The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1810-05-18 00:00:00, page 3

SEJM,
‘SBwiuitct.
RICHMOND, M\Y 18. 1810.
THE OSSliftVEtt!
No. II.
general James wiljcikson.
The case ot' Gen, Wilkinson, us it was
treated by the II* of R. on the last day of
their session, is such a case as deserves to be
noted and exposed. On that occasion an
ex-parte Report of a Committee was receiv
ed by the II. of R. was read and ordered to
be printed. Was this right ? A
It is not for me to say any q^ing for or a
gainst Gen. Wilkinson at present. The
question of his innocence or guilt is not relev
ant to the issue before us. The point is, not
whether he is a j**msioner or a traitor, but
■whether he has been treated by the II. of
K. in a way, which any man. standing in his
situation, would have merited.
Nor is the right of that House to institute
an enquiry into his conduct, the point at is
sue. As to that, I am opiniou, that in all ca
ses of great public concernment, where the
public interest is at state and the public feel -
ing is awakened, such a right exists in the
Representatives of the People.
I am disposed to cherish a vigilant jea
lousy over the executive Department, nnd
to confide a large sphere of revision, and
controid, to the immediate and more res
ponsible representatives of the people ! —
The House of Representatives cannot im
peachja military officer—but why, may they
not enquire into his conduct, pass resoluti
nns of censure, or where there are no other
means of relief, discontinue the office itself?
Our doctrines should he suitable to all times
—to a state of war as well as of peace. In
war, where larger portions of discretion
must fall to the executive, greater vigilance
must' be exerted. Amongst other plagties
may we not, at some time or other, be curs -
<d by a Walcheren expedition, or by a Duke
of York — in kind, at least, if not in de
cree ?
The true point, which I wish to canvass,
is this; ought the House of Representatives
to have let in to the world an F.x parte Re
port of evidence against James Wilkinson ?
L.et us first hear the arguments of those who *
advocated It on the floor of Congress-i
07* My statement of these arguments is
from a Report in a Federal paper, at
Cleorgetown.
“ Complaint is made,” says Mr. Key,*
*• that the testimony is ex-parte. It is so :
and in such proceedings must lie so. What
person accused goes before the grand jury ?
The testimony against such is ex paite; but
6n trial he is allowed to vindicate himself.”
Mr. Randolph, the cold and philosophic
politician, who “had no quarrel with Wil
kinson and felt no malignity towards him,”
lie too “was surprised that the gentleman
from Maryland (Mr. Nelson) should com
plain of ex parte testimony. Had that gen
tleman forgotten the part he took inenqui »
ing concerning judges Chase and Peters ?
Was not the testimony against them alto
gether ex p.frte i And was it irot in posses
sion of the public eight or ten tiftonths-pre
vious to the trial of Judge Chase ? Did the
gentleman then feel or express ■any sorrow,
or make r.ny objection to the proceedings at
that time ? or was not the contrary the case ?
Burr certainly had move cause for complain.,
ing of die effect of ex-parte testimony : he
-was imprisoned oh no other. Did he appear
before the grand jury of Richmond ?”
Yes, it is John Randolph who blushes not
to resort to such a miserable sophism. To
clutch his victim at once, he hesitates not to
•trike down the clearest distinctions of com- j
mou sense. He attempts to run parallels !
between cases, which have not a single point i
of resemblance. Yet Mr. R. they say, is no j
oophist!—In what respect are the cases of I
.Aaron Burr or Chase, analogous to that of i
Wilkiuson? '
1 he two former, are so far fctmdar, that;
in each of them there was an enquiry pre
paratory to the trial in chief. A. Burr was
charged with criminal practices against the
Jaws of his country. In such cases, a Grand
Jury, as a previous link in the chain of pros_
ecution, is not to be dispensed with. In
■what other way was it to he known, whe
ther an indictment would lay ag'iinst
him, and he should be put on his tri
al, unless it had neen duly determined, uhe
ther there were any charges against him and
tvltai these charges weic? The Grand Jury
of Richmond was the organ for making ‘his
enquiry; before this inquest, no testimony
is ever exhibited, but what !s exparie ; or
the testimony /gainst the accused.
Judge Chase was not to be tried, like A.
Ilurr, before an ordinary 'court of law;
but to be impeached before the Senate
of the United States.-The incipient stops
are, however, similar in both r.a es—the im
peachment corresponds to the trial-.the
Senate to the Court—the H. of 1’cprf ienca
tives is the guano incjuhst of the nati
on. It i.s their duty to frame the articles
of impeachment—and, therefore, to enquire
■whether there are any, £c what charges a
gainst the accused '/’his analogy is i- strain
’cd one—it flows from the very nature of the
subject itself-tt i.s tacitly admitted by
Messrs. Key and Randolph themselves—but
5t is built on much higher authorities, both
British and American, than their**. ‘‘An
impeachment, says Black stone, before the
Isolds by the Commons of Great Britain,
>n J’ai liarti* nt, is a piosecution of the alrea
<1/ known and established law, and has been
licqucntlv put in practice ; bring a present
merit to the boost high and supreme court nf
criminal jurisdiction, by the most solemn
grand inquest ot the whole kingdom.” “ The
articles ot impeachment air a kind of bills
of indictment, found by tbe House of Com..
anons, and afterwards tried by the Lords.”
° The Federalist,” treating of this -low
er of impeachment, resorts to the same
•doctrine;
“ What it may be asked, is the true spi
l it of the institution itself l Is it not designed
*s a method nf national inquest into
the conduct of public men ? If this be thedc
aigoof it, whocan soprope.rly be the inqui..
sitors for the nation as the representative#
«>t the nation themselves f It is not disputed
that the power of originating the inquiry, or
in other words,of preferring the impeachment
ought to be lodged in the hands of one branch
of the legislative body ; will not the reasons
■which indicate the propriety of this arrarge
anent, strongly plead for an admission of the
other branch of that body to a share of the
.inquiry ?”
• Bitch is the course of things—there is no
ether—there can be no other. If thefe be
* The Philip R nr ton Key, who more fortunate
*5m t'.mc other*, received his British Tension,
i: i *.vtr risked his neck in a Haller.
nny hardship in this mode of proeesdl*, it
is a hardship'which cannot *be help'll—it
results from the situation of the act used
himself. Much greater hardships would
flow from the opposite doctrine. If every
man. who is suspected, were to be put on his
r ial : if men are to be openly and flagrant
ly charged with crimes, without knowing
whether those charges can be supported ; if
the tiials in chief and impeachments are
ever to tread upon the eagle wings of suspi
cion, the best men may not escape the iguo
miny of a public arraignment.—In the in
quest before grand juries, indeed, the incon
venience is not so great as in that before the
H. of R—The Grand Jury set in conclave
—the evidence exhibited before them is to
a certain degree locked up in their own
breasts—when it inarches formally before
the court and into the World, the accused is
on the spot to sift or rebut it. But in the H.
of R. the affair is necessarily of some noto
riety ; a Committee collects the testimony
—this testimony, often voluminous, always
delicate, is to be printed for .he 'ntovmfution
of the house, and then to be publicly discuss
ed.
But if there be this similitude between
the cases of Burr and Chase, where docs it
exist between either of these and the case of
Y\ dkinson ?
Is Wilkinson to be tried, like jrr ?
No.
Is he to he impeached, like Chase ?
No —for the H. of 11. have no right to im
peach him. The Constitution omits the
sphere of Impeachment, to “the President,
Vice President, and all civil Officees< 1 the
U. S,”—-«-The H. of It. do not, here,
sitasthe Grand Inquest of the nation,
to listen to exjabte testimony, nor to
frame articles of Impeachment. The par
allel does not run on a single leg——and
every man, who, like Key, pretends to dis
cernment, or like Randolph, to impartiality,
should be ashamed to use it.
The II. ofR. cannot put Wilkinson on his
V trial.” What then can they do ? They
may enquire into his conduct—they may
collect evidence-they may come to a re •
solution, that he is a Spanish pensioner, a
traitor, and, utmost, that he is an unfit ofli
cer to command the troops of the U. S.
This is the whole, to which even the most
sanguine advocates of the privileges of that
House, have ever pretended-But will the
House adopt this resolution on ex partk
testimony ? without '« informing him of the
nature and cause of the accusation with
out y confronting” him “ with the witnesses
against him without allowing him the
opportunity of “obtaining witnesses in his
favor i"
But, “ oh, no.” say these gentlemen, “we
do not call on the house to resolve on this
evidence-we only wish it to be heard,
printed and circulated.” This is saying in
plain language : “ we wish to hear the tes
timony, though we cannot act upon it
This testimony, mutilated and garbled, as it
is, which the accused has had no opportuni
ty of rebutting. The committee abstained
from summoning Gen. Wilkinson before
them, although he was ih Washington ; he
was not permitted to cross examine our wit
nesses, or to offer a single explanation or
defence. ]Ve wish this testimony published,
trrat the world may see what can he saida
gainst him, that they may be prejudiced,
& our victim condemned unheard.” Should
General Wilkinson pass over the Report of
the Qommitlee in silence, it will rouse the
most powerful prejudices against him-*-if
he dares comment upon it, as we are told is
his intention, he has then the alternative of
rousing the resentment of his judges; those
very men, who may be called upon to act
upon this very Report at their next session.
Had the committee been disposed to ha>re
rendered strict justice to the accused, why
did they not subpsena General Wilkinson
before them f Why did not the House come
to a resolution, that as th» uad not had all
the evidence on owe side and none on the o
ther, before them, they would lav the Re
port on their table, and postpone all further
proceedings until their next session f This
was the process recommended by the plain
est precepts of equity.
Rut.no! Mr. Randolph must have the Re_
port out. Bills of the utmost consequence
were to be laid on the table, on the very
last day of the session, to afford the oppor
tunity of exhibiting this garbled testimony.
“The commercial bill, No. 2,” was com
paratively an *‘ Ossa to a wart, as it effects
the nation.” And yet, this man has been
cried up as the firm, inflexible defender of
the Constitution and the rights of the peo
ple; who makes the public, good the un
it ring rule of his conduct; for himself, no
thing; for his country, everything; a sort
of political -nook, whom passions or resent
ments cannot canse^o depart from his duty ;
who has no feelings to gratify, or if he had
any, would rather roll himself in perpetual
snows, to cool the lusts of the flesh, than
swerve for one moment from the sacred
cause which he has espoused.
A» for Gen. Wilkinson himself, this is
hot the proper time to pass upon those facts
which are stated in the Report. That he
has removed certain papers, which had
been deposited in • he archives of the War
Otticc, is one of those circumstances which
rpust strike the attention of every man ; and
if lie has done it without right or authoriza
tion, !tu explanation will become essential,
Rut the committee have put me on mv
guard—General Wilkinson shouldbe heard
even on this head.
T^T xn the Observer, Afo 1, 1 tt p'lra^raph,
“ gi\ tome gleams of ho hr," should have been
quoted frnPi ,t piece extracted from the Nation-1
intelligencer on the same subject.
Tv create b/ the British Trade l5*c. in
18o9.—'l'he l^N. George Rose, has laid
before the H. ot Commons a statement,
which attempts to shew, that the balance
of trade, for the last year, is near 16 radii'
ons in favor of G. Britain—the export# be
ing more than the exports, by that sum
The value of the imports, which consisted
of British manufactures alone, he says, a
mounted to 5.3 millions, while the whole im
ports were 4-5 millions only. Now all this
may be very fine, Ir it can only be shown
that, the PRorits on these exports have
increased with their amount—but nils is
not the case. A larger nominal amount may
possibly have been shipped, and vet few
er goods mav have been exported ami a
smaller profit made". These goods have
been unusually deni in G. B, why f—because
the raw materials, of wnicli thev are made,
have risen in thkir price—the wools, on
account of the events in Spain, And cotton,
flax, &r. through the. F.mbargo, Non Inter
course fcc. in the U. S. J hus the goods
have become higher——more of their ulti
j mate price goes to pay for the rt* *natem
cousumcil—tUe aoiHinal sum of tile export!
is greater, and yet the 6 Aik of the merchant!
maybe reduced.
The statement of Mr* Rose however, ii
fallacious, in another respect—-He seems
tobe of opinion, that a merchant is rich,be
cause he ships so many goods, and not
because he sells them to advantage. Thus
he undertakes, to prove, tnat the trade with
the U“. S. of which they had been deprived,
was not of so much consequence to the En
glish as they had supposed—-for that it had
been made up by an extended trade to the
other parts of America—.that the former
previously amounted to something more than
11, and the latter to 7 millions ; but that in
1^09. the latter (*. e. their trade to other parts
of America alone.) had amounted to 23 ; be
ing S millions more than the whole trade
had previously been. This delusive repre
sentation is, however, deservedly exposed
n the London Monthly Magazine. What
says this journal ? "Mr. Rose has either
wilfully suppressed, or accidentally over
looked, the cause of such a vast item as 23
millions appearing on the debit_si(le of the
American Account. He surely must have
known that the greater part of thiv urn was
thrown away upon the trash miscalled
I merchandize, with which the South Ameri
can markets have been so Glutted, that,
i as we stated some months ago, many of the
articles sent out to the Spanish and Portu
guese dominions, did not actually pay freight
*<>'d charges ! The swollen bankrupt lists of
the last year might also have tujght Mr.
Rose to know the fate of those merchant
sprculators who dashed through the thick
oud thin ofSouth American traffic; and that
of die over reaching manufacturers and
shopkeepers, from whom the adventurers
obtained credit. -Is it not most evident, that
if Buenos Ayres, Rio de Janeiro See. have
been completely glut i f.d with our goods,
a consult ruble pe» iod must elapse before a
fresh demand takes place ? Where then
will Mr Rose and his fine- spun theory be
found? Where ure we then to look for in
demnification on account of the loss of our
Norili American trade ?” Or where will onr
Federalists look for that augmentation of the
trade of G. B. which they have vied with
“ old George Rose,” in all his attempts to
emblazon ?
QUERY.
“ Where is the minister of distinction’
" who was so quickly to come out as Mr
“Jackson’s successor ?”—Federal Refiubli_
can, 12th Inst.
ANSWER.
We answer one question by asking ano
ther-Let this pert querist say, whether
the English ministers will ever comply with
their promises, so long as they see a party
in this country, determined to justify e
very breach of those promises * Will they
send a new minister among us, when their
old minister is countenanced by a British
party, when his insolence is giosse3 o\er,
and even the loyal air of “God Save the
King,” salutes his ear ? Will they ever do
us justice, when there is nothing so bad or so
insulting, but what this same dragooued
party will advocate without a blush ?
When it nun* known in London that Mr.
Jackson was dismissed ; and those letters
of Mr. Smith were received, in which the
propriety of that measure are so clearly
j made out; nothing was more sofi or conci
liatory than the tone of Wellesley. The
I energy ni the President had wrought its ef_
1 feet. The marquis was, so kind, so conde
scending. “ Nothing was more wished for
• by the British Government, than to he on
good terms with America.” The British
; minister was so civil to Mr. Pinkney-eti
quette was out of the question—interviews
I were sought with him at his own house, and
at unseasonable hours. “ Oh ! Mr. Jackson
was to be immediately recalled, and a mi_
j nister of rank and standing was to be sent
lout.” But alas! how quick dees the wind
, veer about! How soon is this fine and court
j ly air exchanged for one of a cold and dis
I tant civility l When it was known in Lon,
don, that the federalists were true as ever
to their text ; that Messrs; Pickering and
iHillhouse in the Senate, and Dana, and
i Quincy and the whole federal host in the o
] ther House, had come out against the lie
I solutions of Mr. Giles ; when the federal
j presses too had caught the cue ; and even
I the Legislature of Massachusetts had de
serted the causa of their country, to pass
'resolutions in defence of F. J. Jackson ; the
■ marquis Wellesley began to suspect that he
I himself had been too precipitate in his ad.,
j vances. Ilis deportment then began to
j change. Smiles no longer played on his
j lips—interviews were no longer sought—eti
quetto had usurped the place of familiarity.
(All was dark, evasive, and unpromising.—
Official notes were neglected, and Mr. Pink
ney was unable to procure an explicit reply
to his written despatches.
i)y“ Such arc the facts on this subject.—
Let then the Federalists enquire--through
whose fault it is, that “Mr. J’s successor is
not come out.”
The Federalists seize every opportunity oT
screening England at the expcne.e «t Fi ance._
“England, they say, is our shield against Fran :e.”
Hut the truth is, France is of great use to them.
Slie serves as a sort of shield to screen England
from our just indignation. Amongst other cases,
in which this ruse Jc guerre has been practised,
we arc presented wills the following in the Fede
lal prints. A Mr. (J. 'dsmith, who, it seetTw, was
once the editor of the Pat is Argus, has winged his
way to England ; %uhy he Jlcw from Paris, or hovt
lie has got to England, we are ) et to learn. He p,
too pliant a tool, however, to he neglected_He
lias therefore come out with a pamphlet uInch is
entitled “ Explanation of tiie conduct of France
towards America.*' A review of this work is
given in the L’Amhigu, the French Journal in
London, which was edited liy Le Peltier_
Extracts from the Kcview are given with avidi
ty in our Federal prints. The work itaay con
tain some, nay many truths—but that it is in
correct in many particulars, requires hut little
discernment to detect— i'ake the subsequent spe
cimen :
The author professes to show, that there
were several cases of confiscation of American
property, under the llerlin decree, prtvous to
that of the Horizon, in Oct. 1807—Hut now palpa
bly does he contradict himseif! “ The first
case, which presented ilseifto try the lorce
oj the llerlin decree snj the nature of the mo
dification announced by Deeres, was the cauae
ot the American Ship HoriSon, freighted by the
Spanish government to carry a cargo Uj Lima,
and bring the return l-» Spain. Upon the faifli of
the assurances given by Deeres, this vessel nail
ed from London, with a valuable cargo i but a
tempest cast her upon the shores of France,
where she was provisionally seized by the ctotom
house. T ie case having been sent to the
council of prizes for Its decision”—and then the
writer goes on with the history of the case, Sir
Unis Mr G * concedes the vet y point, for whicli
the republicans have contended, viz. that the llo
| rizon whs the first case, in Which me llerlm Da
I sree was pul into execution against our rights
i! ytt WosUii* C’a«c diihitovut in G. 1). yrjien U><
orders of November were i«ue<!~of courte i;
cati supply no plea of reul'Mtion for those or
dei*.
With what f»ce, then, ct»n the ** L’Amhigu”
aver, that Mr G. M gives in detail 26 processes
against American vessels condemned in virtu*
of the decrees of Berlin, of which our orders in
council was a very moderate retaliation" 'flic
case of the Horizon was the Jirst one—and that
case was unknown in England—how then could
the 2(3 subsequent processes have been known .»
and ifunkn .wn, how could they furnish the
grounds of* a very moderate retaliation '"—how
an a.t that is done yesterday can he considered
ss a retaliation for one done today—it is for Mr.
L' AviLigu “ to explain.’*
Itissaid, that thr/um*.u.i Eldward Living
stun, “Citizen of Now York,” (now of N.
Orleans) has bro’t a suit against Thomas Jef
fferson, in the federal court for this district
—on the ground of bis having ejected him
from the Batture of New Orleans, while
Mr. J. was President of the United States
-that his damages are laid at one hun
nUEU thousand dollars—that John
Wickham has taken out the writ, in
the name of E. L. .and that W. Mann,
the deputy-marsliall, really sat out yester
day for Monticello, to serve it*. 27* The
Federal Court will sit on Tuesday next——— '
so that there has been no time lost!
i'. i» uimcuic co say, whether we should
feel most indignation or contempt, at this
proceeding—whether the inpropriety of the
object, or the impotency of the means,* is the
most conspicuous; Those who sue him,
must be satisfied that their claim is not worth
100 cents——that magistrates, when they
discharge their duties to the best of their;
judgments, are not liable in damages.
14th Viner, Vo! 14, page 579, plea 4. de
dares, that “ No action on the case
will lie against a judge tor what he does as a
judge. Atfc. 2 Roll K. 129. cites 36 Eliz
ai/d 27 Ass. 73”-- —and in page 580, plea
8. that a “ judge is not answerable to the
king, or the party, for mistakes or errors
of HIS judgment, in a matter in which
he has jurisdiction. I Salk. 397. 'trin. 12.
YV. 3. B. R. Greenvett Yr. Burwell.”.
It is so with Judges—the reader must run
the parallel with the Chitf Executive Ma
gistrate.
Let them catch what they can. But if
we mistake not, there is something to be done
in this business, by way of a tide vjind—there
is to be a top current, and an under cur
rent.
* As regards Thomas Jefferson.
The "United States* (Gazette,” insist*
that the recent promise of Napoleon, to take
off the Beriin Decree on ccrcain conditions,
is a mere ’delusive proposition ; that this
Decree is not a" measure of retaliation ;”
that the British Order in Council, ‘‘declar
ing the coast of France, from the Elbe to
Brest, in a state of blockade,” “ contains
I no provision hostile to a bona-fide neu_
tral commerce.” In what school Mr.
Bronson has studied the law of nations or
the extent of neutral rights, wc are at a
| loss to conceive. Will he presume to say,
that Great Brita:n has a hisht to forbid
the trade of neutrals from one port to ano
ther “ belonging to or in the possession of.
nis majesty’s enemies?” This pretension t
is in the v6ry teeth ot the laws and usages I
of nations. G B. herself has abandoned this
monstrous pretension.— ■ - Fhe Convention j
with Russia of the 17th June, 1801, express- i
ly stipulates, “ t;hat the ships of the neutral!
powtr shall navigate freely to the ports and
upon the coasts of the nation at war.”-"'
■ But the solicitude of Bronson, and his asso_ |
dates, on this subject, is easily explained.
TO TUB EDITCR OF
TH8 BNOtilRER.
Sir,
By accident several pieces of poetry, the pro
ductions of a vc ry poor young mao, whose means ;
of acquiring an education are extremely limited, I
have fallen into my hands l enclose you one of |
them, which you will be pleased to give a place i
in your poet’s corner, if you think it' has sulfici- i
cat merit.
G—y.
TO SOI.TTUDE.
Nymph of the gret, that lovYt to stray,
Low in the vale, where Zephyrs play,
And Woodlands whisper sweet.
Down where yon spotless liiiies blow,
Aiul lucid fountains gently flow,
Around thy fav’rite seat 1
There the will note3 of artless love,
Soft warble thro* the shade grove,
And charm the rising day {
There coos the dove in plaintive strains,
And thro’ the long withdrawing plains,
The echo dies away.
j To soothe the anxious throbbing breast,
And lull the cares of life to rest,
’Tin thou alone can's! give ;
P to thy peaceful calm ret rents,
Thy sylvan bow’rs, and mossy seat*,
Thy willing guest receive.
There blest beyoiul the common lot,
By all the busy world forgot,
I .*’t me recline at lust.
On flow Yy barks by (lulling streams.
Where hope indulging golden dreams,
M<iy cheer the ftioomy past.
“TYRO.”
Maumr n, on the 8th inst ITowei.i. Cob*
Esquire, a Representative in Congress from the
state of Georgia, to Miss Martha J. Bootes
daughter of Thomas R. Route*, Esq. of Fred
erickshurg, Virginia.
From the Georgia Argus.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE GEORGIA
ARGUS.
Washington, ■■ —.
Dear StR,
/ enclose a finder of to (lay—you
will find Congress has done nothing ; tuhat
it has attempted in relation to the belli
gerents, is a measure almost exclusively
subservient to the navigation policy of.\ew
Fnglarid, as is almost every one now a..
opted in relation to commerce—the voice
of agriculture is drowned in the clamor of
the merchant^-from the repeal of the eni
bargo to this moment, a system has been
patched up by which the mcrchan' with trick
and fraud and cunning has been driving a
profitable trade, not only whilst evert/ other
species of industry in our country has been
at intervals depressed, hut at the expence
of that species of it, which has been and
must ever continue to be most valuable to
us, the cotton cultivation. During and
since the embargo our cotton has sunk 100
per cent in value—this depreciation has
been so uniform, that a single beam of hofie
has not at any time broken in upon us, to
cheer and console us, ’l'he grower of lohac
co Under the non-tntercoursc and trmpora
ry suspension of it, has been in receipt o)
his customary war price, because the nor
thern ports of Fur ope were open to him —
■ because in the north of r.urope there is c
5 i real consumfilisn of that article, & biCOUst
under t he partial suspension t Ci t>t' Sri fain
’irrxelf gave everu facility to the trade,
* fie grower of -wheat hat in like manner
received hi* cuttomary /trice—the great
wheat markets have keen constantly, directly
or indirectl\j often to him—the Went ladies,
Xfiam and Portugal, South America, (7.
Irritant and Ireland, Ife. Is'e. Out to the
southern cotton planter, every market which
U buld affird an ad-yunte dimahd has teen
i shut, e.vcrfit that of F.ngluvd, which mono..
I polized the article at a song, and is only
waiting u return of Peace, which she may
command at ary lime, to anticipate us in
the French if Dutch marker*, at'2 or three
hundred pCr cent, projit—it is and has
been our interest to open the French and
Dutch markets. F.vcry measure of the
government has had a tendency to keep
’hem shut, and especially the last adopted
by the House of Representatives. aill this
is the consqurtice of the A ew.England
navigation and mercantile spirit, which is
ascendant in our councils—a spirit too which
forcing the repeal of the embargo, protracted
our misfortunes, and which permits itself
to think of no remedy for national wrongs
incompatible svith the love of gain. 7hut
we must go on to suffer whilst other state*
grow fat, until wr learn to sacrifce everu
generous passion to the lust of avarice. I
think, sir, It is better to live and die house
less, naked an t hungry with our dear
bought reputation of patriotism full blown,
than to throw ourselves info the arms of
this impure spirit. It i* certain the tobac
co and wheat planters and lumber cutters
haw brm doing well, and that sue have
been doing nothing--things will go on
*r'>-there is no rerhrdy — the cotton in
terest in Congress is not strong enough to
open the French and Dutch ports—we
must watt patinttly for even’s, they may
be propitious to the disinterested, when
they happen, our turn will come, and we
may make up tit the dug whai we tost in
the year—1 write thus to you. sir, because
/ believe you are disposed it, keep our peo
ple content svith their condition—you can
only do so bu telling them the truth.
I am respectfully, your fellow citizen,
G. M. TROUP.
Dissolution of partnership_
The partnership of Still &. Brooke is this
day dissolved hy mutual consent—all claims on
the said firm will be discharged on application
to Ilichard Brook.', and all debts due to the
concern are to he paid to him bnly—he alone
being authorised to give receipts or grant di«’
charges.
BARTLETT STILL.
RICHARD BROOKE.
The business hereafter will be conducted by
the subscriber—Who Having obtained licence a*:
an Auctioneer will attend to the sale of any spe
cies of property in the City or County, on the
shortest notice—And any consignments made to
him w»U be thankfully received and punctu
ally attended to.
He hopes from the experience he has had in
the business, and the unceasing attention he is
determined to pay to promote the interest o*
those who may favor him with their custom, to
merit a abate of publ't" p»<r m'lire.
PICIIARD BROOKE.
May IS. epS'v
OUliLIC Al/C 1’ION— Will positively |>e
-8- sold on the premises to the highest bidden
on Wednesday tne S5dinst.—three and an half
acre: of GROUND, directly KboVe Mr. Jane*
C Anthony’s.
. This ground will he sold together, or divide^
into small lots, as may best suit purchasers--6 be,
12 months credit will be given bonds, w ith ap
proved security required, and the rignt • of pro
perty retained until the purchase money if
paid.
THOMAS TAYLOR, luttioncer.
_May 13.____ _ td*.
E)J V Virtue of a decree of tin* County Court oi*
J Cumberhuid wesT.-.ll procr -d 11 sell (,»n
Saturday the d d» J y < ; June r.«-xt> the tract of
L 'NI> belonging to the est . e oi’Wm. Hudson
dec’d. in this county, on which the .-.aid ilet.’d.
formerly lived, a credit of „v <dve nonths '• dlbe*
given — A linai seulemert of all acc runts pro and
Con, touching the estate * * i rr id V/m. Hudson
dec’d. w i ti - pi.eoon • iic jibev.* . da'-, and at
tb.: lrte i. welling bcii;
aid tlec'd. where the
ab.iv *,a|e * ill
THOMAS lilt ACXFA
W , . .
THOMAS GORDON,
> t "W.',mtttor.cn
NOTON GOOBMAN
Cunibm End Oountv, M•
y J.S. 4wf’w
? i T The com nt of the Lcg.ite<v of Archi
13 bald B. Timbevlake dec’d will be r.old on
the premises, on the St d.,y of tun*- next, nine
tv acrc3 of 1 AMD, a part of which is well tim
bered, the raid land k ing part of the land, on
which Mrs Mil ley Timberlake, lately lived, ly
ing near the meadow bridges, In Hanover Coun
ty,—A credit will be given, till the first day of
January next, on the purchaser giving bond with
approved security, o carry interest from the date
i t not punctually paid. The. above mentioned
hind, will be shewed to any person wishing to
vie w it, by application to David Tirnberlake, or
Nathaniel Whitlock.
THE COMMISSIONERS.
May 11._ 3t
If O R SALE—A likely Nncito Gian, about
. lilteen years old—enquire ft this office.
May IK. tf
THE Subscriber transacts commission bust
i”*ss—he lu-s for ssle «n consignment—
< LJT HERRINGS,
WHISKEY,
QUEEN’S WARE,
11A VANN A SUGARS:
ROBERT GAMBLE.
Richmond, Mav 18. jni
If UR SALE—The Tract of J.and and Mill, in
-L Hanover County, tv here the aubHcribernow
lives, containing about 500 acre.?, in about 14
miles oi Richmond— th“ mill is valuable, it be
ing supplied by a constant stream, known by the
name of Crump’s Creek.—The p’antaticn lias
about 1000 choice fruit trees planted out, some
of them beginning to bear. For furthet parti
culars enquire of
JOHN M’CAUL.
Richmond, May 12th, 1810. 4t
VALUABLE PKOPERTY FOii .SALE—
Without reserve for cash only# by particu
lar desire of Mr. John P. Jhiehls—On Satur.
day the 26th inst. at 4 o’clock in the afternoon,
before the door of the E igle Tavern, a smalt
farm >1 15 or 20 acres, lyjng on the Turnpike
Hoad 9 miles from Manchester—there are on it>
a good dwelling house and convenient out-houses
— an excellent Garden newly inclosed—a fine
orchard of various fruit 4—it is now occupied by
' a good '1 enant, who pays 60 dollars per year
I rent, and considers it very low—possession will
' be given on the 1st day of January next—but
i a Deed will be executed on payment of the pur
I chase mi n»y.
RICHARD BROOKE, .inctionecr.
Richmond, May lt» /Jt
BY virtue of p iriist deed executed hy Ed*
truMd Lacy to the Subscriber to tecure 1 he
pa-m nt ot a debt due William M inn, will be
sold for cash, on the 1st day of June, 3 negro e/
at the. Globe Tavern
ROBERT 8, NIXON.
Richmond, May Ut, •. *
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