The enquirer (Richmond, Va.), 1808-08-30 00:00:00

Dr. Taliaferro
The Enquirer.
VOL. 5.]
RICHMOND, TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1808.
[No. 55.]
PUBLISHED BY THOMAS RITCHIE, OPPOSITE THE POST-OFFICE, AT FIVE DOLLARS PER ANNUM, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE.
WILLIAMSBURG, Aug. 22, 1808.—For reasons operating on the parties, Be it known , that the Mercantile Firm of Greenhew & Cole is this day dissolved.
The Subscriber offers for sale at Prime cost and charges, the whole of his well assorted STOCK IN TRADE, which has been purchased on the best terms with ready money, at the following credits, viz. one 8th part of their amount with legal interest on the whole to be paid at the end of the first year, and so on regularly one 8th part at the end of each successive year, with the interest on what remains unpaid, until the payments are completed; the purchaser giving bonds, with approved security for the payment of the different installments, as they become due.
The subscriber advanced in years, and inquest of that repose, which the evening of life requires, intends, if the contemplated disposition of his goods, is not effected by the first day of October, next [life and health permitting], to retail them at very reduced prices for cash only.
Adopting this as his rule of conduct, from which, he means not to depart; he hopes, that none of his much respected customers, who have favored him with their orders, and whose punctuality entitles them to be dealt with as heretofore, will be offended.
That they may have no cause to be so; and that he may be freed from that load of business, ever attendant on Credit sales: it is, that he thus addresses them.
August 26. RO. GREENHEW.
SALES AT AUCTION.—Will be sold at the present dwelling of Nat. Perkins (on Carter's ferry road in Goochland, the second Tuesday in September next, being the 13th,) all the remaining Stock of goods on hand, belonging to Saml. Pointer & Co. consisting of a good assortment of Groceries. Six months credit will be given the purchasers, on giving bond with approved security to carry interest from the date, if not punctually paid, for all sums above 50 $., all under, cash will be required.
All persons indebted to said concern of Saml. Pointer & Co. are earnestly requested to make immediate payment to Nat. Perkins the surviving partner of said concern, and those having claims, will also apply to said Perkins for payment.
NAT. PERKINS, BENJ. WOLFE, Ex'rs of Saml. Pointer, dec'd.
August 26. [1ds]
CASH SALE.—By virtue of a deed of trust executed to the subscriber by Archibald C. Randolph, for the Benefit of William Bolling, which bears date the 15th day of December 1806, and is of record in the Office of Goochland County Court; will be exposed to sale to the highest bidder for ready money, at Goochland Court-House, on the third Monday in September next, it being Goochland Court day, the following slaves, or as many of them as will be sufficient to answer the purposes of the said trust, to wit: Seneca, Biley, Pompey, Davy, Maria and a child of Maria's.
J. B. FERGUSON, GEO: S. SMITH.
Goochland, August 16. [1w5w4]
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN.—That I forbade the sale of a negro man named Billy, advertised by Messrs. James B. Ferguson, and G. S. Smith, to be sold at Goochland Court House on the third Monday in September next, by virtue of a deed of trust executed to them by Capt. A. C. Randolph, to secure a debt due to Capt. Wm. Bolling. The said negro is not named in the trust deed, and is now my property.
Wm. R. FLEMING.
Goochland, August 23.
EUROPE.
Continuation of Foreign News, by ship Otis , via Philadelphia .
BAYONNE JUNTA, CREATED BY NAPOLEON.
FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS.
PARIS, June 21.
The following official documents concerning the Spanish Junta, have been published:—
GENERAL JUNTA.
FIRST SITTING.
On the 15th June, in the current year, 1808, at noon, the first assembly of the Spanish Junta was held in the city at Bayonne, in the Bishop's palace, where a hall had been prepared for that purpose under the Presidency of his Excellency Don Miguel Jose d'Aranza, Connector of State, Minister of the Finances, and Secretary of the Junta. His Excellency the Chevalier d'Urgojo, Honorary Councillor of State; and Don Antonio Romanillos, Member of the Council of Finances, and Secretary of the King.
After the verification of their powers by the members of the Junta, an Order of the Council of Castile was read, announcing the Decree of his Majesty the Emperor of the French, by which he proclaimed his brother Joseph Napoleon, formerly King of Naples and Sicily, King of Spain and the Indies.
The following is the substance of the said Document:—
"This day, in full Council, the following Royal Order and Decree were read, addressed to the Dean of the Council:—
"High and Worthy Sir, By the following Decree, which has been presented to the Supreme Junta of the government, by his Imperial and Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Berg, Lieutenant General of the Kingdom, his Majesty the Emperor of the French, &c. has deemed it good to proclaim his Serene Brother, Joseph Napoleon, now King of Naples and Sicily, King of Spain and the Indies. I, by the command of his highness, and subsequent resolution of the Junta, do present it to your Worship, in order that the same may, without delay, be put into execution and executed.
"The council will see in this resolution of his Imperial Majesty, the wisdom of his foresight and the most obvious proof of his beneficent intentions towards the Spanish nation.
"To proclaim him King is to say what is expected from his paternal cares; and to place his illustrious brother on the throne of Spain is to unite forever the interest and glory of France with the interest and glory of Spain.
"His Imperial highness together with the Junta, who so well know that among the qualities which equally occasioned the election of this sovereign, his love of justice and beneficence are to be enumerated, and their hope that all those benefits which he has in fact, together with all those others which his proclamation promised will soon take effect, together with all those others which his majesty has doubtless reserved to himself to announce to his people, when he appears in his metropolis."
"In the palace, 11th June, (Signed)
"SEBASTIANO DE PINUELA.
"To the Dean of the Council."
(Here follows the Imperial decree proclaiming Joseph king of Spain and the Indies.)
"The council, after the reading of these documents commands, that the royal mandate and decree be printed, announced, and circulated with the accustomed formalities.
"I impart this to your excellency by command of the council. Be pleased to acknowledge the receipt of it."
(Signed) BARTOLOME MUÑOZ. At Madrid, June 11."
The foregoing documents having been read, his excellency M. d'Aranza, President of the Junta, delivered the following Speech—
"Gentlemen, It is a most pleasing and honorable task to contribute to the felicity of one's country, and to labour for the welfare of the present race, and of posterity. Such is in fact the great object which unites us in this venerable assembly, called together by the command, and under the eye of the hero of our age, the invincible Napoleon, emperor of the French and king of Italy.—Thanks and immortal fame to the extraordinary man who gives us again a country which we had lost!—Since many centuries, we have been altogether removed from the government, which has been entrusted at one time to artful men, who had no other object than with dexterity to oppress the people, at another time, to weak sovereigns, without character, who devoted themselves to their pleasures, abandoned the government to their favorites. See! It is thus that the Spanish nation has been sinking from the summit of its glory, to which it had raised itself in the 15th and 16th centuries, to the abyss in which it was plunged, when the last of our kings resigned the right of government to a prince, who, for our happiness, unites in himself all the qualities requisite to give life to the nation, in the critical state in which it was entrusted to him.
"The first use which he made of his new power was to impart to his brother Jos. Napoleon, a just & beneficent Prince who, raised before to the throne of Naples, had already proved, indisputably, that his Government was paternal and had no other object than the welfare of those who were happy enough to live under his laws. He has resolved that in this place where he resides, and even in his presence, the deputies of the principal towns, and the other authorities of our country, should assemble in order to confer on the evils under which we have lived, and to confirm the constitution which our restorer himself will present to us in order that it may be the inviolable rule of our government.
"This is the noble & glorious end for which we are assembled here. It is therefore necessary that we should apply our whole attention, and laying aside all party spirit, and all the prejudices of provinces, classes and ranks, devote all our energies to the common welfare of Spain. No one can now have an interest distinct from that of his country.
"The members of the same family must alike enjoy the common benefit, and alike contribute to the respective charge of supporting the common splendour. In the eye of the law, they who are less favored by fortune, lose none of the respect they merit, nor of their right to be protected. Let every one of us as far as himself is concerned, sacrifice the benefit we exclusively enjoy, and of which many are imaginary. Let us offer them upon the altar of our country, in order to raise a simple and great monument in the place of the Gothic and tottering structure of our former government. Let us examine it well, and we shall find that it is the constitution which best fits the whole of our country, upon which our attention must be fixed, and by no means on what alone is to the advantage of particular classes.
"United here, Gentlemen, each of us apart may do much to appease the ferment and disorder which disquiet various towns of the kingdom. Our remonstrances may make them perceive the misery into which they are plunged by the seduction of selfish men, and warrings may force out of their hands weapons which can alone injure themselves. What do these men imagine? Do they think that they can restore the princes of the old dynasty to the Throne? What means have they to contend against a power which the greatest empires have not been able to resist? The illusion of some is risen to so great a height, that in order to fix their election upon the house of Asturias, they have determined that the Archduke Charles shall be king of Spain. Ah! what can the house of Asturias do for us? Can they rely upon such distant support, and upon such slow aid?
"Nevertheless, they act without plan, concord, or object. What must be the result? The ruin and desolation of the country. As to ourselves, we are convinced of the truth, but it is necessary to proclaim it to those who are in error. It is thus that our labors may be of service, and that we may execute the noble purposes of the hero who has called us together. If we do not lose sight of the enlightened principles which I have slightly mentioned, there is no doubt that Spain will enjoy her former splendour, and it will be joyful then to think that we have contributed to it."
"After having heard the address of M. d'Aranza, the Junta resolved that they would in a body, testify their allegiance and homage to his majesty the king of Spain, and present a suitable address to him, the adoption of which should take place in the present sitting.... (Moniteur, June 22.)
June 23.—On the 17th inst. the Spanish Junta at Bayonne held their second sitting. On the 18th they were admitted in a body to an audience to his majesty king Joseph. His excellency Don M. J. d'Aranza delivered the following address:—
"Sire,—The world knows for what momentous purpose we have been summoned into this city by your illustrious brother the invincible Napoleon, emperor of the French and king of Italy. To lay the foundation of the permanent felicity of our dear country, is the glorious task imposed upon us. It is not our duty to testify first to our king, the chief of the Spanish nation, and the centre of all hope, the becoming zeal and the unwearied earnestness with which, under the present memorable circumstances, we shall devote ourselves to the office with which we are charged?
"We are, sire, deeply affected at the divisions and momentary disturbances which are shaking some of our provinces, disturbances which have been occasioned by the errors of the people, who do not think and who will merit your pity, when they return from their errors.
"We have done, sire, and shall do all that depends upon ourselves, in order to bring back peace and good order, for that which is of the highest moment to us, that no disturbance arise in the way of the efficient projects of the incomparable hero, who will imprint his immortal name on the grateful hearts of our latest posterity. We are, sire, to concur in these projects, and we are to support your majesty with the integrity, the fidelity, the self devotion which certainly constitute duties the most precious to our heart, since your majesty has announced the glorious resolution to govern only for the happiness of the Spaniards; a resolution worthy the monarch whose fame is spread over the universe as a model of gentleness and virtue, who constituted the delight of the people he governed, and whom he left in tears, because he went to bear away his virtues into another land.
"Such, sire, are the feelings which animate us, and which we now come in a body to testify at the feet of your majesty."
To this his majesty gave the following answer:—
"Gentlemen, Deputies to the Junta."
"I share in your sentiments and in your hopes. The so clearly announced will of his Majesty the Emperor of the French, our illustrious brother, in favor of the prosperity of Spain, is sufficiently guaranteed by his glory.
"The co-operation of your zeal and your resources will easily subdue the obstacles which private interest may lay in the way of the whole nation: being founded in error, they shall be expelled by truth.
"As to ourselves, we wish not to know those errors. Beyond the Pyrenees we will find none but Spanish hearts.
"In leaving a people who rendered justice to our Government, we have made the severest of all sacrifices; but the love of that people is a prognostic of that of the Spaniards; shall we do less for the great nation whom providence has entrusted to our care? Will they be less just towards us? We know the full import of Castilian faith; we shall bring the heart of a father; we shall meet with none but the hearts of children.
"In the mean while the enemies of the continent seek to separate the colonies from the mother country: they will impute to us the discussions which themselves occasion; since it is our duty to repress these, we shall on no account spare the malevolent, who are the accessories or instruments of the subtle hatred of our enemies.
"Continue your labors for the welfare of your country, and be assured of the blessings of the people, and of our perfect satisfaction."
( Moniteur, June 22. )
From Bayonne it is announced that the Grand Duke of Berg is arrived in that city. On the 11th instant, his majesty the king of Spain appointed the Grand Duke of Berg Lieutenant general of Spain.
June 25.—The following is a short relation of the third sitting of the Spanish Junta, held at Bayonne on the 20th instant:
His excellency M. d'Aranza caused a sketch of the Constitutional Statute for Spain to be read by M. Romanillos, Councillor of Finance; presented by command of his majesty the emperor and king.
It was resolved that this sketch should be printed; that one copy should be given to each member of the Junta; that three days after, each deputy should have the liberty of giving in his sentiments in writing, without preventing oral discussions, which may be necessary, in order to elucidate the questions to which the sketch may give rise. The Assembly was then adjourned to the following day.—( Moniteur, June 26. )
June 26.—The following is an account of the 4th sitting:—
His excellency the president invited the members to express their sentiments on the Constitution which had been read to them at the last sitting.
Don Pedro de Isla, Deputy from the Merchants of Burgos, read a speech of great ability, in which he gave great praise, assigning the reasons in detail, to the constitution which the Spanish people is to receive: he then proceeded to some observations on the customs at Burgos, and the exportation of wool. After the discussion of some minute matters, the meeting adjourned.—( Moniteur, June 27. )
MADRID, June 10.
The nomination of King Joseph to fill the Spanish Throne has been announced to the public, in the following preliminary article:—
"His Imperial and Royal Majesty having complied with the desire expressed by the Junta of the Government, the Council of Castile, the city of Madrid, and various civil and military bodies, in the State, that he would choose his illustrious brother Joseph Napoleon, the King of Naples, to be king of Spain; information has been given of this to his majesty king Joseph, who has arrived at Bayonne. His highness the Lieutenant-General of the Kingdom, having given the requisite orders concerning the journey of our Monarch into the capital, we have reason to believe that ye shall soon enjoy the presence of his majesty.
June 14.
The tidings of the happy renovation which our monarchy is about to undergo, have been forwarded to the American colonies, with so much celerity, and by so many different ways, that we are sure of their arriving, even at the remotest distance, before the English will have time to sow the seeds of discord.
Besides, the Spaniards in America are so much on their guard against the English, that the reports they may spread will be credited by no one.
All Spaniards of discernment are convinced that the American colonies in the change of dynasty which has taken place, will find reasonable grounds of hope for the future; and those great events will but attach them more and more to their mother country. As strongly as religion, language, manners & interest attach the colonies to Spain, so strongly do all these considerations detach them from England.
At Mexico, Lima and Buenos Ayres, nothing more is desired than to be united to Spain; but at the same time the colonies require to be governed with more justice and wisdom than at present. It is required that the career of military glory and mercantile industry be opened to the Spaniards of America.
The new dynasty has begun its government, by expressing their good will towards the colonies; the deputies are members of the general Junta: they cannot but profit by the changes which have taken place. We may soon hope that the extensive kingdoms of Mexico and Peru, instead of presenting to the English a coast almost neutral, or contributing very considerably to the war, will henceforth oppose a formidable band of hostile warriors, ready to resist them on every part of their shores.
At a meeting of Ministers, last Thursday, the present regulations in force respecting vessels and persons performing quarantine, were taken into consideration, when it was found that they caused considerable difficulties and impediments to speedy communications being held with Spain, so very essential at this particular time. In consequence of which they agreed upon instructions to be sent to all the out ports, with directions to release all persons charged with dispatches from Spain, without the performance of quarantine, and likewise that all officers are to give every possible assistance, in forwarding them to London. Similar instructions were sent off to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, to dispense with the performance of quarantine, in case of any persons arriving from Spain with dispatches at the port of Cork, and to give them every possible assistance.
IMPORTANT SPANISH DOCUMENT.
[TRANSLATION.]
PROCLAMATION OF PEACE
WITH
ENGLAND, & SWEDEN HER ALLY.
PUBLISHED AT OVIEDO, JUNE 20, 1808.
Ferdinand the seventh King of Spain, and in his royal name,
The Supreme Junta of this principality declares a general peace with England, and at the same time the closest alliance with that nation, which has with the greatest generosity offered all the succor and assistance that may have been asked of her. They also declare peace with Sweden, and order that all our ports should be open to the vessels of both nations, and that this royal resolution be communicated to all the justices of this principality.
Continuation of Spanish News via N. York.
EDICT.
Ferdinand VII. King of Spain and the Indies, and in his name, the Supreme Board of Government of both empires.
In order to carry the Declaration of War against the Emperor Napoleon I. into full effect, orders as follows:—
I. Within four days after the publication of this, any Frenchman, or any individual under the protection of the French flag, that may wish to enjoy the privileges of the Spanish flag, shall personally appear before our Board of Finances in this Capital, and make his intentions known; and, upon his taking the oath of allegiance, shall be exempt from all sequestration, and enjoy all the privileges attached to the National Flag. The same shall be done in the other towns & cities, before their Boards, or Town Councils, when there is no Board.
II. Any Frenchman or any individual under the protection of the French flag, that shall not present himself within four days, shall continue to be considered as a subject of France; and without any other formality, all his property, of whatever it may consist, shall be immediately sequestered.
III. All merchants, and every other person, that may, by virtue of any title whatever, have in their power goods, rights or claims, belonging to Frenchmen, or to individuals under the protection of the French flag, are ordered, under their responsibility, to keep them in their hands, without disposing of the same; and, within four days, they shall be bound to give in a sworn return of the said property, to our Board of Finances; any one that transgresses these orders, being proceeded against according to law.
Given in the Royal Palace of the Alcazar at Seville, June 7, 1808. By order of the Supreme Board.
(Signed) JUAN BAUTISTA PARDO, and } Sec'ties MANUEL MARIA AGUILAR. } SEVILLE GAZETTE.
Royal Isle of Leon, June 10.
At a quarter past three in the evening of the 9th inst. the batteries on the channel del Trocadero opened upon the French squadron consisting of 3 ships of the line and one frigate. Those of the arsenal of Carraca, of the store houses and the magazine situated at the point of the Centera, followed immediately, and were supported by the flotilla stationed in the said arsenal, and by that on the Cadiz station, which anchored opposite Fort Luis, while the French ships themselves lay in the canal of the Arsenal, in such a position, that they were out of the reach of the cannon of the castles, as well as of our own squadron. The French ship of the line, Algesiras, finding herself greatly annoyed by the mortar battery of the Centera,
directed the whole of her fire towards it, & succeeded in dismounting its ordnance, but without killing any of the men. The gun-boat no. 17, commanded by Ensign (of frigate) Valdes, and Escalera's Mistico were sunk, but no lives lost, as during the whole of the engagement, we had but three or four killed and as many wounded. With respect to the enemy we are unacquainted with the extent of their loss.—Their ships have suffered in their hulls, but not in their masts, the Algesiras alone having lost her fore-top-mast, & cross jack-yard. A few shot from the enemy's frigate, fell into the arsenal, one of which killed one of the slaves. Three reached the stores, but did no harm; 186 in the magazines which were empty; and others, in various other places. One of the enemy's gun-boats blew up, and three boats were lowered from the stern of one of their line of battle ships, but whether with people in them is not known. The firing, on both sides, ceased at eight o'clock; and, during the remainder of the night, our batteries threw a few shells, and the French did the same, so that it did not appear to be an action, but rather a minute gun upon the death of a general officer, until 9 this morning, when the engagement was renewed with greater activity on both sides, to 3 o'clock in the afternoon, at which time, the Hero, Rosilly's flag ship, hoisted a Spanish flag on the fore. Upon this, the Prince, one of our ships of the line, hoisted a flag of truce, fired one gun, and sent off her barge. She was an hour and a quarter upon this mission; and on her return to the Prince, she was observed going to Cadiz. Our general was soon afterwards summoned to the city, and is not yet come back, (half past 9.) so that the result is not known. The firing, of course, had discontinued since said hour of three.
This evening they are erecting a battery of 9 twenty four pounders, close to the bridge of the new town, which, in case matters should not be adjusted, will be ready to-morrow morning, and from its advantageous situation, may annoy the enemy very much.
The Argonauta (a ship of the line formerly belonging to the French, who exchanged her for one of ours) also went out of the Carraca, this evening, for the purpose of taking up a favorable position to fire upon them, together with a large merchantman, within half a cannon shot. The latter is a little below Puntales, and provided with artillery; & it is said, that there are in both, furnaces for heating red hot balls.
CADIZ, June 14.
Last night, it was notified to the French squadron, that a new battery of 30 36 pounders, and 8 24 pounders, was ready to open upon it, within half a cannon shot, in case it should not surrender. This morning, at 7, no answer having been returned, the signal for general action was made on board the Prince; upon which, the French surrendered at 8. The officers wanted to fight to the last, but the crews revolted against them, and compelled them to strike. The general of our squadron immediately repaired, in his barge, on board the French admiral's ship, and returned to us with the French general. The many vessels which were in readiness, either to give assistance in case of shipwreck, or to remove the crews, in case they surrendered, went along side the ships of the line, and in the course of the day, the latter were manned by our sailors, all the French having previously been removed.
The seamen have been conducted to the Towers in the Carraca, the Marines to Puntales, and the officers on board a ship in the Bay, which has been fitted out for that purpose, and is called Ponton.
Official note of the French admiral to the capt. gen. of Cadiz, at the time of the surrender.
SIR,
I am compelled by the offensive means which you have combined against me, to surrender the ships, without making any further resistance, because I see it is the common interest of both nations that they should not be destroyed.
Although your excellency had not promised me security for both the persons and property of my crews, I place too much reliance upon Spanish honor, and upon your Excellency's generosity, to be on the least uneasy upon that head.
I wish your Excellency may, at first, send but few people to remove the crews, ship after ship, in succession, to prevent the confusion which often takes place upon such occasions.
According to the customs of war, I beg you will enable me, or cause me to be enabled, to dispatch an officer to his majesty the Emperor for the purpose of informing him of these occurrences.
I am, Sir,
With the highest consideration, Your Excellency's Humble Servant, ROSILLY.
On board the HERO, Admiral's Ship, in the Bay of Cadiz, June 14, 1808.
Edict published in the Isle of Majorca.
D. Ferdinand VII. King of Spain, & adjacent Islands, &c. &c.
And in his Royal name, his excellency the Captain General of this Army and Kingdom. I make it known, to the faithful and loyal inhabitants of this island, that last night I convened, in my palace, a meeting composed of all the constituted authorities, to lay before them the course which ought to be pursued under the existing circumstances, in which both my loyalty and the unanimous wish of the people require, that we should continue to acknowledge Ferdinand VII. as our lawful sovereign—in consequence whereof, it was unanimously agreed upon, that these islands shall continue faithful to his majesty, Ferdinand VII. to which end, and that we may have the benefits of the full exercise of the rights of sovereignty, in his name, as far as required, a Board was appointed, which will begin, this evening, to exercise the same, and publish what may be deemed conducive to the prosperity of this island. A Te Deum shall be sung, and there shall be a Levee, Royal Salute, and illumination.
(Signed) D. HUAN MIGUEL DE VIVES.

By command of His Excellency, and as Secretary authorized by the Board. (Signed) BARTOLOME JOCIAS. Royal Castle of Palma, May 30, 1808.
The Supreme Board has sent me the following letter:
Most Serene Sir: D. Dionisio Capaz, member of this Board, and an Ensign in the Navy, accompanied by the Portuguese captain, D. Sebastian Martinez, is going, in the name of this Board, to inform your M. S. H. of the occurrences which have lately taken place—and as they are thought most important, it has been deemed requisite, that he should give you a verbal account of the same, that you may take the resolution, and send us the assistance of which we stand in need of. May God, &c. &c.
(Signed) The Marquis DE CARRION. Ayamonte, June 20, 1808.
The purport of this verbal information is, that the French have been driven from the forts on the right bank of the Guadiana, opposite to Ayamonte; the inhabitants of the left, assisted by the few regulars who were there, and a handful of armed Portuguese, having beaten the French troops by which they were garrisoned, and hoisted the Spanish flag in every one of them. The loss of the enemy amounts to 91 prisoners, and a number of killed. The whole of the kingdom of Algarve is in a state of insurrection.—Villa Real and Castromarin, as well as the batteries of the Carrasqueira and S. Antonio, have been taken possession of: the Rebel Mallet has been handcuffed, and let down in a dry well, with 26 other individuals; the remainder of the French troops have fled to the mountains; Tavira, Faro and Algon are up in arms; and the military chests of the French have been seized. The few Spanish troops above mentioned, consisted of Catalonians, Provincials, and a small number of Murcians.
A Portuguese Captain is come to inform the Board, that Algarve and the whole kingdom wish to be under its protection in the name of Ferdinand VII.
Extracts from English papers, with London dates to the 9th July, received at Boston by the ship Isabella.
LONDON, July 7. SPANISH AFFAIRS.
We have the pleasure to assure our readers, that the utmost activity pervades every department of Government in promoting every possible means to assist the Spanish Patriots. The troops destined to embark in this glorious enterprise are moving towards Portsmouth and Plymouth from various quarters, and the embarkation, as we yesterday stated, had begun three days ago at both places, and was proceeding with great spirit and the utmost regularity. Among the other wise and laudable measures of Government, the release of the Spanish prisoners and the intention to send them in aid of their patriotic countrymen, is not the least interesting, and may be attended with the best effects. The manner in which this generous measure has been received by the Spanish prisoners themselves is highly gratifying, and must excite the most pleasing emotion in every humane and liberal mind. About twelve hundred of these men, previous to their embarkation on Monday last at Portsmouth, were indulged with the liberty of walking through the town. It is impossible to describe the rapture with which they received the proposal of being conveyed to their country on condition of their engaging to assist in the glorious endeavor to preserve their independence. They manifested the most ardent attachment to the cause of their country, and the strongest sense of gratitude to the English nation for the noble seal with which it espoused that cause. These men went through all parts of Portsmouth, testifying these sentiments with shouts of joy, and an incessant exclamation of "Good England!—kind, generous England!" during the whole of their progress. They were preceded by bands of music, and their raptures and grateful exclamations not only produced bursts of sympathy from all the spectators, but the most tender emotions of hope and pleasure. The same joyous events took place at Plymouth, where also about 1500 have already embarked. When they were collected on Thursday last, and the letter from Government was read to them, offering to them a conveyance to their country, on the same condition, and desiring those who were willing to embrace the proposal to turn to the right, they all sprang, with pleasure in that direction, shouting, with fervent zeal, "Long live the British King! God bless the English and the Spanish Patriots." In truth, the scene was both animating and affecting in the highest degree, and may be considered as one of the proud effects of those glorious principles of action which have so long distinguished the people of this country, and which we trust, will always pre-eminently mark the national character till the end of time.
It is with sincere pleasure we add, that all the Spanish prisoners have been provided with shoes and other necessaries, and have also had money given to them, and that 10,000 regimental suits have already been shipped for the use of the patriots.—Such is the activity, such the zeal, and such the generosity of the British Government.
In addition to the eminent military characters we have already named, several persons in Spain, distinguished for their rank, talents, or authority have assisted with their counsels, or animated by their example, the noble exertions of the people for their independence. The Proclamation of Arragon is signed by a name illustrious in Spanish history. The supreme Junta of Seville must be composed of men of great rank and consideration—the venerable Florida Blanca quitted his retirement to sanction by his presence the proclamation of Ferdinand the Seventh, at Murcia. It is said that Don Antonio Velazquez, Minister of Marine, and no less celebrated for his firmness than for his probity, presides at Leon, & it is confidently reported, that Don Gaspar Melcher L. Jovellanos approves and takes part in the measures adopted at Saragossa.
The concurrence and assistance of such men, the uniform tendency of the ferment of a nation to produce both political and military talent, and the nature of a contest for liberty, which always enlarges the views and improves the faculties of mankind, are certainly the most favorable circumstances on the side of the Spanish insurgents; but there are not wanting others, which though of inferior importance, deserve due consideration in weighing the possibility, or as we hope, the probability of their ultimate success. The national temper and habits of the people are admirably suited to such a struggle. Their peasantry are inured to hardships and privations little short of those of war. A
prodigious number of the inhabitants, especially in the northern provinces, are accustomed to performing long and painful journeys on foot—a circumstance which has always rendered the light troops of Spain peculiarly active and formidable. Perseverance in their designs has in all ages been the characteristic virtue of Spanish soldiery, and their steady and sober valor is not to be appalled by those partial discomfitures and losses, to which a contest with regular and disciplined armies must necessarily expose them. We may add, that their long and inveterate antipathy to the French stimulates their revenge, which, of all bad passions, is perhaps, that which Spaniards are least able or disposed to subdue.
The geographical position, as well as size of Spain, renders it the most difficult conquest which the French have hitherto undertaken. The distance at which her most important cities are placed from one another, and the little connection that subsists between them, prevents the possibility of its being subdued by any single army, however large; or by any single victory, however brilliant and decisive. The number of her harbors renders the possession of them by foreign troops impracticable, and the situation of them, combined with our naval superiority, secures her intercourse with Great Britain, with her own colonial possessions, and with any other powers from whom she can derive resources or assistance. The obstructions which the country presents to the operations of an army, are in favor of the inhabitants; and even those disadvantages, natural and artificial, which have retarded the progress of their prosperity, may in this season of distress and difficulty, contribute not a little to the efficacy of their defence; when we state that the provinces are mountainous, that many of their defiles and even towns are inaccessible to artillery, that between France and the fertile plains of Andalusia there are no less than three ridges of mountains to be passed.
Catalonia has declared in favor of the patriots, and thus the bright and steady flame encircles the whole kingdom of Spain—but the French, it will be recollected, were in possession of Barcelona, and the strong fort of Montjuich, which covers the harbor. Accounts, however, by the Alpha state, that a French corps had actually been surrounded in Barcelona.—We have not heard that the dispatches confirm the intelligence of Dupont having been attacked and defeated in the Sierra Morena; on the contrary, it was reported, in our fleet, that he had passed the Sierra Morena, and pushed his advanced posts almost to Cordova. If Dupont has pushed on to Cordova, it should seem as if his intentions were to attempt advancing to Seville. The patriots aware of that intention are sending their force to arrest his progress—they have in Andalusia 60,000 already enrolled, of whom 15,000 are regulars; their head quarters are at Cordova, about 20 miles from Seville, and their advanced posts at Ecija.—But some persons doubt the truth of the report of Dupont having relinquished the strong position of the Sierra Morena and advanced to Cordova—for his force never was rated higher in the French papers than 20,000, and probably does not amount to above two thirds of that number.—He could not expect with that force to make head against the whole patriotic strength of Andalusia.
FROM SWEDEN. We have been favored with the following extracts from the Stockholm Gazette , of June 25:— "The first is a report from Field Marshal Kingspor, dated Brathemstad, June 10. It sets forth, that after Colonel Sandels had driven the Russians from Rautalampi, Lappavirta, J. W., and Warkaus, taken all their magazines and artillery (ninety-nine cannon in all) he proceeded to Koivist, where, after a severe conflict, the Russians were again defeated, when a number of prisoners and considerable stores fell into the hands of the Swedes. Sandels was still pursuing the Enemy. His head quarters was at Cuopio."
FROM THE TAGUS. A letter from an officer on board the fleet off the Tagus, of June 13 states:—"That an army of 50,000 Spaniards were on their march towards Lisbon; that Ad. Cotton had sent a flag to the Russian Admiral, advising him of the events which had taken place in Spain and Oporto, and proposing to accept his surrender, on the condition of his fleet being restored to the Emperor Alexander on the conclusion of peace; that a body of French troops on their march from St. Ubes to Lisbon, had been surrounded by a detachment of Portuguese, & Spaniards, and taken prisoners."—The letter concludes, thus:—"We expect to go into the Tagus every hour. I shall probably come home in a Russian man of war."
According to the German papers, the greatest activity prevails in the recruiting of the Austrian armies, and a sort of military reform is announced. The whole army is in imitation of the French, divided into ten divisions, three of which are commanded by the Archdukes of the Imperial house. On the 9th ult. the Government issued a proclamation for raising an army of reserve for the defence of the monarchy, at the same time taking care to boast of the friendly relations of Austria towards all the powers of the continent.
FALL OF BONAPARTE. If we may trust to the prophetic intimations of a Clerical Seer, the downfall of this sanguinary Despot is likely to take place in a short time. The revered prophet founds his predictions on some passages in the 13th chapter of the book of Revelation, which he thus interprets:—"The Beast rising out of the sea (Corsica) with seven heads and ten horns, and upon his ten horns ten crowns—is Bonaparte. This beast was to have reigned forty and two months.—As Emperor of France, Bonaparte has nearly reigned this exact number of months. The Dragon (i. e. the Devil) gave him this power & great authority; and he caused all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand—I. e. Bonaparte has caused all persons to submit to his tyranny.—The Beast's number was six hundred three score and six which exactly corresponds with the numerical calculation of all the letters in Bonaparte's name, reckoning the letters according to the number affixed to each before the introduction of figures, thus:—N=50, A=1, P=50, O=50, L=20, E=5, A=1, N=40, (the letters of his Christian name) B=2, U=110, O=50, N=40, A=1, P=50, A=1, R=20, T=100, E=5, being the letters in his surname, amounting altogether to 666, the identical number of the Beast—i. e. Bonaparte."—This venerable expounder of Divine mysteries adds, that the
Spanish patriots are the destined instruments of the destruction of this beast, as he denominated the French Ruler, according to the symbolical language of the passages which he thus explains, and it is said that he confidently relies upon the truth of his interpretation. There are very few persons in the world who can wish that he may prove a false prophet.
BALTIC EXPEDITION. July 9.
We stated yesterday, that Sir John Moore was upon his return from Gotterburgh. It is confidently asserted that the troops under his command, are also upon their return.—Indeed it was rumoured last night, that the General and his suite were arrived in Yarmouth Roads; but this account was at all events premature. The following communication, although probably not correct nor new in every part, may serve to explain this change from the original purpose of the expedition.
Extract from a private letter, dated Gotterburgh, June 30.
"Contrary to expectation, the fleet still remain in the harbour of this place, but expect every hour to receive orders to get under weigh. No officer is suffered on any account whatever, to go on shore."
"The official accounts from Stockholm are of the most gratifying nature. The Russians have certainly evacuated nearly the whole of Finland, and have given up Abo, and the important fortress of Sweaborg. The peasantry throughout the country fought most bravely against them, and, by depriving them of supplies, or the means of obtaining them, forced their enemies to retreat."
"It is now said, that one of the objects of this expedition was to take possession of Norway, but a deputation from the inhabitants of that country, having on the first arrival of the troops here waited on Sir J. Moore with a proposition offering to open their harbours to all British subjects, and to furnish them with whatever articles of supply their country affords, provided they were suffered to remain independent of the Swedish government; the General considered it proper to wait the decision of his government on that subject; and it was on a special mission of such a nature that Col. Murray went to England."
"It would now seem that his Britannic Majesty's ministers have acceded to the proposals of the Norwegians; and what appears to corroborate such an opinion is, the retreat of the Swedish troops from their frontiers, which is a fact, as they are actually now on their march to Scania; and the last visit of Sir John Moore to the borders of that country still further supports it."
"General Sir John Moore is just gone on board the Victory. The fleet sails on Sunday next for England. Rendezvous Yarmouth Roads."
SECOND EDITION. GLOBE OFFICE, four o'clock, July 9.
It is confidently and generally reported in the City, that a Treaty of Peace has been signed between Russia, Sweden, and Denmark; and that Sir J. Moore's expedition was in sight off Portsmouth this morning, steering down Channel for Lisbon.
A vessel has arrived at Portsmouth from Bordeaux, but no communication had been allowed between her and the shore when the account came away.
PORTSMOUTH, July 8. The Alcmena Frigate sailed this afternoon for the coast of Spain, with money on board and a Spanish officer who arrived from London this morning. She did not take the Spanish prisoners with her, being ordered not to be detained by them, but to proceed immediately.
From the Gazette de France and Journal de l'Empire of the 16th June.
The Earl of Chatham is to command a grand expedition, and he is to have two Lieutenant-Generals under him, Sir John Moore and Sir Arthur Wellesley. His army will be in all 40,000 men.
MADRID, June 4. The minister of the state dispatches, ad interim has made public the following order, dated May the 22d:
"His imperial highness the Lieutenant-general of the kingdom has been pleased to order, that the ships belonging to the United States of America, which were detained in the ports of Spain on the ground of their being visited by the English shall be set free. In the absence of Don Miguel Jose DE ARANZA."
(Signed) "PEDRO DE CI FUENTES."
HOUSE OF COMMONS—JUNE 24. Extract from Mr. CANNING's speech, on American affairs.
"America, sir, is the next subject of the hon. gentleman's speech which I shall notice. Of nearly all that has passed between the two countries, the house and the public have been put in possession by the publication of the American government. I presume that the honorable gentleman does not intend to blame his majesty's ministers for not having made similar communications to parliament; for if he had thought such communications necessary, he would doubtless have moved for them. Without censuring their production by the American government, his majesty's ministers have felt that the transaction being pending, any appeal from government to parliament would look as if it were concluded. I shall only state, that in the whole conduct of the British government with respect to the affair of the Chesapeake, we have endeavored to keep in view the principle upon which we set out, namely to make ample reparation for that which was decidedly a wrong act; but to make that reparation under a firm determination not to surrender a right which the great majority of the country has ever considered as essential to its dearest interest. Sir, I may boldly appeal to the country to determine whether from the correspondence on the table of the house, any such disposition on the part of his majesty's ministers has appeared through the whole transaction. That the rupture of the negotiation on this subject was not attended with any hostile feeling on either side, is an incontrovertible truth. The reparation was not accepted by America, because America would not fulfill the condition on which alone it was tendered, namely the revocation of that proclamation by which the British ships were not allowed to enter the harbors of America, while those of the enemy visited them at pleasure. But sir, the manner in which the British reparation was rendered to America, by a special mission was, to all the feelings of nice honor, an effective reparation, altho' not accepted; and so in fact we have every reason to believe it was considered by the American government. With respect, sir, to the embargo, and to the effects of the orders in council in
producing its abandonment, the honorable gentleman has misstated my right honorable friend's propositions. The right honorable gentleman declares my right hon. friend to have predicted, that the orders in council would do away the embargo, whereas my honorable friend only argued in opposition to the honorable gentleman on the other side, that the orders in council did not produce the embargo; that they were not substantially known in America when the embargo took place; and that they were not included in the complaint made by the American government to congress, on which complaint the embargo was founded. Nor, sir, do I think that the orders in council themselves could have produced any irritation in America. If I were not disposed on this occasion to avoid making any observations that might be suspected of a party feeling, I would say, that I do think irritation in America may have been produced by the echo of the discussions in this house.—(Hear, hear, hear!) Sir, since the return of Mr. Rose, no communication has been made by the American government, in the form of complaint, or remonstrance, or irritation, or of any description whatever. I mention this particularly, because it is notorious that there have been several arrivals from America, supposed to be of great importance, and that several special messengers have reached this country from thence, after having touched at France. But sir, if the honorable gentleman in the execution of his public duty had thought it more for any communications that had been made by the American government since the departure of Mr. Rose, my answer must have been, not that his majesty's government were disinclined to make them, but that absolutely there were none to make. If it be asked "why?" I am unable satisfactorily to reply. I can only conjecture that America has entered into negotiations with France which are expected to lead to some result, and that the communications of America to this country are to be contingent on that result. This, sir, is conjecture alone, but it is founded on the extraordinary circumstance of so many arrivals without any communication. It cannot be expected of me, that I should state prospectively, what are the views of his majesty's government on this subject. The principle by which they have hitherto been guided, they will continue invariably to contemplate. They attach as much value to the restoration, and to the continuance of cordiality, and perfect good understanding with America, as any man can do; they are ready to purchase that advantage by every justifiable conciliation; they have proved that readiness by the act of the present session, in which the trade of America has been placed on the most favorable footing; but sir, they are not ready to purchase that advantage, great as they acknowledge it, at the price of the surrender of those rights, on which the naval power and preponderance of Great Britain is immutably fixed."
DOMESTIC.
N. HAMPSHIRE. PORTSMOUTH. August 16.
Our paper is this day enriched with President Jefferson's answer to the address of the legislature of New Hampshire, which passed at their last June session, and was forwarded by his excellency the governor, immediately afterward.
AUGUST 2, 1808.
SIR—I received in due time your favor of June 24, covering the address of the house of Representatives and Senate of New Hampshire, and I ask leave, through the same channel, to return the enclosed answer to be communicated to them in whatever way you think most acceptable. Highly gratified by this approbation of the legislature of your state, as it respects myself personally, the moment, at which it is expressed, gives it peculiar value, as a public document. It is the testimony of a respectable legislature in favor of a measure submitting our fellow-citizens to some present sufferings, to preserve them from future and greater; and cannot fail to strengthen the disposition to maintain it, which I am happy to perceive is so general.
Render you my affectionate salutations, & with every wish for your health and happiness, the assurance of my high respect and consideration. TH: JEFFERSON. His Excellency Governor LANEEDON.
To the Legislature of New Hampshire.
In the review, fellow-citizens, which, in your address of the 14th of June, you have taken of the measures pursued since I have been charged with their direction; I read with great satisfaction and thankfulness the approbation you have bestowed on them; and I feel it an ample reward for any services I may have been able to render.
The present moment is certainly eventful, and one which peculiarly requires that the bond of confederation connecting us as a nation should receive all the strength which unanimity between the national councils and the state legislatures can give it. The depredations committed on our vessels and property on the high seas, the violences to the persons of our citizens employed on that element, had long been the subject of remonstrance and complaint, when, instead of reparation, new declarations of wrong are issued subjecting our navigation to general plunder. In this state of things, our first duty was to withdraw our seafaring citizens & property from abroad, and to keep at home resources so valuable at all times, and so essential, if resort must ultimately be had to force. It gave us time to make a fast appeal to the reason and reputation of nations. In the mean while I see with satisfaction that this measure of self denial is approved and supported by the great body of our real citizens; that they meet with cheerfulness the temporary privations it occasions, and are preparing with spirit to provide for themselves those comforts and conveniences of life, for which it would be unwise ever more to recur to distant countries. How long this course may be preferable to a more serious appeal, must depend for decision on the wisdom of the legislature; unless indeed a return to established principles should remove the existing obstacles to a peaceable intercourse with foreign nations. In every event, your resolution to maintain our national independence and sovereignty will be as firm as it has been forbearing; and looking back on our history, I am assured by the past, that its future pages will present nothing unworthy of the former.
I am happy that you approve of the motives of my retirement. I shall carry into it ardent prayers for the welfare of my country, and the sincerest wishes for that of yourselves personally. TH: JEFFERSON. August 2d, 1808.
HOW DOES IT LOOK?
On the affairs of Europe, and the crowd of new advices and events, this is now the general enquiry—how does the news look? To which we answer with captain O'Brien—It looks very squally!
The news looks as if there were much truth in much anticipation of what is very likely to happen—and some vanishing on both sides; the bad made to look better, and the worse, worse than it really is;—for as to any good coming out of it, that is not to be expected, nor does it look that way.
The news may be classed into three descriptions, that is, what has really happened—what probably will happen—and what has not happened.
Of the first class —It appears unquestionable, that the Bourbons are exiled from the throne of Spain, and that the elder brother of the French emperor, has been brought from Naples, of which he was king, to be placed on the Spanish throne.
That in some of the Spanish provinces, there was a rising of the nobles, and great bodies of their vassals, to resist the power and influence of the French; and that at Oviedo, the capital of Asturia, a province in the north of Spain, situated on the Bay of Biscay, the rising was general and the resistance promised to be vigorous. While at Seville, another capital city, in the south of Spain, on the river Guadalquivir, and in the province of Andalusia, a formidable resistance was also menaced.
It is observable, however, that although the Spanish have formed representative or delegated bodies to execute the purposes of their resistance, they are not only remote from each other, but are extreme in all their declarations excepting two—that they declare war against France, and declare peace with England. In other particulars, they appear to be at variance with each other; one party using the name of Ferdinand VII. as their king, who is in the custody of Bonaparte; and the other proclaiming the Arch duke Charles of Austria, king of Spain.
Asturias appears to be unsupported by the Biscayans, their neighbours; and Galicia, Navarre, Leon, and even Castile, appear to have submitted to the order of things proposed by France; and promulgated by a kind of assembly, or notables, which assembled at Bayonne, under the auspices of the French emperor.
The state or dispositions of the other numerous provinces of Spain, on the Mediterranean and Atlantic, cannot be inferred with plausibility from any thing contained in the latest advices. Seville is but a short distance from Cadiz and Gibraltar.
The accounts, however, state, that one of the French generals, Dupont, with only 20,000 men, had advanced into and occupied the defiles of the Sierra Morena a chain of mountains which separates Castile from Cordova and Murcia; this Geographical position of the French argues that the rising is not very general in Spain, since the city of Madrid, which is in the centre of Spain, is more than 120 miles in the French rear, and it is 250 miles from Madrid to the fortress of Pampaluna, the nearest Spanish fortress to France; while from Calatrava or Ciudad Real, to Seville, is about 150 miles from Dupont's army, and so much farther from Dupont's from Madrid. Some accounts say, that Dupont's advanced posts, had reached Cordova, which was only 72 miles from Seville, and that he meant to proceed against Seville; but this latter part is not so certain as the rest of the news.
A very important event as it relates to the general causes and duration of the war, has also taken place at Cadiz; the French squadron of ships of the line, which have been several months in Cadiz, have been attacked in the harbour by the Spanish land batteries and ships of the Spanish squadron, and surrendered to the Spanish admiral or governor, by whom it is supposed they were to be transferred to the British squadron under admiral Purvis, off Cadiz.
There are reports that the provinces of Catalonia and Arragon have risen in arms; both these provinces are in the north east of Spain; Barcelona is the capital of the former, but it is occupied by a French garrison, and a camp of observation is in the neighbourhood, of 22,000 men. Arragon adjoins Catalonia and borders on the Pyrenean side of France—the capital is Saragossa on the Ebro.
The French forces in Portugal, which amounted to no more than 20,000 men, were reduced to 3,000, who had thrown themselves into the fortress that commands the entrance of the Tagus; the rest of the troops had been drawn off in columns by forced marches across the Douro, and had entered Leon, which borders on Asturia.
The advices from the north of Europe, are not so clear and determinate as those from the south. We have long looked for a renewal of those coalitions which have been so often organized by the ever active efforts of Great Britain; and make no doubt that a coalition has been long forming, and that calling of the Spanish troops into Germany, and the recent supersession of the Bourbon dynasty have proceeded out of the knowledge of these secret machinations. Those who recollect the co-operation of Vranjo with Merry in the United States—the co-operation and understanding which subsisted between Vranjo and certain senators of the U. States, at the period of the acquisition of New Orleans, and the disturbances about the deposit, and who will compare the shipping of vast treasures from Vera Cruz, in British frigates sailing with the royal licences of the Spanish monarch; can entertain little doubt of the actual secret co-operation.
The accession of Russia to a new coalition, however, we cannot yet credit; no doubt that the emperor Alexander has reason to apprehend a fate similar to his father, should he be called upon and refuse; but until we hear of his death, or the banishment of Russia to Siberia, we cannot credit more than a truce between Russia and Sweden, though even that is barely probable; neither do we think it probable that Denmark has entered into an alliance with the British; though certainly the case of Spain is almost as strong a case of human forgiveness for inhuman crimes, as that of the Danes of Copenhagen would be; indeed if British influence has found access to the court at Keil, the thing may happen, for it seems all over the world that the injuries inflicted by Britain do not prevent the injured from seeking to hang them closer—as the Boston town voters have lately shown.
We expect, however, to hear of a coalition being formed, and that Austria will be at the head of it; and the dispositions lately made by the British in Turkey, threaten a vehement war against Russia, should Russia refuse an alliance with the combined powers.
The king of Prussia, it is said, has fled to Petersburg—it is not at all surprising, after

his misfortunes, that he should lend a ready ear to any overtures of revolt against his conqueror—and we make no doubt that in his retirement at Memel, he has, with the young Bourbon ex-king, who have been passing and re-passing between England and the Baltic, listened to flattering overtures, which men are so apt to do, however unreasonable, when congenial with their hopes and wishes.
An alliance between England, Russia, Austria, Sweden, Denmark, Prussia, Turkey, is hinted at—and after all that has happened to prove the madness and infatuation of kings, and the miseries which kingly government inflict on those whose misfortune it is to live in subjection to kings, we are not so much astonished at their folly as at the supineness of the people who endure the worst of human calamities with so much patience under so much affliction.
There is a partial rumor of an insurrection in some part of France—the perfection of the system of police alone would render this questionable—but it is rendered peculiarly suspicious by the name of the man whom they have placed at the head of it, Talleyrand ; a man who, with more sagacity, and more consequence derived from the existing system of France, than any other man excepting Bonaparte, is set up as the head of an insurrection against his own powers, wealth, and consequence, none of which he could retain, and all of which he owes to his talents in the existing order of France.
Beside, an insurrection in France must, to bear any weight, carry with it some of the chiefs of prefecture ; and no one prefecture is sufficiently powerful to produce a revolt without the aid of others; and then the military distribution and its activity, is independent of the civil organization and authority; and, as it was under the Bourbons, the military districts are different in their limits from the civil, as the ecclesiastical arrangements are from both—however feasible, from the wishes or inclinations of the people, we discredit the fact.
It appears to us, that the effect of the events in Europe will be, as it relates to us, to raise the tone and aggravate the insolence of England towards the United States; indeed, the insolence and audacity of her adherents show themselves already; and leads us to suspect, that the British government had in view this new coalition, when she issued her orders of council, and the movements at Boston, at New-York, and elsewhere: the rapid transits of characters unfriendly to the United States, are all the result of a knowledge long since communicated from Britain, to certain persons who have been her agents and emissaries in Europe, and whose enmity to our government is well known. Aurora.
IMPORTANT DISPATCHES. —We understand dispatches to our government, of great importance, were received by the Isabella . They were immediately forwarded to the Secretary of State. Bost. Gaz.
NEW-YORK, August 23. A letter received in this city from a commercial house in London, of the first respectability, dated 4th July, mentions, that in consequence of numerous captures of American vessels by the privateers from ports in the North of Europe, the Premium of Insurance on American vessels from England to St. Petersburg, is now risen from 20 to 30 per cent; that the Danes were so rigorous in their restrictions on trade as to require an American ship, which had put into Copenhagen in distress, to land her cargo; and that the king of Denmark, in answer to a petition from the captain for relief, replied that he might dump in ballast, but not take an article of merchandise on any condition whatever. The same letter adds, that the vessels which have gone from America to Europe in ballast, by special permission, are liable to capture and condemnation by the British; and if they presume to sail with return cargoes for the United States without calling at a British port, landing their cargoes, paying duties, and taking a licence to reload and sail, they will assuredly be sent in for confiscation, if boarded by any English cruiser; which principle the British government are determined to enforce. Indeed, since the revolution in Spain, there is less reason than ever to expect a relaxation in the orders of council of 11th November; and the probability is very strong, that if she makes terms with America, it will be done without making restitution for the plunder committed on the property of our citizens by virtue of those orders. Merc. Adv.
ALL persons who are indebted to the subscriber by bond, note, or open account, are earnestly requested forthwith to pay their respective balances to Mr Saml McCraw of this city, who is possessed of the evidences of the debts, and who is fully authorised to receive payment and to grant discharges. Those who fail to make payment within convenient time, will be sued indiscriminately to the ensuing courts of Henrico and Hustings. WM. BREEDEN. Richmond, August 30, 1808. [1sw3w]
R UN AWAY from the subscriber living on Gilkey's waters of Broad River, near the Cheeche Ford, on said river, in Union District, in the state of South-Carolina, one Mulatto Man Slave named RALPH , about thirty-two years of age, about five feet 7 or 8 inches high; had on when he went away, an iron clog on his leg, and some of his four teeth missing; and from the best accounts that accounts that I can get, Ralph was born in or near Richmond town, & raised there until he was 21 or 22 years of age, and then he was sold to a certain James Kinkade of South-Carolina, and afterwards ran away from said Kinkade and got back to Richmond town, in the state of Virginia, and lay there a considerable time in jail, and said Kinkade went and redeemed him about 9 or 10 years ago. Any person apprehending the said Mulatto , and any person concealing him in any jail in the state of Virginia, shall receive five dollars reward, and sending me word so that I can get him, with lawful fees. Given under my hand this 1st day of August, 1808. JOHN JEFFERIES. N. C. Ralph will try to pass for a free man. Augu 30. [2sw]
NOTICE is hereby given, that I forwarn all persons from taking an assignment of a Note, given by me to Macon Green for 40l. which became due the 1st inst. This Note was given to Green for a horse, which he sold me for a sound horse, and which has turned out to be unsound. I have therefore, determined not to pay the note. THOS. UNDERWOOD. August 30. [2sw]
BY virtue of a deed of trust bearing date 26th day of February, 1808, executed to the subscriber by John D. Hendrick and recorded in the county court of Hanover, made to secure the payment of a debt due William Hendrick, therein expressed, will be sold for cash, on the premises, on Saturday 10th of September next, one hundred and ten acres of LAND, more or less, whereon the said John D. Hendrick now resides, in Hanover county; and on the same day and at the same place, will also be sold by virtue of the same trust deed, all the Personal Estate belonging to the said John D. Hendrick, too tedious to mention. JOHN STARKE, Trustee. August 30. [1sw2w]
THE ENQUIRER.
RICHMOND, AUGUST 30, 1808.
IMPORTANT STATE PAPER.
The following Report speaks for itself.—There is no tergiversation, no shifting, no ambiguity about it. Every thing is fair and above board. The injustice of the British government is here written in sun-beams. It avows pretensions so hostile to neutral rights, and so expressly aimed at the rights of these United States, that no honorable or patriotic American can deliberate one moment about submission.—Such an acquiescence would be the basest abandonment to our own rights, and a damnable treason to the heritage of our forefathers .
Hitherto , the language of Great-Britain has been deceitful, because it has been disguised. Her usurpations have been couched in the sly, diplomatic ingenuity of general terms. It was well understood by every man, who had the least discernment in political matters, that her nefarious orders were specially directed against the commerce of the U States; that it was to interdict the trade of this great commercial rival, or to distress her enemy through the interdiction of this extensive trade, that Pitt and Canning, Hawkesbury and Melville have successively laid their shoulders to the diplomatic wheel. It was seen by every man, that her restrictive orders of last November could have no other bearings or tendency; for where was the neutral flag upon the ocean, against which it would have been worth the labour of the British government to have waged a war of extermination? Even the miserable flag of Pappenberg had vanished from the seas. What more had been consecrated by European warfare or diplomacy, but the Mahomedan flag of Constantinople, or the piratical Crescent of the States of Barbary? But though these facts were understood by all the world, yet they were not expressed in the official documents of G. Britain. It was not so stated on the face of the record. The words of commercial restriction were general and vague. It was against every neutral nation, that her November Orders were directed. It was against "any vessel or the cargo of any vessel, belonging to any country" that violated the blockade of Europe, that the thunders of confiscation were to be hurled. But in the document now before us, this diplomatic guise is boldly thrown off. The United States is the only nation against whom these encroachments are professedly directed. It is against their vessels, that the rapacity of the British cruisers is now to be ostensibly , as by their November Orders it has really been, directed.
These meditated encroachments, are however, but parts of the same system, links in the same series of insolent injustice, which has hitherto actuated her conduct towards us. Her nefarious orders of last November, are, it seems, too light and lenient for our rebel hearts. The narrow circle of action, which she has allowed us, is too large forsooth for her own interests or our deserts. The chain by which she has tethered us to the stake, must be shortened a little more. Those light and lenient measures, which she has imposed upon us, must be tightened a little further.—It seems, that America does not yet sufficiently "know its place;" that we yet "talk too big," and are yet too "insolent." We must be chastened and beat by blows into a little more submission. We enjoy too much commerce at present, to please the spirit of her rivalry and resentment. That commerce is too beneficial to her enemy, and too injurious to her own shipping and colonies, not to provoke her deadliest vengeance. We have done no one act of wrong to exasperate the British nation. We have done nothing which justifies her embracing us within the grasp of her ostensible system of retaliation upon her enemy.—No. It was sufficient that the United States were prospering in peace and in a profitable trade with the whole world, to draw down upon our own heads the thunders of her vindictive jealousy.
Let the opponents of the embargo look to these things. What an admirable recompense does Great-Britain promise us for a suspension of this measure! What excellent encouragement to the Boston Junto, to persevere in their efforts, for its final repeal! G. Britain, it seems, has "a new Rod in pickle" for her wayward child. The suspension of the Embargo, is so far from softening her austerity, and inducing a suspension of her Orders in Council, that it is only calculated to excite her vindictive ingenuity anew. The moment in which it is suspended, she is prepared to lay new restrictions on our commerce. At that very moment, she is prepared to give a new range to her Orders in Council. "In the event of a discontinuance of the Embargo," she is to sweep off every vestige of our trade with the French islands in the West-Indies.
The British orders of last November, thought proper to exempt from her system of blockade, our commerce, "direct to ports or places in the colonies of his majesty's enemies, and from those colonies direct" to the ports of our own country, "or to some free port in his majesty's colonies in such cases and with such articles as it may be lawful to import into such free port." It seems now, however, that the British are ready to repeal of these excessive liberality extended to our trade. They are greater than we are entitled to. And Great Britain, who never gives up long to another nation what she is entitled to exact, is about to retract her spontaneous concessions. All the "musty, worm-eaten" maxims of the law of nations are exploded. The force of British cannon has related the cannons of Puffendorf and Vattel. Every thing is right which Great Britain is able to effect by her naval might. She has not only excluded us from the trade of Europe, except under British licence and taxation; but it is now recommended by a Report of the committee of the house of commons, to declare the colonies of her enemies under a state of blockade. We are to be restricted in our supplies from the West Indies to the British islands, and of course the sale of our own productions is to be restricted to the same islands. Not a cup of West India coffee sweetened by West India sugar, is to enter our ships, unless it comes from Jamaica or her sister islands.—Every thing now-a-days is to be British. Our coats are to be British. Our laws are British. Our busiest politicians are British. The law of nations is to be British. The very beverage which an American sips at his morning's repast or evening's recreation, is also to be British. There is only one thing more to complete the circle of her ambition. That compliment
* The words of the insolent Cobbett, in last April. † Monsieur Genet's expression.
consists in our reduction once more to the rank of British colonies.
This Report has another feature. It has an "awful squint" towards far more grievous restrictions. It does not recommend though it suggests, the propriety of excluding all neutral bottoms from the W. India trade. In that case, not only our coffee would be brought from British islands, but in British ships. Our provision and lumber would not only be restricted to British islands, unless under British licence to other ports, but would be restricted to the quantity which British tonnage would receive.—But even though this encroachment be relinquished, it is enough to consider the effects on our productions, from their being confined to the British islands. Our timber and our provision would be indefinitely depreciated in their value from this contraction of the market and sphere of competition.
And for what are these encroachments undertaken? Is it bottomed on any alleged injury from us? Far from it. The British Report, at best, professes that this system of restriction is necessary to carry into effect the views of England upon her enemy. Shall we then submit to these usurpations? Shall we quietly submit to see our property taken from us, by the miserable principle, that not we, but their enemy is the object of these measures? Shall we acquiesce in this flimsy but dangerous sophism of a nick-named retaliation ?
Who, that impartially considers these circumstances, can possibly believe that our embarrassments with England proceeded from the hostile temper of our own government towards that nation? When that nation is this violent, shall we be submissive? He that can ascribe our embarrassments to the hostile temper of our own administration, must indeed be bloated with prejudice and cordially inclined to revile them. He must be disposed to grope and grovel in darkness, when the orb of day is illuminating his zenith.
This is not the contest of an hour or a day. We are not fighting for ourselves at this moment only, but for our future rights and for those of our posterity. So long as Great-Britain retains her present ascendancy on the ocean, we shall be perpetually subject to the same encroachments in every future war to which she is a party.—One course will prevent it: Our unaltered resolution to defend the rights and honor of our country.
THIRD REPORT From the Committee on the Distillation of SUGAR & MOLASSES.
ORDERED TO BE PRINTED 10TH JUNE 1808.
THE COMMITTEE appointed to enquire and report, how far, and under what circumstances, it may be practicable and expedient to confine the DISTILLERIES of the United Kingdom to the use of SUGAR & MOLASSES only; and also what other provision can be made for the relief of the GROWERS of SUGAR in the BRITISH WEST-INDIA COLONIES; and to report the same, with their observations and opinion thereon, from time to time, to the House; and who were empowered to report the MINUTES of the EVIDENCE taken before them;—
HAVE, pursuant to the order of the house, further examined the matters to them referred; and have come to the following REPORT.
In the further consideration of the extensive subject referred to your committee, it has appeared to them, that in the event of a discontinuance of the Embargo, at present imposed by the United States of America, material relief might be afforded to the W. India Colonies, by some relaxation of the restrictions to which their trade with that country is at present subjected. This trade is, under certain limitations, permitted by law, and appears to be of the greatest importance for securing to the islands, during war, a regular and adequate supply of Provisions and Lumber, by which latter term is meant, the various descriptions of Timber used for buildings and packages for produce. By far the greatest portion of these supplies has been hitherto imported in American vessels, and paid for, partly in Rum and a very small quantity of Molasses (the only articles of their growth which the Colonists are allowed to barter,) and partly in specie and bills of exchange. The latter mode of payment is greatly preferred by the Americans, who generally insist upon it, and will dispense with their cargoes at a considerably less price when it can be obtained. The West Indies are as solicitous to barter, and are often obliged to press their Rum and Molasses on the American merchant at a great disadvantage, in order to get the articles off their hands, and to avoid the necessity of selling produce in the Islands at a losing price, to raise money for their purchases. It appears however in evidence before your committee, that not above one third of the supplies imported from America are paid for in this manner.
The cause of the preference thus shown by the merchants of the United States to a mode of payment so distressing to the other party, is to be found in the limited demand for Rum and Molasses, as compared with the value of the articles imported, and in the advantage which money & bills of exchange afford in the unrestrained intercourse which they are allowed to carry on with the enemy's colonies. It has been their practice to sail thither with the money of which they have drained the British West-Indies, and to purchase with it Sugar, Molasses and Coffee, to return with these articles to their own country, and then to export the surplus, beyond the demand of the American market, to every part of the continent of Europe. One of the chief causes of the distress of the British Colonist is to be traced to this source. His produce, loaded with war charges, has been brought home to a glutted market, there to be sold at low prices, while the produce of the enemy, carried in Neutral Bottoms, at expenses little exceeding the ordinary charges of peace, has securely reached the continental market, supplanting thereby the English trader, who could not stand the competition, under the complicated disadvantages attending his traffic. The free communication which has existed between the Americans and the enemy's colonies, has enabled the latter to procure their necessary supplies at a much cheaper rate than they can be obtained at in our Islands. The truth of this assertion is proved by a statement of the comparative prices of lumber and provisions in Martinique and Trinidad, given in evidence by Mr. Marryat, and by an account delivered in by Mr. Wedderburn, of the prices of the same articles in the island of Jamaica.
It appears by the Evidence contained in the Appendix, and seems naturally to follow from the above statement, that a permission to barter
Sugar and Coffee, as well as Rum and Molasses, for the Lumber and provisions imported in Neutral Bottoms, if coupled with the adoption of measures of increased vigour, with regard to the commerce carried on by the Enemy's Islands, would effectually relieve the Planter from the evils he now so justly complains of. He would not only be freed from the inconveniences that flow from the restrictions imposed on his trade, and the immediate losses thus brought upon him, but what is of paramount importance, a new Market would be opened, which would annually take off a great portion of that produce, the forced accumulation of which in the Market of the Mother Country he has so grievously felt. Your Committee cannot too strongly press upon the attention of the House the advantages, that would be derived by the West-Indian Proprietors from the opening of such an outlet for the chief articles of their produce. Such a system is peculiarly calculated to diminish the distresses under which the British Planters at present labour. It would relieve the home Market and would materially tend to substitute, in consumption, the productions of the British for those of the French Colonies.
Although the permission to barter Sugar and Coffee, in exchange for Lumber and Provisions, would be productive of advantage, even if unaccompanied by the other measures to which your committee have alluded, They cannot hope that it would be followed by any very extensive benefits, unless some further check should be imposed on the intercourse between the United States and the enemy's possessions. That intercourse which originated in the naval inferiority of France, has been productive of so many advantages to the Americans, that, while it continues to subsist, they will not be induced to abandon the profitable practice of draining our islands of specie in order to purchase at an advantage foreign colonial produce. A recurrence, however, to the rule of the War of 1756, or a blockade general or partial of the hostile colonies, would materially alter the case. Under such a change in the policy of Great Britain, the interruption of their traffic with the French islands would compel them to resort to the British colonies, and a trade advantageous to the enemy would be succeeded by one conducive to the prosperity of this Kingdom.
Your committee felt it to be their duty to enquire into the manner in which a permission to barter the above mentioned articles with neutrals might affect his majesty's North American colonies and the shipping interest of this country. Most of the objections that were pressed on the attention of the committee by the witnesses who were examined on this part of the subject, apply to the existence of any intercourse whatever between the British West Indies and the United States in neutral bottoms. As such an intercourse, established by law, actually exists, your committee felt themselves precluded from entering on that extensive and important subject of investigation. They did not conceive it to be submitted to them by the house, and they felt that to report upon it would be to exceed the limits of their instructions. They did not, however, refuse to admit on their minutes some answers perhaps irrelevant to the subject matter of their enquiry, as these answers were earnestly and repeatedly pressed by those who gave them, as being of importance to the interests with which they are connected. It has been objected, that the permission will operate as a discouragement to the produce and commerce of our North American colonies, by giving a greater stability to an intercourse, the existence of which is stated to be inconsistent with their welfare; and that it will injure the shipping interest, by affording a strong temptation to the continued employment of neutral vessels in a trade, to a participation in which it is asserted they never ought to have been admitted. It is urged, that these effects are likely to follow, even though the quantity of Sugar and Coffee to be exported from the islands should be strictly confined to mere barter for the value of the Lumber and Provisions received from the United States.
Your committee beg leave to observe, that a variation in the mode of payment cannot thus affect either the colonial or the shipping interests of the Kingdom. An intercourse is actually permitted between the islands and the United States, by which the former have been chiefly furnished with the Lumber and Provisions they required; and a reference to the evidence of Mr. Lyon will show how small a quantity of the supplies have been procured from his majesty's North American possessions, or have been imported in British shipping. It is presumed that, during the war at least, there exists no intention on the part of the British Government of disturbing this connection. The proposed variation in the mode of payment, if its amount be restricted within the limits of mere exchange, and the export of the articles be confined to the vessels bringing the supplies, cannot increase the quantity of neutral shipping, or materially discourage the cultivation of our possessions on the continent of America. Should it even partially have these effects, let the great possible advantages on the one hand be set against the utmost extent of the apprehended loss on the other, and it is conceived that the house will have no difficulty in forming its judgment. As to the shipping interest, it is obvious that a forced diminution of the cultivation of those islands would be of the greatest injury, while a measure tending to prevent such a redaction must be of the greatest benefit, in as far as it must leave them at present the continuance of their outward freights undiminished, and secure to them the whole of the homeward freights in the event of a return of peace.
With the view your committee have taken of the whole of the question under their consideration, they cannot but earnestly recommend to the house the expediency of permitting the proprietors of the West India estates to barter Sugar and Coffee, as well as Rum and Molasses, for the Lumber and Provisions imported in neutral vessels during the war. Should no objections, arising out of considerations of general policy (on which it is not within the province of your committee to give any opinion) occur, to prevent the adoption of stronger measures to interrupt the intercourse between the enemy's colonies and the United States, your committee would recommend that recourse should be had to some such system. Such a change in our policy would produce the greatest benefit to our Colonies, and would transfer to them the advantages which the war has hitherto procured for those of the enemy.
** The preceding Report, and the large stock of important foreign intelligence, exclude all other communications.
Wild Fire. —The Charleston Courier and Correspondents have nominated Charles Newburgh Pinckney as a candidate for the Presidency.—The Washington Federalist and Correspondents have re-echoed the nomination of this "Sheets-Incher of our Liberties."
The Lexington Reporter has no doubt of the election of Gen. Charles Scott to the Chair of Kentucky, by a large and respectable majority.
Last Evening's Mail. —Arrived at Philadelphia, Capt. Cox, who left Lisbon on the 17th June. At that time, there was a report in circulation, that a revolution had taken place in Russia, the Emperor Alexander deposed by his people, and his brother Constantine proclaimed Emperor. It is said that the inhabitants of Oporto had appointed a government in the name of the former Prince Regent, and hoisted the Portuguese flag.—Gen. Junot had dismissed the Spanish troops at Lisbon, as his proclamation says, on account of the infamous behavior of the Spanish Gen. at Oporto, and with a view to prevent the effusion of blood.—There were not more than 3000 French troops in Portugal; the rest having marched to the frontiers and to Spain.—The Portuguese Gen. General Gomez Freire de Andrade was said to be at one of the frontier towns with 40,000 Spaniards and Portuguese troops. Junot had confiscated all his property.—The Russian fleet, under command of Rear Admiral Seely, consisting of nine ships of the line and a fifty gun vessel and a frigate, were still in the Tagus—repairing.
BOSTON, August 22. Yesterday arrived at this port, the brig Mercury , Capt. Bradford, 52 days from Alicante, and 40 from Gibraltar. The accounts by this arrival are not so important or particular as were to be expected. He brought no papers from the latter place; but reports verbally, that the French were still in possession of Barcelona; though a party of about 1000, who were ordered from that city into the country, were met with by the Spaniards and entirely cut to pieces.—That Dupont's army from Madrid, had been wholly destroyed, with the loss of 7000 Spaniards.—That the French Consul at Malaga with several French Merchants had been massacred by the populace, that the French were compelled to fly from every part of Spain.—That the spirit of resistance to French aggression was universal throughout the country, and that but one sentiment appeared to prevail among the inhabitants—TO LIVE FREE OR PERISH.
MISS MINAGLE & THE LITTLE AMERICAN'S BENEFIT.
LAST NIGHT BUT ONE. WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 31, at the Freeman's-Hall, ROPE DANCING with and without the Balance Pole. Tumbling and Jeu de l'actin, the Promis, Dancing on the Slack Wire, &c. &c. &c.
The whole to conclude with a Pantomime called HARLEQUIN TRANSFORMED INTO A BULL DOG.
Columbine, Miss Catherine. Old Man, Mr. Copene. Magician, Mr. John. Harlequin, The Little American.
To commence half past seven o'clock precise, and price half a dollar per ticket. Richmond, August 30. (1)
FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD. —Run away from Salem on Friday night the 19th instant, three NEGRO FELLOWS, viz. JOE, BIL & ISAAC. Joe is a middle sized fellow, pitted with the small-pox, had on a white hat, nankeen overalls, a Javos coat; also had other clothes that he may have changed his dress; he will probably make for Richmond as his wife lives there.—Bil is a large fellow, had on a new wool hat, dark brown sailor's jack-coat, shirt and overalls of ozanbunks; he was raised near Norfolk. Isaac is a small fellow, some of his foreteeth out, his dress of the same kind as Bil's, he was raised in Pittsylvania county. Bil and himself were lately taken out of the Penitentiary, they all had irons around their necks when they made their escape.—The above reward will be given to any person securing them in any Jail so that they may be sent back to the Penitentiary. RICHARD TERRELL. August 22nd, 1808. [4]
STRAYED from the commons near this city, a large bob tailed BAY HORSE about 8 years old, branded on his near thigh D. G. Also a switch tailed BAY MARE about 4 years old, with a sore back. Whoever will give information of both or either of them, shall be liberally rewarded by CHAS. SPENCER.
The horse above described was found yesterday morning very early, in one of the streets of this city, near to the commons, from whence it was supposed he strayed, with the sweat upon him and other evident marks of his having been very severely rode, the hair being rubbed off in various places under the saddle. His shoes (which were new when he was taken away) were entirely wore off, and himself reduced to a mere skeleton.
Every lover of those noble and generous animals who may have seen this horse since he was stolen, and retains any recollection of the person who had him, will render a service to the community, by conveying as accurate a description as they can of the person to the subscriber, who will give fifty dollars to any one who will give such information of the offender as will convict him. C. S.
N. B. Besides the marks before described this horse had a remarkable high rump and the number 10 branded on his near fore shoulder.—The mare has not yet been heard of. August 26, [30] 1808. [2]
JUST received and FOR SALE by the Subscribers, Imperial, Gun powder, Young Hyson, Hyson skin, Hyson Tea in lead caddies each 2lb. Old Jamaica, Antigua, W. I. and New England Rum. 20 bbls. prime green Coffee, Muscovado Sugar in bbls. 14 bbls double refined Havannah Sugar, 15 bbls Molasses, Fresh Rice in tiers, Best Spanish Sugars whole sale and retail. A general assortment of Lints, Oil, Spirits, Turpentine, Shoes, Hardware, &c. also daily expect by the Schooner Manchester, Storer, 10 bbls of Antigua Rum and sweet Oil in cases of 30 bottles each. BRYSON & PARKHILL. August 30, 1808. [1m]
WANTED TO PURCHASE, a young, well broke, and gentle PONEY—$40. To Hire, a Negro BOY accustomed to wait in a house—Apply at the Office of the ENQUIRER. August 30. [1]
TEN thousand pounds NEW CHEESE, FOR SALE at 3 dollars per cwt by MOSES DAVIS. August 30. [1]
WANTED, as apprentices at the Office of the ENQUIRER, TWO BOYS, from 12 to 16, of reputable connections.

FOR THE ENQUIRER.
The Editor of the Enquirer will oblige one of his friends by giving place to the following Report of a committee of the House of Representatives of the United States. The Report is requested to be published in consequence of the recent appearance in many papers in different parts of the U. States, of some letters addressed by Philip B. Key, a member of Congress, to the Secretary of War. Mr. Key, who has stained his hands in the blood of his countrymen, during their struggle for independence, is still serving most faithfully his king and master in our public councils, and opposing every measure of the government which is calculated to give security to the American People.
Mr. Key's conduct affords one memorable example of the dangerous British influence which exists among us. Any person who will take the trouble to examine the following Report, will be satisfied that Philip B. Key was a Pensioner of Great Britain during the whole time that he acted as a Federal Judge, and that his relinquishment or resignation of his half-pay was made to Mr. Erskine, after Key was elected a member of Congress. It is humiliating to reflect that the people of Mr. Key's district should be so lost to their interests, as to repose confidence in a man whose life reflects dishonour on himself and on them—His election to Congress was by no means honorable to that body. Strange and unaccountable indeed, is it, that a man who has raised his traitorous and partial arm against his country—who has committed the sin of fighting in the ranks of her enemy, should be exalted to power and clothed with confidence by a portion of that very country—Equally strange and unaccountable is it, that he should be suffered to retain a seat in the councils of the nation which he has so deeply injured. Mr. Key is, perhaps, highly favored by being permitted to reside among a people, whose cause he abandoned, when they fought and bled in a perilous contest with foreign oppression. Policy and prudence should have induced Mr. Key to quit  obscurely —he might have hoped that the mantle of oblivion would have concealed from public view and shielded from public indignation, his former transgressions. He could not rationally have promised himself a full pardon for his sins, but he might have hoped for a temporary and generous forgetfulness of them. But his doom is now sealed, and the indelible marks of dishonor and disgrace distinguish him—"Fenum habet in cornu." His insolence has invited scrutiny into his conduct, and he cannot complain, if he is exposed to the execration of every American patriot. The Report of the committee of the House of Representatives will speak for itself.
EXTRACT FROM THE JOURNAL.
"The committee to whom was recommended the subject of Mr. Key's election, on the suggestion of his being a pensioner or half-pay officer of the King of Great Britain"—Report the following facts: "That after the Declaration of Independence, the said Philip B. Key joined the British Army, and in the year 1778, he accepted a commission in a provincial regiment in their service. In November, 1778, he embarked with his regiment for Jamaica—After remaining there for some time, the regiment was ordered for Pensylvania. At the surrender of that place to the Spaniards, he was made prisoner, sent to the Havanna, from thence he went to England on parole, and never was exchanged until the general peace in '83. When the peace took place, the corps he served in was disbanded and the officers placed on half pay. In 1785 he returned to Maryland, being entitled to draw his half pay. In 1794, he was elected a representative to the General Assembly of Maryland, and continued to be elected to and served in the said Assembly for several years succeeding. That previous to his said election, viz. in the year '94, he sold his half pay to Gen. Forrest, (his brother-in-law), and mutual bonds were passed; and under this contract Gen. Forrest regularly received Mr. Key's half pay, until just preceding his bankruptcy in July, 183, at which period, Gen. Forrest owing Mr. Key large sums of money, the contract was rescinded and the bonds cancelled and destroyed. Notwithstanding which, Mr. Key, from friendship to Gen. Forrest, (his family being much embarrassed from his bankruptcy) permitted him to receive his half pay till his death, which happened in July, 1805. Mr. Key received six months of his half pay in Dec. 1805—since which time he has received none. In January, 1806, Mr. Key wrote to his agent (James Brooks, Esq. then residing in London) directing him formally in his name to go to the war-office and provincial pay office and resign all his right and claim to half pay, and also to rank, if any could be supposed to exist. It does not appear to your committee, whether Mr. Brooks ever received this letter from Mr. Key, or whether any thing was ever done by him in consequence thereof, as no answer nor any information has since been received by Mr. Key from Mr. Brooks on the subject. On the 24th October, 1807, Mr. Key addressed a letter to Mr. Erskine, his Britannic Majesty's ambassador at Washington, referring to his former resignation by his agent, Mr. Brooks, in which letter he states, that the object of his letter was in the most formal manner to repeat his resignation and request him to notify his majesty and his government of his resignation of all half pay, rank, annuity or claim of every nature and kind whatsoever, that might attach to him in virtue of having been heretofore an officer in the British service. This letter was delivered to Mr. Erskine by a Notary Public of his district, employed by Mr. Key for that purpose, on the 28th or 29th of October, 1807. It does not appear to your committee, that Mr. Key ever took an oath of allegiance to the King of Great Britain. But since his entering into public service in the state of Maryland, he has taken those oaths which the laws of that state require to be taken of all other public officers."
The committee are of opinion that nothing in the evidence laid before them, so far as respects the suggestion of Mr. Key's being a pensioner or half pay officer of the King of Great Britain, authorises them to alter the opinion or the resolution submitted with their former report." Such is the portrait of P. B. Key, drawn at full length on the Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States at their last session! Such is the man who fled from his country, when she was oppressed and persecuted, and who has now the effrontery, the unqualified arrogance to recommend fit persons to fill high military offices—to stand at the head of a virulent, determined opposition to the best measures of our government, and to palliate in the face of an insulted, abused nation, every British outrage and aggression! Such is the character, such has been the conduct of this favorite Federal Orator. July 20th, 1808.
The following are the letters alluded to in the preceding communication. SIR, Two young gentlemen have been recommended by me as officers in the army about to be raised. A member of our House this morning came to my seat and informed me, that you told him in conversation, that it was of no use to have recommendations from such men as Key. I did not flatter myself as possessing weight or influence, but representing a respectable district to which those gentlemen belonged, I could not withhold with propriety my approbation of their merit—To pay no weight to my recommendation might be proper, but to speak of it in the terms represented to me is at least indecorous—I wish so know, sir, if you have used the language related to me as above stated, and that with the candor of a gentleman you disclose the meaning of the terms used in relation to me—
Major Lewis will receive your written explanation. I am sir, Your obedient servant, PHILIP B. KEY. Hon. Gen. Dearborn, Sec'y of War, &c. &c. Representative Chamber, 25th April, 1808. I this day delivered Gen. Dearborn the original of which the above is a copy—He declined answering it in writing, but observed that his objections to Mr. Key were not of a personal but of a political nature—That he did not respect recommendations from those who had opposed this country, and who he believed possessed monarchical tendencies, [such for instance as the Essex Junto,] and that he considered Mr. Key of that description. JOSEPH LEWIS, Jun. April, 25 1808.
SIR, Your having declined a written answer to my letter of this morning, compelled me to resort to your verbal communications to Major Lewis—I consider your insinuations of my possessing monarchical tendencies as a frivolous pretext wholly destitute of truth. Your obedient servant, PHILIP B. KEY. Gen. Dearborn. Washington, 25th April, 1808.
SIR, When I last wrote to you, I had not seen your extraordinary letter to General Smith, on the subject of army appointments, a copy of which I found on my return from the country, had been sent me—I had at first supposed that your observations flowed from thoughtlessness, from gallantry, rather than from an intention to injure—but your silence to my last letter, and your letter to Gen. Smith gave to your original observations a very different complexion—That you should have consulted Gen. Smith, an old revolutionary soldier or any other respectable individual, in order to lay before the President full information of fit characters for military commissions, was certainly correct and proper—but to endeavor to form a caucus out of the delegation of Congress to be composed of a senator and such members as he thought proper to consult, and still more to place the state of Delaware, while her own senator was present, under the protection of a senator from Maryland, was an infraction of the principles of Republicanism as gross, as it was obvious—to shift the responsibility of selection from yourself as the head of a department, and to vest the power of selection and nomination to appointments for both states in any senator and select caucus, was an open violation of the constitution, which never contemplated that its high officers should screen themselves by giving patronage and power to those who are irresponsible, and who in the course of events may be called upon to act judicially on such officer's conduct—flattering as power and patronage are, there are terms on which honest men scorn their acceptance; and if I am rightly informed, Gen. Smith and those who met, with honor to themselves and respect to the constitution, refused to make the nominations as requested by your letter—I have been informed and believe it, that Mr. Giles and such of the Virginia delegates as met, also refused under their letter to make the nominations required.
When I connect this letter with your declarations to Major Lewis, and your first rude observation respecting me, and with the knowledge I have of the other parts of your conduct, I am satisfied you intended, as far as in you lay, to prosecute me—That you have suffered unfounded suspicions and illogical prejudices to influence your conduct towards me, for which I feel all the contempt it necessarily inspires. We are utter strangers to each other—you personally know nothing of me, nor of my political sentiments; and yet in contempt of decency and total disregard to truth, you have, sir, presumptuously said, that I possessed monarchical tendencies—These expressions spoken of me by you, in the situations in which we stand, I consider as an act of official insolence. The crisis of our public affairs is interesting, and in proportion as it is interesting, does the malignity of your observation appear, which would represent me as not attached to the constitution and government of my country. This falsehood and slander I repel with disdain.
What is meant by your saying that you consider me of the description of the Essex Junto, I do not distinctly comprehend—perhaps it is some pantheon that haunts your imagination; but the suggestion that I am attached to monarchy, is the low and vulgar cant, the watch word of party, despised by men of sense, but in the frequent use of which, weak men fancy they become patriots, and designing ones find an interest. I have been pretty well with you; because you most wantonly stepped out of the path of propriety to attack me, in a rude, indecorous manner, without cause or colour of provocation & you have endeavored to cover that rudeness by impugning to me sentiments which I despise. I therefore expect you will yet do me and yourself justice by an unqualified retraction of your expressions, or failing to do so, I shall publicly on all occasions speak of you as an unprincipled calumniator—Mr. Taylor, who delivers this, will on my behalf receive any communication you think proper to make.
I am sir, Your obedient servant, PHILIP B. KEY. George-town, 13th May, 1808. I this day tendered the above letter to General Dearborn, sealed and addressed from Mr. Key to Gen. Dearborn, which letter he refused to receive—I informed him it was one from Mr. Key, who had felt himself much injured and consequently demanded a retraction of sentiments that had been spoken to his injury. Gen. Dearborn replied, he was not sensible of having done any injury to Mr. Key, (as he intended none,) and therefore thought an apology was unnecessary, and consequently declined to give one, still persisting in the refusal to receive the letter. In course of conversation Gen. Dearborn intimated his opinion, that Mr. Key possessed sentiments as he thought, that lessened the value of his recommendations, at the same time admitting he had little or no acquaintance with Mr. Key. JOHN TAYLOR. May 15th, 1808.
War Department, April 14th, 1808. SIR—It is considered expedient to request yourself, and such other members of Congress from the states of Maryland and Delaware, as you may think it advisable to consult, to nominate the most suitable characters from the rolls of applicants here with transmitted, or such other citizens of the said states who would accept, and may be considered well qualified, to fill the appointments proposed in the inclosed list for Maryland and Delaware. Should any doubts arise in the minds of the gentlemen as to the most suitable character for the field officer, it may be expedient to postpone the nomination of him until there shall be more time for consideration. It will be observed, that in the company of artillery the 1st lieutenant is not to be appointed at this time. You will easily perceive, sir, how difficult it must be for the President or myself to make selections of the most suitable characters from the respective states, without the aid of the gentlemen who may have some personal knowledge of the individuals recommended, as well as of the others who may be willing to enter the army: you will therefore, I hope, please to exercise the liberty I have taken in making this request. I have the honor to be, Very respectfully, sir,
Your obedient servant, H. DEARBORN. Hon. Samuel Smith, of Maryland. Maryland and Delaware. 1 Lieut. Col. Infantry. 2 Captains, 2 first & 2 second Lieutenants, 2 Ensigns—Infantry. 1 Captain, 1 second Lieutenant—Artillery. 1 Captain, 1 first and 1 second Lieutenant, 1 Cornet—Cavalry. 1 Captain, 1 first and 1 second Lieutenant, 1 Ensign—Riflemen. Richmond, August 16th.
MR. LE TELLIER, DENTIST.—In the house adjoining Mr. Edmund Randolph's near the Capitol, is now practising in the various branches of his profession, i. e. cleansing and bestowing the teeth to their natural elegance, by removing that corrosive substance called tartar, which adheres to them in the form of a black or yellow crust, which is the cause of many teeth decaying, an offensive breath, and the corroder of the gums and sockets. He sets artificial ones so as to stand firm, being useful as well as ornamental, plugs the decayed cavities of such as can be preserved, and extracts such as are too far gone to be saved, in which operation he makes use of NAPE'S PATENT EXTRACTING INSTRUMENT, which takes the teeth out without any possibility of fracturing the jaw or breaking the gums, and with much less pain than the instruments that are in general use; for which operation his price is one dollar, when done at his own house. He deems it unnecessary to say any thing concerning the advantage derived from the manner of his performance or his abilities, leaving it for his former operations to speak. He has DENTIFRICE prepared by himself of a superior quality for the preservation of the gums and teeth, void of corrosive substance. Mr. LE TELLIER wishes the public to have notice that as he has now made Richmond his permanent residence, all his prices are considerably lower than when he was only a visitor of the place. A line or servant directed to the aforesaid place will be attended to. He keeps a constant supply of Teeth Extracting Instruments, key kind, and best quality, for sale. May 6 [law6m]
BROKERAGE AND COMMISSION BUSINESS.—The subscriber respectfully offers his services to his friends and the public, in the above line of business and solicits their patronage. G. GREENHOW [law6m] Dec. 15
VIRGINIA.—At a superior court of Chancery held at the Capitol, in the city of Richmond, the 20th day of June, 1805. John Barrett and James Miller, Plaintiffs, against James Jones, executor of John Jones, Ann Johnson, widow of William Johnson, John Wiley and Jane his wife, Nicholas Johnson, Meriwether Johnson, John Johnson, Mary Johnson, Richard Hundley, Nelson Foster, John Foster, John Hunter, Michael Perkins and infant children of Francis Graves, deceased, by John McKim, specially assigned their guardian, John Poindexter, Henry Chiles and Henry Garnett, Cornelius Harris, William Pattman and Zachariah Foster, Defendants. The defendants Michael Perkins, Cornelius Harris, William Pattman and Zachariah Foster, 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 plaintiffs by counsel, 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, PETER TINSLEY, c. c. July 29. [law8w]
CHARLES MUNNS (late assistant teacher at Mr. Oswald's) will open SCHOOL of the dwelling of Mr. Shields adjoining the Bank, THIS DAY, for the education of youth of both sexes. Terms of Tuition—Instruction in the French Language, Geography, English Grammar, Reading, Writing and Arithmetic, 10 dols. a quarter, the one half payable in advance. If any scholar does not learn French, he pays only 8 dols. per quarter; if any, also, will not learn English Grammar and Geography, 6 dols. payable as before. No charge on the scholars entering: no charge for fuel, and separate rooms for the pupils of both sexes. An Evening School for the Tuition of French will be kept from 5 to 7 for the accommodation of young gentlemen who may find it more convenient to attend at those hours.—Terms 8 dols. per quarter. August 9. [law1m]
TEN DOLLARS REWARD.—Run-away from the subscriber living in Powhatan County on the 29th day of June last, a negro man named DANIEL, of a yellowish complexion, about 45 years of age, five feet nine or ten inches high—I do suppose he is in the neighborhood of Manchester, having formerly had a wife at Capt. Francis Smith's. I will give the above reward if delivered to me near Genito Bridge in the above named County, or five dollars if secured in any jail so that I get him again—I do forewarn all persons of vessels or others from employing him or carrying him out of the state, as they will be dealt with as the law directs. EDWARD MOSELEY [law4w] August
VALUABLE MEDICINE FOR SALE by Moses Davis, at his store, a short distance above the court-house in Richmond. Moses Davis begs leave to inform his friends & the Public generally, that he has purchased at an advanced price from the Patente, DR. LOZARA'S PATENT ANTIPHLOGISTIC STOMACH CORRAL, justly estimated as one of the most valuable medicines in the whole materia medica. The heretofore great and rapid Sale, with the increasing demand for this invaluable cordial, the high esteem it is in through every part of Virginia, and some other of the United States; together with its singular and uncommon virtues in restoring weak and decayed constitutions, with those complaints so very common in the Spring and Fall, such as Autumnal and bilious fevers, dysenteries, &c. proclaim too loudly its intrinsic worth, to admit even of doubt. It will be sold at the reduced price of one dollar per bottle, & a lengthy dissertation on its peculiar properties furnished gratis—And when taken, to be well shewn. Richmond, August 23. [cp1m&law1m]
GALLEGÓ, RICHARD & Co.—Having no longer any concern in the COLUMBIAN MILLS, (COMMONLY CALLED ROSS'S MILLS,) inform their friends and the public in general that any WHEAT sent to them by water from the upper Country, will be received AT THEIR MILLS ON THE CANAL, and any Wheat sent to them by LAND will be received at a convenient Lumber-House contiguous to their counting-room. Richmond, July 12. [ep2m]
BOARDING, LODGING, AND ENTERTAINMENT.—The subscriber will commence keeping a boarding house on the 1st day of September next, in the commodious and conveniently situated house at present occupied by Major James Gibson, on the main street opposite to Market's brick building, where she will accommodate Ladies and Gentlemen by the day, week, month, quarter, or year, with gentle board, lodging and entertainment—No exertions shall be wanting on her part to give satisfaction to those who will favour her with their company. ANNA BYRD. (cp1f) Richmond, August 16th.
HAMPTON ACADEMY.—In consequence of a vacancy having occurred in this Seminary, a PROFESSOR of the Languages, Mathematics and the most important branches of polite literature is immediately required, to act as President of the institution—A gentleman thus capacitated, of good moral character, in addition to the salary attached to the office, will be accommodated with a spacious two story brick house and every necessary out house for the convenience of a family, situated on an extensive well enclosed lot, in a healthy, pleasant and retired part of the town. The state of the Academy renders it necessary that this vacancy should be filled as soon as possible. By authority of the board of trustees, THOS. JONES, junr. ROBT. ARMISTEAD, CHAS. K. MALLORY. (cp8w) Hampton, August 5.
BANK NOTES, as below described, were put into the post office at this place on 27th May last, enclosed in letter addressed to Messrs John Wader and Sons, Philadelphia, and which letter has never been received; it is therefore apprehended that the WASK NOTES may have fallen into improper hands; and should such appear in circulation, we earnestly request that they may be stopped. Any satisfactory information regarding them will be thankfully received, and if required, liberally rewarded. BOUGHAN & POLLOK. Bank of Virginia payable at their Office of Discount and Deposit Petersburg, to Robert Birchett President thereof or Bearer. B No. 332 9th February 1805, $ 100 C. 866 6th July, 100 D. 153 7th February, 100 394 9th Oct. 100 760 9th May, 100 753 7th — 100 788 — — 100 $ 700
RUMFORD ACADEMY.—Is wanted at this Seminary, a gentleman well qualified to teach Greek, Latin and French—For particulars apply to CHILES TERRELL. King William County, August 16 [3w]
FIVE DOLLARS REWARD.—Stolen or stolen from Caleb Bolar's residence in the County of Caroline about four or five miles below the Bowling-Green and near the stage road, a blood bay GELDING, about four feet ten inches or five feet high, nine or ten years old, stout all round, his tail which had been bobbed has grown long and his mane hangs on the right side; if there be any write about him, it is not recollected, though there may be a little on one or both of his hinder feet-locks; there are knots on one or both shoulders caused by being galled with the collar, his withers are high and have been chafed by the saddle; he has been used as a plough-horse for the last three years, on a plantation on James river in the lower end of the County of Powhatan and may endeavor to get there again—Any person who will deliver the said horse to Mr. John Guy at the Eagle-Tavern in the City of Richmond, shall receive the above reward. August 12. (1m.)
NOTICE.—Whereas Mr. James Fisher, by a deed executed on the first day of July, 1806, and recorded in the county court of Henrico, was assigned to the subscriber as trustee, for certain of his creditors, therein named, the whole of his estate of every description, (except his household furniture, and some few debts transferred by him as trustee, subsequent to the execution of said trust, as will more fully appear by a reference to the schedule annexed to said deed,) consisting of some Lots in the city of Richmond, together with all his bonds, notes and accounts—This is therefore to give notice to the debtors of the said James Fisher, that all judgments obtained where the money has not been paid, all suits now depending in the courts of this commonwealth or elsewhere, all monies in the hands of attorneys, sheriffs, or others, which may have been collected by virtue of any suit, debt or demand of the said James Fisher; that he is the only person authorised to receive such debts and demands and grant such acquittances and make such compromises as he may deem most advisable for the interest of said creditors. A hope is therefore cherished, that every effort on the part of said debtors, will be made, in order to a settlement of their balances, and every indulgence will be given by him to those who manifest such a disposition. And whereas it is stipulated by the contracting parties to said deed, that certain creditors of said James Fisher, who from absence or other causes, could not signify their wish of becoming parties thereto, now, be it understood, that if they do within sixty days, from the said first day of July, 1806, sign the said deed, that in that case, they are to be considered entitled to their rateable proportion of such money as shall be collected from the sale of property and collection of debts; otherwise, if they do not, within the time specified, make known their determination by subscribing to the terms agreed upon in the said trust, that he, the said trustee shall pay over such sums as they would have been entitled to if they had acceded to the same James Fisher. EDWARD W. TRENT. August 5, 1808. (1f)
SALE FOR CASH.—By virtue of a deed in trust executed to the subscriber by Goodman Barksdale, to secure the payment of a debt due to Brown, Rives and Co. will be sold for ready money, in the town of Milton, in the county of Albemarle, at the front door of John L. Moore's Tavern, on the sixteenth day of September next, one certain Tract or Parcel of LAND, lying and being in the county aforesaid, on both sides of Meathum's river, adjoining Henry Carr, Isaac Harding, Douglas Barksdale, Achille Barksdale, Jonathan Barksdale and Jane Alexander, containing three hundred acres, be the same more or less. Acting as trustee for the benefit of others, will only convey the title vested in me as such. MARTIN DAWSON, Trustee. July 29. [6w]
BY virtue of a Deed of Trust, executed to the subscriber, by Richard Johnson of Albemarle County, and recorded in the County Court of Albemarle, for the purpose of securing the payment, of a debt due by said Johnson to William Brown & Company—I shall proceed to sell on the 15th day of September next, at Triplet T. Estes's Tavern in the Town of Charlottesville, to the highest bidder, for ready money, One hundred acres of LAND, lying on Buck Island Creek, being part of a tract of land, the said Johnson purchased of Henry Wood—Being only interested as a Trustee, I will convey such title only, as is vested in me as such. RICHARD ANDERSON. Milton, August 16. (3w)
VINEGAR.—A few casks of good Pickling and Table Vinegar, FOR SALE BY D. J. BURR. July 5. [2m]
FRENCH EVENING SCHOOL.—Mr. Charles Freeman will commence on Monday next, 2nd inst in the house lately occupied by Mr. de St. Memin. (Just below the Enquirer office) an evening school, for the purpose of teaching the French language.—Hours from six to nine o'clock.—Terms 8 dollars per quarter. Richmond August 18th, 1808 [6f]
CASH given for WHEAT, by WHITE & SHELTON. July 22.
BOARDING HOUSE.—Mrs. JUDITH NELSON having taken the Tenement belonging to Mr. William Price, lately occupied by Mr. McCraw, on the street leading from the Capitol, has opened a BOARDING HOUSE, where she will take gentlemen, ladies, and children to board by the day, week, month or year; she has excellent servants, and assures those who may become her boarders, that no exertions shall be wanting to give satisfaction. Richmond, July 29. [ff]
CASH SALE.—To be sold for ready money at the front door of the Eagle-Tavern in the City of Richmond, on Thursday the fifteenth day of September next (1808) in pursuance of a deed of trust from David Ross, Esq. bearing date on the 26th day of May, 1807, and recorded in the General Court, all that Estate and tract of Land in the county of Fluvanna at the confluence of the South and North rivers, containing by estimation five thousand seven hundred and nine acres, be the same more or less, and bounded by the ancient meets and boundaries thereof, being the same Land, and the whole thereof formerly the property of Walter King, granted to the said David Ross by letters patent, signed and sealed by the Governor of Virginia, as will more fully and satisfactorily appear by referring to the records of the Land Office, or so much thereof as will pay the following sums of money, with the expenses attending the execution of said trust, viz: To Mrs. Frances Tabb payable on the 26th of May 1808, with interest on £ 790 : 3 : 4, a part thereof from the 26th May 1807, till paid, $16076 : 39 To the same payable on the 26th of May 1808, 1432 : 04 To the same as guardian to her infant daughter Seigneora Tabb, payable on the same day, with interest on £ 659 : 10 : 9 a part thereof from the 26th of May 1807, till paid, 2653 : 33 To the same as guardian to her infant daughter Marianna Tabb, payable on the same day, with interest on £ 606, a part thereof from the 26th May, 1807, 2335 : 90 To Randolph Harrison, payable on the same day, 12,800 : — To J. & E. Cunningham payable on the same day, 8960 : — ABRAH B. VENABLE, BENJ. HATCHER, JOHN G. SMITH, (cp1155)
AT a Meeting of the Trustees of the Richmond Academy at the Capitol, August 9, 1808. Ordered, That the following resolution be published for the information of those concerned: "From the difficulty which it is expected will be experienced in the further sale of tickets in the 3d Class of the Richmond Academy Lottery, owing to the present situation of the country, it is resolved, That no more be given to the holders of tickets in the said 3d Class, that they return the said tickets to those of whom they were purchased for the purpose of having the purchase money returned. Extract from the proceedings, Attest, SAMUEL COLEMAN, Sec'y. August 16. [ff]
CASH SALES.—By virtue of a deed of trust executed to us on the thirteenth day of July, 1806, by David Ross, Esq. for the purpose of securing to Benj. Mosby, the sum of fourteen thousand dollars, with interest on seven thousand dollars, a part thereof, from the said thirteenth day of July, 1806, till paid, and all other charges attending the execution of the said trust deed, (which was recorded in the district court of Richmond, Virginia, at the September term, 1806, and in the court of appeals of the state of Kentucky, at Frankfort, on the 11th day of April, 1807,) We will sell to the highest bidder, for ready money at the front door of the Eagle Tavern, in the city of Richmond, Virginia, on Saturday the first day of October next, all that Estate in the county of Kentucky, called and well known by the name of the BIG BONE LICK, containing about two thousand acres on the Big Bone Creek, and four thousand acres on the Ohio—the whole located and surveyed under old Spanish warrants, embracing the whole of the said David's estate in that part of Kentucky, and containing in the whole six thousand acres, be the same more or less. E. W. ROOTES, WILSON ALLEN, } Trustees. Richmond, Va. August 16, 1808. [1da]
RICHMOND TURNPIKE COMPANY.—At a meeting of the directors of the said company at the Swan Tavern, in the City of Richmond, on Monday evening the 15th of August 1808. Resolved, That a call of five dollars on each share of the Stockholders in the company be paid to the Treasurer on or before the 20th of next month. Resolved, That all shares of delinquent Stockholders in the Company be sold at the Swan Tavern, in this City, on the 20th of next month, at 4 o'clock in the evening. A Copy, N. SHEPPARD, Clerk. August 19. [1208]
UNITED STATES' STOCK LOST.—Notice is hereby given, That the following certificates of the United States' Stock, in the name of John Baird, bearing date 16 March 1791, have been lost or mislaid, and due application will be made at the Loan Office of the U. States for their renewal. Six per Cents No. 210 $711 53 Deferred 210 $335 67 Three per Cents 185 $211 03 WILLIAM BAIRD, Exor Of John Baird. July 19th. [cp3m]
NEW STORE IN AN OLD STAND.—Alexander de Planville having removed to the Store lately occupied by Mr. James Fisher, offers for sale, in addition to his well assorted stock of CONFECTIONARY, a general assortment in the GROCERY LINE, which he will always keep supplied from the best sources, and sell at a very moderate advance for Cash. Country produce or City acceptances at a short date. N. B. A constant supply of the very first quality Havanna Segars by the box or smaller quantity. Also, A constant supply of fresh Rocketts' Mills flour for private families. August 23. [3u]
TO RENT.—The upper APARTMENTS in the House occupied by Messrs. Kirby, Drake & Taylor, possessing convenient accommodations for a family. Possession will be given immediately—apply to Kirby, Drake & Taylor, or to THOMAS NORVELL. June 13. [ff]
NOTICE.—All persons indebted to the Estate of Marcus Elkan, deceased, are requested to make immediate payment, and creditors to present their claims without delay. C. J. MACMURDO, } Exors. JOS. MARX, } Richmond, May 17, 1808. (4f)