The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1805-07-23 00:00:00, page 3

CARI.ESTON, July 11.
Th«fchooner Glance, .Cuiloj, 12days from San
to Domingo, anchored at quarantine laft evening.
Captain Chii ls contradicts the reports of the com
bined fleets having been feen from the heights of
St. Domingo Handing towards J unaica. No accounts
whatever lud been received of their operations.
D. 1T>lines i« Hated to hare loft nearly the half of his
army, in cnnl'eqbence of the wells and fprings in the
vicinity of his camp, having been poifoned.
[ The 'r.-mrt.
Damc:?:c 3<irrUt getter*
From rue Eoston Palladium.
REPORT AND RESOLVE,
C l lie Ktejfupe of IIi< Excellency tie Governor, relative
to an amendment to tie Confitution of Pie United St. the, '
pro: fully tie L'Z'f dare of Kentucky, and adiptea !
Or toe I.i sijloture Pennfylvania.
Tlie committee to whom was committed that part
of itis excellency th- Governor's Speech, which re
la'-s to the cornmunkethn from the governor of!
P.-mfylvania, have ntrended »ha* ie-vice. The letter !
from his excellency me- TVT 'Kean, inclofed co
pies of a dillinft re! nlution ef tlie fc irate and houfe of !
r .preientit-'vesof the commonwealth of Pcmfrlvania,
„;mroviag an a licti 1 nant to the couOirution of the
U. 'Ud Slates, which had been propofed by tlie (late
* •I jV «.'v.»_»,and requeuing the concurrence and co
operation of the legill.uure of this common wealth in
procu-iug th- f.iid amendment. The object of the
amendment i- to exclude from the judiciary power of
t ne courts of the {.failed States cotitroverfie# between
citizens of the fame Crate, claiming lands under grants
from <1 fTrrent (la es. controvei lies between citizens of
ditu-rent (late*—and contpoverttesbetween citizens of
a (lata and citizens or I'ubjedlsof a foreign Hate.
From the bed in ve (ligation of the fuh'edl the com
mittee have been able to make, it aup-ars to them,
t tat in co. drBc,.:.;g tne fedvtal conditution provifions
were n-ccflary—
Ta preferve harmony and confidence among the fe
ver::! dates and their citizens refpeftively s
Topnwept all ju'l canfts of complaint by the fuh
jeids o! foreign p iwer. not only ag-.tinfl the United
Strer, but alio agalnfl the government of any of the
(late- ; .
And to pr -reel the Sovereignty of the United States
agair.fl the evils which might remit from the com
turnon of any of the (L,tr«:
To etTc**il tlivfe important olijedts it was expedi
ent— i
To edahlifb a federal iudki.il nower:
To veil iti the United States tlie rxclufive authori
ty to'n’gociat.* with foreign tat ions, and j
T<> prohibit any c<tmt«.i.H or agreement between a- ■
n * of the d ties, ualofs made with the approbation of
rol'-rrefs. I
If controvert •* between citizscs of the f.une (late, J
on claims to land granted by diicrent Rates, were to j
be fettled by the courts of the date where tlie lands
are, there would be little confidence in the deiifi.-m if
arainfl the validity of the pr:::.r of the date, without
whofe jurifiliiflicn the land lie ; and the date whofe
grants ’voul I lie d-featu!, might be obliged to make
compcnfation to the yrantees, orfafllrthe imputation
of d'fhrivftv and ivjuflic-.
I’hi* aggrievec'date would have no r**»:,ceahi- mode
o» procuring' retire's. It would have within it
A ’f t o powe* r > make any comividl or agreement for
olnumrig i.iti->l:eb on. The United States would i
have no.oofiitutiona’ authority to grant re icf : And !
retahaaon or re.'dance by farce and violence would he !
ibe Atily remedy.
.-: i.hr obfervauan* occur to the committee when
a r ! zev of cru. f! tr may be injured bv a citizen ofa
u >-.r. ‘‘ate. Without a federal judicial authority,
t‘ - p.-.rv injured mud feel; his remedy in the courts
of tl>- date of which the offender is a citizen. If no
r.“!i f he obtained, and'hv partiality or f.illv infuit he
- Ided w injury. he w 1! not have the coofolatiou. of
comol.lining either to his own date or to the United
Slates, for neither have a conditutional right to inter- ‘
p-f<:; and ori rate revenge will be his only relource.!
3y prefervin;; tin conditution unmutilated, ah cn-'
lightened and impartial tribunal, having the confi
dence «,f a J oar ties, will ultimately decide. Mutual
harmony and confidence will continue; and the peace |
of the date s and of their cinaens will be fecurod by the J
wand of die Murfitall.
h the fubjeolsof one fovereign fuffer injuftice and :
oppredion In the court of another, the injured party i
may complain to his own fovereign who may demand
futiafaflipn of the fovereign whole courts have com
mitted the injury. If the complaint be we!! founded j
an l fat:»fai5Knn o— r**ii*i..fl. 4*y the laws of nations, l--t- I
rers of rimrifal rnhdi-jiiflly he ilfurd again ft the ef-j
f>afl*nf ail die fuhje.'ts of the fovtreigii’ who ftiould j
v nesfonaldy refufe addrefs. Dy the Federal tonfli- 1
tutionif tlie court of ar.y date firould injure or op-j
p.cf:. a foreigner, fat is ier:un could only be demanded !
oflhe ex jr^itive authority of the United States, who I
catmot eoon-i thsoff-n ling Hate to repair the injury,!
hut-ompemaMHii rn»i*> h. made out of the national
tt zaiury, or the p-op-rry of id! the citizens may he ox- /
jeifed toreoriiai-,-and tne public pence put in jeopar- !
dv. It is ct»'i!e«pieiitiy of great importance to the (7. j
i'es that tiieir conflitutioii thoulu provide a judica
r of .vhich foreigners may f.-ek redref>for injuries
« . a. riwed by citiL n?. r. frir.and impartial trial will
• 'd'tj'Oed, un lc" the authority of the gf vemme.ut,
■ Ht orgH hr MmandSfe fora!l injuries done to fo
i ";;:i'-rs v irhin this juHid-dtinn ; and the public fafe
t i i I ritv wi'l not he endangered by the real
o. fuopowii iiij iHi c -ml opureiS >:i of a dare court <>. J
' rJ'.v"’^ States IiaVe no controul, cither
y f u‘re ■’ - • 7 p'ts of dt'Liii.in, or Ly curreiT,
i y any errors >if judg iien
l ne committee, therefore, believe that the now
a.- i. .ie I', »:eri ■ J i licinl (J mrr, wilirli it is int-nd
* • to extinguish hv ;!.e fatilicaiioii of .he propoieil a- *
J.* o. iiC'.t, ;».g it tube r tun. J In* rhnfe courts: That
!:.( !< ; otvers arc eTgr:i d n rts of t'v Federal car.ftl
* trt.rnd ~—.n • ,*fT -y for t rif-rviug Iiamony ,i,.d
tniuum corfide c- i nong the f-verx! fares ard for
m in' inmg the ]»-ac-, tnt I *.. r, „nd tiie juftice of
tlie Dili e Oi-tex.
.•tr"- ?'\H,i'.>,rcfr- ' \,:h th f tiinenfs the cent- I
Tvnt.'.'v ai«. leave Lo rjiiort ihe r: fo'n v i;iv'h i. ■. - !
ttixcd.
, JOHN HEARD, per order. |
f'nmmmm.e ./ft. of -W ifidrfetti.
Whereas an amend ,ent to the'conilirut.'on of tli
l *nte ! Siates to cor,fj >e the judic'arv i„,wer of the
s ,>f ,,e V State* tr* . t- cf la v and equity
'ding ur.d.:r-. e crtnlbn-i • ' laws of the United
V. tesaudtotr.Mtir- ... . ... which (hall he male!
*.m ier that aiirho-5 ? • . ..*r* ding a -*h ,:T,dors. o
r "*r on he no, : c* ilfills—cife« of r,* iratin*'* I
y...oh.t on-:,, ; overlies t„ which the United
■ i.i «s dia l !*« .: iv—am! to cornroverfiCs between |
i vo nr m ’> >■ at.'* —h'is been propofed hy the le nd i
f ,rr of the d ,*e of V . V,,CJ... ' -na I
- th? r v.iknor.wenVJ. of Penrfylvania, and '■
. cm-curr-n e * ro.op-r~,on of the !eg!fl-.*ure of
fl' s('' . ' ” ’nn'.** breo —oi-ed-d in prorurirw I
r " • ni-nio-vi --It it, after a due and r-fpoJlful I
conlioeraiion oi i>.e fame,
/. •fufoeit, I iiai it is inexpedient to agree to the faid
a .*eud, lent.
. t,.at fm trxecl mey the governor is reqiicflcd
1 p'* . ,>l* °-r r''is rtfojution, and copies of tlie |
. ■ . /,mit report of tb" to mmttie, to the governors I
o. ) 'nfirylv inii and Iszt.turky
/- er 'June ( l, lf05.—Read, and unanimouf
fy
•Sr:u *J m n f»»r concnrrenr#*.
H. Cr. OTIS, Prefident.
In lie If .,r of p, Orfentathes, June If), 1805_
Read, and Qtiaivmoudy concurred.
TIMOTHY BIGELOW, Speaker.
TRIPOLI TAN SQUADRON.
M t *p f.rrmtir been •drived fhp pofuinv fpq* !
f iti, in the chiflif'-TTvof of 'IVtt.r.U, hasfd't-H f-.r j
i'c pniii* of dediuatmni. It will be cO(i*t*ofc(l h« I
lol'uwfc r
Skips. •.* Guns. ) V . C.e.nmrndfrs.
_ «* t CommoHotr*
Picfidtnt 44 [ VJ. B' rm-i,
I (.Capt.Cox,
Conftitution 44 t Cpt. Rogers
E{r« 32 \ Cpt. J. Bar
ro*»
Conftellation 3G Cpt. O. II.
Campliell,
Congrtfs 36 Cpt. L. I)e
IMtUI.
John Adams 32 Cpt. Shaw.
Svren IK Cpt.Stewart,
a'K«h 13 Cpt. Hull.
Vixen 16 Cpt. Smith,
NautilluR (f'hr.) 16 Cpt.J. IVnt
Entcrprixe (fohr.) 16 Cpt. T. Ro
binlon.
Befidcx the above, there are two gun-boats
capturnl fr-vn the Tripolitans, carrying one
Copper 2ft pounder, and two brafs howitzers
each ; ten gun-hoats, each carrying two long
32 oonnders. cutter-rigged; two homh ketches,
each carrying one 13-inch inortar and four nine
pounders. Bo/I. print.
PHILADELPHIA, July 17.
We regret to have to (late the arrival of a veflel
from St. Domingo at this port, on hoard of which
arc feveral perfons ill of the yellow fever. It is fonie
fatisfadlion and muft be a foarce of confidence to the
public to refir A that although there were upwards
of 60 cafes laft year in the hofpita! of our Lazaretto,
that through the energy and vigilance of the board
of health, and the officers of the eftablilhment, we
were as fecure agaiuft (he difeafe in this city as if it had
not cXifted. The vt-ftel to which we allude is the
A uney, captain Leake, and arrived yeftarday morning
from the city of St. Domingo, (he has on hoard 20
officers ar.d fnldiers lahoiing under battle wounds
\* ho it appears were taken cut of the Lofpilal at that
city.
Unfortunately for enpt. Leake he has loft one nt
his crew on the paflage, with ail the malignant
appearances of yellow fever; and the eapt. himfelf
and another of the crew are both in a dangerous (late
of the difeafe. l'he cargo of the vefTel is mahogany
and logwood. There is a third perfon tin hoard fick
all'o. l'he lick have been landed and p!ace.d in clean,
comfortable and airy apartments, and the ufual at
tention and tendernefs of the inilitutiun will be be
llowed oh the unfortunate*.
A deputation from the hoard of health this morning
vifits the Lazaretto, and every care wid be lief owed
to effVtft the important ends of the uiflitutiuii, the
prelervation of the city from imported difeafe.
( Aurora.
Rv a circular letter from the fecrctarv of (late
dated on the 12th July is<>5, the confuls and
commercial agents of t he United States are in
ft meted to forbear to ifTue any certificate what
ever relative to purchafes of foreign vcflels by
citwns of the United States, except to fuch
perfons as may fatisfv the Confuls and commer
cial Agents, that tlie purcliafe was made with
out knowing this alteration in their indrucflions ;
and tiiey arc alfn reflrained from allowing the
exception itfelf after the expiration of two
months from the date of the advertife
ment they arc uiiecled tupubiifli of this inftruc
tion.
. We announce with great fatt6fa<ftion, the ar
rival at New Caftle of the (hip Louifiana, Lewis,
12 days from Port-au-Prince, with a valuable
cargo of cofTee, &c. 'Phe cargo of this (ingle
(h'|> i« faid to hceqna] to the whole amount <>f
t he fleet nffive vefiels lately arrived at N. York
from Port-au-Prince. The Louifiana left the
barque Packet, Hughes, of and for this port, oft'
Watlings ifiaiu'., all well.
Extrafl of a letter front Curricas, dated the 1 Otb
ft:tte.
“ The port of La Ouira was opened the 12th
May, for fundry articles. On the l ith of June
it was flint, but the proclamation nor publilhed
there before the 17th, fince when, two Ameri
can veft'cls have been turned away, and the port
continues (hut.”
[A gentleman paffenger in the Julien from
St. Thomas, informs, he law a letter from La
git:ra, which dated, that that port was opened
to neutrals the 19th to continue for 3 months.J
NORFOLK, July 18.
On Tuefday lad, ffrnt. li. Lamb, v.iq. was
appointed a Director of the Virginia Bank in
tnis Borough, in the room of Littleton Taze
well, cfq. religned.
During a violent thunder dorm on M indiy
lad, the iioufc of Mr. Cnriftopher Stedinan, a rc
fpertable inhabitant of York county, was druck
by lightning, which Inflantly fet it on fire, and
before any affifiance could he had, was. with
the whole of the furmBIre, entirely eonfmn
ed. Mr. S.mnd have lod hy tliis unforefeen
event, upwards of 3J00 dollars.
(Xor. Lhrald.)
We undetdand tliat I).,n fofeph Cabrera,
wlgife cafe we placed before the puhlic Come
time ago has been tried at the Mayor’s Court,
and convicted on the judgment of a rcfpettablc
jury. It is laid he means to appeal to a ftipc
rior tribun.V, on which account we think it mod
proper to retrain from any d; leu Hi on of the tV.b
jeft for the prefent. Aurora.
Tortola has become-the gtave of American
property ; its prvateersarc became numerous,
•and they take s-'d carry in every American vef
iel»i"*y neet with coming from a French port,
and iudiiciiminatcly condemn, them.
CH VRLESI'ON, July 11.
Capt. Briuvn 1m* favoured us with yiRertay'.
Savannah piper, from which we copy the following
ftateioent of rhe atSioii t'ulfair.eJ by the Afjr’u-r.l
with the FrtHib frivotcen :
S «v s vma, July 10
On the 7»h ind. arrived the Britifh armed ihtn Mar
garet.capt. Howes,from Alrica, via New-Providence,
carrying 1 1 fix pounders, and ‘JO men. On the 4th
nil. o/T the coaft, rapt. B. dilcovereel a privateer
fchooner. mounting 7 guns, fuppofcd nines and fixes,
and one 18 pound carrunade; at 7 a m. engaged her
i-T an hour and a half, when fh* bore away_it I. y.
vt. the fchooner returned, anil ran along lidy the fhio
•v irh a determination »«• board—rant It. however
them futh a warm reception, that the privaterrftncn,
after an hour's action, were compelled to quit theis
quarters, and .he fchooner again here away. Next
Jay another fchooner, (fuppnfed to be the one that c ip
lured the fliip Two Friends) mounting 8 guns, (7 or
I 8 pound carronades) and one l‘J pom: ler, came along
I fid«» anti engaged capt. B. in dole quarters, when, af
te*r an adion of 40 mimites. Pie was compelled to
flrike her coimirs. Capt. B. being much difablt-d in
his rigging, and in want of men,could proceed no far
ther, and the fchooner taking advantage of his flruati
on, made Iffercfcape. Capt. 15 loll one man, and had 8
wounded, bcli.les iHflives. Timet.
NATCH KZ, July ?A.
Col. Rumt, late Virc-Prefideht of the tinted
State*, arrived here on Monday, ant! on Wt il*
tiefeiny departed for Nf w-Or]eans. Tie rereiv
id every attention Ids (Jiort Pay would permit ;
wa* vjfited at hi* iodgiwes l»v hi* Fxft llency Go
vernor Williams, and a rtwmHrr of reip, /lal.ii
l iti/.en*. We nnderfl.irtd that be Intend* re
turning to rid* place in .1 few wetks, tvith a view
of (pending the greater partofthc fitmmer here.
TOUR TO THE WV.6T.
^A letter ft ota Lublain JlsethttlSer f.rriij to the P'eji
•/. .it af tut Unitei Stales.
■ Fort M.ixban, April 7th, 1805.
Dear Sir,
HEREWITH inclnfed you will receive an invoice
certain articles, w hich I have forwarded to you front
this place; among other articles you will obferve by
r**ference to the invoice G7, fpccimcnsof earths, falts,
r-’inerals, and fit) fnecimens of plants; thefe arc ac
companied by their r<f|HrC)ive labels, expnfling the
days on which they were obtained, the places where
found, and r.lfo, their virtue*, and properties when
known ; by means of rh.ef# labels, reference may be
made to the chart of the Miflonri, forwarded to the
Secretary «»f War; on which the encampment of
each day has been carefully marked ; thus the place*
at which thefe fpecimens have been obtained may lie
rafdjr pointed out and again found fliouid any of them
rv. ve valuable to the community ou further Live Hi- !
gation.
You will herewith alfo receive a part of Captain !
Clark's private journal, the other parr you will find'
inclofed in a fepar itc tin bo*. This j- urnal will ferve I
to rove you the daily details of our pregrefs, and rrenf
adions.
I fhall oifpatch a canoe with three, perhaps four '
perfous, from the extreme navigable point on the Mif- |
four! or the portage between this river and the Co- i
lumbia river, as either may firft happeti ; by thu re
turn of this canoe I fhall fend you my journal and
fome one or two of the bed kept by my men. I have !
f<-nt a journal kept by one of the fergeants to Captain j
Stodderr at Fort Lewis, in order as much as partible !
to multiply the chance* of laving fontething, we have '
encouraged our men to keep journals, and feven of
them do fo ; to whom in this ti-fpcd we give every
afliflance in our power.
I have tranfmitted to the Secretary at War every
information relative to the Geography of the country
wc poflefs, together with a view af the Indian nations, J
containing information relative to them, on thole
points with which ! conceived ic important the go
vernment fltould he informed.
By reference to the mufler roll* forwarded to the
War Department, you will fee the flute of the party ;
in addition to which we have two interpreters, one |
negro man fervant to Captain Clarke and one Indian j
women, wife to one of the interpreters, and a Maudau
man, whom we take with a view to reflore peace be
tween the Snake Indian* and timfe in this neighbour
hood, amounting in total with ourfclves to 513 perlons;
hr mean* of the interpreters and Indians we lhall he
enabled probably to converfe with all the Indians we
lhali meet ott the MilTum,. I have for v. aided to the
Secretary at War,my public accounts rendered up to
the prefent day ; they have been much longei de
layed than I had any idea that they would have been
when we departed from the Illinois ; bur this delay
under thecircumftances which I was compelled to adt,
has been unavoidable. The provifion perogue and
her crew could not have been difmifted in time to have
returned to St I.otiis, Lift full, without evidently in :
my opinion hazarding the fate of the interprife in I
which I am engaged, and I therefore did not hiTn.ue I
to prefer the cenfure that 1 may have incurred, by the
detention of thefe papers, to that of rifquing in any
degree the luccefs of the expedition. The detention
of thele papers has been a fource cf furious difquiet &
anxiety to me, and therecolledlicn of your particular
charge upon that fubje<£!, has made it ftill more poig
nant. I am fully aware of the inronvrniencts which
muft have a.rifeii to the War Department from the
want of thefe vouchers, previous to the laft leflion of
Congrcfs; hut how to avert it was out of my power
to devife. From this place we lhall fend the Barge
and crew early to-morrow morning, with orders to
proceed as expeditioufly as poflihle to St. Louis, by
her we lend our difna'ches, which 1 truft will gel fufe
tohar.d ; h r crew confift- of ten able bodied n.en,
well armed, and provided with a fufiirimt flock of pro
vifions to iafl them to St. Louis; I have but little
doubt they will be fired on by the Siouxas, but they
have pledged thcmfelves to uvhat they will not yield,
while there is a man of th-m living. Our baggage is
all embarked on boards fmallcanoes, &.twoprr,,gucs;
we fhall fet out at the fame moment that we dil'patch
the barge, ore or perhaps both of thefe perognt-s we
Ihad leave a? the fall* of file MilTonri ; from whence
we intend continuing our voyage in the canoes and a
perogue of (kins, the frame of which was prepared at
I .arper s Ferry. This perogue is now in a fltuation
that will enable us to prepare it in the coutfe of a few
hours; as our veiTcis arc row fmall, and the current
of the river more moderate, we calculate on travelling
20 or 23 miles j r day, as far asrhe falls of the Md
fmiri ; beyond this point, or the tirli range of rockv
mountains, fituated about 1O0 miles farther, any calcu
lation with refpeift fo our daily progrefs,can he ibtk*
more than bare cnnj"<9iire. Thecinumftance of the
Snake Indians pofTefTing large flocks of horles, is much
in our favor, as bv means cf horfes the tranfportation
of our baggage will he rendered eafy and expeditious
over land from the MilTonri to the Columbia river
Should this river not prove navigable w here we firft
meet Wit,, it, out ptc-feiit intention i* to continue our
march doom the river, until it becomes fo, or to the
Pacific Ocean. The map which has been forwarded
to the Secretary at War, will give you the idea we
entertain of the conned) ion between thefe rvers, which
has been formed from the correfponding feftimony of
a number of Indian*, who have vifited that country,
and who have been feparately and carefully examined
nti that fubjei1}, we therefore think it intitled to fome
degree of confidence. Since our arrival at this place,
wc have fuhfifted principally on meat; with which
our guns hare fupplied us amply, and have thy been
enabled to referve the parched meal, portable loop and
a corftderahl? proport,on nf o ,rk and flour, which we
had inten 'ed for the more difliru t parts of our voya<re.
It Indian information can he credits J, the vaft quan
tities of game with which the coumry abounds,
through which we are to pafs, leaves us lint little to
apprehend from the want of food. We do nntcaku
1 ite on completing our voyage wnliin the prefent year,
1 v: expo.51 to roach the Pacific Ocean and return as’
fir as the head of the M 1'oun, or perhaps to this
place before winter. You may therefor* expedl me to
meet you at Monticello. in September 180(5. On our
return wc Hull probably p-ofs down Yellow Stone ri
w.-r, which from Indian information, waters one of
the fain-fl portions of our continent, f can forefee no
material or probable obd-uiflion to our progrefs, and
entertain therefore the mod fatignine hopes of com- !
plete fuccrft. As to myfrtf,individually, I never *n- j
joyed better health, th in I have finre we commenced 1
our voyage. My pie ft in able friend and companion i
Captain C lurk, lu, a..t) enjoyed itood health gem ral
ly ; at this momvt.r every individual of the party is |
i’l good health and excellent fpirits, zealoufl- attached. '
to the errternrife, and anxious to proceed ; not a whip. I
per of difcotnent, or murder i* to he heard among !
th-tn, hut sii in tinilon a.ft with the most pt-rfciS hnr- I
| ninny. With filth men I have every thing to hope !
| and but little to ftar.
GEORGE WILY,
BROKER IS* COMMISSION MERCHANT,!
Near the Iwfin,
BTtY3 am! MU al! kinds of Produce—A!fo,Lands
I/Or •, and lio-.ife«, Hark Sr*ck, At.
l.y Hi hat ftr i'n'e, LOTS No, Jdl, 9, 3, end 4.
which T-.-aUe mi* entire Irjoare in Du-Val'n additi
on.—There is a prod Spr'np attached to them. Thcfe
lot* nr* well worth the attention of any any pent!*,
man wiihittyrfo build a fnnmier retreat for his far.uiy.1
July 2J.—tf.
NOTICE.
A EI. MNVII.IT, r*fpt^ft.!lr informs th< P-h
/ V • he, that hr Otall no lrni-r*r continue to k' en
he HAY-MAP Khi (iAk l>£ NJS aher the prefem
n'nnth. H* cannot tbit notification, without of.
lermjf hiarefptdlnil acknowledgments to the vil'itor*
o'tlu OirtWtts. forth* iKitronago which he has t-rvv
i iefictd, finer their untie under hi» funtrin.eti irurr
July C3. Jt.
icfji' inquirer*
RICHMOND, '2-ld yULr, 180.5;
CASE OF THE THO FRIENDS.
1 UK “ Farmer's Regiftcr'' afTeits that the
fl'»p Two Friends, which was lately cap*ured
off Charleflon hy a Ficnch privateer, with a foil
cargo of dry goods, eft t mafetl at ^?.ino.noo
fterling, was not American property : that fhe I
j belonged to a houfe in London, ami that her j
j failing under the American flag was a mere co
Iyer to protect her from the enemy.—And yet it
I is under fuch fiaudulent circumftanCes on the i
j part of Britifli merchants, that we arc called up
j on by the federal critics to execrate the high- j
j way depredations of French private n#. and the
i inexcufrble rrmifsnefs of <>ur adminiftration,
which withholds its protection from our own
lawful commerce.
That this fraudulent pmt. (5tion of property
is not confined to Enrlijh (Tops, is a fa<5t not
I likely to be difputed by fuch as have Iwen ini
tiated in the rnyftcries and craft of commerce.
** We have known (adds the fime paper) one ^
man covering the property of individuals .be- !
longing to two different nations while at war
i with each other', nay, there have been inftan
ces of the perfons claiming the rights and cn
joyinz the privileges of American citizens bring
i concerned at one and the fame time, in French
\ Englifti privateers, which were corntrit
I ting depredations on the American commerce.”
XVhilft fuch mercantile practices as thefe
] continue, it is vain to expert that the priva
j teers of belligerent nations will rcfpe«5t the car
go of every vefTel, which fail-, under the Amt
rican flag j even tho’it fbould cover the cargo
of the honeft American merchant who trade;,
on his own bottom.
Am! Vet when a cafe of capture occurs,
you find that the vr*-v men who are the nmfi
virulent in denoun-ricz our adminiftration are
the friends and fatalites of fuch as have difgra*
ced our flag ami endangered our commerce by
a fraudulent ademption of American privileges.
CONDITION OF HOLLAND.
Nn man can contemplate Schimmetprn
ninck’s philtre of the f reftnt condition of IIol
I laud, and recoiled the wealth and profperitv of
that nation in the early p.:rt of the lad century,
without experiencing the mingled emotions of
pit? for their fuffe rings and indignation fe.r the
cai.f- which produced them. No inhabitant
of Holland can cm fider the wide-wafting de
foliation of the French arms, fwetping before it
the independence and conditution of « very lit
tle fmnnnding date or the gigantic ambition of
Bonaparte which iiiii holds thefe nations or !
their rulers in fuhjedion, without deploring!
the calamities of the French revolution. Yeti
it is r»«»t to the Fienchalone that Holland mu'!
lot k for the only or original caufe of her
fuhjedion and fufFt ring. Muchas the Britifh
government may affect to abufe the emroach
ments of France upon her independence &
howevertheymay have pretended to hold out the
idea that the redoration of her liberties is to
cond’tute one of the preliminaries of peace,
dill does a faithful hi dory declare the dcfpotifm
of England to he the fird occadonjbf the fnbjec
tion of Holland. The Englilhman inveighs a
gaind the ambition of France upon the conn- |
nent, and yet forgets that his own nation is the
tyrant of the ocean. He exu'ts at the idea,
that his own country has cfvaped a revolution,
which has extended its ravages and its ruins to
furrounding dates : a> the very moment when
the fydematic injudioe of his country extends
to every fea ; and makes a prey of every veil'd,
which does not fubmit to its arbitrary rules.
“During the lad war (fa) s Sthlegei) the T. iglifb
authorifed their privateer* to take every vcflel car
rying enemy’s property or metdiandlze contraband
of war erprefsly comprizing therein, materials for
(hip-building. The h.fHu&ions were without limita
tions or exceptions, not even of ihips b.dongirg to
dates, with which there were treaties to the cortr
rv then actually in force ! The natural unftquetice
of which was to cover the fcas with Englith priva
teers. which feized indjfcriminately up n all veffels,
neutrals as well as enemies A coifin ,ble fleet of
Dutch merchantmen deftined for France, laden with
timber and other meterials for iT*•«» building, v-as ta
ken and condemned a« lawful prize contrary to the
• xprefs tenor of the Meaty of commerce in exiflence
*iween tle'e nat nns and although it was proved
•hat this fleet had failed be fore the declaration of
war could he kno- n. This injufl ce determined
Holland to all herfelf clofely with France, and to
t ikea part in the war rgaittft Fin land. It reas the
foundation ofthe'ei t,f-ne trctblrt trbich in the fennel af
flicted that republic cneeforfourifbing."
“Tniri-is ticur AS air."
What an age of prodi-ri^s is this ! The fedora
lifts of the raft were in daripiefs Sc confufion ; and 1<>!
a fiar has rifen in the fnti'h to cheer and iilwirmare
their fouls. A m»n whnfe name could fc.irce’y creep
over the hull of the Virginia Capitol, in two month',
has flown over the continent in the fliort fjiace of 4
weeks. A man w hofe long life of fervices at home
A> abroad, has commanded the veneration of the mnft
diftant countries, whnfe virtue is indelibly inferihed in !
every a<51 of hisprtvate life or his puhlicailminiftrafion.
w’nofe contaminate talents have been uniformly de
voted to the good of his country,^ is to he written
down, expoftd to uuiverfal deteflation, afid conveited
| into an object at which every one may u point the
flow tinmoving finger of (corn,” and this too eflfc<5ter!
hv a letter nnfttpporred by a fmgle document, and by
a miferable confpiracy among par lal and petulant e
ditors. That a man like Thomas Turner (bonId de
face and ruin the weft-learned reputation of Thomas
Jefftrl’oti ; “ (> tame and feeble Cervantts fe<
rljims Mr. Vox) with what a timid pencil and faint
I colour* have you painted the portrait of a ditardered
, imagination ”
How iuexhatiflahly pregnant with master is
I this celebrated letter of Air. Turner! It i« now eve
[ ry thing to the federaliftsof the north. It is a fuhfti
! tute for every firi<51 ure, critirifin or c<umnetitary up
jon the admirable meafur, s of the ad:niniflra:ioti It
! isthe l.itr.p of Aladdin ; the incxhautlible nurfe n F«r
i tunatus ; the magical vwfhing-cap ; the Panacea •
) the F.iixir of immortal health; to the indefatigable
j editor of the Bollon Repertory. So tteciflitry i~. t* to
| his esfe, comfort Sc luccefs, that he can dr noth’) g
| without it. With this magical wand, he is to lay all
I his enemies itt the dud,and rertore his friends to their
| former refpedt. A piece of, paper, without docu
ment and without proof, is to become the Saviour of
our country 1! !
We are happy to perceive a fpirit of experi
mental improvement extending among our
Virg. farmers. Asa proof oft his fa<5t, w e may ob
ferve that a rn reliant of this city has lately im
1 not fetlfrom Ireland,7 lbs. of/erufilcmor ./Egyp
tian wheat, which colt as milch as a puiru.’ •„ r
(round ; anti which by the time it q.unc to hand
amounted to not lefs than 4 \[per lb. h wil’
fomrwhat furpriac our farmers that fo fib.il) .
quantify of any kind of wheat could he woilh a»
n.m b as £ i.T R/. but when they con e to confi
de its reputed qualities, together with it - fta<
city, wrg hope thdr fu jn ifir will give place to the
ntore.adbvc fcnt.iment.id imitation. AT., (icury
Rlakcy nea: liaf.py'.t town, f.,t 'whom it v\44
imported, intends it is ftid rpt'ow it in dulls*
and hom s to gather from i* C -»r s Bilhclr.
The jfcxypthn wheat wa-firft bi oughtffotr JJ
irypt by one of the Ii il« « ITinrs in the army of
hr Ralph Abercrombie. I»s Item, winch for
ftrenjrth and thlckne/s rcfemh’vs the ftrongtft
re< d, is about fi fee* high, hav.inp, when near
• v matured, a top or head about twice the fine
of-,™ gar of our common wheat, together with
er/rj, h-anching fomcthitig in the man
• n. r of oats. What is laid to be moft remarks
j b.e shout the ftem is, that it is not hollow, hut
| filled with a nutritious fap or pith, which m. kes
tit tt]i o to oats, as a provender for horfes or
rnc.o ",utjc. -. . .
\> • hope that Mr. Jllukcy will make as a
complete t xptrimenf ag circtimftances will per
n«t upon the growth, produttivem-fs and u
, Its of this curious production and that h- will
’ communicate the rt full of his refearchcs to all
j Ins frlloty labourers in th. /,arv.fi field.
1 A la»e Eoglilb paper informs us that “Mr.'
Showier, of Lincoln, thrfe years aro, panted
nr. grains of this wheat, and the fccond ^-ar’s
produce was lp hulhcls. Tin's year he reaped
j upwards of 40 quarters.” K
f On account of the vat let v of imporf*nt
I m.trtrr which now t^mand* publication, ti c E
l.htor Ins conceived it preperto poftponc Icve
ral original corapolitions.
\Vm. tr* MARY COLLEGE LOTTERY.'
A gentleman in Norfolk, under date of July lAth,
informs his correfpon dent in this city, that, the draw
ing of this Lottery had been that day completed, but
; that the prize of 10,000 .loll,, had nor com.- out of the
WV.-1 Kei.ce he concluded that the .comimflionU
would be obi-ged to draw the Iotte; y over age.ip.
-— n - v .
2$P teVctting'0 £p;iii.
\ .
PHILADELPHIA. Toly 17.
^ e are informed tnat Cant. Murray is anoointeti-.'
to command the Adams friome. ordered o»;d'lfperfe
tni French piccaroonk oil'-our coafL J*M. Cat.
Capt. Ebfdt-1, arrived at PortTmomh on Tnefijtiy
af|, in 18 llays frvm Baflaterre, Guadaf.mpe. I aj
i communicated the foJiowing intelligence which was -
.a.ridcd to him by a Eritini olfiter, with a requtit,
that It may he publifhed in the American -papers _
June i«, at 2 o’clock. 2 Englilh Corvettes, of 1g
pons each, Kinpfifher, t apt. Caleb Oriurev, and - r.
. chaf.-d fev< rul to the leeward proved tud.e j •
heavey French frigates, with ac Englilh convoy they
had captured,of 13 fail, richly laden from Antigua,
worth upwards of 150,000 pounds fterling, which
they cowardly fee on (ire and deftroyed, entirely on
the bare appearance of fo fmrll a force, and then made
fail to. the N. N. E. after us.
Rohkrt Gibson, Ki.trf-fi-r. ,
On the niornir.7 of the 27ih June, in u.rc&ion with
Antigua, captain E. heard a very heavy cannonading,
and law three large Slips (lauding off the fame direc
tion.
T O R E ,V Ty
A BRICK LUMBER HOINE on the BaTon.
•HL ROii SATE,
fiermnn Ofriiihurgs, by the niece or hale.
C.en. Mul.ick Claret, of vintage of ’<>.) 7 lohoxes of
•Soturn Mrine of the vintage of do. \ 30 h. each.
A f'-w dining and defert fers of elegant Trench China.
1 ho above Wines are fu-h as ern lie particularly
recommended, having been laid in Jaft September at
Bordeaux by one of the partners then 011 the fpot,
wiio took uncommon path* in ti e felec'Kon.
PICKETT, POLLARD £. JOHNSTON
J“’-y £3. eplw.
TO BE LET,
C^ENTEFI, apartments, between the IVafin rnji
* Mum-frreet, Fit a Me for a commidion po-r
•hanr or pruMfinnal gentleman—ftfpvdlahlefc}.. >»J ,>
anv other purpofe, where a central fit nation arid un
obfiru.Ttd light and air are reqiiifite.—Enquire of
Hart and Southgate, groctis, c-ppofitc die (Scale haute.
July 25. la« l\V. -
PRIVATE BOARDING LODGING. ]
rT,HP Suhf rib- r (near Mr. So."h:'a-’. on.
ka Hill, a line healthy fruition) • Y,
genteel Board and Lodging for a few getnlemr,7 un
til the first of December next, by ti e d.iv. w.ekor
month, on re-foi able terms:—A cl will then be prC-"
pared to receive the Members of AfiinO ’y, ’having'?
a convenient houfe with ftvC;i fi.e rr'ms .ira! ft
piece's in each, which he intends to appropriate tf>’ll i
accommodation cf the members, and' ref(V,Frvft-lf ‘
in fcparatfr apartments pear to it. Th s h^nf- i« litu-'
ate in a northeast tBreftion from theCa-mtol, about
150 yards distance; the fpaCe between which is re~>
markab|y dry ground in any v eather.
I flatter niyfelf that the cor venieiicV of the bo»fe,
its rnntiyuity to tbe Capitol, and my unieoiitting en
deavors to give fatisfxdlion, \\ ill induce as many meni
l>ers of the next I.eg is! at ure to, put up with me as the
houfe will commodiotidy emrrtaln. T bofe
•i embers who v.-i(h to engage previous to the feflion,
will r’e ife fignily the fame by fer.
1 wilh to rent 12 or 15 funidbed beds, and to hire
dtirimr fbe Seflitm, 3 or 4 good Servants and Cooks,
and »o engage both immeuiatelv.
JOHN MOODY.
July 23. (eTSiv)
TO BE SOLD,
At Public T'enjne, at G tf/by'j Hotel, in Alexandria, on
Monday tbe I6tb Jay oj September, at 12 o'clock, at
noon ;
A r *- that TP ^CT OF I.AND, late Trtfiy
' » Thornton, FfqinreV, firuated in Northum
berland county, Virginia, lying immediately mi
the Potomac River. The following defeription is
given of this property by pel foils well acquainted
with it :—“ It contains 2,500 acres, I .TOO acres of
which are the mod valuable low grounds on tl.c river,
bet ween 3 and 100 acTes heavily timbered, and. (ha
remr.mder very high lmd. extremely pmdudt.vc ’I W1
foil of this tra^l is equ 1I ro ary in the (late for r! e cul
tivation of corn, wheat, tobacco, timothy, and' (mail
jrrain of all kind*. On th.s tra<5l are a l rge terns oi
Hinus Biick Ma.ifii.n II >ufe and two Dflices, 'a L..rg«s
Hr id. Stable. Valuable B. fn, Cm.v-Huufc, and many
, -t Jli*r r ‘ 0»tV ?• V* O • .1 f 1 ,e I .7 «s* n irs
a variety of valuable fruit trees,iir.d t! 0 waters nbofcud
with excellent (i!h and cyllcrs. P :* fire .'od ubont a
lay’* fa-1 from Baltimore, Alexandra, and • Norfolk.
T here are two go..d mill feat* for grift and law mill*
on the rftate, nr! plenty ofeedir and ehrfmit timber,
for which an txCeilent matket may be found at the
City of Wafiiinvton.”
The terms of file are—one-fourth cafh, ope-fourth
itione year, one-fourth in In month*, and tbe ref.d e
in two years from the d.-.v of fait. The payments to
bt fccured. by hohds, with mortgage* on the premiftw,
and ro he oti intereft from the duv of f re.
Tor hirther iftforirniBoti, »pr! •cation may fie n-a.’e
in behi-li of tlie luhfcriber, Thomas ftuhuifon, to
R'chard Peters. fan. attorney at law, in tiiecity cf
Philadelphia, or to William Lewi*, in the lame ci*y*,
(Philadelphia.)
THOMAS HOBINiON.
\V. LEWIS.
July 23 rpl38.'
For sale,
A V.ry v.-.hi M« fimem; Vcf. Tor term* apply to
L A the C Jitor el the £i;quirer.
July f 1 aw. 2m.)