Daily National Intelligencer (Washington City [D.C.])
December 1, 1813
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VOL. I. WASHINGTON CITY, PUBLISHED BY GALES AND SEATON, Dai^ at Ten. Dollars per annum PAID IN ADVANCE. No subscription will be taken for less than twelve months. (0” AlGetters to the Editors must he post paid. WILL BEGEEERED AT PUBLIC SALE, On the 2d Monday of December next, on the premises, a number of valuable LOTS, in sq south of sq. No- 744, south of the Sugar house The plan will be rhewn, and terms made known, at the time of sale, by JOSEPH FORREST, EDMUiD LAW November 3.' ALEX. McCORMICK, Ilas received the following articles purchas ed at the Sale of Prize Goods at Newbern, N. Carolina, which he offers for sale Superfine Clo’hs plain and Corded Cassimeres Toilenetts Flushings and Rocking B^ize. Capitol Hill, Nov. 17—eo6t. _ ’HOGSES& LINDSLEY, Opposite Mr. David Hotel, Pennsylvania Ave nue, have for Sale, Sparkling Champaigne'l Burgundy Vid de Grave SWINES, Claret L. P. Madeira I L. P. Teueriffe and Lisbon J Real Cognise B-andy, Spirits, Gin, Peach Brandy, Cordials, Wine Bitters, Lemon Juice and Syrup Vermicelli, Mace, Nutmegs, Cin namon, Alspict Pepper, Gipger, &c &c. 5,000 lbs. Loaf Snip r, Ist, 2d and 3d qualities 55 bbls. New Orleans do. 4,000 lbs. C«dee Id qr. chests Young Hyson Tea 6 do Imperial 5 do Gunpowder 4 do Hyson Skin Id boxes Chocdl te, No. 1 and 2 2,506 lbs N. E Cheese 2,000 lbs. Blcon 1150 bbls, best family Flour 7 bbls, old Whiskey 20 do common 10 bi les Georgia Cotton 400 lbs. Almonds 10 boxes Muscatel Rsisinw 3 bbls. Cranberries 40 boxes real Spanish Cigars 3 kegs best Chewing Tobacco 40 boxes Mould Candles 10 do Spermaciti 20 do white Soap 15 do P pes 6 doz. cotton Cards 5 do wool do 2 do‘Wife Sifters 56 doz. Tumblers, cut and plain 4 Liquor Cases. November 18 fit PERRY’S march. MR DUPOIiT respectfully informs the Ladies Gentlemen that he has just received Commodore Perry's March. AL! O, Commodore Chauncey's March, and a Tiip to Canada All arranged for the Phtnoforte Apply at his Snuff Store, Bridge street, Georgetown. Nov. 19— JUBILEE f A sermon, containing a history of the origin of the first Baptist church in the city of New York, and its'-regress during the first fifty years since its constitution (with explanatory notes], delivered tn the meeting house of said church, Jan. 1,1813. By Win. Parkinson, AM. Pastor. To which are annexed A Narrative of Facts, interspersed with re marks and an Appendix; all relating to the reports th at have gone abroad concerning the Pastor of the above named church, shewing their incredibility, and to the innocence of the church in retaining him in office, those reports notwithstanding. By the accused. Price 75 cents Just received and for sale by J. Milligan and Co. J. Mtliigan and Co. have just received, Burns’ Poetical Works, 75 and 100 cents, Harp of Erin, (the only entire collection of IrishJSongs ever published,) 75 cts. Glencarn, a novel, 87 1-2 cts. Vhe Carpenter’s Book of Prices, 50 cts. J. MILLIGAN A Co. HAVE just received Dr. Wilson’s Prayers. Price bound 1 Dollar, half bound 75 cents. Also, Dr. Wefts Psalms and Hymns. Price extra hound one Dollar, and a selection of Hymns and Spiritual Song's. Designed tor the .use of Congregations as an Appendix to Dr. Watts Psalms und Hymns By William Parkinson, Pastor of the first Baptist Church in the City of New York. Price bound one Dollar. TRINITY CIIU RCH LOTTERY. \3th Day’s Drawing. No. 14510, a first drawn ticket, a premium of 'SOO dollars. 6 pr zes of 20 dollars. 493 prizes of 10 dollars. Tickets for sale by J. MILLIGAN Co. Booksellers, Georgetown, Col. November 20 LOTTERY TICKETS por Sale, at the Subscriber’s Music and Book Store, Pennsylvania Avenue, TICKETS Ip the Union College Lottery No. 4, second Jlart, now drawing in New-York, five days in kach week present price nine dollars. Baltimore Hospital Lottery, now drawing one a week; price twelve dollars. Trinity Church Lottery, now drawing once a week in Baltimore price eight dollars. (Tj’Prizes in the Rockville Academy Lottery are now payable cn application to the mana gers. 6 W. COOPER. Noy. 11—3 t, Daily National Intelligencer, TO PERSONS EMPLOYED ON BOARD PRIVATE ARMED VESSELS. TO enable those who may be wounded, or disabled, in any engagement with the enemy, to obtain certificates entitling them to pen sions, the like regulations and restrictions as are usedin relation to tire navy of the United States, are to be observed, to wit: That the commsndyig officer of every ves sel having a commission, or letters of marque and reprisal, cause to be given to any officer, or seamen, who, during his cruise, shall have been wounded, or disabled, as aforesa'd, a certificate of the Surgeon on board, to be ap proved and signed by stlch commanding oili er, describing the nature and degree, as far as practicable, of such wound, or disability, naming his place of residence and the rate o* wages, if any, to which he was entitled at the time of receiving such wound, or disability and that such certificate be transmitted to this department.' The widows (or Orphans, where the wife is dead) of those persons who may be slain, in any engagement with the enemy, on board such vessels, will be entitled to pension certify cates, upon forwarding to this office a certifi cate from the commanding officer of the verse; to which such persons were attached, of their having been slam as aforesaid Sc the certificate of a justice of the peace, for the county in which such widows, or orphans, may reside, that they actually stand in that relation to the deceased. Navy Department, Washington, June s.—ts. At the Hygeia Academy at Haymarket, in Prince William county, Virginia, a Professor of the Dead Languages and also a Professor of Mathematics, Geography and English Gram mar. Applications to be made to the Trustees who will convene at Haymarket on the Ist Monday inDecemb' r next to mak the elections. By order, EDM. BROOKE. Sec’ry. Set.p 24—wtd. Tile public APE respectfully informed, that THOS. L M’KENNEY has received a general asorrtment of seasonable. GOODS He offers them foi sale, wholesale or otherwise, at his Stope, on Bridge street, the 2d door below the Union Bank. AMONG THEM ARE Flannels of every quality Rose, point and stuped Blankets White Planes Carpeting, passage and stair German Ozhaburg Negro Stockings Red and green Baize; ALSO, Superfine Cloths, blue, black, brown, corbeau,^ drab, olive, &o Second quality do do Superfine and-2d Kerseymeres Do Coatings Stockinetts Vestings of various kinds Cravaning, plain and crossbarred, white and colored Hosiery, lambs’ woof worHe". co'tnn and silk Gloves beaver, buckskin and dogskin Levantine ,Sdks Florence do Canton and Italian Crapes India and British Muslins Linen cambric Handkerchiefs 6 4 and 4-4 Cambric Muslins Kid and beaver Gloves, extra and short, white and colored Pure white Sattin lio. white Florence Do. do Mantua Thread Laces Elegant Lace Veils Ridicules A large, assortment of Ribbands Buick Velvet do Company Bandanoe Handkerchiefs Superior Flag do. do Irish Linens and Shirting Cottons Umbrellas Artificial Flowers Levantine Shawls and Mantles Fur Capes and Tippets Gold and Silver Trimmings Silk Cords and Tassels Fur, black, white and brown Swanskin Trimming Cut Silk Velvets Silk, cotton and black worsted Hosiery', well assorted Plaid Maniuas Wadding for Pelleises Elegant worsted and coit«n fringes, ball, bell and diamond 6 4 Irish Sheeting Rugs and Andirons An assortment of Looking Glasses, from 2 dollars and 50 cents to 100 dollars—the ta blets of some, taken from approved draw ings, represent our naval engagements Segars, of a superior quality, done up in small boxes of 100 each. dj* Reasonable allowances made to those who purchase by the package or piece. O 9— 7 w. NEW POCKET COMPANION, comprising a general description of the noble and useful animal,the horse,togetherwith.the quick est and simplest mode of fattening necessary treatment while undergoing excessive fatigue or on a journey; the construction and manage ment of stables different marks for ascertain ing the age of a horse from three to nine years old; with a concise account of the diseases to which the horse is most subject, with such re medies as experience has proven to be ef fectual—By Richard Mason, of Surry Co. Va.— Price ^5. Just received and for sale at the Bookstore and Lottery-office, Bridge street, Georgetown, four doors west of the Union Bank. September 27. THE Office of the Pay Master of the Fifth Military District has been removed from Anna polis to ihe City of Washington, to which place all communications for him must in future be addressed. Officers who forward their accounts to this Office for settlement are required to state up on the back of those accounts, by whom, and for what period they were last paid- SAT. CLARK, Deputy Pay-Master. The Editors of the Baltimore American and Patriot are requested to give the above four in sertions and forward their accounts to the of fice of d e National Intelligencer for payment. Nov. 2^—4 L NO TICE WANTED IHE GENTLEMAN’S NOTICE. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1813. LAND FOR SALE. RICHARD PARROTT Co. Have for Sale, 15,000 Acres of Land commonly known as the Georgia Purchase, lying in Madison county in Mississippi Territory. It will be sold to suit purchasers in tracts of from four to five thousand acres. Persons disposed to purchase will call on R. P. and Co. who will give a more particular description of said land. The Title clear and indisputable. Georgetown, Sept. 2 dtf Gentleman's Pocket Remembrancer fur the Year 1814. Containing an Almanac, ruled pages for memo randums Government of the U. States, Execu tive Legislative Judiciary; Departments at the Se tof Government; General Establishment Internal Duties Navy and Army List, Sec.— Price S 1 25—also rhe American Lady’s Pock et Book, just received tor Sale. R. C. WEIGHTMAN; Nov. 12—3 t J. MILLIGAN CO. Booksellers, George town, DC. h ave this day received LORD BYRON’S NEW POEM, THE GIAOUR, A fragment of a Turkish Tale, by Lord Byron, Author of English Bards,” Childe Harold,” &c. (price 37 1-2 cents in boards). Extract from the 42d No. Edinburg Review. “This we think is Very beautiful—or at all events, full of spirit, character, and originali ty nor can we envy the Turkish Auditors of the entire Tale, while we have its fragments thus served tip by' a esiaurateur of such taste as Lord Byron.” For the whole of the Rev ew see the Novem ber number of the Analetic Magazine. J. Milligan and Co have just received the last number of the Anaiectic Magazine, which contains a Biographical notice of the late Lieut. William Burrows. The next number will be embellished with a Portrait of Com. Perry. Complete sets of this elegant work can be had as above, price ^5 per annum. Nov. 8— Came to the farm of Mr. Dudley Digges, on the 30th of October last, astray Black Mare, her tail of a reddish cast and a few grey hairs under the saddle, no other perceivable marks, she is ab< tit 15 hands high, 5 or 6 years old shod all round; she had on a saddle with plat ed binding. WILLIAM RABBITT. Nov. 23—3 t LEGIONaRY COURI s OF EN QUIRY. A Legionary Court of Enquiry for the Regi ment of Cavalry of the Militia of the District of Columbia, will be held at McCloud’s Tavern in W ellington City on Saturday the 4th of De cember, at lOo’clbCk a. m. L'.ie cuHitnandiiig officers of troops and all others concerned, are htrebv notified to attend the SuTCt. By Order. J. WILEY, Adjutant. Nov. 23—dt4D. MAPS. R. C. WEIGHTMAN Has just received anew Map of the ffni'ed States, including all the West India islands and the Continent of South America to the south of the River Oronooka, on rollers handsomely glazed, price 8 dollars. A Map of the United States by Lewis, on rollers, glazed price 5 dollars. Shelton and Kensef’s Map of the United Stales, on which is the census of 1810, price 1 dollar 50 cents in sheets. Mellish’s Map of the United States, canvas sed and half bound in Morocco for pocket, price 2 dollars, Map of the Northern Seat of War cavassed and bpund as above, price 2 dollars 50 cents. Bradley’s Map of the United States. Map of Orleans Territory. Arrowsmith’s Maps of the 4 quarters of the globe, Ac. Map of the Coast from Cape Henry to Na raganset. Nov 23— ASSIZE OF BREAD. THE average cAsh price of Superfine Flour in Washington oountv is ascertained to be from §6 50 to 7. Agreeably to the directions of the act of the City Council of Washington, regulating the weight and quality of Flour, the weight of Loaves for the ensuing month must be Single Loaf 20 ozs. Double Loaf 40 ozs. By order of the Mayor and City Council, \Vm. HEWITT, Register November 27 —St. NOTICE. Was taken up as a trespassing stray, a DARK BRINDLE COW, Without any ear-mark about eight or nine years old. The owner is requested to come and prove property, pay charges and take her away. THEO HOLT. Nov. 29—3 t District oj Columbia, Washington City, ss On this 26th Nov. 1813, Nicholas B. Van Zandt brought before me as a stray trespassing on his enclosures, a small black Horse, up wards of 13 hands high, with a small star in his forehead, appears to be 15 or 16 years old, trots and gallops. Given from under my hand date above. R. S BRISCOE, J. Peace. The owner of the above described Horse is requested to prove property, pay charges and take him away. N. B. VAN ZANDT. Nov. 27—St 3000 PAIR OF SHOES. Isaac Tenny has lately received three thousand pair of best quality men’s coarse SHOE?, which will be sold at a fair price for cash or good paper at 60 days. Georgetown., Nov. 24—top3h NOTICE. NOTICE. FOR SALE By Richard Parrot and Co. 14 hogsheads Muscovada Sugar, 80 barrels New Orleans do. 6,000 lbs. Lump, fine Loaf and Double Re fined do. 110 boxes mould candles, 4,5, 6, and Bto the pound 40 boxes Spermacitta do. 4 40 qr. casks Teneriffe "I Warranted pure WINE, and genuine as 3 pipes Madeira do. J when imported. 2 seroons Spanish flotant Indigo 4 casks refined Salt Petre 6 pipes Genuine Cogniac Brandy 7 puncheons Antigua Rum 39 Chests Hyson Skin Tea of superior quality Imperial Hyson and Young Hyson do. 25 tens assorted Pennsylvania Iron 8,000 lbs COFFEE—with a number of other articles which makes their assortment at this time very complete. Georgetown, Nov. 6—sw FOR SALE, A Valuable young House Maid. She is an excellent seamstress, and a good plain cook. Enquire at this office. October 12—ts SUPERFINE YELLOW BARK. Sold by JOSEPH MILLIGAN Co. Book sellers, and Dr. N. MAGRUDER, George town, DR. SANDFORD’S Improved Powder and Essential Salt of the Bark) Accompanied with the Proprietor’s Essay on the different kinds of Peruvian Bark now in use. The above articles are put up in parcels of different sizes, to accommodate the usual wants of physicians, retail druggists, and pri vate families. Extract from .he Medical Philosophical Register No 4, Vol 2. In our present number may be found a very interesting communication on the medi cal virtues of the Peruvian and other bark, ft is with great satisfaction we state, that the author of that fiaper. Dr. Sandford, after more than 25 years’ observation on the effects of bark as a medteine, and no less than 10 years’ attention to the different methods of preparing it, has at length formed an establishment at Greenwich (Con with the view of furnishing the profession with the several species of ge nuine Peruvian bark, in the states of an essen tial salt, powder, &.c. On a circumstance of so much importance, we cannot but congratu late the community at large, upon whose con fidence and support, Dr. Sandford is justly en titled to the strongest claims.” Extract from the same work. No. 1, Vol. 3. In those cases in which the bark was pre scribed, we have had the most satisfactory evi dence of the superior quality of that which is selected and prepared by Dr. Sandford, and which we earnestly recommend to the attention of physicians.” Georgetown, June 7—— BOARDING HOUSE. MRS. D INMO RE On the south side of the Pennsylvania Ave nue, nearly opposite Dr Biake’s, can accom modate 10 or 12 Members of Congress. Nov. 24—2 w. A TRUNK LOST. On the morning of the 23d October was missent or taken from the Stage Office in Richmond, a light colored Hair Trunk about 25 inches in length, with an oval top, iron Handies on each end and clamps of iron on the top and ends, trimed with brass nails, and the hair worn off in places by use, said Trunk contained the subscribers wearing apparel, all the lumen and cravats marked O D, also se veral packages of papers containing, notes of hand, bonds, and judgments, dated at New burn, North Carolina, payable to the subscri ber and Dewey and Judd of that place The papers being of great value and importance o the subscriber only, he has to beg of the per son into whose hands they may fall, to give in formation of the same to Messrs. Austin Bush Co. of Fredericksburg, Mr. Wade Mosely at the Eagle tavern, Richmond, or Messrs. Dewey and Judd, Newbern, North Ca rolina For the recovery of the above, a liberal reward and all expenses will be paid. OLIVER DEWEY. Richmond, Oct. 37—3 w. ALMANACS FOR 18U For sale by J- MIIAAGAN CO. at their Book-stores on High-Street iAgridge street Georgetown. GRATTAN’s SPEECHES. Speeches of the Right Hon. Henry Grattan, with prefatory observations. The whole com prising a brief Review of the most important political events in the History of Ireland. Price g 2 75 cents. ALSO, A VO YAGE TO THE DEMERAR Y. Containing a Statistical Account of the Settle ments there, and of those on the Essequibo, the Berbice, and other contiguous rivers of Guyana—By Henry Boling broke, Esq. of Norwich. Price 1 dollar and 50 cents, just received and for sale, by J. MILLIGAN CO. Booksellers, Georgetown, (Col.) November 23. This day is Pubished and far Sale by D. RAPINE, on Capitol hill, A New Poem, entitled, THE SCENES OF YOUTH. By George Watterston, Esq. Price 25 cents. D. IL Has just printed in legal and approved forms, Blank Checks, Indentures, Magistrate’s Warrants, Supersedeas Bonds, Corporation Warrants. lie has also on hand of superior Manufacture 10,000 clarified QUILLS, first, second and third quality. Nov. 18*^5t NOTICE. The Subscribers having entered into Co-part nership in the ROPE and TWIN: 5 Manufacto ry, in this city, respectfully infbim the Public that they have commenced business and intend to keep a general assortment of eyery article in their line, which they will warrant to be er qua! in quality to any made in the United States, they flatter themselves, by pa ng unremitted attention to the selection of ma‘e rials and workmen and to ne-tness and dis patch of business, to merit a share of public patronage. Orders are respect sully solicited. DANIEL RENNER, NATH. H HEATH. N. B- The market price yzill always be given for good clean country hemp at th« Rope and Twine Factory of Renner and Reath on Green leaf’s Point. Sept. 16—<f LUS7' PUBLISHED. A new Poem, entitled the S ENES OF YOUTH, by Geo. Watterston, author of Glen cam, Wanderer in Jamaica, ,&c This work is for sale at Mr Steward’s, Alex ndria; Mr. Milligan’s Georgetown and Mr Weightman’s, and Mr. Rapiene’s, city of Washington. 16—3 w. A CARD AIR. DUPORT has the honor of informing the Parents and Guardians of children, that his School is now open at Mr. Crawford’s Assem bly Room, Georgetown. Those who are desir oui of having their children taught DANCING this season, will, please to make immediate ap plication. SALTATORIAN ASSEMBLIES. Mr. D. informs the gentlemen of Washing ton and Georgetown, he has opened a subscrip tion for SIX ASSEMBLIES during the winter season once a fortnight. The subscription is left at Mr. L s Snufl stere, Bridge street, where further particulars?may 7 be made known. Nov. 9—6 t. THIS JJAY IS PUBLISHED, And for sale by J. Milligan Co. Bookseller*. High street, and a; the Bookstore and Lot tery-o dice, Bridge street, Georgetown, GoL (Price gl 25) The CATHOLIC QUESTION in ame RICA. Quos centra statuit xques placitosquo dimisit Cicsno. Whether a Roman Catholic Clergyman be in. any case compelled to disclose the Secrets of JIL ncUlar Confession- deeded a 1 the. Court o. Ge neral Sessions in the city of New-York. Ph es« Hon. Dkwut Cijstoj, Mr or /ton. Josiah O. Hoffm.-.n Recorder Richard Cunningham, sitting’ Alder. Isaac S. Douglass, Esq’rs.s men M ith arguments of counsel, and the unaui motis opinion of the court, delivered s y tb® Mayor, with his teas ms m si pport of that opinion; reported by Wdii-m Sampson, Eiq. one of the cnunsel in the cas To which is annexed, an alnidgement of the Irish Penal Code, in support A be ar guments of the counsel and the judgment of the court. i hat this was the first great judicial exposi tion of that article of a constitution Which se cures to all mankind the full exercise of reli gious woiship, was, of itself, enough to give it universal interest. The testimony of the Rev Anthony Kohlman, Rector of St Peters, and the manner it was presented to the court* could not fail of conciliating favor and confi dence. But that which Will render this pub lication important to the prestnt knd future generations, is the strong arid luminous views taken by the honorable Dewitt Clinton, in pro nouncing the decisio i of the court. In this the reader will find all the correctness of legal reasoning combined witi the wisdom of a pro found and enlightened statesman worthy of the disiingmshed magistrate of a free per pie. ANALECTIC MAGAZINE. J.MILiGAif hf Co. Booksellers, George- town. Have constantly on hand comp ete sets of the Select Reviews and Spirit of Foreign Maga zines (now published by M. Thomas of Phila delphia,) under the title of the ANALECTIC MAGAZINE. Edited by Washington Irving, Esq. of New-Fork. This work consists principally of a selection from Foreign Reviews and Magazines, of such articles as may be deemed must valuable in substance or meritorious in composition, and most likely to interest the American reader. Conditions. The work is published in monthly numbers containing 88 pages each—it will' make two handsome volumes a year, each of which will be embellished with ah elegantly engraved vignette title page. Other engravings will be given occasionally. Price five dollars per annum, payable on the delivery of the number, or first volume, in each year. No subscription taken for less than a year and to begin and end with the same year. Eight numbers of this work are 'now' pub lished four of them are embellished with highly finished portraits, accompanied with Biographical Sketches of distinguished naval officers—Hull, jones, Decatur and the late gallant Lawrence, all engraved from origi nal paintings (that of Capt. Lawrence executed' a short time previous to his cruise in the Hornet) —Commodore Bainbridge’s Portait will be given in a future number. Price of the portraits separate from the work one dollar each. NEW YORK GRAND LOTTERY WILL positively finish drawing next month, and in tne short space of thirteen more draw ings, the following capital prizes must be drawn, viz. 25,000 Dollars 10,000 Dollars 2 000 Dollars And probably during the same short period, the following floating prizes will also be drawn, viz. 20,000 Dollars 5,000 Dollars I,oo© Dollars, &c. A better chance for a prize in the Lottery at so cheap a rate, never before presented iself. Tickets only Twelve Dollars each, to be had of .1. MILLIGAN Co, Booksellers, Georgetown, and W. COOPER, _ Washington, (Cbh) NO. 286
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ft 110 M .THE VIRGINIA ARG VS. TO THE PEOPLE OF VIRGINIA. No. H- The resolution of the Senate, requesting a respectful conference with the Pre sident upon the nomination of Mr. Russell, and his refusal. In the course of the deliberations on the nomination of Mr. Russell, on the 14th of June last, the Senate came to the following resolution Monday, June 14. The Senate resumed the consideration of the nomination of Jonathan Russel!, together with the motion submitted thereon by Mr. Wells, on the 11th inst; and the motion was 'amended and agreed to as follows Resolved, That the nomination of Jonathan Russell, and the motion of Mr. Goldsborough on the subject, together with the message of the President of the United States of the 7th instant, with the communications therein men tioned, a be referred to a committee with in struction respectfully to confer with the Pre sident of the United States upon the subject of the said nomination, and report thereon. 'Ordered, That Mr. Wells, Mr. Giles and Mr. King be the committee” I shall purposely overlook all the in- cidents, which took place directly be tween the President, and .the committee thus appointed, from this date, till the 6th of July following, when the mes sage of the President declining the pro- posed conference was laid before the Senate, because, although those inci dents might give rise to some commen taries, which might be captivating to seme minds, yet they probably would be of an unpleasant nature; and if even real Advantages in the argument might be derived from them, I should cheerfully dispense with them, rather than risk the hazard of unintentionally wounding the President’s feelings. It is my sole ob ject, to place this subject upon its own intrinsic merits detached from all in- cidental considerations. Whether it should ultimately be conceived by the public, that this resolution of the Senate was founded on correct principles, or not, I presume every impartial mind must admit, that if such a proceeding could be justified on any occasion, it was en the one, which induced the Senate to resort to it The extraordinary dilemma, in which that body was placed, being called upon to act upon a general inti mut’on of unexplained considerations, inducing ameasure, in its opinion, deep ly affecting the honor and the interests' of the nation, the solicitude naturally felt by it, to act understandingly on the subject, and the sense of the high res ponsibility attached to every Senator in case of acting erroneeusly thereon, fur nished the strongest motives to the Senate to request ofthe President a frank disclosure of his real objects on the oc casion, and respectfully to confer with him thereupon. Without entering into an affirmative exposition of the princi ples, upon which, I presume, the Senate deemed itself justified in adopting the ri solution I shall proceed respectfully to examine the grounds upon which the President felt himself bound to de cfne the proposed conference alto gether; and the replies to them will sufficiently elucidate the views I enter tain of the subject. Here I cannot help expressing a painful regret, that after the most deli berate attention to the reasoning of the President in favor ofthe position he had taken, I am not able to acknowledge its conviction. It is contained in his message of the 6th July, commencing in the following words; Tuesday, Juy 6. The following written message was re ceived from the President ofthe United States, by Mr. Graham: To the Senate of the United States. 1 have received from the committee ap pointed by the resolution of the Senate of the 14th day of June, a copy of that resolution, which authorises the committee to confer with the President on the subject of the nomination made by him of a minister plenipotentiary to Sweden. il Conceiving it to be my duty to decline the proposed conference with the committee, and it b ing uncertain when it may be convenient -to explain to the committee, and through them to the Senate, the grounds of my so doing, think it proper to address the explanation di rectly to the Senate. Without entering into a general view of the relations in which the con stitution has placed the several departments of dm government to each other, it will suffice to remark, that the executive and senate, in the case of appointments to office and of treaties, are to b considered independent and co-ordi nate with each other. If they agree, the ap ■pointments or treaties are made. If the Senate disagree., they fall. If the Senate want informa tion previous to their final decision, the prac tice, keeping in view the constitutional relation of the Senate and Executive, has been either io request the Ext cuti've to furnish it, or to refer the subj< ct to a committee of their body to communicate, either formally or informally, with the head of the proper department. The appointment of a committee of the Senate to confer immediately with the Executive himself, appears to Jose sight of the .co-ordinate rela tion between the Executive and the Senate, which the constitution has established, and w hich ought therefore to be maintained.”. It is here to be remarked, that the President dots not even intimate that there is any express constitutional inhi bition of a respectful conference, be tween the Senate itself, or between a committee acting on the part of the Senate, and the Executive, upon sub jects of their concurrent jurisdiction but infers its impropriety from the con sideration, that the Executive and S nate in cases of appointments to of fice, and treaties, are to be considered independent and co ordinate with each r,” and after pointing out correctly ’he usual course of pr.otwedmg of the Senatc on ordinary occasions, con cludes, The appointment of a committee of the Senate tj confer immediately with the Execu tive himself, appears to lose sight of the co ordinate relation between the Executive and the Senate, which the constitution has Establish ed, and which ought therefore to be main tained.” It seems to me a sufficient reply to the reasoning of the President, which conducts him to this result, to observe,, that the recital of the usual proceed ings by the Senate on ordinary occa-, sions, affords no reason why some other course should not be resorted to, on ex-' traordinary occasions. The truth isf that the course of proceeding in th 6 Senate upon nominations -is variable, suited to the varying circumstances of the case, and always intended to attain the means necessary and proper, to en able it to act understandingly on each. —But the principle, upon which the President’s inference finally places his obligation to decline the proposed con ference, is, that the Executive and the Senate arc, in certain respects, co-ordi nate, and thence substantially draws the inference, that to confer with a committee of the Senate would be de rogatory to the Executive character. It is, as far as I am able to judge, this quality of co-ordination between the two departments, which alone can justify the principle of their conferring to gether. If this quality would not jus tify such a proceeding, it is admitted nothing can. If, instead of being co ordinate with, the Senate were subor dinate to, the executive, then there would not only be an obvious improprie ty, but perhaps some scrupulous minds might fancy that there would be some degree 6f impertinence in asking a con ference. A conference, or as it is some times called, a free conference, takes place only amongst equals a different course of proceeding and phraseology, is applied to subordinates. In the one, a, respectful conference is requested; this is the language of one equal to an other, both being equally independent of each other. In the other, a commu nication is directed. This is the lan guage of a superior to a subordinate. If the Executive and Senate be co ordinate, then the request of a respect ful conference on the part of the Senate cannot, as it appears to me, offend a gainst the dignity of the Executive nor do I see, how it can, in the remostest degree, impair any other of its constitu tional prerogatives. The President seems not sufficiently tehave appreciat ed the distinction between a conference, and a call for information, although the distinction seems obvious. The first re quires a comparison and interchange of opinions the other, a statement es facts. Facts are, or in other words, in formation is not only often called for, but directed by either house of Con gress, from the heads of departments But a conference, or in other words, an interchange of opinions, from the heads of departments, is never requested by either house of Congress. If opinions from the heads of departments should be called for, they are deliberated upon by the house calling for them but no opinions of the house are interchanged for them. The President certainly, upon his own principle, must have overlooked this distinction, when he permitted his Secretary of State to pro pose in his stead, to confer with a com mittee of the Senate—lt certainly did not occur to him, that, in the contempla tion of the constitution, his secretary was not co-ordinate, concordinatus, to gether in order, with the Senate—but sub ordinate sub-ordinatus, under inor der, or he never could have authorised him to confer with a committee of the Senate, which was clothed, as I shall presently attempt so show, quo ad hoc, with all the attributes of the Senate it self. Nor do I conceive, that the Pre sident has been more fortunate in aiding his conclusions', by his illustrations, upon the principle of analogy, with the proceedings of the two houses ot Con gress in relation to their conferences upon disagreeing votes between them. —The illustrations are contained in the following extract from his message f'he relation between the Senate House ofR presentatives, in whom legislative power is concurrently vested, is sufficiently analogous to illustrate that between the Executive and Senate in making appointments and treaties. The two houses are, in like manner, indepen dent of and co-ordinate with each other and the invariable practice of each in appointing committees of conference and consultation is to commission them to confer not with the co ordinate body it elf, but with a committee of that body. Anu although both branches of pte legislature may be too numerous to hold conveniently a conference with committees, were they to be appointed by either to confer with the entire body of the other, it may be fairly presumed that if the whole number of either branch were not too large for the pur pose, the objection to such a conference, being against the principle as derogatory from the co -ordinate relations of the two Houses, would retain all its force.” The reasoning of the President drawn from this alleged analogy, is somewhat remarkable, it commences with an effort to establish a distinction' between a conference conducted on the part of each house through the medium of committees, as he, without his usual attention to critical correctness, calls .them, and a conference conducted di rectly between the two houses in their entire character, and founds this dis tinction upon the suggestion, that the invariable practice of each in appoint ing committees of conference and com sultation i", to commission them.to cos- fer not with the co-ordinate body itself, but a committee of that body.” Ido not know, that either branch of Con gress gives to its conferees, commis sions specifying the precise tribunal with which each is to confer; but in fact from a principle of convenience, and reciprocal equality, the conferees do confer with each other, but express ly and practically on the part of their respective houses. These conferees are not properly and strictly speaking com mittees at all, nor are they so called in the Journals of either House, but mana gers on the part of the Houses respec tively. Thewantofa critical attention to this distinction may have been the cause of an error on the part of the President on this point, if indeed it should be conceived he has unintention ally fallen into one. The object of this arrangement, is, that the managers on the part of each House may make or re ceive propositions for compromising, or in any way adjusting the disagreeing vote of the two Houses, subject in every case to the final control of the entire bodies of two Houses themselves and the managers at the conference are for these purposes invested with the attri butes of the entire Houses, and com pletely so far indentihed with them—S< so scrupulously attentive are the two Houses cemposing the general assem bly of Virginia to the identification of each with its managers at a conference, that during the sitting of the conferees, to the best of my recollection, all busi ness is suspended by both Houses. The due understanding of this point is so important to the due estimation of the distinction upon which the Preside it founds his refusal of the proposed con ference on the part of the Senate, that I beg to introduce a full Journal of the two Houses of Congress in a particular case of a conference upon the disagree ing votes of the two Houses, at the last session. It is as follows: July 27, 1813. The Senate proceeded to consider the amendments disagreed to by the House of Re presentatives to the bill, entitled An act lay ing duties on licenses to retailers of wines, spirituous liquors, and foreign merchandize. On motion, Resolved, That they insist on their amend ments and ask a conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses. Orde' ed, That Mr. King, Mr. Worthing ton, and Mr. Giles, be the managers at the said conference on the part of the Senate. Ordered, That the Secretary notify the House of Representatives accordingly.” July 28, 1813. “The House proceeded to consider.the mes sage from the Senate insisting on certain of their amendments disagreed to by this House, to the bill laying duties on licenses to retail ers df wines, spirituous liquors and foreign mer chandize whereupon, Resolved, That this House doth insist on their disagreement to the said amendments, and agree to the conference requested by the Senate upon the subject matter thereof, and that Mr. Bibb, Mr. Taylor and Mr. Roberta be appointed managers at the same on the pari of this House. 7” ..a- They also insist on their disagreement to the amendments ofthe Senate to the bill, enti tled An act laying duties on licences to re tailers of wines, spirituous liquors and foreign merchandize.” They agree to the conference proposed on the subject, and have appointed managers on their part. July 2^, 1813. Mr. King, freia the managers on the part of th- Senate at the conjerence on the bill, entitled An act laying duties on licences to retailers of wines, spirituous liquors and foreign mer chandize.” reported certain modifications of the amendments disagreed to. “Whereupon/ 11 Resolved, That th^ Senate, concur in the report of the conferees, arid that the. bill be amended accordingly. ''July 30, 1813. “A message from the House of Representa tives by Mr. Magruder, their clerk Mr. President—The House of Representa tives agree to the modification of the amendments of the Senate, to the bill, entitled “An act laying duties on licences to retailers of wines, spirituous liquors, and foreign merchandize as reported by the managers at the conference on the said bill.” From an attentive perusal of these journals, it must appear that a confer ence upon a disagreeing vote, is consid ered to be essentially carried oh be tween the two houses themselves, but conducted through the medium of managers an the part of each, merely for the sake of convenience. Jf then the Senate can transfer all its powers for particular objects to managers or committees, the distinction between a conference with .the Senate itself and its committee acting in its place and stead, on the ground of derogation from Executive dignity, appears to me to be rather fanciful than solid. It will not escape attention, that whilst the Presi dent no where expressly admits the right of the Senate to ask a conference with the Executive in a body yet it is clearly inferable from the principle of analogy between the houses of Con gress, which he relies on as the standard; and rule of his conduct and, if that be admitted, it certainly exempts the Senate from the uncharitable imputa tion, thrown against it by certain sapi-i ent observers, of a design by this mode ol proceeding to trench upon the Ex ecutive authority. For if that were the object, the whole body of the Senate would certainly produce a more over awing influence over the President than a committee of the same body. But al ter the President conceives that he has established the distinction between the Senate, and its committee, pursuing the analogy of the proceedings between the two Houses of Congress, hu anives at this cohciusio* A; d although both branches of the legis lature may be too numerous to hold conveni ently a conference with committees, were th-y to be appointed by either to confer with the entire body of ’he other, it may be fairly pre sumed that if the whole number of either branch were not too large for the purpose, the objection to such a conference, being against the principle, as derogatory from the co-ordin ate relations of the two Houses, would retain all its force.” It must strike every observer, that to enable the President to get at this con clusion, he puts a suppositious case, which could scarcely ever happen in practice he then makes a presumption from this supposed imaginary case, and then draws his conclusion from some supposed analogy to that presumption. Even the blind partiality of the Presi dent’s most devoted friends must ad mit, that this is rather a theoretical and ingenious mode of reasoning than a practical and conclusive one. If the Senate can transfer all its attributes to a part of its own body for certain incho ate purposes, as I believe it can and often does, then would that part, for those purposes, possessing all the at tributes of the whole body, be co-ordi nate with the Senate itself; and of course so far co-ordinate with the Exe cutive. This appears to have bees the opinion of the President himself, when on another occasion he observed, in re ply to the chairman of another commit tee appointed to confer with him, that he did not consider the authority given to the committee by the resolution such as would authorise them to call on him in their official character; but if they were specially instructed by the Senate, he would freely receive them and appoint a time for,that purpose special instructions in that case were accordingly given by the Senate to the committee. Why this distinction be tween the mere appointment of a com mittee, and special instructions under that appointment, unless it was upon the principle that the Senate possessed the faculty of transferring its powers to its committees for certain purposes But whether this presumption be fairly drawn in theory or not, the true reply to this course of reasoning I conceive to be? that the practice of conducting business between the two Houses of Congress by managers or conferences upon disagreeing votes between them is founded altogether upon principles of utility and convenience. Its object is to facilitate the public business, by harmonising their proceedings and if the suppositious case could really ex ist, and mutual convenience could be produced by it, I presume, whatever presumption might be drawn from it in theory, that in practice the want of co ordination on the part of a committee then invested with flowers would not long be deemed a sufficient considera tion to defeat arrangements founded al together in mutual convenience and practical utility. The presumption therefore drawn from the imaginary theoretical case, seems to be more than questionable. But there is another defect, and a very material one as it appears to me, in the President’s final conclusion. It consists in the essential difference in the organization of the tribunals sup posed to be analogous. Each House of Congress consists of numbers. The Executive of a single individual. It would be manifestly inconvenient from that circumstance for a committee to confer with either House collectively; but it would be entirely convenient for it to confer with the Executive, consist ing of a single individual. This differ ence is fully illustrated in the extent to which the President carried this prin ciple of analogy, in authorizing his Se- cretary of State to personify the Exe cutive in conferring with a committee of the Senate appointed to confer with the Executive Authority itself. Where as, according to the constitution, the Secretary does not possess one atom of -executive authority nor does the Pre ..sident possess the power to invest him with one, the office wanting the co-or dination with the Chief Executive Au thority of the nation, essential to such a purpose but a committee of the Se nate docs participate in the character and powers of the Senate, and for cer tain inchoate purposes may be invested with its whole powers, and of course would not be wanting in respect to co ordination with the Executive, Nor do I see how the Executive, from its indi visibility, can make a committee of it self analogous to u the proceedings ®f either House of Congress and it is ev ident that from this dissimilarity in its organization, from its physical incapa city, it cannot in this respect conform to the proceedings of either. The Se cretary of State personifying the Exe cutive, for the purpose of conferring, would be analogous to the Secretary of the Senate personifying that body for the. same purpose each being, in the contemplation .of the constitution, sub ordinate, the mere scribe to the tribu nal, to which he belongs-, and incapable of participating in its powers or attri butes. This exposition shows the uncer tainty of theoretical results, when drawn Irom practical dissimilarities. This also leads me to consider the character of the transaction in relation to its sug gested encroachment on the Executive authority. It should be recollected that the Ex ecutive in relation to the Seriate, upon the subjects of treaties and appoint ments to office,is the active originating powcr. Th Strata, the passive pre ventive power. The Executive there fore presents to the consideration of the Senate all original objects. The Se nate may give or deny them activity. But in the case of denial, the power of the Senate is at an end. It has no ob jects. It can originate no substitute. The obvious effect of a conference be tween them, therefore, would be to give the Executive the advantage of super adding to the views of the Senate his own considerations, in favor of his own policy or objects, which, if left to the deliberations of the Senate unaided, might be overlooked or not compre hended. It would certainly give him the advantage of his own reasoning, in favor of his own objects, without any disadvantage which presents itself to my mind whereas the Senate could have no reciprocal advantage, possess ing no reciprocal originating power. It certainly subjects the Senate to an additional executive influence, without any countervailing influence on its part. The idle imputation of an intended en croachment, thus appears to be utterly unfounded unless indeed the ethics of certain fashionable moralists should be received as orthodox always to impute a bad motive to a good action in dis. respect ot the evangelical rule of the old school, to regard the infirmities of our natures with so much charity and tenderness, as always to presume a good motive lor even a questionable ac tion. Hitherto the subject has been exam ined upon the principle of analogy drawn from the proceedings of the two Houses of Congress. These, without any constitutional provisions on the sub ject, are founded solely upon voluntary arrangements between them for mutual convenience, and have been found ex tremely beneficial in practice. It ap peals to me, that sonic simDsjr course? of proceeding between the Executive and the Senate, upon all points of con current jurisdiction, but none others, if not enjoined, is at least recommended, from the intimate connection establish ed between them by the constitution. In the 2d section of the 2d article of that instrument, the following power amongst others is given to the Exccu^ tive “He (to wit, the President) may require the opinion in writing of the principal officer ©f each of the Execu tive Departments, upon any subject rc luting io the duties of the respective offi ces." Upon this a uthqrity, it is said, the Executive has formed a cabinet of consultation and advice of the Heads of the Departments, upon all points of ge neral policy, and without confining each to his opinion in writing upon any sub ject delating to Ihe duties of his particu lar office. 1 his has been done by every President, I believe, without any scru ples upon the principle of a want of co» ordination. Ido not mean to question the propriety of this proceeding; my object is to compare the connection es tablished by this clause of the constitu-r tion, between the Executive and the principal officers of departments, and that by another clause between the Ex ecutive and the Senate. By the same section and article, this power is given to the executive—He shall have power, by and with the ad vice and consent ofthe senate, to make treaties, provided two thirds of the se nators present concur, and he shall no minate, and by and with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint am bassadors, other public ministers, and consuls, judges of the supreme court, and all other officers of the United States, whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law.” In these respects the most emphatical terms are used to establish the concur i efit jurisdiction between the executive and senate. The President shall no minate, and by and with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint, &c.- x he term advice,” is as emphatxal an one, as couid bo used to make the Senate the constitutional tribunal of ad vice to the Executive, upon all subjects to which it relates. But the Senate is not only to advise the executive in these respects its consent is to be given to cci tain Executive acts. Consent in y plies the exercise of will a&d the ex ercise of will involves the consequences of responsibility. The plain language ol the constitution to each Senator, w this you are not only toadvise the Pre sident, but you are to give yowr own con sent io his acts and are therefore to be as responsible for them to the nation, as himself The relations thus esblished are, or ought to be, of the mosuintimatc and confidential nature, and in my judg mepty it jvonld conduce very much to the due exercise of these powers, to a gree upop some mode by which an in terchange of opinion between the Exe cutive and Senate might be had at some intermediate stage of its delibera tions upon Executive propositions, and befoie its final decision. The Senate devised the mode on its part, and akcr requesting a respectful conference with the Executive, authorising‘it i 0 ucc zts part, at that conference. The President has deemed it his duty to de cline this overture, and thus to deny all intermediate interchange of opinion with the Senate upon Executive propositions, and to i eceive its advice only by its fi nal act. it is sparsely possible to avoid attaching .0 this apt an an of defiance,
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unfriendly in its tendency to tlut re ciprocal confidence and co-operation between the two tribunals, which the public interests seem imperiously to require. The President, as an indeften dent department of the government, had an unquestionable right to decline the overture, and having, as I verily believe with the purest motives, laid down the rule of his own conduct, it will doubt less be cheerfully, and I hope, with mabated confidence, and good will, cquiesced in by tht-Senate during the emaining part of his administration. 'Crhaps too, it will became the perma ent rule of procecding between the two .ribunals in all future times. But I have yet to learn the correctness of the prin ciples upon which the refusal was found ed, and I have also yet. to learn, that the executive authority of the nation will be improved by it. WM. B. GILES. Wigwam, Oct. 23. To relieve the apprehensions of many well disposed people, for the safety of the executive authority, in consequence of an atteippt on the part of the Senate, to advise or interchange opinions with the President, through the me dium of a committee, upon the subjects of con current jurisdiction only at some intermediate stage of the deliberations, and before the final act of the Senate, they are respectfully inform ed that when the federal government first went into operation, the concurrent juiisdiction es tablished by the constitution between the exe cutive and the Senate upon the subject of no minations to office, was deemed by General Washington to be of so intimate a character, that he. always at‘ended the Senate in person, when deliberating upon that subject, to hear its opinion, and receive its advice at all stages of its deliberations. An unlucky incident in duced him to decline his personal attendance in tile Senate thereafter, and by a letter ad dressed to the Senate he slated the reason of his determination in that respect. Ido not at this time recollect the contents of those rea sons, but I presume they had relation to th^ incident which induced the conduct. They, I believe, had no relation either to the want of co-ordination, or apprehensions of encroach ments upon the executive authority. Nor does the President condescend to place his refusal upon any apprehension of that kind—that idea is certainly a mere after-thought of officious friends which I am sure he would disclaim. Many inconveniences attend the first practice of being always present at the examination of every nomination, from which the last mode pointed out would be entirely exempt. PROPOSAI S For publishing by subscription in the Cityof Wash ington, a monthly work, to be entitled The American Historical and Po- litical Register. BY WM. F. WARNICK. 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I—3t uS; j ig», pound, such sum as the inspector may deem proper, not exceeding ten cents; if two pounds, fifteen cents and for every pound defi cient above two, twenty-five cents: and the Inspector is hereby required, when ever he has reason to suspect any casks containing flour, and offered for Inspec tion, to be falsely tared, to cause the flour to be started and the casks weigh ed when, if it should appear that tnc cask or casks weigh more than they are marked by the miller or owner, then they or their agent thereof shall forfeit and pay for every such offence at the rate of twenty-five cents for every pound after the first pound that the cask may improperly weigh, and shall moreover pay twenty-five cents tor starting and repacking each and every cask qr barrel, unless on examination the tare should prove correct, then and in that case the cost and charges accru ing therefrom shall be paid by the Cor poration. Sec. 7- And be it further ordained, That all and every cask of flour bro’t to the town aforesaid either for sale or ex portation, shall be subject to the ex amination of the inspector, by boring, searching or trying it through with an instrument not exceeding five-eighths of an inch in diameter to be provided by said inspector for that .purpose, who shall afterwards plug up the hole with a round plug made of any soft wood so as to prevent the entrance of water and if the said inspector shall judge the same to be merchantable accord ing to the directions of this ordinance, he shall brand at the time of inspecting every cask of flour over the quarter with the words Georgetown,” with a public branding iron to be by him pro vided for that purpose, and shall also brand and maik the degree of fineness which he shall on his inspection deter mine the said flour entitled to in letters of three-fourths of an inch in length, which degree shall be distinguished as follows, viz. “Superfine and Fine,” for which the said inspector shall have and receive of the owner for each cask two cents. Sc no more, Sc every cask of flour which shall prove on examination there of to be unmerchantable according to the true intent meaning of this ordnance, the said inspector shall brand on the quarter Georgetown, in letters of the aforesaid size, Sc mark on the bead with a broad arrow, and no cask oi flour not examined and branded by the inspector as aforesaid, superfine, fine, or marked with a broad arrow, shall be exported from the port of Georgetown under pe n ilty of ten dollars for every such of fence to be paid by the exporter there of. S.ec.,B. Andbe it further ordained, That when any person shall think himself aggrieved by the judgment oi the inspector it; shall and may be law ful for such person within six days to apply to the mayor who shall issue his warrant directed to three dis interested persons skilled in the quali ty of flour, who shall under oath care fully view and examine the same; an& if the said three persons so appointed or any two of there, declare the same of a quality different 'from that adjudged by the said inspector, the brand or broad' arrow shall be erased and the inspec tor directed to put such brand as they or any tw^ of them shall adjudge and determine, the costs of such review tq paid by the corporation but should the judgment of the inspector he con firmed, then and in that case the owner shall pay the costs of such review the reviewers shall receive three cents for every brand by them reviewed, and in case of storage each barrel to be subject tp a charge of six cents. Sec 9. And be it further ordained* That it shall be the duty of said inspec tor (in case of inability to perform the duties appertaining to the office) to ap point one or ipore persons of good re pute and skill in the quality of flour as assistant inspector, who shall b- fore en tering upon the duties ©f s id office make oath er affirmation before the mayor as is prescribed to the inspector, who shal| be answerable for the good conduct and faithful performances of him or them by him appointed. Sec. 10. And be it further ordained* That the said inspector be and he is hereby authorised to appoint one or more proper Sc fit characters to coopen Sc make merchantable all barrels of wet; Sc light flour wtreh the inspector in his judgment thinks so, and which he thes said inspector may be called on to in spect. Sec 11. And be it further ordained* That the said inspector or deputy shall not purchase, directly or indirectly, any flour other than for their family’s use under the* penalty of ten dollars for each barrel by him or them pur^' chased, one half to the informer, thes other lor the use of the corporation Sec. 12. And be it further ordained* That any person or persons who sh. 11 alter, erase or deface the mark or brand? made on any barrel of flour by the in-* spector, or shall mak or brand any bar rel which hath not been inspected with.’ any mark or brand similar to, or in imi tation of the inspector, or after said in spector shall have passed any barrel of flour, as merchantable, shall pack into* ths casks which contained the same-’ any other flqur, or after any barrel of flour shall be Branded or marked with the broad arrow shall unpack and re pack the same into other barrels, or shall in any manner pack flour into? casks already branded without erasing therefrom the mark for sale or exporta tion, such person shall forfeit and pay the sum of twenty dollars for every such offence. Sec. 13. And be it further ordained? That the inspector shall keep an exact, account of the number of barrels and half barrels of flour, barrels and half* barrels of rye flour inspected, and once in^every’threc months make a returni thereof under oath to the mayor, who may publish the same in one or more? of the newMspvpers in the town. Sec. 14 And be it Jurthet ordained?} That if any seller, owner, agent or o ther person shall prevent the inspec tor from exercising the duties enjoined on him by this ordinance, he or they shall forfeit and pay for every such of fence the sum of ten dollars. Sec. 15 And be it further er lained. That all fines and forfeitures incurredll under this ordinance shall be collect ed and recovered by the inspector before the mayor or any magistrate having competent jurisdiction—one half to the inspector, and the other half to the use of the corporation. See. 16. And it be further ordained,. That before any inspector shall cater upon the execution of his office, he shall give bond with security to be ap proved by the Mayor in the sum of two thousand dollars, to be recovered on forfeiture forjthe use of the corporation* and also take the several oaths appoint ed by this ordinance. Sec. 17. And be it further ordained. That hereafter it shall be the duty of the Inspector of wheat and flour to in spect all rye flour under the same regu iation as wheat flour is to be inspected by this ordinance, and to brand on the barrel Georgetown,’ with the word. Rve’ underneath. Sec. 18. And be it further ordained? That all ordinances heretofore passed on the subjects of this ordinance be and they are hereby repealed. JOHN OTT, President of the Board of Common CounciL J S. MORSEDD, Recorder and President of die Board of Al dermen. approved, January 29th, 1812. THoS. CQRCORAN, Mayor. E. QLI VER Has just returned from Philadelphia, with her Wimer Assortment 8f ^iniriery and Fancy Goods, among wh;^: are- Lace shawls, capes and handkerchiefs Crapes, gauzes, spider-nets and cambrics Lavenpnee and Horences of all colors Feathers, artificial flowers and wreathing Laventine shawls t’. Merino do Net do Net hdkfs Bead ornaments far the head Bugle trimmings for dresses Military feathers and sashes Fur tippets, capes and hdkfs. Children’s beaver hats A new assortment of ribbons Gloves and sleeves Silk, thread and cotton lace 2 cases of French miiinery Pelites, spencers, wrappers and capes Dressing cases, sweet soaps, antique oii Opiat for the teeth, rouge vinegar, iin salve Pocket-books, combs, &c. Georgetown, Dec: 1-—-d w
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S9LD AT THE TATENT’URtJG AND DIGINE STORE OF JIJIVID VTT CO. APPROVED? GENUINE FAMILY MEDICINES, Which are celebrated for the cure of most dis eases to which the human body is liable, PREPARED Only by the sole Proprietor, T. W- DYOTT, ML 1) graurhon of the late eelebrated Dr. Robertson, of Edinburg. Sold wholesale and retail, in Philadelphia only, at his Family Mabioisi WabkhOusm, N. E.corner of Race and N. 2d streets. Dn ROBERTSON’S CELEBRATED STOM ACHIC ELIXIR OF HEALTH, (Price §1 and 50 cents) One of the most efficacious Medicines ever offered to the public, for the speedy relief and cure of obstinate coughs, colds, consumptions the whooping cough, asthmss, pains and wind in the stomach, removing habitual costiveness, sickness at the stomach, dysenteries, cholera morbus, severe gripings, the summer bowel complaint in children, &c. Dr ROBERTSON’s VEGETABLE NERVOUS CORDIAL; Dr, Nature’s Grand Restorative, (Price §1 and 50 cents) confidently recommended as the most es ncious medicine for the speedy relief and cure of all nervous complaints, attended with inward weakness, depression of the spirits, head-ache, tremor, faintness, hysteric fits, de bdity, seminal weakness, gleets, and various complaints resulting from secret impropriety of youth and dissipated habits, residence m warm climates, the immoderate use of tea, the unskilful or excessive use of mercury, so often destructive to the humaP frame, diseases pecu liar to females at a certain period of life, Fluor Alt us, barrenness, &c. Dr. ROBERTSON’s CELEBRATED GOUT AND RHEUMATIC DROPS; (Price two Dollars) A safe and effectual cure for the gout, rheu matism, lumbago, stone and gravel, swelling anu weakness of the joints, surains, bruises, and all kinds of green wounds—the cramp, pains in the head, face and body, stiffness m the neck, chilblains, frozen limbs, &c. Dr ROBERTSON’s PATENT STOMACHIC biiters, (Price one Dollar) Which are celeb’-Jed for strengthening weak stomachs, increasing the appetite, and a certain preventative and cure for the fever and ague, &c» Dr ROBERTSON’s INFALLIBLE WORM DESTROYING LOZENGES; A medicine highly necessary to be kept in all families —price 50 cents- _ Though numberless medicines are extolled for expeding and killing worms, none are equal in efficacy t* Dr. Robertson’s Worm-Destroy inr Lozenges—they are mild in their opera tion, and may be given to the youngest infant with safety. Dr. DYOTT’s ATM! BILIOUS PILLS* For the prevention and cure of bilious and malignant fevers- Price 25 cents—large boxes These pills, if timely administered, will re move the causes which commonly produce the vellow fever, bilious fevers, ague and Lyer, cholic, pains, fiaKilences, indigestions, cosUve ness, hypochondriac and hysteric, complaints, stranguary, gravel, rheumatisrh and gout. Dr DYOTT’s PATENT ITCH OINTMENT, For pleasantness, safety, expedition, ease fend certainty, is infinitely superior to any other nc. b Ine for the cure of that most disagreea- Ide and tormenting disorder, the Itch. Price Sy cents per box. Dr. DYOTT’s INFALLIBLE TOOTH-ACHE ’’DROPS. ("Price 50 Cents. J CIRCASSIAN EYE WATER, Celebrated for cur#sg most disorders of the eyes. Price 50 cents. Dr. TISSOTT’s CELEBRATED GOUT AND RHEUMATIC DROPS. f Price §2. J THE VEGETABLE BALM OF LIFE. CPrice SLJ TIIE BALM OF IBERTA Extracted from an Iberian plant, for curing defects of the skin, and improving the com jplexiou, &c. Price §2. the RESTORATIVE DENTRIFICE* For cleaning, whitening and preserving the tcet’h -and gums. Price 50 cents per box Since the above invaluable medicines were first discovered, upwards of seven hundred thousand persons have experienced their happy and salutary efi cts, many of whom from the lowest stage of their disoi dels. (f? Take notice, that each and ad the above genuine Medicines are s-gned on the outside covers with the signature of the sole proprie tor. T. W. DYOTT, M. D. (IT Persons desirous of consulting Dr. Dr ott, may, by applying as above, obtain his ad vice gratis. A iresh supply of the above Medicines just received, and tor sale, by DAVID OTT CO. W ashington—and Dr. NIN lAN MAG RL DER, Georgetown. Where pamphlets containing certificates of ctwes, &c. may be had gratis. February IL Union College Lottery, Ao 4. J. Milligan F000 1 o' 20,000 1 of 10,000 lof 5,000 &c. &c. Prices of Tickets Baltimore Hospital Lottery, 12. Trinity Church do §B. Washington Monument do 2d class &IV* which commences drawing in .March next- Nov. 5— LOTTERY IN I ELLIGENCE The Medical College Lottery, finished draw ing on Thursday, 30th September. The Rockville Academy Lottery, finished drawing on Saturday, the 11th September. Toe Baltimore Hospital Lottery, has pro grossed as far as 18th day of drawing, and con tinues to draw once a week. The Trinity ClmrCh Lottery, has progressed as far as the 7th day of drawing, and continues to draw one day -every wetk. MILLIGAN CO. Execute all Orders ford ickets in any of the Lotteries now draw ing in the United States punctually; and give earliest information given of the success. They have on hand, a large stock of Maying C-rds, which they will sell low for TOR SALE, A valuable Negro MAN, who pas been ac customed to all kind of work on a farm. ALSO, A valuable Woman, who understands cooking, washing, &c. Enquire at this office. Sept. 24 TO LET The frame Dwelling House, Lot, Garden &c on the Mansion House Square, at the mouth ofthe Tiber, at present occupied by Mr. George Boyd, who is about removing to a house m the vicinity. Possession may be had of this delightfal spot on or perhaps before the 20 th inst. Fur terms apply to Mr. Boyd or the subscriber. Also a hand some two story Brick House adjoining the sub scriber’s residence, lately occupied by Doctor Carroll. This is a pleasant situation for a pri vate residence, and an excellent stand for bu siness of almost any description. For terms ap ply to Doctor Car roll or the subscriber. JOHN P. VAN NESS. October 8— THE MIRROR OF THE GRACES, Or the English Ladies Costume,—by a lady of distinction—who has witnessed, and atten tively studied, what is esteemed truly grace ful and elegant, among the most refined na tions of Europe. Price, in extra boards, cna dollar. Also, ANGELIQUE DE VALCOUR AND EGLANTINE. Two elegant Novels. By the authoress of Rosa in London,’ The young Mother,’ &c. Price, in extra boards, sixty-two and a half cents THE POETICAL WORKS OF LORD BYRON. Comprising Poems, original and translated; and, ENGLISH BARDS AND SCOTCH REVIEWERS. From the last London edition. —In extra boards price seventy-five cents. Just received and tor sale at the Bookstore and Lottery office, Bridge street, Georgetown. Oct. 14. J. MILLIGAN CO. Have received at their Bookstore, High street, and at the Bookstore and Lottery-office, Bridge street, Georgetown, a few copies of A TREATISE CONCERNING HEAVEN AND HELL, And the wonderful things therein, as heard and seen by the hon. and learned Emanuel Swedenborg, of the Senatorial Order of Nobles in the kingdom of Sweden. ALSO, Woodfall’s Junius, 2 vols. §5 Steel’s List of the British Navy 75 Toussard’s Artillerists Companion 16 Duane’s Military Dictionary 6 Library 8 Hand-Book for Infantry 1 25 for Riflemen 1 25 Intercepted Let e« $2 Maps of Canada, in sheets, on rollers, and in portable cases Maps of the United States, of Maryland, of Pennsylvania, of Washington City, &c. September 25. w poem Just received and for sale by J. MILLIGAN, and Co. The Lay of tiie Scottish Fiddle, a Tale of Havre-de-Grace—supposed to be written by Walter Scott, Esq. First American from the fourth Edinburg edition. Price 1$ in Boards. -.also, A supplj of Prior and Dunning’s Map of Canada in Sheets and Cases and on Rollers, &c. and An Appeal to the Nations of Europe against the continental system, published at Stockholm, by authority of Bernadotte, Ist March, 1813, by Mad- Be Stael Holstein, Price 50 Gents. August 30— NEW PUBLICATIONS. FOR SALE BY J. MILLIGAN, Co. Georgetown, 1) C. Speeches delivered by Alexander Smyth, Esq. [Late a Brigadier General in the U. S. army,] in the House of Delegates of Virginia, and at the b»r— price one dollar. Debates in the Virginia Convention—price §3 Wirt’s Speeches, price 75 cents. Historical Letters, (originally published in the Virginia Argus), price 1 dollar. Edwards’ Genuine Edition of The Book,” or the proceedings and correspondence upon the subject of the enquiry into the conduct of her Royal Highness, the Princess of Wales— price gl 12 1 2 The Bridal of Trierman, a poem, in the style of Walter Scott, Esq.—price 75 cents. September 1. J. MILLIGAN Ls CO. Booksellers, Georgetown, Have received the following RELIGIOUS WORKS: Watts’ Sermons, 2 vols. price g 4 50 on the Passions 75 Immortal Mentor 1 Spiritual Treasury, 2 vols. 4 Whole Daty of Man 5 Hannah Moore’s Christian Morals 1 ALSO, Bibles and Prayer-books, in various bindings. Sentember 21. NEW-YORK GRAND LOTTERY, WILL positively finish draw ng next month, and in the short space of thirteen more draw ings, the following capital prizes must be drawn, viz. 25,000 Dollars IQ,OuO Dollars 2,000 Dollars. And probably during the same short period, the following floating prizes will aUo be drawn, viz. 20,000 Dollars 5,000 Dollars 1,000 Dollars. &c. A better chance for a prize in the Lottery at at so cheap a rate, never before presented itself. Tickets only Eleven Dollars each, to be had of J. MILLIGAN CO Booksellers, Georgetown, (Col) November 16. r STALES if BRITISH A List of the American and British Navy, on a large sheet, is just received by .1 Milli gan, 8c Co. Booksellers; Georgetown, District of Columbia. Price 12 1-2 Cents. NOV. 8— X CO. Georgetown, D. C. Have constantly on hand Tickets in all the LOTTERIES. Orders from any part ofthe Union will meet with prompt attention, and all information giv en gratis. Union College Lottery, No. 4. Second Part.) Commenced drawing in New York on Tuesday, Oct. 5. Highest Prizes i 25.000 dollars, 20,000 dollars, 10,000 dollars, 5,000 dollars. Present price of tickets, Nine Dollars. At J. Milligan and Co.’s Book-store, High street, and at their Book-store and Lottery of fice, Bridge street (in the house lately occu pied by Mr.C. A. Burnett) are for sale Tickets and Shares in the folio wing Lotteries: Baltimore Trinity Church Lottery. (Now Drawing.) The following capital prizes are in the wheel: 1 of §30,000 2 of 20.000 1 of 10,000 2of 5,000 Present price of tickets §B. The Baltimore Hospital Lottery, Is commenced drawing, and continues for the present once a week—the capital prizes are 1 prize of §30,000 2 do of 20,000 6 do of 10,000 2 do of 5,000 T.ckets §ll. Washington Monument Lottery, Second Class. The scheme contains the following Capital Prizes 1 of §40,000 lof 30,000 1 of 20,000 2 of 10,000 sos 5,000 Price es Tickets §lO. J. Milligan and Co. will order for their cus tomers, at a moment’s notice, Tickets and Shares in the Grand Pennsylvania Inland Navigation Lottery. The drawing of the above Lottery is more than half over, and there are still in the wheel prizes of §50,000 10,000 5,000 And a great number of §IOOO, §SOO, &c. &c. Present price of tickets §l3, but will advance much higher as the drawing progresses. Ihe drawing is now continued three times a week, and it is expected will soon draw ottener. The price of tickets in the above Lotteries will advance in a few days. J. Milligan Co.’s Prize List of the tenth Day’s Drawing of the Trinity Church Lottery. No. 15,643 a prize of 50 dollars. 9 Prizes of 20 dollars. 490 do of 10 dollars. A few tickets may be had by application as above, price §B. Georgetown, Oct. 25— J. MILLIGAN AND CO. Booksellers IF Stationers, Georgetown, District Columbia, keep constantly for sale y Ledgers Journals Day Books I Of various sizes Cash Books and Bill Books J Paterns. Invoice Books Letters J They will bind at the shortest notice blank and account books for the Public Offices, Mer chants and others. They are supplsed with an assortment >t Langstroth’s aniGilpm’s Imperial Super Royal Papers. Medium 1 Demy and Foolscap Which they will sell by wholesale or retail at the Philadelphia prices or make up to suit their customers. They have a general assortment of Station ary, among which are Superfine Foolscap Haipressed 4 to Post Plain do. Swan "1 Russian Dutch and f QuiU English J Lead Pencils India Rubbers Ink and Sand Stands Penknives and Pounce Boxes, &c. October 6— Baltimore Hospital Lottery. SECOND CLAS. SCHEME. 1 Prize of g30,0C0 is §30,000 2 do. 20,000 40,000 6 do. 19,000 60,000 3 do. 5,000 15,000 10 do. 1,000 10,000 10 do. 100 Tickets each, 11,500 20 do. §SOO 10,000 30 do. 200 6,000 50. do. 100 5,000 100 do. 50 5,000 750 do. 20 15,000 1,500 do. 15 22,500 10,000 do. 12 120,000 12,482 Prizes. 22,518 Blanks, not near two to a Prize. 35,000 Tickets, at ten dollars, is 350,000 Tickets for Sale By J. Milligan Co. at their Bookstore on High street, and at the Bookstore and Lottery Office, Bridge Street. Price §ll ELEGANT LOOKING GLASSES. Just received at the Book Store and Lottery Office, Bridge street, four doors w.est of the Union Bank, an assortment of elegant Looking Glasses, with rich pillar and moulding frame-, of the Latest fashions. Sattin and mahogany framed Toilette Glass es, with boxes. Swing Toilette Glassed, and mahogany fra med Looking Glasses. Georgetown, Sept, 10, NOTICE Late Bank ofthe United States. September 10, 1813. THE Trustees of the late Bank of the United States, will, alter the first day of January next,, receive proposals for the purchase of the whole or any part of the debts due to the trust —they will at any time thereafter communi cate to persons desirous of making stich pro posals, any information in their power, in re lation to the said debts and previous thereto the said Trustees will receive proposals for a composition by the debtors themselves. G. SIMPSON, Cashier. Sept. 14—wtLT NEW PLAYS. J. Milligan LT Co. Booksellers, George- town D. C. Have received the following Plays Yankey Chronology, Provoked Husband, Won der, Romp, Sleep Walker, Recal of Momus, 11 Bondocani, Matrimony, Hunter ofthe Alps, Honest Thieves, Too Many Cooks, High Life Below Stairs, Wives as they Were, Love and Money, Cure for the Heart Ache, Highland Reel, One O’clock, Commissary, Knights, Lame Lover, Taste, Author, Liar, Englishman in Paris, Englishman Returned, Orators, Mi nor, Darkness Visible, Bearding House, Mu sic Mad, Apprentice, Marmion, Turn Out, Orra, Sons of Erin, Rival Queens, Timour the Tartar, Beacon, How to die for Love, Right Wrong, Bridal Ring, House of MelviU, Sul tan, Dream, Siege. Nov. 6 PORTRAIT of the LATE CAPTAIN LAWRENCE. M. THOMAS has made arrangements for publishing by subscription, a highly finished portrait of the late captain James Lawrence, of the U. S. Navy: to be engraved by Edivin, from an original painting by Stuart. The size will be rather larger than the portraits in the Analectic Magazine; and it will be ornament ed with a handsome vignette, representing the action between the HORNET AND PEACOCK. The plate is now in the hands of the artist, and will be finished about the first of Novem ber next. Price to subscribers, One Dollar. On the publication of the print, it will be considerably enhanced.—7t. DAinCING. MR. DUPORT respectfully informs bis Friends and Patrons, and the Guardians of Children, of Washington City and Georgetown, that he will open his DANCING SCHOOL FOR YOUNG LADIES, if sufficient encouragement be offered. He has opened a subscription at his snuff store, Bridge street, Georgetown, where particulars will be made known to such as wish to subset ibe. MR. DUPOR't’ informs the Young Gentle men of Washington and Georgetown, that he wid open an EVENING SCHOOL: Such as w-ish to receive instruction, will please to favor him with a call. September Bth. MAPS, CHARTS PLANS, Fur Sale at Ilie Bookstore and Lottery Of fice, near the Union Bank of Georgetown, Bradley’s Map of the United States, on rollers, price §8 00 Smyth’s Map of Upper Canada, 2 50 Lafon’s Map of the Territory of Orleans, &c. on rollers, 8 00 Varle’s Map of Frederick, Berkeley and Jefferson count a in the State of Virginia, on rollers, 2 50 Carte de la Capitainerie Generate de Caracas, 1 50 Plan of the City of N. York, on rollers, colored, 1 00 Plan of Philadelphia, 1 00 Plan of Baltimore, 1 SC Plan of Baltimore on rollers—elegantly colored, 4 00 Map of Spain and Portugal, colored, 50 Plan of Philadelphia, large, on rollers, 2 00 Map of the Seat of War, 1 75 October 19 THE THESPIAN PRECEPTOR, Or a full display of the Scenic Art: including ample and easy instructions for treading of the stage, using proper action, modulating the voice, and expressing the several Dramatic Passions: illustrated by examples from our most apnroved ancient and modern dramatists: and calculated not only for the improvement of ail lovers of the stage, actors and actresses, but likewise of public orators, readers, and visitors of theatres. Price 75 cents. For sale at the Book store and Lottery office, Bridge street. Georgetown. ™UPEREINE YELLOW BARK For sale by Joseph Milligan Co. Book sellers, Georgetown, (Columbia,) Dr. SANFORD’S Improved powder and essential salts of the bark; accompanied wii 4 the proprietor’s essay on the different kinds of Peruvian bark,/mw in use. The above are put up in parcels of different sizes, to accommodate the usual wants of Physicians, Retail Druggists and Private Fa milies. Extract from the Medical and Philosophical Register, No. 4, vol. 2. “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. Sanford, after more than twenty-five years observation on the ef fects of bark as a medicine, and no less 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 drestates of an essential salt, powder, &c. On a circumstance of so great impor ance, we cannot but congratulate the community at ■arge, upon whose confidence and support Dr. banford is justly entitled to the strongest claims.” March 22. Extract from No. 1, vol. 3, of th? same work— In those cases in which the bark was pre scribed we have had the most satisfactory e. vidence of the superior quality of that which is selected and prepared by Dr. Sanford, and which we earnestly recommend to the fatten i on of Physicians.” Georgetown, Sept. 16. CHILDREN’S BOOKS. Joseph Milligan Co. have just received front Puilndeipbia a very large collection of Chib _h’s Books, each containing a great num ber of Fanciful Engravings and amusing Moral Little Stories that cannot fail to engage the at tention of Little Boys and Girls—prices from 12 to 50 cents each book. Oct. -27-^ Sold at the genuine Drug and Medicine Store of David Ott and Co. MEDICINES. Michael Lee Co’s. Celebrated Family Medicines, So highly approved cl and sought after in al parts of the United States for upwards of ten years, continue to be faithfully prepared and sold by the proprietors, No. 93, Pitt Street, Baltimore. MICHL-LEE Co. Sold by appointment by DANIEL RAPINE, Bookseller, Capitol Hill, Washington. NINIAN MAGRUDER, Druggist, Georgetown. DAVID OTT Co. Pennsylvania Avenue. The few following respectable cases of cures are selected from hundreds of equal re spectability. Lee’s Anti-Bilious Pills. The operation of these highly esteemed pills is perfectly mild, and the experience of .thousands has proved, they may be used in every situation of ide, without the least in convenience. Messrs. Michael Lee, Co. I have been very much afflicted for some days past with .extreme pain and giddi ness ip my head, so much so that when I have had occasion to s oop down in the store, on rais ng up again, it was with difficulty I cou!4 stand o:-i my feet for some time, connected with a sick stomach. Having repekted'y re ceived gre-t benefit from your Anti-B ilious Pills, I had recourse to them again, and find myself again entirely relieved from those dis tressing sensations, and now enjoy perfect health You are at liberty, v and I wish you so to do) to make this as public as you may see proper, as I am confident those pills ’are the most efficacious medicine tn similar cases and I do sincerely believe that a timely use thereof will in many cases prevent violent at tacks of biliods and other fevers. Yours respectfully, GREE.VBU Y RIDGELY, No. 9, Market Street. July 8, 1812. Lee’s Elixir, A sovereign remedy for colds, obstinate coughs, catarrhs, asthmas, sore throats and approaching consumptions. Messrs. Michael Lee id Co. You are at liberty to use my name in the recommendation of Lee’s Elixir, as from re peated trials I have found it an excellent re medy for colds, coughs, &c. RD. BARRY. Baltimore, June 20, 1812. Messrs Michael Lee, Co. I was attacked with a most violent cold, a severe cough and pa n in the breast, which continued to grow worse—during which my appetite failed, and my voice altered so much that it was with the utmost exertion I could pronounce a single sentence louder than my breath. Some of my friends haying observed to me that much good had been done by the use of Lee’s Elixir, advised me to procure a bottle from Messrs. Warner and Hanna, which I accordingly did—and io thore persons, un. acquainted with the merits of this medicine, it will appear astonishing that three dose* should remove the pains in my breast, and the use of one bottle only restored me to per fect health J. A. SMITH, Market Street, F. Point: Lee’s Logenges. The medicine, which is as innocent and miid as it is certain and efficacious in its opera tion, cannot injure the youngest infant should no worms exist in the body. Messrs. Michael Lee Co. Observing that my son, six years of age, was troubled with difficulty in breathing [something frequently rising tn his throat J restlessness at night, loss of flesh, &c. from these symptoms I was confident he had worms; and having procured a box of Lee’s Worm-destroying Logenges, the first dose ex pelled 23 large worms winch afforded him im mediate relief. Tie now enjoys a good state of healte, and I believe I can from experience say, that Lee’s Lozenges are the most efficacious remedy for worms now in use. THOMAS TETERS, Of the late firm of Peters and Johiuom Baltimore, July 1,1810. Lee’s infallible Fever and Ague Drops. Thousands can testify of their being cured by these drops, after the bark and every other med-cine had proved ineffectual; and not one in a hdndred has had occ&sfion to take mo^e than one, and numbers not half a bottle. Messrs. Mickael Lee Co. I think it a duty incumbent on me (for the benefit of my fellow beings) to make known to you the wonderful cure performed by your truly infallible Ague and Fever drops. My little son has been laboring under the ague and fever for sevei al months—a great many remedies Were tried without the least effec and the child fast declining, having almost entirely lost his appetite I was advised to try Lire’s Infall.ble Ague and Fever Drops. I pro cured a bottle and gave it attentively as di rected, and to my astonishment, the third day the ague and fever entirely left him, and h® soon perfectly recovered his health; Ido therefore confidently recommend them to all persons laboring under that distressing d sease to be a perfect cure, HOMEWOOD MARRTOT, Albemarle Street, Baltimore, Sept. 15. 1811. Lee’s Anti-Bilious Pills, for the prevention o? Bilious Fevers, de. Lee’s Elixir, for violent colds, coughs, iic, Lee’s infallible Ague and Fiver D ops. Lee’s Worm-destroying Lozenges. Lee’s Itch Ointment, warrented to cure by one application, (without mercury.) Lee’s Grand Restorativejbr nervous disorder© inward weaknesses, (ic. Lee’s Indian Vegetable Specific, for the venereal. Lee’s Persian Ixjtion for tetters add eruptions l Lee’s Essence and Extract of Mustard for the rheumatism, de. Lee’s Eye Water. Lee’s Tooth-Ache Drops. Lee’s Damask Lip Salve. Lee’s Corn Plaister. Lee’s Anodyne Elixir, for the cure cf head-aches. Lee’s Tooth Powder. CCj’ To detect counterfeits, observe each article has on the outside-wrapper the signa ture of MICHAEL LEE, Co. At the places of sale, may be had gratis, pamphlets containing cases of cures whose length prevents their being herewith inserted. June 27 WASHINGTON’S VALEDICTORY. JOSEPH MILLIGAN, Co. Have just, received General Washington’s Valedictory Address in a small volume, with a Vignette and an engraved portrait of the Gen eral, price 75 cents. ALSO, THE AMERICAN LAW JOURNAL No. 2. By, John E. Hall, Esq. August 13