The enquirer (Richmond, Va.), 1806-03-11 00:00:00

The Enquirer.
PUBLISHED BY THOMAS RICHMOND, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 11, 1806.
NUMBER 97.]
RICHMOND, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 11, 1806.
[VOLUME 2.]
Richmond Prices Current.
   Dolls. Cts.     Tobacco, 5 25   Wheat, 1 8   Flour—superfine, 6   fine, 5 50   Corn Meal—per bushel, 75   Bacon—per lb, 13   Bar Iron—per ton, 120   Whiskey—per gallon, 58  
NOTICE.
I hereby give, that I will not be responsible for any backloading put on board my BOAT, commanded by James & branded W. Norvell, except it be done with my consent.
WILLIAM ROSE, jr.
Feb. 23. oaw6w
HOUSTON'S newly invented PATENT METALLIC HORE , may be had at Mr. Geo. Greenhow's store, opposite the Eagle Tavern. The utility of this machine for setting Razors and other instruments which require a fine edge, renders it an object worthy the attention of every individual who may have occasion for its use.
December 12. tf.
RUNAWAY from the subscriber, two NEGROES, Billy and Edmund; Billy is supposed to be thirty years old, upwards of six feet in height, strong and well made, of very dark complexion, has a down look when spoken to, and stammers when speaking. In addition to clothes usually worn by negroes, he has a blue bear skin great coat, and a pair of large fitting boots, one if not both capped at the toes.
Edmund is about twenty-five years old, near 6 feet high, of healthy and strong appearance, of lighter complexion than negroes commonly are, generally of full countenance, unless when excited to mirth, when his face is very striking. He is bow-legged, and has very uncommon shaped feet, where there should be a hollow, his feet project; his great toes are much longer than the others, and make a considerable projection at the second joint; he has a lazy walk and appears to limp a little. Edmund had on a green plain shirt coat, short swallowtail waist and brown coating pantaloons. These fellows, (particularly the first) having committed offences of a very serious kind, it is expected will endeavor to quit the state. Edmund has relations in Richmond and is connected with a free mulatto, Tho. Mekins, who I am informed falls a victim from Richmond to New-York. To any person who shall apprehend and deliver to me in New-Kent (if taken out of the county) the said negroes, I will pay for each twenty dollars, if secured in any jail in the state, so that I get them again, ten dollars each, or if taken in this county and delivered to me or my manager, ten dollars.
JOHN D. WATKINS. New-Kent, Feb. 21. 4w.
200 NEGROES—FOR SALE.
HAVING so long been delayed and disappointed in recovering considerable debts due to me, suspended by the multiplicity of business in, and the present system of our state courts, I find any other resources insufficient to discharge the demands against me (arising from the delinquency of various co-partners and bankruptcy of debtors) to promptly as the necessity of those claimants requires, and justice demands, in aid of other funds, I have determined to dispose of Two Hundred Slaves, not from any faults they have committed, but as the most expeditious means of satisfying the demands against me; I have therefore authorized and appointed Jacob Myers, George Holman, William Patten and Benjamin Mobbs, as my agents for this purpose, or any two who can conveniently attend to this business.
DAVID ROSS. February 19th, 1806.
At the particular request of Mr. Ross, and in virtue of powers vested in us, we will dispose of ONE HUNDRED SLAVES,
At Warminster, on the 19th day of March next, and ONE HUNDRED at Lynchburg, on the 19th day of the same month. The slaves are of the first quality, well disposed and used to labour, and personally known to most of us. All the infant and sickly people, are directed to be left to be supported by their master's humanity; we can also safely say, that those people are not exposed to sale for their faults, but under imperative circumstances.
One half of the purchase money must be paid down, the balance, payable in twelve months from the day of sale, bearing interest from the date; to be remitted if the principal is punctually paid. It may well be imagined, that from the circumstances of this sale, punctuality in payments will be expected, and good security required; as to the first payment, it may be a convenience to people who have not disposed of their crops, or received payment, to procure a note of responsibility, negotiable at the Bank of Virginia, payable at 60 days; but this note must be approved of by us, previous to the purchase. And a discount of ten per cent. will be allowed on the twelve months' instalment, to those who can pay the whole price, or upon so much thereof as may be thought worth receiving.
JACOB MYERS, BEN. MOSBY, WM. PATTEN, GEORGE HOLMAN. February 25. T 32.
Cumberland, January 25th, 1806.
TAKE notice that on the twenty-fifth day of March next at Green's old store, and on the twenty-sixth at Walchall's old store, I shall proceed to take the depositions of sundry persons, to read in a suit depending in the County Court of Amelia; in which I am Plaintiff and you Defendant.
I am, &c. CAIN MAUN. Mr. ARCHER PERKINSON. February 13. (law 3wp.)
TO BE RENTED,
A BRICK HOUSE, near that of Mr. Robert Gordon, on the Hill, calculated to accommodate a small family comfortably; attached to it is a half acre of ground well inclosed.
JAS. GREENHOW. December 7. tf.
TO RENT,
FOUR ROOMS in my House on the street leading from the Main-street up Shockoe hill by the Governor's. The situation is healthy and pleasant, being in the centre of the town, near the Capitol and Main-street, it is very convenient for business; it would suit very well a gentleman of the law, as the lower room is well adapted for an Office. A small family would be preferred, which may have part use of the Kitchen and stable for one or two horses. Immediate possession may be had. W. E. ASH. Feb. 13. 23w
PRINTING
Is executed with Neatness and Accuracy, in all its branches, at the MINERVA OFFICE, opposite the Bell Tavern.
S. GRANTLAND offers his acknowledgements for the liberal encouragement he has lately received, and respectfully acquaints the public, that he has procured several sizes of elegant Large Type for HANDILLS, which will enable him to print them in the best manner.
CIRCULAR LETTERS, CARDS, and all kinds of job work, performed at a short notice.
BOOKS and PAMPHLETS can be printed as expeditiously at this office as any where in the state: three Compositors and two good Pressmen being in constant readiness. Any gentleman in the country, who purposes publishing a Book or Pamphlet, may be informed of the cost by writing to S. Grantland through the mail (postage paid), mentioning the size of the work and the number of copies required.
BLANK BONDS, Indentures of Apprenticeship, Constables' Warrants, &c. are kept for sale. A general assortment of Blanks will be shortly printed. THE VIRGINIA ALMANAC for 1807, is just re-published. The readers of Almanacs are informed, that particular attention will be paid to the Almanac for 1807, which will be published at the Minerva Office in August next.—Country merchants & others who purchase by the gross or dozen, will be furnished at the lowest prices.
February 28th, 1806.
N. D. An Apprentice will be taken on favorable terms.
THE subscriber offers for sale, the square of LOTS near that of Mr. Robert Gordon and Robert Johnson. It is under a good enclosure and the situation for building not surpassed by any Lots in that part of the city.
GEORGE GREENHOW. February 28. (sp 3w.)
NEAL NELSON, BOOT & SHOE MANUFACTURER, MAIN-STREET, RICHMOND,
MAKES Boots & Shoes to any pattern or fashion, equal in point of Materials and Workmanship to any in general use. Imported Boots and Shoes, of the first quality and newest fashion, for sale. Gentlemen at a distance, who are disposed to forward me their measure, by paying attention to the annexed cut, can be fitted with Boots or Shoes as well as if they were on the spot. A—the length of the Boot.—C—round the Calf.—B—the pitch of ditto.—D—round the heel and inter.—E—round the instep.—G—across the ball of the foot. Fix the heel against a perpendicular, and thick a knife at the end of the great toe—set down in figures the number of inches and quarters, in the different measures.
January 1. epf
BURR MILL STONES, OF ALL SIZES; and PLAISTER OF PARIS, of an excellent quality. FOR SALE, AS USUAL, BY WILLIAM DAVIDSON, near the Market. Dec. 4. [epf.]
ROBERT GORDON & Co.
HAVE just received, and offer for sale an additional supply of the best Madeira WINE in pipes, hds. and qr. casks. The two last vintages in Madeira, having yielded wine of a better quality than for several preceding years, they are enabled to say the quality is excellent—it is imported from two houses, from which very different flavored wine is sent. They have heard of the arrival, and will have at hand in a few days, a parcel of London Particular Dry Lisbon Wine, directed to be put up in the same way as some they had two years since, which gave great satisfaction to all who had of it; also, a parcel of Corks, Almonds and a quantity of Oranges in boxes. ON HAND: Port Wine, in pipes, hds. and quarter casks; A few Demijohns Old Madeira, at 8 dolls. per gall. A quantity of Sheet Copper and Tin Plates. A general and extensive assortment of Dry Goods, consisting of Woolens of all kinds; printed goods, Manchester Stuff, Irish and Scotch Linens, Gloves and Hosiery, Hardware, Cutlery and Ironmongery. Plain Cambric, Laced Cambric, Book, Chambray and Coloured Mulls, &c. January 25. 2aw2w & law3w.
IMPORTANT TO SPORTSMEN.
On the 29th day of April next, will be offered for sale, at the Bowling Green in Caroline county, THE STUD, of the late col. John Hoomes, consisting of imported and country bred Stallions, Brood Mares, and their produce, for several years past—total about one hundred head. This is certainly the most numerous, and probably the best selected Stud, ever before offered at public auction in this country; as it is well known, that the late owner, spared neither money or exertion, in procuring both at home and abroad such stock as appeared most certain to insure him success, as a breeder. To gentlemen who may feel a disposition to engage immediately in the sports of the turf, several fine three and four year olds could be highly recommended, for size, blood and figure. Should any of the Stud horses be farmed out for the approaching spring, the sale of such, will be postponed, until the expiration of the season. The other stock will be sold without reserve. The terms of sale will be one half of the purchase money payable in six and the other at 12 months, to be secured by bond, with approved securities, to carry interest from the date if not punctually paid. A considerable discount will be made for cash. Gentlemen in the neighboring states are hereby assured, that the sale shall positively take place on the day above stated. A catalogue will be exhibited, stating age, blood, &c.
JOHN G. WOODFOLK, JOHN HOOMES, Executors of John Hoomes, dec'd. Bowling Green, January 28. (tds.)
FOR SALE.
On a credit of one two and three years: MY HOUSE and five acres of ground near the Poor House; the lots may be sold separately or together, and if together, land in Kentucky will be received in exchange for the part payment, provided the land and situation suits the subscriber, who lives upon the property advertised, and may be seen at any time. ROBERT CROUCH. P.S. His Father's TAVERN to rent. Feb. 15. tf.
A Constant supply of fresh ground CORN MEAL and HOMINY, will be kept for sale at the Columbian Mills. GALLICO, RICHARD & Co. February 28. (law 3w.)
WILL BE SOLD,
To the highest bidder for ready money, on the premises, on Monday the 17th day of March next, by virtue of a deed of trust, executed by Matthew Brown, to John Nicholas, and John Kelly, to secure the payment of a sum of money as expressed therein, with interest and expenses of the sale, due to John M. Sheppard; and by him transferred to Doct. Isaac Winson of Culpepper County, a part of the tract of land, lying in the North side of, Albemarle County, whereon the said Brown now lives. The sale will take place, between the hours, twelve and three o'clock, P. M. JOHN KELLY, Acting Trustee. Charlottesville, Feb. 15. (13w4w.)
LAND FOR SALE.
BY virtue of a decree of Louisa Court, will be sold on the premises, on the 20th day of March next, to the highest bidder, for ready money: a TRACT OF LAND belonging to the estate of Major Thomas Johnson, deceased, lying on the waters of Harris's Creek, about two or three miles from Louisa Court-House; containing by estimation six hundred and thirty acres. This sale is to be made for the purpose of paying a debt due from the estate of said Major Thomas Johnson, deceased to Eliza Beth Johnson executrix of Thomas Johnson, deceased COMMISSIONERS. February 18. (1m.)
TO RENT,
TWO HOUSES on the Cross-Street leading to Mr. Craig's Office: both of which are large and convenient for private boarding houses. They may be divided into four separate tenements, allotting a good kitchen to each. I will also rent a tenement on the Main Street at present occupied by Mr. Littleberry Waddil as a grocery. I have for sale between four and five acres of LAND, opposite Mr. McKenzie's garden; part of which is an excellent meadow, the balance is in a garden, &c. there is on it two good springs, and a small dwelling house; is a healthy and desirable situation for any person wishing to purchase near this city. MICHAEL GRANTLAND. February 21. (4w law.)
Seat of Government.
SENATE UNITED STATES. FRIDAY, FEB. 14.
BRITISH AGGRESSIONS.
DEBATE on the second resolution reported by a select committee, as already given. [CONTINUED.]
SENATE UNITED STATES.
FRIDAY, FEB. 14.
BRITISH AGGRESSIONS.
DEBATE on the second resolution reported by a select committee, as already given. [CONTINUED.]
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Monday, March 3.
The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report, with accompanying statements, in obedience to the resolutions of the House of the 3d, 5th and 7th ult. which were referred to a committee of the whole on the state of the union.
Mr. J. Clay reported a bill authorizing the purchase of certain copies of the Journals of Congress, which was referred to a committee of the whole tomorrow.
Mr. Thompson called for the order of the day on the bill authorizing the erection of a bridge over the Potomac.
Mr. G. W. Campbell moved to postpone the bill till Thursday.
Motion lost Ayes—36—Noes 43.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Monday, March 3.
The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report, with accompanying statements, in obedience to the resolutions of the House of the 3d, 5th and 7th ult. which were referred to a committee of the whole on the state of the union.
Mr. J. Clay reported a bill authorizing the purchase of copies of the Journals of Congress, which was referred to a committee of the whole tomorrow.
Mr. Thompson called for the order of the day on the bill authorizing the erection of a bridge over the Potomac.
Mr. G. W. Campbell moved to postpone the bill till Thursday.
Motion lost Ayes—36—Noes 43.
Printing,
IN ALL ITS VARIETY, EXECUTED AT THE OFFICE OF THE ENQUIRER.
A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF
BLANKS,
FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE.

East Indies.
Extra of a letter from an intelligent gentleman at Calcutta, to his friend in Salem.
"There has been a time since we arrived here, that the Treasury did not contain a single rupee. Since which the European ships have brought out some dollars; but at present it is not overflowing. The Mahratta war, and the extravagance of Lord Mornington, have drained the company of cash, and their credit does not stand so high as formerly. The up country merchants are much opposed to taking the Treasury Bills."
The English have given up the idea of conquering the Mahrattas at present, as every campaign has been unsuccessful, and the loss of troops (particularly Europeans) has been immense. The enormous expense of conveying troops 1000 miles up the Hoogly, which takes nine months, and having to encounter with a brave and hardy race of people (fighting for their country and liberty) has induced Lord Cornwallis to propose terms of peace. It is the determination of the Mahrattas, that no representative from the company shall ever reside in their dominions. They despise the people that have been subdued by the English, and will not own them as their countrymen."
European Intelligence.
PHILADELPHIA, March 1.
A gentleman who arrived here yesterday morning in the fch'r Mary-Ann, in 17 days from St. Kitts, informs, that the second December packet had arrived at Barbadoes with London news, (if he recollects right) to the 23d of December, papers of which date had been received at St. Kitts, containing the following important information.
"That General Craig from Madera, with about 6000 British troops, and 30,000 Russians from Corfu, had landed on the Venetian territory, turned the right wing of Massena's army, who was pursuing the Arch-Duke Charles; a bloody action ensued, the French defeated, and Massena killed. That two Russian armies, amounting to 160,000 men, had joined the Emperor of Germany near Olmutz. That Bonaparte, (whose army were in great want of supplies) was retreating in the greatest confusion. That the King of Prussia had marched a large army into Franconia. And that a considerable Prussian force had joined the British army in the Electorate of Hanover."
Boston, Feb. 25.
We have been favored with Cobbett's Political Register to the 21st of December. This paper is now the most spirited and zealous anti-ministerial print, published in London. The editor does not appear to have confidence in any intelligence unfavourable to France, after endeavoring to lessen the faith of the public in the bulletin of the British government, dated on the 17th of Dec. (which has been printed in Boston) he proceeds to give another Bulletin, from the same source, issued on the 19th of that month; and attacks it as he did the former.
From Cobbett's Register, Dec. 21.
The government bulletin, of the 19th, was much of the same stamp as the former—also bear-fay; but that hearsay sublimated into official authenticity by the manner of communicating it to the public.
"Official advices from Hamburg, of the 13th, state, that an effatase passed through that town on the 12th from Berlin, bearing the details of the battle between the allies and the French, in Moravia. The event was not accurately known to his majesty's minister at Hamburg, but he learned, that though the centre of the allies was defeated on the 2d, they had renewed the battle on the 3d, and that it lasted during the whole of the 4th, and probably into the 5th; and that the tide of success turned completely in favor of the Russians. Nothing could exceed the enthusiasm of joy at Berlin, on learning that the emperor Alexander was safe, after displaying the most transcendent heroism. Government have also received advices from a respectable quarter, detailing many particulars, the sum of which seems to be, that on the 2d the French attacked the allies on their march; that they directed their whole efforts against the centre, which not being formed when the attack commenced, they succeeded in defeating, after a bloody conflict of several hours, in which the centre lost the whole of its cannon; that the allies retreated from the field of Witschau, and did not seem to have been followed by the French, so that the emperor Alexander, who had displayed the most determined courage on the 2d, renewed the battle on the 3d and 4th; and by his ardent fortitude and example turned the fortune of the contest in favor of the Russians. He rode through the most tremendous fire, calling out to the army, "victory or death!" which was returned by exclamations from his troops that "they never would forsake their emperor." The Russians, having lost their artillery on the 2d, were during the following days ordered to fight with the sword and bayonet; and the final result was, that the emperor recovered all his cannon, and the whole ground he had lost. The French were driven from the field beyond Auersperg, (where the battle of the 2d commenced) and afterwards retired behind the Swartz, with their left at Braun and their right at Nicholberg. No details have been received of killed and wounded on either side."
COBBETT'S REMARKS.
This, if true, is very pleasing intelligence; and, when so much of detail is given, one would hardly suppose it possible to be false, though coming out of Whitehall, had we not already read the bulletin of the 17th, of the far better part of which this last bulletin contains a contradiction. Who would not have thought from the bulletin of the 17th that the battle of the 2d had been fought at Witschau, and that the allies remained on the field of battle? It now appears, however, that the battle of the 2d was begun at Auersperg, and that the allies retreated to Witschau, a distance of about 10 English miles. The loss 20,000 of French killed, of Bonaparte's being wounded, & of his proposing an armistice, is completely contradicted by this second official bulletin; and, it is impossible not to receive even its contents with great distrust, when we find it acknowledging that the allies were defeated on the 2d, when the bulletin of the 17th had represented them to have obtained a victory. The battle of the 2d, ended in "a victory;" but, it being impossible to keep up the belief of that for any length of time, it is, in the next bulletin, allowed to have been a defeat; but, at the same time, it is asserted, that the allies have now got a victory. The account of the battles of the 3d and 4th, rests, as far as this intelligence goes, upon the report of an individual, who, in all likelihood, knew what would please the person to whom he made his report. But allowing his report to have been correct, I really cannot see, that much has been gained by the allies, except in reputation—That, indeed, is a great deal. To have fought at last; barely to have fought at the end of a retreat, or rather running away, of five hun-
dred miles, across rivers and through fortified places more numerous than are the battalions in the army of their enemy, is a good deal. They have fought, and renewed the fight with stiff wounds; they have, at last drawn blood of their antagonist. This looks well. It is a rational ground for hoping that we shall hear of something more. But, here seems to be the utmost extent of the advantage; for as to having beaten the French, there is, all the intelligence fairly considered, not the least appearance of it. The French army, according to this last bulletin of our government, being pulled precisely where it was previous to the battle of the 2d. Not an inch have they retreated; and I must hear of something much more resembling a victory over them, before I shall expect to hear, that they have made one step towards Vienna. Suppose, however, that Napoleon were to be compelled to retreat? Must we therefore, conclude that he is ruined? How would this reasoning suit, if applied to his enemies? They, God knows, have retreated far enough in all conscience; and yet, we are told, but their affairs are in a very promising way. Aye; but they have been retreating in their own territory. So, then, Napoleon has only to get them to follow him into France, and through Paris, in order completely to annihilate them! Away with all the nonsense about their being hemmed in and cut off! Who are to hem him in? The "three great armies," we are told; to wit: the Austro-Russian, the Prussian army, and the army of the archduke Charles. As to the Prussian army, if it has really marched, there is Augereau ready to meet it in Suabia or Bavaria, or to follow him into Bohemia, if it marches towards Napoleon's position. Augereau has 60,000 men, and his army, from its nearness to France, is easily augmented. The archduke! Where is he? The last we heard of him was in Croatia, more than 200 miles from the scene of action between Napoleon and his antagonists. He was then flying from Massena; and, if the archduke has, as is reported, 90,000 men, how many must his pursuer have? "The archduke will come upon the back of Bonaparte through Vienna!" Through Vienna! They are mad. These writers are mad. Massena, the pursuer of the archduke, was, when we last heard of him, between the archduke and Vienna! There too was Marmont with his division. "Cut off!" Why Bonaparte had, in the army of Massena and in the division of Marmont and Ney, a hundred thousand men within seven days march of the spot where the last battle was fought, and he was completely, nay, the civil ruler, of all the country between him and Vienna. By what or by whom is he to be cut off? He is only about 50 miles to the north of the Danube, and, to the south of the Danube westward from Hungary, there is not one inch of territory, upon the continent of Europe, of which he is not master. If I were to hear that he had receded as far as Vienna, I should be very much, and, indeed, very agreeably surprised; but, I should not thence derive much hope of his final failure. He must stop somewhere. It is ridiculously unreasonable not to allow him to be as victorious until he has haunted the enemy quite out of the world; and if it would be a disgrace to him to fall back upon Vienna; what at this time, must be the reputation of his enemy! They fell back upon Vienna; and they quitted it much more readily than, I fear, he will. At Vienna he would, indeed, see 500 miles distance between him and France; but, he would, in the whole 500 miles, see not a single hostile fortress or battalion in his way. The ferocious gentleman of the Courier must excuse me: for, this is really the light in which I see the situation of Bonaparte. I see him with 300,000 soldiers, real soldiers; not upon paper, like my Lord Castlereagh's army, but in the field; actually fighting or marching; and I do not see that his enemies, all put together, have so many. We hear talk of them before the battles, indeed, but we do not see them in the battles.
West Indies.
New source of loss & oppression to neutrals. Philadelphia, Feb. 27.
VICE ADMIRALTY COURT OF ANTIGUA. Edward Byron, Judge. The schooner Washington, belonging to Mr. Soule of New-Orleans, taken on her voyage from Bordeaux to New-Orleans, and sent into Antigua.
Opinion of the Judge. That Mr. Soule's right and property in the vessel and cargo as an American citizen, resting altogether upon his residence at New-Orleans from the date of the cession of Louisiana by the government of France to the United States of America, it remains to be determined whether a native subject of France, who, when Louisiana belonged to Spain, was a subject of that kingdom, and when it was ceded to France, became again a French subject, and in both characters trading to and from the countries of the enemy of Great Britain, shall be at once by the event of the sale of Louisiana to America, considered as an American citizen, and entitled to the rights of neutrality. That is too much for this court to say, and is a question only to be decided by a superior tribunal. Considering, therefore, the vessel and cargo as the property of French subjects, &c. do order, adjudge and decree, and it is hereby ordered, adjudged & decreed, as the definitive sentence of this honorable court that the said schooner Washington and her cargo or lading (except such part as belongs to the Master and which is hereby ordered to be restored) be and the same is hereby condemned as good and lawful prize to his Majesty's ships Hippomenes, whereof Edward Wolcombe, esq. is commander, and L'Heroux, whereof George Youngusband, esq. is commander, and to be delivered to their agent or agents, accordingly be divided, &c. Antigua, Dec. 5, 1805.
Capt. Hichcock from Curacoa, informs, that on Jan. 25th, in the Mono Passage, he was boarded by three French men of war, one of them mounting 84 guns, and 1000 men, one of 110 guns, and another of 50. They reported that they were waiting to be joined by a fleet of ten sail of the line from Brest, and that they were destined against Jamaica, respecting which island they made many enquiries as to its strength, and the force by which it was protected, &c. (Newburyport pap.)
Eight British ships have been captured and sent into the River of Plate. They mounted 184 guns, and had on board 449 men, and 1086 slaves, dry goods, &c. A Spanish frigate was lost on English Bank, River plate, and 500 persons perished. (Salem Reg.)
A gentleman just arrived at Norfolk from the Havana, says that an order was issued there before he left that place, prohibiting the exportation of Sugar—not Sugar, as is erroneously stated in some of the papers. We mention this to tranquillize the agitated minds of the Smokers. N. Y. Dail. Adv.
BRITISH AMERICA.
Admiralty Cofe.—On Wednesday last, came on in the Court of Vice Admiralty, at the city hall, the hearing of the cause of the sloop Falmouth, for some time past depending in that court; the testimony in the cause was very voluminous, and the arguments of the counsel on both sides very long and interesting; and the court was attended by a large and respectable audience. This sloop was a foreign sloop belonging to citizens of the U. States, and seized in the month of October last, by the Union cutter, under the direction of George Leonard, esq. superintendent of trade and fisheries in North America and a preventive officer in the service of his majesty's customs in this province, having taken her cargo of plaster of Paris on board from a British vessel, off Snug Cove, in the island of Campo Bello, in the county of Charlotte, in this province, contrary to the provision of the navigation act and other British laws of trade. The sloop and cargo were claimed by Ebenezer Lock, the master, upon the ground that the waters in which these vessels were lying at the time the said cargo was so laden were either wholly within and belonged to the United States, or were neutral, free or common to the vessels of both nations, for the purpose of trade and navigation. Wednesday and Friday were occupied in the hearing of the cause, and on Saturday his worship William Botsford, esq. judge of the court pronounced his decree, by which the sloop and her cargo are condemned and forfeited, upon the ground that the place in question where the cargo was laden on board, was on the British side of a line drawn through the waters between Campo-bello and Dudley Islands, the latter of which is in possession of citizens of the U. States. The claim was defended but without cost, as it appeared in evidence that such a trade had been practiced for some years past, with the knowledge and consent of the custom-house officers of both governments; and there appeared to be no intention of fraud on the part of the claimants.
Domestic Intelligence.
NORFOLK, Feb. 28. By a recent act of the British parliament, respecting prizes, it is among other things enacted—That in all cases of appeal from the vice-admiralty courts, that the proceeds shall be paid to the regifter of the court, and to be by him, and the parties concerned, remitted to trustees in London, named, one by the captor, and one by the claimant, to be invested in government securities, until a final decision. This will obviate one great inconvenience experienced heretofore by our citizens, who after an expensive process, and getting a favorable decree, often found the captors, and their securities insolvent.
Lieutenants—3 killed; 5 wounded—do. of Frigates—1 killed; 3 wounded. One of the best Officers in the Spanish Service.
The dungeons of the fortress of the Spieglberg, in Moravia, where Bonaparte had his head quarters at the date of the latest advices, was the place where Bonaparte, Camus and the other deputies that were seized by Dumouries, were confined by the emperor of Germany.
The command of Italy is now vested in Menou, who formerly commanded in Egypt.
Messena must have crossed the Drave, and approached Vienna: the route direct for that city, from Clagenfurth was eight days march nearer than that the archduke Charles took through Croatia.
The next advices from Europe, should they be from London or Paris, as late as the 20th of January, may bring accounts of the coronation of a king of Poland, and it would not be at all surprising to us to hear that the archduke Charles was invested with the imperial diadem torn from the brow of Francis II.
The following most extraordinary interview took place lately in Bermuda, a copy of which was sent by a gentleman in that island to his friend in this place. The case of the Columbian Packet was thus:—She went from the United States to Bordeaux, and was captured on her return voyage. Any comment upon the principles which are embraced in this order is superfluous, they are such as never can, nor will be submitted to, and will not we trust, be countenanced by the tribunals in England; if they are, there is an end to all neutral rights.
Bermuda, alias Somers's Islands. Thursday the second day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and six, before the honorable and right worshipful WILLIAM TERRITT, doctor of laws, commissary and judge of the court of vice-admiralty in the said islands of Bermuda, and also to hear and determine all and all manner of causes and complaints, as to ships and goods seized and taken as prize, especially constituted and appointed in the sessions house, at the town of Saint George, in the said islands of Bermuda. Present John Lewis, deputy regifter.
Ship Columbian Packet, Purnell Warrington, master.—Our sovereign lord the king, against the said ship and goods, taken and seized by his majesty's schooner of war, the Whiting, whereof lieut. John Orkey is commander, and brought to the port of Saint George, in the said islands of Bermuda, and also against Purnell Warrington the master, and claimants of the said ship and cargo.
Harvey prayed the claim by him given to be admitted, and the ship and cargo to be restored as claimed, with costs, demurrage, and expenses. Effen prayed the said claim to be rejected, and the said ship and cargo to be condemned.
The judge, having heard the said claim and proofs read, and advocates on both sides thereon, directed that further proof of the property of the said ship and cargo (except one trunk marked G. W. consigned to Gervais Wallet, in Philad. and one box marked IWF. containing a few bottles of stuff, of which the judge decreed restitution with the consent of the attorney-general) should be produced by the claimants in eight months from the date hereof; with liberty also to the captors to bring in further proof, by invocation of papers from the cases of the Zulema and the Eugenia, in the court of vice-admiralty at Halifax.—The judge further directed, that the claimant should within the same time adduce further proof upon the following points:—
First—Of what colony or country the outward cargoes were the growth, produce or manufacture. Second—Under what certificates were the same admitted to an entry in the ports of France, and whether liable to foreign or reduced duties. Third—What are the French laws upon this subject, and what limitations are imposed upon the return cargoes.
(Signed) JOHN LEWIS, dep. reg. A true copy—attest JOHN LEWIS, deputy regifter.
FREDERICKSBURG, March 4.
Commonwealth of Virginia, District of Frederickburg, to wit: }
BY THIS PUBLIC INSTRUMENT OF PROTEST, Be it known unto all whom it may concern, that on this twenty-fifth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and six, before me, Benjamin Parke, Notary Public in and for the district of Frederickburg, in the commonwealth of Virginia, by lawful authority commissioned and qualified, dwelling in the corporation of Frederickburg in said district: personally came David Polk, master, and Benjamin Hazlegrove, Supercargo, of the schooner Corotoman of Frederickburg, and commonwealth of Virginia, who being sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God, did severally depose and declare, that they failed in their respective capacities aforesaid, on board the said schooner, from the port of Tappahannock in Virginia, on the 7th day of January last, bound to the island of Bermuda, and arrived there on the 21st day of the same month and landed their cargo.
That on the 2nd day of February inst. the schooner being cleared out at the Custom House, laying at anchor opposite the town of Hamilton, and ready to set sail for Virginia; she was boarded by Lieutenant Lawson, commander of his Britannic Majesty's cutter Adonis, who impressed and took from on board the said schooner, Thomas Simpson, an apprentice boy, who was a native born citizen of the U. States, belonging to the said schooner, and who had failed in her for two or three years last past, and, notwithstanding these deponents remonstrated with the said Lieutenant Lawson, and shewed him the Collector's certificate and every other document necessary to prove that the said Simpson was a native born citizen of the U. States, he still persisted in his determination and took the said Thomas Simpson by force, on board said cutter Adonis; which circumstance, together with another of the hands being, at that time very ill, put it out of the power of the deponents to proceed to sea for the want of hands to mann the vessel; wherefore the said David Polk was under the necessity of applying to the Governor of the island for the release of the said Simpson, but the Governor refused to do anything in the business, and would give no satisfactory reply to his solicitation—Thus circumstanced and finding it impossible to procure a hand in the room of Simpson, the said Benjamin Hazlegrove went from Hamilton to St. George's and waited on the Governor, as well as the Chief Magistrate of the place, & every other person in authority, for the purpose of procuring the boy's release, but all was done in vain, for every one refused to take any steps for that purpose, although this deponent, Hazlegrove, assured them that he knew the boy to be a native born citizen of the United States, and was ready and willing to make solemn oath to that effect; and that the only reply or satisfaction which this deponent could get from Lieutenant Lawson was, that he did not care to what nation the said Simpson belonged, or where he was born, for at that time they wanted men, and men they would have. And these deponents further say, that in this situation the schooner Corotoman was detained at Hamilton for ten days, and must have been kept much longer for the want of hands, had not they met with a passenger who came with them to the U. States, and assisted in working the vessel. That the circumstance of impressing and taking away the said Simpson, subjected these deponents to much trouble and inconvenience, as well as a considerable expense to the said schooner and themselves and the risk run, by being obliged to put to sea without a full complement of experienced hands. Wherefore, He the said David Polk, master of said schooner, hath required to protest; and I the said Notary, at his special instance and request have protested and by these presents do
most solemnly protest against the said Lieutenant Lawson commander, and the officers and seamen of the cutter Adonis, belonging to his Britannic Majesty, for taking out of the said schooner Corotoman and impressing the said Thomas Simpson, and detaining him on board of the said cutter Adonis, and all other perions whom it doth concern, for refusing to discharge and return the said Thomas Simpson, to the said schooner Corotoman, as well on the part and behalf of the owners of the said schooner as of them the said David Polk, Benjamin Hazlegrove, and Thomas Simpson, for all loss, damages, expenses, delays and prejudice which they, or either of them, have or hath sustained, suffered or received, or shall or may hereafter sustain, suffer or receive, from or by means of the premises.
In testimony whereof, The said deponents have hereunto subscribed their names, and I the said Notary have set my hand and affixed the seal of my office, the day and year first above written. David Polk, } Benj. Parke, Benj'n Hazlegrove. } Notary Public.
IN SENATE OF THE U. STATES.
February 20, 1806.
Mr. Adams, from the committee to whom was referred, the bill, to prevent the abuse of the privileges and immunities enjoyed by foreign ministers within the United States; reported the same with the following
AMENDMENT. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That when ever the President of the U. States, shall, under the authority of the laws of nations and of this act, send any foreign ambassador, minister, or other person as aforesaid, to offending, home to his sovereign, he shall issue his warrant to any officer, civil or military, under the authority of the United States, commanding him to provide for the departure of the said ambassador, minister, or other person as aforesaid, in offending: taking due precautions to avoid all improper or unnecessary violence in executing said warrant. And all officers, civil and military, under the authority of the United States, are required to be obedient to such warrant.
February 26, 1806.
Mr. Mitchell, from the committee appointed on the subject, submitted to the consideration of the Senate, a report on those parts of the memorials from the merchants of New-York, and the chamber of commerce in New-Haven, which relate to providing a further naval armament for the public defence.
In addition to the strong reasons urged in those two memorials, the committee refer to the President's message of the 3d day of December last, informing Congress that considerable provision had been made under former authorities, of materials for constructing ships of war, that these were on hand, and subject to the will of the legislature; and to two communications from the secretary of the navy, dated December 16th, and 21st, 1805, giving information that large supplies of timber, cannon, copper, and other valuable materials for that object, had been already bought and paid for.
Calculating the moderate appropriation which will be required to augment to a very respectable degree the naval force of the nation; contemplating the insults and depredations, committed by foreigners near our coasts, and at the very mouths of our most frequented harbors; and estimating the protection and security to the territory of the nation, and to the persons and property of its citizens, by an enlargement of the means of maritime defence, the committee recommend an adoption of the following resolution, to wit:
That it is expedient to make provision by law, for the appropriation of any balance which may remain unexpended of the Mediterranean fund, to the purpose of building ships of the line, under the direction of the President of the United States, agreeably to the provisions of the act of February 25th, 1799.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
REPORT.
The committee on public lands, to whom was referred a resolution of the 20th of January last, directing an enquiry into the expediency of providing by law for the legal adjudication of purchases, or transfers from purchasers of the United States, previous to the emanation of grants under their authority.
REPORT: That between original purchasers they have heard of but one instance of conflicting claims, nor do they believe it is probable that any others have, or will occur. Neither have they heard of more than one dispute between those claiming lands by virtue of transfers from purchasers under the U. States, but controversies of this description are not of a nature to exclude the probability that others may exist, of which, however, the committee have not been informed. No doubt they will become more frequent in future, in proportion as the number of persons, holding under purchases made of the U. S. become greater.
The committee, therefore, would deem the evil of sufficient importance to justify them in recommending some provision being made by law for granting relief against its operation, if such provision does not already exist. If parties to those controversies cannot before the emanation of grants, resort to courts of justice, and obtain from them an adjustment of their disputes, it must be ascribed either to the want of jurisdiction, to the want of a rule of decision, or to a want of a mode of proceeding applicable to the nature of the rights which are contested.
Of controversies arising under the laws of the U. S. or between citizens of different states, the courts of the U. S. have as ample jurisdiction as it is in the power of Congress to give them. Of controversies between citizens of the same state, and not arising under the laws of the U. S. the decision must be left to the state tribunals. There can never be a want of rules of decision, because the laws under which the right is claimed must always furnish the rules by which its validity will be determined, and no others can be substituted in their place.
As to the modes of proceeding in the courts of justice, the committee are impressed with an opinion, that they are not less applicable to controversies arising between parties before, than they are to controversies arising between parties after the emanation of the grants.
They can conceive of no right which will not be made effectual, and no wrong which will not have its remedy according to the mode of proceeding in courts of law and equity.
The committee, therefore, are induced to submit it as their opinion, that it would not be expedient to make any new or additional provision, by law, for the adjudication of claims, such as are stated in the resolution referred to them.
We have frequently had occasion to notice the notorious ignorance of the British newspapers.

pers, with respect to the affairs of this country. The following is an additional instance, which we select from the Traveller of the 8th December, 1803, one of the best informed papers now published in London. We say ignorance, because we have more charity than to suppose it was intended to prove to the people of England, that glittering titles and blasphemous epithets, were in this country applied by its citizens to their public servants, as well as in Europe, by subjects to their masters. The paragraph states, "A new title has been conferred on the President of the United States by a committee of the Senate, and he is to be addressed, for the future, as his highness the President of the U. States of America, and protector of their liberties." This obsequious measure, the Traveller informs his readers, does not however seem to have been a subject of satisfaction to the House of Representatives, whose committee entered a regular protest against the bill—So much for British newspaper authority.
A treaty has been lately concluded between general James Robinson and Silas Dinsmore, esq. commissioners on the part of the United States, and the Mingois and Chiefs of the Choctaw nations, in which the United States have acquired a cession of five millions of acres of land, bounded as follows, viz: Beginning at a branch of the Homochitto, where the fame is intersected by the present Choctaw boundary, and also by the path leading from Natchez to the county of Washington, usually called M'Clure's path; thence eastwardly along M'Clure's path to the east or left bank of Pearl river; thence on such a direct line as would touch the lower end of a bluff, on the left bank of the Chickasawhay river the first above Hiyowan-nee towns called Broken Bluff to a point within four miles of Broken Bluff; thence in a direct line nearly parallel with the river, to a point and line to be run from the lower end of the Broken Bluff to Faluktabunee on the Tombigbee, 4 miles from the Broken Bluff; thence along the said line to Faluktabunee, thence east to the boundary between the Creeks and Choctaws, on the ridge dividing the waters running into Tombigbee; thence southwardly along the said ridge and boundaries to the south-point of the Choctaw claim.
The United States stipulate on their part, to pay the Choctaws fifty thousand five hundred dollars and an annuity of three thousand dollars; about the sum they have hitherto annually received.  This cession is of infinite magnitude to the United States as well as to their territory. The ceded tract cuts off all communication between West Florida and the Choctaws, and affords about three millions of acres of land of the first quality.—Motives of urgent policy will no doubt ensure its ratification. It is of the first importance to the United States that the frontiers should be thickly settled. Perhaps there never was a more important cession hitherto obtained of native claim; it connects the settlement of this territory which heretofore have been separated by a wilderness of near three hundred miles and circumcribing us within such narrow limits as to admit of no extent of population. We hope that government will shortly dispose of this valuable acquisition on such equitable grounds, as to induce a speedy and extensive emigration of our northern brethren to this land of promise; and as it will be consolidated within our territory, we may reasonably flatter ourselves with the pleasing prospect of being shortly incorporated as a state in the union. Its advantages, in point of navigation as regard the Pearl river, fertility of soil and extent of range are unrivalled; it is therefore highly interesting to us, that the boundaries should be ascertained and run as soon as possible, in order to promote so desirable an object.
The generosity of the Choctaw nation during this transaction, in their reserve of seven thousand acres of land in favor of Messrs. Mitchell, M'Crew, &c. does them honor; the former had been many years their agent on a trifling salary, secluded as it were from civilized society; the latter has been uniformly a father and a friend to the tribe. This is then, one testimonial of savage gratitude, and it is to be sincerely wished that the Senate of the United States, in their ratification of the treaty will concur, in the noble principles by which our red friends appear to be actuated.
Without examining the principles which Great Britain contends for, in respect to our intercourse with the colonies of her enemies, and the exportation of colonial produce; the fact on which those principles are bottomed, are not as she asserts. Great Britain says that we are now engaged in a commerce with her enemies, which was not permitted to us in time of peace—let us examine into this fact. In all the year 1802, and for a part of the year 1803, Great Britain was at peace. Then let us examine the state of our commerce for the first of those years the result will prove that the United States must have carried on an extensive trade with the French, Spanish, and Dutch colonies.
In the year 1802, the amount of duties and drawbacks on sundry articles of colonial produce, demonstrate the error of the assertion, that we are now contending for a commerce which we did not enjoy in time of peace.
  Amount of duties on coffee in 1802, 1,682,439   —drawback, 1,285,376   —duties on cocoa, 24,423   —drawback, 28,096   —duties on brown sugar, 1,821,117   —drawback, 718,338   —duties on clayed sugars, 196,581   —drawback, 152,026 
The amounts above mentioned are taken from the official document published in our last.
It will be admitted that in the year 1804, that the imports and exports of colonial produce were considerably augmented, but certainly it would be too absurd to say, that an increase of thirty per cent. is to affect the right.
The United States contend that in the time of the peace they held an exclusive colonial trade, with the powers now at war with Great Britain, that the surplus beyond their own consumption was freely exported, and that now because Great Britain is at war with those powers, they will not be deprived of that trade. This is certainly meeting G. Britain upon her own ground. We have always thought, and still think, that upon more deliberate reflection, Great Britain must recede from a position, which is tenable in neither fact nor principle.
(Norfolk Ledger.)  IMPORTANT DISCOVERY.  The ship Ocean, which was launched at Woolwich last October, is built on a very peculiar construction, namely, the total extinction of knees which not only give a great deal of room between decks, but relieved the ship of near sixty tons weight of timber, and what is most extraordinary, we are given to understand the ship is much stronger than any of those built upon the ordinary principle.—The above im-
provement (for which his Majesty has granted his letters patent) is the invention of Mr. Brindley, of Rochester. It is intended by government to adopt the plan very generally, nor is it to be doubted that it will be adopted in the merchant service, as it will not only make room for stowage, but save in the building of a 400 ton ship at least 500l.
The Enquirer.  RICHMOND, 11th MARCH.  COMMUNICATION.
A GLANCE AT THE MAP OF EUROPE.
It is impossible to survey the actual state of the war in Europe, without extending our views to the important consequences of which it may be productive. What ought to be the result of the war? What will be the result, should we consider merely as inhabitants of the U. States, most anxiously to desire? These are questions which almost every politician is anxious to study, but on which few will be competent to form a satisfactory opinion.
In considering this subject, let us be aware of the peculiar prejudices which would incline our wishes to the side of Bonaparte. They are such prejudices as arise out of our present maritime relations to Great Britain; they are such as to effect all the maritime nations of the world. They would neither effect a Chinese nor a Swift, a man who was altogether removed from the convulsions of Europe, or a man who was unaffected by the maritime encroachments of Great Britain. Of course a Chinese or a Swift would pronounce a very different opinion on this subject, from an inhabitant of the U. States. The former would direct his attention to the condition of the continent; to the states already enslaved by the ambition of the French Emperor; and with the people plundered by his rapacity; and with this melancholy picture before him, he would naturally ask what would be the effect of increasing his already exorbitant power? An inhabitant of the United States casts his eyes in another direction: it is to the Ocean, where his own interests are so materially affected; he there perceives our ships captured, and our lawful commerce interrupted by British cruisers, and it is impossible for him not to abominate a cause which so deeply violates his own interests, & not to wish success to Bonaparte, when he thus considers him the defender of the liberty of the seas.
Perhaps it is not too ridiculous to say, that the very channel through which we have received the accounts of the present war, have also had an important effect in attaching us to the cause of Bonaparte. We have received these accounts from a regular series of French Bulletins ; & every incident which they relate is represented in colours, the most favourable to the French. French valour, French generosity, the success of the French arms, are the themes of their incessant eulogium; whilst the cowardice or the perfidy of their enemies are the subjects of their most bitter and violent invective. The Austrians and the Russians have performed feats of the most astonishing valour; but they are lost to us from the want of an historian to record them. When almost every account which we have received of the war is thus represented in such partial colours, is it a matter of surprise that our minds should have been insensibly warped on the side of the French?
There are particular circumstances too about the character of Bonaparte himself, which are calculated to produce a considerable bias in his favor. This man has always borne the reputation of a hero. His extraordinary military attainments have commanded the respect of the world; and the almost uninterrupted success which has accompanied him through life, has surrounded him with a blaze of glory, which almost confounds the understanding. We have erected him into a kind of Idol, that we do not wish to see disfigured by the usual frailties and misfortunes of humanity. He is one of those men whose crimes are apt to be forgotten in the recollection of their genius, and whose projects are calculated to call forth our wishes for their success, from the repeated success which has already accompanied their projects.
There is another idea too, arising from the present state of Europe, which produces a considerable prejudice in favor of Bonaparte. The mighty extent of the Russian empire has already excited the fears of Europe. Men recollect the fall of Rome, and they compare the present state of the Russians with the ancient condition of the Goths and Tartars. They predict that the time is not far distant, when the Russians are to become the invaders and conquerors of the South. Some have even gone so far as to imagine, that a project is now actually on foot for extending the conquests of Russia, & producing the dismemberment of Europe & America. They compare the present coalition with that which tore Poland in pieces, & with that which under the treaties of Pritznitz and Pavia, was about to attempt the dismemberment of France. There are even some who have already laid down the plan of the present coalition, the parties who are to compose it, and the particular spoil, which each is to acquire. Russia, they say, is to have Turkey and the whole of Poland. Prussia is to possess Germany; and Great Britain, assisted by the Russians and the Prussians is once more to fend her armies across the Atlantic; and reconquer her former colonies. But those who imagine such an extensive scheme as this, forget the mutable temper of coalitions, when even small objects are to be accomplished. Those who consider Bonaparte as the bulwark of the South of Europe against the future invasions of Russia, prefer imagination to experience. They forget that the usurpations of Bonaparte are certain, because they are already progressing; and that those of Russia are uncertain, because they are hereafter to be attempted. They forget too, that however the present state of the Russian Empire may seem to threaten the future disturbance of Europe, circumstances may hereafter occur, to dissipate the danger; the nations of the south may grow stronger by consolidation, or the Russian Empire may become weaker by diffusion.
Such are some of the circumstances which are strongly calculated to predispose us in favor of Bonaparte, during the present war. They are apt to hurry us beyond a rational and proper consideration of the interests of Europe. But let us recollect who Bonaparte is, how much he will be able to do if he is completely successful, and how much he is likely to abuse that power, and how we can no longer wish him an uninterrupted success. Let the life of this man be appealed to, for what he has done, and we can no longer doubt as to what he will do: We have no desire to expatiate at large upon the conduct and character of the French emperor. It must now be obvious enough, that the great end of his life has been the attainment of power; that his means have al-
ways been adapted to the object he had in view. Read his addresses during the campaign of Italy, and you hear from him the most ardent eulogiums on the cause of liberty. Pursue him in his career to the imperial throne, and you perceive that they are the severest fatteries which could be written upon himself. In Egypt you find him a Mahometan; a Deist during the revolution; and a Catholic under the present Regime. All his professions are hollow and intended only to gratify the ruling passions of his mind. First he is satisfied with being the first consul of the republic; next you see him assuming the consulate for life; and at last you behold him aspiring to the imperial crown. He declares himself contented with the modest title of defender of the Cisalpine republic: his ambition converts it into the magnificent title of King of Italy.
What an illustrious man might not Bonaparte have been? We may boldly assert that no man had ever enjoyed such an opportunity of giving immortality to his virtues. Where is the nation so populous as that of France; or an age so enlightened as the present; where is the country which had so many inhabitants to be benefitted by his virtues, and the age which had collected so many of the means of happiness; that can produce a benefactor so truly great as Bonaparte might have been? Leaders have been known to lay down their power; but where is that being to be found, who has employed it with such success or resigned it with so much honor, as Bonaparte might have done? Shall we compare him to the usurper Scylla, living as he did, in a barbarous age, and laying down his dictatorship, because he was disgusted with its cares? Or Christina the superstitious queen of Sweden? Or Charles 5th who was worn out with age, and who resigned his sceptre into the hands of his son, and not of his people? Had Bonaparte exerted his influence over France, in a way that was calculated to restore its liberties; instead of forming an organisation of power, that was to promote his own aggrandizement, had he divided France into electoral districts, summoned a convention and assisted them to form a republican constitution; we should have thought more highly of the virtues of Bonaparte, and his disposition to promote the happiness of Europe. But instead of these things, what has he not done to gratify his own ambition? He is the emperor of France; the king of Italy; the director of the Swiss Cantons and of Holland; the administrator of Spain; the conqueror of Germany. From such a man then, what may not Europe expect; what may not even we expect, though so far removed from his Empire; if he should meet with uninterrupted success in the present war?
We may expect that Austria will be annexed to the crown of France, or that it will be made over to some obsequious ally of France, or that it will be restored to the exiled emperor under such limitations as will prevent him from checking the future encroachments of France.
We may expect that the provinces of Italy will be placed more completely under the power of Bonaparte.
We may expect that the cabinets of Berlin and Petersburg will be awed into a more perfect compliance with his wishes.
Unless Great Britain consents to a peace, which must involve her in considerable concessions, and which, like a treacherous emollient, may be preparing the means of her subsequent destruction, we may even expect that Bonaparte will carry into effect his long meditated scheme of invasion. Should he succeed in this enterprise, and obtain possession of the British Navy, why may we not then expect even a descent upon our own shores? In fact what may we not fear from his resources and his temper? Should he even fail in that expedition, why may we not expect that Bonaparte will acquire from the miserable puppet of the court of Madrid as many of the colonies of Spain as he wishes to occupy, that he will vomit some thousands of his troops upon our continent; and plant them in the very neighbourhood of our territory?
In fact the interests of Europe, as they regard the present war may be reduced to a very simple scale. Bonaparte is the ambitious conqueror, who would wish to extend his power over the world, if an uninterrupted success should crown his efforts in the present war. Great Britain is the great tyrant of the ocean, who only waits to see the allies victorious on the continent, to extend her trident over the waters. The interest of Europe therefore requires, that neither of them should be perfectly successful : that so long as G. Britain is more powerful than any nation at sea, France her most efficient check, should be somewhat more powerful than the abstract interest of Europe would require; but that the latter should never be so powerful as to endanger the existence and security of any of the neighboring states. What this proportion should be, it is extremely difficult to determine. We believe that Bonaparte has already far exceeded the measures of his power. It is our most ardent wish that the next accounts from Europe should represent him as discomfited in Germany and retiring before the Austrian army to the borders of his own country. It would be still more conducive to the prosperity of Europe, if the power of such an ambitious conqueror as Bonaparte were smitten to the dust.
The interests of our own country would require the same proportion of influence, to be possessed by France and Great Britain, which is demanded by the general interests of Europe. If Bonaparte should be altogether foiled on the continent, we can scarcely expect an immediate and favourable accommodation of our differences with G. Britain. If France should be completely successful, we can scarcely hope for a favourable accommodation of our differences with Spain, a nation who is in fact nothing more than the humble vassal of France.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
NO. I.  "Before I consent to go home, I must see "something like a safe and honourable issue "to our differences with foreign powers; "and I must see—I hope another thing—"something like an attempt to bring the constitution of the people back to the principles "on which this administration came into power." I take this proposition, and that of the "gentleman from Maryland vs. bet TWO important means of bringing that administration back to those principles." Mr. John Randolph's Speech in taking up the question relative to the reform of the judiciary department.  We think ourselves bound at this particular moment to bring a part of our constitution into view, which has too long escaped the public attention. With Mr. Randolph, we believe, that the two amendments which have been proposed by himself and by Mr. Nicholson, under certain modifications, are absolutely necessary "to bring the constitution of the people back to those (REPUBLICAN) principles
on which the present administration went into power." We think however that there is ANOTHER part of our federal constitution, infinitely more defective than the two alluded to and in comparison of which they sink into nothing. We mean that part which relates to the construction of the Executive Department. On this subject we take the liberty to present to our readers the following extract from a work which has deservedly attracted the attention of the world: a work, which whatever may be thought of its metaphysical or speculative principles, is uncommonly profound in its views of the different forms of government.
OF A PRESIDENT WITH REGAL POWERS.  Still monarchy it seems has one refuge left. "We will not" say some men, "have an hereditary monarchy, we acknowledge that to be an enormous injustice. We are not contented with an elective monarchy, we are not contented with a limited one. We admit the office however reduced, if the tenure be for life, to be an intolerable grievance. But why not have kings, as we have magistrates and legislative assemblies, renewable by frequent elections? We may then change the holder of the office as often as we please."
Let us not be seduced by a mere plausibility of phrase, nor employ words without having reflected on their meaning. What are we to understand by the appellation, a king? If the office have any meaning it seems reasonable that the man who holds it, should possess the privilege, either of appointing to certain employments at his own discretion, or of remitting the decrees of criminal justice, or of convoking and dismissing popular assemblies, or of affixing and refusing his sanction to the decrees of those assemblies. Most of these privileges may claim a respectable authority in the powers delegated to their President by the United States of America.
Let us however bring these ideas to the touchstone of reason. Nothing can appear more adventurous than the reposing, unless in cases of absolute necessity, the decision of any affair of importance to the public, in the breast of one man. But this necessity will scarcely be alleged in any of the articles just enumerated. What advantage does one man possess over a society or council of men in any of these respects? The disadvantages are under which he labours are obvious. He is more easily corrupted, and more easily misled. He cannot possess so many advantages for obtaining accurate information. He is abundantly more liable to the attacks of passion and caprice, of unfounded antipathy to one man and partiality to another, of uncharitable censure or blind idolatry. He cannot be always upon his guard; there will be the moments in which the most exemplary vigilance is liable to surprise. Meanwhile we are placing the subject in much too favorable a light. We are supposing his intentions to be upright and just; but the contrary of this will be more frequently the truth. Where powers beyond the capacity of human nature are intrusted, vices the disgrace of human nature will be engendered. Add to this, that the same restraints, which prove that government, wherever it exists, should be directed by the sense of the people at large, equally prove that, wherever public officers are necessary, the sense of the whole, or of a body of men most nearly approaching in spirit to the whole, ought to decide on their pretensions.
These objections are applicable to the most innocent of the privileges above enumerated, that of appointing to the exercised certain employments. The case will be still worse if we consider the other privileges. We shall have occasion hereafter to examine the propriety of pardoning offences, considered independently of the persons in whom that power is vested: but in the mean time, can any thing be more intolerable than for a single individual to be authorised, without assigning a reason upon which no one is allowed to pronounce, to supersede the grave decisions of a court of justice, founded upon careful and public examination of evidence? Can any thing be more unjust than for a single individual to assume the function of informing a nation when they are to deliberate, and when they are to cease from deliberation?
The remaining privilege is of too iniquitous a nature to be an object of much terror. It is not in the compass of credibility to conceive, that any people would remain quiet spectators, while the sense of one man was openly and undigestedly set against the sense of the national representative in frequent assembly and suffered to overpower it. Two or three direct instances of the exercise of this negative could not fail to annihilate it forever. Accordingly, wherever it is supposed to exist, we find it softened and nourished by the genial dew of pecuniary corruption; either rendered unnecessary beforehand by a finister application to the frailty of individual members, or disarmed and made palatable in the sequel by a copious effusion of venal emoluments. If it can in any case be endured, it must be in countries where the degenerate representative no longer possesses the sympathy of the public, and the haughty president is made sacred, by the blood of an exalted ancestry which flows through his veins, or the holy oil which the representatives of the Most High have poured on his head. A common mortal, periodically selected by his fellow-citizens to watch over their interests, can never be supposed to possess this stupendous virtue.
If there be any truth in these reasonings, it inevitably follows that there are no important functions of general superintendence that can justly be delegated to a single individual. If the office of a president be necessary, either in a deliberative assembly or an administrative council, supposing such a council to exist, his employment will have relation to the order of their proceedings, and by no means consist in the arbitrary preferring and carrying into effect his private decision. A king, if unvarying usage can give meaning to a word, designates a man upon whose single discretion some part of the public interest is made to depend. What use can there be for such a man in an unperverted and well ordered state? With respect to its internal affairs certainly none. How far the office can be of advantage in our transactions with foreign governments we shall hereafter have occasion to decide.
From the National Intelligencer.
RESOLUTION BY THE RICHMOND REPUBLICAN BLUES, ADOPTED ON THE 22ND FEB. 1806.
WHEREAS the injurious practices, illiberal policy, and unfounded pretensions of some foreign governments toward the citizens and government of the United States, manifestly tend to destroy the peace and harmony which have hitherto subsisted between those governments and the government of the U. States; and it is believed that in a crisis, portentous, as the present seems to be, of one of the greatest calamities to which nations are liable, both the duty and the interest of the citizens of the U. States require them generally and promptly to express the confidence they have in the wisdom, virtue, and firmness of the President and Congress of the United States, and the readiness they feel to second and support such measures as Congress shall recommend and adopt as most fit and expedient to maintain or to vindicate the national rights, honor and dignity of the United States.
Therefore, Resolved by the Richmond Republican Blues, unanimously, That they have the highest confidence in the wisdom, virtue, and firmness of the President and Congress of the United States; and that they are, and shall be ready at a moment's warning, with their lives and fortunes, to support and to enforce any measures which the wisdom and prudence of Congress shall recommend and adopt as the most fit and expedient to maintain or to vindicate the national rights, honor and dignity of the U. States.
GEO. WM. SMITH, Chairman, G. W. DIXON, Sec.
Virginia; city of Richmond 23d Feb. 1806.  To the secretary at war for the United States.  SIR,  Agreeably to the wishes of the Richmond Republican Blues, a volunteer corps of light infantry, in which we have the honour to bear commissions as designated officers to our several sub-companies, we have the honour to submit the following communication to you, & through you to the President and Congress of the U. States the resolution lately adopted by them, & which is written on the other side.  We have the honour to be, Sir, with very high respect, your most obedient and humble servants.  GEO. WM. SMITH, Capt. WM. DAVIDSON, Lieut. G. W. DIXON, Ensign.
The following beautiful verses on the beauty of woman are from Hayley's "Triumphs of Temper." We inscribe them "to the fair-est."  "Go, faithful sonnet, to SERENA say What charms peculiar in her features reign: A stranger, whom her glance may ne'er survey, Pays her this tribute in no flattering strain. Tell her, the bard, in beauty's wide domain, Has seen a virgin cheek as richly glow, A bosom, where the blue-meandering vein Sheds as soft lustre thro' the lucid snow, Eyes, that as brightly flash with joy and youth, And locks, that like her own luxurious flow: Then say, for then the cannot doubt thy truth, That the wide earth no female form can show Where nature's legend to difficult tells, In this fair shrine a fairer spirit dwells."
Last Evening's Mail.
BALTIMORE, March 6.  Destruction of the French West-India Fleet.  By the brig America, arrived yesterday from the city of Santo Domingo, the following important intelligence has been received:  On the 21st January a French fleet under the command of admiral Seigle, from Brest, arrived at the city of Santo Domingo, and landed 600 troops; they consisted of the L'Imperial 134 guns, Jupiter 74, Diomed 74, Comet 36, and corvette Diligence of 22 guns. And on the 29th arrived (in addition) the Le Bravo 84, Le Alexandre 74, and Felicite 44.  They remained at anchor till the 6th of February, when an English fleet of 11 sail were in sight, 9 of which were of the line, reported to be under the command of admiral Cochrane.—The British Fleet immediately attacked the French, who, finding themselves so situated as rendered all attempts to escape fruitless, being completely hemmed in, made a desperate and valiant resistance, owing to the superior force of the British, the engagement ended with the capture of three, and the total destruction of two of the largest of the French ships—amongst the latter of which was the admiral's ship, which was driven ashore and lost.
On the 8th February another British fleet of 13 sail appeared off Santo Domingo, and remained there two days.
* This must be a mistake, as Cochrane has no fleet under his command, according to the latest accounts.—We presume it was admiral Duckworth, who has been reported to have passed St. Thomas with 11 sail, it was supposed, in search of the French, who were then at Santo Domingo.
New Theatre.
In publishing another Play-bill from the Theatre, the Manager considers it a duty to express his regret at the disappointment of Saturday evening, and to state, that the indisposition of Mrs. Bignall took place whilst in actual preparation for the performance; that, the information reached the theatre when the other performers were ready, and it was time to commence the representation. As no late an hour was almost hopeless to supply the deficiency, and after every effort used, was found impracticable. The public, 'tis trusted, will feel assured that imperious necessity only, could have induced a step so detrimental to the pecuniary interests, as well as to the respectability of the theatre, and accept an assurance that every means within the power or abilities of the Manager, shall be used to prevent the repetition of such an occurrence.
This Evening, March 11, 1806, will be presented, a celebrated play, in five acts, called
THE GREAT BANDIT.
In the fifth act a concert of vocal and instrumental music, sung by Mrs. Hopkins.
To which will be added, the Musical Entertainment of
THE PURSE, OR, BENEVOLENT TAR.
To raise the sum of four thousand two hundred dollars, for the purpose of establishing a Literary and Philosophical apparatus for the use of the Students of RUMFORD ACADEMY, in the county of King-William.
  1 Prize of dis. 5000 is dis. 5000   3 of 1000 is 3000   5 of 500 is 2500   25 of 100 is 2500   60 of 50 is 3000   1000 of 12 is 12000   1094 Prizes.   1706 Blanks.   2800 Tickets 28,000 dollars. 
Subject to a deduction of 15 per cent. equal to
Dollars 4,200
  First drawn ticket having a blank to its number Dollars   First drawn ticket having a blank to its number after 750 tickets are drawn 100   First drawn ticket having a blank to its number after 1000 tickets are drawn 500   First drawn ticket having a blank to its number after 1500 tickets are drawn 500   First drawn ticket having a blank to its number after 2000 tickets are drawn 500   First drawn ticket having a blank to its number after 2500 tickets are drawn 1000   First drawn ticket having a blank to its number after 2780 tickets are drawn 1000 
In the above Scheme, there are considerably less than two Blanks to a Prize. This Lottery has been authorized by the Legislature of Virginia for the laudable purpose of purchasing a Library and Philosophical Apparatus, for the use of the students of Rumford Academy, in the county of King William, which has been opened and in successful operation for nearly twelve months. When it is recollected by the public that this Academy was built by an individual, who has also appropriated a considerable lot of ground for the use of the students, and that a small portion of public patronage will probably cause it to flourish, the undersigned Commissioners confidently hope, that they will meet with great success in the sale of the Tickets. The situation of the academy is elevated, and healthy, and remote from the vices of towns.
John Roane (of King William), Robert Pollard (of King William), Carter Braxton, Beverly Robinson, and William Brockenbrough, are appointed by the Commissioners to sell and dispose of the Tickets, and they are authorised to appoint agents for that purpose.  SPENCER ROANE. BEVERLY ROBINSON ROBERT POLLARD. ROBERT HILL. WILLIAM BROCKEN-PHILIP AYLETT, BROUGH. WM. D. CLAIBORNE. JOHN ROANE. CARTER BRAXTON.

PICTURE OF THE COLONIAL POLICY OF SPAIN.
FROM THE NEW-YORK EVENING POST.
COMMERCIALLY INTERESTING. Extract of a long letter just received from an intelligent and respectable correspondent. St. John, Porto Rico, Jan. 20, 1806. The opening of the ports of this island to neutral vessels, was, at the time, regarded by the American merchants, ever so eager to grasp at anything that seems to offer an extended field for commercial enterprise, as a very favorable circumstance.
The treaty between Spain and France, and the common cause in which they are at present engaged of course throw open the ports of Spain and her colonies to the cruisers and privateers of the latter, as well as of the former power. The consequences of this have been severely felt by Americans in the ports of Cuba; and if its effects have not been equally prejudicial here I cannot suppose that it is owing to any favorability of the institutions of this government over those of Cuba; or to any superior virtue in the people, or in the rulers; but rather to the locality of the place itself.
The Catharine was captured by a French privateer brig Le General Blanchard, captain Jean Baptiste Michel Dubreux, in August last, on her passage from Antigua to Norfolk, with a valuable cargo of 211 puncheons of rum, and carried into La Aguardada, an open and unsheltered port in the west end of that island.
The case of the other three vessels are infinitely worse and apply more particularly to the bad regulations which prevail in this colony; and to the corruption of some of the magistrates. I shall succinctly state them, and leave you to form your own judgment. The Patsy, a Philadelphia built ship, was purchased at St. Thomas, for account of merchants at New-York, and having gone to Santo Domingo to load with mahogany and dye-woods, was there at the time of the siege by the Emperor Jean Jacques General Ferrand compelled captain Laughlin to take on board as many women as his vessel would receive, with whom he proceeded to Porto Cavello, on the Spanish Main.
The Spanish law says, that in twenty-four hours after a prize is brought into port, a decree shall be rendered by the first tribunal, and if there is an appeal to the second, that that appeal shall be tried and decided within fifteen days. This provision, in the present as in almost every other instance, has been totally overlooked.
When everything was prepared and perfectly ripe, about the beginning of December, a decree of condemnation was pronounced by the corrupt and bribed Don Manuel Garcia, Auditor or Judge of Marine, against both vessels and their cargoes, without reserve. When this decree was presented to the governor, he, sensible of its injustice, and previously apprized of the venality of the judge, wrote on the margin, "I can by no means confirm this sentence;
It is not merely against the result of the adjudications in Spanish tribunals, that we have to complain, but against the flow and deliterious nature of their proceedings. With them every thing must be done in writing, and must originate with the governor.
Having mentioned some of the effects of the Spanish colonial laws, as they operate upon strangers in this island, I shall, in as few words as possible, notice the magistrates whose duty it is to execute them. Don Toribio de Montes, Knight of Santiago, &c. &c. at present Governor-Intendant and Captain General of Porto Rico, with whom, as I have already observed, every legal process must originate, is a man whose intentions are, I believe, always good; who wishes to do right in all cases; but unfortunately he has hitherto been surrounded by a set of men, who with very few exceptions, are utterly unworthy of his confidence;
Montes came to the administration of the affairs of this colony when they were very much deranged by the malversation of the former governor, Don Ramon de Castro, whose imbecility and venality were co-equal. The finances were in utter disorder; and the recommencement of hostilities, by preventing the receipt of the expected and necessary supplies of money, has contributed to the continuance of the embarrassments in which he found himself, and forced him into measures which he would not otherwise have adopted.
The next point of consequence in the administration of justice is the Auditor of War; who has the right of passing judgment on all subjects, not relating to the department of marine, upon which the governor does not assume the previous right of deciding in virtue of his prerogative; to this judge there also lies an appeal from the marine tribunal in particular cases.
quickness of perception, or vivacity of intellect; things which perhaps can be better dispensed with in a judge than in any other public character; as it is not so requisite for him to see things in all their relations, as to see them correctly.
By Authority. LAW OF THE UNITED STATES.
AN ACT Authorizing the sale of a tract of land, in the town of Cincinnati, and State of Ohio. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the disposal of a certain tract or lot of land, belonging to the United States, in the town of Cincinnati, on the Ohio, being the same on which Fort Washington was erected, the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause the said tract to be surveyed and laid off into town lots, streets, and avenues, in such manner, and of such dimensions as he may judge proper, conforming as near as may be to the original plan of the town:
Sales at Auction. On Saturday the 29th instant, will be sold at Auction on the premises, if not previously disposed of at private sale: A HOUSE & LOT on Shockoe Hill; the lot containing about one quarter of an acre, forms a part of what is commonly called Jackson's square, and adjoins Mr. William Nice's garden: it is well enclosed, and has a well of excellent water upon it, and its situation is as desirable as any in that part of the town.
SALES AT AUCTION. WILL BE SOLD at the dwelling house of the subscriber, on Wednesday the 12th inst. at 11 o'clock: ALL his Household and Kitchen FURNITURE, consisting of: Mahogany Dining and Breakfast Tables; Ditto Side Board and Card do. Satin Wood and Mahogany Knife Cases; Black Varnished and Gilt Chairs; Large and Small Looking Glasses; Cut Glass Chandeliers; Do. Decanters. Wine Glasses & Tumblers; 1 Dining Set China; 1 Set Tea do. 2 Large Carpets; Sair Cafe Carpets, with Brass Rods; Bed and Window Curtains; A handsome collection of Prints; Plated Candle Sticks, with Snuffers and Trays; Japaned Tea Trays; Do. Patent Lamps. Brass Wire Pender, Shovels and Tongs, with a variety of other Household and Kitchen Furniture, for negotiable notes, at 60 days.
FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD, RAN AWAY from the subscriber in December last, two negro men by the names of HARRY and DICK; Harry is about 5 feet six inches high, of a tawny complexion, 22 years of age; Dick six feet high, firm and very black, with large white teeth, wide apart, projecting out of his mouth, 18 years of age. When they went away, they had on home manufactured breeches and old grey jackets. I have been informed they are now dressed in blue jackets with sailor's trowsers, and are making their way to Maryland with a free pass. They have relations at Reuben Beale's, Esq. of Richmond county, and Mr. John Turbeville's quarter in Westmoreland, where it is probable they may lurk until they can procure a passage across the Potomac.
A FEW BUSHELS OF FRESH CLOVER SEED, For Sale by EDWARD HALLAM. March 4. FOR SALE, FIVE hundred acres of LAND in Powhatan county, lying on the Buckingham road above the Court House; four fifths of which is in woods and well timbered. Also, four or five hundred acres lying on A. Somers' river, bounded on the upper side by Maj. Vesterfield Archer, and on the lower by Mr. John Powell. The above is part of the land generally known by the name of the fighting creek estate. Terms will be made known by applying to Wm. Burklely living thereon, or to the subscriber. WM. RANDOLPH. Milton, March 4. TO BE RENTED, Till the 1st of January next, either with or without the office, THE HOUSE on Shockoe Hill in which the subscriber lately resided. MERRIWETHER JONES. February 4.
VALUABLE PROPERTY FOR SALE. On Tuesday the eleventh day of March next will be offered for sale, by public auction, at the Eagle Tavern in the city of Richmond, the following valuable property. FOUR half acre LOTS, adjoining each other, forming what is usually called a square in the city of Richmond, and described in the plan of said city by the numbers 151, 152, 159 and 160. These Lots command beautiful prospects of the river, and in every respect are well worthy the attention of persons disposed to build.
The BRICK STORE or LUMBER HOUSE situated on the Street which leads from the main street in Richmond to Shockoe Inspection, about 30 feet in breadth and about 52 feet in length, more or less being part of the property formerly owned by Mr. Wm. Fenwick, and lying between the building now occupied by Mr. George Watt and that owned by Mr. Marcus Elcan.
The Medinger or TENEMENT and parcel of ground containing one and a half acres more or less where Mr. Wm. Fenwick formerly resided, near Rocketts. A more particular description is deemed unnecessary, the property intended for sale being well known to most persons residing in Richmond or the neighborhood—and it is presumed any person inclined to purchase, will examine it—for which purpose the keys of both Tenements may be had by applying to Gallego, Richard, & Co. who will give any further information that may be wished.
Terms of sale, approved endorsed notes negotiable at the bank of Virginia, at 9, 15, and 20 months. The legal title to be retained till the purchase money is paid, or Deeds of Trust to be executed by the purchasers as may be agreed on. GALLEGO, RICHARD & Co. February 6. MILITARY LAND FOR SALE. FOUR THOUSAND acres on the North Fork of Trade Water, in the State of Kentucky—and 1000 acres on the waters of the Miami in the State of Ohio. The proprietor of the above land has in his possession flattering evidences of its value, but as he does not wish to hold property in the western Country, he will sell it low for cash, or barter it for property in this place. Enquire of THOMAS NORVELL. February 21.
MARSHAL'S SALE. BY virtue of a decree of the Court of the U. States, for the fifth circuit in the Virginia district, pronounced at May term, 1805, in behalf of John Tate and Thomas Atton, assignees of Henry Martin, against James Vaughan, administrator of Mathew Vaughan, dec'd and others; will be sold, to the highest bidder, for ready money, at the Crofts Roads, in the county of Goochland, at the dwelling house of Mr. James Vaughan, on Friday the 22nd day of March next, the following SLAVES, viz. Gibb, Joe, Ned, Trip, Cyrus, Peter, Parrot, Billy, Lewis, Lewy, Carter, Phill and Portius, (males)—Nell, Fanny, Lucy, Fanny, Judy, Amy, Dolly, Sylvia, and Betty, (females); or so many of them as may be sufficient to raise the sum of one thousand seven hundred and seventy-six dollars and thirty-four cents, with interest on one thousand four hundred and seventy-nine dollars, part thereof, at the rate of six per centum per annum, from the 23rd day of May, 1805, and the expenses of sale. WILLIAM MANN, D. M. for JOSEPH SCOTT, M. V. D. February 25.
LAND FOR SALE. BY virtue of a Deed of Trust executed to the subscribers by Shandy Anderson, will be sold on Friday the 28th day of March next, at Edmund Anderson's Tavern (formerly James George's) to the highest bidder for ready money, a tract of LAND lying in the County of Goochland on the three chock roads, about one mile above the aforementioned place, containing by a late survey one hundred and fifty five and a half acres, or so much thereof as will be sufficient to satisfy the sum of twenty-three pounds twelve shillings and nine pence with interest thereon from the 3rd day of January last. CHARLES ATKINSON, JOHN SHELTON, Jr. Goochland, February 25. (cp 4w p.)
ALL persons having claims against the estate of John Hoomes, dec'd. of the Bowling Green, are requested to make them known, that provision may be made for a final settlement. And those indebted with notes immediate payment to JOHN HOOMES, and JOHN G. WOOLFOLK, Executors of John Hoomes, dec'd. Jan. 29.
A TUTOR wanted, who can teach Reading, Writing and Arithmetic, in a small family. Apply to the Editor of the Enquirer. JOHN ALCOCK, INFORMS the public that he has lately established a CABINET SHOP in the city of Richmond, on the Cross-street leading up from Proffer & Morrice's Vendue-store, and near the Fire Insurance Office; where he intends manufacturing all kinds of Cabinet Ware in the most modern style; he flatters himself that those who may favour him with their commands, will find his work equal to any made in the state, as he has provided himself with the best of materials. He will sell his furniture low for prompt payment only, as his situation will not admit of giving a credit. A few Windsor chairs on hand, well made, which will be sold uncommonly low for cash. January 30.
TO BE RENTED, THE large THREE STORY HOUSE on the Main-Street east of the Market, formerly occupied by Cohen and Isaac, and lately by Capt. John S. Pleasants; it is a good stand for business and suitable for the accommodation of a large family. Also, the HOUSE (formerly known by the sign of the bird in hand) at the corner of the street leading to church hill; to both of these tenements gardens are attached. The terms will be moderate, and made known on application to James Whitelaw, serjeant of the City, or to JACOB I. COHEN. (2aw tf.) MANCHESTER TURNPIKE COMPANY. NOTICE is hereby given, that all shares upon which the ninth requisition shall remain unpaid, or upon which there shall appear to be due delinquencies of any former requisitions, will be offered for sale at Mr. Brooks's tavern, in Manchester, on the 15th day of March next. The sale to commence at 12 o'Clock in the forenoon. By order of the Directors, JAMES BRANDER, Clerk. February 19. Will be Landed in a few days, TEN Crates well assorted Queens Ware, and 1 do. containing a very elegant service of blue printed Table Wares direct from the manufacturers, by the Ship Alexander, Capt. King, from Liverpool, just arrived at Norfolk, and will be sold low for cash, country produce, or negotiable notes at 60 days, by WILLIAM HART, opposite the Scale house. IRISH POTATOES for the table or planting, New-Eng. CHEESE, SALT, COD-FISH, MACK-REL, SHAD, and a general assortment of GROCERIES and LIQUORS, at the lowest retailing prices. February 25. (cp 2w 2aw tf.)
TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, At the front door of the Eagle Tavern, in the city of Richmond, on the eighteenth day of March next, ensuing. THAT most valuable estate, situated in the county of Wythe, and commonwealth of Virginia, and heretofore well known by the name of Chiswell's Lead Mines; but which, for sometime past hath been considered, as the property of Stephen Austin and company, of the city of Philadelphia, by virtue of a purchase thereof by them, made under a decree of the high court of chancery of the said commonwealth, with the terms whereof they have not complied. That purchase was made on the 20th day of February 1793, for the sum of £ 6,505, and since that period, they have made sundry great and valuable improvements on the said estate. The well known value of the property, and the certainty which the subscribers feel, that those who mean to become purchasers will satisfy themselves thereof, on view, renders any further description of the property to be sold unnecessary. The sale will be made in conformity to two several decrees of the superior court of chancery, which is directed by law to be held at the Capitol in the city of Richmond aforesaid, the one pronounced on the 8th day of June, and the other on the 7th day of October, in the year 1802. Credit will be given to the purchaser or purchasers, for a term of nine months for one, and eighteen months for the other moiety of the purchase money, each moiety being secured not only by a bond with good security made payable to the subscribers, or the survivors of them, their executors, administrators or assigns, for the uses in the said decree specified, and bearing interest from the date; but also, by the retention of the legal estate, until the whole purchase money, with such interest, shall be fully paid; on which payment a conveyance or conveyances will be executed to the purchaser or purchasers in virtue of the said decree by. JOHN WICKHAM, JOHN WARDEN, WILLIAM HAY, Jan. 21. (8w.) Commissioners of the court.
LAND, Positively for sale by the subscriber, ONE thousand acres, formerly known by the name of David Irvin's Quarter, on Otter river, in this county, adjoining the Land whereon the subscriber lives, where there is a merchant mill that makes as good flour as any in America; not more than twenty two miles from the flourishing town of Lynchburg, where there is a good market for all kinds of produce. On this tract there is as much cleared land as is sufficient to work seven or eight hands to advantage, consisting of two fields of first rate river Low Ground and three of High Land, all in good order for cropping, the balance is in woods, a great part of which is heavily timbered, and a great quantity of good tobacco land; there is also on this tract abundance of the best spring water in every field, a good lime-stone quarry the quantity inexcusable, also an overseer's house, together with other necessary houses for plantation business. The Land is well adapted to the culture of Tobacco, Wheat, Cotton, Corn, Rye, Oats and Flax; the situation is very healthy, and in a good neighborhood, attached to which is a very good range for all sorts of stock. The purchaser may be accommodated with every kind of stock, grain and plantation utensils, and possession given next Christmas, or sooner if required. Credit will be given for two thirds of the purchase money at three equal annual payments, the other third will be required in hand. Tobacco, Bank stock, public securities or negroes will be received in payment. ROBERT SCOTT. Campbell, February 1. N. B. The above land may be divided into two plantations if required. In the absence of the subscriber the Overseer will shew the premises. R.S.
THE SUBSCRIBER, OFFERS FOR SALE, THE FOLLOWING PROPERTY, viz: THE HOUSES AND LOTS on Shockoe-Hill at present occupied by himself; the quantity of ground, is two half acre lots and twenty four feet. The Dwelling-House has a Cellar beneath perfectly dry, on the first floor are three good rooms, besides a Store-Room and Closet; on the second floor are two chambers with fire-places and a small Lodgings-room. The other houses on the Lots, are a brick office 24 by 20 feet having a Cellar beneath, of the size of a large and convenient room for business on the principal floor and a lodging room above stairs. A Kitchen having four lodging rooms besides a cooking room, a Smoke-House, a Hen-House, a Carriage-House, a Stable with three apartments, one containing Stalls for Horses, a second having Stalls for Cows, and the third being a Grainery and Harness room, above these is a capacious Hay-loft. The well is plentifully supplied with water of the best quality; the yard about the house is neatly turfed and shaded with trees, and ornamented with flowering shrubs. The earth intended for cultivation is highly manured. The garden has in it every description of pot herbs, some fruit trees and a number of Currant, Gooseberry and Raspberry bushes, with extensive beds of Strawberries. The whole of these buildings are in a state of perfect repair; and whilst the occupant may with convenience attend to business in any part of this city, he will enjoy the health and retirement of the most pleasant country residence, and the society of an amiable, polished and intelligent neighborhood. It is proposed to sell this property for cash. United States Stock, Bank Stock, or slaves at their cash value. The subscriber is likewise desirous of selling on a credit of six and twelve months, fourteen half acre Lots near the intended site of the Richmond academy. 91,730 acres of LAND in the counties of Kenhawa, Harrison and Montgomery, which will be sold at very long credit, or exchanged for property on the eastern side of the Blue-Ridge. This land is believed to be generally of inferior quality, but the very low price expected for it, and the probable appreciation of its value in the course of a few years, will, it is supposed, offer a sufficient inducement to persons surrounded by a numerous offspring, to give in exchange for it, lands which have already reached their ultimatum of price. And 666 2-3 acres on the Little Banan river in Kentucky, on which the taxes have been regularly and fully paid, and to which a general warranty title will be made. The land is of excellent quality, and situated in a healthy and thickly settled neighborhood. Twelve months credit will be given to the purchaser of this tract of land. SAMUEL GREENHOW, February 25. (2tow 8ow tf.)
JAMES RIVER COMPANY. At a meeting of the President and Directors of the James river company on the 28th of February 1806, RESOLVED, that the Treasurer advertises that the company are desirous of contracting for a supply of meal for about fifty hands, until the 25th of December next, to be furnished at such terms and in such quantities as may be required, and that proposals will be received until the first day of April next. ROBERT POLLARD. (12A.)
NOTICE. THAT the first Wednesday in April next the Polls will be opened in the different wards for the election of Common Council Men for the City of Richmond; in Jefferson ward the Poll will be held at the Court House in the City of Richmond, and in Madison ward at the Eagle Tavern, and in Monroe ward at the house of Mr. Samuel Pointer. JAMES WHITEWELL Serjeant. March 4.