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NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, AND WASHINGTON ADVERTISER.
VOL. V.
WASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
NO. DCCIII.
FIVE DOLLARS PER ANNUM.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10th, 1805.
PAID IN ADVANCE.
REPORT.
The committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Alexander Murray, a captain in the navy of the United States, submit the following
REPORT.
CAPTAIN MURRAY commanded the frigate Constellation in the service of the United States, and was cruising near Guadalupe, about the first of July 1800, when two vessels were discovered standing in for the port of Basseterre. The vessels were a French privateer, and her prize. Under cover of the night, the privateer escaped; but the prize was recaptured by captain Murray, and carried to Martinique. This vessel was an American-built schooner, with a tier of ports, and had on board a French prize-master and seven or eight hands, with a process verbal, representing her as an American vessel which the captors had determined to take to Guadalupe. The persons before on board (except the master, an old man, and two boys) had been taken off by the privateer. The schooner was furnished with Danish papers; named the Charming Betsey ; and bound to the island of Guadalupe from St. Thomas.
In the month of April 1800, the same vessel, under the name of the Jane , being owned by citizens of the United States, and registered accordingly, sailed from Baltimore, with a cargo chiefly of flour, for the West Indies, and was furnished with ammunition, cannon and arms. At the time of the recapture, she had been chiefly dismantled of these articles; a small part of the ammunition and arms excepted. The cargo on board at this time consisted of American produce; a considerable portion of which was found at Martinique, to be in a damaged condition; and the whole was therefore sold at auction, by the navy agent of the United States, at that island, in pursuance of captain Murray's direction. A proposal was there made by captain Murray to deliver up the property, on condition of having security for the value in case of condemnation. The security not being given, he ordered the vessel to be taken to the United States, and the net proceeds of the cargo to be remitted to the United States bank, to await the result of a trial.
A libel for condemnation was afterwards exhibited, in the district court of the United States for the district of Pennsylvania, in the name of captain Murray, as well for the United States as for himself, the officers and men belonging to the frigate Constellation . The property was claimed as belonging to Jared Shattuck, a resident merchant in the Danish island of St. Thomas, who was born within the limits of the United States, but had become a Danish burgher about the year 1796; and damages were also claimed for him on account of seizure and detention. The district court ordered, that the vessel should be restored, and that the proceeds of the cargo should be paid to the claimant or his agent, with costs, and such damages as should be assessed by the clerk of the court and two merchants of the district. The damages, after deducting the monies arising from the sales of the cargo, were assessed at 14,930 dollars and 30 cents. And a decree was pronounced accordingly, for the recovery of the damages, with costs.
On the libellants appeal to the circuit court of the United States, the decree of the district court was affirmed so far as it ordered restitution of the vessel, and payment of the net proceeds of the cargo, and was reversed for the residue; each party to pay his own costs, and one moiety of the bills for custody and wharfage of the vessel until restitution.
From this decision, both parties appealed to the supreme court of the United States. This court affirmed the decree of the circuit court; so far as it affirmed the decree of the district which ordered restitution of the vessel and payment of the net proceeds of the cargo, and so far as it directed the parties to bear their own costs; but reversed so much thereof as rejected the claim for damages. This court further decreed, that to much of the decree of the district court as adjudged the libellant to pay costs and damages be affirmed, but that the estimate of damages before mentioned be annulled; and that the cause be remanded to the circuit court, with directions for referring it to commissioners to ascertain the damages according to a revised standard; each party to pay his own costs in the two upper courts.
In pursuance of this determination, a final mandate was sent to the circuit court. Whereupon commissioners were
appointed, who assessed the damages, including expenses, according to the standard specified by the supreme court. For the damages so assessed, judgment was ultimately rendered by the circuit court; and captain Murray is now liable to process of execution thereon.
The object of the present application is, that he may be relieved by the government of the United States, from the damages and expenses to which he has thus been subjected, in consequence of acting, as he believed to be his duty, under the public instructions which he had received.
A communication from the Secretary of the Navy in relation to this subject is herewith presented, and prayed to be received as part of the present report. The observations of the secretary explain in so clear a manner that the committee deem it unnecessary for them to attempt a further elucidation of the principle.
On a view of the circumstances of this case, the committee consider it as but an act of justice to state explicitly their opinion, that, in the recapture of the Charming Betsey and the subsequent proceedings respecting the property, captain Murray conducted as became an officer of the navy, attentive to his orders, and solicitous to perform his duty with fidelity.
The following resolution is therefore recommended to the House.
Resolved, That the prayer of the memorial of Alexander Murray is reasonable, and ought to be granted.
NAVY DEPARTMENT.
Decem. 26, 1804
SIR,
I have had the honor of receiving your favor, in which you have been pleased to request me to communicate to you such observations as I may think proper to make in relation to the admissibility of the claim of capt. Murray, or to the necessity of the legislative interposition which he has solicited.
In this case, two questions present themselves for consideration, 1st. Was the recapture of the Charming Betsey warranted by any statute of Congress?
2d. Was it warranted by the instructions which captain Murray had received from the executive?
The first was a question between capt. Murray and the owner of the vessel and cargo. The second is a question between captain Murray and the government.
Upon the first question, the courts of the United States having decided, that the recapture was not authorised by any statute of Congress, captain Murray has been adjudged to pay to the owner the damages sustained by him in consequence of such recapture.
Upon the second question the ultimate responsibility of government essentially depends—for if the recapture was not authorised by the instructions from the executive, captain Murray has no claim upon the government for indemnity. But if it was so authorised, then he is to be considered merely as an agent of the government, and in such case the government is, I trust, to be considered responsible for an act thus done by him in obedience to their orders.
The instructions given to captain Murray were military orders, and founded or not founded in law, he was at his peril bound to obey them. They gave to him a great latitude of discretion. They authorised him to capture, not only upon positive proof, but upon presumptive evidence, grounded on mere circumstances of suspicion.
The judges of the supreme court have stated that "many circumstances combine with the fairness of the character of captain Murray to produce a conviction that he acted upon correct motives, from a sense of duty, and that his orders were such as might well have induced him to consider this vessel as an armed vessel within the law, sailing under authority from the French republic, and such too as might well have induced him to trust to very light suspicions respecting the real character of a vessel appearing to belong to one of the neutral islands."
Such has been the construction of the judges of the supreme court upon the orders which captain Murray had received from the executive. And in addition thereto, I am warranted in stating that my predecessor in office, who had prepared and issued those instructions, and who necessarily must have well known their true intent and meaning, as well as the real circumstances of the case, has been invariably of the opinion that captain Murray was bound by his
orders to recapture as he did the Charming Betsey .
From the view I have taken of his instructions and of the circumstances of this case, it has appeared to me also that he was warranted by the tenor of his orders in the recapture of this vessel. Under this impression, I have considered that, agreeably to the principles of political justice, recognised as well by the practice of the United States as by the theory of the ablest jurists, government is answerable for the damages that have been decreed against capt. Murray. Whatever doubts might have existed respecting the responsibility of government in such cases, the question has appeared to me to have been settled in this country, by the judicial decision in the case of the Niger , which was afterwards deliberately sanctioned by the act of Congress passed March 23, 1799.
Considering captain Murray a military officer, who had in this case acted under and in pursuance of the orders of the executive, and believing as I did that government would ultimately have to pay whatever damages might be decreed against him, I, by letter dated 23d September, 1801, authorised and directed the navy agent at Philadelphia, to give the requisite security upon the appeal that had been prayed by captain Murray, and to request the district attorney to attend to the prosecution of the appeal.
With respect to your enquiry in relation to the necessity of the legislative interposition which captain Murray has solicited, it is, I presume, sufficient for me to state, that there is not at this time any money in the treasury subject to the control of this department that could be applied by me to this case.
I have the honor to be, Respectfully, Sir, Your most obedient servant, R. SMITH. The hon. SAMUEL W. DANA, Chairman of the Committee of Claims.
JOHN ADAMS, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
Instructions to the commanders of armed vessels belonging to the United States, given at Philadelphia, the 10th day of July, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, and in the twenty-third year of our independence.
IN pursuance of the acts of Congress, passed the twenty eighth day of June, and the ninth day of July,
You are hereby authorised, instructed, and directed, to subdue, seize, and take any armed French vessel or vessels, sailing under authority, or pretence of authority from the French Republic; which shall be found within the jurisdictional limits of the United States, or elsewhere, on the high seas, and such captured vessel, with her apparel, guns, and appurtenances, and the goods and effects which shall be found on board the same, together with all French persons and others, who shall be found acting on board the same, to bring within some port of the United States, and also to re-take any vessel, goods and effects of the citizens of the United States, or persons resident therein, which may have been captured by any French vessel. In order that proceedings may be had concerning such capture or re-capture in due form of law, and as to right shall appertain.
By command of the President of the United States of America.
BEN. STODDERT, Secretary of the Navy.
(CIRCULAR.)
Navy Department, 29th December, 1798
SIR,
IT is the positive command of the President, that on no pretence whatever you permit the public vessels of war under your command to be detained or searched, nor any of the men to be taken from her by the ships or vessels of any foreign nation, so long as you are in a capacity to repel such outrage on the honor of the American flag. If force should be exerted to compel your submission, you are to resist that force to the utmost of your power; and whenever overpowered by superior force, you are to strike your flag and then yield your vessel as well as your men; but never your men without your vessel.
You will remember, however, and it is strictly enjoined by the President, that your demeanor be respectful and friendly to the vessels and people of all nations in amity with the United States, and that you avoid as carefully the commission of,
as the submission to, insults or injuries.
I have the honor to be, &c. BEN. STODDERT.
(CIRCULAR.)
Navy Department, 12th March, 1799
SIR,
HEREWITH you will receive an act of Congress, "Further to suspend the commercial intercourse between the United States and France, and the dependencies thereof," the whole of which requires your attention. But it is the command of the President, that you consider particularly the fifth section as part of your instructions, and govern yourself accordingly.
A proper discharge of the important duties enjoined on you, springing out of this act, will require the exercise of a sound and an impartial judgment. You are not only to do, all that in you lies, to prevent all intercourse whether direct or circuitous, between the ports of the United States and those of France and dependencies, in cases where the vessels or cargoes are apparently as well as really American, and protected by American papers only, but you are to be vigilant that vessels or cargoes really American, but covered by Danish or other foreign papers, and bound to or from French ports, do not escape you.
Whenever, on just suspicion, you send a vessel into port, to be dealt with according to the aforementioned law; besides sending with her all her papers, send all the evidence you can obtain, to support your suspicions, and effect her condemnation. At the same time that you are thus attentive to fulfil the objects of the law, you are to be extremely careful not to harass, or injure the trade of foreign nations with whom we are at peace, nor the fair trade of our own citizens.
A misinstruction of his authority by captain Nicholson, in relation to vessels of friendly nations, captured by the French, renders it necessary, that I should make some explanatory observations on that subject. Our laws direct the capture of all armed vessels sailing under the authority or pretence of authority from the French Republic. A vessel captured by the cruisers of France, must be considered as sailing under the authority of France, and it is scarcely to be supposed that in times like the present, when few vessels sail without arms, a captured vessel in possession of the captors will be so circumstanced as not to come under the description of an armed vessel, under the meaning of our laws.
To justify a re-capture nothing is necessary but that the vessel be provided with such means of annoyance as will render her dangerous to an unarmed American vessel, in pursuit of lawful commerce. If, however, the vessel cannot be considered an armed vessel within the meaning of our laws, you are not to re-capture her, unless you should have probable cause to suspect that the citizens of the United States, or persons resident therein, have some interest in the vessel or cargo. It is always your duty to re-capture American property, and property of persons resident within the United States, whenever found in possession of the French on the high seas.
I have the honor to be, &c. BEN. STODDERT.
NEW-YORK, April 4.
Through the politeness of Captain Aboon, of the brig Sea Flower , arrived yesterday from St. Bartholomews, we are enabled to lay before our readers, a particular account of the manoeuvres of the French fleet in the West Indies; Captain A. also furnished us with a St. Bartholomew paper of the 11th of March, containing the official account of the attack and capture of Roffeau, (Dominica,) &c. By the same arrival we are furnished with an interesting and accurate list of vessels left at Martinique, and St. Bartholomews, which will be found under our maritime head.
Information reached St. Pierre's, Feb. 19, of a French squadron consisting of the following ships, under the command of admiral Maflix, having arrived at Port Royal this afternoon, when an embargo was immediately laid on all vessels in port, which continued till the 1st of March, viz. Le Majestueux , 120; Le Magnanime , 84; Le Sulfren , 74; L. Lyon , 74; L. Jemape , 74; L. Ganges , L. Herminie , 50; L. Gaiie , 44; L. Indefatigable , 44; 2 brigs and 1 schooner.
On the 20th February the squadron passed Saint Pierre, and on the 23d, early in the morning, they attacked and
captured the town of Roffeau, in Dominica, together with a number of very valuable ships, which they sent over to Guadalupe, demanded a contribution of the inhabitants of Roffeau of 6,000!, obtained 5 500!, re-embarked their troops and evacuated the island entirely, and ran over to Basseterre Roads in Guadalupe. The town of Roffeau, amidst the contest, unfortunately took fire from the sailing of their guns, and the principal and the most valuable part of the town destroyed. The French force at Dominica behaved very well, they made a spirited resistance in opposing the landing of the enemy, but at length were overpowered by numbers, and obliged to retreat. General Prevost, with what force he could muster, pushed for the garrison at Prince Rupert's Bay, but the French were not inclined to lay their ships before the battery there. 'Tis said the British lost but few men—the French in the first attempt to land were repulsed with the loss of 300 killed.
March 3, passed the bay of B. Ratterre, (G) saw all the French squadron at anchor there—On the 5th March they made their appearance off B. Ratterre, St. Kitts, which without opposition they took and burnt all the shipping in the roads, except three, which they sent up to Guadalupe with valuable property; made them pay 35 000! for the town; called at Nevis, obtained about 10,000 dollars, and proceeded for Montserrat; had not heard what they made them pay there.
St. Bartholomews, March 13—A drogher arrived this day, the captain of which informed that the French had gone to a tack S. & Vincent's—that the British were sending forces to Antigua from Dominica and St. Kitts, to strengthen that island, expecting the next attack would be made there.
I was reported at St. Pierre's, the 11th of March, that a fleet had been seen to windward of Barbadoes, supposed to be British.
BASSATERRE, March 1.
The scene we have been so long used to, has at length varied, and the theatre of war suddenly transported from the great continent of Europe, to where our fancied security would never have placed it—the West Indies. On Tuesday evening, the sloop Endeavor , capt. Pallet, arrived express from Dominica, with notice from his excellency general Prevost, of the invasion of that island by a French force, that the town of Roffeau was captured, and that his excellency had effected his retreat to the garrison at Prince Rupert's; which he was resolved to defend to the last extremity. The next morning the mail boat (by which the first mail for January was received at the post-office) corroborated the above intelligence, she having had a narrow escape from falling into the hands of the enemy, as the captain had nearly got into Roffeau, when he discovered the French flag flying at the fort.
This morning, a gentleman arrived from that island, who was in the engagement, and obliged us with the following particulars, on the veracity of which our readers may rely. On Friday last, about five o'clock in the morning, an alarm was fired from fort Young, on the appearance of several heavy ships, which, at that time, were supposed to be British men of war, with some merchantmen under convoy. About two hours after day light, a shot having been fired from the fort, they hoisted the French Imperial colors, and proved to be five sail of French line of battle ships (one of which was called the Magnanime , of 120,) three frigates, two brigs and a schooner, under the command of Admiral Maflix. They immediately began to disembark, and a number of boats, filled with troops, pressed forward to effect a landing at Point Michelle, the militia grenadier company were ordered to march thither, to join a party of militia and regulars already stationed there, for the purpose of opposing them; but, on attempting to form a junction, found they were too late, the enemy having already effected a landing to the amount of 2500 men, under cover of an armed schooner, which soon recovered the farther assistance of the Magnanime , and a brig, all of which fired successive broadsides at the Point, but without doing much damage. The enemy advanced, and about 10 o'clock were opposed by about two hundred of the militia and regulars with great firmness, until about half past three in the afternoon, when the king ceasing a little, a small party of regulars, with the assistance of our six pounder, succeeded in forcing this body to re-

embark. But about the time this division first landed at Point Michelle, a division of about equal force succeeded in effecting a landing at the lower end of the town, near Mount Daniel, under cover of a frigate and a brig: the enemy at this point were warmly received by a party of about 100 militia, who repulsed them several times, but continual reinforcements coming from the ships, they were overpowered and forced to retreat into the adjacent cane pieces, when the French were in complete possession of the town, which had been bombarded during the whole transaction by two ships and a brig. General Prevost having observed from the government house, the ineffectual resistance that could be made by his small party against such numbers as were continually pouring in from the ships, effected his retreat to Prince Rupert's, whither he was followed by all the militia that survived the action. Prevost to his excellency's departure for the garrison, he left the town in the care of George Metcalfe, esq. president of the island, who soon after sent a flag on board the Magnanime, to propose to M. L. Grange, the military commander, a capitulation for the town, but he refused to accede to any other terms than an unconditional surrender, by laying down their arms. On the return of the flag with this answer, the militia were marched to Morne Bruce, and forming a line, by order of Col. B. each, their arms were piled, the bells delivered, and being marched to Rolland, were confined as prisoners of war in the court house, until ten o'clock the ensuing morning, when they were released and desired to change their dress. During the engagement, unfortunately, the wadding from the guns at Fort Young, set fire to several of the houses under it, which spread so rapidly, that, assisted by the confusion ever attendant on the bombardment of a place, every exertion the inhabitants could make use of, was found ineffectual to prevent the most valuable part of the town of Rolland being reduced to ashes, to the utter ruin of its inhabitants. After the town was taken, a scene of riot and plunder ensued; many of the inhabitants were wantonly shot by the French soldiers, which conduct induced those that could do so, to make their escape into the country. As soon, however, as order was in some measure restored, sentinels were placed at different parts of the town, for the protection of its remaining inhabitants. The day following they demanded a contribution of 6000 sterling, threatening that if not paid by the next day, to enforce it by a general plunder. The president and council accordingly met, to take the demand into consideration, and compromised with the French commanders for the sum of 5000. This which was paid them the morning following, after which tranquility seemed to be again restored. The same evening, they began to spike up the cannon, and threw all the ammunition into the sea, preparatory to their evacuation of Rolland the next morning; about ten o'clock of which day, all the officers and troops were called in, assembled on the beach, and re-embarked; and at 12 o'clock General L. Grange left the government house, with his suite, desired the French flag to be struck and re-embarked also. In justice to this General (although an enemy) we add, that the lady of General Prevost was treated with every testimony of respect; and that on hearing the brutal conduct observed by his soldiery in their rapacity, he issued such orders, that two or three were shot in the act of plundering."
Our informant adds—"That a flag of truce had been forwarded on Monday to Gen. Prevost, to demand the surrender of Prince Rupert's; that the answer returned by his excellency, was—"He was waiting there with great impatience, and would be happy to receive them." That a vessel arrived from Martinique on Wednesday, bringing the intelligence that advice had been received there, of an alarm having been fired at Barbadoes on the appearance of a fleet of British men of war, said to be 20 sail—that the day he escaped from Dominica, intelligence had been received from Prince Rupert's, that the garrison held 1500 effective men, with provisions and water for 6 months, and that when he quitted, the enemy's fleet were all under weigh, bound for Prince Rupert's, he presumed."
The loss sustained by the British on the above occasion, is, we understand, of his majesty's troops, major Nun, wounded, and 7 rank & file killed and wounded. Of the inhabitants, Mr. Veleux, and two or three persons of color killed; also George A. Aitken (militia) Revd John Audain, Mr. Edward Hamson, and many persons of color wounded."
St. Bartholomews, March 11.
We hear from St. Kitts, that the last taken from there and captured is the most valuable property afloat, and taken a contribution of 35 000l. currency for the whole island. After such arrangement they proceeded to Nevis, and after a sum of 9,600 dollars had been paid them there they had failed for Martinique.
The following interesting documents relative to the overtures of France for a peace, are translated from the Moniteur of Feb. 5.
CONSERVATIVE SENATE.
Paris, Feb. 4.
The Senate assembled this day in grand costume, under the presidency of his laurel highness the arch-chancellor.
His excellency M. Talleyrand, minister of foreign relations, was introduced, and presented the following report:
M. Talleyrand.—The national solemnity of the coronation, that noble and necessary completion of our social institutions, attached to it sentiments too profound and too universal not to occupy the whole attention of all classes of the state; at the near approach of this great internal event, which has just assured for ever the destinies of France, in consecrating by the voice of men and heaven all that we had acquired of glory, of greatness, and of independence, the interest of all other events was generally, as if by one common impression, felt to diminish and grow feeble; even the thought of war seemed to vanish from the bosom of a nation which owes so much to its victories.
All is accomplished—the empire is founded—and in reassuming the cares of the exterior, and recalling genius to the interests of war, the first sentiment of the Emperor has been to elevate himself above all the passions, and to justify the great destiny for which Providence reserves him, by showing himself inaccessible to hatred, to ambition, and revenge.
If there exist men who have conceived the project of combating us with the weapons of crime; who have, as much as lies in their power, realised that cruel thought; who have hired assassins; and who, even at this moment, subsidize our enemies, it is over these very passions that the Emperor has wished to triumph. The more natural and common it is to men to be irritated by personal attacks, and to shew sentiments of resentment, so much the more he has felt that it was the part of a great soul to rise superior to them.
This determination is sublime and far removed from ordinary rules: in so singular a case, I must forget, for a moment, the principles of courtesy which at any other time would forbid my offending by encomiums the sovereign to whom I have the honor of being minister. Here I cannot delineate the traits of that magnanimity which implies a forgetfulness of the common laws of prudence, without justifying them; and without intending it, my justifications are eulogiums.
The Emperor has made the first advances to a government guilty of being the aggressor; which has manifested without cause and without discretion towards him and towards us, sentiments of an inveterate hatred. To comprehend properly this moderation, it will be necessary to retrace the events which are passed, and to follow the march of our august sovereign through the whole extent of his illustrious career. Men who have studied his character, have they not acknowledged in the boldness of his conceptions, and the vigorous and steady execution of all his enterprizes, a calmness of mind and a prudence by which they are tempered, a discretion which avoids all mistakes; an effervescence, in short, of justice and of humanity, which tends incessantly to moderate the effects and cut short the period of unavoidable violence.
Thus, after a train of advantages obtained upon the borders of the Danube, far from abandoning himself to hopes which the most liberal fortune seemed to hold out for his intoxication, he calculated that it would be more useful to France and her enemies to understand each other. He combated the great allures of glory with the still greater interests of humanity. He heard the cries of the victims who were speedily to be immolated during the last struggles of an implacable war, and he made overtures of peace.
From this time, with that view of security which outruns events, and distinguishes them from the causes by which they are produced, he had seen all the blood which was to flow on the field of Marengo, on that of Hohenlinden; and regardless of the preludes which promised to France and to her brave armies new laurels and new conquests, he listened only to the dictates of wisdom and humanity, which legalize glory, and command sacrifices.
The same principle inspired him, the same magnanimity, when, being called to take the reins of government, he united the title of First Consul to the fame of his generalship, and the powers of the first magistrate to the immense influence of the glory he had acquired. Every where he addressed the words of peace, and he succeeded in making himself heard. The Continent pacified, there remains yet an enemy to France. On the 5th Ventose, year 8, he proposed peace to the King of England.
The generous conqueror, of the year 5, the First Consul, and pacificator of the year 8, were again to be found with the same magnanimous moderation in the august sovereign to whom heaven has entrusted our destinies. The degrees of
power, the diversity of situation, change none of those eminent qualities, which might justly be termed virtues of character; and the Emperor owed it to himself to propose peace the third time, to prove that it was not in vain he had uttered on a solemn occasion these ever memorable expressions: "Soldier or First Consul, I have had but one thought, and as Emperor, I have no other."
For these two years past war has been declared, but not yet begun. All has been preparation and projects; but the moment being arrived when their execution would bring on real events, and give birth to the most terrible perils, the Emperor has thought it was in the principles of that politic religion, which no doubt draws down upon the views and the efforts of just and generous princes the assistance of heaven, to do every thing in his power to prevent great calamities by making peace.
I am ordered to communicate to you the letter, which, with these sentiments of moderation and humanity, his majesty the Emperor has judged it proper to write to his majesty the King of England.
Letter from the Emperor to the King of England.
SIR MY BROTHER,
Called to the Throne of France by Providence, by the suffrages of the Senate, the people and the army, my first sentiment is in favor of peace. France and England are wearing out their prosperity; they may contend for ages: But do their governments fulfil faithfully the most sacred of their duties? And does not so much blood shed unnecessarily and without any prospect of an end, accuse them to their own consciences? I attach no dishonor to making the first step. I have sufficiently, I think, proved to the world that I fear none of the chances of war; it presents me nothing of which I ought to be afraid. Peace is the wish of my heart; but war has never been hostile to my glory. I conjure your majesty not to refuse to yourself the happiness of giving peace to the world: let not this sweet satisfaction be left to your children. In truth there never existed a fairer opportunity or a more favorable moment to silence every passion, and to listen only to the dictates of humanity and of reason. This moment once lost, what duration can be assigned to a war which all my efforts have been unable to bring to a close? Your majesty has gained more in territory and in riches during the last ten years than the whole extent of Europe; your nation is at the highest point of prosperity.—What is she to expect from war? To coalesce some of the powers of the Continent? The Continent will remain tranquil. A coalition would only increase the preponderance and continental grandeur of France. To renew the troubles in the interior? The times are no longer the same they were. To destroy our finances? Finances founded upon a good agriculture can never be destroyed. To deprive France of her colonies? The colonies are with France only a secondary object; and does not your majesty possess already more than you can maintain? If your majesty will think seriously, you will perceive that the war is without an object, and without any probable result. Alas! what a melancholy prospect, to make men fight for the sake of signing! The world is large enough for our two nations to live in, and reason is sufficiently powerful to find out the means of reconciliation if a suitable disposition to be reconciled exists on both sides. I have meanwhile fulfilled a duty holy, precious to my heart. Your majesty may confide in the sincerity of the sentiments I have expressed, and in my desire of giving proofs of it.
Paris, 12th Nivose, year 13 (Jan. 2, 1805.)
(Signed) NAPOLEON.
In estimating the advantages of our position, and reflecting upon that unanimous burst of affection and of respect which in the late circumstances has exhibited to all France disposed to devote itself to maintain the honor of the French name, the glory of the throne, and the dignity of the empire, I shall not conceal that being the only one admitted, as minister, to the confidence of such a determination, it was my duty to appreciate it fully, considering it less in itself than in its heroic principle, and viewing it rather as the effect of character than as the result of a maxim of state. Had any other prince manifested to me such a disposition, I would have thought that the honor of my place, and my personal devotedness, would have indispensably required me to oppose it by my counsels.
And, in truth, what is our position? and on which side are the advantages of war? We have lost nothing either abroad or at home; every thing has improved amongst us. Our finances, whose creation appeared a chimera, whose semblance seemed impossible, have been created and collected as if by magic. Our soldiers have become tailors; it seems as if the ports and the coasts of the ocean had transformed themselves into cities, where our soldiers of land and sea, in full security, as during a time of peace, devote themselves to the terrible and perilous exercises of war. We
have, without doubt, a smaller navy than England; but its number, when united and wisely directed, is sufficient to give a mortal blow to the enemy.
Spain drawn into the contest by provocations without pretext or excuse, has given to us for auxiliaries the disapprobation of Europe against an unjust aggression, the indignation of a generous people, and the forces of a great kingdom. Invulnerable upon our own territory, we have experienced that vigilance, and an energy never at war with itself, are sufficient for our security. Our colonies are sheltered from all attack; Guadalupe, Martinique, and the Isle of France, would resist an expedition of twenty thousand men.
Our cities, our fields, our manufactures, are prospering; the regular and easy collection of the taxes attest the never failing resources of agriculture and of industry; commerce, accustomed during the last ten years to dispense with the costly intercourse with England, has taken another direction, and finds in it communications more profitable, more independent, and more safe. No new imports; no loans; a debt which cannot increase, but must diminish; an accumulation of means sufficient to maintain during ten years the present state of the war. Such is the position of France.
This war has been very little on the offensive; but it has been far from inactive. France has been secure. She has raised up a force until this day unknown. She has planted in the very bosom of the enemy's country a principle of inquietude without remedy; and by an unceasing prudence and energy she has secured forever the confidence of the continent, a little shaken at the outset of an incendiary war which might have set Europe in a blaze, and whose progress has been arrested by the assiduous efforts of watchfulness, moderation, firmness, and wisdom.
What is the situation of the enemy? The people is in arms; and whilst want, assisted by genius, has prompted us to invent a new species of marine, want and fear have compelled the English cabinet to substitute every where pikes in place of the ordinary weapons of war. The cabinet is divided between two projects, those of invasion and defence. It is prodigal of useless intrenchments; it covers the coasts with fortresses; it incessantly builds up and takes down its batteries; it searches for some method to arrest or turn aside the course of rivers. It projects inundations on its own fields. The indolence of cities is transferred to its camps, and the turbulence of camps to its cities.
Ireland, the Indies, even the shores of England, are objects of perpetual and endless disquietude. Whatever appertains to England is unceasingly menaced by 1500 vessels which compose our flotilla, by sixty ships of the line, and by a valiant army commanded by the first generals in the universe. The most threatening of all menaces would arise from that forbearing patience, which would enable us during a term of ten years to maintain a state of rest and confidence by which we should command a choice of time and place, and furnish us with the means of annoying our enemy.
These considerations, and this contrast, ought, in my opinion, to have inspired the English government with the wise resolution of making the first advances to prevent hostilities; it has not done it. It has left to the emperor all the advantages derivable from the honor of commencing it. It has, however, replied to the propositions which have been made; and if we compare this reply with the disgracefully celebrated declarations of lord Grenville in the year 8, I must acknowledge it is not destitute of moderation and of wisdom. I have now the honor of reading it to you.
Letter from lord Mulgrave to his excellency M. de Talleyrand, minister of foreign affairs.
His majesty has received the letter which has been addressed to him by the chief of the French government, dated the 2d of the present month.
"There is no object which his majesty had more at heart than to seize the first opportunity of procuring anew to his subjects the advantages of a peace founded on a basis not incompatible with the permanent security and the essential interests of his states. His majesty is persuaded this object cannot be attained but by arrangements which must at the same time provide for the future safety and tranquility of Europe, and prevent the renewal of those dangers and misfortunes by which she has found herself surrounded. Considerable to this sentiment, his majesty feels it impossible to reply more particularly to the overture which has been made to him until he has had time to communicate with those powers of the continent with whom he is engaged in confidential intercourse and connection; and especially with the emperor of Russia, who has given the strongest proofs of the wise and dignified sentiment with which he is animated, and of the lively interest he takes in the safety and independence of Europe.
Signed, MULGRAVE. Downing street, 14 Jan. 1805.
The character which prevails in this reply is vague and indeterminate. One
idea only presents itself with precision, that of recourse to foreign powers; and that idea is not of a pacific nature; a superfluous intervention ought not to be required, if there is no wish to embark in the discussions and to render them endless. The ordinary result of all complicated negotiations is to sour the mind, to weary good intentions, and to throw the parties again into a war become more violent by the disappointment of not having succeeded in bringing about a reconciliation.
In a question, however, which embraces a multitude of interests and of passions, which have not always been at variance, it would not be proper to stop at one single point.
Time will soon unfold to us the secret of the resolutions of the English government. If these resolutions are just and moderate, we shall see an end to the calamities of war; if, on the contrary, this first appearance of reconciliation should prove a feint calculated only to serve speculations of credit, to facilitate a loan, to give time to collect money from abroad, to make purchases and enterprizes, then we should know with certainty how far the dispositions of the enemy are implacable and obstinate, and we should have no other alternative than to reject with disdain the hopes of a dangerous allure, and to commit ourselves, to the goodness of our cause, the justice of Providence, and the genius of the Emperor.
Until new light shall brighten the obscurity of the present situation of affairs, his majesty the Emperor has thought that the imperfect disclosure which his majesty the king of England has judged proper to make of the first advances of France, required on his part a complete exposition of what he wished, of what he has done, and the answer of the English government.
In the mean time he has charged me to announce that he will find a satisfaction real and dear to his heart in acquainting the Senate and his people by frank communications, full and free from doubt, with every thing which concerns the great interests of their prosperity and glory, whenever such communication shall be compatible with the principles of policy and the rules of prudence.
After this report a member moved an address to his Imperial majesty, thanking him for this new testimony of confidence which the senate had just received, by the communication of a report so remarkable and so important; which was referred to a special committee, consisting of Messrs. Barthelemy, Gacault, Hedouville, their excellencies M. le Maréchal, Pérignon and François N. Château, president of the senate.
The same Moniteur, from which the foregoing is extracted, contains the Address of M. Seguin to the legislative body; and of Mr. Regnaud to the Tribunate, presenting a very interesting view of the resources of France and the situation of the continental powers—translations of which will be given in our next.
LONDON, Feb. 2.
So many, and so confident are the rumours of contests and disagreement among the ministers, that however unwilling we are to give currency to such reports, till we are sure they are founded, it is impossible for us not to notice them. These confident rumours are, that the greatest jealousy and discordance prevails between Lord Sidmouth and Mr. Pitt, notwithstanding the apparent reconciliation: that it was by actual compulsion Lord Sidmouth and his friends have been brought into the cabinet, and that the share of patronage and authority which they insist upon possessing, gives the greatest mortification and distress to Mr. Pitt. The situation in which Lord Sidmouth and Mr. Pitt stand to one another, gives us no hopes of any cordial or lasting friendship between them, as we stated at the time of the reconciliation. Much stress has been laid on the conciliating nature of Lord Sidmouth, and indeed we cannot know how far he will be willing to go to please Mr. Pitt. These rumours are denied by the papers more immediately ministerial; but they affirm and deny so contrarily one day to what they do another, that no man can lay great stress on this circumstance. It is however true, that they are mere assertions on the other side.—Time will clear up the matter, and we shall know where to place our esteem and contempt.
The Morning Chronicle of this morning says:—"A cabinet was held at the Queen's House, at two o'clock on Thursday—Lord Sidmouth had a very long audience of his Majesty before that council—and Lord Hawkesbury enjoyed the same honor, for near half an hour after the council; but neither Mr. Pitt nor Lord Melville attended that council; nor did they see his Majesty; and we will venture further to add, that the reasons which have impeded the usual communications between his Majesty and his first minister, and which was referred to in Mr. Pitt's letter to his Majesty on the subject of the conduct of the Archbishop of Canterbury, remained unexplained."
"A variety of circumstances appear to indicate the immediate resignations of Lord Melville and of Mr. Pitt; and their friends have decidedly expressed their hopes that they will no longer submit to their present humiliation."

We are very sensible that for some time past our paper has wanted that miscellaneous character, which is best suited to make it the vehicle of instruction and amusement. As, however, whenever an interference arises between these two objects, we deem it our duty to sacrifice the latter, we have not hesitated to lay before our readers, almost exclusively for some time past, the interesting proceedings of our national councils.
In the happy situation of our country, it becomes the people of the United States distinctly to understand the sources of their felicity, that they may be cherished with proper ardor and perseverance; and that, deriving wisdom from experience, they may learn to avoid the rocks on which other political fabrics, created to advance the happiness of communities, have been dashed to pieces.
There may be those who consider such enquiries as unfitted to this season: who, satisfied with the happiness they enjoy, are indifferent to any improvements that may be suggested. Let such men, that they may be awakened from their dangerous slumbers, be pointed to the political volcanoes that rage from time to time throughout the old world, and learn, that the materials of their dreadful combustion have sprung from the accumulated abuses of ages.
Let it not be inferred from these remarks that we are the advocates of a daring and unreflecting innovation; or that we hold in light esteem what we do not scruple to call the venerable institutions of our fathers; for venerable these institutions truly are, if not from time, at least from the good they have effected; and those men may be truly called our fathers in wisdom, if not in years, who have formed them.
of approbation refound! Should, on the contrary, a different result be developed, the enlightened experience of our best men, of our Solons in council, of men whom experience has inspired with wisdom and moderation, will apply a proper remedy. It will not be a maddening draught, applied in revolutionary times, when passion rules the multitude, calculated to convulse the whole frame; but a prescription, administered under a penetrating judgment to a dispassionate and ruling people, and calculated, without disturbing the general health, to remove local evil.
Other objects, of scarcely subordinate interest, deservedly claim a large share of the public attention. In most parts of the union the triumph of just political principles is complete. The administration of the general government is in the hands of men, whose best eulogium is, that they have neither been appalled by adversity, or intoxicated by power.
Having gained this splendid victory, the interesting enquiry offers itself, how shall it be best improved? The general answer is easily made. The conviction that those who now administer the public concerns would be guided by an individual regard to the public good, placed them in power. It is their duty, therefore, to adopt those plans which shall most extensively have this effect.
On the 1st inst. the annual election for Governor and Senators took place in Massachusetts. For a long time past the newspapers of the state have teemed with the most animated discussion, as well of political principles, as of the merits of the candidates for the chief magistracy.
The Northampton paper gives us the votes of twenty four towns in a district uniformly federal, and which, we believe, embraces the place of Mr. Strong's residence. The whole votes are:
  For Mr. Strong, 3,288   Mr. Sullivan, 1,308   Majority, 1,980   In 1804 the votes in these towns were:   For Mr. Strong, 2,593   Mr. Sullivan, 747   1,846 1,846   Gain this year, 134 
Though this result gives the federal ticket an absolute gain, yet, any one, who compares the whole number of votes given in each year, will find a very considerable relative gain to the republican ticket. 3,340 in 1804 gave Mr. Strong a majority of 1,846; 4,596 given in 1805 ought, in the same ratio, to have given a majority of 2,540; instead of which it only gives a majority of 1,980.
Edw. Gray and Thomas Newton, jun. have been re-elected representatives of Virginia to Congress without opposition.
Poulton's American Daily Advertiser states that the votes given at Lancaster by the members of the legislature for governor, were for
  Simon Snyder, 42   Thomas McKean, 7   Samuel MacKay, 1 
The same paper contains a recommendation of thirty-four members of the legislature, under their signatures, to support Thomas McKean as Governor, in consideration of his long, tried, firm and meritorious services.
All the shares allotted to Frederick-Town in the projected turnpike from Baltimore to Frederick-Town have been subscribed.
The passage in the legislature of New York of the bill incorporating the merchants bank, has excited much warmth in that state; and several of the members who voted for it, have been charged with bribery and corruption.
On the 4th inst. the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania, took into consideration the report of the committee respecting a Convention. It was supported by Messrs. Boileau, Findlay, Leacock and Mitchell, and opposed by Messrs. Milnor, Welles, Miller, Porter, and Lingham.
Mr. Milnor moved and was seconded by Mr. Porter, to postpone the consideration of the resolution attached to the report, in order to introduce the following as a substitute:
Whereas, sundry petitions, signed by four thousand nine hundred and forty-four inhabitants of this commonwealth have been presented to this House, stating, that in the opinion of the petitioners, certain defects exist in the constitution, and praying the Legislature to take measures for calling a convention, for the purpose of revising and amending that instrument: Also, certain memorials, signed by five thousand five hundred and ninety inhabitants of this commonwealth, stating as their opinion, that the constitution in its present form has afforded, and is calculated to afford, as great a degree of happiness, as can reasonably be expected from human institutions, and remonstrating against any measures being taken for calling a convention.
And whereas, the alteration of the great charter of our liberties, is a subject of the highest importance to the good people of this commonwealth, and ought not to be undertaken, unless it shall appear manifest to be the will of a majority of the citizens thereof; only a small portion of whom have expressed any opinion to this House upon the subject, and that portion appears to be nearly equally divided in opinion.
And whereas, the constitution points out, and defines the powers and the duties of the various departments of the government, and we recognize no principle therein which authorises the legislature, or any branch thereof, to express opinions with respect to any supposed defects in said instrument, or to take any measures for amending the same; but, on the contrary, provision is made that the members of this House, as well as the other branches of government shall, before they enter on the duties of their respective stations, take a solemn oath or affirmation to support the constitution; from which obligation, nothing but the voice of a majority of the citizens of the commonwealth, unequivocally expressed, can exonerate them, therefore
Resolved, That it would be improper in this House, as a branch of the legislature, to take any measures, or to express any opinion upon the subject of the before mentioned petitions and memorials.
On the question to postpone, for the purpose of introducing it, the Yeas were 22—Nays 54.
The question on the original resolution then occurred. A motion was made to strike out the following words: 'altho' the House of Representatives are impressed with the opinion that the constitution is defensible yet'—
This was lost, only 22 members voting in favor of it. The main question was then taken and the members voted as follows:
YEAS.—Messrs. Adams, Agnew, Alt-er, Acheson, Beale, Boileau, Boyd, Brossen, Bucher, Bull, Crouch, Cunningham, Darlington, H. Davis, D. Eckart, Epler, Fenton, Ferguson, Ferrer, Findlay, Fulton, Goodman, Haines, Hall, Harrison, Holgate, Laycock, Lytle, M'Gounel, M'Kinney, Meechling,
Mann, Marshall, D. Mitchell, J. Mitchell, Moore, Odenheimer, Ogil, Patterson, Pearson, Rhoads, Raper, Schneider, Sharlwood, S. Smith, Stephenson, Tarr, U'ree, Wilson, Wirtman, and Snyder, Speaker.—51.
NAYS.—Messrs. Althouse, Acker, Barnett, Clarke, M. Davis, Ross, Gress, Helmán, Jenkins, Ingham, Johnston, L. Simmers, M'Comb, Miller, Minor, Peacock, Porter, Roberts, Robertson, Shriver, Spangler, Trimble, Wenrich, Welles and White, 25.
Arrived at Charleston on the 27th ult. the Portuguese brig Union, capt. Antonio Francisco de Medeiros, from Fyál. In this vessel came passengers—Madame Turreau, lady of General Turreau, minister plenipotentiary of France to the United States, and her two children; Mr. Petty, first secretary of the legation of France to the United States; Mr. de Cabre, belonging to the said legation; Mr. Lequeux, private secretary of the minister; Mr. and Madame Muny, Miss Bordeleau, Messrs. Polier, Monselet, Perkins, Appleton and Manuel Ignacio Sivera.
A letter from the respectable house of Strange and Co. of Cadiz, dated February 15th, says, "The English blockading fleet has disappeared from before this port, and is supposed to have joined that of the Mediterranean."
A respectable mercantile house in Philadelphia has received a letter from S. Thomas, in which it is stated, that a few days before it was written, a French and Spanish fleet of 17 sail of the line was seen off Porto Rico, standing to leeward. It was supposed they were bound to St. Domingo.
New York, April 4. A passenger in the Canton confirms the account we published yesterday of the capture of a British convoy in the Mediterranean by two French frigates. He adds that the Toulon fleet had found an opportunity to get out of port, and had arrived at Cadiz, where they were to be joined immediately by the Cadiz fleet of fifteen sail of the line; that an army of ten thousand men, destined for the siege of Gibraltar, had assembled at S. R. que; and that the Spanish privateer Podrido had captured and carried into Cadiz an English ship of 400 tons burthen, valued at 500,000 dollars.
New York, April 5. Capt. Rutgers, who arrived here yesterday from Martinique, informs, that on the 12th of March he passed Barbary (St. Kitts) and Barbary Hill, and saw at each place vessels with English colors flying, and English colors on the forts, and that on the evening of the 11th he saw the French fleet under sail off Guadaloupe, apparently steering for Dominique. He also informs that the British had evacuated the Diamond rock.
To the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
GENTLEMEN, I have perused and considered the bill, entitled 'an act regulating the administration of justice within this commonwealth,' and have directed the secretary to return it to the house of representatives, in which it originated, as I do not approve it—my reasons against several bills of the like nature, which have been presented to me within the last two or three years, appear at large on the journals of both houses: I shall therefore, confine myself at present barely to mention:
First.—It is declared in the constitution 'that trial by jury shall be as heretofore.' By this bill it cannot be had until after the cause shall be tried and decided by referees—Exclusive of the time, trouble, delay and expense attending the first trial, there is danger to be apprehended of subornation of perjury from the evidence and strength of the respective parties being previously known, and the minds of the jury, on the subsequent trial, will probably be influenced by the first decision. It appears to me that it would be more eligible for suitors in our courts, to pay a certain stipulated sum of money to the state for an allowance to have a trial by jury in the first instance.
Second.—It is provided by the constitution 'that the judges of the supreme court, and the presidents of the courts of common pleas shall, at stated times, receive for their services an adequate compensation, to be fixed by law, which shall not be diminished during their continuance in office.' The president of the first circuit, composed of the county of Philadelphia, &c. has by law, at present, two thousand dollars a year, and the other five, sixteen hundred. By the present bill, the salaries of all the presidents are reduced to thirteen hundred dollars a year, with an addition of two dollars daily wages, for every day they shall be employed in holding courts. It should have been submitted by the bill to the several presidents
heretofore, commencing, and who reside within their former and newly apportioned circuits, whether they would accept of the alternative or not; otherwise it appears to me, to be a palpable violation of another part of the constitution, which declares 'that no law impairing contracts shall be made.' Besides, it appears to me, that the forms for the administration of justice, prescribed by this bill, are not so good as those which at present exist.
THOMAS M'KEAN. LANCASTER, March 29, 1805.
The following statement of votes for Governor of Massachusetts was received last evening at a late hour:
   Strong. Sullivan.     Boston, 2,587 1,253   35 other towns, 5,822 4,862   8,409 6,115  
Letters from Massachusetts say the result is doubtful.
Twenty Dollars Reward.
RANAWAY from the subscriber, on the road leading from George Town to Montgomery court house, in Montgomery county, on the 12th inst. a negro man, named DICK, about 40 years of age, 5 feet 10 or 11 inches high; had on and took with him a white shirt, a pair of new boots, two cambric handkerchiefs, a kersey jacket and pantaloon very much worn, a new pair of shoes, a pair of sail-cloth bags, and other articles unknown. Was formerly the property of the widow Burch, living in the Federal City, and he has got a wife at Kinsey Beall's, living in Montgomery county, six miles from Montgomery court house. Whoever takes up said negro, if ten miles from home, shall receive 5 dollars, if twenty miles, 10 dollars, and so in proportion to the distance, if brought home, and all reasonable charges paid by me.
JOHN BENSON, near the mouth of Monocacy. N. B. Masters of vessels are forewarned from taking away or harboring said negro. April 10th—32
Young Ladies Academy.
MRS. O'ROILY respectfully informs her friends and the public that she has removed her academy from Baltimore to Alexandria, where she will receive young Ladies who shall be taught the English and French languages grammatically; writing and arithmetic; history, geography and the use of the globes; music, drawing, and all kinds of work, viz. embroidery in chenilles, gold, silver, silk, &c. comprising figures, historical and ornamental, landscapes, flowers, fruit, birds, &c. maps wrought in silks, chenilles, gold, &c. print work in figures or landscapes; cloth work in fruit, birds, flowers, &c. flags and vanishing in vases, pyramids, baskets, tetrahedrons, &c. grotto and shell work, artificial flowers, tambour and dieble, cross stitch, rent stitch, tapestry, &c. brazier and pearl work, painting on velvet, gauze, silk, veal &c. Her terms are 200 dollars per annum for board and tuition. For music 18 dollars per quarter. Drawing 8 dollars per quarter. Washing 8 dollars per quarter. Every young Lady furnished by Mrs. O. with bed and bedding will be charged 4 dollars per quarter. March 8—rm.
I have for sale,
  2 bds. Martinique molasses, WINE.  2 bds. Brown Sugar,  2 pipes, Holland Gin,  60 barrels New Eng. and Rum,  2 hhs. Jamaica Rum,  2 quarter casks L.P. Madeira,  4 half pipes Brasil, do.  6 hhs. L.P. Teneriffe,  1 pipe cargo, do.  1,000 butts Liverpool Salt,  15 boxes fresh Raisins.  BULLER COOKE.  Nov. 7. 1804. No. 8—32  Traveller's Hall.  THE subscriber tenders his sincere thanks to his friends for the very liberal encouragement which they have bestowed on him. He will finish one of his new rooms in a few weeks, which will be large enough to dine near 200 persons at a time, and will shortly after have the remainder of his additional building completed, which will give him a front of near 100 feet, in the most agreeable part of the town, and in the centre of business, being on the highest part of the public square. He has on hand, and has contracted for a constant supply of the best wines, and foreign spirituous liquors imported, and country provisions, stable forage, foreign & state newspapers—and has secured a quantity of liquors sufficient for the use of his table and bar during the season. He assures his friends, and that respectable part of the public who have patronized him, that there shall be nothing wanting, which his time or purse will command, to render the TRAVELLER'S HALL a house of entertainment for genteel guests only, equal to any in America.  R. BRADLEY.  Lexington, Kentucky, March 18. 1805.  N. B. A Race runs from the TRAVELLER'S HALL to the Olympian Springs in the summer, and to Frankfort during the session of the Legislature.  March 27—ep3m  NOTICE.  THE Subscriber has rented the house in F. street, adjoining that in which the honorable James Madison resides. He intends pursuing the practice of Physic, Surgery, &c. Those who favor him with their custom, may expect his utmost exertions to render them ample satisfaction in the time of his profession. To such as wish for information respecting his qualifications and character, he only observes that he finished his medical education under the different professors in the university of Pennsylvania, and has practiced medicine upwards of five years in Maryland, &c. in the state of Virginia.  He expects in a few days to add to his present stock of medicine, &c. such articles as will render his assortment complete, and to be able to furnish every article in the apothecary line.  THOMAS PATTERSON.  City Washington, April 1805—caw3w. 

PROPOSALS For carrying the Mails of the United States, on the following post-roads, will be received at the General post-office, in Washington, until the 10th day of July next, inclusive. (Continued.)
70. From Newhaven by Cheshire and Southington to Farmington once a week. Leave Newhaven every Thursday at 10 a.m. and arrive at Farmington by 7 p.m. Leave Farmington every Wednesday at 1 p.m. and arrive at Newhaven on Thursday by 8 a.m.
71. From Newhaven by Woodbridge, Watbury and Watertown to Litchfield once a week. Leave Litchfield every Friday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Newhaven by 3 p.m. Leave Newhaven every Friday at 5 p.m. and arrive at Litchfield on Saturday by 3 p.m.
72. From Newhaven by Derby, Southbury, Woodbury, Bethlehem, Litchfield, Goshen and Canaan to Sheffield once a week. Leave Newhaven every Tuesday at 2 p.m. and arrive at Litchfield on Wednesday by 11 a.m. and at Sheffield on Thursday by 9 a.m. Leave Sheffield every Monday at 5 a.m. and arrive at Newhaven on Tuesday by 10 a.m.
73. From Bridgeport by Newfield, Trumbull, Huntington, Newtown and Brookfield to New Milford once a week. Leave Bridgeport every Thursday at 2 p.m. and arrive at New Milford on Friday by 6 p.m. Leave New Milford every Wednesday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Bridgeport on Thursday by 10 a.m.
74. From Danbury by South East Doves, Kent, Sharon, Salisbury, Sheffield, Great Barrington, Stockbridge, Lenox, Lanesboro', Williamstown and Pownal to Bennington once a week. Leave Danbury every Monday at 5 a.m. and arrive at Bennington the next Thursday by 11 a.m. Leave Bennington every Thursday at 1 p.m. and arrive at Danbury the next Sunday by 7 p.m.
IN NEW-YORK. 75. From New York by Brooklyn, Jamaica, Hempstead, Merrick, South Oysterbay, South Huntington, Islip, Patchouge, Fire Place, Moriches, West Hampton, Southampton and Bridgehampton to Sag Harbor once a week. Leave New York every Thursday at 9 a.m. and arrive at Jamaica by 1 p.m. and at Sag Harbor the next Saturday by 3 p.m. Leave Sag Harbor every Monday at 8 a.m. and arrive at New York the next Wednesday by 3 p.m.
76. From Jamaica by Queens c.h., Jericho, Huntington, Dix Hills, Winnetacomie, Smithtown, Setauket, Brookhaven and Riverhead to Southold once a week. Leave Jamaica every Thursday at 2 p.m. and arrive at Southold on Saturday by 2 p.m. Leave Southold every Saturday at 4 p.m. and arrive at Jamaica the next Tuesday by noon.
77. From New York by Kingsbridge, Yonkers, Greenburg, Mount Pleasant, Peekskill, Fishkill, Poughkeepsie, Staatsburg, Rhinebeck, Redhook, Clermont, Hudson and Kinderhook to Albany three times a week.
May 1 to November 1.—Leave New York every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 3 p.m. and arrive at Yonkers by 8 p.m. Leave Yonkers every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 4 a.m. and arrive at Poughkeepsie by 8 p.m. Leave Poughkeepsie every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday at 4 a.m. and arrive at Albany by 8 p.m. Returning. Leave Albany every Thursday, Sunday and Tuesday at 4 a.m. and arrive at Poughkeepsie by 8 p.m. Leave Poughkeepsie every Friday, Monday and Wednesday at 4 a.m. and arrive at Yonkers by 8 p.m. Leave Yonkers every Saturday, Tuesday and Thursday at 4 a.m. and arrive at New York by 10 a.m.
November 1 to May 1.—Leave New York every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 4 a.m. and arrive at Peekskill by 8 p.m. Leave Peekskill every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 4 a.m. and arrive at Rhinebeck by 8 p.m. Leave Rhinebeck every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday at 4 a.m. and arrive at Albany by 8 p.m. Returning. Leave Albany every Thursday, Sunday and Tuesday at 4 a.m. and arrive at Rhinebeck by 8 p.m. Leave Rhinebeck every Friday, Monday and Wednesday at 4 a.m. and arrive at Peekskill by 8 p.m. Leave Peekskill every Saturday, Tuesday and Thursday at 4 a.m. and arrive at New York by 7 p.m.
78. From New York by Bergen, Hackenack, Paramus, New Antrim, Chester, Southfield, Goshen, Wallkill, Montgomery, Kingston, Sageres, Catskill, Lundenburg, Coekakie, Coeymans and Bethlehem to Albany three times a week.
May 1 to November 1.—Leave New York every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday at 2 p.m. and arrive at Paramus by 8 p.m. Leave Paramus every Wednesday, Friday and Monday at 4 a.m. and arrive at Kingston by 8 p.m. Leave Kingston every Thursday, Saturday and Tuesday at 4 a.m. and arrive at Albany by 8 p.m. Returning. Leave Albany every Friday, Monday and Wednesday at 4 a.m. and arrive at Kingston by 8 p.m. Leave Kingston every Saturday, Tuesday and Thursday at 4 a.m. and arrive at Paramus by 8 p.m. Leave Paramus every Sunday, Wednesday and Friday at 4 a.m. and arrive at New York by 11 a.m.
November 1 to May 1.—Leave New York every Tuesday, Thursday and Sun-
day at 4 a.m. and arrive at Goshen by 8 p.m. Leave Goshen every Wednesday, Friday and Monday at 4 a.m. and arrive at Sageres by 8 p.m. Leave Sageres every Thursday, Saturday and Tuesday at 4 a.m. and arrive at Albany by 8 p.m. Returning. Leave Albany every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 4 a.m. and arrive at Sageres by 8 p.m. Leave Sageres every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 4 a.m. and arrive at Goshen by 8 p.m. Leave Goshen every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday by 4 a.m. and arrive at New York by 8 p.m.
79. From Fishkill, by Fishkill Landing, to Newburg twice a week. Leave Fishkill every Tuesday and Saturday at 4 p.m. and arrive at Newburg by 6 p.m. Leave Newburg every Tuesday and Saturday by noon and arrive at Fishkill by 2 p.m.
80. From Rhinebeck to Kingston once a week. Leave Rhinebeck every Monday at 11 a.m. and arrive at Kingston by 1 p.m. Leave Kingston every Monday at 8 a.m. and arrive at Rhinebeck by 10 a.m.
81. From Kingston by Shandecan, Middletown and Delhi to Meredith once a week. Leave Kingston every Saturday at 8 a.m. and arrive at Meredith on Sunday by 6 p.m. Leave Meredith every Thursday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Kingston on Friday by 6 p.m.
82. From Hudson to Catskill once a week. Leave Hudson every Friday at one and a half p.m. and arrive at Catskill by 4 p.m. Leave Catskill every Friday at 8 a.m. and arrive at Hudson by 10 a.m.
83. From Hudson by Catskill, Lunsenburg, Canton, Freehold, New Durham, Blethen, Stamford, Delaware, Windham, Delhi and Walton, to Jencho and Onquaga, to Union, and from Union by Onquaga, Clinton, Unadilla, Franklin, Meredith, Kortright, to Stamford and thence by the same route, to Hudson once a week. Leave Hudson every Saturday at 8 a.m. and arrive at Delhi on Sunday by 8 p.m. Leave Delhi on Monday by 4 a.m. and arrive at Union the next Tuesday by 11 a.m. Leave Union every Tuesday at 4 p.m. and arrive at Meredith on Wednesday by 8 p.m. and arrive at Hudson the next Friday by 6 p.m.
84. From Athens, by Chenango, Newton, Painted Post, Bath and Jerusalem, to Canadorque once a week. Leave Athens every Wednesday at 1 p.m. and arrive at Canadorque on Saturday by 6 p.m. Leave Canadorque every Sunday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Athens the next Wednesday by 10 a.m.
85. From Owego, by Cantines, Ithaca, Salmon Creek, Milton and Scipio or Aurora, to Cayuga once a week. Leave Owego every Saturday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Cayuga on Sunday by 6 p.m. Leave Cayuga every Monday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Owego on Tuesday by 6 p.m.
86. From Albany by Troy, to Lansingburg six times a week. Leave Lansingburg every day (Sunday excepted) at 1 p.m. and arrive at Albany by 3 p.m. Leave Albany every day (Sunday excepted) at 9 a.m. and arrive at Lansingburg by 11 a.m.
87. From Lansingburg, by Cambridge, Salem, Hebron, Granville, Hampton and Poulteney, to Fairhaven once a week. Leave Lansingburg every Wednesday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Salem at 8 p.m. Leave Salem on Friday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Fairhaven at 8 p.m. Returning. Leave Fairhaven Saturday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Salem at 8 p.m. Leave Salem on Tuesday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Lansingburg at 8 p.m.
88. From Lansingburg by Schat-coke, Easton, Green, Argyle and Hartford, to Whitehall once a week. Leave Lansingburg every Wednesday at 8 a.m. and arrive at Whitehall on Thursday by 6 p.m. Leave Whitehall every Friday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Lansingburg on Saturday by 4 p.m.
89. From Lansingburg by Waterford, Still Water, Westfield, Fort Miller, Fort Edward, Sandy Hill, Kingsbury, Fort Anne and Whitehall, to Fairhaven once a week. Leave Lansingburg every Friday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Sandy Hill on Saturday by 9 a.m. and arrive at Fairhaven on Monday by 10 a.m. Leave Fairhaven every Monday at noon and arrive at Lansingburg on Thursday by 6 p.m.
90. From Sandy Hill by Fort George, Thurman and Scaroon Lake, to Crown Point once a week. Leave Sandy Hill every Saturday at 10 a.m. and arrive at Crown Point on Monday by 10 a.m. Leave Crown Point every Monday at 1 p.m. and arrive at Sandy Hill on Wednesday by noon.
91. From Albany by Duanesburg, Durlock, Cherry Valley, Coopers-town, Butternuts, Oxford and Lisle, to Union once a week. Leave Albany every Saturday at 8 a.m. and arrive at Union the next Tuesday by 11 a.m. Leave Union every Tuesday at 1 p.m. and arrive at Albany the next Friday by 6 p.m.
92. From Coopers-town by Burlington, Brookfield, Sherburne, Duryea, Fabius, Tully and Sempronius, to Scipio once in two weeks. Leave Coopers-town every other Monday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Scipio on Wednesday by 6 p.m. Leave Scipio every other Thursday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Coopers-town on Saturday by 6 p.m.
93. From Albany, by Schenectady,
Amsterdam, Triphill, Palatine, Little Falls, Herkimer, Utica, New Hartford, Wellmoreland, Oneida, Sullivan, Canadarague, Manlius, Onondaga, Marcellus, Aurelius, Cayuga and Geneva to Canadarague. Leave Albany every day (Sunday excepted) at 2 p.m. and arrive at Schenectady by 7 p.m. Leave Schenectady every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 4 a.m. and arrive at Utica the next day, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday by 7 p.m. Leave Utica every Monday and Thursday at 3 a.m. and arrive at Canadorque the next Wednesday and Saturday by 9 p.m. Returning. Leave Canadorque every Monday and Thursday at 3 a.m. and arrive at Utica the next Wednesday and Saturday by 9 p.m. Leave Utica every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 4 a.m. and arrive at Schenectady the next days Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday by 8 p.m. Leave Schenectady every day (Sunday excepted) at 5 a.m. and arrive at Albany by 11 a.m.
94. From Schenectady by Galloway, Charlton, Milton, Hacky, Greenfield, Saratoga Springs, Balltown Springs and Balltown to Schenectady once a week. Leave Schenectady every Wednesday at 6 a.m. and return to Schenectady the next Friday by 6 p.m.
95. From Triphill to Johnson twice a week. Leave Triphill every Tuesday and Friday at 3 p.m. and arrive at Johnson by 4 p.m. Leave Johnson every Tuesday and Friday at 5 p.m. and arrive at Triphill by 6 p.m.
96. From Utica, by Whitesboro, to Rome twice a week. Leave Utica every Sunday and Thursday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Rome by 11 a.m. Leave Rome at 1 p.m. and arrive at Utica by 6 p.m.
97. From Utica by New Hartford, Paris, Hamilton, Sherburne and Warwick, to Oxford once a week. Leave Utica every Sunday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Oxford on Monday by noon. Leave Oxford every Friday at 10 a.m. and arrive at Utica on Saturday by 4 p.m.
98. From Canandaigua by Bloomfield, Hartford, Southhampton, Genesee c.h. and New Amsterdam, to Niagara once a week. Leave Canandaigua every Saturday at 10 p.m. and arrive at Niagara the next Wednesday by 10 a.m. Leave Niagara every Wednesday at 2 p.m. and arrive at Canandaigua the next Saturday by 4 p.m.
99. From Unadilla, by Hardwick, Milford and Otego, to Cooperstown once in two weeks. Leave Unadilla every other Tuesday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Cooperstown by 6 p.m. Leave Cooperstown every other Monday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Unadilla by 6 p.m.
IN NEW JERSEY. 100. From Newark, by Chatham, Morristown, Boonetown, Rockaway and Sparta, to Newtown, thence by Hacketstown, Black river, Mendon, Morristown and Chatham, to Newark, once a week. Leave Newark every Thursday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Newtown on Friday by 7 p.m. Leave Newtown every Saturday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Morristown on Monday by 8 a.m.
101. From Newark, by Springfield, Scotchplains, Plainfield, New Market, Boundbrook, Somerlet, c.h. Ringoes, to Corryells ferry, once a week. Leave Corryells ferry every Thursday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Newark on Friday by 6 p.m. Leave Newark every Saturday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Corryells ferry on Sunday by 6 p.m.
102. From Easton, Pa. by Belvidere, Hope, Johnonburg, Newtown, Hamburg, Warwick, Florida, Goshen, Little Britain and New Windsor, to Newburg once a week. Leave Newburg every Monday at 1 p.m. and arrive at Goshen by 7 p.m. Leave Goshen every Tuesday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Newtown by 7 p.m. Leave Newtown on Wednesday at 5 a.m. and arrive at Easton by 7 p.m. Returning. Leave Easton every Thursday at 5 a.m. and arrive at Newtown by 5 p.m. Leave Newtown every Friday at 5 a.m. and arrive at Goshen by 7 p.m. Leave Goshen every Monday at 5 a.m. and arrive at Newburg by 11 a.m.
103. From Rahway, by Scotchplains, to New Providence once a week. Leave Rahway every Monday at 6 a.m. and arrive at New Providence by 11 a.m. Leave New Providence at 1 p.m. and arrive at Rahway by 7 p.m.
104. From Morristown, by Baskenridge, to Somerlet once a week. Leave Somerlet every Thursday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Morristown by 11 a.m. Leave Morristown at 1 p.m. and arrive at Somerlet by 6 p.m.
105. From Trenton, by Allentown, Cranbury, Monmouth, Shrewsbury, Middletown Point, Spotswood, New Brunswick, Somerlet c.h. Pluckemin, Rariton, New Germanton, Washington, New Hampton, Pittston, Flemington and Pennington, to Trenton once a week. And from Trenton by Pennington, Flemington, Alexandria, Plumstead, Pa. thence by Alexandria, Pittston, New Hampton, and the reverse of the above route to Trenton once a week. Leave Trenton, to pass by Allentown every Tuesday at 8 a.m. and arrive at New Brunswick on Wednesday by 6 p.m. and arrive at Trenton the next Tuesday by 6 a.m. Leave Trenton, to pass by Flemington every Tuesday at 8 a.m. and arrive at Plumstead on Wednesday by 1 p.m. and arrive at New Brunswick on Friday
by 8 p.m. and arrive at Trenton the next Tuesday by 6 a.m. (To be continued.)
VENDUE. To be sold at public vendue on Wednesday the 10th of April at 4 o'clock P. M. at the house of John Wall, north of the Seven Buildings.
ONE Light Travelling waggon and Gears for two horses—One Electrical Machine and apparatus—One Mandolin—36 sheets of Paintings of Perspective Views—Two Perspective Glasses, 40 Portrait Painting—One small Magnifying Glass Conditions cash. April 5—tdf
A SALE, ON Monday the 15th day of April next, at 12 o'clock if fair, if not the next fair day. The subscriber living on the premises, will offer at public sale to the highest bidder, a valuable
TRACT OF LAND, Containing 275 acres, lying in Charles county state of Maryland, within half a mile of Nanjemoy Creek—about one half of the tract is cleared and under a good fence, the other half well wooded. It abounds in never failing springs of water. The soil is well adapted to tobacco, corn and wheat. The improvements are a large comfortable dwelling house, with other necessary buildings. The neighborhood consists of a genteel society of people, and the situation is pleasant and healthy. There are two mills for the grinding of grain, near to the said land; one within 1/4 and the other within 3/4 of a mile, with many other conveniences and advantages which it is considered unnecessary to mention in an advertisement, as those inclined to purchase may be more satisfactorily informed by viewing the land, &c. The terms will be made known on the day of sale, or at any time previous thereto by application to JOSEPH ELGIN. March 27—tdf
VENDUE. TO BE SOLD on the 15th day of April next at STELLE'S HOTEL, Capitol Hill—a variety of Household Furniture, consisting of Beds and Furniture, with a large collection of other furniture, belonging to the Hotel, too numerous to mention—All sums under 100 dollars cash, and above, nine months credit, the purchaser giving approved notes with endorsers, on the bank of this place, or George Town, no article to be removed till settled for. Sale to commence at 10 o'clock. Washington, March 22—tdof
THE subscribers have opened a GROCERY STORE in the house near the Capitol, lately occupied by Mr. JAMES D. BARRY—where they have for sale, low, for cash or in exchange for country produce. Genuine Cogniac brandy, Inferior French do. Old Jamaica Spirits, Madeira, } Wines, by the quarter cask Sherry, } and cask, or smaller quantity. Lisbon, } Claret, Brown Sugar, 1st and 2d quality Loaf and Lump, do. Molasses, Firkin Butter, Mould Candles, Sweet Oil, Spices of different kinds, Fig Blue, Starch, Almonds, Anchovies, } In bottles. Capers, } Powder and Shot, Excellent Wine Vinegar, Gin, Whiskey, Hylon, } Teas, fresh, and of su- Imperial, } perior quality. Young Hylon, Salt Herrings in Barrels. PETER MEALY, & Co. Washington October 31—tdf
STELLE'S HOTEL & CITY TAVERN.
THE Subscriber takes this method of thanking his friends and the public for their favors whilst on the Capitol square and begs leave to acquaint them that having purchased and now occupying the tavern, late Tunnicliff's hotel; which he has commenced enlarging and improving—he respectfully solicits a continuance of the patronage of his friends and the public, assuring them that 'tis his full determination to fit up his present hotel, and to conduct it, as to merit, he hopes, the preference of the public travelling, as well as those coming to the permanent seat of the Government of our Land of Liberty. PONTIUS D. STELLE. Washington City, March 25—tdf
One Hundred Dollars Reward.
ON Friday evening the 22nd inst. ROBERT W. PEACOCK, confined in the Jail of Washington County of the District of Columbia, upon a conviction of forgery at December Term, 1804, escaped from said Jail. He was before this conviction a practicing Attorney in the City of Washington, and is very well known in Virginia and Maryland, having resided in both. He is a stout man, 5 feet 10 or 11 inches high, about 34 or 35 years of age, looks young of his age, has blue eyes, full face, fair and ruddy complexion, light hair, which he wears tied behind. He is also very much inclined to corpulency. Whoever apprehends the said felon, and secures him in any Jail, so that I get him again, shall receive the above reward from DANIEL C. BRENT. Marshal of the District of Columbia. March 25—tdf
FOR SALE OR RENT.
THE Tavern for some years past occupied by PONTIUS D. STELLE, is situated on the Capitol Hill, and well calculated for a large and extensive business the situation is well known. Possession can be had after the 15th of April next—for terms apply to DANIEL CARROLL, of Duddington. Washington, March 21—tm
RAGS. THE highest price CASH, given for clean RAGS, by EDGAR PATTERSON, George town, and SAMUEL STETTENUS, near the Centre market, Washington March 8—tf.
ADAM KING, & Co. AT their wine Store in High street George Town, have in addition to their stock of old wines, laid in a large and general assortment of all kinds of Liquors and Groceries suitable to the present season; where bills of any description, in their line, will constantly be filled up on the shortest notice and they flatter themselves, from the quality of their wines, &c. they will be able to give general satisfaction to all those who may think proper to favor them with a call—where all kind of commission business as usual, will be attended to with the utmost attention. George Town, November 5—tf
CHARLES H. VARDEN, MERCHANT TAYLOR. Has received from Philadelphia a handsome assortment of FALL goods, consisting of the best London and French superfine cloths, cassimeres, patent beaver's cord, toilettas, fancy and white Marfeilles, black and figured silk, molskins, fancy silk, Marfeilles, constitution cords, velvets, Genoa cord, silk and satin Florentines, superfine coating, knapped cloths, with a variety of other articles suitable for the winter season. N. B. Ladies habits, regimentals, and navy uniforms made in the first style of fashion. New Jersey avenue near the Capitol, December 10—tf
PROPOSALS For carrying mails of the United States on the following post roads will be received at the General Post Office until the 20th day of April next
1 From Washington city to Halifax old c.h. once a week, estimated at 240 miles in three days. Leave Washington every Saturday at 6 a.m. and arrive at Halifax old c.h. on Monday by 8 p.m. Leave Halifax old c.h. every Tuesday at 4 a.m. and arrive at Washington on Thursday by 6 p.m. 2 From Halifax old c.h. Va. to Pickenville S. C. once a week, estimated at 276 miles, in 3 1/2 days. Leave Halifax old c.h. every Tuesday at 4 a.m. and arrive at Pickenville the next Friday by 10 a.m. Leave Pickenville every Friday at 2 p.m. and arrive at Halifax old town on Monday by 8 p.m. 3 From Pickenville to Coweta, Indian town on Chattahoochee river, estimated at 280 miles, in 3 1/2 days. Leave Pickenville every Friday at 2 p.m. and arrive at Coweta the next Monday by 6 p.m. Leave Coweta every Tuesday at 4 a.m. and arrive at Pickenville the next Friday by 10 a.m. 4 From Coweta on Chattahoochee to Fort Stoddert once a week, estimated at 246 miles, in 3 1/2 days. Leave Coweta every every Tuesday at 4 a.m. and arrive at Fort Stoddert the next Friday by 10 a.m. Leave Fort Stoddert every Friday at 2 p.m. and arrive at Coweta the next Monday by 8 p.m. 5 From Fort Stoddert to New Orleans once a week, estimated at 211 miles, in 3 days. Leave Fort Stoddert every Friday at 2 p.m. and arrive at New Orleans the next Monday by 2 p.m. Leave New Orleans every Tuesday at 10 a.m. and arrive at Fort Stoddert the next Friday by 10 a.m.
NOTE. The contracts are to be in operation on the first day of May next and are to continue in force until the 1st day of July 1806, on the usual penalties for failures and delays and other conditions. GIDEON GRANGER, Postmaster-General. General Post-office, March 18, 1805—A20
FOR SALE.
Eight hundred acres of Land. IN Fauquier county state of Virginia, known by the name of Oakland Farm, distance about 22 miles from Fredericksburg, and the same from Dumfries. About three hundred acres of this land are under a fine growth of oak and hickory timber. The cleared land is inclosed and well adapted to the culture of corn, wheat and tobacco, it is finely watered by a number of never failing springs, dispersed in such a manner in four separate inclosures, as to afford water for stock in great plenty. On the premises are a small mill and distillery, a strong frame dwelling house 44 feet by 20, finished in a plain and elegant style, a stone spring house completely finished, scantling and framing, sufficient for a kitchen and smoke house. Any person inclining to purchase will be shewn the land by Mr. Levan Oliver who lives near the place—the terms may be known by an application to Mr. John Love of said county and the title confirmed by the subscriber living in the city of Washington, district of Columbia THOMAS THORPE. April 3—tf
Bank of Columbia. THE Board of Directors having this day declared a dividend for the half year ending the 30th inst. at the rate of Eight per cent. per annum. The same will be paid to the Stockholders or their representatives, on or after Wednesday the 30th inst. WILLIAM WHANN, Cashier. March 18—6w
THE members of the community of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in the city of Washington, and its vicinity, are respectfully requested to meet at Mr. Woodward's center tavern, on the Pennsylvania avenue, on Monday morning the 15th instant, precisely at 10 o'clock. Washington, 8th April, 1805. The Printers within the territory are respectfully desired to insert the above for the present week.