Norfolk gazette and publick ledger — Norfolk [Va.], 1810-03-07 00:00:00, page 3

piirapvvw i/ppfriw «/*w^r
will forthwith repair from hit
to
enter upon the exercise of his '
Yesterday ctmedo ww 'esepfess, 'Mr. Pnwejl-^Jiwi
aulteof the A merlcaty Embassy, and sailed In an
hired cutter directly f< r,Moi hdx, having been reftis
•ed a landing at'CJufe.
Charleston, March 1.
The thip Cato, captain Phillips, arrf'ved at dlls
iterday in 48 davs from tire Trie of Wight;
port yesterday
To the politeness of a commercial house in Jins ci
ty, the editors of the Courier are indebted for a re
gular file of the London Morning Chronicle from
the 1st of December to the 6th of January, inclusive ;
brought by- this arrival. From these papers we have
made the extracts m the preceding columns. It
may be observed, that the Morning Chronicle is an
anti ministerial paper, we cannot expect to find in it
the language of the government as respects the rup
ture of the negotiations between our administration
and ML Jar It son. The few remarks on the subject
however, which these papers furnish, we hive giv
en in this day’a paper. When the article from tho
National Intelligencer was first published In London,
it wilijbe seen th ,t the language of this paper was ve
ry warm against the ministry 5 but after the corres
pondence appeared, very little is said on the subject.
From Captain Phillips we learn, verbally, that the
conduct of Mr. J-ckson was approved hy the govern
ment, and apparently by the people of England, al
though there were many persons who thought him
anninfit person to have sent to this country, owing to
the existing prejudice against him, and the k.11 >wn
warmth of his temper.
Oar papersfurnishus with no political news of great
Importance.
.Mr. Powell, an American Messenger, probably
dispatched by Mr. Pinkney with Intelligence of the
rupture of the negotiations betwetn this country mid
England, and who sailed from the Downs in a cartel
for.Culais, had returned, not being permitted to land
•t that place. He was given to understand that Mor
laix was the only port open for cartels. And he
Sailed again on the 3d January far the latter pert.
Bounaparte h is di'-solved his marriage with the
Empress Josephine. She is td retain the rank of
“ Empress Queen crowned,” with an annuity of
two millions of livres. The daughter of the king of
Saxony has been mentioned as the probable success
or to Josephine.
THE PUBLICK LEDGER.
Thursday horning, march 8, mo.
Our paper was ready for press yesterday, and
would have been published at the usual hour, when
'Captain Halt, In the fust-sailing packet Pioughboy,
arrived from Charleston, bringing us papers of that
city, which contain London intelligence down to the
61A •/'January. It has been so long since we had ad
vieesjfrom England, and*more particularly none
since the information of the rupture with Mr. Jrck
son had reached that country, that we determined
to postpone our publication until this morning, in or
der to give the contents of the papers which we have
teceived, which we have done.
It will she obvious that the articles re-published
from the London papers, relative to this country are
merely speculative. Taking, however, the general
complexion of these papers, we think it is easy to in
fer that Great-Britain is not disposed to take any
hostile step in consetpience of the suspension of Mr.
Jackson’s functions ; at all events not Until the meet
ing of Parliament. The truth we believe is, that
the new ministry do not wish to meet the nation in
parliament, with the increased calamity of a war
with this country.
We wish our resdefs to notice the immense num
ber of vessels that arrived in London in one day
from Holland ; those arrivals furnish us with a good
commentary upon our tion-interccurse and embargo
texts. These vessels have licences to load wbh Bri
tish manufactures and colonial produce, and return
to Holland! Some of our wise-heads will say “ how
is all this?” These wise ones may be assured, th.-t
they have yet much to learn, as their unfortunate
and infatuated constituents will find before long.
Revenue.—The treasury whs overflowing ; it is
empty. The discoverin'’ of the muse should l><? the
index of thecure. Mr. Adams found a competent
treasury, drairied and replenished it. Me dra tted it
by useless military expenses and the destruction til
our commerce with France and Spain and their de
pendencies. It was replenished by the destruction
of useless military expense* and the reslorul.cn til
this commerce. Mr. .teilers^n w sely saw and con -
tributed to the rtireof Mr. Adams’ disease, and then
became infested with it himself; -ast as whi>s im
bibed loryistn from prete.iirg miuistr.es in Jinn
land. He destroyed our rnmn.erre with Kn gland
and created useless military expenses. Mr. Ma.it
son being also infe< led, was uti'it to cure llie sum.!*
disease in Mr. Jetiersw, wliirh Mi. Jcfletson cored
in Mr. Adams. Doctors seldom understand their
own maladies *, but when in health themselves, all
docturs. agree that the same'disease requires the
same treatment It is worthy of remark, that Mr.
Jefferson’s fray with l’.ngland, has had an effect up
on the treasury infimtrly more mischievous than
Mr. Adams with Fiance, which b*a dear demon
stration of the quarter in which our most valuable
commerce lies. Whilst the causes remain the cure
is absolutely impossi' le, and congress are striving
against nature. The academy of L.ngado became
more persevering as the state M BiloiWbi became
more ruinous. Will congress emulate its obstina
cy ? The projector who removed lord Milch mi's mill
from the stream to the mountain, in order to raise
up the water by machines, tor the sake of giving it
greater velocity, persisted in the opinion that it was
an excellent contrivance,'frustrated hv the mods of
execution. W ill the embargo prij?< -:*r# emulate
theirs ? Spirit of 7<i‘.
The Aurora repres-nts that for thirteen long
years,'the constant efforts of the federalists wsr* to
procure « a surrender of the commerce anti tie manu
facture* of our home* U> En^tamt." if this be true,
)t proves indeed, what l.un-L-is we are, compared
with thedemoernts. IhiriUg the whole pe.iod that
tbefeder*Ktt» bad Che tn jnegemenl of our affairs,
pnd laboured, it serins, t* surrender to England ogr
tonlflierfe, tltolcuihinerrc, in spueol their exrrti
. nos, continued to im reass in erratic unexampled.—
On lbs qlher hand*st»rrely two -years'had elapsed
^®r|N' w*»U, at tKp end of that pet ind found them-'
■clVea a hundred , turn* tori bar ffou* the if. <rtj«c(
than when they begun. •
U. S: Gai.
From He Federal Republican.
Communication.
THE CASE QF MR. LIVISOSTON.
Of Mr, Jefferson's delermiued hostility to the ve
ry spirit of the constitution, we have had much
more ample and derisive testimony than is display
ed in the letter to Mazzei. The return of Callen
der's tine, after it had been paid into the treasury
<>f the United States under a legal sentence, to gra
tify an infamous associate whom he dared nut af
front ; the unauthorised expenditures on the Ber
ceau, to please a power to which he was devoted ;
the attack upon the judiciary through the name et
judge Marshall, to indulge the malignity of person!
disappointment; and many othei equally culpable
actions, concur to sliow an implacable spirit of op
position to the principles •( that venerable instru
ment, which he so audaciously stigmatized fcs a
“ Uillmutioii tie " But to attack the inestimable
right of a trial by jury, to overturn the solemn ad
judication of judirial tribunal, arid to deprive a ci
tizeii of bis property, in consequence oi the opinion
of an attorney general, were acts from which we
might have supposed his cuwurd nerves would have
shrunk.
nut ine case, which I am *tiow about to detail,
wifl'show thitt lie is at least entitled to the merit oi
consistency; like Mil cheat h be is a knave to tbe
last. I rtcommend tins case to the deliberate con
: sidt ration ot the people «f the United Slates. 1
I conjure ihtm to divest their reflections of parly
,u rMS,l aside that slavish submission with
whnh they have implicitly hailed this baleful mete
or as one id the bright stars of democracy. It is
not ior myself that I speak. Mr. Jefferson Can do
me no harm. For him and his friends, from the
Spanish pensioner down to the Calcutta colonel, 1
entertain a cordial contempt, which must, at all
times, prevent me from acting under the impulse of
ear. Hut I do fear for my counti v. lam not ashum*
eil loconle. s that I tremble, when i reflect upon what
must be the situation of those who shall succeed us,
it we allow such acts to receive tbe sanction of pre
cedent.—'1 he case is this :
At the time when Louisiana was reded to the
United States by the etnperotu of France, a certain
J ihn Gravier, an inhabitant of -that country, was
possessed of a farm adjoining the rity of New Or
leans, which lie or his ancestors had held by virtue
of a legal grant, fo/ nearly eighty years. This
land bordered cn the river Mississippi, and it was
aunually eocreased by deposits of‘land and mud,
which were occasioned by the inundations of the ri
ver. These additions or alluvions were loo incou
! suierabie to be hanked in; but some persons, who
foresaw advantages, which would arise at a future
period, purchased parts of them from Mr. Gravier.
The assignments were regularly matlabefore the no
tary of the government, whose duly it was to pas^
no sales where tbe vender did not show a title. The
tnliabftants ot tbe city, for a long time, had been
permitted to carry off sand from tins allpvion, to
be used in building houses, but upon being restiain
ed in tlm exercise of this liberty, the city cm porti
on claimed as a right wiiat the citixens had hither
to enjoyed through the inattention or indulgence ol
the proprietor. Mi. Gravier accordingly instituted
a suit in the supreme court ot the territory of Or
ieaifs against the mayor, aldermen and inhabitants
oi the city ot New Orleans, to quiet the ptuiutitf' in
the possession p/ the altuiiuu limit, or Hat tore, font
ing the suburb of St. Mart/. After his case fiad
been three tiui’-s discu&sed, fiis rights were confirm
ed by the unanimous decision of the judges, and be
was put in quirt possession of the land.
To a plain Unsophisticated mind, which had not
penetrated the regions of modern philosophy, to ex
plore “ the equal and exact rights of men,” it
might appear that Mr. Gravier was now the lawful
possessor of this laud. So thought Mr. Living
stom; but be was woefully mistaken. 11? pur
chased a part of the proper for uLoul 80,000 del
bars, paid a considerable sum on tbe purchase, and
then touiul there was another “ bar ot public lea
son,’ than that wjuch the law provided and to
which Gravier had successfully appealed. Mr. Jrt
ferson had begun to discover that the people were
not so much pleased with prairie dogs as he was ;
and he was likewise not a little uneasy about the
salt mountain, which he had expected to find in this
new land of promise. Claiborne knew this too ;
and he also had ingenuity enough to discover that
his popularity was rather in the wane, and that
some strenuous effort was necessary to prevent tbe
total loss of it.
in- puimiimiru uicuumifi oi me town anu iniorm
e.ltntm, that the judgment nt the Suprwm* court
was not conclusive, and that he had laid all the rvi
deuce lie rnuld collect «n the subject of aiiiflictipg
chums, before the president of the United Suies.
Mr. Livingston happened to have some old fashion*
ed notions about justice and law, which taught him
that no tribunal could investigate the proceedings
of it soperinur court, ami believing that the presi
dent was not ytt above the law, he felt no uneasi
ness about “ the Uuprolitable contest, of trying
which party could'do the other the most Itarm.”
He began to make improvements on the property,
which he claimed under the deed of the owner and
the judgment of the. highest legal tribunal of the
land. The corporation of New-Orleans, foiled in
their at tempt, passed an art reding their right to
.the United -Stales, and the marshal accordingly
drove Mr. Livingston'and his workmen off the land.
All the improvements, which had been commenced
were necessarily abandoned and are now probably
destroyed. Mr. Livingston has appealed to con
gress, and it is to be hoped, that the him u *o ftir
removed from the eye* of the misguided tads of
the late administration as to enable them to enforce
the senUnce of* legal tribunal "and qdiet the claim
ant in the possession of his probity.
Vi*m» of Franco tovmrfi, tfr Umtal%atv and Spa
Ex (feet from the summary of - Mr. FontanoeV
Speech to the Uitieiatiuo body [of jtbieft he is
president] UMwalwNs ■**& *0>*% j
“ in »p««ktng of Spain and PoiMgal, the pnai
**wJfeii»*'iM>, will support he/
work—unless the’United Stales get so- fur misled uj
'toOMie h crpnoioncHtwe vmhGrest-Buraiu.:’,11
(Path tullkiste,.Dteenkr 15, 1&U9.>
Congress of the United. Slates.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Thursday, M»rrh 1. " , *
Mr. Rhea called up bis resolution laid on the ta
bic some days since. The object of these resoluti
ons is to instruct the committee of ways and means
to enquire into the expediency of laying additional
duties on all goods, Wales, and merebatldise, the
growth, produce, or inanuluclute of Great-Britain
sird I-ranee, snd their dejfcndencics, imported into
tits# I I SS I ft Ail WI . ■ • .m ^
the United States.
Mr. Potter was opposed to the reference. After
iotne conversation on the neceesily and piopriely of
the.-eresolutions—
On motion of Mr. Livermore they were ordered
to lie on the table.
1 he speaker luid before the house a onminunica
tion trout the secietary ol state covering alt opinion
ul the attorney general on the right of the United
Stales to the Butiure, and sundry documents rela
tive thereto.
n jejmn nom me treasurer ol the United States,
covering a number of accounts, laid on the table.
On motion of Mr. Fisk the house resumed the
• onsucTation of the unlitusiiecKbusiness «i jester*
day. On the question to crant the committee of
the whole house leave to sit again it was negatived.
Mr. Poindexter, after some prefatory observati
ons, offered a resolution authorising the persons or
their legiil representatives who were ejected frpin the
batture at New-Orleane, to institute a suit against
the mayor ot Oileuns, who is created defendant for
the express purpose ol defending the right Of the ti
nned States to said batture, iii the district court of
New-Orlehus. The decisiuu of the court is to Le
subject to tevisal.
Ordered to lie on the table.
On motion of Mr. Clay, (he house resolved itseK
into committee of the whole—Mr. Mitnor in the
chair—on the bill authorising a detachment of the
militia of the United States.
AHKIVEDs
Sc.h’r Colin Clark, Long, 13 days from Havanna,
Sugar, C. & F. Whittle.
Sch’r Mermaid, Huck, 8 days from Boston.
Sch’r Holla, Curtis, 28 days from Jamaica, Fruit,
to the Master.
Brig Sally, Kennard, 1* days from Portsmouth,
M. h. Boards, Hay, See. James Dykes Sc Co.
Brig Potowmuc, Blinn, 7 days from New Haven.
Sch'r Plough boy, Hall, 4 days from Charleston.
iVru> York, February 27.
Arrived, the schooner Amanda, Davison, 8 days
from Charleston.— Feb. 23d, ii; Ut. 37, 13, long.
74, fell in with the wreck ot a Virginia pilot boat
built acboonrr, with an Aligator head,painted green,
a trunk companion, mainmast gone, and hanging
to the s de, with the rigging on it ; jib-boom carri
ed away, the inside of the vessel painted yellow j
the vessel laden with mahogany, and full of water,
her hoots gone, found iii the cabin, two drowned
men, took Horn them their shuts, one marked \S
S No. 6, the other \V. S. No. () ; and a towel
marked L. M. with red silk. Took from the wreck
2 ancliois and some rigging.
109 hogsheads Muscovado SUGAR,
of superior quality,
25 puncheons Windward island RUM—Landing
this day and for sale by
C. & F. Whittle.
BILLS on New-York.
March 7. tf
This Day landing on Newton’s wharf, trout the
Schooner Alrmutd, Capt. Buck,
20 pipes choice Country GIN,
20 hogsheads N. E. Rum,
S pipes Bordeaux Brandy,
40 bundles Hay, in prime order, which came un
dec deck.
Also, from the Scho tier Friendship, Capt. Ryder,
100 barrels Boston No. 1, BEEF,
75 boxes Mould Candles,
• 50 do. Brown Soup,
30 do. Chocolate,
400 Rheatns Wrapping Paper—all of which will
be sold low on a generous credit by
Martin Fisk.
March 7. 3
CHERRY TREES.
The Subscriber lias just received
and for sale,’ a quantity of CHERRY TREES of
choice quality, and in excellent condition.
Application to lie made to ANDREW MARK, at
his Garden on Smith’s Point, who will warrant
them in excellent condition, and give any informa
tion necessary to their cultivation.
March 7. tf
WANTED lO fUKCriASh,
A NEGRO WOMAN,
That can Cook, Wash, and Iron. Appl
Printer. March 7.
FOR SALE.
wdwKjSW The copper bottomed Schooner
Mtgg&L ABELA,
now in good order and ready for the reception of a
cargo, now lying at Williamson's wharf.
In Store at Ah. l», Wide Water-Street,
50,000 wt. Prime Green COFFEE.
JOHN R. WJCWARNT.
March 7. 3
83“ The Inhabitants ot iCortolk are
respectfully informed, That during the summer en
suing, a supply of JUNIPER WATER taken from
the heat springs, and in barrel# of Juniper, wilt be
finished etthe head ef CantpbcU’u wharf every
may be
Note*,*
months.
March 7.
^ r.7T ^ ■ -■ r ■" a J ■ ■ - III. .-5 ■
On Saturday the lOfch instant; if
if not, the Monday folhnihg, at
hr Sold m puUKck A „«»,»«, «Mi»;«a
JohnGranbery, Esq,Gospnru , *,s^
FrSm 30 to 40,000 fretof d
MAHOOANYj- ;: Si
bring part of the C^rpo rf the khip A*»««jfl
Thompson, from the Bay of Honduras, h#
London, put into this port in distress, and *
acc< tint of the owners. underwriters, her
- of the owners, under writers* or tStiorf.
Terms made known at the time and.pLce of i
Vt'm. lVnnockJBkVjtf,
hfarch 7. * , . ■>, •.
"To UK soldM:/; *
On Thursday the 20th inmirt, at lO
o’ch.et, at tlie Exchange Ccffre-Mouse, all that
Lot, Piece, or Parcel of LA"K0|:
containing by estimation five acre* and 76?
feet, lie the same more or less, situate, l>
IminR in the parish of Elizabeth river and
Norfolk, on ivlizabeth river, commonly,
k'“ >y tin* i* -n.t .,f ihe DISTILLERY, (oacepO
so-litucit thereof as was sold and r—11—* —
Citliis to Thohiak-Price.) The abive'
in pursuance of a Deed of Trust, whbrel
mentioned property is conveyed by!1u«» ,
James Calli* and Ann his wife unto us, fort,
pose of securing a debt -due by him the mb_.
Callis to Tlhmi.s Warren, A more particular
cription of the property may be«een hy reference ™
the deeds tinder which the same is claimed, «y>»—^
■naming recorded in Norfolk County f~“ ’
ferred to m the aforesaid Deed of Tfw.« , „ T m
will be made in pursuance of the Act of Assemblriia &
such case provided, and the situation of the pro*
will be more fully explained on the day of safe?
The Trustees.
March 7. Ida fcfe
.m
To be Sold on Monday the ldtfe t
March next, in the town of Portsmouth,’* ^
the Court-H use,
A TRACT of LAND,
Containing about sixty acres, lvingand being s
in Norfolk County, in the Parish of Elizabeth.!
on Broad Creek, formerly the property of Em„.MJ
Jac.oiiiie, said by virtue of « deed intrust, given]
the lute Charles S. Bmish ; the nct of assembly n<
in force as it respects “ executions, deed*
trust, See.” to govern the sale. This place is abofit
three miles from Norfolk by land or water ; the**
are on the premises a Dwelling-House, Orchard,
and other improvements. ■
James Davvley, Trustee.,
February 1?. Ids «• -
mu CHARTER,
The Brig SALLY, -
N. KrnD„(d, master, burthen 174 too*.
And fur Sale on board the mtid Brig, ™ W>
2atons HAY,
12,000 feet Pine Boards,
' .f
83. Grindstones., >4
i
James Dykes & Cd.
M
March 7. if }
MARTIN FISK, , r
Will commence landing to-morrow on Southgate'*!
wharf, the Cargo of the Ship United States, cap.
tain Harding, from Gottenburg, consisting of
l SO tor.s SWEDES’ 1 RON, y
handsomely assorted in square and flat liars, of vsri
ons sizes, which will he sold on very accommodating
terms in lots to suit purchaser*. \
March 5. S '
#
MULES for Sale.
IS likely MULESiit goodcowlitioo,'
from tlireo to four years old, well broken to the hpr
ness, to lie seen In James Taylor's yard, opposltft
fUUn.Hull- TlllVOA IbKa nu Lal.k'W < i
the Town-Hall. Those whoaredeiireu* of
sing will do well by applying immediately
Maxwell's Wharf. ^ ■
Also for Sole on board Schimner Oriop,
Street Wharf,
Hay, Oats, Pork and Beef, and a
quantity of Cheese. Apply a* above.
. March 5. - 9*
For SALE—AJhat,
mmm
500 bbls. superfine Ale*ai
8000 bushels Liverpool coarse Bah*
Mackinder $c
March S.
• - tf
. — ■ ■ ■ till's .III.
FOR SALE,
cads of Prune'
TOBACCO,
ot neaey weights! particularly selected,
a ship that was Riled up before these
Jokn
March .1. .*•»*»«. *-**!
■ i. ...j.i. | ■'lintnyi
FOR SALE,
20 bbls. Rye Whiskey, part
31 boxes Brown Sugar, eery superior
16 barrel* do. do. ' inferiouf
3r do. Smithfield Pork,
Fine end i*)perhoc Floor* Richmtx
Merck 3,
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