The enquirer (Richmond, Va.), 1806-04-11 00:00:00

A LIST of Members Elected as COMMON COUNCIL or ALDERMEN of the City of Richmond.
Table with 4 columns: Name, Ward, Votes. Lists members like Geo. W. Smith, Wm. Goodwin, David Lambert, S. Pleasants, etc.
THE PRIVATE ACADEMY OF DOCTOR HALLER will be removed on the first day of May next...
TO BE RENTED. Till the first day of January next, either with or without the Garden and Stables...
JUST RECEIVED. A Few Pipes COGNAC BRANDY of the first quality...
JUST PUBLISHED. BROOKE'S GENERAL GAZETTEER AND GEOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY...
THE ABOVE WORK may likewise be had at the Enquirer Book-Store. THE subscriber offers for sale, the following property...
NOTICE. ALL persons having any claims against the estate of Doctor George Williamson...
NOTICE. BY virtue of a deed of trust, executed to us by Hugh L. Miller...
NOTICE. BY virtue of a Deed of Trust, dated the 14th day of July, 1802...
BOHN & HUBNER Have received from Bremen, a General Assortment of GERMAN LINENS...
FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD. RAN AWAY from the subscriber in December last, two negro men...
TEN SHARES in the James river Canal Company. THOMAS NORVELL.
THE subscriber has extended his practice to the Superior Court of Chancery...
NEAL NELSON, BOOT & SHOE MANUFACTURER, MAIN-STREET, RICHMOND. MAKES Boots & Shoes to any pattern or fashion...
TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION. At the front door of the Eagle Tavern, in the city of Richmond...
LAND. ONE thousand acres, formerly known by the name of David Irvin's Quarter...
LAND. ONE thousand acres, formerly known by the name of David Irvin's Quarter...
LAND. ONE thousand acres, formerly known by the name of David Irvin's Quarter...
At a meeting of the shareholders in the CHINESE SNAKE-STONE, held agreeably to notice...
JOHN P. LEE, Clerk. Doctor Brockenbrough requires those coming from a distance...
FOR SALE. A TRACT OF LAND, in the county of Amelia, containing 800 acres...
FOR SALE. A FEW BUSHELS OF FRESH CLOVER SEED. EDWARD HALLAM.
TO BE RENTED. THE large THREE STORY HOUSE on the Main-Street east of the Market...
Seat of Government. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Friday, March 7. DEBATE.
MR. SLOAN. I do not rise to deny, but to acknowledge myself, one of those horn-book politicians...
MR. SLOAN. In answer to the assertion that our late conduct respecting Spain was such as we dare not mention...
MR. SLOAN. I have heard of British cabinets, British ministers, and British privy councils...
MR. SLOAN. I cannot comprehend how our demanding the release of our imprisoned seamen, and restitution...
this subject, let me ask, was it not British gold and British intrigue that then formed the coalition...
Neither can I comprehend that language that in one breath asserts that Spain has grossly insulted us...
It is asserted that France would be as tyrannical on the ocean, as England, had she the same power...
I shall only trouble the committee with one more observation upon the learned and eloquent speech...
Mr. Chairman, believing it my duty to deliver my sentiments in as few words as possible...
Mr. Chairman, I could go on still further, and assert that the little trifling arguments of my opponents...
Mr. Chairman, however great my gratitude to that member for his paternal care over the children in politics...
I could also, if my conscience would permit, after voicing my hatred in the most bitter invectives against the French emperor...
But, Mr. Chairman, I will detain the committee no longer with telling them what might be done...
Before I sit down, let me ask the members of this committee, especially you in whose ears, the expiring groans of your brethren in arms...
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. SATURDAY, March 29. Mr. Dawson reported a bill authorizing the proprietors of squares...
Mr. Newton alluded to the fate experienced yesterday by the resolution declaring the tenure of a seat in the House...
Mr. Thomas said, he wished to submit a resolution, also, to amend the constitution...
He said, he had had the resolution for some time in his drawer, waiting for a favorable opportunity...

than judge whether you are worthy of participating in the glory his brave troops have acquired in this campaign. You are now marching through a friendly country where the duties of hospitality are known. I trust you will show yourselves faithful to the rules of discipline; for, without that fidelity, no real honor can exist. When your arms shall open to you the territory occupied by the enemy, remember, Soldiers, that though it is your duty to punish a Government which has been unfaithful to its treaties, you are not at war with the people. The annals of our country present more than one example of union and good understanding between the French and the Neapolitans.
"MASSENA, Gen. in Chief, Marthal of the Empire."
PHILADELPHIA, March 27.
FROM CANTON.
We are indebted to the friendly attention of Mr. James Latimer, supercargo of the ship Dorothea, capt. Hays, 108 days from Canton, for the following communication: February 4, lat. 15, 30, S. long. 18, W. we were brought to and boarded by the Patriot a French 74, five of the line and a frigate then in company, flanking by the wind to the Southward, viz. L'Eole, 74 guns, Le Patriot, 74 guns, Le Foudroyant, 120 guns, L'Imperieux, 80 guns, Le Culpert, 80 guns, Le Veteran and La Valereux, of 44 guns, out 52 days from Brest, under the command of Admiral Quillemains, and were informed that the Veteran was under the command of Jerome Bonaparte—They had taken several prizes—treated us politely—We did not learn their destination, but supposed they meant to touch at St. Helena. They enquired particularly after the India and China fleets, the latter of which had not arrived at Canton, December 5, but were daily expected.
Domestic Intelligence.
TOM PAINE AND GENERAL MIRANDA.
The following letter is from Thomas Paine, to a gentleman in this city, with consent to its publication, N. Y. paper.
"New Rochelle, March 20."
"I will inform you of what I know respecting General Miranda. I first became acquainted with him at New-York about the year, 1783. He is a man of talent and enterprise, a Mexican by birth, and the whole of his life has been a life of adventures. I went to Europe from New-York in April, 1787. Mr. Jefferson was then minister from America to France, and Mr. Littlepage, a Virginian, (whom John Jay knows) was agent for the king of Poland at Paris. He was a young man of extraordinary talents, and I first met with him at Mr. Jefferson's house at dinner. By his intimacy with the king of Poland, to whom also he was chamberlain, he became well acquainted with the plans and projects of the northern powers of Europe. He told me of Miranda getting himself introduced to the Empress Catherine of Russia and obtaining a sum of money from her, four thousand pounds sterling; but it did not appear to me what the object was for which the money was given. It appeared as a kind of retaining fee. After I had published the first part of Rights of Man in England in the year 1791, I met with Miranda at the house of Turnbull and Forbes, merchants, Devonshire Square, London. He had a little time before this been in the employ of Mr. Pitt with respect to the affair of Nootka Sound, but I did not at that time know it; and I will, in the course of this letter, inform you how this connection between Pitt and Miranda ended, for I knew it of my own knowledge. I published the second part of Rights of Man in London in February, '92, and continued in London till I was elected a member of the French Convention in September of that year, and went from London to Paris to take my seat in the convention, which was to meet the 20th of that month, I arrived at Paris on the 19th. After the Convention met Miranda came to Paris, and was appointed a General in the French army under Dumourier; but as the affairs of that army went wrong in the beginning of the year '93, Miranda was suspected, and was brought under arrest to Paris to take his trial. He summoned me to appear to his character, and also a Mr. Thomas Christie, connected with the house of Turnbull and Forbes. I gave my testimony as I believed, which was, that his leading object was, and had been, the emancipation of his country, Mexico, from the bondage of Spain, for I did not at that time know of his engagement with Pitt. Mr. Christie's evidence went to show that Miranda did not come to France as a necessitous adventurer, but believed that he came from public spirited motives, and that he had a large sum of money in the hands of Turnbull and Forbes. The house of Turnbull and Forbes was then in a contract to supply Paris with flour. Miranda was acquitted. A few days after his acquittal he came to see me, and in a few days afterwards I returned his visit. He seemed desirous of satisfying me that he was independent, and that he had money in the hands of Turnbull and Forbes. He did not tell me his affair with old Catherine of Russia, nor did I tell him that I knew of it. But he entered into a conversation with respect to Nootka Sound and put into my hands several letters of Mr. Pitt to him upon that subject, among which was one that I believe he gave me by mistake, for when I had opened it and was beginning to read it, he put forth his hand and said, 'O, that is not the letter I intended.' But as the letter was short I soon got through it, and then returned it to him without making any remarks upon it. The dispute with Spain about Nootka Sound was then compromised, and Pitt compromised with Miranda for his services by giving him twelve hundred pounds sterling, for this was the contents of the letter. Now if it be true that Miranda brought with him a credit upon certain persons in New-York for sixty thousand pounds sterling, it is not difficult to suppose from what quarter the credit came; for the opening of any proposals between Pitt and Miranda was already made by the affair of Nootka Sound. Miranda was in Paris when Mr. Monroe arrived there as minister, and as Miranda wanted to get acquainted with him, I obtained Mr. Monroe's assistance, and told him of the affair of Nootka Sound and the twelve hundred pounds. You are at liberty to make what use you please of this letter, and with my name to it. THOMAS PAINE."
The Schooner Medusa, capt. Gold, arrived here on Saturday in 12 days from Leghorn. She had been sent out expressly, to apprise the government of the province of Carracas of Miranda's expected expedition; he had not been heard of when captain Gold failed. If Miranda is actually bound to Carracas, it is probable his attempt will fail, as with notice to the government, the force he has must be inadequate to any important object. Ledger.
Extract of a letter from Baltimore, dated March 21. By an arrival this day from St. Domingo, in 17 days, it appears that the Leander was actually at Jacquet, encreasing and recruiting for the Maine. Captain Lewis of the ship Emperor, was, it is said, aiding and assisting Miranda, but was not to proceed with him. Phil. paper.
Domingo, brings information that the American vessels at La Guira, were embargoed on the 6th ult. and would be detained until the event of Miranda's expedition was known. Ref. G. Gaz.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman on board the Leander, dated Jacquet, March 18, 1806, received via Baltimore. General Miranda has explained to us his plan; and we were told before we left New-York, when it was explained to us, we were at liberty to proceed or return; we have pretty generally agreed to return. We are landed, and in good quarters; have received what was promised, and money to return, with passage free. The general will get as many men here as he wants; gen. Pétion, at Port-au-Prince, has the command of 8,000 mulattoes, speaking the language of the people of the opposite coast are all eager to accompany him, and the emperor of Hayti gives every facility; and for myself, I believe Miranda will succeed—perhaps we may yet go. [N. Y. paper.]
NEW-YORK, April 2.
Yesterday, in the circuit court of the United States now sitting in this city, Mr. Samuel G. Ogden came into court and surrendered himself into the custody of the marshal, in discharge of his bail. He was again recognized to appear during the present term, himself in the sum of ten thousand dollars, and one surety in twenty thousand dollars. The district judge presided, none of the judges of the supreme court having arrived in this city. Merc. Adv.
Mr. Fulwar Skipwith, who failed from New-York last week, in the U. S. brig Hornet, for France, is said to have been the bearer of dispatches from government to our minister in Paris—it is also said that he is the bearer of a sum of money, appropriated by a bill passed in the secret sittings of Congress, for a particular purpose, probably the purchase of the Floridas. Aurora.
A bill is at present before the Senate of the U. S. which provides for the emission of two new and additional coins—the one to be called a double dime, to be composed of silver, value 20 cents; the other two cent pieces, value one-fifth part of a dollar, to be composed of a mixture of silver and copper. [Id.]
The Enquirer.
RICHMOND, 11th APRIL.
SPANISH AFFAIRS.
The secret journals of Congress have at length informed us of the result of their discussion; but the whole information which they contain, is little calculated to gratify our curiosity.
1st: We are without those communications from the executive department, which led to the discussion and shaped its course. The President's Messages, of the 6th of December, of the 17th of January, and the 6th of February, detailing the state of our relations with Europe, are not printed in the secret journals; though Mr. Randolph has moved for their publication.
2nd: We have lost the whole of the arguments pronounced during their secret conclave. 3rd: We have not even the names of the members who offered and seconded the different propositions. In this respect the journals of Congress are kept in a very different and a much less advantageous form, than those of the Virginia legislature. On the face of the latter it is to be seen the name of every member who makes or who seconds a motion; but the journals of Congress generally give us the motion itself, without the names of its authors.
Perhaps it would be improper to speculate upon this subject, until we had at least all the documents fully before us. We are ignorant of the course, which our negotiation with France and Spain has already pursued; we know not whether France has attempted to cheat us out of a part of Louisiana, made over to us according to the treaty of San Ildefonso, by having a secret article annexed to it specifying and circumscribing the boundaries of Louisiana; we know not the terms of compromise which have been respectively offered and rejected by our own government and that of Spain; whether Mr. Jefferson has tried to negotiate a settlement of our differences by an exchange or by a purchase of territory; the conditions which he offered, or those which Spain required. We must know these circumstances, however, before we can pronounce with any kind of justice upon the respective propositions laid before Congress. Let us then reserve forming an opinion definitively upon these points, until we have all the materials for forming a correct one. Mean time we can do little more than advance a few general reflections upon the course of the proceedings which took place or the measures which were adopted.
It appears from the face of these Journals that three different propositions were before Congress, in regard to our disputed boundaries: The 1st. was the resolution of the committee to raise such "a number of troops, not exceeding—as the President shall deem sufficient to protect the southern frontiers of the United States, from Spanish invasion and insult, and to chastise the same."
The second was, to appropriate dollars towards defraying the expense which may be incurred in the purchase of the Spanish territories, lying on the Atlantic ocean and gulf of Mexico, and eastward of the Mississippi."
The third was, that the most advantageous mode of obtaining these territories is by effecting an exchange; that is, by securing "to Spain an ample barrier on the side of Mexico."
The resolution of the committee is couched in terms that will admit of two constructions. By the "southern frontier of the U. States," did the committee mean the frontier of the U. States, as it is actually settled; that which Mr. Randolph denominated the "good old territory of the United States," or did they mean that "southern frontier" which we are said to have lately acquired between the Mississippi and the Perdido? Those who recollected the history of the Kempers, lately seized in the Mississippi Territory, by a Spanish party from the south of that line; and who at the same time recollected the strong indignation, which fell from Mr. Randolph, the chairman of this committee, when in his speech he touched upon the outrages committed upon "our domicile," will perhaps be willing to adopt the first construction. It would follow from this construction, that the only use of raising these troops would be to repel and to revenge outrages similar to those which were committed upon the Kempers. To those again who recollected the indisputable title which we seem to possess to the territory between the Mississippi and the Perdido; the long and unsuccessful negotiation which we may have hitherto supported with Spain on this very point, and the advantages which we should derive from the actual possession of that territory, in case of a war with her; the latter construction may seem by far the most plausible. It was our own opinion when we first looked at the resolution, that the first was the construction intended; and hence it was that we pronounced
it was no intention at all in Congress to make war. We have changed this opinion, however, since we have examined the subject with more attention; and the true spirit of the resolution of the committee appears to have been to recommend that the government of the U. S. should take possession of all the country to the W. of the Perdido river.
It was intended by this resolution, merely to provide for the raising of fresh troops to defend our established frontier, the propriety of the measure can only be determined by ascertaining these preliminary questions:
Is the standing force of the U. S. sufficiently large to furnish the necessary detachment for that frontier?
Is the Spanish force to the south of our established line sufficiently large to make any very serious impression upon our southern inhabitants?
Is there any serious danger of a rupture between our country and Spain; and if there is not, are the Spanish inhabitants so hostily disposed towards us as in a period of peace to threaten a repetition of the same outrages which they committed upon the Kempers?
Were these questions truly answered, we presume that they would lead to a rejection of the resolution according to the sense in which it is here employed.—But if it were the intention of the resolution, as we think it was, to establish the limits of Louisiana according to the treaty of San Ildefonso, the propriety of the measure becomes still more difficult to be decided.
Would not the expulsion of the Spaniards from the disputed territory be justly considered as a sufficient ground of war? Is it not by far a more reasonable ground than a non-importation act could possibly be to G. Britain?
Ought we to go into a war, when it may cut short the sources of our revenue, impede the redemption of our public debt, and bring our very constitution into jeopardy?
And when Spain, a short time since, denied to us the right of deposit at New Orleans, did not the republicans contend that a friendly negotiation ought in all cases to precede war? We tried negotiation then and we found it successful. Why deviate now from a policy, which is so strongly recommended by our love for peace and our experience of its salutary tendency? Why should those now stand forth the friends of force, who were then the advocates of negotiation?
Does not negotiation in this case promise the most flattering results? May we not obtain, not merely the territory in dispute, but the whole of Florida, so necessary to the security of our present frontier against Spanish and Indian outrage, and so valuable from the rivers which run with it; may not this be obtained by an exchange of territory? And if not by exchange, by giving a price, which, without being particularly paid for this or that part of the Floridas, may cover the whole of the Spanish claim to the part that is in, as well as the part that is out of dispute?
But here a variety of contrary questions arise upon us. Are we not deciding without the use of the necessary documents? Grant that negotiation ought in all cases to go before war; grant that it was the best possible mode of settling our former disputes with Spain; grant that we seem to possess the necessary means for bringing it now to a successful termination; yet are we certain that these means have not already been tried by our indefatigable President? If not avowedly offered, has not Mr. Pinckney and Mr. Munroe founded the Court of Madrid as to the reception which these propositions would meet with? May not the President's messages in detail the whole course of this negotiation, the repeated proffer and the no less frequent rejection of these propositions? Would we then, with these facts, if they were facts, staring us in the face, hesitate to drive the intruders from a territory, which they refuse to abandon?
Yet if even these were facts, the propriety of this measure would still be open to discussion.
Where is the necessity of our immediately occupying that country? When we were denied the right of deposit at N. Orleans, we at once saw ourselves threatened with the most serious losses. In fact the whole commerce of the western country suffered. But the present is far from being so desperate a case as that. We should certainly save the duties upon a small number of craft that navigates the Mobile; but in this advantage to be put in competition with the calamities or even risks of a war? Is this in fact one of those desperate cases that will not admit of a short time being given to negotiation, if there is any chance of bringing it to a favourable issue?
"We pause for a reply." The documents laid before Congress, can alone furnish us with a suitable one.
Mean time we will observe that the Secret Journals of Congress, do not shed the least light upon the propriety of the reproaches which some republicans have thought proper to cast upon the administration. Mr. Randolph in his first speech has said "I had seen dispatches relative to vital measures laid before you the day after your final decision on those measures; four weeks after they were received." We must have these dispatches before us, before we are sure that they do relate to vital measures: We must then enquire, whether they were really kept back four weeks after they were received; and whether no satisfactory reason can be given, why they were withheld. Till these questions are settled, we must still hesitate to pronounce any opinion on the singular, and we may add, the spirited speech, of Mr. Randolph.
There is one point, in which Congress seems to us to have pursued an unnecessary and improper course. If we have a right to the territory in dispute, why do any thing to weaken that right? Why did not the bill for the appropriation of money, speak of the "Spanish territories lying eastward of the Bay of Perdido, instead of the river Mississippi?" When the motion was made to inform the senate of the passing of this bill, and an amendment was offered to strike out from the proposed message the words "river Mississippi" and to insert in lieu thereof the "Bay of Perdido," why was this amendment rejected? Why thus appear to give up our claim to the land between the Mississippi and the Perdido? Why enable the court of Madrid to say to us, "you see now, that our pretensions are not the offspring of self-interest; even the majority of your House of Representatives have taken sides with us." Why thus induce Spain to ask, more than she would have done, for Florida; and if she refuses to enter into any negotiation for sale or exchange, why enable her to appeal to our own government for the validity of her title?
Riches take to themselves wings and fly away to Heaven. If Riches, actually "laid up," are of this fugitive disposition; if solid gold and silver can thus melt away into vapour; how much more light and ethereal must those riches be, which exist only in expectation, or upon paper! We were told by the last legislature of Virgi-
nia during the present year, of 180,000 dollars. The good people of this commonwealth were persuaded to believe, that their treasury was actually overflowing. Where are we to seek, NOW, for this pompous surplus? Will Mr. Wooding find it in his own pen and ink statements, or in the coffers of the commonwealth? Let him call at the Treasury office and ask for information.
He will find, that on the first day of April, there was not a single farthing in the Treasury, to be applied to the ordinary purposes of the government.
Scarce two months had elapsed, after the legislature had adjourned; scarce two months after they had cried up their mighty surplus of 180,000 dollars; when there was not even money enough to pay the workmen, who repaired the Governor's house.
True it is, the resources of the Treasury are not now completely dried up; small sums of money are passing every week and sometimes perhaps every day into its coffers. But these supplies are uncertain in the period of their delivery, and by no means adequate to the demand. Until the first of September when the taxes are paid, the mass of warrants presented for payment have always exceeded the monies delivered.—But for these small, uncertain, and insufficient supplies, the state of Virginia would be an absolute bankrupt for at least six months in the year.
Will the people for ever bear their eyes against this undeniable and disgraceful defalcation? Are they for ever to be duped and insulted by the ignorance of these speculative financiers, or the interested views of such time-serving, puffing representatives? These men examine the auditor's statements and find there a deficiency of 40,000, instead of a surplus of 180,000 dollars; they are told that there is not a cent in the treasury on the first of April; that the warrants of the state are hawked out among speculating dealers, and disposed of at an enormous discount; and yet, they pretend to avow that our treasury is actually overflowing with gold and silver. When we see a representative watching over the public money, and guarding it against an extravagant government; when we see him consenting to take a little; we admire him for his vigilance and his economy. But our admiration is turned into contempt, when we see him suffering the government to starve, because he knows no better, or dreading to injure his own popularity by laying new taxes upon the people. Admirable financiers! who, under the pretence of husbanding the resources of the state, are in fact husbanding their petty influence in their respective counties; and while they pretend to save a dollar to the people, are trying to save votes for themselves.—It is time, methinks, that the people should show themselves superior to such miserable deceptions. It is time that every legislator of Virginia should be made to enter seriously upon the business of reforming our finances.
We are mistaken in supposing that Mr. J. Randolph had ever ascribed the Essay of "Eugenius" to the pen of Mr. Madison. We have seen a letter from that gentleman, in which he ascribes it to a very different author.
FOR THE ENQUIRER.
It is difficult to describe the vivid expectations of the audience, who attended the Richmond Theatre last Saturday night to see, criticise and admire the celebrated Cooper. The notice was short; but the house was uncommonly crowded. Every heart throbb'd for the rising of the curtain and every eye gazed with anxiety for the scene that was to present them with the Prince of Denmark; next to Rolla, the favorite and perhaps the greatest character played by Cooper.
The scene at length was shifted, and Hamlet appears at the footstool of the throne. Every thing about him was prepossessing. A mourning dress, rich and studded with brilliants; a figure of more than middling stature, firm without being athletic, and dignified, without affectation; a face, whose every feature seemed capable of expressing every emotion; such was the interesting object that stood forth before the audience. But it was not Cooper the player & the stranger, who appeared before you, with an eye expressive of curiosity & the blush of anxiety upon his cheek. It was Hamlet of Denmark, and at the very first glimpse, you saw the folded arm, the knitted brow, the indignant and discontented eye, which announced, that there was "something rotten in the state of Denmark."
In fact, you never saw Cooper once during the whole representation. Most players are apt to drop the character they assume. They grow tired of it or they forget their dramatic excellence. They turn and speak to the audience. They conquer with them, they try to find out the weak side of the house, and like an artful advocate, to that point they bend all their force. But Cooper commands the whole house by attempting to command nobody; he forgets where he is, and recollects only the character which he personates. He never turns his audience into players, by speaking to them; when he should be speaking to the other dramatis personæ on the stage.
To those who have not seen Cooper, it would be difficult to describe the command which he has acquired over himself. How inimitable was his action, when he asked "what shall such a fellow as I do, crawling between heaven and earth?" His very hands seemed at first to imitate the motion which he mentioned, and as he gradually raised them into mid-air, his very fingers seemed to be convulsed, and to vibrate with the retching of his feelings.
The same attention to character is displayed in the pauses of his dialogue. Most players seem to think that the playing of a part consists in speaking it. Their dramatic character is as fugitive as the words which they pronounce. When they cease to talk, they think their labor is at an end. Why? they may then oggle with the pit, or leer at each other; gnaw their nails, fill up their cravat or play as many "antic tricks" as their humor or convenience may dictate. But Cooper is something more than a theatrical trumpeter. When he ceases to speak, he fills up the pauses of the dialogue with every emotion which the scene is calculated to inspire. It is the very look of Hamlet; the very posture; the very spirit which seems to breathe in every limb and feature.
It would be tedious to speak of the differ-
ence in the whole character of Hamlet. In the ghost-scene, he was uncommonly great; when he pronounced,
"I'll call the Hamlet, King, father, Royal Dane," the house was melted by the mournful cadence with which he spoke the epithet "father." And when in the same appeal he asks
"Why the sepulchre," it is difficult to give any idea of the complicated emotions which these two words expressed. It was grief for the death of a lost father, remembrance for the disturbances which he caused to the living, and anxiety to avenge his wrongs, that seemed all to melt together into one voice.
In the picture-scene with his mother, he receded even our warmest expectations. In the convent-scene with Ophelia, he was impressive beyond description.
If Cooper has any prominent defects, they consist in the management of his voice. Now and then it has the hissing accent, & in the higher key of pronunciation, it seems sometimes to fail him.
In one word, Cooper is scarcely inferior to Kemble, in his representation of Hamlet. In the "true sublime" of the Drama, he has no rival in this country. CRITO.
TO BE SOLD FOR CASH.
At King William Court-house, on Monday the 28th of April (if being court day): THE balance of the NEGROES belonging to the estate of the late Byrd Chamberlayne, dec'd. These Negroes have already been twice advertised, but were not sold, as the administrator was unable to attend, but will now positively be disposed of by EWD. P. CHAMBERLAYNE, Administrator.
April 11. 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 manufactured. Any person who will deliver the said lad to me in Powhatan, shall receive the above reward. ISHAM RANDOLPH.
April 11. fsw
ALL persons having claims against the estate of Samuel Gresham, dec'd, of King and Queen county, are requested to exhibit them immediately, duly authenticated, in order that payment may be made. Those indebted to the estate are desired to make immediate payment to JOHN & SAMUEL GRESHAM, Executors of Samuel Gresham, dec'd.
April 11. fsp
STRAYED or STOLEN from the Commons some time last week, a likely grey HORSE, in good order, about 7 or 8 years old; nothing remarkable recollected about him. I will give a generous reward to any person that will bring him to me in Richmond. J. D. BURR.
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TO BE RENTED—The Tenement where I now reside, and possession given in time.
April 11. tf J. D. BURR.
NOTICE.
ALL persons having claims against the estate of Charles Sampson, dec'd, are requested to bring them in well authenticated before the 20th of June next—and those indebted are requested to make immediate payment. ROB. & RICHARD SAMPSON, Adm'rs. April 11. fsw
At a Court continued and held for Halifax County, the 25th day of February, 1806.
IN AN INJUNCTION IN CHANCERY.
William Thomas, Plaintiff. Against Moses Walker, Defendant.
THE defendant not having entered his appearance and given security according to the act of Assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court, that he is not an inhabitant of this country; That the said defendant do appear here on the fourth Monday in May next, and answer the bill of the plaintiff—and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some newspaper in the city of Richmond for two months successively, and posted at the front door of the Courthouse of this county. A Copy. Teste, JOHN BARNSDALE, D. C. H. C. June
April 8. fwp
FOR SALE.
Three valuable PLANTATIONS, viz: ONE containing 1200 acres of land, situated in the county of King & Queen, within five miles of Dunkirk, of this tract 600 acres are cleared, well enclosed and in high cultivation; it is well adapted to the culture of tobacco, wheat and corn, and for several years past, has been as productive as any in the county; the other 600, has ever been remarked for the quantity and excellence of its timber, for which a great price can be obtained on the spot. This farm is well furnished with every thing necessary for the accommodation of an overseer and negroes, and for securing a crop, it is level and well watered; from 200 to 300 bushels of wheat, may be fed the next fall, to the greatest advantage—My manager, Mr. Meadows, will ride over this land, with any one wishing to purchase.
Also, a tract of 1000 acres in Essex, within ten miles of Tappahannock, in a very wealthy neighbourhood; most of this land, is peculiarly adapted to the growth of corn, wheat and grass. It is in good cultivation, and well enclosed. There is on this farm from 75 to 100 acres of meadow, which is as rich as any in this state. My overseer, Mr. Hill, will show this land, and Major A. Ritchie, is fully authorised to dispose of it.
Also offer for sale, MOUNT CLEMENT, the seat on which I reside; it is believed that there are few tracts in the state, uniting more advantages, or that can boast of so much beauty; it is situated in a mile and a half of Tappahannock, it affords as fine a view of the Rappahannock, as any on the river; it is watered on one side, for more than a mile, with a broad navigable Creek, from which an abundance of fish may be taken at every season; it contains 550 acres. Three-fourths of this plantation, is very rich low grounds, and in high cultivation. Several hundred dollars worth of wood may be sold annually from it, without injury to the estate. There is on this estate, a brick dwelling house, in good repair, 62 feet long, and 24 wide, and all necessary out-houses lately repaired. I shall forbear a minute description, as I presume any one wishing to purchase, will view the premises.
I also with to sell 200 or 300 acres near the Rappahannock. The terms of sale will be one fourth in three months, the balance in two years, the ultimate payment to be secured by deed of trust. The negroes on the above plantations, with valuable teams of every kind, with fine Rocks of cattle, hogs & sheep, with a variety of the best utensils, the purchasers may have by paying a fair valuation, on reasonable credit. EDWIN UPSHAW.
My terms will be communicated by John Horace Upshaw, Esq. on application. Mount Clement, April 11. (tf)

To the Honorable Secretary of the Navy of the United States.
On the 23d March, the commander in his instructions to Captain Hull, states—
As you will perceive by my letter to Mr. Eaton, I have left the application of these success...
I revert to this clause in the Commander's instruction to Capt. Hull, to corroborate what my former communication stated—
This letter has ingeniously found some pretext for deserting Hamet Basha at the very moment we profited of his operations...
But the theatre of the war was transferred to the eastern provinces. Why not then support us there with the means of subsistence...
When peace was finally resolved upon, what were our provisions made for the brave men who had fought our battles in the enemy's country...
This is the first instance I ever heard of a religious test being required to entitle a soldier to his rations...
After our commissioner had arrived at Tripoli and had opened a communication with Joseph Basha...
I am, indeed, at a loss for reasons why Mr. Lear abandoned these high grounds after having affected so much engagement for exemplary measures.
The Basha's demands," says he, "were 200,000 dollars for peace and ransom, &c. which terms were at once rejected in toto."
On these terms, peace was definitively concluded. But this statement, adopted in its literal sense, is an imposition on the understanding of the public.
Although Mr. Lear would never admit that our operations in the eastern provinces have any influence on the dispositions of the enemy...
The reasons here assigned for the delay in making the Basha are not strictly true. It was impossible to conceal from the enemy our real force at Derne.
But the apprehension insinuated by Mr. Lear, that endeavoring to profit of this circumstance in favor of the legitimate prince might prove fatal to our countrymen in his power...
In this case, however, the experiment had been fairly tried and this bravo's resolution put to the test by Commodore Preble.
But if the idea of our large force and immense supplies at Derne, or more honestly our transactions with his brother, made a deep impression on the Basha...
He goes further. He not only negotiates Basha out of his own territories, but pledges the faith of the U. S. to carry him into execution...
Our Commissioner closes his communications to me—
Of one thing I am confident—if there be any honor or advantage in the Peace, a share of the merit cannot be refused to those whose exertions influenced the event.
Thus, though it was our business and though we had most amply the means to defeat the enemy; instead of this, we have established him in a more safe situation to do us and mankind mischief...
However the Peace may be received by the Government and People of the U. S. here are circumstances in which both our Interest and our Honor are so deeply involved, that they cannot but induce an inquiry.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, Sir, your most obedient servant, WILLIAM EATON.
P. S. List of the Naval Force which might have been employed before Tripoli by the middle of July, actually at the rendezvous at Syracuse the fourth and eleventh.
FOR SALE—By the Subscriber: 20 Hogsheads NORTHERN RUM, 20 Barrels do. do. 10 Hogsheads MOLASSES, 10 do. do.
BURR MILL STONES, OF ALL SIZES; and PLAISTER OF PARIS, of an excellent quality.
TO BE RENTED, A BRICK HOUSE, near that of Mr. Robert Gordon, on the Hill, calculated to accommodate a small family comfortably...
VALUABLE PROPERTY FOR SALE. To be sold to the highest bidder, on Thursday the 1st day of May next, in the town of Lynchburg, and county of Campbell.
THAT large and commodious TAVERN and improved piece of ground, adjoining thereto; situated in the centre of said town and on the main street at the corner leading to the jail and court house...
BY virtue of a deed of trust executed to us by John Christian, jr. to secure the payment of a debt therein mentioned due to the late firm of Dumlop, Pollock & Co. will be sold, to the highest bidder, for ready money, at Prince Edward court-house, on Monday the 19th day of May next...
TO BE SOLD, To the highest bidder, on the first day of May next, So much of the LAND, situated on John Kelle's River, in the county of Cumberland, late the property of Peter Francisco, as will pay the balance claimed of him, by Samuel G. Adams, of L. 160, with its interest, by virtue of a deed of trust executed to me, by the said Peter Francisco, for that purpose.
CREED TAYLOR, Trustee. March 18. (epts.)
WILLIAM EATON, of the surviving trustees in a deed executed by me for the benefit of the late John M'Rae, and dated on the 11th day of October, 1797, will be offered for sale; in the second day of the ensuing Spring Races, that beautiful and highly valuable farm, known by the name of NEW-MARKET, on a credit of one, two and three years from the day of sale.
JOHN ALCOCK, INFORMS the public that he has lately established a CABINET SHOP in the city of Richmond, on the Cross-Street leading up from Proffer St. Moncure's Vendue-store, and near the Fire Insurance Office...
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.
IMPORTANT TO SPORTSMEN. On the 29th day of April next, will be offered for sale, at the Bowling Green in Caroline county, THE STUD, of the late col. John Hoomes, consisting of imported and country bred Stallions, Brood Mares, and their produce, for several years past—total about one hundred head.
FOR SALE, BY the subscriber, BURR MILL STONES of different sizes, from 3 feet 16 inches to 6 feet diameter. About ten thousand BURR BLOCKS, that have just come to hand, and are of good quality.
FOR SALE, BY THE SUBSCRIBER: WEST-INDIA & N. ENGLAND RUM, French Brandy, Holland Gin, Molasses, Loaf and Brown Sugar, Coffee and Chocolate, Imperial and Hyson Tea, Linseed and Lomp Oil, White Lead & Sp. Brown, Yellow Ochre, Patent Green-ground in Oil.
FOR SALE, THE Subscriber, being desirous that an adjustment of accounts should take place between himself and creditors, takes this method to call on his debtors for the several amounts due from them to him, as he intends no indulgence.
HOUSTON'S newly invented PATENT ME-TALLIC HONE, may be had at Mr. Geo. Greenhow's store, opposite the Eagle Tavern. The utility of this machine for setting Razors and other instruments which require a fine edge, renders it an object worthy the attention of every individual who may have occasion for its use.
IN CHANCERY. Francis Ford, Against James Hendrake and John Hendrake, Defendants.
THE defendant James Hendrake, not having entered his appearance, & given security according to the act of Assembly, and the rules of this court, and appearing to the satisfaction of the court, that he is not an inhabitant of this state; therefore on the motion of the plaintiff by his attorney, it is ordered and decreed by the court, that he appear here on the second Monday in May next, and answer the plaintiff's bill, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some of the public newspapers printed in the city of Richmond, for eight weeks successively, & published at the front door of this court-house on some day.
A Copy, JOHN POINDEXTER, C. L. C. February 21. F2m.
THE HOUSE on Shockoe Hill in which the subscriber lately resided. MERTH ETHER JONES. February 4. 16.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. THAT separate proposals will be received in the office of the Secretary for the Department of War, until 12 o'clock at noon of the first Wednesday in June next, for the supply of all rations that may be required for the use of the United States, from the 1st day of October 1806, until the 30th day of September 1807, both days inclusive, at the following places, viz.
First, At Niagara, Detroit, Michilimackinac, Fort Wayne, Chicago, and at any place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited within the state of Ohio, and territory of Michigan, and at any place or places within the Indiana territory north of the 41st degree of north latitude. Second, At South-West Point, Tellico, Knoxville, Nashville, and within the Cherokee nation between Tennessee and Georgia, and on the Tennessee river, and on the road between said river, and Nashville, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the states of Kentucky and Tennessee. Third, At the garrison near Vincennes on the river Wabash, at Fort Mafsic, New Madrid, Chickasaw Bluffs, Arkansas, Natchez, and Fort Adams, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited in the Mississippi territory, except the county of Washington, and at any place or places in the Indiana territory south of the 41st degree of north latitude and fifty miles east of the Mississippi river. Fourth, At St. Louis, St. Charles, Kaskaskia, Cahokia, and at any place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the territory of Louisiana north of New Madrid, and at any place or places in the Indiana territory within fifty miles east of the Mississippi river, and south of the 41st degree of north latitude, Fort Mafsic excepted. Fifth, At New Orleans, Plaquemines, Point Coupee, Osheta, Natchitoches, Appelonas, Atakapa, Fort Stodder, Fort St. Stephens, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the territory of Orleans, or in the county of Washington on the Mississippi river, and at any place or places on the west side of the Mississippi river below Arkansas. Sixth, At Fort Wilkinson, Cockspur Island, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited, within the state of Georgia, and on the Indian boundary between Georgia and the Creek nation. Seventh, At Charleston, Rocky Mount, on the head waters of the Santee, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited, within the states of North and South Carolina. Eighth, At Norfolk, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited, within the state of Virginia. Ninth, At Fort M'Henry, and at any place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited, within the state of Maryland and the district of Columbia. Tenth, At Fort Mifflin, Carlisle, and at any place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited, within the state of Pennsylvania, east of the mountains, and within the states of New Jersey and Delaware. Eleventh, At Pittsburgh, and at any place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited, within the state of Pennsylvania, west of the mountains. Twelfth, At Fort Jay, West Point, Albany, Schenectady, and at any place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited, within the state of New-York Niagara and its dependencies excepted. Thirteenth, at Fort Trumbull, Fort Wolcott and at any place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited, within the states of Connecticut, Rhode-Island and Vermont. Fourteenth, at Fort Independence, (Boston harbor) and at any place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited, within the state of Massachusetts, the town of Springfield, and the district of Maine, excepted. Fifteenth, At Portsmouth, Portland, and at any place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited within the state of New Hampshire and the district of Maine. Sixteenth, Proposals will also be received as aforesaid, for the supply of all rations, which may be required for the United States, for the troops which are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited within the town of Springfield in the state of Massachusetts, and for the armorers and other persons employed in the United States' armory at that place, from the 1st day of January 1807 to the 31st day of December in the same year, both days inclusive.
A ration to consist of one pound and one quarter of beef, or three quarters of a pound of pork, eight ounces of bread or flour, one gill of rum, whiskey or brandy, and at the rate of two quarts of salt, four quarts of vinegar, four pounds of soap, and one pound and a half of candles, to every hundred rations. The prices of the several component parts of the ration shall be specified; but the U. States reserve the right of making such alterations in the price of the component parts of the ration aforesaid, as shall make the price of each part thereof bear a just proportion to the proposed price of the whole ration. The rations are to be furnished in such quantities, that there shall at all times, during the term of the proposed contract, be sufficient for the consumption of the troops at Michilimackinac, Detroit and Chicago, for six months in advance; and at each of the other posts on the western waters, for at least three months in advance; of good and wholesome provisions, if the same shall be required. It is also to be permitted to all and every of the commandants of fortified places or posts, to call for, at seasons when the same can be transported, or at any time in case of urgency, such supplies of like provisions in advance, as in the discretion of the commandant shall be deemed proper.
It is understood that the contractor is to be at the expense and risk of lining the supplies to the troops, and that all losses sustained by the depredations of an enemy, or by means of the troops of the U. States shall be paid by the U. S. at the price of the articles captured or destroyed as aforesaid, on the deposition of two or more persons of creditable characters, and the certificate of a commissioned officer, stating the circumstances of the loss, and the amount of the articles for which compensation shall be claimed. The privilege is understood to be referred to the U. S. of requiring that none of the supplies, which may be furnished under any of the proposed contracts, shall be furnished, until the supplies which have been or may be furnished under contracts now in force, have been consumed; and that a supply in advance may be always required at any of the fixed posts on the seaboard, or Indian frontier, not exceeding three months.
A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF BLANKS, FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE. Printing, IN ALL ITS VARIETY, EXECUTED AT THE OFFICE OF THE ENQUIRER.