The enquirer (Richmond, Va.), 1807-10-27 00:00:00

The Enquirer.
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RICHMOND, TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 27, 1807.
[NUMBER 49.]
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The Enquirer.
RICHMOND, 27th OCTOBER.
TRIAL OF AARON BURR.
MOTION FOR COMMITMENT. SATURDAY, October 2. Examination of Evidence.
JUDGE TODD.
Colonel Burr. Did Colonel Lynch submit to you, for your opinion the title papers of Burr's grant? A. No. Col. Burr. Did you give any opinion as to the title? A. I was not sufficiently informed of the laws of the territory to give any decided opinion. I discovered the grant was founded on a condition which it was said had not been complied with, and I was rather inclined to doubt its validity. Col. Burr. Were you in Kentucky during the summer of the last year? A. I was. Col. Burr. Was there a good deal of alarm among the people? A. There was. Col. Burr. Was that owing to any acts which I had done? A. I saw publications in the press stating that preparations were making of boats and provisions in the Gate of Ohio; a publication also appeared in the "Western World," under the signature of an "Observer," which excited a good deal of alarm. Col. Burr. How many years have you been a resident of Kentucky? A. Ever since 1788. Col. Burr. Can you state what has been the general reputation of Gen. Wilkinson for the last four or five years? A. For the last four or five years I have not seen Gen. Wilkinson. Mr. Wirt. His reputation as to what? Col. Burr. As to integrity and truth? A. I never heard that questioned. For the last twelve months there has been an unfavorable opinion against him, owing to his official and public conduct; but I never heard of anything further against him but what related to his official and public conduct. There have been publications & republications circulated injurious to him, but whether true or false I cannot say. Mr. Wirt. Do you recollect what kind of an instrument Burr's grant is? A. Not of the kind I have usually seen. The instrument is from the governor of New Orleans to Burr, granting him so much land, on condition that he would settle so many families upon it: the government of Spain to furnish them with provisions for such a length of time. I understood from Col. Lynch that the government had not complied with the condition on its part. Mr. Hay. Do you recollect whether the time for the performance of the condition had elapsed? A. Yes: it had elapsed. Mr. Hay. Did Lynch show you anything deducting his title from Burr? A. No; but he said his title was regularly deducted from Burr. Mr. Hay. Was it the original, or a copy of the grant you saw? A. It was the original in the Spanish language. Mr. McKee. Was the only evidence of Lynch's title his own declarations? Was there no other evidence of title to him? A. No other evinced deducting a title from Burr.
Mr. Hay. Was it the original, or a copy of the grant you saw? A. It was the original in the Spanish language. Mr. McKee. Was the only evidence of Lynch's title his own declarations? Was there no other evidence of title to him? A. No other evinced deducting a title from Burr.
Mr. Hay. Was it the original, or a copy of the grant you saw? A. It was the original in the Spanish language. Mr. McKee. Was the only evidence of Lynch's title his own declarations? Was there no other evidence of title to him? A. No other evinced deducting a title from Burr.
Mr. Hay. Was it the original, or a copy of the grant you saw? A. It was the original in the Spanish language. Mr. McKee. Was the only evidence of Lynch's title his own declarations? Was there no other evidence of title to him? A. No other evinced deducting a title from Burr.
Mr. Hay. Was it the original, or a copy of the grant you saw? A. It was the original in the Spanish language. Mr. McKee. Was the only evidence of Lynch's title his own declarations? Was there no other evidence of title to him? A. No other evinced deducting a title from Burr.
Mr. Hay. Was it the original, or a copy of the grant you saw? A. It was the original in the Spanish language. Mr. McKee. Was the only evidence of Lynch's title his own declarations? Was there no other evidence of title to him? A. No other evinced deducting a title from Burr.
Mr. Hay. Was it the original, or a copy of the grant you saw? A. It was the original in the Spanish language. Mr. McKee. Was the only evidence of Lynch's title his own declarations? Was there no other evidence of title to him? A. No other evinced deducting a title from Burr.
Mr. Hay. Was it the original, or a copy of the grant you saw? A. It was the original in the Spanish language. Mr. McKee. Was the only evidence of Lynch's title his own declarations? Was there no other evidence of title to him? A. No other evinced deducting a title from Burr.
Clicksaw, Feb. 22, 1806.
Dear General,
Your kind remembrance of 3 Decr. I recd. and had written to you immediately after at the Bluffs, but a French-Indian country-man who had promised to call on me for it went off without doing so. I had written a great deal about recruiting in Tennessee, about cutting and flaying and packing dollars and enjoying otium cum dignitate. But "all our diff'rent amiable fitt'd with Spain" knocks all these Utopias to the devil and I am again awake to the painful anxiety attendant on a state of suspense—I have requested my friend Moore to press the Sec'y to decide and I expect his answer in less than a month. Whatever my fate may be, I must always feel myself deeply your debtor for the solicitude you have manifested for me. Has any news reached your capital from Captain Lewis and Clark? It is rumoured here that they have been killed; I hope sincerely there is nothing of it. I have the honor to be with esteem and affection Your friend JOHN M'KEE.
His Excellency Genl. Wilkinson.
Mr. Hay. Is that also your writing dated as late as February last? A. It is. Mr. Wirt. At the time of this correspondence and before, did you consider Gen. Wilkinson as your friend, whose agency you were willing to employ with the Secretary at war? A. I expected much less, fir, from his interest than his disposition to serve me. Mr. Wirt. You considered him then as a friend, whom you would be willing to trust? A. I did. Q. Is this your writing? A. It is. Here Mr. Wirt read the following letter.
Clicksaw, August 18, 1805.
Dear Sir,
Your friendly talk from Pittsburg, 13 May, I had the pleasure to receive at this place a few days ago. I thank you sincerely for your letter to the Secretary of War. I hope it will have the effect at least of relieving me from the most painful suspense I have ever experienced—I had addressed him myself from Tennessee just before I set out and am now beginning to look for his answer—I would have written you sooner on the subject of my expectations, but I thought it well-founded as not to require even mentioning to the Secretary; they were founded on a direct and unqualified promise from himself to me that I should be provided for in Louisiana as soon as the government should be organized. This was confirmed to me afterwards thro' Col. Moore and general Trigg—and last winter he repeated to several of my friends his continued disposition to serve me; but I remain as ignorant as I was two years ago in what way. I hope it may be in your quarter—and soon, for a state of suspense is penance worse by far than falling. I trust like a good Catholic that I am in a fair way for Heaven, even if I should have to pass thro' a jail.
With sincere respect and esteem, I have the honor to be,
Your Excellency's Obedient Servant, JOHN M'KEE.
His Excellency, Gen. Wilkinson.
Mr. McKee then also read the three following letters:
Clicksaw, October 19, 1805.
Dear General,
Your friendly letter of the 8th ult. I received by post on the 13th inst. and from some cause or other it was the most acceptable I ever received; it found me here alone far gone in the blue devils, doubting whether I had not better expatriate myself and try my fortune amidst the storm now gathering in Europe. You cannot think it strange that I feel extremely mortified when I tell you that I have a year past since May last been waiting in daily expectation of receiving orders to repair in a public capacity to some part of your government—this expectation was excited by the unfulfilled promises of the Secretary of War. It is true he has held out to my friends the idea that he intended to provide for me and it must be admitted he has taken time enough to do it well. In the mean time however I am suffering the most painful anxiety and my cash exhausted to a small sum. I have always suspected Claiborne of injuring me with the government, tho' he declared with uplifted hands to the contrary. I was informed that he had in 1801 made some representations to you and Col. Hawkins founded on a report made to him by Col. Joffyn, that I had abused him and the President in a conversation at Mr. McIntoshes in this nation in very severe and improper language—I have since seen Col. Joffyn who gave me a certificate of which the enclosed is a copy: for what I said of Mr. Claiborne a candidate for an office in the state of which I am a citizen I certainly can be accountable only to him, not to the government that has since cloathed him with the mantle of its power. If I had learned ornate or polite discourse to a man whose head and heart were neither of them formed to my taste on the scale of great Mingo's, perhaps I might have been fitted with an office or this; however, nil desperandum, Tenere duce, I'll remain here till Xmas—The Choctaw Treaty I fear will fall thro' this session and that will not be among my least disappointments, for I had some expectation of procuring at it a tract of land for my young Choctaw. It is reported here from Cumberland that the Secretary of War has written that if the Choctaws will to fall land they must send deputies to Washington.
With sincere respect and esteem I have the honor to be
Your Excellency's Obedient Servant, JOHN M'KEE.
His Excellency, Gen. Wilkinson.
The irregularity of the mail-carriers occasioned this to be a mail later than I expected—I am now informed by a letter from Mr. Dinwiddie that the Commissioners will meet the Choctaws about 18 Nov. and this morning I set out with your friend Gen. W. Colbert to Mount Dexter to attend the Treaty.
J. McK.
Clicksaw Bluffs, Dec. 26, 1806.
Dear General,
So many opportunities present themselves here for conveying a letter towards Orleans that I would be ungrateful to leave this without at least offering you the compliments of the season, and my hearty prayers for the success of your bark on this tempestuous sea of Liberty; for with all my confidence in her
saundness I cannot help feeling some anxiety on account of sunken rocks and the cursed pirates that infest her track.
Let out to-morrow morning for the Chickasaw, and if you should have leisure to inform me of your health by post I will remain there long enough to receive it, and I hope not much longer.
I have the honor to be with very sincere respect and esteem
Your obedient servant, JOHN M'KEE.
His Excellency General Wilkinson.
Natchez, Jan. 25, 07.
Dear General,
I wrote you a note from the Chickasaw Bluffs about Xmas. Soon after I set out for this place, where I have been for ten days and will yet remain perhaps two weeks longer—just to laugh at the ridiculous scenes that are passing before us. Here is a wide field for conjecture and every man takes his own direction. The little mingo here has assumed a military attitude to defend the Altar & the Throne as well against Col. Burr as the encroachments of the army.
I have little doubt that ere this you will have set me down as a Burrite and as little that you will believe me when I assure you that as yet I am not; and I must know the object and the means better than I do, before I can be. 'Tis true that having nothing to do and hearing that some great enterprise was on foot, patronized by many great men and winked at by the Government, I came here to profit of any opportunity that might offer of bettering my situation by honorable enterprise—As yet I see no way open but in the face of my country's laws, and desperate as my fortune is, I will never deliberately do an act that will prevent me from returning to the spot where I was born.
I have lately received a letter from Mr. Simpson saying "your friend gen. W. wishes you were here, as he has it now in his power to serve you." This to me just now is very interesting information—and by return of the mail will be glad to hear from you.
Need I tell you that considerable pains are taken and taking here to render your name unpopular; and by persons too I am informed who speak more of the laws and constituted authorities of the country. Your friends Dinwiddie, Freeman, and McKee occupy a room here and laugh at this puzzle in a storm. I have the honor to be very respectfully Your Excellency's Obedient Servant JOHN M'KEE.
His Excellency General Wilkinson.
Hunton, Feb. 16, 07.
Dear General,
I received a few days at Natchez Your favor of the 8th inst. and nothing could have given me more pleasure; for the strange dilate reserve of some of my friends in this quarter, and an observation from Doctor Carmichael that my note from the Bluffs had excited some suspicions of me in a bosom that shall never be justified in harboring any, had mortified me sorely—read that note again and if it does not speak the language of a fortunate in expressing myself.
I never was a Burrite nor can I ever give myself up to schemes of lawless plunder—'tis certain that in my present situation I might have engaged in any honorable enterprise, however hazardous—but the late one such as it has been represented is such as I hope no friend of mine will ever suspect me of favoring.
I have not the means and if I had I have not at this moment the time to give you much information on the state of things in this country. May your purse keep pace with your heart and may you live a thousand years.
Your affectionate friend JOHN M'KEE.
His Excellency General Wilkinson.
Mr. Burr. Did you make any reply to that postscript? A. I did not. I answered the letter itself—Mr. Hay complimented col. McKee's letters; declaring them to be excellent models of the Epistolary style.
Mr. Burr here observed that a number of witnesses whom he had summoned, had gone away during his indisposition; and that he had but one more witness to produce, except to establish certain circumstances against Gen. Eaton—Mr. Blennerhassett then requested that a Mr. Gates might be called in on his behalf.
GATES.
Mr. Bl. will state what you know about the seizing of the boats and provisions near Marietta? A. I was present at the time of seizing the boats. There were a few barrels of kil-dried corn meal on board and a few barrels of apples belonging to Mr. Putnam. Q. Did you see any officers on duty? A. I saw militia officers; gen. Buel and his aid-de-camp Major Clark. Q. Were you a militia man? A. I told them they had no right to call upon me in that character, during my present capacity. Mr. Blennerhassett. You had been used only to carry a file; and not a musquet? A. Yes. Q. Did they accept of your apology for not acting? A. They said, that if I would attend at 12 o'clock, with my musquet, I should be immediately discharged. Mr. Bl. Did you see any authority under which gen. Buel acted? A. Yes. He showed me a paper, which he said was his authority from Gov. Tiffin. Q. Did you see the boat that was built for my family? what has become of it? A. The last time I saw it, it lay in a very uneasy posture near Marietta.
Cross-Examined.—Mr. Wirt. As far as I understand you, you were called on to attack the boats? A. Yes. Q. And you were called on to carry a musquet? A. Yes. Q. And you were unwilling to do it? A. I was. Q. That is, you were willing to whistle and not to fight? A. Yes.
The following deposition of Charles Fenton Mercer was then offered on the part of the accused, and read.
City of Richmond and State of Virginia.
Personally appeared before me Edward Carrington one of the magistrates for the City of Richmond aforesaid, Charles Fenton Mercer, of the county of Loudoun and state aforesaid, a witness, summoned to attend the trial of Aaron Burr, who being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God, deposed as follows, viz. That having been called to the neighbourhood of Point Pleasant at the mouth of the Great Kanawha, between the 20th of September, and the 6th December 1806, to transact some business relative to an estate which he has in the county of Mason, he became acquainted with Mr. Harman Blennerhassett thro' the introduction of Mr. J. Allison of South Carolina, once a fellow student of the Deponent in the College of New-Jersey. This acquaintance commenced about the 1st of November near an open boat on the Ohio, in which Mr. Allison attended by his family with a carriage and pair of horses, and accompanied by Mr. Blennerhassett, was descending the river as far as Kentucky from whence
he expected to prosecute his journey home by land.
The reputation which Mr. Blennerhassett had acquired for talents, learning, and taste, and an eccentric, and somewhat a romantic mode of life, rendered this unexpected interview one of the most interesting events which occurred to this deponent during his residence on the Ohio, and he accepted with much pleasure an invitation from Mr. Blennerhassett to visit his then beautiful and once much celebrated island. It is true, that about that period, and, for several weeks before, reports were in circulation, that Mr. Blennerhassett was engaged with col. Burr in some common enterprise, which many persons imputed a highly criminal design. But those reports, and, especially, the injudicious suspicions often connected with them, seemed to have arisen from pre-existing prejudices against col. Burr which it was not difficult to trace to an origin very remote from the designs now ascribed to him; as the reports were believed and propagated by those who spoke of them with a conviction and a zeal proportioned to their ignorance or malignity, & as they were in themselves most improbable, absurd and ridiculous, the deponent considered them entitled to no serious consideration. About the middle of November, the deponent again saw Mr. Blennerhassett at the house of col. Andrew Lewis on the Ohio, three miles above Point Pleasant, where he alighted from his horse for an hour or two, in his journey from Kentucky. In a conversation which then occurred, he adverted with much sensibility to the reports above-mentioned, which had then become more current, and to which every day was adding some new exaggeration, and declared them to be utterly false. He was the last man in the world, he said, who would be disposed to disturb the peace or impair the prosperity of the U. States. Weary of political agitations in his native country, he had sought, he added, and found an asylum in America, the tranquillity of which he could never violate. "He had indeed," he admitted, "united with col. Burr (whom public rumour had injured as much as himself) in the plan of colonizing and improving a large tract of country on the Red River, originally granted by the king of Spain to one Baron Bastrop and lately purchased by Col. Burr of a gentleman of Kentucky. The tract contained 800,000 acres and the consideration which col. Burr and himself were to pay for it was 40,000 dollars, but by distributing a part of it in hundred-acre-farms among a number of emigrants whom such an inducement, they expected, would invite to join them, they had no doubt on the most moderate estimate, of being able to raise the value of the remainder to more than 1,000,000 dollars. Mr. Blennerhassett declined the pressing invitation of col. Lewis to make a longer tarrying on his journey, alleging as his reason for prosecuting with the greater rapidity, that the servant who accompanied him had been sent to him in Kentucky by Mrs. Blennerhassett to urge his immediate return home for the protection of his house from the fury of a mob who had threatened to burn it down. He added also, that he expected to leave the island in ten or twelve days after his return, as it was his intention to remove his family down the river before the severity of the approaching winter set in, and renewing his former invitation to the deponent, politely hoped that he would commence his journey to the interior of Virginia within that period.
Sometime after this conversation, on Saturday arrived in the course of his journey home at the shore of Ohio opposite to the island of Mr. Blennerhassett, & having first learnt with some surprise that Mr. Blennerhassett was yet on the island, crossed over to his house in a violent storm of wind and rain. That evening and the following day, he spent at the most elegant seat in Virginia and in the society of Mr. Blennerhassett and his lovely and accomplished lady. He saw no other persons on the island, except their two infant children, their servants, Mr. Neale the clerk of the court of Wood county, a Mr. Putnam who had come from the Ohio side of the river, to rent the island, and of the proprietor who was soon to abandon it, some young ladies who visited Mr. Blennerhassett on Sunday morning, and two or three of the inhabitants of the Virginia shore, who came to enquire of the deponent the price of some lands which he had advertised in the adjoining county of Mason. The deponent having expressed a desire which he had felt on visiting this country the year before, to become the purchaser of Mr. Bl.'s farm, he had the goodness to show him the plan and arrangement of his house. Every room within it was opened to his inspection. As he walked through its different apartments, the proprietor frequently apologized for the confusion into which its furniture was thrown by his preparation for his leaving it—and observed that the greater part of his furniture, his musical instruments, and his library, containing several thousand volumes of books, were packed up for his immediate removal. His children were also habited in their travelling dress. Nothing, he added, delayed his departure, except the unfinished condition of the boats which were to take him down the river. Finding that Mr. Blennerhassett estimated his farm containing one hundred and eighty acres of land with its improvements at 50,000 dollars, which he remarked was ten thousand dollars less than they had cost him, the deponent abandoned all idea of becoming their purchaser, and the rest of the time which he spent at this beautiful seat was employed in conversation with its proprietor and his family. It turned upon his removal to Ohio, the name of his new purchase. He pressed the deponent to become a participant in it, suggesting how much it would augment his fortune, and enforcing the inducement which he offered to his interest, by an assurance that the society which he invited the deponent to join, would soon become the most select and agreeable in America. He spoke of col. Burr as the moral head of it, and when the deponent expressed a doubt of the permanency and happiness of an union formed under such auspices, and dwelt on such traits of the general character of col. Burr as he deemed exceptional, Mr. Blennerhassett vindicated him with the enthusiasm of an ardent admirer and friend; and furnished the deponent with facts of which he had never before heard and which he treasured in his memory as the foundation of further enquiry into the character of that gentleman. They related entirely to occurrences of ancient date and on this side of the Alleghany.
Mr. Blennerhassett having intended before the deponent reached his house, to visit Marietta on Sunday evening, the deponent availed himself of a double motive to quit this attractive spot. He did not leave it however without regretting that the engagements of its proprietor, and his own dreary journey, but just begun in the commencement of winter, forbade him to prolong a visit which, although so transient, had afforded him so much pleasure. It is but a tribute of merited gratitude to add, that he left it in perfect good will to all its inhabitants. All that he had seen, heard, or felt, corresponded so little with the criminal designs imputed to Mr. Blennerhassett, that if he could have visited him with unfavorable sentiments, they would have vanished before the light of a species of evidence which if not reducible to the strict rules of legal testimony, hath, nevertheless, a potent influence over all sensible hearts, and which, though it possess not the formal sanction, hath often more truth than oaths or affirmations. What! will a man, who weary of the agitations of the world, of its noise and vanity, has ambitiously retired to a solitary island in the heart of a desert, and created there a terrestrial paradise, the very flowers and fruits and vines of which he has planted, nurtured and reared with his own hands; a man whose foul is accustomed to toil in the depths of science, and to repose be-
ELLIS & ALLEN.
ARE OPENING AN EXTENSIVE ASSORTMENT OF FALL & FASHIONABLE GOODS, (Selected by one of the partners.) Received by the CALFE from London and PROTECTRESS from Liverpool.
BEST London superfine and extra superfine Cloths, and superfine double and single milled Kerseymeres, Patent Prince's Cords, Royal patent Satin Velvets, Neff Pantaloonos, Quiltings, Toilets, Spanish, Mancella, Coreasian Stripes, and rich tissue Silk, silk Quiltings, Black Florentines and Molefines for vests, Gentlemen's Vandykes, Worsted, cotton, silk and Angola Hosiery, Ladies gause and worked ditto, Plain cotton & laced Clocks do. from 3-2 to 9-8 strong, Black cotton and worked ditto, Gentlemen's fashionable beaver and patent silk Hats, Hosiery's Boots and dress Pumps, Elegant Cambric Jacquet Robes, Saracens, Crapes and opera and imperial Nets, Italian Silks and Chambrys, Gambies and Muslins, Fawn, Crimson, Negro & India Mantles, 6-4 & 1-4. Maroons of different colors, Spider Net Baloon, Redsex 1 yse and Barawche Muffs and Tippets, Ladies beft kid Shoes, Lymerick and York Town Gloves, 4-4 Irish Linens, 5-4 Sheetings, Long Lawns, and some Irish Diaper and Damask table Cloths, Irish and French Cambricks, Bruffell's Carpets and Rugs, Coatings and Cloths, Flannels, and ready made Great Coats, Pelisse's, Surtout Coats and Small Cloaths, &c. &c. &c. which they will sell very low for cash or on a short credit to good customers. Oct. 20. eplm&cowlim.
FOR SALE.
TWO MILK COWS, which have been raised in town. Enquire at the Office of the Enquirer. October 23.
JOHN SOUTHGATE,
AT HIS STORE, OPPOSITE THE POST-OFFICE, Has just received an addition to his stock of DRY GOODS. ALSO, AN ASSORTMENT OF GROCERIES, &c. CROCKERY & CHINA-WARE; WHICH are offered low for cash, or barter for country produce. N. B. Bell London SEINE TWINE and NAILS of all sizes. October 23. ep8t.
In pursuance of two Orders of the Common Hall for the City of Richmond.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
That the said Common Hall will proceed, at the next monthly meeting, (which is the third Monday in next month) to elect one person to act as Police-Master for the said City, whose salary will be eight hundred dollars per annum; and one other person to act as Captain of the night watch for the said City. N. SHEPPARD, C. C. Hall. Oct. 23. t3MN.
JUST RECEIVED,
A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF DUTCH BOLTING CLOTHS, OF SUPERIOR QUALITY, FOR SALE BY J. DARMSDATT, tf. October 23.
DOCT. DANDRIDGE
HAVING taken the small tenement lately the property of Mr. Daniel Gordon of Manchester, purposes practicing PHYSIC & SURGERY in this town and its vicinity. Manchester, Oct. 24. ep3w.
NOTICE.
Will be sold, on Thursday the 5th Nov. 1807, in the Town of Manchester at the Dwelling-House of the late Joseph C. Brown, all his Estate, consisting of HOUSEHOLD and Kitchen FURNITURE, a full set of Carpenters Tools, a Kilm of Bricks, one Horse and Cart, one Cow and five Sheep. The terms will be made known on the day of sale. Also at the same time and place, will be hired nine NEGROES, all Christmas, 1808: among whom are two set of Carpenters, and one pair of Sawyers. It is requested that those who have claims against the said estate, will make them known, on or before the day of sale; and those who are indebted to said estate, either by bond or otherwise, will please make payment to the Administrators. MARY BROWN, Administratrix. JNO. HOWLETT, Administrator. October 16. 5t.
DODGE & CORB,
HAVE just received a very general and elegant assortment of FALL & WINTER GOODS; Which are much lower than ever before sold in this city. October 20. (tf)
NOW LANDING AND FOR SALE,
20 hds. Loaf Sugar 20 hds. 1st quality brown 50 hds. Rye Whiskey 15 Sugar 17 hds. Antigua Rum 25 boxes Cotton Cards 10 Tierces Prime green 10 cases Malaga Wine Coffee. 2 ton Patent Shot.
IN STORE
40 bags Green Coffee 50 hds. N. E. Rum 20 hds. Pepper 15 piers 4th proof Cog. 50 boxes 8 by 10 Glass 100 Brandy 20 trunks Shoes 20 kegs Hamilton's 2 ton bar Lead 100 buff.
TERMS liberal, and made known on application to HENRY HOVEY. October 20. 1807. ep8v.
NOTICE.
THE Creditors of Mr. George Greenhow, are hereby notified, that a Dividend will be made at our Vendue Office, on Monday, the 9th of November next, where they are desired to attend with their accounts properly authenticated.
TAYLOR & BROWN, Trustees. Oct. 20. ep8v.

reach the bowers of literature, whose air is formed by the harmony of sound, and whose touch and breath daily awaken from a variety of melodies instru- ments—With such a mass part up in the decline of life from the pleasing dream of seven years Babeler to vary fire and sword to the peaceful habitation of men who have never done him wrong? Are his musical instruments and his library to be the equipment of a camp? Will he expose a lovely and accomplished woman and two little children to whom he seems to tenderly attached, to the guilt of treason and the hor- rors of war? A treason to desperate! A war to un- equal? Were not all his preparations better adapted to the innocent and useful purpose which he avowed, rather than to the criminal and hazardous enterprise which was imputed to him? Whence arose those im- putations? From his union with col. Burr. But it is evident that he has been led to this union from his admiration of the genius and his confidence in the virtue and honor of the person with whom it has con- nected him. That which with a harsh-judging world, is the foundation of a belief of his guilt, when thoroughly and candidly examined, carries on its face, therefore, the stamp of its innocence. Such were the sentiments with which the deponent left the island of Mr. Bienenhafft. He has only to add, that he reached Marietta at a ride of fourteen miles, in company with that gentleman, at nine o'clock at night; That he slept at the same house with him and parted from him with much regret on Monday morning, at the house of Judge Woodbridge. Mr. Bienenhaf- fett on that day went up the Mufkingum to visit his house, and the Deponent proceeded his journey home. Given under my hand this 21 st Sept. 1807.
E. CARRINGTON. ELIJAH JONES. Was called on the part of Mr. Bienenhafft Mr. Wickham. Will you relate the conver- sations and transactions that passed between Mr. Bienenhafft and yourself?—The counsel for the prosecution objected to this question. Could the declarations of Mr. Bienenhafft be con- sidered as evidence? Mr. Wickham enquired whether the declarations previous to the act al- leged as an offence, might not be received as evidence? Mr. Bienenhafft observed that his declarations had been frequently quoted and urged against him, particularly in relation to the Mr. Hinderbach. Did he not the same right to quote his own declarations, when they were brought forward for his vindication? Ch. Jus. Any person who accompanied Mr. Bienenhaf- fett, may be considered as a competent witness. Mr. Hay. Did you then go down the river? Witness. I did not. Did you agree to go with Mr. Bienenhafft? A. There were no articles of agreement between us, though I agreed to go. There was however nothing bind- ing and I did not go. Mr. Hay. How easy would it have been for Mr. Bienenhafft to have made certain propositions to this gentle- man, for the certain purpose of keeping his re- al objects out of view! Ch. Jus. What pre- vented your going? Witness. Because Mr. Bienenhafft went off before the time that was appointed. If he had remained, if the boats had been finished and not stopped, I certainly should have gone. Ch. Jus. Proceed with your evidence.
Witness. In the fall of 1806, I called on Mr. Bienenhafft at Marietta to know on what terms I could go down the river with him. I informed him, that if we could agree on terms, I would go with him. He said that I should be furnished with liquors, and provisions, when going down the river, and that at the end of the journey, I should receive 100 acres of land; yet still the engagement was to be no way bind- ing upon me, and I might leave him whenever I was dissatisfied. I mentioned there was a rumour in circulation, that there was something a- lso in view besides the settlement of the Ou- achita; and that he was to receive 100 acres of land in the United States; if so, he had better inform me at once, for if he took me with him under such circumstances, he would take an enemy. He said they were not hostile to the United States. I asked him, if they were obnoxious by a party in defending the river, whether they would de- fend themselves? He replied, that he would not resist the constituted authority or persons lawfully authorized to stop him; but if they were not lawfully authorized, the laws of the United States would bear him out in resisting. He observed, that those who went on the first to settle lands, would have the most, as he would do the most to help them.
Mr. Wickham. Then your agreement was, to leave Mr. Bl. whenever you pleased? A. It was. Q. What is the President's Proclamation re- ceived before their departure? A. I think it was not till afterwards, though I am not posi- tive. Ch. Jus. Mr. Woodbridge said, that it was not received till Friday afterwards. Cross-Examined.—Q. At what time did he say, that he should leave the island? A. Differ- ent times were stated. He intended to have started earlier than he did, but col. Barker did not finish the boats in time. He then said, that he should start as soon as they were finished.—Q. Did he positively deny that he had any hos- tile designs against the U. States? A. He did deny it. I told him if he had any designs hos- tile to the United States, he had better tell me at once, and not to take me with him; for if he did, he would take an enemy. He lifted up his hands to heaven, and said, he had not. Mr. McKee. Did he say that you should receive information of the object of the expedition at the mouth of Cumberland? A. Yes; that I should get full satisfactory information at the mouth of Cum- berland as would inform me in my resolution to go on. I asked him if col. Burr was to meet him down the river. He said it was probable, but he did not say, where; but he seemed to speak of the mouth of Cumberland as being the place where he was to meet him. Mr. Bie- nenhafft. Did I not observe, that information would also be given to you at Littleton, or the Falls, and at other places down the river? A. Yes. You said that I should get better infor- mation than I had received at Marietta. Mr. Bienenhafft. Did you not understand, that the farther you went down the river, and the nearer you got to the Ouachita land, the better information you would receive about that land? A. I understood from you, that I would receive such full satisfactory information down the river, as would determine me to go on.
THOMAS BODLEY. Mr. Burr. Do you know of my purchases of land of Col. Lynch? A. I do. I think in the month of September 1806, while col. Burr was in Kentucky, and he and col. Lynch came to my office. I was clerk of the circuit court in Kentucky, and mine was an office of records. They talked to me, that they were making a contract for land, and asked me to draft a deed for them. I was at that time much engaged myself, I made a memorandum of the terms which they explained to me, & directed one of the young men in the office to draft a deed.—That deed did not please them and another was drafted, which was recorded in the office of William Todd, Notary Public. After the deed was drafted, they showed me the plot of land, and col. Lynch told me, that he had sold his in- terest or part of his interest in the Ouachita tract; that col. Burr had settled a part of the purchase money with Mr. B. Livingston, and had received the balance in Kentucky bank bills and drafts on New-York. A part of the Bliss I myself received from col. Lynch in payment of a debt.
Mr. Burr. About that time, was there not a great deal of conversation about a Spanish
war? A There was a great deal. Q Were not expeditions against the Spanish territories a very common topic? A. The Spanish war was frequently mentioned at meetings. War was con- sidered as inevitable; and it was said to be fo- stated in letters from the commander in chief on the Sabine. Mr. Burr. Was there not a general ardor on the subject, especially among the younger part of the community? A There was. There was a great zeal in some parts of the country. A great many expressed a willingness to join in the war. There are many young men in Kentucky at any time ready to engage in a war that is authorized by the government, and particularly in one with Spain.
Cross-Examined.—Mr. Hay. Is it customary in that country to have deeds recorded in a no- tarial office? A It is, when the deed is to go to a different State. Mr. Hay asked Mr. Wick- ham if there was any copy of that paper in court. Mr. Wickham replied that there was not. Mr. Hay. As the paper has been men- tioned, it is better to produce it in court. Mr. Burr. As gentlemen had said that my purchase of Ouachita land was all pretence, I wished to show that money had been paid on that trans- action. I did not come here with my deed to establish a title. Mr. McKee to Mr. Bodley. Did you see the deed? A I saw the original. It is now on record, and I received its contents. Mr. McKee. How much land was this deed for? A I am not certain about the number of acres; but the impression on my mind is, that it was for 500,000 acres. Mr. Hay. Did you not understand from the parties that the period had expired for complying with the conditions of Battrop's grant? A I understood that it had been so from a default of the government, but that it had afterwards renewed the grant. Q Was this transaction with you before or af- ter Judge Todd was consulted? A It was one or two years after the consultation. Mr. Hay. Did you see the original Spanish grant? A I am not certain. I saw many papers recorded in my office, but I am not certain whether that was among them. I saw a copy in the hands of col. Lynch. Mr. Hay. Did col. Lynch ever show any grant transferring Battrop's title to him? A I do not think he did. Mr. Hay. On whom were the drafts on New-York drawn? A On George M. Ogden.
Mr. Burr. Had we any conversations about a Mexican expedition? A Yes; frequently; and frequently he spoke about a Spanish war. He spoke several times on this subject to me and others. He thought, if there was any war with Spain, that it was the interest of the U. S. to carry an expedition into Mexico. He said, that he himself would willingly engage, and asked me, whether men could be got in Kentucky to em- bark in it. I told him, I thought they could. Mr. Hay. Did you make any contract with col. Burr for flour? A He said, that he expected to settle the Ouachita land, and in the event of a war, he would dispense with his men to go against the Spaniards; and that then he would take from me any quantity of flour, not exceed- ing two boat loads.
COL. CHARLES LYNCH. Mr. Burr. Will you relate whether I pur- chased any land of you and how much? A. Yes. You purchased my interest in Battrop's grant, wherein was about three hundred and fifty thousand acres. Mr. Burr. Did I pay you any money? A. Yes; about four or five thousand dollars. Mr. Burr. Did you suppose the three hundred and fifty thousand acres was exclusive of Livingston's claim? A I will explain. I claimed under Marchbanks and also purchased a mortgage of Stephen Wartz. I found that Edward Living- ston had also purchased the same mortgage. I commenced a suit against Livingston, but I purchased him out. Under that compromise I was entitled to about seven hundred thousand acres. The survey was made and marked upon the grant. I was entitled to six tenths and he to four tenths of the whole grant of twelve hundred thousand acres. Mr. Burr. Was it a separate or joint interest of mine? A Joint interest. Mr. Burr. Was I to settle what you owed to Livingston? A That was my object in selling.
Mr. Hay. Had you a suit with Livingston? A No. I was about to commence a suit, but we compromised. I agreed to give him thirty thousand dollars for his interest. Then I filed a bill in Chancery. Col. Burr was to pay Livingston the amount of my purchase of him; he also paid me four or five thousand dollars in money, and was to take up certain paper which I valued at thirty thousand dollars more. Mr. McKee. Did you receive any drafts from col. Burr? A Yes. Q On whom were they drawn? A On Mr. Ogden of New-York. Mr. McKee. Had you any grant conveying an absolute title? A In 1796, the petition was presented by Bat- trop; in 1797, Battrop was to furnish 500 families, the government to find them in provi- sions for six months; but it being inconvenient to the government to furnish the provisions, a letter of office was given to Battrop, by the Baron de Carondolet, to dispense with the neces- sity of introducing the families. Q Will you state the various proceedings which have taken place on this grant? A First, there was the petition, then the survey, upon that the patent, and then the letter of office. Mr. Burr. Did you get the opinion of James Brown as to the validity of Battrop's grant? A Yes, and of Mr. Gurley too. They both said the title was good.
Mr. McKee. Do you suppose there is no ne- cessity to carry families there now for the pur- pose of giving the title? A No; not now. Col. Burr. Have you any account of the nature of the soil and value of the land included in the grant? A I have been on the land, and spent several days in exploring it. I have a certificate from me signed by several respectable gentle- men, stating it to be very valuable. (Here col. Lynch produced the certificate. Mr. Hay. What is your own opinion of its value? A I think it very valuable. Mr. Hay. How far is it situated up the Red River from its mouth? A About two hundred miles. It lies on the Ouachita river, and extends towards the Missis- sippi, from which in a direct line it is not more than twenty or thirty five miles. Mr. Burr. Was your contract with me in consideration of money only, or upon condition of settlement? A I considered the condition of settlement the principal consideration. Mr. McKee. What is the date of your contract with col. Burr? A Last fall. The first thing I did was to contract with col. Burr after his arrival in Kentucky. Col. Burr. Was there any thing said about corn, which you were to furnish me with? A Yes. I was to furnish you with a quantity of corn. I received a letter from col. Burr about it, when he was at the mouth of Cumberland. He wrote from the mouth of Cumberland that he should want more corn than I had agreed to furnish him with. He stated that he was then going on with a few friends to the land on the Ouachita, and would take to him some more corn, and some utensils. Q What kind of utensils? A To clear new roads from the Mississippi. By carrying a load twenty five miles, three hundred may be saved. Mr. Burr. What proportion of the land is prairie? A I do not know pre- cisely; but I form from about one hundred thou- sand acres. Col. Burr. What is the character of that kind of land? A It is esteemed among
the French and Spaniards the most valuable; because it is fit for immediate cultivation. Mr. Hay. You spoke of a letter from Baron de Carondolet, dispensing with the settle- ment of the land; was that before the cession to the United States? A. Yes: in 1797. All the transactions about it were in 1797. I have got letters stating that the commissioners appointed to adjust the claims to lands in that territory, thought it as good a title as any in Kentucky. Mr. Hay. Have you got a copy of your deed? A No. Q Did it contain a general or a speci- al warranty? A In every conveyance of the kind, there is always a clause, providing in case of an interference by Congress.
(Evidence to be continued.)
FOR THE ENQUIRER.
Shall general Wilkinson respond to the slan- ders of a host of enemies whetted by disap- pointment and stimulated by revenge? Shall he enter the lists of controversy with the part- zans of the very rebellion he has himself crush- ed, or descend to controvert the slanderous as- sertions of a band of calumnious discontent, who without the spirit to emulate a meritorious deed, possess the low ambition to envy it? We hope not,—we hope his attentions will be car- ried to very different objects, in the present cri- sis of public affairs, standing, as we do, on the threshold of a war, which may require the ex- ercise of the skill, conduct, and courage of the whole nation.
Pending the trial of Aaron Burr, we have be- held the most extraordinary scenes ever pre- sented before a tribunal of justice; To impugn the character of general Wilkinson, as mu- ch implicated in the conduct of the traitor himself, and it has been with astonishment we have beheld volumes of testimony let in, totally irrelevant to the case and calculated solely to blacken the character of a public officer, who (taken by surprise) found himself without other defence, than that which accident provided for him.
We have seen witnesses of almost every country and denomination, the avowed enemies of general Wilkinson, hunted up from the remotest extremes of the union, to violate the seal of con- fidence and rip up the private transactions of his life!
We have been apprized that the notorious accomplice of Burr was the bearer of blank subpoenas, to that arch swindler, public default- er and fugitive from justice Edward Living- ston, who inspired with the holy zeal of a full blooded conspirator, ran over Louisiana to fa- cilitate ex-parte depositions, shaped for the oc- casion, and to collect testimonies against the ge- neral; and by artifices the most foul, to aid the cause of his suffering friend.
Venereal is the general thus persecuted and abused? Wherefore are transactions of twenty years standing—transactions purely commercial, now distorted, misrepresented, and brought for- ward to defame him? Is it because he has been guilty of any act of infidelity to the government? Is it because he has failed to do justice to the high and honorable trust successively reposed in him by Washington, Adams and Jefferson? Is it because he has neglected a duty to be per- formed, or has failed in one solitary instance to promote the national weal, with that zeal and ardour which characterize the man? No! his enemies may continue to howl, but it will be impossible for them ever to substantiate against him, political defection or a dereliction of per- sonal honor.
In what then has he offended, thus to draw down upon him the rancorous malice and ruth- less vengeance of a motley tribe of adversaries? It is a crime with the invidious that he should have been five administrations, and rendered satisfaction where he was responsible, and the sweets of of- fice could not be permitted him, without that alloy of dereliction which we find inseparable from public station in free governments. But, he has sinned beyond forgiveness—because he refused to violate his oath—abandon his alle- giance—turn his arms against the country he had sworn to defend, and dishonour his sword by becoming a military traitor. Herein we per- ceive "The very beard and front of his offend- ings."
It will be remembered, and by the citizens of Virginia particularly, that the situation of the settlements of Kentucky pending the years 1785—6 were not only humiliating but peri- lous. It is not forgotten that the torrent of migration to the West, was considered a per- nicious drain from the population of the East, that the progressive improvements of our West- ern Wilds were viewed with jealous eyes by many, and men of distinction had been heard to implore heaven, that the Pacific Ocean should wash the Western foot of the Appalachian moun- tains. On the eve of a separation from the parent state, those sympathies and obligations which had heretofore cherished and protected the district of Kentucky, were about to be dis- solved. The inhabitants of that, then, seque- stered region, without protection from the gen- eral government, saw their frontier settlements every where exposed to the tomahawk and scalping knife, and without the navigation of the Mississippi, the products of their labour were left to perish on their hands. What, let us enquire, was the government at that period? A mere rope of sand—Nervless, without re- source, and subsisting on diurnal expedients. What was the policy of the administration in those days?—Narrow, local, exclusive, and in- vidious—State interests, and state distinctions were then predominant, and the national family had not yet sat down to a single repast. An objection, from the smallest source, was sufficient to mar the most salutary proposition; and the most precious interests of the confederation were
subjected to the caprice of a single member. It was in the year 1786 that a proposal was offered to Congress for the concession of the exclusive navigation of the Mississippi, to Spain, for twenty five years, under the pretext of an exchange for certain commercial privileges to the Atlantic States, and in order to acquire the right of Es- toppel. The proposition terrified the Western people and suggested the necessity of their look- ing to their own rights and interests. The alarm and abhorrence produced by this measure were universal, the children of the woods be- gan to think and to speak for themselves, and but for the reasonable production and adoption of the glorious fabric, which cements United America, a separation long before this period would have ensued as a necessary consequence.
Gen. W. had migrated to the Western country in 1783, in quest of provision for a young and increasing family. He at this period considered his hopes jeopardized, and determined to look abroad for what he had not found at home. With this object he made a small equipment and embarked on Kentucky river in April 1785, and after escaping many perils from the savages, he arrived at New Orleans in June.
For the events which ensued, we beg leave to refer to the document A. This honorable tes- timonial will serve to illustrate a fact, which hundreds of living witnesses may be produced to sustain; viz: that general Wilkinson did pro- cure to his fellow citizens in the West on his own risk and expense, the invaluable advan- tages of a free trade with New Orleans, years before that privilege was obtained by treaty. It is neither necessary nor obligatory, nor would it be honorable to detail the means employed to effect this object; it will suffice to say, that his country was accommodated and bene- fitted by his enterprise, and that his personal pecuniations, in their nature politically innocent, were directed to the friendly correspondence, harmonious intercourse, and reciprocal interest of the two countries, and it will not be denied that he had the same right at that period, to establish a mercantile connection at New Or- leans, which the merchants of the United States have at present, to extend their commercial speculations to Vera Cruz and Laguna, or to Turkey, China and the East Indies.
The general has acknowledged to the author of these remarks, that he originally contemplated removing to Natchez, and did favour the poli- cy of the court of Spain, at that time to populate that district with emigrants from the United States, for motives too obvious to name.
His commercial engagements were exclusively with the Spanish government of Louisiana. As he never sold a cent's worth of property, in the market, after his first voyage, of course the cash he received was from the government of the country, and this he either received in per- son on his bills or by remittance through vari- ous channels. The last payment was made him in the year 1796 through his agent Philip Nolan, being a balance which had arisen on the recov- ery of some tobacco which it had been be- lieved was damaged, and lost in the year 1789.
On the General's first engagement, a cypher was formed, more for the security of the com- munications of his friend, than his own, and when this friend left the country about the year 1790, their affairs being unsettled, he transfer- red the cypher to his successor whom the General never saw; but with whom he recollected to have passed one or two letters in cypher, re- specting his private business about fourteen years since.
The last letter the General received from the Baron de Carondolet was dated in May 1797. It was strictly official and conveyed the Baron's protest against the detention of a body of troops, which the general had attached to demand pos- session of the posts on the Mississippi, agreeably to the treaty of friendship, limits, and naviga- tion. The General rebutted this protest, and the troops proceeded under captains Gunton and Heth, and for reasons of a confidential nature an order was passed by the General to the officer commanding at Natchez to prevent the agent of the Baron from re-entering the U. States by the Ohio.
It is believed that the Baron de Caron- dolet came to the government of Louisiana about the year 1791, at which time the general left Kentucky and has been since incessantly engaged in military life; and the documents marked B will exhibit general Washington's sense of his services during three years of arduous duty; from whence it will appear that general Wilkin- son was actually engaged in defending, instead of dividing the country.
General Wilkinson has never by word or deed endeavored to incline a single individual to op- pose the laws or injure the government of his country. He has never received nor employed a dollar for the purposes of corruption. He has never held a commission nor received a pen- sion from any foreign power. Nor has he ever given a test of allegiance but to his own country. He cannot prove a negative, but he has done what he could do to purge himself of the flanders of his enemies, and the correspondence with his excellency governor Folsom (marked C) and the voluntary declaration of capt. Thos. Power (marked D) are offered as influences.
Was the defamatory address of that moon- struck wretch Joseph Hamilton Davies (who has acknowledged himself to have been a spy and a liar) deemed worthy of notice, he may issue once more from his den at Cornwall, and seek an answer in these observations. A KENTUCKIAN. 24th October, 1807. Major Pike. (NO. A.) Extract from a Memoir Submitted to the Honorable Timothy Pickering when Secretary of State, by the Honorable Daniel Clark. "About the period of which we are speaking in the middle of the year 1787, the foundation of an inter- course with Kentucky and the settlements on the O- hio was laid, which daily increases. Previous to that time, all those who ventured on the Mississippi had their property seized by the first commanding officer whom they met, and little or no communication was kept up between the countries; now and then an e- migrant who wished to settle in Natchez, by dint of intreaty and solicitation of friends, who had interest in New Orleans, procured permission to remove there with his family, slaves, cattle, furniture and farming utensils, but was allowed to bring no other property except cash. An unexpected incident, however, changed the face of things and was productive of a new line of conduct; the arrival of a boat belonging to gen. Wilkinson loaded with tobacco and other prod- uctions of Kentucky, is announced in town, and a guard was immediately sent on board of it. The Gen- eral's name had hindered this being done at Natchez, as the commandant was fearful that such a step might be displeasing to his superiors, who might with to see how lone reaped to a general officer—At any rate the boat was proceeding to Orleans, and they could then rely on what measures they ought to pursue, and put them in execution. The government not much disposed to show any mark of respect or forbear- ance towards the general's property, he not having at that time arrived, was about proceeding in the usual way of confiscation, when a merchant in Orleans, who had considerable influence there, and who was formerly acquainted with the general, represented to the governor that the measures taking by the In- tendent, would very probably give rise to disagree- able events; that the people of Kentucky were alrea- dy exasperated at the conduct of the Spaniards in
seizing on the property of all those who navigated the Mississippi, and of this reason was preferred to would very probably, in spite of Congress and the Executive of the United States, be, under the necessity to obtain the navigation of the river by force, which they were able to do; a measure for some time before much desired by this government, which had no choice to resist them if such a plan was put in execution. It was therefore suggested that Wilkinson was a very popular man, who could influence the whole of that country, and probably that he leading a body of men with that weight he possessed, was an opportunity at his return to influence the minds of the people, and having brought them to the point he wished, induce them to appoint him their leader and then like a torrent, spread over the country and carry fire and devastation from one end of the province to the other. Governor Mirou, unacquainted with the American government, ignorant even of the position of Kentucky with respect to his own province, but alarmed at the very idea of an in- vasion of Kentucky men whom he feared with- out knowing their strength, communicated his wishes to the Intendant, that the guard might be re- moved from the boat, which was accordingly done; and a Mr. Batterton, who was the agent of the ge- neral, was permitted to take charge of the property on board and sail off free of duty. The general on his arrival in New Orleans some time after, informed of the obligation he lay under to the merchant who had impressed the governor with such an idea of his im- portance and influence at home, waited on him, and in concert with him formed a plan for their future o- perations. In his interview with the governor, that he might not seem to derogate from the character given of him by appearing concerned, in trifling a business as a boat load of tobacco, hams and butter, he gave him to understand that the property belong- ed to many citizens of Kentucky, who on returning them- selves of their return to the Atlantic States by way of Orleans, wished to make a trial of the reaper of this government, that he on his return might inform his owners what steps had been pursued under his eye, that adequate measures might be afterwards taken to procure satisfaction. He acknowledged with grate- vade the attention and respect manifested by the go- vernor towards himself in the favor shown to his a- gent, but at the same time mentioned that he would hope to be favoured by the governor with the boat of the cargo (as it was but a trifle) if such were the po- sitive orders from court, and that he had not a power to relax them according to circumstances.— Convinced by this discourse that the general was wished for an opportunity of embarking affairs, than fought to avoid it—The Governor became more im- pressed; for two or three years before and particu- larly since the arrival of the commissioners from Georgia who had come to Natchez to claim that country, he had been fearful of an invasion at every annual vic- te of the waters, and the news of a few boats being seen on the Ohio was enough to alarm the whole pro- vince, he resolved in his mind what measure he ought to pursue, (confident with the orders he had from home not to permit the free navigation of the River) in order to keep the people of Kentucky quiet, and in his face more interest with Wilkinson having pro- cured more knowledge than he had hitherto ac- quired of their character, population, strength and dispo- sition, he thought he could do nothing better than hold out a bait to Wilkinson to use his influence in restrain- ing the people from an invasion of this province, till he could give advice to his court and require further instructions. This was the point to which the par- ties wished to bring him, and being informed that in Kentucky two or three crops were on hand for which, if an immediate vent was not found, the people would not keep within bounds; he made Wilkinson the of- fering a permission to import on his own account to New Orleans a free of duty all the productions of Kentucky, thinking by this means the conciliate the good will of the people, without yielding the point of navigation; as the commerce carried on would appear the effect of an indulgence to an individual which could be withdrawn at pleasure. On consultation with his friends who well knew what further concessions Wilkinson could extort from the fear of the Spaniards by the promise of his good of- fices in preaching peace, harmony and good under- standing with this government until arrangements were made between Spain and America, he was ad- vised to insist that the governor should insure him a market for all the flour and tobacco he might send, as in the event of an unfortunate shipment he would be ruined, whilst endeavouring to do a service to Loui- siana. This was accepted, Burr was always wanted in Orleans, and the King of Spain had given orders to purchase more tobacco for the supply of his manufac- tory at home than Louisiana at that time produced & which was paid for at about 9 3/4 cts. per cwt. In Kentucky it cost but two, and the profit was immense. In consequence the general appointed his friend, Daniel Clark, his agent here, returned by way of Charles- ton in a vessel with a particular permission to go to the U. States even at the very moment of Gardoque's in- formation, and on his arrival in Kentucky, bought on all the produce he could collect, which he shipped & disposed of as before mentioned, and for some time all the trade from the Ohio was carried on in his name, a line from him failing to insure to the owner of the boat every privilege and protection he could desire. On granting this privilege to Wilkinson, the gov- ernor came to a resolution of encouraging emigration from the Western country, and offered passports to all settlers with an exemption of duty on all the property they might bring with them invested in the produce of the country they came from. Under the denomination of settlers all those who had acquaintances with a few persons of influence in Orleans, obtained passports, made shipments to their address which were admitted free of duty, and under pretence of following shortly after with their families continued their speculations, others came with their property, bad lands granted them, which after locat- ing they disposed of, and having finished their business returned to the U. States; a few only remained in the province and are now the people, who, in general, availed themselves of the immunities granted by the government; they possessed a few slaves and cattle, but had little other property, and they general- ly settled among their countrymen in the Natchez & increased the cultivation of tobacco, at the time the principal article raised for exportation in the Ohio. This encouragement given to emigrants and speculators opened a market for all the produce of the Ohio; flour was imported from Pittsburgh and the farmers finding a vent for all they could raise, their lands aug- mented in value, their industry increased and they have exported annually to Louisiana for some time past from 10 to 15000 barrels of flour, for which they generally find a ready market."
(NO. B.) SUNDAY EXTRACTS Of letters from General Knox, Secretary of War, to Brigadier General James Wilkinson. March 30, 1792. "The steps you have taken to procure information of the state of the Indians were highly proper, and in future you will be every expedient to gain information of their designs. "The President of the United States will be anx- ious to hear of your safe return from your excursion to the field of action; and this anxiety is in proportion to the risk you appear to encounter, by so near an approach to the Miami Towns, at a rear which, if our information be just, near five hundred Indians may be collected in a short time. Another extract from the same letter. "This defensive protection must be confided to you and general Scott, or the country is untenable, or you may judge proper. A few troops 5 or 6 of a dol- lar per day, to each company, ought to constitute per- haps, the main part of this protection, aided by such a number of rangers on the pay and rations of the troops of the United States, as shall be judged indis- pensable by you."
APRIL 24, 1792. "The expedition to the field of action is an honor- able evidence of your military zeal, and I am happy that you returned safely."

The President of the United States, whose orders I communicate to you on this, and all other important points of your command, have, and it is presumed, will to the last effect of the measures of peace.
APRIL 20th, 1792. The zeal and promptitude with which you executed the wishes of the Executive, are remarked with pleasure, and will not fail of receiving the approbation of the President of the U. States.
APRIL 27th, 1792. The idea you have mentioned, of employing about one hundred mounted volunteer Riflemen, for efforts from Port to Port, is approved by the President of the United States; and you are hereby authorized to carry it into execution, upon the pay stated in the law herein enclosed.
MAY 12th, 1792. Although I have not received any information of the actual departure of Col. Hardin and Major Trueman, yet from Mr. Hodgdon's information, they left Fort Washington upon Harmer's trace, about the 20th of May.
JULY 27th, 1792. The terms you stipulated to Col. Hardin, shall be performed on the part of the public.
AUGUST 8th, 1792. The zeal and activity you have exhibited to further the objects of public service, is highly gratifying to me, and I have to express it, both to the President, who is in Virginia, and general Wayne.
JANUARY 4th, 1799. I regret exceedingly the sudden departure of this express, which prevents my enlarging at this time; but I cannot refrain from intimating the satisfaction repeatedly expressed by the President of the United States at your activity and zeal to promote the several objects of the public service under your direction.
MAY 17th, 1799. As the commanding general has defended the river to Fort Washington, it is unnecessary for me to reply particularly to your several letters, otherwise than to thank you heartily for the various, extensive and important information you have communicated from time to time; all of which was duly communicated to the President of the United States.
DECEMBER 4th, 1794. The difference between you and Major General Wayne is considered as very unhappy, and embarrassing a degree the military part of our national reputation.
NOV. 27th, 1806. I have often expressed to her and col. Biddle, the pleasure your conduct gave the President of the United States. I am impressed with the conviction that you will persevere in the same path.
NOV. 27th, 1806. My Dear Sir, By the hands of my friend and relation, Major Wayne, you will receive a new paper containing the orders lately issued by Gen. Jackson, to the militia of West Tennessee, being the division under his command.
NOV. 27th, 1806. Dear Sir, Considering the various and extravagant reports which circulate concerning me, it may not be unsatisfactory to you to be informed (and to you there can be no other source of information than myself) that I have no wish or design to attempt a separation of the union, that I have no connection with any foreign power or government, that I never meditated the introduction of any foreign power, or influence into the United States or any parts of its territories, but on the contrary, should repel with indignation any proposition or measure having that tendency; in fine, that I have no project or views hostile to the interest or tranquility or union of the U. States, or prejudicial to its government; and I pledge you my honor for the truth of this declaration.
NOV. 27th, 1806. Sir, Your most obedient Servant, J. WILKINSON. His Excellency, Governor Folsom, Baton Rouge.
BATON ROUGE, 16th February 1807. My Dear Sir, Your favor of the 25th ultimo has come to hand, and so far from feeling any reluctance in complying with your request, it is with the greatest satisfaction that I answer the contents of your letter.
I solemnly declare to you that I have resided in these provinces of Louisiana and W. Florida, with little or no interruption since the 14th of July 1788 (when I came to New Orleans at the pressing invitation of my beloved uncle Don Estevan Miro, who was at that time governor of them) to this period; and it being publicly known that, in the quality of a near relation and intimate friend, no person ever possessed his confidence in a greater degree than myself, it may be presumed that no person can give a more satisfactory answer to your queries than myself.
I remain with due consideration your most Faithful and affectionate servant (and this your hand) VISITE. FOLCH. His Excellency, Gen. JAS. WILKINSON. New Orleans, 16th May, 1807.
Sir, I cannot, in Elseno, behold my name employed to fardion the calumnies levied at any man's character; and the more, Sir, I make you a tender of the enclosed; and have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, Sir, Your most obedt. Servt. THOMAS POWER. Gen. JAMES WILKINSON.
I, Thomas Power, of the city of New Orleans, lately an officer in the service of Spain, moved falsely by a lease of justice, and the desire to prevent my name from being employed to fardion groundless calumnies, do most solemnly declare that I have at no time carried or delivered to Gen. James Wilkinson, from the government of Spain, or from any person in the service of said government, cash, bills or property of any species.
See Enquirer May 26th, 1807. FOR THE ENQUIRER. Perceiving an oblique attempt in that article of truth, the Western World, to implicate Governor Harrison, for some indefinable sympathy, in relation to Burr or his accomplice Davis Floyd.
JUSTITIA. Richmond, Oct. 26, 1807. COPY. LEXINGTON, 24th Oct. 1806. My Dear Sir, By the hands of my friend and relation, Major Wayne, you will receive a new paper containing the orders lately issued by Gen. Jackson, to the militia of West Tennessee, being the division under his command.
NOV. 27th, 1806. Dear Sir, Considering the various and extravagant reports which circulate concerning me, it may not be unsatisfactory to you to be informed (and to you there can be no other source of information than myself) that I have no wish or design to attempt a separation of the union, that I have no connection with any foreign power or government, that I never meditated the introduction of any foreign power, or influence into the United States or any parts of its territories, but on the contrary, should repel with indignation any proposition or measure having that tendency; in fine, that I have no project or views hostile to the interest or tranquility or union of the U. States, or prejudicial to its government; and I pledge you my honor for the truth of this declaration.
NOV. 27th, 1806. Sir, Your most obedient Servant, J. WILKINSON. His Excellency, Governor Folsom, Baton Rouge.
NOV. 27th, 1806. Sir, Your most obedient Servant, J. WILKINSON. His Excellency, Governor Folsom, Baton Rouge.
of our government, particularly to one high in the confidence of the administration. He has assured me my views would be grateful to the administration. Indeed, from the nature of them it cannot be otherwise, and I have no doubt of having received your active support, if a personal communication with you could have been had.
His Excellency Gov. HARRISON. Vincennes (I. T.) Dec. 24, 1806. I do hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the original letter written by col. Burr to his excellency Gov. Harrison, which at his request I have transcribed. (Signed) WALTER TAYLOR. Copy of a Copy.
LUTHER MARTIN--AGAIN. "Hear both sides of the argument," is a correct maxim. The same determination, to be impartial, with which the Wig commenced, will I trust, ever characterize its progress; and although we ought to apologize for the insertion of Mr. Martin's reply to Mr. Burr's charges, in his defence; yet as it is remembered, that "a bad excuse is better than none," Luther being a lawyer, of coarse knows every thing, could not be ignorant of that proverb.
Baltimore Whig . In addition to these remarks, we have only to observe, that the following was originally published in the Virginia Gazette , in answer to Gen. Eaton's attack; and that Luther Martin, if he was not intimately acquainted with Aaron Burr's designs, was at least a most unerring prophet.
As to Mr. Graybell, he is a worthy respectable citizen, of a German descent, an intimate friend of mine, who, when a market morning, when I have no change or money, as it sometimes happens, I have no money of any kind, he is my banker.
I have referred for the left, my united Irishman, and as to him I most solemnly declare, I have ever detested his principles too much to have had any other communication with him than the mere common civilities which every gentleman ought to show not merely to a stranger, but to a stranger whose acquaintance they ardently wish to share.
I shall here add, that from the time Col. Burr first went to the westward, until he was wantonly and unconstitutionally deprived of his liberty, by the military, not a single letter ever passed between us; and that from the period he went east to the westward, or any time before, until the time of his being thus deprived of his liberty, he never directly or indirectly communicated to me his plans, whatever they might have been.
NEW-YORK, October 19. IMPORTANT. Capt. Reynolds, of the ship Factor, arrived at this port yesterday, left St. Peterburg on the 9th of Aug. passed Copenhagen the 22d, and left Elsinore on the 22d.
October 19. The noted Comfort Tyler, the friend of col. Burr, came passenger in the schr. John and James from New Orleans--under arrest. [We omitted to state in our last paper, that the attorney for this district has entered a Nolle Prosequi in the cases of Comfort Tyler and John Smith of Ohio; on both the indictments.] Enquirer.
October 22. A letter from Liverpool, dated Sept. 9, says, "an embargo is on all the ports in Holland, even fishing boats and small crafts." [On the President's Proclamation published in the last Enquirer.]
The President's proclamation, which we published this day, is presumed will show that the speculations which we have repeatedly given to the public on the prospects of the country as to peace or war, were not lightly taken up nor hastily uttered.
There are in the British provinces of upper and lower Canada, upwards of 740 persons who have at different times deserted from the military service of the United States.
A circumstance more important in the general view of affairs, is the fact that there are now in the prisons of Canada, about 140 persons, who upon the late call of a conscription for the military service, refused and vowed their determination not to serve against the United States.
Under such circumstances and at the approach of the session of the national legislature, the early and wise precaution of the executive in making such military preparation as was within the executive authority; in laying up such stores as the public appropriations authorized; and in thus timely calling together the delegates of the people, after the people have had full time to consider the situation of the nation presented to them.
The mercantile class of citizens are now reminded of the quarrels often given them; they now see what it is their duty to do in their own concerns and in relation to the country. And now also you citizens who are really whigs of 1776; now remember time past; time present; and time to come. Aurora.
HELPS FOR VIRTUE! The following intelligence is surely a proof that our judges are men "fearing God, and hating covetousness"--they are a "terror to evil-doers, and a praise to them that do well."
Accounts have been rec'd from Louisville , and Jacksonville , which state that Davis Floyd , one of the accomplices of Burr, in his treason, had been tried and found guilty of a "high misdemeanor."
We are of the venerable William Penn's opinion, that good men are as necessary to administer, as to form, laws or government.
Who disgraced the country in Miranda's affair ? Smith and Ogden--both Federalists ! Who acquired Ogden and Smith? a packed jury of Federalists ! Who have embarrassed the nation at every opportunity that offered?
The administration may rely on it, that if they "sow the wind, they will reap the whirlwind!" If they keep traitors in office, they will have treason as long through the land.
What are the politics of Governor Harrison, Judges Davis and Taylor? Harrison is a son-in-law of the ex-governor St. Clair , and a decided Federalist .
If factious beings, like these, share the beams of executive favour, every torpid folk will crawl into life; and insurrection will follow in succession. The fable of the Hydra will be realized, in the American Judges .
Life of Vessels in the Port of Philadelphia. 66 SHIPS, 57 BRIGS, 59 SCHOONERS, 90 SLOOPS, 13 SHIPS on the Stocks.
WASHINGTON, October 22. Several of the British prints, in announcing the arrival of the Revenge , state the existence of a rumor that the American government had required an answer to their representations within four days, and deduce from this circumstance their anti-pacific temper.
A considerable number of members of the National Legislature have already arrived in the City; and there does not exist a doubt of a quorum of the two Houses being formed on Monday.
From the Intelligencer . We give the following article, from the New-York Commercial Advertiser, as we find it, parts of it carry on their face, the strongest evidence of absurdity.
INDIAN AFFAIRS. The following particulars are furnished by Mr. Valentine, M. Rabbins, a Missionary among the Indians.
The alarm excited a few weeks since, by a large assembly of different tribes of Indians at Greenville and Fort Wayne, in this state, seems to have entirely subsided.
The emperor of France, in replying to an address from the representatives of the kingdom of Italy, says: "For the first time, after so many ages, the Italians have appeared with honor on the grand theatre of the world; their conduct in the field of Poland, was distinguished by a courage and zeal which gave me much joy; and I hope that so happy a commencement will excite the emulation of the nation;
WILLIAM MCCABE, WATCH AND CLOCK MAKER. Has moved from his former stand, which was near the Bell Tavern, to the well known stand opposite Mrs. Gault's store, and one door above Mr. Brooks's Dry Goods store nearly opposite the cross street leading from May's bridge to Byrd's carriage-house.
TUITION. Having engaged a gentleman of approved abilities as an assistant, the subscriber embraces the earliest opportunity to inform his friends in the city and vicinity of Richmond, that the additional number of ten or twelve students will be admitted into his Academy.
By virtue of a deed of trust, executed on the fifth day of May last, to the subscriber, by Frederick Jones and Richard Carter, for the purpose of securing certain debts therein specified.
WILLIAM MURPHY, Trustee. Oct. 17. RICHMOND TURNPIKE COMPANY. At a meeting of the Directors of the said Company, on Saturday the 10th of October, 1807--RESOLVED, That all Shares of delinquent Stockholders in the said company, be sold at auction, before the front door of the Eagle Tavern, in the City of Richmond, on Monday the 23d of next month.

Europe.
FOREIGN ADVICES.
Boston, October 14.
Yesterday arrived here the ship New-Packet, from Liverpool. She sailed the 9th ult. and has brought our London files down to the seventh September, (evening).
English ships had been sent to cut a Danish out of Christiamford, in Norway. The East-India fleet arrived in England September 5.
The British have fitted out the long-boats of their men of war to encounter the Danish gun-boats.
OF AMERICAN AFFAIRS.
We do not find much said; and what we do find wears a hostile aspect. The frigate Revenge, arrived at Plymouth, the 23d August, in 30 days from Norfolk; and the officer entrusted with the dispatches set off immediately for London. On the 2d September, Mr. Munroe, presented the dispatches to Mr. Canning. On them we find the following remarks:—
The "Courier," a leading ministerial paper of Sep. 7, 1806, "It is said, that the American government, in their dispatches by the Revenge, have limited our ministers to four days to deliberate on the nature of those dispatches, and to frame an answer. As there could be no motive from such a limitation but that of insulting us, his majesty's ministers would of course treat such an insult as it deserves, and refuse to enter into any negotiation. But we can hardly believe that the Americans, violent and insolent as they are, would venture upon such a proceeding, unless they are determined upon going to war. Other accounts affirm, that the government of America, in their instructions to Mr. Munroe, have desired him positively to insist on our relinquishing the right of searching any of their vessels for men, whatever their rank or condition may be. They do not require us to give up the right of search for merchandise; but they declare, they will never permit any of their vessels, whether ships of war or merchantmen, to have their men taken out, after they have left their ports. Their men—it is not their men we want but our own. We want to put an end to that system of inquiring our seamen—What! we may be permitted to search their ships to see whether there be enemy's property or goods contraband of war on board; but if we find British seamen, the sinews of our strength and prosperity, on board them, we must not touch nor take away. We do not even think that the late ministers would have yielded this point."
The Liverpool "Chronicle," an opposition paper, after mentioning the arrival of the dispatches, "It is said four days only are allowed for government to deliberate upon them. We hope our ministers are not made of such iron stuff, as to yield a point, the maintenance of which will expose us to the censure of the world."
The "Ledger," a neutral paper, "It is reported, the dispatches by the Revenge, leave little room to expect amicable adjustment of the difficulties between the two States; and that only four days have been given to deliver an answer to them. We hope these reports are unfounded; we expect, indeed, that Mr. Munroe will speak the language of firmness, but that the point in dispute may yet be amicably settled."
The "Morning Chronicle," the leading opposition paper, contends, that "according to the law of nations, power is right."
The dispatches which Mr. Munroe received by the Revenge were communicated to the English Ministry, the 2d Sept.—If, as the London prints assert, they were limited to four days to give their answer, the time had but just expired, at our latest London date. This circumstance creates much anxiety for the next tidings. There is no truth in the report that Mr. Munroe had left London.
FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE.
Downing-street, Sept. 4.
Dispatches, of which the following are copies and extracts, have been received by the Viscount Castlereagh, one of his Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, from the Admiral Gambier, and Lieutenant General the Right Honourable Lord Cathcart, K. T. the commanders of his Majesty's naval and military forces in the Baltic Sea:—
Prince of Wales, in the Sound, off Wibeck, August 15.
My Lord, I have the honor to inform your Lordship, that Lieutenant General Lord Cathcart, joined me off Elsinour, on the 12th inst. Every disposition being made for the disembarkation of the army, this service was intended to be carried into execution on the morning of the 14th, but the wind not allowing the transports to move towards Copenhagen, it was not till last evening that I arrived off Wibeck, a village situated about midway between Elsinour and Copenhagen, and at this place the army was disembarked this morning without the smallest opposition.
I have the honor to transmit herewith a copy of the proclamation which Lieutenant General Lord Cathcart and myself have determined to issue on this occasion.
I have the honor to be, &c.
(Signed) J. GAMBIER.
Viscount Castlereagh, &c.
PROCLAMATION.
Issued on the 15th August at Zealand. BY AD. GAMBIER & LORD CATHCART, Commanders in Chief of his Majesty's forces by Sea and Land, employed in the Expedition.
WHEREAS, the present Treaties of Peace and the changes of government and of territory acceded to by so many powers, have so far increased the influence of France on the continent of Europe, as to render it impossible for Denmark, though it desires to be neutral, to preserve its neutrality, and absolutely necessary for those who continue to resist the French aggression to take measures to prevent the arms of neutral powers from being turned against them.
"In this view the King cannot regard the present position of Denmark with indifference, and his Majesty has sent negotiators with ample powers to his Danish Majesty, to request, in the most amicable manner, such explanations as the times require, and a concurrence in such measures as can alone give security against the farther mischief which the French meditate, through the requisition of the Danish navy."
"The King, our Royal and most gracious master, has therefore judged it expedient, to desire the temporary deposit of the Danish ships of the line, in one of his Majesty's ports."
"This deposit seems to be just, and so indispensable necessary, under the relative circumstances of the neutral and belligerent Powers, that his Majesty has further deemed it a duty to himself, and to his people, to support this demand by a powerful fleet, and by an army
amply supplied with every preparation necessary for the most active and determined enterprise."
"We come therefore, to your shores, inhabitants of Zealand! not as enemies, but in self-defence, to prevent those who have so long disturbed the peace of Europe from compelling the force of your navy to be turned against us."
"We have asked deposit, we have not looked to capture; so far from it, the most solemn pledge has been offered to your government, and is hereby renewed in the name, and at the express command of the King, our master, that if our demand is amicably acceded to, every ship belonging to Denmark, shall at the conclusion of a General Peace, be restored to her, in the same condition and state of equipment as when received under the protection of the British flag."
"It is in the power of your government by a word, to sheath our swords, most reluctantly drawn against you; but if, on the other hand, the machinations of France render you deaf to the voice of reason and the call of friendship, the innocent blood that will be spilt, and the horrors of a besieged and bombarded capital, must fall on your own heads, and on those of your cruel advisers."
"His majesty's seamen and soldiers, when on shore, will treat Zealand, as long as your conduct to them permit it, on the footing of a province of the most friendly power in alliance with Great-Britain, whose territory has the misfortune to be the theatre of war."
"The persons of all those who remain at home, and who do not take an hostile part, will be held sacred."
"Property will be respected and preserved, and the most severe discipline will be enforced."
"Every article of supply furnished or brought to market, will be paid for at a fair and settled price; but as immediate and constant supplies, especially of provisions, forage, fuel and transports, are necessary to all armies, it is well known that requisitions are unavoidable and must be enforced."
"Much convenience will arise to the inhabitants, and much confusion and loss to them will be prevented, if persons in authority are found in the several districts to whom requisitions may be addressed, and through whom claims for payment may be settled and liquidated."
"If such persons are appointed, and discharge their duty, without meddling in matters which do not concern them, they shall be respected, and all requisitions shall be addressed to them, through the proper channels, and departments of the navy and army; but as forbearance on the part of the inhabitants is essential to the principle of these arrangements, it is necessary that all manner of civil persons should remain at their respective habitations, and any persons, found in arms, singly, or in small troops, or who may be guilty of any act of violence, must expect to be treated with rigor."
"The government of his Danish majesty having hitherto refused to treat this matter in an amicable way, part of the army has been disembarked, and the whole force has assumed a warlike attitude; but it is as yet not too late for the voice of reason and moderation to be heard."
Given in the Sound, under our hands and seals, this 15th August 1807. (Signed as above.)
Copy of a letter from admiral Gambier to the English secretary for foreign affairs, dated on board the prince of Wales, off Copenhagen, August 21, 1807.
My Lord—Being of opinion that the service on which his majesty's forces at the island of Zealand are employed, render it highly expedient that all neutral trade therewith should for the present be suspended, I have judged it my duty to issue an order (of which I have the honour to transmit your lordship a copy) declaring the said island, and others contiguous thereto, together with the passage of the Great Belt, to be in a state of close blockade, and directing that all neutral vessels persisting to enter into the said islands and passage, after receiving due notice thereof, shall be detained and sent to me at this anchorage, intending that such vessels shall not be allowed to pursue their respective voyages until the circumstances of the islands shall permit them to do so, and consistently with the subject of the present service.
I have the honour to be, &c.
J. GAMBIER.
From Hamburg, August 21. There is now no doubt that the French will soon enter Holstein, as the corps of the Prince of Ponte Corvo (Bernadotte,) is expected here the 26th or 28th. This corps consists of about 25,000 men. But it is said, that the Crown Prince is resolved to maintain his neutrality by the force, and not suffer the French to enter Holstein.
BOSTON, October 16.
A letter from a respectable and cautious gentleman in London, dated Sept. 7, to his correspondent in this town, mentions, without hesitation, that "Copenhagen surrendered to the British forces on the 24th August."
On Monday last, the ship Tom, capt. Seward, arrived at Portsmouth, in 49 days from Elsinour. Capt. S. states, that Copenhagen had surrendered to the English. If there is no error in the passage this ship must have failed on the 24th of Aug.
PHILADELPHIA. FROM AMSTERDAM.
Capt. Steel, who arrived at Portland last week, in 40 days from Amsterdam, informs that it was reported and believed that Copenhagen, with the Danish fleet, together with the island of Zealand, surrendered to Admiral Gambier, commanding the English fleet before that place, on the 20th of August.
Capt. S. was boarded by a cruiser in the North Sea, in company with another, who informed him, that they had taken seven vessels the day before under Danish colors.
The misunderstanding between the United States and England, had created much alarm among the Americans and merchants in Holland, who were concerned in trade with this country: The shippers of goods fearing that a war would take place between the two countries, their property would of course be exposed to English privateers.
Several American vessels have failed in ballast. Business very dull.
SALEM, October 10.
Arrived, brig Aldonzo, from Leghorn—sp. sc. July 23, off Cape de Gatt, brig Dispatch, Jones, 20 days from Bolton, bound to Naples; but capt. Burges informed him, that Naples was blockaded by order of the King of Naples, together with all the other ports of his late dominions.
NEW-YORK, October 10.
By the brig Sally-Tracy, from Bayonne, we have received intelligence, that 50,000 troops were to be at Bayonne on the 17th of September; and that Bonaparte was to meet them there on the 20th, previous to their march for Portugal, that government having agreed to put itself under the protection of the English.
Mrs. Add.
Captain Reynolds from St. Petersburg, passed Copenhagen on the 23d August, and informs, that on the 23d, at 10 A. M. a heavy cannonade commenced off Copenhagen, which did not cease until 4 P. M.
The United States frigate Constitution, captain Campbell, and the sloop of war Wasp, captain Smith, arrived at Boston, in 35 days from Gibraltar. It was conjectured at Gibraltar, when the Wasp and Constitution left that place, that an attempt would be made on the fortresses by the French; and that the assembling of the troops at Bayonne was intended as a preparatory step towards that object. Great preparations were accordingly making to put the forts in the highest possible state of defence.
NEW-ORLEANS, Sept. 1.
We can state that a Spanish officer has just reached this city, from Cadiz, via Havana, who says that news of the cession of the Floridas to the United States, was made known in Cadiz, the day before he failed, and that it had been published in a Madrid Royal Gazette. In confirmation, we further learn, that a letter has been received from the same officer, from Cadiz, to a gentleman in this city, which states that the Floridas are ceded, and the consideration five millions of dollars. We think there is little doubt of a cession being made. Gazette.
By the last Fort Stoddert Mail, Captain Leonard, the acting commodore on this station, received orders to recruit without delay, the full complement of men for the Gun-Boats under his command. Although our port is at present scarce of seamen, yet we trust there will be found a sufficient number of brave men to enter the public service, in the glorious cause of the honor and independence of their country.
Number of Vessels arrived at this port between the 1st of September, 1806 and 31st August, 1807—Communicated by Captain ANDREW PLACE.
Ships, 82—Brigs, 114—Schooners, 104—Sloops, 9—Total, 309—Tonnage, 44,062—Barges, 438—Flats, 736—Rafs of building Timber, 55.
JOHNSON'S VIRGINIA ALMANAC.
FOR SALE, BY THE GROSS, DOZEN, OR SINGLE, NEXT DOOR TO ROYSTON AND BOHANNAN'S, JOHNSON'S VIRGINIA ALMANAC, FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1808: Being Besselith, or Leap Year. Containing, besides the usual matter for an Almanac, The Astronomical Calculations to the Latitude and Meridian of Richmond. O. 20. oaw2m.
VALUABLE GRIST-MILLS TO RENT, IN King William County, near Mrs. Drewry's Tavern, commonly called the Mouquin Mills. They are on never failing streams, working four pair of Cologne and one pair of Burr stones. They will be leased or rented for one or twenty years, and possession given immediately.
Those Mills take yearly, from 4 to 500 barrels corn, and from 6 to 700 bushels wheat toll. There is 250 acres of Land attached to the Mills, about 20 of which is excellent meadow.
For terms apply to John Roane of King William, or the subscriber who is often at the said mills. JNO: TEMPLE. O. 20, 8107. oaw2w.
ROYSTON & BOHANNAN.
Respectfully inform their friends and the public generally, that they have just received a general assortment of GROCERIES, which they will sell low for cash, country produce, or good acceptance in town: AMONGST WHICH ARE—
LONGEST WHICH ARE— Brown Sugar in bars } Madeira } Loaf, do. do. } Sherry } Coffee in barrels and } Lisbon } bags, } Malaga } Imperial } Assortment of Jugs 3 & 4
Young Hyson } gals. each. Hyson Skin } Belt Cognac Brandy, Pepper, } Holland Gin, Pimento, } Country ditto, Nutmegs, } Apple Brandy, Antigua } Pint and pint Tumblers, W. India } do. do. Decanters, W. England } London Mustard by box, Molasses in hds. & bls. } Playing Cards assorted, Whiskey in ditto, } Cotton do. of sup. quality, Sack Salt, } A few pieces India Cottons, &c. &c. & Crates ware assorted, } with a number of other Leeper's Snuff, } articles, which they Hibbert's brown Stout } mean to keep constantly and Porter, } on hand. June 24. lawtf.
FOR SALE.
THE TAN-YARD in this place, formerly occupied by Wm. Hamby, which is now in good repair, with every improvement necessary to carry on the business extensively. The flock in said yard which is now in full operation, would be sold alone, to a purchaser who would have an opportunity of commencing the business under every advantage the situation is capable of.
A very liberal credit will be given for both the yard and flock, on receiving satisfactory security for the payment of the purchase money, for terms apply to John Cunningham & Co. Richmond, or to JOHN & E. CUNNINGHAM. Carterville, June 18.
Also for sale or rent:
A convenient BRICK LUMBER-HOUSE, situated on the bank of the basin, particularly adapted to the easy reception and storage of flour, &c. For this property a liberal credit will be given if sold, on receiving satisfactory security for the payment of the purchase money, or it may be rented on easy terms and immediate possession obtained, by applying as above. Carterville June 20. oawtf.
NOTICE.
The Co-Partnership of Hudson & St. John, terminated with the thirty-first day of August last:
All those indebted to said concern are requested to come forward without delay and settle their accounts; those having claims against said concern will exhibit them for adjustment. JOHN HOBSON, jun. JOHN ST. JOHN. New-Canton, O. 14. oawsmf.
FOR SALE.
The subscriber will continue business at the same place on his own account. He has now on hand, a general assortment of GOODS, suited to the present and approaching season, which he will sell on moderate terms for cash, produce, or to punctual customers on the usual credit. JOHN HOBSON, jun. O. 14. oawsmf.
FOR SALE.
By the subscriber, three doors below the market-bridge, 25 Hds. of CIDER VINEGAR. Of superior quality, which will be disposed of, on moderate terms, by wholesale and retail. SAMUEL WHITE. May 19. lawtm.
TO BE SOLD.
At Painesville, in Ashtland county, on Monday the 28th of December next,
AN extraordinary valuable BLACK-SMITH, belonging to the estate of Rich'd. Baggleton, deceased, on a credit of six months, bond with approved security will be required of the purchaser.
BY THE EXECUTORS. O. 14. oaw10w. q
TO RENT.
For three or five years:
THAT valuable TAN-YARD of the late Mr. Jacob Boekius, and now occupied by the Subscriber situated on the Main-Street of this city, between the Capitol and Basin of the canal, its conveniences are superior to any other in this place. A large Currying Shop, Cellar and drying loft, a spacious Bark-House, two Bark Mills and Houses, a Beam House and every other requisite for the tanning of from 2 to 3000 hides a year, exclusive of skins: Also on the same tenement a convenient DWELLING HOUSE, Kitchen, Smoke House, Stable and Garden, the renter may be accommodated with about one hundred cords of excellent red and black oak Bark, now in the Bark House at a fair price.
Proposals for the above will be received by the subscriber.
Bond with approved security will be required, and possession given of the whole, except a few of the vats, on the first of September next. The reason assigned for offering the foregoing property for rent, is the ill state of health of the Subscriber to pay that attention the business requires. MARGUS ELGAIN, lawtf. April 3.
NOTICE.
THAT A PETITION
will be presented to the next General Assembly, of the Commonwealth of Virginia, praying that the right of the said Commonwealth to the real estate of Wm. F. All, Dec'd. who died intestate, may be released for the benefit of his Nephew Henry T. Arnold, who is an alien, having only resided three years in this state, the whole of that time in this city, who prays to become a citizen under the same act. Richmond, O. 16. oaw6w
NOTICE.
ALL those having claims against the Estate of the late Wm. F. All, are requested to bring them forward, on or before the 15th Nov. next, to the Subscriber, properly authenticated, in order that arrangements may be made for their payments, as far as his personal estate will go to discharge the same. And those who are indebted to said estate, are requested to make immediate payment, as no indulgence can be given. HENRY I. ARNHOLD, Adm'r. O. 16. oaw4w
LOAN OFFICE, STATE OF VIRGINIA, JUNE 4, 1807.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
THAT, in conformity with the provisions of the act supplementary to the act, entitled "An act making provision for the redemption of the whole of the public debt of the United States," books will be opened at the office of the commissioner of loans for the state of Virginia, on the 1st day of July next, to continue open until the seventeenth day of March, 1808, inclusively, the fourteen last days of each quarter excepted, for the purpose of receiving subscriptions for such parts of the old six per cent. deferred six per cent. and three per cent. stocks, as may, on the day of subscription, stand on the books of the said commissioner of loans.
Those proprietors of the old six per cent. and deferred stocks, who may subscribe, will receive in lieu thereof a new six per cent. stock, equal to the unredeemed amount of the stock surrendered, redeemable at the pleasure of the United States, under a proviso however, that no reimbursement shall be made, except for the whole amount of any such new certificate of stock, nor till after six months previous notice; and the proprietors of the three per cent. stock who may subscribe, will receive in lieu thereof, a six per cent. stock, equal to sixty-five per cent. of the amount of three per cent. surrendered, redeemable in the same manner as the new six per cent. above mentioned, but not reimbursable however, without the assent of the holders, until after the whole of the new six per cent. (given in exchange for old six or deferred as above mentioned,) as well as the whole of the eight per cent. stock of the United States, shall have been reimbursed. It is also provided that in every reimbursement which may take place, a preference will be given to those creditors who may notify their wish to be reimbursed; and that if the applications to that effect shall at any time either exceed or fall short of the sum then applicable to that purpose, the priority of payment shall, so far as may be necessary, be determined by lot.
The present stock-holders who reside in any part of Europe, and may assent to that modification, may, at their option, receive the interest accruing on the new stock, either in the United States as heretofore, or in London, or Amsterdam, at par: in which last case, the interest will be paid there by the bankers of the United States, six months subsequent to the day, on which the same would be payable in the United States, and subject to no variation; nor to any other deduction than a commission to the bankers, of one half per cent. on the interest thus paid. JOHN PAGE, Commissioner of Loans. NOTE.
Proprietors of 1000 dollars nominal six per cent. stock, subscribed before the 1st October, 1807, will be entitled to receive, 649 62 of new stock.
If subscribed between the 1st October, and 31st December, 1807, 649 37 —
between the 1st January, and 17th March, 1808, 619 02 —
Proprietors of 1000 dollars nominal deferred, subscribed before the 1st October, 1807, will be entitled to receive, 855 78 —
If subscribed between the 1st October, and 31st December, 1807, 855 62 —
between the 1st January, and 17th March, 1808, 831 42 —
Being the unredeemed amount of the old stock on the 1st July, and October, 1807, and 1st January, 1808, respectively.
Proprietors of 100 dollars three per cent. stock will be entitled to receive 650 dollars of new six.
J. P. Com'r Lns. oaw9m. June 10.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
THAT A PETITION will be presented to the next Virginia Assembly, to authorise the subscriber to build a BRIDGE over Pamunky River, from New-Castle to the opposite side. JOHN M. SYME. Sept. 12. eptf.
EDUCATION.
A PERSON who for many years has been engaged as an instructor of Youth, wishes to undertake a family line of business for the ensuing year, in a healthy situation. He professes to teach the English Language grammatically, Arithmetic, Geometry, Trigonometry, Algebra, Mensuration, Gauging, Navigation, Navigation, Elements of Geometry, Astronomy, Geography, the use of the Globes, the construction of various kinds of Maps, Charts, &c. and Natural Philosophy: Students may also read Rhetoric, Logic, Moral Philosophy, Civil and Natural History, with him to advantage. He is provided with instruments for Theoretical and Practical Mathematics, a pair of modern eighteen inch globes, an air-pump & its necessary apparatus, with a barometer, thermometer and hygrometer; an optical apparatus, consisting of a variety of lenses, telescopes and microscopes of various descriptions, a compass, ball and socket, prism, &c. an extensive electrical apparatus; a pile and battery with the necessary apparatus for experiments in Galvanism; a small magnetic apparatus and likewise one for philosophical Chemistry, together with between four and five hundred volumes of the most approved authors on the above-mentioned subjects. He can produce the most respectable testimonials of his sobriety and attention to his business.—Letters (post paid) directed to D. V. to be left at the Post-Office in Petersburg, will be attended to. October 14.
Land in the state of Ohio FOR SALE.
THE subscriber wishes to sell a Valuable Tract of LAND, in the state of Ohio, containing one thousand acres. This tract is of excellent quality, and the subscriber has undrawn from most respectable information. It lies on Deer creek, a branch of the Sciota, about 16 miles from Chillicothe, in a well-settled neighborhood, and is very convenient to the trade of the Ohio. He will dispose of it for cash; or, on a short credit, for notes negotiable at the Bank of Virginia; or will exchange it for property in the City of Richmond. An unquestionable title, with general warranty, will be made to the purchaser by WM. MUNFORD. Sept. 26. tf
FOR SALE,
THE BRICK HOUSE and its appurtenances; consisting of a good brick Kitchen, Garden & Well of good water; at present in the occupation of Mr. Ben. Mosby. The situation is pleasant and healthy, and the house in good repair. For terms apply to THOS. NORVELL. Sept. 1. tf
RAN AWAY on Saturday last, a bright mulatto man named HARRY JACKSON, about 25 years old, 5 feet 7 or 8 inches high, remarkably well formed, has a pleasant countenance, a considerable wound over one of his eyes, and some faint scars on his forehead, is very active and sensible, was raised by Col. Orway Byrd, and sold some years since at Public Auction by Mr. Thos. Armitstead at Norfolk—the said negro has been accustomed to go by water, and has much the air of a sailor; being fond of society I have no doubt but he is either gone to Richmond or Norfolk; where he is perfectly acquainted. I will give the sum of 15 dollars if caught in the former, and 25 dollars in the latter, so that he is secured and returned to me, or 10 dollars if caught in or about this Town. As he is a very shrewd clever negro, and capable almost of any employment, he will no doubt change his clothes, therefore it is unnecessary to describe those he carried with him. P. HAXALL. Petersburg, Sept. 19. tf
JOHN ALCOCK,
Inform his friends and the public at large, that he has just received, and is now opening, next door to Mr. Priffer and Monsieur's windows, a large assortment of
MERCHANDIZE,
CONSISTING OF THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES:
CARPENTERS and joiners Tools, iron and steel
Locks and Hinges, for house work and cabinet
Ware. Also carry on my
CABINET MANUFACTORY,
as usual, adjoining the fire insurance office, and have on hand three thousand dollars worth of furniture, finished in the best