The enquirer (Richmond, Va.), 1809-04-11 00:00:00

The Enquirer.
VOL. 5.]
RICHMOND, TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 1809.
[No. 106.]
PUBLISHED BY THOMAS RITCHIE, OPPOSITE THE GLOBE TAVERN, AT FIVE DOLLARS PER ANNUM, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE.
RICHMOND PRICES CURRENT.
   D. C.     TOBACCO, 4 50   FLOUR—SUPERFINE, 5 50   DO. FINE, 5 00   CORN, PER BARREL, 2 50   BACON, PER LB. 0 10   WHISKEY, PER GALLON, 0 44   BAR IRON, PER TON, 120 00   HEMP, PER TON, 280 00   FLAX, PER LB. 25   WOOL, PER LB. 45  
A PRESSMAN, That is master of his business, and can produce satisfactory recommendations, will meet with employment at this office. March 21.
SALES AT AUCTION.
ON Tuesday the 11th inst. at 10 o'clock will be sold, without Reserve, at the store of the second tenement of Col. Mayo's Brick buildings, immediately opposite the late store of the Subscribers, their entire STOCK IN TRADE, consisting of a general assortment of Groceries and other Goods, among which are— Brown and Loaf sugar in bds. and bbls. Prime Green Coffee in Tierces and bbls. Imperial and Young Hyson Tea, of the latest and best importations; Salt in Sacks; Glass, Stone, and Queen's Ware; Cotton and Wool Cards; A quantity of Bar Iron; New England Rum in Barrels; And many other valuable articles. Also a handsome blooded MAARE. The Sale will continue from day to day, until completed. Terms—For all sums under fifty dollars, cash—over fifty dollars, and under 100 dollars, sixty days credit; and over 100 dollars, four months—Notes negotiable in the Bank of Virginia, with approved endorsers will be required. SHARP & LUCKE. tds April 7. In the mean time S. & L. are selling off on low terms.
SALES AT AUCTION!!!
ON Monday the 17th inst. will be sold 73 feet of land adjoining to Mrs. Leiper's & running 330 feet back, to be divided into 3 lots in front & 3 lots back. Three and six months credit will be given on the sale of the above property, & notes negotiable at the Bank of Virginia with approved indorsers will be required. FOSTER & SATCHELL, Auctioneers. tds April 7.
SALES AT AUCTION.
ON Wednesday the 12th inst. will be sold, positively without reserve, at the office of the subscribers and on a credit of 90 days for notes negotiable at the Bank of Virginia, with approved indorsers. A variety of fine goods consisting of; Calicoes—9.8 and 6.4 plain figures and black Cambric. Muslins—6.4ns—6.4 & 4.4 Japan spot, brocade, Trafalgar, Corded, sewed spig, and very fine dotted India Muslin—plain and check leno Handkerchiefs & Veils of various qualities—Book-muslin Handkerchiefs; Figured Cambric, S1 Spspt muslin & Gamsel's Hair Shawls; Ladies Habit Shirts, Caps and Tuckers—and Cambric pocket Handkerchiefs. Also a parcel of Horse & Gig Whips; Children's shoes & other articles for cash. FOSTER & SATCHELL, Auctioneers. tds April 7.
FREIGHT OR CHARTER. The fast sailing Ship, WOODROOF SIMS; Built of live oak and cedar, copper fastened, and coppered up to the binds; her upper works, sails and rigging new and in complete order—Will load immediately, and sail as soon thereafter as possible, or may be stayed until the first 15 days after the next meeting of Congress. For terms apply to MT. CHAS. H. SAUNDERS, Or, SHANKS & RINFORD. Norfolk, April 7. tf
PURSUANT to a Deed of Trust executed to the subscribers, by Samuel Parsons & Sarah his wife, for the benefit of Wm. Cooke and Thomas and Anns Ladd, and other Creditors of the said Samuel Parsons, will be exposed to Sale at Public Auction, on the respective Premises, on Wednesday the 3d of next month the following PROPERTY, lying in the City of Richmond, viz. nearly three-fourths of the LOT described in the plan of the said City by No. 436, on the S. W. side of the Basin, and between Thomas Ladd's and the Hay-Market Square, bounded on the North-East by the street running between the Hay-Market Square and the public Warehouse. All that part of LOT, No. 413, on the N. East side of the Basin, which is bounded by the street running by the Bank and Robert McKim's to Cary street, thence by the last mentioned street to the tenement occupied by Mr. Smith as a bakery, & back into the alley which divides said Lot from R. McKim's. One Moiety of the Tenement on the Main street, now occupied by David Logan, containing 22 feet front, and extending back to an alley leading to Bird's Warehouse, on which are a two story brick store house, lumber house, kitchen, stables, &c. Also ten SHARES in the Richmond Turnpike and a COACHES and Horses, together with sundry Household-Furniture, &c. The sale will commence at the Tenement occupied by David Logan for the Moiety thereof, the Turnpike Shares and the Personal Articles; and will thence adjourn in course to the other LOTS mentioned. Terms of sale will be, cash for the Personal property, the Turnpike shares, and the Moiety of the Tenement in the occupancy of D. Logan; and twelve months credit for the other property, on notes negotiable and payable at the Bank of Virginia, satisfactory endorsed, and titles to be with-held further security, until full payment of the respective notes; or, at the option of the purchaser, one fourth to be paid down and the other three-fourths to be secured by deed of trust on the property purchased, and bond of the purchaser. The Lots will be sold as they stand, or be divided as may appear reasonable. E. CARRINGTON, RICHARD ADAMS, } Trustees. GEO. GREENHOW, } Richmond, April 7. eptds
By virtue of a deed of trust executed to us by Alexander B. Rose of the county of Nelson, to secure to Samuel Jones, a certain sum of money therein expressed, will be sold in the town of Warminster on Saturday the 13th of May next, one certain tract or parcel of land lying and being in the county of Nelson, (mentioned in said deed Amherst) containing by estimation twenty five hundred acres lying on the waters of Tye River and Hat Creek, and adjoining the lands of Thomas Massie, Thomas Fitzhugh, Henry Rose, Ext. of Edmund Wilson, David S. Garland and Ext. of Nathaniel Hill, and the same tract on which the said Alexander B. Rose, now lives. Acting as trustees, we will convey such title only as in us is vested and those claiming under us. JAMES FREELAND, ARCHD. AUSTIN. Buckingham, April 7.
LANDS FOR SALE. —By virtue of a deed of trust executed by John Bibb, of the county of Charlotte, to the subscribers, to secure the payment of a debt due to Messrs. Buchanan and Pollock of the town of Petersburg: Will be sold, on Thursday, the 4th day of May next, at the house of the said John Bibb, to the highest bidder, for ready money, two tracts of LAND lying and being in the said county of Charlotte, one containing one hundred and sixty-five acres, it being the tract on which the said Bibb resides, and the other one hundred and fifty acres, it being the tract purchased by him of Benjamin Sublits, senr. lying on the waters of Cub creek. HENRY A. WATKINS, Wm. M. WATKINS, TH. B. MANLOVE. April 7.
TAKEN up by Josiah Ward, in Prince Edward county, a red sorrel HORSE, supposed to be five years old last spring, about 4 feet seven inches high, his near fore foot and off hind foot white, with a blaze in his face, and appears to have been lately docked: Appraised to forty dollars. A Copy. Teste, F. WATKINS, c. g. April 7.
NEAL NELSON, RICHMOND, BOOT AND SHOE MANUFACTURER. —Respectfully informs his customers and the public at large (that in consequence of the late fire, wherein he was a sufferer) he has removed three doors above the Eagle Tavern, to the house lately occupied by Gibson & Jefferson—where he manufactures boots and shoes equal in point of workmanship and materials to any in general use. April 7. eplm
THE subscriber, who was brought up in a County Court office, and was upwards of ten years Clerk of the District Court held in Richmond, and during that time had constantly an opportunity of inspecting the records of the General Court, proposes to publish by subscription, a collection of the most useful and approved forms of process, judgments and orders used in the County and District Courts—also, of bonds usually taken in the said courts, and executions on judgments thereof; records on appeals from, and writs of supersedeas to, judgments of the District Courts; of proceedings on the arraignment of criminals in the last mentioned courts, and of the entries used on the trials thereof—To which will be added, some forms of the most correct Declarations in special actions, Indictments in Criminal cases and a few of the most unusual and difficult sorts of conveyances, and a complete index to the whole. The volume will contain about 400 pages of octavo—The price whereof will be 12 dollars, as I expect to contract for printing only a small number of copies, which will be bound in boards. The work can be printed in five or six months after its put to press, and it is now ready for it, but will not be published till subscriptions for 100 copies are obtained, and ten dollars of the price of each paid. Those gentlemen who wish to be considered as subscribers, will be pleased to communicate it, and remit the above amount of their subscriptions to Samuel Shepard, Esq. Aldr. of Public Accounts in the city of Richmond, who will refund the money in case any circumstance should occur to prevent the publication. I shall endeavor to forward the copies to subscribers as soon as possible—upon receipt thereof the balance of the subscription money is to be paid. J. ROBINSON. March 23. 1809. ep3w
JOHN ALCOCK, informs his friends, and the public, that he is carrying on his CABINET MAKING BUSINESS, in all its branches where he makes all kind of Mahogany Furniture in the best manner, and on the newest fashions—Any gentlemen or ladies wanting any Furniture, will find good work executed, and on low terms, as can be bought in New-York, or any other place. Any orders left at my shop, in the Cross-Street, adjoining Prosser and Moureau's Vendue Store, or at Mr. George Greenhow's where I keep my Ware-Room, will be pointedly attended to, and great care taken to deliver it in good order. N. B. Two Apprentices wanted at the above business, who can come well Recommended. January 17. tf
ENNETH SCOTT, TAYLOR. —Respectfully informs the public that (in consequence of the late fire) he has removed his Shop next door above Mr. Robert Nelson & Co. where all orders, in his line, will be executed with neatness, punctuality and dispatch. I will take an Apprentice, if immediate application be made. April 4. 3t
THE subscriber respectfully informs the citizens of Richmond, that he has commenced the WHEAT FAN MAKING & WIRE WEAVER BUSINESS, in its various branches, between the Court and Market-Houses, where may be had, on the shortest notice, Wheat Fans and Wire Sifters, on the best and most improved construction: Likewise, all kinds of Wire Sifters, for wheat, coal, ore, flax-seed, clover-seed, barley, oats, sand, lime, flour, Indian meal, shakes, rolling and standing screens for mills, cutting boxes and bird cages of every description, wove wire for cellar and milk-house windows, and almost any articles in the wood and wire line, &c. DAVID H. BROMWELL. April 7. 4tf
SAMUEL BARRET Returns his thanks to the public in general and informs the Ladies & Gentlemen of Richmond and its vicinity, that he has taken Mr. Daniel Koon from Baltimore as a partner and they will establish a LADY'S SHOE MANUFACTORY, which will enable them in a few days to afford Ladies' Shoes of every description superior to any in Richmond, and any Ladies by leaving their address can have Shoes made to their direction in every particular—As they expect in a few days some workmen, and Kid and Morocco of all colors, and they will also make Children's shoes of all sizes and kinds, gentlemen that have been in the habit of sending to Baltimore for Boots may be fitted with less trouble & good quality by applying as above. SAMUEL BARRET. DANIEL KOONE. April 4. 1w3w
TUITION. —The Subscriber, teaching School at the Green Springs in Louisa county, wishes to take a few more pupils. In consequence of the scarcity of money, Col. Morris has reduced the price of board. The terms are, for board, $24 per annum, (each boarder finding his own bed.) Washing and Mending $4, and Tuition $10—One half of each charge to be paid at the expiration of six months, and the other at the end of the year. Proper deductions will be made for those who commence after this time. Those gentlemen who intend to commit boys to the care of the subscriber, will please to notify him thereof, by letters directed to him, at Lindsay's Post-Office, Albemarle county. FRANCIS F. MAURY. March 17.
JOHNSON & REAT, JEWELLERS, have (in consequence of the late conflagration) removed their Store opposite to Mrs. Davidson, Milliner, where orders from their customers will be attended to with their usual punctuality. March 31.
Fairfield Races.
THE FAIRFIELD RACES, Will commence on the 1st Monday in May, being the first day of the month. 1st DAY—The Jockey Club Purse of $400, four mile heats. 2nd DAY—The Proprietor's Purse of $200, three mile heats. 3rd DAY—The Annual Post Sweepstakes of five subscribers $100 each, three mile heats, free for all ages. 4th DAY—One of the most elegant Cups exhibited on any turf in Virginia, value $120—twenty dollars entrance. There is also a Farmers' Sweepstakes, opened for coats dropped in the Spring of 1808. Entrance fifty bushels of wheat, to be run for October 1811—this subscription will close at the present spring meeting. The wheat to be delivered at Mr. Rutherford's Mill before the race. E. SMOCK, Treasurer Fairfield J. Club, and Proprietor of the Course. April 4. oaw8R
IN CHANCERY. —Louisa county, February Court, 1809. Joseph Woolfolk and Bentley Brown Plffs. against Samuel M. Smith, executor of John Brown deceased and Frederick Harris, Defs. THE defendant Samuel M. Smith 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 Samuel M. Smith, do appear here on the second Monday in May next, and answer the plaintiffs bill, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted, in some one of the news-papers published in the city of Richmond, for eight weeks successively, & published at the front door of the court house of this county on some court day. A Copy. Teste, JOHN POINDEXTER, c. l. c. March 21. oaw8w
LANDING from the Schooner RICHMOND, Isaac Seaman, Master:— 50 Boxes Raisins, 10 Boxes Soft Shelled Almonds, 5 Casks Green Coffee, 19 Barrels Prime Pork, and 1 Pipe London Particular Madeira Wine. IN STORE. 17 Hogsheads Brown Sugar, 25 do. Molasses, 5 Tierces Green Coffee, 75 Boxes Harnish Segars, 3 Boxes Welch Planes, Family Flour in barrels and half barrels, Young Hyson, Hyson Skin and Souchong Tea. 10 Boxes Mould Candles, FOR SALE BY, GEORGE WATT. January 17. tf
EUROPE.
FROM THE AURORA.
SARDINIA. Several vessels, it seems, are fitting out for Sardinia, an island in the Mediterranean about 150 miles distant from Leghorn. A correspondent asks—"What are the present relations of the king of Sardinia with the belligerents?" The question involves the history of its concerns in the wars which sprung out of the conferences at Pavia in July, 1791, and at Pilnitz in August of the same year; nay, the conduct of the Sardinian king in the recent wars, goes back for its causes into earlier history—into the history of its existence as a kingdom. No man of sense will suppose that the early causes of the revolution in France, nor of the combination which it has to resist, are disregarded in the political views of those who now rule the destinies of Europe. A simple anecdote illustrates the fact. The French emperor has recently given the military title of duke (dux) to generals who have been distinguished in the revolution.—Kellerman is created duke of Valmy, in consequence of a signal display of talent at Valmy, a village of Champagne, in which by a happy promptitude and a perfect coup d'oeil he brought up a battery of artillery and so disposed and supported it with light troops and infantry as with a small force to frustrate the march of the whole Prussian army.—This action took place on the 20th of September, 1792, and although 40,000 cannon shot were fired, cost no more than 400 men killed. The troops under Kellerman were as raw as the Spaniards, but their commander was a man of understanding; and we see in his promotion to the title of duke of Valmy, a recognition of the fact that Kellerman on that occasion saved France, and gained, tho' with less blood, a victory as signal as that of Marengo. As news has lost much of its relish from the folly of those who console their prejudices by disfiguring and endeavoring to conceal from the world, the true character of even a single,
being past, no prejudice can effect or alter for the better or for worse; but which by being disfigured & falsified, tend only to injure those whom they are intended to console or flatter; we shall give a short sketch of Sardinian history, illustrative of its present fortune and its relation to the belligerent powers.
The history of a petty power like Sardinia, in the present day appears of much less moment than in any period of the two preceding centuries; when the state of science and the art of war, were both alike unknown to the nations of Europe. Science, in truth, constitutes the power of modern times, because with the study of the sciences is combined all other knowledge. The prodigious discoveries of Charles XII. of the earl Peterborough, of Chevalier Bayard, of Gonzalvo de Cordova, are no longer seen; they are superseded by new powers and prodigies more dependent on the intellect than on personal intrepidity; and the exploit and fame of Victor Amadus, of Savoy, serve now only to illustrate the illusions of fortune and the revolutions of society. The history of the Sardinian monarchy is a serious lesson to politicians; and to military men, as it once held what has been called the balance of power between France and Austria, and on more than one occasion gave the preponderance to one or the other.
The island of Sardinia is about 136 miles long, from North to South by 55 broad, situated to the South of the island of Corsica, from which it is separated only by the narrow strait of St. Bonifacio. Cagliari, which is the capital, is on the south end, on a bay of the same name.—The island was called Sardo by the Greeks, to whom it was subjected, as well as to the Carthaginians, Romans, and Saracens; to Genoa, Pisa and the papal power, by which it was transferred to the kings of Arragon, and remained attached to Spain, until it was taken by a British force under J. Lake in 1708—it was ceded to the emperor Charles VI in 1713; recovered by the Spaniards in 1717, and in 1719 transferred to the duke of Savoy, who thereupon assumed the name of the King of Sardinia, in which family it remained until the infatuated monarch, listening to the delusions of the conferences at Pavia in July, 1791, agreed to join the coalition against France, in consideration of receiving the French province of Dauphiny, and part of Provence, the countries of le Bresse, Begu, and the Pays de Gex. This compact, which was soon after known at Paris, was the beginning of its ill-fortune.
The union of the house of Austria by marriage, with the house of Bourbon, had an important effect on the house of Savoy. Austria looked to the extension of her power in Lombardy over Piedmont. The marriage of the brothers of Louis XVI.—that is the two persons who were called Monsieur & count d'Artois, who are now in England, with two princesses of the house of Savoy, originally intended to preserve to France the preponderance of the Alpine power, and a consequent influence in Italy, led to the catastrophe of the Sardinian monarchy.
Soon after the French revolution commenced, the emigrants resorted to Turin, where in the court of Emanuel IV. they found that refuge which was so natural, but so unfortunate in its consequences.
The French minister Semonville, passing as minister plenipotentiary to Constantinople, had been stopped in September, of the year 1792, by Sardinian troops, plundered of his papers and put in a state of restraint, repugnant to the usage of civilized states.
Overtures had been made for a powerful armament against France; the house of Savoy, allied to the Bourbons by double ties, embarked in it, and by a treaty concluded at London, on the 25th of April, 1793, by Lord Grenville and the Count de Fronte, it was solemnly agreed that the Sardinian monarch should furnish 50,000 men for the common cause, and should receive from England, the sum of one million of dollars per annum, payable quarterly; and that moreover, G. Britain solemnly pledged her faith, and guaranteed the complete security, integrity and restitution, in case of capture, of all and every part of the territories, then held by the king of Sardinia, and not to make peace without their entire restitution.
Every power in Italy, but Tuscany and Genoa, had at that time abandoned neutrality, and these were soon after forced from that position by the British ambassadors and fleets. The wax lid scarcely cooled on this treaty, of guarantee, when the people of Savoy revolted, and required to be incorporated with France, which had taken place; Savoy assumed the title of the 84th department, and the name of Mont Blanc.
The court of Turin exhibited at this period a spectacle calculated to excite amusement, were it not for the afflictions which were the consequences of its condition.—Charles Emanuel, in the 70th year of his age, subject to mental derangement and never wholly sane, presented in his court the singular spectacle of extreme fanaticism and a military mania; he had sent to Italy for the most celebrated performer on the violin, Pregnani, whom he appointed drum-major, with the rank of Captain: of such characters was his court composed, which presented the motley assemblage of priests and soldiers—parades and preaching.
The French Generals Montesquieu, Dumais and Donvilon, had, in the winter of 1793, and the spring of 1794, scaled mount Cenis, and after defeating the Austrians and Sardinians, who opposed their passage, took the strong positions of Saorgio, the Belvedere, Rocabilliere and St. Martin, together with the field artillery of the Austrians, amounting to 60 pieces, with all their equipment, ammunition and stores!
The retreat of Spain and Prussia, from the contest in 1795, had not taught the unfortunate monarch of Sardinia, who was more vulnerable and less potent than either, the discretion suited to his security; he had destined himself to be the first royal victim of a juvenile conqueror, who has since subjected the veterans and the thrones of Europe.
The first campaign of Bonaparte, in Italy, was commenced with a number of men inferior to the force brought into the field by Sardinia only. The French army composed of 36,000 men; the combined powers of 280,000, of which Sardinia furnished 60,000. This
campaign, before it was half completed, cost Sardinia the fortresses of Exilles, Tortona, Coni, Alexandria and Chateau Dauphin, as securities for his good behaviour; and the surrender of Savoy and Nice to France for ever, besides the immediate demolition of Suza and the Brunette, two strong works on the French frontier.
But the unfortunate Charles Emanuel, after the disasters of the French in Egypt, was once more seduced into the new coalition; which ended in his signing an act of abdication, in favor of his brother, and surrendering Turin to the French: his brother and heir, the Duke D'Aoste, retired to Italy, and soon after assumed the title of King of Sardinia, July 4, 1802, under the name of Emanuel V. who, if there be any, is now the reigning King of Sardinia.
The treaty of Amiens was signed on the 27th March, 1802, but there is not a word to be found in it relative to the treaty of guarantee of the integrity of the dominions of the King of Sardinia, stipulated in the treaty of April 25, 1793, nor of the cession of Dauphiny, Bresse, Begu, or the Pays de Gex. Circumstances which display at once, the folly and the vain glory of human expectations and promises!
Sardinia, from its proximity to the kingdom of Italy and to Corsica, is in fact only a nominal power; it possesses no means to enforce laws on its neighbors, nor to defend itself; it produces corn, oil and wine, and has a coral fishery that is a principal source of its revenue, which at the utmost does not exceed 220,000 dollars a year. The population of the island, which constitutes the whole monarchy, is about 25,000 persons of all ages. Azuni, the celebrated writer of the law on nations, is a native of this island.
The question then, what are the relations of Sardinia to the belligerents, is answered by its weakness and its position, and by the advantage or disadvantage which either of the belligerents may conceive they derive or suffer from the trade of Sardinia.
The British fleet may admit a commerce with Sardinia until there are depots sufficient for spoil; the French Emperor may suppose that the conversion of Sardinia into a depot for commerce by sea, is only another mode of succoring the tyrant of the seas; and may, without sending a soldier, confiscate all the merchandise deposited there, and leave the shippers to settle the concern with the parties to the conferences at Pavia and the conspirators at Pilnitz.
Sardinia is too insignificant to be considered as a power, and perhaps cannot be fairly considered but as a vassal of the kingdom of Italy. The state of jurisprudence and morals holds forth no better encouragement to honest adventure; and as to dishonest adventurers, they may not perhaps in the universe find themselves so well matched—or so much at home. The Sardinian laugh is proverbial; the proverb is significant of their hypocrisy and perfidy, which is surpassed by nothing except their ignorance of the principles of morality and their inanity.
From the London Gazette, Jan 10.
DOWNING STREET, Jan. 10. Dispatches from which the following are extracts, were on the 8th inst. received at the office of Lord Viscount Castlereagh, one of his Majesty's principal secretaries of state, from Lieutenant-general Sir John Moore, K. B., commander in chief of his Majesty's forces employed in Spain:
BENEVENTE, Dec. 28. Since I had the honor to address you upon the 16th, from Toro, the army has been almost constantly marching through snow, and with cold that has been very intense. The weather, within these few days has turned to rain, which is much more uncomfortable than the cold, and has rendered the roads almost impassable. The 21st the armies reached Sahagun: It was necessary to halt there in order to refresh the men, and on account of provisions. The information I received was, that Marshal Soult was at Saldana with about 16,000 men, with posts along the river from Guardo to Carrion. The army was ordered to march, in two columns, at 8 o'clock on the night of the 23d, to force the bridge at Carrion, and from thence proceed to Saldana. At six o'clock that evening, I received information that considerable reinforcements had arrived at Carrion from Palencia and a letter from the Marquis de la Romana informed me that the French were advancing from Madrid either to Valladolid or Salamanca. It was evident it was too late to prosecute the attempt upon Soult, that I must be satisfied with the diversion I had occasioned, and that I had no time to lose to secure my retreat.
The next morning lieut. general Hope, with his own division, and that of lieut. Frazier marched to Majorca. I sent sir David Baird with his division to pass the river at Valmiera, and followed lieutenant gen. Hope on the 25th, with the reserve and the light brigades, by Majorca, Valderrras, to Benevente. The cavalry under Lord Paget followed the reserve on the 26th; both the latter corps entered this place yesterday. We continue our march Astorga. Generals Hope and Frazier are already gone on; sir D. Baird proceeds to-morrow from Valencia; and I shall leave this with the reserve at the same time; lord Paget will remain with the cavalry, to give us notice of the approach of the enemy's movements; hitherto their infantry have not come up, but they are near and the cavalry is round us in great numbers; they are checked by our cavalry, which have obtained by their spirit and enterprize, an ascendancy over that of the French, which nothing but great superiority of numbers on their part will get the better of. The diversion made by our march on Sahagun, though at great risk to ourselves has been complete; it remains to be seen what advantage the Spaniards in the South will be able to take of it; but the march of the French on Badajoz was stopped when its advanced guard had reached Talavera de la Reina, and every thing disposable is now turned in this direction. The only part of the army which has been hitherto engaged with the enemy, has been the cavalry, and it is impossible for me to say too much in their praise. I mentioned to you in my letter of the 16th, the success brigadier general Stewart had met with in defeating a detachment of cavalry

Rueda. Since that few days have passed without his taking or killing different parties of the French generally superior in force to those which attacked them. On the march to Sahagun, Lord Paget had information of 6 or 700 cavalry being in that town. He marched on the night of the 20th from some villages where he was posted in front of the enemy at Majorga with the tenth & fifteenth Hussars. The tenth marched straight to the town, whilst Lord Paget with the fifteenth endeavored to turn it. Unfortunately he fell in with a patrol, one of whom escaped and gave the alarm. By this means the French had time to form on the outside the town before Lord Paget got round. He immediately charged them, beat them, & took from 140 to 150 prisoners, among whom were two lieutenant colonels and eleven officers, with the loss on our part of six or eight men, and perhaps 20 wounded.
There have been taken by the cavalry from 4 to 500 French, besides a considerable number killed; this since we began our march from Salamanca. On his march from Sahagun, on the 20th, Lord Paget, with three squadrons of the tenth attacked a detachment of cavalry at Majorga, killed 20, and took about one hundred prisoners. Our cavalry is very superior in quality to any the French have; and the right spirit has been infused into them by the example and instruction of their two leaders, Lord Paget and Brig. gen. Stewart.
ASTORGA, Dec. 31, 1808.
I have arrived here yesterday, major general Frazier, with his division, will be at Villa Franca, this day, and will proceed on to Lugo. Lieut. General Hope, with his division, arrived yesterday two leagues from this, and proceeds this morning, followed by Sir David Baird. The two flank brigades go by the road of Penafiel. I shall follow with the reserve and cavalry, to Villa Franca, either this night or to-morrow morning, according as I hear the approach of the French.
The morning I marched from Benevente, seven squadrons of Bonaparte's guards passed the river at a ford above the bridge. They were attacked by brigadier general Stewart, at the head of the piquets of the 18th and 3d German light dragoons, and driven across the ford. Their colonel, a general of division, Lefebvre, was taken, together with about 70 officers and men.
The affair was well contested. The numbers with which brig. gen. Stewart attacked were inferior to the French: it is the corp. of the greatest character in their army—but the superiority of the British was, I am told very conspicuous. I enclose for your lordship's satisfaction, Lord Paget's report of it.
BENEVENTE, Dec. 29, 1808.
SIR, I have the honor to inform you that about nine o'clock this morning, I received a report that the enemy's cavalry was in the act of crossing the river at the ford near the bridge. I immediately sent down the piquets of the night, under Lt. col. Otway, of the 18th. Having left orders that the cavalry should repair to their alarm posts, I went forward to reconnoitre, and found four squadrons of imperial guards formed and skirmishing with the piquets and other cavalry in the act of passing. I sent for the 10th Hussars, who having arrived, brigadier general Stewart immediately placed himself at the head of the piquets, and with the utmost gallantry attacked. The 10th hussars supported in the most perfect order.
The result of the affair, as far as I have yet been able to collect, is about 50 killed, 25 wounded, 70 prisoners, and about the same number of horses.
It is impossible for me to avoid speaking in the highest terms of all those engaged. Lt. col. Otway and major Bagwell headed the respective night piquets. The latter is slightly wounded. The utmost zeal was conspicuous in the whole of my staff; and I had many volunteers from head quarters and other officers of your army. Amongst the prisoners is the general of division, Lefebvre, (who commands the cavalry of the imperial guards) and two captains. Our loss is, I fear, near 50 men killed and wounded. I will send a return the moment I can collect the reports.
I have the honor to be, &c.
(Signed) PAGET, Lt. Gen.
To Lt. Gen. Sir John Moore, K. B.
I have forwarded the prisoners to Beniza. On the other side of the river the enemy formed again, and at this instant three guns of capt. Donovan's troop arrived, which did considerable execution.
PROCLAMATION.
BY SIR DAVID BAIRD.
"The events which have recently occurred in Biscay and the Ebro, have rendered it indispensably necessary for the troops of his Britannic majesty in Spain to concentrate and unite themselves, in order to render the most efficacious assistance and support to the Spanish nation, in the heroic efforts which it is making in defence of its independence. Lieutenant General Sir David Baird, commander of the British division in Galicia and Leon, has at present to make known to the true and loyal inhabitants of these kingdoms, that he has received orders from his excellency Sir John Moore, General in chief of the British army in Spain, to unite his troops without loss of time, with those of the said General in chief, towards the road to Portugal. The object of this movement is not, by any means, to evacuate Spain, or to abandon a cause so dear to G. Britain. The only purpose in view, is to unite the whole British army, so as to act from one particular point, whence its services may be the most necessary and efficacious."
"Galicia, which is naturally strong, cannot require a more numerous army, or one that is more worthy of defending it, than that of the left, composed principally of the valorous youth of that kingdom, and which is now united in Leon, under the orders of the most distinguished and celebrated General his excellency the Marquis de la Romana. The presence of more troops, under the existing circumstances, in the defiles of the mountains, might be only prejudicial, by consuming the food and other resources of the country, without increasing its security."
"To the worthy inhabitants of these kingdoms, the most lively thanks of the British army are due, for the hospitality and friendly treatment which they have every where experienced from them. And the Lieutenant General hopes that the same sentiments of reciprocal friendship and esteem, will forever continue to animate the two nations of Spain and Great Britain, until the most remote posterity."
"Being about to leave this part of the Peninsula, probably for a short time, the Lieutenant General feels it his duty to exhort the inhabitants of these kingdoms, by the loyalty which they owe to their sovereign, by the love they have for their families and by all the most holy and dearest pledges they possess, to rise in support of their religion, their king and their country."
"Unless the government and the nation make the utmost efforts, the just and glorious cause of Spain will run a most serious risk; but if they be not wanting in the necessary exertions, with the help of Divine Providence, that great cause will be crowned with victory and complete success."
"Head-Quarters at Astorga, 1st Dec. 1808."
NORFOLK, April 5.
His Britannic Majesty's sloop of war Rosamond, captain Walker, arrived in Hampton Roads on Monday last in 41 days from England. By this arrival, news of the utmost importance has transpired; but as it is understood she brought no papers, we are necessitated to give the current reports of the day.
It is stated, that Bonaparte has completely subjugated Spain—that this event is not the result of any contested battle, but is attributed entirely to the treachery of the Spaniards—that some of the most distinguished Spanish generals deserted the coalition, and betrayed the English army into the power of France—that at this critical juncture, Sir J. Moore effected an embarkation of the troops left, with the exception of about 5,000 men—that those few were completely surrounded near Corunna, by a French army of 14,000 men—and, as the last resort, they cut their way through, and effected their escape on board the shipping—that this gallant action was achieved at the expence of the lives of Sir John Moore, and General Anstruther, whilst Sir D. Baird, the second in command, lost an arm—the British, it is computed, lost only 8000 men in killed and wounded—the English army had landed in England, much mutilated; but the disastrous events in Spain had not decreased the popularity of the ministers—it was supposed that the Spanish & French fleets in Cadiz would be escorted to England under the protection of the British fleet. Bonaparte had returned to Paris; his Brother Joseph had been crowned in Madrid, and addresses of the most humiliating and abject nature were daily presented to him.
CHARLES OAKLEY, Esq. Secretary of the Legation of his Britannic Majesty to the U. States, came passenger in the Rosamond. Dispatches from Mr. Pinkney for our government, arrived by this vessel. Their import is said to be most favorable to this country; comprising nothing more or less, than that Great Britain had actually, or was on the eve of revoking her orders in council—which, if the case, our grounds of complaint on this head, will be removed; and Bonaparte continuing his decrees, will it is hoped, stimulate every man in this country to rise up in opposition to him, and a war be the consequent result. Herald.
From a London Naval Publication, of the 1st of February, received by the British Sloop of War Rosamond, the only one we have seen. Ledger.
The campaign in Spain has at length terminated by the re-embarkation of our brave troops, after a most arduous and fatiguing service. The retreat to Corunna was effected, in the most able and soldierlike manner, by Sir J. Moore and Sir D. Baird. They were closely pursued by the enemy, who advanced in very superior numbers, and made a general attack on our posts on the 16th January; having on the 15th taken advantageous positions, and brought his guns to bear. The enemy was repelled in the most gallant manner; and, after a long contested action was driven back on all points, & our troops (with the exception of 7 or 800) were safely embarked. The brave commander in Chief, Sir J. Moore, fell early in the action; Sir David Baird lost his right arm; and many valuable officers have been either killed or wounded. The troops were embarked, with unqueallied expedition, by the unremitted exertions of Rear-admiral Sir Samuel Hood and De Courcy, and captains Bowen, Shepherd, hon. H. Curzon, Gosseline, Boys, Rainier, Serrell, Hawkins, Digby, Carden and Mackenzie. The able dispatch of Lieut. general Hope thus impressively eulogizes the lamented commander: "It will be the conversation of every one who loved or respected his manly character, that, after conducting the army through an arduous retreat with consummate firmness, he hastened a career of distinguished honour by a death that has given the enemy additional reason to respect the name of a British soldier. Like the immortal Wolfe, he is snatched from his country at an early period of a life spent in her service; like Wolfe, his last hopes were gilded by the prospect of success, and cheered by the acclamation of victory; like Wolfe also, his memory will forever remain sacred in that country which he sincerely loved and which he had so faithfully served." Sir John was brother of captain Graham Moore of the Marlborough, 74, now at Brazil, and of the Reverend Mr. Moore, of Richmond; and son of the celebrated Dr. Moore, author of many esteemed works. He was in the 47th year of his age, and had greatly distinguished himself on various services, and particularly in Egypt. Consoling as is the reflection that the lustre of the British arms has been so nobly maintained, we have yet to lament the loss of many brave men to no effectual purpose. There is little doubt, but what we have been greatly deceived by the reported enthusiastic ardour of the Spaniards, on whom 20 millions of treasure have been expended, without the consolation of a grateful return.
The thanks of both houses of parliament have been unanimously voted to the soldiers, sailors, and marines, engaged in the above arduous service. We regret to add, that many of the transports have been lost on their return home; but the major part has now arrived safely. 1000 French prisoners have arrived, and 300 horses of the imperial Guard.
GEORGETOWN, DIS. COLUMBIA, April 8.
LATEST FROM EUROPE.
A vessel has arrived at Norfolk in a short passage from England—a gentleman passenger has arrived here with dispatches from the Secretary of State, and for the British minister. The English armies lately under the command of Sir John Moore had arrived in England. They had been in two very severe actions with the French. The first was at Astorga, in which a Spanish General turned against the English with 27,000 Spaniards. The English suffered much, but made good
their retreat. They marched to Corunna and embarked on board their transports. After they had embarked, they observed the French on the shore, and (we think, very imprudently) determined to give them battle. The bravest of the officers, and the flower of the troops volunteered in this rash enterprise, to the amount of about 6,000 men. As soon as they had landed they were immediately surrounded by 18 or 20,000 French. The battle commenced with dreadful carnage. The English displaying astonishing feats of valor, and though attacked with such immense numbers maintained their ground, and succeeded in driving the French from the field. They kept possession of the ground for sixteen hours after the battle; and then, what few of them were alive, retreated to their shipping and had arrived in England a few days before the bearer of this news left London.
Sir John Moore, the commander, was killed, as well as a great many other of the best British officers. Sir David Baird lost an arm and the few men who survived this second battle of Agincourt, were in a very mangled situation.
This news was laid before parliament, and the opposition endeavored to bring odium on the ministry on account of this disastrous event; but the ministry were not intimidated; they declared their intention of prosecuting the war in Spain, as long as they could hold a foot of land in that kingdom; and in this resolution they were supported by the people in England generally. Troops were sent off from England to the south of Spain daily; and those returned, such as were fit for service, were ordered back. The disasters of the British army instead of discouraging the English people, had roused their spirits, and every man was now ready and determined to fight to the last. The Spaniards in the South of Spain had risen to a man, and were in high spirits—not a Frenchman was to be found in all that part of the country except prisoners—Sarragossa held out; but it was supposed it must fall, as Bonaparte would be able to bring such a numerous army against it, that it would be impossible for the brave Palafax to resist him. But miriads of Frenchmen must be sacrificed, before they got possession of Sarragossa. We hope to give more particulars of the affairs in Europe in our next. Washington Federalist.
In addition to the particulars which we copy from the Norfolk Ledger, it is stated that the central junta had retired to Cadiz; that the troops which occupied the heights of Corunna were composed of a picked body of Highlanders commanded by Sir John Moore, and that they were all cut to pieces. Balt. Amer.
The following is the first article of a decree of Bonaparte, dated Burgos, Nov. 12, 1808:
"The Dukes of Infantado, of Higar, of Medina Celi, and of Ossuna, the Marquis of Santa Cruz, the counts of Ferman, Nunez, and of Altamira, the Prince of Castel Franco, the Sieur Pierre Cevallos, Ex-Minister of State, and the Bishop of Santander, are declared Traitors to France and Spain, and Traitors to the two crowns. As such, their persons shall be seized and brought before a Military Commission, and shot. Their property, moveable or immovable, shall be confiscated in Spain, in France, in the kingdom of Italy, in the kingdom of Naples, in the Papal States, in the kingdom of Holland, and in all countries occupied by the French arms, to defray the expenses of the war."
LIVERPOOL, 6th Jan. 1809.
"An order in Council has been issued, allowing the exportation of goods without payment of the daily duty imposed, in consequence of the order in council of the 11th Nov. 1807, as far as relates to those imported from countries from which the British flag is not excluded, and which are the produce and manufacture of such countries."
This order has been issued we believe in reference to the Spanish, Portuguese and St. Domingo trades, and whilst the British flag whether of ships of war, or of merchant vessels is excluded from the United States, cannot apply to that country. You will please to remark that this order only remits certain duties imposed by the acts to which it relates, but as the exportation of cotton was altogether prohibited by those acts, it has no application whatever to that article.
DOMESTIC.
FORT WAYNE, Feb. 7, 1809.
The following address, from the President of the United States, I believe has not been published; I offer it to you for publication. It came to my hands on the return of the Indian chiefs from the city of Washington, where they had been on a visit.
AN OFFICER OF THE U. S. ARMY.
My children, the Miamies, Potowatamies, Delawares and Chipewans—
Some of you are old enough to remember, and the younger have heard from their fathers, that this country was formerly governed by the English. While they governed it there were constant wars between the white and red people. To such a height was the hatred of both parties carried, that they thought it no crime to kill one another in cold blood, whenever they had an opportunity. The spirit led many of the Indians to take side against us in the war; and at the close of it, the English made peace for themselves, and left the Indians to get out of it as well as they could. It was not till twelve years after, that we were able by the treaty of Greenville to close our wars with all our red neighbors. From that moment, my children, the policy of this country towards you, has been entirely changed. General Washington, our first president, began a line of just and friendly conduct towards you; Mr. Adams, the second, continued it; and from the moment I came into the administration, I have looked upon you with the same good will as my fellow citizens; I have considered your interests as our interests; and peace & friendship as a blessing to us all. Seeing with regret that your people were wasting away; believing that this proceeded from your frequent wars, and the destructive use of spirituous liquors, and scanty supply of food; I have indicated peace with all your neighbors; have endeavored to prevent the introduction of spirituous liquors, among you; and have pressed on you, to rely for food on the culture of the earth more than on hunting.
On the contrary, my children, the English persuade you to hunt, they supply you with spirituous liquors, and are now endeavoring to engage you to join them in a war against us, should a war take place. You
possess reason, my children, as we do, and you will judge for yourselves which of us advise you as friends; the course they advise has worked you down to your present numbers; but temperance, peace and agriculture will raise you up to what your forefathers were; will prepare you to possess property; to wish to live under regular laws, to join us in our governments; to mix with us in society, and your blood and our united will spread again over this great Island.
My children, this is the last time I shall speak to you as your father; it is the last counsel I have to give. I am now too old to watch over the extensive concerns of the seventeen states, and their territories; I have therefore requested my fellow citizens to permit me to retire and live with my family, and to choose another chief and another father for you; and in a short time I shall retire and resign into his hands the care of your and our concerns.
Be assured, my children, that he will have the same friendly disposition towards you which I have had, and that you will find in him a true and affectionate father. Entertain, therefore, no meanness on account of this change; for there will be no change as to you. Indeed, my children, this is now the disposition towards you of all our people; they look upon you as brethren, born in the same land and having the same interests. In your journey to this place, you have seen many of them; I am certain they have received you as brothers, and been ready to show you every kindness. You will see the same on the road by which you will return; and were you to pass from north to south, or east to west, in any part of the United States you would find yourselves always among friends. Tell this, therefore to your people, on your return home: assure them that no change will ever take place in our disposition towards them: deliver to them my adieu, and my prayers to the Great Spirit for their happiness: tell them that during my administration, I have held their hand fast in mine, that I will put it into the hand of their new father, who will hold it as I have done. TH: JEFFERSON.
December 21, 1808.
PHILADELPHIA, April 5.
At the district court held yesterday morning before judge Peters, the marshal made a statement under oath of the manner in which he was resisted on the 25th ult. by general Bright and others under his command in military array, in his attempt to serve the process of the court, in the case of Olmstead and others against the representatives of the late David Rittenhouse, esq. Upon this statement, the judge, in compliance with his duty, issued his warrants against the said Michael Bright, and those under his command on that day (the names having been returned to the judge) for resisting the marshal in his attempt to serve the process of the court. The attorney of the district (Mr. Dallas) declared it to be the intention of the government of the United States to support and maintain the power of their courts, and enforce their process, and that the late outrage against the laws of the U. States should not pass unnoticed.
The violators of the law will, if arrested, be indicted before the circuit court, which begins on Tuesday next, for a violation of an act of Congress, passed April 30, 1790 by this act, all persons who are guilty of resisting the judicial process of any of the courts of the United States, are liable to be imprisoned for a term not exceeding twelve months, and fined not exceeding three hundred dollars.
The bill published a few days since in this paper, relative to Olmstead's case, [which appropriates 18,000 dollars] has passed both branches of the legislature of this state. It requires only the signature of the governor to become a law. This it is most probable has been done before this time, and it now remains for the governor to pay the money or induce civil broil.
The tories of Massachusetts have lately attempted to dub themselves "Whigs" and to stigmatize the democrats as tories. The Columbian Detector thus breaks his wit and satire on the absurdity:
"We learn, that since the old tories have donned the whig cloak, they frequently look down to see that their cloven foot does not get uncovered."
A correspondent observes, that the Algerines must certainly be a very lazy people, since they display their fondness for killing time by so frequently murdering their deys. Whig.
WAS FRANCE OR ENGLAND THE AGGRESSOR IN 1793-4?
The correspondence of our Minister at Paris, Mr. Gouverneur Morris, with the Washington administration, in 1793-4, proves that France was anxious to repeal her decree of May, 1793, referred to in Mr. Gore's Report, in order to preserve her alliance with America; that the French government uniformly expressed the warmest wishes for our welfare; that, it at no time intimated even a wish for any aid from us but such as our neutrality permitted us to afford; and in one of his dispatches, Mr. Morris declares that the French decree of 1793, originated in the measures of Britain.
The correspondence of our minister in London, Mr. Thomas Pinkney, in 1793-4, proves, that the English considered themselves pledged by the treaties with Russia &c. of March, 1793, to intercept all neutral trade with France; that they did not, at any time, pretend to justify their measures by the plea of retaliation, but, on the contrary, that they declared their right thus to interrupt all communication with France.
Almost the whole correspondence of our government with the English minister in this country, consisted of complaints against his government—whilst the correspondence with the French minister consisted of answers to complaints against us by France. Can the contrast be mistaken?
The proceedings of our citizens and of congress further, shew the sense of the country:
On the 27th March, 1794, Mr. Jonathan Dayton laid on the table of the house of representatives of the United States, two resolutions—The first for the sequestration of all debts due by American citizens to British subjects, the second for appropriating such debts to the relief of those, whose vessels had been plundered by British cruisers.
On the 7th of April, 1794, Mr. Clark laid a resolution on the table of the House of Representatives, U. S. for suspending all commercial intercourse between the U. States and Great Britain.
Mr. Sedgwick, in answer to the resolution of Mr. Clarke, said, that he hoped negotiation with England would precede war, and that that failed to secure justice "we must seek redress by the means God and Nature has given us."
Mr. S. at the same time proposed to raise an army of 25,000 men.
The President Washington, in his message to Congress, April, 1794, said, "The communication I have made to you in the present session, from the dispatches of our ministers in London, contain a serious aspect of our affairs with Great Britain."
In the same session an embargo was laid, and in May, 1794, the people of Boston, in regular town meeting, besought Congress not to repeal it.
In the debates of Congress and the resolutions of the people, Britain was constantly proclaimed to be the first aggressor: against her alone, hostile measures were preparing; and against France no complaints were heard amongst the agents of her enemy. That the matter may be put out of doubt, read the following extract from the dispatches of the Washington administration to our minister in France: a letter of June 10, 1794, says:
"There is reason to believe, that the embargo, when it was first laid, excited uneasiness in the breast of the French minister. But, you know enough of the history of this business, to declare, that it was levelled at Great Britain, and that it was general merely because it made partial against her, it would have been intended to a cause of war; and that the embargo was repealed because it was refuted bijurious to France."
All hail Sister New-Hampshire!!
It may be recollected by some of our readers with what pertinacity the federal editors in this town insisted on the triumph of federalism in Vermont last fall. They contended their deception until the choice of Republican Electors was officially promulgated. The same deception is now practising by them with regard to New-Hampshire. We have compared a statement of votes from all the towns in that state but thirteen, and find that Governor Langdon has 15,136, Judge Smith 15,108—and in the towns yet to be heard from, the Republicans had a majority last November, of twenty.
In addition to this pleasing result, we learn from a gentleman of veracity, that eleven towns, which sent federal representatives last year, now sent republicans.
To prove the falsehoods of the federal editors, we have copied the subsequent paragraphs from the Concord American Patriot:
According to this view of the election, it follows conclusively that if in those towns from which we have received no accounts, the republican gain has been as great in proportion to the number of their votes, as it has been in the other towns according to these returns which are here copied from papers in different parts of the State; then Gov. Langdon will have more votes than Judge Smith, and if the scattering votes do not prevent a choice by the people, he will again be re-elected Governor of New-Hampshire.
The return of Lancaster, the only town that we have heard from in that quarter of the state, seems to confirm this calculation, the net republican gain being 27 in that town. Changes less favorable than this in the remaining towns will ensure the election of Governor Langdon.
In the Council
there will be three Republicans and two Federalists.
In the Senate
six Republicans are elected, and it is supposed that in one District there has been no choice. The probability therefore is that the Senate will be composed of seven Republicans and five Federalists.
In the House of Representatives there can be no doubt but there will be a Republican majority.
From the additional returns of votes which we are this week enabled to give, it will be seen, that if Judge Smith is elected, it will be by a very small majority. The towns which remain to be heard from, last November gave a democratic majority of more than 400. "Who will be governor?" we think will yet depend on the political complexion of the House of Representatives, unless, the returns are made more correct than usual. Amherst Cabinet.
By a clause added to the supply bill, on motion of Mr. Candy, of Saratoga, the Public Printing is taken from Mr. Cheetham of New-York. Mr. Buel of Ulster, Mr. Walker of Utica, and Mr. Reynolds of Salem—Mr. Southwick remains the only printer for the state. This clause passed in the Assembly by a large majority—The bill is now before the Senate. Doubts are entertained whether the clause in question will pass that house. Albany Gaz.
DISTRICT OF MAINE. March Term, 1809.
UNITED STATES libellants, vs. THE SISTER HUNTRESS, of Wiscasset, and cargo—the owner refusing to give bonds under the 1st. embargo law.
It appearing to the court, that in the mode prescribed by the statute of January 9, 1809, for the prosecution of penalties and forfeitures, incurred in violation of the same, no provision is therein made for a prosecution by libel, but "by action of debt or by indictment or information, any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding"—the court was of opinion that no further proceedings could legally be had upon the libel and thereupon ordered the same to be dismissed.
A complete abortion of the British exertions in Spain can scarcely fail to produce a great effect in England, as it has all along been manifest that their merchants and manufacturers have relied upon the successes of the British arms to extend the field of their business, which an entire failure must considerably abridge. Already we perceive that the high price of the raw material in some instances, and the total destitution of it in others has paralysed many of the most important manufactures, and rendered the profits of trade extremely precarious. When then this resource shall be entirely cut off, when positive evils will be to be endured, without even the cheering hope of brighter days, is there not a chance that the people will resort to the usual remedy of a change of rulers, a resort which, however idle in ordinary cases in that country, may in this instance be not altogether ineffectual?
A complete failure of the British in Spain will probably be attended with the following effects:
1. A greater stagnation of trade. 2. A diminution of manufactures. 3. A declension in the profits of both trade and manufactures. 4. The disbanding of the army, who not finding employment in the manufactures, will be thrown into situations of abject misery, which will render them ready instruments of popular clamor.

3. A reduction in the extraordinary disbursements of the government, which have, perhaps, more than anything else, kept up the price of commodities, and given the appearance of a general prosperity.
4. An increase of debt, which when the accounts of the two last years are closed, must be enormous.
All these considerations furnish a gleam of hope, that the disasters in Spain, co-operating with the purpose, then indicated, on our part to continue and enforce the embargo (a purpose which the ministry seem at length most reluctantly to have realised) may have produced a favorable change, either by the adoption of new measures, or the formation of a new ministry. The next news we shall receive will be, therefore, in all likelihood, very interesting. Parliament, meeting on the 16th of January, however inefficacious in producing a radical change, will, at least serve to register the public dissatisfaction, and enable us, to see which way the land lies . We shall be advised of an accommodation, an event most sincerely desired by our government as well as the people, the scandalous slanders of the Courier notwithstanding, or we shall learn the improbability of any favorable change for a considerable length of time; and, according to the one or the other result, be prepared to exercise the virtues of enterprise or fortitude. Nat. Int.
The House of Representatives of Pennsylvania have adopted a resolution recommending to the members of the next legislature to appear dressed in domestic manufactures. Ib.
The Legislature of the state of Delaware have incorporated a company for the purpose of making a turnpike road from New-Castle on the Delaware, to Freirechtown on the Elk river. This is a most important object, as the proposed road covers all the ground travelled in this route between Philadelphia and Baltimore, the remainder of the distance between those cities being water easily navigated. Ib.
We extract the following article from the North American, with no sentiment, but that of contempt for the Editor, and pity for the author of the subjoined letter. Mr. Wagner must know, that while he is defending his friends, he is traducing the administration—all that that administration wishes, in this as in every other case, is that the "whole truth may be laid before the world;" and Mr. Wagner is challenged, nay defied to lay it before the world. Until this is done, so as satisfactorily to prove that the publication of the documents is not justly chargeable to some federal member of Congress, the public will ascribe it to that source. We have no hesitation in declaring it as our opinion, the result of some attention to the subject, that the publication can alone, under existing circumstances, be rationally charged to this source. It is, indeed, a foul dishonor, and we shall rejoice to see it wiped away.
From the honorable Senator we should have hoped for some decorum, if not dignity of language. But, like the London Courier, he is too angry even to respect himself. Under the dominion of such feelings, what right have we to expect that he would respect truth? There is a perfect consistency in the praise which the old gentleman so lavishly bestows on himself, and the calumny so prodigally cast on a man, the lustre of whose public life threw into perpetual shade our "modern Aristides." It is the old resort of vanity, to talk boastingly of ourselves, in proportion to the little estimation in which we are held by others. Ib.
From the North American.
"Shortly after the close of the session of Congress, a scandalous report was circulated, that the "suppressed documents" brought to light at Boston, were disclosed by Col. Pickering. The author of the report is pretty well known. As it was scattered with all the industry of malice, a gentleman in this city, in the course of his correspondence, thought proper to inform Col. Pickering of it. The subjoined extract is the answer he has received on this point. It was not expected, that it would be published; for the jacobin slanders, which have been poured out upon him for so many successive years, have scarcely obtained any notice from him. It is thus they have multiplied by being suffered to grow without molestation; but their duration has been short in proportion to the rankness of the falsehoods in which they were generated."
It is observed, very justly, by the Washington Federalist, that the administration but too well knows how those papers were exposed. They never will make any enquiry about it; but it behoves them to check their creatures from attributing the fault to the federalists. If they do not, they deserve to have the whole truth laid before the world. It must not be tolerated, that the dishonor should be charged to such eminent characters as Col. Pickering or Mr. Quincy.
Extract of a letter from Colonel Pickering, to a gentleman in Baltimore, dated Weymouth, (seven miles beyond Salem) March 26, 1809.
"The report which you say has been spread, since I left Baltimore, "That the late disclosure of confidential documents, was made by me," is false. I am utterly ignorant by what means they were made public."
"No lie, no slander, however improbable or atrocious, excites in me any surprize. Good and wise men, our early and present distinguished patriot citizens, have given strong and honorable testimonies, that I have rendered some services to my country; especially in exposing the secret motives, the insidious conduct and the duplicity of men, who, unfortunately for our country, have for some years had the direction of our national affairs. The bitter wrath of my political adversaries has concurred in proving, that my humble labors have not been in vain. Important facts and rational conjectures, with their obvious inferences, exhibited in my plain language, appear, fortunately to have contributed to open the eyes of many of my fellow-citizens; who now view the measures of our administration in the light of truth. This detection of imposture will never be forgiven by those who have long combined to deceive the people. They are like the craftsmen of Ephesus, who made & sold silver shrines for their great Goddess Diana, "by which craft they had their wealth." They, therefore, shouted the praise of their Goddess; & the Ephesian mob at their heels repeated the shouts, & with as much zeal as the patriotic mobs of some of our cities have shouted the praises of Jefferson, the idol God, "whom they ignorantly worship."
WASHINGTON, April 4. PAUL HAMILTON, Esq. has accepted his appointment of Secretary of the Navy. W. EUSTIS, Esq. is daily expected in this city. Monitor.
The following we understand is the present arrangements of the Navy of the U. S. as to the commanding officers: The Constitution Com. Rodgers, President Capt. Brainbridge, U. States Capt. Decatur, Chesapeake Capt. Hull, Essex Capt. Smith, Wasp Capt. Robinson, John Adams Capt. Evans, Hornet Capt. Dent, Siren Capt. Gordon, Argus Lt. Jones, Vixen Lt. Dent, Enterprise Lt. Trippe.
The Constitution, now at New-York, will be understood, be completely prepared for service in a few days. The United States, the Essex and the John Adams are in the same state of forwardness. The President, it is expected, will be ready for sea on the first of June. The other vessels abovementioned are in actual service—the Chesapeake, the Wasp and the Argus on the eastern station; the Hornet gone to New Orleans with Gen. Wilkinson and suite; the Vixen, ordered to the Southward to cruise between Charleston, S. C. and St. Mary's; the Enterprise, at Norfolk; the Siren at Baltimore.
Although the prospect of entering crews for these vessels were at first not flattering, yet now we understand that men are entering very fast particularly in the eastern ports—Captain Hull in a very few days entered a full crew for the Chesapeake, and about 100 for the Constitution at New-York.
Thirty additional gun boats have been ordered to New Orleans. When they arrive there it is understood that we shall have at that place an effective force of fifty gun-boats. Nat. Int.
WASHINGTON, April 7. From the National Intelligencer.
SOLID NATIONAL PROSPERITY.
Notwithstanding all that has been said against the embargo, it may be questioned, whether within any year since her independence, America has made a greater progress in solid wealth than during the last. To those who view only the surface of things, this remark may be considered as visionary; but it will only require a dispassionate attention to facts of the greatest notoriety, and considerations of things, and considerations of indisputable accuracy, to induce us, at the least, to withhold an arrogant rejection of it.
In the eastern section of the Union there has been an astonishing progress made in manufactures, in the middle section internal improvements have advanced with unprecedented steps, while in the southern and western states, although most severely pressed, much labor has been advantageously employed in the improvement of their farms. That this has been the case, the increased price of lands, and the undiminished price of labor, are almost conclusive proofs. These are the great barometers of national prosperity; and while they keep up, it may be confidently affirmed that the country is free from general distress. The cotton manufactures of Rhode-Island have assumed a magnitude that promises to rival those of Britain, and similar associations in Massachusetts have become so numerous as to require a general act of her legislature regulating the mode of conducting their operations. In Connecticut the patriotism and perseverance of Col. Humphreys, both in the introduction and raising of the best sheep, and the manufacture of the finest cloths, have overcome almost every difficulty. In New-York, Chancellor Livingston sustains a vigorous competition. In New-Jersey, the raising of sheep has commanded great and successful attention, in which no one has been more instrumental than Mr. Miles Smith, an enlightened and wealthy emigrant from England, whose virtues and principles every way qualify him for the citizen of a republic. Passing on to Pennsylvania, the favorite seat of arts, enterprise and industry, Philadelphia and its neighborhood display the characteristics of a flourishing manufacturing settlement, and Pittsburgh, at a distance of three hundred miles, with the powerful agency of steam in a cotton manufactory has begun to draw upon the inexhaustible riches of perhaps, the noblest coal mines on earth. When this remains shall be brought into full activity, what we never expect from a place, in the midst of a fertile country, at the head of a navigation that leads to the ocean by a circuit of two thousand miles, and through a country, part of which is already well settled, and all of which will, in a short period of time, sustain a crowded population. In Philadelphia and its vicinity, property has never risen with such rapidity; and never has Philadelphia received so much improvement as during the last year. If any one wishes to form a tolerable idea of the manufactures in and about this place, he has only occasion to pass through Germantown, a flourishing village, commencing about five miles from the city, and continuing almost without interruption five miles further, a town almost exclusively supported by manufactures.
The state of Delaware, on the fine waters of the Brandywine, follows boldly in the footsteps of her more opulent sister. Progressing to the state of Maryland, we find a capital of a million formed, and an immense establishment rising in the neighborhood of Baltimore, with every promise of success. Let us not pass our own city, without noticing, with becoming modesty, an infant institution, the germ, perhaps of future greatness, with a capital of 300,000 $ subscribed for a bridge, nearly finished, exceeded in workmanship or size by few in the United States. We might proceed, and shew that even in the Southern and Western states, hitherto so exclusively devoted to agriculture, the spirit of manufactures has given birth to many a promising experiment. But we have said enough to shew that our citizens, however they may value trade, have too much genius and energy, when driven by necessity, not to find other fields of occupation.
Our surprize will be diminished at the general prosperity of the country, notwithstanding the almost total suspension of commerce, when we compare the insignificant amount of that commerce, in its most flourishing state, with the amount of the total consumption of the country. The foreign goods consumed in this country have never, perhaps exceeded forty millions of dollars in value; while the total consumption of the country does not fall short of eight hundred millions. How admirably fitted is this fact to humble the vaunting arrogance of those who ascribe every thing to external commerce! It proves that a small amelioration or advance in the great occupations of agriculture and manufactures outweighs in utility the boldest strides of commerce; and, perhaps, of itself sufficiently accounts for the general prosperity.
Let it, moreover, be regarded, that the internal improvements of the last year are but as the seed sown, and that by far the greater portion of the harvest is still to be reaped; and, consequently, the ensuing years are likely to be more fertile in the general prosperity than the last.
Extract of a letter from Savannah, dated March 17.
"The governor of Florida has laid a duty on imports of — per cent, & exports of 5 per cent. which has caused some agents to leave Amelia Island; from which place the captains of vessels must go to St. Augustine to enter and clear, a distance of a hundred miles."
Alexander Dix, merchant of Boston, was killed in a duel with Martin Blake on Thursday the 23d ult. The latter received no injury.
The Merino breed of sheep has become numerous in the neighborhood of New-Castle, (Del.) — We observe the names of twenty-eight gentlemen, who, on this account for bid hunting on their enclosed grounds with dogs and guns. New-York Daily Advertiser.
The Legislatures of Pennsylvania and New-York have concluded their sessions.
THE ENQUIRER.
RICHMOND, APRIL 11, 1809.
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. No. II.
The effect of the non-intercourse law upon our foreign relations will principally depend upon the course of the trade under it. — Let the Federalists murmur, as much as they please, about its superior effect on Great Britain — let them reproach its framers with an intention to benefit France at her expense — their complaints are delusive, miserable affectation. Who rules the ascendant on the seas? Great Britain — then Great Britain can obtain what she wants, of our materials and food — France on the contrary, is placed in a worse situation. She can obtain a comparative small portion.
But can Great Britain obtain them? — There is no doubt about it. Our vessels clear out for an intermediate port, for Bartholomews — Madeira — Gottenberg. If they are honest enough to comply with the law, still their Cargoes may be deposited in this entrepot, or there transferred to an English bottom to sail direct to Great Britain. But they may not themselves go from this entrepot to Great Britain? The Secretary of the Treasury directs that vessels shall not be sold in these entrepots without giving bond, that they shall not carry Cargoes to Great Britain. But admit the bond to be given. Are not the tricks of merchants multifarious? How prove that a particular vessel has not gone to Great Britain? As soon as sold, may she not be covered with a little Spanish Brown — receive a new Capt., papers &c. ? "Look at it fairly."
But this is not all. — Are not the tricks of trade almost endless? Will not G. Britain receive our vessels without an immediate clearance for her ports? Suppose a vessel clears for Gottenberg in Sweden. She passes by G. Britain. She calls in — she sells her cargo. Will G. Britain object to this course? The vessel returns to the United States with a counterfeit Swedish certificate. Well — every thing is fair above board. Some of the northern merchants are up to all these tricks. Some of the Scotch and English houses have connections in G. Britain, and every arrangement is immediately made. — It is now understood, that offers have been actually made in New-York to land a cargo of tobacco in any Irish port for 8 guineas per hundred.
So much for the trade with G. Britain. As to the trade with the continent, it rests with Bonaparte. It is doubtful whether he will admit our vessels into his ports — whether if he does, he will not sequester them in port — or how far his instructions from Bayonne will not still apply to us — under the non-intercourse, as under the embargo. These things are most probable. — But if such be not his policy at first, will it not be superinduced by the course of the trade? Will not British licenses be sent over to this country — and transferred to our bottoms, to protect them against British capture, or the necessity of touching at G. Britain to pay tribute? A license will probably be cheaper than insurance to the continent. It has even been understood, that propositions have been made to furnish licenses to this country — A few have even been seen, sent to this country for the Hamburg flag.
These are speculations — but if just, what are the inferences? that the Non-Intercourse bears much less upon G. Britain than France — that it is more calculated to involve us in jarrings with a nation which has done us least injury and whose interest it is to do us less — and to exempt a nation, which has done us the most serious mischief, and which regards us, in the language of "Hints to both Parties" as "RIVALS."
This law then is — weaker than the embargo — it submits to a certain extent to the aggressions of England — it is, in itself abstractedly considered, in opposition to the best interests of our country; but the question of absolute submission is yet reserved for decision. — If the defeat of the British in Spain — if when the Budget is opened in parliament, the great reduction of the Receipts of the revenue for the last year, and the increase of useless expenditures in Spain — if the opposition of the minority, do not hurl the present ministry from their seats, and introduce one more favorable to the U. States, the next Congress will have to decide for the honour of their country.
The Non-Intercourse law brings at once to issue the question of more energetic measures or unqualified submission. What are the provisions of the law?
The proclamation of the president of the U. States prohibiting the introduction of British armed vessels into our ports, is superceded — this law takes the place of that proclamation, and extends it to French armed vessels. The proclamation does not seem, on the first blush of the law, to revive; because the original law, which authorises this very proclamation, seems on the first blush of the present law, to expire — because the 3d section of this law, although it relates to the case of "all ships or vessels sailing under the flag of Great Britain and France," subsequently declares that "all and every act and acts heretofore passed which shall be within the purview of this act, shall be and the same are hereby repealed." Does not this affect the proclamation law? — It appears soon on the first consideration of the subject.
The partial non-importation law of 1806, is also superceded — the present law takes the place of that and extends it to French goods. Is not this law also repealed by the present? So it appears at least, on the first blush of this subject.
By the 19th Sect. too "the act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States and the several acts supplementary thereto, shall be, and the same are hereby repealed from and after the end of the next session of Congress."
This law itself continues in force only "until the end of the next session of Congress and no longer."
The Non-Intercourse law levels all distinctions between the two belligerents. The
Proclamation of the President is substantially extended to French armed vessels. The Non-Importation law of 1806 is extended to the goods of France. — This equalization seems to be improper. Why destroy distinctions, which are founded in a difference of the conduct of the belligerents? has France attacked our colonial trade — or an American armed ship? The non-Intercourse as it respects goods and private ships, may be proper — but as to armed ships, the different conduct of two nations towards us seems to justify a different reception from us.
Unless the next session of Congress then, continues this law by a continuing act, it expires — and with it, these several features of the restrictive system. — The restrictive system is then substantially at an end in all its parts — and the question is then fairly at issue before Congress: "Since this system is thus repealed — since we intend no longer to resort to it — shall we adopt more energetic measures or an unqualified submission to European aggression?" — Upon the determination of this question, hangs for years the honor, the independence and the commercial rights of our country. If Congress submits, these inestimable blessings are gone. If they resist in a more efficient manner — should resistance then be necessary — they may yet save "by the locks" the suffering honour of the country.
We have published every extract we could find about the late intelligence from England. These extracts are from the two Norfolk papers and the Washington Federalist. The stories of the latter are disgraceful even to the spirit of credulity itself.
If the British government were really anxious to aid the cause of the Spanish Patriots, why did they not land their troops in Biscay, to meet the French at the very threshold? Why did they not form an effective junction? Their policy has been completely paradoxical. Should they have found that the Spaniards did not want their aid, they were willing to give it. If they wanted it, they would not give it — Anally that stands thus to calculate chances and risks is never efficient. Such is not the characteristic of a true friend.
A CARD FOR JOHN CLARKE. In a note lately published in the Enquirer, I understood that I shall not be allowed the full privilege of replying to John Clarke's fictions, calumnies and gasconades until his defence as he calls it, is ended.
Among other important accusations against my fame, he says I was a candidate for the office of superintendent, and that I applied to him to obtain the appointment. Even admitting the truth, I know of no harm in entertaining, or advancing such a wish, the I do not recollect ever to have expressed such a desire.
If Clarke was so much disgusted at the first application, why expose himself to a second — All that I can now say is false. If I had desired the office, I should have applied to some members of the executive with whom I was much better acquainted than with John Clarke.
That I was not the foe of John Clarke, or of the institution, two years ago, will be fully ascertained by the following extract, written by me under those impressions of regard as well as confidence which had been excited by his own false statements and deceitful reports — Arch No. 1336. March 13.
"Of all the public institutions, which exist in Virginia, there is but one wherein the eye of the patriot and philosopher can dwell with pleasure; where it can look with satisfaction, turn away, and look again with renovated delight. The plan has been conceived with greatness, and has been executed with talents, taste and a general regard to public usefulness."
"The reflections which involuntarily arise, as relates to this establishment are so different from those which have occurred upon other subjects, that I will not here disturb the pleasurable sensations which this subject cannot fail to excite; and to me it is a cause of deep regret, that I cannot in justice to my own conscience present results, or even cultivate hopes, as relate to others, which are equally acceptable and delightful."
"A FREEHOLDER." Such were the liberal and generous sentiments by which I was actuated in March, 1807, only two years ago. At that time, like others, I was deluded, and in the spirit of honest confidence, devoted my pen to deceive others also.
Can any one believe that at the time when this extract was published, I entertained one single emotion of hostility against the officers, or any other individuals, who at that time and long before, as I now know had contributed to deceive and defraud the public? More of this hereafter!!!
Sometimes afterwards, John Clarke knowing that I was the writer, appeared to be thankful, and invited me to examine the works, and expressed his surprize that I never came to see what they were doing, and how things were conducted. I answered him with politeness but never went.
HENRY BANKS.
"As far as Mr. B. is touched by these pieces, he shall enjoy the privilege of reply — As far as relates to the Report any of the Committee or Legislative shall have it. Enquirer.
The following is from the New-York Public Advertiser:
Messrs. Editors — Having observed in your paper of Friday evening, an extract of a letter insinuating that Dr. Irving has gone to England for the purpose of assisting the views of Colonel Burr, we would wish, thro' the same medium, to inform those who may not be acquainted with Dr. I. that his visit to England is altogether of a commercial nature, in which we are ourselves connected with him. IRVING & SMITH.
New-York, April 3. ** Those Editors who may copy the extract alluded to will but do an act of common justice to a gentleman absent, by inserting the above also in their papers.
Messrs. Irving & Smith are requested to have reference to the publication in question, they will there discover, that the extract of a letter insinuating that Dr. Irving has gone to England for the purpose of assisting the views of Col. Burr, had its origin in the Richmond Enquirer. — In the present instance, we are not disposed to doubt the sincerity of Messrs. Irving and Smith, nor the correctness of the correspondence of the Editor of that paper. Ed. Pub. Adv.
We can assure Messrs. Irving & Smith, that our correspondent is an officer of the United States of most penetrating discernment and inflexible veracity. Enquirer.
Read the excellent Resolutions of WOODBRIDGE: One fault in them — as to the abstract duty of the states to arm the Militia.
The subscriber has removed to the OLD STAND formerly occupied by his father, where he continues, as usual, to sell
GROCERIES, on very reasonable terms for cash, and often in exchange for country produce.
JOHN H. STROBIA. April 11.
ALEXANDRIA, April 4. PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY. The counties of Prince William, Loudoun and Fairfax form a Congressional District. The Candidates are William Tyler, Esq. and Joseph Lewis, Jun. The votes on Monday last were for Wm. Tyler, (dem.) 148, J. Lewis, Jun. (fed.) 82. The counties of Prince William and Fairfax form a Senatorial District for the State Senate. Candidates. Bernard Hooe, Jun. Esq. (fed.) 133, Dr. Henry Rose, (dem.) 93.
Congressional Elections where the Elections are contested.
SURREY DISTRICT. — Isle of Wight County. For
Richard Byrd, 354 Edwin Gray, 79 Wm. Massenburg, 3 YORK DISTRICT. — Gloucester County. For
For Burwell Bassett, 250 John Eyre, 29 DINWIDDIE DISTRICT. Nottoway County. For
Col. Peterson Goodwin, 109. Gen. John Pegram, 94.
MEMBERS ELECTED TO THE NEXT ASSEMBLY.
King George. — Caleb Smith, *Younger Johnson.
Nottoway. — James H. Fitzgerald, *Peter Bland.
Prince William. *Gerard Alexander, J. H. Peyton.
* New Members.
City of Richmond. — Andrew Stevenson. The votes stood thus:
Andrew Stevenson, 104 Alexander McRae, 70 For a member of Congress.
John Clopton, 105. Charles Dabney 55
Dr. Wm. Foushee, Jr. is now vaccinating with the genuine COW-POX.
FOR the City of Richmond — April 3, 1809 Common Council Men, viz.
JEFFERSON-WARD John Adams, David Lambert, Benj. Tate, Saml. G. Adams, Geo. W. Smith, Charles Willis, John Williamson, Jedediah Allen, Robt. Mitchell.
MADISON-WARD Edwd. Carrington, John Ambley, Geo. Pickett, Chs. Copland, John G. Smith, Robert Pollard, Patrick Gibson, Archd. Blair, Samuel Paine.
MONROE-WARD Wm. Marshall, John Roberson, David Bullock, Wm. McKim, Anderson Barrett, Joseph Gailego, Chris. Tompkins, James Monroe, James Greenhow.
JOHN F. PRICE, sergt of the City of Richmond.
BOOKS AT AUCTION!!!
On Wednesday Evening, at the City Tavern, at 6 o'clock, will be sold, a large and valuable assortment of BOOKS, selected with care, consisting of works of the most approved authors, in History, Biography, Medicine, Divinity, Poetry, Novels, Romances, &c. &c.
Also, a general assortment of Charts & Maps, and a pleasing variety of Pictures & Prints, some with favorite Songs.
Also at private sale a few elegant portraits of his excellency JAMES MADISON President of the U. States painted by the celebrated Stewart, and engraved by Edwin, with elegant gilt frames.
N. B. The Books &c. may be seen the day prior to the sale & will be sold at very reduced prices.
April 11. It
NEW BOOK-STORE — JOHN R. JONES, Has this day opened a Book and Stationary Store, at the north-west corner of the main street, and that leading to the head of the basin, (near the Eagle Tavern) and respectfully solicits a share of the public patronage. He hopes by assiduity and attention, to give satisfaction to those, who may favor him with their commands.
Such articles as he may not have on hand, will be procured, if to be had, either here, or in Philadelphia.
April 11. It
RACING — The Tappahannock JOCKEY CLUB RACES, will commence on Thursday the 23th May next.
1st DAY — The Jockey Club Purse of $320* four mile heats.
2nd DAY — The Jockey Club Purse of $240* three mile heats.
3rd DAY — The Proprietor's Purse of $100* entrance 10 dollars, two mile heats, (five horses or no race.)
WEIGHTS AS FOLLOWS:
Anaged horse, lb. 130 4 Years old, lb. 108 6 years old 120 3 Do. 86 5 Do. 110 And under that age a feather.
The course, &c. will be in good order, we therefore may expect fine sport; tables and litter provided gratis, upon timely application to the proprietor of the course.
A. S. BROCKENBROUGH, Secretary and Treasurer.
* The Secretary cannot state accurately the amount of each day's purse, but supposes they will be as above stated, after deducting the Jockey Club dinner and the expense of advertising the races from the subscription.
April 11. It
PURSUANT to a decretal order of the chancery District court of Williamsburg, will be offered for sale, at Westmoreland court-house on the 4th Monday in May next, being court day, that very valuable FARM, situated on Nomony river, in the county of Westmoreland, the property of John Matthews, late of said county, containing 643 acres. A credit of 12 months will be given, the purchaser executing bond with approved security to the commissioners acting under the aforesaid order and a deed of trust on the land to secure the payment of the purchase money, according to the terms of the decree.
April 11. It
MONSIEUR D'LAUVIGNE, HAIR CUTTER, &c. &c. thanks the Ladies and Gentlemen of Richmond for the encouragement already bestowed: He has been solicited to Petersburg for a few days, from whence he will return (certainly) on to-morrow week.
April 11. It
NOTICE — The subscriber has, for the present, removed his
VENDUE OFFICE, to the front room of the house occupied by Mr. Carter B. Page, opposite to Messrs. Hovey and Sizer where he transacts business as usual.
He has on hand a quantity of West India and other GOODS, and is prepared with convenient store-houses to receive any further consignments that may be made to him.
JAMES BROWN, Jr. Auctioneer.
April 11. It

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