The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1806-06-27 00:00:00, page 4

FROM THE PHILADELf H1A GAZETTE.
EXTRACTS FROM THE PAMPHLET,
Entitled, “ An Enquiry into tire State of the Na
tion at the commencement of the prefent admi
ni/Iration.,,~ -London, 1ROG
Haring taken a general furTey of the prefent flare
of our enemy, of his allies, ami of thofe powers which
■re, upon the whole, friendly to us : it may be pro*
per, before concluding this branch of the fuhjeiR, to
confide' the relations of England with the few pow
ers, winch have preferred a flridk neutrality its the
prefent unfortunate conteft, more particularly with
the United States of America—-the chief, indeed the
o:>l coxfiderable nation of this defeription.
It is the uniform confequence of a long continued
war between the principal dates of Europe, that the
nations which take no part in the difpute, are em
ployed to carry on much of the commerce of the bel
ligerent countries, with die permiOlon of all parties,
JHd that they aTo engage in brauehes of trade which
thofe belligerents wifli, if pofTihle, to prohibit. When
France raid England, for example, are at war, the
ruitom of prirateerirg, or in general of permitting
the relErls of the date to capture merchantmen, ren
ders it dang.trous for the English and Ffetich traders
t<> fail as often as during peace ; and much of the bu
fmets which they ufed to carry on rtvtttl be transfer
xed to the neutral merchap's, the Danes or Ameri
cans. The mere interruption of ilircvd intercourfe
between the belligerents*, impofesthe neceffiry of ad
n>'*;ing n*utralF to the trade which they ufed to car
ry on together, and to the trade which each ufed to
carry on between the oth'T and their parties. The
ad.nuTion of neutral* to the former branch of com
merce, ha; feldnro been olijedled to, except during
the beat of nvional animbfity, and even then the ob
ject on was dire.Sed, not againll the neutral, but a
g i i(l the other belligerent. The admifiion of neu
n»K to the latter brandi of comnierte, the carrying
t’ra‘e of the one belligerent between the other and
thiid parties, has been reflrii'led by certain rules,
te.viing to prevent the neutral from dirtily affifling
the belligerent in his hoflile operations. Thcfe rules
ncvi» prohibited the neutral, from railing with the
hel'igrrent, In articles immediately fuhfervient to mi
litary operations, or as they have thettce been deno
nvuatad ccn!r ibtinJjf tv<tr, In order to enforce this
«*sr, a right of fearching neutral traders at fea has
been claimed by belligerent powers, and on foir.e re
markable occafjons, fubmitted to by the government
of the neutral nation. None of thefe points are at
pri-lent an nhjisS of difcufSon. Neither the Vij^ht of
fearrh nor the prohihition of contraband, nor the pow
er of blockade, have for fome time pail been called
In tJwOion. Hut a branch ^of opjlJpury.coiTiniefVe has,
curing the court? of the }>re(ent war, palftd into the
hands of neutral*, fo important from its extent, and
fo unequally beneficial to'the belligerents, frbm its
being confined chicly to the weaker party, that a
dirpofition has apptar.nl in the councils af the ftrong
cr party to diljrjfe the neutral right.
In no maritime war before the prefertt, has it hap
pen v that the fupsriority of one party was fo deci
five as to deprive the other of every chance of keep
ing the fea. England rainy generally have had the
bever, her fleets may have gained fignal advantages
a:;J her cruizers or privareers have annoyed the ene
my’s trade But (till France was not fo crippled as
to lofe all chance «f .proteiling her commerce. She
was not fo completely befot as to view a voyage and
a capture with the fame apprehs nfiops. Accordingly
her merchants ran the rifle, which was not enor
mous ; and continued to freight VeCeU for foreign
ports, or to bring home their colonial produce, with
the chance, but not the certainty of their biting ta
ken. Some part of this commerce fell into the hand*
of neutral traders; fome pact wis carried on fraudu
lently under the cover of the neutral flog, hut the risk
was not fnflicient to make the merchant give up the
profit of direil rraifk- on his own account, svirh his
velds and Crews, and flag of his own country.—Bui
the nncxanipteif incrcafe of the Iitittrt'h muin,,
t ie aimoit t?>ial ruin of the French navy during the
1„ A and prefont wars, have augmented the rile of cup.
ture to the French trader To greatly, that he can no
longer undergo it, and muft be content to give nr
much of his trafhc to neutral,; and endeavor to fereen
the r.fl hy fraudulent d^yic^i The unprecedented
j* . d*1 ;-;e *a." tpo, and the renewal ofhofli
o-rtc r”-** *n 'at-rv*'I of peace, has increafed
fill .urtner the inducement, or rather the nec.-Tity of
employing Vieutral nation*, in the commerce former
ly carried on by the belligerent alone. Fora few years
of war the privation of certain articles of ncceflity or
luxury may be endured—hot this becomes at length
intolerable, and overcomes every reftraint which ei
ther government or the opypCng iutereft of tra.Iers
cart crea*e. Fhof,- traders, thenifclves, too, when a
war has tailed long, .gradually fliift their capital into
n"-v channels, and withdraw more and more from
thehczardoHs(peculations, in which, during a fliorr
period of holhlity, they might be contented or com
{v lied to continue. The finH of employment which
they thus leave, become, in confoqtiencs or>eti to
neutrals, who now carry on the vanoits branches or
foreign trade, from which they wer? formerly exclu
ded. Thu* it happened from the combined efforts of
•tier aftouifhiug naval fuperiortfy, and the unyrcce
dented length of the war, that almoft all the foreign
commerce cf I rance, and a large proportion evert ^if
the mailing trade, hav? fuile-i iom the hands of neu
tral rations and .particularly of the Americans who
lave the gr.'atsit facilities/-!/ maritime carriage, and
the moft rifmg consmercjil fvlkm. Among other
branches of the French commerce now engrclfod by
American traders, with the permilljon of both
vernmer.:*; i* tlfit' of the colonies. As their trade-,
during peace, was folde d t*» the Arid rub-s of th ’
navigation law, common to all cl,.- maritime power,
of Curope, a particular obje&inr, has been taken to
us being fuddenly laid nnm by thr enemy to ne„.
trnlj during war, for the evident niirpofc of fereenhg
it I'fbm juft hnflfility. And this interference of f]-l
Americans, in order to a.Ttfi. And, a fcherw, Jus l-Ven
flipped ipconflllcnt with the relatioi.s of neutrality
which their nation profeHes to maintain.
It is In vain, the lupportersof the belligerent right*
Contend, that England conquer* the l’t-nrh marine,
nay, reduces it altnofl to annihilatin',. H»r fnip* of
war may bo capture.), hut the coinm-rce of France
i»fsfe. She may declare war when |'je pfoafes—
and without a fhip that ran ntakr head to Orir weak
cfl cruizer, fbe ha*a fur e method of nr onc.-prtfteifl
Itlg her whole tfade, more certainly than i. <h.; had
the entire command of the ft- t«. ' She has hut to
ftifpend her navigation law, to r. Imit the Arttericans
Into,her colonial and calling trade, and to fit out
no vrffitd for lea under French color*. The Etiglilh
cruizer* may doovnerr over the fri*. nrd yet they
are unable to touch .1 ton of.I.er trade, .’the hnwjiiil
liors floating «,n the vefltii of neutral nation*, which
noCHtmy can reach. She rear* rhe whole hen. fits
of Commerce and of colonies without the rifle of cao
tore or detention. She may fit not Both®/ but pr'i
varet-r* or cruizer* ro atMrk our trade, and dill ref*
our colonies, while h«ro*v.i are beyond die effort* of
our armed vefTel*. She uni e; the whole henenr* of
war with ill the fociifltv of peace. The rule, it „
tcohfon led, which (hs?uW 'uide us in thia queflion,
a* the fotreft measure of-office to all parties, i*. that
. feutrcUcan only take pat' during war. in fuel, bran
ches nf commrr.e a* rhv domeftic regulation* of <he
belligerent alloVyd fhe.n to partake in tfftrjtig peace
This dodlrine svn. r.-engnifed, we are told, in the
war of I7.id, and ha* never fi-.cr been difputed.
though England has frrqteo'ly departed from It* ri
gnr by voluntary conreliion*. |«* policy i* as obvi
»ri« a* ft. juftice, fay ,!,« rncmie, of the neutral
claim*. Wrre the pr-fet t principle o'unlimited neti
tral trade to be rerogriitVd, England might give over
every omrufton to naval power, abandon the hope
*»f corbit>g Prenl-h commerce, vr.d difp.ir at once of
ypvning ary thing by a continuance rr»n of the jol
ted war. Should flie fupport of our maritime right*
lead to a rupture with the neutral*, Which, however,
j« laid to be. muft imy rohafdr, we can lofe little by
fuch an addition *o the number of our enemies, in
eorr.frari'bn of th« vail dftriiuert which w« now fuf
n'm from thole neutrals tying up our hand* tgalhft all
the anemic* we-have to contend wietu Belter, fay
they, have Anierica at well as France, hoftitc, and
expofed to our fair attacks, than France openly hof
tile, and America covertly proteAing her from eSery |
effort of oUr ehmity. This will give u* a chance of
fyeedily terminating the war, or ct lead fccure the
o|>portunity of rendering it both f;tfe and lucrative.
Such is the main body of the argument in favor cf
the jnlltce as well as the policy of our reviving the
rule of the war of 175<i. The thief point at Ufue is
the application of that rule to ti’.e colonial trade of the
enemy—and, without at all eidrring into the oaelli
on of tight, we fhull proceed to offer a few Ample
contideration*, sVhich may tend to Ihew that the View
of the cafe, in point of policy, taken by’the fuppor
ters of the above doArine, is by no means a correct
one, and that the importance of the whole matter at
iflue in the difputs, has been etsormouily exaggera
ted. 'The following obfervations proceed upon the
further admifliun that the fuAs Hated by the advo
cates of belligerent rights are accurately given—anil
alfo, that wherever a neutral flag is aflfumed as a co
ver to the (b*p ami cargo of a belligerent power, fo
evident a fraud is excepted fiom the argum<nt. The
points to he trv rained are, that whatever right
F.ngland may haw to prudent the interference A
nierica in the French colonial trade, during war, no
material advanta<£> could be gained from the enforce
ment of fuch a prohibition—that the real difference
between the former sud the prefent method of carry
ing Trench colonial produce, and fupplying ^he
French colonies, is extremely trifling in ultimate con
fer nence#-—and that other reafons of a very pofitive
nature enjoin a departure from fuch cl-ihis, in the
prefent fituation of affairs.
I o prevent a fupply of colonial produce nrnm reach
ing France, if r.ot direiMiy, at lead by a roundabout
importation, exceed* the power of the Britilh navy,
numerous and viiloriou* as it is. Unlefs we can far
round every port of the French coaff with (hips, and
the land frontiers alfo with troops: and unlefs we are
Gill further rcfolved to prohibit neutral nation* from
trading with France in their own merchandize or mer
chandize of our colonies, the French people n:ull con
tinue to he lupplied with fugar and coffee, whethrr
we are at war with them or not. If we prevent
thofe articles from being carried direcily to France
from her colonies, a final! increafe of the price will
enable neutrals to import them into their owa coun
tries, r.rtd then re-export tkem to France. If we
maintain that the importation and re-exportation,
though accompanied with re-landing of cargoes and
payment of duties, is Gill a collufive trav.fadtion, and
muft ha prohibited, as a continuation of the original
voyage, then a further intreafe of price enables the
fa'ii*- produce to reach France in diff. rent veffels while
the veffels that imported it talc* other freights. We in
fail only oblige the neutrals to have two fets of veffels,
one employed between the French colonies dt America,
the other between America and France. The total
gain of England upon thefe prohibitory operations,
is the caufing Frenchmen to drink their coffee font
fom a pnind dearer, which is a moff pitiful advan
tage to us ; and creating inconvenience to America,
which is no advantage at all.
But fuppofe we go a Gep further, and prevent the
Americans from exporting the French colony, produce
at all, upon the plea that this trade was not open to
them during peace ; let us confider what confuqucn
ceswill follow. One of three things muff happen
iffuch a proh:biji*m is rigorcndly enforced; either
the French will be compelled to carry their produce
in their own fliips—or the Engliili will be allowed
to purchafe it, suid then * ell to neutrals in Europe,
who will carry it to France—or the produce will he
condemned to remain in the colonies. If the
French venture at firff to freight their own veffels
with the produce, the Britifn cVuizers, will infalli
bly take them, or at lead the rifk of capture which
made the French throw open this traffic to neutrals,
will continue to be fa tnormous, that neither the
plan er nor the merchant can afford it. This expedi
ent will, therefore, fpeedily be abandoned. If the
Kngliih traders are allowed to purchafe and carry the
produce, it may be remarked, that fitch a proceeding,
fuch an intercourfe with the enemy would be con
trary to all the general rule* of war, and would be a
compromtfe of our character fur the gain of trade.
But after all, what great national end would be gain
ed by fuch a co'nmcrce ? The French would pay
fpmewHat higher for the produce than if neutrals car
ried it—*nd a few Engliih merchants would gain a
certain commiffion upon thefale of it. The capita!
1 requited to carry cn this ne.v anil fuddenly-ereated
; branch of rrade, would leave ofhrr branch**, in
• which it had formerly been employed; and thole
i branches would be filled by the capital of neutral na
! At a peace, a new change would be neceffa
ry, the capital mull partly ffiift back again, and mufi
in part, he thrown out of employment altogether.
Sueh changes are rather upon the whole hurtful, than
beneficial in a general view. Laffly, if the produce
of the French colonies i* prevented from being ex
ported, it muff rot there, and the* colonies muff be
ruined—the fupply of provilions muff fail—the work
of tne plantations he fufpended—tho negroes revolt,
, and the whole be involved in ruin. Bcfides the cruel
?y of luch a plan, befides its total repugnance to the
: pra ffice of civilised warfare, which never attacks
prvate property, except at lea—the evils of this fys
tr*n would be Glared by ourfelvcs, not only from the
lofs of enftomers, which we fhould feud when fo
much wealth and indufiny was dellroyed in the coun
try of our neareft neighbors, but alfo from the incalcu
I iblc danger of having femes of rebellion and confufi
on in the immediate vicinity of our fineff colonies,
f he plan, therefore of preventing a!I exportation of
French colonial produce, though the only confident
one in thnfc who attack neutral rights and the point
to whic-h all rb*-ir Inpportof the rule of the war l7./(»
necvffariljr had* thorn, i* clearly objectionable on
the molt eftabliffied principles, both of policy anj
I juft ice.
1 were is, moreover, a very efi4m1.1I dfftimftion
, to be made, between the ordinary brandies of trade
and that cnramerca which is employed in trjofporting
rhe produce of the colonics to the mother country:
1 which is rather the remittance of their rmt* to tile
great body of non-rfefident proprietors, than the ex
change of. colonial for European commodities. If
Ciitidaloupe or Cuba were countries unconuedrd
with France and Spain, except by the intcrcourfe of
'r !fic—if no further rda’lon fublilled between them,
t an that the \|T. India territories produced commodi
ti. •, which rhe European nations required, and ncuft
either pttrehafie direfVly, nr procure by a rouncUhout
1 commerce—tltert it might be of fome importance,
according to the views with which maritime war is
now tarried on, for England O harral's this bnuefs of
Spanifli and Frt-nch trade, and to profit by taking it
into her os*n hands. The people of Cuba and Gua*
dalotipe would then be paid' for their produce by En.
gliflt merchants, and- France and Spain tvooiJ he obli
ged to buy them circuitnufly from England— Kilt
this is by no mean*the nature1 of the navigation be
twteii thofe ifiands and Europe. The proprietors of
the cuioniei refide almoft entirely in this mother coun
tries. The carriage of Wed- Indian produce, is mu
<>n account of merchants, who are to fell it again af
ter having bought it in the colony, but on account
of ahf.mt landholder*, who have no pther was of re
ceiving their rent* but by having the produce of their
efiates brought over to them. They live not at
their f^rih, but at tke market—and their income
Is trartfmitted iri goods, witich they there dtfpole
of.
Now, hy Intercepting this communication, what
•vouM England eFedi ? She cannot intend to flop it
nlfogether, to prevent the colonial agents from fen
ding any of their revenue to the proprietors, or to
intercept it on the v/ay. This would lie a kind of
warfare quite contrary to the fuirlt of modern enf
roms; it would he more hrmful to individuals thaq
rh.- entire capture of the color* * where their ertatog
Jv, for in that cafe the conqueror* never interfere with
private property, and only carry the rent* of the plan
ter round for them by a tbsmotd fomewhat more cir
cuitous. England, then, by ititerferlhg in rhv rcfrtlt
tanre nfthnfe rents, withoiit capturing the enemy**
colonies, can ordy mean fo trade with rhfe p'amera to
pyrchife the produce, and bring it hn-rte, wh>4re it
wili Jtt fehj again, and reach at iaH the eotvfutner In
the tuemy's couttry, while the agent*of th< propri- 1
etof* remit tbeitrent* oo« in kftd.butln nuinify or j
bilk. The fame tftvdfc will be produced, if inltead
of buying th« prdtuce, we only cauf* it to be consign
ed to Engtilh metthaats, who, for a certain commrf
fioo, fell it, and account to the planter or hi* agents.
In either cate, tht colouial proprietor lofrs ahfolutel/
nothing. His produce is carried by Englilh, tnftcad
of French or American merchants—the freight can
not be much greater—the com*.dHian will probably
he lets—he is paid by bills upon London or Liverpool,
Inflead of Bordeaux or Nantes, or New-York—and
a few mercantile houfes in England gain a profit up
on the Coiilignmenl in.lkad of the fame number of
French or Ametican houfes. Surely it is neither for
the gain »r thefe individuals, nor for the fake of ef
feoling fuch a change as this upon the wealth of
French colonial proprietors, that we are to infill on
the exclufion of neutrals from the colony trade of out
enemies. We injure the enemy fuffich-ntly by for
cing thofe neutrals to carry the proiluce round by
their own ports; inflead of allowing Jt to be tranf
porced dire^lly from the colony to the mother coun
try, as during peace. This may raife the price of
the goods to the Confumer in tlic enemy’* country—
to the planter, who k inol in tore fled in the traffic,
we can do no injury winterer, unlefs we can take
the colonies where hiseftate lies, and thenchoofe to
violate the rights of individual proprietor* or until j
we difcovcr a method of compelling people to fhio
cargoes in vcflels which are abfolutely certain of be
ing captured.
(‘To be continued.)
15p authority.
LAW OF THE UNITED STATES.
AN ACT
To ay thorite tr ■■ fate of T'ennejfee to ijfue grants, and
ptrf'tf titles to certain lands therein defcriled ; arid to
fettle the claims to tse vacant and unappropriated lands
’tvilbim the fame.
Be it tnafirj !,y the Senate and Houfe of Reprefcnta
tt'jcs of the Ua>teJ estates of America in Congrefs af
fmtlltd, That for tlie purpofi; of defining the limits
of the vacant and unappropriated bn,Is in the ftate of
TetuicflWe, hereafter to be fuhjeA to the fob and
entire difpoQtion of the United State*, the follow
ing line be, and hereby i% eftablilhed, to nt'it f be
ginning at the place where the ealWn of .main
branch af Elk river (hall intcrfcA the loutheni boun
dary line of the date of Tenneflee ; from thence run.
ning due north, until faid line (hall interfeA the nor
thern nr main branch of Duck river ; thence down
the waters of Duck river, to the military boundary
a.s eftaMithvd by the feventh feAion ofnnaA
of the fta'e of North-Carolina, entitled “ An avft for
the relief of the oflic-rs and foldiers of the continen
tal line, and for other purpofet," (paired in the
year one thoufmd feven hundred and eighty-three) ;
thence with the military boundary line, weft to the
place where it interfedl* the Tenneflee river ; thence
down the waters of the river Tenneffee, to the
place where the Tame interfwAs the northern hounda
ry line of the (late of Tei-rrlTee.
fire. 2. And he it further en,idled, That upon the
fenntors and reprefentatives from the ftate ofTeo
neflee, Hy ati inftrument ftgned and fealed by them
rcfpcAively, making knoyvO, that in ptirfuar.ee of
the power in them veiled, by an a£ of the general
afiembly of the ftate of Tenneflee, entitled " An aA
to appoint agent* to fettle the difpure between this
ftate and the United State*, relative to the vacant &
unappropriated lands within this (late, and to pro
cur.* th« relinquiffiment of the claim of the United
Stare* to the fame,” nn.l hy a refolntion of the fenate
& Houfe of-Reprefentatives of the faid ftate of Ten
reflt-e, paiTed in the year one thoufatid eight hun
dred and two, a* inftruA'oni therein; they do, for,
and in behalf of the ftate of Tenneflee anti in conli
tlerarion of the provision* made in this a<5F, agree and
declare, that all right, title, and claim, which the
ftate of Tentiellee hath to the lands lying well and
fouth of the line, herein before ellablilhrd within the
limits of the Hate of Tcaocflee, Ihall thereafter for
ever ccafe; and that the latiJsaforefaid Ihall be ar.d
remain at the fi.ie and entire difpnfltion of the Uni
ted State*, and fliall be exempted from every difpo
fition or tax made by order, or under the authority
of the ftate of TenneflVe, while the fame fliall remain
the property of the United States, and for the term
of five years after the fame (hail he fold ; which
bid inftrument (hall be approved by the Senate of
-he United Stales, and entered at large on their jour
nal, and derolited in the oftice ol the fecretary of
ftate. The United States do thereupon cede and con
vey to the (late of TentlefTee, all* right, title, and
claim, which the United Slices have to the territory
of the lands lying call and north of the line herein
before rftahliftied, within the limits of the ftate of
TennetT-e, fubjetii to the fame conditions :•* are con
tained in the a til of the general affembly of the ftate
of North-Carolina, entitled “ An aA for Ihc purpofi?
of ceding to the United States of America, certain
weftern land* therein deferibed.” And the faitl
ftate of Tfnneflee Ihall thekeupnn hive a* full pover
& authority to iflue grants ard perfedl titles of all
lands lying eaft and north of the before deferibed
line, within the limit* of tha‘ faid ftate, as Congrefs
now have, or the flute of Tenneflee might have’, hf
virtue of an aS of the ftate of North-Carolina. en
titled “ An aft to aurhorife the live of Tenneflee to
perfeA tirle* to lands referved to this ftafe by the cef
fion ifl," to which faid a <51 the a (Tent of Cnogrvfs i*
hereby given fofitras isnecHTarv rocar/y into -ffeA
; tile objeA* of this conipaA; fubje<ft neverthelefs to
j th- following err,’ ef* condition* ; that is to fay.
First. That all entries of land*, right* of locati
on, ami warrant* of furv/ys, and all interfering lor*.
' tirti*, which m ght he removed hy the aforefaid aA
j of celTion nt the flat*? of North-Carolina, :u?d which
are good and valid in 1 iw, and which were not a An*
■ ally located weft and f roth of the herein bcfiire dt
feribed line, bttfnro the twenty-fifth day oF February,
nno thoufaml feven hundred and ninety, and all inter
fering gran:* which are good and valid in laxy and
which hav*' V*en Incited eatl and north of the faid
line, Ac. (hall he located, and the rifle* ther-to per
fefted, within the territory hereby ceded tdthoflate
of Tenoeflee.
SreoNDLr. That the ftnfe of Tenneflee (had ap
nropnate one hundred chmtfatid acre*, which (ball he
located in one entire traA, within the limits of the
!,in 1* referved to the Cherokee Indian*, hy ad aA of
tlie ftate of North-Carolina, entitled “ An aA foro
pen’mg tlie land oflice for the redemption of ("peefie
and other certificates. an<l difehargn'g the arrears
due to the tirniy,” pi(f*d in the year one thoufznd
feven hifn?lfe<! and eigbty-thiree ; and (hail be for the
ufe ©i two coiwpi, oneir ea/t, etiufjone m we^i Ten*
nr,'Tec, to be edablilhvd by the legiflature thereof.
And one hundred tnntffahd acre* in one tra.fl within
tht Krtiltilift aftnefald, for thr'ufo of academic.*;
I one in evh county In faid (late to he eftahlifhyd by
the !e*Klat'ire thereof ; which faid fcveral trails (hall
| be located on land* to which the fndlno title ha* been
e*tingni(he'l, and fubjedl to the d'fpolftion of the !e
giflAtufe of the Hate, but (hall not hv ’jrrartfed or fold
ifor lef* than two dollar* per acre, end the proceed* of1
the fale* of the land* af&refaid, (ball he veiled
land* for the refpe£live ule* aforefaid for ever. And
the live of Tenneffee (hall moreover Iti iflVmg grants
and perfeAing title*, locate fix hundred and forty a
ere*, to every fix mi lea Opiate in the territory hereby
cadcd, where exiftirtg claim* will allow the fame,
which (ball be appropriated fi*f the ole of fchool* for
the inflrutdion of children for ever. Provided, That
nothing contained in thi* a»5l find be conftmed to af
fect the Indian title, nr to fubj'dt the United State*
to th» ex pence of eatinguiliing the fame, /.■*! p,n.
viJtd a!fi, 'fhat the lowed price of all land* granted
or fold within the ceded territory dull be the fame, a*
fhall he t(tab!idled by Cnngref* for the land* of the
United State*. A«J p< oviJed •n-Ketbctefi, That the
people rrliding in faid ftah*. Ibutiof french, Broad
and Horton arid wed of B'g Piglon fivers, provided
for by the copfllttf.iirm of the IhWof TenneTte , fh^li
be f*. cured ru Ihv'r 'ielpeSivt HghiV pf occupying
uiJ pre'jsnv.l t 3t fhjU rcctjve title* fAc fiwh-tg*»D
ities at the j may refpertively clanil, including their
improvement t hot exceeding iix-hundred ar.d forty n
:r«s each, nor exceeding the quantities tin y luvt
heretofcice claimed refpertively, according to their
conditional lines where fuch hive been eftahlifhed, at
a price not lefs than one dollar per acre, pind pro
vided further, That nothing herein contained PaaH he
confirmed to enable any perfon or perfons until autho
rized by the legillature of the (late of Tennefli-e to
locate any warrant iflued under the authority of «he
Hate of North-Carolina within the limits of the lands
rrferved to the Cherokee Indians by the fifth fertion
of the art of faid (late, cndtltd “ An art for opening
the land cilice for ,the redemption of Ipccie and oilier
certificates anil difehargirg the arrears due to the ar
my,” puffed in the year one tnoufand fev.en hundred
and eigbty-threa.
Sec. S. s'.*.l Le it further fn.t3.it. That if the ter
ritory herein before ceded to the date of Trnneffee
Ihall not contain u ptffcient quantity of land fit for
cultivation according to the true intent and meaning
of the original art of ceflion including the lands with
in the limits riTeryt'd hy toe Ilnte of N »ft hr Carolina,
to the Cherokee Indians, to perfert r.!l exiting legal
claims charged thertsin, by the conditions contained
ia this art vi cefiiou, Cor.grefs will hereafter provide
hy law for perfertirg faro as cannot he located in
the territory aforefaiJ, not of the lands lying well or
fouth of tile before dtftrilied line.
NATHl. MACON,
Spejter of the HcuTe of Reprefnlathiet.
S. dMiTH,
Prrft.’ent of the Senite, P/ti tempore.
April 18, I SOU.
Arl-Ro vcit,
TIT : JEFFERSON.
TO I\E RENTED,
THE large THREE STORY HOUSE on the
Miin-Strvft e«ft of the Market, formerly occu
pied by Cohen ar.d ifaac*, and Lately by Capt. John S.
lMeafants; it is a good Rand for bufinefs aiid fuitabk
f<if the accommodation of a Urge family.
Alfo, the HOUSE (formerly known by tjie tign
of the bird in hand) at the corner of the ilreet lea
ding to church hdl: to hath of thefc tenement* gar
dens are attached. The terms will be moderate, and
made known on application to James Whitelaw, fer
jeant of the City, or to
JACOB I. COHEN.
February 25. (lawtf
LAND FOR SALE.
Ok llefeccn'i TuefJay it July next, tviU ie offered for
file, at full, e AuAion, at ball Court llouje (IVartn
SfritterJ :
AJ'RACX OF I,AND, containing 340 acres,
lying between the Warm and Hot Springs, but
nearer to the latter ; the land is of good quality, and
may he fo divided as to accommodate feveral fami
lies who might tkfire a refulenee contiguous to thofe
valuable waters. Or.e fourtn of the puu'hafe money
will be exoedle l on the delivery of the deed) the
balance in two equal annual inllalments, to carry in
trreft from tin! date, if not pundually paid, and to
tc fecured by a deed of trull upon the property.
JOHN ADAMS, Attorney In fad,
far tie Jifirilutees of R. Adams.
Jt,ne6- . (hawtdf.)
TEN DOLLARS REWARD.
|'J AN A WAY from the fubferiber, on Tl.urfrfay
I night the III inrt. a tiegfo man named LEWIS,
he is about five feet nine or ten inches high. Rout and
well made, lias a fear on one of his hands (l believe
his right) occafmned by a burn when fmall; he wore
away a hnine-fpun Ihort coat and pantaloons dved of
a light olive colour, look with him a black broad
doth coat and vert, hut I erne# he will change his
name and cloafhing and attempt paliirg as « free
man, and will attempt to make his efcape to Norfolk
by water. Mailers of veflels and all other* are fore
warned from harbouring, employing, or taking him
, away at their peril. i ht above reward will be paid
on delivering him to Jofiph Traylor, jr. in Blandford,
or the fubferiber.
ARCHER TRAYLOR, fen.
If. B. I have underft^nd that he was feeu in the
city of Richmond during the 3road Rock Races, dreff
cl :n hlr.dt. I thir,k it is-irohible he is Uiil lurking
about there. He has a pert walk, good countenance,
very uiiliye and fond of waiting on gentlemen.
A. T.
ChePerfielJ, May 27. tf.
\~J^f hereby notify, that we {hall make application
* / for a certificate to be in our name, for
two SHARES in the Capital Stock of the Bank of
Virginia, which were fubfrribed at Norfolk in the
name of Robert Baylor,ocher right to which is verted
in ns by legal alignment front him. This application
will he made in confequenco of the original ferip for
the f.vid twoSHARES having been loll.
OLIVEIRA, FERNANDES t5* Co.
Norfolk, May 24, 180G. naw 6wf.
FOR SALE,
ATr?.fl of I>and, containing S40 acre*, extending
upwards of a mile on Janus River, nenrly op
pyfite tn the Weftoyer eftate; one fourth of it only
is cleared; there is a Dwelling Houfe on if, & it (,;.*
a good landing and fiThing place. This land is Worth
the attention of any perfon who wants a fi at ou fames
River, or wifltes to realize a great bargain may lie
had, as (to difeharge an incumbrance) it Will be of
fered at a much lower price than the laftnurchafer gave
for itfeven years ago. Fielding Lewis ef.»c. of Charles
city will be good enough to fhew the land ; pints of
it may he fe*n in the hands of Mr. Lewis, and Do&or
Adams of Richmond, and terms known front T. G.
Peachy of Williamfburg.
Adjoining the above tratft it one of the nnft beau
tiful f»<ats on James River, which has attached to it a
bout 1D00 acres ; this may be had alfo, if it fhnuM
fitit a piirch-ifor to take the whole ; the improve
meets on this eftate are, a dwelling boiKe with 4
rooms on a floor, a kitchen and laundry, a large,
barn and ft ible, an ice houfe, a (moke houfe, a large
garden well indofed, an orchard and many ohoire
fruit trees. The purchafer may have, from 7 to 15
years credit, paying a moderate intervft.
T,C. PEACHY.
April 4. (lawtf.)
RICHMOND ACADEMY LOTTERY.
■VJ OTICE is hereby given, thtt the Truftet*
i^l have app-iimed the 1 f! day of Aygiift neat, for
the payment of the Prizes drawn in the 2nd Clafs of
the above LOTTERY, at which time they will be
paid by the fubfedber on application.
/>!! perfon* holding money on account of the
Ltd I.ottery, are requeued to make immediate pay
ment to one of the Trufteesor tn depafit the f.ittie in
the U^nk of Virginia,
GEORGE TUCKER, Am-{ Tr,/>rr.
June 20. ^ (oawtlftA-)
BRANDY (Sf CLARET.
A Freih Aipply of belt 4:h proof COON! AC
T\. UR ANDY, and a few cafes MP.DOCK CLA
RET, of the Vintage of I£00—ju l received, and
for fale by— SAMUEL MYERS.
June 20. (oaw tf.)
THE Sttbfcrther, oftVrs for fate, twenty-five a
rresofl.AND, adjoining to his Farm, about
one mile from this City t»n the main-road leading to
Wllliatnrtrjrg—pleafantly fituated. end convenient to
good wster. n indifputabls title will be given to
the purchafer.
JOHN r.f.YNN.
June 20. (onw :jw.)
BURR M1 LI. STONES, o7au. si rTs- and
Pl.AISTER OP PARIS, of an etcellent quality,
PO»IJLB% 4»VtV4T., or
WU.Ll.fM DAVIDSON. !
near the Market.
Dfac.4» teptf.J j
tA>?I> FOR SALFr
On tbf f dtiy in Aafpfi nmf% fa:// ff 9Xf*f* d
tu f<sle^ at futilic-Ajfiien, at Jel/.i fust's Tsvtrn,
M tLe Tvivn if Nru’.CjKl iH,
SIX LOTS OF I,AND, linnj pjrct1* of atra*5l
formerly held by C«*lon*-l Sr»mi"-l J(<urditn,whir!i
was lately divided by tbw lnbfermer, into leverrd
[mailer tra«Ss. Thrvv of'he lots are fitivue 1 be
tween James and Slue rivtrs; and the other three,
i/n the fnuth fide of Slats river, adjoinin'; the k'ndsof
Mr. Robert Nicholas, ;u»d Mr. Stephtn Geurant.
The land is well timbered, and is frvjrable for the
culture of tobacco and \vr e:>t ar.d no part of it is
more,(Infant than three miles from as excellent mer
chant null; at:d the whole i* corvcidstu to good na
vigation. Plots of the find \\iij he left with Mr.
Walter Irvine, of New-Canton, and ths lint* w ill be
tafilv traced, as they arc very generally known in tim
neighborhood.
One fourth of the purchafe mnnvy will he «ie
matj'led on the delivery of the deed ; balance to
be divided into two equal annual infhdfvttits, feevred
upon the property, by dwed of trull.
JOHN ADAMS.
June 6. (oawtdl.)
Tbr Sub/eriber bring <lrfront to remove to thee
Wejirni Core try, evill offer for file at public
ativftot/, in the fosor: of A'czu-Canton, on the
third day of fuff next,
rpHAT valuable 'TRACT rtf LA.VD called Bear
£ Garden, containing by eftintation nearly five
hundred acres, <utehundred and forty-nine of which
are low grounds of very loptrior quality.v* The ex
tra--: dinary anJ veU known fertility of this I-nr l
n.-Tes it ufe!r:» to fay much about it, it is without
doubt among the ntoft valuable IpoTson Janies River.
At the fame time and place will be fold, a com
plete Grift Mill and diftillery, with about one hundred
acres of Lind, including nine acres of low ground ;tt
the ferry, which ha# once fold for tliirty pounds per a
cre s this tract is adjoining the one above mentioned,
and will be fold cither with or without it «o accom
modate purchafer*; the two ut-'.itrd would ntah„ a
tnoft complete eftablilhptetir. rhe terms of falc fi-r
either or both, wi,U he ore fourth of the purchafe mo
ney in hand, anothir fourth on thri ft dav of Jai^xa
ry ne::t, when a log-d title and p-.dTefilon will be given,
and the-hahmee in two annual inftalments, feettred by
a deed of tr ill on the property. Mr. Johnfon the
overfeer wilt {Lew the land «o anyporfin difpofed to
purchafe.
PiZYTON HARRISON.
APr*l 22. et tdf.
JUST RECEIVED,
AND FOR SALS BY TttR SU BSCIt t BE It S J
AN Estenfiye AfTpytmont of GROCERIES—a
mong which are the following articles:
Mufcovado fugar allotted \
Wdl-Iadia Coffee 1
Antigua & Jamaica Rum /
Couijtpy il„. ^
Co^niac & Peach Brandy ^
Holland Gin '
W.Tndia and Sugar-houfe )
MolaflV*
L. P. Madeira Wine
Port, Sherry and Malaga
Wine
Huberts’ Brown Stout
Martinique and Bordeaux
Cordial*
Bn fleet Salt
Do. in facks and Joofe
Bullock’s Cheefe
Caldwell, Frazer Sc. Co’s.
fnperfiii* Chocolate
Sice
Nutmegs, Pepper, Ginger
and Pimento
Mace and Cloves
Oil, Olives, and Caper*
Gau-pow.der, Young Hyi
Fon and Souchong Teas
Canirters containing i7lh.
and Sib. Gun-|*ywdar
Tea
Pickled Salmon
Cut Herrings and Shad
Patent (hot alTorted
F and FF Gun-powder 1
A regular lupnly Loaf Sugar by the hhd. an!
barrel, at Philadelphia price.
FISIIER ft LP3UEUH.
May 27: oawtf.
VN excellent RIDING-HORS#, I nr file; en
4uire of Mr. Hallam, at the Wafhington Ta
vern.
June 2 !. ^ __(tf.)
VALUABLE LOTS AT ROCKETTS,
FOR SALE.
fT'HE Snbfcnber intending Ihortly for Europe is
L defirnm to fell the whole 14 his Property in th 4
City and neighborhood, for the greateft part of which
a loojr credit will be given. The property at Rick
etts joins the upper wharf of Merfn. Picket, Pollard
and Johnfoa, extending in a flr.iir line upon the ri
vrr, more than 400 feet, until bounded by the Mari
on's line ; thence running northerly upwards of 700
teet till it meets the Main-Street jnfl 4b jve the> ware
f.oufe, where it narrows to a frhnt nf n-ar 70 feet.
It has alia a front on water-ftrert of 230 feet, On
thrfe lots are two DWELLING HOUSES, and on
the Main-Street a'Store, with a Smoke Hunk and
Stable.
' Prom the growing commerce of the City, -ri
perty niufl Ihortly increafe very jnuch m value in
asmuch as it contains the whole fpace oh which
wharves can be made, above the ptennftsof Afrffr:.
Pickett, Pollard and Johr.fr-n,
A plat ot the above property may be fern, and fur
ther information rcfpe&ing it, and lus o’Jier rroperty
in the neighborhood will be givfci: by tiie, flibfcribrr,
who will (hew the different premiies to any perlbn
v.'ifhing to jfnrchafe.
A cotif.drr.-.ble bargain may be had. in any part *£
the above property for cafii.
JOHN BANKS.
June 24. ___^(if.)
'’|~,0 BE RENTED—The Tenement where
A- I now reliilc, and puireflton given in time.
J. PENN.
April II. tf _
TIIP. fubferiber having rtlituwijhtd all idea of
removing to the H\/irrn fouitlfy, deems rt
nrre/r.inf to inform Isis f iends. that he intends
frail,finer in thi courts of Richmond counts, F.ffcx,
Kirt( and Owen, and in the dfiriil of Kin% and
O wen, nd in the Chancery Court of lYtlliamf.'•
burg.
jcniN hor /ten UPSH/Hf\
/tprjl 29._ tf.
JOHN AT.COCK,
INFORMS the Citizen? of Richmond, and tho pub
lic, he ha* juft received at hie Cabinet Manufac
tory near the Fire Inftirance Office ; a large aflortmettC
of Windfor Chair* and Settee*, made in the ne*efk
ftfhion and by the heft workmen in the flare;any gen*
tiemait .wishing to.buy, will pIcaA: fend their order*
or call at hi* Cabinet Manufactory, whore they may
get good warranted work,and on low ferme, either im
the Cabinet Hue or Windtur Chair*.
June G. tf,
JUST PUBLISHED,
By David Long worth, Neov-Yotk, and for fate
at the Lnijttirer Book-Store,
rrp. ADVENTURES t>f TELF.MACHUS, ftm
L of Ui.yjmj*; from fhp Trench of Fnvm.nv,by
the celebrated y*kn H.mttftuoitt>, /,. I). correct
ed and revifrd by tf. Gregory, with a life of the an
ther, and acnmptt'* tnirx Hiftorical and Geographi
cal ; emhehifbrd with engraving*.
Atf—HorciiivtoN’i Xet'oenoK, II r *m a v &
Dorothsa, tk.s. t*o &*. •
Tar
Thus. Let'rrr’# Snuff
Maccoubi do.
Havanna clegars
.Salt Pctre
Brimftoue, Madder, and
Ground Gn;ger mlmali
k-y.i
Log-wood
Turkey Cotton
New-York Caudles ai.d
■Snap
Spr-rmaceti Candles
-Oil
Parent Lamps
| Dutch Cafes with plain
and gilt Bottles
i Cafr».igs afLrted
1 Earthen and Stonf Ware
Writing 5c Wrapping na
I per
i Henry Till, and ?.lcrry
Andrew Cards
China Pl.atns, do. Bowl#
of 0 liferent Czt-«
i Da Tea and Colfie Cups
and Saucerh
' Do. Chimr.ey ornaments
Plain and cut <51. pt. ami
half pint Decanters
Pint, half pt &gill Tum
blers
A few lets Tabic China.