Norfolk gazette and publick ledger — Norfolk [Va.], 1810-10-10 00:00:00, page 2

^ THE PUB LICK LEl^ER.
1: WEDNESDAY EYE KING, OCT. I0vi8i0.
•“-r--—-—r—;— -——■—
Maiuiied—At B.^tiinort^ on Tuesday the 2/i
* inst. John Southgate, Esquire, Merc ImuUdft his
place, to Miss Fanny F. M’Cavsland, eldest
daughter ol Mr. Marcera M'Causlaad, of that
Placc- . *
~ SO WE GOF ' i
S a^p the last election, besides the numerous cul
prits that have be n brought in light aiming ibe lea
dvr* of the democratic party in other set turns oil
‘the country, a Judge of Monmouth, [New Jersey] |
has been forced to tlv bis country, and a Justice !
and a Member of AssetnUy of the county of Sus
Sex. [New-Jt r-ey] now stands indu ted I,>r the pns
sing ol counterfeit money. [Trenton fed.
Look Gut—It deserves particular notne, that,
■whilst most of the liemori.itirk papers are hall
frao'tck will, joy at the late news from France, the
IS'.Umaal Inteliuenr>r holds a very different Ian
g«ae®pF-»r Ironj considering the Fr.nrh decrees
as recall t, clogged as they are with such mnnien
tons cordit’otie, it employs the language of ctmtiun
totlie people how they trust to appearances. Alter
Tenting the sei tion 01 the act of cerr^r sb, which eii- I
joins rt upon tiie president, incase France or Eng
land should ievoke then decrees, to issue a procla
mation declaring the fact, the National Inteili o n
ter expresses I'.selr li us :
;> “ As much in relation to this subject will depend
upon the deciMon of the executive under the act <,,
congress, tt will by gratify,t.g to our readers to
l'-aili that the president it- expected at the seat of go ]
vtnl in a very lew days, where also all tile head^l I
«rp;.i liivius aredailv f xperted.
“ Th* secretary of St.ae «rrf»e<t last evening/"
H'ff »<» f-»r iV.u'i considering ihe Berlin and Mi
lan deer-es a* bem-g to lie aruially revoked on the
first ol November, the Jiileiiuenrer intimates that
it cl: j.enu» -n the derision of the executive, whether
tiiev are so to he considered or not: thereby ir.ti
n>ilmg *t?.*ng cirubts about what th it derision n'av
be—This language in this paper, the merchants
nny rely upon ;t, w not to be regarded as ti e loose,
UnrelTeetinq piMigr-pt of an editor, I lit it donlilless
conveys the opinion of such members of Ilia cabinet
fts happen to heat Washington, of whom th.- se
cretary of stele is one. 1 ruly it n> «y he said nun h
will di-pi-ii! on the Decision ol the exscutive. I
confess rov self at a loss to conceive, how he can
avail himself of the revocation ol the.deerees with
out taking with if the run••ift'Vjn annexed to the revo
ealton, tnin-iy. avirvith En*l.tnti.-~'\'\vs I mis
pei t he is har dy xi-1 prepared to encounter. We
shall soon s»» ; n if e mean time I once more re
peal Look brine you Leap.
aV. York Ev. Post.
A !Ttv'rt to liie Merchants—Suppose tiie President
Snout.) a- i i illy issue his proi la.il-.non declaring the
Flinch oerr «s revoked, and on the laith of ills
you should fit on; fir France, and sil.-ly arrive
there, unt.l I is >ort- are crowded with your ship
ping, w iuld it he very extraordinary if the empe
ror should in-n rimed yuu of the rundltions annex
ed to K s reyoc.ft.oii, charge your government will)
a hreuM. of t.ith in not perl'orming them, and pro
feed *-o '■’qu stcr m i t,, confiscate every vess.-l an-)
cargo m f.;s cLitc-es ? \V < - a - <; tm? t e more surpris
ing than toe couisr- ol t jngs vou have been Witnes
sing, now, more than two years p ist ? — Ibid.
1 h* law of the Untied States, which virtually re
penlep U>e \»m Iniettouise l-w, passed 1st May,
and many vessels hearing it.e tidings, immediately
s ol d lor France. liuoimpart’s revoking rierrie—
which he says lie was induced to issue m conse
qoenrevf our repealing law — w.is pnsspd the 5th
Aug, more than three months alter the, passage ol
the American Law Now, he must hav^'had know
ledge o! ll.Hl Iaw in si* we. ks at laribeft alter its
passage. or there has ueen neglect somewhere. If
tf>, he took nearly eight weeks to deliberate on his
revocation measure. Tins is not l.ke Ins usual
piomplitud*- ; iriid we think time will discover that
be has not given ibs.‘|jcrt/ motive which influenced or
Kurpefied him to rest ind l favourite system. in
examining our Far,, riles, we rind that lor many days
before the tsfeoi h,s revoking decree, he had tre
queut conferences with a commercial congress
which he 1 id convened at Paris Irom various pitta
of his empire. 1 his congress, ll may he, were fnr
t-.ioule enntf^U to convince him that he is a much
greater captain than.Financier :—that lg iould pen
« decree much easier than he could exerute it; —
that lie cnul i estimate the eWanres of a battle much
better than lie could comprehend the intricacies of
trade, or calculate the effect of its stagnation on
bis own empire:—That the revocation ot his
decree* was the consequence of this conviction,
■nd&ilh* repeal of toe American Non-Inter
course, fasten.-d -in as the best ostensible apology
at baud.—[Huston Ceutinel.
Mark Hell.— Bonaparte never could have re
pealed his involute bh.ckadeDecrees, which were to
bu.ribleand s; irve England, jj^Uinul a strong motive
or an i i resist a ole impetus It he were not coin pel led to
the measure by the crying wants of Ins people; fey the
exhausted state ot' his money chest; or by the know
ledgeofits extreme unutility as aco-reive measure <ut
^England he must have been induced to it hy the
knowledge, the assurance, or the confident expec
taiion, that it would inevitably involve the L'mteu
Slates in a war with Great-Britain ; or in future ot
that expectation, as furnishing, in lus mind, a sul
ffcietit plea for a declaration of war on his part
against the Uhi'ed States, and the consequent sei
zure of the immense property lie lias good teason to
•atculal r will be in the territories under bis influ
ence at the time.—JliJ.
FAIR-VIEW RACES.—(Near Philadelphia.)
October 1810.
The great •ontest between the produce of the
horse Fie*/ Consul, and the inputted horse Expedi
tion, was decided yesterday, for a stake ol §1000.
•—Mr. Joseph Bond's colt, Eclipse, by First Consul,
four years old, against Mr. Van Mater’s colt Pegc
■ «|h, hy Expedition, three years old ;• Eclipse car
rymg 102lbs «nd Pegasus 88 lbs. The lirst mile
(which was performed in i m. 55 s.) was close ami
fast running; hat in tb« 2d round Eclipse oviuccd
t r' ■■ • i .
•a euMctit superiority, and won with apparent Mjat1
ease. This rate was derided about 11 o’clockSf '
All oVIo^ the purse was ruu fur, the 4 mrk
beats, by Mr. IWgfr’s horse Sir Solomon, Mr.
V'an RansiYcolt Telescope, and Mr. Hunt's Fairy.
—Sir Soleoiou took both heals and gained the
purse. '. ^ ■ t, . ' t
The performance on this day excited great iute
restrain) gave unusual gratification to a vast con*
course of fashionable spectators ; which was heigh
tened by the reflection, that not a single accident or
not occurred in the course of the day.
Phil. True Amcr.
To (he Editor of the N. Y. Evening Post.
The following letter claims the attention of onr
citizens, and if the virtues therein attributed to the
Al.ornorque should he found equal to the cure of
pulmonary and liver complaints, how immense will
be the importance of its discovery ! In this city our
hilU of mortality record the melancholy truth that
more than one loimb of the deaths proceed from
pulmonary compLr'iits, against whose ravages, tne
mcine, ( is the writer observes) has been found only
a palliative.
If a specific ever is discovered, I am persuaded it
will he some simple of the vegetable kingdom, and
it is to be hoped that those persons who visit the
Spanish Main, after having perused this communi
raiiiiBf will avail themselves ol so favourable an op
portunity for procuring n quantity of Alcornorque
in order that its virtue may be fairly tested in this
country. R. B.
From the “ Gazrttc de la Martinique."
St. Pif.rkf.5, June 25, 1810.
Our renders will lemi with as much sui prise as
satisfaction from tlie sui j-letter, the true and
wnnderlul effects of the Divine Alcmnorque.
ll l’ne extraordinary reputation tVia tree has re
quit'd as an infaiiihle specific in all diseases ot the
liver, and especially those of the lungs, reputed ai
the present moment incurable, he maint oned with
all its renown, it must certimly then be acknotv
iedgtd (without any need to anticipate the other be
neficial properties it may possess) as the first of
plants, when valued from its healing effects, and
will ever merit the just epithet bestowed on it of
—divine.
To the Editor of the Martinique Gazette.
SlK,
Persuaded that you would wish to give everv
publicity to whatever may lie useful to suffering hu
manity, I hasten to make you acquaint'd with a
wonderful discovery, for the cure of disorders, in
wuirh medicine has to the present time, been found
only a palliative.
Afflicted since eleven year3 with a pulmonary
conndaint, which the physicians said was tubercles
m the lungs, spitting flood and matter, in the most
right.'iil manner, and having never received the
smallest hen (it from medicine, one of my fi lends
(Mr. Soli*rs,) residing at the Carracras, having
heard recited, two extraordinary cores made hy an
Indian, spoke to me or his arrival in Ibis country,
ot the wonderful remedy that bad been discovered ; I
procured in const quenre one hundred pounds weight
• if the divine Aleurnorque, I used it, anil in eleven
days i was p.needy cured. I hastened to adminis
ter it to differ, nt persons, who all found themselves
rerover. rl from using it, among others Messrs. Du
lond, Magreaux du Lamenline, and liillaire de bt.
Pnrre.
I affix to this the receipt written by Don Juan de
Dtos de Macias, merrhant at Barcelona, one of
those who was mirarulously cured. Your country
men will owe you au eternal obligation for its pub
lication, and myself will always remain without
hounds to my acknowledgments.
Sir, your very humble servant,
(Signed) P. BADOLLF.T.
.Method which Don Juan de Dios Macias, adopted
when he took the divine Alcornoque.
In the first place, says he, I proceeded into a
situation which without b-ingdamp was cool;—on
my arrival 1 touk about twelve ounces of the Al
cormique, which I had pounded in a mortar ; I
mlused it in a regular quantity of pure water, un
til the following morning, when I took fast'ng a
glass call lukewarm, and continued to use it all
day as toy ordinary drink, hut cold ; at bed lime,
I look another glass, lukewarm. I followed this
method daily, solely observing to mix 2 spoonful!*
of honey in the glasses, which I took warm, mor
ning and evening. I expended about three bot
tles of ibis drink per day, divided into eight or nine
glasses.
If the persons using this remedy feel a great
deal ot heat, while adopting it, some barley wa
ter must he taken, but without any kind of acid
As my disorder was occasioned by an abscess in
tbe liver, which caused me frequently the most in
supportable pains in the side, I had tbe Alcornoque
pounded until u was reduced to powder, 1 then made
a captdlism or poultice and applied it to my side,
and the pains 1. ft me instantly.
Wnen tiie receipt is used, milk, acids, spices,
and in short every thing of an irritating nature
must be abstained from : biscuit ought to he used
in preference to new bread. The daily food
should he plain, lolled or roasted, without any
seasoning.
1 suffered a year and a half th| most exrrutia
ting pains—I consulted most of the physicians,
both English and French, in the colonies, among
others, M : Amir, of Gaudaloupe, and Dr. Gobert,
of St. Pierres, Martinique, all of whom left me
without hope, at length reduted to the most de
plorable state, bringing away blood and matter.
I adopted the receipt the Indian gave me, and
in twelve days I was entirely cured, having dis
charged violently by tbe mouth, the whole of the
abscess.
I omitted to mention, that after the cure, the pa-„
tient should take some cooling medicines, and use if
possible Asses, or Mares milk, as the Alcornoque
is extremely hot. The outer hark on the Alcorno
que should be taken off, previous to being pounded
and mode into an infusion.
(Signed)
Don Juan dc Dios de Macias.
The Alcornoque is a tree which grows on the
Spanish Main, the wood of which it very compart
and heavy; the true meaning of the word signifies
Cork, although it differs essentially from this tree,
»s the Cork it it well known, it of a porous and
light nature. ■
* .' -c
’vv" ' ADMIRAL VERNON, v
In the year 1744, a British lleft, fommanded by
admiral Vernou, made an unsuccessful attempt up
on Carthagena, the principal sea port town of .Ter
ra Firma, in South Ameriru. Whilst the Meet was
lying in the harbour, a pestilential fever spread
death and destruction amongst the crews. The
dreadful havork made'by sickness, is thus descri
bed in Thomson’s Seasons :
---“ Vou,' gallant Vernon, saw
“ The miserable scene; you, pitying, saw
“ To infant weakness sunk the warrior’s arm ;
“ Saw the deep-racking pang, the ghastly foi in,
“ The lip pale rjuivering, and the beamless eye i
“ No more with ardour bright ; you heard the !
groans,
“ Of agonizing ships, from shore to shore,” &o.
Lawrence Washington, as is stated by Judge Mar
shall, was amongst the Americans or Provincials,
who were employed in tlie expedition against Cai
thagena ; and in compliment to the admiral, ly
whom lie had been particularly noticed, lie called
his estate upon the Potomark, Mount Vernon.—
Dying, in the year 17.54, he left his estate to his
brother George Washington, who at that lime was
22 years of age.
The writer of this article remembers having seen
long ago, in some British publication, an anecdote
of admiral Vernon ; which, if tiue, gives the ori
gin of the word grog.—The anecdote was this.—
The RrUi .h .sailors had always been accustomed
to drink their allowance pi brandy or rum, deal ;
till admiral Vernon ord» red those under his command
to mix it with water. The innovntl in gave great
offence to the sailors ; and, for a time, mideri-d Ice
commander very unpopular with them. The ad
ruiral at that time wore a program coat:—for
which reason they nick-named him old grog. And
hence, by degrees, the mixed liquor he rnnetramed
them to drink, universally obtained among them
the name o! grog. [London paper.
From the London CuirLr.
The last view tikjn in the M»niteur of the opera
tions of the Fienrh armies in Spain, was by n..
means in that style ot hoist and confidence to which
we have hern ac< ustomeil. Buornparte no longer
takes up the |>en himsel:,as he was wont, to writ- up
on the affairs ol Spain. He never was so bark ward
before in inspecting and direr ting in lit t«ry opeiati
ons in person. He seems not to like to torn Iris
eye towards Spain ami instead of approaching that
country, »>l going to Bavonue, as was announced,
-ve find him preparing tor a journey to Amsterdam.
But to Great Britain .be struggle of the patriots be
comes omire and more interesting, and assumes eve
ry day a grander aspect. It stamps upon the Spa
in nds a deeper character of honour, and upon the
banditti ol France a deeper character of shame. At
the beginning of the contest when Spain had large
armies she sunk belnv our expectations. H-r ar
[tour brought her too -arly inio the field, her novel
situation originated serious limits, and her untried
leaders betrayed her. That the hfau of Spam was
aond, under these eircumstaiices, subsequent events
have proved. We now no longer hear of traitors,
ihey have been unmasked by the ordeal of danger ;
the confidence of the military is restored, and she
meets every danger with an undaunted eye, with
the look of resolution, and the tone of defiance. If
indeed any thiag could break the spirit of that peo
ple, they have been put to the test. In the "field
they have sustained little but d- feat, in the cabinet
they hare, been paralyzed by imbecility and dissen
tions, individuals have betrayed them, one British
army has been diive.n out of ths country, a war
which took olf the pressure of the invader’s force
was terminated in his favour, >and the subsequent
peace whh Austria let loose upon them all h:s legi
uns. As a consequence,the heretofore unamilcd
southern provinces were penetrated, the passes of
their protecting mountains were forced, Cadiz itself
nvested, and every province so intersected with j
hostile divisions as to mtercvpf t ommunicalinn, and
prevent all unity of effort. Yet, under nil these
adverse circumstances, hope still allures them by
;ls promises, the mar.'y spirit rises above its pres
sures, and the want of co-operation is supplied by
trurtiu! and individual exertions. On no part of the
peninsula can the eye be placed, where the conse
; rated sword of patriotism does not gleam upon the
isnrper. Cadiz rests secure in its defences endcou
rage. In all the south-eastern provinces the enemy
inds it necessary to increase bis forces : in Galicia
ind Asturias armies are organizing, and even in
he very centre of the country, within the precincts
if the new government, in the very rear of tb? prin
cipal French army, innumerable flying bodies m
eicept his convoys and obstruct his* comn.umcati
rns. The numerous intercepted letters of French
icnerals, lately published, are m proof of the acti
city of this kind of warfare, and they too confirm
jy their statements the harassed state of their own
roops, and the universal hatred the Spaniards hear
:bem.
'Mus is the present stateof Spain, and it speaks its
nvn praise. How far it augurs ultimate stircess, 1s
i distinct consideration. Bonaparte has no cluore
between entire, ronquest and dishonor ; Ins whole
uilitary lame, the very preponderance of France,
s involved in the contest. Before be will iclm
luisb, he will bury half his Hrmy in the soil. He
s at pence too with the continent, the greater part
if his immense military establishment is disposa
rl*. and we accordingly find that he is pouring in
his reinforcements.
But there is a reverse repiesentation which is more
pleas ngand not - ss just to contemplate. If we
admit, for argument sake, that the British urtny will
he under the necessity of embarking, it may not at
least he forced to that measure immediately. The
main army of the French will he drawn to the shores
nf Portugal, buttheir rear will be endangered by the
Ciallician army, and if auy great artivity be found
in the officers of that army, they will have m that
instance the power either of diverting a part of
Massena’s force, or of seriously endangering it._
But suppose that we allow Portugal is abandoned
and the principal places in Spain all occupied by the*
French, even then the subjugation is not complete.
The work is in fact but half done. The fortresses
in Spain, if defended with equal spirit to that shewn
in many places, will not be atchieved in a dny. A
laborious warfuie is still before the enemy, and his
very marches,. in so many places intersected by
mountains and strewed with defiles, cannot be made
without continual lighting and daily loss. The geo
graphy of the country is all in the favor of patriotic
dsfence. Nature itself cornu in to the aid of the
9jpt«iard, and invites him fey tiltidifficulties she pre
sents to the invaders tifctake his stand upon her shel.
viujffcocks, and tft guard the passes which she has but
siy»r«ly opened. Hat when all these objects are at
tained, and if they be attained it will be by an awful
waste of life, what will Spain be rendered but a vast
garrison, too large to hi defended at every point, and
.4 some always exposed to surprise or direct attack f
'l he heart of the people will be still Spanish. No
power can make it French. The antipathies of six
centuries, deepened by recent unparalleled injuries
into deadly bate, are not to be overcome. Spain can
not be covered by French troops, and where French
troops are not in overwhelming number&f there, ex
perience has taught us, Spanish troops will be found.
There the inhabitants will fly to arms. *The very ©nT
pressions of the French will mulliply thenumberfr<.n»;
those very places which they may possess themselves*
of. 'I’l.eircontribiitions will reduce numbers te pover
ty, and poverty will produce desperation ; theirenn.
script ion laws will be enforced, and they outbid Spain,
seeing no alternative between fighting in a foreiga
country to promote theaiul^tious projects of the ene
rny, and lighting at homt t'1 avenge the miseries ipflir *
edm their native land, will not hesitate on tlieii eloire.
Constant and long continued warfare must therefore
he the tesult of the utmost successes of the French,
How many horns arise of this result! The dissatis
faction of the Fiench soldiery, the desertion ,.f th*
foreigners in their pay, the rapid reduction'of lb«
French armies, new openings in different parts oflff
coast for the co operation of Great Britaia, thepoi
sibil.ty <d' new military events taking place in the
mean time on the continent, and the general relax
ation of the military strength of France.
Washington Citt, Ort. 3,
The following is an extract of a letter from »«
rv intelligent gentleman living on the Mississippi,
whose sou! ccs of information may he relied on
Wes? Florida is quiet. Tlie new regulation* adopt
'd lhe convention, have mol the approbation of
the governor of Baton Rouge, and tranquility is re
stored. Their system approximates, as nearly a*
possible, to a 11 publican form of government, and
they openly avow a wish In become part of the U
nue.l States. The name of Ferdinand Vf j. is still
used in the pub lick acts of that province, but the
inhabitants hold him in the most sovereign con
tempt, 1 here is u small British parly among them
who are hostile to the government of the United
States, and from the loud clamour thev made, were
at first thought to lie lfie majority ; {,ut they are
found to cui's'si only of a few old lories of the revo
lution and halfway British officers.”
THE LOAN.
It will he recollected by oar Traders th it at the
late session of congress, in order to supply the deft,
ciency in the sum annually appropriated for the
payment of the putlick debt, the president or the U.
States was by law empowered to borrow a “ turn
nut exceeding the principal of thigfuhlick debt,
which will be reimbursed, according to law, during
the preSiot year, nt a ruts of interest not exceed
ing six per rent. 1 lie law also authoiised the bank
of the United States to lend the said sum or ; any
part thereof; because it was known that from that
institution the money could he obtained with great
er facility and at lower interest, for so short a time
as will elapse before its reimbursement, than from
individuals. In pursuance ol those provisions, a
bout three months ago, a loan was obtained fror*
the hank of the United States for the sum of
3,750,000 dollars, at six per rent.—the money to be
reimbursed on the 31st December, 1811. If tha
charter of the bank of the United States shall not
be renewed or continued, the money loaned is to b*
reimbursed to the hank within three months aftsr
notice given by them.
Mr. Monitn, the British Secretary of Legating *
and Charge ri’Afibin s, ad interim, autved in Wash
ington ou Wednesday. *
Third Census.—The following is the population -
of several towns in d,IIerect states, according to the '
new Census :
Boston. Mass.
34,034
Marblehead
5,142 "
Beverley
5,623
Ipswich
3. (if) 8
Brunswick
2,635
North Providence
3,753
Roxhury
3,671
11 ojgb y
1,6S3
Brookline
78 4
I i am d ton
• 785
MYnhani
551 #
Providence, R.
10,734 f
Hartford, Con,
3,953 <3
York, Print.
2,843
Petersburg, Vir.
5,6’5(i • . '<*•
•0m
Philadelphia, Oct. 5
FROM HAY ri.
Thp srh r Mary Ann, which arrived at St. Ma
ry s tr....> Port au Prince, left there a number of A
imrirau mid liritish vessels. Flour C 14, Coffee.
M-arce and high. Qn going in was boarded by a
forty-four gun Ingate, one ol Christnphe’s squadron
l'" sa'1- u'tn <inng on the Mole, while his troops
were besieging it by land. The rnmdaodoie [anegml
Sent in by the Mary Ann a very threateumg mea- .
sage to Petion informing him that he would bum
Ihc glare, and sink his fleet then in port, if lie did
not surrender; Petion smilnl at it, and observed he
was ready to receive him. One «f the generals bad
been killed at the Mole, who \fcas buried with great
pomp. It was generally supposed that Christoph#
would succeed in driving Petion out of the place.— ,
ltigaud was to leeward a small distance, end pent
word if they would displace Petion, he would come
in with bis force. *
In addition to the above, a gentleman who left
I ott au Prince the latter end of August, furnishes
the following particulars relative to the existing
state of affairs in tbaUouutry at the time of his de
parture :
The Mole was still in possession of the troops of
Petion, under the command of gen. D’Aive, (who
succeeded Lr marre) but < 1 *ely besieged by the ar
my, and blockaded by the fleet of^Christoplie. It
was supposed .to contain provisions for 3 or 4
months, but the general opinion was, that it could
not hold out longer than that tune.
. 1 ^is position is the only one now occupied by Pc«a
tion in the northern departments of the island, and