The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1810-05-25 00:00:00, page 3

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_K1011 MOM), MAY 25, 1810. *
THE OBSERVER^ ”
No. III.
State or tue Nation.
The trade of the U. S. is about to assume
a new aspect. Tile Orders and Decrees of
% the belligerents are still in force-England
•till declares, that we shall not trade with
Prance-France, that w« shall not trade
with England—but the resolution of France
to adopt new means for preventing the eva
sion ol her decrees on the part of England,
places the U. S. on somewhat new and more
difficult ground. By means of forged papers
and her own licences, li. B. has contrived
to prostitute the American flag, to the emo
lument of her own merchants-to carry
on those branches of trade for herself,
•which she ~ha* forbidden to ns-and to
smuggle her goods into the ports of the Con
tinent. France, unable to distinguish the
use from the abuse of our flag, its employ
ment by our own merchants from its pros
titution by the British merchants. Ins al
lerdy laid the cargoes, professing to he A_
merican under sequestration, and directed
them to lie sold and the proceeds to be de
posited u the Royal Treasury, with a view,
it is said, of “ preveminsr costs to iiulividu
•il claimants ; and still further, to curry
her plans into execution, she has strung a„
Hew the atm of maritime power in Holland,
and is pouring her troops around the mouths
of the navigable fivers in the north, to cir„
cum scribe the activity of smugglers
Prussia, and Sweden and Denmark, are
falling into the same system-.in Russia,
its execution is for a time modified or sus
pended by the commendable activity of our
minister, John Quincy Adam*, whose labors
are given to prevent the prostitution of the
American flag and the use ot British liccu
fees-' " and wno, for th it very reason, is most
consistently abused and denounced by the
tones of lh» - country.
Such is nearly the picture of our situation
—almost shut out of the most lucrative
markets of the continent, and confined to
that oi Great Britain. Under these circum
stances, the consequences cannot but prove
highly interesting—-they deserve the spe
culation ofeveiy thinking man. In these
times, speculation in^hought may be rather
pafer than speculation in trade. The use of
the one may prevent the ruin of the other.
Let us suppose, then that we are let intoG.
Britain, and shutout of the ports of the Cou
tinent——Such, indeed, is almost our pre
sent condition-we may go toG. 15. in safe
ty ; but our property now in France is ei„
tlic-r under sequestration, or to be daposited
Jn the royal chest-under such circumstan_
ces, what merchant will think of risking a
cargo to a continental port, unless the chan
ces of profit should lie immense ?-What
inust then be the consequence of this state of
things ? 1 oe answer to this question is to be
found in the usual relations of trade between
us and England. The Secretary of the
.Treasury tells us in a report of his, in 13C6,
that ot our exports toG. H. “ the tobacco is
siippos* d to exceed the amount wanted for
their own consumption; and that as the laws
ot (i. 15 do not permit tor home consumpti
on the imp . .. ion of the greater part pf the
lit i icle-ot t gn merchandize in American
vessels,-here v hichhave been shipped from
1 ,,r' l’“v‘ >'e!<e,“fiy been either clear
Ml for Eng* .ad and a market, or when laiul
td, warem urii d for re exportation ;M that
“ alt i ought oe quantity of cotton exported
to G H i i increasing, and its value amount
ed in 1804, to nearS 6,200.000 ; yet the total
same <>t thefx/.'.rf* to that country did not,
in that year. ixc. ,i, in articles both of do
mcstic and tore gn produce, ft 13,200,OuO,
v. h.l •! the iin/ior .. ions amounted 10 «; 27,
600,000 ; in: ki . a bu’.laiice in favor ot (}
B. oi 14,200.000 ; lUat as this ballance must
necessai i■ y be paid out of the proceeds of tiie
expoi ts ot the U. S. to other countries it fol
lows that on the,value of those exports del
pends the ability to pnv tor British ruanutac
lures, to that extent ecu.5*
But it also appears from the Treasury re
pot.*, that in our exports of domestic
produce, wire more than $ 12 000 COO— and
in lb07, more than 40 G00.000 ; ihut our ex
ports in foreign produce were in 18o4 moie
ilun >6 000 000 dniluis, and >n 1809, g 50,
€00 000. Hence it is indisputably clear, that
y. B. does I. t take ot <ar.- domestic tiro.,
d ice „• l.i ObO.OOO, and ol foreign, not more
th:.1 2 260 0C; hs.—And hence it follows,
by way of cornu ry, that il|we were confined
m our trade to G « alone, we should
have moreilv.il 33 000 000dulls, in domestic
pint ucd on oni' hands, besides an immense
qu tmi y ot foreign n '.ides, livery man must
see the efl -ct, Every m-rchant should be
on his guard ag .inst i*. When our domestic
produce is shut i ut of the continental p rls;
when our principal staples are confined toa
inai ket, which c;n absorb only a part of them,
• t is impossible, but that this market must be
glutted ; that n any a merchant in the U.
o. wid bee-me a bankrupt in his circum
stances.
V\ t;ef flier*. to our merchants. Mho should
speculate deeply in »ntue !-We know, in
cited, that many of those purchases which
rave been made of the high-priced, first.
g)uulny tobaccqvs, have been effected on the
orders of British merchant_utuorown
shippers should ts ke warning in time. When
the immense numbers < t' vessels, which have
•ai.td from the ports of the U States with
their exuberant cargoes. shall have reached
their ports of destination, deep must be
»lie sensation in the market, wide wast
iiig the drpreciatidn of our produce.—
1 he ar.xuty of Mr Troup* looped the
markets of trance and Holland toms Cot
ton wia prove in vain—and the expedients
« t the Georgia and Carolina delegation, who
Hew from the true interests of their coun
try to raise the prise of their staple, will be
totally unavailing. Their opposition to a
Vigorous series of measures during the last
tension of Congress tviil not succec d-for
their cotton will stiu be driven from its usu
al matkets,
1 he effect of this glut in England will he
felt on this side of the water-and bank
rnptcies will become too much "the order
fff the day, 1 in se very men will th* n
me the submission, into which we luve sunk.
I hey wb lament tlic premature repeal of
A hat Embargo, which they limited down
? ith to much success. They may he wil
1* >.g to do for interest, what they have not
o it)C for honor.
I bese views are important. They will
'pursuade us »o cultivate our own resources,
ins.ead of i isKi.ig our fortunes on the seas—
** -c>e hU.lc.'.r, f;uKliahc$ in the ncrvi
paper*.
to encourage domestic manufactures, im
prove our larnas and vest our Capital in
Canals, Roads, clearing out rivers, and o.
ther works of public utility.
They will teach us how to appreciate
the Valuo of an arrangement with G. B.
which some look for by the John Adams —
These men expect, that though G. H. may
reject the plan of a chronological adjust^
merit, she tnav still agree to rescind her or
ders on condition that we should re new oar
non .intercourse with France-i power,
which is imw conditionally vested in the
President. But unless this repeal should be
attended by a corresponding one on the
part of France, let the value of this arrangi.
ment be appreciated by those who have no.
ted the preceding remarks.
Instead ot this last proposition for an ar
rangement. a plan was offered to the last
session of Congress, which might have con.
i. i’/ihiu ncMniur present embarrassments.
I'his was the Convoy system-ihis would !
have hud an excellent efRct in accelerating
our admission into the continent, provided
the French would have received it as the
test of our cargoes.
Let us see in what way this might have
been effected-liow plain and simple the
means ; how efficient the execution.
Such might hax>e been our course for a
voiding the present embarrassment of our
situation.
The President of the U. States puts up
one ot our armed ships—,-say the John A
dams. An advertisement issues from the
Secretary ot State, notifying that on a cer.
tain day, the John Adams '.trill sail trom a giv*
en port, say N. York, to a port in France,
say Bourdeaux——and that all American
merchants, who wish a convoy to France,
are to rendezvous at New York by that day
In the mean tints every precaution is taken,
that no contraband articles should be ship
ped, and that the cargoes should be precise
*y that description, which is defined by the
laws of Congress. Inspectors ate to be com
missioned at the different ports, to examine
the qualities ot the cargoes, and see that
they correspond to the laws. The cer tiff,
cates of these nten are to go on to the Secre_
tary of Slate, who is, on the receipt of them,
to give a certificate to the shipper that his
'essel is entitled to the convoy. Securities
.tie to be given, that the vessels should obey
t ip onders and signals of tiie commander of
the Convoy. Previous to sailing, the Pre
sident of the U. States is to give a certifi
cate, countersigned cy the Secretary of
State, that tne vessels named are American
vessels, loaded with cargoes of such and such
a description, owned by citizens of the U11L
ted Slates, and that they are authorised to
go under the flag of the John Adams, to the
J ort ot Bourdeaux. The convoy sails.
It they meet with a British public ship or
a Crutzer on their way, the commander of
the John Adams is s<> to act, submit to or
resist the search and detention, of the ships,
as he is bid by his instructions. It the in
solence ot the Briton transcends the limits
c lus instructions, he is then to dare every
extremity ; aye, as Sheridan said, rather
nail his flag to his mr.st, and sink with his
snip, than strike the colours 01 his country
l he question between the two countries will
,)ncc be brought directly to i-sue.
A.'ie States claim certain rights, on
which British supremacy tramples. The
mtciest and honor ot the U. States arestak
. uPort l^e issue-resolution and force
■till do every thing tor us, which honor and
intei est demand.—It the John Adams ar
rives in France, the flag which she wears
on tae niai«tJiead, will be a sufficient pass-j
f,ort to ail that sail with it, Jt will be ai
lodge ot purity, and therefore, of protection. !
, w. . ProVe to the French constituted au-|
thorities, that the vessels who are with the i
John Adams, and whose names are register- j
ed in the certificate of the President, are J
American, not British vessels ; that as far;
as every precaution can be taken, they have j
not prostituted the flag of America to the I
use ot Great Britain ; and that, being the j
property of friends, they are entitled 10 all
W'C lights of hospitality, l hf.se vessels, we '
will suppose, are admitted to the rights of
friendship-their cargoes are sold, w ithout
strsp.c'.cn or sequestration--the merchants
receive their customary profits without any
deduction for the fees of insurance, or the
penis of the adventure.
FOR THE ESSQUIRER.
snt Francis burdf.tt.
ranc,s Burdetr, who has been sent to
wie rower, for an alledgt-d breach of the
jin-'U tfea of the House of Commons, will
i.o d >ubt attract a large share of the public
a.it nt son. J hose who are the objects of
persecution, ate at once placed on a pinna_
e'e "> »he eye of the world, on which the
gaxe of every observer is fixed. This is
true, when the meanest individual is op
I't cased by the hand of power ; but how much
more striking, when it is the hand of the mi
nistry that deals the blow and when that
blow lights npon ohe of the wisest, most ac
complished and popular men in England!
>11 r. Burnett, in delving on this occasion
the ministerial vengeance of the II. of C. is
it ue to his vocation He has been empha..
tica.ly the friend of (hr firinoner and the
enf my oi oppression. Ilis efforts have, un_
til now, escaped the punishment of the Xow„
ci, ni> wot the resentment 6c denunciations of
Ministers. The imprisonment of such a man
on such an occasion, is therefore an interes.
tu.g event in the annals of England-its
consequences may be vast, gigantic and un
defined—how or when it may terminate, b
more than the political prophets of the pre
sent day may be able to predict. To rra
nty the natural curiosity of the public, re.
specting tlie hero of this drama, 1 have
thrown together these short sketches of his
character and li!e. They are (principally
Tinned tromthe “ Public Characters of 1803
This serious advocate of ihe cause of li
berty and humanity is descended from a fn
'# f *^ ori6*n «‘»-y u v trace a, (it suen
genealogies can do any man any good,) »r
the time of William the Conqueror. Hugh
Burch u came into England with William in
the year 1066. In the year 1618, Sir F
Mnrdctjt, Knight, was created a Baronet.—
bn Robert Lurdett, grand father tothe pre
suit Baronet, succeeded to the title and c?
»ate in 1759—hi# son Francis died befoic
leaymg behind him Robert, Fran
cis and Jones. Robert was diowned in dc
sce.nomg one of the cataracts on the Rhine
ami Francis, the subject of these sketches
succeeded to the title and estate at ti.e deatl
of Ins grandfather, Sir Robert.
He w as educated at Westminster school—
and after having spent some time at tiie 1J.
nivarsity, made a tour cf thrcotuim nt ab
the year 1790. He was nt Pat is at an tal
ly pen. <1 of the Firm h Revolution, where
he remained a cimudei^ble time, but it
said to h-irc regarded the changeful events
cf that epoch, as they would strike the eve
tf an uninterested spectator, rather than
with the attention of a politician. The ex
act period of his retuiyi from the Continent
is not stated, hut in the year 179G. he was,
through the interest of the Duke of Netvcas*
tie, returned a member of Parliament from
Borough bridge in Yorkshire. From that
period, he has been imlefatigahlr in the dis
charge of all those duties which bind a mem
ber of the Htltish Parliament. Me has not
merely filled Ins place on all great occasions,
but he has himself, and some times almns.
alone, agitated questions, which involved
the dearest interests of his fellow-citizen*.
I his i*. what, Checthitn and the “British
party” and \I1 the minions of monarchy in
his country, m tv call the Jacobin Ltr.guag :
-hut in their dictionary the enemy of op
presMoo ;s always a. Jacobin.
One of the first nr:s of Ilurdett’s political
life was a man it sod unreserved annuncia
'ion of hi$ sentmujn as a friend <o a lb
form in the corrupt system of Parliamentary
Representation. At one of the most nnmr
rona and respectable meetings ever held in
L-tndon. Sir F. very readily took the chair
and in an animated speech declared his npi
idonsand t.-owed his resolution to prosecute
Ref' rm bv every legal expedient.
His Parliamentary-career, short as it has
been, is full of interest; Iju. we must con
dense it. lie had not been long seated in
St Stephen’s Chapel, before he most unequi
vocally avowed himself a friend to the rights
nt me people, tie enlisted under the Pan
ners of freedom. Upon almost e»i » v q-ies^
lion, relative to the war with France he
joined issue with the ntinrstry, exposed 'the
weakness of their measures, the fu ility of
their attempts to subjugate France, and the
inevitable disgrace which must attend the
prosecution of their schemes. The. speech
which he delivered on the 3d January. 1798,
on the assessed taxes, is said to have been
replete witu sound reason:ng; and to have
shown, that hot withstanding the youth ofth*»
orator, it was the result of deep thought and
sound political principles.
In the following June, he had an opportu
nity of standing forward the avowed friend
of the liberty of the press. A bill was bro’t
into the II. of C. for regulating the publicati.
on i f Newspapers. See. which was opposed
bv die leading members of opposition as a
dangerous innovation. Sir F. regarded it
only as a plan which had been going on for
many years, and which would effectually
undermine all that was valuable in the Bri
tish Constitution as it was settled ac ihJ
Revolution. .
“ A good and free government,” said
he. “had nothing to apprehend, and even
thing to hope from the Liberty of he press.”
What say the advocates of the Sedri-.-n Vet
in this country? 'But despotism cm.red
shade and obscurity; it dreaded the scru
tinizing eye of liberty ; and it an arbitrary!
disposed prince, supported by an unprinci
pled minister, and b .cked by a corrupt par
liament, were to cast about for n.ent.s .o se
cure such a triple tyranny, nq means better
could be devised than the" bill on the table.”
I he present ministers were themselves the
greatest revolutionists. They lmd already
completed a great revolution, not in favor of,
but against liberty. He then reminded the’
house of the unconstitutional measures daily
introduced, one of which he could not fori ;
hear mentioning, the infamous practice, by \
which the whole taiu uf imfiriaonmerit was 1
changed, of sending men to those Bastilesi
which disgraced tire country ; those private !
prisons, where, under pretence of reguhiti
ohs, punishments were inflicted upon men i
as illegal ns they were cruel. And what
there those regulations so called > To keep
men in dismal heart, sickening solitude, to i
feed them on bread and water, and that •
scanty too: to sentence them to hard labor, i
executed by snipes, at the will, perhaps, of j
a merciless jailor. It was natuial for such I
a government to comp! tin of . h- press.”
From this period, ays his bio*'r ioher, we j
may date the commencement of Sir F. B’s I
steady opposition to tha- system of confine - I
ment which seems to have been unknown in j
British land ill withimhe e lew years. He
was not contented with repr i ts that might he
exaggerated; he himself visited and scan
ned the internal economy of those prisons.
He saw the sufferings of no ny and conipas
sionated their distresses. H- invited several
respectable gentlemen, b.;th in and out of
parliament, in \ isit with him the prison in
Fold Bath Fi • ds. B. ing thus satisfi d, that
the treatment of prisoners in mat place was
accompanied by a severity, which neb her
humanity nor policy could justify, lie call, d
the attention ol parliament to the subi. r
gain and again.
In ihe deoate on renewing the suspense
of the Habeas Corpus Act, after having at.i*
mad verted upon it as unnecessary in the vx
isting state of public affairs; as a measure
to which no wis? admioist-a'tion would ie
sort, blit on the most urgin’, occasions ; iie
called the attention of the h .use to a r.as~ of
great hardship, which was too well authen.
tica^cd to admit even of a doubt. He assur
ed the house, that “ a number of persons
were brought up to town from Manchester
loaded with irons, and thrown into the house
of correction, in rooms unprepared for their
reception ; and on the next day, when cx
haunted with fatigue, with hands and legs
swollen, and severely galled w ith the weight
and friction of the fetters, they were sent bc„
fore the Privy-Council, to bd examined, on
Charges of which they were ignorant, and,
as jt has since appeared, completely inno -
cent He nsked whether this was fit and
proper treatment for persons apprehended
on suspicion only, whose accusers were pm.,
bjlify men of doubttul or infamous character;
and whether in dial situation they were like,
ly to be possessed of that calm and steady
recollection of mind necessary to stand be
fore so august a body as the Privy'-Council f
xet, whiiC the Habeas Corpus Act was mig.
pended, there was no redress for men, inno..
cent men. however ill they were treated ”
1 lie evidence of Mr. Aris, ghverno** of that
prison, before a committee if the If. of C.
Match Id, 1799, corroborates Sir F's state
ment, and also establishes the fact, that
fmm March till June, those persons arrest
ed on aiitfiicion only were treated in the
same manner as thore who were actually
convicted of felony. This fact alone demon
strates the necessity of an enquiry ; and Sir
F. by his exertions on »hi3 occasion, cer
tainly deserved the thai.ks of his country.
In I tec. be moved for a list of those per*
sr-ns who had been token up under the sus
pension of the Habeas Corpus. This moti
on whs opposed by Mr. Pot and negatived.
I-Soon afterwards while Sir F. was in the
country, the situation ot the Cold Bath
| Fields prison was in a slight manner taken
Ll,P by some of the friends of the administra
i lion, anti a committee appointed to enquire
j into the state of the prison. This committee
v/g', composed of perser»» knoyyu toba^X.
trentely friendly to the existing admiiiistra
yet even their report demonstrated,
that the prison stood in seed of a complete
iefciunit ion. \t:t wss Sir f IJ. condemned
be persons both in and out of P rliament, for
th<* step.'* he h id taken to bring these tilings
before the public.
Bv a huter trout the Duke of Portland, to
all the Jailors in the kingdom, tie was stigw
mat ized as unfit for the common offices of Ini
utanity, as unworthy of being entrusted with
a knowledge of the wrongs, that were inflict
ed on his fellow.men. It was given in charge
to the keeper of every p ison in the lapd.
that on no pretence whatever, should 1 e be
admitted within the limits of thvir Jurisdic
tion On this oonduct. Sir F. in his place
in -he H of ,< , expressed himself in terms
of proper and pointed indignation.—By his
unremitted exertions, the situation of the
prisoners c rtfinrd in the Cold Bath.Fields
Prison, u ns .rendered more tclerr.hle. The
Urmul and Traverse Jurids, for the county,
were led to investigate tire cntnplaints of
the prisoners; in some instances, to expose
'he horror: to which these w<e*clied met)
were reduced——For these efforts, savs his
hi. g-a;dirr, which would be honorable in
itiv person, particularly in a young man
bm n to influence, was Sir 1’. iiiHhud by
those who have not virtue toperform, or ab.
plntul disinterested .ic's of genuine benevo
lence. Actions which rum dualized and
sanctified the name of Howard, have, in
- ii F B. been branded wi h the most cp_
pmbimts epithets, as tending to weaken the
or.mis ot social order.
That ferment, however began to subside
and his exertions to outnin their reward.
In endeavors to expose the horrors . f the
'* Hng’ish Bastile,” he had been uniformly
opposed in the Ii. of C. by Mr. Mainwar
i"K, tl'c member for the county of Middle
sex. Sir F. had been frequently mentioned
as a proper person to oppose the pretensions
id Mr. M. to represent any longer, that
great and respectable countv. But though
he was solicitous to .leave Parliament, not
withstanding it had been offered to return
him tor the town of Maidstone, at little or
no expence, yet he determined to accept
rhe propositions of the freeholders of M;d
dlcsex, to take a poll. The 13th Julv, 1802,
was appointed for the election ; the p pU
•ar cry was. •• Burden and no Basliles”
At the end of the 15th day, he was carried
bv a majority of 271 votes. This was look
ed upon, not so much as the triumph ol an
individual, as of the sacred cause ofhuma
nity, and the bulwark of the British Consti
tution, of which he was the representative
Since that period,he has alwavs smod for
ward the champion, the unshrinking champi
on, of the rights ot the people More re
publican than die opposition in England has
been, he is to be regarded as one of the first
friends of liberty in that country.
lie is in private life one of the most a
mi able and unassuming men in the world
The Englishmen who came to this country
in the suite of Mr. Hose, spoke of him,
!’ twithstanding their political prejudices.’
in terms of the highest eulogium ; as accom
plished, penetrating and hold; yet so tou„
m.me, that everyone loved him ; and so soft
and f.scin.-ting in his manners, that even the
little children would single him out in Com.
pony ari.-l cling to bis knees. He possesses,
s*vs lus biographer, all the accomplishmeots
of an orator; an elegant and munlv figute;
his countenance is hand-nine and very pre
possessing ; his voice is strong and musical;
he never delivers his sentiments but with
the energy of a thaii who speaks a<? he feels.
He is married to the amiable Miss Coutts by
whom he has children. He is extremely
rich—hi* deiight is in doing good, and he is
always prepared with his purse to be able
to perform acts which his heart delight*
in. **
Sir F. B. is the intimate friend of John
Horne Tooke. one of the wisest and greatest
men in the Bi itisu dominions.aongcnu.l
in their sentiments-!n their spirits, firm
towering and unyielding. II. Tooke has
paid him the distinguished honor ol making
him his companion in the dialogue of his
F.p-u Ptereoemn; which is now, or ought
to be, the text book in language.
Such is the man, whom a ministerial uva
joiity in the House of Commons, have trims
te red to the Tower. The cause of ids com.
m tm nt i, stated in our newspapers. 15 t
.he result is not to he anticipated. B.mlt t
U he last min in the world to kivi tie: rod
nr obtain his release by any unworthy con
cessions. Mj life on it, if there he an" m in
in England, who is dispost <■ to brave the
extremitie, of trial, Iik< Kus*cll cr likeSyd
i.e-' Sic-F. Burdett is that man !
II « rd'e tv ii 1 rim-e an astonishing ir.te_
< e.-> throughout the Britisn dominions. ——
According!oHu* accounts •* theseiisiu- n
|u (xluc.'d in l. union has been great. A re
qui'i i> n was signing for a. Westminster
meeting to consider what Was proper to be
rhm* ii, conaequ nccof being dtp- ived of one
ol h» r represeu atives. As soon as it was
known that the warrant for committing Sir
r. to the l .>wer was signed by the Speaker,
die itre"i were crowd d wiMi people to se»
him conducted th; her, and ore sioually
cries were, he .-d BurdenJjr ever.”
Tii'. . t'l, *. we have already had, of
th consequercr- ng from this state <•!
thing**. it *•«■!, .. . merchants sometime?
ventured in; ihi •.< i in nt is conclie ive <>n
tiiis heat: Mr. .M mo (i, t.hc representaUvr
the ci' of > . i. iist> n >v u m advocate
ior the cm " • vn amt a merchant, teiL
us in one < ■ i vp'*?*’hcs
" A i to • oi • ig or rr 1<* to (». Britain only,
■ is all in >oi' to - .•/ it oi >h- c. rrh <1 on ti> ml
•Vantage, «li»n ie h>-' seif i» *1 i ^ straining evi-rj
nerve to introduce- y.ur cr-mmotHiies into the vt.
’7 mnrhet:; w!.t re yen v.% an independent ra*i.)i
ooRlit to g:> y *ur e!*'r.v Immediately f.«r tht
a range men t with i r.'kiri> whs known iii Engi.nl
down w it * otton aii*I to!<nrCo a > I >w that mmi)
AmSric.’.o n>eri:lunt* h.id rum »•, r>g in tht
t ic-, their bills wire tinted for noti accepUnce &
th ■ produce of our country so reduced n, price
as in all prc>b»lity, would not nett thorn ten shil
iiiigs in tiie pound, when . il at once the renew»
'*1 the non intercourse, revived their droopm)*
spirits, anrl iinlrnd of elr»rn pence ld» their c t
ton, they obtain,. 1 from 22 to 24 pence per pound
and saved them fr .in utter ruin, and put mode
into the.r pockets.”
Ma s » i p. n—Mr. Chiles I’ :rrel,*>f this C.tytc
Miss Cordelia Upshaw, of Esse?: County.
M aks r fo—Mnurice L. Milter E-fj. of Pe
t-rslsurg, to Miss Elia* Pleasants, ot chmle
City Cotinty
JSMILU.'—■-■-j ■ . . 1 ~s» I ■ .... weir
Departed this lift*, on Sunday,the 1.1 li i. slant
Captain Samoei, YVoolVao*, afirr a short!1!
ne ,s, in th^ .58.:* yv- .r of h age. Captain V/uod
rou iia« left aril t.g jj irr^, an aileciio.i P.e wife !
six children .»» in urn f r a loss, whi'..;i, to thro
s t. uly distressing He was a respectable uni
an fir1 est nun—This small token oi* respect t
his in mory, is Made by « hitud.
NEW CIRCUS.
H AY- M A R K K T GARDE If.
T\/TESSRS. PEPIN &. BRESCIIARD. grate
-* tul lor the liberal tucouri^nicni afforded
them, and anxious for the good < p nioliof s>o ge- •
nerousa public, will with toe whole company, ex*
ert Biemselvcs fir the last time fiositivrl.-This af
ternoon, Friday, May 23d, in varic-y of
FEATS OF HORSEMANSHIP,
And Address, and conclude by a brilliant dis^
play of
FIRE lyokes.
Put titulars in the bills of the Jay.
T <> commence at 5 o’clock—Box 1 I*jt 75
cent#—coloured people 50 cents.
The holder of the note against L*. U B. drawn
in Baltimore, and payable here, cun have it dis
counted, by depositing it by Saturday, at the bank
ot Virginia. ,
D AN-AW AY.—rive dollar# ic.wuio w 1 ne
AV given to any one who will bring lion e my
nc. r > boy WILSON, or inform me where he ix
bo that I msy get him, he lias been away sinteq
letter end c#t l t*b. last, he is a bright rrn.lat q
a'unii 15 years old, about 4 feet 4 iuciies high.—
I am ol opinion he is harbored in this city, or
Manchester, as i>e has been repealedlv seen in
both places. I expect he lias hired himself to
some tobacco factory, and probably attempts to
puss us a free boy, or says it is with my appro >«
lion. M\ reason for supposing so, is, that about
~ #g'> he ran away, a:«d lii.ed himself to
a Tobacco Stetnineiy.
D DO BRING TON.
May 25
tf
Tfj^OURl F.E N HUNDRED Slacks Liverpi ol
i. Ground Sait. Sugars, Coffee, 'IV.is, R.ii
rnts in boxes and K gs. Copperas. U by 1U and 13
oy 10 Window Ghirs. \\ bite Lead, & Spanish
Blown, llsivar.na S.'guu, Playing Cards, Dina
tic #, Oz“ ihv rgv—.tini
DUTCH BOLTING CLOTHS.
For salr #v—
M & B MYERS.
May 25.
• 2« hw4\v
\ O1 ICE.— All persons indebted to theta
' *' of Mr. Robert Gamble, dec’d.are re
quested to come forward & settle their accounts
i i>cse who ha*, e claims ngaii.st the estate, will,
please in .ke them hi ow- to
G. GAMBLE, Auftiinistrator.
_^-j>_ v 8 w
|j'ok .-ai.e, THREE TRACTS' OF I.AND7
I lvir.gncar Charlotte Court-House:
One of Fit* rv acres, in a half mile of said
Court-Hoii‘c, at the fork of the roads leading
'■* Cole»’s &.Clark’* lerrya*; r unning across hotli
■> * ‘s, and taking in a small point between them,
admirably situated t’ji* a Tavern or Store.
Another of one hundred and thirty,
eich r ccrrs, upon Clark’s lorry-road, in about,
three quarter s of h mile of said Court House*
hiving « very good Spring on itThose tracts
ire without improvements.
Another oi .nine nusimp and twenty*
*evRn uric-s, in three mues of said Court
llou.e, lying upon little Iloanoak River, con
taining by est iniation, one hundred and seventy
or e:^,i'.y acres ot Lov/-Gioiiinls<-f good quality,
i his tract has small improvements, with a fresh
pi station, and adjacent to as good a range as
“‘•y 'n the County. 1 am resolved to sell, and
w II take young Negroes in part pay —Any per
son wishing to purchase, may apply to the Sub
sari her living at Halifax Court House.
THOMAS H. READ.
*T*y 95 i»wUi-.v$
S N CHANUiRV.—Buckingham May Court
1 1810.
C »ry Drew and Elizabeth lira wife, ndminislra*.
tor and administratrix ot Charles Talisle>*ro,
ce*6rd, FLiintiff,
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John Baskerville, jr. and Robert Rurlon,
Dtfcnduntc.
ON the mo Jon of the plftint’iTd? .n:. »t appear*
ing to the s .tlsfaotion of the : r, thst the de
fendant, R.^kerviile, is not rot inhabitant of tld*
st ate : /.' :s -jr.U red . ■ •;</ decreed, Tit it unless th^
delendaiit Ba:-itc. vtllc ar hern ct Au
gust term iur vt, and answer u-o pliintilPs hill,
thecourt w.il then proceed to lake *he same fet*
confessed, and decree the ni ittcr thereof r< cor
dingly : aid tli.it a m y ot this oril. r he forth
with tni !•- ie<l in some [i.ti.dcnews-prper ot’ v.hqt
cd\ i K'ritmond, fort-.. ) months successively,
and at" :•> r copy he ported up at Hie court him*'
door of u c ounty.
A C py.
E. ELD1UDGE, jr. d c.
j May 25. \\ 8 wp
VttACr. i ;h.- New Castle I’jrf, on next Sa
turday fortnight, (the 2 1 o* June,) mile A.
i peat, a catch ».,. n t-ar.h liorac. Mr John M.
! Seim* ; h-.y horse i'oi.i Tough ; Dr. Claiiortte’s
G yiil- . £*gle ,* and Mr. II. Ball’s bay m..re Tan
ny itir■play or p y— each gentleman subscri
bir.g £> 100.
JO /I.V M. rr\rF., <
w-v. ■ PEKS1.LT CLAIBORNE,
HARHIS'jN BALL
Mav 25 4> _
TV| A 1 ilA o.i.i .. . . ...
^ ^ pfftl tl tender of!i'»-* services, to hi* friends
••.’id tin p'lblic, • i :• 'o);i'nittion Merchrnt, To—
i/,.cco li-oirr tin/ luctronerr, either and in all
ofwliicli o-paciti s, he thus a olio ts their pat
ronage. To those who have a person11 know*
i- th'e of him, hr (l itters lurrae.lf it will be unne
evs-try to a. y, that, lie is fully aware tf the du*
t-e« and respnnf 'dlity, which he thus proposes
l< take upon liiinv. it That the instructions and
orders tl .it they m *y he plena -1 to confide to him*"
wh be adhere 1 to, w >.h the tr.ost scrupulous ix*
nr- ness •, or that, in their prompt execution, he
Nv.ll no be w-nting in assiduity and exertio- ,-C.
K j engage.- (f.,i tie present) the D ick hi.ild
i’tJT helor,■ ir>tf In A B. Yen ble, Esq when lie
will be Hasp, to receive the commands of Ii’ir
triends an.i dm public.
Kvi-ry specif *>f property will be received and
stored, and tlr- b .airless conducted on the most
mod • tte terms.
'■ d.<vd't-»t*r, 2.5th Mav w.jw
jJ ■ virtue;ut ad -ee of Esses county o n-tA
vifli 'O n Archibald McCall it, phiintifT", ;.>,d
1 Catharine md Moli> l.ovd ;re d. tern ants, the
tn.el 'fsiffn <1 ns com .issipn ;3 npr o'n . -1 ,ly f, e
deef e» wiii cxiv.ki. lo sale, lo the higbi st bidder,
according f«» the direction «>•* 'be ai 1 dc icc, a
tract of /. IStO, intb' county of ;c at . Ling in
the p r1-li of St. Ann, when«»n rhnn .r L • i i«.
svVd. an l commonly known by n*rnw, huyd'i_
! Tliis sal • miili lake j»l .ce on Hie 15th day < f June
I iicai, «n i if miy iiim^ diould happen to ] re ent
the sr'r on that day, :t will be continued to the
next day.
JOHN JONES,
; Wm. FISHER,
JOHN P. LEE.
May 15. T4 vr
T^Y virtue of a deed of trust duly executed
and recorded, will bs hold at Buckingham
Com t House on the second roonday in August
iv d (being1 court day) twenlv or thirty valu tbie
S . A VMS, among whom are several tradesmen ;
s lob asroughCaipenters,Shoemakers, Weavers
hr. Terms of sale, one hiilfcssli, the ' therir.oi
<JtV Buyable the lir3t day at January fi Lowing—.
IU»nd with approved ' ciirify will lie n t, > red
for tbs last p*>ment. At the Same time and phico
will be ofFere I 400 acres of LAND lying sbou'
i
s 'Vi n or eight miles above the said Court House ■,
c. n.«> luc sa.iis, as for be Sl ives.
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BY T11E TRUSTEE /
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