The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1810-02-20 00:00:00, page 4

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C7 We pr.'sent the following strictures ns coni*
ing from the pen of Gen. Am>rtrong, to whom
they are attributed—their Sa +e is keen, tho*
some of their allusions are co rse— • little mor-*
gentility, ami they would ha'e had a better ef
fect.—As to the subject of these s'rietures, he
deserves no mercy at our hands—he is certain
ly true to the cans? wli • li he Ins espoused —
: l ways staunch to the interests of Britain—for
to his disgrace let it be t ild, that he is the only
man on the floor of the 11. of 11. of the U. S
who blushed not to vindicate the British Or
ders in Council.—Justice however is due Mr.
G. as well as to every man—shout I therefore
any thing proceeding from his pen, or that of
any ol his intimate friends, in answer to these
strictures, meet uur eye, it shall receive equal
publicity with them :
THOM THE RM.TIMORE W1ITC.
A FINISHED CHARACTER.
(dARENT CAltDCSlEIl )
Since “ parts relate to whole,’* 1 mean to give
the public u peep into Oardeuiei ’a character, by
submitting in detached pieces, tile vai ious compo
nent parts.
In iiis Jacksonian harangue of Dec. 28, he
Says, “ This republic, notwithstanding all doubts
to the contrary, can, in my opinion, exist to the
end of lime—unles it be put down by foreign inva
sion, or bya military force collected within its
own limits ”
This wretch, in whom hvpocricy and effronte
ry contend for precedency, is an enemy to repub
lican government—he has, as a gentleman of
Kingston assures me, “ expressed his decided
preference for monarchy, to respectable re
publicans of that town, who can testify to the
fact.”
Bad as Gardenier is, I am doubtful, Mr. Prin
ter, whether he who exerts so much zeal in a
ba.se cause, be not less censurable than the milk
and water drone, who displays no ardour in a
good one. A lory may be the object of my ha
tred and resentment; a quid can never win my
esteem. I throw out this suggestion for the ben
clit f the majority, or a portion of the majority
in congress, who content themselves with yaw
ning, backgammon, counting their money, ex- J
changing vo‘cc, and a little intrigu , and talking
occasionally, Stc. to eke out a six months ses
sion at six dollars a day. and make a fortune be
tides bv-However, Mr. Gardenier
is still sitting—I must proceed. Sit steady, pre
serve your fe itures in statu quo, until 1 iay on the
. li.. .... ..
EXTRACTS
From an essay in the Plebeian of October, 12,
1303.
CAttributed to Cot. Armstrong-J
*' The lovers affragrar.ee and Jan, will not Lc
displeased, if in this paper, we resume the chace
of the Sheik The late efforts of lh is vile and
contemptible animal, to escape from justice,
are not more ridiculous, than effectual,-and
we venture to predict, without the smallest pre
tension to the spirit of prophecy, that after this
day’s hunt, our sole business (will) him) will L6 to
write an epitaph, or chaunt a requiem.
“ Not knowing when we can better notice the
labors of a Friend and Subscriber,” we do it
here. This gentleman has been obliging e
nough to offer us his advice gratis—which is the
more extraordinary, r.s we suspect, that he sel
dom gives >1 without a fee. A sufficient reason,
however, for its being thus cheap>is, that it is re
ady worth nothing. The admonitions of a friend
we respect—we revere, but the menaces of un
enemy, whether secret or open, we despise. Our
argument for li continuing the ch.ice” may be
. brought within narrow limits. When in ordina
ry business we meet with a counterfeit dollar,
what is our conduct ? What is our duty ? Why
surely to nail it to a counter—or otherwise to de
face it, so as to prevent its farther circulation.
And if such be our duty with respect to a false
dollar, why not with respect to a false man ?—
Shall we spare imposture in flash and blood, and
hunt it down in a mere meial J Certainly not.
To prevent imposition and loss to the community,
is the object in both cases—and in proportion as a
had man inay be more mischievous than a bud
dollar, so it is more incumbent upon every good
citizen to stay the career of the mortal, than i<»
stop the circulation of the metal. With this
apology to out real cr pretended friend, wc pro
ceed to
The death of the Stunk.
“ The gentleman who writes for the Gazette,
has on the 1st instant assumed, for the first time,
the signature B. G.; whether to intimate, that
these are the initial letters of his real name, or
that hereafter, lie has chosen to avail himself of
“ counsel learned in the law,*’ is not for us to ds
cide, or even to conjecture. Leaving therefore
the man and his sign du••; where we found them,
avc hasten to examine the defence that in his
condescension or his prid —‘us folly or his wis
dom, he has thought pro . r to offer to the public.
Noris tui3 task hk !v to c tu nrrav. us by either
itsl-ngth or it* difficwl’y -for, to display at once
the strength of lii.s c. a..J tue liberality of .his
temper,he has passed o.vr tins ot ttie most im
portant charge i which vve had exhibited against
him, and in doing this warrants the conclusion
that, in hi.} scale of morals, embezzlement and
fraud are a per of peccadilloes which iie may
or may not have committed, without any degree
of injury to Ids reputation. Seldom as wc li.ive
the honor of winking with the gentleman, and
little as wc pride ourselves upon conformity now
—we cannot refuse to this opinion, (.ur assent and
approbation ;—for as there may he a description
oi- character too pure and t x dad to he raised, so
there may lx; another, too vile and degraded to
hr depressed. When, therefore, Coleman’s gen
tleman announces himswlf unhurt hy imputations
of “/raw / and fiti'irz zlenimtlie can mean only,
that on the score of character, he has already no
thing to lose-“ Hut if this were the fact,” it
may be asked, “ how happens it that lie should
have made any defence against charges of less
weight and diminished mangitude ?” To this we
reply, that it is an intricacy of character which
can only be explained on the supposition, that he
is as inconsistent with his principles, as his prin
ciples aro w;lli common sense and common hon
esty. Chartre, who to day would have given ten
thousand pounds for a character, would have
risked it to morrow, by the practice of those very
vices by which he originally lost it—But in ouf
turn—we ask, what defence has he offered .’ And
that wc may conduct this empnry so rs to
do him ample justice, let us hear his own strry.
“In the case oi l owler vs Carpenter, the plain
tiff meets him at liogardiis's inn, and gives him a
retaining fee j—but from want of memory, and
t xo-ss of bit lines*, the gentleman alto., ther “ o
mitsentering the cause »fl his regTslcr.*'—-When
Carpenter, the defendant io the suit, was taken,
every trace of poor Fowler—uis cause and his
money, had so completely escaped him, that he
dPesimth sit* r a single moment to take a se
en.: 1 retainer, «nd fiom tlie adversary of hi* ori
ginal client—nor is be at nil apprized ofliis prior
» .ig>‘g in;nl, i It li. W. BogmliH, oi 1‘nugh
JreepMC, put* iim in mi.id of it. liven tlien.il
acems (so l*itlii< wiui hi* memory) that he still
doubted—-and the sight, nay probably ll.<- teein g
<1 Fov. h r became nftc< s» ry to “ satisfy” this se
cond T horn-.s All h* i . . td the tiling in »(i it.
r.. - innt im:1.-*, hursts upon hm like a imtnb, and
as 1 h w.k.f.g .urn ad.earn, he rrco.lectcd all a
hoot it.
“Sncli i« the defence he sr-ts up, and irit be &
I :ul one, he willitiii-Uihcr, that lit i* Ins own ad
vocate.
“(k. f. -it hi - cs is now t > compo'c if with
tV clou; , un i .w.. *.o.> far it j, t* to dc.tn y
; ',t|f.
*'\Vc had asked, “ how it happened, that Ba* |
rent Gardenier had not appeared in fthe case ot,
Fowler vs. Carpenter ?”—and suggested, that it
could not have been lor want of a i'ee—for as the
story ran, lie hail taken two of them. Now is
this fact (we demand) either dissembled or deni
ed ? Have we not the counsellor’s own precious
confess ion, that lie did take one f c from Fowler,
and another from Carpenter ? Whore then lies
the Uiflerence between us? In the cause to
which we respectively ascribe this acknowledged
fact.
'* In our first notice, wc say—" Perhaps it was
his poverty, and not his will, that consented,” and
such was indeed the charitable construction we
pot upon his conduct—but what it seems would
silence the scruples of an apothecary at Mantua,
will not satisfy the conscience of a lawyer at Eso
pus :—Mr. G. rejects our alms as indignity and
Slander, ami asserts, that neither poverty nor wil
had any thing to do with his conduct, but that il
was the mere effect of deficient meytiory and ex'
ustive business ; that under these Ann'/M/inHaeir
cos, he hud first Omitted to do, what he ought to
have done ; aiul again, under the same influen
ces, had unfortunately done, what he ought to
have-omitted. To such as know the extent of
the gentleman’s business, this apology will ap*
pear to be somewhat ridiculous;—and to those
who have witnessed the surprising achievcmcn.:;
of his memory at whist—it will appear to be al
most incredible. In both, it cannot fail to excite
soinv degree of wonder, that Mr. W. Bogardus
should have hud more either of leisure, or of
memory to attend to Mr. B. G’s business than he
could himself command. But how much will
these doubts be multiplied—how much will this
wonder und ridicule be encreased when we add,
tVt we possess the most conclusive testimony
that B G. had assigned another and very differ
ent reason for his conduct ? That the public may
he possessed of all the evidence we possess, mid
may thence he enabled to form their own judg
ment, we pause lor a moment, and submit to
them the following certificate :
** I do hereby-certify that some time last
soring, when 1 was persecuted in the Common
Pleas, in the county of Ulster, by one Solomon
Fowler, for ah assault and battery on his daugh
ter, I employed liarent Gardenier to defend my
cause, and gave him a fee :—That after I return
ed home, I was informed that the said Earent
had also received a fee from the said Solomon
Fowler against me. Thereupon as i had told niy
secrets to the said Barent, 1 called upon him, it
asked him about it—whereupon, after some con
versation, he confessed he had received a fee
from Fowler, and offered to return my money,
and excused himself by saying,knat at the time
he had drank too much brandy and mater.
HIGH AKD CARPENTER, Jr.
Sept. 19, 18«3.”
“ On this certificate we shall only remark, that
we have here none of the impatience to see Mr
Carpenter and to do him justice, that we find in
the defence, lie docs not seek out Carpenter—
Carpenter seeks out him—he does not cry out—
Sir, 1 have wronged you, I am sorry for it.—No.
Carpenter is obliged to question him on the sub
ject—and it is not until after some conversation
that he extorts from him the precious confession.
Rut above all, we have not here, one syllable of
either hurry of business or defect of memory, k
wonderful to tell, it turns out, that according to
the vocabulary of Coleman’s gentleman, these
fi le sounding words mean only—Brandy and -wa
ter. After all, it must be admitted—that howe
ver discordant in the main, there is one point of
view in which these statements entirely agree,
and that is in suggesting a caution to Mr. B G’s
clients, how they hazai\l a retaining fee in the
neighborhood of a tavern ;—as the temperature
of the place seems to have been particularly
and equally fatal to his memory, and to their in
teresls
“ We now proceed to the second article of the
defence—and here, as in the former, the gen
tleman acknowledges the fact, which has been
brought against him.
“ We now close our'remarks upon what may
properly be considered the gentleman’s defence,
&we are indeed impatient to close the controversy
with him ; for it is one in which, though there
be nothing to lose, there is certainly nothing to
gain. To reach therefore this point of our wish
es as rapidly end as effectually as possible, we
proceed to submit to the public the 7. oof of our
last charge against this perfect and upright man,
whose life lias been as “ free from crime” as tho*
he had just emerged from the womb of his mo
ther. Tiie public will remember that the uharge
is embezzlement.*
Albany, Oct. 7, 1799.
Dear Sir,
The inclosed receipt will in some
measure explain to you the conduct of Gar denier.
I will h .vvever give you a short sketch of the
business. On the 22d July last, I had occasion
to ‘end the amount mentioned in the receipt to
Mr. E. Gilbert, and was introduced to Mr. Gar
denier as a gentleman. I begged him to hand the
money to Mr Gdb"rt, and take up a note against
Thomas L. Witbeek, endorsed by me, which he
politely engaged to do. I had not a doubt of his
having performed my request until Mr. Gilbert
called on me some weeks after for payment on
the note.
1 have made several applications to Gardenier
for tilts money, hut all to no purpose ; he either
means to continue in his rascally conductor he
lias not the means. 1 wish you to recollect the
money on the receipt if possible, and treat him
:.s such conduct deserves, which cannot be too
severe. I think that his character ought to be
made public that no other person may be subject
to Ins total depravity.
1 am, kc.
THOMAS MATHER.
A. r* FENCER, E«iq
“ 17.0 Received, Albany, July 22nd, of Tho
mas Mather, two hundred and fifty three dollars
and fifty cents, which I am to puy E Gilbert,
Esq. and take up a note by him held against Tho
mas I-. Witbeek, and endorsed by Mr. Math
er, and send the same per Mail to Mr. Mather.
R. GARDENIER."
“After this display of our antagonist; after hav
ing shewn him to tie unworthy of professional
trust ; unworthy of public credit; and totally
unworthy of private confidence, it will not he ex
pected we should continue the controversy
U- G. would himself think us dishonored by a i
| public contest with Benj. Brower.
“.When this miserable wretch, who is now an I
. object only of our conmnisscrution and contempt ;!
— by penitence and fears ;—by sackcloth and ash- '
j <•» ;—by a future life of discretion and probity, j
j shall have wiped away the stains of bis riper 1
years, be may again hope to be permitted to as I
j socialc bis name, in tri• o<By or in hostile inter-,
, course, with tliat of a in»n whose honor & ho- I
I nesty have n«ver yet been impeached, by either j
I the intemperance of rage, or the malignity ol’
| si indpr. Another word and wc have done—
I “ Should any of our readers (from that amia
I blc avrmathy that warms the heart and fills the
! eye at the sight of the suffering criminal) think
j'hat wc have in this instance pushed our pun
ishment too fir ; lot them recollect, that this was
not a c ntr.nerry of our seeking ; that we are
challenged, nay goaded to the combat ; an 1 that
j flie malicious temper and brutal manners of our
adversary left us no alternative, hut vigorous re
I sistanoe or tame submission. Nor is this all—
I d our severity h»« been gieit, our forbearance
| has been greater—for wc now solemnly declare,
that the nortt ef the rtorj> it :rt to tell
*' 1 his word in »y have a technical meaning,
which (i»"t being Darned i.i the law) wc dofi **
unde rstartd. We desire, therefore, that out
meaning maybe tried, not by Jacob’* I.aw Dir.
tinn.ry, hut by the standard* of the Engii.di Ian
guagt: ; Joluisoii, Bailey, Eo'i*k, \V«lk..r,
5ac The explanation gorn of it by the last of
these Compilers, is—" The act of approprinliig
to bin.*' if, that wliul, received in trust for „
further.** y , !
Now, sir, walk out in the open air—by dissi
pating the ix-’tor of this unction, you will enable
me to give you another brushing—anon.
Ol.W FASHIONED JeXYL.
rfy We had never dreamt, before we saw the
following strictures, that Mr Dana was not
one of the “ true men one of those up to the
hub politicians—who possessed the highest con• |
Jidtnce of their party. It seems however, that '
we have been somewhat deceived—and that, I
most vuserabile dictu ! this Connecticut /u«u- I
yer is not in t'nf very best graces of the Ks-1
sex Junto. "1'hesr s'ricntrrs are from the Iios
to<: Cent in ei.—one of the most zealous
prints in the interest of Pickering 6c Co. ' !
Mr. Dana from Connecticut, is undoubtedly a !
ntsn of abilities and virtue: but he is certainly
not so correct and true a man, upon all questions,
as his predecessor, at the head of the delegation
of Connecticut, Mr. Griswold—or as the late ex
cellent Mr. Tracy, of that stale.
lie sometimes sacrifices a little to a disposition
to be witty, and too often betrays the cunning of
the lawyer, lie is else apt to be ironical—all
this is injurious in a country , where speeches are
published, and where every man has not the re.
finement to discern between irony and plain dc d
ing.
Besides, he is loo prone to play', what is called
the back game, which is always a dangerous one
When he is persuaded, his adversaries are as a
verse to it measure as he is. he afiects to drive
them up to it, though, if they should take
him at his word, 1;« would be extremely morli
fied.
He is very much inclined, idso, to spoil a good
speech, by concessions, lie selects one |un tieuI u-1
ground, and often, not the strongest, and in order
to gain a more patient hearing upon that, he cou
ctides almost every other partnfthe argument—
I am sorry to be obliged to make these remarks ;
hut if the federal parly .ire to he presumed to ap
prove of every thing said or conceded by the.r
Representatives, our condition would hi* an un
fortunate one. The truth is, that so long an
speeches of members are made public, great
sacrifices gfindependence will be made by our Re
presentatives
1 lie above remarks were prouu-eu by Mr Da
na’s conduct, in relation to llur well’s war resold
tion—bis convoy and arming motion. Mr. Dana
hailed it as a good omen, and proposed a new
resolution, prescribing the licences for arming, S-.
tiie conditions of the b inds. I'll2 condition, pro
posed by Mr. Dana, has this clause, “ that the
shin shall not violate the rules of public law, ac
knowledged by the U. S ”
Now, 1 beg leave to ask, ifor.r ships are to arm
under such loose conditions, whether a war will
not be the inevitable consequence? If'a ship is
found going directly from Guadaloupe to France,
she is within tl*tpublic lata, acknowledged by the
United State.1-, ar-l vet she will be certainly con
demned, if taken by the British. If our ships at
tempt to force trade against the British orders,
a war will be the inevitable consequence, am! it
would be more manly to declare war at once —
There is not an equal danger of irritation from
captures by France. She can ilo no act, which
could rouse our citizens against her. We ex
pect injustice from her, to its utmost point, and
■we are neither surprized or provoked when it
comes.
But every battle—every drop of blood, which
should How in such a contest, for a forced trade,
by British bands, would make a stain, which a
century could not wash away. Besides, I consi
der such a law as only alluring the desperate and j
adventurous into a conflict, in which, nine out ot
ten will perish, or he ruined, and in which, they '
will not be supported by the government, or piti
ed by the people.
By the same law, it ifi proposed by Mr. Dana,
that it shall be prov ided, that no ship shall violate
actual blockade.
Now what U an actutl blockade ? Is it to be
settled according to the armed neutrality of 1780,
where there is an imminent danger of entry ? j
Upon this rule, what part of France is not nor: '
actually blockaded ? When not one ship in fifty j
can get in, without speaking an English cruizer ? 1
J low difficult will it be to decide this ques-j
tion ! 1 Ought not Congress, if such a law must i
pass, which Heaven avert ! ought not Congress,
rather to enumerate the places, to which a ship
may lawfully go, than to trust it to tlie discretion 1
of every ignorant or hot-headed ship master ?
[Communicated for the Federal Gazette.'] \
Copy of a letter from a respectable ptntleman, to
his friend in Baltimore, dated
“ Arkaxsa, Dec. 1809.
“ Dear Sir—Doctor-mentioned to me a
day or two past, that he had received a letter
from you, in which you intimate your intention of
coming this way in the spring with some famili-1
lies, to settle here ; and that you would be glad,;
ot tlie opinions of your friends respecting the pro-1
dilutions ofo ir soil, and particul *r ly cotton : Be- j
ing blit little acquainted witli the cultivation of \
that plant myself, can only offer you the opinions j
of others long resident in this place, which is uni-!
formly in favor of its being raised here in as high
perfection &3 to quality and quantity, as any
where in the districts b:-low, say at Natchez,
which is supposed to afford the best for the Or
leans market. The gentlemen I have consulted,
who are acquainted with the quality of the cotton
shipped at New Orleans, say there can be none
of a finer fibre and purer whiteness from tlie pod,
than that produced here ; and the samples I h ive
seen astaknn from the field, so far ns I ana
judge, is equal to the boasted cotton oT the East
Indies, of which you have a specimen now seHt
you, (No. 1.) which I brought with me in 17J5,
and which has now got soiled by long lying in my
trunk. No. 2. is from the first pods raisud here ;
No. 3, is from the last and worst. As regards
quantity, a person whohasbsen at the making or
raising of it some years at Natchez, assured me,
that, at tint quarter from °09to 1000 pounds per
acre is usually esteemed a good crop ; but that
in this place 1200 pounds per acre is the usual
produce of middling lands, in the s-ed ; and in
some places more. But as yet no great qnanti
ties have beer, raised—more for the want ot hands
in its cultivation thar. from any deficiency in the
soil or climate; which nevertheless, is nine*
tim»*s, though rare'y subject to light early frosts ;
f>ut I do not know bow far that circumstance
tends to its disidvantag' ; the Carolines and
Georgia arc subject to the same inconvenience,
as 1 have been informed when in those states.
Tobacco, also, 1 have seen raised here th‘i9 sea
son (which was remarkably dry and unfavorable)
of a good rjuality ? and have no doubt, in my owir
mind, that it the Maryland yellows, kitefoot, Ike.
could be introduced here, it would turn to advan
tage, under skilful managem nt—could you pro
cure some of the seeds of different kinds from
that stale. Corn and Wheat, in favorable sea
sons, also yield good crops ; but this year, from
a long and severe drought, the corn in general bus
not yielded more than iiah crops, that is from 2.i
to 3!) bushels per acre. In g > has, I believe,
been but little attended to ; it may on a fair trial
b • I »und to add to the other advantages, from ju
dicious experiments. But all these tilings ij.
quire time to mature, and more hand»t» manage
than at present can be expected in this quarter,.
especially while the tenure of I unis is s » uucer- j
tain .is at present, from want of the establishment j
of necessary offices and regulations on the part!
of the general government ot the United States,
than are now known to exist here, ’these, sir, j
are all that at jnrsent occur to me on 1 ho stihj civ
treat-d'l l ; how far they may be correct, I can-‘
not venture to say, having resided here ..<> short a
time, »s you may know -. but they may tend to j
throw *<»me hints, to t.ie satisfaction ot your own
niud an.l i* 'lections.
“ Should you determine cn rorr.i-.g this vsy,
i would UiX it as « favor, if you w .u!J proci.re I
same seeds of the F.fyntun Millet {it may l»e had
of a s 'ul»ni»n near ll tllimore, two miles on tht
Frederick town road.
“ With sentiments -.1'esteem,
1 am, hir,
Your sbc lier.t servant,
-, E<c, ’»
fThe folia \*jn£ is another of the beautiful sargs
of Moons, adapted to oiv; of the Airs in the
*• Selection of Irish Melod cs.”
* GO WHERE GLORY WAITS THEE.”
G 1 where glory waits thee ;
15 it. while Fame elates thee,
C)!i ! still remember me.
When the praise thou mectest
To thine ear is sweetest,
Oh ! then rememb r me.
Other arms may press time.
Dealer Friends caress thee,
All the joys that bless thee
Sweeter far may be ;
15ut when friends are nearest,
And when joys are dearest.
Oil ! then remember me.
When at esc, thou rovest
JJy the star thou Invest,
Oli ! then remember me.
Think, When home returning,
BHght we’ve seen it burning, t
Oh ! thus remember me.
Oft as summer closes,
When thine eye reposes
On its ling’ring roses,
Once so lov’d by thee,
Tuiiik of her who wove them.
Her wiio m id3 thee love them,
Oh 1 then remember me.
When around tiiec dying,
Autumn leaves are lying.
Oil ! then reinemacr me.
And, at night when gazing,
Oath, gay hearth hi .zing,
Oli ! stul remember me.
Th jii should music stealing
All the soul of tveling,
To thy heart appt aling,
Draw one tear from thee ;
Then let memory bring thee
Strums I us’d to sing thee ;
Oh ! then remember me.
- 1. - . ■■ ^
[BY AUTHORITY.]
LAWS OF THE LIMITED STATES.
AN ACT
For the relief of Harry Caldunll £r Amnsa Jack
son, Jet ctniah Reynolds and Levin Jones.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House uf Re
preservatives of the United States ej Attic
. tea, in Congress assembled, That the brig Jo
seph, Rickecson, owned by He.uy C.ddwcil and
Amasa Jackson, which on or about the twenty
fifth day of July list, at Kingston, in the i: Unci ol
Jamaica, look on board three Refugees, from
the Island of Cuba, with their domestic slates,
six in number, and landed them at New Or
leans ; and that the schooner Victorowned
by Jeremiah Reynolds, who about the latter end
ol September last, at Currocoa, took on board h
number of French emigrants from the said Ii
land of Cuba, with their domestic slaves, six in
number, and landed them also at New Orleans,
which said vessels were seize 1, together with
their effects, and 1'belled, for a violation of an
act, entitled “ an Act, to prohibit the importation
of slaves into any port or place of the United
Stales, from and after the first day of January,
in the y e ir of our Lord, one thousand eight hun
dred and eight,” be and they are hereby seve
rally released trom the seizures aforesaid. And
the schooner Wolfe, ol" Baltiinoie, owned and
commanded by Levin Jones, which vessel was
seized some tunc m October 1st, at Norfolk, in i
Virginia, on account of having brought from
Charleston, in South Carolina, to that place cer i
tain French slaves, nineteen in number, without j
previously complying with the requisites enj -l i
ed by the ninth and tenth sections of the act .1 t
foresaid, be and she is hereby also released f,-,n I
the seizure.
See. 2. And be it further enact?,!, That ail pen-1
I allies or forfeitures, which m .y have been incur- I
j red either by the captains or owners of said ves-!
1 sell, 1 consequence of the violation of any of
tlie provisions of the ..et referred to in the nrst
section, be, and the same are hereby remitted.
J 15. VA11NUM,
Speaker if the House of Representatives.
GEO : CLINTON,
I'ice President ij the United Stall ;, and
piLsident of the Senate.
Feb. 5th, 1810.
APPRO V£D,
JAMES MADISON.
VIRGINIA—June General Court, l'Jon.
The Commonwealth, against Jnsiali M’
Clenegen, Del’t—upon an adjourned case from
the District Court, h. id at Morgan Town.
Tue Court am unanim tisly of opinion that
where an indictment or presentment is found by
a Grand Jury against any person far a misdemea
nor, to which the law has aiiixed an infamous or
corporal punishment, that the court before whom
such presentment or indictment is found, may
in its discretion award a Capias in tiie first in
stance, and that upon indictments and present
ments of an inferior nature, such Court on ;b',
alter two Venire Fucias’s have been returned
not found, to award a Capias.
It is therefore ordered, that it be certified to
the Morgan Town District Court, that a Capiui j
ought to he awarded in this case.
PublLUed by order of court, -Nov. 18/J.
PEYTON DREW, C. G C.
January 16. liuiJ.v
JN CHAMCKllf.— At a C »nrt held for Cum
berland County, the: 22d day «>f January, 181 /
Bernard Sims, J'iamtijf—Against Jesse Johns,
Defendant.
On hearing the hill and other exhibits in this
cause, it is ordci <1. that the plaintiff retain in hi;
hand and possession the negro slaves Crittyand
her child Mdander, in the bill mentioned, until
the furtln r oriler of this court, and that the plain
tiff be served with a copy ot‘ this order ; and it
appearing to the satisfaction of the court that the
defendant Jesse Johns is not an toh ihiluut of this
state, on motion of the plaintiff by his counsel, It
is ordered, that the said defendant do apprar
here on tlv first day of April Court next, and an
s ver the bill of the plaintiff, or the sums shJi
there be taken a9 confessed and the matters there
in decreed accordingly, and that a copy of this
order be forthwith inserted in some one of the
newspapers published in the city of Richmond
lor two moths successively and post* d al llit
front door of the courthouse of Hus county.
A Copy. '1rate,
CHRISTOPHER WOODSON, n c c c.
January JO. w8*Af
WANTED as a Tpaciikk in an Academy,
a Gentleman possessing a classical know
ledge of the French Language. A naiive of
France would be pref* rred, should he happen to
he sufficiently acquainted with the KiiglMi I
torgue. J*‘, lie side, his information in any other
language or in any of the at in and sciences u iti
ally taught til academics, he such as would *pta
hly him to give insti action, he shall be consider
ed, on that account, as endued to further remu
neration.
Application to he ma 1c to the Printer ; or let
tors post paid an i a Jdrcs .v.J to L—iu, will he at
t"nd vt to.
January 29. rt'lf
BATTfcttSF a rMTP MfM.S-T: crew . .
wist. t-> encourage t!*e matnjfaciui is m taeif
0\v \ state are inform.d, l*: »t tu«;y can >e **•, t •
ed with Taper Manufactured in Petersburg, in
any quantities.
PRICES AS FOLLOWS:
Fine Letter P..per \ limn, £ 4 75 7
Iln. tl1. Laid, 4 50
Pools Cap No. 1. 4 373 "*
Do. No 2. S 37i J
Do. No 3. 3 1 ?A v |
Fwtio Post Vellum, 9 50 ( c
Do. Laid, 9 hs
Fine Printing Medium, 5 50 £
Do ‘ js .10 ?
F.xcellent Wrapping Paper, 1 }^t,
Cj* A libera! discount made to wholesale- pur
chasers.
Orders for any of the ahnae qualities, address
'd to the subscribers, executed at the shortest
notice.
BANISTER & Co.
August 4. Wtf
NOTICE.
\I.L persons arc hereby forewarned from
hunting, fowling, fishing, or otherwise ex
••l ing and U-cspa.aing upon my lands at New
tlastie and Spring Gar Jen, in the county of II.mo
Mir.
SPENCER ROANE.
Spring Garden, February 8, 1810 w.lw
J'Sl'TY J)6L1.1HS j<dCllAPUL '
|) AN— \ W A Y, f> om the Subscribet, in the dtp
cj Richmond, on the 20th cf October but, m
Negro Alan .unne.i HILLY, suppoted to be about
prefect nine o. ten incites high g stout, well m.i^e ,
u little bocj-Iegrd, has a Jii/I face g about tvieasp
tears nj age ; was pm chased of Cyrus Curtis cf
h'o‘ thutnberlunf County g was raise t in Lancaster
County. on th • Cutritoman plantat^n by Mr. Lat
ter , ne is calim by the negroes of that place, wait
tngman Hilly : he u well acquainted at ShirU , c.i
fames Licet, where it is likely hr ts lurking at this
time.
J will give the above reward if secured in jail
in the City of Richmond, or sixty dollars if secu
red manly jail ic the state of Virginia, and infor
ai :iion given to Joseph Carter, of Richmond, or
John Winn, of Charlottesville.
THOS. WINN, Jr.
October 27. when
’"T'AKlf.N up by Daniel Tratiue oi Uuour
X field county, on his mill plantation on
Falling cteek, near the coal pilts, a small braided
STEER, about two years old, marked with a
smooth crop in the right ear, and a half crop md
underkcel in the left ear, and appraised to se ven
dol.ars j November 1st, 1300.
A Copy. Teste,
PARKE POINDEXTER, r>. c.
February 1. w3w«f
i>:n iryTiTlr HALLam, ~"
HA^ just received, from New-York, and for
sale at the store lately occupied by Daniel
Triplett, a supply cf Fresh GROCE R1ES, viz
Gun-Powder in cases of 3 lbs. each, ^
Imperial, *lyson, :.nd Young Hyson, \ - • ■ •
Green Goitre and fresh |
Chocolate,
L<i .fund brawn sugars,
Old Antigu - Hum,
Cogniac vid old Peach
Brandy.
Holland Gin, superior
tjuniilv,
I '<;•>():• Colouring,
Madeira aial Sherry
Wines,
No-megs, cloves, imec
Cinnamon, Al.-.picc,
Pepper, Hace, and
Gmund Ginger,
R »st, London Mustard,
Dr white hi seed,
!<ice, Pearl Harley,
Fresh Currants &. cran
herries,
Raisins and Almonds,
Anchovies, Olives, Ca
pers and Catsup,
Plotant I.idrgo,
l'i g*Rlue,
Ahum and Copperas,
i > 1C a mve a; I < ics will US SOIU iuw lor
C .'di ;r Country Produce.
November 3. wtf
* | DOLLARS REWARD.—Strayed or
-a. stolen near fie market bouse in Rich
mond, on the night of the 2i)lh lost. (Jantury,)
k l.k.-Iy duk b y wjfjm horse, eight year*
<•1.1, about lire feet high, is in good or !er, an 1
the hair a lit'le rubbed < :T with tlie traces. I
will g ve a reward often dollars to any person,
that will deliver said horse to Mr Samuel White
of Richmond, or to me in tiie County of Cu n
berland. Whosoever will deliver me the thief,
(if stolen,) for punishment, shall rec-.ive a. re
ward of 20 dollars.
N. Li. lie is blind in the right eye, and a nolel
scar on the left r umo.
N ATI In. LANCASTER.
Feb. 1. w-ktf
f AND FOR SALE—Thai valuable Tract of
-i-j LAND laying in Amherst county, common
ly known by the name of Gordon’s Quarter, situ
ated near tliC Tobacco row mount, u. .containing
eleven hmidrcd acres, is now offered for sale on
liber;.1 terms. Tiiequdty of t!i•« land is said to
be equal to ary tract in tli.d county.
The terms will be known by making applica
tion to either of the subscribers in Petersburg,
or to Mr. Samuel Irvin of Ly nclibtirgh, who will
shew tiia premises or give such description of
hen .s will satisfy any person desirous of pur
chasing.
JOHN WILDER,
JOHN BELL.
P dersburjy, January 4. w3m
M \RSHAI/3 SALF.S.
RY virtue of a decree of the court of the U
fiileil States for the fifili circuit in tiie Vir
gin'• Diatri-. t, pronounced on the 27sh day of
Nov oilier, o-ie thou* md eight hundre-d and nine,
in the n '.me of the United Stale*, plaintiff*, a
gainst Tho Has Muse and Elliott Muse, heir* and
devL csof Hudson Muse, deceased, defendants,
in Chancel v : w ill be sold for ready money, on
the premises, on the 26th day of February next,
if fair, if not, the next fair day, the several tracts
of LAND h ing in the county of Middlesex, vi/..
Eight hundred mid fifty acres of Land called
Ha ustead **»• Hampstead Tract; anolher tract
containing two hundred and fifty two Si three 4th*
of an acre. Culled H.ichelor’s, a small tract called
lluli’s, c;miai ling lu. n'.y five acres, and a Mill
Seat called 11 *m«tead Mill Seat, of which Lands
tiie said Hudson Mine died seized, to raise cer
tain sums of money in said decree mentioned.
The Sale will commence at the mill sent first, and
he continued until the. *.de ’■* completed.
WILLIAM MANN, D. M.
von
JOSEPH SCOTT, M. V. I).
January 27. (Feb. 1), 1810. 2aw3w
WANTED imnt* rliately, one op two f' io<l
workman si 'bo ( nick making business :
to master workmen liber:.! wsfjis will be tciven
by Messrs. Wren £t Robinson, just below the
Swum |.ivern,on Siiookcc-liil), Ukr..mond.
February K. 2aw».f
NOTICE—Tlie Kxnutiv* will recciye
pt>s:i)3 for m ikiuj' f; it— < to ifiouir Can
non, until Uic I Of i* oi Ma”c i n ccortLn,' to
a inode! to b j ex!ubilel here,or »liesCi ibuU as
to Le unde .stoovl by the ui.biiUker.
Atti.i,
SAMUS!- COEE:X.Mf, A. c. c
I ICcbn.t; <1, t vb. b. ejttlOM
Smoked and Pickled
Salmon,
Hair Powder,
Rdl and Pot Pomatum
Windsor and Brown
Soap,
Liverpool Ware,
Canton China,
! Large and small sets,
P! "ii and Cut Glass,
Best Spanish Sugars,
droit assorted,
Gun Powder,
Agate Flints,
I Writing Paper, Wafers
Creliores 8c Desclver’s
superline Playing
Cards,
Cotton Sc Wool Cards,
Newiingland Cheese,
superior quality,
15 dozen Sall-Petred
Hams,
Sac k Salt, Salt-Petre,
Bar-Iron.