The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1810-07-24 00:00:00, page 1

C|e giujufrer.
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VoL- 7. i UICUMOND, TUESDAY, JULY 24, 1810. | No. 22.
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'XT’ Published by Thomas Ritchie, nearly op
f -site the Globe Tavern, Richmond, Virginia.
'XT’ CONDITIONS.-—Five dollars a year, to
be paid annually in advance. Those who wish to
be considered as annual subscribers, must hereafter
designate it at the time of subscribing, otherwise
their papers will be discontinued at the expiration
af the first year.
RICHMOND PRICES CURKENT~
D C.
TOBACCO, 5 to 8
| riOUR- SUPERFINE, 10 00
ro. fine, 9 50
CORN, PER BARREL) 4 00
WHEAT, 1 75
BACON, TER LB. 0 9
WHISKEY, TER GALLON) 0 67
BAR IRON, PER TON, 110 00
t HEMP, PER TON, 280 00
\ T?OK SALE,, it HOUSK & LOT on Ferry
street, near Coiilts’s Fcrfy. The lot is 40
lect in front, and 182 feet d”cp, having sufficient
room on the buck of it for a lumber-house with
convenient access to it. ’Tin a pleasant and de
sirable situation for a private f.imily, and rents as
Wi II us any house in the city : a fill ther descripti
« on of it is thought unnecessary, as it is presumed
that no person will purchase without first viewing
the premises— For terms apply to James Sea
fcroik, next door above the Post Office.
July 10. tF
rpWENTY DOLLARS REWARD. Elop
• JL ed from Mr James Smith, about the mid
dle of May last, a slave, named SAM, who had
been employed for several years past in that geo
I lleniHn's Bake-House.
SAM is about twenty four or five years of age,
low of stature, and not very bulky; of youthful
appearance, a dark complexion, a countenance
•with an incessant smile, approaching to a grin,
««ul thereby discovers a tine set of teeth, which
he is not a little fond of shewing lie is slow of
• speech, and when spoken to suddenly <>r quick
ly, stammers and hesitates exceedingly.— fdis
clothes not recollected.
Some lime in August la3t,- a note was given
him by the Subscriber, (who then wished to dis
pose of him,) to look-out fora purchas-r—r— R
merely purported the terms" to any person re
siding in Richmond, or it’s neighbourhood —
And as he has tiie note still in possession, he
•will probably, under pretence of seeKing a mas
ter. endeavor thereby to effect hts escape out of
• the State.
Ali masters ofyeasels anrt others are, there
fore, forbid, at their peril, harboring or carrying
tiim off.
The above re. ward will be given, and all rea
sonable charges allowed, if brought back in safe
ty to
JOHN KING.
Richmond, July 10- if
CONFORMABLY to a deed of trust to us
-Xeculed, hearing date the 31st January
1805, for certain purposes therein" expressed,
cvii. be soli! toUie highest bidder, tor cash
on the 30 11 instant at John King’s near William
Jfrnderson's Store in Richmond County, Virginia,
f the following proper'y (to wit. ) Stephen, Sarah,
Esther, Lucy, Ei Solomon, or so many tlioreof as
will satisfy ike amount specified in said deed of
trust. •
» THOMAS' PLUMMER, } _
RICHARD STREET, < Trustees
jtlly6.18*0 , tds
Removal -thomas didder, grate.
I'll!-.' ■ e liberal support he has experien
ced hi ids t; ■ respectfully informs his custo
mers and the Public generally, that he has re
moved his Tailor’s Shop to the main street ad
joining Robert Ball’s, saddler, and opposite Dr
JDuv.afl’s apothecary shop, where he will thank
fully receive any business in his iine, and hones
by attention and endeavors to please, to merit a
continuance of favor
Rich moo 1, May 8. epf.m
THE SUBSCRIBER, has FOR SALE— At
' his Gh.ss and China Store, first cloor above
the Eagle Tavern : A supply of fresh Teas, \iz.
Imperial, Hyson, Gun-Powder, Young Hyson St
Souchong Teas,
Old Peach <nd Cogniac Brandies,
London Particular, Madeira, ury Sherry, Claret
and Port Wines,
10 Hlid«. New Orleans Sugar,
Rest refined Philadelphia and N. York Loaf do.
JHavanna Sugar for preserving,
10 Hampers best Florence Oil,
20 Crates Liverpool Ware,
10 Boxes Glass, consisting of ousrt and pint
Decanters, Tumblers, Wine Glasses, U Cru
ets,
0 Casks first quality Whiskey,
*»0 I)o Apple Brandy,
• Id Do l.imeixl Oil,
2d Setts Table and Tea, Liverpool and Canton
0 China,
Preserve and P.rklmg Pots of every description,
ft hv 10—Id by 12 and 12 by 14 superior quality
Window Glass by tJie box,
Richmond and Brandy Wine F & FF Gun Pow
iter by the keg,
8 000 lbs Sa't Petred Bacon, consistingof Hams
and Middlings,
30 Boxes Spanish Cigars.
, EDWARD DALLAM.
June 1. tf
Valuable phopek vy-foh sale —
In pursuance of a decree of the circuit court
of the U States, for the Virginia district, pro
flounced at t'»c Nov 18d9, session of that court,
!>••( ween Wm Kunkall h Co plaintiffs, against
Thomas M I)< ane and others, defendants, and
|»etween fc Tibia Scrophnlt and Slarman, plt’ffs
end the same defendant* :
Will he expos' d to sale, at auction, at Ca Ira,
jo the enmity of Cumberland, on Mondnv, the
27th<l:<vo»' August next, tliai valuable A/EA’
(.11 i NT MILL, usually called the Cs Ira Mills,
Tobacco W aio II mse, Tavern and mhrr I. its of
Ground at that place Also, all the LANDS at
m near C.* Its, consisting of 2000 acres and up
sv:,rds, which Iv-longed to James Deane, Thomas
14 I)«ane»n'1 Francis B I) me, or toeitherof
lhetit,ontlie 2fJih day ot March, 1 HOI Terms of
Hale, ten per cent on the purchases to be pud in
cash—A credit of one, two and three years fo
the i rsitlii ■ of tl e purchase muuey, t» bear inter
rs» from tl e d <y of 9 dc—tbs purchaser or pur
rh-ise»s giving bonds, with security, to be ap
p, vrd In me undersigned commixsioneis, o
the one that may act, and also executing a deed
of trust upon the property so purchased, for sr
euiiog tin j. ivinrnt thereof, at tbe periods afir>
* in pervious to tlie d;y of sale, the I nd wil
i e divided into convenient lot« to suit purchase* -
C COPLAND l _,
IT. C ML.LI A MS,} ,omrt
jnlj IT- hi#
VALUABLE PROPERTY FOR SALE
Tiie subscriber is authorised to sell the
large &; commodious BRICK BUILDING, on
the Main Street on Shorkcc Hill, at present oc
cupied >v Mr. Uivalain— Also, the small BRICK
HOUSE, next above tbe one in which Mr. Ri
valain lives, and the two WOODEN TENE
MENTS between the last mentioned house and
Mrs. Braxton's—For particulars enquire of
THOS TAYLOR.
May 29. 1810. tf
BY Virtue of a decretal order of the Court
of the United States for the fifth Circuit,
and Virginia district, pronounced on the 21st
day of June, 1809, amended by an order entered
on the 24'b day of May, 1810, in a suit wherein
John Lloyd, executor of the surviving partner
of Cupel & Osgood H mbury, was plaintiff', and
Robert Patton and others were defendants, I
shall, on the fi-st day of August next, sell to the
highest bidder, on a credit of one, two anil three
vea’s, the whole ofthe Estate called M\NS
FIELD, Subject to the dower rights of tlieel
der VIrs Pag-, and to a tenancy, during the pre
sent year, on the balance. This elegant and val
Uuble property J es within on6 mile ol Fredericks
burg Tlie houses are among the best in the
State. The situation is extremely healthy, and
supplied with the best water—The soil is.suppo
sed to be equal to any on the Rappahannock Ri
ver ; on the border of which, inexhaustible quar
ries of excellent free stone may be opened, pro
mising great profit to h man of enterprise Mrs
Page’s dower is in 1,014 J acres ; the reversion of
which, aiterher interest is spent, will constitute
one Lot Toe part held by tbe tenants of lto
bert C. Page, consisting of 672J acres, will con
stitute another Lot: and the balance, of 1,137
acres, on which the improvements are, will
make the third I.ot. On this last, there are a
bhut 500 acres of wood land, and on the others,
there is the usual proportion of wood- - If 1
should find that it would suit the views of purchn
sers better, the Lots may be modified on the day
of sale.
At the same time, St in pursuance of the same
order;, l will sell in different Lots, on tire same
terms, about el ven or twelve hundred acres on
Massaponux, devised by the late Col Page to his
son John T. Page. Tiie sales will commence at
12 o’clock before the front door of William
Herndon’s Tavern, in Fredericksburg, and be
adjourned, if necessary, from day today.
The purchaser of each Lot must give bond,
with approved security, for the purchase money,
and the land is to remain bound St be re-sold, on
default of payment, fur so much ready money,
as may be sufficient to raise the balance then due,
and the residue, on credit, to meet the future in
stalment, or instalments ; the proceeds of which
re-sale is to be in like manner secured ; and this
operation of re-sale is tobe made as often as such
cessive defaults shall require ; conforming each,
to the terms prescribed for the first.
A compleat map of the land will be left with
Mr Alsop at. Mansfield, who will show the
premises. BENJAMIN BOTTS.
May 22 eptds
LANf) FOR SALK—Tne Subscriber of
fers t r ssl-*, his
1 R ACT OF LAND,
Lying in the county of Amherst, on the waters of
| P-nt v river, adjoining the lands of James Frank
lin, J iel Franklin’s estate, Micajah Camden,
William S. Crawford and Barilett Cash ; con
taining near 900 acres. This tr^ct lies extremely
well; upon it is a considerable quantity of mea
dow ground, it is very fertile, well watered, and
well adapted to the culture of corn, wheat and
tobacco ; upon it is a plantation sufficient to work
eight hands, a considerable part of it is fresh land,
and the whole of it is in a high state of cultivation
—well enclosed, and divided into four fields ;
each field in its turn has been sowed in small
grain, a part of the grain has been rolled in tne
Plaister of Paris, and the whole have been sowed
in their turn in red clover, which grows luxuri
ant on ilusplantation ; that, together with the
white clover, which grows naturally upon it,
produces very fine pasturage, there is also upon
it a very good apple orchard, and tiiere has lately
oeen built thereon, some useful and valuable hou
ses A further description is deemed unnecessa
ry, as it is presumed that no person will purchase
without first viewing the lands. Ilie overseer
living on the plantation, will shew the land to any
person wishing to purchase.
ALSO—One other Tract, lying in Goochland
county, on both sidos of Tuckahoe creek, on the
north side of the Three Chop road, adjoining the
lands of Benjamin Hughes, Benjamin Watkins,
and Elisha Leak's estate, containing three hun
dred and fifty acr-s, a considerable part of this
land is cleared, and none of it has been in cultiva
lion for some years past ; it is land of good soil,
and is well adapted to the culture of coin anil
wheat, and is very convenient to markrt, being
about twenty-three r-liles from the city of Rich
mond.
These Lands will be sold on time, and the pay
ments made accommodating to purchasers For
further particulars respecting this }ast tract of
Land, apply to Col. Robert H Saunders, living
n ar it in the said county, or to the subscriber iu
the city of Richmond WILLIAM GAL T.
April 31- tf
Luna i ic Hospital,
• Williamsburg, July 5th, 1310.
Nr OTTCE !— t’lie cells in the male apartment
being now full of patients, none others can
be received, until there may be vacancies, ol
which the public will be notified
By order of the Court of Directors,
Wm BUSSELL, CUrh.
J’'ly 17._3t
\\f 1J.I. be offered for sale, on the 15th day of
» » August next, on the premises, to the h-ghest
bidder, that v dutb.'e Estate, called
6' U M ME R - If IL L,
Lately the property of l)r. jfoi.n //•vningham,
deceased, situate in Chesterfield county, adjoining
f/times Fixer, abou' fottr miles below the t rum of
Manchester, containing by a late sursry, 795 acres ;
one half of which is woodland, fnos'.h well tim
bered, and 83 acres of low ground, including about
30 acre of valuable tmadmu ■ mprovements of
v irious hinds choice Fruit 'Frees ,- homes usually a
dapted to a Plantation—a towelling /Lust with 4
roans, each a fire place, passage and closets, ana
excellent springs of water, conv dent to the dwel
ling house. This situation commands a pleasing
view of the rh-r, the adjao- t seats, and great part
of the city of Richmond. The te-ms of tale will
be £>3500 in rash, and the balance of the purchas,
money payable by two annua! instalments, with a
deed of trust on the land to serif e the payments_
Frrtntssion to sow wheat at the usual tim •, and
possession will be given cn the fh s’ day of e/mu n r.
IH11. Those inclined to pinch tsr toil be shtwn the
Land by applying to Mr H. Frtchatd, or to Mr
frtn Short who live adjoining.
7 hose who have claims np- n the est ate of the th
rased y II are requested to h in i them to Mr
D antler of Manchester fo* adjustment, and those
uiebted are requested to fnaie p nv it to h ,n
'filL TRUST/: IIS
July; 13? t4»
WANTED, A SEAMSTRESS of good cha*
rar'cr and disposition—for whom, a very
lib<-rui price will be given, in cash. Apply at
| tins office.
June 26. tf
C'* tilKUELL ami I,. ATKINSON iuve
^ • removed their SCHOOL, from the
mam -.street, to a shady and retired situation on
the hill, adjoining Southgate’s.
May 29 tf
I^OR SALE, a small TRACT OF LAND,
containing between three and four hundred
acres, lying in Prince Edward county, adjoining
the tract on which I now reside. The terms will
be made known by the subscriber.
PEYTON RANDOLPH.
July 17. wlm«f
Bank-notes lost—On the 29.i1 iast
moiuli, was put into the post office in this
place, directed to Wm Wood, Ruck Island, A1
b ’marie county, dunk Notes to the amount of
three hundred and thirty dollars, a-j described
below ; which have not been received by raid
Wood The necessary st ps to stop the pay
m.uil of the notes :.t the P.ok, have been lak. n ;
as the letter which covered those notes, may have
been inissent, it is uqueiited that it be sent t->
th- Milton post Offi e.
Virginia, Kiclicnond, g
C 3 *9 Simon Hunter 14 Jan 1807,50
Do do C 143 tlcnty Ellis, 17 \f „ 18% 50
Do do A 40i Wilson Allen 19 Jan 1807.50
Do do C 2386 Edwin Novel 1 Feb 1810 50
l)o do A 358 Simon H otter 14 Jot 1807, 5<>
Do do C 522 Phil Rogers 6 Vtar 1807,50
D> do D 3394 James East 25 Nov 1897,10
Do. Norfolk,
A 1376 Rich’d E Lee 2 M-,v 1805. 20
RICH A R Q A ND K RSO N.
July Jij__tf
A HOUSE LOR SALK — The fram 'd house
belonging to the J ones River Company,
near Belvediere, and formerly occupied by M
Junes Harris: Will be sold, to the highest bid
der, for ready money, at the Eagle Tavern, i.
the city of Richmond, on the d. ,‘ u 0j »u
gust next. ROBERT POLLARD
July 20.__ t(Js I
LAND FOR SALE—By virtue of a decree
of the Superior Court ot Chancery Mr Uu*
Richmond District,—will be offered for sale at
the town of Cain, on «n<Ly toe '27 !. day of
August next, that valuable Tk 4CT OF LAND
belonging to the estate of D. it • field Trent, dec’d
containing by estimation, acres lying >n the
county of Cumberland, on Willis river and ad
joining the town ot Cuira, for the purpose of
raising a sum of money therein mentioned, due
and owing to the estate of Alexander Trent,
dec’d the contiguity of this land to the town of
Caira ; where there is a Merchant M U, which
will no doubt, in a short lime be in complete re
pair, and consequently will require a lurg, qu m
tdv ot wheat, Uc. as well as a tobacco inspec
tion—and being at the head of the navigable j
waters ot W illis’s river, render it one of the most j
dcsireable tracts of land in that part of the coui.
try. Added to these, the land is of excellent
quality, and well adapted to the culture ot to
bacco, wheat, corn, Ac.
Previous to the d iy ofsale, this land will be
laid off in lots, and sold to suit purchasers—and
the terms of sale liberal, only one third will be
required when the deed is made, and one, t.\o
and three years for the balance s Bonds and se
curity will be demanded, secured by a deed of
trust if required by the COMMISSIONERS
July 20 tds
rl"*IIE subscriber will tak-- ten nr twelve
-*■ Young Ladies, as Hoarders, if jpplict
I tiortsshal be made to her, for thui pu py .e, pn._
1 vious to the first day of O J, next. Sliou.d a »ui
firient number of application*, for R d ot
, Young Ladies, not be muile before ttie fi . f
1 October, she will, after that period be prep ,t. d
aec« m mod ate, as boarders, naif a dozen young
gentlemen.
As an inducement to pirents who may be in
dined to send their children to reside in Willi
amsburg, the subs riber thinks it proper to re.
mark, that her d welling is situated on the pub
lie square, auc? on one of the most pleasant and
heuliliy situations within the cily. The terms
will be made known on application to
MARY M PEACHY.
July 20. w4a
Left ia the possession of some person in or
about Richmond, by Thomas Demise, capt.
of the S-'hoooer Pearsnne from Philadelphia, a
box Ml'.RCH.iUDiZK, addr-ssed to Charles
Brydie, care of Messrs Low & Cutler, Peters
burg The gc'itirmtn in whose care the said
box is left, is requested to give information to
Mr Robert Graham of Manchester, who is au
thorised to receive the same, and who will pay
freight and storage.
July 3- ’• lm
_$ome$ttc,
Washington, July IS.
The correspondence be.ween Mr Can_
King and Mr. Erskine laid before the house
of Cords of Circa/ llrihtrrt. and printed by
their order contains four letters from Mr.
Erskine which do not appear to have been
published in any English or American news
paper. They ore now published from a
printed copy lately pur into our hands ;
all the o'/ier papers contained in that coC
lection having already appeared in the pa
pers.—lb,
(No. 8 >
Despatch from the honorable David F.rs.
kme to Mr Secretary Cunning, dated
Washington 3d Dec 1808.
SIR,
I he government and Congress have
been quite at a loss how to act in the present
extraordinary and embarrassing situation r.f
their public affairs, and they nave not yet
determined upon the measures which they
mean to pursue ; but I think iha> 7 may ven
ture to assure you that the course of co* duct
recommended by the committee of i he H m sl
ot Representatives, to which was referred
the documents mentioned in the President’*
message to Congress, will, in substance, at
least, be adopted tor the present, with rel
iant amendments, so ns to give some time
previous to iis going in'nopera i-m
j It is nnf, however, denttcl bv those even
I who have introduced this measure, that if
is onty of a temp nai v nature, and that the
1 - S. may be driven to ad >pt a n>or*- deci
ded course of conduct ag tinst the h*» ige.
reins before the pre'-ent Congress closet, ni
at any rate soon after the meeting of the new
Legislature, in conacqji'jnce of the teelin^.*
and sentiments of the Eastern division t.f the
U. S., which lias almost universally expres
sed a disapprobation of the continuance of
the Embargo, and ha- begun to shew svmp
tonis of a determination not to endure it
much longer.
The government and party in power une
quivncally express their re volution not tore
| mate the Embargo, except by substituting
war measures against bo’h belligerents, uiT
less either or both should relax their restric
tions upon neutral commerce,
L'pon this subject .-onie important com
munications have been made to me by Mr.
Madison, and several of the members of this
government, which 1 will accordingly 1 iy
before you, as T confidently believe they were
delivered from* an unfeigned desire that they
might produce the effect of leading if p s
sible to some adj is meet of their differences
with Great Britain, so as to enable the
government and the nation to extricate
themselves from the present very distres
sing dilemma in which they are involved
Mr. Mad son expressed his firm ennvic
tion, that when the documents referred to in
the President's Message should be seen by
his majesty’s gave: nment, and the cones
pondeuces between their ministers in Prance
witn the French minister respecting the de
cre-.s of Berlin and Milan, should oe deli
berately considered; particularly the strong
remonstrance of Mr Armstrong to the
French government of die 12th November,
mu/, mat it would lie acknowledged that the I
U. S. had exerted ail the efforts which
lemons ranees could have been supposed 10
be capable of producing, and that in failure
ot any effect from them, in persuading the
French government to withdraw their un
just restrictions upon neutral commerce, re '
course might have been had by the U. S. to
measures of more activity and decision a*
gainst France ; but that in the mean time j
G. Britain bad issued her Oiders in Coun, j
ciI, before it was known whether the United
Sta'es would acquiesce in the aggressions of
France, anti thereby rendered it impossible
to distinguish between the conduct of the uvo
belligerents, who had equally committed ag
gressions against the U, S.
He we«-.i. also imoall the arguments upon
that subject which are derailed in his corres
pondence-. with the American ministers in
London & Paris as published in the documents
referred to in the President’s message, but
which I do not imw repeat, as my object is
merely to inform you of the result of his ob
servations, which was, that as the world
mus'^H' convinced that America had in vain
taken ail the means in Her power to obtain
from G Britain and France a jus. attention
to her i iglns us a neu ral power, by repre
sentations and remonstrances, that she would
be fully justified in Having recourse to hos
tilities with either belligerent, and that she
only hesitated to do s •. from the difficulty of
Contending with both ; but that she must
be driven even to endeavor to maintain her
rights again*: he two greatest powers in the
world, unless either ol them sh .u d relax
their resiric ions upon neu.ral commerce in
which case the U s ,i es would at once side
witn that powei against the other which
might con inue its aggressions.
Mr. .Vladis ni obseivyd tome, that it mast!
be t vident that ttie U. S ates would enter
upon measuies ol hos iliiy with great re_
luc aiicc, as lie acknowledged that they ait
not at ah prepared for war, much less with
a power so irresistibly strong as G. hir.m,
and ihat not.img would lie thought to be too!
great a saci fice to the preservation of peace.,
except then independence and their bon r.
He t...id that ne did not believe that any A
met iCans would be round willing to submit to
(wiiat be termed) the encroachments upon
he rights of the U S'-i'es by 'he beilige
rents, and therefore ihe alternatives vveit
titnbargo or War. He confessed that .iie
people of this Country were beginning to
think the forme* all. i native too passive. &
would perhaps so n peeler the latter as e
ven less injurious to the interests and more
Congenial with the spirit ot a free people.
He declared to me ihat every opinion
which he cn ertaitied respecting the best in.
teiests of his counuy led him to wish that
good understanding should take place be.
tween G. Britain and the U. States, and that
he thought that the obvious advantages which
would thereby result to bo h countries were
a sufficient pledge of the sincerity of his sen
timents.
The reasons which induce me to believe
that the views and determinations of tfmgu
vernment, as described u» me by Mr. Matli
son, are their real sentiments, and that they
will pursue that course of conduct which
they have maikcd out, arise from a mature
consideration of the actual state of the at'
fairs of this country, the particular situati
on nf the government and ruling party, and
from certain priva'e hut important commu
\ locations which have been made to me by
[ some of the members of the administration,
who are sincerely desirous of a conciliation
with G. Britain.
It is evident from every thing which has
lately taken place in this country, that the
people at large are desnotis ot having the
Embargo removed ; but it is also to be col
leered from the result of the elections thro’
out the U.S. that tlie present ruling party
h.ive a decided majority of the people with
them, and as they have pledged themselves
not to repeal it, V/niTe the r estrictions upon
their neutral rights continue in force by both
belligerents, without' substituting war inca
suites, ami as'hey themselves acknowledge
“that the ul imate and only effectual mode
of resisting such warfare, it pers'ured in, is
war," nnd * that a permanent suspension of
commerce would not properly be resist anre,
but su (mission I cannot therefore Conceive
that it would be possible for them to retract
their declarations, and indeed, they would nut
have the power of continuing the Embargo
more than six months, tc of course, ilierefote,
they must substitute war measures when it
should be withdrawn, unless they weretoa
bandon ft!' the principles they have hid
down, and to change all the resolutions which
they have so unequivocally exprcssetl.
It is true that ihey might possibly do so. if
they found themselves pressed by the num
brr and strength of their opponents, or by a
change in the opinions f their Majority a"
mongst the people ; hut it is plain from the.
decision in the House of Representative* in
. ' . "T ntf
ccpgrrss, npi n the resolutions proposed by
the committer appointed to consider the sub
ject of their Foieign relations, which were
chiiled l>y a majority of eighty lour totven•
y one. th.it they have not lost any ground in
the present Congress & the result oi the elec
■ioi;s for nteitiheis el Congress, proves that
aliho’ they have lost some votes in the Eastern
states, that they will have a great majority
out ot the whole number of the next Con
gress.
For these reasons I conclude, thnt the gov
ernment party would carry along with them
he support of the people in the measures
vhich they might resolve to take, and I have
already explained why I believe they will
adopt the course ol conduct which I have
described in the fmegoing part of this des
p vch, arising hut qt the state of the country
a* d their own particular situation, ami 1 will
therttore proceed to explain my private
reasons lor feeling confirmed in their opini
ons, and will have the honor of laying before
you some important communications which
were mate tome by some of the members of
this government, uiir-ffici.illy. but with a de_
sire that they might prrdoce a favorable ef
fect towards a conciliation withG Britain.
I hrg leave to refer y. u to r. y next number
in which they are detailed.
1 have the honor to be,
With the highest respect,'
Sir, wl
Your mostobt. hnmbjp servt.
J). M. EKSK1NE.
„ (N o. 0 )
Dtafia!th front the hon. David F.rskine to
Mr. Secretary Cunning, dated IVashing -
ton, Dec. 4, 1808.
SIR,
In the course ot several private inter
views which I had with Mr. Gall itin the
Secretary of the Treasury, and with Mr,
Smith. Secretary of the Navy, I have col
lecied irom them that their sentiments coin**
citle wjih those of Mr. Madison, \> inch 1
have detailed at some leeg h in ilie preoed_
irig nuniherot my despatches, respecting the
proper course oi co ?'uct which ought to be
pursued by the U. S. in their present situa
tion, although they had differed as to the pro*
priety of laying on the Embargo, us a :uea*‘
sure of defence, aiul had thought that it
would have been better to have resorted o
measures of a more decided nature at first,
out that now they had no other means left,
but to continue it for a sh >i i time longer, and
then in tile event of no change tak.ug place
in the conduct of the belligerents towards the
U. S. to endeavor to assert their righ's a
gainst both powers ; bat that if either should
relax in their aggressions, they said they
would vote for taking part with that one a
g iinst die other w bicit should continue its &erw
gressions. a
Mr. Gallatin remarked to me, that the
resolutions which were proposed by the com
mittee of Foreign Ri latinos in their tepoit
to the H use t R precentatives, t: wbich had
already passed in die com nittee of me whole
House and wou.d perhaps soon pass into a
law, seemed to hfm t»» remove two very im
portant g nu ids ot difference with (J. 15 it.bn,
viz the non "importation act. ;»s applicable
>o hei alone and the President’s pr c arna
d whereby the ship, of Great B it am vere
ixc.udi ti irom the porta of the U St ties,
wo i- ii >.c ot Fiance were permitted toen*
tei, ,.n* now, by the n n tntei c ur-,e law, both.
piMveri were placed tn the same fo. i .g ;
lie d 1 not pretend to say that this oieasere
Bom any motives of comes,
-ton -o Great Britain ; but as in 1 c> tli se
, consequences followed, lie conceived tney
nognt be. considered as removing the r\v0
gie i- ibstacws to a conciliation. This ne
wid.ed might be die ca e. as he intiu.fued
to me tha* such step* wire absut to be taken
by Congress up n .tnohei very important;
sti ijeci of the UifFere .ces between tite two
countries, as might have a iurther effect in
ic tdiig to n favorable adjustment of them.
Hr informed me,that a law was about d be
proposed to Congress, and which he believ
ed would pass, to interdict a: American ves
sels from receiving on board' any foreign
Seamen, under heavy penalties or forfeitures,
■and that already the ships of war of the Uj
.States had been ordered not to receive any
and to discharge such as were at that time
on board. This subject is also alluded toby
Mr. Giles, the Senator, in his speech, who
is high in the confidence of the government
and. it is said, is to b» Mr. Madison’s Secret
tary of State. Mr. Gallatin also said, that
he knew that it was intended by the United
ivates to abandon the attempt to carry on a
timlo with the colonies of belligerents in
time of war which was not allowed in time
of peace, ami to trust totlie being perm tied
by the French to carry on such trade in pence
8t> as to entitle them to a Contiiiuauce of it
in tinrie of waf*.
in WHS manner nc observed all the points
. <l,, .renCeS between Great Britain and
t.ie Untied States, might be sm .othed away
(was his expre sion,) and that the Uni.ed
States would be willing to put the inter
course v'iili Great Britain up -n .a perfect
.noting ol reciprocity, and would either don..»
'lent to tiie arrangement that the ships of
bo.h nations sli old pay ihe same duties re
ciprocally , or pi ice each other simply upou
.he tooting of the m ist favored nation.
1 have no doubt, that the„e Ci>tnmun«caU
ohs were oiade vi.h a sinceic desire, that,
Miey might produce the effect of conciliati
on, becuuse it ia weil known that Mr Gal
jlHiin has long thought that the restricive
and jealous system of non .importation laws
extra duties and other modes of checkin *
a Iree trade with Great Britain, huv,- been
erroneous and highly injurious to the in
j ten »t» of America ; he informed n.e, di*.
jtinctly, tha. I e had always entertained that.
I opinion, and that lie had unitornuy endea
vored lo persuade the president to place lit*
conduct o( Great Britain and France, to
wards the United States, in a fur ugh ’
fore the public. lie .seemed to che< k him
self a; the moment he was speak mg upon
thatjsuhji ct, d: 1 cou dnftt get him to exiKts«
himself more distinctly ; hut I could ci ^ w
collect from his n anner, and from >r„e
sbgtit in-.innation*, that lie thought the pre
sident had acted with pirtialtty towards
France. For he turned die conversati n
immediately upon the ch tracer of Mi. ,\i a.
disoo, and.‘ aid th?t/./• C'u.d no be arc- .