Lynchburg star — Lynchburg [Va.], 1806-11-13 00:00:00, page 1

Virginia.)
Published by JAMES GRAHAM.at three dollars per annum.
CPayable In udvanc.
—
Year 2.
mutmp, November 15, 1806,
No. 3.
TERMS.
The STAR is published once <
a -week.
1 Tetters addressed to the Edi- \
tor must be post paid.
t Subscribers in arrear shall hot \
be permitted to withdraw.
<5 Advertisements^ Public No
tices of every kind, will
be insertedin the“ Star”
at 75 cents the square,
for thefirst, and SO cents
the square.for every sub-...
sequent insertion.
The cash—orders on 'Met
chants in Lynchburg, or
the word of men of known
punctuality must, in fu
ture, in all cases, accom
i pany advertisements,&c.
&c.
Short Chancery Advertise- s
meats will be inserted the \
usual time (2 months) S
for 4 Dollars :-If §
long, 5 will be required. %
, printing . \
> Execut'd at the “ star-of- >
Fid.'* with neatness, ac- S
curacy, and dispatch. ^
2$lanii£ \
yVWV\Z*%A/NA
Of every descr iption may be
. obtained here, on the S
shortest, notice. executed ^
neatly fagreeably to di- ^
rection. S
From the Aurora.
FREEDOM OF COMMERCE,
AND
THE NON-IMPORTATION ACT.
' Hi a very few day* the virtue of our ci
tiaens anti the efficacy of our law* will he
piw to telt—and it will be leen whether
thole who covered the tablet of congreft
* ! with memorials in fupport of the rights
and freedom of neutral commerce, were
realtyJerious or deceitful.
be you good citizens watchful I—hot
ns, at the lame time (and there is time
enough,) Hate, that by the fall (hips,
from England, large cargoes of goods
• not ufuaf for the Halifax or Quebec mar
kets', have been fhipt fri n England for
thofe port*—and that from every thing
conceivable, as charafteriftic of Eritifh
commercial ctinn ng, thefe goods are in
tended to be fmuggled, in •violation of our
laws, into the United States.
After ihe furmtder of fmuggled goods
UTthe value of ievetal hundred tlioiilar.ds
of dollars to fit Alexander Mackenzie—
goods fated after being illegally biought
into the United States- after thereturii'of
thofe goods, thc-ie cannot be very great
expectations that the United States' offi.
cers will be very vigilant, nor undertake
much cUk-cfli/cand health in tearch ot,
and feiitug, Englilh fmuggled goods, on
the frontier of the lakes j but it is not,
therefore, the lefs neceflary that thi» warn
ing fhould be thrown out in a cafe (o tm- ■
portant; efpecially as the iriteicourfe
with Ruffia on our Atlantic I'ea-bcard has
been deemed of iiiffieirnt importance
(add it is fo) to call for a circular letter
to olii- cuftom*houfe6.
The motives ate very ftrotig and pow
erful indeed, fdr preffing the public vigi
wace to this pojnt*-pbf caule as a measure
tu mere defence, it molt be followed ci
ther by a reftitucon oi American property,
y • reldafe of American citizens, and refpeft
{ for the American neutralflag in futme,
or by fironge- meafures—of the fame
ktttd i To use the rhetoric of Filler Ames,
the muft draw itfelf within its
own /belt— and thete we mult (land with
' out tntercourfe with the power that will
* . not do its equal juSice.
That England will not do ns juftlce or
»nj thing like julflce—we molt devoutly
p believe—that (he fhould fo far depart from
her deteftable policy as to do us juflice,
me would moft ardently wtfh—and if it
mete pofiible that file fhould even' fhew the
atrpoGtion, we fhould, with the titmoll
eheerfulnefs, be among the firil torecog
ntfe fiich a difpefitiun, and to fignaliae
the era as a remarkable one in the hifto
rtcal calendar.
“ Cem Ethiopian change his fan
the leopardbtsjpots?" Is a quell,on whit
always prefents itfelf, whenever we lie
mentioned the profpefls of Britain's di
mg juftice to the United States.
The truths of the declaration of ind
penitence have not cealed to he truths y
—neither misfortune nor d 1 igmcc—n
national wrctchednels, lias been fu$cit
to produce good or wife difpoGtiont in
me Jsrit ith government.
Ever lince the year i76j, and up to
thu prelent moment have rite «£t* of that
government been uniformly holtile to A
merica—For a I pace of 31 years George
111. has neither turned to the r'wbl *-id
nor to the left.
Americans* ktep thp Tolemn and in
torttrovertihie tr uth cor,Partly in View.
And when yarn read of the-appoint.
°I*|Dt a» ambaflhdor, or
of lord Holland, or lord Auckland (hope.
Ini negotiator indeed}) on the claims of
Americans, fie not thrown off your
guard. 7
. A"*rj« for 4* years has been knock.
*ng and/mt/wj at the portal,, nay out
It, e the doois of the Brittfh cabinet ior
juit-ce.
The only anfwer vouchfafed, when co
lomes, and artrr becoming an independ
ent nation, has r,een an acciimmaiinit of
injuUiu.—little hills ot promt** and
livers 01 ddappointment.”
>766- *"‘l *77+* b>' y^’-ir prefent
partial non-importation aft, A.ncrica
lus once mote put her hand to the plough.
We petfeveted then, ami l.tcceis, ltber.
ty, and independence rewarded our cou
rage and conilancy.
The meatute now on the verge of exe
cution, mutt be enforced and followed
But we may perhaps be to# by the Bri
t agents, tnat this is an improper mo
ment for thele rematks. ^
H'e anfwer no moment more proper.
At the moment when Cobbett has o
penlV propole<\,to the fi.itilh cabinet the
muidtr, the rjajfmatiou ol 3 printer m
America who has tmied to refill their no.
Ucy ami ,o defend the rights of Ame.
At the moment when Cobiett openly
declates that mtiuont bare been expended
fmfwT* <m l!,is H* Atlantic, to
tutfner tier views—.
This is not « time to hang up our ar
mom-, to tin if ring e«r bow—t he editor of
this paper wished to recite and take up
mom oblcntx pii,fui!S._but when aifaffi.
nauon ts menaced it would be cowardice
mdted to retreat,
fait her can the prefent monarch of
® bBto the United
f"l"f " l'Vns‘0r by ftrange
/h'e flle,s P'f^mncc to alio.
lifniheJlave/raM, and redrew the wrens*
of Atnca!-T|l^uIens ot America are
mipteiT.rt intoa worie bondage—hcrlliip*
p unoered—and her ports and co.afts in
hi Af~Whl ' f° ze:,!o,,s t0 do jmiice to
llA|fr'.CanS,’ Wl,y not ‘1u,:uftice, and ac
Knowledge her wrongs to America •—
Pity, that George III. woulti not with
•Itaw his muideung myrmidons, his
frwwTJr *h‘S tlit- plains
Hinduftati, and ailo dojufoceto the in
Afiatics' t0 tllC innocent and “"happy
Tlien fhouhl we fay that the age of mi.
racles was rdi.ued. *
But why aider inch a carter of murder,
manacre, robbery and plunder of Afiica
and Aha for ages—and of Ameiicafor
4* years, why thfile qualms of confci.
ence f
Is it merely hecaufe Charles Fox hat
fuoceeded to the htim of Hate in Bri
tain f
And are the principles of eternal juf.
lire to depend on tile cabinet ot Britain,
or on Xbr ii/e 0r death of Clmlcs F,.* >
» nen is not the abobfhing ot theJlave
itaae, or redreffing the wrongs of thele
Ifares a£ts of juifice in George III. the
vety terms declare them matters of mere
convenience.
Ir is nothing elfe in Britain than the
dying confeffions, the reluflant retribu
tion oi an oultered robber.
Chat let Fox, and Wnfriends we doubt
not are more friendly to thele (fates, than
me o.d cabinet ot Pitt, Durnlas and Co.
—as much we rejmee at tne appointment
01 Mr. hrjhtne~—\i\n do we not know that
tills tame Mr. Erflcine is eonnecled by
marnage with Phineas Bond, as Mr.
Hammond a former Britifh ambaffador
was—amlalo we not know that Phmeat
Bond has been the channel through which
every ambalfador here has been deceived
almolt liner the ievolution.
But we do not foiget of what difeor
dant materials the prelent cabinet of En
gland is compoled—if it contains the ad
vocates vijuffice Co does it aifo the advo.
cates ot vyuflice.
We therefore fay that whether Charles
Fox IS prune minilter, or whether Wil
wa8 prime minifter—ihe prin
ciple pf the cabinet of George III. is un.
changed with regard to America.
Britain mult then be treated with, at
you would pally with an afjatfin of any
Kind—a/ daggers length—you mult he
prepared to ward offcxifecretflabs—not
to admit her near, till fhe is totally dif.
armed, or till her ftrength is exliaufted :
or her conftitut.oa and penitance is fm
cere and evident. ’
■j *cmai ks have originated in our
ideas of the nccelftty of every Ameucan
enforcing the non importation ail, juft
for* aT 3* ,lcSoc‘at'on w*s not going
Wefometime pad informed and for
warned the public of theplans intended
by the Britifb agents, to avoid that aft.
: We now repeat it to the adminiHrutnit,
that large quantities ot prohibited turf
chandixe ot every deicripticn have been
fent out from Britain to Halifax and b
tliei ports in Neva Scotia anil Canada—*
ptirpoieiy to be imuggirii intorheie Itatrt
—the cuilom lioui'e officers particularly
to the eatlward, wid dotthitaA be charg
eti tv bed., ;>niy iiitij.tntWe lin'.* nat
there are lonte men who fear yet affici to
depreciate .god defpije ntwi{.awr iniorma
tion—titeir affectation lias been earned
too far. ,
This non importation ad, is reprobat
ed by all the angio-Jederalith ami Bri
tifh Agents—exactly in that proportion,
let every American intorce it.
We know that Britain has but little
foreign t. a .e except «nat is dependant on
this count, y. , It is inevitable in the coot ie
of th; e.ems tiiat jhe 'will have lefs.
And we hope th tt toe admimflration ar.d
cougrefs wili act at the moment of meet
ing ot the next ieffioo, if ample indemnity
j for the pajl andfecaritj for the jut are be
i not by that time given—as ifnonrgoci
| anon was pending—that is to Hop all tm ,
1 portation,
I Americans aft once more as in
i *77 5"—be not 1 nger the dupes of procraw
tinuted negotiation—* timid, inconipe
tent, or mercenary commillions—of apo
logies this day—and robbery again to
morrow. . °
No true American, or friend to his
country, could ever wish an uni
on utther -with Britain, or any
other foreign nation.—The ef
fusion of Alcibiades is given as
found. It is however presum
ed to be rather ironical than seri
ous.
Front the Richmond Enquirer*
OF THE POLICY OF THE UNI
TED STATES TOWARDS FO
REIGN nations.
. NU-*« fo ..in inter nal govei nmrn; he
with whuh by the bye, this iubjcfl »
elolt,y coiioeoteu, there can oe nothing of
gre»:er immft «r importance, offered to
the cunhuerarion of an Amu ican, than
the policy of the United States toward*
foreign nations. The affair is now ar
need to a crifis ; oil.' national dignity «vill
receive an indelible Itain, or Tema.n as
heretofore, pure and ‘fpotlefs upon the
page of hilbry. Oc Yrnjo is re-appoint
etl, liy his court, at the command ot Bo.
naparre, unuider plenipotentiary, near
the United States I If he is received in
th'il chaisfler, we (hall be themoft degra
ded and defpiied nation on earth : ii he
is fent from our country, and repullid,
as he fhotild fre, with indignity and in
tuli from our inores, w;ai witii Fiance &
Spain is tiie inevitable coulequeiice. Since
the battle of Auiteiliu there has been but
one man on the continent of Europe : on
that eventful day, the political exigence
of every other inhabitant, be he piince
or peal mt, of continental Europe, was
annihilated. But the battle off Trafal
gar, too, did much ; and opprciied hu
man nature may yet boaft that there is
one independent nation in the Eaifern
World. That “little bit of land in the
ocean, * caiied Britain, dill nppoies a
Ihmiy oppolition, and inexpugnable bul
wark to the views of univcrlal empire
which it is manifelt are entertained by Bo
naparte,—.This man by a ferns of won
derful achievements, has elevated him
leif to the vci y pinnacle of chimerical
glory, and to the xeiiitn of human power,
“ High oh a throne of regalftate, ‘which
far
“ Out/hone the ’wealth oj Ormus and of
Indy
“01- ’where the gorgeous eafl with rich
etl hand
“ Sho wers on her Kings barbarick pearl
and gold,
" Satan exalted fat, by merit raifed
“ To that bad tmiuence; and
Thus high uplifted beyond hope, a/hires
«
“ Beyond thus high— . __
Ye«, although Bonaparte ia “ thushiSh
uplifted" he yet “ afpires beyond thus
| high.” We'do not deny, that'he has de
| figns upon the feeble Hates walhctl by tire
I wavesol the Meditciranean | upon the
j Moiea, Syria, Egypt, and pofiibly the
I Barbery (hores j indeed he may carry his
i romantick ambition to the length ol at
! tempting, in imitation of Alexander, an '
■ overlaud eapedition to India s but, does' '
, this prove, that he does not alio want ;
; “ Ihips, colonies, and commerce,” here
in our wellcrn world ? Will the advocate
: for a rubber fay, that Iris taking a pu. le
! ot tl'e Jett |>ocket is any proof that he
j did not allb take one out of the i igtjt! Is
. *^e fften.l of this impeiiai delpefado' pre
i to defend him upon thole grounds?
| And thele I think, are tire only grounds' ‘
upon which he hat been defended. But
on the contrary, are not Bonaparte’s
views upon Spanifh America, the Weft1
Indies, and thefe “ good old United
j States,” l.ke the lies of Falftaff, « giofs
| as a mountain, open, palpable ?,'—!»no
his reappointment of that little fwarthy,
u pit art, Span'dh monkey, De Yrujo, in
tended, to the aj.prelirnfit.n of all men, as
an iniuft to our government, for the pur
! I'ole of provoking that war which, how
ever abject and Icrtnie we become, cannot
much longer tie protracted f It is—and
no rant, whole uniterlKiiding is not per
verted, can deny it. It is therefore time
for ns to itrike a blow. The Iklimus of
rtarien is the propel' boundary between
Noith and South America j and it is
not vilionary. 10 lay, that the emancipati
on ot tiie whole til the country I'oulU of
Paragua, Panama, and Terra Firma, is
completely in our power, and. lurely very
•inch our inteielt to effect. Our peace
ami hapoineis hare been too long jeopar
ded by the neighbourhood cf an infidioug
fvienns This circumltasice has too iong
rxpoted us to the m tchiuationsof the gree
dy tyrants of enliaved Europe. It is
time tiiat we Itmuid be able to lay our
heads on our peaceful pillows, undflhirb
e«l with the urtpms of Spamlh or Fiench
roornrs. If it lhcmld be laid, that an
extenlion of ten it-u-y is not dctirable tor
the United States, there are two replies at
hand, noth, in my judgment, unlwera
b,e p who can let bounds to the federa
tive iyltem ? Thele (tales, from north to
fouth,and born eait to welt, of immenle
extent, are happily governed by it : why
not extrnd it to the Idhmuft of Darien ?
Why not to tlie Straits ot Magcfian ?
But it this oe thought extravagant, which
it ceitamly is not, let the teiritory of the
Uniteo Otares as at prelent, but fiee gpa.
mill America from i>s dependence on Eu
rope. Tnar this event ii definable, I i'np
pole no one will deny j and as 1 cannot
forelee any objection to jt-s piafiicabiiity,
I will hot" Jolve difficulties by anticipati
on. Perhaps though, it may be l hr right
nece/iiiy that I fhould fit w Ihw theiee
vents aie to he brought about. This »ill
lead me bark to tin title ol this e jay—
“ our foreign Relations.” The lad advi
C’s ft in England liae. that our d.fferen
cts iii tftac cour.riy wc-ic in a train ot a
ln caolc ativi i3ti%f,iSorv u>jutttnc*n?,—
Mr, Muntoehimieliernei'inlned n<>doubts
of bit lucctls., and calcu'alcd, the kill
time the writer ot ihif' heard trom him,
through a private bar.rwt, dpon conclud
ing ins million, ami returning to his na
live iaiui iit a itw weeks.
Such being tire happy (fore of oural
fair* with that country, 1 do not Jicfitai
to lay that it is the policy of the Unite
States to term an alliance olieitiitt an
defenfive, with Great Britain, ior the ex
prels purpole of throwing our wet,,it jnr
her Icate ot oppofition tn the timverii
ambition ot Bonaparte. We erod'd
this, for realms before mentiont-l ■ -C’-l'
making the Imalitft iaci dice. We ,ouii
•ecure the poa-erfol and invincible aid o
the Britilh navy wituhciii paying a thil
ling for it. v/bai would Great" Bnta.i
expefl in return fortius sffiitance ? Sh
would expert what we could give her with
out lofs to us, but at the fame time ofun
fpeakable advantage to herftli' .■ of advan
tage in that very ohj-.ft of ber ambnion
tor which Ihe lb bravely and uriualingl
contends. With our alfiftance G,ea
Britain could conquer and retain th
whole Welt Indian Archipelago. W
do not want thele Iflan-is t We have no
a fleet to protect them. But Great Bri
tain does want them, and Great Bretai
has a fleet to protcCi thern. It is tulr pC
licy to expel every European nation froi
the continents of North and Zenith Amt
rica i and Great Biitaiit would rcadil
give up Canada for the Welt Iml.es.
Wuat envia+ii- and elir.,ted happine
would then b. * ;ot • The whole Well
et n World,fi,... Ca.ie Horn, to tlie No-'t
Pole, “free as a.i •” .Thefie views ai
extenlive , but . valor and perleverant
can work miracle!.. I f:pjv’ie there (
no political Icept.ck, no infatuated frien
of Bonaparte, who will deny that Amer
ca and Great Britain allied in this mar
tier cou ld fucceistully ..j.pofe the u.|j ,
the wtilrd. Here then would (here be
barrier to the ambition of Bonaparte
then migiu Mr. Jerfortonand M*. Fox i:
foe then imperative mandate—'1 thus fa
lhalt thou go, and n , farther.”
Some men pretend to entertain feai
tor our intftimable political iisll.t.ition
from a dole alliance with Great Biitain
but to me, thele fears appear i.lle-an
ground ids. Two nations may form th
clotert alliance for the great purpose
defence and national, lethirity, withou
their governments aflimilating in the re
tnorelt degree. Let Great Britain pie
lerve her kingly government, if it {
pleafes her j and let ns, as we can an
(hall, pretervecu. own democrat irk fora
of rule, tree from ihe alloy of hemtitar
dtftmtfions. Great Britain will appre
ciate the valneolom alliance too nmcit t
hazard it by even again oflidotifly intet
foring with her council*, and, indeed
if undei another adininiftration (he fli ul
be fo unwile a. to attempt it, it is ,o h
hoped that our government, if „ot ,0
v.rtuom, will be at lealt too polit.ck t
barter .Ire mterelli of their country, f.
any paltry benefit that a minion of Bri
taut could heltow.—Truly I cannot pe,
ceive what mteieltor motiee Britaincoul
have for making fuch an attempt. A
to involving u. in a war with France
Bonaparte is about to effect that nurpol
ready to taeir hand, and a. fuch is th
inevitidle ntceffity, let ut t>« the powi
of the only nation on earth that can <f«
fe&ually nlf.lt us. Our li'mtiun is
peculiarly liappy with relpect to G.eat
Britain, that (he can efll-ntially aid u«,
without poflelTing the means of annoying
any ofour poiTeflions—layeour commerce,
ami our lira-pot t towft*.
As to the expends of this war. and ib«
confei|«*tit increnie out deh*, tins, if
mult be allowed, is only paying the pnepe,, -
ot I i berty and independence. Bi« m M-x
ico and Peru we (Rail find a jpotn-e to
wi|ie away, at one bruflr our nation,,1
debt, if it were fen rimes as great as it
is.
Thefe hafty remarks are written by
one who was nor boin in ’76, but who
*tts a lepublican in fay. ur of France
when Europe was combined againft her,
ami now is in favour of Bucsm whed
Europe is combined ag-uuft her.
ALC1B1ADES.
Har.ovei, Sept. *6, jga6.
• One of Btbdia s patrio'ic eiirt.
(PR.OM THE PALLADlVU.y
The following letter of Captain
Clark (who accompanied Cap
tain Lewi* in his expedition to
the Pacific Ocean) must be ac*
ccptable to our reader».
ot. Loon, »jd Sept. i'to6’
Dear Brother,
We arrived atthis place at 1 % o*c Wfc
to slay, from the Pacific Ocean, where
we remained during the iaft winter, near
the entrance of the Columbia B-vei. Tin*
nation we left on the ayth of March Jaft
and thou Id have reached St. Leu,., ea.y
it) Aogidi, had -*»e not beendetained by
the blow winch barred our paflrge aerpf#
the Rocky Mountains, until i+th of
June. In returning through thefe monp>
tains we divided'ourfelv.s into levuit
parties, digrefling from me route, by
winch we went out, in order the m re *f»
fertually to explore ihe country, and dif»
covet; the moil praflicabie route which
does ekilt aciofs the coinineiit, by n.e'V.w
w the Miff.sun am! Columbia rives': in
this we are compieiely luccls‘, i;rt|
have therefore no helitatinn in ,lr.-:.-.r,rp
that fnch as iiarure has permitted, w«
have di<covered tne belt re;. ,;v. 4
exillacrols the continent of North Arne,
rica in that direftion. Such is that i>*
way ot the Mifibuii 10 the foot of tne , t.
pus below tne g.eat falls ut that river,
a diitance of 1575 miles, tiience hy .and
palling by the Rocky Mountains, to *
navigable part of the Kooikonike 3x0 s
ano with tiic ICooskoo&ke 7 3 miJe% L*;w«.
is’s fiver IJ4 miles, and tite Ccl’umb
+13 miles to list Pacifi-Ocean, making
tne total diitance from the confluence Tf
the Miffouri ami the Milfiffi?pi, to the.
diicnaige of the Columun into the Paci
fic Ocean 355j miles. The navigation
VI li uu n,ay be deemed toon—u*
dith.-uit.es ai tie from its falling hanks,
timber enr.beded in the mud. of its chan
nel, its fanu bars and Ifcady ispidity of
its curititt, all which may be ovei corns
with a great degree of certainty, by ufi .■»
the neceftary precautions. The palf-oe
by land of 340 miles horn the l,,!!s ,.t *n»
Mdl. uri to the Kooskooske, is the
toimnlabie part of ihe tiact prouoi'ed a.
whs the continent. Of th s diitance
1000 miles is along a good road, ai d , •
miles over tremendous mountains,'which
for 60 (piles are coveted with eternal
lnuws. A paflage over thefe mountains
is, however, piaclicable from the latter
par: of June to the l ift of September • Sc
the cheap rate at which hor.es are to* he
obtained from the indians of the Rocky
Mountains, and Welt of them, reduce the
expences of transportation over this por
tagr t„ a mere tiifle. The navigat.onof
the Kioskorske, Lewis’s river, -.ml *h,
Columbia, is lafe and good, from t hi-fi-It
of April to the middle of Anettli, !•»
making three portages on the ia>*er rj.
ver. Tne fi.ft of which, indeWdne -*
1200 paces at the (alls -.f Colon.!,:, fr._
nuU up that river, the fed,id cf t..0
mdes at tne long narrows <i miles below
the falls, and a third, alio bftwo miles at
Biegreat rapids 65 miles ft ill lower down.
The tide flows up the Columbia ,81
miles, and within 7 mde, - r ■
rapids. Large fl,io,<s m;
al'cend as high as tide w.u.
ot three hun.lirb mi,, k. .
entrance ot the Mnlinoma
Southern branch of the Co
talces its r*ie on the confine
ico, with the Caileiado an,
vers, difcharging itieif im,
115 nii:es from its entraiic
citio ocean. I confider th
the continent of 'inmen'!
the fui t'ade, as all r/ie fu.
nine-tenths of the malt
country in America, may
the mouth ot the CoInmhi
from thence to the Knit In
ofAuguft in each year; an
reach Canton eail.er than 1
are aamiaify expoited Iron
rive in Great Britain.
In ouroutwaid b.-uml 1
cemled to the toot of the,,
Great Falls of the MIToi
nved on the i+th of J,,n
having met with any ot th<