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ni$bt of the 34th. Gen. Bertrand, the Emper-1
or * Aid de Camp, had prcvioufly reconnoitred
the place. The cannon was ready to open up
on it, and the garrifon began to be alarmed,
when Martha! Lannes propofed the capitulation
fubjoined, to be figned by the commandant.
“ Deputies of the city of Berlin, have this
morning delivered the keys «f the place to his
Majcfty at Potrfdam.—They confefTcd the re
ports fpread through the city of Berlin, were
falfe; that the citizens, and the tnafs of the
people, had viewed the war with regret ; that
a handful of women and young officers were
the only perfnns who had promoted it ; that
he was a man of no penetration, who could not
forefee what was to be expelled from it. Like
all the reft of the Pruflians, they ccrtfurcd the
vifit of Alexander as the caufe of their misfor
tunes. The change which then took plat e in
the mind of the Queen, who, from a timorous
and modeft female, engaged in her houfe holtl
affairs, became bewildered, wifhlng only for
war; this change (they laid) had produced a
dreadful revolution. From that moment, (he
wifljed to have a regiment ; the intruded her
felfinto the Council, and took the lead in the
monarchy fo far, that in a few days, II.« orought
4 it to the brink ofdeftru&ion.
“ Tnfc Head-quarters are al Charlottenburg.”
NINETEENTH BULLETIN CF THE
GRAND ARMY.
Chariottenlntrg. Oft 37.
“ The Emp.-ro'- left Putx tacn at twelve-o’clock
to ir.fpefl the ftvtrefs ot Sp-tudau.—This is a
fine piece of Work: t>-e magazines are magnifi
cent, and roe il, oats, have been Bui.id in
th- m fuff ient to frrve the »r«vy for two
months; fiefi les a nn o i-iur. f:» !i iet;t to dou
ble the provifi-n* for tlit whole artillery. This
fortification upon th-. Spree, two utiles from
Berlin, i-> an incal. t.la ie advantage. In our
hands, it Would have lutlained :i fit-ge ot tw »
months after the trenches bad been opened.
The rcafon why the Prufli in Commandant did
hot defend it, was hecaulc he bad not received
any orders, and the Fntieh having arrived be
fore he had received information ot the defeat
of the Prnfli u-s ;<t J- na, the battr i ies were not
in readiiuf., and the place, in a manner, dif..im
ed.
“To give an idea of the ii'tunwnn corf>.f..>ti
which p’cvai!edin ilie Pruflian Monarchy, it is
fuflicient to fay, that the Queen, alter her ridi
culous ami lamentable journey *o Eifurt and
Wtiinar, pafTVda whole night at Berlin without
feting a tingle perfon ; that the people wert,
for along time without knowing where the
King was ; that no pci bar to* k any r are for the
fafety of the capital ; and that thccoizeis u c e
compelled to unite in oidci to form a Pr.-viiiou
al Government.
“Contempt for the authors of the war has
reached the higheft p. inr. The Manifeflo,
which the people of Berlin call a feand-Ions li
bel, and in which not one (ingle complaint is
brought forward, has inflamed the public mind
againft it* author, a needy fcribbkr of the name
of Genfz ; one «.t thofe men devoid of honour,
who fuffer themfclves to be bought with gold.
“ Tlse whole of the world is witnefs, that the
Queen has been the caufe of all tHe reverfes to
w .ich the Pruflians have beenexpofrd. Every
where we hear it faid “ A year ago, the was fo
S-iod, fo kiml ; bu* bow is fire changed (ince
the fata! meeting between the Emperor Alex
ander and his PrnlTian Majefty.”
“ In the Palace* there was not the h aft order
obfrrved, fo that the fword of the Great Fre
derick was eafily found at Potzdam, together
with the fcarf which he wore* duiing the Seven
Year’s War; alfo the infipnia of the Black Ea
gle. The Emperor took thefe trophies with
traufport, faying, • 1 would rather have thele
than twenty millions :* then pauftng a little, lie
added, * I (hall fend thefe to iny old fo.'diers,
who fcrveJ in the war of Hanover—! fl ail pre
fcnl them to the Governor of the liua'ids : in
that Hotel they (hall remain.’
“ Alter the Queen withdrew from P »»zdam,
the portrait ot the Empeior of Rulfia was
found, which (lie had received from that Mo
narch. At Cbarlottciihurg was'found t•••_ Cor
refpnndence hetween the Emperor of KuiTia
a1 d the King for timer ye >• s pa ft. together w ith
i >mc Memorials wiitten by E >gbfh authors, to
j rove that nations were under no obligations to
< bferve any Treaty made with the Emperor
Napoleon, that it was necelTary for evtry pow
er to range itfclr on the tide of the Emperor of
Kuflia.— Thefe documents, ought to form hifto
ncal record-. : thrv fliew, if it v. .s neerfiary,
h'-w unfortunate Piintes are when they fuffer
■women to interlrre in (late affairs. The Notes,
reports, and (late papers were fcvnttd with
r» elk, and lay mingled together upon the
Queen’s toilette. This Piinccfshad turiitdthe
heads of all the women in Berlin. But now a
rtother change has fucceedcd. The fi.Il lugi*
fives that took refuge there were received with
contempt, and the> woe reminded of the day
vvlien they flouiifhed their (words upon the
plains of Berlin, they pretended to «.ul down
all that oppofed them.
“ Prinre I.ouis Ferdinand who was killed at
the opening of the campaign, was publicly
nicknamed the little Duke ot Orleans, at Ber
lin. This young man abufed the King’s good
mfs to fuch a dtgree, that he even fcandalized
him. lie wag one who, with fome other young
Officers, broke the windows of Count Haug
wi'z, on the nieht when that Minifter returned
from Paris.— We are at a lofs to know which
to admire mod, the audacity or the weaknefs
of this young man.”
HANOVER, Nov. i6.
AIMhe veflVI* at Hamburgh are put under
rrqnifition, in order to be made ufe of as a
bridge of boats over to Artlenbmg.
TROM THE MAYN, N w. j 5.
The new acquifitions which Holland is to
receive in Welphaiia, are to be devided into
three departments, viz. thole of the Ems, Mun
fiei, and the Dippr.
I.UBFCK, Nov. 17.
The troops of the corps under mnrlhil Ber
O-duttc have left us, all but one battalion.
HAMBURGH, Nov. 4.
The Duchy of Oldennurgh has been t-ken
p ITenioo of in the name of the King of Holland
by 1400 Dutch troops. HeiTe has been o .liged
to join the confederation of the Rhine, ani omit
confrqumtly aft againfl Rulfia.
The day before yefterday, the bj»dy of his Se
rene Highnef, the Duke of Brunfwick was open
ed and embalmed at Aitom ; on onrninptbe
fit til,it was found that the wound which that
lamented Prince received was mortal. H's
Hrghnefn bore the erqu'hfe torture occafionrd
by the wound with the utmofl fortitude and re
Agflfftion, hut whin he learnt the lofs ofhisDo
tnifilon*, his heir' began to br- ak.
Ht*> Son the D kf of Brurifwick Oelg, who
crp'tulated with Gen. B'ucher, and who fo
heroically defended the gate of Lubeok, arrived
»' his father's h wife the day after ins death. His
H jhnef»' hmfes were ycfletday fold by public
at ftioo : hi jewtlsand other effects will be fold
to-morrow. An Efla^ettr has beer, fent to Na
poleon at Berlin, requeuing that the Duke's
v<nerkblc remains inay be depofitcil in the fr.mi-1
1y vault of his ancritors.
From the Hamburgh Correfpondenten, oft
Nov. 15.—ft appears by a letter from the Inn
of the 3d inlt. that the fortifications of Bran
nan arc beginning to be (Irengthcncd and in
crealVd by the French with the utmoft activity.
The cordon purfued by the Bavarian troops is ;
alfo cmifiderabty reinforced. The head-quar
ters of the commanding general arc at Old- j
Oetting. A fquadron of Auftriati huflars hu*
taken poll at Tittmaning in the Biihopric or
Salzburg.
NORFOLK, Fib. 2.
Captain Webb, of the fchooner Catharine Shep"
herd, in 15 days from Antigua, informs, that a vef
fel ha ^ arrived at that ifland from Barbados, bring
ing intelligence, thut by an arrival at the latter illaml
from England, it was dated that the Frullians and
Ruffians had formed a junction in great force, and
that after a mod bloody battle, which had lafied for
three fuccellive days,the French were entirely defeat
ed, and furrounded with Bonaparte in Berlin. In
giving this intelligence, the only part that we would
vouch for is the correctnefs of the report, as to cap
tain Webb, hut we cannot without other data, as to
time and place give full credit to this information, al
though intelligence might have been received at
Barbados, as late as the Id of December, or even
later.
A gentleman who came pafl'enger in the Catharine
Shepherd, fays, that the above account reached Sr.
Croix, and that he thinks the date of the European
a. count* wete to the iOth ot December.
• Ledger.
The council at Batavia have declared that veflels
arriving there with a cargo, fliould not receive either
i Figar or c« ffee in return. Thnfe who import dollars,
fhou!d have two thirds coffee and one third fugar,
thole with naval flutes Ovculd receive all coffee iii re
turn. Merc. Adv.
The following is ti e number of the combined fleets
lying in Cadiz Bay on the 7th Nov. 1806: —
I three dicker, u.lm’ls.
lh:p
S line of battle (hips
1 frigate
| T Spaiiifli lliip*.
COURT OF VICE ADMIRALTY.
W.fluu, N I*. Dec. 29, 1*06.
Before the Worlhipful Henry Morton Dyer, Sole
Judge and ConmiilLry.
Diborah, Mi.ry, Mailer.— Mr Armftrong, Soli
citor General, prayed the claim by him given (in be
half of Melfrs. llowell and Pleafanu, and Charles
Pleafants, of Philadelphia, and Alexander McClure
and John Facon, of Norfolk, merchants, ail citizens
of the United States of America) to be admitted
and the faid (hip and cargo to be reftored as claim
ed.
Mr. Kt-er prayed the faid claim to be rejected, and
the laid (hip and cargo to he condemned.
.His honor the Judge, having I.card the faid claim
and proofs read and the arguments of advocates and
| prndtors on both fides thereon, admitted the faid
: claim, pronounced the laid ftiip and the fugars laden
1 on hoard of her, to belong as claimed, and by inter
' locuti.ry decree dire&ed the fame to be rcftoied to the
I claimant for the ufe of the owners and proprietors
j thereof, and by further interlocutory dire&ed the
claimant to produce further proof within three months
, with refpe-.ll to 9250 dollars in fpecie, mentioned in
exhibits No’s. 26, 27 and 28.
j NEW-YORK, Jan. 31.
Eurr and bis army in motion —Captain Bowen, of
the brig Sufan and Betfey, who arrived this morn
ing, left New-Orleans on the 8nd inft. He informs
j us tha: it was reported and believed, that on the e
veningofthe 2nd an exprefs arrived to Gen. Wilkin
fon from Cumberland (Tenneffee) dating that Gen,
1 Adair with the advance guard of Burr’s troops confid
ing cf 20U0 men, palled that place on the 20th of
December—that on the morning of the 3d another
exprefs arrived ir, three days from the Natchez, Ha
ting that Gen. Adair was clofe to the Natchez, and
that Burr was following with 6000 men.
The embargo was railed on the 31ft of December.
The town was put in a ftate of defence. There were
769 regular troops, belides volunteers. '1 he naval
; lores corlilted of 2 ketches, 4 gun-boats and a fchoo
i "tr*
A boat with 30,000 dollars purfued the Sufan and
Beify down the river, but was too late.
NFW-YORK, Jin. 31.
1 An expre fs strived l.ift evening from Albany,
i 1-tings intelligence that the Iloufe of AfTembly
1 met on Ttieftlay, and proceeded immediately to
| organize Ibemfelves ; and that Andtew M’Cord,
i fq. wa< chofen fpeaker by a majority of 11.—
! Mr. M’Cord is what is ufualiy denominated a
Lewifite, Wc may therefore, from this cir
curr,fiance, form a pretty accurate calculation
| of the political complexion of the legiflaturc.
Wc further learn, that the cleik of the
houfc, who is alfoa Lewifite had a majority of
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COMMUNICATION.
The marquis tie Cafa Yrujo, his Catholic ma
| jelly's envoy extraordinary and miniftcr pleni
potentiary, has inftitutrd, through the means of
the attorney general of the Hate, a profccution
againft William Duane, editor of the Aurora,
for his fhnderous and calumnious publications
on the marquis, endeavoring to make him ap
pear either a traitor to his fovervgn, or involv
cd in the guilt of machinations and confpiracies
againft the U. S. or both. We know from a
fonreeto be relied on that the marquis has re
queftrd the attorney general to permit Duane to
give the truth in evidence fhould a bill be found
by the grand jury. LPhil. True American.]
BALTIMORE, Feb. 4.
We have it from unqueftionabla authority
that our negotiations with Great Britain, are
ftifpeiided. We underftand that difficulties
arofe on the Lore of impreffing our feamrn,
from which our arnbaftadors would not recede.
(2'iere—H as Burr’s movements had any influ'
en.c in the negotiations i Tt^prupb.
BALTIMORE, Feb. 5.
A letter was yefterday received in this city from
Walhington, Hating that a treaty ha* been concluded
between the United States and Great-Britain ; and
fi st Mr. Munroe was making preparation* to return
to America. ‘American.
Advice* from Tenneflee, as late down a* January
10, rvprelent the citizens as warmly attached to the
Union. A company of old revolutionary foldirr* ha*,
been organized, under the firm of" Ctrpe of Jnvincc
bin,' and has offered its fcrvicc* to the commanding
gem ral. Jb
BALTIMORE, Jan. Ai.
Arriv. d at Annapolis yefterday, fchooner Brorhcr
□ 1 .bidets, front New-Oikaws, on board which came
5 line of battle Clip*
1 frigate
<> Fiench (flips.
Mr. Alexander, ur.d.-r the charge t>[ Lieut, oavier;
they reached this place at 3 o'clock this morning, and
at 10 Mr. A. dclivutJ to the commander ol
Fort M’Henry.
Extract of a letter from E'af-'mgton.
! I have the pleafurr to inform you that the
| ferret ary of ftat* has taker up tire tuljedt of the
I late capture., en our ecu ft. by Rritilh (hips of
v tr, and the* e ndenmationsat Halifax ; he has
’ given Mr. t.’ricine (it is reported) a concife view
of the coutcquenccs th t mutt refult, if fuch con
duit is continued. Baltimore paper.
WASHINGTON, Feo. 4.
On Monday the Supreme Court of the U. S. com
menced its fittings in this city.
APFOIN r«INT.
JAMES ANDERSON, agent for fetmen & com
merce at Havanua, and alfu agent for the Navy De
partment in the ifland of Cuba.
letters have been received from New-Orlratis as
late as the £nd of January. Thefe flute the arrcll of
Lieutenant Small, on a charge of being engaged in
Burr’s confpiracy, and that fix Loats had palled Nat
chez, after an examination.
A’al. Ini.
Letters are received in this city from NaQiville, as
late as Jauuary Iff, They contain nothing materia)
relative to Burr's confpiracy except the univerfal
execration in which the confpiracy and its aathorare
held in the (late of Ti-mitflee. The fame femiment
exills, and we feel the pride of an American in being
able to fay to, throughout the v. hole extent of the
wclient country. It,
There is not, we believe, the leaft foundation for
the paragraph taken from BritifU prints, intimating a
a rupture ol the negucia ions between the U. S. and
Great-Uritain. It.
ExtrcS of a letter from Capt. Gardner, (re
cei'ved at Philadelphia) dated
“Gibraltar, Dec. 6.
“ Yefterday arrived, the fli*p Mary, ot Si
lem, from New-York. She was captured the
C4th ult. by a Spanift) privateer, and anchored
under a Spanilh battery. The captain, [Lan
ders 3 not being willing to lofe bis property
without a ftiuggle, thought proper to put the
privateer’s men below, after fome refinance,
in which ft of his people being badiy wound
ed, and the captain llabhed in the back, he ar
rived f,.fe yefterday, and received every atten
tion from the Englifh ftiips of war in thb har
bor. The Spaniards plunder every vclfel they
fall in with, or carry them into port and con
demn them.”
NASHVILLE, January 10.
Various reports are afloar relative to the force def
cenJing the river ■nder tile ommand of col. Burr_
fonie fay 600fome 800 men. However, it is lulfici
ent to lay, that his expedition hat cauf»d confiderable
bailie throughout the Wefterti country, as well as in
this neighborhood. We hear from fonie of the upper
counties of this Dillri<S, that the minds el the people
are very much agitated. \. e are informed that the
maj. gen. commanding the ltd Divifion of Militia of
this date, have received advices from the Secretary of
War, dating, that the afped of public affairs, require,
that he flieuld have a certain portion of the militia
under his command, in readinefs to march whenever
necefiity Ihould need if. The ardor with which they
have volunteered is truly charaderiftic of thatpatri
oiilm of which our country Loads, and will (land a
pledge to our Atlantic brethren, that when the inter
ell of our common country it endangered, our lives
aad property will be lacriKced an its defence. Wc
underlland that the militia will be reviewed to-d2y
by the Major General. Jtcvieiv.
LEXINGTON, (K.) January 17.
Accounts from the mouth of Cumberland
Hate, that Col. Burr, with about 80 or 90 well
armed men, which c or.llituted his whole force,
defeended the river from that place on the«8th
December. One account lays, that on the
| morning, of that day, he had all his men drawn
up, and harangued them eloquently. He in
formed them that the avowed objedt of fettling
the Ouachetta lands, was only dciigned as a de
ception, whilft his real objedt was far more im
portant—That it was not yet time to divulge
his plans ; but that he Ihould do fo in a very
few days—That his objett was honorable, and
the profpedt bright of making independent for
tunes lor his followers. Another account, in
which we place greater reliance, fays, that his
men sveie drawn up in order, on the day above
mentioned, for the avowed pu. pofe of hearing
a difclofure of his plans ; but in confequence
ol the attendance of many neighbouring citi
zens, he informed them that the developement
molt be delayed fora few days, when be would
give them full information on that lubjcdt. He
then told them, that thofe who were unwilling
to proceed ,u the enterprize, were at liberty to
icturn i upon which they gave three cheers, and
unauiniouMy declared their determination to
proceed.
The accounts further ftate, that Col. Burr
had been down to MaflTac, and was efcorted up
by lome of the United States’ troops.
[KentuiAj Gazette.J
DANVILLE, (K.) January 6.
By a young friend lately from I.ouifville, we learn
that the militia (volunteers) under gen. Winlock of
Shelby, Rationed at and near that place, keep a very
Rridl watch, examining every pcrfon who arrives.
I'wo well drefled men, unwilling or usiable to give a
fatisfadlory account of themfelves.are under dole con
finement. Some boats, full of young men, hud paRed
before the arrival of the militia ; and feveral others
1 have been Ropped, two of which cut cable at night,
paRed the falls,and cleared off. For the more effec
tual guard of the (tream, a number of men, and Ionic
pieces of cannon, are Rationed on the adjacent iflands.
Certain individuals, leaving their families without
notice, have fuddenly dilappeared, and are fuppofed
to be on the way to Orleans.
Our informant adds, that reports, mere reports, Ra
ted col. Burr to have been arrelied on hi* way down ;
and that feveral of his boats have been detained at
different places on the river.
From other fourcesit appears that a Mr. Blanner
haffet, faid to be an Irifh royaliR, is on the river be
low, while his family is in one of the boats wbitli
have been taken up at Cincinnati. Informant.
ilntft Cbcntng a
NEW-YORK, February 2.
Our papers by the Sufan and Ilctfey are to
the 2d ot January. She left Ncw-( )rieans on
the day following. Captain Bowen informs us
that tlie embargo was taken off on the 21R De
cember ; that on the .Kf of Januaiy an exprefs
arrived there from Natchez to general Wilkin
fon with intelligence that General Adair was
within three days march of New-Orlcans, at
the head of 2000 men ; and that Cofnntl Burr
was following him with a reinforcement ot 6000
more. Another cxprcls confirmed the new* of
, General Adair’s being at Curnberltnd with the
j troops above mentioned on his way to Natchez.
! Mr. Ogden was at the fort Under am It, wait
I mg for a veUll. Men,. Adv.
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MMhu AiVMtofl -imw,! inml—in
fl»e inquirer.
RICHMOND, loth FEHRUARr.
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COMMUNICATION.
--- ■■ — — Allemble i.ow
From every region, upes of idlcii’-ls ;
Now neiglib*<nr-vot fin*-*, purge y-*i of your ft urn;
Have you a ruffian tlt.it will fwevi > drink ? dance ?
Rvvd the night ? rob ? kictautd and commit
1 he nldefl fins the newefl kind of ways ?
Be happv he will trouble vou no more :
RicLnttnd fhall give him office, honour, might :
For-from curb'd licence plucks
I he muzzle of redraint, and tile ivi/J dor
Sbal! Jlcf, hit tooth on evtry INXuctsr* j
Shakes i*e a k.
In this city, on Wcdn<*(Vfr*y rvcninj*, Frrbrn*
ary the fourth, was murdered John M’Crc*
die !
Humanity weeps at the recital: p rtyani
mofity ; private prejudice ; individual bicker
nips— fiept that night, with the cold remains of
M’Crcdie. Innocent as the babe unborn, he
met hi* death aimed Unconfciou* of the villain
hand that directed it. Tlie alarm hell is rung ;
the cry of fire t« heard ; the blue vault of hea
ven i- (book with invocations for aid—a citizen
advances — breath Ida with ill-fated fpeed—ap
proaches the fecne of danger—and is flint dead !
By wh <.m ? A rentinel, belonging to the gar
rifen ol Richmond.
A es, ciiiz.ctiR ! your town is beleagured;
martial law is proclaimed ; am! ynur lives an
foorted with. There i*- a timip of banditti in
this town, ca'lcd *• 1 lie l’ublic guard.” A
comtr.unjcation from the Executive, published
in the lad Iv qniicr, fia’es “ that the conduit
“of the centinel was in Jirefl obpojitiou to the
“orders given by the governor, to the officers
“and foldiers of the public guard.” Yet, not
w* hit rinding thole orders, the captain of this
banditti, in exprefs violation of the commands
of his fupeiiors, punilhe* the defpicable rabbles
over Whom he prefidts, if they Jo not fire up
on any perfon who may approacli within their
precimftB. It is not long ago that Mr. John
Guy, was (hot at by a centinel, when haftening
to aid in extinguilhinp a fire: and, if teport
fays true, this identical William Nilh, now in
j iil for the murder of M’Credic, received forty
lathes, a week or tend sys ago, becaufc he did not
fire upon foine unoffending citizen. It is faid
that the executive have appointed a committee
to enquire into the conduct of the commander
of the public, guard— more properly denomi
nated a public prft—and are only waiting for
the return of lieutenant Underwood in orderto
afeertain, the nature of the orders given to the
foldiers ; if it (hould appear that they have re
ceived the orders which rumour announces, it
is the duty of the Executive to difplace the
commander of the guard, and it.is the duty of
the magifirate* of the corporation to arreft him
and try him for the murder of M’Credie.
The orders given by the Executive, (hould
have been diftindtly read and inculcated to every
new foldier that enlifted, and generally to them
all, at the head of the troop at lead once a
month ; inllead of this it is molt likely that not
a private in the guard knew what were the or
ders of the governor j they on^y knew that if
they did not obey their commander they would
be flogged. In a (late of actual warfare, when
two armies are encamped in hoflile attitudes,
if an individual approaches the centinel, he
will arreft him, until guard is relieved, and if
he cannot give a good account of himfelf, carry
hi:n to his officer, to be dean with according to
the taws of war ; or, if the emergency calls tor
it, he will fire his mulket in the air, in order to
give the alarm to the army ; but in no cafe, ex
cept a pcrfonal attack upon the centinel is he
authoiifed to kill the man whom he has hailed,
lit (hould certainly feem that not left caution
ought to be pref-rved, in a country at peace ;
no army within a thoufand leagues; in an in
land town, without even the apprehenfion of
danger, but from the elements ; a loud call
upon the general population for individual aid ;
'the l'u mm on s is heard ; the inhabitants obey—
and the foretr.oft in the caufe of humanity is
dropped by the hand of a legal affaflin ! The
diabolical atrocity of this deed mult rife to high
Heaven. Imagine, reader, a (hip at fea, with
colours half malt high, firing figual guns of
diftrefs ; a friendly boat puts tiff ; arrives with
in gun (hot ; (houtingloud rejoicings that they
(hould arrive in time to fave the crew—when
lo ! a broad fide is fired, and the hoat and its
humane tenants are funk into endlefs deep ! fo
was it with this haplefs man : he came to fuc
cour : and he met his doom. Who is the cri
minal f Not the mulket—that obeyed the im
pulse of the diredlor; not the centinel—he
obeyed his fuperior : who then is the murder
er ? That man who gave the centinel the or
ders which he but too punctually obeyed—and
(that man is the commander of the guard. In
illantly (hould he be arrefted by a magiftate of
11he corporation, and immediately undergoa
trial which he has fo long fought, and foam
ply merits. I fpeak not the voice of an indivi
ouai ; i (peak the voice o» all Richmond; this
is no perfonal affair ; it is a common caufe, in
which we are all equally interfiled ; we hold
our lives by a frail tenure indeed, if they are at
the mercy of a lawlefs band of mercenaries, that
the Affernbly have quartered upon us : no man
knows, in this cafe, whofe fate it may next be, j
before the end of this week, like Mc'Credie, to •
be “ feflering in hio fhrouri.” The magiftrates
of this city will be guilty of a fhameful derelic
lion of duty, if they fuft'er the criminal to ef
r.ape unnoticed : thi juftice of his country, and
its violated laws demand his arraignment—and
he muji be arraigned. The executive can only
difmils him; the judiciary mud try him. Go
vernor Wall was hanged in England, a few years
ago, for whipping to death a private foldier, in '
Alia or Africa, belonging to the Biitifh fore- i
e», many years after the offence was commit
ted ; although he was related to the firil fami
lies in the kingdom, and was interceded for,'
by many of the molt influential men in the
country. How much more deferving then, of I
punifliment is this man—the deputy of cl<pu-,
tics, poffeffing fcarccly the ftitdnw of authori
ty—a foreigner in the land, interceded far by 1
none, but execrated by all—without one ray
of light in his mind, nr philanthropy in his
heart—inflicting a punifliment of many ftripcs
on William Naftt for not firing on paffsngers
as they pafg the ftreets—thus, to all intents and
purpofes, forcing Nalh to execute the bloody
deed, for which he is now imprifoued : This
man (the commander of the guard) cahnot
plead that he is an acceffory before the f,u5l,
nor even a pnrttceps triminis—he is in every
frnfe of the word the principal in the perpe
tration of this “ HERO WITHOUT A NAME.”
Why then does juftice deep ? Why is the mur
derer fuffered to go at large, when his Inftru-j
ment is this moment undergoing his trial ? The I
magiftrates of the city might a9 well feize upon
the rnnflcet with which poor McCredie was
(lain, and by offering it up to the Common
wealth hi a DcoJiwd, t xpei\ to expiate the
guilt of the murderer. It juftice is blind (be
fhouid not be ueaf; (lie thv>u id not lhut her
ears againll the agonizing and frantic (hrieks of
| a widow, and the innocent iflfawtine enquiries
* if prattling babes.
The following is an extract from a letter of Gov
Monroe to Capt. Alexander Quarrier, the comma.,
dant of .he puhhc guard, dated May 5, 1802 ; on the
fubject of the coududl proper to be obferved by the
=Uathe public guard, he exprefles himfelf a,
“ In general they fhould be cau.ioned not to direit
then piece with a view ,o ftrike the objetf, but in
cales where they are of opinion the perfon is bent on
feme evd defign fuch as to take or furprize the conii
ne or get mtothe Capitol to take the arms, or other
pubhc property. Sometimes perfons intoxicated may
pafs near the centmel, or even infult him. In fuch
£feMf ,W°u T'e t'.‘ be reBretttd if f“ch perfon.
fhould be killed. If h« be kept at a diftatue by the
point of the bayonet it will be fufticient.”
No charge was made by governor Page at to the
C£dU£Jt0befferVe<1 by the c«'C«nel»— In a letter
addn fTed to the commandant of the public guar.l,
March 17th, 180S ; in fpeaking of the duties of the
public guard he exprefles himfelf as follows -. « Thefe
duties are fo well underflow! by you, and as far as
I have feen, been fo faithfully performed, that at pre
fer any direction or orders resetting them would be
unneceflary.
Governor Cabell, in a letter bearing date. Mav
-9th, 1806, addreffed to Capt. Alexander Quarrier
the commandant of the guard, fpeaking of the rul-s
and regulations adopted by his predeceffors for the
government of the public guard, thus express him
felf ; “.I have feen no caufe for making any
change in any of them, and you will therefore
conlider them as confirmed."
The above quotations from the letters of Gover
nors Monroe, Page aud Cabell are true extracts from
the records.
DANl. L. H\ LI ON, Cl’k of the Council
Fcb- 10- _ lawtf.
BY virtue of a deed of trufi, executed on the 24th
day of May, 18015 ; whereby David Rofs con
veyed to us, a trail of land called Coles, in the
county of Goochland, containing by a then late fur
vey, 1510 acres; alfo, another tra& a (mall diftanc*
from that callrd Coles, containing 200 acres, more or
left, it being the fame land, that the faid Rofs pur
chafed from John Hughes and wife, and alfo the tradb
of land called Mount I*rofpe<5l, the greater part of
which lies in Fluvanna, containing by eflimation 1200
acres, except 225 acres heretofore fold by the faid
Rof-., out of the faid trad, to Samuel Pettit, to raife
the fum of eleven thoufand and four hundred dollars
with interefl thereon from the I ft January, 1807, to
gether with all charge* and expcnces of fale; and in
purfuance of a requifuion made in writing, under the
previfions of the faid deed ; we (hall on the
day of Maroh next, before the front door of the Ea
gle Tavern, in the city of Richmond, fell for ready
mon-y, all and fingular, the land and eftates above
mentioned, at which time and place, conveyance,
will be made to the purchafers. A more particular
defcnption of the above property, may be feen by
tracing the references contained in the faid deed now
of reford, in the general court, under an acknowledg
ment of the fame in court, on the 12th June, 1806.
THOMAS NORVELI.i
W. AI-LEN,
Wm.C. WILLIAMS.
February 10. cfp\
Extra ft of a letter dated .ifd.. ya’.K, ,(Ku J fa.
nuary VHtfo, 1807.
“ Mr. Brownluw, a man of veracity, ha. juft
returned to ti.is place from Nufellc Shoals
whither he had conduced the family of Uo
vcrnr.r Williams. A day or tw o hefere he left
the Shoals Col liurr, with feveral boats and
.1 conln.cable number of men left Smiths- •
ho d. Ir is reported that a certain militia ge
nera, and ex-j.idpe, has d-fpatched two com
panies ot militia in puifuU of this military ad
venturer. Jhe moft implicit faith aiu/cre
‘hr.tre not attached to the finerrity „f fume,
who make proclamation of their goodwill.™
towards the ^;ovcrnlnelIt.,,
e*'wT [UUXyIL' FriJay, Cat Pch,u.,ryt 1807.
I -HE Executive conceiving it ,0 be a duty which
« they owe to humanity and to the law,, to afeer
2r,a,,d CO P“bl,fll* ?od if ProP«r fo far as may conlift
I the,n, '° punifll
.he £321 :j ■
“ ?
H‘'c r0,fIhat rnd Refolved, that Mtffrs.
Heath, Henning and Munford be appoint a COIll.
mittee, to afeertam and report to the Executive. ..
oona. may he convenient, all material circuniftance.
icul-M n? T t’.ng '°Jthat traK«'«l event, and ,.ar
t.cuLrly whether the order, given by the Governor
to the comma,dant of the guard, in relation to the
condu-ft proper on all occafion, to be obferved by the
cetitinels belonging to that corps, have been re/ubr
I) repeated by tl.elaid commandant to the troop, un
der hi, command. *
It is ordered that the preceding refolution, toge
her w.th extra*, fmm the Governor*,order, concefn
" ,heCOndu? Prof;:ri° beobf^vnd by the ceminel,
belong,ng to the public guard, be publilhed in all the
news-paper, in the city oi Richmoud.
DaNl. L. HYETON, Cl k of the Council.
A GREAT BARGAIN
T7OR SALE, a TRACT of LAND in Hanover
X county, whereon I now live, lying on Crump'*
creek, containing about 500 acres,and within 1 5 mile*
ol the city of Richmond ; upwards of UOO acres uF
which are uncleared, and is good wheat and com
fand ; there is on this trad! fome very good Meadow
Land—Has on it a good dwelling houfe, barn ami
other out houfes, in good repair, with young orchards
of peach, apple, and cherry —Alfo another tra.il in
faid county, adjoining Broad Neck, about one-half of
which is wood land—Alfo ISO odd acres lying in faid
county, in the neighborhood of Jofeph Crofs, withi .
three miles of a good law mill, and welt flocked with
oak and pine timber. There are fifty bufhels of
wheat fown on the tradl firft mentioned. A further
defeription of tl.efe lands is thought unneceflary, as
any perfon inclined to purchafe, it is prefutned wi'l
wifh to view them. One-third of the purchafe mo
ney will be required in cafti, and twelve months cre
dit will he given for the orher two-thirds. A deed
ef Trull upon the lard will be required tofecure the
payment of the other two-thirds.
Wm. RIMS.
February 10. oawSw f.
N. B. As I intend to remove to the weftward, im
mediate pofltflion will he given. W. S.
NOTICE.
BY virtue of a Trull Deed executed to us by Mrs.
Margaret Well, we fliall on Saturday the 28rh
ini*- expofe to fate by public auflion to :he highefk
bidder, for ready money, upon the premifes t
\1.L the remaining part of that Tradl, piece or
parcel of Ground, heretofore undifpofed of, Ti
trate, lying and being in the city of Richmond, and
which i* commonly called and known hy the name «-f
Quefiiey'» Academy ground : or fo much thereof, as
may he fufficient to pay and fatisfy two inflalment* of
KKKi dol*. each, due to Mr. Yeamens Smith of tl •
city of Richmond, and the cofl and charges of execu
ting (his trull.
SAMUEL M'CRAW, } _
GEORGE FISHER, C Trostees
10. _^ tdf.
\\ -AN UNO, S nten to a<il a* turnkeet at th«
' * Penitentiary, who can come well recom
mended for their fobriety, Acc.
MARTIN MIMS,
Kttfor of ibi Ptnilentiary*
February IO. (3t-)
siTatesFur iTirrT
Q^F-VP.RAL Female Houfe Servants of good rbsf
I l3 r «dt*r. One excellent Cook and Waft »r-—and
1 fundry boy* and girls for hire till chriftr next,by
JAS. SMITH.
I Who offers three r,hefts of ffrfft Imperial Tea »t •
low price.
( Feb. 10. 9*