The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1807-11-24 00:00:00, page 4

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IN TII E
HOUSE OF RKFRF.Sr.NlrAT IVES,
TUESDAY, Ni'*emh*r Jo.
l}t l Ale on the bill making furthi r oppiopriution
for the flip port cf tre A'Wiyr.
COST t s\>KD‘
The qurtlion being oil the final paflage of *hr
bill, and the yeas and nays on the palfage being
railed for,
Mr. ‘7. Mont Timer? find, that as the ye** and
nays had Inren r«qu!ied he Ibould exerede the
right of nITignipg rtafons for the vote he was
about to give. Thi* hill provided for extraor
dinary rxpence* ioeinted in the in*y depait-1
tr.ent ttnee the s»2d June lafl ; thefe extraordi
nary in pi nee s had rcfultcd from the cowardly
rt tark com mil teil hy the Leopard on the Cbe
fipcoke. This a«Jl, marked with fach daring
and atrocious chrumftances, had excited the j
deteftatiou of every American ; one feutiment j
cut this fobjeet pervaded the Union. The Pie- j
fuh id of the United States had adop’cd firm,
eneigctic, ai d digititied meafureson the occafi.
on ; *atnoT)gft others thole which had occalionrd
the expcnces for winch this bill provider. He
had heart! no complaint that the conduit of
the Executive was defeilive either in prudence
tor energy. He was authorifed, and he rxrr
Cj red the authority veiled in him hy law, to call
oul the marine corps toils full complement.
U ■ h "»d ex rt died the authority given him by the
nil nt ISOfi, in preparing the gun.boats for lei
vice: the fenfe of the nation and tlu exigency
of thcV itnes called upon him to do fo. Other
rxpeme s incident t" calling out the marine
cotps an J mantling gun-boats, were cotnptifed
under tbf dif»rent articles of clothing. Scc.
Thefe ext raordinxry expences the Prtfidenf was
authoriy.Hd to.iocttr ; the Itate of the country
iultitird him in exerci ting that authority, and
Mr. M. V’ >s of opinion that the honour of il e
nation cat ltd upotl the Houfe to make Ike ap
propriation. Thm, as to thefe extraordinaiv
cxpencc w\ hidi had been incurred, liittr could
I e no dime®-tty ; inir nuiiuui «v
the paVman . These was another item which
lie ptclumcd would meet with as little difficulty
as any other ;\ he was intruded to fay, as a
member of thi committee of Ways and Means,
that thk provib'-w fpecified in t!ie bill wereufed
bv the militia c died out for the protection of
the port mod in danger. Was there any mem
ber in the Houfr who would hefitate to make an
appropriation of 51»ouO dollats fur that pui
pofe :
At this impoit; nt juncture, when our coun
try was in danger, the Executive had examined
the (late of the feveral departments; in the war
department there were fufficicnt fupphesof mi
litary it'.,res ; in the navy department there
were none, except a few pounds of powder.
At this alarming cutis, the country being threat
ened with war, the people looked up to the
Prefident for energetic conduct: hedid not hc
litate to make exp enditures to fupply thefe ne
Cdfaries for the d« partmeut. Of the navy de
partment there \» as more required than of the
war department, becaufe the outrage had been
committed on the ocean. What more prudent,
more correct conduCt than that of thePrefident
could be wifiled, or what more could the peo
ple expeCf, than that he fnmild have made thefe
neceflary prpviflpns of ordnance and military
pore?, and timber for gun-boats ? The 1 rch
dent had judged it expedient to make prepara
tion ; and the date of affairs had called for a
warlike attitude : for, faki Mr. M. we have
learnt from our departed Wafhington, tMat to
command peace we muff be prepared for war ;
the Prefident had aided upon this principle,
which the 1 loufe would r.o doubt approve.
There was no law at that time, nor bad any
law yet been pafie-*, to authorize the pu.cliai^
of thefe articles, but the Prefident of the U.
States, when l,is country was in danger, hefit:t
tr*d not to take upon himfclf the credit and
proper refponfibiiity. Upon thefe items what
was the language of the Prefident of the United
StateP, contained in the mefiage delivered to its r
Strong and forcible, and clearly (hewing the
neccffity for incurring thefe cxpences : “The
moment our peace was threatened, I deemed it
indifpenfabie to fecure a greater provifion of
theft* .articles of military ftori-R, with which our
lr igazines were not fuffi iently fnmifhed.
'I o have awaited a previous and (pedal fanhtion
by law, would have loft occ.afion* whicli might
not he retrieved. I did not hclitate, therefore,
to autborife engagements for Inc h fupplemeuts
to our cxifling flock a? would render it ade
quate to the emergencies threatening 118 ; and I
tiuft that the begiflature, feeling the lame
anxiety for the fidety of our country, fi» materi
ally advanced by this precaution, will appiove
. i' .. ... . ...1. ,r tbiiir it* Alllil ltivd r.W'fi ill ini.
purtant to he done, ir then aflemhled.”
Mr. ft), ho c<l his triift was weii founded ;
that the lrpifliture, reeling the fame anxiety for
the public fafrty, fo materially promoted by
this precaution, would declare that this was
what they would have done had they been in
fWlton. I-Ie atk cd, had the Prdident of the U.
States paired over this great emergency, and
tv.iled to make thefe preparations ought lie not
to have been cenfurcd for a neglect of duty?
As thefe article a therefore had been purthafrd
becaufe the inltreft and fafety of the century
required them, and the expences hid bent in
curred for the public fafety, the Hettle could
not hefitatc to give their fantflion to the appro
pi int inn.
, It had been afked by a gentleman from IMif
lachufrtts, whether thefe article* were a»5)u.t!ly
paid for ; if paid for, out of what monies hid
the payment been made ? As a member of the
committee of Ways and Means, he could de
clare that not one cent had been aflually paid.
The Prdident had faid, that he had authorized
engage merits fur thefe articles; the government
vhas pledged for them ; and the Houfe were as
Prong!*/ called on by faith and honor to make
an appropriation for them a* they were bound
to do In the cafe of the mnri >e corps.
Mr. M. faid it had been afk'-d hr another gen
tleman, perhaps from donnedientj whe'htr the
timber mentioned was for general nav.d purpo
ses, or lor gttn-hoa’s only ? At this important |
c.rifis, when hoftilities were menaced, it had
been thought prudent to lay tin ? flock of tim
ber for budding gun-boats, and it was Accord
iiigly done ; but in laying it up, it ha ! been
contract il for, and prepared in fin h a uaio.tr
as in anfwer ary mv.tl purpofes. If our di 7 r
c nr.es Ihou'd be amicably felled, and i* Wat not !
nquiitd that gun-boats Ihott'd be crewed, the '
hmu mis would (lid be oji band foi the dfc of
tiu* navy.
It bid tvrn flntrd, he hrl'cved. hv a y-rMJr
tnm from Virginia, that appropriAmtu* had
been Anticipated { that this '-ai r«>* »? c lan
guage hclil by the Prefidenl of' c U. SlitrJ, of
thefe the principles defended by hint in Ms fiift
rommuniefttiort ir*dc toConanfsin two! : Mr.
M. ftid, he admired the principle laid down by
the gentleman^ appropriations Arnold never he |
Anticipated but in extreme cafes. The priori, j
pie waa in g<mera! cnrretfl $ but hr wonld a/k j
the gentleffiah from Virglnis, who had taken I
tins grott’ d yefti rday, it a c«eecould not occur
tn u hich it might be departed from ? He
would a Ik 3117 gentleman, need there rxift a
(trouper cafe than the prtfrist to juftify tueh a
depdtiuic ? ilc believed not.
ri.»y * ad been told Kv a f'oi'tksiV'-tis from
j tbnmcCl'cut, that ip the msum t in vhich they
| were now siting, in making appropriations,
11hey were iiiftifying the mrafure upm nrgu
mmt* re flirted to by tb» former adnunittrntinn.
C(»,l forbid, faid hr, that wo Humid take any ot
the principles of the former adminiftration for
our uile of conduit. The prefeut mrsfure
flood on firm ground ; thr rxigencieaof the
times Iiarljuftified the anticipation, and nut th<;
example f the former adminiftration.
They fiad been told by a gentleman yefler
d>v, that our navy had been disgraced by this
outrage. True, if the officer of ti c degraded
vcfi'cl, inflead of a verbal aufwer from the mouth
of his trumpet, had fent a metal evie fiom the
month of l-.i.s cannon, the honor of the navy of
the fT. Smtes would tare been preferved. That :
officer and Ids conduit were now under invelli- i
•ration; but from the courage, charaltcr, and]
patriotifm of the other officers of our navv, j
the country might be allured, that if occafiou ]
offered, they would retrieve its reputation.
!r had been faid that the government bad re- |
ceived two matked iufults from foreign powers ; 1
he prefumed one cafe alluded to was that of
the Spanifh minifter ; if he was wrong in this
idea, he wiilied to be corrected. This minifter
began to (hew his Spanifh airs to our homel'pun
government : he was informed that a demand
w ould be made for his recall. If it fhould he
thought that I am incomCtin this, faid Mr. M.
refort to the Department of State, where the
falfs may be obtained. What was the conduit
of this rx-minifter? Did he dare to perlift in
his infolence ? No ; he meanly (elicited our go
v.’rnnunt nor to wrile on or reprefent his con
duit to the Spanilh government. Our govern
ment granted hi* folicitations ; if they got rid
of him, it was immaterial in what manner. Af
ter he had thus obtained his point, what was
hiaccndult ? Ilecatne within the city of Waftt
ington, contrary to the tinderftandtng which had
taken place. Did the government then pot up
with hi* behavior ? He received,on the contra
ry, an intimation that his company would he
difpcnkd with. In the conrfe of a few days he
flunk off to Philadelphia. Under fuch circum
dances, lie prefumed no American would feel
the dignity of the nation injured in this cafe.
In the other cafe, it had been Hid we had re
ceived a blow ; and a blow only ? No ; mur
der had been committed. 'I he reeking blood
of our fellow-citizens and the infulted dignity
of the nation called for fttisfa£lory retribution,
or fpeedy retaliation. It retribution is refufed,
thin the contlitution did not vett the power in
the Prefident of the U. S. to refent the injury ;
it did vc ft it in the Cong rtfs oftheU. Suites. if
fuch a crilis Ihould take place, th.-y would meet
it with energy and firmnefs, and uie every ex
ertion to efface the infult.
The prelent meafure r.ow under confiderati
on, (aid Mr. M. i3 the full defer.ftte meafure
prelented for our determination. If we give
this meafure a quibbling, querkiug,'or reluctant
affirmative, the people will be dffappointed in
their hopes. 1 have no apprelienlion that we
fhall do fo ; I believe the contrary. I have no
doubt but that the patriotic characters here
called together on the exigency of the moment,
and to whom is intruded ihe honor of the na
tion, will realife all the w ithes of the people.
Mr. M. concluded by faying, that, feeling
confcious of the rectitude of his intentions, a
far as his feeble abilities would permit, he had
difeharged his duty to his country, his condim
ents, and to himfelf.
Mr. Randolph hoped the time would come—
anil that very foon—when we fhoutd have an \
opportunity of going into a regular difeuflion!
of the points touched upon by the gentleman
from Maryland, and of fume others. He truft
ed that, in the firlt place, tbequeilion would be
regularly brought before the Iloufe ; and the
late experiment had thrown confiderable light
upon the fubje<5l ; whether the (J. S. ought to
maintain a navy, and to what extent ? Whe
ther an rfinblilhment which for years had prov
ed a moth in the public purfe, and which, when
the exigency of the moment called for its lad !
exertions, had proved only a conductor of dif-I
honor to thr nation, deferved to he cherifhed j
with the trndernefs and fupported ’t the ex-1
pence, which had hitherto been lavi/hed upon '
i*. He hoped thisquedion would he fairly met '
and as fairly decided ; for ftrange as it might •
appear, this great point had never been direct
ly fettled, (iuce the prefent ad mini ft rat ion came
into office, hut had heretofore been determined
in an obbqir, collateral way. He hoped too
ihe qiirilimi would be difeufled how far the I
prt fent date of our political relations abroad,)
had grown rut of the proceedings of the mem-1
arable fiflion of 1805—G, and hoiv far (perhaps i
this might prove the only opportunity mr fuch
a difeuflion) the ineafures taken by the execu
tive upon tlie capture of the Chefapeakc com
ported with the wi/hes and expectations ofrhe
people and with the maxims of a found, dignifl. j
cd and enlightened policy.
The gentleman from Maryland, who had iuft
fit down, allowed that the politimi contended
for yertoday in oppofition to the practice of
contracting public debts or expending public
money illegally, were in the general good, but
fremed to ennfider them liable to many and
great exceptions. On this fuljedt lie would
produce an authority which would (hew what
had been the opinion of the republican party,
when they were out of power, and how far it
fupported the dodtrine which gentlemen had
now undertaken to defend. Here Mr. li. quot
ed Gallatin on the Finance* of the U. S. page t
Rl. “Another irregularity h.u once taken I
place upon an extraordinary occ rfion, Altho’ J
the I'refiderit of the U. S. was authorised to call
out the militia to fupprefs infurredlions, no
monies were appropriated for that ftrvice.
When the weftern in furred! ion took plart, un
til Congrefa had covered the expenditure* of
tha* expedition by an appropriation made only
on the 31 ft of Dec. 1794, the expencee were de
frayed out of the monies appropriated for the f
military eft ibliflitncnt. Yet even the principle, j
by which ihe fpecifid appropriations for the j
feveral ohj-.dts of the military cflablifhment
have been ronli lered as a general grant for the •
whole, could not authorize the application of a I
part of tb it grant to the expeufes of that eipe* I
dition. NoMrihrr difcrefion had been claimed j
by virtue of that principle than that of inriiftmdl- ,
!y applying the whole lum appropriated by law i
to any of the obj.dt* enumerated ami fpecifitd ;
under (liftimi brads in the law itfdf. Hut, a*
the militia called out to fnpprrft an in fur red! i- |
on make tio put of the military oft ablifli went, j
the < xpcnfeB attending Inch a tali wer* not a
fining the various objedt r tr.umirufed in the !
Saw mukb'g appropriations forthe military cf
tabliQimenr, The monies drawn from the trea
fuiy on tint orcafion w< rc paid out of a fund
appropriated for oilier and diltuidt purpofe.a }
tlity wete not <ira-n.fi ay ret ably to l be conjliluti•
£7, ir» coiif- q.icfice of any appinp/iation made
by law. Jt might be a tirfeiiin tkr lazu, autho
filing the expert ft, not t<» have ptr-vided the
fTuan* | but that def- cl /hould baoj; keen feme
died h the only competent authority, by eon-vtfl
itter i'.onyrrfs, 1 tie n -itihty ot the meafure,
may, in the mind of tb: executive have fuper
reded c v.-ty of tier ronfideratioii. The popu ari
j ci of the trartfalitor. (and he might have added,
ot flu* a-fent J “ may have tin ton a Vfii ttret
1 •'» t-Hi it " cvW :.y no mtam be draven
I ‘j:rmftrr ”
Mi. Rii.-i.iolhb heht'*ed that theopinion which
j he had i:itt t< ?A would *>< ar hi:i, fully out in the
I principle* wHch he h *d laid down vi ftcrd.iv as
thole on which the o'd whig or republican mi
! nority in Cougrefa had a<tted, on which they had
ipccifically as well as virtually pledged them
lelve* to the nation to continue to a^t, and
which when they deferted, tlicy deferved the
reprobation of every honeft mind. Can any
man pretend to lav that the weftern inlunredfr
on, in the very infancy of this government, pre
feiited a cafe of lef* public exigency than the
capture of theChefapeake ? And vet the then
l’refident of the IT. S. for hrtting illrgallv de
frayed the rxpence of that expedition, inftend
of convoking the Icgiflattire and acting under its
.authority, Imd defervedly received thrceidnre ;
not of the multitude, for they were with him ;
'■•nt of the thinking few. lie was condemned
hv ihe rellrflunj part of the community and
the fvltrm on which he ailed, and which his
fu ere (for. had fubfequentiy pufhed to the moft
extravagant lengths, was finally arrefted by the
public voice.
In t preceding part of his work (page 79) the
Secretary paft'es fame deferved ftridtures on the
praiticc of mingling appropriations. “ The
appropriations heretofore made for the military
cftablilhment have been fohdivided into a num
ber of leparate heads making fpecific anddiftinit
appropriations for the pay of the army, for its
fubfifltnce, for clothing, &e. : and it was flip
pofed that the monies thusdiftindlly appropriated
were refpe*ftively applied to the fpecific objefts,
for which they were appropriated. It howe
ver appears by a letter from the Secretary of
the Treafory of May 1796, that by far the great
eft part of the expenditures for the military de
partment are found by experience to be unAif
ceptible of 'hat particular diftribution which is
obferved in the ift'ues of monies appropriated to
other ohjt-dts ; and that appropriations for mili
t.uy purpofe*ought to be confidered aa a eener
n! grant of fuch lums as the public Icriicc is
Inund to requite to tie iflued according to exi
gencies, ami applied and accounted for purfu
ant to law.” The Houle will recoiled that at
this time we liad not that other department
which has linre proved yet more unfufccptible of
any economical regulation, or legal control.
The Secretary of the Treafurv goes on to fay ;
“ It won! I feern that, if thofe appropriations
arc confidered by the trealury depmment, as
general, of which grants, to be iflued according
to exigencies, that or fonae other s. xeeutive de
partment is to judge, and if, therefore, the mo
nies fpecifieally appropriated to one head of
fervice arc applied to another head, they are not
applied and accounted for purfuant, but con
trary to law. Such a model’s undoubtedly lia
ble to great abufes : it deceives the legifiature
who, when appropriating one hundred thouf
and doll«rs for the defenfive protection of the
frontiers, did not think that the treafury would
a flume a power to apply them to the quarter
mailer or any other department. It deprives
the legifiature from any control, not only over
the didributinn of the monies amotigd the fe
vcral heads of fervice, but even over the total
fum to be expended. For the million and a
half of dollars, appropriated for the annual fuo
port of fix thoufand men, the nominal ed thliih
ment may be fpent in the fame time, and in fad
has actually been expended within 14 months
for the 3}500men who cenflitutcd the effective 1
eftablilhment. The fame abule has, foracon
fiderable time, prevailed in England, where it
has, at feveral periods, been taken notice of,
and did lately produce a motion of impeach
ment againftthe mlniders.
“ On the other hand it is impoflib’e, for the
leg'll! Hurt- toforefee, in all its details, the necef
I try application of monies ; and a reafonablc
dilcretion ihotlld be allowed to the proper exe
cutive department. The mod proper way
vvoqld perhaps be, not to enter into fo many
details, not to make fpecific appropriations lor
every diftind head of lervice, but to divide the
general appropriation under a few general heads
only, allowing thereby a fufficient latitude to
the executive olucers of government, but con
fining them ftridly, in the expenditure under
each of thofe general heads, to the fum appro
priated by law.”
The two cafes noticed by Mr. Gallatin, were
t he mingling or lumping of appropriations, and
the expenditure of money on objedi autborifed
by law, hut for which there was no appropria
tion. The prefent cafe not only embraced
thole two, but another, and much dronger calc
than any which Mr. Gallatin had imagined ; —
the expenditure of money not only without an ap
propriation, but upon objects notprevioufly autbo
But Mr. R. f..id it wa9 aflerted that the arti
cles were not paid for—that contracts only had
been made for them. So much the worfe. In
point of principle, there was no difference be
tween contracting an illegal debt, and making
an illegal difburfernent of money. But in paint
of ecconorrty, there was a great difference again (t
the former. If thefe articles had been bought
with call), they would have coft lefs. Mer
chants a'l over the world looked to prcjit.
Would they deliver upon contrad to be paid
fome months hence, provided Congrefs approv
ed, their faltpelie, tor inHance,at a cafli price—
at a time too of imminent danger of war, and
when every article df military equipment muft
be expelled to rile enormonfly in value i He
could not fee in fuch a procedure (granting the
fait to he fo,of which however he doubted)a
theme for eulogy on the economy of men in
office, or any mark of promptitude to provide
for the public defence, which could be done ef
feltually by the legiOature alone.
He put it to the candor of the gentleman
from Maryland to fay whet he , if the Prrfident
had purfned a different courfe, had met the pub
lic expectation and convened Congrefs, he could
not have found in the refpeft (hewn by the F.x
ccutive for the laws, and theconttitntional rights
of thatlloufe, by a prompt recurrence to the
only foun c of legitimate authority, a more rea
dy and natural defence of his conduit than that
which he had laborioufly hut fruitlefsly taxed
his ingenuity to produce. The gentleman’s ar
gument proved too much. The more he mag
nified the danger of the crifis to jollify an ille
gal anil uncouftitutional expenditure *t the pub
lic money, the more clearly did he demonfirate
the necclfity of convening Congrefs. But, hr,
whin life call for an immediate pteparation to
met the emergency of the times, is dinned in
to our ears, will any man pretend to fay that
fuch preparation has been made—that we are
now prepared for war ? Could any gentleman
bring lumfclf to believe that a few pound of falt
peftc had put the nation in a pnfture of defence
—or that we had any other preparation than that
which ftout and willing hearts afforded ? The
mtafures which had been taken were,as far as
refpelted a violation of the conftitution & lawr,
certainly ({Relent, btit in relation fo defence
next to nothing. V/e wire nearly in the font
ftate of preparation now as two years ago when
the nonimportation law', that panacea of poli
tico rtTipyricifm, came into vogfte. So late as
thl laft fefnon of Congrefs the Hntife had been
told, by a gentleman from Malfachafctft not
now in hw place, that this law had already
clone wonders—that until it had parted Great
Britain v. ould not iiltsn to any pruputits&n from
mir rrimftem, but no ftoner v <*it < nafted t!>.: » 1
her ears wcie aprnc l and ? ilifpntilimi matlifcd
ed *o gram our demand, lij' a regular eourft
nf thi« "nftiiim had ended, a : all quack' tv was
fure to do, in at’ aggravation t>f the d«f. sir.—
The gentleman firoov M sryland Had faid fome
thing whtcn tie conic! not dittiuciiy hear, con
cerning th© Spanith minider. He hoped the
gentleman did not confidcrhim as an apologifl
of Spain or her mimlter. He had warned the
HonGr two years ago of the confequenccs of
truckling to Spain, of the inevitable efTeft of
fuch nnan fuhmifiions on the conduft of other
nations towards us. What then was prophcly
is now hirtory.
A fear had been expreded that if a relitftant
j afient were given to this bi'l, we fhnuld difap
S point the hopes of the people. Mr. R. faid he
■ did give a reluftant a dent. Becaufe it was a
j meafurc of defence ? No, becaufe it was a half
j meafure, a mere make-believe, at ub to the pol
itical whale, fomething like the famous aft for
! railing volunteers which had caufed fueh enn
fulion in our militia (Vllern, that in faft it could
not be executed—becaufe more efpecially the
expence had been illegally incurred. But he
would he the fall to give a reluftant alTent to vi
gorous and efficient meafures originated in a
condifutional way, which might hr deemed ef
| fential to the national defence,or to the vindica
tion of the national honor. If indead of wait
ing the flow return of tie Revenge, Congrefs
had been aflcmhlcd immediately on the attack
of ;!.C Chtfapcake, to provide for the common
defence, he would have given ! is warmed afient
to any naeafures that could have been deviled
for retrieving the national honor. Forifany
thing was worth going to war f >r it was a na
tiou a honor, lince it is infcpaiab'.e from a nati
on’s (afety.
(Debate tc be continued-)
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ROASTER Cv BOH ANNAN.
JDve ji'fi recerotJ a gircr-al o>r -tniint of
GROCER IE S,
-A M 0 N O 3 T WHICH A R F.
i'vvtuvii Hundred
lacks Liverpool Sait,
lOhlidt W. India Rum,
!0 do. N. England do,
10 calks Sherry,
10 do. Lilbon, . -•
10 do. Malaga, j tZ
3 hhds Tetierifie, J ^
2-1 hhds. Sugar,
l i do. Loaf do.
50 boxes N. Y. Candles,
50 do. heft yellow Soap,
lOO reams vvroppiug i’j
ptr,
50 do. writing do.
Soft (helled Almonds by
quantity,
12 boxes Chocolate,
SO crates well mTorted
Earthen Ware,
12 boxes Glafs Ware.
ALSO — An aflurtmeut 01 Stone Ware * together
with a number of other articles, which they will fell
low far Gath, country produce or good acceptance*
in town. October SO. lawtf.
FOR RENT,
And pejfrfjitm given Cbrij7.Tt.rt next, for o term not lefs
than tlirr; not mere than fr-.icn years,
jf '■ 1 AV ERN and the plantation thereunto rtd
. V 1 joining in the county of Mecklenburg, about
one mile from I.ady Skipwith’a, and Somerville’s fer
ries on Roanoke river, on rhe main road leading from
the Carolina’s,Georgia,£cc. to Peteitburjj, Richmond
and the Federal City.
I lie favenMiti.itr is large anti commodious, good
j flables and all other nccefi-.ry out houfrs—on this
place is a good apple and peach orchard, which nev-r
tail b.iaritig fruit—there i . a quantity of hickory tim
burc.l land convenient which may be cleared and uf
r.l at rhe ilifcreiinn of the tenant. It is deemed unne
ceflary to fay more as it is prefumed that thofe who
wifh to r^nt would fir*l view the piemiles. But the
lubfcnbtr can with propriety fay the advantages at
tached to this place, render* it by far the moll advan
•ogeous (land fur a tavern and (lore in that part of the
country. 1 iiere uill he a tolerable crop ot wheat
fow ed on the place. For terms, i<c. apply to the
lublcriber living on the premifes.
HO'.VEL GRAVES".
I Sept. 5. oa\v3ni.
TO RENT,
For three or Jive years !
THAT valuable TANTARD of the late Mr.
Jacob B»ckius,aiul now occupied by the Su bferi
ber fituuted on the V’ain-Street of this city, between
the Capitol and Bafin of the canal, its conveniences
are fuperior to any other in this place. A large Cur
j rymg Shop, Cellar and drying loft, a fpacious JJark
I Houle, two Bark Mills and Houles, a Beam Houfe
: and every other reqniftte for the t inning of from 2 to
3000 hides a ye.tr, estiuflve of (kins : Alfo on the
j fame tenement a convenient DIVE FLING HOUSE,
; Kitchen, Smoke Houfe, Stable ami Garden, the ren
| ter may be accommodated with about one hundred
i cords of excellent red and black oak Bark, now in the
Bark Houfe at a fair price.
Propofalsfor the above will be received by the fub
feriber.
Bond with approved feenrity will be required, and
pofTeftion given of the whole, except a few of the
: vats, on the firft of September next. Thcreafon af
1 figned for offering the foregoing property for rent, is
the ill date of health of the Subfrriber to pay that at
tention the buliticfa requires. MARCUS F.I.CAN.
April 3. lawtf.
FITZ'WHYLSONN i-f POTTER,
HOOK-HINDERS dun STATIONERS :
f A VF. juft received a few copies of a Tre.itifeoo
I L Military Tsctics; in which are fuliy ex
plained the duties of a Soldier and tin- movements of
an army, with the rnirs and regulations dtflgtied for
the forces of the United States, iilullrated with coppt<
plates, blank forms, &r.,
At a moment like the prrfent, when the nat;nnal
peace is involved in uncertainty, and the uecciTity of
war ma great degree probable, it becomes ns to pre
pare for that event, and thu tteatife offer, to the
young oflierr fuch ielfons in the sniFstary ftitnet and
principle* of difiijtline, as highly merit his attention.
V. iSf P. have ado received a large colkdlion of
new mtiftc ; Fools.cap, P-ift, and other writing Pa
pers ; tome excellent Pen-Kiiive*, Spcdacles for la
dies, &c. &c
N'. B. Blank Books of all kinds, Pocket Books,
School Books, and a general aflortment of Stationary
for fair.
Richmond, Nov. 10. lowlw.
NOTICE.
\ PETITION will he prefented to the next Ge
neral A (Tenthly of the Commonwealth of Vir
ginia, for the removal of the Diftridl Court, now
holden at the Court-Houle of Northumberland coun
ty, to a more central place, within the dillrnft com
pelled of the counties of Richmond, Weftmoreland,
Lantaftcr and Northumberland.
Weftmoreland Court-Houfe, Sspt. 2G.—Iaw2m^j
will m-: sold,
At PMit AnlI’.-r, on the I 2th day of December next, at
the door of the l ogle- 'Tavern,
XT INFTV-TVv'O thottfand, l-vcn hundred and
thirty atres of Wcfterti LANDS, lying in the
counties of Montgomery, Harrifon and Kensiwha_
A credit of one, two, three and four years will be
allowed, if fatwfadlory lecurity fliall be given.
SamUMl GREl'.NHOW.
Richmond, Owl 7, o*a tf
> confiding of
' * P>nt. 1
’ Gdl. C Tumblers.
; i K-n. \
i, pipes F. Brandy,
( 10 id ids. Molaffes,
i 20 tierces Whifkey,
J 10 chell* Y.HyfunTea,
k IO do. Imperial do.
^ 20 hags Coffee,
^ 1 cafe Cutlery AVare,
S w ell aiforted,
. Powder,
^ Shot,
\ Window Glafs afforted,
\ Copperas,
^ I.xipcr’i Snuff,
^ Jiri i-ftone, ,
, 20 boxes Spanilh Segars,
i< Milliard by box,
Nurmeu-s hv (riantitv.
VALUABLE P.v-. F.Ui V FOR S\T,F..
In pur franc; of a Decree: tie H-J* Court of Chancery,
forth, RitlmonJ DiftriI, eonfent of parti,,, lie
following property, lettering to the eftate of fame,
And'rfon, Jei'd. will le J./J to tie liglejl UJJe, on
a credit of t-rre.’vr mortis, to wit:
_ f ueJJay tl; \' ttl Jay oj September next,
I MAT commodious and w< RfttunTcd HOT,4’R Sc
1. LOT, on the main-lire, t in the city of Williamf
y"rg, at prerent occupied by Mis Chimp. Alio,two
va.ant half acre LO I'S, tieat tiie Fire School in the
Lid city. I he Tale to be mutfc on A-*- premilet.
On Monday lb; 1 ill ,;;x -f 1) ; following.
That valuable llOl'SF. and LO T, lima ted at the
I foot of the capitol hill, in the city ,.f Richmond, in
; i he .occupancy of Charles R .Hor and others. Tho
' lale to be made on the premie* Alfo, at the fame
time and place, two valuabl- Trails of LAND,lying
on Wills Creek ftate of Kentucky, and within a few
miles ol the Ohio river.
There are eight thirty-fifth parts o! the above na
med property, which belongs to infants, and where
the price of any one feperate parcel exceeds fourteen
hundred dollars, an intereft with the porchaler mull
be retained in that portion for them.
Additional information may be had on application
to Robert Ander on of William (burg.
THE COMMISSIONERS.
Sepr. Saw«29thS lawtiftD ffcejitUthD.
NOTICE.
'I' T S H F. R R nr G-t VR JV,
V HA I a PF. I I I ION will }>e prefented to th-V
nrxc General AflVmbly, of the Commonwealth of
Virginia, praying that the right of the fai.l Common-,
w alth to tlie real eftate of Wm. E. Aft, DecM. who
■lied inteftate, may lie releafed for the benefit nf t ia‘
Nephew,fllenry T. Arnhold, who is an alien, having
only refnh-d three years in this dare,the whole of that
tune in thisCitv, who prays to become a citizen un
der the lame adl.
Richmond, Otft. IS. oawt;w
HARDWARE, IRONMONGERY,
W.VJJ
CUT LA JiT STORE,
Ji 11 RAM U F O L L E T,
A.' THE SIGN OV Tin ANVJt, MAIN.STREET,
RICHMOND :
Hc-vr recrivrd by the lalef. arrival, from I.enL,
Liverpool, a very large ajortment of—
TTaRDWAU, lltONMONCMT, CtlU"*V tkc
I- X. which will he fold low for calh, ^ «v,,rj
credit : cmongft which are: Cam liter.,
C.h>| «a-a. Shoemakers and other lm.hanic.it „
ti-.eet Iron, fiieet Copper, and Copper button.* Tin
r a,”*.,1ro”’. BI,alViln'i C I” ” «',r~ tmikiingniareri.
als, Nads, I acks, Brads, Ko.ksa J I limn*, limit-bell.
Cabinet Mountings, Surveyors CotrpaQ'es. Chain*
Cams of Mathematical i.d.rumentr, Gun Rocks cuts
and pdlol Flints, Scar, wolr, fox, r.t and tnoufr F./p*
Shot, bar and fiieet Lead, Pots a?id Kettle*. hake Vans’
'1 ea K- tiles, Chaffing Hiibes, biocit Fin Colfee i‘ ,•?*
Britannia m.-ttal Tea Pots, table and tci .Spr.t n/
Knives and Forks, pev.f r Dithea. Plates and p,fens’
bhick till Pifii Covers, Plate Warmers, Plate h.lketa*
Tea Kettles with lamps *nd cock*. C.mt.leilitk, and
Snuffers, Fire Irons, And Irons, Grid |r..i■«, O al
| Hods, Cinder Stftet5, Fenders, Trivits on Footmen
Smoothing Irons, War • r’s IDtcrm l.nmj.s, Horn L:m
thorns, tmall )iand I.atittnm, Cloak i'ii.i r,:i;r, j-f.d
ders, Urr.fs N.ils, Tilh Hooks, Jews Hums, Drnf»
Cocks, Knitting N.:edl s. Banleti' .-.Id patent Nee
dies, Ivory and Horn Combs, Currv Combs, Etirtoti
Moulds, Japann’d Ware.Srifi ,rs.;„.n and lack Knives
U:.z«T and Razor Homs.Rar r S . • , Shaving Box/
e.ai.d n.ulhes, Curling To, C«rri..r*s Knives and
Sf.-t Is, pe.Hacies and Cal. , Coffee Mills, „ Mil^
.''Ci.ln he.iius and weights, money Fcalej, Steelyards
Omk .Screws, har and i,!(c sieves, vertical Tack.’
j with. Screens, Mill, Croffiut and P.t Saws, l ick
[Scieas, German Steel, iMrdmg and garden Hoes
jga.fhn Rakes, Scythes ami >...*:!«% Stra-v Knives*
, Grind Stone* and Marbicr, with , gr* ,.t v.rietvofo/
ih- r articles in the above lire, too tedious to enunu
. rate.
— jr.so—
, 10 Kegs FF Gun Powder, a few Cannifirrs double
j ba,le P-'^Rr, Giver and Paint Gil, pnj.,.s ,n|J Iv
: ty, Glue, AVmdow Glafs, Glaziers Diamotis. bi ll
, Seme Twine, Wrapp ing Twin-, patent Wii.dfor Slu
VII.g Soap Bolting C.aths, a few pieces Jovv priced
I bl"*“ Clmhs, and yellow and white Fldiinels, 15 Pipes
j Jth proof Cogniac Brandy, a few Hip.;* I)rft
1 .V,‘rk Anchor Oin, and a tew botes of Spaniih St-gars
: in t).)>:es of 500 each, prime Pork, New-York infoec
I tion, and old Sim Corn.
I N°V- 17‘ epttri
\ Virginia.
In the Chancery JVfria Court. WA:n ct Cl.,unton,
Ivlurtb tctm, lt>07.
Between,
Samuel W. Barrett, pjt- -
and '
Wm. Hylton,fenr. Wm. Hylton, junr. M<>
hetahle Campbell, iret.rgc Lawrance
Duke Ficrnan.&c. ° A/7).
O\\-he Trmn of the l»y their Cmrnf-1,
! Wrm Hay ol the City of Richmond, the mailer
in Chancery fir the Richmond ihftri ■>, i« hereby ar .
! pointed a Comtniflioner, w ho isaiithoriAd aad direu"
I ed to -limine, date and fettle the accounts between
the Maint.fl and the Defendants in this cauf.-. The
faid CommiCioner is required t, (late pnrticn»- rlv the
j accounts between the Plaintiff uad the D-fend-nt
! Wm. Hylton, from whom he purchafcd the Rich
j Neck !• date, to take an account of the Lamh, Slaves
j and other property, which appertained to that rftate
at the time when the Defendant 1’onlbee and Daniel
. L. Hylton, fold their intertill therein, to the Defen
; dant Wm. llylton, and of the land, flavesand other
property, winch now appertain thereto. And to take
an account of the debts due, and chargeable upon that
cllatr, to the faid Defendant*, Win. fnufhec uid Da
niel L. Hylton, and cf the debts which are yet due •.»
any other perfons, and were chargeable upon the Did
. ftace previoufly to the fale of the fm.e the Pla.n
l.ff. And the laid Comrmfli.>i„r i, directed to nuke
report thereof to this court, together wi h a-iy r„..t
I t<T* fpcrially hr-tight pertinent by fumfelf or r»mui
| red by the p sriir. to he f„ Hated.
A Copy. Telle,
HENRY J. PEYTON, c.c. c.
COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE,
Richmond, November 10, 1807,
The parties concerned, are th-fir. d to take notice,
that 1 have appointed Friday, the R;h day of Janua
ry next, for c rrying into eff-dl rhe foregoing decree,
uPon which day, their attendance is required at my
office with thtir papers and accounts, ready for Exa
mination and (ettlement.
Wm, 11 AY, m.c.
tp4w
FITZWIlYLSONN U POTTER *
— Ilave on hanj, an extenfive ofjrt’reni cf—
BLANK BOOKS, Stationary, Sthool Book*, Mu*
fie and Mttftcal inflnmients, Spedlacta*,' Pen
Knives, travelling Tint ks, tic.
Book-Binding in all it branches executed in the heft
manner. Nov. 17. epMl)
HOLLAND LINEN.
|u3T rrcrivrn ah assot .-rjir or
HOLLAND IANI.No
Faom :yo to 19f f. R J'uro.
BOHN cs* hup-vf.ii:
Nov. 17. ej.«W.
the grand lodge op Virginia,
Wii.l Mr.irr os Mo.ndav,
Jltctveea T-ie. \Vne tenter.
Wm, If. FirZWtiVl.iONN, fl «
RlCltMOND, Nuv. 17. f^.1 il)