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Jfy the Lieutenant Governor of the
Commonwealth of Virginia,
A PROCLAMATION.
TxtHERF. AS, on an indictment before the
Superior Court holden for the count/
cf Chesterfield, on Thursday the 17th day
of May 1810, a true bill was found against
• THOMAS HARRIS, commonly. enllpd &
known by the name of Colonel Thomas
Harris, of the county of Powhatan, char.
g:d with Forgery; and it appearing to the
xecutive that the said Thomas Harris
bath fled from Justice. I have therefore
thought fit, with the advice of the Council
of Statu, to issue thi, Proclamation, hereby
offering a reward of one Hundred Dollars
to eny person or persons who shall ap.
prebend and convey to the Jail of the said
county of Chesterfield the •“*' K'h'vwas
Harris, And ‘I do moreover ea,oin ail of
ficers, civil and military, and exhort the
good people of the Commonwealth to Use
their best endeavors to apprehend and coo.
-* vey to i ho Jail aforesaid, the said Thomas
Harris^ that he may be dealt with as, in
such cases the Law directs.
Given under my hand as Lieutenant Go.
, « vernor, with the seal of the Common.
' * wealth annexed, at Richmond, this
llm day of July, 1810.
(Signed) GEORGE Wm. SMITH.
Twenty Dollars Reward*
RUNAWAY from the Subscriber on the
8th. inn. an apprentice boy about 19
years old, named
Walker Watkinsy
boro in Hanover county-Hi »» of a sHro
•tatuc. about five feet, five or six- indicts
high, had on when he eloped a brown coat
and pantaloons of the same colour. Any
person that will bring him home, or secure
him in Jail, shall receive the above reward.
All Masters of "Vessels, and any pet son or
persons are forwarned to harbour him
der the penalty of the Law.
DAVID LOGAN.
Richmond, 12th July, 1810.
JUST RECEIVED by the Subscriber,
from Philadelphia, aw assoium-nt of
LEATHER.
of the first quality. He also continues to
keep a general assortment of
Boots and Shoes
cf the most fashionable quality, which he
effers for sale on moderate terms. AH
orders from the Country shall be punctiu
ally attended to with neatness and dts.
P*'rh,- DAVID LOGAN.
Richmond, 12th July, 1810.
r Cavalry Orders.
KF RICHMOND TROOP will
Muster on their usual ground in
Flannel Coats, without halter or velL
ecu on Wrdnt8duy evening the 18th
t just, at 5 o’clock,
ROBERT GAMBLE, Capt.
Richmond, July 7th, 1810.
tdm.
STR AYED or STOLEN
■pROM Prince Edward Court House,.on
Z the 16th day of April last,
A Red Sorrel Mare,
four years old last Spring, about tour feet
ten or eleven inches high,' Reach'd and
Nick'd, with her foratop^leit long. >io
Brand or Mark as 1 recollect, barefooted
when sbe went off: she had a dridle and
Saddle on i the Saddle had n new pad with
a patch on the pummel ; toe Bridle with
a stiff hit.—she moves well in a trot or gal
lop, but did uot pace. Whosoever will
give such information respecting the sard
Mare, so that I get her again, shall receive
twenty dollars reward.
SHERWOOD FOWLER.
Cumberland 23 June, 1810. ( 3 t. )
Time ■ i — - - ,|-- . _ ...
07* NATHANIEL SHEPPARD. At
torney at Law^ has > wooved .his Office to
the Room over the krch t^'posite the
Clol# Tavern, wh« re the Sncrift :s Office
■ Henrico was formerly kept.
July 6, 1810. lm.
Rees’s Cyclopedia, -
/to. 24
l» ju-*t Received at tliU Office*
2 ?
'S&y ^Aut&ority^
an act
Fixing the com per.ea lion of public Mi
nisters and oi Consul* residing on the
coast of Barbarv, and for other pur
poses.
BE it enaeted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
United States of America, in Congi ess
assembled, That the President of the
United States shall not a:low to Any
minister plenipotentiary, a greater
• sum than at the rate of nine thousand
dolh-.d. per annum, as a compensation
for all his personal services and expen
ses ; nor to any charge des affaires, a
greater sum than at the rate of , Four
thousand five hundred dollars per an
num, as a compensation for all his
personal services and expenses ; nuir
to the secretary of any legation or em
bassy to any foreign country, or se
cretary of any minister phenipoi^ntia
ry, a greater sum than at the rate of
two thousand dollars per annum, as a
compensation for all his personal ser
vices and expenses ; nor to any consul
who shall be appointed to reside At
Algiers, a greater sum than at the
rate of four' thousand dollars per an *
nutn, as a compensation for. all his
personal services and expenses; nor
to any other consul who shall be ap
pointed to reside at any other of the
states on the coast of Barbary, a
greater sum than at the rate of two
thousand dollftM f.rr annum •» mm.
fiensarion for all his personal services
and expenses; nor shall there be ap
pointed more »han one consul for ary
one of the said states s Provided, It
j ihall be lawful for the President of the
United 5uus to allow to a minister
plenipotentiary or charge des affaires,
on gain 3 froth the Uuited States to
any foreign country, an outfit, which
•hall in no case exceed one j t ar’s full
salary ol such minister or charge des
affaires ; but no- consul shall he allow
ed an outfit in any ca^e- wba ever, anv
usage or custom to the contrary not
’ wt(hst;ineu< g.
[ Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,
; That to entitle any charge des affaires,
or secretary of any legation or Embas
sy to any foreign country, or secreta
ry of any minister penipotentiary, to
the compensation herein before pro
. v*ded, they shall respectively be ap
pointed by the President of the United
Slates, by a id with the iwlvic- and
consent of the S nate ; hut in ihe ie
cesg oi the Seu.tte, the President is
i hert. by authbrisi d to make such ap
pointments, winch shall >t -submitted
|to lhe Senate at the ne*.t session there
after, for their advice and consent;
and no compensation shall be allowed
to any. charge dss affaires, or any of
the secretaries herein before descrL
bed, who shall not be appointed as a -
foresaid: Provided, That nothing
herein contained shall be Construed
to authorise any appointment of'a se
cretary to any charge des affaires, or
to any consul residing on the Barbary
coast, o* to sanction any claim against
to the same, any usage or custom to
the contrary notwithstanding.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted.
I hat where any sums or sums ol
money shall be drawn irom the treasu
ry, under any law making appropriati
on lor the contingent expenses of in
tercourse between the United States
and foreign nations, the President shall
be, and he hereby is authorised to
cause the same to be duly settled sn.
nually, with the accoun’iug officers ol
the treasury, in the manner following,
that is to say: by causing the same to
be accounted for specially, iti all in
stances wherein the expenditure there*
of may in his judgment be made
public, and by making a certificate oi
the amount of such expenditures as hr
may think it advisable not to specify,
j antl every such certificate .shall be
| deemed a sufficient voucher for the
i sum or sums therein expressed to havt
been expended.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted.
That it shall not be lawful for the con
suls of the United Siates,^residing or
the Barbary coast, or either of them
to expend or to disburse, or pay, or
cause to he paid for any purpose or or
anJ pretence whatever, not authorised
by law, to any one of the Bafbaf)
j powers, of to the officers or subjects
thereof, a greater sum than thref thou
sand dollars in any one year, with in
tent to charge the United Sta rs with
the same, without first Obtaining a'
special approbation tn writing from
the President of the United States,
for that purpose-—and every.$uch con
sul who shall after notice of this act,
expend or disburse, or pay, or cause
to be paid for buy purpose or on any
pretence whatever, not authorised by
law, to any one of the Barb ary powers,
or to the officers or subjects thereof,"
a greater sam than three thousand dol
lars in airy on year, or shall be aid
ing or assUtia^ therein, without first
obtaining the approbation of the Pre
sident as aforesaid, shall forfeit and
pay to the Treasury ot the United
States, ■ a sum, equal to ooe half his
yearly coropeotation; and $haH more
over stand charged with, and be ac
countable for all monies to disbursed
or paid, contrary to, the provfsious of
this act.
Sac. S» And be it Further enacted,
That from and-after the first day of
November next^ no consul ot the
United States,residing on the Barbary
coast, shall own in whole or in part
any ship or vessel, or be concerned
directly or indipcctly in the exporta
tion from, or importation to any of the
states on the coast of Barbary, of any
goods, wares or merchandize, on pe
nalty that every consul so offending
and being thereof couvicted, shall lor
every offence forfeit a sum not exceed
.ng one tnousand dollars.
Sec, 6. And be it further enacted*!
That it shall be the duty of the con*
suls residing on the Barbary cost, to!
transmit to the Secretary of the Trea
sury annually, an account of all mo
nies received, and pf all disburse,
mems or expenditures mads by them
respectively, for or on account of the
United States, and the particular pur
poses to which the monies have been
tpplied, fuxl the vouchers to support
be same—and the Secretary of the
I reasury shall transmit to Congress,
w*rh«i two m»m!n aftW the com
mencermeut of the first session there
of in every year, a statement of all
the monies disbursed from the Trea
sury ot the United States, for expen
ses o( intercourse with the Bjrbayy
powers during the preceeding year,
herein noting as far as can be ascer
tained at the Treasury, the sums fe
ce»ved by the respective agents or con
suls, and the purposes to which the
a me have been applied.
Sec. 7. And be rt further enacted,
1 hat the act, entitled “ An act in ad
dition to the law of the United States,
concerning consuls and vice consuls,”
approved July sixth, one thoustnd ae
v*m huud-ed and ninety seven, and the
act, entitled An act to ascertain the
compensation of public ministers,”
approved May the tenth, one thousand
ight hundred, be, and the same are
hereby repealed.
J. B. VARNUM,
Speaker of the House of ilepre*
< sen'atives.
JOHN GAiLLARD,
President of cite Senate, pro-tempore.
May l, tsio.
Approved,
JAMES MADISON;
VIRGINIA ;
In Halifax County Court, in Charcery,
May 28th, 1810.
between
Francis Howard, Pitf.
AND
Jamea Matthew* k Wtn. Fletcher, Defts.
P'Hlidefendant Jnmes Ma'thews not ha.
A ving entered his appearance and given
security agreeably to the act of assembly
and the rules of this court, and it appear,
mg to the satisfaction of the ccar* that he
is not an inhabitant of thi* commonwealth.
On motion of the plaintiff by hit counsel, it
is ordered, that the said defendant James
Matthews do appear here on the fourth
Monday in Augasc next and answer the
plaintiff’s bill, k that a copy of this order be
forthwith inserted in oneof the. newspapers
published In the city of Richmond for eight
weeks successively and posted at the front
door of the court huufh of mis county.
A Copy-Teste,
SAMUEL WILLIAMS, d.c. ». c.
Dunsmure 6i Turner
B''-G leave to inform ilieir friends and the
pub ic, tnat the GrtKery Bus! oess carried or
jy them in this place, n .. w d, continued.
Ai. those indebted io them, arc requested t«
dischaige their accounts as soon as possible,
Richmond, July 3rd, 1810. w 3 l p
i =as=3?
To TKfc EDITOR^ OF TRE NATIONAL ,
kNTELLIOKNCftR.
i
,. - Washington-, July 9t
Oentlemen,
Perceiving that my communication
to you of the 3rd insf. occupied almost
three columns of vour valuable paper
opposition of the errors contain
ed in nine short lines only of the speech
of the honorable Mr. Randolph upon
the reduction of the navy, I am al
most discouraged from' proceeding.
To whatever part of this speech I cast
my eye I find, blunders, which apuear
the mote unaccountable to me because
Mr. Jl. as chairman of a commit\ie of
Congress had it peculiarly in his p .w
er to procure correct information_or
independently of the means which ev
ery individual member of Congres-1
possesses (I mean the laws and’ the j
public reports) the records of the Na-i
vy Department were open to him.
He says that he has discharged.his du
ty ! Does the duty of an honorable
•nemherof Congress consist in mak
ing, in the most formal manner, nu
merous misutements to the House as
to matters of fact ? Is it ;he duty of
the chairman of a committee of the
Hsuse of Representatives, when a
subject has been formally committed
to him by the House for investigati
on, to pa-ch up statements founded
only in his own wishes in relation to
that subject, and to disregard altogcth
rhA fart. nnm> tnlii_I_ . . T,
, i- ” ••• •* liuuac
could form a decision compatible wiih
the public weal ? Mr. Randolph says
I that he is the only human judge of his
motives for having thus discharged his
t'luty ! Were I one pf his constitu
ents,! should exercise ajuJiciary pow
r upon this point although he should
forbid it. But whether his motives
were hon. or otherwise, is immaterial
l as respects the impression which his
speech of errors if suffered to es
cape correction might inalec upon the
minds of the public in relation to the
navyv The public will judge upon
that question from facu , and it is my
i purpose to afford them an opportunity
of so judging.
Mr. Randolph states that the esti
mate fqr the pay and subsistence of
the marine corps for the year 1809 was
160,OCX) dolls. True, that v. as ihe
sum stated in the estimate prepared
in the full of the year 1808, and in
which it was contemplated to employ
on board of ship only 159 marines
of the whole corps; hut what says
the estimate of the 10th February,
1809, the estimate upon which Con
egress acted ? And what says the ap
propriation law for the year 1809 ?
Why, gentlemen, we find that this es
timate calls for, and that the law ap
| propnates, 135,dir dollars—which is
i about 25,000 dollars less thau fhe
sum stated by the honorable mem
ber.
Did Mr. Randolph know of the esti
mate of 10th Feb. 1809 ? Did he c
ver read the appropriation law for tht
year 1809 ? I should think so from
his having staled that theexpences of
the vear 1809 approached within one
million of dollars of the
the year 180O-«~iur the estimate of
10th February does approach within
one million ot the expence of the year
1800. lie Burely got this information
from that estimate—As to the esii*
mate prepared in the fall of 1808, thc
amo.int is two millions and a halfless
than the estimate for 1800. Would it
be uncharitable thence to infer tha
Mr. Randolph had both of these esti
mates belore him? If he had, he
must have known, that the estimate
prepared in the year 1808, was alto
gether disregarded by Congress ; and
he ought therefore never to have quo
ted from it—br did he quote from the
one or the other as suited his special
views ?
Mr. Randolph states the estimated
price of pork in the year 1800 at 14
dollars—it was tadoMs. or 4 dolls, a
oarrel more than he states. He say*
that in the year 1809 beef was rated a1
U and pork at 18 dolls_-here again
he errs—the prices were 6 <k 20 dolls,
-—upon the esttmated price of provisi
ons tor the navy he lays great stress
«s affecting the amount of ** pay anc
subsistence of the n>ar'me corpn,’
, when in fact it has no relation to tht
subject—wnarines onshore are notice
out ot the provisions provided for shij
use—they are supplied wi-h their ra
tions by contracts at the posts' * here
they are stationed. Can Mr. Ran
dolph be so unpardonahiy ignorant as
not to know this ? He surely was
chairman of the committee of Ways
and Means long enough to acquire
the most minute information upon
this aud every other subject involving
appropriations.
From his observations you would
infer that flour was the those “ mate
rial article” of provisions used, in our
n^vy. He dwells upon the estimated
price being, iu the year 1800, 2 dolls,
per barrel more than in the year leQ J,
and affects great surprize that not
withstanding this diffi re ace in price,
t \e amount for pay anil subsistence
the marine corps should be (as he
says) more—Now gentlemen the a*
mount required for flour ia consider*,
bly less than the amount nqu red for
any other article of provisions used
in our navy—butter, peas and rooUs
s?s only excepted; and compared to
the amount required for bttf, pork or
spirits, it surely would « not be worth
bringing itito account”—lov when :he
whole amount required in one year for
flour is only 14,400 doiis. calculated
at 8 dollars the barrel—the amount
required* for beef is 93,000 dolls.—
for po^fc;i06,000—for spirits 139,000
—(sec'estimate of’ 14)th Feb. 1809 )
M* Randolph saj^that every can-,
non and implementL'cf war now be
longing to the navy was purchased
unde* (Mr. A lams’a) the. old admi
nistration. Strange assertion I pas»
sing strange ? \Vny, gentlemen, un
der the adxninistration'ci Mr. Jcften
son, there was purchased aud paid
for •
Upwards o/ 500 cannon, carronade*
and mortars,
Many hundred tons of shot,
Many thousand muskets, pistols,
cu-lasses, hoarding pikes, battle axes,
8cc.
Upwards of half a million of pounds C
of saltpetre and a large supply of sul
pher now laid up in store in a refined
state and ready for be#tig manufactur
ed, when occasion shall ic^uirc, into
powder.
Mr. Randolph knew th;s or a part
of it-—tor he animadverted publicly
upon the conduct ol the hue Secreta
ry of the Navy for having purebas.d
the saltpetre—although then: was *
saving to the nation of between 50
and bO,O0O (Jolla, by th'tt single pur
chase. V, a, Mr. Randolph thought it
very wrong to lay in a supply ot mat
indispensable article at a time when,
there was a great probability of war,
on terms which saved to the na ion
between 50 and 60,000 dolls. 1 6ay
savtd to ihe nation, because, if the
purchase had not have been made ,ut
the time it was, the article would have
cost that much mere thau it did.
It may be useful litre to give a sum
mary ol the errora thus jai discovered
in Mr. R*». speech, la doing tnis, I
will place his statements on ihe left,
aud the facts directly opposite to then*
»n the right, thus ;
Mr Randolph states, The facts are—
In .1. - _ Uf._> .
- - - — - V CHI p i CU IH f ^
1800, we employed 40 the year 1800 3 larg*
ships of wur. St 8 am .litr fr.gates j
Twenty four vessels
oi 13 to 32 guns fc 7
galleys ; which tech.
Biealiy speaking are
greatly inferior to 4«
ships of war.
That in the year In the year 1809,
1809, we had in Com' we had in cominnti.
mission but 15 vessels on tor one third of
of all sorts. the year upwards of
100 vessels ( and for
the residue of tit*
year, we bad 57.
That the annual The cost of c*ch
.cast of each man in man in the year
l»h« year i«00 was 1800 did not exceed •
472 dolUi, 361 dolls.
That each man in The cost of each
the ynr 1809 cost man in thtycar 1609
V00 dolls. did nor. exceed 333
dolls, including every
expencu of every des-'
cripnon Mud m.my
wb'Ch ought not to t>«
charged to him.
That under Mr. A» 1 have always un.
plains' ndmimstratron der stood that the tri.
every vessel of re- gate* Ui ited States,
sprxtabls force at Costitutum, Constell
present belcnjji?g to ifttion and Congress,
the navy was IrUilt. were chiefly mini and
p»»<l for under gen.
i WstKkiittouS A*.mi.
ni ara’ion ; and under *
the admimstr .lion of
Mr. Jefferson, the
slt.p Wasp, the br gs
*1 % Unmet, Si ten, At^a^