The enquirer (Richmond, Va.), 1807-04-28 00:00:00

Continuation of Miscellaneous Intelligence, received by late arrivals.
LONDON, Feb. 24.
SOUTH AMERICA.
The following list of the staff of the South American army is handed about in military circles. Probably it is not quite correct; we shall present it more so soon.
Commander in chief, lieut. gen. Whitelocke, 29th regiment; second in command, major-general Gower, 63d regiment; brigadier-general Acland, foot guards; —————, Beresford, 28th regiment; —————, Sir S. Auchmuty, 10th foot; —————, lord Blaney, 29th regiment; —————, Crawford, 60th; deputy adjutant general, lieutenant-colonel Torres, 29th regiment; assistant ditto, major Trotter, 83d; deputy quarter-master-general, major Pitzler, 7th foot; assistant ditto, major Tucker, 22d foot; inspector of hospitals, Dr. Gordon; deputy commissary-general, major Linday.
Captain Hall of the 89th, is appointed one of the aids-de-camp to general Whitelocke.
The paymaster-general, military secretary, majors of brigade, & some of the aids-de-camp, are not yet appointed.
That fine corps, the 29th, commanded by colonel lord Blaney, as well as the troop of horse-artillery, were yesterday embarked at Portsmouth. The baggage of the commander in chief was likewise sent on board yesterday, from the Isle of Wight. Under an officer of such activity and enterprise as general Whitelocke, we are confident there will be no delay. Detachments and recruits for the 29th, 40th, 47th, 83d, 87th and 88th, were yesterday embarked for South-America.
The army of South-America now will consist of the royal engineers and artificers, a detachment.
The royal horse-artillery, 1 troop.
The royal artillery, 4 companies.
The 9th light dragoons, commanded by honorable colonel Mason; 17th ditto by lieutenant-colonel Lloyd; 20th ditto 6 troops, by major Blake; 21st ditto 2 troops, by —————; 5th foot by lieutenant-colonel Davis; 36th foot ————— Burne; 38th foot by Vassal; 40th foot by ————— Browne; 45th foot by ————— Guard; 47th foot by ————— Backhouse; 54th flank companies by —————; 71st foot, lieutenant-colonel Pack; 83d foot by major Trotter; 87th foot by lieutenant-colonel Sir E. Butler; 88th foot by lieutenant-colonel Duff; 89th foot by colonel lord Blaney; 92d rifle corps, 5 companies, by major M'Lean; and a detachment of the royal waggon corps.
We hear that a field officer of the royal engineers, as well as of the artillery, will accompany general Whitelocke.
It is now thought the 8th, 18th and 83d, which at one time were intended to go and join the South-American army, will not now proceed there, general Whitelocke having declared that he witted only for the 29th, in addition to the force already out, and that he conceives this formidable force sufficient for any service there.
PARIS, February 5.
This day at one o'clock, the different bodies of the State were admitted to an audience of her majesty the empress and queen.
Mr. Monge, President of the Senate, addressed the following discourse to her majesty: —
"MADAM, "It is four months since the heart of your imperial and royal majesty was deeply afflicted at the approach of a war, as inevitable as it was unforeseen, and which could not but cause much more French blood to flow."
"The blood of France is so precious," exclaimed your majesty, "and must it then be poured forth to check the follies of an ill-advised monarch?" On this principle your majesty was desirous of peace.
"The EMPEROR whose unbounded vigilance it was attempted to deceive by the fallacious professions of personal friendship, was not perhaps, at the moment of his departure, without hopes of avoiding war for which there was no just cause. The outrageous threats of a young and inexperienced prince, did not disturb the tranquility of his superior mind; and on the eve of the first and last battle where he displayed to him the danger of his position, and the certainty of his ruin, he opened to him not only the door of safety but even of honor. The emperor therefore, proved his solicitude for peace."
"But it is peace that our implacable enemies are anxious to obtain? No, Madam, it is long since they flattered themselves with the hope of blotting out the name of France from the list of nations, as they had effaced that of Poland. Perhaps they still indulge it. With respect to France, they have renounced every sentiment of morality. No promise engaged them, no treaty binds them, they are without honor in their conduct, and the truth issues not from their lips; and if the king of Prussia as length took up arms, it was because he was certain that, without that, he would have been annihilated in the midst of his court, as was the case with Paul I."
"The God of Empires is at length wearied with so much iniquity; nor can it be denied that he means to make use of France in order to reform the morality of kings, since in his goodness, he has entrusted his destinies to the hands of a hero, whom he has pleased to endow with every great quality; to whom he designs to unfold the ways of his wisdom; and whose arm he sustains in battle."
"Madam, the Senate lays at your majesty's feet the tribute of its profound respect, as well as the homage of its admiration for all your virtues. It supplicates you to receive its congratulations on the glorious and incredible campaign with which his majesty has terminated the year 1806. It begs leave to express its happiness in seeing again in the bosom of the capital the august spouse whom an adored chief has invited with his entire confidence, and who is worthy of all the titles which the possessor has of all the titles which the possessor. May your majesty enjoy long life for the happiness of France, and of its emperor!"
ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF GERMANY.
By the commander in chief of the imperial Russian army.
By a long series of the most unfortunate events, your country has become a prey to the most cruel and insolent of foes. The manifold suffering to which you have been subjected are known to the emperor my most gracious sovereign; and his majesty is so much the more disposed to take the warmest interest therein, as he himself has sprung from German blood; and mindful of the intimate ties which exist between his imperial house and many of the German princes, he has never ceased to entertain with regard to the German nation, all that esteem to which a people, so numerous, enlightened and virtuous are justly entitled. With this sentiment of the warmest interest in the fate of Germany are naturally and inseparably connected his majesty's wishes to deliver this empire from its oppressors, and restore it to its just
freedom and independence. His majesty will think no exertion too laborious to attain this great object.
Inhabitants of Germany! the whole Russian army fights for your interests! Under these circumstances so favourable, shall you alone remain inactive? Shall you be so blinded, as in the present state of things to do nothing for yourselves?
The enemy is at a great distance from his frontiers, in territories, and at a season of the year, which not only do not afford him sufficient means of supply, but also impede all his operations. Will you voluntarily contribute to his relief? Will you act against your own interests? Forget not that you have all possible aid to expect from the brave army entrusted to my command. I trust that I shall victoriously drive back the common enemy of Europe, and convince him that there still remains a people, who, faithful to their country and their monarch, have both the inclination and the power to resist the imposition of his iron yoke.
But however probable this success may be, his majesty will still regard it as incomplete, so long as the foe shall not be driven back beyond his natural boundaries; and as this is the only means of restoring the independence of your country, and obtaining a general peace upon secure foundations, his imperial majesty relies with the fullest confidence, that at this finally decisive crisis, the inhabitants of Germany will not only lend no kind support to the common foe, but on the contrary, that they will, by a general resistance, render his further stay in Germany impracticable, and throw every possible difficulty in the way of his retreat towards his own frontiers. By this intimate union of the whole Russian force with all the means of the German empire, the common object may be attained, and peace, so anxiously desired, be once more restored to suffering Europe.
Take courage then, brave and virtuous Germans. Reflect on the immortal renown of your ancestors, who in former ages, maintained their independence with the most signal bravery. Unite yourselves under the colours of such of your princes, in whom the unfortunate events of our times have not yet extinguished a sense of honour, and of their own dignities. To this grand and noble purpose of delivering your country from a foreign yoke, sacrifice every private quarrel, every consideration of internal discord, and then shall you compose a formidable whole, capable not only of disputing every inch of ground with the common enemy, but also of ultimately vanquishing and repelling him for ever within his natural frontier.
"In your efforts to attain so glorious an object, you may rely with the fullest confidence on the powerful and continued assistance of the emperor, my most gracious sovereign. The universally acknowledged principles of his imperial majesty afford you a guarantee, that not only will his majesty not abandon you in the present struggle, but that on the happy termination thereof, he will particularly direct his attention to the restoration of your country, which for a succession of centuries rendered your forefathers the happiest people on the face of the earth, and which could only be destroyed by the domineering ambition of an enemy, who makes no scruple of treading under foot the most sacred treaties."
"Given at the Imperial Russian head quarters."
(Signed) "Baron VON BENNINGSEN, General of cavalry, military governor of Lithuania, &c. &c."
The following Address has been circulated at the out posts of the French army:
"Soldiers of France; formerly, when foreign arms meditated the conquest of your country, and came even in the bosom of your land to attack you, you repelled them with a valour and perseverance which the whole world admired. The report of your brilliant exploits reached even us. Your courage, your loyalty, was known to us, and the soldiers of France became the objects of our esteem. But it is no longer your country which demands your efforts. A war foreign to your interests tears you from your families, your friends, your home. A tyrant whose insatiable ambition knows no bounds, drags you into distant climates, and sheds the blood of Frenchmen, that he may bestow crowns upon his relations. He forces you to combat against people who are ready to offer you pledges of their ancient affection, but who will shed the last drop of their blood in the sacred cause of their country."
(Signed) BENNINGSEN.
FRANKFORT, (on the Main), Jan. 28.
Some German Journals have published the capitulation of Choczim, the first place in Moldavia that has been occupied by the Russians. It will be recollected that general Michelson, on entering that province, announced in his proclamations that the Russians acted only as friends and protectors of the Ottoman empire. It is easy to judge of the good faith and real designs of the court of Petersburg, from the following and particularly from the third article:
Capitulation of Choczim.
Article 1. The Turkish troops shall be allowed to leave the fortress with all their effects.
2. The Turkish government shall cease, from the day of its surrender, and that of his majesty the emperor of all the Russias shall succeed.
3. The fortress and the raja (territory) shall belong to the Russian monarchy.
4. So also shall the artillery in the place.
5. The pacha shall be at liberty to remain in the Turkish empire.
6. The Turks who may wish to remain in the raja, shall not be molested in the exercise of their religion.
7. After the surrender of the place, the Turks shall be allowed to remain in it fifteen days, to sell their effects on the market days.
8. During the fifteen days, all Turks shall be prohibited to carry arms under pain of death.
COUP D'OEIL.
Were it not for the happy resource which hope affords some times to man, if we may judge from the eagerness with which its slightest delusions are sought and finished at, those who derive so much solace from the success of the lords of the Knout could scarcely survive the suspension, or delay for news of a spring campaign in Russia.
An arrival from Greenock brings London advices to the 20th of March, Petersburg advices to the 17th of Feb.
The battle of Mohrungen was fought on the 26th Dec. that place is about 12 miles west of Deppen on the river Pissarage; in four days after the battle, the account was published in the 55th bulletin which is dated at Warsaw 29th Jan. and appeared in the Paris Moniteur of the 11th, in the same Moniteur there are accounts dated Posen 22d January, and of Wurtzburg 5th Feb.
These dates will show the relative times in which advices reach to corresponding places. Four days after the battle of Mohrungen it is published at Warsaw—at Paris in 13 days after, that is 17 days in all.
We regret the difficulty of laying before our readers something like a map of the country—the direction of its principal rivers and positions of its roads, lakes, mountains and strong places, because without some idea of these and reference to them, he who supposes he possesses even a tolerably correct notion of the movements of armies or the result of battles, or the failure or success of stratagems of war—deceives himself.
It is by the possession and use of excellent maps and by some little attention to the principles of tactics and the modern art of war, that we are more frequently able to anticipate and to appreciate events, than others of our contemporaries; any man with a judicious mind and a determination to judge from the data with fidelity to the truth, may do as well as we do. But no man, not even the ablest military man, without maps, can form an accurate or even a rational view of the movements of armies and the events of actions—we pretend to no more merit, than thus applying our judgment by the map and scale—to the narrations which all parties give of the affairs of war—let others endeavour to do the same as well as they can, they will improve in time, and certain American news papers will be something less despicable than their constant inaccuracy and ignorance, or worse, now makes them.
The advices now received contain the details given by both sides, and of which in the bulletins of the French to the 28th, we had before a general account. The bulletins now received are to the 62d inclusive, the 59th is from Eylau, 14th February; the 60th is of date the 17th Feb. from the same place; the 61st is from Landsherg 18th Feb. the 62d is dated at Liebstadt, 21st Feb. west of the Pissarage, 50 miles S. W. of Koningsberg, and 33 from Eylau; is a different place.
The times and places from which the bulletins are dated, shew the position of head quarters, on those dates; and so far as they go, determine the occupation of those places by the armies.
The Russian accounts which reach us in a state awfully mutilated, are neither so regular in their progression, so precise in their narrations, nor so connected altogether.—However although there are defects of this kind, they are not such as to leave us without sufficient data to ascertain the positions of the Russians, as well as of the French armies, and thereby in a sufficient degree to form a tolerably accurate opinion of events.
The bulletins down to the 58th had put us not only in possession of the movements of both armies, from the attempt to surprise the French at Mohrungen and along the line of the river Pissarage, but by the heads of the rivers Sargine and Drebenitz; until the action of the 7th of Feb. at Prussian Eylau.
Of this action we have now very imperfect accounts, in abstracts or parts of official dispatches from the Baron Budberg, the Russian minister of foreign affairs, and his abstract statement of the Russian general Benningsen's report.
Those who read the Russian accounts must keep in mind, that they retain the old style and that their date of the 26th Jan. corresponds with our 7th of Feb.
In the early part of this renewed campaign, we before observed that the Russians designed to cut off the French from the seaboard, by turning the French right, at the same time that they attempted to surprise the French advance guard under Bernadotte.—The issue of that effort, and the effect, was seen in the fact that the Russians had been forced successively back the full distance of 100 miles. The direction in which the Russians retreated shewed that they considered Koningsberg as their point d'appui, because their retreat would have been very easy and their defence a retreat more effectual by crossing the Alla river at Gullstat or Heilsberg, than going north east to Eylau; as the country in the rear of Eylau, or between that place and Koningsberg, is not so susceptible of defence and much more favorable for well disciplined troops and an able general.
The account of Benningsen himself corroborate the French bulletins No. 56, 57, and 58, and substantiates the narrations of the succeeding bulletins which have been received. The Russian account says, that "Benningsen after falling back, for the purpose of taking a position better adapted for maneuvering with troops, pitched upon Prussian Eylau.—For four days successively, (3d, 4th, 5th, 6th Feb.) the rear guard had to withstand several vigorous attacks [made by the French,] and at three o'clock in the afternoon of the 7th Feb. the action became general, and the night came on without the enemy [the French] being able to gain ground. On the 8th in the morning, the French renewed the attack."
The French had commenced their march in advance on the first of Feb. On the 2d, Murat & Soult were at Allenstein; Davoust at Whartenburg; Augereau and Ney followed the route of Murat and Soult, and were at Allenstein on the 3d; and the Russians found themselves here outflanked, and made a precipitate retreat, by the Pissarage on the great road of Leibstadt; and these are the days of retreat adverted to by Benningsen; on the 4th and 5th the pursuit was continued by fresh corps, those in advance on the 3d, halting on the fourth; and those in the rear advancing, and so on in succession.
It was on the 6th that the affair of the platform took place: and on that night it was that both armies lay on their arms. On the morning of the 7th, the French cavalry under Murat began the action; he was opposed by 12 lines of Russian cavalry; and the action appeared to have been decided by the cuirassiers and dragoons of the gallant Hautpoul well known as a distinguished officer in the army of the Rhine and Moselle, and under Moreau, in the army of Suabia. It was on this day too, that the heavy fall of snow took place during the action. On the following morning, says the 58th bulletin, the Russians were pursued across the Prickelberg river, and they retreated across the Pregel. The French took 15,000 prisoners, and buried 7000 Russians on the field.
General Benningsen's account is, that on the 7th at night, he remained on the field of battle; but this no doubt was true on the 7th for both armies lay on their arms on the night of the 7th, on the field; but the battle being renewed and not closed till 6 in the evening of the 8th, gives the matter a very different aspect.
The 59th bulletin dated at Eylau, states that the Russians were behind the Pregel river; and Murat had his head quarters at Wittenberg, 8 miles S. of Koningsberg; on the 17th Feb. the date of the 60th bulletin, which when the French were at Eylau states that the Russians would have been attacked beyond the Pregel, had not a sudden thaw broken up the ice; they determined to enter into cantonments; and on the 18th the French entered into winter quarters the left wing being stationed in the district of Elbing, Leithardt, and Osterode.
Some of the swift ones who consider maps of no utility and who contemn every enquiry that mars their wishes, consider the name of Elbing as an incident of great importance; not knowing that there is a lake of the name of Elbing 45 miles south of Eylau, which gives name to a district, in which district are the towns of Allenstein, Bertsigen, Wartenburg, Biackendorf, Kleberg Gullstat, (the former magazine of the Russians) and a number of other important places, stretching along the banks of the Alla, which has its source in the Elbing lake. The city of Elbing at the mouth of the Noyga river (the eastern branch of the Vistula) is 55 miles N. W. of this Elbing lake; and the same distance west of Eylau.
After the flight of the Russians, on the 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th Feb. and the actions of the 6th, 7th and 8th, the evidence of facts is stronger than the equivocal date of the Russian general's dispatches. For as late as the 17th Feb. the French head quarters were at Eylau.—Murat had his head quarters at Wittenberg (not Wartenburg) near the Pregel, that is five miles south of that river; and the Russians were on the north of that river; and no part of the Pregel is within less than twenty two miles of Eylau.
The route of the Russians was across the Prickelberg river, which rises in the lakes of Donnow ten miles east of Eylau, this river is small, and falls into the Alla river at Partheim about 18 miles east by north of Eylau, in the country of Freistadt; the route for the Pregel is along the Alla, where a passage was certain by the bridges of Paterwatten on the Alla, B. H. domb, Welaw, and Tappiau on the Pregel.
Subsequent advices prove that the Russians had halted on the Pregel, and that it formed their front line of defence; at the mouth of the Alla is 40 miles east of Koningsberg.
The river Pregel is admirably situated as a defensive position and line for the Russians—as it has its source in the same lakes from which the Pysch river runs south to Grodno; nearly north of Grodno 70 miles two rivers join to form the Pregel, which pursues its course, directly north; about 27 miles, and opposite the town of Georgenburg on the north side, boldly launches off nearly west, passing by Koningsberg, which is situated on two islands one about 6 miles long; and a smaller island.
From this direction of the river it is obvious in the nature of a line of circumvallation to the French, and a frontier line which keeps open the communication of the Russians with Koningsberg and Grodno on their flanks, and Wilna in their rear.
Grodno is 115 miles S. by W. of Koningsberg. The Russians have magazines at St. Nicholas, Johannisburg, and Claus three places of strength between 30 and 40 miles north of Grodno; and east of Allenstein about the same distance.
The 62d bulletin completes the details of a division of each army, of which we had before no accounts; Essen's Russian division formed a separate Russian corps which had been stationed at St. Nicholas, &c. above mentioned, their movements appear to have been a part of the general attack, which commenced at Mohrungen; and they seem to have been intended to enter Poland, and move towards Warsaw had the main army been successful.
The Russian plan was certainly masterly in its design, and superior generals and discipline alone could overcome it and convert it into a most disastrous defeat. Aurora.
NEW-YORK, April 20.
Perhaps at no time within the recollection of man have so many vessels arrived at this port as during the last two days. The light was a grateful one to the merchant and the underwriter.
The ship Gold Hunter capt. Vose came up in the remarkably short passage of 25 days from London. She reached the Banks of Newfoundland in 9. Our papers and Lloyd's Lists by her are to the 20th of March, at which time no later intelligence had been received from the continent of Europe than we have already laid before the readers of the Mercantile Advertiser by ship George from Greenock; but circumstances have occurred in England which have led to a change in the British Ministry. The following are the outlines:
The measures which are taking to introduce into the British Imperial Parliament a disfusion of what is called "The Catholic Question," which proposes to restore persons professing the Roman Catholic Religion to their eligibility to hold military, naval, and other offices under the crown, and which also removes the Test which have for a long time been considered by the Catholics and Protestant Dissenters as an odious and unnecessary distinction, have created considerable alarm among the people, and have occasioned much agitation in the cabinet. The present ministry are charged with an attempt to surprise the king's confidence into a total repeal of the Test Laws, especially as far as the Army and Navy are concerned; but his majesty having gained information of this design to swindle his consent to a measure to which he has been uniformly and zealously opposed, expressed his displeasure and his determination to resist it. The ministers, it is said, offered to retract, to which the king consented on condition that no similar attempt should be made in future; this they have refused to agree to, and intimated that they had taken their resolution, and would not resign, but that his majesty may turn them out if he pleases.
His majesty, majesty, thereupon, transmitted a message to Lord Eldon and Hawkesbury, who waited on the Duke of Portland, to whom the king's commands were signified that a NEW ADMINISTRATION should be immediately formed.
The following is published in the Courier of the 20th as the probable List of the New Ministry; its authenticity is not vouched for; the arrangements were not expected to be completed before the following week:—
First Lord of the } Duke of Portland,
Treasury,
Chancellor of the } Lord Castlereagh.
Exchequer,
Foreign Secretary, } Mr. Canning.
Home Secretary, } Lord Hawkesbury.
War Secretary, } Mr. York.
Lord Chancellor, } Lord Eldon.
First Lord of the } Lord Melville.
Admiralty,
President of the } Lord Camden,
Council,
Privy Seal, } Earl of Westmoreland
Master General of }
Ordnance, } Earl Mulgrave.
President Board } Earl of Chatham.
Controll.
Treasurer of the Navy, } Mr. Rose.
Joint Paymasters; } Mr. Long.
Secretary at War, } Mr. Dundas.
Attorney General, } Mr. Percivall.
Solicitor General, } Sir V. Gibbs.
Secretaries of the } Mr. Huskisson.
Treasury, } Mr. Sturge Bourne.
Lord Lieut. of Ireland, } Earl Hardwicke, or
Chancellor of Ireland } Marquis Abercorn.
Lord Redesdale.
Price of Stock on the 20th March:—3 per
Cent Consols 62 1-2—Omnium 1 1-4 prem.
LEFT at Coots's Ferry, in January last, a fanel bundle BOLTING CLOTH. The owner may have it by paying the price of advertising. Apply at this Office. April 28.
Domestic.
THE POLITICS OF NEW-YORK,—have lately engaged our attention; not so much from their own intrinsic importance, as from the respectability of the characters that they have introduced before the public. We have already observed, that Mr. De Witt Clinton and Gov. Lewis have launched into a personal altercation in the new papers. We have re-published two addresses from Mr. Emmett, famous in the revolution of Ireland, to Mr. King; as well as an interesting letter from M. Genet.—We have now to introduce a much more elevated officer than any of these upon the same theatre: not less than the venerable George Clinton; the Vice-President of the U. S.—The following is the report of his appearing before the public.
Mr. Lansing, the Chancellor of N. Y. was nominated by the Republican party, as the successor of Gov. Clinton.—His nomination was formally announced in an Albany paper.—Some short time after, he resigned his pretensions without having stated the reasons of this change. Mr. Lewis was nominated in his place and elected. The federalists, however, stated at the time that Mr. Lansing had declined from a persuasion that the Clinton family would attempt to direct his administration, if he was elected; for that they had already evinced on a particular couple of policy which he was to pursue, as the only condition on which they were to support his election. The Chancellor, however, did not contradict the report. Mr. Lewis was elected.—Since the competition has arisen between Gov. Lewis and Mr. Tompkins, the quid friends of the former have renewed this tale! The Editor of the Albany Register contradicted it under the professed direction of Mr. De Witt Clinton and others. Mr. Lansing next came forward to contradict this contradiction; and positively insisted upon the existence of such a system to control his independence.—Mr. Geo. Clinton (De Witt's brother and nephew of the Vice-President of the U. S.) denied the truth of this statement; and publicly called upon Mr. L. for a specification of circumstances. Mr. L. however politely waived the appeal, seeming to intimate that he should wait to be called upon by some more authorized person, that is, the V. P. himself, before he should descend to the particulars.—The two following letters close this correspondence, as far as it has reached us. We presume, however, that Mr. L. will reply to the V. P.'s letter: Enquirer.
TO JOHN LANSING, JUNIOR, Esqr.
Sir, The request which I made to you, to specify the charge contained in your late publication against Gov. Clinton, I thought it reasonable that no man of candour or honour would refuse, compliance. I have this moment received the following letter from the Vice President of the U. S. and take the liberty of giving it publicity that your character may appear to the world in its true colours.
I do not review my appeal to your candour for a full explanation, because I have nothing to expect from that quarter.
GEORGE CLINTON, JUN.
April 17th, 1807.
City of Washington, April 14, 1807.
DEAR SIR, Yesterday evening I received your letter of the 5th instant, enclosing a Morning Chronicle of the preceding day, together with a copy of your letter to Mr. Chancellor Lansing, and his answer, on the subject of a publication in that paper under his signature, which you very justly censure as injurious to my reputation.
Since I have had the honour to fill the office I now hold in the general government, I have as well from a sense of propriety as other considerations studiously avoided an interference in any state election, and I trust it will not be considered as a departure from that rule when I undertake to repel this injurious and unjustifiable attack upon my character, from a quarter which I had the last reason to expect it. Had Mr. Lansing condescended to comply with your reasonable request of giving to this charge a more specific form, it would have been an evidence of some remaining candor and rendered his conduct in this particular less exceptionable.
Being ignorant of the circumstances mentioned in Mr. Lansing's publication as having passed between himself, Judge Spencer and De Witt Clinton, it would be as improper for me as it is unnecessary to take any notice of them. I cannot perceive any natural connection either between these or the implications which he entertained of Judge Taylor and Doctor De Witt, respecting the manner in which his nomination was announced, and the charge which he has thought proper to exhibit against me. They certainly do not afford the slightest evidence tending to impeach my conduct. They appear indeed to have excited strong jealousy in his mind, which may have perverted his judgment, and led him to do an incorrect thing, and for this they might be offered with some propriety as an imperfect apology.
The only conversation that ever passed between Mr. Lansing and myself on the subject of his nomination, was on the day subsequent to its being made. I was informed that he had taken offence at the manner in which it had been announced in the Albany Register, and some other circumstances, and that in consequence it was probable he would not accept. Entertaining as I did a warm and sincere friendship for Mr. Lansing, and the best opinion of his political principles & integrity I regretted an event which might prevent his acceptance. In the course of the day, Mr. Lansing called upon me at my house, I believe, though I do not perfectly recollect, at my request. I mentioned to him the report I had heard, adding, that I hoped it was not true. He appeared to be considerably agitated, and answered by saying that he considered himself ill treated, and enumerated two or three instances—particularly the manner in which his nomination had been announced, and some insinuations, which he alleged to have been made, calling in question his political integrity. I replied to him by some conciliatory observations, calculated to pacify and to persuade him to accept of the nomination. In addition to his former objections, he then mentioned that Mrs. Lansing & his family were opposed to his being a candidate. And believing as I did that this last objection could have quite as much weight in forming his decision as either of the former, I mentioned both reasons as I thought best calculated to obviate Mrs. Lansing's objection. Mr. Lansing soon after left me, apparently with much cordiality, said he would reflect on the subject, and promised to inform me of his final determination in the course of the afternoon. Some short time afterwards I was informed, whether by Mr. Lansing or by common report I do not now recollect, that he had declined the nomination.
That the above statement is substantially correct, I can confidently affirm; and that neither on this nor on any former occasion did I ever mention to Mr. Lansing "any cause for his ad-

...the government of the state," other than upon general republican principles. And I do solemnly declare that I never did attempt to induce him to pledge himself to me for a particular course of conduct whatsoever, — nor any interference as above stated, to induce me to accept the nomination. (which, it may be proper to observe, was made by the republican members of the legislature,) may be considered as such an attempt. And if this is the charge which he intended to exhibit against me in his publication, I should consider it disgraceful to attempt a refutation of it. I have never been in the habit of concealing my political sentiments, and I am persuaded that it will be believed that unless I had a confidence that Mr. Lansing's administration would have been governed by genuine republican principles, I would have been the last man to use any endeavours to persuade him to accept of the nomination, or to support his election. I had no idea that a republican candidate might be a federal governor. I despise the cringing, time-serving hypocrite, while I esteem the candid honest man of either party.
But lest it should be said that this is not the circumstance alluded to in the charge exhibited by Mr. Lansing, and it should still be insisted upon that attempts were made by me "to induce him to pledge himself for a particular course of conduct," calculated either to promote personal views or any other purpose whatever inconsistent with public weal, which appeared to me to be the most natural construction of the charge, I request that you will be pleased again, to call upon him, and in my name to demand of him an explicit declaration of the time and place that this attempt was made, the documents offered, and the nature of the course he was to pledge himself to pursue, that I may be enabled pointedly to meet and refute such base and ungrounded calumny, which I pledge myself to do in the most satisfactory manner.
I feel much obliged to you for the trouble you have taken on this disagreeable occasion, and am Affectionately yours, GEO: CLINTON. George Clinton, Jun. Esq.
ALEXANDRIA, April 22. The election returns at Fairfax C. H. on Monday, were honorable to the zeal and intelligence of that county. Mr. Littlejohn, the republican candidate having 157 votes, and his adversary only 120. The freeholders of Fairfax also testified their approbation of the conduct of their late servants by polling 161 free men for Mr. Summers and 157 for Dr. Blake, whilst their federal opponents, Dr. Coleman could procure but 115, and Mr. Lee only 101 votes. It appears then that Fairfax still retains her republican spirit, but that Mr. Lewis has a majority in the congressional district. The seat however will be contested, as it is said that in Loudoun there were polled more than 80 bad votes, and that the election which was there continued 3 days, was informally conducted, and that in Fairfax more votes would have been given to Mr. Littlejohn had the weather been favorable, or had the federal sheriff permitted the election to have continued another day. Exposition.
The Enquirer. RICHMOND, 28th APRIL.
Extract from a letter written by a resident of Richmond Hill, to his friend in the country. As you insist, my dear F. that I should say something upon the subject of Burr's trial, and its impressions upon the mind of Richmond: you must pardon me, if I am in some measure unavoidably forced into the tedium of repetition. This subject has been presented to the public in such a variety of attitudes, and every incident so fully and minutely scanned, that I fear it is almost impossible to give it an air of novelty. The news-papers of the day teem with such a mass of contradictory evidence, that ingenuity is foiled in extracting the truth, and credulity is put to the test in its belief. To say that Burr is guilty would be to transcend the rules of justice and to supply an Historia of evidence by conjecture. To say that he is innocent would require the infatuation of a bigot, and the assurance of inspiration. Hence we must remain in a state of reciprocal scepticism until the obscurity is removed: for as yet we have but a confused view of the outward form, without being acquainted with the nature and figure of the design. You cannot conceive, dear F. the state of anxiety and agitation which the arrival of Burr excited in our metropolis, together with the many trivial and ludicrous little circumstances. Every subject, both of foreign and domestic concern was discarded, for the sake of hazarding some conjecture about Burr's conspiracy: "all tongues spoke of him, and the bleared lights were speckled to see him." Amidst this confusion I could but remark the cunning spirit of federalism, which we thought "quietly insinuating" above its "cement" to catch at the dim glimpse of this political comet. I could but fancy that some of the party remarkable for their impudence, expected that the orb of republicanism was about to be consumed. I was astonished at the celerity of their assemblage, and the regularity with which they were marshalled and disciplined to the opinion and conviction, that Burr was the guileless victim of angry power, and that he had been hurried by a ruthless court from the guileless tenor of his way, under circumstances the most disgraceful and over a district of country of insufferable fatigue.
They contended that he ought to have been tried at a place, where the imputed treason was not committed nor evidence adducible. These circumstances in their mind, formed the most conclusive and damning evidence against the Executive department. You may be inclined to pass the encomium of equity upon the character of Richmond, that her inhabitants should thus fervently recur forward Sua Sponte, to extricate a reputed traitor from the laws of criminal law. If so, there is more charity in the thought, than the deed. There are few persons I imagine of such gross credulity, as to believe that they were animated by a sense of sympathy, friendship, or commiseration, but more from a spirit of opposition and a selfish hatred against the ruling administration. They surely cannot be so ingloriously faithless and flagrantly inconsistent as at one time to worship the manes of murdered Hamilton, to bewail his loss, as that of an agonizing patriot, and distinguished statesman, to execrate and exile the author of his doom from his native state; and at another to scoff the memory of their Saint, by cutting the crest of treason and banqueting at the festive board with the perpetrator, unless they give an axiom's truth to the poet's fancy, "that one murder makes a villain, but millions a hero." For the first act which they deemed a crime he was bitterly condemned, but for the second he is honored and adored. Is this charity, hypocrisy, or federalism? or is the atro-
city of one deed atoned by the perpetration of a greater? or have they reversed the gradation of crimes according to some new discovered principle of algebra, that minus is plus and E converto?
These are the very people who always vaunted of their zealous attachment to the most rigid system of ethics. But it now appears that their politics are in conflict with their morals, the last of which "swings from its mooring" to comply with the fratagems of the first. You are egregiously in error, my dear F. if you impute their conduct to any other motive than that of political opposition, fretted with a wish to enroll their names in our public journals; such is the fervour of this motive, that it has given a kind of conspicuous movement to men who are as dull as the "fat weed on Lethe's wharf."
But whilst I feel inclined to ascribe the conduct of federalists neither to charity, nor a belief of Burr's innocence, but to a pragmatic temper of opposition, I hope you will not take it for granted, that I entirely approve of the conduct of the other side. Some of this party under the influence of Amor Patrie, have suffered feelings to betray them into wanton and unavailing quarrel. The idle scribblers of the day; (to what party they belong I cannot decide) seem to have embraced the subject as a happy opportunity of spitting their venomous detraction against distinguished characters, under the screen of patriotic indignation. It is far from my design to attempt an extenuation of the conduct of the chief justice; although I am inclined to think, that he was not actuated by any corrupt motive. He is surely guilty of an unpardonable breach of prudence and decorum, in not preferring the spotless purity of his office, and the respect of his country, to the favours and rarities of the season.
It is said, and it may be true, that he was ungrateful of the invitation of B. but this I presume could not have deprived him of his faculty of locomotion, unless he had been touched by the transforming wand of Circe. But, perhaps, the imagination of the judge was stronger than his appetite, and had not fortified enough to tear himself away from the prospect before him. In this the judge must pardon me if I am reminded of one of Goldsmith's dishes of a tongue with a small garnish of brains. Many judges have been condemned for the errors of the heart and the head, but I hope dear F. that the list is not to be enlarged by the errors of the appetite.
The public prints are certainly blameless in furnishing a memento to the judge of his relative and important office, as also of his improper conduct, but in regard to the other characters they are inexcusably wrong.
Mr. W***** stands in no official relation to the public, he is not amenable to them for his private conduct, and for the invitation at which he is so loudly censured, he was rejoined by the common ties of politeness. But for this inoffensive act he has been assailed with wanton and caustic malignity, and branded with a crime of the greatest magnitude. But it would seem that no character is so escape the malevolent strokes of new-paper detraction, for I observe in the Aurora of the 17th that the malignity of some scurrilous writer is more than commensurate with the extent of truth, and that he is obliged to pander with his conscience, in order to feed the malice of his temper. In that paper a communication is contained which is stated to have gone from this place, and in which it is asserted that Mr. W***** was a companion of this convivial feast. This affords an additional evidence of the character of the author's mind, that in the very place where every circumstance attending this redoubtable dinner has been critically canvassed, and where it is well known that Mr. W***** seldom or never dines from his own table, and where it is also known or at least might be known upon the first enquiry that he was not one of this party. This statement of the Aurora then was evidently fabricated for the purpose of making a forced and flimsy prelude in order to draw an impertinent subject into view, and to injure feelings which even envious malice must respect: A subject too, so far from affording a charge of abuse, that if properly understood, to a generous mind, his character would "bleach the more and whiter to the view."
The circumstance of this paltry inuendo being dated at Richmond, where it cannot but be known that Mr. W***** was not at this treason-rejoicing dinner, tends to induce a belief that the name of the place is shifted for the purpose of harping the point of asperion. For I am convinced that in this place the character of that gentleman is so highly and generally respected, that there are very few, if any, so malignantly disposed; so lost to magnanimity, as to carp upon a charge which, even to admit as true, has been most honorably adjusted.
Russians & French. — The accounts of these two enemies are so various and inconsistent with each other, that it is impossible to answer the question frequently proposed: Which of them is victorious? — The last Russian accounts state that the French were about to evacuate Warsaw and concentrate themselves around Thorn. The last French Bulletins represent the Russians as beaten in every point. — From accounts to various, it is absolutely impossible to extract the pure truth.
The probability seems to be, that the French have not met with their usual good fortune; nor the Russians with their usual bad. The French have not so completely routed the Russians: nor have the Russians been as much beaten as usual. — It is to this, that we attribute much of the triumph affected by the Russian generals and court. The letter of the Prussian officer, after the battle of Eylau, if authentic, wears an air of great impartiality; & it asserts that tho' the Russians had retreated after the battle; they had not been conquered. The French Bulletins themselves confess, that the result was not equal to their expectations. — But the most striking illustration, of all is, the letter written by "the Prince of Neuchatel" (Berthier) to her Majesty, from Glogau on the 7th February, and published in the Paris Moniteur, on the 21st: He says, "tomorrow we shall be at Koningsberg." But so far from the French being there on the 8th, that it was on that and the day after, they had to fight the murderous battle of Eylau. The French not having met with their usual good fortune of completely routing the enemy, are supposed therefore to have been routed themselves; and the Russians, because they could continue to make face against the enemy, have represented themselves victorious. Indeed it must be confessed that if they continue to improve in the same proportion, as they have lately done, they may ere long have more substantial victories to boast of. It must also be confessed, that if the Russians continue to avoid a signal defeat, it will operate considerably in their favour. They are nearer to their own countries than the French are to theirs: and of course they can much sooner recruit their exhausted columns; a circumstance, at all times of great importance,
but more particularly so, when the war is carried on in so destructive a manner. They have also more abundant means for a supply of provisions than the French have. Their province of Ukraine, so abundant in provisions is near at hand, and has not yet been exhausted by arms, either itinerant or marching: and though the French have the advantage of fighting in an enemy's country, yet if the Russians continue to resist their advances, they will in no long time have exhausted the stock of provisions which they already draw from the countries actually in their possession. The Russians too, it is believed, can subsist upon a much smaller quantity than the French; and, therefore, in case of a scarcity, they can subsist much longer on the points which they occupy. — But they, are not only more hardy in this respect, but better insured to the climate, and of course better qualified to be on the alert.
The French, on the other side, have greater discipline, better taught generals, and scientific modes and improvements of war, which like labour-saving machines, enable a few men to do the work of many. — But all these advantages will not avail them, if the Russians continue to pour almost all their troops into Poland, unless they abundantly recruit their armies from the bosom of France and their allied countries. It is a fact that conscripts are marching from France; and so great is the demand for soldiers, that even the troops stationed at Brannau are to be replaced by the allies. — But how much fires is to be laid upon this circumstance, in our calculating the chances of the war, we know not; as the present conscriptions and re-cruitings of their army are wrapt in obscurity.
The last paragraph however suggests one important doubt: will the Russians detach as many troops, as is necessary, to Poland? will they not too much weaken their army, by sending detachments into Turkey? Are they not sending more troops there, than is necessary to prevent the Porte from breaking in upon them in Poland? Is it good policy for them at this time to attempt the conquest of Turkey? — The last accounts represent them as being on their way to Constantinople. — One advantage to result from this course, certainly is, that by conquering Turkey (probably the ardent object of Bonaparte's ambition) they make an important acquisition, which may enable them hereafter to make better terms with him. But one palpable disadvantages are, that they weaken their army in Poland; and by fighting for their own emolument, rather than the preservation of Prussia, they invalidate their connection with that power, and the enthusiasm and activity, which are necessary for carrying on the war.
GRAND NATIONAL JUBILEE. It is with the purest pleasure, that we lay the following communication before the public. — Remarks on this interesting subject hereafter. In the mean time, it is proper to observe, that Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Peterburg, are already pursuing measures for the accomplishment of this delightful object.
At a meeting of the Citizens of Williamsburg, and Students of William and Mary College, at the Raleigh Tavern, for the purpose of making arrangements, for the celebration of the 13th of May, the second CENTENARY ANNIVERSARY of the Indulgence of our forefathers at James Town, Samuel Tyler was appointed Chairman, and Robert Anderson Secretary.
Resolved, That this meeting be adjourned until tomorrow evening, four o'clock, and that the Right Reverend James Madison, and Messrs. Girardin, Cabell and Robinson, be appointed a committee, to draft resolutions, appropriate to the occasion, to be submitted to the meeting.
Williamsburg, April 22, 1807. At an adjourned meeting of sundry inhabitants of Williamsburg, on Thursday, April 23rd, 1807, to which the Students of William & Mary College were invited, Samuel Tyler in the chair, and Robert Anderson Secretary. Messrs. Girardin, Cabell and Robinson, three of the members of the committee appointed yesterday, (the Rt. Revd. Jas Madison being absent when he was appointed a member of the committee, and having declined to act,) made the following report:
Considering, That the practice generally prevalent among nations, of celebrating the great and interesting epochs of their history, is highly worthy of our imitation, inasmuch as it necessarily tends to carry the mind back to early and eventful periods; to prevent to it a wide range of observation and reflection, to perpetuate the admiration and gratitude due to the founders and active benefactors of states, to retrace the physical and moral improvements of a society, and to stimulate the present generation to transmit those improvements, not only unimpaired but increased to posterity, and especially, by producing an assemblage of citizens from the most virtuous motives, to diffuse information, to inspire unity of thought and to create harmony of sentiment among all the members of the national family;
And considering, That the settlement of our forefathers at James Town, on the 13th May, 1607, an enterprise planned with admirable wisdom, conducted with a noble and daring spirit, and achieved with unexampled courage and perseverance, is one of the greatest acts in the history of Virginia, since it happened to the transformation of a wide world of savage wilderness, into an abode of the arts, the sciences and other blessings of civilized life; and since it was an auspicious, though distant prelude to our great revolution by which these United States have risen to the dignity of independence, and been enabled to exhibit to mankind the equal lawless spectacle of a nation of freemen, governed by equal laws, flowing from the equal suffrages of the whole mass of the citizens.
Resolved, Therefore, that we will joyfully associate with our fellow-citizens of other places, in celebrating at James Town the memorable day on which our forefathers there laid the foundation of that fabric which has since become one of the brightest ornaments and firmest support of a great and flourishing republic. Resolved, That Messrs. Cabell, Semple, Greenhaw, Girardin, A. Malon and Coleman be appointed a committee to correspond with other committees for the purpose of making arrangements relative to the celebration of this National Jubilee. Resolved, That the Right Revd. Bishop Madison, be requested to offer on that day to the divine benefactor of man, a prayer expressive of the deep and fervid gratitude of the people for the signal protection bestowed upon their forefathers and themselves. Resolved, That Wm. Wirt, Esq. now in this city, be requested to deliver on the same day, an appropriate oration. Resolved, That one of the students of William and Mary College, be invited to prepare, and deliver, at some suitable period of the festival, an address adapted to the occasion. Resolved, That the sense of our fellow-citizens be taken as to the propriety of erecting by subscription, on the very spot where our forefathers first landed, (so far as that spot can now be ascertained,) a modest, but durable monument, of the granite of our country, with inscriptions expressive of their merits and of the veneration felt towards them, by a grateful posterity. Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be signed by the Chairman and Secretary, and that with the resolution of yesterday, they be transmitted to Richmond, Norfolk and Peterburg for publication. SAMUEL TYLER, Chairman. RO: ANDERSON, Secretary.
SPRING GOODS. RICHARD BROOKE, AT THE SIGN OF THE PLOUGH, HAS just received a general assortment of Goods suitable for the season, all of which he will sell at the most reduced prices for cash or country produce: —AMONG THEM ARE— Superfine Cloths, Beavers, do. Kerseymeres, Elegant Leno Veils, English and India Nan-kins, Extra long and short Kid Gloves, Irish Linens and Long Ladies Kid & Morocco Lawns, Shoes, Book Muffs, Silk and Cotton Chambrays, Plain & world's Leno's, Brays, Queens fancy do., Bandanna and Madras Long Shawls world's, hks. Silk & Cotton Hosiery, 6-4 Cambric and Leno Crapes assorted, Shawls, Gingham and Calicoes, German Linen, Furniture do., India Mulls, Marcellies & India Dimity, Furniture, fringes and Dimity & Cambric do. Cords, Cambric Mulls, A few pair handsome S. Silk Gloves and Leno's Boots. The upper part of his house, is, as yet, unoccupied and may be had by immediate application, on moderate terms. April 28.
A correspondent from Williamsburg suggests, that the literary concerned in this grand National Jubilee "have forgotten the philosophic change introduced since the 13th of May, "the day when anything like a permanent establishment was effected," & that the 23th instead of the 13th of May is the real anniversary. Another correspondent from the same place, whose communications are always valuable, has anticipated this objection. We shall give his own ideas in his own language, though neither of them were designed for publication: "It has not escaped us, that it was on the 13th May 1607 (old style,) that the event took place, and of course that the real day would be the 24th May, 1807 (new style,) the N. S. was adopted in England, Sept. 3, 1752, and that day was thereby made Sept. 14th. So that there is a difference of 11 days. The speech of Lord Chesterfield on that occasion, is still remembered. "It is needless to enter into the details relative to that alteration. My only object is to anticipate a charge of ignorance of chronology, which may be made by some Wags on the occasion. We thought it proper not to mention any thing of this, because the trial of A. Burr, which, I believe, is to come on the 22nd May, would probably interfere with the solemnity, if celebrated on the 23th. "Smith's history was printed in 1747: of course the dates are according to old style: and the landing of James town is dated there May 13th, 1607. — Modern historians should have rectified this."
What effect will the change in the British Ministry produce upon our relations with Great-Britain?
Congressional Election. — Majority for Mr. Garrett, after the Essex election 121.—The vote of King-William, yesterday determined the election. DELEGATES RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE ENSUING GENERAL ASSEMBLY. Colpepper—John Roberts, George Strother. Clyburn—John Christian, Cornelius Egmon. Essex—Archibald Ritchie, Taliaferro Hunter. Northumberland—John Crawley, Wm. Ball. New-Kent—Robert Christian, John D. Watkins. Richmond County—Vincent Redman, *Fautieroy Brockenbrough. NEW MEMBERS.
SCHOOL MASTERS WANTED. IN consequence of the intended removal of the present TEACHER, from this place—a PERSON who can come well recommended, and upon examination, upon examination, found qualified to instruct about twenty Pupils (boys) in the English, Latin and French languages, grammatically, with the principles of Geography, Writings and Arithmetic—will meet with very liberal encouragement: and the prospect of future permanent establishment. It is probable that the number of Pupils might be increased, but, in that case, an assistant Teacher will be necessary. ALSO, A SCHOOL MISTRESS, Who can come well recommended, and, upon examination, found qualified to take charge of about fifteen Girls—will meet with equal encouragement and the same prospects, of future permanency.—Apply to ANDW. NICOLSON, JOSEPH C. BROWN, ARCHD. FREELAND. Manchester, April 17.
In pursuance of a Decree in Chancery, made by the Court of the United States, for the fifth circuit, in the district of Virginia, at the November term, in the year 1806, we shall expose to Public Auction, at the times and places hereinafter mentioned: THE TRACTS OF LAND following: That is to say, one tract, in the county of Powhatan, where on William Ronald, now deceased, lived, containing fifteen hundred acres, and also one other tract in the same county of Powhatan, containing forty-four acres, purchased by the said William Ronald, from F. Woodson, at Powhatan Court-house, on the court day thereof, in the month of June, in the present year, 1807, being the 17th day of that month; and also two tracts, in the county of Goochland, one on Beaverdam creek, containing nine hundred acres; and the other called Little-Island, containing ten acres, at Goochland court-house, on the court day thereof, on the 15th day of June, 1807. The dower of the widow of the said William Ronald, will be first deducted, and the conditions, on which the said land are directed under the said decree, will appear therein and will be communicated on the days of sale. The terms of payment will be as follows:—one fourth of the purchase money to be paid in cash, and the remaining three fourths in three equal instalments of six, twelve and eighteen months credit. In all other respects the aforesaid decree will be pursued. WM. BERKELEY, JOSIAH ELLIS, } Com'rs. WM. MANN, } Lawdf.
NOTICE. In Pursuance of a Decree of Trust, bearing date the 14th day of August, 1806—between Andrew Lewis, of the county of Montgomery, of the first part, James Bream, of the City of Richmond, Merchant of the second part, and myself of the third part, (firsts date having expired from the 15th day of February, 1807,) I shall expose, or cause to be exposed, to sale, for ready money, at PUBLIC AUCTION, at the Eagle Tavern in the city of Richmond: ONE TRACT OF LAND, in the county of Kenawha, called Lewis's Salt Rock, now under lease to Abraham Trigg, and the patented land, including the same, under the name of the Safford Bottom; and also two TRACTS OF LAND, in the county of Botetourt, on Back-creek, which empties itself into Roanoke river, containing about five hundred acres, and purchased by the said Andrew Lewis, one from John Frenus, and the other from Abraham Pickellmore; on one of which, is a valuable Grift Mill; and also one half of the Coppermine Tract of Land, in the county of Montgomery, on the west fork of the Little-river, known by the name of Shelton's Coppermine; and also one Tract of Land, in the county of Albemarle, containing about one hundred and thirty-five acres, formerly the property of David Wade; for the purpose of raising a sum of money, sufficient to discharge and pay to the said James Bream, the sum of four thousand and fifty-nine dollars, and ninety-three cents, with interest from the said 15th day of February, 1807, and all costs and expenses attending the said sale. Deeds will be made to the purchasers in conformity with the said decree of trust. The sale will take place on the 25th day of May, 1807. FRANCIS FOLLET. 3W.
FOR SALE, 20 Hhds Northern Rum, 20 Tierces prime Green Coffee, 20 Hhds Loaf & Lump Sugar, 15 Hhds Brown ditto, 20 Boxes of Cotton & Wool Cards, 20 Boxes Chocolate, 10 Kegs of Raisins, 15 Crates New-York Stone Ware, 5 Bales India Cottons & Checks, 3 Piques Holland Gin, 2 Piques Cogniac Brandy, 1000 Pair Men's fine & coarse Shoes, 500 pr Ladies Morocco Slippers, 300 pr do. Leather do., 300 pr Ladies Kid do., 50 Casks of Stone Lime, 20 Boxes Brown Soap, 5 Ton Sneed's Iron, Cut Nails, Pepper, Paper, &c. &c. Terms liberal. HENRY HOVEY, April 28. ep4w.
Will be sold, on the premises, by the subscriber, on Wednesday the 20th of May next at 11 o'clock, a convenient two story BRICK HOUSE, on Cheek Hill, near the lots of Mr. Robert Gordon, together with a half acre LOT, very well enclosed, and on which Lot, there is a well of fine water. Terms of sale, 6, 12 and 18 months, for approved endorsed negotiable notes, and a deed on trust on the property, to secure the punctual payment of the same. PROSSER & MONCURE. Vendue-Masters' April 28.
Sales at Auction. Will be sold, without reserve, at the office of the subscriber, on WEDNESDAY 6th May, a NEGRO WOMAN, who can cook, wash and iron, and understands house business. Terms will be made known at the time of sale. Darmstadt, Foster & Scatchell, Auc'rs. April 28.
PROPOSALS FOR CARRYING MAILS of the UNITED STATES. On the following Post Roads, will be received at the General Post-Office in Washington, until the 1st day of July next, inclusive. IN VIRGINIA. 292. From Randolph c. h. to Franklin, Va. once in two weeks. Leave Pendleton c. h. every other Thursday at 6 A M, and arrive at Randolph c. h. by 11 A M, Leave Randolph c. h. every other Thursday at 1 P M, and arrive at Pendleton c. h. by 6 P M. 293. From Prince Edward c. h. by Hunter's tavern, to Lynchburg, once a week. Leave Prince Edward c. h. every Saturday at 6 A M, and arrive at Lynchburg on Sunday by 6 P M, Leave Lynchburg every Monday at 6 A M, and arrive at Prince Edward c. h. by 6 P M. 294. From Lynchburg, by Campbell c. h. Hanson's Ror, Maryville, Gaily's store, Sone's store, Pottsylvania c. h. and Beaver's tavern, to Danv. In once in two weeks. Leave Lynchburg every other Monday at 6 A M, and arrive at Danville on Wednesday by 6 P M. Leave Danville every other Thursday at 6 A M, and arrive at Lynchburg on Saturday by 6 P M.
NOTES. 1. The Post-master General may expedite the mails, and alter the times of arrival and departure at any time during the continuance of the contracts, he stipulating an adequate compensation for any extra expense that may be occasioned thereby. 2. Fifteen minutes shall be allowed for opening and closing the mails at all offices where no particular time is specified. 3. For every thirty minutes delay (unavoidable accidents excepted) in arriving after the time prescribed in any contract, the contractor shall forfeit one dollar; and if the delay continues until the departure of any depending mail, whereby the mails delayed for each depending mail lose a trip, an additional forfeiture of five dollars shall be incurred. 4. Newspapers, as well as letters, to be sent in the mail; and if any person making proposals, desires to carry newspapers, other than those conveyed in the mail for his own emolument, he must state in his proposals for what sum he will carry, with the emolument, and for what sum without, that emolument. 5. Should any person making proposals desire an alteration of the times of arrival and departure above specified, he must state in his proposals the alteration desired, and the difference they will make in the terms of the contract. 6. Persons making proposals are desired to state their prices by the year. Those who contract will receive their pay quarterly, in the months of August, November, February and May, in one month after the expiration of each quarter. 7. No other than a free white person shall be employed to convey the mail. 8. Where the proposer intends to convey the mail in the body of a stage carriage, he is desired to state it in his proposals. 9. The Post-master General reserves to himself the right of declaring any contract at an end, whenever three failures happen, which amount to the loss of a trip each. 10. The contracts for the above routes are to be in operation on the first day of October next, and are to continue in force for two years, excepting the routes numbered 292 to 210, which are to continue in force two years and an half. GIDEON GRANGER, Post Master General. General Post Office, Washington City, March 21, 1807. Lawdf.
VALUABLE PROPERTY FOR SALE. Pursuant to a decree of the Superior Court of Chancery, for the Richmond District, in a suit depending in that Court, between John Pierce, surviving trustee of Samuel Bale, deceased, Plaintiff, and William Mosely, Defendant, will be exposed to sale, on the premises, for ready money, on the first Monday in June next, being the first day of the said month of June:— A certain TRACT or parcel of LAND, lying and being in Halifax county, in the state of Virginia, upon Staunton river, containing, by estimation, seven hundred and twenty five acres, be the same more or less. This Tract of Land, was sold by Samuel Beale, on the 8th day of July, 1791, to the said William Mosely, and by said William Mosely, was conveyed by indenture of mortgage, bearing date the 22nd day of June 1795, to Robert Andrews and John Pierce, acting trustees of Samuel Beale, then deceased, to secure the sums in the said indenture specified, which indenture is duly recorded amongst the records of the Court of the said county of Halifax. At the same time and place, will be sold, for cash, such of the negroes (also included in said mortgage) as can then be produced. The sale will be made pursuant to said decree, to raise the balance due on the mortgage, the costs of suit and the expenses attending the execution of said decree. HENRY E. COLEMAN, ROBERT CAMPBELL, ISAAC H. COLES, JAMES EASTHAM, } Commissioners. April 28. tul.

Miscellaneous
Rotterdam, Jan. 15.
A dreadful misfortune has just happened to the city of Leyden, the seat of the principal university of the kingdom of Holland...
Hague, Jan. 15. Letter from H. M. the king of H. land, to his excellency the minister of the interior.
The disaster which has happened at Leyden is a general misfortune; the charitable gifts which have been transmitted...
It is with satisfaction we perceive how much the sentiments of the nation are conformable to our own in this respect...
We in consequence instruct you to make known to the departmental administrations, that they are to open Registers...
Upon which, Mr. Mollerus, I pray God to have you in his holy keeping. (Signed) LOUIS.
Warsaw, Jan. 27. An old man, 117 years of age, has been presented to the Emperor, who has given him a pension of 100 Napoleons...
PETITION.
My baptismal record is dated in the year 1690—consequently I am now 117 years old. I still recollect the battle of Vienna...
LONDON, March 8.
The number of horses for which duty is paid in Great Britain, is 1,178,000; their annual food is stated in the agricultural report...
The Committee for propagating the Vaccination in Denmark, have extended it to the most distant parts of that monarchy...
An Hebrew Bible is said to be in the press, with an English version placed literally & interlinearly over it...
An account showing what has been redeemed of the National Debt, the Land Tax, and Imperial Loan, to the 1st of February, 1807...
The following is a copy of the sentence of the court martial on Sir Home Popham...
CARLSRUHE, Jan. 8. On the 30th ult. Doctor Gall finished at Rastadt his lectures on the discoveries made by him during the last twenty-five years...
EXTRACT Relative to the Grave-diggers' Speech in the Tragedy of Hamlet.
If a joint-tenant of any chattel interest commits suicide, the right to the whole chattel becomes vested in the king...
A RIDDLE. In Mecklenburg county a child is born, its Father is its Grand Grand Father...
TRIAL OF SIR HOME POPHAM.
On Friday morning the trial of this Officer commenced on board the Gladiator at Portsmouth. The several officers, as they came upon the quarter deck...
The following is a copy of the sentence of the court martial on Sir Home Popham...
against the enemy, more especially if the success of such operations should be likely to prevent its speedy return...
ABOLITION OF SLAVE TRADE.
The following is a list of papers presented relative to communications with Foreign Powers, on the subject of the Slave Trade.
No. I. Extract from a dispatch from the Earl of Yarmouth, to Mr. Secretary Fox, dated Paris, July 1, 1806—received July 4.
No. II. Extract from a dispatch from Mr. Secretary Fox, to the Earl of Yarmouth, dated Downing-Street, July 5, 1806.
No. III. Extract from a dispatch from the Earl of Yarmouth, to Mr. Secretary Fox, dated Paris, July 9, 1806—received July 12.
No. IV. Extract from a dispatch from the Earl of Yarmouth, to Mr. Secretary Fox, dated Paris, July 23, 1806—received July 28.
By Authority.
LAW OF THE UNITED STATES.
AN ACT Disapproving of an act passed by the governor and judges of the territory of Michigan, entitled "An act concerning the Bank of Detroit."
Approved, TH. JEFFERSON. March 3, 1807.
THE HURON'S ADDRESS TO THE DEAD.
Brother, thou wert strong in youth! Brother, thou wert brave in war! Unhappy man was he For whom thou hadst sharpened the tomahawk's edge...
A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF
BLANKS, FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE.
WILL BE EXPOSED FOR SALE. Upon the premises, on the 18th day of May next, being Goodland County Court day...
AN AWAY from the subscriber, on the night of the 26th of March, from John Miller's Tavern, in the county of Essex...
N. B. It is likely that he is lurking about the plantation of Col. Daingerfield, where he has a wife...
TO RENT.
FOR three or five years: That valuable TAN-YARD of the late Mr. Jacob Bockius, and now occupied by the Subscriber...
MILITARY LANDS.
IN the State of Ohio for Sale. WHEREAS William Carter, late of the city of Richmond, commonly called Doctor William Carter...
WILLIAMSBURG, March 30, 1807.
THE Clergy and Laity of the Protestant Episcopal Church, are hereby reminded that the first Tuesday in May...
RICHARD BROOKE.
At the sign of the Plough, nearly opposite the Street leading from Mayo's Bridge:—Has just received and opened part of his SPRING GOODS...
FOR SALE.
A LIKELY NEGRO BOY, about 20 years of age. Apply at this Office, April 17. tf.
FOR SALE. A CONVENIENT HOUSE & LOT for a private family, it being brick 36 feet by 18, with two rooms on a floor...
TAPPAHANNOCK RACES POSTPONED.
IN consequence of the time first mentioned for the Races at Tappahannock, being on the Fredericksburg District court day...
RACES AT TAPPAHANNOCK.
THE JOCKEY CLUB RACES at this place, will commence on Wednesday, the 29th April next.
NOTICE.
ALL persons having claims against the estate of John Pendleton, esq. late of the City of Richmond, dec'd.
THE SUBSCRIBERS.
Having taken a House a few doors below the Bell-Tavern, offers For Sale, under the firm of WHITE & SHELTON.
JOHN TOMPKINS.
HAS received an assortment of GOODS Consisting of FLANNELS, Coatings, Blankets, Role and Duffel Drabs, Frize, Kerseys, Feanough, Cloths...
STOLEN.
STOLEN from my Plantation near Richmond, on the night of the 12th inst. a black HORSE, about four feet nine or ten inches high...
THE SUBSCRIBER.
IS desirous to sell a part of his LOT, on the Main-Street nearly opposite the Court-House, say from twenty-two to forty-five feet in front...
THE FARMER'S VIRGINIA ALMANACK.
FOR the Year 1807, printed by Thomas Ritchie, is now for sale, by the gross, dozen or single, at the ENQUIRER Book-Store.
TO RENT.
THE TENEMENT lately occupied by Mrs. Whitaker, in an agreeable retired situation and very convenient for a family.
WASHINGTON TAVERN.
ODEN & MOORE have taken the WASHINGTON TAVERN, adjoining the Capitol Square, lately occupied by Edward Hallam.
TO BE SOLD.
TO be sold, to the highest bidder, on the premises, on the 5th day of May next, so much of the LAND, whereon John Kelly lives...
RICHMOND TURNPIKE COMPANY.
IN pursuance of a resolution of the Board of Directors for the said Company, will be held a Auction, at the Eagle-Tavern, on Saturday the 30th of next month...