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LONDON, January 18.
Hints are thrown out of a Congress for a General Peace to be assembled through the mediation of Prussia. The Emperor Alexander returned to Petersburg on the 21st ult. and an official statement of the reasons which induced his majesty to withdraw his troops from the Austrian dominions has been published in the Court Gazette. There is yet no authentic intelligence of the Russian and English troops which landed at Naples having re-embarked; but in the 37th Bulletin of the French army, general St. Cyr is stated to be on his march "to punish the Queen of Naples." It is probably Bonaparte's intention to add a considerable portion of his Sicilian Majesty's dominions to his favorite kingdom of Italy, and we are much afraid, it will be impossible to prevent him from carrying this plan into effect.
It is confidently reported that a convention was signed by the Count Haugwitz and Talleyrand, which settles in the mean time the affairs of Hanover, and secures our troops. This convention contains in substance, that
The English and allied troops shall retire behind the Weser;
That the recruiting for the German legion shall cease;
That no more English troops shall be sent to Hanover;
That the armies of Prince Louis and Angereau shall not advance—the former not to pass the frontiers of Holland, the latter not to pass the Rhine.
Prussia engages to oblige the English troops to evacuate Hanover, within a given time, not to exceed three months from the signing of the convention. In the mean time the French garrison in Hanover is to be supplied with provisions.
It is also reported that Prussia is to cede Barenth and Anspach to Bavaria; it is likewise said East Friesland and Embden to Denmark, for which she is to be indemnified by receiving part of Hanover, namely, Luneburg and Lüneburg, the territories of Bremen, &c. But she is to cede Lubec. Bonaparte, it is said, has declared that the electoral dignity shall be conferred on a neighboring prince, supposed to be the duke of Brunswick, others say the king of Denmark as duke of Oldenburg.
January 20. Bonaparte not only gives the law in the disposal of kingdoms, but in matrimony; his son in law, Eugene Beauharnois, it is reported, is to marry the princess Augusta of Bavaria, and master Jerome, a princess of the House of Wirttemberg.
The late report of the king of Spain's demise appears to have arisen from a very severe illness. He has been attacked by an apoplectic fit, and his life is, by the last accounts, said to be in great danger.
February 1. Orders have been issued in France for renewing the preparations for the invasion of England. The flotilla at Boulogne is to be considerably augmented, and the grand army is immediately to return to the coast.
Another Insurrection in Italy. The inhabitants of Parma are in a state of rebellion against Bonaparte's authority; in consequence of which prince Eugene had addressed a proclamation to them, in which he threatens them with exemplary vengeance, if they return not immediately to their obedience and implicitly submit to the will of the oppressor.
The insurrections in Parma and Liguria were encouraged by the debarkation of the British and Russian troops at Naples, and appear to have embraced not only the mass of the people, but the principal inhabitants, who were already weary of the tyranny of their French rulers. Had the allies prevailed in Germany, there is no doubt that the whole of Italy would have united to throw off their yoke.
Sir Hyde Parker is dead.
February 4. The French papers bring a proclamation, in which the emperor Bonaparte says, that England may have peace; provided she will reduce her maritime establishments!!
We understand Mr. Fox has already sent dispatches to all our ministers at foreign courts, announcing the change in our ministry; and adding that his wish is to restore peace to all Europe. If report be true, it is Mr. Fox's intention to make peace with France, leaving the Boulogne flotilla, as it now is; and proposes to guard against the dangers of its existence by compelling every man in this country capable of bearing arms, to learn the use of them.
MADRID, Dec. 22. Troops are assembling near Seville, whose destination is for Portugal, to compel that power to shut its ports against the English. The 6,000 Spanish troops first intended for Eturia, are now to
make a part of the expedition to Portugal.
PARIS, January 6.
FATE OF NAPLES.
PROCLAMATION OF HIS IMPERIAL AND ROYAL MAJESTY.
From my Imperial camp at Schoenbrunn, the 6th Nivose, year 14, (27th December.)
SOLDIERS,
"For ten years past, I have done every thing to save the king of Naples; he has done every thing to ruin himself.
"In the battles of Dego, of Mondovi and Lodi, he could only oppose to me a feeble resistance. I trusted to the words of that Prince, & was generous towards him.
"When the second Coalition was dissolved at Marengo, the king of Naples, who was the first to begin that unjust war, abandoned at Luneville by his allies, remained alone and without defence. He implored me; I pardoned him a second time.
"A few months ago you were at the gates of Naples. I had reasons sufficiently legitimate both to support the reason that was meditated and to avenge the outrages which had been done to me. I was again generous. I acknowledged the neutrality of Naples; I ordered you to evacuate that kingdom; and for the third time the House of Naples was strengthened and saved.
"Shall we pardon a fourth time? shall we trust a fourth time to a court without faith, without honour, without reason? No! no! the dynasty of Naples has ceased to reign; its existence is incompatible with the repose of Europe and the honour of my crown.
"Soldiers, march, hurl into the waves, if they await you, those feeble battalions of the tyrants of the seas. Show the world in what manner we punish perjurers. Do not delay to inform me that all Italy is submitted to my laws or to those of my allies; that the finest country on earth is freed from the yoke of the most perfidious men; that the names of my brave soldiers murdered in the ports of Sicily at their return from Egypt, after escaping the pangs of shipwreck, of deserts, and of a thousand combats, are at length appeased.
"Soldiers, my brother will march at your head; he knows my projects; he is the depository of my authority; he has made my whole confidence; surround him with the whole of yours."
(Signed) NAPOLEON.
By order of the Emperor.
The Major-General of the Grand Army.
ALEX. BERTHIER.
THIRTY-SEVENTH BULLETIN OF THE GRAND ARMY.
"General St. Cyr is advancing by forced marches towards Naples, to punish the treason of the queen and to precipitate from the throne this culpable woman, who violated in so shameless a manner, all that is held sacred among men. It was endeavored to intrude for her with the Emperor; he replied, "Were hostilities to be recommenced and the nation to support a thirty years war, so atrocious an act of perfidy could not be pardoned." The queen of Naples has ceased to reign; this last crime has completed her destiny; let her go to London to increase the number of intriguers, and form a sympathetic ink committee with Drake, Spencer, Smith, Taylor and Wickham, she may also invite, if she pleases, baron D'Arnoldi, M. Fersen, D. Antraigues, and the Monk Morus.
NEW-YORK, March 22.
The ship John Morgan, captain Bunker, whose arrival within the Hook we noticed yesterday, came up last evening. She left Liverpool on the 13th of February, and the Rock on the 17th. Her latest London papers are the 10th. From a file of this date, commencing with the 6th, we have selected the following which comprise the most valuable articles of intelligence they contain.
LONDON, Feb. 6.
Our Falmouth letters received this morning, restate circumstances similar to those we communicated yesterday respecting sir R. Strachan's squadron being in pursuit of a French one, and the men of war of the outward bound West-India fleet being in preparation to assist sir Richard. We ought, however, to remark that at the Admiralty it is thought possible that the supposed enemy's squadron may turn to be that under admiral Cornwallis, who was off Ushant on the 31st ult. It will be a day or two, or perhaps longer, before the fact can be ascertained, or the result be known.
The National Guards, who were called out as soon as the French army crossed the Rhine, have been disembodied through all France.
The court of Naples endeavors to ward off the blow by which its very existence
is menaced. Cardinal Ruffo had gone to Rome for the purpose of negotiating with cardinal Fesch, the uncle of Napoleon, and procure the suspension of the march of the French army. Couriers were dispatched to Paris and Naples with the result of the conference; and it is impossible but that St. Cyr may halt until he shall have received imperative instructions from the French Emperor. After the vindictive spirit displayed in the Thirty seventh Bulletin, it does not seem very likely, that Napoleon will concede that oblivion of the Queen of Naples' conduct to the intercession of Cardinal Fesch, which he refused to the entreaty of the arch duke Charles or the emperor of Germany.
Yesterday, soon after twelve o'clock, earls Westmorland & Camden, viscount Castlereagh, lords Mulgrave & Hawkesbury, had an audience of his majesty, at the queen's palace, and resigned their offices. At two, earl Moira entered, followed by lord Ellenborough, lord Grenville, earl Temple, lord Auckland, earl Spencer, viscount Sidmouth, Mr. Fox, Mr. Grey, lord H. Petty, Mr. Windham, lord Minto, Mr. Vansittart, and the earl of Buckinghamshire.
Lord Ellenborough had an audience of his majesty, and resigned the seals of chancellor of the exchequer which he held pro tempore, since the death of Mr. Pitt.
The following kissed hands on their respective appointments, viz:
Earl Spencer and Mr. Windham, secretaries of state.
Mr. Grey, first lord of the admiralty.
Lord H. Petty, chancellor of the exchequer.
Lord Sidmouth, privy seal.
The following will kiss hands to-morrow, as it was not convenient for his majesty to have a court this day, viz:
Mr. Erskine, lord chancellor.
Lord Grenville, first lord of the treasury.
Mr. Fox, secretary for the foreign department.
Earl Moira, master general of ordnance.
Earl Fitzwilliam, at present in the country, will kiss hands as president of the council, some day next week.
A privy council was afterwards held, when the following were sworn in members and took their places at the board accordingly. They likewise had the honor of kissing hands upon the occasion, viz. Mr. Fox, earl Moira, lord Temple, Mr. Grey, lord Henry Petty.
His majesty will hold a privy council to-morrow, at the queen's palace, when it is expected the remainder of the new ministers will be appointed.
Earl Spencer went immediately to the secretary of state's office, in the treasury, and transacted business during the afternoon.
Mr. Grey likewise went to the admiralty, and took his seat at the board.
It seems that Mr. Sheridan was left at complete liberty to make his own choice in the new ministerial arrangements. When an illustrious personage said to Mr. Fox—"What is the situation proposed for Mr. Sheridan?" the answer was—"Sir, we mean to propose no situation for Mr. Sheridan; but whatever situation Mr. Sheridan proposes for himself, will be instantly assented to."
February 7.
Intelligence received from off Boulogne states, that the most vigorous measures are adopting along the French coast, particularly at Boulogne, to place the latter in a formidable state of defence. Active preparations have begun to be made in the Boulogne flotilla.
A gentleman lately returned from Flushing, informs us, that there are six 74 gun ships nearly ready to launch at Antwerp; those ships, when ready for sea, will, in all probability, go to the Texel.
Just as this paper was going to press, we were informed, that the remainder of the Brest fleet has put to sea. This intelligence was brought to Falmouth by a ship which received the account from a vessel she spoke on the 4th in the morning.
Part of the channel fleet has been forced to get into Falmouth.
February 8.
Mr. Erskine has been called up to the house of peers by the title of baron Erskine, of Restormel, in the county of Cornwall.

It appears that government must have strong reasons to think that the Cape of Good Hope has been taken by the expedition under Sir D. Baird. Three transports with provisions have sailed from Portsmouth for the Cape. It was reported some time ago that this expedition would first make an attempt on some part of Spanish America, but it seems to have been unfounded. Our troops are arrived from the continent. Forty sail of transports with the troops arrived on Saturday in Yarmouth Roads—they were to have proceeded to the Downs direct, but the wind prevented them. It is supposed they will be landed at Yarmouth.
We understand Mr. Fox has already sent dispatches to our ministers at foreign courts, announcing the change in our ministry, adding that his wish is to restore peace to all Europe. If report be true, it is Mr. Fox's intention to make peace with France, leaving the Boulogne flotilla, as it now is; and he proposes to guard against the dangers of its existence by compelling every man in this country capable of bearing arms, to learn the use of them. The whole of our male population of this description is to be enrolled, called out occasionally in divisions, and ready on any sudden emergency to take the field.
CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
THURSDAY, March 20.
A communication was received from the Post-Master General, comprising a statement of contracts made for carrying the mail.
The following message was received from the President of the U. States.
To the Senate and House of Representatives of the U. States.
It was reasonably expected that while the limits between the territories of the U. States and of Spain were unsettled, neither party would have innovated on the existing state of their respective possessions. Some time since, however, we learnt that the Spanish authorities were advancing into the disputed country, to occupy new posts and make new settlements. Unwilling to take any measure which might preclude a peaceable accommodation of differences, the officers of the U. States, were ordered to confine themselves within the country on this side of the Sabine river, which, by delivery, of its principal post, Natchitoches, was understood to have been itself delivered up by Spain; and, at the same time, to permit no adverse post to be taken, nor armed men to remain, within it. In consequence of these orders, the commanding officer at Natchitoches, learning that a party of Spanish troops had crossed the Sabine river, and were posting themselves on this side the Adais, sent a detachment of his force to require them to withdraw to the other side of the Sabine, which they accordingly did.
I have thought it proper to communicate to Congress the letters detailing this incident, that they may fully understand the state of things in that quarter, and be enabled to make such provision for its security, as, in their wisdom, they shall deem sufficient.
TH: JEFFERSON.
FRIDAY, March 21.
Mr. Mumford, from the committee to whom was referred a resolution, prohibiting the importation of certain articles from Great Britain, reported a bill to prohibit the importation of certain goods, wares and merchandise, which was referred to a committee of the whole House on Monday.
Mr. Thomas said he wished to submit a motion to amend the rules of the House, and he would, in a few words, state the reasons which influenced him.
The bill said Mr. T. for a partial non-importation of the products and manufactures of G. Britain, is now before us, and we shall soon be again engaged on the subject of our differences with that nation. A subject which has been, and probably will be again, embraced as a theme on which much of the precious time of this House has been spent, and I think its dignity prostrated—in talking about, and animadverting on, all the little, local, party divisions, which have been artfully attempted to be raised in different sections of this union by designing individuals, and newspaper writers but which, as to principle, do not in reality exist.
In attempting, by low epithets and personal allusions, to criminate the present chief magistrate of this country, who not only possesses the entire confidence, and is the pride and boast of almost unanimous America; but who has been eulogized throughout Europe, and the whole civilized world, for the salutary measures, which he has recommended and adopted to lessen his own patronage, to lighten the burdens of the people, to preserve peace, and to render their independence, freedom and happiness, permanent and secure, and whose political life will be transmitted to posterity, in the fairer pages of history, as a model of public virtue, and true patriotism. In canvassing for the election of another President, and in attempting to excite jealousies, and disturb the harmony and unanimity of the nation, at this momentous crisis—Besides the low personal abuse, which, while that subject was before under consideration, has been levelled at a great
number of the most respectable members of this House—all of which, I deem a gross violation of its dignity, and the honor of the nation, and which I will set my face against, while I am honored with a seat on this floor.
Our rules, on this subject are either misconstrued, or they are defective—I shall, therefore, propose an alteration.
But by this, said Mr. T. I wish not to be understood, as having any reference to the low invectives, directed at myself, the other day, by a member, whom I, exercising a constitutional right, called to order, when, in my opinion, he was outraging decency and decorum—for I viewed that only as a stroke, in the desperate struggle of one, who from disappointment and chagrin, was politically strangled by his own hands, and just expiring—I feel, far above being affected by any thing of this kind, individually, but I feel for the dignity of this House, and for the reputation of the American government—And in order, if possible, to prevent this kind of transgression in future, by bringing questions of order fairly before the chair and the House I will submit the following resolution:
Resolved, That when a member is called to order by another, he shall immediately sit down, and the member calling the other to order, shall then be allowed to state the points, which he objects to, as being out of order, so that the decision of the chair, and the House, may be taken thereon.
Ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. Clark. Before I sit down I will lay a resolution on the table, which I have for some time past kept in my drawer. I will do this with a view of affording this House an opportunity of exercising one of its constitutional powers. I consider the House of Representatives as the immediate guardians of the rights of those whom they represent. They are more dispersed throughout the U. States, than any other class of public men, and from them on their return home the people may rationally expect a more complete information of what is passing here than from any other persons. In so extensive a country there is a better chance of their affairs being known through this organ than through licentious presses. With regard to the public character, who is the object of this resolution, I have long had suspicions, and I have since found, from what I consider good authority, these suspicions confirmed. I have good reason to believe that a man high in office, no other man than the Post master-general of the U. States, has been combining and machinating against the representatives of the people, and that he has used his efforts to seduce a press (Mr. Clark is understood here to have alluded to the Aurora) to aid him in a plan depending before this House. I know of one authority which could relieve this House from the necessity of discharging what may be considered an unpleasant duty, by getting rid of what may be called a public nuisance. I mean the President of the U. States. It is because I believe that great and good man, whose greatest fault, if he has a fault, consists in his goodness, has not been fully informed on this subject, that this course is rendered necessary. I have such confidence in the President, that I believe, if he had received this information, he would not have suffered this officer to remain a moment in place. But good, just, and honest himself, he listens to ear wigs who surround him, who extol this officer, and whisper sweet things in his favor. I think it a duty I owe to the government to take this step. As to the representative part of it I have little apprehension, as I know that in case of misconduct the election screw, that admirable feature of the system, will apply an abundant remedy. But when an officer in the Executive department is found to be undeserving of confidence it is right that the people should know it; and, with the convictions I entertain, I should not do my duty if I did not make this motion, before the end of my political life, which may in a few days expire—I therefore submit the following resolution:
Resolved, That a committee be appointed to enquire into the conduct of Gideon Granger, Post master-general of the U. States, and report their opinion whether the said Gideon Granger hath so acted in his capacity of Post master-general, as to require the interposition of the constitutional power of this House.
The House having agreed to consider this resolution,
Mr. Dana suggested the expediency of letting it lie for a day, as an important principle was involved in its adoption.
Mr. Clark replied, that though he felt the strongest disposition to be obliging, he could not agree to the postponement. The session was pressing towards a close, and there was no time to be lost. The enquiry ought to be made, that the officer implicated might, if innocent, be acquitted; and if guilty, be dismissed from office.
Mr. Jackson hoped the resolution would not be permitted to be unacted on. It was certainly a duty due by gentlemen on this floor, as well as to their constituents, as to the gentleman implicated, to call for an investigation. This duty my colleague has now undertaken; and I rejoice at it—for when this same officer was accused at a former session, and asked for an enquiry into his conduct, we were told he should not be indulged in that high honor. I trust his conduct will now be enquired into; that if guilty, he will be removed from office, or if innocent, he may be honorably acquitted.
Mr. Lyon was likewise in favor of an immediate agreement to the resolution, and remarked that it was exactly the thing solicited the last session by the Post master-general.
Mr. Smilie said it was proper that an enquiry should be made whenever there were any allegations of criminality; without such allegations he was not ready to vote for this enquiry—should they be made he should be ready to vote for it.
Mr. Clark said he had stated, what he thought would have been distinctly heard throughout the House, that he had been well informed, and which he believed could be established by unexceptionable testimony, that the Post master-general had conspired against the representatives of the people by attempting to seduce a press in favor of a claim he had before the House.
Mr. Smilie observed that he had not before heard this allegation stated—Having heard it, he was ready to vote in favor of the enquiry.
Mr. Sloan said the resolution ought to unite all descriptions of members in its favor—those friendly to its object, those inimical to it; and if there were any, those neutral to it; especially after the request made by the Post master-general at the last session to the same effect.
The resolution was then agreed to without a division, and a committee of enquiry appointed, consisting of Messrs. Clark, Roger Nelson, Bidwell, J. Clay, Pitkin, D. R. Williams, and Clinton.
The bill authorising the erection of a BRIDGE across the POTOMAC was read the third time; on the passage of which the yeas and nays were taken, and were—Yeas 61—Nays 52. So that this long contested measure has at length obtained, so far as to receive the approbation of the House of Representatives.
The resolution agreed to yesterday relative to Mr. Nissen, the Danish Consul, was brought in enrolled, and agreed to.
About 2 o'clock Mr. D. R. Williams said he had a motion to make, which required the galleries to be cleared. They were accordingly cleared.
TUESDAY, March 25.
On motion of Mr. Mumford the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole—Mr. NICHOLSON in the chair—on the bill prohibiting the importation of certain [Brush] goods, wares and merchandise.
The articles enumerated in this bill are the same as those contained in the resolution on which it was framed.
Mr. Mumford moved to fill the blank left for the time, when the bill is to take effect, with 15th November next.
Mr. J. Clay moved the first of January, and Mr. Crowninshield the first of July.
Mr. Mumford said while they were charging a foreign government with surprising their commerce, he hoped they would not do the same thing themselves. He was therefore opposed to the first of July, and in favor of the 15th November.
Mr. Bidwell spoke in favor of filling the blank with the 15th of November, and Mr. Blackledge in favor of the first of July.
On agreeing to the first of January the House divided—Ayes 37—Nays 67—the federal members voting in the affirmative.
On agreeing to the 15th of November, 64 members rose on the affirmative side—carried. On this question the federal members likewise voted in the affirmative.
On motion of Mr. Mumford, a blank was filed, so as to make the section amended read as follows:
"Woolen cloth, whose invoice price shall exceed five shillings sterling per square yard."
Mr. J. Clay moved to add to the enumerated articles blank books, which motion was disagreed to—Ayes 39—Nays 51.
A motion, made by Mr. Barker to add Iron hollow ware, shared the same fate—Ayes 38—Nays 56.
After some further amendments, not touching the principle of the bill, the committee rose and reported their agreement to the bill.
The House immediately considered & agreed to the amendments, and ordered the bill to be engrossed for a third reading to-morrow without a division.
On motion of Mr. Dawson the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole on the state of the union—Mr. GREGG in the chair—on the resolutions for the better protection of our ports and harbors.
The first resolution for appropriating 150,000 dollars for the better protection of ports and harbors was agreed to without debate—Ayes 63—Nays 30.
The second resolution was read for the appropriation of 250,000 dollars for building gun boats.
Mr. Dawson moved to strike out this sum and leave a blank, with the view of filing it with a larger sum in case the third resolution should be disagreed to.
This motion was disagreed to—Ayes 36.
When the resolution was agreed to—Ayes 72.
The third resolution was read, appropriating 660,000 dollars towards the building of six line of battle ships.
Mr. Newton moved to strike out 660 000 dollars, and line of battle ships, so as to confine the resolution to an appropriation generally, for naval purposes.
This motion was lost—Ayes 10.
When Messrs. Masters, Lyon & Cook, spoke at considerable length in favor of the resolution.
The question was then taken on the resolution, which was rejected—only 30 members rose in favor of it.
The House considered the report, when the
First resolution was agreed to—Yeas 78—Nays 33.
The second agreed to—Yeas 91—Nays 21.
And the third disagreed to—Yeas 35—Nays 72.
Whereupon a committee was appointed to bring in a bill.
(By Authority.)
AN ACT
Extending the powers of the surveyor general to the territory of Louisiana, and other purposes.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the powers vested by law in the surveyor general, shall extend over all the public lands of the United States, in the territory of Louisiana, to which the Indian title has been, or hereafter shall be extinguished. It shall be the duty of the said surveyor general to appoint a sufficient number of skillful surveyors as his deputies, in the said territory, one of whom he shall, with the approbation of the secretary of the treasury, designate as his principal deputy for the same. Which said deputies shall severally take an oath, or affirmation, truly and faithfully to discharge the duties of their respective offices. The said principal deputy shall reside and keep an office in the said territory, and shall, under the superintendence of the surveyor general, execute or cause to be executed by the other deputies, such surveys as may hereafter be authorised by law or as he may be directed to execute by the commissioners appointed for the purpose of ascertaining the titles and claims to land aforesaid; and shall generally perform therein, in conformity with the regulations and instructions of the said surveyor general, the duties imposed by law on the said surveyor general.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all the plots of surveys, and all other papers and documents, pertaining, or which did pertain to the office of surveyor general, under the Spanish government, within the limits of the territory aforesaid, or to any other officer heretofore established or authorised for the purpose of executing or recording surveys of lands within the said limits shall be delivered to the principal deputy aforesaid; and no plot of survey shall be admitted as evidence, in any court of justice, unless certified by the said principal deputy, to be a true copy of the record in his office.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That so much of the act, entitled, "An act for ascertaining and adjusting the titles and claims to land within the territory of Orleans, and the district of Louisiana," as makes it the duty of every claimant to lands, within the territory of Louisiana to deliver to the recorder of land titles to a plot of the tract, or tracts, claimed by him, be and the same is hereby repealed, so far as relates to claimants whose tracts had not been surveyed by the proper officer, under the Spanish government, prior to the twentieth day of December one thousand eight hundred and three.
And the commissioners appointed for ascertaining the titles and claims to lands, within either the territory of Louisiana, or that of Orleans, are hereby authorised to direct the officer exercising the powers of surveyor general, within the same, to execute such surveys as they may think necessary, for the purpose of deciding on claims presented for their decision: Provided That the expense of executing such surveys shall be defrayed by the parties claiming the land, unless the same be claimed by a legal French or Spanish grant, made and completed before the first day of October one thousand eight hundred: And provided also and it is hereby further enacted, that every such survey as well as every other survey, by whatever authority heretofore executed, those of the above mentioned and complete titles only excepted, shall be held and considered as private surveys only; and all the tracts of land, the title to which may be ultimately confirmed by Congress in conformity with the provisions of the act above mentioned, shall prior to the issuing of the patents, be re-surveyed, if judged necessary, under the authority, of the person exercising the powers of surveyor general, and at the expense of the parties.
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the surveyor general shall fix the compensation of the deputy, surveyors, chain carriers and axe men, in the territory of Louisiana: Provided, That the whole expense of surveying and marking the lines, whether paid by the United States, or individuals, shall not exceed three dollars per mile, for every mile that shall be actually run or surveyed and marked. And the principal deputy aforesaid shall be entitled to receive from individuals the following fees, that is to say, for examining and recording the surveys executed by any of the deputies, at the rate of twenty-five cents for every mile of the boundary line of such survey, and for a certified copy of any plot of a survey in his office, twenty-five cents.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEO. CLINTON, Vice-President of the United States and President of the Senate. February 28, 1806—APPROVED. TH. JEFFERSON.
AN ACT
To extend jurisdiction in certain cases to state judges and state courts.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the respective county courts within, or next adjoining the revenue districts herein after mentioned, shall be, and are hereby authorised to take cognizance of all complaints and prosecutions for fines, penalties, and forfeitures arising under the revenue laws of the United States in the districts of Champlain, Sackett Harbor, Oswego, Genesee, Niagara and Buffalo Creek in the state of New-York, and in the district of Presque Isle, in the state of Pennsylvania, and the district of New-York and Penobscot in the state of Maine, and are hereby authorised and directed to appoint, by warrant an attorney as
AN ACT To extend the commercial intercourse between the United States and certain parts of the island of St. Domingo.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That all commercial intercourse between any person or persons resident within the United States, and any person or persons resident within any part of the island of St. Domingo, not in possession, and under the acknowledged government of France, shall be, and is hereby prohibited: and any ship or vessel, owned, hired or employed, wholly or in part, by any person or persons resident within the United States, and sailing from any port of the United States, after due notice of this act at the custom houses, respectively, which, contrary to the intent hereof, shall be voluntarily carried; or shall be destined to proceed, whether directly, or from any intermediate port or place, to any port or place within the island of St. Domingo, and not in possession, and under the acknowledged government of France, and also any cargo which shall be found on board of such ships or vessels when detected and interrupted in such unlawful purpose, or at her return from such voyage of the United States, shall be wholly forfeited, and may be seized and condemned in any court of the United States having competent jurisdiction.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That after due notice of this act at the several custom houses, no ship or vessel whatever shall receive a clearance for any port or place within the island of St. Domingo, and not in the actual possession of France, nor shall any clearance be granted for a foreign voyage to any ship or vessel, owned, hired, or employed, wholly or in part, by any person or persons, resident within the United States, until the owner or the employer for the voyage, or his factor or agent, with the master, shall give bond to the United States, in a sum equal to the value of the vessel and of her cargo, with condition that the ship or vessel, for which a clearance shall be required, is destined to some port or place without the limits of such part of the island of St. Domingo, as shall not be in the actual possession, and under the acknowledged government of France, and during the intended voyage shall not be voluntarily carried, or permitted to proceed, whether directly or from any intermediate port or place, to any port or place within such part of the island of St. Domingo, as shall not be in the actual possession, and under the acknowledged government of France; and in case of being forced by any casualty into any port or place hereby interdicted, shall not at any such port or place, voluntarily sell, deliver, or unload any part of such cargo, except so much as may be absolutely necessary to defray the expenses requisite to enable such vessel to proceed on her intended voyage; and generally, that such ship or vessel, whilst on such voyage, shall not be employed in any traffic or commerce, with, or for any person resident within any part of the island of St. Domingo, not in the actual possession, and under the acknowledged government of France.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all penalties and forfeitures incurred by force of this act, and which may be recovered, shall be distributed and accounted for, in the manner prescribed by the act entitled "An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage," passed the second day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety nine, and may be mitigated or remitted in the manner prescribed by the act, entitled "An act, to provide for the mitigating or remitting the forfeitures, penalties, and disabilities, accruing in certain cases therein mentioned," passed the third of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety seven, and made perpetual, by an act passed the eleventh of February, one thousand eight hundred.
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That this act shall continue and be in force for one year and no longer.
SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That at any time after the passing of this act it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, if he shall deem it expedient, and consistent, with the interest of the United States, by his order, to remit and discontinue the restraints and prohibitions on the commerce aforesaid.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEO. CLINTON, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate. February 28, 1806—APPROVED. TH. JEFFERSON.
AN ACT
To extend jurisdiction in certain cases to state judges and state courts.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the respective county courts within, or next adjoining the revenue districts herein after mentioned, shall be, and are hereby authorised to take cognizance of all complaints and prosecutions for fines, penalties, and forfeitures arising under the revenue laws of the United States in the districts of Champlain, Sackett Harbor, Oswego, Genesee, Niagara and Buffalo Creek in the state of New-York, and in the district of Presque Isle, in the state of Pennsylvania, and the district of New-York and Penobscot in the state of Maine, and are hereby authorised and directed to appoint, by warrant an attorney as

to substitute or deputy, respectively, to prosecute for the United States in each of the said county courts, who shall be sworn or affirmed to the faithful execution of his duty, as prosecutor aforesaid: Provided that this authority shall not be construed to extend jurisdiction to the county courts aforesaid, over any civil cause, which may arise in any of those revenue districts, for the collection of duties payable to the United States; or of bonds or securities given for the security and payment of duties to the United States.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , That the county courts aforesaid, or the first judge of each of said courts, shall be and hereby are further authorised to exercise all and every power in the cases of a criminal nature cognizable before them by virtue of the first section of this act, for the purpose of obtaining a mitigation or remission of any fine, penalty or forfeiture, which may be exercised by the judges of the district courts, in cases depending before them by virtue of the law of the United States, passed on the third of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, intitled "an Act to provide for mitigating or remitting the forfeitures, penalties, and disabilities, accruing in certain cases therein mentioned." And in the exercise of the authority, by this section given to said county courts, or to the first judges thereof, they shall be governed in every respect by the regulations, restrictions and provisions of the law of the United States passed on the third of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven aforesaid; with this difference only, that instead of notifying the district attorneys respectively, said county courts, or the first judges thereof as the case may be, shall before exercising said authorities, cause reasonable notice to be given to the attorney who may have been appointed and sworn or affirmed to prosecute for the United States, in such court, that he may have an opportunity of showing cause against the mitigation or remission of such fine, penalty, or forfeiture.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted , That this act shall remain in force during the term of one year from its passage, and from thence to the end of the next session of Congress thereafter, and no longer.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEO: CLINTON, Vice President of the United States and President of Senate. March 8, 1806. APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON.
For SALE, by the SUBSCRIBER, BURR MILL-STONES, Of different sizes, from 3 feet 10 inches to 6 feet diameter—about one thousand BURR ROCKS, that have just come to hand and are of good quality.—Also, constantly keep a large & good assortment of BOLTING CLOTHS , of the best quality, that I have had purchased at the Manufactories with cash, that I offer for sale for cash or good paper, on as good terms as they are sold in the United States. ISAAC M'PHERSON. Baltimore, March 19, 1806. Apply to M. & B. MYERS, Richmond, for particulars.
ST. PAUL, A beautiful sorrel horse, 15 hands 3 inches high, remarkable for his elegance, beauty, strength and fine bone; will stand the ensuing season, at my plantation on James river, generally known by the name of Maiden's Adventure , about 3 miles above Fine Greek mill , and 4 miles below Michaux's ferry , in Powhatan county, to cover mares at twenty-five dollars the season, which will commence the first of March, and expire the first of August—Extraordinary good and extensive pasture gratis, but no liability for accidents or escapes. Gentlemen wishing their mares fed, may be furnished with corn at the market price, for which cash must be sent with the mares—also, notes of hand for the due payment of the money for the season. N. B. Twenty dollars, paid on or before the third Wednesday in November (being Powhatan court day) will be received as full compensation of the above, with half a dol. to the groom. This beautiful horse, St. Paul, was raised by the Prince of Wales, and got by his horse Saltram , who was got by Eclipse that covered at 200 guineas the season—his dam Virago by Snap —his granddam by Regulus , out of a sister to Black and all-Black , and was thought to be the best runner of his time—he won several large stakes, among which was the Deby, 1783 , bearing Dungannon, Volunteer, Phenomenon, Gonzales , and several others—he was the sire of Whiskey , who at 3 years old won 4650 guineas, also of Whip, Royalist, Peeping Tom, General, Coiner, Sylph, Septem, Caroline, Tiffany, Laurestina, St. David, Sprightly, Queen of Sheba, Spankaway, Rose, Sweeper, Cytus, Coal Merchant, Pickpocket, Oscar, Ambrosio, Pretty Patty , and several others of the first rate runners. St. Paul's dam Purity was got by Match'em , who covered for several of the last years of his life at 50 guineas a mare—her dam the Old Semit mare , of as great fame perhaps, as a good breeder, as any mare in the kingdom—she was the dam of Virgin, Dido, Conundrum, Ranthos, Enigma, Miss Timms, Pumpkin, Maiden (who was dam of Walnut ) Le Sang, Rasselas, Purity , and several others. Purity was the dam of Rockingham, Archibald, Fitzwilliam, St. Paul and several others—Several certificates of St. Paul as a good and sure foal getter may be seen at his stand. THOMAS HARRIS, Jr. Powhatan city, March 1st, 1806
TO RENT. THE Tenement on the back street nearly opposite Messrs. Rutherford & Co's and lately occupied by Mr. H. Smith. Possession may be had immediately. For terms apply to H. Dabney. Richmond, 1st April, 1806. Just Received and for Sale at this Office, THE ELEMENTS OF CHESS; A TREATISE COMPRISING THE WHOLE OF PHILIDORE'S GAMES, And EXPLANATORY NOTES, new modelled; And arranged upon a new plan.
VIRGINIA ARGUS. RICHMOND: TUESDAY, APRIL 1. 1806. RICHMOND PRICE CURRENT. (CORRECTED WEEKLY.) Tobacco, 31 to 33 3/4 CASH. WHEAT, 6s 6d do. Flour, fine, 33s do. Flour, superfine, 36s do. CORN, 16s do. Hemp, clean, £ 54 do. Iron, £ 36 do. Whiskey, 3s do.
Extract of a letter from a member of Congress, to the Editor, dated 25th March, 1806. "The enclosed bill has been agreed to this day by the House of Representatives, and will in my opinion pass into a law in its present form."
A BILL. To prohibit the importation of certain goods, wares and merchandise.
Sec. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That from and after the 15th day of November next, it shall not be lawful to import into the United States, or the territories thereof, from any port or place situated in Great Britain or Ireland, or in any of the colonies or dependencies of Great Britain, any goods, wares or merchandise, of the following description, that is to say:
All articles of which leather is the material of chief value; All articles of which silk is the material of chief value; All articles of which hemp or flax is the material of chief value; All articles of which tin or brass is the material of chief value, tin in sheets excepted; Woolen cloths whose invoice prices shall exceed five shillings sterling per square yard; Woolen hosiery of all kinds; Window glass, and all other manufactures of glass; Silver and plated wares; Paper of every description; Nails and Spikes; Bar-Iron; Iron hollow ware; Hats; Clothing ready made; Millinery of all kinds; Playing cards; Beer, ale and porter; and pictures and prints:
Nor shall it be lawful to import into the United States or the territories thereof from any foreign port or place whatever, any of the above mentioned goods, wares or merchandise, being of the growth, produce or manufacture of Great Britain or Ireland, or any of the colonies or dependencies of Great Britain: Provided all goods imported beyond the Cape of Good Hope shall be exempt for fifteen months.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That whenever any article or articles, the importation of which is prohibited by this act, shall, after the said fifteenth day of November next, be imported into the United States or the territories thereof contrary to the true intent and meaning of this act, or shall, after the said fifteenth day of November next, be put on board any ship or vessel, boat, raft or carriage, with intention of importing the same into the United States or the territories thereof, all such articles, as well as all other articles on board the same ship or vessel, boat, raft or carriage, belonging to the owner of such prohibited articles, shall be forfeited, and the owner thereof shall moreover forfeit and pay treble the value of such articles.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That if any article or articles, the importation of which is prohibited by this act, shall, after the said fifteenth day of November next, be put on board any ship or vessel, boat, raft or carriage, with intention to import the same into the United States or territories thereof contrary to the true intent and meaning of this act, and with the knowledge of the owner or master of such ship or vessel, boat, raft or carriage, such ship or vessel, boat, raft or carriage, shall be forfeited, and the owner and master thereof shall moreover each forfeit and pay treble the value of such articles.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That if any article or articles, the importation of which is prohibited by this act, and which shall, nevertheless be on board any ship or vessel, boat, raft or carriage, arriving after the said fifteenth day of November next, in the United States or the territories thereof, shall be omitted in the manifest, report or entry of the master or person having the charge or command of such ship or vessel, boat, raft or carriage, or shall be omitted in the entry
of the goods owned by the owner, or consigned to the consignee of such articles, or shall be imported, or landed, or attempted to be imported, or landed, without a permit, the same penalties, fines and forfeitures shall be incurred, and may be recovered, as in the case of similar omission or omissions, landing, importation, or attempt to land or import, in relation to articles liable to duties on their importation into the United States.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That every collector, naval officer, surveyor, or other officer of the customs, shall have the like power and authority to seize goods, wares and merchandise imported contrary to the intent and meaning of this act, to keep the same in custody until it shall have been ascertained whether the same have been forfeited or not, and to enter any ship or vessel, dwelling house, store, building or other place, for the purpose of searching for and seizing any such goods, wares and merchandise, which he or they now have by law, in relation to goods, wares and merchandise subject to duty: and if any person or persons shall conceal or buy any goods, wares or merchandise, knowing them to be liable to seizure by this act, such person or persons shall, on conviction thereof, forfeit and pay a sum double the amount or value of the goods, wares and merchandise so concealed or purchased.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the following addition shall be inserted to the oath or affirmation taken by the masters or persons having the charge or command of any ship or vessel arriving at any port of the United States or territories thereof, after the said fifteenth day of November next, viz. "I further swear (or affirm) that there are not to the best of my knowledge and belief on board [insert the denomination and name of the vessel] any goods, wares or merchandise, the importation of which into the United States or territories thereof, is prohibited by law: And I do further swear (or affirm) that if I shall hereafter discover or know of any such goods, wares or merchandise on board the said vessel, or which shall have been imported in the same, I will immediately and without delay make due report thereof to the collector of the port of this district."
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, that the following addition be inserted after the said fifteenth day of November next, to the oath or affirmation taken by importers, consignees or agents, at the time of entering goods imported into the United States, viz. "I also swear (or affirm) that there are not to the best of my knowledge and belief amongst the said goods, wares and merchandise, imported or consigned as aforesaid, any goods, wares or merchandise, the importation of which into the United States is prohibited by law: And I do further swear (or affirm) that if I shall hereafter discover any such goods, wares or merchandise amongst the said goods, wares and merchandise, imported or consigned as aforesaid, I will immediately and without delay report the same to the collector of this district."
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That all penalties and forfeitures arising under this act may be sued for and recovered, and shall be distributed and accounted for in the manner prescribed by the act, entitled "An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage:" and such penalties and forfeitures may be examined, mitigated or remitted in like manner, and under the like conditions, regulations and restrictions as are prescribed, authorised and directed by the act, entitled "An act to provide for mitigating or remitting the forfeitures, penalties and disabilities accruing in certain cases therein mentioned."
Extract of another letter from a member of Congress to the Editor, dated Washington, March 26. "The House of Representatives have this day passed the bill for prohibiting certain articles of the growth, produce, or manufacture of Great Britain—"
Ayes...93. Noes...32. Not a single Federalist voted in favor of the bill....The following Republicans voted against it:
From Virginia. J. Randolph, } Garnett, } Thompson, } 4 Trigg, } Georgia. Spalding, 1 N. Carolina. Stanford, 1 Kentucky. Sandford, 1 New-York. D. C. Verplank, 1
IN SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES. The following resolutions were submitted for consideration and read:
Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the U. States of America in Congress assembled, That Congress entertain a high sense of the patriotism, intrepidity, and valor of William Eaton, late General in Chief of the Army of the Ex-Bashaw of Tripoli, and of Priestly N. O'Bannon, and George Washington Mann, three American officers, who with a small number of American marines and the forces of the ex-bashaw, composed of Greeks & Arabs, courageously marched through the Lybian desert, defeated the Tripolitan army near Derne, and took that city on the 27th day of April, 1805, and for the first time, spread the American Eagle in Africa, on the ramparts of a Tripolitan fort, and thereby contributed to release Three Hundred American prisoners from bondage in Tripoli.
Resolved, As a further testimony of the gratitude of their country, the President of the United States be requested to cause to be surveyed within the limits of the public lands of the United States now open for sale, as the said William Eaton shall elect, a township of Six Miles square to be called DERNE , as a memorial of the conquest of that city forever; and to cause to be laid out, surveyed, and granted to the said William Eaton in one entire Tract within the said Township, Thousand Acres , and to Priestly N. O'Bannon, and George Washington Mann, each Thousand Acres , and to Arthur Campbell, Bernard O'Brian, David Thomas, and James Owen, the only surviving marines who served as volunteers in that expedition, Three Hundred and Twenty Acres each; to be granted to them, respectively, their Heirs and Assigns forever.
From WASHINGTON CITY, March 26. We understand that the latest dispatches received from Mr. Monroe bear date the 28th of January, and that they state, that in consequence of the indisposition of Mr. Pitt no ultimate arrangements had been made for the adjustment of our relations with Great Britain, but that hopes of such adjustment were entertained from the complexion of the new administration.—Nat. Intel.
From the Boston Centinel. We have seen several letters from London, by the packet. They mention that no condemnations of American property had been made for many weeks previous. Mr. Monroe was to have had an audience with Mr. Fox, on American affairs, the 9th February. It was expected, that no further detentions would take place. The New-York, and other memorials, on the subject of neutral commerce, had been published there.
The President's Message at the commencement of the present session of Congress, was published in England early in the month of January. The New-York memorial had been published. It is said that Mr. Fox, a short time previous to his coming into the ministry, expressed himself averse to the proceedings respecting neutral commerce, which we have recently complained of.
Extract of a letter from Liverpool, dated the 8th of February. "The memorial of the merchants of New-York on the encroachments lately made by this country on neutral commerce, has appeared in some of our public papers. In connection with this interesting subject we cannot help considering the late change in administration as particularly important; and shall be much disappointed if the remonstrance, which has been made, is not treated in a very different manner by such men as compose the present ministry, than what it would have been by the abettors of the former system."
The London Courier says: The Fox party in the cabinet is more numerous than the Grenville, and should a difference of opinion occur, as it is scarcely possible that it should not occur, the small Addington party can incline the scale which way they please. The following division will prove the truth of our assertion—
The Grenville party. Lord Grenville, Earl Spencer, Mr. Wyndham, Earl Fitzwilliam. The Fox party. Mr. Fox, Mr. Grey, Lord Henry Petty, Mr. Erskine, and the Earl of Mordaunt. The Addington party. Lord Sidmouth, and Lord Ellenborough.
It is said Jerome Bonaparte is at sea, with a squadron of 7 sail of the line supposed to be bound to the Cape of Good Hope.
NEW KINGDOMS. As Bavaria, Wirtemberg and Baden, have been lately erected into kingdoms, the following account of their extent, population and revenue may not be unacceptible.
The electorate of Bavaria contained Square miles, 16,176 Population, 1,934,000 Revenues, 1,566,000 Forces, 12,000
Now this is converted into a kingdom, according to accounts more recently received, it will have its revenues and population doubled, and all that at the expense of the House of Austria.
Wirtemberg contained— Square miles 3,200 Population 600,000 Revenues 255,000 Forces 6,000
This electorate most probably will be more than trebled, else it will be able to support the royal dignity intended to be conferred upon it.
The revenues, territories and population of Baden, another of the favored princes, are still inferior to those of the duke of Wirtemberg, and were as under— Extent in square miles 832 Population 209,000 Revenue 140,000 Forces 1,500 After the treaty of Luneville, Austria contained— Extent in square miles 179,904 Population 19,439,000 Revenues 10,540,000 Forces 365,000
The united revenues of the three favored powers amounted to 1,941,000, or between one fifth and one sixth of the revenues of the imperial family; their territories united to 20,303 square miles, which is only one eighth of those of the emperor; their forces to 19,500 men, which is not equal to much more than one twentieth.
T. ERSKINE is appointed British Minister to America. It was reported at Nantz, the 31st ult. (says a Philadelphia paper) when the Richmond sailed, that several attempts had been made to assassinate Bonaparte; and that several ladies of high rank, had been arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the attempt.
Letters were received lately from the Mediterranean, stating that Commodore Rodgers had killed Captain Gale of the Marines! for remonstrating with him, on a severe punishment inflicted on a Marine. I give you only report. Gale remonstrated warmly on the impropriety of the punishment. The Commodore struck him; they closed, and were parted by an officer. Gale said there was a time for all things; and when they arrived in the U States he hoped the Commodore would give the satisfaction he had a right to demand.—The Commodore drew his dirk and stabbed him thrice, when he fell. Gale was unarmed. You will shortly see the account of this unfortunate affair; the above statement I believe to be true. Boston Repository.
An awful instance of divine correction of a nature which cannot fail to be admonitory applied by all who hear of it, was experienced by a young man in Stamford, on Monday last: Whilst giving reins to the vehemence of his passion, and impiously uttering the most blasphemous expressions, he was, by the visitation of Providence, suddenly struck dumb! Under this affliction, and in a state of mind, from remorse and contrition, the most deplorable, the unhappy young man has remained ever since his intemperate and wicked behavior under the infliction of this signal mark of divine displeasure. N 2. paper.
CHASE'S TRIAL.
THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED, BY SAMUEL H. SMITH, TRIAL
SAMUEL CHASE, An ASSOCIATE JUSTICE of the Supreme Court of the United States. Impeached by the House of Representatives, for HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS, before the Senate of the United States.
Taken in short hand. By SAMUEL H. SMITH & THOMAS LLOYD. In two large octavo volumes—in boards, price, to subscribers four dollars and a half—and to non subscribers five dollars.
A much greater delay has been incurred in the publication of this trial than the Editor contemplated. He has, however, the satisfaction of saying that no effort has been omitted by him to give it to the public at an earlier period. The delay has arisen from the revision of the speeches of the Managers and Counsel. The publication might long since have been made in a less perfect dress; but it was deemed highly desirable that in a case, which, independently of its own importance, might be a precedent in future times, to sacrifice time rather than precision. The work now appears before the public, with the expectation of the editor that it will be considered as meriting the character of an impartial, comprehensive and faithful statement of facts. All the speeches have been revised, and inserted at length, in connection with whatever else formed a part of the trial. March 24, 1806. wif
JUST received on consignment, a few Tierces prime LAMP OIL, Which will be sold cheap for ready money. D. TATE. Richmond, March 31st 1806.
JAMES WALKER & CO. RESPECTFULLY inform their friends and the public in general that they have just received from Baltimore and Philadelphia a complete assortment of GOODS Suitable to the approaching Spring season, which they are now opening in the House formerly occupied by Citton Garland, esq. in the town of Warren, where they will sell very low for Cash, country Produce, or on a short Credit to punctual customers. They will also receive flour, &c. on storage, and will pay great attention in having the same forwarded to Richmond, as the owners may direct. Warren, Feb. 29th, 1806. ew

Marshal's Sales.
To be Sold, for ready money, under a decree of the Court of the United States for the Eastern District of the Virginia District, between Francis Bond, attorney for the creditors of Ebenezer Edwards, pilot, and David Ross and others, in order to raise the sum of dollars 967 89, due and payable on the first day of July, 1805, and the further sum of dollars 16666 66, due and payable on the first day of January, 1806, that valuable and well known estate in the county of Botetourt, called FORT LITTLE , stated by said Ross to contain 2888 acres.
The sale will take place on the premises on the 27th day of February next.
Also, on the 4th day of March next, will be sold, under the aforesaid decree, at the Oxford Iron Works, in the county of Campbell, a number of valuable SLAVES .
Ben. Mosby, D. M. for Jos. Scott, M. V. D. January 13, 1805. ids
*** BY consent of the parties the sale of FORT LEWIS is postponed, until the 21st day of March, and that of the NEGROES at the Oxford Iron Works, until the 4th day of April next.
Ben. Mosby, d. m. for Jos. Scott, m. v. d. Feb. 19, 1805. ids
TEN DOLLARS REWARD Will be given for apprehending WILLIAM GORDIN , who absconded from the plantation of the late Col. Royal in Amelia, some time in the month of December last. He is a dark mulatto, about 40 years of age, 5 feet 10 or 11 inches high, and has one of his great toes cut off, a circumstance sufficiently strong to lead to positive conviction if he should be met with. He carried with him a dress of coarse grey cloth and sundry other clothes not recollected. Whoever will apprehend the said negro and put him in jail or give such information as will enable the subscriber to get him again, shall receive the above reward.
William Royall. Amelia, Feb. 8, 1805. tf
Geo. Watt
HAS removed from the store he formerly occupied to a brick house on the cross street leading from the main street to Shockoe warehouse, where he has on hand and offers to dispose of on moderate terms, by wholesale, the following Articles, viz:
 Loaf and Muscovado Sugars,  N. England, W. Island, and Antigua Rum,  Cognac, Brandy and Apple Brandy,  Sherry and Malaga Wine,  Coffee of a superior quality,  Molasses, Ginger and Fig Blue,  Young Hyson and Imperial Tea,  200 Sacks Liverpool Salt,  Patent Shot, assorted sizes—And  The remainder of his Stock of Dry Goods, consisting principally of articles suited to the present and approaching season, which he will either sell on a credit of 3, 6 and 9 months, for notes negotiable at the Bank of Virginia, with approved endorsers, or barter for Tobacco, Flour or Hemp.
Cash given for Tobacco. Richmond, 22d Mch. 1805.
12th December, 1804—put into Cumberland Jail, a low, black negro man, very badly clothed, says he belongs to William Marshall of Richmond, and was hired to Henry Melt of Chesterfield.
THE HOBSON.
FOR SALE, That well known and very valuable farm belonging to the estate of Samuel Couch, dec. lying on James River, near Goodland court house, containing about
900 Acres of LAND,
about half of which is well timbered wood land; about 300 acres of River Low Grounds and from 50 to 100 acres of valuable Creek Bottom. The cleared land is well enclosed and improved, with convenient dwelling and out houses in good repair, with a commodious Store, a valuable Mill, and a choice collection of about 1500 bearing fruit trees. The terms of sale may be known on application to Daniel Couch on the premises (who will show the land to any person inclined to purchase) or to Micajah Crew in Hanover. The above tract of land contains improvements and accommodations for two families, and if more agreeable to the purchasers, they may be divided and sold separately.
MICAJAH CREW, ANN COUCH, Executors of S. Couch.
A. Hewes & Co.
HAVE for Sale at their Store, next door to Messrs. Sturdivant & Lucke's, opposite the Market, Richmond, an assortment of Groceries and other Articles, Which they will dispose of at the lowest prices for cash or country produce. Among which are, Jamaica and Antigua Rum, old and very superior Cognac Brandy, Loaf and Brown Sugar, Coffee, Chocolate, Imperial, Hyson, Hyson Skin, and Young Hyson Tea; Port and Sherry Wine, Honey, Molasses, Figs, Nutmegs, Mace, Cloves, Cinnamon, Allspice, Pepper, Fig Blue, Starch, Soap, Candles, Salt, Tubinsects, &c. &c. Richmond, Feb. 12th 1805
COMMITTED to the Jail of
this county, about the 8th of December last, a negro man; says his name is JOHN ; that he was on his way with his master Demsey Nash, moving to the Tennessee from near Norfolk, when he left him near this county; says he formerly belonged to captain John Bramble, of Richmond; was sold to Mr. Nash, of Norfolk; says he was hired for the two last years by Messrs. Wm. & Henry Havshall, of Petersburg. He is a stout, well made fellow, about 5 feet 10 or 11 inches high, sup. ars to be about 24 years of age, has had the Small Pox very bad, had on when taken up, a blue cloth coat and home spun checkered pantaloons. The owner is requested to come forward, pay charges & take him away, or he will be dealt with according to law.
JOHN WILLIAMSON, Keeper of the Jail.
Mr. JOHN JOUETT, In the State of Kentucky.
SIR, ON the third Monday in April next, at Goodland courthouse, between the hours of ten in the forenoon and sun-set, I shall take the deposition of Col. George Payne and Capt. William Gay, and on the fourth Monday in the same month, between the same hours of the day, the deposition of Mr. Wm. O. Winston of Hanover, at his dwelling house—to be used as evidence in my suit depending in Henrico county court against you. Yours, Thomas Miller.
March 16th, 1806. 4w
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS it is represented to the Executive, by the Keeper of the Penitentiary, that two of the prisoners therein confined to wit: JOHN TRAMBLE and ISAAC HARRIS , have made their escape from the Penitentiary; I have, the more, thought fit, with the advice of the Council of State, to issue this Proclamation, hereby offering a reward of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for the apprehension of each, or either of the said prisoners and for their delivery at the Penitentiary; and I do, moreover, enjoin all officers, civil and military, and exhort the good people of the commonwealth to use their best endeavors to apprehend and convey to the Penitentiary the said John Tramble and Isaac Harris.
Given under my hand, with the Seal of the (L. S.) commonwealth annexed, at Richmond, this 2d day of February, 1806.
(Signed) Wm. H. CABELL.
John Tramble was convicted of Horse Stealing before the District Court of Washington, in the spring of 1805, and sentenced to five years and five months confinement. He was born in Maryland; is 5 feet 7 1/2 inches high; 25 years old; fair complexion; light hair; grey eyes; has a niche in his left ear; scars in his forehead, and is a shoemaker by trade.
Isaac Harris was convicted of larceny before the District Court of Monongalia, in the spring of 1805, and sentenced to two years confinement. He was born in the county of Wood, in this state, is five feet nine inches high, 18 years old, swarthy complexion, dark hair and hazle eyes.
Twenty Dollars Reward,
Will be given for apprehending and bringing home NED , who ran away the 24th ult. he is 42 years old, about 6 feet high, very spare made, bony & black, very artful and insinuating. He has always been accustomed to labour in the field, is of no trade; there are few men who can out work him—carried off only his working clothes, which were such as I boring slaves generally wear. The above reward will be given if taken up over 40 miles from home, if be seen 20 and 40 ten, if under 20, five dollars will be paid, by HENRY BELL. Duckingham, 10th March 1806 4w
WANTED as House-Keeper,
in a large family, an elderly Lady, who can come well recommended. Liberal wages will be given. Enquire of the printer. Nov. 6, 1805. tf
VULCAN,
A FINE JACK-ASS; will stand the ensuing season, to commence the first of March and end the first of August, at my mill in Chesterfield county, twenty miles above Petersburg and thirty from Richmond, and will be let to mares on the following terms—six dollars and one quarter the season; notes to that amount must be sent with the mares, or they will not be received, which may be discharged at any time within the season, by the payment of five dollars, with one quarter to the groom. The great size, strength and vigour of Vulcan, entitle him to be ranked among the first Jacks in the United States. Vulcan stood the last season as Mr. H. Wetmore's, in Dinwiddie, and is thought by him a very sure foal getter. Vulcan was got by the Duke of Brunswick, his dam by the Royal Gift.
FRANCIS REPPS. February 19 1806 tta
NOTICE,
I DO hereby forewarn any person or persons from trading or taking an assignment of a Bond executed by me to Charles Matthews of the county of Buckingham, for the sum of two hundred pounds, dated 5th February, 1805, and payable the 25th December, 1806, as the same was given in part purchase of a tract of land, which said Matthews was not possessed of. Walter Irvine. New Canton, 20th Feb 1806. tf
Fifty Dollars Reward.
ON Saturday the 7th inst. a man, who calls himself BLUNT , and said he was son of Michael Blunt, who some years ago did, and perhaps may now, live in Hanover county, came to my house and informed me that his horse was strayed or stolen from him in Paris, and intreated the loan of a horse, in order, if possible, to recover his own. Yesterday I hired him a dark grey horse, more grey about the head than any where else, upwards of fourteen hands high, long switch tail, paces, trots and canters, has a bitch in his side when starting into a pace very perceivable, has a bunch of white mane on the top of his neck, occasioned by the collar, six years old last spring—had with him a double skirted saddle, and plain curb bridle. He was by promise to have returned the horse, &c. the same day, but I have seen nothing of him since. As near as I can recollect, said Blunt is about 5 feet 8 inches high, pale complexion, thin, sage, grey eyes and dark hair; appears to be about 30 or 35 years of age; had on a drab colored surcoat, swansdown vest, plain mackerel pantaloons, half boots and a straw hat covered with black, the under part green. I will give the above reward for the recovery of the horse, saddle and bridle, and conviction of the man, or ten dollars for the horse and saddle alone.
Philip Mallory. Fauquier county, near Oak Hill, 3w December 17th, 1805
BY virtue of a deed of trust executed
to us by John Christian, Jr. to secure the payment of a debt therein mentioned due to the late firm of Dunlop, Pollock & Co. will be sold, to the highest bidder, for ready money, at Prince Edward courthouse, on Monday the 19th day of May next, (being court day) a TRACT OF LAND , containing 150 acres more or less, lying on the waters of Bigough creek, in the said county of Prince Edward, being the land bought by said Christian, from Abner Coffee, per deed bearing date the 28th day of May, 1803. The land may be viewed previous to the day of sale, by applying to the said John Christian, Jr.
Samuel W. Venable } Trustees. Peter Johnson }
Prince Edward, 17th March, 1806 ids
COMMITTED to the Jail of this
County, the 15th of December last, a bright Mulatto Woman, says her name is Nancy , and that she belongs to a Mr. Thos. Hughes of Georgia and was on her way to that place, when she eloped from him in this county; says she was purchased by Thomas Hughes in the state of Maryland; appears to be about twenty five years of age—The owner is requested to come forward, pay charges and take her away, or she will be dealt with as the law directs.
John Williamson, Keeper of the Jail. Prince Edward C. H. Jan. 23, 1806. 2m
Advertisement.
IN consequence of a resolution of the General Assembly, passed at their late session, I am instructed by the Executive to make enquiry respecting the situation of all Ordnance and Military Stores, belonging to the state (not including those in the service of the United States or of this State) and make report thereof to the Governor.
In obedience to this instruction, and as the most probable mean of effecting the object contemplated by the Executive, I have thought proper thus publicly to request of such of the citizens of the commonwealth as may have any knowledge of the situation, number, quality and size or weight of any cannon or other ordnance, and muskets; cannon balls, shells or other military stores, supposed to belong to the state, and not in immediate use, to communicate a particular report thereof to me as soon as convenient.
SAMUEL COLEMAN, Clerk to the Executive, Richmond, Feb. 7, 1806. (tf)
AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
Chillicothe, State of Ohio, January 31st, 1806.
EXTRACT FROM AN ACT LEVYING A STATE TAX FOR THE YEAR 1806
Section 2. Be it further enacted, That all lands shall be rated and classed in the manner following: that is to say, first, second, & third rates; and the rule to be observed is, that when a greater part of any tract shall be superior in quality to second rate land, it shall be denominated first rate; when a greater part of a tract shall be inferior in quality to first rate, and superior to third rate, it shall be denominated second rate; and when a greater part of a tract shall be inferior to second rate, it shall be denominated third rate land, taking into view the situation and the quality of the soil. First rate land shall be taxed at the rate of ninety cents, second rate sixty-five cents, and third rate forty cents, each per hundred acres.
Section 3. Be it further enacted, That in all cases where the owners of any lands have, by themselves or agents, entered their lands in their proper classes, with the auditor or clerks of the court of common pleas, agreeably to the laws heretofore in force, such lands shall under this act be placed in the same class for taxation, and all lands which shall not be entered by the owners, or their agents, with the auditor, before he makes out his duplicate, he shall class and charge the same as second rate, and if any owner or proprietor of lands, or their agent, have heretofore, or shall hereafter enter any tract of land in an inferior class to that of its real quality, said land shall (until it is changed into its proper class) be charged, over and above the rate for which it was entered, with double the amount of tax which should have been paid had the same been entered in its proper class; which shall be paid to the collector of the county, township, or district in which such lands may be chargeable, for the use of the state, on the information of any freeholder, making due proof thereof to the auditor or commissioners, and be recovered at the same time and in the same way as other taxes are recoverable.
Section 4. Be it further enacted, That for the collection of taxes of non-residents lands, the state shall be and is hereby divided into six collection districts: the first to include the lands purchased by John Cleves Symmes and his associates and the land within the district of Cincinnati land office; the second to include lands in the Virginia military district, the land within the district of Chillicothe land office and the French grant; the third to include the land purchased by the Ohio Company and all grants included within the limits thereof, and the land within the district of the Marietta land office; the fourth to include the lands in the United States military district and the refugee lands and all the lands within the district of Zanesville land office; the fifth to include the lands within the district of the Steubenville land office and all lands south of the Conneaut reserve, and not included in the other districts; and the sixth to include the lands in the Conneaut Reserve.
Section 5. Be it further enacted, That there shall be appointed, by a joint ballot of both houses of the general assembly, and commissioned by the governor, a collector in each district, who shall continue in office one year, and until his successor is chosen and qualified, who shall collect all taxes due and owing on non residents' lands within their respective districts. The collector of the first district shall keep his office at Cincinnati; the collector of the second district shall keep his office at Chillicothe; the collector of the third district shall keep his office at Marietta; the collector of the fourth district shall keep his office at Zanesville; the collector of the fifth district shall keep his office at Steubenville, and the collector of the sixth district shall keep his office at the town of Warren, in the county of Trumbull. And shall each, at the time they receive their duplicates, take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation, viz: I, A. B. do solemnly swear or affirm (as the case may be) that I will, according to the best of my ability, faithfully and impartially perform the duties enjoined on me by law, as collector of the district, and that I will not directly or indirectly purchase any land by me sold for taxes."
Notice is hereby given that all rates within this state are due and payable after the first day of August next ensuing, and if not paid by the first Monday of December, the lands will be sold for so much thereof as will satisfy the amount due.
 1st district collector, A. Coforth, Cincinnati.  2d do Virginia army lands, Thomas Scott, Chillicothe.  3d do. William Skinner, Marietta.  4th do. James Herron, Zanesville.  5th do. Charles Maxwell, Steubenville.  6th do. James Hilman, Warren. 
THOMAS GIBSON, Auditor of accounts for the state of Ohio. 6w
JUST received from London, and
for sale by Wm Crozier, in Manchester, a complete and general assortment of
Fresh Garden Seeds,
All of the last year's growth. N. B. The above collection of seeds may be had at Mr. Oakley Phillips' next door above Russell & Wallace's, main street, Richmond. William Crozier. Richmond, 7th March, 1806. tf
AN APPRENTICE WANTED.
A LAD of reputable connections, about the age of 14 or 15 years, would be taken as an apprentice to learn the printing business, at the office of the Virginia Argus.
AGREEABLY to the will
James Vaughan, dec. will be sold, to the highest bidder, for cash, at Anlita courthouse, on Thursday the 24th of April next, 1420 acres of LAND, on Mad river, in Kanawha county, which said land is mortgaged to Daniel M'Callum, to secure the payment of seven hundred pounds with interest thereon since December, 1795. Mr. M'Callum's representative is requested to attend the sale in order to receive his money and execute a release.
BEN. OVERSTREET, Ex'r. of James Vaughan. 3w
March 14th, 1806
CITY OF RICHMOND,
IN HUSTINGS COURT, March 14th, 1806.
SAMUEL WILLIAMSON this day made application for a licence to sell Tobacco within the City for one year; which, according to a rule of this court, is ordered to be notified for one month by advertisement in one of the newspapers of this city.
Teste, GEO. CHISMAN, D. C.
THE IMPORTED HORSE
ARCHER,
Will stand at my stable in Chesterfield county, 6 miles from Richmond and 18 from Petersburg, and will cover mares at the low price of 20 dollars the season (to commence on the 20th inst. and expire on the 1st of August) or 15 dollars, if sent with the mares—10 dollars the single leap, and 40 dollars to insure a mare being in foal, with half a dollar to the groom in either case. Notes, payable on the 1st of August, will be expected with the mares. Archer is a fine brown, 16 hands high, remarkably gay and active—He was raised by the late Duke of Cumberland, and at his sale was bought by Mr. Broadhurst, who entered him for the Derby stakes, for which he was a very great favorite, until he fell lame in training, which prevented him from appearing as a racer.
ARCHER was got by Faggerrill, his dam (bred also by the Duke of Cumberland) sister to Crassus, by Eclipse, granddam by Young Cade, out of Miss Thigh, who was the dam of Selim, and got by Poul-Greyhound's Lady Thigh, by Partner—Greyhound's Grandam Barb. Faggerrill was bred by Shattoe, and was got by Snap, out of Miss Cleveland by Regulus, her dam the famous Midge, by a well bred son of Bay Bolton, granddam by Bartlett's Children, great granddam by Honeywood's Arabian, out of the dam of the two True Blues. Faggerrill was own brother to Mr. Shattoe's mare Pashian, who was the dam of Sir Peter Teazle, Wien, Lady Teazle, &c. & to his mare Middlesex, the dam of Seagull, Coddy, Mondy, &c. and at 3, 4 and 5 years old, was accounted one of the best horses of his year.
For the satisfaction of gentlemen who may wish to breed from Archer, I have thought proper to publish the certificates of John Tayloe and Carter Beverley, Esquires.
I do hereby certify that the brown stud horse Archer, was sent to me by Mr. Rives, of London, and from the certificates I have seen of his blood, as well as the tracing his pedigree in the general stud book of England, where it may be fully ascertained, I believe him to be of as good blood as most horses that have been imported into this country.
JOHN TAYLOE. January 27, 1806
I do hereby certify that the imported horse Archer, stood at my farm, in Culpeper county, the last two years, and that his colts were generally superior to almost any in that and the adjoining counties of Fauquier, Madison & Orange. I have been very anxious to purchase the horse, but the proprietor, Mr. Thomas Rives, of London, and myself, could not agree upon the price. Given under my hand at Williamsburg, this 16th day of Feb 1806 CARTER BEVERLEY.
Attest: GAWIN G. GORDIN
Good and extensive pasturage is provided, and the greatest care taken to prevent accidents or escapes, but no responsibility for either.
ROBERT TEMPLE. Amphill, 17th March, 1806. tf
LAND FOR SALE.
THE subscriber intending to move to the state of Kentucky next fall, offers for SALE his TRACT of LAND, lying in the county of Hanover, within fifteen miles of Richmond, ten of Page's Town, and six of the courthouse, on Crump's creek, which affords ten or twelve acres of Meadow Land. This tract of land contains 333 1-2 acres, is as well timbered and watered as any tract of land in the country, has about 300 acres cleared, and in fine order for cropping. The dwelling house is 20 feet by 28, containing two rooms below stairs and three above; a barn 30 feet by 40, and all necessary out houses; 150 apple trees, also a quantity of fruit trees of almost every kind. Should the above land not be sold by the first day of October next, it will on that day be offered for sale to the highest bidder; terms of sale, one half cash, and a credit of twelve months given for the balance. Bond with approved security will be required, to carry interest from the date, if not punctually paid.
Also, on the same day and place, will be offered for sale, the Crop of CORN and FODDER, HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN FURNITURE, STOCK, and PLANTATION UTENSILS. It is presumable any person wishing to purchase, will first view the land, before the day of sale, which will be shown by making application to the subscriber, who lives on the premises.
JOHN RUSSELL. March 4th, 1806. 6w
P. S. 330 Acres of Land adjoining the above, may be had.
Which we will sell for Cash, approved paper, or Country Produce. Shapard & Lucke. Feb. 20, 1806.
WE have just received for Sale,
 20 Bags best GREEN COFFEE,  20 Hds. MOLASSES,  2,500 lbs. CHEESE,  30 Boxes Cotton & Wool CARDS,  6 Hds. Antigua RUM,  6 do. Windward Island do.  6 do. New-England do.  40 Tierces Stone LIME,  30 Barrels HERRINGS,  4 Casks fresh CLOVER SEED,  150 Sacks SALT, 
Which we will sell for Cash, approved paper, or Country Produce. Shapard & Lucke. Feb. 20, 1806.
JUST received and for sale at S. Pleasants'
Book-Store, near the Bridge,
THE FOLLOWING GENUINE
Patent Medicines.
 Mill's Balm of Honey  obstinate eruptions, &c  Turlington's Balm  British Oil  Godfrey's Cordial  Hooper's Female Pills  Essence of Peppermint  Anderson's Scott's do.  Stearns' Opodeldoc  The celebrated Specific  Oriental Cerate, for the cure of outward piles, scalds, sore legs, burns  Pills, for the cure of the outward and inward Piles 
CORR'S CELEBRATED PATENT
METALLIC HONES,
Are for sale at this Office.
BUZZARD,
Imported by the late Col. John Hoopes, of the Bowling Green, will stand the ensuing season, (to commence the 1st of March, and end the 15th of July) at my farm in Chesterfield county, four miles from Good's and Beall's Bridges, on Appomattox river, twenty five above Petersburg, the same from Richmond, and fifteen from Amelia courthouse; & will be let to mares on the following terms.
Fifty Dollars the season, by note, dischargeable at any time within it, by the payment of forty, with one dollar to the groom.
In every instance, either a note, or the money must accompany the mares.
BUZZARD in point of form, blood and performance, stands almost unrivalled, in this, or any other country; and as a foal getter, the racing calendars of England fully attest his celebrity. In 1799, he produced on the turf at Newmarket, 5 winners. In 1800, seven. In 1801, fourteen. In 1802, sixteen. In 1803, twenty-one; and in 1804, sixteen (total seventy nine) from what I have seen of the sheet calendar for 1805, I think I have seen in the list of winning horses, will exceed that of any other year.
I have in possession a calendar of the 9th of November last, which concluded the Hougton meeting at Newmarket. It contains thirty odd races, eleven of which were won by Buzzard's stock; and in the same calendar, two of them are advertised to cover at ten guineas a mare, the next season.
Buzzard's stock are large and highly formed: Popinjay is upwards of sixteen hands, and is said to be the most elegant horse in England.
Quiz won the great Oakland stakes, and a match over the Beacon course (4 miles and a quarter) for 1000 guineas.
Good high and low land pastures, and every attention paid to mares sent, but no responsibility for accidents. Mares will be fed on moderate terms if required, for which the money must be sent.
THOMAS BRANCH. 24th January, 1806. w3m
PEDIGREE.
BUZZARD was got by Woodpecker, his dam Misfortune, by Dux, his granddam Curiosity, by Snap—Regulus—Bartlett's Children.

Virginia Argus Extra---April 1.
TREATY OF PEACE BETWEEN AUSTRIA AND FRANCE.
His majesty the emperor of Germany and Austria, and his majesty the emperor of the French, king of Italy, equally animated with a desire to put an end to the calamities of war, have resolved to proceed without delay to the conclusion of a definitive treaty of peace, and have in consequence named as plenipotentiaries, to wit:
His majesty the emperor of Germany and Austria, the prince John Lichtenstein, prince of the Holy Roman empire, grand cross of the military order of Maria Teresa, chamberlain, lieutenant gen. of the armies of his said majesty the emperor of Germany and Austria, and proprietor of a regiment of Hussars: and count Ignaz de Guiral, commander of the military order of Maria Teresa, chamberlain of his said majesty the emperor of Germany and Austria, lieutenant gen. of his armies, and proprietor of a regiment of infantry: and his majesty the emperor of France, king of Italy, Charles Maurice Talleyrand Perigord, grand chamberlain, minister of foreign relations of his said majesty the emperor of France and king of Italy, grand cordon of the legion of honor, and knight of the red and black eagle of Prussia; who having exchanged their full powers, have agreed as follows:
ART. I. There shall be from the date of this day, peace and friendship between his majesty the emperor of Germany and Austria, and his majesty the emperor of the French, king of Italy, their heirs and successors, their states and subjects, respectively, forever.
II. France shall continue to possess in property and sovereignty the duchies, principalities, lordships, and territories beyond the Alps, which were before the present treaty united and incorporated with the French empire, or governed by the laws and government of France.
III. His majesty the emperor of Germany and Austria, for himself, his heirs and successors recognizes the dispositions made by his majesty the emperor of France and king of Italy, relative to the principalities of Lucca and Piombino.
IV. His majesty the emperor of Germany and Austria renounces as well for himself, as for his heirs and successors, all part of the states of the republic of Venice, ceded to him by the treaties of Campo Formio and Lunéville, which shall be united in perpetuity to the kingdom of Italy.
V. His majesty the emperor of Germany & of Austria acknowledges his majesty the emperor of the French as king of Italy; but it is agreed, that in conformity with the declaration made by his majesty the emperor of the French at the moment when he took the crown of Italy, that as soon as the parties named in that declaration shall have fulfilled the conditions therein expressed, the crowns of France and Italy shall be separated forever, and cannot in any case be united on the same head. His majesty the emperor of Germany binds himself to acknowledge on the separation, the succession this majesty the emperor of the French shall appoint to himself as king of Italy.
VI. The present treaty of peace is declared to comprehend their most serene highnesses the electors of Bavaria, Württemberg, Baden and the Bavarian republic, allies of his majesty the emperor of the French, in the present war.
VII. The electors of Bavaria and Württemberg having taken the title of king, without ceasing nevertheless to belong to the Germanic confederation, his majesty the emperor of Germany and Austria acknowledges them in that character.
VIII. His majesty the emperor of Germany and Austria, as well for himself, his heirs and successors, as for the princes of his house, their heirs and successors respectively, renounces the principalities, lordships, domains, and territories hereinafter specified:
Cedes and abandons to his majesty the king of Bavaria the Margraviate of Burgau and its dependencies, the principality of Eichstadt, the part of the territory of Passau belonging to the elector of Salzburg, and situated between Bohemia, Austria, the Danube and the Inn; the country of Pyrol, comprehending therein the principalities of Brixen and Bozen, the seven lordships of the Voralberg, with their detached dependencies; the county of Hohenems, the county of Kongsegg, Rottensals, the lordships of Pettnau and Argen, & the town & territory of Lindau.
To his majesty the king of Württemberg, the five cities of the Danube, to wit—Ehingen, Munderkingen, Riedlingen, Mengen, and Saulgau, with their dependencies, the city of Constance excepted that part of the Breisgau, which extends in the possession of Württemberg, and situated to the east of a line, drawn from Schlegelburg to Möllbach, and the towns and territories of Willinger and Breislingen, to his most serene highness the elector of Baden, the Breisgau (with the exception of the branch, and separated portions above described) the Ortenau and their dependencies, the city of Constance, and the commanding of Memm.
The principalities, lordships, domains and territories above mentioned, shall be possessed respectively by their majesties, the kings of Bavaria and Württemberg, and by his most serene highness the elector of Baden, as well in paramount as in full property and sovereignty, in the same manner, by the same titles, and with the same rights and prerogatives, with which they were possessed by his majesty the emperor of Germany and Austria, or the princes of his house, and not otherwise.
IX. His majesty the emperor of Germany and Austria, acknowledges the debts contracted by the house of Austria, for the benefit of private persons and public establishments of the country, making at present an integrant part of the French empire—and it is agreed that his said majesty shall remain free from all obligation, with respect to any debts whatsoever which the house of Austria may have contracted, on the ground of the possession, and of securities on the soil of the countries which it renounces by the present treaty.
X. The county of Salzburg, and of Berchtesgaden, belonging to his royal highness prince Ferdinand, shall
be incorporated with the empire of Austria. And his majesty the emperor of Germany and Austria, shall possess those in full property and sovereignty, but by the title of a dutchy only.
XI. His majesty the emperor of the French, king of Italy, engages himself to obtain, in favor of the archduke Ferdinand, elector of Salzburg, the session by his majesty the king of Bavaria, of Wurtzburg, such as it has been given to his said majesty by the recess of the Deputation of the Germanic empire, of the 25th February, 1804.
The electoral title of his royal highness shall be transferred to this principality, which his royal highness shall possess in full property and sovereignty, in the same manner and on the same conditions that he possessed the electorate of Salzburg.
And with respect to debts, it is agreed that the new possessor shall stand charged only with those debts resulting from loans formally agreed to by the states of the country, or the expenses incurred for the effective administration of the said country.
XII. The dignity of grand master of the Teutonic Order, in rights, domains & revenues, which before the present war were dependencies of Mergentheim, the chief place of the order; the other rights, domains & revenues which shall be found, to belong to the grand mastership at the time of the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty; as well as the domains and revenues in possession of which the said order shall be at the same epoch, shall become hereditary in the person and descendants in the direct male line, according to the order of the primo-geniture, in which ever the princes of the imperial house, shall be appointed by his majesty the emperor of Germany and Austria. His majesty the emperor Napoleon promises his good offices to obtain, as soon as possible, for his royal highness the archduke Ferdinand, a full and entire indemnity in Germany.
XIII. His majesty the elector of Bavaria shall occupy the city of Augsburg and its territory, and unite them to his states, in full property and sovereignty. In the same manner the king of Württemberg, may occupy, united to his states, and possess in full property and sovereignty, the country of Berndorff; and his majesty the emperor of Germany and Austria engages himself to give no opposition.
XIV. Their majesties the kings of Bavaria and Württemberg, and his most serene highness the Elector of Baden, shall enjoy over the territories ceded, as well as over their ancient estates, the plenitude of sovereignty, and all the rights resulting from it, which have been guaranteed to them by his majesty the emperor of the French, king of Italy, in the same manner as his majesty the Emperor of Germany and Austria, and his majesty the king of Prussia, over their German states—His majesty the emperor of Germany and Austria both as chief of the empire, and as co-estates, engages himself not to oppose any obstacle to the execution of the acts which they may have made, or will make, in consequence.
XV. His majesty the emperor of Ger-
many and Austria, as well for himself, his heirs and successors, as for the princes of his house, their heirs and successors, renounces all the rights as well of sovereignty, as of paramount right to all pretensions whatsoever, actual or eventual, on all the States, without exception, of their majesties, the kings of Bavaria and Württemberg, and of his most serene highness the elector of Baden, and generally on all the states, domains and territories, comprized in the circles of Bavaria, Franconia and Suabia, as well as to every title, taken from the said domains and territories; and reciprocally, all pretensions, actual or eventual, of the said states to the charge of the house of Austria, or its princes, are and shall be, for ever extinguished; nevertheless, the renunciations, contained in the present article, do not concern the properties, which are by the 11th article, or which shall be, by virtue of the 12th article above, conceded to their royal highnesses the archdukes, named in the said articles.
XVI. The titles of the domains and archies, the plans and maps of the different countries, towns, and fortresses, ceded by the present treaty, shall be given up in the space of three months from the date of the exchange of the ratification, to the persons that shall have acquired the property of them.
XVII. His majesty the emperor Napoleon guarantees the integrity of the empire of Austria in the state in which it shall be in consequence of the present treaty of peace; as well as the integrity of the possessions of the princes of the house of Austria, pointed out in the 11th and 12th articles.
XVIII. The high contracting parties acknowledge the independence of the Helvetic republic, as established by the act of mediation, as well as the independence of the Bavarian republic.
XIX. The prisoners of war made by France and her allies from Austria, and by Austria from France and her allies, and who have not been yet restored, shall be restored within 40 days from the date of the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty.
XX. All commercial communications & relations are re-established in the two countries on the same footing as before the war.
XXI. His majesty the emperor of Germany and Austria, and his majesty the emperor of the French, king of Italy, shall maintain between them the same ceremonial as to rank and etiquette as was observed before the present war.
XXII. Within five days from the exchange of the ratification of the present treaty, the town of Presburgh, & its environs, to the extent of six leagues, shall be evacuated. Ten days after the said exchange, the French, and the troops of the allies of France, shall evacuate Moravia, Bohemia, the Viertel, Unter, Viennen Wald, the Viertel Unter, Manhartsberg, Hungary and the whole of Styria. In the ten following days they shall evacuate the Viertel Viennen Wald, and the Viertel Ober Manhartsberg; and finally, in the space of two months from the exchange of the ratifications, the French troops, and the troops of the allies of France, shall

evacuate the whole of the hereditary states of his majesty the emperor of Germany and of Austria, with the exception of the place of Brannau, which shall remain for one month at the disposal of his majesty the emperor of the French, king of Italy, as a place of depot for the sick and for the artillery.
No requisition, of whatever nature, shall be made of the inhabitants, during that month. But it is agreed that at the expiration of the month, no corps whatever of the Austrian troops can be stationed or introduced within a circuit of six leagues around the said place of Brannau. It is in like manner agreed that each of the places which are to be successively evacuated by the French troops, within the time above mentioned, shall not be taken possession of by the Austrian troops till eight and forty hours after the evacuation—It is also agreed, that the magazines left by the French army, in the places which they shall successively evacuate, shall remain at its disposal; and that the high contracting parties shall make an arrangement relative to all contributions of war whatsoever, imposed on the hereditary states occupied by the French army, an arrangement in virtue of which, the raising of the said contributions shall entirely cease from the day of the exchange of the ratifications. The French army shall draw its provisions and its sustenance from its own magazines, established on routes by which it is to proceed.
XXIII. Immediately after the exchange of the ratification of the present treaty, commissaries shall be named on both sides to give up and receive in the names of their respective sovereigns, all parts of the Venetian territory, not occupied by the troops of his majesty the emperor of the French and king of Italy. The city of Venice, the Lagues, and the possession of Terra Firma, shall be given up in the space of fifteen days; Venetian Istria, and Dalmatia, the mouths of the Cattaro, the Venetian Isles in the Adriatic, and all the places and forts which they contain, in the space of six weeks from the exchange of the ratifications. The respective commissaries will take care that the separation of the artillery belonging to the republic of Venice from the Austrian artillery be exactly made, the former being to remain entirely to the kingdom of Italy. They will determine by a mutual agreement the kind and nature of the objects, which being the property of the emperor of Germany and of Austria are consequently to remain at his disposal. They will agree either on the sale to the kingdom of Italy, of the objects abovenmentioned, or either exchange for an equivalent quantity of artillery, or other objects of the same, or a different nature, which shall have been left by the French armies in the hereditary states.
Every facility and every assistance shall be given to the Austrian troops, and to the civil and military administrations, to return into the Austrian states by the most convenient and sure ways; as well as to the conveyance of the imperial artillery, the naval and military magazines, and other objects which are not comprehended in the stipulations of sale or exchange which may be made.
XXIV. The ratifications of the present treaty shall be exchanged within the space of eight days, or sooner if possible.
Done and signed at Presburg, the 26th December, 1805. Signed Ch. Miär. Talleyrand , (L. s.) Signed John , prince of Lichtenstein, (L. s.) Signed, Ignaz, count De Guyrai .
We have approved and do approve, the above treaty, in all and each of its articles therein contained; we declare that it is accepted, ratified and confirmed; and we promise that it shall be inviolably observed, in faith of which, we have given these presents, signed with our hands, countersigned, and sealed with our imperial seal—at the palace of Schönbrunn, 27th December, 1805.
By the emperor, NAPOLEON. The minister secretary of state, H. B. Maret. The minister of foreign relations, CH. MAUR. TALLEYRAND.
The famous high blooded English Horse, HAMBLETON , Bred by the duke of Grafton, a beautiful bright bay, near 16 hands high, of high form and elegance, rising 13 years old, in good health and great perfection, imported by Wm Lightfoot, esq. of Charles City county, and now his property; will stand the ensuing season, at Temple Hill, on Michum's river, in Albemarle county, ten miles above Charlottesville, within a mile of German's mill, and 2 miles of the brick tavern, to cover mares at six guineas the season, for which a note will be required dischargeable by the payment of twenty dollars, at any time before the 15th of Sept. next, when the season will expire, with one dollar to the groom for each mare, paid at the stable door. Ten dollars the single leap, and forty dollars to insure a mare with foal, Good and extensive pasturage, well enclosed with a river and branches running thro', the flat land affording as good forward pastures as any in this part of the country, gratis. Servants that may be sent with mares will be boarded for one dollar per week, and mares fed if required, on reasonable terms. The utmost attention paid & care taken to prevent accidents, but will not be responsible for any that may happen. Any gentleman putting five mares to Hambleton, may send one gratis.
JAMES KINSOLVING, For William Lightfoot.
Feb. 24, 1806
P E D I G R E E.
Hambleton was got by Dungannon, sire of Bedford (and one of the best sons of O'Kelly's famous Eclipse, who was esteemed to be the best horse in England of his day, and covered at fifty guineas)—his dam by Snap, siter to Jupiter, bred by Mr Crofts, 1773—her dam (Young Marke's dam) by Blank, Stirling, Miss Margett, by Partner, Greyhound, Curwen, Bay Barb, Lord D'Arcy's Arabian, Whiteshirt, Old Montague mare. Thus it appears he descended from the best running stock in England.
PERFORMANCES.
This horse ranks very high as a racer, both for speed and bottom, as he proved successful in 20 races before he left the turf, 4 of which he walked over, none venturing to start against him. In 1794, at Hambleton, Yorkshire, on Wednesday, May 14th, he won a sweepstakes of ten gs each, for 3 year olds, six subscribers, two miles, beating Mr Bethel's b f by Magnum Bonum, Pierce's b f by Young Marke, Turner's Confederacy, & Craddock's ch c
Leicester. At York he won 50l. for 3 year olds, beating Lowther's b c Griffin, Crompton's ch c Ambush, Sheppard's Madcap, Clifton's b c Cedar, and Garforth's ch c—even betting on Ambush against the field. At Manchester, in June, he won 50l. for 3 year olds, two mile heats, beating Foreigner and Loyalist. At Stockton, Sept. 20th, he won a sweepstakes of 20 gs each, 5 subscribers, then Sir H. Williamson's property, formerly Mr Hutchinson's beating Field's Highflyer, out of Wren, and Turner's Delpine.—In 1795, Hambleton won five times, to wit—a handicap plate of 50l. two mile heats, at 4 years old, beating Infect, Blacklegs, and Watkins' b c 5 years old. At Edinburgh, July 20th, he won his majesty's plate of 100 gs. 4 years old. 4 mile heats, beating Pyebald—and on the 23d, walked over the ground for 50l. all ages—and on the 24th, 50 gs. for all ages, 4 mile heats, beating Gregson's b h Archer, 6 years old, Mr Peacock's ch g Farmer, and Mr Wilson's Creeping Kate. At Dumfries in October, he won 50l. beating lord Darlington's b m Coostant.—In 1796, Hambleton won at Kelso, 5th October, a purse of 50 gs. beating Mr Bailor's Black Cock.—In 1797 he won 8 times, to wit—at Middleham, in Yorkshire, a sweepstakes of 10 gs each, 5 subscribers, 3 mile heats, beating Merry Lad and Arthur. At Edinburgh on Wednesday the 25th, 50 gs. for all ages, beating Eliza Fox and Bessie. On Friday the 28th, the ladies subscription purse of 50 gs. beating Fletcher's Jane. At Montrose in Scotland, August, he walked over the ground for a 50l. plate—and also walked over the ground for a subscription of 50l. At Kelso, October 16th, for a plate of 50 gs. he walked over the ground—and also his majesty's 100 gs. given to the Caledonian Hunt, for any horse, &c. carrying 12 st 4 mile heats, then 6 years old, he won against Mr Wentworth's Trimbush, Piermont's Trimmer, aged, and Kincaid's Hector, aged—and Saturday following, a purse of 50l. given by the Hunt, free for any horse, &c. beating Farewell & Roliker. At Carlisle he won 100 gs. of Mr Sitwell, beating his b f by Meteor.—In 1798, he won at Edinburgh, August, 50l. for all ages, beating Maxwell's Arab, and Mr Maule's Hippopotamus. At Montrose he won a plate of 50 gs. for all ages, beating Pitforthre and Contractor. See the racing calendars for the foregoing years.
WM. LIGHTFOOT.
The celebrated high blooded English Horse, OSCAR , Full sixteen hands high, imported by me in 1804, after having been him the year before, and satisfied myself as to his reputation, is now in fine health, full of vigor and muscular strength, and will be let to mares the ensuing season, at my stables in Charles City county, Sandy Point, at Six Guineas the season, which may be discharged by the payment of Five Guineas, on or before the tenth day of August next; Three Guineas the leap and Ten to insure a foal, a Dollar to the groom—Pastures as extensive as any in the state and inferior to none for fine natural grass, especially the white clover, which abounds to a wonderful degree in the months of April, May and June, as also after harvest, that succession of crab and other grass which so plentifully takes place here, will be afforded, with entertainment for servants, free from charge. No liability for involuntary escapes, nor will I be responsible for any injuries or accidents which may not be the result of wanton neglect or abuse, as I here give my word to the public, that no pains nor assiduity shall be wanting on my part to render satisfaction without respect to persons, to every gentleman
who thinks fit to send mares for the season. This very extraordinary stallion cost me, when landed in this state, greatly upwards of one thousand pounds, and without meaning to detract from the merits of any other, I can safely venture to say, is the most perfect horse in Virginia; for the most critical observer has not yet been able to discover a single defect or blemish in him, either as to activity, strength, or beauty. Nothing can excel him in the neck, ear and eye: So bold, gay, and full of fire is he, that he fascinates in spite of prejudice, every beholder, that instant he is brought into view.
I would endeavor to give a full description of him, for the satisfaction of those gentlemen who cannot conveniently visit me, but in the attempt I might do him injustice, and therefore, I invite those who think themselves competent judges in this respect, and I do not fear the result. In short, it will not be deemed extravagant to say, he is of his kind, the best of nature.
"OSCAR" is a dark brown, was got by Saltram, the best horse in his day, (who was the sire of Whiskey, and many good racers)—his dam by Highflyer, grandson by Herod, great grandson (Miss Middleton) by Regulus, great great granddam (Camilla) by a son of Bay Bolton, Bartlett's Children, Honeywood & Arabian, dam of the two True Blues."
In 1798, at New Market, at 3 years old he won a Hancap sweepstakes of 15 guineas each, two year old course, beating lord Clermont's b c by Dramator, Mr Howarth's b c Mouse, Mr Adams' b c Cypress, Mr Watson's b c Duplicity; two to one on Oscar.
At Lambourn he was 2d best, 4 mile heats, against Heart of Oak and others, running 3 heats. In 1799 he won the Oatlands stakes of 50 gs. each, half ditch (in 10 subscribers) beating Mr Grosvenor's ch t Lady Bull, Mr Heathcote's b h Warner, Sir F. Standish's b c Stamford, Mr Durand's Play or Pay, Mr Cookson's b h Ambrosio, lord Clermont's b h Aimator, lord G. Cavendish's b h Jupiter. The judges could only place the first five.
2d May, the same year, he won at Bracket Hall, 50l. for all ages, heats about one mile and a quarter, beating Mr Charles Bunbury's Combatant, 4 years old, Mr Bowes's Sadler, 5 years old.
In Oct. he won the Oatlands stakes of 30 gs. each, 12 subscribers, beating Mr Tharpe's b c Chippenham, Mr Williamson's b c by Buzzard, out of Rachel, lord Clermont's Aimator, lord Grosvenor's ch f Lady Bull, Sir C. Bunbury's Whangler, Sir F. Poole's b f by Dragon, Mr Howard's Spectator, Mr Ladbrooke's Humbug. The judge could only place the first three.
In 1800, at New Market, April 14th, he won the Craven stakes, of 10 gs. each, across the Flat, at 4 years old, carrying 8 st 9 lbs free for all ages, beating the duke of Grafton's b c First Fruits, lord Clermont's b c by Meteor, Mr Cookson's b h Diamond, Mr Coventry's b c Voltaire, Mr O'Kelly's Grey Pilot, Mr Durand's Ramshondras, (late Princess) Mr Dalwood's Play or Pay & Sir F. Standish's b c by Sir Peter, out of Storage. The judge could only place the first five. Even betting, Oscar against the field.
In the same month and place, he won a subscription plate of 50l. beating Mr R. Heathcote's ch f Georgiana, Mr Hallet's Quiz, Mr O'Kelly's Antrim, lord Clermont's ch c Vernal, Mr Golding's b c by Balloon, Mr Travis's Ballarina, Mr Perrin's Pizarro, and lord Grosvenor's ch c by Buzzard. The judge could only place the first three, 7 to 4 on Oscar.
He was second best for the King's plate of 100 gs. for 4 years old, carrying 11 st running against Sir F. Poole's Worthy, by Pot8o's, and Sir F. Standish's b h Stamford, 5 years old.
In Oct. New Market, he received forfeit of Mr Heathcote's Warner, for 500 gs. across the Flat, half forfeit. For these remarkable instances of speed and bottom, in so young a horse, I refer the reader to the Racing Calendars for 1798, '99 and 2000.
WILLIAM LIGHTFOOT.
Sandy Point, Feb. 1806. wif N. B. The season will commence immediately.
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