The enquirer (Richmond, Va.), 1809-06-02 00:00:00

The Enquirer.
VOL. 6.]
RICHMOND, FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1809.
[No. 7.
PUBLISHED BY THOMAS RITCHIE, OPPOSITE THE GLOBE TAVERN, AT FIVE DOLLARS PER ANNUM, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE.
A REWARD of twenty dollars will be given for the delivery, to us, of a TRUNK , which was put in charge of a negro waterman, on the 11th ult. to be carried to Milton. It was a hair trunk of about 7 or 8 feet cubic contents, labelled on a card on the top T. I. No. 28, and contained principally writing paper of various qualities, but also some other articles of stationary, a pocket telescope with a brass case, a Dynamometer in steel and brass, or instrument for measuring the exertions of draught animals, a collection of vocabularies of the Indian languages, & some other articles not particularly noted in the memorandum taken.
CIBSON & JEFFERSON. May 30.
NEW ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BELL-TAVERN.
THE exclusive management and superintendence of this House, has devolved upon the Subscriber, who, with Dr. Wm. Howmes & Wilson Allen, are alone interested in it. No pains or expense has been spared to render this establishment one among the first upon the continent—and nothing, on the part of the subscriber, shall be wanting to support its reputation and deserve public patronage. There are 40 rooms in and attached to the tavern. The largest and most commodious Stable in the City, and every convenience necessary to render the House a good one. It has lately undergone considerable change, and thorough repair. The Subscriber has laid in an assortment of the best Liquors, and hopes, from his experience, to merit and meet with public support.
RICHARD C. WORTHAM. May 12.
LANDS FOR SALE.—The Subscriber being advanced in years and infirm, which prevents him from attending to the disposal of them on the different spots, offers the following Tracts to the inhabitants of Richmond and its vicinity. He will simply observe, that it will be seen by the dates of the surveys, that they are not common speculation Lands: They cost him a large sum, but will be sold, without reserve, either by private sale, or exchange for property in this neighborhood, if any offers are made; else at public auction, on the first Thursday in Oct. next, if it happens to be the race week, else on the Thursday of said week and month, on a credit of 6 and 12 months.
The subscriber is thus early in publishing his intention, because he wishes to offer an opportunity to those who might become inclined to purchase, either in person, or on their friends and acquaintances visiting the neighboring Springs and counties, to get some knowledge of the situation and value of the same, by which alone, they may be enabled to judge whether or not great bargains may be expected from the purchase of them.
4535 Acres, (more or less by 200 acres) in the county of Greenbrier, on Meadow river, facing the mouth of such, and joining the lands & low grounds of Samuel McClung. William McClung, Samuel Price, and Wm. Renix, on the great road to Kentucky.
1350 acres, in Botetourt county, on Barber's creek, on the main road (made lately) from the Sweet Spring to Pincastle, distant 9 miles from the Spring, and 15 from Pincastle.
1000 acres in aforesaid county, and joining the foregoing tract, and the plantation of Thomas Price, on said creek and road to Pincastle: there is a bold sulphur spring on this tract.
550 acres in said county, joining the plantation of Robert Price, and extending a small distance over the Blue Ridge in Bedford county.
230 acres in said county of Botetourt, on Loney's mill creek.
1280 acres, formerly in the county of Montgomery, but is (I am informed) by a late division, in Kanawha, on Point creek.
780 acres on Perry river and Walker's creek, in the Chesapeake Forest, (in last mentioned county) including the Iron pond and Iron banks.
530 acres in said county, on No-Business Creek, a branch of New river.
2000 acres on the forks of Salt river, state of Kentucky, being part of a tract of 6000 acres, on which General Mathew Walton formerly resided.
150 acres in Kanawha county, part of a tract of 1500 acres, on which Col. Wm. Glendinen resided, and which is a part of a large military survey made by George Mase and others, on the Ohio and Kanawha Rivers.
234 acres north-west of the Ohio, in what is called the Illinois Grant, bearing the No. 248, (a military right).
1080 acres on Deer creek, Green river, state of Kentucky, bearing No. 617, surveyed in 1735, for Major George Lewis, being in part for his own military services.
2000 acres on said Deer creek, bearing No. 129, surveyed in 1785 for Gustavus B. Wallace, being originally gen. Mercer's and his own military rights. This tract joins the preceding. The two last mentioned tracts, besides being valuable farming Lands, are supposed to contain Salt Springs, lying in the neighborhood of a large Salt lick, and exhibiting every indication of being impregnated with it.
TEN DOLLARS REWARD.—Ranaway. A Negro Woman named JENNY, aged about twenty years, of middle size, stout and well set, very full face, her complexion tolerably dark, and has a very good countenance—she went off on the 1st of May, and had on a Calico gown with a running vicar flower—she was well known in and about Richmond, was formerly the property of Mr. Thomas H. Prosser, near the Brook, and lived for some time with Mr. Fasbender, watch-maker, in this place. Whoever will bring her to the subscriber, shall receive the above Reward.
M. MARKS. P. S. His place of residence may be known by applying to Mr. J. Lyon, Merchant, a few doors above the Market Bridge. M. M. May 30.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.—Ranaway from the subscriber two NEGROES, to wit Burrell Gates and Lony; Burrell Gates is about thirty years of age, five feet, eight inches high, rather slender-made, well proportioned except he has a very large foot, he was purchased of Mr. Wilkinson (Chesterfield,) & has a wife at Mr. John Spear's in the same county; Lony was purchased of Mr. Richard E. Armstrong, Hanover County, he is about 16 years of age, has a film over one of his eyes, this fellow I suppose is lurking about this City. The above reward will be paid for delivering them to Mr. Chas. H. Saunders, Richmond, and ten dollars for either of them, or secured in any Gaol in this Commonwealth so that I get them again. JACOB PACKLER. May 26.
HATS, SHOES, PORTER, &c. D. J. BURN, offers for sale, at the same house in which is kept the Penitentiary Store, second door above the Eagle Tavern,
A COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF HATS. Including Gentlemen's black, drab and patent Silk BEAVERS, CASTORS, RORUMS, &c. Chip and Leghorn Hats, Mens' and Boys' Wool do. Servants' Glazed Leather do. Hatters' Trimmings and Materials.
SHOES. Ladies' Morocco and Kid Slips and Ties, Gentlemen's superfine press Shoes and Pumps. Constantly on hand a large stock of bottled Porter, Ale and Cider, Philadelphia Beer, &c. &c. April 18.
FOR SALE, a Lady's elegant RIDING HORSE.—For particulars enquire at this Office. May 30.
FOR RENT, the TENEMENT now in the occupancy of Col. Monroe. Possession may be had on the 12th day of June. Apply to GEO. GREENHOW. May 26.
A. C. DE LAVIGNE. Having heard of the envious expressions uttered by certain common barbers, miserable chin scrapers, & frizzly quacks, tending to depreciate that superiority which genius is entitled to, and talents will invariably command, here by puts them and their vulgar arts at defiance; & according to hold parley with such sneaking umps, proposes to any gentleman to defend and maintain at his shop, the Head-Quarters of fashion, between the Bell-Tavern & the Market-bridge, against all persons whomsoever, his title to supremacy in curly, wiggery & razor, to the amount of 100 dollars & upwards! As hostile as he is to that low style of puffery adopted by a certain adventurer, 'yclep'd Huggins, LAVIGNE cannot avoid declaring in the face of the world that his education has been scientific—that after having finished his studies at Paris, he took the tour of the universe—having had the rare fortune of regulating the heads of Catherine II. and the Grand Turk; the King of Persia and the Emperor of China; the Mamalukes of Egypt and the Dey of Algiers, together with all the ladies of their respective courts. He has visited Cape of Good Hope, India, Java, Madagascar, Tartary, and Ka-nacka, whence he reached the United States by the way of Cape Horn. In England he had previously tarried, where he delivered Lectures on Heads, in great style, and received much applause. He has at last settled down at Richmond, determined to devote the remainder of his days to the high profession to which his destiny has called him; inviting all the literati, the lovers of the arts and sciences, to visit him at his Laboratory of Beauty, where he has separate rooms for accommodating ladies and gentlemen, who desire to adorn their heads with hair-nation. May 26.
THE SUBSCRIBERS, TAKE LEAVE TO INFORM THEIR FRIENDS AND THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL, THAT THE EAGLE-TAVERN, IN the City of Richmond, will hereafter be conducted under the immediate management of GEORGE TURNER, they having formed an engagement for this purpose. They entertain the most sanguine hopes that their unremitting exertions will entitle them to patronage and favor. Every comfort which necessity may require, or which taste may suggest, will be procured with speed and pleasure. They are determined, if possible, to render the EAGLE, in every department of their business, agreeable to their guests, and a pleasant abode to the stranger. Their solicitude upon this score has induced them, at considerable expense, to make some important changes in the arrangement of the rooms. They feel a great share of confidence in assuring their friends that they will meet with every convenience and attention that a house of this character is calculated to afford. Their Bed-Rooms are furnished with an entire new set of beds and furniture, with a suit of curtains to each, and the floor covered with carpets. Their stables are large & commodious (which will always be furnished with a full supply of the best provender the country affords) stands within twenty steps of the house, with a pump of excellent water at the door, for the purpose of watering and washing the horses. They take leave further to state, that a COFFEE-ROOM has lately been established in one of the rooms of the Eagle, in which the newspapers from all the principal towns on the continent are to be seen. With these advantages, & these determinations, in which they are resolved never to relax, they can but hope for the most flattering success. GEORGE TURNER, JAMES S. SMITHERS. N. B. The printers throughout the U. States who now direct their papers to Jas. S. Smithers, are requested to insert the above one week, and in future direct to Turner and Smithers. G. T. & J. S. S. May 9.
THE TRUSTEES. NEGROES FOR SALE.—Pursuant to the power vested in us by a deed of trust executed on the 11th day of Dec. 1807, by Nicholas Syme and John M. Syme, will be sold conformably to the act entitled "An Act concerning executions and for other purposes." On Wednesday, the 5th of July next, if the day admit, otherwise the next that does, at the tavern of Wm. McDougle in the town of New-Castle, in the county of Hanover, the following Slaves, to wit: Jack, Tom, Davy, Arthur, Spencer, Patty and child Rachel, Sukey, Levina and Joe, with the increase of the females; or such of the said Slaves as be living, to satisfy and comply with the purposes mentioned in the said deed. May 23.
FOR LEASE OR SALE—on a credit from 1 to 5 years—The SOAP and CANDLE MANUFACTORY, lately erected at Bacon Quarter Branch, in the skirts of the corporation bounds of this city. The works have been constructed under the superintendence of as complete a workman, in that business, as perhaps ever came from Europe. The necessary utensils for carrying on the above business on an extensive scale may be had with the premises. Enquire of GEORGE GREENHOW. May 16.
DOMESTIC.
PHILADELPHIA, May 22. Major Jackson, is requested to publish the following information, transmitted by Richard W. Meade, Esq. of Cadiz, to the President of the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce.
The Minister of State, writes me under date 2d inst. as follows:— EXCELLENT SIR,
Immediately on receipt at my office of the original papers relating to the vessels of the United States of America, detained at the port of Algeciras, the Supreme Junta, governing Spain and its Indies, ordered the same to be examined by four Ministers of probity and experience, with the two-fold view of protecting the rights that might belong to any Spanish subjects over the said vessels and their cargoes, and of giving a proof to the Government of the United States, of the sacred manner with which the King our Lord observes the treaties made with foreign powers, the same Ministers appointed by his majesty for this purpose, having given in their opinion on the 23d last past, and the Supreme Junta having examined the same, his majesty has been pleased to resolve as follows:—
1st. That the following twelve American vessels shall immediately be set at liberty: Monk, Aurora, Uncle Toby, Eliza, Alpha, Cerberus, Helen, Augusta of Gloucester, Augusta of Baltimore, Washington, Hannah and John.
2d. That the suits relative to the other vessels, namely, the Ruby and Wells, shall be continued, admitting an appeal to the Supreme Council of War, without however, allowing the Privateersmen either in the first tribunal, or in the one in which the appeal is entered, to bring forward as testimony in their favor, or found their claim in any respect, on the Decree of the 3d Jan. 1808—and that the said suits shall be decided according to the laws and stipulations of the Treaty between H. M. and the U. S. of America.
3d. That in case the owners or consignees of any of the above mentioned twelve vessels, now ordered to be set at liberty, should have entered into and concluded any compromise with the captors, and by which they may have renounced any part of their rights respectively, that said compromise or agreements be punctually observed—as the Supreme Junta have no powers to annul agreements and conventions, freely entered into and made by individuals.
4th. That if any of the said vessels now ordered to be set at liberty, are actually so under bonds, that these bonds shall be immediately cancelled—as the liberty granted by H. M. is to be absolute, and without any restriction whatsoever.
5th. That the said Order shall extend to all the ports in Spain and its adjacent Islands, where any American vessels may be detained in consequence of the Royal Decree of the 3d Jan. 1808.
6th. That from the Royal Treasury, indemnifications shall be made to the Spanish captors for the expenses they have been at, and the losses they may have unjustly sustained, and for which purpose they shall apply to the Supreme Junta, through the Secretary of State, and H. M. will cause their claims to be examined by the same four Ministers, who have been employed on this business; and who are to take into consideration, that no indemnification appears due to those, who, in consequence of the Royal Decree of 3d Jan. 1808, captured American vessels who left the United States prior to the period to which they could have received intelligence of the said Royal Decree, and on which point there is in the Author sent from Algeciras, a certified copy of a declaration of H. C. M. Charles the IVth. in favor of an American ship.
7th. That the Members who compose the Tribunal of Marine in Algeciras, shall not recover any fees whatever; and that they shall refund all those which they may have received on account of the processes or suits carried on in consequence of the Royal Decree of 3d Jan. 1808, against the American vessels that left the United States before they could receive the intelligence of the said Royal Decree; and H. M. commands me to state this to you, in order that you may give the necessary orders for its being punctually complied with; and I send you back the papers sent on by the Tribunal at Algeciras.
This I copy to your excellency, and send the accompanying papers, in order that you may cause H. M's resolution to be immediately complied with. God preserve your excellency for many years.—Royal Palace of the Alcazar of Seville 5th March, 1809. ANTONIO DE ESCANO, SR. DN. PEDRO DE CARDENAS, Captain General of the Province of Andalusia.
[Communicated for the Philadelphia Gazette.]
[The following interesting official document (which we have had translated from the Spanish) was forwarded to our government by the Chev. Foronda, in the former part of last month.]
[COPY.]
DEAR SIR, The Supreme government Junta of Spain and Indies has perused the contents of your estimable notes under date of the 14th ult. and 1st instant, relative to the detention of some American vessels at Algeciras, which detention, you say, proceeds from the Royal Decree of the 3d January, which Don Charles the 4th thought proper to adopt in Spain, being the Decree of the French Emperor issued on the 17th Nov. of the preceding year.
The Supreme Junta knows from the moment Don Ferdinand the 7th began to reign, he manifested his desire to maintain with the United States the most sincere relation of friendship; in consequence of which we consider it our duty to comply with his
Royal wish—with these motives the Supreme Junta wishes to give proofs of generosity and friendship towards the United States, and has thought proper to ordain that all American vessels which in consequence of the Royal Decree of the 3d January, of the present year, were conducted to Spanish ports by vessels of the Royal Navy or detained in said ports in consequence of said Decree by the authority of the Governor of the Spanish ports, without having been captured at sea, may be put immediately at liberty, that they may proceed on their voyages, and dispose of their cargoes as may be convenient to them, as his majesty gladly renounces the right he might have, proceeding from the result of existing processes, that captures or detention of American vessels taking place in consequence of said Decree, after the beginning of May, by king's vessels, or by privateers, shall be considered as null, and of no weight; as at that period, the French Emperor, by his ignominious proceedings against the king and Spanish Independence, broke scandalously and for ever, the treaty of alliance which existed between Spain and France, for which reason every thing proceeding from it should cease; of which the Decree of the 3d Jan. was one which ought to be considered entirely abolished.
As far as what relates to these vessels detained by privateers since the exposition of said Decree to the month of May, the Supreme Junta would be pleased to ordain immediately their release without further investigation, but in consideration of the claims laid by some of his Majesty's subjects and the losses they may sustain by such an act, it is considered proper to suspend said resolution, until a proper investigation of circumstances may have taken place.
On the other hand, among the vessels which you say are detained at Algeciras, there may be some, whose detention does not proceed from the Royal Decree, but that of navigating without the proper requisites expressed in the 17th article of the treaty, which point must indispensably be examined previous to their being released; not doing so, the Supreme Junta would act contrary to the rights which his majesty's subjects may have, when the object of the establishment is to preserve and maintain them in integrity. For the liberation of those vessels, which in conformity to his Royal determination are to be freed, and for the examination of the motives of detention of those remaining, I expedite under this date the correspondent order to the minister of the Navy Department, & I profit by this opportunity of reiterating the demonstration of my distinguished consideration, and of my wishes that God may preserve you many years. Aranjuez, the 7th Nov. 1808. (Signed) PEDRO Cevallos. To George Erving, Esq.
NEW-YORK, May 23. By arrivals yesterday from the West-Indies, we learn, that the Spaniards were besieging the City of St. Domingo. A number of troops had gone from Porto-Rico; and on their landing near the city, the French attacked and defeated them. In the last action the Spaniards were said to have lost 800 men.
The French 84 gun ship Dehautpault, prize to Admiral Cochrane's squadron, arrived at St. Bartholomews the 2d inst.—Gaz.
Council of Six Hundred. The Federal town of Six, containing 836 Ratable Polls, has voted to send THIRTY-SEVEN members to the General Assembly. The whole Maryland Delegation consists only of EIGHTY.—Balt. Even Post.
The Executive council of this state, have appointed Richard Tilghman Earle, Esq. chief judge of the second judicial district, and one of the judges of the court of appeals, vice Tilghman, d'd.—Id.
The ship Herkimer, from London for New-York, has arrived in the Sound in distress, having been obliged to throw overboard the greater part of her cargo in a gale of wind on the 12th of April. She brings London dates to the 29th March.
We have unquestionable information that at the time the Levant left England, AARON BURN was lodging at Gravesend, waiting for the Herkimer, in which ship he expected to return to the United States. We shall be glad to hear whether Burr did embark on board the Herkimer—If so, whether in his own name or some other? Whether he was debarked previous to the Herkimer's arrival at New-York? If so, where was he debarked and what is known or conjectured as to his intentions?—Dem. Press.
COMMUNICATION
FROM THE HON. E. GERRY.
The "assurances" to which President Adams has referred, as having been imparted to him in conversation, by Mr. G. are presumed by the latter to have reference to those which the French directory made to him by their minister, Mr. Talleyrand, and by confidential persons, after the departure of the other envoys. They were expressed in the strongest terms, to evince the disposition of the directory, for accommodating all subjects of difference between the two republics; for accrediting any ministers which should thereafter have been sent by the U. States, immediately on the presentment of their letters of credence; for adopting a commercial treaty that should be liberal and beneficial to the said states; and for making effectual arrangements to discharge the numerous and just demands of American citizens, on the French republic. Indeed, the "assurances" were such, as that any departure from them, must have forfeited any subsequent claim of credit on the part of the French republic. Bon. Pat.
BUSINESS REVIVING WITH GEN. WILKINSON.
On the 21st April gen. John Adair, by his friend general Hopkins, sent a note to gen. James Wilkinson; the latter, after "time allowed for consideration," refused to receive the note. Gen. Adair then published the "Commander in chief," in the Orleans Gazette, as a treasonable pensioner and coward,
and as deserving in future no higher notice than horse-whip attention. Gen. A. "does not, he says, make the publication on account of his own standing in society; but that the people of Orleans may know gen. Wilkinson." Three days after this publication the same paper contains a piece "to the public," signed "A Virginian." This writer says, that gen. W. held himself in readiness for two years to meet or communicate with gen. A.—but now, "that he is placed at the head of a new army, in an important and distant command, he is under no obligation to meet one implicated in Burr's treason." We have no room for the whole publications as in the papers before us.—Balt. Federa. Gazette.
AMERICAN PRISONERS IN SOUTH AMERICA
Captain Fitch, of the sch'r Amiable, from Carthagena in South America, informs, that while at that place he visited the American prisoners, who were captured in the expedition of Miranda, and found them in the most wretched condition; part in double irons and close confinement, and the rest at hard labor upon the public works, chained two and two. They informed captain Fitch they had received a very handsome donation from the inhabitants of Kingston, Jamaica, which proved a very salutary relief. Also, that those who, were British born subjects, from the interference of the government of Jamaica, had been taken out of irons; and would shortly be restored to liberty. We understand that capt. Fitch has brought a memorial from those unfortunate and deluded men to the government of the United States, praying for their interference and protection.—Baltimore N. American.
The account of a duel between Sir George Macklin and a French officer, some time since published in this Gazette, proves to be a fabrication. It was communicated to the Editor in a letter purporting to be signed by a gentleman of respectability. That signature proves to be a forgery, though strongly resembling the genuine hand writing. As there was a person in the city who passed by the appellation of Sir George Macklin, and by that name called upon the British minister both in Baltimore and in Philadelphia, and as he has never denied the correctness of the publication, suspicion will certainly attach to him as an impostor, and the author of the imposition, unless he can give some satisfactory explanation of the affair.—U. S. Gaz.
FROM THE BOSTON PAPERS.
The Treasurer of the Boston Female Asylum, in behalf of the Board of Managers, with pleasure acknowledges the receipt of $350 from the hands of Mr. Ogilvy, as a donation to the funds of this Asylum. White gratitude is felt to the public for the frequent aid to this infant institution for the relief of the helpless orphan; they publicly tender their warmest thanks to this eloquent and benevolent STRANGER—a need of praise justly due for his disinterested friendship in the conspicuous display of his talents, on Thursday evening at the Theatre, to increase the funds of this Society, and thereby extend its charities. Saturday, May 20, 1809.
CHARLESTON, May 24.
A letter from Beaufort, dated the 19th inst. states, that the revenue cutter JAMES MADISON, capt. NEWELL, has seized about 500 pieces of cotton bagging, which had been smuggled into Danville. The works of Fort Littleton, at Beaufort, are going on, which, when finished will not only be elegant and strong, but will completely defend the harbour. The St. Helena Light Infantry, the Beaufort Infantry and Beaufort Volunteer Artillery, were inspected at Lady's Island on the 27th ult. and dismissed by capt. LAWRENCE, the senior officer. This detachment had been placed under the order of the collector, for the support of the embargo laws.
The Honorable NINIAN EDWARDS, chief Justice of Kentucky, has been appointed by the President of the U. S. Governor of the Illinois Territory.
The advices from Europe are such as lead us to a belief, that we shall have no further disturbance, until the issue of the new coalition, of which Austria is the duple, shall be decided; should the Austrians gain a momentary advantage such as that obtained over Junot in Portugal, we may expect a renewal of British outrages, but should the Austrians once move into concert with his superior genius, the conflict will be short; ten weeks will place the King of Bavaria on the throne of Austria & Hungary; future the duke of Neufchatel on the throne of Bavaria; convert Prussia and Bohemia into a new and common kingdom, under Jerome Bonaparte; transfer the Saxon monarch into Prussia beyond the Oder; and unite Westphalia, with its five millions, to Holland. The house of Lorraine, as Bonaparte told Mack at Ulm, will be extinguished. Aurora.
FRANKFORT, (K.) May 4. We understand, that Ninian Edwards, Chief Justice of this state, is appointed governor of the New Territory of Kaskaskia.
LOUISVILLE, May 3.
Col Wm. Beall, of 5th U. S. Infantry, and Captain Cross, of the Artillery, have just arrived, and all will pass the rapids this evening, on their way to the Mississippi military stations.
PETERSBURG, May 19.
The Races over the NEW MARKET Course, commenced on Wednesday last—on which day the Jockey Club Purse of $500 was won by Mr. Selden's horse Warrington, beating Mr. Johnson's Sir Archy, Mr. Wynne's Gallatin, Mr. Goode's Sir Robin, Mr. Wade Mosby's Rattray and Mr. Turpin's corvel horse.
Yesterday the Proprietor's Purse of $225 won by Mr. Watson's Sir Sidney. (Formerly by Atlantic.) beating five others. Uncommonly good sport on both days. Intelligencer.

CONGRESS.
FROM THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
SENATE OF THE U. STATES.
WEDNESDAY, May 24.
John C. Calhoun, appointed a Senator by the Executive of the state of New Jersey, in the place of Aaron Kitchell, resigned, appeared and took his seat.
Mr. Giles submitted the following motion for consideration:
1. Resolved, That so much of the President's message as relates "to the revision of our commercial laws, for the purpose of adapting them to the arrangement which has taken place with Great Britain," be referred to a select committee, with instructions to examine the same, and report thereon to the Senate, and that the committee have leave to report by bill or otherwise. The following motion was submitted for consideration, by Mr. Giles:
2. Resolved, That so much of the President's message as relates to "the defence of our seaport towns and harbors," be referred to a select committee with instructions to examine the same, and report thereon to the Senate; and that the committee have leave to report by bill or otherwise.
The following motion was submitted by Mr. Giles for consideration:
3. Resolved, That a select committee be appointed to enquire whether it be expedient at this time to make any modifications of the laws relating to the army and navy of the U. S. and that the committee have leave to report by bill or otherwise.
The Senate then chose the Rev'd Mr. Wilmer chaplain on their part.
MAY 25.
The three resolutions offered yesterday, by Mr. Giles, were considered, agreed to, and referred as follows:
The first to Messrs. Giles, Smith, (Md.) Pope, Lloyd and Gregg.
The second to Messrs. German, Gillman, Malbone, Smith (Md.) and Leib.
The third to Messrs. Anderson, Hillhouse, Turner, White and Franklin.
MAY 26.
Jenkin Whiteside, appointed a Senator by the state of Tennessee, for two years from the fourth day of March last, appeared and took his seat.
Richard Brent, a Senator from Virginia, took his seat.
Mr. Pope presented a resolution of the legislature of Kentucky, expressive of their opinion, that strong garrisons at Michilimackinac, St. Louis and near the mouth of the Ohio, would be of great public utility, and particularly aid in the protection of the frontiers; which was referred to the committee appointed yesterday "on so much of the President's message as relates to the defence of our seaport towns and harbors," to consider and report thereon.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
THURSDAY, May 25.
A communication was received from the Secretary of the Navy, giving a general view of the present state of the vessels and gunboats of the United States.—On motion of Mr. Dana, it was ordered, that it lie on the table, and be printed.
Mr. Nelson presented a petition from a number of hatters in the state of Maryland, praying that a duty be laid on the importation of hats of foreign manufacture. Referred to the committee of Commerce and Manufactures.
SWEDISH AND PORTUGUESE VESSELS.
Mr. Newton offered a resolution to instruct the committee of Commerce and Manufactures, to enquire into and report on the expediency of permitting vessels of those nations with whom intercourse was permitted, to take cargoes, &c. He stated to the House that at present vessels of Sweden and Portugal, with whom intercourse is permitted, could not load and depart; and on this subject a letter was read from the Secretary of the Treasury to the committee of Commerce and Manufactures.
Mr. Burwell said, there was another subject connected with the resolution, which ought to be taken into consideration. The Proclamation of the President declares, that on the 10th June next the operation of the non-intercourse law, as relates to Great Britain, shall cease. It went into operation on the 20th of this month. Of course there were many vessels on the coast which could not get in before the 20th of May. He submitted it to the chairman of the committee, whether it would not be proper at once to do away all restriction, because the policy of its existence had ceased in relation to Great Britain from the restoration of harmony with her; and if the goods on our coast were not permitted to be regularly landed, they might be smuggled in and injure the revenue. He thought it would be proper to enquire into the expediency of doing away at once, by law, all interdiction of commerce.
Mr. Newton said, he had no objection to act on the subject mentioned by his colleague; but he did not conceive it to be connected with the present motion.
Mr. Newton's motion having been agreed to, be immediately reported "a bill respecting the ships or vessels owned by citizens of foreign nations, with whom commercial intercourse is permitted."—Twice read, and referred to a committee of the whole House to-morrow.
Mr. Tutts moved, that several petitions from owners of fishing vessels, in the districts of Kennebec, Salem, Wiscasset, &c. presented at the last session, be referred to a select committee.—Agreed to.
Mr. Lewis presented the petition of sundry inhabitants of Loudon and Fairfax counties, Virginia, on the subject of the flour inspection in Alexandria. Referred to the District committee.
Mr. Pinckney presented the petition of General Arthur St. Clair, praying reimbursement of a sum of money formerly advanced to the United States. Referred to the committee of Claims.
Mr. Milnor presented the petition of sundry merchants of Philadelphia, praying for allowance of drawback on goods, in relation to which they had not fully complied with the terms of the law. Referred.
Mr. Anderson presented the petition of a number of inhabitants of the town of Marcus Hook, praying compensation for injury sustained in their property by the erection of certain piers by the United States. Referred.
NON INTERCOURSE ACT.
Mr. Livermore said, that he did not distinctly hear all that fell from the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Burwell) but from what he had heard, he apprehended that it was on a subject of great importance. There were many vessels on the coast, which, were
they to enter our harbors, would fall within the description of the fourth, fifth and sixth sections of the non-intercourse act. From the happy commencement of the settlement of our differences with Great Britain, he did not believe it was the design of any gentleman, that the non-intercourse should be enforced in this particular. He therefore offered a resolution for suspending the act, as given in our last; which was referred to the committee of Commerce and Manufactures, with leave to report by bill or otherwise.
Several other petitions were received and referred to the committee of Post-Offices and Post-Roads, and to the committee of Claims.
DOCTRINE OF LIBELS.
Mr. Randolph said that among the various topics of difference between the two great contending parties in the United States, during the existence of the administration of Mr. Adams, there had been none perhaps of greater magnitude in the public estimation than a celebrated act commonly called the sedition act; and there had been none perhaps which had more tended to the downfall and overthrow of the administration under which it was enacted. The question then made by the people of the United States was not whether that law contained a good law of libel or not, but whether Congress had power to enact any law of libel or not; whether that clause of the constitution contained in one of its amendments, declaring that Congress should make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press, did not completely foreclose Congress, and preclude them from legislating on the subject at all. And (said he) by a very great body of the American people, as I understand, a verdict has been given that Congress do not possess the right of passing any act on this subject whatever; and I trust and believe that there will never exist another Congress which will have the temerity and hardihood to meddle with the rights of the people and states on this point. There are some of us, Sir, who were members of the House of Representatives at the time that the law in question expired. I well recollect, and probably you do also, Mr. Speaker, the very splendid and beautiful declamation with which a member at that time from South-Carolina, (Mr. Harper) exhorted the majority of this House to re-enact that law, on the ground that it would be a shield and protection to them, as going out of power, against their adversaries, into whose hands power was about to be transferred, as the sedition law would allow them to give the truth in evidence, and the common law does not. And he then foretold, what I confess I listened to with the most perfect incredulity, that prosecutions for libel would be commenced and carried on in the courts of the United States at common law. Sir, I was not only incredulous myself at that moment, but had the uncharitableness to think that the gentleman himself did not believe in the opinion which he advanced. I believed it impossible for an administration coming into power on the terms on which the last did, ever to sanction a prosecution at common law for a libel where the truth could not be given in evidence. The doctrine contended for by the federal party, and ably supported by a member (Mr. Bayard) who is now translated to the other House, that the common law of England is the law of the United States, was a doctrine more abhorrent, if possible, to the feelings of the republican party in the United States, than the sedition law itself. For if the sedition law was objectionable because it established a law of libel which permitted the truth to be given in evidence, a forlorn , the common law doctrine was more so, which not only established a law of libel the more hideous, because the truth was not permitted to be given in evidence, but established the whole system of penal laws in the British books which might be found in relation to the subject. Accordingly, the best pens and the ablest minds in the party to which you and I had the honor to belong, were employed in attempting to refute the heresy and against the sedition law. It is unnecessary to call to your recollection the writings of Hortensius, the resolutions of Col. John Taylor of Caroline, and the still more illustrious report of the present chief magistrate, going to explode the doctrine by irresistible arguments. To this succeeded a tract by a gentleman of no obscure fame, who has rendered himself somewhat conspicuous as a law character, by his commentaries on that great commentator Sir Wm. Blackstone still going to shew that the common law of England was not the law of the United States; that, although it has been adopted by the several states with various modifications, it is no further law than as they have adopted it, and under the limitations made to it by each state—but that as a law of the United States in their federal capacity, it has no validity. Since, if it had, of the different common laws in the United States, which should we adopt? Or should we take the common law of England, of a monarchy, founded upon an hereditary nobility and a great hierarchy, unsuited to the genius of a republican government? But, Sir, such unhappily is the difference between men out of power, and men in power, that, if we are to believe the representations made at the last session of Congress, by a member from Connecticut, (Mr. Dana) the correctness of which I presume no man would have the hardihood to doubt, prosecutions for libels at common law have been entertained in the courts of the United States against citizens, and consequently have been carried on by the attorneys for the districts wherein such prosecutions commenced. Yes, Sir, such is the difference between men in power and men out of power; such the difference between profession and practice; and yet, to my infinite surprise, this awful truth, this fact, which never came to my knowledge before, appeared scarcely to excite a sensation either in this assembly or the public, in the men who were most clamorous against the sedition law. Yes, Sir, we did execrate and most justly execrate a contempt for some of those who fell under its penalties, as the judge who inflicted them. The question was not whether James Thompson Callender was not an infamous libeller, any more than the famous Middlesex question was whether John Wilkes was an infamous character; but it was a question as to the deprivation of the birthright of the citizen in one case, and the subject in the other—and the people wisely discriminated between the persons who were the subjects of prosecution and their own best and dearest interests. We said that congress had no right to pass any law at all on the subject. It cannot be denied, that if we are to have a federal law of libel, that which permits the truth to be given in evidence is as good as any. It was not to the nature of the law that we objected, but to the having a federal law of libel at all; though, indeed Sir, the permission to
give the truth in evidence is but an idle mockery when we consider that the officer, whose duty it is to provide an impartial jury, is but the breath of the nostrils of the prosecutor. You ought to recollect that in all cases where the government becomes a party, whether pro or co , you too often have an administration of politics, instead of an administration of law and justice. It is true, that the constitution does declare that congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech or of the press; but if Congress or the courts be low, can at once saddle us with the common law of England, there is no necessity for prohibiting the abridgement of the freedom of speech, or of the press. We know what the common law of England is—an unlimited licence to print, and an almost unlimited licence to punish. This restriction of the constitution therefore is wholly nugatory, if the courts are permitted to entertain prosecutions for libels. Sir, that the present chief magistrate of the United States should permit an attorney of the U. States to hold his office one second after having commenced a prosecution in a court of common law for a libel, is what I will not believe—for he could not do it without libelling, by that act of omission, the fairest page of the history of his own life, to wit, his celebrated report made in the session of the Virginia assembly, which commenced in December, 1799. But I am willing to have some better security than the disposition of any executive, for what I conceive one of the highest, proudest attributes of American freemen. I know it may be said, as it once was, when the writ of habeas corpus was set at defiance, that for as much as the right is contained in the constitution and supported by it, all legislative provision on that subject would be mere work of supererogation—and yet, Sir, who has heard of any recovery under the constitution for the violation of the best, dearest, most invaluable right of a citizen? In fact take a way the writ of habeas corpus to-morrow, and I would not give a pinch of snuff for our constitution; for without it, every man may be imprisoned at pleasure. Government might possibly demand a forced loan, with which if the citizen did not comply, he might be carried to jail.—There is no free government where this wonderful contrivance, this best hope of man, this sheet anchor of freedom, the writ of habeas corpus is not found. And yet we may be told that, as the freedom of the speech and press is secured by the constitution, all legislative provision on the subject is not merely superfluous, but not respectful to the constitution: And so our citizens are to go on to be prosecuted at common law; and when they get no remedy, they are told their rights are guaranteed by the constitution—but receive no satisfaction. I therefore think it would be a very wise provision on our part, at this time to prevent a recurrence of similar cases, guarding against the future by woeful experience, a school in which it said a fool must learn, although he will learn in no other—and, as far as that epithet may be considered as applying to myself, I do most candidly confess that I have been compelled to learn from this school—for when the gentleman from S. Carolina uttered that brilliant declamation in order to induce this house to re-enact the sedition law, and hang it over their heads as a shield from prosecution, I really thought it a mere speech for the people, for I had no conception that a court of the U. States would ever entertain a prosecution for libel at common law. I therefore submit to you the following resolution, premising, before I conclude, that my object will be, finding the constitution inert on this subject, as it only contains an acknowledgement of the right, to administer wholesome fine, and imprisonment to those who shall hereafter undertake to carry on such prosecutions.
"Resolved, That a committee be appointed to enquire whether any and what prosecutions have been entertained by the courts of the United States for libels at common law, and to report such provisions as in their opinion may be necessary for securing the freedom of speech and of the press."
Mr. Dana said perhaps that the resolution as now expressed, did not go to the whole extent to which the gentleman intended.—That prosecutions had been instituted for supposed slanders or for supposed seditious words, was unquestionable. For two, three or four years past, prosecutions of this character had been pending in the circuit court of the U. States in the district of Connecticut. That some of the prosecutions attempted to establish the imputation of crime against individuals, and in cases not comprehended under the provisions of the statute so much reprobated under the name of the sedition act, was unquestionable. Prior to the institution of these prosecutions, however, from an apprehension of what might be done by men who had professed much zeal for liberty, but not in practice given strong instances of regard for it than those who professed less, in the state of Connecticut a bill was introduced into the legislature for securing the freedom of the press. That bill consisted of one section, which was copied from the reprobated sedition act—that very section which provided that the truth should be given in evidence; and it was called an act for securing the freedom of the press.—And before any prosecutions were instituted, when only a district judge presided in the court, that judge declared that he should consider the act of the state of Connecticut relative to giving the truth in evidence, as binding on the federal court in that state. This was the opinion of one judge; there was some question how it would be ultimately decided before a full court.
Such a law formed a more abundant protection against any persecution which might be directed against individuals under the form of a prosecution, than any professions. In the state of Connecticut (said Mr. Dana) there is one further security—that our jurors are designated by lot. The names of the freeholders selected by certain officers in the towns are put into a box, and then selected by lot. There have been seven or eight prosecutions commenced, I scarcely know for what, whether for libelous or seditious words—against clergymen, and public preachers, for words uttered by them; and very considerable expenses have been incurred by them. But I cannot say that any man ever suffered any farther than this; that they were at a very great expense in defending themselves. They had a great security in one respect: that the talents of the bar were against these prosecutions; and there was such a peculiar talent of going backwards in the prosecution, that the suits generally went out of court with a nolle prosequi , from some error in the indictment, or some defect in professional skill, or some error in clerkship. The only case in which there seemed to be any possibility of conviction, was one in which a question was made as to the power of the court to take cognizance of the subject.—The question was on the prosecution of a
printer there for publishing what had appeared with perfect safety in another state. The judges declared themselves divided in opinion on the question of jurisdiction.—That diversity of opinion was certified and the question expected to be brought before the supreme court last February. On applying to the Judge I found, that the clerk of the circuit court had not forwarded the certificate, and of course the case did not come up here as expected. I suppose that the whole thing will die without any noise. Another reason why the persons in Connecticut were not disposed to make very much noise about it, while prosecutions were depending, was, that the state was not a large one; that it could not be supposed to be in great favor at the palace. It was supposed, Sir, (whether correctly or not I will not undertake to say, but I rather incline to the opinion, that it was an erroneous supposition,) considering the manner in which appointments were made in that state, and under the belief, that it was through the means of certain influential characters that the district attorney did institute those prosecutions with the approbation of the administration of the United States. This was an opinion in the state; and supposing the influence of the Executive to be exerted, they felt that it would be in vain to make much clamor, and rather chose to contend alone against it. As the prosecutions are now at an end, I think it very desirable that the subject should be investigated. As respects the district attorney's not being removed, I do not think that he is much to be censured in this case. I am not certain that he acted altogether on his own opinion. I rather suppose, that he was impelled by the influence of certain persons who are generally supposed to have the chief weight in appointments under the United States in that state, and who are therefore, by some, called the council of appointment ; and I suppose, that the district attorney could scarcely oppose the will and pleasure of these gentlemen. I very much question, therefore, whether any peculiar degree of fault is to be attributed to him, except his putting the U. States to so much expense without ever bringing the question to a decision. This, Sir, is about the general state of the business. As it cannot be said, that the court has in fact entertained the prosecutions, and some of them have been dismissed, the substitution of the word institute , instead of entertained, may accomplish the gentleman's wishes.
Mr. Randolph consented to the amendment.
(Sketch to be continued.)
Mr. Randolph's resolution having been agreed to without opposition, he laid on the table the following:
"Resolved, That provision ought to be made by law to secure the right to an impartial jury, in all cases, civil and criminal, maintained in the courts of the U. States."
FRIDAY, May 26.
Mr. Weakley, a member from Tennessee, appeared and took his seat.
Mr. Morrow offered two resolutions on the subject of public lands and the commissioners of Kaskaskia; which were agreed to.
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.
On motion of Mr. J. G. Jackson, the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole on the state of the union, to whom was referred the President's message. Mr. Pitkin in the chair; and several resolutions were offered by Mr. J. G. Jackson, agreed to by the committee and reported to the House as follows:
1. Resolved, That so much of the message of the President of the United States as relates to our relations with foreign nations, be referred to a select committee.
[The gentlemen who compose this committee are Messrs. J. G. Jackson, Macomb, Moore, Mosely, Quincy, Troup, Johnson, Fisk and Anderson.]
2. That so much as relates to a revision of our commercial laws for the purpose of protecting and fostering the manufactures of the United States, be referred to the committee of Commerce and Manufactures.
3. That so much as relates to the modification of the military and naval establishments of the U. States be referred to a select committee.
[The gentlemen who compose this committee are Messrs. Cutts, Basset, Milnor, Sawyer, Hale and J. Brown.]
4. That so much as relates to the fortification of our seaport towns, be referred to a select committee.
[The gentlemen who form this committee are Messrs. Burwell, Kennedy, Key, George Smith, P. B. Porter, Gardner, and W. Chamberlin.]
5. That so much as relates to the revenue and expenditures of the U. States be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Mr. Randolph, coming into the House after these resolutions were agreed to, for various reasons which he stated, moved that the committee be on the third resolution be discharged from the consideration of so much of the message as relates to our military establishments, with a view to refer the subject to a distinct committee, that the military and naval affairs should not be blended in the same committee.—Motion agreed to, and a committee appointed on so much of the message as relates to our military establishments, consisting of Messrs. Nelson, Dawson, Champion, Lyon, Taylor, Livermore, and Franklin.]
Mr. Randolph then moved to discharge the committee of the whole House on the state of the union from the further consideration of his resolution on the subject of the reduction of the army. The motion was agreed to, and, after some conversation as to the mode of disposing of it, it was referred to the committee just appointed on our military establishment.
Mr. Pickman moved that the petitions of a number of collectors, presented at the last session, on the subject of the duty on salt and a bounty to fishing vessels, be referred to the committee of Commerce and Manufactures.—Agreed to.
Mr. Lewis presented the petition of sundry persons praying that a turnpike road may be established from the city of Washington, on the most direct route, to Baltimore.—Referred.
Mr. M c Kim presented the petition of a number of hatters of Baltimore, praying that a duty may be laid on the imported hats.—Referred.
Mr. Van Horn moved that the committee on the District of Columbia be instructed to enquire what amendments are necessary in the act concerning the District of Columbia. He stated his object to be to obtain an amendment of the judiciary system of the District. Motion agreed to.
GUN BOATS.
Mr. Pitkin observed that by a report received yesterday from the Navy Department, the House were informed of the state and condition of most of the frigates and o-
ther armed vessels of the United States.—The House had heretofore, from calls made on the Secretary of the Navy, had information laid before them of the expense of building and repairing these frigates and other armed vessels; but never, to his recollection, had any statement from the Department of the expense of building the gun boats or any account of their actual expense, while in service, been laid before them. Various estimates had been made of their expense while in service; but the House never had before them any statement of the actual expense. For the purpose of obtaining this information he asked leave to move;
"That the Secretary of the Navy be directed to lay before the House a statement of the number of gun boats which had been built, and the expense of building the same; also of the number employed in actual service the time they have been employed and their expense while in actual service."
This motion, after some conversation between Messrs. Dawson, Dana, Pitkin, Lyon, Bacon and W. Alston, was agreed to without a division.
VOTE OF APPROPRIATION.
Mr. Randolph, after some preliminary remarks, which shall appear in course, offered the following resolution:
"Resolved, That the promptitude & frankness with which the President of the United States has met the overtures of the government of G. Britain towards a restoration of harmony and free commercial intercourse between the two nations, meets the approbation of this House."
The House agreed to consider the motion. Mr. Bacon moved to amend it by adding at the end of the words "—and furnishes an additional proof of the spirit of accommodation on the part of the government of the U. S. which has at no time been intermitted! "
Mr. Buchanan moved that the resolution and amendment be referred to a committee of the whole.
Mr. J. G. Jackson made a motion which superseded Mr. Bacon's, to postpone it indefinitely. To this motion, Mr. Randolph objected at considerable length, and Messrs. Holland, J. G. Jackson and Findley replied.
When, after a debate of 3 hours or upwards, a motion was made to adjourn and carried.
SATURDAY, May 27.
On motion of Mr. Bassett, a committee was appointed to act with such committee as may be appointed by the Senate on their part to enquire & report what business was necessary to be done before the close of the present session.
On motion of Mr. Burwell, Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to cause the Secretary of War to lay before the House an estimate of the sum necessary to complete the fortifications commenced and contemplated; and also the amount of deficiency of appropriations heretofore made for this object.
SWEDISH AND PORTUGUESE VESSELS.
On motion of Mr. Newton, with the consent of Mr. Randolph, the unfinished business of yesterday (the resolution on the subject of the late negotiation) was ordered to lie on the table; and
The House resolved itself into a committee of the whole, Mr. Macomb in the chair, on the bill respecting the ships and vessels of subjects of foreign nations with whom commercial intercourse is permitted; which having gone thro' the committee of the whole, was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading; and afterwards passed without objection.
VOTE OF APPROPRIATION.
Mr. Randolph called for the consideration of the unfinished business of yesterday; and on the question, will the House resume the consideration of the subject, the House divided, 54 to 54; and the Speaker voting in the negative, the motion was lost. Mr. Randolph subsequently gave notice, that he should call it up every day during the session, if he had an opportunity, and require the yeas and nays each time, unless the House should agree to take it up.
The House proceeded to the choice of a chaplain, on motion of Mr. Southard. On the first ballot, Mr. Pickman reported that there were for Mr. Jesse Lee 55, Obadiah Brown 43, Mr. Laurens 13, and for others 6. On the second ballot the Rev. Jesse Lee having 70 out of 114 votes, was declared to be elected.
SEDITION LAW.
Mr. Stanford proposed the following resolution:
"Resolved, That the committee appointed to enquire into what prosecutions for libels at common law have been instituted before the courts of the United States, be instructed to enquire what prosecutions for libels have been instituted before the courts of the United States under the second section of the act entitled an act in addition to an act entitled an act for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States, passed the 17th day of July, 1798, and into the expediency of remunerating the sufferers under such prosecutions."
Mr. Sawyer moved to amend it by adding the words "and that the committee also enquire whether any and what private compensation has been made to such suffering persons."—Negatived without a division.
Mr. Ross moved the following amendment: "and also to enquire whether any and what compensation and remuneration should be made to persons who suffered or were punished in consequence of opposition to the act to lay and collect a direct tax in the U. S."
After debate, Mr. Rhea (T.) moved that the further consideration of the subject be postponed indefinitely.—Motion carried by Yeas and Nays, 65 to 50.
[Debate hereafter.]
RULES AND ARTICLES OF WAR.
Mr. Randolph offered the following resolution, prefacing it with remarks at some length on the subject of the present rules for the government of the army.
"Resolved, That a committee be appointed to take into consideration the act, entitled "An act for establishing rules and articles for the government of the armies of the U. S." and report whether any and what alterations it is expedient to make in the same: with leave to report by bill or otherwise."
The motion was agreed to without opposition. And, after rescinding the rule under which the House meets at 10 o'clock instead of 11, the House adjourned.
COMMUNICATION.
Mr. Randolph's observations on Wednesday the 24th of May, as reported in the National Intelligencer of Friday the 26th, have been much misunderstood. Among other misapprehensions, the reporter is mistaken in supposing that Mr. R. spoke "of Gen. Wilkinson and Col. Burr as the Pope and the Pretender." Mr. Randolph did not pronounce Gen. W's name; neither did he say that "we shall have no more alarms of treason and no more terrors of rebellion"—but that "we shall have no more enforcing embargo laws, no more bills for suspending the writ of habeas corpus, no more new editions of the law of treason." These are some of the most prominent mistakes in that report. Nat. Int.
Letter from the Secretary of the Navy transmitting a general view of the state and disposition of the vessels belonging to the Navy of the United States, and of the Gun Boats. May 25th, 1809. Ordered to lie on the table.
NAVY DEPARTMENT, May 24th, 1809.
Sir, I have the honor of transmitting to you herewith, to be laid before the House of Re-

presentations, the enclosed paper marked A, which will give a general view of the state and disposition, at this time, of the vessels belonging to the Navy of the United States, and of the gun boats.
It appears proper here to observe, for the information of the House of Representatives that the frigates Constitution and Chesapeake, the ship Wasp, the brigs Hornet and Enterprise, were in commission prior to the passage of the act, entitled "An act authorizing the employment of an additional naval force," passed 31st January, 1809; & that the frigates President, United States and Essex, the corvette John Adams, the brigs Siren, Vixen and Nautilus, and the cutter Ferret, have been put in commission since the passing of that law, agreeably to its provisions; that the frigates United States and Essex, and the corvette John Adams have had such thorough repair and improvement, that practical gentlemen pronounce them to be, at this time, better and more efficient vessels than they were when originally launched; and that the frigate President is now undergoing a thorough repair which is nearly completed, and being repaired under the advantages afforded by extensive experience, she will be, in all respects, greatly superior to what she was when first launched.
Respectfully submitted, PAUL HAMILTON. The hon. Joseph B. Varnum, Speaker of the House of Representatives
(A.) EXHIBIT, showing the state and disposition, at this time, of the vessels belonging to the Navy of the United States, & of the Gun Boats.
Frigates Constitution, at New York; United States, at Norfolk; Chesapeake, at Boston; Essex, at Norfolk; all officered, manned, victualled, and in other respects prepared for service.
Corvette John Adams, at Baltimore; officered, and nearly manned and prepared.
Frigate President, at Washington; officered, and nearly manned—will be ready for service in July.
Ship Wasp, at Philadelphia; in all respects prepared for service.
Brig Hornet, at Norfolk; do. do. Argus, at New York; do. do. Siren, gone to France; do. do. Vixen, at Charleston; do. do. Sch r . Revenge, at N. York; do. do. Sch r . Enterprise, at Norfolk; officered, victualled, and completely repaired—and nearly manned.
Brig Nautilus, at Washington; Cutter Ferret, ditto; both preparing for service, but recruiting orders not issued.
Frigates Congress, Constellation, New York, Adams, and Boston, at the Navy Yard Washington; require repairs.
GUN BOATS. 24 Gun Boats at New Orleans; orders given to reduce the crews to the number required for their navigation and safety.
 13 do. at Charleston, In ordinary.  21 do. Norfolk,  10 do. Baltimore,  20 do. Philadelphia,  52 do. New York,  2 do. Westerly R. I.  2 do. Norwich, Ct.  4 do. Wilmington, N. C.  1 do. Boston,  9 do. Portland, Maine,  1 do. Lake Ontario,  2 do. Lake Champlain,  9 do. Washington, in the yard without 
BALTIMORE, May 29. Captain Finney, arrived at Charleston in Sloop Philadelphia, 20 days from St. Lago de Cuba, states that 2 days before he sailed, the United States for foreigners to quit the island had expired; in consequence of which, many Frenchmen who were unable to get away, had been massacred by the populace. 62 passengers came in the Philadelphia—Fed. Gaz.
THE ENQUIRER.
RICHMOND, JUNE 2, 1809.
TO THE PEOPLE OF VIRGINIA.
NO. VII.
FELLOW-CITIZENS,
In my last number, I gave an account of the various and unintermitting exertions which have been made to procure the best iron for the manufactory of arms. I have shown that so far from depending on common sale iron, as my accusers insinuate, every part of the union, where there was any probability of succeeding, was explored for the purpose of procuring the best, and that in making contracts for it, every precaution was adopted which could promise security to the state. Yet, still they charge me with having rejected an offer to supply the manufactory with warranted iron. This charge was founded on an incident stated by Mr. Samuel G. Adams, who was examined as a witness before the armory committee; and in a few words was simply this: Mr. Adams did offer to supply a quantity of iron warranted good; but at a higher price than we were then giving for iron equally warranted good. Mr. Adams's proposition gave no greater assurances of good iron, than did the other offers made by the various owners of iron works in Virginia; and when the chances of good iron were merely equal, I saw no reason for making the consideration unequal, by paying a higher price to one than to another. It would have been a partiality which could not have been justified either to the other candidates who were offering supplies, or to the commonwealth in whose behalf I acted.
But after all, it may be asked of what avail were all my exertions to procure good iron, since the bursting of the gun barrels and the quantity of scrap iron on hand evince that the iron used here was intrinsically bad. Let us examine this objection with frankness and candor.
1. I have frequently observed that the Springfield manufactory, from its superior celebrity, was chosen by the Council as the model whose operations I was to follow. When I visited that institution in 1798, under the orders of the executive, the proof in use was, first, the eighteenth part of a pound of powder, and a ball of eighteen to the pound; the second proof was the twenty second part of a pound of powder, with a ball of the former weight. This fact was in proof before the armory committee by the evidence of Joel Horton and Levi Peck, who had formerly worked at the Springfield Manufactory. Pursuing the model which we had adopted, our muskets were regulated by the Springfield standard and formed to bear the same proof. Nay, so anxious was I to profit by the experience of that distinguished institution, and come up to the model, that I succeeded in engaging for the service of the state, Joseph Hopkins, the very person whose province it had been to prove the Springfield arms. On this subject I beg leave to annex the evidence of Joel Horton, a witness examined before the committee & whose evidence now lies before me in the form of a certificate under his own hand.
"I hereby certify that I was formerly employed as an artificer in the U. S. manufactory of arms, at Springfield in the state of Massachusetts, where I wrought about 2 years, & left those works in the year 1801, that during my employment there, I was very frequently present at the loading and proving of the musket barrels made at that manufactory; that for the first proof, the barrel was charged with one eighteenth part of a pound of powder; and for the second proof, a twenty second part of a pound. And I further certify, that the balls used in proving, were of a size to weigh one eighteenth part of a pound, which is the common cartridge ball. I also certify that Joseph Hopkins who was employed by Majr. Clarke, was the principal person employed in proving arms at Springfield; that we both contracted at the same time with the said Clarke while at Springfield, to work at the Virginia manufactory to which place we travelled together, in the month of June 1802, and at which place I am still employed.
JOEL HORTON."
To make our muskets as portable and convenient to the soldier, as was consistent with a capacity to sustain the proof, was the just and rational object of the manufacturer. But since that time, the proof has been greatly increased in the manufactory of the United States; and we have followed their footsteps. I ask if it be any imputation on the officers of the institution, if the guns calculated for the original proof and now capable of enduring it, should burst under the late increased proof, for which they were not calculated? Yet it is from this irrational and absurd experiment, that much of the clamour against our arms has been raised.
Such and even worse was the proof, which Capt. Atherton went down last summer, to make of the arms at Hampton and Norfolk. In his experiments the ball was forced down with a heavy iron ramrod, so violently as to lose its spherical form, assume that of a cylinder, and become, as it were, incorporated with the barrel. The same process would burst the heaviest ordnance, or even the rock of Gibraltar.
2. Again; of the arms which have been distributed, a very great proportion are arms not manufactured here; they were made elsewhere; purchased by the executive before our institution began to work, but distributed since. Before they were distributed however, they were brought to our manufactory, stamped with the word Virginia , and then given out to the state. These arms, a great part of which were extremely defective, have from bearing the stamp of Virginia , been supposed in the country to be fabricated here, and by their bursting in the hands of the militia, and other faults, have most unjustly contributed to swell the cry against the Virginia Manufactory of Arms. This remark was made last winter before the armory committee; and to give a view of the fairness of the logic employed against the institution, it may not be amiss to note the answer which was offered to it. The chairman of the committee denied that this mistake could possibly have been committed in the country; and why?—Because he had observed that the arms which were made here had the words Virginia Manufactory stamped on the lock; while the arms of foreign manufacture, have the stamp of Virginia only; that is to say, that if the county of Amherst, for example, had been armed in 1807, with muskets stamped with the word Virginia , the militia there could not have supposed them made here; because, forsooth, the chairman of the armory committee in the winter of 1808, discovered that our stamp is not Virginia , but Virginia Manufactory . But the country militia, that it was not even known in the house of delegates; not having been observed even by some of those members who lived in the vicinity of the institution; and it certainly is not very ingenious to suppose the conclusions of people in the country, in the year 1807, regulated by a fact not known to them, at that time nor even at this day, & only observed by a member of the house of delegates in the winter of 1808—9.
3. Nor if it should be admitted, that in some instances the iron wrought into the barrel in our manufactory, has, upon experiment, appeared brittle and unfit for the purpose; does this demonstrate any neglect in purchasing the iron or any original fault in the iron itself; since it happens, not unfrequently, that iron, good when brought from the forge, is spoiled by unskillful operations in the hands of the welder or annealer. Of this I am told, that a curious proof has been recently submitted to the executive council of this state, and which has proven, that our iron was good. A piece of iron, pronounced to have been originally unfit for use at the manufactory here, (a part of a bursted gun barrel,) has been submitted again to the fire, brought back to its original state, by a very simple process, and proven to have been malleable, tough, and in every particular excellently adapted to the fabrication of arms. That this injury very often results from improper management in welding or annealing, is so notoriously the fact, that in every institution of this kind, the welder takes the hazard of his work upon himself, and if the barrel bursts upon the proof, receives no pay for his labor. On this point, I shall presently submit an extract of a letter from the Superintendent at Springfield. This gentleman was proven before the armory committee to have been appointed, like myself, without any previous experience in the business of making arms; nor was it necessary that he should have such experience; since in every institution, there are master armors, selected for their skill in making arms, and whose peculiar department it is to see, that the iron supplied for this purpose, is properly wrought into arms. In an institution of any extent, the detail of the several departments, must be under the inspection of separate officers. The superintendent, be his skill what it may, would find it impossible to unite a just attention to the great objects of the institution, with a minute attention to the various details of the several departments. The thing is in its nature impossible; since many of his duties require him to be frequently abroad; while a strict superintendence of the details would require him to be constantly within the manufactory. If, indeed, this combination of duties were practicable, there would be no occasion for master-armors at all; they would be a needless incumbrance, a superfluous expense to the state. The continuance of the oldest, most experienced
and most highly vained institution on the continent to appoint these officers, is a proof of their necessity; and a practical admission, that this is a department to which the Superintendent, from the very nature of his other functions, cannot be expected to attend, and for which, of course, he ought not, on the plainest principles of common justice and common sense, to be responsible. From this impossibility of his attending to the details of the fabrication of the arms, it has, so far as I am informed, constantly resulted, that the Superintendent himself is not required to be an armorer. Such, as I have mentioned, was proven to be the case of Mr. Prescott, the Superintendent at Springfield. Mr. Stubblefield, the Superintendent of the United States' manufactory at Harper's Ferry, had no acquaintance with the business of making muskets; and solicited the notion of the general economy and police (if I may so speak) of such an institution, that he came and remained with me for a considerable time for the purpose of informing himself on those points. I am now in possession of several of his letters, after his departure, in which, with that frankness and candor which belong to true merit, he acknowledges the benefits which he derived from his visit. Mr. Staples, the respectable gentleman who has succeeded me as the Superintendent of the Virginia manufactory, does not profess, I believe, to have the slightest knowledge of the art of gun-making. His previous pursuits had been as far removed from it as from mine, or those of the Superintendents at Springfield or Harper's Ferry. The Assembly, who appointed this gentleman, were apprized of this fact; and by their suffrage, have admitted, that a Superintendent need not be an armorer. Let me now ask, if this gentleman exerts himself zealously and judiciously, to procure the best materials for the institution, and the arms afterwards turn out to be deficient, whether the Assembly can or ought to lay the censure at his door? There are annealers, whose duty and trade it is to temper the iron; welders, who by working the iron, ought to be the best judges of its quality, and whose interest forbids them to disguise its defects, because they are paid only for those barrels which stand the proof; and finally, master armors, chosen like the Superintendent, holding their offices by the same tenure, and receiving a salary, independent of him, whose duty it is to supervise these operations and see that the arms are well made. The Superintendent ought no more to be answerable for the faults of the annealer, welder or armorer, than these artists ought to be answerable for his faults. Apply these reflections: I did every thing which my best judgment could suggest or the most fervent zeal could practise, to obtain for the Virginia manufactory a supply of the purest iron. The recent experiment to which I have referred, evinces that my efforts were successful: The iron was good; if, in some instances, it has suffered in the hands of the annealer or welder, or if the fabrication be defective, I appeal to the candid and rational, if the fault is justly imputable to me? Let it not be, for a moment, supposed, that I mean to shift any censure from my own shoulders to those of others. As to the master armors, I believe they did their duty; and as to the arms themselves, I believe they will bear a comparison with any on the continent. They are capable of sustaining the various degrees of proof for which it was the duty of the manufacturer to calculate them. That those first made will not bear the proof at present used, has been already admitted and explained. But as to the arms made since the new proof has been adopted, they have been compared with the French musket and the British tower gun, and have been decided to be equal to them in the power of resistance, and superior to them in other points; and this by gentlemen whose capacity to judge is unquestioned; who had no interest to deceive; and whose characters are so firmly established in the world, as to require no aid and fear no injury from the pen of any man. I allude to the committee appointed last summer by the Executive to re-prove our arms, and of whose report I shall say more hereafter.
4. But the great topic of complaint is the vast number of guns which burst upon the proof, and the immense quantity of scrap iron, which is the consequence. The committee say, "The nature of the service in which fire-arms are employed, requires that they should be composed of the best materials, particularly that the barrels and locks should be made of fine and malleable iron, the best that could be procured." This discovery, however astute and ingenious, was not altogether so original on the part of the committee, as the didactic solemnity of this language seems to import; it has been seen by the correspondence already published, that I was fully apprized of the necessity that the iron should be of the best and most malleable quality. The committee proceed, "In the opinion of your committee, the iron generally used at the manufactory of arms for those purposes is not of that description, (though there has been some improvement of late in that particular;) a great waste of the public materials has been the consequence. Large quantities of iron originally purchased at the price of good bar iron, after much money has been expended in drawing it into scalps, welding it into barrels and boring and grinding the barrels, becomes by their bursting scrap iron, much less in value than an equal quantity in its original state &c." It might not be amiss for public men, who pronounce opinions on institutions of this kind to have some knowledge of the subject. To possess it, they should inform themselves of the operations in other manufactory, so as to be able to compare them with ours, and ascertain whether we were doing better or worse than our neighbors. For instance, on this subject of bursting of guns, several of the workmen from our manufactory were examined as to the proportion of the barrels that did burst on being submitted to the proof. Their accounts varied—between twenty five to thirty & thirty-five in the hundred. Let it be remembered that ours was an institution in its infancy at the time of which these witnesses were speaking; and let us compare them with the results at Springfield, the model and, as it were, parent of our institution. Here follows an extract of a letter from Mr. Prescott, the superintendent of the Springfield manufactory:
SIR, Our barrel welding is done on the following terms: The workmen select such iron as in their opinion is proper for that purpose; 25 cents per barrel are allowed them for welding, and the same sum is deducted for each barrel which fails by proof either from bad iron or bad work. I find by experience, notwithstanding this precaution, about one half fail from bad iron, which of course makes it equal to 50 cents per barrel for bad work; although this is but about one
half of the real loss, yet if they were not made to bear the proof of the bad iron, a much greater loss would be sustained by the public.
I am Sir, very respectfully, Your obedient servant, (Signed) B. PRESCOTT, Springfield, United States' Armory, April 14th, 1808. Capt. JOHN CLARKE, Superintendent of the Virginia Manufactory of Arms, Richmond.
I shall close this number, already too long, without further comment. JOHN CLARKE.
COMMUNICATION. It is our just boast, that notwithstanding the great defalcation of our revenue produced by that wise measure the Embargo, no resort was had either to loans or internal taxes—so provident were the last administration in the disbursement of our funds and laying up money in the treasury. As however the revenue-bonds, which had been contracted before the Embargo, have been collected, it is presumed that the Congress of the United States, will for a short time at least to come, shorten the periods, the periods of credit on such revenue-bonds as may be given for certain articles hereafter imported into the U. S. (In this way) all the exigencies of the government may be supplied, if such exigencies may still exist, in spite of the reduction which may take place in our expenses—such as the dismantling of gun boats and disbanding part of the army.
The Federal Court has been engaged, more than a week, in hearing a motion for dismising the Indictment, found by the Grand Jury at the last term, against certain individuals for breach of the Embargo Laws. A whole host of lawyers were colisted on the side of this motion—the United States Attorney stood alone. Yesterday the Chief Justice pronounced the opinion of the court—the essence of which is, we understand, that the Indictment cannot be supported. They will be of course dismissed.
In the H. of R. on Monday, Mr. Randolph called for the consideration of his appropriatory resolution. Agreed to, ayes 66, nays 61. Messrs. Dand and Randolph spoke upon it at considerable length. Adjournment without a decision.
A public festival was given at Philadelphia in compliment to Gen. Bright, and his comrades, on the 24th inst. Gen. Barker, the Mayor of the city, presided. More than 500 guests are said to have been present. Among others, the following toasts were drunk.—These show the spirit of the meeting:
TOASTS. Perpetuity to the Union of the United States—We are equally hostile to a dissolution or to a consolidation. 2 guns, 6 cheers—Hail Columbia.
The State of Pennsylvania—Ever obedient to the voice of principle, of justice and the constitution, but determined to resist whenever usurpers assail her independence or her rights. 3 cheers, 4 guns—Yankee Doodle.
The President of the United States—May the conduct of his predecessor be to him "the cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night." 3 cheers, 3 guns—Madison's March.
Thomas Jefferson—The best Chief Magistrate the world ever saw, in any age or in any country. 6 cheers, 3 guns—Jefferson's March.
The Governor of Pennsylvania—Sound in understanding, sound in principle and in practice—He had our votes and we cordially approve his conduct. 6 cheers, 3 guns—Snyder's March.
Previous to the toasts, the President read the following extract of a letter to him from the Governor of Pennsylvania:
"Gen. Michael Bright and men, for their manly, dignified and patriotic conduct, in defending the just rights of the State against Judicial Usurpation, have my full and entire approbation, and I am confident, that of the Legislature and people of Pennsylvania, and of every independent citizen of the United States."
"The General's patriotism evinced in early life during our revolutionary struggle, has secured him the esteem of every Whig of '76, and must command the admiration and gratitude of all their descendants who dare in these days of judicial dictation, to appreciate rational liberty, fixed by known laws. To perpetuate his republican virtues—to render his name immortal, it but remained to immolate him on the altar of Judicial Vengeance."
"I want words to express fully the high consideration I have for him and those who, in obedience to the law, participated with him in the honor of defending the local state sovereignty in the case of Olmstead—Let it suffice to say, that I should deem it an honor, could I call the least worthy of them Brother. SIMON SNYDER. Selin's Grove, May 15, 1809."
MARRIED, on Sunday, the 21st ult. Dr. THOMAS COULTER, to the amiable and accomplished Miss MARIA BARCLAY, both of Buckingham county.
TEN DOLLARS REWARD, will be given for apprehending and delivering to me, at Capt. Parke Street's, near New-Castle, in the lower end of this county, or securing in Jail so that I get her; a young Negro Woman ANN or ANNKEY.
She is away from col. Parke Goodall's, on the night of the 27th inst. She is about 20 years old, rather above the middle stature, a mulatto rather bright than otherwise, her hair not as long as is usual for persons as bright as she is, is very well made and neat in her dress. Her tongue appears rather large for her mouth, which causes her speech to be somewhat of a lisp. She has with her a variety of good clothes; and having been, from her childhood, in col. Goodall's Tavern, has, of course, an extensive acquaintance, and being a woman of extraordinary good sense and great ingenuity, will no doubt attempt to pass as a free woman.
ANTHONY STREET. Hanover County, June 2.
ADVERTISEMENT—By virtue of a deed of Trust executed by John Ball, sen. to the subscribers, to secure the payment of £ 273 9 7, with the interest due thereon to John Lewis: Will be sold, on Saturday, the 23rd day of July next, on the premises, to the highest bidder, a tract of LAND, containing by estimation, 275 acres, lying part in Halifax county, and part in Pittsylvania, upon Dan river, at the mouth of Sandy creek, about two miles from the town of Milton. There are some river and creek low grounds on the above tract, which, as well as the high land, is of good quality. Bond with security, will be required of the purchaser, payable at the repeal or expiration of an act of the General Assembly of Virginia, passed at their last session, entitled "An act concerning executions, and for other purposes." FRANCIS DABNEY, Trustee. GEORGE DABNEY, Trustee. June 2.
LIST OF LETTERS
REMAINING IN THE POST-OFFICE AT RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, THE 31ST DAY OF MAY, 1809.
A—Hugh Adie, Mrs. Elizabeth Armstrong, Doct. John Adams, John Alexander, Alexander Anderson, Mrs. Martha Ann Aylett, Wm. Anderson, Mrs. Mary Austin, Charles Anthony, Wilson Allen. B—James Brooks, John Baker, Mrs. Catharine Bullock, Thomas Bowles, Thomas Burnham, William Byrd, Nancy Bennett, David W. Brand, John P. Burton, Charles Breed, col. James Barbour, John A. Baugh, Richard Brook, Jesse Bowles, Aaron Borden, Simeon Blackburn, col. David Bullock, John Bricknell, William Bell, Edward Brown, Revd. Robert Barnes, Mrs. Harriott Burnley, John Buckwall, Mrs. Fanny Bentley, Louis Besson, Mrs. J. E. Besson, George D. Baylor, Mrs. Grace Bixby, major William Ball, Mrs. Nancy Burriss, Thomas M. Bailey, Nathaniel Bixby, Bartholomew Blunt, Daniel Bixby, Samuel Bell, John Brown. C—Richard Cock, John Clarke, Robert Courtenay, Francis W. Coleman, Samuel R. Coldwell, Edward E. Cooke, Charles Clark, Mrs. Elizabeth D. Christian, William Courthers, Henry Crawley, John H. Cocke, Elizabeth Cordis, John Conner, Miss Peggy Clark, William Collins, Joseph M. Cabell, Walker Clarke, Rebecca Cannon, Simple P. Cook, Contractors for the State Prison, Miss Letitia Crump, Edwin J. Clayton, Miss Jane S. Craig, A. Monsieur Calicot, Clerk of the District Court U. S. Clerk of the U. S. 5th Circuit. D—John Day, Mrs. C. Dabney, Wm. Dyer, major Archibald Denholm, Mess. Jas. Dukes & Co. Mrs. Davidson, James F. Dennis, Collin Dowdall, Mr. — Dabson, Hugh Douglas, William Davis, Sally Driley, Christopher P. Dean, major William Duval, Mr. Dougeal, James Deaton, Ashley Davis. E—Peter Elliott, Maj. Estill, Ralph Edmonds, Miss Sally A. F. Ellison, Jacob G. Ege, George Edgington. F—Miss Lucy Fitzhugh, col. Wm. Fontaine, Mrs. Anne Fontaine, Jacob Fackler, capt. Thomas Friend, Wm. Frost, Wm. Flemming, captain Zeekiah French, Alexander Fitzhugh, Hiram Franklin, Dr. Thomas Fearn, Wm. Fleming, S. M. Fissacur. G—Job Godfrey, R. G. Gilliam, J. A. Grant, col. Robert Goode, Samuel L. Greenwood, Thomas Gholson, capt. Joseph Gage, Robert Givan, Obadiah Gattring, John Gray, Rich'd Grimes, Mrs. Fanny Gavis. H—Archibald Hughes, John Hopkins, David Hubert, John Henry, Dr. John Hayes, James H. Hancock, Miss Eleanor White Hales, capt. Nathaniel Herbert, Carter B. Harrison, Sylvester Harvey, Samuel Hughes, Francis Howard, Miss Elizabeth Hicks, John Howard, Miss Betsy Hearnings, Samuel Hacy, Hezekiah Henley, Lawrence Millier, Granberry & Hancock. J—Mrs. Mary Johnson, Wm. R. Johnson, Mrs. Seaton Jones, Lightfoot Jonney, Joseph Jackson, Mr. — Jennings, Miss Elizabeth Johnson, Mrs. Lucy Judar, Mrs. Eliza Jonson, capt. Wm. Jones, Dr. James Jones, capt. John K. Jones, Noble Jordan, Joseph Jenkins. K—George T. Kemmon, Miles King, jr. capt. Robert King, Jacob Kline, Henry Kinnimond, — Miss Kaitair Lockhart, Jas. Lynch, Spottswood Lipscombe, Wm. Littlepage, Wilson Lumpkin, Mr. La Taste, John La Taste, P. Lorrillard, Alexander Love, S. Logan, Benjamin W. Ladd, Thomas & Amos Ladd, Henry Langford. M—Wm. Henry Morris, Edward Macquillan, James Mason, Thomas Mitchell, Thomas Miller, Ann Moore, William Murford, John G. Mosely, James McCance, George Mayo, Dr. Robert Mayo, Wm. McBride, James McDowell, capt. Stephen Moore, Anderson Miller, Wm. Mewburn, Gabriel Morris, Miss Elizabeth Miller, Billy McBride, Benjamin Mosely, William Morriset, col. Mosely, Archibald Mccally, Jos. Mosely, Wm. Mosely, Jonathan McLean, Henry Minor. N—Norwell, Wyatt & Bullock, Rev. Peter Nelson, Miss Margaret Nicolson, George Nicolson, Wm. H. Nicolls. O—Henry O'Leander, Mrs. Nancy Oliver, Josiah Olds, Huddler O'Riley, Samuel Overton. P—Santton W. Pleasants, Thomas Pulling, Henry Predy, John Parker, Mrs. Elizabeth Page, James Parks, William Parker, William Pearson, Mrs. Eliza N. Price, Parsons & Owen, captain Ephraim Pearson, James Price, William Perry, John H. Purviance, Edmund B. Pearson, Robert Pleasants, Alexander Placide. Q—Major John Quarles. R—Mr. Rogers, Miss Mary Bolling, captain William Reed, Miss Virginia Ratcliff, Thomas R. Rorts, Major John Roberts, John H. Robinson, William Richardson, Jesse Reid, captain Isaac Rose, Russell, Hill & Co., Harry Randolph, John F. Read, Charles B. Rhodes, Samuel Robertson, William Rawleigh, Mrs. Milnor Radford, Robert Ritchie, Robins & Henderson. S—James Strange, Susan Shaw, Mrs. Mariah Smith, Otway B. Shields, George Wythe Sweeney, Fleet Smith, Martin Smith, John Spalding, Nathaniel Seiden, Abm. K. Smeal, Dr. John T. Swann, Samuel Scott, captain Beverly C. Stanard, George R. Smith, Miss Emma Sampson, Ann Southerland, captain John Shepherd, John Shields, Jesse Sneden, Allen Snowden, Mr. Shepherd, Moses Scott, Aaron Sheldon, James Slubard, Reuben Samuel, capt. William Saunders, Benjamin Shepherd, Henry S. Shore. T—Joseph Thompson, Dr. Philip Turpin, Collin Teague, colonel Thomas Tinsley, George K. Taylor, Henry Turner, Armsted Trustlow, John Turner, Benjamin Truman, Edwin Toney, junr. Robert Temple, Miss Keziah Toney, Mrs. Tinsley. U—Doctor Wm. Upshaw, Geo. Underwood. V—Jossephe Vagatio, John Vincent, captain George W. Varnum. W—Mrs. Mary Williamson, John Walker, John Williams, George Webb, major Samuel J. Winston, William Winge, Peter Winant, Joseph Watson, Thomas Willis, Reuben West, Esda Witte, capt. Richard Weeks, Mrs. Nancy C. Winston, Peter Winston, Sarah Williamson, John S. Webster, James M. Woody, Edmund Webster, John White, his heirs or executors, Thomas Watkins, John P. Williamson, Mr. — Williamson, Miss Ann Williams, Robert Williamson, George Winton. Y—Mrs. Eliza Young, William Young, Richard Young, Wm. FOUSHEE, P. M. NOTICE—Pursuant to a deed in trust, executed to us by John Harper of Nottoway county and recorded in the same court, bearing date the first day of July, 1808, in order to secure the payment of a debt due Owen Smith—we shall, on the first day of July next, at Jennings's Ordinary, proceed to sell, to the highest bidder, the following SLAVES, to wit: old John, Betty and her increase, young John and Rachael, or as many of them as may be sufficient to satisfy the purport of said deed and cost accruing. JOHN BOOTH, JOHN P. SMITH. June 2.
FOR CORK, THE FAST SAILING SHIP NANCY, WILLIAM R. NOYES, MASTER, NOW LYING IN THE PORT OF RICHMOND, And will sail in a few days. For Passage only APPLY TO THE CAPTAIN, on board, OR TO WILLIAM BROWN & Co.

EUROPE.
CONTINUATION
Of intelligence by the Mary, down to the 13th April FROM LONDON.
LONDON, April 10. The Dispatch packet, captain Harris, arrived on Friday at Falmouth, in thirteen days from Lisbon, with letters and papers from that city to the 25th last. The French troops from Galicia have entered Portugal, and advanced to Braga, on their way to Oporto. The Portuguese general having refused to lead his army against the enemy, on the approach of the latter to Claves, a mutiny took place, and he was, with his aid-de-camp, and one of his secretaries, put to death.
The Secretary, when dying, is said to have confessed that a plan had been laid by the Portuguese General, in concert with the enemy, for the admission of a French army of 30,000 in 3 divisions into Portugal. The Portuguese having thus freed themselves from the treason and the traitors, are said to have assembled in considerable force, and defeated the enemy in two several actions, on the 10th and 18th. Little credit, we fear, is due to the latter part of the account; for the day before the packet left Lisbon, advice was received there that a body of 8000 French had advanced to Braga, and were expected to enter Oporto in a few days. The greatest apprehensions were entertained for the safety of the shipping at Oporto, which it was feared would not be able to get out, owing to the very heavy sea on the bar sea on the bar. On entering the Portuguese territory, Marshall Soult, the commander in chief of the French army, issued a Proclamation, in which he offers to the inhabitants protection of their persons, property and religion, and an amnesty, on condition of their surrender without resistance.
The proclamation and the notes of the Portuguese editor upon it, are given in our preceding columns. The British army at Lisbon, under Sir John Cradock, amounting to about 15,000 men, were encamped round Lisbon, where the cannon had been removed on the forts, and every other preparation made for a vigorous defence.
The brigade of gen. Hill, which sailed from Cork on the 27th ult. would probably reach the Tagus about the 3d inst. The Packet left at Lisbon his majesty's ships Ganges, Semiramis, Amazon, Frigates, Intelligence and Nile. Sir Arthur Wellesley, we understand, is confident that the native troops, aided by a British force of 25,000 men, will be sufficient to defend Portugal against the enemy. The people appear to be well disposed towards us. As a proof of their confidence in our friendship, General Beresford has been appointed commander in chief of the Portuguese forces.
From the Royal Courant, published at Amsterdam on the fourth instant.
The dispositions, adopted by his majesty for shutting the ports, having expired on the last day of the preceding month of March, his majesty has thought it necessary to make some mitigation in respect to the said shutting of the ports, and to bring all the arrangements relative thereto to complete conformity with those which have taken place on the same subject in France. We submit a copy of the royal decree which regulates all that relates to this important subject; and to insure the strict execution of the measures adopted, his majesty has therewith charged a marine director of ways and means; this office being newly created, and assigned to a member of the council of state, as the labors of the minister of finance are too numerous and of too great importance under the existing circumstances, which are of the highest interest, to admit of his exclusively devoting his attention to this department.
Notwithstanding the severity of these measures, the well disposed mercantile persons will perceive the advantages which the trade with neutral and friendly countries may afford, for making the present state of things last, until the conclusion of a general peace, at which period alone can trade and navigation experience a revival.
The interest of commerce is connected with the discovery of abuses and the disclosure thereof to the government, inasmuch as his majesty has declared, that in case an improper use shall be made of the permission to trade coastways, the said trade shall be again prohibited, and the ports shut up anew. It therefore behoves every one to be watchful of this, and to be continually attentive to prevent the mistakes which might occur in this respect, and the injurious consequences which might therefrom ensue to the interests of trade and the state at large.
"Louis Napoleon by the grace of God, and the constitution of the kingdom, king of Holland, and constable of France, taking into consideration that the term prescribed by our decree of the 27th of November, 1808, No. 5, expires on the 31st inst. Taking farther into consideration that it is necessary, at the present period, to take further measures, either for the renewal of the aforesaid decree, or the previous decrees, respecting the means of carrying into execution the prohibition of all commerce with the enemy, or of replacing them, in whole or part, by other measures calculated to place all matters relative to navigation on a footing of complete uniformity with the decrees of France, and of our brother the emperor, and notwithstanding the difficulties arising from the maritime war, and those which commerce suffers for its own interest, being continually anxious to contribute in that important object, we have decreed and hereby decree:
ARTICLE I. All commerce, correspondence, and communication with England, remain prohibited according to the purport of our previous Laws, Decrees, and Regulations, and particularly such of them as expired on the 31st inst. so far as no alteration is therein made by the present decree.
ART. II. From the first day of the succeeding month of April, the following 52 articles may be exported to friendly or neutral countries in Dutch vessels, or those sailing under the flag of neutral or allied powers, viz:
Books, beans, butter, brandy, bricks, white lead, cheese, cambrics, copper manufactured, clocks, clover and garden seeds, eels, flower-roots, fruits, geneva, gauzes, glue, hoops, hides-dried, iron manufactured, leather, linen, linseed, madder, millstones, oak bark ground, oils, oils of seed, pottery, powder, blue, peas, paper, perfumery, plants, pipes, playing cards, quills, rushes, silk manufactured, sach. saturni, starch, tiles, thread and thread tape, tobacco, tarres, turf, vinegar, watches, wine, wood manufactured.
ART. 3. The importation of the following 52 articles shall be permitted, viz:
Ashes (pot), brandy, candles, copper, corn, fish oil, singlass, hare-skins, hemp and hemps-seed, hides (rough), iron, leather (manufactured), lead, linseed, mercury, mats, pitch, Russia-skins, rape seed, stock fish, soda, tar, tallow, tobacco, timber, wax, wool, bristles and fruits.
ART. 4. The commodities prepared for exportation shall not be put on board until previous notice has been given thereof to the marine director of the ways and means, with a particular specification of such articles, which cannot be exported but from the ports of Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Dordrecht, Groningen, Emden, Harlingen, Vere, Zierikzee, Delfzijl, and Brouwerhaven.
5. In order to the admission of any vessels into the harbors of this kingdom, they must enter in ballast or laden with the products of the north, specified in the 3d article, with the exception of those such vessels as are laden with salt, or those which, in the years 1806 or 1807, obtained
our licence to proceed to China for a cargo of tea, upon showing our said authority.
6. No other goods than those mentioned in the 4th article shall be suffered to be imported under any pretence whatever; all prohibited goods of whatever description, and in whatsoever quantity imported, and also the vessels on board which they may be found, being hereby declared liable to confiscation.
ART. 7. In case of suspicions arising respecting the origin of the cargo from informations received by the officers of the marine director, the same shall be provisionally sequestrated until proof be given that it has not come from England or her colonies.
8. Our consuls, in giving certificates of origin for goods shipped at their port of residence for British ports, shall not confine themselves to certifying that the goods neither come from England, nor her colonies, nor belong to English commerce, but they shall further specify the place from whence the goods originally came, the documents produced to them in proof of the respective declarations, and the names of the vessels in which they were conveyed from the place of origin to the ports where the consuls reside. They are required to transmit a copy of the declarations to our marine director.
[The remaining eight articles relate merely to the details of the manner in which the above articles are to be carried into execution, by the marine director and the three naval commanders of the coast districts. The Decree is dated at Utrecht, on the 31st of March.]
This relaxation of Bonaparte's commercial restrictions has excited considerable surprise and speculation. We must first however remark, that it affords another proof of the wisdom of that vigorous policy which his Majesty's ministers adopted to meet the system, by which Bonaparte sullenly attempted to destroy our trade, and to isolate us from all communication with the Continent, a system which has involved his own subjects in the greatest distress, and which has been so efficaciously applied to us, that we believe the exports from this country for the year ending the 5th of this month, exceeded the exports of the preceding year by about a million Sterling!
Two motives have led to this sudden and large relaxation of Bonaparte's decrees—some time ago it was said that the Dutch Council had, upon application being made them for fresh aids, for the impending war, stated their utter inability, in consequence of the ruined state of their trade. The commerce of France is in an equal state of stagnation and distress, though the Senate, more subservient than the Dutch Council, would not approach Bonaparte with any representations upon the subject. Germany, Russia, and every part of Europe groan under the same evils, and the accounts we have recently received of the situation of the Continent, exceed almost whatever the imagination can picture to itself of poverty, misery and distress. That Bonaparte has ever been induced to relax any measure of severity by feelings of humanity, or by any affection for mankind, it were absurd to suppose—but what he would refuse to the calls of humanity, he would yield to the dictates of policy. He is on the eve of a new war, a war which no policy can render popular, which no sophistry can persuade people to be necessary—a war which following close upon the contest with Spain, and that contest succeeding immediately to the conflict with Russia, must impress the nation with the melancholy conviction, that a state of peace and repose enters not into his contemplation, and forms no part of his system. In this situation he may have determined to soothe the public mind by concessions, which may relieve the general distress, and restore to commerce a degree of animation and activity to which it has long been a stranger. A second and perhaps equally powerful motive may have been to conciliate the Americans. Cut off from all his Colonies; in danger of losing Martinique and Guadaloupe, and of being expelled entirely from the West-Indies, he may feel that he may stand in greater need of the Americans to furnish him with commodities which he can no longer do without, and to further any views he may have upon the Spanish and Portuguese colonies. The Decree is perfectly adapted to this purpose.
The articles which are permitted to be exported, are those which France and Holland have in abundance, and many of which America stands in need of, such as pottery, linen, mercery, ironmongery, &c. &c. The articles permitted to be imported are those which America abounds in, such as grain, hemp and hemp seed, timber, potash, tobacco, tar, &c. The Decree is also calculated to relieve the commerce of Russia, by the permission it affords to import hides, hemp, tallow, and other things.
Such are the motives which appeared to us to have operated in producing this decree. It is said that it would enable this country to extend its connection with the continent; but that his majesty's ministers are determined to take measures for preventing such an extension, and that the licences that have hitherto been granted to carry on an intercourse with the continent, are not to be continued. If such be their intention, it is a very wise one, and indeed we do not see how, with any consistency, they could act otherwise. For however the decree may favor the commerce of neutrals in those articles which neutrals can supply, still it affords no facility to the introduction of the produce of England or her colonies into the ports of the continent. Sugar, coffee, teas, woollen cloth, muslins, hardware, not any article we can supply, is permitted. The plain question then is this, are we to facilitate the trade of neutrals at the expense of our own trade? The answer is obvious.
Letters from Germany say, that a Congress is to be held on the banks of the Inn, where the Emperors Francis and Napoleon intend to meet. In consequence, the army which was marching through Swabia has received orders to halt. In the mean time, count Stadion has taken leave of the Bavarian court, and left Munich for Vienna: but all the other persons attached to the Austrian embassy still continue in the former place.
The preparations at Vienna, for the defence of the country, were on the 13th of March, carrying on with the utmost activity. The Vienna militia has opened a recruiting service, and another was taken off, the object of which was to be, to keep up the regiments of the line to their full complement. A number of troops have been sent off to the frontiers, and we are assured that the Emperor and all the Archdukes will take the field.
Accounts have been received at Vienna from Servia, according to which the army of 15000 insurgents, and another of the same force formed by the inhabitants of the country, had been assembled to reinforce the Russian regiments now in Wallachia, among which troops considerable movements are observed, and military preparations.
On the arrival of the above mentioned corps, the Russian army will leave the Turkish provinces and draw towards Poland and Prussia.
On Friday sir David Dundas held a public day, and gave audience, at his office in the horse guards, to earl Pembroke, sir Harry Burrard, sir Charles Asgill, and about forty military officers, upon business, and to pay their respects to sir David, upon his being appointed to the office of commander in chief.
On Saturday sir Arthur Wellesley transacted business with sir David Dundas, for a considerable time, at his office, previous to his setting off for Portugal, to take the command of the army. In the evening sir Arthur, accompanied by general Stewart, colonel Bathurst, his military secretary, major Campbell, and his aide-de-camps, left town for Portsmouth. Last night the remainder of sir Arthur's staff set off to follow him.
The following changes in office, we understand, are to take place immediately:— Sir James Pulteney to retire from the office of Secretary at War, and to be succeeded by the right hon. Charles Long.
Mr. Sturges Bourne, to succeed Mr. Long as Pay-master of the forces.
Mr. Bourne's successor, as a Lord of the Treasury, is not yet appointed.
Sir James Pulteney retires, we understand, in consequence of the resignation of H. R. H. the Duke of York. He possesses an ample fortune and will be shortly elevated to the Peerage, with the title of Lord Murray.
Several transports laden with arms, ammunition, and clothing, for the use of the Spanish Patriots, are about to sail for Gijon. It is confidently stated, that the French are retreating from Galicia and Leon. Romana, it is added, greatly harasses them in their retreat, and has intercepted almost the whole of their plunder.
Extract of a letter from Oporto, dated March 23d 1809—"On the 7th inst. sailed his majesty's ship Venus to the northward on a cruise. All the ships here are unloading—and fine weather; and there seems to be no doubt they will all get their loading on board in good time. It is currently reported that there are about 1400 French troops near Chaves, 21 leagues N. E. of this place; and it is supposed they are a part of the grand army of Galicia; but the people in this part are determined and resolved to defend the place to the last. Fortifications are making in all parts of the entrances."
Lieut. gen. sir Arthur Wellesley, K. B. commander in chief of the forces in Portugal, arrived at Portsmouth last morning, to go out in the Surveillance frigate, sir G. Collier. The instructions given to sir Arthur will be of a general nature. For cases of an extraordinary kind, and exigencies which may arise in the course of the campaign, the most implicit reliance is placed on his acknowledged talents.
The 3d, or Prince of Wales's dragoon guards, Col. sir G. T. Calcraft; and the 4th or Queen's own light dragoons, Col. Somerset, completed their embarkation on Wednesday. These were followed by 150 royal artillery drivers, with 300 horses. The whole sailed on Saturday morning for Lisbon, under convoy of the Fredericksstein, capt. Searle. The transports consist of 90 sail, many of them being filled with every description of military stores.
Plymouth, April 8. Arrived, this day, the Dispatch packet, capt. Harris, with mails from Lisbon; 13 days passage. Letters from thence, brought by her, state, that 8000 French troops had advanced to Braga, and were expected to enter Oporto in a few days. At Chaves the Portuguese troops had mutinied, and murdered their general and three other officers, whom they suspected of treachery. A French force had advanced to that place, but had been repulsed. At Lisbon, the British troops, 15,000, were encamped in the vicinity of the city; the guns had been removed on the forts, and every preparation made for the defence of that place against the enemy.
Mrs. CLARKE —This lady, we understand, has undertaken to suppress her literary work, in consideration of a sum of 7000l. to cover her debts, &c. and an annuity of 600l. to herself and her children. Ten thousand copies of the work had been worked off, but they were consigned to the flames on Saturday, and all the parties concerned declared upon oath, that no vestige, in print or manuscript, was preserved, except a single copy, in compliance with the Act of Parliament, and that is secured under seven seals.
The extract from gen. Sir John Moore's letter which we gave on Saturday, forms a principal feature of all the other papers of this day. It was written only three days prior to the battle of Corunna, and the death of that much lamented hero, and may be regarded almost as his dying words, it being the last letter that he wrote. The perusal of it must excite painful sensations in every breast that is capable of feeling. The character which Sir John Moore gives of the army, while on its retreat, affords matter of deep regret. We are sorry that Lord Castlereagh has not, on a point of so much importance, given the parts of the letter which specify the misconduct which extorted from the gallant General the censure, which he has thus pronounced upon the army under his command.
TREATY
OF PEACE, FRIENDSHIP, AND ALLIANCE, Between his Britannic Majesty and his Catholic Majesty Ferdinand VII. signed at London, the 14th day of January, 1809. In the name of the most holy and undivided Trinity.
The events which have taken place in Spain, having terminated the state of hostility which unfortunately subsisted between the crowns of Great Britain and Spain, and united the arms of both against the common enemy, it seems good that the new relations which have been produced between two nations, now connected by common interest, should be regularly established and confirmed by a formal treaty of peace, friendship and alliance:—Wherefore, his majesty the king of the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the supreme and central junta of Spain and the Indies, acting in the name and on the behalf of his catholic majesty Ferdinand VII. have constituted and appointed—that is to say, his majesty the king of the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the right honorable George Canning, one of his majesty's most honorable privy council, and his principal secretary of state for foreign affairs; and the supreme and central Junta of government of Spain and the Indies, acting in the name and on the behalf of his catholic majesty Ferdinand VII. don Juan Ruiz de Apodaca, commander of Village and Algara in the military order of Calatrava, rear admiral of the royal navy, named by the supreme and central junta of government of Spain & the Indies, as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to his catholic majesty Ferdinand VII. to his Britannic majesty; their plenipotentiaries, to conclude & sign a treaty of peace, friendship and alliance; who having communicated their respective full powers, have agreed to and concluded the following articles:
Art. I. —There shall be between his majesty the king of the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and his catholic majesty Ferdinand VII. king of Spain and of the Indies thereunto appertaining, and between all their kingdoms, states and dominions, and subjects, a christian, stable and inviolable peace, and a perpetual and sincere amity and a strict alliance during the war against France; together with an entire and lasting oblivion of all acts of hostility done on either side, in the course of the late wars in which they have been engaged against each other.
Art. II. —To obviate all complaints and disputes which might arise on the subject of prizes, captured posterior to the declaration published by his Britannic majesty on the 4th of July of the last year, it has been mutually agreed, that the vessels and property taken posterior to the date of the said declaration, in any seas or ports of the world, without any exception and without any regard either to time or place, shall be restored by both parties—And, as the accidental occupation of any of the ports of the Peninsula
by the common enemy, might occasion disputes respecting any vessels which in ignorance of such occupation, might direct their course to those ports from any other harbor, either of the Peninsula or the colonies; and as cases may occur in which Spanish inhabitants of the said ports or provinces so occupied by the enemy, may with their property, endeavor to escape from his grasp; the high contracting parties have agreed, that Spanish vessels not aware of the enemy's occupation of any harbour which they are desirous to enter, or such as may succeed in making their escape from any harbor so occupied, shall not be captured, nor themselves nor their cargo be considered as good prize; but, on the contrary, that they shall meet with every help and assistance from the naval power of his Britannic majesty.
Art. III. —His Britannic Majesty engages to continue to assist to the utmost of his power, the Spanish nation in their struggle against the tyranny & usurpation of France, and promises not to acknowledge any other king of Spain and of the Indies thereunto appertaining, than his Catholic Majesty Ferdinand VII. his heirs, or such lawful successor as the Spanish nation shall acknowledge—and the Spanish government, in the name and on the behalf of his Catholic Majesty Ferdinand VII. engages never, in any case, to cede to France, any part of the territories or possessions of the Spanish Monarchy, in any part of the world.
Art. IV. —The high contracting parties agree to make common cause against France; and not to make peace with either power except by common consent.
Art. V. —The present treaty shall be ratified by both parties, and the exchange of the ratifications shall be made in the space of two months (or sooner, if it can be done) in London.
In witness whereof, we the undersigned plenipotentiaries, have signed, in virtue of our respective full powers, the present treaty of peace, friendship and alliance, and have sealed it with the seal of our arms.
Done at London, this 14th day of January, 1809.
(L. S.) GEORGE CANNING. (L. S.) JUAN RUIZ DE APODACA.
Art. I. —(Separate.) The Spanish government engages to take the most effectual measures for the preventing of the Spanish squadrons in all the ports of Spain, as well as of the French squadron taken in the month of June, and now in the harbor of Cadiz, from falling into the power of France. For which purpose his B. majesty engages to co-operate by all means in his power.
The present article shall have the same force and validity as if it were inserted, word for word, in the treaty of peace, friendship and alliance, signed this day, and shall be ratified at the same time.
In witness whereof, we the undersigned plenipotentiaries, have signed, in virtue of our respective full powers, the present separate article, and have sealed it with the seals of our arms.
Done at London this 14th day of January, 1809.
(L. S.) GEORGE CANNING. (L. S.) JUAN RUIZ DE APODACA.
Art. II. —(Separate.) A treaty shall forthwith be negotiated, stipulating the amount and description of succors to be afforded by his Britannic majesty, agreeably to the third article of the present treaty.
The present separate article shall have the same force and validity as if it were inserted, word for word, in the treaty of peace, friendship and alliance, signed this day, and shall be ratified at the same time.
In witness whereof, we the undersigned plenipotentiaries, have signed, in virtue of our respective full powers, the present separate article, and have sealed it with the seals of our arms.
Done at London, this 14th day of January, 1809.
(L. S.) GEORGE CANNING. (L. S.) JUAN RUIZ DE APODACA.
ADDITIONAL ARTICLE. —The present circumstances not admitting of the regular negotiation of a treaty of commerce between the two countries, with all the care and consideration, due to so important a subject, the high contracting parties mutually engage to proceed to such negotiation as soon as it shall be practicable so to do, affording, in the mean time, mutual facilities to the commerce of the subjects of each other, by temporary regulations founded on principles of reciprocal utility.
The present additional article shall have the same force and validity, as if it were inserted word for word, in the treaty of peace, friendship and alliance, signed at London, the 14th day of January, 1809.
In witness whereof, we, the undersigned Plenipotentiaries, have signed, in virtue of our respective full powers, the present additional article, and have sealed it with the seals of our arms.
Done at London, this 21st day of March, 1809.
(L. S.) GEORGE CANNING. (L. S.) JUAN RUIZ DE APODACA.
FOR SALE. —Upon liberal credit, for cash or good bonds, 515 acres of LAND, in Middlesex county, advantageously situated upon the Piskataway, being the House Lot of Shooters Hill tract. This Land is of a good quality, has a good Fishery, Oysters at the door, and wild Fowl in abundance. If not sold before the first of November, it will be leased for a term of years, with or without 615 acres adjoining.
For terms apply to Major Paulin A. Blackburne of that county or to AUSTIN BROCKENBROUGH. Tappahannock. April 7. w5m
COMMITTED to the Jail of King William county, a Negro Man named TOM, a run away, who says he belongs to a Mr. Christie, living in the state of Tennessee, and escaped from the said Christie in Bedford county, in the state of Virginia, some time in the month of August last, and says he was sold to the said Christie by a Mr. Bradley of Pittsylvania: The said fellow is about five feet eight or nine inches high, and of a yellow complexion; the owner is desired to come forward, prove his property, pay charges and take him away. H. LITTLEPAGE, D. Sheriff For WM. GREGORY, Sheriff. April 18. w5mp
NEW GOODS. —JOHN KING, has just received an additional supply of Spring and Summer GOODS, Selected from the late imports, and which are now opening for sale, at his Cheap Cash Store. May 19. tf
REMOVAL. —ANDREW STEVENSON, has removed his office, to the Brick Tenement immediately above the Bell Tavern, where the most punctilious attendance will be given to his professional duties. May 23. 4t
FOR LIVERPOOL. The good steamer brig, ROBERT POLLOK, CAPTAIN HOWLAND, is now loading at City Point, and as three fourths of her Cargo is under way, will be despatched immediately. Flour, Cotton or Tobacco will be received at a moderate rate of freight. For terms, apply to, Mr. Thomas Tredway, Manchester, or the Subscriber. ROBERT POLLOK. Petersburg, May 12. 5w
FOR LONDON. The good and fast sailing ship, FRANCES & MARY, CAPT. HITCH, is now ready to load, at City Point, and having two thirds of her Cargo ready to go on board, will be despatched with speed. Has elegant accommodation for passengers, and can accommodate 8 or 10 genteelly, if immediate application be made. For terms, apply to Mr. Thos. Tredway, Manchester, or ROBERT POLLOK. Petersburg, May 12. 5w
FOR LONDON AND LIVERPOOL. The fast sailing ship PERSERVERANCE, Capt. Pels, now lying at Bermuda Harbour—She is Philadelphia built, has excellent accommodation for passengers, and is expected to sail about the 10th of next month.—For passage only, apply to the Captain on board, to John Bell, Esq. of Petersburg, to John Granbury, Esq. of Norfolk, or to, M. W. HANCOCK, Richmond, May 22. tf
FOR SALE. —One thousand acres LAND lying in the lower end of Buckingham county, on both sides of Buffalo creek, and on the road leading from Ca-Ira to New-Canton, within half a mile of navigation, on Willie's river, and about two from Ca-Ira. This tract is esteemed remarkably fertile, and has a plantation cleared on it sufficient to work ten or twelve hands to advantage, and a good proportion of rich tobacco Land to clear. The improvements are only sufficient for the accommodation of an overseer and negroes, with a barn, and apple orchard. This estate, from its great fertility, vicinity to market, and situation in a polite and agreeable neighborhood, is well worthy the attention of any gentleman who may wish to remove from the lower country to a more healthy situation. For terms apply to Mr. Lineas Bolling, of the aforesaid county, who is fully authorised, by the subscriber, to treat with any person wishing to purchase. SUSANNA WILCOX. Chellow, May 9. 4w
LANDING from the Schooner RICHMOND, Isaac Seaman, Master:— 50 Boxes Raisins, 10 Bales Soft Shelled Almonds, 5 Casks Green Coffee, 19 Barrels Prime Pork, and 1 Pipe London Particular Madeira Wine. IN STORE. 17 Hogsheads Brown Sugar, 25 do. Molasses, 5 Tierces Green Coffee, 75 Boxes Hav-mah Segars, 3 Bales Welch Planes, Family Flour in barrels and half barrels, Young Hyson, Hyson Skin and Souchong Tea, 10 Boxes Mould Candles, FOR SALE BY, GEORGE WATT. January 17. tf
ENCHANCERY. —Charlotte Court, March 7, 1809 Stephen Smith, Plaintiff, against Nathan Zackery and Thomas M. Denton, Defendants. THE defendant Zackery not having entered his appearance according to the act of Assembly, and the rules of this Court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that he is not an inhabitant of this state, on the motion of the plaintiff by his attorney; It is ordered, That he appear here on the first day of June Court next, and enter his appearance and give security for performing the decree of the Court, and that a copy of this order be inserted in one of the newspapers printed in Richmond, for two months successively, and posted at the front door of the Court House, of the said County. Copy. Teste, TH: READ, c. c. w89f April 21
HANDSOME BUILDING LOTS. —The Subscriber will offer at Public Sale, to the highest bidder, On Thursday, the 8th June next, (if fair, if not, the next fair day,) on the premises, about forty.
LOTS OF LAND, Lately laid off on that beautiful and elevated plain between Centre Hill, and the Poplar Spring Race Ground. Some are half acres, and others are larger lots. In point of situation, they cannot be surpassed in some of the finest and most wholesome water in the world, being contiguous to Poplar Spring on the south, and only a short distance from the Public Spring on the north.
The streets & alleys are spacious, numerous & judiciously arranged for the promotion of health and convenience, as will be seen on reference to a plot of the said Lots, now at Messrs. Wm. and Henry Haxall's Vendue Office, Bollingbrook Street.
TERMS, VIZ: Fee simple title, and no ground rent, payable in three equal and annual instalments, the first to be made on the first of July, 1810. Security to be required, the purchasers at their option, will either give bond with approved security, or a lien on the land, until full payment is made. ROBERT BOLLING. Petersburg, May 26
N. B. All those who are desirous to avoid the expense, fatigue, and trouble of journeying to distant springs in search of health, are advised to provide themselves with a place of residence on this salubrious plain. To those who live in the lower part of the country, a removal in the summer time, to this spot, (particularly with children,) may render a longer journey quite unnecessary. R. B. May 26. 4tf
A TUTOR WANTED. —The Trustees of the town of York, are anxious to employ a gentleman of character, & literary acquirements, to conduct a SCHOOL in the said town. The branches of Science to be taught are, reading, writing, English grammar, arithmetic, geography, use of the globes, the Latin and Greek classics. The situation of York is pleasant and healthy: From twenty to forty pupils can be procured: A comfortable house will be furnished the Tutor free of expense. A person who shall produce testimonials of his sobriety, discretion and acquirements, which shall qualify him for the conduct of the school, will meet with encouragement on application. CORBIN GRIFFIN, } Committee TH: GRIFFIN, } ROBT. NELSON, jr. } Trustees. May 2. tf
Merchant's, Lawyer's, Sheriff's and Constable's BLANKS, For Sale at this Office.