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RICHMOND,
’. TUESDAY" June 26, 181*.
i^mong others, we had been uuder
the Digression that the extract of a
. letter from Gen. Armstrong to Mr.
Madison, which lately made its ap
pearance at Boston, was a new docu
ment. We now find, however, that it
was published in a clandestine tray in
the Bos on Ctntincl, (a tory prize)
fyng ago a* February or March 1809.
The re-publication of the document
in question at this time, is one of those
shallow artifices to which the federal
par*y inva>iably resorts when hard
pressed for a sophism. The extract is
brought up anew, to prqve—what 7
Why, that there was dan^gr to be ap
prehended from France if we continu
ed to trade, and that the administrati
on has long known there was danger.
We grant all this-—The administrati
on knew well enough there wai danger
—and, therefore, they recommended
the embargo to keep our property safe
from that clanger. But the federalists
and Mr. Randolph clamored off the
embargo, and the property of our citi
zens was no longer safei Thai's the
rub!
We understand that count Palden,
the Russian Ambassador lately arrived
at Philadelphia, was expected in Wash
in gifl^fcc n Saturday last, when he would
be introduced to the President of the
United States.
The New^York Commercial Ad
vertiser lately contained a statement of
a celebration of General Washington’*
hirth-day at Stockholm by a party cal
ling themselves American*, together
with some Englishmen and Swedes,
A mong other things, it is, in this state
men', asserted that Mr. Smith, son
of Geo. Smith of Marjiand,and Sec
retaiy to the American Russian lega
tion, being invited refused to attend.
In the first place it is not a fact that
the son of General Smith, of M»rjr
land is Secretary to that The
Mr. Smith, Seereiary to Mr- J. Q.
Adams, is of a different family. In
the next place, it is quite likely that
the Stockholm toasters were embi.rgo
^ breakers, and such as had lent or sold
the American flag to cover British 1
frruds, ?ud that, in celebrating Gen.
Washington’* birth-day, they were on
ly making the use which the tories ge
nerally make of thena r.e and reputati
on of that illustrious man, to wit, to
ti ver their own bad principles and ac
tions. Gen. Smith (of Md.) has a son,
now making the tour of Europe. If
he was invited and did not attend, it
is an evidence of his patriotism, in net
mixing in such a groupe. Our young
countryman is a wai m and decided re
publican.
William and Mary College y
yune 1810.
The public EXAMINATION will
edrr.mcr.ee on the 27th of this month.
ORATIONS, as usual, will be deli
vered on the 4th of July.
The Legislature of Massachusetts
adjourned on the 14th inst. to the 4th
Weclnrsday of January next, without
having come to .t choice of a Senator
of the United States, the votes of the
Senate on concurrence in the choice
of ?ho House of Representatives being
equally divided.
nJu a
Extract of a letter from an American
gentleman in Paris, to his friend in
the city of Washington, dated Aa
pril 4.
*• I send you a file of newspapers
vhirh are principally filled nithde-j
serrptions relat.ve to the marriage of!
the emperor. Through Gen. Arm
strong 1 obtained a ticket of admisi
r n for the day to the gallery of paint
ings. This building is near iourteen
hundred feet long and thirty broad.
1 hr ceiling is arched, of great height
m gnifternce. The walls on esch
aide are lined a i;h upwards of three
thousand superb paintings. This gal- ,
lery c nner.ta the palace of the Thu- ,
Rleri.t with that of the Louvre* along 11
"Met; the emperor aai emprefi pass
ed on this occasion. It was lined by
about seven thousand people of both
sexes, all in elegant habiliments. Such
an assemblage oi beauty, riches and
elegance has perhaps never been wit
nessed. I bad an opportunity of nar
rowly viewing their majesties and the
grand dignitaries in their train. You
have so often read descriptions of Na
poleon that it would be folly in me to
attempt to give you one-—suffice it to
?*>', that alter having once seen him, it
is impossible to forget him. The em
press is a lady above the common
Height, good figure, bluo eyes and of
dignified deportment. Upon the
"thole would be called in the United
States a fine comely woman. I had
like to have forgotten to give you a
description of the dress of the em
press. On her head was placed a
crown of diamonds, brilliant beyond
expression, her gown was purple sat
tin with a double train, odged also
with diamonds, very rich. It is sup
posod the cost of this dre9s was from
lour to five hundred thousand dollars.
44 The king of Naples has already by
a special edict confiscated all the pro
perty which had been sequestered in
His kingdom, for the benefit of the
Uutc.”
COMMUNICATION.
STATEMENT or the TOBACCO In.
_ specled in Petersburg* on the 1st day
of June. 1810.
-■s ■& ~ S 1 =*
w«r« Houwi. J ^ 2 J fJ 3 lit
Sf X » S* g\3.o
' - *.*> = 3
Blandford, 670 50| 2so| PTs
BolingbYouk, 1109 71 250 1 is
BohW.ll’s, 1 iS4 64 400 1 |9
B-»yd's, 836 56 3-23 I »5
Cedar Point* 983 30 410 1 *3
Cross Street, 1774 153 500 l 13
Davis/?, 1042 5 1 340 4 13
High Street, • 1478 88 500 1 17
John Bolling’s 144 13 103 1 11
jWRaea, 634 59 250 1 i\
Moore’s 1226 93 5001 l 13
Oaks, 720 77 laoj 1 9
Petersburg* 50J 57 190' 1 9
West Brook, 1082 93 45OI I |l
West Hill_1 17is 2 is! 62o| 1 8
_|15055(1 iSjjnSS7)
• I'he quantity in mosv ot the ware
houses a>e from computation.—There
are in private ware.houses, about 650
tlhds. stetn’d Tobacco.
At present the city of Philadelphia is
divided into fourteen wards, and contains,
with Southwark, the Northern Libeilie?
ard Kensington, 124 streets, 11 lanes, 74
sA0-*.0.!1'*9' wUh ,3» 197 houses,
ot which 3*u were uum _4u(J/;
The shippi* g that arrived from foreign
porta from *he Slst of December 1808, to
the 1st of January, 1810, were ships, brigs,
schooners, sloops, &c. 150, and cleared
from the 16th of March 1809, to the 1st j
of January 1810, for foreign ports, 206 j
ships, 207 brigs, 151 sch’rs* S3 sloops and I
1 Galliots, being 590, and for the coasting
trad'.*j 70 ships, 78 brigs 251 sch’ra. 294
sloops, being 695, total 1281.
Consular Office of Spain,
Baltimore, June 16th% 1810.
Whereas, official information is receiv
ed that the extensive districts of Maracay
bo and Coro, which compose a luge por
tion of ihe province of Venexula. have u
nanimously disag reed to the anti, na'ional 1
mae-ures lately adopted by their brethren
of the district of Cerracas, and are deter,
mined to preset ve their integrity and fi„
deli*y to the government of the mothar
country, administered in the name of their
beloved king Ferdinand tire 7 h, and have
«**«•#*»*!: .1__1 .1. _
-wv” -"'bV uwwcuf \iimi IIU VC1JU5 Will
be adm tied from ihe United States ol A.
mer;co into iheir ports, without ihenrces.
sarjr consular documents from t!»e consul
of bis catholic fr.ajcsty resident therein
setting forth the names of the vessel, capJ
tain, officers and crew, as weil ts passen.
gcrs—ii is hereby made known to all
whom it may concern, that such docu
ments Wii! be granted at this office, on ap
piicstion, without which, no vessel will be
admitted into the ports of these di«tri6U;
and n». it is the particular wish of II. C.
Majesty's government to cultiva'e the re
lations of friendship and trade between the
United States and his dominions ot Spain
and Ameiica, it is to be hoped no vessel
will proceed to the ports of those disiritfs
without carrying the documents required
by the government.
J. B. Rkrnabkv,
^teiaw ■■
Married—-On Wednesday night
last, by the Rev. J. D. Blair, Mr.
Francis N. Brancn, of Chesterfield,
to the amiable Miss Nancy Svblett.
r>n1y daughter of the late William Sub
lett dec\l. of Powhatan.
; -am
Dir*, At Tappahannock, In the conn*
ty of Enex, Mrs.S. BROCKliNBROUGH,
rtliot of Dr. John Brocksnbroagh senr. of
that place.—It rs impossible to <Io justice
to the merits ot the deceased, in so short a
tribu e as thiaemhut if manners the most
aland and pleavin*;— if a strong under
itandng without sRectatirn—fortitude
without levity, nnd virtues of the strength
:haracter, can adorn the character of a
woman. Mrs. H. w»s eminently distingu sb
t<i. The tears of her fam.ly will stream
>ver her tomb—and the sigh nf affectionate
ri:miih p shall eutbala) h«r luvuioiy.
I illi- - „m-w.r ■ gajaegi
-D O M E S r 1 c.
MASSACHUSETTS.
Answer of the Senate torthe Gover
nor’s Speech.
May it please your Excellency—
On the first meeting of the seve
ral branches of ^he g jvtfrnment, the
Senate respectfully recognize, in the
person of the Chiei Magistrate of Mas
1 sachusetts, the man who «o eminently
.contributed, by his revolutionary aer
j vices, to establish the independence,
and secure the peace and prosperity of
oilr country. The zeal and fidelity
with which these services wr< re ren
dered,‘afford to us a pledge, that in
discharging the duties of the high and
honorable trust, committed to you by
the suffrages of a majority ol the peo
ple, your Excellency will be'unuiflueu
ced by th« sinister'suggestions of par
ty spirit, but will be guiued by a sin
cere and single regard to the gr eat in
terests ol the whole Commonwealth.
This confidence is strengthened by
the reflection, that during tbit conflict
which for mauy years has agitated al
most every portion ol our community,
your Excellency lias been alool from
the scene of contention, and we rust,
therefore, has advanced to the chair of
Government, unbiased by those passi
ons and prejudices, which are in some
dcgree cora.no to ail who have been
actively engaged in the warfare of po
litical opinion.
-Experience, in every age and courr
trv, has too fatally evinced he truth of
the position, :hat ihe measures, and not
the professions of rulers, furnish the
standard, by which to determine their
claim to me gratitude of he people.
While, therefore, the Senate proffers
to your Excellency a liberal degree of
I tuimucnce .mu receive, witn unfeign
ed pleasure, your assurances of impar
t aluv ii^tjae ad-nmiitraiion of our pub
lic affairs, they lout forward with suii
j greater pleasure, to the period wlieu
a strict and undeviaung adherence to
these professions, shall have cusured
to you the richest reward of an “ up
right and honorable” mind, 44 the hap
piness of conscious rccutud-,” and
the universal 44 approba ion and cb.
teen^” of your fellow-citizens.
In the measures pursued by your
immediate predecessor, we have wit
nessed a scrupulous regard to the prin
ciples avowed at the commencement
of his administraii >u, and in this re
spect, we confidi ntly hope your Ex
cellency will not be surpassed by any
who have gone before you »« m*. li*c.
- <lcpaiuncut*
With tne most sincere and perfect
cordiality, we reciprocate your Exc 1
lency’s expressions of solicitude for
the preservation of that spirit of union,
which is the 44 vi al principle of libcr
I) —and which is as essential to .he
security of our political ins.iiutions, as
i.the power of atiracdon to the har
monv of the planetory system. An in
dissoluble union among the s a:es, who
are parties to the great national com
pact, we consider as not less indispen
sable to our peace and prospe(it> , than
an unity of sentiment and action among
the people, to the defence of the liber
ties secured to them by the constituti
on. The man who shall insidiously,
plot a subversion of this compact, or
shall secretly infuse into the public
mind, a r.pirit of discord and disunion,
whatever may be his pretentious to pa
triotism, is attempting to demolish the
uiuni. ui our punnc prosperity, arul me
rits the d'.*test4liou and abhorrence of
his country. ,
However alarming may have been
the indicatit ns of irreconcilable divisi
on among the people of the United
States, yet we are not without hope,
that the nearer app oach of impending
danger would find them united with a
single heart, to repel every foreign en
croachment on their liberty and inde
pendence. However portentous may
have been the progress of this disor
der, our reliance upon the inteligeuce
and patriotism of our fellew>citiieng
a (fords to us a rational belie! that it is
not incurable, and that a course of wise
and salutary measures may yet place
us beyond the reach of danger.
In cmrributing to this most desira
ble object, we trust we shall see tour
Excellency magnanimously 14 disre
garding all political distinctions,” and,
by calling to your aid in the adminis
tration ot the government, wherever
tnry may be found, talents, integrity
anrl fidelity to the constitution, thus
uniting ail, who are worthy to be uni
ted, in the great work of political re
formation.
At a crisis not less alarming than
the prcsi nt, when emisaries from a
broad were secretly impelling us to
take a part ;■ their contentions, when
infringements of our neutral rights
were not less frequent nor outrageous
than at the present tune, the adminis
tration of Washington preserved our
neutrality % rest usd us from the vortex
»
which threatened to overwhelm our
national independence. Wh le, th re
lore, his process and his example are
continued-to us lor our future cruidance
and direction, our safety can only be
endangered by the perverseness of our
rulers, or the blind and senseless infa
tuation of the people. His name is
written as the rainbow in the cloud, to
remind us that tire troubled waters
have subsided at his command, and as
a token that an imitation of his virtue,
and a i«everence for his example, will,
at all times, found the fury of the sur
rounuiug tempest, and assuage the bil
lows di internal faction.
But it 44 domestic prejudices and
animosities” are fostered by the “ in
visible hand of foreign influence ;” if
our national dignity shall be forgotten,
in a 44 deep-rooted” jealousy of one
nation, or an excessive partiality for
another: (if we are dazzled bv the
splendid achievement of the 'proud op
pressors of nations, and lose sight of
that boundless and inordinate ambiti
on, which is their must powerful, if not
their only motive of action ; if we are
regardless of their unparallcd aggres
sions, and indifferent to the atrocities
by which their objects are promoted
—by such a course we shall become
auxiliary to their schemes of usurped
dominion, and eventually •ontf-ibute
to the subjugadon and slavery of our
own country. Shall we not* then, he
prompted by the principles of seff-pre
servation, to watch the motions, that
we may shun the influence of those
over-grown powers, who, forgetful
of their true 44 dignity and honor,”
have 44 immortalized their fame, not
bv recording it on the brilliant pages
of illustrious philanthropists, on the
durable annals of the great, the God
like benefactors of man—but on the
sorrowlul tofiibi of slaughtered vnilli
~on the desbfale rums of mourn
ful principalities, kingdoms and em
niroo
I-- /
We accord with your Excellency in
the opiuion, that the present condition
of Europe, indicates an indefinite con
tinuance of a war, which has become
necessary to the existence of one of
the belligerents, and probably, to the
future safety of the the whole civilized
world.
-During this unprecedented struggle,
it is the first duty of the Government
to pres'.Tva an honest and impartial
neutrality, s* far as it can be maintain
ed, without hazarding our national
safety and independence. But as past
events afford us too much reason to
apprehend that such a position cannot
b« long supported against the unceas
: . . . ''.~,o;»tant3. to force
us invO a participation of their dangers
and distresses, we most cordially unite
with your Excellency in the opinion,
that sound policy and even ordinary
discretion, demand oi our Government
vigorous and active prepar .tions for
a state of open hostilities with one of
the Belligerent powers—such a course
is the more obviously nece->saiy, inas
rnu h, as we have been admonished by
most afflictive experience, that, in
this c-mflict of extermination, even
peace is but a state of warfare in dis
guise; and that the rights of neutrality,
(occasionally violated by both the con’
tending parties ;) are at length avow
'd!' subjected to the arbitary will of a
| government, which acknowledges no
I other rule of action, than that every
nation shall be subservient to the con
quest of its enemies, and the unlimit
ed extention of its nn
We must cheerfully concur in the
sentiment of your Excellency, that
“ husbandry and commerce are the
tvro great pillars of the Commonwealth,
“ a.n'l that not a right#oj either ought to
ha invaded, or impared, whilst she, in
subordination' to the General Govern
ment, has au arm to protect them.”
The distresses we have endured from
the suspension of th one, & consequent
depression of the other, admonish us,
that, we cannot long exist without
the “ aid of these “ natural allies,” e
ven war, with all its calamities, is to
be preferred 10 a permanent abondon
ment of either.
T he embarrassments which have re
suited from the unprotected state of
our commerce, during the present w.«r
in Europe, and which at different pe
riods, have driven us to the very verge
of open hostilities with both the belli
g< rents cannot, we belcive, have left a
“solitary doubt,” in the mind of any
sincere and intelligent friend of his
country, that a system of maritipie de
fence will be our only efficient securi
ty against the future insults and aggres
sions of contending nations.
The Senate ar; deeply impressed
wirh the imporrance of modem ing eve
ry facility to the promotion of rhTiitar>
discipline. Our pacific policy having
provided no otht r system of national
defence, the existing state of thinr s
imperiously demands of us, at the pre
sent moment, more than Ordinary at
tention to the organisation,equiprfiem,
an 1 discipline of the mSlttia, anti your
excellency may rest assured of o fr
zealous co-operation in any practical*
ble measures which iriay be suggested
lor that purpose.
t i he alacrity with which the legis
lature of Massachusetts hav^, at all
times, contributed to the advancement
ot “ religion, literature, morality and
the social virtues*?’ will, we trust, be
deemed a sufficient pledge, to your ex
cellency, that duriug the present yeat^
the Senate ydll not be unmindful of
these primary duties, and that their
attention will be unremittingly direct
ed to these most important and essen
tial interests ol the cotntnomvealtn.
As our collective and individual
happiness rests, almost exclusively or»
the support of religious and literary
institutions, the Senate will be prompt
ted, at all times, by a sense of person
al as well at ollicidl duty, to regard
them as the objects of their first and
most solemn consideration.
So far as “ industry and economv,”
applied to the extension of useful ma
nufactures require the stimulus of
legislative patronage, we shall, at all
times, be ready to concur, with the o
jther branches of the government, in
! appropriate measures for their encou*
ragement and reward.
Every enterprize which'naay tend to
diminish our dependence upon foreign
nations, is a laudable effort of patriot
ism, and in the present condiion of
has a peculiar claim to th©
foftjrmgaid of that government, which
«*rd. l*'c independence of.the peo
ple,'3s the last bosn they will be willing
to surrender. U
1 he Senate duly appreciate «* the
numerous blessi.igs, political, cifil and
religious,” which*, amid so many perils
and disasters, have been yet continued
to us by a kind and indulgent Provi
dence. In a firm, but humble reliance
on the future protection of Heaven,
they beg leave to repeat their as^url
ances ot a cordial sunnorl in
ertion to advance ihc best interests of
j theif constituents, and to offer their
, fervent prayers, that your Excellency's
(administration m.iy conduct* to your
hon >r and happin ssjfcaud
j t^jthe^digtiiiy, order and tranquility
; oPthe f^fen.nbpwealth. 4
L . yforE.2
[ Hie following! paragraph, which ap.
j pcar^d injfjft or.ginal report of this
I answeTptfas stru k o Jt by the senate,
and the words incios d in brackets,
in the ninth paragraph, substituted
in lieu of it.J
If we are dazzled by the splendid
■ ®^lljeVr:i,\cr*ts of a mighty conqueror,
and lose sight of thatboundless and in
timate ambition, which is hisavow
jed and almost only motive of action •
,!f wm^c. regardless of his unpardlel
: eTaccmfvuhnon of power, and indif
atrrocides Ijy which his
extended, bv such n
nail hi come auxiliary to
__^.°f univcisal domination,
! evLiUffilly contribvite to the sub*
ijugation and slavery ol our country,
| bhall we not, then, be prompted, by
; the spirit of self preservation, to watch
tne revolutions, that we may shun tho
or.nt ol this baleful comet, which now
sweeps over the face of the earth, and
wmle it dazzles by its splendor, car
ries death and ruin and desolation ia
its tram.
m the aurora.
ign RELATIONS
correspondence of ovif
the courts ot Paris and
London, sheds strange lights on the
policy of our government as well as
the ♦haracter of our tnmi«t<*r* abroad,
and ot parties at home_\ compari
son of the correspondence ot the mil
msters of France and England, whe
ther it be Canning or Wellesley, with
eiian.pagoy d«ke of Cadnre, would
afford much instruction to a discern
ing and thinking mind; the contrast
is very striking; the manner and style
of each is not more different than the
intellectual qualities of the writers are
dissimilar and distinct.
The same remark will apply to the
common Jence of (he ministers of the
at those courts. Never
flLlY ttiercexhibited n contrast
^J^jIhE:*! ** C(,rresPf5« fence bc
tw^et«TVIi|Pinkney and lord Welles
ley */3, rmjred with that between gen.
Arm*trWg aad die duke of Cudorg.
Never was the necessity more striking
of recalling Mr. Pinkney, and of la
menting that gen. Armstrong is not to
*emain in Europe the longer#
Af London the American character
:s debased even below former debase
ment, by the abject syenph m cy of its
mini ter. « Am I to fiver my lord ”
mtl “am I to infer my lor<J.” VVhat
i contemptible abject oouuon must
nat man Wtllesh; , aceqatomed to
ho sycophancy of Asiatic rtj.ha -
fn** * 8ct ot Asiatics mu3t he consi.
icr a government, whose represent a