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NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, AND WASHINGTON ADVERTISER.
VOL. VII.
WASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
No. 1007.
FIVE DOLLARS PER ANNUM.
MONDAY, MARCH 30, 1807.
PAID IN ADVANCE.
PUBLIC NOTICE.
Pursuant to a Resolution of the House of Representatives of the United States of the 3d day of March inst.
JOHN BECKLEY, Clerk to the House of Representatives of the United States.
City of Washington, 25th March, 1807.
STATIONERY WANTED.
Letter paper, hot pressed, vellum, extra large, Do. do. plain, Do. do. wove and plain, Do. medium size, for engrossing, Foolscap, Ready made pens, per hundred and quills per hundred, Red Dutch red wax, Do. black do., Red wafers, Common black sand, in papers, and Water boxes, and pounce boxes per dozen, Ink and sands, per pair, Half pint phials, with corks, Low priced folders, Lead pencils, Red tape, in pieces, Ink of the best quality per gallon, Indian rubber, per bottle, Parchment in skins per dozen, cut dressed, and pounced for use, 28 by 32 inches, Office pens, knives and crafting knives.
The supply of these articles must embrace a possible demand to the value of 3,500, or 4,000 dollars, for the session.
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Plain work, per sheet, octavo, 300 impressions of each sheet, Bills numbered per line, in sheet or half sheet, folio, Figure work, Rule & figure work, Table work, Folding and stitching, per hundred, for any number of documents exceeding three half sheets, and thence to twenty half sheets, and for all above, Book binding in boards, calf, sheep.
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No extra allowance will be made for working on Sundays, holidays, or after night; these must be considered by the contractor, in the price per sheet.
FUEL WANTED.
For the supply of the next session, 100 cord good sound Hickory Wood, to be delivered, sawed, packed and measured, in the public cellar of the Capitol.
JOHN BECKLEY.
Washington, March 30—310
THE CELEBRATED ENGLISH RUNNING HORSE CLIFDEN,
WILL stand the ensuing season at my Farm in Prince Georges county, about 5 miles from Queen Ann, 9 from Bladensburg, the same distance from Upper Marlinton, and about 15 from the city of Washington.
CLIFDEN is a horse of uncommonly fine form, above 15 and 1-2 hands high, of a beautiful deep blood-bay, and perhaps the strongest made thorough blooded horse on the continent.
Fifty Dollars Reward. FOR apprehending RICHARD GOTT, a negro who broke jail last night. He was committed on his confession of passing counterfeit checks.
SALE AT AUCTION.
ON Wednesday the 21st day of April will be sold at public auction at the House of Dr. JOHN BULLUS, living near the Marine Barracks, all his Household & Kitchen Furniture.
consisting of Mahogany and other beds, bureaus, chairs, mahogany dining, tea and card tables, sofas, dressing tables, wall hangings, Brussels and Scotch carpeting.
The sale to commence at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, if fair, if not, the next fair day, and continue from day to day until all are sold.
Terms made known at time and place of sale.
The goods may be viewed two days previous to the sale. SAMUEL SPEAKE, Auct. March 2—tdof
State of Maryland, Montgomery county wit, November term 1806. among other things is the following to, wit:
ORDERED by the court that all suits transmitted from the General Court to this court, under the act of assembly entitled "An act to provide for the organization and regulation of the courts of common law in this state, and for the administration of justice," and continued under the act to employ new counsel, shall not continue longer than to the end of the next court, under the said act.
Copy test, UPTON BEALL, Clk Montgo. mery county court. January 5—11122wam
CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 18.
After the transaction of some business of minor importance, the House resumed the consideration of the motion of Mr. Broom, to refer his resolution relative to the writ of Habeas Corpus, to a Committee of the Whole House—Ayes 49—Noes 33.
MR. ELLIOT—Mr. Speaker, I made several efforts, sir, during the discussion of yesterday, to become entitled to the privilege of addressing yourself and the House, upon the present question, in which I was unfortunately disappointed.
Gentlemen have generally been disposed, and I think with great propriety, to consider the subject in two points of view. First, to examine the merits of the proposed resolution upon general principles, abstracted from all connection with events that have occurred, either recent or distant.
Upon the first point, gentlemen who have expressed their sentiments, have been unanimous, or nearly so, in declaring that legal provisions of the kind now contemplated ought to be made, at a proportion, if those now existing are insufficient and inoperative.
The doctrine is too absurd to be countenanced, upon serious reflection, by any man of common discernment. The constitution has declared that "the privilege of the writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of invasion or rebellion, the public safety shall require it."
It is said that it is improper at the present period to agitate the question now under consideration. In my apprehension the objection is a very strange one. The constitution has just been violated by the commander of your army; violated at the point of the bayonet, and in more than one or two of its most essential articles.
which prohibits the suspension of the Habeas Corpus, except by the supreme civil power in crises of great national danger, several of those amendatory articles which peculiarly secure the rights of the citizen, and the adoption of which, on that account, was necessary to reconcile the majority of the people to the original constitution itself, have been disregarded and derided by a military chieftain.
"Art. 4. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated;
"Art. 5. No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless upon a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia when in actual service in time of war or public danger;
"Art. 6. In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation;
It is obvious that most of the privileges intended to be secured by these articles to all our citizens, have recently been denied to some of them, at the point of the bayonet, and under circumstances of peculiar violence. It may indeed be said that the privilege of the writ of Habeas Corpus was not denied in the first instance; that it could not be said to be suspended until the injured persons were placed in a situation which entitled them to demand it from the judicial power of their country.
"The undersigned, commanding the army of the United States, takes on himself all responsibility for the arrest of Dr. Erick Bollman, on a charge of misprision of treason against the United States, and has adopted measures for his safe delivery to the executive of the United States.
"JAMES WILKINSON. Head quarters, army of the U. S. New Orleans, Dec. 17, 1806."
Here is a return, not of obedience to the laws, and high reverence for civil institutions, but of disobedience and defiance. The constitution is violated in order to preserve it inviolate! Prostrated in the dust by military power, for the purpose of maintaining and perpetuating its holy attributes.
major or a minor crime; and the other he explicitly pronounces, as we learn from our official documents, guilty of misprision of treason, at all events a bailable offence.
"But on this occasion the tocsin of party is sounded, and around the banners of party we must rally, or subject ourselves to new denunciation. I am not the champion of democracy, of federalism, or of any man or set of men; but I am, what every member of this house is bound by oath to be, the champion of the constitution of my country—a constitution unnecessarily assailed and rudely violated.
"We must at least be suspected of being envious of the fame, or hostile to the character of general Wilkinson. To that officer I have once stood in the relation in which a soldier stands to his general: in that situation I was his friend, and even his partisan; and I have always considered him as possessing considerable military merit.
"Again, we must be prepared for the insinuation that we countenance treason, and sympathize with traitors. It is surely wrong at this time to make our walls echo and re-echo, and the winds around us sing the charge of treason. Sub judice lit es. Let the courts decide. I have not seen "one jot or tittle" of evidence to prove the unfor-

are persons now in confinement guilty of treason. Probably they may have been guilty of a misprision, or mere knowledge of a meditated treason; and in all events their conduct has been such as to require years of sincere repentance, to restore them to the confidence of society and their country. But upon general principles, without reference to any particular case, I hope that the resolution, which only contemplates the appointment of a committee, for the purpose of inquiry, will not, by any side way operation, be defeated and destroyed.
Mr. SLOAN. Like the gentleman from Vermont who has just sat down, I had a great desire yesterday to express a few words on the motion before the House, but I was not able to get a chance to address the House at that time. I must now beg leave to detain the House some time longer than would have been necessary then, in consequence of the lengthy speech we have heard from the gentleman from Vermont. That gentleman has said he will not only protect the constitution, but if it must die, he is willing to perish in its ruins. That gentleman I expect alluded to recent times, as he often does in his learned way; when he made that figure, I expect, to the case of Sampson, who after the loss of his sight also perished in the ruins of the destruction which he had made.
I beg leave to ask whether this gentleman's sight does not also begin to be dimmed as Sampson's was. He says he begins to doubt the wisdom of our present administration, and the wise measures they pursue. I expect the sight of that gentleman is not only dim, but I'm afraid he will be soon perfectly blind.
Sometime ago, the gentleman from Vermont exhibited a scene of prolificacy which was never before paralleled in this House. He brought forth nine resolutions at once, and prefaced them by a long speech like that we have heard today, in which he attempted to expose to this House the danger in which we stood with foreign powers.
Those resolutions brought up to my mind, the recollection of a fable which I once read when I was young. It was in a book which I beg leave to recommend to the gentleman from Vermont, if he has never read it. The book I mean is Esop's Fables. There is the story of a conversation between a fox and a lioness. The fox boasted of her great prolificacy, and reproached the lioness for bringing only one at a time. The lioness replied, that she indeed bore but one at a time, but that one was a lion.
After making these observations Mr. S. begged leave to consider the merits of the question. I consider it, said he, as highly improper at this time. Whether it would be proper at any future time I don't pretend to say. It is likely that prosecutions will be commenced against general Wilkinson. And will not this House show as much candor as the editors of newspapers who say nothing on criminals left for trial lest there should be a bias made on the public mind. No person can candidly say that gen. Wilkinson ought not to have deprived these men of liberty to prevent their treason and the destruction they meant against these U. S.
Why such sympathy for these persons? In what circumstances were they taken? Were they taken from their homes & their fire-sides and denied the Habeas Corpus for some months as has been in former cases, which compared to this, were only as a drop to the bucket. These men were taken in the act of treason or misprision of treason, against these United States. We ought to wait till we know more of the matter before we decide.
Is any member so lost to humanity in this House as to reprobate the conduct of the executive or of general Wilkinson in this matter? The former insurrections compared to this were more properly oppositions to government, oppositions to obnoxious & unjust laws, which have been since repealed, and are now justly consigned to eternal infamy.
The matter rests solely on two plain questions. The first is, was the confinement of these persons necessary? And second, was the civil authority adequate to their safe keeping? It is plain their confinement was necessary, and as to the second question, it appears from the affidavits of general Wilkinson, that Ogden, one of the conspirators, was released by the Habeas Corpus after being confined.
If a force of 6000 men had come against New Orleans as the general expected, and he had not arrested and sent these persons away, and they had been released by Burr after capturing the city, these persons whom we see on this floor to have so much sympathy, would be the first to charge general Wilkinson with neglect of duty. I have no doubt but this would be the case.
I consider the conduct of general Wilkinson not only justifiable, but highly commendable. and I am astonished that any should withhold the tribute so justly due. I would say: Well done thou good and faithful servant, thou hast served well of thy country.
(To be continued.)
FRESH GARDEN SEEDS, &c
THOPHULUS HOLT respectfully informs his friends and the public that he has an extensive assortment of Fresh Garden and Flower seeds, Grass seeds, Garden tools &c for sale at his Nursery Garden Eastern Branch.
Washington city, Jan. 2-1803
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAYTI. [Translated for the Philadelphia Gazette.]
The undersigned delegates, invested with the powers of the people of Hayti, legally assembled by his excellency the general in chief of the army, fully sensible of the necessity of causing their constituents to enjoy the sacred, inalienable and unalienable rights of man, proclaim in presence and under the auspices of the all powerful God, the articles contained in the present constitutional compact.
TITLE I. Of the state of Citizens.
1. Every person, residing on the territory of Hayti, is free. 2. Slavery is forever abolished in Hayti. 3. None has the right to violate the asylum of a citizen, or enter it by force, unless he be furnished with an order of a superior and competent authority. 4. Property is under the safeguard of the government; any attempt against the property of a citizen, is a crime punishable by the law. 5. The law punishes with death the murderer.
TITLE II. Of the government.
6. The government of Hayti is composed, first, of a chief magistrate who assumes the title and quality of President and Generalissimo of the land and sea forces of Hayti.
Any other title is forever proscribed in Hayti.
7. The government of Hayti takes the title of, and will be known under the denomination of State of Hayti. 8. The constitution appoints the general in chief Henry Christophe, President and Generalissimo of the land and sea forces of the state of Hayti. 9. The dignity of president and of generalissimo of land and sea forces, is for life.
10. The president has the right to choose a successor, but among generals only, in the manner hereafter mentioned.
This choice ought to be secret, and put into a seal parcel, which will be opened only by the council of state, solemnly assembled for that purpose.
The president will indicate, with every necessary precaution, to the council of state, the place where the parcel will be deposited.
11. The armed force, both of land and sea, is at the disposal of the president, as well as the direction of finances, that he will cause to be administered by a general superintendent and intendants chosen by him.
12. The president has the power of making treaties with foreign nations, both to establish with them commercial relations, and insure the independence of the state.
13. He makes treaties of peace, and declares war, to maintain the rights of the people of Hayti.
14. He has also the right to devise the means of favoring and increasing the population of the country.
15. He proposes the laws to the council of state, who, after adopting and drawing them up, sends them back for his sanction without which they cannot be enforced.
16. The salary of the President is fixed at forty thousand dollars a year.
TITLE III. Of the Council of State.
17. The council of state is composed of nine members appointed by the President, the two thirds of whom at least, are generals.
18. The functions of the council of state are to receive the projects of law presented by the President, to draw them up in a manner judged the most convenient by the council.
19. At the request of the President, the council of state determines the quota of taxes and the mode of collecting them.
20. The council of state will have the sanction of the treaties made by the President with foreign nations.
21. To this council belongs the mode of recruiting the army.
22. The general superintendent of finances will lay before it every year, conformably to the order of the President, an account of the expenses and receipts of the state, and a summary of its resources.
23. The council of state meets in the residence of the President, by whom it is convoked.
TITLE IV. Of the Superintendent of Finances.
24. There is, for the government of Hayti, a general superintendent who has the management of the finances, of the navy and of internal affairs.
TITLE V. Of the Secretary of State.
25. There will be a secretary of state appointed by the President, who will be intrusted with the digesting and countersigning all public acts of the government, and with the exterior and interior correspondence.
TITLE VI. Of the Tribunals.
26. There shall be established, in every division a tribunal that will take cognizance of affairs both civil and criminal.
27. There shall be also in each parish a justice of peace that will have the power of deciding, upon the first demand, up to a sum determined by the law.
28. Every citizen is nevertheless at liberty of having his differences amicably settled by arbitrators.
29. Special councils shall be also established for military offences, and shall be appointed by the President, and broken up, after the execution of every judgment.
30. The mode of process, in civil and military matters, will be regulated by a particular code of laws.
TITLE VII. Of Worship.
31. The catholic, Apostolic and Roman religion is the only one acknowledged by the government. The exercise of others is tolerated, but not publicly.
32. There shall be an apostolic prefect, charged with the divine worship and of all that relates thereto; he will directly communicate with the President, propose regulations concerning the church, and will denounce to him the irregularities that may take place in it.
33. The state does not provide for the maintenance of any minister of the religion; but the law will determine the emoluments and fees granted for their ministry.
34. No one has a right to disturb the free exercise of any worship.
TITLE VIII. Of public Education.
35. There shall be established, in each division, a central school, and private schools in each arrondissement (district.)
36. Every citizen will be nevertheless permitted to keep private schools.
37. The salaries of professors and tutors and the police of those schools shall be regulated by a particular law.
TITLE IX. Of the warranty of the neighboring colonies.
38. The government of Hayti makes known to powers that have colonies in its neighborhood, its unshaken resolution not to disturb at all the laws by which they are governed.
39. The people of Hayti make no conquests, and are satisfied with preserving their own territory.
TITLE X. General Regulations.
40. No society or corporation, that could tend to disturb the public order, is tolerated in Hayti.
41. Every seditious meeting will be broken up by the armed force, when a verbal order of a competent authority will not have been sufficient.
42. Every Haytian, from the age of 16 to that of 50, owes his services to the army, every time that the safety of the state requires them.
43. The government solemnly warrants to foreign merchants, the safety of their persons and property, and insures them the most efficacious protection.
44. Considering the advantages enjoyed by foreigners in Hayti, they will have to submit, during their stay there, to the laws and customs of the country, as Haytian subjects.
45. A special law divides the territory in the most convenient manner.
46. The effect of the constitution shall be suspended in every place of the Haytian territory, where disturbances take place, that may oblige the government to send an armed force, to re-establish order.
47. The uniformity of weights and measures is general in Hayti.
48. Divorce is rigidly forbidden in Hayti.
49. Marriage being a civil and religious bond, encouraging good morals, shall be honored, and essentially protected.
50. Parents shall not have the right to disinherit their children.
51. Agriculture, as the first, the noblest, and the most useful of all arts, shall be encouraged and protected.
52. National festivals, to celebrate the independence, constitution, agriculture, the birth day of the President, and of his wife, shall be instituted and determined.
53. No law can have a retro-active effect.
Done at Cape Francois, Feb. 17, 1807, 4th year of the independence.
(Signed) Vernet, P. Romain, Toussaint Brave, generals of division; Martial Besse, Migney, Raphael, N. Joachim, Michel Pourcelly, Jean Philippe Daux, Pierre Toussaint, Jean Louis Larose, generals of brigade; Campos Thabares, Gerard, L. Achille, Guerrissar, general adjutants; Corneille Brell, curate; Roumaque, jun. administration; J. Henry Laortue, treasurer; J. B. Petit, controller; Jean Fleury, president of the civil tribunal; Charles Linbert, judge; Justamond, chief physician of the army; L. Raphael Laverdure, director of the custom house; Delon, justice of the peace; P. Andre Charrier, director of the domains; Faraud, Lacroix, engineers; Almazor, Jh. Laortue, Judges; Antoinette Reyes, vicar.
[The address of President Christophe to the army and people, will be given in our next.]
TAKE NOTICE.
The Commissioners of the tax for Prince George's county, will meet at Upper Marlborough, on Monday the 6th day of April next and continue to sit for eighteen days, for the purpose of making entries of such alterations as have taken place in the property in said county since their last meeting.
Test TRUEMAN TYLER, Clerk. March 20-1803
PUBLIC SALE.
BY virtue of a deed of trust from James Wigfield to the subscriber will be sold to the highest bidder on the 27th of May next at the hour of 11 o'clock A.M. on the premises a Lot of ground supposed to contain ten acres with the wood thereon situated near the lower Eastern Branch bridge and on the road leading to Machod. Terms of sale as follows.
BENSON J. MCMURRY, Trustee. February 27-1803
WASHINGTON CITY, MONDAY, MARCH 30.
LOUIS FORMON, Esquire, is appointed commercial agent for the island of GUADALOUPE.
Information from Port Massac, dated January 24, 1807, states the arrest and examination of two boats, which were bound up the Mississippi to St. Genevieve for Lead. It appears that they were each to bring two loads to the mouth of Cash river, thirty miles below Fort Massac, there to be put on board an Orleans flat, and sent down the river. Two of the witnesses declared that they understood the lead was for the public. The testimony was considered too vague for a prosecution; but as the owner of the boats was deeply involved in debt, and executions to a considerable amount were in the sheriff's hands, the sheriff immediately levied on the property, and the crew abandoned the boats.
Mr. Burr reached Fredericksburg on the afternoon of the 25th inst. in charge of a party under the command of Mr. Perkins. In consequence of instructions received at that place, the party were to return to Richmond, and were expected to leave Fredericksburg in the mail stage that night; in which case they would reach Richmond on the 26th inst.
We have received no authentic information of the particular circumstances attending the arrest of col. Burr. It is, however, rumored that he was apprehended by a plain countryman, who had not even heard of Governor Wilkinson's proclamation, and who, with a number of his neighbors, undertook to escort him to the seat of government.
The enemies of the administration are industriously engaged in endeavoring to produce two effects.
First, to excite the public indignation against General Wilkinson on account of the arrests made by him at New Orleans.
And secondly, to produce the impression that these acts are sanctioned by the administration.
It is not our purpose, at present, to enter into an argument on these two points. But as it is highly desirable that the people, who in this country are the ultimate judges of every political question, should have as much light shed on this subject as circumstances allow, we offer no apology for presenting them with the following extract, taken from Pindley's History of the Pennsylvania Insurrection of 1794.
These extracts will show—
That the military invasions of civil power, of which the federalists so vehemently complain, were committed on that occasion as well as recently.
That they were committed during the administration of General Washington.
That they were many of them committed, if not by his authority, by an army under his command.
That he deprived no officer of his commission for committing them.
That he did not even censure them.
That they were principally committed at the direction of Alexander Hamilton, an eminent lawyer, who could not, as Wilkinson perhaps to a certain extent might, plead ignorance of the law in justification.
That they were committed at places incomparably freer from danger than that apprehended at New Orleans.
That the blood of innocent unoffending men was spilt.
That several of these violations of law took place, although a federal judge was present with the army, who was above all suspicion of being concerned in the insurrection.
That the privilege of the writ of Habeas Corpus was actually suspended, not merely while the accused was in his passage from one place to another, but for months afterwards at the then seat of the general government.
These circumstances are not adduced as proofs either of the correctness of the proceedings in the insurrection of 1794, or of the recent proceedings at New Orleans; but to show that, at emergencies of imminent peril, real or apprehended, the regular course of justice is frequently obstructed or abandoned; and also to show that measures were pursued under General Washington, the purity of whose motives are not questioned, which infringed the civil authority to a much greater extent than those taken by Wilkinson.
EXTRACTS.
"On the road to Carlisle we heard alarming accounts of the army, rendezvoused at that place, being ungovernable and exceedingly inflamed against the people of the western country indiscriminately. We still flattered ourselves that these reports were not well founded, till we met with some officers of the western army on their way to Pittsburg with recruits, who confirmed the reports we had heard from others. We lodged at a tavern three miles from Carlisle, and passed for travellers going to Philadelphia, which we intended doing if we should not meet the President at Carlisle; but when the people of the house discovered that we were from the western counties, they were much alarmed, and pressed us exceedingly to abandon the thought of going through Carlisle, offering at the same time to conduct us by another route. They described the rage of the army against all the people from the western counties, in terms which they thought sufficient to deter us from approaching it, and in giving a relation of the licentiousness and ferocity of the troops, told us of their having already killed two men in cold blood.
"We had no sooner dismounted at the tavern in Carlisle, than I was asked to walk aside by a gentleman who was waiting to see me. The Carlisle paper had mentioned our coming; consequently we were expected. He informed me of the inflammation prevailing in the army being apparently too strong to be restrained, and of the threats against us, and advised that we should be cautious how we exposed ourselves, that the resentment against us was particularly exasperated from an apprehension that it was our errand, to give such assurances to the President, as were intended to prevent their march to the Monongahela. He assured me that his object was purely to prevent injury to us, and dishonor to the army, and requested me to pay attention to his advice. He had been a respectable officer during the late war, but not attached to the present army nor a dweller in or near that place. I have not had an opportunity since that time of acknowledging his well timed and humane caution. Though I did not credit the extent of his impressions at the time, I was soon convinced they were not exaggerated. We observed the proofs of it in the behavior of several individuals, & were confirmed by the information of others, in and out of the army.
"Having early in the morning waited on the President to deliver the papers, and obtained an appointment for an interview, we withdrew in a short time. This was to have been expected; it was about seven o'clock; but before ten the report was current thro' both the town and the army, that the President had driven us out in six minutes, and was not to see us again; and notwithstanding the President's established character for discretion and politeness, and the frequent interviews to which we were admitted, this ridiculous story was believed by many in the army, during the whole expedition, and has been reported since, through distant parts of the United States. Long after the return of the army, I was told it by one of the generals who commanded in the expedition, and who was surprised to hear that it was not true.
"Though we were cautious of mixing with the army at large, we took every opportunity of conversing with the officers from different places, in order to have an opportunity of removing the mistaken impressions, and correcting the false information, they had received, and to know more perfectly the general character of the army. In one instance observing a regiment newly arrived from Philadelphia; as soon as the men were dismissed from parade, we mixed with such of the officers as we were acquainted with and dined in company with the Colonel.
"When we informed him of the successful exertions that had been made to restore submission to the laws; and mentioned one individual who had distinguished himself with industry and address, he answered us that that very man, if he was met with would be skewered, shot, or banged on the first tree. I had before been informed of two lists put into the hands of some in the army, containing the names of certain persons who were to be so treated when met with and that the very person alluded to by the Colonel was in both of them. I understood I had the honor to fill a place in one myself. The Colonel treated us decently, but his expressions confirmed my belief of a fact, the truth of which I had till now willingly doubted.
"But the designs of assassination were not against us exclusively. Those amongst themselves who had reasoned in favor of the subjection of the military to the civil law, or suggested that those who killed a citizen in cool blood should answer to the proper courts, and that the army were only employed to aid the judiciary in the exercise of its proper functions, and not to usurp or exercise those functions themselves, were in as much danger, and equally the objects of threats, as the whitkey men, and in fact were called so.
"Two men had been killed, one on the great road near Lebanon, and the other at a house in the neighborhood of Carlisle. The one on the road was killed by the Jersey troops. He provoked an officer by foolish and insulting language, and on laying hold on one of the bayonets of the guard, who were ordered to arrest him, he was run through the body. He was evidently drunk or deranged. Surely so many men in arms could easily have secured one unarmed fool, without killing him. The other was killed by a light horseman from Philadelphia, who went into the country to seize some persons who had assisted at erecting liberty poles in Carlisle. The young man, who was killed, was not only innocent, but very unwell. The party left him under guard of one of their number, until they would search the barn for others. The sick boy declaring his innocence, and that he was not able to stand, attempted to go into

the house without leave, the light horseman ordered him to stop, on the peril of being shot, and if he could not stand to sit or lay down, and in the mean time cocked his pistol. When the boy was in the posture of laying himself down, and the light horseman about to unlock his pistol, it went off, and shot the boy mortally. I flatly this case, as I had it from the best authority, and as taken from the examination of the light horseman.
"But admitting, as I believe we ought, that those acts of man-killing were not murder, yet they ought not to have been done, because they might easily have been prevented; after the President had convinced the army, by his discourse, of the propriety, and enforced by his authority the necessity of the subordination of the military to the civil power, and after he had given an unequivocal testimony of his sincerity by obliging those who killed the two men, to enter recognizance with bail, for standing their trial at court, no more accidents of the kind happened."
"The authority and influence of the President had lowered the tone, though not changed the temper of the outrageous part of the army, while we were at Carlisle. The proper attention we paid to us, on account of the errand we came on, and the restraint his orders imposed on their designs, gave great mortification to that part of them that continued longest in Carlisle; the last interview to which we were admitted was on the evening previous to the President's setting out for Patowmack. While the conversation continued, a general officer, with others, walked before the window, and railed against the President for conversing with us, saying, that he never would recover the popularity that he lost by countenancing insurgents. Owing however to that salutary restraint, thus imposed on them by the President, all the fire was spent in threatening what they would do, laying their hands on their swords, which many of them had not been accustomed to wear; they would swear there was no need of judges and juries, let them only see the men and they would skewer them."
(To be continued.) TRANSLATION. Edict of the Prince Regent of Portugal.
I, the PRINCE REGENT, make known to all whom this edict may come; that the consultation being presented to me, which I ordered to be made by my exchequer court, upon the space of time which ought to be allowed of Franquia in all the ports of my kingdom, to those vessels who might enter them, and request it with a view only to commercial speculations: And I wishing upon this particular to establish a fixed and invariable rule for all the custom houses in general, and to avoid any doubts which may arise upon the construction of the decree of the 9th September, one thousand seven hundred and forty-seven: I have thought fit to determine in conformity with my royal resolution of the 20th September of this year, and which was accepted by the said consultation; to-wit, the benching of commerce and enlarging the laws of the custom house of the city of Lisbon, that the vessels which may enter the aforesaid ports can remain there under Franquia for the term of ten days without extension; observing as it respects fortuitous cases the same which is practiced in the custom house of Lisbon, and according to what is expressed in its laws: but having all possible care that there shall be no abuse or clandestine sales to the defrauding of my royal duties; by which I order the tribunal of the Desembargo de Paco; president of my royal treasury, council board and ultramar; Royal board of commerce, fabrics and navigation, and to all other magistrates, and all other persons, whatever, to whom the knowledge of this may belong, that they fulfil it, and make it be entirely complied with, without execution being suspended in consequence of any laws, regiments, or any other disposition whatever to the contrary, all laws which militate with this being annulled in as full a manner as if they were expressly mentioned in the body of this decree; notwithstanding any ordinance to the contrary, although it should continue in force longer than a year. And Doctor Manoel Nicolao Esteves Negro, chief judge of the court and head chancellor of the kingdom, shall have it published in the chancellor's office, and registered in the competent books, remitting the original to the Tower de Tombo, Palace of Musra, 13th of November, 1808. PRINCE.
A debate of considerable importance took place last night in the Commons, on the subject of the late order in council respecting neutral commerce. Lord Howick, in a very able speech, explained the principles upon which government had determined to conduct itself towards neutral nations, in consequence of the violent and unjustifiable measures employed by France. Their great object he stated was to break up the coasting trade of that country and its dependencies, but not to deprive neutral of a commerce, the maintenance of which was productive of great advantage, even to the hostile states. The measures already determined on be found insufficient, government will not hesitate to have recourse to more vigorous proceedings.
[Traveller of Feb. 5.]
A London paper of February 9th says, "Preparations have been made according to report, by a resolution on the part of government, to undertake an expedition which shall redeem their late disaster in the re-capture of Buenos Ayres. "It is moreover added," says a ministerial paper, "that a proposal somewhat of a delicate nature has been made to the Spanish government, through a neutral medium, for the recovery of general Biresford and his army; but that, through a premature discovery of it by the French resident, it has entirely failed. We shall be more full upon this important subject, when we have more satisfactorily ascertained the authority upon which it rests. In the mean time we are induced to give it the more credit, as we know that, in the present hostility against the Spanish government, the ministry of this country act rather from necessity, than an absolute hostile mind. They knew the situation of Spain, and regard it with a generous compassion, and a wise moderation."
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
House of Representatives, March 23. "On Tuesday, the 17th instant, Mr. Binney reported a bill to authorize the governor to subscribe for shares of stock in certain turnpike companies. It was founded upon the report of the committee on roads and inland navigation, submitted some time since by that gentleman, and was made the order of the day for Friday, the 20th. On the afternoon of that day, the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole upon this bill, and after a statement by Mr. B. of the importance of the subject, the necessity of pursuing a liberal policy in this respect, and the fatal tendency of local jealousies, when indulged upon such an occasion, the committee adopted the bill by a large majority. Upon a second and third reading, attempts were made to defeat it in an indirect way, but it triumphed upon both readings, and passed the House of Representatives this morning—47 Ayes to 27 Nays."
"The bill directs the governor to subscribe to the amount of 232,000 dollars for shares of stock in six companies already incorporated; among others for 5000 dollars in Easton and Wilkesbarre, 12,000 in Susquehanna and Tioga, and 30,000 in Sunbury and Reading turnpike. It was necessary to conciliate both northern and southern route advocates, which upon the principle of the bill is not only safe but beneficial. The money arising from taxes, licences, and from J. Nicholson's estate, is appropriated to meet this engagement; and as principal and interest are to be invested in stock, until they amount to 300,000 dollars, there will be a balance in less than 9 and a half years, of 42,000 dollars, which in all probability will go to the same object. It remains with the Senate to destroy or to consummate this excellent plan of internal improvement."
Philadelphia, March 25.
Extract of a letter from Antigua, dated Feb. 7, 1807.
"Several American vessels have been brought in here and St. Kitts, bound to the Spanish Main. Recent instructions are announced to have been received by admiral Cochrane, and communicated to the court here, from admiral Dacres, directing the seizure of all vessels so destined. The particular grounds of this communication are not generally known, but the prevalent idea is, that they have arisen from some papers intercepted in a Spanish packet taken by one of admiral Dacres's squadrons, which are said to disclose some arrangements for carrying on an illegal trade.—The Spaniards being induced on account of the invaded and threatened state of their southern possessions to employ neutrals to either carry off the produce or treasure of the country considered in danger, or to supply ammunition and other means for its defence."
New York, March 25.
Extract of a letter from Havana, dated Feb. 25.
"An additional duty has been laid on imports of one and a half per cent. and the same on exports, with an augmentation in the valuation on sugars, as some say, of two reals the arroba, and also of two reals addition to the militia duty. It will now stand thus, 54 per cent on imports, and 10 and a half per cent on exports. This arrangement takes effect this day, and on all vessels not entered at the custom house, and those which were not cleared out previous to this morning. The order only arrived from Spain yesterday, but it is dated 2 years ago, and the present copy is the only one that has reached here."
In addition to the intelligence received in the papers, we learn, by captain Messervey, that Bonaparte arrived in Paris, about the 20th of January; that he was collecting more troops, and putting into requisition as many as he could find; that 14,000 men were required from Bordeaux, to join the grand army in Poland: That there had been several recent actions with the Russians; and that in the last battle, when each army consisted of 140,000 men, the Russians gained the advantage.
Boston Gaz
To Rent. AND possession given on the 19th November next, the two story Brick Dwelling House on the corner of R and 11th streets at present occupied by Mr. Andrew Way. Also a two story brick dwelling houses in a central situation, of which possession may be had immediately. For terms apply to THOS. HERTY. Oct 17—3t &wtd
FOR THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
MR. SMITH, Sir,
I am really sorry that I am under the necessity of occupying a space in your paper, which I make no doubt, might otherwise be filled with much more interesting information; but as this appearance to the public, came from my antagonist, I trust I shall be excused for repelling the false, and malevolent attacks of this said Mr. Hone, aided by the certificates of Gerard Alexander, jr. his relation, and of James G. Smith, in the family of another very near relative, where he (Mr. H.) now is, and frequently spends a large portion of his time. Delicacy (if he had any) would have prevented him from producing those certificates to the public; this said Mr. Alexander, I before stated, is a near relation of his, and was of his party, when the attack was made on me; the public will judge what credit is to be attached to his statement, from the following certificate of capt. Summers and Doctor I. Bennet, and then decide between his certificate, and that of Baldwin M. Lee, Esq.
We do hereby certify, that on the 16th day of December last, (being the day on which a duel was fought between Doctor Blake and Mr. A. S. Hone) we the subscribers, were near the scene of action, in company with doctor M'Call and Dr. Foushee, surgeons to the parties, and Mr. Gerard Alexander (a friend of Mr. Hone's) was also present; Mr. Alexander then declared, doctor Blake had spoke disrespectful of a relation of Mr. Hone's, which could be proven by certificates given by the Rev. Lee Massey and Martin Cockburn, esq.
Given under our hands this 15th day of January, 1807. GEORGE SUMMERS, I. BENNET.
Being conscious of the rectitude of my conduct, immediately upon receiving this information from those gentlemen, I wrote to Mr. Massey on the subject: his reply is now before me, declaring he never gave any certificate, and is in express contradiction to the assertions of Mr. Alexander. I have also received a message from Mr. Cockburn, by his nephew, to the same effect. Thus was I slandered and were the names of those two very respectable gentlemen, improperly used by Mr. Alexander. Mr. Hone finding himself unable to rebut the respectable proof I exhibited against him in my former publication, concludes by observing, "they have no bearing on the subject." I believe it will be generally admitted by those who have read those certificates and his publications, that they have some bearing upon his character. In his dilemma, he observes that he did not mean "to settle this dispute with the pen." Then pray, why did he make his appeal to the public?—It will be recollected I have only published in reply to him.
Should Mr. H. again appear before the public, I hope he will not be so hardy as to produce certificates from his relations, and persons in the employ of his connections.
Having business to attend to, I have not leisure or inclination to waste time, in refuting the assertions of this Hectoring braggadocio, attempting to invent material occurrences by his own ipse dixit . My calling him to the field, he affects to explain, an agreement to meet him; this in his bullying tone, prevented chastisement, & attempts to pervert my meaning in another place, as an acknowledgement of improper conduct two years past. Had he feeling or sensibility, or even common honesty, would he continue his attempts to impose on the public? With views to stab me in the dark, by pretending improper conduct on my part, at a distant date, and withheld it to this late hour of the contest.
I pledge myself, that he can produce nothing, that shall not be fully and fairly explained to the satisfaction of every impartial observer; his insinuations of course are not less despicable than their author.
JAMES H. BLAKE. Fairfax, March 7, 1807.
PUBLIC SALE.
PURSUANT to an order of the Orphans Court of Prince George's county will be exposed to Public Sale in the town of Upper Marlborough in Prince George's county on Thursday the 16th day of April next, all the personal estate of Samuel Hepburn late of said county deceased, consisting of valuable Negroes, among them some very valuable house servants, Stock, Plantation utensils, and a variety of Household and Kitchen furniture. The terms of sale are nine months credit for all sums above ten dollars, the purchaser giving bond with two good securities bearing interest from the day of sale; for all sums of and under ten dollars the cash will be required.
SAMUEL JUBSON COOLIDGE, Administrator. March 24, 1807. W3t.
This is to give notice that the Subscriber of the city of Annapolis hath obtained from the Orphans Court of Prince George's county in Maryland, Letters of Administration on the personal estate of Samuel Hepburn, late of said county, deceased.—All persons having claims against the said deceased, are hereby warned to exhibit the same with the vouchers thereof, to Trueman Tyler, Esq. of Upper Marlborough, who is fully authorized to conduct and settle said Administration at or before the 16th day of October next, or they may otherwise by law be excluded from all benefit of said estate.
Given under my hand this twenty-fourth day of March 1807. SAML J. COOLIDGE, Adm'r. March 23—w6t
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
WHEREAS by the first article of the terms and conditions declared by the President of the United States on the 17th day of January 1794 for regulating the materials, and manner of buildings and improvements on the lots in the city of Washington, it is provided, "That the outer and party walls of all houses in the said city, shall be built of brick or stone;" and by the third article of the same terms and conditions, it is declared, "that the wall of no house shall be higher than forty feet to the roof, in any part of the city, nor shall any be lower than thirty five feet on any of the avenues." And whereas the above recited articles were found to impede the settlement in the city of mechanics and others whose circumstances did not admit of erecting houses authorized by the said regulations, for which cause the operation of the said articles has been suspended by several acts of the President of the United States from the fifth day of June, 1796, to the first day of January, 1801; and beneficial effects arising from such suspensions having been experienced, it is deemed proper to revive and continue the same with the exception hereafter mentioned. Wherefore, I THOMAS JEFFERSON, President of the United States, Do declare, that the first and third articles above recited, shall be and the same hereby are suspended until the first day of January, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eight, and that all houses which shall be erected in the said city of Washington previous to the said first day of January in the year one thousand eight hundred and eight, conformable in other respects to the regulations aforesaid shall be considered as lawfully erected, except that no wooden house covering more than three hundred and twenty square feet, or higher than twelve feet from the sill to the eve, shall be erected, nor shall any such house be placed within twenty four feet of a brick or stone house.
Given under my hand the twenty-seventh day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and seven.
TH: JEFFERSON. March 30—w6t
United States court, Fifth Circuit and Virginia District, co. Term, 1806. IN CHANCERY.
John M'Iver, assignee of Josiah Watson, plaintiff against Bird, Savage and Bird, James Watson, John Watson, jun. James Taylor and Richard M'Court—defendants.
This cause was this day heard on the bill, answers, replications thereto exhibits, and the proceedings in the suit lately depending in this court, between Robert Bird, against Josiah Watson & John Love, & was argued by counsel. On consideration whereof the court not now deciding on the respective claims of the parties to the lands in the proceedings mentioned, doth adjudge, order & decree that the marshal of this district, or one of his lawful deputies, after having advertised the time and place of such sale for five weeks successively in one or more newspapers printed in the town of Alexandria and the city of Washington, (do expose to sale, at public auction, the tract of land in the proceedings mentioned, called BURLAND either altogether or in parcels as the parties may agree; or in case of their disagreement, in the way he may think will most enhance the price thereof upon the following terms, to-wit: one fifth part of the purchase money agreed to be paid therefor, to be cash, and the balance in four equal annual payments, bearing interest from the date if not punctually paid, taking bonds with sufficient securities from the purchaser or purchasers, payable to the marshal, for the use of such of the parties to this sale, and the sale aforesaid, as may hereafter be adjudged entitled thereto, and retaining the title to the said lands as security for the payment of the said annual instalments; and in case default be made in the said payments, or either of them that shall fall due, that the said tract of land, or the lot or lots for which the payments shall not have been made according to the tenor of the sale, be set up for public sale by the marshal, for ready money, after the time and place of such sale shall have been advertised in manner as aforesaid, and the proceeds of sale to be applied to the discharge of the sums remaining due on the purchase of the said tract of land, or the lot or lots to be sold, and the surplus, if any, to be paid to the original purchaser. And if the parties shall prefer the said tracts of land being sold in two or more lots, or the marshal or his deputy who may act, shall be of opinion in case of their disagreement, that the value of the said tract of land will be enhanced by a division thereof, the court doth direct that he have the same divided into as many lots as the parties shall agree on, or he think best by the surveyor of the county of Fauquier, and sell the same so divided, and that he bring the said bonds and pay the money so to be received, in cash at the sale, after having defrayed the expenses thereof and of the division if any shall be made into court, subject to its future order, and the marshal is directed to report his proceedings to the court; and the court doth further order and decree, that the defendants, trustees for Mrs. Watson, be permitted to reap and carry off the now growing crop from the said lands, and that the marshal sell the same, subject to that privilege, and this is to be without prejudice to any suit that Robert Bird, Bird, Savage and Bird, may hereafter bring claiming the profits of the said lands against the said defendants, trustees as aforesaid.
A copy WM. MARSHALL, Clerk. In pursuance of the foregoing decree will be sold the land and premises therein mentioned, called BURLAND lying in the counties of Fauquier and Prince William. The sale will be made on the premises on the 16th day of May next, and the land will be sold entire, or in lots, as may be thought proper on the day of sale.
Also, Under a decree of the said court, pronounced at the May term, 1803, between Robert Bird plaintiff, against Josiah Watson and John Love, defendants, will be sold to the highest bidder, for ready money, a tract of land, lying in the county of Westmoreland, called Charsley. The sale will be made on the premises, on the 12th day of May next.
A copy WM. MARSHALL, Clerk. In pursuance of the foregoing decree will be sold the land and premises therein mentioned, called BURLAND lying in the counties of Fauquier and Prince William. The sale will be made on the premises on the 16th day of May next, and the land will be sold entire, or in lots, as may be thought proper on the day of sale.
Also, Under a decree of the said court, pronounced at the May term, 1803, between Robert Bird plaintiff, against Josiah Watson and John Love, defendants, will be sold to the highest bidder, for ready money, a tract of land, lying in the county of Westmoreland, called Charsley. The sale will be made on the premises, on the 12th day of May next.
In the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia for the county of Washington, sitting in Chancery, in the matter of JOHN LALL, complainant, against ROBERT SUTTON and CATHERINE his wife, defendants.
The object of the bill is to procure the recording of an indenture of conveyance therein mentioned. It appears to the satisfaction of the court that the said Robert Sutton and Catherine his wife are non residents of the District of Columbia, on the motion of the complainant by his counsel, it is ordered that the said Robert Sutton and Catherine his wife, be warned to appear in the circuit court of the district of Columbia, and answer the said bill on the first Monday in June next, otherwise the same to be taken for confessed, and that a copy of this order be published three times in the National Intelligencer in the city of Washington, and three times in the Lancaster Intelligencer, in Lancaster in the state of Pennsylvania 30 days prior to the said first Monday in June.
WM. ERENT, Ck. T. HERTY, Solicitor for the Complainant. March 30—3t
This is to give notice, That the subscriber of Prince George's county and state of Maryland, hath obtained from the Orphans' court of said county, letters of administration on the personal estate of Richard Crampin late of said county deceased. All persons having claims against the said deceased are hereby warned to exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof to the subscriber on or before the 10th day of September next, they may otherwise by law be excluded from all benefit of the said estate. And all persons indebted to the said deceased are requested to make immediate payment to the subscriber. Given under my hand this 14th day of February, 1807. THOMAS BOWIE, Adm'r. of Richard Crampin. Feb 13—w6t
AN ACT For the punishment of forgery and for other purposes.
WHEREAS it has been represented to this general assembly, that the crime of forging bank notes and negotiable notes hath greatly increased, and the punishment already provided by law, not being thought sufficient to prevent the commission of the crime, for remedy thereof.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That any person who shall with a fraudulent intent, employ an artist to engrave or etch any plate, in imitation of the note or notes of any established bank within this state, or of any bank which may hereafter be established within this state, or which are or may be established by law in any of the United States, or any person engaged in engraving or etching such plate or plates, or any person in any manner engaged in striking impressions from such plate or plates, or any person who shall affix to such notes, fraudulent or forged signatures, or any person who shall be in any manner concerned in the altering, forging or counterfeiting, any note of any bank now existing within this state, or of any bank which may hereafter be established in this state, or any person who may pass within this state, forged or counterfeited notes (knowing them to be such) purporting to be the genuine notes of a bank regularly constituted within any of the United States, or any person who may pass as genuine any note purporting to be a note of a bank which does not exist, or shall pass as genuine negotiable notes, any forged or counterfeited negotiable note or paper whatsoever, or who shall erase or alter any genuine negotiable note or negotiable paper, or any endorsement thereupon; or shall render in payment, or in any way utter, any such erased altered, or counterfeited note or notes, or negotiable paper (knowing such bill or note, or negotiable paper, or the endorsement thereon, to be altered, forged, counterfeited, erased or falsified) with intention to defraud the said bank or banks, or any other person, shall be adjudged a felon, and shall be condemned to death without benefit of clergy. February 4—w8t
Orphans Court of Prince George's County, October Term, 1806.
On application of Isabella Wood and Osborn Belt, junior, administrators of Elijah Wood, late of Prince George's county, in the state of Maryland, deceased, to this court, to make distribution of the assets in their hands, among the heirs and legal representatives of the said Elijah Wood, and it appearing to this court that some of the representatives of the said deceased, to wit: Lashly Wood, Eleanor Swaine and Robert Wood, reside out of the state of Maryland. It is thereupon ordered that this court will proceed on the second Tuesday in April next, to make distribution of the assets in the hands of the said Isabella Wood and Osborn Belt, junior, provided a copy of this order be inserted in the National Intelligencer once a week, until the first day of April next.
Test, TRUEMAN TYLER, Register of Wills for Prince George's county. December 3—W1A13
Twenty Dollars Reward.
WILL be given for apprehending and securing in jail a young Mulatto man named ANDREW. He was hired by me last year to Mr. Joseph Thomas who keeps the said Andrew to Alexandria, and absconded from that place about the latter end of August last. He is about 23 years of age, 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, lusty and well made, has short curly hair, and is frequently subject to have several large pimples on his face. He is reckoned to be a sensible fellow of an easy agreeable address for a man in his low sphere of life. As he has not been heard of by me since his escape, I suspect he has had the droll to ship himself as a freeman on board some vessel either at Alexandria or Baltimore. Whoever takes him up and secures him in jail shall receive from me the above reward, or as soon due information thereof is given to me or to N. P. Cassu at Port Tobacco. G. B. CAUDLE, Maryland Charles County, January 29—w6t

City of Washington, March 14th, 1807. I have been informed that there are several manuscripts and probably some printed publications now prepar- ing for the press, on the subject of my late tour to the Pacific Ocean by indi- viduals entirely unknown to me. I have considered it a duty which I owe the public, as well as myself to put them on their guard with respect to such pub- lications, lest from the practice of such publications they may be taught to de- preciate the worth of the work which I am myself preparing for publication before it can possibly appear, as much time, labor, and expense are absolutely necessary in order to do justice to the several subjects which it will embrace: With a view therefore to prevent the practice of those deceptions the public are informed that the lists for subscrip- tions which have been promulgated by myself are headed with the subjoined Prospectus, and that those who wish to possess the genuine work, may obtain it by entering their names on those lists. The Prospectus will serve to show the distribution and contents of the work.
The map will most probably be pub- lished by the latter end of October next, and the first volume of the work about the 1st of January 1808; the two re- maining volumes will follow in succes- sion as early as they can possibly be prepared for publication.
As early as a just estimate of the price of the several parts of this work can be formed, public notice will be given of the same through the medium of the Press.
To Robert Frazier only has permis- sion been given either by Gen. William Clark or myself, to publish any thing in relation to our late voyage. When the proposals were first drawn in Oc- tober last for the publication of the Jour- nal of that man, they were submitted to me for correction; I then expunged the promise which had been made, that the work should contain information in relation to the natural history of the country through which we had passed and cautioned the persons concerned in the publication not to promise the world any thing with which they had not the means of complying; but as the hope of gain seems to have outstripped their good faith to the public in this respect, I think it my duty to declare that Robert Frazier, who was only a private on this expedition, is entirely unacquainted with celestial observations, mineralogy, botany, or zoology, and therefore can- not possibly give any accurate informa- tion on those subjects, nor on that of geography, and that the whole which can be expected from his Journal is merely a limited detail of our daily transactions. With respect to all un- authorised publications relative to this voyage, I presume that they cannot have stronger pretensions to accuracy or information than that of Robert Frazier.
MERIWETHER LEWIS.
PROSPECTUS
OF LEWIS and CLARK'S Tour to the PACIFIC OCEAN, through the In- terior of the Continent of North Ame- rica, performed by order of the Gov- ernment of the United States, during the years 1804, 1805, & 1806.
This work will be prepared by captain Meriwether Lewis, and will be divid- ed into two parts, the whole com- prised in Three Volumes, octavo, containing from four to five hundred pages, each; printed on good paper, and a fair Pica type. The several volumes in succession will be put to press as early as possible, and the avocations of the author will permit him to prepare them for publication.
PART THE FIRST—IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOLUME FIRST—Will contain a narrative of the voyage, with a description of some of the most remarkable places in those hitherto unknown wilds of America, accompanied by a Map of good size, and embellished with a view of the great Cataract of the Missouri, the plan, on a large scale, of the con- nected falls of that river, as also of those of the Columbia, with their several portages. For the information of fu- ture voyagers there will be added in the sequel of this volume, some obser- vations and remarks on the navigation of the Missouri and Columbia rivers, pointing out the precautions which must necessarily be taken, in order to insure success, together with an itinerary of the most direct and practicable route across the continent of North America, from the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers to the discharge of the Columbia into the Pacific Ocean.
VOLUME SECOND—Whatever pro- perly appertains to geography, embrac- ing a description of the rivers, moun- tains, climate, soil, and race of the country; a view of the Indian nations distributed over that vast region, show- ing their traditions, habits, manners, customs, national characters, stature, complexions, dress, dwellings, arms, and domestic utensils, with many other interesting particulars in relation to them: Also observations and reflections on the subjects of civilizing, governing, and maintaining a friendly intercourse with those nations. A view of the fur trade of North America, setting forth a plan for its extension, and showing the immense advantages which would ac- crue to the mercantile interests of the United States, by combining the same with a direct trade to the East Indies through the continent of North Ameri- ca. This volume will be embellished with a number of plates illustrative of the dress and general appearance of such Indian nations as differ materially from each other; of their habitations; their
weapons and habiliments used in war; their hunting and fishing apparatus; do- mestic utensils, &c. In an appendix there will also be given a diary of the weather, kept with great attention throughout the whole of the voyage, showing also the daily rise and fall of the principal water-courses which were navigated in the course of the same.
PART THE SECOND—IN ONE VOLUME.
This part of the work will be confined exclusively to scientific research, & prin- cipally to the natural history of those hi- therto unknown regions. It will contain a full dissertation on such subjects as have fallen within the notice of the au- thor, and which may properly be distri- buted under the heads of botany, mine- ralogy, and zoology, together with some strictures on the origin of Prairies, the cause of the mudiness of the Missouri, of volcanic appearances, and other nat- ural phenomena which were met with in the course of this interesting tour. This volume will also contain a com- parative view of twenty-three vocabu- laries of distinct Indian languages, pro- cured by captains Lewis and Clark on the voyage, and will be ornamented and embellished with a much greater num- ber of plates than will be bestowed on the first part of the work; as it is in- tended that every subject of natural history which is entirely new, and of which there are a considerable number, shall be accompanied by an appropriate engraving illustrative of it.
This distribution of the work has been made with a view to the accommo- dation of every description of readers, and is here offered to the patronage of the public in such shape, that all persons wishing to become subscribers, may accommodate themselves with either of the parts, or the entire work, as it shall be most convenient to themselves.
Detached from this work, there will be published on a large scale, as soon as a sufficient number of subscribers be obtained to defray the expence,
LEWIS & CLARK'S MAP OF NORTH AMERICA, From longitude 9 deg. west, to the Pa- cific Ocean, and between 36 deg. and 52 north latitude.
Embracing all their late discoveries, & that part of the continent heretofore the least known. This map will be com- piled from the best maps now extant, as well published as in manuscript, from the collective information of the best informed travellers through the various portions of that region, and cor- rected by a series of several hundred celestial observations, made by captain Lewis during his late tour.
For the convenience of subscribers, these several works will be delivered at the most respectable commercial towns, and at the seats of government of the respective states and territories within the union: No advance is re- quired, nor will payment be demanded until such delivery is made.
Knowing that a very considerable pro- portion of the expence of such publications depends on the engravings which em- bellish or form them, and that the pre- cise number of such engravings, par- ticularly as it regards the second part of the work, have not yet been settled, it is difficult for the author at this moment to fix a price on them; he therefore de- clares to the public, that his late voyage was not undertaken with a view to pecuniary advantages, and pledges himself that the estimate which he will in this instance set on his literary labors shall be of the most moderate descrip- tion; his principal reason indeed for proposing a subscription at all, is that he may be enabled to form some esti- mate of the number of copies to be struck off.
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TO LET.
And possession immediately given—That large and commodious brick Dwelling HOUSE & STORE, lately occu- pied by Mr. ADAM LINDSAY near the Navy Yard; the house is well calculated to accommodate a small family at present, having four rooms nearly finished, a good kitchen, and spring of water in the cellar adjoining—Also, a stable and wood cellar. The store is large and well adapted to the Dry Good and Grocery business having a large and dry cellar, with a plank floor underneath the whole of the store, where goods of any kind may be safely deposited. The situation of the above described premises for business is not excelled by any in this city. For terms en- quire of Mr. Matthew Wright, near the premises or to the subscriber on East Capitol Street near the Capitol.
WILLIAM EMACK, Attorney for Adam Lindsay. Washington City, March 13—wtf
WASHINGTON & ALEXANDRIA PACKET.
THE Public are respectfully informed, that a Packet will commence running on the 10th day of MAY next, between the above places, will start at the hour of NINE o'clock every morning from the mouth of TYBER CREEK in the city of Washington, and at the hour of FOUR o'clock every evening from Alexandria. Accommodations for Passengers and Goods, will be amply pro- vided by the public's obedient servant. SOLOMON STENGER. City of Washington, March 12—3t
Tickets in St. Paul's Parish
LOTTERY—BALTIMORE, NOW DRAWING, May be had of any of the Managers, for whose names and the scheme of the Lottery, see the National Intelligencer, No. 988. February 21—
MISS FINAGAN.
Would be happy to accommodate a few GENTLEMEN with BOARD, next door to Mr. Harrison Smith, Pennsylvania avenue. March 25—3t
The thorough Bred Horse MONTICELLO, NOW IN HIGH ORDER.
WILL be Let to Mares the ensuing season, to commence the first of April, at my farm, near Georgetown, at FIFTEEN DOLLARS, per Mare, for which a note must be sent pay- able the first of September, and one dollar to the groom; or in lieu thereof, ELEVEN DOL- LARS in money.
Monticello is a beautiful forrel, full 15 hands high, 6 years old this spring, great bone and sinew. Has never been in training—his blood is equal to any horse in America.
He was got by Punch; his dam was Mo- desty, bred by Mr. Ben. Lowndes of Bladen- burg, got by Mr. Hall's Union, his grand- dam by Galloway's Boland, his great grand- dam (an imported mare from the the Duke of Hamilton's flock) by Spot; his great great grand dam by Sedbury, his great great grand grand dam by Cartouch, his great great grand grand dam by Old Traveller, his great great great grand grand dam by Childers, ou - a Barb mare.
Punch's Pedigree.
Punch was bred by lord Sherbourne, and got by King Herod, who was the sire of the Prince of Wales's Rockingham and Mr. Tat- terall's Highflyer. his dam by Old Mark—Mark was the sire of the noted horse Eclipse, and the imported horses Shark, Pretender, and many others of the best runners of Eng- land; so that the blood of Eclipse and High- flyer is centered in Punch, which horses were never beat. His grand-dam by Lord Cul- len's Arabian; great grand dam by Regulus, out of Ruth's Black Eyes—Black eyes was got by Crab, out of the Warlock Gaiety-way.
He was purchased by Sir John Lade when rising 4 years old, for 1000 gs. who named him Punch. When 3 years old, he run in the name of Lord Sherbourne's Chesnut Colt, which may be seen in the racing calendar.
In 1784, when 4 years old, Punch won a match at Newmarket of 300 gs. each, beating a colt—Lord Barrington's, and giving 3 lbs. He won the plate at Lambourn, and another at Glou- cester; and afterwards won two matches at New Market. In 1785, he won the plate at Oxford, beating col. O'Kelly's General, who won the gold cup that year, and Mr. Tom's Tetrah. He won the plate at Bur- ford, beating Wilbraham, Mountebank and General, and the plate at Lambourn, at five heats, beating Copperbottom, and three others. In 1786, he won a sweepstakes of 50 gs. each, at Winchester, beating Fertunio, Agamemnon and several others; and a sweepstakes of 50 gs. each, at Stockbridge, beating, Ser- geant, Mills Kingland, and several others.
N. B. He won 42 fifty pound plates, be- sides matches and sweepstakes, while in pos- session of Sir John Lade, bart.
Good and extensive paddock, well enclosed, at 50 cents per week, and the mare fed, if required, at the market price, for which the money must be sent. The greatest care taken to prevent accidents or el. 1805, but will not be responsible for either.
JOHN THRELKELD. March 23—tf
FOR SALE.
The House and Lot formerly occupied by Dr. BULLAS as an Apothecary Store, opposite the West Market House—Likewise Lot No. 1, square 75 with a frame Shop thereon, and a convenient frame House on the corner of the President's square and Pennsylvania avenue near the War Office. apply to BENJAMIN PERKINS. March 25—3t
WASHINGTON PARISH.
SOME doubts having been entertained, respecting the legality of the present Vicar of Washington Parish, it has been considered necessary that a new election should take place—for this purpose, application has been made to me, under the idea of my being the only legal Rector of this Parish, to call a meeting of the Parishioners according to the requisitions of the laws of Maryland: I have therefore thought it my duty to notify, that an Election of Vestrymen for the Protestant Episcopal Church of the said Parish, will be held on Easter Monday the 30th day of March 1807, at 11 o'clock A. M. at the Church on New Jersey avenue. Signed GEORGE RALPH. March 25—3t
NOTICE.
THE Subscriber wishing to leave the city, offers for sale the property where he now lives, viz. TWO LOTS in Square 88, front- ing on B Street 78 feet 3 inches, and running back 181 feet and half. The buildings are a convenient Frame DWELLING HOUSE, Smoke House, & Ice House; two Lime Kilns and Lime House; likewise a handsome gar- den.
On the south of the street in square 89 is a wharf, sufficient to hold 200 cords of wood at once. If this property is not sold at private sale before the first day of May next, it will on that day be sold to the highest bidder, on the premises, at 4 o'clock P. M.
Terms, one third of the purchase money will be required in 60 days, one third in six months, and the remaining third in twelve months. The purchaser giving his notes on either the city or Georgetown banks, with a good endorser. JOHN STEPHEN. March 25—wtf
Bank of Columbia, March 19th, 1807.
THE Board of Directors having this day declared a dividend for the half year ending the 30th inst. at the rate of eight per cent per annum—the same will be paid to the Stockholders or their Representatives at any time after this day.
WILLIAM WHANN, Cashier. Georgetown March 20—ep6w
PUBLIC SALE.
By order of the Orphans Court of Prince Georges county, will be exposed at public Sale, to the highest bidder, at the farm lately occupied by Mr. Richard Crampfin, and at his late dwelling in the town of Bladensburg, on Tuesday the 9th day of April, next if fair if not the next fair day—All the residue or un- sold part of the deceased's personal estate, (except the crop of tobacco) consisting of a valuable man servant, a pair of well grown oxen, about 80 barrels of merchantable corn, 150 bushels of clean rye, about 10,000 weight of Hay, and various other articles too tedious to mention. The sale will commence on the farm, at 9 o'clock in the morning, and continue from day to day until all is sold. Terms of sale, a credit till the 10th day of March 1808, for all sums above Ten pounds, the purchaser or purchasers to give bond, with two good and sufficient securities, (or sureties if required) carrying interest from the day of sale; and for all purchases to the amount of Ten pounds and under, the cash is to be paid—No property will be deli- vered until previously paid or bonded for, as above.
THOMAS BOWIE, Adm'r. of Richard Crampfin. March 23—tdof
ELIAS B. CALDWELL, ATTORNEY AT LAW,
HAS removed his Office, to the house lately occupied by Mr. LAW, on Capitol Hill. Washington, July 26—tf
On a liberal credit.
THE subscriber will dispose of at private sale, his estate called Chichester, lying on the eastern branch, immediately opposite the city of Washington. This tract of land containing 697 acres is laid off in lots from 3 to 143 acres for the convenience of pur- chasers. Plats of the estate and the terms of sale are in the hands of colonel Hanson at the navy yard, and Charles Wayman of George Town. The lots will be shown by Mr. Walden, living on the premises, near the Eastern Branch bridge.
ANTHONY ADDISON. Barnaby, 12th June 1805—tf
CHARLES A. BURNETT,
HAS received from London and Liverpool a handsome assortment of articles in his line, consisting of
WATCHES & JEWELRY,
Silver, Tortoiseshell, and Steel Spectacles, Table knives and forks with ivory han- dles, Pen knives and scissors,
Ladies and Gentlemen's Pocket BOOKS.
He also continues to manufacture gold and silver ware, at the most reduced prices. George-Town, Dec. 2d—tf
This is to give notice, that the subscriber of the city of Washington in the district of Columbia, hath obtained from the Orphan's Court of Prince George's county in the state of Maryland, letters of administration on the personal estate of Thomas Duckett, late of said county deceased. All persons having claims against the said deceased are hereby warned to exhibit the same with the vouchers thereof, to the subscriber on or be- fore the first day of October next, they may otherwise by law be excluded from all benefit of the said estate. Those indebted to the deceased are desired to make immediate pay- ment. ALLEN B. DUCKETT, Adm. City of Washington, March 18—tf
PORTAIT PAINTING
C. BOYLE respectfully informs the public that he paints Likenesses in Oil Colors, in the building formerly occupied by Mr. G. Stew- art, on the Pennsylvania Avenue, near Duane's book-store. N. B. A few specimens to be seen January 5—tf
State of Maryland, ss. St. Marys county, Orphans Court, February Term, 1807.
ON application of Arnold L. Leigh, and Benjamin Williams, Executors of Walter Leigh, late of Saint Mary's county, deceased, it is ordered, that they give the notice re- quired by law for creditors to exhibit their claims against the said deceased, and that the same be published once in each week, for the space of three successive weeks, in the Wash- ington Federalist and National Intelligencer. JAMES FORRESTER, Reg. Willa For St. Mary's county.
REMOVAL.
THIS is to give notice that the subscribers of St. Mary's county, hath obtained from the Orphans Court of St. Mary's county in Maryland, Letters Testamentary on the personal estate of Walter Leigh, late of the county aforesaid, 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 third day of September next, they may otherwise by law be excluded from all benefit of the said estate. Given under our hands this 3d day of March eighteen hundred and seven. ARNOLD L. LEIGH, BENJAMIN WILLI MS, Executors. March 25—w3t
FRESH TEAS.
P. MAURO takes the liberty of in- forming his friends customers and the inhabi- tants of Washington in general, that he has removed his Grocery Store, from opposite the Seven Buildings to the store adjoining south to the Seven Buildings, formerly occupied by Mr. Plummer.
FRESH TEAS, Green coffee of superior quality, old Madei- ra wine, sweet oranges, Lisbon lemons, and a complete assortment of groceries, wines, liquors, fruits, and spices, for sale on very moderate terms, by wholesale and retail at P. MAURO'S Grocery store, adjoining south to the seven buildings. March 23—w3t
FOR SALE.
I wish to sell at Private Sale, the following property—Lot No. 10 in square 348 with the improvements thereon—Lot No. 15 in square 378, 60 feet front, and 100 back with three small frames thereon in good or- der—Also Lot No. 1 in square 223, near the Theatre, with a story and half frame, 14 by 78 feet, complete and in the best order; the whole of them has good dry Cellars—Also a half Lot No. 5 in square 607, front 27, and running back 72 feet, on the Eastern Branch. Apply to GEORGE MOORE. City Washington, March 18—3t
FOR SALE,
Fresh Red CLOVER SEED, By JUMIS CRAVEN, near the Navy Yard. March 23—im
THE COMMISSIONERS
Appointed under an act of the Corporation of Washington for building a TOBACCO WAREHOUSE on square 807, will receive Proposals in writing, until the 1st day of April next, for the following Ma- terials and Workmanship: 50,000 hard bricks, 40 perch of stone, 108 squares of slates, The Rafters and necessary lumber for the roof and workmanship for the above. N. B. A plan of the roof may be seen by application to G. Coombe. DANIEL CARROLL, of Dudn. GRIFFITH COOMBE, JAMES D. BARRY, Commissioners. March 23—4t
20 Dollars Reward.
WAS Stolen from the subscribers stable, near the Navy Yard, on the night of the 16th inst. a SORREL HORSE about 7 years old—He has a number of white hairs over his body. A blaze in his face, and on his off hind foot, a remarkable stripe of white ending in a point near his knee. He trots remarkably fast and hard, shod all round. Ten dollars reward will be given for the horse, and the above for the horse and thief, and all reasonable charges paid by me. BENJAMIN KING. March 23—3t
60 DOLLARS REWARD.
RANAWAY from the subscriber living in Prince George's county on Sunday the 29th inst. the three following slaves—a mulatto young man who calls himself BILL STEW- ART, he was born at Montgomery court house, was once the property of Honore Martin, was purchased of him by the late Rich. Contee who sold him to me; he is a likely well made fellow about 21 years of age, 5 feet 10 inches high, his hands and feet are large; the evening before he absconded he had his hair cut close; he had with him a variety of clothing, viz. a blue coat and overalls, one light colored bear-skin coat and overalls, a swansdown waistcoats, 3 fine Irish linen shirts and some coarse shirts, three mullin neckcloths, a fine hat, price 7 dollars; he took away a prayer book, in the first page of which is written Mary Duckett. JOE who calls himself Joe Grimes, alias Graham, and HARRY, both young negro men about 21 years of age—the clothing of these cannot be described. Joe has one of his arms broken near the wrist, which makes it longer than the other; when he is spoken to he speaks fast as if his tongue was too large for his mouth. Harry, I am informed, has seve- ral large scars on his body and one of his thighs occasioned by burns when he was young. The above reward will be paid for confining the three in jail, or 50 dollars for confining Bill in jail so that I get him again. WALTER BOWIE. July 7—awtf
20 DOLLARS REWARD.
RANAWAY from the subscriber in august last, Negro CHARLES—he is a straight well made black man, about 26 years of age; 5 feet 9 or 10 inches high; has lost some of his fore teeth; is remarkably polite and much of a gallant. The above reward will be paid to any person who will bring him home or lodge him any jail so that I get him again. WM. B. BRANES. Upper Marlbo, Jan. 9—cawtf
IN CHANCERY, MARCH 19, 1807.
William O'Neale, against Richard Wootton, Lewis Peall and William Prughell
The object of the bill filed in this cause is to obtain a decree to correct an error in two deeds conveying part of a tract of land lying in Montgomery county, called "The Cuckold's Delight," one being a deed from Arthur Nelson to Thomas Pritchell, dated the 22nd day of June 1745, the other being a deed from William Pritchell to Wil- iam O'Neale the complainant, dated the 31st day of June 1778. The bill states that both of the deeds aforesaid describe the beginning of the land to be conveyed thereby, to be at the end of the second line of the said land, instead of at the end of the 20th line thereof, as the parties intended the beginning to be; the bill further states that William Pritchell one of the defendants resides out of the state of Maryland. It is thereupon on motion of the complainant ordered and adjudged that he cause a copy of this order to be inserted in the National Intelligencer once in each of three successive weeks before the 22nd day of April next, to the end that the absent defendant may have notice of the present application and the object of the Bill, and may be warned to appear in this court in person or by solicitor on or before the 22nd day of August next to show cause if any he hath why a decree shall not pass as prayed. True copy, SAM. H. HOWARD Re. March 25—w3t