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Dancing Academy^
Mr. DARRAQ, a French dancing
master, lately arrived in this town, res- ,
pectfully informs the Ladies and Gen* {
tie men and the public in general, that
he has opened a dancing, academy in t
the upper apartments over Pleasants* s
Book Store, on thAnain ^reet, where
he will teach the ar^of wncinja^n its
various parts on mode^Jl terrify Mr
. Darraq Hatters himselJkhat a<^rper- -
sons who may honoAh\i with their
confidence, will )njA showtime meet
with the satisfaction expeck-d for.no
care or trouble will be spared by him.
Ladies wiR be taught on Tuesday,
'Thursday, and Saturday.
Gentlemenon Monday, Wednesday,’
and Friday every week.
Mr DARRAQ will also give private
lessons to any person who will apply <
to him, or leave the direction*at his l
dancing academy. 2p.
Notice !
• TH E creditors of Daniel & Willi
am Guerrarit who have signed tlit '
compromise, are notified that th^n -
nies receiv'd from the assiirnin-i.it
' made for the benefit of said creditors
will be divided at Clira on Tuesday
the 26th inst. bv the Trustees.
June 5th, 1810. 3t
VIRGINIA /
At a tRi]>enor court of Chancery hal
den in Richmond; Jane 1st, 1805
Be: ween
Thomas Harris in h's own right, and as
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Augustine Harris, James Semple and Jo
ans his wife, Samuel Boush, and Polly
his wife, Lewis Fort and Khzabelh his
wile, and Jesse Hargrave, administrator
•f John Harris, PUla.
and
Henry Harris, administrator of William
Harris, who was one of the executors
of John Harris, decea»edJ William Guy,
executin' of George Guy, deceased, An
thony Thornton, executor ,of Walk**
Taliaferro, deceased, Joseph Riciesor.,
William f haferro, John Anderson *
executor of WiLou Frevilian, who
executor ol Thomas Frcvilian .
also ait executor of the sa;
ris, deceased,
1 lie defendant Henry
on whom an attachment for hia
In not answering the bills of the
fa.itb been executed, still failing to anywer
the same, the court this first day of June.,
in the year of cur Lord one thousand eight
hundred and five^ on motion of the plain
ts by Counsel, doth take their bills for
Conlessed, as to that defendant, and order
that he do render an account of his intes
t»ti *s atlminis ration of the goods, chattels,
und credits ot John Harris, deceased, be
fore one ot the, commissioners of the court,
to be by him examined, sta edrf settled, anci
to the court reported, with any special
matters thought pertinent by hunseif, or
required by ihe parties to be specially sta
ted ; unless the said deiendant cn or bc
foie the tenth day ol tne term *noxt after
ii« shall be served with a copy of this or
der, shew cause to the contrary,
[A Copy —Teste,]
Peter Tinsley, c. e.
Commissioner's Office,
Richmond 4th mo. 28thj 1810,
The parties are hereby notified,
flint i l» tve appointed the -Out day ol the
7tli month [i. e. July nextjj to perfect the
recount directed by the above order ©4
court ; on which day, they are reques ed
to at'end at my Office, [in this City] with
their accounts, and vouchers, reauy for
examination and settlement.
.nvMUhL I’AiloONS, Commis-ionar.
_( W o t) I
For bale,
' A Tract of Land, lying in Powhatan
county, on the South branch of Fine Ci’-ckr
winch contains about five l.untlre I and six.
ty acres ; two hundred acres at least of
which are uncleared, l'he fcu'>er>wf II m*.
ati,m, and many other local advan'a^*.ou
, the land will rentier it very desira/it/ti
any person who may be disposed 11 »ur.
chase Lund m this county. I'he /rain,
dor, living on the place, will' wiw plea,
t-.iie show it to any one who wish's to/b^.
Cottie a purchaser. The terms ofiAHT will
he accommodated to the convenience of the
purchaser if possible.
Edward Mayo*
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■ GUN POV/DfiK. •
proprietors of the
... POWilElt MILLS, ofT-Vfnr Mfelm
% ' the’teg or larger qn mtity.. F Aid FP
9 POWDEH, tl i*rd and iinAierl iMar J
tinted tqn'il to any imported and • reu
tonable terms. \ ™ i
Ketvlers at ISoertv to trutrn^bLP0'*
ffr»o*. ipnrovrl \p >iy L J !!)■ ImTJWn.
p |r. or 1> J. WlHK.
fUsbmort, 2Lt May, mo. 3w wtf
MIDLAND A*.$
GONTEMPLA TED EXPEDITION. "
The following documents will throw
n*uch light on a hitherto mysterious
abject, and account perhaps, for the
lertinacity of the leaders of the Bri
ish faction, under President Adams’s
idministration, in their efforts to frus
trate an amicable, adjustment with
France.
r© the Editors of the Boston Patriot.
Mr. Bristed, in his Hints, p. 339 to
413 h^s published some account of
an affair which he says John Adams '
quashed. Whether this is a re
proach or an honor, the public will
judge from the Documents.
Oa the 25th of August, 1798, I re
:eivedLat Quincy, the following Letter
rom the Sec. of S'ate.
(No. I.). .
Trenton, August 21, 1798.
Sir— I cncloie a letter which I re.,
:eived last evening, under cover, from
Mr. PeJro Joseph Caro, accompanied
?y a letter from Mr. King intended as
in introduction to Mr. Caro ; but the
ia't .r h iving missed a passage to the
United S ates in the British cutter,
w'.ich sailed from Falmouth for New
Y’ork cn irteSOth of April, an.I circum
itnucrs requiring his arrival in South
An .rca, with as little delay as possible,
he forwarded the packet to me. A co
py ot the transition ol his letter to me,
I have the honor to inclose.
Under t»e same cover to me were
inclosed (WO « nn»fnpr 1 14
ilton, »he other’o Gen. Knox, which I
forw .xd by this pus. to those gentle
men.
I am, with perfect respect, sir, your
obedient servant,
TIMu PHY PICKERING.
The President of the U. States*
• (No. II.)
SIR,
I he annexed letter of the honora
ble Mr King to you, will serve as a
credential in my lavor, in presenting
myself to you, with the important
mission it announces. An unforeseen
accident has frustrated my voyage
hence to your contiftent in his Majes- 1
ty’s Cutter, which sailed for New-!
York on the 20;h of April last; and
a combination of circumstances, requ r
ing my arrival in S. America with a3'
liule delay as possible, I have receiv
ed instructions immediately to depart
i>y the shortest route of the I.cewaid
Inlands, and am ordered to communi
cate it to the government through the j
medium of you, by transmitting the
packet which 1 enclose and which I
should have conveyed personally. I
pray you to be pleased to deliver it
into the hands of his Excellency' the
f resident; and as eventually some an
swer may be practicable in so inter
esting a business, Gen. Francis tie
Miranda, our compatriot, and the
principal agent of all Spanish Ameri
ca in union, a person extremely well
known, and iu purlieu.ar to the houor
able Air King, whose intervention is
— uuvi atucij Will
remain in London.
I aLo hope you will have the good
ness to receive the first tribute of my
respects in tlcc Spanish language and
.uyL, as I am unable to render ic in
English, and that you will not confide
the secret, to interpreters, that are not
known ;
. Remaining with great respect, sir,
your excellency’s most humble ser
vant,
PEDRO JOSEF CARO.
H;s Excellency T. Pickering, I
I Secretary of State, fccc.
Falmbtxth, May 10, 179S.
(No. IH.)
from Mr Ling to the Secretary of
State, dated, February 26, I7 >8.
** 1 wo points have within a fortnight
been settled in the English cabinet re
ip-cting S *uth America. If Sp tin is
»ble to prevent the overthr iw of her
pr rsent government and to escape be
ing brought under the entire cootr ml
of 1*ranee ; England, be'ween wh'»m
md Spun not\/ithstand ng the mr, a
certain un Lr^tanding ttpoear* to **xist,
•vill at pn sent tryi^e in no scheme |
to deprive Spun ot iicr possessions .a
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South America; But if, as appears
probable, the army destined against
Portugal; and w'hich will march thro’
Spain, or any other means which may
be .employed by France shall over,. i
throw the Spanish government, and
thereby place the resources of Spain
and all her colonies at the dispos 1 of
France, England will immediately
commence the execution of a pi >n
long since digested and prepared for
the complete independence of South
America. If England engages in this
plan, she will propose to the U. States
to co-operate in its execution. Miran
da wiH be detaine^Jiere under one
pretence or anothef^ntil events shall
decide the conduct of England. The
revolution of Spain is decreed ; the
attempt will be made and the success
is scarcely doubtful. The President
may therefore expect the overture ol
England, and will, I am persuaded ac>
upon it, under the influence of that
wi..e and comprehensive policy, which
looking forward to the destinies of the
new world, shall in the beginning, bv
great and ge erous deeds, lay deep and
firm the foundations of lasting concord
between its rising empires. If possi
ble I will bring together and seasona
bly arrange and send to you, such in
formation as I have been able to pro
cure upon this interesting and very
consequential subject; h iving found
out and acquired the confidence of
certa'm Jesuit*, natives of South A
merica, who, with a view to its inde
pendence are, and for Several years
h.jve been in the service and pay cf
England. I have often conversed with
► O n '1 oiiam A «... _ „ __L • L . 1
-, —— — la nuiui in;y
have prepared foi1 their emj lowers._
These communications throw much
light upon the population, the reve
nueg, »he oppression and the te nper
a d character of the Spanish Amen
CAUS.”
n faihfulextmefc,
y. Wagner, Cfi. Clk, Dep. State.
(No. ly.y
Extract of a letter from Mr. Kiug to
the Secretary of State, dated,
Lokdqw, April 6, 1798.
“South America must soon pass
through a revolution : We have an
immense interest in (he event, as well
as in the manner in which it sh.,11 be
effected. In a former letter I have
communicated to you the views and
intentions ot England, who will nor
promote the revolt in case Spain shall
be able to save herself from a rtvolu
tioD, and keep the French out of Por
tugal. And though .here svems a lit
tle probability that this will be the
case, England, since the arrival of Mi
randa here, but without his knowledge,
has informed Spai^, not onlv that she
will not countenance or assist the Spa
nish colonies iu becoming indepen
dent, but that she will join her in re
sisting the endeavors ot others to ac*
complish it; provided that Spain will-,
oppose the views of France against!
her own dominions, and those ot Por- ;
tugal. Ad the siime time that this ,
communication has been made to1
Spain, an expedition has been prepnr-1
ed and the corresDondent arrant.
ments at Trinidad have been ordered j
for the purpose of beginning the revo- I
lution of South America, hi this e- j
v~nt, as I have before intimated to you,
E.iglaud will at Philadelphia open
nerself to and ask the co-operation of
the Umted States—Miranda, who
is impatient with the delays he expe
riences, as well as ignorant of the pro
visional decisions ol this Cabinet, h is
concluded to send his friend ar,d as
sociate, Mr Caro, to Philadelphia with
a letter lor the Prendent, and I have
given him a letter to identify and in
jiroduce him to you. Conjecturing
the intentions of Prance and knowing
with precision those of England, we
shall he the better able in season to
comider and regulate the c induct that
it shall be proper for us to pursue.”
A faithful extract,
y. Wagner, Ch. Clk. Dep. Stale. *
(No. V.)
Translation from the French.
Mr. President,
Itisin th- name of th- Spanish
American Colonies, that 1 huv to*
rt mor t > sen ! to your E* lleucy the
a-meted proposition*. I .i*-y have
bccu in the l;kc manucr, presented
the Ministers of his Britannic Majes
ty, who have received them very fa
vorable by expressing much satisfacti
on in haviqg an opportunity to act, in
such a transaction, with the United
States of America. And it seems to
me that the d lay which I experience,
truly afflicting in a moment so urgent,
results precisely from the expectation,
in which the English government ap
pears to be, of seeing N->rth America
decided to break d finitively with
France; by the desire which she has,
to make a common cause, and to co
operate together, for the absolute in
dependence of the whole continent of
the new world.
. A3 the spirit of justice, generosity
and attachment of my fellow-ci izens
towards the United States, appears
better expressed in the document
which contains my powers and in*
structions, I have determined to en
close a complete copy ot it j persua
ded that this frank and friendly con
duct will serve more cflicacio :sly to
accelerate the decision ; depending ne
vertheless upon the indispensible re
serve, in all that does not directly re
gard the United States. If any one
of those articles which are contained
in this instiuction, or any other thing
relative to it, should want explanation,
D. Pedro Joseph Caro, one of my com*
patriots and ui3o commissioner of the
Spanish American Colonies, who is to
deliver this leuer to you, is able com
petently and ampiy to satisfy you id
all things.
His mission, after having received
the orders ot your Excellency, is to
proceed without delay to ihe Spanish
American continent, to the end to in
lor it our consticu nts and compatriot*
ot the actual state cl’ the negociations
confided o U3 as well as oi trie po'it
cal situation of Europe.^ I pray yo1
-o have (he goodness to facilitate him,
in evr.ry thing he shall want lor thi
important object, and to transp rthim
•elf immediately to the province 01
dan’afee de bgoia.*\
1 wid not dissemble from you, Mr.
President, iny inquietudes toueernin
ih« ap roa Jung entry of French ti o ps
into Spain, lor tear (hat a convulsive
movement in tile mother cojntiy (La
Aletr/pole) may produce anarchical
commotions in the colonics; and tha.
the abominable system of Fiance, may
urroduce itself mno~g ulor want cl
having 'aken p-ompt and efficacious
measures to prevent it. Dii avertant!
finally I hop , that tne lie tie succour
ot which wc . aVc occasion to begin,
and which amounts to fix or eight
ships of the line, . d f mr or hv*.
thousand men ot troops, we shall eiis -
L find both in England and A mrica.
My wishes would be that t ie sbi
should be English, and the l.nd Jor
ces Americans.—May providence or
dain that tne U. S. may d > for their
compatriots of the Sou h in 1798
what the King of France did for them
in 1778.
I felicitate myself, always to see at
the head of the executive power in A
merica, that distinguished person, who
by his courage rendered his country
independent, and who by his wisdom
has since given it a government well
.Jiu nceci, ana tnus preserving its li
berty. We shall undoubtedly profit
by your learned lessons ; and 1 rt joice
to inform you, beforehand, that the
lorm of government projected, is mix
ed ; with an hereditary chief of the
executive power, under the name ol
Yaca: and what I like still be.ter,
taken in the same family: a Senate
composed of noble families, bat not
hereditary ; and an House of Com
mons, elected among all the other cL
tizens, who shall possess a competent
property. Such is the sketch of the
form of government, which appears
to unite the majority of suffrages in
the Spanish American continent, and
which will no doubt p-event the fatal
consequence of the French republi
can system, which Montesquieu calls
ext-eme liberty.
In addressing these propositions
directly to you, l have believed that 1
nave made all the reserve requisite in
an afT.tir, as extraordinary as it is im
portant. 1 have the banor, moreover,
to inclose a s ate of the population,
oredae ions, exportations ft consump
tion ot Spanish A nerica ; which, tvav.
ng been made upon information tl»*
most exact as well as the mo*t recent,
das appeared 40 me to m.rit your a>
tuuuoa.
With sentiment; of the highest co.i*
sideration, &c.
FRANCISCO DE MIRANDA,
to h s Excellency John Adam?,")
President of the \J. States of L
America. J
London, this 24th of March, 1798.
No. 6—is onlv a triplicate copy of
the foregi >ing letter from Miranda —
which I h.’vemaiked No. 5, with onl/
in additional postscript, dated Apr l
28th, 1798, in these words—— P. S.
Some unforeseen accident, in the em
baikatiou ol'Mr Caro, at Falmouth, as
well ns the changes which happened af
terwards in the Spanish Ministry, an
nouncing rather a taking ol p 3s*s$ion,
by the French Directory, than any
thing else, have compelled Mr. Caro to
proceed directly by the packet boat of
liarbadoes to Trit ida l, & from thence
to Sante Fee, upon the Spanish Ame^
rican coatnu nt. I hop-, that th s acci
dent, or the delay whi h it may have
produced, will cause no prejudice to
the important affair which we submit
to the consideration of your Excellen
cy ; and so much th£^more, as the do
cuments which a company it, appear
to me sufli icntly to explain it. Mr.
Caro is charged, moreover, to send
persons authoiised to your Excellency,
from the raomeut he shall anive in our
country. m jyi
I shall add nothing at present, but
that r.o such persons i ver arrived to mo
f om S. America, hor any other com
munications from Air. C tro. In my
ituci, i *iiau senu you mere ct
the remaiuing papers relative to this
autlject.
JOHN ADAMS.
Q /mcv, M ty e, 1310.
VWFUL AND EXTRAORDINARY.
In the thurd r storm of Wednesday''
mo ning last as four teams were pass.ng
•l'»ng the road at the cast ei d of Mr A.
n->s LLymakei*-* pi.ice [leading to a d
near the turnp.ke ] they were all at the
s -me instant stiuck wi h lightning r),;e
I the team. had five hiir.es, b longed to
Christian Witmer [01iickeys»;J .t.e whole
five were killed. The three o her teams
had each four horses. Tiny bri nnig to
tlie following named pe;so.:s, v z Jacob
Rrantj Jacob Hjdeman and J.»cob itaxer,
md e.icb of these teamt had tnree hcr«
sbj k lied. Tne drivers woe ail on .heir
-addle horsss. Three of the saddle ho-.
<es were k lied, and the four h tsiuped;
but what is nt..st extraordinary and p.o.
r:dential is tlie circumstance that not 01 e
of the drivers appear to be injured by .ho
t’ghtning. One is somcwliu. t uit hy tho
lull of his hor^e.
Marvellous as :h s relation may ap-.c-ar,
we can vouch fur its auth n.icty n. every
par lcular. We have it four undoubted
~u-hori v,
'1 he teams all appear to ba7e been
t»uck at 'lie sanv. n oment. 1 Uy weio
following each other in cl i»e order.
[Lancaster Journal.
REMARKABLE INTERFERENCE
OF PROVIDENCE.
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SMC fcU .1 Ul» VJUJIUJy II.C iVlTX
ult. a singular cncumsiancc* r.l pioviden.
tial mercy tock place in Hclifar: own^l ip,
adjoining (he plantation of rr.«jor Wm
Moorhead Mr Francis Hunt, his wile,
and five children, were seated n h s house
between the stove and fi e place. Tl.®
lightning struck the house. T lie t left tie
fluid descended through the stove pipe,
tne shock of which inimedmlely prustra.
ted the whole family. They remained in
that situation for some t.mt t btr have
all recovered, except one of the gi.ls, who
•s yet unable to walk. Icti ^ con.iiiciab.y
scorched.
What renders this circumstance ram?r»
kable is, that iw.» cats I ing under the
stove, (and a hen ihat tv-a in th-- morr,)
within a short distance cf ihe t nmlv, v*tre
ms p.niancnusly U lied. In this cirruu ..
s'ance, is most st iktuply d pi^wd the
merciful interferen ce c.f Ij.v rt I’n vu
der.re. How many if our It !..sy t'ta*
t’ures Hnnt'o’iy fall a sacufice Xn tin <1 -
1 vour.ng ch.nts it i Ar.d pi b >'v ’V >y
are rniracii] u-ly fended fr. ui »t
rerous efi fts.—Dau.,hin Guard
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