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RICHMOND, FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 13, 1807.
[NUMBER 54.]
The Enquirer.
RICHMOND, NOVEMBER 13.
TRIAL OF AARON BURR.
MOTION FOR COMMITMENT.
Examination of evidence, continued.
In the course of Wednesday Thomas Bledsoe was again called into court at the request of the attorney for the prosecution.
Question by Mr. McRae. You mentioned in your testimony on Saturday last, that a memorandum was given you to write the Deed by, from Col. Lynch to Mr. Burr; Was there any thing in that memorandum about cutting roads or making settlements? A. There was not; it was simply a memorandum stating the quantity of land to be conveyed, the description of it, and the consideration; the Deed was written agreeable to the memorandum—I never saw the original contract, but was informed by the parties there were other stipulations in their agreement. Q. Was there any thing of corn, cutting roads, &c. mentioned in the Deed? A. There was not. Mr. Hay. Do you know Ephraim Kirby? A. I do. Q. In what capacity did he act in Gen. Wayne's army? A. In the year 1793 he had command of a small party of spies or Rangers; in 1794, he had command of a larger party—and in both years was called captain Kirby.
Mr. Bledsoe. As I am again before the court I beg leave to observe on part of my testimony more fully; I stated that "I made a conditional contract with Col. Burr for Burr's—I did engage two boat loads of flour with a view of letting him have it; but before the boats were sent off, the President's proclamation came to hand and no part of it was ever delivered to Col. Burr or to any person for him.—When Col. Burr enquired of me if I could be got to go to Mexico in case of a war, I gave it as my opinion, they could. I gave him the names of a number of young men who I thought would probably engage, and made him acquainted with some of them. Having heard it remarked since I gave my testimony that I must have had some knowledge of Col. Burr's plans; I think it my duty to state, that in every conversation I had with Col. Burr, his remarks relative to an enterprise against Mexico, were predicated on a war with Spain; and I never did hear him or any other person with whom he had been in Kentucky, intimate that he had any thing in view inimical to the U. S. or that his views were in any respect treasonable. I hope that the court will indulge me with one further observation. I have been charged by the editors of the Western World (which paper I consider one of the most scurrilous, abusive and unprincipled ever published) with being a partisan of Col. Burr; I have been represented in that paper in different capacities, from the just god to the aid of Col. Burr. I avail myself of this opportunity, under the solemnity of an oath in the presence of this court and before the whole world, to declare, that I never have, either directly or indirectly been engaged in any act of treason against my country, or in any misdemeanor in violation of the laws of the United States. I am firmly attached to the Federal Government, and will do my utmost to support it whenever my services may be required.
SATURDAY, October 17.
Mr. Lemuel Henry, of the Mississippi Territory (who heretofore gave in his testimony) was again called at the instance of Mr. Burr, and examined.
Question by Mr. Burr. Mr. Henry, were you at the town of Washington when I came there? A. Yes. Q. Was there a guard established in the street and about the house in which I lodged? What message did I send to Meade concerning it? And what was his answer? A. There was a guard stationed as you mentioned; but Mr. Meade said it was intended as much for the protection of your person as for the public safety. Q. Did I desire you to remonstrate with Mr. Meade against the establishment of that guard as a violation of our treaty or agreement? A. You desired me to remonstrate with him about it, and I understood you to complain of it as a violation of his agreement with you. I mentioned this to him, and he said that the guard was necessary for your protection, as well as for the public safety.
Mr. McRae. Do you know any thing about that guard? A. Only from report. Q. Any thing from Col. Meade? A. Not at all. Mr. Power was then introduced.
Mr. Burr. This witness is to be examined for two purposes. First, to verify certain papers. Secondly, to prove that Gen. Wilkinson was at a certain period in the pay of the Spanish government; and then, by other witnesses, we shall prove that his pay has continued; and that he has frequently been in the habit of receiving large sums of Spanish silver. The object is to impeach his credibility by proving the falsehood of his declaration that he had not corresponded with the Baron de Carondelet.
Mr. McRae said it was not regular to offer proof of any particular crime to impeach the credibility of a witness. No rule of evidence is more clear than that the general character of the witness is all that should be investigated for that purpose; since every man ought to have notice to enable him to defend himself against any specific charge. He observed that General Wilkinson had heretofore been fraudulently accused of being a pensioner of Spain; that being desirous of giving his calumniators an opportunity of proving their charges against him, he had once requested Gen. Washington, when he was president, and afterwards, Mr. Adams, to direct a court martial for his trial; but they (satisfied of his innocence) refused his request. Gen. Hamilton also declared that he thought the charge a slander, and a trial unnecessary.
Mr. Wickham. Receiving money from the king of Spain is not an indictable offence. Our ground of defence is that Mr. Burr's expedition was in concurrence with Gen. Wilkinson, against the dominions of the king of Spain, in case of a war. If we prove that at the time Wilkinson was pretending to secure Burr's expedition, and secretly determined to defeat it, he was receiving a Spanish pension, this will explain his conduct. He detested the enterprise of Burr by making a charge of treason against the United States, on purpose to save the king's whole money he was receiving.
Mr. Martin. I am not surprised that gentlemen should have much feeling on this subject; especially the gentlemen who made this objection. There can be no protection against a man for receiving Spanish money. Mr. Benjamin Sebastian, in Kentucky, was indeed accused of this as an offence; and it was proved against him; but I have not heard, though he was tried, and his office of Judge, that any protection was intended against him. For my part I with there was a little more Spanish money among us. I should like to have some of it myself. We wish to see Gen. Wilkinson
son is interested in the destruction of Mr. Burr; that he has placed himself in such a situation that he must hang Mr. Burr, or be himself eternally disgraced. He offered to be tried by a Court Martial, because he knew that the only witnesses against him was out of the power of the process of the United States; being in the dominions of the King of Spain.
Mr. McRae. The gentlemen have heretofore been arguing that the United States were in fact at war with Spain. If so, it would have been a great crime in Wilkinson, an officer of the U. States, to receive a pension from the King of Spain.
Mr. McRae also read a part of the 9th Sec. of Art. 1. of the Constitution of the United States, which declares that "no person, holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title of any kind whatever, from any king, prince or foreign state." Would it not then, said Mr. McRae, be a crime in Gen. Wilkinson, holding a commission under the government of the U. States, to violate the constitution by receiving a present from the king of Spain? Being admitted to be a crime, it cannot, under the rule of law which I mentioned, be offered in evidence. If, in fact, any money was received by him, it might have been in commercial intercourse with some Spanish officer; and, if he had been informed in time of the accusation against him, he might have explained the circumstance, and shown that such was the case.
Mr. McRae also remarked the inconsistency of the arguments of the counsel for Mr. Burr; their insinuating that his intentions were perfectly innocent, (being merely the settlement of Wabash lands,) and yet attempting to brand Gen. Wilkinson with guilt, for being a particular in those intentions. If they were both equally guilty, this would not render Aaron Burr less criminal.
Mr. Wickham. We never said that General Wilkinson and Mr. Burr were equally guilty. What I said was that both were engaged in an honorable enterprise in the event of a war with Spain. What we charge Gen. Wilkinson with, is having united with Mr. Burr, and then deserting him—turning traitor—and representing the case quite differently from the truth.
The Chief Justice. It is absolutely necessary to hear the testimony to judge of the fact. The only difficulty is that it does not appear, under the impressions I now have, what effect it can have. It was proved that Gen. W. had been a pensioner of the court of Spain, it could have no influence on the case.
Mr. Wickham. We say that Gen. W. had an interest with the king of Spain, and in order to preserve the dominions of that monarch which he knew were about to be attacked, he withdrew from Mr. Burr, and represented an enterprise which was perfectly innocent and eventual, as one highly criminal.
Mr. Martin. Gen. Wilkinson, by betraying Mr. Burr, had a double motive; the one was to acquire favor with his own government, the other with the king of Spain.
The Chief Justice. I do not understand it to be your object to prove a continuing pension. Mr. Burr. Our object is to prove the receipt of fourteen thousand and odd dollars at one time, and some knowledge of the payment of other sums of money to Gen. W.
Mr. Burr to Mr. Power. Are you acquainted with Alexis Bon Ami? A. Yes. Q. Do you know his signature? A. I think I do. Q. Is he a justice of the peace in New Orleans? A. Yes. [Here Mr. Burr produced a certificate from the office of the Secretary of State, showing that M. Bon Ami was a justice of the peace for New Orleans.] Mr. Burr. Are you acquainted with the signatures of Messrs. Derbigny and Mercier? A. With both very well.
Mr. Burr. Will you look at those papers, (showing him their depositions, signed by them respectively, and attested by Bon Ami, a justice of the peace for New Orleans.) Mr. Power said he believed the signatures to those depositions, were in the hand writing of the persons whose names were annexed to them. Mr. Burr. Do you know whether M. Mercier was supposed to attend here? A. I believe he was, I heard him say that he was supposed, but the afflictions of his family were such, arising from the death of his father-in-law, that he could not possibly attend. Mr. Burr. Do you know why M. Derbigny is not here? Do you know whether he was subpoenaed? A. I heard him say he was. Q. Why did he not attend? A. I heard him say it would be the utter ruin of his family, if he were to take such a long and expensive journey, and in the meantime neglect his business. Mr. Burr. Is he a man upon whose personal exertions his family depend for a subsistence? A. I believe so.
Mr. Burr to Mr. Power. Do you know of any correspondence in cypher by Gen. W. with Baron Carondelet? [Mr. Hay objected to the question on the grounds before stated, and because the answer, whether it be in the negative or affirmative, could have no influence on the cause. Mr. Wickham said, that Gen. W. in the course of his examination had been asked whether he had been in the habit of corresponding with the Baron Carondelet in cypher, and had answered "No," but immediately afterwards said "he did not recollect." He admitted that the answer of Gen. W. was hastily given; but still, if we are able to prove that he had been in the habit of corresponding with the Baron de Carondelet in cypher, his saying that he did not recollect such a correspondence, will have a direct tendency to weaken his testimony. If a witness has sworn to a particular fact, although immaterial to the case, the opposite party may satisfy that part for the purpose of impeaching the credibility of the witness.]
Mr. Burr repeated the last question to Mr. Power. Do you know of any correspondence in cypher by Gen. Wilkinson with the Baron de Carondelet?
Mr. Power (addressing the judge) I beg the court with indulgence me with the liberty of making a brief statement of certain circumstances, that may show the pecuniary delicta and badness of my situation. I shall begin by observing, that I have to boast of being a Spanish born subject; and that, for several years past, I have had the honor to be an officer in the service of his C. M. It is true, that my Domicile is, and has been, in New Orleans, ever since the cession of Louisiana to U. S. But I have resided there in the character of a Spaniard; under the sanction of a stipulation in one of the articles of the treaty, by which the full enjoyment of all the civilization and privileges of an American citizen is guaranteed and secured to every and all Spanish subjects, for the space of twelve
years. Under this safe-guard, I was living in peace and perfect security; little dreaming that so long as I did not violate the laws of the land, I should ever be disturbed or molested for doings, to which I was a total stranger.
On the 16th of August, it being a Sunday, a subpoena was handed to me by the attorney or agent of Mr. Burr, by which I was cited to appear before this court, to give testimony on behalf of said Mr. Burr, in the present trial. I made some objections to receiving the subpoena; alleging that it was irregular and illegal, for these two reasons: the first, that I had always understood that no writ could be served on a citizen on a Sunday; the second, that the proper channel through which it ought to have come, was through the hands of the marshal of the district. But I was soon convinced that my objections were nugatory and of no weight—a few days after I was informed that several other gentlemen were subpoenaed as well as myself; but that they were dispensed from appearing before this court by giving their affidavits. I immediately offered to do the same, and declare that I knew nothing of Col. Burr's projects. This was not admitted, and on my manifesting some reluctance, and a disposition not to obey the summons, I was given to understand that the same authority by which, in similar circumstances, a certain Mr. Knox was committed to the common jail and confined among malefactors in Orleans, and from thence scandalously hurried off, and put on board of ship, would be exercised against me. I instantly submitted to this powerful and irresistible argument, which more than all their logic, convinced me of the propriety and justice of the measure. [Mr. Burr. Are you about to object to answering the question? A. I am, Sir.] That I have been an agent of the Spanish government in the Western country, for several years prior to the running of the boundary line between the U. S. and the two Floridas, is a circumstance of such a notoriety, it is so well generally known, that it would be idle and absurd, and altogether useless for me to deny it. I do candidly confess, that I have been sent, on several occasions, into that country, and employed there in negotiations of importance, as an officer possessing the confidence of his sovereign: I therefore, as such, consider myself bound by the strongest ties that can fasten on a man of principle and honor, not to answer any interrogatories that may have any relation to any transactions or operations of the Spanish government, that may be proposed to me by any tribunal upon earth, except such as may be duly established and authorized to that effect by the king my master. Mr. Hay. Are you going to answer the question as to the correspondence? A. I am about to show my situation to be so delicate, that I cannot consistently with honor answer it, nor can I answer any question which may operate against the king my master.] Mr. Burr. Had you any mercantile connexion with Gen. W.? A. I had not.
Mr. Burr said that he did not think there had been any pretext offered which would justify an evasion of the question.
Mr. Power. What would be the amount of the deposition of a man, who in the very act of deposing, was breaking his most sacred engagements, and pronouncing himself a perjured villain.
Mr. Burr. Are you under the obligation of an oath, as to the transaction? A. I am under the obligation of the honor of an officer;—an obligation of the highest dignity which was imposed upon me when I accepted the badge of my office. I never did repeat any form of words; the mere formulary of an oath was never proposed to me; and my superior officer knew my sentiments too well to offer me such an insult. Such a proposition I should have rejected with disdain and indignation.
Mr. Wickham said that, however unpleasant it might be to Mr. Power to answer the question; or whatever his ideas might be as to his honorary engagements, still it was necessary for the sake of justice that the question should be answered. Mr. Power's being an officer of the King of Spain could not release him from the obligation to give evidence in a court of justice. He was now here, within the power of the court, and would be dealt with as any other citizen of the U. States.
The Chief Justice said the question must be answered; though he was very sorry that the necessity existed. The objection to answer was not a valid one.
Mr. Power. I have already said that when the interest of the King my master is implicated, I will not answer. The court may take what measures it pleases. (Addressing Mr. Burr) Place yourself in my situation, Col. Burr; put your hand upon your own bosom, and say what you would do yourself.
Mr. Martin, (in a plaintive tone of voice,) begged Mr. Power to recollect that the life of a man was at stake; a man who was prosecuted with rigor by his own government. He must recollect the importance and necessity of calling in the aid of all the evidence which can be procured to exempt him from unmerited punishment.
Mr. Power. I feel full well the situation of Col. Burr. But I have more at stake than Col. Burr. I have my honor, my reputation, which are more dear to me than life or property. What would my family, my children, do with propriety, if these were violated?
Mr. Wickham said he would not press the answer at that time, nor apply to the court to take the necessary measures to enforce it; but would give Mr. Power a few hours to reflect. He will be expected to attend here at 9 o'clock, at which time the same question will be repeated.
Mr. Power attended a little after 9 o'clock, and remained for several minutes after. But Mr. Wirt being then in the midst of his argument, he was not called till after he had left the court room. He was again introduced on Monday.
Mr. Burr offered to read the depositions of Messrs. Mercier and Derbigny.
Mr. Hay objected, both because it was improper to read depositions where the witnesses might be had; and because they contained matter improper to be given in evidence. He instanced the deposition of Mr. Stoddart, which the court would not suffer to be read, although, besides being subpoenaed, he (Mr. Hay) had written him several letters pressing his attendance. He said that the absence of the witnesses could not be justified on the grounds stated by them. The excuse offered by one was nothing but the death of his father-in-law; and by the other was, that the distance and expense attending the journey, and the loss of his personal exertions for a subsistence to his family would
produce utter ruin to them, if he were to attend. Many other witnesses had attended under circumstances much more oppressive.
The counsel for Mr. B. contended that there was a wide difference between the case of Mr. Stoddart and that of these witnesses. Mr. Stoddart was convenient to the court, and his attendance might be enforced. Besides they did not understand the deposition of Mr. Stoddart to be absolutely, but only provisionally rejected; and that it might be read, if his attendance could not be procured.
The Chief Justice decided that the depositions might be read if they contained no matter which was improper to be given in evidence. It was finally agreed that the judge should take the depositions and select such parts as were legal evidence.
MONDAY, October 19.
After Mr. Wirt had finished his speech, the examination of several witnesses took place.
Among these Mr. Power presented himself before the court, and again addressed them in the following manner. "The gentlemen were good enough to allow me time to consult upon the matter and get counsel—grateful as I feel for this indulgence, I must confess I have not, nay, could not avail myself of it. It is pretty well known, that I am an utter stranger in this place; without a single friend to take any interest in my situation; not even any acquaintance, and without the knowledge of any gentleman of law from whom I could procure counsel. However, I have understood that the court have a right to resort to coercive and rigorous measures to extort from me that, which my ideas of correctness and propriety—that, which my conscience, my sense of duty and honor, forbid me to reveal.
And should the court think proper to adopt such measures—well—I must submit to my fate with patience and resignation—congratulating myself that I am in a country where the rack and torture are not in use, and where I do not run the risk of being put to the question. I shall also have the consolation that flows from a consciousness of not having departed from my duty—I will again openly avow it—This is my motto, "Fidelity to my King." This I consider my first, my most essential duty; this is an obligation paramount to every other, and to which every other must bend. This language, probably, is new within these walls; and I make no doubt, perfectly unintelligible to many.—But some, I trust, interiorly, applaud the principle, and possibly, would be proud to have an opportunity to display it.
The counsel for Mr. Burr insisted that he should be compelled to state all that he knew concerning a correspondence between General Wilkinson and the Baron de Carondelet.
The Chief Justice observed that the existence of such a correspondence could be of importance in the present case, no farther than it might be considered as discrediting Gen. Wilkinson's declaration, that he did not recollect his having carried on a correspondence with the Baron de Carondelet, in a cypher similar to that which was used by Mr. Burr. He said that the object of that correspondence would, if explained, have no effect on his decision relative to the motion now before him. He therefore required Mr. Power to answer questions as to the existence of such a correspondence, but not as to its objects.
Mr. Power. I apprehended that, without any violation or breach of my most sacred duties, I can satisfy the gentlemen I can gratify their curiosity, and give them the information they appear so obligingly bent upon getting; for I confess I do not see any thing criminal or deserving of blame in gentlemen's carrying on a correspondence in cypher with the Baron de Carondelet, or any other Baron or governor in Louisiana, or any province and more particularly in Gen. Wilkinson, who I have every reason to believe has been in the habits of corresponding in cypher with several of his acquaintances: witness, Gen. Dayton.—I can even quote myself: also a very excellent and worthy friend of mine, Mr. R. R. Keene, of N. Orleans, who has shown me a cypher he had from Gen. W. So that I feel myself perfectly at ease on this point, as it does not in any shape affect or throw any light on the political concerns of my government.
As the Col. has also said something about monies, neither shall I feel any reluctance in declaring what I may know concerning any sums of money said to have been received by Gen. Wilkinson. For it is pretty well known that the Spanish government, at a former period, did contract with the General and I believe with some other gentlemen of Kentucky, for considerable supplies of tobacco.—If the gentlemen will confine themselves within these limits, in their interrogatories, they shall find me ready to satisfy them. But beyond these I declare I will not step.
Mr. Burr then asked captain Power, if he knew that Gen. Wilkinson had corresponded in cypher with the Baron de Carondelet. To which he replied that he did know that General Wilkinson had carried on a correspondence in cypher with the Baron, that as far as he recollected the cypher was complicated, and that a small pocket dictionary was also used.
(Evidence to be concluded in our next.)
Miscellaneous.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman lately resident in China, dated, Canton, April 17.
"The affair between the English Company and the Chinese government is at length adjusted. After many meetings, chinichings, &c. &c. the Chinese government ordered up, for trial, the fifty two sailors, belonging to the Neptune, that were at liberty when the affair happened. This order was complied with on the part of the company, and about the 25th of March the sailors arrived in Canton, under the protection of a company of marines, from the Lion ship of war. After they had reached Canton, the Mandarins intimated that they must be taken inside the city for examination. This was absolutely opposed, and it was finally agreed that the trial should be held in the Company's old factory—the lower part of which was accordingly fitted up in great style with yellow and crimson silks, carpets, cushions, chairs, tables, &c. &c. and the whole intended to represent the Emperor's court. The issues now appeared favorable, but was soon shaded by another serious occurrence: The Mandarin who was to sit in awful judgement required, that the Chief of the Com-
pany, the Captain of the Lion, and the Commissioner of the Company ships, should not be permitted to sit in his presence during the trial. This was not acceded to, and threats were uttered on the part of the British. Mandarins was equally obstinate, and the business assumed a very serious aspect. As the Mandarin could not come himself, or send one of his high order, he sent one who was willing that the British should sit at their ease in good elbow chairs. Thus arranged, about the 6th inst. the trial commenced, and of 52 sailors, 11 were selected as the most guilty, and laid over for "further proof." On the 9th, the 11 were again brought up for trial and 2 were selected as the guilty persons, who were again laid over for further investigation.—On the 11th the two were again brought forward, one of them adjudged guilty, and ordered to be kept in possession of the Company until the pleasure of the Emperor shall be known. The British ships are now loading, and will sail in about a fortnight.—What will be the fate of the sailor retained is uncertain, but it is probable that the Mandarins would rather touch a few of the Security Merchant's dollars, and keep the affair from the Emperor, than retaliate the outrage against their countrymen. In this case, not less than one hundred thousand dollars will be necessary to patch up the affair."
COMMERCIAL.
From Jamaica. By a proclamation of Sir Eyre Coote, lieutenant governor of Jamaica, &c. dated 6th September, 1807, permission is given (agreeable to an order of council of 1st July last, to the ships or vessels belonging to the subjects of any state in amity with G. Britain, to import into the British Islands and colonies in the West-Indies (and to any islands or territories on the continent of South America to his Britannic majesty belonging) slaves and timber, every kind of provisions, beef, pork, fish and butter excepted, which are of the growth and produce of the country to which the ships or vessels importing the same belong; and also the exportation of rum and molasses, and of any other articles, goods and commodities whatsoever, except sugar, indigo, cotton, wool, coffee and cocoa; provided always, that such ships or vessels shall duly enter into report and deliver their respective cargoes, and re-load at such ports only where regular custom houses shall have been established. The exception (respecting the importation) of fish, however, not to be in force in any of the British islands, colonies, lands or territories, in which there shall have been provided a bounty on fish taken in part of his majesty's dominions in North America, or on the coasts thereof, by British subjects, to any amount equal to two shillings per quintal on cod, and imported in British vessels, from any of his majesty's provinces, settlements, or possessions in North America. A custom house is to be erected at Port Maria, (Jamaica) and in the mean time, persons are appointed there to carry on the duties of the customs.
Tifton vs. Chetham.—The writ of enquiry in this cause was executed at Albany on Thursday last, before the editor arrived; as he cannot, therefore, give an exact detail of the proceedings, he chooses for that and other reasons, to abstain from an attempt to give a regular report. It may suffice to say that as usual the Albany jury were liberal in awarding damages. To the astonishment, as I was told, of the judge himself, of the bar and numerous audience, the jury gave the plaintiff 800 dollars damages! I will only add that a motion will be made in this city in the November term in arrest of judgment on several grounds; particularly for the refusal of the judge to admit testimony in mitigation, and for misdirection to the jury.
Citizen.
Congress.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
WEDNESDAY, November 4.
The following gentlemen compose the committee to whom was referred the letter of gen. Eaton, viz. Messrs. Thomas, John Smith, Holland, Taylor, D. Montgomery, Taggart and Lyon.
Mr. R. Nelson presented a petition from a number of inhabitants of the election district in the state of Maryland, alleging that Philip B. Key was improperly returned as a member of the House of Representatives from that district, and praying that his seat be vacated. Referred to the Committee of Elections.
Mr. Southard moved that the petition of Jonathan Snowden, presented at last session, and a report made thereon by the Committee of Claims, but not finally acted upon, be now referred to the Committee of Claims. Agreed to.
Mr. Quincy presented the petition of Joseph White, praying for a drawback on a certain quantity of sugar exported, but which he could not now obtain from the omission of a slight formality in the claim. Referred to the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures.
Messrs. Cook, Johnson, Van Allen, Seaver, Morrow (O.) each made motions for reference to the Post-Office Committee, of certain petitions and resolutions for establishing or abolishing post-offices in their respective districts—which were agreed to.
Mr. Van Allen presented the petition of H. Doolittle, praying for compensation for his services in the revolutionary war. Referred to the Committee of Claims.
Mr. Candler moved that the petition of Reuben Colburn, praying the allowance of a sum of money due him for services in the revolutionary war, which had been presented at a former session, be referred to the Committee of Claims. Agreed to.
Mr. R. Nelson did not know whether the motion he was now to make was in order or not. He had been instructed to move that the memorial of Sir James Jay, presented at a former session, and referred to the Secretary of State, together with the Secretary's report thereon, and the report of a select committee upon that report, be now referred to a committee of the whole House.
Mr. Southard doubted the correctness of referring the report of a committee of a former House to a committee of the whole. The usual mode was to refer a report of a former Congress to a select committee; that committee would report to the House, and their report might be referred to a committee of the whole.
Mr. Nelson had no objection to any course the House thought proper. Perhaps a reference to a select committee would be best.
The petition and documents were accordingly referred to a select committee of five members, consisting of the following gentlemen: Messrs. Jones, Stanford, Van Allen, Upham and Heister.
Mr. Seaver presented the petition of John Cartwright, of Boston, praying for compensation for his services as a cooper in the commissary department during the revolutionary war; which was referred to the Committee of Claims.
Mr. Lewis said, that as at the present period of the session, there was very little, if any business of national importance before the House, he took the liberty of reviving a subject of some importance to the people at large, and particularly interesting to the inhabitants of the district of Columbia. About four years ago, petitions were presented to the House,

praying for the erection of a bridge across the Potomac... A bill had passed by a large majority in this House...
Mr. Gardner said, that in examining the printed sheet of the Journal laid upon the table this morning...
This motion occasioned some debate, as a question of order. It was opposed on the ground of its being a dangerous precedent...
The motion was supported by Messrs. Gardner, Fy, Quincy, Detha, Picken, Williams and Talmadge...
Mr. Davis said, it was well known, that during the last Congress, an act was passed for the relief of persons claiming pensions...
Mr. D. said, he had intended to have had this resolution referred to the committee of claims...
Mr. G. W. Campbell, from the committee of ways and means, reported a bill for making further appropriations...
Mr. Fy, presented the petition of Daniel Buck of the State of the State of Vermont, praying for an increase of pension...
This resolution occasioned considerable debate. It was supported by the mover, Messrs. Dana, Upton, Alexander and Gardner...
The friends of this resolution contended that this step was necessary, in order to obtain a full statement of all the facts...
Mr. proposed could be considered in no other light than as calling a censure upon the committee...
The debate, with the Yeas and Nays, will appear in the next National Intelligencer. Adjourned.
Mr. Lewis, from the committee appointed on the subject of the Potomac Bridge, reported a bill authorizing the erection of a bridge over the river Potomac...
Mr. Lewis presented also the petition of John Evans, of Monongahela, stating that David Scott...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4. We have lately submitted to our readers various extracts from English prints...
Our present object is to add a few extracts to those already given from British prints, on the affairs of the two nations.
Cobbett's Political Register for August is full of speculations on the duty of Britain to assert what he terms her maritime rights.
That he contends, on the part of Britain, for the dominion of the seas even to the opposite shores.
That they maintained the right of making conquests on the ocean. That, as to the affairs of nations, it is might alone that constitutes right.
men, who, under the existing political system, may influence the passions of the people, and hurry affairs to a rupture.
Should these principles be avowed, and practiced, our free agency is at an end. As well might the worm that is trodden upon by an elephant not writhe...
EXTRACTS. Men with English hearts, of whatever opinions respecting domestic matters, have never, until lately, suffered, in silence, any one to deny to their country a right of sea dominion.
In conclusion, suffer me, once more to press upon your minds the important distinction between the rights of nations, as considered with respect to other nations, and individuals...
But, though I am very willing to leave the Germans (say, all of them) to the rule of the Emperor of France and his brethren...
Here then, is of itself, a quite sufficient object; but I am of opinion, that a war even now, properly managed, would, in a great measure, deprive France of the advantages she expects from her conquest...
That they maintained the right of making conquests on the ocean. That, as to the affairs of nations, it is might alone that constitutes right.
That the reader may imagine that it is impossible for even the daring mind of a Briton to go further. But he is mistaken; for Cobbett adds...
By war judiciously conducted, upon the avowed principle of maritime dominion, we have it in our power to destroy, for half a century, the means of his (Bonaparte) obtaining that force.
POSTSCRIPT To the Boston Gazette, November 2. Sunday, 1 o'clock—The Arifides, Capt. Williams, has this moment arrived from Liverpool...
Copenhagen had not surrendered to the English on the 4th Sept. although the city was completely invested, and all communication with its inhabitants cut off.
Boston, Nov. 2.—Yesterday after our paper had gone to press the ship Arifides arrived here from Liverpool...
EVACUATION OF SOUTH AMERICA. Sept. 12.—The Saracen sloop of 18 guns, arrived yesterday at Portsmouth with dispatches from Lieut. Gen. Whitelocke...
Downing-Street, Sept. 12. 1807. Lord Castlereagh has the honour of acquainting the Lord Mayor that the dispatches have been received this morning from Lieut. Gen. Whitelocke...
COPENHAGEN. A Gottenburgh mail arrived yesterday with intelligence to the 31st. Letters of that day say that a courier had arrived there who left Copenhagen on the evening of Saturday the 20th...
Dispatches have arrived from admiral Gambier, but they are not of so satisfactory a nature as was expected. They are dated the 26th, & were brought by the Ernst gun-brig...
There were reports in the city yesterday, of admiral Gambier being killed, and Sir Home Popham having lost a leg, and our fleet having, on the whole suffered considerably.
RUSSIA AND SWEDEN. It is stated in a letter from Stockholm, of the 27th of August, that the Russian ambassador had delivered a note to the Swedish government...
considered as a declaration of war, and that the emperor of Russia would march an army into Finland. Domestic. The following argument is luminous and irrefragable...
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. The statement of the attack upon the Chesapeake, is very concise indeed; but it contains enough to characterize the transaction...
By a formal order from a British Admiral, the frigate Chesapeake, leaving her port for a distant service, was attacked by one of these vessels which had been lying in our harbours...
These facts being unquestionable, it forms, as we conceive, a case of attack on national sovereignty, such as no government can tamely submit to...
Among those who differ from us, are some who seek to palliate, and some who go the length of justifying, the British Admiral, on the ground that our government were guilty of the first wrong.
They say that we were guilty of the first wrong, by encouraging and harbouring British deserters, and that the British had a right therefore, to take them by force...
President Washington, in his proclamation of Neutrality in 1793, exhorted and cautioned the citizens of the United States against aiding or abetting hostilities against any of the powers at war...
But one man, Ratford, was not an American; and to him none of this reasoning would apply. True. But we say that we have the evidence of Commodore Barron, first, that the government ordered him to enlist no British deserters...
Thus then stands the case: Taking their own view of the subject, that we did wrong in refusing to give up deserters, when traced back, the first wrong is seen to have been done by the other party.

themselves of the aid and assistance of defectors to their vessels; and they will not permit us to avail ourselves of defectors from their vessels; nay, they go further and refuse us the privilege of receiving our own defectors back again to their allegiance. They make the deck of a British man of war an enchanted place, on which, whoever once sets his foot, can never return, while the decks of all other vessels are mere wood and timber, which every sailor may leave at pleasure.
The President, therefore, very properly denounces the attack an outrage. And he informs us that "An armed vessel of the United States was despatched with instructions to our ministers at London, to call on that government for the satisfaction and security required by this outrage."
Our government are in possession of the correspondence between Mr. King and Lord Grenville, on this occasion, and it they had only published it a few months ago, it would not only have saved much controversy, but have had a material effect in quieting the public mind.
The gulf traps that have been so often thrown out with the view to impose upon the public, and especially upon congress, began to swarm and will swarm upon every new arrival, but any man who has a common understanding, must see thro' them. Surely our government are as likely to learn early, and to communicate as early, any matter that is of importance to the public, as any English haberdasher of small wares; and surely more to be relied on than the insidious hirelings of G. B. in our sea-ports.
The Emperor of the Quids has arrived in Philadelphia, we may expect in a few days to hear of his being invited to a sumptuous festival at the Mansion house hotel—where the health of the Chief Justice will no doubt be the reigning toast.
contemplate the fate of the vessel as well as of the impressed seamen.
The British contend that they have a right to impress the seamen on our vessels, within their own jurisdiction and on the high seas. If the act occurs in their own ports, our vessels may be detained for days and weeks from the impracticability of obtaining new seamen in a shorter time: If on the high seas, the fate of the vessel may be still more severe. The British may impress the greater part of her crew, and she may be exposed to imminent danger from the want of hands to work her into port.
But even in England, the practice of impressment has produced the most melancholy miseries. Sufferings have awaited others besides the victim himself, at which the heart of sensibility has wept. Take one out of a thousand!
As to fugitives from justice, (as far as we have been informed) the British have made no pretensions, that are inconsistent with the reciprocal obligations due to both countries. But in one case at least they have misunderstood our own political institutions, as well as the law of nations. This case is stated in the National Intelligencer of 29th of July.
THE HOLLAND & KITCHEN FURNITURE, belonging to the estate of Henry Randolph, decd, also two HORSES. A credit of twelve months will be given on all sums over 5 dollars. The purchaser giving bond with approved security, to carry interest from the date if not punctually paid.
LAND—FOR SALE. THE SUBSCRIBER OFFERS FOR SALE, THE FARM on which he lives in Hanover, adjoining the Rocky-Mills, & known by the name of Gold-Mine—Containing by late survey, eight hundred and thirteen acres, nearly one half of which is in woods well timbered, and good Tobacco Land.
FOR SALE. THE half of a valuable TRACT OF LAND containing 900 acres, in the county of Gloucester, about two miles above the court-house, called LITTLE CREEK, and on James River; one third of which is prime low grounds.
MANCHESTER TURNPIKE COMPANY. THE annual meeting of Stockholders will be held at Mr. Brooks's tavern in Manchester, on the first Monday in December next: Special matters of business important to the interest of the company require a full meeting; hence it is expected, that such members as cannot attend in person will appoint deputies to act for them.
His Excellency JOSEPH BLOOMFIELD, Esq., was on Friday last in joint meeting of the Legislature assembled at Trenton, re-elected Governor of the State of New-Jersey, without opposition.
THE EMPIRE OF THE LAWS! We have received several spirited and well written essays, containing strictures on certain proceedings of last evening as we consider UNSAFE to publish. To give confidence to the peaceable citizens, we gladly publish the following SALUTARY NOTE, from the CIVIL AUTHORITY.
FROM THE WHIG, Nov. 4. REWARD OF MERIT. Traitor! where they ought to be—on the gallows. "The fox ran long—but was caught at last." A certain Chief Justice insulted the nation, and disgraced the bench; but at length was branded with irremovable infamy.
RELATIONS WITH ENGLAND. No. 1. IMPRESSION OF SEAMEN. Mr. Madison in his celebrated letter to Mr. Monroe (January 5th 1804) has placed this question upon its true ground.
And surely it will not be pretended that the sovereignty of any nation, extends in any case whatever, beyond its own dominions and its own vessels on the high seas. Such a doctrine would give just alarm to all nations, and more than any thing would countenance the imputation of aspiring to an universal empire of the seas.
But let us take a rapid view of all the claims of Great-Britain in relation to our seamen; whether on the high seas, or in our ports. Great-Britain claims the right of reclaiming three classes of seamen:
And, that the committee shall be empowered to draft a petition to the General Assembly, stating said grievances, and report the same to a succeeding meeting of the people.
Refolved, That the foregoing resolutions be published in the several Republican papers of this city.
FOR THE ENQUIRER. No. 1. IMPRESSION OF SEAMEN. Mr. Madison in his celebrated letter to Mr. Monroe (January 5th 1804) has placed this question upon its true ground.
And surely it will not be pretended that the sovereignty of any nation, extends in any case whatever, beyond its own dominions and its own vessels on the high seas. Such a doctrine would give just alarm to all nations, and more than any thing would countenance the imputation of aspiring to an universal empire of the seas.
But let us take a rapid view of all the claims of Great-Britain in relation to our seamen; whether on the high seas, or in our ports. Great-Britain claims the right of reclaiming three classes of seamen:
But let us take a rapid view of all the claims of Great-Britain in relation to our seamen; whether on the high seas, or in our ports. Great-Britain claims the right of reclaiming three classes of seamen:
other country can "solve and melt the chain," which binds him to his monarch's throne; that his country has a right to claim his services, and to seize his person if he can be found on board of a neutral vessel on the high seas.
But no nation has ever been more inconsistent in her own principles and practice, than Great-Britain, and the reason is, that she has uniformly taken up or laid down principles, as her interest dictated. Her principle in this instance, is, that no state can naturalize her seamen.
But even during war, the principles of the navigation act are enforced in respect to "foreign vessels trading to G. B." These must have their master and three-fourths of their marines composed of the "subjects of the countries to which the foreign vessels belong."
And as to defectors! My Lord Berkeley directed the commanders of his majesty's vessels on the American station to authorise "the Americans" to search for any defector from their service; a mock permission intended to conceal his own attack upon the American vessel; and one which no commander in his majesty's service would have dared to have granted.
But not only is the practice of Great-Britain on this one point completely inconsistent with her pretension; but her pretensions in another point are inconsistent with her practice; and even two of her pretensions are at war with each other.
Not only justice but our interests call upon us to arrest this practice of impressment. Let us

EXPOSE
Of the situation of the French Empire—1806 & 1807.
(CONCLUDED.)
Embodiments of Paris.
The emperor was desirous that his capital, become the first capital in the universe, should answer by its aspect to glorious a destination. At one of the extremities of Paris a bridge is finished, the bridge of Austerlitz; at the other a bridge is beginning; it will be the bridge of Jena, names forever celebrated in our annals. Thus, the Seine, loaded in a manner with the trophies of our victories, will attract to future ages, in this age of wonders, the hand which gained a victory and subverted a throne, raised at the same time a monument of public utility, and that the author of so many exploits made them serve only for the prosperity of the people whose glory he immortalized.
The emperor is desirous that the Belles-Lettres shall share under his reign the impulse given to every thing that is great, useful and honorable to the nation; that the French language become more than ever the language of Europe, shall continue to justify this shining privilege, by its elegance, its purity and the choice of its productions. His will will not be disappointed; talents announce themselves which give previous hopes. Let public opinion encourage their efforts, let it protect them against the taunts of local partiality, let it encourage them to be more numerous among men of letters than there are political parties in state; let literature find in the alliance of taste with morality, the most certain principle of its success; let criticism become decent in order to be useful, let the men called to the noble function of enlightening and instructing, disdain solicited suffrages, pierce pretensions and the successes of the day; let them with their eyes fixed upon the elevated aim which is offered to them, upon the glorious objects which surround them, aspire to crowns which cannot wither; at the voice of a generous prince, let the eternal flame of all great conceptions be lighted up in their breasts; let them be the worthy witnesses of such an age, and then they will deserve to be the painters of it, and to defend with it to the latest posterity.
The literary societies will second this flight. The emperor is desirous that they may serve as a guide to public opinion; he invites them to resume the great works undertaken at different times by the concert of laborious writers. He is desirous that the literary history of France, penned by their care, may express calm and lasting judgments, and become the solemn monument which shall preserve the remembrance of writers worthy of esteem, honored with the public suffrage and with the testimonies of his benevolence; these companies will answer his expectation by their impartiality and redoubled zeal; the talents which they will have remarked during the course of the year, will receive the most precious rewards by obtaining the attention of the Sovereign, who powerful in the arts of war, has wished to be the reformer, the promoter of all the arts of peace.
However, the chief of the State does not disdain also to extend his thoughts to the kind of instruction which fits the inferior classes of society; an instruction which, in forming them to the habit of good morals, may give them such elementary notions as are useful to their labors. Several institutions have been authorized, the zeal of which will spread that simple and useful instruction throughout workshops and in the country. They will be seconded by the paternal care of those pastors whose presence and functions are also a sort of continual teaching of the first of all sciences, the love of good and the practice of virtue.
Government has in general only satisfaction to testify to the members of the clergy; all the degrees of the hierarchy present, more than at any other period, pure morals, a tolerant piety, a great disinterestedness, and a constant application to their duties. Occupying themselves without intermission with the noble task which was assigned to them, the reformation of public and private morality, they feel that obedience to the laws is an essential branch of both, and that of all the laws, the one which has for its object the defence of the state, is the most sacred of all, the one of which the speedy and entire execution is the most recommended by religious sentiments as well as by the love of one's country.
The different forms of worship authorized in the empire, live in an union worthy of the spirit which is common to them, and honorable for their ministers.
From the departments approximate to the Rhine, unanimous complaints had reached the emperor of the usury exercised by a few individuals professing the Jewish religion. The verification of the facts has proven that without a speedy remedy, the fruit of this usury would be entirely consumed the riches and resources of those fine provinces. The emperor was obliged to quit the just apprehensions of so many thousands of husbandmen; but in affording this partial and momentary remedy, the emperor formed a conception more extensive and of a more lasting influence, he saw in the ancient habits, and in the false interpretation of some points of doctrine, in the first cause of the evil which had excited these remonstrances.
In order to dispense himself from perpetuating either the precautions or the penalties, he wished to regenerate the morals of a portion of that class by the concurrence of the whole class, by the influence of the religious authority the laws of which it acknowledges. The Emperor knew that there are among the Jews of his states a great number of men whose opinions are found, whose conduct is irreproachable, who are the first to grieve for the wrongs of their co-religionists, and far from countenancing these estimable men with those who are justly deserving of censure, he led the former to execute the measures which are to prepare the reform of the others. A general assembly took place which laid down the regulations of police; a Grand Sanhedrin, an assembly of which the Jews for so many centuries past had been no example, proclaimed the religious duties. It solemnly declared that the law of Moses, very far from authorizing usury, is contrary to its spirit, and that a Jew without adopting its interests, without acknowledging its authorities, without observing its laws, precludes himself, on the contrary, both the sentiments which attach them to their adoptive country, obedience to all its institutions, and the duty of arming themselves for its defence. Regulations will soon be made which will complete this great work, and regulate the exercise of the Hebrew worship; this reform which will form an epoch in the annals of the Israelites, will be for them the subject of eternal gratitude. The sovereignty exercised by some of them has been the occasion of the blessings spread upon all. The first of these blessings is, in preferring to them the French name, to render them worthy of bearing it.
By means of this check, the treasury may, without the trouble of conveying specie, by employing in every place the money which has been received there, make the necessary payment everywhere; its resources are increased beyond its necessities; the treasury, the ancient monarchy did not find in its enormous loans, so fertile
of the laws, and promise to the future a variety of learned jurisconsults and enlightened magistrates. Government has followed up the development of the system which was laid before you last year, and which has for its object to make the hospitals serve for the improvement of the medical art in the provinces, thus drawing from the relief given to suffering humanity, new means for preventing or diminishing their evils. Free schools of practical medicine have been established in the cities of Amiens, Besancon, Angers, Brussels, Ghent, Clermont-Ferrand, Grenoble and Poitiers. The courses of midwifery established at the hospital of la Maternite, and which since their formation, have already furnished nearly 400 learned midwives to the departments, have just been subjected to measures which will regulate their labors and secure their success.
The operations relative to the measurement of the arch of the meridian at Barcelona at the Balearic islands, have been resumed and will be continued this winter. The observatory of the Pantheon has been re-established; that of Turin is restored to astronomy.
The emperor is desirous that the Belles-Lettres shall share under his reign the impulse given to every thing that is great, useful and honorable to the nation; that the French language become more than ever the language of Europe, shall continue to justify this shining privilege, by its elegance, its purity and the choice of its productions. His will will not be disappointed; talents announce themselves which give previous hopes. Let public opinion encourage their efforts, let it protect them against the taunts of local partiality, let it encourage them to be more numerous among men of letters than there are political parties in state let literature find in the alliance of taste with morality, the most certain principle of its success; let criticism become decent in order to be useful, let the men called to the noble function of enlightening and instructing, disdain solicited suffrages, pierce pretensions and the successes of the day; let them with their eyes fixed upon the elevated aim which is offered to them, upon the glorious objects which surround them, aspire to crowns which cannot wither; at the voice of a generous prince, let the eternal flame of all great conceptions be lighted up in their breasts; let them be the worthy witnesses of such an age, and then they will deserve to be the painters of it, and to defend with it to the latest posterity.
The literary societies will second this flight. The emperor is desirous that they may serve as a guide to public opinion; he invites them to resume the great works undertaken at different times by the concert of laborious writers. He is desirous that the literary history of France, penned by their care, may express calm and lasting judgments, and become the solemn monument which shall preserve the remembrance of writers worthy of esteem, honored with the public suffrage and with the testimonies of his benevolence; these companies will answer his expectation by their impartiality and redoubled zeal; the talents which they will have remarked during the course of the year, will receive the most precious rewards by obtaining the attention of the Sovereign, who powerful in the arts of war, has wished to be the reformer, the promoter of all the arts of peace.
However, the chief of the State does not disdain also to extend his thoughts to the kind of instruction which fits the inferior classes of society; an instruction which, in forming them to the habit of good morals, may give them such elementary notions as are useful to their labors. Several institutions have been authorized, the zeal of which will spread that simple and useful instruction throughout workshops and in the country. They will be seconded by the paternal care of those pastors whose presence and functions are also a sort of continual teaching of the first of all sciences, the love of good and the practice of virtue.
Government has in general only satisfaction to testify to the members of the clergy; all the degrees of the hierarchy present, more than at any other period, pure morals, a tolerant piety, a great disinterestedness, and a constant application to their duties. Occupying themselves without intermission with the noble task which was assigned to them, the reformation of public and private morality, they feel that obedience to the laws is an essential branch of both, and that of all the laws, the one which has for its object the defence of the state, is the most sacred of all, the one of which the speedy and entire execution is the most recommended by religious sentiments as well as by the love of one's country.
The different forms of worship authorized in the empire, live in an union worthy of the spirit which is common to them, and honorable for their ministers.
From the departments approximate to the Rhine, unanimous complaints had reached the emperor of the usury exercised by a few individuals professing the Jewish religion. The verification of the facts has proven that without a speedy remedy, the fruit of this usury would be entirely consumed the riches and resources of those fine provinces. The emperor was obliged to quit the just apprehensions of so many thousands of husbandmen; but in affording this partial and momentary remedy, the emperor formed a conception more extensive and of a more lasting influence, he saw in the ancient habits, and in the false interpretation of some points of doctrine, in the first cause of the evil which had excited these remonstrances.
In order to dispense himself from perpetuating either the precautions or the penalties, he wished to regenerate the morals of a portion of that class by the concurrence of the whole class, by the influence of the religious authority the laws of which it acknowledges. The Emperor knew that there are among the Jews of his states a great number of men whose opinions are found, whose conduct is irreproachable, who are the first to grieve for the wrongs of their co-religionists, and far from countenancing these estimable men with those who are justly deserving of censure, he led the former to execute the measures which are to prepare the reform of the others. A general assembly took place which laid down the regulations of police; a Grand Sanhedrin, an assembly of which the Jews for so many centuries past had been no example, proclaimed the religious duties. It solemnly declared that the law of Moses, very far from authorizing usury, is contrary to its spirit, and that a Jew without adopting its interests, without acknowledging its authorities, without observing its laws, precludes himself, on the contrary, both the sentiments which attach them to their adoptive country, obedience to all its institutions, and the duty of arming themselves for its defence. Regulations will soon be made which will complete this great work, and regulate the exercise of the Hebrew worship; this reform which will form an epoch in the annals of the Israelites, will be for them the subject of eternal gratitude. The sovereignty exercised by some of them has been the occasion of the blessings spread upon all. The first of these blessings is, in preferring to them the French name, to render them worthy of bearing it.
By means of this check, the treasury may, without the trouble of conveying specie, by employing in every place the money which has been received there, make the necessary payment everywhere; its resources are increased beyond its necessities; the ancient monarchy did not find in its enormous loans, so fertile
of the laws, and promise to the future a variety of learned jurisconsults and enlightened magistrates. Government has followed up the development of the system which was laid before you last year, and which has for its object to make the hospitals serve for the improvement of the medical art in the provinces, thus drawing from the relief given to suffering humanity, new means for preventing or diminishing their evils. Free schools of practical medicine have been established in the cities of Amiens, Besancon, Angers, Brussels, Ghent, Clermont-Ferrand, Grenoble and Poitiers. The courses of midwifery established at the hospital of la Maternite, and which since their formation, have already furnished nearly 400 learned midwives to the departments, have just been subjected to measures which will regulate their labors and secure their success.
The operations relative to the measurement of the arch of the meridian at Barcelona at the Balearic islands, have been resumed and will be continued this winter. The observatory of the Pantheon has been re-established; that of Turin is restored to astronomy.
THE VIRGINIAN.
THE EDITOR has been always attached to Republican systems. The present Administration, in his view, is well calculated to ensure the happiness of the people; and any administration which may succeed, pursuing the same general course, will be supported. Foreign and Domestic details will be noticed. Besides this, the public will, time after time, be apprised of the affairs of the public institutions, and particularly of the course of the Bank; its managers, its influence, its defects and impositions. The usurpations of this dangerous institution will be noted; the Aristocracy which grows from its management will be exposed. This course will be pursued with a temper and firmness, which will yield neither to the blandishments of flattery, nor the frowns of power. Stock-Jobbing and Faveritism, Twin Daughters, will be arrested whenever they appear.
500 Subscribers at 5 Dols. per annum each, one half in advance, are necessary to the commencement of the Paper. GERARD BANKS. Richmond, October 30. epf.
GERMAN GOODS.
BOHN & HUBNER
HAVE JUST RECEIVED FROM BREMEN, A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF GERMAN GOODS:
OSNABURGS, Roman's Sheeting, Tictenburghs, Plaitillas, Brown Rolls, Brown Holland, Hefians, Dowlas, Dantzic Rolls, Biddlefield Linens, Sacking.
GLASS WARE.
Quart, pint, and half pint Decanters, Pint and half pint Tumblers: All of which they will sell on reasonable terms. N. B. They have removed to the new Brick Tenement, the door below Messrs. Taylor & Brown's Vendue Office. Richmond, Nov. 6. ep1w.
MORE CHEAP GOODS!
JOHN KING, again respectfully informs his customers and the public, that he has just received, by the late arrivals from Philadelphia and New-York: a general assortment of—
FASHIONABLE & SEASONABLE GOODS.
Which are now opening at his Store, the second door below the Eagle-Tavern; where they may be had upon as good terms, for cash, as at any other place in the City. November 6. epf
GROCERY BUSINESS & STAND.
Having determined to quit the Grocery Business I will let my remaining term in the House I occupy, opposite the State-House. An early possession may be had on taking some useful articles. WILLIAM HART. Opposite the State-House. November 3. 4t
THE STOCK is selling off at reduced prices for cash—many articles well worth the notice of Grocers. WILLIAM TEMPLE, Has received by the ship Herschell from Liverpool and Calpe from London. An extensive supply of MERCHANDIZE, suitable to the present and approaching season, which he will sell low. Oct. 10. tf
THE SUBSCRIBERS HAVE JUST RECEIVED A SUPPLY OF COLOGNE MILL-STONES, OF DIFFERENT SIZES, WHICH will be disposed of for Cash or approved negotiable Notes at 60 days. TAYLOR & BROWN. June 10. tf
Land in the state of Ohio FOR SALE.
The subscriber wishes to sell a Valuable Tract of LAND, in the state of Ohio, containing one thousand acres. This tract is of excellent quality, as the subscriber has understood from most respectable information. It lies on Deer creek, a branch of the Sciota, about 16 miles from Chillicothe, in a well settled neighborhood, and is very convenient to the trade of the Ohio. He will dispose of it for cash; or, on a short credit, for notes negotiable at the Bank of Virginia; or will exchange it for property in the City of Richmond. An unquestionable title, with general warranty, will be made to the purchaser by WM. MUNFORD. Sept. 26. tf
RICHMOND TURNPIKE COMPANY.
At a meeting of the Directors of the said Company, on Saturday the 10th of October, 1807—
RESOLVED, That all shares of delinquent stockholders in the said company, be sold at auction, before the front door of the Eagle-Tavern, in the City of Richmond, on Monday the 23rd of next month. A Copy. Teste. M. SHEPPARD, Clerk. 1231N. Oct. 14.
FOR SALE.
THE subscriber is desirous of selling his PROPERTY in this City. The purchaser will be accommodated with time if required, on giving satisfactory security. SAM'L GREENHOW. Oct. 7. tf
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT A PETITION will be presented to the next Virginia Assembly, to authorise the subscriber to build a BRIDGE over Pamunkey River, from New-Castle to the opposite side. JOHN M. SYME. Sept. 12. epf.
DRUMS, Flutes, Swords, Belts, Nets, Epaulettes, Stocks and Cockades, to be had at Enoch Salivan's Jewelry Store. August 7. tf
SAMUEL BAILEY.
For sale, at his Nursery in New-Kent County, near the Cross Roads, A LARGE QUANTITY OF GRAFTED APPLE TREES, Of choice fruit, at 63 per tree. He believes they are not equalled, if equalled by any in this state, either in fruitfulness or quality, bearing at considerable trouble, collected the most approved kinds, agreeable to the following list:
WINGSOP, Bellflower, Summer Cheese, Winter Cheese, Clopton's Hangall, May Apple, June do. July do. Golden Wiltang, Rawl's Jennens, Lundy do. Apple, Summer Pearmain, Winter Pearmain, Truman's do. Lightcost's do. Longstem, Sheep Nose, Haxell Apple, Sweet Russett, Long Crab, Red do. Flat do. Nonpareil, &c. &c. November 6. ep4p.
JOHN ALCOCK,
Informs his friends and the public at large, that he has just received, and is now opening, at a door to Messrs. Proffer and Adams's orders, a large assortment of MERCHANDIZE, CONSISTING OF THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES:
CARPENTERS and joiners Tools, iron and Reel Locks and Hinges, for house work and cabinet Ware. Talfs carry on my CABINET MANUFACTORY, as usual, adjoining the fire insurance office, and have on hand three thousand dollars worth of furniture, finished in the best workman-like manner and in the newest fashion. Also, Windsor Chairs. I will sell all of the above goods, very low for cash, or good paper at a short date. Sept. 5. epf.
ELLIS & ALLEN,
ARE OPENING AN EXTENSIVE ASSORTMENT OF FALL & FASHIONABLE GOODS, (Selected by one of the partners.) Received by the CALPE from London and PROTECTRESS from Liverpool:
—AMONGST WHICH ARE—
BEST London superfine and extra superfine Cloths, and superfine double and single milled Kerseys, Patent Prince's Cords, Royal patent Satin Velvets, Net Pan alons, Quiltings, Toilettes, Spanish, Mancella, Cercassian Stripes, and rich tissue Silk, silk Quiltings, Black Florentines and Molikins for vests, Gentlemen's Vandykes, Worsted, cotton, silk and Angola Hose, Ladies gosse and worsted do. Plain cotton & laced Clocks do. from 3-2 to 9—strong, Black cotton and worsted ditto, Gentlemen's fashionable beaver and patent silk Hats, Hefians' Boots and dress Pumps, Elegant Cambric Jacomet Robes, Sarcenets, Crapes and opera and imperial Nets, Italian Silks and Chambrays, Cambrics and Mullins, Fawn, Crimson, Negrona & India Mantles, 6-4 & 1-4. Maroons of different colours, Spider Net Baloon, Redox Lynx and Barawche Muffs and Tippets, Ladies best silk Shoes, Lymerrick and York-Town Gloves, 4-4 Irish Linens, 5-4 Sheerings, Long Lawns, and some Irish Diaper and Domestic table Cloths, Irish and French Cambricks, Bruffel's Carpets and Rugs, Coatings and Cloths, Flannels, and ready made Great Coats, Pettis's, Surcoat Coats and Small Cloaths, &c. &c. &c. which they will sell very low for cash or on a short credit to good customers. Oct. 20. ep1m&aw1m.
DODGE & COBB,
HAVE just received a very general and elegant assortment of—
FALL & WINTER GOODS; Which are much lower than ever before sold in this city. October 20. (tf)
JUST RECEIVED,
A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF DUTCH BOLTING CLOTHS, OF SUPERIOR QUALITY, —FOR SALE BY— J. DARMSDATT. October 23. tf
FALL GOODS.
RICHARD BROOKE, Has just received an elegant assortment of GOODS, calculated for the ensuing season, consisting of—
SUPERFINE London Cloths and Kerseys, Second Do Do Do Superfine and second quality Coatings, Forest Cloths, Plaids and Kendal Cottons, Rose and March Coat Blankets, Velvers, Velveteens, Prince's and President's Cord, Silk and Worsted Waisteatings of various kinds, Gentlemen and Ladies silk, cotton & worsted Hosiery, Silk Velvets, assorted colours, Crapes do do do Sarcenets do do do Lurellings do do do For Dresses. Do Ribbons, Irish Linens and Lawns, Silk & Cotton Ginghams, Irish Sheerings, Cotton Chambrays, German Linens, Calico and Chinizes, Shirting Cottons, Elegant Robes and short Dimities and Cambric Dresses, Dimities, Plain & figured Leno's, Carpetings and Hearth Do do mill'd Mullins, Rugs, A handsome assortment of Kid and Morocco Shoes, A few pair of elegant Cofsar and white top Boots. All of which he will sell at the most reduced price for cash. October 10. tf
FALL GOODS.
KIRBY, DRAKE & TAYLOR, Are now receiving by the ship Rolls from London, A LARGE AND HANDSOME ASSORTMENT OF FASHIONABLE GOODS, (SELECTED BY A PARTNER OF THE HOUSE;) —among which are—
LONDON superfine Cloths, Superior quality, Kerseys & Toilettes, Gentlemen's Patent Silk and Beaver Hats, Children's Trafalgar and Eclatine do. Elegant Leno Picquet and Sewed Mullins, Do Robes and Dresses, Coloured Italian Crapes for Ladies Dresses, Silk, Cotton and Worsted Hosiery, Irish Linens, Lawns and Sheerings, 4-4 Cotton Shirting (very fine) Ladies Kid Shoes, Calicoes, Cambricks, Chambrays, Cotton and Thread Laces, &c. And in daily expectation of receiving by the Profectress from Liverpool, a large assortment of coarse Woolens, &c. All of which will be sold very low, wholesale and retail, for cash, or on a short credit to punctual customers. Sept. 30. tf
FALL GOODS.
TOMPKINS & MURRAY, Are now opening in the Shop opposite the Post Office, lately occupied by Messrs. Bohn & Hubner, an extensive assortment of fine GOODS, received by the ship Calpe from London. They have been selected with much care & attention; among them they would particularly recommend their assortment of London superfine CLOTHS, Cafemeres, Toilettes and Hats, all of a very superior quality. Also: an elegant assortment of Fashionable Robes, Mullins, Laces, &c. They have also on hand, a large assortment of coarse Woolens, Hardware, &c. received by the Ships Herschell, and John and Charles from Liverpool. The whole forms a complete assortment, well worthy of attention, which they offer for sale on liberal terms. October 10. tf
At a Court held for Henrico County, at the Court-House, the ninth day of September, 1807.
Joseph Wheaty & Company,
against
George Duncan and Lazarus Joseph,
IN CHANCERY
HIS day came the complainants, by their counsel, and the defendant, Duncan, 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 Commonwealth. On the motion of the complainants, it is ordered, That he do appear here on the first day of December next, and answer the bill of the complainant, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted on some newspaper printed in the City of Richmond, for two months successively, and posted at the door of the Court-House of this county on two successive court days. A Copy. Teste. ADAM CRAIG, c. c. Sept. 22. ep2m.
VALUABLE PROPERTY—FOR SALE.
By virtue of a Deed of Trust from Abraham Shepherd to the subscribers, dated the 24th day of May, 1806, and recorded in the General Court in the month of June of the same year, to secure the payment of a debt due from the said Shepherd to Robert Riddell; and another debt due from the said Shepherd to Walter Jenkins and Company, Will be exposed to sale, by the subscribers or one of them, at Auction, on Thursday the 10th day of next month, at the Store-House of the said Shepherd, in the county of Fluvanna:
The Seven following Tracts of LAND, lying in the County of Fluvanna, & Four SLAVES.
No. 1. A tract of 404 acres, more or less, being the same tract of land wherein the said Shepherd now lives, commonly called by him his dwelling house tract. On this tract, or on part of it, there is a prior encumbrance to David Rols; it will be sold subject to that encumbrance.
No. 2. A tract of 333 acres, more or less, lying on Bullinger's creek; of this tract A. Shepherd bought 207 acres from William Pace, and the residue he bought of Peter Brown.
No. 3. A tract of 137 acres, more or less, lying on the Rivanna river, opposite to Barnersburg, being the same tract of land which A. Shepherd bought from William and James Payne.
No. 4. A tract of 153 acres, more or less, lying on the south side of the Rivanna river, opposite to J. B. Magruder's mill; being the same tract of land which Shepherd bought from Robert Adams.
No. 5. A tract of 184 acres, more or less, lying in the fork of Bullinger's creek; being the same tract of land which A. Shepherd bought from David Bullock and Richard Morris, or from one of them.
No. 6. A tract of 88 acres, more or less, adjoining No. 5; being the same tract of land which A. Shepherd bought from Samuel Hardisty.
No. 7. A tract of 172 1/2 acres, more or less, being the same tract wherein the late house of A. Shepherd stands, and lying on Machinick creek; seven acres and a half of this tract A. Shepherd bought from Peter Bernard, and the residue of the tract he bought from William Bullinger.
FOUR SLAVES.
Namely—Penny, a woman about 20 years old. Daniel, a boy about 16 years old. Matilda and Winy, two female children of Penny's; the first about 6 years old, the last about 2 years old. The slaves will be sold for cash, and the lands will be sold on the following terms. One third of the purchase money must be paid down in cash. Twelve months credit from the day of sale, will be allowed for one third of the purchase money, and two years credit from the day of sale, will be allowed for the other third of the purchase money. The purchasers of the lands must give bond for two thirds of the purchase money, and security too, if required; and must also give a deed of trust on the lands purchased by them, to secure the punctual payment of the bonds as they become due. If the purchasers either of the lands or slaves do not comply with the terms of sale when the property is struck out to them, the same property will immediately be let up to sale again. If all the property should not be sold the first day, the sale will be continued from day to day until all is sold. C. COPLAND, } Trustees. J. PROSSER, } Richmond, Nov. 10. ep1m.
By virtue of a Deed of Trust, executed to me by a certain James Gatewood, on the third day of May, 1797, for the purpose of securing the payment of a debt to Henderson McCall & Co. will be sold to the highest bidder, for ready money, on the 26th day of the present month, at the Eagle Tavern in the city of Richmond, a Tract of LAND, containing two hundred acres, lying on the waters of Tye River, in the county of Amherst. ALEXR. STUART, Trustee. Nov. 10. tf.
By virtue of a deed of trust, executed on the fifth day of May last, to the subscribers, by Frederick Jones and Richard Carter, for the purpose of securing certain debts therein specified—Will be sold, to the highest bidder, for ready money, at the Vendue Office of Taylor & Brown, on Friday the 6th day of November next, THREE NEGROES, viz: MOODY, HARRY and SALLY, or to many thereof as will satisfy said trust. WILLIAM MURPHY, Trustee. Oct. 17. tf.
By consent of parties, the above sale is postponed until Friday the 13th Nov. when it will positively take place. WM. MURPHY, Trustee. Nov. 10. 2awtdf
IRISH MUSIC.
PROPOSALS for publishing by subscription, the Antient and Modern Music of Ireland, with Songs suited to the character and expression of its beautiful melodies. The work will appear in large quarto volumes, which shall contain not less than 800 Tunes, and Seventy-Five Songs, independent of an Historical Essay on the character and antiquity of Irish Songs. The Paper and Printing, in a word, the execution shall be equal to any which has hitherto appeared in America. Each volume will be in itself complete, and no subscriber is bound to take more than one volume. CONDITIONS. Each volume shall be delivered to Subscribers at 5 dols. 50 cts. To non-subscribers, 6 dols. By reason of the largeness of the sum necessary for bringing out in a suitable manner, a work so laborious and expensive, J. D. BURT is induced to ask an advance of three dollars; but as an advance that the monies shall be applied solely to this object, the advance may be deposited in the hands of the following Gentlemen, who for their friendship for the Author, will be sure, as for him on this occasion. Agents in Richmond: Thomas Ritchie, Skeeton Jones, J. Baker, J. H. Foushee. Agents in Norfolk: Captain J. Saunders, D. Bunting, Wm. Newman, jun. Samuel Archer, R. H. Lee, Editor of the Herald. Agents in Petersburg: J. M. Bamiller, R. A. Jones, Dr. John Shere, Townsend Smith, B. W. Leigh. Yvelston Tabb, for the county of Dinwiddie: Wm. Murray, for Amelia: C. C. Carter & James Temple, and Joseph Cabell, for Williamsburg: Thomas, Wm. Duane, Dr. James Reynolds, and J. Clay. The former of whom I have reason to expect will superintend the publication. New-York, Wm. J. McNeill, and Thomas A. Emett.