The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1810-09-14 00:00:00, page 2

France, but to the Emperor’s personal pro
perty ; in short, as an Imperial Demeuse ! j
It is reported in Paris, that the French j
Emperor is treating with the deposed' king1
o! Sweden to reinstate him, and to assist
him in attacking Russia, as Gustavus must
naturally be inCenstd against Alexander.
Joseph de Montgolfier, the celebrated in
ventor of fire balloons died on the 26tli of
June, at the advanced age of 70.
'1 he. Gazette of Saturday has announced
the failure of two country banks
^ London, July 21. We have the satisfac
tion to announce, that, notwithstanding the
restraints attempted to be imposed on the
trade of the Baltic, a fleet of 240 sail has ai
med from that seu.
Our last letters from Malta contain the
following melancholy article of naval in'cl
ligence, which, we trust, may prove, if not
unfounded, as least considerably exaggera
ted " A few days since, just af.ur the
hands of his majesty’s ship Repulse, of 74
guns, capt. J. Iialiiday, had been piped on
deck, a vivid slice, of lightning passed along
it, and struck near one hundred of the men
instantai cously dead !”
*1 he corn crops, we are very happy to
state, speaking generally are of great pro
mise ; and no apprehensions need now be
entertained of a scarcity.
July 25. The defaulters who were an
nounced on Saturday in die city, were prin
cipally confined to ti e Slock Exchange, ex
cept one Broker for an inconsiderable sum.
And although there were 13 nr 14 failures
■in the Stock Exchange declared on Friday
or Saturday, the Funds rose about 2 percent
on the latter day.
•Mr. Canning, accompanied by liis friends
Mr. Husk s -on and Mr. Ellis intends to tukt
% trip to Cadiz ; and they have been pre
vailed upon, as it is said, by the Marquis
Wellesley, to go up the Mediterranean, and
to pay a visit to the court of Palermo.
July 27. Let.6rs have been received in
town this morning from North Yarmouth,
of yesterday’s date. They mention the at
rival of the Ltjnx sloop of war, from the
Cattegat, who brings intelligence that a con
voy ot merchantmen, under the protection
©f the Forward, gun brig, had been attack
ed oft th« Naze ot Norway, by a division of
the enemy’s gun boats, and that 42 sail of
them were captured.
July 28. Yesterday the following letter
tvas received from Heligoland :_
“ Heligoland, July 21 1 learn from
some Gentlemen just arrived from the conti
ner.t, that the Westphalian troops refuse to
march to Spain, and are deserting as fast
as they can get to the coast, in order to get
on board the English brigs, &c. stationed in
the rivers : they likewise bring news of the
Queen ol Holland having died suddenly at
the baths of Piombiers. ”
. ^ he Danes will not now suffer any Ame
rican ships to go to the island of Scylt, nor
to any port on the west coast of Holstein,
Schleswidge, and Jutland, to unload. A to
tal exclusion ot the Americans is daily ap
prehended.
From Fkescu Papers.
Paris, July 2. The fete given by the
Prince of Schwattzenberg took place yester
day, at which their majesties the Emperor
and Empress were present. They arrived
at 10 o’clock. The garden was illuminated
with much taste. It presented different
views of the country which the empress in'
habited in her infancy. The opera dancers
executed the darfces, dressed in the costumes
of the different people of the Austrian mo*
narchy'. I his part of the fete was followed
by uncommonly fine fire works. Twelve
hundred persons were invited. In order to
receive so large a party, the prince, accor
ding to thi usual custom adopted at Paris,
had caused to be erected, with planks of
timber, a ball room, ornamented with pic
tures of gauze, mu lin, and other stuffs.
Fhis saloon offered a very fine coufi d’u/l.—
The queen o» Naples opened the ball with
prince Esterhazy, and was followed by the
viceroy and Princess Pauline of Schwartzen
berg, wife of the eldest brother of the am
bassador. After the cotillions, a Scotch reel
was danced, during which their majesties
arose to make the tour of the circle, and
speuk to the ladies The empress had re
turned to her arm chair, and the emperor
was at the other extremity of the saloon,
near tile princess Pauline of Schwartzen.
berg, who had presented her daughters to
him, when the flame of a wax-candle caught j
the drapery of a window curtain. Count
Dumaneir, chamberlain of the emperor, and
many'other officers who were near him, en
deavored to tear off the curtains, but the
flames got higher. They immediately infor
med the emperor, who had but time to go
to the arm chair of the empress, when he
was instantly surrounded by the ambassador
and officers of the Austrian legation, who
persuaded him to quit the place. The fire
extended itself with the rapidity of light
ning ; and his majesty slowly retired with
the einpres3, recommending calmness, in or
tier to prevent confusion. The openings
from the ball room fortunately being very
capacious, the crowd could easily get into
the garden ; but many mothers lost much
time in searching for their daughters, from
whom they had been separated by the Scotch
reel, and many young persons in endeavor
mg to nnu their mothers. The rapidity of
the fire was so great, that the quern of Naples,
who followed in the suite of the emperor hav
ing fallen, was only saved through the prc
senceof mind of the grand duke of Wert*,
burgh. The queen of Westphalia was con
ducted from the saloon by the king of West
phalia and count Mctternich. The vice"
roy who remained at the bottom ot the ball
room, and who feared to mix in the crowd
with the vice queen, perceived that the fall
of the lustres and ceiling interrupted the
passage. lie had, fortunately, remarked a
small door which led to the apartments of
the hotel, by which lie got out. Happily no
bedy has perished ; some twenty ladies have
been more or less Wounded. The princess
J.ayen, wife of the Russian consul, as well
as the ladies of general baron Tousard and
the prefect of Isiria, have, either in conae
quence of being seized with terror, or stopt
in getting out by some obstacles, been griev
ously hurt. Prince Kurakin the Russian am
bassatlor. had the misfortune to fall upon the
steps which lead from the hall room to the
garden ; they were then on fire : he was for
a moment insensible. Two officers of the
imperial guard saved him. He keeps his
bed, and is in Considerable pain. The gar
den extensive and well lighted, presetted
during half amhour, the spectacle of hu ibamb
calling for their wives, of wives calling upon
their husbands and children ; and who, the
moment they found each other, embraced
with transport, as if a long absence had st p
arated them. The emperor and empress
got into the carriage at the garden gate. —
When the emperor found his country equi
page "which* waited for hint at the iilysian
fields, and had placed the empress in one of
them, he returned toprice Schwartzenberg,
attended by an aid de.camp.
Princess Pauline Schwartzenberg was a
mong the last who remained m the ball
room. She held one of her daughters by the
hand. A piece ot burning wood fell upon
! this young person, when a man, who was near
her, to.)k her up and carried her out of the |
saloon. She was herself hurried into the
garden.— —No longer seeing her daughter,
she ran every where,calling her with great
lamentations. Shy met the king of West,
phalia, who endcavoied to ca’m her;she
addressed hei stilt to prince Borghese and
count Kegnuud. After searching for a quar.
tes of an hour, impelled by the heroism of
int ernal love she entered the burning sa.
loon, from which moment wo knew not what
has become ot he<*. l'he fire w then got
under, the ambassador’s hotel preserved, 5t
tranquility ;e es’ablished.
Prince Joseph Schwartzenberg was engag
ed all the night in search of his wife, who was
not to be found either at her brother’s the
ambassador, or at M. de Metternich’s. He
was doubtful of hi* misfortune till tlic day
broke, when a disfignie 1 corpse was found
near the saloon, which Dr. Gull thought to
be that of the Primers Schwartzetiherg.—
It remane-l no longer doubtful when dia
monds, and the med ill'ion of her children,
which sue wore suspended from her neck,
were examined.
Princess Pauline Schwartzhnberg was
daughter of the Senator Aremberg : she was
mother of eight children, and four months
advanced in pregnancy ; she was as much
distinguished for the graces ot her person as
by the excellent qualities of her miud and
Iteart. i he affectionate act which cost her
life, proves how much she deserves to be re,
gretted, for death was most evident. The
Haines were most terrific ; none but a mo
ther could have faced such danger. Appre
hensions are entertained for the life of the
princess de la Layen, wife of the Russian
Consul; also for that of the baroness Ton
sard. Fifteen or sixteen persons more or
iess wounded are out of danger. Prince Ivti
rakin has slept, and this evening great hopes
are entertained that t.is accidunt would not
terminate fatally Tne Austrian amhassa
dor, whose horrible situation it is easy *o
conceive, shewed, during the whole night,
that attention, that activity, that calnnuss,
and presence of mind, wHch might have
been expected of him. The officers of his
legation, and of his nation, gave signal proofs
of their courage and devotedness ; the pub
lic expressed great admiration at seeing the
ambassador accompany the emperor and em
presss to their carriages, forgetting the dan
ger to which his own family were expos
ed.
The emperor retired at 3 o’clock in the
morning. He sent several times during the
night to enquire the fate of the Princess Pau
line Schwertzenberg, which remained un
certain. At five o’clock in the morning, he
received the account of her death. His ma
jesty, who had*a particular esteem for this
princess, regrets her loss extremely. Her
majesty, the empress, exhibited the great
est calmness during the whole of the even
ing; but on hearing this morning the death
of the princess, she shed abundance of tears.
Paris, July 10.
Refiort to the Kmfieror.
“ Paris, July 9, 1810.
“ I have the honor to lay betore your ma
jesty an act of the King of Holland, dated
the 3d instant, by which that monarch de
clares, that he abdicates the crown in fa
vor of his eldest son, leaving, according to
the constitution, the Regency to the Queen,
and establishes a council of Regency com
posed of his ministers.
*• Such an act, sire, ought not to have ap
peared without a previous concert with
your majesty. It can have no fore® without
your approbation. Ought your majesty to
confirm the disposition taken by the kineof
Holland ?
“ The union of Belgium with France has
destroyed the independence of Holland.—
Her system has necessarily become the
same with that of France. She is oblig.
ed to take part in all the maritime wars
of France, as it she were one of her provin
ces* Since the creation of the arsenal ®f
the Scheldt, and the annexation to France
of the provinces composing the departments
ot the Mouths of the Rhine and th Mouths
ot the Scheldt, the commercial existence of
Holland has become precarious. The met
chants of Antwerp, Ghent and Middle
burgh, who can, without any restriction,
extend their speculations to the extremi
ties of the empire, of which they torm a
part, necessarily carry on the commerce
which Holland transacted. Rotterdam and
Bordrecln are already on the verge of ruin ;
these cities having iost the commerce of
the Rhine, which goes direct, by the new
troncier, to the port of the Scheldt, passing
through the Biesbuch. The part of Hoi
land which is still alien to the empire, is
deprived ot the advantages enjoyed by the
part united thtieto. Compelled, neverthe
less, to make common cause with France,
Holland will have to support the charges
ot this allowance without reaping any of its i
benefits.
“ Holland is sunk under the weight of
her pub'ic debt, which amounts to between
85 and 90 millions, that is to say, a fourth
more than the dabt of the whole empire ;
and if a reduction had been projected by
the government of the Country, it would nut
have been in its power to give a guarantee
lor the inviolability and permanence of such
a measure, inasmuch as the debt, if even
reduced to 30 millions, would still he beyond
the actual means and ability of that cotin
try... .—It is estimated Holland pays trip
pie the sutn that France pa\s. The peo
ple groan under the weight of 23 distinct
descriptions ol contributions. Tit? Dutch
nation sinks under its contributions, and can
no longer pay them.
“ Nevertheless, the necessary expences
of the government require, that this har
den should be augmented . The budget for
the marine amounted, in 1809, to three
millions only of florins, a sutn scarcely stif
ficient to pay the administrators, the officers
and seamen, t*nd *o defray the expence of
the ai se.oals, and which has not admitted
of the equipment of a single .ship ol war._
lo provide Ljr the armament ordered in
1810, and which is the minimum of the na
val force necessary for the. defence of II<1..
land, triple that sum would he requisite.
I’he war budget has scarcely afforded a suf
ficiency for maintaining IjiC fortresses and !
16 battalions; and whilst two branches of
such importance are so far from ht.vin
whal is necessary for support ing the honor
and dignity of independence, the interest
sf the public debt lias Ceased to be paid.
It is more than a year and an half in ar
rear.
“ If in such a state of things your majcs..
ty maintain the recent dispositions, by as
signing to Holland & provisional government,
you will only be prolonging her painful ago
ny. If the government of a prince in the
vigor of life, has left the country in so dis.
tre sed a situation, what can be expected
from a long minority? It cannot, therefore,
i>e saved but by a new order ot things.——
The period of the (lower and prosperity of
Holland was, when it formed part of the
greatest monarchy then in Europe. Her
incorporation with the great empire is the
only stable condition in which Holland can
henceforth repose from her sufferings and
long vicissitudes, and recover her ancient
prosperity.
| “Thus, ought your majesty to decide in
favor of such an union, fur the interest, nay
more, for the salvation of Holland. She
| ought to be associated in our blessings, as
she has been ass >ciated in our calamities.
But another interest still more imperiously
indicates to your majesty the conduct which
you ought to adopt.
“ Holland is in fact a shoot from the
French territory ; it constitutes a portion
jof soil necessary to complete the form of
[ the empire, l'o become full master of the
j Rhine, your majesty should advance to the
Zttyder JSea. By this means all the rivers
which have their source in France, or which
wash the frontiers, will belong to you as
I far as the sea.—To leave the mouths of
your rivers in the possession of strangers,
would, in tact, aire, confine your power to
ilLlimited monarchy, instead pf erecting an
imperial throne. To leave in the power
of foreigners the mouths of the Rhine, the
Meuze and the Scheldt, would be t&nta
mount to submitting ynur laws to them ;
it would tender your manufactures and
commerce dependent on the powers who
should be in possession of those mouths; it
would admit a foreign influence in mat which
is most important to, the lrappines of your
subjects.
“ 1 he annexation of Holland is still necessa.
ry to complete the system of the empire, par
ticularly since the British orders in council
of November, 1807. Twice since that peri_
odyour majesty has been obliged to close
your Custom houses to the trade of Holland,
inconsequence of which Holland was isola.
ted from the empire and the Continent.
Alter the peace of Vienna it was in your
majesty’s contemplation to annex this king
dom. You were induced to abandon this t.
clea from considerations which no longer ex
ist. Y u agreed with reluctance to the Trea
ty ot the 14.h Mtt'Ch. which aggravated the
calamities ot Holland, without meeting • ny
one view of your m ijesty. The obs.acle
which prevented it has now disappeared of
itself. Your majesty owes it to your empire
to take advantage cf a circumstance which
so naturally.leads » the union. Thefe can
be none more favorable fur the execution of
your projects
vr_• _ . .
-y imi cj’.Ktn.Mieu at Ant
werp a powerful arsenal. The astonshed
Sclie dt swells with pride t » behold twenty
vessels ot first rate bearing your majesty's
flag, and protecting its short s, which were
formerly scarcely visited by some trading
vessels.-But the great designs of your ma
jesty in this respect,cannot be fully accom
plished, except by the union of Holland.
It isnecessa.y to complete so astonishing a
creation. Under your majesty’s energetic
government the ensuing year will not termi
nate, before by calif g into action the mart
time resources of Holland, a fleet of 40 sail
of the line, and a g. eat number of troops
shall be assembled in the Scheldt and Tex
el, to dispute with the British government
the sovereignty of the sea, and repel its un
just claims.
•* So that it is not the interest of France
alone that calls for thi* union ; it is that of
continental Europe, who applies to France
to repair the losses of her marine, and com.
bat, on her own element, the enemy of the
prosperity of Europe ; whose industry it has
not been able to stifle, but whose communi
cations it obstructs by its insolent claims,
and the vast number of its ships of war
Finally, the union of Holland augments the
Empire, in rendering more close the fron
tiers she defends, and in adding to the secu
rity of its arsenals and docks. It enriches it
by an industrious, thrifty, and laborious peo
ple, who will add to the stock of public
wealth, in increasing their private fortunes.
There are no people more estimable, or bet.
ter adap'ed to derive benefr from the advan
tages which the liberal policy of your Gov
ernment affords to industry.-France could
not have made a more valuable acquisiti.
on.
“ The annexation of Holland to France is
the necessary conseqir.nc • of toe union of
Belgium It completes your Majesty ’» Em
pire, as well as the execution of your system
ot war, politics, ami trade. It is the first,
but necessary step owards the restoration of
your navy ; in fact, it is <h« heaviest blow
which your Majesty could mfl.ci upon Eng.
land,
“ As to the young Prince, who is so clear
to your Majesty, he has already felt the ef
fects of your good will. You have bestowed
on him the giand Duchy of Berg. lie has
therefore no occasion for any new establish
ment.
“ I have the honor to propose to your
Majesty the firojrct of the following De
cree,
“ I am, 8cc.
“CHAMPAGNY, Duke o/Cvdore."
( This Decree in our next.)
London, July 21.
Half fast seven, P. M.
flercan' He Credit.—The alarming shock
given to commrrcial confidence has iudu
ci d us to enquire into the slate of the ac
counts of the principal defaulters. The fol
lowing particulars of the debts and c red is
of five bouses, were presented to die com
mittce appointed to enquire into their affairs,
this morning. I he members of ttie coni
mittre were Messrs. Shawe, Langston, Fort,
Graham and Fecie.
(ireave and Fisher—debts, 503 000!.
Credits, 632.5921
Rowlandson and Co.—debts, 283.9331_
Credits, 339 4321.
Hardy, Octey and Co—debts, 311,8021._
Credits 377.77.51,
Rowlandson, Bates 8c Co.—debts, 285,893!
Credits, 330.4441.
J. Goodier—debts, 331,5921 -Credits
487,2091.
In Messrs. Jacobs’s concern, by their own
account, it appears, tbV the shipping pro
perty amounts to 100.0001. and thev state
their surplus to be also lOO.OOOh-The a .
mount of their total debts is givm at 6oO,
0001.
By the above account it would seem, that i
all the defaulters have a large surplus, and
we hope the accounts are correct. We un
derstand, that thy live hrst h;ut a meeting
with the b ulk directors, and that it was a
greed by the company, to give them time
on all their bills >n the bands of the bank. bn
specific conditions as to security, which/ire
in tlie course <4 arrangement. *
We have to .day two failures in the met*,
cantile market, not very consiui-iaUie, nod
one principal and some minor ones on the
stock, exchange,
Misery of the South of Ireland_We are
sorry to state. from authentic hc counts, th.it
very general distress prevails throughout tlie
South of Ireland. That heretofore ilout ish
ing district has sunk, within the last tw. lve
months into a melancholy condition. Tlie
mercantile failures which have occurred to
an immense amount in Cork, Waterford,
Limerick, and the lesser towns have neat ly
annihilated all trade* and confidence ; they
have grown aince last November, to neat ly
two millions in the value of losses. One ve..
ry recent insolvency in Limerick alone, falls
little, if at all* short of 160,0001.
FRENCH LICENCED AMERICAN
VESSELS.
^ Paris paper of the 16 h July states,
that foriy American vessel* have been li
cenced by the Emperor to proceed to the U.
States, and bring to Fran- e cargoes of Cot
ton for the use of the manufactures. The
penalty of confiscation is to fotloiu^ any torn
tnunication with a Ilrjtish fiorf-Some
vessets were also to be licenced to import
Cochineal and Indigo, under a similar fie
natty.
Baltimore, Sept. 16.
FHOM THE MEDITERRANEAN.
The brig Blanchy, c;.pt Cotton, arrived last e
veiling, in 55 dn^s from Algiers. An embargo
was laid on at Algiers, on the 14th July in con.
sequence of an Algerine frigate and brig bring a
bout to skit for Smyrna ; the brig Expectation, of
Philadelphia, would go under their convoy ; five
French privateers laid there with their sails un
bent. The sc hr. Jacob Gettig, was captured
k6ti June, by a French privateer, and ordered ibr
Fiance ; it was reported she wus t Won by ad mi
rat Cotton’s squadron, cruising off Toulon amf
Mar.-,edl< a, cui.s.sting of 17 sail of the line and
12 fi ig.it es.
The BImucIiv was sent from Algiers to Mar
Si dies, with the I1 retich consul, m consequence of
•i tnirundeislanding between the Dev and him
self
Lef at Marseilles. 25th May, ship Ilenrv and
Francis, Wire, of Boston ; schr.-, Foster, of
Beverly—both under detention.
The Blsncliy lias brought a fine Arabian horse
f>r Dr. Thornton of Washington, St some choice
sheep for the President of the United States —
She also brings despatches from consul Lear to
government.
CCoffee House Docks
EXTRACT OF A LETTER.
“ Liverpool,dated 25th 1810. A gie t
.damplus be«.n thrown on our colum market fox
ili a week past, in consequence Of cnnsidei able
pecuniary t mb*rras*nienis having taken place
in London, and in those quarters which are pur
ti ularlv connect* <! with i .e manufacturing dis j
tricis of this neighborhood. The holders • foot |
ton, however,are not very p cssingto sell, and j
we expect the market will not icri.ain long sol
inactive as it is at the present in* meat. Cotton, I
Georgia, ner lb Is 2d a Is id ; Sea Island, «xii I
• iinig. I.h iixl a 2s ; do line, 2a Ida 2s 2d ; do.
very fine, 2* 2d j New Orleans, is *id a la G.* 1
2 j Tennessee, Is 2d a la 3d 1-2
Tobacco remains ex' t < in. ly .lull, and as we
continue to receive muter,al additions to our
stuck every week, the \vxs*i to realize becomes
moie pressi. g—Tobacco, York and James Ri
ver.., per lb. 4 l a 7d ; Rappahannock, 2d u 41 ;
l’otomack, 2d a 5d ; Stemmed, GJ a 8i Mury-!
luti'I, 5-1 « Is ; Kentucky 2d a 4 1.
The weather having been remarkably favora
ble of late for the ensuing erdps, our corn mar
k thus rather given way, and wheat and Hour
hardly support our quotations—Flour, superfine,
sweet, per burrel, G-ls u 68s ; sour, none ; wheat,
per 70lh». lGs <i 17a. Rice has rather fallen in
price, and tin- future currency of this article will
depend on the general price of grain, and the
probability of an export vent—Rice, good, per
cwt. 24 a 2is.
<0*ome$ric.
Jbc-zzin Hum —Doctor Davis, Consul of
the U. S. for Tripoli, has imported into the
city of New-York, fiom that regen y, a
sheep which was presented to him by the
Bashaw of Tripoli, and which came from
Fezzau, an interior kingdom of Africa, tri
butary to the Bashaw of Tripoli-This an
iinal has excited, very deservedly, the curi
osity of a great number < i our citizens, anti
to gratify those who are at a distance, the
following description of him and particulars
concerning him may be relied cn.
The body is longer than the ordinary sheep
of our country ; his legs are solong, that lie
may be compared, in point of size, to a year
ling call ; his head is long and large ; thp
forehead arched ; his horns spiral but not
large ; has a fine eye, with a bold demea
nnur ; his neck is long, with a large dvlap
of hair ; his head and legs are not covered
with wool, as some of the merino sheep aie,
but with a short white shining covering ot
silky hair, except, that around his eyes,
for about half an inch in breadth, the hair
is black, and about the half of his ears to
wards the end aie also black. At a small
distance his covering appears of the dirty
brown of the merino, hut on examination ot
tht fleece there is a mixture of straight hair
or wool, of a soft silky fi el and appearance,
in xed with a coarser white hair, such as you
find in camels hair shawls. The fleece at
present is from an inch and one halt to two
inches long ; his tail is long and thin, re.
sembling somewhat that of the Tyger.
Ft Ezan, from whence the animal was
brought, is described ai a circular domain
in a vast wilderness like an island in rtie o
cean, 1. iog to the so ith of Tripoli, and is a
tributary kingdom to Tripoli. There is an
annual present of these Rains made to the
Bashaw of Tripoli. No females are ever
permitted to Come from theic and from the
amazing length of the. journey across thede
serts which requires from 7(j to 90 days gen
e allv, but a few of those that are sent
survive the j unity ; out of four whicn were
sent with thr one now herp, only two arrived
at Tripoli, one of which died on his passage
to America.
The origin of the merino race of sheep is
involved in so much obscurity, that sc. icely
any two writers have been found to agree as
to the probable origin of the race. From
ome circumstances detailed by D icior Da
vis, as collected from various persons in Tri
poli and Spain, and comparing the make,
form and marks of this animal with some,
sheep imported Ipto this city from Spain, it
m ay be conjectured that the ra^e of mci i-!
nos have sprung from a mixture of the Fez
z.»n Kam with the common sheep ot Spain
and Barbary.
Lasteru:, .1 French writer, says the word
Merino, arc* 'daigioa Spanish w riter is dc ■
rired tr.Mii Alt 1 inos, because tile breed came
from bevond sea.
I he I tz'i in Ham diP rs from the Bar
ba')’ Hun in some uarticulats, incur two
ot the most prninim lit are, cjiat the tails of
the Iktrbarv sheep are short o ;<1 .iliout five
inches broa I, whereas the tails «>f the Fez
zan Shei p ure very thin and long From
the cat case ot tlie Iktrbary ami Merino sheep
there exudes a lot or g*asse, technical'
km wn by the name of Vo k. The Fezzit
appears perfectly free from it.
1 he Ft-zzan sheep are b> cared twice a
• year, pievious to the time of shearing a
great part of the coarst* hair falls out, and
only a portion ot it remains in, which is con*
sideretl necessary in order to manufacture
it, and it is saitl is sent to Persia, but by
what route is not known, where they man*
ufacun e it into what is commonly calledca_ .
mels hair ahuw Is
The Jerbi and Benzazi sheep, which are
said lobe u cross with the Pezzau and Bar
bary sheep have a portion of the coarse hair
with a fine soft, . silky, aiul curley hair, or
wool, and this covering is manufactured into
a kind of goods called Jerbi shawls.
This animal is new at the residence of
Mr. Wm. A. Davis, Bloomiugdale, .about se
ven miles from die city, who it is understood,
has determined to dispense h-s usefulness
the present season only, to a reasonable exj
’ent— .from that stuck we shall be able
■° judge of the value of tl;e Ham, and there
can be no doubt from the information ob*
taineil. though small, that he will be a vaiu*
able acquisition to this country, and pr.rti*
cularlyso as he is supposed lo be only about
2 t ears and 1 2 «Id.
Murh praise is due to Dr. Davis for hU
selection of such an acquisition as the Fez*
zan Ham, but jnuch more is due for some
rate and useful plants which he has brought
with him, and which the h.ishaw of Tripoli
sent for at his request to Syr^a ; a particu
lar account of which will soon be' given_
If our ambassadors and Consuls abroad would
use a like diligence in sending to America
whatever is to be found rare and valuable in
foreign nations, they would do a most ac
ceptable service to their country.
Phi LAuiyLpht a, Sep. 7.
COMMUNICATION.
When Captain Robinson left Tonniogen, the
Americans were hun t ing off taSi us possible/
in consequence of the ports of Tonningvn, iius
seim and Sylt being shut against the A men can
shipping, by a royal order from the king of Den
mark, which captain It. s.iwiu the hands oftlie
American Consul at 'i'onningen. It was suppo
sed by many 10 he a prelude to a general seques
tration, hut by the Danis!) gent lumen in authority
at Tonniiigen, said to he m const q tonoc of die
clandestine trade carried on he w n those ports
: and England under vita American ii.g.
Baltimore, Sep. 7.
JVO SUBMISSION i
It having been ascertained, that among
the seamen tut board the British goveriirnmit
brig Nelly, now lying in our river, there was
a native of Mary land involuntarily detained,
the people <>t Fell’s point firefmrtd them,
selves to release him All tilings being in
readiness, two gentlemen waited upoulieut.
Jackson last evening, and demanded the
man. The lieutenant made some hesitation
as to complying with he requisition, but
was given to understand hat only me hour
was allowed him to deliberate. I he snilor
was sent uri shore within the limited time,
and the brig has since in ved further down
the river. The released American reports
he was originally impressed, and lias been
detained for 16 years in the Briti »h sei vice,
during which tune he made seven attempts
toescape, and was as otten unsuccessful, and
severely flogged, Uc. He has for 12 years
past been accounted as dead by his friends,
who reside on the Eastern Shore. It is be.’
lieved there are several other Americans on
board the Netly, but their " protec ions’*
being destroyed and ihcir persons unknown,
the truth cannot be ascertained The pub.
lie irritation has been uncommonly great
frotr. a beliaf that Li utenant Jackson is ih<*
mail who barbarously and wantonly abused
Captain Rider of this port, sometime since
— But Captain U. being absent, and no po„
litive proof of the fact being submitted, the
pe >p!e have very prudently and properly
treated lieutenant Jackson and hiscrew witli
their accustomed hospitality. Such is the
current account of an afTor which has af«
forded much conversation*this morning
livening I'o&t.
Kentucky Baxrbstow n. August 21.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman to
hja friend in this neighborhood dated
Vincennes. Angus 15 1810.
On Sunday last upwards of a hundred of
'lie Prophet's par'y, under the command of
his brother, the pnncipal war chief, arrived
at this place, and this day i ommcnced tl
eouncil bei wren them and the Governor, ir
the Gnve n.u'synrd at which there wciM
about 50 Weasand Miamies, and about font
Imuis were spent in a kind of prelimnary
disci s.ion in which they expressed great
Irieiy ship for their white brethren in th»
bb Stairs, and d.eir disposition to settle e
very thing lo the Go e, nor’s sntisfacti n.—* .
1 his talk will no doubt continue several days
-thev will probably get into tbe piinci
pal discussion to non-row, and the vent*
which is very uncertain, will be known in.
a few dais It ts ceitain that false repre„
st illations hsTve been made to them Irom the
British agon s or traders, and very pnbab
ly both, from several little circumstances*
lhat have taken place to day, and which,
aie too tedious for me to detail in a letter
at tnis ti e I suppose the whole number
ol Indians in this neighbourhood at p-e ent,
is about 200 men, women and children;
there are, however, very lew woman anti
childien (a suspicious circumstance) and
this place is in rather a dangerous situation,
for this moon is the time, all accounts agree,
for a general attack on the out .posts, and
I unders and it is about the time of their re
ceiving their annuities which is an excuse
for their assembling at those places.
jf gentleman just arrived from Porto Ri
co, at Aciu York, gives the following ad
vices. *
On the Vith of July last, by an order of
the governing power, all French firo/ieriy
was declared to be sequestered, comfirthen
ding all (he plantations ami private proper
ty of every Frenchman in that island, Icav.
ing to ecch person 100 dollars and their
clothes- The governor was obliged to cn ,
forte this ord-r by several of the council
bars,who pretended that hi a excellency had