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Bv which it appear* that the whole of the Greek
e\j>«>- s -<i European nations, a nounts to <•»«<• miltitnt
»»• d '.'li's, while the importation does not amount to
iulf the fu n t — which leaves a balance of the fur
plus in favor of Greece—and this they receive iu fpc
• <ic.
(To be continued.)
TENNESSEE. Knoxville, June 35, 1806.
Mr. Wilson,
Will conf. r a fivor on the inhabitants of
Va'hington L) drift, M. P. by publi hing the
fallowing ptefentment.
Fort Stod^-irt, May 26. 1806.
PRESEN i MEN l\
By the Grand Jury, at the M ty Term of the Su
perior Court, in I 806.
THE Orand jurors of Washington D drift,
fenfihlc of the impr >priety, except on great Jfc
folemn emergen ies, of intermi igling other mat
ter* with theirju.tici.il fu iftions, would not on
tlu- prelent occalion ftep beyond the drift line
of *hcir offi ial duty were they not urged by the
mod powerful neecdi'v.
If they are not bv their oath as grand jurors
bound to wi ike a faithful exhibition of the pre
fent litu.ntion »f the didrift ; they are bound
by the no lefs facred ties of regard to their coun
try’s ho tor and thc:r families cxidence. W ir
ther citizens of the United States (hall enjoy
the free navigation of the Mobile river, is no
pol 'i.-al or pir-y q tedion—It is not a matter'
or lure convenience which rh >ugh very agree
able night he eafiy lifpenfed with—it is not a
Tty’u which, though it may be for the cm •lu
H'fnt of i few, is of no moment to the many.
Everyman in ibis didrift is obliged to rai’fe
lorn-thing for exp station; if he nesleft6 to
do fo, ht» family mud fuffer. Yet has the Spa
niih govermnenr for fine years pad, burthened
all our exp irf - web a duty of 12 per centum on
th -ir value, and of lafe if has.denied to us the
life of i he river on anv ter ns.
h i ill it Kc ni*1 th.it i' is our duty to exercife
■ fpirit of ft deVtal, i li ter than involve mr
country in difficulty* ? Let it he ad nitted.
We will de y ourfelve* the life of tea, an I «r**F
fr- and fti.’.ar. and fpirit*, and wine, and fl mr.
Wmld a w naan demand further fa Titles?
But thefe are not fifficient ; .ve mult moreo
ver deny wool and fltx to >ur bodies, fait to
our meat, and iro • to our pi mghs —f >r ve have
fi> i:her wool nor fl x. nor r z nas to na .ul’ac
ture 'ureotto i, n .r can u ikni vn fo trees it
comfort he ere a ed in a d t > — v e have neith r
forge*, nor fm • lan.-s, *n»r f«It works; ml
t.f'U^h t ie fad water of the ocean, il tod in
t -i -mx with our rivers a id warn itie taa cviii »f
our fir.n, it fee ids as if j* wa* o ily tom'o-k
Us with *he i.lei or eo.nfor’* which we cam it
enjoy, an I wi*h ’he pro' >c‘V of wealth which
we can never realiz-. T'of- veers tell us
that they h iv- *r ifo >r-,- « f.n , jrSpm. it ueigo
boor*, their fuperHao is co :i ii > ie *s, mj have
briu-htOi k » nc n the pro In t >f irt a-i-l
n nure fro n different cli fie* ri l l>’t mt c m i
tri- s. But as to us, ill-fit i . i l s. though
the non ititul earth lias pro In ed 1 1-r our la
bouring hands, ar icles »r vilue toother .-on i
tries they are of no accnu it to us and null pe
lt Ii o i our hinds. B i we tnu t reconcile >mr
feiv s to thefe inort hnations—rhofe line vife to
whom we are mil mt- I mull reconcile them
feives to our incapacity <»f difehargmg our
dents. We muffle mi toaiflniiite ourlelve*
to the habits and m.iM iprsofour Indian neigh
bours, wiiiifl the fuhjects of Spai ., wtioiivein
fi-cht of our hahitatio .s, enj *y ev -ry a Ivantagr.
And is it for this, that w have fubje ted our
felvcs to tne f orening finds of thefmth?
I- *f for this til it we have become citizens
of hie Unite I S'ite* ; and have chofen
Ttt ei to be purehafers of land in a repub
li , than to receive it for nothing under a
mmarchy? Anri is it not a fnare which has
b.c:i lai I to bring us .igiin under fimjeiflion to
IheS a udi vok? Is it not a political lelfm
winch they aim to give us, for the purpofeof
miking us oelieve tliat tht hleiflags of even re
ptolicin g ivernment, may, like all other earth
ly nleffiugs, be p irebafed too dearly.
it is ti ne we are few in numbers, but no two
thoul rid fmK h >ld a more important ftati m
in the American conf deracy ; we are the ad
vanced giurd of civdifed and republican .Vote
rici. If we beco ue extiri£t your influence —
people of Am ri a—your influence mi ihe fouth
ern I ivares is gone; rhe Spanifh agent- be
co ne p drift- I of an uninterrupted range of
two thuiift.nl fquare miles.* We entreat you,
fi iio v citizen*, to reflect on the deep m'erelt
w. have in the aff rrion of national digni-y i.
|raioft the iifii-pa'inns of Spain. T ieq ieftion
is not whether we fhall piy tothek'ig a few
pen ein the pmiloi f i ne luxury of life for
tht iienent nfnavigiting our riv r ; The qu f
tio.; is not wl.eiher -ve h ill pay him tor mvk
tng uni the chi mel and keeping upli. ht houf
es to w .ru its of danger, he ms no c laims o ,
tins ground ; II i* f||< q reftion is whether we
fliall piy tine bmr h of our fuhfiftence in rri.
butt- to a foreign monarch? \Ve nave nude
known our grievauc s—mr gov rumen' views
them with the i idig-Hti.iu becoming the go
vernor* of freemen. Bu» i! is ri;nr rhat in i o >
pillar govern iient the people tim'd he unde
* quai .ltd wrn the pe -pit* wrongs. Re ying,
*ni-refore, on the energy .f our g .vernmeiit, we
appeal, likewife, to tne people : If y mr i>pre
feniativt .s, people of A n-ri. t, if y urrep^e
fentative* Himld ever he cal »u> to onr injurie
and in national degrid non, it will be owing to
yrii.—lfth.it drtgracdul pemd <li uiM rwr ar
rive. in which a l .wf nri: of fifi lnnfs and
detefti'ile economy Hi iutd !i ik rh character of
ration d repreff ntstion, the lin will he at your
door; People of America, it will be becaufe
the fpirit of patnotifui ceafe* to animate i be b ».
dy politic, and to render the free n'tn of our
country fenfible of tne wound! with which it
bh eds under the diggers of a foreign d fp it.—
But the genius of America will awake and
*u.l loofen the fetters with vvnich iter fous are
bound. .
I here is another fubjetf, fello-.v-citiz ns, to
which we mud folicit your ferions attention.
We iive in a country winch, tho’ it is the only
new country ;•* the United S'ates convenient o
the fea, is entirely detached from all other por
tions ot American population. Out ol twelve
hundred thoufind acres, extending from the
Alabama and Tomhigby fettlenetltsto the Paf
cagoula, there is at lealt one million of acres un
fit for cultivation- The Chadaws hold fome
good l-tn.Is higher up our river, which they
lnve offered or. rcafouable terms to the United
S'ates; it is important not only to us hut to
the people of this country, that we fli >u d nof
felstbofr lands; the fettlrmeut of them willfi
■ i it.itc tnc navigation of a river which is all-im
portant totlir liatesot Kentucky and TennefTee.
lit the pr< f nt tt ite of the fotnbighy, it can
h navigated from Fort St. Stephens, a lea port,
by good barges, in fifteen <i.’.> .tor four months
oi the year, to within fixty miles of the naviga
h;e water#of the Tennetlce liver. Wnatintc
reitoig profptds doe# this not open to the pco
• I ne I'rad here alluded to i* merely the diftrict
of U'.ithmgton, which is fi-parated from the inhabit
•Hi j,art* of the United States by a witdentsft of Indi
an lands, of about wae bvudred and fifty thoufind
fi^jire miles.
pic of the Wcftcm country! and with what I
hopes commerce m ty we call the Icgiflitures
and people of the WVftcrn Rites, to fecond our
C 'de ivors to obtain an extinguiihmcnt of the
Chaftaw cl liuv* to lands on the waters of the
Mobile. The Tales of lands would Toon indem
nify the union, and the iivreafe of our popula
tion would render it pra&icihle for our WeR
ern brethren to receive the products of foreign
countries, through the placid channel* of the
Monile.
We the Grand Jurors return our thanks to
his honor Judge Toulm in, for his judicious
charge to us, and hisclofe attention to the bti
line<V of the country, and reqieR that this our
prefentment, together with our thank* to his
honor, be made public.
YOUNG GAINS, Foreman.
FOR T'lR ENQUIRRR.
On Friday the 1th mil. agreeably to an arrange
ment previoullr :na.|r, a mi uber of the citizens of V
inelia and neighboring counties, convened at Amelia
Court-Houfe, for the purpofe of celebrating the day
which gave them liberty, and of teftifying their reg ard
for thofe principles which animated the patriots of^C.
Ed nund Harrifon, Efq. ailed .is Prefident, and Dr.
Wm. Merriwethcr, as Vice-Prefident.
Ail appropriate Oration for the occafion, was deli
vered by Mr. John L Townes, a member of the pa
triotic fociety, held at Amelia Court-H>ul'e, and alter
partaking of a handfome dinner provided by Mr. W,
T. Eggledon, the following toad* were drank t
l. I'he d«y we celebrate ; be it re ne obered that
when we ihook off one yoke, we refolved never to re
ceive, another—f> cheers.
2 I he patriot* who aided in procuring the indepen
dence of the U.-States—.-1 cheers.
3 1 Jionus JelTerfon ; the philofopher, the patriot, I
and the philanthropid—6 cheers
4. George Clinton—“ full of years and full of glo- |
ry"—3 cheer*.
5. R.-'puoiicanif n ; may the fchifn which has ta-!
ken place between the republicans, not injure the caufe,
2 cheers. i
6. 1 he A merican Union ; may it never be (bakeu by 1
intrigue or corruption— 3 cheers.
^• Virginia; nay her law* proteA the people, and
the people protect her law*—3 cheers.
8. M ifTichmetts, our lifter late ; we hail her return '
to repubiicauifu- 2 cheers. j
9 i i£ u Speculator*; my their difgrace be only
equalled by th »fe pang* which difapp nnted and un
pripiciple l avirice null excite.
I ). 1’h* memory of George Waibii.gton—8
cheer*.
ll. The a 1 niuiftration ofrhe general government;
our cotifi l nee in it i* ftill unfh.iken—3 cheers.
\Z ipr i opre r-.l fea ne.i; ail injury to an indi
vi lual citizen ought ro excite Sympathy and refciit
itieiit in the whole com nunity—ft cheers. !
1ft. The militia of the U. States ; the fureft fife
g urj of our liberty—1 cheers.
14 The fover-igmy of the people; upon which e
very government ought to reft—2 cheers.
* *' ^gricu!tu-e; may it never beco ne tributary to
Co n nerce—2 beer*.
“*• -»e.irge Vyrhe; in Kin were united all thofe
qualities which ferve to dignify and ulurn the hu nan
cnan ft„-r---4 cheers.
I 7. f le A oencin Pair ; none but the virtuous
delerve tneir fintles—b cheers.
VOLUNTEER.,
By N. K. Thomas—The Orator of the Dav.
SELECTED TOASTS ON THE Its OF JULY.
Baltimore—The Prefi lent of the United States; ;
nay the probation of Haifa century and triunobant en
durance be crowned by a people who can difeem and
reward.
George Clinton—a hoary head that ha* ever been
found in the way of righteoufnef*.
Commerce—any it range thro* every region free
as the wind that fills usca'.vas.
The American Fair—may they love that liberty
which aflures them an equality with man.
Toe departed Heroes of our Revolution— A grarefti!
pofterity will embalm their memories vith a lively
recollection of their glorious deeds.
I Tr union, Preble and the t mo Decaturs--Though
rocked only in the injant cradle of our navy,they hav
I yet perfor ned t.-.e feats of giants.
fbc Tars of l.ner.ca— Vlay their voluntary ferv
| CPi 'n our °wn fbips be focheri hed an l re vur led b
J their country, that they may neither feck a forei
| nor be imprefTed into a forced f-rvice.
t Jhr "'live American Tree of Liberty of the o-o-otb o
"l~t — VTiy the people always dutingui b it lro n th
exotics of the pr-fnt day.
j General Eaton and his brave folio v<?rs---VTiv on
I country al ways depute fuch an e/xbiffy, when tribu
■ is demanded of her.
A plentiful fupply of bmp, that no min when a .
i m,P'>rtiiniry ofT-rs. may want a bailer to grate lb
netb of captain IVbitby.
S f’R V YED OR S TOLF.N,
J^ROT the con non* of this city on Svurday the
. I5*h iifta.o- : a black HORSE, with a fm ill
j white fnot in his forehead, hanging nane and fwuch
I ta,,< abf”,f < >"• r'*'-t ten in.he* high, fn.ip »fe I to be
! ) ears old lift fpring, has worked the greater part
I <i. the pref.'nt vear, in c m -qiience of which his fide*
i if* much ruoed with the g.-:T. t\ reward if five d«t|
| I irs -v ill be pai 1 lor rite delivery of rhe l irfe, or if
ilolen, o i couviftion of tue thief, a further re ward of
! twenty dollar*.
9POPSWOOD L1PSCOM3E.
-_ (oa vtf.)
\ I-EXAMDER. STUvRT. Efquire, of Rich
. >. mo id. and C >1. Wuiian Daniel, of Cumberland
county , are f.i obliging as to undertake my law bull.
ueu. 1 ne form r will g,ve in* attention to it in the
xtiiural c,) Ir* 3nd in the court of appeal**. 'The latter
: m the lupenor court of chancery for the Richmond dif
j unit.
I T , CREED TAYLOR.
i Ju|y'*• of)
S VYUJBL BVRKRT,
BOOT AND SHOP-MAKER,
INFORMS hi* friend* and the public in general,
that he hi* t iken the (hop next door above the
' r>*ee f,‘ ' Enquirer, andopp ifite Mr. A Davis’.*,
j Printing-Office—vliere he will ex-cute all bulinels
in his line, os the ihortell notice, either mens or wo
mens Shoes, dec.
Ju>y l8-_(tf.)
LAND—TOR SALE.
Agreeably U i deirerefthe High Court of Cbanc-ry /„„
the Ruhmond Jijlriil, will be fold, to the higbetl
bidder, fur ready money, on the prenifet, on Saturday
the ninth day of Auguft next :
* * RAC I of LAND in Chefterfiel I county,
J V ten mile* from Peterfburg, containing about two
hundred acres, and k io vn by the name of Oib >rucs;
to Utuly a debt due by the eilateof John Ofborne, Ue
cealed, to Addifon Day.
the commissioners.
Jl,|y ,s- (ec3w.)
Power of Attorney to draw tbe Dividend on
Rank Stork.
KNOW all men by thefe prelent*. That
°f do hereby conftitute and
appoint to receive and give re
ceipts tor all Dividend* now doe, or which may be
come due on th Tes to
i*- longing in the capital or joint Rock of the Prefideut,
Direfior* and Company oi the lia.ik of Virgiuia.
In Witnel* Whereof, have IvC
hand and leal this day of
in the year
Signed and delivered in the prefenet of
'12'- . J|.« ■! i mrnmmmm-mmmm.
Cije <£itqtmrr.
rich movi), istb yiir.
A GLANCE AT EUROPEAN POLITICS
The laft arrivals fr » n R'|r>pehave forni'h**l
Us rather with n it-nVii for thought, than vith
nuav rRiSliHel frl«. Bit whether we turn
our attention to the E «*I >rth**Ni-th, theonlv
hufv points of the R'lroa'in eon >if», 've ftiall
find this i itft|j,7^nee of no little no nent.
Tiefefa3s fee n to be fu fieiently eftaili li
ed :
That the RoTnos hive f irren lere | the
of thr Catt tr9 to t!\e Fr n *h ; Or eonrfe
Anfir*a is no linger in the vr^ le'?cs*e di
le on i,o* iroimr * » war with Rn fi • or Franee:
wth fhe for n>-r, for the nnTr fi > i of a c >un
trv vvhich they have ffioul ited *o i»ivr up to
France by the treaty of PreTt trg, or with
the lafrer for refilling to comply with its fti
pulation.
That Raffia has withdrawn a'l her extraordinary
troons fro n the Cri nei and the frontiers >f
M 'Idavia % Willaehia, Sfc that the P n-te, “ as
a oroof of his paeifi.: views, will fnfpen 1 .all
miiitarv neafures, with the excention of only
fue1' as are directed againft the Rebels of Ser
via.”
Unfit* could not have fallen upon two fnea-j
Aires of more promifiur eftVft. Hid fhe kept'
Cattaro in her hands, or her armies <>n the fr vi- .
tiers of Turkey, 'he wouM hav>“ fumi fied i
France vith the v-ry prer-xt- wbi -h (Tic noft
eiger'v defires, for pouring her refburcea ud >n I
the Eaft. And what does B maoarte wa it hut
fnme nretext or oth-r for the acco-n i!i*h n- it j
of his favourite defigus ? ft is to this t'»atrhei
Neapolitan-king o ves the ! *f* of his do niaions; i
to the miftaken zeal of his KuJfiii and E igli h
allies who quartered 'heir troo >. up .n hi n m I
thus Irew down upon hi* head fhe exterminat
ing in ligna ion of B.»n*'vir*e. There was no
need of a prophet to f-e, that Ru is wis laving
open Turkev -o the Tine ov-*rwSiel niog ambi.
t'<vi. The pretext "would have i>eeu of i dilfi
rent fort, hut if would have been dill a o-text
for nolle ding the Fr -n ;b ' >r es on he weftrrn
borders of Turkey. B i up irtc might h tve olead
as hi ex mi fetor tiling.iff *istr io^s ro this dirt mt
quarter,th u it was nece Pry t > -x iel»heR i ft t is
The numb roftnops hr might :h v»fe to fud.
o» that errand would hive no other li nits, than
the mi n’ler of Roifitn reinforcements, with
which his i pagination might chooft to pco >le
that quarter. The fimr policy might have
been juftified by the hovering of the Ruffian
troops hi the north of T *rk'V. The pretext,
perhaps, would have been different. In the
one ale, it w uM have bee i to expel them
from his own pr wince of Ddmatia: li the >.
thcr, ’o prevent them from encroaching u jon
Ins go.id ally, the P >r'c. H-it the ultimate re
fiilr in both cafes w is ike-y to be the fa ne.
Toe French cabinet would have imperceptibly
inh i lafed iff -if into the atf iirs of Turkey. Tn ir
tr ..'.jj, in Dal natia could hive enfily adorned
the air of def riding them agai-.ft 'he encroich
ments of Raffia ; but if they once entered
Turkey, where would he its refuge again It their
rap.i. iiy ? N >t the inferior craft of the Viler ;
nor the moft aff iftionate appeals to their friend
•hip ; nor even her undifeiplined troops could
char.n them away, until they had accompli h
ed tne-r m a Iter’s projects: felted a Bonaparte
on the throne ot the Sultans, or exa&ed Egvp
n* a recompenfe for the evacuation of Turkey.
Bn', would R 'flia i*i the mean time he per'e -tiv
ie ure from lot's or even from danger > N >t t >
fpe.ik of the probability of ere “ting i Fren-m
Empire at C mftautinople ; no* to fpe.ik - ven
>f the dil ni n .erment of Turkev. a country
1 Don which Ruflii feems t.i have nonopolifed
ne privilege ot preying could ih • b.- ,-.fired
dat t'le Dnieper would protect even h'rfSfiro
ivafion ? It is therefore that tn Rdfims
tve. feeming y c.nnful e I rhei- o*v i n*. t i r,-r
ls, ov retaroig from the Cattaro, St the N irtn
’ n oordt rs of Tu-k y.
If i» not ther.-fore imnofti de, that th-fe t v 1
* 'tic nealues il Ruftii nav n ive thf *>re
'•it, averted h • t it al bitwfroo To key;'.,
has p i Ip met the permd »f a l*m ki li r. volu
on, until fe i itrigii \s of th- Fren* h may i n
•creep*ihly ft • a f Item, which ope i mi itary
iree would have otherwife b .ttered down.
J (s ir cerram however, tha' Tti'k y my now li k
..ito her repofc, free from all fears of diftur
Dance? Fir fro-n it. jt is f ven aire idy fiid.
• hat the French government have •• c'unedoi
he Porte ,11 the polfeffions in Tnrhi'h D il >ta
\ tin and Albania whi-.h belonged to the repulvi.:
of Venice.” I he rjofts the propofirion, war
• s certain ; if he acqut fees, it is but opening
tne door to illimitable encroachments.
But whe her the immediate tranquility of
Tu-key he the eff Ct «>f this policy of S'. Pe
teilb -rgh, there is one other confequeiir e from
it which pern iar|y (hikes us on this general
view of Europe :
Fli it it has prevented an immediate rupture
bet veen Auftria and Riilfh, or Aullria and
the French.
That there it to he no immediate war in the
En/f of Europe.
Ft wc turn our eyes upon the north of F.n
rope, a foene dilplays itfclf, far more interefl
t'Mr m its confrqnentvs. The molt prominent
t-attire in the piece, is the accommodation
faid to have taken pia e between PnilUa and
England ; or at feafl the adoption of fuch mea
fu.es by Prullia, as feemingly manifrfts the
Itrongelt difpofition to tie at peace with Eng
land. But how far do the laft arrivals from Eu
rope encourage tuts profpedt of acco n nodati
Oll ?
* Did this com unicati on reach Rn.dand,
through various and refpttfttble four cs ? Fir
fr° n it. It is carried ny a finale lit n »urgh
mail to London $ and iht* capita evidence of
the tad is a finale letter faid to be fro n Berlin,
w ii<-h is evidently Huffed out wit i na iy nn
profile reports ; with pn npms ru noiiis ofco i.
verfattons that are faid to have he u he d a' 'he
private conferences of his majefly and his mi
nifti r*i coo vcrfati.ns which hr that would, could
not. Sc he that could, w.mld ntr d ,r« to icpeat.
—it deferves too, to i»e notice I, that i file of
Par s papers has reached N. Y. Jo.vn to the ve
ry famedate (.V],y25 h) with the very la felt
print received Iron. Liverpool ; and yet t ie
New-York Editor allures u-., that they contain
I Very little intelligetl e, worth the Irani] ition.
. The only news which lie retails from that quar
ter of Europe, is the account ot the bio kade
, of the Oder by the Swedes, and of the Villula,
| the Pugcl ami the Monel ny the Euglifh : Inefe,
| ny no means the flattering iymptoms of \
j peace ! ! Let it too benofieed, that Mr. J u kfon,
late E'lgiiih E nhafiador to the Coilrt ot Berlin,
arrived in London on the 12th or isthot M iy,
and that on the 14th, (fo imperative was the
information which lie conveyed) the refuta
tion was adopted tor bluing letters of Marque
and keprdal ? Now, is it probable, that fo
great a revolution within fo ffiort a time Humid
have tak n place in the Cabinet of Berlin, as
that Jingle mail from Hamburgh bas announced ?
us however admit'the veracity of this
difpiri uis nail; to whst do its contents a.
n *unt i That C »unt Hmcwitg hat! retired
'root the Cahinft of Bt rim ; and that orders had
been fmt to oo-n the Pi fit at p >rts of the
Haiti, »o Britilh hips. Bit do thef n a fores
eoHnten tnce the < let of anv ex'r iv »/ mt defire
in his Pe ril in Mfieftv to ro m-o nifc his d-Be
e ices with O lint >in ? W is ih*-re here no t*>.
vions in hi t n-nt ; n i hvr p »'i y ; n i an^uis
*'s 4'p!i ? B it as to C nint [I<i|^ vitjh
•ire nenf, if niv admit of an other explanation.
Count HtrdenSurgh. his it <| trinu* rivil i-n re
mt* iti » an I in »h<* C thmet, 'oh ardv charge I
him wi»h te.anf endioethe inftructio a of ii» f,.
v re'/n ; with cnne'u ling the 'at tr*ityof Vw
en »a with H i lamrte on th; |.V'» Decenner,
when fueh an idea ha I r. *t enteied the mind of
his ntied von the 9» I. If • his a-* ufuio he
trn-. is it not nolio'e that the K-n/ may have
fi'n fied to this d»f»vdient flhjcB. that
it ws 'in- for him tor-tin* ? Hm/wc* niv
he d fn-T-d ; hut wh > fi<* eeds r i the ?re
mirrdi a ? M it C »uot H irdeithu- g, the a *,
kno'de iced friend of Rncltml: hut .« cert tin
C ut.nt K-dler, the * I mi ufte- 'f ft ite. An I
who is C turn Keller ? His hiftory is fti|l ,n.
k*i awn to us, |> p rh it lie is not to he pn* do v*i
as the devote- of Prance, fr > u the fi-i/lc fi£t
o''his .eine a » nitted info the late adim nftntti
ou of pro fit, is i leu from the very chequered
eonft'tutio-i of that Cabinet, which was made
up of ‘latesmen of diTereut views.
Hut thr Hmmc rt'iitn hw Sct*n opened to
the veff'lsnf Rogland ?” Vh it then? W mi l this
*»e the onlv iitance .»f h illow profeiHon and
concealed trea- herv. which have didionored
the C ihinet of Berlin ? Would it even be the
hrd indance in the pre^nt war, in which
they h ive dup-d the C mrt of L * i I »n ? Trea
chery lad policy f-e n t > be .if oretty nearly
the fi ne value in theco irt di 'ti in irv of P uf
fi i. It was that court, wh eb kept itfelf lihrtt
ing he*ween the caufe of Bonaparte Ttnd of the
3*'- a I i • ion, until the Inttle >f Aoderlitz had
ki 'ked over the bdanee. Ir wis this fa-ne
con * which ratified, even ifit did not firft pro
Dofe the trea»y of Vienna, f* pleating to the
French, >n I within a very fe »• days, too, after
C uint Hirdenhcrg had breathed the I« iguage
of co id ilence and attachment into LordII.tr
r iwbv’s ear. “ But what beneti' o dd hepro
mife to herfelf fro n her Drefent dupii :itv ?” Per
haD-s fereraL This w is the i >p >icd dr night to
lull Engmud into repofe : In the meanwhile,
P- iflii w iuM he saining time. She wood
h ive *im to feize S ved'di P » n-ri lia, ere the
Brn i h r-i for-ements waici are faid to he d f
fined to S'rdfund, timid he equipped m Eng-.
Ian I. She v mid have ti ne to dri v her mtr
ehantmen hone, who are now freighted with
the tra Ie of neutrals ere the BritHh court
night iTil.* its letters if n »rq ie a id reprifd.
ft would be no tinnier »o the court ot Berlin,
even tofuf >e>'t the n if laying a lure for B•n h
veHTels, t rat bv feizi ig f i h as di ml I ent.-r in
cantiouflv int i her p >rfs, die n'gnt indemnify
herfelf for her o vn ve.Tels, eai virgoel in the
ports of Eoglan I.
B it l-t it ev-u he admitted, that thefe indi
cations of peace fro n hi- P uiBah majelly .arc
fttre. and tilt they ’.re tincere ; are they c
n 'Ugh to ilfure us nf sn am cab e a omm ida
tiou betwen Prutfii an 1 England? Tney
| prove that tile kmg of Pm fia is defirots if
petee ; but d »they fhew f ich an extr.iv i%nnt
delire for peace, is -o mike bin icquielchi
the terms which miv be laul down by Eng
land ? Will he give up Hanover ; or hti B.
nirurte pr.nnifed t o rell «.e t' bio, A ifpach
md Bayr uth ? (>- w> I 3 org-e Guelpo give
uo his chi ns M Hnovrr; his hereditary do
minions ; tie nly ipi-ihg- of h-s houfe ;
the onlv iTv on, in whi h he might bile bis
heid, llioul I a B mrbon revo'utio expi I hi n
f-o n the throng ot E igla d ? T -is con eiTi m o ■
•other ti ' • f ems to he in o n heufurite t i the
ri ‘sc"y otei'h-r; but vith m* fu.h a cooed
•ion. hos> .-in Pni !i i olfer'er h> of petee, oi
Ho.v vill E igla d a - cpt t ien ?
Sootll ie ice ho’vev. r »v elt ib'i bed bet we* n
**■ ** k E 'g. ; b hi' l P ndii live even ooen
el -cr :> to. > B i:i 'h > n ner u ; ir w i| n.
eiihir with -ir wu io i the eonf-m o' Bm
''••*e. I 'l> i mute withholls ti a . onfru;, we
• tvexpe t th e w ir >erwe n P itlia a . 1 P.au e
v lt u-'be ai n d inevit »ble rrfnt. The ad
fult nr '» of Ins affiirs •» the Edt, his left him
1 fn‘l liber j ' > c i.iftife hi-inlole <t Ally. II i
f Pi illii aits u der the inftruitions of Boua
ur’e, ir is an hi. mlrovertin e proof that ne
dpire* 'o pc i e. H * whhes Prutlia o f nd over
a deou'ati m t • L indon, which nay once m ire
•i.ake the overtures for Price. II- widies Pruf
(ia t i becone the mediator.--lie knows that
b refmr-es are now at full liberty to tie di
• ected ig tin fl End ml ; but docs he not kno v
that they would bedirechd in v tin ? Does he
not wi h to reduce fhe expences of hij vi I
military eftablifli netit, now, when it is univ.nl
ingas to any of the purpof.ii of the war? Does
he not wiih to five hunfeif from rne Ih.un o
rehearling the ridiculous Farce of Boulogne ;
of walling his refources upon a perilous and ai
m.ift impracticable objeiff; of exhaufting expec
t it inns which lie cannot realife, and of wit
neniug the limits of his reputation, by exhi
biting the limits of his power ? Is it not pecu
liarly at this time the interefl of Bonaparte to
conclude a w ir, whi ’ll may ferve to abridge the
commerce of his enemy, hut by a peace which
may enabl him more effectually to recruit his
own Ihattere I navy ?
\/e have entered into this defultorv view of
the politic* of Eur .pe, becaufe they ire at rhis
time peculiarly i nportant to our own con (ry.
But the app ieation of the moral itfelf may He
!coniie ifed within a very f all cinpah. — It
Bruffia has opened her Baltic porfn to England,
the i evu iblr rflT it vill hr, a r Inchon in the
price ot American wheat a id fl mr ; nc a nfe
the En/liih Have generally drawn i coifiden
! hie hippy of thefe articles from thefe po ts,
partieuli-ly fro n D.iu'zic. -But if the troifi -
tinns of K irooe aiTu i i m ire i no irrant pha
(i* } if i genera/ prate IiihiM mce more n-viljt
that agitated ointment'; O ir national affiirs
will n>lt ii d »rtii lately i>e thr iw , i .tothe na. It
er Mind. Wilt Sp in ft i| us the Plori la*, when
Pi i ice 'us no prefli ig drman I for pet u nary
rr f in fee* j when 'he nay even wi h to fta'di h
there for herlelf, t «e fil < ru n of her fu lire
i'flue iee ? A* to our differences with G. Bri
tan, it is true that they pmiripilly relate to
points of Wir, which will , e ife with the war ; m
the rights of neutrals, which can no longer
he in danger, when there are no longer belli
gerent rights to conflict with Ihe n. “ Let us
then wave (it may b» faid) the immediate le<
t emerit of tb.fe contcflcd doctrines, <i ccthey
, can he of no mom nt to us, till the commence
I ,m'ot of the next war.” But how . an we in the
■nea > lime wave our multiplied claims lor tlice
iiormoua fpoliations, committedfas wc contend)
[ in open violation of lliefe rights ? Claims, which
amount to feveral hundred thoutands, perhaps
millions of dollars ? And yet how is it p Ifiblc to
agree upon any adjuftmrnt of thefe claims, ijn
til thefe very principle! on which they are to
be arbitrated, have been fettled hy the two
countries { principles, on which the refpeiftive
governments are now at Blue ; principles,
which the Britilh government w II fcarcely he*
tempted to recofnifc, in the firft flu.'h of peace ?
THE KJriOXJL IXlELUeSNCtU
Our reader* wdl p*rce'.ve by an <*xtr.«ft <rorn
a U‘e L union print that fie meanir«?« <>r Con*
vref , f• far is they refoefl <»ui f »r.-icn re‘,tioni»,
have been {xreiv.-J with a I vely interell i . JSri<
tain. The publications in t ie prints of that
country are* ho vever, too p lni il, to e .aMe us
to for n an u equivocal opi .i m of their dFe t.
1 Taking ufudly but hafty md imp-rflut views
: of the ineafures.of our couu iis, we nay ex
P~ d nucb orecipitati on ami error of judgment*
T i s, tided by tbe feiifitioii lik -ly to be pro
duced by any de i led Iteps towirds a fyltem
of coin nercial refinance on our pirt, may, in
the tir't i -dance, give t te public op nion a com
plexion rither unfriendly to i full and prompt
a vo n n ) I iti >n ot Fere ices. Til ^fallacious
i.i h -rtiona too of a furious divifion in this coun
try at tne oeriod of th -ir latclt American dates,
wi:h a n itmal apprehend.>u of tile ourfe oi our
negoci itious with Spain ek that more was meant
t’»an met the eve, nay induce the liriti it mitiif
Iti v to orocradmate thvir negotiation w>th u ; ; a
difp niti >ii, likely to be lirengtheneti by the ex
pe-lc I arrive ot Mr. Pinckney. Tne authoi of
“ tV ir i i Diljjuift had ifined .a new work, en
titled** O.nervations on the fpcech .it the him. J.
Ituidolp-t,” the objeCl of whi * it, v/c under
It ind, ro am n re politic opitn hi agamit .any im
portant concc.lions to this c luntry. Under
tliefe circu nilt ices, it becomes the Am- rican
p-ople patiently to wait the nine if the inea
1 ir -s i ik.-ii oy tncir government. Although no
thing (i t> yet occurred to impair our expectation
ot in a,co iimodauon, it becomes us, handing
up >a the Itroug ground taken <y the legdlature,
i | he prep tred tor a Ida favorable ulu , thould
Britain, either from fvlteinauc error, or tr.>m
the inilrepreientation i oi parties a u.nig otir
felves, re rule to aelcitowic.igc our mdilputaoic
right^. JLct it be r collected tn.it, in loch an
event, the act pad J »y Co.i^icis i* the iiilt
leading ilep hi aJ'jftem ot (matures »eli aicui.t
ted to awaken her fr >tn her a. luiiv Urcanisf
and tiiat it was expiclsiy adopted is a iieaiurc
equ.my lilted t >r prndticui(; a h.mge in tier
conduct, ot lor lt.ui.img as a p u t dr our per
manent lyitem ot ea n.iur lai icgulaiious.
Norc. — We have aJupte 1 tne preceding fpcculx
tioiis, hec.tuic >vc* iieaevc tne n to h: 1.1 general cor
reCt. W.in regard to our co iii Lnng tiie re.u idioa
Bill, not as a temporal y mea.ore, but ai a part of
per nunent I y dc u u coume cuiregu.attain, we cony
Ceive it to lie a proble u o» too .Udell importance tu
Ut pie.nature.y decided.
W mi regard to tile i.Ja nphtet referred to, we ar*
euao.ed to lay Iron a iiuity peiuialof its ii.’it page*,
tnat a is written lor tne expieu purp.de oi arrs ti.i^ au
i.n ncdiate deter.iiiuauo.i ol cue arng".ninnter* on .Aiiie—
rican atfuir* ; tnat its a icnor e .ipioyatlle name ol .Vlr.
Ka.i lu.p.i more to give grace auure tient to nistir.e
p»ge than to am il up ms comment* upon r. If'*
Ipcecn; .liat ol courie hi* worit />> inap iUy comitls
of a repetition ol hi* former uo.trad. arguments, or
tile production of new ones m iupport of nts prin
ciple ; out tnat whenever iie i.ieiiciou* Mr. ivum
Ooipn.it i* i_as iiignt nave Ueen expected; in terms
ol ai unit unquahd.'d e Jlogium.
We than, pernaps, prei.nt our reader* with the
wfioie ol cm* ihurt pa npiiict in feveral fucccHivc
iu noers ; or at lead with an extract Irom it in our
next paper.
ExtrutS from an Oration delivered in Manche/ler os
the 4m ol July, ny Air. P. F. 1'. smith.
“ Before 1 pourtray the chara&er* oi thofc illudrl
out ltareimeii ana heroes, by wnom our revolution
w i* plaiuie i and conducted—before l enter upon t.nt
.ii.iurulul lent* of dila .crs, which our lat..tr» encoun
tered in the holy caufe ol freedom, unu which enn
tigned lo m-uy ol our oe oved Countrymen to the
uiutderous I'rilou ihp, urine gloomy inanfioi.s of th«
dead—permit me, fellow CitiSen*, to draw ycur at
ie mo.i, i .r a lew moments, to tne li.uati i. ol our
coumry prev.ou* too., .no u, ou iuccCIslul druggie*
aga.nd uit la a lei* c.icroacnmeuts m hncain Pcnecia—
t* u uuerty uuj ciiolcu it as iiti lull, a* Her only ally iu.u;
u ia ne to cxili ailiiuit tile Coiruplioii* ol tin: old woi id,
liinicr, i line ioneiy *nj> ui x uvrica, me had reti
red with a 1C w falliliUI followers, ’ill.piled Wltn ...»
u .acting Hope, tliai Here, at lead, n r invuiuaufe
o.eiu.igs ii.gni oe enjoyed in pease an J trampinicy.
Vain, dc.Ullve-ideai Umgiand, that *'royal throne af
w.ngs, tli.U icepo-i.n id.,11 oe..ei-d and envieu itie ac tic
ol grc.iiueis, to wcicu Her Uncacdi il yifsprnig, llu.tcr
ed oy me nurcumig wing* oi tills celellial goddow,
was about 10 arnve. b:.c la v, t.iai althougli ,he had
rcluled toextciitl to iiis.il the loitering arm o ju t.ee,
and had co npeiicd the il, by .ne mo.i uelanou. mean*
to lurlaitc ciieir native tealiu, iney ..e.c au ut to or
ganize a tepubiic, witicii claihuig wltn uei ruue mt>
uaiciiy , would .Hake u tu its centre. In ihurt, mr
c.ejriy iorelaw, mat tne «mi m reaion, wruen wa- ,i
ung loretuigeiitiy in tne American hemnpiiei., if
permit Led o attain its Zenit:,, would O.ilJ j i.e t.lCt
milt* ut deluiio i, whuli nad h.iner.o oarkeii. J tne
world : mat tne ptupU, irom whom all power etna
uate*. and wuoie will is oUmpoe.it, would no lon
ger content to band (heir iicca. to (he gaum . yok«
ol llavery — and, ol courle, that the coituj mug uidu
eiic e o. the m^ncielt monarch* worn.,, n*e the
gic an’* caltie, varmh lot ever."
xMo mutter now Ipieamd may be the robes, with
which tilt delp it may oe inveued—no m..i~, now
long His de.U active ic. ;.i may nave oeeu loicrat-.d,
luppoie mm leared on me throne ol uie eud.pru.e led,
oil the one hand, by a poweriul pi.eitnoou, and, on
(lie oilier, by a numerous and wen-micipied to.die. y j
the mo nent realou i tiu.i.es tier rigOoUi i way io th*
Hum ail neart, tne Iccpire Ian* ho n lit* “ nerve lei*
gralp," an j nis nl gotten autnoi ty islorever aunihi
lated. hor Hir. paiace i* never reared but on the rums
of rcalou and morality, i.re ne dare mew hi* hiucous
head, man kind mu.I be elt.muiaiea m the extreme by
.luxury, or .nuit h ive i .ut light ol tne “ mb..in anti
, de-tUieis pierogu ive'* oi their nature. 'i liey niulf
(lot only Have .lever undcritood tne true prnicip.es of
govern uent, oat mud a.to nave been kept m a hat*
oi depmrable igouiaucc witn reipect to every otner
lubject i for it ever permuted to begin tne .»nrk of
inVeltigafion, til re i* htattinig Wii.cn would tlcap*
tneir lei utnnzi.ig reiearciie*. In vai i the tyrant might
lay to them, you nay explore the buundieu held- of
icicnee, and cull its laired Harter*—you may examine
tuc lubinue p.ieiioniciia ol nature: but beware! iu
ipect not cue lacied and mylUrmu* iintltunoti i | my
« npne I ih-y wouia indignantly del pile .ne nan„h
ty nuerd.ct.on, an I regard it no more than me pah
nig wind .vnicii ailect* tne.u not."
I TO BE SOLD,
. jit tbs It bite Cbt n itej, jur ready money, •?
-teU'ie,U ,y Um jjj tnji.uit t
/K Very ftuc iiOK.dt,, die piopcity oi H. O. Le
x X tua, to i4ti,.y (tie eapencea oi (he laid Hoile lot
Upward, of Seven iiiunth*.
I y , Francis Galvan.
July 15. *
NOTICE.
ALL parlous are lore war tied from putting any
loading mi bond oi my rioat*. to iie cainedi
ilovvii or up die rivtr, eacdpt it be by my tom m
DaNILL COUwH.
I.ui,diburg, July 15. |
FOR LONDON,
\ Tne 14it lulling American Ihia
AVLR1CK,
Captain Dr.luii, lying at Bermuda
iHundred ; wil; lan about the In Au
gu i. For patlage only, (luv.ng eicellent accommo
dations), apply to the Captain mi board,or to
WixJUAM AROvVN Jt C«.
Richmond, July 15, U