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National Intelligencer.
WASHINGTON ADVERTISER
VOL. X.
WASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
NO. 1419.
FIVE DOLLARS PER ANNUM,
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1809.
PAID IN ADVANCE.
[BY AUTHORITY.]
An act to prevent Swine from going at large and for other purposes.
Sec. 1. BE it enacted by the First and Second Chambers of the City Council of Washington, That from and after the first day of January next, it shall not be lawful, for any person or persons whatsoever to raise or keep any Hogs or Swine, except in enclosures, within any part of this city, south of Massachusetts avenue; and if any Hog or Hogs or any Swine shall be found going or remaining at large in any part of this city, south of Massachusetts avenue, it shall and may be lawful for any Constable or any other person whatsoever, to seize or carry the same to some one of the Clerks of the Market, who shall receive the same and, at the ensuing market sell the same by Auction, and pay one half of the proceeds of such sale, to the person so seizing and delivering the same, and the other half to the Treasurer of the City for the use of the Corporation.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , That from and after the first day of January next, it shall not be lawful for any person or persons whatsoever, to clean fish, or to throw the scales, heads or guts of any fish, in the streets or on any open unenclosed ground in this city, without burying the same in twelve hours thereafter, under the penalty of Ten Dollars, to be recovered before any magistrate from any person so offending, one half to go to the informer and the other half to the use of the Corporation.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted , That from and after the first day of January next, the owner or owners of every horse, cow, ox or other animal, that shall be found dead, in any of the streets or on any open unenclosed ground in this city shall be obliged to bury or remove the same from view on being notified thereof, and if the owner or owners thereof do not bury or remove such nuisance within twenty-four hours after being notified as aforesaid, he or they shall incur the penalty of Twenty Dollars, to be recovered before any magistrate, one half to go to the informer, and the other to the use of the Corporation.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted , That all parts of former acts passed by the City Council, which are inconsistent with the provisions of this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed.
SAML. N. SMALLWOOD, President of the First Chamber.
DANL. RAPINE, President of the Second Chamber.
APPROVED, October 27, 1809. ROBERT BRENT, MAYOR.
The following lucid and conclusive statement is extracted from the Aurora . Never has atrocious calumny received a more overwhelming refutation.
FROM THE AURORA.
Paris, 18th September, 1809.
On looking over the files of some American journals, (brought by the Wasp sloop of war) I find that several charges have been publicly made and circulated against the minister of the U. States (gen. Armstrong), by certain sea-faring men, which, being to my knowledge utterly destitute of truth, require from me some degree of notice.
1st. A person by the name of Hopkins is made to assert that gen. Armstrong refused to give him a passport, unless he (Hopkins) should previously pay thereof, ten or twelve francs, and that the general gave an order to this effect to his secretary in the presence of Hopkins. On this subject I offer the following deposition, viz :
Having been secretary to gen. Armstrong at the time Hopkins was in Paris, and having been specially charged by him with the giving of passports, I do solemnly swear on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God, that no such order in relation to Hopkins, or any other person, ever was given to me by the said minister; and farther, that the rule prescribed by him and observed by me, in all cases, was to give passports and other official acts gratis.
DAVID BAILLE WARDEN. Sworn and subscribed before me, Consul of the U. States for the district of Antwerp, this 18th day of September, 1809. J. RIDGWAY.
The aforesaid Hopkins is also made to declare (on the authority of captain William Nichols) that, when he (Nichols) called on the minister to inform him that Capt. Waterman, whose ship had been burnt at sea, was near Paris and on his way to Arras prison, that the general refused to interfere for, or in any way to assist, the said Waterman.
Had Mr. Nichols made this assertion, there would be no difficulty in showing it to be a most wicked and impudent falsehood (as will be seen hereafter) but the original letter from Nichols written to a friend at Paris, and which I send herewith, will prove, that his name has been employed on this occasion in a way equally remote from his wishes and from the truth.
(EXTRACT.)
Amsterdam, July 5, 1809.
Dear Sir, Yours of the 8th and 29th of June, have come to hand. I was very much surprised that Hopkins should take the liberty of making use of my name. I don't remember of having any conversation with Hopkins concerning gen. Armstrong. If I had, I am confident I said nothing disrespectful of his excellency. There is no American that has taken part in favor of the general more than I have. Hopkins I knew protested against Gen. Armstrong before he left Paris. Palmer I do not know.
(Signed) WM. NICHOLS.
2d. J. Wyle, mate of the Two Brothers , in a letter addressed to Mes. Hathaway and Russel, merchants of New York, and dated the 18th April, 1809, says, that he and others having been made prisoners at Charente, were marched to Arras; and that he frequently applied to general Armstrong for relief, but that he would not even answer their letters.
3d. Isaac Doolittle, mate of the ship Neptune , of Portland, Massachusetts, and who like Wyle, had been arrested at Charente, and marched to Arras, in a letter published by Coleman, in his Evening Post of August the 9th, complains in nearly the same style with Wyle, but admits that gen. Armstrong did answer his first letter.
These papers, if genuine, exhibit the very worst side of human nature; falsehood and hypocrisy; and in support of this opinion, I send you the letters enclosed and marked, No. 1, 2, & 3. No. 1. is the joint letter of Doolittle, Wyle, Taubman, and Capping. No. 2, is the separate letter of Wyle, and No. 3 is the private letter of Doolittle to his father and mother; which, after using, you will be good enough to forward to New-Haven.
(No. 1.)
Arras, September 10, 1809.
GEN. ARMSTRONG— Sir, We received your esteemed favor of the 1st, and beg leave to communicate to you our most sincere thanks for your kind interposition in our behalf, which we cannot but hope will have the desired effect. The departure of the last detachment from this depot, is fortunately postponed until further orders, which we hope will be a sufficient length of time for your excellency's application to meet a decision.
Mr. Hamilton Smith, late mate of the American ship Nancy , who was brought here as a prisoner on the evening of the 9th ult. finding nothing but a long march and hunger before his eyes, has entered for a privateer and left this depot yesterday; whether he has been too hasty or not, your excellency will be the best judge.
According to your excellency's offer, we send the enclosed to be forwarded to America, begging you will do us the honor to believe that we feel sentiments of thankfulness which we cannot express.
(Signed) ISAAC DOOLITTLE, JOHN WYLE, JOHN TAUBMAN, THOS. CAPPING. (No. II.)
(same date.)
Sir—I return you my sincere thanks for the kind attentions you have paid to me and the rest of my countrymen in our great extremity—I being fully convinced that your excellency was well disposed to do what lay in your power to obtain my liberty when opportunity offered; I have communicated all this to my friends, by letters under care of Mr. and Mrs. Cubb, who left here for the U. States. They informed me that they would deliver the letters themselves, which I have no doubt but they will, therefore I think a repetition of the same grievances would be wearisome to them. Therefore, I defer writing, hoping through your excellency's solicitations, to have a personal interview with them in a short time, which will produce the long wished for moment, that is a happy sight of my friends & country, where slavery and oppression do not exist, after two years absence, the first time was spent embargoed in Holland, the latter part a captive in France.
(Signed) JOHN WYLE. (No. III.) Arras, Sept. 13, 1809. Dear Parents,—His excellency general Armstrong, (who has kindly offered to forward this) has made application for our release, which I doubt not would have been granted long before this, had it not been for the convulsed state of Holland, & indeed all Europe, for a few months past; but I hope this political squall will soon blow over, & we be blest with a moderate breeze to drive us out of this country. His excellency has also offered to become responsible to the minister at war for our good conduct, in order to obtain for us some privileges, which we could not otherwise enjoy, and should we be base enough to abuse the confidence placed in us, I hope we may be branded with a name more infamous than Arnold, be punished with a confinement more rigorous than baron Trenk, and be no longer considered as Americans.
(Signed) ISAAC DOOLITTLE, Jr.
Will Mr. Coleman say, after reading these letters, that general Armstrong has treated these men with harshness, contempt, or inhumanity? The fact is just the reverse. To them in particular, he has rendered all the service in his power—having done every thing for them, but give them public money; and having even become responsible for them to the French government. And why, Mr. Coleman may ask, refuse to give them public money also? For the best reason in the world—because the laws of his country did not permit him to do so. If these men came under the legal description of distressed seamen, their wants were to be supplied by some consular agent; if they did not, the minister could not pay money appropriated to an object other and different from that prescribed by law; and that these men did not come under this description, is as evident as noonday. This leads me to shew, what both these letter writers have omitted in the history of their wrongs, viz that they were confined not as prisoners of war, but as persons convicted of being engaged in an illicit trade. To put this matter beyond the reach of Coleman, I offer the following extracts from the judicial proceedings of the council of prizes:
EXTRACTS.
The American ship Two Brothers , seized at Charente the 14th October, 1808, on the denunciation of two of the crew, who declared, that she had come from Yarmouth, in England. Five others of the sailors afterwards confirmed this declaration.
Sentence of the council 21st June 1809:—That whereas, the capt. Gardner, & second captain, or mate, J. Wyle, have made a false declaration on entry at the custom house—The said captain and mate, &c. are sentenced to pay to the state the fine of 7000 francs, and to be imprisoned till this fine is paid.
Ship Neptune , of Portland, &c. Sentence of the council:—That the captain mate and crew, having made a false declaration, as aforesaid, be condemned to pay to the state, a fine of 12,000 francs, and remain in prison till the fine is paid.
Conformable to the original minute. DAVID BAILLE WARDEN, Consul and agent of prize causes. Paris, 19th Sept. 1809.
I now ask any reasonable and honest man, whether gen. Armstrong would have been justified in putting his hand into the public coffers & taking therefrom to pay fines for, or to give subsistence to 30 or 40 men convicted in a court of law, in the fullest manner, of having made false declarations on entry at a national custom house? I am aware that according to the morality of some men, custom-house oaths and declarations of all kinds go for nothing but I write not to satisfy such men; my appeal is made to men both honest and reasonable, and I am sure that in despite of party, all such will approve the general's conduct.
4th. The only remaining misrepresentation that I have seen is that of Laban Folger, late captain of the Acorn published in the Evening Post of July the 5th, 1809.
Before I close this paper, I shall submit the substance of a legal document which will show the degree of credit to which capt. Folger is entitled—and in the mean time will state as briefly as I can, the business in which Folger was engaged, the occasion which brought him to Paris, and the conversation which really passed between him and general Armstrong. 1st. As to his business, this was the honorable employment of running
between the two shores of the British channel; a smuggler on the one side, and a trader under a British licence on the other. For the truth of this representation, I appeal to Mr. S. Williams, merchant of London, and formerly American consul there. This gentleman knows the fact, and has too much honor to deny it.
2d. Folger having returned to France in the spring of 1808, hired himself and vessel to carry the Spanish consul at the port of St. Maloes to the Havanna with his family, (his uncle being the governor or intendant of that island.) Getting, however, a cargo of wheat, and wishing to prosecute his old trade, he refused to fulfil his contract with the Spaniard. After much private altercation at St. Maloes, they agreed to come to Paris and have their controversies settled by the American minister. General Armstrong, not conceiving that he had any thing to do with the business, dismissed them and it, with an advice, that, "as they both appeared to have secrets, they had better settle the dispute amicably and by themselves." This was the amount of the first conversation. The Sunday following, these men came a second time to the general's hotel, and being told by the porter, that he was walking with his family in the garden of the Luxembourg, they followed him thither, and finding him on one of the walks, began an altercation in a language and tone which soon attracted a crowd about them. This was not much to the general's taste, and to put an end to the business, and to do what he thought justice at the same time, he observed to Folger, that the game he was playing, to say the least of it, was very hazardous.—"What" said he, "would be your situation were this man to inform against you? Besides, do you make no account of your contract and of the injury you may do him by defeating or deranging his voyage? My advice to you, therefore, is, to fulfil your engagements; to be an honest man." Folger answered, that as to his contract, he did not deny it; but that he could not fulfil it; that his British licence made him good prize if he passed the channel's mouth to the westward, and that if he went beyond it, he certainly would be captured; and as to his informing against me, he said, "I hope if he does, that I have a minister here who will soon get me out of their clutches;" "in this you are wrong," the general replied, "I never will interfere for a scoundrel, who violates at once public laws and private engagements." I need not add, that the conversation ended here. Mr. Folger immediately left the general, and as appears from his own narrative, repaired to Mr. Skipwith's, where he found Aaron Vail and T. C. Barnet, who, after giving him one article of their creed, and a piece of good advice with it, proceeded to illustrate both, by the following story, viz. That "an American ship commanded by Waterman, having been burnt at sea, the captain and crew passed near Paris, on their way to Verdun or Arras, and that general Armstrong had refused to afford them the least assistance." Now, whether it be true or false, that Messrs. Vail and Barnet told captain Folger this falsehood, it is necessary that it be refuted; and for this purpose I offer to you the deposition of Mr. Deville, a clerk in Gen. Armstrong's office, who was sent by him to see capt. Waterman, and to give him 300 livres (tournois) or 12 louis and a half, which capt. Waterman received, as he ought, with many expressions of gratitude.
DEPOSITION.
I do swear on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God, that some time in the summer of the year 1808, Gen. Armstrong being informed that capt. Waterman, whose ship had been burnt at sea, was at St. Dennis on his way to Arras, and in want of money to render his journey comfortable, sent me thither with the sum of 300 livres (tournois) and directions to pay the same to capt. Waterman; that I accordingly did go to the prison of St. Dennis, and found capt. Waterman & paid to him the aforesaid money, taking from him a receipt for the same; and farther, that the said Waterman expressed much gratitude to general Armstrong for this seasonable and humane supply.
DEVILLE.
Swore and subscribed before me, David Bailie Warden, Consul, &c. &c. After having shown how far Mr. Folger has departed from the truth in
that part of his narrative which related to Gen. Armstrong, it is almost unnecessary to say any thing of the other parts of it, were it not to prevent some honest people of the U. S. from putting any confidence in this man's declarations hereafter, and for this purpose I send an authenticated copy of the facts as they appeared in evidence before
the council of prizes, to be used by you as you think proper, and from which I make the following extract. Laban Folger made a voyage to Peterburgh in the service of a French merchant at Cherburgh, of the name of Liais, and so much to his satisfaction, that he engaged him in another enterprise to the north. This was to carry to Bergen (in Norway) a cargo of provisions, and exchange them against one of planks, iron, &c. Folger sailed accordingly on the 3d of Decr. 1807, from the port of Cherburgh, but instead of going to Bergen, in Norway, agreeably to his charter party, he went into the English island of Guernsey, where he sold his cargo. On the 15th of March, 1808, Folger entered the port of St. Maloes, and declared at the custom house that he had gone to Bergen in Norway, in Dec. 1807, with a cargo of leather, wine, &c. that he had made his voyage in six days , and that his return voyage had been performed in the same time , and from the same place, &c. &c. Nothing appearing irregular about the Acorn, she was permitted to load again. While Folger was thus deceiving the custom house, he had a similar game to play with his employer Mr. Liais. The account he gave of himself to Liais, was, that his crew had risen upon him in the channel, and had forced him out of his intended voyage, but that after many shifts, &c. he had placed Liais' interests in the hands of Mr. Samuel Williams of London, and would draw bills on him for the amount. He accordingly drew bills on Williams, but the bills being returned protested, and Liais being determined to push him for the amount, Mr. Folger took flight, not from the French custom house, nor from the French police, as he has falsely asserted, but from his lawful and acknowledged creditor.
It was only now that a suspicion of the truth of Folger's declaration on entry at the custom house, in March, 1808, commenced. The prefect of the department, becoming the correspondent of Mr. Liais, got from him the abovementioned facts. The ship was now seized, and the papers, &c. sent to the council of prizes. Among these was a letter from Samuel Williams, ci-devant consul of the U. S. at London, dated from Boston, the 14th May, 1808, and addressed to Mr. Laban Folger, which, as the false date was established, became proof, with other papers, that the former cargo of the Acorn was sold at Guernsey. The council therefore proceeded to judgment, and sentenced Laban Folger to a fine of 8500 francs for a false declaration, and the four sailors who had joined him in making this declaration, to a fine of 500 francs each.
This judgment was given on the 23d August, 1809.
I enclose this detail, by offering to you the assurance of my respect.
DAVID BAILLE WARDEN, Editor of the Aurora , Philadelphia. The process verbal Folger's case, is in possession, and shall be published if necessary.
Proceeding of the Conservative Senate of France—concluded from our last.
The reading of this report being terminated, the senate immediately appointed a committee of five members, charged to make as soon as possible a report concerning the object of the communications made to the senate by the prince arch chancellor.
This committee was formed of the senators, Lapede, Serrurier, Germain, Garnier, Laplace and Fouché. The senate adjourned the report of their committee to the next day.
On the 15th, at ten o'clock in the morning, the senate again met. The senator Lapede, the organ of the committee, appointed in the sitting of the 14th, proposed, to the assembly to proclaim the sentiments of the French people by an address to be presented to his majesty the emperor and king.
This proposition having been adopted by the senate, the reporter in consequence submitted to the assembly a project of an address, which was in like manner adopted, in the following terms:

Extract from the registers of the conservative senate, of Tuesday 15th of August, 1809.
The conservative senate, assembled to the number of members prescribed by the XC article of the act of the constitutions of the 22d Frimaire, year 8:
Deliberating upon the communications which were made to them by his serene highness the prince arch chancellor of the empire, in the sitting of the 14th of this month:
After having heard the report of their special committee, appointed in the same sitting:
Decree, that upon the object of the said communications, there shall be made to his majesty the emperor and king, an address of the following tenor:
"SIRE—The prince arch chancellor of the empire has just made known to the senate, the military events of which Zealand is this moment the theatre; and your majesty's minister of war has just communicated to us the report which he made to the council of ministers, presided by his serene highness, concerning these events."
"The enemy of the repose of Europe has landed his troops upon two islands of Zealand. The cry of war directly resounded upon the French shores. All the neighboring departments answered this cry, which for the French was always the cry of victory, and the brave national guards flew from all sides to avenge the violation of the territory of a neighboring and allied nation."
"Under these memorable circumstances, sire, the senate, who share in so lively a manner all the sentiments of the French people, have need of expressing them to your majesty."
"Let all hopes vanish upon the banks of the Thames. Never will a more noble enthusiasm have animated the French people."
"Your majesty, sire, (the brave fellows of the interior of the empire, conjure you,) your majesty will not withdraw from the banks of the Danube, nor from those of the Tagus, any of those invincible legions which have so often had the happiness of fighting before your majesty's eyes, and nothing will delay the moment so much desired by you, when the olive of peace will rise above your triumphant eagles."
"Wherever there are Frenchmen, there will be an army; and wherever they receive the signal of combat, the genius of your majesty will animate them, because they everywhere experience the same devotedness, the same admiration for your majesty."
"They who, being more distant from the new fields of glory which victory is preparing in the name of honor, of the country, and of Napoleon, cannot reach the enemy's cohorts without crossing a great part of your empire, will feel no other pain than the fear of arriving only to crown their brothers with the civic and military laurel."
"Hands will not be wanting to hurl those dreadful thunderbolts which your majesty's exalted foresight had caused to be prepared along the whole coast of your empire."
"The wisdom of the prince depositary of your confidence, the devotedness of your ministers, and the zeal of all the civil and military chiefs, have seconded those generous movements."
"These veterans of glory, who long sighed at not following your majesty to the midst of battles, are going to direct by their experience the warlike flight of your young Frenchmen. They will show them the noble palms with which your majesty has covered their noble scars."
"Illustrious generals, chosen by your majesty, and filled with your spirit, march at their head."
"Seven senators share this shining honor."
"Your ships of the Scheldt, protected by formidable batteries, and protecting them in their turn, double the barrier of iron and fire which bounds the shores bordering upon Zealand."
"The Dutch nation, whose territory is attacked, is raising with pride its ancient banners which call to mind so many grand exploits of the valorous Batavians; and your august brother, who reigns over them, is at their head."
"All advance under the irresistible influence, present in all places, of the greatest of heroes; the English will soon be driven back to their ships."
"Ah! if we could cease to listen for a moment to the voice of humanity, with what ardor we should wish that their cohorts, daring to remove from the waves destined to favor their approaching flight, would advance upon the sacred land of the French! No Englishman would again behold the roof of his family."
"The wrecks of their arms, sire, will be the trophies with which the French people will ornament those nu-
merous triumphal arches which their gratitude is going to raise along the triumphal road of the greatest of commanders and of the most beloved of sovereigns, returning from the fields of Austria at the head of his immortal armies, and causing victory to proclaim the peace of the continent."
"Vouchsafe, sire, to receive with benevolence, the fresh homage of the respect, devotedness and fidelity of the senate."
The president and secretaries, (Signed) G. GARNIER, Pres't. Sennoville, Herwin, secretaries.
Seen and sealed. The chancellor of the senate. (Signed) COUNT LAPLACE. (Moniteur.)
PARIS, AUGUST 20. Letter from the Minister of Police to the Mayor of Paris.
"SIR—After the peace of Tilsit, the English, who were lost if war ceased upon the continent, wished to burn Copenhagen. Now that Austria is ready to receive peace from the conqueror, the English would burn Flushing; they threaten with their bombs Antwerp, whose dock yards lately so deserted, have rapidly increased, at the voice of our emperor; the fleets that were preparing to conquer those of England."
"The English flatter themselves with being able to set fire to our coasts. Of her own accord, all France would fly to their defence; but we must regulate this noble impulse, in order to render it useful."
"What is the force of Napoleon's army of reserve? ask the ministers of the cabinet of St. James's. We can now reply to them. The army covers in its rapid march the roads from Paris to Antwerp; let them send their agents to count it. Let them know that not a soldier from the armies of Napoleon will quit his standards to come and defend the territory of his empire."
"What Frenchman would not take up arms when the soil of France is touched by the enemy? Are not the French armies national guards, and the national guards armies? The audacity of the English only prepares a new trophy for the trophies that are to decorate the feast of peace."
"Sir, you take a particular interest in the glory of this capital.—Too often our enemies have accused it of having energy only in tumults.—Let it at once confound the calumnies of its enemies and their incendiary hopes.—On the east and on the west, France is victorious 200 leagues from her frontiers—she will also triumph in the interior, in order that no kind of glory may be wanting."
PARIS, SEPT. 13. Letter of His Majesty the Emperor and King.
"Count de Hunneburg, our war minister has sent accounts which have been laid before him containing the following assertions:—The governor commanding at Flushing is stated not to have executed the order which we had given him, of opening the dykes and inundating the island of Walcheren, as soon as a superior hostile force should have disembarked on its shores. He is moreover accused of having surrendered the place which we had entrusted to his care, not only before the enemy had crossed the moat, and when no breach had been effected in the ramparts which remained whole, and in consequence had not once been stormed, but even when the trenches of the enemy were at a distance of 150 toises from the town, and he had still 4000 men in arms capable of doing duty. In a word, Flushing is stated to have surrendered through the first effects of a bombardment. Should all this be true, the governor would be guilty; and it would remain only to ascertain, whether his conduct ought to be attributed to treachery or to cowardice."
"We send you this letter, in order that as soon as you shall have received it, you would collect a council for enquiry, which will be composed of count Asoville, senator; count Rampondo, vice admiral; Thevenard, and count Sengis, 1st inspector general of artillery. All the pieces which will be found in the offices of your ministry, and those of the navy, interior policy, or any other department, respecting the surrender of Flushing, not only as far as they may relate to its defence, but to any object which may concern our service shall be conveyed to the council to be laid before them, with the result of their enquiry."
"This letter having no other end, we pray God that he may have you, count de Hunneburg, in his holy keeping."
Given in our Imperial Camp at Schoenbrunn, Sept. 7. 1809. (Signed) "NAPOLEON"
The Minister Secretary of State, (Signed) "H. B. MARET."
August 22.—We are assured that the emperor of Austria has consented to the cession of a great province of his
monarchy, which he had hitherto refused to do. This induces a belief that the peace will not meet with any more obstacles or delay.
Six Englishmen were taken on the night of the 15th, near Fecamp; they were ordered to inspect the coast and disseminate libels.—Moniteur.
Innsbruck, (Bavaria) Aug. 15.—The insurrection in Tirol, the Voralberg, &c. is again at a height, notwithstanding all the force of the royal and imperial armies, sent to quell it. The notorious Andrew Hoffer, has his rendezvous in Mount Brenner, and has had the impudence to reply to the royal mandate by which he was ordered to repair to this city, that "if he came it would be at the head of 10,000 sharpshooters." Military execution is ordered on all stragglers who have not passports. The revolt appears to be general from Trent to this vicinity; and the exasperated rebels defend themselves, and annoy the French and Bavarian troops, with rocks and blocks launched from the cliffs and heights into the vales. Several corps have been attacked by them. Gen. Count Von Arco, was killed by them the 13th and his body has been carried to Munich. The insurgents on the plains have been disarmed. The French troops are advancing on the mountaineers from Italy.
London, October 4.—On the 26th of last month, the return of the sick in the hospital at Walcheren was 9798. On the 27th the deaths were 48; on the 28th only 9; and no new patients had been admitted during the two last days. The inference is, that the disease which has so dreadfully afflicted our army, is on the decrease.
A colonel of the British army to his friend in Lisbon, dated.
Badaoz, Sept. 19, 1809.—The head quarters of the British army are in this city. My regiment is encamped about two leagues distant with the 4th division of the army, the 5th division is on our left at Campoo Major—the rest extend toward Madrid. The army will certainly remain in its present position for 3 weeks, unless unforeseen circumstances influence the commander of the forces. My opinion is that we shall defend Portugal by advancing again into Spain. If we cannot fight the French in the Peninsula with Spain and Portugal at our back, we certainly cannot do it with Portugal only, in the present distracted state of that kingdom. The British army at this moment is in a more efficient state than it has been at any period on this part of the continent. By remaining a short time here it will be still more so by the junction of many small detachments, from almost every town in Portugal. The most experienced officers of the army are of opinion that we are able to beat the collected forces of the French in the Peninsula whenever we meet them; that the disparity of numbers may not permit our profiting by the victory it cannot be contested; but that the fate of the whole Peninsula depends on the events in Germany, while the French have any army on this side the Pyrenees: but if we succeed in driving them to their own frontier, and rousing the dormant kingdom of Portugal into activity, these countries may still be free and independent for ever, in spite of the Emperor of the French, the conqueror of all the rest of the continent of Europe. Lord Wellington or his noble brother are not men of despondent character—they are not likely to forsake Spain because in one important instance their just expectation was not answered. It is evident there still exists in the government and in the people of Spain a zeal for independence. Because the British arms proved their superiority and the army of Spain was unhurt at Talavera is there any cause for despondency? In my humble opinion the lesson is turned to great profit and I look now with as much hope to see Madrid as I did when I left Lisbon. Many Spanish regiments have been decimated and the cowards shot in view of the British soldiers.
DEAL, Sept. 17. Extract of a letter from an officer in the expedition to the Scheldt.
"I landed here on Friday evening from Flushing, which I left yesterday. Sir Eyre Coote remains in command of Walcheren, with 16,000 men. I enclose you the names of the regiments, as well as their state, that you may see how sickly they all are; indeed they continue to bury eight or nine men of a day. The hon. lieutenant colonel Capel is arrived in the Downs, with dispatches from Lord Chatham; he has been on board the Valiant three days, waiting for a wind, and confirms the dreadful state of sickness of the army."
"Every arrangement is making to repair the fortifications round Flushing; but, from the debility of the troops, the work goes on slowly; all the guns and stores of every description were brought from South Beveland, and there is no thinking man that does not approve of the resolution
(however reluctantly adopted) by the commander in chief, of relinquishing all further operations against the Scheldt."
"The gun-boats are, with bombs, posted all round the island, by Ramenskens and Vere; and the enemy, last night, were so much on the beach of South Beveland, as to cause a considerable firing at night. Vere is quite within range of shells, from Beveland; of course, ships with merchandise, indeed all vessels must soon quit it, the instant the enemy establish mortar batteries, which they will soon. Sir H. Popham stays; so does admiral Owey. Walcheren will never be able to supply itself with provisions: much less an additional number of souls, amounting to 16,000. The hospitals are full, and the sickly season just begun."
"The following are the regiments left, as they are brigaded:
9th Light Dragoons—30 effective, none sick.
Royal Artillery—671 effective, 250 sick, total 1021.
Royal Engineers—150 effective, 50 sick, total 200.
General Rottenberg's Brigade:
68th Regiment—439 effective, 316 sick, total 755.
71st—603 effective, 339 sick, total 942.
85th—437 effective, 132 sick, total 569.
General Alten's Brigade:
1st German Legion—437 effective, 227 sick, total 704.
2d Ditto—405 effective, 205 sick, total 610.
Colonel Hay's Brigade:
1st Regiment—784 effective, 150 sick, total 934.
5th—483 effective, 431 sick, total 914.
35th—420 effective, 310 sick, total 730.
Gen. Ackland's Brigade:
2d Regiment—608 effective, 217 sick, total 825.
76th—544 effective, 189 sick, total 733.
32d—366 effective, 192 sick, total 558.
Maj. Gen. Dyott's brigade:
6th regiment—450 effective, 496 sick, total 946.
50th—423 effective, 332 sick, total 855.
91st—431 effective, 206 sick, total 636.
Brigadier General Browne's brigade:
23d regiment—154 effective, 244 sick, total 398.
81st—463 effective, 187 sick, total 650.
26th—548 effective, 236 sick, total 784.
Maj. Gen. Montresor's brigade:
35th regiment—523 effective, 129 sick, total 652.
38th—453 effective, 352 sick, total 805.
77th—262 effective, 284 sick, total 546.
50 Royal Staff corps—160 waggon train.
Practicability of retaining Walcheren.
"Terveer, Sept. 10.—As the erection of batteries along the coast opposite to Beveland has already actually commenced, there can be no doubt of the determination of ministers to retain this island, if they can. That determination indeed is now generally admitted, but upon what grounds it rests, how far they are just and reasonable, or what probability offers of success, the more intelligent persons with whom I have conversed here, seem quite unable to discover. In considering this question, the first observation that naturally occurs to one's mind, is this, that all the alarm which has pervaded England for the last four or five years, with regard to the practicability of an invasion, and which alarm our government has been so industrious in circulating, must be quite groundless, nay even childish, if it be impracticable on the part of the enemy to invade Walcheren. England is separated from Boulogne, from the nearest point of the French coast from which there is a probability of any attempt at invasion being made, at least 40 or 50 miles. Walcheren is separated from Beveland by a channel not wider in some places than about three quarters of a mile. England may be defended against an invasion by her great naval force; a ship of the line cannot sail through the channel which divides Walcheren from Beveland; a frigate or a brig cannot work in it at low water; nay even a gun boat is in danger of being stranded. That part of the channel to which I apply this observation, borders about seven miles of this coast, between this town and Ramenskens. In some places it is about two, or between two and three miles wide, but it narrows considerably as you approach Geestland. Along this little island, which is only separated from Walcheren by a natural canal, that is fordable at low water, the distance across to Beveland, is, as I have already stated, a-
bout three quarters of a mile. At low water it is considerably less, very little wider indeed than the Thames at Westminster bridge, and not by any means so deep. The sailors here who are acquainted with the channel, assert that it is only five or six feet deep in several parts at low water. This narrow and shallow channel is about a mile and a half in length. Now whether such a channel can present any serious obstacle to him, who could with such magical expedition throw bridges across the rapid current of the Danube, I shall leave it to men of common sense to decide."
"An intelligent naval officer has assured me, that the enemy by simply throwing a rope or two across the slack water in this channel, merely by this expedient might contrive with a very few boats to take a large force over in the course of a single night."
"That no material assistance can be derived from our navy for the defence of the island, in the quarter upon which I have been observing, is here admitted as an indisputable fact. No one pretends that a frigate or brig could work in at low water, & that even gun boats are very liable to be stranded, I know from my own observation. When our vessels first sailed down the channel I allude to, I saw several of the gun boats stranded. Indeed, the greater part of them were in that state at low water, although the utmost pains had been taken to sound the channel before any of the gun boats or transports sailed into it, and a range of boats had been placed along as buoys. The navigation of this channel is extremely intricate, and is rendered still more so by the occasional shifting of the sands, which alter their position sometimes twice or thrice a year. This intricacy indeed, is evident from the time consumed by our vessels in passing in the first instance from Terveer to the West Scheldt. The greater part of the transports, nay even the gun boats, were from three to five days in making their way through a channel, not more than eight miles long. The delay, indeed, of bringing up the gun boats by this navigation, has always been assigned as the reason why the intercourse between Cadzand and Flushing was so long open. Certainly, as soon as the gun boats reached the Scheldt, that intercourse was stopped."
"But, when the frost sets in, what is to become of any boats we may venture to station in this channel? I am aware that it is seldom frozen quite across. The ice is generally broken up by the tide: but shall our boats or brigs be exposed to flakes of ice, so drifted down a narrow channel? And what is to be expected in case it is entirely frozen? Such cases have occurred. In 1788 and 1796 the ice was such that several persons passed over to Beveland from this town, which is one of the widest parts of the channel. The ice, however, has never been strong enough to bear artillery, at least within the memory of the present generation; but when Bonaparte once makes good his landing in this island, he will not feel much difficulty in bringing over his artillery."
"But even though our navy may be unable, under the circumstances I have stated, to offer any material assistance to the invasion of this island from Beveland, it may be said that such an invasion will be guarded against by the number and the nature of the batteries, which it is proposed to erect along the coast. Indeed I have heard this asserted by some persons here, but certainly not by those who have any great military experience or capacity of observation.—For if batteries could effectually withstand Bonaparte, how limited would his military progress have been!—Indeed if batteries could form a secure defence against him, we might establish a position on any part of the French territory, as well as at Walcheren; that is, if he afforded us leisure to erect batteries; and I very much doubt whether he will allow us that leisure even here."
"Present appearances seem to justify that doubt. Already our troops have completely evacuated Beveland; and such is the rapidity of the enemy's movement, that our army had scarcely embarked when the Dutch flag was hoisted at Batz. Our seamen coming down the Scheldt distinctly saw it; and you may depend upon it that such a spectacle was viewed by them with peculiar chagrin. Indeed they vent their spleen on our gallant troops, who are unfortunately confounded in the misconduct of their commanders. As the transports pass the men of war, the sailors not unfrequently exclaim from the port holes, "d—n your eyes, you are flying as you did from the Helder."
"Now as the enemy can bring any amount of force he pleases into Beveland, and construct batteries within range of the banks of this island, it is rather improbable that he will allow our working parties to proceed undis-

quipped in their operations. We must indeed calculate upon a most harrowing warfare in this direction. Our troops and our boats will be exposed to perpetual annoyance. The enemy may erect his works wherever he deems convenient. We cannot venture upon any incursion into Beveland to disturb him, at least with the force to be retained in this island. For how can 15,000 men venture to attack the force, from which our generals with 23,000 have thought it prudent to fly. But in point of fact we have not an efficient body of more than 7,000 or 8,000 men—more than half our men being in the hospitals—while several of our regiments are really without a sufficient number of officers to direct their operations. The 5th regiment have at this moment 22 officers lying sick; the 69th, 17; the 32d, 13. Indeed every regiment here is similarly circumstanced. Such, in fact, is the alarming progress of those endemic complaints which affect our troops and which are uniformly worse, as the natives state, in the month of October, that if the enemy postpone his attack until then we are likely to be without an army in any state to take the field. Why then will ministers persist in maintaining such a position? Why expose our army to destruction? They can not surely be ignorant of the circumstances I have stated if they have taken any trouble to inform themselves. Indeed if they have taken adequate trouble, they must be aware of something more serious. They must be aware that the whole of the Boulogne flotilla, which has been considered capable of conveying 100,000 men to the English coast, may be brought into the Scheldt, by the canal of Ghent, to co-operate if necessary in the invasion of Walcheren. But I shall resume this subject in my next."
WASHINGTON CITY.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13.
In the course of the correspondence, which, it seems, has taken place between the Secretary of State and Mr. Jackson, we understand, that Mr. Jackson had stated that the despatch from Mr. Canning to Mr. Erskine of the 23d January was the only despatch by which the conditions were prescribed to Mr. Erskine for the conclusion of an arrangement with this country on the matter to which it related,—that Mr. Smith in his reply had assured Mr. Jackson that no such declaration had ever before been made to the government, and added, that if that despatch had been communicated at the time of the arrangement, or if it had been known that the propositions contained in it were the only ones on which he was authorised to make an arrangement, the arrangement would not have been made,—that, notwithstanding this assurance, Mr. Jackson in his next letter inadvertently used a language implying that Mr. Erskine's instructions were at the time made known to this government,—that in Mr. Smith's answer an intimation was distinctly given to him that such an insinuation was inadmissible, and especially after the explicit asseveration of this government that they had no such knowledge, and that with such knowledge such an arrangement would not have been made,—that in Mr. Jackson's next letter the same gross insinuation having been reiterated, and even aggravated, it only remained, in order to preclude opportunities, which had been thus abused, to inform Mr. Jackson, as Mr. Smith did, that no further communications would be received from him, and that the necessity of this determination would without delay be made known to his government, with an assurance to it, at the same time, that a ready attention would be given to any communications affecting the interests of the two nations through any other functionary that may be substituted.
The House of Delegates of Maryland have elected Tobias E. Stansbury, republican, their Speaker.
The Legislature of New-Jersey have rejected the amendment proposed to the Constitution of the U. States by the Legislature of Massachusetts respecting embargoes.
So many concurring accounts reach us of the death of Meriwether Lewis, Esq. Governor of Louisiana, by suicide, that we can no longer refuse giving credit to it. His death appears to have taken place on the night of the 10th ult. at the house of Mr. Grinder, near the Indian line in Tennessee. Every one acquainted with his worth will feel a deep regret at this unfortunate event.
COMMERCIALLY IMPORTANT.
Extract of a letter from Liverpool, October 4.
"We have already written you by this conveyance, but we use the few minutes allowed us before the Ceres sails, to give you the contents of a letter just received from our agent in London.
He says "I am sorry to have to acquaint you that the Lords of the Council have rejected the petition for a license to protect a cargo in an American ship from Amelia Island, and in such terms as to discourage all expectation that a renewed petition would be attended with better success."
Looking to the possibility of the continuance of your Non Intercourse Law, we have stated a case, experimentally only, for the government of ourselves and friends, and we hasten to give you the information. "Vessels to import from Amelia Island must be either under the British or Spanish flag."
To the Editors of the National Intelligencer.
GENTLEMEN, You will, I presume, agree with me, that no organ of government contributes more to sustain the authority of republican institutions than the judiciary, where the officers are enlightened, and when their conduct is influenced by a reverence for free principles. Charges to grand juries in particular, deriving importance from the solemnity of the occasion, and replete with useful ideas expressed in popular language, are well calculated, not only to promote the moral order of society and to enforce due obedience to the laws, but are peculiarly beneficial in giving to the liberal system of policy which so strongly marks the American Cabinet a healthy and vigorous tone. It is with great pleasure, therefore, that I view very frequently in the patriotic prints of the U. States the salutary addresses of judges to the grand juries of the districts over which they preside. Looking into a paper published in the state of New York, called the "Bee," I perused lately with singular satisfaction a charge of this nature, delivered to the grand jury of the county of Columbia, by WILLIAM P. VAN NASS, Esq. and have presumed to solicit you to publish the following extract from it. Every republican in the country will recognise in the eloquent language of this truly American judge, a just estimate of the present unhappy condition of the world in general, and a correct opinion of the noble stand which it becomes the U. States to make against the inroads of the licentiousness and the crimes of Europe.
A CONSTANT READER.
EXTRACT.
"We live in an age, when the agitated passions, and convulsed energies of man are uprooting every principle that can bind him to his duty. New systems of policy, of religion and morality, are every where springing up with a rapidity that confounds all the objects of our existence, and perplexes the soundest understanding. The seeds of vice and innovation, engendered in the convulsions of these latter days, are floating through every country, and striking root into every soil. Religion has become but a feeble barrier to the envenomed wickedness of modern times, and infidelity has advanced to the very threshold of the temple."
"In extending your view still farther into the present state of society, you will find that these deep diseases of the moral world are enflamed by conflicts of a character more bold and alarming than any that have disgraced the pages of ancient or of modern history. The fury of civil discord has blown her horn upon the mountains, and the blast has vibrated to the extremities of the earth. All the means and all the resources that revenge, or exasperated ambition can draw from nations impoverished and distracted, seem to be collecting into one black cloud, which by its deep and solemn aspect, threatens to pour forth havoc and desolation to the farthest limits of this troubled world."
"Look abroad and you will see, not the destruction of the humble habitation of the peasant, not the fall of temples and palaces, not the petty pilferings of towns and villages, but whole provinces extinguished, and nations depopulated by the merciless ferocity of man. The fairest portion of the globe exhibits an unvaried scene of bloodshed and rapine. Every nation has either become the victim of its own ambition, or been sunk by the
dreadful paroxysms of relentless power. Every people of every tongue, whether christian or savage, have mingled in the conflict, and all are steeped to their very lips in blood."
"The two gigantic disturbers of the world have left scarcely a vestige of law, of individual liberty, or national freedom. The ocean has been swept by the rapacious enemy and overwhelming profligacy of the one, and the whole continent ravaged by the other. The ancient limits and boundaries of nations have been overthrown. The foundations of civil society have been explored. Most of the governments of Europe become enfeebled and degenerate, have been broken down by the violence of military uproar, or silently dissolved by the poisonous touch of the finger of corruption. All its princes and potentates, tumbled indiscriminately from their stations, have been driven into exile, or like humble satellites, are subserviently wheeling around the blasphemous majesty of a self created master, who like a dreadful meteor, traverses and desolates the earth, pointing to the wrecks of empires, the ruins of principalities, and the scattered fragments of sceptres and of crowns, as the awful announcements of a great and solemn day, in which the destinies of man are to receive a new direction."
"Amidst this commotion of the moral elements, and this tumult of the world, it is a just subject of congratulation, that although we may have imbibed somewhat of the spirit, we have at least escaped the calamities of the times. How long our afflictions will be withheld, is still in the breast of him, who "rides in this terrific whirlwind, and directs this fearful storm."
"The wealth that has poured in upon us, since our national birth, and the reputation we have established, has exalted our pride, and intoxicated our vanity with the hopes of uninterrupted prosperity. But it should be remembered, that these advantages in a national as well as private view, are frail and evanescent, and that the most prosperous periods are not unfrequently selected by the wisdom of God to chastise the aspiring spirit of a people."
"There is a solemnity too, in the revolutions, and in the changes of this eventful period, calculated to humble our hopes, and defeat our most sanguine anticipations. We know not what a day may bring forth, is a reflection which should never be forgotten. In every situation, a recollection of the capriciousness of fortune will teach us humility and wisdom. It will remind us, that wealth and renown, and the high honors which society may confer, are feeble fabrics shaken by the rudeness of every tempest, and that altho' we may now be elevated by the splendor, and surrounded by the glories of a new empire, we may soon be precipitated from our high estate, and the world behold, not our subjugation, for that we trust is impossible, but the destruction of the prosperity and present happiness of the nation."
"These are perhaps not now appropriate subjects of discourse, but I have presumed, gentlemen, that a momentary view of the evils produced by the transactions of Europe, and the crimes that seem to spring up from the blood of its guilty people, would tend to impress us with the contrast exhibited by our own country, would increase our love and veneration for the institutions from which our happiness is derived, and demonstrate the necessity of defending our native land, and our own homes, against the prevailing vices of the age."
"It appears to me too, that a retrospect to the awful dispensations of Providence as manifested in the miseries of society, is full of instructive admonition. It cannot fail to remind us, that the infuriated spirit of conquest and of war, having desolated every thing of value in the old world, stands upon its verge, threatening to mount the Atlantic waves, in pursuit of new establishments to subvert, of new countries to ravage and destroy. It cannot fail to admonish us, to beware of that pestilent inundation of iniquity, which has sprung from that chaotic anarchy and is cherished in that "disastrous twilight," in which all nations are involved. It cannot fail to admonish us, to hold fast to every thing of value in our political establishments, and to preserve from contamination, the tribunals of criminal justice, for they are the instruments that may successfully resist crimes and commotion, or become the fountains, from which a thousand corrupt streams may flow, that will pervade the whole system of jurisprudence, and consummate its dissolution. Finally, it cannot fail to admonish us all; every magistrate and every man who is not indifferent to the happiness of the world, or to that portion of it which he inhabits, to perform with fidelity and zeal, the duties demanded of him by his God and the laws of his country."
"These admonitions cannot be disregarded, and their influence must produce a conviction, that a prompt
administration of criminal justice, in the legitimate spirit of the law, is requisite to preserve what of virtue, and of order is left among us."
"The scenes to which we have alluded, have given a turbulent aspect to the temper of the times; and iniquitude of every description whether such as sets in motion the physical force of the community, or such only as agitates the minds of men, is calculated to weaken the obligations of moral duty, and calls for a rigorous execution of the laws."
"Having then, gentlemen, a due sense of the nature of your duties, and feeling, as I have no doubt you do, a proper disposition to perform them, you will proceed, I trust, to the task assigned you with all the deliberation, and the determined zeal of sensible and just men."
From a London paper.
'TIS A PITY.
On Wednesday, all the people said, "That Coming certainly was a dead;" Ah! then what said the city? A tenth part sadly shook their head, And shaking sigh'd, and sighing said, Mas! 'tis a pity!
But when on Thursday this was found To be a rumor without ground; Ah! then what said the city? The other nine parts shook their head And deeply sigh'd, and sighing said, Al-s! 'tis a pity.
The Statesman of September 28, says—"Deeply do we lament to find that the report we noticed yesterday of the arrival and reception of Mr. Jackson in America, is without foundation—not that we entertain much doubt of an accommodation being ultimately effected; for the restoration of commercial intercourse between the countries is become so essential to England, that perhaps even Mr. Canning himself, had he continued in office, might have seen the imperious necessity of renewing the commercial intercourse with America."
We are told by the L'Hemisphere—a French print just established in Philadelphia—that M. Godon, a French Mineralogist, has discovered in the neighborhood of that city, a species of argillaceous earth adapted to the manufacture of Porcelaine. On the most precise chemical analysis, he is unable to detect any difference between this and the earth which is employed in the famous manufactory of Sevres near Paris.
It is also said that a rich bed of paint has lately been discovered by Mr. W. Woodsworth, upon the lands of Elisha Sterns, Esq. in Tolland, Connecticut. A trial has been made of it by the most eminent painters in Hartford, who pronounce it superior to any thing of the kind before discovered in the United States. It resembles the imported Tierras-de-Siena, but is said to be superior to it in body and richness of colors.
New Port, Nov. 4.
The General Assembly of this state convened at South Kingston on Wednesday last—William Jones Esq. was re-elected Speaker of the House of Representatives, without opposition, & Thomas Burgess, Esq. clerk.
New-York, October 25.
On Monday last, was commenced the building of the new Flag Staff and its enclosure, on the southerly point of the Battery—Its dimensions in height and circumference, are to be similar to the one lately demolished; but the new one will possess more convenience for the Subscribers to the Spy Glasses, as every accommodation that they could wish, will be erected. It may justly be said, that no public place in the United States affords more real advantages than our battery.—As a public walk, it excels any thing of the kind; and for beauty of prospect, few can be compared with it. In the heat of summer, the battery affords one of the coolest and most pleasant public walks in the world, considering its immediate contiguity to a populous city.
Philadelphia, Nov. 9.
A line of Telegraphs has lately been established on the river Delaware, from Reedy Island to this city, under the patronage of the Chamber of Commerce, and the merchants generally. The first communication was made on Tuesday, announcing the arrival of the ship Faney, captain M'fitt, from Lisbon. She sailed from Lisbon the 4th of October. Papers of that place of the 2d and 3d October are received, but they do not contain a single article other than merely mentioning, that from their last accounts, the French were concentrating all their forces near Salamanca. The students of Coimbra, who had been formed into a military corps, were returning to their studies.
Markets at Lisbon very dull
Baltimore, Nov. 10.
WEST INDIA TRADE.
Letters from St. Barts. by the Mi-
nerva of the 14th ult. mention that they have received a British proclamation, opening the ports of the British Islands to neutrals, and encourage the importation, through neutrals of provisions, &c.—In consequence of which flour and other articles rising at St. Barts. where a number of British vessels had arrived.
Baltimore, Oct. 9.
Yesterday arrived the last sailing ship Fair American, capt. Hobson, in 26 days from Lisbon, from which she sailed the 9th of October. The capt. has politely furnished us with Lisbon papers to the 7th of Oct. inclusive. They are principally occupied with extracts from English papers. There had been no late engagements with the hostile armies on the peninsula. The head quarters of the English army was at Badajoz.
We do not find any articles of consequence that have not been anticipated.
SUBSCRIBERS
ARE earnestly requested to remit their arrearages and advance for the ensuing year. Should this request not be attended to, the suspension of their papers will be rendered indispensable. It may be proper to add, that subscriptions are not received for less than a year of persons residing at a distance.
DOCTOR GREENFIELD
CONTINUES the practice of MEDICINE, Shop as heretofore at his residence on F Street November 13—w3t
GIN GLASS, &c.
6 Pipes Count y Gin, first quality, 1000 weight Cheese, and 100 Boxes WIXNOW GLASS (of various sizes, for Sale by HORACE H. EDWARDS, Washington City, Nov. 13—6t
WALTER & CLEMENT SMITH, Have just received from New-York, a large part of their Fall supply of LIQUORS & GROCERIES, Which have been carefully selected by one of the concern, and will be sold at a moderate advance.
They now have on hand and are landing, Imperial TEA, Warranted qualities, Hyson do. Beaver's Triumph, & Young Hyson do. Pringle's cargoes, in Hyson Skin do. chests, boxes & canisters. Houbton White Coffee in bags, Bee Green, do. in brels and bags, Prime Jamaica Sugars in hds. and barrels, Havanna, Muscovado do. in small hds., Low priced Muscovado do. hds. & barrels, Soap and Lump Sugars, in hds. and barrels, St. Kitts Molasses in hds. Superior Upland Cotton in square and round bales, Flax in bales of about 200lb. Oil: Cogniac and Barceloon Brandy in pipes, Holland and anchor Gin, in do. Old Jamaica and Antigua Spirits in hds. A few cases choice and genuine old Peach Brandy, Old Madeira Wine in pipes and qr. casks, Teneriffe and Lisbon do. in do. Fine old Sherry do. in do. Malaga and Catalonia do. in do A few boxes choice Claret, one doz. each, Sweet Oil in cases and baskets, Indigo and Fig Blue, best qualities, Chocolate in boxes, Nutmegs, Cloves, Mace, Cassia & Pimenta, Pepper in small bags, London Mustard in boxes of 6 and 12 doz. Spermaceti and Mould Candles, in boxes, Fresh Mustard and Bloom Raisins in boxes, Do. in kegs—Fresh Almonds, Malaga Grapes in jars, Shot assorted—Lead in bags, Liverpool Ware in crates, Stone Ware in do. assorted, Pipes in boxes 6 and 3 gross each, A few cases excellent Cheese, Spanish Segars in boxes 1000 each, Basket Salt, Rice and Gr and Ginger, &c. &c. ALSO, 20 barrels choice Apples, Georgetown, Nov. 13—3t
Prince Georges county, to wit. ON the 6th day of November 1809, NATHAN PRATHER, residing near the town of Vansville, brought before the subscriber as a Stay, trespassing, of the following description, a small Brown HORSE, about 13 hands high, 11 years old, one white hind, a natural pacer and hog mane.
Given under my hand this 6th day of November, 1809. GABRIEL T. VANHORNE. November 13—3t
United States—District of Columbia, Washington county, to wit. Circuit Court, June term, 1809. IN CHANCERY. Solomon Davis—Complainant, against
Abel Jenners and Deborah his wife, and Ferdinando Fifax—Defendants.
THE report of Samuel Eliot, jun. the master formerly appointed in this cause under the decree of the 12th day of April last, having been sworn to, returned and filed, and the proceedings thereon approved:
It is therefore ordered, adjudged and decreed this sixth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nine, that the said report be ratified and confirmed unless cause be shown to the contrary on or before the fourth Monday of December next; Provided, a copy of this order be published for three successive weeks in the National Intelligencer before the said fourth Monday of December next.
The report states, that the mortgaged premises mentioned in the bill, were sold for the sum of five hundred sixty-one dollars and fifty cents.
By order, True copy, Test Wm Brent, Clk November 13—epid25m