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NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, AND WASHINGTON ADVERTISER.
VOL. VII.
WASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
No. 965.
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1806.
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SENATE UNITED STATES.
DECEMBER 15.
Mr. Mitchell from the committee appointed on the 5th inst. to take into consideration that part of the message of the President of the U. S. of December 2d, 1806, which relates to the protection of the seaports, harbors, and waters of the U. States, made a report, as follows:
It appears from the communication of the secretary at war, made to Congress on the 15th February, 1806, that several of the public works erected in different parts of the nation, for the purposes of defence, stood in need of finishing or repairs. The condition of the fortifications at Fort Sumner, in Maine, Fort Constitution, in New Hampshire, Fort Independence, in Massachusetts, Fort Adams and V. Olcott, in Rhode Island, Fort Trumbull, in Connecticut, Fort Jay, in New York, Fort Mifflin in Pennsylvania, Fort McHenry, in Maryland, Fort Nelson, in Virginia, Fort Johnson, in North Carolina, Forts Moultrie, Piackney, and Johnson, in South Carolina, Fort Green, in Georgia, and at Forts St. Louis, St. Charles, and St. Philip, in Orleans, and of the various other forts and military stations, as well known to the war department, and only requires appropriations of money from year to year, to enable the needful additions to be made.
It is therefore deemed unnecessary to enter into a detailed enumeration of their respective wants. But the committee cannot forbear to make mention of New York, Charleston, and New Orleans.
They are fully sensible of the great and growing importance of New York; its exposed situation is a subject of public and general concern. It is agreed that the national power ought to be employed in its protection. The attention of the executive was therefore turned to that object during the summer and autumn of 1805; and upwards of 25,000 dollars were expended in repairing and enlarging in the most substantial manner the works on Governor's Island. These are progressing with all convenient speed; and though at this moment suspended on account of the rigor of the season, the committee has had the satisfaction to learn that the labor will be resumed with the cessation of the cold, and be steadily continued until both the city and harbor shall be put into a respectable state of defence. By the fortifications which it is intended to construct upon the different favorable positions which the land affords both above and below Governor's Island, skillful engineers conceive that so much will be done as to repel every ordinary assault of ships, and of all other force less than an invading army. The intended substitution of permanent structures of solid masonry, instead of wood and sand, will indeed require more time for their completion; but an ample compensation for this will be found eventually in their greater strength and durability.
The fortifications at Charleston, South Carolina, having been almost totally ruined by the severe hurricane of 1804, measures have been already adopted to rebuild them in the best manner that the situation of the ground admits.
Preparations are also making for the protection of New Orleans, and the mouth of the Mississippi, and evince a similar attention to the public interests in that quarter.
The committee, however, has not judged it necessary to particularize the specific sums which it may be needful to apply to each of these important objects. There would be considerable difficulty in this, for want of circumstantial and minute information. They therefore believe it will be sufficient to recommend an ample appropriation in gross, for the repair of existing fortifications, and the erection of such new ones as may be required; and to leave the expenditure of the same, where the general safety or local welfare shall demand it, to the ample information and sound discretion of the executive.
Under these considerations the committee ask leave to report a bill, making further appropriations for fortifying the ports and harbors of the United States, and for building gun boats.
CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
THURSDAY, DEC. 11.
SPEECH of Mr. CLOPTON, on the amendment proposed by him to the Constitution, on the 11th of December.
(CONCLUDED.)
Many, sir, and truly deserved, are the eulogiums which have been bestowed upon the federal government. Beautiful is its structure; admirable are its component parts; justly may it be likened in its symmetry to whatever
partakes of wisdom, to whatever is excellent in the contrivances of man; and if among other objects of admiration to which it may be rightly compared; it may be said that this government and those of the particular states, taken in conjunction, form a system in the political hemisphere not unlike that, which in the natural hemisphere is exhibited by a grand primary planet and its surrounding satellites; this comparison should nevertheless be drawn with some exception. For these states do not, like those satellites, shine with borrowed reflected light emanating from a great central planet. No, sir; they display a radiance solely their own. Their splendors issue from their own bodies. They are to many original sources of light and heat to the spheres within which they respectively act, illuminating and vivifying every thing therein; whilst the federal government by its influences duly dispensed unites the members of this constellation together in harmonious intercourse, and produces to the system the benefits of their collective energies. But suppose the federal government should extinguish the essence of the individual members to make up one entire body, it cannot impart their natural qualities to that single immense body. Their light, their heat—the glories, the excellencies of the whole system, I fear, would be forever gone! Indeed, sir, to my mind the very idea of consolidation is truly terrible—and should I be so unhappy as ever to see the time arrive when state institutions shall be done away, or when their energies shall be lost, I should expect soon afterwards to behold the dawn of that melancholy day, which in its meridian will blast the liberties of America, whose evening will close perhaps with their utter and eternal destruction—and be succeeded by a long, a dreary, a dismal, a tremendous night of despotism. I pray God that such a dreadful day may never be permitted to dawn!—that the American people, true to the memorable and glorious principles for which they fought, for which they bled, for which their fathers, their brothers died, may ever cherish, cultivate and guard them, as well against the secret approaches of corruption as against the open assaults of violence, and effectually guard them against both!—that the arm of usurpation may never reach the state institutions, so essential to the preservation of American liberty!—that co-extensively with the duration of time itself such institutions may continue to exist, retaining their full portions of energy in this grand and beautiful system; howsoever other systems, founded in erroneous principles, may shrink before the flame of ambition, or be shaken down by the storms of party; howsoever those which have arisen on the ruins of liberty, may in their turn be subjected to other changes—howsoever they may experience a train of vicissitudes in the fluctuating course of human affairs!
Much, indeed, sir, might be said in favor of this system of federal government, as far surpassing any thing of the sort which has ever yet appeared amongst the productions of men; but being a production of men it cannot be completely perfect. Admirable as it is, it is a system of experiment; and it is from experiment that its defects are to be discovered. Whenever, therefore, any defect is discovered, which threatens to be of dangerous tendency, I think it behoves this nation, as far as practicable, to amend the defective part. I will trouble the House with no farther remarks however upon this subject at present; but with their permission will submit this proposition, as an effort towards bringing about an amendment to that clause in the constitution, which I have read, being thoroughly impressed with the belief that it is materially defective.
I am sensible, sir, of the great difficulty of framing a clause, which may effectually guard at all times against improper construction; and therefore cannot have full confidence that the one about to be submitted is such: yet in the proposition the subject will be introduced to the notice of the House, and if the object of it should be deemed expedient, I have no doubt but that one may be framed so as to answer the important purpose. The proposition which, with leave of the House, I shall have the honor to submit, is in the following words:
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, two thirds of both Houses concurring, That the following article be submitted to the legislatures of the several states, which when ratified and confirmed by
the legislatures of three fourths of the said states, shall be valid and binding as a part of the constitution of the U. S.
The last clause of the 8th section of the 1st article of the constitution which contains the following words: "To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this constitution in the government of the U. S. or in any department or officer thereof," shall be construed so as to comprehend only such laws as shall have a natural connection with and immediate relation to the powers enumerated in the said section, or to such other powers as are expressly vested by this constitution in the government of the U. S. or in any department or officer thereof.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 15.
Speech of Mr. ELLIOT, on giving notice of his intention to move certain resolutions upon the subject of National Defence.
I will pursue, Mr. Speaker, for the honor of my country, that but one sentiment has pervaded and agitated the American mind, in relation to what has been called, with more energy indeed than propriety, the blockade of the port of New-York, in April last, by a small British naval force, and the atrocious murder of our fellow citizen, John Pierce, while in the peaceable pursuit of his honest occupation, by the order of the officer commanding that force. At that melancholy moment, when a dark cloud seemed to overshadow our political prospects, the laws of our country were, to borrow one of the bold figures of antiquity, silent amidst arms; they were languid, they were lifeless, when they ought to have been energetic and irresistible. The executive made a prompt and patriotic use of the few and feeble means which the laws had placed in his power; but few and feeble indeed they were, and the most energetic exercise of them could not, in a degree calculated to add lustre to the national character, command the respect of foreign nations. I have not ascertained whether John Pierce was the father of a family: If such should be found to be the fact, and it seems to me which I have been led to entertain of the constitutional validity of the proposition should be dissipated by further investigation, I shall probably deem it my duty to propose that his children shall be educated at the public expence. I am opposed from principle to the erection of monuments, except in cases of a very extraordinary character; and in this case there can be no necessity for any thing of that kind, as Pierce will have sufficient monuments in the memory of his fellow citizens, and in the pages of his country's history.
But it is not my present purpose to compose an eulogium upon Pierce, or to move the erection of his monument. I have objects of more consequence in view.—At the time of the occurrence of the unfortunate event to which I have alluded, and ever since, the question must have been continually inviting public attention, must have been commanding and irresistibly forcing itself, upon public attention, have we not, or do not we pretend to have, a naval armament for the purposes of national defence and protection? We have indeed the shadow of a navy. Economical, excessively economical as we are, we have already wasted millions upon our infant navy to no useful purpose; and we are in a very fair way to waste millions more. The event which I have mentioned has, at least I am greatly mistaken if it has not, prepared the public mind for a discussion and decision upon two important questions, relative to the naval establishment. First, whether it be not proper, under existing circumstances, to augment, in some small degree, that establishment? Secondly, whether, supposing the establishment to be increased or to remain as it is, it be not proper, it be not indispensably necessary, to organise and manage it in a different manner from what has been heretofore practised; to give it more efficiency and more energy? To these questions it is my intention to invite the attention of this House and the American nation.
It is time, however, to think and talk of something else beside our little navy;—that armament, which the wicked wits of our own country, and the still more wicked politicians of the old world, have called a Lilliputian navy; and which the latter description of persons, rather the most important of the two, in point of influence upon human character and human happiness, affect to consider as the disgrace of America, the ridicule of Europe. It is time to extend our views. It is time (if we can elevate our enfeebled optics to a more ample field of political vision) to look over the St. Croix on the one hand, and the Sabine on the other, to behold the course of events in other regions of the world, to reflect upon the influence of those events on our own concerns, to enquire and understand how our own interests are affected by or involved in
them. It is time to explode the narrow, the ridiculous, the all-destroying policy, that would dictate to the people of this western world a total unconcernedness about the scenes that are displayed in the other regions of the globe. It is time to know who and where we are, and what will probably be our future destiny. In a word, it is time to change our system. What is the news of the day? Here many will inquire, what have we to do with the news of the day? And some will consider it a species of treason to interest ourselves in the fortunes of other nations. Treason against whom or what? Against the power of France, I suppose; for it can be treason against nothing else. But what is the news, and what is it to us—rumor announces that Prussia—Prussia, one of the first monarchies of Europe, has fallen! Fallen in a war purely defensive, in defence of the integrity of her territory! She has had the singular fate to fall unopposed, and yet covered with imperishable glory: Unconquered by superior courage, or even by superior discipline, but overwhelmed by numbers. And what have the people of republican America to do with the destruction of the monarchy of Prussia? Why, sir, upon every sober and solid principle of human calculation, it is our turn next. I will undertake to demonstrate, on some future day, that except in point of local situation, except in our remoteness from the great scene of European action, we occupy substantially the same ground that Prussia did, ante bellum ; and that we ought to prepare ourselves to avert the same awful fate. I shall deem it my duty, when I go into this subject, to take a view of the present state of almost all the world; and if I prove not the fact which I have stated, I will instantly descend from this seat. Descend, did I say? No—I am not so fond of going down hill—I will ascend to a place among that most illustrious body, the people.—Prussia was required to give up some provinces of her dominions, or have them taken from her. So are we. It will be said, not by the same power; but it shall be shown to the satisfaction of this nation (for we ourselves know already) that it ought to be so considered by us. The demand is made by Spain, a power which all the world knows to be subservient to the policy of France, and to be directed and governed by France in her concerns with the United States, in consequence of a treaty of alliance offensive and defensive between the two nations, to say the least of their connections. In proving this important, this solemn fact, not a word shall be said concerning certain documents, which have derived most astonishing celebrity from their impenetrable obscurity. No, Mr. Speaker, I will not disturb the repose of your seat, or that of the chairman of the committee of the whole on a future day, by any transgression of the rules of the House. I will not wander for a moment from the circle of perfect order. Nothing shall be said of the contents of those documents; but much, very much, shall be said of what they do not contain, and much of what the people may have suspected that they do contain, and regret shall again and again be expressed, that our superiors and masters, the sovereign people of this great nation, whom in all things else we delight to honor, are not permitted to see, examine, reflect and decide upon them for themselves. In the mean time, I say, change your system of foreign politics. We must enlarge our views and alter our course of conduct, or we shall deserve the chains that are forging for us. Political life and death are set before you. Choose ye, therefore, whether ye will live or die.
Let me not be misunderstood. I approve the domestic administration of the government of this country, and the general system which the executive is pursuing in relation to our concerns with foreign nations; approve it with all my heart, and will support it with all my powers. And how is all this to be reconciled with the declaration that we must change our system? The easiest thing in the world. The system of national defence and protection is a part of your foreign politics, strictly considered, rather than of domestic politics. And where and what are your arrangements for national defence? Or rather, is not your country almost totally defenceless?—We, we ourselves, not the executive, we, the immediate representatives of the people, hold the purse strings of the nation; and the world has long looked on with astonishment, not unmixed with contempt, at the miserly but convulsive grasp with which we embrace them. And what is the state of our finances? Is it such as to render necessary this extreme parsimony?—With an overflowing treasury; with an accumulation of revenue, which enables us to purchase empires, and at the same time rapidly reduce a debt, the pressure of which no man feels or ever can feel; with a debt which is but the dust of the balance in which are suspended our national resources; our naval establishment is inferior to that which was possessed by the little state of Ragusa, the last of the republics of the ancient world, pre-
ously to its recent destruction by the power of France: Ragusa, which possessed but one considerable port, perhaps twenty or thirty miles of barren sea coast, and a population of from 80,000 to 100,000 souls. Apropos of Ragusa. Who would not mourn for Ragusa? Every republican on earth ought to shed a tear for its fate! Who were the Ragusans? Were they among the conspirators against the liberties and national independence of France, who are said to have held their caucuses at Pilsnitz and at Pavia? Were they subsidized by British gold? Were they the enemies of any people on the globe? Ah! No. They were a simple, peaceful, unambitious, industrious, virtuous, republican people. They were so far from being the enemies of any nation, that they were the friends of all the world; that they might enjoy the privilege of managing their own concerns in their own manner, as to their domestic legislation, they always paid tribute to every nation that demanded tribute from them; and on this humiliating condition they were suffered to exist as a republic, through almost all the revolutions of ages; They did exist—they are now slaves! And it is a memorable fact that the Emperor of France has not even pretended that the Ragusans were hostile to his interests. Political necessity alone justifies, or attempts to justify, the seizure of their dominions. And when would their fate be ours, if the means of destruction were at hand? To morrow!
It is certainly time to think and act with more energy. This great and solemn subject has long attracted my attention, and occupied my silent reflections. Our local habitation is our only security. Were it not for the vast waves of the vast ocean, it would be the merest folly that could be imagined, to tie up your roof with those strings that dangle so delightfully over our heads. Were it not for that noble and all-protecting element, why in the name of heaven would you prop up these tottering walls any longer? Let them alone, and crazy as they are, and they are crazy enough in all conscience, they would last ten times as long as the noble structure of your republic itself! At least ten times as long. But many think we are in no danger. They must be very pious men, they must have a confidence in Divine Providence, in which I should not like to be behind them; or they must possess a degree of self confidence, the possession of which I do not envy them. Does any one believe that our army and navy, that our militia, numerous, brave and patriotic as it is, could resist for a moment three millions of European veterans in arms? Could we resist the power of France, if that power could be brought to bear upon us? He who could say so, should wander into the wilderness, he should go at least to the extreme limit of the desert heath that surrounds us, and talk to the woods and to the winds. No human ear could listen for a moment with patience to such idle fufurromade. One word more upon the subject of our treasury and our debt. It has frequently been said that the present is the age of wonders; and we have another proof of it; this very session within these walls. Could you call old Solomon himself from the "vasty deep," and give him a seat among us—and as he would be but a shade, I suppose you would consider him only as a kind of territorial delegate, with a right of debating but not of voting—could you get him here, the very first step of his parliamentary career would be to move to strike out a section of the sacred volume, inserted by his own pen; the words, there is nothing new under the sun . In the journal of our proceedings upon the President's message, we have a record of this sort—"Resolved, That so much of the message of the President of the U. States, as relates to the future appropriation of the surplus revenue, &c. be referred to a select committee." This is a new kind of committee of Ways and Means. It must be called, I suppose, committee of Ways & Means, No. 2. Committees of this description, organised for the purpose of devising means to carry on the great concerns of nations, are of some antiquity; but this is the first committee that has ever been created for the purpose of devising ways and means to get rid of the surplus monies of a government. I can point the gentlemen of this committee to an object worthy of their attention; THE DEFENCE OF THEIR COUNTRY opens an ample and honorable field for their labors. But it is time to disclose my own system more particularly. I will keep the House in suspense no longer. I would imitate the magnanimous, live at the same time very prudently, like the Emperor of Austria, approved or at least not censured by the Emperor of France himself, by establishing a powerful armed neutrality. I would organize a general and effectual system of national defence. Here again let me not be misunderstood. I am no friend to large armies & navies, or new & oppressive taxes. The system should be economical as well as energetic. Upon this subject I have long waited, like Balaam of old, that older men might

speak, but no one opens his lips; and silence in future would be a dereliction of what I deem one of the first and dearest interests of my country. Perhaps in my manner of announcing my intentions and objects, although it has been conformable to every day's practice in the British Parliament, I may not have been considered as conforming perfectly to the rules of order here; but if order has been violated, the transgression shall not be repeated. I have risen at this time merely to call the attention of the House to the subject, and to give notice (as it is proper to lead the public mind gradually to the contemplation of concerns of such importance) offer to the consideration of the House, a series of resolutions, the objects of which will be, To produce a discussion and decision upon the two great questions which I have mentioned, relative to the naval establishment: To introduce, at all events, into the organization and management of that establishment, a new and more efficient system: And to prepare and organize other measures, calculated for the farther and more effectual protection of the commerce, the seamen, the harbors, the coasts, and the frontier, of the United States.
WASHINGTON CITY.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19.
Extract of a letter from John Gavino, Esq. Consul of the United States at Gibraltar, to the Secretary of State, dated 4th Oct. 1806. "The petition on Tobacco from the United States continues at this port and has overtaxed several voyages, by which our merchants in America will be considerable sufferers."
DIED at Bath, in Genesee state of New York, on the 17th of November last, PHELPS THOMPSON, Esq. late of Virginia. He lived respected and died beloved by all who knew him.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 15.
Mr. Lewis called for the order of the day on the bill authorizing the erection of a bridge across the river Potomac.
Mr. Dawson urged the propriety of deferring the consideration of the bill to a future day, particularly as several of the members most interested in it were absent.
Mr. Lewis replied. He said he should be extremely averse to taking up intentionally any subject in the absence of particular gentlemen. But the House would do him the justice to recollect that he had called it up on Friday, when the gentlemen referred to were present. It would be altogether impossible to get through the public business if the absence of two or three gentlemen should prevent its being taken up. In the present instance he believed there were as many gentlemen who were friendly to the bill absent, as there were of those inimical to it.
The House divided on going into committee—Ayes 44—Noes 33.
The House then resolved itself into a committee of the whole—Mr. VARNUM in the chair.
The several blanks were filled up in such a manner as to make the bill conformable to that which passed the House at the last session.
On filling the blank in the 12th section, which fixes the maximum of the clear average proceeds of tolls, after exceeding which Congress reserve the right of reducing them, the House divided on allowing "twenty per centum." Ayes 38—Noes 36.
When the committee rose and reported the bill.
Mr. J. Randolph offered the following resolution:
Resolved, That the President of the U. S. be, and he hereby is requested to cause to be laid before this House an account, stating the several sums which have been expended on the capitol, the President's house, the public offices, the navy yard, and the marine barracks, respectively, and the amount expended on other objects of public expense within the city of Washington.
Messrs. Alston and Ohn, suggested that it might be embarrassing to the public officers to give such a detailed and retrospective statement.
Mr. J. Randolph replied that his object was to get information, for which purpose he wished to have a condensed view of the whole expenditures within the city of Washington. At present when an appropriation for a particular object was called for, he possessed no standard of comparison whereby to determine its propriety. He wished to know the aggregate amount which this kind of expense, or encroaching expense, has cost the nation, together with the several items of expenditure. He desired this information to guide him in judging of the future appropriations that might be asked. Suppose the House should undertake to build an university—he understood there was such a project—and they should have an estimate for it—by knowing what these buildings had cost, the frequent appropriations called for, and recollecting that every appropriation was the last, they would know how to act, and whether they were about to be involved in a sea of expense, the confines of which they could never learn. He believed this had been the case in the building in which they sat, the conduct of the persons employed on it having always fallen short of the promise made.
The resolution was then agreed to without a division; and on the next day Messrs. J. Randolph and D. R. Wil-
ams appointed a committee to present it to the President.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16.
Mr. P. R. Thomson presented the petition of Robert Alexander, which was referred to the committee of Claims.
Mr. Holmes, from the committee of Claims, made a report adverse to the petition of William Madnay,—whereupon, resolved that the petitioner have leave to withdraw his petition.
Mr. Thomas moved that the petition of John Leveret, heretofore presented, should be referred to the Secretary of War, to which motion the House disagreed—Ayes 15.
Mr. Crowninshield, from the committee of Commerce and Manufactures having obtained leave, reported a bill to change the name of the district of Nanjemoy to that of St. Mary's, which was made the order for Friday next.
Mr. Dana called up his resolution relative to a survey of the coasts of the U. S. which was agreed to with an addition, proposed by Mr. Crowninshield, instructing the committee of Commerce and Manufactures to enquire into the expediency of surveying St. George's Bank or any other shoals and banks that may be dangerous to vessels approaching the coasts of the U. S.
Mr. J. Clay presented the petition of Electus Spalding, which was referred to a committee consisting of Messrs. J. Clay, Dickson and Garnett.
On motion of Mr. J. Clay the petition of sundry officers of the Pennsylvania line, who served in the war of 1755, was referred to the committee on the public lands.
On motion of Mr. J. Clay the petition of Jared Shaddock by E. and J. Perot his attorneys, together with the report of the secretary of State thereon, were referred to the committee of Claims.
On motion of Mr. J. Clay, the petition of Anthony Bennezet, presented at the last session, was referred to the committee of Ways and Means.
On motion of Mr. Stanton, the petition of William Barton, presented last session, was referred to the committee of Claims.
On motion of Mr. Stanton, the petition of George Cornett, heretofore presented last session, was referred to the committee on public lands.
On motion of Mr. Meriwether, the petition of John F. Randolph and Randolph McCallis, with the report thereon, was referred to the committee of Claims.
Mr. Dawson moved to postpone the further consideration of the report of the committee on the whole, on the bill, authorizing the erection of a bridge across the Potomac, to the first Monday in January; this motion was opposed by Messrs. Lewis and Cook, and disagreed to—Ayes 36—Noes 55—then on motion of Mr. Lewis, the House took the report into consideration—Ayes 53.
After the adoption of several amendments, the bill was ordered to a third reading to-morrow—Ayes 53.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 17.
Mr. J. Randolph, from the committee appointed yesterday to present a resolution to the President of the U. S. requesting information relative to the sums expended within the City of Washington, reported that the committee had performed that service, and had received for answer that the information should be laid before the House, as soon as practicable.
Mr. Varnum presented a petition from sundry inhabitants of Tennessee, praying for a new post road, which was referred to the Post office committee.
Mr. T. W. Thompson presented a petition from sundry citizens of New Hampshire, praying for a new post road, which was referred to the same committee.
Mr. Magruder, from the committee to whom was referred the petition of William Hearn, made a report, that the prayer of the petitioner is reasonable and ought to be granted; in which report the House concurred—Ayes 44—Noes 33—and appointed a committee to bring in a bill.
The engrossed bill, authorizing the erection of a bridge across the Potomac was read the third time and passed without debate—Yeas 60—Noes 39.
The Speaker informed the House that he had received an anonymous communication, addressed to Congress, from a writer who professed himself to be a forger, and desired his communication might be read with closed doors.
A short conversation ensued on the proper way of treating the communication; when it was agreed that it is best to take no order whatever upon it.
Mr. Thomas, from the committee appointed for that purpose, presented a bill supplementary to the act entitled an act regulating the grants of land appropriated for the refugees from the British provinces of Canada and Nova Scotia, which was made the order of the day for Friday next.
On motion of Mr. Early, The House resolved itself into a committee of the whole—Mr. VARNUM in the chair—on the bill to prohibit the importation or bringing of slaves into the U. S. or the territories thereof after the 31st of December, 1807.
The bill was read as follows: A BILL To prohibit the importation or bringing of slaves into the United States, or the territories thereof, after the thirty-first day of December, 1807. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That from and after the
thirty-first day of December one thousand eight hundred and seven, it shall not be lawful to import or bring into the United States or the territories thereof, any negro mulatto, or other person of color, with intent to keep, sell, or dispose of such negro, mulatto or person of color, as a slave.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That if any person or persons shall, after the thirty-first day of December aforesaid, build, equip, fit, load, or in any wise prepare, or shall engage or be concerned in preparing, loading, fitting, equipping or building any ship or vessel, in any port or place within the jurisdictional limits of the government of the United States, for the purpose of employing such ship or vessel in importing or bringing into the United States, or the territories thereof, any negro, mulatto, or person of color, the importation or bringing of whom is by this act prohibited, every such person shall forfeit and pay dollars; and such ship or vessel shall, together with her cargo, tackle, apparel and furniture, be forfeited.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That if any ship or vessel laden in whole or in part with persons, the importation or bringing of whom is by this act prohibited, shall, after the thirty-first day of December aforesaid, be found in any river, port, bay, or harbor, within the United States, or the territories thereof, or any where on the high seas within the jurisdictional limits of the government of the United States, such ship or vessel, together with her cargo, tackle, apparel and furniture, shall be forfeited, and the owner and master thereof shall moreover each forfeit and pay dollars. And the President of the United States is hereby authorized to employ such of the armed vessels as he may judge proper, in giving to this act full and complete effect.
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That if any negro, mulatto, or person of color, the importation or bringing of whom is by this act prohibited, shall, after the thirty-first day of December aforesaid, be found within the United States or the territories thereof, every such negro, mulatto, or person of color shall be forfeited. And if any person or persons shall be concerned in buying or selling such negro, mulatto, or person of color, every person so concerned shall forfeit and pay dollars for each negro, mulatto, or person of color so bought or sold.
SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That whenever it shall appear to the court before which any suit or prosecution shall be brought, or any claim shall be tried, under the provisions of this act, that there is reasonable ground for presumption against the party sued or prosecuted or making the claim, it shall be the duty of the said court to throw the burthen of proof upon such party. And that when any seizure shall be made, or suit or prosecution commenced as aforesaid, and judgment shall be given in favor of the claimant, or party sued or prosecuted, if it shall appear to the court that there was reasonable cause for such seizure or such suit or prosecution, the said court shall cause a proper certificate or entry to be made thereof, and in such case the party claiming, sued or prosecuted, shall not be entitled to costs, nor shall the person making the seizure, or instituting the suit or prosecution, be liable to any action or judgment on account thereof.
SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That all penalties and forfeitures arising under this act, may be sued for and recovered, and shall be distributed and accounted for in the manner prescribed by the act, entitled "An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage!" And such penalties and forfeitures may be examined, mitigated, or remitted in like manner and under the like conditions, regulations and restrictions as are prescribed, authorized and directed by the act, entitled "An act to provide for mitigating or remitting the forfeitures, penalties and disabilities accruing in certain cases therein mentioned."
The first blank was filled with 5000—the second with 10,000—and the third with 500.
Mr. Sloan moved to amend the 4th section, by inserting after the word "forfeited," the following words—"And such person or slave shall be entitled to his freedom."
This amendment was supported by Messrs. Sloan, Barker, Binewell and Smith; and opposed by Messrs. Alston, Elmer, Earl, Mason, J. Clay, Quincy and Cook, and disagreed to—Ayes 19.
The debate, which was highly interesting, shall be given in our next; together with a statement of the other amendments offered.
It was agreed that the bill required considerable amendment, for which purpose the committee rose, and obtained leave to sit again.
A message was received from the Senate, stating that they had appointed on their part a committee, in pursuance of the act making a further appropriation for the support of the library.
Mr. Dawson presented a petition from sundry inhabitants of the counties of Washington and Alexandria, in the district of Columbia, praying for the incorporation of a company for making a turnpike road between the causeway to Mason's island and Alexandria, which was referred to Messrs. Dawson, Magruder, Anderson, Verplanck and Cotts.
Mr. T. M. Randolph presented a memorial from the Trustees appointed to superintend the Education of Youth in the City of Washington, which was referred to Messrs. T. M. Randolph, Clinton and M. Williams.
Mr. J. Clay presented a petition from the sugar refiners of Philadelphia,
which was referred to the committee of Commerce and Manufactures.
Mr. Pink presented a petition from sundry inhabitants of Vermont, praying for the establishment of a new post road, which was referred to the Post office committee.
THURSDAY, DEC. 18.
Mr. Clinton presented a memorial from sundry inhabitants of N. York, praying that measures may be taken more effectually to fortify that port, which was referred to the committee appointed on that part of the message of the President that relates to the repairs of fortifications, &c.
The House again resolved itself into a committee of the whole, on the bill prohibiting the importation of slaves.
A long debate ensued on various amendments offered, which shall be given hereafter. Without making a decision on any question of interest the committee rose, and asked leave to sit again; which was refused, and the bill recommitted to a select committee.
Mr. Dawson, from the committee appointed on that part of the message of the President, that relates to making provision for offences committed against the U. S. presented a bill providing for the punishment of certain crimes against the U. S. which was referred to a committee of the whole House.
Mr. J. Randolph from the committee to whom was referred so much of the message of the President of the U. S. as relates to the invasion of our territory by the troops of Spain and to the adoption of measures for the protection thereof, respectfully recommended the following resolutions:
1. Resolved, That provision ought to be made by law to fortify and defend such position on the Mississippi, below the city of New Orleans, as the President of the U. S. shall designate for the protection of that city; and that further provision ought to be made by law for guarding the approaches to the same from the east.
2. Resolved, That the President of the U. S. be authorised to accept of any company or companies, of volunteers, either of artillery, cavalry, or infantry, who may associate and offer themselves for the service, (not exceeding thousand men), who shall be clothed and furnished with horses at their own expense, and armed, and otherwise equipped at the expense of the U. S. except such of them as may choose to furnish their own arms, and whose commissioned officers shall be appointed by the respective state and territorial authorities; who shall be liable to be called upon to do military duty at any time the President shall judge proper, within years after he shall accept the same,—and when called into actual service and whilst remaining in the same shall be under the same rules and regulations, and be entitled to the same pay, rations, forage, and allowance for clothing with the regular troops of the U. S.
This report, together with the accompanying documents, were referred to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.
A great deal of minor business was done, which shall be particularly noticed in our next paper.
To the Editor of the National Intelligencer.
SIR, In the Washington Federalist of Tuesday last, which accidentally fell in my way, I am represented as having pronounced a censure upon the President of the U. S. which I utterly disclaim. The sentiment expressed was the very reverse of the one stated in the Federalist. When will the press cease to be the vehicle of such abominable misrepresentations? The Editors of papers who receive both the National Intelligencer, and the Federalist, are informed that the publication in the latter is not what it pretends to be, even "a sketch of my remarks."
J. ELLIOT.
PHILIP REID, esq. of Kent county, was on Friday last, elected a Senator of Maryland in the Senate of the United States for the term of six years from the third day of March next.
BATTLES IN ITALY.
A gentleman, arrived in London from Leghorn, by the latest arrivals from the Continent, states that prior to his departure (we have not been able to ascertain the precise date, but know that it is recent) accounts had reached that city from Naples of great & continued disasters having befallen the French troops in Calabria. It was fully understood there, that a second general engagement had taken place, in which the French were completely defeated. General Jourdan is said to have been killed by a musket shot discharged from a tree by a Calabrian. Messina is also said to have been dangerously wounded; and most of the officers of rank either killed or wounded. This victory, though glorious, was purchased with the loss of many valuable lives.
After this sanguinary affair, the remainder of the French fell back upon Naples, and it was even said that they had quitted that city, and had fought their way in the Roman territory.
We also learn that a respectable banking-house in the city received a letter from Vienna dated the 24th of Sept. which states, that intelligence had been received there of the total dispersion of the French troops in Calabria on the 22d August, when most of the officers
of rank were killed prior to the flight of the French. This decisive blow is said to have been given by an armed force of insurgents, headed by a woman of the name of Relli whose husband was inhumanly butchered by the French, for being inimical to the usurper's government. This formidable force call themselves the "Army of Vengeance." Joseph Bonaparte, the account states, fled to Florence.
New-York, Dec. 13.
One of our Dutch papers, the Hague Royal Gazette, of the 24th of October, remarks on the great battle of Jena, that it has paved the way for a termination to all contest between the powers of the continent and those of France & Holland; that Austria, Prussia, and Russia will no longer be able to disturb the repose of Europe. The battle of Austerlitz, it intimates, has extinguished the prejudice which operated in favor of the prowess of Russia; that of Jena has decided the military superiority of France over Prussia; and both have annihilated indirectly the dominion of Great Britain over the ocean, without leaving to France and Holland the necessity of attacking her on her own island!
We should not descend to notice these opinions, were they not uttered to the world as the language of the Dutch government.
The same article concludes with observing that Holland may view in these circumstances a pledge that her naval power will be restored, and her prosperity revived; and that a debt of gratitude for this is due to the "Great Napoleon," who has not only extended her power & established her foreign influence, but has at the same time "effaced her civilization & established her internal greatness, by placing on her throne one of his illustrious Brothers!"
New-York, Dec. 15.
Capt. Pierce, arrived at Boston on Monday from St. Ubes, informs that a British fleet still continued to cruise off Lisbon. It was reported, that the French had threatened war against the Portuguese if the British men of war were suffered to remain in port and they consequently put to sea. There were some fears that the French and Spaniards would take possession of Portugal. It was not expected that any resistance would be made.
Baltimore, Dec. 17.
Extract of a letter from Com'dr. Jacob Jones, dated Ketch (Etna River), Mississippi, Nov. 5th, 1806.
"I have the pleasure to inform you of our arrival in the river yesterday, with the gun boats No. 11 and 12, in company, and all in good condition. The Vesuvius separated from us on the night of the 17th Oct. a few leagues east of the island of Abaco.
"The Ketches sail very fast—The gun boats far exceed our expectations—They were nearly as dry as the ketches, although they were kept under a press of sail all the passage, which was unusually rough.
"I have left No. 11 and 12 at Fort St. Philips, (about 10 leagues above the Balize) to wood and water and then proceed to Lake Ponchartrain and cruise there, according to orders that I received from Capt. Shaw, at the Balize."
The following is a statement of the number of human beings, stolen from Africa and brought into the port of Charleston South Carolina, since the Legislature opened that port for the admission of Slaves and thereby encouraged the unrighteous business of dragging men, women and children from a state of freedom and happiness in their own country, to a state of slavery and misery in a foreign land.
Slaves reported at Fort Johnson, since the opening of the port of Charleston
Table with 2 columns: Year, Number. Rows: 1804 (5,658), 1805 (6,717), 1806 to 11th of Nov (8,804).
Total, 21,179
Some vessels with slaves being in distress when arrived at this port, could not be brought to for examination, consequently, the number of slaves on board were not ascertained. Phiadelphia paper.
PRUSSIAN MANIFESTO.
(CONTINUED.)
It was no longer doubtful that Napoleon had determined to overwhelm Prussia with war, or to render her forever incapable of war, since it was evident he was leading her from humiliation to humiliation, till she should be reduced to such a state of political degradation and feebleness, that she could have no other will than that of her formidable neighbor.
The last doubt at length disappeared; troops marched from the interior of France towards the Rhine. The moment to attack Prussia was clear and certain. The king ordered a note to be transmitted to gen. Knobelsdorf, containing the conditions on which he was ready to come to an accommodation. These conditions were,

1. That the French troops should immediately evacuate Germany. 2. That France should oppose no obstacle to the formation of the northern confederacy; and that this confederacy might embrace all the larger and smaller states not included in the fundamental act of the confederation of the Rhine. 3. That a negotiation should immediately be commenced for the adjustment of all objects in dispute;—a preliminary article of which should be, the restoration of three Abbeys, and the separation of the town of Wesel from the French Empire.
These conditions speak for themselves: they show how moderate the King has been in his demands; even at this moment, and how much the maintenance of peace, if France wishes peace depends upon herself.
The term peremptorily fixed by the King, for the decision of peace or war has elapsed. His Majesty has not received the answer of the Cabinet of St. Cloud; or rather, the preparations made around him, daily, give that answer. The King can thenceforth combine the fate and honor of his crown only to arms. He leads to honorable combat an army worthy its former glory. He reigns over a people of whom he may be proud; and while he is ready to shed his blood for them, he knows what he may expect from their energy and affection. Princes, the honor of the German name, have joined their banners with his; and a sovereign who honors with his virtues one of the first thrones in the world, is penetrated with the justice of his cause. His arms are blessed by the voice of his people. With so many motives to be conscious of his strength, Prussia may be permitted continually to confide in her high destiny.
The French Emperor proposed to Count Haugwitz a treaty on which was stipulated, on the one side a mutual guarantee of possessions, the inviolability of the Prussian territory, and the results of the peace of Presburg; & on the other, the taking possession of Hanover by Prussia, in return for the cession of three provinces.
The first part of this treaty promises, at least for the future, an acknowledged guarantee; and if Napoleon had so pleased a firm, political Constitution. The results of the peace of Presburg were a general misfortune to Europe, but Prussia sacrificed herself alone when she accepted them and to place a limit to the incessant usurpations of France, should the treaty be considered by the Court of St. Cloud as any thing more than words, appeared an advantage: the king therefore, ratified this article unconditionally.
The second half of the treaty of Vienna related to an object, the importance of which had been manifested by serious experience. Prussia could not rely on security for a moment, so long as Hanover remained involved in a war in which that country had, in fact, no concern. At whatever price it might be purchased, Prussia was resolved that the French should not return thither. She had her choice to obtain this end either by a treaty or a war. The cession of three provinces, which had been faithful and happy for a long series of years, was a sacrifice not to be made for the plan of vain ambition—but these provinces, in case of a war, would have been the first sufferers: all the calamities of that war would have passed upon the Monarchy; while the acquisition of Hanover, could it have been made under less unhappy circumstances, would have been productive of the most valuable advantages to Prussia. The King, therefore, conceived, that he reconciled his wishes with his principles, when he accepted the proposed exchange, only under the condition that the fulfilment of the same should be deferred till the general peace, and the consent of his Majesty the King of Great Britain should be obtained.
All the advantages of this treaty were for France. On the one side, she received guarantees, which put the seal on her conquests: on the other, she gave what she did not possess, what might be again conquered by the chances of an uncertain war; while in the cession of Prussia she found means of enriching her Allies.
But between a policy which will do everything in its power and an integrity which regards its duties, and especially its promises, the contest is ever unequal. The king approaches the moment when he was convinced of this by experience—this moment was the most painful of his reign.
It was the effort of France to reject the modifications under which the King had confirmed the treaty, if she did not approve them. But she avoided doing this, for the whole Prussian army was still under arms. She continued to be lavish of assurances of friendship—she fulfilled the treaty as far as it suited her; but when his Majesty wished to reap the only advantage which he had proposed to himself from the late negotiations, and which was nearest to his heart, she suddenly altered her language. The modifications, added to the treaty of Vienna, were now rejected at Paris. Endeavors were made to force Prussia into the most injurious measures; and when Count Haugwitz, who was at Paris, remonstrated against this, the unconditional
fulfilment of the treaty was haughtily insisted on, as were the immediate cession of the three provinces, and the recall of the patent by which the occupation of Hanover was declared provisional. Prussia was required to resign a part of the advantages stipulated, and to shut the ports against the British flag in the same manner, as the French had returned into the electorate.
The King at length was perfectly convinced of the true character of the friendship of the emperor of the French—a soporific draught for a power which still feels its own strength; an instrument of degradation, and finally of submission to every power which no longer possesses strength.
In the mean time Napoleon was in possession of every advantage. The Prussian army had returned; his own, after some movements of no consequence, at which deceived Germany prematurely rejoiced, on some frivolous pretences, established itself on this side of the Rhine. The first object might produce misfortunes. War, which is not, under circumstances, the greatest of evils, might become such under those then existing. The king determined to continue the part he had hitherto acted for some time longer. Willing to preserve his force, now more than ever necessary to Europe, and at the least to secure the tranquility of the North, he confirmed the new treaty. Confidence however was now utterly lost. Prussia was convinced that, on the first opportunity to weaken her without danger, she might expect an attack from her pretended ally; convinced there is a degree of ambition which nothing can satisfy—which proceeds without intermission from usurpation to usurpation, sometimes without a plan, but ever intent on destruction; careless of the choice of means, and employing alike arms and the pen, violence and oaths. But even with this conviction, so great is the misfortune to sovereignty obtained by such policy, over those who wish only to be just, the king fulfilled all the conditions of the treaty with the punctiliousness of a faithful ally. It is known what the consequences were with respect to the connections of his majesty with England. France gained nothing by this; but she triumphed in secret at the thought of having dismantled two courts, the union of which might have been dangerous to her; and what, in the view of France, gave the principal value to her alliance with the king was that this alliance insolated his majesty, since it produced an opinion, that Prussia was a participant in the cause of so many misfortunes.
But not content with this, we shall soon see in what manner the politics of France, assured that she had now no enemy to fear, believing that she had annihilated Austria, forming a judgment of Russia with equal ignorance and rashness, and blinded by the apparent tranquility of Prussia, she at length threw off the mask, and despising forms which she had hitherto sometimely respected, openly trampled on all treaties and all rights. Three months after the signing of the treaty with Prussia, all its articles were violated.
The treaty had for its basis the status quo of the moment in which it was concluded, also the guarantee of the German empire and its states, according to the constitution then established. This truth arises not only from the nature of things; the treaty had also expressly prescribed to the two powers their duties. The relations in which the peace of Presburg had left his Majesty the Emperor of Austria were guaranteed to him; consequently also the Imperial Crown of Germany, and the rights connected with it. The existence of Bavaria and consequently the relations which had connected it for so many centuries to the empire, likewise confirmed by the same common guarantee. Three months after, the Confederation of the Rhine overthrew the Germanic constitution, deprived the Emperor of the ancient ornament of his house, and placed Bavaria and thirty other princes, under the tutelage of France.
But it is necessary to appeal to treaties to form a just judgment of this extraordinary event. Previous to all treaties, nations have their rights; and had not France sported with the sanctity of an oath, the act of unexampled despotism would have exasperated every mind. To deprive princes who had never offended France and to render them the vassals of others, to transform the vassals of the French government—to abolish with the stroke of a pen a constitution of a thousand years duration; which long habits, the remembrance of so many illustrious periods and so many various and mutual relations, had rendered dear to such a number of princes; which had so often been guaranteed by all the European powers and even by France herself; to lay contributions on the cities and towns, in the midst of profound peace, and leave the new possessions only an exhausted skeleton; to abolish this constitution without consulting the emperor of Germany, from whom a crown was wrested, or Russia, so lately become the guarantee of the German league, or Prussia, interested intimately in that league arbitrarily dissolved. Numbers of wars and continued victories have sometimes produced great and remarkable catastrophes; but such an example in times of peace was never before given to the world.
The king commissioned the unfortunate princes who suffered by these transactions; but he pitied not less those who had suffered themselves to be lulled by the hope of gain; and he would reproach himself should he increase their unhappiness by judging them with too great a severity. Deluded by the reward of their com-
pliance; probably forced to obey commands which admitted no opposition, or if surprised into consent, sufficiently punished by their acquisitions, and by being reduced to a state of vassalage, as harsh and degrading as their relations were honorable, they deserve not to be treated by Germany with the utmost rigor. Perhaps, when the magnanimous nation to which they formerly belonged, arises around them on every side to contend for their independence, they may listen to the voice of gratitude and honor, and at least abhor their chains, when they find they must be stained with the blood of their brethren.
It was not enough that these despotic acts were immediately injurious to Prussia. The emperor of France was intent on rendering them sensible to the person of the king in all his states. The existence of the prince of Orange was under the common guarantee of the two powers; for the king had acknowledged the political changes in Holland only under this condition. For several years this prince had expected that his claims, secured by the mutual stipulations of Prussia and France, should be satisfied. The Batavian republic had been willing to enter into an accommodation, but the emperor Napoleon forbade it. Neither the recollection of the circumstance nor the consideration of the ties of blood which united his majesty to the prince, nor the declaration, twenty times repeated, that the king could not desert the rights of his brother in law, could prevent his being added to the heap of victims. He was the first who was deprived of paternal property. Eight days before, he had received from the emperor a letter, condoling with him in the customary forms, on the death of his father, and wishing him joy on his undisturbed succession to the states of his house. None of these circumstances are unimportant—each throws a light on the whole.
Gleves had been allotted to Prince Murat—Scarcely become a sovereign, he wished likewise to be a conqueror. His troops took possession of the Abbeys of Essen, Werden and Essen, under the pretext that they appertained to the Duchy of Cleves, though they were entirely territories newly acquired, and there was not the shadow of a connection between them and the ceded provinces. Great labor was employed in vain, to give even a color to this outrage.
Wesel was to belong to the new duke, not to the emperor Napoleon. The king had never resolved to give up the last fortress on the Rhine into the power of France. Without a word by way of explanation, Wesel was annexed to a French department.
The existing state of the Austrian monarchy, and of the Porte, had been mutually guaranteed. The emperor Napoleon certainly wished that Prussia should be bound by this guarantee; for in his hands it was an instrument which he might employ as suited his politics, a pretext for demanding sacrifices in a contest which his ambition might occasion. He himself, however, did not observe it longer than it contributed to his interest. Ragusa, though under the protection of the Porte, was taken possession of by his troops. Graiska and Aquilka were wrested from Austria, under nearly the same pretexts which had been employed when the French seized the three Abbeys.
In all political proceedings it was naturally taken for granted, that the new states formed by France, were states in the proper sense of the term, and not French provinces. But, it cost the cabinet of St. Cloud only a word to deprive them of their independence. The appellation The Great Empire , was invented, and that empire was immediately surrounded with vassals.
Thus there was no trace of the treaty left, and Prussia proceeded to shut her ports against England, and still considered herself as having obligations to fulfil.
The emperor, at length, informed his majesty that it was his pleasure to dissolve the German empire, and form a confederation of the Rhine, and he recommended to the king to establish a similar confederation in the North of Germany. This was according to his customary policy; a policy which had long been crowned with success; at the moment of the birth day of any new project to throw out a lure to those courts which might occasion difficulties in the execution of such projects. The king adopted the idea of such a confederation, not that the advice he received made the least impression on him, but because, in fact, it was rendered necessary by circumstances; and because, after the succession of the princes who had acceded to the confederation of the Rhine, a close union between those of the North became more than ever the condition of their safety. The king took measures to establish this league, but on other principles from those of the model presented to him. He made it his pride to collect the last of the Germans under his banners; but the rights of each he left unimpaired, and honor alone was the bond of the league.
But could France advise the king to any measure which should be productive of advantage to Prussia? We shall soon see what is to be expected when France makes professions of favor. In the first place care has been taken to introduce into the fundamental statute of the confederation of the Rhine, an article which contained the germ of all future innovations. It provided, that other princes should be received into this confederation should they desire it. In this manner, all relations in Germany were left indeterminate; and as the means were still reserved to detach and annex to this league the weaker states, either by promise or threats, it was but too probable that in time this confeder-
tion would be extended into the heart of the Prussian monarchy.
And that this might no longer remain doubtful, but be manifest to every one, the first attempt was immediately made. Fortunately, it was made on a prince who knows not fear, and who considers independence as the highest object of his ambition. The French minister at Cassel invited the elector to throw himself into the arms of his master. Prussia, it was alleged, did nothing for her allies! It is true, Napoleon knows how to manage his better; and every one sees that Spain and Holland, & the king of Wurtemberg & Bavaria, have to thank their alliance with him for peace, independence and honor! Prussia did nothing for her allies—Napoleon, on the contrary, would reward the accession of the elector by an enlargement of his territory.
And this treachery was exercised towards an ally; and at the very moment when the king was advised to form his alliance, of which Hesse was to be the first bulwark, endeavors were made to detach from him a power whom family connections, alliances, and relations of every kind united in the closest manner to his majesty's person.
THE STATE OF MARYLAND, In Council, December 10, 1806. TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. Mr. Louis Francois Leloup having produced to this board an exequatur, signed by the President of the United States, and sealed with the seal of the said states, recognising him as provisional commissary of commercial relations, from his imperial and royal majesty, the emperor of the French and king of Italy, at Baltimore: Ordered that the said recognition be published for the information and government of the people of this state. Given in council at the city of Annapolis, under the seal of the state of Maryland, this tenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and six.
ROBERT WRIGHT. By the governor, NINIAN PINKNEY, Clerk of the council.
THOMAS JEFFERSON, President of the U. States of America. To all whom it may concern. Mr. Louis Francois Leloup having been appointed by his imperial and royal majesty, the emperor of the French and king of Italy, to be the provisional commissary of commercial relations, at Baltimore, I do hereby recognise him as such and declare him free to exercise and enjoy such functions, powers, and privileges as are allowed to the similar agents of the most favored nations. In testimony whereof, I have caused these letters to be made patent, and the seal of the United States to be hereunto affixed. Given under my hand, at the city of Washington, the eleventh day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and six, and of the independence of the United States of America the thirtieth. (Signed) THOMAS JEFFERSON, By the President. (Signed) JAMES MADISON, Secretary of State.
Ordered that the foregoing be published twice in each week, for the space of two weeks, in the Maryland Gazette at Annapolis, the American, the Federal Gazette, the Telegraph, and the Evening Post at Baltimore, the Republican Advocate at Frederick Town, Mr. Grievess's paper at Hagerstown, the Intelligencer at the city of Washington, and Mr. Smith's paper at Easton.
By order, NINIAN PINKNEY. Clerk of the Council. Dec. 19—2aw2w.
50 Dollars Reward. STOLEN from my PLANTATION, near Queen Anne about the 25th of November last, a SORREL HORSE , 9 or 10 years old, about 15 hands high, with a star in his forehead, paces, trots and gallops, his gait are short, carries a down tail and is low in flesh. Whoever will return said horse and secure the thief so that he be brought to justice and convicted of the offence shall receive the above reward, or TEN DOLLARS for the horse alone, with reasonable charges on application to DANIEL CLARKE. Prince Georges county, Dec. 19—w3t
WASHINGTON ACADEMY, EAST. A Public examination of the pupils of the Academy will take place on the 24th inst. at 10 o'clock A. M. at the House of the subscriber. The English Grammar class will be first examined, Second, The Classics. Third, Geography. The parents, guardians, and friends of the Institution are respectfully invited—also the Hon. the Members of the Senate and House of Representatives, and all others who may think fit and proper to attend. A number of Speeches, Dialogues, &c. will be delivered at 6 o'clock P. M. by the pupils of said Academy at Mr. Root's Hotel. R. ELLIOTT. Capitol Hill, City of Wash- ington, December 17. 3
BOOTS and SHOES. JOHN MINCHIN, Boot-Maker from Philadelphia, respectfully acquaints his friends and the public that he manufactures and has on hand a large and elegant assortment of Gentlemen's fashionable boots, dancing pumps, dress and strong shoes of the first quality and workmanship. Two Apprentices wanted to the above business. New Jersey Avenue, near Law's Foundry, D. C. Comber 1—14m
Several Subscribers to the National Intelligencer are in arrears. They are respectfully informed, that payment must be made. The terms of the paper require the annual payment of Five Dollars in advance.
ATTENTION! THE CITIZENS of the FIRST and SECOND WARDS in this city, are requested to meet at RAOUL'S TAVERN on Saturday evening next, at 7 o'clock on business of importance to them—it is expected that every individual in the Wards who have their interest at heart will attend. December 19
AT THE THEATRE.
MR. MANFREDI, Last night of performance. On FRIDAY EVENING, Dec. 19th, AT THE WASHINGTON THEATRE.
The Performance will commence, By Mlle. LOUISA , with a dance in charge, on the tight rope with the balance pole. Mlle. CATHERINE will exhibit on the rope, a comic dance, after which she will dance a serious one. Madam MANFREDI will dance a Turkish dance on the rope, with the balance pole—she will perform the feat of the moving board, and take a collation on the rope, in the Turkish style, seated in a chair at a table. MR. MANFREDI will dance an English hornpipe on the rope, and afterwards dance the coffee dance. He will jump over a ribbon 15 feet high, backward and forward. Mlle. CATHERINE will dance without the balance pole, and perform several very surprising and agreeable feats on the rope. Madam MANFREDI will play on the Mandoline, without the aid of the balance pole, and afterwards display two flags at the same moment. MR. MANFREDI without the aid of the balance pole, will go through the terrifying feat of the hoop; also the Spanish cloak, and exhibit the feat of wine in the hoop. TUMBLING AGILITY OF THE CHILDREN, Who will perform several Feats on the Carpet in the Italian style. Extraordinary Feats of the Tumbler, who will throw Somersets, backward and forward over tables and chairs.—Second tumbling, with English and Spanish dances. The Egyptian PYRAMIDS. Mr. Manfredi will balance several persons on his arms, legs, &c. showing several perspectives in the Roman style. He will dance a Spanish FANDANGO over several EGGS. Mlle. Catherine will dance a HORNIPIE. The whole to conclude with a PAN LOMINE, GALLIA
HARLEQUIN SKELETON. Harlequin, Mlle. Catherine. Clown, Mr. Manfredi. Old man, Mlle. Louisa. Columbine, Mrs. Manfredi. Little Devil, The Little American. Magician, Mr. Michel. In the course of the performance Harlequin will make a great variety of changes in his dress with great facility.
PERFORMANCES on MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. The doors to be opened at FIVE, and performance to begin at Half past SIX. Admittance—BOX ONE DOLLAR—PIT SEVENTY FIVE CENTS. The place will be made comfortable by stoves. No Segars to be smoked during the performance.
BAILY WASHINGTON. HAS removed his store to South Street near the Capitol and has received a fresh supply of GOODS consisting of fine and coarse cloths, Bennetts fashionable cords and worsted fatine, cashmere, velvets and constitution cords, 4 gths and 7 7/8ths Irish linens, ticklenbury, brown wool and Fleming linens, 6 gths and 4 gths cambric mullins, chintzes, and printed cancoes, dimities, thannery cotton and silk shawls, white, green, scarlet and red flannels, pink cotton, worsted, lambs wool and patent lace, fine socks, boot and pantaloons stockings, silk and cotton umbrellas, a handsome supply of ladies kid, morocco and leather slippers, Miller morocco and leather, do. children's Jefferson morocco shoes, mess and boys leather shoes, men's worsted, yarn, drawn ton, buckskin, beaver & raw silk gloves, ladies extra long silk, beaver and cotton gloves, crochery and glass ware, CROCKER'S, genuine Spanish legars by the box, with a number of other articles which he is determined to sell as low as they do in George Town or any other part of the district. December 5—2w
30 Dollars Reward. Strayed or Stolen from the subscriber living near the Navy Yard on the evening of the twenty eighth of November last, one BAY MARE three years old, last spring 13 and 14 hands high, has three small white spots on her neck, flanks scarcely perceivable, no other mark recollecting—also one BAY HORSE , 7 or 8 years old, about 15 hands high, has a lesion on his near eye, a naval gland on his neck some faddle marks and a twitch tail, trots fast and hard, no other marks recollecting. Five DOLLARS for each delivered to the subscriber at the Navy Yard and twenty DOLLARS for the chief brought to punishment. JOHN CLARKE. December 27—2t

50 Dollars Reward. RANAWAY from the subscriber, on the night of the 10th inst. a negro man named JOE , is a front well made dark colored fellow, 5 feet 9 or 10 inches high, about 35 years of age, has several large scars on his hands and body, has a little M c and a hook with him, a tow linen shirt & trousers, one pair of matted brown trousers, also one old matted coat and old hat but much worn. He can write a tolerable good hand, and has run away before, when he was taken up & put in the Frederick town jail & sold out by George Creager in 1805. Any person taking up said fellow, and securing him in any jail so that I get him again, shall receive the sum of fifty dollars, and if out of the county the above reward. If brought home all reasonable expenses will be paid by the subscriber living in Frederick county, Md. near New Market. SAUGINTON BURKE. N.B. I forewarn all persons from harboring or carrying off said fellow at their peril. P.S. Joe ran off in company with a fellow named ADAM , and they were both lately admitted to freedom, since which Adam has been taken and secured in the jail of York, (Pa.) Joe went in the same direction, and will probably make for Philadelphia, and endeavor to get on board some vessel and go to sea. Nov. 12—1806
ELIAS B. CALDWELL, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Has removed his Office, to the house lately occupied by Mr. Law, on Capitol Hill. Washington Dec. 26—tf
FOR SALE. 1 Crate of Liverpool Earthen ware well assorted. 1 Case of Bottled and Bottles. 1 Case of bottled London particular Madeira Wine, Martinique Noyau and Catchup 1 Small bottle of Calia 1 Cask of Catalonia and Vidonia Wine. 1 Cask of Gin-Powder 1 Boxes of Boston Chocolate. 1 Chest of fresh Upton Tea. Received on consignment and to be sold immediately for Cash or good notes at 60 days. JOHN GOULDING. Who has for sale. Best Spermaceti Candles and oil of the very first manufacture of the United States. Also on hand as usual, A choice stock of good old Madeira Wine, Buccolena, Sherry, Port, Claret, Lisbon and other Wines, Cognac, Portenac and Virginia, Peach Brandy, Jamaica Spirit, Holland Gin, Bourbon, Whisky &c. Fresh Teas, Porter, Ale &c. &c.—Which will be warranted good and sold at the most reduced prices by whole sale and retail. JOHN GOULDING Georgetown, Nov. 18—tf
10 CONTRACTORS. PROPOSALS will be received at the COLLECTOR'S OFFICE in Norfolk until the first day of February next, for securing the bank at Smith's Point on the Potomac from washing away by the high tides, gales of winds and rains. It is presumed no person will contract without viewing the place, a wall now stands on the shore, and between it and the bank will be required to be filled up with stone, wood, or oyster shells and clay, or marsh mud, with the grass thereon; not more than three feet of saplings for filling will be admitted at the bottom of the wall, and bank, the rest must be filled with the above-mentioned materials. A pavement of about twenty feet will also be required around the Light House, of stone or bricks, or filled up with oyster shells, or at least one foot deep mixed with clay or marsh mud. THOMAS NEWTON, Collector. November 24—tf
CHARLES A. BURNETT, HAS received from London and Liverpool a handsome assortment of articles in his line, consisting of WATCHES & JEWELRY, Silver, Tortoiseshell, and steel Spectacles, Table knives and forks with ivory handles, Pen knives and scissors, Ladies and Gentlemen's Pocket BOOKS. He also continues to manufacture gold and silver ware at the most reduced prices. George Town Dec. 24—tf
THE SUBSCRIBER HAS just supplied his shop in F street with a complete assortment of fresh Medicines & Drugs, among which are Spermaceti & Linseed oils—also Points of every description. THOMAS PATTERSON. Washington city, June 23—tf
FOR SALE, A healthy negro woman under 30 years of age, with two healthy children. For particulars apply to the printer. 1st Nov. 1805—ptf
CHEAP GOODS. T. W. P. 190, Seven Buildings, has received from Philadelphia and Baltimore, a Large Assortment of DRY GOODS , which will be sold at a very low price. Also London PIANO FORTES. Liquors and Groceries of a superior quality. November 7—tMar3
On a liberal credit. THE subscriber will dispose of at private sale, his estate called Chichester , lying on the eastern branch, immediately opposite the city of Washington. This tract of land containing 697 acres is laid off in lots from 3 to 144 acres for the convenience of purchasers. Plats of the estate and the terms of sale are in the hands of Colonel Manson at the navy yard, and Charles Wayman of George Town . The lots will be shown by Mr. Wedden , living on the premises, near the Eastern Branch bridge. ANTHONY ADDISON. Barnaby, 12th June 1805—tf
RAISINS, ALMONDS & CHOCOLATE. W. B. C. SMITH have received by the Welcome Return, Captain Creighton, from New York, 60 Boxes fresh Muscatel Raisins, 10 Kegs Sun Raisins, 10 Boxes Soft Shell Marcella Almonds, 15 Boxes warranted Chocolate. Georgetown, Nov. 26—tf
TEN Dollars Reward. RANAWAY on the 18th ult. a negro woman of mine named MOLL . She is about twenty-five years of age, of yellowish complexion, of low stature and rather corpulent. Her face is generally full of pimples; on the upper part of her breast there is a scar nearly the size of a common finger. The above reward of ten dollars will be paid to any person who will bring her home. GEORGE FRENCH. George Town, December 5—tf
ROSS & GETTY, At their Store, corner of Washington and Bridge streets, next door to the Union Tavern, Georgetown, Have received per the Schooner Rebecca, from New York, 300 bushels potatoes 10 barrels prime mackerel 5 do. white onions 20 boxes spermaceti candles 200 weight currents 10 boxes muscatel raisins 1200 pounds fine yellow cheese. ON HAND, Good old Madeira, Sicily, Sherry, Malaga, Port and Lisbon Wines—Cognac Brandy, Jamaica Rum, New England, do. Holland and country Gin, Irish and Rye Whiskey, muscatel, Orange, Cinnamon and Pericet Love Cordials on draft and in bottles; prima St. Croix, Loaf and Lump Sugar, Gunpowder Tea in canisters Do. do. in chests Imperial Hyson, Young Hyson, Hyson Skin, and Souchong Teas of the best importations. A few sets of handsome French China Five barrels excellent Buck-wheat Meal Bar Iron and Steel Said and dipped Candles Said and country Candles With a great variety of other articles in the GROCERY LINE—all of which they will dispose of on the lowest terms. DAI Y XPAIATED. 100 boxes mould Candles from the best manufactory in Philadelphia. Also 700 weight prim. Cheese, far superior in quality to any in this market. Five tiers best winter strained Spermaceti Oil Ten tons light and well assorted Iron. Geo Town, Dec. 15—tf
United States, District Court of Columbia, County of Washington, to wit, IN CHANCERY, JANUARY 1806. Gedion Snow, complainant, against Abigail Perkins, widow and administrator and Hannah Perkins, sister and heir of Joseph Perkins, deceased, & Nathan Bond—Defendants. The bill states that Joseph Perkins formerly of Boston now deceased being indebted unto the United States for duties to the amount of seven hundred and fifty seven dollars and fifty cents current money, requested the complainant as his security to enter into two several obligations for the payment thereof, that in compliance with said request he the said complainant did to become his security, that when the said bonds became due the said Joseph Perkins failed to pay the same, and the said complainant was obliged to pay the same, that the said Joseph Perkins died intestate leaving no lineal heir and leaving a widow, Abigail Perkins, and a sister, Hannah Perkins above named, who both reside in Boston; that the said Joseph Perkins left a personal estate inadequate to the payment of his debts, and the whole of the same has been fully administered; that the equitable interest in and to lots numbered five and six in square numbered five hundred and thirty three, and a lot numbered two in square numbered four hundred and eight, all lying and being in the city of Washington, county and district aforesaid was conveyed to said Joseph Perkins by a certain Nathan Bond, also of Boston, and that the whole of the purchase money has been paid for the same, the said Bill further prays a decree for the sale of said lots for the payment of the said money so paid by said complainant as security for the said Joseph Perkins. It is on the complainant's motion ordered that he procure a copy of this order to be inserted once a week in each of three successive weeks in the National Intelligencer and once a week in each of three successive weeks in some newspaper published in Boston before the first day of June next ensuing to the end that the said Abigail Perkins, Hannah Perkins and Nathan Bond and all other persons (if any there be) interested in the premises may have notice of the complainant's application and of the object of his said Bill and that the said defendants may be warned to appear in person or by solicitor on or before the first Monday of June next ensuing, to show cause if any they have why a decree as prayed for, in and by said Bill should not be made. W. M. BRENT, Ck. December 3—w2t
TUNIS CRAVAN, Informs the public that he has opened a New STORE, Near the Navy Yard; where he has for sale a large and extensive assortment of DRY GOODS , which will be sold on the most reasonable terms. Dec. 23—1m.
Columbian Library. THE Shareholders in the Columbian Library will take notice, that the Directors have ordered an annual payment of Four DOLLARS on each share to be paid on or before the 1st day of January next, at the Library Room. DAVID WILEY, Secretary. George Town, Dec. 12—w1jan
AMERICAN COFFEE-HOUSE, WASHINGTON CITY. THE Subscribers have opened for the entertainment of travellers, members of Congress, families, &c. referring to the seat of government, the houses occupied for several years by Mr. P. D. STREET , immediately east of the Capitol, to which they respectfully invite the public. The premises are well known as large and convenient, are provided with new beds and furniture, and the best wines and liquors, flasks for 50 horses, with carriage houses, &c. FROST and QUINN. Nov. 4—tf
NOTICE. Was committed to the jail of Cecil county in the state of Maryland on the 22d of November last, a negro man who calls himself JOHN , about 8 or 9 inches high, aged 23 or 24 years. Had on when he was apprehended, a blue coat, a coarse drab pair of trousers, and an old striped swandown vest. He says he belongs to James Malley of Henrico county in the state of Virginia and has been runaway about three months. The owner is requested to come forward within sixty days from the date hereof and claim said negro, otherwise he will be sold at public sale for payment of his prison fees. JOSEPH BAXTER, Sheriff of Cecil county. Elkton, Dec. 10—3t
PUBLIC NOTICE Is hereby given to all persons who have any demands against LEVI HOLDEN , an insolvent debtor that the subscriber assignee of the said Levi, will attend at the house of John Baird , innkeeper in the town of Hackenback on Wednesday the 1st day of July next at 10 of the clock in the forenoon to make a dividend amongst the creditors of the said Levi of such money as shall then have come to his hands of which those concerned will please to take notice. JONA BALDWIN, Assignee. December 5—4t
E. OLIVER, Has just received from London, by the ships London Packet & Cornplanter, her WINTER MILLINERY , and a very large and elegant assortment of FANCY GOODS , among which are the following, viz. Ladies caps, velvet bonnets, Beaver hats, Do. do. for children, Imperial white and black chip hats and bonnets, Split straw, Leghorn and bonnet hats and bonnets, Elegant variegated velvet flowers, very handsome wreaths & bunches, Velvet and Pearl bandeaux, Pearl diadems, Velvet and ribbon, & flower and silk trimmings for dresses, Gold & Silver spangles, Do. and do. thread, Do. and do. trimmings, Gold and silver cords and tassels, Silk cords and tassels, Gold and silver cores, Silk cords of different colors, Jet buttons, Silk do. Bead do. Trafalgar and other feathers, Ionic lace shawls, Do. do. veils, Do. do. shades, Angola shawls, Trafalgar and other necklaces ear rings and breast pins, A new assortment of Murray's shoes, Ladies gaiters, Do. locks, Pic nic hose, Sandie do. Silk do. Cotton do. Black worsted, do. Net Venetian and other suspenders, Lace silk, pic net, York tan, beaver and kid gloves, Thread cotton, silk and Vandyck laces, black and white, Venetian ruby, and 9 quarter shawls, Do. do. dresses, Best white undress
George Town, Dec. 1—3t&w2w Orphans Court of Prince George's County, October Term, 1806. On application of Isabella Wood and Osborn Belt, junior, administrators of Elijah Wood, late of Prince George's county, in the state of Maryland, deceased, to this court, to make distribution of the assets in their hands, among the heirs and legal representatives of the said Elijah Wood, and it appearing to this court that some of the representatives of the said deceased, to wit: Lashly Wood, Eleanor Swaine and Robert Wood reside out of the state of Maryland. It is thereupon ordered, that this court will proceed on the second Tuesday in April next, to make distribution of the assets in the hands of the said Isabella Wood and Osborn Belt, junior, provided a copy of this order be inserted in the National Intelligencer once a week, until the first day of April next. TRUMAN TYLER, Register of Wills for Prince George's county. December 8—w1jan
WILLIAM DUANE, At his BOOKSTORE, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, HAS received by Captains Hall and Ellwood, from Philadelphia, a Large and Elegant Assortment of MUSIC, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, BOOKS, &c. among which are the following, viz. Cremona, Double Lined and common Violins, Elegant Carionettes; patent tipped German and plain Flutes with silver and brass keys; plain and military Files; Violin Strungs & Bridges; Clarionet Reeds, &c. &c. German Flute, Violin, Clarionet and Piano Tutor, The battle of Trafalgar, lately published by Mr. Blake, Leonora, a new novel by Miss Edgeworth—the English Nun—Jackson's Commerce—Travels in Louisiana—the history of Nettervill, a chance Pedestrian—Johnson's Pocket Dictionary, English and American Editions—Packammon Tables, elegant—Chessmen, ivory and bone—Chessboards, of various sizes—durable ink, &c. PRINTING INK of the best quality, and parent BALLS, all which are offered for sale on the most reasonable terms. Divisions of Purley, Part I. is now ready to deliver to subscribers, at 2 Dolls. 50 cents, and may be had by non-subscribers at 3 Dolls and by booksellers at the usual discount. Washington city December 15—3eop
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE, A MIDDLE AGED NEGRO WOMAN, who understands cooking, and all kinds of house work, and has an excellent character for honesty and fidelity, would be exchanged for a girl of 12 or 15 years of age, or would be sold on liberal terms. Enquire of the printer. December 5—2w
PRIVATE ACADEMY. DURING the ensuing year the Rev. G. H. DEVENISH will resume and pursue the professional instruction of youth at the SWEET SPRINGS . The extreme healthiness of the situation, the cheapness of boarding, the total exclusion from every opportunity of incitement to dissipation, and the singular advantage it enjoys of being visited by a number of literary characters, capable of inspecting and superintending its management; render this amongst the most eligible situations in Virginia for an institution of this nature, and are among the principal reasons which have induced him to make choice of this most delightful and advantageous place, as the seat of his seminary. His course of instruction will be divided into two parts; the first part will comprehend English Grammar, Geography with the use of the terrestrial globe and maps, Elocution, Arithmetic, Book keeping, Euclids elements. The greatest attention will also be paid to the Dead Languages, where it may be the desire of parents or guardians—the second part will comprehend Logic, Political economy, History, Composition and Ethics. It is his most anxious wish that a majority of his pupils may be composed of boys from nine to fifteen years of age, who will be continued under his direction until they shall complete the course. Under these circumstances he flatters himself, that it would be in his power to render permanent and substantial services, and to inspire his pupils with a love of virtue, knowledge, and a predilection for manly, useful, and honorable sentiments, and pursuits, which would not exert a predominant influence over their future happiness and usefulness in life. He wishes to receive from 20 to 25 pupils. His charge for tuition will be 10 DOLLARS per quarter paid in advance, for boys under 15 years of age, and 12 DOLLARS and a half per quarter in advance, for boys over that age. His charge for board, washing, candles and fire (the fees of tuition not included) will be 20 DOLLARS per quarter paid in advance, for boys under 15 years of age, and 22 1/2 DOLLARS per quarter paid in advance, for boys after that age. Each boarder must furnish his own bed, or be subjected to an additional charge of 7 DOLLARS per annum, payable as above, in case of having it furnished. Parent who may wish to place their children under his direction, will make application to Messrs. George and Robert Turner, Richmond, or to the subscriber at the Sweet Springs, Monroe county. G. H. DEVENISH. The Academy will go into operation on the 1st Monday in February 1807. The hours of public tuition in this seminary will be from 9 o'clock every morning (Sundays excepted) till 12 o'clock, and again from 3 to 5 o'clock in the afternoon. No vacations that can possibly be avoided will be allowed, Mr. D. conceiving them to be equally injurious to the morals of the teachers and pupils. Sweet Springs, December 8—w8t
WASHINGTON CITY, Nov. 26. THOMAS THORPE Respectfully informs the public that he has fitted up his House on F street near the BANK, completely for the accommodation of TRAVELLERS, MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, &c. where eight or ten gentlemen can get genteel board, on moderate terms. Also labling for several horses. November 26 3w
DR. MAGRUDER HAS FOR SALE TWENTY Hogsheads of good Brown Sugar which he will sell at a low price, a few casks of the best winter strained Lamp Oil, Window Glass of different sizes, Japan, Copal & other varnishes, glaziers Diamonds, Russian Gun, Salt Petre, Paper hangings, Taylor patent liquid Shoe Blacking in jugs at 25 cents each, and his usual extensive assortment of DRUGS & MEDICINES , patent Medicines, Surgeons Instruments, Oil and Paints, Die Snuffs, Spices, &c. all of which have been purchased for cash, he can therefore sell many articles uncommonly cheap by the quantity. November 19—1w1yt
TAKEN up as a stray in the city of Washington, a dark brindle and white STEER , his marks are an over bit in the left ear and an over bit and slit in the right ear. The owner is desired to come, prove property, pay charges and take him away. JOHN B. CARROLL, living at Mr. Barry's wharf. Dec. 15—3t
The subscriber wishes to purchase a NEGRO GIRL from 16 to 21 years of age, that is well acquainted with House work, &c. BENJAMIN HODGES of Thomas, Upper Marlboro, Dec. 10—3w
ELIZABETH VARDEN, TAYLOR, F street, three doors west of the Bank, having lately received a General Assortment of GOODS suitable for the fashion and of the best quality—Will make up the fame for those gentlemen who will favor him with their orders in the latest and most fashionable style and very superior workmanship. December 1—2m
The Subscribers residing near the Navy Yard, offer for sale on the most reasonable terms the following articles in addition to their former stock. Hibberts best London porter in barrels of 6 1/2 doz. bottles each, A few pipes French brandy, Wine of different qualities by the pipe, half pipe or quarter cask; 20 boxes fresh Malaga raisins. JOSEPH CASSIN, & Co. Dec. 8—3t
BY virtue of a decree of the honorable the Circuit Court of the district of Columbia for the county of Washington in the suit of AUGUSTUS FRICKE , Complainant, versus THOMAS CARPENTER , Defendant: Will be Sold at Public Auction to the highest bidder on Saturday the 3d day of January next at Rhodes's hotel in the city of Washington, all that part of a Lot of ground numbered fifteen in square numbered one hundred and forty-one, in the city of Washington aforesaid, beginning at the angle formed by the dividing line of lots numbered fifteen and sixteen in said square and the line of North H street, and running thence due west with the line of said H street thirty feet, then leaving the said H street at right angles thereto four hundred feet, thence with the line of lot numbered seventeen in said square east thirty feet, and thence with a line intersecting the line of said H street north at right angles thereto one hundred feet to the place of beginning. The improvements on said Lot or part of a lot of ground are, a two story framed Dwelling House, and an excellent Kitchen. Any person desirous of purchasing said property can be shown it by applying at the Clerk's Office. The sale to commence at 12 o'clock precisely. The terms, a credit of three months. The purchaser giving bond with approved security for the purchase money, with interest from the day of sale. LEWIS FORD, Trustee. December 10—cp3w
JAMES S. STEVENSON, DRUGGIST, &c. Having purchased of Dr. John Bullus his medical establishment, and having just received an extensive supply of articles in the Drug line. Now offers for sale at the Drug Store near the Navy Yard (formerly occupied by Dr. John Bullus) a complete assortment of every article usually kept in a drug store, which he warrants to be of the first quality, and pledges himself to supply both city and country customers, on as reasonable terms as any other person in the district will do. His stock consists of, Drugs, Spring Lincts, Medicines, Thumb do. Shopfurniture, Elastic steel tresses, Patent medicines, Silver mounted lincts Dye stuffs, cakes, Perfumery, Surgeons needles, Paints of every kind, Splints for broken Ground and dry limbs, Flaxseed oil, Glasses for bathing in- Window glass,amed eyes, Paint brushes, Marble mortars and Spice tools, pestles, Spices of all kinds, Reeve's water colors, Surgeons instruments, Hair powder, and which are Waters & sealing wax, Amputating, Copal varnish, Trepanning, Maceba snuff, Capping, Segrats by the box, Dislocating, Gold leaf, Pocket and teeth instruments, Fine rose and orange Elastic catheters, flower water, in Bougies, pint bottles, Mudges inhalers, Noyau cordial, Flesh brushes, Camel hair pencils, India ink, &c. &c.
Orders from country Physicians and Druggists, will receive particular and immediate attention. Physicians prescriptions carefully prepared. Washington, November 3—cMtf
THE Subscribers for building a PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH in the East part of the city of Washington are requested to meet at the Tavern of Mr. PON-TUS D. STALLER , Capitol Hill, on Friday next the 19th inst. at 11 o'clock. By order, HENRY INGLE, Washington City, December 17—2t
MARY A. PIC. OF GEORGETOWN, Informs the public that she carries on business at her OLD STORE on her own account, that she is authorized to trade in ALL respects as a feme sole, wholly independent of her husband's control, and the present effects in the store are solely and exclusively under her care and direction. The articles of separation between her husband and herself, and the power and authority to conduct business for her own profit and emolument, have been carefully drawn and are recorded for public inspection. She solicits the patronage of a discerning public, and will endeavor to give satisfaction to all who will honor her with their custom. All debts due from the store will be paid by her in due course. MARY A. PIC. Georgetown December 17—3t
PUBLIC SALE. By order of the Orphan's Court will be sold on Monday the 22d inst. at the Navy Yard, the Personal property of DANIEL FURDROOK , deceased, consisting of wearing apparel, etc. DAVID DOBBIN, Washington, December 17—3t