The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1806-12-23 00:00:00, page 2

MR. FOX'S WILL.
{_ Ext rafted from the Regifry of the, Prerogative
Court, of Cttnterburj~\,
£ From a late London paper. 3
This is the lad Will and Teftament of me, the
Honourable Charles James Fox, of St. Anne's Hill,
iu the Parifls of Cherifey in the County of Surray.
Whereas the late Mr. Redman, of Hatton garden,
did, by hit Will, give and bequeath unto me a le
gacy of five hundred gjineas, which fum I (hall be ei*
titled at fome future time to receive, together with
the intered that will become due for the fame : Now
1 do hereby give and bequeath one moiety, or equal
half part, of all Inch monies, unto my nephew, Hen
ry Foi, fun of General Fox; and the other moiety,
or other half part thereof, unto Robert Stephen, a
youth now living with Lord VKcount Bolingbrook*,
in America. And whereas 1 am entitled to one an- j
nuity, or clear yearly fum of one hundred pounds,
lately granted to me by his Grace John Duke of ]
Bedford, for and during the term of the natural life
•r Harriet Willoughby, in the grant thereof named ;
Now T do hereby give and bequeath the fame annui
ty unto my wife Elizabeth Bridget, for and during
the term of her natural life, if file, the faid Harriet
Willoughby, {ball fo long live; aud from and alter
the deceafe of nty faid wife, unto the faid Harriet
Willoughby, for her own ufe aud benefit. I give,
devife, and bequeath, all the reft and refidue of my
personal eftate,of what nature or kind foever, not by
pae before difpofed of, and alfo all and Angular my
ye-il eOates, whatsoever and wherefhever, unto my
laid wife, Elizabeth Bridget, her Heirs, Executors,
Adminiftrators, and Afiigns for ever ; only 1 wills her
to make prefents in my name of any books, pLlures,
or marble, (he thinks fit, as remembrances of me, to
the following friends;—Lord Holland, Oeiier.il F*.x,
General Fitzpatrick, Lord Robert Spencer, Lord Fi«
vnlliatn, Mr. Hare, the Uitlinp *.f Down, Lord John
Townlhend, Mifs Fox, atid M. Bougerie. There are
many others whomt love and value to the greateft
degree; but thefe are uiy oldeft connexions. ! no
minate, conftitute, and appoint rny faid wife, Eliza
beth Bridget, foie Executrix of this my Will; and re
voking alt lorreier Wills by me made, do declare this
only to be my laft Will and Teftament. In teftamo
tty whereof I have hereunto fet my hand and feal,
this twenty firft day of July, one thoufund eight hun
dred and two. ' C. J. FOX, (L. S.)
Murder of j. p.palm.
*' '*u have no doubt read the particulars of the
Biixder of the unfortunate Bnokfeller, Palm—and
that to intimidate other*, Bonaparte ordered 6000
copies of the lentence of the mock tribunal to be cir
culated all over the continent. Some patriot* here
have in return, fubferibed for the publication and dif
tribution of 60,000 copies of the inclofed letter, which
he wrote to his wife fome hours before his executi
on. ♦You can form no idea of the general indignati
on this murder has excited here and every where elfe
in Germany. The pity of hi« fr>*e •; only furpaiTVJ
by the abhorrence of the Tyrant who commanded
and directed the aflafTins who perpetrated this atro
cious deed.
LETTER FROM J. P. PALM TO IIIS
WIFE,
** In the Dungeon of the Military Prifon of
Iranntu, Aug. 16, t?06, fix o'clock in the
morning—
“ My deareft beloved—when you read thofe lines
you are a widow,and oar dear, dear childern have
no longer a father. My deftiny is fixed, in five hours
I ceafe to live. But though I die the death of a cri
minal^’ou know thit I have committed no crime, 1
fall a viaim of the prefent calamitous tim«s ! times
when an untimely end can neither diihonor a man
whofe whole life has been irreproachable, nor throw
a (tain on his furviving remily. Irr our miferable days
what virtue has not expired by the hands of the ex
ecutioner ?—Do not let your aflliflion for the fate
of a huiband, deprive ycu of firmnefs to fupport the
duties of a mother. Our dear, dear babes (Oh, my
God—I Hull never more prefs them or you to my ;
I>uriling heart !) have now a double claim on your |
maternal love, as well as on „n,,r interna; tender-.i
nefs. Implant in their tender minds all thofe vir.u-I
ous fentimeuts which made their good mother fo ve-i
ry dear to their unfortunate father. 1 advlfe you to |
culled as fnon as poffible the wreck nf our fortune (if
any) and to retire with it to England, or America. In '
thofe fortunate land* innocence is Hill fccu-e, and pa- ’
triotifin is vet fee lire.
“ in my laft fervent prayer*, I recommend you all
to the protection of an Omnipotent Providence, and
to the compalfion of thofe contemporary patriots of
all'countrie* whofe noble bofoms fympathife with my
own ft eling*-, and deplore, if not weep over the del* |
truflion of lihery in wretched Germany.
“ Reward the friend who d»livers this, and for
give, and teach our dear children to forgive my mur
derer. May Heaven pardon him as much as f do. 1
cannot—1 dare not fay more—my lirraft is too full.
Oh, my God ! never—never more to behold and em
brace them anj you ! ! !—Almighty Creator hlcfs &
preferve you all until we meet in another and better
world to part no more. With my hfl bt.ath, your
ever alFeClionste Jmfband.
“ JOHN PAL&”
FROM THS AURORA.
TACTICS OF PRUSSIA.
In modern taffies, the heft lint* of march is
the fliorteft—there is economy in it—of time—
lahoi—dijlance, forage, provifionj, and even of
life.
When in 17DG Bonaparte fet out to retrieve
the difafters of a campaign nobly Conceived hut
inadequately executed—he had but 55,000
men to oppofe 250,000 men, under Boileau al
ready poUl-fled of the pnfles of the Alps:—the
French army badly provided, provirtons fcanty,
and even carriages few and had—“ If we are
vanqiiiflied” laid thin ferf confcioii9 hero,
** He have too much of every thing, if we v.an
** quifti we need no more.”
IPs maicti he determined flior.Id be on the
JhwtrJl line—and in an unprecedented manner,
to the artonifhment of officers of the o'd fchool,
he fuffered Boileau to pafs Novi, Gnvi, and the
Bochetta, (polla deemed impregnable) without
attack. While he pufhed on to Voltri, in ad
vance of Savonna—the battle of Montenotte,
like the battle of Vint, and the battle of Jena,
opened (r?3 road by the fhorteft line into the bo
fom of the country which be had refolved to
conquer.
The means of 1736, 1805 and lflort, were in
deed difproportionate ; hut the difproportinns
were, in favor of the fyrtem—fadts like thel? are
the bert anfwers to thofe who fufler their willi
es to dbfettre their judgment, and who do not
poflefs magnanimity enough to be candid -nor
difr.ernment enough to pcrccave that their pre
judices muft only tend to aggravate their mor
tification and their difappointment.
Oct. 1, 1805, Bonaparte eroded the ^.ine
at Strajbnr/i, the fliorteft line to Vienna—
f)^. I, 1806, he crofled the Rhine at Meniz,.
the ftiorteft line to Berlin.
The battle of Schlnitz, appears to have been
what thebatt1f3 of Montenotte, arid of Ulm,
were to the campaigns referred to.
Bonaparte joined the army on the 7th of Oc
tober, in (1805 and) 1€0C—the operation! com
menced on the 9tb in both year#—!e» us row ,
purine the movement* with the bert light* v/e
poffefi.
By the .idrices which had preceded thofe that
furnifli the material* of thii day’s remarks, it
appeared that the king of Prufiia had removed
his brad quarters to the town of Hoff, a city
the riv.-r Stele, in the duchy of CnUcobach,
24 m*!« NNE. of Rareutb, about SC NE. of
Bamberg. This polition luing only about 8
miles from the frontiers of Bohemia, appears!
'o have been cbofen, either to draw the atttn» i
tion of the French chief out of the Jlrait lint, or i
to afford a fafe retreat into neutral teiritoiy ;
or what is more probable, to induce a fufpicinn
that the Pr.iffiana Would be reinforced and aid
ed by Aufhia on the fide of Bohemia. The !
movements of the French on the Wefer, and j
the early determination to make Caffel the cen- j
tral magazine of the French army, by the;
firengtheninp of its defence, and the rb"in ofj
redoubts which extended from that depot like!
rays from a great centre, foon convinced the
Piufiinns, that they were not deftined to lead
the adverfary out of the lint of operations.
The king of Pruflia as foon as liouapaite had
joined the army, on the 7th, quitted Hoff. and ,
advanced hi» army in threedivdions, and display- ,
ed his purpofe of placing his right on Frankfort,!
his centre at Wurtzburg, and his left at B.*m-!
berg, thefe pofitions about 20 miles frotn the
centre to the fianks of each wing—or a line of,
40 miles—the whole covered in front by the ri- j
yA Maine. The reader mult not conluler the:
Prufiians in poffefiion of thpfe cities, they only .
mark the pofitions of the armies. Frankfort
and Wcrtzburgh were both in pofieflion of the!
French, whether Bamberg was occupied by ci
ther does not appear.
By this difpoiition of the Prutlians, Caffel, tlisJ
main depot of the French, was placed 50 miles
in the rear of their rl0)t wing ; and it was, on
the principles of the old feboo/, reafonnhle to
fitppofc that the French would be fpeciAlly care
ful to maintain their communication with that
depot.
The French appear on this, as on former oc
cafiopg, at Marengo and Aufterlitz,to have been
arranged in deep clofe columns, forming cchel
lons by the heads of the centre column of each
wing—and not byechellons of battalion—in the
following difpoiition :
II
II
Kach of thefe may be coniidered as forming
a column of from 5 to 10,000 men each—be
Tide being fo difpofabie as to form complete
wings in line of battle by a fiiort rapid move
ment forward on the centre ; or to throw from
the rear, of either main body, auxiliary columns
to cover or fupport the flanks or the centre—
thefc may be prefumed to be cxdulive of the
referve, \nd by difpolition capable of covering
any open country, and diftributing the force in
fuoh a manner as to render fubfiftrnce cafy for
all.
Rernadotte (prince of Ponte Corvo) appear*:
to hare had the honor of commanding the ad
vance or central columns ; Augcreau, the right;
and Murat (duke of Berg) the left; that is their
columns were the advance of the fevcral main
bodies, centre and wings.
The Prufiians having unfolded thrir defign
to turn the French right, and cut ofTthe com
munication with Caflcl 5 of which the taking
quarters caily at IIolF, is a continent part ; the
French appear to have determined to defeat
them by a counter ftratagem ; and to turn the
Pruflian left; which was completely efi'edted,
and the French polition now formed a right an
gle on their former front ; their left at Gera, in
the county of Schartzburg, their right advanc
ed beyond Scb/aitx, in the county of Rtufs, a
fpace of -to miles. Gera the left of the French,
only 70 miles from Leipzig and 130 from Berlin,
Sc.hl.titz, within CO milts of Leipzig ; and ly
ing from the French in a direction nearly north,
with the current of the rivers, always favorable
to an invading enemy, at their command.
(There are two places named Gera, which mult
not be rnnFon<!<“<t, ore of which is s:; the Lif
ter river, and very near the theatre of action,
but thirty miles nearer to Leipzig.)
l he marfl'.als Ncy and Soult appear to have j
had command of feparatc columns, but from the |
pl.iHic character of Fieuch tallies, and the fa- |
cility with which columns change front or incor
porate with or feparate from others ; it is very
difficult to difcriminate their feparate routes.
The manoeuvres and contre-manccuvres of the !
armies occupied the yth, 10th, ltth and lath I
of October ; actions appear to have taken place !
betweirf wings of the relative armies on the!
10th anti 11th—(correfponding exactly with
the campaign of 1805) the battle of Scblaitx
on the Sale river, appears to have been defperate
th»>’ not a general battle ; but it proved fatal to
the PrulVians.
On the fuccecding day at Saa’fcld, fifteen
miles *r.7cr down the liver, and fo much neat
er to llerlin, another defperate aflion was
fought ; and the illuc may he inferred from the
fail that battles were fought—
On the 12th at Lobe wit z on the Sala, 3 miles
N. W. of Naumburg, and 25 miles from Leip
zig, 125 from Berlin.
On the 13th, at Naumburg.
On the 14th, at Jena, ten mile4-.
On the 15tb, at Weimar.
On the 16th, alKofcn.
On the nth, wi h the Pruflian army of rr
f rve, 54,000 chofen troops, Saxons and Prr.f
fians, between Lanrbfladt and Halle. The lat
ter is a celebrated city for its population, in
duftry and opulence, it is the ancient capital of
the circle of Malle but the modern duchy of
Magdeburg, and about 20 miles from Leipzig,
on tiie river Sala ; Leipzig is on the liver Pld/j,
which fails into the Sala, five miles above Halle.
Lanchftadt or Lnuchftedt, is on the welt fide of
the Sala, about 8 miles above 1! die. ^
Tiie Pruliians though difconcevted in the ori
ginal dtfigii of turning the right Hank of the
French, were not tardy in new arrangements,
ftiited fo the nature of the cifcumftances and
of the country ; their plan afiumed immedi
ately a double charafler : defend ve and offen
five ; the fteep banks of the Sala, and the ia
piditv of its cnrr«t, were favorable to defen
five operations ; Um new plan of operations is
attributed to prince Ilobenlohe, wliofe difaf
ters and blunders in the year ’794, ought to
have prevented his again appearing in the field
34 a commander. He propnfed turning the
right flank of the French, while the centre army
fhould maintain the Sala and the ftrong pafft i
between Speilberg and Kofcti, and the com
munications at the confluence of the Unftrul
with Sala below Rojbacb.
This theatre of war was wrll calculated to
infpirc the heroifm of the contending armies.
(>n the 5th of Novemlwr 1757, one of the molt
dreadful battles was fought and the moft lignal
victories gained in thl annals of that nr any
preceding era,by the great Frederick of Prtiflia
with 29sOOO men, over 50,000 Aitftro-imperial
if.s and French under the prince of Smibife •,
the allies were defeated with a lofs of fixty pieces
of cannon, and near )o0(> killed and wounded ;
the Pri»niin9 who gained tire battle as much by
fuperiof (kill and difeipline as courage and con
ftdente% loft not more than 5(H) men.
The Pruflian* had every motive for exciting
their military fame at Rofbach ; the French had
to retrieve under the nee.v dynnft] the inglorious
defeats which they fofiered under the old—but
the fortune of battle was not conftant to the
armsof Pruflia—the great foul which animated I
had gone, or it had taken it? abode in th«bod)’
of the general w'.iooppofed them.
The ifTbe is aII that we can yet deforiuc-—the
feme of action it eafily traced ; but the difpofi
tiont for the battle are not fitch as can enable
the molt difeerning to' approach more than two
points on a’ range of s.5 miles—that is the at
tack in the defiles of itofen, and the battle on
the oppofite or call fide of the river Uujtrut, at
Jena. [Thit Jn*« is a different place from
that before noticed which ftands on the Saia.3
Rofbach is but five miles from Jena, which it
in the duchy of Ejrfnach, and 20 miles weft
from Leipzig.
The king of Prnffia, duke of Brunfwick,
Mollendorf, Kalkreuth, prince Henry, prince
Ferdinand, Kuchcl, Ilohentohc, prince of
Orange, and Eugene of Wirtemberg,' were the
Pruffian generals—four of whom are reported
killed, and feveral wounded.
The French commahders were Bonaparte,
chief of the ftaflf Berthier, Murat, Bernadette,
Augereau, Davouft, Soult, Ney, are thofe of
which the names are yet knQwn. The French
loft one general of brigade, de Bdly, who was
much diftiiigiiiftied iu tire wars of the fecoud
coalition,iu Italy,
Tlie armies appear to have been very nearly
equal In numbers. The French referve, which
did not, as at AufterJitz, go into action, con
fided of picked corps, and of it Self amounted to
45,000 men—the French columns, independent
of the referve, appear to have been at one time
l’evcn, and at another time nine ; the Fruflian9
alfo appear to have moved by columns at Ko
fen.
The French, on this occafinn, appeared to
have ftudied the taffies of Bunker's hill—from
the partiality which they difplayed towards the
Pruffian officers.
The Piuifians loft all their artillery, 300
pieces, and equipage, and their magazines at
Erfurth, Halle and Leipzig, 25,000 prifoners,
nearly as many killed, 30 (land of colours, and
Brunfwick, Ruchel, and prince Ferdinand dead
on the field of battle.
i nc coniequcnces or tncie parries, are now
the muli important of all confidcrations—it is
cafy now to difcover the truth of auhat vie have
in this paper fo often predi&ed—that on the
continent of Europe, Bonaparte will be foie
dictator and difpofer of power and authority—
he can make and unmake kings—and he can ad~
mil or Jhut out from every river, road Head,gut
and inlet, from the Gulph of Finland to the
Dardanelles, the commerce of every nation
that is his enemy.
Let not folly, or prejudice, or corruption,
conclude that we exult in this flate of things—
we only narrate what wc have for years antici
pated as the inevitable and irrefutable eflTc*5t of
the imbecility and madnel's of the cabinets of
England and Germany. It is the nccejfary re
fa!: of the iicaiy of Fiinitz, ot the mad and
proftituted ravings of the infamous traitor to
liberty, Edmund Burke, of the bloody, exter
minating and affaffinating policy of Pitt ; it is a
retribution of Heaven upon the perfidy and
faithlefinefs of kings. In judging between
whom, we fee no difference between the heredi
tary ufurper of the rights of mankind—and the
conqueror of yeflerday—the fate of the houfes
ot Bourbon, and HapRuirir, and Brandenburg,
are of no other confederation in the eyes of
common frnfe nor of chrittinn truth, than that
of the houfe of the humble cottager ; it is lefs,
heeaufe that innocence and virtue which inha
bits the cottage is not to be found in the pala
ces, or furrnunding tfec thrones, of kings—the
mifery which they create is the naturai ofTfpring
of their unacquaintance with humanity, and
their ignorance and indifference to the afflifti
otis which they produce to others, without
partaking of them in their own perfon3, unlefs
when in the courfe of an age fome Charle
magne or Jcnghis Khan—fome Alexander or
fome Bonaparte, Harts from obfeurity to fend i
tacm and their race into the (hade, as an ex- J
ample and warning to mankind to avoid kings. !
Theconqueft and partition of Europe are,
then, but tire neccffary effects of the attempt
to conquer and partition France.
/ina every lusceinve etrort, every new coa
lition, has only humbled or deftroyed the blind
victims of hereditary ignorance and craft.
The inconfiderate may murmur, but what
avails reforting to ejaculations, when the dclu
fions of prejudice can tend only to aggravate
fenfibility, when the event becomes more griev
ous by its greatnefs on comparifon with what
prejudice may vainly covet.
The ports of Europe will be flint a gain ft the
enemies of France—and the vefl'els of any nati
on which countenances hoftility to Fiance will
he excluded—Merchants, who know no religi
on, hut profit—no bible, but their ledgers—
will look to it.
And thofe who arc the emifThries of foreign
governments in the United States, who affetf to
fear the vengeance of the European conqueror,
will now Iticw that they wifli their fears to he
realifed.
The Baltic and the Black fca will he clofed.
Thedynafty of PrufTia will he changed.
Poland will be reftored.
And if Saxony has joined in the league, that
dyn.ifly will be extinguifhed.
Every man from the borders of Holftein to
the borders of Holland, from Bohemia to the
North Sea, from the Oder to the Rhine, fnb
jetted to or allied witn Pruflia, is in fa»5t a pri
soner of war ; the fineft countries for induflry,
and wealth, and men, and arts and fcienccs in
all Germany, are to be found within the fcope
of this ten day’s conquelt, their refources, their
<wealth, their animal force is at the command
of their conqueror ; for in countries of defpo
tifm, he who triumphs is the divinity of the
hour—the fuperftitinn of conqueft is fear, and
wherever fear is the impulfe of mind, the ob
jefl of adoration will be adored—God or De
vi! !
To this condition the fubjefls of all thedef
pots of Europe have been reduced, nnd they
have been fo long accuflomed to a regimen of
government fo much refembling that of the fa
miliar ideas of Hell, that every man who chan
ges or promifes to change their condition is
looked upon as a redeemer, beenufe no change
can be conlidcred as for the worfe.
COPENHAGEN, Sept. 2.
The following declaration ofhis majefty has
juft her; publiflied here relative to Danifli IIol
flein :
« Chriftian Vf I. by the grace of God, king of
Denmark, Norway, rtf the Wendep, and of the
Goths, See. See. make known : that from the
diflblutiou of the tics of the Germanic empire,
declared by the mod confiJerable part of the
flatesof Germany at ihe diet of the ill of Infl
month, and the folerr.n declaration of the dig
nity of the fopreme chief of the empire which
annuls its « onftitntion, ai alfo the political ties
which till then united the imperial domains fub
mitted to our domini/m, to the emperor and to
the empire ; cur reUfions, connections and oh
ligations no longer xifting in confequetice of
thismcafme, wc hvr judged proper to make
known, to dec la} and to order, as follows, the
relations nod the confiitution which we eflablifh
in thefe provin<es, till then forming a pait of the
Germanic entire.
“ Our Dut^y rtf llclfteir, or.r lord/hip of!
pinneberg, 6\’r county of Kantian, and ourcl»j
tyofAltona (hall continue to be rnrhprifed on.
derthe general, denomination of the duchy of
Holftein, ahd (ball no longer form any more
than.qne with tbe ftates united tinder our roy
al fcftptre—-Thefe countries (hall in cimfe
quencc be Submitted to our foie unlimited domi
nion.
“ At to the relations which ceafe to exift a
mongthe provinces of the empire, we older ti
effablifh our fuperior dicaflery at Gltickftarit,
under the title of fuprtnie and royal tribunal of
Holjlein, for the purpofe of tendering juAice in
our name; the tribunal of the nobility may,
however, exercife its jurifdidtion conjointly
with this fupreme court, and under our fove
reign authority, as it had done till then.
“ Although in confequence of the diflolution
of the conftitution and the tics of the Germa
nic empire, the. code of laws becomrs null and
void, wc neverthtlefs order that until a new or
ganization take place, and for which the ne
ceft'ary orders have already been given, all cau
fes be tried according to the laws and ordi
nances in ufe in each place, as far as they apply
to the civil and penal code.
“ The execution of the faid article is placed
under the refponfibility of every individual.
“Given at our palace of Frederickfburg, the
9th September of the year iso6, of the birth of
our Saviour, and the 41ft of our reign.”
(t~ s.) CHRISTIAN.
Signed,
Moejlingy Rentr.azi', Jrnffer:.
Domestic.
BALTIMORE, December i5.
From our Correfpondent at Annapolis.
AwNAHaiis, Dec. 12,
On Wednefday laft, came to anchor in our harbor,
his Imperial majefly’s (hip L’Eole, of 80 guns: It
will be obfervsd that this is the larged (hip that ever
entered any port within the U. States. Thus may
maders of veflcls of any burthen fee that they can at
?ny time find a fafe harbor in the Severn river, with
in half a mile of this city, where they may ride out a
ny gale of wind in fafety, let it blow from what quar
ter it may. There has always been an idea held out
by pilots to maders of veflcls, (from what reafon we
cannot fay) that there are but feventeen feet water o
ver the middle ground, outfide of Grcenberry’s Point,
which is at the entrance of our harbor ; but for the
information of pilots and maders of veflels, they are
informed, that the channel has been founded feveral
times lately, and that at a common tide there are
twenty-one feet water in the channel over the middle
ground and after eroding the middle ground, front
four to five fathoms, a c=::f:dcrablc difLuce up Severn
river—It may be proper to obferve, that when the
L’Eole came in, the tide was at lead eighteen inches
below common tides, at this feafon of the year.
Fed. Gax.
John Pope has been eledted a fenator in Congrefs,
to ftrve fix years from the 4th March next, for the
(late of Kentucky.
Henry Clay has been appointed a Senator of the U.
States from Kentucky, to ferve until the 4th of March
next,vice Mr. Adair, refigned.
On Saturday the 6th infianr, a motion was made
in the houfe of delegates of Maryland, that leave be
giveu to bring in a bill, entitled- “ An aft for the ora
dual abolition *f Jlavrrx." Determined in the nega
F.ytraft of a letter from J ieut. Coen it. Jaeol dated
Ketib, (Etna River J Miffjffti, November bib,
1 806.
1 hive the pleafure to inform you cf our arrival in
the river yeflerday, with the gun-boats No. 1 1 and
(2, in company, and all in good condition. The Ve
fuvius federated from ns on the night of the 17th Oc
tober, a few leagues ea(l of the iihutd of Abico.
“ The Ketches fail very faft—The gun-boats far.
exceed our expectation*.—They were nearly as dry as
the ketches, although they were kept under a
prefs of fail all the paflage, which was uuui'ually
“ I have left No. 11 and 10 at Fort St. Phillips,
(about 10 leagues above the Balize) to wo<»t and wa
ter, and tht n proceed to Lake Pon.'h.r rain and
cruize there, according to order: that 1 received from
Capt. Shaw, at the tuiizc.”
K.lt. Pap.
NATCHEZ, Nov. 4, iso5.
Extra Ft of a letter from Natchitoches, dated Oc
tober 24, 1 Set;.
“ The troops ad marched from here, towards
the Sabine river the day before yefterday, a fmall
number ofinvalids, Sec. excepted, perhap; t>0
in all, under Captain Strong, who is left here
to command the Fort ; thofe gone out are 3
companies of artillery, commanded by Major
Porter, with -1 pieces of cannon, nine compa
nies of infantry, divided into two Tsntalions, one
commanded by col. ivingfbury, the other by
Capt. Sparks, and C.ipt. Farar’s company of
horfe, and a company of mounted infantry,
from the County of Rapides, commanded by
Major Weld). They camped h.ft night at the
Adi/.a, and the day after to-morrow will beat
the Sabine, or-fome of them. Thty have taken
tools, a blackfmith’a forge, and every thbijf
they will want* to eftahtifh themfelves f >r a
time; but it i t uncertain yet what pofition
will be chofett, or what order may come from
the Executive. 'i'he Spaniards are all on the
other tide of Sabine, amt fiili talks of defending
what they claim on this fide; but they are un
able to contend with the trpopg General Wil
kinfon has out.-They will probably rein
force with ail expedition in their power. No
body here believes there will be any fighting at
prefent.”
General aosembip of wltesjima.
ExtraSi from the Journals of the Houfe of
Delegates.
MONDAY, Dec. is.
An engroffed bill, “ To amend the act, entitled, an
adt, “To extend the juriidi&ion of jultices «f the
peace,” was read a third time, and a blank therein
filled up ;
Mfohrd, that the bill do paft, and that the tit**
he,, “ An adt, to amend the a<5t, entitled, an aCt,
“To extend the jurifdidliou of jultices of the
peace.”
On the motion of Mr. Prunty, fecomled by ?/Tr Wy
art, ordered that the tyes and roes on the paffj<'« of
thefsid bill be inferted in the journal; Ayes 7>J
Noe< 6f>.
An engrofled bill, “To amend the law of def
rentr,” was read a third time, and a bisnk tlterein fil
led up ; and the tjueftion being put upon the palfave
of the hill. * pa'J< d in the negative:
Rtf'JvrJ, That the faid bill be rejedled.
'i'he fpeakerlk'd before the houfe a letter from the
governor, accompanied by fundry documents for the
confide rat ion of the grneral A.Temldy ; and the faid
etter being read; on motion, ordered, that fo much
if the f.rd letter, together with the documents accom
panying the fajue, a,relate* to the Penitentiary ri?a-!
jlifhtneni, i>e referred to the commute to whom wa:
■elerred that part of the Governor* coimmtnicaskai re
atinjf to the faid eftablilbment.
On motion, OrJertJ, Thar |V> much of the fab! ler
:er, with the documents ac. winpanyin# t* - *-t» at
reiaJe* to thepuLic guir.l, i< reiVrrrd to the coni,
mittee appointed to enquire into the Hate of the pub
lic guard: r
On motion, Ordertd, That fo much of the faid let
ter with the accompanying document, as relates to
the uniform of the militia of this commonwealth, bo
referred to the committee to whom was referred that
part j>f the Governor’s communication relating to
the militia laws?
On motion. Ordered, That the remainder of the
faid letter, with the accompanying documents, be laid
upon the table.
A hill, “ Concerning the election of members of
the court of huttings andiA:...non hall of Frcderiekf
burg^
A bill, “ To amend the fevcral arts empowering
Securities to recover damages in a fummary
way 1
A bill." To amend the !aws of this commonwealth,*
I concerning difeuunts and offsets;”
A bill,“To amend & explain an adl,entitled,an a<ft
“ To reduce into one all adls aud pans of adls relating
to the appointment and duties of ftierifis;’’ aud,
, A bill, “To amend and explain the a6t, entitled,
an adl to reduce into one all acts and parts of a&s ref
pedting sounty andxo^poration clerks (which bills
were heretofore laid upon the table,) were called up
and fevrrally read the firft time and ordered to be read
a fecund time.
The committee of propofitinns at grievances have,
according to order, had under their confideration fun
dry petitions to them referred, and have come to the
following refolutiohs thereupon :
Refolded, As the opinion of this committee, that the
petition of fundry inhabitants of the county of Monon
galia. praying for a divitton of their faid county be re
medied.
Reftlvtd, As the opinion of this committee, that
the petition ol fundry inhabitants of the counties of
Shenandoah and Rockingham, praying that a new
county may be formed out of certain deferibed parts
of the faid counties, be rejedled.
xc*jmvm, U»c opinion or this committee, that the
petition offundry inhabitant* of the count? of Albe
marle, praying that a law may pafi incorporating a
company to render the Rivanna river navigable from
Milton to Moor’s ford, oppofite the town of Char
lottefville, and to receive a reafonable toll for th» ufe
of that portion of the river, until reimburfed the prin
cij al and intereft of the fums expended, is reafonu
ble.
Thefe resolutions being feverally read a fecor.d
time, were on the quefliou put thereupon, ?. rree<l to
by the houfe.
IVIr. Smyth (of Wythe) front the committee
for courts of jufUce, made the following report :
The committee for courts of juftics, have, accor
ding to order, had under their confidcration the peti
tion of Charlotte Eall to them referred, and have a
greed upon a report, and come to a refolution thereup
on, as follows:
It appears to your committee by the depofitions of
fundry perfons, that fince the intermarriage of the
petitioner, with her nufoand Wm. Ball, he has fre
quently treated her in a cruel manner, often giving
her fevere and dangerous blows, and threatening to
deprive her of her life.
It aifo appears to your committe, by tfie dapofirion
of another perfon, that the faid Wm. Bali confelfeif
to him, that fince his intermarriage wirh his liiil
wife, he has frequently committed the crime of adul
tery.
Rrftlvtd. That it is the opinion of this committee,
that the petition of the laid Charlotte Hall, praying
that an adl nicy pafs divbicing her from her faid huf
band, or empowering fonie tribunal to pronounce
futh divorce, he rejected.
I lie faid refutation being read a fecond time, was
on the queftion put thereupon, a-.eed to by the
honfe.
CrontJ, That leave be given to bring in a bill,
“ Topunilh certain thefts and forgeries;” >nd that
Mi-fTr?. Brooke, Pftill, Hunter, Harm an fun, Irwin,
Watts and J. H. houfttee do prepare and brin^ in
the fame.
A petition vvj, prefeuted and read from a number
of the inhabitants of Alheinarie and Aniherfl coun
ties, prating that the faid counties may be attached
iu tiie diftrici lor which a fuperior court of Chancery
is balden in the town of Staunton ;
A)fo,a petition fiom a number of the inhabitants
of the town of I’eterfburg, praying for certain altera
tions in tlie militia lnw.folar as the fame relates to the
militia of the faid tow n ;
Alio, a petition from a number of the citizens of
Norfolk borough, praying, HI, certain alterations in
the law which directs the laid borough to bn divided
into eight v ards for the purpofe of elcdUiig con jtion
coitncilmen—Sndijr, an ecter.fion of the limits of tho
jurifd-^tfon cf laid borough, fo as to pe rmit thr exs
ftition ot procefs againfb criminals and fugitives from
julfice any where upon the waters within the iim’st.suf
the port of Norfolk and l’ortfinnuth—and Srdly, cer
tain alterations in the law relating to the appointment
anddutie of harbour-mallsrs
OrJitti!, That fo much of the fiift name.J petition
as relates to the county of Albemarle, together with
{he remaining petitions and the faid memorial, be re
ferred to the committee for courts of juftice ; tint
they do examine the matter thereof and report the
fame with their opinion thereupon to the houfe.
A petition was prtfented from a number of the in
habitants of the tovyn of Manchefler and its vicinity,
praying the paffage of a law to incorporate a company
for the purpofe of improving the navigation of James
river adjoining the falls on tiie Chetlerfuid lb ore ;
OiJ-rrt/, That the (aid petition be referred to the
committee of prepofitions and grievances; that they
do examine th»- matter thereof anj report the fame
with their opinion thereupon to the houfe.
A petition was prefented and read from a number
of the inhabitants of Fiederickfburg, Falmouth and
rlleir vicinities, praying the paiTage of alive authorif
ing a lam ol money to be raifed by lottery for im
proving the navigation of Rappahannock river.
And the queftion being put npon the reference of
the laid petition,it p ifiied in the negative.
Jirfo vr</, That the faid petition berejerted.
On motion, Refolvcd, That the Treafurer’s ac
counts do pafs.
. he orders of the day for the houfe to refo'.vc itfelf
into a committee of the whole houfe on the refoluti
ons from the llato of Kentucky “ Propofing an a
mcndnienr to the cor.flitution of the United .Slates,’*
and on the ilareofthe commonwealth, btiug read;
OrJertd, That the fame be put off till to-morrow.
TUESDAY, December Ifi.
A bill, “ Concerning the election of members of
the court of findings and common hall of Frederirkf
burg ;’’
A bill, “ To amend the feveral arts empowering
fecurities to reaover damages in a f’ummary way j”
A bill, “To amend the lavVsof this commonwealth
concerning difeounrs and ofTfets;’’
A bill, “ To ametid and explain an art, entitled,
an art to reduce into one all art* and parts of arts re
lating to the appointment and duties of (heriffs
A hill, “ To amend and explain the art, entitled,
an art to reduce into one all arts and parts of arts
relperting county F-: corporation clerks ; ’ were (eve
fally read a freond time, and the laft named bill a
mend.il at the clerk’s table, and the faid bill* were
ord.rtd to he engrolled and read a third time."
1 he houfe, according the order of the day, re
folved itfelf into a committee of the whole houfe to
take into confederation the re Motion of the iegiflature
of Ketitucky, propofing an amendment to the confti
tufion of tlie U. States; and after fome time (pent
therein, Mr. Speaker refumed the chair, and Mr. B.
Harrifon reported,that tlie committee had, accord
ing to order, had the ft id refolution under confidera
tion,but not having time to go through the fame,had
directed hi n to move for leave to fit again.
Refolded, therefore, that this Houfe will again to
morrow refolve itfelf into a committee of the whole
houfe to take inro confide ration the aforefaid retain
tion.
Mr. ftsrrifon Amelia) from the committee of
proportion* at id yrier-oers.feporied, r. at the com
mittee had, acoordteg to order, had uitb -r confldera
tiw**b» petition of fuodry irhaki'.atits .rtf the toun y
of Kanawha to them ref-rred ar.tl bad ■ vn> to * re.