The national intelligencer and Washington advertiser. (Washington City [D.C.]), 1802-09-11 00:00:00

NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER,
AND WASHINGTON ADVERTISER.
Vol. II.
WASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
No. CCLXXXII.
FIVE DOLLS. PER ANN.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1802.
PAID IN ADVANCE.
FOR THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
Every day's contents of the federal prints evinces more and more the virulence of opposition to the government. Things the most trivial are magnified in to mountains; shadows are attempted to be perverted into substances; and poison endeavoured to be thrown into the public mind. The philanthropy, conciliation, brotherly love and magnanimity displayed in the inaugural speech; the judgment, discretion, integrity and propriety exemplified in the recent message; and the benevolence, economy, fostering policy and patriotism so truly evinced in the measures of our legislature—all, all, have been aimed at to be blurred and frayed by the hands of malignity and avarice. The President of the United States is charged with venality, perfidy, bribery, corruption, treachery, infidelity, partiality, injustice; and every inordinate vice—until at last, one might suppose that he had not a single virtue left—that he had never one in him. The members of administration are blended in the catalogue of charges—and left without a merit. In the name of heaven, what for a government have we? What are the people to think? What are they to conceive if these things are to be believed? But let us descend to particulars.
The great hubbub of the moment is of Mr. Jefferson, and two hundred dollars! Really, Sir, it is too truly ridiculous to dwell on for a moment—and I shall leave it to be consigned to contempt, whether it will certainly go whenever the ingenuity and address of weak malice shall be read through. The next is of displacing, and of making appointments. Let us argue a little. When the first president came into office he had every thing to begin, he had no one to turn out, he had nothing to do but to appoint, and he appointed at his pleasure. The succeeding President trod in his shoes, and it suited his policy and purposes to continue what had been done—yet no one will dispute his right to adopt a complete change if he had thought proper. The appointments of one President are no more obligatory upon another, than his policy; otherwise we might establish an aristocracy of persons and sentiments at once. Every President has a right to begin anew; and if he does not enter into a thorough renovation, it ought not to be charged against him as a crime for going as far as he judges proper. But if previous appointments are so much stuckled for, what will be said of old veterans, old faithful servants, soldiers of a seven years long and hardy war, tried men of '76, who have yet never known the balm of administrative favor or of service, now nineteen years! Think of those who have gone to the grave neglected, and think of those who are living! Count from the year '83—then count from the year '89—and for these men precluded, proscribed, and sat at nought to keep others in (equally meritorious, equally capable I will say) to dwell in the sunshine of indulgence, and to enjoy the rewards of public duty. But I would ask these men how long they would wish to continue in office to the exclusion of their fellow citizens, their brother soldiers, and their brother patriots? Are not thirteen years long enough? Or if it is not long enough, let them fix the time. When will they have even the politeness to end? What are their sentiments, what their minds, what their justice, what their purpose, what their policy, when at this day we see them all struggling still to preserve and perpetuate their situations; men who would have annihilated the present President, if they could, rather than he should have come in; men who have spit their venom in columns against him; men who threatened to resign! And yet rest under his administration. Where are these mighty men, these men of Goliath, these champions of retirement? Why, holding offices, and outrageous if but a single one of their own sacred order is touched upon. They will batter in office, and hold themselves in readiness to serve as a phalanx for a future ***** or a *****! I recollect only one instance of resignation, and that was to get a better place. What adversity must these men have? The fact is, they think they can play their game upon the President, and will stay in to be turned out, that they may have a pretext to make an uproar! What would they say if the President had dismissed them all at once? (And they will not deny that it was in his power; and if they will be candid, they will acknowledge it was his policy.) What right had they to stay in a moment, and subject him to such an alter-
native. Why, it was to answer their mercenary and malignant purposes. To constrain him to things that they might censure. But let us go on:—
What do the federalists want? They complain of the imbecility of our government. They denounce upon our economy. They want ENERGY—they want a FULL TREASURY. Let them have both. Let them be satisfied. Let them folace under the blessings they prefer—Let them feel the one and fill the other. We will no longer want energy, nor the means to support it. We will preserve the public confidence, depend our rights and liberties, expunge dilapidators, and thus meet them on their own ground. They will blush to refuse this.
REPUBLICANUS.
[From the Boston Republican Gazetteer.]
Reply of SAMUEL ADAMS to the first letter of JOHN ADAMS.
Boston October 4, 1790.
With pleasure I received your letter of September 12th. And as our good friend, to whom I dictated my last, is yet in town, I have requested of him a second favor.
You ask what the world is about to become? And, is the millennium commencing? I have not studied the prophecies, and cannot even conjecture. The golden age, so finely pictured by poets, I believe has never as yet existed, but in their own imaginations. In the earliest periods, when for the honor of human nature, one should have tho't that man had not learnt to be cruel, what scenes of horror have been exhibited in families of some of the best instructors in piety and morals! Even the heart of our first father was grievously wounded at the sight of the murder of one of his sons, perpetrated by the hand of the other. Has mankind since seen the happy age? No, my friend. The same tragedies have been acted on the theatre of the world, the same acts of tormenting have been studied and practiced to this day; and even religion and reason united, have never succeeded to establish the permanent foundations of political freedom and happiness, in the most enlightened countries on earth.
After a compliment to Boston town-meetings, and our Harvard College, as having "set the universe in motion," you tell me, every thing will be pulled down. I think with you, "so much seems certain." But what, say you, will be built up? Hay, wood, and stubble, may probably be the materials, till men shall be yet more enlightened and more friendly to each other. "Are there any principles of political architecture?" Undoubtedly. "What are they?" Philosophers, ancient and modern, have laid down different plans, & all have thought themselves masters of the true principles. Their disciples have followed them probably with a blind prejudice, which is always an enemy to truth, and have thereby added fresh fuel to the fire of contention, and increased the political disorder.
Kings have been deposed by aspiring nobles, whose pride could not brook restraint. These have waged everlasting war against the common rights of men. The love of liberty is interwoven in the soul of man, and can never be totally extinguished, and there are certain periods when human patience can no longer endure indignity and oppression. The spark of liberty then kindles into a flame, when the injured people, attentive to the feelings of their just rights, magnanimously contended for their complete restoration. But such contests have too often ended in nothing more than "a change of impostors and impositions." The patriots of Rome put an end to the life of Cæsar, and Rome submitted to a race of tyrants in his stead. Were the people of England free, after they had obliged King John to accede to them their ancient rights and liberties, and promised to govern them according to the old law of the land? Were they free, after they had wantonly deposed their Henrys, Edwards, and Richards, to gratify family pride? Or, after they had brought their first Charles to the block, and banished his family? They were not. The nation was then governed by Kings, Lords and Commons; and its liberties were lost by a strife among three powers, loberly intended to check each other, and keep the scales even.
But while we daily see the violence of the human passions controlling the laws of reason and religion, and lifting the very feelings of humanity, can we wonder that, in such tumults, little or no regard is had to political checks and balances? And such tumults have always
happened within as well as without doors. The best formed constitutions that have yet been contrived by the wit of man, have, and will come to an end—because "the kingdoms of the earth are not governed by reason." The pride of Kings, of nobles, and leaders of the people, who have all governed in their turns, have disadjusted the delicate frame, and thrown all into confusion.
What then is to be done? Let divines and philosophers, statesman and patriots, unite their endeavours to renovate the age—by impressing the minds of men with the importance of educating their little boys and girls—of inculcating in the minds of youth, the fear and love of the Deity, and universal philanthropy; and, in subordination to these great principles, the love of their country—of instructing them in the art of self-government, without which they never can act a wise part in the government of societies great or small—in short of leading them in the study and practice of the exalted virtues of the Christian system, which will happily tend to subdue the turbulent passions of men, and introduce that golden age, beautifully described in figurative language—when the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard lie down with the kid—the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox—none shall then hurt or destroy, for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord. When this millennium shall commence, —if there shall be any need of civil government, indulge me in the fancy that it will be in the Republican form, or something better.
I thank you for your countenance to our friend Lyde. Mrs. Adams tells me to remember her to yourself, lady and connections, and be assured, I am, sincerely, your friend,
SAMUEL ADAMS.
The Vice-President of the United States.
FROM THE EGIS.
MR. ADAMS'S LETTER. No. 1.
This document is too important in itself, too extraordinary in its appearance, to be dismissed with slight and ordinary comment. In our last we offered some general remarks on the leading sentiments of the writer. By an attentive re-perusal, we are strengthened and confirmed in our former construction. By reflecting on the time, at which the letter was written; by considering the nature of the correspondence, and the situation of the author; by tracing out certain covert and insidious expressions, which convey more than was meant to be generally understood, we have been led into a more ample view of the subject, the result of which we feel it our duty to spread before the public.
That we may have a correct understanding of the sentiment, it is important that we should consider the time, at which the letter was written. It will be recollected that this was less than two years after the adoption of the Federal Constitution. There had been barely time for an experiment. Mr. Adams was addressing a political letter to an old political friend, and discussing the nature of government, his favorite topic, the subject of his morning and evening contemplations. Having been Vice President from the time of its adoption, he had been in a situation to witness the operation of our own government. This, then, was the occasion, on which it would have been natural and proper for him, if he had approved its constitution, to have borne testimony in its favor. The letter was evidently intended to communicate to his venerable friend and colleague in the revolution, the whole of his political faith. They had "preserved an uninterrupted friendship for more than thirty years,"—they had "acted harmoniously together in the worst of times." Nothing therefore was to be diffused;—nothing was to be kept back in this friendly correspondence! If Mr. Adams, then, could have sincerely and conscientiously eulogized the Federal Constitution; would he not have delighted to illustrate his principles by a reference to our own constitution, as a specimen of a genuine and perfect republic? Why then this profound and death-like silence! If he had approved; the language of eulogy would have flowed irresistibly from his pen. But he had been taught in the British school, that the theory was defective. His observation had convinced him that the practice was imperfect. His pen refused to do the reluctant office of panegyric, and he preserved a cautious and sullen reserve.
From this extraordinary omission we have a right to conclude, that Mr. Adams was at that time, unfriendly to the Federal Constitution. Where then shall we search for the origin of this hostility? Was it because he was in Europe, at the time it was fabricated, and it was not therefore to be revered by posterity as the work of his hands? Was it because a "wind, a tide, a whirlwind," had raised another man to the first office in government, and had placed him down in a secondary station? Was it because it had not been fashioned by the hand of a fervid imitator exactly in the likeness of the English constitution, that "most stupendous fabric of human invention"? Was it because "the natural and actual aristocracy of the country," had not been designated by some constitutional index? Was it because no discrimination had been made between the Eugeneis and the Helots, the Patricians and the Plebeians, the Well born and the Ill born, the Lords and the Commons of our country? Was it because the People or their Representative had not only an essential share of the sovereignty, but that all the powers of the government were ultimately derived from them? Was it because the constitution had been predicated, on the belief that something more than the brutal appetites of the tiger, and the wild ferocity of the wolf might exist among the multitude, and that the love of liberty was sometimes tempered with the affections of reason and of virtue? Among some of these objections we are to look, for the secret motives, of that enmity to the Constitution, which is impressed upon every line of this letter; and which, we do not hesitate to say; has been stamped upon every feature of his political conduct. It is among these ideal imperfections that we are to look, for the cause of his apprehension, that hay, wood and stubble, were the frail materials, not only of the political buildings in Europe, but of that fair and solid fabric, in which we have deposited the rights and liberties of our Country. We shall resume the subject in our next, and shall attempt to compare Mr. Adams's theory of government with his steady and uniform practice.
WASHINGTON CITY.
WEDNESDAY, September 1, 1802.
The following Lieutenants and Midshipmen have been ordered to repair to Washington without delay.
LIEUTENANTS.
Isaac Chauncy, Stephen Decatur, John H. Dent, Thomas Robinson, jun. Samuel Evans, Geo. G. Lee, Charles Gordon, Henry Vandike, P. C. Wederstrandt.
MIDSHIPMEN.
Richard Thomas, Abner Woodruff, James T. Leonard, John Tripp, Joseph Bainbridge, John M. P. Gardner, Robert L. Tilghman, Alexander O. Harrison, George W. Spotswood, George H. Geddes, Charles L. Ridgely, James Higginbotham, Samuel Angus, John Shattuck, William P. Smith, Edward Bennett, Charles Moore, O. A. Page, Lewis Warrington, Allen J. Green, Johnston Blakely, William F. Nicholls, Alfred Hazard, Sloss H. Grenell, Daniel S. Dexter, John B. Nicholson, Archibald K. Kearny, William H. Allen, Edward Giles, P. C. Blake, John O. Creighton, James Renshaw, Henry P. Caley, Sidney Smith, James Nicholson, Sewel Handly, John Davis, William S. Butler, Drury M. Allen, J. R. Leavcraft, William Sim, Louis Alexis.
John Downes, William Lewis, Francis Wife, Alexander Laws.
On Monday morning the NEW-YORK hauled off from the wharf and dropped down the Eastern Branch. This day she is to proceed hence to join the Mediterranean Squadron. She will touch at Hampton road to take in her Beef and Pork.
The JOHN ADAMS, it is expected, will be quipped in the same time, viz. two weeks.
CAPTAIN BARRON, we are informed, has been instructed by the Secretary of the Navy to salute Mount Vernon in passing.
The federalists of the City of Philadelphia have agreed to support James Ross for governor, and George Latimer for representative in Congress at the ensuing election.
Theatrical Communication.
We are sorry to hear the Theatrical Season at Alexandria is almost over; some novelty is reserved for the few last evenings, particularly for BERNARD'S BENEFIT, which we understand will be on THURSDAY NEXT. The variety of that evening joined to his claims on the public, will no doubt ensure him a brilliant audience. We are gratified to find his visit is to be annual.
At the request of some of the officers of the 1st Legion, I propose meeting the whole of them on Thursday next at 4 o'clock in the evening at Rhodes's tavern in the city of Washington, for the purpose of some instruction in their duty.
WM. D. BEALL, Adj.
The following sketch of the character of Charles Johnson, Esq. member of Congress for the district of Edenton, who died on the 28th ult. is taken from the Edenton paper:— "To portray his moral virtues in their true colors, would require the pen of a Lee. In the walks of private life he was truly exemplary. Although he was scarcely ever free from bodily infirmities, yet his soul would always appear safe and invulnerable, from its own divine excellence. The corruscations of his wit served to gild the gloom of political dispute, and he carried such an engaging demeanor and such bewitching manners towards his opponents, that although he was mostly victorious, yet his words always blunted the asperity of their temper. In the practice of the domestic virtues, he chiefly challenges our applause. He was an agreeable companion, a faithful friend, an affectionate husband, an indulgent parent, and humane master. His passions were so admirably blended together, that they were a mutual check on each other, and never suffered to deviate from the paths of rectitude. He possessed the rare virtue of being brave without rashness, and tolerant without pusillanimity. He was religious without austerity, charitable without ostentation, and generous without prodigality."
The number of salt works on Cape Cod, are so considerable, that it is understood a sufficient quantity is produced for the use of the fishermen fitted out at the Cape, and the inhabitants thereof; and additional works are erected all night daily. Glauber salts, of an approved quality, are also made at the Cape in considerable quantities, and, we believe are sold for less than imported purgative salts. This information is certainly interesting; for a dollar saved in the country is as advantageous as a dollar brought into it. If our ordinary imports are diminished so as to fall short of our ordinary exports, the country would proper. It would be generally gratifying, if some gentlemen resident on the Cape would make the necessary inquiries, and inform the public of the state of these manufactures. Many persons wish to know the exact quantities of the salts and glauber salts which are annually made—the prices at which they can be afforded—and what there is of the goodness of their qualities. If sufficient is made, both these articles may be exported to the other states; and the medical salts command a good price in the West Indies.
Boston paper.
A number of the principal Sachems, Chiefs, and Warriors of the Seneca nation of Indians, from Buffalo's Creek,

visited Albany last week; and we are informed have concluded a treaty with this state, by which they cede their title to all the lands reserved along the Niagara river from Buffalo's Creek to Steadman's farm, including Black Rock. This is doubtless a great acquisition to this state, as well as to the United States, not only on account of the value of the lands, but also as it secures the carrying places at the Niagara Falls, and the most advantageous situation for establishing a military post to guard that important pass.
Another object of these chiefs in visiting our seat of government, we are informed, was to intercede for one of their friends, an Indian, who it is alleged has unfortunately killed a white man, and which has produced some agitation in that quarter. These Indians state, that five instances have happened since the peace where Indians of this nation have been inhumanly murdered by the white people, and that in no instance have the perpetrators been punished for their crimes, and that this is the first instance on their part. This fact is undoubtedly true. They say they have been affrighted in cautioning their young warriors to guard against evil; of this kind, and they should therefore think it unwise if their brother should suffer death for this act, especially as it is said to have been done unintentionally, under the influence of intoxication and passion. They wished if possible that he might be admitted to bail until trial, stating that imprisonment to an Indian is worse than death. They considered this as a reasonable request, and which they had been induced to believe might be granted consistent with our laws. This however could not be done. They have certainly acted with great candour and magnanimity in delivering up the accused, who is a near relation of one of the principal chiefs, and belongs to one of the first families in the nation.
Although these chiefs could not obtain the full object of their wishes in the present instance, we are told they have returned to their nation perfectly satisfied with the treatment which they have received from our executive, and with the assurance he gave them that their unfortunate brother would be treated with every degree of lenity and humanity which the mildness of our laws admit.
Albany Gazette. "The Board of Longitude," states the French astronomer Lalande, "at its meeting of the 23rd inst. adjudged the premium of 6000 francs, which was proposed for the best lunar tables. M. Breg, an astronomer at Vienna, has succeeded, by combining from three to four thousand observations, in forming tables which do not differ ten seconds from an actual observation. This is the greatest aid with which astronomy can furnish navigation, and nothing more is wanting for finding the longitude at sea with the utmost accuracy. The lunar tables which I published in 1793, for finding the hour at sea, renders this part of the calculation so easy, that it may be executed by the most inexperienced navigator."
By the information presented to the British House of Commons respecting the island of Trinidad it appears that 400 allotments of land had been appropriated under the Spanish government, and that there remains at the disposal of the British government the vast tract of 2790 divisions of land of 300 acres each, or 870,400 acres in all. It likewise appears that the white inhabitants, at the time it was taken, were 2151; free people of color 4476; slaves 10,009; and Indians 1082.
A late London paper mentions, that the National Institute of France, in its general sittings of the 24th May, elected as a foreign associate, for the class of mathematical and physical sciences, Dr. Priestley.
For the class of moral and political sciences, Mr. Niebuhr, the celebrated traveller.
For the class of Literature and the fine arts, M. Klopstock, author of the Messiah.
The Institute has also appointed citizen Larive, associate for the section of declamation and music, in the class of literature and the fine arts; and citizen Pictet for that of physics, in the class of mathematical sciences.
Foreign Intelligence.
LONDON, July 1.
It is not a little curious, that in the last official paper of the French, M. Otto is announced, not as minister plenipotentiary to the United States, but as minister to the President of the United States. This alteration in the diplomatic style of the French, may be considered as a prelude to the nomination of foreign ministers to the First Consul, instead of the French Republic.
MUNICH, June 12.
Fanaticism in its fury against the salutary reforms of our Elector, has lately been the occasion of a bloody scene. A procession, conducted by h. Ex. Jesuit Schmidt, was returning from a pilgrimage without the town, when some jour-
men, women, and other persons of the lower class, who formed part of the procession committed various irregularities by ringing the bells, &c. contrary to the express orders of the police, and of those even who were at the head of the procession. The Inspector of the Police, having attempted to put a stop to this tumultuous scene, was maltreated, and a workman threw a stone at the officer of the Guard. This man was cut down with sabres, and a combat took place, in which the bearer of the cross made use of that sacred sign to strike those who opposed his march, crying out, "It is for the cause of religion." Next day the journeymen made an agreement among themselves not to work until all the festivals and processions, abolished by Government in concert with the Holy See, should be re-established. They assembled in bands of 50 or 100 persons, and paraded the streets. The Elector, accompanied by only one domestic, rode through the city on horseback, and exhorted the elderly people to retire peaceably, and to persuade the rest to do the same; but this exhortation was attended only with a momentary success. The Prince then ordered the garrison out under arms, caused these fanatic bands to be surrounded and to be conducted to the riding-house, at the entrance to which he ordered cannon, loaded with grape shot, to be planted. Next day those who promised to return to their duty were set at liberty; but the chiefs were detained, that they might be punished according to their desert. The citizens made a collection for the soldiers, who had been most instrumental in restoring order, and expressed their satisfaction to the Elector on account of his conduct. While the populace of this country are thus signalizing their fanaticism, a part of the regular Clergy are already following the impulse of the progress of knowledge; and the Prelate and Conventuals of Saint Wit, have themselves requested that their Convent may be dissolved, and that they may be transferred to the secular Clergy. "We observed," say they in their address to the Elector, "that Monachal institutions are not suited to the enlightened genius of the present century; and we are persuaded that we shall be more useful in other functions."
MILAN, June 14.
The Courier of Milan announces this day that the king of Sardinia has abdicated his crown in favor of his son the duke of Aosta. This abdication is said to have taken place on the 4th, in the presence of M. de Ghalemberg, secretary of state for Sardinia, and the princes Dona and Colonna, and other members of the court. The duke of Aosta has secured a pension to his father, who will retain the title of king, but retire from the tumult of business.
STOCKHOLM, June 4.
Their majesties arrived here from their journey to Schoen, the day before yesterday in the evening, and immediately went to their palace of pleasure at Haga. The state councils commence to-morrow and will be continued both forenoon and afternoon, as their majesties intend, on the 9th of this month, to set out on their journey to Finland. The French ambassador extraordinary, Citizen Bourgoing, has published an advertisement in our papers, inviting all French subjects residing here, to appear at his house, and inscribe their answer to the question, "Whether Napoleon Bonaparte shall be useful for life?" in a register opened for that purpose.
HAMBURGH, June 14.
The Imperial Russian Counsellor of state, and physician, Von Bueler, has inoculated Prince Paul Frederic, son of his serene highness the hereditary prince of Mecklenburg Schwerin, with the cowpox. The result has been favorable. The supreme college of phyic and health at Berlin, have now also declared themselves in favor of the inoculation of the vaccine, and published a circular letter, in which they recommend in the strongest manner the general introduction of it, adducing the reasons and results on which their recommendation is founded.
Aix-la-Chapelle, June 17.
Of the citizens of the department of Roer, consisting of 89,099; 85,050 have voted in the affirmative, on the question, whether Bonaparte shall be Consul for life?
Private letters from Paris state, that the 14th of July, the Anniversary of the French revolution, is fixed for the inauguration of the First Consul for life. The preparations for the ceremony are conducted upon a scale of uncommon magnificence.
NOTICE.
ON Saturday the 11th of September next, between the hours of 10 and 12 o'clock in the forenoon, at Stetler's Hotel, City of Washington, the final certificate of discharge under the bankrupt law of the United States will be granted to Ulrich Forreth.
By order of William Kilty, esq. chief judge of the district of Columbia.
JOHN C. DENT, Secretary to the commissioners, Aug. 23, 1802. 12w184t
LOST.
ON Monday the 29th August, between the Washington Branch Bank and the Twenty Buildings, a red morocco POCKET BOOK, containing eighty dollars in Bank Notes, of the Alexandria Bank; and a note of hand for 200 hundred dollars, together with some small papers, &c. Whoever returns the same with the contents, shall receive ten dollars Reward from the subscriber, living at Mr. Jones's 20 Buildings.
Sept. 1, 1802. JOHN ATKIN, ep3t
Thomas Carpenter, TAYLOR,
HAS just received an elegant and fashionable assortment of summer goods, consisting of London superfine cloths and cassimeres; India, Manchester, and silk striped nankeens; cotton cassimeres, boglepoor, Bengal elegant white chord for pantaloons, white and coloured mascilines, janes and fatin croiss-overs, silk ginghams, black and other coloured striped fatins, &c. All which he will make up on the most reasonable terms, and in the most neat and fashionable manner—Pennsylvania Avenue, west of the President's square.
May 24, 1802. ep1f
NOTICE.
On the first of September next, if fair, if not the next fair day, will be sold to the highest bidder, the London lands lately advertised by us in this paper.
As we have before fully described them it will be unnecessary now to add anything more in their favour. Suffice it to say that their quality and situation can not fail to recommend them to all persons desirous of establishing themselves in that part of the state—being within 40 miles of Alexandria and the Federal City, and as well adapted to farming as any lands in that country. The terms will be made known on the day of sale.
JAMES M. GARNETT, JOHN T. BROOKE, Admrs. with the will annexed of James Mercer, Esq. deceased. Aug. 23, 1802. ep1s
TO RENT,
And possession given immediately. A TWO STORY brick house on F Street near the War Office, containing two parlors, six bed rooms, and a kitchen, with an excellent garden, coach house, stable, &c. The house is newly painted and papered; it was formerly occupied by Mr. Dexter, and lately by Mr. John Brown—Esquire of Clement Dorsey, Esq. George-Town; or of the subscriber, who has for sale a well finished three story brick house opposite the Six Buildings, and a variety of City Lots in the most eligible situations. The above house will be sold for less than any gentleman could build it. The payments will be made easy on the whole of the above property.
WILLIAM DIER, April 7, 1802. ep1f Building Materials will be taken in part payment. W.D.
NOTICE.
A MEETING of the subscribers to the Little River Road Company, is called at the house of Mrs. McCabe in Leesburg, on the fourth Wednesday in September next, being the 22nd of the month, in pursuance of the law, requiring that the commissioners or any four of them, shall as soon as two hundred shares are subscribed, call a meeting of the subscribers for the purpose of electing by a majority of votes, delivered in person or by proxy, one president, four directors, one treasurer, and such other officers as they shall think necessary, for well ordering and conducting the affairs of the said Company. The commissioners having obtained the necessary number of shares, avail themselves of the earliest opportunity of calling together the subscribers in conformity to the law; they recommend a personal attendance if practicable, as it may be necessary to pass some bye law and regulations for conducting the company's affairs, where that is too inconvenient it will be proper to appoint a proxy in writing, attested by one witness at least.
WM. HARTSHORNE, JOHN T. RICKETTS, ISRAEL LACEY, BURR POWELL. Aug. 25, 1802. ep1225.
City Hotel, BROADWAY NEW-YORK.
THE Subscriber most respectfully informs his friends and the public, that the above Hotel will be opened on the first of May ensuing, when their patronage is earnestly solicited. He avails himself of this opportunity to return his sincere and grateful thanks to those societies, parties, and gentlemen, who have given him their support, and assures them that a continuance of their favors will be a stimulus to future exertions to please; and that the utmost attention shall be given for their comfort and accommodation. Boarding may be had by the day, week, month, or year. Families travelling, may be elegantly accommodated with lodging and fitting rooms; and, if preferred, have dinners &c. in their apartments. The Hotel being so well known, it is almost useless to say, that it is situated in one of the most healthy and pleasant parts of the city; commanding an extensive view in every direction, not only of the city itself, but also of the Narrows, the North and East Rivers, the state of New-Jersey, York and Long-Island, &c. &c.
A handsome coffee-room will be fitted up in the principal story; where gentlemen may have tea, coffee, chocolate, soups, and refreshments in general, at the shortest notice. All the leading newspapers in the union, will be regularly taken in.
Public dinners and suppers in a plain or elegant style either for large or small parties. Also, beef steaks, oysters, &c. regularly furnished. An ordinary every day at half past 2 o'clock, by the public's obedient servant,
JOHN LOVETT, N. B. Rooms to let by the month or year. April 21, 1802. ep1f
FOR SALE,
LOOKING-GLASSES & FURNITURE.
The subscriber respectfully
informs the public, that he has just received from New-York various kinds of Looking-Glasses, from 5 to 70 dollars each.—Also card tables, bureau, &c. of an elegant and fashionable make. He continues to manufacture and sell all kinds of ornaments for chimney-pieces, door caps, frontispiece pieces, metal fishes, &c. &c.
GEORGE ANDREWS, April 14, 1802. ep1f
CHARLES VARDEN,
MERCHANT TAYLOR from Philadelphia, Capitol Hill, New-Jersey Avenue. HAS received an assortment of summer goods consisting of the best superfine Cloths.
Cassimeres, Silk Dressings, English Striped Nankeens, White India Dinities, White and printed Marcellas, With a variety of other articles suitable for the summer season. N. B. Ladies Habits, Regimentals and Navy uniforms, made in the first style of fashion. July 2, 1802. ef
Burnet and Rigden,
JEWELLERS & WATCH MAKERS,
RESPECTFULLY inform the public, that they have just received, and for sale, a handsome assortment of
Gold and Silver WATCHES, Gold, gilt and steel chains, seals and keys, A variety of the most fashionable jewelry knife cases and fine knives, Plated cafers of various kinds, Silver and steel mounted spectacles, Ladies and gentlemen's pocket-knives, A quantity of the most fashionable prints, superbly framed and glazed. And constantly keep an assortment of silver plate of their own manufacture, with a variety of fancy articles; all of which they are enabled to sell on the most reasonable terms. July 14, 1802. ep1f
AGREABLY to a Deed of Trust
from Anthony Addison to the Subscriber, will be offered
For Sale,
TO the highest bidder, by Public Auction, at Stetler's Hotel, in the City of Washington, on Monday the 9th day of August next, all that tract of land lying and being on the Eastern Branch of the Potomac, opposite to said City called "Chichester, with addition resurveyed," containing three hundred acres.
On the above-mentioned tract of land, is the Ferry Landing, so well known by the name of "Dyer's Ferry," now in the occupation of Capt. Naylor. The Sale to commence at 11 o'clock in the forenoon—Terms of sale cash.
WM. BRENT, June 30, 1802. ep1thA
The above sale is postponed till Saturday the 9th day of October next. Aug. 16, 1802. ts
Public Sale.
Under a decree of the Chancellor of Maryland will be sold, to the highest bidder, on Saturday the 9th day of September next, at Rhodes's Tavern in the city of Washington.
LOTS No. 23, 24, 25, 26, and 27 in square No. 105, in the said city. Said lots will be sold separately and on a credit of six months; but the purchaser must give bond with security, to be approved by the chancellor, for the payment of the purchase money, with interest from the day of sale. When such payment be made, the trustee will convey all the right and estate of James M. Lingard, Ann Calenave, Nicholas Young, Joanna and Peter Calenave, parties to the said decree, to the purchasers.
JOHN HEWITT, Trustee. Washington, Aug. 11, 1802. 12w3t
A Valuable Farm for Sale,
In King George County & State of Virginia.
THIS Farm contains five hundred and thirty-five acres—about three hundred and fifty of which are cleared and divided into three fields with good inclosures;—it is situated on Potomac river, and bounded on the South East side for a mile and half by Rozier's creek, which affords a great abundance of fine fish and wild fowl, crabs, oysters, &c.—thirty miles from Fredericksburg, forty four from Alexandria, and fifty from Washington City.
On this land are very extensive steel banks, exclusive of the advantages to be derived from these banks by the lime business, they are very favourable to the production of corn and wheat, and the soil inexhaustible; there are about sixty or seventy acres of this kind of land, and the balance that is cleared of an excellent quality, and a great number of springs of fine water; it can with certainty be classed among the most healthy situations below the falls of Potomac—indeed, the natural advantages attending this place are innumerable.
The improvements are a two story framed dwelling house, sixty-four feet long, commanding a beautiful view of the creek and river; one other house intended for an office, twenty-six feet by eighteen with three rooms and a cellar in good repair; a large house, including a stable for eight horses, a corn-house, carriage house, faddle and harness room, and a commodious granary above, and other convenient buildings on the Farm—a small orchard of well chosen apples and peach-trees—The yard and garden inclosed this spring, with pales and railing—The whole plantation in good repair, and the land in a great state of improvement.
The terms of Sale will be made known by Mr. Francis Whiting, who in a short time will be a resident of Berkeley county, or by the subscriber on the premises.
WILLIAM P. FLOOD, July 9, 1802. ef
New Invention.
The Improved Saw-Mill, for which the subscriber has obtained a Patent.
THIS improvement saves the sawyer much labour, and the work is also much more expeditious. The log being flanked, turned down, and the saw fluted, the whole operation proceeds without further manual aid; for, the instant the cut is finished, the log moves back, and at the same time is guaged to the utmost exactness by the machine, ready for another cut in two thirds of a minute. The saw resumes its action in the log, and thus moves in alternate succession until the whole be cut up in any given dimensions, at which time the mill shuts up if required, or as any number of cuts for which the sawyer prepares, for his attendance is unnecessary.
Any person of persons inclining to purchase the privilege of erecting this valuable and simple machine, or of adding the improvement, which may readily be affixed to any Saw Mill already in use, will please to apply to the subscriber at Well Brandywine Bridge, on the Philadelphia and Lancaster turnpike road, Pennsylvania; or by application to Dr. Thornton, City of Washington, who is complete operating model may be seen which saws in the most exact manner, and performs all the various movements of a large saw mill. He will also furnish the drawings and description.
In consequence of numerous applications from persons whose saw mills are not in constant operation, and to render the benefit more extensive, I have thought it proper to reduce the price of the privilege to eighty dollars; and I will return twenty dollars to every person who has already purchased the improvement at one hundred, that no distinction may be made. The improvement may cost about twenty dollars. The castings may be had already executed, at the City of Washington, at prime cost.
MOSES COATES, August 2, 1802. 12w1f
Valuable property for Sale,
On Monday the 23rd day of August next,
WILL be sold at public sale at Mr. Semmes's tavern, Georgetown. A mill, Millseat and 42 1/2 acres of land adjoining, lying on Rock Creek, and within a mile and an half of Georgetown and the City of Washington; and at the same time and place will be offered for sale, 500 acres of valuable land, lying about 7 miles from Georgetown, on the Frederick road; there are on the premises, two tenements with the necessary buildings in tolerable repair, a number of bearing fruit trees, 10 or 12 acres of meadow, and fifty more may be made at a small expence, there is a sufficiency of timber and wood for the use of the plantation.
And on Wednesday the 25th at the house of Benjamin Ray, on the premises 560 acres of land, about 16 miles from Georgetown, and 4 miles from Montgomery court house; there are several fine orchards on this tract. It will be sold together or in lots, as shall be found most advisable.
And on Monday the 30th, at the house of Barton Brown, on the premises, 850 acres of rich limestone land, of the first quality, lying in Washington county, on the Potomac river, about 3 miles above Williamsport, and binding on the river upwards of two miles. This land is immensely heavily timbered, a great proportion remains in wood, the clear land is fresh and highly productive; this land is laid off into 5 lots, with a house on each lot, which answer for temporary accommodation. Mr. Brown, who lives on the premises, will show the lines of the different lots. The whole of the above property will be sold on a credit of one, two, and three years with interest. And at the same time and place, the sale to continue from day to day till all is sold—about thirty valuable negroes, men, women and children, work horses, cattle and hogs, plantation utensils, and the crop on the ground, on a credit of twelve months, bonds on interest, with approved security will be required of the purchasers. Any persons desirous of purchasing the above property, or any part thereof at private sale, will please to apply to Col. Francis Deakins, or Philip B. Key, Esq. Georgetown, or the Subscriber.
WALTER MACKALL, Benedict, July 24, 1802. 12w2t
District of Virginia,
RICHMOND, Supervisor's Office,
June, 30, 1802.
IT being believed that considerable portions of lands in the back counties of the state of Virginia, on which the Direct Tax of the United States remains unpaid, are owned by persons residing out of the state; and the same having been advertised, in pursuance of the act of Congress of the 16th of March last, supplementary of the act entitled "An act to lay and collect a Direct Tax within the United States," as may be seen by the notification of the Supervisor of the ad of June last, and running in the Examiner of Richmond, that being the paper in which the laws of the state are printed, to be sold for the tax and costs, in all cases where the same shall not be paid within six months from the date of the notification agreeably to the 2d section of the said amendatory act; it is recommended to all who own lands in the said state, whereon they do not know the tax to have been paid, to take measures for having the transcripts which have been lodged at the Supervisor's Office a Richmond, as directed by the said last-mentioned act, examined, in order to the ascertaining & paying such tax where due. And as, in some instances, lands have been assessed in the names of persons heretofore owning, but who have alienated them, it is further recommended that, upon sending to examine the transcripts, all names known to have been at any time connected as owner or owners with any tract or tracts in question, be sent forward, the better to guide the examination. The sales will take place generally in the month of December next, on dates which may be seen in the notification referred to above. This short sketch of the business is published in some of the papers of other states as a means of more certainly calling the attention of persons concerned, to the subject.
E. GARRINGTON, Supervisor of the District of Virginia Aug. 16, 1802. 12w3m