The Wheeling repository — Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.], 1808-01-14 00:00:00, page 5

IN TE L L IG E NC E.
Washington, Dec. 28.
We have had the pleafure of
converfing with a refpe&able and
intell.gent gentleman juft arrived
from Detroit. He ftates, that
the prevailing opinion at the Bri
tilh ieitlements. in that neigh
bourh od is, that theve will be a
war: between this country and
Grcat-Brita:n. In com,bo ation
ot this opinion, he ftates that
the e are no,/ at j or' Amherft
b .rg, a Britifti poft about 1 8 miles
from Detroit at least 2.000 n h
ans, almost exclusively warriors
That t icy are all armed. and - up
por ed at the e^pence of the Bri
tish, and with great liberality j
that their arms are guns, riftcs,
and tomana vks; and that since
Auguft there has been conftant
iy there between t>vo and three
thousand . In ca e of war, it is
expected that, under the aufpices
of the Britifh, a general maflacre
will take place, for which they
are held in readinefs, and from
which none but thofe within the
fort can expect to efcape. Should
such a nefarious me ifuce be re
^°‘nr 1 f°> °ur count ymen may
n ft a (fired that a drea ful ven
gc-an, e will be taken on its per
trators.
IA comber 31,.
We flopthe prels to announce,
tnir Mr. Randolph rh.s day rofc
in his pla-.e, a d read a num >er
ot docnmen s which go to (liew
gen. VViikin(onin rigues w th
the SpaniHi government of I oui- j
liana. 1 ovverb pofmvely declares
that he Canied 9 64dollar up
ti e Ohio for Wilkinfon, and that
lie had ii on board when hi* boat
was examined by lkut. Steel,
packed in barrels of fugar and
coffee.
Mr. Randolph moved the fol
lowing refolution*
Refolved, That the Prefident
ol the United States be requeff
ed to caufe an enquiry to be in
stated into the conduct of Bri
gad er Geneial James Wilkinfon,
commander in chief of the ar
mies of the United States, in re
lation to his having, at any time,
while in the lervice of the United
States, corru >tly received money
from the government of Spain or
its agents.
I he refolution is not yet dre
pofed of.—- \ motion is pe ding
to r*-ter it to a felect commitee,
with } owe r to fend for perfons
and papers.
New-York, Dec 28.
} On Friday morning, at five
o’clock, the edito s of the New-.
\ork Gazette received by ex
prels, the act of Congrefs laying
an embargo. I he lenfation pro
duced by tins extraordinary mca
fu'e, is much more eafily ima
gined than defcribed. 13y feven
o c oc k, before the mail arrived,;
our hand-bills, containing the
embargo, was in circulation; and
by 10 o clock 1500 co ies were
delivcrc i from the office.
nbout ten o’cIock the revenue
cuaer and gun-boats were dif
patched by the olletftor aft- r
velf.ls that had hurried off in the
mo n.ng j he confufion wTas
gre t indeed ; but mod of the
vcffels made their cfcapj. Some
of them proceeded to fea after
being noticed of the ethbargo. '
None of the veffels which at
tempted to go by way of Hurl '
Gate, fucceeded. They were
flopped by the gun-boats at the
navy-yard.
Our port now is not only cm- x
bargoed,but blockaded; for there '
are gun-boats flationed at the
Hook, acrofs the narrows, and
oppofite the navy-yard.
WHEEL I N Gy
Thursday, 14th January, 1808.
Tiie Court-house....In our paper of
last week, we mentioned the passage of
-i bill in the House ol Delegates of this
commonwealth, for the removal of the
s at ot justice from Wheeling to Grave •
creek ; and that it remained to be seen
whether the Senate would sanction th<j
measure.
We understand that Mr. Tomlinson
mdefatigably endeavoured to impress
upon tiie minds ol the members of both
branches ol the Legislature, that the
Delegates hom this county were always
chosen from the upper end of it; that
the interests of the people in the lower
parts of the county were neglected, and
he had himself attended at the present
session, with their petition, in order to
give the members correct ideas of the
local affairs of the county in general, and
particularly to state the situation of the*
neglected people in the lower parts.——
This representation, together with the
idea that removing the seat of justice
twelve miles farther down the river
(which by the by would be taking it so
farlrom the principal population) would,
in some degree, do away the reasons for
dividing the county, induced the House
of Del. gates to pass the bill for die re
moval.
Mr. Morgan, one of the Delegate*
from this county, animadverted upon
Mr. I omlinson's assumed character, on
the floor of the House. He styled him
n self-created Delegate, and made some