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1809-1810-1821 The National Register & Bulletin advertisement 1799 From the Heirs of John Hodge Mar 1806 THE DELAWARE GAZETTE.
VOL. I.]
WILMINGTON, WEDNESDAY AUGUST 2, 1809.
[NO. 8.]
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THIS volume contains a general history of the state of Europe, during the interval between the peace of Tilsit and the attack of the French emperor on Spain—Official papers relative to the evacuation of Portugal by the French army—Foreign and American state papers—An account of the Red River and country adjacent—An account of Louisiana at the time of its transfer to the United States—Census of Louisiana—Census of West Florida—Census of Upper Louisiana—Census of New Orleans—Catalogue of publications for 1808. Account of the proceedings of the society of Friends, for promoting the improvement and gradual civilization of the Indians—Letters concerning the fortifications erecting at New-York, &c. &c. &c.
The American Register is published half-yearly, was commenced in 1807, and the demand having been so great for it, that are but few complete sets to be had, the publishers would therefore prefer new subscribers commencing with this 4th vol. (as they are now striking off an additional number) which would be no disadvantage, each volume being complete in itself. The price of each volume will be demanded on delivery; and the subscribers are at liberty to decline at any time.
Also, for sale by P. B. the works of Fisher Ames, compiled by a number of his friends, to which are prefixed notices of his life and character. Published at Boston.
Wilmington, July 8, 1809.
To the Public.
THE subscriber respectfully informs his friends and the public that he has purchased the whole stock and trade late of the firm of John & Wm. Patterson, saddlers, and removed to the west side of Market street a few doors below Third street, where he continues to carry on the above mentioned business in all its various branches, and has constantly for sale a large and elegant assortment of articles in his line, which he will dispose of on the most reasonable terms.
William Patterson.
☞ Wanted, as apprentices to the above business, one or two active boys, of from 14 to 16 years of age. ap 22 3m
John Dixon
HAVING succeeded Warners & Torbert in the grocery business, at the stores lately occupied by them on Market-street wharf; offers for sale on the most moderate terms, for cash or the usual credit, A General Assortment of Groceries.
And hopes by a strict attention to business, to merit a share of the public patronage.
The Packet, Sloop HOPE, Capt. MILNER, with good accommodations for passengers, will ply between this Town & Philadelphia as usual—all freight sent by said packet will be carefully attended to.
Wilmington, July 8, 1809.
NOTICE.
THAT the subscriber hath obtained from the orphan's court of Cecil county in Maryland, letters of administration on the personal estate of Abner Kirk, late of Cecil county, deceased. All persons having claims against the said deceased, are hereby warned to exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof, to the subscriber, at or before the 19th day of the first month, 1810, otherwise they may by law be excluded from all benefit of the said estate. Given under my hand.
WILLIAM KIRK, Adm'r. Wilmington, June 24, 1809.
A Miller Wanted.
A YOUNG MAN of steady habits, sober, attentive, honest, industrious and completely master of his business—To such a one a liberal salary will be given.—Apply to the editor.
Wilmington, June 24, 1809.
James Gardner,
RESPECTFULLY informs his friends and the public that he has removed his store to the east side of Market-street, one door above Spackman & Grubbs, (nearly opposite the post-office) where he has opened a large assortment of elegant Dry Goods among which are,
Blue, black, brown, drab, corbeau, bottle green, grey, and dark mixed superfine cloths Marseilles quiltings Cassimeres Fustians and jeans Bennet's patent cord Lute strings Coatings and flannels Sinshaw and Mantua silks Forest cloths Silk & yorck tan gloves Velvets and constitution cords Bandanna and Madras handkerchiefs Bevereens Cammel's hair shawls 7-8 and 4-4 Irish linens Checkered and striped linens blue & yellow nankens Damask shawls Wide and narrow cotton cassimeres Russia & dowlas linens Chintzes and calicoes Ratine & bombazets Cambric and common dimities Red & green backing baize Calimancoes Brown holland Durant and Jones' spinning Suspenders Cotton and worsted hosiery Umrellas & parasols Colored, chambray, cambric, jackanet, mull-mull, India, British, book, gurrah, bafta, & leno Muslins Black satins and floraines N. B. Country Store Keepers supplied on the lowest terms for cash or the usual credit. Scissors & pen-knives Silk hose Gilt & plated buttons Oil cloths Trunks Morocco & kid shoes, &c. &c.
James Gardner. Wilmington, March 25, 1809. tf
Notice.
SUCH persons as are indebted to the estate of ESTHER YARNALL, deceased, either by bond, note, or book-debt, are requested to make immediate payment to John Warner and John Torbert, or either of them, who are legally authorised to receive the same. And those who have claims against said estate are requested to present them for settlement.
William Warner, Ex'r. Feb. 11, 1809. tf
For Sale.
(New-Castle County in the State of Delaware, ss.)
BY Virtue of an Order of the Orphan's Court for the said County of New-Castle, will be exposed to sale, at Public Vendue, on Monday, the 7th day of August next, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, at the house of Mrs. Dianna Biddle, in the village of St. George, and the county aforesaid, a certain Plantation or Tract of Land situate in St. George's hundred, in the said county, on the main road leading from the Trap to the village of St. George, with sundry valuable improvements, containing two hundred acres of arable land and fifty of woodland (except five acres of woodland on the north side of said plantation and immediately adjoining a farm devised to Thomas M'Donough by John Laroux, deceased) being a part of the real estate of Patrick M'Donough, deceased, and to be sold for the payment of his debts. At tendence will be given, and the terms of sale made known, at the time and place as aforesaid, by Sarah M'Donough and Leonard Vandegrift, Administrators of the said deceased, or their Attorney.
By order of the Orphans Court, JOHN WILEY, CLERK. New-Castle, July 15, 1809.
[N.B. The above Plantation contains a large brick dwelling house, a barn, and other out-houses. A part of the improved land is enclosed with a hedge fence, and the woodland well timbered.]
SARAH M'DONOUGH.
Patent Washing Machines.
THE subscriber respectfully informs his friends and the public in general, that he has, some time ago, purchased an exclusive right of making and vending Patent Washing Machines throughout the hundreds of Brandywine and Christiana, in New-Castle county, a number of which machines he has already made, which have been tried by divers persons and highly approved of, as they save a great part of the labour of washing in the usual way, and are less injurious to clothes. He will continue to make and have a supply of them on hand, which he will sell on reasonable terms to such as favour him with their custom; and will also sell to any person a right to make and use them within the hundreds aforesaid.
ABRAM GEST. Wilmington, Jan. 21, 1809. tf
War Department, July 8, 1809.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN:
THAT separate proposals will be received at the Office of the Secretary for the Department of War, until 12 o'clock, at noon of Wednesday the 25th of October next, for the supply of all rations that may be required for the use of the United States, from the 1st day of June 1810 inclusive, to the 1st day of June 1811, within the states, territories and districts following, viz.
1st. At Niagara, Detroit, Michimackinac, Fort Wayne, Chicago and in their immediate vicinities, and at any place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited, within the territory of Michigan.
2nd. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited within the States of Kentucky and Tennessee.
3d. At Belle Fontaine, Fort Osage and Belle Vue and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited within the state of Ohio and the Illinois and Louisiana territories, except Fort Wayne and Chicago and their immediate vicinities.
4th. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited within the Mississippi and Orleans territories.
5th. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited within the district of Maine, and state of New-Hampshire.
6th. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited within the state of Vermont.
7th. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the state of Massachusetts, the town of Springfield excepted.
8th. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited within the states of Connecticut and Rhode Island.
9th. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited within the state of New York, Niagara and its dependencies excepted.
10th. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited within the state of New Jersey.
11th. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the state of Pennsylvania.
12th. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the states of Maryland and Delaware.
13th. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited within the state of Virginia.
14th. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited within the state of North Carolina.
15th. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited within the state of South Carolina.
16th. At Ocmulgee Old Fields, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited within the limits of the state of Georgia.
17th. Proposals will also be received as aforesaid, for the supply of all rations which may be required by the United States, for the troops which are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited within the town of Springfield in the state of Massachusetts; and for the armorers and other persons employed in the United States' Armory at that place, from the 1st day of June 1810 inclusive, to the 1st day of June 1811.
A ration to consist of one pound and one quarter of beef, or three quarters of a pound of pork, eighteen ounces of bread or flour, one gill of rum, whiskey or brandy, and at the rate of two quarts of salt, four quarts of vinegar, four pounds of soap, and one pound and a half of candles, to every hundred rations. The prices of the several component parts of the ration shall be specified; but the United States reserve the right of making such alterations in the price of the component parts of the ration aforesaid, as shall make the price of each part thereof bear a just proportion to the proposed price of the whole ration. The rations are to be furnished in such quantities, that there shall at all times, during the term of the proposed contract, be sufficient for the consumption of the troops at Michimackinac, Detroit and Chicago, for six months in advance; and at each of the other ports on the western waters, for at least three months in advance, of good and wholesome provisions, if the same shall be required. It is also to be permitted to all and every of the commandants of fortified places or posts,
to call for at seasons when the same can be transported, or at any time in case of urgency, such supplies of like provisions in advance, as in the discretion of the commandant shall be deemed proper.
It is understood that the contractor is to be at the expence and risk of issuing the supplies to the troops, and that all losses sustained by the depredations of an enemy, or by means of the troops of the United States shall be paid by the United States at the price of the articles captured or destroyed as aforesaid, on the deposition of two or more persons of creditable characters, and the certificate of a commissioned officer, stating the circumstances of the loss, and the amount of the articles for which compensation shall be claimed.
The privilege is understood to be reserved to the United States, of requiring that none of the supplies, which may be furnished under any of the proposed contracts, shall be issued, until the supplies which have been or may be furnished under contracts now in force, have been consumed; and that a supply in advance may be always required at any of the fixed posts on the sea-board, or Indian frontier, not exceeding three months.
W. EUSTIS, Secretary for the Department of War.
July 29—taw4w
A Valuable Farm
FOR PRIVATE SALE, situated eight miles north west of Wilmington, in Kenton township, Chester county, formerly the property of Caleb Hoops, deceased; containing about 150 acres of excellent land, under good repair. Payments will be made easy to the purchaser. For further particulars, apply to the subscriber in Wilmington.
Wm. Gibbons.
Wilmington, June 3, 1809.
Notice
IS hereby given, that in pursuance of a private Act of the General Assembly of the state of Delaware passed at their last session, application will be made to the next Orphan's Court, to be held at New-Castle on the 17th day of next month, for an order to sell the real estate of James Marshall, late of the borough of Wilmington, deceased, for the benefit of the devisees named in his will.
SAMUEL CANBY,
Acting Executor.
Brandywine Mills, 7th mo. 12, 1809.
A VALUABLE
Tract of Land for sale,
At Private Sale.
THE subscriber offers for sale the tract of Land on which he at present resides, situate in Mill-Creek hundred in the county of New-Castle and state of Delaware, containing two hundred and fifty acres more or less, with a comfortable dwelling house and kitchen a cellar, barn, and a good stone spring-house thereon erected, a young apple orchard, and a variety of other fruit trees of the best quality; it is well watered by a number of excellent springs; on said tract there is near twenty acres of good timothy meadow land, about forty acres now in clover, a large proportion of woodland—and the residue good arable land capable of improvement to a high state of cultivation, being within one mile of limestone where it can be had on reasonable terms eight miles from Wilmington and six from New-Port on the main road leading from thence to Lancaster. As it is presumed any person inclining to purchase will view the premises, it is thought unnecessary to give a further description—it will bear a division into three parts, and will be sold either the whole together or in parts as may best suit the purchaser. If it is not sold at private sale on or before the 28th day of September next, it will be sold at public sale on the premises on said day, and a liberal credit given for a considerable part of the purchase money, at which time attendance will be given and the terms made known, by
JAMES OCHELTREE.
Wilmington, June 24, 1809.
To the Electors of New-Castle County.
Fellow-Citizens,
HAVING been selected by the Republican interest of this County for the office of Sheriff, permit me respectfully to solicit your support for that office at the General Election in October next.
TH: PERKINS.
Naaman's Creek, June 3, 1809. tf

OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Between the ministers of France and Austria, prior to the commencement of hostilities—(Continued.)
No. 7.—Letter from count de Metternich to count de Champagny, Minister &c.
“PARIS, AUG. 3, 1808.
“SIR, MINISTER—The confidential note which your excellency did me the honor to address to me on the July 27th, from Toulouse, reached me on 1st August. Whilst employed in answering it, I yesterday received your note of the 20th July from Bordeaux.
“If the first of those papers was of a nature to make me experience and anticipate the regret that the emperor my master would feel when perusing it; I am rejoiced at the manner in which my communications of the 28th July last, were received by his majesty, the emperor Napoleon. What powerful impressions must not questions, such as those addressed to him from Toulouse, create on the mind of a sovereign whose character is eminently pacific, who is attached to the true interests of his people, and steady to those political measures which are so conformable to his true interests? The emperor cannot but regret, that the many proofs, given to France at critical moments; so many steps taken to cherish the most intimate relations with her; and the new assurances that had been given of his constant adherence to the principles which governed his continental policy, should have been given way to the first impression, which rumors created and amplified by malevolence, had evidently made upon a cabinet, with which all his inclinations led him to unite, upon a powerful ally, whose friendship never can become a matter of indifference, since it is founded upon interests reciprocal & common to both empires.
“The frank, plain, & undisguised explanations, which I believe to be alone worthy of the emperor Napoleon, have had in part the effect I expected. Opposed to them at this time are the rumors circulated at Toplitz, Carlsruhe, &c. I am without uneasiness respecting these. The reports, forged in the coffee houses of Europe, must contradict and efface themselves. I have only to remark to your excellency, that they are not the rumors of Austria. Nine tenths of the inhabitants of those places are strangers, talkative because they have no attachment & settlement in a country which they only temporarily inhabit. If such is the evidence of foreign influence, it is proved to be a nullity by the places and by the distant frontier where it is exercised. His majesty the emperor may be assured there exists no such influence in the councils of the emperor Francis, and that all prejudice and deception are equally remote from them. The past ought to prove this, the present and the future will convince him of it.
“Your excellency has mentioned a sort of riot at Tilsit, and the stoppage of two couriers in Courland—facts, of which until now I had no knowledge. I would regret them, as I do every event contrary to the public order, & contrary to the obvious relations that should exist between neigbours and friends, if they did not furnish to my court a new opportunity to prove to his majesty the emperor Napoleon that he never will be deceived in his expectations of redress, for acts of this kind, to as great an extent as he himself. It would afford it if they had been committed in his own dominions. I promise your excellency the most severe punishments of the guilty.
“I hastened to transmit to Vienna the last communication from your excellency—and, having no cabinet courier at command, gave it in charge to count de Mier. The reasons for desiring an answer, which your excellency communicated to me, will greatly contribute to induce the emperor to return a prompt reply, which will be drawn up according to the amicable intentions which govern him. Those intentions are too well known, to leave any doubt but that the proof, which his majesty will furnish France, will be transmitted without any other delay than that which must of necessity take place.
“That confidence, which your excellency has so long possessed, will not allow me to conceal my wishes, that the emperor may suspend, until the return of my courier, any measures calculated to confirm, more than at present, the apprehensions of a speedy rupture between France and Austria. I perfectly accord with the very just remarks, which you have made in your recent communications, respecting the impropriety of measures, which, in spite of the wishes of sovereigns, or their ministers, and the most wise among the people often produce the greatest misfortunes among mankind. Let us not, then, raise the hopes of our common enemy, by exhibiting hostile appearances, which, in Austria as well as elsewhere, can but have an unfavourable effect upon the public, deprived of all knowledge of the true state of affairs, and which, on one side as on the other, may place the courts in an attitude, as contrary to the wishes of both emperors as to those of both nations. Let us not furnish the malevolent, those who are really anxious for a war, with those new weapons, which they may covertly hurl against us both. Nothing is more easy, and unhappily nothing is more common, than to see that offered as zealous support, which has a motion of a very different character.
“In leaving to my august master the charge of answering the overtures of his majesty the emperor Napoleon, your excellency will not
hesitate fully to convince the only wish with which I am animated, and of course the tenor of the orders I have received.”
No. 8. Note from count de Champagny to count de Metternich.
“PARIS, MARCH 10, 1809.
“The undersigned, minister for foreign affairs, has given an account, to his majesty the emperor, his master, of the communication which was made to him, by his excellency, count de Metternich, upon the return of count de Mier, and the determination which the cabinet of Vienna has taken to place its armies upon a war-footing.
“The emperor Napoleon has been afflicted at this determination. The armaments of Austria, the unfriendly conduct of its minister at Constantinople and in Bosnia the writings against France, circulate a profusely throughout the monarchy, inducing his majesty to believe that the English were not without influence at Vienna, determined him to stop on the Meurthe and Saone, the march of those divisions destined for Boulogne, Brest and Toulon. His majesty, at the same time instructed the princes of the confederation of the Rhine, to hold their troops in readiness, at all events, that they might if necessary return them, and be in a condition, if he should fail, to repel every aggressor.
“But after the declaration of M. Metternich, his majesty has given orders, to the troops posted in the interior of France, to proceed to the Rhine, to watch over the safety of his allies and confederates; and, that the troops of those states should without delay, be placed on the war establishment. Thus armies will be opposed to armies. The commencement of the disturbance, the threats and the armaments, will be made by Austria. It is for her to say when they shall cease. As no difference exists between the two courts, and as the treaty, which was followed by the evacuation of Braunau by the French army, affords no point for dispute between the two powers, his majesty has no idea of what is pretended; but, on his part, wishes to see Europe in the enjoyment of security and peace, and his own people reaping the fruits of the economy that would succeed that event. The undersigned is charged to state those wishes to M. Metternich.
“He requests his excellency, &c.
(Signed) CHAMPAGNY.
DEFENCE Of Mr. Jefferson's Administration. No. II.
FROM THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
Abolition of the Internal Taxes.
This measure was openly recommended by Mr. Jefferson. That the public sentiment was decidedly hostile to the continuance of the internal taxes cannot be doubted. It is equally clear that this hostility had eminently contributed to the elevation of Mr. Jefferson. It was therefore proposed in unequivocal terms in his first message to Congress.
Before, however, this step was taken, or contemporaneous with it, a great reduction was made in the habitual expenditures. In the navy department 200,000 dollars and in the war department 522,000 dollars were retrenched. To these were added various other diminutions of expenses, with the former, exceeding the annual sum of one million of dollars, and surpassing the amount of the taxes abolished about 3000,000 dollars.
The measure was, nevertheless, pronounced unwise by the opponents of the administration, and effects, the most pernicious, predicted as likely to flow from it. A large portion of these predictions, having been falsified by experience, require at present no notice. The remaining resources have proved not only equal to every existing engagement of the government, but likewise to a more rapid discharge of the public debt than that for which the national faith was pledged.
Every one acquainted with the history of the U. States knows that after the revolutionary war, it was a general, not to say universal impression, that the great power of taxation, vested in the general government, should be over imported commodities. This impression arose undoubtedly from the legitimate relationship between the nature of a government federal in its structure, and a tax whose equal operation could only be secured by the general government. Under this impression and the most important intratreaties of Congress, 12 states, a short time before the adoption of the constitution, had agreed to vest Congress with the power of laying a duty of five per cent on imported articles. Rhode Island, not then constituting more than a sixtieth part of the union, alone resisted this measure. But for her resistance, the power would have been conferred, and the new constitution would probably never have been framed. When framed it gave Congress absolute and exclusive power over duties on foreign commodities, thereby adding another to the numerous proofs that this was considered as the appropriate resource of the general government. It gave, at the same time, a concurrent power, with the states, over every source of revenue, with the express view of enabling a government, charged with the national defence, on any great emergency to call into activity the undivided resources of the community. This was the only
reason, perhaps a fallacious one, on which this sweeping power of taxation was confided. Accordingly Congress in the first instance, confined themselves to the imposition of duties on external commerce. At a subsequent period the internal taxes were resorted to, under an alleged want of revenue. The same cause gave rise to a direct tax on lands, houses and slaves. This cause ceasing, was it not proper to repossess the states of these resources? This alone, abstracted from all other considerations, would have been a sufficient justification of the measure.
But in addition to these there were other cogent reasons.
The internal revenues fostered a system of extensive patronage dangerous to a republican government. Five hundred officers were employed in their collection, and two hundred thousand dollars annually expended, amounting to twenty per cent, while the expense of collecting the external duties amounted to only five per cent, without producing any diminution in the aggregate expense by a decrease of duties. Here then is an annual saving of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. It is not practicable to estimate with precision the public injury arising from the existence of five hundred useless officers. It is within bounds, however, to say that their labor or ingenuity, if in a final degree productive would exceed a hundred thousand dollars.
Some respect unquestionably was due by the representatives of a free people to the established impression that an excise is hostile to liberty. In a state of society differing in one respect from that of all other nations, in protecting the unostented exercise of industry in channels chosen by itself, it is certainly of importance little short of infinite, to resist the establishment of a system which gives to government the control and direction of every branch of internal manufacture; enabling them therefore to depress or elevate, according to the measure of taxation applied, the condition of every class of citizens—a power, so nearly approximated to despotism, as to have become hateful to every nation not degraded to the lowest condition.
It has been said that the repeal of these taxes operated to the local injury of a part of the union.
To exhibit the local effects of the repeal, we have drawn out the following table. The first column exhibits the number of representatives to which each state is entitled—the second specifies the sums paid in each state, in the year one thousand eight hundred and one—the third shows the quota of the whole tax, which, for that year each state would have paid, had it been assessed in the ratio of numbers—the fourth exhibits the gain, and the last the loss of each state, on that principle, arising from the repeal.
   STATES. Reps. 1801. Quota of Tax. Gain. Loss.     New-Hampshire 5 9607 35000 6384 2333   Massachusetts 17 17284 119050 21702 19273   Rhode-Island 2 35702 14000 2702 24780   Connecticut 7 23727 45000 70 18504   Vermont 4 3250 28000 83180 9837   New-York 17 113070 119000 30713 55876   New-Jersey 6 23456 45000 911 18504   Pennsylvania 18 211859 126000 28756 84632   Delaware 1 7911 7000 937 55876   Maryland 8 86718 56000 144163 10242   Virginia 22 144163 154000 10242 37231   Tennessee 1 10738 7000 19371 14311   North-Carolina 12 52756 84000 14311   South-Carolina 8 45479 56000   Georgia 4 13459 28000  
From this table it appears of the states of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode-Island, Connecticut, and Vermont, ordinarily denominated the New-England states, two have gained,
Dolls. 85,596 and three have lost 69,446
Leaving 16,150 the clear gain of the New-England states.
That of the states of New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland, denominated the middle states, four have gained
116,870 and one has lost 18,504
The clear gain of the Middle states 98,375
That of the remaining states called the South and West, one has gained, 28,756 and five have lost 84,632
The clear loss of the Southern and Western states, 55,876
It further appears that the only gaining states were Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Maryland, Ohio and Rhode-Island—and that Massachusetts, next to Pennsylvania, was the greatest gainer—and that the state that incurred the greatest loss was N. Carolina.
It follows from this analysis that the repeal produced an absolute gain to the Eastern and Middle, while it produced a loss to the southern and western states. If, therefore, it was unequal in its operation, the latter, instead of the former states, have reason to complain.
But the intelligent reader will before this have remarked, that if the repeal really operated unequally upon the different states, that inequality could only arise from the partial operations of the taxes repealed—which, if a fact, would con-
stitute one of the strongest arguments in favor of the measure.
The Gazette.
Wilmington, August 2, 1809.
Latest from France.—The United States' brig Syren, with Mr. Coles, the bearer of dispatches from Mr. Armstrong to our government, arrived at New-York on Saturday, and Mr. Coles proceeded immediately for Washington. Nothing has transpired relative to our affairs with France. The dispatch ship Mentor was at L'Orient, waiting the orders of gen. ral Armstrong. The Syren sailed the 18th of June from L'Orient; she brings Paris papers to the 14th, which contain nothing later from the armies on the Danube than before published. A passenger in the Syren says that the loss of the French at the battle of Esling, on the Danube, was believed in Paris to be as follows:—15 generals killed and 6 wounded—among the former was Marshal Lasnes, and the latter Marshal Massena—besides 34 colonels, 1500 officers, and 45,000 privates, killed and wounded.
Extract of a letter from a Gentleman in Cadiz to the editor of this paper, dated June 1 1809.
“We yesterday received the confirmed account of the surrender of 14,000 men under Marshal Soult. A British ship of the line and two frigates, under Admiral Purves remain in the harbor; the back part of the Peninsula is now very strongly fortified—upwards of 1000 men have been for some time past at work at them; in addition to which they have cut through the Isthmus which joins it to the Main, and Cadiz is now completely insular—it is therefore secure, let the event be what it may. Of the Spanish cause, however, the most sceptical have not a doubt; the French troops, in small actions in various parts, have been so completely cut up that they cannot long attempt to keep possession. The harbor contains at present upwards of 30 American vessels of all descriptions—American produce, of course, very low. Some of them are preparing to sail for England after the tenth of June.”
FOR THE DELAWARE GAZETTE.
MR. JONES, A late number of your Gazette contains two communications respecting the Cavalry of the first brigade—the one under the signature of “System”—the other “A Trooper.” If I mistake not, the Governor and the Cavalry are indebted to one writer for the sage remarks contained in both. The Governor would not have known that so experienced a person in Cavalry tactics had passed unnoticed, and the Cavalry would have been ignorant of the cause why the squadron was not organized, had not this military genius made his appearance in your paper. The statement he has given of the evolutions he has seen performed by the officers of Cavalry of the first brigade was intended, no doubt, as a self recommendation to the Governor; but if he cannot produce a better claim for the office to which he aspires, he will not, I believe, have an opportunity very soon of displaying to the officers at present commanding the two troops, his capacity of instructing them. As it is but a short time since this “System” became a Trooper, it cannot be supposed, by any person but himself, that he can be well acquainted with the evolutions of Cavalry. At the time the Cavalry were galloping in Indian file, as he supposes, they must have been advancing from the right or left quarter or half ranks, or from the right and left of the troop by files. In his next attempt to be a trooper I hope he will be more correct in his terms. It will be requisite for him, in case he expects to be honored with the command of Major of Cavalry (which at present he has no claim to) that he should manifest a capacity to instruct the officers in Cavalry tactics. One reason assigned by this writer why there should be a Major of Cavalry is, that the two troops, at present, act separate, each officer exercising his own troop, & that there is no stimulus for them to excel in manœuvring: I will beg leave to differ from him in opinion, as I am inclined to believe that it excites a greater spirit of emulation than if they performed together—each officer having the training of his own troop instead of their being in a squadron, where they would of course be under the orders of a Major, and exercised by him. There is one advantage in the cavalry being organized into a squadron, and that is, that the evolutions performed should be as uniform as possible; but I believe, notwithstanding what “System” has alleged to the contrary, that the cavalry of the first brigade is as well disciplined as any other corps in the brigade: perhaps there is not a body of men in the state that deserve more the applause of their country. From the returns of the Adjutant-General last year it appears that the two troops contained near one hundred men, armed and equipped at their own expence. However pleasing it might be to “System”

to have the command of them, I am very certain the Governor will not hazard the destruction of these troops by placing them under the command of one who has never been a trooper.
One of the Cavalry.
FOR THE GAZETTE.
"O the invention of man!" exclaimed a venerable old lady when she first saw a wheelbarrow. Yes, responded another sage matron, when reflecting on the old lady's astonishment, yes, every generation grows wiser and wiser—for the very fall my little Fossa was five years old he crawled away through the fence and gnawed off a green gourd vine!! Is it not somewhat astonishing that this astonishing child never discovered the astonishing mystery of longitude? But to return. Had those good old ladies lived in this our day, they would not, perhaps, have been so astonished at the ingenuity of man and sagacity of a child—they would have considered a wheelbarrow as a mere nothing in mechanism, and Fossa's sagacity eclipsed in superior wisdom.
It has not been long since it was considered, or at least said, that PATRIOTISM consisted in opposing wholesome laws for the good of the country, and extolling those of an enemy's! However, here's the tale in miniature.
Suppose, for the sake of shewing my ingenuity, "that Mr. A. is a member of a legislature—he of course must represent some county, or hundred:—Suppose the Indians not only invade their territory, but whenever any of their people venture out of their boundary seize upon and rob them of their milk and calumet, of which the savage is peculiarly fond, and then drag them off to their wigwam to make them pay for the trouble of examining them:—Suppose that after all this, the legislature pass a law, forbidding their people to carry abroad any article of their raising, for the use of those savage robbers—Mr. A. opposes this law, with all his might and main, as Fossa used to say but still it passes—he immediately urges his countrymen to oppose! oppose it even by gently poking any fellow in the carcass who should venture to enforce it." Admirable! Admirable discovery of Patriotism—equal to the invention of a wheelbarrow, or Fossa's sagacity.
Oh Me.
FOR THE DELAWARE GAZETTE.
On entering a village or country town, one of the first things that attracts the eye is a sign suspended, waving its careless head, with "Entertainment for Man and Horse" depicted on its countenance. This often stimulates the weary traveller; and as "Money makes the mare go," good entertainment makes the horse stop—the traveller alights, refreshes, and then pursues his journey with fresh vigour. This, to be sure, is very clever, but there are still cleverer things in our town.
The Wilmington College Lottery displays an exceedingly beautiful sign—yea, the miser's coat of arms—5,000!! This far surpasses in beauty and convenience all the signs dedicated to Bacchus. It is now waving its smiling head, inviting the votaries of fortune to come and take refreshment. Not long since, a customer calling in, was agreeably treated with a "Plumb pudding" of 3,000! A delicious feast!—a handsome treat!—happy the guest!
I have the satisfaction of adding that the INN is well stored with provisions—a number of excellent dishes ready to be served up at the shortest notice. Those who are disposed to partake of the delightful entertainment had best make a speedy application to the committee of arrangement for a ticket of admittance.
Walk In.
Although from the chameleon character of the British orders in council, it is nearly as futile as it is difficult to analyse them, yet there are features in the late order of the 24th of May, that it may be of some service distinctly to notice.
1. The arrangements made by Mr. Erskine, it is said, are not such as were authorised by his Majesty's instructions, "or such as his majesty can approve." Here is an avowal by the British government of an inflexible purpose, unlimited by time or circumstance, either not to make a proper reparation for the outrage committed on the Chesapeake, or not to rescind the principle of her orders of the 7th of January and 11th of November.
2. The temporary relaxations of the old orders in council are all coupled with one sweeping condition, to wit: a withdrawal of protection from any vessel that shall attempt to enter any port "actually blockaded by any of his majesty's ships of war." Is there not reason to fear that the whole of the enemy ports will in this way be blockaded by a naval force altogether insufficient for the complete investment requisite to a legal blockade, and that vessels leaving ports thus "blockaded," will, on their re-
turn voyage, be seized on the high seas by British cruizers, and carried into British ports for adjudication for a violation of the blockade? There is the more reason to apprehend that the species of blockade here referred to it not that recognized by the law of nations, as, if it were, there would have been no reason for such a provision.
3. The order professes to indemnify American merchants, indeed, to avoid any interference with their adventures under the arrangements made with Mr. Erskine. But this will be found on investigation, to be an idle pretext. The larger number of American vessels were destined for, and will have entered, British ports, with commodities in part meant for consumption in England, in part for consumption on the continent. The value of these commodities must materially depend on a sale for them on the continent. This, being almost totally cut off by the order of April 26th, substituted in the room of the previous orders, the prices of those commodities in British ports have actually sunk, and may be expected to fall much more; and the American merchant, instead of making a profit, will incur a ruinous loss. A large portion of these shipments to England were, doubtless, meant to be deposited in that country, with a view to future transportation to the continent. This resource being now almost entirely cut off, a great and steady depression of prices will be inevitable.
By the disavowal of the British ministry, the order of April last comes into operation in lieu of the orders of January and November, 1807. Now the order of April, although otherwise represented in most of the public prints, will be found even more rigorous and oppressive to our trade than the preceding orders. Under these orders, the direct trade between the United States and the colonies of the enemies of Britain, that from the United States to the continent of Europe through a British port, and the transportation of American produce, cotton excepted, through a British port, to enemy ports, under certain conditions, were allowed. By the order of April they are, with trifling exceptions, interdicted. The principal trade authorised with the continent by this order is to the ports of the Baltic, allowed, no doubt by Britain, for the express purpose of obtaining naval supplies through American bottoms, a trade which will be likely to be inhibited, as soon as it is seen to have this effect, and which, independently of this circumstance, would be of little value to us, as but a small portion of our produce would there find a market. Besides this trade, the order allows a trade to the southern parts of Italy, comprising Naples and a part of the territory of the Church, the whole of but inconsiderable importance, compared with the ports of Genoa & Leghorn in the Northern part of Italy, with which all trade is interdicted. To this may be added a qualified trade to certain parts of Spain and Portugal, dependent upon their possession by England, which are, however, too trifling and precarious to be of much value to us. Under this view of the subject, the arrangements made with Mr. Erskine, attended by their recent disavowal, will be found to operate as a mere decoy, the emollient lenitives of the order of May 24th to the contrary notwithstanding. Nat. Intel.
In our paper of this day will be found a copy of the instructions produced by Mr. Canning in the British parliament as the basis on which the late arrangement was entered into by Mr. Erskine.
It appears to us extremely improbable that these were the only instructions on which Mr. Erskine proceeded in the negotiation at this place, and for these reasons. Mr. Erskine, in his first letter, as a preliminary to any overture for the renewal of intercourse, offered what was deemed adequate satisfaction for the affair of the Chesapeake. Where, in these instructions, is any instruction relative to the affair of the Chesapeake? It is not even mentioned; and the presumption is that there was a previous communication, the confidential nature of which possibly prevented its publication. Indeed in the instructions published a "former dispatch" is mentioned, the contents of which, however, are not designated.
Again—These instructions require a formal recognition by the U. States of three conditions, to one at least of which the government of the U. States could never accede. It may well be doubted whether Mr. Erskine would so far have deviated from positive instructions as to make an arrangement without the recognition of any one of them. Mr. Oakely, the bearer of the dispatches which were the basis of the arrangement made in this city, arrived in the U. States in the Rosamond on the 3d of April, which vessels brought London dates to the 9th of February. The instructions published are dated the 23d of January, at least sixteen days prior to the departure of Mr. O. from London, and in this no mention is made of Mr. Oakely
who was selected as the bearer. It seems to be a rational deduction that Mr. O. was selected as the bearer of instructions of a subsequent date, also possibly of a confidential nature, and therefore not published.
About the time that Mr. Oakely sailed also, the ministerial speakers in Parliament and the ministerial prints conveyed the idea that the British ministry confidently expected an amicable adjustment of all differences with America. Did they expect it from the instructions now published? Did they expect it from the requisition of humiliating conditions from us, in consequence of which they would do us the favor to tax us no longer? The idea is absurd.
In short, it is evident that these were not the only instructions given to Mr. Erskine, although they might have composed that part of them which it has been deemed politic to make public. Ibid.
Mr. Erskine's Instructions.
Copy of a dispatch from Mr. Secretary Canning to the hon. D. M. Erskine; dated Foreign Office, 23d Jan. 1806.
Sir, If there really exists in those individuals who have a leading share in the new administration of the United States, that disposition to come to a complete and cordial understanding with G. Britain, of which you have received from them such positive assurances; in meeting that disposition it would be useless and unprofitable to recur to a recapitulation of the causes from which the differences between the two governments have arisen, or of the arguments already so often repeated in support of that system of retaliation to which his majesty has unwillingly had recourse.
That system his majesty must unquestionably continue to maintain, unless the object of it can be otherwise accomplished.
But after the profession on the part of so many of the leading ministers of the government of the U. States, of a sincere desire to contribute that object in a manner which should render the continuance of the system adopted by the British government unnecessary, it is thought right that a fair opportunity should be afforded to the American government to explain its meaning and give proof of its sincerity.
The extension of the interdiction of the American harbors to the ships of war of France as well as of G. Britain, is as stated in my former dispatch, an acceptable symptom of a system of impartiality towards both belligerents; the first that has been publicly manifested by the American government.
The extension of the non-importation act to other belligerents is equally proper in this view. These measures remove these preliminary objections which must otherwise have precluded any useful or amicable discussion.
In this state of things, it is possible for Great Britain to entertain propositions, which while such manifest partiality was shown to her enemies, were not consistent either with her dignity or her interests.
From the report of your conversations with Mr. Madison, Mr. Gallatin, and Mr. Smith, it appears:—
1st. That the American government is prepared in the event of his majesty's consenting to withdraw the orders in council of January and November 1807, to withdraw contemporaneously on its part the interdiction of its harbors to ships of war, and all non-intercourse and non-importation acts, as far as respects Great Britain, leaving them in force with respect to France, and the powers which adopt or act under her decrees.
2d. (What is of the utmost importance, as precluding a new source of misunderstanding which might arise after the adjustment of the other questions.) That America is willing to renounce, during the present war, the pretension of carrying on in war time all trade with the enemy's colonies, from which she was excluded during peace.
3d. Great Britain, for the purpose of securing the operation of the embargo, and of the bona fide intention of America to prevent her citizens from trading with France, and the powers adopting and acting under the French Decrees, is to be considered as being at liberty to capture all such American vessels as may be found attempting to trade with the ports of any of these powers; without which security for the observance of the embargo, the raising it nominally with respect to G. Britain alone, would in fact raise it with respect to all the world.
On these conditions his majesty would consent to withdraw the Orders in council of January and November 1807, so far as respects America.
As the first and second of these conditions are the suggestions of persons in authority in America to you, and as Mr. Pinkney has recently, (but the first time) expressed to me his opinion that there would be no indisposition on the part of his government to the enforcement by the naval power of Great Britain of the regulations of America with respect to France, and the countries to which these regulations continue to apply, but that his government was itself aware, that without such enforcement those regulations must be altogether nugatory; I flatter myself that there will be no difficulty in obtaining a distinct and official recognition of these conditions from the American government.
For this purpose you are at liberty to communicate this dispatch in extenso to the American Secretary of state.
Upon receiving through you, on the part of
the American government, a distinct and official recognition of the three mentioned conditions, his majesty will lose no time in sending to America a formal and regular treaty.
As however, it is possible that the delay which must intervene before the actual conclusion of a treaty may appear to the American government to deprive this arrangement of part of its benefit, I am to authorize you, if the American government should be desirous of acting upon the agreement before it is reduced to a regular form, (either by the immediate repeal of the embargo, and the other acts in question, or by engaging to repeal them on a particular day) to assure the American government of his majesty's readiness to meet such a disposition in the manner best calculated to give immediate effect.
Upon the receipt here of an official note, containing an engagement for adoption by the American government of the three conditions above specified, his majesty will be prepared on the faith of such engagement, either immediate (if the repeal shall have been immediate in America) or on days specified by the American government for that repeal, reciprocally to recall the Orders in Council, without waiting for the conclusion of the treaty; and you are authorized in the circumstances herein described, to make such reciprocal engagements on his majesty's behalf.
I am, &c.
GEORGE CANNING.
Marine List.
PORT OF WILMINGTON.
ARRIVED.
Schooner William and Samuel, Green, from Baracoa; schr. Ranger, Phelps, from Passamaquoddy; brig Traveller, Wainer, from do.
MEMORANDA.
Vessels spoken in the Delaware, bound for Philadelphia. 28th June, off New-Castle, brig Bryan, Ingram, from Jamaica, cargo of coffee. 29th, schr. Friendship, Evans, from New-York, cargo of sundries; brig Louisiana, of Philadelphia, McFaran, from St. Jago de Cuba, with a cargo of sugar and coffee, and a number of passengers; schr. Hannah Loretto, Holt, of Philadelphia, from Porto Rico, St. Johns, cargo of coffee and hides—passenger, Thomas Coca, of Porto Rico; schr. Adventure, Grant, from Porto Rico, cargo of coffee; sloop Anselms, Grant, of New-York, cargo of rum and limes, to Wm. Johnston, Philadelphia; ship Eugene, Watson, of Philadelphia, from New-York.
Notice.
WHEREAS the Honourable the Justices of the Supreme Court of the state of Delaware, when sitting at New-Castle at the April term last past, did appoint the subscribers assignees of Samuel Ewing an insolvent debtor then and there discharged, for the use of themselves and his other creditors, on his having assigned to us for that purpose all his estate real and personal and his rights and credits—We therefore notify the creditors of the said Samuel Ewing to exhibit their accounts or other demand against him to the subscribers or either of them, that they may be entitled to a dividend within two weeks from the date hereof, and all those who are in any way indebted to the said Samuel Ewing are desired to make payment within the time aforesaid, as a necessity exists to settle the accounts speedily, and longer indulgence cannot be given.
George Whitelock, } As- Isaac Stevenson, } signees. Wilmington, August 2, 1809.
For Sale.
A NUMBER of Building Lots, some small Grass Lots and several tenements in this borough, and some building lots to be let on ground rent for a number of years, most of them in pleasant airy situations, and will be sold or let on moderate terms for cash or on a reasonable credit.—Also about 19 acres of Land in Brandywine hundred for sale. Apply to Isaac Stevenson, Conveyancer, Market street, Wilmington. August 2, 1809.
For Sale.
THAT elegant Farm known by the name of Spring Garden. It is situated on the river Delaware, within one mile and an half of the town of New Castle, and contains about 300 acres of land, in a high state of cultivation. The buildings are complete, and command an extensive view of the Delaware and the surrounding country. The land abounds with good water, and contains a plentiful variety of the choicest fruit; and the farm is considered, by competent judges, as complete in every respect, as any situation on the river Delaware. As it is presumed that any person inclining to purchase will first desire to view the premises, a lengthy description is deemed unnecessary. For further particulars apply to Riddle & Bird, New Castle, or to the subscriber on the premises. JOHN E. SWORD. July 26, 1809. 1 m
Ann Cannon,
RESPECTFULLY informs her friends and the public in general, that she has opened
A Milinary & Fancy Store, next door to Mrs. Huggins's Tavern, Market street, Wilmington (Del.) July 22.

Poetry.
THE MOTHER TO HER CHILD.
Welcome thou little dimpled stranger, O! welcome to my fond embrace; Thou sweet reward of pain and danger, Still let me press thy cherub face. Dear source of many a mingled feeling; How did I dread, yet wish thee here! While hope and fear by turns prevailing, Served but to render thee more dear. How glowed my heart with exultation, Solace the anxious seat of care, When first thy voice of supplication, Stole sweetly on thy mother's ear. What words could speak the bright emotion That sparkled in thy father's eye, When to his fond paternal bosom He fondly press'd the darling boy! Oh! that thou may'st, sweet babe, inherit Each virtue of his heart most dear; His manly grace, his matchless merit, Is still thy doting mother's prayer. While on thy downy couch reposing, To watch thee is my tender toil; I mark thy sweet blue eyes unclosing, I fondly hail thy cherub smile. Smile on, sweet babe, unknown to sorrow, Still brightly beam thy heavenly eye; And may'st the dawn of ev'ry morrow Shed blessings on my darling boy.
Miscellany.
FROM THE BOSTON MIRROR.
HAPPINESS—A FRAGMENT.
*** The scenes of my life have been sad, said a poor Frenchman, who had scrambled up one of the most precipitous mountains of North Wales, and was now pensively leaning on his stick, and casting a mournful look toward the wide expanse of waters, which bounded his prospect—"The scenes of my life have been sad," repeated he, and a tear silently stole down his cheek, as the painful recollection of the past again struck his soul—"I have pursued the bubble happiness all over the world, and have lived but to find it a phantom of the brain—I have suffered the torture of the inquisition in Spain—I have been chained to the galleys in Italy—I have starved on the mountains of Switzerland—I have groaned as a slave in Turkey—I have languished beneath the republican tyranny in France—and, lastly, I have been whipped as a vagabond in England—and I am grown grey in misery, and old age has overtaken me in wretchedness!"—The tears streamed plentifully down the cheeks of the unfortunate old man, as this painful retrospect presented itself to his mind. The sun was just casting his rays over the waters, and the west was tinged with the bright streaks of vermilion and gold. Not a breath ruffled the surface of the deep—not a sound invaded the ear—all was stillness and serenity, except when the last notes of the ascending skylark sunk on the air while the feathered songster himself was lost in distance. He insensibly felt his spirits tranquillized by the universal harmony which seemed to reign aloud—The balm of peace descended upon his soul—He looked upon the wanderings of his past days with a calm, but melancholy regret—It was too late to begin life anew; and, after having spent his youth in toil and vexation, he now felt that a little rest was necessary. When the sun had sunk beneath the horizon he laid himself on the turf, and soon dropped into a sweet, and uninterrupted slumber. In the morning he rose refreshed. Beneath the wide spreading branches of a venerable tree, he constructed a simple hut—His meat was supplied by the roots and the herbs of the valley; and the crystal spring, which bubbled by his dwelling, afforded him a wholesome beverage. Every evening beheld him sinking peacefully to repose
his bed of leaves; and every dawning day saw him rise refreshed and cheerful. In a short time he discovered that he was happy—The discovery astonished him. He was insulated—an outcast—depending on the spontaneous products of the earth for sustenance, and only sheltered from the inclemency of the weather, by a cabin, over which the den of the wild beast possessed many advantages.—Under such circumstances, that he could be happy, was to him incomprehensible. After musing some time on the strangeness of the fact, he found out all the miseries of his pass life were to be imputed to himself; that they arose from his own restlessness and ambition; and that the true philosopher's stone, which converts every thing it touches into gold, the real source of all human happiness is Contentment .
CUSTOM OF THE SAMNITES.
The Samnites had a certain custom, which in so small a republic, and especially in their situation, must have produced admirable effects. The young people were all convened in one place, and their conduct examined. He that was declared the best of the whole assembly, had leave given him to take which girl he pleased for his wife; the person that had been declared second best, chose after him, and so on. Admirable institution!—the only recommendation that young men could have on this occasion was owing to virtue, and to the services done to their country; he who had the greatest share of endowments, chose which girl he liked out of the nation. Love, beauty, chastity, birth, and even wealth itself, were all in some measure, the dowry. A nobler and grander recompense, less chargeable to a petty state, and more capable of influencing both sexes, could scarcely be imagined.
It appears by the foregoing, that high collars, short jackets, and shovelled nosed boots, had no great influence with the Samnites, and which, together with a few more polite acquirements, such as swallowing two or three gills of gin or brandy before breakfast, sitting over a card-table till two or three o'clock of a Sunday morning, half-stupified with wine, and then reeling home to their lodgings, conclude the scene with damning and cursing the good people of the house for going to bed so soon, &c. constitutes the greater part of the recommendations of a number of our present young men.
To Brewers.
TO be rented, and possession given the first of tenth mo. (October) next, a large and convenient Brewery, with every necessary apparatus in complete order, situate in the borough of Wilmington. This Brewery is well supplied with good water, and convenient to a good barley country. As it is presumed that any person inclining to rent would first desire to view the premises, a further description is deemed unnecessary. The terms will be reasonable: for particulars apply on the premises, or to the subscriber at Abbotts and Sheward's brewery, Philadelphia.
Caleb Sheward.
7th mo. 19th, 1809.
A quantity of good malt and casks may be had of the present tenants.—A lot of marsh, about two acres and a half, to let, with or without the Brewery.
VIRGINIA.
General Assembly begun and held at the Capitol in the city of Richmond, on Monday the second day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and five, and of the Commonwealth, the thirtieth. AN ACT giving further time to the proprietors of certain lands, forfeited for the non-payment of taxes, to redeem the same.
[Passed February 1st, 1806.]
BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That the proprietors of lands forfeited to, and vested in the commonwealth, by the non-payment of taxes, agreeably to the act, entitled "An act more effectually to provide for the pay-
ment of taxes upon lands within this commonwealth," may redeem the same by paying into the treasury of this commonwealth, on or before the first day of March, in the year eighteen hundred and seven, all arrears of taxes due thereon. This act shall commence and be in force from and after the passing thereof.
A copy from the Roll.—Teste,
J. PLEASANTS, Jr. Keeper of the Rolls.
General Assembly, begun and held at the capitol in the city of Richmond, on Monday the first day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and six, and of the commonwealth the thirty-first.
AN ACT to amend an act, entitled "An act more effectually to provide for the payment of taxes upon lands within this commonwealth."
[Passed 20th January, 1807.]
BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That, when the taxes on any tract or parcel of land shall have heretofore remained, or shall hereafter remain unpaid for the space of two years, such tract or parcel of land shall be forfeited to the commonwealth, and shall not be subject to location. Provided Nevertheless, That, the tract or parcel of land so as aforesaid forfeited, shall be subject to the redemption of the former rightful and proper owner at any time within three years after such forfeiture shall have accrued, upon payment of the taxes due thereupon, according to the following rules, to wit. That if the said taxes shall be paid in the first year after such forfeiture shall have accrued, there shall be paid all interest of twenty five per centum per annum on the amount of the said taxes from the time they became due, till paid: If the said taxes shall be paid in the second year after such forfeiture shall have accrued, there shall be paid an interest of fifty per centum per annum on the amount of taxes due as aforesaid; if the said taxes shall be paid in the third year after such forfeiture shall have accrued, there shall be paid an interest of one hundred per centum per annum, as aforesaid; Provided also, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to affect the rights of infants, femes covert, or persons of unsound mind, until one year after the disabilities shall have ceased, on their paying all taxes due, with an interest thereon at the rate of ten per centum per annum on the amount due as aforesaid.
All acts and parts of acts coming within the purview of this act, are hereby repealed.
This act shall commence and be in force from and after the first day of March next.
A copy from the Roll.—Teste,
J. PLEASANTS, Jr. Keeper of the Rolls.
General Assembly, begun and held at the capitol in the city of Richmond, on Monday the fifth day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eight, and of the commonwealth the thirty third.
AN ACT providing for the redemption of certain lands forfeited by the non-payment of taxes thereon.
[Passed February 6th 1809.]
BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That all lands hereafter forfeited or hereafter to be forfeited to the commonwealth for the non-payment of taxes, by virtue of the laws now in force, shall be redeemable at any time within three years from the time when such forfeiture hath heretofore accrued, or shall hereafter accrue, and until the first day of March next succeeding the expiration of the said term of three years, on payment of the taxes due thereon, with an interest of ten per centum per annum on each year's tax, from the time when the same became or shall become due, until the time of such redemption. Provided nevertheless, That all lands heretofore forfeited, shall be redeemable in like manner, and on payment of the like interest, on or before the first day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ten.
Be it further enacted, That the Auditor of public accounts shall, on or before the first day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eleven, and on or before the first day of March in every year thereafter, deliver to the collector of the taxes of each county, a list of all such forfeited lands therein, as on the first day of March preceding, had become irredeemable, which list shall be forthwith posted or hung up in the most public place in the court-house of the county.
Be it further enacted, That on the first Monday in August in the year one thousand eight hundred and eleven, and on the first Monday of August in every year thereafter, the collectors shall proceed, by public auction, at the door of the court-house of each county, to sell to the highest bidders each tract of land contained within the list of such forfeited lands, as were irredeemable on the first day of March in the preceding year for ready money.
Be it further enacted, That if at any such sale, the former owner or owners of any forfeited tract of land so about to be sold, or any person for him, her or them, or in his, her or their behalf, with or without any authority or direction for that purpose, shall appear and pay the taxes due thereon, with interests as aforesaid, until the time of such sale, such tract shall not be sold, but an entry of such payment shall be made by the collector on the list aforesaid, and a receipt for such payment given to the person making the same in the name of the former owner or owners, and thereupon such land shall be taken to be redeemed, and the forfeiture accrued thereon, shall be, and the same is hereby fully waived and remitted.
Be it further enacted, That it shall be the du-
ty of the commissioner or commissioners of the revenue, annually, on the first Monday in August, to attend at the court-house of their respective counties, and to take and make out a list of the sales to be sold by the collector, specifying the name or names of the former owner or owners, the sums paid and to whom sold; which list the commissioner or commissioners shall forthwith transmit to the Auditor of public accounts, who shall charge the collector with the amount of sales appearing thereon.
Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of every collector to pay annually into the public Treasury, all such sum or sums of money as he shall receive by virtue of this act, deducting a commission of five per centum thereon, which payment shall annually be made on the same day on which the taxes collected in the same year shall be payable.
Be it further enacted, That the lists of sale so certified and taken by the commissioners, or either of them, shall be sufficient to charge the collector or his security or securities, his, her or their heirs, executors or administrators therewith, on any motion to be made to recover the same by the auditor of public accounts. And if any collector shall make default in the payment of any monies by him received, by virtue of this act, at the time hereby required, such collector, and his security or securities, his, her or their heirs, executors or administrators, shall be liable to all such fines, interests, damages and costs, and be recovered in the same manner as in case of a default in the payment of the commonwealth's revenue.
Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of every collector making a sale by virtue of this act, to make and execute to the purchaser a deed in fee simple for the lands purchased, reciting the cause of sale, and in every action or suit at law or in equity, in which a former owner or owners of any tract of land so sold and conveyed, his, her, or their heirs, devisee, or other person or persons claiming under him, her or them, shall contest the validity of the sale so made, the onus probandi shall lie on the party so contesting.
Be it further enacted, That the commissioner or commissioners for discharging the duties required on them by this act, shall be entitled to receive from the public treasury a commission of one and an half per centum on the amount of sales, on a warrant from the auditor of public accounts.
Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the auditor of public accounts, at the public expense, to cause a copy of this act, and of an act passed the first day of February, in the year one thousand eight hundred and six, entitled "An act giving further time to the proprietors of certain lands forfeited for the non payment of taxes, to redeem the same, and also of an act passed on the twentieth day of January, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seven, entitled, "An act to amend an act, entitled "An act, more effectually to provide for the payment of taxes upon lands within this commonwealth," to be published for six months successively in the present year, and for three months successively preceding the first Monday in August in the year one thousand eight hundred and eleven, to be published in some newspaper, of general circulation, edited in each of the United States, if any such there be.
And be it further enacted, That the duties enjoined in this act to be performed by the collectors, shall where the sheriff is collector, be performed by the high sheriff in person, and every purchase made, wholly or in part, by the sheriff or his deputy, or by any other person being a collector, or by any other person, wholly or in part, for the use of such sheriff, deputy sheriff or other person being a collector shall be void; and every sheriff, deputy sheriff or other person being a collector, making any purchase, either wholly or in part, for himself, or procuring any other person to make such purchase, wholly or in part for the use aforesaid, shall forfeit and pay the sum of $500, to the use of the public, to be recovered by bill, plaint or information, in any court of record having jurisdiction thereof.
This act shall be in force from the passing thereof.
A copy from the Roll.—Teste,
J. PLEASANTS, Jr. keeper of the rolls.
April 22—1806m
WILMINGTON COLLEGE.
THE Trustees of Wilmington College take pleasure in being able to announce to the public the revival of the Latin school in this institution, under the immediate care of Mr. Bigelow and general superintendence of the Rev. Dr. Read. The healthy situation of Wilmington, its character for morality, the goodness of its market and choice of best boarding houses, joined to the evidence of Mr. Bigelow's capacity as a teacher, and the long and justly established reputation of Dr. Read as a successful preceptor, all concur to recommend this seminary to the attention of Parents and Guardians, anxious to promote the education and improvement of the youth intrusted to their care, especially when they are further assured that the other departments of the College are provided with tutors fully adequate to their appointments, and of unexceptionable moral characters
By order of the Board,
ROBERT HAMILTON, EBENEZER A. SMITH, JOHN RUMSEY, WILLIAM PRYCE,
July 22, 1809.
Committee