Alexandria daily advertiser (Alexandria [Va.]), 1806-01-25 00:00:00

Alexandria Daily Advertiser.
Vol. VI.]
SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1806.
[No. 1507.]
Public Sale.
On TUESDAY next, at 10 o'clock, will be sold at the Venue Store , RUM
In hds. and bks. French Brandy in pipes, Gin in pipes and bks. Whiskey and Apple Brandy in bks. Sugar in hds. tierces and bks. Chocolate White and brown Soap and } 4 boxes, Mould and dipt Candles Raisins in kegs, boxes and jars, Figs in kegs and frails, Queen's Ware in crates,
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE,
&c. Also, A Variety of DRY GOODS, among which are Cloths, Coatings, Kersemere, Duffs, Plains, Kerseys, Negro Cottons, Serges, Elastics, blue Friezes, Calimancoes, Russells, Yarn Stockings, Cointzes and Calicoes, Irish Linens, Silesia do. Osnaburgs and Ticklenburgs, Muslin and Muslin Handkerchiefs, India Muslins and Table Clothes, Bandana Handkerchiefs, Coloured Threads, Hats and sundry other articles.
Philip G. Marsteller.
Nr. 12.
For Sale or Freight,
The Schooner BETSEY, Bouthen eight hundred barrels; Was built in eighteen hundred and —And is without exception the best Schr. Belonging to the port—for terms apply to Benjamin Shreve, jun.
Dec. 14.
FOR SALE,
On moderate Terms, The SHIP HETTY, Just arrived from Liverpool, and laying at Col. Ramsay's wharf. Her inventory may be seen and description of the ship made known, on application to Captain Ruffel, on board or to
Ricketts, Newton & Co.
It said ship is not sold in ten or fifteen days, she will be for freight or charter to any port in Europe.
R. N. & Co.
January 1.
HENRY K. MAY
Has received, per Brig Equator, Moore, from New-Castle, and offers for Sale, if immedi- ately applied for;
80 casks Red Lead, 38 casks Patent Shot, 18 casks Ingot Lead and 35 sheets Milled do.
December 18.
20 Pipes very choice Madeira Wine,
Imported in the Brig Active, from St. Bar- tholomew, and for sale by
R. Veitch & Co.
December 21.
N. B. This Wine has lain a considerable time in the West Indies.
JUST RECEIVED,
9 boxes—containing 500 pieces Platillas, 500 do. Britannias, Entitled to drawback on exportation.
ALSO,
80 bbls and 5 hds New Rum;
For Sale, by
John G. Ladd.
December 13.
Notice is hereby given, to the Stockholders of the Bank of Alexandria, THAT a dividend of four per cent. on the capital stock of said Bank, for the half year, ending this day, is declared, and will be ready to be paid to them or their representatives, on Thursday next, the 9th instant.
By order of the President and Directors.
Gurdin Chapin, Cashier
January 6.
Wanted to Hire,
A Negro Girl from 12 to 14 years of age—Apply to the PRINTER.
November 12.
NOTICE.
The Subscriber wishes to inform the inhabitants of Alexandria in general, that he has a Cellar, at the lower end of Duke-street, under the house of E. Mill's;
WHERE HE HAS FOR SALE, Belt Rhode-Island Potatoes; New- York Cabbages; Beets; Turnips; Onions; Pumpkins. He will attend at the Cellar every day till 11 o'clock, during the winter; where the inhabitants may be supplied with large or small quantities of the above articles, on terms very moderate.
A. WILLIS.
January 15.
JAMES BACON,
A his GROCERY STORE, on King street, has, in addition to his former stock, added A fresh Supply of Genuine Articles in the Grocery Line;
Which makes his assortment complete. He now offers for sale, on his usual low terms, Muscovado Sugars, of various qua-
lities,
Loaf and Lump ditto,
Gunpowder,
Imperial,
Hyson,
Young Hyson,
Hyson skin, and
Souchong
Best Green Coffee,
Chocolate, of a superior quality,
Madeira,
Port,
Sherry,
Lisbon,
Teneriffe,
Málaga, and
Genuine Old Port
Cognac and Bourdeaux Brandy,
Old Jamaica Spirit, for family use,
Antigua, St. Croix, St. Vincents, and New-
England Rum,
Holland Gin,
Irish and country Whiskey,
Molasses, Wine, and Cider Vinegar,
Stoughton's Bitters.
Mace, Nutmegs, Cloves, Cassia, Pimento
Cayenne and Black Pepper, Race and Ground
Ginger, Baker Salt for table use, Pearl Barley,
Rice, Starch, Fig-blue, Soap, Mould, Dipt and
Spermaceti Candles, Refined Salt-Petre, Florent
Indigo, Allum, Copperas, Madder, Brimstone,
Spinning Cotton, Patent Shot, all sizes, best
English and country-made Gunpowder, Segars,
and Smoking Tobacco, very best Chewing To-
bacco.
Hamilton and Leiper's Snuff, Hunter's Pipes
in boxes.
London Mustard, warranted of a superior qua-
lity, Dixon's best ditto, Wrapping Paper, De-
mijohn's, &c. &c. with generally every articl-
in his line—the whole of which have been select-
ed with care and will be disposed of on the very
lowest terms.
December 16.
JUST RECEIVED
And for Sale by the SUBSCRIBER.
22 hds. Brimstone,
12 casks Linseed-Oil,
2 cases Cantharides,
ALSO,
30 casks first quality Cheese.
JOHN G. LADD.
Jan. 9.
NOTICE.
AT a meeting of the President and Directors of the Little River Turnpike Company, at the house of John Gadsby, in the town of Alexandria, December the 4th, 1805—
Ordered, That the Stockholders in the Little River Turnpike Company do, and they are hereby required to pay to the Treasurer of said Company ten dollars on each share by them re- spectively subscribed, on the first day of Februa- ry, 1806—and the further sum of ten dollars on each of their shares, on the first day of May —and the further sum of ten dollars on each of their shares, on the first day of July—and the further sum of ten dollars on each of their shares, on the first day of September—and the further sum of ten dollars on each of their shares, on the first day of November next ensuing, the date hereof.
Jonah Thompson, Treasurer.
December 13.
CASH, and the highest price, will be given for Clean Linen and Cotton Rags, by the Prin- ter of this paper.
Mandeville and Jamesson,
OFFER FOR SALE,
For Cash, Produce, or on the usual Credit;
A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF
LIQUORS & GROCERIES,
Consisting of
Muscovado Sugars, of various qua-
lities,
Philadelphia and Alexandria Loaf and Lump
ditto.
Jamaica,
St. Vincents, and } In hds. &c.
N. E. Rum,
Old Jamaica Spirits, for family use,
Peach and Apple Brandy,
Cognac and Bourdeaux do.
Holland and Country Geneva,
70 barrels strong and fine flavored Rye Whis-
key.
Madeira,
Sherry,
Old Port,
Lisbon,
Malaga, and } WINES.
Teneriffe
40 cases St. Estephe Medoc Claret,
1 butt old 4th proof Irish Whiskey,
100 cases West Schiedam Gin,
A few hogheads of choice Molasses,
Tennessee and Georgia Cotton.
Gunpowder,
Imperial,
Hyson,
Young Hyson,
Souchong,
Hyson skin, and } TEAS.
Bohea
Green Coffee, Chocolate, Pearl Barley, Rice,
Starch, Fig-blue, Soap, Mustard, Rappée and
Scotch Snuff.
SPICES—Pimento, Pepper, Cloves, Cassia,
Nutmegs and Mace.
Ginger, race and ground.
Florent and Orleans Indigo, Madder, Cop-
peras, Allum and Brimstone.
Patent Shot, assorted, from BB to No. 9.
B. Lead, Hunter's Pipes, Bees Wax, Wrap-
ping Paper, Demijohns, Refined Salt-Petre,
Chalk,
Mould and Dipt Candles.
British Gunpowder of various qual-
ities from F to treble battle.
October 18.
Liverpool Coarse Salt.
400 hds. Liverpool coarse Salt,
on board the Schooner Polly and Eliza, at Law-
rafon's wharf, and for sale by
Lawrafon & Fowle,
Who have also received by said Schooner from
Boston,
8 hogheads retailing Molasses,
50 barrels New England Rum,
100 boxes mould and dipt Candles,
20 do. Chocolate
15 do. Cod-Fish,
10 casks fresh Raisins,
20 boxes do. Muscatel ditto.
2 chests Imperial Tea.
IN STORE,
Berboon Garrahs,
Young Hyson and Hyson Skin Tea,
First quality Russia, heavy and light Raven
Duk,
American Sewing Twine,
Havana Segars, of a superior quality,
Dipt Candles,
Chocolate,
N. E. Rum, in hogheads and barrels,
Pork,
1 cask double refined Loaf Sugar,
6000 lbs. Sheet Lead, &c.
Cash will be given for 150
barrels Corn. Apply as above.
January 14.
FOR SALE OR RENT,
A CONVENIENT new two story BRICK
HOUSE, situate at the upper end of King
street, lately occupied by Abel Blakeney. For
terms apply to
James Anderson, or
Anderson & Perry.
Who have for Sale, a quantity of
BUCKWHEAT MEAL.
January 16.
TO RENT,
The Dwelling HOUSE at present
occupied by William Sanford—The house is
commodious and handsomely situated, with eve-
ry necessary out house, and has a handsome gar-
den in high cultivation. Apply to
Mr. Thomas Preston, or
Thomas Sanford.
October 25.
15 hogheads } Prime retailing Molasses. 12 tierces 20 puncheons high proof Jamaica Rum 8 bottles Muscat Wine 4 butt butts Constantia do. 4 pipes fine old Brazil Madeira 12 boxes French Prunes 10 hogheads } New England Rum 15 tierces 50 barrels Pennsylvania Rye Whiskey 6 cases refined British Salt-Petre 3 tierces Allum 50 boxes Mould and Dipt Candles 10 boxes Chocolate Just received, and for sale, for cash or on the usual credits.
Mandeville & Jamesson.
December 21.
JUST RECEIVED,
And for Sale, by Nathaniel Wattles and Co. 20 hogheads fourth proof Jamaica Rum. 30 ditto best retailing Molasses.
January 4.
JUST RECEIVED,
AND FOR SALE, Two boxes Irish Linen—real Cole- raines. 50 barrels prime Pork. WM. HODGSON.
November 28.
TUNIS CRAVEN,
Has received by the late arrivals an elegant as- sortment of
GOODS,
—AMONG WHICH ARE— London superfine Cloths and Cambricks, and Cashmeres, Lace do. Bennett's patent Cards, Rich Colonade and fi- Do. Whitecoatings, gured India Muslins Silks, Molekins, Flo- India and British Books rentines, do. Imperial, clouded and Lace Caps & Handker- white Marfeilles, chiefs, Toilinetts, Swandowns, Extra Silk Gloves, Flannels, rose Blankets, Pic Nic Muffs. Coatings, Plains, Silk Cord and Buttons, Kerseys, Halfthicks, Cambric Buttons, Lamb's Wool, Worsted, Artificial Flowers and Cotton and Silk Ho- Wickets, sery, Ostrich Feathers, Irish & Flanders Sheet- Italian Mantua, ings, Fine India Persians, 4 3/4 Irish Linens, Baftas, Mamoodies, Shirting Cotton, Dowlas, Ticklenburgs, Long Lawns, Osnaburgs, Brown rolls Linen Cambricks, &c. &c. Dimities, Cambric do.
He daily expects an additional assortment of FALL GOODS.
Oct. 22.
JOHN TUCKER
Has for Sale, 40 hds Muscovado Sugars 1000 bushels coarse Turks Island Salt A few bags Green Coffee 11 bags black Pepper 15 boxes fresh Raisins 4 quarter, 2 half, and 1 whole } TEAS. chest Imperial, 3 chests Hyson, 3 do. young Hyson, 3 quarter chests Hyson Chulong, ALSO, 1000 SPANISH HIDES.
Jan. 11.
FOR SALE,
A Negro Woman, who is an ex- cellent house servant, with her two Children; the one male, the other female. Enquire of the Printer.
January 16.
JUST PUBLISHED,

W.P.A. Thompson from the REPORT.
The committee to whom were referred the petition of sundry inhabitants of the county of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia; the petition of sundry citizens of the United States resident in the territory of Columbia; the memorial of sundry inhabitants of Georgetown, in the district of Columbia; the memorial of sundry inhabitants of the city of Washington, residing on the west side of Tiber creek, and the memorial of John P. Van Ness.
REPORT
THE petitions of the inhabitants of the town and county of Alexandria, and of the citizens resident in the territory of Columbia, state, That an easy intercourse between the town of Alexandria and the city of Washington, which is at present prevented by the intervention of the river Potomac, is extremely desirable; that this intercourse is especially interrupted at that season of the year when the river is obstructed by ice; that a bridge from Maryland avenue to Alexander's island would facilitate the communication, shorten the route of the mail at least six miles, and be generally beneficial to the citizens of the United States; that they are persuaded the bridge contemplated by their petitions will at some period be carried into effect, and they view the present time as the most favorable both in relation to their own and the general convenience, and the interests of those who may be affected by the measure; and that if the scheme shall be authorized by congress, it will speedily be carried into effect. They pray that a law may pass to incorporate a company for erecting a bridge across the Potomac from the city of Washington to the county of Alexandria, in some convenient situation, under such regulations and restrictions as the legislature may deem expedient.
In opposition to these petitions, the committee have referred to them the memorial of the proprietors and inhabitants of Georgetown, which states that Georgetown was laid out under the sanction of law previous to the revolution; that it was engaged in foreign commerce before the seat of government was contemplated to be on the Potomac; that being at the head of tide water navigation, the proprietors must have made purchases and improvements with a view to foreign commerce, or some of the trade dependent on it, in the confident expectation that the river would remain free and unobstructed by artificial causes, particularly when they saw Maryland and Virginia make a solemn compact, where by the river Potomac is declared a common highway for the purpose of navigation and commerce, the navigation whereof is not to be injured or obstructed. They consider that their natural and political rights will be infringed on by the adoption of this measure, as the navigation of the river will be injured and obstructed thereby; that from the meeting of the stream and the water, at the place where the bridge is contemplated, a tendency will be produced in the impeded stream water to deposit the earthy particles with which it is charged in times of freshes, by which they apprehend the present entire, main and deep channel may be divided into many small and narrow passages, to the great injury of the navigation.
There is likewise referred to your committee the memorial of the inhabitants of the city of Washington, residing on the west side of Tyber creek which states, that the memorialists have acquired property on the west side of Tyber creek, in the city of Washington, in confidence that the navigation of the Potomac would not be destroyed by artificial means; that the erection of a bridge at the place contemplated would probably greatly injure the navigation above it, and impair the value of the property of the memorialists; that the project of a bridge across the river is unjust, as no place should calculate on being favoured with artificial advantages which cannot be afforded without depriving other places of their natural advantages.
They also find among the documents referred to them, the memorial of John P. Van Ness, in opposition to the first mentioned petitions, on the ground of the measure therein proposed, being (if carried into effect) an injurious infraction of the private rights of most of those, both within the City and Georgetown, and on the opposite shore, who are interested above the proposed site of the intended bridge.
The contrariety of sentiment and of interest, which exists in the territory of Columbia, on the subject of the proposition contained in the petitions, praying that the erection of a bridge across the Potomac, may be authorized by law, has induced your committee, deliberately to examine the ground on which the pretensions of the petitioners in favor of the bridge are founded, and the reasons advanced by the memorialists, in opposition to the measure.
Two inquiries present themselves, on the decision of which, the propriety of authorizing the proposition entirely depends:
1st. Whether congress have a right to pass a law, by which the object contemplated by the petitioners can be effected?
And, 2dly. If that right exists, whether the benefit to the district and the community in general, will be so great as to counterbalance the injury which individuals may eventually sustain from authorizing the measure?
In investigating the first point, it became necessary to advert to the act of the Virginia assembly, passed the third of January, 1786, and the
act of the assembly of Maryland, passed the twelfth of March, in the same year; confirming a compact previously entered into between the two states; from which it appears, that among other stipulations entered into between the states of Virginia and Maryland, by their commissioners, appointed for that purpose, it is agreed, "the citizens of each state, respectively, shall have full property in the shores of Potomac river, adjoining their lands, with all the emoluments and advantages thereunto belonging, and the privilege of making wharves and other improvements, so as not to obstruct or injure the navigation of the river."
It does not appear to your committee, that the subsequent cession made by the two contracting parties, of ten miles square, lying on both sides of the river, under the first article of the constitution of the United States, to wit: By an act of the Virginia Assembly, passed the third day of December, 1791, and by an act of the assembly of Maryland, passed the nineteenth day of the same month; in any degree impairs the compact previously made by the two contracting states; but that the United States received the territory, subject to the conditions previously imposed by the former possessors.
Under this impression, your committee considered it a matter of the first importance, in the decision of this question to inquire, whether the fact assumed by the counter-petitioners, that the erection of a bridge will obstruct the navigation of the river above it, is founded in truth? In examining this part of the subject, your committee could avail themselves of no other evidence than such as is drawn from analogy.
It appeared to them that the erection of piers in the river, at the place contemplated for the site of the bridge, far from having the effect of occasioning a deposition of earthy matter, and silting the channel, would rather have a tendency to keep the channel open, by the increased velocity of the water passing down the main channel of the river, between the two piers which it seemed practicable to erect, on each side of it. It likewise appeared to them, if the erection of the causeway from Mason's island, opposite Georgetown, to the Virginia shore, would produce the effect expected from it, of improving the navigation of the river, by means of throwing the whole body of the water of the river into a narrower compass, increasing its velocity and thereby sweeping out a deeper channel, the same result might reasonably be expected from throwing a greater quantum and force of water into the main channel of the river, between the two piers which would support the bridge across the channel.
Your committee find that the legislature of Maryland passed a law, on the 29th of December, 1791, previous to the assumption of jurisdiction over the territory, by the United States, authorizing the erection of a bridge at, or near Georgetown: as the river Potomac is navigable above the town of Georgetown, your committee consider the passage of that law as expressive of an opinion, by the legislature of Maryland, that the erection of a bridge below the head of tide water, is not such an obstruction or injury as is prohibited by the articles of compact between the two states. And as that arm of the river Potomac, between Mason's island and the Virginia shore, was navigable previous to the building of the causeway across that branch of the river, your committee have considered the law, passed at the last session of congress, authorizing the erection of that causeway, as declaratory of the right of the legislature of the United States (notwithstanding the compact between Virginia and Maryland) to occlude, in a degree, the navigation of the river within their jurisdiction.
If a bridge can be erected, with such a draw as will admit the free passage of vessels of any burthen, for which there is depth of water in the channel, your committee do not consider the passing a law to authorise such a bridge, under proper restrictions, as any violation of the compact before mentioned: and from the best information they have been able to obtain on this point, it seems very practicable to erect a bridge across the river Potomac, with a draw which will permit the passage of vessels, without much detention.
On the second point, whether the benefit to the public would be so great as to counterbalance the inconvenience which might eventually result to individuals from authorizing this measure? your committee have had less difficulty in forming their opinion. From a survey said to be an accurate one, with which the committee have been furnished, it appears that the distance from Alexandria to Georgetown (including the river) by the present route is eight miles, and fifty five poles, and from the ferry at Georgetown to the capitol, three miles and a quarter, making, in the whole, eleven miles, three-eighths, and fifteen poles. From Alexandria to the capitol, by the intended bridge, six miles and a half, and nine poles, being less than the road at present travelled by five miles and seven eighths.
Hence it results, that that distance will be saved to those having communication between Alexandria and that part of the city lying in the vicinity of, and below the capitol, and to persons travelling from north to south, and conversò .
The casualties, the delays, and the dangers to which the mails of the United States, as well as persons having occasion to pass from the one side of the river to the other, are subjected from the occurrence of storms, and the formation of ice on the river in winter, (both which occasionally render the Potomac impassable) are cogent circumstances in favor of the expediency of authorizing the erection of a bridge.
Your committee are not furnished with data whereon to form an accurate opinion of the actual saving of distance which will take place (in case of the erection of a bridge) in the transportation of the mails of the United States. This however, from the facts just stated, must be considerable, and the diminution of expense will be proportionate to the diminution of distance.
On the whole, your committee are of opinion, that the public interests will be greatly promoted by the erection of a bridge across the river Potomac, at, or near the termination of the Maryland avenue, in the city of Washington, to the county of Alexandria on the opposite side. And in conformity with that opinion, recommend the following resolution:
Resolved, That the prayer of the petitioners, in favor of the erection of a bridge across the Potomac, is reasonable, and ought to be granted.
The Report was unanimously adopted a Com. of the whole on Thursday 16th From the President of the United States, respecting the application of Hamet Caramalli, ex-bashaw of Tripoli.
[CONTINUED.]
Extract of a letter from commodore Samuel Barron to Tobias Lear, esq. dated Malta, 16th May, 1805.
The recent dispatches from Mr. Eaton have been communicated to you. From their tenor and the knowledge I have with, in a short time obtained of certain features in the character of Sidi Hamet bashaw, I must candidly own that I have no longer the same expectations which I once entertained of the success of the co-operation with him. His want of energy and military talents, his total deprivation of means and resources, the great expence already incurred, and the large sum which would be required, according to Mr. Eaton's statement, for pursuing the object; a sum far exceeding both the resources placed at my disposal, and the powers vested in me by my instructions, compel me to relinquish the plan. Indeed, on mature reflection I am of opinion, that if the ex-bashaw, having received this impulse from our strength, and being put into possession of Derne, the province where his interest is supposed to be the strongest, has not in himself sufficient energy, address and courage, and cannot command sufficient means to move on with firm steps towards the usurper's residence, whilst we second his operations by sea, he must be considered no longer a fit subject for our support or co-operation. I am preparing to send provisions to the coast for the subsistence of the crews of the Argus brig and Nautilus schooner, which remain there at Mr. Eaton's request, and by the sloop Hornet which conveys them, I shall send such instructions to that gentleman, and the officers with him, as further reflection and the nature of your determination, on this letter, may dictate. Whatever may be the final result of this co-operation, I cannot reject the belief, that it has had a powerful effect upon the reigning bashaw; and it may be fairly presumed that the gallant conduct of our friends in the affair at Derne, and the capture of that place, will have their influence, and dispose him to moderate his pretensions and to think seriously of peace. The complaining condition of some of the ships of our squadron, is not among the least important consideration of the present moment; three of the frigates are in such a state, as, in my opinion, and in that of the commanders, renders them unfit to encounter the severity of another winter's blockade, without undergoing considerable repairs.
These facts and considerations, for the due appreciation of which you, sir, are fitted by your talents and the length and particular line of your experience, seem to point out the present as auspicious beyond any former occasion, and indeed as the very moment for attempting a negotiation; especially when we combine with these reflections the certainty that our force, respectable as it is, is yet greatly exaggerated at Tripoli, and consider the effect which such a view of the enemy, added to the movements of his brother, must have on the mind of Jussuff Bashaw. Strongly persuaded that your conclusions upon these points have anticipated my own, I am induced to state to you my earnest wish that you may deem it expedient to meet the overture lately made through the Spanish consul, by his excellency, so far as to found on it the commencement of a negotiation. I cannot entirely suppress another motive, which I confess weighs painfully on my mind. I trust I feel as becomes an American, and that I know what an American ought to suffer when the interests and honor of his country call on his fortitude. Were I deficient in these respects, or misled by unreflecting compassion, I am well assured that captain Bainbridge and his unfortunate comrades would be first in deprecating this deficiency. But I know the value of such a man as captain Bainbridge,
and of his officers, and I am persuaded that I speak the language of our country when I declare, that as they lost their liberty in her defence and her service, no reasonable and honorable occasion should be neglected which affords a prospect of releasing them from the bondage of a bigotted and unfeeling tyrant.
In communicating these sentiments you, sir, will do me the justice to believe, that I discard every idea of any real point of national honor or advantage being sacrificed to the attainment of their emancipation, weighing that honor and advantage by the practice of powerful nations; but must contend that the liberty and perhaps the lives of so many valuable and estimable Americans ought not to be sacrificed to points of honor, taken in the abstract. Should the event justify my hopes and expectations of your coincidence with me on this interesting subject, and you determine on going to Tripoli, captain Barron commanding the Essex frigate, who is under sailing orders for the blockade, will be instructed to wait your arrangements and convey you thither.
I beg leave to add my assurances, that in case you determine on this step, sanguine as my expectations will be of the issue, I shall not relax in the smallest degree from hostile preparations, well aware that the best assistant which an able negotiation can have is an energetic display of force and means at the very moment as if peace were despaired of.
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Tobias Lear to commodore Samuel Barron.
MALTA, May 19, 1805.
I had the honor last evening to receive your letter of yesterday, on the subject of a negotiation with the bashaw of Tripoli. Most sincerely do I lament the long and severe illness you have suffered, and under the effects of which you still labor; and I am fully persuaded that no consideration would lead you to relinquish the command vested in you by the government of our country, but a thorough conviction that your retaining it when unable to perform the duties inseparable from the station, would be injurious to the cause in which we are engaged; and I am also persuaded that when such conviction arises, all personal considerations will yield to your patriotism.
I have maturely considered the several points mentioned in your letter, relative to a negotiation with the bashaw of Tripoli; and upon a view of my instructions from the government of the U. S. on that subject, I conceive it my duty to endeavor to open & bring to a happy issue a negotiation for peace, consistent with the tenor of these instructions, whenever the commander of our naval force in this sea, shall judge that the occasion is proper and favorable; as it is presumed that the bashaw will be impressed by the aspect or operations of that force, as this is in your opinion a proper occasion, I shall hold myself in readiness to proceed in a few days on that business, with captain Barron in the United States frigate Essex, which you are so good as to say will wait my arrangements.
I presume as captain Rodgers who is your second in command, and who will of course take the command of the squadron, if your health as you apprehend, should compel you to relinquish it, is now off Tripoli, and may be possessed of some information relative to our affairs with that regency, which has not reached you—that he will be fully advised of the motives which have induced this measure, and instructed to give it all the facility which his judgement may suggest.
Although I cannot, sir, agree with you in opinion, that any impression favorable to us has been made on the mind of the bashaw from our co-operation with his brother thus far, excepting what may arise from the undaunted bravery and perseverance of the force of our countrymen at Derne, which will be to him a further proof of what we can do alone against him—yet I am of opinion that as he has discovered a disposition to open a negotiation, we should embrace it to see if such terms can be made as are admissible on our part, and to release our unfortunate countrymen out of his power, whose fate ought to depend on no small punctilios.
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Commodore Barron to captain Hull, of the Argus.
Malta, May 19, 1805.
Your several communications were received by the Hornet which did not arrive here until the 16th, having met with head winds and heavy gales.

Your various information is under my particular attention. The state of my health and my anxiety to dispatch the sloop without loss of time, does not allow me to enter into lengthy observations. Nor is it indeed necessary. The letter I have written to Mr. Eaton by this conveyance, and which he will communicate to you and will no doubt, determine him and the officer to leave the coast, as a measure rendered necessary by existing circumstances and especially by the intention of the consular general to open a negotiation with Jus- siff, reigning bashaw of Tripoli.
You will therefore as soon as the requi- site arrangements are made, return with the vessels under your command to Syra- cuse, to which place it is contemplated to transfer head-quarters in the course of a few days. Lieutenant Evans is instructed to deliver the stores which have been lad- en in the sloop, to you, to be distributed according to your discretion. You will understand those stores are intended for the use of the crews of the U. S. vessels, and the christians under the command of Mr. Eaton.
Nothing material has occurred in our af- fairs since your departure. Mr. Evans will be able to inform you of every thing worthy of notice. I have likewise sent with Mr. Evans, 2 000 dollars, (Spanish) in Specie, which will serve to extinguish any individual engagements that you or Mr. Eaton may have contracted at Derne.
I look anxiously for further intelligence from Derne.
Commodore Barron to William Eaton, esq MALTA, May 19, 1805.
Sir, By the Hornet sloop, which arrived in this harbour on the 16th inst. (having had a tedious passage) I had the honor of re- ceiving your dispatches of the 29th ult. and 1st instant, announcing the capture of Derne, after a contest, in which permit me to observe, that your conduct and that of your companions in arms, will not discred- it the character which our countrymen have established among the nations of Bar- bary. I have perused with deserved atten- tion the arguments and reasons adduced in your letter of the 1st. on the subject of pursuing the co-operation with Sidi Hamet Bashaw. Being myself too weak for the exertion of letter writing, and my secreta- ry writing with difficulty, owing to an in- flammation in his eyes, it is impossible for me to enter into a lengthy reply, nor does it indeed appear necessary. The business is now arrived at that point, where, if the ex-bashaw, after being put in possession of Derne, his former government, and the district in which his interest is most pow- erful, has not in himself energy and talent, and is so destitute of means and resources, as not to be able to move on with successful progress; seconded by our naval force act- ing on the coast, he must be held as unwor- thy of further support, and the co-opera- tion as a measure too expensive and bur- thensome, and too little pregnant with hope or advantage, to justify its further prosecution; for whatever, sir, may have been once the intentions of government on this subject, and whatever your ideas, touching those intentions, I feel that I have already gone to the full extent of my au- thority. The instructions from the navy department on this particular point, with which you are not unacquainted, fall short of that unlimited discretion and power of application as relates to funds, insisted on in your letter, and are totally silent in re- gard to the quantity and description of supplies and stores, which you mention to have been in the contemplation of govern- ment to furnish to the bashaw; hence you will be sensible, that without taking a lati- tude that would involve me in a sum of responsibility, which it were the extreme of folly and rashness to encounter, I can not proceed further. Independent of this consideration, it may not be improper to state, that I have not at my disposal funds sufficient to meet the large sums, which ac- cording to your calculation, would be re- quired to pursue the plan with effect. With respect to any engagement to Sidi Hamet, I cannot consider them as binding or de- finitive.
We have, by our resources and your va- lor and enterprize, placed him at the post from which he was driven, when first he solicited the aid and support of our arms, and in the most valuable province of Tri- poli; in performing which, we have, I conceive, fulfilled every pledge, and that he can neither charge us with bad faith in our engagements, or with injustice to him- self. His want of those qualities so essen- tial in the character of a commander, and especially to a prince contending for his throne, is a serious obstacle to the ad- vancement of his cause, not to be sur-
mounted even by the existence and manly exertion of them, in those about his per- son. But it is what we had no reason to anticipate, and still less to suppose, that when master of the finest province in his kingdom, where his influence is great- est and his adherents most numerous, his situation would not be materially altered and himself as destitute of means to carry on the contest, as when he was brought from his exile in Egypt. In short sir, the matter reduces itself to this; we are wil- ling and ready to support the bashaw, by a union of operations on the coast, so long as the war with Tripoli continues; but you will state explicitly to his excellency, that our supplies of money, arms and provi- sions, are at an end, and that he must now depend on his own resources and exertions. This determination will suggest to you and your comrades that line of conduct most prudent to be adopted in the present posture of affairs. I have lost no time in dispatching the Hornet with a supply of provisions, for the crews of the Argus and Nautilus, and the christians under your command, and I hope she will arrive in time to prevent your suffering from want.
(To be continued.)
Alexandria Daily Advertiser.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 25.
Capt. Harvey has favored us with a file of the Political & Commercial Gazette of Hayti , to the 19th December. In one of them we notice a Decree of the Emperor, of the 24th November, prohibiting the im- portation of Salt, in foreign vessels, under penalty of confiscation.
A few days before capt. Harvey sailed, intelligence reached Cape Francois, that three Italian vessels, two ships and a brig, which had sailed from Italy, for Carthage- na, on the Spanish Main, having, in the expectation of making a great voyage, en- tered the port of Aux Cayes, the crews were immediately arrested, by order of Dessalines, and thrown into prison; they were afterwards tried, condemned, and all of them executed, on the ground that Bo- naparte, being the King of Italy, was their sovereign, and they must consequently suffer as his subjects.
[Charleston Courier.]
Lord Nelson's Dukedom of Bronte, when conferred, was not an empty title, as an Italian estate of 4000. sterling per an- num was attached to it by the king of Naples, as a further mark of his Royal at- tachment to our British Hero!
It was off the opposite point to Trafal- gar, viz. St. Mary's, where Admiral Bos- cawen obtained a compleat victory over the French Admiral Mons. De St. Clue.
Earl Powis is appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, in the room of the Earl of Hardwick.
The victories of Trafalgar and Ferrol have deprived the enemy of 23 ships of the line, and of 1700 pieces of cannon, of be- tween 20 and 30,000 seamen, of four Ad- mirals, one General, and almost all their best Naval Officers.
[London Paper.]
Proceedings of Congress Taken for the "ALEXANDRIA DAILY ADVERTISER."
NINTH CONGRESS, OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 23.
MILITIA.
Gen. Varnum, called for the order of the day on the bill authorizing the President of the U. S. to call into actual service, one hun- dred thousand militia, whereupon the house went into a committee of the whole; Mr. J. C. Smith in the chair.
General Varnum, moved that the blank be filled up with six months.
Mr. Rea, of Tennessee, moved to a- mend the fifth section of the bill, by strik- ing out that part which directs a certain por- tion of the militia to be taken from the state which may be attacked; to which Mr. Varnum replied, that in framing the bill, it appeared to be necessary to empow- er the President, to call upon a certain quota of the militia from the part nearest to where danger threatened, but if gentle- men wished them to be called from all quarters upon all occasions, he had no ob- jection. It is possible that we may be attacked from Canada or Nova Scotia, or from the southward or westward.
On the question being put on this motion there appeared in the affirmative only three —not carried.
The blank in the sixth section, for the sum necessary for the appropriation was filled up with, two millions of dollars."
Mr. Basset moved to strike out the first section.
Mr. Varnum, supposed the gentleman, founded his objections upon the similarity of this bill to the former on the same subject, but he considered them materially different, and entirely independent of each other.
Mr. Quincy, had a general objection to the bill, he thought the former much bet- ter and stronger than that before the house —that it gave more general power to call upon the militia, and now that we have oc- casion to call forth he considered the power to be abridged instead of increasing it.
Mr. Thomas did not think that the present bill would take away the powers of the former, in calling out the whole of the militia.
Mr. Dana observed, that this bill is a calling upon the militia at a moment's warning. He had not known such power given the President but was by no means unwilling to invest that power in him.
Mr. Gregg said he should vote against the motion, being in favor of the bill: he wished the gentleman (Mr. Basset) would vary his motion and the committee might rise and have leave to sit again.
Mr. Smith was not in favor of the bill, for in truth he was not prepared to go upon the subject.
Mr. Bidwell expressed himself in simi- lar terms.
Mr. Clarke was in favor of a classifica- tion, and hoped the committee would rise.
The question on the motion being taken there were, Affirmative 45—Negative 60: not carried.
Mr. Clark, moved to renew the motion of his colleague to strike out the first sec- tion.
Mr. Macon thought the two bills entire- ly separate, and that there was no connex- ion between them.
Mr. Bidwell was of the same opinion.
Mr. G. W. Campbell wished for time to consider on the subject, but as to the mo- tion for striking out the first section which went to reject the whole, he was opposed for he thought the bill should pass, and that immediately. There was no saying how soon there might be occasion to call upon the militia.
He had, however, a motion to make, that ten thousand only should be called from a local situation, instead of leaving it as it stands to call any part: for any part may go to ninety, or even 99,000, which would bear extremely hard upon frontier states.
This motion was lost.
The committee now rose and reported the bill with amendments.
The speaker having resumed the chair it was moved that the house do concur.
Affirmative, 70.
Carried.
Forces and Harbors.
The house again went into a commit- tee of the whole on the state of the union; Mr. Gregg in the chair.
Mr. Dawson mentioned that part of the President's message, which respected the various aggressions and spoliations com- mitted during the last recess.
He read that part of the message, and observed that it was now the duty of the house to redress the grievance, and in so doing to act with firmness and resoluti- on.
The committee to whom this part of the message was referred in viewing the sub- ject of forts and harbors found that there is in the possession of the United States.
 1400 Iron Cannon,  500 Brass do.  102,000 Stand of Arms,  5,000,000 Pounds of powder,  500 Tons Salt Petre. 
And that the committee had named 150 000 dollars towards the defence of our forts and harbors.
Mr. Clinton thought the sum entirely in- adequate to the object. That it would go a very small way indeed, it was not more than sufficient to fortify New York alone. He called the attention of the committee to the defenceless state of New York, he did not wish to throw any censure upon officers of government, but he wished for time to enquire into the sum necessary to defend each particular fort. He would rather vote for not a farthing, than such a com- temptible sum, which was little more than a burlesque upon government.
Mr. Thomas also thought the sum ina- dequate.
Mr. Williams explained the reason why the committee named so small a sum, that
they intended it only for immediate use.
Mr. Ely obtained the leave to have all the ports and harbors in the Union, except Bos- ton, and concluded an able speech, which will not permit us to follow him in, by re- mending them to be put into an armistice state of defence. On New York, he observed, from whence we drew one third of our revenue on imports, that it was in so wretched a state of defence, that a single 74 gun ship of an enemy could not be re- sisted, and this he thought a subject of alarm.
Several gentlemen spoke upon this interesting subject, who shall be hereafter named, with the substance of their observations, which the press of the business, and the late sitting of the house at present preclude.
The other speakers on this question were— Early, Mr. Jackson, Mr. Dana, Mr. K. M. Smith, Mr. Madison, Mr. G. W. Campbell, Mr. Cook, Mr. Piner, Mr. L. D. Ely.
The main question, Affirmative 86 and leave to sit again.
Mr. Staughton offered a resolution, to alter Circuit Courts of North Carolina, which was referred to a committee of three, and then a- jour o'clock, the house adjourned.
FOR SALE, (If applied for immediately)
The Big Friendship; She runs 200 barrels a month, and is well calculated for the West In- dia trade, having a deep hold, suitable for carrying lumber. If not sold in 5 days, a freight will be taken. For terms apply to
Faxon, Mercantile & Co Who have received by just brig, from Boston, and offer for Sale,
 200 bbls. coarse Liverpool Salt,  100 bbls. Molasses, suitable for retailing,  50 bbls. Boston Beer,  40 do. do. Pork,  6 bbls. New England Rum,  250 nells Hingham Boxes,  5 boxes C & F  200 reams Wrapping Paper, 
They have also on hand,
 20 barrels fair right Mackerel,  6 pipes Holland Gin,  4 do. French Brandy,  40 bbls. N. E. Rum,  40 tons Powder Pails,  2 bbls. Molasses. 
And a general assortment of Boots and Shoes , which will be disposed of on moderate terms.
January 25. drw
FOR SALE or to RENT.
I will Sell or Rent the following VALUABLE PROPERTY in Alexandria and its vicinity, viz.
20 Acres of Land , situated on the north side of the turnpike road leading to Little River, one mile from the corporation of Alexan- dria; about 14 acres are enclosed. There is on the premises a good dwelling house 24 feet by 18, two stories high, with a kitchen and cellar underneath, granary, stable, and cow-house, with a good garden. The land is adapted for grass, corn, or small grain. This place may be well worth the attention of the gardener, brew- er, tanner, or distiller; as there is a never failing branch of water runs through the centre of the land and close to the dwelling: it is remark- able for good air and a healthy situation.
A Lot of Land , on the south side of Duke Street, in West End, not far from the stone bridge; containing three towns or an acre, with the privilege of taking in part of the streets till called for, (now enclosed.) This lot corners on Duke and George streets, running back to Wolfe Street. The improvements in a said lot are a two story framed house, 24 feet by 18, kitchen 16 feet by 12, bake house 28 feet by 12, unit with brick stable hip roof, ca- pable of containing six horses, a double brick built necessary with a pigeon house on the top, all well finished and in good repair, with a pump of good water in the yard; back of the house there is an excellent garden well watered and in good cultivation; in short there is every conveni- ency fit for a genteel family.
A L O T I will sell my Right, on the lower end of Prince Street, in Alexandria, now oc- cupied by Mr. John Limerick. For further parti- culars apply to the subscriber living at West- End.
Michael O'Meara.
January 25. drw
NOTICE.
WHEREAS a note of hand said to be mine, to Dennis Foley, for forty dol- lars, dated in the year 1791, has been to me-ly in the possession of Elizabeth Foley, and lately conveyed, or given, by the said Elizabeth Fo- ley to Eleanor Foley, the supposed heir to Den- nis Foley: This is to give notice, caution, and forewarn all and every person or persons, from taking an assignment or purchasing the aforesaid note, as I have satisfied Eleanor Foley in the presence of Col. George Deneale, chief clerk of the county court of Alexandria and district of Columbia, that the said note is invalid and ero- neous—as I have a receipt in full from Dennis Foley, against all dues, debts and demands, dat- ed several years after said note.
Michael O'Meara.
January 25. drw