Norfolk gazette and publick ledger — Norfolk [Va.], 1810-09-07 00:00:00, page 2

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^ ^Portugal and Spain, without tba i V’-fj
• of Gibraltar, . , 3} a 4
Pbrts in the North Sea aud Baltick,, > 10 a 17j
In the Mediterranean, . . . 7j a 15
f. * Gibraltar,-Madeira, Canaries, Azores, **t' V ; *
If1' ^andCape de Void Islands, «;<»; Sr 4
- Brrtiih and Neutral Windward • hi* *?• >*4 *;"
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City of Sr. Dwnieao,
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ioiMkJklarine Insurant* Company, 1® per rent.
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Unites Bank, non*in the market.
SxcUpfbjan Loutiua,^^ dole, foi £l00 ctcrl.
W Wa propoti to give a prife-rnrrent once eve
ry Vest* end tb’ render it rotrert and useful, we so
licit the4 aid of our rntreantfle friends^ without
;»fcieli pa jhjfptf? .foprpf making rt so;, - A--• *
v-lB any'of our friends should discover an artfrle
& •h«‘H b* thuukW to be informed
^'_?CW» ;nn4 *l>«t «iror shall, be corrected: by wbir|i
Wans, * reference may be made to the pme-cur
rtlt, at a distance, with confidence.
Ai*--. .. • NOTit ft ...
GENEROUS REWARD will ba given to any
permit wbo will-give W«‘*«nat»on to the Subscriber
•fNthe residence wf NICHOLAS BOURSE, lata
eh,,. taa*t*S of pigschiwierJsabrjli, which was driven
no store at Great Ena Hwr’.wub, in th«« month of fa>
' treaty i JHfl#o»a'td ofWlLLI.AM HEATH, mate,
gndO^EptAf) DILL, seaman, on hoard the schoo
ner Trio, IaMES BARTIF, late master, vhiA
sailed from Wilmington, to Nprih-Carolbja. on the
1* February, If09, insach manner'that their depo
aitian igarhe taken ha a eaasenm* depending in the
district ajftrt of Nf.rth Carotina, to sit gt WU«tin|
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THE jPUBtfCK LEDGER!
FRIDAY EVENING^ SEFf. f, 1810; &
1 ..——»■1 ' - "■.mi ii ii >■ < ■ >i*'
In our fust we gun a. sketch. of (h* accident
wbirh orrurred in Paris, whereby the patent Prin
ces and Nobles, together with the great King and
Leri M4<ti bad nearly been annihilated ; a more
particular arrouat of this disaster will be found in
our first, page; where also will be found an official
■biography of our expected fellow-citizen General
Sarrazin.
We have been infoimed by a gentleman in whost
bands we placed our Lisbonpapers received by tb«
Woodrop Sims, that they contain nothing import
ant or interesting to an American reader, beside;
what was given iu our last—They rontain variour
accounts of small actions in different parts of Spain
vo which the utmost heroism and devotion to tin
cause of liberty were displayed.
The desertion from the French army ie very
great, particularly iu Catalonia. They frequently
desert by companies—on the 9th of June a body o
150 presented themselves at a Spanish post. Ac
counts from Alkant state, that the French were a
bout to demolish the fortifications of Gtrona, ren
derrd immortal in history, by the gallant defend
made by the Spaniards.
The Lisbon Gazette of the 27th July, says, “No
“ thing worthy of notice has occurred upon ou
“ frontiers, except that Gen. Rrgnitr continues hi:
“ march, in order to form a junction with Massena.'
From tie [Richmond] Virginia Argue.
Wvinx, 23* August. 1810.
. SIR, , >
M r. Siiefley, member of congress, reports here
that you affirm your intention of encamping a
I'trre. au Baev/ was submitted to my consideration
and had ruy approbation.
j Wheilier any thing you have said will aurhorisi
Mr. Sbefley to rrport this or not, it becomes my
.duty to conlraairt it.
You will recollect that I never saw your place o
encampment antiladetar bmenl of 500men were dta
reading the river to clear the ground, you bavinj
Completely derided to encamp there.
On that day 1 accompanied you in a barge ti
?erre au Bai itf, and in passing over a piece of jim
dry ground, handsomely shaded' by live oaks scat
teredover it. the same on which the light artillery
| afterwards encamped, as I have understood, on youi
praising the situation, 1 said that was “as hand
some a piece o! laud for encamping on as any I hac
seen in Orleans,” I now makt^tbe same declara
tion. 1 bad seen only the banks of the river below
the city, and the ground immediately adjoining tc
the city, o» no part of which should troops en
camp. In justification of the opinion, I hastily
expressed, of the small piece of ground spoken of
it may be mentioned, that the troops who occupiec
it were the last taken sick. Tins, 1 presume, is as
much as could be hoped from any ground to the lslt
of Orleans.
On arriving at the house where you established
your head quitters, I perceived from the willow
growth, that the swamp was near.
Then 1 ventured to propose to you tn encamp, not
where you did, but in an old field used as a pasture
for the horses of the light artillery. You said the
beat of tbe sun there would be intolerable.
So far, Sir, was i from approving the measure of
descending tbe river, and encamping at Terre au
Btauf, that I am persuaded no officer deprecated it
more. 1 remembered the advice of the scientifick
bard:
In quest of sites, avoid the mournful plain,
1 W here osiers thrive, and tiees that love the lake.
Nor for the wealth that all the Indies roll,
Fix near the marshy margin of the maim
In the preceding December, t had taken the li
berty of expressing to the late secretary o! war, a
hope that the troops would in theSpring of the year,
he removed up to the highlands- 1 understood him
that they would be so removed.
As the Spring was past, the troops still at New
Orleans, and you aliedgrd year orders were “ to
cover the city,’* my opinion was that they should
be kept in quarters. I do not recollect, expressing
that opiuiou to you. • You decided to encamp, and
at Ttrrt au taruf. No choice remained to be made,
hut between a held fit lor cultivation, and an unim
proved tract, partly marsh. 1 recommended the
former. You preferred.the latter. By encamping
in the field, the toilsome labour of clearing new wet
lands would have been avoided.
I expected, Sir, your camp-weald prova sickly,
and the situation »t the troops in it-distressful.*—r
My opinion was probably known in June to captain*
Peter,- ^iIsob and Scott, witfKurhom I left New*
0 throws t Ond certainly in July to the boo. Secre
tary of War. r Hut 1 could not presume to tell my
cnmoiander, an.ofii^er.of 3Q years experiences that
he ha9.taken § |trp that would destroy the army.
1 am p»rsusped ,tiiHl ) never said to yon any thing
that I did nol think : But I did not conceive it to
be proper-that I should say to you every thing 1
thoughts 1 hinted my advice; aud yon did n»t ac
cept il. .
You w»)Mpow, General, that, no opinion of
mine either induced you to encamp where you did,
Or to remain there. aUcd your camp proved salo
• bnuus, the credj.t fiyd all have been due t»l jnu.
Seek nof to ahavf with those who had do yutf ou
the question, the fensure, ife ensure is dae.
^ .\Vith respect General, . «£,
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hie postWffice establishment.
•i
. Whefc w* look hark nndsee what unr cooatry «*M
<* few years ago, afid consitf-r whet it la.now, wc
cannot fait h> I* astonished atfts growth, 'The old
world Airniahra no example of the kind. Indeed,
limpid ia tha advemca nl.iinpfaaemaaVUttt war
■MMaMMMnann
g a,-? ; ~ • -*-.-wr-' -
Binds ms scarcely abla In Itcp part mill its pro
gress. and wi are almost ltd to deny the evidence
of oar tenseThe traveller, as be proceeds on bis
journey, posset a wilderness; and behold! on his
return, os if by magic, the wilderness it converted
into a fioilf^gurden, and blossoms with a thousand
sweets. . ^
One hundred years ago, the whole importations
into North America did not amount to § 2,000,000
; annually. Fifty years afterwards, the imports had
increased to 20 millions of dollars; and in 1807,
the duties alouc ou imposts into tfie United Slates
(making no deduction for drawbacks) exceeded 26
millipus of dollars! a sura equal to tb'a export trade
of Great Britain to ail the world a century ago.
Should no untoward circumstance interrupt the
prosperity of our country, a few years will place us
entirely independent of Ibe products of Europe, and
our physical strength may bid defiance to the united
efforts of her arms.
Among the improvements in the United States,
there is, peihaps, no on* that has advanced more
rapidly, or proved more extensively useful, than
that of the transportation of the mail. There is
not a man of literature or business in the nation
who does not constantly experience its benefits.—
, Vet very few give th.emstlves the trouble to reflect a
moment on its importance. In point of public uti
lity, it bolds a rank but little inferior to printing.—
Copies may be multiplied at the press, but, with
out this establishment, how limited must be their
distribution! By the extensive and rupid transpor
tations of the mail, the transactions of each part
of the country are circulated, as jf nn the wings
of the wind, through the whole. The merchant,
without leaving the couuting-bouse, learns the state
of the market from Orleans to Maine, and gathers
in a few hours, from the ainvals at every port, the
course of trade in Europe : while commerce derives,
i from quick and certain intelligence, a new and vigo
1 rous impulse.
Behold yon group of eager politicians waiting
the arrival of the mail. How frequently they en
quire tbe time ? A minute has elapsed since it
should have ai rived, and their impatience has be
come ungovernable. The lively interest excited by
, its delay discovers how much it contributes to our
, interest or our happiness. The lover, too, is indebt
ed to this establishment for the favor of his absent
mistress. Her letter is brought him, the seal yet
i moist, and even the kiss it contains has not lost its
fragrance, although an hundred leagues may have
been passed since her rosy lips impressed it.
f Benjamin Franklin was the first superintendent
of this department. Since the period of our revo
lution, it has been constantly advancing to perfecti
on, under the direction of a Pickering, a Habersham,
and a Granger.
. i ne roiiowing table whi give a tolerably correct
idea of the improvements id this department since
1793 ; and while it shews that much was done un
der other superintendents, it also proves that a great
deal has been accomplished under the present post
master general, h is not surprising that there
should be some interruptions in transporting the
mail .which runs five millions of miles in the year.
Nor is it matter of the least wonder, that, among
two thousand post masters, there should be some in
attentive or disobliging. But, in a business so ex
tensive, employing so many persons, and in which
the least failure excites so much sensibility, it is
rather singular that there is not a greater interrup
tion and more cause for complaint. And surely it
is neither generous or just, as is too frequently the
case, to ascribe every failure to the post master ge
neral. f scorn that narrowness of spirit that denies
to merit its reward. The liberal mind will disdain
to be influenced by the spirit of party, to withhold
the meed of honest and well deserved praise from a
public officer. In performing the duties of post
master general, Mr. Granger has discovered these
enlarged views, that liberality of sentiment, and
that devotion to the public interest, that wilt se
cure to him the approbation of every man whose
goodwill is worth possessing! X.
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ages which accommo
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the mail in sulkies or
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* Mr. Granger entered upon the dutfj^ vf post
master general in December, 1801.
•f Since the 3d of March* 1801, the post roads
have increased 44$ per cent. .The establishment c ■
malt coaches has increased 6£>4 per rent, (which are
of incalculable utility tn the riltsens generally, inde
pendent of the great additional security to thr
mails.) The daily transportation by stage has in
creased 2437 miles, and the whole daily transporta
tion has mcfeased 3920 mtlea. _
; t Of which it is carried in stages 2,280^252—In
sulkies and op horseback 2,682,264.
;We hove before Os a list of the- Poet-Offices in
tbit palt nf Am^ica, Which under the Royal Go
vernment was denominated “The Northern Din
tract of North An»crua, ukep.id 1/73* The in
crease in 37 year* is astonishing, as the render wilt
observe by comparing this Kit with of one the pre
sent stain. Tbl Pust-Officss nt that ties* were ns
fbUpsrnV . t, / " > ' ^ ^ M Lpd.
Vkgimtk No*fefk, SuffuHc, York, Wilfiamburg,
iNcUhaefe, BeunfearfcRidimead, New-CasUr,
£
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Todd’s Bridge, Urbsnos.Hobbs HoIiVrort Roy.
at, Leeds, Fredericksburg, Dumfries, Alexandria.
Maryls&d, Wetter* Shore, George Town, Bladen*
burgh. Upper Marlboro’, Annapolis, Baltimore,
■ Bush Tuwn,- Charles Town.
Maryland, Eastern Shore, Georgia,and Frederick
, Town, New-Towfi, Talbot Court House.
Pennsylvonsa, New-Custle, Wilmington. Chester
Philadelphia, Bristol. ’Wt'"" g *
Nev York Government, New York, Albany/Sktens, *
’ borough. ^ jifc"
Connecticut Government, Norwalk, New Haven.
Aliddleibwn, Hartford, Springfield, New Lon*
don. -
Mode Island, Westerly, Towerbill, New-Port. Bris*
tol, Warren, Providence. . •
Massachusetts, Boston, Marblehead, Salem, Ids*
wich, Newbury. \> ■.>
Hew Hampshire, Portsmouth. ■ ^
Province of Main or Casco Pay, Falmouth, .'jjffi
Canada, Montreal, Thre^Rivers, Quebec. . -
In all 43. It is supposed that the number in thp
District, at it was then culled, is now upwjwds of
1200,
WasuiroTOJr, Sept. 3. >
NAVY OF THE UNITED STATES. I
We understand that the following is tb* employ,
ment of our public vessels of war at this time: ,\ »
The frigate President, commodore Rogers, is sta
tioned at New York; the Constitution, rapt. Hull,
in the Delaware Bay; the brig Argus at Boston;
and the schooner Revenge at Newport, (R. !•) with
coders to make short cruizes and return occasion*
ally to their respective stations.
The frigate United States, commodore Detains
and the frigate Essex, rapt. Smith, arc stationed at
Hampton Roads ; the John Adams, rapt. Dent, at ■
St. Mary’s; the ship Wasp, rapt. Jones, and lb*,
brig Ferret, lieut.Gadsen, at Charleston, (S.C.) thw
brig Syren, capt. Tarbell, at Savannah ; the brig
Nautilus at Wilmington, (N.C.) with similar orders!
The brig Hornet, capt. Hunt, is in foreign ser
vice ; and the brig Vixen, lieut. BainWidge, and the
schooner Enteiprise, lieut.Read, are stationed at
New Orleaos, where there are about 20 gun boata
also statioued.
The frigate United States, the Wasp, the Syrfn,
and the Ferret, are now cruizing near our Southern
extremity. All the British armed vessels lately a
bout Amelia Island have disappeared and gone, it
is believed, to Halifax.—[AraC. Intel. ,
Bostok, Aog. SO. i ■
The Iait Gibraltar papers contain many tranala
tions from the Spanish papers, and among tb* m an
i account from Tarragona of a visit to the city froni
i * prince of the house of Bourbon ; it was mention*
' rd wilh rapture. He bad proceeded for Cadir. The
Duke is a soldier, for they say he gained victories
at the age of 18* Notwithstanding the reverses o£
the Spaniards in Catalonia, the French were atilt
greatly annoyed in that province by numerous iudc*
pendent parties.
t Extract of a Letter. .
“CiraBTiANA, (Norway) June 9.—The priva*
leers are again cruising out of Norway in greatet
numbers than ever ; they are determined* to detain
every American vessel they meet, and have sent in*'
to Norway a numbs! of American ships. Thera ara
10 or 12 sail sent into Fahesund and Christiansand.
I ara apprehensive their depredations will be greater
; this summer than last, i enclose you the new Da*
; nish privateer laws for yonr government. Them
are 10 sad captured «b<1 detained at Copenhagen.
The privateer* out of Denmark are not so had as
those of Norway who are little short of pirates, for
j they will capture all they coma across.’'
i [*l is »»PP"Sad by gentlemen ol intormation front
[ the United Slates now in Danmaik,that if our go*
j vernroent had dispatched a frigate last year to Co*
| penhagen with » spirited remonstrance, our ships
l then detained, would all have been given up, aud
the presnt captures would not have taken place. W#
never injured nor had any dispute with the govern*
meniot Denmark, and they have always been je«*
loos of their own rights, and must huve expected
the same from ns. No encroachments op the rights
of our tlag ought to pass unnoticed by oor govern
inent. Some ships loaded with the produce of tlf'
Uiiiled States, have been detained in Norway for ifjr
months,and then given up, subject to expenses 0f;
captors, of 10 or 12,000 ri* dollars, and double that
sum in their own cost and detention—thus the right*
of the United States aro abused by puwera at |tg
same time professing friendship.]
THE SPANISH CAUSE.' !y -a
;.r.
It r» not unusual, says a lute traveller j» Spain,
for the Spanish enthusiasts to make use of thtf fol*
lowing argument respecting the destiny of their
country : “ That the (ardtnets of their proceed)nu
against the French aflpls no ground for despond
ence, since their snceslers took three hundred years
to overcome lbs Moors, and yet got effectually rid>
of them at last." When such doctrine is at this
day geserally believed in -Spain, we cannot be asto
nished, that the Spaniards bavs been to easily vane
quished; but are rather surprised, that they have
not long before been completely subdued.--. If thn
Spanish peasantry are brave and robust—halt!
the French most mortally—and posiees p country'
difficult td overrun, full of strong passes and defile*,
it is most surprising, that put of twelve miMipao
of inhabitants, they have never {bad more than
one hundred and twenty thousand fnrnuyotms, and,
that too at the very beginning hnsttiitjee; that*
t M » •«*• publication happily expresses»», •* with al
i the ioducemeots that aver incited a nation t% great
| exertion, and with more opportunities than «,ver
> were afforded, along with such inducements, th*t)r
have done nothing to take thr,advsuUge of
union, tb^ir numbers, and their supposed seal in
the came; that after threeears war they, art stilt
without discipline, without offirers.eodpitboauha
means of regular supplies ; aod Jsoeltyf that the
pressure of invasion, pud the excitement of an «f
tnal revolution, hat not yet created,, or called fo»~
ward one man commanding talents, either in afipt
or politics ; nor moulded the people at lares into
eucb an organirstino ae to dispense with tnednan
etant animation of snc.Vfc; presiding grown* |«
these ctrcomstancsa, when the north of Europe *
conquered, and the wbuht force of prance i* set'
.free fur Ibeconqoestof Spun, is it allowed to hope
that the country can yet bedelmred or that an*
co-operation of the British can do more tbkn inre.
vnls her subjugation T