The enquirer (Richmond, Va.), 1805-09-27 00:00:00

THE subscribers respectfully inform their friends and the public, that they have commenced business in the house lately occupied by Mr. John Ayers...
They have on hand, an assortment of Stationery of excellent quality, to which additions are daily expected.
Orders from the town or country immediately attended to, and every article vendible by them warranted...
WM. H. FITZWHYLSOHN, WALTER POTTER. Richmond, Sept. 24, 1805.
ON EATING TUBS For Sale. THEY are made on the best construction, and will be sold low, either together or singly. Apply at the office of the Enquirer.
J. H. FASBENDER, LATELY FROM CHARLESTON, S. C. RESPECTFULLY informs the citizens of Richmond, and its vicinity, that he has commenced the WATCH-MAKING business...
GEORGE WILY, BROKER & COMMISSION MERCHANT, Near the Basin. BUYS and sells all kinds of Produce—Also, Lands, Loans, and Houses, Bank Stock, &c.
NOTICE. A Petition will be presented to the General Assembly of Virginia, at the next session, praying that an act may pass to incorporate a company for the purpose of cutting a Canal on the south side of the Falls of James River...
THOMAS NORVELL. August 23.—(45.) FOUR MILL STONES, OF ALL SIZES; AND 2 PLANTER OF PARIS, of an excellent quality.
WILLIAM DAVIDSON, near the Market. Dec. 4. NOTICE. THE subscriber desires those indebted to the former connection of BRANS & MACRAE, as regards the last year to discharge the same...
COLIN MACRAE. (cp2w.) NOTICE. THE Co-partnership of L. Joseph & Co. was dissolved by its limitation on the fourth day of the present month.
L. JOSEPH, J. B. KEERSHEEDT. L. JOSEPH, who will continue the business in his own name, informs the public, that on Tuesday and Wednesday the 9th and 25th of the present month...
L. JOSEPH. Sept. 17. NOTICE. BY virtue of a deed of trust, executed to me by John Kelso, to secure the payment of a debt due by him to John and William Bell...
BRENT TAYLOR, Trustee. Sept. 17. JOHN TOMPKINS, HAS just received a fresh supply of OLD COGNAC, a part of the same shipment as his former brand.
FOR SALE. A Likely Young Negro Fellow, who is a very good BRICK MAKER, (a moulder). Apply at the office of the Enquirer.
ELLIS & ALLAN. HAVE just received—88 bags COFFEE, 2 pipes OLD BRAZIL WINE of very superior quality, and 1 pipe COGNAC BRANDY, which they will sell low for cash or on a short credit.
VALUABLE LAND IN LOUISA COUNTY—FOR SALE. PURSUANT to a deed of Trust, executed by John Bingham, to secure the payment of 200 dollars...
ROBERT BELL, JOHN DUNSMURE, Trustees. August 30. BOLTING CLOTHS. A COMPLETE assortment of best Dutch Bolt- and Cloths, just received—for sale by M. & B. MYERS.
EDUCATION OF YOUNG LADIES, AT WILLIAMSBURG. N. B. The course of instruction will commence, on the 1st October, and no pupils can be engaged after the 15th of that month.
FEMALE Education, which, till lately, was too little attended to, appears now to have become an object universally interesting. In Europe it is not uncommon to consign one half of a young Lady's fortune to useful and ornamental accomplishments...
Impressed with the truth and importance of these considerations, Mr. and Mrs. Anderson have devoted a large portion of their time and attention to the establishment of a School for the general improvement of young ladies.
A regard for the interest and improvement of his native city, and a just attachment to its amiable and excellent society, together with a conviction of its being, for education in general, the most favourable situation of this and the neighbouring southern and western states, induce Mr. Anderson to the following observations.
N. B. The young ladies who have obtained permission of absence for a summer visit to their friends, are requested to be punctual in their return by the 1st October. September 13. (ep1m.)
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.
FOR SALE—BY THE SUBSCRIBER: OAT SUGAR, by the hhd. bbl. or single leaf, direct from Pennington's Manufactory, Philadelphia: GOAL and UPPER LEATHER, on moderate terms. MICAJAH DAVIS. 6th mo. 11th, '05. (ctf)
THE HIGHEST PRICE (IN CASH) WILL BE GIVEN AT THIS OFFICE FOR CLEAN LINEN & COTTON RAGS.
STRAYED OR STOLEN, FROM the subscriber—A light chestnut horse, MARE, 15 hands high, 4 years old last spring; has a star in her forehead, and a slip in the nose...
NATHAN GILBERT, near Winchester. Smithfield, Jefferson county, Sept. 13, 1805. FAIRFIELD RACES. A DINNER for a Large Company will be provided in the Long Dining Room, every day during the races...
HART & SOUTHGATE, Opposite the Hay Scales. Sept. 17. IN CHANCERY. John Profit, Randolph Profit, Jesse Profit, Rowland Profit, Elizabeth Profit and Nancy Profit, children of David Profit, dec'd...
ON the motion of the complainants by their attorneys, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court, that the defendants Wm. Jolin and Sally his wife, Joseph Wilcher and Susanna his wife, and David Profit, are not inhabitants of this state...
CONGRESSIONAL REGISTER. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. FRIDAY, JANUARY 31. DEBATE ON THE YAZOO CLAIMS. (CONTINUED.)
Mr. Lyon. After having taken a view of the subject now before the house during the last session in all its shapes and bearings, and after having, in a very ample and explicit manner, given the reasons which governed my vote at that time...
It appears that the purchasers when they found Georgia offering to cede those lands to the United States, gave warning and notice of their claims to the chief magistrate of the union, in consequence of which, or for some other cause, provision for a compromise with the claimants was made in the law which authorized the holding a treaty with Georgia...
the union to Natchez and New-Orleans, a road which in the present state of things is frequently infested with murderers and freebooters.
Nothing could be more surprising to me than the opposition, this, in my opinion, reasonable, necessary and profitable compromise has met with both last session and this. I say profitable because it takes not a cent out of the treasury nor from any other fund but the land itself...
In the course of this discussion, we who with the greatest difficulty in the nation, have been charged with an intention of committing a robbery which is far to exceed all the petty larcenies of the former administration...
From the drift of the speeches delivered by the member from Virginia, from his call for the post-master-general's report of a list of his contracts, and from the invitation he has given to an examination of that report...
The third time my name is mentioned in the June 12th page, and is from Hartford to Fort Mafiac, a distance of about 180 or 190 miles, for which 654 dollars 75 cents is paid...
This is the true history of the contracts, by which it is intimated that the post-master-general has bribed me. I never was bribed, fir, it is not all the lands and negroes my accuser owns that could tempt me to do a thing which honor or conscience dictated to me to avoid...
ral has deprived me of the benefit of the only profitable contract I ever made with the government, a contract made with his predecessor for which he very improperly in my opinion considered void on account of some words in it not being exactly conformant with the intention of the contracting parties...
I, fir, these charges have come from a person whose fortune, leisure and genius, have enabled him to obtain a great share of the wisdom of the schools, but who in years, experience and the knowledge of the world, and the ways of men, is many, many years behind those he implicates...
I, fir, have none of that pride, which sets men above being merchants, and dealers, the calling of a merchant, is in my opinion, equally dignified with that of a farmer or a manufacturer.
European Intelligence.
Table with 3 columns: COMBINED FLEETS, BRITISH SQUADRON, FRANCE AND SPAIN. Lists various naval vessels and their commanders.

The Editor of the Courier, (after remarking on Adm. Calder's victory) says—"It comes most seasonably too after the spirited Note of M. Novosiltzow to the Prussian Government. Perhaps it would be difficult to determine to which of the two Cabinets that Note does the most honour, the Russian or the British—it affords a perfect proof of the manly and decisive principles by which the former has been actuated—it furnishes a complete justification of the conduct of the latter. We now see how easily and how justly the Moniteur and the Opposition sneered at that guarded term of confidential intercourse and connection which the Minister made use of in speaking of our relations with Russia. We may now estimate the degree of confidence to be placed in the repeated assertions of the French official Papers, that we have no relations with the European Powers—we may now decide upon the weight and value of the charges brought by the Grenville and Fox parties, that we had lost all character and credit upon the Continent, and that the general belief and conviction of the European powers was, that we had entered into the present war from motives of mere self-interest. The Russian Note is the refutation of all the charges of the Opposition ; and to make use of a strong but coarse expression, has thrown them upon their backs. It is impossible that a Note could be couched in terms more honourable to the motives and conduct of Great Britain. Whilst the adversaries of the Minister were complaining that the French overture for peace has been treated with haughty contempt, it appears that we were urging Russia to conquer the obstacles she felt to a negotiation, and to make sacrifices for the restoration of Peace; whilst the Opposition were contrasting the pacific expressions of Bonaparte with our silence, it is now proved, that we affected pacific inclinations, whilst we felt them; that we had solicited the mediation of Russia, and evinced our readiness to make sacrifices and sacrifices for the re-establishment of general tranquility. It should seem as if Russia, always suspicious of the professions of Bonaparte, had adopted the principle of negotiation with no little reluctance. She makes no concession—the even refuses to receive passports on any condition than that of negotiating without any acknowledgment of the new title which Bonaparte had assumed."
"The solemn Declaration of Russia releases us at once from all those charges so often brought by the French Government, of wishing to involve the continent in war; it proves that the first use we made of a Continental Power, was not to extend the flames of war, but to restore peace—to carry the seat of hostilities to the Continent, but to make a great Continental Power the medium of putting an end to them; an object for which we were prepared, and willing to make great sacrifices. Every line of this most important State Paper, furnishes a proof of the moderation of Great Britain; and of the influence and hostility of France. It is impossible to state more simply, yet more strongly, or to place in a clearer light the two following facts:—the one, that immediately after the receipt of our answer to his overture, Bonaparte, assumed the title of King of Italy; a title which, "in itself, threw a new obstacle in the way of peace;" the other, that immediately after granting the passports for M. Novosiltzow, Bonaparte committed a fresh aggression in the seizure of Genoa; an act which, "instead of facilitating the restoration of peace was of a nature to annihilate the very grounds of peace."
"After such a decisive Note, it is impossible to believe that Russia will confine herself to a kind of negative hostility, to a war of words, but not of actions. We have no doubt that the signature of the Treaty of Subsidiary with this country, followed close upon the order for recalling M. Novosiltzow, and that Russia will immediately, if she has not already, declared war against France. It is understood that this decisive step of the Court of Peterburgh was not taken without some communication with Vienna:—It is certain that the measures of both assumed at once an aspect of more vigour and decision; for about the time that Russia sent off her dispatches to recall M. Novosiltzow, orders were issued by Austria for all the regiments to hold themselves in readiness, and for many of them to begin their march for Venice. We have little doubt, therefore, that in the measures which the Emperor of Russia may think proper to adopt, he will be cordially and heartily supported by Austria."
"But what will be the effect of this Note of the Russian Cabinet, and of this discomfiture and defeat of the grand expedition upon Bonaparte?—Those who have studied his character believe, that they will urge him to some rash and desperate enterprise. Could we view the workings of his mind upon reading Admiral Calder's dispatch and Novosiltzow's Note, we should no doubt see it convulsed by all the demons of rage and revenge—a perfect paroxysm . If he suspects that Austria has connected herself with Russia, he will immediately attack her, and we shall not be surprised to receive, by the next accounts from Italy, intelligence of a French army having made an irruption into the Venetian States. It was rumoured indeed last night that France had actually commenced hostilities. But it is against England that Bonaparte's rage will be the most excited, because he knows that we defy him, and he feels that if the Continent is to be reclaimed from his hands, it will owe its rescue to the example which has been set by the vigour, the perseverance, the constancy, and the courage of Great Britain. If ever he entertained any serious design of sending his fleet to sea, he will send them to sea now—not because the chances of success are greater than they were; for otherwise; but because he will feel the necessity of making some desperate attempt, to turn the attention of his subjects from the defeat of his West India expedition. One of the Dutch papers that arrived the night before last contains an extract from another paper, which boasts that"
"Napoleon I. will no longer delay the execution of his grand plan; he will send out the Expedition against England, and compel that kingdom to make a separate peace, because the powers of the Continent can join the fame. Probably the Dutch will have the preference, and the game begin from their ports. At Montauban a telegraph is erecting, "on a high mountain, by which the French, while employed on the Channel, will receive intelligence from the North, with the celerity of lightning. That Napoleon I. has foreseen the possibility of a great and sudden change in the disposition of the Powers of the Continent, and that he has determined, at the same time, to be beforehand with them, by an unexpected blow against England, is sufficiently evident from his return from Italy, no less "speedily than unperceived."
"The Dutch Editor makes this short but emphatic remark upon this paper, that, "time will show how far the writer of it is in the secret." But it would have been the better observation to have said that time would show its truth or falsehood; for the Dutch Editor would not have dared to insert the paragraph, unless it had come to him from some one in the secret."
"The increased activity in all the Dutch and French ports, seems to show that something will
at length be attempted. The Pensionary Schimmelpennick, is gone to the Dutch Camp at Zeist, to review the troops before they break up for embarkation at Helvoet and the Helder. Ship-wrights and artificers are removed from port to port to complete the preparations in each. Our Deal letter of this morning mentions, that every thing is on the alert on the coast. From two to three hundred of the Boulogne flotilla have come into the outer roads in apparent readiness for sailing."
Extracts from London papers of the 2d and 7th continued.
We mentioned some weeks ago an intention on the part of France, to extend its northern boundary. We understand this plan had for its object, to divide Holland with another power; the latter to have North Holland, Rotterdam included, and to this was to be added the whole of Hanover; Bonaparte to have South Holland—The Meuse to be the boundary between them, but to belong to France.
A letter has been written to the Lords of the admiralty, complaining of the depredations committed on the British commerce by the enemy's privateers cruising off the coast of America, the following answer was yesterday returned to the merchants by the secretary of the admiralty:
"Having laid before my Lords Commissioners of the admiralty, your letter of the 22d inst. respecting the danger to which the British commerce is exposed on the coasts of South Carolina and Georgia from the great number of French and Spanish privateers cruising there, I am commanded by their Lordships to acquaint you, that they have sent a copy of your letter to vice-admiral Sir Andrew Mitchell, and directed him to take the necessary measures for the protection of the trade on that part of the coast. I am, gentlemen, your very humble servant, "WM. MARSDEN,"
It is confirmed that marshal Lannes is appointed to command one of the divisions of the army of England; it is to be called the van-guard of the expedition.
Admiral Milsnes, who was said to be in disgrace, has resigned the command of the Rochefort squadron, on account of ill health, and his successor has already commenced his functions. His excellency count Cobentzel, ambassador of his imperial Austrian majesty has returned to Paris.
A letter from Madrid, of the 20th of June states, "his majesty has had an attack of an oppression on his chest, to which he has long been subject; but two bleedings, taken in time, relieved him considerably, and he is now perfectly recovered. When the Prince of Peace was informed by the Queen of the Monarch's indisposition, his excellency went to the camp at Aranjuez."
From London, July 28, 1805. "You will have heard of some late decisions in prize causes, and learn that this government is rigidly enforcing the law of nations, as to neutrals interfering in the Colonial trade of the enemy. Voyages from the enemy's colony must terminate in the neutral countries to which the vessels belongs. Goods imported from such colonies, and destined for the enemy's countries in Europe, or from these countries for the colonies, must not go on in the same bottoms; and there must not appear any intention of having imported them for such destination. Under existing regulations, vessels cannot come from the enemy's colonies to this country, for example, from Havanna to Cowes." (Mer. Adv.)
From a London Paper, July 31. "Accounts from Genoa of the 23d of June, say, "yesterday morning the princess Eliza, and other distinguished personages, went on board the Pomo-na, commanded by Jerome Bonaparte. They were saluted on their arrival and departure by a double discharge of artillery. Jerome is reconciled to the Emperor his brother."
"The princess Eliza exerted herself very much to effect this reconciliation. Jerome, according to report, will shortly be made archduke of Genoa."
Letters received in Boston, on Friday last, from several intelligent American gentlemen in Bordeaux, speak in language of seriousness, that from the measures of the French government, which were then taking place on the sea coast, there was every appearance that the long talked of Invasion of England, would take place in the course of this summer. The Emperor was hastening his journey to Boulogne—Moorings were preparing at Cherbourg for the shipping—Immense bodies of troops were marching to the coast; and the flotilla, in every direction, in movement. (Boston paper.)
COMBINED FLEET.
By an arrival at Plymouth, from Bilbao, advices are said to be received, informing that Admiral Calder was off Ferrol, on the 12th August; and had heard nothing of the combined fleets since the engagement with them. If this news be correct, and that also, which has been received from Lisbon, stating, that previous to the 7th August the combined French and Spanish fleet had left Vigo, they must have proceeded in a direction where they would be likely to fall in with Lord Nelson, who was off Cape St. Vincents on the 28th July standing towards Ferrol. Ib.
Extract of a letter dated Tunis, April 14, 1805. "Tunis at this moment exhibits a scene of misery and distress (occasioned by famine) beyond any description. The mountaineers feed on the few herbs which the country affords, and many, as the only means to support life, on the putrifying carcases of famished animals. The streets are crowded with naked bedouins, rendered ferocious by despair, whose importunate clamors call for charity, and not only render it painful, but even dangerous for a christian to walk out. These are not evils inflicted by Heaven, they originate in the avarice and despotism of the government, and still civil commotion has not reared her standard. Our public affairs have been in so critical a situation for some time as not to render the decision of peace or war for one week certain."
BOSTON, September 14.
LATE FROM FRANCE. By captain Bradford, arrived yesterday from Bordeaux, we have received French papers, to the 1st August. Their contents have principally, been anticipated in the English papers. The Republic of Lucca, had been erected into a Principality, with BONAPARTE's brother-in-law, the Prince of Prombino, at its head. On the 5th July, the Emperor and King, exercised two regiments of troops at Turin, from 3 o'clock in the morning until nine; then jumped into a carriage with the Empress; breakfasted at the convent on Mount Cenis; left there at 3 o'clock P. M. and arrived at Fontainebleau, the 11th at 9 o'clock in the morning; after a journey of 80 hours. He passed incog. as Minister of the Interior. The Empress supported the journey infinitely well.— Moniteur. He was preparing to visit Boulogne.
Capt. Coleworth, from Lisbon, favored us with an extract of a letter mentioning, that the combined fleets went into Vigo on the 27th of July. Captain C. heard, just before his departure from Lisbon, (Aug. 7) that the fleets had failed again. Ib.
Russia and France.—We learn by capt. Inglee, from Peterburgh, that war was much talked of there, and that a fleet was equipping. At C-
penhagen on the 22d July, it was informed by a respectable merchant of the unfavorable issue of Novosiltzow's mission; that the Russians had become extremely jealous of the French; and that he thought it very probable a declaration of war would be immediately made by Alexander against Napoleon. Boston Paper.
Capt. Cook, arrived at New-York, from Hu-1, informs, that on the 7th Aug. in lat. 41, 4, long. 17, he was brought too and boarded by the Tiger, of 74 guns, in co. with 11 sail of the line of Lord Nelson's fleet, in pursuit of the French and Spanish combined fleet. Ib.
COMBINED FLEET.
By an arrival at Plymouth, from Bilbao, advices are said to be received, informing, that Admiral CALDER was off Ferrol, on the 12th August; and had heard nothing of the combined fleets since his engagement with them. If this news is correct, and that also, which has been received from Lisbon, stating, that previous to the 7th August, the combined French and Spanish fleets had left Vigo, they must have proceeded in a direction where they would be likely to fall in with Lord Nelson, who was off Cape St. Vincents on the 28th July standing towards Ferrol. Bos. Gaz.
FROM FRANCE.
By Capt. BRADFORD, from Bordeaux, we have been favored with French papers to the 2d of August.
TALLEYRAND returned to Paris from Italy, on the 19th of July.
The publication of two Bordeaux papers has been suspended by government, for publishing incorrect naval news.
The two last Senators of Genoa, have been appointed French Senators.
LEBRUN is appointed Governor General of Genoa—Abrial is appointed to organize the Italian Judiciary according to the "Napoleon Code."
The number of indigent persons assisted at Paris, by the charitable institutions, in the year 12 of the Republic, was 28795.—The population of Paris is reckoned at 5,000,000. Bos. Pal.
HOSTILE FLEETS.
The French and Spanish combined fleets were at Vigo, the 27th July. On the 28th Lord Nelson was off Cape St. Vincents, standing to the northward. The distance about 900 miles. Vigo is a port well calculated for a second exhibition of the battle of the 1st August, 1798. Had the combined fleet tarried but a short time there, we no doubt, should have had to record another brilliant naval affair. But we learn, by captain Coleworth, from Lisbon, that previous to the 7th August, information had been received, that the fleet had left Vigo. (Boston Paper.)
Lord NELSON's fleet was spoken August 11, in lat. 41, 1, long. 17, a short distance to the southward and westward of Vigo; probably bound for that place. Ib.
An expedition is fitting out at Great Britain, to be commanded by Gen. BAIRD.
We understand that the Perseverance , from Marlyelles, after passing Gibraltar fell in with a frigate from that place, the commander of which mentioned that the Combined Fleet put into Vigo after the battle with Ad. CALDER; and that four of their ships of the line were missing. Of Carthagena, the Perseverance passed a British squadron of four sail of the line. Bos. Pal.
The prospect of a rupture between France and Russia, will probably either cause the long-threatened expedition against England to be dispatched immediately, or the design to be abandoned for the present. The London editors speak confidently of its having the first effect. NAPOLEON, they say, vainly flattering himself with success, calculates that the conquest of England, will adjust all differences on the continent! Ib.
Captain Burgess of the ship Magnet from Liverpool, informs us that he was boarded on his passage by a British frigate, and informed that Lord Nelson had fallen in with a French fleet and captured 5 sail of the line. N. Y. Paper.
WEST-INDIES.
On the first of August, general Sir David Baird, attended by his aids de camps, captains Tucker and Gordon, set out from the St. Alban's Hotel, for Portsmouth, where he is immediately to embark with some troops, which are to proceed from thence to Cork, where Sir David will take the command of the troops which have been collected there under Sir Eyre Coote. The object of this expedition is reported to be the Cape of Good Hope.
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.
We have received a despatch, taken before Mr. Consul Hill, at Havanna, of two respectable Spanish merchants, declaring that the port of Matanzas, in the island of Cuba, to be a port of entry, on the same footing as Havanna; and where neutral vessels are admitted the same as at Havanna. (Boston paper.)
COLLEGIATE HONORS.
At Cambridge, (Mass.) forty seven young gentlemen received the degree of Bachelor of Arts. In the university of North-Carolina, four young gentlemen have been admitted to the same degree. In Columbia College, (N. Y.) the degree of Bachelor of Arts has been conferred on twenty young gentlemen, and the degree of Master of Arts on two gentlemen.
At Dartmouth College, the degree of Bachelor of Arts has been conferred on thirty young gentlemen, and the degree of Master of Arts on fourteen gentlemen. The degree of Doctor of Laws on William Paterson of New-Jersey, John Langdon of New-Hampshire, and Stephen R. Bradley of Vermont.
The same degree has been conferred on Barnabas Bicknell of Massachusetts, by the college at Providence.
NAVY AFFAIRS.
We understand considerable activity prevails in the Navy Department of the United States. Orders we believe have been given to put a respectable force in a state of preparation. We have hopes speedily to hear the old music of the axe and the hammer in our vicinity. We learn, that two Bomb-Ketches, and two more gun boats are building at Newburyport and Portland. (Bos. paper.)
Port of Salem, Sept. 14.
Arrived, the brig Decatur , capt. Jones, of and from Bath, (Maine). The Decatur was detained on the 5th inst. by a water-spout, 4 days after she failed. In her came a sailor named Grisdley Lewis, who declares that he belonged to Hingham; that he was impressed from a brig Hannah , of Newburyport, capt. Wm. W. home on board the British sloop of war Indian , Capt. Austin, about six weeks from Halifax, which when she failed from that place, had only 34 men on board, and that during the time he was on board the Indian , which was one month, there were pressed on board said ship Americans and others enough to make up 185 men—that there were as many as 60 impressed Americans while he was on board; and that he saw as many as thirty women's protections, taken from Americans, tore up before their eyes, and then "damning them and their country too,"—that when he left the Indian he had in tow the ship Ocean , from England, that had been captured, sent in there, tried and released; but capt. Austin said that he could condemn her in Halifax, where he was bound!
BOSTON, September 18.  British Piracy again! —We hear that Capt. Doane, late of the brig Brook , owned by Messrs. Bradburys of this town, arrived here yesterday from England, and informs that 45 sail of American vessels had been sent in and detained in English ports previous to his sailing for America. Democrat.
NEW-YORK, September 16.
Capt. Lee, of the brig Suffex informs us, that as he was coming into Sandy Hook on Friday he saw the British frigate Cleopatra bring to a long deeply laden ship, board her and stand off with her. He supposes she was captured. Mer. Adv.
By captain Rea, of the ship Hero , from Madeira, we are informed, that on the 12th Sept. in lat. 40, long. 69, he spoke the ship Enterprize , Thompson, 29 day from Bordeaux, for New-York, having been captured off Long Island, by a British sloop of war, having a prize master, crew on board, and bound for Halifax. Ib.
The brig Sally , capt. Burr, from New York, for Kingston, Jamaica, was captured in sight of Turks Island, by the Remnee, French privateer schooner, capt. Convia, and sent into Barracoa, where she was stripped of her sails, rigging, cables, anchors, &c. &c. Ib.
FROM THE TRUE AMERICAN.
Mr. Bradford, We have had some alarm in the country lately, from a report of the existence of an extremely venomous worm, whose bite is said to be mortal. This reptile is of the size of the potato worm, or rather smaller, of a green colour, and feeds exclusively on the Lombardy Poplar leaf—its sting and bite, I have heard, have already caused the death of two gentlemen, one in 3 hours, the other in 6, as well as that of a Cat, exposed as an experiment, and who died in three or four hours! Query—Have any Naturalists or others heard of this worm? If so, will they be good enough to communicate it.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.
The following is an official statement of all the bills drawn by the American minister to satisfy the claims adjusted under the Louisiana convention, up to the 3d of July, 1805; after which, it is probable, a suspension of further drawing for a month will have taken place, owing to the absence of the French minister of the Treasury, who had gone to Italy.
   TO WHOSE ORDER. LIVRES. DATES.     P. W. Livingston 106,808.40 1805.   John Townshend 85,101.95   Do. 9,726.88   Do. Transferee of Henry Sadler 713,643.40   Peter Torris 769,827.13 May 3, 4, 6 & 23   John Sinclair 63,457.96   Geo. Lynham 93,037.18   Henry Jackson 30,918.93 May 23   Francois Robert 22,191. 2   Do. 14,003.73   John Greenleaf 9,165.89   Vidal and Co. 75,993.91   Baquenaut & Co. transferees of Jas. Ducupley 34,436.70 May 29   Le Ray de Chaumont 108,054.73   Stephen Dutelle 3,951.69   John Blagge 523,486.43   Bickley and Clarke 43,180.92   Murray and Mumford 17,431.75   Smith and Ridgway 40,605. 4   Do. 73,306.83   Do. 93,820.17   Jas. C. Mountflorece, transferee of Danl. Hedges 8,589.28 May 30   J. C. Mountflorece, transferee of Anthony Butler 1,351.40   J. C. Mountflorece, transferee of Anthony Butler 1,304   Felix Helie, transferee of Ch. Kiquault 3,467.68 May 29   Barthelemy Cabarrus 8,517.79   Fenwick Mason and Co. 99,987.11   Peter Gilma 101,218.78 May 30   Joseph White & Robert Stone 19,615.95   Christian Mayer, representing Valeck & Co. 30,173.42   Joseph White & William Kemball 2,725.50   —Brunau 2,203.52   John Orne, repres'g Wm. R. Lee, Jos. Wilson & J. Sewall 126,283.38   Jno. Holmes & Ch. Ghfquier 76,453.81 May 29   L. Honore Guerlain 96,541.47 May 30   Lorin 175,972.50   Jas. Swan, transferee of Jas. Crawford and Jno. Donaldson 47,391.72 June 4   John Orne repres'g Samuel Smith 49,766.40   John Orne, repres'g Joseph Howard 144,363.92   David Tilden 27,000.00 May 30   Do. 80,159.52 June 4   Moses Myers 219,818.54   John Marraft 58,367.19   Stephen Higginson and Wm. Parsons 48,117.75 June 8   Abner Wood 17,380.20   Debora Stewart, ex'k of gen. W. Stewart 21,736.77 June 13   E. Kendall & Jon. Ingersoll, adm'r's of P. Hammond, jun. 6,064.87   Benjamin Wilson 8,518.58 June 8   William Betts 23,609.80 June 13   David Spear 9,388.87   Wm. Prestman and Abm. M. Caufland 73,417.4   Nathaniel West 5,472.59   Rob. Patton, transferee of John. Barney 50,589.4   Rd. Satter & J. Sheafe 76,908.98   Jno. Carriere & Wm. Wyse 36,598.8   Geo. Frost Blount 10,744.60   Jon. Tlicomb 83,932.38   Henry Hodge 29,174.63   John Leamey 61,446.80   John Peters 2,637.77   Geo. Dunham 9,398.15   Ludwig Dupanquier 75,549.98   Pett and Bayard 199,728.10   Do. 57,859.63   Wm. & Jos. Bell and Jos. Watson 5,147.55  
NORFOLK, Sept. 21.
A respectable commercial house in this place has politely favored us with the following interesting extract of a letter from its correspondent, dated
"London July 30, 1805."
"A decision has lately taken place before the lords of appeal here, which may be very interesting to you to be acquainted with, as materially affecting the trade of Americans, and indeed of other neutrals with French and Spanish Colonies, particularly in the West-Indies—In the case alluded to, it was laid down as a principle by their lordships, that the neutral has no right to bring a cargo from our enemy's colony to our enemy's port in Europe in the same bottom, although such cargo should be landed in America and the duties paid upon it there, which was actually done with the cargo in question. It may therefore be now considered, that our admiralty court has determined rigidly to enforce the doctrine, and that in future it will be necessary in order to secure the neutrality of property shipped under such circumstances as to lay it down in America and re-ship it by another vessel for Europe, for you will observe, that whilst the cargo and vessel continue the same, the principles laid down continues in all its force, and the court would feel justified in referring a continuity of the voyage. Whereas by re-shipping in another vessel, the voyage is completely changed, and a new one commences. It is uncertain whether this principle will be applied to the settlements of the European powers in the East-Indies, which have hitherto been considered distinct from the colonies, 't until its operation is clearly ascertained. I should not advise any of

friends to risk a cargo from thence to Europe, unless the bottom was previously changed."
Some years since, it was decided by Sir William Scott, judge of the admiralty of England, that the produce of an enemy being landed in a neutral port, become of course neutralized; and could be exported to the mother country of the colony, or vice versa, which produced it. But it appears from recent events, that the subject has been investigated in a higher tribunal (in the case of the Essex,) and in consequence a new decision has been given by Judge Scott. In the case of the Essex, Doane, tried July 22, 1805, the following was the sentence of the court: "The rule of law on voyages of this kind, is now, after much deliberation laid down by an authority which will bind me, that the circumstances of landing the goods, or securing the duties do not furnish complete evidence of the termination of the voyage. It is necessary, and must be proved that the original intention was that the ship go to the country to which she belonged. If it does appear that the original intention was, that the ship should go to the neutral country merely for the purpose of touching there, & immediately pursuing her voyage, that will not protect the vessel. It must be treated upon the footing of one continued voyage from the colony of the enemy to the mother country. It is only necessary to consider whether the circumstances of this case are such which lead to the unavoidable conclusion, that it was the intention of the party to pursue this voyage from Martinique to the port of Antwerp. I am of opinion that there is conclusive proof of that. From what has been stated, it appears that the ship came to Boston, that part of the goods were landed, her bottom cleaned; that she immediately pursued her voyage to Antwerp, and that this was under a charter party before the ship quitted Boston. It has been said by Dr. Lawrence, that that might not be for the same cargo; but when I find the fact to be, that the same cargo was actually put on board, I think there is enough to convince me, that it was originally intended to carry the cargo on to Europe. I am therefore under the necessity of respecting that authority, and pursuing the same course of decision, but the other property that was put on board at Boston must be considered with a more favourable view, and I shall restore that part according to the schedule."
* Value about £. 1000.
AN INTERESTING CASE.—The following is a copy of a letter from Mr. S. Williams, the late owner of the Essex, of Salem, dated
"London June 22, 1805."
"Sir,
"I am sorry to inform you, that on a hearing of the case of the Essex this day, the lords of appeal affirmed the sentence of condemnation pronounced by the vice-admiralty court. The court was not satisfied that it was not your intention, at the commencement of the voyage to send the vessel to Havana with Spanish produce."
The case of the Essex was as follows:—She had taken in a cargo at Barcelona (three or four years since) under orders to proceed from thence to Calcutta; but owing to the impossibility of procuring there the specie necessary for the fulfilment of the object, the master ventured to return to America, and the cargo was landed in Salem; but it was afterwards, under the idea of its being completely neutralized, re-shipped, and the vessel sailed with it for Havana. On this 2d voyage, the Essex was taken and sent into N. Providence, where vessel and cargo were condemned. The decree, however, was provisionally reversed in England, requiring in the mean time the owner to produce proofs that the cargo was not originally intended for the Havana. Documents were therefore forwarded, supposed fully to establish this proof; and among them, the letters of the captain, stating his difficulties, and the necessity of going counter to his orders by returning to America, instead of proceeding to Calcutta. Notwithstanding this, we see the lords of appeals have affirmed the sentence of condemnation in the V. A. court. What makes this decision the more important and alarming, is, the principle constantly acted upon by our merchants, that property imported into America, and landed, might afterwards be legitimately exported to the dominions of the same power from whom they were originally brought; and in this precedent we presume, now a vast amount of American capital; which, upon the principle adopted by the lords of appeal, is in danger of being the same fate with the Essex.
Extract of a letter from Williamsburg. "I was truly pleased to see by the last Enquirer, how much sensibility was excited among the citizens of Richmond, by the safe return of the American captives from Tripoli: Our emotions here were equally great; a number of citizens having assembled, on the day when the officers from the Mediterranean passed through this place, to testify their joy for their arrival—After a convivial dinner, the following toasts and songs, hastily prepared for the occasion, were given."
TOASTS.
1. Bainbridge—The brave commander of the frigate Philadelphia, which in chase of an enemy, struck on a rock and fell into the hands of the Bey of Tripoli, who immediately made slaves of her whole crew.
2. The Officers and men of the Philadelphia—Who bore with firmness, nineteen months of close confinement in the dungeons of Tripoli without repining.
3. Decatur—whose indignation burst like the lightning of heaven on the Barbary pirates, and crushed their short-lived triumph over the misfortune of the Philadelphia, by burning the ill-fated frigate immediately under the guns of their batteries.
4. Somers—and those gallant heroes who perished under the walls of Tripoli, a self-devoted sacrifice to their country's glory.
5. Pybelle—as daring in executing, as skilful in concealing his plans, whose cannon made the tyrant of Tripoli tremble, by battering the walls of his castle about his ears.
6. Eaton—whose sword so gloriously cut its way by land to the liberation of his countrymen, and made the Tripolitan think himself safe on no side from the Americans.
7. Lear—our consul at Algiers, whose enlightened humanity, seized the moment of the Barbarian's consideration to rescue the gallant captives from the horrors of confinement, and the danger of a tyrant's caprice and cruelty.
SONG.
Tune "Life let it cherish."
Come, let's rejoice, And each patriotic heart, With convivial voice, It's glow impat.
America beholds once more, Her sons approach their native shore; Who late on Afric's burning coast, Seemed to their country lost.
Come let's rejoice, &c.
Made prisoners in an adverse hour, They brav'd a savage tyrant's power; And patient in their decay's cell, They bore a martyr's will.
Come let's rejoice, &c.
Now rescued from the dungeon's gloom, To join their friends once more they come; With transport whilst the news we learn, We'll hail their safe return.
Come let's rejoice, &c.
September 13, 1805.
FREDERICKSBURG, September 20.
On Tuesday evening arrived in this town, captain BAINBRIDGE—The Spotsylvania troop of Cavalry, under the command of Captain Crutchfield, accompanied by the Mayor and a number of citizens and other civil and military officers, met him a few miles from the town; and upon being congratulated on his safe return to his country, and requested in the name of the citizens of Fredericksburg, to partake of a public dinner, the next day; he left the stage and proceeded on horseback, with the escort to town, which they reached about 9 o'clock. His arrival was announced by the discharge of 17 guns from the field piece under the direction of Captain Parke, and was welcomed by repeated acclamations of his friends and countrymen. Never have we witnessed on any former occasion such general joy; the streets were crowded and the houses handsomely illuminated. The next morning the following letter was addressed by Capt. Bainbridge to Col. H. Mercer, in answer to the congratulations on the preceding night. "Fredericksburg, Sept. 18th, 1805."
"Sir,
The very polite and friendly effort which the Spotsylvania troop, and the Militia of Fredericksburg gave to me last evening into this town, claims my warmest thanks, which I take the liberty to tender through you.
The welcome reception which the citizens of Fredericksburg, and of the other parts of Virginia which I have passed through, have given to myself and Officers after a long captivity, proves to us the sympathy our countrymen, must have had in our sufferings. I wish you Sir, to assure the citizens of Fredericksburg, that their attention is highly esteemed, and I beg them to accept in behalf of myself and Officers our best wishes for their prosperity.
I have the honor to be, Most respectfully, Your obed't Serv't, Wm. BAINBRIDGE."
"Col. MERCER."
On Wednesday at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, a numerous and respectable company sat down to a handsome dinner at the Town-Hall—Doctor G. FRENCH, Mayor of the town, acted as President, and Col. H. MERCER, as Vice-President. General Wm. WASHINGTON, of South Carolina, politely accepted an invitation to join the company. The following toasts were drunk, and the day was spent in the utmost harmony and conviviality.
1st. The late glorious treaty of peace with Tripoli—which restores our captive fellow-citizens to the bosoms of their families, and to the wishes of their country.
2d. The people of the United States—their rights shall be respected by all nations.
3d. The Congress of the United States—may it always look back to the source from which it emanates.
4th. The President of the United States—whose enlightened administration, bath for its objects, the honor and prosperity of our infant nation.
5th. The Vice-President of the United States—the patriot in those times "which tried men's souls."
6th. Israel, Somers, and Wadsworth—their memories dear to their country; their examples imitative of the noblest deeds of heroism.
7th. The chains of the captive—the kindling gratitude of Americans shall convert them into never-dying wreaths to encircle the Hero's brow.
8th. Here Captain Bainbridge arose and in a very animated manner, addressed himself to the company as follows, which was answered by the repeated plaudits and 3 cheers of the company. "Gentlemen, In the name of the officers and crew of the Philadelphia frigate; I sincerely thank you for your kind remembrance of us, and I beg leave to assure my countrymen, that we shall always consider it as our highest honor to merit their approbation."
9th. The American navy—the protection of our foreign relations; the security of our internal prosperity.
10th. Commodore, Barron, Rogers, and Preble—with their Compeers in the Mediterranean service.
11th. The memory of Gen. George Washington—the laurel shall wave over his tomb 'till time shall be no more.
12th. Spain—may she soon feel her own infelicity and be taught to respect the rights of nations.
13th. John Page—Governor of Virginia.
14th. James Monroe—the honest statesman and the virtuous man.
15th. The agricultural and commercial interests—may they long continue to flourish in mutual dependence on each other.
16th. The American fair—their smiles will reward the defenders of their country.
17th. The American tars—the gratitude of their country will stimulate their exertions in her defence.
18th. The oppressed throughout the world—soon may they
Wrench from oppression's hand, the Iron Rod, And make the cruel feel the pains they give."
VOLUNTEERS.
By Captain Bainbridge.—May the prosperity of the citizens of Fredericksburg equal their hospitality.
By General Washington.—A pleasant journey and a safe return home, to our brethren lately in captivity at Tripoli.
Captain B. having retired.
The President.—Capt. Bainbridge.
Gen. Washington having retired.
The Vice-President.—General Wm. Washington
Major Day.—Universal peace.
Captain Crutchfield.—Liberty and Unanimity.
Lieut. Randolph.—Tobias Lear.—The successful negotiator—Millions for defence not a cent for tribute.
John T. Lomax, Esq.—The heroes of '76—They shall live in their descendants.
Robert Patton, Esq.—Liberty to all the sons of Adam, from the rising to the setting Sun.
Dr. Brooke.—The memory of those who died in the defence of the Rights of Man.
Capt. Parke.—The memory of Dr. Franklin.
WASHINGTON, September 23.
We have received the official account of the proceedings of the Court of Enquiry in the case of Capt. Bainbridge, which shall appear at length in our next paper. The following is the result of the Enquiry: "The Court having deliberated on the evidence deduced from the testimony of the witnesses, heard in this case, are decidedly of opinion that Captain WILLIAM BAINBRIDGE acted with fortitude and conduct in the loss of his ship, the U. S. frigate Philadelphia, on the 31st Oct. 1805, and that no degree of censure should attach itself to him from that event."
Nat. Intell.
On Saturday the citizens of Washington gave Capt. Bainbridge an elegant DINNER, in testimony of the sense they entertain of his merits, and of their sympathy in his sufferings. The warm welcome, so universally given our gallant countrymen, will be to them the highest evidence of national gratitude and affection.
LEXINGTON, (Ky.) September 3.
Appointments by the President.
John Breckinridge, Esq. Attorney General for the United States.
John Coburn, Esq. judge of the Territory of Orleans.
From Vincennes we learn, that Benjamin Parke, Esq. is elected member of congress for the Indiana Territory.
We also learn that the Canal company have been incorporated; and it is said they will go into immediate operation as a Banking Company.
Col. B. who has been residing upon the theatre of American politics, had given him a reputation of no ordinary distinction, left Lexington on Wednesday last. We have been frequently asked, why we have paid such attention in noticing the movements of Mr. Burr since his arrival in the Western Country.
The latter part of his political career, fraught, perhaps, with a degree of duplicity, which can never be satisfactorily defended, has made him an object of attention wherever he has travelled. His talents for intrigue, re-considered as unrivalled in America, and his disposition doubted but by few.
It was yesterday reported, and this morning we are told from a correct source, that the late Spanish Intendant, Morales, has received orders from his court to sell all the vacant lands in East and West Florida, and it is said sales will be immediately made, even of lands within the boundary claimed by the U. States. (Orleans Gazette, August 3.)
The Enquirer.
RICHMOND, 27th SEPTEMBER.
VINDICATION OF MR. JEFFERSON.
No. VI.
TO THOMAS TURNER.
I have pursued you through all the various charges, which you have brought forward against Mr. Jefferson's conduct during the revolution, with all that indignation and pity which ignorance and prejudice so eminently deserve. At each step of my investigation, I find the character of the criminal rising upon my view, whilst the character of his persecutor is rapidly descending, below the horizon. You have undertaken a task, Sir, which is above the strength of mortal man to accomplish; the task of upholding the most irresistible truths; but you have discharged that office with an imprudence and imbecility, which would disgrace the meanest logician. In the face of the American people you have pronounced the most refutable charges against the most elevated character in our country, without a single document to give them colouring; without having a single witness whom you could dare to name.
I know not what else will be made upon you by the authenticated records & the respectable witnesses which I have produced. I have no doubt that the same bitterness of passion which led you into error, will prompt you to deny the refutation; but upon my mind the conclusion is indelibly fixed that this body of evidence is too great to be refuted, and that there is not a single trait of truth in the accusations which you have suggested. Your political friends, Sir, may admire the extraordinary zeal which prompted you to the encounter; but even they must ridicule the feebleness of the champion, who aimed the blow. You accused Mr. Jefferson of basely deserting his post in the hour of danger. When Arnold made his attack upon Manchester, you represented the governor of Virginia flying before his troops with an unwar-rantable timidity. We have proved that so far from flying, he remained in the very face of the danger; that so far from deserting his post, he displayed an uncommon activity in preserving the military stores and the public records. You repeat the same fallacious tale when you come to speak of Tarleton's inuendos: you place the refutation of Mr. Jefferson upon the public records, when these records expressly contradict it; and in the full use of your poetical licence, you unhorse him in the very path of the enemy and in the neighbourhood of Monticello, when he has peacefully retired to his estate in Bedford. You represent him as a dastardly coward who wants both the spirit of a man and the energy of an officer, when there is scarcely an act of his private life, scarce a measure of his public administration, which does not make it a matter of doubt, whether he has been most wise in the selection of his ends, or most resolute in the prosecution of his expedients.
You would have erred, Sir, in expecting from Mr. Jefferson those brilliant feats of chivalry, those extravagant effusions of passion, those pompous boasts of courage, which distinguish some men in the active scenes of life. Mr. Jefferson is neither a Thrase nor a Panapate; his literary pursuits have raised him above the military achievements of the one, and rendered unnecessary the pompous pretensions of the other. He was not educated in the Etoile militaire, but amid the shades of academic bowers. His pursuits have led him into the retirement of his closet and not into the bustle of life. Cut off from all those little interests which agitate the mind and force men into collision with each other, he has been fortunate enough to avoid the disgusting scenes of contention, and when those occasions have rarely occurred, his cool and philosophic temper has enabled him to subdue his own feelings or direct the passions of others. Had you taken the trouble to have extended your enquiries into Mr. Jefferson's early life, you would have heard the companions of his youth asserting the integrity of his character: you would have found that in suppressing a riot in Gloucester occasioned by the crew of a vessel, he showed a presence of mind which would have been worthy of a more dignified cause. Had you viewed his public measures with impartiality, instead of listening to a "thousand" nameless "witnesses," you would have found him employing every exertion which his situation admitted, for the good of his country, and in the high office which he at present fills, surpassing even your most favourite statesmen in the importance of his services. If, Sir, you have found any better proof of the energy of an officer than the success of his measures, you would perhaps render a substantial service to your friends by divulging the discovery.
It is time then, Sir, that you should exchange situations with the illustrious patriot whom you have abused. With your eyes open to all the consequences of your proceeding, you have placed him at the bar of perjury and infamy, and it is time that your own experience should teach you the consequences of your passionate impeachment. I therefore charge you in the name of the violated majesty of truth, with gross ignorance or wilful misrepresentation. I charge you not with one error alone, for that might have been pardoned to the inevitable frailty of the understanding, but with a long series of assertions, which are neither supported by the majesty of truth nor sanctioned by the dignity of virtue. It is then time, since not even your own name nor the confidence of your opinions can relieve you from your embarrassment, that you should summon "the oldest and most respectable inhabitants of Richmond" to come forth in your behalf. In issuing these subpoenas you would do well to take the advice of an opponent. Call no man to vouch for your assertions, whose evidence may be brought into contempt, by the obvious impurity of his motives. Above all avoid the aid of such citizens, as have not forgotten their resentment to Mr. Jefferson for the loss of a place, and such foreigners as have not yet forgotten their attachment to the king of Great Britain.
Until you shall exonerate yourself from these charges, I shall pause in my researches. Until these are completely wiped away, you can scarcely hope that the other parts of your attack will be entitled to respect, or that the world will demand a vindication. It would be injustice to the author to suppose that his work was unequal in its parts;
Spiritus iustus alet, toramque infusa per artus
Mens agitat molem, et magno se corpore miscet.
Omnium inhabitat, una diffususque fuit
Vixitque in large limbo, et minget scilicet umbra.
The same spirit pervades even the minutest ramifications: the same boldness of affection without proof, the same pertinacity of temper without discretion. To this unfortunate predicament, are you therefore reduced: either you must undertake the unenviable task of answering charges against yourself which are recorded in the indelible lines of truth, or you must suffer the charges which you have brought against others to fall through the defect of evidence: it will acquire even greater ingenuity than you possess, to convince the people that he who has brought forward
charges unsupported by a single fact, should be able to substantiate the ref. Could I indeed have got over this obvious scruple and have gone into an equally elaborate vindication on the other charges, I think I could have been equally successful in demonstrating their insufficiency.
You assert that on Callender's sending the proof of the "Prospect Before Us" to Mr. Jefferson, he remitted the sum of 50 dollars thus representing Mr. Jefferson, to have examined all the proof sheets: You assert that "when the first part of the second volume appeared" he remitted him a second doucet to the same amount, thus making the second remittance a compensation for the second volume. Had you examined into the history of that business with the same zeal with which you seem to have brought forward these allegations, you would have found them without the least foundation. I have at this moment before me an extract from a letter published by Callender himself in the Recorder of July 1802, in which he explicitly states, that the first sum was remitted by Mr. Jefferson, upon his receiving some Specimen of only, not of the prospect itself, but of Lyons Monthly Magazine; sheets which are without that fearfully that disgraces certain parts of his composition; and that he had received the second sum when the first part of the second volume was put to press; the time at which Callender was doomed to imprisonment by the penalties of a sedition act; when it was necessary for every friend of his country to mark his abhorrence of an unconstitutional law by his sympathy for a victim, who had been selected for no other reason, but because he seemed to be without friends and without protection. It was to this motive and not to any wish of rewarding him for his first volume, that we may reasonably attribute the remittance of the second sum.
You assert that the remission of Callender's fine is a sufficient proof of Mr. Jefferson's regard for his politics and his person. Have you then forgotten that Mr. J. had taken a most solemn oath to obey the constitution? Have you then forgotten that it was his deliberate opinion, that the sedition law and every thing which was done under it was a direct violation of that Instrument? As to the charge of his usurping beyond his constitutional powers, when he took the money from the hands of the marshal before it was paid into the treasury, you seem to have forgotten that the President had previously consulted the opinion of the attorney general of the United States, and that that opinion is supported by such reasoning as has not yet been shaken by the most ingenious logicians of your party.
You have charged Mr. Jefferson with a persevering and deeply-laid scheme of seduction. Regardless of the female character; regardless of those particular ties which should have prompted you to have shrunk from such a delicate investigation; you have flaunted the name of a lady in the face of the universe? You have held it up as a mark at which suspicion and malice may shoot their venomous arrows: indifferent to the injury which you may inflict upon your friend, provided you can ruin the reputation of your foe. Indifferent even to the fidelity of an historian, you have attempted to introduce every fiction which may heighten the apparent guilt of your criminal; whilst you have excluded every fact, which may tend to his justification. You would have us to believe, that you alone have been initiated in the sacred temple of Truth; and you would with the world to pay as much reverence to your decrees, as they formerly did to the oracles of Apollo. Under the pretext of having seen the celebrated correspondence between Mr. Jefferson and Mr. Walker, you deal out your anathemas with no niggardly hand, and you have the vanity to suppose that the world will at once bow down before your tutored judgment. Like the "pert, conceited spark of Merrick" you exclaim "I've seen, and sure I ought to know." I should conceive myself, Sir, worthy of contempt, were I to enter into any examination of that ex-parte evidence which you have thought proper to dole out. I call upon you therefore to produce the whole of this correspondence; until then I must be permitted to doubt the correctness of your statements. I am strongly impressed with a belief, that you have omitted some of the most material points of that correspondence. You have said that Mr. J. was indebted to the father of Mr. W. for pecuniary aid; when it is well known, that the hereditary estate of Mr. J. was amply sufficient to cover all his expenses. You have asserted, that he continued to prosecute the scheme of seduction, even after his own matrimonial connection, when not even the slightest whisper of that kind was ever circulated in his neighbourhood.—But let us drop this subject.
I shall say nothing, Sir, of your charging Mr. Jefferson with having broken his faith in the payment of a sum of money, or of maintaining an improper intercourse with a false domestic. The first of these charges has been long since replied to; and the last is below the dignity of a man of understanding. If they deserve any comment at all, it is, that they serve to mark your inextinguishable animosity against the man you attack. The tale of domestic intercourse, you have not hesitated to introduce and blazon forth in the very body of your letter; whilst even, the scurrilous editor of the Repository was modest enough to throw it into a small type, at the foot of your letter by way of concealing it in the form of a note. The history of Mr. G. Jones's debt, was too apposite to be concealed; and in the height of your zeal, you therefore thought it necessary to step beyond the mere office of a witness, and bring it into the notice of your respectable correspondent in Boston, though it was the only subject on which he had not solicited information from your pen.
One parting observation more and I hope these frictions will terminate for ever! The friends of Mr. J. Sir, may readily excuse you for the opprobrious epithets which you have heaped upon his head. When such a patriot as he is, is hailed as a "dastardly traitor," as a "deliberate villain" whose "diabolical turpitude defies the strongest language of the pen," they may pity the turpitude of the attack on account of its imbecility. They know it is beyond the power of a Lilliputian to harm a Giant. But, Sir, I can scarcely conceive how you will be able to forgive yourself. From the humble and peaceful labours of retirement, you have raised yourself into distinguished, unenviable notice. You have condescended to occupy the same ground and to partake of the same honours with Porcupine and Callender. You have exposed yourself to the keenest invectives, and even to the most unfounded accusations. These contemptuous insinuations, Sir, may have recommended you to the sympathy of your party, but they can scarcely reconcile you to the vehemence of your own zeal. Take then the advice of an opponent. Suppress the animosity of your party zeal. Be generous enough to admit, that others may be as free from vices as yourself, and have the candour to admit that while you accuse such men as Mr. Jefferson of treason or villainy, the strength of your own prejudices or the misrepresentations of others, may have led you into mistake. At all events, beware of the dangers of celebrity. Since you cannot aspire to the reputation of a legislator or an author, content yourself with the substantial and humble honors of a Virginia farmer.
PAYABLE MISREPRESENTATION.
The federalists of the north are certainly reduced to very great straits, when they are obliged to ransack the lifted rubbish of former times, for the scanty materials of an attack, against the present administration. This is surely one of the proudest compliments, which they can offer up to his merits; but it must be an additional mortification to their defeat, that these charges are one after the other retorted upon their own heads. The first proves the purity of their opponents; the last will have the effect of invalidating their subsequent accusations.
Among the recent charges of the day, we have been struck with a bold and impudent misrepresentation in the Boston Centinel. It is substantially of this import: that the present administration has been more friendly than it ought to have been to democratical defaulters; that the suit against Edmund Randolph Esq. has not been pushed to a conclusion from political
considerations; that since Mr. J. came into the administration, not a jury could be found in Virginia who would give a verdict against Mr. R.; that Mr. J. has taken no steps, to facilitate the adjustment of the claim; and that to this day the suit remains nearly in the same state, in which it was brought, and that there does not exist the smallest chance of obtaining indemnification. Let the following extracts from the records of the federal court attest the falsehood of these insinuations!!
May term 1795; present Judges Iredell and Griffin, the defendant pleaded.
Put off for several terms to obtain depositions.
Nov. term '98; Cushing and Griffin were dismissed on an item of 9,000 dollars.
Put off; sometimes by consent of parties, and sometimes at the cost of the defendant, until Dec. term 1801, when it was referred to a jury. The jury divided and discharged.
May term 1803; referred by consent of parties to the arbitration of Gabriel Du-val Esq. Comptroller of the Treasury.
On Dec. 19th 1804; judgment was rendered as follows:
"This day came the plaintiffs by their attorney and the defendant in his proper person: whereupon the award made in this cause by G. Du-val, Esq. is made firm and stable, and it is adjudged by the court that the plaintiffs recover, &c. the sum of 53162 dols. and 89 cents with interest at the rate of 6 per cent. from the 24th day of November, 1804, till payment and costs, &c. &c. But liberty is reserved to the defendant, to prove to G. Du-val on or before the 3d day of the next term of this court, the impropriety of any debit admitted, or the propriety of any article of credit refused by him, and the said G. D. may alter his award aforesaid accordingly; and it is further ordered with the consent of parties, that no execution shall be issued in the mean time nor any forthcoming bond be given by the defendant in case an execution shall hereafter be issued."
We have only to remark, that the amount of this judgment has been completely secured to the satisfaction of the government, and to the honor of Mr. Randolph.
We shall deviate from our ordinary rule, to answer some remarks in the United States Gazette on "the Vindication of Mr. Jefferson." With these we intend to close for the present time, our frictions on this subject.
We have no leisure at present to offer any comments upon the important encroachment lately made upon our trade, by a decision of the British Court of Admiralty. We shall content ourselves with offering in the present paper a few additional facts on this subject; and recommending them to the notice of the reader. We shall offer some other communications on this important subject, in our next number.
We are proud that we have it in our power to communicate in our next number "an important fact by which it appears that the MAMMOTH was an Herbivorous Animal."
COMMUNICATION.
Paleotto alias Major Jackson, Editor of the Political Register, Philadelphia.
It is correctly informed, some twenty years ago, this gentleman filled, or thought he filled, a niche in the temples of war, science, law, belle-lettres, and fame. He then obtained the notice of the celebrated Marco, the Philadelphia poet, who sung of men and things, in strains of elegance, which few have equalled. His Poem called the Times is a proof of the independence of his soul and the fertility of his genius. One of the subjects of that celebrated poem, was a character under the feigned name of Pulvilio, which was intended for a Mr. Jackson. We shall be glad to know whether the Editor of the Register is the identical person, or has been metamorphosed by time and circumstances into some other identity.—Of the man to whom we allude, thus Marco wrote:
Ye young and fair, attend the humble lays, Which aim to found the gay Pulvilio's praise; Whether he tells his hair breadth escapes in war, Or plans his future triumphs at the bar; Brave and polite, a scholar, beau and wit, To his superior talents, all submit.
But, ah! how weak are wit and valour feard. The noblest heart, since Cidus dares to wound; At city concerts this truth reveal'd, Nor e'er at tea-tables be conceal'd; That Blacklock's e'razon yields to Ovid's art, And love has triumph'd o'er Pulvilio's heart.
Ah! cruel love, and must thy boundless power Destroy this fair, bright, sweetest flower? Must hopeless Themis yield to Cupid's sports, And must no future Murray grace our courts? Yes: 'tis resolv'd, exulting Hymen fails, And Cupid, laughing, triumphs in his wiles. Themis, a wreath of cypress round her head, O'er her lov'd son fall clouds forsook; But, fully of her own attachment jealous, These ancient Goddesses lov'd pretty fellows: Soon will the join to make a happy end, The gallant Plaintiff and the fair Defendant.
If the Editor of the Register deserved all this from a bard so distinguished as Marco was, what a Goliath in learning and letters must he now be? Yet, Giant as he is, into what heart can he think of inspiring veneration or fear?
Sales at Auction.
Will be sold on Friday the 10th October next, positively without reserve and on a credit of 120 days, for negotiable notes, on all sums exceeding 100 dollars.
A large assortment of GOODS, consisting of Calico and Chintz, Superfine cloths and Cambric, Fine and coarse do. Dutch Blankets, Men and Women's cotton stockings, Men and Women's short and extra long kid Gloves, Men's white and brown thread stockings, 4-4, 9-8 and 6-4 plain cambric muttons, 6-4 figured and laced do. Irish Linens and Sheetings, Brown Hollands, thread and tape, Marcellus Dimity, Fustian, Durants, Moreens, Bombazets, Wildovers, Men's fine and coarse hats, Men's fine and coarse shoes, A very large and general assortment of Ironmongery and Hardware, Three cases of single and double barrel fowling pieces, 10d and 20 nails, &c. &c. &c. THOMAS TAYLOR & Co. v. m's (optds.) Sept. 27.
FOR SALE.
A TRACT of LAND, lying on Peankatank river, in Gloucester. It contains about 860 acres, none of which are cleared, and the greater part of the balance exceedingly well timbered. For particulars, apply to Richard H. Johnson, near New-Galbe. Hanover, Sept. 27. 6p
FOR SALE.
A Likely Young Negro Fellow, who is a very good DOUBLET MAKER, (a moulder.) Apply at the office of the Enquirer. Sept. 17. 6p

VARIETIES, LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL. From the London Monthly Magazine, for July.
The last month has been rendered remarkable by the commencement of no less than THREE grand Institutions in the British Metropolis...
The First, to be called THE LONDON INSTITUTION, comprises three distinct objects:—1. A Library...
The Second, called THE GENERAL INSTITUTION, and intended to have its meeting in the centre of the town...
The Third, for which also a very large sum has been subscribed, is intended solely to promote the study of the fine-arts...
The adoption of these spirited plans is honorable to the metropolis, and we have no doubt but they will be carried into execution...
Mr. ALLNUTT, of Henley on Thames, has invented a mode of printing plans of estates with moveable types...
A new edition of the works of that celebrated American patriot, Dr. FRANKLIN, consisting of his Life...
Mr. MARSHALL, in a new edition, now in the press, of his valuable book on the Rural Economy of the West of England...
The cause of the disease, says Mr. Marshall, in the country in which I had the best opportunity of observing it...
It is equally evident, as an effect, not the cause of the disease. They are the vermin of the more perfect vegetables...
even though healthy crops may, in a few days, or perhaps in a few hours, be rendered liable to be attacked...
According to Mr. BRANDER's view of the theory of respiration, the blood is propelled, by the contraction of the heart...
The following is said to be a good method of preserving hops for the purpose of brewing...
The government of Bavaria is making great exertions to accelerate the improvement of that Electorate...
Mr. JEFFERSON, the president of the United States of America, has set on foot a journey...
M. MARECHAUX has invented a new and very sensible electrometer, which he calls a micro-electrometer...
The following is a new and economical method invented by M. GOETTLING for separating copper from silver...
Dr. RICHTER, of Berlin, has discovered a new metal which is subject to magnetic attraction...
The excavations begun in Sicily, under the direction of LANDOLINI, have already procured a statue of Venus...
China, has been published in a foreign journal: "Count Potocki, known by his historical labours, is at the head of the embassy..."
HUGH J. CRAWFORD, HAS just received per the ship Planter, Captain Booth, from London, his Fall supply of DRUGS & MEDICINES...
ALSO: London White Lead, &c. in oil, Spanish Brown, do. Yellow Ochre, do. Paint Brushes of all sizes...
BENJAMIN STETSON, INFORMS his friends and the public in general he has for sale, 400 gallons Holland's Linseed Oil...
BELL TAVERN—APOTHECARY SHOP. Doctor WILSON, has just received from Philadelphia and New-York, where he personally laid in a general supply of MEDICINES...
PERUVIAN Bark, Jalap, Calomel, Ipecac, Rhubarb, Magnesia, Camphor, Arrow Root, Anderson's Pills...
WILLIAMSBURG RACES. ON Wednesday the 30th October, will be run for over the Williamsburg Course...
TO BE RENTED, MY HOUSE and LOT, upon Shackle-Hill, in an airy pleasant situation...
BENJAMIN DU-VAL, AT THE SIGN OF THE GOLDEN MORTAR, RICHMOND, HAS just received a very large and extensive assortment of fresh MEDICINES, SURGEON'S INSTRUMENTS...
HATERS' MATERIALS, CONSISTING OF Hatters' Irons, Logwood, Coppeas, Viridegrease, Fustick, Spanish Indigo, Oil of Vitriol...
NOTICE. ALL persons having claims against the estate of Benjamin Greenhaw, dec'd of Goochland county, are requested to bring them forward properly authenticated...
MUTUAL INSURANCE OFFICE, Richmond, Sept. 5th. 1805. THE members of the Mutual Insurance Company against Fire on Goods and Furniture in the state of Virginia, are hereby notified that a second full quota is found to be necessary...
RACING. THE New-Market Fall Meeting will commence, agreeably to a resolution of the Jockey Club, on the 4th Tuesday in October...
THE above Sweepstakes to close the 25th of September. N. B. Every dollar of each day's race the proprietor pledges himself to see hung up at the starting-post...
WILLIAM BATE, Treasurer and Proprietor. New-Market, Sept. 12. TO MILLERS, OWNERS, AND MANUFACTURERS OF FLOUR. THE subscriber informs his friends and the public that he has purchased the flock of French Burr pieces from Mr. Thomas Donovon...
A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF BLANKS, FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE. PICKLING VINEGAR. GROCERS, Tavern-Keepers and Private Families may be supplied with VINEGAR of a very superior quality...
TO BE SOLD, FOR CASH. I am requested by David Paterson, Junr. to expose for sale, as trustee, the whole or so much of the property in the trust deed conveyed...
TO BE SOLD, FOR CASH. I am requested by David Paterson, Junr. to expose for sale, as trustee, the whole or so much of the property in the trust deed conveyed...
MILITARY CERTIFICATES. FOR SALE, Certificates of this state, bearing interest of 6 per cent. and receivable at the Treasury for all arrears of taxes, prior to the year 1798.
RUNAWAY NEGRO. FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD, if taken within fifty miles of Richmond, and one hundred Dollars if taken beyond it, will be given to apprehend a negro man named LEWIS...
LAND—FOR SALE. IN the county of Lunenburg, lying within one mile of the Court-house, on Canadie's creek, this tract contains seven hundred and fifty acres...
MARSHAL'S SALE. BY virtue of a decree of the Court of the United States for the Dist. Circuit in the Virginia District, pronounced in May last...
TO RENT. A Very large and excellent CELLAR, under the Mason's Hall—for terms, apply to Jacob I. Cohen, or Solomon J. Cohen.
THE BROAD-ROCK FALL RACES. Will commence on Monday, the 11th day of October next. THE first day will be run, the greatest and most interesting match race ever run in America...
THE TREASURER. OF the Broad-Rock Jockey Club takes this method to inform those delinquent members, agreeable to an order of the said Club, that he shall advertise the names of those who fail to pay up their delinquencies...
NEGROES & FOR SALE. BY virtue of two deeds of trust, made and executed by Samuel Garlick, of King William county to me, one for the purpose of paying heretofore Mordecai Abraham of the said county...
Printing, IN ALL ITS VARIETY, EXECUTED AT THE OFFICE of the ENQUIRER.