The enquirer (Richmond, Va.), 1807-12-08 00:00:00

The Enquirer.
VOL. 4.]
RICHMOND, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1807.
[No. 61.]
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THE SUBSCRIBER
IS desirous to receive from 12 to 45 MEMBERS of ASSEMBLY as Boarders, during the session, on reasonable terms.—His residence is nearly opposite the Swan-Tavern. Dec. 4.—(tf.) JAMES H. GORDON.
IN conformity with the 1st section of article XIV, of the constitution of the Mutual Assurance Society against Fire on buildings of the State of Virginia, the Members of the said Society, are hereby notified to attend their annual General Meeting, to be held at the Capitol, on the first Monday in January next, being the fourth day of the said month.
Any Member who doth not attend at the said meeting in person or by proxy, will be represented by the Member of the State Legislature of the county, or the Senator of the district wherein such absentee resides.
LEWIS M. RIVALAIN, Acting as Principal Agent M. A. S. General Office of Assurance, Richmond, 13th Nov. 1807.
Form of the Credentials to be produced by the person vying at the annual meeting by proxy, to wit: Subscriber of Member of the Mutual Assurance Society, do hereby constitute and appoint to attend the annual General Meetings of the said Society, to be held at Richmond, on the first Monday in January next, as proxy to vote and act on behalf, on any business which may come before the said meeting, as fully as if personally present. In Witness whereof, have hereunto set hand and seal, the day of 1807. Nov. 27. (1w4w.)
DISSOLUTION.—The Co-partnership of Charles I. Price & Co. of the city of Richmond, was dissolved the 31st inst. by mutual consent; all persons indebted to the late firm, are desired to make immediate payment to Price and McCutchen of the city of Philadelphia, or to their lawful attorney, and those having claims against said concern, are desired to send in their accounts, equally attested. CHARLES I. PRICE, ENOCH PRICE, WILLIAM H. MCCUTCHEN. (84.)
NOTICE.—The subscribers having appointed Mr. Hugh Chambers, of the city of Richmond, their lawful attorney, to receive all debts due the late Co-partnership of Charles I. Price & Co. all persons indebted to said concern, are requested to make payment to him only, payment made to the contrary of this will be void, as no acquittal can be given but under his hand; and all persons having claims against said concern, are requested to send in their accounts to him legally authenticated for adjustment. ENOCH PRICE, WILLIAM H. MCCUTCHEN. Nov. 27. (84.)
NEW STORE.—The subscriber having purchased out the entire stock in trade of Messrs. Charles I. Price & Co. purposes carrying on the Dry Goods business, in the store lately occupied by them, next door below Messrs. Robert Neilson & Co. and begs leave to inform the public that in addition to said stock, he has just received a very extensive assortment of GOODS, by the latest arrivals from New-York and Philadelphia.—Amongst which are—Ladies elegant embroidered Presses of the latest French fashion, superfine & coarse Cloths, Kerseymere assorted, Blankets, Plannels, Coatings and Bocking Baizes, Plains assorted, an elegant assortment of fancy vesting, consisting of Toilets, Woollen, Molekins, Bennet's patent Cord, printed and striped Velvets, printed Cord, Swansdowns, Turkey Downs, white & colored Marseilles and printed Jeans, silver or president's Cord for pantaloons, olive & black Tilled Velvets, Bennet's patent mixt woolen Cord, brown Holland, 7-8 & 4-4 Irish Linens, fine Shilting, Cambricks, elegant assortment of Gingham and Calicoes, coloured and black Cambricks Muslins, cotton and silk Chambrays, plain and figured Muslins and Lace Cambricks, Book and Mull Mull Muslins, 7-8, 9-8 and 4-4 white Cambricks Muslins, plain and figured plaid and white Mantuas or Italian Silks, Dimities, Men's and Women's silk, cotton, worsted and yarn Hose, beaver, silk and yarn tan Gloves, sewing Silks & Threads assorted, India Muslins, Shawls and Handkerchiefs of every description, cotton and linen Checkes, Long Lawn and Linen Cambricks, Bandanas and other silk Handkerchiefs, assorted Persians, Pedlings, Meds, Gauzes, Laces, Ribbons, Combs, &c. Bed Tickings, Lestades, Florentines, Lutestring and fancy silk, cotton and silk Umbrellas, cotton and silk Suspenders, Ladies Shoes and Slippers, vest and coat Buttons, &c. Besides a variety of other articles, all of which will be disposed of on very low terms for cash or bills of a short date. HUGH CHAMBERS. Dec. 1. (64.)
LANDS FOR SALE.—The subscriber offers for sale, the following Tracts of LAND, in which, to persons making early application, he will give great bargains: One tract of 1300 acres, lying in Buckingham, which is advantageously situated for trade, being two or three miles from Scott's Manufacturing Mill, and five from New-Canton. This Land is very valuable, having on it 900 acres of woods, nearly all of which is good tobacco Land; there are also very good improvements, such as are well calculated for the accommodation of a family, and a sufficiency of chestnut land, to employ 10 or 12 hands advantageously. This tract will be shown to any person inclined to purchase, by Capt. Peter Guerrant, now resident on the land.—One tract on Randolph's creek, of 409 acres, the greater part of which is fresh and will produce good wheat and corn. It joins the lands of Col. Wilson and Mr. Gilley Lewis.—One other tract, in the neighborhood of New-Canton, of 212 acres, being a moiety of a tract owned by Mr. Maurice Langhorne.—Another tract in Powhatan, of 300 acres, known by the name of Gibilar. These Lands will be offered for sale at very reduced prices, which may be known, during my absence, by application to Col. William Daniel of Cumberland, who is authorised to contract for them. The title will be made by me on my return from Kentucky, which will probably be between the 10th and 20th of February next. WADE MOSBY. Powhatan, Dec. 4. (F44.)
BY virtue of a Deed of Trust from David Ross and Thomas Norrell to the subscribers, bearing date the 4th day of December last, and of record in the honorable the general court of this commonwealth; will be exposed to sale on Friday the 18th day of next month (December), before the door of the Eagle Tavern, in the city of Richmond, at public auction, for ready money, for the purposes in the said trust deed mentioned.—Five Tracts or Parcels of LAND in the county of Fluvanna, adjoining each other, containing in the whole three thousand one hundred and eighty acres, be the same more or less, it being the same Lands conveyed to the said David Ross by John Granberry and Susanna his wife, Littleton W. Tazewell and Ann S. his wife, and Michael W. Hancock. Also, one other tract in the counties of Montgomery and Botetourt, called Fort Lewis, containing two thousand six hundred acres, be the same more or less. WM. C. WILLIAMS, } Trustees. JOHN PROSSER, } (ctds.) Richmond, Nov. 30.
TO BE SOLD to the highest bidder, on Tuesday the twenty-ninth of December next, a Tract of Land in Powhatan county, about four miles above the court house, and two from Peter's church, containing by late survey, 450 acres; there are many considerable conveniences attached to the Land, it being in a good neighborhood in which are a number of manufacturing and grist mills; is remarkably well watered, abounding with good springs, and bounded with three bold streams on three sides, on the smallest of which streams is a large manufacturing mill within 400 yards of my barn, the soil very good and lies level. On this tract are two settlements with good orchards of well selected fruit on each, which may be sold separately.—The terms of sale will be one third of the money in hand, and the other two thirds in four equal annual payments, giving bond and security and a deed of trust on the Land, to secure the payment. At the same time and place will be sold as above, the crop of Corn, Fodder and Oats, the stock of all kinds, Plantation Utensils, household and kitchen Furniture, one good London made Still, apple and peach Brandy, a quantity of late cider, vinegar, &c. Cash will be required for all sums under 20 dollars; six month credit for all sums between twenty and eighty dollars, and twelve on all sums above eighty dollars. There will be hired out for one year (to commence the first of January next,) 8 or 9 Negroes, on the usual terms of hire, at the same time and place. DAVID OWEN. N. B. Should the day appointed for the sale of the above property, prove unfavourable, it will be continued from day to day until sold. Nov. 27. (law4w.)
CAVALRY DISCIPLINE & New Sword Exercise.—Just published by S. Grantland, and for sale at his Printing-Office, A. Treatise on the Discipline of the Cavalry; teaching the necessary evolutions on a parade, on a march, and in the face of an enemy: To which is added, the New Sword Exercise for Cavalry: Illustrated with copper-plate engravings. The whole examined and approved by a valuable and intelligent officer of the Cavalry in the Revolutionary war. This work has been pronounced by a very competent judge, to be the best on the subject heretofore published in this country. Every member of the Cavalry should possess a copy. * A liberal discount to wholesale purchasers. Printers of News-papers will oblige the publisher by inserting the above, and the favor will be returned when required. Richmond, Nov. 10. (law4w.)
CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FRIDAY, NOV. 7.
Debate on the reference of a memorial from sundry merchants and traders of the city of Philadelphia, praying for a repeal of the non-importation law.
Mr. J. Clay presented the memorial, which is as follows: To the President, Senate and House of Representatives of the U. States of America. The Memorial of the merchants and traders of the city of Philadelphia, respectfully Represents,
That a strong confidence in the neutral position and character of their country, and in the pacific policy of its government, has encouraged and induced many of your Memorialists to embark their property extensively in foreign commerce, and to adventure a large proportion of their wealth upon distant voyages—that recent and unexpected events so far affect the security of their enterprizes, as to impel them to make known their sentiments and wishes to Congress.
Your Memorialists cannot but view with extreme solicitude the apparent state of the negotiation between their country and Great Britain, upon the events of which, the safety of their property so materially depends. Their alarm and anxiety increased by reports (perhaps unfounded) of the nature and extent of the demands made by the government of the United States, cannot but be great, while they are wholly destitute of information from official sources, calculated to direct their conduct. They mean not however to intimate a wish for disclosures incompatible with the due reserve of government, but candidly to present to its view their difficulties and embarrassments.
In common with their fellow-citizens, your Memorialists entertain the strongest sense of the necessity of supporting the honor and independence of their country.—They feel that the national interest is inseparably connected with such support, and though in the event of war, as individuals they must be deeply affected, they have not a wish that considerations of private interest should induce a sacrifice of national honor and independence.
But from the wisdom and patriotism of the National Legislature they conceive the expectation well founded, that the commercial interests of the United States, with which the common welfare is inseparably connected, will not be committed by an unyielding adherence to doubtful or unsettled principles. They therefore with confidence submit their hopes that while essential rights, to which, as an independent nation, we are indisputably entitled, will be maintained to the last extremity, matters of seeming interest, but of less importance will be referred to a more propitious and less hazardous moment for adjustment.
Under these impressions, your memorialists deem it an indispensable duty to themselves and to their fellow-citizens of the landed and other interests, most respectfully to suggest to Congress that the act (at present in suspension) entitled an act, "To prohibit
the importation of certain goods, wares and merchandise, passed the 18th day of April, 1806," should it go into operation, will not tend to promote the desirable results of national reparation and amicable adjustment of our differences with Great-Britain. In effect that your Memorialists consider the said act, in its application to this country as extremely embarrassing, and in its operation on the government and people of Great-Britain as irritating and inefficient.—That the repeal of the said act would be productive of beneficial effect, in as much as it would relieve our own citizens from embarrassment, demonstrate a disposition to treat on terms of liberality, and be considered as a pledge of candour & magnanimity in the conduct of the negotiation. While in the event of failure to produce a fair and honorable accommodation, the evils of war, which must severely and equally affect the farmer, merchant and mechanic, would be borne with less regret, as being rendered inevitable.
In submitting their opinions to the National Legislature, your Memorialists have not, they conceive, over looked the delicacy of the subject to which they relate—and they have anxiously endeavored, in representing the objects of this Memorial, to connect the national honor and interest with their individual claims and privileges.
Relying on the exercise of a wise, just and dignified policy, your Memorialists respectfully refer the matters herein stated to the consideration and decision of Congress.
The memorial having been read, Mr. J. Clay moved that it be referred to the committee of Commerce and Manufactures. Mr. Rowan did not feel himself competent to judge on this subject; but would barely suggest to the consideration of the House, whether after the attack on the Chesapeake a petition of this nature should be referred. He himself had disapproved of the act of which this petition prayed a repeal; but it had been passed, and since its passage the memorable affair of the Chesapeake had taken place; and it had been said by the British government that if this act were suffered to go into operation it would be considered as a declaration of war. Under these circumstances he could not as an American vote for a reference of a memorial on this subject. Had he been entitled to a vote previous to the affair of the Chesapeake, he should have voted for a repeal of the law; but now he was opposed to considering the subject at all, they were not now in a situation to parley. And he hoped, whatever might hereafter be done, that the House would not now enter into a consideration of this subject. In rising to express this opinion, he was actuated by the same sentiments that would guide him in common life. If he had committed an injury, in fair words he would retract it; but if a threat were used he would not. This law had caused a sensation in the cabinet of England, and whatever might be the consequence, they must now make a proper stand; even a reference of this memorial would be a degradation of their dignity.
Mr. J. Clay said, that whatever were his sentiments as to the propriety of the measure in question, yet as the memorial was couched in moderate terms, and drawn up with ability, he thought it would not be inconsistent with the dignity of Congress to refer it; they did not grant the prayer of the memorial by referring it. It was proposed to be referred to the committee appointed to consider all subjects relating to commerce, and nothing could certainly be more important in relation to commerce, than the existence of the act prohibiting the importation of certain goods, wares, and merchandise. He believed that every man in the community who had considered the act in question, had found it deficient in all its details, and perfectly nugatory in some of its provisions. He did not speak of the principle of the act, but of its deficiencies. There was a doubt under that act whether a man could import an inkstand or a lock; or whether he might import a silver watch, though there was no doubt but he could import a gold one; and there were other defects in its provisions of a like nature. There was such inconsistency, that it might be considered doubtful even on the ground of expediency, whether it should not be repealed.
Mr. Rhea (Ten.) was not one of those who wished for war, with any nation on earth, but he should vote against the reference of this petition or any other that prayed for the same object. It had been said by the gentleman who introduced it that they did not grant his prayer by referring it. That was true; but the very reference of it would give color to the supposition that the House were now deliberating whether they should repeal the law or not. It would be reported across the Atlantic, and this very reference might have its effect on the differences subsisting between the two countries. If the U. States had taken this ground, why would they now give it up? He would not consent to it. It had also been said that the act was defective and nugatory. If this meant any thing, it was that it needed amendment; and if it were wished to amend it he was ready to do it, by adding other prohibitions to those it already contained. If he recollected right, the memorial stated that the non-importation act bore hard on our own merchants; that might have been expected. They had notice of its going into operation; why did they after that give their orders for those articles which were prohibited by it. If, as had been stated, not an inkstand or lock or silver watch could be imported, the act could be improved or amended, without being repealed as the petitioners wished. It was stated in the memorial that the law was embarrassing to merchants and irritating to Great Britain, and would tend to prevent an arrangement of the existing difficulties. These were ideas which ought to have no weight in favor of their prayer. Let Great Britain be irritated. Did she not irritate other nations? Had she shown any forbearance towards us? It was not necessary for him to re-capitulate the oppressions of that nation towards the U. States: they were known to every member of the House. The U. States had done every thing to secure peace that a nation impressed with a sense of its own dignity ought to do. Should these petitioners be indulged in their wish that the nation should depart from its dignity because they felt some inconvenience? Mr. R. believed that when the matter was fully
considered, and every thing taken into view, it would appear that the U. States had offered, in order to an accommodation of these differences, every thing which the most liberal policy warranted; if a similar disposition had existed on the part of Britain, they would have been long since settled. Mr. R. concluded by hoping the House would not refer the petition, or give the world an opportunity to say they were now deliberating about the repeal of such a law.
Mr. Crowingshield held it to be an incontestible right of the citizens of this country to petition Congress on any subject whatever; but he found on looking over the memorial these sentiments; they say that "their alarm and anxiety increased by reports (perhaps unfounded) of the nature and extent of the demands made by the government of the United States cannot but be great, while they are wholly destitute of information from official sources, calculated to direct their conduct." Nor could Mr. C. himself tell specifically what the government of the United States demanded from G. B. The President of the U. S. had informed the House that he would at a proper time lay before them such information; they were in expectation of such information, and this memorial asked them, before they had received such information to repeal the law prohibiting the importation of certain articles. Though there might be some doubt as to some provisions of that law, it should be no inducement for them now to repeal it. Under what circumstances was that act passed? The U. States had made representations to Great Britain on her aggressions for several years without effect; that act was passed to induce her to do us justice. Had she done it? No; the outrage on the Chesapeake had been since committed. This had been known to her several months, and the admiral under whose orders the act was committed had not been punished. Our government had done all that remained for it to do, by asking redress from Great Britain. To this no answer had been given. Should the petitioners ask of the House in this situation to repeal the act, or even to suspend it for a longer time? Was it grateful to their feelings? He thought not. He would not have objected to the reference of the petition, had it not been couched in such terms as those he had quoted; but as it was, he thought it his duty to object to the reference. The most delicate way of disposing of it would be to let it lie on the table. The suspension of this act expired in the next month; and they would of necessity consider the propriety of permitting it to go into operation, or of a farther suspension. Mr. C. said he must confess for his own part, that he could not flatter himself from the rumors now afloat, and from what he thought he knew of the disposition of Great Britain, that she would do us justice so far as was required. He thought they were almost at war. From information which he had received, Great Britain was arming or at least intriguing with the Indians on our frontiers. Her vessels were arming on the Lakes; she had called out her militia in Canada and Nova-Scotia; and this was done, he presumed, by express orders from the British government. She had manifested by her attack on Copenhagen that she would violate neutral rights without a pretence; she had outraged Denmark who never injured her, and had not attempted to justify it to the world but on the mere ground of necessity. He thought Congress ought at this moment to arm the nation, and be prepared to meet the event. He could not sit still and hear such language as the petitioners had used: they were alarmed at the extent of our demands. What were they? It was not in the power of the House to say; but from the known character and conduct of the Executive, they had no right to infer but that they were reasonable and just. He felt a confidence in the Executive, and had no wish prematurely to know what those demands were. These were the ideas which occurred to him at this moment; he could, therefore, see no good which could result from a reference of the petition.
Mr. Milton said that all the arguments of the gentleman from Massachusetts went to show that a reference of the memorial would involve an enquiry into the expediency of repealing the law. If he thought the reference of the petition rested on that question, he should entertain the same opinion as had been expressed by that gentleman; but he had yet heard nothing which could convince him of the impropriety of referring this memorial. It would be no more than a proper respect to the petitioners to give it a reference; as far as he had heard the names of the subscribers to the memorial read, he knew them to be men of consideration; he was not personally acquainted with them, but knew them by character. They had addressed the House in respectful language, and had requested them to consider the propriety of repealing a certain law. What impropriety was there in this? The gentleman from Massachusetts had admitted that it was a question which required consideration, whether the law should go into operation or be repealed; and from the observations he had uttered, it appeared to be his desire to enter into more violent measures than those contemplated by that law. Mr. M. had never thought that law judicious, or that a partial prohibition of importation would have a good effect on our foreign relations, but that it would merely tend to irritate; and, he would rather have seen a law passed to prohibit all importation, than one of so futile a nature. If the situation of the country was such as to require strong measures, that law would not be such as ought to be adopted. He thought strong measures were required; that they had been sleeping at their posts; that from the present aspect of our political differences with Great Britain, they should have taken measures for defence, and not have remained so long idle. The memorial had been caused by the uncertain language of the law, as his colleague had informed the House, by which some persons had suffered considerable losses; some had considered it as safe, and some as unsafe to import certain articles. He hoped the memorial would be referred to a committee, who need not report till the probable issue of events were ascertained. If it were a question whether that law should be repealed or not, as had been admitted by the gentleman from Massachusetts, surely there would be no impropriety
in the petition going to that committee whose duty it would be to consider of the propriety of the repeal. (Debate to be Continued.)
WEDNESDAY, November 25. Mr. Talmadge offered the following resolutions.
Resolved, That the Secretary for the Department of War be directed to lay before this House a statement of the respective numbers of officers, non-commissioned officers and soldiers, composing the army of the U. S. noting the numbers wanting to complete the present establishment.
Resolved, That the Secretary for the Department of War be directed to lay before this House a statement of the respective numbers of volunteers, either of artillery, cavalry or infantry, whose services have been offered and accepted, in pursuance of the act entitled, "An act authorizing the President of the U. S. to accept the service of a number of volunteer companies, not exceeding 30,000 men."
Which being read, Mr. Talmadge said, that it would be remembered when the President had transmitted his message to Congress at the opening of the session, one part of it related to what might be the probable situation of the country, and to the necessity that might exist for raising a regular army. Mr. T. presumed that every gentleman on the floor felt the same sentiment with respect to the importance of the preservation of the nation, and in order that they might be prepared to meet any possible event, it became essentially necessary to know what was our actual force. This was the object of the first resolution which he had proposed. He wished to know not only what that force was, but how far it was deficient. Another reason which operated strongly on his mind was that the House never failed at each session to vote money for the support of the army and navy of the U. States; they certainly could make the exact appropriations required, without knowing what the actual force of the army was.
With respect to the second resolution, it would be remembered that an act was passed in February, 1807, authorising the President to accept of the services of any number of volunteers, not exceeding 50,000, which act was to remain in force for two years. It became important to know how far volunteer companies had offered, and how far this force might be brought into the field in case of emergency. An act had also passed in April, 1806, authorising the President to call out 100,000 militia, to continue in force two years from its date, and would of course expire next April. These were the different species of force on which the President could calculate on an emergency. That the House might know the exact force of the union, and how far it might be relied on were the reasons, which induced him to move these resolutions at this time.
A desultory conversation took place as to the ability of the Executive to give the information called for in the second resolution, in which Messrs. Talmadge, Thomas, Dana, Quincy, Chandler, Durell, Alston, Upham, and Smilie took part, when the resolutions were agreed to without a division.
On motion of Mr. Poindexter, the House went into a committee of the whole on the bill to extend the right of suffrage in the Mississippi territory, and for other purposes. Mr. Massers in the chair. Mr. Troop withdrew his motion for striking out the first section of the bill, with a view to give the gentleman from the Mississippi territory an opportunity of making the bill less objectionable, and for that reason solely.
Mr. Bibb moved that the following provision be inserted in the bill:
"Provided, That this act shall not take effect till the assent of the state of Georgia shall have been signified thereto."
Which motion was negatived, 68 to 18.
The bill being gone through, the committee rose and reported it.
Mr. Bibb wished the provision he had moved in committee of the whole to be now added to the bill added to the bill.
The Speaker said the House must first decide upon the amendment made in committee.
Mr. Poindexter said as the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Bibb) had declared an intention to oppose the bill in toto, if his provision were not agreed to, he should now be opposed to the amendment which he himself had proposed, and which had been adopted in committee, as it had been offered with a sole view to the accommodation of the gentleman from Georgia; and as even after this compromise, they were still determined to oppose the bill. He therefore wished it now to be decided on its original shape, which was most agreeable to the wishes of his constituents.
The question being taken by yeas and nays in concurrence with the amendment of the committee of the whole, there were Ayes 79, Nays 41.
On each of the foregoing questions some debate arose, in which Messrs. Poindexter, Quincy, Bacon, Sloan, Smilie, Cook, Rhea (T. J.) Lyon and Holland generally supported the right of Congress to legislate on the subject without the consent of Georgia, and advocated the political expediency of extending the right of suffrage as originally contemplated by the bill, so that every free white male inhabitant who had paid taxes 6 months, and been a resident in the territory 12 months previous to the election, should be entitled to vote for representatives in the legislature.
Messrs. Bibb, Troop, Gardener, Gardner and Rowan generally denied the right of Congress to legislate on the subject in violation of the compact entered into with Georgia at the time of her cession of the territory, intimated that the territory would soon become a state, when she could fix the qualifications of her own voters; and added that, in the mean time, there was abundant evidence of other elections being properly conducted from the talents and respectability of her representatives. The House adjourned without taking a question on Mr. Bibb's proviso.
THURSDAY, November 26.
Mr. Lloyd presented a memorial praying that the monument in honor of the officers who fell in the attack of Tripoli, imported from Europe by their brother officers, be admitted free of duty. Referred to the committee of Commerce and Manufactures.
FRIDAY, November 27.
Mr. Randolph from the committee appointed for the purpose, reported a bill to explain an act passed last session, entitled "An act to prohibit the importation of Slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the U. States, from and after the first day of January, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eight."
Which was read twice and referred to a committee of the whole on Monday next.
Mr. J. Clay obtained leave of absence for the remainder of the session.
Mr. Blount moved for the order of the day on the second report of the committee of aggressions—he wished the House to go into committee of the whole on the subject and remain in committee (as it was then late) no longer than to give the business priority over any other on the next day of meeting.
Mr. Randolph enquired why the second report should have preference over the first, and why

both had not been referred to the same committee of the whole, as one depended on the other. Why were they shuffled about in this manner? Why was the cart to be put before the horse? Why was the second brought upon the tapis and the first reserved?
Mr. Blount stated that the first was merely declaratory of the nature of the act, and detailed that information which had been so loudly called for from some parts of the House; the second contained resolutions for preparing for defence, which he conceived should be first acted upon.
Mr. Randolph moved that the committee of the whole to whom the second report or second part of the report was referred, should be discharged from the consideration of it, that it might be referred to the same committee to whom the first part had been referred.
Mr. Blount's motion being that under consideration, a considerable debate ensued, which branched widely into the subject; in the course of which
Mr. Blount stated that the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Randolph) had desired Mr. B. to let him know when the report was to be called up. He had told the gentleman this morning that he intended to call it up to-day. If the gentleman had then expressed a desire that both reports should be referred to the same committee of the whole, he would have accommodated him, by making a motion to that effect.
Mr. Randolph said he would take the gentleman from N. C. at his word, and withdraw the motion he had offered, trusting to the gentleman to renew it.
Mr. Blount withdrew his motion for immediate taking up the second report and renewed Mr. Randolph's motion; on which the debate was continued. The gentlemen who took part in the debate on this subject, were Messrs. Randolph, Blount, Chandler, Dana, Eppes, Thomas, Rowan, Nicholas, W. Alston, Lyon, Quincy, G. W. Campbell, Burwell, Taylor, and Smith.
The question being on the motion as renewed by Mr. Blount, was negative, 67 to 40.
Mr. Eppes moved that the order of the day on the first report of the committee of Aggressions be postponed till this day week. Carried; ayes 58, nays 47.
MONDAY, November 30.
Mr. Cook said that the House had been long in session, and had yet done nothing towards the purpose for which they were called together. For the purpose of coming to the consideration of the subject, and for obtaining the proper information he offered the following resolutions:
1st. Resolved, that the Secretary of the Navy be directed to lay before this House a statement of the frigates, and other armed vessels composing the navy of the United States, distinguishing those in actual service from those in ordinary, and noting such as want repairs, with an estimate of the sums necessary to prepare them for immediate service, and the probable time necessary to make such repairs.
2d. Resolved, that the Secretary of the Navy be directed to lay before this House, a statement of the number of officers and men respectively belonging to the navy of the United States and the corps of marines.
3d. Resolved, that the Secretary of the Navy be directed to lay before this House, an estimate of the number of officers and men which would be necessary to complete the manning the whole and entire navy of the United States including the gun-boats, with an estimate of the expenditures respectively necessary for maintaining them, in actual service during one year.
4th. Resolved, that the Secretary of the Navy be directed to lay before this House, a statement of the quantity, quality, and present state of the timber and other materials belonging to the United States now on hand suitable for building ships of war, describing the force and size for which such timber and other materials are suitable.
Mr. Blount objected to the passage of the first resolution as entirely unnecessary, as he had in his hand a letter from the Secretary of the Navy, giving part of the information asked for by that resolution, and as the committee of aggressions had actually requested of the Secretary of the Navy information which would embrace all that was contemplated by it.
Some conversation ensued on the particular information wished, and the propriety of calling for it, between Messrs. Cook, Blount, Smith, Milner, Mumford, Dana, Tullmadge and Gardner; during which a motion was made by Mr. Smith to postpone the consideration of the resolutions till this day week.
Mr. Cook, consented to withdraw the first resolution till the information asked for by the committee of aggressions was received, which might altogether supersede it, or induce him to modify it so as to obtain his object.
The three last resolutions were then agreed to without a division.
On motion of Mr. Blount, the House went into a committee of the whole, Mr. Bassett in the chair, on the second report of the committee of aggressions, which recommends the following resolutions:
Resolved, That it is expedient to authorise the President of the United States to cause such fortifications to be erected as, in addition to those heretofore built, will, with the assistance of gun-boats, afford effectual protection to our ports and harbors, and preserve therein the respect due to the constituted authorities of the nation, and that there be, and hereby is, appropriated for that purpose, out of any monies in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of _____ dollars.
Resolved, That it is expedient to authorise the President of the United States to cause to be built an additional number of gun-boats not exceeding _____ and to arm, equip, man, fit, and employ the same for the protection of our ports and harbors; and that there be, and hereby is appropriated for that purpose, out of any monies in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of _____.
The report being read, and the first resolution under consideration.
Mr. Blount said he would state, in as few words as he could, the views of the committee in presenting to their consideration the resolution now before them. It would be seen that the committee were of opinion that the fortifications contemplated were equally necessary in time of peace & in time of war. For the circumstance of our being at peace hitherto had not restrained the rapacity and insolence of British naval commanders, and similar conduct would be continued, unless there were created in our harbors a force sufficient to repel it. The contemplated sum to complete the fortifications already established and to erect others, was, in addition to what remained unexpended of former appropriations for that purpose, about 750,000 dollars, in case a war took place; in case of peace, or our former state not properly of peace or war, 300,000 dollars would be sufficient, that being as large a sum as could conveniently be expended in the course of the year. It was not necessary that the blank in the resolution should be filled at present, and it would accord better with his wishes, if it were left till a bill should be brought in conformably to the resolution.
The second resolution proposed an appropriation for building a certain number of gun-boats. The reason of preference by the committee of this mode of defence, was, that it was the only defence that could be provided in a short time. However gentlemen might differ in opinion with respect to a naval force, all would agree that at this time they had not means or time to provide any other defence than that proposed by the committee. It was proposed to erect 188 additional gun-boats, which with the number already built, would amount to 267, the number proposed as sufficient for the purpose of defence. The secretary of war, who was not called upon in form to give information to the committee, was requested to call on the committee, and converse with them on the subject, and the substance of his answers
was contained in a paper which Mr. B. held in his hand, but which the committee that a paper should be submitted to the House at present, it might contain matter not proper for disclosure. He would put into the hands of the clerks who might read such parts of it as would show what were the views of the secretary of war on the subject—such as gave entire satisfaction to the committee, and such as they hoped would be satisfactory to the House. With these observations, and one other, that these fortifications were not contemplated to be of a fixed or expensive kind, but principally heavy artillery mounted on travelling carriages, that might be moved from place to place, he would submit the subject to the consideration of the committee.
Mr. Dana enquired if there was any statement of the balance remaining unexpended of former appropriations.
Mr. Tount said there was not a distinct statement, nor was it in the power of the secretary to give it, but it was upwards of 100,000 dollars, which in addition to 750,000 dollars, would make about 874,000 dollars.
Mr. Quincy wished to know of the chairman of the committee, whether this money was to be appropriated exclusively to erect new fortifications, or to repair old ones, or for both.
Mr. Blount said that the sum of 750,000 dollars was considered sufficient to complete such fortifications as have been erected on proper sites, and to erect such others as might be necessary in aid of gun-boats. The secretary of the navy could not state the particular sum that each place would require. Past experience had shown that such express appropriations could not be made. It was the wish of the committee to afford to the President the power of applying these sums to such places as he should think best.
Mr. Quincy wished to know whether the terms of the resolution expressed the intention. He conceived that this sum of money should be placed in the hands of the President of the United States, not only to erect new fortifications, but to repair old ones where necessary. As he understood the resolution the President was to apply the whole sum to new fortifications, and could not appropriate it without misapplication to repair old ones.
Mr. Blount said the object of the committee was to put so much money at the disposal of the President, as to answer both the purposes of repair and erection. If the words did not express that sense, he should cheerfully acquiesce in any amendment which might be made.
An amendment was offered by Mr. Dana, but afterwards withdrawn, to make way for one offered by Mr. Crossinshield to the same effect: by which the resolution was amended to read as follows.
Resolved, That it is expedient to authorise the President of the United States to cause such fortifications to be repaired and erected as will, with the assistance of gun-boats, &c.
Mr. Thomas enquired as to filling the blank.
Mr. Blount said he had stated while up before, that 300,000 dollars in time of peace was as much as could be expected in the course of a year. But if they could not enjoy peace, more would be necessary; and from the uncertainty of this, the committee wished to decline filling the blank at the present time. When the bill should be laid before them, they might be better qualified to judge.
Both resolutions were adopted; the first without a division, and the second, Ayes 93. When the committee rose, and the House agreed to the resolutions, which were referred to the same committee to whom they were introduced, to bring in a bill.
TUESDAY, December 1.
Mr. Quincy offered the following resolution: Resolved, That the Secretary for the Department of War be directed to lay before the House an account of the state of the fortifications of the respective ports and harbors of the United States, with a statement of the monies appropriated for fortifications remaining unexpended; and an estimate of the sums necessary for completing such fortifications as may be deemed requisite for their defence.
Which being under consideration, Mr. Quincy said, the House would perceive the object of this resolution was to obtain information; there was a document on their table which gave some information on the subject, but was not explicit. This resolution was exactly similar to one passed last session, by which the House obtained some important and interesting information; this being the case, he hoped no objection would be made to it.
The resolution was agreed to without a division. Mr. Bard presented the petition of Duncan McVicker, which was referred to the committee of Claims.
Mr. Bassett moved that the petitions of Edward Brook and Presley Thornton, presented at a former session, be referred to the committee on Claims barred, &c. Agreed.
Mr. Barter moved that the petition of a number of inhabitants of Plymouth, Duxbury, and Kingston (Mass.) praying for erection of buoy, &c. presented at a former session, be referred to the committee of Commerce and Manufactures. Agreed.
Mr. M. Williams offered the following resolution:
Resolved, That a committee be appointed to enquire whether any additional compensation ought to be made to the marshal for the district of North Carolina, and that they have leave to report by bill or otherwise.
On motion of Mr. Southard the resolution was amended, so as to include the state of New Jersey; and so amended, was agreed to, and a committee of five appointed.
On motion of Mr. Lewis, the House went into committee of the whole on the report of the committee to whom was re-committed the bill for erecting a bridge over the river Potomac, Mr. P. P. KIN in the chair. Having fixed 60 years as the term of the corporation previous to the right of the U. S. to purchase the bridge, the committee rose, and the bill was ordered to a third reading to-morrow.
Mr. Randolph, after preliminary remarks of some length, which shall be given in our next, offered the following resolutions:
Resolved, That provision ought to be made by law for an adequate and comfortable support of such officers and soldiers of the revolutionary army as are still existing in a state of indigence, disgraceful to the country which owes its liberties to their valor.
Resolved, That provision ought to be made by law for arming and equipping the whole body of the militia of the U. S.
Resolved, That provision ought to be made by law for procuring a formidable train of field artillery for the service of the United States.
These resolutions were referred to a committee of the whole House to-morrow.
Mr. Blount from the committee to whom the resolutions on the subject yesterday agreed to were referred, reported a bill for fortifying the harbors of the U. S. States, and for building gun-boats, which was read twice and referred to a committee of the whole on Thursday next.
On motion of Mr. Wynn, the House went into committee of the whole on the report of the committee appointed to prepare standing rules and orders for the House. The committee having made some progress, and the usual hour of adjournment being arrived, the committee rose and obtained leave to sit again.
SENATE UNITED STATES, MONDAY, November 30.
When the Senate was about convening on Friday, Mr. Smith, of Ohio, entered their chamber. Having exhibited a record from the circuit court of Virginia, attesting that a nolle prosequi had been entered on the indictment for treason and misdemeanor against him, and expressed a purpose to take his seat, it was intimated to him by Dr. Mitchell, that it was the opinion of some members of the
body that an enquiry might previously be made with respect to his implication in any transaction inimical to the peace of the union. This induced him to waive taking his seat that day, to allow any measures to be taken which the Senate might see fit.
When the Senate had formed, Mr. Maclay offered the following resolution:
Resolved, That a committee be appointed to enquire and report to the Senate their opinion whether John Smith, a Senator from the state of Ohio, ought not to be expelled from the Senate in consequence of the part which he took in the conspiracy of Aaron Burr against the peace and prosperity of the U. S. or what other steps in their opinion may be necessary and proper under the present circumstances for the Senate to adopt.
Mr. Pope moved to amend this resolution; to make way for which amendment Mr. Maclay withdrew his resolution.
Mr. Thurston moved the following resolution as an amendment, omitting that part in italics, which Mr. Jones moved as an amendment to the amendment:
Resolved, That a committee be appointed to enquire whether it be compatible with the honor and privileges of this House, that John Smith, a Senator from the state of Ohio, against whom bills of indictment were found at the circuit court of Virginia, held at Richmond in August last, for treason and misdemeanor, should be permitted any longer to have a seat therein, and that the committee do enquire into all the facts regarding the conduct of Mr. Smith, as an alleged associate of Aaron Burr, and report the same to the Senate.
In this stage of the business we entered the Senate chamber.
Mr. Hillhouse objected to the resolution on the ground of allowing the committee too wide a latitude.
Mr. Adams vindicated the resolution from this objection.
Mr. Pope moved an adjournment to allow further time for reflecting on the most correct course to be pursued.
Mr. Thurston advocated the powers given by the resolution to the committee; and in reply to some observations, previously made, remarked that a very different species of testimony from that required by a court of law, would constitute sufficient ground for the Senate to act on a case where the effect might be the expulsion of a member.
The motion to adjourn was lost; only four members rising in favor of it.
Mr. Hillhouse replied to the observations of Mr. Thurston, on the score of testimony. He viewed those observations as extremely dangerous. Should they be carried into effect, the character of a man, however innocent, might be blasted. He thought the case called for great circumspection. He wished the enquiry to be made, and had prepared a resolution, which he read as follows, as expressive of his opinion of the most proper course:
Resolved, That the message of the President of the U. S. of November 23d, 1807, together with the documents which accompanied the same, be referred to a committee to enquire how far John Smith, a member of this Senate, has been connected with or concerned in the transactions therein referred to, and report whether any and what proceedings ought to be had by this Senate in relation to said John Smith, and to send for persons, papers and records.
Mr. Tiffin rose more to state that he had seen attested copies of the record in the case of Mr. Smith, and to communicate to the Senate the contents of a letter which he had just received from him. The letter follows:
Washington, Nov. 27, 1807.
Dear Sir, Just having heard that a motion is pending in the Senate to appoint a committee to enquire into certain charges exhibited against me at Richmond, by the late Grand Jury, I beg you, sir, to assure the Senate, in my name, that nothing will afford me more pleasure than to have a public investigation of the said charges, and an opportunity to vindicate my innocence, and I beg you from your seat to make this statement.
I am, dear sir, respectfully yours, &c. JOHN SMITH.
Hon. Mr. Tiffin.
Mr. S. Smith said, that however unpleasing it might be, it was the duty of the Senate to meet the proposed enquiry. It did not follow that such an investigation would go to criminate Mr. Smith. It might, on the contrary, issue in his exoneration. He understood that that gentleman had expressed his conviction that a full investigation would completely exculpate him from the charges which had been preferred against him. He this as it might, Mr. S. thought there were circumstances which had been disclosed at Richmond, which called upon the Senate to go into the enquiry. He alluded to the testimony of Blennerhassett's gardener and Lieut. Jackson. He had, however, heard that Mr. S. thought it in his power to do away the charges flowing from these statements. Why an opportunity to do this should be refused, he could not understand. He added that he perceived no objection to an examination of two of the members of the grand jury, who held seats in the other House, with regard to the grounds on which the bills of indictment had been found, from which examination it would appear whether there was any necessity for sending for other testimony. These considerations would induce him to vote for the resolution, at the same time that he was little solicitous as to the particular resolution which should be adopted.
Mr. Mitchell stated that Mr. Smith had expressed to him his regret at not having been tried at Richmond on both the charges preferred against him, as he was confident that he could have established his innocence. What was the object of the resolution? To give him this opportunity; to allow him the only resource that remained; to allow him to be tried here by his peers. Therefore so far as related to the character of Mr. Smith, or to the dignity of the Senate, the enquiry seemed a proper one; and he should consequently vote for the resolution.
Mr. Thurston said that he felt some delicacy in having hazarded an opinion, on the subject of testimony, which seemed in some respects to militate against the provisions of the constitution. What he had uttered on this point had been the result of momentary impressions, and might, possibly, on further reflection, be considered even by himself as erroneous. He should be sorry that on a point of so much importance anything which had thus hastily fallen from him should go abroad, which might be erroneous. But as the remark had dropped from him, he would briefly state the grounds on which he had made it, which he still felt to be satisfactory. He was still of opinion that the Senate in such a case were not bound by the technical rules of law as rigidly observed in courts. Various considerations compelled them to pay particular regard to their character and convenience. Hence the constitution had conferred upon them an unlimited power to expel a member.
In such a case they were constituted both accusers and judges. In direct violation of the common principles of law. A member might be expelled for acts, which would not render him amenable to a court of justice. He was
therefore, of opinion that in this case the Senate might decide upon what appeared to them a credible testimony, although it should not be of such a character as would be admitted in a court of law.
The question was then taken on the resolution, offered by Mr. Thurston, and amended by Mr. Jones, and carried without a division—and Messrs. Adams, Maclay, Franklin, Smith of Maryland, Pope, Thurston and Anderson appointed the committee.
In the course of the proceedings, Mr. White read the following resolution, as such an one as he thought it most expedient to adopt.
Resolved, That a committee be appointed to enquire whether any, and what proceedings should be had against John Smith, a Senator from the state of Ohio, in relation to any connection he may be supposed to have had with the conspiracy or any illegal enterprise of Aaron Burr, and that the said committee have power to send for persons, papers and records, on the subject committed to them, and to report the facts to the Senate.
Mr. Adams from the committee appointed in the case of Mr. Smith, made a report, recommending the adoption of the following resolutions, which were agreed to:
Resolved, That the committee appointed on the 27th inst. to enquire and report the facts, respecting the conduct of John Smith, a senator from the state of Ohio, as an alleged associate of Aaron Burr, be authorised to extend their enquiries to any other facts, which in their opinion would be incompatible with his duty as a senator of the U. States, and that they be authorised to send for persons, papers and records.
Resolved, That the President of the U. S. be requested to cause to be laid before the Senate such information as may be in his possession, in relation to the conduct of John Smith, a senator from the state of Ohio, as an alleged associate of Aaron Burr.
December 1.
The bill reported by Mr. Adams "For the preservation of peace and maintenance of the authority of the United States, in the ports, harbors and waters under their jurisdiction," after undergoing a slight amendment, was ordered to a third reading without a division. The question was taken on striking out the 5th section, which interdicts the entrance of all British armed vessels into the ports and waters of the U. S. and vests the President with power to take off the prohibition whenever in his opinion, due reparation shall be made, and lost. Yees 3—Nays 26. Messrs. Pickering, Hillhouse and Goodrich voting in the affirmative; and Messrs. Adams, Anderson, Bradley, Condit, Franklin, Gaillard, Gilman, Gregg, Howard, Kitchel, Maclay, Mathewson, Milledge, Mitchell, Moore, Parker, Pope, Robinson, Smith, of Maryland, Smith, of New-York, Smith of Tennessee, Sumpter, Thurston, Tiffin, Turner, and White, voting in the negative.
EUROPE.
FROM LATE FRENCH PAPERS. Treaty of Armistice between Russia and the Ottoman Porte.
The Sublime Porte and the Imperial Court of Russia, naturally and sincerely wishing to put an end to the war which now divides both empires, and to re-establish peace and good harmony with the mediation of his majesty the Emperor of the French, King of Italy, which the two high contracting parties have equally accepted, have agreed that there shall immediately be an armistice. For this purpose they have appointed their respective plenipotentiaries, that is to say, the Sublime Porte his excellency Said-Mehemed-Galid-Effendi, heretofore Reis Effendi and now Neishandji; and the court of Russia, his excellency general Sergio Lascarew, privy counsellor of his majesty the Emperor of all the Russias and knight of several orders, who, in presence of colonel commandant Guilleminot, sent by his majesty the Emperor of the French and King of Italy, in order to assist at the arrangement relative to the armistice, have agreed upon the following articles:
Art. I. Immediately after the signing of the armistice, the commanders in chief of the two imperial armies; viz. his excellency the Grand Vizier and his Excellency the commander in chief Michelson, shall, despatch couriers, that hostilities may be entirely put a stop to on both sides, on land & sea, in the rivers, and in a word, in all places where there may be any troops of both powers.
II. As the Sublime Porte and Russia are equally desirous in the most sincere manner of the re-establishment of peace and good harmony, the high contracting parties shall appoint, immediately after signing the present armistice, plenipotentiaries to treat and conclude peace, as they shall have judged proper.
III. If, during the negotiations for peace, any difficulties should unfortunately arise, so that the affairs cannot be settled, the armistice shall not be broken before next spring, that is to say, the first of the moon of Safer, in the year of Hegira 1223, and the 3d April, O. S. or the 21st March, N. S. 1808 of the christian era.
IV. Immediately after the signing of the present armistice, the Russian troops shall begin to evacuate Walachia and Moldavia, together with all the provinces, fortresses, and other countries which they have occupied during this war, and to withdraw to their ancient frontier, so that the evacuation may be entirely terminated within the space of thirty-five days from the date of the present armistice.
The Russian troops shall leave in the countries and fortresses that are to be evacuated by them, all the effects, cannons, and stores which were there before the occupation.
The Sublime Porte shall appoint commissioners who shall receive the said fortresses from the Russian officers appointed for this purpose.
The Ottoman troops shall in like manner march out of Moldavia and Walachia within thirty-five days in order to cross the Danube. They shall leave in the fortresses of Ismail, Brailow and Guirgino only the necessary garrisons to guard them.
The Russian troops shall correspond with the Ottoman forces, in order that both armies may begin at the same time to withdraw from Moldavia and Walachia.
The two contracting parties shall no way meddle with the administration of the two Principalities of Moldavia and Walachia until the arrival of the plenipotentiaries charged to treat of peace.
Until the conclusion of peace, the Ottoman troops cannot occupy any of the fortresses which, in consequence of the present armistice, shall be evacuated by the Russian troops. The inhabitants alone shall be allowed to enter them.
IV. In conformity to the preceding article, the island of Tenedos, as well as every other place in the Archipelago, which, before the news of the armistice shall have arrived there, may have been occupied by the Russian troops, shall be evacuated.
The Russian men of war which are stationed at Tenedos or any other place in the Archipelago, shall return to their ports, in order that the straits of the Dardanelles may be entirely open and free.
If the Russian men of war in the Eng to their ports, should be obliged to put into any place in the Archipelago, on account of a storm or any other indispensable necessity, the Turkish officers shall not oppose them, but on the contrary, shall afford them every necessary assistance.
All the Ottoman men of war or other vessels which, during the war, may have fallen into the hands of the Russians, shall be returned with their crews, and also the Russian men of war or other vessels which may have fallen into the power of the Ottoman forces. The Russian men of war upon sailing to their ports shall not take on board any subject of the sublime Porte.
V. All the vessels belonging to the Russian fleet which are in the mouth of the Danube or in the mouth of any other river, shall sail from the same and return to their ports, in order that the Ottoman ships may navigate the seas in full safety.
The Sublime Porte shall give orders, that the Russian vessels, in sailing to their ports, be respected, and that they be allowed to enter even into any Ottoman port in case they should be forced to it by the stress of weather or any other indispensable necessity.
VI. All the prisoners of war and other slaves of both sexes, whatever quality or rank they may be, shall be immediately set at liberty and returned on each side without any ransom, with the exception, however, of the musliman who may have willingly embraced the christian religion in the Empire of Russia; and the christian subjects of Russia who may in like manner have willingly embraced the mahometan religion in the Ottoman Empire.
Immediately after the conclusion of the present armistice, all the commanders, officers and inhabitants of the fortresses of Turkey who are now in Russia, shall be returned and sent to Turkey with all their effects and baggage.
VII. The present Treaty of Armistice, written in Turkish and French, has been signed by the two plenipotentiaries and by the adjutant commandant Guilleminot, and it has been exchanged, in order that it may be ratified by the Grand Vizier and by his excellency the commander in chief, Michelson.
The two plenipotentiaries shall take care that the said ratification be exchanged in a week, or sooner if possible.
Done and agreed upon at the castle of Slobodzia, near Gurginjan, the 20th of the moon of Dgemaxiul-Ahir, in the year of the Hegira 1223, and the 13th August, O. S. or the 24th of August 1807 N. S. of the Christian era. (Signed)
Caid-Effendi, Sergio-Nask irroq. Guilleminot.
PARIS, September 10.
His imperial Majesty, the Emperor of Russia, has presed to the Emperor Napoleon with a brief, of which several copies have been bestowed at the manufactory in Sevres.
Yesterday, at the meeting of the Legislative Body, the subject of the Budget was resumed. M. Arnaud went through the various items of the public revenue and expenditure, and concluded with the following observations:
"Advantages so signal are marked by the finger of genius; for it cannot escape any one, that they have been followed up and obtained by his majesty, the emperor and king, in the midst of innumerable triumphs; after the coronation, which shook France to her very foundations, and in spite of the clamors of writers in the pay of our enemy, who published from infallible deductions, per official infused through every cabinet, that France would never have either imports or finance, either credit or even territory.—O! atrocious blasphemy, thou hast recoiled upon the imprudent cabinet where thou originated."
"Who has forgotten the false prophecy of an orator, celebrated for his vehemence—of Burke? 'I cast my eyes over the map of Europe, and I beheld not one single power that can give you the smallest uneasiness,' said that orator to the parliament of England. 'I perceive,' continued he, 'one great blank, one chasm—'tis the space formerly occupied by France.'
"Let Burke raise his malignant head from the tomb; let him cast his eye over the whole map of one single country, but over the whole horizon of the globe; and he will see what bitter fruits this ambitious and sanguinary policy had procured his country. He will hear, from the remotest limits of Asia, to the least inhabited coasts of America, and even the icy regions of the Pole, one universal cry of indignation and hostility against the antiquated pretensions of the cabinet of London, to the dominion of all the seas. He will behold the two great Emperors of the North and of the South, offering to restless Albion the olive of peace, as the price of the enfranchisement of the navigators of all nations."
"Let Burke rise from his tomb—let him examine the state of the finances of his country, the oscillations of opinion, the agitation of the public mind, the two billions of annual expenses, the fifteen billions of national debt, the 150 millions of poor's rates, and the internal situation of Ireland; let him then contemplate France, her prodigious and peaceful population, her vast agricultural and commercial resources, with a constant public revenue of 700 millions, and a perpetual debt of only 75 millions."

general circulation on the Continent; the Senate and Legislative Body will be reserved; but the Tribune will be definitely suppressed.
The next Legislative Body will be composed of two Chambers, viz.—An Upper Chamber in which will sit and vote all the Princes, Dukes, Counts, Marquises, and Barons, lately created; and a Lower Chamber, composed of Deputies from all the Departments.
Every proposition for a law must be accepted by the two Chambers, and sanctioned by the Emperor.
The Empire will be divided into 25 Governments each of which will have an Inspector for the administrative part, & a Parliament for the judiciary part.
From this outline, it should seem, as if an attempt is to be made to assimilate the French Legislature to the Lords and Commons of Great Britain, and to restore many of those institutions, which fell a prey to the ravages of the revolutionary storm. The French may be permitted to have the semblance, but under the tyranny of Bonaparte, they can never be permitted to enjoy the advantages of the Legislative Code, provided by the free constitution of G. B.
FROM LISBON.
It appears by the accounts now received that not more than 5 ships of the line were fully equipped for the reception of the Royal Family—Four regiments, newly clothed and armed, were ready to accompany them.—Whether the other ships, about 16 or 18 in number, could be got ready in time, was uncertain.
We understand that orders have been sent to Torbay, for such vessels as are ready for sea, immediately to proceed to Lisbon. If the Portuguese government seriously resolve to go to the Brazils, the convoy of our fleet must be desirable to them; at the same time it is extremely advisable for us to take care that the Portuguese fleet shall not fall into the hands of the French.
Several remittances have been received by different Mercantile houses from their connections in Portugal, and to such an amount, as to induce the expectation of the immediate departure from that country. We do not understand that a single order for remittance to Portugal was received by the last Packet. The following is the substance of what private letters brought by this conveyance contain upon this topic. The latest are of the 28th of September:
The demands of the French government were as follows:—Four millions of Crusades, to be immediately paid in specie; and the ports of Portugal to be shut against British commerce—British subjects to be imprisoned, and their goods confiscated—the fleet to be surrendered to France, and the garrisons of the kingdom to be protected by troops from France and Spain.
The whole of these demands were immediately rejected and the determination made known to the different ambassadors; those from France and Spain instantly demanded their passports, which were granted—They had not however, quitted Lisbon at the time the Albion left the Tagus, but it was understood that they were adjusting their accounts, and would depart in two days. The Prince Regent had signified his unshaken determination to adhere implicitly to his alliance with Great Britain, and had permitted the shipment of all goods and property belonging to the subjects of England, without the payment of any government duties, or adhering in manner to Custom House ceremonies. Many of the merchants had begun to prepare for their return to England, and the court were pursuing similar measures, and resorting to every means of dispatch to enable them to retreat to the Brazils. The homeward bound fleet for England is appointed to sail on the 6th inst. an arrangement which will afford great facility and protection to the English merchants, should no favorable change take place in the determination of the French.
The outward bound fleet for Portugal and the Mediterranean, sailed for Falmouth on the 10th, under convoy of the Minstrel sloop of war. Should the former find the country in a state not to admit of their unloading, they will at least afford means by which many English families may escape the effects of Gallic Tyranny.
The Russian Sloop Diana, Capt. GOLLYVIN, arrived at Spithead, on the 29th of Sept. from St. Petersburg, fitted for a voyage of discoveries in the Northern Pacific Ocean. She is to touch at the Brazils, from whence she will proceed round Cape Horn, to the Sea of Kamchatka. The object is to explore that coast and sea more to the southward than the great Cook went; where the Russians have lately established several ports. (London Pap.)
DOMESTIC.
NEW-YORK, November 28.
Capt. Fowler, of the Melantho, from St. Thomas, informs that St. Thomas's was closely blockaded by a part of Admiral Cochrane's squadron. The Melantho was boarded off the port by the frigate Ethalion and detained two days. No vessels were suffered to go in or come out. A schooner from Philadelphia was amongst those that were ordered off.
Capt. Fowler, from St. Thomas, informs that the port was strictly blockaded by the squadron under Admiral Cochrane, who would not suffer any vessels to go in or come out. The Melantho was boarded off the port, by the Ethalion frigate, and detained two days; a schooner from Philadelphia was turned off.
November 30.
LIBEL SUIT.—Yesterday came on for trial, at the sittings before his honor Judge Spencer, the cause of Maturin Livingston, vs. James Chetham, for another libel, in charging the plaintiff with having been detected in cheating at cards. The Judge, in his charge to the Jury, about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, with perspicuity and strict impartiality, recapitulated the evidence, explained the law, and stated the grounds which ought to govern them in assessing the damages: On the last point, he observed, that they ought to have in view, not merely an atonement to the plaintiff, but an example for the benefit of the public.
We shall be more particular in this account of the trial, and at least, endeavor to give the public a specimen of some of the very brilliant things that were said by counsel, but we are informed that the whole is preparing for the press by an eminent short hand taker, and will soon appear from the press of Mr. Gould.
The Jury retired, and this morning came into court with a sealed verdict for the plaintiff; damages, 1000 dollars. From Curacoa.—Capt. Lenox, informs us that on the 16th of Oct a gale from the south
east commenced at Curacoa, which continued until one o'clock the following morning, when it became a complete hurricane. The water burst into the fort, and washed away the batteries, the Custom-house, the ordinance office, several private houses, the wall of the church yard, and the dead bodies out of their graves.—Little Curacoa was for several days under water. Many houses at Peter-Demoy, situated at the south-east end of the town, were washed away; the point and reefs batteries sustained much injury; but the shipping escaped without any material damage.
The British frigate Hebe, capt. Malbone, parted her fastenings during the above gale, and was in great danger of being lost.
A gentleman of this city has favored us with a letter from a friend at Marblehead, who came out in the sloop Spring-Bird from Nantz, which place she left about the 12th of October. This letter states—that there was to be another levy of 200,000 men in France—that Bonaparte intended to march an army of 70,000 men through Persia to India, and that the King of Persia was to furnish all the necessary supplies for the French army—that Russia and Germany were to be the mediators for a general Peace—that the King of Denmark had furnished men to man nine French ships of war that were at Flushing—and that legation however had been confirmed on Gen. Liniers for his able defence of Buenos Ayres.—[This is the latest news from France, and coming from a respectable source, is entitled to consideration.] N. Y. Gazette.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 30.
The visit of Gen. Moreau to the westward, and the expedition of his traveling, has excited a variety of conjecture in the political world. A friend of the general has handed us the following account of the motives of his journey, which will fully satisfy the curiosity and allay the suspicions of those who are always watching the movements of great characters:
"The Gen. had, some time ago, the misfortune of losing his only son—his lady has also been under the necessity of returning to France, in order finally to settle some family concerns. Such painful separation, added to the dreadful loss which he had just experienced, have rendered his house so totally disagreeable to him, that in order to divert his griefs, he has determined to undertake this excursion, and visit the Ohio and Mississippi, as far down as New-Orleans. His intention is to remain only a few days at the latter place, as he wishes to be in Charleston next February, and in New-York the following month."
"The season being so far advanced, made it necessary for him to travel with some rapidity, and it was only a few days before he left New-York, that he was informed a passage could be procured."
"This explanation was, perhaps, unnecessary, for no person of common sense will imagine, that one of the greatest generals of the age, should be willing to exchange his high fame for that of an adventurer." (American.)
The British claim right to take those whom they call their own—and under that cover (and without their own jurisdiction) find them, even when on board our merchant vessels, and with them many more of our own than of theirs. 2. They have repeatedly done the same in foreign ports and countries, particularly in Canton, in Lisbon, and now lately in Madeira, going ashore and seizing them in the streets and houses of the place. 3. In the instance now in question, they have extended it to the taking them by force from our national armed ships. 4. The next step may be to patrol by their press-gangs the streets of New-York and Norfolk, and take from thence all those who may suit them; their principle evidently goes to this extent—is it then sufficient to receive satisfaction for an act done under one particular branch of this abuse, without any assurance that it will not be repeated the next day under the others! Certain it is there never can be friendship, nor even a continuance of peace with England so long as no American citizen can leave his own shores without danger of being seized by the first British officer he meets, and made to serve as a common seaman on board their ships of war; and equally so, that if the general question is not settled now, we may give it up forever, and let our citizens understand that they are abandoned by their country to the unbridled power of every British naval commander. Nat. Int.
NORFOLK, Nov. 30.
On Saturday arrived here the fast sailing ship Shenandoah, Capt. Davis, left Helvoet the 14th of Oct. and the Channel the 22d.—By this ship we have received files of Dutch papers to the 10th, and hope to be able to get some translations for this day's paper. We learn by this vessel that the Decree of Bonaparte, dated at Berlin, declaring Great Britain and her dependencies in Blockade has been republished in France and Holland, with orders to enforce it without respect to vessels of any nation. The decrees relative to intercourse with England are enforced with great rigour. A Camp was again forming at Boulogne, to alarm England, or what is probable to furnish a pretext for keeping up a military force that may be able to fix the destinies of Continental Europe as the emperor Napoleon pleases.
A Pilot from Dover boarded the Sheffield on the NINETEENTH of OCTOBER, informed that Mr. Monroe was in London on the Seventh of that month, and that the revenge was then at Ceres. A passenger who came in the Sheffield, while at Rotterdam, saw London letters and papers of the Seventh of October, they were at that time in the same state of uncertainty that they had been for some time. (Ledger.)
December 2.
The French ship PATRIOT arrived in Hampton Roads on Monday last.
THE subscriber begs leave to inform his friends and the public in general, that he has removed from the commodious House on the street leading from the Governor's to the main-street, known by the name of the CITY HOTEL, and has provided himself for the accommodation of about 20 members of the Assembly, and from 12 to 15 regular boarders. From his proximity to the Capitol and to that part of Town in which the most business is transacted, the reasonable terms of his charges, and his attention to those who may please to call on him, he flatters himself to give such satisfaction as to merit their patronage. To transient passengers, he will add, that he has an excellent stable, which shall at all times be well provided for the reception of their horses. JAMES VAUGHAN. Richmond, Dec. 2. [sp3w]
LOST or mislaid, a Certificate of Genl. Stock of the state of Virginia, as follows: No. 1. payable to Robt. T. Hood, dated 20th Feb. 1812, for £203 20-10. All persons are forewarned from purchasing the same. NEIL STOCOLL. Dec. 3. [2w]
THE ENQUIRER. RICHMOND, DECEMBER 8, 1807.
VIRGINIA. GENERAL ASSEMBLY begun and held in the City of Richmond, on Monday the seventh day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and seven, and of the Commonwealth the thirty-second; On which day, being the day appointed by law for the meeting of the General Assembly, such of the members of the House of Delegates as appeared, having taken the oath prescribed by law, took their seats in the House, and a majority of the whole number being present;
Ordered, That James Pleasants, jun. be appointed clerk to this House.
Mr. Mallory, one of the delegates for the county of Elizabeth City, reminded the house of the necessity of proceeding to the choice of a Speaker, and recommended James Semple, Esq. the member from the city of Williamsburg, as a person well qualified to discharge the duties of that office.
Mr. Gholson, one of the delegates for the county of Brunswick, recommended Hugh Nelson, Esq. one of the delegates for the county of Albemarle, as a person well qualified to discharge the duties of that office.
Mr. Jones, one of the delegates for the county of Nottoway, recommended Peter Johnston, Esq. as a person who had given evidence of his ability and fitness to discharge the duties of the office, and was seconded in the nomination by Mr. Archer, one of the delegates for the county of Powhatan—Whereupon,
Resolved, That the house will proceed to the choice of a Speaker by ballot.
And the members having prepared tickets, and deposited the same in the ballot boxes; Messrs. Mallory, Gholson, Jones (of Nottoway) Archer, Smyth (of Wythe) Carr, Madison and Cheatham were named a committee to examine the ballots and report to the house, on whom a majority of votes should fall. The committee then withdrew, and after some time returned into the house, and Mr. Mallory reported, that the committee had according to order, examined the ballots and had found a majority of the whole number in favor of Hugh Nelson, Esq.
There were four ballots, the result of which were as follows:
1st. Ballot—Nelson 51—Johnson 49—Semple 44
2nd. do. do. 55 do. 51 do. 43
3rd. do. do. 66 do. 58 do. 31
4th. do. do. 91 do. 67 do. —
Ordered, That Henry Moss be appointed Sergeant at arms to this house.
Ordered, That William Drinkard, Edward Clarke, Furnea Southall and Anthony Davis be appointed Door-keepers to this house.
On motion, Ordered, That a writ of election issue to the county of Berkeley, to supply the vacancy occasioned by the death of Philip Wilson, one of the delegates from the said county, returned to serve in this present general assembly.
On motion, Resolved, That a writ of election issue to the county of Dinwiddie, to supply the vacancy occasioned by the acceptance by Thomas B. Robertson, one of the delegates returned from the said county, to serve in this present General Assembly, of an appointment under the government of the United States.
Resolved, That when this House adjourns to-day, it will adjourn till to-morrow twelve o'clock.
THE INSTRUCTION OF YOUTH.—Long, personal and painful experience, has fully convinced the subscriber of the disadvantages necessarily connected with a numerous school, subdivided into too great a variety of classes: These disadvantages affect not only the temper, tranquillity and happiness of the instructor, but materially abridge and mar his utility.—That patient attention to matters essentially frivolous and minute, which the elementary parts of education require, is radically incompatible with the readiness, recollection, clearness and fluency of thought, which are essential to the delivery of philosophical lectures, in a manner sufficiently perspicuous and impressive.—To listen at one time to the declension of a noun and the moment after, to analyse the nature of eloquence; to pursue a Greek or Latin verb thro' all its varieties of termination, and without the least intermission, to evolve the maze of mathematical demonstration; to pass immediately, from a monotonous repetition of the rules in Prosody or Syntax, to the analysis of a question, that touches all the springs of imagination, sensibility and taste, calls for a variety and even contrariety of moral and intellectual habits, but rarely, if ever blended, in the same person. The subscriber frankly acknowledges his incompetency to perform, (for any length of time) functions so various, and even opposite, without making so complete a sacrifice of personal happiness, as to render suicide or, even insanity, a lesser evil.
To him, it appears, that a man might as well attempt to see distinctly in an atmosphere full of dust and smoke, or expect a bright and steady sunshine, whilst the winds were driving ten thousand clouds athwart the solar disk; to listen to the note of the nightingale, amid the knocking, rasping and grating of anvils, files and grindstones; to induce comfortable and tranquil feelings, whilst every pore of his skin, was punctured with tiny stings, or, whilst his "flesh was steep'd in blistering dew," as to exert any degree of intellectual energy with steadiness and vivacity, or preserve any considerable equanimity or clearness of temper in such a situation.
The subscriber is determined to pursue the professional instruction of youth: His attachment to this pursuit, is rooted in the best feelings and convictions of his mind, and is rather increased than diminished by the difficulties and privations to which it has exposed him. He is determined to pursue the business of education and if possible, with greater assiduity and enthusiasm than ever, but it is his determination also, to pursue it in a way, which will effectually obviate the disadvantages he has mentioned. Instead, therefore, of receiving pupils differing so widely in age, capacity and attainments as necessarily to form a school subdivided into five or six different classes; the subscriber proposes to receive hereafter such only, as can be arranged into two, constituting a senior and junior class.
To be admitted into the junior class, a boy must be well acquainted with the declensions and syntax of the Greek and Latin languages, as explained in the grammars generally used in schools and sufficiently advanced in classical Literature, to translate, at a lesson, eighty or an hundred lines of Cicero, and five and twenty or
thirty of Murphy's Lucian: This condition of admission, so far as respects the Greek language, will be essential only, where it is the wish of the pupil to prosecute that study.—He must also possess such a share of ability and application, as will enable him to advance, in the different studies which will successively occupy his attention, as fast and as thoroughly, as a majority of the class or which he is a member.—His disposition must be sufficiently ingenuous & docile, to require no other incentives to the acquisition of knowledge, than such as spring from curiosity and emulation, nor any other motive to the observance of propriety, in his conduct both in and out of school, than such as are suggested, by a sense of propriety, or may be infused by animated remonstrance and polite expostulation.
Parents who have sons in this stage of literary improvement and of this character, can scarcely select an instructor who will make greater exertions, (according to the very limited extent of his capacity and attainments) for their improvement in useful knowledge, or who will more assiduously and affectionately endeavour (so far as the infirmities of his habits will allow) to accompany the communication of knowledge, with whatever can render it interesting to the sensibilities of the young. Of this description he wishes to receive fifteen or twenty. The attention of the Junior class, will be occupied during the first six months of the first year, by Geography, the dead languages, the French language and ancient History: During the second six months, by the dead languages, Arithmetic, Geometry and Algebra: During the first six months of the second year, the morning will be devoted to Geometry and Algebra, the study of the dead languages will be continued during the forenoon, and the afternoon will be devoted to the philosophy of Literature and Ethics.—At the expiration of this period the members of the Junior will ascend into the Senior class.
The Senior class will be composed of young persons, none of whom are under sixteen or seventeen years of age.—In order to be admitted into the senior class, a young man must have previously obtained as extensive a knowledge of the dead languages as he wishes to acquire, or be disposed to pretermit this important branch of liberal education whilst he remains a member of the subscriber's school: He must possess sufficient intelligence and sagacity to comprehend distinctly, and state perspicuously, a series of philosophical statements and reasonings explained by lecture, and to pursue a course of reading calculated to illustrate the explanations delivered in the lectures: His capacity and exertions to acquire information must be such, as will enable him to advance as rapidly, as a majority of the class of which he is a member: Above all, he must be heartily disposed to exert that degree of assiduity and ardour in the prosecution of his studies and to observe those obvious principles of subordination, propriety and decorum both in and out of school, without which, schools however splendid their exterior and imposing their pretensions, are, and by an eternal law of moral nature must be, gloomy dungeons; pupils, if endowed with the genius of Plato, slaves; instructors if enlightened by the wisdom and animated by the enthusiasm of Socrates, tyrants; their discipline a monstrous scene of alternate or mingled anarchy and despotism and every thing in them and about them, despicable, detestable, and wretched.—Young men thus prepared and disposed, will probably find the course of instruction adopted by the subscriber and the manner in which it is pursued singularly calculated to invigorate, liberalise, and enlighten their minds; to re-excite that curiosity and activity of mind which may have languished from the neglect of education during their earlier years, to correct the erroneous opinions, motives and habits into which that neglect may have betrayed them; to divert science of the difficulties and deformities with which the jargon of pedantry and the dogmas of imposture, have combined to mask its attractions and mar its utility and to render them abler actors and more intelligent spectators of the drama of life, whether their part be of the active or contemplative, of the busier or sedater kind. The mode of communicating knowledge which the subscriber will adopt in his intercourse with the senior class will enable him to receive from twenty to thirty, or even forty, of the description previously mentioned.—The attention of the senior class will be occupied successively by the study of every branch of science, in which, (during twelve years devoted, almost exclusively and with enthusiasm to literary and scientific pursuits) the subscriber has made such proficiency, as to be qualified to communicate satisfactory information. The extent of the course will be contracted or enlarged according to the wishes and objects of a majority of the class. Exercises in compositions, elocution and declamation and periodical public examinations and exhibitions as the class become prepared will constitute regular and highly interesting parts of the courses. The class will also pursue a course of nocturnal reading adapted to facilitate the complete knowledge of the lectures delivered during the day and to elucidate more fully and in detail, the principles, reasonings and illustrations they embrace.
On the subject of every lecture, the subscriber will deliver the sentiments he entertains and the principles to which enquiry shall conduct his mind, stimulated by no motive, of which he is conscious, distinct from an earnest desire to discover truth and detect error, for the purpose of exhibiting the one, and exposing the other, in the light in which they shall strike his understanding, and as powerfully stimulated by these motives, as an ardent sensibility and an active mind can be. Young men who intend to become practitioners of law or medicine, and particularly such as propose to devote the whole or any part of their maturer years to the instruction of youth and above all, young men who have the prospect of inheriting ample and independent fortunes and are anxious to enjoy the liberal and refined pleasures to which the possession of opulence may afford them access and to perform with sensibility and dignity the public and private duties, which necessarily devolve upon the depositaries of hereditary wealth, will probably find the course of instruction pursued by the subscriber, particularly adapted to gratify their wishes, and facilitate their happiness and usefulness in their respective destinations.
Although the course of study which the subscriber proposes to pursue, is much more extensive than academical institutions altogether unaided by any species of public patronage, usually embrace, he is fully sensible that it is essentially defective. He is not however without a hope (alotho' his exertions have hitherto failed) of procuring in a few months, a coadjutor in his labours, who will supply every deficiency. To obtain such a coadjutor, he would willingly surrender one third, or even a moiety of
the emoluments of tuition. Meanwhile he wishes his institution to be considered as occupying an intermediate rank between schools, that are confined "to handling and rehandling the elements of literature," and universities that really afford the student an opportunity of ascending to the utmost altitude which the various branches of science have actually attained.—At the same time he deems it proper to add, that the principles of Rhetoric, Criticism, composition, moral and political Philosophy, the Philosophy of the human mind and political economy, are in part and in his course, with a subtlety, impartiality and minuteness, which in teaching these branches of science are perhaps rarely surpassed, even in universities.—The pecuniary compensation which the subscriber will expect to receive for instruction will be fifteen dollars per quarter, from each member of the Junior and eighteen dollars per quarter from each member of the senior class.—He is aware that his charge for tuition is higher than he has ever before called for.—Foreseeing a possible reduction in the number of classes and the consequent simplification of his duties and will enable him to increase at least fourfold the value of his services to each pupil, he deems it reasonable (assuming the actual value of the services rendered, as the most equitable standard for estimating the compensation to which they are entitled) whilst the value of the services is multiplied, that something should be added to the compensation.—It is however but just to the motives by which he is influenced, to add, that an ardent and anxious wish to extricate himself speedily and completely, from pecuniary embarrassments, in which he has been unhappily involved, is his sole reason for encreasing his charge for tuition.
The school will be opened on the third Monday of January, 1807.
JAMES OGILVIE.
Milton Nov. 25th, 1807. P. S. The Subscriber is happy in having it in his power to add, that (since the preceding observations were transmitted to the Editor of the Enquirer,) he has been fortunate enough, to form an union with a gentleman who has been for many years engaged in teaching the various branches of mixed Mathematics, and experimental Philosophy, and who is in possession of an apparatus sufficiently extensive to illustrate the most curious and important principles of Chemistry, Pneumatics, Optics, Electricity, Magnetism and Galvanism.—Thus aided, the subscriber, anticipates hereafter a career of utility far more solid, brilliant and extensive, than heretofore, his salary off, expanded over too wide a surface, and divided amongst too great a variety of subjects, have heretofore permitted him to pursue. J. O. Milton, Dec. 8.
The indisposition of the Editor prevents the usual supply of original matter. This is less to be regretted, as the proceedings of Congress are at this time extremely interesting, and this paper will appear three times a-week during the two next months. According to our promise, we this day present our readers with a perfectly new type.
LINES occasioned by the death of Mrs. JANE MUSE, of Tappahannock. Let the day be remembered with tears and with sighs,
Which stole thy fair image (sweet saint) to the skies; Let charity weep—let compassion bemoan Her premature exit, whose heart was their throne; Let benevolence, candour & worth join their rays; And encircle her brow, which reflected their rays; Let the Muse in mourning, weep over her pall, For the Muse now is gone, who transcended them all;
For all painting portraiture, or poets have sung, Of genius or virtue to her did belong. How oft, at the mansion of want and disease, Have I marked thee—pure spirit—the emblem of peace;
To thee, the forlorn victim, of sorrow and pain, Would recite the sad story—nor tell it in vain; To the stings of misfortune, the goadings of grief, Thy bosom of sympathy, yielded relief; How oft, did the tear-embellish'd blue orb confess, Thy heart fraught emotions at other's distress; How oft, thy soft accents by Levan design'd, To heal the deep anguishing wounds of the mind; The widow's sad heart, of its woes would beguile, Till the etchings of grief were effac'd by a smile. But in vain would remembrance, essay to pursue, The effects of such merit, and virtue so true; And how languid the powers of my pen to impart, The awards of her worth, who still lives in each heart;
Yet to linger, the Joys, and the sorrows be thine, One moment to dwell on her manners divine; How soft, yet how vivid! how address! how mild! Here, the parent of wit—there, of nature the child;
As a Mistress how loved, as a Wife how caress'd; As a Mother—how hold! be ye quiet my breast— One sweet little daughter, nor Hebe more fair, Bound down by disease, to the couch of despair; I witnessed her sufferings, and mournfully saw, The last ebbings of life, from life's fountain withdraw.
O nature! how potent, how urgent thy claims, Now the woman withdraws, whilst the mother remains; I saw the sunk rays from her orbits depart—I heard the deep anguish which burst from her heart!
Old Time with his antidote learn'd to restore The affec't mate wife—ah! a mother no more. And Joys, whom compassion and pity had mov'd, Joined the parent so fond, to the offspring so lov'd; Yet what language can weaken the pangs of thy mind,
Sad, sorrowing mourner, who art left behind; Yes—this one consolation, my friend may be given, Thy JANE is not dead, but wafted to heaven. Cupper, Nov. 30, 1807. M.
A letter from Cadiz, by the Acteon (arrived at New-York) states, that in consequence of an expectation of the continuance of war, colonial produce had taken a start—that the French and Spanish fleets were ready for sea, and only waited for a squadron from Carthagena, which was to join them—that vessels had been chartered at Cadiz to go to Lisbon, to carry British subjects and their property to England.
We understand that SKELTON JONES, Esquire, will be nominated to supply the vacancy in the Council, occasioned by the death of the Honorable Lewis Harvie.
NOTICE.—The subscriber having qualified as administrator de bonis non, on the estate of the late William Churchill, Esquire, of Wilton, in Middlesex, requests all persons having claims against the said decedent, to make them known as soon as possible; otherwise, in all suits against the estate of the said William, this notice will be relied on as forming presumptive evidence that the claim had been settled. JNO. DARBY. Richmond County. Dec. 8. [6L]
MOULD CANDLES.—DODGE & COBB, have on hand MOULD CANDLES, of the best quality, which will be sold in order to close the sales immediately at 20 cents. Dec. 4. [4]

LETTER THE THIRD.
TO JOHN MARSHALL, CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE UNITED STATES.
Sir, You have supposed, (I say unwarrantably) that it was within the power of the executive of the United States, not only to have collected, by means of its officers, proof of an overt act of treason; but that it was also possible to have produced that proof at Richmond, on the 30th of March, 1807.
I will admit that the fact to be proved happened ("if ever") in November or December last, or twelve months previous to the examination in Richmond—I will admit sufficient time to have elapsed for the collection of all the evidence which has been adduced on the trial in chief. But what will this admission avail?
Will it show that the production of that evidence could be reasonably expected on the examination in Richmond? Surely not—and for this plain reason, that the executive could not possibly know that A. Burr would be examined at Richmond, or that he ever would be in Virginia, until about ten or twelve days previous to the examination.
Burr was arrested on the 19th of February on the Tombigbee river, in the Mississippi territory, and arrived in Richmond on the 26th of March.—The President could not have been apprised of his arrest more than ten or twelve days previous to the examination. The necessity of producing the testimony at Richmond, could not exist until it was known that Burr could be examined there. This was ten or twelve days previous to the examination.
Now sir, admitting the evidence of the overt act, which you demanded on the examination, to have been collected, where should we reasonably expect that this evidence was at that time? I am as unwilling to attribute to the executive any "remissness" or neglect of duty as you profess to be on the examination, and therefore suppose that if any evidence of the overt act had reached the executive, it had been transmitted to the court where A. Burr was recognized to appear. Was not this the duty of the executive? The evidence then ought to have been, and you were bound to presume it, ten or twelve days previous to the examination, at a place 6 or 7 hundred miles distant from Richmond. If it was impossible in the time intervening between the examination, and that point of time at which it was known that A. Burr could be examined at Richmond, to produce at that place, testimony of the overt act, what opinion ought we to entertain of a judge who demands the production of that testimony?
When A. Burr was in the western country, the theatre of his treason, recognized to appear before a court, will you tell the men of America, that it was reasonable to suppose that the President of the United States could foresee his flight, his arrest, his rapid transmission to Virginia, and the propriety of examining him at Richmond?
Without all these monstrous and unwarrantable suppositions, how could you demand the production of testimony on the examination in Richmond, which without "remissness" on the part of those who prosecute, ought to have been ten days before at the distance of six or seven hundred miles from that place! In ten days a messenger must pass through the wilds of the western country six or seven hundred miles, collect the testimony of an overt act of treason, return the same distance, and bear it to the capitol of Virginia!
Were the government gifted with prophecy, or possessed of the power to create a Mercury, you would venture to pronounce the probability of Burr's guilt!
It does not require an intimate acquaintance with the law, to know that it never demands the performance of impossibilities in any case, nor even unreasonable exertion to accomplish impossibilities.
But your reasoning upon the non-production of proof of the overt act is intended to lead directly to the conclusion that no assemblage ever happened. For you say that it is "capable of proof, and when time to collect this proof has been given, it ought to be adduced, or suspicion becomes ground to look to stand upon." You then say "several months have elapsed since the fact did occur, if it ever occurred; more than five weeks have elapsed since the opinion of the supreme court has declared the necessity of proving the fact, if it exists.—Why is it not proved?"
Will it be believed that your penetration could not detect such wretched sophistry as this! One single question will tear in pieces the whole web.
Did the probable necessity of proving the fact at Richmond exist "several months," before the examination; did it exist "five weeks" before, when the supreme court declared the necessity of proving the fact? I answer for you, without fear of contradiction, it did not. It never did occur until 10 or 12 days previous to the examination. It was impossible that it could exist before that time with any person not a prophet.
Those who can believe that you had faith in the correctness of your own reasoning, and that the true point of time, at which the necessity of proving the fact at Richmond (and from the late period of which you could not reasonably have expected or legally requested the production of proof of the assemblage) occurred, never presented itself to your mind, must feel more contempt for your understanding than I do for your principles. They must do you the injustice to suppose that your head is as weak as your heart is wicked.
But there was no necessity that your mind should be tortured, to make this discovery. The true point of time was adverted to by Mr. Hay, and Mr. Rodney in their arguments. This must convince the most incredulous, of the illegality and partial tendency of the demand for proof of the assemblage. There could be therefore no unintentional forgetfulness of this material circumstance. You must have "remembered to forget" it.
But the most sceptical shall be convinced—that there was an assemblage, is most true, it has been proved; that it happened a considerable time previous to the examination, and was therefore capable of proof at the place where the evidence was, at the time of the examination, is also true.
Why then was it not proved on the examination at Richmond? Not because there was any "remissness" on the part of those who prosecuted, for you have said, "I ought not to believe that there has been any remissness on the part of those who prosecute." Not because it did not exist—for its existence has been proved. Not because it was not treasonable; for the character of the assemblage, whether treasonable or not, was matter of subsequent enquiry and determination.
I will again answer for you without fear of
contradiction. It was not proved, because to prove the assemblage at the time the examination took place at Richmond was impossible. You will not dare to assert that the attorney for the United States would not have exhibited the proof of the assemblage, which has since been introduced, had he been possessed of that evidence.
In part of your opinion, you say, "I will however, briefly review the arguments which have been urged, and the facts now before me, in order to show more clearly, the particular operation they have, on my own judgment."
Now, sir, will you point out that part of the opinion, which "reviews" the testimony of major Perkins, relative to the time of arrest? Where do you mention the argument of Mr. Hay, grounded on the fact, that "the government could not have been apprised of the fact (of arrest) more than ten days" previous to the examination. In what unseen, hidden corner of the opinion, do you state the "particular operation" of this argument of Mr. Rodney on "your judgment." In the short time which has elapsed since the apprehension of Col. Burr was known; there has been no possibility of getting the proof, which his counsel contended is necessary? There is a careful, cautious omission of any "review" of these observations, and arguments of the counsel for the United States, which justifies not only a suspicion, but a belief that you knew what their weight ought to have been; and that, if they were stated in the opinion, there must have been acknowledged by a different decision. They would too plainly, have answered your demand for positive proof of the assemblage. It would then have been manifest to every man, that you had required the performance of impossibilities; and that you refused to insert, in the warrant of commitment, the charge of treason, because the executive could not produce positive proof of that, which you had admitted, to have been already proven sufficiently, to induce you to commit the accused on that charge.
Common sense, and violated justice, cry aloud against such conduct; and demand against you the enforcement of these laws, which you refuse to administer.
LUCIUS.
GERARD BANKS has it in view to establish a NEWS-PAPER, in the city of Richmond, to be published twice a week—the title—THE VIRGINIAN—The EDITOR has always been attached to Republican systems. The present Administration, in his view, is well calculated to ensure the happiness of the people; and any administration which may succeed, pursuing the same general course, will be supported. Foreign and Domestic details will be noticed. Besides this, the public will, time after time, be apprised of the affairs of the public institutions, and particularly of the course of the Bank; its managers, its influence, its defects and imperfections. The usurpations of this dangerous institution will be noted; the Aristocracy which grows from its management will be exposed. This course will be pursued with a temper and firmness, which will yield neither to the blandishments of flattery, nor the frowns of power. Stock-Jobbing and Favoritism, Twin Demons, will be arrested whenever they appear.
500 Subscribers at 5 Dollars per annum each, one half in advance, are necessary to the commencement of the Paper.
Richmond, Oct. 30. GERARD BANKS. [epf4]
JOHNSON and REAT, Jewellers & Silver-smiths, Richmond; a few doors above the Bell-Tavern, and just opposite col. Mayo's new building; beg leave to inform the inhabitants of Richmond, Manchester, and their Vicinities, that they have on hand a large supply of Work, composed of the latest Fashions, viz.—An elegant assortment of pearl and topaz Breast Pins, Finger Rings and Bracelets, plain gold do. of nearly all patterns, Miniature Settings, mourning and fancy Lockets, Ear Rings, mourning and fancy, cornelian, topaz, plain gold and common Watch Keys, gold, pebble and glass Seals, gold and gilt Chains, mourning and fancy gold mounted Necklaces, plain and ornamented Combs, pearl and tortoiseshell Segar Boxes, Dirks, Pen Knives and Scissors; a general assortment of silver Spoons and Ladles, Scissor Chains, Thimbles, Pencil Cases, Pens, Spectacles, Tooth Picks, Ink Stands, Snuff boxes and Tweezers, Morocco Pocket Books and Thread Cases; Also, silver and plated Table Ware, consisting of Coffee, Tea and Milk Pots, Bread Baskets, Sugar Dishes, Castors, Tumblers, Salt Stands and Candlesticks; and a number of other articles too tedious to enumerate; All of which they offer to their friends on the most moderate terms that can be afforded. Orders from any place will be thankfully received and speedily dispatched.
December 4. [epf4]
ROYSTER & BOHANNON—Have just received a general assortment of GROCERIES, AMONGST WHICH ARE— 1200 sacks Liverpool Salt, 10 hds. W. Ind a Rum, 10 do. N. England do. 10 casks Sherry, 10 do. Lisbon, 10 do. Malaga 3 hds. Teneriffe, 24 hds. Sugar, 14 do. Loaf do. 50 boxes N. Y. Candles, 50 do. best yellow Soap, 100 reams wrapping Paper, 50 do. writing do. Softshell Almonds by quantity, 12 boxes Chocolate, 30 crates well assorted Earthen Ware, 12 boxes Glass Ware, consisting of Mustard by box, Nutmegs by quantity. Also—An assortment of Stone Ware; together with a number of other articles, which they will sell low for cash, country produce or good acceptances in town. October 30. [1awtf.]
WILLIAM TEMPLE, has received by the ship Herschell from Liverpool, and Calpe from London, an extensive supply of MERCHANDIZE, suitable to the present and approaching season, which he will sell low. October 10. [tf.]
JAMES FISHER, has just received from the Manufactory of Bell, Hastings & Fisher, a supply of FLANNINGS & COATINGS, which will be sold very low: he has also on hand a complete assortment of GROCERIES. Dec. 1. [ep4.]
FITZWHYLSOON & POTTER, have on hand, an extensive assortment of Blank Books, Stationery, School Books, Music and Musical Instruments, Spectacles, Pen Knives, travelling Trunks, &c. Book-Binding in all its branches executed in the best manner. Nov. 17. [ep14d.]
HAT & SHOE STORE—The subscriber has lately received a large supply of HATS, of almost every description; and hat Trimmings. A general assortment of Ladies and Gentlemen's SHOES. Also, French Brandy in Pipes, Northern Cheese in do. Mould Candles in boxes. A constant supply of Philadelphia best bottled Porter, Ale and Cider. D. J. BURR. Two doors above the Eagle Tavern. Nov. 17. [oaw6w.]
THE Grand Lodge of Virginia, will meet on Monday, December, the 18th next. Wm. H. FITZWHYLSOON, G. S. Richmond, Nov. 17. [ep14d.]
JUST RECEIVED, a general assortment of DUTCH BOLTING CLOTHS, of superior quality—For sale by J. DARMSDATT. Oct. 23. [tf.]
FOR SALE, and may be seen at the Bell-Tavern, one of the most elegant pair of BAY HORSES, that has ever been exhibited in the city of Richmond—one of them 5 and the other 6 years old. Nov. 20. [tf.]
FOR SALE—The subscriber is desirous of selling his PROPERTY in this City. The purchaser will be accommodated with time if required, on giving satisfactory security. SAM'L. GREENHOW. October 7. [tf.]
WILL BE SOLD, at public auction, on the 12th day of December next, at the door of the Eagle-Tavern, ninety-two thousand, seven hundred and thirty acres of western LANDS, lying in the counties of Montgomery, Harrison and Kanawha. A credit of one, two, three and four years will be allowed, if satisfactory security shall be given. SAMUEL GREENHOW. Richmond, Oct. 7. [oawtf.]
AT PRIVATE SALE—One thousand sacks SALT, 40 Hds. Prime SUGAR, 10 do. Loaf do. 5 Pipes London particular Madeira WINE, 10 Pipes Cogniac BRANDY, and 35 Bales of coarse WOOLLENS, to be sold low for approved paper. Darmsdatt, Foster & Satchell, Aucrs. Nov. 24. [ep6w.]
TO BE SOLD, at Painville, in Amelia county, on Monday the 28th of December next, an extraordinary valuable BLACK-SMITH, belonging to the estate of Richd. Eggleston, dec'd. on a credit of six months; bond with approved security will be required of the purchaser. BY THE EXECUTORS. Oct. 14. [oaw10w.]
NOTICE—All those indebted to the estate of John Bullington, dec'd. are requested to make immediate payment—and those having claims against said estate, to exhibit the same, properly authenticated: to the end, that a speedy provision may be made by the executrix. JUDITH BULLINGTON, Executrix. Nov. 27. [ep5t.]
THE subscriber will accommodate twenty or twenty-five Gentlemen of the Assembly, during the ensuing session. ALEX. R. QUARRIER. Nov. 23. [4t]
MORE CHEAP GOODS—JOHN KING, again respectfully informs his customers & the public, that he has just received, by the late arrivals from Philadelphia and New-York, a general assortment of Fashionable and Seasonable GOODS, which are now opening at his Store, the second door below the Eagle-Tavern; where they may be had upon as good terms, for cash, as at any other place in the City. November 6. [epf4.]
FOR SALE the half of a valuable Tract of Land containing 30 acres, in the county of Goochland, about two miles above the Court-house, called Little Creek, and on James River; one third of which is prime low grounds. On the tract is a valuable Manufacturing Mill and about 1500 fruit trees, with two good dwelling houses, &c. &c. Great accommodation will be given in the payments, part of which may be made in 3, 6, and 10 years. For terms apply to Daul. Couch on the premises, or to THOMAS NORVELL. Nov. 13. [tf.]
NOTICE—The Co-Partnership of Hobson & St. John, terminated with the 31st day of August last: All those indebted to said concern are requested to come forward without delay and settle their accounts: those having claims against said concern will exhibit them for adjustment. JOHN HOBSON, jun. JOHN ST. JOHN. New-Canton, Oct. 14.
THE subscriber will continue business at the same place on his own account. He has now on hand a general assortment of GOODS, suited to the present and approaching season, which he will sell on moderate terms for cash, produce, or to punctual customers on the usual credit. JOHN HOBSON, jun. [oaw3m.]
WILL BE SOLD, to the highest bidder, at Warwick, in the county of Chesterfield, on the 21st day of December next, if fair, if not, on the next fair day: The Household and Kitchen Furniture, belonging to the estate of Henry Randolph, dec'd. also two Horses. A credit of twelve months will be given on all sums over 5 dollars. The purchaser giving bond with approved security, to carry interest from the date if not punctually paid. JOHN W. HIGGENBOTHAM, Adm'r. Nov. 13. [1awtdw.]
VIRGINIA MILITARY CERTIFICATES, bearing an interest of 6 per cent. and receivable in the arrearages of taxes, FOR SALE at a reduced price by Cashier General M. A. Society. Nov. 24. [ep6w.]
FOR SALE, that large, valuable and well built Brick Lumber-House, lately the property of Messrs. Wm. McKenzie & Co. 30 feet front, 50 feet deep, and three stories high, situated on the back street leading from the Basin, nearly opposite to the house lately occupied by Mr. John Henry. The terms will be liberal and convenient to the purchaser. Apply to TAYLOR & BROWN. Nov. 20. [1awtf.]
TO THE PUBLIC—The subscriber, residing in Lynchburg, has commenced the practice of LAW, in the Hustings Court of that town, the county court of Campbell, Amherst and Bedford, and the District court of Franklin. Those who may confide their business to his care may depend on his attention. WILLIAM RADFORD. Lynchburg, Nov. 27. [1aw4w.]
JOHN ALCOCK, informs his friends and the public at large, that he has just received, and is now opening, next door to Messrs. Prosser & Moncure's vendue, a large assortment of Merchandize, consisting of the following articles:—Carpenters and Joiners Tools, iron and steel Locks and Hinges, for house work and cabinet ware. I also carry on my Cabinet Manufactory, as usual, adjoining the fire insurance office, and have on hand three thousand dollars worth of furniture, finished in the best workman-like manner and in the newest fashion. Also, Windsor Chairs. I will sell all of the above goods, very low for cash, or good paper at a short date. Sept. 5. [epf4.]
ON the 10th of next month, at 10 o'clock, will be sold, at the Eagle-Tavern, on a credit of six months, Plantation NEGROES, 41 Shares in the Bank of Virginia, 12 James River Canal Shares, and 1 Share in the Richmond Library; and immediately afterwards, at the Plantation of the late Dr. Currie, the crop of Corn and Hay, the Hogs, Cows, Mules, Horses and all the personal Effects on said plantation. Notice is given to such as may have claims against Dr. C's estate, and not yet made them known, that they must lose no time in doing so, else this intimation will be plead in objection after the distribution of the personal effects. The debtors are desired to make immediate payment, as no further indulgence can be given. ROBERT GORDON, Adm'r. JAMES CURRIE, [ep14d.] Nov. 30.
VALUABLE PROPERTY FOR SALE—In pursuance of a decree of the high court of Chancery, for the Richmond District, by consent of parties, the following Property, belonging to the estate of James Anderson, dec'd. will be sold, to the highest bidder, on a credit of twelve months, to wit: On Tuesday the 29th of September next, that commodious and well situated HOUSE & LOT, on the main-street in the city of Williamsburg, at present occupied by Mrs. Camp. Also, two vacant half-acre LOTS, near the Free School in the said city. The sale to be made on the premises. On Monday the 14th day of December following, That valuable HOUSE & LOT, situated at the foot of the capitol hill, in the city of Richmond, in the occupancy of Charles Boisher and others. The sale to be made on the premises. Also, at the same time and place, two valuable Tracts of LAND, lying on Will's Creek, state of Kentucky, and within a few miles of the Ohio river.
There are eighty-five parts of the above-named property, which belong to infants, and where the price of any one separate parcel exceeds fourteen hundred dollars, an interest with the purchaser must be retained in that portion for them. Additional information may be had on application to Robert Anderson of Williamsburg. THE COMMISSIONERS. Sept. (2awt29thS oawt1stD & ept14thD.)
CASH SALES.—To be sold, for ready money, in pursuance of a deed of trust from David Ross, esq. bearing date on the 5th day of July, 1805, & recorded in the general court, in order to raise the sum of $50,000 and upwards, and the charges and expenses of sale—Those well known MILLS with the appurtenances, in the city of Richmond, called the Columbian Mills. Two undivided third parts of the Deep Run Coal Pits, in the county of Henrico, containing about 1750 acres, more or less. Two undivided third parts of the Falling-Creek Coal Pits, in the county of Chesterfield, containing about one hundred acres. Two undivided third parts of the Dover Coal Lands, in the county of Goochland, containing about ninety acres, which three several tracts of Coal Land were held in partnership between the said David Ross, and James Currie, deceased. The Columbian Mills and Appurtenances, are subject to a ground rent to Samuel Overton; and the said Mills and two tracts of Coal Land, first mentioned, are pledged for the security of sundry sums of money, due to Mrs. Frances Tabb and Wm. B. Giles, administrator of John Tabb, dec'd. a large proportion of which, is stated by the said Ross to have been paid, and other estates are pledged for the balance. For further information on this subject, persons inclined to purchase, are referred to the said Ross, or it may be obtained on application to the subscribers.—The sales will take place at the Eagle-Tavern, in the City of Richmond, on Wednesday, the 20th of January, 1808. E. W. ROOTES, WILSON ALLEN, } Trustees. Nov. 30. [epf4.]
VIRGINIA—In the Chancery District Court, held at Staunton, March term, 1807. Between Samuel W. Barrett, Plaintiff—And Wm. Hylton, sen. Wm. Hylton, jun. Melchetele Campbell, George Lawrence, Luke Fierau, &c. Defendants.
On motion of the Defendants by their counsel, Wm. Hay of the city of Richmond, the master in chancery for the Richmond district, is hereby appointed a Commissioner, who is authorised and directed to examine, state and settle the accounts between the plaintiff and the defendants in this cause. The said commissioner is required to state particularly the accounts between the plaintiff and the defendant, Wm. Hylton, from whom he purchased the Rich Neck Estate, to take an account of the lands, slaves, and other property, which appertained to that estate, at the time when the defendants Foushee and Daniel L. Hylton sold their interest therein, to the defendant Wm. Hylton, and of the land, slaves and other property which now appertain thereto. And to take an account of the debts due, and chargeable upon that estate, to the said defendants, Wm. Foushee and Daniel L. Hylton, and of the debts which are yet due to any other persons, and were chargeable upon the said estate previously to the sale of the same to the plaintiff. And the said commissioner is directed to make report thereof to this court, together with any matters specially thought pertinent by himself, or required by the parties to be so stated. A Copy. Teste, HENRY J. PEYTON, c.c.c.
Commissioner's Office, Richmond, Nov. 10, 1807. The parties concerned, are desired to take notice, that I have appointed Friday, the 8th day of January next, for carrying into effect the foregoing decree, upon which day their attendance is required at my office with their papers and accounts ready for examination and settlement. Wm. HAY, m. c.
FALL GOODS.—RICHARD BROOKE, has just received an elegant assortment of GOODS, calculated for the ensuing season, consisting of—Superfine London Cloths and Kerseymere, Second do. do. do. Superfine and second quality Coatings, Forest Cloths, Plaids and Kendall Cottons, Rose and Match Coat Blankets, Velvets, Velveteens, Prince's & President's Cord, Silk and Worsted Waistcoatings of various kinds, Gentlemen and Ladies silk, cotton and worsted Hosiery, Silk Velvets, assorted colours, Crapes, do. do. do. Saracens, do. do. do. Lutestring, do. do. do. for dresses. Do. Ribbons, Irish Linens & Lawns, Silk and Cotton Ginghams, Irish Sheetings, Cotton Chambrays, German Linens, Calico and Chintz, Shirting Cottons, Elegant Robes & short Dimities, Cambricks, Dresses, Carpetings and Hearth Plain & figured Leno's, Rugs, Do. do. mill'd Muslins, A handsome assortment of Kid & Morocco Shoes, A few pair of elegant Cossar & white top Boots. All of which he will sell at the most reduced price for cash. Oct. 10. [tf.]
In pursuance of a decree in Chancery, made by the Court of the U. States for the 4th circuit, in the year 1808, at the Nov. term, in the time and place hereinafter mentioned—Two TRACTS, in the county of Goochland, one on Beaver Dam Creek, containing nine hundred acres, and the other called Little-Island, containing ten acres, at Goochland Court-House, on the court day thereof, on the 3d Monday in January, 1808. The dower of the widow of Wm. Ronald, will be first deducted, and the conditions on which the said Land are directed under the said decree, will appear therein and will be communicated on the day of sale. The terms of payment will be as follows: one fourth of the purchase money to be paid in cash, and the remaining three fourths in three equal instalments of six, twelve and eighteen months credit. In all respects the aforesaid decree will be pursued. WM. BERKELEY, JOSIAH ELLIS, } Commissioners. Wm. MANN, Nov. 16. [oaw2m.]
BY virtue of a Trust Deed, executed to us by Peter F. Archer, of Powhatan, to secure to Judith Archer a sum of money therein expressed; we shall sell to the highest bidder, for ready money, at Powhatan court-house, on Saturday the 26th day of December next, the following negro SLAVES, to wit:—Charlotte and two children, Amy, Suckey, Sally, Rachel and her child Betsy; or as many thereof as may be necessary to answer the purposes of said deed. JOHN ARCHER, WM. ARCHER, } Trustees. Wm. ROYALL, Nov. 27. [epf4.]
FOR FREIGHT to New-York. The Schooner ACTIVE—Apply to Capt. HASSAM, on board, at Lew-Is's new wharf, or to SHAPIRD & LUCKE. Who have landing, train Oil, Sugars, Salt W. India and N. E. Rum. Dec. 4.—(3t)
WANTED TO PURCHASE, A NEGRO WOMAN of 25 or 30 years of age, that understands Cooking. For one that can come well recommended for cleanliness, sobriety and steadiness, a liberal price will be given.—Enquire at the Office of the ENQUIRER. Dec. 4. (tf.)
THE subscribers having formed a connection on the Grocery line, under the firm of BRIDGES & ROBERTSON, they now offer for sale at their Store on the corner of the street leading to Byrd's ware-house, and opposite to Messrs. Jno. & Robt. Gamble, jr's.—A general assortment of GROCERIES—among which are Antigua Rum, Soap, Candles, Holland Gin, Rice, Spanish Indigo, 4th pf. Cogniac Brandy, Northern Cheese, Raspberry ditto, Best Spanish Segars, London particular Madeira Wine, Hibbert's Porter and Port, Sherry & Teneriffe ditto, Brown Stout, English, Swedish and Country Iron, Best green Coffee, Nail and spike Rod, Brown & Loaf Sugar, Picked Salmon, Best Chocolate, F. F. Gun-powder in Kegs, Gun-powder, Raisins, Almonds, Imperial, Pepper, Ginger, Young Hyson & Souching, Queens-Ware, &c. &c. &c. Which they will dispose of on liberal terms for cash, country produce, or on the usual credit to punctual customers. JAMES BRIDGES, WM. ROBERTSON. Richmond, Dec. 4. (tf.)
CITY TAVERN. The subscriber respectfully informs the public, that he has fitted up the City Tavern for the comfortable accommodation of gentlemen travellers and others; where the most respectful attention will be paid to all who may favor him with their custom. Gentlemen attending the General Assembly may be accommodated during their stay in town, in a manner, and upon terms which cannot fail to give entire satisfaction. The best of every thing which our city can afford shall be constantly provided, with careful and attentive waiters, good stabling and hostlers. About thirty or forty gentlemen can be well supplied with boarding and lodging, during the winter. NATHL. WHITE. Dec. 4. (cp4w.)
RICHMOND TURNPIKE COMPANY.—At a meeting of the Directors of the Richmond Turnpike Company, on Monday the 23d of November, 1807.—For reasons appearing to the board, Resolved, That the sale of the SHARES of delinquent stockholders in the said company, advertised for this day, be postponed till Thursday the 31st of next month, and that they be then sold at auction, before the front door of the Eagle Tavern in the city of Richmond. A copy. Teste, N. SHEPPARD, Clerk. Nov. 27. (31stD.)
HARDWARE, Ironmongery & Cutlery Store, BREAM & FOLLETT, at the sign of the Anvil, main-street, Richmond.—Have received by the latest arrivals from London and Liverpool, a very large and general assortment of Hardware, Ironmongery, Cutlery, &c.—which will be sold low for cash, or on a short credit: amongst which are, Carpenters, Joiners, Coopers, Shoemakers and other mechanical Tools, sheet Iron, sheet Copper, and Copper bottoms, Tin plates, Iron, Brass and Copper Wire, building materials, Nails, Tacks, Brads, Locks and Hinges, house Bells, Cabinet Makers, Surveyor's Compasses, Chains and Cases of Mathematical Instruments, Gun-locks, gun and pistol Flints, bear, wolf, fox, rat and mouse Traps, Shot, bar and sheet lead, Pots and Kettles, bake Pans, tea Kettles, Chafing Dishes, Block tin Coffee Pots, Britannia metal Tea Pots, table and tea Spoons, Knives and Forks, pewter Dishes, Plates and Basins, block tin Dish Covers, Plate Warmers, Frite Baskets, Tea Kettles with lamps & cocks, Candlesticks and Smokers, Fire Irons, and Irons, Grid Irons, Coal Hods, Cinder Sifters, Fenders, Trivets on Footmen, Smoothing Irons, Warner's patent Lamps, Horn Lanterns, small hand Lanterns, Clock Pins, Curtain Holders, Brass Nails, Fish Hooks, Jews Harps, Brass Cocks, Knitting Needles, Bartlett's old patent Needles, Ivory and Horn Combs, Curry Combs, Button Moulds, Japan'd Ware, Scissors, pen and jack Knives, Razors and Razor Hones, Razor Strops, Shaving Boxes and Brushes, Curling Tongues, Currier's Knives and Steels, Spectacles and Cases, Coffee Mills, Corn Mills, Scale Beams & Weights, money Scales, Steelyards, Cork Screws, hair and wire Seives, vertical Jacks with Screens, Mill, Crosscut and Pit Saws, Jack Screws, German Steel, weeding and garden Hoes, garden Rakes, Scythes and Sickles, Straw Knives, Grind Stones and Marbles, with a great variety of other articles in the above line, too tedious to enumerate. Also—40 kegs FF Gun-powder, a few canisters double battr Powder, liver and paint Oil, Paints and Putty, Glue, Window Glass, Glazier's Diamonds, best Seine Twine, wrapping Twine, patent windlass Shaving Soap, Bolding Cloths, a few pieces low priced blue Cloths, and yellow & white Flannels, 15 pipes 4th proof Cogniac Brandy, a few pipes best New-York Anchor Gin, and a few boxes of Spanish Segars, in boxes of 500 each, prime Pork, New-York inspection, and old flint Corn. Nov. 17. (cp1m.)
COLUMBIAN MILLS & COAL LANDS FOR SALE—By virtue of a Deed of Trust, bearing date the first day of October, 1801, executed by David Ross to the subscribers, and for the purpose of completing the objects of the said trust, in conformity to certain covenants therein contained—the following property will be offered for sale on the first Wednesday in January next, at the front door of the Eagle Tavern in the city of Richmond, to the highest bidder, for ready money, between the hours of twelve and four o'clock, to wit: All that piece or parcel of Land, adjoining the city of Richmond, commonly called the Columbian Mills, with the Mills, Houses, Canals, Improvements, Appendages and Privileges thereunto belonging.—Also, an undivided two thirds of a tract of Land in Henrico county, containing seventeen hundred acres, called the Deep-Run Coal Pits, and an undivided two thirds of a tract of Land in Chesterfield, containing one hundred acres, called the Falling Creek Coal Pits, of which said Coal Lands, the late James Currie was part owner. GEO: HAY, ROBERT POLLARD, } Trustees. FRANCIS ANDERSON, Nov. 27, 1807.
If the aforementioned property should prove insufficient to satisfy the debt thereupon charged, the subscribers will offer for sale at the same time and place, a tract of Land in Henrico, called the Seven Pines, containing by estimation, one thousand acres; also, a Tract of Land in the same county on Four Mile Creek, being the same whereon the late col. John Pleasant formerly resided, containing by estimation four hundred and sixty acres, and forty acres adjoining thereto, binding on Bayley's creek at said Four Mile creek, on which stands the Norwich Mills. All of which property was conveyed in trust, by David Ross to the subscribers, by deed bearing date the nineteenth day of December, 1805, as an additional security for a debt due to Wm. B. Giles by the said Ross and charged on the Columbian Mills and Coal Lands first mentioned. GEO: HAY, BENJ. HATCHER, } Trustees.