Daily National Intelligencer (Washington City [D.C.])
April 15, 1813
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VOL. I WASHINGTON CITY, PUBLISHED BY SALES AND SEATON, Daily, at Ten Dollars per annum PAID IN ADVANCE. No subscription will be taken for less than twelve months. C? -All letters to the Editors must be post paid. WASHINGTON HOTEL. The Subscriber informs his friends ana the public that he has this dai 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 studions desire to please he hopes to merit a share of public custom. JOHN MACLEOD N. B. A few Gentlemen can be accommo d&ted with Boarding, by the month or year. August 27 March 1 SUBSCRIPTIONS For Stock in the Steam Boats to navigate the waters of North Carolina, under the patent of Messrs. Livingston Pulton, will be receiv ed in the Stale Bank in Raleigh, on the 18th inst.—And, SUBSCRIPTIONS For a Steam Boat to carry freight on the Rappahannock, will be received at the Bank in Fredericksburg, on the 11th inst. By JOHN D. De LACY, Tor the Patentees. March 9 SUPERFINE YELLOW BARK. Sold by J. Milligah Bookseller Georgetown, Columbia. Dr. SANFORD’S Improved Powder of the Bark having been used and highly approved by many physicians of distinguished character, in different parts of the United States, the proprietor is encourag ed to offer it to the Faculty in general, under the persuasion that no practitioner of taste, in the choice of bis means, cannot fail to be gra tified in ts use of this elegant preparation. Tn strength, fineness, and certainty of opera tion, it 'eady surpasses the Bark in common use. ALSO THE E' SENTIAL S.^LT OF BARK, prepared by the same. The above articles are put up in parcels of different sizes, to accommodate the usual wants of not only Physicians, but of Retail Druggists, Country Merchants and Private Famdes; and is sold in Charleston by Messrs. E. Morford, fi ilimgton id Co accompanied with the Propretor’s Essay, on all the differed mds 01 Pen*’'" Stales. ^i^scTrom the Medical Philosophical Re gister, No 4, Vol. 2, published by Dr. Ho back, Professor of the Theory and Practice cf Physic in the University of New York. il In our present number, may be found a very interesting communication on the medical virtues of the Peruvian and other Barks. It is with great satisfaction we state, that the author of that paper. Dr. Sandford, after more than twenty five years observation on the ef fects of Bark as a medicine, and no fess than ten years attention to the different methods of preparing it, has at length formed an esta blishment, at Greenwich. (Con.) with the view of furnishing the profession with the several species of genuine Peruvian Bark, in the states of an Essential Salt, Powder, &c. On a circumstance of so great importance, we cannot but congratulate the community at large, upon whose confidence and support Dr. Sandfcrd is justly entitled to the strongest claiw.s” March 22— JUST PUBLISHED, ALLEN’S MAP OF CANADA, ACCOMPANIED BT A PAMPH LE T, Describing that Country, For sale by Joskph Milligan, Bookseller, Georgetown, (Columbia,) Price Three Dollars. This Map is allowed to be one of the best de lineations of the British Possessions in this country, which has been yet offered to the public. They may also be had by application at the Bonk store and Lottery Office, Bridge street. February 8 JUSI RECEIVED AND FOR SALE, BY JOSEPH MILLIGAN, Bookseller, George-Town, (Col.) Vivian and Emilie de Coulanges, 2 vols. £2 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 Fables, 87 1-2 Little’s Poems, 75 cts. 1 00 Adventures ol Sir Launcelot Greaves, 87 1-2 Hudibras, 1 00 Campbell’s Philosophy of Rhetoric, 3 00 David’s Psalms, 37 1-2 Catechism 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 Ramback’s Meditations, 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, POCKET-BOOKS, Desk and Pen Knives and Dividers. Jan. 7. SCOTTS NEW POEM. R. C. Weitthtman has received, ROKEBY, A Poem By Walter Scott, Esq. Price gl t? 1 12 1-2. Daily National Intelligencer. THE subscriber has purchased t’ e whole of the Tract of Land called Long Meadows, on the boundary line of the City and Turnpike road to Baltimore, for the purpose of selling half of it to persons who will engage to im prove and cultivate if. No property within the District presents more important advantages Its convenience to a market commanding as high prices as any in the country; the favorable state of the Land for cultivation; the facility with which any part of it may at all times be enriched when exhausted by the deposits on adjoining marsh, which is ascertained to be one of the best manures for fit; the quantity of timber and wood on the Land, and the extent of its mea dow ground, are advantages which it is hoped will induce any good manager not already provided with land in the neighborhood, to purchase a part. It will be sold in LOT.S of from Ten to Sixty Acres, to suit purchaiers, with or without a portion of the adjoining marsh, and with the privilege of enriching from the Marsh. The Marsh will be sold in part to any per sons who will join in reclaiming it, on equal terms. A part of it has been cultivated in Timothy, and yielded the best ever seen in the neighborhood. There is a Mill Seat on the place, afforded by a very remarkable spring, having a fa'll of 30 feet, and admirably calculated for an Oil Mill and Dairy. The terms of sale are, one fifth cash, the remainder in five annual payments, bearing interest from date of sale. Mr. Sinclair on the Land, will shew the boundary lines, and the first applicants shall have the selection. THOMAS EWELL. Mhrch 18— LETTERS Written by the Late Right Honorable PHILIP DORMER STANHOPE, Earl of Chesterfield, TO HIS SON. In Two Volumes.—Price 1 75 cts. hoards. THE LIFE OF GEN. GEORGE WASHINGTON, sr JOHN KINGSTON. His fame bounded by no country, will be confined to no age. Price 87 i-2 cts. boards. Just received and for sale by JOSEPH MIL LIGAN, Bookseller, High-street, and at the Book Store and Lottery Office, Bridge-street, Georgetown. March 6— ROBERTSONS works. HISTORY OF AMERICA, 2 vols. CHARLES V. 3 vols. SCOTLAND, 2 vols. INDIA, 1 vol. f Price Sixteen Dollars in boards J Just received and for sale, by JOSEPH MILLIGAN, Georgetown, f Col. A Marchi” Of a New Periodical Work, to be published semi annually at Raleigh, by J Gales, ENTITLED The Carolina Law Repository. The primary design of this work, is to con vey to every part of the state early intelligence of the c ses adjudged in the Supreme Court, and abstracts of the Public Laws passed at each session of the Legislature. One number will therefore be published on the first of March, and another on the first of September in each year, just before the commencement of the circuits; so that the Profession, and the citizens in general, may be apprized of the progressive change and exposition of the law, soon after they respectively occur, and at a time when such information is most desi rable. But the plan will also comprehend a variety of subjects connected with Lega! and general Political Science, which, it is hoped, will render the work instructive and entertain ing, not merely to the practising Lawyer and the Student, but also to the Legislator and in telligent Citizen, who desires to contemplate, in their origin, spirit and effect, those princi ples of Legal Polity and Civil Freedom which form the basis of our own admirable institu tions. Hence, each number will contain select Biography of eminent Judges and Lawyers—Extracts from scarce and valuable publications—Opinions of foreign Jurists upon cases sent from Virginia and North Carolina be ore the Revolution, never before published —Arguments and Opinions of Judges and Counsel in important cases—and such Essays as have a tendency to enlighten the progress of Public Sentiment on certain projected alte rations of the Law, particularly that deeply interesting topic, the reformation of the Cri minal Code. Speeches of merit on su! jects of permanent interest, discussed in the Legisla lure, will occasionally be inserted. Conditions—Each number will contain from 140 to 160 octavo pages, printed on fine medium paper, and with an elegant new type, cast in Philadelphia for the work. The price will be one dollar and fifty cents per number, four of which will form a volume. Each num ber to be paid for on delivery. The first number is in the press, and will be published on the first of March. Subscriptions received by the Publisher and other Booksellers, and by Gentlemen of the Bar in whose hands the Prospectus has been placed. Jan 14. (jff The first number of the above work is published, and may be had at the book store of R. C. Weightman. April 13. The Stockholders of the Mechanics Bank of Alexandria are hereby notified that a fifth instalment of one dollar per share is called for payable at the Bank on Wednesday the sth May next. By order of the President and Directors Wu. PATON, Jr. Cashier. April s—3tw4w ON Thursday the 15ih inst. at the house of Joseph L. Schofield, near the city Post Office, will be sold for cash, a quantity of GROCERIES, Among which are, Sugar, Coffee, Tea, Salt, &c. &c. Also a parcel of Crockery, a set of Smith’s Tools, and a Hackney carriage, with other articles. The sale will commence at 10 o’clock, and will continue until the whole is sold. JOSEPH FORREST, Auct. April B—ts ADVERTISEMENT. PROSPECTUS To be edited by a Law Character. NOTICE. SALE AT AUCTION. THURSDAY. APRIL t 5 1813 LOTTERIES. The next Grand Lottery to be drawn in P hiladelphia will be the PENNSYLVANIA INTERNAL NAVIGA TION LOTTERY. It has 12,511 prizes. The number ot Capital Prizes are great, and offer to adventurers ol a trifling sum, a greater chance for a fortune than any other Lottery. Preparations are making for the drawing as s oon as possible, the tickets being nearly all sold. The scheme contains the following Capital Prizes. 1 prize of 50,000 dollars. 1 do. 20,000 do. 3 do. 10,000 do. 10 do. 5,000 do. 6 more of §5,000 in 500 tickets each. Also 12 of §IOOO, and a great mmy ofsoo, 200, dollars, etc. etc. Tickets §lO 50. THE BALTIMORE HOSPITAL L VITE RY Is commenced drawing, and continues for the present once a week. The capital prizes are, 1 prize of 30,000 dollars. 2 do. 20,000 do. 6 do. 10,000 do. &c. Uc. Tickets §lO 50. TRINITY CHURCH LOTTERY. Is commenced drawing in Baltimore. The Capital prizes are 1 prize of 30,000 dollars. 2 do. 20,000 do. 1 do. 10,000 do. 2 do. 5,000 do. hie. Price of Tickets Eight Dollars. UNION COLLEGE LOTTERY, No. IV. (second part.) Commences drawing in New York, first oi October next. The Capital prizes are 1 prize of 25,000 dollars. 1 do. 20.000 do. 1 do. 10,000 do. I do. 5,000 do. Me. Price of Tickets §7 50. Tickets and Shares in the above Lotteries are for safe at G. &R. W AITES’i truely for tunate Lottery-Offices, No. 64 and 38, Maiden Lane, New York No. 75, Ghesnut street, Phi ladelphia. Corner of St. Paul’s lane and Mar ketstreet, Baltimore; and Nc. 28, Stale street, Albany. Non—The public will please to take no tice that G. and R. Waite will guarantee the payment of all prizes sold at either of their Offices, or by any of their Agents, but no others, and Adventurers can distinguish their tickets from others by observing their name on the back of each ticket sold by them. At WAITE’s Offices have been sold, for many years past, most of the Capital Prizes in the New York nnd Baltimore Lotteries, among them are the following, drawn within one year No. 4892 drawn a prize of §60,000 in the Susquehanna Canal Lottery, 2nd class, J\o. 4124 §6,000 in the same Lottery. No 535 §20,000') r,. c 3268 10,000 luSt of the 14027 5,000 J same Lotter y- No. 19780 §IO,OOO in the 4th Union College Lottery. No. 16653 §30,0001 T TT 41346 20,000 W® thl s d Union 31712 IO,OOCJ Colle e Lotter y« Besides others, of §30,000 §25,000 §20,000 and §IO,OOO in the former New-York and Bal timore Lotteries, many of which they paid as soon as drawn MACHINERY FOR Manufacturing Cotton and Wool. THE Mimuiacturing Company will sell by Auction on Saturday the 2^l k ins), at 10 o’clock A. M. at Mr. Brent’s Wasehouse near Green* leaff’s Point, all their Machinery, viz. One Carding Machine, One Spinning Machine, thirty I Made in Spindles f Philadelphia. One do. 64 spindles J Four Patent Looms to work by hand or water, Four Hand Looms with Fiy Shuttles, One Warping Mill, a Ten Plate Stove, and other articles belonging to the manmacture of Cotton and Wool. April 13—St NOTICE. Our friends and correspondents at a dis tance, who have been in the habit of getting their supply of Tickets from us, are respect fully informed, that we now have a branch of our establishment in Philadelphia, corner of Chesnut and Sixth streets, from whence they can be supplied with Tickets in the Grand Lottery for the Encouragement of Internal navigation, which will commence drawing in Philade'phia on the first of May, when the first drawn Ticket will be entitled to 5,000 Dollars. Present puce g 10 50 cents, but will soon advance In this scheme there are, 1 Cash prise of S 50,000 I do. 20,000 3 do. 10,000 4 do. 5,000 6 Tickjet prizes 5,000 g 1000, 500, 200, 100, &c. &c. &c. Only about one and three-fourths blank to a prize Commissioners appointed by the Governor of Pennsylvania, to superintend the drawing, viz— GEORGE LATIMER, Esq. ISAAC WORRELL, Esq. THOMAS LEIPER, Esq. JOHN CONNALLY, Esq. and ANDREW BAYARD. Esq. Orders received at the Washington Lottery Office, Baltimore, by SIMKINS AND CALDWELL. April 13—4 t RAN AWAY From the subscriber, living in Prince George’s county, state of Maryland, near Vansville, a negro man named Nick, about five feet four inches high, fifty six years old, on the night of the ninth instant, and took with him the following cloathing: one blue cloth coat, one ditto round about blue and white; one pair plain nankeen pantaloons, one pair white cotton stockings, one fur hat about half worn, sundry cloathing not recollected The subscriber will give the reward of Twenty Dollars, delivered to me or confined in any gaol so that I get him again JOSIAH PRATHER. April 18—3 t LANDS IN THE STATE OF OHIO AND KENTUCKY, FOR SALE. BY virtue of the last Jfi/Z and Testament of Eobcrt Means, deceased, the subscriber offetfs for sale, all the Lands of the Testator in the states ot Ohio and Kentucky. As there is a large quantity of of these Lands, and the quality in general good, they are well worth the attention of all persons desirous of pur chasing Lands in those parts of the country. The tracts are of various sizes, and conse quently calculated to suit purchasers of all descriptions. Further information respecting the said Lands may he obtained from Mr. Waller Dunn, residing in or near the town of Chiliicothe in the state of Ohio DANIEL CALL, Executor of the last will and testament of Rob. Means, dec'd. Richmond. July 19—ts [NOW DRAWING.] BALTIMORE HOSPITAL LOTTERY, SECOND CLASS, SCHEME. 1 prize of 30,000 is §30,000 2 20,000 40,000 6 10,000 60,000 3 5,000 15,000 10 1,000 10,000 10 100 tickets each 11,500 20 500 10,000 30 200 6,000 50 100 5,000 100 50 5,000 750 20 15,000 1,500 15 22,500 10,000 12 120,000 12,482 prizes. 22,518 blanks—net near 2to a prize. 35,000 tickets, at 10 dollars, is §350,000 Five Hundred Tickets to be drawn each day of drawing Stationary prizes as follow First drawn number entitled to §5,000 First 7,500 blanks do. 12 each Next 1,000 do. do. 15 each Next 500 do. do. 20 each First drawn number on the 21st day, 10,000 do. 23d 10,000 do. 25th 10.000 do. 27th 10,000 do. 291 h 10,000 do. 31st 10,000 do. 33d day (the tic- kets reserved for prizes excepted) entitled to 100 tickets, viz. from No. 9,001 to 9,100. First drawn number on 34th day, 100 tickets, viz. from No. 10,001 to 10,100 (prize tickets excepted) Do. 35th 11,001 to 11,100 do. Do. 36th 12,001 to 12,100 do. Do. 37th 13,001 to 13,100 do. Do. 38th 14,001 to 14,100 do. Do. 39th 15,001 to 15,100 do. Do. 40:h 16,001 to 16.100 do. Do. 4lst 17,001 to 17,100 do. Do. 42d 18,001 to 18,100 do; Do. 45th 20,000 Do. 48th 5,000 Do. 55th 30,000 All Cash Prizes subject to a deduction offifteen per cent. TICKETS FOR SALE BY Joseph Milligan, Georgetown, and by IV. Cooper, Washington.. Correct Check Books are kept for the exa mination of all Tickets, gratis.—Prize Tickets will be received in payment* Off Orders f om distant ..dventtfpors, with the cash enclosed Cpost paid J will be promptly exe cuted. March 20— PUBLIC SALE. ON the 17th day of April next at 11 o’clock, a m. at Tomlinson’s Hotel, in the city of Washington, will be exposed at public sale, Two LO'l'S or portions of Ground in square No. 742 in the said city fronting New Jersey avenue. On one of the said Lots ts erected a well finished Three Story Brick [louse, with convenient Out-Houses, &c. The above property to be sold under the authority of a decree of the Circuit Court of the district of Columbia for the county of Washington, as a court of Chancery, in the case of James D. Barry, against ^Patrick Barry and the heirs and representatives of Garret Burry, deceased. Terms of sale, a credit of sixty days, the purchaser to give a note with an approved endorsea. JAMES DA VIDSON,| T CHARLES GLOVER,S iruscees March 24—ts THE CITY BANK OF BALTI MORE. Pursuant to the act of incorporation, notice is hereby given to the stockholders of this institution, that an election will be held at their banking house, on the first Monday in June next, from 9 o’clock A. m. to 3 o’clock P. m. for sixteen Directors, to manage the af fairs of the Rank for the ensuing year. In the first election of Directors all ballots are to be directed to the Treasure" and lodged at the Bank before the day of Election. By order of the commissioners. J. STERRETT, Treasurer to the Commissioners The following extract from the act of incor poration is published for the information of the Stockholders; All stockholders except fe males, living in the city of Baltimore, or with in five miles thereof, shall vote in the choice of Directors by ballot, in person, but every stock holder living more than five miles from said city, and every female stockholder may vote in person or by written ballot, by him or her subscribed, with his or her name, and said ballot shall be sealed up and addressed to the cashier of the Bank, and being transmitted before the time of the election, shall be re ceived and counted in the election. No per son -who is not a citizen of the United States shall be entitled to vote in any eleclion of this cor poration. None but a stockholder shall be eligible as a Director, except in the case of Directors chosen by the state. No Director of any other Bank, nor any per sod who is a partner in trade with any d- ac counts to settle for freight will pay them to ihe subscribers. WILLIAM BALL, Baltimore. BEDE GLEMEVi’S. Alexandria. April B—Bt Medical College -Lottery^ ICT’ Interesting and Important Notice. The Grand and Spfendid Prizes of 50,000 Dollars, 50 000 Dolk.is, 20,000 Dollars, 10,000 Dollars, Still rem lining undrawn, and .he Whee. hav ing gained the unparalleled sum of 70,000 Dollars. In rto giva much umo as possible' Bo distant adventurers 10 furnish themselves with chanees for the above Grand L'nniials, the 55,h day s drawing is suspended until Thursday the (Ah of May, On Which day the first drawn ticket will be en titled to the GREAT STn'ITUNARY PRIZE OF 50,000 Dollars, The price o' I <chets will continue at TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS until THURS DAY NEXI, when they will advance itv TIHRI Y DOLLARS, and will be further ad vanced previously to thenex. d awmg. There being but lew TICKETS cn hand, early application should be made to eAhei cf the subscribers KLAhNA HARTON, 8, Souih-st. P H Nh.KUN, 202, Market-st. J. I COHES, June dedicU College Lottery Office, 110, Ma ket st. Orders for lickets or Shm^s, enclosing the cash or prize Tickets (post paid) wid be promptly attended to. April 13—4. ISO. 90
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TRAVELS IN GREECE, Sic. From a new work, Chateaubriand’s Travels in Greece, Palestine, &c. in 1806 Sc 1807,” we extract the following interesting passages, de scriptive of various scenes. The Archipelago. The sea having become calm, and the sky serene, I breakfasted upon the deck, as it was not yet time to weigh anchor. I beheld, at different distances, all the Cyclades Scyros, where Achil les spent his infancy Delos, celebrat ed for the birth of Diana and Apollo, for its palm trees and festivals Naxos, which reminded me of Ariadne, The seus, Bacchus, and some exquisite pages in the Studies of Nature. But all these islands, once so enchanting, or perhaps so highly embellished by the imagination of the poets, now wear no other appearance than that of desolation and sterility. Dreary villages rise in the form of a sugar loaf upon the rocks; they are commanded by castles still more dreary, and sometimes surround ed with a double or a triple wall, with in which the inhabitants live in perpe tual fear of the Turks and the pirates. As these fortified villages are neverthe less fallen to ruin, they convey to the mind of the traveller an idea of every species of wretchedness at once.— Rousseau somewhere says, that he wished himself exiled to one of the is lands of the Archipelago. The elo quent sophist would soon have repent ed his choice. Separated from his ad mirers, banished among clownish and perfidious Greeks, he would have found neither flowers, nor brooks, nor shade in the- vallies scorched by the sun he would have beheld around him no other objects than clumps of olive-trees, and reddish rocks covered with wild sage and bairn and I shrewdly suspect that he would not have wished to continue his walks for any length of time, to the whistling of the wind and the tearing of the sea along an uninhabited coast. A Caravan. It was midnight when we arrived at the kan of Menem,en. I perceived at a distance a great' number of scat tered lights it was a caravan making a halt. Or. a nearer approach I distin guished camels, some lying, others standing, some with their load; others relieved from the burden. Horses and asses without bridles were eating bar ley out of leather buckets some of the men were still on horseback, and the women, veiled, had not alighted from their dromedaries. Turkish merchants were seated cross legged on carpets in groups round the fires, at j^hich the slaves were busily employed in dress ing- pilau. Other travellers were smo king their pipes it the door of the kan, chewing opium, and listening to stories. Here were people burning coffee in iron pots the hucksters went about from fire to fire offering cakes, fruit and poultry for sale. Singers were a musing the crowd imans were per forming their ablutions, prostrating themselves, rising again and invoking the prophet and the camel-drivers lay snoring on the ground. The place was strewed with packages, bags of cotton, and couffs of rice. All these objects, now distinct and reflecting a vivid light, now confused and envelop ed in a half shade, exhibited a genuine scene of the Arabian Nights. it Want ed nothing but the caliph Haroun al Raschid, the vizir Giaffar and Mes reur, the chief o’s the black eunuchs.” City of Constantinople. At eight o’clock, a galley boat came alongside of us. As we were almost becalmed, I quitted the felucca, and ■went with my people into the boat. We kept close under Point Europa, on which stands the castle of the Seven Towers, an old Gothic fortress now falling to ruin. Constantinople, and the coast of Asia in particular, were enveloped in a thick fog the cypresses and the minarets, which I perceived through the vapor, exhibited the ap pearance of a leafless forest. As we now approached the point of the Serag lio, a breeze sprung up from the north, and, as if by the waving of an enchan ter’s wand, the mist was swept in a few moments from the picture, and I found myself all at once in the midst of the palaces of the Commander of the Faith ful Before me, the channel of the Black Sea meandered like a majestic river between charming hills on*my right I had the coast of As a and the city of Scutari that of Europe lay on my left, forming, as it receded, a capa cious bay full ol large ships at anchor, and innumerable small vessels travers ing it in every direction. This bay, bounded two hills, presented a view of Constantinople and Galata disposed in the? form of an amphitheatre.The im mense extent of these three cities of Galata, Constantinople and Scutari, with their buildings rising in stages one above another; the cypresses, the mi narets, the masts of the ships inter mingled on every side the verdure of the trees the colors of the houses, white and red the sea spreading its blue expanse below these objects and the sky its azure canopy above, altoge ther formed a picture, that filled me with admiration. It must indeed be allowed that those are guilty of no ex aggeration, who assert that Constanti nople exhibits a view superior in beau ty to any in the world.’* The Ruins of Carthage. The ship in which I left Alexan dria having arrived in the port of Tunis, we cast anchor opposite the ruins of Carthage. I looked at them, but was unable to make out what they could be. I perceived a few Moorish huts, a Ma hometan hermitage at the point of a projecting cape, sheep browzing among ruins;—ruins, so far from striking, that I could scarcely distinguish them from the ground on which they lay. This was Carthage. The walls of vanquished Carthage, and her demolished towers, lie scatter ed on the fatal shore. What fears did this city formerly excite in Rome; what efforts did she cost when insulting us, even in Latium and the Laurentian plains! Now scarcely a relic of her is to be seen, she scarcely retains her name, and cannot even be recognised by her own ruins. In order to discover these ruins, it is necessary to go methodically to work. I suppose, then,the reader sets out with me from the fort of the Goletta, stand ing, as I have observed, upon the canal by which the lake of Tunis discharges itself into the sea. Riding along the shore in an east northeast direction, you come, in about half an hour, to some salt-pits, which extend toward the west, as far as a fragment of wall, very near to the great reservoirs. Pass ing between the salt-pits, and the sea, you begin to discover jetties running out to a considerable distance under water. The sea and the jetties are on your right on your left you per ceive a great quantity of ruins, upon eminences of unequal height; and below these ruins is a place of circular form, Sc of considerable depth, which formerly communicated with the sea by means of a canal, traces of which are still to be seen. This basin must be, in my opinion, the Cothon, or inner port of Carthage. The remains of the immense works discernible in the sea would, in this case, indicate the site of the out er mole. If lam not mistaken, some piles of the dam constructed by Scipio, for the purpose of blocking up the port may still be distinguished. I also ob served a second inner canal, which shall be, if you please, the cut made by the Charthaginians when they opened a new passage for their fleet.” The Valley of Jordan. We proceeded for fifty minutes over a level plain, and at length arrived at the last range of hills that form the western border of the valley of the Jor dan and the Dead Sea. The sun was near setting, we alighted to give a little rest to our horses, and I contemplated at lei sure the lake, the valley and the river. When we hear of a valley, we figure to ourselves a valley either cultivated or uncultivated if the former, it is cov ered with crops of various kinds, vine yards, villages, and cattle if the latter, it presents herbage and woods. It is watered by a river, this river has wind ings in its course and the hills which bound this valley have themselves undu lations which form a prospect agreeable to the eye. Here nothing of the kind is to be found. Figure to yourself two long chains of mountains running in a paral lel direction from north to south, with out breaks and without undulations. The eastern chain, called the mountains of Arabia, is the highest when seen at the distance of eight or ten leagues, you would take itto be a prodigious perpen dicular wall perfectly resembling Jura in its form and azure color. Not one summit, not the smallest peak can be distinguished you merely perceive slight inflections here and there, as if the hand of the painter who drew this horizontal line along the sky, had trem bled in some places. The western range belongs to the mountains of Judea. Less lofty and more unequal than the eastern chain, it differs from the other in its nature also: it exhibits heaps of chalk and sand, whose form bears some resem blance to piles of arms, waving stand ards, or the tents of a camp seated on the border of a plain. On the Arabian side, on the contrary, nothing is to be seen but black perpendicular rocks, which throw their lengthened shadow over the waters of the Dead Sea. The smallest bird of Heaven would not find among these rocks a blade of grass for its sustenance every thing there an nounces the country of a reprobate peo ple, and seems to breathe the horror and incest whence sprung the Ammon and Moab. The valley, bounded by these two chains of mountains, displays a soil re sembling the bottom of a seathat has long retired from its bed, a beach cov ered with salt, dry mud, and moving sands, furrowed, as it were, by the waves. Here and there stunted shrubs with difficulty vegetate upon this inani mate tract; their leaves are covered with salt, which has nourished them, and their bark has a smoky smell and taste. Instead of villages you perceive the ruins of a few towers. Through the middle of this valley flows a discolored river, which reluctantly creeps towards the pestilential lake by which it is en gulfed. Its course amidst the sands can be distinguished only by the willows and the reeds that border it; and the Arab lies in ambush among these reeds to attack the traveller and to plunder the pilgrim. Such is the scene famous for the be- nedictions and the curses of Heaven. This river is the Jordan this lake is the Dead Sea; it appears brilliant, but the guilty cities entombed in its bosom seem to have poisoned its waters. Its solitary abysses cannot afford nourish ment to any living creature never did vessel cut' its waves; its shores are without birds, without trees, without verdure and its waters excessively bit ter, and so heavy, that the most impetu ous winds can scarcely ruffle their sur face. When you travel in Judea, the heart is at first filled with profound disgust but when, passing from solitude to soli tude, boundless space opens before yop, this disgust wears off by degrees, and you feel a secret awe, which, so far from depressing, the soul, imparts life, and elevates the genius. Extraordina ry appearances every where proclaim a land teeming with miracles the burn ing sun, the towering eagle, the barren fig-tree, all the poetry, all the pictures of scripture are here. Every name commemorates a mystery; every grot proclaims the future, every hill re echoes the accents of a prophet. God himsell has spoken in these regions dried up rivers, riven rocks, half open sepulchres attest the prodigy: the de sert still appears mute with terror, and you would imagine, that it had never presumed to interrupt the silence since it heard the awful voice of the Eternal. We descended from the ridge of the mountain, in order to pass the night on the banks of the Dead Sea, and after wards proceed along the Jordan. On entering the valley, our little company drew closer together; our Bethlehem ites prepared their pieces and marched cautiously before. We found, as we advanced, some Arabs of the desert, who resort to the lake for salt, and make war without mercy on the travel ler. The manners of the Bedouins be gin to be corrupted by too frequent communication with the Turks and Eu ropeans. They now prostitute their wives and daughters, and murder the traveller whom they were formerly con tent to rob. We marched in this manner for two hours, with pistols in our hands, as in an enemy’s country. We followed the fissures formed between the sand-hills, in mud baked by the rays of the sun. A crust of salt covered the surface, and re sembled a snowy plain, from which a few stunted shrubs reared their heads. We arrived, all at once, at the lake I say all at once, because I thought we were yet at a considerable distance from it. No murmur, no cooling breeze an nounced the approach to its margin. The strand, bestrewed with stones, was hot; the waters of the lake were mo tionless, and absolutely dead along the shore. It was quite dark. The first thing I did on alighting, was to walk into the lake up to my knees, and to taste the water. I found it impossible to keep it in my mouth. Itfar exceeds that of the sea in saltness, and produces upon the lips the effect of a strong solution of alum. Before my boots were complete ly dry, they were covered with salt; our clothes, our hats, our hands, were, in less than three hours, impregnated with this mineral. Galen, as early as his time, remarked these effects, and Pococke confirms their existence. The moon, rising at two hours in the morning, brought with her a strong breeze, which, without cooling the air, produced a slight undulation on the bosom of the lake. The waves, charg ed with salt, soon subsided by their own weight, and scarcely broke against the shore. A dismal sound proceeded from this lake of death, like the stifled clamors of the people engulfed in its waters. The dawn appeared on the opposite mountains of Arabia. The Dead Sea, and the valley of the Jordan, glowed with an admirable tint; but this rich appearance served only to heighten the desolation of the scene. The celebrated lake which occupies the seite of Sodom and Gomorrah, is called in Scripture, the Dead or Salt Sea; by the Greeks and Latins, Asphal tites; Almotanah and Bahor Loth by the Arabs; and Ula Deguisi, by the Turks. I cannot coincide in opinion with those who suppose the Dead Sea to be the crater of a volcano.* I have seen Vesuvius, Solfatara, Monte Nuovo, in the lake of Fusino, the peak of the Azores, the Mamelifj opposite to Car thage, the extinguished volcanoes of Auvergne, and remarked in all of them the same characters, that is to say, mountains excavated in the form of a funnel, lava, and ashes, which exhibited incontestible proofs of the agency of fire. The Dead Sea, on the contrary, is a lake of great length, curved like a bow, placed between two ranges of mountains, which have no mutual co herence in form, no homogeneousness of soil. They do not meet.at the two extremities of the lake, but continue, the one to bound the valley of Jordan, and to run northward as far as the lake of Tiberias; the other to stretch away to the south till lost in the sands of Ye men. Bitumen, warm springs, and phos phoric stones are found-, it is true, in the mountains of Arabia; but I met with none of these in the opposite chain. But, then, the presence of hot springs, sulphur, and asphaltos, is not sufficient to attest the anterior existence of a vol cano. With respect to the engulfed ci- ties, I adhere to the account given in scripture, without summoning physics to my aid. Besides, if we adopt the ideas of professor Michaelis, and the learned Busching, in his Memoir on the Dead Sea, physics may be admitted in the catastrophe of the guilty cities, without offence to religion. Sodom was built upon> a mine of bitumen, as we know*from the testimony of Moses and Josephus, who speak concerning wells of bitumen, in the valley of S d dim. Lightning kindled the combusti ble mass, and the cities sunk in the sub terraneous conflagration. M. Malte Brun ingeniously suggests, that Sodom and Gomorrah themselves might have been bpilt of bituminous stones, and thus have been set in flames by the fire of Heaven. Strabo speaks of thirteen towns swal lowed up in the lake Asphaltites Ste phen of Byzantium reckons eight; Ge nesis places five in the vale of Siddim, Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboim, and Bela, or Zoar, but it mentions only the two former as having been destroyed by the wrath of God. Deuteronomy mentions four, omitting Bela, and Ec clesiasticus speaks of five, without enu merating them. From the remark of James Cerbus, that several considerable streams fall into the Dead Sea, Reland concludes that it discharges its superfluous waters by subterraneous channels. Sandys, and some other travellers, have expressed the same opinion but it is now relin quished in consequence of Dr. Halley’s observations on evaporation; observa tions admitted by Shaw, though he cal culates that the Jordan daily discharges into the Dead Sea six millions and ninety thousand tons of water, exclu sively of the Arnon, and seven other streams. Several travellers, and among others, Troilo and d’Arvieux assert, that they remarked fragments of walls and palaces in the Dead Sea. This statement seems to be confirmed by Maundrell and lather Nau. The an cients speak more positively on this subject: Josephus, who employs a poetic expression says, that he perceiv ed, on the bunks of the lake, the shades of the overwhelmed cities. Strabo gives a circumference of sixty stadia to the ruins of Sodom, which are mentioned also by Tacitus. I know not whether they still exist; but as the lake rises and falls at certain seasons, it is possible that it may alternately cover and expose the skeletons of the reprobate cities. The other marvellous properties as cribed. to the Dead Sea, have vanished upon more rlgiu It is now known that bodies sina. q oat upon it according to the proportion of their gravity to the gravity of the water of the lake. The pestilential vapours said to issue from its besom are reduced to a strong smell of seawater, and puffs of smoke, which announce or follow the emersion of asphaltos, and fogs that are really unwholesome, like all other fogs- THE CHARACTER OF OPPOSITION The same in all nations, [As illustrated by an anecdote from the last Port Folio.] In the British House of Commons, the opposition argued that the expedi tion to the Scheldt was impolitic and disgraceful but the conclusion upon which they insisted was, that therefore the ministry ought to.be displaced, and they themselves be appointed to suc ceed them and they who agreed with them most entirely on the first part of the proposition, would have regarded the second as a worse evil-than the ex pedition itself. The temper and views with which this party called for a vote of censure, were exposed by Mr. Ste phen in a singularly felicitous allusion. The public, he said, were led to ex pect a redress of grievancea.and a pu nishment of delinquents; but the gen tlemen on the opposition bench had the more substantial game in view, of ob taining possession of the government and this was the true cause of their im patience. They reminded him of the squire of the valorous knight of La Mancha. The knight, like the people of England in this case, was intent on generous purposes, though with mis taken views; out Sancho had always his eye to the main chance; and as soon as an adventure was achieved by his master, he conceived, like these right honorable gentlemen, that his own end was attained and said, I do beseech you, sir, give me immediately that same government.” ANECDOTE OF GROTIUS. When this excellent man was confin ed by the prince of Orange, in the cas tle of Louvestein, with his friend Bar neveldt, on the suspicion of favoring the sect of the Armenians, he obtained permission to have his books sent to him. After some time the guards ne glected to examine the boxes as they came in and were sent out. His wile placed Grotius in one of the empty boxes that was going out, and he was safely, in this manner, extricated from his confinement. Some soldiers, whilst they were carrying the chest, observed, that it was as heavy as if an Armenian had been in it. Grotius, however, af ter much apprehension, escaped. The following verses were made to comme morate so fortunate an elopement. The area, or chest, in which he was con cealed, is alluded to by the author H»s ea, qua: domini solita e«t portarc Hbelloa Grothdae fuerat pfindere facta gravis Mutatum neque sensit onus, quod enim ilia ferebat, Id qtioqne, sed spirans bibliotheca, suit. Or thus, done in English, This chest, which to its master did convey Full many a massy volume every day, Unconscious now of greater weight and cares A living library in Grotius bears. Grotius related this circumstance t® M. Menage. It happened in the year 1662.— P0rt Folio. MORE INSENSIBILITY! The democrats are constantly railing against his Britannic majesty’s govern ment for impressing and enslaving on board their wooden dungeons a few thousand American tars; and yet (strange inconsistency tjiese same democrats can behold with seeming apathy the impressment by the officer^ of our own army, of a number of native. American sleighs, seized remote from their homes, dragged many miles thro” the snow in the depth of winter, and compelled to carry troops to Sacketts harbor, merely because that station was menaced with an immediate attack from our ancient and honorable enemy. Russia’s temporary success fills some men’s minds with extreme exultation yet it so happens that these are the very men who have always told us that Eng land’s navy was the safeguard of Ameri ca from French invasions. If England’s navy ever was our safeguard from French invasion, why care so much for the highly polished Russians Bona parte’s conquering them could not af fect us, while we had so unfailing and. invincible a protection in the form of a British.navy. But now that the British navy is the worst enemy we have, it is very natural (we perceive it on a second reflection) to presume that she is no longer our safeguarerfrom French inva sion, since she and France are on such kind terms, that, in order to let France hurt us, she would suffer hundreds of her transports to land here without mo- lestation What folly to talk of ideal’ dangers from the French, while the. English are positively in our very buys, professedly armed against us. Savanah Republican. PARTY CONTENTIONS. It were well, if instead of the bitter ness, and contumely of party conten tions, men would learn to cultivate the; amiable and endearing ties of good friendship. To permit party poison to pollute the sacred fountain of fellow ship, and extends its baleful breath into the sweetest comforts of society, is rob* bing life of half its fleeting comforts. Is the pathoflife^ with joys uuu we need press causes of dis content into its transitory p» v v j .j. soften thst asperity which a diffeiL.. in political opinions .produces in the heart, should be the study of every man, whatever his sentiments, whatever his situation. The world is but one wide family, on which the common parent looks with an eye of equal protection impartiality 1 How absurd then to dash the draught of life with the nauseous dregs of jealou sy, malice and contention Let men consider their fellow men, like them selves, fallible, and not attribute to de pravity of heal t that which simply con strued is but an error in judgement. Let them leave personal invective for manly argument, and endeavor to con vince, rather than to irritate each ether. Le t reason prescribe bounds to enthusi asm, and difference of opinion cease to be considered base principles and- sinis ter designs. PARAGRAPHS From the Trenton true American. Captain Lawrence, by capturing the Peacock, has added a fine feather to his plume An American Hornet stinging a Bri tish Peacock to death in fifteen minutes, may be called sharp work 1 Finest birds are not always best. From a British Swallow the Congress took 150.000 dollars—in a British Pea cock, the Hornet could not find a cent. Five Naval Victories in five. Naval Battles, go far to verify the prediction of the Poet, That ne’er shall the sons of Columbia be slaves, While the earth bears a plant, or the sea rolls its waves.” Judging from the great havoc made on board the Peacock, and the little in jury sustained by the Hornet, Captain Lawrence need not have avoided an ac tion with the British 64 The Hornet had but/bur killed and wounded—the Peacock forty-eight —making the Bri tish loss twelve times as great as that of the Americans Our frigates will have to attack Bri tish ships of the line, and our sloops of war British frigates, to reap any lau rels in future i Man to man sand gun to gun, our gallant tars can hereafter gain but little honor from a victory over British seamen. The British used to send frigates to convoy their merchantmem —now it takes seventy fours to convoy frigates I It has frequently been said in the fe deral papers, that the very men who are fighting our battles and vanquishing our enemies by sea, are denounced by the Republicans as Tories. This is not true. Republicans consider and treat none as lories, but such as take part with the British government against their own. Such were considered and Alex. Herald.
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tested as lories during out first contest for independence—and such conduct is at least as bad now as it was then, and those who are guilty of it are as deserv ingof this reproachful epithet in 1813 as they were in 1776. The tone of the British prints is great ly lowered since the commencement of this war. Then, they treated our navy with the utmost contempt and derision now, they speak of it with astonish ment and alarm then they allowed us but a handful of fir-built frigates manned with bastards and out laws”— now, thev describe our frigates as se venty-fours in disguise,” and attempt to claim kindred with our officers and seamen When our army shall have equalled our navy in splendid achieve ment®, which we trust it will do the ensuing campaign, Britain will proba bly be willing to make peace with us on equitable and honorable terms. It is said by an historian of Peter the Great, that the battles he lost render ed him a conqueror on the whole by adding experience to his courage.”— Just so, we presume, it will be with the American army—it has abundant courage already—give i* experience, and it will be irresistable. English Slaves cannot stand before American Freemen J The British lately landed at Smith field, in Virginia, and carried off up wards of 100,000 weight of Bacon Unless they arc very careful, they will find enough to do to save their own ba con in some of their marauding incur sions 1 A Philadelphia paper says, if the British squadron will come up there, though they may not get a supply of beef, they shall have a belly-full oj some thing £From the National Advocated We think the following spirited and patriotic proceedings in N. York, on the 28th April, 1806, merit republica tion. It is not for us to explain how consistent they are with the subsequent conduct of the same party. But to as sist our readers to do it, it is only ne cessary to observe, that no atonement or apology has been offered by the Bri tish government lor the outrages refer red to in these resolutions. In the words of Mr. Madison, to the British minister, Mr. Rose—“ The blood of a citizen thus murdered, in a trade from «ne to another port of his own country, and within the sanctuary of its territo rial jurisdiction, could not fail to arouse the sensibility of the public, and to make a salaams arvo-'”**- justice of government. The case was presented moreover to that government by this, in the accent which it requir ed; and with due confidence that the offender would receive the exemplary punishment which he deserved. That there might be no failure of legal proof of a fact sufficiently notorious in itself, unexceptionable witnesses to establish it were sent to G. Britain, at the ex pense of the United States Captain Whitby was, notwithstanding, honora bly acquitted; no animadversion took place on any other officer belonging to the squ dron; nor has any apology or explanation been made since the trial .was over, as a conciliatory offering to the disappointment of this country at such a result.” FEDERAL PROCEEDINGS. At a meeting of the Federal Republi cans at the Tontine Coft’ee House, called on Saturday to take into con sideration the defenceless state of our harbor, Cornelius Ray, Esq. in the chair— On motion resolved, That Rufus King, Ebene zer Stevens, ..Oliver Wolcott, William W. Woolsey, and William Henderson, be a commit tee to prepare and report to this meeting, as to the subjects on which they were convened which committee reported the following— Resolved, That the citizens of the U. States ate of right, and according to the constitution of the laws of the land, entitled to the enjoy ment of life, liberty and property, and that it is the primary and most important duty of government to defend, preserve and protect the same. Resolved, That it isupon the strength and re sources of the United States, that we can alone, under Providence, rely for national safety, and the maintenance of national rights. Resolved, That the repeated outrages com mitted by foreign ships of war at the mouths of our harbors merit the resentment and indigna tion of every friend to his country. Resolved, That the suffering of foreign armed vessels to station themselves off our harbor, and there to stop, search, and capture our. vessels, to impress, wound, and murder our citizens, is a gross and criminal neglect of the highest duties of government, and that an administra tion which patiently permits the same, is not entitled to the confidence of a brave and free people. Resolved, That the body of merchants who foresaw the impending danger, and petitioned Congress and the state legislature to afford protection to this city and its lawful com merce, have merited the approbation of their fellow-citizens. Resolved, That the memorials of the mer chants and citizens to Congress have been neglected, and that we have not perceived on the part of the members of the senate and assembly from this city, such exertions ard zeal as were expected of them to engage the interposition and influence of the state legis lature with Congress for the protection of our defenceless city. Resolved, That so long as the British ships of war which haw- assumed a station at the en trance of this port are suffered to remain there, it is earnestly recommended that no supplies, provisions or succors of any kind should be afforded them from our markets, nor any in tercourso held with them in any shape what ever, and that our pilot boats should abstain from visiting them. Resolved, That the murder of John Pierce, one of our fellow-citizens, by a shot from a British sloop of war, at the entrance of our harbor, within half a mile of the shore, while he was engaged in peaceably navigating a coasting vessel, laden with provisions for our market, was an act that excites our detestation and abhorrence, and calls upon our government for the adoption of prompt and vigorous mea sures to prevent a repetition of such wanton and inhuman conduct, and so flagrant a viola tion of our national sovereignty. Resolved, That this meeting approve the conduct of those persons who intercepted the supplies which were sent from this city to those vessels who now blockade our harbor, and who have murdered our fellow-citizeh, John Pierce. Resolved, That we will attend the funeral of the deceased, and that it be recommended to the ships in the harbor to display the customary signs of mourning. Resolved, That John B. Coles, Ebenezer Ste vens, Samuel Mansfield, Robert Bogardus, and Samuel Gedney, be a committe to confer with the friends of the deceased, and make the ne cessary arrangements in behalf of this meet ing! relative to his funeral. Resolved, That the proceedings of this meet ing be published. CORNELIUS RAY, Chairman. SAMUEL BOYD, Secretary. WASHINGTON CITY. THURSDAY, APRIL 15. We have now ascertained that the President has appointed Mr. Gallatin and Mr. Bayard, with Mr. Adams the present minister of the U- States at St. Petersburg, in a joint commission as Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary, to open negotiations for a Peace with England, at St. Peters burg, under the mediation of Russia. We arc happy to state, that the mea sures preparatory to their departure are in great forwardness, and that they will probably embark in about ten days. In the success of this mission we entertain much confidence. The high character of the Emperor of Russia justifies a be lief that he will promote an adjustment of all the differences between the Unit ed States and Great Britain, on fair and just ,uc h the U. States are willing to accept. From the talents and integrity of the three gentlemen to whom the President has committed the important trust, the public will be s a tisfied that the rights and interests of our country will be ably supported. If peace can be made on such terms as ought to be accepted, it may reasonably be expected to result from this mission- John Mason, Esq. of this District, we learn, is appointed Commissary- General of Prisoners. He will also have the superintendence of Aliens. We arc happy to state that the Unit ed States frigate Chesapeake, Captain Evans, arrived safe in Boston on the 9th inst. We have yet no particulars of her cruize. The article from N. York, announc ing the arrival of the Essex at Boston a few days ago, appears to have been pre mature. It is stated in an Opposition print, that the report of an armistice originated in this paper. It is a base falsehood, that it originated, or receiv ed countenance in this paper. VIRGINIA ELECTION RETURNS. (Continued.) Loudon County. For Congress, John Love, Rep. 165 Jos. Lewis, Fed. 484 We much fear Mr. Lewis is elected; but hope for a different result at the next trial of strength; for Air. Lewis has not before met with serious resis stance for several years. From the United States Gazette. A poor and inoffensive journeyman shoe maker wrote to his correspondent in this city, inquiring the amount of wages. The letter was as usual, sent to the general of fice for breaking open private letters at Washington; where the seals ewre regularly loosened before it was transmitted to the person to whom it was addressed.” It is entirely false that any letter of any description has been opened by the government, except letters passing to and from the enemy—or that any other than such letters have been transmitted to the seat of the general govern ment. We almost distrust our eyes when we see statements such as this issuing from the editorial desk. The press, thus prostituted, instead of be ing the Palladium of Liberty, will be come the bond of slavery. It is tru ly lamentable to see party feelings so far prevail, as to destroy confidence between man and man. We have now arrived to such a state of things, as to be compelled to discredit every thing we find in certain prints. PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. Natchitoches, March 7th, 1813. An express arrived here yesterday frbm the Province of Texas, bringing a number of letters confirming the re port of the death of Col. M’Gee. He died of sickness at Labardie on the Gth of February. The command of the Revolutionary army at Labardie, de volved on col. Samuel Kemper. Col. Reuben Ross is second in command. On the 9th a battle was fought between the two armies, and another on the 17th, both which terminated in favor of the revolutionists. Upwards of one hun dred Spaniards were killed, many more wounded, with the loss ©f three pieces of cannon, and their camp entirely bro ken up since which one whole com pany of Salcedo’s army have come over to Kemper, with all their arms, See. Smaller numbers are daily coming in, all of whom agree in stating the dis tress and despair of Salcedo. JOEL BARLOW. We have pleasure in giving place to the following tributes of respect to the Memory of Barlow, which have been obligingly forwarded to us by a friend from Paris Copij of a letter of condolence from a number of respectable American ci tizens in Paris, to Mrs. Barlow. Paris, 20th Jan. 1813. MADAM, Your fellow citizens in. Paris have heard with deep regret the death of your worthy husband, our late Mi nister Plenipotentiary at this court. Any endeavors to offer consolation for so severe an affliction would be un availing we therefore do not attempt We sincerely lament that the zeal of Mr. Barlow in his country’s cause should have had so fatal a termination, and that we are deprived of his services at a time when they appear so peculiarly necessary. We have the honor to be, with re spect, Madam, your obedient servants. Signed by D. Parker of Massachusctss, James M’Evers of New York, Eben. May of Mass. James Thayer of R. Island, W. D Patterson of Phila. H. Preble of Massachusetts, D. Scars, Jr. of Massachusetts, B. W. Dudley of Kentucky, Alexander H. Stevens of New York, Jona. El lis of Boston, Joseph Mariadier of New York, J. Cox Barnet of New Jersey, J. Doolittle of Connecticut. Wm. Maciure ot Phiktaeipma, J. B. Church, Jr. of New York, O. Putnam of Massachusetts, Richard Gernon of Philadelphia, Jacob R. Smith of Philadelphia, Charles W- Smith of Philadelphia, Wm. F. Coles of New York, John Wilkes ofN. York, J. W. Schmidt of N. York, J. Carroll of Charleston, S. C. John D. Readcl of Balt. F. Grain, J. Higinbothom of Balt Jos. Ogden Evans of Balt. John La Farge of N. York, W. T. Franklin ©fPhiladel Felix SureeurofN Y. Henry Palmer of New York, Rd. Skinner of Boston, David Cargill, John Vanderlyn, state of N. York, Benjamin Haskell of Boston, And. Spooner of Boston, Steph. Aurieur of Philadelphia, James Schee of Phila. B Beale of Boston, Wm. Cottle of Mass. Isaac Rand of Mas sachusetts, Josiah Seymour of Connecticut, John Brooks of Clare mont, N. Hampshire, John Dielk of Phila. Wm. Lovett of Eastport. MRS. BARLOW’S ANSWER, GENTLEMEN, With sentiments of grateful ac knowledgments I receive the assurances or the esteem and regard which my re spectable countrymen in Paris bore my dear departed husband. He left his peaceful retreat with no other motive but a desire to be useful to his country. To that ardent desire he sacrificed his life and devoted me to unceasing sor row yet it will be most soothing to my affected heart, to know my countrymen do him justice, and will permit his me mory to live in their remembrance. Receive, Gentlemen, my esteem and best wishes. R. BARLOW. To Mr. M* Evers and Mr. D. Sear&c. &c. LINES written on a Monumental Pil lar erecting by Mrs. Barlow to the memory of her husband, Minister of the United States at Paris, deceased at Zarnowitch in Poland, the Stith of December, 1812. BY HELENA MARIA WILLIAMS. K Where o’er the Polish desarts’ trackless way Relentless winter rules with savage sway, Where the shrill polar storms, as wild they blow, Seem to repeat some plaint of mortal woe; Far o’er the cheerless space the traveller’* eye Shall this recording pillar long descry. And give the sod a tear where Barlow lies. He, who was simply great, aninobly wise. Here led by patriot zeal he met his doom, And found amid the frozen wastes a tomb. Far from his native Soil the poet fell. Far from that Western world he sung so well; Nor she so long beloved, nor she was nigh To catch the dying look, the parting sigh She, who the hopeless anguish to beguile. In fond memorial rears the funeral pile Whose widow’d bosom on Columbia’s shore Shall mourn the moments that return no more; While bending o’er the broad Atlantic wave, Sad fancy hovers on the distant grave. Extract of a letter from Sackett’s Har bor, 28/4 March, 1813. We received orders to march to this post on the evening of the 28th of February, commenced the march the following morning, and by forced march arrived here on the fifth, a distance of 180 miles. Th' troops here turn out every morning t fear o’clock, and re main under am s Ba il day light, as an attack was expected every morning from the British and savages from Kingston. So confident was Gen. Dear born of being attacked, that he never undressed himself, nor would he suffer his aids-de-camp so to do, during their stay. Patroles from the dragoons are stationed on the islands between the Bri tish side and ours, and patroling pirties all night on the lake for fear of surprize. We manoeuvre nearly 3000 troops on the ice at this time, with field pieces and cavalry, so you may judge how strong the ice is and how intensely cold the weather. I went a few days ago on the ice 24 miles to Grenadier-Island to visit our picket stationed there, who in formed that they have gone within five miles of Kingston. When the attack was' expected, the militia crowded in great numbers to Sackett’s Harbor, to their honor. But as soon as Gen. Dearborn ascertained that the British had given over the intention of attacking this post the militia were dismissed Sackett’s Harbor will be the place of concentra tion, and I have no doubt but on the breaking up of the ice, an attack will be made by our troops on Kingston, as it is positively asserted there will be 8000 troops here in 4 weeks, a great number of large row boats are building, besides a quantity of them finished. The regular troops in this cantonment consist of a strong force of the light and heavy artillery, the 6th, 15th, and 16th regiments, a detachment of Win der’s 14th regiment, 350 dragoons of the 2d regiment of light dragoons, and Forsyth’s rifle corps which retreated from Ogdensburg, troops of volunteer cavalry and some companies of volun teers, among which the Baltimore com pany. Besides the land force there is 500 seamen and 100 marines; the 2d dragoons are going for a few weeks to Utica, aad I think we will march this week.” On Sunday last about nine hundred men arrived at the camp, in Grenbush, from the southward. We understand that a part of them have been about five weeks coming from Baltimore. It is a fortnight since they left New York, in sloops, to come up the river. Their further destination is no doubt to the northwestern frontiers of this state. We understand that some of the officers and men are sick, but that, generally, they are in good health and excellent spirits. They are pronounced as fine a looking body of men as have come to Green bush. We also learn that a regiment of light dragoons is on its way up the river. POSTSCRIPT From the North. Western ^irmy Since the publication of the Daily Na tional Intelligencer of yesterday, we have seen letters from Camp Aleigs of the date of April 4th, which have re moved the apprehensions we then ex pressed for the safety o f that fort. It is true, that the Indians are prowling around the camp, and butcher every straggler they can find but their ag gregate force is not half as great as is represented in the articles we have copied from Ohio papers. An attack was expected from the combined Bri tish and Indians about the 10th or 12th inst. but no apprehensions were enter tained for the result. Reinforcements were rapidly moving on from every quarter. Major Amos Stoddard had the command at the last advices. In a few days it is expected that there will be up wards of four thousand men within this encampment. We learn by a Militia Officer who has just come up from Charles County, that a skirmish took place at Point Lookout, in St. Mary’s, between a party of Bri tish Sailors who attempted to make a landing, and a company of Militia, in which the British were repulsed, with the loss of four killed. Baltimore, Afril 14. The flag that conveyed the Russian Secretary of Legation to Admiral War ren, has returned with him to this port; it is said he has dispatches for the Rus sian Minister, and for the Secretary of State. The British squadron consisting of two 74’s three frigates and a number of smaller vessels, have advanced tip the Bay as far as Sharp’s Island; they have taken a number of small vessels, some of which they are fitting out and man ing for the evident purpose of making an attack—others to the number of 15 or 20 they have burned. Gaz. Wilmington, April 11. Lewistown is free froih the British cannon, after 22 hours incessant attack with 18 and 32 lb. balls only a few houses were injured. The enemy made an attempt to land, but gave up their designs and left their station ami an chored outside of the light bouse. It ivas supposed to be their design to de stroy the light or procure water from a pond a quarter Of a mile from the shore. The militia went down to oppose their landing on the Bth in^t. DIED, Last Evening, Mr. Richars Barry, Painter of this City, aged about 34 years. His friends are requested to attend his Fune ral at 3 o’clock this day, from tlie house of Mr. Orlando Cook. Troy, April 6. THE holders of notes issued by the President Directors and Company of the Bank of the U. S. whether payable at Philadelphia or at any of the Branches of that Institution, are herey re quested to present the saihe for repayment at the office of the Trustees in Philadelphia, m or before the first of September next, or a lividend of the Trust Fund will be made without reference to them. By order of the Trustees, G. StMPSON, Cashier. Late Bank of the United States, Feb. 16, 1813. ’Feb 20—wtS Apply to Joseph Milligan, Bookseller, Georgetown, who has on hand a large and general assortment of Penknives, of a superb or quality, Which he will dispose of wholesale or retail. March io. SALE AT AUCTION ON Friday next after the -ale of Household Furniture, Will be sold at joricherez D .vis's Auction Room, High street, Georgetown, on a credit of two and four inbiiths i 220 pieces Callied 500 do. Nankeen 100 do fine Mamoiidies, 24 yds. long 100 do. do 24 do. 33 do. Gurrahs 600 pair women’s fashionable Shoes 500 dozen Suspenders, And a variety of other articles in the Dry Good line; And on Saturday evening, A very valuable collection of NEW BOOKS, Catlogues of which wich will be distributed through Town on that day. JONCHEREZ DAVIS, Auct. April 15 FOR SALE; A valuable Tract of Land, Lying oil Patuxent river, nearly opposite Lower Marlboiough, late the property of John M. Gantt, deceased It will be sold agreeably to the last Will and Testament of said John M. Gantt, on the 20th of April next, if fair, if not, the next fair dsy thereafter, to the highest bidder, upon the following terms One third of the purchase money to be paid in a short time after *he the sale, a id the balance to be divided into four annual instalments, with approved securities, bearing interest from the day of sale There are about, ttvelve hundred acres in the a ove Tiu«r, of which about on® hundred and fifty compose a marsh, undoubtedly the best on the river the Upland is good and well adapted to plaister and cloJ ver, as well as the growth of all the coni mon articles of cultivation. A large proportion of the above Tract is well covered with timber, rail stuff, fire wood, &C and the wjmie of the Farm is remarkably well watered Fly constants running streams, upon one of which is au ad vantageous Mill seat Also on the thirtieth of April next, another TRACT of LAND, upon the same terms, con taming about24o’acres, adjoining Mr Clement Brook’s estate, and distant about four miles from the town of Upper Marlboro’ and Queen Anne. R large proportion of this Tract is susceptible of being made valuable meadow ground; the improvements are a comfortable Dwelling House, Granary, Tobacco Hotise and other Out Houses A more particular description of these lands is deemed unnecessary, as it is presumed any person or persons, wisli ng to purchase, will view the premises, winch may be done at any time between this and the day of sale, b/ ap plying to the subscriber, living in Prince Georges county, about five miles irom Bladens burg. FIELDER GANTT, Executor of John M. Gantt, deceased. March 31—w.3:N] MARSHAL’S SALE. WILL be exposed to public sale on the 15th day o< May next, at Tomlinson’s Hotel, Out Tivo Story Urick House on square 690, fronting 25 feet on Sou h B street, the Lot on ground rent. The sa d property is seized and taken by virtue of a writ of fieri facias issued from the Circuit Court of the district of Columbia for the county of Washington at the Suit of Thomas Baker and Eli Jia Riggs, against Henry T toms and others The sate will com mence half past 4 o’clock, P M. Terms cAsh. WASHINGTON BOYD, Marsha, D 0. April 13—2awts NOTICE^ Was committed to the gaol of Fredetick co. Md. as a runaway, a dark mulatto than, Who calls himself Sam. Anderson He is abou 23 years of age, 5 feet 6 inches high, stout and well made. His clothing when comtnitted was a white kersey coat pantaloons, much worn the rest of his clothing very indifferent Says he belongs to Mr. Georg 1 Peter of George town, in the district ot Columb a. The owner is hereby requested to come and release him, otherwise he will be sold for his prison fees as the law directs. MORRIS JONES, Sheriff. Fred. County, Md March 18—w8t NOTICE. 100 DOZEN DOUBLE-EL ABED PEN* KNIVES,
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EVES AND PELTRIES. A large parcel o valuable Furs '-^d Peltries, CoVec.ed+rom the United b ales’ factories o the Missouri and Upper Mississippi, will l>ia, where it crosses the post road lead ing from Georgetown to Frederick town, through M ntgomery and Frederick counties to Frederick Town,” passed at November ses sion, 1805 Also an act of Ue Congress of th; Gated Sates, passed 27th Fei.. 1813, en titled An act to authorise and empower the President and Managers of the Washington Turnp ke Company of the state of Maryland, when organized, to extend and make their turnpike road to or from Georgetown in the district of Columbia through the s id district to the line rhe. The commissioners ap pointed by the supplementary act of the Ge neral Assembly o Maryland, 1812, will open, on Wednesday 28ih April next, books, and continue them open for three successive days, for raising by subscription, in pets; n or by proxy a capital stock of one hundred ami tw u'v thousand d< liars, in shares of twenty d< rars each, on tach ol which shares the sum of one dol;a will be required to be paid, at the time of subscription, t the following places, and under the direction of the persons designated by the law as commissioners, v;z A. Georgetown, District of Columbia, at Semmes* Tavern, for twenty-five thousand doLars, or twelve hund ed and fifty shares, under the direction of John Mason, Washing ton Bowie, Thomas Peter, Clement Smith and Daniel Bussard. At the city of Washington, at M’Leod’sTa vern, for twenty-five thousand dollars, or twelve hundred and fifty shares, under the di rection of’ Charles t arroll, Daniel Carroll of Dudn. Win Brent, Tench Ringgold and Robt. Brent. al Rockville, at Robb’s Tavern, for ten thousand dollars, or five hundred shares, un der the direction or Upton Beall, Thomas P. Wilson, Brice belby, llonore Martin and Rich ard Anderson AL Fredericktown, at Mrs. Kirnbol’s Ta vern, for forty thousand dollars, or two thou sand shares, under the direction of John M’ Pherson, John «nraham, George Baer, Francis Mantz, and Henry Kuhn. At Elizabeth Town, at Bayley’s Tavern, for twenty thcusai.d dollars, or one thou^a-.d shares, under the direction of Wm. Fitzhugh, Jioa. s fi.bbs, Upton Lawrence, rnsby Tilgh man and Otho 11 Stull. B} a provision of the law, no person or company will be perm tied to subscribe on the first day for more than twenty shares, nor on the second, for more than fifty, in their own name, or names. March 31 UNION BANK OF GEORGETOWN. The Board of Directors have declared a dividend of 4 per cent- on the Stock of this Bank for the iast six months, which will be paid to the Stockholders or their legal repro sentatives, alter the first of April D. ENGLISH, Cashier. March 30—2aw3w PROPOSALS For carrying a Mail on the following routes will be received by the Postmaster at Natchez un lil die Ist day of June next 1. From Natchez by Layton on Concordia Lake, Nobie’s ierry on Tensaw, Lovelace lake ferry, St. Louts C. Catahoula c. h. Levin’s Place and Prairie Island to Rapid, once a week The mail to leave Na.chez every Tuesday at 2 P M and arrive at Rapid on Thursday by 6 P M 1. ave Rapid every Friday at 6 A. M. and arrive at Natchez on Sunday by 6 P. M. 2 From St. 1 ranc^svdie, by St. Helena, to Madisonville once in two weeks. Leave St. Francisville every oshe Thursday at 6 A.M. and arrive at ^•ad.scnviile on Friday by 6 P. M.; Leave Madisonvdle on Saturday at 6A.M. and arrive at st Francisville on Sunday by 6 P. M. The carriage of the mad is to commence on the Lt of Ju'y next continue for six months, and the usual penalties lor failures and delays will be deducted from the contractor’s pay. General Post- Office, March 27, 1813. ai ch 30—w6t SATAN’s DEVICES EXPOSED, IN FOUR SERMONS, By the Rev. Thos. Knowles^ B. X. Curate of Humberstone, in the county of Lin coln, (Price 37 1-2 Cents J Just received and for sale, by JOSEPH MILLIGAN, Bookseller, Georgetown. March 17. FOR SALE That well known HOTEL and extensive concern on Capitol Hill, lately occupied by S. Coolidge, fron ing on the Capi tol square and Maryland avenue. For terms apply to Henry Ingle or Moses Young. Washington city, Sept. 22—wtf NATION AL PRINT. PROPOSALS BY JAMES WEBSTER, of Philadelphia, and JAMES WARRELL, of Richmond, For Publishing by Subscription, ji print. Representing Peter Francisco’s gal lant action with nine of Tarleton’s Cavalry, in sight of the whole Troop of 400 men. FROM AN ORIGINAL PICTURE, By JAMES WARRELL, Associate of the Society of Artists of the United States. —From the details given by FRANCISCO HIMSELF. The scene represented took place in Amelia county, Virginia, in 1781. Francisco had been reconnoitering, and whilst stopping at a Mr. Ward’s, there came up nine of Tarleton’s caval ry and two or three negroes; being told he was a prisoner,,and seeing himself overpower ed by numbers, he consented to it, and suppos ing him very peaceable, they all went to the house, leaving the pay-master and Francisco together—He demanded his watch, &c. which having received, he, in order to secure his plunder, put his sword under his arm, with the hilt behind him. While in the act of putting away a silver buckle, finding he had so favora ble an opportunity. Francisco stepped one pace in his rear, drew the sword with force from under the paymaster’s arm with success, and gave him instantly a blow across the scull. “My enemy,” observes Francisco, was brave, and, though severely wounded, drew a pistol, and at the same moment he pulled the bigger, 1 cut his bawd nearly off The bul let grazed my side. Ben Ward (the man of the House) very ungenerously brought out a a musket, and gave it to one of the British told him to make use of that. He mounted the only horse they could get and presented it at my breast—lt missed fire—l rushed on the muzzle of the gun a short struggle ensued— fthe painter has copied this moment J—l disarm ed and wounded him— Tarleton s troop of 400 men -were in sight. Ail was hurry and confusion, which I increased by repeatedly hollowing, as loud I could, Come on, my brave boys now's your time we "will soon dispatch these Jew, and then attack the mum body:” The wounded man flew to the troop, the seven were panic struck and fled. I seized Ward and would have dispatched him, but the poor wretch begged for his life—he was not only an ob ject of my contempt but pity. The eight hori, ses that were left behind, I gave him to con ceal for me. Discovering that Tarleton had dispatched ten more in pursuit of me, Imade elf. I evaded their vigilance. They stopped to iefresh themselves. I, like an old fox, dou bled and fell on their rear. 1 went the next day to Ward for my horses he demand ed two for his trouble and generous intentions. Finding my situation dangerous, and surround ed by enemies where I ought to have found friends, I went off with my six horses. I in tended to have avenged myself of Ward al a future day, but Providence ordain ed I should not be his executioner for he broke his neck Ly a fall from one of the very horses.” CONDITIONS The proposed Print shall be engraved in the best style, by one of the first firlists in the United States. The Plate shall by twenty-eight by twenty two inches. Price to subscribers will be 10 dollars. To non-subscribes 12 dollars. The Publishers respectfully assure the pub lic,-that they will spare no expcnce to make the work worthy of their attention. Most pro bably the Print will be ready for delivery ear ly in ihe ensuing fall. Richmond, Feb. 15,1813. (py Subscriptions received by R. C. Weight man, Washington, and Josepn Milligan, Geo. Town. J. WEBSTER will shortly issue Proposals for publishing by subscription a Print repre .senting the engagement between the frigates CONSTITUTION JAVA, Of a size to match the Naval Prints already published by J. W. Feb. 26 JUST RECEIVED, And far Sale by Joseph Milligan, High Street, and at the Book store and Lottery Office, Bridge street, George-T own, —Price 87 1-2 cents— MEMORIAL TALES FOR THE INSTRUCTION OF YOUNG LADIES Just leaving School and entering upon the Theatre of Life, By Mrs. Pilkington. —Also, price 75 cents—• THE ECONOMY OF HUMAN LIFE, Translated from an Indian Manuscript, written by an Ancient Bramin, '1 o which is prefixed An account of the manner in which the said manuscript was discovered, in a letter from an English gentleman residing in China TO the KARL OF With 32 elegant Cuts, by A. ANDERSON March lo THIS DAY PUBLISHED By JOSEPH MILLIGAN, Bookseller Georgetown, The Ist 2d Volumes of the WORKS CORNELIUS* TACITUS: WITH AN ESSAY ON HIS LIFE AND GENIUS, NOTES, SUPPLEMENTS, &c. By Arthur Murphy, Esq, First American, from the London ‘Edition, with the author’s last corrections In Six Volumes—Price to subscribers §2 50 per volume. Off Subscriptions received by Joseph Mil ligan, Georgetown, Wm. Cooper, R. C. Weightman. and Dawei Rapine, Washington. February 18— POCKET BOOKS. JOSEPH MILLIGAN Has just received a Large and Elegant assort ment of Ladies and Gentlemen’s plain and or namented POCKET BOOKS, Thread and Note Cases, Furses, Wc All of which will be sold on the lowest terms for Cash. Jan. 14— LOAF LUMP SUGAR. 12,000 WEIGHT For sale by the hogshead or single Loaf at the store of the Subscriber, opposite the Union Tavern. Apply to his son, T. W. Ross, at his Wine Cellar two doors west of the store. March 29— taw A. ROSS. (CIRCULAR.) TO NON-RESIDENT LAND HOLDERS IN OHIO. Chillicothe, f Ohiof March 16th, 1813. Slß—After seven or eight years faithful services rendered you as an agent for your Lands in this state, I am induced once more to address you, and also all other non-resident proprietors of land, whose interest is concerned in the state of Ohio. The rate of taxation, since my last general circular, (March 1819) has remained the same to wit: First rate land, gl 25 cents—Second rate, g I—and Third rate, 65 cents per 10® acres and even at. this enormous rate of taxa lion, if the taxes are not paid annually on or before the last day of December, 100 per cent on the taxes due is incurred annually for five years; and (if the taxes and penalties are not paid in the intermediate space) the land is to be offered for sale to the highest bidder. The first sale under this law must take place in December 1815 Although these conditions are hard enough, yet they are better than former, which required annud sales in cases of non payment of taxes, and at best was but an annual sacrifice of land to satisfy the grasp of hungry speculators 1 In addition to the present weight of taxation, the direct taxes of the general government must be anticipated at no distant date, (possibly for the year 1814:) these must require equally your attention with the state taxes. Under circumstances so discouraging to those who hold property in this state, it has ever been my desire to see a plan devised for their relief, especially from the great weight of taxation which must fall on their lands next year; and am happy to state, that I have made arrangements with the assistance of others, for the encouragement of actual settlers; and now make the following propositions, the first of which, if acceded to, will completely secure the desired object. PROPOSITIONS: I.—l will undertake to sell land in this state, (being regularly empowered) to those who will make actual settlements, on a credit of from sto 7 years; the payments to be made either annually or all a! a given time; the .and to be sold at the customary price and it the money is not paid at the expiration of the 5 or 7 years, the whole amount to bear interest from the date of the purchase; and in case of five years, to give 1 or 2, or in case of seven years, to give 2 or 3 additional ye-rs for the payment of the principal and interest; which if not paid within the last given time, the land, with ■he mprovements which shall be agreed to be put Jiereoii, shall revert to the original proprietor. No deed to be made ’till the money is all paid. The contract to be secured by an article of' agreement drawn for the purpose, and the purchaser bound to pay the direct and stale taxes from the date of purchase till he re ceives his title or the land is forfeited. Remarks.—On these terms, all kind of land will sell which can be settled the terms being better than the Congress sales, the five years would embrace the best land, and the 7 years sale the inferior If the land reverts to the original proprietor, the value will be enhanced five times the first price in consequence of the improvements, and will readily sell for four or five times its first value. Under either the confirmation or forfeiture of the contract, the seller will be drawing interest on the whole amount of his lands, clear of the incumbrances of taxes and penalties and the purchaser, if lie fails in his contract, will have enjoyed the premises as Jbn^ as is customary to Liefer me xiiortesi'periods in this country, though stimulated by the purchase to make better improvements than under lease Such an arrangement, I am advised, will also prove salutary to our infant but ferule country, and a great accommodation to the industrious poor My commissions for transacting business on the above terms, will be from six to ten per cent on the amount of sales or such propor tion of the land in lieu thereof as may be agreed on. The expenses of surveying and the taxes till sold being paid by my employer ll—Should my first proposition not be agreed to, I will undertake the payment of taxes on lands, for a certain proportion of the land for a given period, on condition of my receiving a power of attorney to sell my pro portion for the purpose of raising money to pay the taxes. 11l I will undertake to attend to old neg lected claims, such as have been sold for the taxes, or abandoned from other circumstances as lost, which may possibly with some difficulty (ora part thereof) be regained by a compro mise, provided a title can be obtained rom the original proprietor, on condition of my receiving one half of what I may secure. IV.—l shall continue to undertake to attend as Agent to the Refugee Claims, and request an early attention of any who hold them—to claims in the Virginia Military District—the location of Virginia Military Land Warrants on ;ontinental establishment—to claims in the U. S Military District, in the Ohio Company’s purchase, and Congress Lands owned by non residents, on the same terms as heretofore proposed in my former circular; and will un dertake the collection of debts on commission. N B.—l will purchase from 5t06 or 7000 acres of land in the Virginia Military District, lying over the Indian boundary line—or on the waters of Darby, Mill, or Boke’s Creek, or Mad River, below the boundary line, if to be had on good terms. All letters directed to me must be post-paid, and the writer’s place of residence and address given. The condi tions specified in this circular are not in any way to affect the arrangements heretofore made with my old friends and employers un less they wish it. With great respect, I am, Sir, yours, &c. &c TH. S. HINDE. The editors of newspapers at the seats of government of their states would, doubtless, render an essential service to many of their patrons by giving the above an insertion in their papers. April 7—3 t NOTICE. The Subscribers, wishing to decline busi ness for a season will sell at reduced prices the Goods on hand, (for cash or notes with good endorsers negotiable at the Bank of Washing ton) consisting of L. P. Madeira Cherry Rum Bounce Sicily Madeira Whiskey Brandy, Gin Holland) Port Wine Jamaica Spirits Teas, Coffee Loaf, Lump, and New- Chocolate &c. Orleans Sugars. Also—A general assortment of Glass, Chi na and Liverpool Ware, amongst which are Di ning Tea Setts, Liverpool Ware, China Tea and Coffee Cups, with and without handles. N. B. All persons indebted to the subscri bers are requested to make immediate pay ment. EDWARDS BESTOR, Pennsylvania Avenue. Apr i 6—6 s RICHARD PARROTT Co. Offer for sale at their warehouse on Wat ar street. 41 chests Gunpowder, I Imperial, Young Hyson* TEAS. Hyson and Souchong J 400 reams Wrapping Paper 18 bags Pepper 8 Pimento White and Green Coffee A few hogsheads West India Sugar 5 pipes genuine Cogniac Brandy West India Rum A few boxes fresh Mustard Do. Chocolate Several thousand bushels Lisbon, Liverpool Blown, and Ground Alum Salt. Loaf and Lump Sugar 28 barrels Tanners Oil Madeira, Sicily do. I London P. Teneriffe, WINE. Port, i Malaga and I Catalonia J Spermaceti, Mould and Dip’d Candles 30 barrels Pork 10 ton square and flat Bar Iron Ploughshare Moulds. Georgetown, April 6—4 w SCy A YOUNG MAN Of good character and education, would be taken by the Subscriber, as a Student of Me dicine. JAMES H. BLAKE. Washington city, April 6—2aw3w NOTICE. The British Packet, Francis Free ling,” will sail from Annapolis on the 18th inst. All persons wishing to send letters by her, will forward them un sealed to the office of the subscriber, post paid, on or before the 17th, when the mail will be made up and deposit ed on board the said packet. JOHN S. SKINNER, U. S. Agent. Annapolis, April 8, 1813 JUST RECEIVED, And now selling by Joseph Milligan. (Pme SI) An accurate and interesting Account of the HARDSHIPS AND SUFFERINGS of that BAND OF HEROES, who traversed the Wilderness in the CAMPAIGN AGAINST QUEBEC, In 1775. By JOHN JOSEPH HENRY, Esq.. Late President of the Second Judicial District of Pennsylvania. Anris 9—— SEAT OF WAR. R. C. Weightman has received, A Map of ‘he Seat of War, (Price colored $1,50) ALSO, Rokeby, a Poem by Walter Scott Chateaubriunds Tr avels Home, a Novel, 2 vols. Albinia do. Crabbe’s Tales In verse, 2 vols. Military Mentor, 2 vois. Library Dictionary Hand Book for Infantry, etc. &c. April 9-3 t NEW SPRING GOODS. THOS. W. PA IRQ, (F STREET,) Has just received a parcel of Spring Goods, amongst which are, Cheap and handsome Calicoes and Ginghams, German and Irish Linens, Homespuns, Ban dannoes, Cambrics, Nankeens, &c. ALSO, Spades, Scythes, (Waldron’s double prime,) Locks, Bolts, Hinges and Screws, Coffee Roasters. Stew Fans, Cabinet Furniture, Nails, Curling Tongs, &c. April 10—3tN&Dp NOTICE. WAS committed to the jail of Frederick coun ty Maryland, on the 20th day of March last as a runaway, a Mulatto Woman, who calls herself NANCY BROWN. She is about 25 years of age, about 5 feet high her clothing when committed were, a black frock, a yellow spotted shawl, a pair of shoes and stockings, all much worn has a scar on her neck, occasioned as she says by a burn, says she was manumitted by Mr. James Armstrong, who resides at the head of Mcfilderry’s dock in the city of Balti more. The owner, if any, is requested to come and release her, otherwise she will be sold for her prison fees as the law directs. MORRIS JONES, Sheriff Frederick county, Maryland. April 10—w8t LAND AND NEGROES FOR SALE. Pursuant to a deed of trust from Alexander Lithgou to Charles Tyler and Alexander Lith gou, Junr. will be sold at public auction, on Monday the 17th day of May next, at the Court House in Dumfries, A TRACT OF LAND, containing about 800 acres, lying within three miles of Dumfries. It is well watered and well timbered. It has on it a good Dwelling House and out-houses —and is land of good qua lity. The title is indisputable. It will be sold on a credit of two years, and will be laid off into lots, so as to suit those disposed to pur chase. Bond with good security will be re quired of the purchasers, and a deed of trust upon the land as a further security. At the same time and place will be sold a parcel of likely NEGROES, upon a credit of twelve months. PHILIP HARRISON, Attorney m fact for Charles Tyler and A. Lithgou. Dumfries, March 15—w3ts^ The Editor of the Enquirer is requested to insert this in his paper till the first May. ROKEBY, A POEM—IN SIX CANTOS. By Waller Scott, Esq. Price One Dollar. Just received and for ale by Joseph Milli gan- Bookseller, Georgetown, April 5— ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD. THE SHOP OF CHARLES E. ECKEL, Watchmaker, Georgetown, Disrict of of Columbia, Was, on the night of the 9th instant, opened by a false Key, and the follow ing Watches were taken therefrom No. Double case gold watch, Finly, London 1080 Do. Richard Norton, London 20991 Single ca»e gold Bognon, a Baris do. Robt. and Courvoiser, 49415 do. Duboc et Fil, do. Hunting (on dial) Dupour, Fol. et Compagnie do. in case, E I B—K—lß do. repeater, Brequel and Fils 2095 do. small gold watch, Le Noir a Paris do. (blank) 1164 do. in case 375 Small gold repeater, L’ Epine aParis Hunting silver English, Robert Johnson, Dublin, 1261 English, N. Lambern, Liverpool 2 John Baxter, Liverpool 239 B. Goodwin, London 1754 Rob. Allam, London 1155 Gilt, James Miller, London 444 Double case silver Watches, J. Long, London 3695 Gilbert Bigger Dublin 114 B. Roberts London 88116 Caleb Bentley Brook Meadow 253 Charles Fleming Glasgow 33596 P. Letherland and Co. Liverpool 137 George Denham London 74810 Mordecai Miller Alexandria 220 J. Black London 870 James Irish Brighter 25895 Edward Nobles London 23982 Rose and Son London 6896 Wm. Morgan London 78979 John Dickson London 3673 Lenham London 6326 Isaac Rogers London 19624 Thomas Beatson London 5439 John Robson London ILB4 R. P. Werner London 4447 J. Hassell London 2883 A. Thompson London 7004 Edward French London 4708 (Richard Thomas on the dial) Charles Howse London 5641 Letho Hanson London 4425 Wm. Lenham London 12521 Graham London Thomas Richardson London 3918 Gordon London 398 Thomas Jones London 431 James Thwaite London 362 Hollisone Liverpool 527 (Blank) 6041 John Barton London 3069 J Jackson Liverpool 8507 J. Smart (seconds) London 4104 Swiss —Norton London Anderton London (Blank)in case 1352 English— Alex’r. Buchan Dublin 447 John Goodfellow Dublin 617 B. Clowes Liverpool 9159 Seph. Enson London 1922 James Gordon London 4162 J. De Labbeille London 1042 French gold —Moricand and Campagnie 10085 L’ Epine, aParis 18103 French silver —(Bl i.k) in case 27533 fn-i: -Parliament st. 711 reier Dicksub, 1417 One single case gilt —Repeater, Fremei j mur. About 90 Silver and 30 Gold—the name and number of a great part of which not recollect ed—and 1 Gold and 7 silver Watch Cases. N. B.—ls any of the above described articles should be offered for sale, it is requested they will be stopt, as also the person or persons who may offer them for sale, and notice immediate ly given to the subscriber, who will pay every necessary expence attending the apprehending the thief or any of the said property. Georgetown, March 19— CHILDREN’S BOOKS. JOSEPH MILLIGAN Has just received a large supply of Children^ Books, amongst which are the following, CHIEFLY NEW Cents, Cobwebs to Catch Flies 25 Mothers Gift 25 Lettes from London 37 1-2 Modes of Catching 12 1-25 Familiar Lessons 25 Children in the Wood 371-2 Present for Boys 19 Three Evenings Amusements 19 New Year’s Gift 19 Father’s Present 19 Mother’s Present 19 Haye’s Stories, 2 parts 37 1-2 Footsteps to Natural History 25 Present for Good Girls 31 1-4 Book of Nouns 19 Little Dick 371-2 Toy Shop 121-2 Parlour Teacher 19 Youthful Amusements 19 Little Teacher 25 Trifles f or Good Boys 19 Trifles for Good Girls 19 Youthful Sports 25 All Nations 25 Post Boy 25 Parents Present 19 Budget 19 Friend of Youth 19 Four Sisters 19 Road to Learning 25 Juvenile Letters 25 Present for Good Boys 311-4 Baron Trenck 25 Peter Prims Pride 19 Little Truths, 2 parts j 62 12 N. B. Any of the above books may be had at the Book Store and Lottery Office, Bridge Street, Georgetown. March 10. JUST RECEIVED And for sale by Joseph Milligan, Bookseller, Georgetown, POETICAL VAGARIES, In which is included BROAD GRINS, By Georgs Colman, the Younger. Price 62 1-2 Cents. THE PORTRAIT, A POEM, Delivered before the Washington Benevolent Society of Newburypoat, on the evening of October 27th, 1812. THE ABSENTEE, A Tale by Miss Edgeworth, price One Dolla? January 28—