Lynchburg star — Lynchburg [Va.], 1807-04-16 00:00:00, page 2

that-without rcUjpotf and
'rounds, no human socic'tyCah e*.
•ist. . ■ .- • ft "
Tribunals afe algh "going to in
^ sure your snterfests ; equity and
justice wiRhoreafter preside over
die' decisions dictated by its ttvi
:_Wst.eTs* foifc above all, by pro,*
‘ Bitv and uprightness, that it is re* !
-* served io the people of Hayti to j
make-themselves be known-.' Es- j
aentiaity a trading people by their, i
'= situation tWd the nature \>f their ;
commodities,their equity as well |
as tileobjects t/f sheir commerce, j
must attract 'to their shores the j
*merchants of nil nations of the j
-earth. :•
- As obmmerce is -for its the'
"source of kind ojf riches^ it is 1
■'thetcfoTe essentialto gratwto fd- :
.- reign merchants who-comc- to j:
seek theif fortune in our ports, tH*'
- saspc’ protection which is enjoyed '
by t idur otln countrymen, offer .
* them that hospitality which those. j
-^necessary men merit to re ceive. .!
;To maintain that commerce, &
r give it a great activity, the perse- 1
verance and efforts of agriculture- j
ought to increase. Placed under <
the. finest climate of the earth, 1
profusely favoured with die most 1
.previous gifts of nature, the culti
vators have not to strugglfc-against
the sever* weather oftrozen cli
mates, oohto inure themselves to
the^rigor and inolemeniyv of sea
sons. An easy work enriches .
them, without any privations, putsv
them,upojrthe level of manufjac- .
turing nations. -Therefore bas
. ten, industrious cultivators, to fill;
your stores with- all the produce
of our fruitful soil; spread out to
the eyes of the. European mer
♦chants all that can tempt theirco
'.vetowsness, and you will see your
commerce flourishing beyondyour
hopes.
After having t-u support to.
. i ft&gio.. retn*.4 .^oral, re-esta
tliaHed good ».auqers < ndencou
••aged agsjifiuR.-.trs ar.d - ommerce,
• *<? wei’ fill rerasi i yet to be
•ao'i oui/Vt not to neglect
,'%i in'of anas.' Th» •• v.t
s . ‘jSps our m .-ij u and db-,.;
V‘Wt'.r tseps^ '.Tvs' affection j
jf iKtiida is stilt' Avifh'3v'tf a |
y/t-tun -y V Treaties to ■
s;;.V' ^ 'v-o v •.•'•jiR, and*o; t
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ki'A *he ** ' our {
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The Chitf'of the Givenintenl
' ’ r H^tTL, •
13C*lie numerous abuses yhujB
■have taken pltlc^'in tile ’differed t.
branches oftfijs gm-'iif.!ieut,p-r
ticularly inthe^eiis m-house tie
tfhuMteiil,h&si*Vi»Hgrel\\<c t«r j»jot
rigbrous n> costive* t.i r^ju ess thefts,
"lire' %tti‘cf Sfb*r.h 1 have gtvsiisf
to 'these h.-WfJV $a-X faithless or: ■
tUirsy-h^Ve t* ’right ’them rb
ty.‘ ny kindness tft
Wards iv. >ha came tc
tirade -aour- t; hs» Ouly.sitv
ed«is»vft incet* re to theif fr?u^i
It. is therefc re ftcc.eia&rY, toX
clopt Severe me.-vuu-es in otdW to
remedy these . abuses, which wve;
deprived 'govcrn'iieUt of its y«.
sources*. '
. .Constqueiitl^o piit a^stbp, 1%
these dilapidatiohs, I do t
follow*:
: 1. - Bvet^ttaytlah bffojfigfteft
convicted*d'fhaving fraud "
endeavoufed to land or pike* o*
board anygtfdds, with atoiew to
avoid the payment of duties' 'shall
be coftdemned to be hin& find his
effects confiscated to the good of
the state.
2. J&vjr tf% cf jwicted of
having ler.i % hand to #fceh fraud,
shall be ct-nde tuned jpkht hung,
and his effects confijedud so the
use of toe gnVOm|>'v«UW •
3. .Every. pfiri-set1 ©hmeted of,
having frauduietr tft»bark*d of
debar! : ri, from*' *» ■ Vsasefto ana*
ther,;jm::rch^*'h^s,.shrU! nlsp
he co -v ’ cmrted: t*> 3\i«tgvitW his
effect coa£»ttKe<f- ■•*£■
,. 4....The *usi«t 'use, c/ii-ier*
.in particular (and the tnifvi offi
cers of govenupnent) ^re charged'
with the eiecytion of the present
order t and they shall be. consider
ed ak accoihpBcts in all offinces.of
this nature, JW which th(jy shall
not inform.!
The present proclamation shall:
he prihted^ead, apd affixed to the
doors of flc different custom?
houses,
Givenfct head-quarteis, at the
Cape, 30th January, 1807 the 4th
year of Independence.'
i The Chief o;
of the .Government,.
HENRY CHRISTOPHE,
,V
?•■ . By his Excellency,.
The Secretary of the Government
t ROUANEZ, Juti.
Cpe <§>tat.
*pnc0utg.
, Thursday* April 16,
■*v v >>■ x
•' w\^^tBCTIONSi- ■
■.; 3 K lection df 12 persons to
_r«. the Corporation of
%' ensuing year
■>%C5 on |tfonday weeV,
fee-fiUo'wli^ persons ■ *efe
l\ - -t --/ - • . ■■ <*.
x$tejtrriii$3q. Mayor*
Heco^er'*
Yini* y "■-• -tf i v
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J'K ;■•'
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VDai }
ViCtJuam^mty
IIW'W' * • »’• i * -ft
.#»> Mc*i
>kk*tv‘the Uthlnst.
■ici.l v. e Section for thvi\<
CV/*.7 , j
Jjitrut.. B* .flereoip^.:$\
f|T fc’eev^^Ws
v--' yehjH
Jr tSert , >»rej|
*
t/-*u »
&&*■«£ r
nSc/t&(/tetdi'
fym JO^ivity!
LktnbtiH*. * '
*%£« /W» SeW; on the
6th mtSkjR HIte city ofRichmOnd,
Vimrila, , Cot. mtiratnei ▼» it
kinson alia t)dctbr V{ffllj*til
shee,tieiifi W'enr dtoly returned. *
A. Altov BORn hns beenadmit
vi.fi t,'tafilby Chief Justice Man
fihaiL He % to tftaike his appear
auC6 vs? fffcd; i?)„ the Federal
Ouwrt, to bi held at the Capitol,
til this city, -on' the 22d of May
next;* tincfer the penalty of Ten
Thousand Dollars, and die fol
lowing persons were ■ received as
his securities, v viz: John Hop-1
kins. Esq. late Commissioner of
Loans; Mn H. Heth, of Ches
terfieldr Major Win. Langburne,
of Ne? f and Messrs. John
Gaiter t and Thomas Taylor, mer
ch mti; of this dtyi * J
. r*rg'~/4rgv*>
ft isfp.ported, ami we, are sor
that the fact appears
,incispqtable, that Ctol. Aaron
Burr and the Chief Justice of the
U.-States, dined, together at Mr
Wrckhjun’s, since his, exemina-.
tion, and since his honor had him.
self spfonnly, decided that there
were .pixihable grounds to believe
hip^^hy of a misdemeanor a
gainstdKe U, States. We ac
^kncijvlSige^that the rights of hos
pi^fMoughf jioito b? yefqsed to
this uryvr.tunatrgentleiMmb'p those
\yho. . hitOr, jnnbceot f Jbai*
confcs^ ptir astonishment ‘ that
meOi , vhpse intellects are.'so pe
netrating as those pf Mr. .Wick -
ham sjgL Mr. . Marshall, did not
perceivp1 the-., 'extreme indelicacy
and ioiprppriety of such, respect
being biitl him.by the* Tudge,.who
is to suhereafter on his trials and
who, tyv his own opinion officially
propoiiiK:qd*_. had affixed ’a stig
ma,OP his. character, jvbich can
QpV ftfcyiped off by lai» future ac
- a . ..
We understand ' that Judge
Ctow* will preside at the ensuing
circuit' court to be held at Rich*
mon'd, before which it is believed
Burr will appear toajjswer forthe
ofFengfsby him said to b'e Cbm
How slippery is fortune!
But spittle while since and judge
CAasd'vas arraigned 'before the
schat|of the U. States where Barr
Chief . Judge,. to answer
sat a
of the most serious na-’
chai
ture,jpreferred against him-^—and
_ sits as ChieT Justice on
now
the cfseof Burr, who is arraign*
eda*la traitor! ■£ .
'" Bah. Evening Post.
tym;PasfL, the unfortunate,
el who shot Afr« -MlCredie
night of the 4th of Februi
iijr, -faa arraigned last Thursday
befioMht District Court now jit*
ting^this city, He was found
gui/ft^of-^flivirdet of the second
degree j” and. condeififfetf tb five
yerttsf confinement in tbe Pcm
tentary. >-■ v- -v'.v EnaUirer.1
,
ARe understand* that a very va*
lUabfe work is in the press at NcW
York, and will be on sale, there
and here, in a few days, entitled,
“ Tht-Portraiture-of Quakerism.*'
It Igiaotu the. pen nr Thomas
Clarkson, of - Gre at Britain, the
greaiWend of the oppresstd At*
r%a^j{Sv aiyli W«‘<: are • informed,
that it agKeably explains thc.whole
tenyjpjglvfind, spiritual,:system of
that Useful and^o^t^y society, jn
Stft admifablo- RUfe'oi-.a: propriate
hts work will
y jclitcidar
<V cause of
h >''
SO*’3f:
lour great
tour
Ip'oif crca
W-’iWbol'*
.biiriesbe
ifneme sod
4' nnlfofr.3
rce^-vjnu upon
'£**> ancesj
/■ye'Rfthe
■ i.'-jug afi
, “. the
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^ff-wwKMisnu’ c,-*.-ws
r
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V- .
sonain,the cCtomunity, is not that
insulated & mushropm aristocra- j
cy; which is-vribove the rational
duties bfbuuness and society; or J
what they call “ the dull pursuits
of civil life «” and who sigh for
. the military walks, from no spi-'
rit- qf philanthropy or patriotism*
Such inch wjere the first to repair
to'the standard oFC-ataline; arid, j
true to their-intrinsic bias, the
satne description Oifmen will ever
roll in the same direction as long
as the world endures. Ibid.
Mr. Dpriald Fraser, whost li
terary labors have uniformly been
directed to aid the cause of mo*
rality, has lately published a neat
edition of a work intended solely
for the amusement arid instruction
of the fair. Jle has-given to it
the modest tide of u T/te Mental
Flatter Gardenand by a judi
cious arrangement of his materi
als, has tendered it a pleasant as
well as aq useful .companion for
the school or parlor^. We cheer
fully teconiniend its introduction. •
into public seminaries and private
families. It, may be had of the.
principal booksellers.—durera.
The last Western-papers in
form us that the Indians' in the
neighbourhood of StV Louis had
become very troublesome. It was
supposed that the French had en
deavoured to impress on their
minds the idea that the Spaniards
were likely to take the sovereign
ty of Louisiana into their own
hands—-They appear to be -dis
posed to yield due obedience - 'to
the U. States ; but are determine
ed to resist the authority of', the !
crown of Spain. . ■ v ?.*• j
Phenometion—Wc obsenje ad
| vertised in the Boston ,papers the -
exhibition of a “ Young man,, a
boi\t If years of age, born desti
tute of either legs or thighs (or.
any appearance of the same) and'
only one arm (which is, the left.)
He is endowed withgood natural
abilities, and is healthy,”
** Experience the teat tjf . Govern
**
mentv
A Pamphlet under this title was
published a few days since, by the
publisher of this paper, we recom
mend it for its merit and the pow
erful body offsets, which, it pro
duces from personal experience
and observation; the pamphlet
| though especially relating to the ;
affairs of Pennsylvania alone, in- i
dependentofthe common ties of
interest between this and the o- J
ther states, the pamphlet contains
much matter which goes home to
the operations of free government
generally*? and to the develope
ment of abuses ht-office. Aurora, -j
Mr. Thomas. H. Batch,' an in
i' genious artist of Newburyport,
j has jqst completed a compound
j Magnet, which -by its attractive.'
> powers alone, will raise 112 pounds
weight* ■ ■ •' - American.
I EILLVSURVEY* 'S-,
! There hAs been ho enterprize
for which public patronage heal
been solicited in this city’ for ma
ny years, that has beenmorejust* !
ly entitled* to the 'attention arid
support of the liberal mid affluent,
than, “ Hid's Survey of the Vici
nity of Philadelphia which in
cludes a plat of 60" miles m cir
cumference and has been*brought
perfection by five years labor
df an individual- without patron
age. . . . ! -V
_ The earoeopesi have been enorr
mously great and would have sunk
1 the spirit of-any man not actuated
by the*most extraordinary degree
of perseverance and confidence in
: he generosity of the public, from
| wS ch alone, % remuneration can
, A 0»i! . -the paper ot the 3lst
: C'-:.- ca l?:.;;,* a; jettef*,;'-received I
I frm;; H.. ; its, HvBich states the
, '^rs'estaj-.- folding to recognizance
ov at: ge of conspiracy, Major
h&’v i Wescott, CoL John Smith;
. *n*l ^enry Dodge. . . -
I - : ' : a=BB*
; ft Is tooposed, >n the corpora
Uon of tlW cky of New Yoric, to
fty off m ldts a range ofland in the
neighborhood of the city,- for. the
purpose of enabling the citizens
"r; -- ■ ■.
to provide ' themselves with re- *
treats from the ravages of they tl*
''low fever. ■
•u,,.- v-*;' - .
1 The following distressing tic*
currehce took place on the 24th of •
last month, at the Lauref Fur-V;
??**» fourteen miles from *
Union in Pennsylvania; Mr. Da- ;
niel M’Collister, after descending.'
in the inside of the stadrbf the ••
Furnace* to bring out some topis ''
that had been there, became af*‘
fected with the fumes arising from ■
the charcoal which had been kin-'1
died a short time before+ and sudf •
denly fell dead. Mr. fosiah
M itchell then entered' the stack ter
rescue JVfr. -M’Coliisfer, and also • •
fell a victim to the same deadly .
vapor. - We . are Informed that1
che spectators ahoVe did not per-' -
teive any signs of life in Mr. M’- -
Collister, when Mr. Mitchell
went down, who had raised hide "
up end got him on his- sh'ouldei^ " «
when he instantly fell.; Thfe fa*- "
ther of Josiafi Mitchell,. was die* < *
let down by a rope, and had con--'*
veyed Mr. M. a short distancenpv
whenhe became So weak' that'ho
was obliged to let him fall. M r, f
Mitchell, the father, when draw*
up, was apparently lifeless, but *;
■ recovered i* a shorrtimw'
Mr. M’Colliater >w»s a young t
man—.notmarried.—Mr. Mitch- t.
ell was about twenty-ive years ojf
age, and (we are informed) of *
good character, and mnoiresteero* ..
eidfoy his acquaintances. < He hag.,
left a.wife and one child to lament
apd suffer his loss, ; I.
• Mr. SebaSmithofBridgeton,;*
(Maine) having remold a num-.i
her of apple trees, the last, springs ,
from the nursery, in order to be
gin an orchard, nothing appeamW,.
extraordinary in them but onew
which in natural order blossomed’! ,
and bore handsome apples. Soon:
after fresh blossoms appeared on.(.
the tree, producing in .like man-.,
ner> *i°vng applet, and so it. has.
Continued blossoming and bear
ing apples, till the eighth day of
December,, when the bloom ap
peared as in the, spring. There'**
are several people-that can testify
that they have seen
some half grown and others ,
ferent states of growth, and.the ^
tree in blossom at the,same time-.,
_ It is liMey^tpod that'the depo
sition of commodore : TniJtton J “
lately received by the attorney for
the -United-States, containsstrong
confirmation of the' truth iff Gen.5 ‘
Eaton’s affidavit; since it. appears*',
that similar treasonable proposals-* ’
vere made to commodore Trux-°K
ton, by CoL Burt‘s sfith thosd’ ■
alledged by Gen, Eaton tcThava'
been made toning-.
Burr killcd'Hamtfton—aud th»*
| faction ■ denonuced him I ’fie w* "*
dueesr the ’Hdhiibisd&tibi^ ,aii^
i forms a plan to discover the union''
—and now, forsboth, the* feder-^"
alists are Offering their lives, their
fortune*, to prot^ffie traitor!!!
^Infconsistpncy^ thi£
Child, the of&pringof faction.
t ■ * Republican ' •’ *’
: -V,'‘ Fot IheStar.^ ; ' > **•
-THE time is fast approaching' "
when the citizens of Henry Coital ‘
ty will be assembled, to choose
two members to represent then*
in the next General Assembly qjj,
Virginia. It is not unusual hi V
such cases, for the mind of the '1
public to lie much agitate^- :|ho* **
probably not more tlianitohgKtto’,
be,. At a time when our! country,
is invaded by internal rntflgne^T
and outward danger. When tren .
are coming forward with' differ*
ent views—I say, >t such a crisis!
I think a proper time for the citi
zens of Virginia to shpw the value
of their suffrages, . in choosing-.,
two of the most wite^ifd discreet
men wno offer their services. ,J
have with much regf^^bbsorved
m all places, but more particular
‘•y in Henry, that a majority of
tlie people were actuated more by
neighborhood acquaintance—by.
favt rs from candidates—by ambi
tion—and tome by partiality j
than by true merits I hope alt
friends of republicanism will join
me in exhorting the citizens of
Henry to relinquish all those falsO ...
Ideas—And on the present occar
sion act as free and enlightened .
citizens. ■ v- J • - ’. *