The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1810-07-24 00:00:00, page 3

Europe.
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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
from the Salem Gazette, July 13.
TRANSLATIONS
jfrom Corunna papers favored by captain Girdler’
of Marblehead.
^Though we have later accounts from »pain,
these aflbi d some particulars which * enable
• i Us Uk judge of the temper of the pi oplo, the situ
ation of their forces, and the character and style
ot the warfare ]
Badajoz, April 13.—His excellency Count
Montijn Ims arrived here, and his presence occa
aions great satisfaction to all who know his p«t
liotic virtues.
In an action, under the direction of Gen. Odo
iiell, in tlie plains of Vich, the French G jner« 1
boHham was mortally wounded ; 150 French
were killed, 227 wounded,and the rest br ing put
to flight by vlie inconceivable fury with which our1
tiuops attacked them, took ref ge in Vich. In |
. Paris, this has doubtless been announced as a
PF victory glined hv the imperial arms !
* List of the skirmishing parties that ate harras
i.ig the encinv in Li Mancha, communicated by
a person lately arrived from that quarter :
The party of Martpiesilo, consisting oi’ 1000 in
fantry, 2t)0 lmr.se ; i Francisquate, of 150 in
try. 200 horse ; oftlie Canonof Sigueoza £s Can
ix.ircs—numbers not ascertained i of Velez, con*
t>'< s ing of a regiment under tire name oftlie Vir
g’.n of Gaudal nipe ; of Miguel Dias ot 100 men.
mostly cavulry ; the Cruzada of Castile, under
• the command of Don Miguel Q_iuri\ of 50
l horse ; Urigulier Dim lodoro Mix, of 400 men,
I Vo which are joined that of captain Uailo of 40
} tneii, of Dim Juan Oiubio of bd men, about half
cavalry.
Al/mque.que, April 13.—The people of this
province have armed themselves in a body, from
the age of 16 to 45 \ ears s they have all march
«d to the respective points of junction, and those
• of this and the adjoining places proceeded the
day before yesterday for Caeeres.
Tile second division kins marched to M'm'.ijo
and Merida ; and us the enamy have repassed
the Gu idiuna, an.l are retiring, it has been order
**d to Muntanches, and yesterd v set off, leav
ing here Zamora, Toledo, aud the battalion of
* Lllerarios ; but the grenadiers and sharp shoot
er* < f the t wo first corps accompanied the divi
a, sion. Sur'n is tlie confidence of this army, ever
Ft fcir.ee the happy period when the Hero of the
* North returned to take the command of them,
tliai we have no doubt of success in all their <>
peratioHs ; and fie new warfare which is made
un the enemy by the politic sml alils Marquis of
Homans combines to frustrate their plans, and
destroy their forces. All his movements are mys
• terious, except to those in his confidence ; but
the remit ol them is success ; und we do not
doubt tiro I Ids officer, who is in every respect
* mott excellent,' will give liberty to Spain, and
Restore our beloved diiiand to iiis throne —
1»ART1CUL\RS OF 1'HE SURRENDER
OF ASTORGA.
Villa Franca, April 28—From a priv itc letter en
, titled to full credit :
*' Astorga, and ils magnanimous and brave
C •• ernor, lime been under the nece-sityof capi
tula ting and surrendering : t ie garrison b iog
prisoners of war, but tlie peasantry to go free,
w ithout regard to any part they may have taken
This information we have from several persons,
■who escaped in disgm ••*, or as providence favor
ed them, from the city after its surrender : an.l
their statements, divested of the superfluous
»ind improbable mutter, ui e in substance as ful
lows:
“ Junot, fearful that perhaps this army, aided
bytbe Poitugties r, might harrasa him, or com
fe pel him to raise the seige, thriugbt to hasten af
fairs in this manner : — l ie took from lie garri
son* of Castile, men to support this se go, and
added from 10 to 12 000 infantry., 2,000 horse,
3,000 artillery, half on foot aim the oth. r hall
mounted, and 22 pieces of ftrtitlcry, am-mg
which were 2 twenty four poun ’ers, and some
eighteens und twelves, and a yoy 1 howitzer.—
They fought for the weakest side of the walls
which I believe was by the I’tlerta de Itey, an I
planted there the p- nripal battery, well con
fctructed with s iucisv. s ; at the distance of one
third of a gunshot, they con’tru- ted a cover d
way to prote-t themselves, and by that mt-a-is
brought two of the pi-, ces ol large calibre still
nearer. They opened the most lively and in< es
Bant fire that had been known, on Good Friday
before day break, and on Saturday cven-ng they
l.ad made a breach of about ten yards.as clean a,
it it had been demolished, with pick axes Tlire.
times they made a ge leral assault, mounting the
breach atul scaling tlte walls ; and as many limes
, us they attacked they were repulsed at lilt- point
«t the bayonet, and with the most horrible fire
that can he conceived of Tlie whole circuit ot
the walls and the approach to the breach wore
in a moment covered with dead bodies filling in
lioaps upon each other, until the horror of th<
»i one, and night pul a cessation to the efforts of
till- beseiarers and b-seitred.
The I>cm however, and tlieir worthy Go
vernor, perceiving it whs temerity to make any
further resistance to a It tree so much superior
and under suclt din i'svantages, and the ammuni
tion tf>r cannon grov mg scarce, and being desir
ous i I avoiding the bloody fate which infallibly
m waited his g iriison and tin whole city capitu
land in the most honorable manner on Sunday
morning 5 the peasantry being left free, and their
* pomlur.t not to he questioned, amt he had iiis gar
pisou prism era, the ofiirers leacrving their hor
i n*’ i. swords and baggage, and tlie soldiers tlieir
Knapsacks, This article ot'tlie capitulation has
K <’n most outrageously violated, for we are us
i PUred, by the linn liiey passed Beuraa they had
* leen stripped of every thing, and were on foot,
frx ept Santocid:•* anil Guerrero, the latter of
she n gimeut of Nug i. The troops that ent: red
•o lake poss"«sion were only 3 battalions of in
i' hi ry, £i snrm h rsc, witli junot attlieii lu-ad ; hi
> received tin sw t iloi thf Governor, but returned
it to him, observing ttiai it should l>“ his, for he
, fi ul well deserved it. fie was sstomshed that a
garrison of only 2500 men hail made such hofri
9 ale deal ruction, for his loss amounted to 4000
killed and wounded.
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MAJOR CAR! WRIGHT’S PETITION.
Mr. Whitebrcad presented a petition from
Blejor Curl wright t it was of great length, ami
„ occupied upwards of half an hour in the recital —
It was entitled, *' The Petition of a freeholder of
Biigi.jiid,”kod i.igmd by M ,jor Cartwright indi
vidually. It contained all the topics adverted to
•n the late meeting at llaikney, the late con
duct of the house of communa in committing Sir
, Francis Burden, which lie termed an act of fl«
g' liH illegality, and asserted (among other
things) Uiutlhe treatment received hythepeo
pie P om the gove rnment was past enduring.
The petition then animadverted upon the inter
^ re nee of the army in matte.’* of civil juriseic
tson, and argued at great length on the policy
• and impolicy of a standing army, but particular
ly urging lh> necessity of a reform in the repre
•rotation Upon the motion that the petition
- should lie U|*n the table, a debate ensjicd, many
®l tl t speakers deeming the laiigusg' of it disri
' *p< rti'ui and insulting to the house —The lious<
ii.v for receiving the petition, 32—Again'
it, ”i.—against the pet>' ' n. 59
-k»'*avn I’uptr.
VENETIAN DALMATIA.
Zav a, April 5*.
T lie following Decree has been published
here. *
“ I" the name of hi9 maje^ the empe
ror and king, wc, marshall Jkhe empire,
governor general of the Illy “vProvinces,
wishing to put an end fethe disorders which
(he Dalmatians and the inhabi'.&ts of the
Mouths of the Cattai\> are daily jR^mitting
at Constantinople, and wheicfoiwv are in"
for i.ctl by a letter from the charge if affaires
ot France at the suolitne porte, tjjv'decree
as follows.
Art. 1. The effects of nil Dalmatians and
inhabitants of the Mouths of the JJ'ataro, go.,
ing to Constantinople without i/thority and
without passports countersignetJFby the gene
ral commanding the district, fchall be put
under sequestration. flL
2. Their fatuities shall beTiji in a state
of supei intendance.
3. The declaration of th« charge de affaires
at Constantinople shall he a sufficient. au
thority lor these acts of rigoui.
4. I'he general commanding in Dalmaiia,
the intendaiit of Z tra. and the administrator
geueial ot Uagus a and Catarro, are, each,
in their respective departments, charged I
with the execution of the presen* decree.”
•• ijc Cnqiiftec.
KICIIMC)Nl), JULY 24 Tsip
THE .YEW BRITISH ORDERS
OF MAY, 1810.
In seam ing hese orders, there are ton se
parate points of view, which peculiarly
strike the attention Toe Ji^st is, that whe
ther they were directly aimed at the U S
or not, they at e such stretches ot piwer, on
the partot G. B , as must excite tne fearsiof
eveiy neutral nation For a power, mat
moves on such principles, is tne enemy of the
whole human race. And the second is. that
these orders were really & originally aimed
at the IJ. S.
As to the first point, what is their
scope? *• 1 hat ail verse s wh'ch shall have
” cleared out /ro/« any port, so far umterthe
** control of France or het albe^ as that Bri
“ l'sh vessels may not freely trade thereat,
“ which are employed at the Whale
“ Fishery, or the Fishery of any description,
“ aPd are returning, or designed to return,
“ cither to the por> fr-.m whence they clear_
“ cd or to any other part or place at which
“ thc British fl.ig may not freely trade”_
why, such vftse»s are to be bon prize to the
captors
In the 1st place then, they strike at a
branch of commerce, which has hitherto e_
scaped the tangs ot their blockading orders,
j 1 he naileries have yet escaped them ; no won
j tier, indeed, for by the usages of nations the
fisheries of all countries are held as sacred
I and intangible property. The seas are the
I common property of all the world; whate„
j v^r ‘s *n diem is of course an appurtenance
I . which belongs to all. Their use con •
sists in their community. Appropriation is
! the very death of this property—and there
I lOI‘e' 'ie that attempts u, is hostis humuni
generis-the enemy of all the world be
j aides. G B may as well hare said, that
we shad not breathe the air, or till our
soil, as that we shall not draw our nets or
wield the harpoon, on the ocean Why does
she not proclaim a blockade ot our own
ports as that of our fisheries f Why not
j say, that “all vessels clearing out from uiese
’ pmts at which her own vessels may not
j freely trade.”shall Ue condemned, as well as
| those which clear out from sucli ports, but
| are confined to the fisheries? Why not pro.,
claim, that such vessels as are laden with
flour or rice snail be as liable to capture as
those which are lade.i with c >d fish orjwhale
oil ? The principl- would indeed have a
wide scope, but that principle is still the
s ume.
But in the 3d place——what is the /ilea,
wh en she «et» up ior this usurpation ? This
plea is not fairly 8c boldly set out before the
wor.d-:iis couched in implication and is
to be gathered only by inference-it is,
that khe has a right to confi cate al. fishing
vessels clearing ou: from ports “ so Jar under
the control ot France on her aliies. a.v thur.
“ British vessels may notfreely trade there
“ at.” What an impudent pm version of
facts! Is it true, that French influence, and
the exclusion ot British ships, are sj nony
nums expressions t Is it true, that every
port which shuts out the British ships, is!
therefore under the control of France? Is
there no other reason for such an exclusion f
No motives of policy—no municipal views—
no disposition to resist her own aggression*
by such a measure ? What does G B say
ot China, trorn whose ports her own flag is
at this time excluded, in consequence of its
own abuses ? Is the court of Pekin, there
hue, under the influence of France * Were
the ports nt the U S under this sante inftu.
ence at ‘.he time when our non-intefcouise
laws were n force, and the flags ot both
ccmnti ies nf France as well asof G B. were
exclu; eil ? 1 his would bo really paying a very
civil compliment to the U S — Sc iie British
cabinet would have cast off its politen°ss as
well as its principles. But if itwere indeed any
proof of Ft each influence, that the British fl ig
were interdicted hum our harbors, the very
same circumstance would prove that wc were
at tlie same time under the influence of Bri
tain-of course under two opposite influ
euces at the same moment—Tills would be
| really blowing h6t and cold with the very
| same breath The fact is not therefore, a*
'the British cabinet have pleased to assume it,
| and the usurpation, which they choose to
; Imild upon it, necessarily falls to the erutmd
I'u in the m\/ilace, there is another fea
ture in these orders, which strikes us wttn
I the utmost indignation. Fishing vessels
I hound tv any port “ at which the British
| may not freely trade,” are to be con
dernned as good prizes. 'What a wonderful
stietch of power is this? The old plea of
; retaliation is now therefore relinquished. Be
;a new one is to be setup in its pafee. Ves
i seis that a-r bound to Spain or Italy, are to
be swept off, not as it was formerly preten
(led because the enemy will not suffer them
to enter the British ports, but because they
will not suffer the British vessels to enter
their own /lor/a. This is indeed, to swal
low up the right of neutrals in the pretensi
ons of belligerents. The rights ot bellige.
rents areco extensive with those of neutrals
I he latter are to go no where, wiitnce the
British are excluded—it is vain that the
municipal laws of Sp: in or Italy, l aws which
they ai« privileged to enact, confer on us the
right of entering their ports, whilst they de
ny them to the English-it is vain that
the English are at war with them, and
we at peace ; that we may freely enter their
poris, whereas the English are excluded—
all tU«a« duuncttMis arc to be ,swrlookcd—
Ihe neutral is to bleml his fate with' that of
the Bri'ish—tie is either to make a common
cause with them, or to suffer himself to be
taken, it he should pretend to enjoy those pri
vileges from which the other is excluded.—
Such is this imp iralleied tTucroachuient 1 _
Indeed the principle itself admits of a wider
•cope, It ihty cun thus forbid our fishing
vessels trim the enjoyment of a trade, in
which they have no participation, why may
they not extend it to every species of ves
»el ! If to our fish, why not to the produc
tions of our soil, to our tobacco or our rice,
itc. i
Such is the a/iirit of a measure, which
may well fill us with astonishment, whether
it was aimed at ourselves or not—fur but lit
tle arithmetic is necessary to calculate, it a
nation can 'lothus much, how much they are
capable of doing—But it is certain, that
tnese orders were dircelly aimed at the U.
O*
What is the da»e of them * The 2d of May.
—At that time, was it known <n G B. that
the Non Intercourse law of the U S. had been
repealed ?—No—this fact was n>>t known,
till about the 25:h oi' May— Vt the dale of
their enactment, therefore. “ the British ves
sels could not trade” at all in our ports.
It is as plain, then, as the way to parish
chinch,” that these orders were aimed di
rectly at our own Fisheries,
But we see in tiie spirit, in which they
were enac'ed.in what way they may beexecu
ted — 1 here is no scruple with a nation, that
thus outrageously encroaches up n neutral
righ's. except its own interests—The terms
are vague enough to admit of almost any con
strue.ion—and pretences are easily conjured
op to meet any construe,in i —Such as m it,
even at this time their Jlug is excluded from
our ports, that their vessels cannot trade
••./rer/y” thereat ; dispatch and unarmed
vessels alone being admitted_Let the
hardy fishermen of Nantucks and Cape Cod
then he upon their guard-'est they them.
selves be whaled by these nefarious orders, Sc
scooped up in the British nets_Unless ve
ry singular care is exerted, their Codfish and
their Blubber may become the prey of the
universal shark of the seas !
diplomatique.
We have no r«'otn. to go at Urge, into the j
State Papers, which we this day Uy before !
our readers-Tliev are most interesting:
morceaua in tne cii/ilsmuric line.— Mr. CiaU
latin fills a very conspicuous niche-and
certainly with much more pleasure to his
enemies than to himself.
Mr. Ciallatin’s letter bears date the 21st
^fir it-at the time it was written, lir
skme’s despatches must have been before
hi in-but his own is not fiublishrd before
the 18th July. Why this chasm i \t length,
it appears with those of Mr. E in the same j
paper, cheek by jowl-What is the infej
fence from these facts ? That he had a co !
py °f them before the 21st April—that they
were kept back until hints about them began
to creep into the public papers-and that
then, beginning to hear the murmurs of the
distant tnunder, he furnished them for pub
licatton-,ut trembling at the impression
which they might make on the public mind,
he sends an explanation along with them_
j that the poison and antidote may go toge
ther,-And what says the Wax* on this
subjer: >
‘ When the writer of this was at Washington
m April lust, he was informed by a reputable
member of Congress, that Erskine iisd disclosed
• ertain conversations, . which reflected deep
| blackness on Ca.latin ; that letters bad been re
ceived stating such sentiments j and it wd ex
j pected the whoie would be published in a/ro
i dayt, with the other intelligence received by the
i ship Cincinnati, Conklin, which had arrived at
■ New Yf', k Ihe Util of April. Gallatin doubtless
received thete papers by that conveyance,
and wrote Ids defence under the impression
dm other copies of t ie correspondence had
been received In re Finding tins was not the
c.i,e, we are not surprised that hr withheld them
from the public from April till July H ■ natu
rally dieaUed the exposure of hi* treachery, and
trembled to encounter public scorn. Recent
“ occasional idols”startled the secretary, and
compelled him to march out of bis concealment 1
to no -t the enemy which was marching to meet
h m. Hi- may have heard of a certain letter
fr in the famous Cab'.ett tw an Id crony in Phila
delphia (luttly received)—and be may have
learijt that a copy of the correspondence was al
so received at Philadelphia In a word, conceal
,meut had become impractical)! • any longer ”
It will strike every man, from a compari
son of hese letters, tha> Messrs. Gallatin Sc
Erskine, are point blunt at issue, on the
most material point. Mr. E says that Air. G.
had insinuated to him that Mr. Jefferson had
shown a partiality towards France, which
Mr. G flatly contradicts-We shall ex .
press ourselves more at large hereafter_
yet we cannot but say that his defence is far
from being satisfactory. If Mr. E were so
solicitous to pursiuade his cabinet, that the
new administration was more favorable to
G. B. tiian the old one, why does not this
solicitude impart its tinge to his conversati
ons with Messrs. Madison and Smith?_In
these we have nothing ot Mr J.-fferson’s
partiality towards Fiance How was it pus
sible too that Mr. Eiskine could have so mis
understood the expressions of Mr. G ?_It is
plain too, that M • E. had no other interest1
in the business, than to put the two na
tions on good terms—but that the reputa_|
lion of Mr. G. is now deeply at stake This
gentleman deals in equivoquea—those sly
and umbtguua voces, wiiicii are beneath the
dignity o* any politician.
1 hese letters, too, shed a considerable
light on some ather points. —-— t hey show
us, how much the British Cabinet are in the'
habit of watching the fluctuations of our pc>. i
lineal beam—now nicely they Speculate on
our revolutions, on the rise and fall of parties,
on our elections and movements.
O.i every occasion, they count on the aid
of the Federal party—they watch their sue
cesses-and the changes of the Eastern
states, where the head.quarter* of this par
ty are pitched. Mr. E even speak* of a
" dissolution of me union,” which lie had
lieai .1 “ has of late been seriously content
plated by the leading fngple in the Eastern
division” From whom has he braid it?_
From Mr. Pickering or Lloyd ? And by
whom contemplated? By Federalists—the
Essex Junto. lJo not the Federalists blush
at tins u»e of rlieir name ? J)« thev not
see in what light they are viewed by England
—how much their opposition to their own
country inspires and nerves the unjust pon_
cy or (» Britain ?
Are not these disclosures calculated to
persuade us into the idea, that we should
withdraw ourselves from the intrigues ot
Europe — recall home our ministers resident
—and forbid the Courts ot the old world re
taming any of these •• privileged spies” a
mongst ourselves?
But there is another view, which Strikes
•is with peculiar force.—The source of these
conversations, is Umi anomalous,out-of the
xtay sort ot thing ; called our Gubinrt. We
shall show hereafter, how this mou ,tcr has
grown up to its present size.-Yet by
what light do these Secretaries pretend to
meddle with subjects not •* relating to the
duties of their respective offices?” These
are the words of the Constitution. By what
right do the Secretaries of the Treasury
•rid the Navy cross their own thresholds ?
Why do they tamper with foreign minis.,
ters, or meddle with our foreign relations?
Have the people elected them P. LT. S. or
has the P. invested them with the du ies of
Secretaries of State ? 1 liese men must be
taught to know their duty better_and to
Confine themselves within their own spheres
of office.—They are in one sense *• members
of the administration,” as Mr. G. calls
them. But the hand must not aspire to the
functions ..fthe head—nor the feet to those
of the stomach.—It is the dutv of the Pre
sident to correct this exil-Hamilton be_
gun it—but ft is time to remember the li
mits of the Constitution. “When certain
stars shoot madly from their spheres,” there
must be a master genius to reduce their cC
cehtricities.”
Curiosities or Astihvity.
To the Editor or tub Enquirer
I'* my it< ‘arches among the aoci'iit rec
ords relating to Virginia, 1 have discovered «o,ne
important tacts, both xs it respects the rights of
properly, *n l as fm mailing matter for tlie liisto
nan. — It is now rl-arly ascertained, ilia* so ear
U as the year 1622, there was uprinter in Virgi
nia, who was prohibited by the Governor kCoun
C'l ff'im prosecuting his business, till the king’s
pleasure should be known. It had been handed
down by tradition, that by n lav* of Virginia, the
art <>l printing had been stippiesasd during s.-me
period ot oup subject'ou to (lie regal government;
but the accuracy oftliat statement, had been
H tea tinned by the best informed ni *n aiming us j
no written **r printed documents having been dis
covered to justify it.—No doubt can now exist
ol the fact, that the liberty of tt'.e press was res
trained, not indeed by a Lisa, but by an order of
the Governor and Council —The foil.’.wing >. (he
minute of their |>r iceedings, taken from a M s
with which I have been furnished by Mr Jef
ferson, late President of the United States, and
which,on comparison with cotemporaneous Mss
is tound to be strictly accurate.
“ February 2l«t 1682
t “ Buck.-er called before I-ord Culpeper*
\‘t a,ul *»'» council for pri ting the Jaws of 1680,
without his excellency’s license, and he and
” the printer ordered to enter into bond in l'J )£
•* »ior to print an; thing he e .fter, until m*
majesty's pie sure shall be known.” ("ITerba
tion from the Ei-md M S pa 428. J
L is not probable that the king did signify his
pleasure for a long series of years ; for tlie first
evidence thereafter of any printing having been
done in Virginia, was on the revised laws of
17SJ
Among the old books preserved in the clerk’s
otfi e of the G nerd: court utherc arc a great ;
number of patents, which ought to have h.’en re
co'dcd in i he books which are now in the Ue
gister 4 ol.ice Tnis perhaps, accounts for the
m niy unsuccessful applications at the Register’s
office, tor ancient patents, which can be tound
no vvnere but in the office of the G neral Court,
interspersed thro’ a great .lumber of volumes, la
belled us containing “ bonds,” ‘ commissions” fee
Formally year* alter tlie first setileme.it ol Vir
ginia, the Secretary whs both tlie Clerh of the
\ General Coii't and Register of the J.md 'five, and
ad the books which are now in the two otfi -es;
were deposited in hi* alone—It seems to h ive
been the practice among his clerks to record ihe
papers in the fiist book which can.e to hand,
without regard to the subject matter, or to chro’
nological ord.*r.—Thus w. find in *• Deed Books ”
a great number of wills, and state papers : and
!'>*••«« a..*,- woi.,«
mgs ol tlie Court Martial held by S.r William
JJcikeley', for the trial o the adherents to Na
thaniel Bacon —The abuses in the Secretary ’a
olucc were so great, that they called fertile in
terpoailion, ..f the Legislature, who, bv ..n act,
passed in 1664, entitled ” An act . oncerning
the regulating the secretary's office,” expiessly
declare,* thut it appear* tout there hath beene
a greate neglect in koepuig the records in this
country, and appoint a committee, to examine
into iht* 9ii!>ji-ctf ami propose a reform.
1 am respectfully, yours.
_ A WM W. HEXING.
A relerence to our laws will shew that
Loro Culpeper was Governor ol Virginia at this
period.
The Mammoth.—In the “ Medical and
1 n> :>iCcil Journal.” of Dr. Barton for 1808,
there is a description of the Mam
moth, which was •• discovered in the Lr, in
the North of A,ia ” Mr Ad ur.s, of St Pe
tersbuig. describes it to have been on the
shores ot the Frozen Sea, near the mouth
ot th« River. Lena. ]t was originally met*
with by a Tom.g. use Chief, in 1799— near,
ly covered .v itli ice and about 60 paces front
the shore—and it was n a 'nil the end of
the 5 li year that the Ice melted from a
rpnd it and left the monsier, bare tor inspre
tion. Mr Adams saw it in June, 1806—
when fe w of its parts were Lit in a si de of
preservation, except its bones-vet those
ruins were ample monuments of the s',z» of
the animal to which they belonged. Its car
case was more than 10 f et high, and 14
long trom the tip of the nose to thecocc>x—
each of its horns was 6} feet lo .g. and 200
lbs. weight—its head alone, 400 lbs_The
skin was ot such extreme weight, that •• IQ
persons, who were employed to carry it to
die sea-side, in order to stretch it on float
ing wood, moved it with great difficulty”-!
a long mane was afttaclied to its neck—its
shin was of a deep grey, covered with red
dish hair and black tfi istlrs- ,nd some of
thtfte last, in<»ie than 2 teet in length. Such
is the monster, which was seen b) Mr. A
four years ago- ■ whose horns are frequent*
ly met with on the banks of the seus and
rivers of Siberia-md which Dr. Barton
sees fit in the foll-w.ng extract, to place
in the class of the Klkhhast :
Extract oj a letter from Ur. liar ton of
Philadelphia, to a Citizen of Virginia.
May 26bi, l#U).
‘ I have just received from Mr. Tiltsius,
of St. Petersburg in Russia, some fine draw
'"K* die great Asiatic Maminnuth : the
veiy one of which yon have seen an account,
ns having been discovered in the Ice, in the
North of Asia, ft proves to be a true Fie..
phaut, though specifically distinct from any
of the known existing species of Elephant ;
and different from the common (once widely
extended) Mam mouth of North America._
Hut I am now purstiaded, that a species of
Elephant specifically thv same ns this of A_
mo, was once a native of Norm America: for
1 have received its teeth, ike. from your
state (county of Wythe)-from S. C’arnli
na, &c. Ike tniisculiiie drawings of Mi.
Pile-inj--would have removed from my
mind all doubts, if any had remained, that
the great and common \tarnm >ntli of Ame
rica ; that, wlo se teeth and other bones hav<
been dLcoverctf in E intuckv, Ohio, and so
many other parts of the U States ; that, of
which we have the mounted skeleton in the
Museum of Mr, Peale ; that this vast ani
moT was. wh*l I haw always taken i*. robe.
u true ElepUhf; and not a distinct Genus,
ns Mr. Cuvier now fancies. 1 have m olxs
jection to Cuvier's name of mi* animal
t but never will 1 use it as a
generic name Tile Curvature of the trunks,
and every other material circumstance, run
v luces me, that the common North Ameri
can M'toituoutli was a true, legitimate spe
cies «>f Kiephant. 1 shall, therefore, ca*
'he animal Klcphas Mastodentus: Tii-ugh
I see no good objection to Mr. Riunienb.u, i’s
name, viz Elephas Amcricanus: for this
animal though it may have existed in the
old world, seems to h ive had its principal
residence in America.”
\Ve itrr authorised by the Chancellor at
this place tb state. that he considers the va
cancy in the clerkship of his cour\ necasi"
| <>ned by the death of Peter Tinsley. Es<j. of
i too much importance to the public, to be
•. hastily filled ; and therefore, he will not pro-,
! (]eed to tlie appoin ment i t a clerk until the #
t first day of Augi t next.
yT T' e n-'ine of o»«- of the Students, who re-*
reived the degree i.f A 11. on the 4 ■ id'July at
'ViIlium and Marv, is not Mr. Gilman, but
f"Mocis W (j 1 n r, of Alh-riinarlu County.—
Our correspondent veizes this opportunity of
m.ik og the coricttiou “ due to so promising a
young man.”
<r? The A.trora lays, that the Plate Papers,’
embraced in tin; correspondence of Erskinc, Jkc.
were sent by sp *ci;d nies*cng> rs of the Unit'd*
government to the continent of Europe, before
they were laid on the table of the House of
Lords.
COMMUNICATION.
riTrr*. On the 2lst in t at Ins house, in tills
tiiwu, i'i. ii£K 1 1 NSLEY.Tlsqr. for many year*
Clerk ol the High Court ol Clnirtry. He was a
tout* rati si, but in bis personal attachments hr made
no invidious distinctions. H>s friends, fs. they u'< m
numerous, belonged to all honest part es. He was
distinguished t o mmy of those qualities which
render a man amiable ami useful in society He
was very good tempered, anti when anger,, d.
exticmely placable and easily appeased He
wasg. iierotis, open-hearted. and eminently cha
rit ible, in every sense of the word. He was a
kind master, a most tender husband, and alien,
tionnte father—But cul-gv if vain A friend
greets his memory With this «• short and simple0
tribute ; ami (hesympathy for his amiable lehct,
and three innocent babe’s, as wi ll as the recol
lected worth ofliim, who is lost to them for aver,
w .rus him now to check the progress of feelings
too acute—Farewell, excellent man !
Died—in Manchester, on the 19th instant,
He.vkt L. Bi«cosE-,q an inhabitant ol that
town —i man of Stirling worth—and deeply re*
gict*ed J
1.N ' H V aO.w Y — At a c urt »:elcl fo- K 1..I1
Q.'K' n county, at the court house, on Mo if
•i.*\ li e 9*1 July, 1810.
John I, Hodgin, Pu'fT.
Against
Gabriel Le vis Haller and Richard Brook*,
THE defend mt, G tbrirl Lewis If all r/not
I having entered his appearance and given w'-urily
j according to the act of assembly and the rules of
,this court, audit appearing to the satisfy fou of
'the court, that the said defendant, G'.b.icl Lew
’is Haller, is noton inhabitant of this common^
. werdtb : On the motion wf the plaintiff; bv hie
[counsel, It i*ordered, That the said def-odant
Gabriel Lewis H iller, do appear here on H e
second Monday i» October next, end answer the
bdLif the plaintiff*; and thatcony of this onler
;l>e forthwith published in some public newspaper
j printed in the city f Richmond, for t wo monilw
successively, and that another copy be posted at
tr.i: front door ol thin court house.
James Lumpkin and Elizabeth Brooke ,.,d
Thomas Jeft as, Drf’t,
rrut? a~c f
i'»' •■'viii uuor ui uiis coisii house
Tm%
* cy, POLLARD, c c.
Jttlv 34 Q
— * _• _ u 8 v
JAMUJihl.y LANM—FOR SALE-Th«
*yn*cr.l.rr being very de ... ous of paying ail
'.s <K i,l*f tts authorized and empowered ur
I "v F x.t . -I -p..se of about 7 or 8oo Hcrt.s ,f
'• Ml l i- LIN’D, nemg 8 part of f tie M ...skill
y < h-i .;. , in K"g Wdl .m county •
600 acres, lies nearly opposite to H -never s o wn
an., adjoins the land* of M.j r D .bin and o
t'.e. - ; about l.alfof this irH. . .„ fl.,t |u,,|f a))fl p.
qiial to any on P.,mnnkev ri'-.-r; the b la,.. w
mostly in w >0<]. ami il ol Very good quality_*
rt.ere is on Un* tract, a srn.dld well.i Jr |„ XU, a
>ai n, t.c The other parrel adjoins the Lands of
M r G-tjeon B. .slier and Mr Hen, v Titnberl.,he’s
college lot, anti It IS all in woods p s..ess...n will
! be 0,1 fi'>l <>ay of Jam,ary , and lib, rty
g.vrn of sowing wheat this full, ISO .c. J
which are n**w incorn 0
All just claims Against me will be received in
payment, for either of the above ti ,ct:i of Land—
I* i- hoped, as the above steps are taken to sa'is
-y try creditors, no process in law will be issued
against me. .
WARNER L WOKMLEV
#">V 2* „,f
I1 ~ ... ,. JN c°l NCI1'. y<"y 2iuii, irfio ~~
IS AD VISED, That in future, no H ioj
lor attendance mi C- urt* Martial, eitl .
J't ge Advoca.o, Members or Witnesses |»,. pj,
l( .ia d t>w'e Auditor for adjustment, until a c.o.
|»y ot the p.< ce« (iings of such court m.rtid. did*
authenticated by the IVs.d nt and Indge ,\ r l
cate, shall bt received by the Executive: And
that this advice he published in the Argus h Eta.
qiurer lor sis we-ks,,nd cop.es I hereof furnished
Ui« conimsiiifiuits of Brigades *•„! Regiments.
r.>.irAct from ttie minuiei.
Dd Ah T. HVLTrjN, Cltrknft^ Courci/
ptllLID AUCTION—-*C*pn«,n Ai»7~^
... '™er **«*»"ft 'In-mined to remove t„ tr,«
! Western Country • <s f ,11. has .Mho, 7..(| n.
•dispose of Ins HvUSJtS 6 LOTS, on C m
street, conveniently s,Hm.,u, ml . nf.ning
ho square next below Mr J-sepli (i dir-mV -
1 h.s property is so well known, I thiok u
jrersa-y to.-ises more particular d«sc»ipi • „ i ..
| ll A?be |«» »«■ »”*.,« »t .odd,, oa'
| Friday t!)», .,.1 day.d August next, on die >remi.
; sfs. T \ctve mon ha credit will be allow, d the
( pu chasers, ami notes with pprnved h-r'iers
piyabie nod negotiable flu it k y ' '
unuirrd. • TTfCs