Virginia Argus (Richmond, Va.), 1808-03-29 00:00:00

VIRGINIA ARGUS.
[XVTH YEAR.]
A FREE PRESS MAINTAINS THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PEOPLE.
[No 1446.]
RICHMOND:—PRINTED (ON TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS) BY SAMUEL PLEASANTS, JUNIOR, PRINTER TO THE COMMONWEALTH.
[Four Dollars Per Annum—Paid in Advance.]
TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 1808.
[12 1/2 Cents Single.]
Richmond Price Current.
   (CORRECTED WEEKLY.)     Tobacco, $ 3 50 CASH.   WHEAT, new, 0 67 do.   FLOUR, superfine, new, 4 25 do.   FLOUR, fine, 3 75 do.   CORN, 2 do.   Hemp, clear, (per ton), 160 00 do.   IRON, 110 00 do.   Bacon, 10 do.   Whiskey, 35 do.  
Just received and for sale at this office
THE MODE AND SUBJECTS OF BAPTISM EXAMINED, IN SEVEN SERMONS. TO WHICH IS ADDED, A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE BAPTISTS. By DANIEL MERRILL, A.M. Pastor of the Church of Christ in Sedgwick
Also just received for sale as above RULES AND ARTICLES, FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES March 23d. 1808.
A LIST of 4 hogsheads of Tobacco remaining in Coan Warehouse over two years.
1800—December 23. Richard Morris No. 158, gross 1211, tare 115, net 1096. Barns and Haynie Inspectors.
1803—22d March. Richard Beale 93 1109, 105, 1107.—Haynie and Crowther Inspectors.
12th February. Daniel Dawson 102, 1095, 118, 977.
14th do. William Forrester 117, 1278, 100, 1178.—Falling and Berryman Inspectors.
Now remaining in Coan Ware- houses, 5th March. 1808. ANDERSON & ROGERS, Inspectors.
By virtue of a deed of trust executed to us by Drury Chilvers, in order to secure the payment of a certain sum of money due to William and Daniel Thompson, & all cost incurred by carrying the same in- to effect, we shall on Saturday the thir- teenth day of April next, at Mr. Peter Fran- cisco's Tavern, proceed to sell for cash, four negroes, viz: Isham, Phillis, Rachel and Salley, or so much thereof as will be sufficient to answer the purposes of said deed.
TARLTON WILLIAMS, STEPHEN HOOPER, Trustees.
Buckingham, 19th March 1808. tds
SIR HARRY,
THE handsomest and one of the best sons of Sir Peter Teazle, (unquestiona- bly the best stallion now in England & inferior to none ever bred in that coun- try,) will stand the ensuing season at my stable, in King and Queen county, about 40 miles from Richmond, 7 from Dumfries and 12 from Tap- panahannock, at 50 dollars the season, notes for which, and half a dollar for the groom, must be sent with the mare or before they are taken a- way. The 50 dollars may be discharged by the payment of 40 dollars cash (and in the event of the embargo continuing, or war, by 50 dollars) on or before the expiration of the season, which will commence on the 1st March and end 1st August. Extensive high and low land pasturage as good as any in Virginia, gratis. Mares may be fed with corn at the market price, and every attention will be paid to them, but no liability for accidents or accidents of any kind. Mares and foals will be kept by themselves.
Sir Harry was imported in the fall of 1804 from London, is now 12 years old, in high health and vigor, 15 hands 3 inches high, full of bone and muscle, fine points, elegant form and beau- tiful brown color. He has covered three seasons in this country, has proved himself a sure foun- dation, and his stock are equal to any in the country. He was one of the best racers in En- gland, both for speed and bottom, with very ha- vy weights, and probably cost more money than any horse ever imported into this country (exclud- ing the owner within a trifle of £1200 sterling when landed) and in the estimation of good judg- es, is equal, if not superior, to any that is now, or ever was in the state. As the universal prac- tice here, is to run horses , it is needless to point out to those who have fine mares, the advan- tages that may result from sending them to this horse.
His dam Matron, (foaled in 1785) was got by Alfred, granddam (dam of Pilot) by Marsk, great granddam by Regulus, great great granddam (dam of Wildair and Vampire) by Steady, great great granddam by Partner, Greyhound, Make- less, Counselor, Dummer, Pace's White Turk. Alfred was got by Matheum (foaled in 1770) out of a Snap mare (the dam of Conductor, Dic- tator, Georgiana and others) bred by the duke of Kingston, foaled in 1762; her dam by the Cul- len Arabian; Griswold's Lady Thigh, by Part- ner; Greyhound; Sophonisba's dam, by the Cowen Bay Barb; Lord D'Arcey's chestnut A- rabian; Whitehurst; Old Montague mare.
Matheum was got by Cade; Cade (own bro- ther to Lath) was got by the Godolphin Arabi- an; Marsk was got by Squirt; Squirt was got by Bartlett's Children; Regulus was got by the Godolphin Arabian.
Sir Peter Teazle was got by Highflyer, out of Papillon, by Snap; Snap was got by Snip; Snip was got by the Devonshire Children, out of a Basso mare; Highflyer was got by Herod, out of Rachel by Blank; Herod was got by Tartar, out of Cypron, by Bizarre; Tartar was got by Partner, out of Meliora, by Old Fox.
John Hoskins. with
January 15, 1808. N. B. It is not probable that Sir Harry will ever again stand to the northward of his owner's in the neighborhood of Petersburg.
To the people of Virginia, and particularly to the friends of James Monroe's election to the office of President of the United States.
FELLOW-CITIZENS, WE, whose names are subscribed, are the members who compose the Stand- ing Corresponding Committee , appointed by the caucus held at the Capitol, on the 21st day of January last, by those members of the Legislature of Virginia, who advocate the election of JAMES MONROE, to the Presi- dential office.
Hitherto, we have been, apparently, sup- ine; but our silence and inactivity did not result from a want of zeal in the cause, to which our friends in the General Assembly believed us to be attached. We were then, and indeed had been long before of opinion, that in the competition for the chief magis- tracy of the union, which was anticipated and now exists between Mr. Madison and Mr. Monroe, the latter ought to be prefer- red. The considerations which led to that preference, have lost no portion of their in- fluence. It is not our business to lay them before the public; but we have no doubt that this task will be in due time perform- ed, and that other arguments in favor of Mr. Monroe's election, equally cogent and conclusive, will be deduced from a view of the critical situation of the United States at this moment, the causes which produced it, and the distress and calamity to which we shall be exposed, by a contest, now almost inevitable, with the only power in Europe which has not bowed, or been made to bow its neck to the yoke of a conqueror, whose ambition is without bounds, as his success- es are without example. Nor did the in- difference which we seemed to manifest, re- sult from an apprehension that the number and confidence of Mr. Madison's friends, would render unavailing the efforts of those who support Mr. Monroe. Our real mo- tive was this—we saw that by means of the memorable caucus, at the Bell, by means of the equally memorable caucus at Wash- ington, and by means of incessant commu- nications made from that place to members of the Legislature here, a sentiment was excited in the public mind highly favorable to the pretensions of Mr. Madison, and in an equal degree injurious to those of Mr. Monroe. It was confidently affirmed and very generally believed, that the election of Mr. Madison was rendered indisputably certain by the almost unanimous vote of the republicans throughout the United States. The republican interest, it was said, ought not at this time be divided, and upon this ground, and on this only, numbers who re- ally preferred Mr. Monroe, joined the friends of Mr. Madison. This principle , has been a unequivocally avowed by many, and if we are not mistaken, by the editors of the two most conspicuous papers in Penn- sylvania and Virginia. In the notes to the editor of this Gazette, sent by those who declined serving as committee men for Mr. Monroe, it is manifest, that the great ma- jority, if not all of them, were influenced principally by that consideration.
We knew that it would be impossible for us to counteract this sentiment, by any con- jectural statements, which we might be dis- posed to submit to you. There are moments of popular excitement and delusion, when the voice of reason is as little heard, and the precepts of sound discretion as little re- garded by a community, as by an agitated or angry individual. The correctness of this remark, unhappily for this country, may be proved, without resorting to the oc- currences resulting from the present con- test. But believing, that excitement, from its nature, cannot last long, and that the delusion which prevailed, must yield to evi- dence, whenever it appeared, we determi- ned to wait, with patience, until they both had passed away. We trust, that they both have passed away. We determined, also, to wait until some facts could be laid before you, which would evince the fallacy of that doctrine, so recently advanced, but already so widely diffused, which teaches us in a question of such real moment to join a par- ty merely because that party is supposed to be a majority. Time has, at length, disclos- ed facts of this description.
It now appears that Mr. Madison is not "supported by the almost unanimous vote of the republicans" throughout the U. States. We learn from the papers devoted to his in- terests, on this question, that the two great republican states of Pennsylvania and New York, are decidedly hostile to his pretensi- ons. (a) Upon this point there seems to be no difference of opinion. But the calcu- lation which has been made, that their ex- ample will be followed by all the states north and east of Delaware, may be incorrect. We speak of it, only, as a matter of calcu- lation, but if it be true, Mr. Madison cannot be elected, even if all the other states in the union should unite their whole strength in his support:—an event, which certainly is not to be expected.
It ought not to be forgotten, that the ma- jority of the Pennsylvania delegation, in Congress, voted at the caucus, in Washing- ton, in favor of Mr. Madison. (b) This is an important fact, and ought to be re- garded as a valuable lesson to the followers of caucus-majorities. The Pennsylvania de- legation did not, in the caucus, speak the sentiments of their state, if we may credit the proceedings of the late assembly at Lan- caster, composed of individuals selected for the special purpose of forming an electoral ticket. This fact not only shows that cau- cuses are not much to be regarded as affor- ding evidence of the real sentiments of the
(a) See the Argus and Enquirer of the 15th instant. (b) See Enquirer 2d February. * See the Argus of the 15th.
people, but evinces the wisdom of the con- stitutional provision, which excludes sena- tors and representatives in Congress, from an electoral appointment.
In truth, this doctrine of following a cau- cus-majority, in all cases, appears odious in every point of view, in which it can be pre- sented. The conduct, which it prescribes, is unmanly, because it is a surrender of a most important right, and the desertion of a sacred duty. It is absurd, because, as we have already shown, the opinion of a caucus and the sentiment of a state, may be in direct hostility, and thus, while we are following a supposed, we are withdraw- ing from a real majority. It is anti-repu- blican: because the plainest principles of republicanism and of the constitution, re- quire, that in such a cause as this, the sense of a majority of the nation should prevail. How can this be ascertained, unless every man will have firmness enough to express his own honest and unbiased opinion?
From the circumstances here detailed, space of about seven weeks, the aspect of this presidential contest has experienced a material change. The election of Mr. Ma- dison, which was announced as indisputa- bly certain, is already regarded as question- able, if not hopeless, even by the most zealous of his advocates. We make this remark to you, not with any view to mor- tify our opponents after the triumph and exultation, which they so often displayed. We feel no disposition to give them pain, and we should be greatly and sincerely-con- cerned, if we gave any to the amiable and respectable man, whose claims they sup- port. We take pleasure in avowing our knowledge of his services, our admiration of his talents, our respect for his virtues. But we presume, that without incurring, and we know, that without deserving the censure of the public, we may advance the opinion, which we really entertain, that in the present crisis, so awful, not only to A- merica, but to the world, Mr. Monroe is better fitted than Mr. Madison for the very arduous station in which he will stand, who for the next eight years shall be placed at the head of our national affairs. Such was not our motive. The real object of the re- mark is, to expose to every man of integri- ty and independence, the absurdity of ac- ting on any principle whatever, in this elec- tion, on that which results from a delibe- rate examination of the real merits of the candidates themselves.
The advocates of Mr. Madison, are al- ready inviting the friends of Mr. Monroe, to unite with them in opposing the election of Mr. Clinton. * The terms of the address, in which this invitation is communicated, innocent as they are, towards the friends of Mr. Monroe, are borne by us with pat- ience.—We wish, that the understanding of the people should alone be consulted, and we have endeavored to set to all, who may take a part in the present contest, an ex- ample of moderation, in speaking of our op- ponents, and of patience in bearing their unjust, and sometimes almost unintelligible censure. We have been denounced not only as pretended republicans , but as pre- tended friends of Mr. Monroe , who under the influence of some strange infatuation, are hurrying into ruin him and ourselves. All this we are willing to forget, and even to forgive in advance every charge or insi- nuation of this description. But we cannot, without indignation as well as regret, ob- serve, that such a man as George Clinton, a patriot of '76, a soldier of the revolution, a man holding the second office in the gov- ernment, again nominated to that office by the friends of Mr. Madison, and supported by one of the most important states in the union, should now, because he is placed in competition with that gentleman, be repre- sented as a poor old man, whom age has deprived of all energy, and destined to be the prey of improper influence, and base intrigues. If the veneration due to age, if the respect due to patriotism, if the grati- tude due to revolutionary service, if that justice, to which all are entitled, have not influence enough to guard us from language like this, it is to be hoped, that our pride at least as citizens of this great republic, will disdain, by unwarranted assertions, to degrade, in the eyes of foreign nations, those who are supported by any portion of the peo- ple, for the highest office in the government. This remark is not made for the protection of Mr. Monroe.—He is well known abroad, and respected precisely as much as he is known.
The invitation here mentioned, seems to have been made under a supposition, that New York and Pennsylvania being opposed to Mr. Madison, would consequently vote in favor of Mr. Clinton. This is not our be- lief. We do not pretend to possess any po- sitive information on this subject, but if we are correct in our opinion that the causes of this opposition, are not merely personal, but of high political consideration in relation to the present actual and the future prob- able situation of the United States, these two states, and it is supposed many others will vote for the same person, and that person will be Clinton or Monroe, as cir- cumstances shall require. The silence of the meeting at Lancaster, as to the candi- date whom their electors were to support, while their opposition to Mr. Madison's ac- knowledged, seems fully to justify this con- clusion.
In this state of things, then, fellow-cit- izens, impressed as we are with every sen- timent, which a confidence in the integrity, respect for the talents and a knowledge of the services of James Monroe from the age of seventeen to the present day can inspire, we assure his friends throughout
Virginia, that we shall faithfully and zeal- ously perform the duties belonging to our station. In return, we request them in those counties, where a committee is not formed to indicate some person with whom a correspondence may be commenced and to whom the proper communications will in due time be made.
GEO: HAY, JNO. CLARKE, EDWARD C. STANARD, WM. ROBERTSON, JOHN BROCKENBROUGH.
LETTER From the honorable Timothy Pickering, a senator of the United States from the state of Massachusetts, exhibiting to his constituents a view of imminent danger of an unnecessary and ruinous war— Addressed to his excellency James Sal- livan, governor of the said state.
CITY OF WASHINGTON, February 16, 1808.
SIR, In the even current of ordinary times, an address from a senator in con- gress to his constituents might be dispen- sed with. In such times, the proceedings of the executive and legislative of the U- States, exhibited in their public acts , might be sufficient. But the present singular condition of our country, when its most in- teresting concerns, wrapt up in mystery, excite universal alarm, requires me to be no longer silent. Perhaps I am liable to censure, at such a crisis, for not sooner presenting, to you and them, such a view of our national affairs as my official situa- tion has placed in my power. I now ad- dress it to you, sir, as the proper organ of communication to the legislature.
The attainment of TRUTH is ever desir- able: and I cannot permit myself to doubt that the statement I now make must be acceptable to all who have an agency in directing the affairs, and who are gu- ardians of the interests of our commonwealth , which so materially depends on the mea- sures of the government of the nation .— At the same time I am aware of the jea- lousy with which, in these unhappy days of party dissensions, my communications may, by some of my constituents be re- ceived. Of this I will not complain: while I earnestly wish the same jealousy to be extended towards all public men. Yet I may claim some share of attention and cre- dit—that share which is due to the man who defies the world to point, in the whole course of a long and public life, at one instance of deception, at a single departure from TRUTH.
The EMBARGO demands the first notice. For perhaps no act of the national govern- ment has ever produced so much solicitude, or spread such universal alarm. Because all naturally concur, that a measure pregnant with incalculable mischief to all classes of our fellow citizens, would not have been proposed by the president, and adopt- ed by congress, but for causes deeply af- fecting the interests and safety of the na- tion. It must have been under the influence of this opinion that the legislative bodies of some states have expressed their appro- bation of the embargo, either explicitly, or by implication.
The following were all the papers laid by the president before congress, as the grounds of the embargo.
 1. The proclamation of the king of Great Britain, requiring the return of his subjects the seamen especially, from foreign coun- tries, to aid, in this hour of peculiar dan- ger, in the defence of their own. But it being an acknowledged principle, that ev- ery nation has a right to the service of its subjects in time of war, that proclamation could not furnish the slightest ground for an embargo.  2. The extract of a letter from the grand judge, Regnier to the French attorney ge- neral for the council of prizes. This con- tained a partial interpretation of the impe- rial blockading decree of N v. 21, 1806. This decree, indeed, and its interpretation, present flagrant violations of our neutral rights, and of the existing treaty between the United States and France: but still the execution of that decree could not (from the small number of French cruis- ers) extensively interrupt our trade.— These two papers were public.  3. The letter from our minister, Mr. Armstrong, to Mr. Champaigny, the French minister of foreign affairs: and  4. Mr. Champaigny's answer. Both these ought, in form or substance, also to have been public. The latter would have fur- nished to our nation some idea of the views and expectations of France. But both were withdrawn by the president, to be deposited among other executive secrets: while neither presented any new ground to justify an embargo. 
In the senate, these papers were referred to a committee. The committee quickly reported a bill for laying an embargo, a- greably to the president's proposal. This was done a first, a second and a third time and passed; and all in the short compass of about four hours! A little time was re- peatedly asked, to obtain further informa- tion, and to consider a measure of such moment, of such universal concern: but these requests were denied. We were hurried into the passage of the bill, as if there was danger of its being rejected, if we were allowed time to obtain further in- formation, and deliberately consider the subject. For to that time our vessels were freely sailing on foreign voyages; and in a national point of view, the departure of half a dozen or a dozen more, while we were enquiring into the necessity or expe- diency of the embargo, was of little mo- ment. Or if the danger to our vessels, sea-
men and merchandise had been so extreme as not to admit of one day's delay, ought not that extreme danger to have been sub- mitted to congress? The constitution, which requires the president "to give in Congress information of the state of the na- tion," certainly meant, not partials , but complete information on the subject of a communication, so far as he possessed it. And when it enjoins him "to recommend to their consideration such measures as he should judge necessary and expedient," it is as certainly intended that those recom- mendations should be bottomed on informa- tion communicated not on facts withheld , and locked up in the executive cabinet. Had the public safety been at stake, or any great public good been presented to our view, but which would be lost by a moment's delay, there would have been some apology for dispatch though none for acting without due information. In truth, the measure appeared to me then, as it still does, and as it appears to the public, with- out a sufficient motive; without a legiti- mate object. Hence, the general enquiry; "For what is the embargo laid?" And I challenge any man not in the secrets of the executive to tell. I know, sir, that the president said the papers above mentioned "showed that great and increasing dangers threatened our vessels, our seamen and our merchandise: but I also know, that they exhibited no new dangers ; none of which our merchants and seamen were not ap- prised. The British proclamation had many days before been published in the news- papers [the copy laid before us by the pre- sident had been cut out of a newspaper] and so had the substance of a not- the words of Regnier's letter. Yet they had excited little concern among merchants and seamen, the preservation of whose persons and property was the professed object of the president's recommendation of an em- bargo. The merchants and seamen could accurately estimate the dangers of conti- nuing their commercial operations; of which dangers, indeed the actual premi- ums of insurance were a satisfactory gauge. Those premiums had very little increased; by the British proclamation not a cent; and by the French decree so little as not to stop commercial enterprises. The great number of vessels loading or loaded and prepared for sea, the exertions every where made, on the first rumor of the embargo, to dispatch them; demonstrate the presi- dent's dangers to be imaginary—to have been assumed. Of great and real dan- gers, unknown to commercial men, were impending, or sure to fail, how desirable was it to have had them officially declared and published! This would have produced a voluntary embargo, and prevented every complaint. Besides, the dangers clearly defined and understood, the public mind would not have been disquieted with ima- ginary fears, the more tormenting because uncertain.
It is true that considerable numbers of vessels were collected in our ports, and many held in suspense: not, however, from any new dangers which appeared ; but from the mysterious conduct of our flaws , after the attack on the Chesapeake; and from the painful apprehension that the course the president was pursuing would termi- nate in war. The National Intelligencer (usually considered as the executive news- paper) gave the alarm; and it was echoed through the United States. War, probable or inevitable war, was the constant theme of the newspapers, and of the conversati- ons, as was reported, of persons supposed to be best informed of executive designs. Yet amid this din of war no adequate pre- parations were seen making to meet it. The order to detach a hundred thousand militia to fight the British navy (for there was no appearance of an enemy in any other shape) was so completely absurd, as to excite, with men of common sense, no other motion than ridicule. Not the shadow of a reason that could operate on the mind of a man of common understandings, can be offered in its justification. The re- fusal of the British officer to receive the frigate Chesapeake as a prize, when ten- dered by her commander, is a demonstra- tion that the attack upon her was exclusively for the purpose of taking their deserters; and not intended as the commence- ment of a war between the two nations. The president knew that the British had no invading army to land on our shores; and the detached militia would be useless, except against land forces. Why then was this order for the militia given? The na- ture of the case, and the actual state of things, authorize the inference, that its im- mediate, if not its only object, was to in- crease the public alarm, to aggravate the public resentment against Great Britain, to excite a war pulse; and in the height of this artificial fever of the public mind, which was to be made known in G. Britain, to renew the demands on her government; in the poor expectation of extorting, in that state of things, concessions of points which she had always considered as her rights , and which at all times and under all cir- cumstances, she had uniformly refused to relinquish. The result of the subsequent negotiation at London has shown how noter unfounded was the president's expe- ctation, how perfectly useless all this blus- ter of war. While we well informed man doubted that the British government would make so notable reparation for the attack on the Chesapeake. The president himself himself, in his proclamations, had placed the affair on that footing. A rupture be- tween the two nations, said he, is equally opposed to the interests of both. It is to the assurance of the more friendly disposi- tion on the part of the British government, in the midst of which this outrage was com- mitted. In this light, the subject cannot

at present itself to that government, & strengthen the motive, to an honorable reparation for the wrong which has been done."
And it is now well known that such reparation might have been promptly obtained in London, had the President's instructions to Mr. Monroe been compatible to such an adjustment. He was required not to negotiate on this single transient act (which when once adjusted was forever settled) but in connexion with another claim of long standing, and, to say the least, of doubtful right;—to wit, the exemption from impressment of British seamen found on board American merchant vessels . To remedy the evil arising from its exercise, by which our own citizens were sometimes impressed, the attention of our government, under every administration, had been earnestly engaged; while no man who regards the truth, will question the disposition of the British government to adopt any arrangement that will secure to Great Britain the services of her own subjects. And now, when the unexampled situation of that country (left alone to maintain the conflict with France, and her numerous dependent states—left alone to withstand the power which menaces the liberties of the world) rendered the aid of all her subjects more than ever needful; there was no reasonable ground to expect that she would yield the right to take them when found on board the merchant vessels of any nation. Thus to insist on her yielding this point, and inaptly to connect it with the seizure of the Chesapeake , is tantamount to a declaration not to negotiate at all.
Congress.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
MONDAY, March 21. Mr Rowan held in his hand a resolution for an enquiry into the conduct of HARRY INNES . He observed in preface, that it was of the utmost importance in our government, which depends upon will, to animadvert with the utmost severity upon a deviation from a correct course of any one of its functionaries. Whatever excuse might be found in the weakness of human nature for any errors in judgment, yet for a deviation from the allegiance, which he owes to his government, as a child to its father, no excuse could be found in the weakness of his frame or the incompetency of judgment. If then it were found that any judge had violated his duty in that respect, the good of the union, the perpetuity of the government, and sound policy required that he should experience the utmost severity of animadversion. He therefore offered the following resolution: Resolved , That a committee be appointed to enquire into the conduct of HARRY INNES , dist: Judge of the U. States for the district of Kentucky, relative to his having whilst in the tenure of his office aforesaid been party or privy to a project on the part of Spain or her subjects to dismember these United States or to the seduction of the state of Kentucky from this Union; or relative to his having been party or privy during the time aforesaid to a project of France her or her citizens, to embroil these U. States in a war with Spain; or relative to his having illicitly corresponded with both or either of the governments aforesaid or their subjects or citizens upon one or both the projects aforesaid; or relative to his having known and concealed from this government one or both the said projects; and that the said committee have power to send for persons, papers and records, and that they report whether in their opinion the said HARRY INNES hath so acted relative to all or either of the subjects aforesaid as to require the interposition of the constitutional power of this house.
Mr R. said he would observe that the state of Kentucky had felt impressed with the importance of the subject, and the legislature of the state had adopted this resolution directing its representatives to request the enquiry. There had also been transmitted a certified copy of the report of the enquiry into the conduct of Judge Sebastian , with certain exhibits on which this resolution of the legislature of Kentucky is predicated, all of which he submitted to the house.
Mr Stanford observed that the subject of the Western conspiracy was one of the most interesting which had ever been presented to the general government. If the public prints could be credited, this comprehended but one of at least three attempts to seduce the Western country from its allegiance. The present proposition coming from a western state, in an imposing manner to the house, was one of the best pledges that the state itself did not participate in the disaffection. The subject was so generally important, that he thought the people should have general information on it; for his own part he thought this resolution rather limited, and that it should be so modified as to authorise an enquiry into the general extent of these intrigues. To promote a deliberate course on this subject, he moved that the resolution lie on the table.
Mr Burwell seconded the motion of the gentleman from North Carolina, but with different views than he had expressed. He had no objection to carrying an enquiry against a district judge of Kentucky; but as he presumed the gentleman who introduced it contemplated a removal it would be improper to blend with it an enquiry into all the transactions in the western country, which might involve every one who had or might be supposed to have been engaged in them. If the legislature of Kentucky or any of her Representatives thought proper to institute an enquiry into the conduct of a judge, he was disposed to favor their object; but he wished the resolution to lie on the table to afford an opportunity to do justice to the character of the person implicated, and not, by instituting an enquiry without due proof that it was really necessary, to prejudice the public mind against this character. It was for this reason that he had seconded the motion for its laying on the table, and not with any intention to a modification of the enquiry so as to include an enquiry into the conduct of any other person than the person to whom it expressly applied.
Mr Rowan observed that he was satisfied that there ought to be an enquiry, & believed in his own mind that it ought to terminate in impeachment and removal. His
opinion perhaps was tinged with prejudice; he would not claim an exception from the general liability; he had heard much of his mal-conduct, and he felt a general prejudice against any officer who permitted himself even to be tampered with; he had as little patience with a man who would receive proposals for a deviation from the line of propriety, as he would for a virtuous woman who would listen to proposals to induce her to become otherwise; the one was as little entitled to respect as the other to the ascription of virtue. This was his opinion, but the house might think otherwise. To allow time for consideration, he consented that it should lie on the table.
Mr Pitkin thought that on the request of a state there could be no hesitation to make an enquiry; he thought it should be immediately referred to a committee.
The resolution was however ordered to lie on the table without a division.
NEW YORK, March 21. Yesterday arrived the fast sailing ships Robert Burns , Waite; Caledonia , Henderson, and Proctor , Stanton, all in 28 days from Liverpool; and captains Waite and Henderson have politely favored the editor of the Mercantile Advertiser with London papers to the 17th Feb. inclusive, Liverpool of the 18th, and Lloyd's Lists to the 16th. The following are the only interesting articles they contain.
LONDON, Feb. 10. An American vessel arrived at Guernsey, from St. Maloes, after a short passage, repeats a former account, which stated, that the embargo in the ports of France is strictly enforced, with respect to all nations, those of America excepted. Bonaparte would be deficient in his usual political sagacity and foresight, if he did not study to conciliate the Americans by all possible means, and therefore we believe the above account. His management of America has thus afforded a new proof of their extraordinary address. By his violent decrees against neutral commerce, he induced ministers in retaliation to resort to the late orders in council; but it now appears that the French decrees are suffered to remain a dead letter to the Americans, while the English orders in council are enforced against the commerce of the United States. He therefore has done little to offend America, and has, by that little, done a great deal to commit England and America in warfare— Globe .
All accounts from Yorkshire and Lancashire are full of dreadful complaints on the state of trade, the woollen and cotton manufactures are said to be nearly at a stand; several respectable houses in Yorkshire have had letters from their friends in America desiring them not to purchase any more wool on any account, and many both woollen and cotton manufacturers have been under the necessity of discharging their work people and of shutting up their manufactories till the return of a better trade.
Lord Erskine , in the debate on the Copenhagen expedition , alluding to the new names given to the Danish ships, observed, that the conduct of ministers, in this particular, reminded him of the tricks of Gipsies to disguise stolen children.
All strangers are strictly prohibited from taking notes of the proceedings in the House of Lords. They may "make and inway by digest" as much as they like, but pocket none.
February 15. The expedition under the command of lieutenant general Sir George Prevost , sailed from Portsmouth on Saturday for Halifax. The 7th, 8th, 13th and 23d regiments of foot, accompanied him. This force would be further augmented by the 38th regiment, from Bermuda, and the 99th, 101st, and 10th royal veteran battalion, at Halifax, where the staff of the army already is. The expedition under general Spencer remained at Falmouth on Friday last expecting to be joined by the troops collected at Portsmouth. The two corps united would amount to nearly ten thousand men. From the magnitude of this force, it would seem as if government had come to a determination to defend our possessions in North America to the last extremity, in case of a war with the U. S.
At Private Sale,
At the Subscriber's Auction Store, FIRST quality GREEN COFFEE Mucaro, Yava and Loaf Sugars, Molasses, old Maynards and London P. Tennent's Wines, Holland Gin, Demijohns, Glass-are in boxes, consisting tumblers, wine-glasses and decanters; and an assortment of the best quality DUTCH BOLTING CLOTHS.
March 25. M. M. MYERS. T6r
Advertisement.
BY virtue of a deed of trust executed by William Hutcheson to the subscribers, on the 24th day of October, 1805, which deed hath been since duly proven and recorded in the county court of Henrico, and in conformity to a request in writing, made by Charles Ellis , for whose benefit the said deed of trust was executed. The subscribers will, for the purpose of raising a sufficient sum of money, to discharge the amount due on two bonds, (given by the said Hutcheson to the said Charles Ellis ) mentioned in the said deed of trust, and for other purposes therein specified, proceed to sell at public auction, for ready money, on the premises, on the 5th day of May next, all that Tract of Land in the deed aforesaid mentioned, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy the debt aforesaid and other objects of the trust. The said Tract of Land is situated in the upper part of Henrico county, on the waters of Tuckahoe Creek , being the same Land on which the said Charles Ellis formerly resided, and is particularly described in the deed of trust aforesaid, and in the deed by which the said Charles Ellis conveyed the same to the said Hutcheson , both of which deeds, or copies thereof, will be shown on the day of sale.
JOHN PATTERSON. STEPHEN ELLIS. 26th March, 1806. W3t*
Virginia Argus.
RICHMOND:
TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1806.
IF " ESSERUS " in our next—We have also been obliged to defer a continuation of observations, in answer to Falkland , Conon , and the seventeen Protesters , and a number of other interesting articles, till Friday—to make room for as much of the important message from the President as possible in this day's Argus.
Died—On Thursday evening last, at Mr Mathias Sims' in Hanover, Mr Leighton Wood , of this city.
We are requested to state that James Harris esq. will not serve on the committee for supporting the Monroe ticket in the county of Albemarle.
Washington, March 23. Our readers will perceive by our Congressional Journal , that a MESSAGE was yesterday received from the President. It was delivered to each House about a quarter of an hour after eleven. The doors, both of the Senate and the House, were immediately closed, and continued closed until past 5 o'clock when an adjournment took place.
A large mass of documents accompany the Message, the greater part imparted without confidence, and the residue, only so far confidential, we believe, as relates to opinions expressed by or entertained of some public characters, which it has not heretofore been usual to publish. The whole field of our foreign relations, so far as they bear upon existing differences, is disclosed; including the entire correspondence relative to the Chesapeake between Mr. Monroe and the British government, and between Mr. Madison and Mr. Rose; the correspondence on our general relations with England, and consequently that which gave rise to the treaty signed by our Ministers and returned by the President; and the correspondence with the other belligerent powers. The documents are so very voluminous that their reading will consume several days, when all, except those parts which we have stated to be confidential, will, it is presumed, be ordered to be printed. We shall seize the earliest opportunity of presenting them to the public.
Nat. Int.
Mr. Rose on Monday took leave of the President, and yesterday left this city for Alexandria, whence he proceeds to Norfolk, where he means to take immediate passage for England in the Statira .
Mr. Foster , secretary of legation, and the Messrs. Cassimajors , are to accompany him. Mr. Mansfield remains for some time in this country, not in the character of Secretary of legation, as has been rumored, Mr. Foster not having vacated that place, and it being his purpose to return to the United States about October next.
CONGRESS.
MARCH 22, 1806.
Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of State, to Mr. Monroe, on the subject of the attack on the Chesapeake; also Mr. Monroe's correspondence with the British Government, and Mr. Madison's correspondence with Mr. Rose, on the same subject.
To the Senate and House of Representatives of the U. States.
At the opening of the present session, I informed the legislature, that the measures which had been taken with the government of Great Britain for the settlement of our neutral and national rights, and of the conditions of commercial intercourse with that nation, had resulted in articles of a treaty, which could not be acceded to on our part; that instructions had consequently been sent to our ministers there, to resume the negotiations, and to endeavor to obtain certain alterations, and that this was interrupted by the transaction which took place between the HMS Leopard and the Chesapeake —the call on that government for reparation of this wrong produced, as Congress have been already informed, the mission of a special minister to this country, and the occasion is now arrived, when the public interest permits and requires that the whole of these proceedings should be made known to you.
I therefore now communicate the instructions given to our minister resident at London, and his communications to that government on the subject of the Chesapeake , with the correspondence which has taken place here, between the secretary of state and Mr. Rose , the special minister charged with the adjustment of that difference; the instructions to our ministers for the formation of a treaty; their correspondence with the British commissioners, and with their own government on that subject, the treaty itself, and written declaration of the British commissioners accompanying it, and the instructions given by us for resuming the negotiation, with the proceedings and correspondence subsequent thereto. To these I have added a letter lately addressed to the secretary of state, from one of our late ministers, which, though not strictly written in an official character, I think it my duty to communicate, in order that his views of the proposed treaty, and of its several articles, may be fairly presented and understood.
Also I have heretofore, and from time to time, made such communications to Congress as to keep them possessed of a general and just view of the proceedings and dispositions of the government of France towards this country; yet, in our present critical situation, however impartial and friendly, has been sufficient to ensure, from either belligerent, a just respect for our rights, I am desirous that nothing shall be omitted on my part which may add to your information on this subject, or contribute to the correctness of the views which should be formed. The papers which for these reasons, I now lay before you, embrace all the communications, official or verbal, from the French government, respecting the general relations between the two countries, which have been transmitted through our minister there, or through any other accredited channel since the last session of Congress, to which time, all information of the same kind had, from time to time, been given them. Some of these papers have already been submitted to Congress; but it is thought better to offer them again, in order that the chain of communications, of which they make a part, may be presented unbroken.
When, on the 25th February, I communicated to both houses the letter of gen. Armstrong
to M. Champagny , I desired it might not be published, because of the tendency of that practice to restrain injudiciously the freedom of our foreign correspondence. But perceiving that this caution, proceeding purely from a regard to the public good, has furnished occasion for disseminating unfounded suspicions and insinuations, I am induced to believe that the good which will now result from its publication, by confirming the confidence and union of our fellow citizens, will more than counteract the ordinary objection to such publications. It is my wish therefore that it may be now published.
T. JEFFERSON.
March 22, 1806.
No. I.
From Mr. Madison to Mr. Monroe.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, July 6, 1807.
Sir, The documents herewith enclosed, from No. 1 to No. 9 inclusive, explain the hostile attack with the insulting pretext for it, lately committed near the capes of Virginia by the British ship of war the Leopard , on the American frigate the Chesapeake . No. 1 is a copy of the proclamation issued by the President, interdicting in consequence of that outrage the use of our waters and every other accommodation to all British armed ships.
This enormity is not a subject for discussion. The immunity of a national ship of war from every species and purpose of search on the high seas, has never been contested by any nation. Great Britain would be second to none in resenting such a violation of her rights and such an insult on her flag. She may bring the case to the test of her own feelings, by supposing that instead of the customary demand of our mariners serving compulsively even on board her ships of war, opportunities had been seized for rescuing them in like manner whenever the superiority of force or the chance of surprise might be possessed by our ships of war.
But the present case is marked by circumstances which give it a peculiar ardor. The seamen taken from the Chesapeake had been ascertained to be native citizens of the U. States, and this fact was made known to the bearer of the demand, and doubtless communicated by him to his commander previous to the commencement of the attack. It is a fact also, affirmed by two of the men, with every appearance of truth, that they had been impressed from American vessels into the British frigate, from which they escaped, and by the third, that having been impressed from a British merchant ship, he had accepted the recruiting bounty under that duress and with a view to alleviate his situation, till he could escape to his own country; and that the attack was made during a period of negotiation, and in the midst of friendly assurances from the British government.
The printed papers herewith sent will enable you to judge of the spirit which has been raised by the occasion. It pervades the whole community; it is abolishing the distinctions of party; and regarding only the indignity offered to the sovereignty and flag of the nation, and the blood of citizens so wantonly and wickedly shed, demands in the loudest tone an honorable reparation.
With this demand you are charged by the President. The tenor of his proclamation will be your guide in reminding the British government of the uniform proofs given by the United States of their disposition to maintain faithfully every friendly relation; of the multiplied infractions of their rights by British naval commanders on our coasts and in our harbors; of the inefficacy of reiterated appeals to the justice and friendship of that government; and of the moderation on the part of the U. States, which reiterated disappointments had not extinguished; till at length no alternative is left but a voluntary satisfaction on the part of Great Britain, or a resort to means depending on the United States alone.
The nature and extent of the satisfaction ought to be suggested to the British government, not less by a sense of its own honor than by justice to that of the United States. A formal disavowal of the deed, and restoration of the four seamen to the ship from which they were taken, are things of course, and indispensable. As a security for the future, an entire abolition of impressments from vessels under the flag of the United States, if not already arranged, is also to make an indispensable part of the satisfaction. The abolition must be on terms compatible with the instructions to your minister and Mr. Pinckney on this subject; and if possible without the authorised rejection from the service of the United States of British seamen who have not been two years in it. Should it be impossible to avoid this concession on the part of the U. States, it ought, as of itself more than a reasonable price for future security, to extend the reparation due for the past.
But beyond these indispensable conditions, the United States have a right to expect every solemnity of form and every other ingredient of retribution and respect which according to usage and the sentiments of mankind, are proper in the strongest cases of insult to the rights and sovereignty of a nation. And the British government is to be apprized of the importance to a full compliance with this expectation to the thorough healing of the wound which has been made in the feelings of the American nation.
Should it be alleged as a ground for declining or diminishing the satisfaction in this case, that the U. States have themselves taken it by the interdict contained in the proclamation the answer will be obvious. The interdict is a measure, not of reparation, but of precaution, and would besides be amply justified by recurrences prior to the extraordinary outrage in question.
The exclusion of all armed ships whatever from our waters, is in fact so much required by the vexations and dangers to our peace experienced from their visits, that the President makes it a special part of the charge to you, to avoid laying the U. States under any species of restraint from adopting that remedy. Being extended to all belligerent nations, none of them could of right complain, and with the less reason, as the policy of most nations has limited the admission of foreign ships of war into their ports, to such numbers as being inferior to the naval force of the country, could be readily made to respect its authority and laws.
As it may be useful, in enforcing the justice of the present demand, to bring into view applicable cases, especially where Great Britain has been the complaining party, I refer you to the ground taken and the language held by her, in those of Falkland's Island and Nootka Sound , notwithstanding the association by Spain in both cases, that the real right was in her, and the possessory only in Great Britain. These cases will be found in the Annual Register for 1771, and 1790, and in the parliamentary debates for those years. In the latter you will find also two cases referred to, in one of which the French king sent an ambassador extraordinary to the king of Sardinia, in the most public and solemn manner, with an apo-
logy for an infringement of his territorial rights in the pursuit of a smuggler and murderer. In the other case, an ambassador extraordinary was sent by the British government to the court of Portugal, with an apology for the pursuit and destruction, by admiral Boscawen , of certain French ships on the coasts of this last kingdom. Many other cases, more or less analogous, may doubtless be found; see, particularly, the reparation by France to Great Britain, for the attack on Turk's Island in 1764, as related in the Annual Register and in Smollett's continuation of Hume , vol. 10, the proceedings in the case of an English merchantman, which suffered much in her crew and otherwise, from the fire of certain Spanish vessels cruising in the Mediterranean; and the execution of the lieutenant of a privateer, for firing a gun into a Venetian merchantman, which killed the captain, as stated in the Annual Register , for 1781, page 94. The case of an affront offered to a Russian ambassador in the reign of Queen Ann , tho' less analogous, shews in a general view, the solemnity with which reparation is made, for insults having immediate relation to the sovereignty of a nation.
Altho' the principle which was outraged in the proceedings against the American frigate is independent of the question concerning the allegiance of the seamen taken from her, the fact that they were citizens of the United States, and not British subjects, may have such an influence on the feelings of all, and perhaps on the opinions of some unacquainted with the laws and usages of nations, that it has been thought proper to seek more regular proofs of their national character, than were deemed sufficient in the first instance. These proofs will be added by this conveyance, if obtained in time, if not by the first that succeeds.
The President has an evident right to expect from the British government, not only an ample reparation to the U. S. in this case, but that it will be decided without difficulty or delay. Should this expectation fail, and above all, should reparation be refused, it will be incumbent on you to take proper measures for hastening home, according to the degree of urgency, all American vessels remaining in British ports; using for the purpose, the mode least likely to awaken the attention of the British government. Where there may be no ground to distrust the prudence or fidelity of consuls, they will probably be found the fittest vehicles for your intimations. It will be particularly requisite to communicate to our public ships in the Mediterranean, the state of appearances, if it be such as ought to influence their movements.
All negotiation with the British government on other subjects, will of course be suspended until satisfaction on this be so pledged and arranged as to render negotiation honorable. Whatever may be the result or the prospect, you will please to forward to us the earliest information.
The scope of the proclamation will signify to you that the President has yielded to the presumption that the hostile act of the British commander did not pursue the intentions of his government. It is not indeed easy to suppose that so rash and so critical a step should have originated with the admiral, but it is still more difficult to believe, that such orders were prescribed by any government, under circumstances such as existed between Great Britain and the United States.
Calculations founded on dates, are also strongly opposed to the supposition, that the orders in question could have been transmitted from England. In the same scale, are to be put the apparent and declared permission of the British representative, Mr. Erskine , that no orders of a hostile spirit could have been issued or authorised by his government; and the coincidence of this assurance with the amicable professions of Mr. Canning , the organ of the new administration, as stated in the dispatch of April 22d, from yourself and Mr. Pinckney .
Proceeding on these considerations, the President has inferred that the justice and honor of the British government will readily make the atonement required; and in that expectation, he has forborne an immediate call of Congress; notwithstanding the strong wish which has been manifested by many, that measures depending on their authority should without delay be adopted. The motives to this forbearance have at the same time been strengthened by the policy of avoiding recourse which might stimulate the British cruisers, in this quarter, to arrest our ships and seamen now arriving and shortly expected in great numbers from all quarters.
It is probable however that the legislature will be convened in time to receive the answer of the British government on the subject of this dispatch, or even sooner, if the conduct of the British squadron here, or other occurrences, should require immediate measures beyond the authority of the executive.
In order to give the more expedition and security to the present dispatch, a public armed vessel, the Revenge , is especially employed; and doctor Bullus is made the bearer, who was on board the Chesapeake , on his way to a consulate in the Mediterranean, and will be able to detail and explain circumstances which may possibly become interesting in the course of your communications with the British government.
The vessel after depositing doctor Bullus at a British port, will proceed with dispatches to a French port, but will return to England with a view to bring the result of your transactions with the British government. The trip to France will afford you and Mr. Pinckney a favorable opportunity of communicating with our ministers at Paris, who being instructed to regulate their conduct on the present occasion by the advice they may receive from you, will need every explanation that can throw light on the probable turn and issue of things with Great Britain.
I have the honor to be, &c. (Signed) JAMES MADISON.
No. II. Correspondence between Mr. Monroe, and Mr. Canning, in relation to the attack.

the Chesapeake, with Mr. Monroe's letter to the Secretary of State on the same subject. (Private.)
FOREIGN OFFICE.
Saturday, July 25, 1807.
Mr. Canning presents his compliments to Mr. Monroe; and with sentiments of the deepest regret hastens to inform him that intelligence has just been received of a transaction which has taken place off the coast of America, between a ship of war of his majesty, and a frigate belonging to the U. States; the result of which has been the loss of some lives on board the American frigate.
The particulars of this transaction and the grounds of the justification of the British officer, and of the admiral under whose orders he acted, Mr. Canning is not at present enabled to communicate to Mr. Monroe.
If Mr. Monroe should have received any accounts of it, Mr. Canning trusts that he will lose no time in communicating them to Mr. Canning.
But whatever the real merits and character of the transaction may turn out to be, Mr. Canning could not forbear expressing without delay the sincere concern and sorrow which he feels at its unfortunate result; and assuring the American minister, both from himself and on the behalf of his majesty's government, that if the British officers should prove to have been culpable, the most prompt, and effectual reparation shall be afforded to the government of the United States.
JAMES MONROE, Esq.
&c. &c. &c.
TO MR. CANNING.
Mr. Monroe presents his compliments to Mr. Canning and is much obliged to him for the information communicated in his note of Saturday. Mr. Monroe has heard with extreme regret the account it contains of a rencontre between a British ship of war and an American frigate off the coast of the United States. He has no knowledge of the subject except what Mr. Canning's note has furnished, but will not fail to communicate the earliest intelligence which he may receive of an event so deeply to be lamented. Mr. Monroe derives in the mean time much satisfaction from the friendly assurance of Mr. Canning, that this unfortunate occurrence was not authorised by his majesty's government, and that suitable reparation will be made for the injury, if on enquiry the British officer shall be found the aggressor.
Portland Place, Monday, July 27, 1807.
The Right Honorable
GEORGE CANNING,
&c. &c. &c.
TO MR. CANNING.
Portland Place, July 29, 1807.
Sir, Although I have no instruction from my government on the subject, it is my duty to request the attention of his Britannic majesty's government to a late aggression on the sovereignty of the United States, of a very extraordinary nature. The circumstances of the transaction are too distinctly marked to leave any doubt of the extent of the outrage, or of the reparation which it obviously claims. By accounts which are entitled to full confidence, it appears that on the 23d of June last, his majesty's ship the Leopard attacked an American frigate off the coast of the United States, with a view to assert and enforce the unfounded and most unjustifiable pretension to search for deserters, and after having killed and wounded a number of her men, entered on board and carried away forcibly several of the crew. The conduct of the British officer which in itself forms an act of complete hostility, is rendered more reprehensible from the consideration that just before this aggression he held a station within the jurisdiction of the United States, in the waters of the Chesapeake, where, while he enjoyed the rights of hospitality, he projected this attack against the ship of a neutral power, whose commander relying on the good faith of his majesty's government, and the friendly relations subsisting between Great Britain and the United States, could not have suspected the design. I might state other examples of great indignity and outrage, many of which are of recent date, to which the United States have been exposed off their coast, and even within several of their harbors, from the British squadron; but it is improper to mingle them with the present more serious cause of complaint. I have called your attention to this subject in full confidence that his majesty's government will see in the act complained of, a flagrant abuse of its own authority, and that it will not hesitate to enable me to communicate to my government, without delay, a frank disavowal of the principle on which it was made, and its assurance that the officer who is responsible for it shall suffer the punishment which so unexampled an aggression on the sovereignty of a neutral nation justly deserves.
I have the honor to be,
With great consideration,
Sir,
Your very obedient servant,
(Signed) JAMES MONROE.
The Right Honorable
GEORGE CANNING, &c. &c. &c.
FROM MR. CANNING.
Foreign Office, Aug. 3d, 1807.
Sir, I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your official note of the 29th ult. which I have lost no time in laying before the king.
As the statement of the transaction to which this note refers, is not brought forward either by the authority of the government of the United States, or with any precise knowledge of the facts on which it is founded, it might have been sufficient for me to express to you, his majesty's readiness to take the whole of the circumstances of the case, when fully disclosed, into his consideration, and to make reparation for any alleged injury to the sovereignty of the United States, whenever it should be clearly shown that such injury has been actually sustained; and that such reparation is really due.
Of the existence of such a disposition on the part of the British government, you, Sir, cannot be ignorant: I have already assured you of it, though in an unofficial form, by the letter which I addressed to you
on the first receipt of the intelligence of this unfortunate transaction; and I may perhaps be permitted to express my surprise, after such an assurance, at the tone of that representation which I have just had the honor to receive from you.
But the earnest desire of his majesty to evince, in the most satisfactory manner, the principles of justice and moderation, by which he is uniformly actuated, has permitted him to hesitate in commanding me to assure you, that his majesty neither does, nor has at any time, maintained the pretension of a right to search ships of war, in the national service of any state, for deserters.
If, therefore, the statement in your note should prove to be correct, and to contain all the circumstances of the case, upon which complaint is intended to be made, and if it shall appear that the act of his majesty's officers rested on no other grounds than the simple and unqualified assertion of the pretension above referred to, his majesty has no difficulty in disavowing that act, and will have no difficulty in manifesting his displeasure at the conduct of his officers.
With respect to the other causes of complaint [whatever they may be] which are hinted at in your note, I perfectly agree with you, in the sentiment which you express, as to the propriety of not involving them in a question, which is of itself of sufficient importance to claim a separate and most serious consideration.
I have only to lament, that the same sentiment did not induce you to abstain from alluding to these subjects, on an occasion which you were, yourself, of opinion, was not favorable for pursuing the discussion of them.
I have the honor to be,
With great consideration,
Sir,
Your most obedient humble servant.
(Signed) GEORGE CANNING.
JAMES MONROE, Esq.
&c. &c. &c.
No.
London, August 4th, 1807.
Sir,
I avail myself of the opportunity afforded by Mr. Bidwell, to communicate to you a copy of a correspondence, and the substance of a conference, between Mr. Canning and myself relative to the late aggression on the peace and sovereignty of the U. States, by the British ship Leopard, in an attack on the Chesapeake, off the capes of Virginia.
Mr. Canning's private letter of July 25, which gave the first intelligence of the occurrence, left it doubtful whether the British officers had been culpable in it, and as I knew how very reprehensible their conduct had been on our coast, on many other occasions, and to what height the sensibility of our citizens had been excited by it, I thought it not improbable that something might have occurred to divide the blame between the parties. It was under that impression that my answer was written. On the next day the leading features of the transaction were presented to the public through the medium of the gazettes, which were taken from private accounts received directly from Halifax, by a vessel which had been despatched by admiral Berkeley with the official one. By these it was evident that the British officer was completely the aggressor, in an outrage of great enormity, attended with circumstances which increased the offence. It was understood likewise from good authority, that the official intelligence which the government had received, corresponded with and confirmed the other accounts already before the public.
On full consideration of these circumstances, I concluded that it would be highly improper for me to leave the affair on the ground on which Mr. Canning had placed it. I could see no other motive in him to obtain further information relative to the transaction, than for the purpose of ascertaining whether the men said to be deserters, and for whom the attack was made, were American citizens or British subjects; to which it was impossible for me to give any countenance. I thought it indispensable therefore to call on the government to disavow the principle and to engage such other reparation to the United States, as their injured honor obviously required. It appeared to me, that any delay in taking that step which depended on an abstract principle, and required no argument to illustrate, or facts to support it, would have a tendency to weaken a claim which was unquestionable, and to countenance the idea that it would not be supportable with suitable energy.
But, before the knowledge of this event, obtained the appointment of an interview with Mr. Canning on other business, to take place on the 10th ultimo. We met according to the appointment; I observed, in opening the conference, that although the topics which had brought us together, were important, the late occurrence at the entrance of the Chesapeake, had in a great measure put them out of sight. He expressed his regret that such an event, which would at all times furnish cause of concern, should have happened at the present time. He asked if the men in question were American citizens, or British subjects? I replied that that was a point which could not come into view in the case; that it was one which according as the fact might be, would make the cause more or less popular, in either country, but could not affect the principle: that on principle, a ship of war protected all the people on board, and could not be entered to be searched for deserters, or for any purpose, without violating the sovereignty of the nation whose flag she bore; that in the present case I had been assured, that the men were American citizens, and that the British minister at Washington had been made acquainted with it. He said little on the subject, but by the tendency of what he did say, seemed to imply that his government could not lose sight of the consideration above alluded to, nor indeed did he admit by any thing that escaped him, that the abstract principle itself would not be insisted on. His remarks however were generally of a conciliatory & friendly character; without pledging himself on any point, he seemed desirous to satisfy me that no new orders had been issued by the present ministry to the commandant of the British squadron at Halifax. I observed, that as the notes which had passed between us, were informal, and on a very limited view of the subject, on my part, it
would be proper for me, now, that the circumstances were better known, to present him an official note on it; he admitted the propriety of it.
I then drew Mr. Canning's attention to the subjects on which I had asked the interview; being the case of the Impetueux, captain Love's correspondence, the conduct of captain Douglas, and of the British squadron generally on our coast. I observed that I had heretofore postponed any official communication on these points, from objects depending between our governments, and of course, from motives the most friendly: that I brought them to his view at this time, in consequence of Mr. Pinkney and myself having commenced the other business, as he knew had been done; he promised to attend to them.
On the 29 July, I wrote Mr. Canning the note which I had promised him in the late interview: I addressed it in terms which I thought suitable to the occasion, observing to state in it, that I took the step from a sense of duty, applicable to my station as the resident minister, and without authority from my government: I considered the act as that of the British officer, in which the government had no agency, was not bound to support, and which it would be honorable for it to disavow. I flattered myself that some advantage might arise from the measure, and that under the circumstances in which it was taken, no injury possibly could. His reply is dated on the 3d instant, which though addressed in rather a harsh tone, may be considered as conceding essentially the point desired. It is my intention to say nothing more to him on the subject, till I hear from you, and in the mean time to observe the most conciliatory conduct that circumstances will admit.
Such is the state of this country at the present crisis, that it is impossible to foresee what will be its course of conduct towards the U. S. There has been at all times, since the commencement of the present war, a strong party here for extending its ravages to them. This party is composed of the ship owners, the navy, the East and West India merchants, and several political characters of great consideration in the state. So powerful is this combination, that it is most certain that nothing can be obtained of the government on any point, but what may be extorted by necessity. The disasters to the north ought to inspire moderation, but with respect to the northern powers, it seems to have produced directly the opposite effect. A fleet of about 25 ships of the line, with a suitable number of frigates, &c. and above 20,000 men, has been lately equipped, and sent to the Baltic, as it is said, to take possession of the Danish and Russian navies. This measure is imputed to an understanding which it is supposed has been established between the cabinets of Russia and Prussia by the late peace, and which has for its object a concert of measures for the purpose of attempting to force on this country a maritime code, more favorable to neutral nations. The motive assigned for the expedition, is that of taking possession of the Danish fleet, to keep it out of the hands of the French; that the Russian fleet is one of the objects is not so generally believed, though perhaps not less probable.
Mr. Pinkney and myself have taken the first step in our business. We will write you in a few days the state of it. You may be assured that we shall do every thing in our power to promote, in the mode most likely to succeed, the object of our instructions and the interests of our country. Want of time prevents my going into further detail.
I have the honor to be,
With great consideration,
Sir, your most obedient servant
JAMES MONROE.
JAMES MADISON, esq.
Secretary of State, Washington.
From Mr. Canning To Mr. Monroe.
Foreign Office, August 3, 1807.
Sir,
Having received from his majesty's minister in America, an unofficial printed paper, purporting to be a copy of a proclamation of the President of the U. S. I have to request that you will be pleased to acquaint me, whether you have received any communication from your government which enables you to pronounce if such paper be authentic?
In the event of your being empowered to admit its authenticity, I have further to request of you, that you will inform me whether you are also authorised to announce to it is the intention of the government of the U. S. to carry into effect the measures stated in the proclamation of the President, without requiring, or waiting for, any explanation, on the part of the British government, with respect to the late unfortunate transaction, upon which the determination to resort to these measures is professed to be founded?
I have the honor to be, &c.
(Signed) GEORGE CANNING.
I have the honor to enclose an American newspaper, containing a copy of the paper in question.
MR. MONROE TO MR. CANNING.
Portland Place, August 9, 1807.
Sir,
I HAVE the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of yesterday, and should not hesitate to communicate the information which you have desired if I possessed it; but as I have not heard from my government on the subject of the unfortunate occurrence alluded to, it is not in my power to state to you any thing on the part of my government respecting it. I have no doubt that I shall be instructed in a very few days, to make a communication to his majesty's government on that highly interesting event, in which I shall be enabled to furnish a fair and just view of all the circumstances attending it. As soon as I receive instructions I shall hasten to apprise you of it.
I have the honor to be, &c.
(Signed) JAMES MONROE.
MR. MONROE TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE UNITED STATES.
London, August 14, 1807.
Sir,
I had the honor to transmit you with my letter of the 4th inst. a copy of a correspondence
with Mr. Canning, relative to the late aggression in the case of the Chesapeake frigate. You will receive with this a copy of a more recent one on the same subject.
By Mr. Canning's queries in his last note, I was led to consider as preparatory to an embargo on American vessels. I could not conceive why he should request information of me, whether the President's proclamation was authentic, and when it would be carried into effect, if it was not intended to found some measure on my reply of an unfriendly nature. The information desired was not necessary to remove any doubts of his government on the points to which it applied; or to enable it to do justice to the United States, in regard to the aggression of which they complained. The presumption that an embargo was intended gained strength from the circumstance that most of the gazettes had recommended, and that the public mind seemed to be essentially prepared for it. It was my most earnest wish to prevent, as far as in my power, so unjust and pernicious a procedure. As the measure contemplated, whatever it might be, seemed to be suspended for my answer, I was extremely solicitous, by the manner, to deprive this government of all pretext for any of the kind alluded to. By replying generally that I had no instructions from my government, and could state nothing on its part respecting the late occurrence, I avoided giving a direct answer to Mr. Canning's queries; and by drawing his attention to the application which it was to be presumed would soon be made on the part of my government, on that subject, I endeavored to show more strongly the impolicy and injustice which would stamp any such measure on the part of Great Britain in the present stage.
No step has yet been taken by this government of an unfriendly character, towards the United States; and from the communication which Mr. Canning made to the house of Commons the day he received my last note, which you will find in the gazettes sent, I am persuaded that things will remain in the state in which they are, till your dispatch is received. I trust that a disposition exists to make such reparation on the point in question, as will be satisfactory to the United States, and that it will be practicable and not difficult to preserve the friendly relations subsisting between the two countries. The party however in favor of war, consisting of the combined interests mentioned in my last, is strong and active, so that it is impossible to foresee the result.
I have the honor to be, &c.
(Signed) JAMES MONROE.
TO MR. CANNING.
No. 10.
Mr. Monroe presents his compliments to Mr. Canning, and has the honor to inform him, that he has just received instructions from his government relative to the late attack of the United States frigate Chesapeake, by his majesty's ship Leopard, off the coast of the United States.
Mr. Monroe requests that Mr. Canning would have the goodness to give him an early interview on that subject.
Mr. Monroe requests Mr. Canning to accept the assurances of his high consideration.
Portland Place, Sept. 1, 1807.
FROM MR. CANNING.
No. 11.
Foreign Office, Sept. 1, 1807.
Mr. Canning presents his compliments to Mr. Monroe, and requests the honor of seeing him at the Foreign office on Thursday next, at twelve o'clock.
Mr. Canning would have proposed to see Mr. Monroe to-morrow, if he had not been under the necessity of attending the levee and council at the Queen's palace.
Mr. Canning requests Mr. Monroe to accept the assurances of his high consideration.
JAMES MONROE, esq. &c. &c. &c.
(To be continued.)
Postscript.
New-York, March 24.
LATEST FROM FRANCE.
The ship Eliza, Skiddy, arrived at this port yesterday, in 29 days from Bordeaux. She left there on the 20th of Feb. and the Editor of the Mercantile Advertiser has received by her French papers to the 14th of February.
Capt S. and the passengers inform us, that the markets in France were very high; that the American vessels were hurrying off as fast as possible, being apprehensive of a seizure; and that they were coming in ballast, to avoid capture by the British. It was supposed in France, that if the American Government made a treaty with Great Britain, France, would declare war against this country. A passenger in the Eliza has brought dispatches from Mr. Armstrong, the American Minister in Paris, to the Secretary of State.
Application had been made to the French emperor, through the minister of Marine, Decree, to know what construction would be put on the Imperial decree of the 17th Dec. which renders vessels liable to condemnation for having on their passage been visited by British cruisers. The answer to the queries of the applicants was to this effect:—That the decree was liable to no construction different from its letter; that no one had a right to put any other construction upon it; that it was plain and simple, and must be severely, strictly, and literally executed upon all objects which it embraced; that vessels subject thereto would be brought before the competent tribunals as soon as possible; and that the crews of such vessels as came under the decree would be permitted to live on board their respective ships, at the expense of the ship and cargo, until they were finally condemned, when they (the crew) would be delivered up to their respective consuls. Copies of the official letter from the minister might have been had in Bordeaux, but the subject was not thought of at the time of sailing by either the captain or the passengers.
BLANK BONDS
For Sale at this Office.
Landing this day From the Schooner Richmond, Isaac Schimmelpfennig master, at Levee's wharf, seventeen bags heads best GREEN COFFEE, and twenty hogsheads MOLASSES By order of GEO. WATT. Richmond March 26, 1808.
THE SUBSCRIBER Being by a power of attorney, duly authorized to settle the accounts and collect the balances due to the following co-partners formerly of this city, viz. Montgomery & Allen; Alexander Montgomery & Co. Montgomery, Henry & Co. and Montgomery & Henry, requests all those who remain indebted to either of said firms, to call and pay their respective balances to him. GEO. WATT. Richmond, 26th March, 1808. landw.
TO BE SOLD, By public auction, for cash, on Monday the 28th of April next, at Cumberland court house, being court day.
Two tracts of Land, In the county of Buckingham, formerly belonging to Mr. Peyton Saunders, viz. one tract of 400 acres, adjoining the lands of Reiby Castleton and John Harris. The other tract lies on Buffalo Creek, five miles from town lies on Oxia, containing 238 acres, adjoining the lands of Eleanor Bowling, John Dunn, John Lipscomb and James Rudolph, 237. 50. W. Trent will be invested with free power to set for me, he being at court on that day. CHAN. H. SAUNDERS. Richmond, March 26, 1808. wjt/s
200 Dollars Reward.
WAS STOLEN from the subscriber early in the morning of Saturday last, a pair of well matched handsome bay carriage Horses, both square docked, one has both white hind feet, and at times has a spring halt or jerk with one of his hind feet, the other has a star in his forehead and a black streak along his back, and both shod with new shoes steel towed and heeled, black manes and tails; the above rewards offered, under the expectation some evil minded person, in the vicinity of Richmond, now has the above horses in concealment, & if such should be the case, and the person in reputable circumstances who keeps them in concealment, double the reward will be no object to the subscriber, but if they are strayed or stolen, the subscriber will be governed by his former advertisement with grateful thanks to the person who will deliver them to Dr. Sacker der, Richmond. MARTIN GILLET. Richmond, 28th March, 1808.
COUNCIL CHAMBER, March 26, 1808. Executive, on the 8th day of April next, for furnishing the public guard with clothing for the present year. Also, at the same time proposals will be received for furnishing the diet of the convicts in the penitentiary, for one year, from the 17th day of April next. DANL. L. HYLTON. Clerk of the Cl.
I DO acknowledge to have received of Moses Davis full satisfaction in property purchased to amount of three thousand four hundred and forty-five dollars or thereabouts, for fifteen notes, negotiable at the Bank of Virginia, to about that amount, and I do hereby acknowledge myself bound to take in the said notes. Given under my hand, this 23d March, 1808. P. YOUNGHUSBAND. Witness—D. Lambert. P. S. The above payment was made the 20th October, 1807. MOSES DAVIS.
TULEN, on Wednesday 23d instant, from near the Basin, in Richmond, a dark Chestnut Sorrel Mare, very heavy with foal, (Saddle and Bridle) She is nine years old this spring, one if no both hind feet white to the foot locks, a small star in her forehead, a lump on her back, occasioned from a hurt of a saddle. She is about four feet nine or ten inches high. I will give ten dollars to any person who will deliver to me or at the Union Tavern to Mr. P. Moseley, the aforesaid mare, and ten dollars to any person who will apprehend the thief, so as he may be convicted. The man I am informed, is thin visaged, of a dark complexion, for a white man; he had a blue coat on with a blue spruce over it. JOHN FORE. Chesterfield, March 25th, 1808. wjt/s P. S. I am rather inclined to believe that he made up the river road towards Tuckahoe.
Lands for Sale.
AT next Buckingham court, being the 11th of April, and the day of election, will be Sold, to the highest bidder, on a credit of twelve months, two Tracts of Land, belonging to the estate of Thomas Anderson, dec. viz. one lying on the waters of Rock Island Creek, containing 147 Acres, more or less; the other lying near James River, adjoining the lands of Col. Wilson C. Nicholas, and Price Perkins, containing 41 Acres, be the same more or less, both in the aforesaid county; the purchasers giving bond with approved security to the
EXECUTORS. March 23d, 1808. zw
A Young Man WHO is single, that understands the management of Negroes, and can read and write, with a very little knowledge of figures, if well recommended for honesty, industry and sobriety, may hear of employment by application to the printer. Richmond, March 19, 1808. (f.
Map of Virginia For Sale at this Office.

KNOWSLEY, The noted and much admired ENGLISH HORSE
THE handsomest and one of the best sons of Sir Peter Teazle, now unquestionably the best stallion in England, imported in 1801, by William Lightfoot, Esq., and now the property of Messrs. Woods, of Albemarle, will stand the ensuing season at our stable, in Charlotte county, four miles above the courthouse, the same distance below Rough Creek Church, and ten miles from Coles Ferry; & will be let to mares at Six Guineas the season, which may be discharged by the payment of Five Guineas, if paid by the first day of January next, or Twenty Dollars will be received as full compensation if sent with the mare or paid before taken away, and Forty Dollars to ensure a mare to be in foal; one dollar to the groom paid in hand, will be required with each mare; notes of hand payable as above, will be expected in every instance where the money is not sent with the mare. The season will commence the first day of March and expire the first of August. We shall be enabled to furnish five hundred acres of excellent pastureage (grass) well enclosed in three separate fields, affording a variety of high and low grounds, well set with clover and green sward. Servants will be boarded at nine shillings per week, and grain furnished mares, as directed, at the lowest market price. We assure gentlemen who entrust their mares to our care, that the most pointed attention and strictest justice shall be rendered to every one, and all possible precaution taken to prevent accidents or escapes, but cannot be liable for any that may happen.
KNOWSLEY is a fine bay, 15 hands three inches high, full of bone and muscle, with elegant points, remarkable for uniting great strength with an uncommon share of beauty; 3 years old last spring, and now in great perfection. It is deemed unnecessary to publish at full length, either the performance of Knowsley himself or his colts, as every gentleman conversant with the turf must be fully satisfied of his superior worth; let it suffice to say, that no horse ever imported into the state has produced more winning colts, from the number tried than Knowsley. In 1806, nine of his colts started, seven proved successful in winning eleven prizes. In 1807 we have only heard from five, two of which were winners, the other three run with great credit, and were always second best, beating several fine horses.
WILLIAM GAINES. MARTIN HANCOCK.
P.S. Any mares which were put to Knowsley last season, and did not prove with foal, shall be ensured the present year for the season money.
PEDIGREE. Given by Lord Derby in the following words, viz. "I do hereby certify, that the bay horse called Knowsley, late the property of the Prince of Wales, was bred by me. He was got by Sir Peter Teazle, out of Capelia, and was six years old last May, and no more." Signed, DERBY, (Seal.) Knowsley, June 15, 1801.
ARCHDUKE, The high bred imported HORSE WILL stand at the Bowling Green, from the 10th March to the 1st day of August next, and will be let to mares at the reduced price of TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS, payable within the season. ARCHDUKE has so frequently been advertised, that it is deemed unnecessary to swell an advertisement to the usual length; suffice it to say, that he has size, strength and beauty, and that his blood is equal to any horse's on the continent. Arch Duke's colts are now three years old and some of them will appear on the turf this spring.
Stamford and M. Teazle, own brothers of Arch Duke, stand in the first class of covering horses, on the British turf & Paris. Another brother won the Derby stakes 1805. Rosedon, gotten by Arch Duke, before he left England, won twice at 3 years old, running in one instance 3 heats. All possible care and attention will be paid to mares, but the subscriber will not be answerable for accidents of any kind. Gentlemen wishing their mares fed with corn, must send money for that purpose. Groom's fee half a dollar.
PEDIGREE Arch Duke was gotten by Sir Peter Teazle, his dam Horatia (sister to Achilles by Eclipse, granddam Countess by Blank) was the dam of Delpini.
JOHN HOOMES. (w6) VIRGINIA: At a Superior Court of Chancery held at the Capitol in the city of Richmond, the 13th day of February, 1808. John S. Moore, Pff. against John Magee and John Harris, Dfs. THE defendant John Magee not having entered his appearance and given security according to the act of assembly, and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court, that he is not an inhabitant of this country, on motion of the plaintiff by counsel it is ordered that the said defendant do appear here on the first day of the next term, and answer the bill of the plaintiff, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some newspaper published in the city of Richmond, for two months successively, and posted at the front door of the capitol in the said city. A copy—Teste. Peter Tinsley, C. C.
United States Court, Fifth Circuit & Virginia District, November term, 1807. Edward Scott & Charles Scott, executors of John Scott, deceased, plaintiffs, against John Tyndale Ware, executor of William Jones, deceased, who was surviving partner of Farrel and Jones, defendant. THE defendant John T. Ware, not having entered his appearance and given security according to a rule of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that he is not an inhabitant of this district; On the motion of the plaintiff by his attorney, It is Ordered , that the said defendant do appear here on the first day of the next term and answer the plaintiff's bill; and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some one of the newspapers published in the city of Richmond for two months successively, and posted at the front door of the Capitol in the said city. A copy—Teste, WILLIAM MARSHALL, Clk.
United States Court, Fifth Circuit & Virginia District, Nov 25, 1807. James Ritchie and Company, plaintiffs, against Mary Brent, widow of George Brent; Daniel Brent, Robert Brent, John Cook, Bailey Washington, William Brent and Robert Brent, Mary Brent and George F. Brent, infant children of George & Mary Brent, defendants.
THE defendants Daniel Brent, Wm. Brent and Robert Brent, not having entered their appearance and given security according to a rule of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that they are not inhabitants of this district, on the motion of the plaintiff, by their counsel, It is Ordered , that the said defendants do appear here on the first day of the next term and answer the plaintiff's bill; and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some one of the newspapers published in the city of Richmond for two months successively, and posted at the front door of the Capitol in the said city. A copy—Teste, WILLIAM MARSHALL, Clk.
Ten Dollars Reward. RUN away from this city, about the 12th of last November, a negro man slave named CESAR, the property of the subscriber; he formerly belonged to Mr. Robert Alexander of Campbell county, and was bought from him a small boy in the year 1789; he is now about 6 feet high his big toe on his right foot is very remarkable, being split with an axe thro' the nail and nearly as high as the second joint, by that it is much broader and larger than the other. He was accustomed to run James river above the falls, and was seen on the 16th of the same month, November, going thro' the locks in a bateaux, with a negro man slave named Abram, who was head man, and belongs to the estate of Col. John Harvie, dec. If Cesar is not concealed by the said Abram he is gone up the river in some other bateaux. On delivering him to me or securing him in some jail so that I get him again, shall be paid the above reward by Robert Mitchell. City of Richmond, 25th Jan. 1808
It is a Court held for Louisa county on Monday the 8th day of February, 1808. Robert Yancey, & co. Pffs. against William Meriwether and Robert Dickinson, Dfs. In Chancery.
THE defendant Wm. Meriwether, not having entered his appearance and given security according to the act of assembly and the rules of this court; and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that he is not an inhabitant of this state; therefore, on the motion of the plaintiffs by their counsel, it is ordered and decreed by the court, that the said defendant Meriwether do appear here on the second Monday in May next, and answer the plaintiff's bill; and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in one of the newspapers printed in the city of Richmond for eight weeks successively, and published at the front door of the court house of this county, on some court day. A copy—Teste, John Poindexter, C. L. C.
TO RENT, A GOOD TENEMENT on Market Alley, opposite the Market House; it is among the best stands in the neighborhood for a grocery. For terms apply to the subscriber or to Harry Tompkins ISAAC WEBSTER. February 15.
The Celebrated English Stallion BEDFORD, WILL stand this season at my house, in Charlotte county, five miles distant from Goode and Sevi's bridges on Appomattox river, and 25 from Richmond and Petersburg. The following terms will be attended to:—FORTY DOLLARS are required for the season; the same to be secured by a note to be sent with each mare, but the note may be discharged by the payment of TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS at any time within the season, which will expire on the last day of July. The groom fee will be ONE DOLLAR per mare. Should any mare sent to this horse not prove to be in foal, the owner, provided he retains possession of the same mare the succeeding season, may be permitted to put her to Bedford gratis. The mares will have the benefit of safe and extensive pastureage, but no responsibility for escapes or accidents. They will be supplied with provender on very reasonable terms, provided the money is sent to make the purchase. Servants who attend the mares, will be boarded at the rate of ten shillings and six pence per week. BEDFORD from his performances and his real character ought to stand at his former season price of fifty dollars, but the distressed situation of the country, as to money matters, induces the subscriber to reduce the sum, and to make the payment of it as easy as possible to those who may think proper to raise from this elegant and valuable stock. BEDFORD is a fine blood bay, nearly 16 hands high, with great bone and muscular power; his colts are equal if not superior to those of any horse in America. He is the sire of the following distinguished runners.—Fairy, it is believed, that out of thirteen races (4 mile heats) she won twelve, and is the only nag that ever beat Leviathan—Gallatin, Nancy Air, Dungannon, Peggy, Lottery, Cup Bearer, Volunteer, Nestor, Dutchess, Eclat, Wilskey, and many other fine horses are the immediate descendants of Bedford. BEDFORD was imported by the late col. John Hoomes, bred by Lord Grosvenor, was got by Dungannon, the best son of Eclipse, his dam Fairy by Highlander, his granddam Fairy Queen, who was also the granddam of Citizen, by Young Cade, Ruth's Black-Eyes by Crab, Warlock Galloway by Snake, Bald Galloway, Curwin Bay Bard. THOMAS BRANCH. March 4, 1808. (w3m)
THE LAWS PASSED at the last Session of the General Assembly, of Virginia, are just published at this office. March 19, 1808.
NOTICE. ALL persons to whom the estate of the late Judith Robinson, dec. of Cumberland county, is indebted, are desired on or before the first day of October next, to bring forward their claims properly authenticated, that provision may be made for payment, and to all claims exhibited after that period, this advertisement will be plead in bar. A division of said estate among the legatees will be made on the above day.
JOHN HATCHER, Ex'r. March 17 1808. oam 1 O t FROM SAMPSON'S MEMOIRS.
NOTICE. IN pursuance of an ordinance of the Common Hall for the city of Richmond, for regulating the police of the said city, I shall attend at the office Mr. Nathaniel Sheppard, on Saturday next, for the purpose of receiving the lists from the citizens of the names, ages and sexes of their slaves, in which lists they are required to distinguish those hired from those which are not; and also to say of whom they are hired. JOHN BROOKE, City Con'r March 21, 1808.
Will be Sold FOR ready money, on the premises on the fourth day of June next, in obedience to a decree of the Superior Court of Chancery, for the Richmond District, made on the ninth day of February last past, in the suits in said Court, viz: Brown, Rives, and Company, Merchants and partners, pffs. against William Alcock, Andrew Hart, Robert Alcock, James Barbour, and Martin Dawson, and William Galt, pffs. against William Alcock, Andrew Hart, Robert Alcock, James Barbour, Brown, Rives & Company, Martin Dawson & David Anderson, Dfs.
ONE TRACT or PARCEL OF LAND, in said suits mentioned, lying and being in the county of Albemarle, in the North Garden, on the head waters of Hardwarre river, containing SEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FOUR ACRES, be the same more or less, and adjoining the lands of James Garland, Hubkey R. Morris, William Woods, &c. subject to the life estate of the defendant Robert Alcock and Mary his wife, in the lower moiety thereof. MARTIN DAWSON. March 21, 1808. 5w
LAND In the state of Ohio—For Sale: THE subscriber wishes to SELL a valuable TRACT OF LAND, in the state of Ohio, containing 1,000 acres. This tract is of excellent quality, as the subscriber has understood from most respectable information. It lies on Deer creek, a branch of the Sciota, about 16 miles from Chillicothe, in a well settled neighborhood, and is very convenient to the trade of the Ohio. He will dispose of it for cash, or on a short credit, for notes acceptable at the Bank of Virginia; or will exchange it for property in the city of Richmond. An unquestionable title, with general warranty, will be made to the purchaser. Wm. MUZZEARD. Richmond, Sept. 24, 1807. tf
FOR SALE. A Dwelling House, and Four Half Acres Lots of Ground, in the Town of Manchester, as formerly advertised. On receiving a part in cash, I am disposed to give a considerable credit, for the balance of purchase, or I will take young Negroes at a fair valuation, and Land in the State of Ohio, Tennessee or Kentucky, on such terms as may be agreed on—If the said property is not sold between now and Christmas, it will be leased to an approved tenant for a term of years. ARCHD CAMPBELL. Manchester, Nov. 30, 1807. tf
Valuable Lands. THE subscriber will Sell, on a credit, or exchange for Property in Richmond or its neighborhood, the following LANDS, to wit: 832 acres in the state of Kentucky, by survey bearing date the 10th day of October 1797, lying and being in the district set apart for the officers and soldiers of the Virginia state line, on Little Barren river. Also, 1000 acres, in Kentucky, by survey bearing date the 10th October 1797, likewise lying in the district set apart for the officers and soldiers of the Virginia state line, on the north side of Little river, a branch of Cumberland river, and about two and an half miles from the mouth of Little river. Also, 450 acres of Land in the county of Mason, state of Virginia, on Old Town creek, about 8 miles from Mason courthouse. Indisputable titles will be made to the above mentioned lands; and plots of each tract may be seen on application to the subscriber residing in Richmond. THOMAS BOHANNAN. January 23d, 1808. tf
100 Dollars Reward. RUN AWAY about the first inst. from the service of Mr. William Rawleigh, (to whom he was hired,) a BLACK MAN, named JACKSON, a House Carpenter by profession, of thin consumptive appearance, about 40 years of age, five feet eight or nine inches high; from circumstances attending his elopement, it is believed, he intends making his way to one of the Eastern States, and has been provided with false papers of freedom—if taken within the State, and delivered to me here, or secured, that I get him, I will give Fifty Dollars, or if taken out of the State, One Hundred Dollars. Robert Gamble, Jr. Richmond, Dec. 24th, 1807
TO RENT The House and Lot, AT present occupied by Mr. Hezekiah Mosby pleasantly situated on Shockoe Hill and very convenient for the accommodation of a family—Possession may be had on the 3d March next when Mr. Mosby's time will expire Thomas Elliott. Richmond, 29th Jan 1808 tf
REMOVAL. WE have removed our Countinghouse to the house immediately below, and contiguous to the one we have hitherto occupied, where we have for sale, Mucavado Sugar by the hogshead or barrel, Sherry Wine, in quarter casks, and few cases Old Claret of superior quality. ROBERT & ALLAN FOLLOK, & Co. Mar 26 S, 1808. (tf)
20 Dollars Reward. RUN AWAY from the 8th May from Richmond, JACOB, a very black fellow, about six feet high, twenty-eight years old, handsome address and very artful, has several scars on his neck, and one or two, I believe, on his left cheek, resembling small pox pits, a waterman by trade, and left his bateaux in the basin of the canal in the above city when he went off, at which time he broke open the store of a gentleman in Richmond and stole to a large amount, for which said gentleman has offered a reward of 50 dollars for apprehending said fellow (as I am informed) he has a numerous acquaintance in the said city, the counties of Hanover and Caroline, in one of which he was raised, and where I expect he may be harbored. The above reward will be paid and all reasonable charges, for securing said fellow in any jail so I get him, or delivered me in Bent Creek, Buckingham, Virginia. Samuel Horvay. November 20, 1807. tf id
I AM desirous to exchange the following property, or any part thereof, as may be agreed on, for a small tract of good Land, in a healthy situation, with a dwelling house and other improvements, a good spring of water, and an agreeable neighborhood, at a distance of 30 to 100 miles up the country—To say for Houses in this city—Lands in Henrico county, joining the academy lands, and near this city—3,000 acres on Richland creek, in Lincoln county, Kentucky—1,000 acres on the waters of the Ohio, in Mason county—and two tracts of Military Lands on the river Tennessee, each 866 2/3 acres. Robert Mitchell. Richmond, Feb. 6, 1808. tf
10 Dollars Reward. RUN AWAY from the Subscriber on Friday last, a Negro Man named JOHN, a carpenter by trade. He is six feet and upwards high, very likely, of insinuating manners, extremely polite when spoken to. For three years past he lived with Mr. Anderson Barrett. He has a free mulatto woman for his wife, in Richmond, living near the work house, where I expect he will stay. He took with him several articles of husbandry; amongst them, a pair of iron wedges, marked with the letter P. I will give a reward of ten dollars, if delivered to me in the lower end of Hanover, or eight if confined in jail, and I apprised of it. He is called by the negroes John Russell. ARMISTEAD RUSSELL. Hanover, January 24, 1808. tf
NOTICE. I WILL DISPOSE OF MY TRACT OF LAND, LYING in Powhatan county, containing 500 acres, of which there is 80 or more prime low grounds, which never is over-flowed by the river Appomattox. There is also a fine mill seat, the dam nearly completed, and timbers ready to complete the mill, upon a never failing stream. The terms will be one-half cash, the balance in 12 months. I will sell or treat with any one be, twixt this and the 1st July next, otherwise it will be sold upon the premises, to the highest bidder, together with other property. The terms of the personal property will be made known on the day of sale. John H. Saunders. January 5, 1808. tds
TO RENT. The House and Lot Back of Messrs. Taylor & Brown's vendue store, known by the name of the Old Treasury. NEIL MCCOULL. March 11, 1808. 3w
Negroes & other Property FOR SALE. WE shall, by virtue of a deed of trust executed to us, by Johanna Hopkins on the 19th day of April 1805, in order to secure the payment of a certain sum therein mentioned unto Pollok, Treadway & Co. and all costs incurred by carrying the same into effect—proceed to sell to the highest bidder, for cash, at Michaux's tavern in Powhatan county, on Saturday 3d day of April next, the following property, viz: FOUR NEGROES—Joe, Edmund, Fanny and Grace—two Horses, and nine Feather Beds and their Furniture, or so much thereof as will be sufficient to satisfy the same. ROBERT GRAHAM, } Trus- WILLIAM F. GRAY, } tees. March 10, 1808. 3w
Partnership Dissolved. THE partnership carried on under the firm of A. Foster, & Co. is this day dissolved by mutual consent. All those indebted to the concern are requested to make immediate payment to A. Foster, who will also settle all just claims against said firm. Archibald Foster. John Johnston, by A. Mecaskey, Atty. N.B. The business in future will be carried on by A. Foster. Richmond, March 9, 1808. 4x
For Sale or Rent, THE HOUSE, OFFICE & STABLE, with an excellent garden, all in good order, and at present occupied by Mr. Samuel P. Parsons, joining major Prior, on the Hay-Market square. For particulars apply to JASPER ROBBINS, at Mr. JOHN McENTYRE'S. Feb. 24, 1808.
For Rent, THE House on the Main Street, next to Messrs Ellis and Alton, and now occupied by Mrs. Pheobe. Possession will be given on the first of January next—apply to JOSEPH GALLEGO, Richmond, Dec. 27, 1807. tf
May be purchased on a long credit, and low terms. The Tenement, ON which the subscriber lives, situated on Church Hill, within about one half mile of the Richmond market—containing two acres of ground, well enclosed and highly improved. The buildings consist of a large and well constructed dwelling house, laundry, kitchen, dairy, smoke house, two stores, brick office, coach house, barn and stable. All these buildings are well finished, and in complete order for the accommodation of a large and genteel family, who may have easy access to all the advantages of the city, and live as retired as they could wish. John Ellis. February 4, 1808. tf
By virtue of a deed of trust executed by Zachariah Hall on the 27th day of April 1807, to us, in order to secure the payment of a certain sum of money unto Jacob Backer and Shapard and Lucke, and all costs incurred by carrying the same into effect; we shall at the Eagle Tavern in the city of Richmond, on Saturday the second day of April next, between the hours of ten and two of that day, proceed to sell for cash to the highest bidder, that valuable and well known tract of land, lying in Chesterfield county, on the main Buckingham road, and distant from the town of Manchester 17 miles, containing by estimation one hundred and thirty acres, more or less—the improvements are new, and consist of a convenient dwelling house, store, house, kitchen, &c. and in an excellent neighborhood for business of any kind. Thomas Taylor, } Trus- Benj. Sheppard, } tees. March 4, 1808.
The thorough bred imported horse, GOUTY, WILL stand the ensuing season at my plantation on Rucker's Run, 5 miles from Amherst courthouse and 12 from Warminster, and will cover mares at 25 dollars the season, 13 dollars the leap and 40 dollars insurance with one dollar to the groom in either case. The leap money to be paid at the time of service, the season on first day of August, and the insurance on first day of March 1808. Crop tobacco interested at any. The wares houses on James river from Lynchburg to Richmond will be received in payment at 5 dollars per 100lb. if tendered on or before the day it becomes due. Pasturage gratis but no liability for accidents or escapes. GOUTY is a beautiful bay, 11 years old, 5 feet 3 inches high, elegantly formed and of great strength. He was got by Sir Peter Teazle, and came out of the celebrated Yellow Mare, she was got by Tandem, her dam Perdita by Herod out of Rain Forster by Sloe, and so through the best stock that England has produced as may be seen by reference to the general stud book.—Sloe was the most distinguished racer of his day, & was never beat. GOUTY's COLTS are running with great credit in England—In 1806 four only started, of which one was a winner and when losing they came in with great credit, beating the get of Buzzard, Precipitate, Oscar, Sir Peter Teazle and others of the first character in England—In 1807 Mr. Weatherby (author of the Racing Calendar) writes to me under date Sept. 12th, at which time the racing for that year was not over, that several of GOUTY's colts were winners, and one of them had the misfortune to break his shoulder, or it was supposed he would have been the best of his year in England. The season will commence on first March and terminate first August. R. RIVES. February 10, 1808. 10w
Richmond Academy FOR FEMALE EDUCATION. THE superintendent of this institution begs leave to inform the public that the Academy is now open for the reception of Pupils in a large and convenient house on the highest part of Shockoe hill, the situation of which is remarkably pleasant and healthy.
The young ladies who board with her are furnished with genteel and comfortable accommodations, (including washing) at the rate of forty-five pounds per annum, payable quarterly in advance; but the rule, which required, that pupils sent to the academy by persons not residing in the city should board and lodge with her, has been rescinded, for the purpose of giving a choice to those having friends or relations in town, with whom it may be desirable for them to reside. She has now procured a female assistant of respectable character, and in her opinion, well qualified to teach English grammatically, whose constant attention, together with her own, to the duties of her school, and to the care and superintendence of her pupils, she flatters herself will be conducive to their happiness and improvement.
In order to promote those important objects, the trustees have resolved that two of their own body shall be designated as a committee for each month; and that one or both of them, shall visit the academy, at least once a fortnight, and examine into the conduct of herself and her assistant, and of the other teachers, and make a monthly report of the state of the institution; a resolution which she hopes will produce the most beneficial consequences. The annual prices of instruction, (which are payable quarterly in advance) are the following:—for reading and writing English, Arithmetic, and needle work, 20 dollars; Geography and History, 15 dollars; the general principles of Natural and Moral Philosophy and Natural History, 15 dollars; the French language, 20 dollars; Music, 40 dollars; Dancing, 20 dollars; and Drawing, 20 dollars;—Every young lady may attend all or any of the teachers, at the pleasure of her parent or guardian, except that no pupil is to be taught Music, Dancing, or Drawing, without being also instructed in some one or more of the branches other of Education taught in the Academy. ANNA BYRD. Richmond, Feb. 18th, 1808. w5t
Just Received at this Office, Numbers 2 and 3, of The American Military Library, Or, Repository of Modern Tactics,