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f>r«»vM%;u for ih the bill ? If it was to be merely af
to: m'il declaration, without any force, or with
merely one or two vessels to carry it into ellect,
he considered it perfectly useless for mercantile
protection, efficacious only for this purpose—
that a battle might take place between one ofour
vessels and a vessel of one of the delligerenls,
and thus involve us in war. He had another
question te ask about the collectors of the cus
toms ascertaining property—whether it was sup
posed that the president of the U. States in pre
scribing regulations, was authorised to prescribe
oaths, and indict punishment for their violation ?
Mr. D. said he bud another question to a ;k as
respected instructions to be given to the officers
of the navy—whether it was supposed that the
President of the U. States was authorised to give
instructions to the commanders of armed vessels,
so that their acis should be completely compulso
ry on the merchant vessels ? And whether he
could give such instructions, that if the merchant
vessels should not obey signals, the matter should
be enquired into ? And wliether such disobedi
ence was to be considered no offence !
Air. Epftr* said that before this subject should
r’gain come under discussion, he should t;.!:e the
gentleman’s questions into consideration, and
prepare hitnsclf to answer them—and lie asked
the gentleman from Connecticut to prepare to
meet another question. In this House every at
tempt made to operate on the belligerents on land
had been rejected as useless anil dangerous ; but
the House had been told, nevertheless, that gen
tlemen were prepared to maintain the rights of
the nation. He called upon the gentleman Ip
prepare himself to answer when the question
wasfairly before the llcusc, whether what had
been said against resisting the belligerents in any
way, was to be set down to the score of jog
gling imposture, or whether he would acknow
ledgei that there was no way to defend the rights
of this country ?
(Debate on this point to be continued J
March 7.
t On motion’of Mr. (Tufty,
Resolved, That a committee he appointed
to enquire into the propriety of altering the
time of holding the district court of the dis_
trict of New Jersey and that they have leave
to report by bill or otherwise.
Mr. Shejffcy reported a hill providing the
means to ascertain the title to the Butture
in front ot the suburb of St. Mary’s in the
c’lty of N. Orleans—Twice read and com
mitted.
The bill from the Senate “making an ap.
propriation for the purpose of trying the
practical use of the torpedo or submarine
explosion,” was read a first time.
Mr. Livermore moved to reject the bill.
The question was decided without debate,
as follows :
For rejection—Messrs. Blaisdell, Camp
bell, \V. Chamberlin. Champion, Chitten
den, Ely, Gold, Hale, Hubbard, R. Jackson,
Key, Knickerbackcr, Livermore M’Brydc,
Moseley, Pearson, Pitkin, Potter, Stanley,
Etephenson, Sr urges, Swoope, Taggart, Van
Rensselaer, Wheaton, Whitman, Wilson-r
27;
sis'ainat—Messrs. L. J. Alston, W. Alston,
Anderson, Bacon, Bard, Bassett, Bibb, Boyd,
R. Brown, Bur well, Butler, Calhoun, Clay,
Clopton, Codb, Cochran, Cox, Crawford,
Crist, Cutts, Dawson, Desha, Findley, Fisk,
Franklin, Gardner, Garland. Ghi Ison, Good
vyn, Grey, Heister Howard, Tiufty, John
B'jn, Kennedy, Lovi , Kyle, M .con, Marion,
M h.ec. M’Kim, Milnor, "F. Moore, Mum
ford, Nelson. Newton, Nicholson, J.Porter, P.
B. Porter Rea (of P.) Rhea (of T.) Rich
ards Roane, Knot, Ross, Sage, Sawyer, Sea
ver, Seyberc, Shaw, Shclfey, Smell, Sinilie,
G. Smith, S. Smith, Southard,Stanford, Tay
lor, Thompson, Troup, Turner, Van Horn,
Weakley, V/hiteiiill, Winn, Witherspoon—
7C>
The bill was then read a second time and !
referred to a committee of the whole.
MILITIA, VOLUNTEERS, &c.
The House again resolved itself into a
committee of the whole, Mr. Milnor in ihe
Chair, on the bill authorising a detachment
of the militia of the U. S.
Mr. Van Horn's motion to strike out the
words *t beyond sea” being still under con
sideration—
Messrs. Root, Bacon, Ross, Fisk, South
ard, Stnilie and Findley opposed the motion,
and Messrs. Van Horn, Key, Gold and Ly
on supported it.
The motion was negatived, 6*5 to 3G.
Mr. Pearson moved to amend the bill by
adding to one of its sections the following
proviso:
“ Provided, They (the volunteers) shall
not he taken out of the jurisdiction of the li
nked States unless it be in pursuit of an en
emy win* shall have invaded the United
States.”
Motion negatived without debate, “1 mem
bers only rising in the adirmutive.
Mr. Pearson said that if the bill was to
pass, he wished it to pass in as perfect n
shape as possible. By the bill, volunteers
were to sign an engagement to serve the U.
States according to the provisions of this act.
He proposed to amend this part of the bill
by adding us follows : “ If the said engage
ment being 1st read to him (the volunteer)
by a commissioned, officer and witnessed by
at least oup credible witness at the time of
signing it, «nd that the engagement to be
made and signed shall expressly state the
liability be taken out of the U. S.”
This motion was also negatived without
debate, 52 to 13.
The committee then rose and reported
the bill to the House. And'the House ad
journeej.
murcn o.
Mr. A/’Acrlaid cn the table the following
resolution :
Resolved, Ry the na'e and House of
Re/.rcscrituiives of the United Hiatts in
Congress assembled, That the President of
the Senate and the Speaker of the llnuse of
Ilcprcsentatiyes, he, and they are hereby
authorised to adjourn the respective Hou- I
eci on the second day of A pril next.”
On motion of Mr. Jennings,
Resolved, That the committee of Public !
Lands he, and they are hereby directed to j
enq live into the expediency of constituting
ftr.d establishing a new district for the dis- 1
posul #f the United States’ land in the Indi* j
ana territory, to be bounded as follow#, via: ;
•ii the cast, by the line dividing the sixth !
and seventh ranges east of the second prin- :
cipal meridian ; on (he north, by the Indian
boundary line ; on the west, by the line d»- I
viding the seventh and eighth ranges, west I
of the second principal meridian ; on the j
south, hv the river Ohio.
Mr. •South'ied, after remarking upon the I
present inequality of returns *«f militia, ari-j
. Ini'from the various exemptions from mi-1
Vu.iu n rviiu. in different states, offered the
ioliowiug resolution;
Re*Of That the committee to whom j
was referred so much of the message tit the
President of the United States as mates to
the organization of the militia of the United
S'r.tc*. be instructed to enquire whether any,
and d any, what i.U/rations or amnulments
arc n»censary i- }.k * sjt c. as.* at <***>gists
■» . r • ■ « «■ tr . Mm Mill mi J
relative to exemption from mHitia duty, and
which require annual returns of the enrolled
militia. In the respective states, to be made
to the President of the United States, and
that the committee have leave to report by
bill or otherwise.
Mr. Johnson reported a bill for the relief
of Elizabeth Hamilton. Twice read and
committed.
MILITIA, VOLUNTEERS. &c.
The House took up the report of the com
mittee of the whole on the bill authorizing
a detachment of the militia of tbe United
States, and agreed to the several amend
ments made by the committee.
A motion was made by Mr. Van Horn to
amend that part cf lire bill which provides.!
that each volunteer “ may also be called into)
the service of the United States, to any j
place, not beyond sea, out of the jurisdiction
of the United States,” by striking out the
words in Italic, viz: “beyond sea”
This motion was supported by Mes3rs. Da
na, Livermore and Van Horn, and opposed
by Messrs. Poindexter, Holland and Ross.
The question svas decided by Yeas and
Nays—42 to 72.
So tbe motion was lost.
Mr. Pearson said, that as the bill was of
a novel character, containing provisions hi
t her to unknown in the laws of the United
States, he wished it to be distinctly under
stood by those to be affected by it. He .
therefore moved to amend that part of the
lull requiring the volunteers to sign an en» !
gagement, bv adding the following: “which
engagement shall expressly state the liabi
lity to be taken on service without the li
mits and jurisdiction of the U. States.”
1 his amendment was modified on the
suKKCs:;on of Mr. Clay, so as to read———
“ which engagement shall expressly state
the liability to be taken on service, not be
yond sea, without the jurisdiction of the U.
This motion was opposed by Messrs. Root,
Smilie, Fisk, Holland nr.d YV. Alston, and
supported by Messrs. Pitkin, Dana, Shcffey,
Pearson, Ely, Taylor, Macon, Wilson and
Bacon.
1 he reasons urged in favor of it were,
generally, that every citizen in making an
engagement ought distinctly to understand
it; that under the laws authorising detach
ments ot militia/volunteers had heretofore
been received to serve within the U. S. only,
and, unless expressly stated otherwise, in
the engagement, persons volunteering under
this law would think that they were merely
offering their services as heretofore; that
the provisions of the bill having this opera
tion, would entrap the volunteers into an
engagement of which they had no idea, and
which was hitherto unknown to the laws of
the U. S.
Against this amendment, it was urged that
it was unnecessary, as the volunteers were
to sign an engagement to serve the United
States “ according to the provisions of this
act; ’ that expressing one condition of the
engagement on the face of it would imply
an absence of the other conditions; that if
this amendment was agreed to, the House
might as well insert the whole of the law
and the articles of war in the engagement;
and, generally, that it was burthenlng the
bill with a provision totally unnecessary &
useless.
1 he amendment was agreed to, 55 to 49.
And the house adjounred.
I he bill cannot be taken up to morrow,
Friday being by a rule of the house appropri
ated to the consideration of bills and reports
originating from petitions.
Sr lie Cnquner.
RICHMOND, MARCH 16, 1810.
roll TIIE ENQUIRER.
TO THE REPUBLICAN PARTY !! ]
THE CENTINEL.—No. III.
Livy lias given us an interesting and in i
structive lesion, on party feuds, in the con- ;
duct ot the Roman tribunes. The people of 1
Rome, for the first two or three centuries *
after the foundation of their city, had to * 1
struggle for existence against the hostile j :
powers which surrounded them. Those :
popular officers, the tribunes, originally in- ;
tended as a shield to the people against the i
power ot the Patricians, never failed to seine <
the moment of foreign trouble, for carrying i
some favorite measure. \Vas an obnoxious Se- <
nator to be destroyed, an inroad to be made on t
the Constitution, or an offending party to be ;
crushed, the tribunes reserved their most i
vigorous exertions, until the /Equans, the :
Vufscians, or some other neighboring pow.. t
er was proclaimed to be in arms and to r
threaten the city with invasion. The decla- t
ration of war became the constant signal for 1
internal troubles-the tribunes obstructed t
the levies-traduced the Senate-rent \
the city with divisions—and unless the point i
at which they aimed was sooner carried, i
persisted in embarrassing and frustrating 1
the defensive measures of the government, 1
until the enemy was sometimes at the very
gates. And all this was done in the name,
amj professedly for the love, of the people;
while, too often, the only views of the tri„
bunes were directed to the perpetuation of
their own power, the gratification of private
resentments or the aggrandizement of indi
vidual families. The enemies ot Rome did
not fail, on their part, to observe and take
advantage of the political factious which so
frequently distracted the city. At length
a perfect sympathy of movement seems to
have taken place between her external e
uemies and those domestic demagogues,
who, under the name of friends, were often
her worst enemies: And as, at first, a fo
reign war had been the signal for internal
trouble, so, after a shoit time, a trihunituu
storin became the signal for a foreign war.
Between these double hostilities, the prospe.
in/ ui f\umc iuii£ rcuuutu j ncr ene* i
mies feeding and nourishing upon her factL i
on?, and her factions, by way of reciprocity, i
sustained by the co-operation of her foreign i
enemies. I n>k the reader of the Roman <
history, with what sentiments he observes <
| this conduct of the tribunes? And if there j
1 be a spark of generosity in his bosom, he ;
will answer me,“with sentiments of the deep, t
**t indignation.” For even where their o!> |
|jcct was a correct one, such as to curb the i
I pride and insolence of the Patricians, there l
was something not only un patriotic, but low i
nnd little in taking advantage of the moment t
of their country’s distress, to carry a politi- i
osl point: How much more so, when the i
purpose was as low and little, as the con- i'
duct! i’o gratify, for example, the ambition 11
of a Plebeian girl, who aspired to Patrician i
honors; to crown a favorite partisan with i
| utirttenutUwUuvtion , yv u> ioottie iue sytecn i
a *«»>•. ■■ t* -4 - * v« y , <s I
of a disappointed faction. The tribunes of
Home, however, had a specious pretext to
'*rCt- in their defence ; that there was a sta
bility ir. the Patrician power which could"
not be shaken in a time of peace ; anti that
necessity, therefore, drove them to seize
the crisis of public danger to extort conces
sions from tlicir nobles. I can say nothing
for the solidity of the excuse. Hut whatever
pretext may he alledged for such a conduct,
ma country of hereditary ranks and orders,
what shall he said for it in a country of
freemen, who stand all upon the same level;
in a government whose basis is the will of
the people ; in a simple, representative re_ i
public/ In such a country, and under such j
a government as that, I do not ask whether !
it bo noble or tiMgaanirnous, nor even whe *
ther it be justifiable ; but I ask, whether it j
he excusable in any individual or set of in
dividuals, to wait for, and clutch the very j
iustant of public danger, for the purpose of ,
furthering the views of a party ? And in j
doing this, to co-operate with the enemy ; to
play into their hand, and receive their plav, I
in return; and thus to encrease the difncul- I
ties and distresses, and heighten the perils of 1
their own country !—Vet such exactly has
been the conduct of the opponents of the ad-1
ministration. 1 appeal to tacts.
Our government had insisted on the rights
of neutral commerce ; and those rights were
maintained, with unrivalled ability, bv a
book, which never has been and never will I
be answered. The British government, ei
ther convinced t»y tile argument or awaken
ed to a calculation of their own interests by
the resolute tone in which our rights had
been pressed, were about to rescind their
Orders in Council, when Mr. John Randolph
became their champion on the floor of Con
gress, and declaring “ that tlie wire of the I
argument, in the book just mentioned, was
drawn so fine that he could neither sec nor
feci the thread,” proceeded to justify the
commercial policy of Great Britain by the
very topics, which had been furnished by the
British author of War in Oisguise. 'This
tact wc learn from that author himself ; for
he introduces the publication ol' Mr. Ran
dolph’s speech in London, by declaring his
astonishment and regret in having just heard
that the British Cabinet were about to re
scind thd Orders ; declares, that the
Americans themselves had given up the
argue ent ;-and in proof ot hisjasser
tion adduces “ the eloquent speech of Mr.
John Randolph, a leading member in the A
merican Congress.” The mders were not
rescinded; an amicable arrangement was
for that time defeated ; and that ground of
quarrel still remains.
Thpembaigo law was passed. G Bri_
tain felt its policy; such was the pressure
of this measure on that country, that her
Mechanics who had rioted in plenty from
the fruits of their labour, were seen sweep
ing the streets for half pence ; and the most
formidable insurrections were starting up,
over ihe kingdom, on account of the tcarci
ty and high price of provisions. These facts
we have on the authority of Americans, (not
of the republican party,) then resident in
England, whose letters were published in
various quareers of the union. These gen
tlemen, from observations made upon the
spot, declared that Great Britain could not
bear the pressure «.f the measure much h n
ger; but would be constrained tr do us jus
tice, by restoring the freedom ol" iiie seas.
It was at this pinch, that their new England
inline iu men reuei an«: s^vea uieia i
from the (lirefuJ necessity of being just.— j
Messrs. Pickering, Quincy and others in
their places in Congress, gave to old Eng
land and to the world the clearest and most
direct intimations, that if the embargo was
persisted in much longer, the new England
states would quit the American confederacy.
Animated and supported by this assurance.
Great Biitain resolved to groan on a little
longer, and in the mean time, was fed with
something more substantial than words, by
the violators of the emb irgo.- Thus the sa
lutary effect ol this measure was defeated 3c
the quarrel between the two couiiiriv’3 was
again continued.
The Non-Intercourse law was enacted : —
and while the federalists and minority, in
and out of Congress, conspired in reviling it
lot only as ridiculous and inefficient, but as
ivincive of partiality to France, the British :
minister saw it in a totally different light
ind laid hold of it as the basis of an amicable
trrangement. That ai l Aogement was made,
tnd we learn by recent communications from
England, would have been adhered to by the ;
Government of that country, but for tlie ,
machinations of our own citizens. The Fe
feralists (under which name I include also j (
;he minority,) seem to have resolved that ,
peace and good neighborhood should not be !.
restored with G. Britain by a republican! |
idministratinu ; for as often as the policy of ,
he American government succeeds in begin- |
ling to dispel the clouds which hang between
he two countries, the federalists with witch
ike power and malice, raise adverse winds’
to drive them back again; and restore foul ,
.veather. This is the case of the Non-inter
course and the arrangement founded upon
t: the stupendous uproar raised by Mr.
dickering in the Senate and reverberated by
lis echoes in the lower house, and more par
ticularly the ca3t of their sentiments and
:haracter of their arguments, informed (J.
Britain not only that she hail a zealous party
n the American Congress, hut that it she :
■vould hold off a little longer, there was strong 1,
ground of hope that the ciuarrel between’ j
he two countries might lead to a dissolution
>f the union, or, at least, a detachment of
he Eastern states. The policy of Mr. Pick . .
?ring succeeded : G. Britain, like the ene
nies of Home, took the him; profited by J
lie diversion in her favor; disavowed Mr.
Erskine’s arrangement and erected the bris- j
:U*s of war.
i ue msoience 01 Air. jsrskine s successor
in attempting to fasten a dishonorable charge
i.n our government, has put an end to any fttr
her communication with him. VVeiust learn
.liat the. British government con curriug in
this sentiment, lias determined to recall that
minister & to supply his place by a gcnt1c„
nan. Thus the hope of peace and oil good
jsderstanding with that power again (lawns
ipon us ; yet who will be surprised if that
lawn shall be immediately over-cast, when
S- Britain learns that the opponents of the
jovernmentihere, declare that Mr. Jackson
jave no insult; that the displeasure afTec
:ed or fait by the administration, proceeded
from settled ill-will to G. Britain &. a pre
determination not to treat; that the refusal
to r.ommnnicate with Mr. Jackson was an
insult to Great Britain, which we ought not
to be surprised, it she should resent by war ;
#nd when she shall farther learn that her
minister, although in disgrace with our go
vernment. was received in a public assembly
room at New York with the loyal British air
r>f ” God save the King?” If this itiforma
tion shall reach Kngiatid, before her orders
atuiotmcing the rtcuil of Mr. Jackson and-ihe
Jj . ' •* • - *• / . m
%
I substitution of another, shall have li ft frer
ports, who will be surprised, after what is
j past, it the face of things, as declared bv the
last Jinivula, shall he again changed i Who
will he surprised if Great Britain, putting
together the hint cf war aiul the loyal salute
! to her minister at New York, should consi
der the whole as an invitation tvj her to ac
cept the allegiance of that state and the state:!
to the north of her, and to cover their se
cession from the union under a declaration of
war ?
But on njcnndid review of the past, I ask
who is to be charged with the prevention of
a peaceable adjustment with Greut Britain i
When the Federalists (to whom Mr. Ran
dolph belongs,) have uniformly shewn them
selves so vigilant and active to nip every bud
of peace as soon as it opens, I ask, with what
face, they can charge tiie administration
with the continuance of the quarrel?—You,
I trust, arc not so last asleep, but that you
are observing the course of these tilings, and
see them in their true light.
1 will conclude this number with a reflec
tion which strikes me as one of the plainest
precepts of common sense, that a govern
ment like ours, where mischiefs are so ea
sily redressed, in a tints of peace anti quiet, j
either by the correction of the measure or ;
the removal of the offending officer, there can
be no necessity, no justification, no excuse, ]
to distract the country, on the probable eve
of war, by party jealousies, ant-1 thus to pi e- i
sent to the enemy a divided finnt. No pat*
riot would pursue such a conduct, because be
would distinctly see that, in pursuing it, lie !
would be, in effect, taking part with the en
emies of his country. 1 beg you to apply
this reflection to the conduct of the federal
i*ts and their allies, the minority. If you
wish to ascertain the true character and
merits of the parties in this country, you
must do it, by attending, not to their pro
fessions, but their actions ; together with ;
the lime, manner, circumsiifnce* anil efl'ceta ’
of those actions.
" There shall be wailing and gnashing of,
teeth!” American dignity is successful ; j
insolence is punished and Copenhagen i
Jackson is no longer to pollute the soil of
the Unittd States !
TO BE RELIED ON!
TO THE EDITOR.
FROM A MEMBER OF CONGRESS.
“By the a nival at New York, a private
letter was recei'ed from our Minister, Mr.
Pinkney, at London. The letter accompa
nies dispatches, which have nut yet reached
the seat of government.
The letter of Mr. Pinkney is dated on the
2<1 of January, after the correspondence Be
tween Mr. Jackson and the American go
vernmenthad been received, and alter two
cabinet councils had been held-Me gives
the outline of an interview with the Marquis
Wellesley.
The marquis declared that Mr. Jackson
would be recalled. That it would be done
in a manner to injure his feelings as little
as possible. That n new Minister of talents
and rank would be seat to replace him._
Expressed in strong terms the disposi- 1
turn of himself and his government to conci_ 1
hate the United States ; & asked Mr. Pink- '
ncy whether lie had power to ncgoqiate.-—
The Marquis asked another interview with
Mr. Pinkney, at his own house. Mr. Pink- I
ncy was received with great cordiality and ,
politeness. Read a part of his instructions to
Lord Wellesley, who observed that with
such dispositions oo the part of our govern
ment, he had little doubt but that a good mi
demanding between the two coun'ries '
might be renewed
The ministerial papers received by the
same opportunity, discover the insult offer
ed by Jackson to the American government,
and justify him. '1 hey say it was the duty
of Jackson to urge the “point,” of a know
ledge on the part of the American govern- •
ment, of Erskine’s instructions. They call
it the sore poiut to the American govern
ment, and compare it to an “ unchaste”
woman, who can bear every other charge.
Washington, Satur- ^
3v* 1 he following, excited no small sen- i
sation in this city, on Wednesday :
Extract of a letter from a member of j
Congress to a mercantile House in this '
City, dated March 18.
“ We have just received the unpleasant
intelligence of the general and entile se
questiation of American property in the
French ports, and that Bonaparte has de
clared war against us.— The former part of
the intelligence comes so well authenticated,
as to entitle it to the fullest credit.—Hut
the latter, needs confirmation ; and 1 am in
clined to suppose, as it comes from St. Se
bastians, it grows out of the other.”
iTT- We presume, that the following are
the sources, through which these rumours
came .
Extract of a letter, dated Bordeaux,
Dec. 31.
“ We regret to state that the French go
vernment has put all American property un
der sequestration,
“ Mr. Shaler, the messenger, passed thro*
this place this morning, on his way to Paris,
with the government despatches, and will be
there on Tuesday night, and we flatter our.
selves that the nature of these despatches
is such as will alter the present hostile clis
position of this government.
** This measure of the French government
was executed only the 28th of this month,
and was the less expected, as there were ru
mors of a very pacific nature towards Ame
rica.”
New York, March 9.
The Boston Palladium of Tuesday, receiv
ed late last night, mentions the arrival at
Marblehead of the brig Increase, Widder,
from Gijon, with accounts to January 13,
Letters from St. Andero, llilboa and St.
Sebastians, all concur in stating, that a ge
neral embargo had been laid in all the Eas
tern ports-and it was reported, that Bo
naparte had declared war against the U.
States.
17" Thesc two accounts do not trrfly with
themselves—in one, it is teyuettration
in the. other, an embargo.—It maybe, that
sequestrations have taken place in the South,
like those to the North, in «llamhurg and
Toi.nVn 'en. As to war, there is no truth in
it—for we have Paris dates to the 6:h Janu
ary, which are silent about it—on the contra
ry, every thiugbad fair for an amicable ar
rangement between the United States and
Prance.
C7 The sriirle in the 1st page, 5th Column,
under head of Pa ri* &e should come in, 3rd
Column jmt before the Article front the Ltndi.
Cnu> i*r,
•
G^"'nVjrf the Cr. s-rrMKi. ! : ! —
To HIE fcClTOK Or Til* US o'UEh..
Sm,
I really haw neither time nor inclination to
consent to be.u.uic v-vur weekfy r. of respondent,
seeing as I do that the none plain and direct
proof J adduce i?* il‘tectb>g t»* f exposing the
ndumnics ct M W Hancock, die i.m.e tii.^c ca
bunnies acciinuU. tc. The task would he endless
— 1 *hiwl thcii- fore content nivstdf with what 1
li.«ve h-f.re s.iid, n.»l withstan lb g the gieut arid
imposing names which he hu>« seen the uecea
sily ot attaching to liis last publication, as a
pi-ooi'. that Mr. Randolph absolutely gi\e the
very direct and satif/dc ory iitovnn to J,;^ arch
inti nog itori v ; by way too vf adding a cnixc
: (juence to him «olf, -md producing a belief that
! they were bis 'fiends anti t’l'uijjlr lum correct.—
’ Not withstanding too the pimping attempt thus
made to degrade an innocent Mini amiable youag
: man, I cannot consent to say more than to refer a
"y, (it indeed there arc any,) who doubt the purity
of my conduct throughout this d Sicrret able eou
trover«y, to a peru«al of the »i verai letters and
papers now lodged with you—Satisfied that no*
thing which I can say thrcugli the medium of your
Gazette is necessary to add stability to my word,
but that a review ol my conduct for twenty five
years back i.« the best test of the ground on which
I now stand—l am moreover satisfied with the
professional talents asd integrity of the Gentle
men to whom *uil pecuniary matters be.tween M.
W. Hancock and mysrlt are referred, doubting
not that while they secure to him his own rights,
they will at the same time deprive him of my
right-.—1 give you my word therefore, sir, tin.:
whatever intercourse should hereafter occur b »
tween M. XV. Hancock and myself, it shall not be
through your paper. j
Yours respectfully,
H. H2TH.
BlackHeath, March 14, 1810.
Cj* A CHARITY SERMON,
Will be nc-sched, on Sunday morning n?xt, at
die mpiist Meeting House, by t!:e litv’d Mr.
Semple, for the benefit of the Fctmle Orphan
School of tins c-ity.
-V-l1,,. ■_ L JL
Ij'Oit SALE, a valuable tract cf LAND in tire
count v ot Kmg William, belonging to the
estate of William Brooke, deceased, tying imme
diately on Maltopony river, contain;.’.g by a Ute
survey acres ot high land and consider ably
upwa.d ot an 10U acres of the most valuable wild
oat mardi, from winch an immense quantity of
hay may he ta!;en with case , as the marsh binds
on the h.gh land lor a c tnsidorable distance and
is very easy of access This land is fertile, lies
well, and from the manner in which the marsh is
attached, might '>e greatly improved at a mode
rate expcnce. The situation is eligible anti con
venient, being w . bin two miles of Frazer’s fer
ry, six of King William courthouse and three of
King and Queen c»uiT:ioii.se. The sale will t he
place at Frazor’s ferry on the 12 h day of • j• i|
next, i> fa.r, il not, the next fair d.av, at which
tune the terms of sale will be made known ; the
payments will be made convenient to the :>r:rch s- *
cr and possession given the first day of January
J811, w ;th the liberty of sowing wheat this tail
* his Laud will positively be sold as mentioned
above.
RICHARD BROOKE, Execu-or.
March 13 w‘2*v«f
i l s i KLtc.l v BO, an u FOR SALE—Lute
J door above llic Eagic-Tuvein :
0:d Port, Claret ond Madeira Wines,
Cun Powder, Imperial and Young Ilyson Teas,
50 ltbls.and two hhds. Apple Brand',,
20 Kbls. Ourutlier'a double distilled and rectified
Whiskey,
12 Illids. and 10 barrels New-Orleans Sugar,
20 Boxes New York Tallow Candles,
15 Do. Spermaceti Du.
10 lihls Lmseed Oil,
7 Ilbds. Treakle,
1 Do. and l Crate Bottles,
25 Lbs. fresh Nutmegs,
50 Ilusbels fresh Clner and Timothy Seed,
•> Hampers fresh Sullad Oil,
It) Dutcii Cases white gilt bottles,
1U Boxes well assorted Class,
Anti in daily expectation of receiving 30 crate 3
cf Liverpool green and blue edged Wares, V o
sage Lumps, Candle Shades, tic Ike.
EDWARD I/ALLA V.
March JS. e„,f
r^HlKl Y LUTS, remaining yet un-old in
. t the plan of PORT MAYO near Rocketts,
will, with a lew reservations, he exposed lopub
lie auction, on the premises, on Wednesday the
4th ot April, at 12 o’clock, for notes with approv-'
e.l endorsers, negotiable and payable at the bank,
of Virginia, one half at ninety, the other I80dnys
after date.
Some of those are water lots, and the advan*
tig-s of the whole will be host ascertained !)) a
view of them, lying contiguous to the boldest
navigable water. A plan <u this property is an
nexed to Yl.'^pg’s Map of the city of Richmond,
another will" i»e left with th • Inspectors at lJow
hatan Warelmuse, for the information of any who
may wish it.
william mayo.
Powhatan, March 16. tds
Tames river lands for sale--r
offer fur sale, a valuable Plant ttion, >iiii ite in
Bermuda Hundred, immediately in the cnnfltr
enceot James and Appomattox rivers, containing
by an ol I survey 75G acr es ; it reaches up fnnes
river to the poit and ballast bank, including neat
ly al! the wl.a dage ground. About one half of
tie- tract is cleared and the other half in woods.
I his pi elation will always delight and reward
the I iioner : three hundred acres, or thereabouts,
of lla1 land i the fork, o t account of a superior
tfuahty, l> s been rited v< ry high ; it would bu
dil.’n ult to obt. in land on James river above or
below th. falls better adapted to the culture ol
corn, wheat and tobacco. The fields are under
substantial fences, mo«'!/ new. The building*
con.1st of a comfuiabie small dwelling house,,
with four rooms, newly done up ; an txc.eile.it
overseer’s house vvilii a brick chimney arid two
rooms plaistered, a large grtfuary with a wlie.it
machine on an improved plan ; a large tobacco
b irn nearly new, dairy, smokehouse, negrohous
e.s, &c.. 1 his place poysessOs the advantages of
a thriving young apple orchard, many other ex
relleiu fruit trees ; navigation to Petersburg, e.
k-ven mifcs, to Richmond fifty, distance by Lnd
twenty three miles only, and a good fishery,
I fie.re is a plenty of meadow Un i, also a m.<ti
bank of excellent manure supposed to be inex
haustible.
1 l,e wharfage ground can be easily and expe
t.itiously improved at a moderate expenoe, and if
properly improved would instantly become the
resort of the Richmond shipping interest, arid an
important place of deposit for that growing com
mercial city. Mr. Cullen Adams, mj manager
at tiiss Hundred, will at any time shew'the pre
,,"8‘s. For convenience, I hall leave try terv.s
with his cxcs'lency John Tyler, ang Daniel L.
Hylton, es«|. of Richmond—as these gentlemen
n .ve heeit long acquainted with the Hundred. J
t ketne liberty of referring to them for further
llfm i ..iliou
l al»o offer for sale a valuable little FARM of
500 acres, situate on Appotn utox river, adjoining
the lands of Mr. Je.-man Bak r, Mr; George
Skip wilt) and Mr L dmund Eggleston' in (!iiiti<
bti land county f for this tractY should requufl
out: third of in j purcU*K« money to be paid J .in
and the balance i;i two annual payment-:, j/ ,lo
private sale is previously made, f shall on th s
Tract, expose it at public *nle, to it,* t.,f
Didder, on the 23d d»y of June next, and on Ju
paymentsalready mentioned.
ARCHIBALD TlfWE »T!‘
Pstcrilntrg, 16.4 March, loio. r*
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