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RICHMOND,
FRIDAY, Juke 29, 1810.
Count Pahlen, the Russian Minis
ter, a 'rived at Washington Citv on
tBuuduy last, and on Tuesday wus p»c
t»en*ed to thc President of the United
S ates in the usual form. The count,
we understand, ha* been in thiscoui).
try before. He is a man of youthful
dppeara ice ; of the middle stature;!
delicately formed, and rather a hand
some person. His first dress aud ap
pearauCe was that of a private gentle,
man of taste and fashion. He speaks
English. On his presentation he was
dressed in a brilliant costume.
G< n. Wilkinson is still at Washing,
ton, engaged, we aTe told, in compiling
£ history of his life.
Th^ news of Burr’s beingin French
pay, comes in f o authentic a shape that
we cannot doubt it. The quarter’s
salarv, which the Aurora lately in
form* d us had been paid to little Aa
ron by Bonaparte, ’vc have understood
amount* rl to five hundred pounds ster
ling. This fellow 1-ns turned out to
complete a villain, that we should not
be surrri md if he was receiving a s.d
ary froir. Napoleon, and at the same
time receiving a British pension for
Iving a spy upon th government of
Pranre. Burr has scvtral adherents
R'iil in the United States although ma
uv have followed him to Europe. He
has two or three o'd cronies in the city
of New York, who have, by one arti
fice or another, been endeavoring
to wripple themselves into the favor
of the republicans-; and, we fear, have
been, -.none or two instances, but t.;o
Ruccessful. At Washington city also,
we are advised, there are some <4 Burr’s
ancient associates ; men of no consider
ation, to be sur<., in the social or poli
tical world ; but nevertheless to be
guarded ugaiust, on account of the no
torious trial gnity of their dispo; irons
and the privacy of their machinati
ons.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
returi ed to the cify of Washington.
*~JSI
It is to be remembered that the op
position ’aid Miranda’s business at
Mt Jefferson’s door. But Mr. A
dams has piovtd that it was an En
glish ritk an 1 that we were to he ta
ken in by the bargain. What infiu
rnre is it now? Mr JeffVrson rises in
f !oi,v, wbile his enemies hurry ia ob
livion.—-Essex Register.
Timothy Pickering*a dying gaafi.
The Boston Chronicle of the 20th ir.Bt
furnishes the foil; wing article : ,l It
is said hat the man who declared that
Biitain has done ur. no essential injury,
was present at the Jacksonian dinmr
in this town; and ihat he cave another
j roofol his‘/:eal ?n his majesty's ser
vice, in the fo'lnwing * toast.*
“The world’s last hope—Britain’s
fast-anchored isle !!!”—Columbian.
TOBACCO.
Upwards of 8476 tlhds. have hern
received here this year, and at this time
th- ro remains in the several warehou
ses not more than 370 hogsheads.
€80 have been rec' ived at the Marli
8< n and Bethel Inspections and there
r< main there bu*. 65 t.hds. believed to
be all sold.
The article, if prime, is still in very
freed demand, and coitmuroris a very’
fir * pri'e. Ycstetday morning two
V» ds. were sold »o the highest bidder
at JS 7 83.—Lynchburg paper.
First infraction of the Anti. Duelling
L'trifJ
A Duel wm fm.gl.t near Wythe Court.
H'-ose, in hi* S:a e, on the 6'h tn&'ant,
bet v i en Mr Hubert Taylor sue! Mr VVtl
l'a*h Patton. Mr Ivytor fell the mccik!
f. c. — The cause rl ihe duel originated
in a cot tendon (or the hand of ■ yoorg
lady, .whom they were both at the same
time addressing,
A circumstance. by no mean* favorable
to Arrenran t*fta rt, ha* occurred in Den.
murk—the resignation of endnt Bernstorf,
p-m e minister at Copenhagen, and hi» bro
ther, tr-nmer of foreign affairs. The e*u*e
cf tht»c n^igna’iom. is the ftertmncicus
oua.iMcv ot hiyakfesty, the king of Den
m *rk, m h,o adherence to Nap.,Iron’s con
fnental tystem. I Iv y *t.-. succeeded by
ctutu Moithe, and baroo Itoaincranu, am
bft'sador in Paris* so that tbit system,1
which implies greater strictness in regard
to American vessels, will be still chore ri
gorously enforced, [Bos. Gaar.j
Married—-On Saturday night the
23d inst. by the Rev. Air Bernard
Reynolds, Mr SIMEON FORD son
of Harwood Ford, to the amiable and
much admired Miss MARY EAS
LEY, the only daughter of William
Eeaslcy, Esq. all cf this county.
Boston, June 20.
LATEST FROM ENGLAND.
Yesterday arrived at this port, ship
Hesolution, Bates, in SI days from
Plymouth, England. London papers
to the 15th Mav, received at the Ex
change Coffee-House, contain nothing
new. Numerous troops were passing
through Bayonne, for'Spain—an at
tempt had been made to restore Fer
dinand lice 7th—and the resemblance
of an insurrection existed in Sweden
hy the deposed king party—the En
glish expedition had sailed for the Bal
tic—Count Bernstorf, prime minister,
& his brother, minister for foreign af
fairs have resigned, in consequence
of his Danish majesty adhering to the
continental system—John P. Morier,
Esq. had been appointed by the Brit
ish his majesty’s Secretary of Legati
on to the LJ. States. Bonaparte and
his wife were at Dunkirk 10th May',
and great rejoicings had taken place—
his brother Louis left Amsterdam 4th
May, to meet him. Malaga has not
been abandoned by the French, since
they f.rst took possession of it. An ar
ticle from London, 15th May, states
the arrival ot the Gleaner at Plymouth,
in <> days from Lisbon—Lord Welling
ton had advanced to the frontiers, and
was ousting on to Salamanca, to meet
the French army.
BRITISH PARLIAMENT.
May 7,
In the House of Lords Earl Grey &
Lord Grrnville declared their intenti
on to support the dignity and privileges
o! Padia-rent; and Lord Krskine ex
pressed his determination to support
the supremacy of the law.
In the commons, a petition vras pre
sented from the Lord Mayor, Aider
men and Livery of London, praying
for the release of Sir Francis Burdett
and Mr. Jones. It was moved that it
lie on the table.—This was opposed as
the petition was disrespectful and in*
solr nt j and afrer •> sec md day’s debate,
was negatived, 128 to 36.
May li. I he Speaker acquainted
the House that Rail Moira had been
served with a process at the suit of Sir
F. Burdett, as Constable of the Tow
t r. *
The Committee on the privileges of
the House reported, that the Speaker
and Sergeant at Arms s’noul 1 he suf
fered to apprear in Court, and plead
to the action brought against them by
Sir F. Burdett, for false imprisonment
—which was agreed to and the Attor
ney-General was ordered to defend
them.
foreign Office, Doruning-etreet,
May 10.
The King has been pleased to appoint
John Phillip Moricr, E«q. to be his
Majesty’s Secretary of Legation to the
United States of America.
Trom the Boston Gazette.
[The following fetter shou'd have a ft ft far
ed in our last, with the comments on it,
but Waft omiltril hi, arriitrn f .1
Argus.
At a time when the official paper of
the government, at Washing.on, is pre
tending surprise a< d us'onishment, at the
Due de Cadorc’s insolent letter to Gen.
A mstreng, and the subsequent cenfisca.
tif n of American property in a mars ; it
may be considered highly important to
publ sh the following ex ract of a let er
from Gen. Armstung to Mr Madison,
('.ben Secretary of Stale) in which the
present state of things is clearly predifte.i.
It will serve to shew that our government,
in affecting surprize at France, at th'imo.
meht are a€\ing an hypocritical character,
tlie dec ded tone of General Armstrong
could not be misunderstood 4 but this
warning wss disregarded.
Extract of a Vetter from Mr Armstrong
to Mr Madison, February 22, 1808.
" Mr PATTERSON offered so good a
conveyance that 1 cannot but employ it.
Nothing has occurred here since the da e
of my public dr.pa ches ('he »7th) to give
to our business an aspect more favorable
than it then had ; hut on the other hand,
I have cr me tot he knowldge of two fads,
which I think sufficiently shew the de.
cidtd character of the Kmperor’s policy
with regard to Us—These are, first, that
in a Council of Administration he’d a few
days past, when it was proposed to nv-di.
fv «he ope»a ion of »he Dc-ercei of Nov.
1306, and Dec. 1807, (tho* the propositi,
on wan supported by the whole weight oi
the Ci uncih) he became highly indignant,
acd declared that the e decrees shoot'] suf.
Icr no change—and that the Americans
| should he compelled to take the positive
j character of either Allies or Enemies ; 3d,
1 that on the S7Ji of January 1«»* twelve
days after Mr Champagny’s written as
surances, that these dectess should Work
no change in i1»<rpioprr.v stquestered un
til our niscussons with England wete
brought to a close, and Seven day* before
be reported to me verbally, these 'very
assurances, the Emperor had by a *ptc:ai
decision coefisca t <1 two of our ships
and their cargoes (the Julius Henry and
Junia'a) for want meiely of a document not
required byaty law or usage of tbe com.
meice in which they had been engaged.
This a61 was taken as I am informed, on
a general report of sequestered cases, a.
mounting to one hundred and si* y, and
Which at piesent price', will yield upward:,
of one hundred millions of francs, a sum
whose magnitude aloue renders hopeless
all attempts at saving it—Danes, Poru
gues- a d Americans, will be the princu
pal sufferers. If 1 am right in supposing
that the Emperor has defini ely taken his
ground, I c.nnot be wrong in conciud.ng
that you will immediately take yours,”
CONNECTICUT TORYISM.
On Thursday laat Mr Jackson entered
the loyal city of New London, the resu
dence of many a little tory sachem, and
a standing -monument of British cruel y
and biutality. The county court wa3 siu
ting—a hundred peopie on t*pehce wait
ing the motions of their honors the judg.
es and the supple gentlemen of tke bar.
All, however, signified nothing. Fort
Griswold, the scene of massacre of the
6ih September, 1781,-was full in vview,
and the ruins of houses and marks of the
conflagration of that day, when the town
was Copenhagen'd by Arnold and his
British myrmid ns, were to-be seen on
every hand. Yet these upright judges,
(and every Conne&icu* judge is by trade
a federalist) these rrnpjrtiai dispensers of
j justice, who Ear God and resptCt no man
I postponed the butdnessof the court'to pay
j their sycophantic devoirs to the diploma.
hr rlt'imniAii L __ 1_•_ it*.
—;-rm—, u .par.
! ties, jurors, witnesses. 8;c. waitiv.tr,'com.
1 plaining, fretting, and wishing Jackson
and the lory crew at the devil for their
tumble. It is understood that there -a*
in New London those who dioed and drank
with Arnold on ihe ctar he burnt ihe lown :
there i« no doubt by they dined wi h Mr
Jackson on this occasion.—Cutamb an* ‘
The “young men" who were pushed
,on 10 give a dinner to Jacksan, we are
! lold, consi. ed principally of a lew Eng
lishmen, and Ihe importers ot English
goods. Tncse persons aCl in character,
ai d aie bold in avowing their prejudices
in favor ot Britain, on the degrading pr-n
ciple of avarice—-And in consequence of
teceiving an extensive credit from Eng.
Imd, absorb every principle of pairiousm
in their bieasts. To faCt, they appear to
( be as much Jevoted to Bt train, as though
| they had sworn allegiance to that govern,
mem. Sock chat adders can have no pos.
s'ble claim to the honorable distinction ot
; Independent Americans —but appear tru.
[ Jy despicable in ihe ey es of every true
i fiiend to the constitution and government
ot this country. Bost.Chrou.
| Domestic Manufactures*
Distant readers will recollect, that
“ The Maryland Association” is a so
ciety formed in Baltimore city and
j county, for encouraging domestic ma
nufactures, particularly those of c;>t
i ton, linnen, and woollen The mem.
• bers, near 2000 in number, having sub
scribed articles of agreement not to
wear foreign cloths, or use other fo
I reign articles—provided good substi
tutes could be produced at home.
Whig.
REPORT.
The Committee of Enquiry, in con
formity to a resolution of the 7th ult.
beg leave to report to the “ Mar) land
Association for the Encouragement of
Domestic Manufactures,’’ as follows
—viz.
Various establishments intl.c neigh
bourhood of Baltimore, for the spin
ning and weaving of cotton, are mak
ing rapid progress: The Union Ma
nufactory, on P^tapsco, with 1.000,
000 dollars capital; the buiidiiu's now
nearly complete 1, will cont sin from G
to 8 thous md spindles, 800 of which
are in operation ; the machinery pro
nounced, by good judges, to be equal
for elegance and ingenuity to any in
the world. The company manuf >c
ture all their own machinery, f<rr which
purpose they have the most perfect
apparatus, impelled by water in full
operation ; —their looms are also in
considerable forwardness.
The establishment of E. and J. Le
vering & Co. on Gwynn’s Falls, with
200,000 dollars capital, to contain 5000
spindles, will be in operation in Au
gust next. This company intends, and
is fully prepared, to go extensively in
to the coTduroy, thickset, and vclve
teen wares ; and workmen of extensive
experience are procured for these pur
poses.
I he ** Washington Cotton Compa
ny on Jones's Falls, with 8,000 capi
tal, containing 1,000 fpindles, now
1 ®l',ns 2,000 hanks of yam per week,
(from No, 8 to 30, 1’here are seven
I looms at work on cords, twills, stripes,
Ichambrays, ginghams, sheetings and
• * i
shirtings ; they have also a dying house J
in operation.
The calico printing and dying facto
ry of Messrs. J.anuay’s, cn.Oywhh’s
Falls, enriches our market with large
quantities of goods, and the neatness
of execution and durability of the co
lours, must ensure success to the insti
tution. Nor cau your committee pass
over in silence the Hat and lionnei
Manufactory’ of Mr. Cartee of this ci
ty, as these elegant fabricks for neat
ness of execution, as well as true taste,
are esteemed superior to any others
ever made -in this or any other coun
try* - . .
In addition to the large establish
ments we have mentioned, there are
in and about 'Baltimore, upwards of
fifty looms, owned by individuals, and
principally employed on summer cot
ton wear; and as soon as our large
spinning factories get into full operati
on, there is no doubt but the number
wil! rapidly encrease.
The wr»len manufactory of Rop-ers
and Go. on Jones’s Fal's,' which si nt
a large quantity of cloths to our mar
ket last winter, will probably send dou
ble that quantity next season, and of
a much superior quulity as the esta..
bhshment is greatly enlarged and im.
proved.
That at Elkton will also furnish a
large supply for the fall market, a con
siderable portion of what was there
manufactured the previous vear, not
h’.ving been finished in time for the
last winter.
The 'wearing articles of domestic
manufacture, collected from various
parts of the union, now for sale in the
Domestic Ware house and other stores
m Baltimore, are the following, viz.
Flaxen and tow ljnen . cot’tCn 8he’et
ing and shirting; primed calicoes.
shawls fend handkerchiefs; cotton and
linsev ‘stripes ; shambruvs ; Virginia
cloth ; bedticking and coverlids; cot*
ton yarn and thread of various kinds
and colours ; sewing silk and cotton ;
coalings, coarse and fine cloths; cas
si.vers Hnd casinetts, morocco hat* and
caps; buckskin breeches, pantaloons
and gloves; hosiery, yarn and shoe
thread ; cotton and thread hose ; ladies’
hats and bonnets, &c.
Excluding those manufactures that
are so firmly and extensively establish
ed throughout the union, as to render
importation 'Unnece-..sjr*} your com
mittee would beg leave to notice a few
others either in the neighbourhood cf
Baltimore, o- in which some of the ci
tizens of Baltimore -are conc'.rneJ
which have arrived -at -considerable
perfection.
The paper mills of Conrad, Luca*;
j an^ Co. on Patapsco, with 40,0u0 dol
Kirs capital, make 12,000 reran.s pci
annum.——Those of Levering & C-.
rn Gw} nn’a Fall, with a cap tal of 70,.
000 dollars make 40,000 reams per
annum, [ he Gunpowder mills olLor
man and Co, on G Wynn’s Fall’s, with
80,000 dollars capital, make 3j qua;
Ur casks per dav ; those of N. Lev.r
ing and Co. on Jones’s Falls, with 80 -
000 dollars capital, make 32 quartt
casks per day. 7 he spade, shovel and
hoe manufactory of Reed and Davis,
on Gunpowder Falls with 8,100 dolls,
capital, made la3t year, four dozen oi
spades and of shovels per day, and i.-,
now said to be producing double that
quantity ; these spades and shovels are
certainly far superior to any ever im
.1_ .. .
ll|fcV UIV vwmiiiy, I lie Slicing
iron, rolling and nail factory, of Elli
cott and Co. on Patapsco, with 50,000
dollars capital. The steel founder)
of Mr. M’Dermet, Bedford countv,
Penn, said to produce steel equal ir,
quality to the best Crawley, and suf.
ficient to supply the whole United
Slates. The Glass works of Mr.
Frie ze, capital 40,000 dollars, produc
ing 3,400 boxes of glass annudiy, e-ich
containg 100 sq. fret. The type foun
der) of S. Sower & Co. with g 10 0O0
capital, making from 12 to 14 OOO lb.
of type annu dly. 1 he paper hanging
manufactory of Thomas and C 1 -
cl-ugh, is fully equal to the demand
of our market ; this, with others in
Philadelphia, can supply the whole U
nited States with paper-hanging* su
perior to any imported, and at a lower
price,
I he statements here given, have,
with one or two exceptions, been re.
ceived from the proprietors, and con
sequently their accuracy may be relied
on. They exhibit a flattering view,
even of Maryland, which is far behind!
several of her sister states in respect
to manufactures. They will also shew
by comparison, that the report of the
Secretary of the Treasury must fall
far short of the rral progress made,
and of the capital embarked, ir» do
mestic manufactures throughout the
union. Superfine cloths are still far
i short of answering the demand ; but
from the numbers of Merino’s now in
the country, and the rapidity with
which they will undoubtedly be propa
gated, there arc pleasing prospects e
iren in this quarter. There is pet haps f.
no one article more wanted at present
in our inaiket than summer waiscoat ^
patterns. An extet sive establishment
tor the bleaching and finishing of coun
try linens, in the European s ylc, is
ill a desideratum ; as it would great
ly enhance the utillity, the sales, ni
■he value of those linens, now brought
to our market in such vast quantities.
Upon the whole, the laudable design
ol the Maryland Association is likely
to be realized beyond the most san
guine expectations ; perseverance be
ing all that is necessary, to accomplish
the end.
We frequently hear the foes of do
mestic manufactures complain cf the
high prices at which those articles are
sold.—-But they do not consider that
the greater durability of home made
goods will, in general, more than cy>un
ter-balunce the difference of price be
tween these and the flimsy wares which
now arrive from foreign countries.
Besides, the objection, if true, i»a very
short sighted one ; fur the higher the
price, the greater the profits, the more
will be induced to embark in the busi
ness ; htnee rivalsbip will soon reduce
the prices to their proper standard, 8c
the same time accomplish the great
object in view, the establishment of
manufactures 10 an extent commensu
rate with oor home consumption. O
hers. real friends to home manufac
tures, arc greatly discouraged, from a
belief thrft the conduct of the general
goveremeut has given an incurable
wound to our infant establishments.
It is neither the business nor the wish
nt your committee to make any remarks
on the conduct of government respect
ng this subject, th- y shall'here only
observe, that even should it prove true,
tiiat a foreign deluge of manufactures
shall attempt to drown our infant Her
rilll-e nnn. I_ 1 . __ _1
y xx/ ux ivti uu^/4 uiccivva
in the woods ; it is confidently believ
ed, that instead of accomplishing the
object, the intended ruin would revert
to the source and ultimately injure
that commerce which was int tided to
destroy our maxiufactur-.s. A tempo
rary shock they may experience; but
lQ despite ol imbecility or jealousy,
they wiil finally prevail. Besides, e
ven admitting that the government has
not done its duty, that, surely, idPno
re.is n why the people should not do
theirs. Members of the Maryland
Associ tion—Friends to domestic
manufactures, and to your country,
throughout the union! persev.ne in
the noble cause in which you have tin
baikcd. A*\« u value your rights &
privileges of freemen; as you value
your posterity, to whom it is yo.ir du
ty to band dov. u the blessings oi inde
pendence, persevere, and success will
crown your *n leavours.
Published by order oi the associati
on.
JOHN D. CRAIG, Sec’ry,.
Baltimore, June 2nd.
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Boston, June 19.
MERINO SWEEP.
\Ve hear that Messrs Cornelius
C >olidge & Co. have received advices
of tbs shipment, by several vess.ls
bound to did-rent pot s i;) this state,
of the residue of th :r li ...ks of M i*
no Sweep. Nine h tve .ilr< a ly ar riv
ed at Newbury-pori in the ship Mark
and Abigail; and six rem.tikiltie fine
onts arrived in ibis port, on Friday
last, in tne brig Hamlet ; nd, on Sa
turday, nine per the Titee Brolurs.
1 iiirteen are d iilv ttner.foi in .l»~
.'ferschcll, bound i > Portland ; twelve*
in the brig Patriot, for th s place, &c.
We, are also informed, that M ssrs.
Cornelius CooM ige 8t C . are deter
mined to sell these Sheep upo.i verj^
liberal terms, th.tt the farmers of this
ami the adjoining st ates may brhene
fitted by an opportunity, which may
nevrr ag<in occur, with as little incon
venience to them «:1 ve» as possible. !
It is grncaliy believed, and it is ere.
ditable lo lie cxecunr, that M . Pink.
n» v has been re called Irotn hr embassy
at London* We a t far from smj.
pre n.g Mr Pinkney i.f any coruip: mo.
nvrs or criminal dr-sipcs, but ri.h-i his
m nd has been subdu d by bad coin| any,
or the infirmity of his na'ur.* is auen as
to lender him not 41 all <|tt,difi d o rep
resent a nation iha* has bern so ciuelly
and ignominious])- treated, at the court
of the oppiessor. Th.* vdest vakeel of an
abjec* Asiatic prince would no', in the
m tld of ilietmical hyp *U /Ve imj*eacb a
govern men. of virtues wh ch it never f.~l #
nor talk of its gu;d faith in te urn lor
bastinado;.! received ” [Aurora.
IiALTiMnnr, Jays 23. ,
Cap'sm Aikins, in sebr. Parrot arrived
a'. Marblehead, left Cadiz IT n April —he
Niiys, th te was a ici'or* m Cadis that t’<»e
A chdoke Charles v« :n cod d lo succeed j
Ku.g Joseph, and lha he cuni.ng on
wuli a la.go army for that purpos;*
Capt. A. lui titer reports, that on the 16 h
April, the day before be sailed, three
tungfish transports, full of iro.ps aruved
lucre, by the way 0i Lisbon.