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Trinity Church Lottery.
THE su'iscrib-Pi-s having1 been appointed
Managers of a Lottery authorised by the ge-
neral assembly 01" Maryland, and the Corpora-
tion of the Git. of Baltimore *or the purpose ot
raising >a"siim of money for the erection of
said Church and for other purposes, oner to
the public the following
S C H ii M E.
1 1'rize of Hollars, 5000
1 do. 3000
2 do. 2000 4J0O
2 do. 1.501) 3000
3 do. 1o0
500 do. 10 5900
5750 do. I'rizei. s 515.*-)
60S5 J'201,'0
11935 "bmks.
Sum raised, 15U00
Expenci 8 iuctf iding commission to
th e Corpor itlOII 3000 '•-------
180U0 Tickets at Five Dolls, each 9U0O0
OF THE ABOVE PHIZfcS,
1 of OOdois.to liie fiist drawn lilni.k.
1 200 do. to the 1st drawn blankafter 3000
1 200 do. do. 4.00
1 200 do. do. 6000
\ 200 do. do .8000
1 1000 do. do. 10000
1 500 do. do. 1J000
1 500 do. do. 14000
1 1500 do. do. 16000
1. 2000 last drawn blmk.
It will appear from the above scheme that
th';re are jiot two blanks to a prize, and that
the prizes will be paid without any deduction.
From the advantage offered to adventurers
and the object to which tile money is to be ap
plied, the 'Managers hope and expect they will
make a speedy'sale oi the Tickets, so as to
enable them to'commence drawing at an early
dav ,
The Prizes will be paid sixty days alter the
drawing ; and such as may not be demanded
within twelve1 months after, will be considered
as generous deflations to the objects of the
Lottery. Bond has been given to the Mayor
and Ci'y-Counci) for the faithful performance
of the Managers.
Tickets may be had of eMier of the Mana-
ger! and of such O'he'r persons as may be ap-
p-irfedbv them. Prizes in the Lotteries now
drawing hi this city, will be received in pay.
went for Tickets.
WILLIAM SLATEK,
fi LEXANDER M KIM,
JOSEPH ALLENOElt,
WILLIAM 1'KILE,
TOHN SN'YDEK,
W M'MECHIN.
WILLI«M Y LEWIS,
HEZEK.IAH PMCE.
August -;5
^ Mo,n
^aw8t-iaw
"Valuable Property for Sale.
THE subscriber being desirous of proetir
ing s me good Ian is in 'he sou'h-western
country, BnH to enable him to do so, offers the
Mowing property for sale, viz.
AgTR ACT of LAND, s'tuite in the county
of F irfaS! and state ot Virgina, whereon I
now reside, containing upwardsof2ICC acres.
This lwi'l is vol! adapted to farming', is level,
w< Ii watered and timbered, full one half be-
ing in wood, He tr the centre of which stands
the county court house and otherpublic buiM-
ing0 whien lire included wMiia the hounds
of a town lately laid out at this place, an.
tKorise by an act of the general assembly of
nia, on several of which lots buildings
have been everted, Sec; On one acre thereof,
nenrthe court house, is a large two story brick
House, rented and occupied as a tavern, toge-
ther with large stables, kitchen, and house for
the retirement of a family, Sic. Perha|w there
is no situation between the eastern and west-
ern waters more public, or that affords better
stands for taverns, stores, nieehauics, &c par-
tir.Marlyto an inn keeper, calculated to act on
a large scale. The Little River turnpike
|)aved road, leading from Alexandria to the
westward, pisses immediately at this place,
as also the main pubic a'.d post roads leading
to and from Alexandria, Georgetown, the city
of Washington;, Baltimore, and the Western
country—distance from Alexandria 14, and
fi'< m il'ie city of Washington 15 or lti miles.
To accommodate a purchaser or purchasers,
1 would dispose of tne property at this place,
or any part thereof, separate from the other
buds The annual rent of the small part now
improved, is near eight hundred dollars, and
at little additional expence would produce
from one thousand dollars to twelve hundred
dollars per annum, exclusive of lots that might
be sold or rented on ground rent; and I would
divide the land in two or three parts te suit
purchasers. On that part occupied by myself,
are a comfortable dwelling-house, sufficient
ior the accommodation of a large fundi), with
barn, stables, and other convenient out-houses,
orchards, &.c. As it is presumed a person dis-
posed to purchase would first view the premi-
ses, a further description is thought unne-
eessary.
A small piece of Land within one and a half
miles of the court-house, situate on Accotink
Run, containing 19 acres, mostly rich and valu-
able grass land, which affords a tolerable mill
seat, arid was purchased with a view of erect-
ing one thereon, the timber for which (of ex-
cellent quality) hath been cut and squared.
A Lot in the town of Alexandria, with a two
story brick house, kitchen and stable thereon,
situate near the centre thereof; and
About loOO acres of Land, situate on the
waters of Licking, in the county of Bourbon,
and state of Kentucky. This land is classed
as second rate, is rich, lies well, and by judges
of that country said to be worth from five dol-
lars to eight dollars per acre, and on which
are several small settlements.
For ths properly in Fairfax and Alexandria,
indisputable titles will be made; the title to
the K'-ntucky land is thought to he good, an
investigation on thai subject having lately taken
place, and is patented in my own name. .No-
thing short of a strong desire to provide for a
large and growing family, should induce me to
offer this property or sale. My terms will be
sucliasca inot fail to accommodate a purchaser,
as but a small portion will be required in hand,
and oil securing' the balances s'ai isfic oiily, te
aneet arrangements which in such cases I wish
to make, lengthy credits will be give) ¦ I would
receive in part payment good lands iu the state
of Tennessee, not more than thirty miles from
Nashville, orthe waters ot Uselt-River, in said
state ; hut the title thereto most he well estab-
lished and secur.ed. A pfStieation must be made
to RICUa'RD KATCLIFFE,
Fairfax .county, state of
law 3m
Fairfax county, slate of)
Virginia, August 25.>
For Salt
A PEW in St. Peter's Church,
this office- August 17-
Aprlv at
t94t'i
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LEWIS tS* CLARK'S TOUR TO THE
PACIFIC OCEAN-
THROUGH THE INTERIOIt OF THE
CONTINENT OF NORTH AMERICA,
Performed by order of the Government of the
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and 1806.
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.v.ibj'cts of civilizing, governing and maih-
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setting forth a plan for its extension, ami
showing the immense advantage*which would
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daily rise and fall of the principal water cour-
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with some strictures on the origin of Prairies,
the c.-iuse of the inudtliuess of the Missouri,
of volcanic appearances, and other natural
phenomena which were met with in the course
of this interesting tour. This volume will also
contain a comparative view of twenty-three
vocabularies of distinct Indian languages, pro-
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voyage, and will be ornamented and embel-
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than.wiJ! be bestowed t n the lirst part of the
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August 3. 2aw3w
TRIAL OF AARON BURR,
(Continued by adjournment and held at the ca -
p'ttol in the hall of the house of Delegates.)
for high treason against the United
States.
Tuesday, August j.8.
Substance of Mr. Hay's opening Speech,
Concluded.
I have also omitted, that the persons as-
sembled for a treasonable put pose have com-
mitted hostilities or employed any actual
force. I contend that it is not necessary to
have waged battle or to have committed any
act of violence. Perhaps the other side
may, . however, contend (though I am
scarcely persuaded that they will) that there
must be arms and actual force. But if they
do contend tor this, observe the embarrass-
ment in which they will be involved by their
doctrine. If 10,000 armed men were to
march to Washington in order to take pos-
session of the capital of the U. States ; send
the President tei Monticello and turn Con-
gress out of doors ; these persons thus as-
sembled are no traitors, because they have
not yet struck a blow. They meet with no
opposition ; the government disperses thro'
fear ; but there is no treason. The doc-
trine that would make force, the presence
and actual exertion ef arms, necessary to
the sonsummation of treason, would be
eminently fatal. It is the very doctrine that
traitors met together to make laws for their
own security, would be most solicitous to
recognize : for if they were not traitors, ee
they had struck a blow, they would take
care never to strike one until they could do
it with effect. I contend that my doctrine
is unequivocally confirmed by the decision
of the supreme court. There j3 not a sin-
gle word in it which makes force or actual
hostilities necessary to treason.
I know net, but gentlemen may be dis-
posed to take shelter under an i pinion, ex-
pressed by Judges Chase and Peters in the
case of Fries, p. 197 ; and I most candid y
admit, that there are certain expressions in
that opinion, which seem to countenance
their doctrine. But if the observation were
conect in fact, still it should be recollected
that it was but the opinion 1 f subordinate
judges, which cannot be opp6sed to the de-
cision of the supreme court. It must also
be recollected, that their opinions on this
point are extrajudicial; by that term I mean,
that it was not such a point as was necessa-
ry to ba settled in the case before the court.
The question before them was not, whether
(ores does actually enter into the compositi-
on of treason ; for in the case of Fries,
there was toice enough employed. It was
a case of an actual opposition to the la»'s of
the United States by force. Now ; the
opinion of any court is never considered as
good authority, unless it be delivered on
the very point actually before the court.—It
will be seen too upon an accurate inspection,
that the opinion of judge Chase is not
even consistent with itself. In his definiti-
on of treason, (Fries's trial, page 196) he
expressively says, that '' any insurrection or
rising of any body of people within the Uni-
ted States, to attain or effect by force or vi-
olence any object of a great public nature,
or of public and national concern, is a levy-
ing of war against the United States, with-
in the contemplation and construction of
the constitution." Thus excluding from
his definition the two circumstances which
I have excluded from mine, military wea-
pons and the actual employment of force. In
the next page, he expressly states, that mi-
litary weapons, &c. are not necessary in
the consummation of treason. And yet in
the course of the same charge he seems to
think that some force must be employed be-
fore the crime is legally complete. The
ideas of judge Peters on this point (see page
204 and page 207) seem to be in like man-
ner at variance with each other. The truth
is, that they did not express themselves on
this subject, with the precision which they
would have displayed, had the question be-
fore them been what it was before the su-
preme court and what it is here'.
Judge Patterson in his exposition of the
law, in his construction of the constitution,
agrees with the supreme court in their de-
cision. 2 Uall: 335, and even Mr. Lewis,
an advocate in the case of Fries, distingu-
ished no less by his zeal, than by his legal
erudition, seems to concede that the crime
may be consummated without the actual
commission of hostilities, or employment
of force.
The English adjudications are to the
same effect. Treasons, in the populous
country of Great-Britain, where numbers
are concerned, are generally accompanied
by force ; but that the actual employment
of force, where the traiterous design is
clearly proved, is not necessary, is in my
judgment indisputably certain. See Fost.
211, 218. East. 1, 67. Hale 146.
But whether I am correct in this remark
or not, is immaterial. In our own country,
the judges oi the supreme court have placed
this point beyond the reach of controversy.
You will probably be told, sirs, that cer-
tainty in criminal law is important, and in
that part of it which relates to treason, es-
sential to public liberty. You may be re-
minded of an observation of the celebrated !
Montesquieu, who says, that uncertainty !
on this single point, is of itself sufficient to !
change a free into an arbitrary government.
It is not admitted that this observation is ap- '
plicable to our government, dependent as k
is on the people, or to our people, inform-
ed as they are of their rights. But suppose
it to be so. The answer is obvious. By
the decision of the supreme court, the law
is certain. Every man who can read,
knows the situation iu which, he stands,
and at what point he must stop, if he wish-
es to avoid the imputation and guilt of trei* Jeader, that they would be mean enobph lo
son. acquiesce in this revolution. Such were
You will probably be told also, of the his expressions ab ut the government and
danger of constructive treasons; that is the people. To the people of the West, he
says Blackstone, 4 vol. 75, " to raise by ¦ spoke a different language—he represented
force and arbitrary constructions, offences to them, that they were in a state of colo-
into the crime and punishment of treason, , nial dependence on those of the AtUv<;tlG
which never were suspected to be such." states ; and that they annually paid million.*
Of this some terrible examples exist in the for which they received no return. The}"-'
earlier periods of the English history, when 1 were told, that a separation was necessary
the people were ignorant, and the judges en- ancl would unquestieinably take place ; not:
tirely dependent on the king. j as resulting too from the operatioa of natu-
It is admitted that the doctrine, which ral causes, but as determined by a particular
shall let in treasons, not defined by the chain of events ; that the destiny of the re-
constitution, by mere arbitrary construction, public was fixed, and that in the course of
inference or analogy, as in England former- j two years they would see it in ruins. I
ly, ought not to be countenanced. But n thank God ! that this prediction is not ful-
fact in this country, there is no danger to be filled ; and our posterity will also thank
apprehended. It may serve as a topic of their God, that the accomplishment has not
declamation,, but (be apprehension of mis- j reached* their o'wn times. Such were the
chief from thissource is absolutely visionary, 'sentiments which he avowed; snch wers
It must be absurd to call the treason de- [ trie doctrines which he endeavored to propa-
fined by the supreme court a constructive ' ,h . a], ^ wM prctenuing that
treason. The words " levying war, do not f - ' ,. . ° .. , - , ,
present to the mind a clear and disdnct idea, ' h,s oh& " ere of 3 Purely ag»C«ltural na-
like the words ' murdering a man' or 'steal- j ture* Nor was this language confined to
ing a horse.' If the question what is levying '¦ conversation alone; for writings were ptrb-
war ? were propounded distinctly and spjni- ; lished by one of his adherents, calculated to
raiely to every man in this assembly, or j scatter disaffection among the people, and
even to the most intelligent among them, ; prepare them for his p!ans. *. .%
there would be great hesrialion, doubt and rf, ,¦ , . r , - ., _,
, -_ ,i- • . lo accomplish these plans, in the sum-
vanance ; perhaps half as many opinions as , . „ r L~ F „
men. Necessity, then, requires that the nier and faI1 of l8°^ men were actually
court should ascertain tne construction of ' enlisted, boats built on the waters oi the
these words. It is their province it is their j Ohio, provisions purchased to an enormous
duty to do so : and in giving the definition { amount, and arms and ammunition provid-
for which I contend, they have performed j ed_ Some of these men, about 40, assem-
that duty. (He then read a passage from , b,ed with arms on Jjlannerhnssett's inland,
Fiies's trial, containing some remarks of
judge Peters, page 206', applicable to this
point.)
If the law thus established by the supreme
court, siiall be said to Oe a constructive trea-
son, the inference is either that tile judges
should not give any construction to the con-
stitution on this subject, which would be
illegal and absurd, and would moreover, by
leaving every thing to the decision of juries,
produce all the mischiefs of uncertainty, on
the most interesting of all legal subjects ; or
that the opinion of the supreme court is
erroneous. The latter, it is presumed is a
position which the counsel for the prisoner
wiil hardly undertake to support
If, however, they do undertake this task,
if they do contend that an assemblage of
men with a traitorous design is not sufficient,
but that hostilities must be commenced, ac-
tual violence must be used before treason is
Complete, the constitution 15 a de-ad letter.—
No man can be pronounced to be a traitor,
until he has, by striking a blow, shewn that
he is or conceives himself to be out of the
reach of the law. The case, then, presents
a question of force alone", and h is a matter
of no consequence, what the definition of
treason shall be, until it is decided by arms
what side shall pronounce it.
Perhaps it will be said, that the decision of
the supreme court is not correctly under-
stood. I may, tor aught I know, he incor-
rect in my exposition of it; but if 1 am, it
is idle to look into reported cases, for evi-
dence of the law. The language which the
court have used, is remarkable for its preci-
sion and its perspicuity. In every part the
ideas which they have expressed, are perfect
ly consistent, and you will not find from one
end of it to the other a sentence or even a
word which implies that any thing more is
necessary for the completion of treason than
an assembly of men, convened for the pur-
pose of executing a traitorous design;
Takino it for granted than that Ihedecision
of the supreme court is the law of the land ;
that the overt act of treascn is complete, if
there be an assembly of men for effecting
treasonable designs, it is incumbent on the
prosecutors to show 1st. that there was a
treasonable design; and 2dly, that there
was an assembly of men for the purpose of
effecting it.
It will be proved to you that the design
of the prisoner was not only to ivage war
against the Spanisli Territories, but to se-
parate the Western fr m the Eastern states ;
for which purpose New Orleans was to be
seized, and'an independent government was
there to be established. Yon will perceive
fr' m the evidence, that he intended to take
possession of N. Orleans, to excite the peo-
ple there to insurrection ; and to take ad-
vantage of the hostile sentiment which pre-
vailed, to the West of the Alleghany, a-
gainst the Spaniards. If either of those is
proved ; if it be either established that his
design was to dismember the union, or after
seizing on N. Orleans, to invade the Span-
ish Provinces ; if in fact it be established
that he intended to occupy New Orleans at
all, he is completely guilty of treason. It
would be absurd t suppose that a man who
had revolved such an immense pr ject in
his mind, would communicate it to many.
But he did disclose it to a tew, and fortu-
nately for our country the evidences of his
design haue been disclosed to. our govern-
ment. I shall lay before you, gentlemen of
the jury, evidence most positive and direct,
as well as numerous and conclusive circum-
stances, to establish the existence of this de--
sign.
For the purpose of establishing an empire
in the west, of which New-Orleans was to
have been his capital, he made two long vi-
sits in the western country. He was in
Kentucky and Tennessee, and travelled in
various directions until he arrived at N. Or-
leans. Wherever he went, with a view of
facilitating his own designs, he spoke disre-
spectfully of the government of his country.
He represented it as destitute of energy to
protect our national rights, or spirit to main-
tain our national character. He-asserted
that all the men of property and influence
were dissatisfied with its arrangements, be-
cause they were not in the proper situation
to which they were entitled ; that v#ith 500
men he could effect a revolution, by which
he could send the President to Monlicelio,
intimidate Congress, and take the govern-
ment into his o v 11 hands ; and that the pco.
p!e were so little acquainted with, and so
indifferent about their rights, so completely '
destitute of public spirit and of aa c&cient j
in order to descend the river. Bnrr was
not there at that moment. He had left A
a short time before ; he had intended to re-
turn ; but he had been warned not lo re-
turn. His presence however was not mate-
rial. A man may levy war at the distance
of 3,000 miles ; e may probably have an
experience < f this truth in a few months.
But this principal has been sufficiently esta-
blished by the decisi n of the supreme
court. " If •¦ ar be actually levied—all those
who perform any part howev-r minute or
however remote from the scene of action, and
who are actuallly leagued in the general
conspiracy, are to be considered as trai-
tors."—It is this assemblage of men. which
constitutes the overt act of treason and is re-
lied on in support of the indictment.
These troops on the island seeing the coun-
try alarmed, and themselves threatened by^
the militia of Wood county, made a preci-
pitate retreat by night, in company with
Blannerhassett, and descended the Ohio to
the mouth of Cumberland river, where
Burr joined them with a small party and
took the command. By this time their
numbers increased to more than 100. The
meh under the commind of Burr and Blan-
nerhassett then descended the Mississippi, to
a point called Bayou Pierre in the neigh-
bourhood of Natchez. It was here that
Mr. Burr first understood that his prepara-
tions would be defeated through the exer-
tions of the commander in cijief; that his
letter in cypher had been communicated to
the president ; and it was here that he ex-
pressed to another person the astonishment
and indignation he felt at being (as he said)
thus betrayed. Finding that all his schemes
were baffled, he entered into a kind of capi-
tulation with Cowles Meade ; was bound
to appear before a tribunal at Natchez j
came off, it is said, without the leave of the
court ; and was arrested by Perkins in his
flight.
It will be proved to yon, by express and
direct evidence, that a settlement on the
Ouachita was merely a cover for concealing
the design of himself and his associates'
We have yet indeed no kind of pro f, that
he has acquired a real title to this land.—
But the utmost mystery and circumspection
prevailed on this subject. To the world at
large and to those whom he bad not tamper-
ed with, the object was avowed to be the
settlement on the Ouachita. To some, in-
timations were dropped of an aproaching
rupture with Spain, against whose provin-
ces the expedition was intended : his lan-
guage continually varying with the character
whom he addressed. To a fe-iv, and a few
only, his real design was developed. But
to all were held up the idea of ome great
pr ject. All were told that the design was
just and hovorable ; known and approved
by the government and in which the co-ope-
ration of the army w as to be expected ; that
it was one which w< uldJeadto grat fortunes ;
and that it would be developed as soon as
the proper time for the disclosure arrived.
The time, however, never did arrive. At
Wannerhassett's island, it was not the time ;
and at the mouth of Cumberland river,
some enterprising men but who were not
disposed to violate the laws oft tljei'- coun-
try, were solicitous to understand this pro-
ject, they were told that the time had noi
yet come. Ignorant people were Jed away
from their h mes, under an expectation that
they would be informed of the project—the
information was promised, but never im-
parted. The Consequence was, that when,
Mir. Burr was apprehended, they were left
to find their way back to their own bomc.
in any way that they could. ,
Chimerical as this project may appear,
there was only one single thing wanted to
accomplish it : the co-operation of the com-
mander in chief and of the American army.
If gen. Wilkinson had acted a? some have
represented ; if instead of performing jh/»
part of a patriot, he iiad played the chnrac-
tcr of a traitor, what would have been the
conseqn"eni:e ? The people of the U. S?i
would have had a civil war raging ill the
west ; while our Eastern coasts would Iiavfci
been ravaged and insulted by an insolent
f e, in cohsecurence of our interna! distrac-
tions. From this calamity, at least froni
that which hovered in the west, we
been protected by the and iiife'jn-«
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