The enquirer (Richmond, Va.), 1806-07-01 00:00:00

The Enquirer.
PUBLISHED BY THOMAS RITCHIE, OPPOSITE THE POST-OFFICE...AT FIVE DOLLARS PER ANNUM... (PAYABLE IN ADVANCE.)
NUMBER 16]
RICHMOND, TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 1, 1806.
[VOLUME 3.]
Richmond Prices Current.
   Dolls. Cts.     Tobacco, 5 25   Wheat, 1   Flour—superfine, 7   fine, 6 50   Corn Meal—per bushel, 75   Bacon—per lb. 12   Bar Iron—per ton, 120   Whiskey—per gallon, 58  
Sales at Auction.
On Wednesday next, the first of July, will be sold without reserve:
TWO hhs. and 4 barrels Sugar—2 hhs. Rum—89 hhs. Salt—250 bushels coarse loose Salt—2 casks Tea—1 crate Queen's Ware—40 barrels Cider; 1 pipe Teneriffe Wine; 14 boxes Soap. Terms—90 days for approved indorsed notes, negotiable at the Bank of Virginia.
GRANBY & HANCOCK.
June 27.
Sales at Auction.
On Wednesday the 2d of July next, will be sold by Auction on the premises, if not previously disposed of at private sale.
THAT VALUABLE BRICK TENEMENT on Shockoe Hill, opposite to Mr. Page's, now occupied by Mr. James H. Lynch. Terms of payment—one and two years credit, the purchaser to give a deed of trust on the property to secure payment of the purchase money.
TAYLOR & BROWN, V. M's. (tdf)
June 6.
Sales at Auction.
On Saturday, the 5th of July next, will be sold on the premises.
A piece of GROUND, on the Main-street, adjoining Mr. James Maclure's, containing forty-five feet in front, and extending back 160 feet to an alley. The property will be sold entire, or divided into two equal parts, as may be found on the day of sale best to suit the purchasers. Terms—sixty and one hundred and twenty days credit; the purchaser giving his note, with an approved endorser, payable at the bank of Virginia.
ALSO—one other lot nearly opposite the Court-house, adjoining Isaiah Isaacs lot, containing 30 feet on the Main-street, and extending about 230 feet to the Back-street.
Six and twelve months credit will be given, the purchaser giving his note payable at the bank of Virginia, with an approved endorser.
TAYLOR & BROWN, V. M's. (tdf)
June 24.
FOR SALE.
THAT extensive and valuable property formerly owned by Peabody Thompson, Esq. deceased, situated in Northumberland county, State of Virginia, three miles from the Court-house, lying on the Potomac, nearly opposite Point Lookout. This property consists of about 2,500 acres of LAND, 1,700 acres of which is fertile low grounds, well adapted to the growth of Indian corn, tobacco, and every kind of small grain, and highly important for grazing. These lands, naturally rich and fertile, are capable of the highest improvement, having inexhaustible sources of sea weeds cast upon the shores easily obtained, and large quantities of oyster shells on the shores, and Indian Banks in different parts of the land, some valuable grafts easily retained, may be adapted either to graft or culture.
There is on the premises a substantial built brick dwelling house, two stories high, upwards of 80 feet front, well finished; two well built brick houses, forming a square with the dwelling house, and used as offices, upwards of 50 feet by 20, in good repair; a brick stable with stalls for 24 horses, and a large coach house in the middle; a brick dairy; a brick house used as a still-house, and also an extensive frame barn. There is a good proportion of wood land included in the 1,700 acres, heavily covered with white oak, hickory and chestnut, and a considerable quantity of fine thriving locust, red cedar and wild cherry. The high lands consist of 800 or more acres, of a good quality, level, and affords a good opportunity of improvement.
This property will be sold together or divided into convenient farms to suit purchasers. Possession will be immediately given. A further description of this property is thought unnecessary, as persons inclined to purchase will no doubt view the land.
Application to be made to John Murphy, Westmoreland county, or to James Moore on the premises, who are fully authorized to make conditional contracts for the same.
June 10.
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THE subscriber has removed his Broker's Office to the middle tenement, in Doctor Terman's new building, the first door above Messrs. Pickers, Pollard and Johnson, and the second below the Post-Office; where he will attend particularly to all business confided to him.
THOMAS NORVELL. For sale, 10 SHARES in the JAMES RIVER COMPANY. June 6. (tdf)
WILLIAM HART,
Opposite the State House. KEEPS constantly on hand a large quantity of BOTTLED PORTER and ALE, which he can recommend as of the first quality, having purchased Mr. Billingsley's stock, and seeing every bottle filled himself. Families supplied with DRAFT BEER by the barrel or retail.
Also for cash or country produce only, a general assortment of Groceries, among which are— Fine flavor'd transparent Rum Shrub. Boxes Tea by the chest or lb. A quantity of New-England Cheese and a few bushels of Irish Potatoes, very cheap. April 22. et4w Rowatf.
TO BE RENTED.
THE tenement on the street leading from the Main Street up Shockoe-hill by the Governors, at present occupied by Mrs. Pheasant as a Miller Store and dwelling house, there is a large cellar, a room which she uses as a kitchen; a very convenient and well fixed store and counting room; up stairs a room 18 by 23 feet, another 14 by 16 feet, three sleeping rooms and a lumber room. It being on a street very much frequented, high to the Capitol and Main Street, it suits very well for a store or other business. The situation is healthy and pleasant. Also, to let, four rooms in the tenement, wherein I live, that is, a dining room, drawing room, two bed rooms, part of the kitchen, stabling for two horses, and a place to put coals and wood. W. F. ANT. (law5w.)
June 17.
PROPOSALS
For carrying Mails of the United States, on the following Post-Roads, will be received at the General Post-Office until the first day of August next, inclusive.
6. FROM Washington City by Alexandria, Colchester and Dumfries, to Fredericksburg, six times a week.
Leave Washington City every day at 4 A. M. arrive at Alexandria by 5 A. M.; leave Alexandria at 6 A. M. arrive at Dumfries by 11 A. M. and arrive at Fredericksburg by 5 P. M. in 13 hours.
Leave Fredericksburg every day, at 4 A. M. arrive at Dumfries by 9 A. M.; leave Dumfries at 10 A. M. arrive at Alexandria by 2 P. M.; leave Alexandria at 3 P. M. and arrive at Washington by 5 P. M.
DECEMBER 1 TO APRIL 15. Leave Washington City every day at 4 A. M. arrive at Alexandria by 6 A. M.; leave Alexandria at 7 A. M. arrive at Dumfries by 1 P. M.; leave Dumfries at 2 P. M. and arrive at Fredericksburg by 7 P. M.
Leave Fredericksburg every day at 4 A. M. arrive at Dumfries by 9 A. M.; leave Dumfries at 10 A. M. arrive at Alexandria by 2 P. M.; leave Alexandria at 3 P. M. and arrive at Washington City by 5 P. M.
7. Fredericksburg by Bowling Green, White Chimneys, Hanover C. H. Richmond and Osborne's to Petersburg, six times a week.
APRIL 15 TO DECEMBER 1. Leave Fredericksburg every day at 4 A. M. & arrive at Richmond by 3 P. M.; leave Richmond at 4 P. M. and arrive at Petersburg by 9 P. M.
Leave Petersburg every day, Sunday excepted, at 2 A. M. arrive at Richmond same day by 6 A. M. and leave Richmond at 6 1/2 A. M.
DECEMBER 1 TO APRIL 15. Leave Fredericksburg every day, Sunday excepted, at 5 A. M. and arrive at Richmond by 6 1/2 P. M.; leave Richmond every day, Sunday excepted, at 4 A. M. & arrive at Petersburg by 10 A. M.
RETURNING. Leave Petersburg every day, save Sunday, at 2 P. M. & arrive at Richmond by 8 P. M.; leave Richmond every day, save Sunday, at 4 A. M. and arrive at Fredericksburg by 8 P. M.
8. From Richmond to Fraziers, New-Kent C. H. Williamsburg, Yorktown and Hampton, to Norfolk, three times a week. Leave Richmond every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 4 A. M. & arrive at Hampton by 9 P. M. & at Norfolk on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday by 10 A. M.
RETURNING. Leave Norfolk every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 3 P. M. & arrive at Richmond the next day by 8 P. M.
9. From Petersburg by Cabbins-Point, Smithfield, Surry C. H. & and Sleepy hole, to Portsmouth, three times a week. Leave Petersburg every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 4 A. M. & arrive at Sleepy hole by 2 P. M.; leave Sleepy hole at 3 P. M. and arrive at Portsmouth by 7 A. M.
Leave Portsmouth every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 5 A. M. arrive at Sleepy hole by 9 A. M.; leave Sleepy hole at 10 A. M. and arrive at Petersburg by 8 P. M.
DECEMBER 1 TO APRIL 15. Leave Petersburg every Sunday, Tuesday & Thursday at 11 A. M. and arrive at Sleepy hole by 9 P. M. Leave Sleepy hole every Monday, Wednesday & Friday at 4 A. M. & arrive at Portsmouth by 8 A. M.
RETURNING. Leave Portsmouth every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8 P. M. & arrive at Sleepy hole by 7 P. M. Leave Sleepy hole every Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday at 4 A. M. & arrive at Petersburg by noon.
From Lynchburg by Bethell, Podlar mills & Wincheston, to Lexington, once a week. Leave Lynchburg every Saturday at 6 A. M. and arrive at Lexington by 6 P. M. Leave Lexington every Sunday at 6 A. M. & arrive at Lynchburg by 6 P. M.
From Waterford by Snicker's Gap, R. Braden's store, J. Jany's store, Upperville and Israel Jany's mill, to Waterford, once a week. Leave Waterford every Wednesday at 6 A. M. & arrive at Upperville by 6 P. M. Leave Upperville every Thursday at 6 A. M. & arrive at Waterford by 6 P. M.
From Wythe C. H. by Tazewell C. H. Russell C. H. and Lee C. H. to Robinson's mills, once in two weeks. Leave Wythe C. H. every other Thursday at 6 A. M. and arrive at Robinson's mills on Sunday by 6 P. M. Leave Robinson's mills every other Monday at 6 A. M. and arrive at Wythe C. H. on Thursday by 6 P. M.
NOTES.
 1. The Post-Master General may expedite the mails and alter the times of arrival and departure at any time during the continuance of the contracts, he previously stipulating an adequate compensation for any extra expense that may be occasioned thereby.  2. Fifteen minutes shall be allowed for opening & closing the mail at all offices where no particular time is specified.  3. For every thirty minutes delay (unavoidable accidents excepted) in arriving after the times prescribed in any contract, the contractor shall forfeit one dollar; and if the delay continue until the departure of any depending mail, whereby the mails delayed for such depending mail lose a trip, an additional forfeiture of five dollars shall be incurred.  4. Newspapers as well as letters are to be sent in the mail; and if any person, making proposals, desires to carry newspapers, other than those conveyed in the mail, for his emolument, he must state in his proposals, for what sum he will carry it with that emolument, and for what sum without that emolument.  5. Should any persons, making proposals, desire an alteration of the times of arrival and departure above specified, he must state in his proposals, the alterations desired, and the difference they will make in the terms of his contract.  6. Persons making proposals, are desired to state their prices by the year. Those who contract will receive their pay quarterly, in the months of February, May, August and November, one month after the expiration of each quarter.  7. No other than a free white person shall be employed to convey the mail.  8. Where the proposer intends to convey the mail in the body of a stage carriage, he is desired to state it in his proposals.  9. The Post-master General reserves to himself the right of declaring any contract at an end whenever three failures happen, which amount to the loss of a trip each.  10. The contracts for the routes numbered 1 to 14, are to be in operation on the first day of October next, and to continue in force for two years, from that time; for the routes No. 15 to 57, are to commence at the same time, and continue in force one year; and for the routes No. 58 to 77, are to commence at the same time, and continue in force until the 31st of March, 1809. 
GIDEON GRANGER, POST-MASTER GENERAL. GENERAL POST-OFFICE, Washington City, April 26, 1806.
THOMAS RUTHERFORD & Co.
Are desirous to sell:
A few Boxes 4-4 and 7-8 Linen Linens, 50 Crates Queens Ware, and a quantity of Liverpool Salt loose and in sacks, just received on consignment by the ship, Herald from Dublin and Liverpool. May 27. e38m.
REMOVAL.
DOCTOR WILSON has removed from the Bell Tavern to the Brick House opposite the Bureau of Messrs. J. & R. Gamble and Mr. Neil McCall, where, in addition to his former stock, he has just received a considerable supply of
MEDICINES, PAINTS, &c.
The whole of which he offers for sale at reduced prices.
Orders from Physicians, Merchants and others, will be promptly attended to and carefully executed. It is his intention to devote much personal attention to his shop, and to sell such Medicines as he uses in his practice only. Families can have proper directions to accompany such articles as they buy of him.
Among a great variety, he begs leave to enumerate—
  Peruvian Bark  Russell's Bitters    Yalap, Calomel  Stoughton's Bitters    Rhubarb, Scammon  Tarlington's Balsam    Magnesia  Pungent Smelling Bottles    Manna, Salts  Phosphorus    Campher  Refined Water    Spanish Flies  Tooth Powder    Digitalis  Tooth Picks    Pink Root  Tooth Brushes    Opium  Greenough's Tincture    Arrow Root  Imperial Wash for cleaning leather    ALSO,  Essential Salt of Lemons    Anderlon's Pills  Lavender water    Batman's Drops  Rat Powder    British Oil  Fine polishing Copal Varnish    Balsam of Honey  White Varnish    Clings' Worm Lozenges  Black do.    Hamilton's do. do.  Japan do.    Churches Cough Drops  White Lead    Corn Plaster  Linseed Oil    Dalby's Carminative  Spirits of Turpentine    Daffy's Elixir  Mace, Cloves    Effenie Peppermint  Taxine, Ginger    Effenie Spruce  Long Pepper    Effenie Mustard  Isinglass, Coppara    Gowland's Lotion  Longwood, Fufick    Church's Lotion  Madder, Gold Leaf    Goddess's Cordial  Silver Leaf    Harlem Oil  Windsor Soap    Hungary Water  Wasp Balls    James's Powders  Camel Hair Pencils    Jesset Drops  Revere's Water Colours    Ilus Plaster  Hair Powder    Peppermint Lozenges  Powder Puffs    Lip Salve  Ich Ointment.    Liquid True Blue     Sieers Opodeldok     Orange Flower Water    ALSO—A small supply of Medical Books for sale. February 4. Sif
A REQUEST TO THE BENEVOLENT AND HUMAN.
WHEREAS in September last I took John Jones, son of Mary Jones, a lad then of about twelve years of age, from the Berkeley Spring to this city, under a mistaken notion that his mother had a right (since she actually exercised it,) to bind her son to me—and whereas the said John Jones, getting probably informed, as I have since been, of the nullity of the indenture, did on the 21st or 22nd of October, after my setting out for Alexandria, leave my house, and said several days at a Mr. Albert's, a baker on Shockoe Hill, by whom he was brought back—but left my house a second time on the same or next day, (as I have been informed on my return,) saying, that he wished to go back to his mother, that he knew every step of the road, and should find in Fredericksburg plenty of wagons to carry him to Winchester; and whereas I learned lately, to my great surprise from Captain John Hunter, at the Berkeley Spring, to whom I had occasion to write, that the said John Jones had neither been seen, nor heard of, which has been confirmed since by a letter from his mother to me, I therefore request by this public notice, all and every person, or persons, who may harbour the before named John Jones, or know his place of abode, or what is become of him, to communicate their intelligence to his disappointed mother at the Berkeley Spring, or to the subscriber in Richmond.
G. F. STRAS.
The said John Jones is rather tall for his age, slender, but well made—a hair complexion, blue eyes, light hair, a number of freckles in the face—he is sprightly and active, rides well on horse-back, and can drive a waggon. June 27. (St.)
The printers in the different parts of this state, are humbly solicited, by a distressed mother, to give a place to the foregoing in their papers.
JUST RECEIVED, FROM BORDEAUX:
A large assortment of Claret Wine, of different qualities; Champaigne, Mousseux, White Sautern, Vin di Grace Burgundy, Lafitte, Muscat de Frontignan, old Medoc of different qualities, fresh Anchoises, fresh Olives, Capers, and superfine Sweet Oil.—For sale on reasonable terms by ALEXANDER PLAINVILLE. June 27.
From the National Intelligencer.
COMMUNICATION.
To correct the errors and misrepresentations of certain printed sheets, that have been privately circulated by commodore Truxton, the following statement of facts with the accompanying remarks, is published.
Commodore Truxton in the month of January 1802, was ordered by the Secretary of the Navy to repair to Norfolk, and to assume the command of the frigate Chesapeake. The instructions, in relation to the command he was to have as commodore of the Mediterranean squadron, were postponed by the President until the ship was ready to weigh anchor. Advertising to the accidental circumstance that captain James Barron had been with commodore Dale as the first officer of his ship, and knowing at the same time that the temper of commodore Truxton was somewhat suspicious, the Secretary of the Navy informed him that he should have as his first officer Captain Campbell, who accordingly had proceeded on his journey towards Norfolk as far as the city of Washington; but in consequence of a recent injury in one of his knees he was unable to proceed further, and was moreover represented to the Secretary of the Navy as at that time unfit for duty.—This was communicated to commodore Truxton, who immediately in high dudgeon tendered to the Navy Department his resignation (under certain qualifications) by letter dated March 3, 1802, of which the following is an extract.
"I note what you say of captain Campbell; if he cannot go, I trust you will send Rodgers or some other of capability.—The officers destined for this ship are all young and very inexperienced—and though in due time may be clever, they are deficient at present—and the task for me on the intended service, would be too severe without some aid—and I have had heretofore much trouble in organizing a squadron, and at the same time attending all the duty in detail on board my own ship. Under these circumstances, and having a reputation to lose which I am very tenacious of, I should consider myself wanting in that duty which I owe to myself and my family, if I was to proceed without being placed in a situation similar to the commander of the squadron now in the Mediterranean, and if this cannot be done—I must beg leave to quit the service."
By order of the President the resignation of commodore Truxton thus tendered was accepted, and the following is the letter of the Secretary of the Navy to him.
COMMODORE TRUXTON,
Navy Department, 13th March, 1802.
SIR, I have received with real concern your letter of the 3d inst. notifying your determination to quit the service, unless you can have an additional captain to command your ship under you. The condition, Sir, is impossible. It is well known that from the reduction of the officers in pursuance of the act of Congress of the last session, there is not at this time within the United States a captain of the navy that we could require to take a secondary station on board a ship. As this must have been known to you I cannot but consider your notification as absolute. It is to be regretted that it had not been made at an earlier period, so as to have allowed me to ask from you a re-consideration of the subject: But at this moment, when the ship is almost ready to depart, neither the object of her destination, nor the expenses of the delay will allow time for negotiation. I would presume too, that you had deliberately viewed the case under all its aspects, and that no considerations which I could present, would be new to your mind. It remains then for me, however reluctantly, to acquiesce in your determination, and to lessen as much as possible the expense and injury, which such a notification at this point of time may occasion, by dispatching, as I have done, orders to captain Morris at Boston to repair immediately to Norfolk and to assume the command of the Chesapeake. Until his arrival I have committed the charge of the ship to Lieutenant Smith. I have the honor to be, Your most obedient servant, R. SMITH.
To this letter, thus accepting his resignation, the Secretary of the Navy received from commodore Truxton an answer, dated March 22, 1802, of which the following is an extract of what relates to the point in question.
"I am honored with your letter of the 13th, and note its contents, which is well. The only part of it that I feel hurt at is your mention of regret that I did not make known to you my determination at an earlier period. It is not however necessary for me to dwell much on the subject, now the business is settled, but I must remark that the cold reception of the President at Washington, and the conduct I met there (unnecessarily to mention there) was far from inducing me to believe that the appointment I held was congenial to the feelings of Mr. Jefferson. Three years and a half after commodore Truxton had thus quit the service, the following letter with its enclosures, was addressed by him to the navy department.
OFFICIAL.
Hon. ROBERT SMITH, Esq. Secretary of the Navy. Philadelphia, Sept. 7, 1805.
I never intentionally wrote an ambitious letter in my life that I remember, but have ever wished to be explicit in every thing.
At the time I wrote to you my letter of the 3d of March, 1802, from Norfolk, I was extremely unwell, although I kept about as much as I could, to facilitate the frigate's equipment and departure for the station she was intended. I was, however, finally obliged not only to go to bed, but to remain confined in my chamber for a time, but to my bed—and after being removed to a vessel when scarcely a convalescent, and reaching my farm in New-Jersey, I was again confined in the same manner for a length of time, and few, if any, not even physicians, expected that I should ever again be restored to my usual health. In the state of mind too, when I wrote to you on the 3d of March aforesaid—it is possible my letter in some particulars may have appeared to you ambiguous, or wanting farther explanation—but the intention of that letter was simply to communicate to you my desire of leave to relinquish the command on the Mediterranean service, without a second captain being furnished me, and it would have been immaterial to me, whether he had been of the 1st, 2d or 3d grade, a full captain—master commandant, or lieutenant commandant.
The enclosed letters from my friend, Charles Biddle, Esq. and from commodore Dale—the former I wrote to at the same time I wrote to you from Norfolk as already mentioned on this subject, and when I wrote to several other gentlemen, and with whom I have often conversed since, will corroborate my explanation of my letter of the 3d of March, 1802—and the latter gentleman, who I was to have relieved in the Mediterranean, arrived in Hampton Roads from off that service with the frigate President, I think on the very day captain Morris received from me the command of the Chesapeake, and he, commodore Dale, very well recollects that I then said to him, and on all occasions since have said to him, when that subject has been introduced, that I merely withdrew from the Mediterranean command, because I deemed farther aid than was furnished necessary for that service, and that I had at no time any intention of resigning my commission, or leaving the general service of the navy, otherwise I should have most certainly forwarded to you my commission, as is usual when a resignation is made. But permit me, Sir, to add further that no letter written by me after I took command of the Chesapeake prior or subsequent to that of the 3d of March aforesaid, public or private, which has any thing in it conveying an appearance of the smallest intention in me of resigning my standing in the navy. It would be useless for me to add any thing farther in this letter than to pray you write me fully of my situation, and
to accept my sincere respect, & that esteem with which I have the honor to be, Sir, your most obedient humble servant, THOMAS TRUXTON.
P. S. I could most certainly produce many other letters written to my friends and their answers similar, but that cannot be necessary in this case for Mr. Secretary Smith. T. T.
(To be continued.)
Foreign Intelligence.
NEW-YORK, June 23. The arrival of the ship Charles, from London and Penzance, has furnished the Editor of the Mercantile Advertiser with London papers to the 7th May, inclusive; which, though they contain no news of primary importance, are not altogether without interest.—We have subjoined the leading articles.—Our Lloyd's Lists are of the 2d May.
The bill regulating the commercial intercourse between the British West-Indies and the United States of America, was read a second time in the Imperial Parliament on the 6th of May, and committed for the 8th. The bill vests that discretionary power in the King and Council which had been hitherto exercised by subordinate magistrates in violation of law, and for which it was necessary to pass year after year an act of indemnity.
LONDON, May 5. The following is a copy of an official communication made to the Lord Mayor yesterday. It is dated from the
ADMIRALTY OFFICE, May 4. "A dispatch has been received this morning from Vice Admiral Sir J. B. Warren, giving an account of the capture of the Marengo, of 80 guns and 740 men, Rear Admiral Linois, and the Belle Poule, of 40 guns, and 220 men, on the 14th of March, after a running fight of some hours, with his Majesty's ships London, and the Amazon frigate.
 Killed.
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Swedish troops are evacuating Lauenburg, and retiring to Swedish Pomerania, which, it is supposed, the Prussians will immediately invade. The present policy by which the Prussian Government are influenced, has excited the greatest dissatisfaction, which is no where attempted to be disguised, and which the military are by no means active in repressing. Haugwitz is never mentioned without the deepest execration, whilst Hardenberg is universally beloved and respected. The windows of the house inhabited by the former have been broken; whilst garlands of flowers have been affixed to the house lately possessed by the latter. In the midst of this popular ferment, the distresses of the merchants are increasing daily, and a deputation has lately been sent to the King at Potsdam, to lay before him the calamitous situation of their affairs.
There was a report yesterday, that Count Haugwitz was to be sent to England, to endeavor to adjust the differences between the two governments. A man more unlikely to succeed in such a mission could not easily have been selected. We do not believe the report.
On the question for the house to resolve itself into a committee on the bill for repealing the additional defence act, a debate of considerable length took place in the house of commons last night. Mr. Fox delivered a decisive opinion in favour of a new military plan, but no information was afforded with respect to the period when the legislative measures necessary to carry it into effect will be brought forward. We still think that they will not be brought forward this session.
Sir R. Strachan has returned from his cruise, and has rejoined the channel fleet. During the whole of his long cruise he never saw a ship of the enemies; either French, Spanish, or Dutch.
From the London Gazette, May 6. Admiralty Office, May 6.
Copy of a letter from Sir John Barlafe Warren, Bart., and K. B. vice admiral of the Blue, &c. to William Mordaunt, Esq. dated on board his majesty's ship Foudroyant, at sea, the 14th of March, 1806.
Sir—I request you will communicate to their Lordships that at half past three A. M. on the 13th of March, his majesty's ship the London, which I had stationed to windward of the squadron, having wore, and made the signal for some strange sails, I directed the squadron to wear likewise upon the larboard tack, the wind being at W. S. W. and as day light appeared, made the signal for a general chase, soon afterwards the London was observed in action with a large ship and a frigate and continued supporting a running fire with those ships which were endeavouring to escape, until half past seven, when the Amazon, being the advanced ship, pursued also and engaged the frigate, which was attempting to bear away. The remainder of the squadron approaching fast upon the enemy (and the action having continued from before day light until forty three minutes after nine A. M.) the line of battle ships, bearing the flag of a Rear Admiral, struck; and at forty three minutes past the above hour, the frigate also followed her example, when an officer came on board the Foudroyant with Admiral Liniois sword, and informed me that the ships which had surrendered to his Majesty's colours were the Marengo of 80 guns, 640 men, and the Belle Poule of 40 guns, eighteen pounders, 320 men, returning to France, from the East-Indies; these ships being the remainder of the French squadron which had committed so much depredation upon the British commerce in the Eastern world. I have much satisfaction in stating the meritorious and gallant conduct of caps. Sir Harry Neale and William Packer supported by the zeal and bravery of the officers and crews of their respective ships, who claim my warmest thanks and acknowledgements; and whose exertions, I hope, will recommend them to their Lordships' particular notice and favour. I cannot, however, avoid regretting that the force of the enemy did not afford to the officers and men of the other ships of the squadron, who shewed the most earnest desire to have closed with the enemy, an opportunity of displaying that valour and attachment to their king and country, which I am confident they will be happy to evince upon some future and more favourable occasion. I have enclosed a list of the killed and wounded on board his majesty's ships as well as their defects; and have likewise forwarded a particular statement of the ships captured, together with an account of the loss sustained by the enemy, being the most correct that could be ascertained from the roll of honour. Rear Admiral Liniois is among the wounded, as well as several other officers. I have the honour to be, &c. &c.
[Signed] JOHN BORLASE WARREN. [Here follows the return of the killed and wounded, which appeared in the Courier of yesterday.]
Foudroyant, at sea, March 14. A list of ships belonging to the French Government, captured on the 13th March 1806, by a squadron under the command of vice admiral Sir John Borlase Warren, Bart., and K. B. Marengo, 80 guns, 740 men, Rear Admiral Liniois; Virgnaud, first captain, Chaffeu, second captain.
Belle Poule, 40 guns, 18 pounders, 320 men, Bruille, captain.
[Signed] J. B. WARREN. Foudroyant, at sea, March 23.
A return of the killed and wounded on board the Marengo and Belle Poule in the action, on the 13th March, 1806.
Marengo and Belle Poule—65 killed and 80 wounded.
[Signed] J. B. WARREN.
STOCKHOLM, April 21.—By the last accounts from Germany we learn that General Kalkreuth who commands the Prussian troops destined to act against Swedish Pomerania (and who had halted) has received fresh orders to march; but private letters from Berlin give reason to believe that matters between the two courts will be accommodated.
GOTTENBURG, April 25.—A King's brig and a cutter have arrived here from Carlscrona, which are to cruise in the Categut, between Marstrand and the Wingo, for the protection of the trade. Two fine frigates, the Admiral Chapman and the Camilla, each of 44 guns, have also arrived from the same place; they are to convoy the vessels bound to the Mediterranean.
The fortifications here are putting in a respectable state of defence, and new batteries are erecting in several places.
SWEDISH BULLETIN. Head Quarters of the Swedish Army of Griefswald, April 26.
Reports received on the 23rd from Adjutant Gen. Count Von Lowenhielm announced that the Prussians had on the 21st taken possession of several villages in the Mecklenburg territory along the frontiers of Lauenburg.
Yesterday Baron Glas Kalamé arrived as a courier with a report from Count Von Lowenhielm, dated Gadebusch, April 23. It is stated in this dispatch, that at half past eight in the
morning of the 23rd, the Prussians passed the Lauenburg frontier at Marienstatt in such force, that the Swedish troops found it necessary, after a brave resistance, to evacuate their posts in the evening. The loss of the troops under Count Von Lowenhielm consists of one officer killed, and eight wounded.
The loss of the Prussians cannot yet be stated with certainty, but during the action it was remarked that some men fell on their side; besides Count Von Lowenhielm has reserved the communication of farther details (which with respect to the conduct of the Prussians will be very ample) until his next Report, which is every moment expected.
In consequence of the hostilities thus commenced by the King of Prussia, his Swedish Majesty was pleased to issue orders yesterday for a general embargo on all Prussian ships in the Swedish harbours.
A gentleman, who came passenger in the ship Charles, informs, that a few days before he left London, Mr. Monroe assured him that he had reason to expect that the differences between the U. States and Great-Britain would soon be advantageously settled.
Our London papers state, that a new treaty had been concluded between Russia and the Porte.
Extract of a letter from a Spanish officer to his brother in Baltimore, dated Geronna, March 13, 1806.
At the conclusion of this letter, the post came in, and brings us news that the conquest of Portugal is determined on. Marshal Berthier has arrived in Madrid. 5,000 French troops are on the march from that frontier, and two divisions of Spanish Hibernians among them. A vessel laden with the ladies and women belonging to the Spanish troops that passed to Etruria, were unfortunately taken by an Algerine rover; the sailors fled in the boat, abandoning them to their fate. The sailors have arrived, but no accounts with regard to the passengers can be had. A brigadier general with his wife, and a young girl of fifteen was among the number."
Domestic Intelligence.
THE GRAND ECLIPSE.
BOSTON, June 17. Yesterday there was a total eclipse of the sun, as was predicted by our astronomers. The sky was without a cloud, and many stars were visible; but the rays of the sun shot beyond the circle of the moon, and any thing could be seen in the streets as well as in the brightest moonlight night.
SALEM, June 17. Yesterday the great solar eclipse took place, agreeably to the calculations which had been made. The day was very favorable to viewing it. The air was remarkably clear, and there was not a cloud in the hemisphere. As the sun shut in, the stars appeared, and many were visible at the time of total darkness. A considerable alteration in the temperature of the atmosphere was felt during the continuance of the eclipse. [Salem Gaz.]
POUGHKEEPSIE, (N. Y.) June 17. ECLIPSE.—The singular phenomenon observable on the total eclipse of the sun, which occurred yesterday, has probably been remarked by thousands. The face of nature changed from shade to shade until the sun became completely obscured. The darkness then, for about three minutes, was equal to that of deep twilight; the stars were visible in various parts of the horizon, the planet Venus, shining with a brilliant lustre, ascended their roofs, the cocks crowed as at the breaking of day; birds hovered among the bushes, and bats were observed flitting along the air. A sudden chilliness pervaded the atmosphere, and night at mid-day seemed to envelop the earth, until the glorious luminary, bursting from its confinement, instantly dispelled the gloom, and gradually restored the day.—Just before, and after the total obscuration, innumerable vapory shadows, of various forms, were seen, in tremulous motions on the surface of the earth, resembling the undulations of the ocean. [Barometer.]
ECLIPSE, AS SEEN AT WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON-CITY, June 18.—Several gentlemen made preparations for observing the eclipse of the sun, which took place on Monday, with accuracy. The sky was quite clear at 6 A. M. and continued so about an hour, it then became cloudy and did not clear away until 2 o'clock afternoon. The clouds were so thick that neither the beginning, visible conjunction, or end of the eclipse could be observed. At 9 h. 39 m. 23 s. the sun appeared through the clouds, a very small part of it obscured, but disappeared before the vered line of the lucid part could be taken; not being visible quite a minute. At 10 h. 51 m. 41 s. it was again seen about half a minute and the eclipsed part was estimated at 11 1/2 digits, having the appearance of the New Moon.—Many persons were disappointed in their estimates of the degree of darkness that would happen; although the light was less than in a very cloudy day it was greater than in the brightest moonlight night.
Eclipses of the sun afford one of the most accurate methods of ascertaining longitude, and this one has been looked for with considerable anxiety, in the hope that it would be the means of determining the geographical positions of many places in the United States. It is probable that observations have been more fortunate in other parts of the country, and it is hoped they will favor the public with the result of their observations.
A late voyage to the Sandwich Islands, immortal by the fate of Capt. Cook, informs us, that in one of these remote islands he found the ambition which has given extensive conquests and glory to ancient and modern heroes of Europe.—By arms, and persuasion, a hero named Tamahama, had extended his power over the surrounding islands. Only one still refused submission, and in that the inhabitants, almost wild with despair, had contemplated to construct a vessel upon which they might trust to the ocean, and find another abode for their independence, which they no longer hoped to support by courage and arms. But this ambition has given progress to society, in the allied islands, and their necessities have furnished arts which they cultivate and advance in peace. The hero had already prepared a fleet, and had purposes of commerce with the continent of Asia. Abandoning the savage manners, an opportunity is given for the milder doctrines of European nations. The resemblance in the language of these islands, even such as are most remote, is now fully ascertained. Salem Reg.
A duel was lately fought in England, between Lieut. Torrens and Mr. Fisher, surgeon, both of
the 5th regiment, when the former received a shot which terminated his existence in a few hours. The coroner's inquest brought in a verdict of sualful murder , against Mr. F. and his seconds.
FROM THE AURORA.
POLITICAL VIEWS.
No. IV.
THE COMMERCE OF THE MEDITERRANEAN.
The seventh power which we enumerated is that of Turkey. Under a judicious administration and well regulated policy, the Turkish empire in Europe, possesses natural means and advantages capable of placing it on an equality with any power in Europe, either in commerce or in arms. We judge of men and nations by comparison—the Turks flagellate the Christians as infidels, and we are too apt to repay them with as little consideration, and no more justice in the same style of invective. Yet it is certain that taking the Turkish people separate from their government, their moral & social characters are infinitely preferable to those of the Russians, their neighbors and enemies, and much more to be admired than those of nations which boast of civilization.
The Moslem religion is not favorable to the sciences, the arts, or even to commerce. Constrained in a climate where luxury had not increased human wants, favorable to indolence, it encourages no passions which require exertion but those of war, and this is sustained by religious enthusiasm to a height unsurpassed. But the value of the Turks is not regulated by system, and has hitherto spurned the restraints & method of European tactics. Their commerce discards European method in like manner—and therefore it is that the merchandize of Turkey are so few as 200—and that her ships are never seen in the Atlantic, very rarely in the Italian seas. Their ignorance of science precludes them from the advantages of philosophical discovery on the art of navigation, & other obvious causes induced them, before the French revolution, to employ the vessels of Venice, Ragusa, and France, and of certain Greeks of the islands, whose bishops held a considerable influence in the Archipelago. The French revolution, by depriving the Porte of the tonnage of Venice and France, tended to throw the whole weight of that commerce into the hands of Russia, and to give strength to the power which was most eager for its destruction, and which appeared to be accelerated by the impending ruin and partition of France.
Russia, therefore, suddenly rose to an immense height of commercial wealth, and displayed very soon after the opening of the first coalition, 860 sail of merchant vessels, under her flag, who maintained a most active and lucrative commerce between the Euxine and the Mediterranean. The activity of the English capitalists profited by these revolutions of commerce, & the productions of England found their way through the Baltic, by Riga , to Cherson , or to Nichopol on the river Bug, which gave a water carriage the whole way to Constantinople or the Mediterranean, and at a less expense than the former route of Hamburg , Pernau , and the stream of the Danube to its mouth. Though the Russian flag fluttered incessantly before the minarets of Constantinople, the crews of the ships were really composed of Greeks, who had been seduced or emigrated voluntarily to the Crimea. The subsequent occupation of the Cephalonian isles ( Corfu , Theaki , &c) which by the bye were guaranteed, as an independent state, by Russia, and bound to pay tribute to Turkey by the Russians, augmented their commerce and their influence in a similar way. It remains to be seen whether Russia will succeed in her efforts to retain the republic of the seven isles. Her military movements in Dalmatia, prove it to be her intention, and that the war must inevitably take that direction. If Russia should be dispossessed by war or by treaty of those islands, her consequence as a maritime power will be at an end, and her projects on Constantinople will be no longer as plausible and probable, nor so alarming to Europe as they have appeared to be for thirty years.
Joseph II. of Austria, had meditated the overthrow of the Turkish empire, as well as Catherine II. Vast projects of internal navigation and commerce were formed by that extraordinary man. He had introduced the cultivation of the aromatic tobaccos of Macedonia into Hungary, and established Greek families in the Banat of Temeswar so late as the year 1780. The port of Teme in Ilria , at the bottom of the Venetian Gulph, he declared to be a part of Hungary, notwithstanding its great distance from thence, and that it had been always included in the district of Trieste. Charles V. had confirmed a very excellent road from this place into Carinthia in Croatia . Joseph II. proposed no less than constructing similar roads into Slavonia , digging canals from the Upper Save to the Danube, and thus uniting the Adriatic to Austria and Hungary by internal navigation, which was to cross the mountains of Morlachia and unite the waters of the Raab and the Drave, the Laybach and the Save. The death of Joseph II. and the convention of Pilnitz, diverted the attention of Austria from projects so much more laudable than war.
These facts however shew the tendency of the policy of Austria, and the solicitude to become a commercial power. The events of the second coalition, fatal and disastrous, as they had been to the arms, revenues, and influence of the Austrian house, might by the unexpected acquisition of the Venetian territory on both sides of the Adriatic, have more than realized the commercial ambition and compensated the losses of Austria in ancient Burgundy . The neighbourhood and early communication between the Adriatic and the Austrian dominions in Hungary , &c. opened resources and opportunities for maritime activity which the house of Austria could not have realized in every quarter, and her acquisition of which ought, (as no doubt it was intended by the magnitude and importance of thecession) to have bound Austria by perpetual gratitude to France. Before these acquisitions the subjects of the house of Austria navigated 250 sail of vessels in the Mediterranean. The increase of her commerce was astonishing, in two years it arose to 1500 sail! Yet the Venetians, who under the aristocracy had formed the best code of regulations for commerce to be found in Europe, deploring in their transfer to the imperial government, the false policy, the hardships and oppression, to which they were subjected.—The great increase of ships under the flag of Austria, must no doubt be considered as being composed of the Venetian ships, or of the subjects which they had acquired by the treaties of Cambo Formio and Leoben . But the principal consideration in this view is, to whom the same resources are now transferred, and what must necessarily be the consequence of this change of circumstances.
The next power was the little state of Ragusa , the ancient Epidaurus . This little aristocracy, whose territory contains 270 square miles and 80,000 inhabitants, is distinguished at once for the fertility of the soil in a fine climate and in the midst of a productive and luxurious country; for its industry and its extraordinary policy—it was said to pay the Turks tribute through fear, the Venetians out of hatred, the pope out of superstition, Spain out of policy, and Naples out of cunning; their cunning was not successful, for in 1783, the Neapolitan king under presence of possessing the right to appoint the commander of their troops, quarrelled with them; the Porte was not able or willing to protect them; Spain was too intimately allied with Naples to interfere; the Venetians wished their destruction; and the pope could not from the pure love of peace interfere in war—the Ragusans were forced to put themselves under the protection of the king of Naples! They are considered as the Nantucket-men of the Mediterranean, and are always at peace with the Barbary powers. The Neapolitan protection is now at an end, and the carriers of the Mediterranean incidentally come under the protection of France. This little state, under all its difficulties, profiting by the madness of great nations, doubled its commerce in ten years. The policy of France will not obscure this little gem on the margin of the Adriatic; it will be preferred if not for curiosity or from magnanimity, or from its insignificance, at least for its neutral and accommodating carriage during
the war. Perhaps the fleet of Great-Britain if it penetrates to that neighbourhood, may not be so indulgent like Genoa, Tuscany, Holland, Naples, it may be forced from its neutrality and become a salvatore member of the empire.
Tuscany or Etruria , in former days an eminent commercial state, was ruined long before the French revolution by the corsairs of Barbary . During the early vicissitudes of the French revolution, before the intrigues and menaces of British emissaries, and fleets had plunged it in misfortune, its commerce assumed a promising aspect; its resources are unquestionable—its dependance on France as a federal member of the empire, determines their common destiny.
The commerce and the industry of the Roman territory, is trivial and insignificant: the mariners of the Roman coast seek employment in the service of other nations; and it remains to be ascertained whether the revolutions which have and are about to take place will restore the Roman state to any degree of importance in policy or commerce. Sardinia was the Botany Bay of the Romans , and the inhabitants are the most noted smugglers of the Mediterranean; their vessels are principally engaged in that occupation and in fishing—but though they do not uniformly engage in a legal commerce, they are active and intrepid, and bring into the stock of general trade their full proportion of the tonnage of 100 sail. If the Barbary system were extinguished, this island would be a very important commercial depot—and is very well situated for any power disposed to carry on a war with the piratical Tunisians .
The commerce of the Italian kingdom and the isle of Elba will now share a common fortune with Tuscany , Genoa , and other members of the federative empire. The Prussians employ several Greek vessels under their flag, and carry the Phirmaund (or passport) of the grand Seignor for their protection against the Barbary states, which are procured by the Prussian ambassador at Constantinople . The Prussian flag did not appear in the Mediterranean till a very late period, about the fall of 1803. The countenance of the Porte to Prussia evidently shews that the same solicitude which has always prevailed in the divan to maintain an interest in the north of Europe , as a check upon Russia and Austria , still prevailed. Sweden , with the counsels of France , by a declaration of war against Russia , saved the Porte from the project of dismemberment planned by Joseph II. and Catherine II. and this led to a disastrous war, in which himself in the Swedish service. Sweden having been by the subjugation and dismemberment of Poland , placed at the mercy of the imperial powers, has been like Kazoff obliged to seek the protection of its enemy. The Porte through a similar interference of France , obtained in 1791, the organization of an army of 200,000 Prussians , who operated as a diversion for the Porte , while Prussia at the same moment employed the appearance of this army to favor the partition of Poland and to countenance the negotiations going on at Pilnitz . These dispositions, though political, bear upon the commercial policy of the present period and shew their dependency upon each other. The same pretexts which have been set up for maintaining the balance of power, by other nations, will now be employed by Turkey , Prussia and France , and to sustain the balance of the north, Prussia will have Pomerania and the coasts of the Baltic as far as Riga , while France occupies the other scale in the Mediterranean.
The Dutch were formerly the greatest carriers of the Mediterranean; but since their involvement by the blind folly of the stadholder , in the war of the French revolution, the number of ships has decreased, so that for the last 12 years the appearance of the Dutch flag has been as rare in the Mediterranean as a Neapolitan in the Baltic . The materials of industry remain in Holland , skill, industry, economy and the love of wealth, and on a peace a release from excessive taxes, and adequate protection, will restore the Dutch to their wasted importance on the ocean. No nation has profited more by the wars of the revolution than the Danes . Indeed since the American revolution, the Danish commerce has been progressively increasing; so that in 1804, in the Mediterranean trade alone, they had 400 sail, which however, comprehended some Dutch ships and Hamburg vessels under that flag. The commercial system and marine regulations of the Danes are esteemed excellent; her policy for 30 years has obtained the applause of all liberal men; her ships and mariners are inferior to none. From the information of Mr. Bille , Danish consul at Algiers , it appears that for several years the Danish freights alone in the Mediterranean yields a million of dollars annually. As the Baltic is generally shut up for five months of the year, the Mediterranean trade is of great importance to that nation, hence their solicitude to preserve peace with the Barbary powers, and with any other power that has influence over them.
Baron Rubeuder , who was consul general at Algiers for 15 years, calculated that it cost Denmark in stores, money, and other presents 60,000 dollars a year during his consulship in that country, which closed in 1799; and this was exclusive of 300,000 dollars paid to the Algerines for cargoes condemned by the British , Spaniards and French it being usual, for the nations at peace with Barbary to become responsible for property ship under their flags.
HALIFAX, 25.
On this fourth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and six, before me the sub-rather, one of his Majesty's justices of the peace for the county of Halifax , personally appeared Daniel Trask , and William Patterson, jun. of Wiscasset in the state of Massachusetts , mariners, seamen belonging to the American brig Ranger , John Patterson master, lately lent into this port for admeasurement, by his majesty's ship Leader , Henry Whitby , Esq. commander, and made oath—that after the capture of the said brig Ranger by the Leader aforesaid the deponents were taken on board of her, where they remained about thirty days; that about 20 days after their being on board, a ship hove in sight on the starboard bow, and the Leader immediately made all sail under upper deck colours, firing at the same time all her upper deck guns on the starboard side in order to bring her to, that the ship which the Leader was in chase of, still continued on her course, upon which the Leader wore round, and fired seven guns under English colours from the larboard side; that the ship immediately bore down and proved to be an American ship from Charleston bound to Liverpool in G. Britain ; that after the said ship had come under the lee of the Leader they fired two nine pounders at her and one of them struck her forward and the other aft; that the captain of the Leader ordered the master of the American ship to lower his yawl, upon which the master replied "that he did not think his yawl would swim;" that he then ordered him to hoist out his long boat, upon which he lowered his yawl (not being able to put out the long boat) in which he came on board the Leader , with two of his seamen in a very leaky state—that after the American ship was within hail they continued to fire swivels and small arms from the quarter deck of the Leader at her, while they were leaving the boat; that the two seamen who came on board with the captain were ordered on the quarter deck, and a fight of their protections demanded by Henry Whitby , the captain of the Leader ; that upon their delivering them into his hand, Daniel Trask , one of the deponents, saw him tear them in pieces and throw them overboard; that during the time the captain of the American ship was under examination on the quarter deck of the Leader , a boat was lowered from her and proceeded on board the American ship, and in a short time returned with two of her seamen; that the two seamen who came on board with
the captain of the American ship and whose protections the said Henry Whitby had destroyed in the manner beforementioned, were detained on board the Leader , and are now on board said ship; that the captain of the American ship after being detained about three hours, on board the Leader , was permitted to go on board his ship in his own yawl with the two men who came on board in the Leader's boat and immediately sailed.
And the said William Patterson, jun. further saith, that he heard the officers of the Leader say, that the reason given by the American captain why he did not bring to on their first firing at him was their chasing him under French colors, he having English property on board.
DANIEL TRASK. WILLIAM PATTERSON, Jun. Same day sworn to before me. JAMES STEWART, Notary Public and Justice of Peace.
BOSTON, June 19.
Capt. Freeman, arrived here on Monday, from Madeira —June 15. off Cape Cod , was fired at and brought too by the British cutter Adonis , Capt. Masters , who impressed two of his men, one of which was an American, named Samuel Crosby , belonging to Connecticut , and four by the American Consul, the other an Englishman —Neither of them had protections. The boat came to anchor off the Light House on Monday—Mr. Allen , the English Consul, on hearing of this circumstance, immediately went on board the cutter, and obtained the release of the American. Gazette.
The Legislature of New-Hampshire have made choice of the Hon. NATHUM PARKER , Esq. as Senator in the Congress of the United States, in lieu of the Hon. Mr. PLUMER , whose term of service expires in March next.
NEW-YORK, June 24.
Extract of a letter from an officer at Port Detroit , dated June 1, to a gentleman in this city.
"We have received a letter from Captain Whipple , at Fort Wayne , Dearborn at Chicago , and Machinac .
"The brig Adams arrived from Machinac , and brings intelligence that war is expected in that quarter, and that the garrison was preparing for defence.
"The militia at this place are preparing, but it is a feeble misfiring, and not capable of rendering much service.
"I am of opinion that the English nation will take a part, though not openly, with the Indians, as some supplies of provisions and ammunition have lately been issued by the agents of the British government."
MIRANDA.
From the style of the following letter we suspect it to be a communication of Vruijo's , the intriguing ex-minister of Spain —particularly from the solicitude to have it appear that the expedition originated in the U. States. Aurora .
In addition to the contents of the following letter, we learn by the resolution, that the two schooners were carried into Porto Cavello . Phil. Gaz.
Extract of a letter from Caracas , dated May 15.
"Ever since the departure of the traitor Miranda , from New-York, we have watched his motions and observed all his operations at Jacquemel . On the 24th of March he appeared on the coast with the corvette Leader , two schooners, the Bacchus and the Bee . He landed five emissaries, and on the same day he was attacked by our vessels of war—he sustained the attack with courage for a moment, but observing our vessels preparing to board, he fled in a dishonorable manner, after throwing over part of his military stores.
"The two schooners were captured after a slight resistance. Three of the persons on board threw themselves into the sea—but two of them were immediately picked up, the other was drowned.
"We have taken 50 of these brigands, who will soon have their trial. We have also taken the 5 emissaries who were landed with their commissions, uniforms, &c. guns, pistols, saddles, military stores, and a number of proclamations headed with liberty, and printed by your pointers to revolutionize this province. In a word we have captured all but the Leader , and there is little doubt the will soon be brought in by our vessels who are in pursuit of her. A great reward is offered for capture of her and captain Lewis ."
PHILADELPHIA, June 24.
By captain Turner , who arrived at the Lazaretto , from Kingston , ( Jamaica ) we learn, that a number of impressed American seamen have been dismissed from British men of war, by application of Mr. Lenox , the American agent, to the Admiral at Port-Royal .
KENTUCKY. Lexington, June 7.
The ravages committed by the Army Worms , is inconceivable to those who have not witnessed its depredation. Many meadows are left with scarcely a spear of grass standing; and the wheat, rye and corn, have not shared a much better fate.—The planters are generally re-planting their fields of corn; hoping the worms will disappear, before it is out of the ground, as they are now decreasing in number.
TENNESSEE. Nashville, June 7. 1806.
ON Friday the 23rd ultimo, gen. Andrew Jackson came into this office and told the Editor he had received information, that Mr. Charles Dickinson was about to have a piece published, which reflected himself; and demanded a fight of it, his request was complied with; a few hours after which, we are informed, the gen. challenged Mr. Dickinson , which

That Bonaparte has no serious design at present of interrupting our tranquillity, is fairly to be inferred from his designs upon Turkey. That the more he fixes his eye upon the East, the less will he turn them upon the West; that the greater his ambition to fix his colonies in Turkey or in Egypt, the less will he be disposed to interrupt us in our negotiation for the Floridas; is most true. But still, who will pretend to set bounds to his views on this side the Atlantic, should he survive but fifteen years longer! Bonaparte hates us, for he hates our government. Thanks to the friendly gratitude of Monsieur Talleyrand, who spares no effort to exasperate the prejudices of his master against us!
FOR THE ENQUIRER. PACIFICATOR, No. V.
Prospects of a war between France and Russia; future fate of the Turkish empire; and an over-land expedition to India.
It is foreseen that there will be much weeping and wailing, whenever Bonaparte shall take a single step towards the emancipation of Turkey. They who impute to Bonaparte all the worst attributes of man, will find no difficulty in adding this to the catalogue of accusations. Their jaundiced minds will impute to him a thousand enormities, which neither ever existed, nor found a place in the reflections of this illustrious character. The defamers of Bonaparte will depict the Turks among the oppressed nations of the earth, over whom Napoleon is about to extend not only the sceptre of despotism, but also the iron rod of oppression. They will draw a veil over all the records of ancient times, and the established transactions of modern date. They will forget the terrors, the havoc, the desolation which these execrable monsters have spread over a great part of Europe, Asia and Africa, and will pour out the vial of vengeance and indignation against the only man of all the world, who ever had the will and the means, to restore some of the finest regions of the earth to the blessings of free agency, and millions of the most enslaved and degraded human beings, to the rights and privileges of humanity and civilization.
Anticipating these complaints, it has been thought necessary to exhibit to the reader in a concise and forcible manner, the true character of the Turks, such as it is represented by an eminent English historian:
It must be acknowledged that their fame, however great as conquerors, has never entitled them to any other homage, and never ranked them among the benefactors or instructors of mankind. Intent upon victory, they have stopped at no means to prosecute their plans of universal dominion, violating every principle of justice and national faith; attacking their neighbours without provocation, without claim, without even alleging a ground for such conduct; massacring and vanquishing without pity, or sparing their lives only to force them into a slavery the most degrading; and seizing on their wives and daughters, selling or dishonoring them, regardless of the domestic misery of the unhappy sufferers.
In other countries particular reigns & epochs have been marked with actions of disgraceful, but such periods and such reigns were ever held by the great mass of nations themselves, with the indignation they merited. Here, on the contrary, is a system of wickedness and abomination, from the ancestors of a whole people to their posterity, to this very day, confirmed by their religion, and approved by those who call themselves the priests of God. Wherever the Turks have established their dominion, science and commerce, the comforts and understandings of mankind, have all decayed. Not only have they exemplified barbarian and intolerance in their own conduct, but they have extinguished the flame and genius of knowledge in others; breaking and defacing the monuments of ancient art, with a kind of savage exultation, and proving themselves to be the real scourges of the human race.
If this be a true representation of the Turkish character, is there a philanthropist or philosopher in any region of the earth, who will not rejoice when a government, so fatal to the rights of humanity, shall be destroyed? The question is a plain one, and will be answered in the same way by all those who can feel for another's woe, who can appreciate as highly that misery and wretchedness which is found in the cottage, in the cabin or in the hammock, as that which hovers over the imperial bed-chamber.
This distasteful picture relates only to the conquerors, rulers, and oppressors of that ill-fated Empire. The descendants of the ancient Greeks who are among the present inhabitants, not only deserve a better fate, but are in no way entitled to the smallest portion of this disgraceful portrait. Every where they are the victims of a tyranny such as never did elsewhere exist. And there are the people who will receive an invading revolutionary army with transports of joy. These are the people who will fill the ranks of their deliverers as soon as they dare. These are the people, who pant for an opportunity to break their fetters, and once more to take their station among the nations of the earth. All those who have wedded their souls to the interests and policy of G. B. who believe every thing to be wrong which militates against British domination, will either deny or endeavor to obscure this distasteful picture of the Turkish character. They will retort the heroic actions and splendid achievements of Turkish conquerors. They will vainly hope that the deeds of a nation which formerly marked their sanguinary course will be revived. They anticipate, that the Berbers, the Mamluks, the Murats, the Augers, the Bernadottes, the Kellermans &c. will fly before the Turkish Janissary, and will bend their victorious necks to receive the fatal Seymair. These hopes and prospects are idle and fallacious. It is proper, that they should consider things as they are. They should separate the fate of their favorite ill-fated from the fate of Turkey; and rejoice, that Europe has produced a man, who has both the will and the means, to emancipate more than fifty of their fellow creatures from the most intolerable slavery.
But even admitting that this picture is over-drawn, that the rulers of Turkey are not so bad, and that, much is to be expected from their prowess; still this will not alter the prospect, nor will it reconcile the conquered and enslaved people to the present government; and altho' they may be restrained by fear from rising in arms to facilitate the operations of the invaders, still they will do nothing which they can avoid to support the interests of the present government, because no change can make their situation worse.
nor will it reconcile the conquered and enslaved people to the present government; and altho' they may be restrained by fear from rising in arms to facilitate the operations of the invaders, still they will do nothing which they can avoid to support the interests of the present government, because no change can make their situation worse.
If however a regular and substantial opposition shall be made by the Ottoman government, it will require a little more time to effect the revolution. Venice alone formerly waged an equal war with the Turks, and tho' far inferior in numbers, by her skill and bravery baffled their designs and supported her independency. If this was done by Venice alone when the Turkish power was in its greatest vigor what may not be expected from the gigantic arm of the matchless Napoleon?
Much more has been said concerning Turkey than was merely necessary to illustrate the probabilities and possibility of a revolution. The reader is now acquainted with the contradictory interests and opposing feelings which exist in that empire. The real Turks or Ottomans who administer the government and hold all offices civil and military, are a very different and distinct race of people from the general inhabitants. The first and the second are the natural enemies of each other. There is all the difference between them which exists between master and slave. It is from those who are now enchained, from those who are held in bondage, that co-operation is to be expected. If a new order of things should be established, it would immediately merit the approbation and receive the aid of an immense and valuable population. The whole country would at once receive a different destiny, and the people would exhibit a new and brilliant character.
Such are the resources which may be obtained even in Turkey to invade the British Dominions in India. In this way, Bonaparte by exertions, and with means which would not ensure him even a successful landing in England, may restore to the rights of free agency, and to the privileges of humanity, many millions of his fellow creatures who are now groaning in misery; and he may immediately render them useful, in facilitating his ulterior projects towards India.
What number of men, it will be asked, will be necessary to make a successful expedition to India? Upon this subject it is not necessary to descend to nicety. If a revolution pleasing to the inhabitants shall be accomplished in Turkey by the instrumentality of Bonaparte, it will be in his power to obtain from the dominions of Turkey as many men as will be necessary to establish posts of communication from Constantinople to Indostan. And the same kind of conduct and treatment which will be necessary to procure the aid and confidence of the new auxiliaries will insure the friendship and co-operation of all the people through whose countries it will be necessary to pass. Such communications being established, an intercourse not only for military but for commercial and political purposes will be established; also; but the adjacent inhabitants will find many inducements to countenance & give safety and protection, to that system which affords them a certain market for the products of their labours.
Altho' this extensive project should be pursued with that energy and success which is peculiar to Napoleon, there is nothing to prevent a simultaneous preparation to meet the British upon that element, where they now are so pre-eminent; where they have obtained so many splendid triumphs; and where the present naval power of France is but as an atom.
At this moment, G. B. possesses a navy equal in number and force to all the ships of the world; greatly superior in skill, and as brave as the most sanguine eulogist can wish to portray. A contest therefore with G. Britain will appear not only unavailing but ridiculous. The notoriety of these truths is so well established and believed, that it is hardly necessary to say, that it is impossible for Bonaparte to invade G. Britain with an army of sufficient strength to make a serious impression. This very circumstance which will afford to the friends of England much cause for joy, operates powerfully to prove that the other project, the only one which is now practicable, will be attempted.
Nor is this all. Many Americans seem to fear that Bonaparte, after accomplishing his designs in Europe, will attempt the subjugation of the U. S. They give way to their fears and suspicions, and in the proportion as they are misled by the delusions or terrors of their own minds, they give a loose to invectives and vilification. Errors of this sort are extremely prevalent. They are encouraged by another description of persons, who care as little for America as for Bonaparte; who are altogether wedded to the interests of G. Britain, and if the subjugation of the United States by France, neither affected their personal interests nor the British policy, they would not feel a pang if both countries should sink into the greatest miseries.
To those well-meaning but deluded Americans, who are misled by the errors of their own imaginations, or the designing insinuations of others, it will be a matter of consolation to know, that objects of much more importance, are presented to the mind of Napoleon. Turkey in Europe, Asia and Africa, embracing all those celebrated countries, where arts, science and civilization once shed a lustre over the human character, affords to his exalted mind the objects of splendid and beneficial achievements. These are objects not only grand and magnificent, but are attainable. They are objects which will give additional splendor to the character of Bonaparte. They will procure for him the thanks and gratitude of the present race, and the everlasting applause of future ages. If Bonaparte should stop here, the revolution of Turkey alone, would appear equal to the splendor of his character, and the illustrious course which he has already exhibited. But this will not be the case. Greece, Macedonia, Asia Minor, Armenia, Syria, Egypt and other parts of the Mediterranean, deserve the fostering hands of Napoleon. And there is no doubt, that the aids which are suitable to the present state of these countries, will be afforded. A mind like that of Napoleon, even admitting that universal domination was the darling passion of his soul, would find more inviting objects in this extensive range than could be expected by the greatest successes upon the American continent.
Nor is this all. The commerce of India, until lately, was conducted either by the Red Sea or overland, through Persia and Syria to the Mediterranean, and thence to the different parts of Europe. The improvements in navigation, and the conquest of these countries by the Turks, not only opened a more easy channel, by means of the first, but totally obstructed and shut up the second. The British nation by the superiority of their fleet, almost entirely engrosses the commerce of India; while the same policy on the part of Turkey, denies to Europe the benefits of the other.
When Bonaparte invaded Egypt, it was generally believed, that the chief design was to establish safe and permanent communications, by the means of which this commerce might be
revived. That project then failed. Important events have since happened, not only as respects Bonaparte himself, but in relation to all the nations of Europe. The naval power of Great Britain has increased. The marine of France is almost annihilated. Bonaparte has acquired a strength, which may bring not merely Egypt, but the whole Turkish empire at his feet.
If Bonaparte was sincere in the design of establishing an over-land communication with India, through Egypt, contrary to the will of the Ottoman government, will he neglect the present opportunity of forcing his way by means much more attainable, more secure and more permanent? This is a project which will interest the feelings and enthusiasm of millions of people, which will unite by commercial and political ties the remote inhabitants of Europe and Asia.
In the execution of these grand and benificent designs, Napoleon will not only find sufficient employment for the energies of his own mind, but for all the resources of his empire. They are designs which are suitable to his genius and enterprise, towards which he has already made considerable efforts, and which, it is not likely, he will either abandon or delay longer than may be necessary to mature the plans for execution. Under these circumstances, America has nothing to fear. The East affords an hundred inducements for a single one, which can offer an invitation in the west.
Although these things are offered as an argument to appease the anger, and repel the fears of those misguided Americans, to whom there has been already some allusion, the writer of this thinks proper to say, that there are many other arguments which fully satisfy his mind that Napoleon has no other designs towards the United States, than those which may be dictated by a just and honorable policy. No man ever had so fair an opportunity to procure the blessings of his co-temperaries & the plaudits of future ages. Already he has done enough to perpetuate his political and military fame, to the latest ages of posterity; already he is universally admitted to be the saviour of France and the pacificator of the continent of Europe; and nothing is necessary to complete the greatness of his character, but to add to it that he is the Benefactor of mankind. Much indeed has he done to entitle him to this distinguished appellation. Every thing which has been fully developed shews that he aspires to that exalted character. Soon after he was appointed first consul, his declaration to the French nation and to all the world, gave an indication of his future intentions. In this address, among other things, which were suitable to his station and character, the following deserves particular notice.
Already have the armies assumed the imposing attitude which is the constant preface of victory; and if some powers are desirous of trying the fortune of war, THE FIRST CONSUL who has already promised peace, is about to conquer it, at the head of those warriors whom he has conducted more than once to victory. But in the midst of battle he will still invoke the object of his wishes; and in the mean time he solemnly engages to contend alone, for the repose of France and the happiness of the world.
Although Bonaparte has been perpetually disturbed by military coalitions, by perfidious cabinets, and by plots of assassination, it is well established that he has uniformly regulated his own conduct by these promises. The repose of France he has obtained by conquest, and there wants nothing to make his public character complete, but to shew that his future objects are calculated to promote the happiness of the world.
MASSACHUSETTS.—It was not later than the year 1799, when there was only one member in the Senate of this respectable state, who supported the Virginia Resolutions on the Alien & Sedition Laws. At that time too, the House of Representatives was decidedly federal. The Governor, the Nine Counsellors, all the inferior officers of the commonwealth, were penetrated by the same federal politics. What a singular inconsistency that Massachusetts thus exhibit! That a late which had been the very first to resist the encroachments of Great-Britain, should thus be among the very last to stand up against the machinations of the federalists!—It was a contrast which the good sense of Massachusetts could not long endure. This state of things is now rapidly passing away; for a brighter scene has already succeeded.
Mr. Bacon, the sole supporter of the Virginia resolutions is now President of the Senate.
In the House of Representatives there is a republican majority of nearly one hundred.
In all their late appointments, the Legislature have shown that decision of character, which must confirm the attachment of their friends throughout the commonwealth. Every federalist that they could reach, has been turned out of office, and republicans put into their places. The nine members of council, the secretary and the treasurer of the state, are republicans; the notaries themselves are now republicans; Messrs. Adams and Rhodes, the publishers of the Chronicle, a very able republican print, have been chosen their printers for the ensuing year, in lieu of their late printers, the publishers of the "New-England Palladium."
But it is impossible to pass over the compliment, which the H. of R. have paid to the administration of Mr. Jefferson, in their answer to governor Strong's speech. In this speech, you see a studious attempt to soften down the energy of the republicans; and to recommend the suspicious and hollow principle of moderation.
"In free States, says Mr. Strong, where the mind is neither subdued by force nor awed by terror, even the appearance of unanimity is not to be expected. But whatever differences of opinion may prevail among our fellow-citizens, we, as agents of the commonwealth, have one and the same interest to pursue, and are bound by the most solemn obligation to pursue it invariably. Our constituents have a right to expect our warmest zeal, not for the success of a party, but for the public good. You, Gentlemen, I trust will have this object constantly in view, and instead of consulting private interest, or gratifying partiality or resentment, will be ready to agree in all cases where the general welfare of the state is concerned. Such an example in the Legislature will have the happiest tendency in every part of the Commonwealth to abate the fervor of political dissension, and prevent or repress those internal feuds, which, if long continued, admit of no reconciliation; and which in other countries have proved fatal to almost every free Government."
The House of Representatives were not, however, to be neutralized by all this honeyed advice. They determined boldly to express their political principles; their confidence in Mr. Jefferson's administration. To this homily of Mr. Strong, they therefore replied:
"Differences of political opinion unavoidably flow from the free exercise of the understanding, and are intimately connected with the nature of Republican Institutions. When confined within the boundary of reason they may be considered as salutary, by awakening a spirit of inquiry, and diffusing a sentiment of toleration. But the interest and tranquillity of every government require, on the part of the people, a respectful attention to the constituted authorities, which shall resist the imputation of improper motives of conduct, and on the part of those authorities an
elevated ambition for the public good, which shall bury party animosities and private resentments. By a faithful discharge of the duties prescribed by the constitution, as an endeavor to promote harmony in the moment of political dissension, and a sincere determination to act for the public welfare, we hope to merit the confidence and to promote the felicity of our fellow-citizens."
"Blest, as we are, with a constitution, formed upon the principles of political wisdom, and with a national administration whose measures are directed to the honor and prosperity of our country, we cannot fail to enjoy the benefits of liberty, if we are not intenable of our duties, or careless of our privileges. Removed from the contentions and miseries of foreign nations, may we support the dignity of freemen by a generous confidence in our rulers, and by an exalted sense of national character."
It was in vain that the federalists attempted to have the passage in Italics stricken out. For the motion was lost by 58 to 110.
It is thus that the federal party are losing the weight of the only respectable state, which was on their side; a state, which has been pompously called the Strong-hold of federalism. To that asylum then will they now retire? To the priest-ridden, college-ridden state of Connecticut, or to the small state of Delaware; a state, which even now is almost divided again; them. All the other states have majorities both in the general and state governments, strongly attached to the present administration. Such is the result of the virtue of our rulers!!
COMMUNICATION.
Fredricksburg, 29th June, 1806.
It was not until last evening that I had an opportunity of seeing all the communications, which have lately been made in the Enquirer, relative to the misunderstanding which took place between Mr. J. R. and Mr. T. M. R. in the course of the last evening of the last session of Congress. I have felt the deepest regret at the perusal of some parts of these publications, as they appear calculated to revive an affair, which I thought, had terminated so honorably to both the gentlemen concerned, as to prevent the possibility of any future misunderstanding on the same subject. Under these circumstances, I think it my duty to add my testimony to that of Mr. Coles, that we may, if possible, put an end to this unfortunate business. The revival of it is to be ascribed entirely to a note in one of the late Intelligencers, which, from the peculiar language and manner of it, seems to insinuate, that Mr. J. R. or his agent for him made an apology to Mr. T. M. R., previous to that gentleman's explanation in the House. This insinuation, as appears by Mr. Coles's communication, as well as my own, is entirely unfounded. The private conversation, which he very correctly states took place between us, when under the influence of those feelings, which none but savages could be divested of, situated as we were, we pledged ourselves to each other to prevent if possible any hostile termination of this affair; was prefaced by mutual declarations that we then spoke and acted as private individuals, and not as the agents of our principals. In this conversation, (which I never mentioned before, because I considered it confidential, but the repetition of which seems now necessary,) I told Mr. Coles I was perfectly satisfied that Mr. J. R.'s observations had not been intended for Mr. T. M. R., but as Mr. J. R.'s agent, I had no authority to say so; on the contrary, in that capacity, I was bound to say, that after what had passed, Mr. J. R. could not think of making the declaration required of him, as it would have the appearance of an apology, & that if Mr. T. M. R. could not reconcile it to himself to give a proper explanation, Mr. J. R. would expect Mr. T. M. R. to meet him either that night, or the next morning. This message, as appears by Mr. Coles's communication, was never delivered, because he found Mr. T. M. R. in the act of making his explanation when he went to seek him. In not delivering the message, after he found that the explanation, which it required, was actually made, I think I should have acted as Mr. Coles did. Of this circumstance however I was ignorant, until last week Mr. Coles's publication. For, the first and the last time, that I saw him after this conversation, was at one of the entries from the lobby into the house, at the moment when the members were in the act of taking leave, and separating for the session. And then I stopped no longer, than to repeat to him, what I had just told Mr. J. R. The language I used on this occasion was, as near as I can recollect, that I had stated to Mr. J. R. as my opinion, and the opinion of several members, who mentioned the subject in my hearing, that Mr. T. M. R. had made such an apology in the house, as was both proper for Mr. T. M. R. to make, & for Mr. J. R. to receive, and that I then waited on him at the request of Mr. J. R. to make this statement, and to say that Mr. J. R. was satisfied.
In all the interviews which I had with the parties concerned, I endeavoured as much as possible, to guard against the use of any expressions, calculated to exacerbate those feelings already highly excited in both the gentlemen, as I was perfectly aware, that they must tend to impede that peaceful and honourable termination of this affair, which I felt such an anxious desire to effect.
When I retired from the House, it was with this impression on my mind, that altho' my friend, Mr. J. R., had been treated in the first instance in a manner, which appeared to me and to many others who mentioned it in my hearing, highly improper, and for which he had sought reparation in the way most usual upon such occasions, yet that Mr. T. M. R., as soon as he was convinced of his error, had made such an apology as justice to Mr. J. R. required, & as the most punctilious honour could not be thought to forbid.
JAMES M. GARNETT.
Last Evening's Mail.
NEW-YORK, June 25.
The brig Bellisarius left Bordeaux on the 19th of May. The papers received by her at the office of the Mercantile Advertiser, are Bordeaux to the 8th, and Paris to the 3d. They contain no political intelligence worth translating. Captain Holmes informs us that American vessels were getting into demand, and that an advance had taken place in the price of freight.
Merc. Adv.
The United States brig Hornet, captain Dent, has arrived at L'Orient in 22 days from New-York.
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A letter from a respectable commercial house in Liverpool to another in this city, dated May 7th, says, "Our cotton market has remained steady since the 26th ult. but the corn market has become extremely dull for wheat at 12s to 12 1/2s per 70lbs. and five flour 50s. per barrel." The postscript to the letter mentions that the writers were that moment assured that the export of corn from Dantzick to England is allowed; and if so, that the price of wheat must fall.
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The Journal du Soir, a Paris paper of the 30th April, contains the following article in a letter from Rennes:
"Admiral Villeneuve, who commanded the French fleet at the battle of Trafalgar, and who had been lately debarked at Morlaix from on board an English flag of truce, killed himself in the night between the 22d and 23d of April. We are entirely ignorant of the cause of this act of depredation. He was found in his chamber, pierced with five wounds made by a knife in his left side. It is supposed, from the position in which his body lay, that after having stabbed
himself he threw himself on his bed, leaning upon the handle of his knife, that he might thrust it in deeper and thereby accelerate his death." lb.
NORFOLK, June 28.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman arrived on Wednesday, and who proceeded up to Baltimore, to a gentleman in this place.
"I left Barbados the 10th inst. (June) Tortola 13th, and St. Thomas the 14th, by the Barbadoes papers enclosed, you have all the news there. I saw a letter from Admiral Cochrane, dated off Fort Royal, Martinique, the 11th inst. to a gentleman at St. Thomas' which stated that France had declared war against Sweden and Denmark, and that all vessels under those flags were detained at Gaudaloupe and Martinique." Ledger.
From a Bridge Town (Barbados) paper of June 7.
GENERAL MIRANDA.
This celebrated and distinguished officer arrived here this morning on board the American ship Leader, capt. Lewis, in company with his majesty's sloop of war Lilly, which fell in with the Leader on the 26th ult. off Grenada. Gen. Miranda, who had sailed from America in January last on an expedition to give freedom and independence to South-America, touched at Jacquetmel, and failed again from thence on the 27th March, in company with the two schooners Bacchus and Bee, and arrived near O'Cumana, between Porto Cavallo and Leguira, on Sunday evening the 17th April; on the following morning the coast being alarmed, the Leader was attacked by two float-guardian coasters, one of twenty 12 pounders, & the other a schooner of fifteen 12's, both full of men. The Leader succeeded in beating those off, but the Bacchus and Bee, being in shore endeavoring to land a detachment, were captured, having several confidential officers on board. In consequence of this disaster, and the Leader being in want of water, general Miranda put into Bonaire, and failed from thence on the 18th inst. intending for Trinidad, but having fallen in with the Lilly, and received some information from captain Campbell of that ship, he proceeded to Grenada, and from thence to this island, probably with a view of conferring with our respective commanders on the future execution of his laudable enterprise, in which every British subject and free government must wish him the amplest success.
The Bacchus and Bee were two unarmed pilot boat schooners.
The citizens are notified that an ORATION will be delivered at the Capitol on the 4th inst. between the hours of 11 and 12 o'clock, to which they are respectfully invited.
Sales at Auction.
On Tuesday the 8th inst. at the office of the subscribers, will be sold positively without reserve, for approved endorsed notes at sixty days, negotiable in the Bank of Virginia:
19 barrels, 7 tiers and 9 hds. Prime Brown Sugar, 10 hogsheads St. Kitts Rum, 4 boxes fresh Imperial, and 4 do. Young Hyson Tea, 500 pieces first chop Yellow Nankeens. TAYLOR & BROWN, V. M'rs. July 1.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT OF THE UNITED STATES, JUNE 21, 1806.
WHEREAS the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, at a meeting held on the 28th day of April, 1806, did resolve, that the sum remaining to complete the expenditure of the annual appropriation of EIGHT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, should among other purposes be applied to the reimbursement of the NAVY SIX PER CENT. STOCK, created in pursuance of an act of Congress, passed on the 30th day of June, 1798, and to the reimbursement of the FIVE AND HALF PER CENT. STOCK, created in pursuance of an act of Congress, passed on the 3d day of March, 1795.
This is therefore to give notice, that the principal of the said NAVY SIX PER CENT. STOCK, with the interest due thereon, will, on surrender of the certificates, be paid on the 1st day of October next ensuing the date hereof, to the respective stockholders or their lawful representatives or attorneys duly constituted and authorized, either at the Treasury or at the Loan Office, as the case may be, where credits have been given for the amount of stock, respectively held by them; and that the principal of the FIVE AND HALF PER CENT. STOCK, with the interest due thereon, will in like manner, and at the same places, be paid on the 1st day of January, 1807, to the respective stockholders, or their lawful representatives or attorneys duly constituted and authorized.
It is further made known, for the information of the parties concerned, that no transfers of the NAVY SIX PER CENT. STOCK, either from or to the books of the Treasury, or from or to the books of a Commissioner of Loans, will be allowed after the 1st day of September ensuing, nor of the FIVE AND HALF PER CENT. STOCK, after the 1st day of December ensuing; And the interest on all certificates of said stocks, which shall not have been surrendered, in pursuance of this notification, will cease and determine, on the day preceding the day hereby fixed for the reimbursement thereof.
ALBERT GALLATIN, Secretary of the Treasury, (seal 1185.) July 1.
NOTICE.
All persons having claims against the estate of Robert Biscoe, dec'd. late of Powhatan county, are requested to bring forward the same properly authenticated, and receive payment—and those indebted to the estate, are desired to make immediate payment to HENRY L. BISCOE, Administrator. July 1.
NOTICE.
THE estate of Peter Gillelyland, dec'd. late of Aberdeen, near this place will be exhibited for sale, at Mr. Zachariah Brooks's tavern, on the fourth day of this month. All persons having any claims against said estate, are requested to forward the same properly authenticated to HENRY L. BISCOE, Administrator. July 1.
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FIRE WORKS.
For the anniversary of American Independence. MONS. ROSAINEVILLE, respectfully notifies the ladies and gentlemen of Richmond, Manassas and the public generally, that he intends to the 4th of July, in the Circus of the Hay-Market-Garden, an elegant fire work, which he has been preparing at great expense for the occasion, and flatters himself that his efforts and brilliancy of exhibition, will procure him the approbation of such as may honor him with their presence, which he has had the pleasure to experience in Charleston, Norfolk, and many other places, on similar exhibitions. The order of the Fire Work will be expressed in the bills of the day. The garden and ball room, will be brilliantly illuminated, and music for dancing. No disappointment or postponement will take place, unless occasioned by rain. July 1.

EXTRACTS FROM THE PAMPHLET, Entitled, "An Enquiry into the State of the Nation at the commencement of the present administration."—London, 1806.
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If we can only look calmly at the whole bearings of this question, we shall discover that the advantages which the enemy derives from the assistance of neutrals in carrying on his colonial remittances, and all the other branches of his distant commerce, are by no means unmixed with serious injuries to his prosperity, and that the neutral flag can by no means cover him from the effects of our maritime superiority.
In the first place, the superiority of our navy, which forces him as soon as a war breaks out, to employ neutrals in almost every branch of his commerce, has the obvious effect of creating a great shock to his mercantile affairs. Nothing is more to be dreaded in a trading country, than such sudden and extensive changes as these. Scarcely a merchant in France but must feel the consequences of our instantly transferring all the navigation of the country to the hands of neutrals, and compelling its foreign imports and exports to be entirely carried on circuitously, instead of directly.
In the second place, the total suspension of the enemy's navigation is an injury of the greatest moment to his general power. It is precisely the sort of injury most desirable to our own interests, and the natural consequence of our naval superiority. While neutral ships and seamen alone are employed in carrying on the commerce of France, her only nursery of maritime power is destroyed; she loses her whole chance of gaining a navy; she can neither procure a stock of merchant vessels nor breed a race of seamen to man her ships of war.
But, lastly, the operation of our maritime power upon the naval affairs of the enemy, besides destroying that part of his system which alone it is our interest to injure, confers important benefits upon those whom it is our interest to assist. Not only does the ruin of the French navy, by the neutral interference, produce the greatest injury to the government of France, with which alone we ought to be at war, without ruining the unoffending and peaceable inhabitants, whom we should have no right against; but it transfers a large portion of commercial wealth, & a capacity of acquiring maritime power, to nations naturally allied to us, by blood, by the relations of political interest, and by the intercourse of trade.
It is in vain, then, to represent the neutral trade as a complete security to our enemies, against the effects of our maritime superiority. The injuries which it is our interest to inflict upon France, are in no wise diminished by the interference of America in her commerce. The French navy is destroyed by our, and the chance of restoring it may be considered as at an end, during the war. The revenue of France, in so far as it depends upon colonial produce, we might wish to cut off, but we cannot; for so long as the French people have a taste for that produce, and money to pay for it, they will buy it; it will enter France, and pay duties to the government.
A further ground of objection to the Americans has been urged with considerable popular effect. Their merchants, it seems, are now manned, in a great degree, by deserters from the British navy. While the emigration of seamen into their service prevents England from putting her ships of war in commission, the Americans are ready to establish a formidable marine upon the ruins of ours, for the maintenance of their disputed claims. It happens, however, to be the necessary consequence of our situation, that such an emigration should take place.
dent from pre-gangs, which it enjoys, cannot fail to attract a great number of men from our merchant vessels during a war. But how can this possibly be prevented? No regulation of the government can alter the manners of America, nor make our merchants raise their wages, in order to retain subjects for the impress service. Nor do we seem willing to abolish that mode of supplying our navy, which would probably, if coupled with a rise of wages, have the desired effect.
It is said, however, that we may insist upon a right of searching all American vessels at sea, and impressing the British seamen found in them. Do we mean, then, to deny to our sailors alone, of all classes of people, a right to leave the country, and seek employment in the territories of friendly powers? It is hurtful to the commerce of the country, that artisans should go to America and Russia, and we have various laws on our statute book, the fruits of a millenial policy, framed with a view of preventing such an emigration. But no one can propose, at the present day, to extend such prohibitions, and still less was it ever in contemplation to reclaim the artisans who had actually gone away and settled in foreign countries.
By Authority.
LAW OF THE UNITED STATES.
AN ACT
For establishing trading houses with the Indian tribes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, to establish trading houses at such posts and places on the frontiers, or in the Indian country, or either or both sides of the Mississippi river, as he shall judge most convenient, for the purpose of carrying on a liberal trade with the several Indian nations, within the United States, or their territories.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States shall be authorized to appoint a superintendent of Indian trade, whose duty it shall be to purchase and take charge of all goods intended for trade with the Indian nations aforesaid, and to transmit the same to such places as he shall be directed by the President. And he shall take an oath or affirmation faithfully to execute the trust committed to him, and that he will not directly, or indirectly be concerned or interested in any trade, commerce, or barter, but on the public account; and he shall also give bond, in the penal sum of twenty thousand dollars, with sufficient security, to be approved by the secretary of the treasury of the United States, truly and honestly to account, for all the money, goods and other property, whatever, which shall come into his hands, or for which in good faith he ought to account, and to perform all the duties required of him by this act; and his accounts shall be made up quarterly yearly, and transmitted to the secretary of the treasury.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the superintendent of Indian trade shall receive an annual salary of two thousand dollars, payable quarterly at the treasury of the U. S.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States shall be authorized to appoint an agent for each trading house established under the provisions of this act; and every such agent shall give bond with sufficient security in such sum as the President shall direct, truly and honestly, to account for all the money, goods, and other property whatever, which shall come into his hands, and for which he ought to account, and to perform all the duties required of him by this act.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of each of the said agents, to receive from the superintendent of Indian trade, and dispose of, in trade with the Indian nations aforesaid, such goods as may be transmitted to him by the said superintendent, to be received and disposed of as aforesaid, according to the rules and orders which the President of the United States shall prescribe; and every such agent shall take an oath or affirmation, faithfully to execute the trust committed to him; and that he will not, directly or indirectly, be concerned or interested in any trade, commerce or barter, but on the public account, and he shall render an account quarterly, to the superintendent of Indian trade, of all money, goods, and other property whatsoever, which shall be transmitted to him, or which shall come into his hands, or for which, in good faith, he ought to account; and he shall transmit duplicates of his accounts to the secretary of the treasury of the United States.
ment, and forever thereafter, be incapable of holding any office under the United States: Provided, That if any person, other than a public prosecutor, shall give information of any such offence, upon which a prosecution and conviction shall be had, one half of the aforesaid penalty, when received, shall be for the use of the person giving such information: And provided also, That if such midemeanor be committed by the superintendent of Indian trade, or by any agent, it shall be deemed a breach of the condition of his bond, and the penalty thereof may be recovered in any court having competent jurisdiction of the same.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the prices of goods supplied to, and to be paid for, by the Indians, shall be regulated in such manner, that the capitol stock, furnished by the United States, shall not be diminished.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That during the continuance of this act, the annual sum of three thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated for the payment of the salary of the superintendent of Indian trade and his clerks, to be paid out of any money in the treasury of the United States, not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That during the continuance of this act, the President of the United States be, and he is hereby authorized to draw annually from the treasury of the United States a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars, to be applied under his direction to the payment of the agents and clerks; which agents shall be allowed to draw out of the public supplies two rations each, and each clerk one ration per day.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That the sum of two hundred and sixty thousand dollars, including the sums heretofore appropriated, and applied to the like purpose, and exclusive of the salary of the superintendent of Indian trade, and of the allowances to agents and clerks, be, and the same is hereby appropriated, for the purpose of carrying on trade and intercourse with the Indian nations, in the manner aforesaid, to be paid out of any monies in the treasury of the United States, not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That if any agent, or agents, their clerks, or other person employed by them, shall purchase or receive from any Indian, in the way of trade or barter, any gun, or other article commonly used in hunting; any instrument of husbandry or cooking utensil; of the kind usually obtained by Indians in their intercourse with white people, or any article of clothing, excepting skins or furs, he or they shall respectively forfeit the sum of one hundred dollars, for each offence, to be recovered by action of debt, in the name and to the use of the U. S. in any court having jurisdiction in like cases: Provided, That no suit shall be commenced except in the state or territory within which the cause of action shall have arisen, or in which the defendant may reside.
Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the said superintendent of Indian trade, under the direction of the President of the U. S. to cause the said furs and peltry to be sold at public auction, public notice whereof shall be given three weeks previous to such sale, in different parts of the U. S. making an equal distribution of the same, in proportion to the demand of the market, and as may be deemed most advantageous to the U. S. and upon such terms and conditions as shall be prescribed by the secretary of war: Provided, That there shall not be less than six annual public sales, of the said furs and peltry, and that the superintendent of Indian trade shall not hold more than two such sales in any state, during any one year.
Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That this act shall be in force for and during the term of three years, and no longer.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. S. SMITH, President of the Senate, Pro tempore. APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON.
Piscicellany.
The sale of the late Marquis of Lansdown's collection of paintings, took place in London in March last. They brought upwards of nine thousand pounds. A portrait of WASHINGTON, by Stewart, was sold for 315 guineas.
RHETORIC AND ORATORY.
The first professor of Rhetoric and Oratory which New-England has ever known, was inducted to office on the 12th instant, at Harvard University, in Cambridge.—The Hon. John Quincy Adams, Esq. the elected professor, after the ceremonies of induction were over, delivered an Address, relative to the subject of his professorship. This address was in the highest degree elegant, classical, and energetic; abounding in fertility of illustration, force of delivery, and originality of remark.—Though "the wand of Hermes is no longer the scepter of Empire," yet the speaker convinced us that eloquence "has awoken from her slumbers and shaken the poppies from her brows," has conquered the barbarism of language, by softening the harshness of the English into the harmony of the Latin tongue, and can again control the passions of mankind by irresistible persuasion.
From the Northumberland Argus.
A person in or near London made known to the public that he had provided materials for a house, all of wood, and that they were proof against fire, and that, on a day fixed, he would have it on Putney Common, and a sufficient quantity of combustibles to try the experiment. Accordingly a great concourse of people assembled. The house was set up, and fire set to it in several places, but it would not burn. The fact is, the wood had been rendered incombustible by its being previously boiled or soaked in alum water. Boards that are used near a stove-pipe, or in any situation near the fire, might be soaked with the above, and so prevent them from catching fire, and save all the calamity which so often follows such accidents.
TEN DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN AWAY from the subscriber, on Thursday night the 1st inst. a negro man named LEWIS, he is about five feet nine or ten inches high, stout and well made, has a scar on one of his hands (I believe his right) occasioned by a burn when small; he wore away a home-spun short coat and pantaloons dyed of a light olive colour, took with him a black broad cloth coat and vest, but I expect he will change his name and clothing, and attempt passing as a free man, and will attempt to make his escape to Norfolk by water. Masters of vessels and all others are forewarned from harbouring, employing, or taking him away at their peril. The above reward will be paid on delivering him to Joseph Taylor, jr. in Blandford, or the subscriber.
ARCHER TRAYLOR, sen. N. B. I have understood that he was seen in the city of Richmond during the Broad Rock Races, dressed in black. I think it is probable he is still lurking about there. He has a pert walk, good countenance, very active and fond of waiting on gentlemen. A. T. Chesterfield, May 27. tf
TO BE RENTED—The Tenement where I now reside, and possession given in time.
J. PENN. April 11. tf
NOTICE.
MR. Alexander Dunlap, the surviving partner of the late concern of James and Alexander Dunlap, of this city, having conveyed to the subscribers in trust, all the remaining stock in hand, with the debts, books and accounts of the said firm, for the benefit of their creditors named in a deed, executed to us on the 19th day of May, 1806, it becomes necessary that all those who are indebted to the said firm, should without delay, adjust and pay up their respective balances. Those of the creditors, whose accounts are open, are likewise solicited to liquidate the same with the trustees. The books, accounts and papers are in the hands of William Long and Henry Hovey, who will attend to the applications of any party interested as above.
On the 8th day of July next, ensuing, at Messrs. Taylor and Brown's Vendue Office, the subscribers will offer for sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, upon a credit of 60 days, for approved negotiable notes at the Bank of Virginia, three LOTS, No. 380, No. 4 and 8, in tenement two hundred and ninety of Duval's plan, subject to Mrs. Dunlap's right of dower—Also two valuable Mules, a Horse and a Cart.
At the same time and place, they will dispose of the remaining stock of GOODS, consisting of a variety of Castings, and sundry merchandise, part of their late stock in trade.
For all sums of 50 dollars or upwards, a credit as above will be allowed, and for all sums under, ready money.
W. LONG, H. HOVEY, S. M. M'CRAW. Trustees. Richmond, June 27. tf
NOTICE.
THE Co-partnership, heretofore existing under the firm of SAMUEL BARRET & Co. is hereby dissolved by mutual consent. Those indebted to and those having demands against the said firm, are solicited to a settlement with Henry Hall, who is authorised to liquidate the same.
SAMUEL BARRET, HENRY HALL. June 27. (tf)
LANDS IN CUMBERLAND FOR SALE.
BY virtue of a Deed of Trust, bearing date the 11th April, 1801, recorded in Cumberland Court-Office, to me executed by James Deane, Francis B. Deane, and Thomas M. Deane, to secure a certain sum of money, due by them to Joseph Gallego—I will offer for sale, to the highest bidder, on the 26th day of May next, at Cumberland Court, TWO TRACTS OF LAND, being part of the property, thereby conveyed, viz.
One Tract containing one hundred and thirty-seven acres, more or less, situate in the county of Cumberland, six miles above the Court House, being a tract purchased by the said Deanes, from Parson Clifton, as will appear by reference to the deed of sale on record, in the said County Court.
One Tract containing two hundred and five acres, more or less, situate in Cumberland, on the south side of the road, leading to the Court House, one mile distant below the same, bounded by lands of William Beverly Langhorne, and by lands of John Ford.
The first of the above Tracts, is said to contain prime tobacco land, and valuable timber; the other is nearly half cleared.
N. B. By the consent of all parties interested, the sale will take place on the 28th day of May next, as above stated, and the terms of payment will be one and two years credit, the purchasers to give bonds bearing interest and approved security.
M. B. POTTIAUX. April 15. tf
N. B. The sale of the above property is postponed to the 28th day of July next. M. B. P. tf
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN away from the subscriber, a Negro LAD about 22 years of age, about 5 feet ten inches high, with very thick lips, and very black; had on a checked Virginia cloth short coat and waistcoat, his pantaloons of plain purple, the same manufacture. Any person who will deliver the said lad to me in Powhatan, shall receive the above reward.
ISHAM RANDOLPH. His name is AMY; he is accustomed to horse and serving in the house. April 11. tf
ALL persons having claims against the estate of John Hoomes, dec'd. of the Bowling-Green, are requested to make them known, that provision may be made for a final settlement. And those indebted must make immediate payment to
JOHN HOOMES, and JOHN G. WOLFOLK, Executors of John Hoomes, dec'd. Jan. 23. tf
STAUNTON STAGE.
THE Subscriber respectfully informs the public, that STAGES will regularly, during the season of the Springs, leave the Bell-Tavern in this city, on Tuesday at 8 o'clock in the evening; & on each Saturday at the hour of 10 o'clock in the morning, and will arrive at Capt. Edmonson's Tavern in the Town of Staunton; where passengers, going on to the Springs, may be furnished, at all times, with Hackney Coaches, and other private conveyances, from thence. Much pains and expense has been taken by the proprietor in the selection of good horses, carriages and careful drivers—and confidently assures the public, he is in possession of as good as any in this state. RICHARD TERRELL. May 25. tf
VALUABLE PROPERTY FOR SALE.
BEING anxious to discharge all my just debts, I will sell a great bargain in two new BRICK BUILDINGS, on the Main-Street, on Shockoe-Hill; they are well calculated for stores and private families, and considered to be as good stands for business as any in that part of the city; they will be sold separate or together, to suit purchasers. If this property is not sold by private contract before Tuesday, the 24th day of June next, it will, on that day, be sold at public auction. Any person wishing to purchase, will be shown the property, and may know the terms, (which will be very accommodating), by application to the subscriber living adjoining the premises. I will also dispose of, by private contract, my half acre LOT in the neighborhood of Gen. Mosely, on which there is a two story Brick House erected, 44 feet long by 22 feet wide; this house is not finished in the inside, but can be finished to suit the purchaser. For terms apply to J. B. WINN. May 30. tf
The sale of the above property is postponed until the 5th day of July next, when it will certainly take place. For terms, apply to TAYLOR & BROWN.
FOR SALE—on the lowest terms:
2500 FACKS of LIVERPOOL SALT, and 90 crates of LIVERPOOL EARTHEN WARE of superior quality & well assorted, just arrived in the ship Merchant, Captain Johnson, from Liverpool, at Bermuda Hundred—
Which ship will sail in Tobacco to the address of JAMES MAURY, Esq. of Liverpool. She has excellent accommodations for passengers. For terms apply to Messrs. PICKET, POLLARD & JOHNSON of Richmond, the Captain on board, or the subscriber, OVERTON ANDERSON. May 28. tf
MARSHAL'S SALE.
Take note, for ready money, under a decree of the court of the United States for the fifth circuit in the Virginia district, between Thomas Bland, attorney for the creditors of Ezekiel Edwards, plaintiff, and David Ross and others, defendants, in order to raise the sum of 11,450 dollars, due and payable on the 18th June last, that valuable and well-known estate in the county of Botetourt, called
FORT LEWIS,
situated by the said Ross to contain 2608 acres.
THE sale will take place on the premises on Monday the 14th day of July next. This estate having been before advertised and the sale postponed, it is deemed necessary to apprise the public, that though the sales formerly announced were postponed, on account of payments received from the defendant Ross, the sale last advertised would have taken place but for a mistake in the advertisement. The subscriber has no reason to suppose that the one now advertised will not take place, and if, contrary to his expectation, it should again be postponed, the earliest public notice will be given, that those who are disposed to become purchasers, may not be put to any unnecessary trouble.
BENJAMIN MOSBY, D.M. for JOSEPH SCOTT, M. V. D. May 30. tf
In pursuance of a decree of the Superior Court of Chancery, for the district of Richmond,
WILL be held on the first day of July next, at the Tavern of Mr. Zachariah Brooks in the Town of Manchester, the LOTS & appurtenances in said town, lately occupied by Mr. William Robinson. The sale will, on twelve months credit, the purchaser to give a bond, with security, to bear interest from one date. JOHN MINOR, Commissioner. June 3. tf
AN excellent RIDING-HORSE, for sale; enquire of Mr. Hallam, at the Washington Tavern. June 24. (tf)
VALUABLE LOTS AT ROCKETTS, FOR SALE.
THE Subscriber intending shortly for Europe is desirous to sell the whole of his Property in this City and neighborhood, for the greatest part of which a long credit will be given. The property at Rocketts joins the upper wharf of Messrs. Picket, Pollard and Johnson, extending in a frail line upon the river, more than 400 feet, until bounded by the Marion's line; thence running northerly upwards of 700 feet till it meets the Main-Street just above the warehouse, where it narrows to a front of near 70 feet. It has also a front on water-front of 230 feet. On these lots are two DWELLING HOUSES, and on the Main-Street a Smoke-House and Stable.
From the growing commerce of the City, this property must shortly increase very much in value inasmuch as it contains the whole space on which wharves can be made, above the premises of Messrs. Picket, Pollard and Johnson.
A plan of the above property may be seen, and further information respecting it, and his other property in the neighborhood will be given by the subscriber, who will show the different premises to any person wishing to purchase.
A considerable bargain may be had in any part of the above property for cash. JOHN BANKS. June 24. (tf)
WILLIAM & MARY COLLEGE.
THE Visitors of WILLIAM & MARY COLLEGE are reminded, that on the 4th day of July next, the annual exhibitions and semi-annual examination of the students and grammar boys, will commence; this and other business of importance will demand their punctilious attendance. SAMUEL TYLER, Rector. Williamsburg, June 24. tf
MAP OF VIRGINIA.
SUBSCRIBERS to the MAP OF VIRGINIA are respectfully informed that the work will, in a short time be ready for delivery. The delay has been occasioned by circumstances, which could not be controuled—but, it is hoped, that superior accuracy in the delineation, as well as elegance in the execution, will be a sufficient atonement. Specimens of the work may be seen at Mr. Samuel Pleasants's Book-Store and at this Office. THE PROPRIETORS. June 24. tf
CHINA AND GLASS.
THE subscriber has lately received from Philadelphia, a handsome assortment of China and Glass, viz. full sets of dining china, and china glazed Liverpool ware; complete and broken sets tea china, well assorted, amongst which are some uncommonly handsome, china bowls, &c. English and German glass, cut and plain, consisting of fruit baskets and stands, sugar dishes, jelly glasses and salts, handsomely cut & decanters; wines, tumblers, goblets and cans, cut and plain, and a handsome assortment of chimney ornaments. He also keeps, as usual, a general assortment of Liverpool ware and groceries, of all kinds for retailing; and has at present, port wine and claret by the bld. box, or doz. Double and single distilled subley, cut herrings, stout and tar by the barrel, porter and ale as usual. DANIEL TRIPLETT. (4wo.) June 24. tf
MANCHESTER TURNPIKE COMPANY.
NOTICE is hereby given, that all shares upon which the tenth requisition shall remain unpaid, will be offered for sale at Mr. Brooks's tavern, on Saturday the 19th of July next. The sale to commence at 12 o'clock in the forenoon.
GENERAL MEETING.
As a sufficient number of members, to constitute a meeting, did not attend on Saturday the 14th current; I am therefore authorised to give notice that a meeting of the company will be held at Mr. Brooks's tavern, on Saturday the 19th of July next, when it is expected, members will be punctilious in their attendance, which business of importance to the interest of the company particularly requires. JAMES BRANDER, Clk. Manchester, June 20, 1806.
NOTICE.
THE partnership of John Butler & Co. at Cartersville, is this day dissolved by mutual consent. The collection of all debts due to that concern, is committed entirely to William M'Kenzie the acting partner of William M'Kenzie & Co. and to him alone or to any one he may appoint is payment to be made, JOHN BUTLER, Wm. M'KENZIE & Co.
All persons indebted to the late concern of John Butler & Co. are requested to make payments to Mr. Robert Atkinson, as he alone I have authorised to grant discharges for the same. Wm. M'KENZIE. April 10. tf
FOR SALE,
TWO tracts of LAND, lying in the County of Fluvanna, one of them lying on Hardaway river, and within one & an half miles of James river, containing 325 acres, one on Carters creek, and within one mile of the north fork of James river, containing 364 acres. A further description is deemed unnecessary as it is presumed that no person will purchase without viewing the same, which will be shown by the subscriber living in Albemarle. WILLIAM MOON. June 20. (epst.)