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NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER,
WASHINGTON ADVERTISER.
*. l. tv.
Firs Dolls. Pmm akh.
COLLEGE, '
In the diltrid of Columbia, United
States of America, under the direc
tion of the Incorporated Catholic
Clergy of the ftate of Maryland.
i.«l» i
I. The annual penGon of this cftablifhment
is two hundred and twenty dollars; but for
children under twelve years of age, only two
hundred dollars will be required- Thofe
{Indents who continue their education through
the cl.ffesot Philofopby fhall, on account of
extraordinary expenfe* and fome particular
indigencies allowed them, pay two hundred
and fifty dollars per annum.
The ptiofion is to be paid half yearly in ad
vance A deducVoO ol fifty dollars per
annum will be allowed to thole parents who
m y choofe to charge them'elves wich the
detail of clothing their children The college
will furmfh. wafhing and mending; but Willi
notkeep particular accounts or beco c
fwerable for clothing provided by parents.
11. in lieu oi bed linen, table fervice,
fchool books, and oth r articles ufually
required on entering eftablifhrnsncsof this
kind, each ftudetit fhall pay ten dollars
entrance moni-y.
111. The Sunday or holiday drefsi'3 uniform,
and confiftt of a pain coat of blue cloth, with
yellow button.*, red cloth or k*rfeymcre
waifttoats The ufe of filk is not parmitfed—•
Every it udent fhall bring with him his uni
form dtefs, befidesa iuit for dai'y wear, fix
ftiirtx, Gx neck handkerchiefs, fi» pocket'
handkerchiefs, fx pair of ftnekimrs, and three
p-.ir of fiooes, all new. Any deficiency in the j
above will bs charged to the parents,
IV On the above rerms the lludents are
fun ifhed with cloth.s, linen, w.rfhing,
--pending, lodging, board, fire, candle, table,
fchool books, pen, ink, paper, amufcracnts,
and fchool reward;. ; (o that nothing wi 1
remain to the charge of the parents, but
medical attendance and mciiicints, poftage,
and fuch extra itflo ••» o' drawii.g, dancing,
mufic, &.c which ehey may choofe to order
tor their children.
V. Ihe re-ig on, uniformly pradiced by
the ftuileut* living in t ! *e col.eg', is the
Roman Catholic; but for ftudetit-. ol other
religious perfuafioc-s, U'cr. are boarding
houfes convenient to the college, where ttwy
will be fufejed to th« fame rules (religion
excepted) and enjoy the lame advantages for
their improvement in fcieuce as the petition
er? of the col.ege.
VI. Cut h'.ardurs muft be fuiniHied by
their parents with the uniform of the college,
and pay annually for tuition, fire, candle,
tfch ul books, pen, ink, paper, amufements,
fchool rewards, Ac. fifty dollars, always
half yearly in advance.
VII The ftudents are taught Englifh,
Latin, Greek, itid all the .branches of Claffical
Education, facred and proiane Hiftory, Geo
graphy tie «le of the Giobcs, orithmetic ,
ana when fufficiently advanced "Igebra and
Oeomctry, wirh all th-* cth-r parts of the
M.themafics in t. c relpe.:tivyclaiTas Par
tic aar care is taken that tbey learn to read
well, and write a good hand, and that they
fpearc and rite French with accuracy. Four !
times a year the t/udents are called lo a public
exa .ination of wh t t ey been taught before
Parents and the Friends of Literature Thofe j
who have made extraordinary progrefs are ;
honored and rewarded- The idle, for punifh- }
nitnt, are confined 111 the vacation to certain j
extraordinary hour-, of lludy during play- I
time, in ord.r to repair what they have neg- 1
lected to learn in uhoots ; therefore, if they '
are found dekdive in the laft and moft im
portant examination of the year, before the
Augult vacation, they wdli.ot be allowed to ;
g» home during that time.
VI I The age of admiffion is from eight
to fourteen, v. hen children are not fulfi
ciently advanced to begin a regulor courfe of
cbffical education they arc placed in an ele
mentary claf», -.tten icd by a particular teacher,
fjrom whomility e*rn to fpell, read, and
write
IX. H the children fent to this College
have been before at any other houfe of edu
cation, an atteftation of their morals and
docility is required.
X. The greateft care is taken to inftrud
the children in the duti*« of Religion and
Morality, and the-* arc onftsntly under the
eye ol <ne or more o. the Prof effort who fee
that thole- duties are pradded, and that the
rule* of civ lity are nol violated.
XI. Cir. mtnefs and exercife, and every
thing which contributes to health, arc at
tended to with particular care
XII. All the penfioners dine and fup with
their profeffors, and have the fame table which
they have. No diftindions are allowed in
diet or clothing.
XIII. As long experience hat convinced
the diredoi», that a proiufion of pocket money !
it very prejudicial, not only to good order,
but even to ftndy and application, tbey
therefore requeft that parents will not be
forward in indulging their children in mor:
than fifty cents at moft per mouth, for this
purpofe—
XIV. No allowance is made for abfence
during the vacation, which begins on the
, ? th Aiiguft and ends the 15th of September.
'1 o thefe terms the parents are riefired to be
particularly nttcn ive. in cafe they choofe te>
call their children home, as the abfence of a
faw weeks at the opening of fchoo sis ftldom
repair.d-without very great difficulty. Ab
fence from frhnols at no other time will be
pert-nirted It i« indeed ihe moft ferious anr.
•arntft defirc of he Dircdors, that She chil.
drenfhould never le called home during the
coiffe of their education, as they have foun. :
by experience, that fuch avocations have
•ftcn proved prejudicial, sot only to ftudy and
appiic tion, but even to content and happine.s
Thofe children who may be received into tl
co lege upm other lund*. either totally 01
•partially, than thofe provided by their
iiaruita or guardians, will not be allowed to
WASHINGTON UfY, PRINTED r»Y SAMUEL HARRISON *'SMI iH, PENNSYLVANIA AVvo 'U'E.
dnring the fall courfe of their education,
unlcfs purticubr circumftances in the judg
ment of the Prcfident fhou.d require permif
fion of abfcnce for a time
XV. When children are removed from the
College, whatever new linen or clothes are
turnifhed them on that occafion, will be
charged to their parents. After entering on
a new quarter no deduction will be made for
the remaining part thereof.
The College is a large building, capable of
lodging two hundred perfons conveniently -*
The garden and court adjoining, wherj the
young gentlemen play, are very airy and
fpaciouj. The Gtuation is very pleafant am l
It will contribute much to the advantage
of the children- if parents on lending them wi 1
inform tbe Prcfident how long they prop >fc
to leave them at the College, and for whit
employments in life they are dfUgned. The
regular courfe of education is properly daffi*
cal; but fuch »s are deflined for tlie commer
cial line, have a leffon of irithmetic and
Book Keeping, wide*' a particular Profeffor
appointed for that purpofe.
N B. The above Regulations and Condi
tions will take place from the 15th day of
Auguft, 1804, for all fuch ar enter at, or after
that period ; but tor others, they will only
commence at the sxpirarion ol the Gx months,
for which the advance payment had become I
due prior to that term.
Right Rev. LEONARD NEALE, !
President.
Georgetown, June 11-irn.
PROPOSAL,
For printing by Subscription,
Mifcellaneous Poems,
BY MRS. AI.LKN,
Consort to the Rev. Mr. Allen of
Harford county,
Written bet ue her marriage.
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■ type, and tine paper. In a duodecimo volume,
and delivered to the fubferibt-rs neatly bound
price Three quarters of a Dollar, half to be
paid on fii'.fcribing and the refidue on deli
very of the book- which wil be pit to prof.
las foon as three hundred copies fhall befub
i feribed for.
Subfcriptione received by Mr. Matthew
Carey, Fhiladelpbia— by Meffrs. Warner
and 'anna, • altimore, and by the principal
bookfeilers in thofe cities, alio by Mr.
, Samuel Harritbn Smith, Wafhington city.
Dr. Jacob Hall, of Harford county, of known
literary chirader, to wimfe infpecftion
thefe Poems were fuHmitted, i" '»_ Utter
to the author, exprcfTea his opinion of
them, as follows:
MADAM,
I have been honored and gratified with
the perufal of your manuicript copy of
Poems. In my opinion it in a work of confi
1 der*ble merit, and dilpliys true piety and
poetic genius. The paftorat dialogues are
commendable for their novelty, fimpiicity
and nciuty. The elegies, epilMe*, and efpe
-1 cially tiie " Man of Misfortune," a Moral
; Tale, are interefting and pathetic. The Odes
and fugitive Pieces arc fprigbtly and amufing
And the whole compofiti.-n fecms to
\ breathe fuch a fpirit of philanthropy and
1 benevolence as csnoot fail to elevate the
affecliong, and to mend the heart—And it is
jto be regretted, that the author's modefty has
1 hitherto denied the community fo refined Bt.
j elegant an entertainment.
Your Friend, Btc.
T. H-.LL.
Christopher's Camp. Match 24-.
In the aseof THOMAS HAYWARD.
an Insolvent Debtor — District of
Columbia, Washington county,
to wit :
vJn the petition of Thomas Hay ward an
infolvent debtor confined in the prifon in
Waflnngton county ior debt.—Notice is
h-reby given that on Monday the 30th day
of Jury inft. at 9 o'clock A. M. at the court !
room in the capitol the oath of an infolvent
debtor will be adminiflered to the faid Tho
mas Hay ward, and a trull cc appointed
agreeably to the aft of Congrefs now in force
oa that tubjeft unlcls fufficient caufe be then
and there fliewn to the coutrary.
It is ordered that this notice be publifhed
thr-e times in the Wafhington Feeteralift and
«nal Intelligencer previour- to fall da/,
der of W. < ranch, Efq afliftant Judge
: circuit court of the dittri& of Colum
bia.
URIAH FORREST, Ck.
Ju'y *J—3t
A New Line of Stages.
1 HE fubferibers have eftablifted a line of
ftagesfrom Frederic k.'burg Virginia toChar
lottfvilleby the way ol the Ocnge Springs,
where it wilt meet the ftage that runs to
Stanton and the Sweet Springs, it commeced
ion the 4th of July Leaves Frederickfburg
every Wednefday and Friday at 4 o'clock
P. M. during the funnier, and an Ives at
Ch rlottfville on Thnrlday aid Saturday at
8 P. M Returning leave Charlottiville
every Friday and Sunday at 4 A. M and
rriveat Frcderickfbsrg every Saturday and
Monday at 7 A. M.
They flatter themfelves the great accom-
I mwdation this line offers to the public will
infurc liberal encouragement;
POLLARD & ABRAHAM.
July 18-6.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST Ift, 1804.
Foreign Intelligence.
The General of Brigade, Prefect of the
Department of Morbihan, to the
Mand Judge.
VANNES May 15.
litizcn Grand Judge. — \n Eng*
lifli corvtte wan taken a few dajM ago !
by our gun boats, at the entrance oi' the I
Morbihan ; and have yefterday learn
ed that the ofH ers and crew of this vef
f-*l had reached Van «.es, on their way to
'. Epinal. 1 had an interview with the
captain, with the intention ot obtaining
jby artifice f-»ni» admiflion or account
r-lativr to the traitors who might be
I aiding him on the coaft, or of the ac- i
complices in the confpirary who miglst
have lecret-d them(elyei aboard his vef- i
frl to efcape, as I fufpect-*d, to E g
lasd. I foon ItfcoVered this capt..in to
jbe a perfon of fome impirtince ; he is
j a M • '/Wight, who landed Georges.
I Pichegru and their accomplices 0.1 the
lof Dieppe. I knew him well in
t, were he was the lieutenant of
idnry Smith, and charged by that
lodore with all his negociations
the French army. I thought he
t mi.ke ufeful difciveries, or athaft
t arq tit himfelf, by avowing that
$ by order of his gov-mment, that
fpmb'uked on oui c aft that ba id
ilFins, and might thus furr.ifh a
and authentic proof nf the partici
nof the Britifli cabinet in this
hy. I have, therefor*, fent him
* the Diligence, and under the ef* i
of the gendarmerie, recommei ding
however, t» pay him the refpect
due a prifoner of war. Mr. Wright is
the fame perfen who fome years lince
efcaped from ths Temple with Sir S.d-
Dey Smith ; he is very refi-rved and
cunning, a fanaticrl 'nerriy of the
French, vain enough to confiler bimtelt
deftined to play a confiderable part, and
fo inlolent as o believe that his fitua
tton fecurps him from danger. But tnis
nay fail him, if he is placed in the al
ternative of throwing the blame of his
•■niflion upon his government, or ot paf
fing for an -Tvenlible onfpirator, and fr
iable* to juftice. I thought proper to
ftate my own opinion on this fu j-tt.
He will let off this ev*-ni gin the Dili
gence from Rennis, and will arrive at
Paris almofl as foon as my letter, he is
iCCotnpanied by a very young nephew
and his domeftic, whom I did not th.nk
proper t> f naiate from him. Although
I wifli dto conceal from him the mo
tive of the extraordinary mature adopt
ed t< wards him, he was not to be doped;
nd I have rrafon to believe, from my
converfation -with him, that he had ftudi
rd his part, arid is determined to remain
lilerit,oi the principle that he ought on
ly to rend r an account of hi* military
operations to his own government. Ne
▼erthetefs, whatever meaf'ures you m. y
takr irfpefting him, I thought, at all
J events, it wouU be of importance to fend
you a man who has a&ed fo coufpicu
oufly in the frightful conlpiracy which
has ftrurk all Fiance w"h alarm, and
' which, Providence, always propitious,
feems to have thrown (as a new exam
ple of its benevolence towards Bona
parte) on the coaft of Morbihan, where
his well armed (hip was deftined to be
taken by fimpte gun boats, and himfilf
to bedilcovered amidft a crowd of pri
foners, amnngft whom, in any other
part than here, he might have remaned
undifcovered. I hope,C'riz*n Minifter,
you will approve of the meafure I have
taken. I have the honour to falute
« JULIEM."
PARIS, May 21.
Capt. Wright has been confronted
wit i more than forty perlons who have
ncognifed him as ihe officer who debaik
e them atßelville. The corvette in which
th ffifier was taken had 96 men, of
whom 30 fell in the conteft. He has de
clared that they were the beft of his
crew, and that his miz?n-maft was wound
cd. He afcribes his furrender to a calm,
the gun boats advancing with their oars
were at theinftant about *co board.
RATUS CONSULTUM.
PARIS, M*y 18.
2 mlervative Senate affembled
uder the prrficeticy of the Con
aceres. All the miniftrri w;ic
it the fitting ; as alio tbe coun
i ftate Portalis, Defernont and
Trielhard, the orators of government
I appointed on the 26th Floreal, to tarry
to the S-nnte a plan organ,,- * -
natus Confnlcum. The Senate
bearing the report ol i'.s committe'ej by
the Senator Lac'e-ptd**, adopted the Se-
natus Confultum, and a'ftfr the li
repaired iv a body to St. Ci mil, to
lent it to tlie firft C.tnful. We
give the text of this fundamental act, i
which conftitu'es the French Empire,
as foon as it thaH be officially* publilhrd.
lit the mraii time, to gratify the juft
impatience of onr readers ; we think we
m:iy lay before them fome of the piinci
pal regulations, as they are circulated
by public report.
The S-natUS Confultum curtains, it |
if* f id. 143 articles, divided into 18
titles. The firft title d. chirrs N
leone Bonaparte. Emperor of the Pr
and the linp*-. rial dignity hereditary in
thediredt, na ural and leg'.tiin-ite del- :
cent from male to male, and the order
of pramigenitur*-, to the rxclufion of
females mid their defcent. The Em »i r
or may adopt the children or grvd
Children of his brothers-- provided they
have attained the age of 18 years com- |
pl-te, and he htmtelf havi no chil
dren* Aiopti ni is prohibited to his j
fuc.elTors. In d-*faul. ot a natural and
legitimate heir of the Firft Conftil, or I
ot an ad >pt**d heir, th* Empire will be
transferred to Jofeph Bon parte and his \
to Louis Bonaparte and
his d fcendanti. In rale of failure the '
heirs of J tfeph a r )d Lou's B irap.rte, a
Senstus Confu turn propof dto th
nate by the Tituhni< s of th* grti.t
Mti*»3*of the Ernpfre, and lubmit-d to
the acceptance 1 ' of the people, f1i.,11 ap
point an emperof.
! The members of the Imperial family, ]
in the orier of inheritance, flill bear'
the title ol Fiench Princes. The eldcft ;
I foil of the Emperor (hall bear the tile
of Imp-rial P.ince. A Fier.ch prince
who thill marry without pe-nvfiion
from the Emperor, (lull be deprived of
j all right to th- inheritance. It h Hull
have no children hy this marriage
it Ih 11 be afterwards dilfolved.
The civil I s <*- (hall remain regulated as
it is by the 111 .nil 4th article of th
Cree of the 26th of Vlay 17J1. Th
French princes, J feph and L.'ui-s B■
naparte, and 'h- younger foils of the
Emperor, (lull be treated conformably
to the articles 1, 10, 11, 12, and 13,
of 'he decree ot the 21* of December,
1790. The. Emperor nvy fix the dow
erofthe Emprefs, and aitign it 61)
civil lift. His lucceiTors (hall not be
permitted to make any change in his
dilp fitions in this refpett.
Ths emperor will vifit the depart
ments. In confequence imperial pa
laces (hall be eftabiinVd at the tiiir
1 principal points ot the empire.
In the cafe of a minority of the em
| pire, three Ih II he a regent of the em
i pire. Thr Emperor is a minor till the
I age of 18 yeai's complete. Females
(hall be excluded from the regency
reigning.
The Emperor may previouily appoint
a regent from among the French pi inces. I
In detault of fuch appointment, the
regency (hill be given to the prince
nearrft in degree of confahguinity. No
organic Senatus Conl'iiltum ran be ilTued
during the regency, nor before the end )
of the thud year, wiiiih lhall follow the ;
majority. There 111 11 be a council ot
regency coup fed of ihe titular, s of thi ,
great dignities of the empi r—-The re-I
gent /hall not be emp. w r.-d to declare I
war or to make peace till ifter a delibe
ration ir the council of reg - ncy, of
which the members, in that csfe only,
(hill hay- deliberative voices. The
guardiai'.lhip of the Emperor, in his mi
nority fhall be confi led to his mother,
Ii r in de fault <f he , to the prince ap
•v.irted by the predecelTors of the Em
peri r, wl o is a minor.
The titularies of the great dignities 1
of the empire, are the Great t£i«c\or*
the An hchancellor of tl c Temple, the ,
Arch Chancellor of State, the Arch
Treafuer, the C nft b'.e, and the I
Admiral, They fliall be nominated toy
tne Emperor ; they (hall enjoy the
fame honors as the Fretichpriaccs, and
rank immediately after them ; they (lull i
be Senators and Counfellors of State ; i
they (hall form the great CoU.icil ot the J
Emperor; they lhall be members of tie
Privy Council ; they fli dl compofe the j
great council of the Legion of honor ; I
they fliall be irremoveable ; Senatotiois :
lhall be attacned t«> each of the great I
.ignities of the empire ; they fliall he
. ftabliftied in the departments of the
Lyle, the Gironne, the Rhone, thcPo,
he Lower Loire, and the mouths of the
Rhone.
There fliall be great officers of the
■mpire—l. Marrtialls of the empire,
ohofen from among the molt dihVuiguifli
ed generals—2. Eight iufpecW* and
No. oxeri.
PUU> lif AJOVAKCB.
o.o*i*>is-g*ner;ii nj artillery, cavalry
'he marine—3. Great civil officers
th- rrnvD, fuch an (hall be inftvtutetl by
th* flature** of the Emperor. The gi
s rue irremoveable.
Thp F.moero'-, within the fi ft two
lafter his tfccclfiq ito the throne,
or attainment of a majority, fhall take
an --.ati to the French nebple', on the
gofpel, in the orefence of th-Titularies
of the Grand-Dignities of the E npir<*.
of ihp niinifters, of the Grer.t office >
the Empire, of the of the C
ftate, of the Lgfl.-.iv B dy, of
the Tribunate, of the 'i.mrr ,: Gaff tior,
of th- \-chbi(h*)ps and Rifli .us, .f
Great Ofilcers of the Legion of Hoior,
of the Prefident* of the Cantons, of
Co'iflfto irs and M y is >f the principal
of .he Empire. H fh ill (\v* ar tr.
maintain, th-int.-grity of the Fr nch re.
; to refpect and caufe to be re-
I rcVd I berty of confcieiicje and the
laws of the Concordat) \h*. '"quality of
rights, political and ciril liberty, the ir*
rev cability of the fairs of national pro
perty, not to levy aicy tax but by vir
tue of a law, Stc.
The S»nate fliall be comnofed of
French Piircri ; two of the Titularies
of the Great Dignities of the Kmpi c ;
tlnee of eighty members nom'ui>t--d on
the nrefentation of candidates eh ofen by
the Emperor from lifts formed by the
El.'ftorial College of th? Departments ;
four of th? citiz-ns whom the Emperor
(hull Judge proper to elevute to the dig
nity of Senators.
Thete fhnll he formed in the S'nat*,
and from its body, a committee ot indi
vidual liberty, coiifirfing of feven mem
bers, who. if any perfo.i is arrefted and
not brought to trir-.l after ten days from
his arreft, may on apolication from fuch
perfon, call on the Mioifler who ord r
ed his arreft, either to f**t him at lib.-r-y
or bring bim before the Tribunals, which
if he refutes *o do, the committee m*y
ii! an nffembly of the Senate, to
wliirh 'he matte** (hall be referred.
There ihall likewife be in the Seriat
committee f. r the liberty *of the P
which fii II proceed in *h- fame manner
in cafe of a::y infringment ot that ii-
The Senatbs Confultum Contains vari
ous other regulations relative to the
L--rjfhtive body, the Council of State,
the Tribunate, the Electoral Colleges,
ad the Imperial Court. This
I C >urt, compnfrd of the Prince?, Gi
Dignities, great Officer! of the Empi r,
th- Chief Judge, 60 S nature, and other
members, is to take cojfniaance of per-
I filial offence* committed hy he mem-
I hers of the Imperial family, hv the
Grand D'-ntarirs and the Senators ; as
| alfo of offences of Mmitters, in theii ol-
I facial r fponfibfiity.
Th.- laws Hull be th is promulgated :
v N. by the grsce of God and the C .li
ft, tution of the republic, Emperor of the
French, Sec "
The F.r'nch people fhall vote in the •
form appointed by the arntte of the
20 h of Floreal, of the year 12, on the
inherit nice of the Imperial Dignity, in
tlie d'necft, natural, and legitimate drl*.
centof Na-oleon Bonaparte, Jofeph Bo
parte, and Louis B ioap*»>'te.
The ad option of the above Sen-uus
Confultum, has been announced 'o the
Parilians by fi_veral difclurges of can-
PARIS, May 20.
1 f diffr-rent c.-rps Cotripofing the Im
perial Guard weir y. (1 tented to
His M jfty the E.nperor, by Prince
L vis, (J .tillable of the E ipirr. Gen.
B ili-rrs, Colonel G-eneral of the Guard,
lf.d tne Emperor, iv a fpeech ex
p-. dive of hia dvo i.mi and Ii .lit/ to
him', and was arifvvered by the E.n
--p. ror.
T'-i-" Senate, under the P \-4Hency o?
C'mbaceres, decreed in th? fi ting of ye f.
t.-rday, it whicli the Giuful Lsbruti
filled, and all the Minilters w re prefent,
gai.ic Senatus Cnlukun, which
s the title ot E iperor on the
Fi.ft Conl'ul, and eltablifhes ths Im|
al dignity hereditary iv ins family. Ir.
inftatitly decreed that the members Hi
immediately repair to Su Cloud, to
fent the organic Senatus ConfuUum to
the E'up-iror. They fet out after tii
| dole of the fitting, accompa lied by lev -
I rsl bod-s of troops.
Tne S*natf, on its arrival, bein*;
j m-diately admitted to an audience
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j as follows :
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