Virginia Argus (Richmond, Va.), 1809-03-21 00:00:00

VIRGINIA ARGUS.
[XVITH YEAR.]
A FREE PRESS MAINTAINS THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PEOPLE.
[No. 1535.]
RICHMOND:—PRINTED (ON TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS) BY SAMUEL PLEASANTS, JUNIOR, PRINTER TO THE COMMONWEALTH.
Four Dollars Per Annum—Paid in Advance.
TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 1809.
[12 1/2 Cents Single.]
Richmond Price Current.
[CORRECTED WEEKLY.]
   CASH. D. C.     Tobacco, - - - - - 4 50   Wheat, - - - - - 1 03   Flour, super-fine, - - - 6 75   Flour, fine, - - - - - 6 25   Corn, - - - - - 2 50   Hemp, per ton, - - - 240 00   Iron, - - - - - 110 00   Bacon, - - - - - 00 10   Whiskey, - - - - - 00 44  
TO THE PEOPLE OF VIRGINIA.
No. III.
FELLOW-CITIZENS,
I have now explained to you the origin and constitution of the Armory Committee. Before I proceed to the examination and refutation of their report; it remains only, that I should shew you how that committee was employed during the eight weeks, in which it is supposed, they were giving me a hearing.
The first object specified in the resolution under which they acted, was, that they should "enquire into the manner in which the institution had been conducted since its commencement." Here it is to be remarked, that the building of the institution commenced in 1799. My Reports had been annually submitted to the executive; and by the executive to the legislature, at every session. My accounts had been also passed by the executive regularly; whose journals during every session, were laid upon the table of the House of Delegates, open to the inspection of every member. The Auditor's accounts, comprehending a general statement of the expenditures on this object were also, annually, submitted; and the details of the expense were to be found on the files in his office. The treasury office contained also the evidence of this annual expense; and every year a committee of the House of Delegates was appointed, jointly with a committee of the Senate, to examine the treasurer's accounts. The manufactory itself, is but a few yards out of the limits of the city of Richmond; the members of the assembly were, every year in the habit of visiting it; here they had an opportunity of seeing the manner in which the various operations were carried on; of seeing the order kept up among the artificers; of examining the contracts made with these men; of inspecting, if they pleased, the books of the institution; of counting the stands of arms, and thus checking my reports; in short, there was no one subject having any kind of connection with the armory, from the books of the executive council down to the payrolls given monthly to the artificers, which had not been regularly laid open most completely to the inspection and examination of every legislature, from the time that the first pickaxe was struck into the earth, to clear away the foundation, down to the meeting of the assembly, last winter. As every preceding legislature had equal powers with the last; as they had equal opportunities of knowing the truth; evidence equally authentic before them; and equal patriotism and intelligence to investigate it; the fair presumption, and, indeed, the only one compatible with the honor of former legislatures, is, that the merits of this institution and of its officers were annually considered and canvassed, if not by any formal measure of the house, at least by the members individually. Why, then, you will naturally enquire, were not these abuses discovered sooner, and the officers removed? The answer is plain and easy. It was because former legislatures did not understand this new kind of merit; of discovering abuses which did not exist; It was because former legislatures knew the value of this institution to the state, and were disposed to cherish and foster it; because they felt a proper respect for the constitution, and for that branch of the government under whose immediate care and direction the armory had been placed; because they chose to rely only on authentic evidence, and to give the subject, on all occasions, a fair & candid examination. The same temper would have conduct-
ed any legislature or any enquiring body to the same result at this time.
The last legislature, however, not satisfied with moving in their appropriate sphere, and exercising that portion of annual power which was delegated to them, erected themselves into a high court of enquiry, not only over the executive, but over all former legislatures, as far back as 1799, each of which possessed equal powers with themselves. For they resolve to enquire, (not how the manufactory had been conducted since the last meeting of the legislature; but) how it had been conducted since its commencement, thereby overhauling the conduct of their own predecessors in office. Admitting, however, that this long, retrospective enquiry was entirely decorous and regular, how ought it to have been begun and conducted? The management of the institution, had, from its commencement, been confided by law to the executive; a co-ordinate and dignified branch of the government. One would think, therefore, that the first enquiries of the committee would have been addressed to that only; who from their intimate and continual connexion with the business, were the best qualified to throw light upon it, and from their elevated grade in the government, were best entitled to their respect and confidence. Had the committee made this application, they would have been pointed, specially, to the various orders of council on the subject: they would have been directed to the auditor's office, through which alone, the treasury can be approached; they would have been referred to the original contracts, shewing the number of artificers that had, from time to time, been employed, and to the armory books shewing all the various work which had been done in the manufactory from its commencement. This course would have at once opened to them all the authentic sources of information, would have given them full time to examine them, and thus to have placed their report on such a basis as would have entitled it to the respect of the country. But it seems that the governor and members of the privy council of the commonwealth of Virginia, were not worthy of the respect and confidence of the committee. They looked out, therefore, for a more respectable class of witnesses, and one more worthy of their confidence; and they were attracted and fixed, by the discarded workmen! A set of wretches, who had been turned out of the armory as unworthy of employment within it; either because of their total ignorance of every branch of the business, or on account of disorderly conduct, drunkenness or worse vices. Let it be borne in mind, that we are investigating the conduct of a committee, whose wisdom, candor and dignity in the examination of the subject committed to them, are supposed to have superseded the necessity of any examination on the part of the House. It is wrong, however, to involve the whole committee in equal censure; there were members of it, who knew what was due to themselves, the house of delegates, to which they belonged, the country and constitution; and who were shocked and disgusted at the procedure which has been just mentioned.
But before the committee began the examination of any evidence whatever, there were two measures taken by them worthy of particular note, because they mark, in the strongest manner, the spirit in which those enquiries commenced; and the temper & predisposition of those who led the measures of the committee. The first relates to the mode of summoning the witnesses. This duty belonged to the chairman; and he adopted the rule as he declared, of summoning any witness or witnesses, who might be stated by any citizen, as capable of throwing light upon the subject. Under this rule, Henry Banks the coeditor of the Virginian, formerly mentioned, (for whose particular purpose, the rule seems to have been framed) gave in the name of 50 or 60 witnesses (including the discarded workmen,) almost all of whom were accordingly summoned. Not satisfied with giving this man the power of naming and thereby foisting upon the committee whomsoever he plea-
sed as witnesses, he was erected into a sort of vice-gerent to the chairman himself; for I find that in one instance the summons for several witnesses, is in his hand-writing, the name of the chairman, even, being signed by him. These witnesses were summoned before the committee had marked out a course for themselves and were to be paid, by the commonwealth, for their daily attendance. The economy of this arrangement is obvious. They have since been paid, at one dollar per day, each man, while witnesses who attend on courts, no matter from what distance, receive only fifty cents per day for their attendance. Thus was the treasury of the commonwealth of Virginia placed at the mercy and discretion of this desperate adventurer for eight weeks, without restraint check or control—the rule adopted by the chairman, and the power of summoning given to Henry Banks, being entirely without limits. Hereafter you will hear farther on this point. For the accuracy of the above statement, I appeal to the original documents in the office of the clerk of the house of delegates: for the accuracy of that, which I will hereafter furnish on the same subject, I shall appeal to the books of the auditor of public accounts.
The other measure which I proposed to notice was the cause of enquiry adopted by the committee. This was dictated by the same Henry Banks, & was brought before the committee, in the following ingenious manner. Mr. Otey, a member from the county of Bedford, presented to the committee a paper which, he said, had been handed to him the evening before, by a citizen; "he did not know what it contained, but being intended for the committee, he thought it his duty to present it." It was presented and it was found to contain upwards of forty different heads on articles of impeachment against the armory and its affairs; the statement being without name, but in the hand writing of Henry Banks. It is to be here remarked, that Mr. Otey (who had kept this paper in his pocket for twelve hours without examining it and handed it in, at last, without knowing its contents and consequently without knowing whether it might not be a libel on the committee itself) had been an active member of that committee which made the hostile report of 1807, and on which the house, as before remarked, declined to act offensively against the institution. The paper, however, which he now handed in, was rejected, as being without any signature or ostensible father, and so the committee were again at sea without chart or compass to guide their investigation. But what was to be done? The witnesses to support those charges had been, several of them, summoned and were now attending, at the expense of the commonwealth. The difficulty was easily obviated. The committee adjourned; and the next morning the chairman reported, that the charges which had been rejected the day before as anonymous, had now received the signature of their author and were again submitted to the committee. They were signed with the name of Henry Banks, and were adopted, with a few trivial exceptions, as proper subjects for the examination of the committee. I regret extremely that the limits which I have prescribed to myself will not permit me to insert here a copy of these charges; in order that you might see how obviously the resolution of Daniel Sheffey proceeded from a previous view of these very witnesses who had been summoned by Henry Banks or at his instance; and upwards of forty different heads of accusation. The course agreed upon by the committee was to examine each witness to these charges, head by head, and receive and note his answer to each charge. Thus the topics of investigation were prescribed by Henry Banks; the course in which they should succeed each other was prescribed by him; and the witnesses, also, were his. And thus did this committee, instead of pursuing that elevated and dignified course which became them, consent to become mere instruments and tools in the hands of this dark-Spirited, envious, malignant and desperate man.
For nearly eight weeks was the committee engaged in examining this host of witnesses on that long and multifarious string of charges: and this has been called, hearing me!—In the course of the business, they condescended, indeed to examine two or three members of the executive at my desire; and a few other witnesses on collateral points: but that evidence, which went directly to meet and repel the only serious charges against me, they put by , as being illegal and inadmissible; although I shall offer to you the most satisfactory proof, that it was not only legal and admissible ; but, to any candid and liberal mind, conclusive, that the charges against me were without foundation in truth.
So much time had been consumed in the examination of these witnesses, that the committee was brought nearly to the close of their session. The House was impatient for their report and equally impatient to rise and get to their family lies. Mr. Otey, the gentleman before mentioned, moved that a sub. committee of three should be appointed to draft the report; and a sub. committee was accordingly appointed, consisting of the Chairman and Mr. Otey, of course; and of Mr. Brockenbrough of Hanover. I had hoped and expected that after the general committee had gone through with the examination chalked out for them by Henry Banks, they would have informed me which of the charges, if any, they thought so sustained as to require explanation or requiring proof on my part. It appeared to me that justice and equity naturally dictated this measure. But my hopes and expectations were in vain. The sub. committee was appointed; and, without knowing or asking the sentiments of the general committee on a single charge, they withdrew to express those sentiments, in their own way. At this time no examination of the documents in the auditor's office had taken place. On Sunday, being the day before the sub. committee made their report to the general committee, I saw Daniel Sheffey, the chairman, and took the liberty of suggesting to him that it would be impossible to satisfy all the enquiries directed by the resolution of the house of Delegates, without going down into the Auditor's office and examining the documents deposited there. He wanted to know whether he could not get into the office on that day for the purpose of making this examination: as it was Sunday, this could not be done. A few hours on Monday morning only, were left to him for this purpose; and in these few hours Mr. Sheffey affects to have made an examination, which the promptest genius upon earth could not have achieved in as many days. Upon this slight and superficial examination however, stands the authority of all those calculations which go to impeach the veracity of my annual reports and the integrity of my character. I shall, hereafter, go over this ground after Mr. Sheffey and will shew that these calculations depend less on the evidence of public documents than on the inspirations of Mr. Sheffey's genius. You will perceive, however, that those calculations, founded on evidence hastily examined by the sub. committee only, and not seen at all by the general committee, constitutes by far the most important part of the report. Such as it was, the report was submitted on the Monday morning, to the general committee; and a member of that committee, complaining that he was called upon to vote in the dark, because he had not seen the evidence on which the sub. committee had in a great measure reported; the chairman observed, that the object of the report would be defeated by any longer delay, that is to say, that the general committee was to take the word of the sub. committee and vote for the report without seeing the evidence as the house was afterwards desired to take the word of the general committee and vote for the report on their authority. A small majority of the general committee did adopt the report in the dark and bring it down to the house; when it was ushered in, by the chairman, with considerable solemnity, as the act of the whole committee of twenty one; while in truth, as you will perceive, it was in a very great degree, little more than the act of Daniel Sheffey the chairman of the general and sub-committee, guided and directed by Henry Banks. How it was acted upon in the House of Delegates, I have already shown you. And thus dwindle and vanish the imposing names and authorities of the armory committee and House of Delegates, as having given by their sanction, weight and authority to this report.
You have already been informed that the House of Delegates, saw nothing of the evidence on which the report was founded, because they presumed that their committee had seen it. You now perceive that the committee themselves did not see that important branch of the evidence in the auditor's office which relates to the disbursement of the public money, and on which all the calculations in the report are founded. How superficial, imperfect and erroneous those calculations are, how un candid and illiberal the whole complexion of the report; how much I have been aggrieved and oppressed by the refusal to hear my evidence; and how undeservedly I have fallen, (unless the justice of the people shall support me,) will appear in my subsequent numbers.
JOHN CLARKE.
To the People.
A reply to the piques under the signature "John Clarke."
This is the second time that I have been provoked to enter into public investigation
concerning the manufactory of arms, to expose the conduct of the officers, and to develop a conspiracy against the interests, perhaps against the liberties, of the country, no less enormous in its extent, than dangerous in its effects.
A charge so high and so boldly made, will, no doubt, excite surprise in some, whilst others will affect to treat this also with contempt. Knowing, as I do, that I stand on tenable, nay, on impregnable ground, I shall not disturb myself to ascertain who may be offended, or who may discredit the statements and views, which are about to be made.
The term "conspiracy" is a severe one;—I am apprised of its import, and know what I risk in making it.
Altho' I shall designate those who are implicated, by the term, " conspirators "—I will not insinuate, nor do I believe, that every one who was, or yet may be an adherent or advocate of John Clarke, deserves this imputation—indeed. I am well convinced that some individuals, not only members of the legislature, but others, had entertained so exalted an opinion of the talents, of the integrity, and public service of John Clarke, that they felt indignant at any insinuation against either, and were predisposed to condemn an accuser, without taking the trouble, or giving themselves the time to reflect upon the allegations, or the facts relied on to support them. Men of this description deserve to be pitied and forgiven. The time will surely come when their judgments, yielding to the powers of truth, will overthrow their prejudices, and then their own best mind, will pass decisions upon the subject, equally just and ingenious.
To men who know that their motives are honest; that their motives are pure, I make the appeal; and I invite them to bear with me in the discussions, about to be made, with patience, candor, and hearts free from prejudice or prepossession! Let them recollect that I am a volunteer in this cause, without fee, reward, or expectation of personal benefit;—that from the most brilliant success, from a triumph to which every tongue will add its applause as well as sanction, I can gain nothing;—on the contrary, from a want of representation, I may not only lose the esteem of my friends, but draw upon myself the indignation of an irritated community—By victory, I gain only a sound; by defeat, I may be consigned to execration!!!
In the first stages of this investigation, the conspirators, adopted the impious design of exciting against myself the distrust and indignation of the public—and altho' I published facts relating to matters which either afforded their own proofs or were capable of being proved with very little trouble, and tho' I demanded the means of adducing proof, yet the persons who had the power, and whose public duty required it to be exercised, turned their backs upon what existed, and anticipated my destruction merely because the testimony was not, by me, distinctly exhibited and public unfolded, when the means was withheld by themselves!!
Entrenched as they were by power,—by popularity,—by the public treasury, and the influence of popular names, they did not seem to fear that a single individual, who pretended to no popularity, was supported by no party—who had concerted no plan, but was actuated only by the impressions of truth and public justice, and supported only by his own pen, could single handed, and as it were, manacled, overthrow their ingenious and delusive schemes, and cou'd, in defiance of the most powerful combination, gain a complete triumph over such a host. Such are the facts—They are now of public record and notoriety; and it has again fallen to my lot to enter upon a new, and similar duty,—no less than to shew that John Clarke is not the only person who deserves public indignation.
The conspirators were weak enough to suppose that calumnies against myself would excite such a prejudice, that the plain and artless tales which were unfolded by my pen, would be disregarded, and altho' the recent example ought to teach them of their error, yet driven to desperation, or impelled by folly, they have entered more openly and publicly into a new project of the same description. Let them go on!! Let them if they choose, wage an inefficacious war against myself!! Let them endeavor to persuade the people, that I am as black in heart, as they are in crime, and what then? Do they flatter themselves that an injured, deceived, and plundered people will receive such things as a vindication? To the people it will be unimportant whether my life has been devoted to virtuous or to vicious purposes, or whether the important services I have rendered proceeded from benevolent and patriotic motives, or from the mere wantonness of mischief.
I do not offer these arguments to divert the conspirators from their nefarious purposes. They are perfectly welcome; as they have done before, to bring into review my private life, or such parts as may suit their purpose. I hold them and their coadjutors equally at defiance and in contempt. Will they dare utter a similar invitation and defiance? Or will the public indignation be averted by promulgating, that I was the author of the investigation—that the Virginian was exclusively devoted to this purpose—that I was the editor of that paper—that I derived my information from impure sources—that I used indefatigable industry to excite the legislature to those active measures which have been adopted?
Why, let me ask, are not the charges denied?—Why is not the testimony upon which the legislature have acted discredited? Instead of this, they deal in general

terms—they denounce in mass; they falsely proclaim that I derived my information from discarded and worthless workmen! Well do they know, that this is untrue—that my information was derived from an examination of John Clarke's own reports and other documents; from a knowledge of the particular duties which the conductors of a manufactory of arms ought to perform—from established data that the arms, already made, were worthless, and that the modes pursued would never produce better. They may know more, that I employed sundry intelligent persons, who were not suspected to obtain accurate information of the various operations of the armory—and of other matters worthy of notice and inquiry. From the reports of these persons, and not from the workmen, I derived a knowledge of facts: From my own experience of the proper mode of conducting such business, and an examination of John Clarke's own deceptions reports, and a slight view of the accounts I drew my inferences and made my charges.
Among the persons to whom I was greatly indebted for information and service, was a young Irishman, who had but lately found an asylum in this country; his name, "Thomas Anslov." I found him active, intelligent, indefatigable, and correct. He is now employed by Jno. Taylor, esq. of Mount Airy, and I take this opportunity of giving a public testimonial of the service he has rendered to his adopted country, and the high opinion I entertain of his industry, honor, and veracity.—This is a tribute to merit which I pay with pleasure.
By such means I obtained the most complete information, from the commencement of the operations of the armory, far superior to that which could have been given even by John Clarke himself, if he had been so disposed.
The charges made by me were so plain and so pointed that they could not pass unnoticed. The public feeling was excited, and, then it was, that the most wicked schemes were invented and prosecuted—not to meet and examine the charges, but to convict me of falsehood and to stigmatize upon my name. I was bound by the dictates of self-preservation to meet and oppose them.—Some of the means I have already explained—my foes tho' numerous and powerful were afraid of an open combat. I had put my single bark to sea, and absolutely blockaded their ports. They effected to treat me with contempt, but they durst not say a word, and because they too well knew that the very means of vindication would expose them to new and more severe attacks.
When the legislature met, I circulated among them many copies of those discussions, which had been published under my signature. I introduced the subject in public as well as in private conversation, and assured every one to whom I spoke, that those printed papers contained a tissue of truths for the proof of which I was ready and willing to adduce testimony.
Before I adopted this open and unequivocal conduct, I was well convinced that my charges were not only true but capable of being proved; that public investigation was necessary; that there was a diabolical conspiracy, formed to prevent it, and that the plot would be aided by a report of certain private persons, who had been authorized by the executive to examine and prove the muskets;—by another report, of three members of the executive council, and the accompanying documents, and from the public letter of the governor.—Concerning all these I shall speak hereafter.
With such testimonials, the conspirators had some ground to exult as they offered, in an approaching triumph—and it was this which authorized one of the meaneest and lowest of the set , to go from place to place, and inform such members as would listen to him , that my accusations were false and groundless; that it was impossible to support my charges and therefore I must be stigmatized and disgraced:—
I had daily information of these pranks and clearly saw the necessity for a long, not only, with promptitude but with firmness and energy—and it was by such means that I used my best efforts to counteract a nefarious plot just ready to explode. I shall ever take credit as well as enjoy the highest satisfaction in believing, that I contributed in the slightest degree to substitute a disgraceful defeat, instead of that triumph which had been anticipated, and if the work was all my own, I am to be considered as the author and finisher , as tis' admitted so much higher will be my gratification. The conspirators were taken by surprise. They were out-generalled. The subject was introduced, sooner than they expected; and by persons who were not their friends. The documents already referred to, instead of forming the van of attack against me, were cast in their rear.—The whole plan of the campaign was changed; and they could never again organize a new system, before their defeat was inevitable. A good deal has been said, as to the manner of introducing the subject.—Suffice it here to say, that the resolution to enquire into the operations of the armory, was broad just and comprehensive. John Clarke also complains of the manner of appointing the committee, and so did some of those who were determined to bring him to justice.—More of this anon!
Early as this resolution was adopted, many days passed away before any thing of importance was done. The committee at last met, but their time was devoted to frivolous debates and indecorous insinuations, rather designed to prevent, than insure an investigation. Upon one occasion, Mr. Wirt observed and moved, that the doors of the committee-room should be shut against all but the members of the assembly, and witnesses under examination, and what is more strange, the motion prevailed. On the next day, a motion was made by Mr. Murchison, supported in an animated and eloquent manner, to reconsider the resolution: It was rejected.—Mr. Wirt afterwards moved that all the witnesses except the one under examination, should be excluded from the room. This prevailed also. A good deal of frivolous debate then took place as to the method of proceeding. By some members, it was insisted, that there was nothing to enquire into, they wanted to see something in
a visible form.—At length Mr. Murchison said that he moved that the committee should first enquire into every thing which related to the making of a musket . This was a point; and this brought the committee to reflect upon the importance of their duties, and to influence their conduct might have upon their own characters. After the committee adjourned, I observed "you may, gentlemen, if you please, exclude me from your deliberations; but you possess no power to exclude me from the press. I have already appealed to one of the officers of the armory, and to the executive council, without success. I now appeal to the legislature, and if again unsuccessful, I will resort again to the press, and appeal to the people." I do not pretend to say, that this had any influence upon the committee, or upon any man who heard me, but this I do know, that I should have faithfully fulfilled my promise, if the inquiry had not gone on.
A sub-committee of five, was then appointed to prepare the mode of proceeding, and as several members of the committee had loudly called for specific charges, I immediately prepared forty-eight correspondence substantially with those which had been published under my own signature. I gave one copy of these to Mr. Sneyd, the chairman, another to Mr. Otey, and read them to others; and observed upon all occasions, that the testimony could be adduced to support them.
Mr. Otey was one of the sub-committee. He produced these charges and read them aloud, and informed the committee that they were written by me: not being present, I cannot state what passed, but was informed that the chairman was directed by the committee to summon me, and that I should be called on to say whether I would or would not sign those charges. It was observed by one of the members that this was necessary in behalf of the officers of the armory, that they might be able to support their actions against me, for defamation. How little did he then suspect the impending and destructive catastrophe which the examination of those charges would produce!
HENRY BANKS. (To be Continued.)
BALTIMORE, March 13. From the London Traveller of December 30.
(Received at the office of the American.)
Mr. Lee, of Gloucester place, arrived yesterday at the Foreign Office from Spain and Portugal. He was the bearer of dispatches for Government from Mr. Frere, whom he left at Talavera on the 6th inst. and proceeded to England, via Lisbon, which he left the 15th. Mr. Lee came from Lisbon in the Undaunted frigate, landed at Weymouth on Wednesday and yesterday arrived at his house in Gloucester place. He left Madrid on the 2d inst. when the inhabitants and peasantry from the adjacent country had risen to defend the capital. Mr. Lee was, we believe, the last subject who left Madrid previously to the surrender of the place to the French army.—He soon after joined the British minister and the Supreme Junta, and accompanied them on their journey for two days. He then took charge of Mr. Lee's dispatches for Government, and afterwards of dispatches from the commander of the British troops in Portugal and from the admiral of the British squadron in the Tagus. By this gentleman's account it appears that when the Somosierra was forced the Central Junta were under the necessity of quitting Aranjuez, as the place became exposed to that event to the incursions of the enemy's cavalry; that they intended to retire in the first instance to Truxillo, and from thence, if necessary, to Badajoz, as a place of security. Several members of the Junta went into the provinces to inspire and embody the people, and we are rejoiced to hear that the events at Madrid had by no means disheartened or discouraged the Patriots. A report prevailed at Talavera on the 6th, that the Spaniards had recovered the Retiro on the 4th, and that a fresh body of troops had entered the town; but after the accounts which we yesterday published, it is scarce necessary for us to observe, that this report must have been unfounded.
We are happy, however, to find that certain advices of a favorable nature had been received from Catalonia. It appears, that the Spaniards had made a successful attack upon the enemy, of whom they had 500 prisoners, and possessed themselves of two important heights in the neighborhood of Barcelona, by which the enemy were reduced to great distress.
In the midst of the disasters which Spain has been compelled to endure, it is with no considerable share of satisfaction that we perceive the spirit of the country remains unbroken. The tyrant, it is true, has penetrated to Madrid, but the means of a long resistance are still in possession of the Spanish nation. In the various engagements which have taken place between the Spaniards & the French, the former, it must be admitted, have, since the arrival of Bonaparte, sustained some severe defeats. But have the patriotic armies been annihilated?—They have been dispersed, but not destroyed; they have been scattered but not deprived of the power of re-assembling.
The enemy under the immediate command of Bonaparte, have been nearly two months in Spain, and we are now fully apprized of what they have achieved during five weeks of this time. But what Military losses have the Spaniards experienced during this period? In territory and in towns, it is not to be denied, that their losses have been large and serious; but, in effective military force, their armies have not experienced, in killed, wounded and prisoners, a diminution of 36,000 men. The dispersed troops may still re-assemble and while the enemy flatter themselves with early hopes of complete conquest, fresh armies may suddenly start into existence, and dispense and recover possession of the most valuable and important districts. The territory of Spain is too extensive, and the population too divided, to admit of the practicability of rapid conquest. The enemy's force, so long as the spirit of patriotism, which has burst forth in every part of the peninsula, retains its powerful influence, must be numerically increased, so as to admit almost of ubiquity, before the entire subjugation of the country can be effected. If the flames are subdued in one quarter, the conflagration will spread in others. The Spaniards possess within themselves the means of protracted warfare, and it is this species of hostility which is likely to prove most destructive to the enemy. Even in France, the principle of the Spanish war is said to be by no means a subject of general approbation; and should it be continued to a ruinous extent, it is not impossible that the impatience of that unsteady people may prove fatal to its author.
FROM THE DEMOCRATIC PRESS.
ARRIVAL OF THE SHIP UNION.
This day Captain Gordon of the Government dispatch ship, the Union arrived in this city. He left the vessel at Newcastle, where she arrived yesterday; she is expected at Philadelphia to-morrow. The Union, left Plymouth, January 3d.
Lieutenant Gibbon the Messenger with dispatches from England and Mr. Purviance with dispatches from France are we understand gone on to the city of Washington.
From Captain Gordon we learn that Bonaparte was at Madrid—that in England it was generally admitted that the conquest of Spain was complete; the victories of the French have been bloody and decisive. Nothing certain was known in England as to the fate of the English army. All was anxiety and suspense.
We expect soon to lay before our readers a very interesting extract from the Log Book of the ship Union, under date of the 14th of December. Our readers will readily imagine that this extract must contain a statement of some important facts when they are informed that it is reported that Mr. Pinkney, the American Minister in London, requested the extract might not be published until first submitted to the consideration of the administration of the general government, to whom a copy has been forwarded.
Without infringing upon the reported request of Mr. Pinkney, we think we may gratify public anxiety so far as to state that the Union on her return from L'Orient to England was boarded by a lieutenant of a British frigate who behaved with an insolence and rudeness, which appears to be characteristic of the officers of the British navy, at least in their intercourse with the vessels that sail under the flag of the United States. The captain of the Union and his papers were taken on board the frigate and detained upwards of an hour, and nothing but the determined and resolute conduct of Mr. Purviance prevented him and his dispatches from being taken on board the English frigate. On Mr. Purviance's remonstrating with the British lieutenant, and stating that the vessel was peculiarly protected by her mission, by all the ministers near the government of the United States, and also that this outrageous conduct of the lieutenant would be made known to the American Minister at London and to the government of the United States, the lieutenant insolently replied "that he neither knew nor cared for the American government—that he was executing the orders of his commander."
A paltry and pitiful excuse was offered on putting Captain Gordon on board the Union by saying they mistook the name of the Union for that of the Ganges, & thought that from the name of Mr. Purviance, he might be a Frenchman.
March 13.
Merchants, wait a little. Were I a merchant, I would reason thus before I put my vessel afloat:—Dundas—the infamous Dundas, has the chief sway in the British Cabinet: he is the sworn foe of America. Besides, England has threatened hostilities on our adoption of a non-intercourse. I therefore think it wise to embargo my ships until I see the effects which Napoleon's victories and our non-intercourse will work upon Britain; until I see whether there will be a general peace or a desperate war.
WASHINGTON CITY, March 13.
POSTSCRIPT.
We have had the pleasure of an interview with Mr. Purviance, from whom we learn that he entertains the strongest apprehensions relative to the fate of the immense mercantile capital that is about to be committed to the ocean by the partial repeal of the embargo. From his observations abroad, and all the information he has been a-
ble to collect, he fears that a wide spread ruin will be the consequence. Never has there been perhaps, been a season in which there existed higher inducements to prudence and circumspection.
Mr. Purviance left M. Champagne at Paris, the latter end of November, whence he was then about to follow the emperor. On the 2nd of January information was received at Plymouth from London, stating that the ministry had received intelligence that the English and Spanish forces had united, and that an engagement had taken place between them and the French on the 16th of December, in which the French lost 50,000 men. A few hours after the receipt of this intelligence, the loss on the part of the French had fallen to 25,000. This news had produced great exultation at Plymouth.—The general impression, however, in England among intelligent men was, that the French arms must eventually prevail in Spain.
March 15.
The Legislature of Massachusetts have adjourned to the Tuesday preceding the last Wednesday of May next. [Such is the phraseology of the Boston prints.] Previous to their adjournment the lieutenant governor communicated his dissent and objections to the bill "for securing the people of this commonwealth against unreasonable, arbitrary and unconstitutional seizures in their dwelling houses" (the extraordinary bill lately dissected in this paper.) On its re-passage there were in the Senate, Yeas 19—Nays 18. Two thirds being required, the bill is lost.
The late appointment of Berkeley to an important station is among the most recent amicable demonstrations of the British cabinet towards this country.
The following article is from a London print of the 27th of December. It exhibits a forcible contrast to the conduct of the British towards us in the case of the Chesapeake.
In the conversation which took place at the Indian House, on Wednesday last, Mr. Thomas Twining took occasion to ask what was become of the British seamen whose conduct had produced a quarrel with the Chinese, and regretted that it should be left in the power of any intemperate individual, in such a situation, to interrupt the friendly relations that subsisted between the Chinese and the East India company, and destroy so valuable a branch of commerce? To which the chairman answered, that the British seamen had been given up in the handsomest manner, in consequence of special mandate for that purpose, by the emperor, and that measures of precaution had been taken to prevent the recurrence of a similar case."
The London Courier, which had been styled, with what degree of truth we pretend not to say, Mr. Canning's organ, concludes a long article on American affairs in the following strain. The reader may infer from this language the measure of probability that exists of a restoration of the amicable sentiments of the British cabinet towards this country.
"The orders of Council have exhibited to the world the extent of our resources and firmness—they have proved what our maritime power and superiority can effect; they have shown that when it is rightly directed it can command the world. The Orders in Council were the beginning of a system of acting upon a great scale, [in what is this system to end?] the only scale suited to the dignity and the means of such a nation as Great Britain.—For the experiment that has been made, and the complete success which has attended it, we are indebted to the determination, the constancy and the courage of his Majesty's ministers. Infinite credit is due to them for persevering in a measure, which, let it always be recollected, was more clamored against by the late ministers than any measure that ever was proposed."
The same paper (Courier) after scouting the idea of rescinding the orders, in consequence of our proposition to repeal the embargo, concludes as follows:—
"The course which must lead to a repeal of our orders is short and obvious. Let France repeal her decrees, and our orders, which were the consequence of them, will be repealed of course—Take away the cause, and the effect will cease."
LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.
Received at Philadelphia, by the Union, from Falmouth.
SECOND EDITION.
Plymouth Chronicle, Office, January 3, two o'clock.
We stop the Press to announce the arrival of the Joseph hired cutter in this port, bringing a confirmation of the statement brought by the Encounter gun-brig of the MASSACRE of the FRENCH in MADRID, and that TWENTY-SIX THOUSAND FRENCHMEN had fallen by the knives of the Spaniards in that city.
We find in accounts received from Truro, that Coruña papers had reached that place on the 26th inst.—They mention, that since the defeat of Castanos a battle had been fought at Tudela, in which the French were much worsted. It is added, that the Spaniards ate the dinner prepared for the French troops—A Spanish general had been
executed for treachery, and a proclamation had been issued, declaring every man who had not joined the levies, a traitor to his Country. Even the nuns had quit the convents to be at work in the trenches. The same papers also state, that there was much desperate fighting after Bonaparte entered Madrid; and adds, the French have lost 38,000 men since they entered Spain.—They confirm the union of the British Generals and Romana, and state that the view of cutting off the communication between Bonaparte's army at Madrid, and his rear at Astorga. Coruña is certainly situated at a great distance from Madrid, the principal scene of action; yet we see little reason to discredit the junction of the British troops and Romana, both from antecedent accounts, and local circumstances, the victory to be obtained by Castanos, it is not so strongly to be entitled to belief. If any great victory has been obtained by the Spaniards, it is most probably by Palafox, near Saragossa, over Marshall Ney, as the French Bulletins are very shy and obscure in their mention of that town.
The intelligence received by the French Bulletins, and which was communicated to the public in the Post, a London evening paper of great celebrity, contains some favorable and many unfavorable points. We shall endeavor to state, as briefly as possible, the impression which an attentive perusal of them has left upon our minds.
In the midst of the disasters which Spain has been compelled to endure, it is not a little consolatory to find that the great mass of the Spanish people seem to remain true to themselves, and to the cause in which they are struggling.—There is not even an attempt on the part of the enemy to disguise the sentiments of wrath and indignation which is universally felt, particularly among the lower class of people, at the unprincipled invasion of which they are the unfortunate, but unwilling victims.
He does not now pretend to give out, as was done on the first entry of Joseph into Spain, that he is any where received with enthusiasm, or hailed as the sovereign of the people's choice. No public body ran to greet his approach, no venal municipality assemble in the vestibule of his dwelling to welcome his arrival. "The moon, indeed, may have shone with brightness," but no illumination took place on his entering the capital but what was caused by the gunner's torches, and the terrific silence of the scene was broken only by the shrieks of his murdered subjects.
The Encounter gun brig arrived yesterday from Vigo, after a passage of five days. She brought private letters from thence, dated the 27th inst. which state, that a messenger had left Sir D. Baird's army on the 18th, at Benevento, and passed through Sir J. Moore's army on the morning of the 19th—both armies were in good health and spirits. Gen. Blake has made a stand, and was collecting his army at Leon. It was confidently asserted at Vigo, that there had been an insurrection at Madrid, after the French got possession of it, and that the enraged Spaniards had put to death several thousands of the enemy, whose bodies were piled up in heaps in the streets. The loss of the French in killed and wounded, at Madrid, Saragossa and Masaredo, is stated to be 30,000 men. These letters also state, that the 15th regiment of light dragoons had fallen in with a regiment of French dragoons, near Rio Seco, and had charged through them, made 200 prisoners and destroyed the rest. It was also reported that Bonaparte had returned to Paris, on account of an insurrection in La Vendee and La Mancha.
LONDON, Dec. 29—31.
Dispatches were on Friday afternoon received from Admiral De Courcy, at Coruña, brought by the Swallow, dated the 23d inst. enclosing letters from Sir David Baird, dated the 17th, in which he states, that he was on the point of effecting a junction with Sir John Moore, whose headquarters were then at a distance of about 24 miles.
Advices from Rio de Janeiro have been received. Sir Sidney Smith retains all his influence, which he exerts to promote a strengthening the connexion between the two courts.
The officers both in Sir David Baird's and Sir J. Moore's armies now carry about their baggage themselves: all public servants, whether as battmen, servants, &c. have been taken away—Gen. Moore being determined to have as many muskets as possible. At first the staff grumbled; but latterly they saw the necessity of the measure. Instead of every captain and every two subalterns having each a tent, 7 officers sleep in one tent.
On the 2d inst. Gen. St. Hilaire, who commanded the French garrison at Berlin, delivered the keys in a very formal manner to Prince Ferdinand of Prussia. The court was expected to return by the end of the present month.

We have hitherto, fellow citizens, defeated the schemes and artifices of our opponents with infinite ease. But the danger is not yet over. We must not remain listless and inactive, under the belief that our ascendancy is fixed upon an immutable basis...
They will tell you that this measure would have proved fatal to the happiness of our country, and that they were opposed to it in the beginning. Thus exclusively taking to themselves the merit of consistency, and the superior ken of political wisdom...
If they have succeeded in embarrassing the views and designs of government from no other motive than that of party passion, they will tell you, that you are entirely indebted to them for their political sagacity and true republican virtue.
Even these few simple questions will prove that the contest they have been waging, is for nothing but power. And that the noisy opposition which they have made to the administration has not proceeded from any honest conviction of the mind...
Under these circumstances it is necessary to take this main-spring of their engine out of view and to proceed in some more artful & circuitous method. This fact in the political history of the day is really one of the most singular description.
When it first arrived it excited a transient discussion, but we remember to have heard very rarely used in debate during the contest of last year, and equally so in the public speeches and papers which are devoted to this party.
What course then, we fair world enquire, could government have pursued in order to meet with the approbation of this party? None, because it has already been pursued according to the remark just quoted, except in the rejection of Monroe's treaty.
if they have gained more affection for the principles which have guided the past administration for 8 years; and if they have gained the smallest regard for the will of the people, which has been so strongly expressed in the election of Mr. Madison.
IMPORTANT.
Letters, we learn, were received in this city by yesterday's mail from New-York, stating that intelligence had been received by a vessel just arrived from England, that the United British forces in Spain had been attacked by the French and totally defeated.
A very improbable story has gained currency through some very respectable prints. It is said, that after Bonaparte's army entered Madrid 26,000 of them were assassinated by the Spaniards with knives.
QUANDARY.
The embargo is now removed, and our merchants have the whole world (except France and England, and their islands and dependencies) before them to which they may trade and make their fortunes...
This morning (says the Norfolk Herald of Thursday) before our paper went to press, (8 o'clock) upwards of twelve vessels cleared out from the Custom-house in this Borough for Foreign Ports!
APPOINTMENTS.
Made by the [present] President of the United States, by and with the advice of the Senate. Francis Xavier Martin, of North Carolina, to fill the vacancy produced by the resignation of Peter Bryan Brant, a Judge of the Mississippi territory.
NAVY AGENTS.
Samuel Storer, Portland, Maine; Henry S. Langdon, Portsmouth, N. H. Francis Johonnot, Boston, Mas. Joseph Huli, Middletown, Con. John Bullus, New-York. George Harrison, Philadelphia.
John Stricker, Baltimore. Theo. Armistead, Norfolk. Nath. Ingraham and Son, Charles-ton. James Morrison, Lexington, K. Keith Spence, New-Orleans. Archibald S. Bullock, Savannah, Geor. Daniel Carmick, now a Captain of Marines, to be Major of Marines. James Thompson, Edw'd Hall, and Michael Reynolds, now First Lieutenants of Marines, to be Captains of Marines. Samuel C. Miller, now a Second Lieutenant of Marines, to be First Lieutenant of Marines. Jas. Hand, of Pennsylvania, to be a Surgeon in the Navy of the United States. Samuel Blair, and Samuel Horseley, of Virginia, to be Surgeons Mates in the Navy of the United States.
MILITARY APPOINTMENTS, Made previous to the 4th of March last.
BRIGADIER GENERALS. Wade Hampton. Peter G. Meigs. REGIMENT OF LIGHT ARTILLERY. Lieut. Colonel—Vacant. Major—John Saunders. LIGHT DRAGOONS. Colonel—Wade Hampton, (promoted as above) Lieut. Colonel—Leonard Covington. Major—Electus Backus. RIFLEMEN. Colonel—Alexander Smyth. Lieut. Colonel—William Duane. Major—John Fuller. THIRD REGIMENT OF INFANTRY. Colonel—Edward Pasteur. Lieut. Col. John Smith. Major—Homer V. Milton. FOURTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY. Colonel—John P. Boyd. Lieut. Colonel—John Whiting. Major—James Miller. FIFTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY. Colonel—Alexander Parker. Lieut. Colonel—Wm. D. Beall. Major—Tully Robinson. SIXTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY. Colonel—Jonas Simonds. Lieut. Colonel—Jos. P. Constant. Major—Zephaniah M. Pike. SEVENTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY. Colonel—William Russell. Lieut. Colonel—Robert Purdy. Major—Elish Strong.
EXTRACT from the proceedings of the President and Professors of William & Mary College; March 2d. 1809. "Resolved, That Charles I Cabell, Benjamin B. Jones, and William Old, students, be, and hereby are, forever expelled from this College, for having been concerned in a duel; the two first as principals, and the other as a second to one of the parties." Signed, J. MADISON, President.
Houses and Lots FOR SALE.
BY virtue of the last will and testament of Robert Means, deceased, WILL BE SOLD, to the highest bidder, at Public Auction, on Monday the tenth day of April next, the following Lands and Tenements, in the city of Richmond, that is to say: Some Wooden Houses and a piece of land opposite to Crouch's Tavern, on the street leading up by the Governor's. Several Brick Tenements on the cross street leading to Shockoe Warehouse. A House and lot upon the Basin. A Moiety of another house upon the Basin, and the third of the lot belonging to it. The Tenement where William Robertson, Esq. now resides. The Tenement where the Testator lived, and a Naked Lot of Land adjoining to it. Part of a naked Lot of Land lying between the dwelling house of Augustine Davis and the Basin. The sale will commence at the house where the Testator lived, and will be adjourned to the other tenements successively, until the whole are Sold. Twelve months credit will be allowed; the purchasers to give bond and approved security, together with a deed of trust upon the property, to secure punctual payment of the purchase money.
DANIEL CALL, Ex'or of the last Will and Testament of ROBERT MEANS, deceased. Richmond, March 20, 1809.
20 Dollars Reward.
LOST on the 24th February, in the city of Richmond, a Red Morocco pocket book, containing a 20 dollar bank note, an acknowledged account of Mr. Y. Smith for 70 dollars some odd shillings, and a number of other papers, which will be of no service but to the subscriber. All persons are forewarned from taking an assignment of said papers. The above reward will be given for the pocket book and its contents.
George Blakey.
WANTED to purchase, for which the highest price will be given, TOBACCO of the dark greenish and rich kind, commonly made on Low or Manured Land. For further particular inquire at the Eagle Tavern, for PETER LORILARD. March 20 h. 1809.
A Stock of Dry Goods,
OF from 3 to 4000 dollars worth, are offered for sale on advantageous terms, for cash, produce, or on credit. Apply at this office. Richmond, March 16th, 1809.
Storage and Commission Business.
THE subscriber respectfully informs the public that he has taken one of those large and commodious Bick Lumber Houses, adjacent to the Basin of the canal, where he will receive on storage, all kind of produce, and sell the same on commission. From his general acquaintance in this, as well as other towns on the continent, together with the great steadiness and attention which will be by him observed towards the interest of those persons making him consignments, he hopes to give general satisfaction. Persons sending produce to his care will save a considerable expense in drayage, and run no risk from fire, as his lumber-house is detached from all other buildings and without chimneys.
THOMAS GUY. Richmond, 15th March, 1809.
THE subscriber has taken Rooms at Mr. Shield's near the Capitol and Bank, where he will at all times be ready to give advice as Council, and not neglect his public duty as Councillor while health permits. He will further accommodate the public in writing all species of legal conveyance, he trusts, to their satisfaction.
JOHN HEATH. March 16th, 1809.
THE IMPORTED HORSE
WHY STAND the ensuing season at Buckingham court house, and will cover mares at Twenty-five dollars the season. Thirteen Dollars the leap, and Forty Dollars Insurance, with one dollar to the groom in either case; the leap to be paid for at the time of service, the season on the first day of August, and the insurance on the first of March, 1810. Crop To-bacco inscribed at any of the in-speci-on James River from Lynchburg to Richmond, will be received in payment at five dollars per cwt. if tendered on or before it becomes due. No es agreeable to the above terms must accompany the mare. Good and extensive pasturage in separate inclosures, (grassy) and the greatest attention to mares, but no liability for accidents or escapes.
Gouy is a beautiful bay, twelve years old, five feet three inches high, and by good judges thought to be one of the handsomest and highest formed horses in Virginia; he is in high health and vigor, and has proved himself a sure foal getter. He was got by Sir Peter Teazle, who has so long ranked as the best stallion in England, and came out of the famous Yellow Mare, who was so distinguished as a racer in her day; thus descending on both sides from the very best stock in Great Britain, as may be traced from the earliest accounts by a reference to the General Stud Book in my possession. His colts that were dropped last spring (which were his first in this country) are uncommonly likely, and in England for the number that have run are uncommonly successful. In 1807, only 8 started, 5 of which won the following races, viz:
Ascot Heath, June 9th. The second and last year of a renewed sweepstake of 10 guineas each, with 25 guineas added, for 4 years old, 7 stone 9 lbs. 5 years old, 8 stone 5 lbs. 6 years old, 8 stone 11 lbs. and aged 9 stone. Mares allowed 4 lbs. About two miles and a half (14 subscribers.) Mr Lake's Gaiety, by Gouy, 5 years old, 1 Mr Batson's Handicap, by Whiskey, 4 years old, 2 Mr Abby's Orangeade, by Whiskey, 4 years old, 3 H. R. H. the Duke of York's Rosabella, by Whiskey, 4 years old, 4 Sir J. Mansel's Candidate, by Gouy, 4 years old, 5 Mr Butler's Eunuch, by Pegasus, 6 years old, 6 June 11th. The Swinly Stakes, 25 guineas each, for two years old, 7 stone 4 lbs. for 4 years old, 8 stone 10 lbs. one mile and a half (4 subscribers.) Mr Lake's Humility, by Gouy, 4 years old, 1 Mr Butler's Colt, by Ambrosio, 3 years old, 2 Mr Bianchford's Tony Lumpkin, by Ambrosio, 3 years old, 3 June 12th. Mr Lake's Nymphina, by Gouy, 3 years old, beat Sir J. Shelly's Woodnymph by Trumpaton, 3 years old, 8 stone each, the new mile 100 guineas. Canterbury, 26th August. A Maiden Plate of 50l. for 3 years old, 6 stone, for 4 years old, 7 stone 7 lbs. 5 years old, 8 stone 2 lbs. 6 years old, 8 stone 10 lbs. and aged, 9 stone, 4 mile heats. Mr Hyde's Can erpuy, by Gouy, 4 years old, 1 Mr Pelcher's Tippoo, 5 years old, 2 Captain Spedding's Agamenon, 3 years old, 3 August 27th. A plate of 50l. for 8 years old, 6 stone 12 lbs. four years old, 8 stone 7 lbs. Fillies allowed 2 lbs. two mile heats. Mr Hyde's Filly, by Gouy, 3 years old, 1 Mr Hyde's Filly Augusta, by Buzzard, 3 years old, 2 Mr Embden's Pantaloon, by Buzzard, 4 years old, 2 New Market, October 29. Handicap sweepstake of 20 guineas each, dutch mile, (7 subscribers.) M. Lake's Nymphina, by Gouy, 3 years, 7 stone 6 lbs. 1
Lord G. H. Cavendish's Pac 272, by Sir Peter, 4 years, 8 stone 10 lbs. 2 Duke of Grafton's Barbarian, by Worthy, 3 years, 7 stone 13 lbs. 3 Mr C. Broth's Woodman, by Worthy, 3 years 6 stone 13 lbs. 4 I have (as yet) only a partial account of the racing of 1803, but in that, I discover the following success of Gouy's get, viz: New Market, April 18. The first class of the Oatland S. Kes of 50 guineas each, a little upwards of two miles, (11 subscribers.) Mr Lake's Nymphina, by Gouy, 3 years old, 6 stone 12 lbs. 1 Sir J. Honeywood's Hawk, by Buzzard, 3 years old, 6 stone 12 lbs. 2 Mr Ferme's Cerberus, by Gouy, 5 years old, 9 stone, 3 Mr Shakespeare's Cardinal, Beaufort, by Gohanna, 5 years old, 3 stone 5 lbs. 4 Lord Foley's Captain Absolute, by John Bull, aged, 8 stone. 5 Lord Grosvenor's Olive Branch, by Sir Peter Teazle, 8 years old, 7 stone 1 lb. 6 Mr Keerman's Strea-lamban by Lepaton, 4 years old, 8 stone 2 lbs. 7 May 6. Lord G. K. Cavendish's Filly by Gouy, 2 years old, 7 stone, beat the Duke F. Alban's Prodigal, 5 years old, 1 stone 12 lbs. two years old, course 100 guineas. May 18. The J cky Club Plate of 50 guineas, for horses the property of members, 4 years old, 7 stone 2 lbs. 5 years old, 8 stone 3 lbs. 6 years old, 8 stone 9 lbs. and aged, 9 stone 11 lbs. 4 miles 1 furlong and 133 yards. Mr Lake's Nymphina, by Gouy, four years old, 1 Ben Gowa's Peiipe, by Whiskey, aged, 2 Lord Sackville's Prospero, by Whiskey, aged, 3 Lord Lowther's Brown Horse, aged, 6 years old, 4 Lord Foley's Captain Absolute, by John Bull, aged, 5 Ascot Heath, Jun. 24. Sweepstake of 30 guineas each, 20 forten, 1 two year old colts, 8 stone 5 lbs. Fillies, 8 stone 2 lbs. half a mile. H. R. H. the Duke of York's Silvermore by Gouy, 1 Mr Farmer's B. Filly sister to Bantam, by Gohanna, 2 Mr Embden's Miss Sedling, by Toteridge (3 lb. ex ra.) 3 Mr Ladbrooke's sister to Elecli, who won the Derby Stakes in 1807, 4 The season will commence on the 1st of March, and end the 1st of August. ARCHIBALD BRANCH. Feb. 20th, 1809. The famous high blooded Horse,
A BEAUTIFUL dark bay, 16 hands high, full of strength, health & vigor, and inferior to no horse either for speed or bottom, of fine bone and muscle. This horse was purchased by me when in London of Lord Grosvenor, he was then in training; will stand the ensuing season at Sandy Point, Charles City country. The scarcity of money induces the subscriber to let him cover mares this season at 10 dollars the single leap, 20 dollars the season, thirty dollars to insure a mare in foal, the insurance money to be paid by the gentleman who insured if changed, the season money may be discharged by the payment of fifteen dollars by the tenth of August, at which time the season will expire, with half a dollar to the groom for each mare. Large and extensive pasturage of the best white clover gratis; the greatest care and attention paid the mares, but will not be answerable for accidents or escapes. This horse has not run many races, but his performance will sufficiently justify the opinion of Lord Grosvenor & his Son, who certify that they consider him the best three year old horse in England, and challenging any 4 year old, which was not accepted. In October 1798, at New Market, he won a sweepstake of 1400 guineas, 12 subscribers, at 200 guineas each, half forfeit, colts carrying 8 stone 3 lbs. fillies 8 stone, beating Sir Harry, Mr. Cookson's b. c. by Sir Peter, Mr. Perrin's b. c. Young Javelin, Sir Francis Standish's ch. c. Split Pigeon, -5 to 4 against Admiral Nelson, 7 to 4 against Sir Harry, 6 to 1 against Split Pigeon, and 10 to 1 against Young Javelin. In 1799 he won a sweepstake of 1600 guineas, 14 subscribers at 200 guineas each, beating Lord Egremont's b. c. by Preceptor, out of Bob Tail, Mr. Perrin's b. c. Javelin, and Mr. Golding's Boaster...3 to 1 on Admiral Nelson. In 1800 he got so much injured in his practice that he did not come on the turf again until 1803, when he won a purse of 50 pounds, 4 mile heats, beating several fine horses. See Sporting Magazine for this year.
PEDIGREE.
ADMIRAL NELSON was br d by Lord Grosvenor, got by John Bull, and foaled in 1793; his dam Olivia, by Justice; her dam Cypher by Squirrel out of Fribble's dam, by Regulus. See Supplement to the Stud Book, page 15. WILLIAM LIGHTFOOT. N. B. Notes for the twenty dollar must be sent with the mares. For sale at S. Pleasants printing office, HENNING'S New Virginia Justice, CONTAINING The Duties of a Justice of Peace, &c. together with a variety of useful precedents, adapted to the laws now in force. Also, forms of conveyancing, such as deeds of bargain and sale, lease and re-lease, mortgage, trust, &c.

One Thousand Pounds
WANTED, FOR the interest of which, a plantation of 500 acres of valuable land will be given, until the money is refunded. Nearly 100 acres are rich low grounds, now in cultivation. Lying on navigable water, the improvements new and very good, in a healthy and desirable country. Enquire of the Printer.
September 8, 1809.
IN COUNCIL,
January 20, 1809.
PROPOSALS will be received by the Executive for manufacturing three hundred and ninety Rifles during the present year, being the number directed by law to be provided annually, including the deficiency of last year. Extract from the minutes.
DANL. L. HYLTON, Clerk of the Council.
A FEW COPIES
OF
BURK'S
History of Virginia,
IN THREE VOLUMES, ARE FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE.
TO Mr. Joseph Reynolds, who resides out of the commonwealth of Virginia.
Take notice, that we shall on the second day of the circuit court to be held for Henrico county, at the capitol in the city of Richmond, which will commence the 2d Monday in April next, move said court for a commission to take the deposition of Isaac Davis, who resides in the state of Tennessee. Your ob't. Serv't.
Robert Davis. Waddy Turner.
March 9th, 1809.
Penitentiary Store.
SHOES at the Manufacture of the Penitentiary have been lately REDUCED, considerably below their former prices.
D. J. BURR, Agent.
10th May, 1809.
MATTRESSES
OF ALL SIZES AND KINDS, MADE and repaired, agreeably to order, in the large wooden house opposite the Old City Tavern, two squares below the market bridge, Richmond.
J. S. Pleasants.
May 31, 1809.
To Rent,
TWO TENEMENTS, One formerly occupied by Mrs. M'Lane, with a good garden, smoke house and stable—possession may be had the 7th March. The other is a small house with a garden—possession may be had immediately.—Both houses are on Shockoe hill.
THOMAS ELLIOTT.
February 16, 1809.
A Young Man
WHO can come well recommended for industry, honesty, and sobriety, that understands the management of Negroes, may hear of employment on application at this office.
Clover Seed.
THE subscriber is in daily expectation of a large quantity of Fresh Clover Seed, which will be disposed of at the lowest market price. Application to be made near the Basin, or at the store of Thomas White.
JOHN J. JOHNSON, Finnar Inspector.
Richmond, Feb. 23d, 1809.
NOTICE.
By virtue of the last will and testament of Pleasant Younghusband, dec. WILL BE SOLD, To the highest bidder, on Tuesday the 13th of June next, at the courthouse of Botetourt county, being court day,
One Tract of Land,
Containing 254 acres, more or less, it being the same tract of land deeded to Pleasant Younghusband by Thomas M'George and Judith his wife, as by indenture bearing date the 2d day of July, 1800, on the following terms, to wit: one third cash, one third in twelve months, and the remaining third in two years. Bonds with security, to carry interest from the date if not paid in three months after they become due, and a deed of trust on the land to secure the two last payments, will be required.
ELIZA T. YOUNGHUSBAND, Administratrix SAMUEL P. PARSONS, Adm'r. With the will annexed. 2d mo. 17th, 1809.
WANTED TO PURCHASE, 10 or 15 Young Negroes.
Enquire of the Printer. November 30, 1808.
NOTICE
IS hereby given, that I forewarn any person or persons on trespassing on the shore from the upper lock gates belonging to the Columbian Mills, and from thence below, to where the water from the basin comes into the river. Any person so trespassing will be dealt with according to law.
SAMUEL LEECH, Acting for John Granberry. Columbian Mills, 3 Jan. 27, 1809.
THE IMPORTED HORSE
PAUL,
Formerly St. Paul, is a beautiful sorrel, 15 hands 3 inches high, remarkable for his elegance, beauty, strength and fine bone.
WILL STAND the ensuing season at my plantation, in Powhatan county, on James river, 3 miles above the Manakin Town ferry, and about the same distance below Jude's ferry, to cover mares at twenty-five dollars the season, but may be discharged by the payment of eight dollars, or the price of eighteen bushels of wheat at Dover mill in Goochland county, if paid by the first day of December next, with half a dollar to the groom. As good and extensive pasturage as any in Virginia, gratis, and mares fed with corn at the market price, if the money is sent with them, and the greatest attention paid to the mares, but no liability for escapes or other accidents. The season will commence the first day of March, and end the first day of August.
This beautiful horse Paul, was raised by the Prince of Wales, and got by his horse Saltram, who was got by O'Kelly's Eclipse, his dam Virago, by Snap; Paul's dam Purity, was got by Matchem; her dam the Old Squirt mare, of as great fame as any mare in the kingdom. Paul's colts are equal to any in Virginia, and he is a sure foal getter. Several of his colts may be seen at his stand.
Thos Harris, Jr. Millwood. Powhatan county, Feb. 28 1809.
IN COUNCIL,
Feb. 21, 1809.
THE Lieutenant Governor laid before the board a letter from Samuel Coleman, assistant clerk to the council, stating that the requisition of the advice of council of the 1st of January, 1808 and of the 19th of February of the same year, have not been sufficiently attended to and have failed to produce the contemplated effects and proposing that the subject of the said advice be reconsidered, and that the result of such reconsideration be published in the Virginia Argus. For the information of all concerned. Whereupon, it is advised, that extracts of the said advices, to wit:
"In Council, January 1, 1808."
"That no commissions will be hereafter issued for the organization of any troop of cavalry or of infantry, or of grenadiers, light artillery, or of the respective battalions of the several regiments until a muster roll of such troop or company, as the case may be, shall be certified by the commanding officer of the regiment or of the battalion to which such troop or company may be attached or belong."
"In Council, February 19, 1808."
"That no commission shall be hereafter issued to fill any vacancy in any troop of cavalry or in any volunteer company whatsoever, until a certified roll of the said troop or company shall have been received from the commandant of the regiment to which the same may be attached, or of which it may form a part, showing that the said troop or company contains, at the time when it is proposed to fill such vacancy, at least the smallest number which by law it is directed to contain," be published in the Virginia Argus for two months.
It is further advised, That to enable the Executive completely to carry into effect the fourth section of the act, "respecting the militia of this commonwealth," passed the 20th of January, 1807, the Lieutenant Governor be requested to direct the Adjutant General so to change the form of the regimental and brigade returns, as that the strength and equipments of any troop of cavalry or company of artillery, light infantry, grenadiers or riflemen attached to, or forming a part of, any regiment of the militia of this commonwealth, appear in such regimental and brigade returns; and that the commandants of such troops and companies be required to make duplicates of the returns required of them by law, to the commandants of the regiments to which they are respectively attached or belong, as the case may be.
Extract from the Minutes, Attest, DANL. L. HYLTON, Clerk of the Executive
TO BE RENTED, A LARGE AND COMMODIOUS TENEMENT,
On Shockoe Hill, adjoining the house at present occupied by Mr. Thomas Wilson. For terms apply to Wm. Munford. Richmond, Feb. 22, 1809.
For sale or Rent,
AN eligible situation for a Tavern and Store, situated 17 miles above Manchester on the Buckingham road—known by the name of Hall's-Borough; the survey contains 114 acres, with a good dwelling house, store house and out houses. For terms apply to Jacob Fackler. Richmond 12 Jan. 1809.
New Law Books.
The 8th vol. of East's Reports, and the 5th vol. of Espinasse's Reports are just received and for sale by S. Pleasants.
EARLY FRAME AND MARROWFAT
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Of the last year's growth, for sale at this office. March 1, 1809.
TO the Freeholders & house keepers of the City of Richmond, authorised to vote for Common Councilmen: Take notice, that the election will take place on Wednesday the 5th day of April next. The poll will be opened at 10 o'clock at the following places; in Jefferson Ward at the Court House; in Madison Ward at the Eagle Tavern; in Monroe Ward at Mr. Thomas White's new brick house. JOHN F. PRICE, Sergeant of the City of Richmond. March 9, 1809
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A Bank Note
OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS, taken from a black boy, who called himself James Smith, and says he found it in the street—not thinking it proper to let the boy keep it, I detained it for the proper owner, who may have it, on giving satisfactory evidence of his or their right to it and paying the expense of this advertisement. JOHN McDONALD. Richmond, March 10th, 1809.
Powhatan Warehouse
IS now well enclosed, and a sufficient room covered in to receive one thousand hogsheads of Tobacco. The subscribers have engaged good coopers, and promise quick dispatch to those who may favor them with their custom. FRASER & WHITIS, Inspectors. March 7th, 1809.
A Bank Note
THE subscriber takes this method of informing the public, that he has obtained a commission of Notary Public for the district of Abingdon, composed of the counties of Grayson, Washington, Lee, Russell, Tazewell, Giles, Wythe and Montgomery, in which he also intends, in a few weeks, to commence the practice of the law. Persons having business in that circuit and choosing to confide it to him may rely on his punctuality and assiduity in the execution. Those wishing to employ him in the duties of his profession, will please make application by the twentieth inst. as he expects at that time to leave the neighborhood. Letters addressed to him at Abingdon shall be duly attended to. PETER MAYO. Richmond, March 15th 1809.
Sales at Auction.
WILL be sold, at public auction, on Tuesday the 28th inst. if fair, if not, the next fair day, the House and Lot opposite Doct. McClurg's, lately occupied by William DuVall—all the Household and Kitchen furniture, belonging to Alexander Stuart, esq. and six very likely negroes, among them an excellent maid servant, and a good gardener. Terms of sale—for all sums under fifty dollars, cash, over fifty dollars and not exceeding two hundred, sixty days, for all sums over two hundred dollars, sixty and a hundred and twenty days credit will be given. Notes with approved indorsers, negotiable and payable in the Bank of Virginia will be required. THOS. TAYLOR, Auctioneer. Wanted to purchase in families, about forty likely negroes. 13th March 1809.
To Hire
A YOUNG NEGRO WOMAN, accustomed to do house business—enquire at the office of the Argus. March 13th, 1809.
Buckingham County,
January Court, 1809.
Moncrieffe Hill, Adm'r of Robert Hill, dec. Plaintiff. AGAINST, Richard Hudnall & Peter Guerant, Defendants. ON the motion of the plaintiff by his attorney, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that the defendant Hudnall is not an inhabitant of this state, it is ordered and decreed that unless the said Hudnall shall appear here on or before March term next and answer the plaintiff's bill, the court will then proceed to take the same for confessed as to him, and decree the matter thereof accordingly, and that a copy of this order be forthwith published in some public newspaper of the city of Richmond for two months successively, and another copy be posted up at the front door of the courthouse of this county. A Copy—Teste, R. ELDRIDGE, jr. d. g.
30 Dollars Reward.
RAN AWAY from Benjamin Moore's in Buckingham County, near the Court-house, about the 14th of August, 1807, A NEGRO MAN, named TOM; he is about twenty-nine or thirty years old, five feet seven or eight inches high, rather of a yellowish complexion, has a scar on his right cheek, occasioned by the tooth ache; he has rather a down countenance when spoken to; and was purchased from Edward G. Hill of Spottsylvania County, by Benj. Moore, who gave him to his son William Moore, of whom I purchased him. It is very probable he has obtained a free pass, and is at this time in Spottsylvania, where I expect his relations and acquaintances are, or lurking about Richmond. He ran away about twelve months before his last elopement, and crossed the Blue Ridge, and was apprehended in Berkeley County, & put in Martinsburg Jail. He may have aimed for that course again, but I think it most probable from some circumstances that he has gone below where he was raised. Any person that will deliver the said negro to the subscriber living in Warminster, Nelson County, or Capt. Benjamin Moore, living in Buckingham County, near the Court-house, shall receive the above reward, or I will give twenty Dollars to any person who will apprehend and secure him in any jail, and give me such information so that I get him again. All masters of vessels are forewarned from carrying him out of the state at their peril. Robert Moore. Nelson County, January 12th, 1809.
Negroes for Sale.
WE the subscribers have this day viewed an estray mare shown to us by Isaac Winston of this county, and do find the same to be a bright Bay Mare, four feet nine or ten inches high, with her two hind feet white a little above the hoof, also a snip on her nose about eight inches long, five or six years old next spring, and we do appraise the same to forty dollars. Given under our hands this 21 day of December 1808. John Sheppard, Lyddall Bowles, Benjamin Shephard senr. Test, J. B. Whitlocke clk.
40 Likely Negroes,
Consisting of men, women, and children; bond with unexceptionable security, will be required on the day of sale. JAS. C. ANTHONY. Richmond February 6th, 1809.
The celebrated, high and thorough bred imported horse,
Sir Harry,
The handsomest and one of the best sons of Sir Peter Teazle, (unquestionably the best Stallion in England, and although 25 years old, still continues there to cover by subscription only,) will stand this season, at my stable in Brunswick county—and as the times are hard, he will cover at the low price of ten pounds the season, which may be discharged on or before Christmas day, with Petersburg crop tobacco at 20 shillings per hundred, provided such determination is made known to me by letter during the season, which will commence this day, and end on the 15th July.
Pasturage (400 acres) as good, and under a good fences as any in Virginia, with separate lots for mares and colts, and board for servant gratis—My usual great attention shall be paid to mares and foals, but I will not be answerable for escapes or any kind of accidents. Mares, may be covered by the leap, at fifteen dollars cash sent with them, or by insurance at fifty dollars, (which must certainly be paid if the property in the mare is changed)—I recommend to gentlemen at a distance to send their mares before foaling, as safe lots are provided for the accommodation of such.
SIR HARRY's pedigree and performances on the turf, are too well known to need particular detail—Suffice it to say, that he was one of the best Racers in England; that his Stock, (some of which will be 3 years old next spring) are as promising and likely to make racers, as any in the world—his form is unexceptionable, with extraordinary great powers—He is out of Matron by Alfred, and partakes of all the favorite and best blood of England, viz:—Godolphin Arabian—Cullen Arabian—Places White Turk—Bartlett Children—Devonshire Children—Regulus—Mark—Mauchem—Old Fox—Tartar—Herod—and Highflyer—and with truth it may be said that he is equal, if not superior to any horse that ever was imported, and cost more money. Wm: Edward Brodnax. February 15 1809.
LANDING
From the Schooner Richmond, Isaac Seaman Master.
50 Boxes Raisins, 10 Boxes Soft Shelled Almonds, 3 Casks Green Coffee, 19 Barrels Prime Pork, and 1 Pipe London Particular Madeira Wine. IN STORE, 17 Hds Brown Sugar, 25 Do. Molasses, 5 Tierces Green Coffee, 75 Boxes Savannah Segars, 3 Bales Welch Pianis, Family Flour in Barrels and Half Barrels, Young Hyson, Hyson Skin, and } TEAS. Sou-hong 10 Boxes Mould Candles
FOR SALE by Geo. Watt. Richmond, 17th Jan. 1809
TAKEN UP
by the subscriber on his own land, an estray mare of a sorrel colour, about four feet ten inches high with a small star in her forehead, small snip on her nose, left hind hoof white half way to the knee, docked and about six or eight years old, appraised to fifty dollars. William Mosley, L. Powhatan, Dec. 17, 1808.
The noted and much admired English Horse,
Jack Andrews,
IMPORTED by Wm. Lightfoot, Esq. of Charles City county, and now his property, full fifteen hands and a half high, a blood bay, finely formed, in high health, vigor and spirit; the most active and best bottomed horse ever imported into this country, now rising 15 years old.
Will stand the ensuing season at Temple Hill, on Mechanic's river, in Albemarle county, ten miles above Charlottesville, within one mile of German's mill, and two miles of the brick tavern, and will be let to mares at Twenty Dollars the season, which may be discharged by the payment of Fifteen dollars, if paid by the tenth day of August. Gentlemen's notes will be required with the mares, for twenty dollars, discharged as above. Ten dollars the leap, and thirty dollars to ensure a mare to be with foal, and one dollar with each mare to the groom; the leap and groom money to be paid when the mare is covered.—Provided the mare is changed the owner shall be liable.—The season will commence the first day of March, and end the first day of August.—Extensive low & high ground pasturage, well enclosed in three separate fields, gratis.—Servants will be boarded at two dollars per week, and grain will be furnished at the market price and given in manner and quantity agreeable to direction, and all possible care taken to prevent accidents and escapes, but will not be liable for any that may happen. JAMES KINSOLVING, FOR WILLIAM LIGHTFOOT.
WILLIAM LIGHTFOOT.
PEDIGRE.
Jack Andrews was got by Joe Andrews, his dam by Highflyer, his granddam Cardinal Puff, his great granddam by Tatler, his great great granddam by Snip, his great great great granddam by Lord Godolphin's Arabian, his great great great great granddam by Stanyan's Arabian, which mare was own sister to Frampton's White Neck, full sister to the Minbury Galloway, great great great great great granddam by Sauce Box, a son of Gregg, sire of Croft's Old Partner. JAMES LORD, (Seal.)
WILLIAM LIGHTFOOT. (Seal.)
I do hereby certify that the above pedigree is a true copy from the original one sent me by James Lord. Given under my hand and seal, the twenty-third day of December one thousand eight hundred and four. WILLIAM LIGHTFOOT. (Seal.)
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In 1798, at Nantwich, Thursday, July 8th—£ 50, for 3 and 4 years old, he won, beating Mr. Bayl's ch c Cannon, 4 years old; Stamford's b f Scotella, 3 years old.
Denby, August 15th—He won £ 50, free for any horse, beating Lilly of the Valley, Falcon and True Blue. In 1799 he won twice, to wit—at Ludlow, on Friday the 4th of July, 4 mile heats, free for all ages, beating Lord Oxford's ch c Dart, a three heats.
At Worcester, August 8th—He won, the city and county subscription of £ 50 4 mile heats, at 3 heats, beating Mr. Artley's filly Dutchess, 4 years old; Mr. Coventon's b h Integrity, late Partner; Mr. Snell's ch g Hock, 5 years old—after the first heat, four to one on her; after the second heat, four to one on Jack Andrews.
In 1800, he won six times, to wit: At Lewes, then the property of Major Rookes, August 12th, he beat Lord Sackville's b h Laborie, 4 mile heats, for 50 guineas—At Oxford, the town plate of £ 50, in August, was won by Jack Andrews, at 4 heats, beating Sir F. Poole's ch m Dutchess of Limbs, 5 years old, Lord Donegan's b h Wrangle, distanced the 4th heat—September, at Warwick, he won the town plate of £ 50, 4 mile heats, beating Mr Tharm's b h Marquis, Mr Brooke's b h Sheshire, Mr Edward's b m Dutchess.
At Abington, Tuesday, September 16th, the members purse of £ 50, for all ages, 4 mile heats, was won by Jack Andrews, at 3 heats, beating Sir F. Poole's b m Miscreant, 5 years old, Mr Wheley's ch h Expectation, Mr Fragley's b h Cupid—six to four on Miscreant.
In 1801, Jack Andrews, at New-Market, April 20th, received forfeit from Mr Hethcoat's Symmetry, 3 stone, 5 lb. 200 guineas, half forfeit.
Bebury, June 16th—The Bebury Stakes, a handicap of 100 guineas each, half forfeit, 4 miles, was won by Jack Andrews, aged, beating Lord Sackville's b h Expectation, 5 years old, Sir Henry T. Vane's Cock Fighter, 5 years old, Mr R Hethcoat's Hippona, aged, his royal highness the Prince of Wales's Dick Andrews, Mr Hethcoat's Popinjay, and Cox's Edwin.
June 17th, a sweepstakes of 5 guineas each, twenty subscribers, was won by Jack Andrews, beating colonel Grosvenor's Lady Catharine, Mr. Howorth's Snuff Box.
Bedford, September 10th—The Wobourn stakes of 10 guineas each, 4 miles, 5 subscribers, was won by his royal highness the Prince of Wales's b h Jack Andrews, aged, beating Mr. Watson's b h Triumvir, Mr. Galding's b c Skyrocket.
Endfield, Sept. 23—£ 50, for all ages, 4 mile heats, was won by Jack Andrews, aged, at 3 heats, beating Mr. Frogley's gr g Ploughboy, Velvet horse Little-Thought Ol, Hephestion and Conteser—see Racing Calendar for these years. It would swell an advertisement to too great a length to mention all the races he has won.
Sweepstakes of 20 guineas each, 2 miles, 5 subscribers, Mr. Rookes's Jack Andrews, aged 11 st. 7 lb. walked over, (see racing calendar for 1802, pa. 385.)
At Lambourne, in Sept. Wednesday, 10th, he won the £ 50 gift of Lord Craven, 4 mile heats, at 4 heats, beating Mr. Coventry's ch h Sacripant, Mr. Bacon's b m snapp.
WILLIAM LIGHTFOOT.
PEDIGRE.
Jack Andrews was got by Joe Andrews, his dam by Highflyer, his granddam Cardinal Puff, his great granddam by Tatler, his great great granddam by Snip, his great great great granddam by Lord Godolphin's Arabian, his great great great great granddam by Stanyan's Arabian, which mare was own sister to Frampton's White Neck, full sister to the Minbury Galloway, great great great great great granddam by Sauce Box, a son of Gregg, sire of Croft's Old Partner. JAMES LORD, (Seal.)
WILLIAM LIGHTFOOT. (Seal.)