, in Fairfax county, within five miles of the court house, and within twenty of the City of Washington, Alexandria, Dumfries, and twelve of the Occoquan mills, it is a healthy situation, the land fertile, and has about two hundred acres of wood to cut, there is a great proportion of white and red oak, poplar and hickory timber—There is nearly one hundred acres of prime land for meadow, I will give six months credit for one fourth of the purchase money—twelve months for the other quarter, eighteen for the third, and two years for the last payment, a purchaser will find me on the premises.
THOS. FOLLARD. Feb. 218.

WASHINGTON CITY.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8th, 1803.
On Monday the Election for MEMBERS of the COUNCIL was held in the three Divisions of the City; and yesterday the Judges of Election, in the presence of the Council, counted the ballots.
The whole number of votes given were,
Table with 2 columns: Ward (1st, 2d, 3d) and Votes (39, 85, 106). Total: 230.
The following are the votes given to each citizen. The first twelve are elected.
Table with 5 columns: Name, 1st Ward, 2d Ward, 3d Ward, TOTAL. Lists votes for William Brent, John P. Van Ness, John H. White, etc.
Table with 5 columns: Name, 1st Ward, 2d Ward, 3d Ward, TOTAL. Lists votes for James Hoban, Charles Jones, Henry Herford, etc.
The few other votes given were scattered. Those in Italy are republican, of whom ten are elected. The Election was conducted with unspotted decorum and tranquility.
The President of the United States has appointed ROBERT BRENT, Mayor of the City, for the ensuing year.
We present to our readers an account of a trial in the English courts for DEFAMATION, well worthy of their attention, and of the eloquence of an English lawyer. It produces its proper effect, it will make the guilty tremble; and among the guilty we reckon the conductors of those federal prints who are in the daily habit of mangling private character, of disturbing domestic peace, and of wounding the dearest ties that unite families, under the criminal pretext of the public good.
The Speech of Governor Strong to the legislature of Massachusetts, which we this day publish, is unusually concise, and avoids noticing many of the ordinary objects of similar addresses. It manifests a temperate and beneficent spirit, and of consequence is in direct opposition to the late inflammatory attempts to disorganize our citizens, and carry them into a state of war. There is good reason to believe that Mr. Strong has powerful, perhaps secret reasons for detaching himself from those violent measures which disappointed ambition mediates. We ask the attention of the reader to those parts of the Speech in Italic . Let him recollect the long existence of the Essex Junto in Massachusetts, whose views have been considered as monarchic, and decide whether the Governor does not allude to them, when he emphatically remarks, "It will always be necessary for us to cultivate the military art, not to enable us to commit outrages with impunity, but to defend ourselves against the attempts of unprincipled and ambitious men, who consider all means as lawful that promote their ends, and who make their glory consist in spreading misery through the world."
This observation is strengthened by the following recommendation to the legislature: "To endeavor to remove the grounds of discord and misunderstanding among their fellow citizens, and cement friendship between them." Is not this equivalent to saying—instead of uniting in the federalist clamour and criminal traducing of faction, calculated to destroy all respect for the national government, let us lay aside our prejudices and part with our passions, and become friends.
The Boston Centinel, that fountain of truth, wisely conjectured the other day that Thomas M. Randolph, lately elected a representative in Congress, was a federalist, because he obtained more votes than Mr. Cabell, a democrat. Now, the ingenious Editor, learning that Mr. Randolph is the son-in-law of the President, is involved in total darkness, and professes not to know his politics. We will enlighten him, by the assurance that Mr. Randolph is a firm republican. It is true that he, as well as Mr. Ropes, also elected a representative without opposition, are sons-in-law of the President; the latter of whom as the Centinel elegantly expresses it "married the other daughter of the President."
The trumpet of federalism has loudly sounded the orthodox politics of New-Hampshire, and the mighty triumph of pure unadulterated principles! Yet we find that in the Senate, so nicely balanced are the scales, that there are seven federalists to five republicans. So says the Centinel.
Were the Sedition law now in force (that law which Mr. Henderson aided to make) and executed with half the rigor that characterised the period of terror, we ask whether Mr. Henderson would not have been its victim; and whether he would not have been shut up from the light of heaven, instead of enjoying, as he now does, liberty whose blessings he knows not how to appreciate.
Let this question be answered by any man who reads the following outrageous REPLY:
AN ADDRESS From a number of Federal Gentlemen, of the District of Salisbury, to ARCHIBALD HENDERSON Esq.
To the Hon. ARCHIBALD HENDERSON, late Representative of the District composed of the Counties of Rowan, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Cabarrus and Montgomery, in the Congress of the United States.
To a Patriot, the most grateful reward is the approbation of his Constituents; we think it our duty as your Constituents, thus to reward you. Your virtuous and dignified exertions for the respectability and happiness of our country, and for the support of its inestimable Constitution, make that duty agreeable to us, whilst it is but justice to you.
We therefore, in the plain undigested language of freemen, declare that your conduct during the four years which you have devoted to our service in the Supreme Legislature, commands our unlimited approbation: and for ourselves and our common country, we sincerely lament that the more immediately forcible private obligations to your family, should deprive us and of the further benefit of your talents and virtues at this eventful period—we congratulate you on the confidence which those virtues and talents have established in the minds of the wise and the good—and cordially with you that uninterrupted peace and happiness; in your retirement, which dignified virtue merits.
THE ANSWER. With you gentlemen, I think that the most grateful reward which can be offered to a representative, is the approbation of his constituents. It is not necessary to add, that I received this testimonial of your approbation of my political conduct, with the most heartfelt pleasure. The four years which I have had the honour to serve you in the Supreme councils of the nation, will form a memorable epoch in the history of American affairs.
During this period, the administration of the government passed from those, who by their efforts, and their struggles, their care and their energy, their wisdom and their perseverance, gave character and credit to the nation at home and abroad, into the hands of those who were not only unfriendly to our constitution, but had carried on unceasing hostility to all the great measures adopted and pursued by their predecessors in power. I am free to declare that in my opinion the policy which now directs the government will eventuate neither in its interest, honor or dignity. Impressed with this belief, I have thought it my duty to oppose it, and cannot but feel myself happy in meeting your concurrence.
Nothing which has been done by the present rulers, excited so much alarm as the act to repeal the Judicial Establishment. It was not believed that a majority of Congress, whether from design or error, would have lent their aid to a palpable violation of the national compact in that article which of all others is the most essential to the efficiency and stability of government, to the security of property, to the safety and liberty of persons. When it was found that this breach was seriously contemplated, the federalists thought it their duty to make a stand to save the constitution, the victory of the majority was complete, and they have triumphed over the liberties of the people; for I seriously believe, that, if the construction is to prevail, there is no political liberty in the United States.
I pray you, Gentlemen, to accept my sincere acknowledgments, for this your friendly attention, and be assured I reciprocate your wishes for peace and happiness.
A. HENDERSON. Salisbury, May 20, 1803.
Massachusetts. House of Representatives, May 26. The committee appointed to examine the returns of votes state the whole number to be for governor and lieutenant governor 43,409, of which his excellency G. H. Strong has 29,199, and is chosen; that the whole number of vote for lieutenant governor is 40,758, of which his honor Edward H. Robbins has 27,094, and is chosen.
Extract of a letter from Fort Adams, to a gentleman in Natchez, dated April 10.
"We were this day gratified with the pleasing sight of three vessels, (a brig and two schooners) in full sail, with a fair wind, passing this place for Natchez; they were saluted by the cannon from the fort, and General Wilkinson's band of music as they passed; to which they returned the seamen-like acknowledgment of three "hearty cheers." The General honored each vessel with a visit."
MATTHIAS HART, Gun- Maker, INFORMS the public that he has commenced in the above business, in the house lately occupied by Mr. Robertson, westward of the Centre Market, and near Mr. Herford's Distillery, Pennsylvania Avenue, where he intends remaining all kinds of fire arms. Those gentlemen who may favor him with their custom may rely on every attention. Stocking, browning of barrels and building with gold—done in the neatest manner. Washington, June 8.
Sales at Auction. WILL be held at the Post Office in the City, on Friday the 10th instant at 1 o'clock P. M. an elegant BAY HORSE, He is about five years old, nearly fifteen hands high, trots, racks and canters well. Also a Windsor Chair Sulkey and Harness. JEREMIAH CONNOR, Auctioneer. June 8.
JUST COME TO HAND, AND FOR SALE AT RAPINE, CONRAD & CO'S. BOOK STORE, New-Jersey Avenue, near the Capitol
A Prospect of exterminating the Small-Pox, being a narrative of facts concerning the progress of the new inoculation in America; together with practical observations on the local appearance, symptoms, and mode of treating the Small-Pox; including some letters to the author, from some distinguished characters. By Benjamin Waterhouse, M.D. professor of the theory and practice of medicine in the University of Cambridge—Price One Dollar.
R. C. & Co. have always on hand a good assortment of MEDICAL BOOKS, which they will sell at very moderate prices. April 4.
Strayed or Stolen, FROM the Subscriber on the 23rd of May last, living on the Capitol Hill, a BLACK HORSE, about 13 hands high, has a star on his forehead, blind at the right eye, a lump on his back kind by the saddle, about 7 years old with a kink of a switch tail, and is a rough going beast. Whoever takes up and brings home the said horse shall receive five dollars, and if stolen ten dollars for horse and thief. JAMES FLURTY. June 1. N. B. Call at Alexander M'Cormick's Store and receive your money.
We extract the following elegant lines from the Morning Chronicle, a print remarkable for the taste which guides its literary selections.
[In the following verses there is supposed an Allusion to the English Nation.]
THE OAK OF OUR FATHERS. BY SOUTHEY.
ALAS for the oak of our fathers that stood In its beauty the glory and pride of the wood. It grew and it flourish'd for many an age, And many a tempest wreaked on its boughs. But when its strong branches were bent with the blast, It struck its roots deeper and flourish'd more. Its head towered high, and its branches spread round, For its roots were struck deep, and its heart it The bays o'er its honey-dew'd foliage play'd, And the breath of the forest fed under its shade. The oak of our fathers to freedom was dear, Its leaves were her crown, and its wood was her spear; Alas for the oak of our fathers that stood In its beauty the glory and pride of the wood! There crept up an ivy and clung round the trunk; It struck in its mouth and its juices it drunk; The branches grew sickly, deprived of their food, And the oak was no longer the pride of the wood. The forefathers saw and they gather'd around, Its roots still were fast and its heart still was found; They lopt off the boughs that so beautifully But the ivy they feared, on its vital shot fed. No longer the bee o'er its honey-dews play'd, Nor the breath of the forest fed under its shade; Lopt & mangled, the oak in its ruin is seen, A monument now what its beauty has been. The oak has received its incurable wound, They have looted the root, tho' the heart may be found; What the travellers at distance green flourish Are the leaves of the ivy that ruin'd the tree. Alas for the oak of our fathers that stood In its beauty and glory the pride of the wood.
By Authority. SCHEME OF A LOTTERY, FOR THE USE OF THE HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, OF THE Religious Society of German Roman Catholics, in the CITY OF PHILADELPHIA.
Table with 2 columns: Prize Amount, Number of Tickets. Lists prizes from 10,000 dollars down to 50 dollars, and first/second/third drawn numbers.
6274 Prizes. 11726 Banks. 18000 Tickets, at five dollars. 90,000. * Less than two Blanks to a Prize—Subject to a deduction of fifteen per centum. The drawing will commence at the State House in Philadelphia as soon as the sale of the tickets shall warrant it, and continue at least twice a week until finally completed; thirty days after which the prizes will be paid to the fortunate adventurers. Such as shall not be demanded within twelve months after the close of the drawing, will be considered as relinquished for the benefit of the church. This Lottery we flatter ourselves will be managed with the strictest punctuality and good faith, and from the great advantages of the above Scheme, in which there are not two Blanks to a Prize, we entertain the fullest confidence that the tickets will meet with a rapid sale.
ADAM PREMR, ANTHONY HOOKKEY, CHARLES BOUMAN, Commissioners. N. B. The tickets for sale by Matthew M'Connell, No. 82, Chestnut George Taylor, Jun. No. 67, 3 Street. Letters addressed to either of whom, post paid, and inclosing the cash, will be duly attended to. May 25.
Conveyancer's Office. THOMAS HERTY, Grateful for past favors, informs his friends and the public, that he continues to prepare CONVEYANCERS OF LAND, and every other species of DEED or INSTRUMENT in the line of his profession, with legal precision, and on moderate terms. Titles investigated, &c. A choice selection of lots on the Pennsylvania avenue and in other desirable situations in the City to lease or for sale. N. B. Herty's Abridgement of the laws of Maryland in 1 vol. and Herty's Digest of the laws of the United States in 2 vol. for sale at the above office. City of Washington, April 12 1803.
By his Excellency John Francis Mercer, Governor of the State Maryland.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS it appeareth unto me by an Inquisition taken before Robert Moore, Esquire, one of the Coroners of Baltimore county, that a most cruel and atrocious murder and Robbery were committed, on the person of ADAM WALKER, paper-maker, a respectable and aged citizen of Anne Arundel county, by some unknown hand, on or about the thirteenth day of March last, which Inquisition hath been returned to me, accompanied by a memorial of sundry respectable inhabitants of the counties of Baltimore and Anne Arundel, and the city of Baltimore, praying the interposition of government; And Whereas the quiet and security of the good people of this Commonwealth depend on the due execution of the laws against such enormities as have been committed—I have therefore thought proper to issue this my proclamation; and I do, by and with the advice and consent of Council, hereby offer a reward of FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS, to whoever will discover the author or perpetrators of the aforesaid murder and Robbery; provided he or they, or any of them, be convicted thereof; and moreover, I do, by virtue of the authority and powers in me vested, hereby promise a full and free pardon to any person being an accomplice, who shall discover the perpetrator or perpetrators of the said murder and robbery on the aforesaid condition.
Given in council at the city of Annapolis, under the seal of the State of Maryland, this sixteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and three.
JOHN FR. MERCER. By his excellency's command.
NINIAN PICKNEY, Clerk of the Governor and Council.
In Council, Annapolis, May 16, 1803. Ordered, That the foregoing proclamation be published three times in each week for the space of three weeks: Incessively in the American, Telegraph, and Federal Gazette, at Baltimore; the National Intelligencer, the Maryland Gazette, at Annapolis; the Republican Advocate, Herald and Bartlett's paper, at Fredericktown; and Mr. Smith's paper at Eaton.
By order, NINIAN PINKNEY, Clerk. May 20.
FOR SALE, Bricks, Wnart logs and tiles, Scantling of a large size. Apply to JAMES O'BRIEN. Carrollburg, May 15, 1803.
RAPINE, CONRAD & CO. BOOKSELLERS & STATIONERS, New-Jersey Avenue, near the Capitol.
HAVE JUST RECEIVED AND FOR SALE, Washington's Reports of cases argued and determined in the court of appeals of Virginia—Price 6 dollars. An address to the government of the United States, on the cession of Louisiana, second edition—Price 25 cents. Monroe's Emancipation, in relation to our claims to the navigation of the Mississippi—Price 25 cents. An address on the past, present and eventual relations of the United States to France—Price 18 cents.
Also, A GENERAL ASSORTMENT of BOOKS in every branch of literature and science; and a constant supply of the stationery—all which they will sell at their usual moderate prices.
PROPOSAL For publishing by subscription. "A view of the practical part of the morals of the times, being an abstract of Cicero's first book de officiis, with remarks"; Never before printed, and copied from the original manuscript of Dr. James Beattie, the celebrated author of the Essay on Truth on the principles of moral science, &c. &c. and member of the American Philosophical Society. A system of morals which Dr. Beattie would condense to a bridge, together with his remarks on that system, cannot fail, it is presumed, to attract public attention. CONDITION: 1. This publication will consist of upwards of 40 pages duodecimo. 2. It will appear as soon as 400 copies are subscribed for. 3. The price to subscribers will be 25 cents for each copy. N. B. It will be printed under the direction of the Revd William Allen, Georgetown. Subscriptions received at this Office. 1803.
FOR SALE, The following Lots in the City of Washington, viz: LOT No. 12 in square 120, No 5 in square 606, No 1 in square 609, No 11 in 19, 652, No 6 in square east of square south of square 667, No 12 in square 581, and No. 22, 23, 24 and 25 in square 902. Also a part of a tract of land containing 50 acres, about twenty of which are in wood, in a fine healthy situation, lying about three miles from the city aforesaid, in Prince George's county, Maryland. On the premises are a young apple orchard that will annually produce 2000 gallons of cyder, a good peach orchard, and a variety of other fruit; a new and convenient dwelling house, and other necessary out-houses. Terms, one third cash, 1 & 2 years credit for the balance on approved bonds. If not disposed of before the 10th day of June next, the said property will be offered at public sale to the highest bidder on that day at 12 o'clock, at the tavern of Mr D. Dabbins, near the Navy Yard, on the roads above mentioned. Application to be made to the subscriber, living on the land above described. NOTLEY MADDOX. May 13.

PROPOSALS
FOR CARRYING THE Mails of the United States
On the following Post Roads, Will be received at the General Post- Office in Washington City, until the 1st day of July next, (1803) in- clusive.
91. From Newburg by New Windsor, Little Falls, Goshen, Warwick, Ham- burg, Newburgh, Haverstraw, Middletown, Hudson, and Poughkeepsie once a week. Leave Newburgh Monday at 8 a.m. and arrive at Newburgh on Wednesday by 11 a.m. and at Poughkeepsie on Thursday by 2 p.m. Leave Poughkeepsie on Thursday by 2 p.m. and arrive at Newburgh on Saturday by 11 a.m. and at Newburgh on Monday by 11 a.m.
92. From Cayuga to Scipio once a week. Leave Cayuga every Saturday at 11 a.m. and arrive at Scipio by 2 p.m. Leave Scipio at 4 p.m. and arrive at Cayuga by 7 p.m.
93. From Newtown by Catharines- town, Helder, Ovid and Romulus to Geneva once a week. Leave Newtown every Friday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Geneva on Saturday by noon. Leave Geneva every Saturday at 3 p.m. and arrive at Newtown on Monday by 6 p.m.
94. From New York by Brooklyn, Jamaica, Hempstead, Merrick, South Oysterbay, South Huntington, Islip, Patchogue, Moriches, Westhampton, Southampton & Bridgehampton to Sag- harbour once a week. Leave Sagharbour every Monday at 8 a.m. and arrive at New York on Wednesday by 3 p.m. Leave New York every Thursday at 9 a.m. and arrive at Sagharbour on Saturday by 3 p.m.
95. From Jamaica by Queens c. h. Huntington, Smithtown, Brookhaven and Riverhead to Southold once a week. Leave Jamaica every Friday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Southold on Saturday by 10 a.m. Leave Southold on Saturday at 2 p.m. and arrive at Jamaica on Monday by 6 p.m.
IN NEW JERSEY.
96. From Newark by Chatham, Mor- ristown, Boonton, Rockaway and Sparta to Newton, and from thence by Johannesburg, Hackettstown, Blackriver, Mendham, Morristown and Chatham to Newark once a week. Leave Newark every Thursday at 8 a.m. and arrive at New- ark on Friday by 7 p.m. Leave New- ark on Saturday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Newark on Monday by 7 p.m.
97. From Somerville c. h. by Basking- ridge to Morristown once a week. Leave Morristown every Friday at 8 a.m. and arrive at Somerville c. h. by 11 a.m. Return—Leave Somerville c. h. every Friday at 1 p.m. and arrive at Morris- town by 8 p.m.
98. From Trenton by Allentown, Monmouth, Shrewsbury, Middletown, Point Pleasant, New Brunswick, Som- erset c. h. Piscataway, Raritan, New German, Washington, Newhampton, Titus, Flemington and Pennington to Trenton, once a week. Leave Trenton every Tuesday at 8 a.m. and return to Trenton the next Tuesday by 6 a.m.
99. From Trenton by Pennington, Flemington, Flemington, Pa. Alexandria, Pittston, New Germantown, Raritan, Pluckemin, Somerville c. h. New-Brunsw- ick, Point Pleasant, Middletown Point, Shrewsbury, Monmouth and Allentown to Trenton, once a week. Leave Tren- ton every Wednesday at 8 a.m. and arrive at Allentown by 2 1/2 p.m. Leave Allentown at 3 p.m. and return to Trenton the next Wednesday by 6 a.m.
100. From Trenton by Ardentown, Stanton, Mount Holly, New Mills, Moorestown and Haddonfield to Phila- delphia, once a week. Leave Trenton every Tuesday at 9 a.m. and arrive at Philadelphia on Wednesday by 11 a.m. Leave Philadelphia every Wednesday at 2 p.m. and arrive at Trenton on Thurs- day by 6 p.m.
101. From Philadelphia by Coopers- town, Haddonfield, Taunton and At- lantic City to Trenton, once a week. Leave Trenton every Monday at 10 a.m. and arrive at Philadelphia on Wednes- day by 8 a.m. Leave Philadelphia every Wednesday at 3 p.m. and arrive at Trenton on Friday by 2 p.m.
102. From Philadelphia by Glouces- ter, Swedesboro' & Woodbury to New Salem, once a week. Leave Salem every Tuesday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Phila- delphia on Wednesday by 7 a.m. Leave Philadelphia every Wednesday at 3 p.m. and arrive at Salem on Thurs- day by 7 p.m.
103. From Philadelphia by Gloucester, Woodbury, Bridgetown, Melle- ville, Port Elizabeth and Cape May c. h. to Cape May Island, once a week. Leave Philadelphia every Tuesday and Friday at 4 p.m. and arrive at Bridgetown on Wednesday and Saturday by 7 p.m. Leave Bridgetown on Thursday at 5 a.m. and arrive at Cape May Island by 8 p.m. Return—Leave Cape May Island every Wednesday at 5 a.m. and arrive at Bridgetown by 8 p.m. Leave Bridgetown every Monday and Thurs- day at 6 a.m. and arrive at Philadel- phia by 7 p.m.
IN PENNSYLVANIA.
104. From Philadelphia by Jenkin- town, Doylestown, Plumstead, Easton, Hellertown, Schuylkill and Pottstown to Wilkesbarre, once a week. Leave Philadelphia every Wednesday and Sat- urday at 4 a.m. and arrive at Jenkin- town by 8 a.m. and at Easton by 10 a.m. and at Wilkesbarre on Friday by 6 p.m. Return—Leave Wilkesbarre every Sat- urday at 5 p.m. and arrive at Easton on Sunday by 3 p.m. Leave Easton every Monday and Thursday at 5 a.m. and arrive at Philadelphia by 8 p.m.
105. From Wilkesbarre by Pitston, Tunkannock, Braintrim, Wykashung, Alyam and Sheshequin to Athens once a week. Leave Wilkesbarre every Mon- day at 6 a.m. and arrive at Athens on Wednesday by 6 p.m. Leave Athens every Thursday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Wilkesbarre on Saturday by 4 p.m.
106. From Jenkintown by the Crooked Billet, Warminster Cross Roads, Buckingham, Amwell, Corryshall and Ringoes to Flemington once a week. Leave Jenkintown every Thursday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Flemington by 5 p.m. Leave Flemington every Friday at 5 a.m. and arrive at Jenkintown by 3 p.m.
107. From Philadelphia by German- ton, Chestnut Hill, White Marsh, Mont- gomery and Quakertown to Bethlehem. May 1st to November 1st.
Leave Philadelphia every Wednesday and Saturday at 4 p.m. and arrive at Bethlehem by 8 p.m. Leave Bethle- hem every Monday and Wednesday at 4 a.m. and arrive at Philadelphia by 8 p.m.
November 1st to May 1st.
Leave Bethlehem every Monday at 5 a.m. and arrive at Philadelphia on Tues- day by 11 a.m. Leave Philadelphia on Friday at 5 a.m. and arrive at Bethle- hem on Saturday by 11 a.m.
108. From Philadelphia by German- town, Norristown, Trapp, Portgrove, Reading, Hamburg and Sunbury to Northumberland once a week. Leave Philadelphia every Tuesday at 4 a.m. and arrive at Reading on Wednesday by 6 p.m. Leave Reading on Thursday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Northumberland on Friday by 3 p.m. Return—Leave Northumberland every Saturday at 5 a.m. and arrive at Reading on Sunday by 6 p.m. Leave Reading on Monday by 4 a.m. and arrive at Philadelphia on Tuesday by 8 a.m.
109. From Northumberland by Mil- ton and Muncy to Williamsport once a week. Leave Williamsport every Friday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Northum- berland by 6 p.m. Leave Northumber- land every Saturday at 9 a.m. and arrive at Williamsport by 9 p.m.
110. From Northumberland by Lew- isburg, Aronburg, Milburg and Belle- font to Centre Furnace once a week. Leave Northumberland every Saturday at 9 a.m. and arrive at Centre Furnace on Monday by 3 a.m. Return—Leave Centre Furnace every Monday at 10 a.m. and arrive at Northumberland on Tuesday by 6 p.m.
111. From Downingtown by West Chester, Kennett Square and New Lon- don Cross Roads to the Brick Meeting house in Maryland once a week. Leave the Brick Meeting house every Tuesday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Downingtown by 6 p.m. Leave Downingtown every Wednesday at 6 a.m. and arrive at the Brick Meeting house by 6 p.m.
112. From Philadelphia by Down- ingtown to Lancaster once a week. Leave Philadelphia every Monday, Wed- nesday and Saturday at 4 a.m. and arrive at Lancaster by 8 p.m. Return—Leave Lancaster every Monday, Thurs- day and Saturday at 4 a.m. and arrive at Philadelphia by 4 p.m.
113. From Lancaster by Reamstown, Adamstown, Cootetown, Allentown, Bethlehem, Nazareth, Hellertown, Stroudsburg to Milford once a week. Leave Lancaster every Wednesday at 1 p.m. and arrive at Milford on Saturday by 5 p.m. Leave Milford on Saturday by 9 p.m. and arrive at Lancaster the next Wednesday by 10 a.m.
114. From Lancaster by Middletown and Elizabethtown to Harrisburg once a week. Leave Lancaster every Tues- day at 6 a.m. and arrive at Harrisburg by 6 p.m. Leave Harrisburg every Thurs- day at 6 a.m. and arrive at Lancaster by 6 p.m.
115. From Reading by Womelsdorf, Lebanon and Harrisburg to Carlisle once a week. Leave Reading every Thurs- day at 6 a.m. and arrive at Carlisle on Friday by 3 p.m. Leave Carlisle every Saturday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Reading on Sunday by 6 p.m.
116. From Harrisburg by Halifax, Sunbury, Northumberland, Danville, Catawissa, Berwick, Salem and Poygan to Wilkesbarre, and from thence by Hanover, Newport, Salem, Berwick, Danville, and the same route to Harris- burg once a week. Leave Harrisburg every Wednesday at 1 p.m. and arrive at Wilkesbarre on Saturday by 4 p.m. Leave Wilkesbarre every Saturday at 10 a.m. and arrive at Harrisburg the next Wednesday by 10 a.m.
117. From Lebanon by Jonestown once a week. Leave Lebanon every Friday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Jonestown by 8 a.m. Leave Jonestown at 10
a.m. and arrive at Lebanon by noon. 118. From Harrisburg by Clarks- burg, Millerstown, Thompsonstown, Mil- ton, Lewistown, Bellefonte, Hunting- don and Custer's Mills to Al- exandria once a week. Leave Harri- sburg every Wednesday at 2 p.m. and arrive at Alexandria on Saturday by 2 p.m. Leave Alexandria every Monday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Harrisburg on Wednesday by 10 a.m.
119. From Lancaster by Columbia, York, Carlisle and Shippensburg to Chambersburg twice a week. Leave Lancaster every Sunday and Thursday at 4 a.m. and arrive at York by 11 a.m. Leave York at 1 p.m. and arrive at Car- lisle on Monday and Friday by 8 a.m. Leave Carlisle at half past 8 a.m. and arrive at Chambersburg by 6 p.m. Return—Leave Chambersburg every Tuesday and Saturday at 4 a.m. and arrive at Carlisle by 4 p.m. Leave Carlisle at half past 4 p.m. and arrive at York on Sunday and Wednesday by noon. Leave York at 1 p.m. and arrive at Lancaster by 7 p.m.
120. From Lancaster by the Sorrell horse, Black horse, Unicorn, Rising Sun and Brick Meeting house to Elkton in Maryland once a week. Leave Elkton every Monday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Lancaster by 6 p.m. Leave Lancaster every Tuesday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Elkton by 6 p.m.
121. From Lancaster by Strasburg, Gap tavern, Cochrans tavern, Clatnam and New Garden to Newport in Dela- ware once a week. Leave Newport every Monday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Lancaster on Tuesday by 8 a.m. Leave Lancaster every Tuesday at 11 a.m. and arrive at Newport on Wednesday by noon.
122. From York by Abbottstown, Gettysburg, Fairfield and Emmitsburg to Hagerstown, once a week. Leave York every Sunday at 1 p.m. and arrive at Hagerstown on Tuesday by 7 a.m. Return—Leave Hagerstown every Tuesday at 9 a.m. and arrive at Gettysburg by 9 p.m. and at York the next Sun- day by 10 a.m.
123. From Somerset by Connells- ville, Union and New Geneva to Mor- gantown, once a week. Leave Somer- set every Wednesday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Morgantown on Friday by 10 a.m. Leave Morgantown every Friday at 1 p.m. and arrive at Somerset on Sat- urday by 7 p.m.
124. From Pittsburgh by Franklin, Meadville and Le Boeuf to Presque- Isle, once a week. Leave Pittsburgh every Saturday at 10 p.m. and arrive at Presque- Isle on Wednesday by 10 a.m. Leave Presque-Isle every Wednesday at 2 p.m. and arrive at Pittsburgh on Saturday by 5 a.m.
125. From Pittsburgh by Beavertown, Georgetown, Canfield, Youngstown and the Salt Springs to Warren in Ohio, once a week. Leave Pittsburgh every Wednesday noon, and arrive at Warren on Saturday by noon. Return—Leave Warren every Saturday at 8 p.m. and arrive at Pittsburgh on Wednesday by 8 a.m.
126. From Washington by Brown- sville to Union, once a week. Leave Union every Friday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Washington by 4 p.m. Leave Washington every Saturday at 5 a.m. and arrive at Union by 6 p.m.
127. From Washington by Waynes- boro, once a week. Leave Washington every Monday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Waynesboro by 1 p.m. Leave Waynes- boro every Monday at 4 p.m. and arrive at Washington on Tuesday by noon.
128. From York by Shrewsbury and the Blackhorse to Baltimore once a week. Leave York every Tuesday noon and arrive at Baltimore on Wednesday by 7 p.m. Leave Baltimore every Fri- day at 6 a.m. and arrive at York on Saturday by noon.
129. From Baltimore, Md. by Rei- ferstown, Winchester, Union Mills, Petersburg and Gettysburg, Pa. to Cham- bersburg once a week. Leave Baltimore every Saturday at 5 a.m. and arrive at Chambersburg on Sunday by 6 p.m. Leave Chambersburg every Tuesday at 5 a.m. and arrive at Baltimore on Wed- nesday by 6 p.m.
130. From Baltimore by Reifertown, Hanover, Abbottstown, Berlin, War- rington, and Mannahann to Carlisle once a week. Leave Baltimore every Satur- day at 5 a.m. and arrive at Carlisle on Sunday by 7 p.m. Leave Carlisle every Tuesday at 5 a.m. and arrive at Baltimore on Wednesday by 7 p.m.
131. From Shippensburg to Strasburg once a week. Leave Shippensburg every Tuesday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Stras- burg by 8 a.m. Leave Strasburg at 10 a.m. and arrive at Shippensburg by noon.
132. From Bristol to Burlington 6 times a week. Leave Bristol every day Sunday except at 4 p.m. and arrive at Burlington by 12 p.m. Leave Burlington at 6 p.m. and arrive at Bristol by 7 p.m.
IN OHIO.
133. From Steubenville by Brook c. h. to West Liberty in Virginia once a week. Leave West Liberty every Sat- urday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Steuben- ville by 11 a.m. Leave Steubenville every Saturday at 1 p.m. and arrive at West Liberty by 7 p.m.
134. From Zaneville to Marietta
once in two weeks. Leave Zaneville every other Thursday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Marietta on Friday by 6 p.m. Leave Marietta every other Tuesday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Zaneville by 6 p.m.
135. From Marietta by Middle- town to Chillicothe once a week. Leave Marietta every Tuesday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Chillicothe on Thursday by 6 p.m. Leave Chillicothe every Saturday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Marietta on Monday by 6 p.m.
136. From Brown's roads by New Market, Williamsburg and Columbia to Cincinnati once a week. Leave Brown's roads every Saturday at 2 p.m. and arrive at Cincinnati on Monday by 4 p.m. Leave Cincinnati every Tuesday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Brown's roads on Wednesday by 6 p.m.
137. From Cincinnati by Hamilton, Franklin, Dayton, Simonton, Lower Piquetown, Loramie, Old Fort on St. Mary's, Ottawattown, Ft. Defiance, Fort Miami and Rasin River to Detroit, once in two weeks. Leave Cincinnati every other Tuesday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Detroit the next Monday week by 4 p.m. Return—Leave Detroit every other Tuesday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Cincinnati the next Monday week by 4 p.m.
IN KENTUCKY.
138. From Lexington by Winchester, Montgomery c. h. and Fleming c. h. to Washington once a week. Leave Lex- ington every Wednesday at 8 a.m. and arrive at Washington on Friday by noon. Leave Washington every Friday at 3 p.m. and arrive at Lexington on Tuesday by 7 p.m.
139. From Frankfort by Georgetown, Cynthiana, Pendleton c. h. and Gumpell c. h. to Cincinnati once a week. Leave Frankfort every Friday at 2 p.m. and arrive at Cincinnati once a week. Leave Frankfort every Friday at 2 p.m. and arrive at Cincinnati on Monday by 3 p.m. Leave Cincinnati every Tuesday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Frankfort on Friday by 10 a.m.
140. From Frankfort by Shelbyville, Louisville and Shreveport to Bard- stown once a week. Leave Frankfort every Tuesday at 9 a.m. and arrive at Shelbyville by 2 p.m. Leave Shelbyville in half an hour, and arrive at Louisville on Wednesday by 3 p.m. Leave Louis- ville on Thursday at 6 p.m. and arrive at Bardstown on Friday by 11 a.m. Return—Leave Bardstown every Friday by 1 p.m. and arrive at Louisville on Saturday by 6 p.m. Leave Louisville on Sunday at noon, and arrive at Shel- byville on Monday by 11 a.m. Leave Shelbyville at noon, and arrive at Louisville by 6 p.m.
141. From Shelbyville by Middle- burg, Bardstown, Beaufort, and Hardin c. h. to Brackenridge c. h. once a week. Leave Shelbyville every Tuesday at 3 p.m. and arrive at Brackenridge c. h. on Friday by 11 a.m. Leave Brackenridge c. h. on Friday at 1 p.m. and arrive at Shelbyville by 11 a.m.
142. From Brackenridge c. h. by Hartford, Russellville, and Springfield to Nashville, T. once a week. Leave Brackenridge c. h. every Friday at 2 p.m. and arrive at Nashville on Monday by 6 p.m. Leave Nashville every Tues- day at 5 a.m. and arrive at Brackenridge c. h. on Friday by 10 a.m.
143. From Hartford by Henderson- ton, Harpfield, Eddyville, Eddyville, and Smithland to Fort Massac, once in two weeks. Leave Hartford every other Saturday at noon and arrive at Fort Massac the next Thursday by 10 a.m. Return—Leave Fort Massac same day at 2 p.m. and arrive at Hartford the next Tuesday by noon.
144. From Hartford by Vienna to Muhlenburg c. h. once in two weeks. Leave Hartford every other Saturday at noon and arrive at Muhlenburg c. h. on Sunday by 6 p.m. Return—Leave Muhlenburg c. h. every other Monday at 8 a.m. and arrive at Hartford on Tuesday at 1 p.m.
145. From Russellville by Davisburg, Christian c. h. and Eddy Grove to Eddyville, once in two weeks. Leave Russellville every other Monday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Eddyville on Tuesday by 6 p.m. Leave Eddyville every other Wednesday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Russellville on Thursday by 6 p.m.
146. From Russellville by Bowling- Green and Glasgow to Green c. h. once in two weeks. Leave Russellville every other Monday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Green c. h. on Wednesday by 10 a.m. Leave Green c. h. every other Wednesday at 2 p.m. and arrive at Russellville on Thursday by 6 p.m.
147. From Frankfort by Harrodsburg, Danville, Lancaster, Stanford and Plog- hake c. h. to Wayne c. h. once a week. Leave Frankfort every Friday at 3 p.m. and arrive at Wayne c. h. the next Monday by 10 a.m. Leave Wayne c. h. every Tuesday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Frankfort on Friday by 10 a.m.
148. From Danville by Springfield to Bardstown once a week. Leave Danville every Monday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Bardstown by 6 p.m. Leave Bardstown every Tuesday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Danville by 6 p.m.
INDIANA TERRITORY.
149. From Louisville to Vincennes once a week. Leave Louisville every Thursday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Vin- cennes on Saturday by 4 p.m. Leave
Vincennes on Sunday by 6 a.m. and arrive at Louisville on Tuesday by 6 p.m.
150. From Vincennes by Kaskaskia, St. Philips and Prairie du Rocher to Cahokia once in two weeks. Leave Vincennes every other Sunday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Cahokia the next Saturday by 6 p.m. Leave Cahokia every other Sunday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Vincen- nes the next Saturday by 6 p.m.
NOTES.
1. The Postmaster General may expe- dite the mails and alter the times of ar- rival and departure at any time dur- ing the continuance of the contracts, he stipulating an adequate compensation for any extra expense that may be oc- casioned thereby. 2. Fifteen minutes shall be allowed for opening and closing the mails at all offices, where no particular time is spe- cified. 3. For every thirty minutes delay (unavoidable accidents excepted) in ar- riving after the times prescribed in any contract, the contractor shall forfeit one dollar; and if the delay continue un- til the departure of any depending mail, whereby the mails defined for such de- pending mails, lose a trip, an additional forfeiture of five dollars shall be incur- red. 4. Newspapers as well as letters are to be sent in the mail; and if any per- son making proposals, desires to carry newspapers, other than those conveyed in the mail for his own emolument, he must state in his proposals, for what sum he will carry with the emolument, and for what sum without that emolument. 5. Should any person making propo- sals desire an alteration of the times of arrival and departure above specified, he must state in his proposals the altera- tions desired, and the difference they will make in the terms of the contract. 6. Persons making proposals are de- sired to state their prices by the year. Those who contract will receive their pay quarterly in the months of February, May, August, and November, one month after the expiration of each quarter. 7. No other than a free white per- son shall be employed to convey the mail. 8. Where the proposer intends to convey the mail in the body of a large carriage, he is desired to state it in his proposals. 9. The Postmaster General reserves to himself the right of declaring any contract at an end whenever three fail- ures happen which amount to the loss of a trip each. 10. Those who wish to contract for two years, will make distinct proposals, specifying for what price they will per- form the service for one year, and at what price for two years. 11. The contracts for the above routes are to be in operation on the first day of October next, and are to continue in force for one year, or two years, at the election of the Postmaster General.
GIDEON GRANGER,
Postmaster General.
General Post-Office, Washington City, April 4th, 1803.
FIRST LEGION.
ATTENTION!
At a Legionary Court of Enquiry, held on the 15th day of March last, in obedience to a law passed at the last session of Congress, intituled, "An act more effectual to provide for the organization of the Militia of the District of Columbia," ordered that the fol- lowing be the Uniform to be worn by all non-commissioned officers and privates be- longing to the battalion companies of the first Legion while on duty, viz. A DARK BLUE COAT of ordinary length, WHITE VEST, WHITE BREECHES and WHITE STOCK- INGS, or WHITE PANTALOONS and WHITE STOCKINGS, or WHITE OVER- ALLS, with SHOES and ROUND BLACK HATS, which Uniform having been approved by the Brigadier General, is now published by order of the said court.
WM. D. BEALL, Clerk of L. c. h.
Sec. 27. And he it further enacted, That all non-commissioned officers and privates, belonging to battalion companies, shall appear while on duty, uniformly clothed, the color and fashion of which uniforms to be deter- mined on for the respective legions, by the first legionary courts of enquiry which shall be held, and to be approved by the Bri- gadier General; provided the expense of the same, additional to that of usual, ordinary, and cheap clothing, does not exceed five dol- lars for each person, and every such non-com- missioned officer, or drummer, or fifer, or private, appearing at any muster held after three months from the time that the uniform shall have been determined on, and the order relative thereto shall have been published, in some newspaper within the legionary district, and not wearing the same, shall be fined five dollars for each offence, unless he can make it appear to the satisfaction of the court of enquiry of the battalion to which he may belong, that he was unable to equip him- self.
The subscriber has for sale,
A QUANTITY OF Claret in bottles, Jamaica Spirits, Anchovies in boxes, Whisky in barrels, Capers in ditto, New-England cheese, Olive Oil in ditto, Imperial tea in chests, Sugar in hds. & bks, Butter in Firkins, &c. &c.
WILLIAM BRENT.
Washington, May 12.