The enquirer (Richmond, Va.), 1806-12-18 00:00:00

The Enquirer.
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RICHMOND, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 13, 1806.
[VOLUME 3.]
VIRGINIA. At a Superior Court of Chancery, held at the Capitol in the city of Richmond, the tenth day of September, 1806. Between John M'Rae, executor of the testament and last will of John M'Rae, deceased, Plff. and Samuel Griffin and John Lewis and Mary his wife, Dfts.
IN CHANCERY. Powhatan County Court, October 16, 1806. Tarlton Cox, against, Josiah Thompson, executor of Josiah Thompson, deceased, and Thomas Watkins, Dfts.
COOK SHOP, AND OYSTER HOUSE. GEORGE WATSON, has removed from the House adjoining the Union-Tavern, to the first Cross-Street above the Eagle-Tavern, leading to the Basin, where he has opened a COOK SHOP and OYSTER HOUSE for the refreshment of his friends and customers, at all hours of the day, and till 10 o'clock at night.
JAMES STRATTEN, Taylor and Hail Maker, from PHILADELPHIA. DEGS leave to inform the gentlemen and ladies of Richmond and the country, that he intends carrying on the above business in all its various branches; being well acquainted with the newest fashions, he hopes from punctuality and assiduity to business, to deserve a little of their patronage, as nothing shall be wanting on his part to render satisfaction to customers; and for next workmanship, he pledges himself to have it done in the neatest manner.
FOR SALE, THE LOT AND HOUSES whereon John Hamilton, Esq. the British Consul, resides: on it are a three story Dwelling-House, an Office and Kitchen, and other necessary Houses for family use; a Well of good Water, newly fitted, and a Garden lately pulled in, a Ware-House and Cellar under it; the remains of a Wharf, which will make a good foundation to build on; with all the privileges of lots situated on the river, of extending a wharf.
FOR SALE, A GREAT Bargain offered in 735 acres of LAND, lying in King & Queen-county, one & an half miles from York River, and bounded by Potomac Creek, the Lands of captain William Shackelford and Zachariah Shackelford. This land is level, fertile and well timbered, with tolerable good buildings and excellent water.
FOR SALE, A FRESH Assortment of Claret Wines, Champagne, Muscatel, by the box, Burgundy, Sautern, Vin de Grave, L'Esprit, Muscat of Frontignac, Wine Bitters—and also, a fresh supply of Olives, Capers, Anchovies, Cayenne Pepper, Mustard, Prunes, Raisins, by the box, Almonds and Filberts. All kind of W. India Sweets; all kind of Confectionery—and different articles of Perfumery—For Sale by ALEXANDER PLAINVILLE.
TO BE RENTED—The Tenement where I now reside, and possession given in time. J. PENN. April 11. JUST RECEIVED, A FRESH Assortment of Claret Wines, Champagne, Muscatel, by the box, Burgundy, Sautern, Vin de Grave, L'Esprit, Muscat of Frontignac, Wine Bitters—and also, a fresh supply of Olives, Capers, Anchovies, Cayenne Pepper, Mustard, Prunes, Raisins, by the box, Almonds and Filberts. All kind of W. India Sweets; all kind of Confectionery—and different articles of Perfumery—For Sale by ALEXANDER PLAINVILLE.
UNION TAVERN. THE Subscriber is prepared to furnish genteel accommodations for twenty members of Assembly. PETER MOSELEY. October 28.
FOR SALE, A YOUNG and active House SERVANT Enquire at this office. October 7. THE SUBSCRIBERS, UNDER THE FIRM OF LESUEUR & SAUNDERS, Inform their friends and the public, that they will continue the COMMISSION business, lately done by G. T. Saunders. They promise the strictest attention to the interests of those who may favor them with consignments.
BROWN SUGAR of superior quality, Ditto ditto second ditto, Best Green Coffee, Salt in Sacks, Molasses and Treacle, Pickled Salmon, Scotch Barley, Madeira, Port, Sherry & Malaga Wine, Fresh Muscadel Raisins & Currants, Soft Shelled Almonds, Copperas, Saltpetre, English F F Gunpowder, Patent Shot, well assorted, Hibbert's Brown Stout and Porter, Best Spanish Segars, Caldwell, Fraser & Co's Superfine Chocolate, New-York Candles and Soap, Spermaceti Candles, JOHN L. LESUEUR, C. H. SAUNDERS. October 10.
DISSOLUTION OF CO-PARTNERSHIP. THE COPARTNERSHIP of C. and T. Saunders, is dissolved by mutual consent. All debts due by the concern will be adjusted and paid by Lesueur and Saunders, who are alone authorized to settle all claims due to and by the concern. C. H. SAUNDERS, TARLTON SAUNDERS. Nov. 29.
LAND FOR SALE BY THE SUBSCRIBERS. In Northumberland County, Eight hundred acres called Exeter Lodge, residence of the late Col. John Gordon; good Farming Land, adapted to the growth of corn, wheat & tobacco; on this tract, which lays on Yeocomico a branch of Potomac River, there is a large Brick Dwelling-House, within 200 yards of navigable water, abounding with oysters equal to any in Virginia, fish and wild fowl in abundance, and a remarkable healthy situation. LESUEUR & SAUNDERS. Nov. 29.
FOR SALE, Nine hundred & sixty acres, adjoining Landon Carter, Esq's farm on Rappahannock River, at Normandy Ford, eight hundred and sixteen acres, adjoining Wm. C. Carter, Esq. and Col. M. Green, two thirds of this tract is in wood, & the whole of equal quality to any high Land in the country, also about eleven hundred acres in the Little Fork laid out and reotted in small farm. And in Albemarle County, That elegant and well known place called Rndheim, containing by a late survey two thousand nine hundred acres, which will be sold altogether or divided into lots to suit purchasers. The whole or any part of the above property, will be sold on very low terms, payable one third in cash or in country produce on giving deeds, and for the balance, long credits will be given the payment being secured on the property. COLIN & JAMES ROSS. Frederickburg, Dec. 9.
WALLER LEWIS, jr. RESPECTFULLY informs the public, that his School will be continued the ensuing year. His terms are for teaching reading, writing and arithmetic ten dollars; for English Grammar and Geography fifteen dollars; for Latin twenty dollars; for surveying ten dollars, per Scholar; for board $20 (each boarder finding his own bed). The School will commence on the 10th day of January and end on the 15th day of December. Those who may think proper to favor him with the tuition of their sons are requested to make it known as soon as possible. Louisa, Dec. 9.
TEN DOLLARS REWARD. STRAYED or stolen from my stable in Richmond, on the 24th of November, two HORSES, one a dark bay, nine years old, long tail and hanging mane, one hind foot white, and not shod: The other a bright bay, upwards of fifteen hands, rough shod and a few white hairs in his flanks. I will give the above reward on their being delivered to me in Richmond, if strayed; if stolen, fifty dollars, on conviction of the thief, so that they may be brought to justice. WILLIAM HALYARD. Dec. 5.
NOTICE. THE Subscribers this day commence running a Coach-Hack, from Richmond to Tappahannock, which will carry the Mail and 3 or 4 persons with ease. The hour of leaving Richmond, will be every Wednesday at 9 o'clock, A. M. and arrive at Tappahannock on Thursday, 1 o'clock, P. M. Returning, leave Tappahannock on Friday, at 10 o'clock, A. M. and arrive at Richmond, on Saturday, at 5 P. M. Price for each Passenger, 8 dollars and 50 cts. and in proportion for a shorter distance. JOHN WOODLEY & Co. P. S. Should the subscribers meet with encouragement from a generous Public, they contemplate running the Coach twice a week. King-William, Dec. 11.
RUMFORD ACADEMY. INSTRUCTION of youth will commence at this place on the 15th of January next, under the direction of Messrs. Giles Terrell, and Edward Gault, the latter of whom will also board 24 boys, who will thereby receive the constant attention and advice of these gentlemen. The studies of this institution will be the following: English, French, and Latin languages; Geography, Arithmetic, Mathematics, Blair's Lectures, Natural and Moral Philosophy, with History and Composition. The expenses of this Academy amount to 130 dollars per annum, paid quarterly in advance, viz: Board, washing, and fuel, 100 Tuition, 30 each student furnishing his own bed and candles. Experience of two years proves this to be a healthy situation, and as much secluded from temptations to vice of every description, as any in Virginia. JOHN ROANE. King-William County, Nov. 25.
WILL BE SOLD, Agreeably to the will of Lyne Shackelford, dec'd. at Curles, in Henrico County, on Tuesday the 6th of January next, all the personal estate of said decedent, consisting of— HOUSEHOLD and Kitchen Furniture, Plantation Utensils, about 350 barrels of Corn, 200 bushels of Wheat, and forage of all descriptions. About four thousand weight of fine Pork, Stock of all kinds, among which is a fine brood Mare, and several likely well broke Mules. And on the Thursday following at Yarina, about 500 barrels of Corn, 600 bushels of Wheat, forage, &c. as above added to which are some excellent Sheep. Twelve months credit will be allowed the purchasers on all sums above ten dollars; bond and approved security will be required with interest from the date, which shall be remitted upon punctual payment. WM. CHAMBERLAYNE, Exec. Dec. 11.
TO RENT, THE TENEMENT lately occupied by George Greenhow, opposite to the Eagle-Tavern. Possession can be given immediately. Apply to Geo. Greenhow or to Mr. Gallego. Nov. 28.
BY VIRTUE of a Deed of Trust executed by Chancellor H. Saunders and Jane his wife, and Lisbonn Wash, to the subscribers for the purpose of securing a debt due to Samuel H. Saunders, (since assigned to Robert Lewis, Jno. dec'd. and now due to his representatives,) from the said Lisbonn Wash. WILL be sold to the highest bidder for cash on the premises on the nineteenth day of next month, one certain TRACT or parcel of LAND, lying and being in the county of Powhatan, and described in the said deed as follows, to wit: Bounded by the great deep Creek, on the west, by the Land of William Hickman on the north, and by the Lands of John H. Saunders on the east, and by the Southen Glebe Lands on the south: containing by estimation two hundred and twenty-nine acres, be the same more or less, it being the Land on which the said Lisbonn Wash now resides, or so much of the said Land as will be sufficient to discharge the amount due on the said deed of Trust. DAVID OWEN, sen. ROBERT C. PLEASANTS, JOHN H. SAUNDERS, Trustees. Powhatan, Nov. 28.
LATE PUBLISHED, IN 2 VOLS. (PRICE 75 CENTS.) AND FOR SALE BY JACOB JOHNSON, A few days: below the Market. ELEMENTS OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE containing an Historical and Geographical account of the UNITED STATES; for the use of Schools. BY NOAH WEBSTER, JUN. ESQ. RECOMMENDATIONS. WE have examined the first and second volumes of the Elements of Useful Knowledge, published by Noah Webster, Jun. Esq. containing a Historical and Geographical account of the United States. We are of opinion the work is well conceived and judiciously executed. It comprises a series of facts important to be known and understood by American Youth. The arrangement of the subjects, under distinct heads, is happily calculated to assist the memory, and render the performance peculiarly useful for Academies and Schools. We, with pleasure recommend it to parents and instructors, as well adapted to the improvement of their children and pupils. JAMES DANA, Trustee, ELIZUR GOODRICH, prof. of law, BENJ. SILLIMAN, prof. chemistry, SIMON BALDWIN, Judge of the Supreme Court. Extra of a letter from David Ramsay, Esq. of Charleston, S. Carolina, to the author. "SIR—I have received the two volumes of Elements of Useful Knowledge, and only regret that they are not for sale in Charleston. All my influence should be used in recommending them. I sincerely wish that you may complete your scheme, and that your books may become Standard School-Books. They shall be in my family. One of my sons, now in his eighth year, reads them with delight, and has translated a great part of one volume into French. It is intended that he shall translate both of the volumes, with a double view of improving their valuable contents on his mind, and of improving him in the French language." Extra of a letter from President Meigs, of Georgia to the Author. "SIR—I have received and examined the first and second volumes of your Elements of Useful Knowledge, and have drawn them to several of our most respectable gentlemen. I am much pleased with your manner of describing our N. America. You have given a luminous and comprehensive view of the country. I shall use my influence to introduce the work into our schools and all seminaries for which it is designed." J. JOHNSON, has the copy-right in all the middle states for "The American Spelling Book, by N. Webster, Esq." and respectfully solicits the orders of booksellers and others. Dec. 11, 1806.
BELL TAVERN!! THE Subscriber begs leave to inform his friends and the public, that he has taken the house in Manchester, formerly called the Rising-Sun-Tavern, and occupied by Mrs. Leah, and having furnished himself with good Beds and the best of Liquors, Grain, &c. he flatters himself from paying particular attention, he will be able to give general satisfaction. ROBERT MCYTYRE. N. B. A Wagon and six Mules, a good Riding-Horse, and a Jack of good flock—for sale. Manchester, Dec. 9.
A GOOD BARGAIN. FOR SALE. THAT well known TRACT OF LAND, THE SABLING GROVE, thirteen miles below the town of Abingdon, in Washington county, Virginia, containing one thousand six hundred acres, and including the plantation whereon the late general Evan Shelby lived. The whole of this tract is level; great part of it is equal in quality to any land on the Western waters, having many very fine Springs upon it, and a stream running through it, suitable for any kind of Water Works, at all seasons of the year. As a purchaser would choose to view the premises, any further description of the Land, or of the valuable Farm thereon, is unnecessary. The title is indisputable. Likely flukes will be taken for any part of the purchase money. ISAAC SHELBY. Lincoln County (K.) Nov. 28.
SELLING OFF CHEAP. M. & B. Myers, intending to decline the retail business, offer for sale, at reduced prices, the whole or any part of their present stock of DRY GOODS, Consisting of a variety of useful and fashionable articles—to wit: IRISHLINENS, Flanders Sheetings, Osnaburgs, HOLLANS, Long-lawns, Linen and Cotton Cambricks, Superfine and second Broad Cloth, and Keysermeyer, Blankets, Coatings and Flannels, Bemers and Fancy cords and Velvets, Swan-down and Molekins, Rich figured Satins, Silver-Muffs, Saracens; Italian Lustrings, Cotton and Silk Chambrays of very handsome patterns. A few excellent silk Pelisses, Gloves and Hosiery, elegant Plumes, wreaths and fancy Head Ornamentals, a variety of handsome Ribbons, Table Cloths and Napkins in sets. 3-4, 7-4 & 10-4 Diapers. A few sets of China in boxes of 40 pieces. Sets of Cut Glass Decanters, Wine and Tumblers, glass Bowls, spice-bottles, Hall Lamps, &c. &c. Those who buy with cash, will be allowed a very liberal Discount, which will be increased according to the augmentation of the amount of their purchase at any one time. On any sums of consequence, a credit if required, will be given of three to six months. The purchaser giving approved negotiable paper. For sale, also, as usual, a complete assortment of Dutch Bolting-Cloths. Dec. 11.
FOR SALE, THE HOUSE and LOT on Shockoe-Hill, at present occupied by Capt. Benjamin Sheppard, possessing every accommodation for a family, and one amongst the most airy & elegant situations in the city. Also—An unimproved LOT adjoining the above. A purchaser will be allowed great accommodation in the payment. THOS. NORVELL. Nov. 11. N. B. I am authorized to sell nine shares in the Newberber Turnpike. T. N.
THE FARMER'S VIRGINIA ALMANACK, for the Year 1807, printed by Thomas Ritchie, is now for sale, by the gross, dozen or single, at the ENQUIRER Book-Store. Also—A General Almanack of Lawyer's and Sheriff's BLANKS, just printed.
LETTER From the Secretary of the Treasury, enclosing a report prepared in obedience to the act supplementary to the act, intitled "An act to establish the Treasury Department" December 5, 1806. Referred to the committee of Ways & Means. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, December 5th, 1806. SIR, I have the honor to enclose a report, prepared in obedience to the act entitled "An act to establish the Treasury Department." I have the honor to be, Very respectfully, Sir, Your obedient servant, ALBERT GALLATIN. The honorable, The Speaker of the House of Representatives.
REPORT. In obedience to the directions of the act supplementary to the act, entitled "An act to establish the Treasury Department," the Secretary of the Treasury respectfully submits the following REPORT AND ESTIMATES: REVENUE AND RECEIPTS. The net revenue arising from duties on merchandise and tonnage which accrued during the year 1806, amounted after deducting that portion which arose from the additional duties, constituting the Mediterranean fund, to Dollars. 12,673,428 And that which accrued during the year 1805, amounted, after making a similar deduction, as will appear by the statement (A) to 15,083,823 It is ascertained that the net revenue which has accrued during the three first quarters of the year 1806, exceeds that of the corresponding quarters of the year 1805; and that branch of the revenue may, exclusively of the Mediterranean fund, be fairly estimated for the present at thirteen millions of dollars. The statement (B) exhibits in detail the several species of merchandise, and other sources, from which that revenue was collected, during the year 1805. It appears by the statement (C) that the sales of the public lands, during the year ending on the 30th September, 1806, exceeded, 473,000 acres. The actual payments by purchasers have, during that period, amounted to 850,000 dollars, of which sum near 700,000 dollars have been paid in specie, and the residue in stock of the public debt. The specie receipts from that source may, after deducting charges and the five per cent. reserved for roads, be estimated for the ensuing year at five hundred thousand dollars. The receipts arising from the permanent revenue of the United States, may therefore, without including the arrears of direct tax & internal revenues, the duties on postage and other incidental branches, be computed for the year 1807, at thirteen millions & five hundred thousand dollars, 13,500,000
And the payments into the Treasury, during the same year, on account of the temporary duties, constituting the Mediterranean fund, are estimated at one million of dollars, 1,000,000 14,500,000 Making in the whole an aggregate of fourteen millions and five hundred thousand dollars.
EXPENDITURES. The permanent expenses are estimated at 11,400,000 dolls. and consist of the following items, viz: 1. The annual appropriation of eight millions of dollars for the payment of the principal and interest of the public debt, of which sum not more than 3,600,000 dollars will, for the year 1807, be applicable to the payment of interest, 3,000,000 2. For the civil department, and all domestic expenses of a civil nature, including invalid pensions, the light house, and mint establishments, the expenses of surveying public lands, the fourth installment of the loan due to Maryland, and a sum of 180,000 dollars to meet such miscellaneous appropriations, not included in the estimates, as may be made by Congress, 7,150,000 3. For expenses incident to the intercourse with foreign nations, including the permanent appropriation for Algiers, 200,000 4. For the military and Indian departments, including trading houses, and the permanent appropriations for certain Indian tribes, 1,150,000 5. For the naval establishment, 500,000 11,400,000 The extraordinary demands for the year 1807, already authorized by law, amount to two millions seven hundred thousand dollars, viz: The balance of the American claims assumed by the French convention, which remained unpaid on the 30th of September last, amounting to 700,000 And the two millions of dollars appropriated by the act of 13th February, 1806, making provision for defraying any extraordinary expenses attending the intercourse between the United States and foreign nations, 2,000,000 2,700,000 Making altogether fourteen millions one hundred thousand dollars. From which it appears, that besides a surplus of four hundred thousand dollars, the resources of the ensuing year will be sufficient to meet the current demands; and to discharge, without returning to the loan authorized by the last mentioned act, the extraordinary appropriation of two millions for foreign intercourse. It is here proper to state, that under the authority given by that act, a credit of one million of dollars has been opened in Holland to the ministers of the United States appointed to treat with Spain. Should the credit be used, the million will be charged to the proper appropriation; but although the balance chargeable to the expenditure of the year 1807, will in that case be only one, instead of two millions, as stated in the above estimate, the general result will be the same; as it will then be necessary to replace in Holland the million thus employed, for a different object than the payment of the foreign debt, to which it now stands charged. The balance in the Treasury amounted, on the 30th day of September, 1805, to dolls. 4,558,664 2 cents, and on the 30th day of September, 1806, to dolls. 5,496,069 77 cents. But it will, on account of the heavy payments to be made in the course of this month, for the public debt, be probably reduced on the 1st January, 1807, to a sum not much exceeding four millions of dollars.
PUBLIC DEBT. The annexed note of the proceedings of the commissioners of the Sinking Fund, marked (E) shows that a considerable portion of the annual appropriation of 8 millions of dollars was applicable this year to the reimbursement or purchases of the domestic debt: No more than 17,517 dollars and 61 cents, were offered at market price, and accordingly purchased. The reimbursement of the Navy 6 per cent. stock, amounting to 711,700 dollars was therefore effected on the 30th day of September last, and that of the five and half per cent. stock, amounting to 1,547,500 dollars, is advertised for the first day of January next. The payment of the last mentioned sum will be made by the Treasury in the course of this month. Although a more than usual portion of the appropriation for the calendar year 1806, falls, for that reason, on the last quarter, it appears by the statement (D) that the payments on account of the principal of the public debt, have, during the year ending on the 30th day of September 1806, amounted to near 2,250,000 dollars.
Dollars. It appears by the same statement, that the payments on account of the principal of the public debt, have, from the 1st April, 1801, to the 30th September, 1806, amounted to 21,203,903 55 The payments on the same account to be made by the Treasury in the course of this month, are— For the reimbursement of the five and half per cent. stock, 1,847,500 For the annual reimbursement of the six per cent. and deferred stocks, 952,989 19 Amounting altogether, to 2,840,889 19 21,440,792 74
And making the total of principal of the public debt, reimbursed from the 1st of April, 1801, to the 1st of January, 1807, more than 24,000,000 dollars. During the same period there have also been paid to Great-Britain, in satisfaction and discharge of the money which the United States might have been liable to pay in pursuance of the provisions of the sixth article of the treaty of 1794, two millions six hundred & sixty-four thousand dollars; and to the holders of bills, drawn by the minister of the United States at Paris, on account of American claims assumed by the convention with France, a sum exceeding three millions and fifty thousand dollars; neither of which sums is included in the preceding statement of debt redeemed. As the only parts of the public debt which the United States have a right to reimburse during the year 1807, consist of the annual reimbursement of the six per cent. and deferred stocks, estimated at 1,540,707 dollars; and of the four and half per cent. stock, amounting to 176,000 dollars, it will not be practicable, unless purchases can be effected within the limitations prescribed by law, to apply, during that year, the whole of the annual appropriation of eight millions.

dollars. The unexpended balance, together with the appropriation for the year 1808, will enable the U. S. to reimburse, on the 1st of January, 1809, the whole of the eight per cent. stock, which is irredeemable before that day.
But in order that Congress may have a clear view of the situation of the public debt, after the year 1808 and be enabled to decide on the propriety of making further legislative provision for that object, it appears necessary to state distinctly: 1st. The operations which will take place in relation to the debt during the years 1807 and 1808: 2dly. The several species and aggregate of debt which will have been extinguished between the 1st April, 1801, and the 1st January, 1809: 3dly. The several species and aggregate of debt remaining unpaid on the last mentioned day: 4thly. A comparative view of the revenue and annual payments on account of the debt after that day.
1. The payments to be made during the years 1807 and 1808, on account of the principal and interest of the public debt, consist of the following items, viz.
   Dollars.     Interest and reimbursement of the six per cent. and deferred stocks, of which sum, the sum required for interest, is 6,688,296 05   And the reimbursement of principal will amount to 3,512,397 83   9,175,958 25   Interest and charges on all the other species of debt, Principal of the eight per cent. and four and half per cent. stocks, 6,688,296 03   Making altogether, 3,529,437 56   That is to say, for interest 6,558,400 00   And in reimbursement of principal, 16,756,153 58   7,041,795 39   9,714,558 25   16,756,153 58  
This sum exceeds, by only 756,000 dollars, the sixteen millions appropriated by law for those two years, and that difference may be supplied, according to law, from the surpluses of revenue already accrued, which are sufficient for that purpose; and which it will be eligible to apply in that manner, in order that the United States may not continue to pay an interest of eight per cent. any longer than they are compelled to do it by the terms of the loan.
II. The amount of debt redeemed from the 1st of April, 1801, to the 1st January next, has been already stated to be
   Dollars.     And the principal which will be reimbursed during the years 1807 and 1808, amounts by the preceding statement, to 24,044,792 74   Making together, more than thirty three millions, seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars, reimbursed between the 1st April 1801, and the 1st January, 1809. 9,714,558 25   Which sum consists of the following items, viz. 33,759,150 99   The whole of the foreign debt, 10,256,108 05   The whole of the loans formerly obtained from the bank of the United States, and of the navy six, five and half, four and half, and eight per cent. stocks, 12,537,600   Annual reimbursement of the six per cent. and deferred stocks, 10,631,575 67   Payments in various species of stock for public lands, stock purchased, and unfunded debt reimbursed, $53,867 27   33,759,150 99  
III. The debt remaining unpaid on the 1st day of January, 1809, will consist of the following species:
   Dollars.     Undeemed amount of old six per cent. and deferred stocks, reimbursable only at the rate of eight per cent. a year (for principal and interest) on the nominal amount, 27,142,557 21   Three per cent. stock, 19,019,481 56   1796 six per cent. stock, redeemable in 1819, 80,000 00   Louisiana stock, reimbursable in four annual instalments, in the years 1818, 1819, 1820, and 1821, 11,250,000 00   57,491,928 77  
Amounting altogether to near fifty seven millions and five hundred thousand dollars.
The Louisiana stock cannot be reimbursed before the period fixed by the contract; the gradual operation of the annual reimbursement will extinguish the old six per cent. in the year 1818, and the deferred stock in 1821; after which year, the only remaining encumbrance will be the interest on the three per cent. stock, which in its present shape, may be considered as irredeemable. Purchasers cannot be relied upon, as the application of even an inconsiderable sum would raise the stock above the price limited by law. It follows that all the species of debt, on which the entire annual appropriation of 8,000,000 of dollars could operate, will have been reimbursed prior to the year 1809; that the remaining debt cannot, without some modification, be paid by the public creditors, be more rapidly or completely discharged, than is here stated; and that the annual payments on that account, will, after the year 1808, and prior to the year 1818, be reduced to the interest and annual reimbursement, amounting to near 4,600,000, as will more fully appear by the annexed table, marked (G.)
IV. The revenue derived from customs during the year 1808, which was a year of European peace, was much less in proportion than that of any of the immediately preceding or following years, and yet exceeded ten millions of dollars. As it has been ascertained that the population of the United States increases at the rate of thirty-five per cent. in ten years; the revenue derived from customs for the year 1812, may be estimated at thirteen millions five hundred thousand dollars; to which, adding only five hundred thousand dollars, for the annual proceeds of the sales of public lands, will give fourteen millions of dollars, for the total revenue of that year, or for the average revenue of the years 1809-1815. And this must be considered as a very moderate computation, since it does not include the revenue derived from New Orleans; is predicated on the supposition, that the wealth of the United States increases in no greater ratio than their population; and does not exceed the sum, which exclusively of the Mediterranean fund, was received last year into the treasury.
The annual payments on account of the public debt, will, during the same period, amount, as has been already stated, to 4,600,000 dollars. All the other expenses of the United States, whether domestic or foreign, of a civil nature, or for the support of the existing military and naval establishments, do not at present exceed 3,500,000 dollars. The total annual expenditure, allowing four hundred thousand dollars a year for contingencies, may therefore be estimated at the year 1808, at eight millions and a half; which deducted from a revenue of fourteen millions, will leave a net annual surplus of five millions and a half dollars.
The question now occurs, whether a portion of this surplus would not be most advantageously employed in hastening the reduction of the debt? Whether some mode may not be devised to provide, within a short period, for its final and complete reimbursement, and thereby release the public revenue from every encumbrance? This can only be effected by a modification of the debt allowed to be by the public creditors; and a conversion of the old six per cent. deferred, and three per cent. stock, on terms mutually beneficial, into a common six per cent. stock, redeemable within a limited time, has appeared the
most simple and eligible, if not the only practicable plan that can be adopted. For its details a reference is respectfully made to a letter written in January last, to the chairman of the committee of ways and means, a copy of which marked (F) is annexed. It will only be necessary to state, that if such a plan should be sanctioned by Congress, and accepted by the creditors, those several species of debt amounting on the 1st January, 1809, to something more than forty-six millions of dollars; would be converted into a six per cent. stock, amounting to less than 40,000,000 of dollars, which the continued annual appropriation of eight millions of dollars, would (besides paying the interest on the Louisiana debt) reimburse within a period of less than seven years, or before the end of the year 1815, as will appear by the table marked (H).
The total annual expenditure for those seven years would then, allowing still 3,500,000 dollars for current expenses, and 400,000 dollars for contingencies, amount to something less than twelve millions of dollars; which deducted from a revenue of fourteen millions of dollars, would still leave, after the year 1808, a clear surplus of more than two millions of dollars, applicable to such new objects of general improvement or national defence, as the legislature might direct, and existing circumstances require. And after the year 1815, no other encumbrance would remain on the revenue, than the interest and reimbursement of the Louisiana stock; the last payment of which in the year 1821, would complete the final extinguishment of the public debt.
All which is respectfully submitted. ALBERT GALLATIN, Secretary of the Treasury. Treasury Department, Dec. 5, 1806.
Having in the Postscript to the last number of the Mercantile Advertiser followed the steps of Bonaparte on the continent from the commencement of the campaign to its probable termination, and left him at the capital of Prussia, our attention is now directed to the following very interesting article, which was published in the London Gazette of the 21st of October, as the
MANIFESTO OF GREAT BRITAIN.
On the failure of the Negotiations with France. It is a neat and spirited production, and will excite no ordinary degree of attention.
DECLARATION.
The Negotiations in which his Majesty has been engaged with France having terminated unsuccessfully, his Majesty thinks proper to make this public Declaration to his subjects and to Europe, of the circumstances which have led to an issue which his heart deeply regrets. He has no object nearer to his heart than the conclusion of a secure and permanent peace. He laments the continuance of a war affecting the happiness of so many nations, and which, even amidst all the successes that attend his arms, is so burdensome to his faithful and affectionate people. But he is confident that there can arise on this occasion no other sentiment, either in his own dominions, or in any part of Europe, than that of an increased conviction, that the restoration of general tranquility is retarded only by the injustice and ambition of the enemy.
The French government, unsatisfied with its immense acquisitions on the Continent, still openly perseveres in a system destructive of the independence of every other power. War is pursued, not for security, but for conquest; and negotiations for peace appear to be entered into for no other object, than that of deluding the neighbouring Powers into a state of false security, while France is herself preparing, arranging and executing her unremitted projects of encroachment and aggression.
Her conduct in the recent discussions has afforded but too many proofs of this disposition. The negotiation originated in an offer made by the French government of treating for peace on the basis of actual possession, which was stated to admit of mutual compensation, and a distinct assurance was added, that his Majesty's German Dominions, which had been attacked without even the pretence of any cause of hostility, should be restored.
Such a proposal appeared to his Majesty to afford a just foundation for negotiating; it was therefore accepted with this reserve, that the negotiation should be conducted by his Majesty in concert with his Allies.
During their proceedings, a minister, sent by the Emperor of Russia to treat for the same important object, in concert with his Majesty's government, was induced by the artifices of the enemy, to sign a separate treaty, on terms equally repugnant to the honor and interests of his imperial Majesty.
No sooner had this basis been mutually admitted, than it was departed from by the enemy, and that too in points of so great importance as to call for an immediate declaration on the part of his Majesty, that unless the principle proposed by France herself were adhered to, the communication which had been opened between the two Governments must at once be closed.
This produced new professions of the disposition of France to make considerable sacrifices for the attainment of peace, if the discussions were suffered to proceed; at the same time that a difficulty was started on account of the want of full powers in the person intrusted by his Majesty with this communication. Steps were thereupon taken by his Majesty for opening a regular negotiation by ministers duly authorised, in order to ascertain, in a manner the most satisfactory and authentic, whether peace could be obtained on terms honorable to the King and his Allies, and consistent with the general security of Europe.
Unmoved by this unexpected event, the King continued to negotiate precisely on the same principles as before. He relied, with a confidence which experience has amply justified, on the good faith and steadiness of an Ally, in concert with whom he had begun to treat, and whose interest he had maintained throughout with the same firmness as his own.
The French Government, on the contrary, elated by this advantage, of which it boasted as equal in importance to the most decisive victory, departed in every conference more and more widely from its own offers and engagements. Not only did it take upon itself to change at its own will the basis of the negotiation with Great-Britain, but it violated, in points still more important, every principle of good faith with Russia. The chief inducement offered to that Power as the price of all the sacrifices extorted from her Minister, had been the preservation of Germany. Yet, before the decision of Russia on this treaty could be known, France had already annihilated the whole of the confederation of the German Empire; had reduced under her own yoke a large proportion of the states and provinces of Germany; and not content with this open contempt of obligations so recently contracted, had at the same time intimated the Porte to measures directly subversive of her subsisting engagements with Russia.
While such conduct was pursued towards his Majesty, towards his Allies, and towards all independent Powers, there appeared no little hope of any favorable issue to the Negotiation, that his Majesty's Plenipotentiaries demanded their passports to return to England.
This demand was at first eluded by an unusual and unexplained delay; and the French government afterwards, by some material concessions, accompanied with intimations that others of still greater consequence might be the result of further discussion, procured a renewal of the conferences, which were protracted from day to day, till at length it was announced at Paris that the Emperor of Russia had indignantly rejected the unauthorised and separate treaty signed by his minister.
In consequence of this important event, the strongest assurances were given to his Majesty's minister, that France was now prepared to make sacrifices to a great extent, in order, by securing peace with Great-Britain, to re-establish the tranquility of the world.
The object of these assurances appeared, however, to be, that of engaging his Majesty in a separate negotiation, to the exclusion of his allies; a proposal which his Majesty had rejected in the outset, and which he
could still less admit of at a time when the conduct of Russia had imposed on him an increased obligation not to separate his interests from those of so faithful an ally. To these insidious overtures, his Majesty readily refused to listen; but he took the most effectual method to avoid all appearance of delay, and to accelerate, if possible, the favourable issue of the negotiation. The confidential intercourse which he had constantly maintained with Russia, enabled his Majesty to specify the terms on which peace with that power might be obtained; and his minister was accordingly instructed to state to France, in addition to his own demands, those of his ally, to reduce them into distinct articles, and even to conclude on these grounds a provisional treaty, to take effect whenever Russia should signify her accession.
This form of negotiation was, after some objection, acceded to by France. Terms were now offered to his Majesty more nearly approaching than before to the original basis of negotiation; but these were still far short of what his Majesty had uniformly insisted on, and was now more than ever entitled to expect; and the decisive rejection of the just demands of Russia, as well as of the conditions proposed by his Majesty in behalf of his other Allies, left to his Majesty no other course than that of ordering his minister to terminate the discussion and return to England.
The foregoing short and simple exposition of facts stands in need of no comment. The first overtures which led to negotiation were made by the enemy, & they were accepted by his Majesty in the sincerest spirit of peace. Every opening which seemed to afford the most distant prospect of accommodation has been anxiously embraced, nor was the negotiation finally broken off while any hope of a favourable issue could be entertained. His Majesty's demands were uniformly just and reasonable; directed to no object of personal aggrandizement, but to such only as were indispensably required by the honor of his crown, his engagements to his allies, and a due consideration of the general interests of Europe.
It is with heartfelt concern that his Majesty contemplates the continuance of those evils always inseparable from a state of war; but it is with his enemies that this awful responsibility rests; and for the issue of the contest his Majesty trusts, with confidence, to the justice of his cause; to the resources and bravery of his people; to the fidelity of his Allies; and, above all, to the protection and support of Divine Providence.
In contributing to the great efforts which such a contest must unavoidably require, his faithful and affectionate subjects will not forget that all their dearest interests are at stake; that no sacrifices they can be called upon to make, are to be compared with the certain disgrace and ruin of yielding to the injurious pretensions of the enemy; that with the inviolable maintenance of the good faith and public honor of their country, its prosperity, its strength, and its independence, are essentially connected; and that, in asserting the rights and upholding the dignity of the British Empire, they defend the most peaceful bulwark of the liberties of mankind.
PRUSSIAN MANIFESTO.
LONDON, October 21. We this day lay before the public a translation of the King of Prussia's Manifesto. This important document was issued at the head-quarters at Erfurt, on the 9th inst. and was published in the Hamburger Correspondenten of the 15th and 17th inst.
It is clear, from this very interesting State Paper, that the Prussian ultimatum once rejected, no arbitration but that of the sword, could decide the numerous and increasing grounds of difference which subsisted between Prussia and France. From the tenor of the Manifesto, we are persuaded that his Prussian Majesty has determined to endure the last extremity rather than submit to the unceasing insults and encroachments of France. All these, as well as the forbearance and partiality of Prussia towards France, are enumerated with a minuteness, and accompanied with that tone of observation which demonstrates that the former considers himself as treated with the most atrocious injustice and the blackest ingratitude.
We should not be surprised to see the war between Prussia and France assume something of a personal, and particularly acrimonious, character. There are some passages in the Manifesto which Bonaparte must feel strongly. The murder of the Duke d'Enghien; the kidnapping of Sir G. Rumbold; the robberies committed under the name of loans, upon the Hanse Towns; the suggestion of what he might have done for the happiness of France, and the peace of Europe; and the little hopes of future tranquility, which are to be expected from his selfless and unhounded ambition, are all calculated to gall and irritate the irascible disposition of Bonaparte. The allusion to the first circumstance, in particular, contains in it grounds enough for a war of extermination. The Usurper will never forgive the reference to that foul and atrocious midnight murder.
In point of arrangement and composition, this Manifesto is not excelled by any document of a similar nature in modern diplomacy. It is, beyond doubt, the most forcible appeal against the dangers of French ambition which has yet appeared. The facts stated in it are undeniable-uncontrovertible. There is not a State in Europe which cannot bear testimony to them; there is scarcely one in which their effects are not felt. We shall be much disappointed if it does not produce, and particularly in the empire, a very great sensation indeed.
MANIFESTO.
As His Majesty the King of Prussia has taken up arms for the defence of his people, he thinks it necessary to lay before them, and all Europe, the circumstances which have imposed this duty on his Majesty.
The politics of France have been the scourge of humanity during the last fifteen years. Those men who, in rapid succession, have been at the head of affairs in that country, have only fought the means of their dominion in war, and the guarantee of their existence in the wretchedness of the people, may be viewed without astonishment. But the introduction of a regular government, to which the same necessity could not be imputed, gave new life to the hopes of the friends of peace. Napoleon, invested with the supreme power, victorious, surrounded by weaker States, friendly disposed governments, or conquered and exhausted rivals, had it in his power to perform a better part. For the greatness of France, nothing more remained for him to do; for her happiness, every thing was in his power.
It is painful to be compelled to say, that French politics still remained the same. An insatiable ambition was still the ruling passion of France. She made use of arms and of treaties with the same view. The peace of Amiens was scarcely concluded, before the signal for the first acts of violence followed. Holland and Switzerland, two independent states, were compelled to accept a constitution, which converted them into French Provinces. The renewal of war was the consequence.
Peace, however, still continued upon the continent. The German Empire had purchased it by incalculable sacrifices. In the midst of this peace, nevertheless, the French troops invaded the Electorate of Hanover; a country which had no concern in the war between France and England, while the ports of Germany were shut against the British flag; and the better to effect her object, France took possession of Cuxhaven, and the territory of a free state, which was still more a stranger to the war than Hanover.
In the midst of this peace also, the same troops, a few months after, violated the German territory in such a manner as to wound the honour of the nation still deeper. The Germans have never avenged the death of the Duke D'Enghien; but the remembrance of that event will never be extinguished among them.
The treaty of Lunéville guaranteed the independence of the Italian Republic. In spite of the most positive assurances, did Napoleon place the Iron Crown of Italy upon his own head. Genoa was incorporated with France. Genoa was very near flaring the same fate. Only a few months before had the Emperor, on a solemn occasion-an occasion which imposed very important duties upon him-declared before his people and before all Europe, that he wished not to extend the limits of his territory. Besides, France was bound, by a treaty with Russia, to put the King of Sardinia in possession of indemnities in Italy. Instead of fulfilling that obligation, she made herself mistress of every object which could have been serviceable towards indemnification.
Portugal wished to maintain her neutrality, but Portugal was compelled to purchase by gold the deceitful security of a few moments.
The Porte, who had not forgotten the invasion of Syria and Egypt, was the only power remaining in Europe which had not been subjected to the arbitrary proceedings of France.
But to these acts of violence, a system of abuse and injury remained still to be added. A Journal, which proclaimed itself the voice of Government, was chosen as a chronicle of the attacks incessantly made upon every crowned head.
Prussia could be no stranger to any of these general acts of oppression. Many of them were nearly connected with her substantial interests; especially as the wisdom of that system which considers the states of Europe as members of the same family, calls upon each of them for the defence of all; and that the unbounded aggrandizement of one state exposed the rest to danger, was sufficiently manifest to experience. Still it is most essentially necessary to represent in what manner the conduct of France was calculated to operate in its immediate relation to Prussia.
It were superfluous to enumerate all the good offices rendered to Napoleon by Prussia. Prussia was the first Power that acknowledged him. No promises, no menaces had been able to shake the king's neutrality. Every thing that the duty of a good neighbour could prescribe was most amply afforded during a period of six years. Prussia esteemed a valiant nation, which also had learned, on its part, to respect Prussia both in war and peace; and she did justice to the genius of its Chief. But the remembrance of these times is no longer retained by Napoleon.
Prussia had permitted the territory of Hanover to be invaded. In this she had countenanced an act of injustice; therefore was it her first view to remedy it. She offered herself for it instead of England, under the condition that the latter should cede it. It must, however, at least be recollected, that thus a boundary was prescribed to France, which she should not pass. Napoleon solemnly pledged himself not to compromise the neutrality of the Northern States; to exercise no violence towards any of them; and, in particular, not to increase the number of troops in the Electorate of Hanover.
Scarcely had he agreed to these stipulations, than he broke them. Every one is acquainted with the violent manner in which Sir George Rumbold was seized; every one knows that the Hanse Towns were laid under contribution, under the appellation of loans, not by any means, for their interest, but exactly in the same manner as if France had been at war with them. For the first of these injuries, his Majesty contented himself with accepting an inadequate satisfaction. Of the second he took no cognizance, being prevented by the apprehensions, and representations on the part of the Hanse Towns. His Majesty, on his part, did not scruple to make any sacrifice, as the preservation of peace was the dearest wish of his heart.
The patience and sufferance of every other Court, were exhausted sooner than that of his Majesty. War again broke out on the Continent-the situation of the King, with respect to his duty, was more difficult than ever. In order to prevent France from augmenting her troops in Hanover, he had promised to suffer no attack to be made on that territory. The Russians and the Swedes were preparing for an attack upon the French. From this period, the whole burden of the contract between France and Prussia weighed upon the latter only, without producing to her the least advantage; and by a singular concatenation of circumstances, it seemed that Prussia, who only wished to remain impartial and neutral, could no longer pursue her former system, except to the prejudice of the Allied Powers. Every advantage which resulted from this situation of affairs was on the side of France; and the King was daily threatened with a collision, not less formidable to him, than decisively favorable to the plans of Napoleon.
Who could have thought that the very moment when the King had given to the French government the strongest proof of his determination, and a singular example of the faithful fulfilment of engagements into which he had once entered, should be chosen by Napoleon to do the King the most sensible injury? Who does not remember the violation of the territory of Anspach, which took place on the 2d October in the last year, notwithstanding the remonstrance of the provincial administration, and of his Majesty's Minister?
This contest between that moderation which pardons every thing-that integrity which remains true to its engagements to the last on the one part; and the abuse of power, the influence inspired by deceitful fortune, and the habit of only reckoning on the other, continued several years. The King declared to the French government that he considered all his connections with it as dissolved. He placed his arms on a footing suitable to circumstances. He was now fully convinced, that no pledge of security remained for the neighbours of France, but a peace established upon firm principles, and guaranteed by all the Powers in common.
His Majesty offered the Allies to be the mediator in negotiations for such a peace, and to support them with all his force. It is sufficient to know the conditions then proposed, to be convinced of the moderation which, at all times, has governed the politics of his Majesty in their whole extent. Prussia, at this moment, listened not to the voice of revenge; she passed over the events of the late war, however violent they might have been, since they had been sanctioned by existing treaties. She required nothing but the punctual fulfilment of those treaties; but this she required without limitation. Count Haugwitz repaired to Vienna, where the French Emperor then was. Scarcely had this Minister been there a few days, when the whole face of affairs was changed; the misfortunes experienced by the Court of Vienna had compelled it to sign an armistice, which was immediately followed by a peace. The Emperor of Russia sacrificed his magnanimous views to the with of his Ally, and his troops returned home. Prussia stood now alone on the field of contest. His Majesty was obliged to limit his policy by his powers; and instead, as had been his wish, of embracing the interest of all Europe, make his own security and that of his neighbours, his first object.
The French Emperor proposed to Count Haugwitz a treaty on which was stipulated, on
the one side a mutual guarantee of possessions, the inviolability of the Turkish territory, and the results of the peace of Presburg; and, on the other, the taking possession of Hanover by Prussia, in return for the cession of three provinces.
The first part of this Treaty promised, at least for the future, an acknowledged, guaranteed, and if Napoleon had so pleased, a firm, political Constitution. The results of the peace of Presburg were a general misfortune for Europe, but Prussia sacrificed herself alone when she accepted them; and to place a limit to the incessant usurpations of France, should the treaty be considered by the Court of St. Cloud as any thing more than words, appeared an advantage: the king, therefore, ratified this article unconditionally.
The second half of the Treaty of Vienna related to an object, the importance of which had been manifested by serious experience. Prussia could not rely on security for a moment, so long as Hanover remained involved in a war, in which that country had, in fact, no concern, at whatever price it might be purchased. Prussia was resolved that the French should not return thither. She had her choice to obtain this end either by a treaty or a war. The cession of three provinces, which had been faithful and happy for a long series of years, was a sacrifice not to be made for the plan of vain ambition; but these provinces, in case of a war, would have been the first sufferers; all the calamities of that war would have been inflicted upon the Monarchy; while the acquisition of Hanover, could it have been made under less unhappy circumstances, would have been productive of the most valuable advantages to Prussia. The King, therefore, conceived, that he reconciled his wishes with his principles, when he accepted the proposed exchange, only under the condition, that the fulfilment of the same should be deferred till the general peace, and the consent of his Majesty the King of G. Britain should be obtained.
All the advantages of this treaty were for France. On the one side, she received guarantees, which put the seal on her conquests; on the other, she gave what she did not possess, what might be again conquered by the chances of an uncertain war; while in the cessions of Prussia she found the means of enriching her Allies.
But between a policy which will do every thing in its power, and an integrity which regards its duties, and especially its promises, the contest is ever unequal. The king approached the moment when he was convinced of this by experience: this moment was the most painful of his reign.
It was the affair of France to reject the modifications under which the King had confirmed the treaty, if she did not approve them. But she avoided doing this, for the whole Prussian army was still under arms. She continued to be lavish of assurances of friendship; she fulfilled the treaty as far as it suited her; but when his Majesty wished to reap the only advantage which he had proposed to himself from the late negotiation, and which was nearest to his heart, she suddenly altered her language. The modifications, added to the treaty of Vienna, were now rejected at Paris. Endeavours were made to force Prussia into the most injurious measures; and when Count Haugwitz, who was at Paris, remonstrated against this, the unconditional fulfilment of the treaty was haughtily insisted on, as were the immediate cession of the three provinces, and the recall of the patent by which the occupation of Hanover was declared provisional. Prussia was required to resign a part of the advantages stipulated, and to shut the ports against the British flag in the same manner as the French had returned into the Electorate.
The king, at length, was perfectly convinced of the true character of the friendship of the Emperor of the French-a soporific draught for a power which still feels its own strength; an instrument of degradation, and finally of subjection, to every power which no longer possesses strength.
In the mean time, Napoleon was in possession of every advantage. The Prussian army had returned; his own, after some movements of no consequence, at which deceived Germany prematurely rejoiced, on some frivolous pretences, established itself on this side of the Rhine. The first conflict might produce misfortunes. War, which is not, under all circumstances the greatest of evils, might become such under those then existing. The King determined to continue the part he had hitherto acted for some time longer. Wishing to preserve his force, now more than ever necessary to Europe, and at the least to secure the tranquility of the North, he confirmed the new treaty. Confidence, however, was now utterly lost. Prussia was convinced that, on the first opportunity to weaken her without danger, she might expect an attack from her pretended ally; convinced there is a degree of ambition which nothing can satisfy-which proceeds, without intermission, from usurpation to usurpation, sometimes without a plan, but ever intent on destruction; careless of the choice of means, and employing alike arms, and the pen, violence, and oaths. But even with this conviction, so great is the unfortunate superiority obtained by such policy, over those who with only to be just, the King fulfilled all conditions of the Treaty with the punctiliousness of a faithful Ally. It is known what the consequences were with respect to the connections

But is it necessary to appeal to treaties to form a just judgment of this extraordinary event? Previous to all treaties, nations have their rights? and had not France sported with the facility of an oath, the act of unexampled despotism would have been every way. To deprive princes who had never offended France and to render them the vassals of others, themselves the vassals of the French government—to abolish with a stroke of the pen, a constitution of a thousand years duration—which long habit, the remembrance of so many illustrious periods and so many various and mutual relations, had rendered dear to such a number of princes—which had so often been guaranteed by all the European powers, and even by France herself—to lay contributions on the cities and towns in the midst of profound peace, and leave the new possessions only an exhausted skeleton—to abolish this constitution without consulting the emperor of Germany, from whom a crown was wrested, or Russia, so lately became the guarantee of the German league, or Prussia, interested intimately in that league thus arbitrarily dissolved. Numbers of wars and continued victories have sometimes produced great and remarkable catastrophes; but such an example in times of peace was never before given to the world.
The king commiserated the unfortunate princes who suffered by these transactions; but he pitied not less those who had suffered themselves to be lured by the hope of gain; and he would reproach himself, should he increase their unhappiness by judging them with too great a severity. Deluded by the reward of their complaisance; probably forced to obey commands which admitted of no opposition, or, if surprised into consent, sufficiently punished by their acquisitions, and by being reduced to a state of vassalage, as harsh and degrading as their relations were honorable, they deserve not to be treated by Germany with the utmost rigour. Perhaps, when the magnanimous nation to which they formerly belonged, arises around them on every side to contend for their independence, they may listen to the voice of gratitude and honor, and, at least, abhor their chains, when they find they must be stained with the blood of their brethren.
It was not enough that these despotic acts were immediately injurious to Prussia. The emperor of France was intent on rendering them sensible to the person of the king in all his states. The existence of the Prince of Orange was under the common guarantee of the two powers; for the king had acknowledged the political changes in Holland only under this condition. For several years this prince had expected that his claims, secured by the mutual stipulations of Prussia and France, should be satisfied. The Batavian republic had been willing to enter in an accommodation, but the emperor Napoleon forbade it. Neither the recollection of the circumstance, nor the consideration of the ties of blood which united his majesty to the prince, nor the declaration, twenty times repeated, that the king could not desert the rights of his brother-in-law, could prevent his being added to the heap of victims. He was the first who was deprived of paternal property. Eight days before, he had received from the emperor a letter, condoling with him in the customary forms, on the death of his father, and wishing him joy on his undisturbed succession to the states of his house. None of these circumstances are unimportant; each throws a light on the whole.
Cleves had been allotted to Prince Murat—Scarcely become a foreigner, he wished likewise to be a conqueror. His troops took possession of the Abbeys of Essen, Werden and Essen, under the pretext that they appertained to the Dutchy of Cleves, though they were entirely territories newly acquired, and there was not the shadow of a connexion between them and the ceded province. Great labor was employed, in vain, to give even a color to this outrage.
Wesel was to belong to the new duke, not to the emperor Napoleon. The king had never resolved, to give up the last fortresses on the Rhine into the power of France. Without a word by way of explanation, Wesel was annexed to a French department.
The existing state of the Austrian monarchy, and of the Porte, had been mutually guaranteed. The emperor Napoleon certainly wished that Prussia should be bound by this guarantee; for in his hands it was an instrument which he might employ as suited his politics, a pretext for demanding sacrifices in a contest which his ambition might occasion. He himself, however, did not observe it longer than it contributed to his interest. Ragusa, though under the protection of the Porte, was taken possession of by his troops. Gradiska and Aquileia were wrested from Austria, under nearly the same pretexes which had been employed when the French seized the Three Abbeys.
In all political proceedings it was natural to take for granted, that the new States formed by France, were States in the proper sense of the term, and not French provinces. But it cost the cabinet of St. Cloud only a word to deprive them of their independence. The appellation The Great Empire , was invented, and that empire was immediately surrounded with vassals.
Thus there was no trace of the treaty left, and Prussia proceeded to shut her ports against England, and still considered herself as having obligations to fulfil.
The emperor, at length, informed his majesty that it was his pleasure to dissolve the German empire, and form a confederation of the Rhine, and he recommended to the king to establish a similar confederation in the North of Germany. This was according to his customary policy; a policy which had long been crowned with success; at the moment of the birth-day of any new project to throw out a lure to those courts which might occasion difficulties in the execution of such project. The king adopted the idea of such a confederation, not that the advice he received made the least impression on him, but because, in fact, it was rendered necessary by circumstances; and because, after the succession of the princes who had acceded to the confederation of the Rhine, a close union between those of the North became more than ever the condition of their safety. The king took measures to establish his league, but on other principles than those of the model presented to him. He made it his pride to collect the last of the Germans under his banners, but the rights of each he left unimpaired, and honor alone was the bond of the league.
But could France advise the king to any measure which should be productive of advantage to Prussia? We shall soon see what is to be expected when France makes professions of favor. In the first place, care had been taken to introduce into the fundamental statute of the confederation of the Rhine, an article which contained the germ of all future innovations. It provided, that other princes should be received into this confederation, should they desire it. In this manner, all relations in Germany were left indeterminate, and as the means were still referred to detach and annex to this league the weaker states, either by promise or threats, it was but too probable that in time this confederation would be extended into the heart of the Prussian monarchy.
And, that this might no longer remain doubtful, but be manifest to every one, the first attempt was immediately made. Fortunately, it
was made on a prince who knows not fear, and who considers independence as the highest object of his ambition. The French minister at Cassel invited the elector to throw himself into the arms of his master. Prussia, it was alleged, did nothing for her allies! It is true, Napoleon knows how to manage his better; and every one sees that Spain and Holland, and the king of Wirttemberg and Bavaria, have to thank their alliance with him for peace, independence, and honor!—Prussia did nothing for her allies—Napoleon, on the contrary, would reward the accession of the elector by an enlargement of his territory.
And this treachery was exercised towards an ally; and at the very moment when the king was advised to form his alliance, of which Hesse was to be the first bulwark, endeavors were made to detach from him a power whom family connections, alliances, and relations of every kind united in the closest manner to his majesty's person.
But even these hostile steps were not sufficient. Does any one wish to know what was the lure by which it was hoped to gain the elector of Hesse, and what was the augmentation of territory with the expectation of which he was flattered? It was the prince of Orange, the brother-in-law of the king—that prince who had been twice deceived in the most shameful manner—who was now to be robbed the third time! He still possessed the territory of Fulda; this was promised to the elector, and it would have been given, and the elector consented to accept it, had not Prussia taken up arms.
His majesty saw the system of usurpation advancing every day; he saw a circle, continually becoming narrower, drawn round him, and even the right of moving within it beginning to be disputed with him; for a sweeping resolution forbade a passage to any foreign troops, armed or not armed, through the states of the confederation. This was to cut off, contrary to the rights of nations, the connexion between the detached Hessian provinces; this was to prepare pretexts on which to act; this was the first threat of punishment aimed at a magnanimous prince, who had preferred a defender to a master.
But even after this, his majesty could not reflect on it without admiration; the king considered whether a combination might not be found, which should render this state of things compatible with the maintenance of peace.
The emperor Napoleon appeared to be solicitous to remove this doubt. Two negotiations were then carrying on at Paris, one with Russia, the other with the English ministry. In both these negotiations, the intentions of France against Prussia were evidently manifested. By the treaty which the Emperor of Russia has refused to ratify, France offered, in conjunction with Russia, to prevent Prussia from depriving the king of Sweden of his German territories. Yet, for many months, the cabinet of St. Cloud had continually pressed the king to seize those states, with the threefold view—first, to revenge himself on the king of Sweden; secondly, to embroil Prussia with all other powers; and thirdly, to purchase her silence with respect to the subversion of southern Prussia. But the king had long been aware that such were the views of France; and his unfortunate dispute with Sweden was painful to him. He had, therefore, been careful to provide against every suspicion of self-interested motives, and he confined his explanations to the Emperor Alexander. The scene now again changed; & Napoleon, who had so long been the enemy of the king of Sweden, was suddenly transformed into his protector.
It is not superfluous to remark, that this invidious treaty of the French emperor, in order to satisfy the honorable interest which the court of St. Petersburg took in the maintenance of the rights of the king of Naples, he promised the latter an indemnification; engaging to prevail on the king of Spain to cede to him the Balearic Islands. He will act in the same manner with respect to the augmentation of territory he pretends to bestow on his allies.
These were all preludes to the steps he took against Prussia; we now approach the moment which determined his Majesty.
Prussia had hitherto derived nothing from her treaties with France but humiliation and loss; one single advantage remained. The fate of Hanover was in her power; and it must remain, unless the last pledge of the security of the North were annihilated. Napoleon had solemnly guaranteed this state of things, yet he negotiated with England on the basis of the restoration of the Electorate. The king is in possession of the proofs.
War was now, in fact, declared—declared by every measure taken by France. Every month produced a new notification of the return of his army; but, on one frivolous pretext or another, it was still continued in Germany; and for what purposes?—Gracious Heaven! to eradicate the last trace of sovereignty among the Germans—to treat kings as governors appointed by himself—to drag before military tribunals citizens only responsible to their own governments: to declare others outlaws who lived peaceably in foreign states, under foreign sovereigns, and even in the capital of a German Emperor, because they had published writings in which the French government or at least its despotism, was attacked; and this at the time when the same government daily permitted hired libellers to attack, under its protection the honour of all crowned heads, and the most sacred feelings of nations.
The French troops were in no manner diminished, but continually reinforced and augmented, and continually advanced nearer to the frontiers of Prussia or her allies, till they at length took a position which could only menace Prussia and were even assembled in force in Westphalia, which certainly was not the road to the mouths of the Catara.
It was no longer doubtful that Napoleon had determined to overwhelm Prussia with war, or to render her for ever incapable of war, since he was leading her from humiliation to humiliation, till she should be reduced to such a state of political degradation and feebleness, that, deprived of every defence, she could have no other will than that of her formidable neighbor.
The king delayed no longer. He assembled his army. General Knobelsdorff was sent to Paris with the final declaration of his majesty. Only one measure remained which could give security to the king, which was the return of the French troops over the Rhine. General Knobelsdorff had orders to insist on this demand; it was not the whole of the king's just demands, but it was necessary, that it should be the first, since it was the condition of his future existence. The acceptance or refusal must show the real sentiment of the French Emperor.
Unmeaning professions—sneaking, the real virtue of which were known by long experience—were the only answer the king received. Far from the French army being recalled, it was announced that it would be reinforced; but, with a haughtiness still more remarkable than this refusal, an offer was made, that the troops which had advanced into Westphalia should return home, if Prussia would desist from her preparations. This was not all; it was insolently noticed to the king's ministers, that the cities of Hamburg, Bremen, and Lubeck, would not be suffered to join the Northern Confederation, but
that France would take them under her protection; in the same manner as in the other confederations, she had given away cities, and promulgated laws, without permitting any other power to make the least pretension. The king was required to suffer a foreign interest to be introduced into the heart of his monarchy.
Another contract of conduct incensed the king to the utmost. He received from the emperor a letter full of those assurances of esteem, which certainly, when they do not accord with facts, ought to be considered as nothing, but which the dignity of sovereigns renders a duty to themselves, even when on the eve of war. Yet a few days afterwards, at a moment when the sword was not yet drawn—when the minister of the emperor endeavored to mislead those of the king, by assurances on assurances of the friendly intentions of France—the Publiciste of the 16th of September appeared, with a diatribe against the king and the Prussian state, in a style worthy of the most disgraceful periods of the revolution, insulting to the nation, and what, in other times than ours, would have been considered as amounting to a declaration of war.
The king can treat flanderers that are merely abusive, with contempt; but when these flanderers contribute to explain the real state of things, it would be unwise to treat them so.
The last doubt had now disappeared; troops marched from the interior of France towards the Rhine. The intent to attack Prussia was clear and certain. The king ordered a note to be transmitted by general Knobelsdorff, containing the conditions on which he was ready to come to an accommodation. These conditions were:
1. That the French troops should immediately evacuate Germany. 2. That France should oppose no obstacle to the formation of the Northern Confederacy; and that this confederacy might embrace all the larger and smaller states not included in the fundamental act of the confederation of the Rhine. 3. That a negotiation should immediately be commenced for the adjustment of all differences still in dispute; a preliminary article of which should be the restoration of the three Abbeys, and the separation of the town of Wesel from the French empire.
These conditions speak for themselves: they show how moderate the king, even at this moment, has been in his demands, and how much the maintenance of peace, if France withholds peace, depends upon France herself.
The term peremptorily fixed by the king for the decision of peace or war has elapsed. His majesty has not received the answer of the cabinet of St. Cloud; or rather, the preparations made around him daily, give that answer. The king can henceforth confide the safety and honor of his crown only to arms. He takes them up with pain, because the chief object of his wishes was not a glory purchased by the tears of his people, but by their tranquility; for his cause is just. Never has a sovereign made greater sacrifices to peace. He pushed his condescension to the last limit that honor would allow. Every thing which was directed against him personally he passed over in silence. The opinions of the ignorant, and the reflections of the slanderous, he despised, animated with the constant hope, that he would be able to conduct his people, without injury, to that period which must sooner or later arrive, when unjust greatness shall find its bounds; and ambition, which obstinately refused to acknowledge any limits, shall at length o'erleap itself.
The motives which induced his majesty to take up arms are not to satisfy his resentment, to increase his power, or to render a nation unequal which he shall always esteem, as long as it confines itself to its just and natural interests; but to avert from his kingdom the fate which was preparing for it; to preserve to the people of Frederick, their independence and their glory; to refuse unfortunate Germany from the yoke by which it is oppressed, and to bring about a safe and honorable peace; the day on which he shall effect this, will be the proudest of his life. The events of the war which is now beginning, are in the disposal of Supreme Wisdom. His majesty leaves it to others to indulge in premature exultations and gratuitous insult, as he has for a long time allowed them the miserable satisfaction arising from unjust invectives. He leads to an honourable combat an army worthy of its former glory. He reigns over a people of whom he may be proud; and while he is ready to shed his blood for them, he knows what he may expect from their energy and affection. Princes, the honor of the German name, who can confide in his gratitude and honor, and who, fighting by his side, are not dubious of victory, have joined their banners with his; and a sovereign who adorns with his virtues one of the first thrones in the world, is penetrated with the justice of his cause. Every where his arms are blessed by the voice of the people, and even where they are silent from fear, their impatience is the greater. With so many motives to be conscious of her strength, Prussia may well be permitted continually to confide in her high destiny.
Head-quarters, Erfurt, Oct. 2, 1806.
The Enquirer. RICHMOND, 18th DECEMBER.
Were the reader acquainted with the name of the author, who penned the following essay, it would command that attention, which is intrinsically due to the importance of its subject.
EDUCATION.
Montesquieu supposes virtue, wisdom and honor to be the principles, relatively, of democracy, aristocracy and monarchy. Admitting the correctness of founding governments upon metaphysical principles, he seems to have grossly mistaken them. Experience testifies, that the principles of these forms of government, are folly, knavery and force. That knavery and force are the genuine principles of aristocracy and monarchy, is always admitted by democracy; and that folly is the principle of democracy, is never denied by aristocracy and monarchy. Each sees distinctly the mote in the eye of another.
Democracy, however, thinks it less marvellous, that she should be accused of folly, than that aristocracy and monarchy should be acquitted of knavery and violence. Therefore, my good madam, the pre-eminence you yourself claim over your rivals (and it is considerable) arises from their being more knaves than fools and you more fool than knave. The evidence of your folly, is indeed, nearly as strong as that of their knavery.
In all ages, you have been cheated of your estate; and though of gigantic size, you have generally suffered yourself to be kicked and cuffed by mere dwarfs.
You are eternally seduced to trust your foes with your offices and your confidence. Sometimes you grin and caper like a bedlamite, when these foes part, frolic and flatter you. And at length you have arrived to the acme of stupidity, of knowing your ignorance; of knowing that it will destroy you; of knowing a remedy; and of failing to apply it.
Be not, I pray you, madam democracy, offended; it is affection which causes me to tell you a few plain truths.
You agree that your understanding is but shallow, and that this is the reason why you have been plundered, kicked, & shot out of society from time immemorial; but you will not resort to any mode of improving it. You are forever bawling, that knowledge is the food by which alone you can live; and yet, like the Englishman who starved himself with a fortune of half a million, you will not expend a penny to purchase sustenance.
The meridian of Virginia is so genial to your nature, as to have been called your "hot bed" in which you have been floundering for forty years, exclaiming "I am a fool, I am a fool, I want knowledge, I am perishing through ignorance" and nothing to save your life, with the power of doing every thing.
Instead of following, you imitate regularly the advice of your best counsellors, upon the altars of metaphysics, fun or pleasure, as I heard you the other day dispose of the contemporary recommendations of your own husband, and a favorite child. Enjoining, said you, "if my husband thought me a silly woman, he would not now and then pop into my family spruce and artful fellows, disposed to debauch me; especially as he knows, that whatever may be my talents, I am capable of being worked up into humours which expose me to frailty."
"Madam Democracy" whispered one of these debauchees to another "though much of a whore, is more of a miser. She will often buy sustenance for herself, but she will often submit to be pilfered by her servants for the sake of bribes out of her own money, for winking upon their practices against her own rights. As miserly or meretricious, she must perish or be seduced."
But I am of a different opinion. Your head, madam, is not like other heads. It is formed of a multitude of distinct sensoriums, collecting and conveying intelligence to distinct minds. It is impossible to inform equally this immense congeries of sensoriums and minds; but by informing and distributing a considerable number throughout the mass, they will enlighten the whole, as a number of suns enlighten a multitude of planets.
Being one of these sensoriums myself, and believing that the world called man, cannot be turned entirely into suns; and that some are better than a world all of moons; it is my duty and right to contribute to the general treasury, a project, for preventing the mischiefs to be apprehended, from the fortuitous movements of multitudinous of opaque bodies. All your sensoriums agree, that these are alarming and imminent.
The glebes are so ready and convenient a fund for erecting a college, in which the necessary luminaries for your zodiac may be created, as to resemble Mahomet's tree of paradise, out of the fruit of which, would burst, upon a touch, the thing you wanted; and your insuperable aversion to putting your hand in your pocket, demonstrates, that if you suffer this fund to slip through your fingers, your ignorance will increase as long as you live. For your comfort, however, it cannot be long. I could never conceive an objection to this application of the glebe money. If the legislature could apply it in one mode, they could in another. As dispensas for public services thought no longer necessary, glebes reverted to the sovereignty, and became subject to its disposition. In the early times of the colony of Virginia, these dispensas flowed from the sovereignty; glebes having been derived from royal grants, so long as vacant lands were to be had. In all such cases, a reversion to the sovereignty, and the unreasonable alienations of a parish claim, are unquestionable. When vacant lands failed, glebes were purchased by a parish tax, according to a law. Those who paid the tax have all died. Removals have even extinguished their blood in all or most parishes. No new comer in any instance paid more or less for land in any parish, according to the value of the glebe. Neither by inheritance (for he is not of the blood of the payer of the tax) nor by purchase (for he paid nothing for it) has any property in the glebe. But he has a claim founded in fiction. On democracy, thou art ever the victim of fiction!
If this fiction, as the guarantee of your ignorance, should produce a revolution, and a palace should be needed for a king; and if the pecuniary building, suspended and rendered useless by gibbers, should be proposed for the royal residence; would the appropriation be wrong, because the counties had unequally contributed for its erection; and ought the house to be sold, for the purpose of returning to each county its original contribution? Where is the difference between taxing for public services, by sections called counties, or by sections called parishes? Ah, madam democracy, you are as lavish to kings, as niggardly to yourself. You would, in parliamentary shape, without hesitation, apply this very glebe money to the erection of a palace for one of these blockheads, although you should deny it to a seminary, for breeding sound sensoriums for your own science.
If you will open a compting house, and stake your fate upon a ledger, for squaring balances between parishes, in dollars, dimes and cents; at least, my good dame, use plain arithmetic. It will enable you to understand the law, directing the overseers of the poor, to apply the glebe money "either to the poor of such parish" or as a majority of the freeholders and house-keepers therein shall direct" in your own way; by counting money items. If the law can be so construed, as to make glebe money directly or indirectly applicable to a county levy, and an application to county use being equivalent to an application to state use; the objection as to a violation of property is out of the question, as equally applying; and of course you ought to weigh the rival items in the scale of social value. They are these. Item—value of glebe money applied to county use—to many dollars, expended in one year without leaving a trace behind. Item—value of do. applied to a great seminary of learning—the same number of dollars invested in land or stock perpetually used and never wasted; and also parish, county and state liberty worth—tell me ye men of figures, how much?
If the overseers cannot directly or circuitously apply glebe money to county use, and may apply it to parish levies, the aristocracy of the parish, or the owners of most titheable slaves, will receive it. To add to the wealth of aristocracy or to the stock of your own understanding, would then be the rival items. If you determine the first to be most valuable, your exclamation, democracy, that you want learning, will never be thereafter denied.
If this money could, as the law pretends to intend, be applied to the use of the poor and not of the rich, by increasing for a short time the contribution of the rich to the poor, it would only aggravate their subsequent condition. The transitory benefit, would not be worth the regrets on its discontinuance. A grant this only just construction of the law, stands the value which both poor and rich will derive, from sprinkling society so thickly with
talents, that enough out of it may escape, and control that in. They are the representatives of a nation. Election, alone, makes a genuine representative; familiarity of interest ever does so. To compare these against a permanent benefit to the poor, truth reflects, so solid, that you may feel it, it the weak visual powers of which you perpetually complain, should be dazzled by its lustre. But the law, fairly construed, is incapable of execution by the overseers. "Poor" is a technical word; and "parish poor" a technical phrase. There are no parish poor. There can be no parish poor. The money is inapplicable to county poor or county use, directly or indirectly. It is probable that the people of no parish have hitherto directed its application. As they have not applied it, and as the overseers cannot, the legislature are invited by a palpable defect in the law, & by the public apathy as to the destination of the money, to revive the subject, & to provide for the exit of democracy, by applying the fund to the improvement of her understanding. Do you, democracy, distrust the strength of your popularity, even to make yourself more amiable?
The chimera of educating a whole nation has at length vanished. A moral world composed of a gala of moral fons, will forever remain a dream. If you are still dazzled by an illusion, instead of seeing a practicable object, like all your predecessors, you will exhibit an instance towards defining your principle. If knavery subsists by fostering seminaries of learning, will they not aid honesty? The supplies of monachists drawn from Oxford and Cambridge in England, disclose an infallible mode of procuring supplies of republicans. Farewell, you old ignoramus, as you frequently call yourself. Go to school, or some of your caustical sponsors will soon cheat you even of your name, which you are already almost afraid to own. May God have you in his holy keeping!
Read me: if popular government is worth half an hour.
VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE.
The House of Delegates have been engaged during the two last days upon two subjects of some importance. The one the Kentucky amendment to the federal constitution: The other a resolution, concerning the administration of the U. S.
On the first question the House of Delegates, have not yet come to any decision. The second question produced much discussion and some warmth. We shall at present submit no more than the general results before our readers; reserving a more expanded notice of this debate for a subsequent paper.
On Friday the 12th instant, W. Blake laid the following Resolution before the house: Resolved, that the General Assembly of Virginia have an entire confidence in no wife diminished, but increased, in the patriotism of the views and wisdom of the conduct of the President of the U. S.—and that the present administration merits and ought to receive the most cordial support of this assembly."
A motion being made and carried, the preceding resolution was referred to a select committee, consisting of Messrs. Baker, Brooke, Nelson, Prunty, Smyth (of Wythe) Sempie, C. B. Harrison, Miller (of Powhatan) Blake, Love, Robertson, B. Harrison, and McHenry (of Washington.)
On Thursday last, Mr. Baker chairman of the committee presented the following substitute to the original resolution.
Resolved, that the General Assembly have the highest confidence in the wisdom, firmness and patriotism of the President of the U. S."
A motion was made by Mr. Kinney to postpone this resolution to the 21st of March; which motion was supported by Messrs. Kinney, Archer, Mordaugh and Strother; and opposed by Messrs. Smith (of King & Queen) Baker, Poinsett (of Henrico) and Robertson. The question of postponement was lost, Ayes 25, Nays 181. When the question recurring upon the report of the committee it was carried, Ayes 128, Nays 19.
Yesterday Mr. Robertson offered the following resolution:
Resolved, that the Legislature of Virginia continue to view with the highest approbation, the firm, just and liberal policy, which characterises the conduct of the Government of the U. S. towards foreign nations."
A motion was made to postpone this resolution, till the 21st of March; which was supported by Messrs. Miller (Powhatan) and Kinney; and opposed by Messrs. Baker, Robertson, Singleton, Smith, (K. & Q.) and Poinsett (Henrico.) This motion being lost; Ayes 80, Nays 126, the question recurred upon the original resolution. Messrs. Nelson and Lindsay having delivered their respective sentiments, the question on was put and carried, Ayes 122, Nays 22.
On yesterday too, the Legislature proceeded by joint-ballot to the election of a Brigadier-General to supply the vacancy occasioned by the 12th brigade by the death of Gen. John Bowyer: the ballots were found to be:
For Andrew Moore, Esq. 124 Col. Breckenridge 52 Scattering 1
Of course Mr. Moore (at present in the Senate of the U. States from this state) was elected.
We have devoted the greater part of our paper to the Manifesto of the king of Prussia and the Declaration of the king of England, which are much too important to admit of any abridgment.
MARSHALLS SALES.
By virtue of a decree of the Court of the United States for the fifth circuit in the Virginia district, pronounced at the May term, 1806. John Somerville, Plf. against David Roff, Deft.
WILL be sold to the highest bidder, for ready money, so much of a TRACT of LAND, lying on James River, in the county of Chesterfield, and commonly called and known by the name of the Falls Plantation, as will raise the sum of seven hundred and twenty-five dollars and thirty-seven cents, and the costs. The sale will be had on the premises on the 20th day of January 1807.
JOSEPH SCOTT, M. V. D.
Dec. 18. CASH will be given for three or four NEGRO BOYS from 14 to 20 years of age.—Inquire of the printer. December 18. 6t.
WANTED a few Shares of the Virginia Bank.—Enquire of the Editor. December 18. 8t.
LOST or MISLAID, some time last week, by a Member of the Assembly three Bank Notes, amounting to Eighty Dollars; also, two Auditor's Warrants and a Ticket in the Richmond Academy Lottery. Whoever will deliver the above money, &c. to the Editor of this Paper, will be handsomely rewarded. December 18. 20p.

Congress.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, TUESDAY, Dec. 9.
Mr. Bidwell, from the committee appointed on that subject, reported a bill to receive and make permanent an act to prescribe the mode of taking evidence in cases of contested elections for members of the House of Representatives of the U. S. and to compel the attendance of witnesses, and in addition to the same, which was read twice, and referred to a Committee of the Whole House on Friday.
On motion of Mr. Lattimore, Resolved that so much of the memorial of the legislative council and house of representatives of the Mississippi territory [presented last session,] as relates to the establishment of an hospital in the town of Natchez, an increase of the salary of the judges, and an extension of the right of suffrage in the said territory, be referred to a select committee.
On motion of Mr. Clarke, Resolved that the committee on the public lands be directed to enquire whether any, and what alterations are necessary in the act for ascertaining and adjusting the titles and claims to land in the territory of Orleans, and the district of Louisiana, with leave to report thereon by bill or otherwise.
Mr. Lewis, from the committee on that subject, reported a bill authorizing the erection of a bridge across the river Potomac, within the district of Columbia, which was read twice and referred to a Committee of the whole on Thursday.
Mr. Tracey presented the petition of Philip Freeman, which was referred to the Committee of Claims.
On motion of Mr. Lattimore, the petitions of Edwin Lewis, Young Gaines, William Coleman, John Baker, and James Collier were referred to the committee on the public lands.
Mr. J. Clay remarked that under an existing rule of the House, the member first named on committees was the Chairman, unless another member was chosen by the committee; and that he was instructed to state that, in virtue of the last provision, the Committee of Ways and Means had appointed Mr. J. Randolph Chairman.
On motion of Mr. Jer. Morrow, resolved that the committee on public lands be instructed to enquire into the expediency of offering for sale the public lands situated between the U. S. military tract and the Connecticut reserve, and that they report by bill or otherwise.
On motion of Mr. Clopton the petition of Joseph Jackson and Charles Spencer, executors of Wm. Carter, was referred to the Committee on public lands.
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 10. Mr. Eppes presented the petition of Peter Dupuy, which was referred to the Committee of Claims.
Mr. R. Nelson presented a petition from sundry inhabitants of Frederick county in Maryland, and Adams county in Pennsylvania, praying for a mail from Frederick Town to Gettysburg, which was referred to the Post office committee.
Mr. R. Nelson also presented a petition from John Hargriffin, which was referred to the Committee of Claims.
On motion, A committee of enrolment was appointed, composed of Messrs. T. M. Randolph and Porter.
On motion of Mr. Wilson, the petition of sundry inhabitants of Kenhaway county, Virginia, presented last session, praying for a new post road, was referred to the Post office committee.
On motion of Mr. Thomas, the bill passed by the House at their last session, for the relief of certain British refugees from the provinces of Canada and Nova Scotia, was referred to a select committee composed of Messrs. Thomas, Wilson and Green.
On motion of Mr. Magruder, the petition of William Brawner, heretofore presented, was referred to the Committee of Claims.
THURSDAY, Dec. 11. Mr. Holmes, from the Committee of Claims, made a report adverse to the petition of Joseph M'Cracken, which the House considered; whereupon-
Resolved, That the prayer of the said petition ought not to be granted.
Mr. Clopton rose, and addressed the Speaker in a speech of considerable length, which he concluded with the proposition of the following amendment to the constitution of the United States.
Resolved by the Senate & House of Representatives of the U. S. of America, in Congress assembled, that the following article be submitted to the legislatures of the several states, which when ratified and confirmed by the legislatures of three fourths of the said states, shall be valid and binding as a part of the constitution of the U. S.
The last clause of the 4th section of the 1st article of the constitution which contains the following words: "to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this constitution in the government of the U. S. or in any department or officer thereof," shall be construed so as to comprehend only such laws as shall have a natural connection with and immediate relation to the powers enumerated in the said section, or to such other powers as are expressly vested by this constitution in the government of the United States or in any department or officer thereof.
The House immediately considered the said amendment, and referred it to a Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union.
Mr. Holmes, from the Committee of Claims, made a report adverse to the petition of Martha Strong, in which the House concurred.
On motion of Mr. D. Williams resolved that the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures be instructed to enquire into the expediency of rebuilding the Light House on North Island, and being buoyed in Winway Bay, and that they have leave to report by bill or otherwise.
On motion of Mr. Mac Creery sundry petitions, presented the last session relative to new arrangements respecting the port of Narjemoy, were referred to the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures.
On motion of Mr. Mac Creery, the petition of sundry sugar refiners of Baltimore, heretofore presented, was referred to the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures.
Mr. J. Clay presented a petition from sundry patentees, praying for an extension of the periods for which they have patent rights, which was referred to Messrs. J. Clay, Jones, Livingston, Alexander, and Elmer.
On motion of Mr. Stanton the petition of Edmund Briggs was referred to the Committee of Claims.
On motion of Mr. Stanton, resolved that a committee be appointed to enquire whether any, and if any, what description of claims against the U. S. are barred by the statute of limitations, which in reason and justice ought to be provided for by law, and that said committee have leave to report by bill or otherwise.
Referred to a committee of seventeen members.
On motion of Mr. Dana the memorials of Moses Tryan and Richard Law, jun. were referred to the Committee of Claims.
COMMITTEE APPOINTED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Committee on the Mississippi Territory memorial—Messrs. T. M. Randolph, Lattimore, Taggart, Wickes and Hamilton.
SENATE UNITED STATES, Dec. 9. The bill from the House of Representatives for suspending the operation of the non-importation law was referred to a select committee consisting of Messrs. Giles, Mitchell and Baldwin.
DECEMBER 10. The bill which had yesterday been reported without amendment by the select committee, was considered as in committee of the whole House, when Mr. Mitchell proposed a new section to the bill, empowering the President to give a further suspension to the law beyond the 30th June, 1807, until the 31st of December, if in his opinion the public interest should require it. On this the bill with the amendment was recommitted.
DEC. 11. Mr. Giles reported the bill with the new section, and another amendment; and Mr. Mitchell's proposition being thus incorporated into the bill, the whole was ordered to be printed.
In the proceedings of the Senate, given in our last, the reference of the bill prohibiting the importation of slaves, was erroneously stated. It was referred to Messrs. Bradley, Stone, Baldwin, Gaillard and Giles.
JOHNSON & REAT, JEWELLERS & SILVER-SMITHS, Have for sale at their store three doors below Messrs. Taylor and Brown's Vendue Office, and a few doors above the Bell Tavern, the following articles, viz: PLATED Tea Pots, Sugar Dishes, and Milk Pots, Tea Urns, Caster Stands, Candle Sticks, Desert Dishes, Salt Stands, Table Spoons, Sugar Tongs, Goblets, Bread Baskets, Desert Stands, and plated handled Knives and Forks.
Silver, Table, Desert, Tea, Soup, Toddly, Sauce, Mustard, and Salt Spoons; Silver Milk Pots, Tumblers, Sugar Tongs, Salt Shovels, Pinchusion Rims and Chains, Scissor Chains, Cloak Clasps, Hooks and Eyes, Netting Needles, Tooth and Ear Picks, Bodkins, Pencil Cases, Thimbles, Shell Snuff Boxes silver mounted; Fruit and Penknives. Tortoiseshell Combs ornamented with gold of every size and description from 15 dols. to 50 cents, Gold Watch Chains, Seals and Keys of various patterns, elegant Pebble Seals, Paste and Gold Earhoops of different sizes and patterns, Miniature Settings of various sizes, Mourning and Fancy Lockets, Jet and Coral coloured gold mounted Necklaces, Jet and Garnet Necklaces plain and neat, Gold Neck Clasps, Enamelled Fancy and Mourning Bracelets; Gold, Cohoon, and Silver Sleeve Buttons; Gold Studs for the sleeve and Collar; Plain, Stone, Heart, Dog Collar, Topaz, Pearl, Cornelian and Mourning Rings, and Break Pins of almost every description, all of which with an additional supply that they expect very soon, they offer upon the most moderate terms. They will also furnish any article in the plate line upon the shortest notice.
N. B. The highest price given for old gold and silver. December 2. eptf.
JOHN SOUTHGATE, AT the house lately occupied by Messrs. Thomas and Amos Ladd, and directly opposite the Union Tavern, offers for sale, a pretty general assortment of FALL GOODS, Well worth the attention of country dealers.—Cash, country produce, or approved paper will be received in payment.
ALSO FOR SALE, AS ABOVE, London Particular, Madeira Wine in pipes; and a few boxes Martinique Cordials. October 23. (tf)
PICKLING VINEGAR. Of superior quality, made from two years old cider—For sale by WILLIAM HART, Opposite the State House. ALSO—
SALT, loose and in sacks, 50 Barrels old HERRINGS, Brown SUGAR in barrels and by retail, COFFEE, TEA and other Groceries, Philadelphia bottled PORTER, Do. Draft BEER. September 19. eptf.
ENOCH SULLIVAN, OFFERS FOR SALE, At his Jewellery Store, nearly opposite the Eagle, a COMPLETE assortment of Gold, Gilt, Silver, Plated, Japan'd & Cutlery Ware, Urns, Tea-Pots, Sugar Dishes, Milk Pots and Spoons, Rims and Casters and bottle Siders.
Silver Watches, Seals, Keys and Chains, and Watch Materials, Sand Crucibles, Ladies and Gentlemen's Morocco Pocket Books, and Purse, Glove Ties, eel-skin Garters, silk Purse, &c. Ivory and bone chessmen and boards, Backgammon Tables, Battle Doors and Shuttle Coeks, fati wood Tea Caddies, Ladies & Gentlemen's dressing Cases, patent Suspender, hat Covers, &c. Guns, horsemen's and pocket Pistols, Swords and Dirks, sword Knots, Belts, Sashes, Epaulettes, military Feathers, &c. Flutes, Fifer, Drums, Violin Strings, &c. Powder Flasks, Shot Belts, bird Nets, gun Hammers and Flints, Whips, Canes with and without Swords, boot Jacks and Hooks, Spur Horse Phlemes, &c. Razors and razor Strops, shaving Boxes and Brushes, Violet and Windsor hair Soap, Powder, Bags, Puffs & Pomatum, tooth Powder, Etchees, Reavey's Colors, tambore Needle Cases, Pins and Needles, Scissors and Thimbles, hair Lead and Slate Pencils, Ivory Paper Folders, letter Racks, &c. Ivory, Tortoiseshell and Horn Combs, goggles, Spectacles and Cases, key and curtain Rings, Inkstands, Tobacco and Snuff Boxes, Candlesticks and Snuffers, bread Baskets, Waters, Tea Trays, Knives and Forks, Britannia Metal Mugs, Tea Pots, tea and table Spoons, glass globe Lamps for Hall, tooth comb, Cloth, hearth, Floor, scrubbing & shoe Brushes. With a variety of other articles connected with the above enumerated. Articles of Jewellery or Silver Ware, will be executed to patterns or description, with dispatch. Highest price will be given for old gold or silver. E. SULLIVAN. Nov. 7. tf.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD, For apprehending a negro man named WILL STUART or STUART. He left my house three week ago, is 6 feet three inches high, long meagre face, red eyes, speaks rapidly and with great confidence, aged about 30 years. He may attempt to pass for a free man as formerly. The above reward will be paid on delivering him here—or ten dollars for securing him in a country goal. Nov. 14. WM. LONG. tf.
FOR SALE, TWO likely young MALE SERVANTS, well acquainted with house business.—For terms, see enquire of the Printer. Sept. 12. (tf.)
REMOVAL. THE Subscribers have removed their COMPTING HOUSE, from the Main-Street to one of David Bullock's Brick Buildings, at the lower end of the Basin, between the Tenements occupied by C. and T. Saunders, and Norvell, Watt and Bullock—where they continue their purchases of wheat as usual. They also keep for sale a regular supply of Flour, Corn Meal, Hominy and Bran. THOMAS & AMOS LADD. 10 Mo. 3d. 1806. eptf.
ANDREW JAMIESON'S ALEXANDRIA CRACKERS, Now Landing, A CONSIGNMENT by Mr. Jamieson, direct from the Bakery, of his far-fam'd excellent Crackers, in barrels, half bbls. and kegs. Also superior Pilot-Bread, in bbls. and for sale, (at the Bakery price in Alexandria, and charges,) at the store lately occupied by Messrs. Gruberry and Hancock, by JAMES SMITH. Who has in store, low-priced blue back lift Cloth, and assorted Flannels, which he will sell a bargain. Also—India Piece Goods—cheap. Dec. 2. tf.
FOR SALE, Muscovado Sugar in bbls. do. of first quality, in bbls. Holland Gin and empty Gin Casks, L. P. Teneriffe Wine, Cognac Brandy, Molasses in bbls. and tierces, Coffee and German Steel. SAMUEL MYERS. Nov. 25. Tgw.
THE Subscriber thinks proper to give notice, he has resumed the practice of the law, and purpose to attend the Court of Appeals, the Federal Court, and the High Court of Chancery, held in the city of Richmond, (to which place he is now preparing to remove his residence.) Due attention will be paid to such business as may be committed to his care. Luenburg, Nov. 14. WILLIAM COWAN. eptf.
S. JACOBS Has just received his supply of FALL AND FANCY GOODS:—CONSISTING OF— SUPERFINE and common Cloths, Coatings and Kerseymeres, Lyon Skins and frizes, Keldal Cottons, Plains and half thick, Rose, striped and point Blankets, Manchester and Bennet's Cord, Fancy Velveteen, Silk, Cotton, Worsted and plain Hosiery, Gloves, Durants, Wilton, Bombazine and Bombazine, Irish Linens and Ozanburgs, India Cottons, Cambricks and Fancy Muslins, Silk, Camal Hair and Cotton Shawls, Calicoes, Cotton and Silk Chambrays and Italian Sarcenets, Veils, &c. &c. A few Ladies elegant Circassian Robes unusually low. The whole of which will be sold on terms the most reasonable that found goods can be afforded for. Gun Powder single and double F. superior quality by the Keg. Nov. 18. tf.
JOHN TOMPKINS, HAS received an assortment of GOODS Consisting of FLANNELS, Coatings, Blankets, Rose and Duffel Drabs, Frize, Kerseys, Feanough, Cloths, Carpets and Carpeting, Bombazines, Swansdown, Patent Cord, Powder and Shot, Dowlas, Sheetings, Kerseymeres, Calicoes and Muslins, &c. &c. which he will dispose of on very liberal terms, by the piece or package. Nov. 14. tf.
ROBERT JOHNSTON, BEGS leave to inform his friends and the public, that he has removed his Store from the house he lately occupied opposite the Eagle Tavern, to one of Mr. Thomas Mitchell's new houses nearly opposite to Messrs. Taylor and Brown's Vendue Office, where he is now opening a general assortment of DRY GOODS & IRONMONGERY, which he will dispose of at a moderate profit. N. B. He will Rent or Sell his Brick Tenement on Shockoe-Hill, adjoining to Mr. Robert Gordon's. October 7. tf.
NOTICE. THE Annual Meeting of the Stockholders, in the BANK of Virginia, for the purpose of appointing Directors of the Bank, and the several offices of Discount and Deposit, will be held in the City of Richmond, on Monday the fifth of January next. JOHN BROCKENBROUGH. Dec. 5. eptf.
JOHN ALCOCK, INFORMS the Citizens of Richmond, and the public in general, that he has moved to the City of Richmond, where he has opened a complete assortment of Merchandise, next door to Messrs. Prather and Manance's Vendue Store, and opposite the Eagle; consisting partly of the following articles:—
LONDON Spring, Pannel and hand-Saws, Cast-steel and German do. Cast-steel Files of every description, Till Locks, bras and iron, Wood Screws of every size, 3d. 4d. & 6d. wrought Springs, 10d. & 20d. wrought Nails, 2d. & 3d. fine drawn Clouts, Saddler's Tacks of every size, Brass Nails, Straining & Girt Webb, Plated Biddle Bits assorted, Do. Airpump Irons do. Brass mounted Steel blade Squares, Bras and Iron chamber door Locks of every size, Stock Locks of all sizes, Looking and Ladies dressing Glasses, Plated Mouldings, Silver mounted Whips of every size, Carpenters & Joiners Tools of every description. Also, an assortment of DRY GOODS. Superfine Cloths and Cashmeres, Bennet's Velvet and Patent Cord, Manchester Stuff, Fashionable Silk Hose, Rose and Duffel Blankets, Coarse Linens and a number of other articles too tedious to insert; all of which will be sold low. December 12. tf.
JOHN ALCOCK, INFORMS his friends and the public, that he will carry on his CABINET MANUFACTORY in all its branches. He has removed his Ware-Room in the front house of William Alt's, Esq. and adjoining the Fire Insurance Office, where he has a large quantity of ready made work on hand, which he will sell low. He flatters himself that if any persons are in want of anything in the Cabinet line, they may be supplied. I am determined to have good warranted work done on the lowest terms. Any orders left at my Ware-Room with Mr. John Gray, my foreman, or at my store, will be punctually attended to, and great care taken in delivering the furniture. December 12. tf.
MCCAY & COWAN, HAVE received by the late arrivals from London, a large and fashionable assortment of Gold and Silver WATCHES, with a variety of articles of Jewellery and Silver Work. Also, an assortment of Watch Makers TOOLS and materials; which, with their former stock, renders their assortment very general. All of which they offer at the most reduced prices for cash. November 12. tf.
A BARGAIN MAY be had in a Chaise, Harness, and pair of excellent horses—Enquire of the Editor. August 8. tf.
VALUABLE PROPERTY FOR SALE. The Subscriber being desirous to remove, offers for sale the following Property, in the Town of Tappahannock: THE HOUSES & LOTS, lately occupied by Archibald M'Call, Esq. The improvement are, a two story Dwelling House, a Kitchen, Dairy, Smokehouse and Stable; the dwelling house is situated on the River bank, commanding an extensive view for many miles up and down the Rappahannock, and is by far the most convenient and pleasant house in the place; there are three good rooms and a passage on each floor, and good cellars divided in three apartments, with fire places in each. The Store-house and Lot, which is at present occupied, is also for sale. The Store is well fitted up, in good repair, and is an excellent stand for the retail business. There is a good Granary and Stable on the Lot.—To any person wishing to engage in the Mercantile line, this property will be an object, it being in the neighbourhood of wealthy and respectable Farmers. I am also disposed to sell the flock of Goods, that I have on hand, consisting of a good selection of Dry Goods and Groceries.—Terms will be made known on application to THOMAS BROCKENBROUGH. Tappahannock, Dec. 13. Gt.
SALE OF SHARES IN THE RICHMOND TURNPIKE COMPANY. In pursuance of a Resolution of the President and Directors of the Richmond Turnpike Company, passed at their meeting held at Edward Holland's Tavern, in the City of Richmond, on the 10th day of this month: WILL be sold at Auction, at the Eagle-Tavern, in the said City, on the 4th day of next month, all SHARES belonging to delinquent Stockholders in the said Company. December 13. N. SHEPPARD, Treasurer. tdf.
STEPHEN BARANZINO, HAS just received a fresh assortment of Looking-Glasses, and Prints, among which is the Battle of Trafalgar. Pictures framed and glazed. Mouldings of all sizes and patterns. S. B. lives at Mr. James Goodwin's, near the Baptist Meeting-House. Dec. 13. 4tf.
A VALUABLE FARM—FOR SALE. I AM disposed to sell that valuable tract of LAND whereon I at present reside, situated in the County of Amelia, on Smacks Creek, containing by estimation about 600 acres: on this tract is about 150 acres of high wood Land, well timbered, and of good quality; also about 50 acres of low ground heavily timbered, and of prime quality, for Tobacco or Grass. The improvements consist of a neat & well finished Dwelling-House with two rooms and a passage both below and above stairs, Kitchen, Dairy, Smoke-House, Barns, &c. It is deemed unnecessary to give a minute detail of all the advantages of this Land, it being presumed & requested, that those disposed to purchase will first view the premises. TERMS.—One third cash and the balance in 2 equal annual instalments. Possession will be given in time to sow a crop of wheat in the ensuing fall. Application to be made to the subscriber on the premises, by letter or otherwise. JAMES T. ROYALL. Amelia, Dec. 18. tf.
TO satisfy a decree of the Federal District Court, Hodgson & Tate, vs. the estate of Edward Carter, dec'd; also a judgment of Backhouse, vs. the same, and two decrees of the court of Chancery, Francis Brooke, and Polly his wife, and Ann Williams Carter, vs. the same; I shall offer for sale, at Milton, in Albemarle, on the first day of January, 1807; one hundred and fifty negroes. Among those negroes, there are ten Carpenters, and a Blacksmith: the residue consists of likely Fellows with their families. A certain proportion of these negroes, will be offered for cash, & a part of them on a reasonable credit. Those negroes will be sold, subject to the life estate of Mrs. Sally Carter. CHARLES CARTER, Executor. December 2. tf.
NOTICE. ALL persons having claims against the estate of John Pendleton, esq. late of the City of Richmond, dec'd. are requested to exhibit them to either of the subscribers as speedily as possible. GEO. PICKETT, ROBERT POLLARD, CLAS. JOHNSTON, N. SHEPPARD. Administrators. November 18. tf.
ADVERTISEMENT. THE subscriber is very desirous of taking in WRITING of any kind during the winter evenings. JOSEPH JACKSON. N. B. A few very handsome LOMBARDY POPLAR TREES for sale, at his place of residence, on Shockoe Hill. December 13. J. J.
JACOB JOHNSON, WHOLESALER and retail Book-Seller and Stationer. HAS CONSTANTLY FOR SALE, AT HIS STORE, A FEW DOORS BELOW THE MARKET, RICHMOND: A VARIETY of the most useful works in the different departments of literature, the best variety of Juvenile Publications ever offered for the improvement of the American youth, and all the common and necessary articles of Stationery. John Johnson having an extensive book establishment in Philadelphia, is enabled to sell on as low terms as any other house in the United States. He therefore very respectfully solicits the orders of country merchants, &c. &c. Cash given for all kinds of clean linen and cotton rags. Nov. 28. 2aw 4w.
FOR SALE, MILITARY CERTIFICATES: BEARING 6 per cent interest, receivable at the Treasury in discharge of taxes, due previous to the year 1798. Apply to THOMAS WILSON. Dec. 9. tf.
FOR SALE, CLOVER-FARM, whereon I now live, laying in Louisa county, on the South Anna River, adjoining the Land of Capt. James Wilson and Mr. Edward Garland, containing 509 1-2 acres; the plantation in good repair. On this Land are valuable meadows well set with timber and hard grass, and a great deal more ready prepared for sowing. There is a good Apple Orchard, with a variety of other fruit trees; there is a number of highly manured Lots with a very highly manured garden. Its situation is a very handsome & pleasant one; the improvements are very convenient and comfortable and are insured. A great bargain may be had in this valuable property, the present crop of Tobacco will show the fertility of the soil. If it is not sold privately before Louisa January court, it will then be sold at public sale. A small part of the purchase money will be required in hand, the balance to be paid in equal annual instalments. F. L. CAMPBELL. Louisa, Dec. 16. 2aw 2w.
TO THE PUBLIC. THE Subscriber residing in the City of Williamsburg, is desirous of taking a few young Ladies and Gentlemen as boarders—Her house is situated on the Lot adjoining Mr. Anderson's Receiving School, and has every convenient room. She therefore, flatters herself that she can accommodate them to their satisfaction with lodging as well as entertainment. She proposes to keep separate tables for the Gentlemen and Ladies, and her terms will be as moderate as any in town. ANNA EYD. Williamsburg, Nov. 21. ew 4w.
BURR MILL STONES, of all sizes; and a PLAISTER of PARIS, of an excellent quality, FOR SALE, AS USUAL, BY WILLIAM DAVIDSON, near the Market. Dec. 4. [eptf.]
TO THE PUBLIC. THE Subscriber has removed to an house near the upper end of the town, on the street leading from the Capitol Square. He continues to practice LAW in all the Superior Courts held in the City of Richmond, and also, in the District Court of Brunswick. His clients may rely on his utmost ability and attention to the business entrusted to his care. WILLIAM MUNFORD. November 28. oaw 4w.
JAMES WORRAL, HAS lately received a general and carefully assorted stock of Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Patent Medicines, &c. &c. which he offers for sale, at the first corner floor, above the Eagle Tavern, lately occupied by Messrs. Pickett, Pollard and Johnson. His articles have been selected of the first quality, and will be put up with the greatest care and exactness, on the lowest possible terms. The whole of his compound medicines, have been made by himself, with the most scrupulous attention, to the directions of the different Pharmacopoeias. Physicians favouring him with their prescriptions, and country Merchants with their orders, may depend on their being executed punctually and with dispatch. N. B. He has lately received from Dr. Solomon's agent, at New-York, a fresh supply of those invaluable medicines, the Balm of Gilead and Anti Impetigines. November 28. oawtf.
WILLIAM MCCABE, WATCH MAKER, HAS taken part of the Store, occupied by Messrs. Johnson & Reat, a few doors above the Bell Tavern, and opposite Col. Mayo's new building; where all commands in his line, will be punctually attended to. November 28. oaw 3t.
FOR RENT, And Possession given the 25th of December next, a THREE STORY HOUSE, with a Garden, Smoke House, &c. on the Basin, near the Coal-Spring, containing four rooms & a passage on each floor. This tenement will be let very low. For terms apply to Mr. Thomas Underwood, jr. who is authorized to let the same. Nov. 21. colf.
TEN Dollars, independent of legal charges, will be given for apprehending BOB alias BOB HICKMAN, a dark mulatto man about 25 years old. He was hired to Harry Hill, Esq. at the Coal Pitts, from whence he eloped. I believe that he was raised in King William county, where I understand he is now lurking; after leaving the Coal Pitts he was some time about Mause's wharfe, where he was once or twice taken, but escaped his capture. The above reward will be paid to any person who will deliver him to me in the city of Richmond. DANIEL WILSON. oawtf.
THE SUBSCRIBERS, HAVE taken the new Brick TENEMENT fronting the cross street leading from Col. Mayo's Bridge, and opposite Messrs. John and Robert Gamble's where they offer for sale under the firm of ISAAC WINSTON, & Co.
THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES: Old Madeira Wine, Do. Sherry do. Do. Cognac Brandy, Do. Antigua Rum, Do. Holland Gin, Hibbert's Brown Stout, Do. Porter, Claret of superior quality, Best Spanish Segars, Do. Spanish Segars, Do. Sugar, Do. Gunpowder, Imperial, Young Hyson, Superior quality, Souchong, Best Green Coffee, First quality Chocolate, Do. do. Brown Sugar, 2d do. do. Molasses, Salt in sacks, 2c, Patent Shot, English F. F. Gunpowder, Brown Soap, Mould Candles, Northern Candles, Ground Ginger, Black Pepper, Allspice, Salt Peas, Alum, Brimstone, Copprass, Glue of superior quality, Fig Blue, Starch, Bengal Indigo, London Mufard, Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. do. Do. half gl. (tf.)
WILL BE SOLD, To the highest bidder, for ready money, on the premises, on Monday the 20th day of Decr. her next, by virtue of a Decree of Trust executed by Matthew Brown of Albemarle County, to John Nicholas and John Kelly, to secure the payment of a sum of money due to John M. Sheppard of Henrico County, as expressed in the said Trust, with legal interest and charges attending the said sale. A PART of the TRACT of LAND, lying in the North Garden, whereon the said Brown now lives. The sale will take place between the hours of twelve and three o'clock, P. M. JOHN NICHOLAS, JOHN KELLY, Charlesville, Nov. 18. mtf.
CASH will be given for 50 to 100,000 Oak BARREL STAVES & HEADING, by SAMUEL MYERS. WHO OFFERS FOR SALE, A well finished Philadelphia made CHARIOT, with Plated Harness, which, being second hand, will be sold very cheap. December 16. 12w 4t.