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ed i i • <u the tokcofthe conqueror, and
nn.v.j >»; -or theirfirure safety, and consequent
ly c on1'! be clothed, with the general national
p-.w r, much les° that of those citizens who pos
aesslne legitimate and indispensable power of
watching over their own preservation and secu
rity, as integral parts of the Spanish monarchy.
And can you obtain so important an object by
yourdependance on » power in itself illegal, fluc
tuating St agitated < Would it be prudent for you
to neglect with indifference an precious an oppor
tunity, fl>ing after vain and Haltering hopes, in
stead of hastening to constitute that union and
lorco which alonecan secure your political exis
tence, and effect the liberation of our beloved
Ferdinand the 7th, from his melancholy impris
onment ?
Should we by this means, in this delightful
clime, perpetuate that august and holy, religion
received from our forefathers< No! beloved
compatriots ; the pqople of Caraccns, are well |
convinced of the necessity we have of agitating
cur cause with vigour and energy, if you wish
to preserve so many and such invaluable rights ;
and with this view after receiving the deplorable
infoimatinn of the unfortunate stale of the war
in Spain, by the late arrivals on our coast, it was
determined to form a provisional government in
this capital, as well for itself, as for all other
parts oft lie province, which shall unite with their
accustomed fidelity in favour of Ferdinand the
Seventh, and the same was proclaimed and made
public on the 19th of this present month, depos
iting the supreme authority in the roost illustri
ous Council of this city and a number of Depu
ties that were named as associates, and together
were especially charged to promote and estab
lish a ptan of such administration and govern
ment ss maybe considered most congenial to the
interest aildgener'd wishes of the people.
Inhabitants of Venezuela!—• This is the vote
cifthe city of Carracras AH it•« li*-st ami high
est authorities have solemnly arknowledgod it,
by accepting uivJ swearing to observe, with <lue
obedience, the decisions of the people hy their
representatives ; and we, in obedience to the sa
cred duties imposed upon us, make it known to
you, and we invite you to join in that union and
fraternity which call us to the. same duty and in
tercst. If the sovereignty has been provisional
ly established with a lew individuals, it is not
for the purjiosc of establishing, over you, an in
sulting or oppressive usurpation, nor yet h dis
graceful or shameful slavery ; but that the urgen
cy and necessity of the moment, as well as the j
novelty and importance of the objects, impel i
cti'-ly require it for the common security. This
itself puts it out of our power to in ike manifest
to you on this hasty occasion, the extension of our
generous ideas ; but you must reflect, that if w«
acknowledge and loudly claim the sacred rights
( Fnature, to protect our civil subjection, in de
lect of the central and legi*ima»e common audio
rity, which united us, we do not the less respect
in you those in- iolahle rights, and therefore *ve
shall opportunely call you to the exercised the
supreme authority, in proportion to the greater
or lesser number of individuals which shall fall
to the lot of each province.-This Is, more or
less, the result of the deliberations which on the
spur of the moment we have to propose to the
department of Vtnezula. Confide, therefore,
friends, in the sincerity of our intentions, and
baste to reuni*e your sentiments and affections to
those of the citizens of this capital. That the
holy religion which we have, inherited from our
fathers, tnav also be for us and for our descen
dants, the first object of our admiration and the
strongest bond to unite our will. That the. Euro
pean Spaniards may be treated and caressed
throughout the country with the same affection
and consult ration as ourselves, they being our
brothers mul being cordially and most sincerely
united in our cause, and in this way, resting the
basis of our social edifice upon the indissoluble
foundation of fraternity and Union, we shall trans
mit to our most distant generations the pleasing
fer.rl’cction our happy efforts, and per haps,
we may obtain the satisfaction of beholding our
beloved sovereign, Eerdinuhd VIL. presiding o
ver tlie glut ious destiny of the people of this coun
try.
(Signed) JOSE HE LAS LLAMOSA.
MARTIN TOVAR PCNTE.
Carraccat, April ‘JO, 1810.
SPANISH PROVINCES —We understand
that tire revolution at Cameras, or Venezuelas,
vo far as it has proceeded, has bet-n effected
without tumult or bloodshed ; that great un
animity prevails, insomuch th»t in the six com
mandarins or districts of the province, only about
100 dissenting voices wore heard ; that the
blacks were submissive and gave no trouble.
)'lr« Spanish gentlemen whORfl ived in the Fame,
nn Saturday, bring despatches of friendly com
plexion to our government. Similar despatches
forwarded to Englan 1 ; ami proper precautions
taken against any French intrigue, should any
be, attempted. The official state paper (tians
latc-dat Philadelphia) which explains their views,
will be found in the prece ding page—Mai. Fed
Cr i iS
FilOM CUBA—Captain Mur Ml, from Ma
tanzus at Providence, states as a report, that
the port w« opened to Am- rican vt-ssels ; but
i be saw no official Account <»t it. Markets voiy
dull—J.uiiiher in no demand ; sugar high, mo
lasses very high and sc.trco.
Captain Mdunui brought the following or
d*r :
Mataniaj, M-y 5,1810.
** Order of the i'.tj- Mo vessel of whatever na
tion will be admitted to an entry in the ports of j
the 1 *Untl of Cuba, unless a consul tte certificate
is wrote in continuation to each and every invoice j
that composes the cargo.”
We li.'.ve seen i letter fr< m Pojin Rjco, ol
date the 18lh May, to capl. J. It C.ddi f.n, of
the Spanish siiip Eujreu i, now in this port,
w lift'll states the trauijriUity of that island, inn'
the arrival there of rapt pcnor.il l)on Salvador
Melendez, who in represented as very popular
with the Sp- nish colonists. 'Phe colony w. in a
very hcnlthy Mate, in t the least s) mptom ( f sick
ness ha,ing appeared withiiijtheyear—Auro-a
5575k
YEI.T.t • W FEVER.
Extract of a letter from Tb.ovn.at J<Jfcrton, late
Trrtidtnt of the United State*, to William C
C Claiborne, Governor of the Origan* Territo
ry, dated Wathmgton, July 7th, 1804.
“ The position of Nr w-Orleans certainly des
tines it to be the greatest city the world has c
ver seen. There is no spot on the globe to
■which the produce of so great an extent offer
tile country must necessarily come » it is three
timesgreater than that on tne Eastern side of
the Allegany', which is to he divided among
all the sea port towns of the Atlantic, states_
There is also no spot where yellow fever is so
much to be apprehended. In the middle and
northern pat ts of Europe, where the sun rarely
whines, they can safely build cities in solid blocks
■without generating disease. Hut under the
cloudless skiea of Amorir->, where there is no
constant an accumulation of heat, nen cannot be
f)il«U upon one another with impunty. Accor
dingly we find this disease confined to the solid
fauilt parts of onr towns, and the parts on the
■water side, whore there is much matter for pu
trefaction, rarely extending into the thin-built
part* of the town and never into the Country._
In these latter places it eannot be communicat
ed t in order to catch it, you must go into the lo
rd atmosphere where it prevails Is not this
then a strong indication that *e ought not to con
tend with the laws of nature, but should decide
at once that all our ^cities shall be thin-built ?—
VVashingtOjj, June 1.
Tl\p Secretary of the 'Treasury lpft this
city yesterday on a visit to the Western
part of thesta.tr ot Pennsylvania.
I hr Gold sent to England fronn Canada,
hy the fleet last November, when Govern.,
merit bill* were at 4 and private bills 2 or
2J per cent, premium, sold at the Bank for
1119 per cent, (Halifax for Sterling) and
the silver at 6J per cent, profit.— Canada
Palter.
- ■■ ■ i —__
PROM IfAYTI.— Captain Prcentetn,
at Ros'sn, from Cn/ie Francois, nay9,— •'
It is not true that Chrislophc has wade
any seizures. Passengers with ctifitain
• Madam larzc. and the tatinand (laugh*
ter vj (>rn. Rinse, of Cape Prancois, o
their way to Philadelphia. Morkrtn dull,
A letter from Rotterdam, via J.ontloti da
ted April 14, f received at Roslon ) sans_“
The ship Packet of Ronton ( ne</uentered at
Tonnit.gen ) was delivtml up to the cap
tain o\st March, and cargo to consignees
—partly soul, and remittances made."
\ PART ZADIF.S—Captain Trincr, at
Salem, from Sumatra, informs, that Tap
pnnooly was destroyed Oct. 2.?'A, by a
French synodron if two f inales arid a
corvette, under Commodore Jlatnlrn, 1 'hick
had previously captured the American ship
Sampson, Abbot, for I.iverpool. Ccturns
(lore Hnrmcn hadvistfed a number of Artie*
mentis from the United Stott e with vettti
lat ropers, and suffered them to proceed:
he considers every vrsscl a prise bound to
or from English ports.
You will perhaps remember that in 1793 ; your, i
self, the present Governor Harrison; aiul some
other youngs gentlemen, dining with me in Phi
ladrlphia, the then late yellow fever being the
subject of conversation, am] its incommunicabil
ity in the country, 1 observed that in building ci
ties in the United Slates we should take the
chequer board lor our plan, leaving the white
squares open and unbuilt for ever, and planted
with trees Harrison treasured this idea in his
mind, and having to lay ofl' a city two or three
years ago on the hanks of the Ohio, belaid it o*i
on this plan. As it is probable Mew Orleans
must be very soon enlarged, I enclose the same
plan for consideration. I have great confidence
that howsoever the yellow lever may prevail
in the ohl part of the town, it would not he com
municable in that part which should be built on
this plan; because lids would be all like the
thi»»built parts of our towns, where experience
I has taught us that a person may carry it after
catching it in its local region, but can never com
municate it out of that. Hating very sincerely
I at heart that the prosperity of Ncw-Orleans
I should be unchecked, and great faitli, founded
as I think in experience, of the effect of this
mode of building against a disease which is such
a scourge m our close-built cities, 1 could not
deny myself the communication of the plan, lea
ving it to you to bring it into real existence, if
those more interested should think us favorably
of it as 1 do. For beauty, pleasure, and conve
nience, it will certainly be eminent.”
Bostow, May 31.
The constituted authorities of the state of
Massachusetts, yesterday assembled toge~
thee at the state House, and the following
gentlemen were elected slate officers for the
current year :—
[ I'he Senate, as usual, proceeded to or
g uiize their department of the government;
but after a number of trials, they found it
necessary to adjourn, for the forenoon, with
out coming to a choice of President.]
In the House, the hon. Perez Morton w$s
chosen speaker, and C. P. Sumner, esq.
Clerk. The whole number of votes for
speaker was 631, of which Mr. Morton had
o26, and was declared to he chosen. I'he
votes for Clerk was SIX HUNDRED
THIRTY TWO. of which Mr. Sumner had
326, and was accordingly chosen. The
following is the statement of votes.
For Speaker,
Mr. Morton, (Dem ) 326
Mr. Bigelow, (Fed.) 503
Scattering, 2
For Clerk.
Mr. 9umner, (Dein.) 326
Mr. Tillinghast, (Fed.) 301
Mr. Homans, 5
) he Legislature joined by the governor
and council, were escot .ed bv the Inde
pendent Cadets under Lt. Col Williams, to
t*te First Church in Sumncr-street (the rev.
Mr. Emeson’s) where a discourse was de
livered before them by the rev. Dr Parish
of Byefield. Salutes were fired during the
maich by the artillery company comman
ded by captain Nye.
When the religious duties of the day had
terminated, the procession returned to the
State House, and adjourned to meet at five o’
clock, P. M.
Afternoon.
Agreeably to adjournment, the twohonsc3
met in their respective chambers. The
Senate again proceeded to choice of a pre
sident ; but on counting the votes, they were
found to be the same as in seven successive
trials, during the balloting in the forenoon,
viz:
For Mr. Otis, (Fed.) j9
Dana, (Dem.) 13
Scattering, 1
The whole number was 33—Mr. Otis did
not vote after the first trial; but Mr. Dana
continued voting during the whole ballot.
After this unsuccessful attempt, a motion
was made to proceed to the choice of a Clerk,
but was negatived. The hon. Mr. Phillips
! then made a motion to adjourn to this day
j eleven o’clock, which after some, discussion
I (in the course of which, a proceeding was
suggested of placing the senior member in
j the chair as president pro tern.) was carried.
■■ ••Fed. Fafier.
LANCASTER, (Penn ) June 2.
AWFUL AND EXTRAORDINARY.
In ilie thunder storm of Wednesday morn, last
as four teams were passing along the road at the
east end of Mr. Amos Slay maker's place (leading
to St *iear the tinnpike,) they were ail at the same
instant s’l eck with lightning. One of the teams
had five horses, belonging to Chiistian Witmer
iCiiickrjs s) the whole five were killed. The
‘ three oilier teams had ea«di four horses. They
1 belonged to the following named persons, viz.
[ Jacob brant, Jacob Haldemun und Jacob Baker,
j arid each of these teams had tinea horses kil
led. i he drivers were all on their saddle
horses. Three of the saddle horses were killed,
and tire fourth escaped ; but what is most -extra
ordinary and Proiideutial is the circumstance,
that not one of the timers appears to be injured
by the lightning. One is somewhat hurt by the
tall of liis hone.
M irvellons as this relation may appear, we
can vouch for its authenticity in every particular.
W" have it from undoubted authority.
The teams *11 appear to have been struck at
the same moment. They were following each
other in close order.
3. N" houses should be suffered to be
!>uilt, which have nota parapet wall to cut
otF the communication from roof to roof._
No further proof can be required of the uti
lity of this measure, than the salvation of
Mr. W. Temple’s house during the des
tructivc tire of 180$:-No houses should be
built, whose roots are not covered with
tile, or slate, or shingles covered with the
Impenetrable Stucco.
4. Prevention ought to be consulted in
other things.ns well as in fires.-It.should
not break out, like a species of spasm, and
take the name and note of an alarming
preparation ; but it should be regular, ron^
slant , acting, like an incessant weight up
on the spring, and keeping it down. It
should make as little sensation as possible_
“ round, about us, like the air, bur. not even
felt.” This, at least, should he as much the
rase as possible.-Let the Master of the
Police, or some Competent Officer, turn out,
with a competent patrole, once a month ; the
Particular moment, not to be known, but
left to his own discretion. lie will take the
rounds of the city, among«t the houses ot
the free negroes, and search for arms and
for nln aw;ys. This species of domiciliary
visit, rnr.y unkennel the tunawavs, who
harbor in these asylums, besides knipping
the first bud of danger in this metropolis.
*J* I'-n fionaant, we may observe, that
it should he a standing law of the lard,
that no nrgroes within the state should tu
eirhrr a Black-smith, Press man, Waggoner,
Boat-man, up and down the James river.—
“ n ounce of prevention is worth a pound
IlICHMOND, JUNE 8, 1810.
TO THE POLICE OF RICHMOND.
Nature has placed you over one of the
most beautiful cities in the world. Messed
with health ; airy and romantic in its pros
pects ; with a thousand points from which ;
the painter may draw the varying Lands
I cape ; seated at the falls of a great river, on
the head of its tide waters, and charged with
l all the exports of a rich and most luxuriant
| back-country ; you have every thing which
you could wish for. Your country too has
blessed you with privileges—the metropo
lis of a large and magnificent state ; the seat
of her legislature and executive council;
the scatot the supreme courts ; the scat of
her public institutions.—Nature and your
County have done every thing for you
how much have you done for yourself?
I do not ask the inhabitants of your city
for tlie luxurious decorations of architecture,
or those illustrious institutions, which are in
tended to improve the iind. Palaces anti
pomp, the aspiring dome or the guil col
umn, are as little to my taste as they are
within the grasp of some of your citizens.
The man of wealth, who has no higher
ideas ot utility or fame, than to pimp in the
cause of luxury, and shine in equipages and
in houses, is no better than a public nui
sauce ; t uc plague or the yellow fever. He
spreads the infection of luxury through all
classes of our citizens—and taints the very
streams of virtue.—I could name two or
three of this description in your city ; hut the
lash of a Juvenal or a Persius would suit
them far better than the sumptuary laws of
a Police—The noblest embellishments of a
City ale its institutions for the refinement of
mind—its learned Societies, its public Libra
ries, its collections of Statuary and Paintings,
its Museums, its Schools ; every thing which
can nerve and expand, not enerva’e the
mind. But I call not upon you for these j
foundations of greatness. The resources of
your public chest are not large enough for
them. They must be left to the care of in
dividuals; to the generosity of "wealth, and
the energy of men of genius.
But when I ask what the Police of this ci
ty has done, 1 merely enquire what has been
accomplished to add to the security, the con,
venience, and comfort of the citizens. As'
sizing the weight of our bread, seeing that we
are not put off with too little butter or too
improper flesh ; these are duties which we
all look for. They enter into the very idea
of a body corporate of a borough. These of
fices are useful, but they are of a subordi
nate cast.—There are other duties, which
arc expected from you—as adding to the
comfort and safety of the city.—For want of
a better adviser will you permit me to name
a few of those, which at present strike my
mind *
1. It ik high time, in my humble judgp
ment, to begin with paving our main street.
Set een us from the reproach of every stran
ger, when he has the street full in his -'ye,
“ what little public spirit there is in Rich
mend !” Save us from being choaked with the
dusts of summer.or buried beneath the mud of
winter. If your funds art* not large enough
to do every thing at once, at least do some
thing-only make a beginning. You may
spareasm .il fragment of your’g 13 000 for
this laudable object. Seize some point at
which you may begin your operations, the
market bridge, for instance, and go on by
degiees, as your resources increase orate
wanted for less useful purposes. Only 'be
gin and go on—and every thing will come
right at last. In the contest between- the
jHare and the Snail, the. Snail reached the
igoal first,only because she “kept moving.”
| ^ wt‘ ourselves shall not reap much comfort
| from the enterprize, vet at least our descent
dants of the third and fourth generation may
walk the streets without breaking their shins
on the pavement, or being suffocated with
the rising fumes of dust.
Pave then our main streets—pave our
foot-ways—plant them with the light pop
I Lombardy—and our street-walk
ers, and out drivers, our old and our young
wi 11 bless you for your ways.
2. Let us re -organize our 'fire coinfianictt.
Let the master of the Police or some other
supernumerary officer see, every month, to
the Fire Engines and make a return on their
condition, &c. provided the Fire Companies
will assent to his revision. Let these Com
panies never fail to assemble at stated times
around their Engine, and discipline them,
selves in the art of extinguishing destruc~
tion. • When the alarm hell sounds, let each
man know which is his post; and let better
stops he laken, than have been heretofore
pursued, to trace the scene of fire, and let
every one know it. Let sto/ia he made on
the main street to receive the waters, (when
n cessary,) from the subterranean sluices
front the basin, and supply the Engines with
an incessant stream. Let a sufficient quan
tity of hose be procured—let fne,hot,ks and
other implements he always at hand, to stop
the progress of tli~ devouring flames._
Without these und'other piecautions, which
of us may not rue the day, wlan the most
obvious duties, of the Police were neglect
ed i
T(,,a!» . 728,000
It» this population, the whites !>rc computed at
two tenths, ihe slaves at three, the descendants
fit freed men at four, and the Indians one.
'I Ilia is a very nefiderate population, it is true,
f>r a soil, whic h might most abundantly subsist
100 times Ilia'number. Hut that country pre ei ts
frw attractions to a Spaniard, which h.,s neither
mines of gold or silver. Besides, the Spanish
possessions are too extensive a reservoir to be fil
led by the tide of emigration. The country is bad
ly governed, and the progress of civilization aid
numbri* is retarded. Trie religious institutions
clos-; up the doors of population as well as of
mind. Men become Monks and Friars instead of
Fathers And moreover, the tide «f emigration
I is ai rested by the jealous fear of depopulation of j
, the mother country, i he most cxtraordinaty op* I
position is made to the removal of Spaniard ., |
much more of strangers. Foi merly no one could :
obtain a passport, but on proving his Spanish on
gin. But by a royal order of 3d August, I Sul,I
c ntitnlcd the i'arifT of Graces, the Council i f
Indies (in Spain! was to fix the tax “ lor the per- '
missions which are granted to foreigners, to pass I
into the Indies”-—and in the next article, the tax 1
is estimated at 4C0 nulled dollars—and one of the
rpial tientions even then is to In* s Catholic.
Such is a view of the resources uc. of a region,
which has declared its independence, and has 1
sent on dispatches to Washington,
A View of it* government, military force and j
other-chcliinstances, connected with its involu
tion in Our next.
* Dr pons Traveln, Sic. from which the subse
quent details are taken
djr’ We mott sincerely congratulate the Frpuh
t'Car>$% on the triutrtph of nur mute in the Liqula
turc of Massachusetts.—They met on the 3u//i ult
and elected in tie II of U. ,'t Republican Speaker
an.l filers 'Ihingt were to nicely pined in the
Senate that no Speaker was elected — 7 hit the
greatest link it struck out from the chain <f the
of cure,”—On this subject. Itt mo advise the
reader to consult book the 13th of Mon
tesquieu’* “Spirit of Laws.”
37“ The Master of Police should be called
on tor regular returns of what he has done
within each quarter, for his 800 dollars per
annum.
The Hustings Court should have regular
returns from the Poor hcu«e ; the ^lo. of
poor, the quantity of work done by them,
See. &c.-For, I hold it to be a maxim,
that there is scarce any man. who does ns
well for others, as for himself; that-there
is a constant struggle in office* to become \
aitiecurea ; that from the highest to the j
lowest, there are very lew. who are not j
more ambitious of reaping the profits than i
discharging tile duties ; and that of
course, every public ngent should be scan
rre:l and inspected. Cuatodea custndientnr.
That is, without meaning any particular al
lusinn to our own watch-men, “ Let the
wtz'ch he ’■Matched ”
5. The time will come, (and beshrew
me! I wish it were fast upon our heels.)
when we shall see the public Capitol Square
enclosed, and embellished with grass and
trees—and it will certainly make a most
beautiful firomenude—and when, too, we
may see our mustering grounds in the sub_
urlis, snatched from us. Should we not pre |
pare for these events and when ground
is comparatively cheap and unoccupied, as
it is now, buy up a sufficient space for our
battalions to parade on ? Rome had her
Campus Martiiis-Paris has il Charnfi de
Alar*—why may we not have a spot to be de
voted to the exercises of the field?
Put do whatever of these things you coo
afford—cleanse our streets from rubbish and
filth—extirminate onr tings—guard well cur
smoke houses, and you shall receive the
thanks of
POOR PETER riLCARLICK.
South Amfiuca.
As the Spirit of Revolution has begun " to
move on the waien” of South America, and its
workings may arrest the gaze of the world, it be
comes important to give a general sketch of the
scenes of action.
The Spanish possessions in America (which
are more immediately concerned) are divided
into lour vice-royalties, Mexico, Peru, Duettos
Ayres, anil Santa-Fe ; and live capitanerias,
Porto Rico, Havanna, Caraccas, Guatimala, Chi
li, besides the Pliillippine Islands in Asia.
.The Police is entrusted, as in Spain, to the vi
gilance of Cabi'Jos— For the administration of
justice, there are audiences appointed, which in
1804 were 13 iti number. • They held their sit
tings at Mexico, Gusdalaxarn, Guatimala, the
isle of Cuba, Lima, Charcas, Chili, Santa Fe,
Qpito,.Buenos Ayres, Caraccas, Cusco, and the
Philippines —The catholic Religion has obtained
bishops, chapters and convents. There are se
ven archbishops, who have 37 suffragans.
'i lie Captain-General.-hip of Carraccas, m which
the spirit, ol Independence has already broken
forth, is on the south side of the Gulph of Mexi
co, or as it has been called, the Carnbean Sea - It
stretches from 75th degree of W. Longitude,
from the meridian of Paris, to the 62d ; from the
Cape de la Vela, to the point of Megilonos or
l’aria ; and from the 12th to the dJth degree ol
North Latitude It is bounded ow the south by
Dutch Guiana and by' Peru, and on the west by
the kingdom ot St. Fe.—>1. De pons* styles it
tbs\ Eastern part of Terra Finna, In distinguish
it from that part of Terra Firma, which is situa
ted further to the westward and is dependant on
the vice-royalty of Santa ie.
This Captain-Generalship is subdivided into six
provinces ; that of Venezuela in the centre, the
government of Maracaibo on the west, Vurinas
to the south of and partly between these, Guia
na on the south, the government of Cureunu on
the east, and the island of Mafgarttta on the N
East.
Carraccas has not been cursed by the gold and
silver mines of Mexico and Peru, and it has there
fore happened that the tide of emigration lias not
st l in so rapidly towards that region It is bless
ed, however, with the best vegetable productions
of nature. Every species of cohnialproduce, may
be raised in greater exuberance and of better
quality, than in any of the Antilles. Its cocoa is
pronounced by Dcpons, to he belter than in any
of the Mexican isles. Its indigo is inferior to
none but that ot Guatimala. Tlie tobacco expor
ted is declared to be of a finer quality than what
is usually cultivated and prepared in the United
States, and netts yearly to the royal treasury a
bout Tour millit ns. 'I lit sugar and cotl’ee arc liner
than in the rest of the Torrid Zone, although the
processes of art are defective. Resides these,
they have vanilla; the wild cochineal, dye-woods,
gums, rosins and medicinal oils, fine tracts of the
most exquisite timber, and large herds of pn.fi
table animals. This branch alone of the exports
of the country is estimated at g 1,000,000.
The exportations of its two principal articles,
Cacao and Indigo, from the year 1793 to 1796, a
moiinted to § 11 793,679—though In-m 1796 to
1800, they had dec eased to 5,691,033
No census has yet been taken by the govern
ment—but a sort of approximation is made, by
counting the number i f confession tickets, wnich
are signed by the confessors and afterwards han
ded in to the curates. From these the following
conjectural list lias been sketched :
The province of Venezuelas, including7
Souls.
Vaiinas, population of ^
500.000
The government of Maracaibo,
100.000
That of Cuniana,
80,000
Spanish Guiana,
34 000
Isle of Margaretta,
14,000
I MA£CH£si'£lt TURNPIKE COMPANY.
A I a meeting of the Board of I/ircctors, on
the 4th June, 1810:
| /iWset/, That all wagons, running upon the
I 1 !,rnJ,, ;« having wheels with tvre the
| wipth of four inches, shall be exempt from the
j payment of the toll which is established by lav
on return waggon j; and that waggons so used,
with tyre the width of six inches and upwards,
shal be exempt from the pa>ment of one half of
all the toll allowed by law, both in going and re*
turning.
That such exemptions shall continue so long
as the waggons which may be entered Under this
regulation within twelve months front this date,
siiull be .employed upon the Turnpike Road.
I Ectolve<{, Tnat the ebrk he instructed to ad*
, VCrtuve that ho will receive proposals for builduig
h wooden bridge across t!,c canal of Mavo’s mill,
in the ’own of Manchester, till the 1st Monday,
in July next.
Extract fm?n the Minutrt
JAMES BHANDRJ?, Cirri-.
J»"* 8 ___ Ht’fulv
VV A f» 1 f* lM\lKinATRL¥, at U.c i>e.7»
" r *vem, a youn<-man well calculated for
A B A R - K E P F. K :
Ifc must he sober, industrious, Attentive, and a
tolerable hook keeper—To such a one, well re
commended, liberal wages will be iri>tn
June 8 J ~t
1J Y virtu* of a deed of trust, bearing date the
flih day of Auguct, 1807, and recorded in
the General Court ; Will be sold, for reads mo
ney, 011 1 liumdsy, the l^th of July n«*xt (ne
L O T S Kf HOUS E .V,’
Near Be Wide re, now in ilia occupancy of Mrs
Pi ice Phe side will take place on the premises»
at 1 i o’clock, A M
A I) VENABLE, 'i ,n
SAMUEL McCUAtv, V ,ru*,ett'
8-____w(U|uly
ri HE Subscriber intending in a few days*'*
I h ave this State for Europe, give* *
that Francis R. Strrhin is his attorney ir faoi i *
transact his business in his absence.
THOMAS GlLI. AT.
June 8.
Pseudo Nert,tern C'omfrdrror >. The Wc'culcs of
truth ha* once mote strangled the snakes oj Jac
non in “ the cradle ofthe devolution ” '1'Jte chain
oj our union ni t be unshed brighter. Jacexon
tins ir.et (i i a>!••ocute, and the administration hnt
e,lined a friend. 7 he day ret* ibtttion ts co
for m yf t>» Atfhrnsuax shut our; 7* Picketing m
j vtili also be out—the political stuntr will he cn»t
\ forth into “ dignified retirement," <jr there shall he
j '* wailing q*d gnashing oj teeth." We r «
\ that the Leader of t/.e federal party will be dii
j r-njrcv the Councils of ins country. \V<: n j ■>)!< e
I ‘ts the Sekators of the U. S are itjhpoinU d for si*
‘ears, that a republican wUlbrsent to take his
ptaee, and to vtr\-c the atm of govet anient. Amt
we rejoice, that the British ministry will see their
men (- measures i is con itc*ancid, and their Javo*
n>r partisan dismissed to thut obscurity, front
wh>eh he may now tin potently cry, that “Britain
hsis done us no essential injury"
OTT* For Sir F Burden's cue, see the last page
NT AKftirn, On Sann dny Evening, the 2d in
s’""*. l>y ti e ttev’d J. J) Mat!*, Mr. John Unay
btrobia, to M ir dr.n Af.a ici l.atntu t t, detest
daughter ol Coliini l 1). Lambert, nil ol th’o city
'g'WKNJY Dol.L.vKb KEVV.AkD 1 OK.
1 ROYAL. mul TEN DOLLARS JO# I
SAAC.— Ki.ynlrau aw.<> l.imi the subscriber, ut
A l!>cniui le county, on tnu l.'Vih of Kdn uary last.
He is :» bright mulatto, supposed to be 20 year.',
of age ; rather si* ndci made j foil lace ; has a
▼e:y noted sear on the right side’of hi* nos**, an 1
a bushy head of hair ; »... is five feet 9 or 10 it*,
cheetah; his clothing not recollected, except
bhto t loth frock coat, bettor th\n half voin_
He is a flatter by lra<le, atul worked with Willi
am llrndley of ( }i tries Ci*y County. He was
formerly the pr perty of Junes Nance of said
county. I will give the above reward to any per
why will secure the said lellow in jail so that
I get h: in attain ‘ ,
ISAAC, who eloped from the subscriber, on
t!ie night of the .Ust of May, is of rather & light.
c*r colour than otherwise ; suppesd to be twen-’
tv-foui or live \ ears old ; straight inaile, and has
a short nappy head of hair, which be ties behind
—be is about j flct 8 or 9 inches high ; hud on,
when he eloped, a round short blue jacket, and
an old fur hat ; lie had also with hint a double
wove black Virginia cloth coat. I purchased the
said fellow of S. Shepard of Nansemond county.
It is probable be may have a fiee puss, and will,
therefore, endeavor to impose himself on the pub
lic for a fiee man, having passed for such, four
five yeai a about Williamsburg, previous to my
having purenased him.
1 will give the above reward to any person who
will secure the said Negroes in jail, so that I
get them again. NICHOLAS LEWIS.
\ J,|,tc 8- _ w3w1|
TREASURY DEPAR TAt ENT.
May 23, 1810.
TTTTIIF.UEAS in conformity with the provii
▼ ? ions made hy law for the reimbur<-c
mentoftbe Exchanged Six Per Cent. Stock, cre
ated by the second section of the act, entitled.
An act, supplementary to the act, intituled an
act making provision fer the redemption of the
| whole of the public debt of the United States ”
! Pat;y,'d nil the 11th day of February, 1827, it ha*
i ^determined by the Commissioners of the
| sinking 1 uud, that the residue of Hie Principal
I oi said slock should he reimbursed on the first
day of January next ; Tv'die Nctice is tbere
! 'oi p K'ven to the Proprietors of the Certificates
of Exchanged S'x Ptr Cent. Stock, created by ih®
act aforesaid, that the principal of the whole a.
mount of said stock not heretofore reimbursed,
will, on surrender of the cc tificatea, be paid on
the first day of January, 1811, to the respective
stockholders, or their legal Representative s or
attormes duly constituted, either at the Tieasu
j ry or at the Loan office where the stock thus to
I be reimbursed, may then stand credited to the
I proprietors thereof.
It is further made known for the information
o» (he parties conremed, thatno transfers ofeer
tih.udes of Exchanged Six Per Cent. Stork from
the Kooks of the Treasury, or of any Commis
sioner jit Loans, will he allowed after the first
dnv of December next ; and that'thc interest on
the whole amount of said stock will cease and
determine on die day preceding t he day here'
hy fixed for the reimbursement thereof.
__ |A i.a«#t Gallatin.
Secretary of the Treasure.
juneS
intjau.
1 \\ D nr three Young Ladies, (from time* un
-*■ try.) whose parents wish them benefited be
any seminary of learning, in Richmond, maybe
accommodated with BOARD, in a respectable
t-m.ly. For particulars, apply to the Editor of
the Enquirer.
_ J,,nc 8 wtf
J^'OR SALE—MY TRACT OP LAND,
I. ing m Amherst county, on James Rivei
about f.mijes above Lynchburg, which conta
4^.0 acres, SO of which i* excellent low groun
the bahmre good higt. land. There is about 5
acres to clear ; anti Here is also two comforta
Dwelling Houses, and several necessary ,
Iiunses—there is also * gCod g|,ad fl3,ie
public ferry.
if any gentleman wishes to view the Land,
will he shewn by Mr. John Magan, who resit
on it. Possession given next fall. The terms
sale may be made known by applying to the su
ecriber, residing in Warminster. There w II
a great bargain sold. WILLIS II. WILTS
J"nf 8 vv4«1
N R. 1 bis Tract of Land goes by the name
Trent m Ferry.