The enquirer (Richmond, Va.), 1809-08-29 00:00:00

The Enquirer.
Vol. 6.]
RICHMOND, TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1809.
[No. 32.
Published by Thomas Ritchie, nearly opposite the Globe Tavern, Richmond, Virginia.
CONDITIONS.—Five dollars a year, to be paid annually in advance. Those who wish to be considered as annual subscribers, must hereafter designate it at the time of subscribing, otherwise their papers will be discontinued at the expiration of the first year. No paper can be stopped until all arrearages have been paid off.—Good acceptances, in Richmond only, will be received in payment. The same rule as to Advertisements.
FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE:
The 5th Volume of the ENQUIRER, compleat, bound in boards.
VIRGINIA DEBATES, in the Convention, bound in calf, sheep and boards.
BURR'S TRIAL, for Treason and due a Mis-demeanor, in boards.—By D. Robertson.
LETTERS on the Subject of THE CATHOLICS.—By Peter Plymley—from the 11th London Edition.
BLANKS, for Lawyers, Clerks, Sheriffs, Constables, Merchants, &c. &c. which will also be printed according to any form exhibited, at the shortest notice.
NOTICE.—In pursuance of a deed of trust executed to the subscriber, there will be offered for sale, the 7th day of Sept. next, on a credit of six months, a small tract or parcel of LAND, lying on the Buckingham Road, about four miles above Powhatan court-house: Also, one negro man named BOB, the property of Archibald Conway, to satisfy a debt due to Major John Archer of Amelia.
HENRY ANDERSON, Trustee.
Powhatan, August 15. 3w TO THE PUBLIC.—Notice is hereby given, that at King William September court, a petition will be made for the discontinuance of a Road leading from the West-Point road, through the estate of Robert Slaughter, and that of James Ruffin dec'd. to Ruffin's Old Ferry.
Boarding-house, to be opened in Williamsburg. The Subscriber, being about to remove to Williamsburg, informs the public that she intends to keep in that city, a
BOARDING HOUSE,
AND HOUSE OF PRIVATE ENTERTAINMENT, which will be opened on the 20th day of September next. Her house is large and commodious, and situated nearly in the centre of the town—She will have an entirely new set of Servants, & hopes, by the strictest attention and exertions to please, to give satisfaction to those who may favor her with their company. Her intention is to accommodate Boys, Girls, Students of William & Mary College, grown Gentlemen, or Ladies, with board and lodging, or board only, by the day, month, or quarter of a year, on reasonable terms. ANNA BYRD. Richmond, August 1. 120S
GEORGE WATT has just received, and offers FOR SALE, Sicily, Madeira, and Sherry WINE, by the Hhd. and Cr. case, Green Coffee, Orleans Sugar by the Hhd.; German Potatoes Simplex by the piece or case, half pint Glass Tumblers in cases of 1000 each, and New York Soap & Candles.
ON HAND, Madeira Wine, Orleans and Muscatel Sugars, Green Coffee, Molasses, Prime Pork, Liverwort and Stone Ware, Souchong, Hyson, Skin, and Gunpowder Tea, Spanish Sagar, Raisins, Almonds, Nutmegs, Windsor Glass, Men's & Women's Shoes, which he will dispose of by wholesale on reasonable terms. July 22. tf
Y virtue of a deed of trust, from Richard Young to the subscribers, bearing date the 27th day of April, 1808, and recorded in the General Court, for securing a certain debt, therein mentioned: Will be sold, to the highest bidder, on the 29th September, next, before the Eagle Tavern, in the city of Richmond, (or so much thereof, as will be sufficient to satisfy said debt, with interest and costs,) the following valuable PROPERTY, viz. Lot No. 1, with the wharf attached thereto: No. 5, a water lot: No. 9, a lot with the yellow house, back of wharf No. 1: No. 13, back of water lot No. 5: No. 16, part of lot No. 178, in the plan of the city of Richmond, & No. 21, bought of the Executors of Francis Lewis, and on Bloody-Run street. The same being the said Richard Young's part of property, situated at Rocketts, which he held jointly with Pickett, Pollard and Johnston, & assigned to him by deed of partition, executed by the parties, on the 17th March last.
The said sale will be made agreeably to the directions in such cases, of the act of Assembly, passed the 31st day of January, 1809, entitled—"An act concerning executions and for other purposes." EDWARD JOHNSTON, JOHN FOX, Trustees. August 11. tds
WANTED to hire, for one or two months, a hand that has been accustomed to work in the field. For further information, apply to the printer. August 18. tf
RUNAWAY from the Subscriber in Amherst County, on the 24th Instant, my noted Waterman Robin, he is between 35 and 40 years of age, of dark complexion, has very hollow cheeks, owing to the loss of his upper and jaw teeth, he has been accustomed to run the river from Lynchburg to Richmond for many years, and has numerous acquaintances and it is highly probable that he will be harbored by some of them, I will give a reward of 10 dollars and pay all expenses to any person that will bring the said Fellow to me, otherwise will pay 5 dollars for putting him in the Jail of the County where he may be taken up. THOMAS MOORE. August 22. 4w
TO all whom it may concern.—RICHARD SMITH, a native of Ireland, departed this life on the 10th of June, 1809, without leaving in this State, or in the United States, any relation by consanguinity, and possessed of some Estate in Lands within this Commonwealth, of which, as well as of the United States he had long been a Citizen. His intent was to give the whole to the subscriber, as his Nuncupative Will, now of Record, will sufficiently prove: but the Subscriber hath been advised, that a Will of that kind cannot effect a conveyance of Lands, how far soever it may prove the intent of the Testator, and that the Lands late of the said Richard Smith do of consequence, escheat to the Commonwealth, though contrary to his intent, of bequeathing them to a citizen thereof. For that reason, the subscriber desires the General Assembly, at its ensuing session, by Petition, to carry the intent of the said Smith into execution, by releasing the interest of the Commonwealth in the Lands whereof he was possessed, or entitled to within the same, to the Subscriber. DAVID DOTLE. August 25. tf
NOTICE.—The Trunk which was advertised by the subscriber as stolen from the Basin on the night of the 21st ult. marked I. D. Lynchburg, Va. contained the following articles, viz: gold breast pins of oval, octagon, and other forms, with a glass to each, some of which are inlaid with pearl, others being plain and in the form of a key—gold ear-rings of new patterns, some of which are set with a topaz stone—also, a parcel of plain half moon hoop, do. and some plain finger rings, with a small red stone in each—books of gold leaf—tortoiseshell combs—black high-topped buttons, and silk cord. A liberal reward will be given for the whole of the articles above mentioned, or a handsome compensation for such a portion of them as may be recovered—And should they be offered for sale, it is hoped they will be stopped, and information given to THOMAS GUY. August 22. 4t
NOTICE.—The Subscriber intends to leave the state for a few months. During his absence, his professional business will be attended to, by his friends, Daniel Call, George Hay and Wm. Wirt, Esquires. ALEXANDER MRAE. August 25. 3w
MANCHESTER ACADEMY.—In consequence of the intended removal of Mr. John Wood, to the city of Richmond, on the 25th September next, the trustees of the above Academy, are desirous of engaging a Teacher of the Languages and Mathematics, to supply the station he now holds. On application to the Treasurer of the Academy, residing in Manchester, the terms will be made known to any gentleman of liberal education and moral conduct. August 25. 4t
NOTICE.—That a petition will be presented to the next General Assembly of this Commonwealth, praying that an act may pass, authorizing the Judge of the Superior Court of Gloucester, for the Richmond District, to decree and order a sale of a part of the real Estate of STEPHEN SOUTHALL, dec'd. if upon the Cause to be submitted to him, it shall appear, to be equitable, and for the interest of all parties concerned, that such sale should take place. August 25. 3t
FOR SALE.—One SHARE, in the Richmond Theatre Company.—Also, SHARES in the Richmond Turnpike Co.—Apply to C. GREENHOW. August 25. 4t
IN CHANCERY.—In Powhatan county court, July 21, 1809.
B. VIRTUE of two Deeds of Trust—One bearing date the 24th of November, 1804. Executed by Wm. Dalton to David Wood, as trustee for the purpose of securing the sum of three hundred and seven Pounds, thirteen Shillings and six Pence with legal interest from the date of said deed, due to Nimrod Branham and Co. the other bearing date the 9th of January, 1808: Executed to Marshall Head as Trustee, for the purpose of securing the sum expressed in said deed, to Nimrod Branham and Co. the sum of ninety-nine Pounds, eleven Shillings, and six Pence with legal interest from the 30th Nov. 1807, and to Nimrod Branham the sum of six Pounds, six Shillings and five Pence due 1st September, 1807. And further to secure to the said Nimrod Branham what said Dalton may owe him at the close of this Indenture for dealings. Will be sold on Thursday the 7th day of September next—On the premises that valuable Tract of Land, whereon the said Dalton now resides in the County of Albemarle, bounded by the lands of Wm. Marshall, Benj. Robertson, Marshall Head and Col. Thomas Dickerson, containing 40 acres; there is a considerable quantity of said Land good low-grounds. On the above Tract is a dwelling house, and other convenient out-houses; the said Land will be sold according to the provisions of an Act entitled an Act Concerning Executions and for other purposes passed 31st Jan 1809. The subscribers will convey the Title to the purchaser or purchasers as vested in them as Trustees only. DAVID WOOD, MARSHALL HEAD, Trustees. August 22. 4t
A Copy. Teste, JAS. POINTDEXTER, c. c. August 1. 9m
Last evening arrived at this port, the ship Edward, Captain Elliott, from Lisbon, which place he left on the 6th of July. Capt. E. did not bring any Portuguese papers, but informs us, that the French had entirely evacuated Portugal; that the Portuguese and British armies were preparing to pursue the French in their retreat thro' Spain, and that the greatest patriotism prevailed amongst the Portuguese and British, since the retreat of the French from Oporto. Capt. E. further states, that the markets for American produce were good at Lisbon—four 12 dollars—corn 2 dollars, and other American produce equally good. Merc. Adv.
CONTINUATION OF BRITISH ADVICES VIA HALIFAX. BOSTON, August 18.
EUROPE.
NEW YORK, August 21. LATEST FR. M. LISBON.
Extract of letters from Halifax, Aug. 8. "By the arrival of the frigate Jamaica, and the ship Bee, from England, we have London papers to July 5. "The French army, near Vienna, still continues inactive. The Russian force which is said to be approaching, consists of only 40,000. The Prussians will strengthen Austria to this amount, if it is true they have declared against France. "The Austrians occupy the bank of the Danube, opposite to Presburg, and above and below Vienna; and frequently annoy the enemy. "There are some hints of overtures for peace between the Emperor of Austria and France. Baron Von Vincent is said to be
gone to Vienna; and Bonaparte has sent Counts Pergen and Zengerdorff to Walvansdorff, where the Emperor of Austria resides. The Moniteur says, "this circumstance has given rise to reports of peace."
"Bavaria and Wirtemberg are over-run by insurgents, and Switzerland is said to be in commotion."
"Admiral Cochrane is coming here from the W. Indies, with his squadron. It is said he will be expected in about a fortnight."
August 9. "The Lady Pellet packet, has just arrived from Falmouth, 29 days. I have yet only seen a London paper of July 6, the English Chronicle. It says: "We stop the press to state, that intelligence to the 30th ult. from Corunna, announces the entire evacuation of Galicia by the armies under Ney and Soult, whose united forces have been reduced to 12,000. They carried with them 6,000 sick and wounded. Thus the port of Ferrol is again delivered from the enemy."
August 9.—at night. "Since writing this morning, I have seen a London paper, the Evening Mail of July seven. The Postscript says; "Letters from Helligoland of the 2d instant, were received yesterday.—It was reported, and believed there at that date, that a further battle had taken place between the two grand armies near the Danube, in which the French were defeated with great loss."
"The new expedition, preparing in England, was expected to sail (or be ready to sail,) about the 15th or 16th ult. It is stated to consist of near 35,000 men."
"Our collector has just informed me, that the clause in the act permitting the American trade to these ports, (Halifax, Shelburne, &c.) in American bottoms, having expired with the last session of Parliament, a new clause has been passed previous to its expiration, authorizing his majesty to permit that trade under certain restrictions, by his order in council, until the year 1812—but, his majesty not having thought proper to renew his order in council to that effect, the trade to these ports, in American bottoms, could no longer be permitted here."
From a London paper of July 7. Yesterday, Mr. Jackson, his majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of America, took leave of his majesty previous to leaving England.
From English papers received at Halifax.
From the Austrian Imperial Headquarters, Wolsendorf, June 12.
His majesty, the Emperor of Austria, has received the following report, by a courier who was dispatched from Innsbruck the 31st of May:
"After field Marshal Lieutenant Chasteler, who commanded in Tyrol, had marched to Lienz, in Pusterdale, in order to attack the Italian army, which was advancing against Styria and Carinthia, with part of his corps, the Austrian Major General Buol remained, with part of the 7th corps, in the strong position at the foot of the Brenner mountain, in the Lueg, in order to cover South Tyrol from the attacks of Bavarian troops, who had entered Innsbruck."
"While the inhabitants of the town of Innsbruck and Hall were laying down their arms in order to relieve their districts from the calamities they suffered, fresh assemblages of armed peasants were formed in the vale of the Upper Inn, as well as the Lech, and in Vinschgau, with the assistance of Teimer, as in the dale of the Lower Inn, & the Wipp, chiefly by the well known Sandwirth and Andura Holes, who commands the fusileers; and as early as the 27th of May, the former arrived with 2000 men, in the environs of Schonberg, and Major Teimer with a larger number in Tell. Schonberg is situated 3, and Tell 5, hours march from Innsbruck."
"On the 28th an action took place with the Bavarian troops, from 6 to 8000 strong, and an armistice was concluded for 12 hours.—The Bavarians had evacuated Innsbruck, but were overtaken near Vomp, where another severe conflict was fought. According to the same account, the Imperial Austrian troops are making inroads from the southern part of the Tyrol, as far as Verona." (Utrecht Gazette of June 12.)
LONDON, July 5. THE EXPEDITION.
From the secrecy which has hitherto been preserved, there is not the smallest reason to believe that the numerous points of destination which have been ascribed to the expedition, are announced on any better authority than that of mere conjecture. The quantity of artillery both field and battering, is so numerous, as to render it extremely probable, that a sudden attack is meditated on some great naval arsenal, or place of strength of some of our enemies. It is already discovered, that it will be impossible to complete the various arrangements so early as the 8th inst. on which day it was originally proposed that the Expedition should sail, and to collect the whole at one point is found to be equally impracticable, within any reasonable time; the Expedition must therefore sail from different ports. Portsmouth is the great point of assemblage; at Harwich and the Downs, the troops are collecting. Notwithstanding the expedient of employing ships of war to convey the troops, which now appears to be a measure of necessity, the deficiency is such that even foreign vessels have been taken up by government as transports. The following ships of war have already been appointed to the present service, to which it is expected there will be a considerable addition.
   Ships of the Line Frigates     Eagle Marlborough Impetueux   Impetueux Royal Oak Rota   Revenge Alfred L'Aigle   Hero Cesar Pearl   Valiant Monarch Pallas   Venerable Belleisle Dryad   Superb Belona   Ganges Orion Bombs   Centaur Achilles Vesuvius   Aboukir Repulse Devastation   Resolution Illustrion  
ARTILLERY. Sixty 13 pounders, battering; forty 24 do. of her crew.
110 pieces of field artillery; ten 68 lb. carronades; 40 mortars; many howitzers; an immense number of Congreve Rockets; Shrapnell Shells and an ample supply of ammunition for a siege.
Foot Artillery 2500 } Men. Horse do. 8 Troops 960 }
Captain Plampin, of the Courasgen, has several Men of War placed under his command. Guns and stores for between 60 and 70 armed launches are put on board the ships of war.
All such American and other neutral vessels as may be engaged by the Transport Board to serve, are to be commanded by British officers, and navigated by British crews. It is also said that British Merchants have a decided interest in such ships.
In the Court of King's Bench, on the 3d ult. an action was brought by a Mr. Wright, an upholsterer, against Colonel Wardle, for the recovery of 1914£ for articles furnished Mrs. Mary Anne Clarke, upon his personal promise of payment—in return for which Mrs. C. was to give him every information in her power relative to her connection with his Royal Highness the Duke of York. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff.
It appears, that after Col. W. had accomplished his object against the Duke of York he denied the promise he had made to Wright, and the action was the consequence. On the day succeeding the trial, Mr. Wardle, in an address "To the people of the United Kingdom," declared that the verdict was obtained by "perjury alone," and while he pledged himself to prove it by a course of law, he begged the public would suspend their judgement.
Ninety sail of transports came into the Downs on Monday, and part sailed immediately for Harwich. The Ordnance ships have almost all been loaded, and are dropping down the river. The troops from Plymouth are arrived at Portsmouth. Most of the line of battle ships have taken out their lower deck guns.
The Guards from Chatham embark on board the Princess of Orange, 74, the Leven, 68, and some other line of battle ships. The 51st regiment embarked at Plymouth on board the San Josef, Sir J. T. Duckworth's flag ship, arrived at Portsmouth on Monday.
The horses belonging to the 12th regiment of Light Dragoons, ordered on Foreign service, are in the finest order possible, and the men are in high spirits.
At Harwich the troops are all in readiness, and a division of transports have sailed for that place from Deal, to take on board the 11th, 39th, and the first battalion of the 70th regiment. All the Ordnance transports will have dropped down the river by next Thursday.
NOVA-SCOTIA.
HALIFAX, August 4, 1809.
LA FURIEUSE.
The following particulars of the capture of the French frigate La Furieuse, by H. M. sloop of war the Bonne Citoyenne, Captain Mounsey, were handed us from a gentleman who was passenger on board the latter ship.
The Bonne Citoyenne sailed from Spithead June 18, with the Quebec trade; and on the 2d July, lat. 44, long. 27, had the misfortune to separate from the convoy in a thick fog, while pursuing a strange sail.—This unpleasant circumstance determined capt. Mounsey, to cruise between lats. 43 & 45, inclining to the westward, in the hope of sailing in with the Trade again. At 2 P. M. on the 5th of July, lat. 43, long. 36, a large French frigate was seen at a considerable distance, taking possession of an English merchantman. Capt. M. ordered immediate chase to be given, under every sail that could be set; and had he not been unfortunate, though the wind continued high, to gain on her in a pursuit of 143 miles, so as to enable him to lay the Bonne Citoyenne within a cable's length of the enemy, at 35 minutes past 9 o'clock the next morning, when he commenced the engagement in the most spirited & gallant manner, which continued with unabated fury, for the space of six hours & fifty one minutes; during which, the French officers since say, the frigate discharged 71 broadsides, and his majesty's sloop, sail more profuse, poured in (from the larboard and starboard alternately, as circumstances, and the extreme heat of the Ordnance would permit,) 131 broadsides. At length our ammunition being nearly expended, captain M. determined to run along side of the frigate, give her three warm discharges, and board her in the smook, with every man in his ship. Here the enemy's prudence got the better of his obstinacy; and at 30 minutes past 4 o'clock P. M. he hauled down his colours.
The ship proved to be La Furieuse frigate commanded by Capt. La Marant Ker Daniel, pierced for 44 guns (can mount 54,) armed in flue, carrying only 20 24 pounders, including 8 thrown below subsequent to the action, 2 long 24 pounders, and 6 of smaller caliber; manned with 195 men (including a colonel and detachment of the line,) and 16 passengers. Thus ended a conflict, perhaps never surpassed in the proud history of British Naval Glory. She is a frigate of the largest class, seven years old, sails remarkably fast, and is well calculated for his majesty's service. She was one of the squadron from L'Orient, lately blockaded up in the Saints by Admiral Cochrane, and was on her passage from Guadaloupe for France, with a valuable cargo of sugar, coffee and cocoa. When first taken possession of, she had eight feet water in her hold, with 13 shot holes under water, and her upper works wonderfully torn; not a single yard aloft, and only her three lower masts standing, two of which (her mizen and main) went over board 28 hours after she struck, and left the forecast without rigging, trembling with its own weight: Nor was it until the 10th of July, that any sail could be set upon it.
With our small boat, the only one left that would float on the water, one half our number was immediately exchanged for one half of theirs; and thus were both ships exposed in the middle of the Atlantic, with the number of prisoners in each nearly double that of her crew.
The hull of the Bonne Citoyenne received considerable damage; her masts and yards much injured, her sails and rigging cut to pieces, (113 cannon shot through the main-top sail—19 of which were in one cloth) and her anchor at the bows broken short like a pipe shank.
The frigate had seventeen men killed and thirty two wounded during the action—The sloop of war, one man killed and four wounded.
The conduct of Mr. Black, who was a passenger on board the Bonne Citoyenne, during the action, is highly spoken of by Capt. Mounsey, his officers and crew.
Through various antecedent sources.
AFFAIRS IN SPAIN.
The Captain general of the Province of Aragon has written the following official letter:
HEAD-QUARTERS at Albeniz, May 24.
Most Excellent Sir.—The enemy reinforced with almost all the garrison of Saragossa, and with different corps they had scattered in several positions on this side of the Ebro, came to attack me yesterday in my position before this city. Gen. Souchet who had just succeeded Junot, wishing no doubt to signalize himself by some remarkable exploit, upon taking the command, aimed at no less than the entire destruction of the rising army which his majesty has been pleased to entrust to my command; and to accomplish this object, Souchet came from Saragossa to command this expedition in person, bringing Wattier and other generals with him. It seems that general Souchet had no idea of the characteristic bravery and firmness of the Spanish troops, and it has cost him dear to come by that knowledge. Neither the brisk fire of their artillery, nor their superiority in cavalry, which was two or three times more numerous than ours, nor the repeated fury of their most select infantry, could make the brave Spanish troops give one foot with the most obstinate resistance. They were repulsed with very great loss & pursued to some distance, until having found at last all their attempts vain, they took advantage of the darkness of the night to effect a retreat. I will not stop now to give the particular details, or to mention the merit of those who have distinguished themselves on this occasion, and are deserving of advancement, lest I should delay for a moment the advice of so pleasing an event.—But it is with great satisfaction that I can assure your excellency, that I have never seen the French attack with so much eagerness, or received with so much gallantry, as on this occasion; and I would be guilty of an injustice, if I was not to mention with the utmost frankness, that this important victory is owing in a great measure to the bravery and skill with which the field marshal Don Juan Carlos Areizaga commanded the right, & to the brilliant command of Brigadier Don Martin de Loigorri, as that of every other individual of this most distinguished corps.
I communicate this event to your Excellency for the information of his majesty, of whom I earnestly pray, that without prejudice to the rewards that may be justly distributed in the army for their merit in the battle of yesterday, his majesty may vouchsafe to raise to the rank of Lieut. Gen. Don Juan Carlos Areizaga, and to that of Field Marshal Don Martin de Loigorri.
God preserve your Excellency for many years.
(Signed) JOAQUIN BLAKE. Most Excellent Signior Don Antonio Corneil.
French account of the same.
FRANCE, PARIS, June 26, 1809.
The necessity of investing Girona [in Catalonia] and of covering the operations of the siege, obliged the 7th corps to approach that place. At the same time the 3d corps, having sent a detachment to assist in the operations in Asturias, Gen. Souchet, in command it, judged it prudent to concentrate the rear of the corps in the vicinity of Saragossa, along the Huerba and upon the Gallego. The Spanish General Blake thought this a favorable moment to make a movement in Arragon, and after uniting to his army a large number of the armed yeomanry, on the 13th June he appeared on the Huerba, and on that and the succeeding day made attacks upon several parts of our line, but without success. On the 15th he advanced on the side of Santa Fe, when general Souchet, who had collected about 6000 men, waited in expectation that the enemy, emboldened by our apparent inactivity, would advance into the plains, and thereby give some opportunity for an attack on him. After many movements on both sides, at 5 o'clock in the afternoon Gen. Souchet put in execution a decisive attack; which had all the success that could be desired. The enemy's lines were forced, and they put to flight, pursued by our cavalry, and those who escaped owed their safety to the steep mountains into which they fled. The result of this affair, when the courier departed, was 25 pieces of artillery, with their caissons, three standards, and more than 1600 horses. A general of cavalry, three colonels, 5 Lt. Colz, 2 Captains, and more than 400 prisoners are in our power, and their number is hourly increasing. The enemy left 3000 killed upon the field; and retired in great disorder. Saragossa remained tranquil during the battle; and Gen. Souchet praises the good disposition of its inhabitants.—Moniteur.
MADRID, May 4.
Yesterday his majesty opened the first council of state, formed according to the decree of the 24th February last: it consisted of the ministers, the members of the former council, the marquis of Baxamar, don Thomas de Morla, the marquis de Branciforte, chevalier don Sebastian Pomeda: the following were nominated by his majesty as members of the council of state—the marquis de las Amarillas, de Musquiz, don Juan de Lugo, don Francisco Angelo, don Antonio Lorente, don Pedro de la Rosa, don Joseph Justo de Salcedo, don Bernardo

de Iriarte, the marquis de Almenaro, don Zenon Alonso, don Manuel Maria Cambro-nero, count de Guzman, don Francisco Xavier Ducan, don Joseph Ignacio Joven de Salas, count de Casa Valencia, count de Melito count de St. Anastasio, don Manuel Sisto Espinosa, don Santiago Romero, and don Blas de Aranda; the other members of the old and of the new council, who were not present at the sitting, were on various missions by his majesty's orders.
The first act of the council was an oath taken by all the members, before his majesty, to fulfil their duties as counsellors of the state solely for the honor of the nation and the glory of the king, according to the injunctions of the constitution. His majesty then pronounced a discourse to the following effect:
"GENTLEMEN: In convoking, in this assembly, those ministers who exhibited energy in trying circumstances, and made sacrifices for their country and for me, because they knew the wishes of my heart; in calling together counsellors of state chosen by the public opinion from all classes of society; and in assembling around me the former counsellors of state to compose a part of a constitutional senate, which shall have a spirit superior to past errors, and have no other object but the happiness of the country;—I have been anxious to have near me the most illustrious personages, that I might learn from them the wishes of the whole nation, that I might thereby more safely direct the public affairs, and establish by the readiest means a durable constitution. At the present crisis, the selfishness of a few individuals will not be able to counteract or impede measures calculated to promote the welfare of the people at large: the nation acquainted with its true interests, will find in the constitution all the benefits that result from an acknowledgment of the rights of the people, from civil liberty, and from a union of all the provinces of Spain in a single political body."
"Spain will be happy when particular interests and privileges shall give way to the public prosperity, and be merged in the freedom and well being of the whole people: It will be invincible and independent, when the Castilians, Arragonese, Biscayans, and Catalonians, shall forget their old differences & distinctions, and bury them all in the common feeling and name of Spaniards."
"Indeed, the internal prosperity and external independence of the nation, can alone give value to the throne, which I occupy; & unless I should be able to perform the duties of a king and of a good man, that throne will become a source of regret, and an object of detestation."
"Such are my wishes and my sentiments, such will be the constant objects of my solicitude. But before the changes I have mentioned can be effected, we shall find many obstacles opposed to the reformation; yet we shall be able to surmount, since nothing can resist a sincere desire to promote the public welfare, sustained & assisted by experience and indefatigable industry."
"This, gentlemen, is the difficult, but at the same time glorious, undertaking to which you are called."
His majesty having terminated his discourse, and nominated several commissions, for the transaction of the most urgent affairs, retired; when the council resolved to wait upon him in a body, and offer the homage of their respect. They were received in the hall of audience, when his excellency don Joseph Michael de Ayauza, in the name of the ministry, spoke as follows:—
"SIRE,
"Your ministers have heard with emotion the discourse which you have just addressed to the council of state, and recognized in it those principles by which your conduct has uniformly been governed. They are persuaded anew of the beneficial objects of all your majesty's wishes, and hear with enthusiasm, that the Spanish monarchy is to enjoy the blessings of civil liberty and independence, and to assume among the nations of Europe, that rank which it formerly held. Your wisdom and energetic measures, not only exalt your own character, but destroy all the perfidious hopes of the enemies of the public welfare. The members of your council will unite and redouble their zeal to promote the paternal wishes of your majesty—they swear to regard as their greatest duties, the promotion of the public good, and the glory of your majesty—according to the dispositions of the constitution."
His excellency don Thomas de Morla, in the name of the ancient council, then addressed his majesty. He recalled the painful recollection, and retraced the causes of the convulsions which had destroyed the political body of the ancient monarchy of Spain, the anarchy and disorders that ensued, the inability of the magistracy to correct the evil, and the intestine wars and commotions of which the people had been the victims. He congratulated his majesty on his good fortune, on being called to remove those afflictions by the wisdom of the administration; and concluded by pronouncing the wishes of the ancient council of state, and the promises which all its members made, to second the views and exertions of his majesty.
His excellency, don Joseph Ignacio de Salas, in the name of the members of the council of state, tendered his majesty the assurance of their high respect. He declared that the adoption of the new constitution terminated the evils with which Spain had so long been afflicted, and consecrated to posterity the epoch, when his majesty, placed on the Spanish throne, opened under the auspices of his august authority, the book of the new constitution, and said "this is the guarantee of your happiness; by this will be repaired those evils, with which Spain has for ages been afflicted; this will prevent the introduction of new abuses." Such, said the orator, are the advantages afforded by the new constitution: it demands but one sacrifice, and that was introduced by your majesty's desire, it restrains your royal authority by establishing parliaments in the kingdom, composed of representatives of the clergy, nobility, and the people, the better to preserve the rights of the nation. The orator concluded by assuring his majesty, that every member of the council would exert himself to merit the approbation of the king, and the confidence of Spain.
His majesty answered in detail each of the orations, on the several points in their discourses, and in such a manner as to excite the zeal, intelligence and patriotism of the members of the council, in the important functions that were confided to them.
On the 15th May, a royal decree, to the following effect, was issued: "Ordering that many of the absent ecclesiastics and civil officers are deceiving the people, by exciting rumours, and circulating unfounded intelligence; we have,
with the advice of our ministers, decreed and do decree as follows:
Art. 1. All ecclesiastics and public officers, of whatever class they may be, who quitted their employments and have been absent since the 1st November, 1808, are ordered to return to their posts within twenty days from the date of the present decree.
2. In case they shall be absent, after that term, they shall be deprived of their employments, and their estates shall be sequestrated.
3. Our royal commissaries, presidents, intendents, governors, archbishops, bishops, chapters, and other chiefs of establishments are required to furnish us with a list of those officers who shall not have returned to their places, within the time specified, in order that we may, as we are bound to do, nominate persons in their stead, who shall be competent to the discharge of the respective duties.
4. The regulars, who shall not, within the said term, return to their convents, unless they shall have received permission to be absent, shall be subjected to a seclusion of ten years.
5. The religious, who belonged to convents that have been suppressed, shall be condemned to four years seclusion, if they do not proceed within the said term to the convents to which they were nominated; the same punishment shall be inflicted on such clergy as shall be absent from the places assigned them.
6. The superiors of the regular orders are hereby enjoined, at their responsibility, to send to our minister for ecclesiastical affairs, lists of those religious who shall be absent.
7. Every secular or regular clergyman, who shall attempt to mislead the people, or to excite them against our government or person, shall be arrested by the magistrate of the nearest place, conducted to the capital and tried by the extraordinary criminal Junta, according to the decree of the 16th Feb. last.
8. Every convent shall be suppressed in any district, in which any individual of the army may be assassinated, unless on the apprehension of the guilty it shall appear that such convent was innocent."
Another decree of the 6th May, contains the following regulations:
"Every public officer, on entering upon the duties of his station, shall take the following oath:
"I swear to fulfil the obligations and duties of _____, solely for the welfare of the nation and the glory of the king, according to the dispositions of the constitution."
LATEST NEWS FROM SPAIN.
Yesterday arrived at this port, the brig Fame, from Cadiz, which place she left the 15th July.
Captain B. informs us, that 3 or 4 days previous to his sailing, advices reached Cadiz, that Gen. Blake had been defeated in Galicia, by the French, with the loss of 2000 men; and that Gen. Blake had broke and dismissed from his service, 100 of his officers.
It was also reported at Cadiz, that king Joseph was marching against Seville, at the head of 40,000 men.
Admiral Purvis, with three sail of the line and several frigates was in Cadiz bay. Saragossa, it appears from our Spanish papers, has been retaken by the Patriots.
A letter from Cadiz mentions that the new Spanish Ambassador extraordinary was to sail from that port in the frigate Cornelia for New York, about the 25th of July.
Markets were very dull at Cadiz for American produce.
Captain B. has furnished us with Cadiz papers to July 11, and the Seville Gazette of the 7th, from which the following translations have been made.
From the Seville Gazette of July 7th.
"At a meeting of the Supreme Junta of Spain, in order to consolidate, and bring nearer the relations of friendship which exist between Spain and the U. States of America, in a manner suitable to the reciprocal interests of both powers, it was considered necessary to employ for that purpose a person enjoying the highest confidence, of known merit, and distinguished patriotism, and his Majesty has accordingly thought proper to appoint Don Louis de Onis Y Gonzales, one of the oldest and most respectable members of the department of State, who possesses all the above mentioned qualities, and who is shortly to go to the U. States in the character of Minister Plenipotentiary and envoy Extraordinary, for the purpose of fulfilling that important commission."
"Grain and Pulse, imported from foreign countries, are for the present, free from duty."
MANRESA, June 21.
RETAKING OF SARAGOSSA. Yesterday at 6 in the afternoon, we received the pleasing and positive accounts of the capture of Saragossa by our arms. Who would believe that a place taken after a siege of 62 days by a numerous army of Invincibles could be wrested from their invulnerable clutches by a small Spanish army composed of raw and inexperienced troops?
SEVILLE, July 10.
Conclusion of the Advises from Madrid.
We know positively that in a Council extraordinary, which had been summoned on the 14th of June, between 12 and 6 o'clock at night, to meet next morning at 6, violent debates were held about abandoning King Joseph in Madrid. The latter, Negrate, the Marquis de Almenaro and several other persons were for leaving the city immediately; but owing to the great exertions of Bellaird, O'Farel, and some others, their departure was suspended. Bellaird supported his arguments, with saying that the Emperor had conquered Madrid, that he was charged with its preservation and defence, and that the most that could happen to him was to be taken prisoner; that the troops of the Emperor would not abandon Madrid without first defending it; and that if his majesty king Joseph, wished to leave the Court, he might do it with his guards, &c. Post horses and coaches had been prepared; but owing to this opposition, every thing had been suspended.
NEWS FROM RUSSIA.
The Editor of the Federal Gazette is indebted to the politeness of a mercantile friend for the following extract:
"SALEM, August 21. 1809.
Yesterday arrived at Beverley, the brig Ann, 55 days from Gottenburg. She has a cargo of (200 tons) Iron, which appears to be the only article of Russian import we shall receive; for it is said that no vessels will go up to Russia. She reports twenty-
six sail captured by Danish Gun boats; that two or three condemnations had been made on very frivolous pretences; that the Danes would respect all vessels having either the Danish or French Consul's certificate, and suffer them to proceed—reports eighty vessels at St. Petersburg, seized under American colors by the Russians, being vessels from England; that only one vessel of all those at Gottenburg, had or would attempt to go up; did not know her fate."
* We know of no such number going to Russia—suppose British vessels with assimilated papers. American vessels knew of the existence of the Russian ukase, and would (if bound to Russia) take care to give England a good birth.... Baltimore E. Post.
DOMESTIC.
COMMERCIAL.
INTERESTING CIRCULAR.
LIVERPOOL, July 1. 1809.
Notwithstanding the heavy supplies which have been received during the last three weeks, our markets have in several instances very perceptibly improved. This event is the more gratifying, inasmuch as it was unexpected; for the prevailing impression, at the first appearance of your vessels, was, that a further reduction would ensue, before any revival could be reasonably expected. The market was unquestionably very bare of American produce, and as the prices had fallen to a standard, comparatively low; the dealers and Consumers were induced, from these circumstances, to purchase very freely. Sales, to a large extent, have consequently, been effected, as many of the holders, were at the same time, anxious, by availing themselves of the existing disposition to guard against the reverse which the heavy supplies, daily expected, might be calculated to produce. This extensive demand, combined with a temporary suspension of any very considerable imports, appear to us the principal causes to which this favorable change may be ascribed. It is also deserving of attention, that owing to the great number of ships now in port, and the consequent difficulties in discharging, much of the produce which has arrived, is not yet actually in the market. Hence, it is supposed by some, that the improvement which we have noticed will not be permanent, and that, as soon as the Dealers have acquired a tolerable supply, the present demand will, in some degree, naturally subside, while the imports continue unrestricted. On the other hand, it may be expected, that the arrivals will hereafter come forward in more regular succession, and although, in a given period, the aggregate of the supplies may be nearly equal, yet the effects of an accumulating stock, from being less sensibly perceived, will, it is hoped, be partially diminished. Much, however, will depend, at all times, on the relative proportion existing between the demand and the supply, of which the progress of events alone, can enable us to form a correct estimate.
The long suspension of intercourse with your country depriving us of the requisite supply of cotton, and at the same time materially diminishing the extent of the demand for our manufactures, had imposed serious hardships upon those engaged in that trade. These evils being now apparently in a fair way to be removed, our cotton works are once more busily employed, & both spinners and manufacturers are prosecuting their respective departments with spirit and activity, under the expectation that the prospects for the manufactured article will gradually improve. There has, in consequence been a brisk demand for the raw materials chiefly by the regular trade. The speculators, it is understood, have bought very little, conceiving the prices would still be lower, they were not prepared to expect so early an advance. In the course of the last three weeks, upwards of 22,000 bags have been sold, of which there may be about 12,500 bags of American cottons. The total quantity imported from all parts into this place since the 10th ult. has been about 52,000 bags of which 35,400 bags are from the U. States. The common cottons are principally the objects of attention, although the fine descriptions are also in fair demand. Good Uplands readily obtain 15d. and one very superior parcel has reached 15 3/4d.—New Orleans, according to quality, are selling at 1s. 4d. a 1s. 5 1/4d.—Sea-Islands middling fine 1s. 10d. a 2s.—and very fine 2s. 1d. a 2s. 2d. per lb.
With regard to the future prospects, there are various opinions, but it may be expected that the demand will be regular and extensive, while the prices continue moderate. We apprehend, however, that the heavy imports, which are constantly coming from the Brazils, and the anxiety with which they are occasionally pressed upon the market, may interfere with the sale, and consequently depreciate the sale of certain kinds of Sea-Islands. It may also be worthy of remark, that many of our manufacturers, who have a regular trade with the U. States, considering that our relations are still unsettled, and believing that your market is largely stocked with cotton goods, have concluded to ship very cautiously, until affairs are in a state more calculated to inspire confidence.
The demand for tar has lately been considerable, and as the prices are now pretty moderate, both Speculators and Dealers have bought largely; it may be quoted at 26s. per barrel. Should our regular supplies from Sweden suffer any interruption, while the ports of Russia continue shut against us, it can scarcely be expected that the quantity which is produced in America, will be equal to our usual consumption. Calculating on these circumstances, the prospects are, upon the whole, very favorable. The stocks of turpentine being almost entirely exhausted, the Distillers are under the necessity of coming into the market very freely, and from the competition which was naturally excited, the prices have been materially advanced; the good soft qualities are now worth 19s. a 20s. per cwt. For some time past, large supplies of French spirits of turpentine have been imported through the medium of Holland, into the London market; the quantity, we believe, may be equal to the produce of about 18,000 barrels; this will doubtless militate against the demand which we might have otherwise experienced from that quarter. About the beginning of the year, spirits of turpentine sold as high as 23s. a 25s.; prices so extravagant and tempting, could scarcely fail to procure a supply, in opposition to all restrictive measures; as this inducement is now removed, by the article having fallen to 31. a 31. 5s. per cwt. the imports, it may be expected, will naturally decrease.
The fine qualities of rice are bought pretty freely by the grocers at 24s. a 26s. per S.
We are, respectfully, Your assured friend, WM. & RICH'D. RATHBONE. 4th July, 1809.
P. S. Since addressing you on the 1st inst. we have received a copy of the Act, consolidating the Duties of Customs.
Cottons are rather lower—higher prices are asked for good Ashes, but very few of that description have yet arrived—in other articles there is very little alteration. W. & R. R.
IMPORTED INTO LIVERPOOL,
From the 10th to the 30th June, 1809, inclu-
Cotton, . 55,400 bags Wheat, . 66,000 bushels Flour, . 59,000 barrels Turpentine, . 9,900 do. Tar, . 9,500 do. Ashes, . 7,260 do. Rice, . 5,575 tierses & casks Tobacco, . 2,065 hds. Resides 12 cargoes of Timber and 900 M. Stav. s.
It cannot, however, be supposed, while our export demand is suspended, that our internal consumption alone will be adequate to that abundant supply which has usually come from the United States.
The demand for flour is regular and extensive; some parcels from Baltimore have been sold as low as 43s. 6d.; New-York and Philadelphia obtain, generally, 45s. a 47s. per barrel. Wheat is extremely dull; the prices of American may be, nominally, 12s. 6d. a 13s. per 70 lb. So long as flour can be bought comparatively lower, wheat will, of course, be neglected. Both these articles, for two months past, have been regularly on the decline.
When the deficiency of the Wheat crop of 1808 is considered, and at the same time our total exclusion from all foreign supplies, the depression is surprising, in as much as it was unexpected. The alarm, which the prospect of immense arrivals from America has excited, is, perhaps, the only explanation which can be given of the fact. But since it has acquired more importance, in the public estimation, than the case seems to justify, we shall endeavor to place the matter in a clearer light: The quantity of wheat imported into this place, since the 10th instant, is about 66,000 bushels, besides 59,000 barrels of flour, being in the aggregate, equal to about 362,000 bushels of Wheat. Although some, who take Liverpool only into consideration, these imports may appear heavy; yet, if a more comprehensive view is taken of the subject, we shall find, that, compared with the consumption of the kingdom, they lose much of that consequence with which they have been invested. To make this still more evident, let us suppose that our population is about 9,000,000, and estimating the average consumption of each individual at 3 bushels, annually, the total quantity imported here, would scarcely furnish two days subsistence. The effects, then, it is obvious, rest almost entirely on idea, and not any real or relative magnitude; but however evident this may be, it is insufficient to obviate the effects of that opinion, which has taken possession of the public, of the extent or continuance of which, we can form no calculation. As so much now depends on the state of the weather, our future prices will be governed more by this, than by any other circumstance.
Ashes have been very much depressed. The best pots were sold as low as 41s. a 43s. and Pearls at 49 a 50s. per cwt. Although the market is rather improving, the buyers will scarcely venture to purchase extensively, until they can ascertain, with more accuracy, the supplies which are expected from Canada, and the quantity which may yet be imported from the United States.
Very few of the Tobaccos, which are just arrived, are yet discharged; but should they prove of good quality, which is extremely scarce, the manufacturers seem disposed to purchase freely at the present prices: James's River, 2 1/2d. a 7d.—Potomack, 2 1/2d. a 3 1/2d.—Rappahannock, 2 1/2d. a 4 1/2d.—and Stemmed, 6d. 1/4d. a 9d. per lb.
The season for sowing flaxseed being now closed, those parcels which have lately arrived, or which are still to come forward, must of course be used for crushing. About 1,200 casks have accordingly been sold to the manufacturers at 11s. 6d. a 12s. per Winchester bushel.
The arrivals of staves have been considerable; but as they were extremely scarce in all parts of the country, the demand has been extensive and uncommonly brisk; the prices, particularly of barrel, have rapidly advanced, and New-York white oak are now worth £16 10s. a £17; Philadelphia, have been sold at £17 10s. and higher prices are still asked. Hoghead may be quoted at £22 a £26, according to the quality; and pipe at £27 a £33 per M.
Timber having been for a long time very much wanted, several cargoes, recently arrived, have been bought as soon as they were landed, and the demand continues regular and extensive. We believe that the orders which have been received from the country dealers only, would be sufficient to take off all the common pine, which has yet been imported, provided contracts could be made at 3s. per foot, which is the extent of their present limits. The market is, however, considerably higher, and Massachusetts pine may be quoted at 3s. 2d. a 3s. 4d. and pitch pine 4s. a 4s. 3d.—Oak logs 4s. a 4s. 3d.—Harrow 3s. 4d. a 3s. 9d. per foot—Pine plank 5 1/2d. a 6d. per foot of 2 inches thick, and boards 3 1/2d. a 4d. per foot of 1 inch thick.
The decree which prohibited the importation of Colonial goods from Holland into France, being rescinded, has, in conjunction with the present state of affairs in Germany, given rise to various surmises, and encouraged a few of our merchants and manufacturers to hope that, by the removal of some of the existing difficulties, a communication with the Continent through the medium of Heligoland, would be rendered less hazardous; however distant and slender this prospect may be, it had operated rather in favor of Cotton and Tobacco. But as this conjecture rests almost entirely on presumptive grounds, we may reasonably suppose that the Exporters will wish to see their way more clearly, before they embark in speculations which may finally close in disappointment and loss; a diminution which, in similar cases, has been but too frequently experienced.
We annex an account of the principal articles imported here from America since the 10th ult. and also of the total imports of the same kinds of produce in the year 1807, which we hope may be interesting, as it will afford you the means of judging what proportion the supplies of the former bear to those of the latter period.
We are, respectfully, Your assured friend, WM. & RICH'D. RATHBONE. 4th July, 1809.
P. S. Since addressing you on the 1st inst. we have received a copy of the Act, consolidating the Duties of Customs.
Cottons are rather lower—higher prices are asked for good Ashes, but very few of that description have yet arrived—in other articles there is very little alteration. W. & R. R.
From the 1st January to the 30th December, 1807, inclusive.
Cotton, . 142,400 bags Wheat, . 624,060 bushels Flour, . 128,590 barrels Turpentine, . 18,775 do. Tar, . 12,720 do. Ashes, . 12,707 do. Rice, . 8,970 tierses & casks Tobacco, . 5,890 hds.
PROSPECTS ON THE DANUBE.
In the Aurora of the 23d, there are nearly five columns of speculation on the past and present relations of the French and Austrian armies—After having replied with much ability to the suggestion, that "judging from the unusual and protracted inactivity of the French Emperor, it would appear that he had been in some measure induced to change the plan of the campaign," and attempted to show, that "his not advancing, any more than his delay in proceeding to another action, is not an indication of any other than his customary policy, and perhaps that in which his policy is most profound"—the Editor winds up his essay by the following remarks on the probable course of events:
Having given our ideas of what we conceive to be mistakes in others, we shall now endeavor to suggest what we conceive to be the probable course of events, and we are now within, perhaps, twenty days of being put right, if we have misconceived.
The occupation of Vienna, will probably have been made use of to prepare that city, and the Austrian dominions west and south of the Danube, to receive a new master, and a new dynasty. The collection of forage, provisions and pay for the army of France and its allies, will likewise form a material object; and the negotiations opened with the Hungarian nobles, will have been conducted with vigilance during the suspension of military movement.
The approach of the Russians, left them only five days march from the right of the Austrian army the middle of June, and military operations consentaneous, from Pressburg to Olmutz, must have commenced about the 10th of July.
What course would the Austrians pursue? Would they make a stand in Moravia, or Bohemia, or throw back their right wing upon the river Roshav, and secure a retreat into Hungary, over the Morave?
If they were to concentrate their force in Moravia, they must either attack the Russians by detachment, and beat them, if Bonaparte will let them; or risk a battle, fall in upon Bohemia, and endeavor to make a defensive war, such as Domm made on the same classic defiles and vallies; but they would have there a country exhausted of military resources; and an army advancing from Westphalia to cut off all supplies from the north of Germany and from Swabia. To attempt entering Silesia, would be to put the hand in the mouth of the tiger; the only alternatives left them would be to make a stand, or a retreat of manoeuvre in Moravia, and fall back upon Hungary; or risk the fate of the house of Lorraine in a general action, within view of Vienna; and determined to rally, if defeated, beyond the Morave river, and invoke the proverbial generosity and pride of the Hungarians. Whether they make a stand in Moravia or in Hungary, the corps of Ferdinand will fall in with the archduke's right; and the archduke John with his left; these will give him a force much above this amount—
Army before Vienna, . 125,000 Archduke Ferdinand's corps, . 60,000 Archduke John's corps, . 42,000 Hungarian levy west of the Danube, . 35,000 Total, . 262,000
Probably this estimate is 30 or 40,000 below the real numbers; but even these, divided into three grand corps, would give three disposable armies, of 50,000 men each, with a reserve to each of the three armies, of near 30,000 men each; and this arrangement would perfectly accord with the new French tactics, which the Archduke adopted after the battle of Austerlitz.
The first of these corps might have its head-quarters at Znaim, in Moravia, extending its right to Nicsolsburg, and Fieldsburg, on the Taya river, above its confluence with the Morave. The second corps, with its left at Eschenberg, twenty miles north of Krems, on the Danube, and extending its right, say to Sonneckberg, Halsbrunn, Gannersdorf and Holben Rupertoff. The third corps, with its head-quarters at Kornneuburg on the Danube, ten miles north of Vienna, extending east across the Rosbach, holding the passes of Pochsteyss, Steigkirchen and Ober Siebrunn, with their magazines and archives, at Marchegg, or Theigarten, on the Drave.
In these positions, they would have all the advantages of distribution, for subsistence, and contiguity, for immediate concentration; be prepared to repel the Russians, keep the communication open with Bohemia and Hungary; and be ready to co-operate against the French, should they again cross the Danube. The Rosbach itself, tho' a small river, would form an admirable line of defence for this army, and it is in no part of its course more than 12 miles from the Danube; opposite Vienna only 6 miles.
The French force may perhaps be estimated as follows:
 Five corps d'armee at 20,000 each, .100,000    

coined to act upon the Austrian flank, on a day prior to the concentration of the French corps, & under the movements of the Russians, they will cross to the left side of the Danube; the movements upon Pressburg will precede these in time to be known; and the centre, under Bonaparte, will pass the Danube, while the wings of both armies are flanking. The approach of the Russians must necessarily cause the first Austrian corps to fall back; as its left is threatened by the French under Bernadotte; the rear of the Austrians must be protected from the menaced approach of Prince Eugene, from the lower Danube; the Austrians must now form their line parallel to the Danube, and the duty of the Russians will be to bear upon their right, which must fight the Russians or fall back; to fight would be to risk the whole army; to bring up the centre, would be to leave the rear open to the French main body, and the obvious resource of the archduke would be to place the line of the Rosbach in his front; and here probably the most sanguinary battle that history will have to record, will be fought, in which all the genius of war will be brought into effort and action.
But will this action close the war? In no issue will the war be closed by this yet unnamed battle. The fugitives will retire upon Hungary; and there as in Spain, the war will be protracted. But Prussia, which has been fomenting the insurrections in the north will meet the fate prepared by Burke for France, it will be erased from the map of Europe, and its territory, which now resembles the device upon a monk's penny, will be distributed, a leg to each of the three adjacent nations. Denmark will be aggrandized with continental territory, Austria Poland will be reincorporated with its ancient nation; and perhaps the nation restored to the map; the Turkish diadem will disappear in Europe and the grand project of Catherine II. will be accomplished, by placing Constantine of Russia, on the throne of Trebizond. Bavaria will be aggrandized, Styria, Croatia, Carinthia, Carniola, will furnish dukedoms for French marshals, and close all access but in peace, from Austria to the Adriatic. Spain will sink with the house of Lorraine; and Bohemia may be a compensation to Saxony for the Duchy of Warsaw.
Arrived at Boston on Friday last, the ship Derby, B. Swift, master, from a voyage to the North West Coast and Canton, having been absent three years. She left Canton 20th March, at which time there were no American or British ships at that place. This vessel is owned by Messrs. J. & T. H. Perkins and J. & T. Lamb, in whose employ Captain Swift has performed five voyages round the world; in each of which he has been absent about the same time as during the present voyage.
Capt. Swift informs that the Russians are extending their settlements on the North West Coast, and that they contemplated making an establishment this year on the Columbian River. How far this will interfere with the claim of this country, we do not undertake to decide.
The Derby was detained off the Cape of Good Hope by one of the British ships (Lion of 74) which has been some time in the Indian and China seas—under the idea of her having been trading at enemy's ports on her way home—her papers which concerned her voyage were examined, and she held in duress 14 days, at the expiration of which time she was suffered to proceed. None of the letters on board, were opened, or other violence committed than that above stated. Captain Swift left the ship Pearl, captain Whitmore, and ship Vancouver, captain Suter, belonging to the same concern, on the North West Coast, (all well) in September last.—Boston Gazette.
Friday last sailed from Newport, the ship Pallas, Edwards, (owned by Mr. Gray of Boston) for Hamburg. In her went passenger, Mr. Wm. S. Smith, son of Col. Smith of New York, secretary to the Hon. Mr. Adams, American Minister to the Court of St. Petersburg.
BALTIMORE, August 25. At a numerous meeting of the citizens of Baltimore, held at the Pantheon on the evening of the 23d inst.
THEODORICK BLAND, in the chair. THOMAS ROGERS, Secretary. The following report of the committee appointed at a preceding meeting, was read and unanimously concurred with.
The following resolutions were then entered into.
THE REPORT. From a due consideration of the treatment which the government and citizens of the United States, have, for several years, experienced from the nations of Europe, and the unreasonable prohibitions and depredations practised on, and against the commerce of this country, it becomes the bounden duty of every citizen of the Union, to use all fair and honorable means for counteracting these infringements of our national rights, and since experience as well as the history of mankind, proves, that the independence of a nation is directly proportional to the extent and variety of its internal resources, it becomes, likewise, the duty of every citizen to endeavor to introduce and encourage whatever may have a tendency to lessen our mercantile dependence on other nations, and to increase the wealth of our own. Among the various means for promoting these ends, the encouraging of Domestic Manufactures, that of clothing, claims the first regard. Presuming, then, that the best mode of encouraging the Domestic Manufacture of Clothing, is, to wear it, we, whose names are hereunto annexed, have entered, and by these presents, do enter into an association, to be known by the name and title of "Maryland Association for the encouragement of Domestic Manufactures."
The Articles of Association being as follows, viz.
Art. I. That each and all the members of this association, do mutually and severally pledge themselves to one another, and their country, that they will, as far as practicable, exclusively wear clothing of Domestic Manufacture; and that in all cases, they will give a decided preference to each and every species of the manufactures and products of the United States; provided nevertheless, that nothing herein contained shall extend to clothing in the possession of any person at the time of his becoming a member of this association.
Art. II. The officers of the association shall be a President and Secretary; each to be chosen annually by ballot; the duties of the President shall be, to preside in the meetings of the association, and to transact such business for the same, as may be committed to his charge.
The duty of the Secretary shall be, to record and preserve regular minutes of the transactions of the association, and in the absence of either of the above officers at any meeting of the society, the members present may make temporary appointments.
Art. III. The stated meetings of the association shall be on the first Monday in the months of August, November, February and May.
Art. IV. The association may, from time to time make such bye laws and pass such resolves, as shall, to a majority of members present, be deemed necessary for carrying the design of this institution into effect; and in all meetings of the association, of which due notice shall have been given, seventeen members shall constitute a quorum.
Resolved, That a committee of four from each of the precincts, and from each of the wards, be appointed to procure signatures to the above articles of association.
Here follow names of the Committees from the wards and precincts.
Resolved, That when the meeting adjourns, it adjourns to meet on the second Monday in September next.
Resolved, That the committee appointed to report to this meeting, be authorised to procure as many printed copies of the above articles of association as they may think necessary.
Resolved, That the secretary publish the proceedings of this meeting.
By Order, T. ROGERS, Secretary.
CHARLESTON, August 13. 'SEVENTY-SIX ASSOCIATION.
At a numerous meeting of this Society, held last evening at the Planters' Hotel, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted.
The Members of this Association do pledge themselves to each other, and to the public at large, that, for twelve months from this day, they will not purchase for use, any article of English or French growth, produce, or manufacture, provided such article can be procured of domestic growth, produce, or manufacture, at not more than 15 per cent above the European prices. And provided, also, that if the differences of the United States with either of those Kingdoms shall be adjusted before the end of twelve months, then this resolution, as to that Kingdom, shall no longer remain obligatory.
Also, Resolved, That at the stated meeting in March next, and every ensuing stated meeting, every Member of this Society shall wear a complete suit of Homespun.
JAMES JERVEY, Secretary.
BRITISH SPIES.
As the public have been frequently informed of the employment of agents by the government of England, in the United States; and it is often difficult to bring authentic proofs of it; we think it fit, at this moment, when a book has been just issued from the press, at New York; a work so flagitious, that the printer has not had audacity to put his name to it; we think it proper to give British evidence , to show that what we have alleged against the writer of that book, is matter of legal proof.
In this paper, several years ago, we pointed out STEPHEN CULLEN, in the person who established a paper at Charleston, S. Carolina, called the Courrier . We pointed him out as going to Charleston under the patronage and influence of the late general Alexander Hamilton .
We pointed him out as an emissary and eulogist of the British government, and an enemy to this.
In a week after we discovered him, we addressed a letter to the executive of the U. States, apprising the government of the character of this emissary; and of his being about to go to Washington city.
We pointed him out as a paymaster in the British army, a station which is, in fact, a sinecure to him, so the duties are performed by another person.
That STEPHEN CULLEN was forced, by our detection and exposition of his infamous character, to quit Charleston, and he fled to New York; there he established a newspaper, which he called the PEOPLE'S FRIEND ; there he leagued and associated with COLEMAN and CHEETHAM ; and we predicted that Cheetham would speedily come out as openly against Mr. Jefferson, and in favor of England, and her atrocious policy, as did Cullen, the paymaster of the invalids at Guernsey.
From New York public contempt finally expelled STEPHEN CULLEN, and he became a vagabond and a wanderer; but he took root for the moment, in that congenial spot, in Connecticut , where Joe Thomas who led the bands of terror, in 1797, in this city, had taken refuge; how Cullen came to leave, or whether he was loathed out of Connecticut, is not at present known; but since May last, he has resided near Brunswick , in Jersey —where he has two congenial friends, whom we shall bring before the public at a suitable occasion.
Cullen, the invalid paymaster, was in this city five days ago; but he has disappeared, perhaps concealed himself from the American manufactures that were prepared for him, and which assuredly he will be ornamented with whenever he shall be found in this city.
That our readers may know where to find British authority for the identity of this paymaster of the British invalids at Guernsey, we refer them to a book of authority, which is in every library, the English New Annual Register , for the year 1801.
In that work if the reader will look to the table of contents, under the head PRINCIPAL OCCURRENCES , he will be found in the fourth article— promotions ; turning to page 104, at the head of the second column of the page, will be found the following:
"April 4, (1801) Staff Corps. Major John Rutherford, to be lieut. col. commandant. Staff, Stephen Cullen, paymaster to the invalids, stationed in the island of Guernsey," &c.
Here is at once the man identified: The British emissary proved: The superaddition of the name CARPENTER accounted for: The calumniator of the American nation and government detected— Aurora .
Pittsburgh, by a law of Congress, has become a port of entry, in consequence of which an officer has been regularly appointed. There appear, however, to be no duties for him to perform.
PATENT SHOT.—Five tons of Patent Shot, assorted from B B—B & No. 1 to No. 9; just received, from Beck's Manufactory in Philadelphia, for sale by the Subscriber; who will hereafter be furnished, from said Manufactory, with a regular supply of the above article, sufficient to meet any demand at this Market.
M. M. MYERS. August 29. Tow
THE ENQUIRER.
RICHMOND, AUGUST 29, 1809.
A FEW QUERIES To the Editors of the Federal Prints. SIRS,
As from the Instructions , which Mr. Canning has laid before the House of Commons, and the sentiments which he has there expressed, we may form some idea of the Ultimatum of the British government, and the propositions which will be made by Mr. Jackson—and as nothing like an union of effort can be expected from any people until they understand each other, will you permit me to ask your opinions on certain important points, which will probably be brought before the American government? I address myself to you, because you in some measure receive the tone from us as well as to give it to your party.—One advantage may at least result from this explanation—that the people having your creed fairly before them, may know what anticipations to form of your efforts—and what pretensions you possess to their confidence.
Mr. Canning has given us reasons to believe, that he never will rescind the British orders in Council, until the President of the U. States shall agree to continue our restrictions against France, and to abandon all pretensions to the colonial trade during the present war . These are to be the sine qua non —Now, Gentlemen, the question is; are you prepared to support the British Secretary in these pretensions?
1st. Are you ready to justify the insolent demand, that the U. S. should pledge themselves to one power, to vindicate their own rights against the aggressions of another? Are you prepared to justify the most insolent demand which ever was made of an independent nation ?
Cases are common, where two nations covenant by treaty to allow each other all the privileges which are granted to another , the most favored nation—or where they permit the seizure of the vessels of each other bound to another country, with particular articles of contraband. Nothing is more common than treaties of alliance offensive and defensive, whereby each party engages to render assistance to the other in any way which may be waged against a third power . But where is there a case on record, in which one nation makes a solemn pledge to another to defend its own rights against the attacks of a third ?
Some of you—amongst others, Mr. Coleman, who commonly leads the van of your troops—are silly enough to ask what objection there was to Mr. Madison's giving this pledge to G. B.? Surely if the honor & independence of the United States did not forbid it, the laws & the Constitution would. The question denotes a profound ignorance of both. Where is any such power in the law? The Act of 1808 vested the President with the power of suspending the Embargo laws, in whole or in part, in the event of such changes in the measures of the belligerents, as would render the commerce of the United States sufficiently safe in his judgment. The act of 1809, vests him with a similar power of renewing trade with either nation, in case either of them "shall so revoke or modify their edicts, as that they shall cease to violate the neutral commerce of the United States."
So far then as the law goes, there is no power in the President to pledge his country to the continuation of these restrictions against the other belligerent. And if there is no such power in the law, it would be completely forbidden by the constitution . On this point Mr. Canning seems to have betrayed the grossest ignorance of our Constitution—he calls upon the President to make a stipulation, which is completely beyond the sphere of his powers. The P. U. S. is, to be sure, the medium of communication with foreign nations . He is to make all treaties by and with the advice of the Senate . But what right has either or both of them to pledge the U. S. to a commercial regulation which rests alone with the legislative body ? The President & the Senate are therefore incompetent to do an act, of themselves, which requires the concurrent voice of the H. of R.—Is not this a profound ignorance of the fundamental rules of our Constitution?
2d. But admit, that this is a power which the President of the United States may, and ought to exercise—what will you say to the 2d of Mr. Canning's terms? Are you ready to sacrifice our colonial trade to the avaricious jealousy of the British government? Some of you—amongst others, this very Mr. Coleman—came out manfully, during the year 1806, in the support of our "pretensions" to this trade. He seemed to value it too much to think of abandoning it. I ask him, does he now think of sacrificing it? Has he so little integrity, or firmness, as to deny the very truths, which he formerly labored to establish? I expect nothing better from him. He is too firmly wedded to the British government, not to exercise his puny powers of sophistry in the miserable attempt to confute himself.
3. "How long will you abuse the patience" of your countrymen? When will you exercise the same perseverance in her defence as in that of G. Britain? when will you cease to direct your paricidal dagger against the bosom which bore you?
4. You know it to be a fact, that there are British spies and Emissaries amongst us—you have seen the honors, which decked the brow of Cobbet , on his return to G. Britain, for the sole reason "of serving his king and country" by his writings—you have seen, and I suppose, will publish for the edification of your readers, the infamous letter of Stephen Cullen Carpenter , who boasts of his "fidelity to his country," his loyalty and truth ; who once edited the Charleston Courier and "The People's Friend" in New York, "for the sole purpose of serving his King and Country." You may have seen this man's infamous "Memoirs of Thomas Jefferson"—you have seen the letter of Charles J. Stuart, another English Spy now in this country, to Gen. Duncan in London—and now, sirs, turn to your own columns, see the efforts which you have made in the same cause, see the splendid selections which you have made from Cobbet and from Cullen—in what respects do you differ from these men? Where is the holy mark by which the people of this country are to distinguish you from British Emissaries?—"I pause for a reply."
* The Congress (the senate and H. of R.) shall have power to regulate Commerce with foreign nations. C. U. S. Art. 2. sec. 7. † In the U. S. Gazette of the 24th inst.
As some curiosity has been felt about the previous posts of the Hon. Francis James Jackson, Esq.—some pains have been taken to discover the appointments which he has filled. The following is a sketch of those ti-
ties, which have hitherto adorned the escutcheon of the Copenhagen Negotiator —Perhaps the dates now given may shed some little light upon his adventures, his patrons and his diplomatic skill.
On the 18th July 1789, Francis James Jackson was appointed Secretary of Legation at the court of Berlin.
In Nov. 1791, he was appointed his majesty's Secretary of Embassy at the court of Madrid.
On the 23d July '96 he was appointed Ambassador to the Ottoman Porte. This commission he held but a short time—being replaced in the course of '97, by Lord Elgin.
On the 11th of September 1802, he was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, to the Court of Berlin.
In 1807, he shone as the negotiator of the Robbery of the Danish Fleet—"It is the last key-stone, which makes the arch." If the other adventures of Mr. Jackson be in unison with this last one, we may surely congratulate ourselves upon the society of so honorable & humane a member of the corps diplomatique .
Another British Emissary Unmasked. Stephen Cullen Carpenter , once a Pay-master of his Britannic Majesty, and author of the "Memoirs of Thomas Jefferson"—haunted out by the vigilant eye of the Aurora , has attempted to defend himself against its attacks—in a letter addressed to the "United States Gazette" of the 24th inst.—His defence is a complete confession of his guilt . It is a gross and scurrilous attack upon the Editor of the Aurora —but as to the charges against himself, he does not pretend to deny one of them. He neither pretends to dispute that he has been a British Pay-master, that he is now a British Spy, or that he is the author of the "Memoirs of Thomas Jefferson." But there is matter of indirect confession enough in his defence to convict him of every charge.
What does he say as the authorship of the Memoirs ? Why—merely that "from the antipathy of the Aurora to the volume alluded to, he feels already prejudiced in its favor; and on that ground alone ventures to affirm that it is full of truth and worthy of a much better writer than he pretends to be. When I learn, says this pious sophist, what the book is, I will offer you my opinion of it." Now, it is a fact, that the Aurora has designated the work by such a title and such marks, as that no literary man in Philadelphia could pretend ignorance of it. And why this ignorance? That he might avoid the consequences of owning it.
As to the charge of his being a British Emissary—what saith this virtuous man? Why—"if it were true, what would be his crime? That of doing an act which is in itself legal?" So is lying—so are many forms of swindling—so are some of the most infamous acts of the family of corruption ! What is my crime in the eyes of this coxcomb? One that should make him shudder, if he were not steeled against remorse— FIDELITY TO MY COUNTRY !—Just the same plea, as justified the espionage and hypocrisy of Cobbet—"the sole purpose of serving his king and country."
And yet this is the minion, who has been cherished and patronised by our countrymen—This is the spy, whose genius, though it will never e- sult him to "a statue of gold," will at least deserve from the British ministry, a Statue of brass —This is the calumniator, who lavishes his libel upon the best men in our country, and publishes the "Memoirs of Thomas Jefferson." "His tongue is no scandal."
NOTICE.—On Monday the 23rd day of October next, will be sold at WHITBY , in the County of Chesterfield, upon a credit of 12 months; the personal estate of the late Col. Robert Goode, consisting of the present crop of Corn, Wheat, Oats, Fodder and Hay; the stock of Horses, Cows, Sheep and Hogs; the plantation Utensils and Household and Kitchen furniture. Bonds and approved security will be required of the purchasers to carry interest from the date if not punctually paid.
It is particularly requested that all those who may have claims against the Estate, will make them known immediately, to either of the subscribers, in order that provision may be made for payment.
RICHARD B. GOODE, } Adm're of the FRANCIS GOODE. } Will annexed. THAT valuable and well known Estate called Whitby , on James River, about three miles from the town of Manchester, will also be sold by private contract; it contains 1262 Acres of Land, about 220 acres of which are of the first rate low-grounds, and more than one half of the residue thereof is heavily timbered. To this Estate there is attached one of the best Fisheries on James River, and every convenient and necessary House for the accommodation of a Family. An indisputable title will be made and possession given on the first day of December next, with the liberty of sowing small Grain at any time, agreeable to the purchaser. The terms may be known on application to
RICHARD B. GOODE, } Manchester OR FRANCIS GOODE, } Powhatan. July 14. wills to
AT the request of the legatees, and by virtue of a deed of trust, executed to us by the late Col. Robert Goode, dect'd, for the purpose of satisfying a debt therein mentioned, due to Mr. James Lyle, the above mentioned Tract of Land and improvements, will be sold, to the highest bidder, on the premises, on the 23d day of October next, if not previously disposed of by private contract, in which event taking place, timely notice will be given. Terms of sale, one-third part of the purchase money will be required on the day of sale, one-third in twelve months, and the remaining third in two years, the instalments to carry interest from the day of sale, and the purchaser giving such satisfactory security as may be required.
JOHN MURCHIE, } Trustees. TANTON SAUNDERS, } August 29.
JOHN & JOSEPH BOYCE, JR. STATIONERS & BOOK-BINDERS, opposite to the Globe Tavern, have just received, and are now opening for sale, a fresh supply of Writing Paper, &c. in addition to their former stock, consisting of Drawing Paper, Ladies & Gentlemen's Pocket Books, Quills, Ink powder, India Rubbers, Durable Ink, Penknives, plain and cut Glass and Pewter Ink Stands, of different sizes, Office Seals, Office Wafers, Wafers of all colours, Sealing-Wax, Sand-Boxes, Pounce, Ivory and Lignumvitae Pounce Boxes, Ivory Folders, blank and playing Cards, lead and slate Pencils, camel hair brushes, red Tape, Pasteboards, &c. Day Books, Journals and Ledgers, with or without patent backs and patent lines, Record & Sheriffs Books, and Books of every description, ruled to any pattern.
John & Joseph Boyce, avail themselves of this opportunity to return their grateful acknowledgements for the liberal encouragement they have been favored with, since their entrance into business, and beg leave to assure their friends and the public, that they will always have a regular supply of every article, in the Stationary business, for sale, of the best quality, and on the most reasonable terms.
Slates, Cyphering-Books, Copy-Books, &c. N. B. Orders from the country, strictly attended to. August 29. wdt
ALL persons whom it may concern—will please to take notice, that we intend shortly to remove to the State of Tennessee, and have fully authorised and empowered Joseph Cross and John Glassbrook, of the County of Hanover, to transact all business, in our absence, relating to the estate of Wm. Tinsley deceased, and to our own individual affairs—Those indebted to the said estate are requested to make immediate payment, as no farther indulgence can be given, and notice having already been published, and not attended to, their Bonds will, with any delay, be put into the hands of an Attorney. WILLIAM TINSLEY, ELIZABETH TINSLEY, Adm'res of WILLIAM TINSLEY, Dec'd. Hanover, August 29. 344
N. B. The lands, &c heretofore advertised, are still for sale or rent, and immediate possession given. Apply to either of the above Attorneys.
DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.—The Partnership of Hugh Chambers of Richmond, and Wm. H. McCutchen and Enoch Price of Philadelphia, was, on the 14th Inst. dissolved by mutual consent—All persons indebted to the House at Richmond, will make payment to Hugh Chambers, who is fully authorised to settle the affairs of the concern. HUGH CHAMBERS, Wm. H. MCCUTCHEEN, ENOCH PRICE. Richmond, August 29.
THE business in future will be conducted by Hugh Chambers, who has removed to the Store formerly occupied by Dodge and Cobb, being the upper or most westwardly tenement of the range of Col. Mayo's buildings—and in addition to his present extensive assortment of Dry Goods, expects shortly to receive a large additional supply from Philadelphia; which will be sold at very reduced prices for cash or acceptances in town at a short date. HUGH CHAMBERS. August 29. 1m
FOR SALE, two thousand acres of York River LAND, situated on the Pomonkey, in the upper end of King-William, distant from Richmond twenty five miles, from Hanover Town ten, and from Hanover Courthouse five—This Estate is one of the best on York-River, combining as many advantages, as most in the lower country; the land is not so sandy as the Pomonkey low-lands generally are, which makes it produce good crops of Wheat & Corn—Adjoining it is a manufacturing Mill, not more than two miles from the Barn door, where the Richmond price is given, deducting the carriage to market. For health, elegance of situation, and good water, few places more happily combine these advantages—One sixth of the purchase money being paid down, a credit of five years will be given to the purchaser, and a Deed of trust required on the land, to insure the punctual payment of the remaining instalments. THOMAS CART NELSON. Bleak-Hill, King-William, August 29. 84
THE Partnership of RICHARDS & ELLIS, is this day dissolved by mutual consent—Those indebted to them will be pleased to make payment, as speedily as possible to either of the Partners, who are equally authorised to receive payment, and grant discharges—Those having claims against them will apply to Mark Richards for payment. MARK RICHARDS, JOHN ELLIS. Richmond, August 29.
THE business will be carried on for the future by Mark Richards, who returns his thanks to the public, and his friends particularly for their liberal encouragement, and solicits a continuation of their custom. M. RICHARDS.
FOR SALE, 1005 acres of LAND, lying on the waters of Tye river, in the county of Nelson, (formerly part of Amherst.)—This tract, being part of the estate of the late Col. John Rose, is situated about ten miles from New-Market, and is conveniently contiguous to Major Massey's Merchant mill. Two hundred acres are cleared, the residue is covered with heavy and valuable timber. The soil is peculiarly adapted to the production of tobacco, corn, wheat &c.—The tract will either be sold entire, or divided into 2 or 3 equal parts, as may meet the convenience of the purchaser. Slightly detached from the main tract are 70 Acres bearing a heavy growth of pine, that will either be sold separately, or in conjunction with one of the divisions—One fourth of the purchase money will be expected in hand, the balance in three equal annual instalments. The land will be shown by Mr. John N. Rose, or by Capt. Morgan, living in the neighborhood—For further particulars apply to the subscriber. THOMAS FITZ HUGH. N. B. The purchaser will have liberty of seeding in the fall, and possession at the commencement of the ensuing year. T. F. Stafford, July 4. laff

MISCELLANEOUS.
FOR THE ENQUIRER.
The example of Great-Britain may be useful and encouraging to us, as a Manufacturing nation. To show the rapid steps which she has taken for the last 37 years, in the use and working of Cotton, will only be to show the improvements, which may be made in the U. S. in the same tracks, by the aid of machinery.
"In the year 1765, cotton, as an article of commerce, was scarcely known in this country. A few years afterwards, Mr. Arkwright obtained his patent for working cotton by machinery."
"In 1782, the whole produce of the cotton manufacture did not exceed two millions Sterling."
"In 1801, the import of cotton wool into Britain was forty-two millions of lbs.; and the estimated value of the cotton manufacture fifteen millions Sterling: such was the rapid increase of this trade to the end of the year 1801."
"From the documents procured, it appears, that the import of this article in 1802 has not been less than fifty-four millions of lbs.; and the particulars of the trade are as follows:"
"The raw material, when delivered on board the merchant ships, now costs about four millions Sterling. Upwards of thirty thousand tons of shipping, and about two thousand seamen, are constantly employed in bringing the cotton-wool to this country, and in exporting the goods manufactured from it. To work the wool into thread, requires a capital in building and machinery, to the amount of nine millions two hundred & twenty-five thousand pounds; and those buildings & machinery are chiefly composed of bricks, slates, glass, timber, lead, iron, copper, tin and leather; from most of which, in one shape or other, a considerable duty is collected for the support of the state."
"This trade gives employment or support to upwards of eight hundred thousand individuals, and the annual return of the manufacture is near £4,725,000"
"Cost of cotton in the countries where it grows, insurance, freight, other shipping charges and merchant's profit, £ 4,725,000"
"The interest, at 5 per cent. upon the capital of £9,225,000, sunk in building and machinery, with 10 per cent. for wear and tear of do. 1,583,750"
"Wages of spinning, value of materials consumed in the process of spinning the cotton into thread, & Spinner's profit, 5,100,000"
"Value of materials consumed in subsequent manufactures, manufacturing wages, interest of capital and profit, £ 9,000,000"
£ 20,208,750
Of which sum, at least thirteen millions sterling are paid in wages to the natives of G. Britain."
A letter from a gentleman in Bowling-Green to his friend in Russellville, Kentucky, descriptive of a Cave.
BOWLING-GREEN, June 16, 1809.
Dear Sir, On the 12th of the present inst., I, in company with a number of others, went to see a large cave that has lately been discovered in this county; it is found on the lands of a Mr. Brown, on the north side of the road leading from Stewart's Ferry to the widow Lucas'; it is one mile from the ferry and four eastwardly of the Bowling-Green. The ground immediately over the cavern is depressed about 8 or 10 feet below the common level of the barrens; in the bottom of this depression is the hole by which we were to descend; it is four feet in diameter and through a solid rock, after descending about six feet, we passed through the rock; a dark gloomy vault then presented itself to view in every direction; in slinking five and twenty feet more, we came to the spot that supported our conductor, a small perpendicular pole about thirty feet long; when the fire was thrown down and our candles lighted up, we discovered that we were standing on the summit of a subterranean mountain that broke off so abruptly to the westward, that if any one of us had fallen from the pole in climbing down or up, he must have rolled near one hundred feet before he came to the bottom, except some casual circumstance had prevented, such as an intervening rock that had detached itself & fallen from the arch above.
Our lights prepared, we began our march down the rapid descent to the westward; the first thing that arrested our attention in particular, was human bones, which were found in considerable numbers from within a few feet of where we landed until we reached the bottom of the mountain; bones of every description are to be found in abundance, though mostly decayed and broken to pieces, yet two skulls were taken out entire a few days anterior to our visiting the place; one of them I have examined, it is larger than common, the sinus frontis is flatter; the superciliary ridge of the os frontis higher: the two tables and diploe thicker than in any human skull I ever before noticed. A callus formed by the dropping of water covered the os occipitis & ossa parietalia nearly to the coronal suture; this was the case with many of those in the cave; one place in particular, not less than half a bushel of bones lay congealed together, and in many others they are to be found adhering to the rocks so tenaciously as not to be got off without breaking; these bones appear to have been the natural consequences resulting from the effusion of much blood; that they were slain in battle, is to be inferred from the following circumstances.
First, the appearances of old fortifications and places of defence in the vicinity of the cave, which are prominent features of trouble. Secondly, the manner in which the bones lie, plainly shew that they were thrown down, from the top, in a hurry, and left to roll off promiscuously, as the situation below, and chance directed them.
Thirdly, from the appearance as to the time they have lain there, all equally superannuated and corroded down by the unrelenting hand of time. Fourthly, because they appear to have been the bones of adults exclusively; many of them old men: Here, as in other viviparous animals of the class of mammalia, age is evinced by the teeth; the incisors and molares being considerably worn away by long and frequent mastication; that they are bones of men and not of women, is suspected from the following circumstances:—Those of men are larger in general, the processes and rugosities more prominent, and the fossae similes and sinuosities for the insertion and lodgment of the muscles, tendons, nerves and blood vessels are more distinctly marked in men than in women, all which circumstances seem plainly to occur in those immediately under our consideration; besides, it is a well known fact, that theaborigines of America are, and ever were tenacious of their dead, and will, at the risk of their lives, bear off the bodies of their slain brethren to a safe place of deposit; here then, they found it, and here it was, that the earth opened her bowels to receive them, reeking from their hands, & here, no doubt, she has preserved them for ages, free from intrusion or contempt, until the present more inquisitive and audacious generation has dared to insult their manes by trampling on their ashes with unhallowed feet.
We next directed our course to the south part of the cave; after passing over rough uneven ground, we came to a small valley near the southern termination, on pursuing it a few yards eastwardly, it made a short turn to the left, round some high rocks, and led down to a deep pool of water which is conjectured to be part of Long's big spring. From appearances, there is no doubt but this water backs up in the time of a flood, & inundates the whole cavern; contained in this cavern, notwithstanding the elevated part, at this time, is above one hundred feet above the level of the water.
Our course was next directed to the northern extremity, (the site is from north to south) but nothing remarkable presented in this part, the situation is higher, the bottom more broken with small sinks among a large bed of rocks; at the termination, there is a large sink of water like unto a well, & appeared to be about ten feet down to the water. About twenty yards east of where we went in, stands a pillar of stone, somewhat in the shape of a cone, near two feet thick at the base, and about 8 or 9 high; when dressed with a hat, from a few yards distance, cuts a very gigantic appearance. The whole length of this vault is supposed to be an hundred yards; the area may be computed between one and two acres; the altitude of the western ascent, 60 degrees.—After the lapse of an hour, spent in this gloomy abode of death, we all unanimously ascended the pole and landed again safe in this upper world; too well satisfied with what had been seen, to entertain the most distant thought of putting even temerity itself, to the experiment of again interrupting the silent but awful repose of the dead.
VARIETY—HUMOUR.
Tom Moore, the linen draper of Fleet street, standing at his door one day, a countryman came up to him with a nest of Jackdaws, and accosted him, says, "Measter, want ye buy a nest of daws?" "No, I do'nt want any" "Measter, (replied the man) I'll sell 'em all cheap; you shall have the whole nest for noincepence." "I do'nt want 'em (answered Tom Moore,) so go about your business." As the man was walking away, one of the daws popt up his head and cried "Mauk, Mauk." "Damn it, (says Tom Moore,) the bird knows my name. Halloo, countryman, what will you take for that bird?" "Why, you shall have him for three-pence." Tom Moore bought him, had a cage made, and hung it up in the shop. The journeyman, took much notice of the bird, and would frequently tap at the bottom of the cage, and say, "who are you? who are you?" and immediately reply, "Tom Moore of Fleet street." In a short time the Jackdaw learnt these words, and if he wanted victuals or water, would strike his bill against the cage, turn up the white of his eye, cock his head, and cry, "who are you? Tom Moore of Fleet street." Tom Moore was fond of gaming & often lost large sums of money. Finding his business neglected in his absence, he had a small hazard table set up in the one corner of his dining room, and invited a party of his friends to play at it. The Jackdaw had by this time become familiar, his cage was left open, and he hopt into every part of the house: sometimes he got into the dining room, where the gentlemen were at play. One of them being a constant winner, the others would say, "Damn it, how he nicks 'em!" The bird learnt these words also, and adding them to the former, would call, "who are you? who are you? Tom Moore of Fleet street—damn it how he nicks 'em!" Tom Moore from repeated losses and neglect of business, failed in trade, and became a prisoner in the Fleet. He took his bird with him and lived on the master's side, supported by his friends in a decent manner. They would sometimes ask, "what brought you here?" When he used to lift up his hands and answer, "Bad company, by G—" The bird learnt this likewise, and at the end of the former words would say, "what brought you here?" and (to imitate his master,) lift up his pinions and cry, "bad company, by G—" Some of Tom Moore's friends died, others went abroad; and by degrees he was totally deserted, and removed to the common side of the prison, where the good distemper had broken out. He caught it; and in the last stage of life, lying on a straw bed, the poor bird (who had been two days without food or water) came to his feet, and striking his bill on the floor, called out "who are you? who are you? Tom Moore of Fleet street, Tom Moore of Fleet street. Damn it how he nicks 'em! damn it how he nicks 'em! What brought you here? what brought you here!—Bad company by G—, bad company by G—" Tom Moore who attended to the bird, was struck with his words, and reflecting on himself cried out, "Good God! to what a wretched situation am I reduced! my father when he died, left me a good fortune, and an established trade. I have spent my fortune, ruined my business, and am now dying in a loathsome goal, and to complete all, keeping that poor thing confined without any support. I'll endeavor to do one piece of justice before I die, by setting him at liberty." He made shift to crawl from the straw bed, opened the casement, out the bird flew. A flight of Jackdaws from the temple was going over the goal, and Tom Moore's bird mixed among them. The gardeners were then laying the plats of the temple gardens, and as often as they placed them in the day, the Jackdaws pulled them up by night. They got a gun and attempted to shoot some of them; but being cunning birds, they always placed one as a watch in the stump of a hollow tree; who, as soon as the gun was levelled, cried, "Mauk, Mauk," and away they all flew; so that the man could never shoot one of them. The gardeners were advised to get a net; and the first night it was spread, they caught fifteen. Tom Moore's bird was amongst them. One of the men took the net into the garret of an uninhabited house, fastened the door and windows, and turned the birds loose. "Now (says he) you black rascals, I'll be revenged on you." Taking hold of the first at hand, he twists his neck and (throwing him down) cries, "there goes one 'em." Tom Moore's bird, who had hopt upon a beam in one corner of the room unobserved, as the man laid hold of the second, calls out, "Damn it, how he nicks 'em!" The man dropped the bird he had in his hand; and turning to where the voice came from, observed the other with his mouth open & calls out, "Who are you?" to which the bird answered, "Tom Moore of Fleet street." The devil are you! And what brought you here?" Tom Moore's bird lifting up his pinions, answered, "Bad company, by G—, bad company by G—" The fellow, frighted almost out of his wits, opened the door, ran down stairs, and out of the house, followed by the birds, who by this means saved their lives and gained their liberty.
SINGULAR PHENOMENON.
About a week since, a lady of Annapolis, while superintending the economy of the kitchen, discovered a singular hucus nature , in breaking some duck eggs for a pudding. One of the eggs was found to contain, within the centre of its yolk, a perfect egg, about the size of a robin's, its shell was thin but complete; and when it was broken, it was discovered to contain a white and yolk entire, similar to its parent egg. How it was possible to have grown there, is a question difficult of solution. This egg was kept some time for the inspection of the curious.—Maryland Republican.
Among the articles saved from the effects of the fire, which destroyed Covent Garden Theatre, not the least remarkable is the Cap of Liberty, which used to be suspended over the head of the Chairman of the Beefsteak Club. This curious relic, which was presented to the club by the celebrated John Wilkes, was dug out of the remains on Saturday, without having received the slightest injury. A very large gridiron belonging to the Club, and which is nearly a century old, has also been recovered.
THE MUSE!
From "a selection of Irish Melodies, by Steevens" with characteristic words by Thomas Moore."
FLY NOT YET.
I. Fly not yet, 'tis just the hour, When Pleasure, like the midnight flow'r, That scorns the eye of vulgar light, Begins to bloom for sons of night, And Maids who love the Moon! 'Twas but to bless these hours of shade, That Beauty and the Moon were made; 'Tis then their soft attractions glowing, Set the tides and goblets flowing, Oh! stay—Oh! stay— Joy so seldom weaves a chain Like this to night, that oh! 'tis pain To break its links so soon. II. Fly not yet, the fount that play'd In times of old through Annon's shade, Though icy cold by day it ran, Yet, still like souls of mirth, began To burn when night was near: And thus should woman's heart and looks At noon be cold as winter brooks, Nor kindle 'til the night returning Brings their genial hour for burning, Oh! stay—Oh! stay— When did morning ever break, And find such beaming eyes awake As those that sparkle here.
* Solas Funs, near the temple of Annon.
VIRGINIA.—At a Superior Court of Chancery held at the Capitol in the city of Richmond, the tenth day of June 1809.
John Watkins ex'or of the testament and last will of John Wyatt deceased, and John D. Wilkins administrator &c. of Agnes Wilkins late Agnes Wyatt deceased, Plffs against Edward Bland Administrator with the will annexed of Edward Bland dec'd, Benjamin Cooke, George Cooke, Robert Cooke, Saml. Cooke, John Morris and Anne his wife in right of the said Anne, Thomas Boothe administrator &c. of Mary Boothe, deceased late Mary Cooke & Boothe an infant child of the said Thomas and Mary by the said Thomas especially assigned his guardian, Agnes Cooke, Edward Wyatt and John Phillips sheriff of the county of Prince George, successor of Billy H. Avery late sheriff of the said county to whom administration of the estate of Pleasant Cooke deceased, had been committed by the court of that county.
THE defendants John Morris and Anne his wife and Agnes Cooke not having entered their 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 they are not inhabitants of this country, on motion of the plaintiffs by counsel, It is ordered, That the said defendants do appear here on the first day of the next term, and answer the bill of the plaintiffs; and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some newspaper published in the city of Richmond, for two months successively, and posted at the front door of the Capitol in the said city.
A Copy. Teste, PETER TINSLEY, C. C. July 11. Law 2m.
VIRGINIA.—At a Superior Court of Chancery, held at the Capitol, in Richmond, June the 1st, 1809.
Henry L. Biscoe Plff against Peter Sallee. Def't.
The defendant 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 country: On motion of the plaintiff, by counsel, It is ordered, That the said defendant do appear here, on the first day of the next term, and answer the bill of the plaintiff, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some newspaper, published in the city of Richmond, for two months successively, and posted at the front door of the capital in the said city.
A Copy. Teste, PETER TINSLEY, C. C. August 15. w8w
FOR SALE.—333 ACRES JAMES RIVER LAND.—On the 10th December next, (if fair, or otherwise the next fair day,) the Subscriber will offer for sale on the premises, a Tract of LAND situate in Buckingham county, immediately opposite the mouth of Rock-fish river.—Thirty acres of which are prime low ground, & the residue strong, finely timbered upland, well adapted to the culture of Tobacco, Corn, and Wheat.
A credit of one, two and three years will be given, payable at equal instalments, with interest from date, to be remitted if the payments be punctually made. Bonds with approved security will be required. A clear title made, & possession given on the day of sale.
The above Tract of Land has been conveyed to me by Patrick Rose, Jun. of Buckingham, to be sold for the payment of his debts.
ALEX. F. ROSE, Trustee. June 23. Law5m.
ABSCONDED from the Subscriber, on the night of the 7th July last, a Negro man named Stephen 20 years old, five feet, eight or nine inches high, of a tawney complexion, with a very remarkable scar, on the right side of his forehead, occasioned by a burn; he carried with him sundry clothes among them was a black durance coat, constitution cord pantaloon and two cotton shirts. The above negro was purchased of Mr. Joseph Deshield of Northumberland County, to which place I suspect he will endeavor to get, as his parents live in that county. I will give twenty dollars to any person that will apprehend or secure him in Jail, so I get him again, or forty dollars for his delivery to me living in Brunswick County.
PETERSON RAWLINGS. August 22. w8m
IN CHANCERY.—At a Court held for Buckingham County, the 10th July, 1809.
Thomas Higginbotham and Company, Plffs against Zacharias Taliaferro and Charles Patterson, Def'ts.
On the motion of the plaintiffs by counsel and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that the defendants are not inhabitants of this State; It is ordered and decreed, That unless they shall appear here on or before October Court next, and answer the bill of the plaintiffs, the Court will then proceed to take the same for confessed, and decree the matter thereof accordingly, and that a copy of this order be forthwith published in some public newspaper of the City of Richmond for two months successively, and another copy be posted up at the front door of the Courthouse of this County.
A Copy. Teste, R. ELDRIDGE, jr. D. C. August 22. w8w
THE subscriber will sell the HOUSE & LOT at present occupied by himself; and also, an unfinished House, with an half acre of Land, attached to it, near his residence.
If not previously disposed of by private contract, this property will be sold, at public auction, upon the premises, on the fourteenth day of September, ensuing. The improvements on the Lot, occupied by the subscriber, are plain, neat, comfortable and in good repair.
If required, some time will be given for a part of the purchase money. The situation of this property is eligible, both as it regards health and a good neighborhood.
SAM'L. GREENHOW. August 18. t14Sep
VIRGINIA.—At a Superior Court of Chancery held at the Capitol, in Richmond, June 20th, 1809.
Philip N. Nicholas, Attorney General, on behalf of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Plff against Lucy Price, relict of Wm. Price, Register, dec'd, and Wm. D. James Alexander, John Harvie, and Anne Price, infant heirs of William Price, dec'd, by Wm. Duvall, their guardian, and the said Wm. Duvall, administrator of Wm. Price dec'd. Def'ts.
Philip Duvall, Plaintiff, against the same, Defendants.
The Mutual Assurance Society, against Fire on buildings in the state of Virginia, Plffs. against the same. Def'ts.
And— Wm. Marshall and Thomas Taylor, guardians of Eleanor and Lavinia Dandridge, orphans of Wm. Dandridge, dec'd. Plffs. against the same, Def'ts.
THESE causes, by consent of parties, were this day heard together, on the bills, answer, exhibits, and report of Commissioner Greenhow, made in the second suit, which is substituted, by consent, in the other causes, and were argued by counsel: On consideration whereof, the court, by consent of parties, doth adjudge, order and decree, that John Prosser and Wm. Moncure, or either of them, who are appointed commissioners for that purpose, after having advertised the time and place of sale for thirty days, in two of the news-papers printed in the city of Richmond, do expose to sale, at Public Auction, upon the premises, the following
LANDS.
Of the estate of the intestate Wm. Price, late Register, namely: two thirds of two Lots, in the City of Richmond, known and distinguished in the plan of the said city, by the numbers five hundred and twenty-seven, and five hundred and eight, lying on the main street, which were purchased of Alexander Quarrier, and adjoining his present residence a New vacant Lots in the said city, near the tenement of Joseph Jackson, and distinguished by the numbers
A House and Lot, on the main street of Shockoe Hill, near the brick building of Thomas White, commonly called the Blue House, and which the int. state purchased of John Britain: Three hundred and fifty acres of Land (more or less) in the county of Goochland, adjoining the lands of Robert H. Saunders: Two hundred and eighteen acres (more or less) and eighty acres of coal land, both lying on Deep Run, in the county of Henrico: Three hundred and fifty acres on the Richmond Turnpike, situated about three and a half miles from Richmond, being the farm formerly occupied by the intestate, and now by Peter Wilkinson: And ten Shares in the Richmond Turnpike Company, or so much thereof, as shall be sufficient to satisfy the Plaintiffs, in their respective claims, with interest thereon from the day of sale, in the order, and on the terms following, to wit: To satisfy the Commonwealth of Virginia two thousand eight hundred and forty five dollars and ninety two cents, with interest from the first day of October, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eight, with costs of suit and expenses of the sales hereby directed, which sales shall be made on twelve months credit, the purchaser or purchasers paying interest from the date, and giving bond with sufficient security, payable to the Treasurer, for the time being, or his successors in office; which bond or bonds shall be delivered to the Auditor of public accounts, by the said commissioners: To satisfy in the next place, Philip Duvall the sum of twelve hundred dollars with interest from the twentieth day of November, 1808, and costs of suit, with the expenses of the sales hereby directed, which shall be made on six months credit, the purchaser or purchasers executing a note or notes negotiable and payable in the bank of Virginia, with approved endorser, and the note or notes so taken for such sum as shall be equal to the said Philip Duvall's claim, with interest until such note or notes shall become due, be delivered to the said Philip Duvall, by the said Commissioners: To satisfy, in the third place, the Mutual Assurance Society, against Fire on buildings, in the state of Virginia, the sum of two thousand two hundred and seven dollars and fifty cents, with interest on two thousand and ninety-four dollars and five cents, from the first day of the present month, and the costs of suit, with the expenses of the sales hereby directed, which shall be made at twelve months credit, the purchaser or purchasers executing a note or notes negotiable and payable at the bank of Virginia, with approved endorser, for such sum as shall be equal to the principal and interest of the said Society's claim, until the said note or notes shall become due, and costs of suit, which said note or notes shall be delivered to the principal agent of the said society, for the time being: And to satisfy in the last place, the plaintiffs, Wm. Marshall and Thomas Taylor, the sum of fourteen hundred dollars, with interest from the first day of the present month, with costs of suit, and expenses of the sales hereby directed, which sale shall be made on a credit of two years, the purchaser or purchasers executing bonds, with approved security, bearing interest from the date of the sale, the said bond or bonds to be delivered to the said Marshall and Taylor; and the court doth further adjudge, order and decree, that the said commissioners, or the one who may act, report their proceedings to the court: As to the dower of the def't. Lucy, in the property directed to be sold, the court will, if the parties consent, at a future day, proceed to make compensation to her, out of the other lands of the estate of the intestate: And liberty is reserved to the infant defendants to shew cause against this decree at any time within six months after they shall severally attain the age of twenty one years & by consent of the parties in the last suit, the court doth order the defendant Wm. Duvall to make up the accounts of the intestate as guardian of Lavinia and Eleanor Dandridge, now wards of the plaintiffs Taylor & Marshall, before one of the commissioners of the court, who is ordered to examine, state, settle & report the same to the court, with any matters required by the parties or deemed pertinent by himself.
A Copy. Teste, PETER TINSLEY, C. C.
In conformity with the foregoing decree, we shall, or one of us, proceed to sell on the premises, under the dates hereinafter stated, the whole of the property embraced in the said decree, viz
On Friday, the 15th day of September next, at 11 o'clock, A. M. the three hundred and fifty acres Land, more or less, in Goochland county, lying on both of the branches of Tuckahoe Creek, adjoining the land and residence of col Robert H. Saunders: On the ensuing day, Saturday, the 16th, in the city of Richmond, at 11 o'clock, A. M. part of Lot No. 508, and the whole of Lot No. 527, as designated and known in the plan of the said city, which have been divided into eight handsome Lots of 23 feet 9 inches 4-10ths front, each on the street, running back 165 feet 4 inches, adjoining the present residence of Mr. Alexander Quarrier, and separated from the residence of Mr. Joseph Gallego, only by sixth street—A survey of which lots has been accurately made, and a plan of the same may be seen at any time at the Vendue Office of Prosser & Moncure. The ten Richmond Turnpike Shares, immediately after these lots are sold, and on the last of said lots disposed of; on the same day, immediately thereafter, the sale of the said eight lots, the nine lots on Shockoe Hill, near the tenement and residence of Mr. Joseph Jackson, and the same which the intestate Wm. Price, late register, purchased of Judge Washington, Nos.
On the ensuing Monday, the 18th September, in Henrico county, at 11 o'clock, A. M. the two hundred and eighteen acres Land, more or less, and 80 acres Coal Land, lying on Deep Run—On the 19th same month, (Tuesday) at 11 o'clock A. M. in the city of Richmond, the House and Lot, on
the main street of Shockoe Hill, near the brick building of Mr. Thomas White, commonly called the Blue House, which the intestate purchased of John Britain, and on the day after (Wednesday) the 20th September, in the county of Henrico, the truly desirable estate called Chantilly, containing three hundred and fifty acres Land, with very good improvements thereon, situated about three and a half miles from the city of Richmond, being the farm formerly occupied by the intestate Wm. Price, late register, and now by Mr. Peter Wilkinson, or so much thereof as will be sufficient to satisfy the plaintiffs in their respective claims, with the interest thereon, from the several days of sale, in the order and on the terms stated in the foregoing decree.
JOHN PROSSER, } Com'rs. Wm. MONCURE, } w8m
August 22.
VIRGINIA HONES—may be had at E. Hallam's, Archibald Hughes, Prosser and Moncure's, and several other places in this city, and at John F. Robertson's and Miles Botts', in Manchester, at from 1s 6d to 3s. They are found on a fair trial, to answer a better purpose for putting a razor in order, than any thing now to be obtained. They are finest used with oil, and quickest with water; their dust, if scraped off, is fine for a strap. Any one purchasing, that don't like, has liberty to return them and get his money again, if within 2 months.
Wm. THURMON. July 28. w8m
A N ELEGANT ESTABLISHMENT FOR SALE.
The House and Tenement where the subscriber lately resided. This tenement justly ranks amongst the first in this place, combining elegance, convenience, contiguity to the Capitol, and in the centre of a most agreeable neighbourhood. For terms apply to Mr. Wm. Long who is fully authorised to contract for the same.
J. PENN. if
June 23.
STAGES FOR SALE.
Will be sold to the highest bidder, at this place, on Friday, the 15th of next month, (September,) the line of STAGES, between Richmond and Fredericksburg. The terms will be one fourth of the purchase money to be paid on the day of sale: the balance in six, nine and twelve months. On the same day, will be sold, on a credit of twelve months, several very valuable STUD HORSES, among which are, Archduke and Speculator. The purchasers to give bond with approved securities, to JOHN HOOMES, and JOHN G. WOOLFOLK, Executors of JOHN HOOMES, Dec'd. Bowling Green, August 11. 9c
COLUMBIAN MILLS.
The subscriber informs his friends and the public, that he will purchase WHEAT delivered at the Columbian Mills, or he will receive wheat there to be manufactured on very moderate and advantageous terms to the holders of this article—viz, for every 340 pounds of good merchantable wheat, he will engage to deliver one barrel of good superfine flour, or he will receive wheat at six shillings and six pence per bushel of 60 pounds and deliver superfine flour at six dollars twelve cents, with a small proportion of fine flour at five dollars sixty two cents per barrel; all to be inspected, and delivered in good order at the mill. The flour made at this mill has always been held in high repute, and it is the intention of the present proprietor to sustain its character. The Corn Mill is in complete order—every attention will be paid to the customers sending their Corn there to be ground on toll at the usual rate. Good fresh Meal for sale in small or large quantities at very moderate prices for cash. Apply to Mr. Samuel Leech on the premises or to JOHN GRANBERRY, Norfolk. Cash given for Corn delivered at the mill. July 18. if
LANDS FOR SALE.
The Subscribers, attorneys in fact, for Col. John Simon Farley, and his sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Morison, residents in Great-Britain, offer for sale their remaining proportion of that valuable
TRACT OF LAND,
In the county of Rockingham and state of North Carolina, called the Sauratown Estate. This land lying contiguous to one of the branches of Roanoke River, and in the midst of a wealthy country, is represented to be of great fertility, and to unite so many advantages as to be well worth the attention of the purchasers; it contains from 10 to 12,000 acres, and will be sold in one whole, or in distinct parcels, at the option of those who may wish to buy; for which purpose it has been laid off in separate lots. A plot of the land is left in the possession of Wm. Edward Broadnax, esq. of Brunswick county, Virginia, who has purchased a part of it, and to whom, for more correct information as to its quality, situation and other advantages, purchasers are referred, as well as to Mr. Ira Ellis, who lives on the spot. Mr. Broadnax will also make known the terms of sale, and any contract entered into with him for the purchase of the above land, or any part thereof, will be obligatory on ourselves, and our principals.
G. K. TAYLOR, JOHN DUNLOP. Petersburg, Va. July 28. 6w
VALUABLE LANDS FOR SALE.
The Subscribers wish to dispose of that valuable tract of LAND called FORT LEWIS, lying in the Counties of Botetourt and Montgomery, and containing about 2,600 acres. They also wish to sell 3,150 acres of Land lying in the County of Fluvanna, on the south side of the Rivanna river, extending from Col. Cary's line, down the river, to within about a mile of Columbia.
This last mentioned Land, being in five distinct tracts, will be sold separately or together, as may best suit any person desirous of purchasing. One-fourth of the amount being paid in hand, any reasonable credit will be given for the balance.
GIBSON & JEFFERSON. Richmond, July 28. if
FOR SALE, in the town of Cartersville, upon James River, Lots No 6 and 24, being the same formerly owned by Messrs. Downes—on the first is a good dwelling HOUSE, store and other improvements, and on the last, a good lumber house.
A credit