The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1810-04-27 00:00:00, page 3

' * The quenlnn was taken on the passage of the
, blit 5 o'clock, and carried 6! to 40.
Mr. JLovc ptoposed a resolution substantially
siniiiar to that which the House refused to
consider yestetday ; which the House again rc.
IU3*m1 to consoler.
Friday, April 20.
The Speaker laid before the House the
following letter, which was read:
/ Washington, April20.
Sift,
After a tedious passage from New
'Orleans, I arrived at Baltimore on the 16th
iestant. and reached this city the next day.
My nbscence has been necessarily protract
I ed by the selection of papers trom a mass of
twenty years accumulation, lor the estab
lishment of facts, toietuiethe multifarious
and diversified calumnies by which I have
been assailed.
I bow present myself to the Representa
tive Body of the nation, the guardians of
the public weal and the protectors of indi
vidual rights, to express tny earnest desire,
that they may constitute some impartial
tribunal, which may be governed with strict
ness by the principles of the Constitution and
the laws of .evidence, to investigate the con_
duct of nty whole life, civil and military,
Whereby justice - may be done, and my un
exampled persecution be terminated.
I aver my innocence of the foul offences
which arc imputed to me, and declare my
ability tosupport it before any unprejudiced
court. Through you, sir, I appeal to my
country, and I claim that right, which is not
refused to the most prefligate—the right of
confronting my accusers. The Representa
tives of the Peple will not, I am persuaded,
suffer a fellow-citizen, who has been devoted
to the public service for more than 25 years,
and has. nothing left him but conscious fide
lity and attachment to his native country, to
sue in v.ain for justice.
The enclosed letter to the Secretary of
War was written anterior to the receipt of
xny notification of recal from the com-nand
on the Mississippi, and will evince my rca*
diness and my desire for a full investigation
cf my conduct.
With perfect respect,
I ha ve the honor to be,
Sir,
Your obedient servant,
JAS: WILKINSON,
The Honorable
J. J3. Farnum, Esq.
S/ieaker of (he House of
Refireaentativca.
Columbia Spring, Oct. 18,1809.
Sir.
rtavmg received information that cer
tain imputations have been alledged against
me by the late captain George Peter, and
certain subalters in office, which are calcu
lated ^o affect my character as a military
officer,.it.is my earnest desire that a court
of enquiry should be ordered to examine in
lo my conduct from the commencement of
my military service, with injunctions to re
port an opinion. Or should my enemies have
been hardy enough to prefer formal charges
against me, which are deemed worthy of
investigation, that an arrest may ensue, and
a general court martial be appointed for my
trial.
In making this request, I am moved by j
a consciousness of my integrity by a sa
cred regard to my character, and the sclf
con\ iction, that 1 have served my country
with zeal and fidelity, and that I have never
aeceivtd it ; disclaiming, at the same time,
all advantages to be derived from n»y act or
clause of limitation.
But as this has been the theatre of my
command, generally, for eleven vears past,
as my companions in service and the evidence
ef my conduct, (many of whom have retir_
ed to the walks ot private life,) are now in
this country, it will be impossible for me to'
command at any distant point, the testimony
necessary to rebut the fictions of falsehoods
of my enemies, or to illustrate mv humble
services as a public officer: I, therefore
hope the request may not be deemed an un’
reasqnable one, that the enquiry or court.,
martial should be held at some military post
within this territory ; the more particularly
as the main body of the army is here, and’
a suitable court can be formed with more
convenience to individuals who may com
pose it, and with the less expence to the pub
A general officer to relieve me from com
mand, and to preside at the enquiry, will
be the only person necessary to be ordered
out; and, under the circumstances, I flat
ter myself, no gentleman in commission will
4cem this duty a hardship.
V/itU perfect respect,
I am, &c.
JAs: WILKINSON
J he ‘ Honorable
Uecretary of ll'ar.
Mr. Randolph, from the committee to
witum y/ns referred the resolution respects
tng the reduction of tlie naval establishment
reported the following hill; which was
twice read and refcricdtoa committee of
the whole;
A LIU to reduce the JVaval Establishment
if 'he U. States.
**tacted by the Senate and House
of Represente rives if the United State* of
America, in Congress assembled, That the
naval establishment of the U States shall
be anti the same is hereby reduced in the
manner following.
It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the
Treasury, under the direction of the Pres*..
<Ien» of the United States to proceed to sell
ail the gun boats in the service of the Uni
ted States, with their tackle and apparel:_
Provided, I hat the guns and other warlike
equipments, of said gun-boats, shall be re
tained and preserved.
It shall be the further duty of the saidse_
•retary, under the direction aforesaid, to
«ao<e to be sold, all the frigates of the Uni
ted States, (three only excepted, which the
Tresident shall designate,) with their tackle
«»nil apparel, guns and warlike equipments
except!<1, which shall be retained and t>i«
Mirvtd. 1
It shall be the further doty of the said se
cretary, under the direction aforesaid, to
cause to he sold all the other armed ve a ls
ol the United States, (three only excepted,
which the President of the U. States shall
designate,) with their tackle and apparel,
g«n»6& warlike equipments excepted, which
suall be retained and preserved.
Stc. 2. And be it further enacted. That
the oilicers and seamen now in the s-rvjce
of the U. States, shall he and they hcrehv
me discharged from the said service, sue ■
number only excepted as may be S'.ffic ent
to .Ulcer and man the ships of war retained
in the public service, in virtue ot the pre
ceding section : Provided, That to each oil
licer and seaman who shall be discharged by
virtue oi .h.s 4 v:t s;uil bo ulLwcd
"\
and paid, in addition to th6 sum to which
they will be entitled at the time of such dis_
charge, , months pay.
Skc. 3 And be it further enacted. That
from and after the day of
next, the several navy yards of the U. States
(those of Boston, Ncw_York, and Norfolk
only excepted) shall b£ disused, and all the
expciices incident to the same shall cease
and determine : Provided, That the secre.
tary of the navy be, and he hereby is ant ho
I'ised to employ some discreet person, in each
navy yard, so disused mid discontinued, at a
rate of compensation not exccvding one dol
lar per day, to take care of the buildings,
enclosures and public property on the same.
Sec. 4. And be it Junker enacted. That
from and after the passing of this act, the
marine corps shall consist of two companies
nnly of men, one captain and
three subalterns each: Provided, That to
each officer and marine, who shall be dis
charged by virtue of this act, mere shall be
allowed and paid, in addition to the sum to
which they will be entitled at the time of
their discharge, months pay,
BANK OF THE U. STATES.
On motion of Mr, Pay tor, the House re
sumed the consideration of the bill to comi
nue the charter of the Bank of tne U. S.
tor a term of years oo the conditions there •
in prescribed.
Mr. Sevoofie moved to strike out the Pro
vino containing the conditions on which the
charter should be renewed, and to insert in
lieu theceof the following:
Provided, That on the 4th day of March
1811, the president and directors of the said
Bank of tne United States, shall be and they
are hereby authorised to add to the capi
tal stock of said bank twelve thousand five
hundred shares, aud for which the United
States shall become the subscriber and own
eV* Provided alto. That the President Sc
directors of the said bank shall receive in
payment therefor the sum of five millions of
dollars in stock of the U. S bearing an inte_
rest of three per centum per annum, paya
ble quarter yearly, and returnable at the
pleasure of the government, which stock as
aforesaid the Secretary of thv Treasury is
hereby authorised to issue and pay over to
the said President and directors on receiving
from them a transfer in behalf of the U. S.
of the 12.800 shares as aforesaidProvi
ded also, 1 hat the U. S, shall be authoris
ed at any time after the 4th day of March,
1821, to encrease the capital stock of said
bank in such manner as may hereafter be
prescribed by law and for which the U. S.
shall become a subscriber and owner to an
amount not exceeding twelve thousand
five hundred shares Provided neverthe»
less. That such addition to the capital
stock shall not be made at the time afore
said, unless the average dividends for the
three years preceding that period shall have
amounted to 8 per cent, on the capital stack
on the bank ; and after the said 4ih day of
March, 18J1, the Secretary of the Treasury
shall be a director of said bank ex officio.
This motion was opposed by Messrs. Pay
lor. Findley, Pitkin, Mumtord, Stanley,
Quincy, Key and Tallniadge, and supported
by Messrs. Swoops and Love.
Before a question was taken on the motion
the House adjourned.
Saturday, April 2l.
1 lie House took up tor consideration the
adherence ot the Senate to their amend
ments to ihe bill to examine into the title
of the Batture.
On motion of Mr. Poindexter, the further
consideration ot the subject was postponed
indefinitely, 46 to 22.
BANK OF THE U- S.
The House then resumed the considerati
on of the bill to continue the charter ot the
Bank of the United States, for twenty years.
&c.
Mr. Hwoofte's amendment being under com
sideration.
A motion was made by Mr. Love to post
pone the further consideration of the bill
indefinitely, in other words to reject it.
■^le allowing was the state of the vote on
this motion. Yeas 46, Nays 67.
I he question recurred on Mr. Swoope’sa
mei.ament ; and a division of the question
being called for* the question was taken on
striking out, and negatived. 52 to 41. The
motion to insert falls of course.
Mr .Love moved to strike out the-w hole
et the bill but the enacting clause, for the
purpose ol inserting a provision that, in case
no law should pass to renew the charter be
ore the 4th of March next, the bank should
e at liberty to continue in operation so far as
necessary to the final adjustment of all its
accounts, for two years from that date.
A division ot the question being called for,
the question wa3 taken on striking out the
present bill, on which question the Yeas were
54—Nays 73.
Ale, Troup moved to strike out all that
part ot the bill, requiring the payment of
money as a consideration lor the renewal of
the charier under the idea, as he expressed
it, that the United States have no right to I
grant, and still less to sell exclusive privi- I
•'-bv
Tins motion was negatived, 7S to 35.
1 Hose who voted in the affirmative were
Messrs. Anderson, Bard, B*scet, Boyd, J
Brown, R Brown, Burwell, Clay, Clopton
Cobb. Crawford, Deslra, Franklin, Gholson’
Gnodwyn, Holland, Howard,M’Kee, M’Kim’
Monrg miery, N U. Moore. Morrow, New
ton, J. Porter, Rea (P ) Rhea (T ) Roane,
beaver, Seibert, Troup, Weakley, Wliite
hiil, Winn, Witherspoon—35.
A motion was made by Air. Tuijior to a.
mend the bill by extending the term ol con
tinuance of the charter from twenty to/7veil
tyjive years.
Whilt this mo’ion was under debate,
a motion was made to adjourn and Carried.
_(4iJje inquirer.
RICHMOND, APRIL 27, 1810.
FOR THE ENQUIRER.
TO THE REPUBLICAN PARTY!!
TIIE CRKTIKEL — No. VII.
After the adoption ofthe federal constituti
on, the names ut federalist and anti fed
eralist, ceased lofhave any just application to
tbe character of political parties. Those
names had been applied to distinguish the
friends from the enemies of the Constitution,
whil« that instrument was under canvass’
j’.ven then, lioaeier.it was not -irictly just;
Dccuuse the opponents of the constitution
were nevertheless, friends tu a confetti ra
tion oi the states ; and. therefore according
o .he true import of the term, Wc.e astrul)
federalists as the friend* of the constitution
By 9.iH:m>nca;»c4‘.f however, tin; tcrmantL
federalist, although It still conveyed some
degree of reproach, stopped short of its full
meaning, and was understood as implying,
not so much an enemy to hny confederation
oi tlie states, as an enemy to a cunfedera
tion on the particular principles of that con
stitution. But the same designation was
kept up after the conrutptiow nad beqti u_
dopted and had gone inio operation ; on the
idea, it is presumed, that those who had op
posed its adoption would obstruct its opera
tion,and would he found arrived together
on what is called in Isttgiand, the opposition
benches, ibis was not true ; for to give a
signal instance, Mr M-idison, who hn.d heen
among tite first and most active promoters
of the convention which formed the constitu.
lion ; who was himself, if not the sole, at
least the principal author of the instrument
itself, ami who had been one of its most zea..
luusand akle advocates, when he came into
congress and was pursuing what he deemed
the oest interests oi this country, according to
the spirit and true Construction of thatir. tru
ment,soon found himself in the opposition and
*“ u minority. He. therefore, who if not
the creator, had certainly been among the
very first and warmest friends of the frd«
ral compact, was also branded as an anti-fed.
eialist wlio sought the dissolution of the uni
on. It was the interest of the majority to
keep tip that designation and thus continue
to uiiect the current of public o^ium against
their adversaries; since, otherwise, the pea.
pie might have found in the cast of the pub
lic measures themselves another designati
on, much mure faithful to the actual views of
ti-eti.
i o pass over that designation, which pos
sibly might he too severe, and to scan tbe
first movements of congress with an eye ot
the gieatest charity, it seems to me that the
mildest division which Can he made of its
members would be into (he men of heart, and
(he men of Ho heart. By the first, I do not
tncaii men who surrendered themselves to
the blind direction of their passions ; but
men who were always found on that side of
the question on which the best feelings of the
human heart were found, in conjunction with
reason and policy on their greatest 8c noblest
scale. By the latter, 1 mean a band of men
vriio. pursuing the cold and rigid deductions
of a narrow and technical reasoning, and the
petty calculations of a shortsighted policy,
were led to espouse that side of every ques
tion which opposed those liberal ami gene
rous feelings, i'iiis distinction of character
developed itself very early ; it was in the
first session of the first congress in the de
bate on the foreign tonnage bill. The very
first measure, after the organization of the
hi st house of representatives, presented the
subject of this debate ; it was a scheme of
revenue presented by Mr. Madison in the j
form of a resolution. In this scheme, he pro
. 5 tilings, to make a dis
crimination between the duties on vessels be
longing to nations having treaties of amity
and commerce with us, and those which had
no such treaties. Ilis object was to coun
tervail the unfriendly relations of foreign na
tionson oar commerce, wherever they exist
ed, and to shew to them all that American
ti lendship Was something more than a name ;
to present an inducement to nations to seek
our alliance. Nothing could be more uni
ters&lly impartial and just than was this
proposition; and its policy, in the abstract,
could not be and was not contested. It was
found, however, upon calculation, that the
measure would militate against G. Britain,
tor the plain and simple reason that G B.
was one of those nations which had imposed
the most unfriendly restrictions upon our
commerce ; and that it would benefit France,
because France was a friend and anally!
Accordingly instead of encountering tiiepoli
cj and wisdom of the measure by manly
argument, we were threatened with the re
sentment of G. B. ; although it was shewn
by Mr. Madison, that G B Could not possibly
complain, since the measure merely follow
t_d her own example ; and in relation to
France,n was asked by M. Lawrence of N
xork, whether we had any obligations to our
allies, sufficient cojustify such a discrimina
tion in their favor t This was the first mea
sure which brought those two nations in con
1 ^e*ore congress. The feeling in favor
of France was not objected as a reproach ;
on the contrary even the advocates of British
interest, found it necessary, in the debate,
to profess the same feelings in favor of
France, in brder to escape the imputation of
ingratitude. They/irofessed their feelings;
but they voted against them, and as it seem
ed to the republicans, against the soundest;
policy of the nation. The minds and hearts
of the majority, however, were than in a
state of original purity, and the measure was
carried iu the lower house; it was lost in the
senate.
A .similar debate ensued, a few days after,
in the House of Representatives on u propo
sed discrimination between the duty on ruin,
and that on French brandy. The principle
in this case, was precisely the tame with
that of the duty on tonnage; the debate,
howe\er, was resumed on the same grounds,
and became more acrimonious. In the cou- se
of it, Mr. Lawrence, while he still profess,
ed a lively gratitude to France, asked “ if
we '’ere in a condition to pay tribute 10cur
allies? In reply to this preposterous ques
lion, Mr. Madison, with great dignity, said,
“ that he did not righdy comprehend the genl
tleman, and therclorc could not be expec ed
to reply to him particularly. lie acknow
ledged, he said, with great pleasure the ser
vices which America h; d derived from that
nation and the justice of the debt which we
owed her ; but he never meant the prefer
ences we were inclined to shew her, in com.
mon with other nationh with which wc hail
commercial trca'.icg, should be considered
as a tribute to our allies; he considered it
rather as a lesson to those powers that were
not within that description.” This mea
sure WHS also carried in the lower house
and lost in the Senate,
When the bill came back from the Sen
ate with their amendments going to expunge
those discriminations, the discussion w«s
revived in the lower ho lse lor several dr.yj>;
ami the measure was pressed, again and
again, upon its author and friends as the ef
fect rather of gratitude out of place, than a
policy -'Inch looked at the good of this coun„
try. Mr. Ames said, “ tie wasl strongly
opposed to being lead by the principle of
gratitude in matters relative to the public
—and that in matters of com
merce and matters of revenue, interest
might to be the pi-dominating principle
but he offered not one Word to shew the niea
sure inconsistent with the public weal._
Mr Madison answered, that according to
that very predominating principle, to which
the geutlcmar. had referred, the discrirnina,
tiori was warranted, andthus that our feel
ings and our policy were in the strictest uni
son. He averred, and was not contradict
I tu, that the Senate theroselve* admitted the
polity of the measure, and proposed topre
sent the discrimination in a mure pointed
and impressive manner by a separate bili;
but lie was for holding on upon the discrim
nation which had been already ug.ced to,
m the lower House, uutill that bill should
make its appearance. The delusive pro*
mise of the Senate however prevailed ; ilrf/
promised anil deceived, the lower house con
cuned in the aiuendiucuts, and G. Britain
was gratified.
I shall detain you with noticing only one
measure more, as exhibiting, in a striking
point of light, this distinction between ir.e
men of heart and the wen cf no heart', it
occurred in the payment of the soldiers'
claims. The famous report of Secretary
Hamilton, oi January, 179j, proposing a
plan lor the support of public credit, seems
to have been the signal fur general specula*
tion. 1 hose rapacious and unfeeling vut
tures, the Speculators, pouring forth in
swarms from the North and the South, and
taking advantage of the necessities inddc*
pair ei those war.worn veterans, who had
■ ought the battles of our liberty, preyed up
on their vitals. Their certificates, the evi.
deuce of their rights, and, in many instan
ces, the only property they had upon earth,
were bought up m- a song, and piles of this
paper were accumulated m the hands of the
momed adventurer. When, thereto, e, Con
gieas were, at last, about to make provision
tor the payment of these claims. Mr. Madi
son, on a review of the circumstances which
I have just stated, w hich were ot public no*
tor let y, and were admitted on evny hand
in Congress, proposed to make a distinction
net ween theongmal proprietors and the pre
sent holders of those cei tificates ; that is, he
proposed to pay to the speculator, who then
held the certificate, the highest price which
tile paper had borne in the market, and the
balance of the sum due Upon the certificate,
he proposed to pay to the poor soldier, to
Whom It had originally issued. This mea*
»ure, fl ivnng from the wannest and noble*'
teelmgj of.the heart, and founded on that
pure and essential equity, which one would
suppose might stand the test of Heaven’s
chancery, produced an excitement and alarm
m the House cf a most suspicious charatter.
tie supported his proposition with master
ly ability. His aigument was like a great
river poured Iron! inexhaustible stores, and
tortihzmg the vast plains through which it
P. se • He placed the subject in evety va
nety of aspect, and one would have thought
n impossible but that lie would have carried
conv.ct.on to every heart & mind. But it was
all in vain : the effort to exhibit it as a great
national question, not to be decided by or
dinary rules, was unavailing with men who
had never walked out of forensic trammels ;
and appeals to the heart were lost upon those
• ‘ .»u nearis, or who affected the dig
nity of winding themselves up to a region c‘
political abstraction so high that no pulse of
. e llca^ cou,tl wer reach them, ft is not
impossible—nay. it is probable that before
many years, t|ie secret history of those
times will be laid open and facts will be dis -
closed, which will give another kev to the
adamantine impenetrability of Congress on
lat occasion. The measure Was lost : the
speculator was enriched and blessed the name
Hamilton j the soldier was beggared, and
hobb.mg on his wooden leg or his crutch, or
led by a boy, hke Bellisanua, he wrung the
heait of the patriot with anguish unuttera
ble, as he was seen to beg his bread from
door to door How grataful was this spec,
Ucle. to G. Britain .' What a hecatomh pf
victims to her departed glorv ! To see the
l,ie Baltailit warriors, by whom
hei pride had been pulled down and her
standards trodden in the dust, reduced to beg
gary almost unpitied beggary—by a Con
gress ot their own country, ui the reward
ot their heroic valor and exploits! I donut
say, nor do I think it probable, that the
majority of Congress intended this era
tincation toGreat Britain : Such, however,
was certainly the effect of their votes_
And, soarn how or other, by some stranya
and deplorable fatality, it constantly hap_
peneu that the measures of the majority
were ot a nature, either to sooth the mor
tification, to f*ed the avarice, or to feast the
vanity of that haughty and perfidious nati
on ? while towards France they manifested
an indifference as dull, an apathy as cold and
torpid as death itself—nay, an aversion and
hostility^ as*m their snnetion of Gen. Ham
ilton a conduct in diverting from France at a
moment of her distress, lands which he had
been expressly ordered to pay towards our
debt to her.
As yet, however, no man, nor even the
most venal and corrupt press in the u
mon dared to cast a reflection on the feel
ing.or ranee : that fueling was toogeneral
mid too sacred for any such reflection io be
hazarded ; on the contrary, those whoprov
ed by their actions that they had it not, yet
found it their interest to affect i-, in order
to escape the hatred and abhorrence o! the
people.
K was not until the decapitation' of the
rench King, and the ucce&aion of Great
/Jritain to the continental coalition, that
the excess of our friendship for France was
objected as a reproach; nor even then, it is
believed, would any man have had the bold
ness to hazard the objection, whatever bis
private feelings might have been, had nut
the rashness and folly of the French minis
ter, Mr. Genet, placed the friends of Bri
tarn behind the shield of Washington's no
puUnly. *
This subject will be resumed in the
next number.
MASSACHUSETTS ELECTION.
Gerry. Gore.
47,418 44,268
44 268
3*150 Present majority.
a,523 Fed. tnaj, in 1809,
5,673 Nett Republican
gain ( in 451 town*—20 small towns to be
heard from, which will nu;, much vary the
result. '
Phodr Island Kkttion far general officers and
representatives was or. the !6;h inst. The result
IS the ascendancy of Republicanism '—In sw
towns, the Whig Majority is 274 ! f threr Umci
only to be heard from, which wdl probably in
crca-.e this majority—hut ifll/ey are *sthev were
Iasi spring, the result is thus i
Whig majority, 274
Federal do, lust year, 6U
Nett Republican Gain • f qJ +
i Scv'‘»1 Whigs »rc put in the p< ,ce of/ Fifth rc
turned Inst August—which yields a Hi publican
major it? in the at-te 11. of Ucpreaenu’iVcsOi
Jour
The EUstions ,n A6-v Yarl bepiu *r<" Tv-sd-v
1 «nd rould : vatic ue 3 U-j*. a ”
Delegates,
Elected to serve in the ensuirg General Assembly.
Berkeley— Magnus Tale. ’George P Her Held.
Math— -Giy ns*, Samuel BLekbuiu
Uot tetourt— Day id Uuwiaiia, Allen Taylor.*
Charles City—John Christian, Cornelius Eir.
muR. .... ®
Fairfax— Dr. Kake,* Dr. Coleman.
Goochland—*J«»siah Leake, J.B Ferguson
CampbeT*^ 3L“*e/*“*iluit*P,ir«y Waiter, Why
Louisa— William Ragland,* Peter M Daniel *
Mecklenburg—James Jones, jnljri Good.-, jr *
■net* IKnt—Robert Curistiah, John li C.nibti.
an. ,
Pendleton—Peter Hull, John *Fi*!ier.
Fockinghain—Archibald Kutijerford, William
linant
Amherst—Reubin Nor veil, Charles Cartel.
Iho.e marked thus * are new members.
• In this Senatorial district, Mr. Wm. G. Poindex
ter is t'lertnl.
In the district of Augusta, fcc. Mr. G. Hustorf
had a majority of 5\& over Mr. C. join.son—Au
gusta was yet to vote.
The Senate of the U S have agreed to the re
solution ul the H. of R. ddjeum the 1st of May;
COM MV NIC A TION.
On Tuesday, the 24th instant, Doct. Churl/s H.'
Graves, and \V dliam bcauiiiieil, republican can
didates, wore elected to serve in the next Gene
ral Assembly of Virginia, for the county of Sur
ry- At t*,e olbse of the election, the poll stood i
For Graves, jgO
Scammel), j^g
Allen, i, t
. Major, . „ . . HO
In consequence ofthe triumph of Remibl car>.
ism, the court-house, tavern and adjacent bui d
ihg* were elegantly illuminated
* A letter from Mr. William Murdock da
ed London, Feb. 16 and March 5. says;
“ Good Flour is qitotcd (Feb 16J at 60s.
per bbl. no sales at that, amt J htnk it will
be much lower, as immense <jt.antities of
wheat have comb from France and Holland,
in neutiaU. 'I'uere is no demand here for
produce, except a little for immediate use /
a.I must depend for what your government,
will do as to the non intercourse, IFc. If
restrictions on your side are removed, and
those by the continent continued against
your trade, prices wilt of course come dowii
very low, us all the continent is shut again*;
this esuntry. .
*• March 5—1 am informed by Mess:
hathbones, that your four [good super
fncy is sold from 48 to 57s. Markets for
all American products continue uncertain,
waiting the result of political events, oti
which prices will hereafter depend," tJc.
C O M M U N1C ATE D.
To, the memory of Cot. Uobsrx Gamble,?^
of Richmond,
Seldom has the death of a citizen afforded
such general regret, as that of Col. Robert
Gamble, nor has the mourning tribute of respect
ever been more spontaneous, more sincere, more
honorable, or more general
As a Citizen, Col. Gamble w-38 an honorable*
example as related to his social, moral and re
ligious duties
As a patriot and soldier, *tis sufficient to say
that he served in the ievolutionary army with
high imputation and teiinitiated his military ca
reer in Inc rank of Captain.
As a politician, he was ingenuous, candid
aT|4 ,a|'^eni» kut k:s Bid ir was that of a heart
wlucii knew neither guise not disguise_Though
warmly attached to the Federal party, his at
lachments were such as might be avowed by a,
ueart that panted neither for office nor power.
As a merchant, he wus industrious, punctual*
ingenuous, hberal and just.
As a t.-iend, he was generous, unsuspicious 8c
Sincere To those to whom he gave his confi
dence lie seemed as it were, to carry his heart
in his hand.
As a relative, what shall I say ? shall I revive
and give uctiviij to feelings of the keenest tensU*
j.ltty ? shall I remind those who can never fofge6
wliat lie was—that he is no more i
Fortune had crowned the efforts of CoL
Gamble with success : Yes ; that honorable
success, which was derived from enterprise*
ndustry, and lair dealing ; and whilst his liosjvi;
tahty, his generosity, his chain y, and his for.
oearauce will ba acknowledged by thousands,
there are none, . no, not one, in whose boSonx
lie has ever excited a pang—from whose eye,
lie ever drew the leaf or dlsconsoUtion. iiis
wealth, was indeed, a blessing to himself* to his
family, to nis friends, to the community and it*
mankind.
?u®^ *a K ^,ie^ sketch r.f the much lamen
ted Col. Robert Gamde ; and such is the last
^ A FRlfcND
T OS 1, between Richmond and George Town
‘*“"i ( District Columbia J between the 11th 6c
ltnii inaUnt,
4 TICKET,• No. 97G8,
In the Union College Coaery of New York, novy
drawing—It had the names of Judah it JLizaru*.
printed on the back, and written thereon — •* Thd
jointpr0perty 0f Jottph Trent and L Joteph, to
be divided if a prize .*» It was dropped, it is sup
posed, at some tavern on tue road .- One of the
proprietors is now on his way to New York, and
will take such steps an to prevent the sender*
should he hot return it, from receiving payment
if it draws a prize—if restored to either of the
ownci», or to the editor of this paper* any reason^
able compensation will be made.
April 27.
C1he Editor of the Alexandria Daily Gas
zeue, Commercial and Political, it request d a
urse. t tiie above oils wetk and lorwaro on hisac
count ta (hr; editor of the Argil* for payment.
IT’QUND—A few day* since, between Bahi
/ more and Washington, RANK NO'! &S,Ui
a small amount: The buhscnber will, with plea*
*ure, enclose them to any person giving a satistuo.
lory description of them
CHARLES D. FONTAINE,
Halifax Court House, Va.
. Arrvtl 27._ _ ]t^j
I SUBS LIU iiEit, WuTrmluuI,;,
A the Inferior and .superior Courts of Goorh
land, Albemarle, Louise. unJ lianover . Any bu
siness in the eollecting t.ne, which in ,y be erilrus
led to him, shall he dd.grntly and punctually at
; tender! to. Letter* sddrissed to him, (post Mid)
i to » ottiea store, will be immediately receded U,
' particulaily noticed.
ft a m nj george Harris.
Louisa, April 27. wiifl
LAND fOK SALE, ill Gbnchlxifd County
on the water* of Heaver turn, xml within
i 4 !,r,5 rt?.‘,e* cf iH'tcr, 466 i men s ; about
one ••-*.« wood land ail i well limoned As n j»
presumable the I- rdns-r will ,ic .v the Hud £
slisll not comment . ;,«n its mu lilies.
A l'beral i re ’.it tvi I be g.Viui on receiving ofje
foU'til the purchase n, mey in hand, snd a <let a
of tidy Upon the la s^cipa ih* p.ymmt
ii eieof Othcrvris:, approved piopmiy m Aicii
trn.' dor * mag,mgr w.llbe taken in exciumga
at Vaiualton. i l>= land will be shewn to any e. n
tleman, by capt. llobert Sampson, Cro.s, iloaJ»
GoocldauJ, t,.id (lie term, made known.
, , . LOUERT POORE.
RifiiintfaJj April