Daily National Intelligencer (Washington City [D.C.])
January 8, 1813
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VOL I. WASHINGTON CITY, PUBLISHED BY GALES AND SEATON, Daily, at Ten Dollars per annum Paid in advance. (Tj 3 Ml letters to the Editors must be post paid. LANDS IN THE STATE OF OHIO AND KENTUCKY, ROB SALE. BI Yin le of the last Will and Testament of Ec^«n Means, deceased, the subscriber ofleiofor sale, all the Lands of the Testator in the states o' Ohio and Kentucky. As there is a large quantity of of these Lands, and th' quality in general good, they are well wy :>peedUy for an act of incorporation instituting the seminary a regular College The Trustees have likewise engaged a gentlem nos the first respectability and moral character, to act as Steward and take charge of the Bearding De partment On this a> count they will have i’ in their power to regulate the price of Board at (be lowest rate, and further, will be ena bled to confine the Students to the observance of regular hours, and of all the rules of the Institution 3he School will be opened on the first of J anuary ensuing. Of this situation it may be confidently said that no place in the Union combines a greater variety of important adva tages for the above mentioned object The respectability and mo ral habits of the neighborhood, the uncommon heahhfulines of the place itself, its contiguity to rich f rms, whose superfluity ol the best meats all other desirable articlesof living,must reduce the cost, whilst it increases the com fort of board, added to the circumstance ot its being under the fostering care of well fitter persons mmediately in the neighborhood whose duty and interest must, alike prompt them to a solicitous attention to its welfare leave nothing to be desired by Parents who feel a natural regard for the future advance meat and prosperity of ’heir Sons. By order of the Board, THOMAS TURNER, President. EDMOND BROOKE, Secretary. Haymarket D- comber 12—6 w SMORT-lIAND SYSTEM. VS7HIL.T I was in Europe in 1792, a sys. Yt tern ot Short haiz'd by Mr Madison, Mr. Jef ferson, and almost all the then Members of Congress, many of those gentlemen subscribing for ten copies each—But that system publish ed was very far from being perfect, tho’ some f its secret principles were divulged, and every kind of work since printed on this sub ject has taken advantage of what was then dis closed. I am now about to print the system in its per fect state for the useof Schools. with such plain instructions for learning it, that a tolerable ca pacity and proper assiduity may write it in six hours as swiftly as the swiftest script-hand can be written by the most rapid writer I have seen. THOMAS LLOYD Terms—Price ^2 each copy, one to be paid when subscribed for the other on the delivery oi the work, early in 1813 The subscribers are not to lend the book out of their families, and non-subscribers to pay 3§ a ter the publi cation Certificates may be seen 'of the excellence of this system by Mr. Jared Ingersoll, James Carson, H C. Byrne, ana others of Philat.el phia, &c. Subscriptions received byR. G. Weightman, and Thomas Lloyd, whilst he remains at Wash ington, reporting debates of Congress at the Capitol. N. B The subscribers to the present edition exceed 1200, and consist of almost all the dis tinguished characters of the revolution—the r veiend divines, physicians, lawyers, profess ors and the students in the University, mer chants and other occupations and professions n Philadelphia Deem her 24 IN THE 1 RESS. And will shortly be published,, At W CO V ER’S Music and Bookstore. Pew- sy wnia avenue, THE ABSENTEE, BY MISS EDGEWORTH; In one volume 12 m pr c- One Doi an A few copies ot B wditch's Practical Navigator may be Lad as above. TICKETS In the Vaccine lustration Lottery, and the Potomac -henandoati Navigation Lottery. December 10—— MILITIA FINES. IIYGEIA ACADEMY. FRIDAY, JANUARY 8. 1813. TWO ELEGANT PIANOS For sale at W. Cooeer’s MUSIC BOOK STORE. Pennsylvania avenue. A pair of Eagle Drums, first quality Trumpet Bugle Fifes, best Military and others Violoncello Violins, various prices Flutes, &c. &c. W. C- has lately received considerable ad ditions to his stock of MUSIC including seve ral new Songs, Waltzes, Cotillions, &c &c. PLAYING GARDS Of various qualities, by the single packer dozen. REEVES’ WOODYER’s Genuine, superfine Water Colors. TICKETS In the Vaccine Institution Lottery, 2d Classs, and in the GRAND DOUBLE NUMBER LOTTERY, Susquehannah Canal, 2d Cli ss Both of which are drawing in Baltimore. December 29 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Washington County. IN CHANCERY. Wm, Raborg, jun, John Hearn, Complainants, VS. James D. Barry, surviving executor of James Barry, deceased, the heirs representatives of Joan na Barry, deceased, who was the widow and legatee of the said James Barry The heirs and re presentatives of Ann Gould Bar ry, who was the daughter and legatee of the said James Barry, and David D. Barry. Robert Bar ry and John D. Barry named in the will of the said J ames Barry, the heirs and representatives of Edmund Scannell, deceased, and of Garrett P Barry, deceas ed, wh’ch Edmund and Garrett are legatees named in the will of the said James Barry, dec. Defendants. The bill states, that James Barry died seiz ed and possessed of a considerable real and personal estate, leaving a will by which he ap pointed the defendants, James D Barry Joan na Barry and Ann Gould Barry, his executors, emp .weeing them, or any two of them, the said Joanna being one of the two, to sell convey his real estate that after the payment of the debts of the said Js. Barry, dec his real per sonal property was devised to the defendants, or part of them, in the proportions and in the manner set forth in said will: that the said James Barry was largely indebted to the com plainants and others, and that the personal estate was insufficient to pay the debts due by the said James Barry, and the said Joanna Barry, and AnnG Barry, ’wo of the executors having died, the said James D Barry, the surviving executor, did not conceive himself authorised to sell and convey the real estate, without the decree of ’he Court of Chancery, and therefore praying for a decree for the sale of the real estate of the said James Barry, de ceased, or for so much thereof as would be sufficient to pay the complainants, and such others as would come in and contribute to the expence of this suit, their debts against the estate of the said James Bany, deceased, with interest ai d costs of suit, and that all proper parties might join in the conveyance of the real esta e so sold for general relief, and pray ing publication against the absent defendants, &c. and it appearing that the defendants, ex cept James D. Barry, are residents without the District of Columbia, and out of the ju risd.ction of this court: It is therefore, this twenty-first day of November, 1812, Ordered by the authority of this court, that the com plainant cause a copy of this order to be in serted in the National Intelligencer, published in the city of Washington, six weeks succes sively, before the 15th day of January next, to the intent that the said absent defendants may have notice of the object of the said bill and be warned to appear in the said court in person or by solicitor, on or before the third Monday of April next, to shew cause, if any they have, why a decree should not pass as prayed. By order of Buckner Thruston, Esq. Assis tant judge of the District of Columbia. Decern. I—6w WM. BRENT, Clk. FOR SALE OR LEASE, A building close to the Eastern Branch and on the banks of the Canal; calculated for a Warehouse or Manufactory, and origina ly built for a Sugar house. It is forty-seven feet long, forty-six feet deep, and eight stories high. For terms, enquire of EDMUND LAW. December 10—Im STEAM BOAT. A meeting of the Subscribers to the Stock for establishing a Steam Boat, to run between the city of Washington and Potomac creek near Fredericksburg, will be held at Triplet’s tavern in Alexandria, at 1 o’clock on Satur day the 2d day of January 1813, at which -the Subscribers are requested to attend either in person or by proxy. The subscription proposed to be made for the establishment of a Steam Boat, to run be tween Georgetown, the city of Washington and Alexandria, under the pa ent of Messrs. Liy'ngston and Fulton, is suspended for the present. B. HENRY LATROBE, Agent for Messrs. Livingston and Fulton. December 15— MORGAN BURGESS, Corner of Jefferson and Bridge streets, Georgetown, HAVE RECEIVED From the Middletown Manufacturing Company Connecticut, -nd shall constantly keep ai assortment of AMERICAN SUPERFINE CLOTHS CASSIMERES, different colors, and of a very superior quality, finished in a very handsome stile 'heir store is the only place of deposit in the. District for the goods of this Company. They ill attend to any orders for them, by the bale. ce. or in the retail way. (AT rhe examination of such as are friendly o anufactures is requested. December 3—ts THE SUBSCRIBER BOOT "SHOE STORE, Pennsylvania avenue, Has just received from New York and Phila delphia, hi» entire Winter Stock, amongst which are: Ladies elegant gold and silver Sandals and Slippers, with and without heels Do. Kid do. do. Do. Morocco do do. and leather Boots Cork soaled and common walking Shoes WOO pair Womens Morocco and leather Shoe; of almost every quality 500 pair Misses, Boys and Childrens Moroc co and leather Shoes and Boots Misses Kid Slippers Gentlemens patent and common lair top’d, Cossack and Laced Boots Do. leather and Morrocco Shoes Pumps best qualify Men and boys coarse Shoes and Lac’d Boots The whole of the above having been selected from amongst the best factories in the Unite States, warrants him in saying tha his assort ment is inferior to none in tine district of Co lumbia He has also received a superb assortment of Wag um Donum and other Razor 73 Raza Strops, Elegant Penknives and silver Pe.ucil Cases Gentlemen and Ladies Pocket Bocks Ik urses Webb’s patented Suspenders Playing Cards Sweeping, scrubbing, hearth, shoe, furniture, clothes, hair, crumb and tooth Brushes Ladies plain and ornamented Combs, Toillette Combs, 73 c. 73 c- 73 c ON HAND, A very elegant and extensive stock of PAPER HANGINGS, of the newest and most fashionable patterns. The whole of the above will be sold either wholesale or retail on the best terms. ANDREW COYLE. December 29 -ts JUST PUBLISHED FOR J ALE R. C. WEIGHTMAN. A Letter from Wm. B. Giles, Esq. Senator in Congress, to the Honorable the Legislature of Virginia—Price 25 cents. Also, I Says Says I, a Novel, by Thinks I to My self— Price 87 1-2 cents. 2 Sheets of Le Sage’s Atlas, translated—The first being a portraiture of English History. The Second—An historical Map of G. Britain and Ireland Price g 3 P er set The former can be sold separately— Price §1 ^O. Dec 10—3t. BOARDING LODGING. A few Gentlemen may be accommodated with excellent Boarding Lodging, at Mrs. Odlin’s, No. 6, in the Seven Buildings, Washington city. Nov. 14—ts MARSHAL'S SALE. WILL be exposed to public sale on the 20th day oi January next, at Tomlinson’s hotel, all the right, title, interest and claim of Henry Tims, to one two story Brick House on square 690, in the city of Washington, fronting on South B street, the front room of which said house at present is occupied by John Law, esq. as an office. The said property is seized and taken by virtue of two writs of fi. ri facias is sued from the Circuit Court of the district of Columbia, for thecoun y of Washington, both at the suit of Edmund Law against the said Tims. The sale will commence at half past eleven o’clock, A M. Terms cash WASHINGTON BOYD, Marshal, D. C. December 19—dawts JOURNEYMEN CABINET MAKERS. Three or Four Journeymen Cabinet-Makers will meet with constant employment by apply ing to Wm. WORTHINGTON, Jun. dj 3 Two Apprentices wanted at the above business. December 12 —ts G. C. GRAMMER CO. HAVE RECEIVED, A supply of lsf quality Goshen Cheese Choice Butter in firkins Mould and Dipp’d Candles Rack’d Cider Pippen Apples Jamieson’s Crackers in small kegs 36 barrels of Herrings, which have been parti cularly put up Blown Sait G. A. Do. And have constant on hand, best Whiskey and Superfine Flour per Barrel. The above will be sold with their usual as sortment of best Wines, Liquors, Groceries, &c. on the most reasonable terms, at their store, F street, opposite the Branch Bank. December 15—Im RAPPAHANNOC ACADEMY. The subscribers, Trustees to this Academy, situate in the state of Virginia and county of Caroline, are desirous of engaging a President for the next year. The buildings and healthi ness of the place, will probably be quite satis factory to any Gentleman who may wish for uch an office The compensation will depend on the tuition money; but the Trustees are willing to ensure, to a qualified President, a least gIOOO. A Clergyman would be prefer iid, and the situation is adapted to afford one considerable encouragement. Application may be made to either of the Trustees John Taylor, J, Bankhead, Reuben Turner, Hay Battaile, Charles Taliaferro. Virginia, Port Royal, Dec. 10 Im Late Office of Discount and Deposit, Washington, July 3, 1812. j ALL persons holding the Notes of this Office are hereby notified to bring in the same ror payment before the Ist of January 1813, as after that period the Notes of the late Bankoi the United States and its Branches will be paid only at the Office of the Trustees in the city of Philadelphia; and those persons having ba lances to their credit are desired to draw for the same before the above period, after which hey will be paid by the Trustees in Philadel hia only. JAMES DAVIDSON, Cashier. July 4—ts EXCHANGE OF LANDS. THE Subscriber has about twenty thousand acres of Land situate on the wa’ers of the Lit* de Kenhawa, river which empties into the Ohio r ver at about fifteen m les from Marietta, and Lee and Bend creeks in ’he county of Wood and commonwealth of Virginia, which he will exchange fi r Lauds in (he Territory of Michigan, Upper C anada, or for a Fa'm either near the navigable wa ers of the D lawaif, Chesapeake or Potomac, which shall not be nearer than fiva miles to a city. Proposals can be mane to him for ten days hence at the boarding house of Mrs Suter, opposite the Treasury Department in his Gity, and thenceforward postage paid, at Poultney m the state of Vermont. J S WATSON. City of Washington, Janua-y 4- 3t NEW GOODS. j^AMUEL St'ETTINIUS begs leave to in- UJ iorm his ir ends and the public in general ■at. he has just received from Philadelphia 73 Baltimore, an elegant assortment of DRY GOODS, which is now opening a his old stand. As the Goods were j urchased low for cash, they will be -old at the most reduced prices ‘o. he ame He returns his sincere thanks to those who ave favored him with their custom here* ofore N. B Those that wish to purchase to sell again will find it to their advantage io call on hen Washingtm cuy, Hoc 8 ts FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD. RaNAWAY from the subscriber of Fairfield district, South Carolina, near Wmnsborou -h, a Negro Man named TA RLE TON, about 5 feet 6 or 8 inches h gh, rather of a slender make, somewhat of a tawny complexion, c lean, well made, broad shoulders and of a pleasant coun ’enance, 22 or 23 years of age. Shortly after he ran away, he called himself Wallace. He was by a Mr. Fowler raised in Chesterfield county, near Manchester state of Virginia; he was again the property of a Mr. Rubeau, a Frenchman; again the property of a Mr. Win, Fulcher, of the city of Richmond, of whom he was purchased and brought to South Carolina. The above slave left the subscriber the 26th of June 1811. It is probable he is harbored in the vicinity of Richmond or on the river, as he followed boating some part of his time be fore he left that state. The above reward will be given io any person who may lodge the said Negro in any jail, so that the owner ob ta.ns him. JOHN LOWRY. September 29—ts DRUM BEATING. (copy right secured) For sale at W. Cooper's Music and Book Store, Pennsylvania avenue. (Approved of Isy the War Department, and a number of copies engaged for the United States’ army A NEW, useful, and complete system of DRUM BEATING, Deluding the Reveille, Troop, Retreat, Tattoo, Officers Calls, Signals, Salutes, and the whole of the Camp Dut,, as practised at head quar ters, Marine Corjis, Washington city intend ed particularly for the use of the United States’ army and navy. By CHARLES S ASHWORTH, Price 2 dollars single, and 18 dollars per dozen. This is the fust work of the kind ever pub lished in this country, and contains a com plete System of Dru-o Beating, as practised not only at Washington city, but by the Euro pean armies, upon a plan so perfectly simple and easy, that t may be le rned with very lit tle time and trouble by an^ one the least ac quainted with the drum. It is recommended to the patronage of the officers of the United States’ armies, and to the officers of the mili tia throughout the United States as a mean of producing a uniform method oi’Drum B .ati ig in the mil it a, that at the musters, when corps from different towns parade together, the jar gon produced by the various ways of bead g may lie remedied The Filer will also find it greatly to his advantage, as there is added every tune on the Fife adapted to the Drum. December 31— ftaw4w FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD. Was lost or misfold, on the night of the 25th December, between Mr. M'Coy’s tavern, and Elk-Ridge Landing, a PACKAGE OF DRY GOO DS, consisting of Silks Silk Shawls, Silk Stock ings, Chintzes, Calicoes, Cambrics, Muslins, Cotton Shawls and a number of other articles not here enumerated. Any persons delivering the above described Package at l&v. M’Coy’s Tavern, or at Mr. Smith’s at the ferry of ELk- Ridge, or the office of the American, shall have the above reward, with all reasonable charges. January s—3t VALUABLE PRIZES. FOR TICKETS, Apply to JOSIIP-I MILLIGAN, Bookseller, Georgetown, f t o umbia J 'I'WO PRIZES OF 50,000 dollars each, In the Medical College Lottery of Baltimore, now a:\iwing. Present price sls, tint will shortly be ad vanced. Nearly one half of the tickets drawn. THREi PRIZES OF 20,000 DOL LA Kb E CH, hi the Vaccine Institution. Lottery, (Ad Class J Present price §i2, on Thursday (i they will advance co 2514, and on Mon: y tie 1 Itn to ^ls A few tickets in each of the above lot Las may be had by immediate application to s. Milligan, Book seller, Georgetown, who keeps check books, and gives aii information gratis. Leiters, post paid, containing bank notes or prize tickets, punctually attended to. Ja 5 it NOTICE IS HE REB Y GIVEN, That the Levy Court of ^Washington county will sit at the Union lavem in Georgetown, on Monday the 11th inst for the pu-pose of hearing appeals under the late assessment of property in said county, and that the said Court will continue in session from day io day until ail the appeals that may be brought be fore them shall be decided upon. JOHN MOUNTZ, Ck. January s—3t NO. 7.
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WASHINGTON CITV. FRlbAr, 8. In the House ol Representatives the bill for raising an additional military force for one year is still under discus sion. An amendment yesterday made to the bill, instead of making its provi sions peremptory, places it at the dis cretion of the Executive to raise these forces in whole or in part, whenever in his opinion the public service shall require it. The bill passed by the House of Representatives authorising an increase of the bounty on enlistments, Jcc. will come before the Senate to-morrow. VERMONT The official returns of the Vermont Election have reached this city. On counting out the votes at Montpelier the scat of government of Vermont? it appears that the Republican Ticket has succeeded bv a clear majority of 233 votes. The names of the Mem bers elected are as follow James Fisk, William Strongs William C. Bradley, Ezra Butler, Charles Richaxy\ Rithard Skinner. CONGRESS. IN SENATE. Thursday, January 7. Mr. Worthington, from the commit tee to whom was referred the hill au ihorisim r the President of the United States to establish post routes in cer tain cases, reported the same without amendment, and it was passed to a third reading. The resolution yesterday offered by Mr Smith of Md. calling for informa tion on the subject of enrolled volun teers, was taken up and passed. Mr. Varnum, from the committee on the subject, reported, in part, a bill supple mentary to the act to provide for calling out the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections and repel invasions,” and to repeal the act now in .orce for those purposes and the bill was read and passed to a third reading, Mr Cutts laid before the Senate in structions from the Legislature of New Hampshire on increasing the pay of the militia when called into actual service which were read. Mr. Campbell of Ten. from the com mittee to whom the bill from the House supplementary to the act for the more perfect organization of the army had been referred, reported the same with an amendment. On motion of Mr. Gregg, Resolved, That the Secretary of the Navy be directed to lay before the Senate any corres pondence that may’ have taken place between him and Capt. Chauncy and Lt. Elliot, relative to the capture and subsequent disposition of the Bri’.ish armed brigs, Detroit and Caledonia, taken the Blh of October 1812- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Thursday, January 7. Mr. Jennings presented a petition of sundry inhabitants of Clark county in Ind*ana territory, praying compensa tion for prop' rty lost in the action of Tippecanoe.—Referred to the commit tee of t laims. Mr. Jennings also presented a peti tion of sundry inhabitants of Knox coun ty, Indiana territory, praying compen sation for property destroyed by mount ed riflemen in the expedition against the Indians, lately commanded by Gen. Hopkins.—Referred to a select com mittee. Mr. Morrow reported a bill confirm ing certain claims to land in the district of Vincennes, and a bill for the relief of John Binnion which were twice read and committed. Mr. Hally of Georgia, offered for consideration a resolution calling for a variety of detailed information respect ing the expenditures and managentent of the Navy Department; which was ordered to lie on the table. On motion of Mr. Hemjisted, Resolved, That a committee be appointed to enquire i iany, and, if any, what amendments are necessary to be made to the act entitled An act to provide for the government of the territory of .Missouri.” The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of the Trea sury, transmitting the report of the statement of importations of goods in American and foreign vessels from Oct. 1, 1810 to SOth Sept. 1811. WAR MEASURES. The House resumed the considera tion of the Order of the Day. Mr. Troup. concluded the observa tions he yesterday commenced in favor of the bill. Mr D R. .Williams, with a view of proposing certain amendments to the bill, moved that it be recommitted to a committee of the whole. The motion was agreed to, and the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole, Mr. Bibs in the chair. Mr. Williams then moved to amend the bill by striking out the words, twenty regiments inserting “stick number of regiments, not exceeding twenty, as may in the opinion of the President be necessary to the public service Mr. W. said the amendment he had proposed Was of such a nature as re quired but a very few words to explain. By those who recollected the former course of his arguments it would be re membered that he had stated that this force was intended not only for the de fence of the country, but for filling up the deficiency of our present regiments. The bill goes to repeal your present laws authorising the acceptance of vo lunteers, while the act authorising the President to raise 50,000 men in one way is to be substituted by this bill authorising 20,000 men in another. As however under those acts certain corps had been accepted, with the amount of which he was not acquainted, it was not the disposition of the military commit tee, or of those who mannage our mili tary affairs, to ask for a greater force than was necessary, and it was there fore he wished to give the Executive a discretion not to raise so great a force as proposed by this bill, by so many vo lunteers as may now be in service. For instance, if 10,000 volunteers should appear to be in service, under the vo lunteer acts, it might be advisable not to raise, of the force proposed by this bill, more than 10,000 men. Mr. Williams* s motion was agreed to without a division. Mr. Fitch moved to strike out the fourth section of the bill, giving to the President the appointment of all officers under the rank of Colonel.— Motioti lost. Mr. M. Clay then made a motion to strike out one year the time of enlist ment, and insert three years. Mr. Lowndes spoke at length in sup port of the motion. He was in favor of a vigorous prosecution of the war, for which he did not think this description of force calculated. Mr. Findley and Mr. Williams replied to Mr. Lowndes. The motion of Mr. Clay was negativ ed by a large majority, fifteen or twen ty only rising in favor of it. Mr. Bleecker then rose to speak a gainst the bill generally, and occupied the floor some time. Mr. Tallmadge followed on the same side. When he concluded, the House ad journed. SATURDAY, JANUARY 2. DEBATE ON THE NEW ARMY BILL. (continued.) Mr. CLAY seconded the motion of Mr. Macon to strike out one year and insert five as the term of enlistment. He said an army ought to be seasoned before it was carried into the field. We have heard much said, observed he, a bout sickness in your army; much of the sickness some time ago at New-Or leans, and much lately of the sickness at Plattsburgh. Have you ever heard of an army on earth that was carried into the field before it had been season ed in the camp It must, to be good for any thing, be first disciplined in Camp, and become inured to the mode of living and the fare of soldiers. It will take some time to season men to the change in their mode of living which must take place on going into camp. It will take a year to prepare them for the field. Without discipline they will be useless. Your seamen are brave and successful because they know what they go to sea for. Take a landsman on board a ship, and what sort of a sailor will he make Such as the French have on board their vessels. We take no man into the navy but who understands his business and the pur pose for which he goes there; and we see the effects of it. I do not wish it understood, sir, if I vote against the bill, that I am opposed to the war. No, sir; it is a righteous war, into which I go with hand and heart. We may dif fer about the mode, but that is all. I speak from experience more than from any thing else. Let us raise a sufficient army to serve during the war, be it long or short. It is absurd to suppose we shall not succeed in our enterprize against the enemy’s provinces. We have the Canadas as much under our command as she has the ocean and the way to conquer her on the ocean is to drive her from the land. I am not for stopping at Quebec or any where else but I would take the whole continent from them, and ask them no favors. Her fleets cannot then rendezvous at Halifax as now, and having no place of resort in the North, cannot infest our coast as they have lately done. It is as easy to conquer them on the land, as their whole navy could conquer ours on the ocean. As to coping with them at sea, we cannot do it. We can annoy them, but not meet them on the open sea. I would meet them and hurt them, however, where we can. We must take the continent from them. I wish never to see a peace till we do. God has given us the power- and the means we are to blame if we do not use them. If we get the continent, she must allow us the freedom of the sea. I hope, sir, the amendment of my friend from N. Carolina, going to make this army effi cient, may be adopted, Mr. Pleasants said, before the ques tion was Uken, he wished to submit a few of the reasons why he was opposed to the amendment. The question before the House, if he correctly understood it, was not, what were the best materials of which to make an army—whether men for the war, for five years, or for twelve months but the question was, what is the kind of force, and for what length of time can you raise an army, to take the field at the earliest period I hesitate not a moment, said Mr. P. to declare that if it were within the com pass of our ability to raise an army for five years by voting it, I would au thorise it. Not a moment should I doubt on the subject. The history of the world is strongly in favor of such an army. But we perfectly know, from the progress of the recruiting service, that we have already authorised as ma ny men of that description as we shall probably be able to raise. This force is wanted to render the next campaign efficient. I consider the bill merely as a substitute for the volunteer system heretofore pursued. Of what materials will this army be composed Of young men ready to volunteer their services for one year in the form of regulars Sc in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred men will enlist in this corps who would not enlist for five years or for the war. lam sanguine in the opinion that this measure, if now adopted, will do away the defects of the present volun teer system, and lam fully of opinion that under it a force may be drawn into the field ready to act efficiently in the next campaign. I am not one of those, sir, notwithstanding the accounts we have heard of our disasters, who de spair of the Republic. If we turn to history we shall find that we have never engaged in any war in which we have come out better in the first cam pagn than we have in this. Look at the war undertaken under the auspices ofGeneral Washington against the In dians. What was the history of it We all recollect the campaign under Harmar, and its bloody scenes. The campaign under St. Clair cannot be for gotten. We then suffered defeat upon defeat, disaster upon disas ter in the course of the war, which was not terminated till the treaty of Gren ville in 179 5, though it may be said to have virtually terminated by the previ ous defeat of the Indians under Gen. Wayne. Ifthis country be willing to go into the contest heart and hand, we shall in a very short time demonstrate to the enemy all we want to convince her of, thatitisin reality her interest to be at peace with this country. I hope, sir, the motion to amend the bill will not prevail. lam perfectly convinced that the bill as it is will enable us to call a valuable force into service, and I am sanguine in the hope that with its aid, together with the other force we shall have, we may clear the continent of the enemy’s dominion in one cam paign; though I do not undertake to predict that we shall. (Debate to be continued. J Debate on remission of the Merchants Bonds. (continued.) Motiday December 7. Mr. M’KIM said, I beg the indulgence of the committee while I offer a few observations on the subject under consideration. I would not have troubled the committee with any remarks on a subject that has already been fully und ably discussed, did I not see principles contend ed for that, in iny judgment, must lead to an erroneous decision. Under these impressions, I deeni it a duty I owe my constituents not to suf fer a question to be taken in which their inter ests are so deeply concerned, without present ing my views to the committee. Mr. Chairman, in considering the question immediately before the committee—whether we will adopt the report of the committee of Ways and Means, and refer the petitioners back to the Secretary of the Treasury—the whole merits of the petition is brought into view and another question is presented to the mind, namely— whether, under all the circumstances of the case, the petitioners have committed such an offence against the laws as will authorise an ex action of the penalties and to this point my observations will principally be directed. Mr. Chairman, in the view I take of the subject, I discard ail calculations on the profits of the pe titioners, as having no bearing on the question to be decided. The profits go with the ownership of the goods that produce them and whether the profits were great or small, it can have no effect in deciding a question of right between an individual and the government. It has, in deed, been intimated, that the extraordinary profits made by the petitioners on these goods, accrued from the existence of the non-importa tion law, which precluded any serious compe tition in the market; and therefore it is reason able that the petitioner should yield up to the government the extraordinary profits so accru ing. Mr. Chairman, this does not appear to me a correct view of the subject. The law was not passed for the benefit of the petitioners, but for the public good and if individuals have acci dentally derived an extraordinary profit from the existence of a law passed for the public good, they are entitled to hold it. But the rule, to be good, must work both ways. If it be just to take from the petitioners the increased profits that have accrued from the existence of one restric nW law, then it will be just to indemnify them for losses sustained by the operation of other restrictive laws; and in this view of the sub ject, the balance will be largely against the gov ernment. I cannot decide this question by the compting-house principle of profit and loss but by the principles of justice and of national policy, it must be all or nothing—there must be a forfeiture or a release. Mr. Chairman, the petitioners come before Congress as violators of the law they confess that they have imported goods that were pro hibited by law; and unless circumstances can be shewn that will bear their case out of the general principle, the penalties of the law must ba inflicted—l am not prepared to pass an ac of grace in their favor, if they be guilty. But if they have incurred penalties without guilt, I am ready, as far as my vote will go, to relieve them. What, then, were the circumstances un d r which the petitioners imported these goods and what were the motives that induced them to import goods prohibited by law Mr. Chairman, I will answer this question by a concise history of the transaction: The peti tioners had their property in England to a large amount—to an amount that in many instances, if lost, would be ruinous to them—a war with England was confidently expected to be on the point of breaking out. They saw their proper- ty in danger of confiscation if it remained in the enemy’s country’; and if not confiscated, that it must remain there during the period of the war. —ln either case they could see nothing but ruin. And if they brought their property home in the face of the law, it could not be worse with them —it could only be ruin. In this difficulty and choice of dangers, the property was shipped the petitioners chose rather to rely on their own government for favor and indulgence than on the enemy. These goods had been ordered up wards of two years ago and remittances made, in payment of a large portion of them, when it was lawful to order, and to pay for goods in that country bnt they were prevented from getting them home by the non-importation act. On the 23d of June last, the British orders in council were revoked and it was generally understood that the non-importation act would cease with such revocation. The case was pressing with the petitioners the apprehension of war was great; and the agents of the petitioners in Eng land, without waiting to know whether the re vocation of the orders in council was satisfacto ry to this government, shipped the goods but, before they arrived, war had intervened; the non-importation act was not repealed, and the goods were seized on their arrival in this coun trv. Mr. Chairman, these goods, while in England, were in the hands of agents there, and subject to their disposal; they were out of the power and controul of the American owners. The own ers had no agency in giving them that direction that wrought the forfeiture contended for; on the contrary, the American owners f the peti tionersJ did every thing that was in their pow er to prevent a violation of the law. Their uniform instructions to their agents were, not to ship their goods to this country while the orders in council remained in force; for, as I have already said, it was understood that the non importation law Would pease with the re vocation of these orders. In addition to the testimony referred to by the committee in their report, going to prove the respect for the laws, that governed the conduct of the petitioners in this transaction, 1 beg leave to read, from a re port of the examinations in parliament on the subject of the orders in council, sundry letters from American merchants, ail which forbid the shipment of their goods, until the orders in council were repealed. These letters, writ ten without any view to have a bearing on the question before this committee, brought for ward in another country, and for another pur pose, is evidence of a high character; and so tar as it goes, tends to acquit the petitioners of any intention to introduce these goods in viola tion of the laws of their country. Mr. Chairman, these goods were not attempt ed to be smuggled into the country; no, they came boldly, in confidence that the prohibition of British manufactures had ceased with the revocation of the orders in council; and iu con fidence, that if the prohibition had not, by any formal act, been repealed, their goods, feeing from the grasp of the enemy, would not be confis cated on entering their own country. Was it a crime for the petitioners thus to withdraw their property, on the ev of a -war, from the enemy’s country, where it was in such danger of being lost to the owners; where it might have been employed by the enemy to carry on a war against us and to place it in their own country, where it has yielded a handsome re venue to the government; and where it may otherwise be usefully employed for the benefit of the nation Surely this was not a crime. And I would ask, is there an honorable gentleman in this House, that would not have pursued the same course, under similar circum stances and shall we punish others for what we, under similar circumstances, would have thought it right to have done I hope not. There is in the whole of this transaction a want of that intention to commit a crime that is es sential to the very nature of guilt; and without guilt, I hope the American government will not set the example of inflicting punishment. It is the intention, or motive, that marks the cha racter of an act and not the act itself. If I break into a house with intention to commit a crime (say murder or robbery J, the very ^ct «f breaking into the house is a crime punishable by the laws, although the murder or robbery was not commuted. But if the house be on fire, and I break in for the purpose of saving the fa mily, or to prevent the spread of that destruc tive element, it will be no crime: no punish ment will be inflicted, because there was no in tention to do a criminal act. And the petition ers appear before this committee under circum stances equally free from guilt, and equally en titled to be exempt from punishment. Mr Chairman—lt is true that the letter of the law has been broken, goods have been brought into the country contrary to its provi sions but under such circumstances of neces sity, such apprehensions of ruin t« the owners, if they were not brought; and with such pu rity of intention on their part, as ought, in my opinion, to avoid the penalties. The case of the American ship Horizon will be remember ed. At a time when British manufactures were prohibited in France, this ship, laden w th British manufactures, was thrown on the coast of France by an act of Providence—where the vessel and cargo were confiscated, under the prohibitory decree. Gentlemen will remember, the universal indignation that was excited by this inhuman act. It is true that the goods were not brought into this country by an act of Providence but the owners generally had as little agency in bringing them in, as the owners of the Horizon had in casting that ship on the coast of France. I hope theAmerican government will not sanction a procedure so nearly assi milated to one, on which we have bestowed so much censure. Mr. Chairman—l ask, what is there in this transaction that will warrant a forfeiture of the petitioners’ property, thus brought into the country, notwithstanding the non-importation law was not repealed The whole of the bu siness was transacted by agents in England, over whose acts the American owners could have no control. No fraud was intended, no crime was committed, no injury was done to the public or to individuals—both were bene fited. But the law was broken How? Bv the entry into our ports of goods, American p oper ty, drawn from the enemy’s country on the eve of war, under apprehensions of seizure, and fleeing as it were from the grasp of the enemy. These goods, if they had remained in the ene my’s country, might have been turned against us, they might have been converted into a means of carrying on the war. They have been brought home, and have yielded a large sum to the revenue; and otherwise have con tributed to the convenience and resources of the public and of individuals: and shall pro perty brought into the country, under circum stances of such necessity, and apprehension of danger, be forfeited I hope not. I hope the representatives of a free people will never sanction a procedure so cruel, not to say un just. Mr. Chairman—lt maybe asked, what objec tion can there be to a reference of this case to the Sec’yof the Treasury, under the existing law empowering him to mitigate fines, penal ties, and forfeitures, as proposed by the Commit tee of Ways and Means? Although I have the highest respect for the honorable Sec’y, and no gentleman, lam sure, has greater confidence in his integrity and talents than I have, yet as tie has declined to act in the business, and the petitioners have thought proper to bring their case before Congress, I, for one, am not will ing to turn a deaf ear to their complaint, and refer them back to the Sec’y or to any other tribunal. I am disposed to decide on their case. I do not think it wise or compatible with the principles of our civil institutions to leave cases of such magnitude to the de cision of one man, however wise, capable and virtuous he may be—he may err—a degree of imperfection attaches to human nature in its best and most improved state. In most of the states, it has been thought expedient to limit the sum on which an individual might legally decide, to a mere trifle. Few, if any, of the states, suffer the amount of one hundred dol lars to be decided on, without a jury of twelve men; and will this Committee, in a case a mounting to twenty millions of dollars, and in volving the fate of au entire class of citizens, turn it over to the decision of one man I hope not. Mr. Chairman—A distinction has been set up between cases of goods shipped before a knowledge of the war in England, and those shipped after a knowledge of that event. To my view there is little difference between these classes; and the latter class appears to me the most entitled to indulgence. The princi pal reason for a release of the penalties in the former case, is the apprehension of danger, un der which the goods were shipped and this danger was not diminished by a knowledge that war had taken place; on the contrary it was increased; what was apprehended in the former case, was realized in the latter; war had broken out, and Qie petitioners’ property lying in the enemy’s country, was exposed to all the dangers that result from a state of war. I cannot agree to this distinction, as a princi ple of decision. If a distinction is to be made, it ought to operate on purchases made after a knowledge of the war, and not on the ship ment. But Ido not think a line can well be drawn. Mr. Chairman-—lt has been intimated that the petitioners have covered the forfeitures in the sales of their goods; that they have sold at prices that will enable them to pay the for feitures that they have in this indirect man ner levied a tax on the consumers, in the a mount of their respective proportions of the forfeiture, and that it would be unjust to re mit the forfeitures to the petitioners, and again tax the consumers for money to meet the ex pences otthe government. I do not think this statement corrrct, 1 do not think the forfeitures have generally been covered by the sales but if they were I would observe, that the petition ers are also consumers, that they live generally in commercial cities, that they raise nothing from the soil for the clothing or provision of their families, and of course consume largely of imported articles, and as consumers have borne their full proportion of the forfeitures, and will participate on equal terms with o hers in any new tax that may be laid. Mr. Chairman—lt has been observed, that a release of the penalties in this case would break down the restrictive system on which so much reliance has been placed. That we could not after such release exact penalties from others who may hereafter contravene the laws. I confess I do not see the force of this objection; the petitioners have a claim to indulgence that cannot again be set up—their goods were brought into the country under an impression of an immediate war, to get them out of the enemy’s power, and under a persuasion that our prohibitory law had ceased to operate. These are circumstances that cannot again happen, and that plead loudly in favor of the petitioners—the danger is now known, none can fall into it unawares, none can hereafter plead a like necessity. Mr. Chairman—under every view I have been able to take of the subject, it appears to me, that the petitioners are certainly entitled to re lief, and under this impression, I am disposed to give my vote against the report of the com mittee, and if the' proposition mentioned by the honorable chairman of that committee, for a general release in all cases of American pro perty shall be brought forward, I will give it my firm support. FOB THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER. Messrs. Editors— In your number bearing date De cember 3d, I noticed an abstract dis cussion of the non-existence of (what the Newtonian philosophers and astro nomers call) gravity and attraction The writer’s intention (I presume) is to de monstrate the possibility of establishing a perpetual motion. Finding some insurmountable diffi culties to even theoretically establishing an invention of that kind when belief ing in the laws of attraction, he has thought fit to declare the effects said to be produced from that cause a sub lime absurdity,” and attribute all effects of that kind to pressure, without offer ing or suggesting one reason why the belief in attraction is absurd. On perusing his system, several ob jections struck me,which I hopethe gen tleman will reconcile, for it may be that my very limited ideas will not ad mit my taking that comprehensive view that his mind is capable of grasping. In the first place he has combined the laws of the general system with that of our globe alone. He figuratively com pares the connexion of our globes and the substances that surround it, to the sun with its surrounding planets. Says the writer, perhaps all man kind believe that the magnet attracts iron and ferruginous substances;” but, continues he, this I aver to be an error,” and further says, This ap pearance, so well calculated to mislead the mind, is the effect of fressu> eP Now, I would ask, if this is the effect of pressure, in what way it produces this effect For if there is no attrac tion existing between the magnet and steel, why might not two other substan ces of the same magnitude be acted on by the pressure of air in the same way For pressure must in every case act a greeably to the surface upon which it strikes. Therefore, if the magnet and ferruginous substances have no innate attraction for each other, they inevita bly must have an attraction for the air, which occasions those two substances to have a greater adhesion than any o other two substances of the same size. Again, after destroying the power of attraction, I would ask whatinduces the point of the needle of the surveyor’s compass to so strongly and pertinaci ously point to the north pole Or, if
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this also is effected by pressure, I would know in what way it produces that ef fect For my part I was so strong an advocate of the attractile law, that I was led to believe that no substance contained any weight other than was given to it by the attractile power existing between that substance and the earth. As for the new machine of perpetu al motion, it is said to be kept in action by a weight that never can descend but I could be as easily led to believe that a machine erected by the side of the House I now occupy could be kept in motion by the weight of the house, as that the machine was kept in operation in the way it is said to be for no sub stance can have a moving effect upon a stav sufficient to support it. As for the central hole through the globe and the cannon ball, I would make the following observation Sup pose myself and another of precisely equal strength to be projecting our hands and holding a substance between us, retaining it in a steady position by our equality of strength; but suppose this substance to come with the addi tional force that would be produced by the velocity of a cannon ball passing se-~ veral hundred miles, this addition un doubtedly must give me the superiority over my antagonist, to whose strength I was before equal. Then what would regulate the station of this cannon ball As respects the tide I would wish to know the difference between the wa ter’s being attracted at the centre and falling at the shores, then rising at the shores and falling in the centre, and their first being compressed in the cen tre and then, filling up the concavity I Again, says the gentleman, Perpe tual motion must be obtained upon the principle of influencing the planetary system; by bodies acting and reacting upon each other.” But where is the reaction equal to the action In no law of nature or art belonging to our globe, is the reaction equal in force to the first action itself. Therefore the action must be lost. The action and reaction of the planetary system I would observe was not established by man. Being but a mere Tyro, I drop the subject and submit it to Mr. R. N. hop ing he will publish a reconciliation of the objections produced. Having never been in the habit of writing for the press, I hope all errors will be excused. To gain information is my sole intention, as it is highly pro bable I very much stand in need of it. J. S. H. Ohio State, Dec. 21, 1819. FROM THE FLORIDA FRON TIER. From an extract 'of a letter published in the Georgia Journal, from one as the -volunteers under capt. Cumming, dated Camp, Ntwhope, St. John's, Dec. 1, 1812, we have selected the following: The army at this place is now a bout 500 strong, and in the course of a few weeks we shall be joined by a bout 400 more that are encamped at Point Petre. As soon as the other troops join us, we are informed that we shall march to Col. Smith’s Camp, before St. Augustine and the Gun- Boats stationed on the river opposite to our camp have received orders to repair to Augustine to be joined by some other naval force, for the pur pose of besieging the fortress of Saint Augustine.” Extract of a letter to the Editor of the Georgia Express, from a gentleman of respectability, in the army, dated, Point Petre, Dec- 5. “We arrived at tiiis post on the Ist of November, after a fatiguing march of twenty-one days from Sandersville. On the sth lour companies commanded by captains Cumming of Richmond, Wil lis of Washington, Gilbert of Wilkin son, and Atkinson of Pulaski, sailed for Col. Smith’s camp on St. Johns, E. F. whither they were followed on the 10th by Capt. Sander’s rifle company from Columbia—The latter went by land and reached St. John’s in little more than two days. The five companies at this place remain in statu quo, without being a ble to give any guess at what time we shall receive marching orders. “On the 28th ult. about one hun- drcd and fifty or sixty, officers includ ed, were, detached from our regiment, and together with a few regulars and eighteen patriot cavalry, placed under the command of capt. Woodruff of the United States’ riflemen for the purpose of reconnoitering St. Augus tine and bringing off a large drove of bullocks collected in that neighborhood by the Spaniards. The party failed to get hold of the beeves in consequence of their being kept close under the guns of the town and fort. They suc ceeded in bringing off a Spanish pick et guard composed cf a corporal and three privates, taken without firing a gun. From the best information the force in St. Augustine consists of four hundred Spaniards and five hundred blacks. Considerable dissatisfaction is said to prevail between the Spaniards and blacks the latter of whom are said in a freak to have directed the guns on the lines to the town, a few days since without doing any dischief. It is said that they threaten the governor with a determination to put every man, wo- man and child to death, if he agrees to surrender the fortress.” Washington, (Geo.J Dec. 15-; Arrived at this place on Saturday last, a company ©f mounted volunteers from East Tennesse, of about 240 men, un der command of Col. John Williams, a gentleman of much distinction, and ci tizen of Knoxville. The men were ro bust, active and in excellent health and spirits—provided fully with every ne cessary for battle, and as many of the conveniences for a march as could be conveyed on horseback. Previous to their arrival, Col. Williams sent for ward an express to his excellency Go vernor Mitchell, informing him of his readiness to march with his com mand, to any point or post, where they might render service to the state of Georgia, or to the U. S. A tender of their services was made to the President of the United States, previous to their march, but they were to meet his answer upon the tented field” and not await it upon the downy couch.” This is acting more than professing. Boston, January 1. Commodore Rodgers arrived On Wednesday night arrived in our outer harbor, the United States frigate Pre sident, Commodore Rodgers, and the Congress, Captain Smith. They have not captured any thing since the ship Argo, from the South Sea, with a car go of Oil, (arrived at Norfolk). They have cruised as far as lat. 17, long. 22, and have cruised since 30th November, between Bermuda, Capes of Virginia, and Boston, without meeting any thing more than merchantmen, and 30 days previous without seeing a sail. Novem ber 21, in the Gulph Stream, while ly ing to in a gale, the President shipped a heavy sea, which swept the starboard gangway, nearly filled her between decks with water, killed two men, and wouaded seven others. The frigates came up and anchored abreast the town yesterday. flew York, Jan. 6. LATEST FROM ENGLAND. By the fast sailing corvette built ship Thomas, Captain Hillard, the Editors of the Mer. Advertiser have been oblig ingly favored by capt. H. with a regular file of the London Morning Chronicle to the 13th of November inclusive, from which the following important articles are copied. It will be seen by our extracts, that prince Marat, commander of Bonaparte’s advanced guard, has been defeated by the Russians, with great loss in men, 38 pieces of artillery, and a standard of honor. On the 22d Oct. the Russian corps under General Wintzmgerode entered Moscow, from whence the French re treated so precipitately that their sick were left in the power of the enemy. LONDON, NOV. 12. The following most important intel ligence was last night published by go vernment, in a Gazette Extraordinary. THE LONDON GAZETTE EXTRA, WELNESDAY, NOV. 11. Foreign Office, Nov. 11, 1812. A dispatch of the which the follow ing is a copy, has been this day re ceived from his Excellency Gen. Viscount Cathcart, his Majesty’s am bassador extraordinary at the court of St Petersburgh, addressed to Lord Viscount Castlereagh, one of his majesty’s principal Secretaries of State. il St. Petersburg, Oct. 27, 1812. My Lord—l have the pleasure to acquaint your Lordship, that the guns are now firing, and Te Deum is to be sung to-morrow in the Cathedral for a most brilliant affair on the 18th be tween the advanced guards of the French and Russian armies, near Mos cow, in which the former, under Mu rat, were defeated with great loss; and for the deliverance of Moscow by Ge neral Winzingerode on the 22nd of October. The bulletin is not yet published, but I have the honor to enclose a copy of the note I have this morning receiv ed by the Emperor’s command. I have also inclosed a translation of the official account of the defeat of Marshal St. Cyr, by Count Wittgen stein, and of the storming of Polotzk on the 20th October, as also that of the re pulse of Marshal Macdonald’s corps by Gen. Stringell. Lt. Gen. Count Wittgenstein has been promoted to the rank of general of cavalry, and aTe Deum for his victory was sung yesterday. It appears that Prince Schwartzen berg has retired to the westward, leav ing some corps which have been cut off; that the province of Volhynia is entire ly cleared of the enemy and that admi ral Tehichagoff may probably have reached Minsk about or soon after the 21st of Oct. I have the honor to be, &c. (Signed) CATHCART. NOTICE. The undersigned requests all persons having accounts against him 10 present them without delay at his late lodgings. A. St. J BAKER. January 9 8t JOHN WEIGHTMAN, Has just received, in addition to his former assortment, A few pieces of superfine DOMESTIC BROAD CLOTHS, OF VARIOUS COLORS, which he ofi’ers for sale on reasonable terms, for cash only. January B—3t EDWARD DYER CO. Have this day opened a wholesale and retail DRY GOOD STORE, A few doors above Messrs. Silas Butler Co. where they intend to keep constantly on hand a general and well selected assortment of substantial Goods, which will be sold low for cash Washington city, Navy Yard, January B—2aw3w Jjisine4 of Columbia, county of Washington, ss. The President, Directors and Company of the I Bank of Columbia, >IN CHANCERY. against Sarah Rowlt-s and others.J JOHN HEUGH the trustee in this case hay ing made report that he bath sold the real estate of Joseph E. Rowles, deceased, decreed to be sold by the Court, to the persons and for the amount mentioned in the said report It is therefore, this fifth day of January 1813, ordered, adjudged, and decreed, that the sale as aforesaid made, be ratified and con firmed, unless cause to the contrary be shewn to this Court on or before the third Thursday of January instant; provided a copy of this order be published in the National Intelligen cer three times previous to that day. By order, Wm BRENT, Ck. January B—3t R. C. WEIGHTMAN Has now on hand a large stock of Sta tionery, &c. consisting among other articles, of 120 reams Folio Post Paper, hot pressed and gilt, vellum and common 200 reams 4to Post, hot pressed, thick thin 200 do. do. fine and common 50 do. Foolscap hot-pressed and gilt 600 do. do. No. 1,2, 3. 700 do Medium printing of qualities 60 do. Cartridge paper 30 do. blue paper Medium size Imperial, Super-Royal, I Royal, WRITING PAPERS. Medium and I Demy, J Eagle, Columbian, Imperial, Super-Royal, >DR AWING PAPER. Medium, Demy, ivory plain Foolscap, J 50,000 Quills 20,000 Pens 50 lbs. Wafers 20,000 office do. 100 lbs. Champante and Whitrow’s extsa Dutch Wax 200 dozen Red Tapes 100 do. best Lead Pencils, black and red 60 doz. parchment 40d®z. Eng. Slates 8 doz. wooden do. 5,000 Slate Pencils 1,500 wt. MUI Boards 6 gross Bonnet do. 650 Iba. Printing Ink 100 gallons Liquid Ink Penknives in great variety, hones, camel hair pencils, silver ajid plated pencil cases, crayons, Japan ink, ink powder, biack and red, copying do. tissue paper, red ink in bottles and phials, Gunter’s scales, patent ball skins, ledgers, journals, day books, cash books, me morandum books of all sizes made to pattern, Williamson’s steel pens, Reese’s water colors, Morocco pocket books, various sizes, silk tas-e, various colors, paper scissors, De Sil ver’s playing cards, visiting cards in great va riety, ivory and bone chess-men, writing desks, sand and pounce, boxes for do. ivory folding sticks, dice, backgammon boards, Moss’s portable pens in boxes, Ue. Uc. Uc. Jan 1 if6t. PROPOSALS, By Benjamin Tanner James Webster, FOR PUBLISHING BY SUBSCRIPTION PRINT REPRESENTING the Engagement between the American Frigate UNITED STATES, Commodore Decatur, and the British Frigate MACEDONIAN, Captain Carden from an ori ginal Picture by Thomas Birch, Fellow of the Society of Artists of the United States, and Pennsylvania Academician. From a detail of the Action given by Commodore Decatur. CONDITIONS. The proposed print shall be engraved in the best style, by B. Tanner, Fellow of the Soci ety of Artistst of the U. States. The Plate shall be 28 by 22 inches. Price to subscribers will be §7 50 plain, and §lO coloured. The additional price for framing and glazing, in a handsome style, will be 814- To non-subscribers the price will be §8 50 plain, and 11 coloured. The publishers respectfully assure the pub lic, that they will spare no expence to make the work worthy of their attention. Most pro bably the Print will be ready for delivery early in the ensuing spring. The above engraving will be a companion to the print of the engagement between the Con stitution and Guerriere, now publishing by James Webster. B. Tanner and G Webster also intend pub lishing a Print of the engagement between the United States sloop of war Wasp, Capt. Jones, with his Britannic Majesty’s sloop of war Fro lic, Capt Whinyeats. The details of this action given by captain Jones, are in the hands of the Artist. January 6—ts FOR SALE, 8000 jicres first rate Land In different Tracts from 500 to WOO acres each, lying on the Mississippi in the district of Baton Rouge, surveyed and patented in the years 1770 aud 1772, and recorded in the name of the Subscriber. ALSO, 7000 acres in Randolph county, and 3000 acres in Harrison county, Virginia. 3400 aeres in Kentucky. For the above, property in this City will be taken in part payment; the residue in cash or good bonds. Particular information may be obtained on application to the subscriber. If by letter the postage must be paid. OLIVER POLLOCK. City of Washington, October 6—wtf GEORGE KOELLER, On ths Pennsylvania avenue, next square above Mr. Weightman’s Book, store and opposite Che Canal, MOST respectfully informs the Ladies and Gentlemen of this City and the public in ge nerd, that he has received and now opened at his New Store, a.very extensive assortment of both DRY GOODS and GROCERIES, which he has laid in in New Y'ork, Philadelphia and Baltimore on the most reasonable terms, and now offers them for sale at as reduced prices as any of the articles possibly could be ob tained in any part of the Union. His assort ment being so very extensive, be will enume rate only some articles, and it shall give him a peculiar delight whenever he is kindly call ed upon to realise the expectation of his friends, which they may entertain of his most zealous endeavors to please and encourage them to future favors in his establishment. In DRY GOO DS, he has received In elegant assortment coarsest of Linens of Broad cloth of any Cotton and silk Shawls quality for ladies Bath Coatings Elegant figured Lenoes Moleskins and all des- and Muslins cription of common Veils and Robes Coating Ready made Table Bear Skins and Lion Cloths Skins Linen and cotton Ta- Flushlngs of various ble Diaper and Tow colors and qualities eling White, red and i ellow Worsted Binding Flannels of all prices Silks, Sarsenet and Pea and qualities longs Kerseys of every des- An extensive assort cription ment of Ribbons Blue, drab and mixed Bombazetts, Wilhoars Plains of as good a and Galli maacoes substance as ever Elegant silk Shawls have been offer. Pocket Books ed Cotton in balls Rose and Match coat Sewing Silk Blankets of ail the Suspenders various sizes Morocco Caps and Fur Green Eaize Hats for children Scarlet and pressed Looking Glasses Flannels Twine,Bedcords, Lead Corduroys and Velve's ing Lines and Clothes Imperial and Bedford Lines Cords Shoe, sweeping, scrub- Homemade country ing, dusting and hand Stripes, Plaid and sevubing Brushes Chambrays Cloth Brushes An extensive assort- Bellows ment of Cotton Mus An extensive assort iins of all descrip- ment of ladies and tions Gentlemen’s Shoes of Wool Gassimeres all descriptions and Cotton and Linen fshicns Threads, Childrens Shoes of va- Needles and Pins rious ages Callicbes of any qualityßoys do. and some of them Knives and Forks beautiful patterns Penknives Furniture Callicoes Table and Tea Spoons Bedticking and various other ar- Worsted and Si 'k Vest- tides in the Hardware coating of the most and Cutlery line fashionable kind Chimney Ornaments Silk and cotton Hand- Half pint, quart and kerchiefs pint Tumblers Bandannas Decanters and all sorts Cotton, worsted and of Glassware lambs-wool Stockings Ladies and gentlemens for ladies and gentle- Combs men Ivory do. Silk Gloves for ladies Artificial Flowers and gentlemen Bonnets Leather, kid and beaver Curry Combs Gloves for both sexes Table Mats Colored Cambrics Coverlids Dressing Cambrics Bedspreads Shirting do Russia Sheeting A full assortment fromßazors and Straps, the finest down to the Uc- Uc. Of G ROCERIES, he has received a 10 hhds. Sugar of dis- Ist quality of Cham ferent qualities payne Wine in bottles 25 bags Coffee also dis-Whiskey, Baltimore in ferent qualities spection Young Hyson and Hy-1 pipe Brandy, genuine son Skin Teas Cogniac Starch and Fig Blue One hhd. Jamaica Spi- Spanish Blue rits, Gin 5 boxes Prunes Lisbon 4/ London Port Chewing Tobacco of Teneriffe Wine various denomina- Pickled Salmon tions 15 boxes Candles, B’s A full assortment of and 6’s Crockery and China Rice, Sweet Oil Ware Barley Handsome Castors Almonds and Raisins Pepper, Alspice, Chocolate Cinnamon, Nutmegs i 7 barrels Herrings Firstand second qua- Excellent Cheese lityLoaf Sugar Spinning Cotton Wine in draft and in Flax, and a variety o bottles other articles. Before he parts with this advertisement G. K begs leave of his friends and the public to return his most cordial thanks for the favors which have so kindly been bestowed upon his former business, carried on under the firm of Stettinius and Kneller, pledging at the same, time his unabated anxiety to satisfy and please. November 7—3t&wtf Maryland—Prince Georges county, to wit. Application being made to me the subscriber, in the recess of Prince Georges county court, as an associate judge of the first judicial dis trict of Maryland, by petition in writing of John Ball of Prince Georges county, praying for the benefit of the “Act for the relief of sundry insolvent debtors” and the supplements thereto, on the terms mentioned in the said acts, a schedule ofhis property and a list of his creditors on oath, as far as he can ascer tain them being annexed to his petition, and the said John Bail having satisfied me by com petent testimony that he has resided in the state of Maryland two years immediately pre ceding the time of his application having aiso satisfied me that he is now in confinement for debt, and praying to be discharged therefrom I do therefore order and adjudge that the said John Ball be discharged from his imprison men, and that by causing this order to be in serted in the National Intelligencer, weekly for three months successively before the first Monday in April next, give notice to his ere ditors to appear before Prince Georges county court on the first Monday in April next, to shew cause, if any they have, wiiy the said John Ball should not have the benefit of the several acts as prayed. Given under my hand this sixth day of October 1812. DANIEL CLARKE January I—w3m FOR SALE. Two likely Negroes. One a Man about 21 years oi age the other a Boy about 13. The man is an excellent plantation Negro, and neither of them sold for any fault, OLIVER BARRON, Prince Georges county Md. 5 miles from Bladensburg, on the Anna polis road. December 31—wSt PRINTING OF EVER? DESCRIPTION, BIATLVSXKCVHED NT TSE OFFICE OP THE NATIONAL INTELL IGENCER. LAbDS FOR SALE. On Monday the Ist day of February next will be exposed to public sale, at Capt. Willi ams’ Tavern, Dumfries, the following lands in the county of Prince William, devised by the late John Gibson for the payment of his debts. Sixteen htindred and twenty-four acres, ly ing cn Slatz-run branch, on the upper side of Cedar run, and one hundred and fifty-eight acres on the lower side of Cedar run on French’s branch, distant 25 miles from Alex andria and 15 from Dumfries. About sixteen hundred acres of the above land are under good enclosures, judiciously laid off and divided. The land abounds in fine Timothy meadow, and between three and four hundred bushels of Vheat are annually sown on it. There is also an excellent scite for a grist mill, alarge new barn, a good over seer’s house, wiffi necessary out-houses, and young bearing apple and peach orchards of choice fruit. Further details are deemed unnecessary, as it is presumed any person wishing to purchase will view the premises and Mr. Jenkins re siding thereon will shew the lands and give information respecting ihem to any person who may app'y. Possession will be given Ist March next, but the negroes and slock will remain on the plantation till the Ist April. Terms of Sale—Four annual instalments— these credits are offered, because the principal and debts for which the above lands are di reeled to be sold, are now in litigation, and cannot for a considerable time be brought W a final settlement. JOHN SPENCE, JAMES REID, Executors of John Gibson. Dumfres, Dec. 10—wts. PUIJVJB CcIEVTK COURi\ ^prd I'erm, 1812. On the application by petition in writing of Thomas lones Waters, of Prince Georges coun ty, to the coun lor the benefit of the act of Assembly, passed a Nov. session eigtheen hundred five, entitled “An act for the benefit of sundry insolvent debtors,” and the several supplements thereto, a schedule of h s pro petty and list of his creditors on oath as rar as he can ascertain them, being annexed to his said petition, and the court being satisfied by competent-testimony that the sa d petitioner is a citizen of the state of Maryland, and that he hath resided thereh. the two las years preced ing his application, and being also satisfied that the said Thomas Jones Waters is n w m actual confinement for debt; and the sa d pe titloner having entered into bond with security for his appearance in this court on the first Monday in September next, then and there to answer such allegations as maybe exhibited against him by his creditors. It is thereupon ordered and adjudged that the said Thomas Jones Waters be discharged Irom imprison* ment, and the said first Monday in Sep!ember next is appointed for the said petitioner to de- Lver up his property, and to have a trustee appointed for the benefit of his credito. and it is ordered that the s id Thomas Jones Wa ters, by causing a copy of the aforegoing to he published once a week for three months sue. uessively in the National Intelligencer before the sa’d first Monday in September next, give notice to his creditors to be and appear before tiiis court on the sa‘d day to recommend a trustee fortheir benefit. Test JOHN READ MAGRUDER, Ck. By Prince Georges county court, September Term, 1812. Ordered that the term of publication in the above case be exienn'ed to three months suc cessively in the same paper before the first Monday m April eighteen hundred and thir teen. Test John 11. Magruder, Ck. January l--w3m NOTICE. THE subscriber, intending shortly to leave this city, requests all persons having demands agains him to render them in to either Tench Ringgold or N G. Maxwell, who are empow ered to receive and finally settle the same. PAUL HAMILTON. January s—Stpop MRSHJIL’S SALE. WILL be exposed to public sale on the 29th day of January next, at Tomlinson’s hotel, all the right, title, interest aud claim of Nicholas Voss, to Lots 3,4, 5 and part oflot 6ln tq. 846, in the city of IV ashington. The said pro perty is seized and taken by virtue of two writs of fieri facias, issued from the Circuit Court of the pistnet of Columbia, for the county of Washington one at the suit, of Richard Nally, the other at the suit of Benjamin Bryan use of Nicholas Travers, agaiast said Nicholas Voss. The sale will commence at 11 o’clock, A. M. Terms of sale, cash. WASHINGTON BOYD, Marshal D. C- December 19—2awts MARSHAIfS SALE. WILL be exposed to public Sale on the 20th day of January next, at Tomlinson’s hotel, all the right, title, interest and claim of George St. Clare, to sundry improvements, consisting of Brick and Frame Houses, on Lot Number 4 in square 928 in the city of Washington, the Lot on ground rent. The said property is seized and taken by virtue of two writs of fieri facias, issued from the Cir cuit Court of the district of Columbia for the county of V* ashington one at the suit of Za chariah Walker, the other at the suit of John Hollingshead Co. against the said St. Clare. The sale will be held at Tomlinson’s hotel, a 12 o’clock on the above date. Terms of sale cash; WASHINGTON BOYD, Marshal, D. C. December 19—2nwts CHARLES COUNTY GOURI’. August tsrm, 1812. ON application to Charles County Court by petition in writing of Stephen Sanger of Charles County, for the benefit of the act of Assembly for the relief of .sundry insolvent debtors, passed at November .ession, one thousand eight hundred aud five, and the se veral supplements thereto, on the terms men tioned therein, a schedule ofhis property and a list of Ins creditors on oath, as far as he can ascertain them, being annexed to his petition; and the court being satisfied by competent testimony that the said Stephen Sanger has le. sided two years immediately preceding the time of his application in the state of Mary land It is thereupon ordered and adjudged that the said Stephen Sanger, by causing a co py of this order to be inserted in the National Intelligencer once a week for three months be fore the third Monday of March next, give notice to his creditors to appear before this court, at the coUrt house, in Charles Town on the third Monday of Mat ch next, for ths purpose cf recommending a trustee for their benefit, and to shew cause, if any they have, why the said Stephen Sanger should m-H ’nave the benefit of the act of Assembly aforesaid, as prayed. Test, JOLIN BARNES, 21k. October 22' w3m.
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S tLE OF CITY LOTS FOR TMES. Will beexposed at public sale, on the 15th of Jai'nary next, at the Council Chamber, the following property, or such part thereof, not less th n a lot, as will be necessary to satisfy the Corporation of Washington city for Taxes due thereon up to the year 1811, inclusive, with costs and charges, unless previously paid to the subscriber. JOHN QUEEN, Collector 4lh Ward Dolls. Cts Thomas Brown, sq 825 lots 16 9 4 84 Zachariah Berry, sq 847 18 19 20 780 W ilium Bauhay, sq 978 half lot 1 1 80 Joseph Ball, sq 988 3 34 Alexander Beterman, sq 878 25 feet front 2 20 Carrol Prout, sq. 882 lets 6 to 18 73 26 1 HvidCrawford's heirs,sq 849 lots Ito 7 40 93 James Carlton, sq 949 lot 19 62 Jasper Cope, sq 974 3000 square feet 120 William Cooper, sq 1043 lot 5 4 95 William Clik, sq. 996 123 Barnard Elliott's heirs, sq 864 lot 2 3 4 8 9 sq 1067 10l 3 166 Evan Evans, sq 1020 lot 12 13 1046 13 1047 6 1123 7 7 78 Lewis Farrington, sq 879 Inti 5 7k John Frye, sq 919 mts 1 014 sq 938 lots 1 to 12 938 13 to 16 986 3 4 5 13 to 18 1042 11 to 19 1066 5 to 12 72 85 Thomas T. Gant, sq 1023 lots 13 14 26 81 Charles Genners, sq 1114 3 Barnard Hart, sq 963 lots 3456 711 12 13 2 26 Henry Howard, sq 983 lots 8 14 6 39 Nathaniel Ingraham, sq 1047 lots 21 to 25 9 30 Adam Lynn, sq 1023 lot 6 sq 1123 6 618 John Michell, sq 978 lot 14 15 IQ 2 Henry Moscrop, sq 928 lots 379 sq 1010 lots 12 15 1,027 13 to 16 1030 6 to 12 1034 5 1036 14 1055 1 2 II 12 13 1057 7 8 1058 13 14 1093 1 2 3 4 17 to 24 1118 9 10 1119 5 4 4 John M’Elwee, sq TO2O lots 6to II 6 1 Sarah W.iitby, sq 1020 lots 19 20 I 50 M rris Nicholson Prout, sq 1149 lots 1 2 34 Richard Parrott, sq 874' lot 10 I 52 Edward Perry, sq 1148 lot 3 sq 1149 lot 4 569 1 2 2 28 Prout, King Carroll, sq 977 lots 3 4 5 7 'o 16 108 51 David Slater, sq 810 lots II 12 sq 904 lot 4 928 5 975 4 976 3 708 13 51 85 Thome* Slater sq 840 lot 5 60 Mark Stockwell’s heirs—-q 845 lot 8 9 half of ten 4 86 Wm. Sanford—sq 1123, lot No. 8 4 09 Hy. Slater, sq 876 10l No. 6 9 54 Am Sinter, sq 9u4 lot No. 5 6 51 Sarah Sinter, sq 904 lot No. 6 9 50 Francis Stans, sq U’43 lot No 33 0 34 And. Smith, sq 1045 lot No 1 Sq 1077 do. N 6 7 20 21 34 35 Richard Thomas, sq 846 lot No 1 2 15 16 569 do. do. 18 19 20 17 1 2 17 142 11 33 57 Elizabeth Thompson, sq. 1067 lot 9 1 89 Bensan White, sq 825, 18 feet front 2 66 George Walker, sq. 834 from lot No. 13 to 17 inclusive Do. sq. 835 do do from 10 to 12 836 2 15 16 807 4 861 864 1 11 893 895 1 10 to 16 inclusive 896 5 6 913 917 918 1 2 917 South lot 2 920 do. 10 to 13 inclusive 934 939 do. 1 2 3 10 to 20 inc. 940 1 to 8 inclusive 943 do. 960 3 to 7 inclusive 961 1 2 962 do. 964 3 to 20 inclusive 965 1 to 14 inc. 966 967 1 2 3 968 1 to 14 984 3 985 3 to 7 from 13 to 16 inclusive 986 6 7 990 17 to 23 inc. 1009 8 to 12 1010 3 to 7 1011 5 to ten 1012 1 1013 1 1014 6 to 10 1015 5 to 16 from 25 to 28 inclusive 1015 south of 1015 east of 12 1017 north of 1017 5 to 18 inc. 1018 12 to 17 1019 5 1025 east of 7 8 1035 8 9 10 1036 7 8 9 1038 1 to 4 and from 11 tol4 inc. 1039 4 57 1039 south of 1 1040 2 to 5 1041 5 to 9 from 15 to 17 1042 7 to 10 from 20 to 23 1042 ]east 1043 11 to 23 from 27 to 32 1044 1 1045 13 to 15 1u46 1 18 1047 14 to 18 iO6O 8 io6r it to 16 1062 i to 4 and from i 2 to i 4 i 062 south of 1063 5 to iO from i 3 to 18 i 064 i i 067 7 8 i 076 3 to 1078 7 107 9 uth east iOBO 2 313 35 Walker Wheeler, sq 1025 ast No. i 5 6 43 9i Elizabeth Wheeler, sq io6* south, 225 i et front 22 i 2 James Walker, Jr. sq. 863 lot No. i 2 890 i 89r i ioi9 4 i 065 north east of lots i 2 3 4 i 065 2 4 1067 i 2 from i 5 to 18 i 077 i 2 3 24 iO7B 5 6 94 90 Wm. Wilson, sq. 864 lot No iO iO4B xO to i 4 23 46 Charles Weighman’s heirs— sq. iii 7 Lot 9 I 20 Wm. Jas. Willink 916 964 3459 942 i 5 987 i 2 3 8c 910 ii i 2 i 3 20 2i 22 i 90 John Ward, square 996 ni2 iO2O i 4 to 18 i 023 i23xi i 2 32 24 Benjamin Young’s heirs— sq 848 lot sq 329 sq li3 355 354 389 390 602 lot No. 6 i 59 84 Wm. Yeaton sq9u2 22 feet front 3 74 Abraham Yon.ig’s heirs— sq. 959 lot Nw enjoy perfect heai h. You are at liberty, (and 1 wish you so to do) to make this as pub lic as you may see proper, s 1 a-n confident those pills are the mosteffica nous medicine in s>m lar cases and I do sincerely believe that a timely use thereof will in many cases pre vent violent attacks of Bilious and other fevers. Yours respectfully, GREENBURY RIDGE Y, No. Market street. July 8, 1812. Lee's Elixir. A sovereign remedy for colds, obstinate e ughs, at arrhs, astn mas, sore-throats and ap» p oachmg consumptions. Messrs Michael Lee Ci Co. You at e t liberty to use my name in the re commend tion of Lee’s Elixir, as from repeat ed ti lais 1 have found it an exceilant remedy tor coids, coughs, &c. RD. B.kRRY. Baltimore, June 20, 1812. Mt ssrs Michael Lee Co. I was attacked wiih a most violent cold, a severe co gh and pain m the breast, which continued to grow worse—during which my appetite iailed, and my voice altered so much that it was wi h the utmost exertion 1 comd pronounce a single senierice louder than my breath Some ot my friends hav ng observed to me that much good had been done by the use oi Lee’s Elixir, advised me to procure a bottle from Messrs. Warner and .anna, which I accordingly did—and to those persons, un acqnainted with the merits of this medicine, it will appear astonishing that three doses should remove the pains in my breast, and the use of one bottle only restored me to perfect health. J. A SMI I'll, Market Street, F. Point. LEE’S LOZE GES. This medicine, which is as innocent and mild as it is certa n and efficacious in its ope ra ion, cannot injure the youngest infant should no worms exist in the body. Messrs Michael Lee, Co. Observing that my son, 6 years of age, was troubled with difficu.ty in breathing [some thing frequently rising in his throat] restless ness at n ght, loss of flesh, &c. from these symptoms 1 was confident he had worms and hiving procured a box of Lee’s Worm destroy ing Lozenges the. first dose expelled 23 large worms which afforded him immediate lehefr de now enjoys a good state ot health, and I believe I can from experience say, that Lee’s Lozenges are the most efficacious remedy for woims now in use. THOMAS PETERS, Of the late firm of Peters Johnson. Baltimore, July 1, 1810. LEE’S INFALLIBLE? FEVER AND AGUE DROPS. Thousands can testify of their being cured by these drops, after the bark and every other medicine has proved ineffectual and no l one in a hundred has had occasion to take more than one, and numbers not half a bottle. Messrs. Michatl'Lee Co. I think it a duty incumbent on me (for the benefit of my fellow beings) to make known to you the wonderful cure performed by your truly infallible Ague and Fever Drops. My little son has been laboring under the ague fever for several months— a great many reme dies were tried without the least eflect, and. the child fast declining, having almost entire ly lost his appetite. 1 was advised to try Lee’s Infallible Ague and Fever Drops. 1 procured, a bottle and gave it attentively as directed, 6c to my astonishment, the third day the ague St fever entirely left him, and he soon perfectly recovered his health I do therefore confident ly recommend them to ail persons laboring under that distressing disease to be a perfect cure. HOMEWOOD MARRIOT, Albermarle Street. Baltimore, Sept. 15,1811. Lee’s Anti-Bilious Pills, for the prevention of B lious Fevers, &c. Lee’s Elixir, for violent colds, coughs, &c. Lee’s infallible Ague and Fever Diops. Lee’s Worm destroying Lozenges. Lee’s Itch Ointment, warranted to cure by one application, (wi hout mercury.) Lee’s Grand Restorative,for nervous disorders, inward weaknesses, &c. Lee’s Indian Vegetable Specific, for the venereal. Lee’s Persian Lotion for tetters and eruption. Lee’s Essence and Extract of Mustard, tor the Rheumatism, &c. Lee’s Eye Water Lee’s Tooth- Ache Drops. Lee's Damask L p Salve. Lee’s Goi n Piaister. Lee’s Anodyne Elixir, for the cure of head- ches. Lee’s Tooth Powder. irr to delect counterfeits, observe each article has on the outside-wrapper the signa ture of MICHAEL LEE, Co. At the places of sale, may be had gra tis, pamphlets containing cases ot cures whose length prevents their being herewith inserted. Nov 28 NUiiCia io liiMli Uy GlVi^ That I intend to apply to Saint Mary’s county Court, at the next term, for the benefit of the insolvent laws of this state. JAMES MA RYMAN, St. Mary's county, Dec. 24—