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[BY AUTHORITY.]
AN ACT
To suspend for a limited time the recruiting service.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That so much of the act, entitled "An act to raise for a limited time an additional military force," as authorises the enlisting of men for the term of five years, unless sooner discharged, be and the same is hereby suspended until twenty days after the next meeting of Congress.
J. B. VARNUM,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
ANDREW GREGG,
President of the Senate, pro tempore.
June 28, 1809.
APPROVED,
JAMES MADISON.
AN ACT
Supplementary to the act, entitled "An act making further provision for the support of public credit, and for the redemption of the public debt."
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the powers vested in the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, by the tenth section of the act to which this act is a supplement, shall extend to all the cases of reimbursement of any instalments or parts of the capital, or principal, of the public debt now existing, which may be made payable according to law. And in every case in which a loan may be made accordingly, it shall be lawful for such loan to be made of the bank of the United States, any thing in any act of Congress to the contrary notwithstanding.
J. B. VARNUM,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
ANDREW GREGG,
President of the Senate, pro tempore.
June 28, 1809.
APPROVED,
JAMES MADISON.
AN ACT
Authorising the discharge of Joseph Wilkinson, jun. from his imprisonment.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That Joseph Wilkinson, jun. late Collector of the port of Detroit, in the Michigan territory, be discharged from his imprisonment, upon a judgment obtained against him in favor of the United States: Provided however, That he shall first assign and convey all the estate, real and personal, which he may now own, or be entitled to, to some person or persons, for the use and benefit of the United States, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury: And provided also, That the said judgement shall remain in full force against any estate which the said Joseph Wilkinson, jun. may hereafter acquire, and that process may, at any time, be thereupon issued against the same.
J. B. VARNUM,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
ANDREW GREGG,
President of the Senate, pro tempore.
June 28, 1809.
APPROVED,
JAMES MADISON.
AN ACT
Making an appropriation to finish and furnish the Senate Chamber, and for other purposes.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That to defray the expenses of finishing and furnishing the permanent Senate Chamber, its Committee rooms, lobbies and other apartments,
the sum of fifteen thousand dollars is appropriated, to be paid out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That to defray the expenses incurred in fitting up the temporary Senate Chamber, and repairing and providing articles of furniture, the further sum of sixteen hundred dollars be appropriated, the same to be paid out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
J. B. VARNUM,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
ANDREW GREGG,
President of the Senate, pro tempore.
June 28, 1809.
APPROVED,
JAMES MADISON.
AN ACT
For the remission of certain penalties and forfeitures, and for other purposes.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be and he is hereby authorised to remit any penalty or forfeiture which may have been incurred in consequence of the violation of any of the provisions of the act, entitled "An act to prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States, from and after the first day of January, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eight," by any person who may have been concerned in bringing into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States, any slave or slaves, owned by any person or persons, who shall have been forcibly expelled from the island of Cuba, by order of the government thereof: and the President of the United States is hereby further authorised to release all vessels and other effects, which may have been or may hereafter be seized therefor: Provided, That he shall be first satisfied in every case, that the person thus concerned in bringing in such slave or slaves as aforesaid, was impelled thereto, by circumstances which, in the judgment of the President of the United States, would justify the act; and without any intention on the part of such person voluntarily to evade any of the provisions of the act aforesaid: And provided also, That such slave or slaves shall have been brought into the United States in the same vessel and at the same time as their owner or owners respectively.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby authorised to make any arrangement with the Minister Plenipotentiary of France, which he may deem necessary and proper, for transporting such of the unfortunate exiles from the said island of Cuba, with their effects, as shall desire to depart from the United States to any port or place within the territories of France, her colonies or dependencies, any law to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided, That the vessels transporting the same shall depart only in ballast, and without taking on board any other cargo than such sea stores as may be deemed necessary for the voyage in every case. And to enable the President to carry into effect any such arrangement, as well as for supplying, temporarily, such of the unfortunate exiles with the necessaries of subsistence, as may be in actual want thereof, there be appropriated the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary for these objects, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated: Provided however that all monies which may be drawn out of the Treasury, in virtue of this act, shall be charged to the French government, under such stipulations for reimbursing the same, on the part of the Minister Plenipotentiary of France, as, in the judgment of the President, may be deemed proper for that object.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all claim and demand of the United States to any monies arising from the sale of the ship Clara, sold in pursuance of a decree of the district court for Orleans district, held in March, one thousand eight hundred and nine, be, and the same is hereby relinquished and remitted to Andrew Foster and Jacob P. Girard, late owners of the said ship Clara, any
thing in any former law to the contrary notwithstanding.
J. B. VARNUM, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
ANDREW GREGG,
President of the Senate, pro tempore.
June 28, 1809.
APPROVED,
JAMES MADISON.
CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
DEBATE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS.
THURSDAY, JUNE 22.
The House in committee of the whole, on the bill from the Senate to revive and amend certain parts of the act "interdicting commercial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain and France and their dependencies, and for other purposes."
Mr. J. G. JACKSON observed that doubts existed with some gentlemen whether the 3rd section of the act about to be re-enacted by this act did not virtually prohibit the admission of armed vessels. As this was not the intention of the committee who reported it, and he was desirous to make it so explicit that there could be no doubt on that head, he moved an amendment to the proviso, with a view to render the intention more clear.
Mr. GOLD said, that the bill reported by the committee of foreign relations, now under consideration, proposed the restoration of the rights of hospitality to France in the admission of her armed vessels into our harbors. The provision of last session, interdicting the entrance into the waters and harbors of the United States to that nation (said he) is left to expire with the present session. This course, sir, I cannot reconcile with justice and consistency. For that cause, sir, did you by a deliberate act of last session exclude French armed ships from your harbors? Does not the same reason continue down to this hour unabated? Has the Emperor of that nation checked his career of injustice and trample under foot every thing that is sacred in treaties? Permit me, sir, to call on the advocates of the bill to reconcile the admission of French armed vessels at this session with the measure of exclusion at the last? It was, sir, at the last session resolved by the advocates of the present measure, that the course then adopted, in interdicting our waters to the vessels of the belligerents, was resistance to foreign injustice; and hence to withhold such interdiction was submission. The measure was pressed upon the country in all the fervid strains of eloquence.
Without admitting the definitions of resistance and submission then adopted, or the application of the terms, I put it home to the great leaders at that eventful period, upon the principle of consistency. I ask what has France done that we should now change our attitude of resistance—for what shall we now submit and kiss the rod? I pray gentlemen not to withhold their reasons, but kindly impart them to the House. Would you, sir, avoid all imputations of partiality, of not carrying an even hand between the belligerents, give to the country the reasons of your conduct; mark your lines plain, that they may not be mistaken. The principle of exclusion of last session, was applied to both France and Great Britain; equality was introduced. Hence, sir, it will be seen, that the invalidated case of the Chesapeake was not the ground of that provision. If any one should doubt on this point, I invite a recurrence to the resolution expressive of the sense of the House of last session, as preparatory to the law; where he will find a broad application of the principle of exclusion to "all the belligerents having in force orders or decrees violating the lawful commerce of the United States, as a neutral nation." (Journal of the House of Representatives, page 46.)
While on this subject, permit me, sir, to notice the position laid down in this House, that "the attack upon the Chesapeake was, intrinsically, cause of war."
If there be any gentleman of the committee who continues to entertain that opinion, I will refer him to the usages of nations on the subject. The rule will be found in both Puffendorf and Rutherford, that an individual
member of a nation cannot by his act commit or render his nation liable without the assent to or adoption of such act by his nation. Here, as soon as the act of admiral Berkeley was known in England, it was explicitly disavowed. Will it be pretended that the case was proper for a surrender of the individual? The Executive of the United States has not so thought; no demand has been made.
It was not the crime of England but her misfortune, to have had an individual commit her peace and jeopardize her welfare by an unauthorized act. What has happened to Great Britain may befall America; and we shall never submit to the position, that the nation is committed by the act of a member which it disavows.
After such disavowal and promise of reparation, there could remain no danger of the repetition of the injury—no measure of precaution against the repetition could be necessary, and the continuance of the exclusion of British armed ships, by proclamation, was, sir, in my apprehension unwarranted by the usages of nations. On the disavowal and promise of reparation, the relations of amity between the two countries ought to have been restored, and so continued until an experiment at negotiation for redress could be made, upon the issue of which, ulterior measures might be adopted.
What losses, what sacrifices this ill-fated continuance of the late President's proclamation has brought on this country is beyond my power to measure!
The exclusion of British and admission of French armed ships in our harbors at the same time, was justly odious; and whether so intended or not, could not fail to interpose an insuperable barrier to all negotiation.
But this odious distinction being done away by the non-intercourse act, so termed, a satisfactory atonement was offered for the attack on the Chesapeake, and negotiation upon other points of difference promised.
The Executive, reposing himself on these assurances, has restored the relations of amity between the two countries. Here, sir, the course was fair for opening our ports to British vessels; and the line of conduct towards France is equally plain; every principle of justice and honor combine in requiring at our hands a perseverance in the course adopted at last session, in withholding the rights of hospitality from a nation which has, for years, not only violated those rights in relation to this country, but showed an utter disregard to all the various duties imposed on friendly nations.
The task of retracing and comparing the relative conduct of foreign nations towards this country, is truly unpleasant, but the proposition before the committee imposed this duty upon me, and while I have briefly adverted to the catalogue of our sufferings from France, I disclaim all foreign predilections, and be my country's enemy whoever it may be, am an American.
In what situation will the bill under consideration place America in relation to France? A non intercourse of trade and an intercourse of hospitality at the same time; an anomaly in the usages of nations. Surely this age is fruitful in experiments, and the new world is henceforth destined to give lessons of political conduct to the old.
Mr. LOVE said that the few observations which he intended to offer, should be confined to a reply to the gentleman from N. York, (Mr. Gold) who had just sat down; and could he believe, as that gentleman did, that the proposed amendment did imply submission to the edicts of France, he certainly should be equally opposed to it. The amendment, he said, was merely calculated to give effect to that part of the bill which provided for the removal of the interdiction of the armed vessels of France and England from our waters; a provision, which, while it was exercised alike towards both belligerents, neither could complain of, nor could either view it as a condescension, so long as the other enjoyed the privilege to a similar extent. The removal of the interdiction as to both nations left both in the same relative situation towards each other, as the continuance of it would. All great Britain had required, was to be placed in a state of equality with France as it respected her armed vessels. The act of the last Congress which effected this purpose (said Mr. Love) is by
that power made the ground of an overture, which has been accepted by our government as honorable and satisfactory.
Had the terms of that overture required that British armed vessels should receive admission into our waters, in exclusion of those of France, as some have mistakenly supposed, the question would have assumed a different aspect, but that was not the case, nor would the law of the last session have warranted such admission.
But the gentleman has said, that the outrages of France are of a more inexcusable nature than those of England; that with England we have no treaty, and with France we have one which has been infringed. I had presumed, that at this time, no man could be found in the national legislature of this country, who would attempt to palliate or excuse the conduct of either of the belligerents towards us. Indeed so little regard was in every respect paid to treaties by those nations, that nothing can be said of the good or bad faith of either of them. It is certainly no difficult matter to enumerate various infractions by both nations. G. Britain has infringed the first of the permanent articles of the treaty of 1794, by the attack on the Chesapeake, for that article, I believe, stipulates that there shall be an inviolable peace between the two countries. It is said, indeed, that ample reparation was tendered, according to the principles of the law of nations, by the disavowal of the outrage, which the gentleman has said was afterwards no longer a question of public injury, but then became merely personal to the individual committing the outrage, and for this the law of nations had been referred to. The reference to that law, sir, is correct; and if the gentleman had been equally correct in his premises, there would have been no disagreement between us. Had G. Britain, when she made the disavowal of the act, have promptly surrendered the culprit to the justice of our laws and to punishment for the violation of them within our limits, she would have done what the law of nations enjoined, and our government must have been satisfied. There is no subject of political interest, which I believe has ever been more misrepresented than that relative to the affair of the Chesapeake. It was but a few days ago, a gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Randolph) if I understood him right, declared on this floor, that the same overtures which had now been accepted, were made to Mr. Monroe in London, but he was not permitted to accede to them. Sir, I should be glad to be informed in what part of the correspondence, public or private, of an official or epistolary kind only, this fact is exhibited. Compare the reparation agreed to be made, with any thing which has before been offered us, and the assertion stands completely refuted.
The affair is now adjusted, I believe sir, to the satisfaction of all parties, and of every man in the nation; and although it might be doubted whether a President of the U. S. has of himself, without the concurrence of the other branch of the treaty-making power, the right to accept of reparation for an act of hostility of so flagrant a nature as that we have been speaking of—yet I shall at all times be ready to appopriate the terms on which the adjustment has been made.
It is said by the gentleman from N. York, that all our differences are in a train of accommodation with England, and the recent overtures ought to place her on superior ground to France.
Her recent overtures have placed her on superior ground, by opening commercial intercourse with her, and continuing the inhibition as to France. That is all she did or could require of us. To do more, would in my opinion be a voluntary act of hostility towards France—and one which, if we are disposed to hold the scale of justice with an equal hand towards both nations, we ought to avoid. What has France done since the passage of the non-intercourse law, which would make such a distinction proper, or would make this exclusion of her armed vessels, and the admission of her enemy's the appropriate remedy? When the measure of exclusion as it respected England alone was resorted to, it was a remedy which was appropriate to the injury. She had attacked our vessels in our own waters,

and a series of outrages were consummated by the capture of the Chesapeake. But the policy of the interdiction of the last Congress, stands on different principles. The repeated injuries our commerce had sustained from both nations required that both should be put on the same ground. It was done, and although the position they both stand in will be changed by this bill, yet they will alike remain on a ground of equality. So far, sir, as respects any other subject than those negotiated on at this place, I say, policy would certainly dictate that we should at this time, maintain the most guarded position. I do not mean here to express a doubt of the sincerity of the British ministry in the overture they have made for the revocation of their orders of November, 1807. I believe at least that the overture was made with pure good faith on the part of her minister resident in the U. S. But, sir, I confess there is something in the orders of April, 1809, which produce an involuntary distrust, that the negotiation made here is not to be fulfilled in its spirit and meaning. The new orders are said to be produced by the altered state of Europe. What is this alteration, and when was it made? If at all it has been since the overture authorised by the late mission to this country, and if that be the principle on which this new order rests, we may indeed be told, that the negotiation made here affords us no security for the abrogation of the principle of the orders of Nov. 1807. I confess I find none in the assurance that the new orders are not connected with the negotiation made here. The minister has probably used the words of his instructions, and for my part I had rather it had been said that the new orders were connected with, and their continuance dependant on the negotiation pending here. An assurance of this sort, would to my mind have been more satisfactory. But, sir, I have unwillingly said anything in reply to the gentleman on this topic; it is a delicate one, and certainly the less we shall say at present about it, the better. To me it would have been much more agreeable to have said nothing on it, and if possible to have refrained from acting at this moment; it would to my apprehension have been more fortunate for us, had the meeting of this Congress have been fixed to such a period as would have enabled us to act on the real instead of the conjectural state of our relations with France and England; and indeed I conceive the less we do, until we know our actual state, the better. The provisions of the present bill, I only prefer to those of a contrary description contained in a bill reported some time ago, by the hon. chairman of the committee on foreign intercourse, because these may possibly produce some advantage in the sale of our products; not much; and there is certainly little choice in the measures. The only very important feature in either, being the equal justice which is held out to both the belligerents. Thus far they each pursue the policy our government has never ceased to adhere to, and therefore I am willing, if compelled at this moment to act at all, to give the present proposition my support.
Mr. LIVERMORE said he would not admit the House that he would not dilate on the subject; for if he did he feared he should contradict his assertion. He would say a few words why he thought the amendment ought not to be adopted, though he confessed he did not feel very anxious about it one way or the other. He did not feel himself responsible for the question. It is, however, (said he) a matter of considerable delicacy in all its bearings. There is a negotiation going on between this country and Great Britain. It was supposed at a certain period not long past, that we were on the eve of a war with Great Britain, and indeed with France also. As this business is now considered as being with the Executive, and in a great measure confided to him, I certainly would not do any thing to interfere with what may be the transactions between the two governments, or interrupt the harmony now existing. I will briefly state a history of this business as it strikes my mind. I will not however go into all the confused contradictory assertions, speeches and decisions made within these walls during the last session; but simply take up this famous non-intercourse law as to what it was intended to effect. It was said by the committee of foreign relations, that we had suffered great injuries from both nations. No doubt this was correct. An abstract proposition was then offered—Can we submit to the orders and decrees? No, was the answer. What then? Gentlemen called upon us for a substitute for the embargo. We said that there was none necessary in our opinion but to repeal it. It appeared to be thought necessary, however, that something should be done; and, after great con-
fusion, this non-intercourse bill was brought forward, to be sure in a strange kind of a way, not by those gentlemen who were ultimately the majority on its passage, but by those who wanted letters of marque and reprisal, which the House would not grant. This bill was agreed on, which speaks for itself. It was thought to be a hostile measure, and intended as such by the declarations made at the time. But it was contemplated that probably one of those nations might recede from its unlawful ground; and in consequence of this belief, a new section was enacted authorising the President of the United States in case Great Britain or France should so revoke or modify their edicts as to render the commerce of the United States in the opinion of the President of the United States sufficiently safe, to declare the same by proclamation. That hostile deed was then to be done away, according to the understanding of every man. The thing was done by Great Britain. Was it intended to be done away as to both because one revoked its edicts? No gentleman can with any sort of consistency advance that this was the understanding of it. [Mr. Efies asked if Mr. L. whether he had understood him to say that the President was authorised to do away the other provisions of the non-intercourse law as well as to renew the commercial intercourse.] I believed so (said Mr. Livermore) and I believe such was the opinion of a majority, if not of three-fourths of the nation; for I never heard, till I came here, a different construction of this act. If it be possible to conceive that interdicting ships is a measure of hostility, which certainly I understood to be intended, it must have been the understanding of the British minister that the whole of the hostile measures should be done away in relation to Great Britain; and for us to say, although trade is to be renewed, yet that these hostile measures are to be continued, seems to me to be absurd. But I wish gentlemen to consider whether there are not two parties to this state of things, Great Britain and the United States. Gentlemen may satisfy their own consciences that they have kept within the letter of the law, but I think they cannot satisfy the country of it. This exclusion of armed ships, as I before said, was viewed as a hostile measure to meet the hostile measures of both the belligerents, and to cease when either of those nations ceased their hostility. Now I understand that it has ceased as to Great Britain. In the first place, though different ideas are entertained of the promises of a foreign minister, and though, when a minister makes a promise it is only satisfactory when you have security for its performance, it is very different from a case in which a public minister and a national makes a promise absolute which does not depend on any contingency of ratification; it is satisfactory and has been so viewed by the President of the United States. The orders in council being withdrawn, hostility ceases, and the two countries are considered as much in amity as though there had been no hostility between them. Has Great Britain made this contract on stipulations offered? What is it natural to suppose that she would expect on our part? Certainly a continuation of hostility towards that other country till that other country does what she did by rescinding her decrees. For, as the existence of those very decrees of France was injurious to Great Britain, and was the cause of the orders in council, which were considered as the cause of difference, what have they a right to expect from us? Why, that precisely the same conduct as we adopted towards both nations should continue as to the other. If therefore it was a part of the agreement that hostility should cease in relation to Great Britain, according to every rule of construction and to common honesty, the hostility towards the other nation ought to be continued.
The gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Love) appears to be very anxious lest we should put something in this bill to offend sister France; and this disposition is the cause of all our difficulties. The gentleman asks what France has ever done? [Mr. Love said the gentleman stated his observations incorrectly.] At the last session (said Mr. Livermore) it was acknowledged—though to be sure it was thought a mighty thing to acknowledge that France could be hostile to us—that the two nations were as much alike in their conduct as one egg is like another. There was an admission that they were equally hostile. Is any gentleman now going to contend that there has been no hostile act done by France towards this country? If the orders in council were hostile, was not the act also hostile which caused the issuing of them in retaliation of it? It was so considered. I say that the decree of Berlin itself considered seriously was a hostile act, and we have no right to conceive it in a contrary
view, and we now feel its effects and have had a declaration from France too that she knew no distinction between us and any other nation, our treaty with her to the contrary notwithstanding. Further, the decree of Milan provided that every vessel even spoken to by a British cruiser was "denationalized" and should be condemned. Now I say that these are sufficient acts of hostility to justify an interdiction and inhibition of intercourse mentioned in the act. I do not know that I am competent to judge in what light Great Britain will view the subject. I do not know that that nation will be disposed to break off the negotiation entered into; but I say that I would not alter the stipulation which induced them to revoke the orders in council, or I might justify them in recalling their promise.
But gentlemen say that although the orders in council were revoked, they have been renewed in another form. I do not know that they have been renewed. As far as we know we see every thing satisfactory, and nothing to interrupt the course of the business. We have no right to say a word about the agreement entered into here, in relation to the modification in the orders in council, for the alteration of them and the agreement to revoke here were nearly on the same day, and there cannot therefore be any right to suppose that one is in accordance with the other.
Now, sir, is it possible that Congress will interfere and do any thing which shall serve to embarrass the negotiation? It is taking upon themselves so great a responsibility that they would hardly answer it to their constituents. It is true, that the President has not recommended any thing specific which he has thought proper to be done. I could wish that he had, for I believe it would have been proper. Sir, the admission of French ships will be productive of a very serious evil. They will lodge in our ports, learn what vessels are going out and go and take them. But this is not the chief reason with me for interdicting French armed vessels. As far as my vote would go, I would not interrupt any thing going on in the way of negotiation. If it were ascertained that the President acquiesced in this measure, I do not know that I should object to it, but nothing of the kind is signified to the House. But is it proper for me to be led by other gentlemen? I am certainly not anxious to get into a situation similar to that in which we were six or eight months ago. I do not want to see the negotiation interrupted. If we alter the stipulations of the non intercourse act, there will be a plausible pretext for breaking off the negotiation if they wish to do it. If we should again get into a situation similar to that, it would be a great consolation to know that we had done nothing to authorise it.
Now as to the particular reason why this amendment should be adopted, to put it beyond all doubt that vessels shall be admitted, I certainly shall not agree to it. I hope there is a majority of the House that will not agree to the alteration. As to what further we should do on the subject, I will not at this time say.
(To be continued.)
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July 3—3t
District of Columbia, Washington County, Orphan's Court, June term, 1807. ON the application of James Clagett for letters of administration on the personal estate of Thomas Shelton, late of the state of Virginia, deceased, claiming the same as a Creditor. Ordered, that he file notice of his said application by inserting a copy of this order three times in the National Intelligencer.
TEST,
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July 3—3t.
WASHINGTON CITY.
MONDAY, JULY 3.
Anniversary of Independence.—In the progress of time, another anniversary of our independence as a nation has returned, finding us, notwithstanding the chequered scenes of prosperity, and adversity through which we have for thirty-three years passed, in the enjoyment of inestimable blessings, and grateful for them. The spectacle of a nation of eight millions of human beings assembled to commemorate the era of their liberty, to trace that liberty to its true source, to contemplate with reverence the august structure of government that upholds it, and dwell with rapture on the virtues of those who achieved and maintained the empire of our rights, is one which Deity itself must behold with complacence; for if there be any thing extrinsic to itself, which can inspire the Divine hand with joy, it must be the heartfelt thanks of an intelligent people for their unrivalled felicity. To Thee, then, boundless source of all that exists, we render on this day the first offering of our hearts! Self-existent and independent as we know You to be, still suffer us, in the abundance of our gratitude, to cherish the hope, that the Being, to whom we owe all our felicity, may receive some small addition to his from our universal homage. Under the auspices of such sentiments as these, we shall be best fitted to elevate and purify our minds for the contemplation of the illustrious objects which ought on this day exclusively to engage them, and to animate and direct our feelings in harmony with them, as free as possible from the unfortunate alloy of prejudice which is more or less mingled with every thing human.
Such sentiments will inspire us with justice, with candor, with magnanimity to one another. They will teach us on this day to remember that we are brethren of the same family, that we are the offspring of the same Creator, that we are embarked in one common destiny; that we have a common country, which it is our sacred duty to protect; and realising the solemn truth, that union is strength, will instruct us cheerfully to incur every sacrifice that principle admits, to preserve its sheet anchor of our prosperity.
Never there was a nation, that ought to be united in a chain of indissoluble fraternity, it is THIS NATION. It will be the object of the subsequent remarks to illustrate this position; a position worthy of a volume, but which on this occasion can receive but a cursory notice.
Looking back to the earliest stages of our existence, we find that political or religious persecution drove our forefathers to these shores. It was the Divine spark of liberty that kindled in their bosoms the noble resolution to abandon fortune, friends and country, rather than yield the free born soul to ignoble vassalage. Halowed be the spark! Eternally may it be deposited at the bottom of our hearts, ready to blaze into a consuming flame of destruction to tyranny in all its odious forms!
Behold the hand-fulls of our brave and virtuous ancestors, landing amidst savages, bereft by the tyrants of the old world of every thing but their robust bodies and intrepid souls. What resource had they left but union? It was emphatically their strength. To it they owed their safety from the beasts of the forest, their subjection of the forest, the food and raiment that sustained animal life, and above all, their protection from the hostile and dreadful savages that surrounded them, inflicting death in its most terrible shapes. United, they stood their ground, they triumphed over the severest physical and moral difficulties, they laughed tyranny to scorn, the forest fell and the valley smiled, and finally, the glorious orb of free government, emerging from the chaos, revolved, dispensing light and gladness, calculated to endure for ages. United, they became what they were, and we what we are. Had they been disunited, they would soon have perished, and we had never been. The howling savage man and savage-beast would have now held an undisputed empire over this fair region, and the brightest dawn, which the world has ever seen, had not broken the universal gloom.
Scarcely had the difficulties of a new settlement been vanquished when still more arduous difficulties arose. The common danger that encompassed our ancestors taught the necessity of union to overcome it. So long as they were engaged in this contest there was no time for other considerations. But this once over, they no sooner began to form themselves into political communities, than they discovered among themselves the most discordant materials. Composed of the inhabitants of various countries, & the disciples of different sects, with all the dissimilarity of origin and thinking appropriate to each, where were the materials for that bond of union which was essential to their safety? To maintain their independence was the principal, if not sole, cause of their expatriation; for this they had severed many of the strongest ties that bind the heart of man. To give this up was, therefore, impossible. Rather than this, they had sought, in early grave, wisely and heroically resolved to put with their lives rather than their liberty. Then it was, that the sublime conception was formed and seized to separate altogether religion from government, to leave the former exclusively as an affair between man and his Creator, and to establish the latter entirely on principles, in which every one agreed, by excluding all objects, differently viewed by different minds. In other words, our ancestors united in the god-like compact of leaving religion from a human restraint, leaving it free as air, and limiting government to those ends which are absolutely essential to the general welfare. A wonderful simplicity had arose, and man, however diversified his habits of thinking, or the form those of his fellow-man found himself, by a kind of miracle, restored to the happy fraternity pictured on the golden age. Once instantly sprung from chaos, or perhaps more correctly speaking, who I previously appeared to be, class, now, behold in just point of view, assumed a regular and comely form. The vision of philosophy seemed to be consummated, and "all nature's difference to have become all nature's peace." The more diversified the mind of man, from its habits of independent reflection, became on topics of morality and religion, the more obvious appeared the necessity of a protecting government confined to the security of these diversified habits, and, consequently, restrict-
ed to powers whose exercise left all else its uninvaded.
Under the auspices of this great principle, the several colonies flourished, their inhabitants were contented and happy. They were protected, it is true, in a great degree, from external danger by a common head; but their prosperity was principally owing to their union and harmony among themselves. Instead of wasting their resources in conflicts with one another they lived in peace, in fraternity, and consequently in plenty.
But this serenity was soon disturbed, and a dark storm lowered in the East. He, whose highest ambition it should have been to have acted as the father of his people, became their cruel tyrant, and, by a succession of deliberate oppressions, alienated their affection, roused their indignation, and inflamed their hostility. Then it was that the colossal power of the parent country threatened to crush, almost without an effort, the rebel spirit that dared to inculcate as a duty resistance to tyranny. And then it was, that the power of union, thanks to the virtues of revolutionary times, appeared in all its majesty. It became the watch-word of liberty, the anchor of hope at the most disastrous periods of our contest, the most precious solace of misfortune, and the proudest pledge of eventual triumph. It had the magical effect of superseding the necessity of government, of producing a unity of effort and vigor of exertion that made the mighty tremble, and finally brought them to the footstool of repentance. It enabled us, feeble as we were in numbers and wealth, to maintain our rights, to achieve our independence, and to become a nation under a brighter glory than had ever before irradiated the birth of any other nation.
But our task was still incomplete, and our duties still unfulfilled. However, during the ardor of contest, we might have found a substitute for a regular system of government in the patriotism of our people, after the peace of 1783 a totally different state of things ensued. The pressure of external danger was no sooner removed than the seeds of internal dissension sprouted luxuriantly. Human nature began to unfold its invari-able characteristics, and it was distinctly perceived that without a more efficient and comprehensive government, the disjointed members of their separate interests, would ere long exchange an equivocal friendship for a deadly hostility. Again the genius of union inspired every heart, and dictated and established the splendid structure that protects the sovereignty of the states, and the liberties of the nation. Let it never be forgotten, that our present happy government was the offspring of union and compromise; and that our greatest and best men of all political parties and religious sects in framing this great work sacrificed their prejudices on the altar of patriotism. Among its distinguished founders we behold a Washington and Franklin, on whose immortal fame the grave has stamped its seal, and a Madison, whose virtues and talents justify the assurance that his name will be inscribed on the same sacred roll. Others, equally distinguished, participate the glory of carrying into operation, and preserving in its vigor and purity, this great charter of our independence, thereby conferring a benefit scarcely inferior to its original formation. Foremost in the ranks behold the illustrious, the philanthropic Jefferson, now reaping, in the shades of a philosophical retirement, the rich harvest of a nation's blessings.
Since the adoption of the Constitution, it is to the same principle of union that we are indebted for the unrivalled measure of prosperity which has fallen to our lot. While the old world has been shaken to its centre by dissensions, and an almost uninterrupted warfare has raged through its whole extent, destroying monarchies, and depopulating nations by famine, pestilence and the sword, we, under the guardianship of our tutelary Deity, have maintained an unbroken peace among ourselves, and have escaped any violent conflict with the foreign world. Who is there so callous, as not to trace these effects to the spirit of union that has animated the people? And, who so insensible to passing events, as not also to acknowledge that the greatest evils we have endured are to be ascribed to the occasional, partial or local want of this spirit? What has emboldened the hostility of foreign powers, but the belief that we were divided among ourselves? This has been the constant pivot, on which their machinations and aggressions have invariably turned. This has emboldened their hostility, and made them confident in the hope of being able to separate the people from the government, to un-furl the standard of rebellion, and eventually to render us tributary to their impositions. This has induced England to consider our government as hostile to her, at, probably, the very moment the same illuminated body taught France to consider it as hostile to her; and this has induced both powers to believe that there existed in our bosom a French party, and a British party, ready at a propitious moment to enlist itself under the banner of its favorite nation.
Let us hope that this illusion is now dispelled, and that there is not an honest man in the country who believes that our government is at any moment of its existence been destined to either nation. Let us hope that we shall need no withering vote, unanimous in rejecting with contempt such base suggestions. Different views may still exist in the minds of different men of the general and degree of connection which ought to be cultivated with either nation. Let us remain to each other as even respect these various impressions; but let us, nevertheless, as totally repudiating the idea that ascribed to the government or the people a devotion to any country but their own. To render the foreign world on its head, if all in error, let us uphold our government with an hour of ardent support; let us respect the will of the majority as the law of the land, and cheerfully obey it. Let us cherish the feelings and the pride of an independent and a free people. Let us place no confidence in the friendship of this or that nation; let us respect the rights of all nations, and teach all nations that our rights shall be respected. These are the sentiments which discovered our independence; they are the only sentiments which can make that independence a blessing.
LIST OF ACTS passed at the first session of the 10th Congress.
An act respecting the ships or vessels owned by citizens, or subjects of foreign nations with which commercial intercourse is permitted.
An act making further appropri-

to complete the fortifications commenced for the security of the ports and harbors of the United States, and to erect such fortifications as may be necessary for the protection of the northern and western frontiers of the United States.
An act supplementary to an act, entitled "An act making appropriations for carrying into effect a treaty between the United States and the Chickasaw tribe of Indians," and to establish a land office in the Mississippi territory.
An act authorizing the appointment of an agent for the land office at Kaskaskia, and allowing compensation to the commissioners and clerk.
An act to continue in force an act declaring the assent of Congress to a certain act of the state of South Carolina, passed the 21st of December, 1804.
An act authorizing the discharge of John Heard from his imprisonment.
An act to fix the time for the next meeting of Congress.
An act concerning the naval establishment.
An act to amend and continue in force certain parts of the act, entitled "An act to interdict the commercial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain and France and their dependencies, and for other purposes."
An act making appropriations for defraying the expense of stationery, printing, and all other contingent expenses of the Senate and House of Representatives, during the present session of Congress.
An act freeing from postage all letters from Thomas Jefferson.
An act for the remission of certain penalties and forfeitures, and for other purposes.
An act supplementary to the act, entitled "An act making further provision for the support of public credit, and for the redemption of the public debt."
An act to suspend for a limited time the recruiting service.
An act making an appropriation to finish and furnish the Senate Chamber, and for other purposes.
An act authorizing the accounting officers of the Treasury department to give credit to certain collectors of the customs for allowances paid by them to the owners and crews of fishing vessels.
An act authorizing the discharge of Joseph Wilkinson, junr. from his imprisonment.
At a meeting of the Joint Committee for the Library of Congress, June 26th, 1809.
On motion, Resolved, That in the purchase of books for the Library of the United States, the Library Committee will in all cases give the preference to American Editions in which the execution of the work in Printing and Binding (the latter combining ornament with strength and durability) shall be equal to that of foreign Editions.
Ordered, That the foregoing resolution be published and signed by the Chairman, on the part of the Senate and House of Representatives.
B. THRUSTON, Chairman on the part of the Senate. WILSON CARY NICHOLAS, Chairman on the part of the House of Representatives.
The Printers who publish the laws of the United States in the cities of Philadelphia, N. York and Boston, will please insert the above in their respective papers & forward their accounts. Washington, June 27th, 1809.
House of Representatives. The Committee to whom was referred the petition of Daniel Pettibone.
REPORT. That they have fully heard the petitioner upon the subject of his petition, and are of opinion that the rarifying air stove, with which he proposes to warm the Capitol and other public buildings, may be used with advantage.
That from the best estimate which they have been able to make, the expense of a suitable air stove for the Hall of the Representatives, will be about two thousand dollars.
That they have conferred with the Surveyor of the Public Buildings, who states it as his opinion, that a room of the size of the Hall of Representatives cannot be suitably warmed in any manner less expensive, and that the plan proposed by the petitioner, is in his estimation ingenious and practicable, calculated to remedy the inconveniences now experienced, and meriting the attention of Congress.
The committee are therefore inclined to submit the following resolution for the consideration of the House.
Resolved, That the prayer of the petition is reasonable, and that proper measures be adopted for procuring the Hall of Representatives to be warmed with an air stove, in the manner proposed by the petitioner.
To the Editors of the N. Intelligencer. Washington, 24th May, 1809.
SIR, Judging as I do, that it will at all times afford you pleasure to make your paper the channel of useful information to your friends and the public, I have no apology to offer for thus trespassing on your time, when the purport is to inform you, that I this day completed the necessary requisites in Doctor Thornton's office, for taking out three patent rights. The first for the preservation of animal and vegetable substances in their natural or a cooked state (without the aid of salt) by which these substances will preserve in a sound and unaltered state, as long as they can be possibly so wanted, to do as food for man or beast; and in this situation will be found susceptible of bearing the transitions of every climate without danger of diminution or waste. This invention it is expected will be found particularly useful in victualling our army, navy, and trading ships of all descriptions, and probably obviate in a great degree the many bad consequences now frequently found to arise to our fellow citizens by the too constant use of salted provisions, which they are through necessity obliged to make use of in these respective situations. The second patent right is for a machine to make shingles, laths, barrel, hoghead and pipe staves. It can be also applied to cutting nails out of sheet iron, and heading them. It will further effect the hot and cold expression of oil, with a variety of other useful purposes, where percussion is wanted to be applied. Joined to this the machine is plain and simple in all its parts, cheap and not easily put out of order. It is expected that where the wood is particularly adapted to the operation, such as pine, white oak or cedar, and the blocks ready sawed, that it will deliver from twenty to thirty thousand shingles per day with the labor of two men.
The third Patent right is for a Planing Mill, to be worked by a four ox or four horse power, which with the labor of two men and a boy is expected to plane & joint from twenty to thirty thousand square feet of plank every ten hours the mill works. It can be also applied to cutting timber, stone and marble, in compass-shape, to any desired cord of a circle, and may be further applied to a variety of other useful purposes.
Ere long I expect to give you an account of some other useful improvements, which probably you may alike find worth while laying before the public.
I remain, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, JOSEPH COPPINGER. Beverly, June 3d, 1809.
Mr. SMITH, Having seen a number of publications in your paper relative to sheep shearing, I send you the weight of five fleeces, which I sheared from five sheep on the 25th ult. The sheep were last year's lambs. No. 1, 10 1-4 lbs. No. 2, 9 lbs. No. 3, 8 1-4 lbs. No. 4, 8 1-4 lbs. No. 5, 8 lbs. —43 3-4. Being a subscriber, I send them on for publication, should you think proper to have them inserted.
Respectfully, your obedient, ALEXR. STUART. Somerset County, E. S. Maryland.
LIGHT ARTILLERY EXPERIMENT. Capt. Peters, with a detachment of two pieces of Horse Artillery, fired a salute at the Willow Grove, on the evening of the 13th, proceeded three miles down the Levee, and fired a second salute in the short space of 22 minutes.
The 1st salute fired in 1 min. 10 sec. —slow match. Second salute fired in 1 minute—quick match. Three miles travelled—including the limbering, men mounting and unlimbering—nineteen minutes fifty seconds. N. Orleans Gaz.
The Duke of York and Mrs. Clark. The speech of Mr. Wilberforce, (says a late London paper) at the conclusion of the examination, though it could not command a majority, having to struggle with much unallocable and reluctant matter, made an extraordinary impression on the House. The concluding part of it was cheered by the loudest applauses, and well worthy of his high moral character.
"Of all vices to which public men are addicted, that of being governed by a mistress was most extensively pernicious. The mistresses of Princes had at all times been the bane of the public good: France under many of her kings, had been ruined by the prostitutes of her court. We have still a nearer example in the emperor Paul of Russia; the scheme of the Austrian campaign was overruled by a mistress of a Russian Autocrat;—
a mistress was the lever upon which rested the influence of France in all the European courts, and it was not to be questioned, but that the vices of Princes, chiefly in this way, had been the means of their punishment throughout the continent of Europe. Good Heaven! Might not the enemy have employed this very Mrs. Clark as a spy! Her character was fit for every thing. In the moment of laxity and voluptuousness she might have stolen from her unguarded keeper the secrets of the state;—and a spy in the magazine of arms—in the very citadel of safety, she might have discovered the avenues of attack, and have effected the main purpose of the enemy.—Let us shew then by our vote of this night, what we think of these things; let us shew, as we sincerely love our King for his religious and most exemplary and moral character, that we dislike his son for contradicting his parent's virtue. Let us satisfy the public, who demand his dismissal, by soliciting it for them, whose servants we are; and above all let us remember, that the consummate and last vice of nations is a contempt of justice—a justice which is hood-winked before the blaze of rank, and dares not look power in the face."
New York, June 17. PRESIDENT MADISON'S REPLY To the resolutions of the Republican Citizens of several towns in the county of Hancock, dated Washington, March 15, 1809.
SIR, I have received the resolutions of the 23d of February, conveyed through you, by the meeting of inhabitants from the towns of Eden, Trenton and Mount Desert, in the county of Hancock, in the state of Massachusetts.
The determination expressed by the meeting to maintain the authority of the laws and the national rights, becomes citizens who know their duty, and love their country.
In referring the embarrassments of our public situation to the wrongs of foreign powers, they have equally shown that they understand the real source of them, and do justice to their own government, which has been constant in its endeavors to avert or terminate these aggressions.
I cannot too much applaud the attachment which these resolutions manifest to the union, and that respect for the will of the majority, exercised through the constitutional organs, which alone can preserve that or any other system of free government. The union of these states cannot in truth be too highly valued, or too watchfully cherished. It is our best barrier against danger from without, and the only one against those armies and taxes, those wars and usurpations, which so readily grow out of the jealousies and ambition of the neighboring and independent states. These reflections are proper at all times, but they ought at the present more particularly to repress even an appearance of disorganization, tending to encourage a perseverance in foreign aggressions, or designs against our peace, our rights, or our honor.
For the personal regard and confidence expressed towards me, I tender my thanks and good wishes. JAMES MADISON. DAVIS WASGAT, Esq.
Lancaster, (K.) June 7. It will be recollected that some time in March, we published in this paper sundry resolutions approbatory of the measures of the general government, and expressive of the satisfaction which the citizens of this country felt in the success of the election of Mr. Madison. The following is the answer which has been returned by the President of the United States to those resolutions:
Washington, April 29. SIR, I have received your communication of the resolutions of my fellow citizens of Gerrard county, assembled at Lancaster on the 4th of March; and feel myself much indebted for the favorable sentiments and friendly wishes which they express towards me. I ought to esteem the more these marks of kindness and confidence, as the resolutions manifest at the same time principles and dispositions so worthy of citizens who know how to value the happy institutions of their country, and are equally ready to maintain them against foreign and domestic foes.
I tender my sincere respects and good wishes, in return for those which have been conveyed through you. JAMES MADISON. B. Letcher, Esq. Chairman.
New York, June 26. The United States schooner Enterprise, captain Tripp, sailed from this port on Saturday morning to cruise off the Texel.
By a Proclamation of Governor
Hodgeson, dated Bermuda, the 13th ult. the restrictions on exportations occasioned by the American Embargo, are to cease from and after the 20th of June inst.
June 28. Extract of a letter from Mr. L. H. Van Hollen, dated Hamburg, April 18, 1809.
"Ships from America may with safety enter this port if provided with certificates of origin; copies of which it is requisite should be sent to Paris immediately after the departure of the vessel. No captain must suffer himself to be boarded by a British cruiser, as that might subject them to difficulty on their arrival here. But I think there is a great likelihood of this being done away also very shortly."
"The French government has granted permission to all Americans here, to depart in ballast; those loaded previous to the embargo may proceed with their cargoes. The Danish government also permits neutrals to enter from and depart for neutral ports, from ports in this neighborhood."
"The French custom house officers are still here."
Extract of a letter from a respectable commercial house in Bremen, dated 3th March, 1809.
"American and colonial produce is very high with us. Tobacco 30 a 33 grots—Rice 16 a 17 rix dollars—Up-land cotton, 1 a 1-3 rix dolls. per lb. —Coffee, 60 a 70 gts.—Muscovado sugar, 26 a 28—Havanna do. 32 a 36 —Pimento, 50 gts.—Pepper, 40 gts. —Linens low and plenty. As yet we see no prospect of a change, the embargo in all ports on the North Sea continues, and Americans cannot even get permission to return in ballast."
Philadelphia, June 28. In the evening of the 26th inst. departed this life, in the seventy-sixth year of his age, HENRY DRINKER, a native of this city, formerly a merchant in very extensive business and of great respectability.
DIED yesterday, in the seventy-seventh year of his age, Mr. JAMES DAVISON, late Professor in the University of Pennsylvania.
Per brig Expectation, capt. Turner, in 11 days from Laguiria, we are indebted to a passenger on board for the following intelligence:
Two days previous to their departure from Laguiria, accounts were received of the arrival of a schooner in Porto Cabello, which left Cadiz on the 10th May: at that date all Catalonia was evacuated by the French, and the Patriots were in possession of Barcelona and Fort Monjuoy.—The French troops, that were only 20 leagues distant from Seville, had retreated to Madrid.—The ministerial gazette likewise contained the pleasing intelligence of a severe engagement having taken place between the French and Austrians, in which the latter were completely victorious, the former having lost 30,000 killed, wounded and prisoners.—Rumors were in circulation that Joseph Bonaparte had left Madrid for Paris.
IN COUNCIL. Annapolis, June 26, 1809. ORDERED, that the act, entitled, An act to alter the thirty-second and thirty-seventh Articles of the constitution and Form of Government, be published twice in each week, for the space of three months, in the American and Federal Gazette, at Baltimore, the Maryland Gazette, and Maryland Republican, at Annapolis, the National Intelligencer, the Easton Star, Mr. Grieves's paper at Hagerstown, and Mr. Bartgis's paper at Frederick town. By order, NINIAN PINKNEY, Clerk of the Council.
AN ACT To alter the thirty-second and thirty-seventh Articles of the Constitution and Form of Government.
Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That hereafter, upon the death, resignation or removal out of this state, of the governor, it shall not be necessary to call a meeting of the legislature to fill the vacancy occasioned thereby, but the first named of the Council for the time being shall qualify and act as governor until the next meeting of the general assembly, at which meeting a governor shall be chosen in the manner heretofore appointed and directed.
And be it enacted, That hereafter no governor shall be capable of holding any other office or profit during the time for which he shall be elected.
And be it enacted, That so much of the thirty-second and thirty-seventh articles of the constitution and form of government as is repugnant to, or inconsistent with, the provisions of this act, be and the same is hereby abrogated and abolished.
And be it enacted, That if this act shall be confirmed by the general assembly, after the next election of delegates, in the first session after such new election as the constitution and form of government directs, that in such case this act, and the alteration and amendment of the constitution and form of government therein contained, shall be taken and considered, and shall constitute and be valid, as a part of the said constitution and form of government any thing therein contained to the contrary notwithstanding. July 3—law 3m.
We are requested to state that the Oration on the 4th of July, by Mr. BARLOW, will be delivered in the Meeting House on F Street at 10 o'clock in the morning.
FOURTH OF JULY DINNER. The Citizens of Washington are informed that the Subscription for a Dinner at Long's Hotel, is left with Mr. Long—Gentlemen of the District of Columbia and strangers who may be in the City are invited to participate with the citizens in the celebration of the Anniversary of our Independence.
Dinner will be on the table at half after three o'clock precisely. June—11.
DEMOCRATIC DINNER. The Subscriber, having been appointed by the committee on the part of the Democratic Citizens of Washington, Alexandria and Georgetown, to provide the dinner to be served at the Centre Market-house in this city on the 4th of July, hereby gives notice that subscription papers and tickets of admission are lodged with Dr. Ott, in Georgetown, Mr. Carr Withers in Alexandria, and at my house in Washington, for the accommodation of those gentlemen who are disposed to partake. They may be assured of every exertion on my part to give satisfaction. As it will be necessary that it should be known nearly how many persons shall be provided for, the subscription papers and tickets will be withdrawn on the morning of the 3d of July. GEO. W. LINDSAY.
Tickets of admission to be had at the bar—None can be admitted without. WASHINGTON THEATRE.
IN HONOR OF THE DAY! The Public are respectfully informed that on this Evening the doors will open at Seven and the Performance commence at Eight o'clock. On Tuesday Evening July 4, 1809, Will be performed a celebrated Comedy, in three acts, called
THE POINT OF HONOR; OR, THE SCHOOL FOR SOLDIERS. After which will be presented an Entertainment, call'd the INDEPENDENCE OF COLUMBIA, Consisting of SINGING, DANCING and RECITATION, to commence with Mrs. MADISON'S Minuet and Allemande, (as composed by Mr. Francis.) By Mr. Francis and Mrs. Wilmot. Music by Messrs. Reinagle and Pelesiere. Song, "The Bonny Bold Soldier." Mrs. Seymour. Recitation, "The Standard of Liberty." Mrs. Barrett. Comic Song "Giles Scraggins' Ghost." Mr. Jefferson. Dance, (Cornpipe.) Mr. Harris. Song, "Columbia, Land of Liberty." Mr. Jacobs. A CHARACTERISTIC DANCE, by Messrs. Francis, Harris, Brice, Miller, Jacobs, Wilmot, Mrs. Jacobs, Mrs. Dowrie, Mrs. Pettit, Miss Pettit, Miss Bavier, &c. &c. GRAND EMBLEMATIC TRANSPARENCY. Representing Liberty: Columbia, Justice, &c. &c. To which will be added, An admired Farce, in two acts, called THE SPOIL'D CHILD. Box One Dollar—Pitt Three Quarters of a Dollar. Tickets to be had at the Office of Dimmore and Cooper, Eleventh-street, near Pennsylvania Avenue.
COLUMBIA DRAGOONS, ATTENTION! YOU will meet in complete uniform on the 4th inst. at 10 o'clock A. M. on the usual parade ground, for the purpose of joining the grand parade. By order, SAMUEL BURCH, First Sergeant. REDLEP'S STORE, ON PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, IS just supplied with Madeira and Lisbon Wine, choice French Brandy, excellent retailing Whiskey and Molasses, fresh Lemons, a few boxes fresh Raisins, best Green Coffee in bags, some nice Old Hyson Tea, Spermaceti Oil of good quality, a thousand weight of Smulthell Bacon, half of which is Hams mostly of small size suitable for families, Jamaison's Water Crackers, superfine Flour as usual selected for family use—Also, Corn Oats, Bran, Chop, and a constant supply of Fresh Corn Meal, received weekly from the mill. July 3—6top
THE Subscriber offers for Sale Bristol Porter Bottles in hampers containing one Gross each. Upwards of fifty thousand pounds wt. Brown Soap, chiefly put up in Boxes of 50 or 60 lbs. wt. old and in nice order for shipping. Mould and Dip Candles in boxes—from 30 to 40 lbs. wt. each. Suffolk Rosin, transparent and free of dross. Porter and Pale Ale in Casks and Bottles, which on trial will be found of very superior quality. WM. DUNLAP. Alexandria, July 3—51.
W. & C. SMITH, HAVE for Sale at their Warehouse near the Ferry—Loaf and Lump Sugar in Hds and barrels, Prime Muscovado do. do. do. 2d and 3d quantity do. do. do. Hyson, Young Hy. do. do. do. son, Hyson skin in Cherry Boxes and Imperial do. do. do. Coffee, Chocolate, Pepper and Allspice, Nutmegs and Cloves, Sweet Oil in Baskets and Boxes, Indigo and Copperas, Best 4th proof Cognac Brandy, Bourdeaux and Marseilles Brandy, Holland and Anchor Gin, Jamaica and Antigua Spirits, old and & for immediate use, Old and New Whiskey, Madeira, Port, Sherry, Pomegranate, Corsica, Sicily, and Catalonia Wines, Claret in boxes 1 doz. each, Best chewing Tobacco, Denijohns, Casks, &c. &c. George Town. July 4—
TEAS. Cameters, Coffee, Chocolate, Pepper and Allspice, Nutmegs and Cloves, Sweet Oil in Baskets and Boxes, Indigo and Copperas, Best 4th proof Cognac Brandy, Bourdeaux and Marseilles Brandy, Holland and Anchor Gin, Jamaica and Antigua Spirits, old and & for immediate use, Old and New Whiskey, Madeira, Port, Sherry, Pomegranate, Corsica, Sicily, and Catalonia Wines, Claret in boxes 1 doz. each, Best chewing Tobacco, Denijohns, Casks, &c. &c. George Town. July 4—

FOR SALE. ALL or any part of the Estate of the late Subscriber, lying on the Eastern Branch of the Potomac, between the two Bridges, and immediately opposite the city of Washington; a considerable part of the Estate is heavily wooded, and the whole is divided into convenient Farms, each containing a proper proportion of wood and arable land. On payment of one fourth part of the purchase money, indisputable titles will be made, and reasonable credit on the residue, secured by bond and mortgage.
ALSO FOR SALE. The whole, or any part of the Estates of the "North American Land Company," and "Aggregate Fund," consisting of divers large bodies of Land variously situated, in the states of New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Kentucky; and of Houses & House Lots in the City of Washington. On the Sale of which, indisputable title and very liberal terms, both as to price and periods of payment, will be granted to all persons, particularly settlers disposed to purchase.
For further information, and terms, apply to the subscriber, at present in Philadelphia, or at Washington from the 1st to the 15th June next. JAMES GREENLEAF. Philadelphia, April 12—cont'd
Just arrived from St. Bartholomew's on board the brig Netley , Capt. Netley , and for sale at my Warehouse: 50 puncheons 3d proof rum, 40 hhd. molasses, 7 do. Sugar, 12000 lb. green Coffee, Apply to HERSTON'S , or the Subscriber, Who has for Sale, Best qualified Port Wine, Old Madeira do. Chestnut by the box, Old Jamaica and Antigua Rum, Cognac Brandy, Holland and Country Gin, Loaf and Lump Sugars, Coffee in Bags and Barrels.
AP PUBLIC SALE. Will be sold on the 5th July, at 11 o'clock A. M. at Lindsay's hotel, on Pennsylvania avenue, Lot No. 15 in Square 422, in this city, either whole or divided into two equal parts of 25 feet 6 1/2 inches each, in front, and nearly one hundred feet in depth, as will best accommodate purchasers. The premises are elegantly situated, east of the Great Hotel, in an elevated position, fronting on the Judiciary Square, and commanding a most interesting and extensive view. The terms of sale will be made known on the day of sale. June 28—tds
TO BE SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION. A Northumberland court house, in the county of Northumberland, and state of Virginia, on Tuesday the 5th of September next, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, five contiguous plantations, amounting together to about 2,700 acres, situate on the river Potomac, and within about three miles of the court house. These estates formerly belonged to Presley Thornton, Esq. and are the same on which he lived. They have never been seen by either of the subscribers, but it is understood, that about 1700 acres of them are valuable low grounds as any on the river, and a considerable part thereof heavily timbered. The uplands consist of about 1000 acres, and the whole is well calculated for the production of corn, wheat, tobacco, timothy and small grain of all kinds, in great abundance. The waters are said to abound with excellent fish, oysters and wild fowl. The water carriage is easy and convenient to Norfolk, Baltimore, Alexandria and the city of Washington; and as these estates possess several good mill seats, with an abundance of water and a plentiful supply of timber, they must be very valuable. The premises will be shown to persons inclined to purchase, by Col. James Moore, who lives on them, or by Samuel Blackwell, Esq. who lives near to them; and the terms of payment may be known a sufficient time before the sale, by applying to either of them, or to THOMAS ROBINSON, Near Chestery, Delaware, Or to W. LEWIS , at Phila. June 7—tds
PATENT KNAPSACKS. The Subscriber having obtained from the United States, a patent for an improved KNAPSACK , which in point of durability and convenience, has been pronounced by the best judges, infinitely superior to any hitherto in use. The officers of the different volunteer companies in the United States, are respectfully solicited to adopt them. They may be had in any quantity, and will be sold on the most reasonable terms by JOHN P. LHERBETTE , St. Mark's Lane, New-York. To whom applications addressed by post may be made, or to B. H. Latrobe , at the city of Washington. May 19—cp4m.
REAL ESTATE AT AUCTION. Will be sold on the 1st Monday in August next, at the tavern of Mr. Bath, in this town, the entire real estate (yet un-sold) of Col. Chas. Beatty, deceased, consisting of a number of valuable improved and unimproved lots in Georgetown and its additions, and in the city of Washington. Several tracts of land in the neighborhood of the two places, and others in Montgomery, Frederick, and Washington counties, Maryland, with one of 5132 acres, (an old grant) in Randolph County, Virginia. Plots and little papers will there be shown, and terms of sale then made known. Sale to commence at 10 o'clock A. M. and continue from day to day until the whole is sold. JOHN M. BEATTY, CHAS. A. BEATTY. Georgetown, D. C. June 7—wtds.
CITY LOTS FOR SALE. The undermentioned lots of ground are offered for sale, either separately or by squares, on liberal terms either for cash or on credit; they are all free from mortgage or incumbrance, and are subject to no litigation or contest as the titles are derived by immediate conveyance from the Chancellor of Maryland and the commissioners of Washington, to Messrs. Henry Pratt, Thomas Willing Francis, John Miller, jun. John Ashley, and Jacob Baker of the Aggregate Fund. Square No. 54 Lot no 9 sq 72 2 4 8 10 12 13 14 15 18 sq 84 Lot no 1 Sq 85 Lots no 20 21 22—Sq 103 Lots no 7 8—sq 145 Lots no 1 2 7 8—Sq 146 Lots no 1 2 3 sq 147 Lot no 4 sq 163 Lots no 5 6 7 13 14 sq 258 Lots no 6 7 10 11 12 13 16 sq 293 Lots no 1 2 3 8 11 12 13 18 sq 349 Lot no 1 2 3 sq 376 Lots no 16 17 18 sq 429 Lots no 3 4 7 8 9 17 18 sq 487 Lots no 5 6 7 10 sq 488 Lot 7 sq 489 Lots 5 6 9 sq 491 Lot 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 sq 493 Lots no 7 8 sq 494 Lots no 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 sq 531 Lot 3 4 8 11 12 13 14 sq 533 Lots no 13 15 16 17 sq 584 Lots no 1 2 3 4 21 22 23 24 sq 588 whole square Left of 590 whole square Sq 635 Lots no 1 2 3 5 6 9 10 sq 638 Lots no 1 2 3 sq 639 Lot no 1 sq 640 Lots no 1 2 3 4 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 sq 641 whole square Sq 642 Lot no 16 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 19 Left of 643 Lot no 2 South of 643 Lot no 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 23 sq 644 Lots no 1 5 7 Left of 645 whole square Sq 878 Lots no 16 17 18 19 20 973 Lot no 1 5 6 7 8 20 21 sq 995 Lot no 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 sq 1020 Lots no 1 2 3 4 5 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 sq 1021 Lot no 1 sq 1022 Lot no 2 sq 1023 Lots no 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 sq 1045 Lots no 9 10 12 sq 1046 Lots no 2 14 15 sq 1047 Lots no 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 sq 1048 Lot no 7 8 9 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Persons disposed to purchase are desired to apply to JAMES GREENLEAF, or in his absence to Saml. Elliot, Jr. Greene F's Point, June 28—3t&w8i.
RAZOR SOAP. And Water rendered unnecessary— BY the incomparable newly invented shaving composition, by a gentleman lately arrived in New-York from the Continent of Europe—by applying them with gentle friction to the beard they have the complete effect of shaving. And the public are assured that they do not contain a single article that can have the smallest tendency to injure the skin, but on the contrary after the removal of the beard they leave an agreeable smoothness & softness on the skin and entirely destroy cutaneous eruptions etc. which frequently occasion very disagreeable & distressing pain in shaving with a razor. They are now for sale at the house of Dr. Ott, Georgetown, at one and two dollars each, the one dollar per cake will be sufficient for six months and two dollars for twelve. N. B. They are particularly useful for Military Gentlemen, or Gentlemen traveling either by sea or land. June 21—tf.
CHARLES H. FARDEN, MERCHANT TAYLOR, Respectfully informs the gentlemen of the district of Columbia and vicinity in general, that he has received by a late arrival from Philadelphia, a Choice Assortment of superfine Cloths, Cassimeres, single and double milled, superfine Coating, black silk Florentines. Likewise an elegant assortment of Sponcelots & rich silk Molekins for Waistcoats with a variety of other articles suitable for the season. Regimentals and Navy Uniforms made in the most elegant and uniform style of fashion. Richard Darnell's celebrated PATENT FARALLER SUSPENDERS for superior fit to any hitherto in use can be had on the same terms retail, as at his Manufactory. November 27—tf
ROMULUS RIGGS, Has just received and opening at his New Cash Store, a complete and well selected assortment of SEASONABLE AND FANCY GOODS, which being purchased for money, gives him the opportunity of offering the same at Baltimore and Philadelphia Prices. As he is determined to sell for very small profits. He intends keeping on hand a good assortment of Goods, to be sold by the piece, and those who purchase to sell again, will be furnished at as low rates as they can purchase in any market in the United States, being determined to sell. CASH GIVEN FOR TOBACCO Inspected at the Georgetown Warehouse. FOR RENT, THE upper part of the House I now occupy, which has Six well finished Rooms, and every necessary back building, all newly furnished and in complete order—The rent will be low to a genteel family, if application is immediately made. June 9—tf.
BY VIRTUE of a decree of the honorable the Chancellor of Maryland, will be exposed to public sale on Monday the 17th day of July next, if fair, if not on the next fair day, on the premises, all the estate, right, title, claim and interest of Nathaniel Washington of St. Mary's county, in and to a tract or parcel of land lying and being in St. Mary's county, on the Patuxent river, being part of a tract of land called Trent Neck, to which the said Nathaniel Washington is entitled in right of his wife Margaret Washington. This land is of a superior quality. ALSO All the estate of the said Nathaniel Washington and Margaret his wife, in and to one other tract or parcel of land, lying in St. Mary's county aforesaid, being another part of the aforementioned tract, called Trent Neck, situated in the forest, at the distance of three or four miles from the tract before mentioned. A more particular description of these tracts of land is deemed unnecessary: And there will be offered for sale at the same time and place, a variety of personal property of the said Nathaniel Washington, consisting of Negroes, Horses, Stock, Utensils and Household furniture. The above property will be sold in such lots or parts to accommodate purchasers as shall be judged most advantageous. Terms of sale—a credit of twelve months, purchasers giving bond with sufficient security, and to be on interest from the day of sale. JOHN RALPH , Trustee. Charlotte Hall, St. Mary's County, June 19—4w.
LAND TO SELL OR EXCHANGE. I AM desirous to sell or exchange for lands lying below the Blue ridge, about 4000 acres of old Military land, situated in the county of Mason, state of Virginia, on the river Ohio, about 8 miles from the mouth of the Great Kanawha. Half of the above quantity is rich river bottom unsubjected to freshest, and on which from 60 to 100 bushels of Indian corn has often been made to the acre. On a part of this land, intended to form a farm of 700 acres, and near the bank of the river, has lately been erected a single story framed dwelling, 40 feet by 20, with a stone walled cellar under the whole, rising 4 feet above the surface, which with little alteration might be made agreeable summer rooms. It will take for this land, as well as for a third part of 2000 acres on Kentucky river, and a third part of a military survey, in the forks of the Ohio and Tennessee, both valuable tracts all kinds of public securities or exchange as above. JOHN FENTON MERCER. Fredericksburg, June 9. Letters directed to me, Gallipolis, Ohio, after the 15th of July, will be attended to. June 21—3w.
CHARLES J. NOURSE Offers for sale—Chateaux Margaux Claret in boxes of 1 dozen. Genuine Old London Particular wine in half pipes and quarter casks. Best Sallad Oil in baskets of 6 bottles each, &c. &c. &c. Georgetown, May 24—tf.
Circuit Court, District of Columbia, County of Washington—June Term, 1809. Richard Soderstrom, vs. Samuel Goodman, George Little and Josiah Quincy. In Chancery. THE object of the bill filed in this case, is to compel Samuel Goodman to pay to the complainant the sum of money alleged by the bill to be due to the complainant for a judgment obtained against the said Goodman in the island of St. Thomas, and the amount of commissions and expenses due to said Soderstrom from said Goodman, and for monies disbursed by said Soderstrom for and on account of said Goodman. The bill states, that a decree in the supreme court of the United States was rendered in favor of said Goodman against said Little for a large sum of money on account of the capture of the brig Flying Fish and her cargo, the property of the said Goodman, a Danish Burgher of the island of St. Thomas, by the said Little, commander of the United States ship of war, the Boston . That the said Little, after the decree was pronounced, petitioned and obtained from the United States a sum of money to cover said decree, and to be specifically applied to the payment thereof. That the said money was received by Josiah Quincy, the attorney of said Little, and sufficient to satisfy the complainant's demands, has been stopped and enjoined in the hands of said Quincy, out of which the complainant demands to be satisfied his claims, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court, that the said Little and Goodman respectively reside out of the district of Columbia and jurisdiction of this court. It is therefore ordered by this court, that the said Little and Goodman respectively be and appear in this court in person or by solicitor, on or before the fourth Monday of December next, to show cause why a decree should not be passed as prayed, and that this order be published for four successive weeks in the National Intelligencer and United States Gazette before the first day of August next. By order, June 16—cp4w. WM. BRENT , Clk.
CITY AUCTIONEERS. THE subscribers beg leave to inform their friends and the public, that having given the security required by law, they obtained a license to sell goods, wares and merchandise at vendue in this city. To accommodate those who may be pleased to employ them, they have taken a commodious house in the street directly opposite the Marine Barracks, and from their close attention to business, they flatter themselves that they will give general satisfaction. NICHOLAS L. QUEEN, HENRY M. QUEEN. May 29—tf.
RICHARD BECK Has just received from New York & Philadelphia a Large and Handsome Assortment of Seasonable GOODS which are all of the latest importations, consisting of Imperial Cords, Grandinils, Cotton Cassimeres, white Jeans, colored do. superfine Cloths and Cassimeres, Marseilles & Imperial Waistcoating, Patent Nankeen, Silk Hosiery, Bed Ticking, Seersuckers, Bandano Handkerchiefs, Dimities, Apron Checks, Netting Cottons, Sewing Silks, Silk and Cambric Buttons, plain India Mull Muslins, figured do. seeded do. Jacquet and book do. veined and jappanned do. book & jacquet Handkerchiefs, plain & figured Lute strings, Ribbands, Linens, black Cambrics, Kid and Silk Gloves, Umbrellas and Parasols, Damask and other silk Shawls, Flush bordered do. York Tan and Beaver Gloves, Suspenders, fashionable Buttons, Ross Thread, Yellow, White, and Blue Nankeens. 1 case German Linens, 1 case 7-3 Cotton Shirting, 1 do. 4-4 do. do. 1 trunk 9-8 Cambrics, 2 do. 6-4 do. 3 trunks Calicoes and Chintzes, 1 trunk Ginghams, 1 case Irish Linens, 1 case Cotton Hosiery, 1 trunk Adelphe Cottons, 6 bales Currahs, Baftas, Emeries, Mammies, Cassias, and Mow Towns, etc. etc. All of which being well selected, and on the best terms, enables him to sell them at the most reduced prices, by the piece or retail for cash or approved notes. Georgetown, May 21—3t&w8i
WILLIAM LORMAN, vs. Henry McLaughlin & others. In Chancery. ORDERED, That the sale made by Daniel Bussard, of the real estate of Charles McLaughlin, deceased, as reported by him, be ratified and confirmed unless cause to the contrary be shown before the first Monday in January next, provided a copy of this order be published in the National Intelligencer for three weeks successively before the first day of October next. The report states that the whole of the property sold for four hundred and twenty-five dollars. By order, WM. BRENT , Clk. June 23—3w.
LAND TO SELL OR EXCHANGE. I AM desirous to sell or exchange for lands lying below the Blue ridge, about 4000 acres of old Military land, situated in the county of Mason, state of Virginia, on the river Ohio, about 8 miles from the mouth of the Great Kanawha. Half of the above quantity is rich river bottom unsubjected to freshest, and on which from 60 to 100 bushels of Indian corn has often been made to the acre. On a part of this land, intended to form a farm of 700 acres, and near the bank of the river, has lately been erected a single story framed dwelling, 40 feet by 20, with a stone walled cellar under the whole, rising 4 feet above the surface, which with little alteration might be made agreeable summer rooms. It will take for this land, as well as for a third part of 2000 acres on Kentucky river, and a third part of a military survey, in the forks of the Ohio and Tennessee, both valuable tracts all kinds of public securities or exchange as above. JOHN FENTON MERCER. Fredericksburg, June 9. Letters directed to me, Gallipolis, Ohio, after the 15th of July, will be attended to. June 21—3w.
CHARLES J. NOURSE Offers for sale—Chateaux Margaux Claret in boxes of 1 dozen. Genuine Old London Particular wine in half pipes and quarter casks. Best Sallad Oil in baskets of 6 bottles each, &c. &c. &c. Georgetown, May 24—tf.
VALUABLE FARM AND LOTS FOR SALE. Will be sold at public sale, on the first Monday in October next, if not previously disposed of, that valuable farm in Prince George's County, Maryland, known by the name of ST. OSYTH . ST. OSYTH contains by estimation seven hundred and fifty acres of Land, between seventy and eighty acres of which are meadow, now fit for the scythe, and capable of being made to produce an hundred tons of hay at a crop—about two hundred and fifty or three hundred are in wood and timber, and the residue arable. No place perhaps in America, can be better watered or more healthy. The improvements consist of a dwelling house, two stories high, forty-two feet long by thirty-six wide, with a passage through the middle, three rooms below and four above, with a garret the whole size of the house, a kitchen and laundry under the same roof, two stories high, with two large rooms above for servants, a meat house, wash house, corn house and granary, a large tobacco house which may very easily be converted into a barn, a productive garden and pigeon house, and a young thriving orchard of excellent fruit and of great variety from Prince's nursery on Long Island. The enclosures are new and in good order. Upon the same property and within a quarter of a mile is a small dwelling house with three rooms below and two above stairs, a kitchen, meat house and barn. This place at a small expense may be easily fitted up and made a most comfortable house for a small family. ST. OSYTH lies within four miles of the city of Washington, and about the same distance from the nearest ferry to Alexandria. If sold at private sale the lowest price for this valuable property is ten pounds an acre. A further description of the property is deemed unnecessary as those inclined to purchase will doubtless come and see it. The terms of sale may be known on applying to the subscriber living on the premises, Col. Sam. Hanson of Washington, or Dr. Wm. Baker, George Town. On the same day, if not before by private sale disposed of, will be sold the negroes, stock, etc. attached to the estate of the late O. Carr, deceased. The negroes will be sold for a term of years. For sale—Also, the following lots in the city of Washington: Lot No. 3, in sq. 702, front 54 feet 7 in. depth 175 ft. 8 in. In sq. 906 Lots No. 13, front 57 10 1/2, depth 100 ft. 26 ft. 25 ft. No. 14, front 58, depth 75. No. 15, 54 front, 78 and 100, 10 1 2 depth. No. 16, 54 front, 100 ft. 20 1 2 depth. No. 17, front 49 ft. 6 in. depth 100 10 1 2. JONA. B. CARR , Executor. May 17—1wtf.
ST. MARY'S COUNTY COURT, March term, 1809. ON application to St. Mary's county Court, by petition in writing of FRANCIS HOWARD of St. Mary's county for the benefit of the act of Assembly for the relief of sundry insolvent debtors passed at November session eighteen hundred and five and the several supplements thereto on the terms mentioned therein, a schedule of his property and a list of his creditors on oath, as far as he can ascertain them being annexed to his petition, and the court being satisfied by competent testimony that the said Francis Howard has resided two years immediately preceding the time of his application, in the state of Maryland. It is thereupon ordered and adjudged that the said Francis Howard by causing a copy of this order to be a week for three months before the 7th day of August next, give notice to his creditors to a peer before this court at the court house in Leonardtown in St. Mary's county, on the said 7th day of August next, for the purpose of recommending a trustee for their benefit, and to show cause if any they have, why the said Francis Howard should not have the benefit of the acts of Assembly aforesaid as prayed. Test JO. HARRIS , Clk. April 28—w3m
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD FOR apprehending the following NEGRO MEN, the property of the subscriber, residing at Washington city, and who run away on the night of the 14th inst. DAVID is of a dark color, about 25 years of age, and has lost a joint off one finger of his right hand. The other by the name of JIM , about 35 years of age, also stout made, has been sickly, and is of a jet black. David was bought of Major Calvert, Mount Airy, and it is expected will be about there. Jim was bought of Mr. Samuel G. Griffith, of Baltimore, and will no doubt make for that city. They are both old runaways, and will try to pass for freemen. The above reward will be given for both, or half the sum for either, with reasonable charges. June 16—st. JAMES CASSIN.
SWEET SPRINGS, VIRGINIA. THE Subscriber has been at great expense and trouble to render this much esteemed place comfortable and pleasant for the present session. Gentlemen and ladies who are desirous of visiting those waters, may depend upon every exertion on the part of the subscriber to make their time agreeable. O. TOWLES , Jun. June 21—3w.
IF CHARLES HUGHES , aged about 43 years, who left England in 1799 for the state of Virginia, and who was supposed to be at Fairfax in 1804 or 1805, will make himself known to Charles Wingham Merchant, Baltimore, he will hear of something much to his advantage. Any information respecting the above named person will be thankfully received. He is five feet five inches in height, red bushy hair, very strong and athletic, and sings a good song. It has been reported that he keeps a tavern somewhere in the state of Virginia, and is married to a widow. It is not unlikely he has assumed a fictitious name. June 23—8t.
FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD. STOLEN or strayed during the Whitson-tide Holidays, from my farm, about four miles above George town, on the Frederick town road, a handsome light sorrel mare, 7 years old, about 14 1/2 hands high, with a star in her forehead, and one white hind foot, expected to foal in August, being heavy in foal when she was taken away or escaped. If stolen I will give twenty dollars on restoration of the mare, besides reasonable expenses; and thirty dollars more on conviction of the thief. If not stolen a handsome reward and expenses. Any information respecting her will be very gratefully received by WILLIAM THORNTON. City of Washington, 27th June—3t.
ONE CENT REWARD. RANAWAY from the subscriber living in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, on the 6th of June, 1809, an apprentice boy named GEORGE NIKELDEN . He is about 11 years of age. When he went from my house he had on a black hat, a grey cloth roundabout, a striped vest, and a pair of apple sash colored trowsers. Any person who soever taking up and bringing home the abovementioned lad, shall receive the reward of one cent. No costs, charges, or expenses are to be paid whatever, except the abovementioned reward. WM. W. VERNON, Pennsylvania Avenue. June 30—3t.
IN CHANCERY, June 15, 1809. Wm. Tawuff vs. The heirs at law of Basil Warring, and Jasper Wirt. The object of the bill filed in this cause is to obtain a decree for recording a deed executed by Basil Warring and Jasper Wirt to Erasmus Gantt, on the 19th day of May, 1794, for conveying to the said Erasmus Gantt, a tract or parcel of land, lying in Prince George's county, called Scotland, and also a tract or part of the tract of land called Scotland aforesaid, conveyed to the said Jasper Wirt, by a certain Jacob Wirt, also a small parcel of land heretofore bought by said Jasper Wirt, of a person by the name of Conn, for which said Jasper has made payment and obtained receipt, but no conveyance yet made by said Conn, or his heirs, adjoining or contiguous to the meadow land of said tract called Scotland. The bill states, that the said Basil Warring hath departed this life, leaving Thomas Warring, Basil Warring, Edward Warring, Eleanor Warring, Jane Beall, wife of Walter B. Beall, Mary Mitchell, wife of Doctor Spencer Mitchell, Sally Warring, Priscilla Gantt, wife of John Gantt, and Ann Warring, his heirs at law. That the said Jasper Wirt hath also departed this life, leaving Henry Wirt, Barbara Tilley, Eliza Farwell, wife of Thomas Farwell, a grand daughter, Barbara Beckett, wife of Beckett, William Crown, Elisha Wood and Susannah Wood. Mummer, wife of Christian Mummer, his heirs at law. That the said Henry Wirt, Mary Mitchell, wife of Doctor Spencer Mitchell, and Priscilla Gantt, wife of John Gantt, reside out of the state. That the said Erasmus Gantt also resides out of the state. The bill also states that the omission to record the said deed was without any fraudulent design or intention in any person whatever. It is thereupon adjudged and ordered, that the complainant by causing a copy of this order to be inserted in the National Intelligencer once in each of three successive weeks before the 20th day of July next, give notice to the said absent defendants, or such other person or persons as may conceive themselves interested to appear in person or by a solicitor of this court, on or before the 20th day of November next, to show cause, if any they have, wherefore a decree should not be passed as prayed. True Copy—Teste, NICHOLAS BREWER, Reg. Cur. Can. June 23—w3t.
PORTER & ALE. 20 hhd. prime Philadelphia Porter, and 20 bbls. first quality Albany Ale—will be disposed of, to close a concern at Public Sale, on Monday the 3rd of July, at the stores of Francis Lowndes. Both Porter and Ale have been upwards of twelve months in said stores, and now in a fit state for bottling. JOHN TRAVERS , Auct. Georgetown, June 28—3t.
TURNIP SEED. THEO: HOLT has very good seeds of the undermentioned Turnips for sale— Large White Field, Early, Swedish, Yellow French and Hanover. ALSO, A quantity of Bibbous Flower Roots of different kinds, such as Hyacinths, various Tulips, Jonquils, &c. &c. &c. Eastern Market June 20—3t.
TO BUTCHERS. THE subscriber has upwards of thirty head of very fit BEEF, cattle that he has been feeding some time. He wishes to dispose of them before harvest, but has not time to drive them to market. Butchers may have in them a good bargain, by calling at my farm, near Hagers Town, Washington county, Maryland. JOHN T. MASON. June 21—2w.
FOR SALE A HANDSOME SADDLE HORSE with or without a SADDLE and BRIDLE. He is standing at Mr. William Rhodes's stable, City Hotel. June 26—4t.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD. STRAYED from Centreville, Fairfax County, Virginia, some time in April last, a BRIGHT BAY MARE, nearly 15 hands high, ten years old, delicately formed, and remarkably handsome, with one hind foot white and a small star in the forehead. Whoever will deliver her to the subscriber residing in Centreville, or give information so that she may be gotten again, shall receive the above reward. HENRY W. BALL. June 30—6t.
ON THE PETITION of HENRY SELBY an insolvent debtor, confined in the prison of Washington county aforesaid for debt—Notice is hereby given to the creditors of the said insolvent, that on the 10th day of July next at nine o'clock at the court room in Long's Hotel, in the city of Washington, the oath prescribed by the act of Congress, entitled "An act for the relief of insolvent debtors within the district of Columbia," will be administered to the said insolvent, unless sufficient cause be then and there shown to the contrary. Ordered, That this notice be published in the National Intelligencer, and Washington Federalist twice in each paper before that day. By order of the hon. Wm. Cranch, Esq. chief judge of the circuit court of the District of Columbia. WM. BRENT , Clk. June 30—2t.