Daily National Intelligencer (Washington City [D.C.])
January 12, 1813
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VOL. I. WASHINGTON CITY, PUBLISHED BY GALES AND SEATON, Daily, at Ten Dollars per annum Paid in advance. Ojt* All letters to the Editors must be post paid. LANDS IN THE STATE OF OHIO AND KENTUCKY, ROR SALE. Br viv le of the last Will and Testament oi Eobu .'t Means, deceased, the subscriber offeas for sale, all the I ands of the Testator ir the states ove coUe tion of PRAYER BOOKS of various sizes, in elegant red, green, and black bindings; also a great variety in pla.n bindings. Oct. 13 MERINO’S The subscriber offers for sale a few GENUINE MERINO’S, equal to any in the country at the place for merly occupied by R. Harrison, esq on the Fredericktown road, Georgetown. Decem er 29 -Im O. RICH. THE SUBSCRIBER BOOT A 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 scaled snd common walking Shoes 1000 pair Womens Morocco and leather Shoes of almost every quality 500 pair Misses, Boys and Childrens Moroc co and leather Shoes and Boots Misses Kid Slippers Gentlemens patent and common fair top’d, Cossack and Laced Boots Do. leather and Morrocco Shoes Pumps best quality Men and boys coarse Shoes and Lac’d Boots. The whole of the above having been selected from amongst the best factories in the United States, warrants him in saying that his assort ment is inferior to none in the district of Go- I lumbia. He has a'so received a superb assortment of Magrum Bonum and other Bazer Id Bazar Strops, Elegant Penknives and silver Pencil Cases Gentlemen and Ladies Pocket Books Purses Webb’s patented Suspenders Playing Cards Sweeping, scrubbing, hearth, shoe, furniture, clothes, hair, crumb and tooth Brushes Ladies platti and ornamented Combs, Toillette Combs, de. &c. ^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 BOARDING 6c LODGING. A few Gentlemen may be accommodated with excellent Boarding Lodging, a’ Mrs. Odfe’s, No. 6, in the Seven Buildings, Washington city. Nov. 14—if 0 0 0 0 20 Daily Natirmal hdellig&iicet. For sale at W. Cooper’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 bis stock of MUSIC including seve ral new Songs, Waltzes, Cotillions, &c &.c. PLAYING CARDS Of various qualities, by the single pack or dozen. REEVES’ WOODYER’s Genuine, superfine Water Colors. TICKETS In the Vaccine Institution Lottery, 2d Classs, and in he GRAND DOUBLE NUMBER LOTTERY, Susquehannah Cana l 2d Closs^ Both of which are drawing in Baltimore. December 9 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Washington County. IN CHANCERY. Win. 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 I). Barry named in the w 11 of the said James Barry, the heirs and representatives of Edmund Scannell, deceased, and of Garrett P Barry, deceas ed, which 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, empowering them, or any two of them, .the said Joanna being one of the two, to sell convey his real est ate 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 con plainants and others, and that the personal estate was insufficient to pay the debts due by the sa’d James Barry, and the said Joanna Barry, and Ann G Barry, two o' the executors having died, the said James D Barry, the surviving executor, did not conceive himself authorised to sell and convey the real es'a e, without the decree of ‘he C-urt of Chancery, and therefore praying fora 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 Barry, deceased, with inteiest and costs of suit, and that all proper parties might join in the conveyance of the real estate so sold for general relief, and pray ing publication against the absent defendants, &c. and it appearing that the delenda': ex cept James D. Barry, are res dents without the Dis> Get of Columbia, and out of the ju risdxtion of th s 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 Intelligence:. 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 thev have, why a decree should not pass as prayed. By order of Buckner Thruston, Esq. Assis taut judge of the District of Columbia. De em I—6w WM BRENT, Cik. MORGAN BURGESS, Corner of Jefferson and Bridge streets, Georgetown, HAVE RECEIVED From the Middletown Manufacturing Company. Connecticut, nd shall constant!}' keep ar assortment of AMERICAN SUPF.RFINK CLOTHS CASSIMERES, of different colors, and of a very superior quality, finished in a very handsome stile Their store is the on’y place of deposit in the District, for the goods of th is Company. They will attend to any orders for them, by the bale p ece, or in the retail way. dT The examination of such as are friendly to Manufactures is requested. Decembe- 3 ts i/is.rict of Columbia, county of f Washing Con, tr The President, Directors 1 and Company of the Bank of Columbia, >IN CHANCERY. against Sarah Rowles and others.J JOHN HEUGH the trustee in this casehay ng made report that he hath 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 Januar, 1813, ordered, adjudged, and decreed, tha the sate as aforesa d 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 th s order be published in the National Intelligen cer three times previous t that day Bv o-der, Wm BRENT, Ck January B—3t JOHN WEIGHTMAN, Blas just received, in addition to his former assortment, A few pieces of superfine DOMESTIC BROAD CLOTHS, OF VARIOUS COLORS, which he offers for sale on reasonable terms, for cash only. January B—3t TWO ELEGANT PIANOS TUESDAY, JANUARY 12. 1813. MILITIA FINES. A LIST of Fines for non attendance on Pa rade, in September and November, 1812, is now in the hands of the Marshal of the District of Columbia Delinquents belonging to the first Legion are requested to call at the Mar shal’s office, or during the sitting of the Court now iu session at the Court Room in the Capital, and settle their Fines. Those who avail themselves of this mode of settle ment will receive th^thanks of the Marshal. Those vho do not, m ist be prepared to set ie whenever at d wherever called on, as no indulgence can possibly be given. The time limited for the coilefc. ion is very shor WASHINGTON BOYD, Marshal D. C Dec 31, 1812—D.P.2w FALL b* WINTER GOODS. H. A. CATLETT, have just received their fail and winter goods, (imported princi pally by the ship Minerva at Baltimore) which with their extensive stock on hand, renders their present assortment very complete. They will continue to sell by wholesale or retail at the lowest prices, for cash. Georgetown, October 27 HYGEIA ACADEMY. THE public are informed, that pursuant to an act of the Virginia Legislature, giving authority to certain Commissioners to sell the Public Buddings formerly occupied by the Dis trict Court at Haymarket, in the county of Prince William, Virginia, a purchase of said buildings has been made by an association of gentlemen, with a view to convert them into a Seminary of learning; for the government whereof, a number of the most respectable persons in the adjoining counties have been regularly constituted a board of Trustees, and having been thus duly appointed and institut ed, the Trustees have proceeded to the alte ration and repairs of the Buildings, which are now in readiness for the accommodation of more than 100 Students. They have engaged a Professor of the Dead Languages and Belle Lettres, and one of the Mathematics and high er branches, both gentlemen of liberal edu cation sad experience as Teachers. The course of education will comprehend all the branches of Literature as pursued in the Eas tern Colleger, (it being intended to apply speedily for an act of incorporation.) instituting the seminary a regular College The Trustees have likewise engaged a gentlem n of the firs! respectability and moral character, to act as Steward and take charge of the Boarding De partment On this account they will have it in their power to regulate the price of Board at the 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 '1 he School will be opened on the fi st of January ensub g. Of this situation it may be confidently said, that no place in the Un on combines a greater variety of important adva tages for the above mentioned object The respectability and mo ral habits of the neighborhood, the uncommon heaithfullnes of the place itself, its contiguity to rich f rms, whose superfluity of the bes: meats all other desirable articiesof living,must reduce the cost, whilst it increases the com fort of board, added to the c rcumstance of its being under the fostering care of well fitted 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 ment and prosperity of their Sons. By order of the Board,. kHOMAS TURNER, President. ED ON!) BROOKE, Secretary. aymarket. i member 12—6 w SHORT-HAND SYSTEM. W r HIL-T I was in Europe in 1792, a sys tem of Short hand was published in Phi lade’phia, in the advertisement for which it is said *o be the system “used by Mr. Lloyd in taking down the Debates ci Congress a system so easy that any m».n of ordinary capa city may clearly comprehend it in half an hour and soon practice it, in its fullest extent, without any further instruction than what will be conveyed in a few pages—the whole art being comprised in eighteen simple characters, without any of those perplexing ar bitrary marks with which the learners of the of her systems are obliged to burthen their me mory or embarrass their practice.” This is all very true; and I find the publication was at that time patronized by Mr Madison, Mr. Jef ferson, and almost al! 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 of 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 wr ter I have set n. THOMAS LLOYD Terms—Price §2 each copy, one to be paid when subscribed tor, the other on the delivery of the work, early in 1813 The subscribers are not to lend the book out of their families; and non-subscribers to pay 3§ after the publi cation Certificates may be seen ‘of the excellence of this system by Mr. Jared Ingersoll, James Carson, H. C. Byrne, and others of Philadel phia, &c. Subscriptions received by It. C. 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 nguished characters of the revolution—the reverend divines, physicians, lawyers, profess ors and the students in the University, mer bants and other occupations and professions o Philadelphia December 24 IN THE PRESS, And will shortly be published, At W COOPER’S Music and Bookstore, Penney venia avenue, THE ABSENTEE, BY MISS EDGEWORTH; In one volume 12 nr price One Dollar. A few copies of Biivditch’s Practical Navigator may be had as above. TICKETS In the Vaccine institution Lottery, and the Potomac Shenandoah Navigation Lottery. Deceroiier IQ— JOURNEYMEN CABINET MAKERS. Three or Four Journeymen Cabinet-Makers will meet with constant employment by app'y mg to Wm. WORTHINGTON, Jun. (fj Two Apprentices wanted at the above business. December 12—ts G. C. GRAMMER CO. HAVE RECEIVED, A supply of Ist 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 Salt 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 mast reasonable terms, at the;; store, F street, opposite the Branch Bank. December 15— m RAPPAHANNOC ACADEMY. Tub subscribers, Trustees to this Academy, situate in the state of Virginia and county o! Caroline, are desirous of engaging a President for the next year. The buildings and hea’ithi ness of the place, will probably be quite satis factory to any Gentleman who may wish so. such an office. The compensation will depend on the tuition money; but. the Trustees a; willing to ensure, to a qualified President, a least. gIOOO A Clergyman would be prefer ed, and the situation is adapted to afford om 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 DspositN Washington, July 3, 1812. ALL persons holding the Notes of this Office are hereby notified to bring in the same for payment before the Ist of January 1813, as afterthat period the Notes of the late Bank of the United States and its Branches will be paid only at. the Office of the Trustees in the city >f 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 NEW GOODS. SAMUEL STETTINIUS begs leave to in form his friends and the public in genera! ‘hat he has just received from Philadelphia Baltimore, an elegant assortment of DRY GOODS, which is now opening at his old stand. As the Goods were purchased low for cash, they will be sold at the most reduced prices for the same He returns his sincere thanks to those who have favored him with their custom here tofore. N B. Those that wish to purchase to sell again will find it to their advantage to cal’ on him Washington city, Hec B—f FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD. RANAWAY from the subscriber of Fairfield district. South Carolina, near Winnsborough, a Negro Man named T \RLETON, about 5 feet 6 or 8 inches high, rather of a slender make, somewhat of a tawny complexion, c lean, well made, broad shoulders and of a pleasant coun tenance, 22 or 23 years of age. Shortly after he ran away, be 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. Wm. Fulcher, of the city of Richmond, of whom he was purchased and brought to South Carolina. The above stave 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 to any person who may lodge the said Negro in any jail, so that the owner ob tams him. JOHN LOWRY. September 29—ts WASHINGTON HOTEL. The Subscriber informs his friends and the public that he has fins dat opened the Washington Hotel, on the Pennsylvania Avenue near the Trea sury Office. THIS establishment has been considerably enlarged, altered and improved, and furnished with an entire new set of Beds and Furniture, a general and choice assortment of Wines and Liquors has been laid in the table will always be supplied with the best Viands that can be procured, and from a studious desire to please, he hopes to merit a share of public custom. JOHN MACLEOD. N. B. A few Gentlemen can be accommo dated with Boarding, by the month or year. August 27 NOTICE. The undersignrd requests all persons having accounts against him io present them without delay at his late lodgings. A. St. J BAKER. January 9 8t MARSHAL'S SALE. WILL be exposed to public sale on the 20th day of January next, at Tomlinson’s hotel, ail 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 fieri facias is sued from the Circuit Court of the district of Columbia, for the coun 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—2awta PROPOSALS By PRIOR DUNNING, No. 111, Waler St. New York, For publishing A MAP of b PROVINCE of UPPER CANADA, Describing ail the new Settlements, Townships, Forts. Vtlages, de. With the adjacent country from QUEBEC TO LAKE HURON, Compiled !»om original Surveys made by or der of Governor Simcoe, by David W. Smith. Esq Surveyor Genera! of Canada, with additions and corrections, from Hol land’s Map of Lower Canada, and other late surveys: CONDITIONS. The Map is now engiavmg on two plates, measuring 40by 23 inches, will be printed on two sheets of royal paper, and completed in the month of December next. The price to subscribers in sheets g 2 50 Colored 3 Mounted, &c. or in a case 4 (CTThe p rice will be raised to non-subscri. bers. CERTIFICATE. We the subscribers are acquainted with the Map ol Canada now publishing by Prior and Dunning, and are clearly of opinion that it is greatly superior to any other Map of that sec tion of country. John Armstrong, Jacob Morton, T heodorus Bailey, John Builus. Jew York, October 29 18i2 übscriptions received by Joseph Millb ga Bookseller, Georgetown Jai usry CONSTITU HON GUERRIERE FRIGATES. We the subscribers, having examined the Painting executed by Mr Thus. Birch, Fellow of the Society of Arts and Artists ol th^ United States, and of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, representing the ENGAGEMENT Between the U. S. frigate Constitution, and H. B. M. frigate Guerriere, we pronounce it a fine Painting and (as far as we can learn) a true representation of that gallant action, which undeniably attests the courage and discip’ine of the Americah officers and seamen—as such we recommend it to the patronage of the pub lic. James Webster promising that no expense shall be spared in rendering the engraving worthy the notice of subscribers, he has engag^ ed,Mi. Tiebcut of this city to perform the above, we have no dcubt of its being well ex ecuted, he being one f the first Artists in his line of engraving in this country. Philadelphia, Dec 4, 1812. Thomas Sully, Portrait Painter Rembrant Peal, do Benj. Trott, Mmalure Painter ;J. Tool. o Gee Fairman, Engraver George ALurray. do Alex Lawson, do D Edwin, do. s John Vat ance, do I'homas Pope, Teacher of aval trchuec.uret Tadet Hamilton, S. Cha dron, Ametures. JAMES WEBSTER. James Webster respectfully informs the ci tizens of Waibington and Georgetown, he wul wait upon them with the above Painting, to solicit, their subscriptions. January 6—ts. R. C. WEIGHTMAN Bas Received, CALAMITIES OF AUTHORS, including some Inquiries respecting their .Moral and Literary character. BY J. D’IuRAELI, Esq. 2 vois.^price ^2. THINGS BY TH^IR RIGHT NAMES t A Novel, By a person without a name —price 1 dolt Jan 6 ^ATTENTION. Young Men of bravery and patriotism, who are desirous of serving their country in the honorable capacity of Soldiers, are in vited to join the 14th regiment United States infantry, commanded by Col W H. Winder. Recruiting Rendezvous arc open to receive such at Baltimore, Annapolis, Georgetown, D. C. Alexandria, tredexicktown, Hagerstown, Head of Chester, M est .A citing ham, hilmingion, Del. and Lancaster, Pa, The government have made ample provision of excellent clothing and good living, and of fer you the liberal sum of EIGHT DOLLARS per month in addition to these you will re* ceive Sixteen Dollars bounty on entering the service, and on your discharge 7 hree months pay which is Twenty-four Dollars, and 16Q acres of valuable ^and, which in retirement will afford you not barely a subsistence, but with pru 'erce and industry will ensure a competency and independence for you and the Girl of your heart, and a numerous offspring who will rise up and call you blessed,’’ for defending the rights and liberties and supporting the honor and independence of their happy coun try. TIMOTHY DIX, Maj. 14th U. S. Inf’y. Superintending the recruiting service for said regiment ac Baltimore, Md. N. B. Those who have the misfortune to be embarrassed with debts will, on enlisting, be free from ail civil arrests, and the law for in fileting the degrading punishment by stripes is abolished. December 24—4 w FOR SALE OR LEASE, LOTS in every section of the city. Also, for sale, Lands in Pennsylvania. Virginia and Kentucky, and some first rate lands on the Mississippi, near Baton Rouge—For terms en quire of JOSEPH FQRREST. November 7 tj. EDWARD DYER CO. Have this day opened a wholesale and retail DRY GOOD STORE, A few doors above Mess. Si rs ~-r k Co, where they intend to keep const an iy on hand a general and wed selected assortment of substantial Goods, wh Ji will be sold low for cash. Washington city, avy Yard, January B—2aw3w NO. 10.
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CONGRESS. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Tuesday) December 8, 1812. DEBATE On the report of the committee of Ways and Means on the petitions of the Merchants for a remission of their bonds. [CONTINUED, j Mr. 8188 said he was sensible of the unfa vorable circumstances both in relation to him self personally and to the committee, under which he should endeavor to present his views of the subject before them. His strength, en feebled as it was, would not enable him to dis cuss the question in the manner, and to the ex tent, he desired nor, considering the time al ready occupied in debate, could he be unmind ful of the regard which was due to the patience of that body. But, being a member of the com mittee of Ways and Means, and concurring in their report, it became his duty to aid in its fence to the of Ills Mr. B.) I did concur in this report; a report which has been denounced as unprecedented alarming—as vesting legislative powers in the Sec’y of the Treasury over 40 millions of pro perty —as degrading to the parties whose inter ests are concerned —and, as calculated to alien ate the affections of one-third ©f the people of this country. Sir, I admire the eloquence with which the report has been assailed; but nei ther the argument nor the temper in which they have been urged, are calculated to convince ■or to conciliate. While gentlemen demand the rejection of the report, upon the ground of con ciliation more than for any other reason, they present a spectacle too .often witnessed—pre cept and example at war with each other. The interest of your citizens residing on the sea coast, are array ed against those of the people of the interior, and the representatives of the nation are charged with having sacrificed the one for the benefit of the other. We are told of the imposition of double duties during the last session of Congress, without, at the same time, resorting to internal taxes and it is said, that as the people on the sea-board pay more than their proportion, the operation of this spe cies of taxation is unequal and unjust. Ad mitting that, in proportion to populat ion, more of foreign articles are consumed in your sea port towns and their vicinities, and of course a greater proportionate amount of the duties paid than in the interior, yet when we enquire for whose immediate benefit the revenue thus collected is expended, the subject assumes a different aspect For whose immediate benefit, let me ask, <re the millions annually expended on fortifications, ships, &c. Is it for the de fence of the people of the interior? No, sir and yet they never have complained. I am unwilling to pursue these unpleasant distinc tions, but 1 assert as a fact which cannot be controverted, that if the relative proportions of duties paid by the different districts of the country be fairly estimated and compared with the objects of the public expenditures, your citizens on the sea-board would be debtors to a very large amount. But, says the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Richardson), the na tional legislature has been pouring out phials of wrath upon the merchants, while the planter and the farmer have been prosperous and hap py. The interest of the merchant alone, he contends, has been disregarded and abandoned Does the gentleman recollect, that we are at war, and for what we are at war Are the interests of the merchants not concerned in the contest weave prosecuting? For what object, and for whose immediate benefit, I ask, do the blood and treasure of the nation at this moment flow For the maintenance of our national rights on the ocean—for the immedi ate benefi; of the merchant. With such evi deuce before them, the charge of hostility to commerce will not be believed by the American people. 1 will now proceed, Mr. Chairman, to exa mine the question which is directly before the Committee. I shall endeavor to show that the report upon your table involves no new princi ple-vests no new powers in the Sec’y of the Tieasury—affords no reasonable ground of com plaint to the parties whose interests arc con cerned—and that it proposes the proper and only practicable mode of attaining the purpo ses of justice. To make out this case, I must be permittea to recapitulate the circumstances connected with it. For years past, the indis putable rights of the nation have been habitual ly violated by the belligerents of Europe. As a mean of security and retaliation, the restric tive system w as adopted and has been pursued under different modifications. The non-im portation act is now in operation. The penalty annexed to the violation of its provisions, is a forfeiture of the vessel and cargo and treble their value. The president was authorised to discontinue the set whenever G. Britain should revoke or so modify her edicts as that they should cease to viola e the neutral commerce of the U. S. Such was the extent of distress produced by this exclusion of British merchan dize from the American market, that on the 23d of June last, the orders in council were so modified as that they would have ceased to vi olate the neutral commerce of this country. But war having been previously declared a gainst G. B. and consequently being no longer a neutral nation, the authority formerly vested in the. Executive to put an end to the restric tive system had ceased to exist. Immediately after the modification of the orders in council, however, merchandise to a very large amount was shipped fiom G.B. and has arrived within the ports of the U.S. Such merchandize was seized and libelled by the collectors, in cor.for mi y to law, but has been restored to the claim ants by the courts,on their giving bonds for its appraised value. In this situation, the impor ters ask of Congress a total remission of the penalties and forfeitures they have incurred. Those whose goods left England before the declaration of war was known there, urge, as a equitable consideration in their fuyor, the absence of intention to violate the law. Those who shipped afterwards rely solely on the mer cy of Congress. 1 readily admit, sir, that there are extenuating circumstances, which may be plead in beba.f of the first class but the plea of no intention to violate the law cannot be sus tained, except upon the ground of ignorance of the law, which is at all times inadmissible, and which especia ly cannot be presumed in the pre sent case. The statute provided that whenever G. B. should so revoke or modify her edicts, as that they should ce-.se to violate the neutral commerce of the U. S. the President should de ciare the fact by proclamation, and the non-im portation act should cease and be discontinued, (not from the time of the modification or re vocation of the British edicts), but “from the ,^ate of such proclamation.” 'rhe law also pro vides that the putting merchandize on board any vessel in a British port with intent to im port the aame, shall subject the party to all its penalties, it is obvious, therefore that as the mercha dize lately imported was shipped from a British port before intelligence Could reach this country of the modification of the orders in council, and consequently before the Pi evident could issue his proclamation, n® ra tional expectation could be entertained that the importations would be lawful. Such an. expectation would have J.ad for its foundation an impossibility. Yet there was reasonable ground to expect that the modifica tion of the orders in Council would produce a corresponding departure from our restrictive system, and that having attained its object, the government would readily remit all forfeitures and penalties that might be inclined. On this part of the subject however 1 shall speak here after. The law which has been thus violated by the petitioners, gives discretionary power to the Secretary of the Treasury to remit or mitigate all penalties and forfeitures which should be incurred under it, if unaccompanied with fraud or wilful negligence. The same power was vested in the Treasury department under the administration of Gen. Washington in relation to all violations of the revenue laws, and it has been cont inued ever since. In con sequence however of the magnitude of the pre sentcase, the Secretary of the Treasury tho’t proper to suspend the exercise of his authority, until an opportunity should be afforded to Con gress of giving the subject whatever direction they pleased. Your commitfee of Ay ays and Means, after the most mature deliberation, have submitted as their report, that “on a view of the whole subject, the Secretary of the Treasury has full power to remit or mitigate the penalties and forfeitures incurred, should an interposition in either way be called for by the circumstances of the case and that it is inexpedient to legislate upon the subject.” This course of proceeding so far feom being un precedented or novel, is sanctioned by the uni form practice under every administration. Soon after the commencement of this government, it was found indispensable to vest somewhere the power to remit or mitigate forfeitures and pe nalties incurred under the revenue laws, accor ding to the extenuating circumstances of the case.; and that power has been vested in the Secretary of the Treasury. From the nature of his duties, he necessarily becomes acquaint ed with the arts employed to elude the laws whose execution he superintends he is there fore the better qualified to detect the motives which may have led to a violation of those laws, and consequently to determine correctly in what cases relief ought to be extended. Ano ther advantage is attained which is highly im portant in all cases affecting private rights— uniformity of decision. Under this system your laws have hitherto been executed without objections or complaint. And are terms to be so perverted now, that the power to remit or mitigate a penalty legally incurred, is to be construed into an odious species of Legislative power over the property of your citizens Sir, it possesses no more the character of a legisla tive power than does the pardoning power vest ed in the Executives of the respective states, nor in any point of view is it more objectiona ble. In both instances the power is vested in an individual, and surely the principle cannot be varied by the title of the officer. Gentle men appear to have forgotten the acknowledg ed fact, that the petitioners are violators of law and have incurred its penalties; and they blend the discretionary authority of the Secre tary of the Treasury to remit or mitigate those penalties, with the power m inflict punishment, which in its nature and object is totally distinct. It is however contended, that notwithstanding the power of remission and mitigation has been vested in the treasury department under all ad ministrations, yet the law giving this general authority never contemplated cases like the present. Permit me to remark, that the falla cy of this suggestion is proved by the fact, that a provision of the very statute which the peti tioners have violated, does in express terms delegate to the Secretary of the Treasury the same remitting power over fines, forfeitures and penalties incurred under it, with which he is clothed by a permanent law in relation to vi olations of the revenue laws generally. It is true, as has been said, that the President has referred this case to Congress: but what does he say A considerable number of American vessels which were in England when the revo cation of the orders in council tookplace, were laden with British manufactures under an erro neous impression that the non-importation act would immediately cease to operate, and have arrived in the U. States. It did not appear pro per to exercise on unforeseen cases of such magnitude the ordinary powers vested in the Treasury Department to mitigate forfeitures, without previously affording to Congress an op portunity of making on the subject such pro vision as they may think proper.” Here the power of the Secretary of the Treasury over the case is admitted, and it is distinguished from other cases, not by a difference of princi ple, but by its unforeseen magnitude alone. No opinion is, expressed or fairly deducible that we ought to legislate upon the subject. The President has only said that, for the reason assigned, he deemed it respectful to the repre sentatives of the nation to suspend the exercise of the uthority vested in the Treasury Depart ment. No obligation is imposed on this body, other than to determine whether or not it be expedient to adopt any new provisions for the case and in deciding that question we are left to the dictates of our own judgments. The unforeseen magnitude of the case may have jus tified the course pursued by the President, and yet furnish no substantial argument against the report of the committee. Because the Execu cutive has thought proper to manifest his re spect tor the will of the legislature, it does not follow that therefore the Secretary of the Trea sury should be divested of the power he has so long possessed, and which has been exercised to the satisfaction of all parties. We are not called upon ,o decide whether the President ought to have referred the subject to Congress, nor should the fact of his having done so influ ence our decision. He determined what was his duty, we are the judges of ours. With out, therefore, questioning the propriety of his conduct, the committee have submitted the opinion, that the pi esent case should take the course which has been uniformly given to all others of a like nature. Sir, we consider the rights of an indiv.dual as sacred as the rights of thousands—the property of the one entitled to as much security as the property of the many. We say the magnitude of the case does not vary the principle—uniformity of decision is essential to the purposes of j ustice. If, there fore, it be no invasion of the principles of civil liberty, that the power vested in the Treasury Department is exercised in relation to violations of Uw committed by one, the number cannot make it otherwise. And, allow me to add, that if any further evidence of the correctness of the report could have been desired, it has been fully supplied by the discussion in which we are engaged. Gentlemen urge the necessity of taking this case from the established tribunal; and yet, if they shall succeed, scarcely any two agree how it should be decided. It is obvious, therefore, that a majority cannot be hud in fa vor of any decision which conforms to their ideas of justice individually, or which is not, according to their respective views of the sub ject, necessarily compounded of right and wrong. I am, indeed, astonished that this de bate alone has not produced the conviction that a legislative body is not calculated for the in vestigation and determination of cases like the present. If, however, we are to investigate in this way on the established usages of the gov ernment, it is apparent that our sessions mus be perpetual,& chat the enforcement of the laws of the country,so far from being directed by any uniform rule, will depend on the party feelings and party circumstances of the day. From the extraordinary diversity of sentiment exhibited on the present occasion, we may infer what would have been the situation of Congress, had they undertaken to decide the numerous cases of a similar nature heretofore determined by the Treasury Department. And yet those cases have been decided, unquestionably, by some uni form rule, and certainly without murmur or complaint. But, sir, it is contended by the gentleman from S. Carolina (Mr. Calhoun), that the re ference proposed by the report is to v st the Secretary of the Treasury with unconstitution al legislative power to levy a tax. If I under stood the course of his argument, it was this —that on application by a party who has incur red fines, penalties or forfeitures, to the Secre tary of the Treasury, he is authorised to en quire only into the fact whether there be wilful negligence or fraud, and to decide accordingly that he is to look at the character of the viola tion of the law, and not at its consequences up on the community. Ihe gentleman infers from the points particularly investigated by the com mit ee of Ways and Means and the letter of Mr. Gallatin to that committee, that the question of fraud or wilful negligence constitutes no part of the enquiry that the question appears to be, what extra profits have accrued to the petitioners in cpnsequence of the existence of the law they have violated that it is in the nature of the assessment of a tax, and there fore belongs exclusively to the legislature. I must be permitted, Mr. Chairman, to deny the premises and the conclusions of the gentleman from S. Carolina, and I shall be sustained by the statute delegating the power of remission to the Treasury Department. After directing the mode in which cases may be brought be fore that tribunal, it provides who (referring to the Secretary of the Treasury) shall there upon have power to mitigate or repiit such fine, forfeiture or penalty, or remove such disa bility, or any part thereof, if in his opinion the same shall have been incurred without wilful negligence or any intention of fraud in the per son cr persons incurring the same.” Now, sir, what is the plain, obvious construction of this provision The Secretary of the Treasury is vested with a conditional pardoning power. He is authorised to exercise in the first place ihe judicial function of determining from the facts and circumstances whether there has been wil ful negligence or any intention of fraud; and upon die decision of that question depends his subsequent authority. If he believes there has been wilful negligence or fraud, he has no pow er under the law to remit or mitigate; and it is in the absence of these only he is permitted to extend relief. The expression of wilful neg ligence or fraud which is so construed as co constitute the delegation of power, is in fact a limitation upon the power which would have been given, had that expression been omitted. To prove this position, I will recur to the law. Who (referring to the Secretary of the Trea sury) shall thereupon have power to mitigate or remit such fine, forfeiture or penalty, or remove such disability or any part thereof.” Here there is unquestionably the delegation of an unqualified, unlimited power of mitigation or remission and the following concluding part of the sentence imposes a restriction upon it: “If in his opinion the same shall have been incurred without wilful negligence or any in tention of fraud in the person or persons incur ring the same.” I say, therefore, that the con struction which has been given to the law is perfectly inconsistent with its provisions that so far from the fact of wilful negligence or fraud, or the character of the offence, constituting the only quesiion for the consideration of the Se cretary of the Treasury in the exercise of his pardoning power, that power does not com mence until after the ascertainment of that fact. It being ascertained that th« party who has in curred a penally is not guilty of wilful negli gence or fraud, then the condition of the dis cretionary authority vested in the Secretary of the Treasury is fulfilled, and he “shall there upon have potter to mitigate or remit,” &c. Then it is he has the power” of pardon, but is still the judge whether it shall be exercised at all, and to what extent. If it were intended that in the absense of wilful negligence and fraud he should have no discretion, the words of the law would have been imperative. Instead of giv ing the power,” they would have directed un der such circumstances a remission of all fines, forfeitures and penalties incurred. So very dis ferent, however, is the provision of the law, that the Secretary of the Treasury is not only the judge whether he will interpose his merciful authority at all; but whether it shall be exer cised in the form of total remission or of miti gadon. This latter discretion is inconsistent with the idea, that in the absense of wilful neg ligence or fraud he is bound to remit. In de termining, therefore, on the extent of relief which shall be afforded, it is not only his right, but his bounden duty, io examine the circum stances of the case in all these relations. Sir, neither 1 he enquiries of a committee nor the letter of Mr. Gallatin can affect the provi sions of your statute. The Secretary has, or he lias not, a discretionary power under the stat ute, and that must be decided by the provisions of the statute alone. If I have shewn that the pardoning power is vested in the Treasury De pari ment in cases only where the parties have not been guilty of wilful negligence or fraud, and that it is a discretionary power, it follows conclusively that the character of the offence is not the only subject for consideration but that the benefit the offender has derived from his offence, and its consequences upon the commu nity, are to be regarded. The object of punish ment is the prevention of crimes and it is es sential to tnat object that the pardoning power should not be so exercised as to make the vio lation of a law profitable to the offender. To avoid this, it necessarily becomes the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, in the exercise of his mitigating power, to have reference to the profits which the party has gained from his dis obedience. The distinction which has been drawn between this case and others of a like nature by the gentleman from S. Carolina, in consequence of the course of the proceedings of the committee of Ways and Means, and of the letter from Mr. Gallatin, is fairly resolvable into this—-that the Secretary of the Treasury may or may not remit or mitigate as he shall think proper, provided his decision be influen ced by a particular train of reasoning; that the legality or rather constitutionality of the act of remitting or refusing to remit depends on the precise course of reasoning which the Secre tary’s mind happens to employ; that because the present petitioners have made enormous profits, amounting to a heavy tax on the peo ple, in consequence of the existence of the law which they have violated, therefore the Secretary is bound to remit the penalties they have incurred. Sir, the distinction of the gentleman is in my apprehension uiterly without foundation. The question is, have these violations of law been the result of wilful negligence or fraud if they have not (and it is on this plea that the cause of the petitioners is defended) then their case is fairty before the treasury department; is pre cisely such a case as is contemplated by the statute to which I have referred, and is distin guished in no way (except by the number of individuals concerned) from hundreds of cases which have been decided by that tribunal. On this part of the subject, Mr. Chairman, I must be permitted to go further. I contend not only that the Secretary of the Treasury has full powers over this case, but that Congress have not, and therefore ought not to legislate upon it The revenue laws and the act of non-im portation vest one-half of the fines, forfeitures and penalties incurred under them, in the per sons who shall give information of their infrac tion, and in certain officers. That half, I shall endeavor to shew, is beyond the legitimate con trol of the national legislature. In England the king has the general power of pardon, and jet he cannot remit that part of any fine, for feiture or penalty which is to accrue to inform ers. It is a principle of the common law, that the party giving information acquires a private property in the reward offered by penal sta tutes, and it is this principle alone which limits the pardoning power of the king in relation to the rights of informers. The doctrine is that “he cannot pardon an offence against a popu lar or penal statute after information brought, for thereby the informer hath acquired a private property in hit part or. penalty T Shall it be said that private rights are less protected in this country than in England The correctness of the doctrine in its fullest extent has been ad mitted by the Speaker and the gentleman from S. Carolina (Mr. Cheves) but they have urged distinguishing circumstances which in their ap prehension render it inapplicable to the pre sent case. The gentleman from S, Carolina con tends that it is distinguished from the cases in which the crown cannot remit the informer’s part, by the circumstance, that the penalties in this case are to be recovered for thv United States in the names of their officers, and that it is only in the event of absolute recovery they acquire any property, If the gentlema.fi will refer to the statute he will find prosecutions are not confined to the officers of government, but that they may be instituted at the instance of informers. And if they were so confined, 1 know of no principle of law or reason which un der such circumstances would make a distinc tion between he rights of an officer and an in former. The form of prosecution prescribed by the statute cannot affect the question. The fact that the right of property in the propor tion of fines, penalties or forfeitures accruing to informers or collectors, is not perfected un til after absolute recovery, so far from being a distinguishing circumstance, is necessarily the case under all penal statutes whether in Eng land or in this country. But it d ies not follow that because the right of property is not perfect until the prosecution is concluded, no right accrues from its commencement. Nor will it be contended that a citizen can be arbitrarily divested of a qualified right with more propri ety than of a perfect right. But, says the gen tleman, if the power of Congress is not com plete, why delegate to the Secretary of the Treasury the disposition of that half of the penalties accruing to the U. States. Sir, we do not propose to delegate any authority to the Secretary of the Treasury; we barely say it is inexpedient to take from him that which he already possesses. In our turn, we ask, why take the case from the established tribunal which alone has com petent and ample jurisdiction, when your au thority is thus limited It is said by the ho norable Speaker, that in England the Crown cannot remit the informer’s part of a penalty, because the power of remission is not reserved in the law denouncing the penalty, but that in our laws the power is reserved. This is an admission that the persons claiming one half of a penalty or forfeiture do acquire a private pro perty from the commencement of prosecution, and that there is no power to divest them of it, except what is reserved by our laws. The question, therefore, which we have to examine, is brought within very narrow limits—what power is reserved by our laws I It is found in the provision which I have already had occa sion to notice in the course of my remarks. It is the provision which delegates to the Sec’y of the Treasury the power to remit in whole or in part all fines, forfeitures, or penalties, if in his opinion the same shall have been incurred without wilful negligence cr any intention of fraud in the person or persons incurring the same.” The statute, of which this provision is a part, previously directs the mode by which cases shall be brought before the Treasury de partment, and guarantees to the parties in whom one half of such penalties is vested, the right of being heard. An opportunity is af forded them of showing that there has been wilful negligence or fraud;” and if they esta blish that fact, their right to the proportion al lowed them by law is consummated. There be ing no power of remission reserved in cases where in the opinion of the Sec’y of the Trea sury there has been fraud or wilful negligence, it results, according to the admission of gentle men, that in such cases, to remit would be to invade the sanctity of private rights. The po sition I take is this—that so soon as an inform er gives information of the violation of a penal statute, he acquires an inchoate right to his proportion of the fine, forfeiture, or penalty’ in curred, subject only to the qualified control ling authority vested in the treasury depart ment; he commences his claim under the then existing laws of the land and p-otected by their provisions; and no new conditions impairing that claim can be imposed on the prosecution of his right, without being ex post facto in their nature and operation. His right to the legal proportion of the penalties incurred by the petitioners is perfect against all persons or au thorities whatsoever, except the conditional power of the Sec’y of the Treasury. But, says,, the honorable Speaker, the Sec’y of the Trea sury is a mere Executive officer, and whatever Congress can do by him they may do them selves. It is true that Congress may abolish the Treasury Department or may direct the duties to be performed by whomsoever and in any manner they may please, provided they le gislate prospectively bm I deny the correct ness of the position, as intended to be under stood. Whether he be an executive officer is not material, inasmuch as ike character of the officer neither increases nor diminishes the con trolling power of Congress. In relation howe ver to the subject now before us, he presents himself in the twofold character of judicial and executive. Heis authorised to judge whether there has been wilful negligence or fraud, and in their absence to exercise the power of par don. He derives his appointment from the same source wnence the judges receive theirs, ?.nd the control of Congress over each is the same. What would be said of a proposition submitted to this House for taking from the courts of law any depending cause embracing the claims of individuals tor the purpose of deciding it ourselves And I humbly conceive there is no substantial distinction between such a ease and the present, whether you regard tlrt power of Congress or the private rights of the citizen. If, under the idea of the power to do ourselves what we can do by others, retro spective laws can be enacted, disregarding rights already accrued; then indeed is private property suuject to the whim and caprice as every succeeding t Congress, Can it be said that it is a mere cnange of remedy and not of right, to take this case from tiie 1 reasury Depart ment, when in your investigation, or rather de cision without investigatibn, the parties who have acquired a property in the matter to to be decided, have not been heard. No, sir, it is to deprive them of all remedy, and conse- quently to destroy their right. So ratals nfe are furnished with precedents in the legisla tion of this counfey, they confirm the view cf this subject I have endeavored to present. On an examination of our statute book it will be found that in every act which has been passed where the only object of Legislation was the remission of fines and penalties, the rights of informers are expressly recognized. It is true, as was stated by the Speaker, that certain acts have passed repealing penal statutes gene rally, and which contained a clause remitting all penalties incurred under them without ex pressly reserving whatever rights might have accrued to informers. Those statutes however had been of short uratiodn, and it is not known that any. violations had taken place; without which no rights could have accrued. But while it must be admitted that the examples to which 1 have referred are indicative of the re gard paid to private rights by our predecessors, the hon. Speaker cannot seriously urge his cases as precedents upon the subject. He is too well acquainted with the circumstances which are essential to give authority to precedents, and too well convinced that they do not exist in the examples to which he has referred, to make it necessary for me to draw the proper distinctions. Speech to be concluded in our next.~} To the Editor of the Buffalo Gazette. Sir —ln the account which I gave s last week, of the proceedings of the first of December, I find I was under a mistake in stating that col. Winder’s regiment embarked three quarters of an hour before any other of the regular infantry. I saw one regiment only, which I un derstood to be col Winder’s, enter their boats at the navy yard. There lay ad joining a large number, and as I sup posed the whole of the other boats in tended for the regular troops, and which were unoccupied for about three-fourths of an hour. I have since learnt that the boats for one regiment had been taken a little distance up the creek, and that co). Parker’s regiment (then command ed by lieut. col. Cob s), and col. Wind er’s regiment, embarked about the same time —-one at the navy yard, and the other in the boats up the creek. It was a mistake in the night,” which, in jus tice to lieut. col Coles’s regiment, I most cheerfully correct. Yours, P B. PORTER. December 21. New Orleans, Nov. 21. The Smuggling thadb the only trade that has been carried on to this city with any de gree of success for some y< ars, received a se vere check some days ago. Captain Holmes, of the U States’ Infan ry, with a detachment of men, was ordered down to Barrataria the lat ter end of last week and early this week the detachment fell in wish a party of smugglers, who not willing to undergo examination,’ sheer ed off; (he captain ordered one man to fire, whose aim was so direct as to kill one of the smugglers not being accustomed to such sa lutations, and fearful of renewal of the com pliment, they surrendered. The prisoners, 25, in number, with several boats with merchan dize, were brought to the city on Thursday morning last. TWENTY FIFTH FRENCH BULLETIN Head Quarters on the Neva, Oct 23. The army has quitted the smoking remains of Moscow, converted into the tomb of Russian glory, by Russian bar barity. The Emperor Alexander has refused peace. Napoleon is preparing measures to give the world that bles sing which the folly of the Russian No bility compels a feeble Monarch to re fuse to his bleeding country. The army marches on Smolensk. Count Winzingerode had the audacity to enter Moscow before the rear guard of the army had retreated he suffered for his temerity, and was made prison er. Marshal Rutusoff mistook the Em peror’s mauosuvres for flight, and ven tured to attack the united corps es Prince Poniatpwski and the Viceroy; he was defeated and driven back to his position on the Pakra. The King of Naples commanded, and added, by his judicious manoeuvres, to his former re putation. His numerous charges of cavalry were brilliant—the Cossacks were overthrown or dispersed. Our loss is trifling: we fear however it will be some time before Prince Poniatow ski resumes the command. When it was known that the Emperor determined to quit Moscow, the mem bers of the new municipality demanded an audience, when they fell upon their knees before his imperial m^esty, seat ed upon the throne of the Czars, and implored him not to desert their rising liberty. In him alone they reposed for the means of shaking off their chains. The Emperor replied—“ The liberty ©f my good citizens of Moscow is near my heart—great considerations post pone the hour of your deliverance. When you can comprehend the desti nies of Napoleon, you will be able to measure your own.” A deputation from the Foundling Hospital having waited upon the Em peror, he ordered three male infants to be christened—the first Napoleon; the second, Felix the third Bonaparte three female infants—the first to be called Josephine, the second Marie Theresa, the third Adelaide and he prornised them a pension each of twelve hundred livres upon the day of their marriage to be paid from the Imperal Treasury. The deputation melted in to te^rs at this proof of the Emperor’s goodness. The Emperor participates in the feel ings which will animate his good citi zens of Paris, upon learning tnat his Imperial Majesty is approaching near his Capital. It is for their happiness that he braves all seasons and all cli mates; it is for their giory trut he spreads his arms from tie Pillars of Hercules to the Arctic Circle. The
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time is not yet arrived for the Empe ror to develope the great plans he at present meditates. They are locked in the sacred shrine of his august bosom, and will be unfolded by high destiny. The cavalry are in complete order. There is great nutriment in the pas tures round Moscow. The air has been found peculiarly propitious to the cure of gun shot wounds. WASHINGTON CITY. TUESDAY, JMWMT 12 The President of the U. States is understood to have nominated to the Senate, on Friday last, two persons to fill the vacant offices of Secretary of War and Secretary of the Navy. No decision has yet been had, that we learn, on either of these nominations. The bill having for its ©bject to en courage enlistments in the present ar my, is under discussion in the Senate, and a motion to strike out the two first sections has been negatived. So that it is probable the bill will pass. CONGRESS. IN SENATE Monday, Jan. 11, 1813. Mr. Bayard, from Delaware, appeared and took his seat. Mr. Bradley, from the committee to whom was recommitted the Mississippi state bill, reported in part, “a bill to carry into effect the report made to Congress in February one thousand eight hundred and three, by James Madison, then Secretary of State, Albert Gallatin Secretary of the Treasury, and Levi Lincoln, Attorney General of the U. States, commissioners appointed in pursuance of the act entitled “An act for an amicable settlement of limits with the state of Georgia,” and authorising the establishment of a government in the Mississippi territory in obedience to the provisions of the act supplement al to the last mentioned act.” The bill was read and passed tp a second read ing. Sundry reports were received and read from the heads of Departments. Mr German presented the petition of William Nexsen, jun. of New-York. an insolvent debtor, imprisoned at the suit of the U. States, praying to be discharg ed therefrom.—Referred to Messrs. German, Gregg, and Goodrich. Mr. Smith of Md. presented the pe tition of certain persons remonstrating against the oppressive execution of the law extending Oliver Evans’s patent, &c —Referred to Messrs. Bayard, Smith of Md. Taylor, Gregg and Camp bell of Ohio. The bill giving further time for re gistering grants of land in the Eastern pistrict of the territory of Orleans, now state of Louisiana, was ordered to a third reading. The Senate resumed the considera tion of the bill from the House, entitled “An Act supplementary to the act for the more perfect organization of the Army of the U. States.” Mr. Smith of Md. moved to strike out the first and second sections of the bill. There were For the motion, Messrs. Bayard, Bradley, Campbell of Ohio, German, Gilman, Goodrich, Gregg-, Horsey, Lambert, Leib, Lloyd, Pope, Heed, Smith of Md. Varnum—ls. Against the motion, Messrs. Anderson, Bibb, Campbell of Team Crawford, Cutts, Dana, Franklii., Guillard, Howell, Hunter, Magruder, Posey, Robinson, Smith of N. Y. Tait, Taylor, Turner, Worthington—lß. The bill having been amended, After debate the Senate adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Monday, January 11. The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of the Treasu ry, transmitting certain accounts of Consuls to foreign powers, and of the expences es intercourse with the Bar bary powers. WAR MEASURES The House again resolved itself into a committee of the whole, Mr. Bibb in the chair, on the bill for raising an ad ditional military force of 20,000 men for one year. Mr. Sheffey spoke at great length in opposition to the bill, and Mr. Robert son in support of it. When the committee rose, reported progress and obtained leave to sit again The nautical skill of the officers o? our Navy has been before proven an acknowledged by the enemy. The in stance now offered to the public canno be ungratifying to the friends of a Na vy or to the friends of the officer win conducted the retreat. The Unitei States’ Brig Argus, Captain Sinclair sailed from Boston in company wit the United States. After parting witi her consort she proceeded to the coas of Brazil, down the north coast of th country from St. Roque to Surinam thence he passed to the windward the Islands and in every direction b. tween the Bermudas, Halifax and tiu continent. After a lapse of 90 days, she has returned into port, having made five prizes valued at about g 200,000. During her cruise she fell in with a squadron of the enemy, consisting of six sail, two of which were of the line, one of them a remarkably fast sailer. The favor of the moon enabling them to chase as well at night as in the day, the chase was continued for three days with out intermission and under various cir cumstances, but the unremitted exer tions of his officers and crew enabled him to elude the pursuit. Pressed on all sides by the number of the enemy and the baffling and un settled state of ihe weather, the Argus was at one time within musket shot of a 74, and at another surrounded the determined vigilance of Capt. Sinclair rescued her however from the difficulty. They had joined in the chase an arm ed transport, with a view no doubt of distracting the attention and deceiving the chase, which being discovered, Captain Sinclair bore down upon her and compelled her to clear the way. Such was the confidence of Capt. Sin clair in the sailing of the Argus, that during the chass although at one time so closely pressed as to be compelled to lighten his vessel, by throwing over his spare anchors spars and deck boats, and starting the salt water with which his casks had been filled as the fresh water had been used, reduced to, the last necessity of weting his sails; yet did he preserve all his guns, and one night during the chase he found time to capture, man and dispatch a prize So close were they upon his heels that when he again made sail, two of the ships open their batteries upon him. The Argus was built at Boston about 10 years ago, and has not since under gone any material repairs—she has been with a short intermission constantly in service, is admitted to be one of the finest vessels in the service of her class. During the late cruize we understand she complained a good deal, and cannot proceed to sea without repairs. The model of such a vessel as the Argus is certainly inestimable. 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THE subscriber thinks it proper to warn a’d persons whatsoever, against receiving in pay ment, or’ in expectation that they are to be pad, two Notes of Hand, each for Thirteen Dollars, drawn by him and made payable to T. Williams; inasmuch as they have both been fully satisfied. These Notes are believed to be tn the possession oi Wm. O'Ne^de, or of some other individual in this c ty arid, if not speedily surrendered, an effene a Man about 21 years os age the othr Boy about 13. Ihe man is an exceile, ■amation Negro, and neither of them si I r any fault, OLIVER BARRON. Prince Georges county Md 5 mnm Hall Thomas Her.field ceiia Hall Anson Ha-’ -Wm Hammond Brig Gen Wm Hull 2 John Herbert Lieut L Hukill Henry Hoff Lydi* Ann Henson 2 Mrs Hart Andrew Hunter rimothy Hall Capt Spotswood Henry J George Jackson 4 James Johnston Rapt Jacob Jones John T Jones, Mrs Ann Jones David Jemme Jacob Jackson Sam Jourdan Lt Roger Jones 2 Beni B Jones 2 Chs Irving Benj Jone« Doct Handy Irving Jno T Jennings Philander Jones 3 K James F Kennedy Wm Kendall Geo Kneller Thos H Kent Capt W Roht Kent Jas Kennedy Nicholas Kline Lt Josh L Kuhn L N Lyde Sam Leich Jno Leamond C L Lawrence 2 Miss Ann Lee Lt Col Robt L Living Meurier Lambert ton Miss Lyon Maj Rich H Law Col Wm Langborne Maj Laval 2 Th N Lee Gen W Lytle Gen H Lee Freeman Lincoln 2 Richd Bland Lee Capt Jas Lawrenson Miss Barbary Low Morgan Lewis 2 Robt Lin Capt Lawrence M Robt Morris Hy McCoy Francis Moore Chs Minifie Alex (Richd) McCor-Wm McClung mick Felix Marino Jno Mattingly Corn. McLane Javid Miller 2 Sam M McKean Lt G W Melvin E R More Thos McDonough Solomon Myers James Morrison Wm Millbourn Sr Morion Margt. Mitchell Mr Marsel Jona Morris W A Babin Jospe. S Merrick Zachk Mattingly Wm McGienning James Martin Mr Martinet Josh Middleton Chas Magruder Aiexr McClurg Sam Magruder Jno Moore Luezer Mure N Mary Neale Archibald Nash Baptist Nardin L G Nalle O Hy Oneil P A W Preuss Jas C Pickett Thos Parsons Eleakin Palmer NathS Perkins Josh W Patterson Jno Peltz George Pearce Z M Pike Mary Anne Parsons Robt Porter jr B D Pickett Josh Preston Margt Parsons Wm Prentiss Consul of Portugal Cap Wm. Piatt Wm Perkins F A Pa ker Manuel Palacio Q R T Queen Mary Eliza Quinto R Jonathan Robinson Jno Richardson Jno Roberts Isaac Reiter Jas F Reid Edmond Roberts W GRidgley Jno Reed G :orge Rogers R P Rhea Dr Jno Rogers Jas Rodgers Alexander Rogers Edward Rice Stacy Rose Francis Rolet George Rust Langdon C Rives 2 Benj Romaine S Corn H Scribbling 3 Capt John Stafford Erastus Strong 2 Capt Swearingen Capt Richd Smith 3 Jacob Storm Dan Strobel 3 James Saunders Lewis Sanders Francis Sarmiento Arthur Lee Simms Job Smith Jno Strother Mrs Shorter N W Strong Horace Smith Wm A Shelden Ed H Stuart Melinda Stewart Margaret St Clair George Shall George Shannon J R Sherwood Wm Spotwood David R Slater Robert Sewall Ph.lip Spencer Leond Storm Wyatt W Starke Rosa Sh.nks Revd. Jno. Schureman Peter Seabold Major Jos D SheldenMargt Slater Capt Soln Seiras Geo M Smedes Peter Simmerman T J A Toledo 5 Philip B Thomas Geo M Towers 3 Wm Turk Thos Todd 2 Thomson Tlurbert Dr. Wm ThorntonS Mr Taylor Charles Thompson Sally Toole Doreas Ann Taibout Thos Taylor Captn Jno Turner V Mr Verrier W Rhihp AyiUiams 2 Wm F Warwick Edw Wyer Wm Williams Eleanor West 3 Jno Wiley A G Wall 2 Wm White Zenos Wels 2 Wm Watson Fred Watts j no Wilson Wm Welsh Wm Warner Chs Warren Jno Walker Sarah Winder Mary D White Oliver Whipple Rezen White Sam Walker capt Wiley Jno Wagner Geo Washington Y Miss Jane Young VALUABLE PROPERTY FOR SALE On the Nineteenth instant. A LARGE BRICK HOUSE and LOT, Twenty-nine feet 5 inches front on South Capi tol street. The House containing two large dry cellars—one Large Store and two rooms on the ground floor, at the back of which is a good Brick Kitchen with a loft above, and a Stable, and a good new plank fence round the whole The first story has a large room in front equal to the front of the house, and two large rooms at back the garret is capable of being converted into two or three good bed rooms by the addition of dormant windows. The Lot is 101 feet 3 inches deep, and 29 feet 5 inches front. Terms to be made known at the time of sale, N. B. The value of the above property will be best appreciated by those gentlemen who either expect^a permanency in our Navy Yard, or foresee the growing advantages of its con tiguity to the Eastern Branch as a commercial seat. At the same time will be sold several LOTS OF GROUND, in eligible situations. CHARLES H VARDEN. Jan. 9—ts TO BE SOLD By vendue on ft ednesday the 14th inslant, at 11 o'clock for cash, At the house iu the Seven Buildings, Penn sylvania avenue, where Aug. St J. Baker, esq. Sec’y to the late British Legation resided, some choice FURNITURE, consisting of Bed r. Bedsteads, Tables, Chairs, Carpets, Curtains, &c. Also an elegant new Sideboard and Wine Cooler, lately imported from England, and 10 pieces of Brussels Carpet Bordering, which have never been used. -V. L. QUEEN, diuct. January 9---3 t R. C. WEIGHTMAN Has now on hand a large stock of Sta tionery, Wc. consisting among other articles, of i^O reams Folio Post Paper, hot-pressed and gilt, vellum and common 20G 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. 7uo do Medium printing of qualities 60 do Cartridge paper 30 do, blue paper Medium size Imperial, Super-Royal, Royal, WRITING PAPERS. Medium and I Demy, J /.agle, 1 Columbian, imperial, Super-Royal, SDH AWING PAPER tedium, Demy, Ivory plain 1 foolscap, J 50,000 Quills 20,000 Pens 50 lbs Wafers 20,000 office do 100 lbs. Champante and Whitrow’s extra Dutch Wax 200 dozen Red Tapes 100 do. best Lead Pencils, black and red 60 doz. parchment 40doz Eng Slates 8 doz wooden 40. 5.000 Slate Pencils 1,500 wt. Mill Boards 6 gross Bonnet do. 650 lbs Printing Ink 100 gallons Liquid Ink Penknives in great variety, hones, camel hair pencils, silver and plated pencil eases,' .ayons, Japan ink, ink powder, black and red, copying do tissue paper, red i. k n bottles an- phials Gunter’s sca.es patent ball skins, edgers, journals, day books, cash books, me morandum books oi all sizes made to pattern, ‘.Villiamson’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 a ,d p Uiice, boxes for do ivory folding sticks, dice, backgammon boards, Moss’s portable pens in boxes, SJc (3c. Jan 1 i!6t PORTRAIT JIRS. MADISON. Just published by R C. Weightman, A Portrait of Mrs Madison, engraved by Edwin, from a painting by Stuart. Large size, price ^5 Common dp. 4 January 7 —3wif WILL BE SOLD On the 12ch January, ald o’clock, at B H Tomlinson’s pNE GOLD WATCH-CHAIN an® KEY, And a variety of Wearing Apparel. The terms of sale cash. N. L. QUEEN, Auct. Jan. 11—2 if District of Columbia, Washington county, 7 Orphans Court, December Term, 1812 5 ON the application of Owen McCue for Letters cf Administration on the personal estate of Albert Johnson, John Holmes, and Henry Fra zize, seamen, late of the United States’ brig Enterprize, deceased. Ordered that he give notke thereof by advertisement inserted one a week for three weeks in the National Intelligencer. Test JOHN HEWITT, Reg. Wills. December W— W3t FOR SALE, A VERY GOOD P LAE V ATTON, Containing about 350 acres, in Prince Georges county, convenient to Mr Waters’s Mills, on Patuxent river, and about 8 miles above Queen Ann. IT is unnecessary to mention the improve ments, as it is supposed that those desirous of purchasing will view them. Immediate pos session cannot be given, as the Plantation is under a lease of five years to Thomas Magru der, esq. at 4000 pounds of Tobacco per year, two of which expired on the last day of December 1812. For terms apply to the sub scriber, living near Vansville. JOSEPH PEACH. January 6—6teop NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the Levy Court of (Washington county will sit at‘he Union Tavern in Georgetown, on Monday the 11th inst. for the purpose of hearing appeals under the late assessment of property in said county; and that the said Court will continue in session from day to day until all the appeals that may be brought be fore them shall be decided upon. JOHN MOUNTZ, Ck. January s—3t VALUABLE PRIZES. FOR TICKETS, Apply to JOSEPH MIItIGAN, Bookseller, Georgetown, f Columbia.f TWO PRIZBS OF 50,000 DOLLARS EACH, In the Medical College Lottery of Baltimore, now drawing. Present price g!5, but will shortly be ad vanced. Nearly one half of the tickets drawn. THRHi PRIZES OF 20,000 DOLLARS EACH, In the Vaccine Institution Lottery, ("2d Class. Present price §l2, on Thursday the 78ti they will advance to ^l4, and on Monday the 11t h to ^§ls. A few tickets in each of the above lotteries may be had by immediate application to Jos. Muligan, Book-seller, Georgetown, who keeps ■Jieck books, and gives all information gratis. Letters, post paid, containing bank notec or prize tickets, punctually attended to. Jan. 5 31 MISS S. EVANS, Has opened a School for YQUNG LADIES, In the house belonging to Mr. Daniel Carroll, fourth door north of Dr. Thomas Ewell’s, and opposite the Capitol. YOUNG LADIES are instructed in Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, English Grammar, Geo graphy, all kinds of Plain Sewing, Marking, Muslin Work, Embroidery’, and Print-Work French, Drawng. Mus-c. &c. TO RENT, The House ’atelj occupied ?y Mr. John Evans, adjoining Gen. Van Ness’s, on Pennsylvania avenue For terms apply to J. P. Van Nessi> or S. Eva’s, Capitol Hill. Washington city, January 9—
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AN ACCOUNT OF AEE>s PATENT AND FAMILY MEDICINES, CELEBRATED FOR THE CURE OF MbSi DI^EASE^ TO WHICH THE HUMAN BO BY IS LIABLE, PARTICULARLY WORMS, COUGHS W COLDS, Asthma, Consumption, Gout, Rheuma tism, Sfirains, Palsy, HEAD-ACHE. TOOTHACHE, CORNS, Itch, Diseases of the Eyes, Ring 1 Worms, Te tters, &c. Inward Weakness Nervous Disorders, Female Com plaints, Hooping Coughs. A sovereign remedy for Colds, obstinate Coughs, Asthmas Sore ‘i hroats, and approach ing Consumptions, and most disorders of the breasi and lungs A single trial will prove, that it. restores the determination of the flu ds to the surface of the body, and brings on the com mon healthful perspiration that it dislodges and evacuates the tough viscid phlegm or mu cus, strengthens the weakened vessels of the lungs, sheathes the acrimonious humor which irritates them, and totally discharges it. Thus striking at the root of the disorder, the symp toms are of course efi’ccually and permanent ly conquered, the reverse of common medicines which weaken the constitution, and give strength to the disorder, for the sake of mo derating for the present some of its painfu •Meets To Parents who have Children afflicted -with the WHOOPING COUuH. This discovery is of the first magnitude, as It affords immediate relief, checks the pro gress, imd in a short time entirely removes the most cruel disorder to which children are liable The Elixir is so perfectly agreeable, and the dose so small, that no difficulty arises in taking it- TOOTH-ACHE DROPS. The only remedy yet dtscoveu tn the Stomach, Pains in the Limbs, Relaxations, de. The principal operation of this remedy is in the stomach, restoring the digestive pow ers, and sending forth from that organ new hea’th and vigor into every part of the sys tern it enriches a. d purifies the blood with out b flam.ng it; braces, without stimulating oo violently, the nervous system; strength ens the secretory vessels, and the genera habit; brings back the muscular fibres to their natural and healthy tone; and restores that nutrition which immoderate ev cua'ions had destroyed, and whose loss bad thrown the whole frame into languor and debility. HAMILTON’S GENUINE ESSENCE EX TRACTS OF MUSTARD, A safe and effectual remedy sot acute and chronic Rheumatism, Gout, Rheumatic Gout, Palsy, Lum ago, Numbness, White Swellings, Chilblains, Bruises, Sprains, Pain in the Face an Neck, &c. This valuable remedy is prepared both in a fluid s‘ate and in pills, and thus excellently adopted for external and internal use. ITCH CURED BY ONCE USING LEE’s SOVEREIGN OINTMENT The proprietor informs those persons arid families who are suffering under this disease, (against the infection of which no person is safe) that if this ointment is used at night on going to bed, it never fails to perform a cure by the following morning, as thousands who have used it during the last ten years caw tes tify. The peculiar excellencies of this infal lible remedy for the Itch, over every other, are the certainty of a cure by a single ap plication the ingredients being so innocent as to be applied with perfect safety to the tenderest infant, and its being not only free from any offensive smell, but equally agree able with the pleasant pomatum. THE RESTORATIVE POWDER FOR THE TEETH AND GUMS. This excellent preparation comforts and strengthens the Gums, preserves the Enamel from decay, and cleanses and whitens the teeth by absorbing ail the aenmt nious slime and foulness which, suffered to accumulate, never fails to injure and finally ruin them. HAHN’s GENUINE EYE WATER, A sovereign remedy for ah diseases cf the eyes, whether the effect of natural weakness or of accident. Hall N’s GENUINE GERMAN CORN PLANTER, A certain remedy for Corns, speedily remov ing them, root and branch, without giving pain. Sold, wholesale and retail, at Lee’s Patent and Family Medicine Store, No. 56, Maiden Lane, New-York. Rud by appointment, sold by W. COOPER, Washington. January 7. SELECT REVIEWS. Subscribers to this work are informed that the first number is received at W COOPER’S Music Bo k store, Pennsylvania avenue, Where mav a'so be had, A PRINT representing the action bet ween the frigates CONSTITUTION &GUKRRIER*. Price One dollar plain, One dollar fifty cents, colored. THRE PRIZES O T 20,000 Dollars. are yet in the wheel of the VACCINE LOTTERY. Present price of Tickets, Fourteen Hollars. On Monday the 11th inst. they will advance to Fifteen Dollars. A few Tickets may be had of W. Cooler, as above. January 7— 20,000 DOLLARS. On the forty-fifth day of drawing of the VACCINE INSTITUTION LOTTERY, (which is now drawing three days in the week, and forty-one days drawing already over,! —the first drawn Ticket will be entitled to Twenty thousand Dollars. There are yet in the wheel Three capital Prizes q/ £20,000 Besides a vast number of smaller Prizes, al most any of which will repay the adventurer very handsomely. Present price of Tickets, Fourteen Dollars, ;ut will positively be advanced to Fifteen Dol lars on Monday the lllh inst. A few of the above Tickets may be had by i ’.mediate application to Joseph Milligan, Bookseller, Georgetown, (Ooi January 7— JUST RECEIVED AND FOtt SALE, BY JOSEPH MILLIGAN, Bookseller, George-Town, (Col.) V v:an and Emilie de Coulangcs, 2 vols. 82 00 Depon’s Voyages, 3 vols. 6 00 Wanderer of Switzerland, a Poem, 75 Maternal Physician, 1 00 Gass’s Journal, with 6 engravings, 100 Johnson’s Lives, 4 50 Human Manners, 62 1 2 Osander’s Poems, 62 1-2 Zion’s Pilgrim, 62 1-2 Croxall’s Fab es, 87 1-2 Lit tle’s Poems, 75 cts. 1 00 Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves, 87 1-2 Hudibras, 1 00 Campbell’s Philosophy of Rhetoric, 3 00 David’s Psa ms, 37 1-2 atechism of Nature, 37 1-2 Minstrel, a collection of celebrated English, Scotch and Irish songs, set to Music, 1 50 Diamond Songster, 3 vols. boards 100, bound, 1 50 Pope’s Essay on Man, 25 Pamback’s Med t ations, 2 vols. 400 to 4 50 Low’s Encyclopaedia, 7 vol® quarto, 60 00 A large and elegant assortment of QUARTO, SCHOOL AND POCKET Bibles, Testaments and Prayer-Books, P >CK ;T-BOOKS, Desk and Pen Knives and Dividers. Jan 7. THIRTY DOLLARS REWARD. LOST OR STOLEN, EARLY yesterday morning, from the back of the Baltimore Ma i S’age (supposed between Davis’s .lotel and the Capitol) a BROWN LEATHER TRUNK, with the let ters “N P B.” marked on the top with brass nails. The Trunk contains, resides weaiiug apparel, &c. some books and papers, which can be of value to no one but the subscriber The above reward will be paid to any person who shall deliver the said Trunk and its contents at Davis’s Hotel; or Twenty Dollars for the books and papers, and no questions ask d. JAMES GREENLEAF. Jan 7—ts. FOR SALE, 2,000 bushels best Richmond Coal, E quire at Barry’s wha’f, on board schooner Amity. January 7— 4 t SUPERB LACE SHAWLS, VEILS AND 7HREAD LACES. The subscriber has just received fr«m New York an elegant selection of LACE VEILS, SHAWLS and HALF HAWLS, &c which he offers for sale, vry cheap He has also received a further supply of PARIS LACES, hich will be sold as low as the last parcel he had. Wm G. RIDGELY. Georgetown, January 7 —eoplOt DRUM BEATING. (copy right secured) For sale at W. Cooper’s Music and Book Store, Pennsylvania avenue. (Appioved of by the War Department, and a number of copies engaged for the United States’ army.) A NEW, useful, and complete system of DRUM BEATING, Including the Reveiiie, Troop, Retreat, Tattoo, Officers Calls, Signals, Salutes, and the whole of the Camp Duty, as practised at head quar ters, Mame Corps, Washingion city intend ed particularly for the use cf the United States’ army and navy. By CHARLES S ASHWORTH, Price 2 dollars single, and 18 dollars per dozen. This is the first work of the kind ever pub lished in this country, aud contains a com plete System of Drum 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 med with very lit tle time and trouble by any one the least ac quainted with the drum. It is recommended to the pa .ronage 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 Beating in the militia, that at the musters, when corp from different towns parade together, the jar gon produced by the various ways of beati g may be remedied The Fuer will also find it greatly to his advantage, as there is added every tune on the Fife adapted so the Drum. December 31—3taw4w SOLD AT THE GENUINE DRUG MEDI CINE STORE OF DAVID OTT b* CO. MEDICINES. Michl. Lee Co’s Celebrated Family Medicines, So highly approved of and sought after in all parts of the United States for upwards of ten years, continue to be faithfully prepared and sold by the proprietors, No. 98, Pitt street Baltimore. MICHL. LEE CO. Sold by appointment by DANIEL RAPINE, Bookseller, Capitol Hill, Washington. NINIAN MAGRUDER, Druggist. Georgetown. DAVID OTT CO. Pennsylvania avenue. The few following respectable cases o* cures a’e selected from hundreds of equal respectability. Lee’s Anti-Bilious Pills. The operation of these highly esteemed Pills is perfectly mild, and the experience of thou sands has proved, they may be used in every situation in life, without the least inconveni ence. Messrs. Michael Les Co. I have been very much allfcted for some days past with extreme pain and g'ddiness in my head, so much so that when I have had oc casion to stoop down in the store, on raising up again, it was with difficulty I could stand on mi feet for some time, connected with a sick stom ach. Having repeatedly received great benefi from your Anti-Bilious Pills, I had recourse to them again, and find myself again entirely re lieved from those distressing sen ations, and now enjoy perfect health. You are at liberty, (and I wish you so to do) to make this as pub lic as you may see proper, i<s I a^n confidant those pills are the most efficacious medicine ir similar cases and I do sincerely believe tha a timely use thereof will in many cases pre vent violent attacks of Bilious and other fevers. Yours respectfully, GREENBURY RIDGELY, No. 9, Market street. July 8, 1812. Lee’s Elixir. A sovereign remedy for colds, obstinate c ughs, catarrhs, asthmas, sore-throats and ap p oaching consumotions. Messrs Michael Lee Co. You are t liberty to use my name in the re commend Mion of Lee’s Elixir, as from repeat ed trials 1 have found it an excellant remedy for colds, coughs, &c RD. BuRRY. Baltimore, June 20, 1812. Messrs. Michael Lee Co. I was attacked with a most violent cold, a severe co gh and pain in the breast, which continued to grow worse—during which my appetite tailed, and my voice aitered so much that it was with the utmost exertion I cou.d pronounce a single sentence louder than my breath. Some oi my friends having observed to me that much good had been done by the use of Lee’s Ehxir, advised me to procure a bottle from Messrs. Warner and Hanna, which I a cordmgly did—and to those persons, un acquainted 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. SMITH, Market Street, F. Point. LEE’S LOZENGES. This medicine, which is as innocent and mild as it is certain and efficacious in its ope ration, 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 night, loss of flesh, &c. from these symptoms I was confident he had worms and having procured a box of Lee’s Worm destroy, ing Lozenges, the first dose expelled 23 large worms which afforded him immediate relief. He now enjoys a good state oi health, and I believe I can from experience say, that Lee’s Lozenges are the most efficacious remedy for worms 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 lias proved ineffectual; and not one in a hundred has had occasion to take more than one, and numbers not half a bottle. Messrs. Michael Lee Us 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 you* truly infallible Ague and Fever Drops. M v little son has been laboring under the ague fever for several mon.hs—a great many rente dies were tried without the least effect, and the child fast declining, having almost entire ly lost his appetite. I was advised to try Lee\ Infallible Ague and Fever Drops. I procured a bottle and gave it attentively as directed, K to my astonishment, the third day the ague lever entirely left him, and he soon perfectly recovered his health; Ido therefore confident ly recommend them to all persons laboring under that distressing disease to be a perfect cure. HOMEWOOD MARRIOT, Aibermarle Street. Baltimore, Sept. 15,1811. Lee’s Anti-Bilious Pills, for the prevention of Bilious Fevers, &c. Lee’s Elixir, for violent colds, coughs, &c. Lee’s infallible Ague and Fever Drops. Lee’s Worm-destroying Lozenges. Lee’s Itch Ointment, warranted to cure by one application, (without mercury.) Lee’s Grand Restorative,for nervous disorders, inward weaknesses, &c. Lee’s Indian Vegeta le Specific, for the venereal Lee’s Persian Lotion for tetters and eruption Lee’s Essence and Extract of Mustard, for the Rheumatism, &c. Lee’s Eye Water- Lee’s Tooth-Ache Drops. Lee’s Damask Lip Salve. Lee’s Lorn Piaister. Lee’s Anodyne Elixir, for the cure of head-Aches. Lee’s Tooth Powder. Q 3" To detect 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 tts, pamphlets containing cases of cures whos length prevents their being herewith insert®. N .v 28 NOTICE is juEk. BY GIV-n That I intend to apply to Saint Mary’s countj Court, at the next term, for the benefit,of the insolvent laws of this state. JAMES MARYMAN. St. Mary's county, Dec. 24—w2m SALE OF CITY LOTS FOR TAXES. Will beexposed at public sale, on the 15th of Januaryinext, at the Council Chamber, the foliowing property, or such part thereof, not ess th n a lot, as will be necessarv to satisfy the Corporation of Washington city for Taxes lue thereon up to the year 1811, inclusive, with iosts and charges, unless previously paid to the subscriber. JOHN QUEEN, Collector 4th Ward. Dolls Cts Thomas Brown, sq 825 lots 16 9 4 84 Zachariah Berry, sq 847 18 19 20 7 80 William 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 lots 6 to 18 73 26 David Crawford’s heirs, sq 849 lots Ito 7 40 93 James Carlton, sq 949 lot 19 62 Jusper Cope, sq 974 3000 square feet 120 William Cooper, sq 1043 lot 5 4 95 William Clark, sq 996 123 Barnard Elliott’s heirs, sq 864 lot 2 3 4 8 9 sq 1067 lot 3 166 Evan Evans, sq 1020 lot 12 13 1046 13 1047 6 1123 7 7 78 Lewis Farrington, sq 879 lot 1 5 70 John Frye, sq 919 lots Ito 14 sq93B 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 Micheil, sq 978 lot 14 15 10 2 Henry Moscrop, sq 928 lots 37 9 sq 1010 lots 12 15 1027 13 to 16 1030 6 to 12 1034 5 1036 14 1055 I 2 1112 13 1057 7 8 1058 13 14 1093 I 2 3 4 17 to 24 IHB 9 10 1119 5 4 4 John M’Elwee, sq 1020 lots 6to II 6 10 Sarah Maltby, sq 1020 lots 19 20 I 50 Morris Nicholson Prout, sq 1149 lots I 2 34 Richard Parrott, sq 874 lot 10 I 52 Edward Perry, sq 1148 lot 3 sq 1149 lot 4 569 12 2 28 Prout, King Car roll, sq 977 lots 3 4 5 7 ro 16 108 51 David Slater, sq 810 lots II 12 sq 904 10l 4 928 5 975 4 976 3 708 13 51 85 Thomas Slater sq 840 lot 5 60 Mark Stockwell’s heirs—sq 845 lot 89 half of ten 4 86 Wm. Sanford—sq 1123, lot No. 8 4 09 Hy. Slater, sq 876 lot No. 6 9 54 Am Slater, sq 904 lot No. 5 6 51 ^arah Slater, sq 904 lot No. 6 9 50 Francis Stans, sq 1043 lot No 33 0 3|4 And. Smith, sq 1045 lot No 1 Sq 1077 do. No 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 16 837 4 861 864 1 II 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 Sc from 27 to 32 1044 1 1045 13 to 15 1046 1 18 1047 14 to 18 iO6O 8 1061 ii to 16 i 062 i to 4 and from 12 to i 4 i 062 south of i 063 5 to iO from i 3 to i 8 i 064 i i 067 7 8 i 076 3 to iO7B 7 1079 south east; iOBO 2 313 35 Walker Wheeler, sq i 025) ast No. i 5 6 43 9i Elizabeth Wheeler, sq i 067 south, 225 et front 22 s 2 James Walker, Jr. sq. 863 lot No. 12 890 i 89i i ioi9 4 i 065 north east of lots i 2 3 4 i 065 2 4 i 067 i 2 from i 5 to 18 i 077 i 2 3 24 iO7B 5 6 94 99 Wm. Wilson, sq. 864 lot No iO 1048 10 to i 4 23 46 Charles Weighman’s heirs— sq. iii 7 Lot 9 x 29 Wm. Jas. Willink 9i6 964 3459 942 i 5 987 i 2 3 9 iO ii'i2 13 20 2i 22 i 99 John Ward, square 996 ui2 1020 i 4 to 18 1023 123 n i 2 32 24 Benjamin Young’s heirs— sq 848 lot sq 329 sq 4r3 355 354 389 390 602 lot No 6 159 84 Wm. Yeatoii sq9u2 22feet front 3 74 Abraham Young's heirs— sq. 959 lot No. 2 5 6 982 i 24 5 6 BiO u i 2 983 i to 7 984 i iOO9 I 2 3 18 i 027 i to i 2 from i 7 to 22 1027 south of iO2B i to 9 from n to 22 1030 i to 5 8c from i 3 to 29 io3r 6toio 1032 i 3 4 i 033 i 2 3 8 918 ioi3 North i to 6 i 034 6 to 9 1035 South i 2 3 1035 5 6 7 it i 036 3 4 i 5 16 i 053 i to i 4 i 054 i to 16 i 055 3 to iO 1057 5 6 from ten to i 3 1068 2 1069 1 2 from i2to i 7 ,19 1082 i 2 from 8 to i 2 iOB3 3 to ii 1094 5 to 14 i 095 4 to i 3 1096 3 4 from 14 to 19 nO7 5 to 16 nOB 4 to 13 nO9 5 to i 5 mO 5 to i 4 mi 5 to i 4 m 2 7 8 9 inß 3 to 8 in 9 346 78 9 n2O 3 to 8 n2i 5 to 8 n 22 3 to 8 58 59 William Young, sq. i 059 lots 4 to 8 1060 i 2 3 io7i i 3 i 4 i 5 1090 ^5 to i 9 i 096 i 2 20 nOO 4to i 2 nO4 9 to ii nOS 45 7 9 i 3 lio6 9 i 5 2i ni7 4 6 22 4x Mordeica Young sq. 1059 Lot No. South of i 2 3 i 074 i 2 3 i 4 i 5 16 i 7 18 29 1084 6 7 8 n 1087 i 6 7 8 9 iO9O i 2 3 20 2i 22 i 092 i 4 nO4 6 7 8 nO6 6 i 3 i 9 ni4 6 ni6 14 ni7 7 8 ix 23 2 24 77 Mary Young of Wm. 'Sq 1071 Lot 1 2 3 12 1093 19 11 12 1075 4 to 9 1076 1 1085 9 1086 4 8 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1090 4 to 9 1091 4 5 1114 1 to 4 1115 8 10 ni6 2 7i6 n3O 2 £22 58 Ann Young— Square i 075 lot No.is to i 9 1085 4 to iO iOBB i to 5 1092 3 to 8 1097 8 to i 3 lio4 5 l 2 1105 6 lio6 i 8 i 7 22 lii3 East lil4 4 5 1123 i 9 n 12 £24 33 October 3—w3m tfj' The Laws of the District of Cslumbia authorise ALIENS topurchs.se and hold Land ed Property and every species of Reat Estate in the city and county of Washington in said district. VALUABLE SPECULATION. FOR SALE, Near New Lisbon, Columbia County, Ohio, 320 acres of Land, situated on the Little Bea ver Creek a never-failing and plentiful stream, 18 miles from the Ohio river, and about 5S miles from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, on which is erected within the last two years an excel lent Furnace, Saw Mill, Grist Mill, Tilt Ham mer and Air Foundery. An inexhaustible •ankof ore oi the best quality—/.lso, stone coal are found in abundance, suitable bulid ngs for bands, a good dwelling, Smith shop, e?c It comprizes perhaps the greatest num ber of advantages for situation and business of any seat wh ch has been offered for sale in that country. The terms will be made known and the premises shewn by the subscriber on he premises. GIDEON HUGHES. December 22— FOR SALE. A LIKELY KEG RO GIRL. About th steen years of age, well grown, and has been accustomed to the care ol children. Enquire at this office. Kov. 21—