The enquirer (Richmond, Va.), 1804-06-23 00:00:00

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SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 23, 1804.
[VOLUME 1.]
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For the information of the Frecholders of the State,
THE following correct list of the persons who compose the Republican Ticket of Electors of President and Vice President of the United States, is published. The election for the choice of Electors will be held in each county and corporation on the first Monday in November next.
PHILIP N. NICHOLAS, Chairman.
JOHN H. FOUSHEE, Sec'y. Richmond, May 25, 1804.
REPUBLICAN TICKET.
 Richard E. Lee, of Norfolk Borough.  John Goodrich, of Isle of Wight.  Edward Pegram, of Dinwiddie.  Dr. Richard Field, of Brunswick.  Thomas Read, of Charlotte.  Creed Taylor, of Cumberland.  William H. Cabell, of Amherst.  George Penn, of Patrick.  George Wythe, of City of Richmond.  John Taylor, of Caroline.  Larkin Smith, of King & Queen.  John Minor, of Spotsylvania.  William Ellzey, of Loudoun.  William Dudley, of Warwick.  Mann Page, of Gloucester.  John Taliaferro, jr. of King George.  Richard Brent, of Prince William.  Hugh Holmes, of Frederick.  James Dailey, of Hampshire.  James Allen, of Shenandoah.  Archibald Stuart, of Augusta.  James McFarlane, of Russell.  Gen. John Preston, of Montgomery.  William M'Kinley, of Ohio. 
* * The Republican Printers throughout the State, are requested to insert the above one month.
CAROLINE SPRINGS.
THE subscriber intends to open a TAVERN at the Caroline Springs, on the first day of June next; and hopes, from the pleasant and healthy situation, exclusive of the Medicinal qualities of the waters, that it will be a place of general resort.
The Springs are situated about 56 miles from Richmond, 18 from Port-Royal, 12 from the Bowling-Green, and 14 from Fredericksburg. The roads leading to them are remarkably good... they are surrounded by an agreeable and respectable neighbourhood. There are out-houses for the accommodation of those who wish to live separate from the Tavern.
The subscriber flatters herself, that these inducements will not only operate on invalids, who, in the sickly season, attend the Springs for the sake of having their health restored, but will also be felt by those whose only object is the enjoyment of company, as it may be justly said the society will be equal to any in the country.
No exertion will be wanting to make every thing perfectly agreeable.
ANN GATEWOOD.
Fredericksburg, May 19. 31/5/5.
BY AUTHORITY.
[LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.]
AN ACT
Declaring the assent of Congress to an act of the General Assembly of Virginia, therein mentioned.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the assent of Congress is hereby given, and declared to an act of the general assembly of Virginia, entitled "An act for improving the navigation of James river," which act was passed on the twenty third day of January, in the year one thousand eight hundred and four.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JESSE FRANKLIN, President of the Senate pro tempore.
March 19, 1804.
APPROVED,
TH: JEFFERSON.
AN ACT
To revive and continue in force, an act, entitled "An act for the relief of the refugees from the British Provinces of Canada and Nova Scotia."
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the act entitled "An act for the relief of the refugees from the British Provinces of Canada and Nova Scotia," approved on the seventeenth of April, one thousand seven hundred and ninety eight, shall be, and the same is hereby revived and continued in force for the term of two years from the passing of this act and no longer.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JESSE FRANKLIN, President of the Senate pro tempore.
March 16, 1804.
APPROVED,
TH: JEFFERSON.
AN ACT
To provide for light houses and buoys in the cays therein mentioned.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That as soon as the proprietor of the south end of point of St. Simon's island, in the state of Georgia, shall convey by good and sufficient titles, unto the United States, so much land on the fourth end of the said island, as the President of the United States shall deem sufficient and most proper for the light and accommodation of a light house; and the jurisdiction of the land, so to be conveyed, have been ceded to the United States, by the state of Georgia, it shall be the duty of the secretary of the treasury to provide by contract, which shall be approved by the President of the United States, for building a light house thereon, and for furnishing the same with all necessary supplies, and also to agree for the salaries or wages of the person or persons who may be appointed by the President for the superintendence and care of the same. And the President is hereby authorised to make the said appointments.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the secretary of the treasury under the direction of the President, be authorised and required to cause to be placed a buoy or buoys at such place or places on or near the bar of St. Simon's, as may conduce to the safe pilotage of vessels to and from the ports of Brunswick and Frederica.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the secretary of the treasury to cause to be rebuilt, in such manner as he may deem expedient, the light house at Clark's point within the town of New-Bedford in the state of Massachusetts.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the secretary of the treasury shall be, and he is hereby authorised and required to cause a sufficient light house to be erected on Five mile point so called, near the entrance of the Harbour of New-Haven in the state of Connecticut, and to appoint a keeper, and otherwise provide for such light house at the expence of the United States. PROVIDED, That sufficient land for the accommodation of such light house can be obtained at a reasonable price, and the legislature of Connecticut shall cede the jurisdiction over the same to the United States.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That there be appropriated for the purpose of defraying the charges and expences to be incurred in executing the two first sections of this act, the sum of seven thousand dollars;—for rebuilding the light house as aforesaid, at Clark's point, a sum not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars; and for the erection of a light house at the Five mile point aforesaid, a sum not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars: which sums shall be paid out of any monies in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JESSE FRANKLIN, President of the Senate pro tempore.
March 16, 1804.
APPROVED,
TH: JEFFERSON.
AN ACT
To make further appropriations for the purpose of extinguishing the Indian claims.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That a sum not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars, be appropriated to defray the expence of such treaty or treaties as the President of the United States shall deem it expedient to hold with the Indians, south of the river Ohio, for the purpose of extinguishing Indian claims to any lands lying within the limits of the United States; and that the compensation to be allowed to any of the commissioners who may be appointed for negotiating such treaty or treaties shall not exceed, exclusive of travelling expences, the rate of six dollars per day, during the time of actual service of such commissioner.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum aforesaid shall be paid out of any monies in the treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JESSE FRANKLIN, President of the Senate pro tempore.
March 26, 1804.
APPROVED,
TH: JEFFERSON.
AN ACT
Authorising the payment of two thousand eight hundred dollars to Philip Sloan.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be paid Philip Sloan, out of any unappropriated money in the treasury of the United States, the sum of two thousand and eight hundred dollars, to indemnify him for his ransom from captivity among the Algerines, and as a full compensation for his services as interpreter to the Algerine mission.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JESSE FRANKLIN, President of the Senate pro tempore.
March 26, 1804.
APPROVED,
TH: JEFFERSON.
AN ACT
In addition to "An act for fixing the military peace establishment of the United States."
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That there shall be appointed, in addition to the sergeants' mates provided for by the "act fixing the military peace establishment of the United States," as many sergeants' mates, not exceeding six, as the President of the United States may judge necessary, to be attached to battalions or posts, agreeably to the provision of the said act.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That an equivalent in mail liquor or low wines, may be supplied the troops of the United States, instead of the rum, whiskey or brandy, which, by the said act, is made a component part of a ration, at such posts and garrisons, and at such seasons of the year, as, in the opinion of the President of the United States, may be necessary for the preservation of their health.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JESSE FRANKLIN, President of the Senate pro tempore.
March 26, 1804.
APPROVED,
TH: JEFFERSON.
AN ACT
Further to amend the act entitled "An act to lay and collect a direct tax within the United States."
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That it shall be the duty of the collectors of the direct tax, under whose direction, or by whom any tract of land may have been sold for non-payment of such tax, and where the time limited by law for the redemption of such lands, shall not have expired before the passing of this act, to transmit within three months after the
passing of this act, correct transcripts of the lists of all the tracts of land or lots, which have been sold either in whole or in part, or non-payment of the said tax before the passing of this act, to the supervisor or to the officers to whom the duties of supervisor may have been transferred, or in case there be no such person, to the marshal of the district within which such lands may lie; and the said collectors shall likewise transmit to the same officers, within three months after the completion of any sale made subsequent to the passing of this act, similar transcripts of the lists of all the tracts of land or lots which shall, after the passing of this act, be sold, either in whole or in part, for non-payment of the said tax, which several transcripts shall, in every case, specify the tract or lot sold, in whole or in part, the quantity of land which has been sold; the time when sold; the amount of tax, charges and costs for which it was sold, and the amount paid by, and the name of the purchaser; and shall also designate all those tracts or lots which have been redeemed by the original proprietors, or for their benefit, in conformity with the provisions for that purpose heretofore enacted; and it shall also be the duty of the said collectors to pay over, within the time aforesaid, to the officer, to whom the above mentioned transcripts, may have been transmitted, the amount of all the monies paid to them by or for the benefit of any original proprietor of lands or lots sold for non-payment of the tax, and subsequent to such sale redeemed in conformity with law, by or for such proprietor, which shall not at the time of transmitting the said transcripts, have been repaid by such collector to the purchaser of such lands or lots: And any collector failing to comply with the provisions of this section, or with any of them, shall forfeit and pay the sum of one thousand dollars with costs of suit.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That if any collector shall fail to transmit the transcripts required by the first section of this act within the time aforesaid it shall be the duty of the supervisor, officer acting as supervisor, or marshal, as the case may be, of the district within which the collection district of such collector may be, to prepare within six months after the passing of this act, from the lists or such other documents as may be in his possession, a similar transcript of the list of lands which such collector had by virtue of the second section of the act, entitled "An act to amend an act, entitled An act to lay and collect a direct tax within the United States," been authorised to sell for non-payment of the said tax; which list shall likewise specify in every case, the tract or lot described in the original assessment, and the amount of tax, charges and costs for which it was liable to be sold, and any supervisor, officer acting as supervisor, or marshal, as the case may be, failing to comply with the provisions of this section, shall forfeit and pay the sum of five hundred dollars with costs of suit.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the supervisors, officers acting as supervisors, or marshals, as the case may be, to exhibit the before mentioned transcripts, whether transmitted by the collector, or prepared by themselves; and also, to keep open the original assessment lists, and whenever required, within the time limited by law for the redemption of lands or lots thus sold, to any person wishing to ascertain whether any tract of land, or lot, has been sold for non-payment of the tax, to receive, within the same period, from any person rendering the same the amount of the tax, charges and costs for which any such tract of land or lot, has been sold, with the interest which shall have accrued on the same as fixed by law, and execute a receipt for the same; which payment, by whomsoever made, shall always be considered to be made for the benefit of the original proprietor; and to pay over, at any time, within the same period, when applied for, the monies and interest received from or for any original proprietors, who shall have availed themselves of the right of redeeming their lands agreeably to law, to the person who may have purchased the tract of land or lot, so redeemed, when the same was sold for non-payment of the tax, or to the representative of such person.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the said supervisor, person acting as supervisor, or marshal, as the case may be, to file, at the end of two years after the completion of the sales of lands sold within their district, for non-payment of the direct tax, with the clerk of the district court within whose district such lands may lie, correct transcripts, similar to those prescribed by the first section of this act, of the lands or lots sold in whole or in part, for the non-payment of the direct tax, and which shall not have been redeemed by, or for, the original proprietor within the said two years; and also to pay into the clerks office of the said court, for the use of the purchaser, or his representatives, any monies remaining in their hands which shall have been paid by such original proprietors, as shall have availed themselves of the right of redemption: and it shall also be the duty of the said supervisors, officers acting as supervisors, or marshal, as the case may be, when any collector shall have failed to transmit to them or any of them the transcripts of the lists of lands sold for non-payment of the tax, as required by the first section of said act, to file with the clerk of the said district court the receipts given by such collector, either for the purchase money of lands or lots, thus sold to the purchaser, or for the redemption of the same, to original proprietors which shall have been delivered by the purchasers, or original proprietors, as the case may be, of lands, or lots, thus sold, to the said supervisors, officers acting as supervisors, or marshals, in the manner, and within the time prescribed by this act.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the several marshals for the time being, of the said district courts, shall alone have the authority in all cases where the time limited by law for the redemption of land sold, shall not have expired before the passing of this act; and are hereby authorised and required to execute deeds for so much of said lands and lots, as shall have been sold to satisfy the amount direct tax, charges and costs due thereon, and which shall not have been redeemed, by or for the original proprietor, within the time limited by law, to the purchaser of such lands or lots, or their legal representatives: Provided however, and it is further enacted: That no such deed shall be executed except for lands or lots contained in the transcripts filed with the clerk of the proper district court, in conformity with the preceding section, or unless the purchaser of any tract of land or lot sold for non-payment of the tax, shall have filed within three months after the passing of this act, or within three months after such sale, with the supervisor, officer acting as supervisor, or marshal, as the case may be, a receipt from the collector for the purchase money, dated within thirty days subsequent to such sale, and specifying distinctly the original description of the land affected and the quantity sold. And provided also, That no such deed shall in any case be executed for any land purchased by or for a collector of the direct tax, and not contained in the transcript filed with the clerk of the district court; nor for any land, although not returned as redeemed by the collector, which shall appear by a certificate, or receipt of the said collector filed with the supervisor, or officer acting as supervisor or marshal, as the case may be, before the completion of two years after the sale of such land, and filed by such officer with the clerk of the court, in conformity with the preceding section, to have been redeemed by or for the original proprietor, by payment of the tax, charges, costs, and interest to the said collector previous to the time limited by the first section of this act, for the transmission of transcripts by the collectors of the direct tax.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That where any lot or tract of land shall have been sold before the passing of this act, for non-payment of the direct tax, and for a larger sum than the amount of such tax with the legal charges and costs, the collector of the said tax shall be accountable to the purchaser for the excess of money paid by such purchaser beyond the amount of such tax, charges, and costs: And deeds shall be executed in favor of such purchaser, only for so much of the land as shall bear the same ratio to the whole quantity of land sold, as the amount of the tax, charges and costs bear to the sum for which the land was sold: And whenever a deed shall be executed for a part only of any tract of land, not described previous to the sale, such part shall be laid off at the expence of the purchaser, under the direction of the district court, and in conformity with the instructions given to the collector, by the supervisor, or officer acting as supervisor, respecting the sales of lands sold for non-payment of the direct tax: Provided, That hereafter it shall not be lawful for any collector of the said tax, to sell more of any lot or tract of land than will pay the amount of such tax, with the legal charge and costs.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That for the services prescribed by this act, the following fees shall be allowed and paid by the party respectively, that is to say:
To every supervisor for examining the transcripts of land sold, twenty five cents, for receiving payment of the tax, charges and costs for which any tract of land, or lot, may have been sold in whole or in part, fifty cents; and for filing a certificate or receipt of the collector deposited by the purchaser, or original proprietor, six cents.
To the marshal of the court, one dollar for preparing and executing a deed.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. A. BURR, Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate.
March 19, 1804.
APPROVED,
TH: JEFFERSON.
Foreign Intelligence.
Extract from a letter received in Philadelphia per the Sufan, which arrived at New-York 31/5 May—dated
DUBLIN, April 5, 1804.
"It is dismal to view the state of this kingdom at present, all the horrors of 1798 and '99 are renewed; every man who may come under the description of suspected persons, is dragged from their families and abodes, and either imprisoned in a jail or prison ship. Hostages have been taken out of every county and transmitted to this city where they are closely confined and separated from each other. This is pretended to be in consequence of French agents being lately in different parts of the kingdom, from whom the report is that a visit is shortly expected, others believe that the first descent will be made on Scotland, and which the government appear to be aware of. We have expected them here for some time back, and I am convinced that if a descent is made on Scotland it will be only a diversion—you may rely upon it that Ireland is the ground—There are many worthy and wealthy men made prisoners of late—the venerable Mr. Dixon of Kilmalnam, Mellis, Redmonds, Fleet street, Cochrane of Newry, Count O'Gorman of the county of Clare, and many other gentlemen of the first respectability in the different parts of the Kingdom. Many of the state prisoners who were transported from Port George, have been lately here. I understand that all of them except the brave unfortunate captain Ruffel who was taken some time ago, and executed in the North, have got safe off for France and Holland, but with a promise to return as soon as possible."
"Shortly after the 23d of last July the martial law was proclaimed in the city and county of Dublin; afterwards extended to the counties of Wicklow, Kildare, Carlow, Tipperary, and Cork; lately it has made its way to the Kings and Queens counties, to Meath, West Meath, Longford, the upper district of Caven, and the entire of the counties of Roscommon, Sligo, and Mayo. By proclamation every military officer from a general to a sergeant is empowered to seize the persons of every one suspected of want of loyalty—this authority has given the military power so uncontrolled and they use it with so much licentiousness, that men of the first respectability are daily dragged to guard houses, their property destroyed, and in many late instances their families violated in a manner that would shock humanity to hear of."
"I assure you that any change which might take place here would be willingly received by the great body of the people, of all descriptions, for add to all I have said fresh additional taxes, which took place on the 29th Sept. on things that we thought could not have borne it."
"There is great dissatisfaction in the militia, so much so, that 19 quinnes are offered to every man of them who will volunteer their services to England, Scotland or Guernsey."
"The government are receiving donations from £. 1 to what you please—many men have sacrificed large sums to this mandate merely to purchase by this evidence of loyalty their freedom from prison ships or gaol. I am credibly informed that our present attorney general has pocketed upwards of £. 10,000 by procuring the release of some wealthy Catholics of Cork, and the adjoining counties who had been confined off Dungannon fort in a prison ship. It would appear that the officers of the present government foresee their dissolution, as it is every one for themselves, and they descend to the lowest arts of meanness. There are several ladies still confined on charges of treason, I shall mention a few of them—Miss Monroe, sister to the late general—Miss Dixon of Banbridge—Miss Shaw of Dundalk, a Quaker lady died in prison. The case of Miss Shaw was particularly distressing, she had been taken early in the month of August last, committed to the castle of Carrickfergus, together with her two brothers—the she was shortly after removed to the common gaol, and separated from all her connections—she was thrown into a damp cell, where she survived only a few weeks; even in her dying moments neither her mother nor sisters were permitted to see her. This act has been tenibly felt even by the enemies of republican principles."
Arthur Scales, a printer and bookseller was lately tried in London for publishing a libel of which the following is an extract.
"ARE YOU RIGHT? "The artifices employed will eventually discover those whose only object is to deceive "Surely you are not to be imposed upon by misrepresentation. Look at our prisons, the oppression of lawyers has crowded them with thousands of victims. Men of virtue and integrity, who might become the ornament and
the protection of the country are pining in those loathsome dungeons. The officers of the army and navy have become the pale inhabitants of these dark recesses, where there is a man in England who has not suffered by lawyers. They engross all the honours and emoluments and fashion on the distresses of the country.—Bribes which are given by parliament are paid by the people. The people are forced to discharge the wages of public iniquity. What then are we to fight for?—not for our country but for its oppressors!—not for our liberty and property for both are gone. Correct abuses, restore us our freedom—reduce the expences and the iniquity of law proceedings—tantalize us no longer with promises of reformation which only aggravate and mock our distresses. Let government enable us to live by our industry, and it may safely repose in confidence on the public spirit—France can no longer be formidable." B.
It is unnecessary to add that the man was convicted—tho' in England the truth is allowed by law to be given in evidence—among other things alleged against him by counsel was, that the following books, "The Reformation of Scotland," the political works of Fletcher, and other political writings were found in his possession.
EDINBURGH, APRIL 11.
The Charlotte Heydeah master and brothers, Tounison, arrived from Christianfands, at Dundee, on Thursday afternoon. The masters relate, that they left Christianfands nine days ago, and immediately before they failed, the French confil there had received letters from the commander of the French squadron at Bergen, which had been blockaded by the Amethyst frigate, informing that he had put to sea with his squadron, consisting of one frigate of 24 twelve pounders, and three brigs of heavy metal and had been attacked by the Amethyst. An engagement ensued which lasted from 9 A.M. to 2 P.M. It was a drawn battle, and both returned to Bergen much damaged. This action happened about the middle of last month.
ZURICH, March 24.
The scenes of disorder and tumult in our Canton have unhappily continued and augmented for a few days past. Some present a scene of the most unbridled licentiousness. It is in the district of Uster that the greatest disorders have been committed. Two deputations from government divided themselves in this district; the one composed of M. M. Lawater and Penniger, departed on the 21st in the evening, and returned the next day, it had found some of the communes disposed to take the oath, others refused in the midst of the greatest tumult. Having been apprised afterwards that at Tschalfl the peasants had assembled and armed themselves with large clubs, that they carried the Helvetic and tri-coloured cockade, &c. they returned to Zurich, despairing of success.
The second deputation composed of M. M. Walder and Baugel had no better success, they everywhere found troops. At Hirwil, it was impossible for the deputies to get into the church, where ceremony had taken place. Already had they prepared to depart, when the populace besieged the tavern where they were; their guards were disarmed; their arms being broken, they demanded with loud cries that M. Walder should be delivered to the people (this member of the petit council is a citizen of the neighbouring commune of Hirwil, who had been sent to the Diet of Schwitz, in September, 1802:) the enraged populace swore that he should not survive the day, and he owed his deliverance only to the firmness of his colleague, M. Bogel, who during five successive hours heroically opposed the fury of the assailants. It was necessary for the safe departure of the deputation, that M. Walder should present himself at the window of the chamber to promise in a loud voice, that he would contribute for the future to every thing that could solace the people, and especially to a modification of the law respecting the redemption of dimes and cents. The petit council having demanded, after the manner prescribed by the federal act, an armed succour of the Landmann of the Swiss, he has sent five hundred men raised in the Cantons of Argovie, of Fribourg. The troops of Argovie have just entered our city, they this day expect those of Berne. M. Ziegler, of Zurich, had been named by the Landmann, commandant of these detachments. It cannot be doubted that the presence of these forces alone will suffice to restrain the rioters, and promptly appease all their troubles.
They are at present engaged in raising the militia of the Canton, they have arrested many rioters. The sentence passed by the tribunal of the district of Winterthur against the authors of revolutionary addresses on the redemption of the dimes and cents, has just been sent, by a mode of appeal, to the tribunal of appellation .
We lay before our readers an extract of a letter from Aleppo, containing an account of the ravages committed by the Wahabees, in Mecca, and its neighbourhood.
ALEPPO, June 8th, 1803.
Intelligence of a disastrous event of the very highest public importance has just thrown the inhabitants of this city into the greatest consternation. It is nothing less than the demolition of the sepulchral monuments, at Mecca, that have so long been objects of the veneration of all good muslimmen.
The way in which this news reached Aleppo, leaves no room to doubt the fact; nor indeed is there any hope entertained by the Turks of its being ill founded.
On the arrival of the grand caravan of pilgrims, from Mecca, at a castle called Imzerib, distant about three days journey from Damascus, it is usual to dispatch a chokadar, who travels with all possible expedition to convey to the Porte the welcome tidings of the safety of pilgrims so far on their return. The passage of this courier to-day through Aleppo has spread the above alarming intelligence, he has brought letters to a great many individuals written by the pilgrims, on the 27th and 28th May, from Imzerib. These letters state, that during the time of the pilgrims residence at Mecca, Saoud El Wahabi appeared in the vicinity with an innumerable band of followers; and no doubt being entertained of his hostile designs after the recent proceedings of that chief at Iman Uffein, (the tomb of Uffein.) Negotiations were immediately entered into with him by the conductor of the caravan, Abdalla Fanna, Governor of

Damascus: who with much difficulty, but at length happily obtained from the Wahabees forbearance of short delay in the execution of his project, and a promise of not molesting the pilgrims on their quitting the place.
The success of this negotiation is attributed by many to the casual circumstance of Abdalla Pasha having last year, from some political motive, embraced in secret the tenets of the new Wahabian Schism, who thus by a well timed policy succeeded in providing for the safety of 10,000 Mahometans, who, doubtless but for his protection would have been driven by El Wahabi to the cruel extremity of renouncing the fundamental dogmas of their faith, or suffering death as the price of their constancy.
On the third day subsequent to the caravan's departure out of Mecca some fugitives overtook the pilgrims, and related, as eye witnesses, that El Wahabi had entered Mecca the day following that of their quitting it; had seized and put to death Muhib Effendi invested as he was with the religious character of Chief Judge of Mecca; a dignity of the highest order conferred, and maintained by the Porte; and that after the execution of the Mufti and some other officers of inferior note, he had proceeded to pull down all the buildings, and convey away or demolish every effect consecrated to religious uses.
The Sheriff of Mecca, it is said succeeded in saving himself by flying the place on the Wahabees entrance into it.
After the conquest of Mecca, which is a rich city, it is supposed the Wahabi will immediately turn his arms towards Medina, where there is a depot of articles of incalculable value, which the superstition of ages had offered up at the shrine of Mahomed; but Medina, although small comparatively with Mecca, has some fortifications, and the inhabitants, in contemplation of the approaching danger, have declared their determination to exert themselves in defence of the relics of their first Prophet; but at the same time confess their inability to sustain a siege of more than three months without receiving succour, or a diversion of the enemy's forces being made in their favour.
A private letter which I have seen from the Mufti of Damascus to the Mufti of this city, relates that a certain Adam Effendi, a person celebrated for his skill in Mahomedan law, and high in the confidence of the Porte, had been lately sent to Mecca to gather information respecting the views, and resources and proceedings of the Wahabi. That this person was now on his return to Constantinople with the Caravans of Pilgrims, and that on receiving information of the entry of the Wahabi into Mecca incited by his zeal, or his vanity, he undertook an embassy in person to Wahabi with the wild design of curing the schismatic of his heresy; or at least in the hope of softening his barbarous fury for the demolition of consecrated Edifices. He went accompanied by a considerable suite, as well of his own, as of officers belonging to the Pasha of Damascus—the latter of which were immediately dismissed, but they brought back to the Pasha the unwelcome intelligence, that his friend had been forthwith arrested, and very slender hope is entertained of any powers of persuasion, or dignity of character availing for the recovery of his liberty, or even preservation of his life.
The horde of Wahabi which is now so formidable to the Porte by its numbers, its ferocious principles and irresistible success, derives its origin and name from an obscure Sheikh, called Mahomed, son of Abed El Wahabi of the tribe of Beni Lamim, inhabiting the province of Nedjed. He lived upwards half a century ago; On his death he was succeeded by his son Hussein, who is blind, and is now Chief Mufti of the sect. One of the first prophets which he made to his new doctrines was the Patriarch of a few indigent families in the same province of the Nedjed, of the tribe of Beni Bebay, named Mahomed son of Second, who as their followers increased, took upon himself the sovereign authority, in which he has been succeeded by his son named Abdel Aziz who is now supreme Chief of the Wahabian Sectaries, and has fixed his residence at Derige, a populous town in the Nedjed, but on account of the infirmities of age, he has transferred the cares of government to the eldest of his many sons, Saood, who is also blest with a numerous progeny, and is the hero, who has been already mentioned under the title of Saood El Wahabi.
It is probable that for many years the dissemination of these new opinions was confined within a very narrow circle—but of late it has spread with astonishing rapidity: and at this moment the Wahabian creed is professed by almost all the Arab tribes that inhabit the vast tracts of country extended from Mecca to the Persian Gulf, therein comprising Labia, El Calif, and the island of Bahrein and from within ten leagues of the gates of Aleppo and Damascus to the extreme confines of Arabia Felix.
The two prominent traits in the character of the desert Arab, voracity of gain and indifference in matters of religion, justify the opinion that immediate personal advantage is the primary object of these sectaries, however, the false pretence, a correction of abuses, may be held out to the multitude.
The fundamental of their profession is like that of the Christian reformers in the sixteenth century, to reduce their faith to its primitive simplicity, to adhere closely to the text of the koran, "the whole koran, and nothing but the koran," and to regard every other institution, however sanctified by antiquity, or useful to the present constitution of society, that is not expressed and directly ordained by that code, as idolatrous, impious, and detestable. But the innovation that most particularly wounds the delicacy of their orthodoxy, and excites their zealous indignation, is the absurd and ill directed piety that has loaded the shrines of Saints with useless riches, and the usual cant on such occasions, of course, not wanting to decry canonization as impious, because, as they pretend, the devotion toward the saint is in danger of effacing the adoration of the divinity. In regard to their national character when it is remarked that the first and most necessary arts of civilization are hardly known among them, and that their skill therein is scarcely sufficient to teach them to make a wooden plough; that their food consists chiefly in milk, dates, and bread, which they usually eat unleavened; and their arms are a spear and a cante knife, and sometimes a matchlock gun; and finally, that the movables of a family rarely overload a camel, it will be matter of little curiosity to be informed of their particular customs and opinions, whether in spiritual or civil affairs. It will be evident to the eye of the politician that they must possess the vices and the virtues incident to all barbarous nations.
The contagion of this new doctrine having but very partially tainted the inhabitants of Aleppo, it is extremely difficult to obtain correct information regarding the religious principles and political institutions of the Wahabians, what is most essential to know is however easily attained, no one can doubt that at this moment many millions of barbarians are enrolled under the banner of a daring innovator, led by a blind obedience to his will, and allured by the hope of being conducted to the plunder of cities, which the long use of the arts of peace has sunk into effeminacy, and rendered an easy prey to their more necessitous neighbours.
Equally true it is that last year they pillaged the rich shrine dedicated to Imam Hussein, grandson of Mahomed; and after massacring without distinction of age or sex, all who fell in their way, they loaded four thousand camels with spoils, that perhaps the greatest victories have seldom if ever conferred; and that now impelled by the pride of propagating their opinions, they are gone to rifle the treasure accumulated on the tomb of Mahomed.
It is not this Saood El Wahabi the same Arabian Chief, who was reported since the date of this account to have been assassinated by a Persian soldier?
Domestic Intelligence.
NEW-ORLEANS, May 4.
AT a dinner given by a number of gentlemen of New-Orleans to the American commissioners, on Monday the 10th inst. Dr. Watkins, being called on to preside, delivered from the chair the following address to the commissioners:
Gentlemen, Permit us to congratulate you on the happy close of a mission so glorious to our country as it is honourable to yourselves. Since the establishment of the independence of America, no event has occurred so important to its government or as essential to the true interests & prosperity of its inhabitants, as the one in which you have borne so conspicuous a part. By the peaceful operations of the wise and just policy of the United States, a territory has been attached to them unbounded in extent, unequalled in fertility and possessing all the climates and advantages of the happiest regions in the world. To you gentlemen has been committed the honourable task of taking possession of this country. The Eagle of Liberty has extended its flight to Louisiana, and will cover its virtuous inhabitants with its protecting wings. We hail a new and enterprising people as friends, brothers and fellow-citizens. The seeds of agriculture, commerce and the arts are already sown among them, and will grow unrestrained, fostered by the hand of wisdom into wealth, power & national greatness. The prudence which has governed the latter part of this great transaction, has been equal to the wisdom which originally planned it. To execute with ability and address important trusts, is the peculiar privilege of exalted minds; and you, gentlemen, are entitled to all the praise, and all the recompense due to distinguished and arduous services. Your manly, dignified conduct, your firmness & perseverance, in a difficult, troublesome transaction; your affable, conciliating manners; and, above all, your constant scrupulous attention to the interests of your country, entitle you to the love of all honest men, and the approbation & confidence of the United States. The 20th of Dec. last will ever be remembered as the birth day of the liberties of Louisiana, and will be celebrated by the lovers of freedom and equal rights, as long as time shall last. The names of Claiborne and Wilkinson will be consecrated in the annals of Louisiana, and command the respect of posterity.
We, gentlemen, who surround you at this moment, can recollect but cannot describe the pure and never to be forgotten joys that animated each bosom on the day, when you first unfurled the flag, and proclaimed the laws of our native land, in this long neglected country. We saw the difficulties that lay before you, and have witnessed with pleasure, that by your wisdom & prudence they have been removed, and calm contentment every where established. With sentiments like these, it is needless to express to you on the one hand, the pleasure we experience from your remaining among us, or to assure you of our firm support in the administration of your government; and on the other hand, the deep regret we feel at the departure of your colleague Gen. Wilkinson, who, by his dignified conduct, and gentlemanly deportment, has concentrated the respect and affections of the country; and while we exercise our best wishes for the health, prosperity and happiness of your excellency, we desire that the same sentiments may accompany the general on his voyage, and be reciprocated by all grateful Americans. Permit us to mingle with the festival of this day, as a pledge of our friendship; a tear of regret for his approaching departure; and, as the strongest proof of our sincerity, we pray that his voyage may be prosperous, and that he may meet from an enlightened government, the recompence of his long and faithful services.
To the above address, Governor Claiborne returned (extempore) an answer to the following effect.
I beg leave, fellow-citizens, to express the emotions of gratitude which your friendly address to the commissioners has excited, and to offer you our warmest congratulations on that great event, which next to the declaration of independence is the most honorable to the American name, and most auspicious to the permanent prosperity of our common country. The virtue that directed, and the wisdom that conducted the memorable treaty which has given to our nation this vast extension of empire, must be acknowledged by the world, and cannot be too much admired by a grateful people. The duty assigned to the commissioners was indeed of minor consideration; but the trust confided, we have endeavoured to discharge with fidelity, and the high approbation of our conduct which you are pleased to express, will be ever held in grateful remembrance.
I pray you gentlemen to receive my sincere thanks for your kind sentiments of personal confidence, accompanied with assurances of my honest endeavours to merit a continuance of your good opinion.
Permit me gentlemen to declare my regret at the approaching departure of my colleague, & to mingle with yours my best wishes for his health, happiness and welfare.
General Wilkinson, after a short pause, made, in return, the following reply.
Gentlemen, Unusual to speak in public on any occasion, I shall not be able to do justice to my feelings on the present. My sensibilities deny me the power to make you the suitable acknowledgements for the unmerited honor, the undeserved praise you bestow on me; but gentlemen, were I dumb, my tongue would read the bonds of friendship to thank you for your professions of friendship and your kind wishes. I am about to leave you—to be far removed from you, but I speak in strict verity when I say, the recollection of this day will be ever dear to my bosom, and will constitute one of the richest enjoyments of my future life. Gentlemen, I am to be far removed from you, but believe me, I am bound to you by ligaments of attachment, which no distance can sever, by obligations which time cannot efface—excuse me more.
The following Toasts were then given. The American Commissioners. Monroe and Livingston; able and happy negotiators. The 20th of April; the birth day of the liberties of Louisiana.
The 20th of December; a day memorable in the annals of the country.
Louisiana; the happiness of its citizens, made complete under the auspices of wisdom, Liberty and virtue.
The President of the United States; his services will ever be remembered by a grateful people.
The Congress of the United States; respect for their authority, compliance with their laws, and a due acquaintance in their measures.
The heroes that fell in defence of American Independence.
The memory of George Washington.
The army and navy of the United States; may their banners never be unfurled but to victory.
The Constitution of the United States; may it be sincerely maintained.
The heads of departments; faithful to their trusts.
Agriculture and Commerce.
The militia of the United States.
The powers in amity with the United States.
Good faith and justice towards all nations, peace and harmony with all, entangling alliances with none.
The American Fair.
Volunteers.
By Governor Claiborne, The memory of Benjamin Franklin.
By General Wilkinson,
Louisiana, her charming daughters; her gallant sons.
By the President (the Commissioners having retired),
Gen. Wilkinson; the veteran and soldier. The rude blasts of winter will never make his well-earned laurels less green.
By Mr. Trist,
Governor Claiborne; the characteristics of merit and republicanism are modesty and firmness.
The following address, signed by a number of citizens of the county of Wilkinson, in the Mississippi territory, has been handed to his Excellency Governor Claiborne.
To his Excellency William C. C. Claiborne Governor of the Mississippi territory, exercising the powers of Governor General and Intendant of Louisiana.
An officer of high trust and confidence, whose efforts have ever tended to promote the general welfare, is entitled to the grateful thanks of his fellow-citizens.
The inhabitants of the county of Wilkinson, therefore, pray your Excellency to accept their fullest approbation of the wise and virtuous measures of your late administration, in the Mississippi territory, and assurances of the firm support which is due from a patriotic community to a public functionary, whose only object is the happiness of the people.
The simplicity of manners, and dignified conduct observed by your excellency in discharging the important trust of commissioner on the part of the United States, for receiving the province of Louisiana, will remain a lasting monument of honest fame not to be rusted by the breath of faction.
We offer your excellency our sincere congratulations on the facility with which our adopted brethren embrace the principles of the American government; the record of this transaction must be a source of the highest felicity to every philanthropic heart, and the meritorious officer, who witnessed the sudden transition, and by the exercise of sound philosophy checked the rising impulse of opposition, will be duly appreciated by every citizen of America.
Should the President of the United States require a continuation of the aid of your excellency in the high station you now fill, we shall earnestly regret the loss thereby sustained in this section of the Union.
But to whatever situation your excellency may be called by the general government, we pledge to you our highest esteem.
18th March, 1804.
To the above address the governor returned the following answer.
To the inhabitants of the county of Wilkinson in the Mississippi Territory,
FELLOW CITIZENS,
Your grateful and respectful address could not fail to awaken in a grateful breast the most pleasing sensations.
In the course of my administration in the Mississippi territory, my only object being the general welfare, I relied with confidence on the support of a generous people: your approbation, therefore, is received with sincere thanks, and viewed rather as a testimonial in favor of my good intentions, than of useful public services.
I reciprocate with sincerity your congratulations on the present happy tranquility of Louisiana, and be assured there is nothing I more ardently desire than to see our new brothers sincerely attached to the principles of the American government, and the perpetuity of their union with the United States, the first object of their political affections.
I am particularly indebted to you gentlemen, for the interest you take in my future destiny; and permit me to declare, that in whatever situation I may be placed, whether of a public or private nature, I shall cherish a lively recollection of the honor you have done me, and sincere wishes for your prosperity and happiness.
W. C. C. CLAIBORNE.
New-Orleans, April 23.
COMMUNICATION.
Monday the 30th ultimo, being the anniversary of the cession of the province of Louisiana to the United States was commemorated by the citizens of New-Orleans, with unusual felicity and harmony: a gun from the fort announced the approach of this auspicious day, and immediately every American vessel in the harbour was decorated with the flag of the United States.
At eleven o'clock the members of the municipality, and justices of the Court of Pleas, the officers of the regular troops, the Captains of the respective vessels in port, and a numerous assembly of citizens and strangers waited on his Excellency Governor Claiborne, to tender him their congratulations on the return of this ever memorable day, shortly after which the battalion of Orleans Volunteers, under the command of Major D'Orfiere, marched in regular order along the street contiguous to the Levee, saluted the Governor as they passed, and marching around the square of the Principale, returned and formed a line in front of the Government House, where the whole corps was reviewed by his excellency, who expressed great satisfaction at the promptitude with which they performed the various military evolutions.
His excellency then retired, and after a short time returned, bearing a standard of the United States, beautifully adorned with the American Eagle, and other appropriate embellishments, the introduction of which occasioned the most profound silence in every direction. The vast crowd of citizens who filled and surrounded the Government House, impelled by sentiments of respect and veneration for the ensign of liberty, involuntarily saluted it by pulling off their hats,
and remaining uncovered during the whole of this interesting scene. His excellency presented the standard with great dignity and becoming solemnity, to Major D'Orfiere, and at the same time made a short but impressive speech to that officer, who immediately delivered a suitable reply—these it is hoped will be given to the public in their native form. Major D'Orfiere committed the standard to Ensign Relf of the Orleans Rangers, senior ensign of the corps, who immediately displayed it in front of the battalion.
During this interesting ceremony, the favorite American tune YANKEE DOODLE, was played by the band of music attached to the army, and followed by a salute of seventeen guns from the fort. The respective companies were then dismissed, and repaired with a large concourse of citizens to the great hall in the Government House, where they partook of an elegant collation, with a variety of wines, prepared by his Excellency for the occasion, who being seated at the head of the table, gave the following toasts (to the best recollection of the writer), which were drank amidst the acclamations of every person present:
Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States, author of the Declaration of Independence in '76, and faithful to its principles in 1804.
James Monroe and Robert R. Livingston, whose talents and virtues have so eminently contributed to the glory of our country and the extension of its empire.
The Constitution of the United States, may it be perpetual.
Louisiana, a young and promising daughter of the United States, may the principles which cement the American family, "grow with her growth, and strengthen with her strength."
The governor then withdrew from the Hall, when, by universal consent the following was given:
William C. C. Claiborne, Governor General of Louisiana—9 cheers.
Several other volunteer toasts were then drank, and the company dispersed until the evening, when a splendid ball was given by his Excellency, which, (notwithstanding the rain that fell in the afternoon, and continued during the evening) was attended by above 100 ladies, whose brilliancy equalled any thing heretofore witnessed in this City: a more flattering evidence of female patriotism has never yet been displayed than by the fair daughters of Louisiana on this envied occasion, and surely it cannot fail of inspiring every son of freedom with new zeal in support of our happy constitution, and an earnest desire for the continuance of the present tranquility.
The cheerful and animating deportment of the Governor during the whole of this festival, excited the plaudits of every beholder, and like the powers of electricity diffused itself through every circle, so that the most perfect joy and hilarity prevailed without the intervention of a solitary chasm. To describe the sensations which arose with irresistible impetuosity in the breast of every spectator, at the moment when the first American standard was committed to the citizens of Louisiana, as a banner under which they might rally, and pledge a mutual vow, that no rude hand should ever tarnish it, is a task Herculean indeed, and to which language is totally inadequate. Suffice it to say, that every feature beamed with glowing pleasure, and every heart exulted in the triumph of liberty and justice.
I cannot omit mentioning, that the governor took occasion to express to the volunteers after they entered the Great Hall, the regret which he experienced, at not being able to present on this day a standard to the City Militia; he observed that the indisposition of Colonel Bellechasse, and Major Livaudais, preventing their attendance, he was for the present deprived of the satisfaction; he however, would favour the volunteers with a light of the banner under which the City Militia would glory to rally, and would defend with their blood. The standard was then exhibited by his Excellency amidst the acclamations of some hundreds of citizens.
We are indebted to Major D'Orfiere, for copies of the following address and answer.
Address of Governor Claiborne to Major D'Orfiere, on the presenting the standard of the United States.
"With peculiar pleasure, I present to the Orleans Volunteers, a standard of the United States of America, the choicest gift and the brightest honor that I could confer, or they receive.
"To the battalion under your command, I commit this beloved ensign of our country, impressed with the fullest confidence, that in peace it will be cherished as the altar of their national pride, the sacred Symbol of Liberty, and that in war it will be surrendered only with their lives."
WILLIAM C. C. CLAIBORNE.
April 30th, 1804.
To which Major D'Orfiere made the following reply.
"Your Excellency will be pleased to permit the Battalion of Orleans Volunteers to express through me their sentiments of gratitude for the honor this day conferred, in presenting them with the standard of their country. In peace we will assemble to commemorate the national festivals of United America, under this standard—and in war if called to the field of Mars against the foes of our land and liberty, we will defend it to the last drop of our blood."
EUGENE D'ORFIERE.
April 30.
WASHINGTON CITY, June 15.
Mr. LIVINGSTON having resigned the place of Minister Plenipotentiary to the French Republic, GENERAL ARMSTRONG, of New-York, we understand, is appointed his successor.
Mr. THORNTON, Secretary of the British Legation, has left this city on his return to England.
GENERAL WILKINSON arrived in this City a few days since.
The Baron HUMBOLDT, accompanied by Mr. Bonpland and M. Montufar, left this city on Wednesday for Lancaster.
It is with much satisfaction we advise the public, that the Post Master General, has made contracts for the establishment of a LINE OF STAGES for the more safe conveyance of the mail, from this city to Chambersburg, and from Baltimore and Philadelphia to the same place, and from thence to Pittsburg. This arrangement commences on the 1st of July.
Contracts have likewise been made for the establishment of a line of stages from Richmond to Staunton, and from that place to Air Mount in Virginia, making a distance of 238 miles.
The Frigate CONSTELLATION, the last vessel destined for the Mediterranean service, left the Eastern Branch on the 11th inst.
As it is fit that public agents should receive censure, when their conduct merits it, so it is pro-
per that they should receive a due share of commendation, when their actions entitle them to it. In noticing the departure of the last vessel of the squadron, we do not hesitate to say that the Navy department has done its duty. Under the circumstances attending the expedition, the nation had a right to expect promptness and energy. Facts will show that they have not been disappointed.
On the 1st of April 1804, the Frigate President of 44 guns, the frigates Congress and Constellation of 36 guns each, the Essex of 32 guns, and the John Adams armed en flute, lying in ordinary in the Eastern Branch, were put into commission. In consequence of the Captains and the Superintendent of the yard being engaged on a court of enquiry, some as members of the court, and others as witnesses, they were unable to attend to their respective ships until the 16th of April. From that day an unabating exertion was made to put the ships to sea, and the last of them left the Eastern Branch on the 11th inst., within a period of less than two months.
Let us compare the time consumed on this occasion, with that taken up with other equipments made in other ports of the United States.
On the 15th Feb. 1802, the Adams, lying in the harbour of New-York, was put in commission, and we well recollected that it was an object with the government to send her to sea as early as she could be fitted out. Notwithstanding all the exertions that were used on this occasion to equip the Adams for sea, she was not prepared to sail till the 10th of June, 1802—The Adams is a small 32 gun frigate.
On the 4th May, 1803, the Constitution, lying in the harbour of Boston, was put in commission—and every exertion was made to equip her for sea.—She was not ready for sea, however, till the 14th August, 1803. The Constitution is a 44 gun frigate.
On the 21st May, 1803, the frigate Philadelphia, lying in the harbour of Philadelphia, was put in commission—and every effort was used to equip her for sea. She was not ready however, till the 28th July 1803. The Philadelphia is a 40 gun ship.
From these facts it appears, that in New-York it took near four months to fit out a small 32 gun frigate; that in Boston it took three months to fit out one 44 gun ship; and that in Philadelphia it took more than two months to fit out one 40 gun ship; while in the Eastern Branch, one 44 gun frigate, two 36 gun frigates, one 32 gun frigate and a frigate armed en flute, have been fitted out in less than two months from the time that their repairs commenced.
While on this subject, it may not be improper briefly to notice some other objections which have been urged against laying up our national ships in the Eastern Branch, which will show that they have arisen either from intentional misrepresentation, from ignorance, or from local prejudice.
The Eastern Branch is objected to on account of its great distance from the Sea. It is true that the Eastern Branch is a considerable distance from the sea; but this very circumstance renders it less liable to the assaults of an enemy. If a place could have been selected, nearer the sea, possessed of all the advantages of the Eastern Branch, it ought to have been preferred for a national Dock Yard; but such a place cannot be named. The Eastern Branch furnishes a spacious and safe harbour, free from the worm, and directly under the eye and control of government.
The navigation is alleged to be difficult. But this is not true. There are some difficulties; but they are comparatively trifling, and may be easily overcome.
The greatest difficulty in the navigation from the mouth of the Potomac to the anchoring ground in the Eastern Branch, is near the mouth of the Branch, and gentlemen well acquainted with this difficulty say that it might be removed at a very small expence. On Mattawoman, the shoalest part of the channel of the Potomac from the mouth of the Eastern Branch, there is 22 feet water at half flood, and on Maryland point which is the next shoal in magnitude, 23 feet, the bottom is perfectly soft. This is water sufficient for the largest ship in our service with all her guns and water on board, and the bottoms of these vessels being so many feet down, it is obvious that the depth of water upon them might be increased so as to be deep enough for a ship of the line, with guns, provision, water & all her stores on board.
These facts may be confidently presented to the public as a decisive vindication of the general government in making the Eastern Branch the principal depot of the Navy, and as conclusive evidence, derived from experience, of the equality, if not superiority of this yard to all others in the United States. This statement might not have been made but for the numerous falsehoods lately circulated through the Union, and seized upon with avidity by local or party prejudice. It has been said that the Eastern Branch was miserably adapted for a naval site, and that the Navy department have been shamefully remiss in the discharge of their duty.—Trusting to the unprejudiced discernment of our fellow-citizens, on this occasion, as on many others, we offer them facts. Possessed of these we confide in the correctness of their decision. Slander, disappointment and envy will, as long as the world endures, delight in detracting from merit; but the man who discharges his duty promptly and ably, may safely trust his character to the award of an enlightened people.
[Nat. Int.
Extract of a letter from Mr. Wichelhausen, Consul of the United States, at Bremen, dated 17th March, 1804.
The Duke of Oldenbourg, whose dominions mostly surround the mouth of the river Tabde, has consented to have buoys laid at its entrance, which in consequence have been sent down to-day by the Chamber of Commerce of this city. Pilots are directed to cruise near Wengerode, a small island in the North Sea, in order to watch every vessel bound to the Tabde.
One very important law was enacted at the last session of the Connecticut Legislature, entitled "An act to secure the Freedom of the Press." This law authorizes the truth to be given in evidence, in all prosecutions for libels, as a justification. Only one or two of the Democratic members opposed the passing of this law. The great body of them appeared, and some of them declared themselves to be, in favour of it, and it is supposed that most of them voted for it. This is mentioned to their credit, as it shows plainly their abhorrence of the falsehoods that have been told so often, and with such effect, by their party in the United States, for this Bill is copied verbatim from the law commonly called the SEDITION LAW of Congress.
[Con. Courant.
JEROME BONAPARTE and Lady arrived at New-York on Tuesday last, and will probably embark on the Dido frigate immediately. That they may leave the Hook without apprehension, a pilot-boat was on Tuesday chartered to cruise in the offing, in order to discover whether there are any British ships of war in the way.
[N. Y. Her.

VIEW OF THE EXPORTS OF THE UNITED STATES.
By a contrasted view it fully appears that the exports of DOMESTIC PRODUCTIONS for the last year greatly exceed in quantity those of the year preceding. For instance, the quantities of all the great staple articles, whose amount constitutes the mass of our exports have increased, in the following degrees, viz :
Table with 3 columns: Article, Value, Dollars. Rows include: Ashes, pot & pearl; Beef; Biscuit & shipbread; Corn, Indian; Cotton; Candles, spermaceti; Flour; Flaxseed; Ginseng; Hops; Oil, spermaceti; Pork; Rice; Rye; Skins and furs; Tobacco; Tar, barrels; Turpentine; Wheat; Oak bark & other dyes.
We have estimated the relative increase and decrease of the other articles, by which it appears that in the gross, a diminution has taken place in them to the amount of above 500,000 dollars, which taken from the above sum, leaves 6,110,468; the amount of the increased value of exports for the last year above the preceding.
It will be perceived that there is a difference of about 400,000 dollars between this sum and the balance struck by the official statement of the treasury department. This arises from the above valuation having been made on the basis of the present prices.
Comparative view of the aggregate Exports from the United States for the two last years.
Table with 2 columns: Year/Category, Value. Rows include: The aggregate value of exports for one year previous to October 1, 1802; The aggregate value of exports for the year previous to October 1, 1803; Diminution in value the last year; Of the above aggregate value, the Exports of Domestic productions for the year ending the 1st of October, 1802, were; And for the year ending October 1, 1803; Increase in value the last year; Of the above aggregate value, the Exports of Foreign productions for the year ending October 1, 1802, were; And for the year ending October 1, 1803; Diminution in value the last year.
It will be noticed that the diminution of the amount of exported foreign productions, arises from the loss of a large portion of the carrying trade we enjoyed during the period of war.
On Thursday evening last, Jacob Ray and Philip Williams, were apprehended and committed to prison in this town, for passing counterfeit bank notes. They were purged to this place by a gentleman of Georgetown, upon whom they had imposed a forged bill of 50 dollars, and at his request a warrant for their apprehension was issued. On examination, forged notes on the banks of Charleston, Baltimore, and New-York, of the denomination of 50 and 100, to the amount of 600 dollars, were found upon them. It is said they are well educated except as to the signatures, which are badly imitated.
FRESHES.
The late heavy rains we have experienced we are apprehensive have in many instances blasted the bright prospects of the farmer, particularly of those situated on the small rivers which empty into the Rappahannock, which on Saturday night had risen to such a height as to endanger the Falmouth bridge. A black man, belonging to Mrs. Short, of Falmouth, in attempting to swim his horse from the bridge to Falmouth, was swept away by the current, and drowned. A valuable horse, the property of Mr. Alexander Walker, was also drowned in the Massaponax, his rider providentially saved by seizing the limb of a tree, upon which he remained till the water subsided.
Owing to the quantity of rain which has fallen for a week past, the creeks, and the water courses generally, have been so high as to render it dangerous travelling, and has unfortunately prevented the regular passage of the mail. There was none received in town farther north than Richmond, either on Monday, or Tuesday, and the southern mail due on Tuesday, did not arrive.
The APOMATOX has swelled beyond its banks, and the sandy beach is completely under water. Several of the citizens residing near Pocahontas have been driven from their habitations, and compelled to take shelter at a greater distance from the river. We regret exceedingly the injury which the farmers will sustain, as we have no doubt the wheat must suffer from the rust, produced by so much wet weather.
The French ship La Paris, of 24 guns and 300 men, has been captured by the English privateer brig St. Andrew of 16 guns, off Charleston bar.
A trunk, containing about 400 dollars, was, on Saturday morning found by a negro boy, buried in a sand bank near Brigg's Point. The trunk was identified, and appears to have belonged to the unfortunate L'Orient, of whose murder we have already given an account.
An examining Court will be held this day, at the Town-Hall, for the purpose of trying those persons now in jail, suspected to be concerned in murdering & robbing Lewis L'Orient.
The Federal Court was opened on Friday evening by Chief Justice Marshall, and Judge Potter; when the former charged the Grand Jury, in his usual plain and perspicuous manner; and on Saturday the Court proceeded on the docket. The important cause of the heirs of Earl Granville vs. Dickinson and others, is expected to come on about Tuesday next.
ENQUIRER.
RICHMOND: SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 1804.
VIEW OF THE PRESENT WAR.
Different opinions may be entertained about the origin & justice of the present European war; but one opinion only can prevail respecting the extraordinary manner, in which it has been conducted. When the name of war salutes our ears, our imagination is almost instinctively ready to delineate a scene of mischief, desolation, and murder, at which humanity revolts. In vain should we peruse the annals of the present war for the discovery of this complicated group of evils. We hear of no towns sacked; no prostrated countries laid desolate by armies; no pitched battles on land; & but few naval engagements. At the commencement of the war, these consequences might have been readily predicted. It would not have been extremely difficult for a very humble politician, to have drawn from the relative condition of the two belligerent powers, the following rude sketch of their military operations.
The power of France is as extensive on the continent as that of Great Britain on the ocean. The value of its republican generals and consular chief, has extended the continental influence of France beyond those limits which the policy of its Monarchs had scarcely dared to meditate. "The narrow Seas, the Pyrenees, the Mediterranean, and the utmost frontiers of Piedmont, armed with the support of Holland, Spain and Switzerland, against every opponent in the North, and wielding the new republics of Italy against its enemies in the South, of Europe." The maritime power of Great Britain has perhaps increased in unequal proportion. Far superior to what it had ever been in the most prosperous period of the nation, it will defy a comparison with the naval force of France or any of the Kingdoms of Europe. It is not too extravagant to assert, that perhaps the whole maritime power of the two strongest and bravest nations in the world, indissolubly combined together, would be insufficient to wrest the Trident from her hands. Does not this relative condition of the two belligerent nations exactly describe what will be the general policy of each in conducting the present war? What can the power of Great Britain accomplish on the continent, where France has acquired such exorbitant power? What can France attempt on the ocean, where the navies of Britain triumph? It is not clear that the resources of France must be principally exerted on land? And that Britain will direct her attention to her navy, as the most useful instrument in the war? Let this general policy be pursued now into its subordinate branches.
There are two points of aggression to which the maritime power of England may be usefully directed. For there are two sources of prosperity to which the continental power of France cannot extend its protection. I mean her colonies and her commerce. Her principal colonies in the West Indies, at the commencement of the war, were the Islands of Tobago, St. Lucia, Guadalupe, Martinico, and a precarious settlement in the ill-fated St. Domingo. She possessed Cayenne in South America, and Pondicherry in the East Indies. The possession of these colonies might appear to hold out to the English government, the future sources of revenue & trade; but the commerce of France afforded a more immediate recompense to the valour of her sailors, & an irresistible incitement to the rapacity of her privateers. The commerce of France, though by no means equal to that of England, extended to almost every part of the civilized world; & every wind that blew wafted to or from her ports, the treasures of other countries or her own productions. The most important part of the plan, therefore, which it seems the interest of England to adopt, in the prosecution of her military operations, must extend, 1st, to the conquest of their colonies, and 2dly, the interruption of their trade.
France, though it sees in the more numerous and wide spread colonies of England, the most tempting objects for its ambition or rapacity, regrets the disappointment of its wishes from the want of a maritime power. Without such a power too, they would in vain attempt to injure effectually the commerce of England by attacking it on the ocean. From the sea, therefore, we turn our eyes to the continent to enquire, whether there are no points on which the English are there exposed; whether the continental power of France will not there furnish her with some instruments for the annoyance of her enemy. A momentary reflection may serve to convince us, that although the ocean may be open to the ships of England, the ports of Europe may be shut against them. We readily discover how much the continental connections of France, may be made subservient to the attainment of an object so pernicious to the English trade. With this indirect attempt upon her commerce, we might probably combine, in our imagination, an attack upon the only territory, except the fortress of Gibraltar, in whose fate the English can be supposed to be directly concerned on the continent. I mean the hereditary dominions of the present line of their Monarchs. This tract of country, ascetically entitled by the constitution of the Germanic body, to a complete exemption from the evils of the present war; as it belongs not to the king of England, but the Elector of Hanover; and as the present war is made, not upon the Elector of Hanover, but upon the king of England. Yet this theoretical distinction perhaps no longer deserves any serious attention from the enemies of England; as in practice, the distinction has been completely annihilated; as in practice the king and legislature of England have once at least, involved that country in a war, and more than once expended her own resources in the defence of these electoral dominions. Had not even this policy been adopted, how could we expect that the provisions of the Germanic Constitution would be respected by an ambitious General, who, without so plausible a pretext, had violated the independence of so many other nations? For the loss then, of their distant colonies, we might naturally expect, that the French would attempt to obtain some compensation, by the invasion and occupancy of the Electorate of Hanover.
Thus from an abstract view of the relative situation of the contending parties in the present war, the politician might easily conclude, that the plan which England would principally pursue, would relate to two points—the conquest of the French colonies and the interruption of her trade; and that the plan of France would also relate to two points, the conquest of Hanover, and the interruption of the English trade in the ports of Europe. The events which have actually arisen, appear to give additional confirmation to the principal parts of this system.
I. We had not received the declaration of the king of England long before we received accounts of the conquest of St. Lucia. The island of Tobago was surrendered to the fleet under Com. Hood, on 30th of June 1803. Surinam surrendered to the same commander on the 7th of last May. Accounts from the West Indies inform us that the English meditated the effectual blockade of Martinique and Guadalupe. They have for a considerable time maintained a
nominal blockade, and several American vessels who have attempted to enter their ports, have been sent into Antigua for trial. Late reports also state, that the armed vessels of France have threatened to make an attack upon one or two of the British colonies.
II. The English have scattered their ships of war over the ocean, to capture the vessels and interrupt the trade of France. Many rich vessels from the East-Indies, and many from the West, have been taken. Many ships of war, which were destined to the reinforcement of the West-India islands, or to the convoy of her merchant vessels, or to the capture of the English vessels, have experienced the same fate. To interrupt her coaling trade Sir Sidney Smith has been stationed with a squadron along the Atlantic coast.
III. The French have made a successful attempt upon the Electorate of Hanover. What will be the ultimate destination of this country, cannot be ascertained until the conclusion of the war. Whatever be its fate, however, the protection of England seems to require that its connection with the reigning family, should be completely dissolved. Its loss can never diminish the weight of England in the balance of Europe, whilst it may remove many sources of jealousy and of war with the States that surround it. England will have no less reason to rejoice at its emancipation from this cumbrous burden, than the unfortunate captives of Mezentius, who were mercifully bound to the dead and putrifying bodies.
IV. The relation of war has shut up the ports of France against British vessels. Holland has been compelled to adopt the same policy. Almost all the ports to the north-west of Germany have been closed against them, by the exertion of that power in the hands of the French, which the acquisition of Hanover has given them on the Elbe. They are excluded from several of the important ports of the Mediterranean sea. This prohibition extends to British vessels only. But in the ports of Holland and France a more favourable policy has been exerted. Not a single piece of English goods, and not a single production of an English colony, is admitted, even in a neutral vessel.
This speculative plan of the conduct of the present war, seems then to have comprehended almost all the events which have actually arisen. Indeed the same, or very nearly the same combination of events, might have been predicted from the start, so long as the relative situation of the two parties had continued the same, and so long as the other powers of Europe had kept aloof from the contest. France would not have probably ventured to attack the English on the ocean, from the want of a maritime power. England would not have dared to encounter France on the continent, from the inequality of her resources on land. But this narrow and calculating theory appears to have been falsified & set at nought by the genius or temerity of the First Consul of France. Concurrent circumstances seem to demonstrate, that he is about to make a third point in this war, infinitely more important than all the rest. His ardent and enthusiastic courage has meditated the invasion of England.
In vain do we turn over the records of history, in search of some scattered hints which may direct us to the fate of this extraordinary project. In vain do we put together the profound labours of Hume, the ingenious descriptions of Smollett, and the laborious compilations of Ruffel, to assist us in forming some conjecture on the unfolding of this awful catastrophe. Analogy is silent. Not a single invasion is to be found in the whole history of England, that is exactly similar in its most important features. The invasion of William the Conqueror, of the Spanish Armada, and of Louis XIV. on Ireland, contain at once both the nearest points of resemblance, and the strongest marks of discrimination. The least reflection will be sufficient to convince us that the ultimate fate of this perilous project, would depend partly upon the successful landing of the troops, and partly upon the relation in which they may stand to the inhabitants of England. A fleet more powerful than the navy of Harold, was calculated to ensure to the troops of William a successful descent, or a safe retreat. The death of his rival in the first battle, and the want of a competent successor, rewarded this daring adventurer with the English crown. Bonaparte has no invincible Armada to protect his troops and facilitate his descent. The invasion of Louis XIV. was assisted by a fleet sufficiently large to cope with the navy of England: It was made on the coast of Ireland; it was encouraged by the hopes and the wishes of a large body of its inhabitants. But the present invasion is unaided by these resources. Report says that it is to be made on the coast of England: it is to be made on a country resolute and united; it is to be made in flat-bottomed boats, which will be forced to trust their entire safety to a dark night and a favourable breeze.
From the volumes of experience we turn to the columns of newspapers, and to the calculations of probability. The imagination is busy in collecting all the various facts which may serve to enlighten the deductions of the understanding. But the understanding is perplexed by their uncertainty, their variety and number. Man does not exercise the prerogative of Jupiter: we do not hold the balance of fate. Our minds pause; we are condemned to wait with trembling anxiety for the development of this interesting drama; and we remain deeply penetrated with the conviction, that the contrary chances of the contending nations are too nicely poised for us to determine the revolutions of futurity. On the one side, we behold the hero of Lodi and Marengo pointing out to his enthusiastic followers the white coasts of Britain, and displaying to their enraptured imaginations all the glories of conquest, and all the treasures of London. We hear the shouts of 200,000 warriors confirming his resolutions, and breathing defiance! On the other side we behold a formidable navy covering the ocean, manned by sailors whose glory has scarcely received a stain, and commanded by admirals grown grey in the service of their country. On the shore we perceive a combination of hearts and of interests which the kingdom of Great Britain has never before displayed. All the distinctions of political party or of religious fanaticism, are sunk in the ardent love of their country. The same sentiment runs through the whole British empire. The fame? No; the inhabitants of Ireland are even now disturbed by political persecution. Long, Erin, ah! too long has thy harp hung upon the willow! Too long has it given nought to the wild winds but the deep murmurs of thy hate, or the melancholy strains of thy woe! Thy friends continually ask, when shall the enraptured bards of Ireland revive? When shall we hear the lively air, and the exciting ode, that shall celebrate a country emancipated from her chains and restored to the rights of nature? Inhabitants of Ireland! The time is not yet come. Think not that the uniting of your fortunes to the destiny of the present enemy of England, will effect your redemption. The dying voice of Emmet has declared to you, that the enemy of England may not be the friend of Ireland. Can ye for a moment indulge the romantic idea, that the Usurper of France, is destined to be your Heroic Deliverer? Can ye believe that the foul which has lost all its generous sensibility
to the welfare of its adopted country, would feel a genuine regard for the interests of a foreign land? Can ye hope that a man, who has laboured by every trick of policy, and every exertion of power, to obliterate from the face of Europe, every little state which aspired to the enjoyment of a modified freedom, should all at once relinquish his misguided ambition, & establish a liberal government in a conquered country? Are you willing to trust the virtue of a man who has closed the long & laborious struggles of the French revolution, by a military usurpation?
* Last chapter of Stephen's French Revolution. † Erin go Brab—on the last page.
BENJAMIN J. HARRIS was tried on Thursday before a called court, on suspicion of having occasioned the death of a Negro girl by excessive barbarity, and he was unanimously recommended by the magistrates. LET THE PRESS RESPECT THE RIGHTS OF A PRISONER UNTIL HE IS POSITIVELY FOUND GUILTY BY THE ULTIMATE COURT OF JUSTICE!
I have perused the communication which appears in this day's paper on the celebration of the Anniversary Festival at New-Orleans, with mingled emotions. I have exulted in the bright prospects of happiness which the acquisition of Louisiana laid open to our view. I perceived in the present communication, the most satisfactory proofs, that its people are pleased with the destiny which awaits them, and that they will not disappoint the high hopes which the republicans had indulged of their political improvement, and their attachment to the United States. But the style in which these facts are expressed, have inspired me with no other sentiment than that of profound admiration. Wm. C. Claiborne is made the central figure round which our imaginations and our feelings are compelled to rally. "His Excellency," and "your Excellency," the "Governor General's cheerful and animating deportment" are made to project in half-relief, far beyond the more interesting objects, which might have entitled this subject. The author has certainly forgotten that it was not the magnificent Viceroy of the Spanish King whom he was describing, but the simple citizen of the American Republic. Of the use of honorary titles in our country, I have never had but one opinion; and that opinion has been admirably expressed in a letter of Gen. Charles Lee to Mr. Henry, when Governor of Virginia.
"There is a barbarism crept in among us that extremely shocks me, I mean those tinsel epithets, with which (I come in for my share) we are so belpoished; His Excellency, and His Honour; The Honourable President of the Congress; the Honourable Convention. This fulsome, nau-babous monachies; or to gratify the uneducated pride of the magnifici in pompous aristocracies; but in a great, free, manly, equal commonwealth, it is quite abominable; for my own part, I would as lief they would put rathbane in my mouth, as the Excellency with which I am daily crammed. How much more true dignity was there in the simplicity of address amongst the Romans! Marcus Tullius Cicero, Decimo Brutus Imperator, or Caius Marcello Consili, than to his Excellency Major General Noodle, or to the Honourable John Doodle. My objections are perhaps trivial and whimsical; but, for my foul, I cannot help flitting them. If, therefore, I should sometimes address a letter to you without the Excellency tacked, you must not esteem it a mark of personal or official disrespect, but the reverse."
The Communication speaks of the magic power of Mr. Claiborne's "cheerful deportment" upon every beholder. Why did this description immediately bring to my recollection one of those frong touches, by which Mr. Morel has so well described the degradation of the French character before the revolution? "At a review, the troops perform their manoeuvres unhounded by such of the spectators as are within sight of the King. They are all engrossed in the contemplation of the Prince. "Avez vous vu roi?—Voilà le roi!—Le roi rit—Je suis charmé—Ah, il souffe!—A-t-il touffe?—Je suis au désespoir!—Have you seen the King?—There is the King—The King smiles—How I am charmed—Ah, the King coughs!—Is he not choked?—How I am concerned!"
† Lee's memoirs. ‡ View of society and manners in France, Switzerland and Germany. [E. E.]
The stage brought no mail farther north than Fredericksburg on Wednesday and Thursday. No. 3. of "THE VINDICATION OF VIRGINIA," is postponed.
A Committee has been appointed by the Legislature of Massachusetts, to draft a resolve for choosing Electors of a President and Vice-President by a general ticket.
No. 12 of this paper notified the arrival of Mr. Graff at Charleston, in the service of the Catawba Company. A letter has since appeared from Mr. La Trobe who conducted the water-works at Philadelphia, and who recommended this gentleman to the Company, which contradicts a part of this Carolina statement. An extract is given from this letter partly because it corrects an error, and partly because it will give the reader some little information on the works at Philadelphia.
"In referring however to the copy of my letter in his favour now before me, I find, that in order to explain the nature of Mr. Graff's professional experience, I have described the works cut in the rock at Philadelphia; and have stated, that they are about 600 feet in length; that they were carried on while Mr. Graff was in my office, and that the performance of his duty in the office made him well acquainted with the principles and methods of executing works in solid rock. This being the branch of knowledge which in clearing the rocky bed of the Catawba will be most useful to the Company, I endeavoured to prove that Mr. Graff possessed, by showing how he had acquired it; namely, by daily attendance at the works on the Schuylkill during their whole progress. But the tunnel itself was executed by Mr. John Lewis, and the canal in the rock, chiefly by Mr. James Cochran. Mr. John Davis then clerk, now manager of the water-works, a man whose skill and integrity in his present employ, does so much credit to himself, and to the city such essential service, had the immediate superintendence of the work."
"As to the extent of the work itself, the most exaggerated and unauthorised assertions are made by the writer of the Charleston letter. The perforation is not "circular," it is not "six feet in diameter," it is not "nine hundred feet long," it does not "transmit the water to the grand reservoir," the grand reservoir has no existence."
"In my letter of recommendation, the collective length of all the works in the rocks, is stated at about 600 feet, including the tunnel, the canal, and the engine well. I wrote from memory, and may therefore be mistaken;—instead of nine hundred feet, the tunnel is not I think 400 feet long. Its size is about what I stated, 8 feet high, 4 feet 6 inches wide."
By Yesterday's Mail.
GENERAL ELECTION IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Wednesday last was the annual period for renewing the Government of this State. The members of the Legislature generally, assembled at Concord at an early hour, and, after being duly qualified, proceeded to the organization of their respective branches. In the Senate, the Hon. NICHOLAS GILMAN was chosen President, and NATHANIEL PARKER Clerk.
In the House of Representatives, the Hon. JOHN LANGDON was chosen Speaker, JOHN CALKE Clerk, & NATHANIEL WEARE assistant Clerk. The votes for Speaker were, for Hon. John Langdon 53, for John Prentice 71.
Both branches being organized, they met in convention, and proceeded to fill the vacancy in the 5th Senatorial district. On counting the votes, there were for the Hon. JOHN WALDRON 94, for JOHN WINGATE 75; Mr. Waldron was accordingly declared chosen. On canvassing for Governor, which next occupied the attention of the convention, objections were made to the votes of several towns, which would have affected the gubernatorial election, as illegal, on account of some trifling irregularities. A thorough investigation of the elections was therefore proposed. Accordingly the convention adjourned from time to time until Friday, when it was found, that should they pursue the subject to its full extent, and test every meeting, by the letter of the law, regulating elections, for a number of the meetings throughout the state would be made void, as to create very serious inconveniences, without benefiting either party. The votes were therefore all accepted, which were sedately returned, excepting those of Piermont, which were not taken on the day prescribed by law, and consequently were lost. The votes were then counted, and were for
Table with 2 columns: Name, Votes. Rows include: His Excellency JOHN T. GILMAN, 1296; Hon'ble JOHN LANGDON, 1209; Scattering 27.
Majority for Gilman 150
The votes of several towns in the County of Grafton, and Society-Land, in this county, were not returned in season, of course were not counted.
The political character of the Government for the current year is as follows:
Table with 2 columns: Branch, Composition. Rows include: EXECUTIVE. Governor—FEDERAL. Council—3 FEDERAL—2 REPUBLICAN. LEGISLATIVE. Senate—7 REPUBLICAN—5 FEDERAL. House—From 8 to 12 REPUBLICAN majority. (Farmer's Cabinet.)
The ship Fame, Howland, arrived at New-York, left Bourdeaux on the 19th April. The captain brings no loose papers. He confirms the report which was in circulation here a short time since, that General Picquet had strangled himself in prison with his handkerchief. Whether or not MOREAU had been brought to trial, Capt. H. did not learn. The preparations for invading Great-Britain were still vigorously progressing. [N-Y. MER. ADV.]
THE Court of Hustings of the City of Richmond have established the following rules concerning applicants for licences to manufacture Tobacco within the said City; viz.
"All Applications to the Court for Licences to manufacture Tobacco, must be made one month at least, previous to the time of granting thereof, and the name or names of the applicant or applicants entered on the Records of the said Court, and inserted in all the Newspapers published in the City of Richmond."
IN PURSUANCE WHEREOF, PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given, That from the Records of the said Hustings Court, it appears that DANE TRIPLETT and JOHN WIDDLITT intend to apply to the next succeeding Court for Licences, severally, to Manufacture Tobacco within this City.
By Order of the Court, AND'W STEVENSON, D. C. (admiralty)
The following Six Hogsheads of TOBACCO.
now lying in Dymers Ware House, will be sold according to Law: 1800, January 10th—Judith Kelly, marked I. K. No. 5, Gross 1111, Tare 114, Nett 997. 1801, January 9th, do. do. do. No. 10, Gross 1190, Tare 118, Nett 1077—January 28, William Diggs, marked W. D. No. 17, Gross 1165, Tare 120, Nett 1045—Do. John Brent, marked I. B. No. 21, Gross 1088, Tare 137, Nett 946—January 30, George Brent marked G. B. No. 25, Gross 1179, Tare 146, Nett 1033. March 13, Spencer George, marked S. G. No. 43, Gross 1052, Tare 106, Nett 946, THOMAS HURST. Wm. MEREDITH. Inspectors. May 19—lawbin.
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Miscellaneous.
[THE readers of the Enquirer will recollect, that some discussion has taken place in this paper, on two plans which have been proposed, the one by Mr. Jacob Perkins of Boston, the other by Mr. Samuel Brooks of Richmond, to prevent the counterfeiting of BANK NOTES. The controversy between Mr. Brooks and the Editor respecting the utility of his invention was concluded by an intimation from Mr. Brooks, that he was about to reduce his plan to the unerring test of experiment. Mr. Brooks has not yet published the result of his experiment, but from a slight engraving which the Editor has accidentally seen, executed according to Mr. Brooks's plan, he has reason to believe, either that its plan is radically defective, or that its author has not yet had an opportunity of making a satisfactory experiment.—The efficacy of Mr. Perkins' plan is still open to the public consideration. The following letter to Mr. Brooks is intended to answer the different objections which he had proposed against it. The Editor is willing to admit, that the objection which he himself has offered to it may not be satisfactory, as the general position on which he has placed it is not universally true. He has asserted in the 2nd. No. of this paper, that "it is difficult to conceive why an impression upon a smooth plane of paper, however diversified in its lines and letters should not be transferred to a smooth plate of copper by a simple process; and why this plate after it has been etched and engraved, should not deliver its impression upon other pieces of paper." This position is true as far as it applies to any engraving. It is generally easy for one engraving to imitate any other. But it is extremely difficult, and sometimes impossible, for the engraver to imitate an impression that is made in other ways. The strokes of a pen, or the impression of a type are scarcely to be counterfeited by the simple process which has been described. Any one who will compare the letters made by a type, or the pen of a common writer, with those delivered on paper by an engraved plate of copper, will soon perceive that the strokes of the latter are smoother, and more delicate than those of the former. As Mr. Perkins's plan combines the use of blockwork with engraving, and thus introduces those two different methods of operation, it does not appear practicable to imitate his work by the ordinary method. One of the Editor's friends who has some experience in the art of engraving, has, however, suggested another method for producing this imitation. The Editor will not yet mention this plan; but reserves it to a more mature consideration. The reader will observe that Mr. Perkins has not claimed the original invention of the Stereotype method of engraving. That he has been the first to propose its application to the making of bank notes, is the only credit to which he thinks himself entitled. An advertisement, which follows Mr. Perkins's letter, and which the Editor has extracted from "The True Briton," a London paper, will show some of the uses to which this modern art is about to be applied by the ingenious Englishmen.]
From the Boston Repository.
To Mr. Samuel Brooks, Engraver, &c. Richmond. SIR,
I AM not displeased to find that the invention of Stereotype plates, for the impression of bank paper, has excited so much notice from the public. It was an object of some importance with me, that every objection [and I anticipated many from gentlemen of your profession] should be fairly and publicly stated, that by these means the merits of the plan might be completely investigated. There have already appeared many beside those, which you have advanced; but like yours either founded on a mistaken idea of the principle of this invention, or a total ignorance of the general laws of mechanics. Tho' wholly unacquainted with you, I am willing to believe, that a mistake has originated what, with a more thorough knowledge of the plan, you would have been ashamed to acknowledge. I am confident, from the whole tenor of your observations, that you have undertaken to condemn the project without comprehending the principle; you will be convinced that the plate which you condemn, is as different in their construction and operation as the process of printing cotton from your mode of making "fiers almanacs." If your "wise projects" fail by "thousands," it does not follow by any rules of logic that others must.
Your first objection is that the impressions on the steel rollers cannot be transferred to the plate without extending it, and that different plates will be differently extended in proportion to their hardness, and that consequently, they will not gauge with each other nor with the roller. This, on your plan of making "perpetual almanacs," is true. Where the whole width of surface of the plate is at once impressed between rollers, in the usual manner, if the depth of the letters intended on the rollers is not sufficient to contain the quantity of metal removed or separated by the force of the impression, the plate must inevitably be extended in some shape or other. But on the plan which I have proposed, and long practiced upon with unvarying success, the various parts of the bill are separately transferred from the roller to the plate, and the resistance from the unimpressed parts, together with the quantity of metal raised for letters, intersecting lines &c. is more than sufficient to counteract the force of the impression and leave the plate without the least extension. In the usual mode of rolling, the plate passes between two rollers. It would have been wonderful indeed if your Almanacs had succeeded on this plan, which is the most powerful known process for extending metals. The Stereotype plates receive the impression by a very different operation. The plate itself instead of moving between two rollers, is fixed; and one roller passes over it by means of a double jointed, moveable, horizontal lever; being a new application of that mechanical power; and first designed for this purpose. In order to raise the letters, intersecting lines &c. sufficiently by this operation, it is necessary that the roller should pass backward and forward over the plate ten or twelve times. If the plate then was extended even so little by the first time passing, the succeeding impressions would be different and the plate, of course, wholly spoiled. Or [as you correctly state] if the plate were extended the letters &c. on the roller would not gauge with those on the plate. My experience in all the plates I have yet made [and they are many] has totally contradicted and confuted your theory. I have uniformly passed the roller several times over the plate, & have always found the letters on the one to correspond precisely with those on the other. This objection therefore vanishes.
You further say that the Stereotype plate cannot be easily printed, nor made to produce clean work. At the letter or common type press they cannot, but it is never attempted in this way. They are printed on the copper plate press with wooden rollers, cloths, papers, &c. They are not easily charged with ink, and the surface easily cleaned, but the process is as simple and it is executed with as much facility as on engraved plates. There are no letters in relievo on
the Stereotype plates, the surface of these plates is even with the tops of the letters which are intended to be white. It is only requisite therefore to wipe the ink from the surface and tops of these white letters, and it being left in the indented parts, as in common engraved plates, the impression is produced; not a "black, blank, dirty, ugly, double-lined impression," but neat, clean and as correct as engravings. Bills of manufactory in this part of the country now in circulation, and executed by this process are a sufficient refutation of this objection. Indeed it could never have made its appearance if the author of it had been acquainted with the subject. The notes produced by these plates, can be imitated perhaps as easily as any other. The manner of imitating them I shall not here describe. So you say. But a positive assertion, unsupported by a single reason, will have little weight in the publick mind, until you do describe the manner of imitating, no person will credit your abilities to imitate them. But to finish with your second objection and to put your skill to the test on this, I will send you by mail, two impressions from two different Stereotype plates, which shall be both alike except the name of the Bank and denomination. You will find them, contrary to your predictions and perhaps, wishes, neither black, blank, dirty, ugly nor double lined; and if by one of your methods, which you so carefully keep to yourself, or by any other method whatever, you can imitate either as that the copy shall not be easily distinguished from the original, you shall be entitled to the premium which has been already publicly offered.
Your BACK-STUFF principle was invented some fifteen or twenty years since in France, and there attempted to be used in making Assignats, &c. For this it seems you have not secured a patent, your object being the public good. The project however is ingenious, and at the time of its discovery, there was a sanguine belief that it would operate as an infallible check. But it proved otherwise. After the original die of plate is engraved and cracked, and the impression given to the paper, it may then by a very common and simple process be transferred to a copper plate. The cracked line impressions may be first traced by a fine pointed tool, and the whole then engraved, and made to imitate the true bill as nearly and correctly as one engraving can be made to imitate another. The Stereotype on the contrary, cannot be engraved; the work being just the reverse of engraving. It is as easy to imitate a Mezzotinto by the engraver's tool as the plates in question. Engravers of the first abilities in the United States have pronounced it a thing not within the compass of their art.
Thus, Sir, I hope I have, at least, convinced you that your objections are founded upon a misunderstanding of the principles of the invention. Should any other hereafter arise, which are predicated on as distinct view of the subject, I shall be happy to answer them.
I am, very respectfully, Your obedient servant, J. PERKINS. STEREO TYPE OFFICE. DUKE-STREET, LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS, LONDON, 4th February, 1804.
MR. WILSON, respectfully informs the Public, that he is now prepared to undertake the Printing of Works by STEREO TYPE PLATES, subject to the following
Standing Rules of the Stereotype Office. 1. Nothing is to be printed against Religion. 2. Every thing is to be avoided, upon the subject of Politics, which is offensive to any party. 3. The characters of individuals are not to be attacked. 4. Every work which is stereotyped at this Office, is to be composed with beautiful Types. 5. All the Stereotype Plates are to be made according to the improved Process discovered by Earl Stanhope. 6. School Books, and all works for the Instruction of Youth, will be stereotyped here at a lower price than any other.
A gentleman of this city has been polite enough to favor the Editor with a sight of two London Magazines, and two Reviews of January 1804. From them he has selected the three following Miscellaneous Articles.
BIOGRAPHY.
By far the most curious and interesting work that has appeared within the last six months, & we may very fairly say, one of the most curious, valuable, and interesting which has appeared for many years past, is Mr. GODWIN's "Life and Age of Chaucer," the father at once of English poetry and of the English language. The importance and magnitude of such a subject are not to be appreciated by a hasty view of it; nor do the labour, the judgment, the talent, requisite for the task admit of an easy estimate. The full and complete Life, it is justly observed by Mr. Godwin, of a poet would include an extensive survey of the manners, the opinions, the arts, and the literature, of the age in which the poet lived. "This is the only way in which we can become truly acquainted with the history of his mind, and the causes which made him what he was. We must observe what Chaucer felt and saw, how he was educated, what species of learning he pursued, and what were the objects, the events, and the persons, successively presented to his view, before we can fairly and philosophically understand his biography. To delineate the state of England, such as Chaucer saw it, in every point of view in which it can be delineated, is the subject of this book.—But while engaged in this study, the reader may expect to gain an additional advantage beside that of understanding the poet. If the knowledge of contemporary objects is the biography of Chaucer, the converse of the proposition will also be true, and the biography of Chaucer will be the picture of a certain portion of the literary, political, and domestic, history of our own country. The person of Chaucer may, in this view, be considered as the central figure in a miscellaneous painting, giving unity and individual application to the various particulars with which the canvas is diversified. No man of moral sentiment or of taste will affirm, that a more becoming central figure to the delineation of England in the fourteenth century can be found, than the Englishman who gives name to the volume."
Mr. Godwin indeed appears in every page to be fully impressed with the arduousness & the importance of the undertaking in which he has engaged. He advanced to the labour however, with powers not incommensurate with its magnitude, and has, at the same time, that confidence which is necessary to support him through laborious work, and that diffidence with which every man ought to be impressed when he appears before the tribunal of an enlightened public.
Mr. TYRWHITT had once the intention of writing a formal Life of Chaucer, but acknowledged in the preface to his excellent edition of the Canterbury Tales, that, after a reasonable waste of time and pains in searching for materials, he could do nothing better than add to his pre-
face a short abstract of the historical passages of that Life, which, together with the Comments of his compiler, filled about eight quarto pages. "This fact is, however, (says Mr. Godwin) that this editor made no exertions as to the history of the poet, but contented himself with examining what other biographers had related, and adding a few Memoirs taken from Rymer's Manuscript Collection, now in the British Museum. He has not in a single instance, resorted to the national repositories in which our records are preserved. In this forsooth I have been indefatigable, and I have many obligations to acknowledge to the politeness and liberality of the persons to whose custody these monuments are confined.—I encountered, indeed, no obstacle wherever I had occasion to direct my inquiries among the different offices of Government. After all my diligence, however, I am by no means confident that I may not have left some portion to be gleaned by the compilers who shall come after me." When Mr. Godwin had advanced towards the middle of his second volume, he found the materials swelling under his hand beyond his expectation, and, by the advice of his bookseller, reluctantly assented to compress them. He is now of opinion, however, that less is lost by the compression that he at first imagined.—"It had been my object (says Mr. Godwin) to collect generally those particulars of contemporary manners, literature, and history, which contributed to make Chaucer what he was. But the ample survey of what he was before he was fifty-seven years of age, may seem sufficient for this purpose; nor is it likely that his mind underwent any essential revolution after that period. I found John of Gaunt intimately connected with the history of Chaucer, and I was desirous of shewing what sort of man Chaucer had for his patron and his friend. But if I have not adequately related this Prince from the misrepresentations of the crowd of historians in what the reader will find in these volumes, I am afraid it would be to little purpose to have laboured more upon the concluding period of his life." We repeat that, both in matter and manner, this work has for several years had no equal; but we learn that the public voice has already anticipated our applause.
The work here alluded to is entitled, "Life of Geoffrey Chaucer, the early English Poet; including Memoirs of his near friend and kinsman John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster: with Sketches of the manners, opinions, arts and literature of England in the 14th century. By WILLIAM GODWIN. 2 Vols. 4to."—The Editor would digress his pretensions to impartiality, if he concealed from his readers, that the London Critical Review does not speak of this work in such exalted terms.
The following account of the anatomy of the CAMELION is taken from Dr. W. Witman's Travels in Turkey, Asa-minor, &c. during the years 1799, 1800 and 1801.
"I had caught several camelions, one of which was found dead in its cage. Being desirous to know the cause of its death, I dissected it, and, on opening the intestine, found within it a portion of a small twig, about an inch in length; and a little further downwards, a delicate little white worm, nearly four inches in length, which was alive. I was much pleased with the singular conformation of this little animal, from the mouth of which I drew a white tender substance, between five and six inches in length, and of the bigness of a goose quill. Having an increased width at its extremity, it had somewhat the appearance of an inverted cone, and was filled with an extremely viscid and tenacious whitish fluid. This description of tongue, or weapon, as it may be more properly termed, nature has supplied to the animal to enable it to seize on its prey. It had repeatedly observed my camelions dart it forth suddenly to the distance of five or six inches, and in this manner catch flies with an equal promptitude and certainty. The viscid and tenacious quality of the fluid sufficiently explains its use. By applying the point of a probe dipped in it, to the bodies of flies, I detained them for some time. The pulpy substance of which the dart, or tongue, is composed, is projected forwards by a triangular cartilaginous ring to which it is attached, and which is seated at the posterior part of the mouth. This cartilage is composed of rings, like the trachea in animals. "The capacious lungs are composed of a number of small and delicate cells, tinged of a fine crimson colour. On cutting into the heart, the blood issued, but of a darker colour than that contained in the delicate pulmonary cells. The liver, which was of a darkish hue, was somewhat large in proportion to the size of the animal; and the gall bladder was filled with bile of a dark green colour. Only one common straight gut was perceptible. Several small round substances, nearly of the size of a vetch, and of a deep yellow colour, lay collected together in the lower part of the abdomen; as also did two lobes, similar to the lungs of an animal. These were likewise of a deep yellow, or orange colour, and were nearly of the size of a small Windsor bean. It is evident, from this account of the conformation of the animal, that those who cherished the old error of its existing upon air, must have been very inaccurate observers."
* Grizzly. † Belonging to the lungs. ‡ Windpipe.
Method of Fattening CALVES.
In the Appendix to Sir JOHN SINCLAIR's Essay regarding Cattle, we find the following receipt for making hay-tea. Take about one pound of red clover hay, well got them, and six quarts of cold spring water; boil them together till the water is reduced to four quarts, then take out the hay, and mix a pound of barley, oat, or bean meal, amongst a little water: put it into the pot, or cauldron while it is boiling, and keep it constantly stirring until it is thickened. Let it cool, then give it the calf, adding as much whey as will make a sufficient meal. This is a cheap way of rearing calves, and the invaluable article of milk may be saved for other purposes. When cattle are kept out in winter, it is recommended as an useful practice to rub some tar at the root of the horn, which prevents the wet from getting between the root and the skin, and it is said contributes to preserve the health of the animal, and to keep it free from various diseases to which it may otherwise be liable.
Mr. Cooper...It is reported that letters have been received from Liverpool, which induce an expectation that Mr. Cooper will arrive, in the course of the summer, to resume his situation on the American stage...an event much desired by the lovers of the drama. [N. Y. Spec.]
On Monday last, Mr. LEWIS JOHNSON of Stoughton, was struck by lightning, and after remaining sometime apparently dead, was refuscitated by the application of cold water. [N. Y. Her.]
An Apprentice to the Printing Business wanted at this Office.
[The following song of Erin go Bragh, is said to have been written by the celebrated Mr. ARTHUR O'CONNOR—whom we have before mentioned, it has obtained, and very deservedly, the name of a national song. It was said (we believe by Voltaire) "let me make the songs for a nation, and I do not care who makes the laws." With respect to patriotism or national enthusiasm, we conceive this to be correct; where the impulse of sentiment precedes the deductions of reason. When feeling and sentiment are arbiters, must always have strong effect. There is an unquestionable affinity between the pathos of sentiment and the pathos of melody, and with this affinity, and the corresponding effect, the author of this song has been well acquainted; the first three verses denote lamentation, as the chorus indicates, and are adapted to the soft or effusive style of music; the succeeding verses admit more of the ardent, coinciding with the sentiment and chorus which are expressive of hope. We presume that all who have taste will not differ from us in this conclusion. D. [Charleston Courier.]
ERIN GO BRAGH!
THE EXILED IRISHMAN'S LAMENTATION.
Tune—"SAVOURNA DEILISH."
GREEN were the fields where my forefathers dwelt, O, Erin ma vorney! stan leat go brah! Though our farm it was small, yet comforts we felt, O! Erin ma vorney! stan leat go brah! At length came the day when our lease did expire, And fain would I live where before liv'd my fire; But, ah! well-a-day! I was forced to retire. Erin ma vorney! stan leat go brah! Though all taxes I paid, yet no vote could I pass, O! Erin ma vorney! stan leat go brah! Aggrandiz'd no great man—and I feel it, alas! O! Erin ma vorney! stan leat go brah! Forced from my home; yea, from where I was born, To range the wide world—poor, helpless, forlorn; I look back with regret—and my heart-strivings are torn. Erin ma vorney! stan leat go brah! With principles pure, patriotic, and firm, Erin ma vorney! stan leat go brah! To my country attached, and a friend to reform! Erin ma vorney! stan leat go brah! I supported old Ireland—was ready to die for it; If her foes e'er prevail'd, I was well known to fight for it; But my faith I preserv'd, and am now forced to fly for it. Erin ma vorney! stan leat go brah! But hark! I hear sounds, and my heart strong is beating, Boie yudh ma vorney! Erin go brah! Friendship advancing—delusion retreating. Boie yudh ma vorney! Erin go brah! We have numbers—and numbers do constitute power: Let's will to be free—and we're free from that hour! Of Hibernia's sons—yes—we'll then be the flower. Boie yudh ma vorney! Erin go brah! In the north I see friends—too long was I blind, O, Boie yudh ma vorney! Erin go brah! North and South here's my hand—East & West here's my heart, O; Let's ne'er be divided by any base art, O; But love one another, and never more part, O; Boie yudh ma vorney! Erin go brah! Too long have we suffer'd, and too long lamented; Boie yudh ma vorney! Erin go brah! By courage undaunted it may be prevented, Boie yudh ma vorney! Erin go brah! No more by oppressors let us be affrighted, But with heart and with hand, be firmly united; For by ERIN GO BRAH! 'tis thus we'll be righted; Boie yudh ma vorney! Erin go brah! * Ireland my darling! for ever adieu! † Victory to you my darling Ireland! for ever!
TURNPIKE SHARES.
Will be offered to the highest bidder, at the tavern of Mr. ZACHARIAH BROOKS, on MONDAY the 2nd day of July next.
THIRTY SHARES in the Manchester Turnpike Company, belonging to the estate of the late JOHN MACRAE of Peterburg.—There have been Fifty Dollars paid on each of the above mentioned shares, and I shall sell and convey only my Testator's interest in said shares, leaving the purchaser bound to pay all previous and future requisitions over and above the amount herein stated to have been paid. Bond and satisfactory security will be required for the purchase money, payable twelve months from the day of sale. The sale will take place between the hours of 11 o'clock in the forenoon and 5 o'clock in the afternoon. JOHN MACRAE, JUNIOR, Executor of John Macrae, deceased. Peterburg, June 15, 1804. tds—13
Mediterranean Passports.
NOTICE is hereby given, that it has been deemed expedient to change the form of the Mediterranean passport issued to vessels of the United States; that from the 8th day of July next, those of the new form will be issued at the custom houses to every vessel, for which application may be made on a compliance with the terms prescribed by law and surrendering the former passport of which she may be possessed, if any, in which latter case no fees will be required for the exchange: and that by an arrangement agreed upon by the Barbary powers with whom we are at peace, either the old or the new form of passport will be sufficient to protect the vessels of the United States, from capture until the 1st of July 1805, after which the old form of passport will be unavailable and the new one alone in use. Department of State, 23rd of May, 1804. The printers of the laws of the United States are requested to insert the above in their Gazettes twice a week for the space of six months, and the Collectors of the customs to keep copies of it posted up in their offices. June, 2.
Printing.
IN ALL ITS VARIETY, EXECUTED AT THE OFFICE of the ENQUIRER. WITH NEATNESS, ELEGANCE AND THE GREATEST DISPATCH.
GENERAL OFFICE OF ASSURANCE.
Richmond, June 11th, 1804. TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. NOW ye, that whereas a sufficient number of the members of the Mutual Assurance Society against Fire on Buildings of the State of Virginia, under the two articles of the Rules and Regulations of the said Society, have requested that a General Meeting of the said Society should be called in the month of July next, and previous to the payment of the quota called for becoming due. The members of the said Mutual Assurance Society are hereby called on to make a General Meeting, that is, a majority of the members to be present in person or by proxy, duly authorized for the purpose, on Monday the 30th day of July next, at the Capitol in the city of Richmond, at the hour of twelve o'clock. I am Sir, W. FOUSHEE, President.
AT A COURT of Appeals held at the Capitol in the city of Richmond, the 21st May, 1804. ORDERED, that the following Rules be published in the Richmond Gazettes, for one month.
NOVEMBER 15th, 1803. RULE—In all cases whether of appeal, writ of error, or otherwise, the Court will proceed to a hearing on the term to which such case shall be returned or sent up, unless good cause shall be shown to the contrary.
MAY 15th, 1804. RULE—A clear and concise state of the case of each party in an appeal, writ of error or supersedeas, from a decree of the high court of Chancery, or any District Court in Chancery, or from a judgment of the General Court, or any District Court in which a demurrer, special verdict, case agreed, demurrer to evidence, bill of exceptions, or point reserved, shall constitute a part of the record, or exhibits in the cause, with the points insisted on, signed by his counsel and printed, or fairly transferred, the expense whereof shall be taxed in the bill of costs, shall, after the end of this present term be delivered to each Judge, time enough before the hearing of the cause, that no error, other than such as shall be pointed out, and insisted on in such statement, on the part of the plaintiff or appellant, shall be (without leave of the court) admitted as a ground for argument on the hearing of the cause, or for reversal of the decree, or judgment sought to be reversed. And that all depositions and exhibits, accounts and articles intended to be relied upon or objected to in the argument, be particularly noticed in such State and recited, and a reference thereto in the official copy of the record in the cause made.
MAY 21st, 1804. RULE—That after the end of this present term, all causes depending in this Court, which shall be ready for hearing in pursuance of the rules of this court, made on the 15th day of this present month, shall, unless good cause be shown to the contrary, be heard in the same order in which they stand on the docket. TESTE, J. BROWN, C. C.
WILLIAM MCABE, WATCH & CLOCK-MAKER.
PEGGS leave to inform the citizens of Richmond, Manchester, their Vicinities, and the public generally, that he has commenced business in the house opposite Capt. Richardson's, and four doors below the Cross-street leading from Byrd's Warehouse to Mayo's Bridge—where all kinds of work in his line will be thankfully received, and executed with fidelity and dispatch. Orders from the country will be punctually obeyed. RICHMOND, June 9th, 1804.
FOR SALE, A TRACT OF LAND
IN Powhatan county, on Appomattox River, where it is navigable, known by the name of M'Gaul's Quarter, containing 490 acres: this land lies about four miles from the Court House, and is well adapted to the culture of Tobacco, small grain and corn. Maj. John Archer, who lives near the land, will show it to any person who may wish to purchase. If it is not sold before the 1st of September next, I shall sell it upon that day to the highest bidder, at Woodson's Tavern, near the premises. John L. Price. Richmond, May 30, 1804. [Lawta & Zina.]
SPRING GOODS.
WILLIAM TEMPLE Has just received, by the ship Rebecca from London and Yorkshire from Liverpool, AN ASSORTMENT OF
GOODS. Suitable to the season, which he will dispose of on the usual terms. Richmond, May 21st. if (1)
ELLIS & ALLAN.
Have received from London, Liverpool and Bristol, A NEAT & VALUABLE ASSORTMENT OF
SPRING GOODS.
"THE London Critical Review or Annals of Literature" from the year 1791 till 1803, bound in boards, 39 vols.—And 30 Numbers of "Ladies London Magazine." June 13. (3w)
THE SUBSCRIBERS,
(Living on Shockoe-Hill, near Mr. Daniel L. Hylton and Mr. Benj. Molby) RESPECTFULLY inform the citizens of Richmond and its vicinity, that they have lately commenced the
CARPENTER & JOINER'S BUSINESS;
and are now ready to undertake any business in their line.—They trust, from their particular attention, and faithful performance of every thing they undertake, to merit public patronage. WILLIAM K. LEE, JOHN S. LEE. May 23, '04. if (5)
Richmond County, June 1803.
John Campbell, compl't. AGAINST William Morgan and Peter Northern. HE defendant Morgan not having entered his appearance and given security according to the act of Assembly, and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that he is not an inhabitant of this state; on motion of the complainant, by his counsel, it is ordered that the said defendant do appear here on the first day of the next term, and answer the bills of the complainant, and that a copy of this order be published in some newspaper printed in the city of Richmond, for two months successively, and a copy also posted at the front door of the courthouse; and it is further ordered that the defendant Northern, do not pay, convey away or secrete, the debts and effects in his hands, due and belonging to the said Morgan, until the further order of the court, in the premises. A copy Teste. D. M'CARTY, C. R. C.