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should it falf, tba whole milifaVy force of ’Chris
tophe will no doubt be turned against the south.
The advanced posts of Christophe extend to 1’Ar
eahaye, which is only about fifteen miles from Port
au Prfnce, the capital of Petion’s dominions. This
city would afford a powerful obstacle to the con
^ quests of Christopbe, as hfevis nearly surrounded by
a strong wall and entrenchment lately constructed,
ahould not treason find its way among the inhabi
tants. Unanimity appears to be wanting. The
people are mostly divided into factions. One party
is attached to the president, another is desirous of
placing Rigaud at the bead of the government, and
a third is^uspected of being in favour of Christophe.
If these conflicting sentiments continue to prevail,
^*ort au Prince most fall.
v"|r General Rigaud, from whose talents, energy and
popularity, so much was expected, was lying sick
at Jerentie.
General Gomoy had not surrendered with his ar
my to Rigaud, as was reported, was still in a state
•f open hostility against the authority of Pelion,
with a forre of about a yi GOO men. A npgoriation
had in reality been opened, and a personal intor
cie«f:took place between the two ciitels, but with
out producing any amicable arrangement. Gomoy
is a negro, as such is opposed to the influence of the
Inulattoes, and has declared himself to be in the in
terest of Christophe.
Should this statement be entirely rnrrert, after
dpie reduction of the Mole, the conquest of the sooth
will most probably follow, for as the war !nn assn
mtd very much the character of a tw.rr < r cith-tr,
end as the blacks are much more numerous than the
multtltoes, disaffection will more genetullv prevail
among the troops of the south, who are principal
ly black. We should not be surprised to see, in a
sbdrt time, the same horrible system of extern4
nulion practised by the negroes against ti e people
of colour, which was formerly pot into execution
by them conjointly against the unfortunate whites.
It' has already hern commenced by Christophe with
in 3 or 4 years, during which time a number of in
fluential and important men of colour at the Cape
and elsewhere, have teen sacrificed to his jealous
resentment.
In addition to the above statement, a letter is iust
received from the Cape, d tied the latter end of Au
gust, soys,, it is confidently asserted that from the
active operations then carried on against the Mole
by Christophe, it could not hold out longer than
ten days. 1 his calculation, however, we presume,
is premature, as it differs so materially from the ac
count Irom Port au Prince, which may be consi
dered as that of the besieged.
London, Aug. 24.
TOULON FLEET.
Extract of a letter from an officer on hoard one of
His Majesty’s ships cruizing off Toulon, dated $th
• July, 1810.
“ Six or seven sail of the enemy’s line romenut
•very day; bot as soon as our in shore squadron
gives them chase, they immediately run in again.
Seven sail were out to day ; our signal was made
for a general chase, and had the wind continued foul
for their return, for an hour and a half, we should
have been aide to bring them to action. I subjoin
a list of the French fleet in Toulon, which I believe
to he correct; you will excuse me from naming the
means by which we obtained it.
Ships names. Guns. Men. Commanders.
.Auslerlitu 120 1200 V.ad. Allemande
Majesteux
R. ad. Bouden
ICO
1 COO
Commerce de Palis
ICO
It. ad. Coromonde
1200
Uanibal
74
Capt. Marti
700
Genoese
71
-- Mniuabert
700
Brutau
74
- Allemande
700
Danube
74
- l.ouville
?oo
Suflrein
74
-*- Menrie
700
Boreas
- Linos
74
700
Magnanime
-Jnr.quim
74
700
Dim
71
-Donrlds
700
Aj x
74
- 1*. tit
700
Ptnelope
44
- Dunhorden
Poniune
44
- Rosamiis
Paulina -■*
44
-- Montfort
Amelia
44
- Naguard
Incom petite
41
- Martin
Adeira
44
- unknown
Proserpine
32
- forrn'lv Lng
Hornet
SC
- unknown
Victorious
20
-do.
Alarge store ship of
30
-- do.
Ft sides the above, there arc in the inner hat hour,
the following
Ships names.
Guns.
Men.
The Donavrrt
80
S00
W.i gram
just launched.
ICO
Sceptre
80
Cion
74
Muscovite. Russian corvette, and several smal
ler vessels.
" Admiral Gantheaume, xeho xvas commandtr i>
fAkief, is gone to Paris.”
Court of Common Pleas—August 4.
Johnson vs. Barkwitk.—The plaintiff in this rase
was tW owner of a fishing boat culled the Guernsey,
of 10 or 1*2 tons burihen, who sought to recover from
the defendant, the owner of a sloopballed the St reiver,
the value of the plaintiff's boat and of its cargo, con
sisting of a number of hampers filled with crabs and
lobsters, all of which had been lost, in consequence
of the Stranger’s striking against the boat while they
were both coming up the river,in the face of the wind,
by which the boat and her cargo went to the bottom.
The mas ter of the fishing boat, and a young man who
season board of her at the tune, proved that on the 2<)th
April, at y o’clock in the morning, as they were earn
ing up the river before the wind, a sloop called the
Stranjg, followed to windward of them, ai d again
to wttMward of the sloop was a brin. There was
sufficiency of sea room for the sloop to pass the boat,
either to leeward or windward. The master of the
boat seeing the sloop coming right against her, so
*® to make her mid-ships, called to the people in
the sloop to port her helm: this they did not do,
butrather carried it more strongly to leeward, and
Struck the boat mid ships, so that she came under
the sloop’s Ire-beam, and sunk—the muster of the
boat, who had a wooden leg, being left in the sea,
to shift for himsell the best wey he could for nearly
an hour before an/effort was made by the sloop to
save him. The cargo whs worth about £ 107, as nr
the value of the boat he could not speak.
For the defendant, the captain of the Stranger,
•oil also the captain of tbs brig which followed to
windward of her, were examined, whose evidence
went to this, that the boat, by starboarding her
helm, might have gat 'o leeward, and beyond the
reach of the sloop, whereas, on the other hand,
the sloop could not have put her helm aport, with
out being ruif down by the brig, who again could
| not alter her course without getting ashore on the
said bank.
Sir J. Mansfield interrupted the reply of Mr. Ser
jeant Best, for the plaintilf, by observing that it
would have been quite easy tor the captain of lire
sloop, by observing the course which the boat was
taking, namely, nearer to the wind, which she was
’ entitled to take, and by carrying Ins own vessel
moieto leeward, to have passed her without injury
to the boat or to his own vessel. It was unquesti
onably the duly of a vessel following another end
gaining upon her, to observe her course, and not to
throw the hurdon of keeping clear of each other, on
the foremost vessel. The jury would, therefore,
[ if tfiis was their opinion, find for the plainritf. As
to the value of the boat, that did not appear. Mr.
S.-ri/ant Shepherd proposed, rather t! an have a
new trial fur the value of the boat, to tive ihe
whole arnountof the particular*, bf-mg I tub—To
this Mr. Serjeant Best assented — Verdict for the
t pb-'ntit]—Damage ,.£l t£.
| AVIS.
Norfolk, le .'» Ortobre, 1810.
T-ir un Af-rret, de sa Mojestiu l.'Lmpiieui d-s
f raaf'iis et l*«>i «!’ I*s»?ie &<•.
Arts. 8, y, 10, ! o, et id.
Amnistie est aocordee a tuns Sims Offuiers et
Soldats i!es troupes, de terra, et tie mer, et a. tons
gens de mer, tjt.i etoient m elat de drsei tion, soil
qut'h nyent etc rondatnr.es ou non, u iVpoquc de
la data ilu dit derret.
Le Mmistre PliTiipohntiare de France pri'-s “on
F.xceletice Monsieur le President des Puts Unis, i :it
Savior a ax ra'sertrnrs et refraruires designes par
les articles 10 «*t i6’, qn’a 1’edet d? ioiiir do beinfuii
| q ni 'ear est arrordi- par le dit dor ret, i!s doivent
; St* presenter dans le plus court delai, an Consul ou
i \ irc-Consul de Farrondiasement dans le qml, ils
resident, Lesqurls ltur presrrimnt Its formalites a
reniplir pour lour rentree sur le territoire de l'Eui
p're.
PAU ORDUE
j Le Vice Consul Ue France, k Norfolk, en Vir
i ginie.
*OSTER.
Land and Negroes for Sale.
On Wednesday the 21-th of October,
at the Ship Yard upon Chickahnnaony River,
"bout fourteen miles from Williamsburg and three
below Edloe’s Ferry, Will be Sold,
25 NEGROES,* Men, Women, and
Children—Also,
T he Stock of Horses, Cattle, Sheep,
Hogs, Farming Utensils, and Crops upon said Plan
tation vipon the following terms—one third in cash,
one third in six months, and the remainder in twelve
months ; bonds with approved security will he r e
quired for the two las’ paym-mts, la hear interest
from the date if not paid punctually, and a discount
of 7 1-2 per rent, per annum will he allowed for
prompt payment.
yit the .'.amp time wilt hr S'.ld,
The said PLANTATION,
containing about 823 1-^ acres of Led, one fourth
payable in cash, and the balance in equal annual in
stahiitnts, of one, two, nndthicc years j hand with
approved security bearing interest from the date if
not paid punctually, and also a deed of trust upon
the Land to insure punctual payment will be required
of the purchaser. „
Mr. James J/emlerssn, of Williamsburg, will su
perintend the sale of the above property in my ab
sence.
Samuel Griffin.
October 3. ow
Publick Sale of
MERINO SHEEP.
On Friday the 19th dny of October
next, being the third day of New Market Races,
at eight o’Clock in the morning, will be exposed
to Publick Sale,
Twenty Seven Full Blooded
merino sheep,
riz.
Six Rams and Twenty One Fv/cs.
They were lately imported in the Ship Powhatan,
Capt. PoythYess, from Lisbon, and will he toarran
ted to be of the genuine breed. The Sale will take
place at the Vendue Office pf Messrs. IV. IT H.
dlu.rall, and the Sheep can he seen at Rodin, by in
tending purchasers, at any time previous to the day
of sale.
1 erins—approved endorsed paper at four and six
months—— 1 he Ewes are all believed to be with Lamb
by a full blooded Merino R mi.
Jas. & John Dunlop.
Petersburg, Sept. 24. tds
Notes and Cheeks,
FOR BOTH BANKS, I
\Y ith other BLANKS, printed on Sufierfine IVove
_Pafler, for Sale at this Office.
Tayloc s Choice Malleable bar Iron,
will always he found for Sale at mv Warehouse.
It is considered the best Iron on the continent, and
none else is used at the Publick Manufactory of arms
here, when this can he obtained.
A constant and regular supply will he kept, and
for particular uses to complete any large order, it
can be drawn to any size on application to
, Arch’d M’Call.
P. S. IheNlaster Armourer informed me he sent
some of this Iron to Philadelphia, which makes as
fine steel as ever was seen, and that the guns made
from it surpass any ever made, and believed that if
they were loaded to the muzzle they would not burst.
Richmond, Aug. S>. Iaw4w
All persons are forewarned from
employing any of the Subscriber’s Negroes or har
bouring them, without making application to her;
and those t,iat have employed them heretofore are
requested to call and pay their hire.
Elizabeth Corprew,
Portsmouth, <Octob*r 1. 1 3*
'• • . . ... . -
VERY DOUpl'FULi
The Rritish.fldg »-%tng on the ra>tl« of Pensa
cola. Our information is derived from a gentleman
seventeen days from that quarter. This is no more
the reader will recollect* than we calculated opon in
■t former paper, and is probably the last act of de
, legated authority of the Spanish Junta, in favour of
ti.eir atawl friend and ally king George—Now we
may consol-- ourselves with having the British both
111 olir front and rear. They have now the master
key to the West India trade, and can, easily control
that of the Mississippi, '1 iiis might have been
| easily prevented, in our opinion, if our just hut I
too forbearing government find seized viet irmis I
on that part of West Florida which they claim. I
The forces under gen. Wilkinson on the Sabine,
would have been usefully emploverl on this occssion
and have secured to the United Slales advantages
which nre now more diflicult to be obtained.—r Au
gusta Chronicle, S:pt.2'Z.
! -’
From the X,u> York Evening Post.
\ Failure of the torpedoes /
i TVltox athwart uavsi;. — Gyimnr Lewis’s
I ‘ •■toughl-eiis tundt SkI.„iu’tries, and Torpedo expert
| f’t an nine days abortive experi
! 'neats, for some of toe committee required this time
| orop -ning their eves, it is discovered that the
i .voioe system is useless. A shin in 15 minutes can I
| mmpietsiy guard herseit. Mr. Fultm mud*- thr-.
, |>ri,m-,*,s with his cable cutter j mice li(
i it'd athwart the TirribleV* hawse, and the tide
r1'’ ™ ?tron^, there he hung till the crew ot
| !l;R Terrible lent a hand to clear him.-His
! Uv“ n'xt experiments were attempted in slick
| water hoth tailed. Ilis )>itn harpiinn tired at a !
target thirty feet, invariably strikes side-wavs.—
Hr, anchor torpedoes retuse ti> stand like sol
diMs “heads up” in the tide in East River, and
nre cimsi le re 1 as harmless as s.» many empty bread
'itureis.—For any ot f niton’s machines to take ef- j
lert, it is necessary to go within 20 feet of a snip ; j
and it was urged, as mi objection, that no men, in a I
(tmimnn boat, would undertake so dangerous jai
einpinyment; that the guns ht'a ship must itieviU- I
hly destroy them. Fulton considered the fire as a
trifle—“ Governor Lewis would find plough hoys
enough to do it.”
To convince >hem of their error, a boat was an
chored about 150 yards off, and pieces id' board put
in to represent Fulton and his plough hoys, and me
gun loaded with grape and canister, fired at them.
Four Fid ton’s representative had eighteen shot
though him, and each of the plough t oys eight
or ten ; the hoys had almost as m my stint
in as there could have been stowed handspikes.
—Mr. Fulton is now unprepared for further public
experiment, but I ani told intends to continue them
m pnvate these two years. Rut this l presume is
die last time the government will be troubled with
him, or you with TRIPLE.
* A terrible ugly gun-boat looking thing furnish
ed ly rapt. Chauncey, and anchored in the (ream
ior the purpose, with a part ot a Ingate’s condemn
ed cable.
From the London Courier, of August 4.
PIUVV COUNCIL APPEAl.S.
On Saturday the lords commissioners of appeals
in prise causes finished th.-ir sittings for the session,
and previous to their adjournment, they gave judg
ment tn various reserved cases of great importance.
One of them especially, which we have pleasure m
reporting was ot the greatest interest to the friends
of liberty and humanity, and its division was such
as we doubt not will give great and equal satiefacu
on in this country and America.
Cc.se o/ the Amalie, .1 anus Johnson, master.
Ihis was a vessel under American colours, with
slaves from Africa, captured in December 180/, in
the West Indies, and -’.irried into Tortola. 'Foe cl rl
mant pretended that she wag hound to Chari, ston,
(S. C.) where the importation ol slaves continued to
be lawful to the end of that year ; but having h-en
detained on the coast, and there being no prospect
of reaching Charleston before the 1st day of Janu
ary, 1808, the period appointed for the ression of
the slave trade in every part of the Lnind States,
by H law of the General Congress, the master ol
necessity, bore away fur the Island of Cuba, there to
wait orders from It is owners.
It wascontended on the other hand by the raptor,
that tins statement was a ntere pretence, end that in
truth the original plan of the voyage was a desti
nation to Cuba, which was unlawful, under the A
mericait laws, long previous to their general aboliti
on n! the slave trade.
/summing, nowever, me case so told, it was stre
nuously contended for the claimant, limt a British !
court of prize had no right to take any cognizance
»>f American municipal law, and as no belligerent
I light of this country had been violated, the proper
ty ought to be restored to the neutral owner. A se
nes id precedents seemed to support this doctrine.
The ship was condemned at Tortola, and the en
slaved Alncans were, according to our abolition
| act, restored to their freedom; but the domain
appealed, and the liberty of the Africans, as well
as the property of the ship, depended on the issue
of this appeal. *'
I The case was solemnly argued in March last,
and as in the opinion of the court, it turned on the
j new question, of the effect of the American and Bri
tish abolition acts on this species of contraband
| commerce, when brought before a court of prize,
the case on account ot its importance, has stood
over for judgment. Several other of American slave
ships have also stood over as depending on the same
general question.
On Saturday the judgment of the court was deli
vered by Sir Wni. Grant, the master of the rolls,
nearly in the following terms:
■ “ This ship must be considered as being employ
ed at time of capture, in carrying slaves from the
coast of Africa to a Spanish colony. We think that
this was evidently the original plan and purpose ol
the voyage, notwithstanding the pretence set up to
veil the true intention. The claimant, however,
who is an American, complains of the capture, .ami
demands from us the restitution of property, ol
which he ulledges he has been unjustly dispossessed.
“ In all the former cases of this kind which ha\t
come before this court, the slave trade was liahl
to considerations ver.y different from those whirl
belong to it now. It bati at that time bet-u probi
biteJ (as far as rMpeefeJ carrying slaves to tT»eg#«.
l®fe« °f (anign' natrons) by America ; but by oar
Own laws it was still allowed. It appeared to ust
therefore, difficult to consider the prohibitory law
of America in any other light than as one of thns*
municipal regulations of ^foreign state of which
!H* emut contd not take any cognizance.
“ But by ttjf alteration winch has since taken
place the question standi orr riilferent grounds, and
is open to the application ot very different princi
ples. The slave trade imv has been totally abolish
ed by this counlrv, and our legislature ha» pronoun*
red it to be contrary to the principles of justice arut
humanity. Whatever we might think as individu
als before, we could not, silting as judges in a Bri
tish court of justice, regard the trade in that light
while our own laws permitted it. But we can novr
assert, that the trade cannot, abstractedly speaking,
have a legitimate existence.
“ When I say abstractedly speaking, F mean that
this country has *•> right to rontroul any foreran
legislature that may think fit to dissent from this
.doctrine, and to permit to its own subjects prose
cution of this trade ; but we have now a right to
affirm that prima j'tstie the trade is illegal, npd thus
to throw on the claimants the burden of prbftf that,
in respect of (hem, by the authority of tlrek own
laws, it is otherwise. As the case now stands, wa
think we are entitled to sav, that a claimant can
have no right upon principles of universal law, to
claim the restitution in a Prize Court of human be
ings carried »s his slaves. Me most shew some
right that has been violated by the capture, some
properly of which he h is been dispossessed, and tn
which he ought to be restored. In this case, the
laws of the claimant's country allow of no right of
property sorb ? s he claims. Thereon therefore be
no tight to restitution. The e^psequeoce is, that
the judgment nruil lie affirmed.”
ARRIVED.
Srh’r ItDing States, New. ornb, 4 flays from New " '
\ oik. Of Willoughby Point vestei'dav, poised »
fure-top-suil srhouner bottom tip, with oval mould
ings round the rabbin windows, and new fore vard.
Scb’r Norfolk, Dtagle, 2(5 hours from IGlli
more.
Srh’r Friendship, Averil, 2 days from N>wr
York.
'J im ship Thomas, 45 cUvs from London, bound
to Ualtimore, went tip the bav last night.
The ship Julia, M nva’t, of tins port, has arrived
at Charleston from St. U!>es.
Black’s Packet will sail for Alexan
dria TOMORROW.,. Oct. 10.
FOR S.\LK,
On Friday next the 112th instant, on
Commerce-Street Wharf,
thk t.OUD
Brio- VICTORY,
Six years rid, 166 tons, well found,
and in excellent order, ready to receive a cargo—
Terms 3, 6, and 9 months.
AUo on name day,
l TU r (KXJI)
Schooner ATHENS,
In complete order and well found,
built in June last chiefly of live oak, will make at>
excellent river craft, carrying 480 barrels under
deck.—Inventory to he seen at
Moses Myers &: Son’s.
October 10. 1
British Canvas.
13(7 pieces assorted Numbers,
For Sale by
J \MES DYKES & CO.
A-float,
"00 barrels Superfine Flour.
October IQ. 3
LAN1>1N<,
tMs Day at Comt'.r? ce-~ireM,
ij»
GALLEGOS FLOll’R,
And r fell’ «
Firkins choice Mountain' BUTTER.
J.tXiES (ir.RUO.V.
October 10- 2
LANDING
From on board thr Rlib.g .V?o<r.», Cnfit. Aeactmb,
from -Xew-York,
6.) barrels Apple Brandy,
50 do. prime Pork,
3 casks GOsswire, containing TumMttj^ Decan
ters. Goblets, Wine Gl. -t-’s, &c.
1 box Pi.iviiig Cords, l da. Ink Powder,
t or Sale by
William Pen nock,
tf ’V
October 10.
Columbian Mill FLOUR,.
Equal to any. now manufactured in the United
States—For Sale by
C. & F. Whittle,
Who have
A few barrels MEAL, fresh "round;
' 1' u t, O 1
I*or Sole. .
October 10. • 3
THE SUBSCRIBER 7\
OJfersfor Sale or Hem, his PLtntatun near Uanfi
ion, known by the name of
WEST POINT, formerly the property
of Ca/U. Pitts Herbert, deceased; there is on tht9
place a good two story Dwelling, Kitchen, mid eve
ry necessary Out-House, very convenient for Fish
and Oysters, end as to the situation none is equal to
it in this part of the country—there is likewise a
good Wind-Mill which is very profitable. For
terms apply to.the Subscriber, or Richard Barrt
Portsmouth.
William Forsyth.
October 10._ If .•_>
IVANTBD TO PURCHASE,
A Negro WOMAN or GIRL,
That can come well recommended, for such a libe*
ral price will b$ ^iven. Apply to the Editor.
October 10. 3
• We are authorised-to say, that '
the MERINO SIIREP advertised for **le 3j|
tersburg on the 19th instant, are in rcu artflWSf '
line health, and that although they havti l.teu i n,
ported nearly two month*, not oue death ha* Ui.cn
place, among them. ' . v’ 1 .
October 10. / 2