The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1810-03-23 00:00:00, page 1

Vol. 6.] RICHMOND, FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1810. omr rNo 101
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A FEW COPIES or
Fulton’s Torpedo War.
THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED,
A New Theory,
OF
7he DIURNAL ROTATION OF TIIE
EARTH:
Demonstrated upon Mathematical Principles,
from the properties of the Cycloid and the Epi
Cyfioid.
WITH
AM APPLICATION OF THE THEORY,
To the explanation of the various Phenomena of
the Winds, Tides and of those Stony and Me
tallic concretions which have fallen from Hea
ven upon the surface of the Earth.
By JOHN JVOOD,
Author of Elements of' Perspective, prin
ted in London, in 1799.
December 14.
CITY ELECTION.
TO The Freeholders and Rouse-Keepers of the
City of Richmond, authorised to vote for
common councilmen, take notice, that the electi
on will take place on Wednesday the fourth day
of April nert. the poll will be opened at 10 o’
clock, at the following places : in Jell'eraon Ward
at the court-house, in Madison ward, at the Ea
jfle-Tavcm, in Monroe ward, at Mr. Thomas
White's new brick house.
JOHN F. PRICE.
Sergeant of the City of Richmond.
March 20. tde
JAMES RIVER LANDS FOR SALK.—I
offer for sale, a valuable Plantation, situate in
Aermuda Hundred, immediately in the conflu
ence of James and Appomattox rivers, containing
by an olJ survey 756 acres ; it reaches up James
river to the port and ballast bank, including near
ly all the wharfage ground. About one haif of
the tract ia cleared and the other half in woods
This plantation will always delight and re ward
die farmer ; three hundred acres, or thereabouts,
of flat land in th - fork, on account of a superior
auality, has been rated very high ; it would be
ifficult to obtain land on James river above or
below the falls better adapted to the culture of
corn, wheat and tobacco. The fields are under
substantial fences, mostly new. The buildings
consist of a comfortable small dwelling house,
with four rooms, newly done up ; an excellent
overseer’s house with a brick chimney and two
rooms plaistered, a large granary with a wheat
machine on an improved plan ; a large tobacco
barn nearly new, dairy, sfaokehouse, negro hous
es, See. This place possesses the advantages of
» thriving ^oung apple orchard, many other ox
eellent fruit trees ; navigation to Petersburg, •
leven miles, to Richmond fifty, distance by land
twenty three mites only, and a good fishery.
There is a plenty of meadow land, also a marl
bank of excellent manure supposed to be inex
haustible.
The wharfitg* ground can be easily and expo
ditiously improved at a moderate expence, and if
properly improved would instantly become the
resort of the Richmond shipping interest, and an
important place of deposit for that growing com
mercial city. Mr. Cullen Adams, my manager
at tiie Hundred, will at any time shew the pre
mises. For convenience, I shall leave my terms
with his excellency John .Tyler, ond Daniel L.
Hylton, esq. of Richmond—as these gentlemen
have boen long acquainted with the Hundred, I
take the liberty of referring to them for further
information.
1 also offer for sale a valuable little FARM of
500 acres, situate on Appomattox river, adjoining
the lands of Mr. Jerman H iker, Mr. George
Skipwiih and Mr Edmund Eggleston in Cum
berland county ; for this tract l should require
one third of the purchase money to he paid down
and the balance in two annual payments. If no
private sale is previously made, I shall on tint
A 'ract, expose it at public sale, to the highest
hi dder, on the 23d day of June next, and on the
pf ymerits already mentioned.
ARCHIBALD THWEATT.
yPetersburg, 1G*h March, 1810 8t
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/'I 'Hi. SUBSCRIBERS have for sale—First
J . and second ry<»lity brown Sugar, in Hilda,
i nd barrels,
Lojaf Sugar in barrels,
Pil me green Cotfee in hogsheads, barrels 84 bags,
20 Hogsheads Antigua Hum,
IS Boxes Imperial Tea,
S Quarter casks Madeira Wine,
f 5' Dq. do. I. P. Tenerifte Wine,
JO Do. do. Sherry Wine,
8 Do. do. Malaga Wine,
■10 (.Hogsheads prime Molasses,
20 .Barrels rectified Whiskey,
50 iBoxes Raisins,
20 ] Ioxch fM>alk Pipes,
20 I loxes Mustard, 10 bags Pepper, 10 hags rice
Ginj ;er, 15 boxes Window Glass, 8 by 10, 20
kegi Leiper’s Snull, 1 ton Shot, Grrman 8c Blis
tera 1 Steel. 8 boxes Brimstone, writing & wrap*
ing ! Paper, 400 sacks salt, 10 lilids. stone Ware,
15 hi xes Spanish Cigars, 20 boxes Soap, and 150
Grin 1 Stones. Allof which will be sold on mo*
•deral e terms, far cash, country produce, or ap*
prov» d paper.
WHITE & SHILTON.
Mi rch 20. tf
T| 'C ) BE SOLD, BY PUBLIC AUCTION—
1 0,1 Tuesday tho third of April next, at their
store y • Markct-street—Sale to commence at 10
•’clock in the morning—the goods to bj viewed
tbe day < f sale :
The ea lire Stock in Trade, of Janies Dali &
Co. corny iting of 400 packages of the following
articles :
I'rinted t .aliroes,
Fancy I’ll tea,
Super, nra Ireseed Caro*
bricks.
Super 9 8 {.ight ChiiYta,
Catnbrick Muslin*,
llO: IERY.
Shirting Cambric**,
Superior Shirting J„ong
Clotlrs,
Black Camhrick*,
Ounce threa Is,
Colon red 'thread*,
Maur uestry,
l.onAon Kei seymers,
ft »ic aooTc v^oocis win DC fOUi| v itfioni r«*«*r*e
oct liberal and accommodating temis, to close the
concern «l lames Dali 8t C.o.
UkUuuoru, Match lu.. ep4t
Irish Linens,
Felice Velvets,
Long Lawns,
Dimities,
Printed Quiltings,
Fashionable Printed
Waistcoats,
Sewing Silk
Sewing Cottmw,
Fancy Muslins,
Elegant Muslin Shall*
and Rubes,
Book Muslins,
French Fulhcat Hand
kerchiefs, Ur. fcc. 8tC
' EOR THE ENQUIRER.
TO THE PEOPLE OF VIRGINIA.
No. V.
. ? ^ave pledged myself, to prove to you, fellow
citizens, that the charges made against me by the
Armory Committee, of the Legislature before
the last, are false and groundless ; and although
the regular publication of my defence has been
greatly procrastinated by indispensible duties to
my private concents, and a necessary resort to
voluminous books and papers, embracing very
extensive transactions (luring a seri^rof more
than eleven years; yet to that promise you will
find me faithful. I shall prove the falsehood of
that report, not by a mere assertion of facts, but
by public vouchers and records, which are incon
trovertible.
The committee commenced their remarks, as
follows—“ The chief material in manufacturing
fire arms, is Ron. Since the first day of Atav,
1801, until the first day of October 1808, a sum
nearly equal to 25,000 dollars has been dravonfrom
the treasury, for purchases made of that article ,•
the amount could not be precisely ascertained, ■ ow
ing to bar iron and sheet iron being blended in the
accounts rendered, and, in one instance, the expen
diture of 1510 dollars is stated to have been for bar
iron and gun-stocks. The sum estimated above,
however, is, in the opinion of your committee, net
far variant from the sum actually expendedfor bar
iron.” Here in the outset, the deception of that
report begins. The framers thereof, endeavor
to induce a belief that g 25,000 had been expen
ded in the purchase of bar iron, for making arms.
In contradiction of that falsehood, I refer you to
the foll»wrir.g certificate of Mr. Joseph Jackson,
chief clerk or clerjt of accounts of the Auditor’s
office ; and if more satisfactory to you, 1 refer
you to the vouchers in that office, upon which his
certificate is founded 5 I also refer you to the cer
tificate of Mr. George Williamson, who then
was, and still is, the first master armorer of the
Virginia manufactory of arms. Mr. Jackson cer
tifies that the whole amount expended in the pur
chase ot bar iron, for milking arms, is several
thousand dollars less than the amount reported
by the committee ; and Mr Williamson states,
upon oath, that a considerable portion of the iron
as well as other materials purchased for making
arms, w»s necessarily and properly applied to o
ther purposes than that of making arms. This
is one of the many instances of deception practi
sed by the framers of that report, as will be seen
in the sequel. The certificates follow :
Having examined the rouchers in this office, I
by which money has been paid for materials for
the manufacturing arms : I hereby certify, that
the whole sum drawn from the appropriations for
making arms, for the purchase of bar iron, be
tween the first day of May, 180fy and the first
October, 1808, amounts to nineteen thousand two
hundred and seventy two dollars, 53 cents ; and
there has also been drawn from tl>e contingent
fund, one thousand nine hundred fifty four dol
lars three cents, for the purchase of bar iron, but
whether for the purpose of making arms, or for
tools and apparatus, or any other purpose, I can
not say.
JOSEPH JACKSON,
Clerk of Atcour.tt.
Auditor’s Office, 30ih^
November, 1809. 3
I hereby certify, that I was employed by the
Executive in the execution of the iron works for
the machinery <>t the manufactory of arms, front
the commencement thereof, and that during its
execution, I was appointed by the executive, to
the office of" First Master Armorer,” to that
establishment, in which capacity I have continu
ed to act ever since that appointment, so that 1
have been constantly employed at the manufacto
ry ol Arms from the commencement of the iron
work for its machinery, in the year 1800, to this
date. I also certify, that a large portion of the
b:«r iron, purchased for making arms, between
the first of May 1801, and the end of the year
1808, was applied to the making of numerous
tools, apparatus and machines, to a large amount;
And to the making of the iron work for the ma
chinery, and for various fixtures for the works;
And also to the repairing of old public arms
1 he last of which articles has required a consi
derable portion of all the materials used in the
making of new arms. And I further certify, that
beside bar iron so used, the various kinds of
work, above specified, has also required console
rable quantities of coal, nail rods, sheet iron, fcc.
which were purchased for making arms. The
leasou why this was done, is, that the best of the
bar iron and other materials, were applied to the
making of new omit, while the inferior parts of
those materials were applied to the several kinds
ot other work above specified. Such materials
wcic n 1mini for maKing
arms, were wrought into the various kinds of o
ther woik above stated, winch purposes they an
I swered perfectly, well, and .saved the expence of
purchasing other materials for tho.se purposes.—
And I further certify, that I conceive it to have
been impossible that any accurate -account could
have been kept so as to distinguish, with precisi
on, the amount of those materials used upon the
several objects to which they were applied ; for
even, if every scrap or parcel of the materials
which were used upon other work than that of
inuking arms, had been weighed and measured,
the qualities thereof being inferior to those parts
of the material* used in making arms, they must
not only have been weighed and measured, but
must also have had a value set upon them, ac
cording to their qualities ; to do which accurate
ly, I conceive would have been impossible ; but
if it had been practicable, it would have requi
red more than the services of one man to have
attended to the cutting off, weighing or measur
ing of each of the many thousands of the parts
or portions of the materials, winch although‘pur
chased for making arms were used for the vari
ous purposes above stated. The materials be
longed to the public, and all the work to which
they were applied, also belonj-d to the public,
ar.d it was certainly more economical to apply
them in the manner they have been applied, than
to have purchased other materials, while the pub
lic possessed such as wwuld answer those purpo
ses, but which would not answer for making
arms.
In testimony whereof I bava set my h:»n d
this llth day of November, in the year
one thousnnd eight hundred and nine
GEOKGE WILLIAMSON.
lh n~ho Courtly, to vnt:
The above certificate was sworn to before me
this llth November, 1B09.
WILLIAM pi'ICE.
The committee stated, that *' the amount could
not be precisely ascertained, owing to bar iron
and sheet i< on being blended in the accounts ren
dered.” From this it misfit be inferred that the
arcoun’s which I, asauperintru..,nt,had reiK’tr
erl, were aorronfused, timt 'bo exact amount ct a
ny of the arlicl-a could n..t b: ascertained I
know not wlMt s'counts are bore nllude.l to. I
rendered UKin; to the C' lufiittso, nor do I iccol
w *"v '«* '!*•-* i, i.>t-jud i aih 1
% -
confident that if they had examined the account!
relative to bar iron, they would have found nr
more difficulty in ascertaining its precise amount
than Mr. Jackson did i a thing which any man ol
common understanding may do with great ease
When materials were purchased from merchants
and other person *, they made out their accounts
in the usual manner, detailing the different arti
cles and the prices at which they were purct)!*•
ed, and after being adjusted and recorded in the
office of the manufactory, they were examined
by the Executive, after which, when found cor
rect, they were sent to the auditor, with an or
der that lie shall issue a warrant for the sum due,
to the person who had furnished the articles —
Although other articles besides iron were fre
quently placed in the same accounts. Could tiie
committee with truth say, that the amount of the
iron “ Could not be precisely ascertained V
As to the "one instance" mentioned in the Re
port in which “ the expenditure of 1510 dollars
if stated to have been for bar iron and gunstocks /*
I have to observe, that if th e framers of that re
port had paid the least attention, they might have
found (not only by the vouchers, but by the Audi
tor’s statement which was laid before them,)
more than “ one instance” in which Iron and Gun
stocks, w-ere mentioned together in the same or*
ders given by the Executive for issuing warrants.
The Committee were repeatedly informed, that
money and drafts for money, were frequently
sent to Philadelphia to purchase materials for
the manufactory of arms .- and as Iron and Guri
stocks were required to a greater amount than a-'
ny other materials, the orders sent from the Ex
ecutive to the Auditor, instead of detailing all
the various articles which were intended to be
purchased, simply directed him to issue a war
rant, sometimes for the purchase of iron only,
sometimes for gunstocks onl*-, and sometimes for
iron and gunstocks —Whenever the money sent,
was disbursed by our assent in Philadelphia, an
account was transmuted by him, which detailed
the quantity and price of the iron, gunstocks,
steel, files, emery and every article purchased,
which accounts, alter the usual examination
were sent to the Auditor to be deposited in bis
office, as vouchers, as lias been before seated.!
Was there any thing hlameable or mysta-ious in j
this course, or could a more plain, simple, and i
correct one, have been adopted by the Executive ?
But mole-hills were easily magnified into moun
tains, hymen who, in order to give themselves
importance, and gain popularity, were deter
mined to find faults, whether they existed or not;
whose determined hostility and talents for mis
representation, are manifested tiirougout the long
chain of that unjust r/ port, of which, this may be
regarded as the firs'- link.
__ JOHN CLARKE.
Further extracts from latest London
Papers.
Loxbok, Dec 30.
We have received the following commu
nication at a late hour this morning.
Petersburg Nov 11.
Our minister for Foreign Affairs has re.
ceived an official Note of a curious nature
from his excellency the French Ambassa
dor Cauuncourt, dated yesterday, of
which the following is an extract :
“ Monsieur Le Ministry
“ Having learned with surprize
by last despatches from our Commissaire
des Relations Exterieuras in Wallachia,
that all the effects and papers belonging to
the Eaglish Resident at Bucharest (having
escaped the attention of your Agent) were
parried off by his hired marauders And se
cret emissaries, and that his property has
been taken care of by a Mr. Qaudi, for
merly one of the Secretaries of the Austri
an Agency in Wallachia, I am also informed
that the whole of those effects are still re
maining at Bucharest, in different ware,
houses in a certain Island, called Costandin
vodaj
“ I request yoUr Excellency to give imme
diate orders for the seizure of this English
property, the papers to be put under seal,
and the effects to be indiscriminately sold
for Uhe benefit of the crown. I will make
you. Monsieur le Ministre, responsible for
the seizure of these important documents &
effects, and will inform my court, this day,
of the contents of ihe present official com
munication.
“ As Mr. de Sarpole?, Member of the
Legion of Honor, is to quit Petersburg this
evening with despatches for his Majesty the
Emperor and King, I avail myself of this
opportunity to offer to your Excellency to
forward your Despatches for the Imperi
al Russian Ambassador at my Court,” 8c e.
See.
Two days after this official communicati
cation, the College des Affairs Kstrengers,
sent Mona. L'AsskssEUR Nikta Gvai
gohwitz, with despatches for the head
quarters of the Russian army in Wallachia,
and secret instructions for his Excellency
Gen. Kgdophkikin, the Diplomatic Agent
in Servia.
Jari. 1.
The Jtntv/rrfi Journal d".v Dvuanen con
tuned the following circular letter, dated
the 25th ult. from the Director General of
the Customs:
“ The Director General announces, that
he has retained the duplicates'*f several cer
tificates of origin delivered by the French
minister at Hamburgh, for American pot
ashes, the American commerce “being pro
hibited in France, in consequence of the Im
perial decision of the 17th of April, 1808 :
nothing coming from that country, directly
or indirectly can be admitted without an ex
press order from his Majesty. This Admi
nistrator thinks it his duty to call the atten
tion of the Directors to this subject, in order
to put them on their guard against a note
inserted in the public papers by the French
Consul at Copenhagen, purporting that pot
ashes and cottons may be ffeely import
ed ”
The Gazette contains an Order in Coun
cil, for Continuing six mouths, from the c
leventh of January, the prohibition of naval
stores.
January 12.
FinancedIVe have pabHshed n correct j
account of the income of, anti charge upon,
the consolidated fond lor the quarter ending
the 5th inst. as well for the corresponding
quarter in the las' year. The lesult of the
tost j/trisoQ lasue h ^ as V)prove t!rat iheconi-\
jniercial hostility of our enemies has fbeei
j perfectly unavailing. 1 he revenue of cus
toms produced in the last quarter 197,9711
more than the same branch in the covres
ponding quarter last year; and the revenue
of excise has yielded upon a similar compa
rison an increase of 2(55.4831, Everv q;her
branch of the revenue has been equally pro
ductive. '
As we have before starpd, the sum gran_
ted by Parliament, upon estimate, as the sur
plus of the consolidated fund, to 5th Aptil,
1810, has already been realised, with an ex
cess ot lOO.O'iOl. applicable to the service of
1810. To which service also, the whole set
pins of thee-Trent quarter, ending5th April
next, will of course be applicable ; this can
not be estimated at less then 1,500 0001. or
i 1,600.0001. making togetht * about 2,000.0001.
by which sum the amount ot the loan nc
jeessary for 1«10 will be diminished. And
\ as the productiveness of the revenue will
probably justify a vote of at least 1,000.000!.
; from the estimated surplus oftbc consolida
ted tund, more than it was thought right to
take in 1809, the whole effect of the fiou
rbhing state of our finances, will be to di
min sh by three million* the amount of the
I loan, and consequently by 160,0001. or 170,
0001. the amount of the annual charge to be
provided for their ensuing session.
VVe have the pleasure to add, that the
produce of the War .Taxes is equally satis
factory.
January 15.
Spanish papers arrived this morning to
the 30th ult. and Lisbon to the 7th instant.
They state, that Joseph Bonaparte, with
18,000 men, was about to proceed to the
North of Spain-for what purpose is not
mentioned.
The Luke dei Parque, was, on the 24th
ult. on his march towards Estreniadura, to
join the Duke of Albuquerque.
1 he British heart quarters were, at the
date of the last advices, at Coimbra.
'Pile French were retreating from Si
erra.
The Kings and Queers whom Bonaparta
had assembled at Paris, have taken wing,
and are on their return to their respective
territories, leaving Bonaparte to make pre
parations for his intended biide. Jerome
and his wifeset off on the 1st, and the Kings
of Wirtcinhurg and Naples were to follow
in a few days. The wits of Parts say, that
Jerome has magnanimously determined to
ape his brother, and that having no hopes
of issue by his wife, he thinks seriouxh or
repudiating her, and of taking back his first
wife.
Bonaparte is lavishing upm the divorced
Josephine, pensions and palaces. She has
had a palace at Paris given her, and another
near Brussels, besides Malmaison. B.itia j
parte has added a million of Livres from his
privy purse.
It is reported, that Bonaparte ha3 written
a letter to the King, on the subject ofpeace,
in which he expresses a wish, that “ His
Majesty will deign to return an answer f:om
himself.” With this wish, it is added. Mi - ;
nisters have advised His Majesty to coni {
ply.
The path we have to pursue with respect i
to America, is clear and strait. She is evi
dently m a violent passion, and like all per
sons who indulge such passions, acts without
judgment. But though she has lost her tem
per, it is not necessary that we should lose
ours. We view her “ more in pity than in
anger”—-Were the two countries in a state
of equality, with respect to powers and
resources, there might be a necessity for re
sisting the indignity offered tons—but where !
there is so evident an inequality, where the i
one has so vast a superiority over the other, j
our forbearance cannot possibly be imputed [
to fear or meanness—She may send away {
Mr. Jackson, but we shall not declare war
against her. If she choose to have no further
intercourse or negociation with us, let her act
accordingly! She is at perfect liberty so to
do-YVe can make no further offers to her j
the first steps, the first proposals must now
come from her-It was absurd in her to
conceive herself under 1:0 obligation, upon
the rejection of what she terms “ inadmis
sible conditions,” to make any in return,—
YVe could not Suffer her to maintain the state
of a judge, authorised to hear and determine
between parties, and to consider hetselfas
holding the balance of power between the
two great beoigerents. She conceives her..
self to have received an injury-andnrs
come forward and offer her reparation, 1:
the offer be not adequate to the injury slis
tained, it is incumbent on iter to point out
where it is deficient, and to declare what
additional degree ol concession is necessary
to make up the Complement of satisfaction
This she seems determined not to do, buttle
dares her willingness to hear what we have
further to offer, still reserving to hetseif
the privilege of rejection, until we have
come up to the unknown standard which
she keeps concealed. There is no true dig
nity in this reserve, ahd though she may
consider it a very profound policy, we are
much mistaken if Mr. Albert Gallatin
will not convince her, that it is likely 10 be
ruinous only to herself.."Ministerial Pa/t. j
Jan. 18.
We have already stated that Prince Stall
remberg might be expected soon to take his
departure from this country, having received
from his Court instructions to that effect.—
This circumstance has given rise to Various
rumors, which may at least furnish amuse
ment to our readers. It is said that all hopes
of a negotiation for peace have vanished, the
French llmperor having refused as a preli
minary, that we should treat in concert with
our aliies, Ferdinand VII the Queen o! Pur
tugal, and the King of Sicily. It is also re
ported, tiiat Napoleon has written a letter to
the King, requiring an answer from himself,
proposing very gentle means of restoring
peace to mankind ; and that the Marquis
Wellesley in whose department it lies to ad
vise his Majesty on this subject, lias thought
it due, in po iteness. that the iet'er of the Km
peror should be an9W»red in his Majesty's
own name.Avar.
J umary IP.
The Ute minis*.c’ «5 inform ns, that trey
hear of its being the intention of govern.
:i.ca% to ser.d out at new minister to 'he f
i ' ' ‘ « . I
States, and that “common-sense requires
“that we should forth with send a minister to
“ America, since the conduct of Mr Jack
“ son has he«noutrageous and. unpurdo.sa
“ ble." What part of it they consider to be
sucti. they a*c nut kind enough to inform us,
nor do we expect theV will—It is their usual
practice to be very liberal In hardy nvserti
j ons, and very sparing of proofs. W.-have
already gtvep our reasons, and we chohenge
them to answer them, for thinking i lr.
Jackson’s conduct, so far from having been
outrageous ana unpardonable, to have been
firm, anti praise worthy———It v.-.a*. outrage
ous in him. we suppose, to show that Air
F.rskine did not abide by his instructions
it was outrageous in him tr> repei the accu
sations of want of faith and justice cn our
part. It was unpardonable in him to prove,
from their own declarations, that they hud
jsr.cn Mr. Ersltine's instructions, and that
j having seen them, they knew them to btJ
contrary to ihe arrangement they had con
cluded with him. We can easily conceive
I that those who appointed Mr. Er*kine are
tint likely to be pleased with Mr. Jackson ;
but as we prefer a minister who abides by
his instructions to otic who dots, not—as we
prefer a minister, who manfully and firmly
asserts the honor and dignity' of his country,
and who will not suffer America to think,
that England comes as an humble suiter at
the Bar of Cotiqrcts, requesting a hearing
for the proposals she has to make. »n sh; -ll
we always contend, that Mr. Jackson de
set vvs the thanks and the gratitude of his
county.
That a new minister will he sent to Ame
rica, we cannot believe. Onr minister has
been treated with such indignity, that we
do not see how we can expose any othc; to
a similar treatment. We repeat what we
said a day or two ago—that our course is
clear and strait ; America is in a passion •
we at'e not ; if she chouses 10 act rashly,
we do not. She may send away our ambas
sador j but v»e shall not there fore declaro
war. She may break ,tf ill intercourse with.
us, we snail not quarrel with her on ihat
accouir ; hut we shall, at least, expect that
she shall be the first to make any fresh o
vejnu’ ts or proposals for mcc rnnn elation.
The last intelligence fiom S:.ain, , •», ao
me^ s 'nuragMig—— I'he Spaniards se >. in
to feel no doubt with respect to the issue of
the contest—they say, that this 13 the first
time Bonaparte ever had to content on their
own lenitories with a pet.pie—that his ar
mies have already suffered more from the
undisciplined bands of patiiots, than they
d d from the professed warlike states of
Austria and ol Prussia—Hint there, when
the regular armies were beaten, the people
showed nodisposition to rise against the in
vader, and that peace and submission were
tiie early fruits of the French victories ; hut
that in Spain, defeat is nowhere followed by
despondency, nor disaster, by submission—
that their troops, though beaten ai d dis
persed, le-assetnble and fight again with un
broken fortitude-that there is not the
pettiest village that has yielded to the
French authority without leluctance, and
thrown off the yoke the moment it had ait
opportunity—they kn:w that Bonaparte is
sending reinforcements into Spain, and that
lie is coming himself against them ; but
they feel no apprehension, and they hope
to tire him out by a desultory nude of war
fare. The armies, under the Duke del
Parque and General Aresaga, have been
increased, the former to 35.UG0 men, and
the latter to 45 000.
We huv9 some information conveyed by
a vessel which left the coast of Holla:.d on
-jv.nday last. ICi.’.g Ennis h d no arrived,
but the repeated di apppintmc.rs of the in
habitants of Amsteidam, do not rte n to
diminish their expecutuns of h.s early e
iurn. On the exchange of that city, u re**
port very generally prevailed, that Bona
parte h id made an offer of marrh.g- j the
Princess E izabeth cf England, and the
Dutchmen could riot per-mule themselves
that such a proposal wouid be rejected by
the House or Brunswick,
A paragraph from Bayonne of the 30th
ult. mentions that die reinforcements to bpain
are proceeding without intermission, & that
the subjugation of the country. if nut alrea
di compelled, wu! be speedily accomplish
ed. Within a few days about 5000 men had
taken the road to the Pyrenees, and on th'ij
3Jst December half that number were to
proceed in the same direction. Quarters
had been ordered for a very numerous body
which was soon expected.
January 20.
Some letters have been received from A
menca, by the way of Ireland. by a vessel
which left New York on the 13th ult. They
Mute, that the acrimony of p r.y has beeit
cairifd to the highest' pitch in the United
States, and that several duels had been
fought by some of the leaders in the prin_
cip il factions, in which lives had been sa
crificed.
One letter from Ireland, which was trnrts
milted by express, mentions the proposal of
an embargo to Congress by Mr. Giles, and
that a bill had been framed for that pat-pose,
which had been read a first time, and for
which a day Was appointed for the second rea
ding. 't his letter comes H orn a most respec
table quarter, but notwithstanding the autho
rity on which it rests, the Correctness of this
statement is \ery much doubted by all the
most considerable merchants here, on thu
ground that such an event could not have
utcurred without their being apprized of it
by their Correspondents ; aiud hy the same
ship in which this intelligence is said to hove
been conveyed. In this situation of things,
you must exescise your own judgment, and f
must satisfy myself with merely poimin"- out
the source of the information.
An American ship, it is said, with ties.
patchesUor General Armstrong «t Paris in
attempting to go into Havre cn the 8th mst;
was taken possession of by a French armed*
ship, and sent into another por t. Her des
patches were forwarded immediately to
Paris, but her crew were not permitted to
have any communication with the shore.—
This cirr.iHOstai.ee is of itself a sufficient
proof that no fr.efi-.He arrangement has vet
taken phtc between Ameiic* and France
Private accounts have ecu received bam
Paris, to the ll'hinst. A letter of the 10.h
stare-,th on the 6th, B »>« parte he.A a