The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1810-12-13 00:00:00, page 2

in consequence ot my having officially informed
iMr Pulis of vrhat had taken place at Tunis: I
•—he has, as the only alternative to prevent
a war, withdrawn his claim, and the ship has
been restored to the Bejr’f Ambassador at this
place, whereby our relations with that regency
are again placed on the same friendly footing on
which they wure before this unfortunate occur
Tenre took place
I shall sail on my return to Tunis immediately
In the vessel which brought me here : having
thus brought the difficulty which had arisen to an
aroioalile conclusion, on terms which 1 trust will j
be satisfactory to try government;
Very respectfully, 1 hare the
honor to be, Sir,
Your must obedient humble servant,
(.Signed)
C D COXE
The following table exhibits the astonish,
itig sum of specie which last spring was
shipped front the single port of Philadelphia,
to Canton and Calcutta. It is from a state,
nieot in the Philadelphia papers, drawn
up by a gentleman ol accuracy and truth :
CANTON.
Atalnnta 500,000
•Pekin 34u 000
S'-utb Carolina 14u 000
P'Cfic 180 000
China Packet 420 000
CALCUTTA.
Dorothea 475 000
Atlas 525 000
Superior 330.000
Coromandel 350,000
S 3,960.000
* Sailed from New York, but her funds
wen: from this city, und shift and curgo own
ed in IJhiludelfihtu.
A jYE Tr IMVEjYTIO.Y.
Mi- Leonard Beatty, of this tow if, has
iAv” r.tfd a simple machine for calico and
p per printing, which he says will hand
»• * • ly stamp at the rale ot 200 pieces of
Taper hanging- for rooms in nine hours.
Wilkesbarre, Penn. Jiafter.
New York. Dec S.
C cisti c Jl i/lzawti» ——Ou urcliiy the round
tower ui castle on Governor’s Island, near
F r» Columbus, was installed, under a dis_
•S '. r5‘’ ‘*f cannon, by the name of «• Castle
71 iltrams, in honor of the gentleman at
Mu head ot the U. States’
nters who designed, and under whose su
penntcndence the fortress has been erec
ted. Col. W illiams gave a collation on the
.occasion, <t which a number of navy and
.milH.try i flics i s, gen, Armstrong, and the
iva^ot and corporation of this city, were
p esesr. The strength of this casMe is.in
emd' g the bat*ery on the top, 104piecrsof
caution, viz. twenty .six 42 pounders on the
low r liet., as many 32son the second, lUsott
"ihc thit d, and ->0ib. Gulutnbinds on the upper.
Columbian.
Air C' eke —One of the most extraordina
ry occurrences in the history of the fine
arts and science s in tins country, is the ar_
rivai of this celebrated and unrivalled actor
. In the United Slates. It has been, we are
informed, a favorite and primary object with
the manager of the New York. Theatre for
two or three years past, to obtain this ad
mi ruble acquisition to the American stage.
Ann when at last, almost to the surprise of
bo h the agent and employer, he consented
to leave r.-ngl.md, it was upon his own terms
as .o salary and performance, the particu
lais of which, stated at 12,000 dollars
and 3 benefits, for about 40 nights, we pre
sume to be not far from Correct.
i he I heat ie is crowded to ovetfiowinc*
evu y time of his appearance ; and a const ’
’durable number of ladies and gentlemen
out adjacent anil distant places are visit
i rrr • Vs n rift* — *•
..e —- .w V..W j/uipofee ui witnessing
th. exhibition of his wonderful poweis.—
For one evening last week about 720 seats
were taken in the lower boxes, and 73o
tickets sold for the upper row , and the pit
and gallery were equally crowded. On this
occasion upwards of two thousand dullars
sfeie oken.
Air. Cooke's performance is trulv an ex„
qu-.-ite treat to the admirers of eloquence"
d-r; amation. and the most difficult anil stri’
k. ig personation of energetic and imeies
ting characters. Inspired bi the genius of
oratory and spirit of Proteus, he always
disappears in the part he represents, and is
entirely lost and forgotten in the dramatic
transformation. As was said of Gan ick ho
He's only when off . he stage ; when on his
pc i lormance is nature animated, improved
ami almost sublimated to the highest de
gree.—lb.
Unexampled receipt-At the Theatre
in his ci'y, on Wednesday evening last, the
.representation of Shy lack, in the Merchant
of Venice, by C ooke, was calculated to
nuke the Manager as “rich as a Jew.”
1 he receipts ot the house, we understand
amounted to 2,120 dollars._Jb,
The Legislature of Georgia has chosen the
fion. William H. Crawfoud, a *en>.t,or in con
gross for six y ears c .mmeuciug from the 4ih of
3Ma.*ch JHopcr,
GEORGIA. Savannah, November 29.
The Legislature of this state has passed a
resolution for systematising, digesting ;,nd <me
lior .tuig the criminal cod* of ibis state. Me-isrs
Davies Spalding *«<! Barnett, of1 the scale, and
Messrs fell air, Ware, Hill, Jackson and Iver
son of the lower bouse, are the committee for
the purpose They are to report progress at tiie
close ot the session, and to be empoworfed to
hold one meeting thereafter
A letter from M lledgeyille to the printer of
this paper mates, that t|ic bill b,r opening the iih
vigal.or. of the Oconee, Savin,nan, Alatamal.a,
Oikriiuijjce «nd iir.iad rivers, had passed the ,
liouse o3 representatives, utterm-ikm* out tin
cutises relat.ng to the appropriation for the two
U^i mentioned rivers 1’wo thousand dollam
h.<ve been appropriated for the Aii iarnali* ; 8
thousand d !l .ri for the Oconee from M Hedge
viUle to its junction with the Oikmulgee ■ #,„)
fen thousand d. liars for the baVaiin-li from st
Vaimih to Mull in's ford. The kill, in tnis shape
hr.$ pass d the house by a majority of 21. but Ind
no. yet been re.d u, the senate-Ht publican
Jff. CAR. RALEIGH, Dec fi.
Gen. Benjamin Smith was on Saturday font
elected Go.ernor of tins . ate for the ensuing
year, and he yrsterdsyappeared before the Gc
Der.l Assembly, (diessrd in a suit of American
cloth) and took the u»..ai oaths of qualifici.ti
bn
A committee having hern appointed bv our
. Lcgisls'tire to consider tnc- propriety ol ra
SMion.l tit pen-i Code of this Siat<i~~—ft ni y
no- ’>e improper to ibei.tion ironi authority, im,t
tnc Vir,iii(- l irtiitCntiaij hra^ (atn^c oi.. Dout>
Us became its SfuperintendanO proved not only j
*n excellent mean for the reformation of crimi |
nals, but likewise* source of considerable profit
to the Stale—From a report before us, it ap
pears, that in a period of eight months only,
there was cleared by the labour of the com i ta
in that institution, the sum ui'utv/i thousand se
men hundieddollars.... —Register
New Yobk, November 29—Burr ar.d Talley
retnd.—ll is said that Burr, on his arrival at I*a
ris wrote u note to Talleyrand, stating that, if a
greeahle, he should call and pay his Devoir to
the late prime minister of France ;—to wiiich,
it is added, Talleyrand replied, that a very ex
cellent likeness of the illustrious Hamilton In hi
a conspicuous station in his Library, and, If the
latt Vice President of the United States was
greatly desirous ot the honor, he should he per
mitted to call aruiviem it
WINCHESTER, Nov 13
A gentleman from Moorfield, Hardy count),
passed through this town on Friday last, on h a
way to Washington city, in order to procure a
patent right for a machine which he hss lately
invented for the purpose ot knitting stockings
The invention of this machine iias employed a
considerable portion of the inventor’s studies for
some years back, and he feels a confidential hope
that he lias accomplished what lie had in view
The great advantages of this machine are that
on it can be knit twelve pair of stockings in one
day, and us cheapness, which will render an ac
quisition for farmers of the most humble lor.
tunc.
EPIGRAM.
My heart adored three powers above.
And bow’d to Justice— Fortune— Love ?
I sought their fane ; but sigh’d to find 1
That Justice, Fortune, Love were blind.
Ah ! would the Gods who siolc their siglitj
In .sympathy their souls unite !
Then might the three display to view.
Charms that the graces never knew ;
Justice the smiles of Fortune move,
And Fortune gild the shafts of Love.
Crnope.
FROM LATE LONDON PR1N IS.
London, Oct. 23
The public mind is still in ilit utmos tin
patience lor despatches from L rd Wei ling
ton. The wind is tair and strong from the
south west, and intelligence down 'O Wed
nesday last, might arrive in the course of
the day. Our army is so near Lisbon that
• despatches could reach it in two hours._
(The heavy rain which had set in on the 8.h
might retard the enemy’s attack on account
ot th« difficulty of bringing up his heavy ar
tillery ; but on he 13'.h the weather became
more moderate. There is a report o. the
enemy having .jn that day attacked Gene
ral Hill’s division on our right, but that they I
were repulsed with loss, and we made 800
prisoners. Government, however have not
received any such intelligence. As the en
emy are in such great distress tor provisions"
Massena, it is natural to suppose, would
m »ke tns attack with the least possible de
lay Monday has been mentioned as *he
day. Previous to our arrival at l ories Ve
dras, our armed boats had been sen up the
Tagus to dest oy all the boats that could be
found m tb t part of the river, in order to
prevent the French from crossing t. This
service was effec ually performed It is
supposed that oui floiilla will lie of ere it i
use in annoying the left w.r.g of ,he enemy |
which may lean on the Tagus at Villa No' I
• vu.
I he spectacle of a whole population quit I
ting their homes, and becoming he destroy
ers ot their property, to prevent ire furnish
ing either food or raiment to the enemy is
a sublime one The rage and surprise of
the rrenen are described tfs excessive. In
the fury of their barbarity, they have wreak
ed their vengeance upon the deserted towns
and villages in their march. Vijreu was set
fire to and nearly burnt Almost all the
towns in me sierra d'Lstrella have chared
:the same fate : Coimbra they had not time
:to destroy ; nor the fine convent of Alcoba
ca. Massena has endeavored to an ni ne
, his troops by promising them the plunder
ot Lisbon. The enemy, goaded by then
distresses, and spurred on by these promi
ses of pillage, wdl no doubt tight with tlu
t utmost desperation. But they are opposed
,by men ot whose valor, steadiness and dis
cip! ue they have had a sufficient specimen
1 hey are commanded by a General to whom
the appellation has been given of "the
' spoiled child of Victory.” nre are led by a
General to whom victory has been fami
1and wl‘° never been beaten tho’
sometimes opposed to double l.is numbers
An officer was sent to Massena imniedi
ately after the conflict at Busaco, to whom
Junot made he following remark, compli,
j men'ary b<>tlt to rhe natives and their at"
I lies : We consider it, said he. as a ruse
de guerre, that you have clothed the Knjr
i list, m I’ n ugticse uniforms to fight us. ”
\ /'orce of ihe jinnies under Afasscnu and
j-ora n euin^ion,
Mnssena, at .he battle of Busaco, had full
70 000 men under arms, and since that day
heija, received reinforcements to the amount
of 15 000 men, who arrived in Spain from
I- .mice :uring the early part of September
With r. gard to the British, it appears
front the official returns, that towards the
inicdle ol Sept. the number til British fire,
locks hi Portugal, including the 7ih regiment
from Halifax, amounted to 27 000 men _
Since that period the following c»»* ps "have
arrived viz: the 30th, 44:1,, 50 h 7lst
79.li, 88th, 92d, 94 til, mgeiher with some
Iji unswickers; some drans and some artil
lery, with a squadron of the 13tl, dragoons,
and three rifle companies from Cadiz, the
whole ot which we estimate at about 7000
men ; so that the public must see that Lo.d
Wellington cannot have more, if so much
as 34,000 British, and that some of these are
in detachments.
, I>0rlUgBrs* rfKular» may amount to
35,000 men ; of these 28.000 me with Lord
Wellington. 1 he remainder are in gamson
at Abrantes, Santarcm, Penicht, Lisbon.
jnlian 3, and ihe for’s m the vicinity *
upon the wl,*le. Lord Wellington’s force'
may be fairly estimated at between 55 and
60 000 men.
We will now proceed to state the dispo.
s.t.onof the British force, and the position of
each division, and the names ot the officer-,
by whom they are respectively commanded:
fhe csv.dry, 3000, Sir S. Cotton,commundinz
riic infantry w„, then divided rnto fourdiv,«-;
ons, independently of the light troops and ihedi- !
vision forming at i liomw, under General Leith
which *« tl .it time was not des gn.te-l hy any
nsm* or number. The divisiuns were commanded
•is t(>il"i*.s ;
1st division, 5000, Sir B. Spencer, K. B c-m
insodmg
2d. division, 5500, Lieut. Gen Ifill, do
4th division, 8JC0, Major General Picton do.
l.igln oiv,»i»n, ^iig. G&rCrjd ib C;au
I Ul li uo.
Divisions ait Thoroar, and tfoons at Lisbon,'
3500, Major l»ei *. A Leith do
Since that period have arrived, as we
have already stated, the 30th, 44-h, 50th,
71st, 79th, 88 h, 92d, 94'h, the Brunswtck
ers, some drans. artillery and rifle compa
nies How they have since been distribu
ted. we cannot take upon us positively to
State ; but We imsguie that the number ot
divisions still continue the same and that I
they are Placed under the same command- j
res.
The 4th foot is under orders for embark
ation. A regiment (the 4Jd) is expected
tri m America, and four battalions will pro
bably be detached from Sicily.
October 24.
A detachment ot the 3d dragoon guards,
stationed at Blatchingtm.ure under orders to
proceed to Portsmouth, to em irk with o
thcr detachments, to reinforce our armv in
Portugal.
I'he Hussar Bi igade, consisting of the 7th,
10th, I5ih, and 16th regiments of caval
ry, i8 expected immediately to go on ser
vice.
A letter from an English merchant at
Mogadote, da-ed 8th September last, con
tains the following paragraph respecting]
Mungo 1‘abke, the African Traveller :_!
“ 1 im .g.nv < intelligence n| \ir Parke bi -
: ig alive Mini pros cuting is travels in Junu ry
last is wholly with Ut any foundation in tiutli.*—
I have becuot ag od deal of pains to ascertain
the ate ot him and his parly, and have no doubt
they are no in O' e ”
FROM BELL S WEEKLY MESSENGER.
CAUSES OF THE EXTRAORDINARY
FALL OF STOCKS.
It cannot he pleasing to ns to hang upon
the symptoms of the decline of the commer
cial wealth ot the country. These public
inislortunes, however, tor so they may be
called, me so many diseases ot the body pol
itic. and die readiest way to administer to
the cure, is to probe the causes to the bottom
One consequence is at least certain, either
we shall find the evil inevitable, and there
tore bear it patiently, prwe shall find it cu
ruble, and therefore apply ourselves to the
remedy.
It is scarcely necessary to make the pre
nminai y observation, that Stocks are a debt
ol Government distributed, or rather suppos
ed to be distributed, for the convenience ol
circulation, into hundred pound shares ; that
the capital, or hundred pound, as far as Gov
eminent is concerned, is extinguished, the
hold* rs having no expectation or reasonable
W|sn for us payment* but that the shares
still b.ar their market price, so that the
holder by carrying his portion to mar
, Ina* ,conven h's interest into phnei
l)a lie Stockholder expects
tmm Government is the payment of this in
terest
i he truism o» first principles is no suffici
ent objection gainst the use ot them. It
is only by these principles that our notions
are kept distinct and our deductions are
Clear. For example, a manifest cons©
quence immediately arises from what we
nave above said As the Stockholder does
! neither expect nor desire a repayment of
the capital by Government, so he seeks no
tartner security han that Government may
be enabled to pay him Ins interest He
cates not whether Govei nment be worth 66
pounds or not, as long as it can pay him thre*
pounds. The value of Stocks, therefore art!
not sunk, in the eyes of St.-cfc-mlde. s or o~
tners by any thing which does not menace i
the security of their interest. Now very
few public calamities can happen ot such a
nature as to threaten the existence of a
nit m lhfCTe a'^.v.ery few Public calami
es, therefore, whicn can impair the secu
r,,£, Government, and thereby affect .he
public Funds on the principle of a dimin
ished power of solvency on the part of the
biaie.
The conclusion wt would draw from this
!8’ii *Rtul an,er, or to impute the rise or
allot the blocks to the increased or dim in
ished state of public credi . and to any rise
and tall of the estimation ot public faith and
solvency. 1 he credit of Government can
not be affected except where its existence is
| endangered. No ., surely the English Gov
ernment is neither strengthened nor ciimir..
•sued, whether one Barbarian or another
leigns on the thrones of Kuss.a, Tmkey, or
l crsia 1 here is no reason whatever, there
fore, on the principles of public credit, that
tne English blocks shou.d be affected by the
disasters on the Continent, as long as those
d.sasiers are ol a nature which d.» not im -
mediately lend to endanger our own Gov
ernment. And as none of them can be of
that nature, we will almost venture to as
sert, that since the extinction of the De
mocratic parties in England, the Stocks'
have never risen or fallen one per cent, under
any appi ehenstons of the security of Gov
eminent.
The fluctuations of Stocks, therefore are
governed less by opinion than by other di-1
iec. causes* Some ot these causes are im
mediate. and are ot a commercial nature,
and ot a na ura. commercial operation,—!
oiheis are the effec s ot jobbing and gamb
ling. 1 hese will be best understood by a few
examples
iii iiit nrgi place, Stocks invariably fall
in war, Irom national and commercial cau
sea. 1 he interest ol stocks is iower than
tlie same capital will produce it employed in
other wajs. This low price ot Stocks
however, is made up to the merchants and
men ol busmen by toe facility and promp
titude of its sale and purchase The Stocks
are thus made in a time ol peace to answer
me purpose of a private Banker to the mcr.
cautiie world. 1 hey there deposit that por«
tion Oi their capital which they do not want
from day today, hut which at some day they
tnay want, and therefore must not have too
lai out ot their reach. In a season of peace,;
therefore, half the mercantile capital of the
nation is perhaps in the Stocks. On the i
other hand, in war, the same portion of capi. ■
tal is no longer wanted for commerce; and
as the stocks pay comparatitely the lowest i
possible inteiesc, so tlu mercantile men im I
mediately wi.hdraw their money to employ
it to more advantage in the put chase ol ,
lands, houses. Hence, what has otten ap-1
peared extraordinary, the rise ol lauded !
proper, y in war, and the fall of its price upon
the return ol peace
I lie loans to Government likewise affect
the Stocks in a double way; the lenders arc
compelled to sed Stock in order to find mo.,
ncy, and Government, at the same period,
in order to pay them, creates new Stock to
the amount ot the loan. The Stock-mat ket,
therefore is crowded with sellers, and Stocks'
in consequence tali, for the same reason as
all other commodities in an overstocked mar
kf.t,-tlieie tuc moic sellers than buyers,
and more stock ilhtn ft r«quiitftl by the .ia
firib dfrrtjrtWr
HOUSE OE DELEGATES,
Fuel .y, Dec. 7.
Petitions were present f • .• J ve.ni alt An
drews, of the borough of rf iic, sratmg . h at tie
hath instituted two suits ng unit. the “ Mutual
insurance company, gain : tire on fro.ida xt
furniture of the state of V.-gina,” Jtj
quence oftuat comps i>*. ,i iving fml. ,1 : re
point their .gents at the propei t-me, and f their
not being ind. dulyhabl to acti n tor toss-,
sustained, hi* suits . ..iir.ot proceed, and praying
certain explanations ot t. e law esuitjusliuig said
society by the leg 1 Ur- F «.m John Tharp,
of Hilda?: couiuy, praying to be divorced from
Ins wife Nanry :
From Edmund Morris, clerk of the superior
court ol Cah. )i county, pr ying 'hat he may b'
authorised to k e« p the office of said court on bis
own find ; j
j From J.unes Lott, n m -n of colour, stating that
be was emancipated t,y the last will of bis mas
ter Peter Lott, !>ui in consequence of certain cir J
i cuKisUnce9 could not obtam his freedom till
; since the law preventing' emancipations, end,
praying the passage of * law confirming to him j
the full privilege of Ins emancipation, as lie ought ‘
:toh;»v. possessed it under the will of his late
i master ,
i From Stephen H Lacy, of New Kent county,
! pfttyit'g the p.ssuge ot a law relinquishing in hit
favor the common wealth's right to certain land in
the said county, ot which Peter Picrnct died *
seized ;—Referred to the Courts of Justice.
Petitions weie received from Henry Woody,
John Smoot, Major Holland and William Dabbs,
on the subject ol being authorised t> introduce
and bold in this state certain slaves —From W.l
li.im Robinson, jr. and sundry citizens of Wood
county, praying the passage of a law authorising
the justices of said county, wlirn they shall think,
proper, to erect a Coui iliouse on .» public, squat e,
hi the town now laid off by the n.m. of Parkers
burg, and thereafter t>> bold the courts of th*
said county therein—From sundry inhabitants of
Fianklin county, praying certain alterations m
lh« laws regulating Inc- inspection of tobacco;
From sundry iiiiialiitants of Cabell county,
praying that the pluce of holding courts in the
smd county may be changed From sundiy o
liter inhabitants of said county in opposition there*
to ;
1* loin James Deneale, of Pi ince William coun
ty* staling that lie is the proprietor of two mills
within 4 hundred yards of each other that fie »p
plus one of them exclusively to the grinding of
grist, md praying that the other which is appro
prialedtotlr purposes of a manufacturing mill,!
may be exempted from the operation of the law '•
so fur as it compels mm to grind common cUs j
tom thereat—From William ft diinson and Mary
hi. Wife, prayingth t t»*e taxes asvessed upon
certain lands in the county ot Wood may be re
mitted in favor of the petitioners; and that a
town as now laid out on said la.ids may t>e estab
lisned by the name of Pai kersburg.— From J
Wa>d, praymg for le,ve to erect abridge across
Staunton River—From the inhabitants of Darks
viile, praymg for a certain alteration in said town
—From sundry inhabitants of Ohio, praying for
a change in the place of holding their courts
also fmm sundry other inhabitants in opposition
thereto—wr Ft om Amherst, on the subject ot
building a toll bridge at Lynchburg—also from
sundry lot holders in the town of Madis-ui in op- J
position thereto—From Thomas Galford, staling
his inability to procure subsistence in Is is ad van
ced age, in consequence of a wound received at
the battle of Brandywine, and praymg some as
sistance — Alan petitions from Koswell Charter
atul William Croxton, praying for a div >rce ■—
which v/ere last rejected.
Mr. Madison, from the committee of Propos'd *
oil** and Grievances, made a favorable report,
The payment of the armies abroad and of
the limit* of the Commissaries equally affect
the price of Stocks. These pay ments must
be made in Bullion ; an 1 this Bullion is pj-o
cured by Go.eminent from a set of mer_
chants, termed &xchaitgers ; but these Kx~
changers can only procure it by a foreign
trade, which trade must be extensive in the
proportion to the demand, and therefore
must require a proportionate capital. This
capital, so required) and so employed, is lie*
cessarily withdrawn from the Stocks.
An untavorable Exchange is another
cause ol the fall of St..ck>--It withdraws
all foreign Stock whatever, and therefore, by
throwing it into the market, causes a glut,
and a necessary fall
A depreciated Currency.—a superabun
dance of Paper Money likewise affects the
Price ot Stocks-All stock payment, both
in the put chase and sale of it, and in the
payment of the Dividends, are necessarily
made in the Money of the Country, and if
this happens to be Bank, notes, they are
made in Bank notes-The value of 'these
Bank notes,---—their Credo at home and a
broad, niust^ necessarily alfect the value of
S ocks— Noone will sell laud and houses
to invest his money in what is represented
by Bank notes-S ock being paid in Pa
per Money, becomes considered as Pa
per Money. and becomes depreciated accord
inelv.
Mercantile Speculations, and particularly
when unfavorable, or not followed by due re’.1
turns (such as have be« n those to S Amer
ica, and 'lie Brazils ) likewise affect Stocks;
'he M rchant is compelled to withdraw his
Stock, to answer the D’uf's wf the II me
Manufacturer, or he is compelled to t ake lar
ger Discounts, and 'bus induce others to
withdraw ilieir Sio»
It may be laid «lo-. .1 as m invariable rule,
ithat whenever G vo ntmnt or the Bank g*
into the market, Stocks fail- —The reason
is. becau-e the tna-ket becomes glutted—
A New Coinage is ; m-tamm.i. n Loan o
Government, and oas the s .me elf ts The
! present lail ot S’cck may be attribu « d to
this-Governmen has urchased Bu ion
bv its bills or S-<-,ck-S much Stock or
j Bills have been carried uuo tnc niaae:_
It Bills, the Bills have been purchased bv
the sale of Stoc t.
The present fall of the Pi e ofS’-'cks,
therefore, has three cause-In 1-.e firs:
place, the superabundance «,t Paper Money
-secondly, by the New Silver Coinage,
--ind til rid ly, by the excessive Sales of
Slocks consequent upon the late Specuhai
ons. Failures, Drafts from the country Bunk-,
Manufacturers, See.
We have never, however, been disposed
to consider ar.y temporary fall of Stocks as
a national evil-It is usually made up by
a subsequent rise—It does not much, it at
all affect those who live on the interest de
rived from the Public Funds, and with res
pect to Merchants and Manufacturers, they
have means of indemnifying themselves—
The effects, therefore, will be much less than
are apprehended.
COXSTAJJTI N-OPLE, Allg. 10.
Another war has broken out in Eygypt
through the instigation of the English agent,
Patram. who falsely styled himself a Swedish
consul, h *B incited the lleys -gainst the Pacha uf
C iiro. The campaign has been opened in the
neighborhood of Gith. The English have thu
withdrawn the attention of the Puclia of C:u:
lr«,in the flotillas they have formed in the Red
Sea
Virginia Legislature.
i'liis impression concerning the president,
is a genei Hi one. and may in part, account
for the backwardness of the states in coming
forward 10 instruct their remesentatives on
tins important subject. Some persons in*
deed, o justify their own apostacy. liavr.
pretended to believe that me president
would puisue a different c-urse and yield t«»
the wishes of Congress, it Congress siiuuld
pass lit law. i'hey defend him or rather
tbemac/vea by anticipation ou hese princi
ples •* Congress in 1T91 incorporated a
Hank—I’he president approved it._The
law went into operation and the Jndgen
sanctioned it. Here then were the three co
ordinate branches of the government, ex
pressing their opinion on the constiuuionali
ty ot the law. Congress have since passed,
two laws, the one to establish a brand*
Hank and the other punishing counterfei ers.
recognizing the same principle, and under
the influence of the same impressions ;
which have in like manner been stamped by
the executive and judiciary approbation._
Here then is an expression of opinion on the
part ot the three branches of the government,
at different and remote periods.—The vulJ
of imeipieiation has therefore been deter
mined; audit is now too late to stir a ques
tion, which has been so long settled by the
Competent authorities. Mr. Madison wtOl
scrupulously comply with his oath and his
uty, by sacrificing his own opinion t<> me
•pinions of h<» picdcCrMors, of the Ju:‘g^a,
*uU yl the great Council of tin: i.atioq.”
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which was adopted bv the House, on sundry •> ;•
titions. viy. from the inhabitants of E; /. ,b« t'*t Ci
ty respecting the terry at Hampton, Sic F«».a
the inhabitants of Fauquier, Cie for the eM «!>•
hshmeni of a town to tin called P irn_-*-[• oin
Charles Srott, respecting the erection ot a d-m
arms* an arm of Dan river, &c.
A committee was appointed to examine the
Treasurer’s accounts.
Leave was given to bring in the following bills,
viz t lulls “ To amend the first section of an act
concerning the town of *.oor field” *« To amend
Hu- act entitled an art to amend the several laws
concerning t laves*'—and ** to regulate the coir
duct ot sheriffs and attornies ill certain cases ”
v- ijt* inquirer.
RICHMOND, DECEMBER 13. 181u~
FOR THE ENQUIRER. *
To the Virginia Legislature.
A que» ion.the most important of auv that
can employ the councils of this nation, must
soon be submitted to the decision of the lltli.
Congress. On the fourth day of March
1811. the charter of the U. S. Bank, ex'
pires *1 he national legislature must,there*
lore, before that time, pt ihaps immediately
determine whether that charter shall be re!
newed. another establishment incorporated
or whether they will resume the old repute;
lican ground occupied in ’91, and disclaim
altogether the power at that time so ably
though unsuccessfully opposed. •
1 will no' presume that the state govern,
men's can stand by, idle or unconcerned
spectators in the contest which is about tt»
I .ke place They have too deep an i . erest
m tlu questionat issue, to be unmindful of
the event Already a sister state has inani,.
tes'ed a becoming solicitude on the subject.
uiH has promptly taken that s'ep, which it
is the object of the present paper to prove,
" 1 :ne ely if be proper, but necessary.
Hoietolore. Virginia has wanted na
prompter, when state rights have been en
d ngered >r actually invaded She has uni
f>'i ally appeared in the van of hostility to
federal encroachments. With a s.-al, per
severance and ab’.iuv, Miat hive conferred
on her in:monal glory, sheh as resisted eve
ry m r.tction of, n.it sacred charter, which,
next '.o the wisdom and virtue of the/leo/Up,
is the b st security to our liberties. From!
the adoption ot the federal constitution, un
til this time, shehas kept a jealous eye upon
the lederal administration, has noted all it*
ei i oi s, exposed all its Weakness, and watch
ed with unceasing vigilauce its slightest
jtberrations.
I cannot presume that this spirit is lost-*u
It may have slumbered, because for 9 year*
past there has fortunately been little to ex
cite. it. But, Lod forbid ! it should be lost.
YV her that time arrives, unless in the other
pn:T:> ot the union it lives and exerts a re*
newed strength and activity, neither the
system of checks and balances which we
have established in our government, n ,r tiie*
limits prescribed to its powers, nor the vir-a
tiles ot a popular administration, will avail,
us any thing. — Almost insensibly perhaps,
hut certainly, the general government will
usurp all authority. I, will sap the founda-j
tir-ns ot ;hc state sovereignties, and every
d ty and every hour will bring us nearer to*
c •nsolid ition and tyranny.
Without adopting a conclusion so dis’
g-acebi! o the character of the old d vuini
c"'n ^ocoun1 lor the afi/iarenc apathy*
Ot V ,;gintaon 'he subject 1 have men itineti.
in two ways—First, because a perteci re.i
aace is p.aced on he integ ity. consisteocv'
and firmness of Mr. Madison*, in rejecting*
any bill for incorpnatug a Bank even if
C ...gress sm>u!d »>as it—and >eco .dlv, be*
cause he fioliricul bearings ot he m^asurov
and alt the oi.s; q teur.es timing run it,
aie but p,r lady undeisi J by • large mau
Jotj-y, even of the legislatuie itself
I‘ is rue that we have every r<-as n t.i re-'
pose with confidence on he roasistenev, in
te-gni \ and fi. mess of M M , liso,, — Vnev
ch.i• ac.’er „i he man and die whole tenor
oi his puli. ic. 1 life, afford a pledget,. ,i»
conduct audit that pledge were wa .ti g
we should in the present instance have oJL
tilers almost cq ally strong. There is some*
’ uiug in the p, ide of opinion, and more in
the merit ot consistency It is alinos i n*
possible to believe that one who in 1791 op
posed with ucli lorce of argument ;li - in*
corporation ot a Bank on conscjtutjonaC
giounds, can in 1811, swerve from hispnn-a
ciples, and sanction a violation of the in*
strurnent he is sworn to support. This one
act would sully the brightness of his well*
spent life, and cast a shade on his ni >Ht il
lustrious actions. Of these, none nave add
ed more to his reputation, than when he
has been found the firm and able adv ca'et
ot state rights. To desert them, anti w rh
a change of situation, to evince a cnange of
principles, would rob him of tha portion of
his fame, which his triends love most to con
template, and which certainly raisedhiru
to the presidential chair. Besides this, h.;.
lias betoie him his own most inimiratilc
speech on this very subject in 1791, to re*..
hesh his memo y. and s lengthen his im*
pressions. The public too have it, and
woti.d never be reconciled to his app oving
a measure he lias hnnsclf demonstrated ti>
be unconstitutional; u less as a gcii'ie n ia
some time since observed, he wili do, n .ac
no < ther man in the union can do—“ an-wet*
his ow ii speech.” ’