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ters of similar dates. Aletterfrom Bor-'
deaux, dated in June, gives a gloomv
account of trade ; the writer says, “ I
am in France, and shall say but little a
bout politics”!—most prudent. Ano
ther ot 30th May, mentions the decree
of 23d March, “ aequestering all A
“ Oicrican vessels and cargoes there or
that may arrive in France, or countries
under her controul; which the emperor
^ declares to be In retaliation for the non
^intycoursfc act.” We have had some I
^■translation^ made for this day’s paper;
^■but the French files are generally quite
uninteresting. We are assured by an
W intelligent and respectable passenger in
the George Dyer, that no favourable ac
counts need be expected from any quar
, ter where the French arms prevail. He
accounts tor the temporary safety of our
property in the North of Europe, by
stating the necessity Bonaparte wasun
derot ordering 40,000 troops from the
borders of Holstein (Denmark) &c. to
Spain ; in which lat'er place he has
more to encounter than was anticipated.
The gentleman alluded to has no doubt
of the intended “ fell swoop,” which
will sooner or later involve all Ameri
can property within the reach of Bona
parte’s agents. Our short respite is
owing to the fact well known in France,
that the northern people will not exe
cute his decrees against American
commerce, where there is not station
ed a French military force adequate
to enforce obedience. Thev confi
dently expect that such a force will
\ktie the coasts from Gibraltar to Cron
^•tadt ; that we cannot much longer
HY.d safety in Denmark or Prussia,
any more than we can now in France
or Holland. Fed. Gaz.
Salfm, August 8.
Divide ami Conqurr, has been the rule,
of the Opposition. We have all seen how
many paragraphs have been published late
ly with pretended information from Wash
ington that there was a secret dissention
among the trutnhe * oi the cabinet. It was
with tins cnerf and thin with that. Upon
this subject, ard tiieu upon thst. It was
something real, but nothing known. And
one bubble after another was blown up In
air. Now it seems it was a deep laid plan
that the English Minister rhould make
hi* peace at home by an attempt at the
same sport. And from England we hear
that the heads ef departments thought, it
they did not speak, differently. But they
have adopted no measures which disagree
=Have contessed no purposes which aisa.
free, and deny any things in which they
disagree. Shall we not then see that the
intention is to create discord, to disgrace
cne head of department after another^ and
then denounce the whole. Beware /
r Keg ster.
\\ INCHEST8R, Aug* 10.
Appointment by the President ol the U.
nited States.
» Henry Daingerfield, E;q. of this place,
F fy Sew-etary of the Mississippi Territory,
' viclThetnas H. William*, Ksq. appointee
V CojVcQur of the Port of Orleans.
Norfolk, Aug. 13.
Captain Philips arrived het*e on Sa
turday from New-Orleans, reports, that
he was informed at the tialisle, by
Capt. Bainbridge, that the Commander
of the brig Vixen, (Trippe) had died on
his passage to New Orleans ; & that he
passed the brig in the river at Point
JL’Koche, bound up.
WILMINGTON, (N. C.) Aug. 7.
On T hursday, in consequrnce of an or
der 'row Commodore Campbell, to repair
to St. Mery’« without delay, capt. Gads
den who commanded the Ferret, a brig of
12 puna, sailed from S-*%thville, where he
had been lying a lew days, for St Mary**.
This older was occasioned by the late
f a ja> at that place, which is published un
der the Cha-lesion head. Capt.Gadsden,
rf the gentleman from Smithville
^ tyraks very highly, promptly obeyed it.
tra£> of a letter from a gentleman in
the Mississippi territory, to his friend
• u iIim | lace, dated July 7th, 1810.
•In my las', t mentioned that the Spanish
natriots, or the Irienris of Ferdinand VII.
in r>rd about Batten Rouge in West Flori
da. had peremptorily ordered the French
nr friends of Bonaparte, to leave the do.
nur.ion of his Cathclic Maje«ty within three
days, or to abide >he consequences, but at
that time I had not heard the result.
•After receivirg the above orders, a
number of the l*ench probably most oI
those who were vOensive to the govern,
m^ns went over the Mississippi into ihe
territory of New-Oi leans, and are now en
camped just below Point Coupee. Fx
peeling some assistance from their friends
on the coast, and in New O.leans, they
\ \ ^av? threatened vengence to the town of
J V I'sian Hrnge, and 'he Spanish governor
resAing thtre; In consequence of which,
tb* inhabitants of West Florida, under the
san£lion of the governor and one of the
commandant* residing at li.you Sara, had
a pretiy general mee'ing on last Sunday,
a to adopt ineasuies for ihe r safety, and
W energy to the opera'ion of the laws of
W their government. Seven men were e„
lecled by lh*m out of the diff-ftnt chs.
trials, to att in conjunction with the go
vernor, and to form a kind ol legisla ive
council, to amend :heir own laws^ and
enact such new ones as their piestnt snu*
I
ation requires. As this West Florida lies
within the purchase of Louisiana, and pro
perly belongs to the U. Sta-es and as it
would have been giv n up long ago, had
it not been for the (As it is supposed)
treachery and faithless conduct of general
Wilkinson. Some of its inhabitants on the
Jay of their meeting, were for hoisting the
American flag, and adopting a republican
form of government t but t his was object.
:d to. as being improper at present. That
it does belong to the United States, was
Frankly acknowledged the other day. by a
Spani>h commandant, who stated, ih*l it
would have been given up.to the AmerL
:ans at the time they took possession of
Mew OtleanSj had not Wilkinson prevent,
sd it, being urtder Spanish influence, and
For which he received about five thousand
dollars.
Their militia are ordered to muster once
a week, and to be in readiness to assist
their Alkades to enforce the laws.*
©ttuinta 3Qrgu$.
r-ta __ ■ — -- ,
RICHMOND,
FRIDAY, August 17, 1810.
HOW STANDS THE CASE^*
Supposing that no means are adopt
ed by the government of the United
States to protect commerce, or to re*
strain our citizens from trading under
British licenses—in what condition
will the United S‘ates be placed ? We
conceive that we shall be, in a com
mercial point of view, as much colo.
nists of Great-Britain as the West-In
dies are. If every sort of protection
be withheld from commerce, our mer
chants will seek for protection from
the British navy ; and, if we have not
the means of protection, we shall not
have the m^ans of coercing our citi
zens to obey any prohibitory laws.
We throw out these hints for the con
sideration of those whom it may con
cern. For our own part, we do not
hts tate to sav that the leign of mere
paper resolutions and pap<-r provisions
is at an end ; and the Congress of the
United States must, at their next ses
sion, vsolve to make a stand in vin
dicali<te of neutral rights (late as it is)
or if\tii|ure submit to what restrictions
lhe Trit*®k or French may think pro
per tfc impose upon our navigation and
trade.
j SPAIN AND PORTUGAL.
The apparent unconcern of Bona,
parte in relation to Spain and Porru^
gal, and the manner in which he suf
fers the war to linger in that quarter,
affords much room to believe that he
is engaged in some political project
with respect to those countries, which,
we presume, will, by and bye, be
come more distinctly visible. The
story concerning baron Killi, the letters
published in the news-papers which
represent Ferdinand the seventh as
desirous of becoming an adopted son
of Napoleon, the rumor that Ferdi
nand was to be married to a niece of
Bonaparte (a daughter of Lucien) all
seem to have a teudency to strengthen
an opinion that some scheme of quiet„
ing Spain by a stroke of policy, (and
perhaps in that mode securing the
Spanish provinces.f is in nmorreea in.
wards completion. In such an event
perhaps Spain may be dismembered ;
and we have already seen an imperial
decree which erects three of the dis
tricts ot Spain contiguous to France
into military commanderies, and they
are put under the direction of French
commanders.
It is stated in the Pittsfield, Mass.
Reporter, that there was considerable
• tost on the ground in that town, on
the morning of the 13th ult. half an
hour after sunrise.
Letters from Chenango county, (N,
York) state that they experienced a
severe frost on the night of the 18th,
which had greatly injured the crops ot
corn. Ice in many places was found
the 8th ofinch thick.
Even. Star.
On the 14th July there was a frost
in Vermont, which damaged the Corn !
ib.
lieut.Tkippe.
Extract from the 14 History of the War
between the United States and Tri
poli”—page 111 .•
44 All the obstacles were soon remo.
ved and on the 3d ol August, the wea
ther becoming favorable, at 2 o’clock
in the afternoon the signal was made
to prepare for battle.—At 3 o’clock
the squadron got within gun shot ol
the batteries, and cast off the gun boats
and bomb ketches. They advanced in
a^me a head led on by captain I)eca_
nrcovered by the Constitution
«'ie %riA »iul schooners. The encmv
"fed % 7 ifbu boat* moored in a line in
iront of the batteries, ako, a brig ot
16 guns, and a schooner of to, to aid
(be cover of the iff boats. A discharge
\ %
^ • 4 * i , ,
of shells from the bomb boats induced
the enemy to ooen their fire, which
was heavy and incessant; yet the A
mericans advanced with admirable in
trepidity through a shower of grape
shot. When the gun boats were within
20 yards of the enemy, they discharged
their great guns, loaded with40 pounds
of musket balls, and followed by adis
cha^e of musketry, which obliged 5 of
•Hejjuo boats composing the enemy s
to cut their cables and re
treat.—-Fhe boats of the squadron then
bore up for those to the leeward._
Captain Decatur boarded and carried
the first boat, Lieut. T-ippe,the second,
and Lieut. Decatur, in carrying the
third, was killed. Capt. Decatur con
tinued down their line 'snd carried the
third ; all of which were brought off
safely. There were 96 men on board
the <aprured gun beats, of whom 46
were killed in the engagement, and
50 taken prisoners. The attack con
tinued an hour and an hslf. The Turks
were driven out of fort Francois, be n.us*
have suffered much from the Ameri
can fire, both in the town and batteries.
The enemy’s fire badly directed did
little damage. The three pun boats
taken were valuable, two of them car
ryinfcejch a brass twenty six pounder,
and tyfother a brass eighteen pounder,
LieutTTrippe, who carried the second
boat, received no less than eleven sa
bre wounds; none of them, however,
were dangerous.”
We have been further informe!, that
Lieut. Trippe was the first man who
boarded the Turkish gun boa% which
he carried and had a personal rencon
tre with the Turkish commander, in
u:_i _ . .
anuiu was UKUK.Cn, inc
Turk’s lost out of his hand and the two
combatants fell together in the struggle;
the Turk having the advantage was
drawing his dirk, when a well aimed
stroke from the sabre of nn American
sailor rescued Lieut.’ Trippe from ths
fatal thrust that was preparing for him.
WEST FLORIDA.
Nashville Review of the 2/th
July,ways, “We have read a Con.
stitutmn or Form of Government for
West ^Florida, and shall publish il
next week.” In a subsequent para
graph in the same paper, they sar.
“ Yesterday (26th July) we under
stand was the day appointed for the
first meeting of the deputies recently
appointed, and a few days will apprize
us of the result of their deliberations.’
There is circulating in West Flori.
j da, tbe project of a constitution which
is said to have been generally well re.
cei\ii?l among the inhabitants some ol
who^n are said to be in favor of ar
independent government t a strong
part)\/. e. the governor’s party) art
in favor mf the Ferdinand VII. bu
the great body of the inhabitants, wisl
to throw themselves under the pro
tection of the United States.
The premable states their right tc
institute forms of government for them
selves, since the mother country nc
longer furnishes thetfi with protection
Th*y-declare that dieyowe no attach
mental Bonaparte «r any prince whe
mayfly him be.placed on the Soanish
throne. / X
The planjif constitution is dividec
1 into thirteen articles, containing f
plan of organization of a new govern
ment, consisting of a governor, a sec
retary and three counsellors of state
who in conjunction with the governor
are to possess all powers of legislation
It is intended to operate as soon a;
a sufficient number of the inhabitant!
have subscribed thereto, to give it ef.
ficacy. Halt. Amer.
Dif.o—On Tuesday last, Mrs
WINSTON, the amiable wife o
Capt. ISAAC WINSTON, ot thi
county.
NO TIC e7
Agreeable to the Last Will and T-stamen
of Arnrmtead Russel, dec’d
WILL HR SOLD,
At New.Kent Court.house, on the firs
day of November court, if fair, if not 01
|ihe first day of December court,
A TRACT n) F
land
Lymg in Vew.Kent county, railed thi
OCl) PLACE, and containing hy oldAur,
V<T A76 acres. This land produeesTwel
Corn and Wheat^ and is pleassn'.lypitua,
ted in an agreeable neighbourhood — isthrei
mile* from the court-house, and two from
ramunkey River. I he Terms of Sale
will ne one half of the purchase money t<
he paid in twelve months, and the othei
in two years from the day of Sale. Bomlt
with approved security, and a deed of trus
on the land to secure payment, to carrj
interest from the date, if not paid whei
doe will be required.
1 will with p ensure shew the land to a.
ny person inclined to purchase.
A KM ISTEAD RUSSEL,
Executor.
August to, 1810, t d s
bishop Madison’s
MAP OF VIRGINIA
For Sale at this O.Scec
f„ _ l is:o.
Mr. Plka*AI?ts,
I have great cause to remember the
4 h of July 1776^ greater cause to remem
ber the important even s that succeeded
it- That dav, has been ce!“brated vest
-«ftcr year, as a day of revelry and though
less dissipation. If the God who gave us
our independence, our privileges civil and
relig an*, cm he pleaded witn sue i
sacrifices, 1 have no idea of infinite per
fection. If ]>r nking, Gambling, Swear,
mg and Roasting, be the wav 10 return
thanks to heaven, the D-otv must have as
sumed a ntw set of attnbu es with which
lam wholly unacquainted. We arc inde
pendent of other nations, not of God ; eve
ry act therefore in which we acknowledge
our dependence on the Supreme Being
should indicate liutnil ty ,.s well as chcar
fulncss. Upon these principles I under
stand not the meaning of a Toast espe
cially when given by any one whose whole
conduct shews, that he neither .ears God
nor regards Man. 1 therefore cannot
join in inc common wiy of celebrating the
4th o: July. However, reflecting on the
events that took place from the year 1774
till 1734, airing other things I reflected on
the many Patriotic Songs of these days
and tne paw rlu: influence they had on tne
minds of youth. One of ihe u es of most
bonv;., trikiBg my m nd, I p nned t e ol
lowing lines .u i =which it y..u hiuk wo m
inserting in your useful paper- y-u are at
lioerty to oo o.
The old Soldier’s Tiaiuc=To the tone of
Aiwavs readysssStc.
When Brita n our rights, a id our freed m
assail’d
United w? stood and united prevail’d,
And firm as a rock, against tyranny’s
claim.
We were always ready, steady boys, stea
<iy»
We fought, and we conquer’d again and
again.
Our jreedom so dear, to despots to give,
■-- wmi irccuum iyc
IlV6f
White Union prevails, our freedom re.
mains,
Rut ^always ready, steady boys, steady,
Wa've fought and we’ve conquer’d again
and again.
ed on to the contest by freedom’s great
Son,
We g'ory to name our great WASHING
TON,
With a small, naked army, his ground he
mainiaiii’d ;
He whs alway ready, steady boys, steady,
Ho tou;.;ht and he conquer’u again and
aj,ain.
With lore and with rapture our attention
we fix, „
On our brave sufl’ring brothers of seven,
ty-six,
fror freedom they fought, and their glory
remains,
. Tflifia-wnre always ready, steady boys.
j ihej^ou.m and they conquerd again and
aj|» n.
When bleak Boreas blew and o’er moun.
1 tains of snow,
\ By their blood yoo might track them in
cr. so of their foe,
! And their iriumpns at Trenton and Prince.
. ton will 9hew,
They were always ready, steady boys,
steady.
t They fought and they conquer’d again and
i again.
’ With rileasure we sing our patriot nam<'i,
Our Greene, our Morgan, our Lee,* out
i Wayne,
, T’was Liberty's cause they fought to
maintain,
’ But always r^ady, steady hov«j ster.dy,
They fought and they conquer’d again and
again.
1 While Tyrants with envy our liberties
view,
Onr wrongs and their insults our zeal shad
renew,
With the firmness of freemen our stroke
But always ready, steidy hors steady,
We can fight and we'll conquer again and
again,
Then let union prevail, ler virtue inspire,
The injustice of Tyrants rekindle our fire,
, Let us crowd round the standard of free.
. dom and fame,
he always ready, steady boys, steady,
1 We will die, or we’li conquer again and
again.
HIBERNICUS.
* Col. of Horse
\ Public miction.
On Monday next, tha 20th inst.
Wiirbe S Id, at tiV Venoms Office ol
the Subscribers, positively without re
t serve, for Cash, X/
1 Hhd Sug«»r iyr*kcd , and
1 Box of Coflft, \
i For the benefit of the concerned.
' PROSSER &/lONCl>Kfc, V. M.
1 ImrsJay, 16 Aug. 18i(\- (1)
Charlotte. Court, 8;h August, 1810.
William Reynolds, John Key- ) jn
nokl. Benjamin Reynolds . Chancery
and Massa Reynolds. J 7
Pltfs.
Against
James Brent adm'r of Joseph Reynolds
Samuel Hachney and Sally his wife^and
''Uames Reynolds, / l)ef s\
Tjptf, uetendant Hachney, nfit having e\
jhis appearance rJ.r.ordiiw to thl
act of Asalmoly and the rurs <f tli court!
I and it appearing to the »*4sfar.ti«t of thl
court that he is n't an inuabuant of tiiM
1 state, On the notion of the jd iimifTs, /y
their attorney, It is Ordere iSka: heygp
’ pear here on the first day of Novemhei
(Court nux'i sod enter hm appearance and
i^nd tinswer the Plnnp^" Hdl^ and that a
1 copy of this orde. he i ried in one of th
^ Newspapers printed in Richmond for two
‘ months succe sfVely and posted it the fron
door of tne C.>urt-H use of the said coun>
*‘y.
Copy, T-rte,
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VIRGINIA;
In Halifax cruntv Court, In Chancery,
?6ih June, 1810.
William Hoskins and Thomas C Hosklas,
Pltfs.
nt'sinai
John Right, J-tmes Uisk'ns, To*hna !Vfm
and Mary h>s wffie, Jo-n B-uce and
M *rv his w»r». Jam;* MM)*niel and Jane
his wife, Benjamin St.prn, Tames Sterfi,
Dolly C Rt-rn, Elisabeth Rtorn, Sftllv j
S-ern,W'l!i *m Stern, and Ro'iert Kasl/and m
Nancy h s wife, Jdettsl /
■pHE Defendants James Ho®kins ^antt
■ J^mes MDaniel and Jane hi* wife,S»h.
having entered their appearance and ^ivetx
security according to the act «>f Assembly
and the rules of this Court, and it appear*
ing to the satisfaction of the Court, that
they are not Inhabitants of ftiis Common
wealth—On mo inn of the Plaintiff* by their
counsel, It is Ordered, Thu the said last
mentioned Defendants do appear here on
the fourth Monday in September next, ami
answer the Hdl of the Plaintiff;; end th it
a copy of this order be forthwith Inserted
in one of the N^-ws.Papers published in
the city of Richmond for eight weeks suc
cessively, and posied at the front door of
the Cour house of the said coun y.
A Copv—- Teste,
SAMUEL WILLIAMS, d c h. r%
NOTICE is hereby Given, that 1 su Jfc **
petition the. Legislature at their nr\t .
session for a divorce, from my wife Fnn , /
tea Cheatham, for Causes which 1 shall/
then set forth I "
J\S. CHEATHAM^ .J
Chesterfield, Uth August, 181U.
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