The enquirer (Richmond, Va.), 1804-08-08 00:00:00

THE ENQUIRER.
RICHMOND, (Virginia) PUBLISHED BY RITCHIE & WORSLEY, OPPOSITE THE POST-OFFICE...AT FOUR DOLLARS PER ANNUM...payable in advance.
NUMBER 27.]
WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 3, 1804.
[VOLUME 1.]
CONDITIONS.
 I. The ENQUIRER will appear twice a week...During the session of Congress and the Virginia Legislature, either a third paper or a supplementary half-sheet, during the week.  II. Terms of payment will be FOUR DOLLARS per annum, to those who subscribe previous to the 9th August, after which, the price will be FIVE DOLLARS, in advance.  III. ADVERTISEMENTS, from those who do not subscribe to the paper, should they not exceed a square in length, shall be inserted for seventy-five cents the first time, fifty cents for each time during three weeks, and for every additional insertion thirty-three cents; long ones in the same proportion.  IV. SUBSCRIBERS shall have their advertisements inserted for fifty cents the first time, and thirty-three cents for every additional insertion. 
ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
OF THE Bank of Potomac.
To all whom these presents shall come, or in any wise concern:
BE IT KNOWN, And it is hereby proclaimed, that we the subscribers, associating together have formed a company or limited partnership, and do mutually agree with each other, and hereby bind ourselves to conduct the business of the company under the name and title of "The President and Directors of the Bank of Potomac," and conformably to the rules and regulations herein after specified. And by these our fundamental articles of association, we do covenant and agree, with each other, that we, & all persons, who at any time hereafter, may transact business with said company shall be bound and concluded.
ARTICLE 1. The copartnership shall be, and continue for the term of twenty one years, from, and after the opening of the subscription, unless a charter is sooner obtained; but the proprietors of two thirds of the Capital Stock of the Company, may by their concurrent votes at a general meeting, to be called, for that express purpose, dissolve the same at any prior period: Provided , That notice of such meeting and its object, shall be published in one or more of the Alexandria newspapers for six months previous thereto; and if the President and Directors at their first meeting after the election in the last year of the aforesaid term, or two thirds of that body, shall concur in the opinion, that it will be proper and expedient to continue the copartnership for a further limited term not exceeding twenty one years, they shall have power to decide on the same, and shall immediately make known their decision by publication in the several Alexandria newspapers. And the President and Directors are hereby authorised at any time to apply for, and accept such charter as may be agreed upon with the concurrence of nine members of their body.
ART. 2. The capital stock of the company shall consist of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars, money of the United States; to be divided into shares of One Hundred Dollars each, and to be paid in the manner following, that is to say; twenty dollars on each share to be paid at the time of subscribing, thirty dollars in ninety days after the opening of the subscription, twenty five dollars in one hundred and fifty days thereafter, and the remaining twenty five dollars in two hundred and ten days; and a failure to make punctually any payment after the first, shall incur a forfeiture of all that shall have been previously paid on such share.
ART. 3. The copartnership shall transact its business in the town of Alexandria, or in Virginia, within one mile therefrom, Provided , a charter should at any time be obtained from the State of Virginia; and shall commence its operations as soon after the payment of the second installment as circumstances will permit.
ART. 4. The subscription shall be opened in Alexandria, on Wednesday the fifth day of September next, for the whole stock of the company, under the direction of
  Elisha Fenney,  Calibet Powell,    William Fitzhugh,  William Hartborne,    Thomas Swann,  Thomas Powell,    Charles Lee,  Yacob Hoffman,    Joseph Riddell,  James H. Hooe,    William Hodges,  Robert Young,    Priscilla Fenney,  James Keith, Jun.    James Patton,   
or a majority of them. And the commissioners aforesaid, shall open the subscription books at ten o'clock, A.M. and they shall continue open until four o'clock, P.M. and shall remain open between those hours for one day at least, and for the term of three days unless sooner filled: And if it should happen that more than the stipulated number of shares should be subscribed on the first day, then the Commissioners aforesaid are to apportion them among the subscribers, by deducting from the highest subscriptions, until they are reduced to the proper number, or if more persons subscribe than there are shares, the commissioners are to cast lots to decide to whom they shall belong. But no person or persons, bodies corporate or otherwise, shall be permitted to subscribe on the first day of opening the books, for more than twenty shares; and if the stock be not all taken the first day, the books shall remain open on the second day, on the same terms as on the first; but if the subscription be not filled on the second day, then the Commissioners may permit any person or persons, bodies corporate or otherwise, to subscribe for any number of shares until the whole number is complete. The Commissioners after having decided to whom the shares may belong, will issue receipts to the different Stockholders for the monies received of them at the time of subscribing, which receipts with the original subscription, shall be deemed good evidence of the quantity of stock to which each subscriber shall be entitled in this company.
ART. 5. The affairs of the company shall be conducted by twelve Directors, and a President, whose place if chosen from among their number, shall be supplied by that body; and six of the directors with the president shall form a board or quorum, for transacting all the business of the company; ordinary business may be done by the President, and any five of the Directors, in case of his sickness or necessary absence, his place may be supplied by any Director, whom he, by Writing under his hand may nominate for that purpose, or in case of his not making such nomination, the majority of the board may appoint a President to act during his absence; and the Directors who may be appointed at the first election, shall hold their seats until the second Monday in November, one thousand eight hundred and five, and the Directors from and after that period shall be elected for one year, by the Stockholders for the time being, and each Director shall be a Stockholder at the time of election, and shall continue to be a Director, if he should cease to be a stockholder, and no Director of any other kind shall at the same time be a Director of this Bank. The number of votes to which each Stockholder shall be entitled, shall be in proportion to the stock he may hold, as follows: For one share and not ex-
ceeding two shares one vote each, for every two shares, above two and not exceeding ten, one vote; for every four shares above ten and not exceeding thirty, one vote; for every six shares above thirty and not exceeding sixty, one vote; for every eight shares above sixty and not exceeding one hundred, one vote; and for every ten shares above that number one vote: But no person or persons, bodies corporate or otherwise, shall be entitled to more than fifty votes, and no Stockholder shall be permitted to vote except at the first election, who has not held his stock for thirty days prior to the election; and all Stockholders shall vote at elections by ballot, in person or by proxy, which proxy, in all elections after the first shall be made in such form as the board of Directors shall appoint.
ART. 6. A general meeting of the stock holders of the company shall be held on the second Monday in November in every year, (except the present) at such place as the board of Directors shall appoint, by giving four weeks notice in one or more of the newspapers of Alexandria, for the purpose of electing Directors for the ensuing year, who shall take their seats at the board the succeeding day, and immediately proceed to elect the President: But for the present year, for the more immediate organization of the business of the company, the election shall be held on the second Wednesday in September next; under the direction of the commissioners appointed to receive subscriptions.
ART. 7. The board of directors are hereby fully empowered to make, revise, alter, or amend all such rules, orders, bye laws and regulations for the government of the company, and that of their officers, servants and affairs, as they, or a majority of them, shall, from time to time, think expedient, not inconsistent with law or these articles of association, and to use, employ and dispose of the joint stock, funds or property of the said company (subject only to the restrictions herein after mentioned) as to them, or a majority of them may seem expedient.
ART. 8. All bills, bonds, notes and every contract and engagement on behalf of the company for the payment of money, shall be signed by the president and countersigned or attested by the Cashier of the company; and the funds of the company shall in no case be held responsible for any contract or engagement whatever unless the same shall be so signed and countersigned or attested as aforesaid.
ART. 9. The books, papers, correspondence and funds of the company shall at all times be subject to the inspection of the Directors.
ART. 10. The said board of Directors shall have power to appoint a Cashier and all other officers and servants for executing the business of the company, and to establish the compensation to be paid to the President and all other officers and servants of the company respectively, and which, together with all other necessary expenses, shall be defrayed out of the funds of the company.
ART. 11. A majority of the Directors shall have power to call a general meeting of the Stockholders for the purpose relative to the concerns of the company, giving at least 6 weeks notice in one or more of the newspapers of the town, specifying in such notice the object or objects of such meeting.
ART. 12. The shares of capital stock at any time owned by any individual Stockholder shall be transferable on the books of the company according to such rules as may conformably to law, be established in that behalf by the board of directors; but all debts actually due and payable to the company (days of grace for payment being paid) by a Stockholder requesting a transfer, must be satisfied before such a transfer shall be made, unless the Board of Directors shall direct to the contrary.
ART. 13. No transfer of stock in this company shall be considered as binding upon the company, unless made in a book or books to be kept for that purpose by the company, and it is further expressly agreed and declared that any Stockholder who shall transfer in any manner aforesaid, all his stock or shares in this company to any other person or persons whatever, shall thereupon cease to be a member of this company; and that any person or persons whatever who shall accept a transfer of any stock or shares in this company shall thereupon become and be a member of this company, according to these articles of association.
ART. 14. It is hereby expressly and explicitly declared that the object and intention of the persons who associate under the name or firm of "The President and Directors of the Bank of Potomac" that the joint stock or property of the said company (exclusive of dividends to be made in the manner herein after mentioned) shall alone be responsible for the debts and engagements of the said company; and that no person who shall or may deal with this company, or to whom they shall or may become any way indebted, shall on any pretence whatever have recourse against the separate property of any present or future member of this company, or against their persons, excepting the officers and servants of said company in regard to the faithful discharge of their respective duties in the conduct of the affairs and administration of the funds of said company; but all persons accepting any bond, bill, or note, or other contract of this company, signed by the President and countersigned by the Cashier of the company for the time being, or dealing with it in any other manner whatsoever, thereby respectively give credit to the said joint stock or property of the said company, and thereby respectively disavow having recourse on any pretence whatever to the person or separate property of any present or future member of this company, (excepting as before mentioned)—And all suits to be brought against this company (if any shall be) shall be brought against the President for the time being, and in case of his death or removal from office, pending any such suit against him, measures shall be taken at the instance of the company for substituting his successor in office as a defendant, so that persons having demands upon the company may not be prejudiced or delayed by that event; or if the person suing shall go on against the person first named as defendant (notwithstanding his death or removal from office) this company shall take no advantage, by writ of error or otherwise, of such proceeding on that account; and all recovery had, in manner aforesaid, shall be conclusive upon the Company, so far as to render the Company's said joint stock or property liable thereby, and no further; and the Company shall immediately pay the amount of such recovery out of their joint stock, but not otherwise. And in case of any suit at law, the President shall sign his appearance upon the writ, or file common bail thereto; it being expressly understood and declared, that all persons dealing with said Company, agree to these terms and are bound thereby.
ART. 15. Dividends of the profits of the Company, or so much of said profits as shall be deemed expedient and proper, shall be declared half yearly in the first week in May and November, in each year; the amount of said dividend shall, from time to time, be determined by the Board of Directors, at a meeting held for that purpose, and shall in no case exceed the amount of the net profits actually acquired by the Company, so that the capital stock of the said Company shall never be impaired by dividends; but the Directors shall be at liberty to retain at least one per cent upon the capital as a fund for future contingencies.
ART. 16. If the said Directors shall at any time wilfully and knowingly, make or declare any dividend which shall impair the said capital stock, all the Directors present at the making, or declaring of said dividend, and consenting thereto, shall be liable in their individual capacities to the Company, for the amount or proportion of said capital stock, so divided by the said Directors; and each Director who shall be pre-
sented at the making or declaring such dividend, shall be deemed to have consented thereto, unless he shall immediately enter in writing his dissent on the minutes of the proceedings of the board, and give public notice to the Stockholders, that such dividend has been declared.
ART. 17. These articles of agreement shall be published in two newspapers in the Town of Alexandria, for one month; and for the further information of all persons who may transact business with, or in any manner give credit to said Company, every bond, bill, note, or other instrument of contract, by the effect or terms of which the Company may be charged, or held liable for the payment of money, shall specially declare, in such form as the Board of Directors shall prefer that payment shall be made out of the joint funds of the Bank of Potomac according to the present articles of association, and not otherwise: A copy of the 14th article of this association shall be inserted in the Bank Book of every person depositing money, or other valuable property with the Company for safe keeping, or a printed copy shall be delivered to every such person, before any such deposit shall be received from him. And it is hereby expressly declared, that no engagement can legally be made in the name of said Company, unless it contain a limitation or restriction to the effect above recited; and the Company hereby expressly disavow all responsibility for any debt or engagement, which may be made in their name, not containing a limitation or restriction to the effect aforesaid.
ART. 18. The Company shall in no case be owners of any ships or vessels, or directly or indirectly be concerned in trade, of the importation or exportation, purchase or sale of any goods, wares, or merchandise whatever, (bills of exchange and bullion only excepted) and except such ships, vessels, goods, wares, or merchandise, as shall be truly pledged to them by way of security for debts due, owing or growing due to the said Company, or purchased by them to secure such debts due to the said Company.
ART. 19. If any vacancy shall at any time happen among the Directors by death, resignation, or otherwise, the residue of the Directors for the time being, shall elect a Director to fill the vacancy.
ART. 20. The Company shall not purchase or hold any lands, tenements, or other real estates, other than what may be necessary for the convenient transaction of its business, unless such lands, tenements, and real estates, shall have been bona fide mortgaged to the Company, by way of security or conveyed to it in satisfaction of debts previously contracted in the course of dealings, or purchased to secure debts contracted with or due to the said Company, and in every instance in which the Company may become owners or claimants of lands, tenements, or real estates, the Board of Directors are empowered to sell or dispose of the same, in such manner as they may deem beneficial for the Company.
ART. 21. Any number of Stockholders, not less than forty, who together shall be proprietors of five hundred shares, may, for any purpose relative to the institution, at any time apply to the President and Directors to call a general meeting of the Stockholders; and if by them refused, the said number of Stockholders, proprietors of not less than the number of shares aforesaid, shall have power to call a general meeting of the Stockholders, giving at least 60 days notice in one or more of the public newspapers of the town of Alexandria, specifying in such notice the object or objects of such call.
ART. 22. Immediately on the dissolution of this association, prompt and effectual measures shall be taken by the Directors then existing, for closing all the concerns of the Company, and for dividing the capital and profits which may remain among the Stockholders, in proportion to their respective interests.
In witness whereof— THE Commissioners above named will open the subscription Book, at the Court House in the town of Alexandria, on the 5th of September next, agreeably to the aforesaid articles of association. The payments will be received either in specie or the notes of the Bank of the United States and its various branches, or in the notes of any of the Banks, from N. York to Norfolk, inclusive. August 8, 1804. law3w
Foreign Intelligence.
Continuation of Foreign Advises, received by the ships Logan from Nantes, and Montezuma from Liverpool.
PARIS, May 21.
The different bodies composing the Imperial guard, were presented the day before yesterday (May 20th) to his Majesty the Emperor, by Prince Louis, Connétable of the Empire. General Bellesier, Colonel General of the Guard, addressed the Emperor as follows:
"SIRE, "The day on which the French nation confers on your Majesty the Imperial dignity, is a day of happiness for the people of France in general; but, let us be allowed to say it, the different bodies composing your guard, are among those who rejoice most at that event. The wish had long been cherished in our hearts; We alone did not possess the right of manifesting it; but if duty compelled us to remain silent, even whilst all our brothers in arms loudly poured forth from the most distant camps, the expression of their desires, let us, at least, enjoy the privilege of being foremost in renewing to your Majesty the sentiments of a devotion, and of a fidelity which no circumstance shall be able to shake."
The Emperor answered, "that the sentiments of his guard for his person are well known to him and that he reposes an unbounded confidence in the valor and fidelity of the several bodies which compose it: That he always beholds with new satisfaction, brethren in arms escaped from so many dangers, and covered with so many honorable wounds; and that he never fails to experience a sensation of pleasure, when he can reflect, on seeing them under their respective banners; that no battle has been fought, no victory obtained, for these fifteen years, in the four quarters of the world, of which some among them have not been the witnesses, or the partakers."
The Connétable then admitted to the oath, which they have taken in the hands of his Imperial Majesty, in their respective capacities. Gen. Mortier, Colonel General of the Imperial Guard; General Moncey, Chief Inspector General of the gendarmerie ; General Caffarelli, aid de camp to his Majesty; General Lauriston, idem ; General Le Marois, idem ; General Savary, idem ; General Rapp, idem ; General Caulaincourt, idem ; Col. Le Brun, idem , (Col. of the 2d regiment of lancers) Gen. Mullin, Colonel of the foot grenadiers of the guard; Colonel Sonles, Colonel of the Chasseurs à pied ; Gen. Ordener, Colonel of the horse grenadiers; Col. Beauharnais, Colonel of the Chasseurs à cheval ; Col. Cquin, Colonel of the artillery; Capt. Dautier, commander of the feathered of the guard; Gen. Laplanche Mortier, superior adjutant of
the palace; Col. Pufy, idem ; Col. Tortet, idem ; Citizen Chadalaz, Inspector of the reviews of the guard: The following Generals, viz: Berthier, Chief of the Etat Major General; Serurier, Governor of the Invalides; Simon, Lieutenant commander of the Invalides; Broulier, commander of the garrison of Paris; Saint Laurent, director of the artillery; Santon, director of the dépôt de la guerre ; The following Adjutants, viz: Commander Borel, member of the Etat Major General; Doucet, Chief of the Staff of the Governor of Paris; Ravier, Col. of the 18th regiment: Bazancourt, Col. of the 4th; Gen. Lafaille of the veterans; Gen. Dupleffis of the 10th; Renoiffenet of the 1st regiment of the municipal guard; Rabb of the 2d ditto; Guiter of the 1st of the Cuirassiers ; Gouget of the dragoons of the municipal guard; Favre, chief of the Staff of the Invalides; Labadie, director of the engineers.
The members and head clerks of the different administrations, repaired the same day to the officers of the ministers, in whose hands they took the oath prescribed by the organic  Senatus Consultum , and which runs thus— I swear obedience to the constitution of the Empire, and fidelity to the Emperor.
The troops of Paris took the same oath in the Champ de Manoeuvres.
*Under the French Monarchs, the title of Connétable was given to the first military officer of the Crown; he was commander in chief of the armies, &c. &c. It is presumable, that the dignity of Connétable of the Empire, embraces the same, if not greater powers.
May 27.
The Emperor of Germany has granted to the French Emigrants, resident in his dominions, the privilege of wearing the distinctive badges of the order of St. Louis.
Address of the President of the Tribunate, at the audience with his Imperial Majesty, on the 22d of May.
"SIRE, "The rank which the French nation holds in the universe; the pre-eminence which your genius and abilities have insured to us, renders it necessary that the supreme chief of this nation should be invested with a title which at once will give a just idea of its grandeur and power. The Senate have proclaimed you Emperor of the French. This new title adds nothing to your glory; it is independent of the majesty of the throne; you owe it neither to the force of events, nor to the circumstances of birth. Ah, who besides yourself, Sire, could be worthy of governing this nation. Is it not you who have delivered us from the oppression under which we struggled; who have carried our arms to the highest pitch of glory; who have extended our territories; who have assured to us the tranquility of the interior; who have caused to disappear the horrors of a long revolution? What title more sacred and glorious can you have, than the confidence and love of the French? The dangers you have encountered for us, gives additional force to our feelings, when it is considered that we trembled for the fate of our country, for our personal existence, for our families, and all we held most dear. Happy is the monarch who has united together, a people essentially generous and constant in its affections."
"Such are the sentiments which are manifested by the whole nation; which the Tribunate conceive it their duty to report to your Imperial Majesty. The signal services which you have rendered them, added to the wisdom of your administration, have given birth to those sentiments.....gratitude will render them eternal."
"The Tribunate convinced that the progress of wisdom and the perfecting the representative system, have resolved the problem of the best governments, have decreed that there shall be a medal struck to perpetuate the alliance, until now unknown, and henceforth everlasting, The Union of Empire and Liberty ; it also determined to present to your Imperial Majesty, the homage of its inviolable fidelity. We have the honour to present your Majesty the two Arretes which the Tribunate have made to that effect on the 19th inst."
The Emperor in reply, observed—"I thank you for the pains which you have taken, to notice the little good that I may have done. The Tribunate has contributed by its labours to the perfection of the different acts of the French legislation, and in that it has fulfilled my most ardent wishes. I am pleased with owing all to the people; this sentiment alone endears to me the new honors with which I am invested."
The Tribunate, after the audience with the Emperor was closed, waited on the Empress & complimented her on her new dignity.
LONDON, June 1.
A new Military Capitulation is to be formed between Spain and the Helvetic Cantons, by the consent of Bonaparte. It is to be proposed by the Landamans to the different Regencies of the Cantons at the next Diet; and the following are its leading features:—"Each regiment is to be composed of two battalions, and each battalion of one company of grenadiers and four companies of soldiers Swiss or Germans, from the age of 15 to 40, are only to be received into these regiments, and are to be of each five feet one inch French measure. They are to be of the Roman Catholic religion—the chiefs of these corps can enlist no recruits either in France or Spain. The capitulation is to continue for 30 years."
In the Court of King's Bench on Thursday, an information was filed by the Attorney General against W. Cobbet, [P. Porcupine] for a libel in his Political Register , on Lord Hardwicke and Reddishdale, Mr. Justice Osborne, and M. Markden; the object of which, according to the Attorney General, was to bring the Irish Government into contempt, &c. After the necessary proofs had been established, Mr. Adam spoke at some length for the defendant; and Lord L. Smart, and Minto, Mellieurs Windham, York, Reeves, &c. gave testimony in favour of his character and principles; when after a short charge from Lord Ellenborough; the Jury found him Guilty .
From the present state of the Cape of Good Hope, there is little doubt of its falling an easy conquest to the formidable expedition now fitting out; and the only question is, whether, when attained, it will be worth the purchase? Many of our most experienced officers are of opinion, that it is by no means of that importance which some persons seem to attach to it; General Sir Alured Clarke, it is now said, will have the chief command of the expedition, al-
though Lieut. General Dundas will carry out a commission as Governor of the Cape, to which situation a salary of 12,000l. will be attached. Sir Alured, it is said will return to Europe as soon as these objects are achieved, and General Maitland will become the Civil Governor of Batavia. The arrangements to equip a competent armament for these objects are going on with rapidity. Sir Home Popham will certainly command the naval part of the expedition.
Morn. Post.
We have already stated that Gen. Sir Francis Dundas is to command the expedition against the Cape of Good Hope. The forces destined to achieve this, and other eastern conquests, is estimated at 7000 Infantry, 1000 Cavalry, and 500 Artillery. The staff officers are to be selected from those who served before at the Cape, and in the glorious and memorable conquest of Egypt, Captains Sir Home Popham, Poer, Beresford, Spranger, Lukin, Halliday, Ekins, and Ramage, have been selected for this service; the other captains to be employed are not yet named, though it is said that Captains Sir A. Dickson, Winthrop, and Sir T. Livingstone, will also be employed. Colonel York is spoken of as the officer to command the Royal Artillery. General Baird goes second in command to the Cape, but on the reduction of that place proceeds to Batavia, or the Isle of France, with four thousand Infantry, and three hundred artillery. Major General Auchmully will accompany him as second in command. The squadron of men of war is to consist of three of 74, two of 64, and seven frigates, on board of which a certain proportion of troops will be embarked. It is expected that this armament will sail about the beginning of July. Several Regiments from Ireland and Scotland are to be embarked on the expedition. Colonel Macquarie, a most deserving officer, and who has for some time past acted as Adjutant General to Lord Harrington, accompanies the forces in that capacity.—Sun.
Yesterday, at two o'clock, a Cabinet Council was held at Lord Harrowby's Office, at which were present the Duke of Portland, Lord Hawkesbury, Mr. Pitt, &c. The Russian Ambassador attended a considerable time.
Thursday night arrived at St. Clement's Hotel, Strand, the Russian Gen. Hitzoff, and suite. Immediately after his arrival, he waited on Count Woronzoff, the Russian Ambassador, whose principal attendant, another Russian General Officer, accompanied him home, and remained with him until late this morning. The particulars of his mission to this country cannot be known; but they are supposed to relate to the present negotiation, carried on between this country and Russia.
The cause of the removal of Lucien, we beg our pardon, of his Royal Highness Prince Lucien Bonaparte to Italy is now obvious. He is to be offered to the Queen of Etruria, and, after his marriage, will be created King—King Lucien the first!
The new Emperor of the Gauls, it is said, is to reside in the ancient Royal Residence at Versailles, for the fitting up of which 40,000,000 livres have been issued from the French Treasury—Three hundred chimney pieces & stoves, of the most modern & elegant structure, are stated to have been ordered for this purpose at Paris. The admirable machine of Marly, which supplies Versailles with water, has also been ordered to be repaired.
LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF KING'S BENCH.
WEDNESDAY, May 7.
The King v. Tuckford and others.
The defendants, five in number, were brought up, in custody of the gaoler of Lincoln, to receive the sentence of the court, they having been convicted of assaulting a press gang in the town of Boston, and with having committed great outrage and violence against their persons.
Mr. Justice Grose informed them, that they had been convicted of a grievous offence, inasmuch as they had assaulted and obstructed men in the execution of their duty; a duty hazardous and unpleasant as it was, but which the nature of the service compelled them to perform. A duty too, that must exist so long as it was necessary the country should have fleets and sailors to protect it; and those who obstructed that duty, were guilty of a high misdemeanor, and consequently a breach of the law. Looking into the facts contained in the case, he could not help observing, that if any of the press gang had lost their lives, the defendants before him would have been arraigned for murder, and the most dreadful consequences might have resulted. He should repeat, that as persons employed in the impress service were bound to perform their duty, no man ought to prevent the execution of it; and if they were obstructed, they had a right to claim protection from the laws as well as men engaged in any other description of authorised service. Upon the whole, therefore, and taking into consideration their former peaceable and good conduct in the town of Boston, the Court ordered and adjudged that they be imprisoned three months in Lincoln jail, and that they further enter into a recognizance, each in 100l. to keep the peace for two years.
[Extraordinary Decision.]
London, April 16.
WAIN vs. WALTERS.
In this case a very interesting and material point was decided by the Court, after much learned argument by the Council on each side, (Mr. Erskine, Mr. Garrow, and Mr. Lawes, for the Defendant, in support of the nonsuit, and Mr. Gibbs and Mr. Marriott, for the Plaintiff.)—The nonsuit was established on this ground:—The defendant promised thus, in writing "I will pay 56l. for— Hall (due by him by his acceptance,) by half past four o'clock to-day." No consideration for this undertaking appearing on the face of the memorandum, it was decided by the Court, that no parole evidence of the agreement was admissible, and the written paper containing no consideration, proved only a nudum pactum . It must be interesting to the public (in the trading world particularly,) to know that a promise to pay a debt of another, should not only be reduced to writing, but that the consideration to support such promise, should also be set forth in the writing.
The council of state of the Italian republic has decreed, that a monument shall be raised to

the glory of Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, the founder and restorer of the Italian Republic and that his accession to that dignity shall be solemnly celebrated on the 17th of August, the day of St. Napoleon.
Most of the bishops have already addressed to the faithful of their diocese a mandate, ordering solemn thanksgivings for the accession of Bonaparte to the dignity of the Emperor of the French.
LONDON, May 26.
Mr. Fox gave a dinner yesterday to a large party, including Mr. Livingston, the American minister, Mr. Grey, Mr. Ponsonby, &c.
It is, we believe, settled, that the Earl of Hardwicke shall retain the Lord Lieutenancy of Ireland. This has occasioned the sincerest pleasure throughout Ireland. A more popular government than Lord Hardwicke's is not to be found in the annals of Irish history.
There is a prospect, we are glad to understand, of Mr. Addington's again coming into office in conjunction with Mr. Pitt. The audiences which Mr. Pitt and Mr. Addington had of his Majesty on Wednesday, are understood to have related to this object. It was on the next day that his Majesty honoured Mr. Addington with a visit at Richmond Park, after having given audience to Mr. Pitt. It is probable that we shall be able to announce some more particular on Monday.
May 29.
MR. LIVINGSTON.
The arrival of Mr. Livingston in this country was totally unexpected. He sailed from Dieppe, as we are informed, on board an American vessel bound for Louisiana, which put him on board a pilot boat off Cowes. His voyage to England certainly relates to the pecuniary concerns of the American republic; principally, we believe, to the purchase of Louisiana. England is the only country in Europe where money is to be had, and therefore we apprehend that Mr. Livingston is come to accelerate the raising a sum of money to answer the first instalment agreed to be paid by the U. S. States for that possession. The loan for this purpose, is, we understand, proceeding under the agency of a great commercial house, well known for its extensive concerns with America.
It is whispered besides, that the Americans have in view the purchase of the Floridas, and possibly that also may be a part of the present business. Mr. Livingston is certainly not the bearer of any proposals from France to our government; indeed it would be a means of rendering them unpopular, to send them by the author of so contemptible and dastardly a piece of flattery as he lately offered to the tyrant of France, at the expense of his country. While we state this, we shall not be surprised if Mr. L. should be privately instructed to feel the pulse of the government and people of England, with respect to the grand question of peace with France. We know it to be a favorite idea with Bonaparte to patch up a peace with this country for a few years, to give him time to breathe and to collect a navy.
England opposes an insurmountable bar to the designs of Bonaparte, as to universal, or at least extended empire; but in the present relative state of the two countries, he finds it impossible to achieve his conquest. It is by peace only he can hope to do so, for it is a few years of peace which alone can enable him to recover his commerce and create a marine force.
For these reasons we have for some time been in expectation of a proposition of peace from France. How such an overture will be received by the new ministry, we shall not attempt to conjecture. If the terms proposed should be very moderate, it will be unpopular to reject them, and thus the embarrassment of the ministers will be increased. We trust, however, that no terms will be listened to, but such as shall secure the independence of Holland, Spain, Switzerland, and the Italian republic.
[Addington paper.]
BRITISH NAVY.
Statement of the distribution of the British naval force, to June 1.
Table with 5 columns: Port, Men, Guns, Ships, Tons. Rows include: In port & fitting, & with sealed orders; Guardships; In English & Irish channels; In the Downs & N. Sea; At W. Indies, & on passage; On Jamaica station; American & N. E. Land; C. of G. Home, E. Indies, & on the passage; Coast of Africa; Spain, Portugal, Gibraltar; Mediterranean & on passage; Hospital and prison ships; Total in commission; Receiving ships; Serviceable & rep. for service; In ordinary; Building; Total.
Table with 5 columns: Port, Men, Guns, Ships, Tons. Rows include: Portsmouth, Plymouth, Chatham, Sheerness, Rivaz; Total.
INTERESTING SUMMARY.
CORK, June 7.—The London Packet to the 2d have been received at our Office, together with several Provincial and Periodical Publications:—our Extracts from these various sources will be found highly interesting and important. The Journals of Saturday furnish us with several articles of intelligence from the Continent: amongst which the requisition of the French Government with respect to Embden, with the ulterior views which this negotiation discloses, possesses strong claims to the attention of our Readers. The intelligence from the continent, which we had been frequently under the necessity of representing as barren and local, becomes daily more and more attractive; and according as it seems to portend new coalitions or fresh hostilities, is accompanied by intended changes in the French Armies, which prove that the new Emperor is not indifferent to the alterations which have been gradually though slowly taking place in the language of the European courts, particularly in that of Petersburg. Even the French Journals, which seldom venture into the regions of Conjecture, speak of a war on the Rhine as not impossible: and the Gref du Cabinet informs us that, should such an event occur, General Jourdan is to be recalled from Italy, to command in that quarter. In short the political horizon has lately assumed a new aspect; the ambitious views of the French Government have been too fully and, consistently with sound policy, too prematurely disclosed. It has been strongly felt that the new Emperor would neither be guided in his conduct by the laws, which heretofore regulated the intercourse of civilized nations, nor even by the Revolutionary maxims which he himself had promulgated. The plan of universal dominion has appeared too glaringly not to excite alarm and apprehension:—and there can be no doubt that between the Northern courts and that of Vienna, an exchange of sentiments has taken place, the consequence of which is not actual and open hostility, at least a firm resolution to watch and to impede the encroachments of the Imperial Republic. In all these ne-
gotiations the Emperor of Russia, has very naturally, both from situation and circumstances, taken the lead; possessed of a considerable military force, which had suffered little in the late war, too remote from St. Cloud, to be so much influenced by its intrigues as other Sovereigns have been, he seems, during the entire of this war, to have held the balance in his hands, and the courts of Copenhagen and Stockholm have paid implicit deference to his opinion.—The Emperor of Germany still smarting from his considerable losses during a contest beyond example destructive, weakened by a great loss of territory, would naturally be tardy in renewing hostilities with an enemy he had found to be formidable. Nevertheless to suppose him not to feel resentment for the injuries he has suffered, and that he would not seize a favourable opportunity to repair his losses and recover his dominions, would betray little acquaintance with the human heart.
Under our parliamentary head will be found a copious statement of the Debate on the Slave Trade: we rejoice that the legislature has decreed the abolition of this infamous traffic.—Although little was said in opposition to it, we have given the arguments on both sides in full. What could, indeed, be urged in favor of a continuance of the Commerce in human flesh , except that the Negroes were born to be Slaves , because their hair, instead of being lank, is woolly, and their skin absorbs, instead of reflecting the rays of light?—The conduct of the British Legislature on this important topic, forms a satisfactory contrast with the conduct of France towards the unhappy sons of Africa!—Early in the Revolution not only the abolition of the Slave Trade, but the unqualified emancipation of the Negroes, was proclaimed as a fundamental principle of the Revolution. “Perish our Colonies,” said one of the Orators of the Constitutional Assembly, “provided the grand principles remain.” The effect of this unqualified Emancipation exceeds even what had been apprehended.—But after the calamities of this precipitate act had been endured, the First Consul renewed the slavery of the Blacks in some of the Islands, in which it had been abolished, and confirmed it in those where it had been preserved. Martinique proclaimed a Consular arrest has preferred slavery, and slavery shall be there preserved.
The French papers contain the Senatus Consultum, by which the succession to the Imperial Throne, is to be regulated; it resembles, in many respects, the Monarchical Democracy of the year 1791. The chief articles of this new code have been anticipated by us: the Children of Jerome and Lucien Bonaparte, are excluded from the Imperial dignity, to which the issue of Joseph and Lewis are to succeed in case Napoleon has no male heirs; the cause of this exclusion is not alleged, but may very probably lay the foundation to future changes. The talents of Lucien are said to be equal to his ambition: his journey to Italy is now explained. It would be tiresome to our readers to be compelled to peruse the addresses from the principal cities of France, from the camps, the fleets, the divisions, the regiments, and from individual generals such as Murat, Massena and Bernadotte. Even the address of Cambacérès is distinguished by the grossness of its flattery only: he was rewarded, however, by the dignity of Arch-Chancellor, and Lebrun by that of the Arch-Treasurer. Prince Joseph Bonaparte has been made Grand Elector, and his Imperial Highness Prince Louis has been made Constable of France. The only phrase we can find in this multitude of addresses, that breathes any other new Emperor, is one in the Address from the Municipalities of Paris which requests, that the power of exercising arbitrary acts may no longer reside anywhere, and that no man be condemned without being previously tried. This sentence explains to us the with of the reflecting part of the French nation. “Do not tyrannize over us, do not plunder us any more,” say they to Napoleon, “and we place you on the Imperial Throne. We make you great, in hope of your becoming good; we make you an Emperor in the hope you may cease to be a despot.”
On the other hand, the language of the Constituted Authorities, his accomplices, may be thus translated: “You have just committed a fresh murder, which has excited the horror of mankind against you, and which will probably excite an universal war. We run the same risk with you, should the nation reflect on its dangers, and announce its intention of bringing us to an account. We will, therefore, hold out to you the perspective of a milder Administration, and the possibility of peace: we will distract its attention by the Eclat of a splendid ceremony. You are most criminal of men; we will trumpet forth your virtues: you have ruined France, yet we will proclaim that all Europe is jealous of our prosperity: we despise your family because we know them: yet we will announce that the French nation prefers them to the descendants of St. Lewis, of Charles the fifth, of Lewis the twelfth, and of Henry the fourth: we have all of us stolen more or less of the public property, we will call these thefts new interests which the Revolution has created , and we will say the Justice of Louis the XVIII, being incompatible with our injustice, the People, that is to say, our faction abjure the Government of their lawful Sovereign: and we make you, the greatest robber of all. Emperor of the French, in order to defend us against any power on Earth that may attempt to oblige us to return; we therefore proclaim you primus inter pares ; we will declare ourselves your subjects, in order that you should give us slaves; you have massacred us, and we will consecrate you. But nevertheless, the nation, as the price of her excessive indulgence, expects that you will guarantee her liberty, equality, &c.”
Extracts of a letter from Copenhague, June 4. “We have a French brig privateer on this coast, who boarded an American vessel bound to Liverpool, and plundered her of several articles. The intelligence was brought in here by one of our fishing hookers, which spoke the American about ten leagues west of Cape Clear, in about an hour after.” Cork paper.
RATISBON, May 7.
Russian Note respecting France.
To-day the following Russian Imperial declaration, delivered yesterday by the minister resident, M. Klupfing, to the baron d'Albin, was communicated to the diet.
NOTE. “The event which has taken place in the states of his highness the Elector of Baden, and the conclusion of which has been so melancholy, has occasioned the most poignant grief to the emperor of all the Russias. He cannot but view with the greatest concern the violation which has been committed on the tranquility and integrity of the German territory. His imperial majesty is the more affected by this event, as he never could have expected, that a power which had undertaken in common with himself, the office of mediator, and was consequently bound to exert its care for the welfare and tranquility of Germany, could have departed in such a manner from the sacred principles of the law of nations, and the duties it had so lately taken on itself.”
“It would be unnecessary to call the attention of the diet to the serious consequence to which the German empire must be exposed, if acts of violence, of which the first example has just been seen, should be passed over in silence: it will with its accustomed foresight easily perceive, how much the future tranquility and security of the whole empire, and each of its members, must be endangered, if such violent proceedings should be considered as allowable, and suffered to take place without observation or opposition.”
“Moved by these considerations, and in quality of guarantee of the constitution of the German empire, and that of mediator, the emperor considers it as his duty solemnly to protest against an action which is such an attack on the tranquility and security of Germany. Justly alarmed at the mournful prospect it presents, his majesty made no delay to represent his manner of thinking on the subject to the first consul, through the Russian charge d'affaires at Paris.”
“While his majesty adopts a measure prescribed to him by his solicitude for the welfare of the German empire, he is convinced that the diet and the head of the empire will do justice to his disinterested, and mutually indispensable care; and that they will unite their endeavors with his, to transmit their just remonstrances to the French government, to prevail on it to take such steps and measures as the violation of their dignity may require, and the maintenance of their future security may render necessary.”
Domestic Intelligence.
The following articles representative as they are in manner, are presented to the public consideration.
FROM THE AMERICAN CITIZEN. The following notes will need but little explanation.
GENTLEMEN, I am informed (and I believe correctly) that M. L. Davis declared in your office on Saturday last, in a mode of sportive triumph, that my remarks on the Society of Duetists , contained in the Citizen of that day, were correct. As the well meaning of both the republican and federal parties cannot but feel an interest in bringing to light and exposing to the frowns of their fellow-citizens an association so horrible in its nature and end, I take the liberty of requesting, for publication, a statement of the declarations to which I allude.
Your ob't serv't. JAMES CHEETHAM. Messrs. John Lang, & Co. N. Y. July 24.
NEW YORK, July 25, 1804.
SIR, In your letter of yesterday you call upon us for a statement of “the declarations” which Mr. M. L. Davis made in our office on Saturday morning last.
Mr. Davis being in our office the “gift inst.” a conversation took place respecting the remarks in the American Citizen of that morning, headed Gen. Hamilton's death . Mr. Davis observed, that the remarks respecting those who had pledged themselves to support Mr. Burr to the last drop of their blood, and wherein the names of the DAVISES were given as authority, were “true enough.” And further observed, that the printer of the Corrector had the names of a certain number of gentlemen (we believe he said twelve) who had agreed to support the publication of that paper with their lives—and that their names were to be handed to any person who should demand personal satisfaction, on condition that he would fight either of them—and not otherwise.
Yours, &c. JNO. LANG, & Co. MR. CHEETHAM.
“To a correct understanding of this association of cold-blooded and systematic stabbers, whose devices, in all human probability, compassed the death of General Hamilton, it is deemed necessary to republish the passages in the Citizen on Saturday last, to which the above notes refer. They are as follows.”
“It has for some time been intimated by many of Mr. Burr's friends, in language that could not be misunderstood by those who have calmly observed their conduct for two or three years back, that General Hamilton must fall by the hand of Mr. Burr. The reasons assigned by that gentleman's friends for the fatal threat, were precisely those urged by Mr. Burr, in his correspondence with the deceased. It was stated that General Hamilton had either himself propagated, or had some how encouraged the propagation of what these gentlemen were pleased to term slander, traducing what they denominated his honour and fame. It was impossible, they said that Mr. Burr, distinguished for his bravery and known from his constant practice to be a good shot , should be so indifferent to his reputation as not to call him to an account. Besides, General Hamilton, although perhaps the most formidable opponent, was not the only one whose death was meditated by Mr. Burr and those with whom he confidentially associated. They avowed their intention to accomplish, if possible, by acts of desperation; by spilling the blood of their fellow citizens, those, in their opinion, desirable objects which by other means they could not attain. For some time previous to the late election from twelve to fifteen of these bloody villains assembled together in the night and under injunctions of secrecy and pledges of mutual support, planned the diabolical work and selected for destruction those who were viewed as the most formidable obstacles in the way of Mr. Burr's designs. In one word, it was their determination to fight their way through an host of opposition which could not, in their opinion, be subdued without blood ! The public will scarcely credit this plain narration of a horrible scene; but I have the authority of one of the DAVISES for it; and this is confirmed by all the circumstances which led to and accompanied the death of General Hamilton, as well as by others which are here well known to have existed a little anterior to and during the late election. To a gentleman who mentioned the fact to me, one of the DAVISES stated, in express terms, and in a tone and temper indicative of fieriness and courage for which he has no reputation, that a company of Mr. Burr's friends had formed themselves into a regular association on principles, and for the express purpose of dueling , and that they were determined to accomplish this by a system of terror and of blood, what they could not without it.”
“Such are the lines, contained in the Citizen of Saturday last, to which Messrs. John Lang, & Co. alluded in their note. “Mr. M. L. Davis, they say, observed in their office, that the remarks respecting those who had pledged themselves to support Mr. Burr with the last drop of their blood, and wherein the names of the DAVISES were given as authority, were “true enough.” The reader will perceive that the DAVISES are given as authority (more particularly) for that part of the above extract which describes the association of duelists and their object , and that this was to take away the life of General Hamilton , and other formidable opponents of Mr. Burr.—That this diabolical purpose of a nest of unprincipled and desperate wretches as ever infested any country was meditated, is now put beyond the reach of doubt. It no longer rests on naked assertion. It is proved by the testimony of M. L. Davis, a bosom friend of Mr. Burr, and, in all probability, one of the accomplices.”
“I have deemed it my duty to unmask these men and expose their destructive projects. I am not sure that I shall not, in a few days, give to the public the names of those who formed the association of duelists —“pledged themselves to support Mr. Burr with the last drop of their blood,” and to take away the life of general Hamilton.”
Every fact, in the least degree connected with, or resulting from, the death of gen. Hamilton, must necessarily be interesting to his bereaved country. We state therefore, for the information of our distant readers who are daily and anxiously looking for the proceedings of the jury of inquest, that several circumstances have concurred to procrastinate the verdict.
Wilton, one of the boatmen, who took Mr. Burr to Hoboken, was, on Tuesday last, committed to Bridgewell by the coroner, for refusing to be sworn as a witness. “Wilton,” says the Citizen, “is but the tool of infamous knaves .” His refusing to be sworn shews that he could a tale unfold that would indeed barrow up the foul .
M. L. Davis, who boasts of his intimacy with Mr. Burr, and who pretends to know much about the business, was also committed to Bridgewell, for refusing (after he had taken the oath) to answer the questions put to him by the coroner.
If Le Brun, the Arch-Treasurer of France, proves able, under the present circumstances of that Empire, to support her armies, and navies, in inactivity; to defray the expenses of the Imperial Establishment of the Empress Josephina ; Princes of the Blood; Great and Grand Dignitaries, &c. &c. and do all this without giving its allies another fraternal squeeze , he may literally be pronounced a very arch officer . [Amer. Daily Adv.]
TO THE EDITOR OF THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
SIR, The last century has exhibited a prevalent ardor for colonies and foreign conquest, and millions of lives and almost countless sums of money have been expended to obtain them.—They are still the sources of strife and bloodshed, and threaten calamities to all the possessors. With the example of European nations before us, we have sufficient warning to avoid the delusive ruinous delire of distant territories.—The following estimate of the annual produce from agricultural industry in England and Wales, evinces in a strong point of view the true resources of a nation.
Table with 3 columns: Acres, Value (£), Total annual produce (£). Rows include: 11 200 000 acres of arable land in crop, 5l. is 56 000 000; 44 000 acres of hop ground at 30l. is 1 320 000; 10 000 acres of nurseries from 50 to 100, pay 50l. is 500 000; 50 000 acres garden ground at 60l. is 3 000 000; 20 000 acres unprofitable pleasure ground, 21 300 000 acres grass land at 3l. is 63 900 000; 7 889 000 acres commons is 1 000 000; 2 000 000 acres woods copse, &c. at 10s. is 1 000 000; 1 603 000 acres ways and water; 44 116 000 Total annual produce 126 720 000; 2 800 000 fallow; 49 916 000 Total acres in labor artificers & horse keep, &c. is 86 720 000.
Table with 2 columns: Item, Value (£). Rows include: Remains net encrease in value on land 70 000 000; Of which the landlord takes 42 000 000; The state in taxes and tythes 13 000 000; The farmers share the remainder in return for capital interest and attention 15 000 000; 70 000 000.
“If the manufacturing and commercial part of Great Britain were to be tried by this rule, namely, of sharing less than one fourth part of their real gains, they could not exist an hour.”
“Agriculture may properly be considered as the art of manufacturing the soil, and unquestionably ranks the highest in the class of manufactures, since it not only makes a greater return for the labour bestowed than all the rest put together, but it is also of the first necessity.”
“In this point of view the seed grain may be called the raw materials , amounting to about 15 shillings per acre—when the corn and straw produced from this seed are dressed and sent to market, it may be termed a finished manufacture , the additional value above the 15 shillings is the produce of labor, and amounts to about 9l. 2s. an acre, or 1293 per cent on the cost of the raw material.”
“Other manufactures cannot support their own population, but on the contrary, have a tendency greatly to shorten the duration of life.—It is therefore to agriculture's healthy sons, we must look for a supply to make up the loss in manufactures, in great cities, in commerce and in war.”
“I hope my countrymen will attentively deliberate upon the foregoing statement, let them consider what comforts and what tranquility arises from agriculture.”
“Great Britain has spent above 1,000,000 millions in principal and interest, during the reign of one sovereign, and all its acquisitions are but burthens, and it imports provisions though extensive commons remain waste. Let us not be agitated about the balance of commerce, let us not prefer ploughing the Ocean to ploughing our land. Let us not prefer the golden ores of Mexico, to the golden harvests of our soil.—Let us not prefer conquering our neighbours to conquering our passions. Let us not prefer party patriotism to permanent principles, or sport, superstition, or sovereignty, to replace religion and republicanism. Let us cultivate our soil in quiet, thus shall we encrase our enjoyments and multiply our inhabitants, and live at peace with all the world.”
COMMUNICATION.
On Wednesday, 26th day of October, 1804, the ship Mary, captain Alston, failed from Liverpool, bound for Africa, where she arrived on the 6th February, 1804, and departed from thence, bound to Barbados, on the 30 May, 1804, with a cargo of slaves, 4502 pieces, or near 30 tons, of red wood, 6 of ivory, and some remains of her outward bound cargo, chiefly common clothes: on the 11th of June said ship arrived in Barbados: she remained there 14 days, and on the 25th of June failed for Savannah. On Saturday the 14th day of July, in lat. 33, 15, N. nearly off Cape Roman, the above mentioned ship Mary was captured by the French privateer La Dame Ambert, capt. Charles Lamarque, of Gaudalope. Captain Alston and the ship Mary's crew went on board
the privateer; on Sunday following the said French privateer fell in with and captured H. M. S. Lily, of 16 guns and 75 men. On Monday morning, at 5 o'clock, the Mary's ship's company was ordered on the privateer's quarter-deck; the captain informed them that they might go on board their own ship and make the best of their way to what port the officers thought proper. Captain Alston was ordered on board the privateer, then bound to Gaudalope, as an evidence for the condemnation of the ship and cargo. Our officers and ship's company went on board the Mary: the French took out the slaves, ivory, cloth and ammunition, threw all our guns overboard, and took great part of the provisions, and even deprived the ship of almost every necessary article in the domestic line: took away our surgeon's medicine chest, and did every damage they possibly could. The privateer went on board, the officers and seamen belonging to his Britannic majesty's sloop Lily (captured) and the crew of the Young Nicholas, Galish, from the Bay of Honduras, bound to London, captured likewise by the aforementioned privateer. The ship Mary took her departure from the French privateer on Monday the 16th, at 6, P. M. bound to Baltimore.
N. B. On Thursday the 19th of July, some of the Lily's people not willing to come to Baltimore, insisted on being landed at Cape Hatteras, we accordingly landed twenty-seven men. The rest of the officers and men belonging to the Lily wished to go to Norfolk in the pilot-boat, for the speedy relief of the wounded men and officers. [Balt. Fed. Gaz.]
COMMUNICATION FROM THE BANK.
The French Traders in the Borough, are particularly cautioned in the receipt of 100 Dollar bills of the Office of Discount & Deposit of Baltimore; a great number of which are in circulation; and there are strong grounds to suspect the villainous attempts at passing, will be on those who are least likely to detect them.
A gentleman just returned from Edenton, (N. C.) informs that there are now circulated in that state a great many forged 50 & 100 dollar notes of U. S. branch bank of Baltimore dated, September 1802, letter G.—The engraving is uncommonly well executed, except the upper part of the Eagle, the bill of which is rather clumsily done.—The ink used in printing is rather paler, and the paper thicker and somewhat inferior to the real notes. The signature of Messrs. Simpson and Witting are equal to the original, and with ink similar to that generally used.—From the foregoing communication, we fear some of the above described notes have crept into this place. [Nor. Herald.]
Extract of a letter from Paris dated 7th April, 1804.
“Nothing decisive having taken place respecting your claims since my last letter to you of the 31st of December last, is the cause of my silence, since those of the —, and Nancy, are now before the French council of liquidation and in the course of a fortnight more, will be submitted by me to the American commission, whose decision thereon will, I am of opinion, be a favourable one. When the payments generally on claims will commence, by our ministers bills on the treasury, I am not yet able to afford you that information in less than another month, and as soon after as possible you shall participate of its benefit. The delay of both the American and French commissions heretofore in the final liquidation of claims, I consider as fortunate for the claimants generally in the United States, in as much, to say no more, as it has enabled them individually to send forward their claims and to be regenerated here.” [Phil. True Amer.]
In consequence of information given to the Officers of the Revenue, stating that a Schooner called the Eliza, alias, the Divinia Pastor, commanded by a man named Bernard Johnson, had been fitted in this port and was intended to be converted into a French privateer; she was sent after early in this month by the Collector, to where she lay at anchor near Sullivan's Island, & brought back to town. A libel was filed against her in the Federal District Court, holding Admiralty Jurisdiction. On Tuesday last her trial came on, when, after a hearing of eight hours, the jury brought in a verdict against the vessel & cargo, which are in consequence condemned as forfeited to the United States for the said offence against the laws of the United States. Capt. Johnson is now in confinement, and will be tried at a Special Circuit Court. [Charleston City Gazette.]
NEW-YORK, JULY 20.
We are informed that on Thursday last (July 20th) as the brig Jefferson, Capt. Crocker, from Bordeaux for New York, was coming into the Hook, the British frigate Cambrian boarded her, and ordered her for Halifax. Captain Swaine, of the ship American Packet, informs, that the frigate detained an inward bound ship for 3 hours, and then the flood off to the southward; he was in company with her the whole of Saturday last, but did not speak her.
[N. Y. Mr. Adv.]
The Swedish Schooner Sufana, capt. Galway, 16 days from Jeremie, put into Nassau, N. P. on the 9th inst. in distress. Capt. G. informs, that four days before he failed, a general massacre of the whites took place at Jeremie, when upwards of 1000 men, women and children fell victims to the sanguinary rage of the brigands. The cause they assigned for this massacre, was the defection of a Mr. Reynolds (a white man) an officer in the service of the brigands, who went on board the British frigate Tartar, capt. Perkins. Information was sent to general Desalines, and he dispatched an officer with orders to see a general massacre executed.
At 5 o'clock on Sunday morning last, the French frigates, Didon and Cybele, lying in the harbor of New-York, fired a salute of 21 guns each, in honor of the new emperor of the Gauls. At the same time, the flags of all nations on board both vessels were displayed.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman at Fort Witskinson, to his friend in Augusta, dated the 18th inst.
“We have lately received some intelligence from the Commissioners appointed to treat with the Creeks; by this we learn, that they did not meet until the 28th ult. and that all their exertions, to obtain the residue of the land between the Oconee and Ocmulgee Rivers, have proved ineffectual, and they have adjourned without doing any business. They are to convene again on the 27th inst. at Tuckabatchee.”
Extract of a letter dated
“BORDEAUX, June 2.
“I suppose, ere now, you have heard of Bonaparte being declared emperor. There has been great rejoicing all over France in consequence. Upwards of 300 gun boats have left this port to join the main body at Boulogne, & preparations for the invasion of England go on with great alacrity.”
“Tobacco in great demand, at 112 1-2 livres per cwt. “The Julia, Calvert, for Norfolk, will sail about the 23rd.” [Phil. Gaz.]

EXPERIENCE has sufficiently determined, that there is no human institution, which is not subject to several objections. Man must learn the art of correcting the infelicity of his own nature, before he can hope to impart to any of his works the attributes of perfection. It would indeed be a subject of great surprise, if banks, which we have already seen to be productive of such considerable benefits both to society and to its own members should not be liable to many objections. Among the objections however, which have been brought forward against them there appear to be several, which have not been supported by satisfactory evidence; and perhaps there are none that are completely accurate in all the extent to which they may have been carried.
There is one class of objectors, who admit the tendency of banks to increase the internal wealth of the country, but who assert that they lessen its external trade and wealth, by increasing the relative price of commodities. Another set of objectors contend, that banks however they may increase the productive labour and wealth of a country, are founded upon monopoly; that they give an advantage to the parts of the country, which are contiguous to them, above all the other parts; and that they also give an advantage to the stockholders, to those who hold shares in the bank, above all those individuals who have no interest in it. A third set of objectors admit that banks increase the wealth of a nation, but they at the same time assert, that they have a tendency to increase the luxury of a state in nearly the same proportion. A fourth class of objectors have attempted to point out the improper connection, which must inevitably subsist between government and such institutions: they have asserted that under every possible modification they will become the mere instruments in the hands of government to increase its expenses, or its power and its patronage. Let us examine each of those objections in the order, in which they have been mentioned.
"It is obvious" say the first class of objectors "that banks will increase the relative price of commodities, in any one nation, and will thus injure its trade with all the rest. In Virginia & N. Carolina, the price of corn and all provisions, of raw materials, and finished work is at the present time nearly the same. As soon as the Bank of Virginia commences its operation, it throws into circulation more money in the form of paper, than it withdraws in the form of specie. There will consequently be more circulating medium in Virginia in proportion to the quantity of its exchangeable commodities, than there is in the markets of N. Carolina. Every commodity will thus be dearer in Virginia, than they will be in N. Carolina. In all the foreign markets, Virginia will be understood; and even in some of her own markets, the commodities of N. Carolina which were raised at a smaller expense, will take the place of her own. What advantages can a bank produce, that will compensate for this great inconvenience?"
This objection has been already refuted by one of the statements of the second essay. It was proved in that essay that scarcely more circulating medium could exist in one country in proportion to the quantity of its exchangeable commodities, than in any other, where the trade between these countries was perfectly free. When the bank-paper, for instance, shall be emitted by the bank of Virginia, it will at first have the effect of raising the price of all the commodities in the state. Every commodity will be dearer in Virginia than in N. Carolina. But the equilibrium will be soon restored. Money being of less value in Virginia than in N. Carolina, it will naturally flow from the former to the latter, from the state which has too much of it, to the state which has too little. This surplus may consist either of the paper of the Virginia bank, or of specie. If the paper has as much value in N. Carolina as it has in its own state, a part of this surplus will consist of paper. If it has less value, the greater part of this surplus will be in specie. The same causes will produce the same effects, in the course of its trade with all the other states, and with all foreign countries. In its trade with all these states and countries, the high price of all its commodities, or what is the same thing, the low price of its money will necessarily occasion the exportation of a part of it, and will thus restore the equilibrium of money and commodities, which the establishment of the bank and the introduction of its notes had originally destroyed. But although the introduction of notes will not after a certain period occasion any difference in the proportional price of commodities in Virginia and in other countries, it will still have the effect of increasing the nominal price of all those commodities which the commercial world contains. The quantity of exchangeable commodities remaining the same, and the quantity of money in the form of specie and paper becoming greater, the same quantity of commodities comes at length to be represented by a greater sum of money; and each commodity will thus become dearer in all those commercial countries which partake of the effect. Yet even this effect will not be so considerable, as its apparent increase in the quantity of money would seem to indicate. For this increase in the quantity of money will not really be so great as it appears to be. The whole circulating medium in the commercial world will not be increased by the whole quantity of the paper, that is thrown into circulation. Each new emission of the paper will be attended by a new depreciation in the value of the gold and silver. More gold and silver will be appropriated to other purposes of life. A greater quantity of these metals will begin to appear in the form of trinkets or other elegant ornaments, and a smaller quantity will continue to appear in the form of coin. The introduction of a certain quantity of paper into any one country, therefore, appears not only to be unobjectionable by any increase in the nominal value of commodities in that country above their value in all others, but it appears also to produce no very considerable increase in the nominal value of commodities in all the countries of the commercial world.
There is another way, however, in which banks may appear to increase the nominal price of commodities in a country, and thus to produce most of the effects of which this objection complains. It may be said that although banks do not increase the quantity of money in any country, they increase the quantity of productive capital. They put more money into the hands of those, who wish to engage in the business of trading. More purchasers will appear; a greater competition will take place between them: and a higher price will be given for those commodities, which they wish to purchase. This effect may certainly be expected to take place. But it will evidently be confined at first to the internal transactions which take place between those persons who deal with the bank, and those who deal with them. The merchants, for instance, who borrow money from the Bank of Virginia, to purchase the corn of the farmer, will be induced to give a higher price for it from the increased competition which takes place between them. But this corn will not on that account bear a higher price in foreign markets, than that of any other country; because this very competition will extend to foreign markets, and induce the merchant to sell it at a lower price than what he formerly received. This decrease of profit will in this manner serve to counteract any increase in its prime cost. The same effect may thus be gradually extended to all the employments of capital. More capital will for instance be employed in agriculture: more corn will be brought to market; and it will consequently command a lower price. Profit will thus become less, because the quantity of productive capital has become greater. The wealth of each individual and of the whole society, will in the meantime be increasing; because although the profits are lower, the sum of those profits will be much greater from the greater increase in the quantity of productive capital.
2. Banks, it is said, have a tendency to encourage monopoly. They give an advantage to the towns where they are established, above all other towns; and they give an advantage to its own Stockholders above all other individuals. There is no doubt considerable truth in the first part of this objection. If banks serve to increase the productive capital of the society, it must more particularly exert this power in that town or that part of the country, where they are established. The Directors, being unacquainted with the punctuality and resources of those merchants, who live in distant parts of the country, will feel little inclination to discount their notes, and lend them their paper. These transactions will thus be principally confined to the traders in the town where the bank is established: and the greater capital which is thus put into their hands, would appear to invite a greater number of sellers, and a larger stock of commodities. Several considerations however, contribute to lessen this effect and to weaken this objection. 1st: These institutions need not be confined to one town. Different banks, or different branches of the same bank, might be established in every town, where the extent of business and the demand for capital might be sufficient to produce an adequate profit to the bank, and an adequate dividend to the holders of its shares. It might for instance be worthy of enquiry, whether the charter of the bank of Virginia, which provides for the establishment of branch banks in Fredericksburg, Norfolk and Petersburg, might not have extended the same privilege to Winchester and some of the towns of the upper country. There are some political economists, who even contend that the business of banking ought to be as free and unrestricted as any other business, and that every individual and every company should have the right if they conceived it to be their interest, to lend their notes, payable to bearer, exactly like the notes of a bank. The advantages of such a regulation have been attempted to illustrate by the history of the private bankers of England, who have both extended the credit of "the Bank of England" and the internal trade of that country. The advantages of a bank are not confined to the town where it is established. Distant towns also partake of its influence. In bringing the productions of the earth, to the market, several successive capitals must frequently be employed. The corn or the tobacco, for instance, which is raised near the heads of rivers, will not always be conveyed by the farmer to the great emporium for exportation. Many of them would rather have a market in their own neighbourhood. But traders will soon be found. Places of deposit are immediately formed on the upper parts of rivers; and small towns, such as Lynchburg, thus begin to multiply & to increase. The extension of capital in those larger towns, which are seated near the head of the water or on the sea coast, & which constitute the great emporia for exportation, necessarily tends to increase the capital of those small and distant towns. The merchants of those towns, who deal with the bank, will extend their agency to those remote situations. Copartnerships will be formed, which will extend themselves to those distant depositories: or agents will be appointed, who receive a capital from their employers, purchase the productions of the country, and give a new spring to the industry of the neighbouring towns. In this manner, the establishment of banks in the large towns, will probably contribute to extend the industry of the small and distant towns, but certainly (and what is of more consequence) it will promote the industry and wealth of the country that surrounds them. When it is objected that banks encourage monopoly by giving an advantage to stockholders, which no other individuals enjoy, it is meant that it enables the stockholders to receive a dividend of 10 or 12 per cent on their money; whereas other individuals can frequently obtain no greater profit than 6 or 8 per cent. Those however who make this objection, do not certainly understand the means by which a bank is put into operation. Does the state choose out particular individuals, to whom it gives the privilege of subscribing for bank shares? No. Every man, who chooses, is permitted to become a subscriber. Surely then what every man is permitted to do, and to do it freely, cannot be said to be under the control of a monopoly. Besides, the profits of a share holder are really not so considerable as they may at first sight appear. When we are told that the dividend on bank stock is 10 or 12 per cent, we are ready to conclude that the profits of this stock are very high. We forget however that few men who hold this stock, obtain it at par; that most of them were obliged to pay an advance on it of 30 or 40 per cent: and that consequently the dividend which most of them receive is not the profit on 100 dollars, but the profit on 130 or 140 dollars. Such great profits are confined to those stockholders only who originally subscribed to the stock, or who in some of the extraordinary fluctuations of the markets were enabled to purchase it at a very moderate advance.
with them. The merchants, for instance, who borrow money from the Bank of Virginia, to purchase the corn of the farmer, will be induced to give a higher price for it from the increased competition which takes place between them. But this corn will not on that account bear a higher price in foreign markets, than that of any other country; because this very competition will extend to foreign markets, and induce the merchant to sell it at a lower price than what he formerly received. This decrease of profit will in this manner serve to counteract any increase in its prime cost. The same effect may thus be gradually extended to all the employments of capital. More capital will for instance be employed in agriculture: more corn will be brought to market; and it will consequently command a lower price. Profit will thus become less, because the quantity of productive capital has become greater. The wealth of each individual and of the whole society, will in the meantime be increasing; because although the profits are lower, the sum of those profits will be much greater from the greater increase in the quantity of productive capital.
2. Banks, it is said, have a tendency to encourage monopoly. They give an advantage to the towns where they are established, above all other towns; and they give an advantage to its own Stockholders above all other individuals. There is no doubt considerable truth in the first part of this objection. If banks serve to increase the productive capital of the society, it must more particularly exert this power in that town or that part of the country, where they are established. The Directors, being unacquainted with the punctuality and resources of those merchants, who live in distant parts of the country, will feel little inclination to discount their notes, and lend them their paper. These transactions will thus be principally confined to the traders in the town where the bank is established: and the greater capital which is thus put into their hands, would appear to invite a greater number of sellers, and a larger stock of commodities. Several considerations however, contribute to lessen this effect and to weaken this objection. 1st: These institutions need not be confined to one town. Different banks, or different branches of the same bank, might be established in every town, where the extent of business and the demand for capital might be sufficient to produce an adequate profit to the bank, and an adequate dividend to the holders of its shares. It might for instance be worthy of enquiry, whether the charter of the bank of Virginia, which provides for the establishment of branch banks in Fredericksburg, Norfolk and Petersburg, might not have extended the same privilege to Winchester and some of the towns of the upper country. There are some political economists, who even contend that the business of banking ought to be as free and unrestricted as any other business, and that every individual and every company should have the right if they conceived it to be their interest, to lend their notes, payable to bearer, exactly like the notes of a bank. The advantages of such a regulation have been attempted to illustrate by the history of the private bankers of England, who have both extended the credit of "the Bank of England" and the internal trade of that country. The advantages of a bank are not confined to the town where it is established. Distant towns also partake of its influence. In bringing the productions of the earth, to the market, several successive capitals must frequently be employed. The corn or the tobacco, for instance, which is raised near the heads of rivers, will not always be conveyed by the farmer to the great emporium for exportation. Many of them would rather have a market in their own neighbourhood. But traders will soon be found. Places of deposit are immediately formed on the upper parts of rivers; and small towns, such as Lynchburg, thus begin to multiply & to increase. The extension of capital in those larger towns, which are seated near the head of the water or on the sea coast, & which constitute the great emporia for exportation, necessarily tends to increase the capital of those small and distant towns. The merchants of those towns, who deal with the bank, will extend their agency to those remote situations. Copartnerships will be formed, which will extend themselves to those distant depositories: or agents will be appointed, who receive a capital from their employers, purchase the productions of the country, and give a new spring to the industry of the neighbouring towns. In this manner, the establishment of banks in the large towns, will probably contribute to extend the industry of the small and distant towns, but certainly (and what is of more consequence) it will promote the industry and wealth of the country that surrounds them. When it is objected that banks encourage monopoly by giving an advantage to stockholders, which no other individuals enjoy, it is meant that it enables the stockholders to receive a dividend of 10 or 12 per cent on their money; whereas other individuals can frequently obtain no greater profit than 6 or 8 per cent. Those however who make this objection, do not certainly understand the means by which a bank is put into operation. Does the state choose out particular individuals, to whom it gives the privilege of subscribing for bank shares? No. Every man, who chooses, is permitted to become a subscriber. Surely then what every man is permitted to do, and to do it freely, cannot be said to be under the control of a monopoly. Besides, the profits of a share holder are really not so considerable as they may at first sight appear. When we are told that the dividend on bank stock is 10 or 12 per cent, we are ready to conclude that the profits of this stock are very high. We forget however that few men who hold this stock, obtain it at par; that most of them were obliged to pay an advance on it of 30 or 40 per cent: and that consequently the dividend which most of them receive is not the profit on 100 dollars, but the profit on 130 or 140 dollars. Such great profits are confined to those stockholders only who originally subscribed to the stock, or who in some of the extraordinary fluctuations of the markets were enabled to purchase it at a very moderate advance.
3. A third set of objectors admit that banks increase the wealth of a nation, but they at the same time assert, that they have a tendency to increase the luxury of a state in nearly the same proportion. A fourth class of objectors have attempted to point out the improper connection, which must inevitably subsist between government and such institutions: they have asserted that under every possible modification they will become the mere instruments in the hands of government to increase its expenses, or its power and its patronage. Let us examine each of those objections in the order, in which they have been mentioned. "It is obvious" say the first class of objectors "that banks will increase the relative price of commodities, in any one nation, and will thus injure its trade with all the rest. In Virginia & N. Carolina, the price of corn and all provisions, of raw materials, and finished work is at the present time nearly the same. As soon as the Bank of Virginia commences its operation, it throws into circulation more money in the form of paper, than it withdraws in the form of specie. There will consequently be more circulating medium in Virginia in proportion to the quantity of its exchangeable commodities, than there is in the markets of N. Carolina. Every commodity will thus be dearer in Virginia, than they will be in N. Carolina. In all the foreign markets, Virginia will be understood; and even in some of her own markets, the commodities of N. Carolina which were raised at a smaller expense, will take the place of her own. What advantages can a bank produce, that will compensate for this great inconvenience?"
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
* The reader will find this objection in Mr. Hume's Essay on money. Mr. Smith, in the 2d chap. of his 2d book, has answered the objection. Mr. Thornton, in "An enquiry into the nature & effect of the paper credit of Great Britain," has introduced a new idea into this subject. This statement will be found in the text.
† The Virginia Legislature in the year '85 passed an express law against it. See Pleasants and Paule's Collection, p. 16.
AN ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC. PART THE FIRST. THE period has nearly arrived when the terms of subscription for this paper are about to be changed. After the present day, no one can expect to become a subscriber to the Enquirer, who does not pay Five Dollars in Advance. This is one dollar more than any of the half-weekly papers in Virginia have been accustomed to demand; but this dollar appears to us to be no more than an adequate compensation for the superior expense and trouble attendant upon our establishment. Our type is generally final-
ler and our paper always larger and finer, than perhaps any other in Virginia is accustomed to employ. Each of these brings along with it an additional expense. While, for instance, few proprietors in the state pay more than 3 1-2 or 4 dollars for a ream of their paper, we find ourselves unable to purchase ours for less than 4 1-2 or 5 dollars. The Enquirer at present appears on paper which costs us 5 dollars per ream at New-York—we expect too, that these 5 dollars, will be paid in advance. Experience, we believe, has convinced most Editors, that many more persons have been willing to take their paper than have been willing to pay for it; & it is to remove the inconvenience, which we should probably experience from this circumstance, that we have thought proper to adopt this regulation. Whilst the terms of subscription were fixed at 4 dollars, we have sometimes waived the privilege of receiving the money in advance. The reason is obvious—it was impossible to fend 4 dollars in a letter, and it was not always easy to meet with a competent bearer. But as the price is now put at five dollars, which it is generally practicable to transmit in the form of a bank-note, we shall scarcely be prevailed upon to dispense with this privilege; & indeed the only construction, which we shall now be willing to put on such a request, is the very obvious one, that the gentleman who makes it, has very little thought of paying for the paper at all.
At the expiration of three months from this time, the subscription of 4 dollars will be due from all those subscribers whose names were on our list before the first appearance of the paper. We shall adopt the expedient of nominating agents in the different Towns and Counties, who will be entitled to receive the amount of their subscriptions. We hope that these subscribers will spare us the pain of striking off their names from our list, by making us punctual payments; for this also is one of those unchangeable and indispensable regulations, which our own interests imperiously call upon us to observe.
Subscribers to the Enquirer! examine the condition of the most distinguished presses of our country, and then blame us, if you can, for this inviolable regulation. A few months ago, the Editor of the Aurora publicly announced the fact, that more than 20,000 dollars were due to him during a period of five years. A few weeks since, the Editor of the American Citizen in New-York, advertised his establishment for sale, because he wanted the necessary support. A few days past, the office of the Washington Federalist was brought under the Marshall's hammer, although the Editor of that paper publicly declared that his debts did not exceed the mere cost of the paper alone, which had been sent to his delinquent subscribers. So proverbial indeed is the delinquency of subscribers that it has become a kind of general maxim in most of the Printing-Offices, that one third of their subscription money may be fairly registered on the pages of Profit and Loss.
With such striking examples before our eyes, we should certainly deserve the fate, which would await us, should we pursue the same delusive principles. In the prosecution of our labours, the public interest may doubtless require that we should on some occasions make important sacrifices of our individual interests. To these sacrifices we are prepared to submit with cheerfulness. We know, that we are but single links in the great chain of society: & we feel that it would be but, the most contemptible selfishness, to be unwilling to sacrifice a certain portion of our own comforts to the general welfare. On the present occasion however we do not perceive the necessity or justice of such a sacrifice. We believe on the contrary that the public interest is as much concerned as our own, in an inflexible adherence to this fundamental regulation.
People of Virginia! you have justly an exalted opinion of the benefit of a free, active and enlightened press. You properly look up to it as the sacred palladium of your dearest political rights; and I hope the time is not far distant, when you will begin to regard it as the instructive dispenser of literary and scientific principles. You wish to devolve the superintendence of this instrument upon competent and able editors; and yet observe the invitation which too many of you are willing to hold forth to them. You receive one of their papers for a year: during all that time they have gratified your curiosity, furnished you with a fruitful fund of amusement & extended the boundaries of your knowledge. And how do you remunerate them? When the annual period of payment comes round, your purse is too often closed against their honorable demand, & the unfortunate suppliants are left to pour forth their unavailing complaints. What an inconsistency is this! You expect that enlightened men will devote themselves to the labours of the press; & yet you withhold from them a competent pecuniary support. You might as well expect that the corn will vegetate in your fields, or that the flowers will blossom in your gardens, without the genial influence of the sun and the rain. Against such a system as this, it will be of course our interest to guard with all our vigilance; and no resource seems more likely to protect us against its evils, than to strike off every subscriber from our list, who appears unwilling to comply with the terms of our subscription.
A new source of profit here presents itself to our consideration. We allude to the advertising custom of a paper. Like many subscribers, there are some gentlemen who are willing to make use of a paper as the vehicle of an advertisement, who are not willing to pay for the expense of it. Against such an inconvenience as this is, some precaution also seems absolutely necessary. Henceforward then let it be understood that no advertisement can appear in the columns of the Enquirer, which has not either been previously paid for, or which has not been sent to our office by some person, with whose character we are familiarly acquainted.
Our subscribers will suffer us also to draw their attention to another expense which they too negligently impose upon us. Letters, which relate entirely to our own private convenience, have too often come to our hands, fraught with all the expenses of postage. A correspondent, perhaps, requests us to send him our paper: and we are obliged to pay 15 or 25 cents for the honor of his patronage. A second writes that he has received our paper and is extremely pleased with it; and surely it would be unpolitic for us to murmur at paying the paltry price of this extravagant compliment. And to top the climax, a third very civilly informs us that he has removed his lodgings from A. to B. and concludes his letter with requesting that we would likewise alter the direction of his paper. Now all this is ludicrous enough; but what gives a new point to the jest, is that exclusive of the advertising interest of our paper & making the necessary deduction of one-fourth from our subscription list, we receive the mighty profit of about 17 cents for each subscriber. What are the benefits then which we receive, from the patronage of a subscriber who makes us pay 20 or 25 cents for a letter, requires no extraordinary genius to ascertain. We scarcely know how to administer an effectual remedy for this slow and lingering disorder. James T. Callender, who was equally distinguished by the vigour of his talents and by the moroseness of his manners, had very successfully enlisted in his service the strong passions of fear and shame; and by denouncing every negligent subscriber as a twindler and a cheat, soon arrested the progress of the evil. We shall certainly not adopt this caustic method of cure. It neither suits our principles nor our feelings. And until we shall happily discover a milder prescription, we
have no other resource than to throw ourselves upon the generosity and honour of our subscribers. THE PROPRIETORS OF THE ENQUIRER. Augst 8th, 1804.
We feel satisfaction in announcing the appointment of Capt. COOK to the command of the gun-boats, fitting out by order of government. One of which arrived on Thursday from the City of Washington; she is flat-bottomed, square rigged, and carries a 32 pounder. (Nov. Herald.)
DIED—on Tuesday the 31st ult. Col. PHILIP PENDLETON, a respectable inhabitant of King and Queen county.
Table with 4 columns: Article, D.C., D.C. Tobacco, Flour, Fine, Wheat, Indian Corn, Hemp, Bacon, Whiskey, Bar Iron.
FOR GLASGOW, The British Ship JEANNE, JOHN COWAN, master; now at City Point; will be ready to receive Tobacco in a few days, and having part of her cargo engaged, will sail by the first proximo. For terms, apply to the captain on board, to Robert & Allan Pollok, or to BUCHANAN & POLLOK.
At a General Meeting of the Members of the Mutual Assurance Society against Fire on Buildings of the State of Virginia, held by adjournment at the Capitol on the 31st of July, 1804:
MOTION was made and seconded to appoint a Chairman; and on the question being put, Major Hugh Holmes was unanimously elected—Lewis M. Rivallain, Secretary pro tem.
A committee was appointed yesterday to examine the transactions of the society; on their report, The following resolution was presented by Mr. Tazewell, and adopted: viz.
Resolved, That the demand of a further quota from the members of this institution at present is unnecessary; since the funds of the society at this time are abundantly sufficient for the satisfaction of any claims against them known at present, or considered as likely to occur speedily.
On motion by the same gentleman, the following two resolutions were adopted, to wit:
Resolved, That the President and Directors of this institution be directed to refund to those persons respectively, who have already paid in the quota last called for, the several sums which they may have thus paid in; and that the said President and Directors be further directed, forthwith to notify by a publication in some newspaper printed in Richmond to the other members of this society, that said quota is not now required of them.
Resolved, That the President and Directors of this society be directed immediately to pay out of any funds belonging to the society now on hand, all the claims properly established as fair demands against them; and should it be necessary, that they sell any of the stock belonging to this society which may be requisite for this purpose, for the best price that can be obtained for the same.
On motion of Mr. Edmund Randolph; Resolved, That a committee of six members be appointed, whose duty it shall be to revise the constitution, laws and regulations of the Mutual Assurance Society, and to report to the next annual meeting. (Signed) HUGH HOLMES, Chairman. LEWIS M. RIVALLAIN, Secretary.
A true extract from the proceedings of the said meeting. W. F. AST, Principal Agent M. A. S.
* No doubt the printers in this state will publish the above in their respective papers for the information of their subscribers.
VIRGINIA, TO WIT: AT A CHANCERY DISTRICT COURT HELD AT THE FORMER CAPITOL, IN THE CITY OF WILLIAMSBURG, the 12th day of July, 1804. Gavvin Lawton, Joseph Delaney and Sally his wife, and Zacharias Delaney.....Plaintiffs. against Elisha Carter and Elizabeth his wife, late Elizabeth Lawton, widow of Lewis Lawton deceased, Harriet Lawton, Hiram Lawton, Maria Lawton and Darius W. Lawton, children and co-heirs of the said Lawton.....Defendants.
IT appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that since entering of the order in this cause, on the first day of July one thousand eight hundred and three, in the words following: "The defendants upon whom an attachment for their contempt in not answering the bill of the plaintiffs, hath been returned executed, still failing to answer the same, the Court, on the motion of the plaintiffs by their counsel, doth take their bill for confessed, and will proceed at a future day, to decree the matter thereof, unless the said defendants on or before the tenth day of the term next after they shall have been served with a copy of this order show cause to the contrary;" the defendants have removed themselves out of this Commonwealth, so that they cannot be served with a copy of the said order, on motion of the plaintiffs by their counsel, it is ordered, that the said defendants do appear here on the first day of the next term, and answer the bill of the plaintiffs, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some newspaper of the city of Richmond, for two months successively, and posted at the front door of the former Capitol in this City. A Copy, ANTHONY ROBINSON, C. C.
LOW FOR CASH, OR ON SHORT CREDIT, Direct from Penington's Manufactory, Philadelphia; LOAF SUGAR,
OF an excellent quality, either by the hoghead, barrel, or single loaf. The supply will be regular and large. ALSO—BAR IRON, by the ton or single bar: IRON CASTINGS of various kinds, by the ton or single piece, among which are a few tons of 50 and 60 lbs. weights. MICAJAH DAVIS. 4th of 7th mo. 1804. [eW6m]
We have received a small additional supply of MADEIRA WINE, OF a superior quality, which we offer for sale by the hoghead and quarter-cask. GIBSON & JEFFERSON. July 18. epf
FOR SALE, On liberal terms, by the Subscribers, THE HOUSE and LOT near the River Bank, at present in the occupancy of Mr. John Taylor, and distinguished in the plan of the city by the number 8, the property of the estate of Patrick Wright, dec. which, if not disposed of privately before the first day of September next, will on that day, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, be sold on the premises, for one half cash, and the other half on a credit of 90 days, for an approved endorsed note. An indisputable title will be made before the money is received. PROSSER & MONCURE. July 18. epf
A WET NURSE WANTED to hire or purchase a Wet Nurse without a child of her own. Apply to the Printers. August 6—21
SPRING GOODS. WILLIAM TEMPLE, HAS just received, by the ship Rebecca from London and Yorkshire from Liverpool, AN ASSORTMENT OF GOODS Suitable to the season, which he will dispose of on the usual terms. Richmond, May 9th. (1)
FOR SALE, A TRACT OF LAND, IN Powhatan county, on Appomattox River, where it is navigable, known by the name of M c Guil's Quarter, containing 330 acres: this land lies about four miles from the Court House, and is well adapted to the culture of Tobacco, small grain and corn. Samuel Woodfin, who lives near the land, will shew it to any person who may wish to purchase. If it is not sold before the 1st of September next, I shall sell it upon that day to the highest bidder, at Woodfin's Tavern, near the premises. JOHN T. PRICE. Richmond, May 30, 1804. [Lasetta & Price.]
CASH SALE OF LAND IN ALBEMARLE. On September 15th, WILL BE SOLD, in Charlottesville, to the highest bidder, for Cash,
THE TRACT OF LAND lying on the east side of Rivanna, over against Charlottesville, containing about 600 acres, with a new commodious DWELLING HOUSE. Two years of a lease under good restrictions have to run after this. The land is all of the South-West Mountain quality; and though much injured in parts, is in general still very good, and all reclaimable. The sale proceeds from a deed of trust to indemnify against loss as security and bail, which was executed in December, 1802, by William Bacbe, of Pennsylvania, to THOMAS M. RANDOLPH, July 25. epf
* PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT the President and Common Council of the City of Richmond, will at their next monthly meeting, to be held on the third Monday in August next, proceed to appoint one fit and proper person to act as CAPTAIN of the NIGHT WATCH within the said City, for the term of one year; at which time all candidates for the said appointment are requested to attend. ANDREW STEVENSON, CLE. C. H. July 18. ep 1m
The subscriber wishing to remove to the Western country, offers for sale THE VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND ON which he at present resides, lying in Caroline county, about midway between Richmond and Fredericksburg, contiguous to Mr. John Hopkins' tract, (well known by the name of Bullhead) and bounded by Pamunkey River on the one side, and a public road on the other. This tract contains about 400 acres, one fourth of which is well timbered, lies very level, and a part of it well calculated for meadow ground, having a number of small rivulets running thro' it. The soil is well known to be adapted to the culture of every kind of produce suited to this climate. There are a number of valuable improvements on the above tract of land, viz: a commodious dwelling house and every convenient out house, a good Garden, a valuable young apple and peach orchard, &c. WILL ALSO BE SOLD, ON THE PREMISES, A LIKELY NEGRO MAN & WOMAN, some stock of every kind, the crop of corn, wheat and tobacco, household and kitchen furniture, plantation utensils, &c. &c. Whoever may wish to purchase such a tract of land as this, will apply to the subscriber for terms. The purchaser may have the privilege of seeding the earth this fall, and have quiet possession on the first day of January next, on which day all other property therein mentioned, will be offered for Cash, if fair, otherwise, the next fair day. WILLIAM S. WYATT. Caroline County, July 28. (Sw)
NOTICE. THE office of Supervisor of the Revenue for the District of Virginia being discontinued, and the unfinished business of the said Office transferred to me; the Collectors of the Direct Tax and Internal Revenue, whose accounts have not been finally adjusted and paid, are hereby informed, that they are now requested to call at my office, in the city of Richmond, without delay, and pay the balances due to the United States. And those whole lands have been sold in the district of Virginia by authority of an act of Congress of the United States for non-payment of the Direct Tax, may redeem such lands, by paying to me within the time limited, the principal costs and fees as the law directs. As most of the abovenamed lands were sold in Dec. 1802, the privilege of redemption will continue until December next. The money received by me for the redemption of the said lands, will be returned to the purchaser, with interest at the rate of 25 per cent per annum on the purchase money, to the day on which it may be paid to me. JOSEPH SCOTT, Marshal V. D. July 7. ep—tf
VIRGINIA: AT A SUPERIOR COURT OF CHANCERY, HELD IN RICHMOND, MAY 19, 1804. BETWEEN JOSEPH C. BROWN, RICHARD B. GOODE & WILLIAM BROWN, Plaintiffs, and ROBERT OMBERSON, Defendant. THIS cause, by consent of parties, came on this nineteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and four, to be heard on the bill and answer, and was argued by council: on consideration whereof, the court adjudgeth and decreeth, that, unless the defendant on or before the twenty-fourth day of July next, pay to the plaintiff, William Brown, one thousand four hundred dollars, with interest thereon, after the rate of six per centum per annum, to be computed from the twenty-fourth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and three, till payment, and the costs expended by the plaintiffs in prosecuting this suit, that Joseph C. Brown and Richard B. Goode, after giving three weeks notice in one or more of the Richmond newspapers, do expose to public sale by auction, for ready money, the Half-Acre Lot of Land, with the Appurtenances, lying in that part of the City of Richmond called Rockets, designated in the plan of the said city by the number (207) two hundred and seven, which had been conveyed in trust by the defendant, to the forenamed Joseph C. Brown and Richard B. Goode, for the purpose as is alleged in the bill and admitted by the answer, of securing the aforesaid principal money and interest, the deed for which hath been destroyed as is alleged and admitted; and out of the money arising from the sale, pay to the plaintiff, William Brown, the said principal money, interest and costs; and the surplus, if any, after deducting the expenses attending the sale, pay to the defendant, and report their proceedings in execution hereof to the court. A Copy, Teste, PETER TINSLEY, c. c.
WE SHALL PROCEED TO SELL, THE LOT & APPURTENANCES mentioned and described in the above decretal order, upon the terms therein mentioned, on FRIDAY, the 17th August next, upon the premises, between the hours of 10 and 2 of the clock. JOSEPH C. BROWN, RICHARD B. GOODE, (dayofs) July 21.

Miscellaneous.
COMMUNICATED FOR THE ENQUIRER.
PORTRAIT OF BONAPARTE.
FOR some years past, the curiosity and admiration of the world, have followed the brilliant career of this extraordinary man. The number and variety of his achievements, the uniformity of his success, and above all, the unexampled rapidity of his progress, give him an exalted station among the celebrated characters of history. He has risen like a meteor, in the gloom of the revolution, and ascended with ominous impetuosity, to the zenith of his power.
It will be found to be a correct observation, that the characters of all those men who have risen very far above the common level of their species, are extremely simple. The heart which swells with great designs, must refuse admittance to feelings and sympathies, which would only divert its energies from the attainment of the principal object.
If ever a man was born for the period in which he lived, that man is Bonaparte. France, as failed on every hand by external enemies, and torn asunder by internal factions, no longer exhibited a stage, on which the milder virtues could display themselves. Amidst the wild uproar of the revolution, the voice of justice and humanity was unheard; and successive factions hurried each other to the scaffold, which they, in their turn, were doomed to ascend.
A foreigner who had transplanted himself into a country remarkable for its national pride; a man whose impenetrable reserve formed a striking contrast with the levity of his adopted countrymen, must have encountered difficulties of no ordinary sort.
Bonaparte does not seem qualified to rise by slow gradations, to the highest honors of a well-established government. That flexibility of character which adapts itself to all circumstances; that insinuating address which glides into our esteem; that keen sagacity which watches the joints and hinges of affairs;
Bonaparte has been considered an able negotiator; but his diplomatic skill has never yet been evinced to the world. It surely required very little address to prescribe terms to nations, who had been previously vanquished by his arms.
Perhaps no man that ever lived has fought more battles than Bonaparte, or with more uniform success. Promptness and energy seem to be the most prominent features of his military character.
Cromwell and Bonaparte were each formed for a particular crisis of affairs; the former was fortunate in having appeared in an age of hypocrisy, cant, and fanaticism;
Cromwell and Bonaparte were each formed for a particular crisis of affairs; the former was fortunate in having appeared in an age of hypocrisy, cant, and fanaticism; the latter owes his elevation to the last moments of a revolutionary struggle, when the people, tired of pursuing the phantom of liberty, asked only for a respite from the persecutions of faction.
Whether Bonaparte was ever sincerely attached to the cause of freedom, or only assumed the mask of patriotism to conceal his ambitious views, is a problem which can only be left to conjecture.
But whatever were his original motives, it is probable that at a very early period of his career, he formed a design to place himself above all his predecessors in power.
In short, Bonaparte seems to be a man impelled by the most inordinate ambition; destitute of domestic or social affections; connected with no party by any other tie than that of interest;
IRAMBA.
FOR THE ENQUIRER.
MOREAU.
THE speech of Moreau before the tribunal of justice, must excite the sensibility of the cold-hearted, and command the admiration of the most degenerate soul.
The baleful dregs Of these late ages, this inglorious draught Of servitude and folly, hath not yet Deftit to such a depth of sordid shame, The native honors of the human soul.
Such are some of the sentiments, which the perusal of Moreau's speech excited in the mind of
An American Citizen from choice, and A zealous Republican from conviction.
FOR THE ENQUIRER.
ORIGINAL EPIGRAM.
On a man originally and notoriously infamous, who complained that he had lost his reputation by calumny.
Says to his friend one day, How sad's my situation, I find that I some cursed way, Have lost my reputation.
Loss of good fame, his friend replies, Has many a wretch undone, But loss of bad we ought to prize, To lose it, is to win.
FROM THE CHARLESTON CITY GAZETTE.
Mr. FRENCH—The included specific remedy for the Yellow Fever, was put into my hands by capt. Flagg, of the sloop Delight, a few days ago, on his arrival here from the Havana, with a request that I would give it a trial, and if I succeeded, to publish the remedy and the result of my experiments.
Yours, &c. JAMES MOULTRIE. Charleston, 24th July, 1804.
TRANSLATION.
From the Havanna Gazette of 9th June, 1804.
Doctor Nathaniel Zejud, governor and captain general of Carthagena on the Spanish Main, in a letter of the 19th May last, to his excellency the Marquis de Someruelos, did remit authentic documents of various nature, from among which by order of his excellency, I have extracted the following:
"His excellency the governor of Carthagena having read in a public print, (which he does not quote) that frequent potations of common oil of olives, produced most favourable effects on persons ill of the Yellow Fever or Black Vomit, he acquainted the protomedico, doctor Juan de Arias thereof, and intimated to him that if he found no inconvenience in doing it, trials of its efficacy might be made on such subjects as he should think proper: in consequence an assay was made, and on the 19th April last the said doctor reported to his excellency, that having during the space of six weeks received in the hospital upwards of seventy-six persons, belonging to the crew of his catholic majesty's packet, called the Infant Don Francisco de Paula, the whole of whom shewed all the symptoms of a putrid malignant fever; he caused the bodies of them to be well rubbed three times a day with common olive oil, and prescribed other remedies as the different cases required: such as pe-
diatrics, simple enemata or purges; to which he added to one or the other a spoonful of an emetic by way of moving the stomach gently, which, with the assistance of warm water, produced three movements: this was of essential service to the patient.
To the foregoing he adds another, not less extraordinary—On the 29th of March there arrived from Cadiz, a transport with 200 recruits on board for the regiments there, and at that date there were near forty of them in the hospital, and he had observed with equal astonishment the immediate good effects produced by the rubbing of them all: the disease in consequence took an instantaneous change for the better, they were all alleviated and in a fair way for recovering.
The certificate and affidavit of Don Manuel Jose de Avila and Don Julian Sada, professors and assistants in the Hospital there, declare—That the foregoing statement is facts, and well known to the deponents, they having been eye witnesses to the whole process; and the latter in addition says, the same remedies, (without the oil) has been used on former occasions, but not with the same happy effects as the present, and from this circumstance presumes that the oil acted with an absolute power against the Black Vomit, which appeared very evident from the immediate relief experienced from the sick from the potations, when they were violently tormented with acute pains in the articulations, accompanied by weakness and lowness of spirits.
Havanna, July 5th, 1804. The Oil has now become of general use here, and for these several days past not a person has died of the Yellow Fever and Black Vomit, who have been so fortunate as to receive the oily potations.
It is the duty of all persons to give this remedy general currency, and I could with it to be advertised in the different newspapers in the United States.
JOHN W. BOOTH.
MEDALS OFFERED.
At the 4th meeting of the American Company of Book-sellers, held at New-York, June 18th, 1804—the following Resolution was adopted:—
Resolved, That the premiums to be offered for the present year shall be, a gold medal of the value of fifty dollars for the best specimen of printing; not less than 300 pages, executed on American paper, and with American Ink, and the edition of which such specimen is a part, to consist of not less than 500 copies, all executed in the same style.
MATHEW CAREY, President. The Printers in the United States, are requested to insert the above.
In the first part of volume Sixth of the transactions of the American Philosophical Society, held at Philadelphia, & published in the present year, is a very valuable paper from the worthy Bishop Madison of Virginia on the subject of the fortification of the Interior.
From the Philadelphia Gazette. The concealment of a secret in the arts conducive to public health, or the interests of commerce, is a fraud committed on the flock of public knowledge.
liberality with which discoveries are communicated, contrasted with the gloomy ages of alchemy.
The manner of refining camphor has been for ages known only to the Dutch, and latterly to one or two sordid individuals among ourselves, who basely concealed it.
To prepare it in a large way, the number of vessels must be proportionally increased—they should be about 18 inches in diameter by 12 or 14 in height.
TYRO.
Solomon Dawson and Isaac Cox, of Kent County (Delaware) have invented a Machine, that takes off the heads of Wheat, Rye, and Barley, without losing the shatted grains in its ripe state.
A Literary Society in Germany has proposed to erect a monument to Martin Luther (the first Protestant Reformer) in his native country of Mansfield; they applied to the King of Prussia, requesting his sanction for opening a subscription, which was granted.
COMMUNICATION.
At a meeting of the Agricultural Society, held at their Farm, on Monday, the 16th inst. the Collector delivered to the President & Members of the Society, from Alexander McClure, Esq. a variety of Seeds from the Cape of Good Hope, the Isle of France, and the Isle of Bourbon, which Mr. McClure had procured at those places;
The Society were so highly gratified with such a valuable present to this country, that they unanimously voted their thanks to Mr. McClure; and resolved, that the same should be signified to him by letter from the President of the Society.
It was also moved and seconded, at a unanimous agreed to, that Dr. Thomas Dancer, of Jamaica, be appointed an honorary member of the Society, who has received his valuable Medical Book, entitled, "The Medical Assistant, or Jamaica Practice of Physic," designed chiefly for the use of families and plantations;
NOTE.—If the Bourbon Cotton can be raised in this country, (and it is believed that it can) the advantages to the agricultural interests of this state and Georgia will be great, as will be seen by the following
LIVERPOOL PRICES CURRENT; Carolina and Georgia Cotton. Bourbon Cotton 1803—Jan. 1st. 1s. 7d. to 3s. 1d. pr. wt. 3s. to 4s.
It is believed that an increased price of 6d per wt. on the long staple Cotton of this state alone, would make the exports of this article, two millions of dollars per annum more than at present.
Charleston City Gazette.
COMMUNICATION.
TO SMOKERS.—The population of the United States is estimated at about six millions of Inhabitants. Suppose one fifth of these to be male adults, and to smoke three Spanish segars at one cent each, and drink one pint of porter at six cents per pint, each day; in what time would the United States consume segars and porter sufficient to defray the expenses of building a navy of twelve 74's, at the rate of 635,600 dollars each, and 8 frigates at 393,463 dollars each.
[N. Y. Mer. Adv.]
VIRGINIA:
AT A SUPERIOR COURT OF CHANCERY, HOLDEN IN RICHMOND, MARCH THE 26TH, 1804.
Between JOHN SOMERVILL, Plaintiff, And LUCAS SULLIVAN and WILLIAM BASKERVILLE, Defendants.
THE defendant, Lucas Sullivan, not having entered his appearance and given security according to the act of Assembly, and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court, that he is not an inhabitant of this country;
A Copy—Teale, P. TINSLEY, c.c. July 25. eW2m
FOR SALE.
THAT beautiful and well improved TENEMENT on the Hill, now occupied by Mr. Benjamin Mosby. This property lies near the Capitol, in a healthy and agreeable neighbourhood.
BARTLETT STILL. [eWt.] July 18.
NOTICE.
By virtue of a Deed of Trust executed to us by John Woodfin of Hanover county, for the benefit of Childs Terrell, Esq. of the Rev. William Douglass, dec.
WILL BE EXPOSED TO SALE, To the highest bidder, for ready money at Col. Goadby's Tavern, in the County of Hanover, on Saturday the 28th day of September next, the
TRACT OF LAND,
Wherein the said Woodfin now resides, in the upper end of Hanover County, or so much thereof as shall be necessary to satisfy the balance due the said Bond, is also the gift and bequest of the said Woodfin.
DAVID BULLOCK, and FREDERICK HARRIS, Trustees. July 31, 1804. (e8 8pm.)
The following Six Hogsheads of TOBACCO,
now lying in Dymers's Ware House, will be sold according to Law: 1800, January 10th—Judith Kelly, marked 1. K. No. 5, Gross 1111, Tare 111, Nett 997. 1801, January 9th, do. do. do. No. 10, Gross 1100, Tare 113, Nett 987—January 23, William Diggs, marked W. D. No. 17, Gross 1165, Tare 190, Nett 975—do. John Brent, marked J. B. No. 21, Gross 1083, Tare 197, Nett 886—January 30, George Brent marked G. B. No. 25, Gross 1179, Tare 146, Nett 1033. March 13, Spencer George, marked S. G. No. 43, Gross 1052, Tare 106, Nett, 946. THOMAS HURST, Wm. MEREDITH, Inspectors. May 19.—1aw3m.
DOCTOR WILSON,
HAS taken (as a temporary residence) the house lately occupied by Doctor Adams, opposite the Bell Tavern, and intends to combine the APOTHECARIES BUSINESS with the PRACTICE OF PHYSIC.
June 27. [eWm.]
TUNSTALL'S PATENT THRESHING MACHINE.
THE advantages to be gained by farmers, by applying some effectual parts to Threshing Machines, which have greater velocity, adequate strength, and greater cheapness than hitherto, and applicable to any machinery, are universally allowed to be very great.
N. B. A Mill Wright and Iron Worker for the respective parts, are wanted—Apply as above.
These Machines will hull Clover and thresh Rice, Buck Wheat &c. preferred free from grit—Counterfeits will be dealt with as the law directs. July 18. eW—tf
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
THAT a Petition will be presented to the General Assembly, at their next Session, for the sale of the Glebe in St. Mary's Parish in Caroline; & the investiture of the interest of the Money, thereby raised, in the present Incumbent, so long as he may continue to act as such in the said Parish. CAROLINE, August 1st, 1804. [eWm.]
SCHEME OF A LOTTERY,
To raise the sum of 5,000 Dollars, for the benefit of the Female Charity School of Fredericksburg.
Table with 3 columns: Prize, Amount, Number. 1st Prize 5,000 D. is 5,000 D. 2 1,000 2,000 3 500 500 4 250 250 5 100 500 10 50 500 2750 8 22,000 1st Ticket having a blank drawn to its number after 3,000 100 1 4,000 200 1 5,000 300 1 6,000 500 1 7,000 1,000 1 Last drawn Ticket, whether blank or prize 2,000
Expenses of drawing, 150 Sum to be raised, 5,000
9,776 Prizes 5,224 Blanks 40,000 D.
8,000 Tickets, at 5 Dollars each, is 40,000
In the above Scheme, it appears there are not two blanks to a prize, and no prize subject to a deduction. The Lottery will commence drawing on the first Monday in October next, and continue until the drawing is finished.
The Managers deem it unnecessary to say any thing by way of inducement to persons to become adventurers in this Lottery, as the charitable purpose for which it is intended, will it is hoped insure a speedy sale of the Tickets.
Tickets to be had of the Managers and of Mr. Buck, the Treasurer of the Female Charity School.
FRANCIS BROOKE, JOHN MINOR, ROBERT PATTON, JOHN CHEW, JAMES STEVENSON, DAVID C. KER, WALTER GREGORY, WILLIAM S. STONE, ROBERT S. CHEW, HUGH MERCER. [eWm.]
** TICKETS in the aforesaid Lottery may be had in Richmond, on application to the Rev. John D. Blair, the Rev. John Buchanan and Mr. Andrew Stewart. [eWm.]
Mediterranean Passports.
NOTICE is hereby given, that it has been deemed expedient to change the form of the Mediterranean passport issued to vessels of the United States; that from the 8th day of July next, those of the new form will be issued at the custom houses to every vessel, for which application may be made on a compliance with the terms prescribed by law and surrendering the former passport (if which she may be possessed, if any, in which latter case no fees will be required for the exchange; and that by an arrangement agreed upon by the Barbary powers with whom we are at peace, either the old or the new form of passport will be sufficient to protect the vessels of the United States, from capture until the 1st of July 1805, after which the old form of passport will be unavailable and the new one alone in use.
Department of State, 23rd of May, 1804.
The printers of the laws of the United States are requested to insert the above in their Gazettes twice a week for the space of six months, and the Collectors of the customs to keep copies of it posted up in their offices. June, 2.