Kentucky gazette ([Lexington, Ky.]), 1809-04-18 00:00:00

KENTUCKY GAZETTE.
VOL. XXII. NO. 1225.
BY DANIEL BRADFORD, PRINTER.
TUESDAY, APRIL 18. 1809.
THE KENTUCKY GAZETTE is published weekly, at Two Dollars per annum, paid in advance; or Three Dollars to be paid at the expiration of the year.
All letters addressed to the Editor must be postpaid otherwise they will not be attended to.
SALT-PETRE.
THE highest price given in Cash for Salt-Petre by Charles Wilkins. Lexington, 2nd April, 1809.
JOSEPH HAMILTON DAVEISS, Attorney, will resume his practice—He resides in Lexington. All letters to him must be postpaid. Feb'y. 15th. 1809.
DOCTOR JOSEPH BUCHANAN will practice Physic in Lexington and its vicinity.—He keeps his shop where Mr. Pope formerly kept his office. Feb'y. 15th. 1809.
DOCTOR JOSEPH BOSWELL has removed to Lexington, and will Practice Medicine in all its branches. He lives in the new brick house on Main street, next door to Benjamin Stuart. May 16th. 1808.
CASH given for HEMP, by Fisher & Sutton.
Who wish to hire 16 Negro Boys, from 12 to 16 years old, for a term of years. Lexington, 3d Feb. 1808.
To be Sold or Rented,
A NEW and very convenient two story Brick House, on Main-Street, next door to the Rev. Adam Rankin. For particulars apply to the subscriber. if 73 E. Sharpe.
Wanted to contract for one thousand bushels Stone Coals, delivered at this place—Apply to Gabbett Banks. Lexington Nov. 28 1808.
Hart, Barton & Hart, WANT to purchase Ten Thousand Gallons of Whiskey, and from Four to Five Hundred Hogsheads of Tobacco. March 13th. 1809.
FOR SALE—TWO NEGRO WOMEN, used to house work, on six months' credit, the purchaser giving negotiable notes with an approved endorser. Enquire of the printer.
Garet and Mills, HAVE received, and are now opening in the store house of Mr. Alexander Parker, opposite the court house, a large assortment of MERCHANDIZE, which they are disposed to sell on reasonable terms. Cash given for same. Lexington, February, 1809.
I WANT to employ a Miller who understands Merchant and Country work, and also can manage a saw mill occasionally. To such a man who can come well recommended, good wages will be given, and constant employ, at my mills on Boon's Creek, Fayette county. Jeremiah Rogers. Feb'y. 16. 1809.
Postlethwait's Tavern, Lexington, Ky. on Main street, corner of Limestone street, lately occupied by Mr. J. Wilson. J. POSTLETHWAIT has removed to his old stand, where every exertion will be used to accommodate those who please to call on him. January 20. 1809.
From New-Orleans. HAVANNA brown SUGAR. Do. lump do. Louisiana brown do. 1st quality, COFFEE, and RICE. For Sale by JAMES WIER. November 7, 1808.
FLOUR, Pork & Whiskey. I WISH to contract for a quantity of the above mentioned articles, to be delivered at Natchez, Fort Adams, &c. as early as practicable. James Morrison. Lexington, October 19th. 1808.
I WILL give the highest price in cash, for SALT-PETRE, delivered in this place, or at the store of William Miller, in Glasgow. Robert Miller. Lexington Jan. 30th. 1809.
I wish to hire fifteen likely healthy NEGRO MEN, to work at the Little Sandy Salt works, the present year, and will bind myself to clothe them well, and pay high wages to their owners. The time of service to commence on the 10th day of March next, and to end on the 1st January ensuing—for further particulars apply to G. Timberlake in Paris, Jeremiah Neave in Lexington, or the subscriber. Alfred W. Grayson.
NOTICE. I WISH to sell that eligible situation for country seat, one and a half miles from Lexington, formerly occupied by Joshua Humphreys, containing sixty acres of Land, on which is a fine Apple and Peach Orchard, eight acres of good Timothy Meadow, a Well of Water equal to any in the country. For further particulars enquire of the subscriber, near the premises. Geo. Teyarden. Note. If sale is not made before the 15th March, it will be for RENT. C T
Just received, and for sale at this office, Price—$7 12 1/2 cents. A few copies of the Life of the late REVEREND JOHN GANO; Written chiefly by himself. Those who wish to purchase, would do well to apply immediately.
Take Notice, THAT on the 17th day of April next, at the late dwelling house of Ann Taylor, dec. in Clarke county, will be exposed to public sale, a large stock of Horses, Cattle, Sheep and Hogs, a quantity of Farming Utensils, Grain, one barrel of good old Brandy, one of Liqueur, one of Whiskey; also a number of other articles too tedious to mention, on a credit of twelve months—the purchaser giving bond with approved security, for all sums over $4—and all sums of that amount or under, the money to be paid down. Due attendance will be given by George Taylor, Ex. March 25th. 1809.
Charles Biddle, jun. No. 14, South Front-street, Philadelphia, HAS FOR SALE SEVENTY-FIVE PACKAGES OF CALICOES & CHINTZES, besides a very large and handsome assortment of British and India GOODS, which he will sell upon the most moderate terms.
Patent Hemp & Flax breaking Machine. THE subscribers have purchased the right for the state of Kentucky of Thomas Colbourn's Patent for a machine, for breaking hemp and flax. One of those machines is now in operation on Maddox Fisher's farm, near this place, and is found admirably to answer the purpose for which it was intended. A machine with two breaks, is worked by one horse, with ease, and requires six hands to attend it. One of the great advantages of this machine is, that it can be attended by women or boys, instead of men, and that a woman or boy can clean double the quantity of hemp or flax, which the most able-bodied man could do in the same time with a common hand-break.
A further account of the machine is deemed unnecessary, as it is presumed that those desirous of purchasing rights, will wish to satisfy themselves by seeing it in operation. Individual rights at twenty dollars, or rights for whole counties, may be procured by applying to either of the subscribers. Maddox Fisher, Joseph Bouswell, David Sutton, John Fisher, Geo. Laws.
HAVING been called upon to state our opinion of a machine for breaking hemp and flax, which we saw in operation on Mr. Maddox Fisher's farm, we hesitate not to declare that we view it as an important acquisition to our state, and therefore recommend it to the attention of every farmer who cultivates either hemp or flax. The construction of the machine is simple, and does not appear likely to get out of order. We suppose that one of those machines having two breaks, and moved with ease by one horse, might be built for about 30 or 40 dollars. We have no hesitation in stating that hemp may be broken in much greater quantities with the same labour, and with ease to the hands employed, and that much delay, severe labour, and considerable expense might be saved to hemp raisers by the erection of these machines. T. T. Barr, Wm. W. Wareley, C. Coles, Bushrod Bouswell, Robert R. Barr. Lexington, April 8th. 1809.
THE assignees of John Jordan, and hereby call upon all persons indebted to him, whether upon account, note, or otherwise, to settle the same. Those who have claims on him, are requested to bring them forward, that they may be liquidated or adjusted. Mr. William Macbean is authorised to act as agent for the assignees. By order of the assignees. Lexington, September 19, 1808.
Ten Dollars Reward.
BELOVED from Rossowell Johnson's (on Roanoke, Montgomery county, Virginia) where she was raised, this sixteenth, a Negro Woman, named Rachel, about eighteen or nineteen years of age, straight and wellmade, about five feet three inches high, low forehead, a rather dull countenance, though tolerable pique, and remarkably diffident, and seldom speaks, but when she does, it is accompanied with a simple smile, which appears the effects of bashfulness; she has remarkable white sound teeth, which she shows when she speaks; she has been raised to house work chiefly; can cook, wash, and spin cotton or wool exceedingly well; she was raised at Genl. Preston's on a New river, and all her family live in that neighbourhood; she was never out of the country until her escape, and has left her husband who belongs to me, and whom she lived with in apparent content. It is supposed that she has been persuaded off by some white man who has induced her to believe he would give her freedom, and take her to some other state, where I make no doubt but she will be sold; it is believed they will make to some of the western states, probably Tennessee or Natchez, or Kentucky. I cannot exactly tell what clothing she had, as she was hired out, but I understand she took with her a yellow linsey habit, a dark chamber, and a white muslin do. with several other articles of clothing. We have reason to believe she was disguised in a boy's habit, as she had mentioned to some of her companions that a proposition of this kind had been made to her by a white man that had promised her freedom to go with him, but said she had no thoughts of it. I will give the above reward if taken in the country, or for giving such information that she may be regained; and if a greater distance, I will pay in proportion, besides paying all reasonable charges in bringing her to the subscriber, living in Montgomery, Virginia. Eliza Madison. March 19th. 1809.
DRAGON.
THIS justly celebrated and unequalled horse of his race, whose claim to superiority is not questioned, is now in my stable (in high health and good condition) where he stood the two last seasons, and will stand the ensuing under the direction and management of Mr. George Sourbrey jr. He will be let to mares at the moderate price of Forty Dollars the season, to be discharged at any time before the first day of September next, by the payment of Thirty Dollars; Twenty Dollars the leap, and before the mare is put to the horse, and if she does not stand, by paying the additional Ten, shall have the privilege of the season—Fifty Dollars to insure a mare in foal, paid when she is put to the horse, the money to be returned if such should not prove to be the case, provided the mare remains the property of the same person, with one dollar to the groom, paid at the stable door, whether she be put by the leap season or insurance. A certificate for 40 dollars the season, payable the first day of January next, will be expected, with the mares. Any gentleman who puts his mare by the season, and she does not prove to have been in foal, shall have the privilege of putting her next season gratis, provided she remains his property. No expense has been spared to provide the best pastures, and separate lots have been fenced, for the accommodation of mares sent to the horse, which will be free of all charges, and they will be grain fed if required, upon moderate terms. Every attention will be paid to mares, but cannot be accountable for accidents or escapes.
DRAGON is a dark chestnut, handsomely marked, with a star and snip, and without exaggeration is fully sixteen hands high; he is descended from the best running stock in England, and is a brother, in blood, to the famous horse Diomed, whose stock is so highly esteemed in Virginia. It is a fact well known to a number of gentlemen in this state, how desirous the late Col. John Hoomes, of the Bowling Green, Virginia, was to obtain this horse, and never could effect it until after the death of the late Duke of Bedford, who owned him in England. DRAGON is a sure foal getter, and all information concerning him in proving the colts dropped from him to be more promising than any ever seen in America. A number of his colts may be seen at the stand during the season. JOHN W. HUNT. Lexington, March 26th, 1809. DRAGON was unquestionably the best runner of his day—he won and received forfeit two and twenty times before he ended his fifth year, and in most cases for the highest prizes in England; among this number was the Whip, (which is known to be the highest object of competition ever established by the English Jockey Club,) and 200 guineas each, against two others, giving them both up a year's weight in riding, four miles; and the famous match against Clifton, four miles, carrying fifteen stone (225 lbs) upon each, in which he was rode by the Duke of Bedford, and Clifton by Sir John Lade. Although Dragon was permitted to go to a few mares after he was withdrawn from the turf, yet the Duke of Bedford, who owned him, never relinquished him as a parade horse; and the number of his get which were dropped before the end of the year 1799, only amounts to thirty-three—one of these died young, one was sent to America, and several were never trained; eleven winners appear however, in England, from such as have been trained of this little stock, besides that one mentioned to have been sent to America, which, in the hands of Mr. Tayloe, proved a good runner, and has won several times in Virginia. Mr. Cookson's Speculator, by Dragon, won 8 times one year, and 4 times the next, including the Oatland stakes of 50 guineas each, 26 subscribers; Mr. Lord's Flying Spnner, by Dragon, won 7 times one year; Sir F. Pooles's colt Miscreant, by Dragon, won 5 times one year; Mr. Howard's colt Creeper, by Dragon, won 4 times one year; Mr. Howorth's Tantiwa, Mr. Briggs's Phoenix, Mr. Lockley's Hospital, Lord Milington's Fisherman, Mr. Coster's ch. Filley, Sir F. Pooles's bay Filley, and Mr. Panton's ch. Filley, all by Dragon, have also proven winners from one to three times in a year. W. HAMPTON. Woodlands, 20th Feb. 1805. DRAGON was got by Woodpecker, (one of the best sons of King Herod, his dam Juno, (who is also the dam of Young Eclipse, and full sister to the dam of Diomed) by Spectator, his grand dam (sister to Horatius) by Blank; his great grand dam (Feather's dam, & full sister to the grand dam of Cynet and Blossom) by Childers, out of Miss Belvoir by Grantham—Paget Turk—Betty Percival—Leeds's Arabian. The following extract is taken from Col. Selden's advertisement of Diomed, for the year 1805—"To say nothing of the number of his colts that won in 1803, (the first season he appeared on the turf,) which greatly surpassed in number those of any other horse, although he came to America many years after several stallions of high fame. In 1804 we find Mr. Tayloe's Hamiltonian winning five times, Mr. Hoome's Peace Maker four times, Mr. Selden's Lavinia three times and Stinger four times; Mr. Wylies Mark twice, Mr. Ball's Florizel, three years old, winning two sweepstakes, which produced his owner 4000 dollars, and many other good races. "Mr. Ball has refused for his colt 5000 dollars—Hamiltonian was sold in May last, for 2000 dollars—Peace Maker was sold in October last for 2700 dollars—Lavinia in November for 2100 dollars, and 2000 refused for Stinger. PEDIGREE. "Diomed was got by Florizel, (one of the best sons of King Herod) his dam by Spectator, (sister to Juno, the dam of Dragon, and Young Eclipse) his grand dam (sister to Horatius) by Blank; his great grand dam (Feather's dam, & full sister to the grand dam of Cynet and Blossom) by Childers, out of Miss Belvoir, by Grey Grantham—Paget Turk—Betsey Percival—Leeds's Arabian." MILES SELDEN. Tree Hill, January 5th. 1805. I certify, that the facts contained in the above advertisement, respecting the pedigree and performances of Dragon, as well as those of his get, have been carefully extracted from the general stud books and racing calendars of England, and that they are strictly correct as therein stated and published—that Dragon has proved himself in my possession an uncommonly sure foal getter—and that his get, to the extent of my experience and information, are extremely promising. W. HAMPTON. Columbia, 25th October, 1806. Having been applied to by John W. Hunt, for information relative to the character of his horse Dragon, in the state of South Carolina, which state I have just returned from, do not hesitate to say, that it appeared to be the general opinion he was one of the best foal getters ever had been in the state; and I saw a number of his colts which were very promising—I was at the house of Judge Simpson, where Dragon had stood, and made a point to enquire of him particularly, relative to Dragon's stock, and he spoke in the highest terms of them, and said if Dragon was sent back again, he would make a great season. Given under my hand this 25th day of March, 1808. ROBT. DUDLEY. I was at the races in Charleston, South Carolina, last month; on the third day, a Dragon colt ran the two mile heats for the Jockey Club purse, where two others started—the race was a well contested one between the Dragon colt and Mr. Smith's stud horse Farmer; they were locked nearly all the way, and at the out-coming they were not clear of each other—it is stated in the Charleston paper the first heat was run in four minutes two seconds, the second heat in three minutes fifty-seven seconds—that is the only Dragon colt I saw whilst in the state, and I think him a very fine colt and of fine size. J. L. DOWNING. Lexington, March 26th. 1808. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WASHINGTON COURSE. Yesterday (Feb. 10, 1808) a set bet of $1000 was run for over this course two mile heats, and was won by Col. Hampton's bay colt—a heat upon each. Col. Hampton's b. c. by Dragon, 1 1 J. P. Richardson esq's b. c. by do. 2 2 These colts are both from the same sire, and of the same age—the race was one of the best contested that has been run over this course for many years past; the horses were scarcely separated during the heats, and the winner obtained the purse by hardly a length. They both bid fair to afford good sport in future. FAIRFIELD RACES—MAY, 1808. For the Fairfield Jockey Club Cup of Twenty Guineas. J. Hoome's b. h. Lance, by Dragon, 4 years old. 1 1 R. Wormley's s. m. Nettleton, by Spread Eagle, 6 years old. 2 2 Miles Selden's ch. h. Dragon, by Dragon, 4 years old. 3 dist. Esme Smock's g. h. Treasurer, by Diomed, 3 years old. 4 dist. Wm. Ball's br. m. by Wildmedley, 6 years old. 5 dist. Time—1st heat 3 m. 53s. 2nd heat 3 m. 57s. WASHINGTON COURSE—1809. Col. Hampton's br. h. Milo, by Dragon, 4 years old. 1 1 Mr. Hutchinson's b. c. Monticello, by Bedford, 4 years old. 2 2
Mr. R. Singleton's sorrel filly, by Bedford, 3 years old. 3 3 Mr. J. P. Pringle's ch. c. Crescent, by Star, 3 years old. 4 dist. Mr. J. B. Richardson's s. m. Charlotte, by Galatin, 3 years old. 5 dist. The first heat was run in 3 m. 52s.—the second heat in 3 m. 53s. A match race was run of two miles, last fall near Richmond, Virginia, between Col. Miles Selden's colt by Dragon, and Wade Moseby's celebrated running horse Rat, and bets were made on each quarter of the two miles, by the proprietors of the horses, every one of which were won by the Dragon colt with ease. Mr. Richardson's Dragon colt, won a purse at Statesborough in S. C. in January last. The next day Gen. Hampton's Dragon colt Milo, won the purse one mile heats, distancing five others the first heat. A Dragon filly, raised by Mr. Singleton of S. C. won the purse at Jamesville, the two mile heats. The same filly won the second day's purse at Murray's Ferry, S. C.
SELIM.
WILL stand the ensuing season, to commence the tenth of March, and expire the tenth of July, at my farm in Fayette county, six miles from Lexington, at twenty dollars the season, or thirty to ensure a mare to be with foal, or 15 dollars the single leap, to be paid at the expiration of the season. SELIM is a superbly formed Horse, fourteen and a half hands high, possessing more bone and muscle than any horse in America of his size, and no doubt can be entertained of his being a genuine Arabian. Pasturage for mares gratis, but no responsibility. B. GRAVES. Feb. 20th. 1809. I do hereby certify, that I have bred two years from the genuine and uncommonly fine Arabian horse Selim, and that his colts are large and fine, and in my opinion not inferior to any ever foaled mine, both as to size and form. From the manner in which I became possessed of this horse, there can be no doubt of his being the best blood Arabian can produce, as he was presented by Murad Bey to Gen. Abercromby, who intended him for England, where he would have been taken but the General not have died. After his death Maj. Ramsay, a British officer purchased him and sold a part of him to Commodore Baron, who brought him to America. For the half of this horse I gave Commodore Baron $1500. This horse I have sent out to Maj. Benjamin Graves, near Lexington, Kentucky. Given under my hand, this 10th of November, 1808. John Taylor.
Mount Airy, Virginia.
We the subscribers do certify, that we have seen several of the colts gotten by the Arabian horse Selim, and think them in no degree inferior to those got by the most celebrated horses. Ephraim Beasley, William Monday, David Johnston. Prince William county, Virg. Jan. 16, 1808. I do hereby certify, that I put a small blooded mare to the Arabian horse Selim, last year, and she produced a very fine colt, both as to size, beauty and strength, and indeed far exceeded my expectations from the mare—I can further say, that I have seen other foals got by Selim, and think myself a judge of horse flesh, and do declare they are in my opinion fine and large. William Holburn. Richmond county, 10th Nov. 1808. I have seen the colts alluded to by Mr. Holburn, and agree with him in opinion. Given under my hand, this 11th day of November, 1808. Benjamin Boughton. I do certify that when I went to Hampton after Selim, for John Taylor esq. that I saw a colt of Laurence Gibson's of Yorktown, Virginia, rising two years old, got by Selim out of a very small mare—it was uncommonly large, and among the finest colts I ever saw. Gibson had been offered 300 dollars—and the report of the people in the lower country was, that his colts were uncommonly fine. Given under my hand this 9th day of January, 1809. James Evans. I do certify, that I have a colt got by Selim, out of a small mare, which is large and handsome—and I do think equal to the get of any horse in Virginia. Given under my hand this 9th day of Jan. 1809. John Stone. The above mentioned colt was foaled about the 1st of June last, and is upwards of four feet three inches high. John Stone.
A List of Letters remaining in the Post-Office Lexington, on the 31st March, 1809.
which, if not taken out within three months, will be sent to the General Post-Office as Dead Letters. Able George 2 Albry Nathaniel Adkinson Benjamin Banks Gutherbert Bolsworth Benajah Buck Peter C. Bull Charles Bolwell Hartwell Brylson Elizabeth Bullock Waller 2 Buck Roderick Berthelomew Joseph Breckinridge M. H. Brann Andrew Byrd William Beaty James Brimberger Michael Biles Samuel Brookins William Alexander William Armstrong Henry Anderson Thomas Baxter Samuel Berryman Samuel Briniger Linville Blackburn Mills Broyles Adam Baum Peter Bagley Sylvanus M. Blair Robert Bull William T. Biggs Andrew Barr T. T. & R. Bernard John Benton Erasmus Brock Henry Brehm Philip Burrell Miss L. Chapeze Benj. Christman Joseph Cockran Robert Caldwell Charles 2 Clark George Catterton Robert Grumbaugh John Catton Jas. Coverdale Richard Cugee John Carter John F. Cook George Cattleman Lewis Davis Danl W. Dunnianac James Daniels Joseph H. 2 Dean Benjamin Davis Sarah Dunlap John jr. 5 Dedman Col. Darnaby John Emmons William Frazier Robert Fleming John Fisher William
New and Fashionable Millinery.
MRS. LYDIA LUCAS, Milliner from Baltimore, respectfully informs the ladies of Lexington and its vicinity, with the country in general, that she has taken the shop, next door to the post-office; where she will open a handsome assortment of MILLINERY; on Friday 14th instant, and where she will continue the MILLINERY and MANTUA MAKING business, in the newest fashions. She is at present supplied with the richest goods and newest fashions in her line; and hopes to merit a share of the public's patronage. Lexington, 15th April. 1809.
Cow Pox.
E. WARFIELD has just received some genuine matter of the Cow Pox, and will inoculate every day at his shop, from 8 to 10 in the morning. Lexington, April 4th. 1809.
WANTED to purchase a stout able bodied Blind Horse or Mare.
not more than eight or nine years old. Also two or three Boys as Apprentices to the Cotton business, from twelve to fifteen years of age. Enquire at the Cotton Factory of John Jones, Waterstreet, Lexington.
THE Trustees of the Rittenhouse Academy.
Georgetown, have received DAVID RANSSELL as teacher of Greek, Latin, English Grammar, Geography, Euclid's Elements, Surveying, Rhetoric, Logic, &c. The price of tuition, per scholar, is Five Pounds per annum. Gentled boarding may be had in Georgetown and its vicinity, on moderate terms. The summer session is now commenced—those who wish to send scholars, are requested to enter them as soon as possible. Mr. Ransell's will also teach Young Ladies on the same terms. He has separate rooms for their accommodation. Published by order of the trustees. March 25th. 1809.
IN pursuance of a decree of the Clarke court.
at their April term, 1809—will be sold at 12 months' credit, on the first Monday in May, on the premises, one hundred acres of land, lying in Clarke county, on the head waters of Hancock creek, which Samuel Lusk died possessed of. Wiley Brasfield, Benjamin Allen, Comm'rs. Joseph Kelly.

REPORT
OF THE Secretary of the Treasury,
[Concluded]
The advantages derived by government from the bank are nearly of the same nature with those obtained by individuals who transact business with similar institutions, and may be reduced to the following heads.
1. Safe keeping of public monies. This applies not only to monies already in the treasury, but also to those in the hands of the principal collectors, of the commissioners of loans and of several other officers, and affords one of the best securities against delinquencies.
2. Transmission of public monies. As the collection will always, in various quarters of the extensive territory of the union either exceed or fall short of the expenditures in the same places, a perpetual transmission of money, or purchase of remittances at the risk and expense of the United States, would become necessary in order to meet those demands; but this is done by the bank at its own risk and expense, for every place where one of its branches is established, which embraces all payments of any importance.
3. Collection of the revenue. The punctuality of payments introduced by the banking system, and the facilities afforded by the bank to the importers indebted for revenue bonds, are amongst the causes which have enabled the United States to collect with so great facility, and with so few losses, the large revenue derived from the impost.
4. Loans. Although the prosperity of past years has entitled government during the present administration, to meet all the public demands without recurring to loans, the bank has heretofore been eminently useful in making the advances which under different circumstances were necessary. There was a time when, exclusively of the six per cent stock held by the institution as part of the original subscription, the loans obtained by government from the bank amounted to $5,200,000. And a similar disposition has been repeatedly evinced whenever the aspect of public affairs has rendered it proper to ascertain whether new loans might, if wanted, be granted.
The numerous banks now established under the authority of the several states might, it is true, afford considerable assistance to government in its fiscal operations. There is none, however, which could effect the transmission of public monies with the same facility, and to the same extent as the bank of the United States is enabled to do through its several branches. The superior capital of that institution offers also a greater security against any possible losses, and greater resources in relation to loans. Nor is it eligible that the general government should, in respect to its own operations, be entirely dependent on institutions over which it has no control whatever. A national bank deriving its charter from the national legislature, will at all times, and under every emergency, feel stronger inducements, both from interest and a sense of duty to afford to the union every assistance within its power.
The strongest objection against a renewal of the charter, seems to arise from the great portion of the bank stock held by foreigners; not on account of any influence it gives them over the institution, since they have no vote, but of the high rate of interest payable by America to foreign countries on the portion thus held. If the charter is not renewed, the principal part of that portion, amounting to about 7,200,000 dollars, must at once be remitted abroad—but if the charter is renewed, dividends equal to an interest of about 8 1-2 per cent. per year, must annually be remitted in the same manner. The renewal of the charter will in that respect operate in a national point of view, as a foreign loan, bearing an interest of 8 1-2 per cent. a year.
That inconvenience might perhaps be removed by a modification in the charter, providing for the payment of that portion of the principal by a new subscription to the same amount in favor of citizens; but it does not, at all events, appear sufficient to outweigh the manifest public advantages derived from a renewal of the charter.
The conditions in favour of the public, on which this should be granted, are the next subject of consideration.
The net profit annually derived by the stockholders from a renewal of the charter, is equal to the difference between the annual dividends and the market rate of interest. Supposing this to continue at six per cent. during the period granted by the extension of the charter and the dividends to be on an average at the rate of 8 1-2 per cent. that profit will be 2 1-2 per cent. a year. If the charter be extended 20 years, the value of the privilege will be equal to an annuity of 2 1-2 per cent. on the capital, that is, of 250,000 dollars for 20 years; and such annuity being payable semi-annually, is worth almost 2,850,000 dollars. This however, would be much more than any bank would give for a charter, as it would leave nothing but the right of dividing at the rate of six per cent. a year which the stockholders have without a charter. It is believed that they would not be willing to give even half that sum for the extension; and that about 1,250,000 dollars may be considered as the maximum which could be obtained, if it was thought eligible to sell the renewal of the charter for a fixed sum of money.
It is moreover presumed that the decision on the conditions which may be annexed to an extension of charter will be directed by considerations of a much greater importance than the payment of such sum into the treasury. The object will undoubtedly be to give to the institution all the public utility of which it is susceptible, and to derive from it permanent and solid advantages rather than mere temporary aid. Under those impressions the following suggestions are respectfully submitted.
1. That the bank should pay interest to the U. States on the public deposits, whenever they should exceed a certain sum, which might perhaps be fixed at about three millions of dollars.
II. That the bank should be bound, whenever required, to lend to the U. States a sum not exceeding three fifths of its capital, at a rate of interest not exceeding six per cent. the amount of such loan or loans to be paid by the bank, in instalments, not exceeding a certain sum monthly, and to be reimbursed at the pleasure of government.
III. That the capital stock of the bank should be increased to thirty millions of dollars in the following manner, viz.
1. Five millions of dollars to be subscribed by the citizens of the United States under such regulations as would make an equitable apportionment amongst the several states and territories.
2. Fifteen millions to be subscribed by such states as may desire it, and under such equitable apportionment among the several states as may be provided by law; and a branch to be established in each subscribing state, if applied for by the state.
3. The payments either by individuals or states to be either in specie or in public stock of the United States at such rates as may be provided by law.
4. The subscribing states to pay their subscriptions in ten annual instalments, or sooner if it suits their convenience; but to receive dividends in proportion only to the amount of subscription actually paid; and their shares of bank stock not be transferable.
IV. That some share should be given in the direction to the general and state governments; the general government appointing a few directors in the general direction, and the government of each subscribing state appointing a few directors in the direction of the branch established in such state.
The result of that plan would be, that the U. States receiving an interest on the public deposits, might without inconvenience accumulate during years of peace and prosperity, a treasure sufficient to meet periods of war and calamity, and thereby avoid the necessity of adding by increased taxes to the distresses of such periods. Adly that they might rely on a loan of 18 millions of dollars on any sudden emergency. Adly that the payment of the greater part of the proposed increase of capital, being made in ten annual instalments, that increase would be gradual, and not more rapid than may be required by the progressive state of the country, adly. That the bank itself would form an additional bond of common interest and union among the several states.
All which is respectfully submitted, ALBERT GALLATIN. Treasury Department, March 2, 1809.
Table with 3 columns: No., Date, Rate per cent. It lists interest rates for various dates from July 1792 to January 1809.
Bonaparte's Proclamation.
Spaniards, you have been misled by perfidious men. They have engaged you in a senseless struggle, and have made you run to arms. Is there a single one among you, who reflecting for a moment upon all that has happened, is not directly convinced, that you have been the sport of the perpetual enemies of the Continent, who wished to see the Spanish and French blood shed? What could be the result even of the success of a few campaigns? An endless land war and a long uncertainty with regard to the fate of your property and existence. In a few months you have been delivered up to all the anguish of popular factions. The defeat of your armies has been the bulwark of a few marches; I entered Madrid: the rights of war authorized me to give a great example, and to wash away in blood the outrages done to me and my nation: I have inflicted only on the authors of all your evils, will alone be struck. I will soon drive from the Peninsula that English army which has been sent to Spain not to succor you, but to inspire you with a false confidence and mislead you.
I had told you, in my proclamation of the second of June, that I will do to your regenerator. To the rights which were ceded to me by the Princes of the last dynasty, you were desirous that I should add the right of conquest. This will make no alteration in my disposition. I am willing even to praise whatever generosity there may have been in your efforts; I am willing to acknowledge that your misleaders concealed from you your true interests, that they misrepresented to you the real state of things. Spaniards, your destiny is in your own hands. Reject the poisons that the English have spread among you; let your king be certain of your love, and confidence, and you will be more powerful, more happy than you have ever been. Every thing that opposed your prosperity and your greatness, I have destroyed; the shackles which galled the people, I have broken; I have given you instead of an absolute monarchy, a temperate and constitutional monarchy. It depends upon yourselves that this constitution should still be your law.
"But if all my efforts are useless, and if you do not answer my confidence, it will remain to me only to treat you as a conquered province, and to place my brother upon another throne. I will put the crown of Spain upon my own head and I shall know how to make it be respected by the wicked; for God has given me the strength and will, necessary to surmount all obstacles."
In the imperial camp of Madrid, the 4th Dec. in the year 1808. Signed, NAPOLEON. By the Emperor's command. The Minister Secretary of State. Signed, H. B. MARET.
IMPERIAL DECREES.
Extract of the Minutes of the Secretary of State's Office. In our Imperial camp at Madrid, 4th Dec. 1808.
Considering that the Council of Castile have shown in all their actions as much duplicity as weakness;
That after having published throughout the kingdom the renunciation of king Charles IV. and the Princes D. Fernando, D. Carlos, D. Francisco and D. Antonio to the crown of Spain, and after having acknowledged proclaimed our legitimate rights to the throne, they have the baseness to declare before Europe and posterity, that they signed these different acts only with mental and perfidious restrictions;
We have decreed and do decree what follows:
Art. 1. The members of the council of Castile are dismissed as cowards and unworthy of being magistrates of a brave and generous nation.
2. The presidents and attorney-generals shall be put under arrest and detained as hostages. The other members of the said council shall be held to remain in their dwellings in Madrid, under pain of being prosecuted and punished as traitors. Are accepted nevertheless, from the present provisions those of the members of the said council who have not signed the deliberations of the eleventh of August, 1808, which was as disgraceful for the dignity of a magistrate for the character of man.
Signed, NAPOLEON, &c.
SAME HEAD.
We have decreed and do decree what follows:
Art. 1. The court of Cassation created by Tit. II. Art. CI. of the constitution of the kingdom of Spain shall be immediately organized.
Signed as above.
SAME HEAD.
We have decreed and do decree what follows:
Art. 1. The Tribunal of the Inquisition is abolished, militating against the sovereignty and civil authority.
2. The property belonging to the Inquisition shall be confiscated, and added to the Spanish domains, in order to serve as a guarantee for the vales and all other bonds or obligations of the government.
Signed as above.
SAME HEAD.
We have decreed and do decree what follows:
Art. 1. One and the same individual can be commandant of only one place.
2. From and after the first of January next, any individual who may be commandant of more than one place, shall make choice of the one he wishes to preserve as commandant; and the others shall return to the disposal of the king.
Signed as above.
SAME HEAD.
Considering that the friars of the different monastic orders in Spain are too numerous;
That if any certain number is useful in order to assist the minister of the altars in the administration of the sacraments, the existence of a number which is too considerable is hurtful to the prosperity of the state.
We have decreed and do decree what follows.
Art. 1. The number of the convents which at present exist in Spain shall be reduced to one third.
This reduction shall be effected by joining the friars of several convents of the same order into a single house.
11. From the date of the publication of the present decree, no novitiate, nor any religious profession shall be permitted until the number of the friars and nuns is reduced to one third of the number at present existing.
In consequence and within fifteen days, all the novices must leave the convents into which they may have been admitted.
111. All the regular ecclesiastics who may wish to renounce living in communities, in order to live as secular clergy, shall be at liberty to leave their convents.
IV. The ecclesiastics who renounce living in communities agreeably to the preceding article, shall be admitted to the enjoyment of a pension, the amount of which shall be fixed according to their age, which cannot be less than 3000 nor exceed the maximum of 4000 reals.
V. From the amount of the property of the convents which shall be suppressed agreeably to article 1. of the present decree, the sum shall in the first place be taken, which is necessary for augmenting the fund of the curats, so that the smallest salary to be paid them may not be less than 2,400 reals.
VI. The property belonging to the convents, which are suppressed that is disposable after the sum as stated in the preceding article is deducted, shall be added to the domains of Spain and employed as follows:
1. The half of the said property to guarantee the vales and other public bonds. 2. The other half to reimburse the provinces, cities and towns for the expenses occasioned by the maintenance of the French and international armies, and to indemnify the towns and provinces for the damage, loss of houses or any other losses occasioned by the war.
Signed as above.
SAME HEAD.
We have decreed and do decree what follows:
Art. 1. From the publication of the present decree the feudal rights are abolished in Spain. 2. All personal duty, all exclusive right of fishery, or drag or other rights of the same nature upon the coasts and rivers, all inventions of ovens, mills, or inns are suppressed. Every one shall be permitted, upon conforming to the laws, to give a free scope to his industry.
Signed as above.
SAME HEAD.
Considering that one of the establishments which most oppose the prosperity of Spain is that of the barriers existing between the provinces.
We have decreed and do decree what follows:
Art. 1. From the first of January next the barriers existing between the several provinces, shall be suppressed.
The custom-houses shall be conveyed to, and established at the frontiers.
Signed as above.
Extract of the minutes of the Secretary of State's Office. In our imperial camp at Madrid, the 12th December, 1808.
NAPOLEON, by the Grace of God and the Constitution, Emperor of the French and King of Italy, and protector of the Confederation of the Rhine:
Considering that one of the greatest abuses which have crept into the finances of Spain, proceeds from the alienation of different branches of taxes; and that, however, the taxes, from their nature, are inalienable, We have decreed and do decree what follows:
From the publication of the present decree, the individuals who may be in possession, whether by the king's donation, or by sale or any other cause of the civil or ecclesiastical taxes, shall cease to enjoy them, and the persons taxed shall be held to prove that they have paid their taxes to the king's agents and to the treasury.
ANOTHER DECREE.
We have decreed and do decree what follows:
Art. 1. All manor justice is abolished in Spain.
Art. II. There exists no other jurisdiction than the royal jurisdiction.
By a decree of the 12th, from the day of the publication of the said decree, servitude, of whatever kind it may be, together with all the rights and obligations which are derived from it, are abolished in all the states composing the grand duchy of Berg and Cleves. The former cers will enjoy as well as the other inhabitants of the grand duchy, every civil right.
Decrees of the same date, and containing literally the same provisions, have been issued by his majesty in favor of the countries of Erfurth, Fulda, Hanau and Bayreuth.
The following extraordinary account of the American brig Batavian is taken from a New-York print, and impressively attests the traits of character of an American seaman.
"Arrived last evening, the brig Batavian. Filieffas, 60 days from Rochelle having escaped from Rochelle on the night of the 4th of Jan. between the forts and a French squadron of 4 ships of the line and 2 frigates, with troops on board ready for sea. Jan. 16, was boarded by the British frigate Comet; they took out all the Batavian's crew, except the captain and cook including 2 passengers, and put on board an officer and 6 men, and ordered her for Plymouth. The next day off Brest, the rest of the passengers of the Batavian, with the captain, cook and steward, (8 in number) retook the brig. On the 20th of Feb. in lat. 32. long. 57, the Batavian was again taken by the British letter of marque ship Islam, capt. George Reefer, from Barbadoes bound to Liverpool—she put on board 4 more men to assist the other prize crew in carrying the brig into Bermuda; but, on the 8th inst. in lat. 34, 30, long. 63, the captain, cook and steward, retook the Batavian again, and brought her safe into port! Left only one American vessel under seizure."
Lexington Library Company.
THE Directors of the Lexington Library Company, hereby give notice to those concerned, that all shares will be forfeited, on which contributions were due in the months of June and December last, unless the same be discharged within three months from this date; and that defaulting share holders will still be responsible for the balance due on their respective shares. Conforming to the by-laws, a list of defaulters will be posted in the Library room.
On examining the accounts of the corporation, the directors ascertain that a loss from 1500 to 2000 dollars has been sustained in consequence of the neglect and inattention of former officers. On the shares now advertised as forfeited, upwards of 600 hundred dollars appear to be due; when therefore, they consider the additions which might have been made to the Library from the receipt of those sums; the losses which have been sustained, and the injury which has consequently fallen upon the regular and the punctual share holders; the directors in justice to those whose interests they are appointed to advance, cannot avoid resolving to exercise the by-laws, and to forfeit every share without respect to persons which shall in future be found too long in arrears.
A considerable addition of books will be made to the Library during the present week; a greater increase is contemplated within the present year, and if the share holders are punctual in advancing their contributions, the directors have no doubt but the institution will soon accomplish all the objects which its most sanguine friends hoped for when it was established.
In consequence of the addition which has been made to the library, it was thought by some of its friends that the price of shares should be enhanced, but the directors wishing to make it as extensively useful as possible, and to give numbers an opportunity of participating in its benefits have determined to let the shares remain at their old price of ten dollars for the present. Those who are inclined to purchase, may for the next six months purchase shares of the secretary or at the store of Messrs. James & David Macconn, unless the number authorized by law should be sooner filled; after that time the price will be fifteen dollars.
By order of the Directors, David Logan, Sec. Lexington Library, March 30, 1809.
RAN away from Ratford M c Cargo on Sunday night last, JAMES PRICE, an apprentice, bound by the Clarke county court, about seventeen years of age, light hair, had on when he went away, a linen shirt and overalls, an old wool hat, and black linsey round-about coat. Also went with him EDMUND DOLLEY, 14 years of age, fair hair, a grey coating frock coat, red linsey overalls, and barefooted. A reward of five dollars, will be paid for delivering the above boys to either of the subscribers, in Clarke county, three miles from Winchester, or lodging them in any jail, and giving notice thereof. R. M c Cargo. Owen Dolley.
April 12, 1809.
For Sale
THE PLACE whereon I now live, of 205 acres, on David's fork of Elkhorn, in Fayette county; fine water and well improved. For further particulars apply to the subscriber on the premises. John Rogers.
FAYETTE CIRCUIT, St. March, Term 1809.
Cornelius Coyle, complainant against Samuel Pryor, defendant. THE appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that the defendant is not an inhabitant of this commonwealth,—On the motion of the complainant,—It is ordered, that the said defendant do appear here, on the third day of our next June term, and answer the complainant's bill, or that the same will be taken for confessed. And it is further ordered, that a copy of this order be inserted in some authorized paper agreeable to law. (A copy.) Attest, Thos. Badley, C. F. C. C.
FAYETTE CIRCUIT, St. March Term, 1809.
Rice Smith, complainant against Thomas D. Owings, &c. defendants. THE defendant John C. Owings having failed to enter his appearance herein, agreeably to law and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court, that he is not an inhabitant of this commonwealth,—therefore, on the motion of the complainant, it is ordered, that unless the said defendant do appear here on the third day of our next June term, and answer the complainant's bill, that the same will be taken for confessed against him; and that a copy of this order be inserted in some authorised paper agreeable to law. (A copy.) Teste, Thos. Badley, C. F. C. C.
State of Kentucky,
WOODFORD CIRCUIT, St. March Term, 1809. William Bulford, complainant against James Speed, Andrew Cowan, John Wilson, and David Dryden, Rheuhama Bledsoe and Delila Dryden, heirs and representatives of William Dryden, deceased, defendants. THE defendant John Wilson not having entered his appearance herein, according to law and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court, that he is not an inhabitant of this commonwealth,—On motion of the plaintiff by his counsel, it is ordered, that unless the said defendant appear here on the third day of our next June term, and answer the complainant's bill, that the same will be taken for confessed; and that a copy of this order be inserted in some authorised paper for eight weeks successively. (A copy.) Attest, John M c Kinney, Jr. C. W. C.
State of Kentucky,
WOODFORD CIRCUIT, St. March Term, 1809. James Lockett, complainant against John Watkins, and Lewis Young & Co. In Chancery. James Moss, executors of John Watkins, dec. defendants. THE defendant John Watkins not having entered his appearance herein, according to law and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court, that he is not an inhabitant of this commonwealth,—Therefore, on the motion of the complainant by his counsel—it is ordered that unless the said defendant appear here on the third day of our next June term, and answer the complainant's bill, or on failure thereof, the same will be taken for confessed; and it is further ordered, that a copy of this order be inserted in some authorised paper for 8 weeks successively. (A copy.) Teste, John M c Kinney, Jr. C. W. C.
State of Kentucky,
WOODFORD CIRCUIT, St. March Term, 1809. Lewis Craig, Jr. complainant against William Lehoney, defendant. THE defendant not having entered his appearance herein, according to law and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court, that the said defendant is not an inhabitant of this commonwealth,—On motion of the complainant by his counsel—it is ordered, that unless the said defendant appear here on the third day of our next June term, and answer the complainant's bill, the same will be taken for confessed; and it is further ordered, that a copy of this order be inserted in some authorised paper of this commonwealth for eight weeks successively. (A copy.) Teste, John M c Kinney, Jr. C. W. C.
Taken up by John Gilmer, living in the head waters of Hutton, a black mare 3 yrs old palfrey, 13 hands high, a star in her forehead, no brand, perceivable; appraised to $18, before B. Biddle. Feb 3 d , 1809.
Taken up by Patrick Woods, living about one mile from Richmond, one black horse colt, one year old palfrey, two white feet, and a small star in his forehead; appraised to $7. Given under my hand, this 24 day of January, 1809. D. C. Irvine, J. P.
Taken up by Henry Sturtevant living near the mill, a brown mare, 5 years old, 13 3/4 hands high and no mark but a small saddle spot on the side, appraised to $30. Also a bay mare 6 years old, 12 3/4 hands high, a small star, and nearly blind in the off eye; appraised to $10 before me, this 15th February, 1809. W m . N. Potts.
Taken up by Jesse Bowles, living in Montgomery county, near the Forge, a sorrel filly, two years old palfrey, branded on the right shoulder with the bottom of a stirrup iron, a small star in her face; appraised to 15 dollars, this 11th day of February, 1809. Benjn South.
ALL persons are hereby forewarned from harbouring or crediting my wife Jenny, on my account; as I am determined to pay no debts of her contracting, she having withdrawn herself from my protection since January last. William Carson. Harrison County, April 12, 1809.
AT a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Lexington, 17th April 1809. Resolved, That on the 24th inst. the Trustees will attend at the house of Jno. Keifer, at 4 o'clock P. M. in order to hear appeals from such citizens as think their property over-rated by the assessor; and that notice be given in the Gazette and Potter. By order of the Board, John Bradford, Cbm. Teste, M. Richardson, Clk.

"True to his charge"
He comes, the Herald of a noisy world;
News from all nations lumbering at his back."
LEXINGTON, APRIL 18.
The stockholders of the Kentucky Insurance Company, on the 18th inst. re-elected.
William Morton, President.
Alexander Parker, John Bradford, Thomas Wallace, William Leavy, Directors.
We have received for publication a piece signed "A Traveller," censuring the conduct of the Post Master General. But as the whole information contained in the piece would only occupy a few lines, we give that information without the superfluous trappings.
"The mail" says he, "arrives in Pittsburgh on the sixteenth day after leaving Philadelphia and Baltimore. From Pittsburgh to New-Lancaster, where your new contractor commences his engagements, nearly double the time is given to the contractors to travel over the same space, as is allowed to Mr. Johnson."
We copy the following extract of a letter from the Reporter. The object of the editor of that paper in publishing it, was no doubt to show what falsehoods are sometimes told by travellers to impose on the world, and swell their books. Dr. Franklin said fifty years ago, that travellers had a peculiar privilege of dealing in the marvellous: and since the fabrications of Dombey and the nefarious falsehoods of Weld and Moore, the observation has lost none of its force. We confess that we cannot avoid expressing our astonishment that the tales of Mr. Althe should come introduced to the notice of the public: of Kentucky under the auspices of a learned Professor of the University of Pennsylvania, in the very metropolis of the United States. Doctor Barton, is, we understand a man of letters and research; who has published some works upon the antiquities of America, and promises to publish some more. A man like him, one object of whose life, it has been to tell others, should neither suffer himself to be imposed on for a moment by such tales as these, nor yet confess himself to be ignorant of the history and situation of a part of the United States as well known as the neighbourhood of Lexington.
In the bounds and neighbourhood of this town there are several small mounds, and fortifications; and indeed similar appearances are to be found in various parts of the Western Country; but the subterranean apartment, filled with mummies has never existed but in the imagination and book of Mr. Traveller Althe. His tales therefore relative to the barbarians settled in Lexington, who he says were savage and uncultivated, are entirely without foundation. We will add nothing relative to this re-refutation of the state of society in this country. If his book has procured for the author a reward similar to that obtained by Weld and Moore, who for their tales to America obtained pensions from their government, it would seem not to have been written without an object.
Extract of a letter from a young gentleman of Lexington, at present in Philadelphia, to Gen. Robert Todd.
"Since I have been in this place, I have seen a publication of travels made by a Mr. Althe in America in the year 1806, which, from the novelty of his history and particularly by the account he has given of Kentucky, and the western states, has excited much attention in many persons, and particularly those who feel an interest in natural history; among these latter I have only conversed with Dr. Barton, who has frequently interrogated me as to the authenticity of Mr. Althe's history, and who is disposed to think it incorrect on many of its subjects. As they relate to periods too far back for the reach of my recollection, I have been unable to satisfy his enquiries, but believing that the facts which Mr. Althe relates must, if not fabrications, have fallen within your notice, I am induced by the request of Dr. Barton to address you on the subject, and indeed I feel myself as I am sure you would if you had seen the book, a will that his story if wrong should be at once and as early as possible checked by proper evidence of its fallacy; for he has represented the Kentuckians in colours little short of savage barbarians; destitute of feeling, learning, capacity, or even an ordinary share of natural benevolence. The part to which I with particularity invite your attention and which I am conscious you must have had some intimation of if it ever existed is relative to a number of embalm'd bodies which he says have been found in a cave near Lexington, the description of which, as I write with his book before me, I will recite in his own words:— Lexington stands nearly on the side of an old Indian town, which must have been of great extent and magnificence, as is amply evinced by the wide range of circumvallatory works, and the quantity of ground it once occupied." Of this I know nothing—This civilization, he goes on to say, has by the destructive ravages of man and time, been nearly levelled with the dust; and would have been completely destroyed, had it not been connected with a catacomb, formed in the bowels of the limestone rock about fifteen feet below the surface of the earth, and lying adjacent to the town of Lexington! This grand object, he says, was discovered about twenty years ago by some of the first settlers in the state, whose curiosity was excited by something remarkable in the character of the stones, which struck their attention while hunting in the woods. They removed these stones, and came to others of singular workmanship which laid open the mouth of a cave, deep gloomy and terrific. With augmented numbers, and provided with cordage and light, they descended, and entered a spacious apartment; the sides and extreme ends were formed into compartments & niches, & occupied with figures representing men! When alarm had subsided, and the sentiment of dismay and surprise permitted further research and enquiry, they were found to be Indian Mummies, preserved by the art of embalming to great perfection and perfect state of flat! Mr. Althe then continues,
that unfortunately for antiquity, for science, and for every thing else, held sacred by the learned, this inestimable discovery was made at a period when a bloody war was carried on between the Indians and whites, and the power of the former was displayed in formidable a manner, that the latter were filled with terror, and a spirit of revenge, which manifested itself both on important and contemptible occasions; animated by this worthless and detestible spirit the discoverers of the catacomb delighted to wreak their vengeance even on the Indian dead. They dragged the mummies to the day, tore the bandages open, kicked the bodies into dust, and made a general bonfire of the most ancient remains antiquity could boast!
What these first possessors did not accomplish their followers, he says, took care to finish. He says he has himself examined the cave; the descent he says is gradually inclined, without a rapid or flag of stairs, the width four feet, the height seven the Catacomb to which it leads extends 100 paces by 35, about 18 feet high and says he supposes from its appearance might contain in appropriate situations, about 2000 mummies; but he says he could not learn the precise number it did contain, the answer of the stupid peasant to his enquiries, being, "Oh! Sir, they burned up and destroyed hundreds!" Nor could I learn the fashion, manner and apparel of the mummies in general, or any other information than that they were well wrapped up, appeared sound and red, and consumed in the fire with a rapidity that baffled all observation and description. Not content he goes on to say with the above traditional stories he, while in Kentucky in 1806, employed several hands, and brought out 40 or 50 lbs. of rubbish from the cave; the dust of the heap, he says, was so light and impalpable that it rose into the atmosphere, and filled the senses so much as to occasion effusion in the eyes, and sneezing to a troublesome degree, but I still proceeded on a minute investigation, and separated from the general mass several pieces of human limbs, fragments of bodies, old leather, and apparently capable of eternal duration!
This is but a short extract of the account Mr. Althe has given of the cave and its embalmed inhabitants and the savage barbarity, and unpolished rudeness of our countrymen even in 1806, when they travelled among us. I beg Sir, you may write me what you may know, have heard or can collect from other old settlers in this state concerning this cave and its mummies; and also any thing you may hear or know of Mr. Althe himself. His book is written in a style truly imposing and calculated I conceive, in almost every particular to excite very false and unjust notions of the face of our country and the character of its inhabitants.
A Charleston paper of the 28th March, contains the following.
Through the politeness of a friend, we have been put in possession of a file of Spanish papers to the 13th inst. from which we have translated the following articles.—From the same source we learn that the English frigate Melcombe, (one of those which carried specie from Vera Cruz to Cadiz, the end of the last year) left Cadiz on the 3d of Feb and arrived at Jamaica on the 28th same month. A private letter received at Havana the 13th March, by a respectable person, states that this frigate brought accounts that a detachment of the French army consisting of about 50,000 men, had been surrounded by the Spanish Patriots, and were obliged to surrender amongst them, it is said, Napoleon and his brother Joseph were positively taken prisoners.
In the same paper there are a number of Spanish translations, all dated in December, except the following.
The Representative of the Junta near the enemy's armies, communicates this day the following news:
"This morning there has been published to this army, by order of the general, the news of the French having been completely defeated at Segovia, by the Marquis de la Romana, with the loss, in killed, wounded, and prisoners, of 21,000 men, and all their artillery and baggage. The rest of the army with a great portion of their baggage (afforded to be Napoleon) is surrounded in the neighbourhood, by the patriots. It is not known whether any agreeable news has been received by your excellency; but if not, I communicate it, in compliance with my duty."
Persons who have come from Madrid, assert that the French are leaving that place without knowing where they go, and that the few who remain do not know themselves with their accustomed audacity.
"There are expected here from troops from Oleron and Cuenca, in order that the armies, united, may advance in search of the enemy."
Dated Tarragona, 8th Jan. 1809.
As the Supreme Junta does not expect to receive the anterior news by another conveyance, and the foregoing having all the character of truth, it has resolved to celebrate the great victory by the ringing of bells and firing of artillery; which is announced to the public for their satisfaction.
By order of his Excellency Augustin Fernandez Costa.
MARQUIS DE VILLA FRANCA, DUKE DE MEDINASIDONA. Murca, 12th Jan. 1809.
NEW-YORK, March 25.
We learn from a gentleman who arrived here yesterday from Cadiz, that a few days before the Bordeaux accounts were received of a most obstinate battle having been fought near Valladolid, between the English army under Sir John Moore, and the main body of the French. After dreadful carnage on both sides, the army of reserve commanded by Bonaparte in person, arrived on the field; night closed the sanguinary conflict, and the British were forced to retreat to the mountains of Asturias.
The captain of an English Schooner which arrived at Cadiz about the same time the above account was received, in a short pas-
sage from Corunna, reported, that the British were marching into that place when they failed; some transports were waiting for them, but that they were too closely pursued by the French, that it was apprehended part of them would be cut off, as there were not ships enough to receive them. The government at Cadiz had endeavored to suppress these accounts, and several suspected characters had been arrested for having propagated them; but they were generally believed to be too true, and the majority of the people were, in consequence, very much alarmed.
Great exertions were made by the present Governor (Don Felix Jones) to render Cadiz impregnable. The Puente de Suazo (a bridge originally constructed by the Romans and which joined Cadiz to the Continent) has been destroyed; and a great number of laborers were daily employed on the fortifications at the Land Gate.
It was also reported, that after the retreat of the British, a division of the French army had marched in pursuit of the Marquis de la Romana who had been in force where the vicinity of Valladolid, but with whom the British had never formed a junction and who had, in consequence, retreated with his army, intending to join the Duke del Infantado; the latter supposed to be in New Castile, and not far from Madrid, but the Spanish government strictly prohibit the publication of all unfavourable accounts, and it was almost impossible to obtain any correct information respecting the situation or force of the armies.
A detachment of 6000 French had been within two days march of Seville, but had retreated. It was expected the government would in a few days, remove to Cadiz.
Gen. Reding, the latest account, was at Tarragona, with 24,000 men; and another army under Marquis de Lazun, had obtained some advantages over the French at Catalonia.
Saragossa was still defended with the most heroic valor—on the 22d Dec. Matthews, Money and Morder, sent a flag in, and demanded a surrender of the city which was refused in the most determined manner by the indefatigable Palafox.
Reports were in circulation that General Blake had joined the French—and that the British fleet had gone from Lisbon to Corunna.
A letter from Cadiz of Jan. 28, says, on the 13th of December, every Frenchman, and the subjects of the allies of France, were arrested and sent to the east—s—and on the 22d of Jan. their property was confiscated.
PHILADELPHIA, March 29. An interesting letter from the Bordeaux, from Cadiz, informs us that at the time of its falling, Feb. 1. Nothing very decisive of the Spanish cause had occurred. The accounts from the theatre of war, were various and contradictory.—The inhabitants of Cadiz were in daily expectation of the arrival of the Junta in that city; and were making immense preparations to resist the French, if unfortunately, their armies should penetrate to the city. The bridge had been taken down and a strong fort established. The French and Spanish ships of war laying at the port were equipping, to be in a state of readiness to meet any exigency. Perfect tranquility prevailed.
A vessel was to sail from Cadiz for this port, about the 20th Feb.
ORIGINALLY.
Died—at New-York on the 24th inst. the celebrated Thomas Paine, the greatest political luminary of the 18th century, and the most distinguished advocate of the rights of man that ever wrote in any age or country. Though his zeal in behalf of oppressed humanity carried Mr. Paine into errors; though he espoused Religion, when he only meant to attack superstition and priest-craft; yet has he performed more labours than Hercules, and will be differently more famous. Had Thomas Paine lived in Greece or Rome, he would have erected a statue to him; but his pithy bon-mots are here superfluous. His masterly political tracts constitute an imperishable monument.
"His fame shall flourish in immortal youth."
OPPOSITION TO THE LAWS.
On Friday last, the judge of the district court of the United States for the Pennsylvania district, in obedience to the peremptory mandamus from the supreme court of the United States, in the case of O'Neil and others, against the representatives of the late David Rittenhouse, Esq. directed an attachment to issue against the daughters of Mr. Rittenhouse, who are executrixes of his estate, to compel them to perform the decree made against them some years ago.
On the morning of that day, a detachment of Bright, who had previous orders from the governor of this state to be in full parade in front of the dwellings of the ladies above mentioned, at the corner of Arch and Seventh streets, for the purpose of resisting the marshal of the United States in the execution of his process against them. A house in the neighborhood was hired as a guard-house for the use of the men, and tents were placed before the dwellings occupied by the ladies. The guards were regularly relieved during that day and night and the morning of Saturday.
On Saturday morning, about 12 o'clock John Smith Esq. marshal of this district, having received the process abovementioned, proceeded to the house of Mrs. Sergeant, one of the ladies, attended by two of his deputies, to execute it.—When he was within ten or fifteen feet of the door, the sentinel presented his bayonet at the marshal's breast and ordered him to proceed no farther. The marshal asked him if he knew who he was. The sentinel replied—I cannot know any man; my duty is to prevent any person from going into that house, and I will do my duty. Mr. Smith told him that he was the marshal of the United States, come to execute process. By this time the officer of the guard, with a party of men came up, cleared the pavement of all
except the marshal and a few who were in his company. The marshal, who had never moved from the spot in which he had halted when the sentinel first presented his bayonet and had behaved with great coolness and firmness, now addressed the officer and told him who he was, and that he had come to execute process, which he would do at the risk of his life. He then attempted to make towards the door, but was prevented by the men who were ordered to charge bayonet and resist him. The marshal finding he was opposed by a body of men in military array, demanded of the officer then present, the name of his superior officer, and was informed that it was Gen. Bright, who was present. In the mean time, the marshal caused the names of all the men who were in uniform, and had then, with hostile weapons, opposed the execution of the laws, to be taken down to be reported to the proper tribunals.
In about an half hour, Gen. Bright appeared and immediately ordered the men, who were then at a shoulder, to charge bayonet. The marshal, against whose breast the bayonets were charged and could not have advanced five inches without danger of his life, demanded of Gen. Bright, if he knew that he was marshal of the U. S. for this district; Gen. Bright replied yes. The Marshal then read aloud his writ and declared he would execute it at the peril of his life, at the same time made an attempt to move forward; Bright said at the peril of your life do it, and immediately a bayonet was charged at him to close as to touch his breast. The marshal then read aloud to the soldiers and people his commission as marshal of the U. S. for this district, and addressed them in the following words, as nearly as we can remember them.
Fellow Citizens, Impartial duty commands my attendance at this time, and place in order to execute the process now in my hand, and which has been issued by virtue of a mandate from the highest Judicial Tribunal of our country. In the performance of my duty, I shall be governed by prudence and discretion, and will by that firmness which should at all times influence those who are intrusted officially with the execution of the laws. It is with painful regret I view the collision existing between the state and the paramount authority of the United States, and it will become the serious consideration of those of my fellow citizens who now appear in military array, how far they may consider themselves authorized or justified in resisting the laws of the land. The love of country and a due sense of duty, I hope will induce those who now more particularly address, to withdraw themselves from the opposition now made to the performance of my public duty—to be it known to you that the construction and laws of the United States consider an opposition to the execution of the laws by military force, as a REBELLION, and any forcible opposition to the execution of judicial process, as a high misdemeanor. The situation in which you are placed is a serious one, and should excite reflection and deliberation; for deliberate time is necessary, which if you require, will be granted—For I now solemnly declare my intention of eventually executing the process, in this case, which has excited so much serious apprehension for the peace and welfare of our common country. My duty will require of me the raising of the posse of the district, if the opposition is not withdrawn, of which power I shall avail myself if necessary, in enforcing the mandate of the laws.
The marshal then asked Gen. Bright, if he wanted time to deliberate. He replied no, I am ready and determined to resist.—In the name and by the authority of the U. States, said the marshal adding the soldiers, I command you to lay down your arms and permit me to proceed. In the name and by the authority of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, I command you to resist him replied general Bright, in which he was obeyed. The marshal finding it impossible to serve his process at this place, proceeded to the house of Miss Waters, where he again attempted to serve it, but was again resisted and compelled to retire. Troops are still stationed there & we learn that the Philadelphia legion has been ordered out to oppose the marshal whenever he shall again attempt to serve his process, which we understand he will do with a posse unless the money is paid.
Had there been any wisdom and foresight in our legislature the disgraceful scene might have been avoided and we do hope that even yet, justice may be done to O'Neil, and the honor of the state preserved from complete disgrace. (True Amer.)
BALTIMORE, March 28.
A gentleman of this city has kindly favoured us with the following extract of a letter from his New-York correspondent, which is as follows:
NEW YORK, Saturday Morning, March 25,
"The captain of the Bordeaux gives the following information in addition to the contents of the paper annexed: That great consternation prevailed at Cadiz; that the former Governor General of Madrid had been appointed by King Joseph, Corregidor of that city, and that all was quiet there; that Blake had certainly joined the French; that Cuesta's famous army was entirely dispersed; and that he (Cuesta) was at Seville, where he had arrived under a strong guard for fear of being murdered by the Spaniards; That Cuesta was in disgrace, and that the French had started the British troops, and nearly annihilated the Spanish armies."
In addition to the above the subjoined extracts from the Federal Gazette of last evening, portray pretty clearly the wretched condition of the Spanish affairs. They need no comment.
Extract of a letter from a respectable American gentleman in Spain to his friend in this city, dated Cadiz, Jan. 29.
This vessel will take to America news of an unpleasant nature—the French being without any doubt conquerors in all their engagements, and particularly with the English. We have undoubted intelligence of the latter preparing to embark the remains of their forces at Vigo or Corunna; in consequence of which their minister at Lisbon has announced to their countrymen the propriety of immediate preparation to embark their property, for which purpose they have permission from the regency without paying duty. Infantado is beaten likewise and is retiring towards Valencia. Saragossa is the
only place where the French have failed; and Palafox has a second time immortalized himself by the defence of it. It is supposed they will meet with great difficulty in the subjugation of this province, the mesa of the sierra Morena being very difficult. There is scarce a doubt, however, of their ultimate success in the conquest of the whole kingdom, this place (Cadiz) excepted, which is absolutely impregnable by land.
Jan. 30.—The news received this day is vile and worse. A long pass of the Sierra Morena is laid to be taken; and if this is true, the province will soon be conquered. The central Junta, it is expected, will remove to this place immediately.
The Boston Centinel gives us the result of the election of 64 towns in New-Hampshire for governor.
For Langdon (republican) 6250
do. Smith (federal) 6038
HAMILTON MORRISON, presents his compliments to the ladies and gentlemen of Lexington and its vicinity, and especially to the lovers of Music, and informs them that he will open a Singing School on Saturday the 22d instant, at a school house, adjoining Mr. Robert Holmes's, on Main Street-cross. His terms will be Fifty Cents per scholar for each quarter, to be paid in advance. The school to be opened every Saturday from 2 to 6 o'clock, P. M. Lexington, April 15, 1809.
A Brick House in Cincinnati, With four buildings on the premises, is offered for exchange for property in Lexington. The situation is central on Main-street, the Store part well lighted up, (which has rented for $150 per annum) a large Warehouse, and an excellent Well, &c. For particulars apply to Edw. B. Hannegan.
STOLEN FROM my pasture lot, within the bounds of the town of Lexington, a SORREL MARE, about fifteen hands and a half high, five or six years old, with a narrow stripe down her face; no other mark recollected, as I owned her but a few days. Satisfactory compensation will be given to those who will return her, by James B. January. Lexington, 15th April, 1809.
A Pasture for Cattle, ON the estate of Thomas Boyle, with the mill stream running through it; the entrance is at a gate a little above Mr. Mearns's. The conditions are Four Dollars for every Horse, if paid the first of August, or Five in December; Three for every Cow, or Four in December. May be had at the Mill, a quantity of very good MILK. April 18, 1809.
THE subscriber thinks the most proper place of rendezvous for the intended company of Rangers, will be at his house, and from thence to march to the most convenient place for mustering; and as for arms they are not essential for the first or second time of mustering, as the instruction of recruits and portion of a soldier is taught without arms, such as standing in a proper attitude, dressing to the right and left, with the firing, and marching to the common and quick step, marching by files with the oblique step.—It will be properly stamped on the mind of the soldier by practice before the use of arms are necessary. The first quarter I will teach gratis, in order to prove to the public the propriety of my new formed institution, by their paying the music and the expenses of the institution. I shall be at the town of Lexington at 12 o'clock precisely, the 1st Saturday in May if fair. John R. Shaw. Drill Master.
WILLIAM ROSS'S Shoe and Grocery Store. Next door to Mr. John Keener, and nearly opposite the Market House, Lexington, where he has just received from Philadelphia, a large & elegant assortment of BOOTS and SHOES; which, for neatness of figure and fineness of workmanship, are equal to any sold in the Western country.
FAIR TOP DOUBLE BUCK SLIPPERS of every colour and size.
Single back strap do. Gentlemen's fine leather do.
Cossack Boots do. do.
Three quarter do. Men's common Shoes.
Pudilidda do. Morocco Boys' do.
Springed Slippers Men's coarse do.
Plain do. Men's patent do.
Ladies' Nelson do. Leather Madison do.
Girls' do. do. Boot Gitting.
Spangled kid Slippers Boot Cord.
Ladies' plain do. Hoop Ball.
Ladies' Jeffersons Blocking Ball and Shoe.
Girls' do. do. Brushes.
Women's leather Slippers Russia Bristles.
Miss's Nelsons Shoe Binding.
Miss's morocco Jeffersons Shoe Strings.
Ladies' Morocco do. Boot and Shoe Tassels.
with heels of different colours, & Philadelphia Morocco Hatters' Bow Strings.
GROCERIES.
Madeira, Port, and Sherry Wines
Fourth proof Jamaica Spirits
Fourth proof French Brandy
Fourth proof Holland Gin
Cherry Bounce
Old Whiskey
Imperial, Young Hyson, and Hyson Teas
Coffee and Chocolate
Loaf and lump Sugar
Liquorice Ball
Nutmegs, Cinnamon, Cloves, Allspice, Ginger and Pepper
Madder, Coperas, Indigo and Allum
Spanish Segars, Tobacco
Almonds, box and keg Raisins
Rice
Salmon, Codfish, Mackerel, Scotch and pickled Herrings, and Oysters.
Which I intend selling low for cash, wholesale or retail.
William Ross.
Lexington, April 15, 1809.
The Kentucky Hotel.
THE Subscriber has leased of Mr. Henry Clay, for a term of years, that valuable stand for a Tavern, in the town of Lexington, formerly known by the name of Travellers' Hall, where he has opened a Hotel under the above title. The situation of this property, on the public square, directly opposite the North East front of the court house, and in the centre of business, gives it peculiar advantages. Great expense has been incurred in repairs and improvements, and in point of space, convenience and comfort the apartments of the house are surpassed by none. A new stable has been erected on the back part of the lot which he ventures to pronounce is the best in the state, which will be under the immediate superintendence of Mr. William T. Benton. He has provided himself with good servants, a plentiful stock of the best liquors, and in short with every necessary calculated to accommodate and render agreeable the time of those who may favor him with their custom; and he trusts that from the attention which he means personally to give to every department of his business, he will be found to merit that patronage which he thus presumes to solicit from the public. Cutlbert B. Lexington, Jan. 1st, 1809.