The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1810-01-09 00:00:00, page 3

©’her vessel* are the schooner Hamilton of N
Voti, sli.p Auguita of Baltimore, (with the
>a# American consul on board) brig Sophia, It
schr. Zephyr.
Tins >*e i luct of the King of Naples was pro.
bably founded upon the famous letter of Cham*
pagny to Gen. Armstrong, declaring the unal
Wrabl# priu uplea of the Napolci n code.
Philadelphia, Jan. 3.
MR. CAjYJYI.\ (l.
It was very generally reported yesterday.
Shat Mr. Jackson the Ex British minister
had received advices of the return of Mr.
Cunning is his former post of Secretary of
State fair Foreign Affairs—accompanied by
the Marquis of Wellesley, as first lord of
the Treasury, the former efficiently and the
tatter nominally Pkluikk
We are inclined to believe that such a
change was contemplated at the time the
,\ox>ember Packet left. England—hut that
the event had not then occurred. It is
however. said that this will be the arrange
ment before the meeting of Parliament.—
Indeed it was impossible Mr. Perceval
could main'ain the station to xvhich his in
ordinate ambition had carried him—and
letters from most of the manufacturing
towns in England co fvai this opinion.
Should these even's be realized, all id~a
of treaty or accomodation is at an end and
the sooner our Congress take a decisix»e
stand the better—the choice before them is
Resistance or Submission.
The Virginia Legislature are adopting
strong resolutions in support of the ad mi
uistration. and wc hope every other Repub
lican State Goxierument will follow their
example.. ..Democratic Press.
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JOURNAL
Of a voyage from St- Louis, Louisiana, to the
Mandan Village, umiertalen by the St Louis
Missouri ]'ur Company, for the purpose of con
ducting Shebekeb, the Mitndan Chief, to his na
lion, and to establish trading houses on the head
waters of the Missouri—by Doctor 'I’momas,
Surgeon to the party.
On the 17th of May last, we set out from St’
Louis with ten hacges and one hundred and sixty
men, well equipped, among whom were a few
Delawares and Shawonies employed for hunting
On the next day we passed the beautiful village of
St. Chtn ies, being 18 miles by land, and about 3d
by water, from St Louis ; ascending to the river
Gasconade, the country is very thickly settled,
particularly in those spots called Moon’s settle
ment, and near the tittle village called Charrette.
1 effi informed that the territory ot Louisiana is
portioned out in six districts ; St Charles is the
uppermost, comprehending that immense tract
of country west of the Mississippi, and north of
the Missouri ; the tide of emigration appears to
direct itself to this highly favored spot, and in
deed we are not surprised that t tie farmers of the
United States bend their attention this way, as
every advantage both of soil and climate, render
it far preferable to Kentucky or Oitio.
From the Charrette village to the Osage river
we experienced nothing very extraordinary, liuv
ing agreed to wait here for the party, we took ad
vantage of the delay, to saunter over the country;
this place is said to he about 40 miles from the
frontiers, although there is a small village oppo
site its mouth, on the north side of the Missouri,
in a beautiful rich prairie; the inhabitants con
sist of emigrants from below,principally French ;
these people raise a sufficiency of grain for the
consumption of the settlement, and employ the
balance rif their time in hunting and trading with
the surrounding Indians. The Osage river, situ
ate on the south side, from its magnitude at the
mouth forms an important appendage to this
country ; I was informed that boats ascended to
the old Indian villages about 1UO miles up, its
■waters are pure, gentle and well tasted, its banks
discover to the naked eye the riches it possess
ed; Iron Ore of the best kind covers a great por
tion of its surface Here the botanist, c*uld en
j'-y a fea.-.t; the Savannas filled with innumera
nle plants pregnant with ail the sweets the florist
could desire j the lovers of hunting could not
f ail of finding on this river plenty of amusement,
for I .-.na sure no place I have yet seen can equal
it for fi.sli mid wild fowl.
Aline river empties itself into the Missouri a
ft w leap 's above, is navigable for small craft up
to the Salt Works there are two establishments
Jiete oid I am inf ’ined that 2U0 ket.les are con
stantly employed in making salt, a gentleman who
lode over the country where these salt licks a
liound, says, that, XO.OOOkeUUs inignt be employ
ed as strong water springs are numerous in every
•direction. On tiie 23d of June we were visited by
n hui! storm, and to render the scene more dis
agreeable, one of the hunters, John Siout, had
l;ia thumb blown ofi and ins hand much lacerat
ed bv the bursting of my gun
On the 2btb, all the boats having arrived, we
re out, and on the 8th of j « y, arrived at Fort
■•tv.,age, which we saluted by a discharge of seve
ral goo* From our ordinance barges, and was po
litely answered by an equal number from the
foi t ; here we experienced many civilities from
the gentlemen of the garrison This place ap
peara to he the general rendezvous of alt the Mis
souri Indians, their continual jars keep the com
mandant nu the alert. Usages, Ottas, Malius,
Fannie, Cansas, Missouri, Sonex, Sac, Fox, lo
wav, ail mingle together here, and serve to ren
tier this quarter, a most discordant portion of the
continent.
July 11th, we all got ready for embarkation,
having laid in vegetables, hr and hid adieu lo
tie. l..ce of civilized hie, pushed on our way.
The lace of the country on each aide of the river,
is so monotonous up to the river Flat that one
day’kjourney would nearly give the history ofe
very thing worthy of notice. The banks in gen
•rsl are low and an extreme rich daik loam cover
the surface oi ali its borders, except where the
cldFs approach tile water; in several pla',«.9 jliry
put in on both sides, so as to compress the river
to the breadth o( 2.) or 30 yards ; lo these binds,
veg latino is denied ; having ascended many
without being gratified with the sight ot a plant ;
jh iwever our tods have been often repaid by tbo
discovery of various petrifactions : the bones of
the Buff aloe, Elk, Goat, w it It the various kinds
of wood which grow in the neighborhood, arc
found on the tops of theve din's, completely pe
trified, yot few are to he found in the low land
The Cansas river on the south side, so called
from a nation of that name, who reside about 1.50
miles up this river, is about 40 miles from the
garrison i this river is considerable, affording a
navigation for trading boats, up to the village,
'flie C.iii“hs have been long the terror of tin
neighboring Indians, their temerity is haidly cre
dible ; a few weeks since a band of 100 warriors
entered the Fannie village, or wnat is more gen
erally called, the Fannie 1<epublic, and killed the
principal chief and his family consisting of 1J
souls s they were imme-dialeiv pursued and up.
wards of 40 of them cut to pieces ; these people
cannot he at peace with the white or reel people ;
they rob, murder and destroy when opportunity
effers, fortunately f-tr f'neir neighbor* they are
lew in number, anel their daily outrages serve to
leasentbeir numbers still more, their country a
honnds with game, puiOcularly Beaver, lJ» er,
Buffalo*-, Elk., B'ack Hear, lie. &c. and afford
the Cans** (bardly lc;>. .vivage) an abundance of
f- »*<l and raiincnt.
On tlie 2'n. July, we arrived at 'essrs Crook*
Sin- *i CIsdana's old liuming Camp, we lodged i*.:
uh-.i house, these gtut.cmen bad oo»isuu»keti'
comfortable quarters, the house having 5 rooms, i
when they occupied it, tiie Ottos, and Fannies
resorted totiiem in great numbers. ,
August 1st, arrived at t-e river Platte on tli
South side, met with M’Clelland, wailing lb, '
the Ottos, whom he expee'ed in great numbers to
trade witn.
Mr. M’Cleltand has weathered nianv storms in 1
his life, and it appears that each day see in to
throw something hitter in his cup ; tirave, geu. '
erows, and .hid, lie meets the untutored liuti- 1
an with a smile of complacency ; or if the teme
rity of the savage should exceed lint bounds of y
honesty <»r approach to menace ; thou M'Clel- •
land discovers his exalted courage, surrounded
with Indians, with his rille, pistols and sword, I
bids defiance to whole n ilions threatening or ex- ,
editing extermination on ail who attempt to plun- ,
iler him.
Tiie river Platte is about half a mile wide at ,
Its mouth, it has almost us in my mouths as the (
Mississippi, having numerous sand bars at its
junction with the Missouri, its waters have the '
muddy line of the Missouri, its extreme rapidity '
and shoal water, prevent the traders ascending
it < the Otto villages are about 40 miles from the '
mouth : the Fannies reside a considerable dis
tance above and extend to near the head waters
of the Anksnsa, these people living in the neigh
borhood of the Spanish villages, near St. Fee,
trade alternately with them anil the American
traders. The Partbiuns of the west ought in l*e
cherished, as through them wc may obtain an
ex*ensivc trade with that portion cf Mexico, most
adjacent to the mines.
To be continued-)
C. F Grandison, of the ship Montezuma, (late
ly arrived here from Liverpool) has drawn
a prize of 20.000 pounds sterling in the Brit s
Lottery.—N. T Mrre Adv.
——«
RICHMOND, JANUARY 9, 1810.
VIEWS
OF THE CORRESPONDENCE, t?c.
No. III.
TIIE THREE CONDITIONS,
AS
STATED IN THE CORRESPONDENCE, &C
The first notice that we have of these
Conditions in the correspondence between
Messrs. Smith and Jackson, is in the very
first letter addressed bv the former to tiie
latter, in the following terms:—"Under the
influence of this reasonable expectation,”
says the Secretary of State, “ the President
lias learned, witli no less surprise and regret,
that in your several Csnfcrences with me,
you have stated:
1st. That you have no instructions from your
government, which authorize you to make am
explanations whatever, to this government, as to
the reasons which had induced his Britannic Ma
jesty to disavow the arrangement lately made by
you • predecessor, and that therefore you could
not m.ike any such explanations.
2d That in the case of the Chesapeake, your
instructions only authorise you (without assigning
any reason whatever, why the reasonable terms
of satisfaction tendered ana accepted, have not
been carried into effect,) to communicate to this
government a note tendering satisfaction, with
an understanding, that such note should not be
signed and delivered by you, until you should
have previously seen and approved the proposed
answer of this government, ai d that the signing
and the delivery of your note and of the answer
of this government, should be simultaneous.
3d That yon have no instructions which au
ihot'ise you to make to this government any pro
positions whatever, in relation to the revocation
of the British Orders in Council ; hut only to re
ceive such as this government may deem it pro
per to make to you.
4th. That, at all events, it is not the disposition
or the intention of tiie British government to re
voke their orders ill council, as they respect the
United States, but Upon a formal stipulation, on
the part of the U. S to accede to the following
terms and conditions, viz.
1st. That the act of Congress, commonly cal
led the Non Intercourse law, be continued a
gainat France, so long as she shall continue her
decrees
2d. That the Navy of Great Britain be author
ised to aid in enforcing the provisions of the said
act of Congress.
3-1. That the United States shall explicitly re
nounce, during tiie present war, the right of car
rying on any trade whatever, d.rect or indirect,
with M>y colony of any enemy of Great Britain,
from which they were excluded during peace ;
and that this renunciation must extend, not only
to the trade between the colony and the mother
country, but to the trade between tiie colony and
the U. S.
Here the Secretary of State tells ns as his
sense of their Conferences, that the British
minister was not to make any /iro/tosilions
to us, butthat it was unnecessary to make a
ny on our part, unless we should recognise
the three conditions.—In reply, does Mr. J.
say, yea or nay to this statement? does lie
explicitly deny it? does he deny it all? If
it were incorrect, how easy for him to have
••aid so! On the other hand, although he
does not directly admit it, he sanctions its
veracity in a strong and indirect manner:
It. his repiy he states that he was ins'ruc
ted not to /tress these propositions on his part,
because " The sentiments of the American
government were so different from what
they weie at first understood to he,” and
“ especially as the arrangement itself is be
come less important, and the terms of it I s9
applicable to the suite of things now exist
ing that 'hese considerations had indu
ced uis majesty to modify the orders in coun
| ciI of Nov. 1807 by tiiat of the 2f»th of April, !
j 1809—that the latter did away the ** option j
given to neutrals to trade with the enemies i
of Great Britain, through British po*'.s on '
payment of a transit duty.” which was a I
'* i itigation of what is certainly more cor- !
reel but more rigid in principle, the total
and unqnal- fied interdiction of all trade with
the enemy' — that tlieApnl order was indeed,
more restrictive than those of Nov. by re
tracting the indulgence (indulgence !) gran i
ted by former orders of having often the
trade to enemies' colonica—that •* the open
ing of the ports of Spain, of Portugal, of rhe
South of Italy, and nt Turkey, has afforded
a more ample scope to neutral commerce;
and th t by the capture of Martinique in ad
dilion to that of almost all the colonies of the
enemies of Great Britain, together with the
blockade of Guadeloupe, the extent to which
the liberty of commerce with enemies coin
niea applied, has been so fir narrowed, that j
there »s little of pvac tical hardship in rtxnr I
ring to tlie rule whirh, however occasionally 1
mitigated in its application, G. B. can never
cease in princip’e to maintain that it is I
" matter «f indtfferc .ee to G. Britain, whe !
ther *h? older in c« ’»ril be continued, or!
an arrangement, by mutual consent snlrstito ;
ted in its mom,” that is, one tola/li/ inter |
dieting all our trade with the enemy, or;
tlios* whom she may filease to call her rne I
my—-bir mat as • r* . cl sp<>*,ition had hitherto!
ball -howt* or. our part to make any prop • j
il was unpojs;bit lor him to state bv
mticipation (nor wa$ lie Instructed so to do)
vhat might he the answer that he should e
entuallv think it his duty to return to u>»;
consequently he could nut lterv« made with
hut view ttie statement contained in the
Hh section of Mr. Smith’s letter, and the
hrec subdivisions of it.”
Here indeed is a strange medley of ideas—
>ut through all this mist of words, it ap
icars, that the total & unqualified interdict!
•n of ail trade with the enemy is correct in
irinc filc—that there is little practical hard
•lii|> in recurring to the rule which, howe
er occasionally mitigated in its application,
j. B. can never cea>> >n fin tci/ile to main
ain—and that he c >uld not have made with
hat view the statement detailed by Mr. S.
rhus then, the British minister re assert:
he assumed rights of G. B— declares it to ■
>e a matter of indifference whether the Or j
lers in Council are continued, or we shall
Jonsent to an arrangement in its roun_and |
nerely denies that he had spoken to Mr. S.
il the three conditions, with that view._
ft is indifferent to us, with what view he
made this statement—it is sufficient, that
ic stated these conditions as thr sine qua
ion, with any view whatever. It is not the
native, but the matter of the communication
which is in question.
In reply, the Secretary of State repeats
:he matter of the communication, according
to his first sense of it—explicitly re states
lits understanding that Me J. hadnoauthn
litv “but meiely to receive and discuss
proposals.*’ on the part of the U. States
“ and these, it a ft ft ears, must include a !
stipulation on the part of the U. S to relin
quish the trade with the enemies colonies,
even in branches not hitherto interrupted
by British orders for cap ure. and a'so a
sanctioning to the enforcing 6f an act of Con
gross by the British navy*’—he states that
if the “ way were formerly open-d for for
mal propositions from this government, a
known determination on the part uf nis Bri.
tannic Majesty to adhere to such extraordi
nary pretensions, would preclude the hone
of success in such advances. &c ” Here the
Secretary of State directly leaves open an
opportunity to Mr J. to deny his statement
of the subject ma'ter of their conferences_
he states as an inducement to such a denial,
the facility which it would open for formal
fircfiosicions on ou>- part, and the hopes of
success in such advances Thus called on,
thus invited, how does Mr J. act? Does
he contradict it? No. Though this impor
tan., statement of the Secretary is before
him though it formed so prominent a part
in his communications to him, he does not
meet it—he is silent about it—and his silence,
under such circumstances, is to be interpre'
ted into an admission of the corrrctn as of
the Secretary’s statement. All that he says,
which is in the most distant manner capable
ot being said to bear upon it, is, that “ be
yond this point of explanation” (on the disa
vowal of Mr. E’s arrangement) •* my in
structioris are ftrosfieclive; they look to
substituting for no4 ions of god understand
ing. erroneously entertained fira- ical sii.
filiations an which a real reconciliation of
all differences may be substantially founded.”
We shall not insult the reader by a disser n
tion on tut’ions and sti/iu/ations—nor rouse
his indignation, by showing how easily our
rights are made to evaporate into notions,
and how probable it is, that these sti/iulati
ous are the three Conditions
It is in this light, that Mr. Smith views
his silence-for in his next letter of Nov.
1, hesays, that “ it only remains, as to that
part of the disavowed arrangement, to re
gret, that such considerations should have
been allowed loom weigh the solid objections
to the disavowal; it being understood, at
the same time, that his Britannic majesty
perseveres in requiring, as indispensable
conditions on the part of the United States,
an entire relinquishment of the tight to
trade with enemies colonies, and also a per
mission to the British navy to aid in execu
ting a law of Congress ”
Thus galled and pressed by his correspon
dent, Mr. J. found it necessary tosav some
thing-he now denies in an evasive form
-still his denial d >es not go to the subject
matter of the statement——his object is - ill
tobe attained substantially by a concession
of the three conditions.—Hear him in
extenso :
“ You say “ that it is'undtrstood that his Bri
tannic majesty perseveres in requiring as indis
pensable conditions on the part of the U State-*
an entire relinquishment of the right to trade
with the enemies colonies, and also a permission
to the British navy to aid in executing a law of
Congress.”
“ This Mm» statement iscohtained in your let
ter of the 9th instant, and represented as the sun
stance of what had fallen from me in our previ
ous conferences. In my answer to that letter,
I look the liberty of she wing that such a suppo
sition was erroneous, and I have looked in vain
to my letter of the ‘23d, to find in it ar.y sug
gestion of a similar tenor. 1 believe, therefore,
that hy reference to my two letters you will
find, that the statement now again brought for
ward, is contained in neither of them, that it
m-ide no part of my previous conversations with
you, and that I have in no way given room to sup
pose, that I ever made any such statement at all
" That before the orders in council cun he revoked,
their object must be obtained in some other way, is
unquestionably true ; but you may be ssttre , s r
that there is no wish whatever entertained in En
gland, that the British navy should he employed
in'executing al-W of Congress If the propo
sal tint wa» made upon that subject, and mule
as you now know, because it was b •Pevtd
to he acceptable here, had been adopted, an.I
had become a matter of compact, b -tween the
two countries, and thereby a part, not of the
law of Congress, hut of the public law binding
i pon both parties, and which both would have
bad a co ■ inon interest in seeing duly executed ;
in that case tlie agency of the British navy
would not have hid the invidious aspect, which
is now attempted to oc given to it At present
there is no engagement between the iwn conn
tries, no laws of Congress|wliicb bear a refer
ence to any such engagement, and consequently
it cannot be wished to lake any share whatever
in the execution of dime I iws.
u In regard to the colonial trad*.* T nc<-d only ob
serve, that all or nearly all the enemies colonies
are blockaded by British squadrons, it cannot,
there fire, he so much an oi»|rcl of solicitude as
you imagine, to obtain the relinquishment of **»<•
trade of any country to those Colonics On the
contrary you will I'm 1 it stall d m mv letter of
die 11'.li ultimo, to he a *' matter of ind’II’i-rcnce
a bother the order in council (on this subject) be
continued, >r an arr.iiigem.-nl by mutual oOiisent
substituted In tarooin”
Here Mr. J. tells us, that previous tone
gocintions, the "object of the British orders
must l»c oht lined” by compact-t/mt is,
wc must give security to assert our own !
rights against France. here is the first !
condition .-—'/'hit there is no wish to cm.
ploy the British navy in executing a law ujj
Citigrrsi — hut that this tiling, instead of |
being done by a la w of Congress, might have i
as»u ii d anew and less invidious simple,by
being secured Ay treat", and thus Ik come j
•‘u yari ct ftub.ic law binding upon both
parties*’ —as if. to alt intents and put*po««s
they were rot *he same in their immediate o.
peration upon u>.—litre then n the 3d tr>ndi.
cion.—Aiul tha as to the Colonial trade, lie re.
peats, that if the order in council “ l»; not
continued, “ an arrangement by mutualcon
sent” is to be substituted in its room- .'finis
then, an equivalent arrangement is t» take
the place of the .i/tril order, which totally
interdicts «lie trade to the colonies of the e
nemy—Here then is the Jd condition.
Thus it appears that through all the mil
ty expressions of the Ex minister, the three
conditions are not lost s;giit of—they tire not re
linquished ; hut on the contrary, their object
is to he obtained in some way or other.
And now let us ask, what good was to be
expected from the continuance of such a |
minister amongst us? what Harm results
from his dismission? Fraught with stipula
tions. which no man of American feelings
would listen to. his negociati m would have
been of no use bilt to insult the spirit of A
merics, nor has his dismission been any bar
to an adjustment of our disputes If any man
still doubts, let him turn to the only proposi -
tions which \lr. J did make—the disgraceful
and insulting propositions on the affair of the
Chesapeake.
And let us ask, wliaf hopes can there be
of an adjustment with England, so long as
her present ministry remains in power_
& if the rumour of til* day be true, that Geo.
Canning has gone b.-tek with all his pr. puli,
e-s agiinst us. and with the noted (Lord
M mingtonj 'he Marquis Wellesley at his
heels?——NONE 1 lien let us nerve the
nation, and prepare far the worst _let us
breast the shock——the sword may yet have
to do us justice.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE ENQUIRER.
Washington, January 4'h. 1810 ;
5 o’clock, A. M.
Sir,
The final vote is this moment taken
on Mr. Giles's ros> lution from the Senate,
relative to Mr. Jack son’s conduct. 72 fir,
'41 against the passage. Every possible nl>
struct ion has been thrown in the way of its
progress without regard to decorum, patri
otism or national d’gnity.
The speeches, as you’ll find them, altho’
pruned of nianv offensive expressions, ante
rior to publication, seem better calculated
for the lb itish House of Commons, than an
A nerican Congress ; and yet the federalists,
with matchless assurance, arrogate to them
selves true republican principles—If ever it
were necessary for the state legislatures to
express the sentiments of their constituents,
now is the time; that being the best mode
to obtain correct information of our national
feelings—Itis« xpected by most of the mem
hers ol orlier states; snd I hope the ancient
dominion will not he in the rear—I am re
ally too much fatigued to say more at pre
sent.
FOR THE ENQUIRER.
A: a regimental mus'er of the 119/// regi
ment .f Virginia mill la held at Willi
am Martin's in Air county of Harrison,
on the 28'// of October, 1809—John G
Jackson, Lieut. Col. Commandant, was
u/i/iointed Chairman, and Major Isaac
Co/ilin Secretary.
The Chairman addressed the regiment
upon the critical situation of our affairs, pro.
ceeding from the injustice of foreign nati
ons—adverted to the reliance which the go
vernment and people place upon the militia
as the natural, best defence of the state, and
firmest bulwark of its liberties; enjoined
upon them the strictest attention to disci
piine and to the measures of the government;
so that if the legions of the United States
were called into service, knowing their duty,
i the j /stice of their cause and the necessity
of the appeal to arms; they may strike ter
ror into the mercenary ranks of their ene
mies, and by a prompt, decisive blow stop
the ravages of a protracted war.
The Chairman then submitted the follow
ing resolutions, and the question being put
upon them severally, they were unanimous
\ ly adopted.
Resolved, That we will, at all hazards,
maintain the rights and liberties of our coun
try, transmitted to us iiv the fathers of the
revolution, against the unjust aggressions
of all nations
Resolved, That the freedom we enjoy can
be preserved alone by vigilantly attending
tu the faithful administration of our nation
al concerns.
Resolved, That we have been mindful of
our duty in examining those concerns, and
the result is a conviction, that our govern
ment has asked nothing which can be /ion
orahly abandoned, or justly refused
Resolxn d, That- the injustice of foreign
nations has convinced us of the necessity of
relying upon our energies alone, for the main
tenance of our rights, and if they persist in
their attacks upon us, we will rally around
our government and exert those energies tor
the chastisement of the aggressors in the
most effectual manner which God and na
ture shall enable us
| He solved. That w« place a firm reliance
upon the wisdom and discretion of the Pi e
sident, and Congress of (he United States,
to assert our rights in the manner our honor
requires;—and we hereby tender our strvi.
ces to our country, if they shad determine
to resort to war, for maintaining those
| rights.
Hcsolvcd. That the Chairman be request
J ed, on behalf of the officers and privates of
: the regiment, to forwaid a copy of these
resolutions to the President of the United
States.
(Signed,) J. (». JACKSON,
Chair man.
(Signed,) ISAAC COPI.IN,
Secretary.
(Copy )
Ci.AitKSiii'iu;, Oct. 19*h, 18b9.
To the lion, .lumps Madison, President of
the United Stales.
Sirt,
1 have the honor to transmit to you
the enclosed resolutions, in compliance wi ii
the wishes of the officers and privates ol
the 119th regiment of Virginia militia.
I derive peculiar satisfaction from assuring
you, that notwithstanding many of the per
sons who united in the resolutions hare beep,
inimical to ths last and to the present a<hni -
lustration, their hostility is patriotically of
fered up upon the altar of .their country’s
safe ty ; whereby they evince, that when it be
comes a question—not which of two rival pat
ties shall lid the great offices of state, but whe
ther the rights, the honor and liberties wt
enjoy, shall be invaded with impunity, or
maintained in the sa ne spirit with which
they were established—nil the petty feud*
and minor distentions amongst them. w»li
he disregarded, a. • jutonu voice be beard
for ttnioK ami onr CoUrtlry. Tuev Indeed
show, that their* is an honest difference of
opinion, subordinate to the great duties of
patriotism—to the paramount interest* of
the nation ; and afford a pleasing pi usage of
vrh it the government may justly expect from
all ranks of citizens, whose feelings and in
terests arc truly American, when necessity
shall drive it to the last res >rt of nut ,>ns.
For myself, sir, and in the name of the
regiment, I solicit, that if the pervjc.es „f
the militia be wanted, our tender m.ty be
accepted.
I have the honor to be,
i Yuur most obedient,
J. G. JACKSON.
(Copy)
Washington, Dec. 3, 18Q9.
Sir,
I have received your letter of October
29, covering the resolutions of the J19iti
regiment of the Virginia militia.
Trie spirit which these resolutions ex*
press, is the more to be approved and relied
on. a* it is the resuit of an tx i nitiation into
the foreign aggressions committed against
the U lived Slues. stud into Mie proceedings
of the government in conseqtit nee of them.
A conviction of the justice of our cause, and
a de terrain at inn to maintain the national
c'glus, ha transmitted by the fathers of the
revolution, from a ground on which faithful
<■ t.zi-nsof pvery political denomination, will
never fail tqmute their energies, at the call
of their country ; as these energies are Hi*
n!v foundation on which, next to the favor
of Heaven, we ought to rest the security of
every thing dear toufiee and independent
nation.
Should such A call become necesary, the
tender of service ma le l»;. yourself and your
companions, on the military roil, will doubt
less receive the attention due to the patrio
tism which prompted it.
For the favorable expressions applied to
myself I, offer in return, assurances of my '
respect and good wishes,
(r,'Pv0 J \MF.S MADISON.
John G. Jackson, F.q b
Chairman. 5
£7* The Message of the President of the
U S. does him credit.—This is the first
• tep—will Cjngr/sx go on and follow it >p?
On this fioint, on which hangs the honor of
he Republic.
The measures, which he recommends, are
of a firccautionary and fit efiara1 ory cast*
Without such preliminary steps. no blow of
energv ran be struck -Will Congress go
>n? Will thev adopt such a course, in our
Foreign Relations, as may vindicate our
rights? Ir remains for them to adopt a bold
'nd subsequent svstem to bear upon the
aggressor-Alone, such preparatory mea
sures will be vain and unavailing 1Vith
out them, nothing can be succes*tully ac
complished-What will Congress then do,
;o addition to this? ■■■ -Idle eves of the coun
try are eagerly fixed upon them.
■T7* We understand, that Mu. Johv Ran'
001 ph is confined at home by indisposition.
iT7* A 2nd No. of Z. on the Chancery
Court*, was prepared for publication, i>y
which all the impressions, calculated to *>e
made by the 1st Z in rrgxi'd to Chancellor
I ivlor, were completely done away—but
from considerations, which it is unnecessary
to state, was withdrawn from the. Press —'A.
HtcijmcmtJ CfjMrre*
MASTER PAYNE’S FOURTH NIGHT.
On this Evening, f TuesdayJ fanudr. 9. wui be
presented, the celebrated Tragtdr of
P 1 Z A R R O ;
on,
THE D EH T IT OF R 0 L L .4.
ROLLA, Master PAYNE.
To which will be added, the Musical Entertain«'
ment of
THE PRIZE ;
OR,
2, 5, 3, 8.
(TT Doors to he opened at 5, the Curtain to rise
at a c/uurter past 6 o'clock.
SALES AT AUCTION\
I^O-MORROW, (Wednesday) at 10 o'clock
a m—3 lilids Andgtu Rum, 5 hhds Mo
lasses, 15 barrels colfee, 6 qr cask* M dags
W.n •. 60 boxes and 10 k g* Raisins, 4 bales
Woollens, &c. &c —Terms made known at toe
8-do M. Sc. 1J MY ;Rs, Auc'rt.
January 9. It
"THIE Subscriber being apoon'ed, by the
JL Trustees of the \V ishinglon Ilenry Acade
my in Hanover, to preside over and instruct boys
and young men, proposes to teach the following
branches of Literature, Viz : The Greek, Latin
and English lui guages with propriety j also,
Read'ng, Writing, Arithmetic, Vulgar and De
cimal Algebra, Surv ying, Belles L*tires, Math
ematics, ltistoiy, the Elements of Astronomy St.
G ometry,Geography witbiheuie of the Globes.
Price for tuition w:ll l>e 8 31 13 for those who
ire taught the Grech or Latin I nguag.-s, -nd
8 25 for every other pupil, to be pa: l fjiiarter
y. The term will romniem eon the litli of this
present month, and expire on tlie 15th of Die.
foil w i g. being subject to 15 day* v acation
The Academy is situated in a healthy & plenti
ful neighborhood, (it being about twelve m*U;»
f "hi Richmond ) in which boys and young men
m tv lie. boarded on re i ionabl j ,erms.
Ex ruinations v. Ii take place on the 1st of
August and at the t-xpii ution of the ter’.i,
DANIEL /ORO.
January ?, 1810. 2 T
Jd ANK OF VIRGINIA — flic President ,ml
* c Directors have this day drr|ur< d a dividend
>1 four p- *■ ccTit. on the capital sl'ick, which will
»e phi'' toti.s stockholders on application at the
Rank, in person, or by attorney, after the 15th
instant.
J. BROCKEN BROUGH, Cashier.
January 1. w3t
LAND FOR • ALE—That valuable Tract of
LAND laying in Amherst county, common
ly known by die name of Gordon's (Quarter, situ*
trd near the T obacco row mountain, containing
•jlevin hundred acres, i* iiov offered for sal,- on
Mu ral terms The quality of this laml is »aid to
be erpt d to any tract in tli it county.
The terms will be known by making applica
'rui to either of the subscribers in Peter* »,rg,
| t to Mr. Samuel Irvin of l.ynchbtugh, who will
I shew the premises or give' such description of
oem as Will satisfy any person desirous of pur
clias.ng.
$')RS WILDER,
rj-jllN ISkJ.L,
Petersburg, January! v.^ip