The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1807-12-29 00:00:00, page 3

11th O. • fJjO, Grom Jxme., rern.vffnd £i;.
zabctM.iS wit.- ; that the said Si-wall Osgood on'
the llui of October aforesaid, did convey the said
lot, to the suiil Tertian, either by deed of trust or
by mortgage, for tlie fiiithful performance of the
undertaking of aaid Osgood, that is to say, the
payment ot two hundred pounds Virginia Curren
cy, to the said James Ternan, in consideration of
the value of the said lot ; that on the 1st day of
January succcedihg the date of the said deed, he
obtained possession of the said lot < that tlie said
James Ternan, in partial settlement with Scwull
Osgood, did allow the said Osgood an amount of
rent, accruing between the 11th of October, 1806,
and the 1st of January, 1807 ; that no payment
was made by him the said Osgood to said Ternan,
until tlie 1st January subsequent to the date of
said deed ; that, that payment was a partial one,
and that he voted for George W. Smith.
3. Resolved, therefore, as the opinion of this com
mittee, that as tlie election was held on the 13th
April, 1807, the vote of Sc wall Osgood is a legal
vote.
It appears also to your committee, that George
W. Dixon voted in right of a lot of ground, with
4fegal improvements thereon, conveyed to hint by
aeeiU in fee simple, by tbe representatives of Ga
briel Galt, deceased ; Unit he lias been in posses
sion of the said lot about two years ; that the sub
scribers ;o t*>c s l.l com-aysnee were, Thomas
Williamson and Elizabeth Ids wife, who was eld
est daughter of the s-ii.l Gabriel Galt, dec’d. John
E. G .It, eldest surviving son of the said Gabriel,
d<;c\b Eli/-• belli Galt, w.dow of the s..id Gabriel,
dec’ll, and Maty Galt, iLai&hter of the said Gabri
el, dec'd.—that foil- of the s id heirs or represen
tatives of the said G.-.h, dec’d. were of lawful age
to convey, at the t.nie of the said conveyance ;
♦llat the fifth was hot of lawful age, at tlie time
the raid conveyi-iice was nr..do ; that tlie four ot
lawful age. did in the said deed of conveyance,
bunt themselves toJnu.ke good, the title of the mi
nor -Juhst t iber to the said deed, to tlie said George
yv. Dix.nl, hi? heirs mid ass-gris tor ever; and
that he voted for George W. Smith.
4 Resolved, tier fete, .is t!ie opinion of this com
mittee, that the vo»e of George W. Dixon ia a le
gal vole.
It appears also to your come ittcc, that John
Andrew voted in right of a lot oi'g.ound, v.-itii le
gal improvefiiCMis tucicoii, held liy deed, in fee
si in pic ; that lie hat, u. t had iKia.session of tile
said lot b>\ months prr.cedingthe election; that
ho only obtained pci .cnxion on the 4tii day of
March last; aud that he voted for George W.
Smith.
5 Resolved, thervfore, as tlie opinion of this com
mittee, that the vote of j dm Andrew, is aniilc
p»l vote, and ought to he expunged from tlie poll
of George W. Smith.
Tiie pots of Gee., ge \V. Smith, stood thus, 101,
at the close of die election.
Deduct illegal voue - - - - 1
Good votes, ..... 100
The poll of John M. Foushee, stood li>j
at the close of the «k*etl:m.
6. Acsoloed. ihenjcre, kj the opinion of this com
mAlce, that the < *<iM ought to stand thus :
ForGeoVge tv. Smith - - - - - 100
For John i-T. F<vis»iee.1„0
The in st rcsulutio • being r.-:*.d a second time, a
motion was mute to • racial the s-uic by striking
■from tlie 1 >r. line thereai Uie word “legal,” .mu
lose: ting in lieu Uicr.ef, the word “ illegalanil
tne quest.on being pot on the proposed anr. uU
Juent, it w .s disagteedtoby the house —A motion
tv is then m ule to amend the s.id lesoluiion, Ly
str.Lingo.it a4, the end thereof, tin word* “ is a le
gal vote,” i.nd inserting in lieu of them, the words
* ought not l.i he stricken from the poll of die said
George W: 8:11.1.1."’—A motion was nude to a
ineii'l the said .laiemlmc.it, by adding to it tl.c
tfords 4< although it appears in evidence to the !
liuuse that the said VViltium Nicolson lud not a I
right to Mite and tiio question being put on the '
sunendmcr.t to the amendment, it \v..s disagreed |
to by it.e house.—'I he question being pul on the 1
i tTU-ndmcr.t ns proposed, it was agreed to by |
tt.c Jjixis-e—The question being then put upon the
resolution as ai.ier.ded, it was agreed to by the
house.
Tire 2d, 3d, 5'.h and 6»h resolutions being seve
i ally read a second time, were on tlie questions j
put theicupon, agreed to by tile house.
Tlie 4tti resolution being icud a second time, a ,
motion was made to amend Uie same by sinking 1
Irom the last line thereof, tlie word “ legal,” a:id
inserting i:i lieu thereof the word “ illegaland 1
the question being put on the proposed amei^l- 1
ment, it was il.sagreed to by the house.—Tlie ]
question being then put unon the lcsolution os i c- J
pu 'ted, it wss agreed to r.v the house.
The bpcairer L.id hcf..ie the house a certificate
frv.m tlie bergcaiit or the City of Richmond, in the
fallowing wonts :
&1UIM02TD, 1 Oth D cember, 180".
I> J‘lb«A r. Fr.c e, S< i-geaiit for the said City, do
drya.axe, tbs'., i; at the eio^e ol the poll at tlie last
election for;, mvmbcrtn represent the city of Rich
mood, in tlie prase.it General Assembly, i!;crc had
appeared ail <■ juul ntun.'e r of votes for George VV.
Smith and Jo.mill. Fo ’.snee, he would have tie
tlareil Joi.n H. Fouriiee elected.
JOHN F. PRICE,
Scrg t rj thecit/of Jiichmond.
Henrico Count;, lyj* December, idjJ.—John F.
Pru e iiuuc ui.i ha'uiix. ,.it- iii <iiic loi m to ilie loie
go.ng certificate. JJANa. J.. HYLTON.
On mo'uor, l*to ro:d, 2h.it John II. Fouslice
was duly elected, that tl.c name of Geoige \V.
Smith he erased t.om the certificate ol the I’etm n
made by the: Siwgu.iiit of R’chmond, atui that Uie
name o: John H. ;•ou.iiec ha inserted in ace ad
the let f.
On motion, Ordered, That a writ of election
issue to the county of Henrico, to supply the vn
caucy occasioned by the death of Nat lamel \Vd
kinson, Esq. leiui ned to serve in this present Ge
neral Assembly.
Monday, December 21.
An engrossed bill, “ Authorising' tlie counties
of Caroline anil Hanover to convert .he bridge nt
LiiUopa^f s, across K.uumkvy riv.r, intotoll
bridge,' was re «d a tin. d lime and several blanks
therein filled up;
diet.Uvcd, That flic hill do pass, and that the ti
tle be, an act, “ AuUmris.iig the counties of Car
oliue and Hanove. to convert the bridge :.t LhUa
page’s across Painunky river into atoll bridge.’’
An engrossed b.ii “ riJiaring tlie place for hold
i;ig courtsii. the Comity o. Ohio,” was read a Unrd
time and a bl.trk thenu.i filled up.
A mp'iiua was made to {mis.pone the further
consideiat-.on of Uie ajd hid to the 31a d.iv of
M .reh nc t.
An l the <| i*ifi »n being put on the said motion
f or ft it\ loriv lu.ir., R paaseil m ilie negative.— Ayi s
JXetOiVi'il, 1 Ilia! r,.4lU but (l > P l:i4, ftfttl f »l3t
(hn title L-, in 4 a, ** i* ji* idleiv’g ih * place for
holding cmn*« in the county of Oltij.”
A b:ll " 1 »;• .jjvid.ng the county of Amherst”
( which lay mi the l:h.«) tv.is taken up Mid ie:id *
fu.si. liii'-. ’.dried to he read u net mud tunc.
^/rdci\ l, J I. it leave be g urn ; i bring in a bill
To ccntin if ..n set to afiie. d : :■ act, concerning
the James.K \c; C .ni.j.ny.er.l t.i.t Mows
L.cTt\vit ! ,Cia.-..'J.irr, W l(s, Cfi • t’i n , :tr. < k
ti.ridge, V K.iinvc, Clark and V//..t., u-, at
p..re ana o. i,.g in the suioe.
Ordered, ileave be g".”en to bring in a bill
. ‘ 1° explain and amend the several acts < onctm
pigpubhc roa i , and Highways in tb:j C .rmnci .
Wealth--»<fc ihaf Mess,». Stroth r, Coirpet.ni, F.t
' ris, Noland, iiuiif.n, a >rr,, Smyth (u( V/ytliej
Otey, rl.g: *,u», Molt ami Walker do prepare ubti
bring in the t.
Mr. Johnston (of 1*. Edward) from the commit
tee of pro :o> ti-ns and grievances, prevented :
bill to »at!. ».v e the cutting of Jr tuns in the coun
ty of Northampton ;**
Xi . iJiinton presented according to order ab 11
11 To amend an act, entitled an at ; to amend tm;
several l*w» concerning slaves j” and
iWr. ^m:th fr^tn lr."* -vj-vm*1 '*■<; (*,•
cniirta of-justice prcS'.TXod ;i report—w!.h\
u'k! rt port were received and ordered to $ i iiuJ
upon the table.
The order of the day for the house to resolve it
self into a committee of the whole house, to take
into consideration sundry resolutions proposing
certain amendments to the Constitution of the U
nitcd States being read.
Ordered, That the same be put off ’till. Monday
the 4th day of January next.,. '
„ the JLNQU1REU.
RICHMOND, DECEMBER 29, I80r.
.. letter the fourth!
To JOHN RANDOLPH Es\.
MEMBER OF THE H.OF REPRESENTATIVES*
SIR—T hare attempted to demonstrate,
®h it the Non-Importation Act was not in vc^
ality a n’ar-mranuret and that it could not be
considered as a just cause of tear, as you have
attempted to persuade Great-Britain. Let
us take a rapid view of some of the remain
ing objections, which you have expressed a
g-unst this measure.
Could this with propriety be considered as
a war-measure ? Was itnoi the inostpacifiic as
well as the most effectual system, which our
mutual relations would permit us to adopt?
'I'hc U. States were far ftoni adopting this
measure in the most odioui form, which it
could assume. Desirous of allowing to Gi< it
Britain every opportunity of redressing oar
grievances, tliev suspended the operation of
tins restriction bill fur several months. They
invested the President with the discretiona
ry power of suspending it for a much longer
period. They determined that .G. Britain
should possess a suffic.cut time fornegooKti- I
on. If she expressed no disposition to listen j
to our just complaints, was she to expect that
the spirit of Atncrcicawas to sleep forever?!
Was she not to apprehend, that her injus
tice would probably provoke some determiu
e<l expression of this nation’s wrongs ?
'Fhc United States were determined to a
d. pt a policy which had been so fatally re \
jected in Similar resolutions had pas- j
sed the House of Representatives at that i
time: they were lost in the Senate by the 1
casting voteof the Vice President, Mr. Adams.
You have heard of the impression which the
mere rumours of these reso utions produced '
upon the British union. The merchants and
manufacturers of the kingdom were about
to petition the Throne for justice to us and
mcicv to themselves. Unfortunately how
ever the measuie was rejected. Mr. Jav
was dispatched as a special Envoy to
the Court t.f St. James’s; and the British
1 reatv closed the consistent catalogue. Were
you willing, Sir, that a system which had
proved so eminently ftttal in ’94, should once
more be repeated ? D:d you- not fupposc that
an American minister would have more ef
ficiently approached the throne of G. B. with
a treaty of indemnification in One baud and
anon-importation act in the other?
li thin “ miserable’ law has rcallv*retard
ed the accommodation of our differences, 'is
you have pretended, whenefe arose the ob
structions to this accommodation, before the
Non-Importation act was passed? What
prevented this accommodation, when the
temporary suspension of this law at the re
quest of the British government must not
only have removed this obstruction to the
iiegociation, but according to ycur own rea
sonings from the wounded pride cf the Brit
ish government, must have tended to propi
tiate that government ?
\ou have repeatedly threatened your coun
try with the sufferance of British hostilities,
should the Non-Importation Act be adopted!
\ ou declare that “ this proposition will subject
G. B. to all the evils of an American war,
without any of the concomitant advantages”
and you ask “ can (wc) expect a tame ac
quiescence on her- part ?” For once it would
appear, Sir, that you have “applauded her
intelligence and spirit” without any adequate
cause. Eighteen months have elapsed since
the passage of the Ncn-Importatioii Act, and
why have not your predictions been fulfilled:
Twice within this period lias the act gone in
to operation ; during aii this period has it re
mained upon our statute-book without bcin
repealed ; and yet Great-Britain has not pos
sessed the “intelligence and spirit” to con
sider it as a pr<clamation of war?—In point
oi lact, therefore, you must be considered as.
at least as unfortunate a prophet, astiieinosi
sanguine oi your opponents.
Ilaa G. Britain been governed by a virtu
ous and enlightened ministry ; had her ag
gressions upon our rights been few in number,
or stationary in their duration ; I will admit
with you that this proposition might have
unnecessarily provoked her resentment, with
out producing any other feeling in our favour.
l>u: neither ot these circumstances arc con
sistent with facts.
Her ministers wore indisputably the most
corrupt subjects ot her empire: it was i’itt
and Dundas, who ruled over her destinies._
l he system, which they pursued, was con
genial with no settled law of nations, with
none of the acknowledged rights of neutral
ity. Tne interest ol their own government
was the only end of their administration ; its
power was their omy guide, it would have
been a ridiculous appeal, to have depended
on the judgement or liberality of such men
for the redress of Our grievances. The most
successful appeal laid directly to the. interest
of ti. Britain The non-importation act was
nmt considered by ourselves as a war-mea
sure ; nor was it the interest of Great-bri
tnin to consider it in that light. Rather than
endure ail the consequences of being depriv
ed of the American market fur many of her
muiiuG :ture», it was reasonable to suppose
that G. Britain wou'J feel a more conciliato
ry disposition to do 113 justice.
If the non-importation act nhnuld exrite
her resentment, it was also to be presumed
that it would still more effectually excite her
fears. It might create some little solicitude
in her cabinet, lest her acquiescence in our
demands should be attributed to the direlic
tion of hr?r honour, but this was not the first
time when 11 sense of her interest has over
powered such a scrupulous sentiment in her
councils. It may he b wl policy to threaten
an honest and eniighte'icd debtor with the
rigours t f the law; but it is no mifrtquent
phenomenon f •vine conscience of a knave to
be miraculously awakened by the terrors r.f
a suit and an execution.
Neither was it one solitary instance of Bri
tish aggression, ol which the U. States com
plained, nor had tin system of her aggressi
ons expiied. but for years past h.’d we
complained, and tor years to come, was the
same system likeiv to continue. At that ve
ry moment the U. State.) were negotiating
v/ithG. Britain ; but f,r a lorg time before,
had tr.ey bee 1 proi.ee b»ng toe most unavail
ing negotiations. What-was the m st eligi
l».e poitcyforthe to pursue under such
mortifying circuinrtance*t You, Sir, were
*, cflf.ctmt* me^v'tr^'*4 t.p •
■ i > "*l »‘Ar«c :?»« cdvocHic of-the same forV,
1 which had l>;cu pivductivr of no
ether advantages than an increase flf. insults
ajid ah accumulation, of ^ggi'essinrs. You,
^ ^erJr *n ^Vour negociating without
the aid of any fihevioua measures ; a negoci
ation fqrwhat } As far as I am acquainted
with your policy, I am really puzzled to per
ceive the rights For which you would have
insistedour impressed countrymen were
compleatly the victims of your contemptu
ous indifference. As to the rights of our neu
tral commerce, you had abandoned them,
“ at one sweenwithout th*. r»»cnr
vation of the rights of the fair, neutral tra
der.
. Your oponents, sir, more clear in the prin
ciples which they supported, and more de
termined in their expedients, indignantly rc
jjected the poor imbecile policy which von re
commended. They felt for the honor of their
, country and tluiv were determined to assert
• n • sa'v l*ia* ^1C aSKress'c>rts of Grc.it
i ®ntain were incessantly accumulating. They
saw the necessity of modifying the system of
forbearance, which had been so anxiously
pursued, undo! exhibiting a more determin
ed spirit of opposition. They saw the abso
lute necessity of appealing to the interests of
j Great-lirit tin ; of convincing her that our
spirit wu!> not inferior to her cupidity ; that
I our means of redress were likely to keep
; pace with her aggressions ; and that if she
j invaded our rights on the ocean, we would
circumscribe the consumption of her manu
: facturcson tlie land.
I shall not hesitate to express m.r consci
entious conviction that the Non-Importation
act has of itself been productii c ofa favoura
ble impression upon the British nation ; ih it
i u has contributed to their munu
I tact liters'and pie Vena rds in our f uvour; and
II mt if the enlightened. Fox had continued
I to preside over .their . ministry, it would
have ultimately contributed to faci’itate
tlie adjustment of our differences. If the
Non-Importation act has not produced all
the beneficial consequences which it pro
mised, it was because the United States had
to ncgociatc after Mr. Fox’s death with one of
the most corrupt ministry in Europe, and it
w is because the non-importation act was not
permitted to operate in all its virtues. IK-\v
j eminently has it been counteracted by thd vi
olent opposition which you displayed, and the
hopes of our division which your conduct has
infused into the British ministry !—
\ our conduct, sir, whs calculated to excite
tne pride and the /ij/ics ot Grcat-Britain.
You persuaded her to count upon our di-.>ini
cnf\ *ou impressed it upon the minds oi her
cabinet, that there was another party in the
bosom of our country, besides the “hirelings
of Groat-Britain, and the miscreants which
flew to her standard in the hour of our dan
ger,” who were deaf to tlie interests of their i
own country, and indifferent to her mult plied
aggressions * The world have beheld tilt
mad con sequences of this miserable cslcdu
V you have a single spark of the“go.»d
okl” American spirit remaining in vour bo
som, even you must have listened with me
lancholy regret to the triumphant culogi
ums which they have lavished upon your con
duct. Even your regret could not have been
unmixed with reproach, when you beheld
the speeches ot the honorable John Randolph
converted into the admired texts of British
commentators.
One word more, before I conclude these
‘crude and desultory observations.’ If my lei
sure should permit me, and your own conduct
should furnish any topic worthy oi investiga
tion, I may herealter resume my pen.—In
what an awful situation, sir, do you uow stand i
,\ou will never recover the opportunities
you have lost. There was a time when you
might have aspired to the highest hopes of ho
nor and preferment. You displayed talents,
which promised to be useful, when age had
chastened their luxuriance. You proiessed
republican principles, which were believed
i-o be sincere ; and in your firm opposition to
tlie Yazoo corruption, you exhibited such a
•pecious instance of their sincerity, ns to
command tlie warmest gratitude of your
:ouiitry. Happy if you had but persevered
n the same career of honorable ambition ;
Jiessed in the honors which awaited you. in
ne increased respect of your enlightened
countrymen, and in the matchless approbau
• iof your own bosom. Fuit Ilium, Juit Tro
jti. 1 shall not be charged with presumpti
on, when I predict that these delightful visi
ons have vanished forever, and that you have
fallen like Lucifer, never to rise again.” lic
i.cve me, sir, it gives me no pleasure, tocon
emplate the ruins of departed greatness ;
.out it is sometimes necessary to interrogate
ihe tombs, that wc may draw from them an
affecting lesson for the benefit of the living.
Will your wannest advocates pretend to
deny that you have abandoned the cause of
the administration ? Will you, Sir, please
to point out the mighty difference that pre
vails between your present opposition and the
rank hostility of its inveterate opponents?
Will you please to name a particular mea
sure of the administration which you have
supported during the present session of Con
gress^ (. .»n y»u deny, that this very cir
cumstance has alone been sufficient to ensure
your most determined resistance? Or can
you deny that it is this very circumstance
which lias uniformly produced the most vjru
lenc opposition of the federal party ? If then
you uniformly vote with this party; if you
speak with this party ; if you advocate the
same measures which they advocate, and if
you oppose the very same measures ; if you
conceive it to be a sufficient ground of oppo
sition to any measure, that it emanates from
the executive cabinet; in what re.-pect can
the friends of the administration distinguish
you from that party ?
Hut that not a loop hole might lie left " to
hang a doubt on,” your recent voic on the
embargo establishes your systematic opposi
tion beyond the possibility of a doubt. vV'iJ
you explain, sir, why your policy on this sub
ject i* so inconsistent with the doctrine von
professed in 1806? In vour celebrated speech
j of March 5, 1806, you appeared to be one of
Ithe warmest eulogists of the virtues of an
embargo. "If” you had done "any tiling”
I then, you " would have laid an embargo.
1 his would have got our own property home,
land our adversary’s Into our power. If there
is any wi adorn left among us, the Jirat at, It1
i toward* hoaliliiy tv:II ulwuija he u:i ambur
go. In 6 months ail your mercantile me
I g, ims wonld vanish. As to us, although it
would cut deep, we can stand it. Without
' such a precaution, go to war when you will
you go to the wall. ’ You will not pretend j
that our present difTerenocs with (» ilritain i
arc not .ikely to lead to some species of hot-1
I tilit>. L 1 *.ni not mistaken, you have even
more th in once asserted in your late speecU
C', that wc were on the eve of a war w,th tha.
]> iwa. vVhence then has it happene l that
you have now overlooked a 1 the benefits c»
Hi.s precaution, and why is it, that at this 1
pei ilous moment, when I'rancc is about to cx
t ail Us rigour*'
probably re-*
; - -. —-- —..,..5 . 'ec'-ac, and ut
ter'jit to “sweep «s -from the Octjan,*’ that
you have enlisted yourself am -mg the enemies
1 °* measure ? Is. it.because this measure
was recommended by* Mr. Jefferson ?
If then, you have enrolled yourself among
the enemies of the administration, what ser
vices can your country expect from your ta
lents, what patronage can you deserve from
your country ? \ou have left no alternative
to the republicans, but to adlserc to you or to
abandon the administration. -Had -you been
contented with opposing the non-importation
act, not upon the firinci/t/es y'ou professed
J but upon policy, notin a manner calculated
j to exci»e the tone of o ir adversary but in the
I honest pride. ot‘ an American spirit, not by
j lavishing abuses against our Cabinet but in
the tolerant temper of a sincere friend; vou
; would have been entitled to the same for
bearance from the republican party. Whilst
thev opposed your measures, they would have
| admired the firmness atul independence
which dictated them. But you have forfeit
e 1 ad pretensions to this c’jcr ifiedcharacter,
t he worul will now scarcely believe, that
your first opposition was dictated by the firm
ness of your judgement, when thev per
ceive how system itic your opposition has be
come. :mdhow little of course vo-jr judgment
am regulate yo -r conduct, 'l'hev will perhaps
discover a much easier so! it-on in the heed- 1
less impetuosity of your temper or iji vour di.s
upooinied ambition.
Unfortunately for you, sir, these are the
very quahtie, whi( ;i most e!Fectu\lly disqu i
liiy any man from long retaining the confi
dence of any people, or the favor of anv ad
ministration. PHOCION
(CIRCULAR.)
Treasury Department, 22d Dec. 2807
SXH,
Congress have this day passed an act
prohibiting t c sailing of ships or vessels
fioni the ports an 1 hapbnvs of the U. States
to any foreign port < r harbor; a copy of which
is hereto annexed; and to which Veur par
ticular and immediate attention is required.
Give notice of the act, on tiie dav on which
yon will receive this letter, to all foreign ves
:-els in your district: and take efficient mea
Miles to prevent their taking any additional
cargo onboard, such provisions an.I stores as
are necessary lor tlie.ir* xocage oniv cxcei.t
ed.
No vessels whore departure f .r foreign
ports is prohibited by the’uct. C-c which u. c \«. t
within the jurisdiction cf ;ho United Stater
must be permitted to depart, ex in though
thev had previously obtained clearances. °
The instructions given, in relation to the
embargo of 1794, may, to far a<> thev are
applicable, be followed until you Tull it
ceive further instviictiotis.
1 am. respectfully.
Youi* obedient servant.
-* ALBERT GALLATIN.
The CoT.pxcToa of
v> Richmcud. 3
i • ~
«• "' _ Bn tea t P o:eedir.gs.
Mr Kinney had mixed for the re/ieal of
the law of January 22, 2807, which disband
ed the public guard on the 1st ot Jan. nc:;t.
On Thursday the House resolved iisc;; in
to a committee of the whole, when Mr. Kin
ney’s bill was rejected, and an amendment,
offer el bv Mr. Otey, was acccp el.
The Houic did not meet on Friday (Christ
mas d.ty.) And on Saturday they proceeded
o the consideration of the Bill embracing
Mr. Otey’s amendment.—This bill authoi is
ed the governor by aud with the advice of
council localise tube enlisted for the pur
pose cf guarding the Penitentiary, cr.e ocr
jeant, cue corporal and ten able-bodied men,
being citizens'of the bb 6 to serve 3 years,
unless sooner discharged by law : the pay of
the Serjeant to oe 20 ft per month, of the
Corporal 15 ft, and of die privates 10 ft per
month ; the Serjeant, corporal aud privates
to be entitled to me same rations and cloalh
ing as are now allowed to the non-commissi
oned officers ami privates of tiie Uiclunoud
public guard, as established bx' the act of
Jan. 17, 1804: The governor to be authorised
to remove from office the said Serjeant or
Corporal, whensoever the public good may
require it, and the said guard to he placed
under the con rout of the Governor and Cuun
cd-—i he 2nd feect.further enacts, that 500
ft be annually applied byr tbe Governor with
the advice ot Council, towards the guarding
of the Capitol during each night in the yea”,
and the Governor is authorised to employ the
said r.vn in such xvay as vviii most eifcctuai
iy attain tnut object
,T ni» bill was rejected. Ayes 63—Nays 65.!
I'll*. Mallory then proposed to susfieud tile
operation ot tne ac.t of Jan. dd, lfco/, lor a
blank period. I Ins motion was advocated
by Messrs. M illory, Kinney, Parker, Dade
and Walker; and opposed by Messrs. lTun
ty» Otey, Clarke, Pope, Hairston and Wood
ing—Among other reasons that were assign
ed in it:, favour, it was observed, that a great
part of tile militia of thia place had pledged
their services to the President of the U. 5 ;
that they might in fact be considered as un
der requisition ; and forming a part of the
detachment of 100,000 mi.ilia ; thutwnrwith
G. Hritain was a probab e event; and that
the Embargo late.y passed was an addition
al proof of it1*—Air. Mallory’s motion was
finally lo.it. Ayes 60— Hays uo.
* It Wiis ; ropose 1 by some to lerive the sus
pension of ti.e act to the discretion of the Governor
and Co mcil.
Last Evenings Mail.
[Communicated for die Philadelphia Ga-velte.]
Lxtruct of a letter from Hi. Sebastians, dated No
vemb r /, 1UJ7.
“ The French troops to the- number of SO and
50,000 have pmvul tnrougli this part of Spam to
take possession of Portugal. A number of diliier
ent opinions «re formed here—some have an idi*.
lii.it before twelve months the whole of Spain will
b • under the Franch Flag, for they now c.o :»t!iev
please.
’* I have hist seen a pnclumntion of the Kingol
Spain, wherein he states that h.i Iws tl.s e.ered;
con .piracy against :».a person, headed by Ins son,
•*-»d hr.s caused h»n» with about 5'J'J persons of His
t nr. ion t > lit- afveBted. This is some of Bonaparte’s
works, who will no. lcinainquiet tiilhe huaaii Go
rope at his feet ”
uysuKitf.ction /a* spjr.v.
37“ The following in the Proclamation of
the King of Spain, alluded to in the extract
of a letter from St. Sebastians pu dished in
the Gazette of yexterday :—
[Translated for the Register.]
STATE PAP EH.
The 30th of th’» month, hi* Catholic majes
ty h.s passed to the council the following roy
al decree.
“ God, who watches over and protects hi*
creatures, will not permit the execution of a
te-.iwiw «W(Ms, wHfa- tlit vlc.’His !*■» in-.,—
cent: th is, thercf.uv, has his oir.nip'tc ca
rescued me from the ffc st Unheard of cat.ts
Jtroohe. • My people, my subjects, ad have a
j due sense nf my Christianity fijul regalar ha
bits ; all love me, and from all do 1 receivo
proofs of veneration, such as are due the res
pect of a f ither, w ho tenderly loves his chil
dren : 1 husd'dl live persuaded of mv su
preme happiness, when an unknown hand,
discovered the most enormous and unnatural
plan, contrived in my own palace and a
gainst my Person. Mv life, which has heeti
so often in danger, had already become a heavy"
burthen to my successor ; who prepossess
ed, & blind and devoid of evert princip e
of religion, which my paternal' cue and
love had impressed upon his mind, had
consulted, and even admitted a nlun to de
throne n:e ; I myself enquired into, and
investigated the veracity of this attempt,
[and surprised him in my own apartments
jin j) isses-ion of toe cypher of intelligence,
i 1-0 received fru’.a traitor . 1 called
together my pi-ev.dent, fid interim, of tha
council, together with other ministers, to’
undertake t .e discovery ; all was done itt
due form, and die result was, that I decree !
the confinement of several criminals, and :i?
so that of my son to h‘*s own apartment. This
was an additional grief to many which alrea
dy afflicted me ; but as it is the most hei—
non*-, so likewise is it ttie most necessary to
rviiiish, aid 1 ordered the publication of the'
facts, desirous to disclose to mv subject?, a
pc in which might be lessened by the proofs of
their loyaltv.
1 have tue'-pf're communicated It. in order
that i . n; tv circulate in due form.—Dated in
S:;u Loienuo, the 30th of October 1807.
(,-jigned)
The Prcaid nt uf the Council, ad inf.
Puh ished this d.*.y, the preceding royal de
cree ncc( rding to his orders, which 1 com
mnni( ate to you, vou will therefore extend it tr»
ai! tl-.e cou-ts of justice under your direction,
for the reasons stated therein, acknowledging
the receipt of said decree, and that vou cir *
cnl ite U immediately. May Gcd preserve
your life many vears.
(Sgned)
»ON BARTOLOMEO MUNO&
Madrid, Oc‘. 31, 1607.
ILL poo t vely be sold, on Sat'ir.’av t'-e 23d
’ r Jaauar* 18*8, one tract of Laud, y ngiu
t ie co n yo, AlLcmvie, coni- ining two n iiri,ed
ird s veiny acres, he (he same more or l~s;, a
boci three mdes from Ciiarloltsville and adjoining
1.!- lands of Henry Wiili-un*, George Di crs and
e,~ :—*-Lo, tii- following Slaves, t > w i —
James, J idv, S ikey and Joe, by virtu; o’’s d;t:l
■ftiust c\eeut. d to the subscribers, bv Cl •udtous
R :ster. di c’d, in hi.-: life time, and committed to
r cord in the district court o' Charl .ttsvillc. to se
c - e a s in ot men y due from said Roster,
d e’d to \Vdl. Gaul', .xting as trustee, wuloiiiy
con1 cy tide vested n us . s such.
DA.rjD ANDEPSOIT, 7 ^
REWjlMIN 3R0W.K, 5 7We"
A ’Icmarie, Dec. Qj. fluvSuJ
P y virui; of a ied of trust from David Ro-,*
aiul Thomas Ncryvii to the stibse ibc-ra, bau —
in y d; te the -iih day of December lr.sty and of'rc
cord .it the Honorable the General Court of th.-rf
Commonwealth; will be exposed to sale on Fii
day the 18 ii U.tv of next month (December,) be
fore the ' j »r of the Eagle Tavern, in the Citv of
RiehmoiiJ, at public auction, for readv monev,
lor the purpose in toe shkI trust deed mentioned,
hie tracts or parcels of LAND in the county of
1 hi.anr. i, adjoining earii oilier, co itain’ngin the
.V .ole three thousand one Ituudrcd and eighty a
cr •*, he liiu same more or less, "si being the same
i imls c't»v«yed tithe said David Ross by Joint
Gr nbetry and Susanna bis wife, Littleton W,
V izcwcll and Anns, h'.s wife, and Michael W.
H.nrork. Also, one other 'I’ract in the counties
o, Montgomery and Botetourt, called Fort Lew.
s, containing two thousand six huiuirtd acres, bo
tae same more or le ss.
Wm. C. WILL TAMS,'* _
yoHN PROSSER, < Tru»&*
Richmond, Nov. 20.
1 he sale of the above propertv is postponed by
consent of the parties interested, until Thursday
the 14m of next in nth, then to be sold before tha
door of t;:c Eagle Tavern
Wm C WILLIAMS,
_ _ y OIL21 PROSSER.
Dec. a9. (Vj&fdr.J
T?°* SALE—A Tract of LAND, lying on
. Vittopony river in the co m'.y of KW Willi,
am, iiimiit two rnil.ts above Fraser’s Ferry, be
1 i; g 'gt<> the estate of William Brooke, dec’d.
n,i. I. »nd lies remarkably well, and contains 760
a rea of high land and upwards of one hundred
a i -a of wdd oat marsh, which afford a delight
*,p *toc!i- The sale will take place on
•.lie 4 1; dav of Janupry next, on the premises, or*
uw foil nvmg terms, to wit : One fourth of tins
purchase mun.-.-y to he paid on <hc lot of Februa
iy next, the b.danre in two annuii instalments,
••v.tli interest fioin the date if not punctually paid.
\ mors particular description of this Land is
thought unnecessary, as those who are inclined
to purchase will doubtless vj»w it. The Land
wul l)j shewn to any pr son disposed to purchase,
oy Mr. Win. Alvey wlioining the premises.
RICHARD BROOKE, Ex-cutor.
Dec. 23 [tdi.J
/\ BSCOMDED from the subscriber on tho
A E. night of ti;e 16th current, a Negro MAre
n.med Arc fa, about 25 years of «g~ } he has
b -cm branded on both cheeks some years ago by
ina former master, which makes them blacker
than the rest of his skirt, and perhaps may have the
mark of the whin on his hack ; ha is about 5 feet
a >r 9 inches lr« It, somewhat bow legged and
sttopi a little as he walks ; he has a Variety of
«1 tits : amongst which are ft long black coat, a
sailor’s dress of dark blue cloth and an old drat*
short jacket } he generally has his hair pleated in
various parts of h,s head ; he is well known about
Rockets, having sailed fratn thence several year*
in the - loop Pluntei, brl inging to me. I will giv*
ten dollars reward to any person apprehending and
lodging hi in in jail so that 1 get him again, amt
a ! mas.era of vessels and others are forewarned
carrying lum out of the country or employing liiin,
for if they do the law will be enforced against them.
DAVID ANDERSON.
Petersburg, Dec. 29. [4t.]
VC\HD-A Mr. Moore, who left the
Washington Tavern on the 12th instant, and
took from thence (supposed thro ig|» mistake) a.
nair of SADDLE BAGS resembling, external!*
tus own, w li please return them, with their con
tents as soon as possible, and receive his.
Dec- 33- _ (3t.)
NK hundred dollars reward—
Ran.'iway about the 1st instant from the ser
vice of Mr. Willi im Rawleigh (to whom he was
hired) a black m m named JACKSON, a housa
| carpenter bv profession, of thin consumptive ap
pftftrancc, about forty years of age, live feet eig A
or nine inches higlu From circumstances attend
ng hi3 elopement, It is believed he intends mak
ng his way to one of the eastern states and baft
bf’cn provided with false paper* of freedom. If
aken within the state and delivered me here or
secured that I get him, I will give fifty dollars,
or if taken out of the state, one hundred dollars
Richmond, Dei