The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1808-12-27 00:00:00, page 1

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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27. ISOS. " rXri ,~(7
X^ v/ • J A** •
(TT PUBLISHED BY THOMAS RITCHIE, O P»
fOSITS THE GLOBE TAVEKX, AT FIVE DPI..
-LAItS PER ANNUM," PAYABLE IN ADVANCE.
*m* We art* authorised to state, that Bathurst
' Jntet, is a Candidate fin* the Senatorial District,
composed of Caroline and Hanover.
Dec. 10. 101
usicK— yoHwy abercromby, ha
ving returned from !iis tout* to too North
ward, begs leave to acquaint his friends ami the
public, that lie still continues teaching, in this ci
ty, on the Piano, Violin and Guilt; r. He likewise
tunes instruments as formerly, and respectfully
» limits tlie favor ol their patronage.
Applications at Messrs. Pritchard & Adams,
Mr. Plcusants’s, and Mr. Shields's, will be duly
attended to.
oec. 24. oawlm
N- B. Mr. Ahercvo nby pould conveniently at
tend three Or four pupil; in Manchester.
Tj'^MALE EDcJCAllON, Will bo ontimi
JP ed, at Mountiufy, the ensuin ' year, under
the direction of Miss Terrell ; who will teach
Rsafing, Writing. Arithmetic, English Grammar,
and Geography. The School will be opened about
the middle of January. Terms—for board iunl
tuition, (each finding her own bedding) S 10 )
per annum, paid quarterly in advance, i’lie most
ar.tisfactdry testimonials can be produced, of M iss
Terrell’s qualifications, ns a teacher of the above
branches of Education. Particular attention will
be paid to the morals and manners of pupils pla
ced at tliis School. It may not be improper to
add, that they have before them an example of
domestic economy, and steady industry in the
boarJing apartment.
HUMPHREY HILL
Caroline, Dec. 24. et1f
H_ AT M A NIJ F A CTO R Y.-GIL BER
CRAVE H. being about to establish a HA T
M.LHUEACTORYin tlie city of Richmond, iv. ar
ly opposi’c the street loading from Col. Mayo’s
Bridge, with a determined resolution to do jus
tice to those who may favor them w*th their cus
tom—They flatter themselves that their know
ledge and long expc- ience in their business, toge
ther with tlie punctuality, neatness and dispatch
with which their work will be executed, will
justify their claim to public patronage—they in
form the public that they now have a large quanti
ty oi the host uuuatl v iiihui: Wool lints, ami a
tolerable assortment of Fine Huts. Their Ma
nufactory will be in operation in a few weeks,
when they will lie able to make their assortment
complete, and comply with any orders they may
receive. Dec. 24. oaw.3w
P. S. Thev have a strong new Pennsylvania
made WAGGON for sale at S 100.
MU 1 UAL ASSURANCE SUC1E I Y— l lie
General Annual Meeting of ttie Mutual
Assurance Society, against Fire on buildings of
the state of Virginia, will he held at the Capitol,
in the city of Richmond, on Monday, the 2d dav
of January next. SAMUEL GREEN HOW, '
Principal Agent
Richmond, General Office of 7 f0 ,.
Assurance, Dec. 1, 1808 3 oawu‘IJ
*,* All the Printers in Virginia, ami in the
town of Alexandi ia, are requested to publish the
Stbove once per week, until the second day of Ja
nuary next. S G.
N~ XPT COTTONS h KRR.Si.YS—The
Subscriber has received a consignment of
Nap* Cottons arid Kerseys, which he offers at a re
duced price, for cash, or indorsed negotiable
notes. ROBERT JOHNSTON.
December 6. (ift
THE partnership of Daniel Triplett & Co. is
this day dissolved bv mutual consent.
DANIEL TRIPLETT,
SAME P. PARSONS.
THF. Su!*scriber wishes to iiire 40 or 50 NF.
GKO MEN, and a few BOYS of 14 or 15
years of age, to work at the coal business the
ensuing year. DANIEL TRIPLETT
Dec 22. if
Bank of Virginia, December 15th
18C8.—The Stockholders are hereby noti
fied that the election of Directors of the Bank,
and the several Offices of Discount aiul Deposit,
for the ensuing year, will be held on Monday . he
2d day January. tRE
KiRBY, DRAKE & TAYLOR, intending
to close their on sent concern, will dispose
oi tneir stock of DRV GOODS, at reduced pri
ce i, for cash, or on short credit, for approved
Dotes in town.
Those persons ind bled to the concern by open
account, are requested to make payment or exe
cute bonds for their respective amounts.
Dec. 17. if
r’l-TO John Fowi.er of Kcntutky, and Joa
dan Haruis, of Virginia,
Gentlemen,
Take noth v, that on Thursday the 12th
of next month, at John Ai dei son’s Tavern, in
New-Canton, I shall proceed .• italic the deposi
tions of Robert Mosel-y aiul others, to continue
from day to day, nut it iinislied : Anion Friday,
the 20th of next month, i shall, at Buckingham
court-house, again pr > cod to take the depositi
ons of Daniel Guerrant and otlierr, which depo
sitions are lobe read as evidence in a suit depen
ding in t he High Court of Chancery for the Rich
moi, I District, wherein i ..m plaintiff and you
arc defendants. Your**, he
PE 1ER G UERR ANT.
nee. 27. tf
O I ICE.— In tlie ywar 179n, a request was
mailc by Ictli i from i gentlemen iu Virginia,
(through Mr. Joseph Johnson, Consul in Lon
«lw i) to Mr Thomas Dirges, then in England, to
make enquiry for the heirs or the family of a Mr.
Abraham Milnes,* who, wh«-n a voulli, left Brigg.
Iioilse near Iluddersfu I I in Yorkshire, f r Ante
r\r.i, and was a clerk In a merchant in Virginia,
terwarri* kept u §?oi*c u( hi* own, had a partner
in trade, h died unmarried, about the year 175;’,
leaving lauded and other properly. Unfortunate*
ly, by the loss at sen, of the Snip J m • and U.o
cbt I, rapt. I )adc from f .oud m to Aley ,■ idr11. in
the year l/9d, th< l.tters of request md other
paper* and memorandum? w, lo*;, and even
the writer’s name, wliiru -s snppnsi (i » lie Ear
ly or l'iircly, as web :m li.apl-irc »»f rcilence has
been forgotten, but i i guested to i»c near Peters
burg iu Viiginia.
The tlbscribers, or either of them, w*H be
much obliged to any or- , informed of < itlu-j- o)
tlie parties above allu-V l to, or can give anj l. u c
«a to their residen v, i- u-med • f i.nj 'landed
or other propertj’Ct -•. •; «i Abi- .li.in. M !
lies, by letter dire« te.i to > subscriber* as b
low ; and they will lii *.V! iMt- pay any rnftt'.t foy 1
ascertaining the n .r. jd . s' of residence, or
•dect? of said do. .1, . ( k.c.
GKO : M 1I,N l'S, /.Ttr ■ n.t Rottnn.
T1IOS. OIGGLS, 1 ori IPtirhurfon, Po'^fnac,
Maryland. •
GF.O : W. HIGGS, G rrgt-'Povin.
O-tofn-r 14. (-^-J
Hit name was spelt Mill? or Milne*.
VX/ILLIAM SCOTT beg* leave to inform
’ * bis triend* and the public, tli.it lie has com
menced the JtOOT Fi SHOE cleaning business,v
in the little wood House of Col. liulloek, to t!i-,
leftot his brick lumber-house*, and opposite the
B!'sin, where he will be ready to aecoinino l t
gentlemen at all hours. He has on hand t quviUi>
ot the first quality Liquid Blucliug for s.de at *b
b./ per bottle, lie will also clean Bant- Tops of any
coh,r at 3*. per p ir. ■ov.25 [mi*rjiv]
iCHMONO HJh N1MK.C COM PANY
At a meeting of the Directors of the s id
Company, on Saturday evening tin 31 of Decem
ber, 1808, the following resolution was agreed >*>:
If'iitreus, from causes unforeseen ..s unexpect
ed,-the Board of Director*, at their last in ■.'•ting,
on the 29th ultimo,postponed the sale of S:• .vie.
belonging to delinquent subscribers, gene.. !:y*
denominated Slock-Holders, which were adver
tised to be sold on that day :
Resolved, That the Shares of delinquent hol
ders which may he reported ns such b , the trea
surer of this Company, on the Ttii day of Jai»u
ry nest, he, on that day said, «t public auction, at
die front door of the Swum T .reni in thiscilv.
VAT lid XIEl SlIEPP.lRL\ Ci'i.’
December o, ids
MK. VV'm. E. WV.UU, Adviiiiixfrutr -of Ben
jamin Edzi,:rds, dec'U. Nvrt/fCcroiii: t—
Sm—Please to take notice, ih.it on tlie second
Monday in J muary n-*xt, I shall take th : deposi
tion of Mr. Spencer linll, jr. of Nortbunib-rland
county, in Virginia, at the court-house, of said
comity, atthe tavern occupied by Joseph Kogeiv
at that place, to he used ns evidence in the su-t
depending in chanc.ory in the United Stales cir
cuit court, hchl in Richmond f>r the district of
Virginia, in which 1 am plaintiff and you arc de
fendant. CM VilHES LOVE.
NOV 13.[tf ]
LANDING trout t!ie Schooner Richmond
at I.e*=ter’* new Wharf:
23 Crates Earthen Ware,
2 5 Hluls. Muscovado Sugar,
11 l)o. Green Coli’ee,
y Bales Wo-d-ns,
IN STORE —100 bags Salt, 15 hluls. Molass
es, 10 tierces green C*>lrke, 6 quarter casks Siier
rv, 3 pipes Gin, 50 boxes Segnr.*, 8 bugs Ran*
Ginger, Souchong, Hyson Skin and Young Hvson
Tea. For sale by ' GEORGE W VT if.
nov 4._ ' [tf] I
'l'MilSriiy is published, (and ui.iv !><• had at ;
-*• Jacob lohnsuti'* Book-Store, adioining tin- !
Market-Bridge,) P..rt J of Voi. 1 of HE KING
& MU N FORD's REPORT!*, containim; the I). -
cisions of tiie Supreme Court of Appeals of Vir- j
ginia, at the October Term, 1807, and comple- j
ting the first Volume.
At the same place may he h:ul ihe said volume I
(of 606 pages) elegantly hound in calf. Price to 1
subscribers S 5 to non-subscriber a f, fi.
r\j*Tiie si/e of the volume having fir exceeded
the limits at first contemplated, (which were 5J0
pages only,) the authors have been induced to
furnish if to subscribers at the above price, which
is considerably less, in proportion, than that men
tioned in the Prospectus
Gentlemen who take these Reports in num
bers, will be permitted to return then* at any time
wi'hio six months, &. ■ceei'e a volume, for which
numbers they will he allowed the original cost nc
part payment fm he- volume. ::ov. 1. [^lawtfj
IN Henrico County Court, Novembers, 1038
Wm I’ ylor, jr. Complainant—against Price
and McCutehen & Hugh Ciiamb* r-. Defendants.
The drf -n'ants, Price and McCutehen, not
having entered their appearance ami given secu
rity according to the act of Assembly 6c tile, rules
of this court, and it appearing to the s .tisfaclioii
of tiie court, tbit they are n.ii inhabitants of this
commonwealth : Ou tlie motion of the complain
ant by liis council, It is ordered, Tout the said
defendants, Price and McCutehen, do appear
here on the third day of the next March term, fc
answer the complainant's hill : .and that a copy of
tiiis Order be forthwith inserted in some one of
the news-papers printed in the city of Richino: :1,
for two months successively, ami posted at the
door of the court house of this comity.*
A Copy. Teste,
J U. WHITLOCKS, Clerk
nec.omber 6 oawtlw
j*^* OTICE —That in virtue of a deed of trust, ■
a hearing date anterior to the act, entitled j
“ An act concerning th" sale of Property under ex
“ editions and incumbrances I .shall, on Snitir" 1
day, the 7th day of January next, upon *ho premi J
ses, expose to .sale, by public an -turn, for read.v I
money, the BRICK TEN E Mil .VTA. and tlie
Ground thereto in longing, as now occupied \.y
Messrs. Webster, Poore Cr l'rosser, and John ii
Walton, opposite the City Hotel, in this city ; or
so much thereof, as m 11 he necessary to satisfy
D.iul. Call, Esq. acting Executor of Uobt. Means’,
dec’ll tfie several sums of money now due, and
unpaid under the s • ■ i deed.
& AMUEL McCRATV, Trustee.
oecembrr 0 (,]s
MR. LE TEJ.I.IER, DENTIST—In the
house adjoining Mr. Edmund Randolph's
near the Capitol, is now pra using in the various
branches oi his profession, /. e cl< ansitig an C
restoring the teeth to their natural elegance, In
l-'-movi Ig that corrosive substance called tartar,
which adheres t i them in tin. form ol a bl.n k oi
yell >wcrust, which is the cause of many teeth
decaying, an oifeiisive breath, anil the c >rrnd'r
fifthe gums and sockets. He s-pts artifici I mips
so as to stand linn, being list till as wed as orna
mental, plug; the decayed cavities of such as • an
| he preserved, and extract* Mich as are too f.r
gone to he saved, in which operation lie rr.ikr.s
use of nnerr's paten r r. < i aactino i ;jT«r
mf.nts, which takes the teeth out without any
possibility of fracturing the jaw or bruising the
gum*, and with t ur h less pain than the i slut
nii'iits that arc :n general t;■ ; ,'n- which opera
t»nn Ins price is one dollar, when done at his own
house
He deems It unnecessary to say any thine* enn*
corning the advantage derived Iron, he nutm 1
o! his pert.irmance or his abilities, leaving it for
hi - former operations to speak.
He lias D r. v i i ki* i cs prepared by himself of
a sup nor «j ■ • * uy fur the pi e*cr» atiun oi the
gums and tcetn, void of corrosive substance,
Mr. I. r. 1 f.I.i.IEh wishes the public to have
notice tfi.it as he has now made Richmond his
!><-rni ilicnt rcsulenrc, all his pric s are eonsick r;.
hly lower titan when he was only a visitor of the
place.
A lino or sorrant directed to the aforesaid
place wdl he Attended to.
■S.r He keeps a constan* supply of Teeth Ex
trading instruments, key kind, und best quality
for rale,
Nov ?.). . flm]
^ hOt ER SlifcD, &c.— For Sal", by ijic
^ So-scriber, a fresh supply of CHjVi.R
S/.I), five thousand lb. first quality New-riu
yl n, <;H PKiiJi. a fw do/. srit-Pctred ffj MS,
P/l’JiS by the box, fam h ILOUP, hv t ic bar
*<*» EDIVahU ii A 1.1. AM.
uccember 3 ^v>
TM C.I \ NCliR Y.—.it a Court held f. • • Alb"
A :n .l ie County, the i'.'i d y Dec L PJi'
*»*V-•«.! .’,i r: . i‘‘ni t’jf— against Jno Joii
'R* Alice Jo.ictt in' i»t Rolr'i'i N,i. . *n
Crawl )”<J ami .Vf.egai'et Ins Joint .Vac.i un i
y i wife, John Mills, *1. 14 1 [Vl>}Ift, iftfl
'dills, hiaiio* .vti'l-r, Ciil’to.i Rod *» nod Eli.
r. hi# wifi-, Cb.ins J .••*. fboomi C F;at
ein r ami Susanna his will , J) ,s
1 oe DtlendulltR John j'.a.*r*,J .on l ien an 1
Alary let wile, and Ch.wli 1 J.p, not having
entered their appei ranee m;d g \i- . security a -
cold ng t., tin* act of A««e nh'y oul the 1 ui-., oi
,0 • coni'!, and it appeal*, eg tot'. ; sale.t .inf n of
' t‘‘ * MM, that they are t juii.ihi'.a'il j <>: 'J i s
Cnn.moiiwcvtU 1 : v)n in at n f t,te Pmmt ' .i', !>.■
Ins Cons toil ; It it or er.J, T:;at tin: said deK-h
till s t! t appear here on or bol'or * the first Mo 1
d<y iij M civil next, and .1 .surer *nc b !1 of the
pliintih, an | tuat u copy c i'Usis order in- firth
with inserted in some public ne-a s p .per, p.-,ti
led in tne city of Richmond, for ng it week - suc
cessively, an 1 posted at toe from d .or of lae
coui t-li.uise 1 s.iid enmity on solUc court day.
A Copy. Test**,
ALLX’n. G A. U RETT, d c
December Id. - H, **
IN .11 ANChil 1. — Louis* Coon.y Cu..ii,i>'
mb* r JOt’u, lRa.8.
Cn .i les 1 iiunuts, /'.; j -Against John Tis
Jinn-s Iievillian a b inn. 1 if - nson, Def'tt
1 UK defendant, Join Tisdale, not having m.
ter- d in-; appear me.- &giv<.n . curity, a<;r mlmg
t 1 loe act ot Assembly Cfc t « - rides • >1 tins court,
a id it appearingt - the satisfaction ol tiie Court,
th a he in not in iohabiiar.i of inis state : On mo
‘don of the Plaiut H'hy his attorney ; I: it ar.trreJ,
Mat the s,»id defend .ntdo appear here oil tiie se
cond Monday in January next, and answer the
plfcinli;!'s hill, aud timt h copy of this order be
iorliix.1 it.i inserted in .me ol 11m nc*.vs o pet s piyii
ted in the city >1 die. m m !, tin- eight weeks suc
cessively, Jk posted it me fr mt dour of the court
house n tins county, on some court dav.
A Copy. Teste,
JNo. POINDEXTER, C. I. C.
N:,v- c_ a v.ti.v.)
' £ 'C JAMES WEI.CM, roicM EKLV OK *; iilF.X
•ll St Ell t ' 'MTV, VIRGINIA—HI/!— ,\t
I n.noxv not tiie pi re 01 your present res.desire ;
and believe you to be no' longer an IniiaUdnik . f
'■> S Stilt .' ; 1 take this Illc.cie of lllfomilllg |< |
'hat, 1 shall >11 the iifili day of J .unary next. uke
Uie .;ep jsitton ol .0. imi'.d M Ci aw, to'be read a-,
evidence in a suit <1. pending in tin: Superior
Con • o; C-hutirery, lmlcien at Hiciim >n.f, wing',*
in 1 am r.l iintitf, and yourself and others d.-k-n
l‘a;As. Which deposition will h.; taken at \ ,
Olucc* of the said M’Crawr, in the Citv ofR.Ki
mood, between tiie hours of six in i n* m >.mog,
■e’c. six in tiie evening, when a:vl where you nt \
attend ifyoitplea.se.
SAMUEL GREENHOW
_ Riclim ni.1, Nov. 1._[lswibuj.:..]
YY 1 T*i aMsn:;Rof November 30tli% 1808. }v»
* * Male Patients ran, unt il furiher notice, i
mim.tt<-<l into tlic LUNATIC HOSPITAL, ai
the cells are all full.
By order of t lit- Court of Directors,
WILLIAM RUSSELL Clerk.
„ PegCTnl,Cr 2~_ o:. w 1 m
\\7’ ANTED as a TUTOR, in a private fiundv
VT a ^nffle m ot qualified to teach the Latin
and En^'.iali iuitguages {(Tamm iticallv, and Arith
metic. Apply to Charles Woodson, Cumberland
co liny, ne v Carters^ ille. Oct 2:5 [o.wtfl
1 * * '■* Subscriber havingfurnislira himself with
i an assortment f mountings an l 0
t a on Aerials ; begs leave to inf ttl the public
that hr has commenced tl • CJRIHE T MAR.
iLO BVSIS ESS, upon an extensive scale, in the
house near Shuci oe fridge, next door to Samuel
-i * easans, ff-printing offer, where he will keep
a constant supply of furniture for sale upon reasona
(’-‘■terms—antf where furniture in his Lor will be
taa;.c I'hon the shortest notice, and in the most ,.p
pi 'W.ifas/.ions, or upon any tnodel which may oe
tarestcJ The subscriber wilt u so keep on /, a
constant supply of fancy ant Windsor CHAIRS
oy till ascriptions, for Male ufiou rettsenub/e ft- tn y.
Cm: M. PERRY.
Richmond, Hov. 28, 1803. flaaA-w.J
N />. Co.rch and Siign Painting, done at his
Si op on tne si or test notice and in the verv bat hurt
ner.
N') i ILL. On Friday tin* 26th day of Janua
ry next, will be s M, t>> the highest bid lor
at the plantation of the |aie Win Friend in Ann -
lia, sundry valuable PROPERTT, to wit : The
St >ex ot Cattle, H e-s, II irs. j and Sinthe
( rop ot Corn, Fodder, Shu- kv, !kc. and about JO
Li-, iris ot \\ beat, J>la; t ition Utensils, and aboe
JO I bcly yoanjr Negroes.— Forms of sale_one
third cash, and the balance in 1J months
At the same time, will lie offered for s do, tin
above mentioned tract of LASI), upon a credit
ot one, t\so and three years. Persons dispo- <:
to p'licliase this Land, had belter view the same
before the day of sale.
In every instance, bond an.! unquestionable se
curity vv.ll be required.
All liid.se i dotted to t !.e said • st ate, will please
in. ke inline di ;tc pay ment, Ik those having r|a,,ns
wdt present them on or before tin* day of sale.
THOMAS RJ! ASCII, 'Executor.
Chesterfield, wee 13. o.iofvi^j
CONGRESS.
SENATE OF 7HE UNITF.I) STAFFS.
Monday, Not*. 28.
EMBARGO DEBATE—CONTINUED.
Mr. .S’. Smith—\Ir. President, when 1 last
had the honor to address the senate upon the;
subject now under consideration, to wit, the '
repeal ot the laws laying an embargo, I took
occasion to obrt i ve, on the transit duty, or
tribute laid by G Britain, on certain ar
ticles, the produce of the U States, when
exported to the countries where thev .are
usually consumed on the continent of Eu
rope. It may not he improper tor me to
pursue that subject so far as the said tribute
is impo-rd on ail the articles Usually exported
k’om the United States, to the continent of
Europe. I then spoke from memory, hit;
find I was correct as to the amounts on the
articles mentioned. I observe, however, a
mistake In one of the stenographers, in the '
word S'rrling, on the article whe at, when I
meant the currency of im enuntr.. My the
at t ot Parliament, of the 29th March last,
duties on export* are laid, to carry into ef
feet the orders of council. I shall not notice
any hut those charged on the products ofthe
D. States, it will ue recollected that I have
already stated that none of tint products of
t ie United States can be carried to the con
tinent of Europe without being subjedt/o
'' M’htre by British ernizers, unless they
shill fust be, carried to, and landed in
\
(r Britain, avl there pay a tr msit duty, or
tribute . ot course, all .nicies tiie proa ur.e
of the U Stare .subjected to th.u tri
bute <11 heir way to the countries, so i.tr as
tiicv I’oiisi'.'iv.’ tiie vn.iie. On tne to lowing
ai tides, loose duties on tribute attach, to
wit:
ji'n-ric-.nt Produce.
I’id g», 4; cts >er 1>. pitch, 9.5 c’s. per
!>ot tar, 93 ct; pet* hbl. turpentine, 78 cts.
}'. rc '.'t. rice, -fj cts. per rwt. t •br.ceu, per
f 0 '). S j GO cotton, 1(. « s. per III limber,,
r.la 'es, and lumber, a prouif>.lorv <lulv—
av .es, S 2 per c vt. corn, id cts per
bushel. 'lie.it 2-f cts per nus.iel, flour,
5 2 00 per lib!, fish. 90 c . per cwt pork, j
‘A (i 6(» ctv. per bhl. beer, S 3 23 per bbi.
A hut amount would c '.rg-'ts of some or
those articies pay, of tribu e f
A shin carry mg 1 G!/9 bugs of Cotton will
pay a tribute of 3 o0.000; being about the va
lue ot tjouiir-CaroiHi.i ; to waicii add mer
chants’ c<.:ii.t:issi in, and other charges of
port, o* 8 2,OOP.
A cargo ol 4(.'3 iritis ot tobacco, will pay
of 1 COO wt. e icii 11 100 dollars.
A cargo of J OoO bibs, flour', will pay
6 6.50.
A cargo of fish, ns I am infu-med f for I
arminru ;|uaiu ed ivir’i the number nfqtin
»ills can ied by a ship of 300 to.i>) wil pav
‘from 3..5C0 to 4000d* liars.
Double iii'U.since, double premium, double
merchants* commsssiuns, in'ii ranee, and o
ther charges no. noticed. I leave that tor
i tlu* calculation of others.
Ii is true, tlie king may suspend or alter
•my (,f the act as lie shill see proper,
and the continu. lire of the ict, is only to tiie
end ot tiie next session ot Parliament. It is
to lie hoped tha* England will see the error
which she has commuted as well as it a fleets
her own interest as also the deep wound ia
fiic cd on tiie honor and interest of her must
useful consumer. But, sir, if we retract
| from the s' id*I which ivc have taken, will
| she not < oink fr mi the instability of mr coun
cil , that she may proceed in her si stem of |
| monopoly, until every brine:) • f our c an 1
| inevce Mi rl be extinguished ? But. Mr t’resi- i
I den , does tiie British nation lav similar j
| duties of export on similar arfclcs from her I
[own cnlon.es, or her allies ? She has heavi- I
; *)' taxed the c >!o ml prod ice, carried in V
! mcrican ships in her ports on exportation. |
, f> t. her own coffee, sugar, and other
|C •tout il ar.icies, are sti ! exported free < f I
I duty ; thus cooling her to unde’.’sell in the !
|por»s o. Europe, similar articles carried
j me property ot A.n.M-j'ias. Bat, *•• ivs
(tiu gentleman from Connecticut, (Mr Uill
J house) this imute is a nut itv of itself, for i
j the liocrees of I'i-tnce cause all goo's that!
Ii.ut been landed in England, t > be .seized ;
and COnde unt il on their arrival ; of coarsi,
lie presumes that none will go there : lu- is
mistaken, Mr. President; if the articles j
s'uiU promise a profit on the continent, men i
j will he found (and in my will d *it) that will j
j pay the tribute in Eng.and, (and tins the!
J English minimter knows) and who will con-j
tr*ve ways and means of admittance. Is!
this visionary i No, sir, what It is been
done, and i -> done e> erv d ly, will he pursued
when profits sufficients offer temptation ;j
Avli.it then has been dune ? American ships
arriving in the put of Lituhn. have been
[ chartered (tin . it wn to their owners to pro 1
cecd to Holland with a cargo of British cof-i
tc c, sugar and other goods, at an enormous i
freight, f lie American ere v, except the ‘
captain, is discharged ; a new crew of Eng- j
lishmen taken on hoard, to each of whom V
pi omise is made, beside the usual wages, of i
a large sunt perhaps 50 or 100 guineas to.
lie paid^ on the performance of the voy- i
•age. I hey arc told, that they must declare,
't ijucstioneil, that the vcsneihan come direct
j. ji.i .tinerica that ,v/;r has not inert visit
'd by any Uri is/i cruizcr, and hut not !
'ouc/icdai any British furl P ipers forged
in England ; for the English. Mi. President, i
jure great manufacturers, and have a ma-j
i lima'tory o< ail ihe papers ami documents
usually necessary for an American snip—,
Every paper, even to the merchant’s o.adi, i
dial ihe property is In-, that no foreigner is
ei'her ilirccily or indirectly concerned
therein; the con nlar ccnitic ues f origin the!
French or Spanish ccnsul, as the cas- may
be, shewing that the cargo on board had been
imported into the U States from some!
French or Spanish colony ; every seal of
office so completely imitated, that no man
can know the d fierence. 'The sTip thus
provided, proceeds to Holland. The Dutch,
Vir President, are hostile to those decrees
of France; all are willing to countenance!
mis u.tuc ; very muc inquiry is made there :
the trade is winked at by all the officers of
government, and thus carried on with secu
rity. Now, Mr, President, as this trade
can thus be carried on, I will ask the ho
norabic gentleman from Connecticut, whe
ther the temptations living great, it will not
be carried on by our people and the tribute
paid, for without paying that, they cannot
escape the vigilance of me British cruizm-s;
they will g»> into Knglaud, they will pay the
tribute and pursue their voyages; and wint
t ight shell we have to say they d > wrong, in
so doing ? What right has government
to expect individual patriotism, when
opposed to Individual interest, when the
g ivernmcnt itself sacrifices the honor
and independence of the nation, to tor- !
(in! infernal ? 1 i!;,* off • li • embargo1
Mr. President, And will not men say, onr go- ;
vernmenthas acquiesced in the tribute, laid
upon commerce by (ireat Britain * We
therefore do no wrong in paving it ; we do
what every prudent man will do, make our
property as sale ns possible, and pursue oar
trade ; for we well kn r.v that if we do no
stop and pay the ti .bate in 1 .nglaud, onr slop
anti rar. omiist fall a prey to British depre
dations. We will thorefnre go into Kughiiid,
pay the tribute, and take our chance to e- i
vatic the decrees of France. Yea, Mr. f ic'l
indent, and it will become such a trade as i
will in a very short time meet with security 1
by insurances, and that, at iia very high pre- j
nibim. Again, those vessels returning with ,
articles for the consumption of the United 1
Slates, must stop in Knglaud, (or subject t
themselves to rapture) there laud ihi ir car- :
go, and pay tribute, before.' they can pro- 1
i etd to their own country, is this a siah. ■ *
to which the gentlemen wis i *nreduce t w ir •
country ? Are they v. ilVrgtupny tri v.Y . to
Bi itaMi > If they are, take oft the embargo,
ami you cuci.ii,-.g • further aggression-.
an I further exactions. Sir. there will l>e
nn end totnem—we had better have rcmuin
, c lomes, than submit to such a state ot’
degradation.
Lm us take a view of smne of the princi
pal arttc.es thus charged, that we may know
MI v,i lt Countries they are usually consumed.
—-n article ot such importance, that
i * ' i.oe nia\ hec tisulered as amounting to
nearly cine* foil it h of the value of all the ox
ports ot the produce of t!ie U. States. Two
'ih. s, some bay less thereof, is required lor
-lie ting,,*!i in inufactures, when in full work,
iV. .'’‘•c"'-h!.*d, for the, emit nent of Europe
U!,'lcr orders of council, that one third.’cr
twoutr niinioiHofptiun.ts of cotton, arc pro
■n :i-ed Iran proceeding t » its usual place cf
cnii.su.option ; of course, that one third must
e’» in remain on the hands of the planter,, or
he snipped to England, where it cannot be
c- nshined. and unis redmJf, by so large a
s irj > us, the price of the whole.
t, ~ l nis article is seldom wanted in
i-rmc.r, for France exports the article ; nor
m England. for hnnr contain ft tion, except
w len tlicrc is a defect in the harvest. It is
principally exported to Spain, Portugal and
ah ; to those countries we arc forbid to
1 irry.it, bv the orders of council, unless we
s i.J mt to pay two dollars on each barrel,
' i 1 tW° ."a,'K must necessarily be taken
d the price in thi*. country, nail ilius oner
ate a* n tac n/ion the farmer cf two dollar,
ficr barrel.
1 • bc/cc'j. 1 his article is consumed prin
rq-’ il.v on tlis continent of Europe, only a
>out one-seventli thereof, or 14,000 hogs
heads per annum. i; believed to be consum
cd in l'.ngi iml ; the residue, or 76,000 hegs
,Y lflS’ Per 3 rum in, usually consumed iu
,i: ninny, Holland ml France, must either
r • nntn in the tobacco houses of Virginia and
At ary land, or goto rot in the king’s ware
i uses at London ; or, if removed from
thence, subjected to a dutv of three dollars
m*r hundred pounds : This is peculiarly
J’1"* '™ stMaryland, for of the
14 000 h gslteads exported bv that state
l!''1 ",orc than 500 or 600 hogsheads is be
lieved to he consumed in England ; the re
■>idue, s.vv l.>,500 hogsheads, can alone find
:i market in the ports of lIollamHand Ger
uK'nv, to which countries the English say
w<- shall not carry it ; therefore the taking
j t1e embargo would operate no relief to
, ,e numerous and respeeta.de body of tran
ters..t thestatc. which 1 have the honor to
represent.
i-t*; is consumed only in France, Spain,
,rVlo1' dpd Ii dv. r-) those countries wear*
rmddentogo with this article. Itisnotcan
• in gentle.nen to state to the Senate, that
t.o- embargo, compelled the owners of fish to
•veep that article to rot upon their hands when
" wc’1 blown that many vessels were
compelled, after having made their voyage
to t te coast of Europe, to return home with
•or:r cargoes of fish, tlte English not per
nutting them to enter the ports of their t!cs
tinution. It is true, a small portion of thu
hsh caught b> the people of the LT. States is
consumed m the \V. India islands. Gentle
nieu ntav he deceived hy looking at the re •
port ot the secretary of the treasury, when
they see tnt huge amount stated to be ship
ped toG. Britain, of the products of the U.
States. Almost nil our business passes in
*0:110 way or othwr, through the hands of
it) tush' mere Tints, either by consignments
or remittances. By shipping to their address
•ue American merchant is permitted to
draw Gills of exchange for a proportion of
t ie am not on the British merchant. The
ship proceeds to Cowes or Falmouth, and
there receives the* order of the London mer
ca int. to proceed to the country where the
>esl market can be obtained for their arti
( .(.•*—And in this way, the export toEng
Ihu 1 is swelled to a large amount, when, hi
>nrh, the contumfition /« in other com 1
trirn.
The gentleman from Connecticut, (Mr.
Ilillhouse) say s t!i it the embargo tends to de
moralize our people. I fear, ?4r. President,
that the pa> merit of tribute in England, ai.i
f ’-V>e,J,,ry employed to evatle the decrees
oi France, wi4 wot only demoralize and de
g' tele them in the eyes of all Europe ; but,
also, in our own estimation.
\\ hen I was last up, I took a view of the
exports still left to the people of the United
•J ncs, not twfiticti'nl either by decrees of
F rance, or orders . f England. In answer,
the gentleman front Dataware, (Mr. White)
lias stated thrtt (the decrees of France and
orders of council notwithstanding) there
would still he an export free to the U. States
of lour- fifths the amount exported therefrom.
I h - gentleman from Massachusetts, (Mr.
Lloyd) more cautious, lias stated that there
would still I c Ifr j c.i ti't • Ft flrf hes of c« m
ounce left open tons. The gentleman from
ueiaware lias given us the countries to wr icht
liie tour fifths of our exports could go, to
wit—Sumatra, Africa, Java, China, North
A est A'uerir/i, Spanish possessions and
!s, Sweden and her colonies. On ex
auiiniug the report of the secretary, J find
:h it to those countries & to some others, wr
can export as follow, viz:
Spanish colonies, Florida, Main
and Cuba, S2,G17,:4«
Porviguese do. sav M ideira.
Western Isles. Cape dc C 670,303
Yerdandllraz.il, 3
VTmorco and barbary powers, R gjg
Bio: 2
869.924
With ^eas, tj nyr
'North \\ est Coast, 10,7*77
iwedcu mid hor colonies, 4?2t)C'Q
ft 4,1,>6,788
To those countries, (and they are the only
>nesto which we could 11ai e exported under
he orders of round)) it nppe rs. that the
°t;,l ar omit reexports is only 84.136 783_
, have admitted Harden fc. Ik r colonies to
u-.isc the gditleinan, although I under
ta:;d them to l>e subject to capture under the
■ re -,h decree. A large hem is to ht bar
htlnnitws, a Swedish island, serving onlv
s r.n entrepot. H„t weave mM that Great
Intern m ! or go • new, has lately permit
od US to tr;i(,o to '.pain a.ut'l Portugal, ai.d
a -t i ,c oroers of rMUir’t ,,o
" 'a# * iViflVvtnt ojiis.i*