The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1807-01-03 00:00:00, page 3

reprefcotatlvet la cor>gref» art *'<C» i.-qncftub to uTe
their bell enJeavors to procure fuch an amendment
:o the ccnllitution of the United States, a* will con
lire the judiciary power of the courts of the United
States, to cafe* in law and equity, arifing under the
cnrittituiion and laws of the United State*, and tres
IT*,made or which dial! be made under their atttho
nty ; cafes affe&ing ambattadors, other public minif
ters and confuls; cafes of admiralty and maritime
jurifdidion ; controverGes to which the U. States
Gull be a party; to controverGes between two or
more dates, and to cafes between citizens claiming
lands under grants of dilferetit dates.
And the quettion being put on the propofed a
rnendment, It paffed in the negative—Ayes 59
Noes 89.
The quedion being then put on the refolution as
feported from the committee.it was agreed to by the
houfe—Ayes 91, Noe* 57.
Ordered, 'Hut the clerk carry the fatd rcfolutten to
the Senate and defire their concurrence.
The houfe, according to the order of the day, re
vived itfelf into a committee of the whole houfe, on
a bill, “ To amend the adl, entitled, an aid, “ To a
mend the penal laws of this commonwealth and af
ter fome time fpent therein, Mr. Speaker refumed
tke chair and Mr. Madifon reported that the com
mittee of the Whole houfe had, according to order,
had the faid bill under conftderation and had made
an amendment thereto, which he handed in at the
clerk’s table, where the fame was read, and on moti
on, ordered to be laid upon the table, and that 250
copies of the faid bill, with the amendment, be print
ed for the ufe of the members of the General Af
fvnrbly. r .
Mr. Leake prefented, according to ordsr, a bill,
“ Concerning the abatement of fuits aud probate ot
Mr. Cheatham prefented, according to order, a
bill, “ To amendthe adl, entitled,an a*51, to amend
and explain the aft concerning public road*.-’
Turfday, December 30.
A communication from the Senate by their clerk :
Tiie Senate have patted the hill, “ Eflabliflling an
infpeflion of flour”—and the bill, “ Atithoriling the
appointment of a mathematical furveyor ior the bo
rough «f Norfolk,” with amendments, to which they
requttt the concurrence of the lloule of Delegates.
They recede from their fecond amendment pr
pofed to the bill, “ To amendthe laws of this conr
inottwealth concerning clilcounts and offsets, to
which the Houfe of Delegates have difagroed—and
from their difigr. enrent to the amendment propofed
by the Houfe of Delegates to tireir 4th amendment to
the faid bill, and agree to the fame.
The houfe proceeded to conGder the faid amend
ments, and the fame being twice read, wore on the
quettion put thereupon, agreed toby the houfe.
An engroffed bill, “ Authoring Samuel Pleafants.
jun. to publifh a colleittion of certain Public Laws of
this commonwealth, and for other purpofes,”was read
a third time,and feveral blanks therein filled up, and
patted.
An rrgrofled bill, “ Providing for the colled! ion
of certain militia fines due in tire borough of Nor
folk,” was read a third time and patted.
m
a
Vv ♦
RICHMOND, 3./ JANUARY.
BURR’S EXPEDITION.
The following statement is from high autho
rity, and i# entitled lo confidcrable credit.
, Washington city, Dec. 19, 1806.
The reports concerning Col. Burr, his par
ty and his fcheme, have hitherto been f<> per
plexed, that l could not digclt them into any
thing which I thought worthy of being lent to
you. A? you no dotiht are extremely impati
<nC t j lifirn —rKV»*otun ar.rl as I am not
left dcfimu3 to relieve that impatience, an fir
jjs T am able, I will delay no longer. The fadls
are as follows. In the courfe of the loft Au
tumn, from Augufl to the lit i«fr. n’ore thin
a, thoufand young men have palled through
Pcr.nfylvania and New-York, to the Ohio, with
thtf acknowledged view of forming a body to
defeend the Mifhtiippi, under the command
rtfCoi. Birr, upon an expedition th.ry have
fiid’is authorized by government, but the p»r
cife nature of which was not to be communica
ted to them till they had embodied at the falls
of Ohio. A number, not inconfiderable, of
perform, being on the Ohio and near it, have
r^peniy eng aged in the expedition. Boats fuf
fi;ier.t to convev an armv have heen built, un
der contrail with Col. Burr. Many of tlmfe
boats arc of a cor.ftru&ion quite unufual for
tbc ordinary purpofes of tranfporting merchan
dize, produce, or fcttlers ; and will anfwcr
it is laid for a coining voyage. Provi lions
liave been amaflVd in quantity. Arms and am
tnuniiioM have been collrdlcd. Col. Burr has
in z few inftance# bv letter, in many by dif
courfe, and inn great number by means of his
partiz.uis, allured officers of militia in the
We firm country, that there would foon be a
jjrt at cal) for militia, on the Weftern waters,
upon whi. h he was to hive a high command
under the government. He has exhorted them
to ho^d themfelves snl their men in readinefs
.* :• l" > vine, a:td has eM'ouragcd them to look
lip to him as their fuMte commander.
, Tljefe circumftances taken together evince a
defiirn of magnitude. This tampering with mi
litia oflirera.in order, bp win their minds to his
pi rfoil, liis bud ling fe.i boats anil collecting
arn.s anil ammunition, would prove that the
defign con'd not he to fettle Baron Ball top’s
gr.mt of land, ns every one at firft conjectured ;
but th't i# brinies completely demonstrated by
the that his expenditure# already have,
per In pa, nearly equalled the fum, for which
that grant, if confirmed, would at this time
fed.. T.hr dif.rlofurc# m*de by him to differ
in- y^rlbns, whom he attempted in vain
to ic<iiicr, ronfradsa that fuppolition. Seve
rn) ot thofc have been conumr rated by
men of high ref|icd;ii)ili)y, without any concert
with melt other, or li now! edge that nth-, it
Wen? doing it \ and they 'll concur to fix up
on him tr aionabit* <kfig: s, of the molt rlariug
and dangerous* nature. Thrfe d felofnen ol
his views, were fo much varied from c.v-.ion,
and fo artfully interwoven with the different
plan* aflured only to tnafk the real objvdt, th.st
it is (till fomewhat in the dark. Ti e greatc t
feeptie, however, nrujft now admit that it w.
not lefs than to raife the ftandard of revolt, ar 1
take pofTellion of New-Or!ra»». I believe m;
<elF, that this was only ti.r fnft ftep in the pr<
jedt. That he w«uld imrm dinrcly have pro
claimed from New-Or!eao«, an expedition fo
the ennqueft of Mexico ; -hieh would have
quickly brought filch a number of bold a.ivm
lurers to Ins ftandard, <rom ail part* of tin
union, and of the iflandr, that Me would pet
haps have been enabled to r-mxin there until his
preparations for the undertaking were complete,
in defiance of the whole power of the U. 8. If
the firfl ftep could have fuccrcded, his hop^« of
abending the throne of Mexico would have
been by no means fo extravagant. The rout
by land is now perfefty well known to be
good and to pafs through a country capable
of maintaining an army. It Is admitted by all
that an army of 5000 Americans would be fuf
fieient to penetrate to the capital and to hold
the Kingdom for fume timr, unkfs fucconrs
could be ftnt to it from Europe. The num*
oer of adventurers who would flock to Col.
durr’s ftandard, if t*e could once raife it in the
city oi Mexico, would perhaps exceed that
! dumber fenfiotd in !hc firft year and av'ght be
fufficient to confirm his authority ami hispof
feffion of the country.
i I cannot believe tint he ever ferioufly en
i tcrtalncd the hope of eiTn'lir'g a difmembci
sneut of the union. Every unprejudiced A
rnetican will I think admit, that Inch an event
is for the pfefent impcflible ; for the future as
far as human firelight can reach by no means
probable. That fc.hemc, however as parodo
mieal as the aflertion may appear, I (trongly
believe was the main pivot upon which the
whole turned, and yet never was tor one mo
ment feriouliy contemplated by col. Burr.
A queftion forcibly prefents itfelf, whence
has he derived his funds ? The anfwer muft
reft entirely upon conjecture, for there is no
thing known upon that point. One thing
feetr.s tolerably certain however from the t x
tent of thofe funds that they have come from
royal colters. From the coffers of England 1
do not believe they have come, although 1 have
little doubt there has been a fecrct communi
cation between Burr and Miranda, who I fliatl
ever belive received advances from Mr. Pitt. I
cannot believe that Great Britain would fup
port, counternance or conceal defisns of a trea
fonahle nature againft our government. The
policy of the prefent adminiftration of that
country is two noble and elevated for fuch a
meafuie.
How has Burr been fupplied then? I will
anfwer from the Spanith government, by ihe
perfor. who was lately Spanifii minificr in the
United Sratcs and who ltill re tides here in a pri
vate ft at ion. This, I acknowledge, is ;\3 yet
| only conjecture ; but then it has every appear
ance of truth, ami tHis advantage belides, that
it is the only conjeCture admiftildeat all. That
perfon has bten completely duped by Colonel
Burr. He has been made to believe, that the
di tign was limply rebellion and difmembci
meut, which from his perfonal refentment, as
well as the animofity fubtifting at prefent be
tween the two nations, he was ready to fuller
anil maintain with the treafurea of his King.
It is laid that fcvcral milliot s ot Spanith money
have been landed in the United Slates in the
laft fix months: the faCt confirms the Infpicion.
He viewed Burr fimply as a traitor and intend
ed to ufe him to make a diverfion in favor of
Spain in the weft. Without large funis of mo
ney Burr could nut proceed at all : from him
alone they could be obtained : the concealment
of his real defign and the affiimplion of a plan
fuilable to the views of the Spaniards was ne
cefiary. He, therefore, contrary to his con
firmed habits of caution, fpoke of the defign cf
difmemberment juft enough to anfwer the end
of deception. Can it be believed, that it
would ever have cfcaped his lips without fome
view of that kind ? His chamber and the te
nor of his whole condtidf, forbid the idea, that
he could have fpoken openly to fo many per.
funs of his intention to commit treafon. His
private intercourfe with the Spaniards fome
months pafl is well known. No doubt it has
ceafed, and the eye s of his dupe are at lad o
pen, but his money i9 gone irrecoverably and
has l>een expended in preparation for the very
expedition which lie was willing fo avert the
probability of, under the aufpic :*> of our go
vernment, by preparing for us at home, feenes
of ronfufion and blood. The necfUity Co
lonel Burr was under of communicating
his real views in order to procure parli
7. ins mil ft long fince have undeceived him.
The expirdions of apprehcr.flon lie has lately
ufed, and the l'uddtn defire he has difplayed
an accommodation between the U. S. and Spain,
tend ftiongly to confum this conjecture. I
make no doubt if the adminiftraiion, would
have fifTercd him to approach it, he would
lifiNC betrayed Burr, when he w.-.s hill in this
place, when he fhewed fuch ar.x’nty tor a re
conciliation with it. 1 cannot help believing,
that the profpcifts he has held nut to his court
of a powerful diverfion in its favor, hyiuteftiue
commotions hae, have ictirded the nrgotiati
on.
Although the adminiftration was rather flow,
in believing that fuch a defign, as 1 have com
municated, could really have been undertaken ;
the promptitude and judgment, with which it
has fince a died, give the It rouge ft hope, that
it will he rompleally fruftrated in its com
mencement. It mult be indeed, unlefs the
Wcftern militia has been corrupted, or the ef
forts of its officers, to bring it into the field,
paralized by the proteftations of Col. Burr, Sc
hi? partisans, that his views are entirely inno
cent, and that he is under unjuft perfecution,
for the purpofeof which it has been found ne
ccfiary, to excite a falfe alarm.
The feizure of his flores, Ins already been
made at Pittfburg. There is every reafon to be
lieve, all, or nearly all his parties have been ar
retted or difpcifed before this time, before
they could embody. If ,his fliould have failed,
the Mifliftippi territory militia, fent back by
Wilkinfon, to be ready for tile purpofc, h ful
ficiem ftrong, to intetccpt him ; it is fiippofed
with the aid of our armed veff- Is in that river.
Lctteis frem New-Orleans, as late as the 8th
November, from the higlieft authority fay, that
Wilkinfon ie fortifying on the Sabine, and is
certainly fuperior in force to the enemy. '1'here
i.i not room for the fmallcft fnfpicion, that that
olTi, er has been at all lhaktn in his duty. His
condndf and communications forbid fuch a
fuppolition.
LP. SUABLE BOITPUX.
The poor Sp.inith “ devil upon two Slit* j”
hat been completely outwitted by the fu
I per inti r cunning of hit accomplice. This con
Jclnfion is irrcfiftible, if the fpeculationt of the
pie 'edmg letter be admitted to lie correct.
But mortifying a* this reflection will certainly
| prove to the noble Marquis De Cata Yrujo, it
I •? a nutter of infinitely left confluence to us
than two qiieAionti which command our
it ■. ntion ; l It, VVh it is the effeCt which his ma
chinal tor.:! may hive had upon our relations
with l.is Court,—and 2d, Whit duties thel'c ex
traordinary events impofe upon us?—Let us
rcafon upon the faith of the flatementi, con
tained in the preced"o»e letter.
| it cj i ot i'liprot* .'ole thattl»i*'* privileged fpy”
j of • c SpanUb court had reptefented this dif
•••it i.itiic entevpri-f the molt flattering co
: bur* to hi covern i r it :
t ;-‘ '>t i».ul t xpafuU'iI upon the dif.ifTciffion
cK Burr, Ins aptitude for treafon, the ca
; ’ oiis an t refutuces of his mind :
li: •! ‘;r h'id Ibivrtt t 1 demo-'ft rale thcfacili
tv. with which lie nr^ht -**vf;»*•*<! the Mlf.
hfiHipi with a military • qifpmcnt ; (></#•
UDun N. w Orleans ; roulc lae liifaifeCh-d
1 inhabitants to revolt : atid then tctaiti it
in the name of his mailer:
fl. it .m a r ecciTary means for the ac:r,mplini
tr ci t ofthtfe purpofra, he had ndvifed the
fupplying of the ncceflary pecuniary rc
fonrees :
tl at he has recommended to hid court to
procra'linate i'snfgociation with our com
m fTi.merp, and to come to no kind of ac
commodation ; for that with Louifiaiuio
tftir hands, they mi«ht obtain whatever
conditions they chofe to demand :
A-.’ 'bar h- had taken advantage of thefe in
genious pbrns, to puff off hi# own dt
plnri at prowrfs, 5c ioftft upon the necef
ftiy of his remaining within the V. States.
; ShdtiMfncfi have been his reprr fen tat ions to]
h*s court, lie will now find hirr.fdf compelled
completely to change hi? tone ! He moil j
m-<kc tiic humiliating '•onfcSfion. that ail Ids I
diplomatic flcfIf has not f-ved him fro" the j
influence of fuprrior a-t that be himfeif, who '
wiihrri to dupe the Anv-ii'-an Government, is j
nothing more than the.public- dune of Col.
Burr; that lie has thrown away his mailer’s I
money upon a mod unprofitable purpofe ; and 1
that he would now be under the necefiitv, if'
the American goverotrvnt v. ould but liflrn to ;
his communicntior i, of folicUing the employ
ment of its force*' to fuppr.fa-m expedition,
which he himfeif h.ad follcred ^gainfl the U.
S- but which would 4> u’ii .lately direftsd a
gainfl the dominions of iiiK mailer.
Whatrxcuf.- lie can himfrlfoffer <n hi* court
for this dilapidation of its m tni* ahufe of
its confidence; * t js difirr tceful diplomatic ignor
ance ; it is left to the n-.-bie - mfelf to
difeover. But it is mojl *,r< !'nbie, that all his
aeal will not compenfate for tr • gnorance, and
that he will be immediately t <! to give an
account of hi.* conduct. And unlelsthe Prince
of Peace is llill IriafTed hy fome Jecrtt influence i
in his favour, that he will be obliterated from
the corps diplomatique.
2. But a farmorefimpcirtr.ut que.'l ion arifesont
of this tranfaflion, relative tnt’ne U S. What is
our duty in regard to this man l We propofethis
queftion Pimply on the fuppofitimi, that he has
| been guilty of plotting with A. Burr, and that
fuflicient evidence can be obtained for lubflan
tiatingthat guilt.
i ms quciiion However meets us on the thrcl-1
hold : A3 De Yrujo cannot be conlidere 1 as '
a public minifter, in what way it lie to be i
treated ? or where is the ufe or confnlting the
Law of nations on the privileges which this dif
covcry may jrive us? If there is any punilk
ment to be inRi&ed upon him, is it not to be
iofiiified upon h»m ar - private perfon •, and is
it not to be found in our mnnirip1! ’awsonly ?
But what (hall we fay of the following quotati
on from Vattel :
“ When the commiffion of an ambriffador is
at an end, when fee has terminated the affairs
which brought him, when he is recalled or
difmificd ; i:i a word, wh^n he is obliged
to go away on any account whatever,
his functions ceafe ; but his privileges r.nd rights
do not expire at the fame timt . lie retains
them till his return to his principal, * • whom
he i9 to make a report of his einbaf.y. His
fafety, his independence, anti inviolabi'u . v-e
not lefs nccelTary to the fuccefs of the eir vfly
in his return, than at his coming. Accordingly
when an amhafiador departs by reafon o a
war kindling bet wen his mailer and the fuve
reign at whofe court he was negociating, a fni
ficient time is allowed him for Ins fafe departure.
And if he returns by fea, and fiiouid happen to
be t aken in the pafTagc, he would be immedi
ately releafed, as he could not lawfully be de
tained.”
If this doiflr'ne then be correu, De Yrujo has
I dill the rights and privileges, though not the
! tundtions of a minifter. And upon a man of
this charafter, what pwniftiment does the law
of nationsjuftify. Vattel has 3 cafes on this
fubjert.
1It is not proper to treat a minifter as
on enemy, till he proceeds to violence and
open acts ”
2. Put if it be necrHaryto difconcert a con
fpiracy, hr may be part under arreji, or e
ven to death.
The third cafe is expreffed in the following
niiiitafirm •
“ It mud be acknowledged that, in regard to the
great ufcfulnefs and even nece.Tity ofembaflies, fove
tc , arc obliged to rufj>cdfcvthc inviolability of an
ambafiudor wliild net incompatible with their own
fafecy and the welfare of their (late. Consequently
I whtii the practices of the ambalhulor have tranfpired,
and his plots are difeovered, 'when the danger is fo far
ojf thut it may be prevented witbout laying bands on Limy
the general right of punifhing a traitor, a fveret ene
my, tnufl be renounced in conflderation of the cha
racler,on!y difmifling abruptly the guilty minider,
a.iu requiring further putiifhment of the fovereign on
whom he depends. Indeed this is no more than
what mod nations, and efpecially the Europeans, a
As \.kc faffs themfelves are nt prefent involv
ed in fo much obfcurily, it would be prerra
! ture to exprefs any opinion. Rut we have no
! doubt, that our government will a£t with all
; that energy which the dignity and independence
of the U. S. (hall demand.
A parallel, drawn from Antiquity.
\ It is a melancholy hut memorable fact, that
I the man who is now at'emptipg todifiurb the
! repofe of the American peop’r ; the man, who
j whatever his fliifts or doublings m'y be, now
I (lauds confefled as a public ronfpirator : has
I his mofc (Inking prototype in one of the word
characters of antiquity. Thoft: who were owe
attached to the raufeof Aaron Burr ; thofe who
were once fafeinated by the decep.ive fuavi'y
of hig manners, or admired the integrity of his
principles; may ft art !c at the invidious rompa
rifoii ; hut neither friendfhip rcr enmity ern
deflroy the analogies of nature. Let the rea
der contemplate the character, the plots and
the means of Cataline ; and he will behold a (i
irilitude of Aaron Burr, which will excite his
aItoniIhrjirnt. He will be almod involuotaiily
prompt, tl to inquire, whether a wily ronfpira
tor is Riarkcd in all countries by th-L fur.e <le
tcdablc features ; or whether Aaron Burr lias
not in f.Ct pored over the pages of Sallnft, to
make Catalmc his model. The parallel is a
mod curious and a driking one ; it is certainly
little to the honor of Col. Burr, that it is lo be
traced through fuch a variety of points; but
when a man onee plots againft the peace of his
country, his is the fault and his (hould he the pu
niihment. It is we, who only difeover the a
nalotrv : It is Aaron Burr himfelf who nolr».
it.
We fliall pafs over the congenial frailties of
their private lifr :—It is enough that we exam
ine thofe qualities, which fit them for their vo
cation.
The fpirit of Catalicc was “ daring, infilions
an<l fhifting “ expert in feigning what lie
did not menu, and in difTcmhhng crcr.. thine
that he intended.”—Such is Aaron Burr. No
man more daring in his deficits; none more wi
ly in hia expedients. Such was his eiiaradtriftic
caution,that he fearedy ever rom-nitlcd his de
fnrus upon paper ; and the greateft and mod
-idnriidfing ovtr*fight in hi', prcfint plana, is his
devM'i'«M from tliis ufo il prmh n« c.
In that “ boundlcfs fpirit which is ever purfu
ine extravagant views, too romantic to he teafi
hle, and too high to he attempted;” A. Burr
yields not to hi* model. Did he not afpire
to the presidential chair, in fpite of the wifhc's of
the American nation, fo decidedly txprcfl'ed in
favour of Mr. JefTtrfon ?
This faift has been difputed, hut upon what
grounds ? Mr. Bayard may aflert in vain, as he
onec declared to a Senator of the D. S. that
»here was not the leaft collnfion between Mr.
Burr and the Federalift* on that occalion ; but
this fitigle faCt that may be eftaMilhed in a court
of jurticc, outweighs all his afiertions: that a
republican, high in the confidence of the Re
publicans, waited up< n Mr. B. at Philadelphia,
for the puipofc of obtaining his acquicfcence m
a plan which would remove every pofTiyie
fource of agitation an.I emharrafTmen: ; C.»*. B.
wntto have been elected Prefident, if i*t would
immediately rtfign in favor of Mi./. Burr’s con
duft was fufpicious and equivocal. He decla
red that it wm a mailer of extreme indifference
to him whether he or Mr. J. was defied ; that
the country would be expofed to great dan
ger by an interregnum ; and enquired of Gen.
-whether it would not be better to avoid
thofe confequenees at rntcr* by fuflVriug one of
them to he defied. This c vafiott was too dif
gufting to infpire the flightcll confidence in his
virtue, and Gen. —— did not conceive himfelf
juftified in making the proportion which he in
tended.
Cataline nfnired in vain tn thr ronfulate of
Rome, arid Burr was baffled in his intention of
fupplanting Mr. Jefferfon.
Cataline conf^ired againft the peace of his '
country. And fo has Aaron Burr.
Cataline applied hi3 dexterity to all tlie dif
centented paffions of the Roman citizens ; men
ruined by diflipation, men harafTed by deht,
men vrho had nothing to expert from the tran
quil feenes of peace, and who were diflatisfied
with the a«flual officers of the govern.Ment.—
Thc fame trait appears in the picture of A.
Burr. No man fo well at quainted as himfelf
with the very places and perfons, where the ele
ments of difaffetfion and treafon are lurking.
The difeontented officers of the old adminiftra
tion, or thofe who do not conceive themfeives
fiiffieiently remunerated under the prefect, have
been founded ; Witncfs ——-asafpecimen of
the firff, and Baton of the lad ; the needy def
cendants of brave fathers have been c onfulted ;
difeontented federalills have been probed tv) the
bottom; and many a man has been feented
out, who (in the language of Sailufi) “ liatl
diffipated his paternal eftate.” But the def
cription is at full length in Salluft, where the
rwder may find the accomplices of the Roman,
and too many of the American Cataline.
Cataline is repreftr.ted as having principally
fought the intimacy of young men ; & the hifio
rian has well afligned the rcafo.n. “ Their ten
der and duflile minds, arc with lefs difficulty
capffvated by cunning and fpecioos appearan
{'e••5,—The fame trait runs throngli the de
portment of the American Cataline. Where
ver he has gone, he has generally Dimmed the
f'oeiety of the ftaid, and the aged. The young
have been i he objects of his attention, and the
unfufpefling victims of his artifices. He prin
cipally aflbeiated with young men when at A
lexandria; he principally aflbeiated with them
in the towns of the Weflcrn country.
Cataline attempted to augment his own means
by foreign refources. He fought to enlift the
Allnbroges, one of the formidable tribes of
Gaul, into his fervice. Juft fo did A. Burr.
Without adequate refources of his own, he
fought the alliance and affiftance of theex-mi
niftcrof Spain.—It would be a pleafure to be
lieve, that the parallel wjs alfo true through
out ; but the ftro^gefl circumftanccs forbid
thru fuppofition. The Allobroges were pru
dent or honeft enough to unmafk the confpira
tor to his country ; not fo the Spanifii Spy.
Me has in all probability fanned the flame of
treafon.
At the very moment, when Cataline’s plot was
on the eve of cxplofion ; when his faflion were
prepared to fet fire to Rome, to plunder, to
nffaffinate and to trample all order under foot,
did Cataline repair to the Senate Hotife, to
protdl his innocence.—Muft we recall to our
readers the analagous conchitt of A. Burr, when
he appeared before the federal court ofKentuc-!
ky ? And if it were not prefiing the compari- !
fon to too great a variety of minutiae, the ve- I
ry manner and the very words of each might !
be (hewn to rcfemble. The defign of both wap
precifely the fame.—Unfortunately for us, the'
parallel between the two feenes ceafes hen*.
Cicero made that celebrated “ awakening
fptech,” which was not lefs honorable to
him as a patriot than as an orator: But Mr.
Daviefs is no orator./— And what a confeqi.er r
difference in the cataftrophe ! Cataline ruffled
out from the Senate houfe, abalhed, baffled in
his views of popularity, and cowering beneath
theenthufiafm of Cicero : But Burr retired in
triumph.
But away with the difgufling pcncii ! We
have already effabliflied too many points of
parallel between the Roman confpirator and an
American ; and we fhould derive little fatbfac
tion from adding to their number.
If the enterprize of Aaron Burr be defeated,
and we really do not perceive from whatever
quarter it is to be revived, but from one which
we can fcarce dare to fufpeft ;—hit intelleftual
refources, altonifhing as they arc, can never
hereafter endanger his country. What might
not this man have been, if his virtues had but
correfponded with his genius ? The fiifl ma
giffracy of the United States would have been
j hit : and hit would have been the delightful
confciousnefs of having contributed to con
firm the fabric of our republic, and enlighten
the minds of bis countrymen.—But thofe bene
fits or thofe injuries are now beyond the fphere
ofliis power. A. Burr has fet like Lucifer ne
ver to rife again. He has put a mark upon
himfelf, which like that of Cain, will carry
him dilbonored through the world. Hence
forth no good or patriotic man will afpire to be
his friend ; and his foclety will be fpurned
like the plague ; hecatife like the plague, it
will be fufpedted of contagion.
CAPITA!, OF THE IT, STATES.— We ?MVC
received from a correfpondent at Waflilngton,
the PrefidertN “ menage, tranfmitting ac
counts" of the (Vvcral films which have been
expended on the Capitol, the Prefideut's houfe,
the Public Offices, the Nervy Yard and the Ma
rine Barracks, with tire amount expended on
other objetfls of public expcncc within the city
of Walhington, prepared in obedience to arc
f ’lutioi! of the i h’life of R>. prefentalives of the
15thDec. As thin document is too lengthy to
be infcrtcd.in all its details in our paper, we
flialllmerely prefent our leaders with a furn to
til of'.hefe various expenditures.
On the capitol, there have been
Dols. Cts.
expended
225,369
I On tlie Prcliilrrv’a Iloufe,
.Vlt&HO 13
On the I’ublic offices,
i «,ith —
On other objects of public ex
p. nee (incllilm* of footways,
highways, building of a jail,
loan from the (late of Mary
land m i ioar. from the United
States,
532,445 55
Miking the film of 605,824 00
1 he preceding eftimafe is figned by Thomas
Monroe, Snperinrendant.
On the Navy-Yard, have been ex
pended 215,414 31
On the Marine Barracks, 28,910 13 1-2
Making the fum of 244,354 44 1-2
The monte* expended in the Brar Depart
ment fur erecting barracks, powder-magazine,
Ihcdsforthe prefervation of cannon, carriages,
workshop*:, flee. at Oreenlcap’s point, city of
W. are ertimated at 4,725 15.
From which flatcments it appears, that the
whole fnm received from the treafury of the
I U. S. and expended on the public eUabluhmentg
of the city of Waflunglon, amounts to - ^
Dolls, d j-1,931 23 M
Virginia Linisi a i urf.—The Iloufc ot
De>c^ates came to a rtjblutioti yefterday, to
adjourn with the content of the Senate On the
loth inti. This rrfolutiou will of courfe be
lciit to the Senate for their concurrence.
The fcleit committee for reviling the Cr.urt
of Appeals, made thrir report, yeltcrday. The
report propofea to have two cliatnbcrs of the
Court of Appea’s ; one for the trial of com
moil law, and tue other of chancery cafes ;
each chamber to confift of s judges ; to he
ertmpofed of the five judges of the prc&nt
Court of Appeals, and of one additional
judge.—A new fuUlitute to this fyftem has
alio been propofed; the principal features of
which are to lengthen the terms of theprefent
court, increafethejudgrs’s falarv, 5c compel them
permanently to refide in Richmond.—'Thi3
fuhftitute and the original propofition of the
fejeCt committee, are referred to a committee
of the whole hou fe.
A bill was alfo prefented in regard to the
“Chancery Courts;” which authorif-s the
Chancellor to decide caufes, duiing the ufuai
vacations of the court.
Mr. Tazewell (of York) obtained leAve to
bring in a bill, for preventing certain ntfs hof
tile to the peace and tranquility of the U. S.
within the jurifditfinn of this (late. THr bill
has no doubt heen fuggefted by the incident#
of tlie Hurt expedition.
COMMUNICATED.
" Atthe dawn ofd.iy on Sunday laft, th*
houfe of Thomas Whiting a free negnoe, placed
nn Gravelly-Hill in the lower end of this coun
ty, prefented the unplcafont view of being con
verted into afhes. This di fire fling fptdfaclt atf
obferved, drew attention, and (Locking to re
late, about that part of the houfe allotted to
then-lull fad fleep rtfied the bones of Thomas
Whiting, his wife and a child fix years of age
rendered bare by the nll-conqncritig flame ; and
near where the door flood w as difeovered the
fimilar remains of another child twelve years
c.Id.—Let it be obferved, that this melancholy
accident happened after a night's Kaptijt
Preaching. * J
Henrico, Dec. soth, l8os.
, KrK* northern Papers Here received hy tU
Wfght s Mail. There are four News-Paper
Mat.) due from Neva-York, ITc. ‘
nt Junction,
Will be fold by the Sulfa Hers on Tlurfd.ty the fill
at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, all the perfonat efate of
the late captain Chat let Potter,
-CONSISTING OF—
GROCERIES, three Horfes, one Cow, a Gicrfr
ami Harr.efs, a Cart and four Carriage Gun,
complete.—Also all the houfthold and kitchen Fur
The fate will take place at the late dwelling Houfe
ofthedec'd. and the terms will be calh for all fUnu
of one hundred dollars and under; over thatfum, fix
ty days credit, for which negotiable notes with’ ap
proved indorfers will be required. 1
DarrfJait, Fcftr & Satchel/.
To hire for the prefent year Several valuable ne*
proe«, confiding of men, women and girls, amor?
them a very good Carpenter. 6
JM"ury 3- eptdf.
NOTICE.
By -virtue of a DeeJ of Trufi, execute/ly Robert Wood,
cock, the fulferiber nvill offer for file to the hiohefl
buticr on the prtmifts, on Monday the 2r.J ,f Ma,'cb
^ g'HE TraA of LAND whereon the faid Robert
I Woodcock refides in Chellerfi-dd county con
taining two hundred and four acres of Land more or
k-D, and adjoining the Lands of Samuel Farmar, E
phraim Garihright, Henry Woodcock, Thomas Gre
gory, John Hancock, Enoch Akin, Mark Mar
n-.nr and Daniel Farmar. Thisfale is made to fatisfv a
debt or two hundred and ten pounds, with intereft
from the 10th day of March 1806, due from the Li-1
Robert Woodcock to Major Winfree.
THOS. GRAVES, Tru/lce.
January 3.
FOR SALE,
A VALUABLE I.ot of GROUND in Bucking.!
Inm county, containing fixty two acres lying
on Janies River and adjoining the town of Dugida
ville. i lie Land i* rich and has one of the moft valua
ble Mill furs on it, of any in the upper country. Al
fo a new and excellent manufaduring Mill in the
county of Campbell about fix miles below Lynchburg
and in good condition for manufadhiring fleur, Sac.
This property is rendered more valuable inafmuch as
it is fitunted in the heart of a very rich country, & to
thofe who wifh to turn their attention to the manu
facturing flour. See. it is an objefl worthy their conG.
deration. For further particulars reference may he
made to Col Wm.J. Lewis of Campbell, (who will
(hew & negcciate for the above property,) or the fub
feriber
JAS. C. ANTHONY
January 3,
tawCw & oaw3w.
FORTY DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN away from the fuhferiher, living in Ca
roline County, near the Reedy Mill, on the
\Oth of July lafl, two rt'gros, Prince and Me
r,a—The former ij a black fellow about ‘27 years
Gf U H feet 7 or 3 inches high, talks (whenfpi
ken to) very quick ; he took with him a fet of
Jhoe maker’ r tods, and perhaps may follow that
huft nefs.—Having a variety of clothes, chiefly of
home nianufaSure, ’tis thought needlcfsto attempt
a defc rip lion.
Maria, is a bright mulatto girl, 18 years o'cf,
i feet 10 or 1 1 inches high ; fews and weaves
remarkably well, and has always been ufed as a
houfe fervant ; Jhe a'fo took away many clothes ;
and / have no doubt Jhe, as well as the other,
wi'l i ndtavour to pafs, as free people. As Prince
has a brother, living with Gilliat and Me Kin
det of Norfolk, I am induced to fuppofe he or
perhaps both, are in that Borough, f forewarn
all perfons from harbouring the fa id negroes ;
and allmaflers, or commanders of veffels from
tarrying them out of this Rate. The above re
ward will be given for the delivery of the above
negroes, or if confined in any jail Jo that lAel them
again, or in proportion J'or either.
SAM. NORMRNT.
Caroline, January 3. (lawiwp.J
FOR SALE,
TEN Shares in the James River Company.
T. NORVELL.
January 3. if.
T’HP. LAND wheresn 1 now rrfide, containing
A .5 JO acres is ft ill for fale by private contrail and
immediate pofteftion given if required.
JOHN KRI.SO.
D«c 27. lawtf.
A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OP
BLANKS,
FOR SALE AT TJHS OFFICE.