The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1810-06-26 00:00:00, page 3

t\ e*, Ceuta, and the whole kingdom Of Portu
gal. v
No intelligence of importance from the
frontier* of Portugal had Bern received. The
Spaniards avoided pitch battles, and by par
suing a system of partizan warfare, greatly
vfcaried and perplexed the enemy.
Napoleon has given his troops in Spain to
understand, that they can expect no pay
from France, but must obtain their recoin
pence and subsistence from Spanish contribu
tions. Tne city of Sslamanca has been #>m
p^kd to furnish 20,000 beds, for the French
hospitals; and great numbers of soldiers were
dying every day.
The head quarters of Regnier, were at
Merida. The troops of Ballesteros, occupi
ed Aracena, and Valverde del Caniino ; but
afterwards retired on the approach of thu
French. Askirmish ensued and the French
again retired. An advanced guard of the
enemy entered Talavera la Heal : and ann..
ther in Mantigo ; but the former were oblige
ed to retire to Merida, where the French
head quarters were established.
FROM A LATE LONDON PAPER.
jfmcrkan disfiute.—When will this have
an end? Why, distant as the connection may
seem, it will, in my opinion, never end, as
long as the money of the old lady in Thread
needle street (the bank) continues to cir
culate. The eldest of my children was un
born, when this dispute began; and, if I
could suppose, that the old lady’s money
would last many years, I should not be with
out hopes of being a great-gl and father bc~
fore the dispute would end——during the ex
istence of this dispute, we have employed six
Envots, with all their retinues ; ami per.,
manently, three and sometimes Fite com
mission ers - -The expence has been e
uornious (I will, one of these days, lay the
amount before the public ;) it continues to be
enormous ; and, which is the greatest curse
of all, there have been volumes innumerable
written upon the subject. There have been,
including brth sides, not less than from six
to ten able bodied writers, and (what makes
the thing more serious) most of them lavj
yers, too, hard at work for the last sixteen
years. Mercy on us ' what bales, what
waggon Joada of tautology ! reader, would
you not rather be hanged at once, than be
doomed to the perusal of the correspondence,
relating to this never dying dispute.—I be
gan, in tny last numhrr, inserting the corres
pondence between Mr. Jackson and Mr.
Smith; but, really, it appears, taking in its
references, to have no end. The}' have, a„
mongst them, written, upon this new branch
of the dispute, as much as is contained in one
of the volumes of Dr. Johnson's works; a
twelfth part of as much as Dr. Johnson
wrote In his whole life time ' And, what is
it about ? You read for half an hour, before
you come to an idea ; and, when you have
read the whole letter out, .you cannot for
yonr life tell what is, or what is not the sub
ject nratter of it. This correspondence might
be very useful to a man who was courting,
and who was anxious to try, beforehand, the
patience of his wife; for, if she could keep
her temper to the end of this correspondence,
he need never he afraid of her losing it.——
But, the calamity might, perhaps, be beara
ble, wero it to s at the point it has now
reached. This however, will not be the case.
The matter will be discussed in /iar ‘:ament
Mights and nights will be wasted upon it.
Papers! papers! pppers ! about America
will be called for. Motion upon motion will
he made. We shall have the solemn quib
bling, the puerile trash, which we have now
laid before us. served up again and again, in
all manner ol forms. The bare printing ex*
penecs, attending this branch only of the dis
pute, will, I dare say, come to many hun
dreds of pounds in paper money.-Since I
1 wrote the last sentence, 1 have been debu
ting with myself, whether I ought, at once,
to declare, that I never will again cram up
my columns with matter relating to this dis
pute ; whether I ought now to leave it total
ly out, as being unworthy of notice ; or, whe
ther I ought, for this once to state, in a ft vv
words, what has happened since I last made
any observations upon the subject. Mv own
taste and bent are decidedly lor the former)
but, as some of my readers may wish to
know u little of the matter, and, at the same
time, tray wisely tesolve not to waste their
time upon read’- ig the correspondence, I
think it may he as well, for this one time,
to lay before them the substance of it ; to
pick tlie “ two grains of wheat out of this
bushel of chaff,” But, this must be post.,
poned to my next number; matter of much
more importance presents itself, with claim
irresistible to all the space that 1 have left.
— -- CpgKFT r.
Boston, June 15
FROM TARRAGONA.
A Vetter from Tarragona to a merchant in
this town dated March 25, 1810, says—•• VVe !
have within 9 miles df this place, two ar . |
mics 20,000 French, and 30.000 Spaniards.—
We believe it in the intention of the French
to commence th« srige of this place, as they
bring with them fs pieces of battery cannon,
24 pounders, and a number of mortars.
This place is sttonghy art and still stronger
^by nature ; and it only tolerably well deten
^*Ied, will hold out 6 months at least, provi
ded tlie French do not cut oil* the communi
cation with the Mole, which in mv opinion
will be difficult. ]n this event the citv must
surrender, for want of provisions. Thew say
many French privateers arc out of Mula
(Exchange. C'ljfcr House Books.)
Kingston, (Jam ) Mnv 21.
By a licenced trader which arrived onSa*
turday from M ARAICAYBO, we learn that
the Spaniards there had declared themselves
independent, imprisoned the deputies sent
out by the Spanish Regency, superseded the
governor of Carthagena, and the people im
mediately appointed a successor. This rev
olution no doubt willixtend rapidly over the
whole continent of South America, and in the
present circumstances, we think it the only
means by which that country can he rescu
'd from the dominion of Bonaparte. The
Spanish troops wc understand, to take part
with their countrymen.
LATEST PRO At SPAI>T.
Captain Endicott, of the ship Traveller, left
’Lisbon on the 8tli of May, at which time so En
glish army ol 40,000, were in the frontiers, with*
. na short distance of the French ; an that a ge
neral etigyjrmeHi was expected to take place
shortly. Capt. E. has brought out twenty Merino
extract or a letter.
** J/ttknp, May 4—Our political situation is
as yet the same The French are every where
our frontiers. The English h*ve left their
hcetl i|u«rtrrs at Vizm, to jyo an<l meet the en
emy at Ciudad llodiigo, ami it i* excreted aa
i action ofimportance trill softn take place. We
rare s*ill under no apprehensions. There is vet
j much to be conquered of Spain; and 1 expect
they will not think of advancing against this
country, until that kingdom is entirely subdued.
Cadiz may hold out lor « considerable time ; it
is well provided and defended by nunierons
troops. The French has taken but one fort,
Malagdora, which cost them very dear.
** The exportation of wine lias just been pro
hibited, in consequence of its scarcity through
out the kingdom.”
f€!)e <£nomter.
RICHMOND, JUNE 26. 1810.;
03* ltying thefollowng intern tin* case before
our ren ters, we cannot forbear expressing our
sense of the injurs, -which hat been done to Joh*
Cl tube, on numerous occasions Since the evi
dence has been fully exhibited before the court Cr
the world, prejudices are wearing away ; the tide
of -pinion has set in his favor / men who were
formerly his enemies, have now Income his
friends „• <L> the idea ,rfast taking root, that John
Clarke is an injured man.
(FOR THE ENQUIRER.)
li the General Court. Present Judges Nchcn,
White, Stuart, Com Iter, and Evans.
.The. important case of the commonwealth of
\ ivginia. Mt'ainst John Clarke, came on to be tried
he ('ore a jury composed wf the following most
rc« pert able characters ; Robeif Grccnhow, So
muel Myers, George Fisher, Williams Carter,
riinniU.s Taylor, Gabriel Ralston, John Miller,
Robert Davidson, Robert Me Kmi, Armistead
Long, William Oden and John Nicholas.
1 he Counsel were, For the commonwealth_
Thu Attorney General ami Benjamin Butts Es
quire.
F*>r the Defendant—Messrs. V/ickham and
I Wirt.
j . The case was this : Jalin Clarke was the o
riginal projector of the plan of the manufactory
j of arms at this city. At the time of his being
l called tu th:s business, lie w:.s engaged with
' great leputation and. on a very extensive scale,
j in live husmess of a mill right, having in his cni
| ployment a body of first rate workmen, many of
whom had been instructed by himself: Attract
ed by his genius, the executive selected idm for
this important mist ; and in the year 1798 sent
him on to the north to inform himself hv examin
ing the various institutions of the kind which
were in operation there. On his return, lie enter
ed ntn a contract with the exect live (o build the
machinery,, of the manufactory of arms, accord
ing to a bill of particulars annexed to the con
tract for § 10,055. It was in full proof that, at
the time of the contract, the model in the con
temptation of the parlies was that of the Spring
field Manufactory in the state of Massachusetts,
a sketch of which, taken by the defendant on the
spot and authenticated by proof, was before the
jury : But a* the work progressed, various new
improvements were suggested by the genius of
the defendant and imparted to the executive, and
they, consulting the solid interests and dignity
of the state, adopted those improvements and
permitted the defendant to depart from the terms
or his contract and substitute them for the
Springfield, maclii e"y. The novelty of the
ujc complication oi the machinery and the
extent or the scale, kept the defendant’* work
men employed upon it from November 1799 un
til February 1807. During the progress of ths
work, the I fiction and concussion of the heavy
machinery put into operation tiom time to time,
us it was finished, had rendered a great quantity
of repairs necessary which were done by the de
fendant’s workmen. They had also done a vari
ety of other work, not comprized in the bill of
particulars, such as aqueducts, forebays etc. Ac.
ftc. all indUpevisibly necessary tor the manufac
tory, and which they troni their, superior skill
were best capable oi doing. Th.ese various al,
tcratior.s, improvements, repairs, and oilier work
out <i fthc contemplation of the contract, raised
the defendant’s charge against the common wealth
to g J9'J09 lor the whole : He had drawn, from
time to time, for sums of m«ney on account of
this \v vrk, as his wants pressed; and lie lud
drawn § 19,000 in the name of bis foreman Jo
seph Young : the executive council had regular
ly snnetioned his drafts and directed the Auditor
to issue warrants for their amount. With regard
to 1»is using the name of Joseph Young, hi*
foreman, in drawing for the extra work, it was
proven by Doctor V* ilium Fousnee,<hen » mem
ber of the executive council, that the defendant
had in the beginning conferred and consulted
with him as h> his certifying the extra work, in
the nuinc of Young: Doctor Fourhee told him
that the council having appointed no one over
him to superintend and certify his work, and ha
ving sanctioned ins certificates of his wotk done
under toe contract, he saw no greater impropri
ety in his certifying the extra work also ; that if
the worst was done and worth the money, it wus
immaterial to the commonwealth whom lie
a-iouhl make Ids receiver; anil as to hisu
eingthe none of Joseph Young in the certificate
for the 1 utter work (the extra work) it nu.s not
only” not improper, but might !»c the most con
venient, os it would serve to distinguish tltc extra
Irom the contract work. Colonel James Monroe,
then the Governor of the commonwealth, also
proved that lie knew tl,.,t the defendant was the
only contractor for the machinery : that he knew
\ oun£ was h'9 foreman ; that although liic
cert; fie ate wm gived by the defendant that
* nung was entitled lo the mriney, lie well knew
ti,at the money was for the defendant, and be con
sidered the name of Young to be matter of form
merely, and n.,t of substance. The evidence of
Alexander A>cKac enquire, another member of
the then executive council, was to the same ef
fect. It was proven by several witnesses that
the vvoi k had all been done; that it was worth
the money which had been charged for it : and
tiiat the defendant’s mill-rights, if they had been
engaged during the name length of time in buil
ding mills for him, on private contracts and at
the price s which he had been in the habit of recti
v,nK» "ould have earned for him, a much larger
sum. It was further proven that the Virginia
manufactory of arms was not only the first in ti.e
Lnttt.i ifiifri ; but that it surpassed in contriv
-n>-c, in exquisite workmanship anJ value, any
Pi'bii i work of the kind either in England or
Fiance; and that in either of those countries,
nuch a work could not be built for a much larger
sum than this had cost.
I lie Legislature of 1308*9, on an imperfect
view of tlim subject, displaced the defendant,
with marks >.f groatindignation, from his office
of superintr* lant of the manufactory, and dircc
ted Uie institution of this Action for the purpose of
recovering hack a large sum of money, whicli
they supposed him to have received, thro’ fraud
and imposition practised on the executive. The
cause* came on to be heard on Thursday, ld'.'i
June, and was closed on last .Saturday evening,
between 5 and 6o’clock. A vast mass of ev «
dence, v i-itten and parol, whs laid iiefore the jn
ry, and they had every light upon the subject
which (iie nature of the case afforded.
1 he witnesses in behalt of the Common wealth
were John Strode n< Culpeper, Zi Hich’d Young
of Richmond, on wlioae cvidei.cc, principally, the
legislature had acted ; Wilham Ji « man of Albe
marie, David Holloway, Wm. lUwIrigh, Tho
mas Hume, Hohrrt Ainsworth, Macon Green,
Ycarmans Smith, YVdoon D yau, Guo. Damot,
Herman U S ired, Is me Utey and T.mmas H.
Wooding; wfi>h two list, were among the most
active members of the assembly, of Mbit, f* hsn
voted tor tim institution of ui ;; suit, and were now
the two m ut i iier.tive oi me commonwealth's
witnesses*. \* m. \V Melting-, General James
Woo I, John Hcatu, Samuel McOraw, George
W 4omit, V* m. MiiMlorU and George Hay, Ls
quires, 'fere also examined on the part of the
common wealth. *
The witnesses on the part of the defend •’.wt.
were col. Jxmes Monroe, Dr. Wm. foushee,
General Joun Guerran', Alexander McRae, John
Richards, merchant of this place, Francis Per
due, Matthew Woodson, Robert Hide, George
W illiatnson, Joseph Yuurt|', Wm. Young, Janie*
Meredith, Janies Fore, Perry Hooper, Micsjah
Crow, Allen McRae, esq*, and Dr. Archer.
The cause was tried in the Hall of the House
of Delegates* before a very crowded and anxi
oils audience, and the fullest examination of the
evidence & the arguments left but oite sentiment
in the public mind : that the defendant was per
fectly innocent of the charge. • After the argu
ment was finished, the Jury retired, and in a few
minutes returned with a general verdict tor the
defendant.
A motion was then in ide by the counsel for the
commonwealth, for t new trial; they stated as
tlicir motive for the motion, that tbo verdict
would be mucli more satisfactory to the public
mini, anil the people of ths commonwealth at
large, if it were permitted by the court to stand
after this motion ; with this view they assigned as
the ground of their motion, that the verdict was
cOi'itfury to the wideiice, but the court unani
mously over-ruled the motion for a new tried ;
Concurring in declaring, that the defjtvlant was
fairly entitled to the verdict which he had recei
ved ; that it was such u one as ti»cy themselves
would have rendered, hud they been on the jury,
and, therefore, that it w as perfectly satisfactory
to them.
Manufactures.-We have seen with
pleasure a Report from the Committee of
the “Maryland association for the encou
ragement of Domestic Manufactures.'*
This Association, says the Whig, is a soci
ety fanned in Baltimore city and county,
for encouraging domestic manufactures, par
ticularly those ot cotton, linen and woolen ;
- The members, near 2UOO ia number, hav
| ing subscribed, articles ot agreement not to
wear foreign cloths, or use. other foreign at\_
tides; provided good substitutes coutd be
produced at home.—The facts detailed in
this Report are of the most auspicious cha„
raetcr.
Various institutions for the spinning" and
weaving of cotton, are on foot near Bulti
more. The Union Manufactory, on Petap
so, has a capital of S 1.000,000 ; and will
have trom 6 to U thousand spindles, 800 of
which are now at work. The Company pre
pare all their.own machinery.
E. fc J. Levering & Co’s, factory, on
Gwynn’s Falls, hasacapitalof S 200 000 ; &
will have 50C0 spindles in operation in August
next. If will go extensively into the cordu
roy, thickset and velveteen wares.
I he “ Washington Cotton Company” on
Jones’s Falls, have a capital of & 8000, and
1000 spindles in motion—with which they
spin 2,000 hanks of yarn per week, from No.
8 to 30. They have a dye_housc, and 7
loOms for cords, twills, stripes, chambrays,
ginghams, sheetings and shirtings.
There is a Calico printing and dying fac
tory, on Gwynn’s Falls—and a manufactory
ot Hats and Bonnets, belonging to a Mr.
Cartee, of the town of Baltimore.
Besides these larger establishments, there
are more than 50 looms, in and near the town,
employed on Summer cotton-ware.
The woolen manufactory on Joues’s Falls,
is greatly enlarged and improved.
1 he Domestic Warehouse and other stores
in Baltomore, have now for sale the follow ,
ing wearing articles of heme manufacture,
drawn from various parts of the union ; viz.
Flaxen and tow linen; cotton sheeting and
shirting; printed calicoes, shawls and hand
kerchiefs, cotton and lindsey stripes; chain
brays ; Virginia Cloth ; bedticking and co
verlids ; cotton yarn and thread of various
kinds and colours ; sewing silk and cotton ;
coatings, coarse and fine cloths;, cussimeres
andcasinetts; morocco hats and caps; buck
skin breeches, pantaloons and glove, ; hcaie*
ry yarn and shoe-thread ; cot: on and thread
hose ; ladies’lints and bonnets. 5c<\
Exclusive of the fuiegning manufactures,
there ate others, which have attained con
siderable perfection at Baltimore. There
is or.e paper mill, which has a capital ot
S 40,000; and makes 12,000 reams per an
num-another with a capital of S 70.000
makes 40,000 reams. . Two Guii-po'-vder
mills, whose capital is S 160.000, that make
62 quarter casks a day. A spade, shovel
and hoe inar.utactory, whose capital is S 8,
000 ; that is said to make 8 doz. of spades
and shovels per diem. The glass works of
Mr. Frieze, capital S 40.000, annually pro
ducing 3,400 boxes ot glass, each containing
100 square feet. The type founclcry of S.
Sower, 8cc. capital g 10,000, that casts Irom
12 to 14,000 pounds of types per annum
Not to speak of the paper-hanging factory of
Thomas and Caldcleugh—nor of the slitting
iron, rolling and nail factory of Ellicott,
?c Co. on the Petapsco, with a capital of
OU.UOO.
From these facts, the Committeee do not
hesitate to infer, “ that the Report of the
Secretary of the Treasury must fall far short
of the real progress made, and of the capital
embarked in domestic manufactures through
the Union.”
U'c in Virginia, are behind our sister states
of the north-in this patriotic career. But
the good work has commenced. Spinning
machines on a small scale, are winding their
way into the counties, to the South & West
of us. The “Swilt Creek Cotton Factory,”
within a few mile.i of Petersburg, has 300
spindles in motion, and in a tew weeks, will
have 309 more-exclusive of some prepa
ratory machinery, on an improved plan.
Gen. Turrc tu—The Independent Ame
rican enquires, why the Nat. Intelligencer
“ has omitted to inform us that Turreau has
demanded of Mr. Madison, as a preliminary
step towards appeasing Bonaparte, the im
mediate ejection from office of Captain For
ter, who commands the gun boats of New
Orleans, for daring to meddle with French
privateers? It seems Mr. Madison has not
yet thought fit to comply.”
When a man professes to supply the o~
missions of others, he should be particular
ly cautious how be ad‘antes any untruth* of
his own.—We understand that Gen. Tur_
rcrui has made no such demand, on the
ground of Captain Porter’s having meddled
with French privateers^—that point
diere has been no expression of complaint.
It is true that respecting the I .a Franchise
the French minister has made a coin pi Hint
to our government. This vessel was seized
bv Corn. Porter, and reclaimed by the
French consul at New-Orlrans, on the ground
of her being a national vessel and com man
sled by a Lieutenant in tiie commission of
his Imperial Majesty. Upon these grounds,
the Court ordered lier to be released—hot
on the motion of die U. S’. Attorney, gran
red an appeal. When these circumstances
were laid before the P U. S. he instructed
the Attorney for the US to dismiss the
action, and have the vessti r-.stored. If we
are not nrm'akcn, the French consul has re
fused to receive her und Gen, Turreau has
uc winus up wimine following rxprti
sive terms :-“VVrords cannot go further to
shew the extinguished authority, in the one
case, ot the treaty subsisting between the
I-. S. and his imperial majesty, and. in
the other of the laws of nations : to appeal
to them, therefore, would be literally
APt'EALIN® TO THE DEAD ?”
JC?* 1 here is scarcely'a considerable town
■ a the U. S. which has not made some nre
pa rations for celebrating the 4th of July—in
Petersburg, the Mayor has even called tlie
citizens together, to make the necessary ar
range meats ? And shall we, again, he behind
the rest? Shall the Metropolis ot Virginia
alone.be deficient in public & patriotic spirit ’?
Shall there be no public dinner_No mark
ed manifestation of our feelings, on «he anni
versary of our countiy's Independence ?_
Shall we have no festival, which we may
call chat of the nation ? No patriotic airs
.ike the Swiss lianz Je vaches ? Nothing*
to mark tha. day in our Calendar, as adif
ferent one from the rest? Shall the French
commemorate the coronation of their Empe
ror,-and the Hruish theoirrh of their kmg;
shall the fanatic commemorate the birth of1
ins tutelaiy saint-and shall urn pay !e»s
respect to the day which proclaimed us
PUMh ; that glorious day, which witnessed
the birth of American Independence ? We
trust not.
Let the cold moralist disclaim all public
exhibitions-let the speculative politician
ridicule all sensible expressions of national j
sentiment-dieir dogmas are refuted by '
the public institutions ol all nations, and the ■
history of our own feelings, •♦when heart)
meets heart,”and we all melt together in i
the general stream of joy.-It is really
time, to purge off from our characters what
soever i % foreign to it— -and to have some
thing American, something Aatianal about
us.
We wish to know what some of the Fc~
derahata will now think ot th~Ir ficrsecutcd
friend, Aaron Burr? “ What ! lay his sc-r
“ vices before the Emperor of France?_
Receive a bribe & a Pension from hint ?
“ Become the mere tool of Frencn Influ
“ c,lcre ?” Oh ! this is really too much !
——1 he (1——Fs in it, if he is any longer
held up as a. martyr and a Saint. Whilst
this wretch was a traitor to his own coun
try, his defenders were blind to the blase
of evidence against him - —■ hut the moment
lie takes a bribe from France, the scales
will undoubtedly tall from their eyes.
FOR THE ENQUIREB.
An important question may soon be bro’t
before the government of the U S.
The revolution of old Spain has put her
colonies at sen. Some of them have assum
ed the helm for themselves -. others are
mill guided by the ostensible agents ofFerdi
uand.
The question with us is, what is to become
of the bloridas ? I hey are certainly too
weak, to aspire to self-government, as Ca..
raccas has done, and Mexico will do.
They wjU probably see this thing in the same
point ot view—& then the question will come
home to them, with what nation shall wc
unite our destinies ?
Suppose that as the result of their dccisi
on, they should offer to throw themselves in*
lo our arms, shall we open those arms, to
receive tnem or not i-or shall wc let
them become a bone of contention, between
iaance and G. Britain ; and eventually the
price of one of them ?
JJo ive want the Flo rid as ? What say the
annals of our public councils on this fact i ■ —
V\ hat says nature herself f She has proclaim
ed the necessity of tins union. I'he interest of
the Southern regions of the U. S. nre inter,
woven with 'Ills possession. The navigati
ons of the Mobille is essential to the prosper
rity of the State of Tennessee, the Missis
‘ippi 1 erritory, fee. The |*roduce of a
large legion of Country naturally seeks this
[outlet—me Tennessee andUie Cumberland
rivers communicate by short portages, and
may be Connected l>v shorter c.ma s with
Pic branches of the Mobille.— In lac', there
is not one point of view, in which the value
of this acquisition does not most strongly
1 present itself to the imud.
required the recall of capt. Porter—cctr.par
ing the ease of the La Franchise with tha
of the Chesapeake-The cases, it is true
are most strikingly dissimilar.
There is a wide distinction between igtm
ranee, ami a wilful, intentional insult-—-!>e
tween Porter’s capture of a national vessel
not knowing it to bo such—and Humphries’
avowed attack on an American frigate._
There is also a wide distinction between tui
surrendering the French vessel, as soon a
the tacts are known to our government
and the British cabinet’s retaining the sea
tnen, that were forced from the Chesapeake
The Federal prints are at a loss in whai
way to treat the despatches of Gen. Arm.
strong. As yet they have not properly caught
their cue. Hence, they express the most
Contradictory opinions about this gentleman,
! According to the •* Federal Republican,”
his communications to the French govern
blent have been •• abject nnd timid.'*—Ac
cording to the N. Y. *• livening Post” he
has defended our government “like a man
and a real American.”
Their situation is rather an unpleasant
one—if they condemn, they lose ail their
pretensions to candor and patriotism-and
if tlM-y commend, their praises upon a lie
ftublicun minister, will giv» the lie diiect to
nil their clamurcus charge! of French In
fluence.
ft is carious, what a wilful p?rvcrsitv
here is in some minds; and what a shame',
ess resolution to distort, misunderstand or
misrepresent every thing.-There is a
strong proof of this in the •• United S ates’
Gazette” of the 21st inst. The writer ns
serts that Gen. Armstrong is guilty of “doub
ling, evasion and a dt p mure in pleading
that, instead of strictly meeting the asseiti
™ of Champagny (that we hact adopted the*
r»on intercourse law, without any cause cf
complaint on our side.) Gen. A. had down;
off to “ a long string ol questions, which he*
:loes not even insinuate were ever before ad
dressed to the French gouernment that
therefore, instead of “a fiim and lofty tone
of vindication of our government,” we find
him, NOW FOR THE FIRST tiwe. men
tioning the case of the Horizon, the seizure of
vessels in ports, the violation of our treaty in
ill rei-pecis, £cc. 8cc.——But is this writer
really as ignorant as he appears to be? Is
iio unacquainted with the former remonstran
oes ol Gen. A. to the French government ?
Has he never seen his letter of Nov. 23, 18or
--in which he expatiates on the case of the
Horizon, with such a “ firm and lofty” spi
'it ■——and in which, after quoting the de
clarations ol the French government against
\ 1 J * llJN !—JiicUm .nl J.ight Infantry
XX. Blue*— You arc ’ ’ ’
- _ e hereby ordered io meet at?
tbe Bell- Tavern, to morrow evening at 7 o’clock.
By order of the Captain,
G. BLAIR, lit SerSt.
jnne 26.
Qquake or Lora,-for sali?_wifr
O be sold, to the highest bid.ier, a square of
T.ota situated in Duval’s ; lan of the citv of Rich
mond, and known by numbers 39, .>0. 45, 46.
Casli will be required for one of them; for ihe h«l
la ice, a note negociabti: at the bank of Virginia,
with an approved endorser, a* 9 months. Th»
sale will take place on Thursday, July J, at 11 o’
clock.
PROSSER & MONCURE, V. AT’.
June 16 t,is
VIT ANTF.D, A Sb AMS I KLiiisj) gjod cn;:*
»» racter and disposition—for whom, 3 very
liberal price will be given, in cash. Apply’ -1*.
ti.is office.
_ June 116. • ... ,p
A TTACilMENT 1 N~CflANCERY._At a
T\- court held for Buckingham countv, tlie'lldx
day of June, 1310
Robert Shaw Sc Co. Ph'Jfi.
Rolm.d West and John West, Hf/'t*.
ON the motion of the plaintiffs, by their attor
ney, and it appearing to the >,r.tis*..r;.:t,u »he
court that the defendant Roland is not u:. bi
t >'it of this slate : It it o. Acre!and Jeer.!, : • at
unless the said Roland snail appear lice on <>r i>»
fore September court nt \t, tu-d an -ver e i-il
of the plaintiffs, the court will then • d to
take the same for confessed as to ! ;u • de
cree the matter thereof accord v.r, , uni it.jt *
copy ofthis order »>e forthwith pu dished in so..is
public news paper, oi the city . f Richmond, for.
two months succcslvciy, and another copy be pos
ted up ut the froUi uoor ol the court liouae of this
county.
A Copy.
R. ELD RIDGE, v>. D C.
June 26 W4W /
THE White or Bowyer’s Sulphur Spring*—.
Greenbrier county, Virginia.—Tlit-ee High
ly and justly celebrated Waters,together wi’h the
Buildings and a part of the Handed estate apper
taining thereto, have been leased by the subj^ii-.
hers, wl.o mean to exert their utmost power to
prepare fm the reception and comfortable accom
modation of as many, as a want of health, or a
w sh to preserve it, may induce to visit these well
■mown Fountains of Health, the saluGry effect
of which, they hope and believe will be much in
creased by lite additional comfort in the. accom
modation wiiich the subscribers mean to afford.
The season will commence on the first day of
July, 1619.
But a good tavern will at all limes be kept o
pen tor the reception and accommodation of tra
vellers and others, under Mi- care of Mr. James
Fraser, a most respectable man, for whose good
conduct the subscribers pledge lliemselve.
Wm HERNDON k Co.
Fredericksburg, June 26. U5J
I ’lit President and Directors of the James
A River Company, hereby give notice, that tlis
Locks will b>- shut on the 2d of next month (Ju
ly) for the purpose of repairs, and will not be a
gnii opened until the 15di of the same month..
Juno 26. _ 2t
J AND FOR SALE.—By virtue of an act of
A-j the General Assembly of Virginia, passed
ll.e 22d day of Jamuiy, 1810 : Will be sold, aC
public auction, at Matthews court bouse,on Mon
d y, the 13'h August next, it fair, otherwise th«*
next fair day, on a credit of otic, two and three
years; the TRACT OF LAND, containing a
boitt 509 acres, (In lots or the whole together, a.«
mav best suit the purchasers, and promote the
public interest,) lying in the county ot Matthews,'
called Kingston Parish Glebe Land. This land
! is conveniontly situated on East river, and Pud
dling creek, Which abounds with fish and oyster*,
in their season, and is about one and a half miles
1 from said court-house. Further description is
deemed useless, as it is expected those inclined
’ to purchase will view the premises before Hits
d»y of sale. Bonds, with good securities, with
a lien on toe said land, will be required bg^
Jloulder finds iti»
Remit din tn,
Richard BtliUpt,
Anthony
Gabriel irlilicr% Sehr.
Sand* Sru'sh,
June
U’JwV'
A liAHClAlN —1 wish ;o Ir^c tJu*li.,7 7?^?
•*- >er Gnrr/ent, fur a term of >«an». X |
tilt-re Ar.ry Hrict H'>u$r, nciCr Uit basin. for
Apjilyioj. r . Price, o» the «n!)v ril,>r
SAMUlib OViiUTON-. »
fiinr - _ *
h
I Wti.minoton (w. c ) June 12.
i lie Federal C-uirt, which o,»en -d on last Mon
day,adjourned on the f.Mowing- dav._,\J]
cause* were continued but 01* ; thru of the U*i
tea Stain nghinst captain Abrr.ii m Goldins and
John Williams ■» securities Men embargo bond.
1 be defendants were c ast in damages SU'Jsl dol*
lars. °
In the ease of the United States vr. ship Mary
sv.iic i w..sargued last C mrt, the judge having
taken titne to consider, decided that she be con
demned i from which decision the attorney for
the claimant appealed 10 the circuit court of the
United .Sjlates.
-- 9
Married, On Wednesday night last, hv the Be.
rerend £ p Blair, Mr. Francis N. Branch, of
Chesterfield, to the amia .la Miss Nancy Su'tlett,
only daughter of the Lie Wm. bubleU, deceased
of Powhatan.
. —--* °n Saturday night, the 23d instant, by
the Reverend Bernard Reynolds, Mr. Simeon Ford
son of Harwood Ford, to the amiable and much
admired Miss Mary Easley, the only dauirliter of
William Easley, Esq. idi or this county. b *
Ai bccerr.es u% therefore, not to itrvow a.
'V.iv the boon, winch nature has made so
necessary and Fortune may throw irtoour
hamls-but to strain t-vciv nerve, if nerve
<tione he warning, lor tise acq>ii<titi«n m a
blessing ou which justice herself will smile.
It seems, that the two Deputies from Cara
cas, (as they hare been styled,) have gone oa
to I liilttdelphia. One of them is a naiiveof
Old Spain and the other is a Creole_We
1 'derstand, that they were not t Kciatty in
troduced to tin- P. U. S.— through the Se
cretary ofSta;r—that it was im part of their
mission to conclude a Treaty with theU. S.
^ and that they mk rely expressed the strong
'Ctir.h 'which their country men felt for the
I U. S. and advised ns, that all their own
| ports were open to our merchants.
We give a list of the vessels said to have been
cap nr. d and sequestered in tint ports of France.
.Spam, f rid Hili-md and Naples, since the 1st of
^ i* 1809.—Tlicy amount to 115 Of these
l ci« au* ahi'iit which are tinted to lr:ve been
I. t»n on ,l’'' ,l ' ,l iCa * most ’f i’j >0 vc inured
tie loss Will foils q.f.uly fall upon i^tf-vd’s_
Some cargoes, whic'i v-rt- sequestered m port,
•\re also the property of British Merchants—So,
fiat ii si eins imp asibklo culonlaiiitiie-nunint •*€
our own tosses on this oocssio:-though they
are, we tear, very considerable.
T ho Legislature of Massachusetts it joiftni
ed on the 14th inst. until J riuary next_ - a
without making any appointment of a Sena
tor pt the C. S.
Governor Claiborne, of /„Vw Gr leant it
now in this city.