The enquirer (Richmond, Va.), 1806-10-31 00:00:00

The Enquirer.
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RICHMOND, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 31, 1806.
[VOLUME 3.]
Sales at Auction.
To be sold at public Auction on Saturday the 1st of November next,
THAT valuable HOUSE and LOT whereon Moses Davis now resides on opposite to Mr. John Taylor's—The Lot is 66 feet in front and an hundred and fifty back—The House has an elegant Store room, counting-room, and cellar, and is well calculated for a Store. There is also on the lot a good kitchen, tobacco factory, lumber-house, stable, carriage house, a good spring, and a garden well enclosed. Terms will be made known on day of sale.
PROSSER and MONCURE v. MRS. September 16. eptRN.
TO BE SOLD FOR CASH,
ON Saturday the 8th November, at the Store door of the subscriber: The residue of the estate of John Watkins, dec'd. consisting chiefly of household and kitchen furniture, a negro Man and one Horse. All persons having claims against said estate are requested to bring the same forward on or before the day of sale, and those indebted will please make immediate payment, as the subscriber intends closing his Administration as quick as he possibly can, after the sale is made.
J. F. ROBERTSON. Manchester, Oct. 28. 319
JOHN SOUTHGATE,
AT the house lately occupied by Messrs. Thomas and Amos Ladd, and directly opposite the Union Tavern, offers for sale, a pretty general assortment of
FALL GOODS,
Well worth the attention of country dealers.—Cash, country produce, or approved paper will be received in payment.
ALSO FOR SALE, AS ABOVE,
London Particular, Madeira Wine in pipes; and a few boxes Martiniique Cordials. October 23. (tf.)
THE SUBSCRIBER,
HAS just received a handsome assortment of CHINA, China Glazed and Crockery WARE, and very soon expects a handsome parcel of Glass to assort what he has now on hand; he has also received on consignment Antigua and New-England Rum by the puncheon, London particular Teneriffe Wine by the pipe, Teas by the chest, and men's fine Hats by the box, which articles will be sold low for cash, or on the usual credit for negotiable paper.
He has on hand a general assortment of Groceries, among which are Brown Sugar & Coffee by the hh. and bbl. Salt by the sack, Shad, Clipped Herrings, & Tarr by the bbl. and northern Potatoes, loose and in bbl. Winegrape, Claret and Port Wine in boxes of one and two dozen bottles each; Cordials, Olives, Capers and Anchovies, also in boxes; and he keeps constantly a large supply of Philadelphia bottled and draught Porter and Ale, and Beer in barrels.
He has lately rented the Brick Ware-House on the cross-street leading from the Brick-Row immediately to the Bank, which has been occupied for many years by Messrs. Pickett, Pollard and Johnson. He will be glad to receive on storage Flour and other country produce at the ordinary rates.
DANIEL TRIPLETT. Oct. 28. 6w.
NOTICE.
WHEREAS, in consequence of the death of Robt. Burton, the partnership of Brown, Rives & Co. and of the different branches of that House, at Norfolk, Caira, Bent Creek, Lynchburg, New Market, Warminster and Milton, will terminate, agreeable to the several articles of copartnership, at various periods, between the first day of August last, and the first day of January next. This is to give notice to all persons interested, that the business of each establishment will be closed immediately after the time limited for its expiration.
JAMES BROWN, ROBERT RIVES, Surviving partners of Brown, Rives & Co.
The business carried on by Brown, Rives & Co. will be continued by the subscribers, under the firm of Brown and Rives, and the Store at Caira, &c. furnished with their usual supplies.
JAMES BROWN, ROBERT RIVES. Richmond, October 7. 4w.
THE subscribers, under the firm of Darns-datt, Foster and Satchell, have opened an AUCTION & COMMISSION STORE, at the foot of the Bridge, where they will sell publicly, on every Wednesday and Saturday morning.
JOSEPH DARNSDATT, JOHN FOSTER, JOHN SATCHELL.
AT PRIVATE SALE:
40 hogheads } Brown Sugar. 55 barrels } 2 pipes London particular Madeira Wine, 6 tiersces Old Apple Brandy, 8 pipes Hollands Gin, 2 cases German Sheetings, 2 do. do. Dowlas, 1 do. do. Platillas, 1 bale Hessians, 2 do. India Cottons.—And by the first arrivals from Liverpool, they will receive a large supply of coarse Woolens and Crockery Ware. Darns-datt, Foster & Satchell. Richmond, Oct. 28, 1806. (ep4w)
THE subscriber, has taken the Store lately occupied by Granberry and Hancock, where he offers for sale at reduced prices, 8 Bales blue Cloths } a consignment from the 1 Bale assorted Flannels } Manufacturer. Also—A few bales of India piece Goods. October 22. JAMES SMITH. tf.
FOR SALE,
TWO Half Acre LOTS, on the Main-street, immediately opposite Mr. John Graham's, being half of Alex under Quarrier's figure. Any person inclined to purchase any part of this property, may be accommodated with any number of feet required.
The terms of sale will be half cash, the balance in 3, 6, & 9 months; good negotiable notes endorsed, or any authenticated claim against the said Quarrier, will be taken in pay, rent.
THOMAS NORVELL. October 10. tf.
FOR SALE—on the lowest terms: 2500 sacks of LIVERPOOL SALT, and 90 crates of LIVERPOOL EARTHEN WARE of superior quality & well assorted, just arrived in the ship Merchant, Captain Johnson, from Liverpool, at Eardman's Wharf—
OVERTON ANDERSON. May 23. tf.
ELLIS & ALLAN
INFORM their friends, that they have received a part of their FALL GOODS, per the ships Hercules from Liverpool, and Dissona from London— CONSISTING OF, Refte Blankets from 6-4 to 12-4, Duffel Blankets, Flannels, Coatings, and Cottons, London best Superfine Cloths, Spanish wool, Kerseys, single and double milled, Gentlemen's beaver and patent silk Hats, Ladies fashionable Beaver Huffs, trimmed, Molekins and Silk Quiltings, Molekins, Swoonshdowns and Toilets, for Vests, Chambray Silks and Muslins, new patterns, Ladies cotton, silk and wool Huffs, Gentlemen's cotton, wool and Angola do. fine wool frocks and drawers, Ladies Spanish Morocco Boots and lift Shoes, elegant Muffs and Tippets, Fox Bruffs and Chincany Tippets, Brusfel and Kidderminster Carpeting, Great Coats, Umbrellas, Gloves, Damites & Muslins, Callicoes and Cambricks, Salt in Sacks, &c. &c. &c. The Balance of their Goods, per the Laura, are expected daily, and will be sold on very moderate terms. Sept. 25. 15thN.
THE SUBSCRIBERS, UNDER THE FIRM OF LESUEUR & SAUNDERS,
Inform their friends and the public, that they will continue the COMMISSION business, lately done by C. & T. Saunders. They promise the strictest attention to the interests of those who may favor them with consignments. They are now receiving a general and extensive assortment of GROCERIES, which will be offered for sale, Wholesale and Retail, on the lowest terms and usual credit, in the store lately occupied by Messrs. William McKenzie & Co. opposite the Vendue Office of Messrs. Prosser & Moncure—among which are the following articles:
 Bar Iron, German, Crawley's & Bilfered Steel, Antigua & Jamaica Rum, Very Old Antigua Rum, Holland Gin, Cognac Brandy, of very superior quality, Race Ginger, Pepper, Pimento, Nutmegs, Mace, Cloves & Cinnamon, Fresh London Mustard, in small boxes, Best Holland Indigo and Fig Blue, of superior quality, in boxes of 20 lbs. each, Fresh Capers, Oil, &c. Fresh Gunpowder, Tea in Cannisters, Dito by the lb. young Hylon do. of the first quality, N. England & Bullock's Cheeses.  Spermaceti Candles, Superior Cinnamon, New-England Candles and Soap, Spermaceti Candles. 
JOHN L. LESUEUR, C. H. SAUNDERS. October 19. tf.
LOST,
BETWEEN Richmond and the New Bridges on Chickahominy River, on Wednesday the 15th instant, a red leather pocket Book, containing sundry papers, accounts, receipts, &c. Among the contents of the pocket book, was a bond given to me by Thos. Mahon of King and Queen, to the amount of £102 10s. The finder of it will be so obliging as to leave it with the Editor of the Enquirer. R. P. BANKS.
The public are warned not to take an assignment of the above mentioned bond, as the obligor has been apprized of the loss, and will pay it off to no person except the obligee. R. P. B. Oct. 24. St.
GERMAN GOODS,
Just Received from Bremen—consisting of LINENS, OZNABURGS, Rouen Sheeting, Ticklenburgs, Dowlas, Twilled Sacking, Platillas, and Hessians and Rolls, Bielefeld Linen. GLASS-WARE: Quart, Pint and Half Pint Decanters, Pint and Half Pint Tumblers. BOHN & HUBNER. Oct. 21. 6t.
Europe.
PHILADELPHIA, October 24. FROM PARIS PAPERS To the 7th of September, received at the office of the Register, by the ship Ocean, captain Gordon, arrived at this port in 34 days, from Bordeaux.
THE NEGOTIATION WITH RUSSIA.
The peace of Presburgh, the treaty of alliance between Prussia and France, and above all, the moral, political and military consequences of the battle of Austerlitz, put Russia in the most complete impotency to trouble the repose of the continent: this was all that France had to care about.
We were waiting with as much uncertainty as patience to know what the court of Russia would determine upon, when Mr. d'Oubril was seen to arrive at Vienna: this minister presented himself to Mr. de la Rochefoucauld, and demanded a passport for Paris. Mr. de la Rochefoucauld had to wait for an authorization. He gave his court an account of the Russian minister's demand, and received orders immediately to give Mr. d'Oubril a passport; for although it has ever been the intention of the emperor not to allow Russia to intrude impetuously into interests, which are placed out of the sphere of her power, and into discussions foreign to her locality, he did not the less with for an approximation useful to both states.
Mr. d'Oubril arrived at Paris the 9th July; he presented himself to the minister for foreign affairs, and, after some conversation, exhibited full powers which authorized him, in the most complete and most extensive form, to negotiate, conclude and sign peace between the two states. Upon this being reported to the emperor, his majesty appointed for his minister plenipotentiary, general Clarke, counsellor of state, secretary of the cabinet, and charged him to treat, conclude and sign, by virtue of powers corresponding to those of M. d'Oubril, peace with the emperor of Russia.
The Plenipotentiaries gave themselves up with a consecutive and uninterrupted attention to the labors of the mission they were charged
with; and at length, after a great number of conferences, peace was signed the 20th July; when the treaty is known, all Europe will judge that this peace was equally honorable for both powers.
Hostilities were immediately to cease, and they ceased on the part of France. The ratifications were to be exchanged the 15th August, and no doubt could arise of this exchange, for the negotiators were long since known to possess the confidence of their sovereigns: they had treated according to precise instructions: they had in fine acted by virtue of complete and precise powers, and not as it happens in negotiations, wherein the negotiators are ignorant whether they have sufficient authority, with the clause of sub spe rati .
However, Mr. Ruffin, chancellor of the French confederation in Russia, arrived on Wednesday last from Petersburg, and brings news that in consequence of a change of ministers, by reason of the new principles of the Russian government, and by the extraordinary ascendancy which the English party contrived to take in that circumstance over the renewed cabinet, the treaty of the 20th July has not been ratified.
Thus hostilities must recommence between France and Russia. The men who preside over the discord of nations, and who make a sport of prolonging or multiplying the fatal period of wars and of the overturning of states, are very senseless. The victors of Ulm and Austerlitz are still assembled under their standards and near the field of their triumphs. Stronger in numbers and more formidable than ever by that organisation which has never been equalled and will be for ever unrivalled, they wait with an impatient hope the impulse of that great mind which animates them: Mens agitat molem , &c.
Nothing however can leave us reason to presume the renewal of the continental war. The destiny of States is the secret of Providence. Their happiness and glory proceed from the wisdom of governments.
At all events, the emperor, like the French people, is prepared for every event, and the armies of H. M. will be found wherever it may be necessary for them to fight, in order to insure repose and a durable and glorious peace.
Full powers of Mr. d'Oubril
We Alexander II, emperor and autocrat of all the Russias, &c. (Here follow all the titles of his majesty.)
Having a continual solicitude for the preservation of calm and tranquility in Europe, and being moved by a sincere desire to put an end to misunderstanding and to re-establish good harmony with France on a solid basis, we have thought proper to commit this care to a person enjoying our confidence. For this purpose, we have chosen, named and authorised our beloved and faithful Peter Oubril, our counsellor of state and chevalier of the orders of St. Vladimir of the third class, of St. Ann of the second St. Jno. & of St. Jerusalem, and we chose, appoint and authorise him by these presents, for the purpose of attaining that end, to enter into conferences with him or those who shall be sufficiently authorised for that purpose by the French government, to conclude and sign with them an act or convention, on bases proper to secure the peace which shall be established between Russia and France, as also to prepare it between the other belligerent powers of Europe.
We promise on our imperial word, to hold good and faithfully to execute every thing which shall be settled and signed by our said plenipotentiary; as also to give our imperial ratification within the promised term.
In faith whereof we have signed this full power and have sealed it with the seal of our empire. Given at St. Petersburg, the 30 April, 1806, and of our reign the sixth year.
Signed ALEXANDER.
Counter-signed Prince Adam Czartoryski.
Certified to be a translation conformable to the original.
PIERRE D'OUBRIL. Moniteur.
The emperor went on Monday last to visit the camp of Meudon: H. M. arrived there in a Landau, at 11 o'clock, in company with gen. Junot, his first aid de-camp, and governor of Paris. The news of the emperor's arrival was soon spread throughout the neighborhood, whence the inhabitants rushed forth to enjoy H. M.'s presence: their number became so great, that it was necessary to forbid them entering the camp. The emperor alighted at his marquee, where he rested some time, and afterwards went out surrounded by his general officers. The troops who had been in waiting for him for several days, and who were then all drawn up under arms, in order to execute the grand evolutions under the orders of their commanders, perceiving H. M. a little way off, saluted him with cries from all parts of "Long live the emperor!" placing at the same time their helmets on the point of their bayonets. The emperor reviewed these troops consisting of 15,000 men, both infantry and cavalry. A detachment of picked gendarmes arrived and joined the cavalry at the camp.
These troops, led into the plain which extends between Clamart and le Plessis, were divided into twelve platoons, half of which were opposed to the other. They represented under the immediate command of H. M. a sham-battle of Austerlitz. These manoeuvres lasted much longer than those which produced the great victory that put an end to the war. They began at twelve o'clock and were not over before six in the evening. The visitors, whom the noise of the musketry had brought from the neighbouring country, were mounted on eminences beyond the camp, and followed with their eyes every motion of the Emperor, who was only to be distinguished by the simplicity of his dress, and the swiftness of his course, when to give orders for a counter march, he outride the generals who attended him. The emperor went throughout the whole of the camp, attentively examined its position, even visited the tents of the soldiers, gave orders for the form of the camp to be changed, returned afterwards to his marquee, changed his dress, and then returned to St. Cloud, in the same Landau he came in.
On the following morning all the troops were in motion in order to execute the orders of H. M. for changing the arrangement of the camp. All that part of it which extended to the right on the plain of Velgilly, now falls back towards le Plessis. The three squadrons of dragoons will form part of the camp, which will be of a square form. The Emperor's marquee, is to be placed in the centre—that of prince Borghese, governor of the camp, appears as if it were to remain in its present position. It is remarkable for its height, for the shrubs and verdure which surround it, for the wood barracks serving as kitchens, and above all for the marquees of the general officers which surround it.
Prince Borghese, governor of the camp, assembled the next day in his marquee, all the colonels, and gave them a most sumptuous dinner.
NORFOLK, October 25.
Last night the letter-bag of the Ship Shepherd , whose loss we announced in our paper of yesterday evening, was brought up to town. From our correspondent in London, we have received papers from the 30th of August to the 8th of September, inclusive, and our mercantile friends have politely furnished us with other papers of cotemporary dates, and Lloyd's List to the 6th of September.
The contents of these papers are of the first interest, and induce us to issue an extra paper. The circumstance which is deemed of the most importance, is the refusal of the Emperor of Russia , to ratify the Treaty concluded with so much haste by his Minister at Paris. The utter activity prevails throughout this monarch's dominions, and every thing announces the renewal of a war. The King of Prussia has taken the alarm, and is arming with great activity, his dispute with Sweden is in a fair way of accommodation, and a northern confederacy of Germany with Russia, Sweden and Denmark is forming. The new king of Holland and the king of Prussia are at variance.—The negotiations between France and England from what we perceive, have made no progress, the prevailing opinion appears to be against peace.
The British and French armies in Calabria, have met, and we give the official detail of an action which has crowned the British with immortal glory. Less than 5000 British, defeated 7000 French with immense loss in slain and made prisoners. It does not appear that the consequences have corresponded with the brilliancy of the achievement. The proximity of Messina, with a powerful army, compelled the British to re-embark for Sicily.
The arrival of Jerome Bonaparte in France, is celebrated as a naval triumph. Fortune and his heels, and not his courage, have given escape to this young naval hero. The Gibraltar, of 80 guns, chased him for 48 hours, and having got very near to him, a shot from the stern chaser of Jerome, carried away the fore-topmast of the Gibraltar, and thus he escaped. It was Jerome who fell in with, and destroyed a large part of the Quebec fleet.
A detail of further victories of the British in Calabria, subsequent to the grand action, will be given in our next. Norfolk Ledger.
LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY,
September 5.
DOWNING STREET, Sept. 4, 1806.
A dispatch has been this day received by the right hon. William Windham, one of his majesty's principal secretaries of state, from major general Sir John Stuart, commanding his majesty's troops acting in Calabria, of which the following is a copy:—
Camp on the Plain of Maida, July 6, 1806.
SIR,
It is with the most heartfelt satisfaction that I have the honour of reporting to you, for the information of his majesty, the particulars of an action, in which the French army quartered in this province have sustained a signal defeat by the troops under my command.
General Regnier, having been apprised of our disembarkation at St. Eufemia, appears to have made a rapid march from Reggio, uniting, as he advanced, with his characteristic confidence of defeating us.
On the afternoon of the 3d inst. I received intelligence that he had that day encamped near Maida, force consisted at the moment of about 4000 infantry and 900 cavalry, together with four pieces of artillery, and that he was in expectation of being joined within a day or two by 3000 more troops, who were marching after him in a second division.
I determined therefore to advance towards his position, and having left four companies of Waterville's regiment under major Fisher to protect the stores, and occupy a work which had been thrown up at our landing place, the body of the army marched on the next morning according to the following detail.
Advanced Corps .—Lieut. colonel Kempt, with two four pounders. Light infantry battalion. Detachment royal Corsican rangers. Detachment royal Sicilian volunteers.
1st Brigade .—Brigadier general Cole, with three four-pounders. Grenadier battalion, 8th regiment.
2d Brigade .—Brigadier general Ackland, with three four-pounders. 78th regiment. 81st regiment.
3d Brigade .—Colonel Oswald, with two four-pounders. 58th regiment. Waterville's regiment, five companies.
20th regiment lieutenant-colonel Rofs, landing during the action.
Reserve of Artillery .—Major Lemone. Four 6 pounders and two howitzers.
Total .—Rank and file, including the Royal Artillery. 4795.
General Regnier was encamped on the side of a woody hill, below the village of Maida, flanking into the plain of St. Eufemia; his flanks were strengthened by a thick impervious underwood. The Amano, a river perfectly fordable, but of which the sides are extremely marshy, ran along his front; my approach to him from the sea side (along the borders of which I directed my march, until I had nearly turned his left) was across a spacious plain, which gave him every opportunity of minutely observing my movements.
After some loose firing of the flankers to cover the deployments of the two armies, by nine o'clock in the morning the opposing fronts were warmly engaged, when the proofs of the rival nations seemed now fairly to be at trial before the world, and the superiority was greatly and gloriously decided to be our own.
The corps which formed the right of the advanced line was the battalion of light infantry commanded by lieutenant colonel Kempt, consisting of the light companies of the 20th, 27th, 35th, 58th, 61st, 81st, and Waterville's, together with 150 chosen battalion men of the 35th regiment, under major Robinson. Directly opposed to them was the favourite French regiment of Premiere Legere. The two corps at the distance of about one hundred yards fired reciprocally a few rounds, when as if by mutual agreement, the firing was suspended, and in close compact order, and awful silence, they advanced towards each other, until their bayonets began to cross. At this momentous crisis the enemy became appalled. They broke, and endeavoured to fly, but it was too late; they were overtaken with the most dreadful slaughter.
Brigadier general Ackland, whose brigade was immediately on the left of the light infantry, with great spirit availed himself of this favourable moment to press instantly forward upon this corps in its front; the brave 78th regiment, commanded by lieutenant colonel Macleod, and the 81st regiment, under major Penderleth, both distinguished themselves on this occasion. The enemy fled with dismay and disorder before them, leaving the plain covered with their dead and wounded.
The enemy being thus completely discomfited on
their left, began to make a new effort with their right, in the hopes of recovering the day. They were resisted most gallantly by the brigade under brigadier general Cole. Nothing could shake the undaunted firmness of the grenadiers under lieu. colonel O'Callaghan, and of the 27th regiment under lieutenant colonel Smith. The cavalry, successively repelled from before their front, made an effort to turn their left, when lieutenant colonel Rofs, who had that morning landed from Messina with the 20th regiment, and was coming up to the army during the action, having observed the movement, threw his regiment opportunely into a small cover upon their flank, and by a heavy and well directed fire, entirely disconcerted this attempt.
This was the last feeble struggle of the enemy, who now, astonished and dismayed by the intrepidity with which they were assailed, began precipitately to retire, leaving the field covered with carnage. Above 700 bodies of their dead have been buried upon the ground. The wounded and prisoners already in our hands (among which are general Compere, and an aid-de-camp, the lieutenant-colonel of the Swiss regiment, and a long list of officers of different ranks) amount to above 1000. There are also above 1000 men left in Monteleone and the different posts between this and Reggio, who have mostly notified their readiness to surrender, whenever a British force shall be sent to receive their submission, and to protect them from the fury of the people. The peasantry are hourly bringing in fugitives, who were dispersed in the woods and mountains after the battle. In short, never has the pride of our presumptuous enemy been more severely humbled, nor the superiority of British troops more gloriously proved than in the events of this memorable day.
His majesty may, perhaps, still deign to appreciate more highly the achievements of this little army, when it is known that the second division which the enemy were said to be expecting had all joined them the night before the action; no statement that I have heard of their numbers places them at a less calculation than 7000 men. Our victorious infantry continued the pursuit of the routed enemy so long as they were able; but as the latter dispersed in every direction, & we were under the necessity of preserving our order, the trial of speed became unequal.
The total loss occasioned to the enemy by this contest cannot be less than 4000 men. When I oppose to the above our small comparative loss as underneath detailed, his majesty will, I hope, discern in the fact the happy effects of that established discipline to which we owe the triumphs by which our army has been lately so highly distinguished.
I am now beginning my march southward, preparatory to my return to Sicily, for which station I shall re-embark with the army, as soon as his Sicilian majesty shall have arranged a disposition of his own forces to secure those advantages which have been gained by the present expedition. There seldom has happened an action in which the zeal and personal exertions of individuals were so immensly called for as the present; seldom an occasion where a general had a fairer opportunity of observing them. The general officers, & those who commanded regiments, will feel a stronger test of their merits in the circumstances that have been detailed of their conduct, than in any eulogium I could presume to pass upon them.
The 58th, and Waterville's regiment, commanded by lieutenant colonels Johnson and Waterville, which formed the reserve under colonel Oswald, were ably directed in their application to that essential duty. The judgement and effect with which our artillery was directed by major Lemone, was in our dearth of cavalry, of most essential use; and I have a pleasure in reporting the effective services of that valuable & distinguished corps.
To the several departments in the army every acknowledgment is due; but to no other officer am I bound to express them so fully, on my part, as to lieu. col. Bunbury, the deputy quarter-master general, to whose zeal and activity, and able arrangements in the important branch of service which he directs, the army, as well as myself are under every marked obligation.
From captain Tomlin, the acting head of the adjutant general's department, and from the officers of my own family, I have received much active assistance. Among the latter I am to mention lieu. col. Moore, of the 23d light dragoons, who being in Sicily for his health at the time of our departure, solicited permission to accompany me on this expedition; he was wounded in the execution of my orders.
From the medical Department, under the direction of Mr. Grieves, the deputy inspector, I am to acknowledge much professional attention, the more so, as their labors have been greatly accumulated by the number of wounded prisoners, who have become, equally with our own, the subject of their care. The scene of action was too far from the sea to enable us to derive any direct co-operation from the navy; but admiral Sir Sidney Smith, who had arrived in the bay in the evening before the action, had directed such a disposition of ships and gun boats as would have greatly favored us had events obliged us to retire. The solitude, however of every part of the navy to be of use to us, the promptitude with which the seamen hastened on shore with our supplies, their anxiety to assist our wounded, and the renderings with which they treated them, would have been an affecting circumstance to observers even the most indifferent. To me it was particularly so. Capt. Fellowes, of H. M.'s ship Apollo, has been specially attached to this expedition by the rear Admiral; and in every circumstance of professional service, I beg leave to mention our grateful obligations to this officer, as well as to captains Cocker and Watson, agents of transports, who acted under his orders.—Captain Bulkeley, my aid-de-camp, who will have the honor of presenting this letter to you, has attended me throughout the whole of the services in the Mediterranean, and will therefore be able to give you every additional information on the subject of my present communication.—I have the honor to be, &c. J. STUART, Maj. Gen.

The prince Lapoufkin, minister of justice. The comte Ketchoube, minister of the interior. The comte Zavadofsky, minister of public instruction. The comte Vasiloff, minister of the finances. The comte Romanzoff, minister of commerce, and General Vasilinoff, minister of the land forces.
The council, after taking the treaty into consideration, M. D'Oubril being present, decided upon the rejection, which was immediately upon the breaking up of the council, officially notified to all the foreign ministers resident at Petersburg. Couriers were immediately sent off in all directions—to all the Russian ministers at the different courts—and by all the foreign ministers at Petersburg to their respective courts. This most important intelligence was brought by Basilico from Lord Lauderdale, who sent him off after the arrival of the chevalier Groshowky with the intelligence from Petersburg. It is said, however, that his lordship had a conference with M. Talleyrand, after the arrival of the chevalier Groshowky, and that Basilico was not dispatched till after that conference. The intelligence of the refusal to ratify the treaty with France, was also received from Mr. Thornton at Hamburg, whilst the cabinet council was sitting yesterday upon the dispatches from Paris. Mr. Thornton received the information from the Russian consul at Hamburg, and instantly dispatched Donaldson the messenger, to London. The cabinet council sate yesterday from two to half-past three. There were present lord Grenville, lord Spencer, lord Howick, lord Sidmouth, lord Henry Petty, and Mr. Windham.
September 6. The important advices communicated to the public yesterday, from St. Petersburg, on the one side of Europe, and Calabria on the other, produced the most universal satisfaction. It was truly gratifying to receive, in one day, the most unequivocal proofs of the gallantry of our own troops, and the fidelity of our ally. The brilliant achievement with the bayonet, so eloquently described by Sir John Stuart, shews what may be done with British blood, when fairly led on. We only want a few such occasions to display the character of our troops, to make them on shore as formidable as they are at sea. If no other consequences are to be derived from it than that of making our soldiers acquainted with their own superiority, it would be truly dear to the country; but it will do more—it will show to the enemy the peculiar feature of our strength as a nation, and the way in which our means may be exerted with the greatest effect. It was the plan of our immortal Nelson, that a British army, in a campaign in a country like Italy, should ever be accompanied by a British fleet; by which they might be put on shore, or moved from post to post at pleasure, and thus be able to break the line of an enemy, and chuse at all times the point of attack. This advice he gave to Mr. Pitt before the commencement of that memorable campaign which occasioned the loss to England of its most splendid warrior, and to the continent of Europe its dependencies. It is not yet, thank God, too late to profit from the advice for the preservation of our own independence. This taste of the British bayonet, and this simple plan of a covering fleet (though in the instance before us it was not brought into play) may warn the enemy of the consequences of invasion.
The other important advices of the day cheered the hearts and animated the hopes of the public.—The honourable fidelity of the emperor Alexander to his alliance, was regarded by Englishmen with that sympathy and affection which spring from genuine honesty. Englishmen found in it a feeling congenial with their own; and it was a consolation to them to think, that if they have been for years fighting for the protection of others rather than for their own security, they have at least had some associates of integrity and truth. But it was observed by some, that though Alexander had refused to ratify the peace which D'Oubril had made for him, yet it was manifest that he had commissioned him to make a separate peace of some sort. This is true.—And so did we resolve to make peace with France, if fair and solid terms could be secured. It was obviously an arrangement between G. B. and Russia, that each should treat separately; but no doubt it was mutually understood upon what basis, at least, they were reciprocally to act. In this way the discussions began; and in this way they came to a close, if we may credit the Monitor ; for it states that the negotiations with England had been actually concluded; when some new difficulty occurred. In all probability this treaty, extorted by subtlety, which beyond the arrangement, was the difficulty. If so, it is now removed. The crafty Frenchman has not succeeded. The British minister would not believe it possible that his honourable ally could have given his consent to a treaty different from the articles of their union; and hurtful as it was to delay, he stood upon his suspension till the fact was ascertained.—And accordingly it turns out that he formed a just estimate of the honour of the emperor of Russia. And he has given to the world a striking proof, at the same time, of his own firmness and sagacity. This appears to have been the motive of the late delay. This at least was the public sentiment on it yesterday; & judging that this was the cause, they hailed the event as a favorable omen to a peace; for now, they argued, the two parties are brought back to the point in which they stood before, but with the advantage gained, that it is less likely for the enemy to cajole either of them again.
September 8. Yesterday morning at an early hour, Mr. Schaw, the messenger, arrived in town with dispatches from Lord Lauderdale.
Continuation of news received at Philadelphia by the ship Ocean from Bordeaux.
PARIS, September 3. Capt. JEROME BONAPARTE, commander of the Veteran , arrived on the 26th August. He reports, that he left the division under Admiral Willaumez, in good condition, having made thirty prizes, and in pursuit of a numerous convoy. It would not be proper to give a detailed account of the manoeuvres of the vessels under the command of this Admiral, as it would tend to throw light on his future conduct; suffice it to say that he has taken and destroyed upwards of Twenty Millions of property. The captain and crew of the Veteran celebrated the Fete of the Emperor, on the 14th August, in a manner highly honourable to them, in the following manner, as taken from the Journal—
"On the morning of the 14th, at day break, we perceived two English vessels of war, conveying a fleet of 16 sail. A cry of "long live the Emperor" was immediately heard from the crew of the Veteran , and we bore down; arrived within cannon shot, we hoisted English colours; the enemy immediately made signals,
to which we made no answer; immediately the fleet dispersed, and sought safety in flight; upon which we hoisted the French flag and fired a broad side. The frigates conveying made a signal to disperse and failed to leeward, with a part of the fleet; another tacked about; the Veteran pursued those that were before the wind, and destroyed nine out of the twelve of them. The following are the names:—Alexander, 210 tons; John and Isabella, 350; Junius, 350; Silver-Rel, 400; Success, 65; William, 70; Ether, 300; Hilton, 200; Lydia, 210.
"This convoy was from Quebec, and was laden with masts, pitch, tar, furs, and other merchandise of this colony. The prizes were valued at 5 millions!"
"On the 16th at about 4 o'clock, after having taken out the most valuable articles, we set fire to the prizes; and meeting with a number of American vessels, we put the prisoners on board." The French division which has been cruising off Greenland, has had equal success; and that under capt. Hermite, has taken more than 50 prizes, and by several accounts from other French cruisers, we learn that upwards of 200 vessels have been destroyed or captured since the 1st of July.
HAMBURGH, August 25. The Prussians have quitted the mouth of the rivers Elbe and Weser; the province of Lauenburg is restored to the Swedes, by which cession the king of Sweden has obtained every thing he wished for. Time will explain these phenomena.
August 27. The late accounts from Swedish Pomerania and Berlin, confirm the news of raising the blockade of the Prussian ports by the Swedes; and of the marching of six battalions of hussars with the artillery for Lauenburg.
BERLIN, August 28. It is said that our cabinet has declared to a foreign court, interested in being acquainted with our military preparations, that they are merely defensive.
Letters from Westphalia, contradict the report of pretended hostile movements among the Prussian troops—Communications between the French and Prussian generals are frequent. Mr. Knobelfdorf, who repairs to Paris as envoy extraordinary, was to have gone to Constantinople as ambassador; this change leaves room to presume that Mr. de Knobelfdorf may remain a long time at Paris. Our politicians speak already of a journey to be made by the marquis of Lucchisini; but the activity which reigns in our diplomatic relations is so ample a source of conjectures, that it is not necessary to add to it.
TRIESTE, August 12. They write from Salonica, that the military preparations increase in the Turkish provinces. The Ottoman Porte have ordered all Russian subjects that are in the provinces of her dominion to be ready to quit forthwith the Turkish empire. There have not been for some time past any Russian or English vessels of war on our coasts. On the other hand, there arrive many merchantmen loaded with all kinds of goods and commodities.
NAPLES, August 15. The battle that was fought in Calabria was very obstinate. The rebels thought they could resist the brave soldiers of Marengo and Austerlitz. They were punished for their rashness, still more for the ignorance their prompters keep them in. It is known here that they lost 6,000 men; not one was taken prisoner, and all those that were found with arms, shared the fate of the rebels. Such as could make their escape good, retired to the mountains in the greatest disorder. It is not said yet whether there were any English troops along with the Calabrians; it is known that the English willingly promise soldiers, whom they do not give. We are only certain that they had landed a few hundreds of banditti, to increase the disorder; but a cordon of troops has been extended from Caput to Salerno, and none shall escape from the vigilance of the officers, appointed to carry into execution, the orders of the government. According to a letter from Trieste, a Russian vessel brought there the news that the Austrian troops, under the orders of general Bellegarde, had entered Cattaro.
MANHEIM, Sept. 1. Some of the answers given by the deputies of the Jewish nation in the Synod of Paris, to questions proposed to them, are already spoken of. The one given by these deputies to the third question to wit:—"Can a Jewish woman marry a Christian, or a Christian marry a Jewish woman; or, in other words, does the law forbid the Jews from marrying otherwise than among themselves?" was in the following words: "The law of Moses expressly forbids to both sexes of the Jewish nation, the intermarriage with unclean people; but this law is applicable neither to Frenchmen nor Frenchwomen, as they are not expressly mentioned by Moses." As for the nuptial benediction to be given by the Rabbins, that ceremony, as the deputies say, is not practiced among the Jews, the consent only of both parties suffices and is obligatory. If they would force the Rabbins to give their benediction on such an union, they probably would object the same difficulties, as French ecclesiastics who refuse to marry a christian with a Jewish woman, and vice versa. To the 6th question: "Whether they acknowledged France for their country," &c. It was at first answered affirmatively; but soon after some scruples seized upon the Rabbins, above all, with regard to the country. We wish to know how the deputies will extricate themselves from this perplexity, without giving up the belief of the coming of the Messiah, and of the possession of Judæa.
By our French papers, it appears that Jerome Bonaparte arrived at Concarneau, and entered the Bay of the Forest on the 26th August, in the Veteran . On the 15th August, he fell in with the Quebec fleet, consisting of 16 sail, convoyed by two frigates, took 9 of them; valued at 5 millions, burnt them, and put the hands on board of American vessels. During a cruise of nine months, the fleet destroyed upwards of 200 English merchantmen. [ Phil. pap. ]
A Paris paper mentions, that on the 14th of August, an English fleet, under the command of Lord St. Vincent, had entered the harbor of Lisbon; and that the Spanish Ambassador and the French Charge des Affaires had demanded of the cabinet of Lisbon, an explanation of this unexpected event, and it was expected they would leave the city, if they did not receive a satisfactory answer. [ ib. ]
NEW-YORK, October 23. At a late hour last evening the ship Hardware , captain Law, arrived at this port from Liver-
pool. He left Liverpool on the 4th of September, and the Rock on the 9th. On the day he failed it was reported that Mr. Fox was dead, that the negotiations for Peace were broken off, and that Lord Lauderdale was on his way home.
With respect to Mr. Fox, our Liverpool papers (which are to the 4th September inclusive) inform us that he was tapped a second time on the 30th of August, and had 14 quarts of fetid water taken from him; the report of his death, therefore, is not probably, without foundation. The negotiations, we know, from Paris papers, were progressing on the 30th of August, and on the 3d of September no messenger had arrived in London from Paris; the rumour of Lord Lauderdale's return is, at best, exceedingly problematical.
The fears of invasion, which were lately so prevalent at Lisbon that many British merchants were selling off their property, had very much abated. At Madrid the opinion of Peace was so prevalent that the discount upon the Vales had fallen from 57 to 50 per cent. Lord St. Vincent, with a number of ships, was in the Tagus, and a considerable addition to his force was under orders for sailing. [ Mer. Adv. ]
Captain Dorgett left Charente on the 4th of September. He informs us that 5 sail of the line and 5 frigates were lying at Aix ready for sea. There had been a very violent gale of wind off the coast, in which several vessels were lost, and one of the French frigates was obliged to cut away her masts. During the storm the British fleet of twelve sail of the line made a harbour at the Isle of Rhé. Some of the disabled merchant ships had been towed into Charente. [ ib. ]
In confirmation of the report of the death of Mr. Fox, capt. Dagget from Charente informs us that on the 8th or 9th of Sept. in the Bay of Biscay, he was boarded by the British frigate Cybele , which the day before had spoken a Packet bound from Falmouth for Lisbon, and received from her the intelligence that Mr. Fox died just before her departure. [ Mer. Adv. ]
Domestic.
THE ARMSTRONG PAMPHLET. From the pamphlet written in vindication of General Armstrong's conduct in the case of the New Jersey, and attributed to his servile pen, we extract the following observations upon the letter which was published in our paper during the last year, on which the federal editors delighted so much to harp. The whole pamphlet is written in an astonishing strain of eloquence and cutting satire; and but for its extreme length, we should present it entire in our columns. Its principal fault consists in the overstrained severity with which it speaks of its opponents (among others, of Mr. J. Randolph, in reply to a part of his speech of the 6th of March), and the coarseness of the allusions, which although always pointed, are sometimes scurrilous and vulgar. The reader must observe, that this pamphlet professes to be an "examination of the memorial of the owners and underwriters of the American ship New Jersey, and of the documents accompanying it, as presented to the Senate and House of Representatives at their last session." Hence the fig. VIII. in the following quotation, which corresponds to the proper paragraph of the memorial.
VIII. "That, notwithstanding these premises, general Armstrong in answer to the minister of the treasury of France, under color of his office as minister of the U. S. wrote the following letter, which, for its terms and its doctrines is incapable of abridgment."
Agreed: we shall give it at full length, and our remarks with it; they will be at least as just, as those of Carpenter and Coleman.
Paris, Dec. 13, 1804. The undersigned minister plenipotentiary of the United States, to the minister of the public treasury.
"Sir—I had the honor of receiving your letter on the subject of the claim made by Messrs. Nicklin and Griffith, of Philadelphia."
With regard to the facts which you allege, viz. "that this is an English house doing only business for English merchants; that the ship New Jersey was loaded from the English factories at Canton, and that she belonged to English merchants." I know nothing from any documents in my possession—The only written evidence applying to this case, within my reach, is the record of the American commission to which you allude, and which is directly adverse to the suggestion you have made; for I find that the commissioners united in admitting the New Jersey to have been American property; and that the protest of one of the members of that board against the ultimate decision of the other two, was founded, not on the fact of her being English property, but on that of the claimants not having pursued their remedy against the captors, to its proper consequence, viz. to an assurance that they were unable to pay."
These paragraphs have hitherto escaped censure: no fault is found with them, nor ought any to be found. The first is merely introductory; the second presents a short and clear view of the written and positive evidence then in the general's possession; the force of which is nowhere attempted to be lessened, evaded, or destroyed; and the tendency of which goes directly to support the claim.
"The record," says he, "of the American commission, to which you allude, is directly adverse to the suggestion you have made," &c.
Could he have stated this fact more strongly? and if not, how entirely is this opposed to the idea, that, from some preconceived prejudice against the claimants, he determined to baffle or defeat their pretensions. Had such prejudice existed, how easily might means have been found to keep this strong and direct testimony out of view; and how naturally would it have led to silence, on the part taken by that member of the American commission, who, not contented with merely opposing the passage of the claim, had even entered a solemn protest against it? Candid men will at once perceive, that gen. Armstrong had neither with nor motive to throw any improper obstruction in the way of this claim.
"On the other hand, though I have, as already stated, no written document, I have had much verbal information, which furnishes strong presumptive evidence of two facts, 1st, that the New Jersey was partially or altogether English property; and, 2d, that, whether American or English, she was insured; and that no loss was sustained by the ostensible claimants."
In this paragraph, we discover the same truth and justice which dictated the former: that showed there was no improper bias against the claim; this shows there was no improper bias in favor of it. Both exhibit the precise im-
partiality of mind which becomes a judge, and in this capacity, and not that of an advocate, did Mr. Armstrong stand, with regard to this and every other claim that came before him. If the reader will take this distinction along with him, it will clear away a great deal of that rubbish with which the folly of fame, and the artifice of others, have loaded this business: he will then see that the convention, having (like every other instrument of the same kind) rules for its own execution, these were, to the functionaries acting under it, laws of as much obligation, as those under which the judges of our courts daily decide questions of right and wrong between man and man: he will then see, that if a claim could be brought within the principles established by the convention, and was at the same time supported by vouchers of regular character, the ministers were, as far as it depended upon them, obliged to admit it; and that, on the other hand, if it could not be brought within those principles, nor be supported by proof of the prescribed form, they were obliged to reject it. Now among those principles, are to be found the following:
First, that the claim shall have been American in its origin, and of the same character at the date of the treaty;
And second, that it shall have been made by the person to whom it of right belonged, or by his or her representative.
The first of these would necessarily have excluded an Englishman, a Hollander, or a Dane, who should have claimed in his own right, or in that of an American, derived before the 10th of April 1805.
The second would have excluded A and B, had they presented themselves to receive, in their own right, what belonged to C and D. Let us apply these doctrines, about which there can be no dispute, to the present case.
A claim is preferred in the names of Nicklin and Griffith; in their names a decree is obtained from the council of prizes; in their names the claim is admitted by the American commission; and in their names it passes to the council general of liquidation.
In this body, a twofold doubt arises; viz. whether Nicklin and Griffith were not partners in an English house? And whether, as the ship was in all probability insured, they (Nicklin and Griffith) were not claiming, under the convention of 1803, for a loss which had been already compensated in 1799.
To solve these doubts, Mr. Marbois writes a letter to general Armstrong, and begs from him "all such information on the subject as he possessed, or could obtain."
What course would Messrs. Nicklin and Griffith themselves have prescribed for the ministers here? Should he have refused to answer the letter? Certainly not. And if not, how was he to answer it?—by admitting or rejecting the doubts? Both these courses required evidence, and none within his reach enabled him to choose between them; for it was impossible for him to foresee, in the month of December, that, in that of January, the agents of Messrs. Nicklin and Griffith would prove that one of these doubts was ill founded, and that the other was well founded. What, under these circumstances, was his conduct? That which every conscientious man would have done—that which every conscientious man will approve! He assembled all the information he could; he carefully distinguished between what was certain, and might be confided in, and what was only presumptive, and of course a subject for further enquiry; and he took this ground with a circumspection, which seemed to set both folly and wickedness at defiance; for besides employing inverted commas or marks of quotation, which our honest printers have omitted as useless or impertinent, he both began and ended his detail of the presumptive proof, with a declaration that the information he gave, had been received verbally, and without the sanction of oath.
Let us now see what is the presumptive proof, which he is thus cautious in putting away from himself:—if we do not mistake, it includes all those passages on which the tooth of malignant calumny has fastened,—all those facts and opinions which folly and falsehood have charged upon him: it is as follows:
"The circumstances which render the first of these facts probable, are, that "one of the partners of this house was recently, before the fitting out of the ship New Jersey, the clerk or carrier of pattern cards for manufacturing houses in Great-Britain; that both have been notoriously the commission agents of such houses since; that they were not in a condition to fit out a ship of the value of the New Jersey with their own means; and that if they had assistance, it must have been derived from British sources, as it has not been even pretended they have had any American support."
"The circumstances rendering the second fact probable, is in the knowledge of all men acquainted with commerce as conducted in the United States, viz. "That much property committed to the seas on long voyages, and in a state of war, is always insured."—Whence the probability that the present claim is pursued, not on account of the ostensible owners, but of the insurers—if these insurers are American, they have been amply paid in their profits, which in 1797, were equal to 300 per cent. per annum on their capital; and if English, they cannot come within the provisions of the treaty."
The last part of this quotation has been seized with equal malevolence and art, to raise the resentment of underwriters from north to south; and many of these respectable men have been the dupes of the artifice. They have been made to believe, that the principle here laid down was not presented as matter of information, as a question of doubt, as a point for inquiry, but as the settled and acknowledged doctrine of the minister.
To this belief we oppose the following facts:
1. That on no similar occasion was such opinion given or maintained by general Armstrong; 2. That neither the French minister, nor the French council of liquidation considered this as an opinion of Mr. Armstrong; nor did Messrs. Nicklin and Griffith's French agents so consider it till very recently; 3. That on the 21st of January, 1805, gen. Armstrong gave an opinion directly adverse to this; 4. That conformably to this opinion of the 21st of January, 1805, he did as late as the 21st of Sept. of the same year, pay on account of this claim (knowing the greater part of it to belong to insurers) 55,000 dollars.
But why seek extraneous evidence? Why travel beyond the limits of the letter itself? The last sentence of it—the sentence immediately following that which has been the cause of so much clamor and so much calumny, puts this question forever at rest.
"Such," says he, "is the amount of the verbal information I have received in this case, which at the same time I think necessary to observe, has been received without the sanction of an oath."
When the appropriations had reached a given point, this rule became subject to another, which varied according to the state of the fund.
The passage admits no evasion—no subtlety; no caprice: referring directly to the paragraph immediately preceding itself, it makes that paragraph a part of the verbal information which had been received without the sanction of an oath, and clearly shows that the opinion in question was neither offered, nor intended to be offered, as general Armstrong's. This proof has another quality about it which merits notice; it excludes the idea of afterthought, for it is contemporaneous with every other part of the letter: it excludes the idea of apology; for when he penned it, he could not have known that any part of his letter would have become matter of public complaint or public discussion: in short, it is such a proof as no man of common sense, can mistake, and no man of common honesty will misinterpret.
DOMESTIC MANUFACTURES.
As the American nation progresses in population, the necessity of securing its independence of all foreign countries, becomes every day more important and indispensable. Important, as the means of guarding our rights and happiness against foreign interests and influence in our domestic, social, and civil concerns. Indispensable, to provide against the caprices or the ambition of foreign nations, who may become jealous of our prosperity, or who may be purchased into hostility against us by the same means, that modern wars have been induced and sustained in Europe.
Independent of these general grounds of policy, prudence and necessity; there are numerous collateral reasons why the people of the U. S. should at this time particularly attend to this subject; the hostile conduct of that nation to which we have afforded the best of all her markets for a series of years, should induce us to re-inforce the policy of our government in pursuing redress for past injuries, and future security for our property and commerce.
The people must be sensible that the great scarcity of solid money, is wholly owing to the foreign trade; and that if we could purchase goods at home, made at home, from the articles of our own produce, that the money would circulate among ourselves which is now sent to support nations which oppress us.
Our wool is increasing in quantity and quality, beyond any thing that persons who have not had correct information on the subject can conceive.
Our cotton produced in the southern states can be had cheaper than in any part of the world, and in as great quantities as home consumption and foreign demand can require.
Flax and Hemp we can produce sufficient to supply the whole world.
Dye stuffs of every kind are to be had in our own territory.
Iron, lead & copper—are to be had in the most inexhaustible mines—and our iron is allowed to be equal to any in the world.
In the various branches of art and commerce dependent on leather, such as boots, shoes, saddlery, harness, and all the varieties of these most useful branches of national comfort and economy, the progress and perfection of the various arts are unexampled in the annals of the world.
Wood of every description is abundant and easy of purchase.
And arts and manufactures—and the modern improvements in machinery, have made a complete progress among us, and triumphed at once over the artifices and repeated conflagrations of foreign incendiaries, and against the most deep rooted and astonishing prejudices.
The conduct of foreign nations, if it was not calculating too vainly, would seem to have been directed by the hand of divine wisdom in such a manner as to force this nation even against its prejudices and against the artifices of its enemies, into the paths best calculated to secure its permanent happiness and independence. The oppression of our commerce by England, appears only to have been intended to induce our national legislature to do that from defensive policy, which they ought long ago to have done, as a measure of security and strength, as a measure of internal providence and resource against exigency.
The levying of new additional duties by the English parliament in its last session, on all American goods, will, we make no doubt, prove to Congress the necessity of laying a duty of equal, if not higher amount, on goods imported into the United States, not already under the prohibitory law that is to take place in November.
The nation at large progresses, but the mode in which we progress is so unlike every other country; we are so much unaccustomed to think in the manner of other countries, and such is the influence of the association of ideas, that when we do not progress in the same manner as other nations, we are apt to conceive that we do not progress at all.
We have no great companies with exclusive monopolies by which human labor is constrained to submit to the will and toil for the indulgence of luxurious opulence. The horrible violation of the principles of our government in the case of the shoemakers, would indeed induce a foreigner to believe that the savage servility of the feudal times, was about to recommence; but like a storm in the atmosphere, the phenomenon in the social state, will only lead a wise and prudent legislature to make provision against similar inroads on the rights of human nature and the fundamental principles of our revolution and our government.
That we have made great progress in arts and manufactures, those who are acquainted with Philadelphia may learn, by enquiry; but even strangers who visit our city, learn more in a few days than the most of our citizens generally are aware of.
As an evidence, however, of the progress of manufactures in this city and neighborhood, we may refer with particular propriety to a recent institution in this city.
It is a repository for the sale of goods manufactured in America, and from American materials only.
Perhaps there may be found persons, who will doubt, what we are about to state; but what we have seen, and those who are disposed to encourage home industry may not only see, but purchase on the most reasonable terms—at the warehouse, No. 6, fourth third street, Philadelphia, next door to Mr. S. F. Bradford's book store.
Defrous to witness and judge for ourselves, we went and there saw articles of various kinds of the domestic manufacture; and of which we shall enumerate those that were most conspicuous and excellent in their kinds.
Of woolen manufacture from American wool and American looms—we saw, Cloths of a good quality; Contings, most excellent; Stockings, fine and coarse, knit and woven. To these we understand, are to be added, mits, forks, Welsh awgs, misfettes, mockadons, and snow flours, which are now manufacturing against the winter season.
Of cotton goods from American cotton—we saw, Superfine striped bed ticking; Fine do. do.

Cotton counterpanes of beautiful patterns; Bunts and buntings; Jeans; Cotton stripes; Shirting stripes; Printed Neckkerchiefs shawls—fit for the West- Indies; Do. fine for home market; Printed superfine calicoes—of American cot- ton, spun, woven, printed and finished in Phila- delphia—and the prints for which were cut in Philadelphia; Pocket handkerchiefs of various patterns; Suspender for gentlemen; Webbing for making do. Wick for patent lamps; And wick yarn for common lamps. Of machinery in wood and metal—we saw, The patent ruling machine, for ruling paper for account books &c. Stock locks of a variety of patterns and with many new and ingenious contrivances. These things, beside wool in the prepared state from combing; Flax and hemp hackled for spinning; And coarse linen; And hempen cloth. We enquired for Mr. Peale's celebrated and ingenious polygraph, and regretted not to find an instrument, there which after being invented here, has already found its way into the cabinets of nearly all the statesmen of Europe; it certainly would be doing no more than justice to the public and to himself, for Mr. Peale to deposit one of his machines at this repository of productions of American industry, genius, and economy. We proposed obtaining some account of the sales and operations of this useful institution; but have not lately had leisure enough to at- tend to it. This institution advances money to industri- ous persons upon the goods they may deposit, and sells for the manufacturer at a very small commission, which is barely calculated to main- tain the expenses of the establishment and store rent.
The southern planter who imports annually great quantities of coarse woollens and other goods, would here find goods suitable to his uses, at a cheaper rate than he can import them; the Editor of this paper has exhibited to several members of Congress from the south, specimens of coarse woollens fit for the winter clothing of southern servants, which can be had here of equal quality with the imported, and that from five to ten cents per yard less. These are reflections we throw out for public consideration; any new facts that patriotic ci- tizens can communicate will be thankfully at- tended to. The papers in the western part of this state of all parties we trust will publish this article, as its object is the good of the country alone. [Aurora]
NEW-YORK, O.9.24. Extract of a letter from a gentleman at Detroit, to his friend in this city, dated Sept. 24th. "You will remember I wrote you of the Fra- cas which occurred here in Dec. last; viz. two British officers, aided by some officers and ci- tizens of the U. S. attempting to take away a de- fender from Detroit. Their trial came on this Court. Capt. Muir, one of the British officers, is fined 100. sterling and 17 days imprisonment. Lieut. Lundie is fined 200. sterling and 6 months imprisonment; and Lieut. Brevort, an American officer, 100. New-York currency and 75 days imprisonment. There are two other indictments still depending against Lundie and Brevort, for assault and battery committed at the same time, on other persons. These deci- sions create great warmth in the mind of the people."
MIRANDA. The first of the following Proclamations was published by Gen. MIRANDA on his leaving Co- ro; the other on his last arrival at Aruba: PROCLAMATION.
Anxious to give proofs of moderation and af- fection to my fellow citizens and countrymen, we have resolved to withdraw from the city of Coro the small number of troops which we had brought, in order to remove the fears, which the fugitive Commandant of this district, and other agents of the Spanish government, have endeavoured to infuse into the minds of the ineffective people, and particularly the women and children. The inhabitants may re-enter tranquilly their respective dwellings without fear or suspicion. With this view we trans- fer our Head Quarters, to the shore, from whence we can equally afford the people of this country, without the least inconvenience, all the succour which they need. The annexed letter, directed to the Court and City Council of this City, is a proof of our equi- table intentions, and that it is not in the cities, but in the field, that we wish to fight with the oppressors alone of the Columbian people. If this people wish for any farther proofs of the perfidy and infamy with which the Spanish Governors conduct themselves in all their trans- actions, let them pay a brief attention to the proclamation recently published by order of the Captain General of Caracas, by which they offer considerable sums of money to any one who would 'soldily assassinate a citizen who purely and sincerely defends the rights of that fame people. Despicable and Atrocious Ty- rants! They have not even courage enough to look their enemies in the face!
We trust that those wise persons, who have known and seen us act until now, will open the eyes of the rest of the citizens concerning their own respective interests, in order that, approach- ing nearer to my person, we might mutually concentrate the interests and felicity of our country, the only object of my wishes. Done at Head-Quarters, at Coro, August 7th, 1806. (Signed) FRANCISCO DE MIRANDA.
To the Court and City Council of the city of Coro. Honorable Gentlemen of the Court and Com- mon Council. This notification is directed to you in order to prevent, in time, the fatal consequences of a use- less resistance from the civil and military author- ities of the City, that we may conjointly, and as members of the Spanish American people, con- cert those indispensable measures to preserve the peace, union and happiness of our countrymen and friends.
I make no doubt, but your prudence and patriotism will induce you to enter into a mu- tual accommodation, as useful, as it will be ho- norable to both parties. Thus will the shed- ding of blood, and those disturbances, which are the unavoidable consequences of war, be wholly prevented. The Count De Ronway, Commander in Chief of the advanced posts of the army, is authorized to confer with you on this impor- tant business; to take possession of the city and to prevent all confusion or dispute with the ci- vil and Ecclesiastical authorities which are to remain in it, conformable to the inclosed pro- clamation.
Done at Head-Quarters on board the squad- ron before Vela de Coro, Aug. 3d. 1806. (Signed) FRAN. DE MIRANDA.
PROCLAMATION. To the Inhabitants of Aruba. If the present circumstances compel us to take possession of this isle by force of arms, be assured, that your persons, your property and your tranquillity shall be inviolably protected. Obey your laws, respect your Magistrates, in whose hands we shall rest all the civil authority; since we have already ascertained by experi- ence, that they are persons of probity. It is not our intention to make any alteration what- ever, in the government of the country. Let your commerce continue as before, with the Isle of Curacao and other neutrals, pro- vided, it does not in any way tend to injure this expedition. Our principal object is the independence of the whole Columbian Conti- nent, for the comfort of all its inhabitants, and for the refuge of the human race. They alone, who are the agents or accomplices of a govern- ment of assassins, are our enemies. The Gov- ernor of Curacao, Voronecelos, together with the Magistrates, have offered, by a decree, $30,000 dollars, and honors, to him who would assassinate a citizen of the country, who, thro' honorable means, defends the rights of his coun- trymen and the glory of his country; like the Prince of Orange, in Holland, Wash- ington, in America, and Pelopidas and Dion in Greece.—Let those hypocrites tell us which of the divine or human laws authorize such a decree? Do they wish to renew in these times, and among the Americans, the cru- elties and infamies of the government of Philip II. in Holland, which have disgraced forever, his name and the nation which permitted them. Done at Head-Quarters, at Aruba, August 19th, 1806. (Signed) MIRANDA. THOMAS MOLINI, Sec.
Captain Lincoln on his passage from Phila- delphia to the Havanna, on the 27th of August, in lat. 32, 49, long. 78, 46, in the morning, spoke the French frigate Cybelle, since put into the Chesapeake in distress, and at 9 o'clock the same evening, fell in with and was boarded by L'Hermite, who made enquiry after the Cy- belle, as they were in the gale of the 12th with her, and feared she had foundered; they said their ship had received no damage in the gale and would stand for the Cybelle; but it is most probable they stood for Europe, as she has not since been heard of. Thus all the French ships and frigates, except the President of 44 guns, which failed from Martinico in the summer, are accounted for. Merc. Adv.
The Household and Kitchen Furniture of His Britannic Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States, in the city of Washington, will be sold at Public Auction on Monday the 3d day of No- vember. Ib.
The following is the conclusion of a letter of recent date, from an officer of the United States army at Natchitoches: "We are daily looking for three companies from Fort Adams—when these arrive we shall make a handsome appearance, and I think be a sufficient force to march to Rio Grande with, and drive all the Spaniards into it, as they fight all on horseback, and each man has six horses and a mule!" Balt. Tel.
The governor of Pennsylvania has refused to commission Frederick Wolbert, as Sheriff for the county of Philadelphia, and has appointed 7 persons commissioners to enquire into the le- gality of the votes taken for Sheriff. Balt. Tel.
NORFOLK, October 25. LOSS OF THE SHIP SHEPHERDESS, BELONGING TO THIS PORT.
With regret we have to announce the disa- greeable tidings of the fate of this excellent ship. The following letter, with which we were fa- vored yesterday, will be sufficient for us to publish on this unfortunate occasion: 12 miles southward of Cape Henry, on shore, 22d Oct. 1806. Messrs. ARMISTEAD & TAYLOR, Dear Friends,
"I am very sorry to inform you that the Shepherdess is stranded and bilged. I shall want assistance and some wagons, and your advice how to proceed. PASSENGERS. Mr. Fred. Williams, wife and daughter. Mr. White, wife and child. Mr. Brown, Mr. Goodwin, and Mr. Gage. "I was wrong informed of the bearing of the Cape, and stood on yesterday expecting to make it—when I found my mistake, was obliged to anchor, and rode out until about two o'clock, when our cable parted, and the other would not hold, we cut and made sail but could not weather the land. "R. WILLS."
WASHINGTON, October 27. It is, with the sincerest pleasure, that we announce to our fellow-citizens, the arrival of CAPTAIN LEWIS, with his exploring party, at St. Louis. The President of the United States has received a letter from him dated at St. Louis, September 25, at which place himself, Captain Clarke and their party arrived that day. They had passed the pre- ceding winter at a place which he called Fort Clat- sup, near the mouth of the Columbia river. They set out thence on the 27th of March last, and arrived at the foot of the Rocky mountains May 10, where they were detained until June 24, by the frowns which rendered the passage over those mountains imprac- ticable until then. He found it two thousand five hun- dred and seventy-five miles from the mouth of the Missouri to the great falls of that river, thence by land passing the Rocky mountains to a navigable part of the Kootenai three hundred and forty miles, of which two hundred would admit good boats, and one hundred and forty miles over tremendous mountains which for sixty miles are covered with eternal snows, then seventy-three miles down the Kootenai into a south eastwardly branch of the Columbia, one hundred and fifty-four miles down that to the main river of the Columbia, and then four hundred and thirteen miles to the Pacific, in all three thousand five hundred and fifty-five miles from the mouth of the Missouri to the mouth of the Columbia. In this last river the tide flows one hundred and eighty-three miles, to within seven miles of its great rapids, and so far would admit large boats; and from thence upwards may be navigated by batteaus and perriagues. He speaks of this whole line furnishing the most valuable furs in the world, and a short and direct course for them to the eastern coast of China; but that the greatest part of these would be from the head of the Missouri. He says it is fortunate he did not find back from the head of the Missouri any part of his force, consisting of thirty-one men, as more than once they owed their lives and the fate of the
expedition to their numbers. One man of his party had died before he reached Fort Mandan in one thou- sand eight hundred and four; every other one is re- turned in good health. Capt. Lewis is expected to remain at St. Lewis some days to settle with and discharge his men, and would then set out for Washington, by the way of Vincennes, Louisville, Abingdon, Pincastle, Staun- ton and Charlottesville. He is accompanied by the great Mandan chief, who is on a visit to Washington. Captain Lewis speaks of his colleague, Captain Clarke, in the most affectionate terms, and declares his equal title to whatever merit may be ascribed to the success of this enterprize.
From a Kentucky paper of October 4. HIGHLY INTERESTING INTELLIGENCE. St. Louis, Sept. 23, 1806.
Dear Sir, Captains Lewis and Clark are just arrived, all in very good health. They left the Pacific ocean the 23d of March last; they wintered there; they arrived there in November; there was some American vessels there just before their arrival. They had to pack one hundred and sixty miles from the head of the Missouri to Columbia river. One of the hands, an intelli- gent man, tells me the Indians are as numerous on the Columbia as the whites are in any part of the United States. They brought but one family of Indians, of the Mandan nation. They have brought several curiosities with them from the Ocean. The Indians are represented as be- ing very peaceable. The winter was very mild on the Pacific. I am yours, &c. JOHN MULLANPHY. P.S. They left St. Charles May 20th, 1804, and returned there September 21st, 1806.
A letter from a gentleman of respectability in the county of Attakapas, dated 6th instant, to a mercantile house of this city, states, that the colonel of the militia of that county, has re- ceived orders to draft 240 men, and that he had already proceeded to execute his orders. His excellency governor Claiborne was expect- ed there the day the letter was dated. (New-Orleans Gazette.)
The Enquirer. RICHMOND, 31st OCTOBER.
Let the NORTHERN BEAR GROWL. The last arrivals at Philadelphia and Norfolk bring down our European accounts to the 6th of September from Paris, and the 5th from London. The rumours which they describe, are directly opposed to the rumours which they throve off the stage. On one day, every rumour is on the side of France; but the next day comes and fixes the flitting weather cock of rumour on the vantage ground of England. Now, the whole world is to be in arms against England; the Northern powers are about to strike up an indissoluble maritime coalition, for the enforcement of their common interests; and the rights of the ocean are about to be es- tablished on the ruins of Britain. But soon after the mind of Europe is said to have received its magnetic poles; the Emperor of Russia has rejected the treaty of his minister acting with the full powers of a carte blanche; and then the only rumour is of a resuscitated war a- gainst France; that the Northern powers not having "the fear of the devil before their eyes," have dug up the spectre of Coali- tion from the bloody fields of Austerlitz; and determined to play the perilous game of risking their own solid diadems against the romantic expectation of arming Bonaparte's ambition.— But these expectations are just about as romantic as the newspaper speculations which declare their existence. This project is "the battering machine" which the London Editors are now lay- ing "to their souls;" but they will soon discover its fallacy. There will not soon be a fourth co- alition in Europe, so says the reflecting traveller who casts his eyes upon the monuments at Aus- terlitz; so says Common Sense. Still the mad- ness and the folly of statesmen, very often baf- fle the predictions of the most inspired prop- het; and there still may exist a new coalition against France. If Alexander of Russia be as mad as his father Paul, he may perhaps meditate upon such an extravagant idea; but if the London editors have no other foun- dation for their hopes than this, it is perfectly inconsistent with all their previous professions: for they have hitherto represented this young royal ally as a rational and discreet kind of a monarch.
The following are among the most import- ant facts communicated by the late arrivals: Russia has rejected the treaty concluded at Paris by M. D'Oubril, although her sovereign had pledged his imperial word "to hold good and faithfully to execute every thing which shall be settled and signed by his plenipotenti- ary."
To what, this violation of the imperial word is to be ascribed, is yet an imperial secret. The Moniteur explicitly declares that it could not have been any objection to the terms of the treaty, for they were "equally honourable to both governments." Some ascribe it to an im- portant change in the members of the Russian ministry, which gave the English interest an ascendancy in their cabinet. The English editors ascribe it to the indignation excited by the superior duplicity of M. Talleyrand, who had duped M. D'O into an unfavourable treaty, by persuading him that the negotiation with En- gland was drawing towards a close, and that it would be neglecting his master's interest, if he did not thus anticipate his ally. But the probability is that Alexander, no longer con- sidered himself bound by his promises, when he saw Bonaparte indifferent to every other con- sideration but the extension of his empire. He might deem himself sufficiently acquitted from the obligations of his word when he saw that the circumstances under which it was given, were so materially changed by Bonaparte's aggrandizement in Germany.
Prussia has withdrawn her troops from the mouths of the Elbe and the Weser; and restored the province of Lauenburg to the Swedes. In return for which compliment the Swedes are said to have ceased the blockade of the Prussian ports. She is declared too to be in a state of active military preparation; to have provisioned the fortress of Hameln in Hanover for several months, and to have put all her armies into motion. Bonaparte, it is said, has demanded the cession of East Friesland, Embden and some other little corners of Prussia, to the present king of Holland.
England is on the alert: Lord Lauderdale had not yet returned from Paris, but the ge- neral opinion was, that the negotiation would soon be broken off. Her boasted victory in Calabria had diffused new spirits through the nation. But the Eng- lish bulletin of the battle of Austerlitz may teach us how to appreciate the nature of an English victory. For at the very moment when the pens of London were celebrating the successes of the German Emperor, he him-
self was affixing the seal to his own disgrace and to the peace of Presburg. Let us wait then until the Moniteur gives us general Regnier's account of this pompous victory. One fact is well established, that in spite of all their successes, Gen. Stuart was obliged to fly be- fore Massena and to retire into Sicily. The advantages that can result from such expeditions, are beyond our discernment. They could not expect with so small a force to conquer the whole of Naples. They could scarcely dare to expect that as many insurgents would join them, as would be sufficient to ex- pel the armies of Joseph.
But it was the proposition of Lord Nelson, say the London papers, "that a British army should ever be accompanied by a British fleet, by which they might be put on shore, or move from ship to ship at pleasure, and thus be able to break the line of an enemy, and thus be able at all times the point of attack." This plan might be proper enough if there was already a suf- ficient army of their allies on the shore, to profit by the impression. But where is the advantage in such a case as this? What benefit could result even from the breaking of the line, if they had not troops enough to press on through the breach? The victory of Sir J. Stuart may have occasioned a bonfire or an illumination in London; but will these pompous exhibitions compensate the British nation for the blood which it has lost? Will they compensate the treasury for the money which it has expended; or will they indemnify the unhappy Calabrians for the new persecutions which they will suffer from their more irritated conquerors?
No. Whatever all these appearances may threaten, there will not be another coalition in Europe. Where are the powers, who will dare to lift the banners against France?
Is it the Emperor of Austria? But he has not yet forgotten the memorable plains of Austerlitz; the loss of his capital and his throne. He cannot but feel that his spirit co- vers beneath Bonaparte's ascendant genius. His treasury is yet exhausted. His army has not recovered its spirit. The lately establish- ed confederation of the Rhine too, has abridg- ed his resources, and he lies planted at his ve- ry door a new enemy, renovated by a new or- ganization and devotedly attached to his ene- my's interests.
Will Prussia subscribe to this new Crusade? Prussia! that refused to unite with Russia, and Austria, will she now unite with them after their late memorable defeat; after Austria has been deprived of her soldiers, of her treasures, of her German associates; and after Russia has been fairly beaten in the full-blown pride of her power, and with all the unblemish- ed reputation of her young Monarch? Will Prussia desert her gracious, neutral policy, at the very moment that her allies would be far away, and a cordon of French troops on the very borders of her kingdom; when she neglected all the favourable opportunities of exertion during the last campaign; when most of the French troops were already kept at bay by the enemy, and when a few hours march would have conducted her into the camp of the coalition? That was the eventful moment for Prussia to interfere. But that crisis has past, never to return again.
Will Russia be disposed to embrace a new coalition? But to every reflecting man the fate of the former coalition must have settled the question.
When she recollects the astonishing rap- idity with which the French army of Bou- logne penetrated into the very centre of Germany, defeated army after army and overwhelmed fortress after fortress, until the engagement of Austerlitz closed the account of the third coalition; when she recollects that the present army of France is as strong as it was at the close of the campaign, that scarce a sol- dier has been disbanded, and that 50,000 new conscripti have been added to her military force; what possible inducement ought to precipitate her into a new coalition? But the same motives, which would so urgent- ly dissuade her from forming a military alli- ance against France, would operate with infi- nitely more effect to prevent her engaging sin- gle-handed.
Europe, and the whole world should depre- cate the formation of a new confederacy against France.
Her existing Emperor is a military chieftain, whose earliest habits attach him to the camp. War is his business. It is the instrument of his present proud aggrandizement; and it is that instrument, to which he must continue to owe his continued elevation. Against such an heroic chieftain, what can the proudest hereditary potentate of Europe expect to achieve by the force of arms? From such a man, what can such men reasonably expect but disappoint- ment and defeat, the mutilation or the loss of their kingdoms; armies slaughtered almost without a struggle; and towns, provinces and countries ravished away, but to swell the already accumulated mass of his most formidable power?
France itself over whom this chieftain stretch- es the rod of Empire, is but as one vast, disci- plined camp, ready at a moment's warning to pour out its resistless troops upon the surround- ing countries. In the terror which she inspires and the incurrions which she menaces, she re- sembles those once enterprising warriors, who poured forth from the wilds of Germany and Tartary.
It must be confessed that France is too much of a military nation, whether the force or the peaceful security of the other continental powers, be considered. The inconveniences and the injuries incident to such a singular at- titude, are almost beyond the powers of def- cription.
She thus compels every surrounding nation to preserve the same warlike attitude; and to maintain a standing army, similar to her own. She diffuses over Europe the spirit of war, instead of the spirit of peace; a spirit which is hostile to civil freedom, to an amicable brother- hood among nations, to the arts and sciences, those delightful solaces, and inestimable im- provements of human society.
It is the interest of Europe therefore to modify and to soften this military propensity of France; to lull it to rest, instead of exciting it still fron- tier by new provocatives to war. Will neither the people of England; nor the princes of the continent, profit by the melan- choly experience which they have obtained? Every new coalition, which they have formed against France, has but increased her energy and her acquisition. They have roused her first to resistance, and then they have made her feel her own strength. They have ruffled the pulse of her heart, and her arm has then fallen with irresistible strength. It is they who have impelled France to extend her Empire in- to Italy, into Germany, into Holland, into Spain. It is they who have converted her into that formidable "Hive of Soldiers," which threatens to scatter its colonies over Europe. Another coalition against France, and Prus- sia, Austria and Turkey will sink into humiliat- ed provinces!
The peace of the continent, however, does not simply depend upon the establishment of a new coalition; nor upon the conduct of Russia
alone. There is another party in this business; France—always alert, always ready to feel an indignity, always eager to grasp at every pre- text which may be employed for the extension of her power, and never declining a contest with the sword. Will then Bonaparte rest at peace, after this perilous and iniquitous re- jection of a most solemn treaty; amidst the formidable reinforcements, which Russia is col- lecting in her territories? Will he not seize on this opportunity for encircling his army in Dalmatia; of acquiring a foothold in Turkey; of silently preparing the materials for under- mining this feeble empire?
But to the fate of Paris we may look for a solution of these important questions. At that festival dedicated to the delightful office of cele- brating the restoration of peace, some communi- cation may escape from the authorities of France, by which it will be known whether the peace of Europe is again to be disturbed.
The unfortunate Calabrians are not the only people, likely to find the British nation "the bitterest enemy of its friends." It was thus, that they have subjugated Genoa, and Venice, to the arms of France: It was thus, that by pretending to assist Ferdinand, they lost him the crown of Naples. It is thus, that at this very moment they are endangering the independence of Portugal. The very first movement to a friendly understanding with the English fleet stationed off the Tagus, will become the signal of the downfall of Portugal. Already do the French papers begin to mutter the distant thunder. * An ukase lately published has fixed her army at 500,000 men.
Non-Intercourse Act.—As the accom- modation of our differences with Great-Britain has not yet been, in all probability, notified to our government, it is not to be expected that any efforts will be made to suspend the oper- ation of this law. Even had such an intima- tion been received, it is not to be expected that the President would call an extraordinary session of Congress, to authorise that suspension. That act will therefore most certainly go into effect on the 18th of November.
Some republicans however have considered this measure, not as mere temporary expedient, but as constituting a part of a permanent system of measures, for countervailing British duties and encouraging our domestic manufactures. Such men will therefore be opposed to any re- peal of this law.
If the following observations of the Aurora be correct, measures have been already taken to evade its provisions. It is the part of every good citizen to oppose these illegal proceedings. "These remarks have originated in our ideas of the necessity of every American enforcing the non-importation act, just the same as if negotia- tion was not going forward. "We sometime past, informed & forwarded the public of the plans intended by the British agents, to avoid that act. "We now repeat it to the administration, that large quantities of prohibited merchandise of e- very description have been sent out from Bri- tain to Halifax and other ports in Nova Sco- tia and Canada—purposely to be smuggled in- to these states—the custom house officers par- ticularly to the customs will doubtless be charged to be doubly diligent. We know that there are some men who fear yet affix to de- preciate and despic newspaper information— their affection has been carried too far." Aurora.
Robert Marion, Esq. the present republican representative in Congress from Charleston, has been re-elected, in opposition to William L. Smith, Esq. W. Smith was formerly among the most distinguished members of the Federal party; he was the author of an able, abusive, and deceptive pamphlet, under the signature of "Phocion," in opposition to Mr. Jefferson's presidential election; he was formerly a repre- sentative in congress from Charleston; and un- der the administration of Mr. Adams, he was American minister at the Court of Lisbon.— Within 6 years this commercial city has under- gone a most astonishing revolution in its poli- tics: for in 1800, a federal candidate obtained 615 votes, and a republican, only 494. It is a memorable fact, that the largest com- mercial towns of the Union (Boston excepted) are now represented by republicans. New-York by Mr. Munford. Philadelphia by Mr. Clay, &c. Baltimore by Mr. McCreery. Norfolk by Mr. Newton. Charleston by Mr. Marion.
TENTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES. Members from Maryland. Those marked thus [*] are Federalists and those in Italics new members. First Dist.—*John Campbell. Second—*Archibald Vanborne. Third—*Philip Barton Key. Fourth—Roger Nelson. Fifth—Wm. McCreery & Nicholas R. Moore. Sixth—John Montgomery. Seventh—Edward Lloyd. Eighth—Charles Goldsborough.
COMMUNICATION. Major Ball, the owner of Florizel, has this fall won 6 out of 8 races; he distanced the field each day at Hanover Court-House. Over the course of that place, will be run for on the day preceding the first day's race of the Jockey Club, in October next, a Sweepstakes, eight horses en- tered, at 100 dols. each; and on the second Tuesday, in May 1808, will be run over the same course a match for 100 dols.
DIED—At his seat in Rockingham county, on the 18th instant, the venerable GABRIEL JONES, Esq. in the 85th year of his age. He was the oldest man in the state bred to the practice of the law, and for a long course of years stood in the foremost rank of his profession.
On Wednesday the 15th inst. at Mr. James M'Farland's, Lunenburg—Mrs. JANE TRED- WAY, wife of Thomas Tredway, of Manchester, in the 23rd year of her age. "How lov'd, how valued once avails her not," "By whom lamented or by whom forgot."
NOTICE. THE purchasers of property, at the sales in Char- lotte and Albemarle, conducted by Wilson Ca- ry Nicholas, Esq. are requested to take notice, that the bonds executed by them for the amount of their respective purchases, are now in my possession, by vir- tue of an assignment from Mr. Nicholas. Punctual payment at my office, on the day on which the bonds become due, is expected. In every case of failure a suit will certainly be brought without delay, as some of these bonds will become due between the 15th and 22nd of December, when I shall be necessa- rily absent on public business in business in Norfolk. Mair. Scott, the Marshall of this district, will act for me from the time of my departure until my return. GEO. HAY, Attorney for the U. S. for the Va. District. Oct. 31.

Miscellany.
JAMES—THE CONVICT FOR LIFE.
After a perusal of the following account of an interesting trial, extracted from the London Courier, of Aug. 12, we can hardly entertain a doubt that the wretched author of the ruin of a heretofore virtuous and beautiful young creature, and the consequent misery of her husband and family, was the identical "James" who was lately a convict for life in the State Prison, and who after four years confinement, was pardoned by Governor Clinton on condition of his quitting the United States. His original name was Robert Jaques, which he altered on his transportation from England, to "Robert James." His name, or names, his address, and his years, answer the description given on the trial:—He had doubtless secured some property, as after his liberation, while he remained in this city, he boarded in expensive houses.
It is to be observed of this man's unconquerable and persevering spirit—amidst the gloom of solitary confinement, and the abridgement of almost necessary subsistence, that one of the keepers declared "that they could make the most determined thieves weep , and submit to the regulations of the prison, but that with every effort of their skill, they could not manage or reduce James!"
"When he was free from the State Prison, he still kept in this city. His active mind could not be idle: he threatened several, and commenced prosecutions against those who had given evidence on his trial.—Even while in prison he found means to publish a specious vindication of his "case," which, though artfully drawn up palpably contradicted itself; and after his liberation among other unaccountable efforts, tried to make this paper a vehicle for his purpose. The Governor, on a due representation, ordered him away; but alas! to fresh scenes of iniquity! Even on the verge of the grave, the infuriating address, and "most gentlemanly manners," of this in-fernial serpent, could fascinate a young woman of respectable family, and good education, so as to break down the strongest barriers of female virtue, and even to marry her "heavy seducer"!!!
May our magistrates most seriously reflect on the danger—the probable consequence of liberating notorious and confirmed villains, from the appearances of temporary reformation, and thereby letting them again loose to prey on the weak and unguarded part of mankind. The cases of Croucher, Nathan, Gardiner, and others, are additional evidences to the present, of the necessity of more precaution in future.
Com. Adv.
GUILDFORD, Saturday, August 9. CROWN SIDE.—Before the Lord Chief Baron. CRIM. CON. AND BIGAMY.
Eleanor Whitford was indicted for that she at Gretna, in Scotland intermarried with John Whitford, on the 26th Nov. 1801, and afterwards at the parish of St. Mary, Lambeth, in the county of Surrey, on the 19th May 1806, feloniously intermarried with Robert Jaques James, her former husband being still living.
This was a case which excited a considerable degree of interest, as it was understood to involve the legality of a Gretna Green Marriage. The defendant was a young lady of handsome person and elegant manners, and her appearance at the bar excited considerable sympathy in her behalf, on the spectators of the court.
After she was arraigned, and had faintly uttered her plea of guilty.
Mr. Curwood rose to address the jury.—He began by stating that the melancholy duty devolved upon him which he assured the jury he executed with painful sensations, to conduct the prosecution against the prisoner at the bar, for a crime, which if substantiated against her, degraded her from her rank in life, which the law had declared a felony, and which might subject her to be transported from her native country, an associate of the vilest and most profligate of mankind. The case which he had to lay before the jury was of a most extraordinary nature, and differed very far from this class of cases, which usually presented themselves for the consideration of a jury. In general those who were arraigned for this crime were of the lowest orders of society, who had no knowledge of the extent of their moral duties, or of the consequences of deviating from them. Not such was the case of the prisoner at the bar she had been well educated, and ought to have been refined to a better sense of her duties and impressed with the importance of their observance. She was the daughter of a man of respectability, and of some importance in the town of Basingstoke, and in the year 1801, she was addressed by her husband, who solicited her hand in marriage. For what reason, the learned Counsel said, he was not informed, but her father at that time was averse to the match, and refused his consent. The address of the young man were not, however, disagreeable to her mother, and other parts of the lady's family; but it being found that no interst would soften the obduracy of the father, the young couple eloped to Scotland, and were there married according to the forms and ceremonies of the Scottish law. Upon their return they were reconciled to her father, and the husband commenced business as a linen draper, at Southampton; at that time he was about 25 years of age, and the prisoner scarcely 18. They continued at Southampton until the year 1802, when business not succeeding, he was obliged to relinquish his situation & come to London. Here he certainly was obliged to live on a reduced scale. He obtained a situation as managing man at a wholesale linen warehouse in the City, and took a small house for his wife at Kensington. They resided together in apparent comfort and happiness, he going out early to his business in the morning, and retiring home about eight in the evening. They continued this course till about March last, when one evening, returning as usual, he found that another bed was putting up in a spare room, and, upon inquiry, his wife told him that she had let this room to a most respectable old gentleman who had taken the room to lodge with them. In the evening the new lodger made his appearance; he seemed above forty years of age, and of most gentlemanly manners, and was therefore gladly received by the husband, as a welcome inmate. From such a man he could expect no injury, and none but the most suspicious could have thought his wife in danger in such society. However, so it was, that after a very short time, he found his wife strangely altered in her behaviour towards him. She appeared disgusted with him, and miserable in herself. He intreated her repeatedly to reveal the cause of her uneasiness, and then, no doubt to conceal her guilt, she affected to say that his behaviour was unkind, and that she had reason to suspect his fidelity. He endeavoured, by every soothing attention, and by increased kindness, to convince her of her forming an erroneous opinion, and had apparently succeeded, for on the morning of the 18th of April, when he left home, they parted with marks of more than usual kindness; but it so happened, that being taken ill that day, he returned home much earlier than was customary. He found his wife from home, and on the mantle-piece was a letter addressed to him, in her hand writing, to the following purport: "Sir, I have taken my own name of Miss Howard, and shall for ever after disown that of Whitford, which I am now fully satisfied I never was entitled to. I thank God for it, for I hold it in utter abhorrence." Yes, said the learned Counsel, no doubt she then held it in utter abhorrence, but when she had deviated from the path of virtue, she no doubt abhorred the name of the man whom the law had wounded with the most cruel of all injuries. She did not return home that night, but the next morning her husband received a message that she was at a neighbour's house, and desired to see him. He accordingly attended, and then she exhibited a gleam of remorse, for her misconduct. When she saw her husband she exclaimed, "Whitford, you cannot, will not forgive me." At that time he did not know the extent of his injury, but she immediately confessed that
she had dishonored his bed, and complained that James, their lodger, had seduced her from her duty. All the requested was, that her husband would restore her to her parents, which, notwithstanding his injuries, he promised he would do. Of short duration, however, was her better resolve, and so true is it that when the bounds of virtue were once transgressed and the mind became familiarized with guilt, that it acted without remorse what in its pure state it could not contemplate without horror, that in a few weeks after this event she publicly married her heavy seducer , and for that act the now food arraigned as a criminal, at the bar of justice, to answer for the crime.
With respect to the nature of this crime and its evil tendency, the Learned Counsel said, he trusted he need not enlarge. Although in the mixed companies of life marriage was a frequent subject of ridicule with the gay and thoughtless, yet our morals were still so uncontaminated, that it was never mentioned in our Courts of Justice but with the respect and reverence it merited. It was the most important of all civil contracts, and guarded by the most sacred of religious obligations, the sanction of an oath administered at the altar of God. From it sprung up the greatest of our moral and civil duties, and the dearest charities of our nature. Any deed which of itself or by its influence tended to break down this boundary, merited the severest punishment of the law; and when it was considered how much the purity of women mixed itself in the security of this state, their morals could not be too strictly guarded. It was not in this country or in these times only, that these sentiments prevailed, for a sacred writer had declared, "that a virtuous woman was the ornament of her husband, and her price was far above rubies." Such innocence was the value of the prisoner at the bar, while once she was in her heart; now she was shamed, polluted and degraded, an object of contempt and disgust, the Jury might, perhaps, feel pity for her present situation; her appearance might work upon the softer emotions of their hearts; but let them remember the situation of another person; let them remember the agonized feelings of the injured husband, whose hopes and happiness were all destroyed by her dreadful misconduct. Indeed, no wretchedness could be more complete than a man so injured. In other calamities we receive some consolation in the pity of mankind; but so perversely was the mind of man constructed on this occasion, that the injury to which he alluded, not only made a man wretched but also ridiculous. So complete was his misery, that our immortal countryman, who was said to be the deepest read in human nature and the humae passions, had made a man in a like situation declare, that "he would rather be a toad, and live upon the vapours of a dungeon," than an object of such scorn. The Learned Counsel concluded by stating, that he should call his witnesses to prove his case.—The punishment, if she was found guilty, would be appointed by the superior wisdom of her Lordship; but there remained yet this consolation for the unhappy woman at the bar, that she was tried before a Judge who always tempered judgment with mercy.
David Laing, the Gretna Green Parson, was first called. He stated that he performed the ceremony over the prisoner and her husband, in his way; that was, he read nothing, but he said something off the tongue, and authorized them to cohabit together.
The Lord Chief Baron said he would not admit this as a marriage. He asked him what he was? He replied, a Tobacco-keeper. His Lordship observed, that a fellow or two, like the witness, did these sort of things, but both himself and the parties were liable to punishment.
Mr. Curwood said the marriage was irregular; but that did not vitiate it, though it subjected the party to punishment. He understood, by the Scotch law, there were two species of marriages.
Lord Chief Baron. "I cannot take your understanding of the law of Scotland. I must have it certified by the Lord Advocate, or one of the Judges of the court. There is no doubt but a valid marriage in Scotland or in China is valid any where; but the law of every foreign country must be certified. If you have any advocate of character I will receive his testimony."
Counsel.—"Will your Lordship permit the witness to give evidence of the law?"
Lord Chief Baron.—"No; certainly not.—I will not receive the law of Scotland from a Tobacco-keeper."
The prisoner was accordingly acquitted for want of evidence.
The two victories gained at the same time by sea and land, enriched the European empire of fashion with two articles. The English ladies wear the Trafalgar , in honor of the brilliant victory which will long endure the trident to their country, while those of France purchase with avidity the new silk stuff called Austerlitz .
Mer. Adv.
NOW READY FOR THE PRESS, And will be published immediately after the next session of the General Assembly, BY SAMUEL PLEASANTS, Jun. VOLUME SECOND OF THE REVISED CODE;
CONTAINING A COLLECTION of all such Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia, of a public and permanent nature, as have been passed since the session of 1801; to which will be added, such acts of the same nature as may be passed at the session of 1806. TOGETHER WITH AN APPENDIX, IN WHICH WILL
BE INSERTED,  I. Such Public Acts as have been omitted in the last edition of the Revised Code  II. A compilation of the several laws for the establishment of the James River, Potomac, Appomattox and Dismal Swamp Canal Companies; in all of which the state has an interest.  III. Acts for the establishment of the Mutual Assurance Society against fire on buildings of the state of Virginia.  IV. Laws concerning the Northern Neck.  V. A Table of Fines, Forfeitures, Penalties and Amercements, designating such as are to the use of the Commonwealth; such as go towards lessening the county levy; such as belong to individuals; and such as are appropriated to any particular object.  VI. Acts for establishing Turnpike roads.  VII. Acts authorizing the erection of Toll Bridges.  All the acts comprised in this volume have been carefully collated by a gentleman of the bar—Notes of reference to former and subsequent statutes, are annexed to each chapter, and a copious INDEX will be given at the end of the work.
TERMS.
 I. It shall be printed on an entire new type, of a size larger than that used in the last edition of the Revised Code, published in 1803.  II. The paper shall be of good quality, and the book when bound, will form a volume, in large octavo, to match the first volume of the same work. The number of pages cannot be ascertained, tho' it is expected, from the matter of which the book will be composed, (there being ninety-five new chapters in the continuation from 1801 to 1805) and upwards of one hundred omitted acts that it will contain nearly as many pages as the last edition.  III. The price to subscribers will be five dollars, to be paid on delivery of the book—to non-subscribers the price will be considerably increased. 
** SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE RECEIVED AT THE PUBLISHER IN RICHMOND.
THE subscriber has accommodations for Twenty Five Gentlemen of the Legislature. He has also stabling for as many Horses.
ALEXANDER QUARRIER.
NOTICE.
DURING the present term at Wm. and Mary College, Professor Girardin will continue to lecture on Natural history. The leisure of the last vacation has been chiefly employed by him in revising and arranging his materials.
He is precluded by the limits of a news-paper notice from tracing in this place even the outlines of his plan; and he deems it unnecessary to expatiate on the attractions and utility of researches into nature, and of an acquaintance with her works.
The want of a museum naturæ , Botanic garden , &c. has been objected to by some. Unquestionably, such splendid institutions are in a high degree subservient to the diffusion and progress of natural knowledge. Yet, let it be recollected, that no scaffold, extensive and brilliant as it may be, constitutes the edifice itself. A fluctuating not entirely inadequate may be found in plates, herbals , &c. and, (which is better than artificial assistance of any description,) the immense book of nature is every where, and at all times, open before the eyes of the inquisitive. For the study of animal and vegetable anatomy and physiology, and, in general, of what is termed "the Philosophy of Natural History," indigenous specimens are fully sufficient. Botanical investigations, in particular, do not indispensably require the aid of exotics. Within a few miles, plants may be found to illustrate not only all the Classes of the Linnæan system, and most of the orders , but also many interesting, elegant, and useful genera, with some of their most valuable species. In the number, beauty and usefulness of her vegetable productions, Virginia yields to few tracts of country of the same extent. Of this a single glance over the joint labors of Claydon and Gronovius, the pages of Michaux, Barton, &c. &c. or a few rambles through our woods, fields and meadows, may convince any person in the least degree acquainted with the subject. If we cannot bring nature into our laboratories, we can go to nature. In the pleasures of study, as well as in those of the chase, a little fatigue is a condition not altogether unfavourable; and knowledge thus acquired, amidst a sublime and delightful scenery, is at once better relished and more impressive and permanent.
Until, therefore, a proper degree of public spirit among us shall create and support great scientific establishments, let the efforts of individuals, whose zeal anticipates the erection of those noble fabrics, be encouraged and fostered. "We should," says the ingenious Beddoe, "set a proper value on our present knowledge, although it be imperfect, and refrain those rude hands that are ever ready to pluck up the tender plants of science, because they do not bear ripe fruit at a season, when they can only be putting forth their blossoms."
Williamsburg, October 21, 1806. St.
NOTICE. A PETITION will be presented by William Fitchett to the next General Assembly of Virginia, praying that a law may pass to establish a ferry across Piankatank river from my land in Matthews County, to the land of the late Thomas E. Churchill, dec'd. of Middlesex county.
WILLIAM FITCHETT. September 12. colf.
FOR SALE.
ABOUT ninety acres of LAND, six miles from Richmond, with a good frame house, and good orchard. It adjoins the lands of Mr. Sneed and Mr. Brownaw. MOSES DAVIS. October 3. oaw1w1n.
FOR SALE.
THE LOT and HOUSES whereon John Hamilton, Esq. the British Consul, resides: on it are a three story Dwelling-House, an Office and Kitchen, and other necessary Houses for family use; a Well of good Water, newly fitted, and a Garden lately pailed in, a Ware-House and Cellar under it; the remains of a Wharf, which will make a good foundation to build on; with all the privileges of lots situated on the river, of extending a wharf.
Also—274½ acres of well timbered LAND, with a good Fishery on Willoughby's Bay, taking in the mouth and part of Mason's Creek, where the best of Oysters and Fish can be conveniently taken.
Also—A LOT in Smithfield, between Mrs. Purdie's and Captain Todd's lots.—For terms apply to THOMAS NEWTON. August 22. (f.)
ELoped from M'Call's Nail Manufactory, in the City of Richmond, on the 3d Sept. 1806, three white Apprentice Boys, by the names of John, Major and Isaac Harpers. Any person or persons who will apprehend the said Runaways, and bring them to the Manufactory, shall receive the reward of 6 dollars when delivered, or 2 dollars for each one. October 17. tf.
TO RENT, A HOUSE on the Hay-Market square, with an office, a stable, chair-house and an excellent garden, &c. For terms apply to Jasper Robbins at Mr. John M'Enery's. October 14. tf.
JOHN ALCOCK, INFORMS the Citizens of Richmond, and the public, he has just received at his Cabinet Manufactory near the Fire Insurance Office; a large assortment of Windsor Chairs and Settees, made in the newest fashion and by the best workmen in the state; any gentleman wishing to buy, will please fend their orders or call at his Cabinet Manufactory, where they may get good warranted work, and on low terms, either in the Cabinet line or Windsor Chairs. June 6. tf.
At a meeting of the Directors of the Richmond Turnpike Company, held at Edward Hallam's tavern in the city of Richmond, on Tuesday the 29th of July, 1806.
RESOLVED, That five dollars be paid on each share held by the Stock-holders in the said company to Nathaniel Sheppard their treasurer on or before the first day of September next.
Resolved, That propositions be received from any persons inclined to undertake the work on the Turnpike until the first day of October next, and that the same be filed in writing with the clerk of the Company by the persons making such propositions.
An extract from the minutes.
N. SHEPPARD, Clerk.
N. B. I have been directed by the president and directors, to request the persons making propositions for undertaking the abovementioned road, to make their statements in such a way, as to give the amount upon a supposition, that the road is from forty to one hundred feet wide; and also, to inform them, that the time for receiving proposals, is postponed till the first day of November next.
N. SHEPPARD, Clerk. September 9. (f.)
NOTICE.
ALL persons having claims against the estate of Samuel Scherer dec'd. are requested to bring them forward, properly authenticated before the 1st of November, at which time the administration of the subscriber will be closed, and if application shall not be made by the time above specified, this notice will be considered as a release from the payment of such claims.
Those indebted must see the necessity of making immediate payment, as no further indulgence can be given.
GEORGE SCHERER, Adm'r. October 7. (f.)
STORE OF IRON MONGERY, HARDWARE, &c.
BREAM AND FOLLET,
Opposite to Messrs. Taylor & Brown's Auction Store and next door to Doctor Wardlaw's, have just received from England,
A LARGE AND GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF IRON MONGERY, HARDWARE, &c.
—AMONGST WHICH ARE—
CARPENTER'S, Blacksmith's and other mechanics tools, Building materials of all kinds, such as Locks, Hinges, Nails, &c.—Farmers, and Household utensils, viz. Trace Chains, Hoes, Stirrup Knives, Grass Scythes, & Sickles, Knives and Forks, Spoons, Grid Irons, Smoothing Irons, And Irons, Shovels, Tongs and Pokers, Coal Carriers and Sifters, Wire Fenders, Pots and Kettles, Steam Kettles, Tea Kettles, Frying Pans, Coffee-Mills, Waffle Irons, Warming Pans, Tin in Boxes, Iron and Brass Wire, Bar Lead, Patent Shot, Sheet Iron, Cloth and open Stoves, for burning wood or coal, Fanning Mill Wheels, Mill Saws, German Steel, Wrought and Cut Nails and Brads, Window Glass, 10 by 8, 11 by 9, 12 by 10, 14 by 10, and 18 by 13, Seine Twine, Glue, Patent Windor Shaving Soap, an assortment of Brushes, with a variety of other articles too numerous to insert. The above goods are laid in on the best terms for cash, and will be sold on like good terms, for cash, country produce or approved paper at a short date.
Also for sale a consignment of three Bales WOOL-ENS, consisting of Blankets, 6-4 low priced Blue Cloths, and Red and Yellow Flannels, at a moderate price and liberal credit for approved paper. An elegant Gold Repeating Watch—a bargain.
October 24. oaw8w.
VIRGINIA.
At a Superior Court of Chancery, held at the Capitol in the city of Richmond, the tenth day of September, 1806.
Between John M'Rae, executor of the testament and last will of John M'Rae, deceased, Plff.
and Samuel Griffin and John Lewis and Mary his wife, Defts.
THE defendants Samuel Griffin, not having entered their 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 they are not inhabitants of this country; on motion of the plaintiff by his councils, it is ordered, that the said defendants do appear here on the first day of the next term, and answer the bill of the plaintiff, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some newspaper published in the city of Richmond, for two months successively, and posted at the front door of the Capitol in the said city.
A Copy. Teste, P. TINSLEY, c. c. October 17. oaw9m.
VIRGINIA.
At a Superior Court of Chancery, held at the Capitol in the city of Richmond, October 3, 1806.
Between William Settle, Francis Settle, and Richard Harvey and Nancy his wife, late Nancy Settle, which said William Francis and Nancy Settle, are the children of Edward Settle, dec'd. Plffs.
and John M. Settle, Sally B. Settle, Polly Settle, Samuel Settle, Edward, Edward Settle, John Fitzback and Elizabeth his wife, late Elizabeth Settle, who are devisees of Rosanna Settle widow of Edward Settle dec'd. and William Morgan, Defts.
THE defendants John Fitzback and Elizabeth his wife, not having entered their 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 they are not inhabitants of this country; on the motion of the plaintiffs by their council, it is ordered, that the said defendants, do appear here on the first day of the next term, and answer the bill of the plaintiffs, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some newspaper published in the city of Richmond for two months successively, and posted at the front door of the Capitol in the said city.
A Copy. Teste, P. TINSLEY, c. c. October 14. oaw9m.
IN CHANCERY.
Louisa County, August Court, 1806.
George and Christopher Lindenbergs, Plffs.
against, John Davidson, Thomas Davidson, Elizabeth Watkins, James Barbour and Garrett Minor, Defts.
THE defendant, John Davidson, 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 attorney—It is ordered and decreed by the court, that the said defendant, John Davidson do appear here on the second Monday in November next, and answer the plaintiff's bill, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some one of the public newspapers, printed in the City of Richmond, for eight weeks successively, and published at the front door of the court-house of this county on some court day.
A Copy. Teste, JOHN POINDEXTER, c. l. c. September 19. oaw2m.
IN CHANCERY.
Prince Edward, July Court, 1806.
Wilcher Binns against, Peter Rowlett and Margaret Rowlett Defs.
THE defendant Peter Rowlett, not having entered his appearance and given security according to an act of the general 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; on the motion of the plaintiff by his attorney it is ordered that the said defendant Peter Rowlett do appear here on the 18 day of November next court, and answer the plaintiff's bill, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some one of the public newspapers printed in the city of Richmond, for two months successively, and also posted at the front door of the Court House of this county.
A Copy. Teste, BENJAMIN WATKINS, n. c. September 16. eo2m.
IN CHANCERY.
Louisa County, July Court, 1806.
Robert Donald the elder and Andrew Donald, surviving partner of James and Robert Donald, & Co. Plffs.
against, William Hodges and Frederick Harris, Defts.
THE Defendant, William Hodges, 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 attorney—It is ordered and decreed by the court, that the said defendant do appear here on the second Monday in October next, and answer the plaintiffs bill; and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some one of the public newspapers printed in the City of Richmond, for eight weeks successively, and published at the front door of the Court-house of this County on some Court day.
A Copy. JOHN POINDEXTER, c. l. c. September 5. eo2m.
FOR SALE.
A YOUNG and active House SERVANT Enquire at this office. October 7. (f.)
VIRGINIA, to wit:
At a Chancery District Court, held in the city of Williamsburg, the 23d day of April, 1806.
Sarah Robins, widow and relict of Joshua Robins deceased, Arthur Robins, Sarah Robins, John Robins, Joshua Robins, Ann Robins and Charles Robins, children of the said Joshua Robins, deceased; the said Ann & Charles being infants under the age of twenty-one years, by the said Arthur Robins, their brother and next friend, William Baines, administrator of the said Joshua Robins, deceased, and the said William Baines and Elizabeth his wife, a daughter of the said Joshua Robins, dec'd. Plffs.
Thomas Robins and Carvey Dunton, executors of Arthur Robins, deceased, Levin Almes and Bridget his wife, and James Bounell and Mary his wife, Defts.
THE Defendants, James Bounell and Mary his wife, not having entered their 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 they are not inhabitants of this country, on the motion of the Plaintiffs by their council, it is ordered, that the said defendants do appear here on the first day of the next term, and answer the bill of the plaintiffs, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some newspaper of the city of Richmond, for two months successively, and posted at the front door of the former Capitol in this city.
A Copy. ANTHONY ROBINSON, c. c. October 17. oaw 2n.
FOR SALE.
At public auction on the premises, on Wednesday 10th September next, if not previously disposed of by private contract: )
FIVE hundred and fifty acres of LAND, situated in the upper end of Cumberland County, eighteen miles from the court house, three from Farmville and one from a good manufacturing mill, on Appomattox river, now navigable almost to Petersburg. This land lies handsomely, is in good order and inferior in quality to none east of the mountains; there is 10 or 12 acres meadow, handsomely set with Timothy, and about 20 acres more prepared for sowing next Spring. In addition there is an extensive bed of coal, which to a person of capital would be highly valuable. One third the purchase money will be required in hand, and the balance in two annual instalments.
Cumberland, August 12. JOHN KELSO.