The enquirer (Richmond, Va.), 1809-07-25 00:00:00

The Enquirer.
VOL. 6.]
RICHMOND, TUESDAY, JULY 25, 1809.
[No. 22.]
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LETTERS
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BROTHER ABRAHAM,
WHO LIVES IN THE COUNTRY.
BY PETER PLYMLEY.
FROM THE ELEVENTH LONDON EDITION.
Sold, also, at the Book-Stores of Messrs. Pleasants—Adams—and Jones.
GEORGE WATT has just received, and offers for sale, Sicily, Madeira, and Sherry WINE , by the Hhd. and Bz. cask , Green Coffee, Orleans Sugar by the Hhd. ; German Platillas Simplex by the piece or case , half pint Glass Tumblers in cases of 100 each , and New York Soap and Candles .
ON HAND , Madeira Wine, Orleans and Muscovado Sugars, Green Coffee, Molasses, Prime Pork, Liverpool and Stone Ware, Souchong, Hyson, Skin, and Gunpowder Tea, Spanish Segars, Raisins, Almonds, Nutmegs, Window Glass, Men's & Women's Shoes, and Prime Flour in whole and half barrels ; which he will dispose of by wholesale on reasonable terms.
July 22. J. H.
TO GABRIEL L. HALLER —Sir—As you are not a resident of this Commonwealth. Take notice that on the 14th day of August next, between the hours of 10 o'clock and sun set, (by virtue of a commission for that purpose, awarded.) I shall proceed to take the depositions of George Williamson, Robert S. Gannett and Mason Green , at the Eagle Tavern in the city of Richmond, to be read as evidence in an injunction now depending in the Chancery District court of Williamsburg in which myself and Nathaniel Sheppard are complainants, and Houlden Hudgens, Gabriel L. Haller and Mary Hudgens his wife, and Rascow Parsons , are defendants, and if the said depositions are not taken the first day, I shall continue from day to day until they are.
Yours, JOHN BOWE. July 21.
THE subscriber residing in Williamsburg will practice law in the Chancery District Court held in that place; he continues to do business in the county courts of Charles City, New Kent, James City and York.
Wm. BROWN, Jun. July 21.
HAVING executed a deed of trust to Benjamin Oliver, Jr. William Cunningham, and Samuel Richardson , conveying certain property therein mentioned, to them, for the purpose of making sale thereof, in order to discharge all debts for which I am bound for my father, and my own debts.—It is therefore my wish that all such creditors may as soon as possible, make their respective claims known to the above named gentlemen, that they may know how far to carry the sales, which will take place the 1st of August next.
JOHN M. SYME. June 9.
VALUABLE PROPERTY FOR SALE.
PURSUANT to a deed of trust executed to us, by John M. Syme , of the County of Hanover, for the purpose of satisfying all debts for which he is bound for his father & his own debts—we shall, on Tuesday, the first day of August next, if fair, if not, the next fair day, upon the premises, proceed to sell, four hundred and sixty three acres, (by a late survey) of prime and valuable land, adjoining the Town of New Castle, upon Pamunkey River , and the ferry across that river. Also, ELEVEN NEGROES , consisting of MEN, WOMEN, BOYS and GIRLS , all the stock of HORSES, CATTLE, HOGS, SHEEP , and implements of husbandry, &c., conveyed by the said instrument. Such title as we hold as trustees will be made the purchaser or purchasers, and possession of the land given at Langhorne with the privilege of seeding wheat and corn. The terms of sale will be one third cash, one third in six months, and the balance in 12 months, from the day of sale. Interest will be expected upon the distant payments. Bonds with approved security will be required of the purchasers of the personal property, and Bonds with deeds of trust upon the land and ferry of the respective purchasers. The land &c. will be shown by MR. WM. CUNNINGHAM , living in New Castle, or either of the MR. SYMES , to any person wishing to view the premises. Creditors will be allowed to purchase, and their claims discounted.
According to Mr. John M. Syme's notification above, we or either of us, will receive the amount of any claim, and it is our wish that they be made known prior to the day of sale.
There are some previous liens upon this property, or some of it, to secure certain debts, which will be first paid, according to their several dates. Proposals for any part of the above property will be received by either of the trustees prior to the sale.
BENJAMIN OLIVER, JR. WM. CUNNINGHAM. SAML. RICHARDSON. New-Castle, June 9. tds
NOTICE —Sutors in the Chancery district court of Williamsburg, and in the county court of James City, and Hastings court of Williamsburg, who entrusted business to my management will communicate with William Armstrong, Esq. to whom I have committed the care of the causes in which I was concerned. He resides in New Kent county near the court house, but is now in Williamsburg.
J. SAMPLE. Williamsburg, July 18.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
Away, about the 14th of last month, from the subscriber, residing in the city of Richmond, a Mulatto Man named GEORGE , about 23 or 24 years of age. He is, I believe, about 5 feet 9 or 10 inches high, with rather large limbs, and a little knock-kneed; his complexion is tolerably bright, and his hair is rather more straight than that of mulattoes generally. He has lost the first joint of his middle or fore finger of one of his hands, which, I think, is the right hand, but the finger is perfectly cured. I do not recollect any other visible mark by which I can describe him. I am informed that he has changed his name, & it is probable that he will, with forged papers, attempt to pass as a free man. All boatmen and masters or skippers of vessels, are particularly cautioned against carrying him away. The above reward will be given to any person who will bring the said slave to me, or apprehend him so that I may recover him.
J. ROBINSON. June 13.
COLUMBIAN MILLS. —The subscriber informs his friends and the public, that he will purchase WHEAT delivered at the Columbian Mills , or he will receive wheat there to be manufactured on very moderate and advantageous terms to the holders of this article—viz. for every 340 pounds of good merchantable wheat, he will engage to deliver one barrel of good superfine flour, or he will receive wheat at six shillings and six pence per bushel of 60 pounds, with a small proportion of fine flour at five dollars sixty two cents per barrel; all to be inspected and delivered in good order at the mill. The flour made at this mill has always been held in high repute, and it is the intention of the present proprietor to sustain its character. The Corn Mill is in complete order—every attention will be paid to the customers sending their Corn there to be ground on toll at the usual rate. Good fresh Meal for sale in small or large quantities at very moderate prices for cash. Apply to Mr. Samuel Leech on the premises or to JOHN GRANBERY , Norfolk. Cash given for Corn delivered at the mill. July 18.
J. H.
VIRGINIA —At a Superior court of Chancery held at the Capitol in Richmond, June 25th 1809. George Fisher, Elizabeth Fisher, Jane Fisher, Bolling Fisher, and Elizabeth Fisher, executrix of Daniel Fisher dec'd vs. John Fisher and Edward Fisher, executors of Daniel Fisher, William Stark, James Dennison, Archibald Gracie, Mary Fisher, David Robertson and Richard Smith.
This cause was this day partly heard on the bill, sundry exhibits, and the report of Commissioner Wilder , pursuant to the order of the 25th day of February last, with exceptions thereon to the plaintiffs, but none on the part of the defendants. On consideration whereof the court confirming so much of the said report as states an account of the legacy due to Elizabeth Fisher , and of the Annuity to Jane Fisher two of the plaintiffs, both admeasure, order & decree, that the defendant John Fisher pay to Elizabeth Fisher , daughter to Daniel Fisher , the elder, deceased, two thousand and sixty three pounds twelve shillings and six pence with interest at the rate of five per centum per annum, on one thousand and two hundred and thirty two pounds ten shillings, from the first day of January one thousand eight hundred and five until payment; and to the said Jane Fisher , another plaintiff, one hundred and ninety pounds with like interest on one hundred and fifty pounds from the same time, unless the said John Fisher , on or before the 10th day of the term next after he shall have been served with a copy of this decree, show cause to the contrary, and as to the residue of the said report, the court doth recommit it to Commissioner Wilder , with these instructions, to state specially the amount of the real and personal estate of the testator, including that which hath reverted by the death of the defendant Mary , and how the same hath been disposed of, to state likewise the amount of each debt due to, and from the said estate; and with respect to Mr. Randolph's debt, to state the original amount, how it was secured, what part hath been paid, how much remains due, and whether the security hath been changed and by whom; to state the advances made to the children of the testator, by him in his lifetime after they were of age; and those which have been made since his death, and after making the several statements aforesaid, to present the same in one general account, showing the balance due to and by each legatee, and report the same to the court with any special matters deemed pertinent by himself, or required by the parties to be specially stated. And to enable the Commissioner to perform this order, he is authorized to examine any of the parties in solemn form, for which purpose they are ordered to attend the commissioner when by him required.
COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE.
PETERSBURG, July 5, 1809.
THE Parties to the foregoing order are desired to take Notice, that I have appointed Monday the 14th day of August next, to carry the same into effect: On which day they are required to attend at my office, and there to exhibit the proofs necessary to enable me to comply with the directions therein contained.
JOSEPH G. WILDER, M.C. July 13. ep/m
THE different business concerns heretofore existing in this state, under the firms of Buchanan and Pollok at Petersburg, Robert and Allen Pollok at Richmond, and Pollok and Tredway & Co. at Manchester , are this day dissolved by mutual consent.
The partner resident at each place, is charged with the collection of the debts due to the concern hitherto under his arrangement, and we earnestly request those indebted to come forward and make satisfactory arrangements for the discharge of their debts. Those having claims against either of the concerns, will please apply accordingly.
DAVID BUCHANAN, by Robert Pollok, his Atty in fact. ROBERT POLLOK. ALLEN POLLOK. THOS. TREDWAY. Virginia, July 18.
The subscriber having purchased the stock of Goods on hand at this place, will continue business in his own name, and for his own account, at the former residence of Buchanan and Pollok .
ROBERT POLLOK. Petersburg, July 19.
The subscribers have renewed their connection in business, and mean to prosecute it in this place under the firm of Pollok and Tredway .
ROBERT POLLOK. THOMAS TREDWAY. Manchester, July 18. gw
EUROPE.
CONTINUATION
Of Extracts from French Papers, received by the Fair American.
[TRANSLATED FOR THE AURORA.]
OFFICIAL PAPERS.
Accompanying the report of M. Champagny, Secretary of State, to the Emperor Napoleon.
(CONTINUED)
No. 7.—Letter from Count de Metternich to Champagny, minister, &c.
PARIS, August 3, 1808.
SIR, MINISTER.
The confidential note which your excellency did me the honor to address to me on the 27th July, from Toulouse, reached me on the 1st August. Whilst employed in answering it, I yesterday received your note of the 30th July, from Bordeaux.
If the first of those papers was of a nature to make me experience and anticipate the regret that the Emperor, my master, would feel when perusing it; I am rejoiced at the manner in which my communications, of the 22d July last, were received by his majesty, the Emperor Napoleon. What powerful impressions must not questions, such as those addressed to him from Toulouse, create on the mind of a sovereign whose character is eminently pacific, who is attached to the true interests of his people, and steady to those political measures which are so conformable to his true interests? The Emperor cannot but regret, that the many proofs, given to France at critical moments; so many steps taken to cherish the most intimate relations with her; and the new assurances that had been given of his constant adherence to the principles which governed his continental policy—should have given way to the first impression, which rumors created and amplified by malevolence, had evidently made upon a cabinet, with which all his inclinations led him to unite, upon a powerful ally, whose friendship never can become a matter of indifference, since it is founded upon interests reciprocal and common to both empires.
The frank, plain and undisguised explanations, which I believe to be alone worthy of the Emperor Napoleon, have had, in part the effect I expected. Opposed to them at this time, are the rumors circulated at Toplitz, Carlesbad, Egria: I am without uneasiness respecting these. The reports, forged in the coffee houses of Europe, must contradict and efface themselves. I have only to remark to your excellency, that they are not the rumors of Austria. Nine-tenths of the inhabitants of those places are strangers, talkative because they are idle, and warlike because they are poor, and only temporarily inhabit. It is such of the evidence of foreign influence, it is proved to be a nullity by the places and by the distant frontier where it is exercised. His majesty, the Emperor, may be assured, there exists no such influence in the councils of the emperor Francis, and that all prejudice and deception are equally remote from them. The past ought to prove this, the present and the future will convince him of it.
Your excellency has mentioned a sort of riot at Trieste, and the stoppage of two couriers in Croatia—facts, of which until now, I had no knowledge. I would regret them, as I do every event contrary to the public order, and contrary to the obvious relations that should exist between neighbors and friends, if they did not furnish to my court a new opportunity to prove to his majesty, the Emperor Napoleon, that he never will be deceived in his expectations of redress, for acts of this kind, to as great an extent as he himself would afford it, if they had been committed in his own dominions. I promise your excellency the most severe punishment of the guilty.
I hastened to transmit to Vienna, the last communication from your excellency; and, having no cabinet courier at command, gave it in charge to Count de Mier.
The reasons for desiring an answer, which your excellency communicated to me, will greatly contribute to induce the Emperor to return a prompt reply, which will be drawn up according to the amicable intentions which govern him. Those intentions are too well known, to leave any doubt but that the proofs, which his majesty will furnish France, will be transmitted without any other delay than that which must of necessity take place.
That confidence, which your excellency has so long possessed, will not allow me to conceal my wishes, that the Emperor may suspend, until the return of my courier, any measure calculated to confirm, more than at present, the apprehension of a speedy rupture between France and Austria. I perfectly accord with the very just remarks, which you have made in your recent communications, respecting the impropriety of measures, which in spite of the wishes of sovereigns, or their ministers, and the most wise among the people, often produce the greatest misfortunes among mankind. Let us not, then, raise the hopes of our common enemy, by exhibiting hostile appearances, which, in Austria, as well as elsewhere, can but have an unfavorable effect upon the public, deprived of all knowledge of the true state of affairs; and which, on one side, as well as on the other, may place the courts in an attitude, as contrary to the wishes of both Emperors, as to those of both nations. Let us not furnish the malevolent, those who are really anxious for war, with those new weapons, which they may covertly hurl against us both. Nothing is more easy, and unhappily nothing is more common, than to see that offered as zealous support, which has a motive of a very different character.
In leaving to my august master, the charge of answering the overtures of his majesty the Emperor Napoleon, your excellency will not hesitate fully to conceive, the only wish with which I am animated, and of course the tenor of the orders I have received.
No. 8.—Note from Count de Champagny, to Count de Metternich.
PARIS, March 10, 1809.
The undersigned, minister for foreign affairs, has given an account to his majesty the Emperor, his master, of the communication which was made to him, by his excellency, Count de Metternich, upon the return of Count de Mier, and of the determination which the cabinet of Vienna has taken to place its armies upon a war footing.
The Emperor Napoleon has been affected at this determination. The armaments of Austria, the unfriendly conduct of its minister at Constantinople and in Bosnia, the writings against France, circulated profusely throughout the monarchy, inducing his majesty to believe, that the English were not without influence at Vienna, determined him to stop, on the Meurthe and Saone, the march of those divisions destined for Boulogne, Brest and Toulon. His majesty at the same time instructed the Princes of the Confederation of the Rhine, to hold their troops in readiness, at all events, that they might, if necessary, re-unite them, and be in a condition, if he should fail, to repel every aggressor.
But, after the declaration of M. Metternich, his majesty has given orders, to the troops posted in the interior of France, to proceed to the Rhine, to watch over the safety of his allies and confederates; and, that the troops of those states should, without delay, be placed on the war establishment. Thus armies will be opposed to armies. The commencement of the disturbance, the threats and the armaments, will be made by Austria. It is for her to say when they shall cease. As no difference exists between the two courts, and as the treaty, which was followed by the evacuation of Braunau by the French army, affords no point for dispute between the two powers, his majesty has no idea of what is desired or what is pretended: but, on his part, he wishes to see Europe in the enjoyment of security and peace, and his own people reaping the fruits of the economy that would succeed that event. The undersigned, is charged to state those wishes to M. Metternich.
He requests his Excellency, &c. (Signed) "CHAMPAGNY."
No. 9.—Note from Count Metternich to Count de Champagny.
PARIS, March 12, 1809.
The undersigned, ambassador of his majesty the Emperor of Austria, yesterday received the note, which his excellency, the minister for foreign affairs, did him the honor to send him, dated the 10th of this month.
On the 31st of January last, his excellency, the minister for foreign affairs, communicated to the undersigned a dispatch from his royal highness, the Vice-Roy of Italy, containing complaints on two distinct points.
The difficulty which a French officer experienced in remaining at Trieste. He the next day sent Count de Mier to Vienna. The eagerness with which he communicated those complaints to the Court of Vienna, furnishes a new evidence, to the cabinet of the Thuilleries, of the constant desire of his august master, to maintain with his majesty, the Emperor of the French, the most amicable relations, and of his earnest wish to avoid, by every means in his power, giving the slightest cause for interrupting the good understanding between the two courts.
A knowledge of the well-tried principles of the Emperor, his master, the fact no less certain that, since the treaty which was followed by the evacuation of Braunau, there existed no subject for dispute between the two powers, induced the undersigned confidentially to represent, on many occasions, since the month of January last, to his excellency, the minister for foreign affairs, the surprise excited at Vienna, by the order transmitted at that time to the Princes of the Confederation of the Rhine, to hold their contingents ready for marching a few days after a requisition for that purpose should be made. The undersigned strengthened his arguments, by remarks upon the great inquietude and uncertainty respecting the relations between the two courts, created by the French news papers, and by the German Gazettes published in the states of the Rhenish Confederation. On the 7th of January, he had the honor to inform his excellency, that on the 29th January, (the day on which a courier was dispatched to him from Vienna,) no movement had been made in the Austrian empire, although the preparatory advice, relative to the measures to be taken by the Confederation of the Rhine, issued by the Emperor of the French, had come to the knowledge of his court. He repeated, at the same time, his own conviction, that the new measures taken in France and in Germany, and above all, the march of French troops towards Bavaria, (a circumstance not foreseen at the time of the departure of the courier,) would end in determining the Emperor to protect his people by taking some defensive measures.
Count de Mier returned to Paris on the 1st of March. He brought an order to the undersigned ambassador of his majesty, the Emperor of Austria, to inform his excellency, the minister of foreign affairs, that his imperial majesty, always anxious to maintain, with the court of France, the best relations, had instantly ordered an enquiry respecting all the objects which produced the mission of M. de Mier to Vienna. The ambassador will, as early as possible, inform M. de Champagny of the result of those enquiries.
In a conversation, which the undersigned had with the minister for foreign affairs, he did not conceal from him, that the apprehensions, which, at the close of the month of January, he had mentioned to him, as to the effect which would be produced at Vienna by the armaments in the Rhenish Confederation, were already realized in part. When he added, that the unaccountable information, which had just been received respecting the junction of considerable corps of French troops in Bavaria, and the march of other corps towards the middle of Germany, and north of Italy, had induced his majesty to take several defensive measures; the undersigned
gave a new evidence of confidence on his part, by expressing his regret at seeing a state of things, so opposite to the wishes of his august master, succeed to such friendly relations as, since the evacuation of Braunau, had existed between two states. If the return of M. de Mier had not been interrupted by the passage of the French columns towards Bavaria, a delay respecting which the undersigned has before had the honor to express his regret, he might have transmitted one or two days earlier the official assurances of the only views and intentions which animate his august master towards his majesty the emperor of the French.
Whilst informing his excellency, of his eagerness to transmit to his court, the note of the 10th March, the undersigned thinks it his duty, to confine within a narrow compass, the last relations in which he will have any agency; he cannot but add, that if his imperial majesty of Austria has, much against his wishes, seen in the movements that have taken place, since the month of January last, just cause of uneasiness, respecting the relations which he was anxious should exist between him and France, he has no other ambition on his side, than to see Europe enjoying the calm of peace, the first of blessings, and which he will ever be anxious to secure to his people.
The undersigned begs his excellency, the minister for foreign affairs, to accept the renewed assurance of his high consideration.
(Signed) METTERNICH.
No. 9.—Duplicate letter from his royal highness, Prince Charles, of Austria, to the general in chief, commanding the French army in Bavaria.
HEAD QUARTERS, April 9, 1809.
According to the declaration of his majesty, the emperor of Austria, to the emperor Napoleon, I inform the general in chief of the French army, that I have received orders to advance, with the troops under my command, and to treat as enemies all who shall resist.
(Signed) CHARLES.
REMARKS.
The foregoing official papers, which his majesty directed to be communicated to the senate, comprehend the whole correspondence on affairs of a general nature, which has taken place between his majesty's minister, and the legation of the court of Vienna.
The last but one, which expresses, on the part of the Austrian court, a lively desire to see Europe enjoying the calm of peace and the last, which is an actual declaration of war, presents a contrast that must strike every one. It should at the same time be remarked, that the series of the first eight papers, presents a lapse of seven months, from August 3, 1808, to March, 10, 1809, during which time it would appear, that the communications between the two courts had ceased; but it is easy to explain this intermission by the arrival of his majesty at Paris, the beginning of August, and by the return of his minister, who could resume from that time, the course of verbal communications and conferences with the accredited minister near his majesty.
In that interval, events of great importance had taken place in Germany, and the communications between the two courts had successively presented themselves under a variety of aspects. These variations will be found detailed and confirmed in some documents of a nature extremely important, and of which his majesty has also authorized the communication to the senate. It seems necessary, however, to precede them, by a summary of a verbal, and, as may be said, public declaration of his majesty, to the minister of the court of Vienna, at one of his diplomatic audiences:—a summary which his majesty's minister was ordered to make known by a circular to his ambassadors at foreign courts.
That communication will be followed and closed by a report which was presented to his majesty on the 2d. March, and which will fully explain the constant but useless efforts, that were made, during six months, to recall Austria to dispositions of confidence and to pacific measures, which she never would have deviated from, had she solely regarded her own true interests.
No. 10.—Dispatch, addressed to gen. Andreossi, (the French ambassador at the court of Vienna) on the 16th of August, 1808, by count de Champagny.
MR. AMBASSADOR.
His majesty the emperor, on his return from a journey into the interior of France, arrived at St. Cloud, on the night of the 14th, and on the 15th the day of his fete, he received with the usual solemnity the princes, ministers & high officers of the empire; the senate, the council of state, the whole corps of public functionaries, and lastly the diplomatic corps, was remarkable for a very long conversation between his majesty and the Austrian ambassador, of which I wish to give you at least the substance.
"Austria then wishes for war," said the emperor, "or does she wish to frighten us?"
M. de Metternich protested that the intentions of his court were pacific. "If that is the case, why your immense preparations?"
"They are purely defensive," replied M. de Metternich. "But who attacks you, that you think of defending yourselves? Who threatens you, that you think you will be soon attacked? Is not every thing peaceful on our side? Has there been the least dispute between you and me, since the peace of Presburg? Have I made any pretension that alarms you? Have not all our relations been extremely amicable?"
"And yet you have all at once raised a cry of alarm; you have put in motion the whole of your population; your princes have traversed your provinces; and your proclamations call the people to the defence of their country. Your proclamations and measures are such as you employed when I was at Leoben. If it was merely a new organization that you were making, it would be effected more slowly, without noise or expense; without exciting at home so prodigious a ferment, & abroad so lively an alarm. But your measures are not

"purely defensive: you have added to each of your regiments a force of 1300 men; your militia will give you a disposable force of 400,000 men; those men will be drafted into regiments and exercised, a part of them is now clothed; your fortresses are provisioned; and lastly, what is to me a proof that you are preparing to begin a war, you have purchased horses, although you have at this moment 14,000 artillery horses; in the midst of peace, we do not incur such enormous expenses."
"To men whom you call out to exercise, you grant a pecuniary indemnification; you have clothed a part, and you have furnished them with arms; nothing of all this could have been done but at very great expense, and yet you all agree that your finances are in a miserable condition; your exchange, before so low, is now lower; and your commercial operations have suffered—can it be supposed that you would expose yourselves to all those inconveniences and embarrassments, without an object?"
"Do not say that you have been compelled to provide for your safety. You must acknowledge that all our relations have been amicable; you know that I ask nothing from you, that I make no claim to anything you have, and also that I regard the preservation of your power in its actual condition as useful to the system of Europe, and to the interest of France. I have encamped my troops, to keep them in vigor and exercise; they cannot be encamped in France because it is too expensive there, they are encamped in foreign countries, where the expense is less. My camps have been fixed in different directions; none of them threatened you. I would not have encamped, had I any hostile views towards you. In the excess of my confidence and security, I dismantled the fortresses of Silesia. Most certainly, I would not have had camps, if I had any idea that they could alarm you—a single word from you would have dissuaded me from forming them. I am ready to break them up, if you think that is necessary to your safety."
M. de Metternich having remarked, that there had been no movements of troops in Austria, the emperor replied:—"You are mistaken: you have withdrawn your troops from quarters, where they were maintained at less expense; you have concentrated them upon Cracovia; you have placed yourselves in a condition to menace Silesia at pleasure; your army is united, and it has taken a military position. Yet what do you expect? Do you think to frighten me? You will not be able to do it. Do you imagine circumstances are favorable for you? If you do, you are deceived. My politics are open and frank, because they are loyal, and because I possess the love of my soldiers. I will withdraw the 100,000 men from Germany, and send them into Spain, yet I will be a match for you. Arm, and I will arm, and if necessary raise 200,000 men more. You have no continental power to assist you: I would almost dare to tell you, in the name of the emperor of Russia, that he will require you to remain at peace. He is already not well pleased at your relations with the Servians; he has as much reason to suppose himself menaced by your preparations, as I have to suppose myself threatened; and he suspects that you have views upon Turkey. You may suppose that I also have views on Turkey; I declare that it is unfounded and that I want nothing from Turkey, nothing from Austria."
"And yet your emperor does not wish for war—I believe him; I confide in the promise he gave me at our interview. He can have no resentment against me. I was in possession of his capital and of the greater part of his provinces; nearly all was restored to him—I kept Venice solely to prevent any cause for discord, any pretext for war. Do you think that a conqueror of the French armies, and in possession of Paris, would have acted with so much moderation? No, your emperor does not desire war; your ministry does not wish for it; the most distinguished men of your monarchy do not desire it; and yet the movements that you have made have been such, that war will follow, in spite of you and me. You have created a belief that I demanded some of your provinces; and your people, from a national and generous impulse, that I am far from blaming, are indignant; their indignation is carried to excess, and they run to arms. You issued a proclamation forbidding your people to talk of war, but your proclamation was vague; it was considered as a measure of policy; and as your measures were in opposition to your proclamation, your measures have been regarded, & not your proclamation. Thence the insult given to my consul at Trieste, by your new militia; thence the assassination of three of my couriers proceeding to Dalmatia. Should there be any more such insults, war will be inevitable; for we may be killed, but will not be insulted with impunity."
"England sustains the war without interest; it was thus they provoked the war that followed the insult given to general Bernadotte. Such intrigues will carry you where you do not wish to go. The English and their partisans dictate all those false measures, they already rejoice in the expectation of seeing Europe again in flames; they will gain fifty per cent. by the impulse you are creating in Europe. It is them that I accuse; it is owing to them that a Frenchman cannot go to the waters of Bohemia without being insulted. Why do you suffer this? Have you any examples of it in France? Are not your consuls and travellers hospitably received and respected in France? The most trifling insult given to one of them, would be instantly and severely punished."
"I repeat, you are led astray, and in spite of you, the ferment of your people imprudently excited, and the intrigues of the partisans of England and of some members of the equestrian order (who have carried amongst you the bitterness of their regrets) will drag you in a war. The emperor of Russia, perhaps, will oppose it, and will declare to you in a firm manner, that he does not approve of the war, and that he will be against you. But if to his intervention Europe will owe the continuation of peace, you can expect no gratitude from Europe or from me. I cannot regard you as my friends, and shall consider myself entirely at liberty to make such arrangements as the state of Europe may require, without asking your advice or concurrence."
"Then, what will happen? You have levied 400,000 men, I will levy 200,000; the confederation, which had discharged
its troops, will reorganize them and make new levies:—Germany, which is just beginning to breathe, after so many ruinous wars, will see all her wounds opened anew: I will establish the fortresses of Silesia, instead of evacuating that province and the Prussian states, as I intended:—Europe will be aroused; armies will be in the presence of each other, and the most trivial incident will produce the commencement of hostilities."
"You say you have an army of 400,000 men, which is much larger than at any former time of your monarchy. You wish to double it;—to follow your example, it will be very soon necessary to arm even the women. In such a state of things, when every bow shall have been bent, war will become necessary to produce the catastrophe. It is thus, that, in the physical world, the state of agitation into which nature is thrown at the approach of a hurricane, makes it desirable that the storm should encircle, that the heavens and the earth may the sooner exhibit a sweet serenity. Violent pain, but of short duration, is preferable to tedious suffering."
"In the mean time, all hopes of a maritime peace vanish; the strong measures taken to obtain it will have been useless. The English smile with the thoughts of discord again excited on the continent, and trust to it for the defence of their interests. See the evils you have produced, and I believe without intending it. But, if your dispositions are as pacific as you say they are, prove them to be so; countermand the measures which have excited so dangerous a ferment; to this impulse involuntarily given, it is necessary to oppose an impulse of a contrary kind; and since, from Petersburg to Naples, there is no doubt that Austria prepares for war, since all your merchants announce it as certain, it is necessary that every voice should be able to proclaim that your actions as well as your words evince a disposition for peace. On my side every security shall be given that you can desire."
"Thus, sir, I have given you, as well as I could trace it, a brief abstract of the remarks which his majesty made to M. de Metternich. The emperor showed that he felt a good deal of emotion, as was to have been expected in treating on so momentous a subject. He had no more warmth, than that emotion naturally produced; he spoke of the emperor of Austria and of his government, in terms of regard and respect, and he said several things personally agreeable to M. de Metternich. That ambassador, who has constantly protested the pacific dispositions of his court, has never found himself for one moment in an embarrassing situation; and I have this evening heard him felicitate himself at being in a court, where such communications could be thus directly made by the sovereign to a foreign minister. M. de Tolstoi joins in the opinion. The emperor appears even in the eyes of those, who have the least observation noble, frank, loyal, regardful of the convenience of those around him, observing a perfect delicacy, eloquent as well as sensible, & possessed of that sensibility, which the great interests of humanity excite; he judges it equally necessary, to be prepared for war as well as for peace, and wishes for the latter without fearing the former; and it is generally thought, that to a language so frank and noble, no answer can be made but an open avowal of warlike intentions, or by facts as well as words prove, that peace is really desired."
"You can make this dispatch the subject of an interview with M. D. Stadion. The Austrian Government cannot doubt the sincerity of the Emperor's wishes for peace. But if the Emperor wishes security during peace, if peace is equally dear to Austria, she will not hesitate to give the emperor a full assurance of her wishes, and it is above all by giving another direction to the public opinion that she will confirm them—but that direction can only be effected by a change of measures."
(To be continued.)
EXTRACTS from English prints, received via Barbadoes.—London dates to the 22d May.
LONDON, May 18. We have received Dutch papers to the 4th instant, containing the 4th bulletin of the French army in Germany. It is dated the 1st inst. at Braunau, on the Inn, to which city it appears Bonaparte had, on the previous evening, transferred his head quarters from Burghausen. From this latter place he proposed to remove to Ried on the 1st, and he would probably endeavor to proceed from thence to Wels, and thence to Linz, thus advancing along the great road, on the southern side of the Danube, to Vienna. As the main Austrian army, under the archduke Charles is on the north side of the Danube, we shall not probably hear of any important action for some days. Whether Bonaparte means to pursue him across the river, or march direct from Vienna, leaving the archduke in his rear, or whether the latter will endeavor to anticipate him, and make a stand in defence of the capital, on these points we have no means of forming a decided opinion. The bulletin is of no importance further than as it ascertains the head quarters of the French on the 1st inst.
May 19. A large mass of Dutch and German papers have been received, containing a great variety of details, some of which are very important, and all interesting. We shall begin with those which relate to the operations on the north bank of the Danube. The archduke Charles has abandoned his position on the Regen, and has retired towards the Bohemian frontiers. This movement has induced having been joined by Bernadotte between Reisdien and Schwandorf, they have advanced to Cham and Waldmünchen. The reports of battles between the archduke and the French are unfounded.
Whilst the war is for the present confined on the north bank of the Danube, to mere marches and changes of position, Bonaparte is advancing on the south bank with the main body of his army along the roads that lead from the Inn to Linz and Wels. On the 2d, part of the army had arrived at Sigharding, and pushed on its advanced guard to Effering; the remainder of the army had reached Ried on the road to Wels. The force employed in this part consists of three French divisions, and the Darmstadt, Wirtemberg, and part of the Bavarian troops. The Austrians under Gen. Haller, reinforced by successive arrivals of troops from Vienna have passed the Trano, and taken a position behind Wels, where another battle is expected.
In the mean time the rest of the French and Bavarian troops are gone to Salzburg & the Tyrol, which is in a state of general insurrection. There was some warm fighting
on the 29th in the neighborhood of Salzburg, and in the town itself several Jellachich retired towards the Tyrol. How serious affairs are in that quarter, we may conjecture from the confession of the French themselves, that the whole of the northern Tyrol is in insurrection, & large bands of Tyrolese troops make incursions into Swabia, and to the Lech, and are off cattle and provisions in abundance.
The Austrians, meanwhile, according to the Zurich Gazette, have been successful in other quarters, have taken the important posts of Bregenz and Feldkirch, and have advanced as far south as Bregenz, which was taken by storm; Co. of the division that came from Germany, another Austrian division entering a bishoprick of Trent, where the French papers say there was a warm action. This naturally directs our attention to the state of the war in Italy.
The first operations of the war in that quarter have been extremely successful. From the Tagliamento the French had been driven back, and the Austrians successively took Vicenza & Padua, & advanced over the Adige. From thence they sent a part of their army, which ascending the river, advanced to Trent. The unfortunate turn however, of affairs in Germany, obliged the archduke John to send 50,000 men thither, and his career was stopped on the Adige. The last accounts, dated on the 2d of May, left the French head quarters at Montebelluna, between Verona and Vicenza. The bulletins and proclamations of the Austrians have produced considerable effect in that part of Italy, and in some places the people have risen.
MAY 20. The officer who arrived with dispatches to government from Belgium, brought intelligence of insurrections prevailing in all the northern parts of Germany. In Hannover the people surrounded and compelled 3000 Dutch troops to lay down their arms. We have received three Austrian bulletins, but they have not brought down the military operations to so late a date as those of which we had previously received accounts. The Austrians do not attempt to conceal the disasters they have met with; they confess that after the most obstinate fighting for five days, they were beaten. For the present, they say, they have changed their operations from the offensive to the defensive.
There appears to have been a sharp action in Poland on the 19th ult. before Warsaw was surrendered to the archduke Ferdinand, whose head quarters were at Rakow on the 21st. The Polish and Saxon troops were, by the terms of the surrender, to evacuate Warsaw on the 3d.
The archduke Charles has broken up from Cham and has taken the road to Budweis, and according to the accounts in the German papers, intended to proceed from Budweis to Linz. Such a route would remove him, for such a length of time, from the seat of war, that Bonaparte would have time to accomplish his intention against Gen. Hiller's army on the south of the Danube, before the archduke could have descended again to the northern bank. We know there is no road to Vienna on the left bank of the Danube practicable for an army; the right bank is the direct road. But instead of taking the long road that would conduct him to Budweis, and from thence to Linz, he may have determined to make a rapid movement at once from Cham to the Danube, with the intention of again crossing that river, and acting upon the rear of the French.
The report of a battle having been fought at Linz on the 3d, in which the French were victorious, is not contradicted. It is even mentioned in an article from Gottenburgh of the 9th, in which it is said that the battle commenced on the 3d and continued on the 4th and 5th, which at length terminated in favor of the Austrians.
It may not be unsatisfactory to give a summary of operations to the date of the last accounts. The French troops in Germany, are divided into six corps, commanded by the Dukes of Rivoli (Massena), Montebello (Lasnes), Dantzick (Lefebvre), Auerstadt (Davoust), the Prince of Ponte Corvo (Bernadotte), and the Duke of Istria. To these were united the troops of Bavaria, Wirtemberg and Baden.
The direct road to Vienna is in the possession of Bonaparte, who has his main force between the Inn and the Trono. But since his victory on the 22d and 23d, which cleared Bavaria of the Austrian troops, he has not advanced so rapidly as we expected, considering the inferior numbers opposed to him in front.
This is accounted for by the circumstance of the Austrians being in so great force on the north bank of the Danube, and of the Tyrol having been reconquered by its brave inhabitants. But it may be said that he has never been solicitous about his rear and his wings, pressing onward with his main force, knowing that if he can break that, all other obstacles and opposition will be removed. In this way, however, the force which is in the front of Bonaparte is not the Austrian main force, and it is evident that the Capital does not mean to make the loss of her Capital the signal for discontinuing hostilities, and accepting such terms as the victor may be pleased to grant. She has already manifested her intention of taking refuge in her Hungarian territories, if the enemy should advance to the Capital—and thus though Bonaparte may realise his promise of being in Vienna in less than a month, the war must not therefore be considered as near its conclusion. It is likely to be carried on a more extensive scale than it was last year, and Bohemia and Austria and the same time the scenes of active military operations. The fortune of the campaign has undoubtedly been hitherto on the side of Bonaparte—he has gained great victories, and has beat both the army that was in his front and the army that threw itself in his rear—but in the contemplation of the great advantages he has gained, let us not lose sight of the operations in the Tyrol and Italy—let us give due weight to the valour and good conduct of the Austrians in all these affairs. Beaten they have been, but we see no faults committed by their officers—nothing like the incapacity and imbecility evinced in the last war—the French are not able to interpose in their rear—they fight obstinately, they retreat without confusion, and the enemy have not been able to follow them rapidly.
At the date of the last accounts from Lisbon the native army, under gen. Beresford, at Thomar, was supposed to be 26,000 strong; Silveira, at Amarante, had with him 18,000 including the right wing, commanded by Sir R. Wilson, consisting of 4000 men; 10,000 British infantry and 500 cavalry, under gen. Hill, had reached Coimbra; and Sir A.
Wellesley, with the main body of the British army, was at Leyria. Romana had under his immediate orders 10,000 well equipped and provided; and 3 or 9,000 Spaniards and Portuguese had marched through Chaves, on their route to Braga. Valencia, Orense, Tuy, and the whole country in that direction north and south of the Minho (Oporto, Coimbra, and Ferrol excepted) were in the hands of the natives.—Soult, who was supposed to be in the vicinity of Oporto, was thus surrounded on every side, and had in vain attempted to force a passage through Amarante. His whole force, we understand, did not exceed 25,000 men; and thus situated, we see no alternative that remained to him but destruction or capitulation.
May 22. On the 9th inst. the van of the French army, under the Duke of Montebello, (Marshal Lasnes,) was at Sigartkirchen, within 12 miles of Vienna, and Bonaparte had his head quarters at St. Pölten, about twenty-six miles from that Capital. This important intelligence is communicated in the sixth bulletin of the French army. It appears, from these important documents, that on the 4th, the Duke of Montebello crossed the river Enns, at Steyer, and arrived at Anstetten on the 5th; on Molak on the 6th; at St. Pölten on the 7th; at Perschling on the 8th; from which place he proceeded on the next day to Sigartkirchen. Bonaparte and his staff were close on the rear of Marshal Lasnes, and that of the duke of Auerstadt, (marshal Davoust) one day's march behind that of Massena. Except a slight affair at Anstetten, the advancing army do not appear to have experienced the slightest resistance. On their approach, the Austrians, under the archduke Lewis, and General Haller, retreated before them, until they came to St. Pölten, where they separated on the 7th. Two thirds posted on the northern side of the Danube, at Kremz, and the other third proceeded to Vienna. With respect to the other French corps, we find that Bernadotte's corps is detained in Bohemia by the archduke Chas. and had entered Eggra, and that of the duke of Dantzick (marshal Lefebvre) was marching against the Tyrol. The anxiety produced by the insurrection in the North of Germany, headed by Col. Schill, proves that after the most obstinate fighting for five days, they were beaten. For the present, they say, they have changed their operations from the offensive to the defensive.
There appears to have been a sharp action in Poland on the 19th ult. before Warsaw was surrendered to the archduke Ferdinand, whose head quarters were at Rakow on the 21st. The Polish and Saxon troops were, by the terms of the surrender, to evacuate Warsaw on the 3d.
The archduke Charles has broken up from Cham and has taken the road to Budweis, and according to the accounts in the German papers, intended to proceed from Budweis to Linz. Such a route would remove him, for such a length of time, from the seat of war, that Bonaparte would have time to accomplish his intention against Gen. Hiller's army on the south of the Danube, before the archduke could have descended again to the northern bank. We know there is no road to Vienna on the left bank of the Danube practicable for an army; the right bank is the direct road. But instead of taking the long road that would conduct him to Budweis, and from thence to Linz, he may have determined to make a rapid movement at once from Cham to the Danube, with the intention of again crossing that river, and acting upon the rear of the French.
The report of a battle having been fought at Linz on the 3d, in which the French were victorious, is not contradicted. It is even mentioned in an article from Gottenburgh of the 9th, in which it is said that the battle commenced on the 3d and continued on the 4th and 5th, which at length terminated in favor of the Austrians.
It may not be unsatisfactory to give a summary of operations to the date of the last accounts. The French troops in Germany, are divided into six corps, commanded by the Dukes of Rivoli (Massena), Montebello (Lasnes), Dantzick (Lefebvre), Auerstadt (Davoust), the Prince of Ponte Corvo (Bernadotte), and the Duke of Istria. To these were united the troops of Bavaria, Wirtemberg and Baden.
The direct road to Vienna is in the possession of Bonaparte, who has his main force between the Inn and the Trono. But since his victory on the 22d and 23d, which cleared Bavaria of the Austrian troops, he has not advanced so rapidly as we expected, considering the inferior numbers opposed to him in front.
This is accounted for by the circumstance of the Austrians being in so great force on the north bank of the Danube, and of the Tyrol having been reconquered by its brave inhabitants. But it may be said that he has never been solicitous about his rear and his wings, pressing onward with his main force, knowing that if he can break that, all other obstacles and opposition will be removed. In this way, however, the force which is in the front of Bonaparte is not the Austrian main force, and it is evident that the Capital does not mean to make the loss of her Capital the signal for discontinuing hostilities, and accepting such terms as the victor may be pleased to grant. She has already manifested her intention of taking refuge in her Hungarian territories, if the enemy should advance to the Capital—and thus though Bonaparte may realise his promise of being in Vienna in less than a month, the war must not therefore be considered as near its conclusion. It is likely to be carried on a more extensive scale than it was last year, and Bohemia and Austria and the same time the scenes of active military operations. The fortune of the campaign has undoubtedly been hitherto on the side of Bonaparte—he has gained great victories, and has beat both the army that was in his front and the army that threw itself in his rear—but in the contemplation of the great advantages he has gained, let us not lose sight of the operations in the Tyrol and Italy—let us give due weight to the valour and good conduct of the Austrians in all these affairs. Beaten they have been, but we see no faults committed by their officers—nothing like the incapacity and imbecility evinced in the last war—the French are not able to interpose in their rear—they fight obstinately, they retreat without confusion, and the enemy have not been able to follow them rapidly.
At the date of the last accounts from Lisbon the native army, under gen. Beresford, at Thomar, was supposed to be 26,000 strong; Silveira, at Amarante, had with him 18,000 including the right wing, commanded by Sir R. Wilson, consisting of 4000 men; 10,000 British infantry and 500 cavalry, under gen. Hill, had reached Coimbra; and Sir A.
Wellesley, with the main body of the British army, was at Leyria. Romana had under his immediate orders 10,000 well equipped and provided; and 3 or 9,000 Spaniards and Portuguese had marched through Chaves, on their route to Braga. Valencia, Orense, Tuy, and the whole country in that direction north and south of the Minho (Oporto, Coimbra, and Ferrol excepted) were in the hands of the natives.—Soult, who was supposed to be in the vicinity of Oporto, was thus surrounded on every side, and had in vain attempted to force a passage through Amarante. His whole force, we understand, did not exceed 25,000 men; and thus situated, we see no alternative that remained to him but destruction or capitulation.
The cruel and overbearing temper of the Austrians, fully displayed itself during the moment of apparent success, when they occupied Munich. The High Bailiff of Muhldorf was arrested by them and shot. An inhabitant of Muhldorf, by the name of Starch who had obtained a badge of distinction from the King of Bavaria for the services which, during the last war, he rendered to the army, has been taken up and sent to Vienna to stand his trial. The High Bailiff of Burghausen, Count Arminspberg, has also been sent to Linz, and from thence to Vienna, because in the year 1805, he did not comply with a requisition, addressed to him on the part of the Austrians.
The Bavarians will no doubt give a minute and faithful account of the acts of wanton cruelty committed by the Austrians in this country, that the memory thereof may be preserved by their most remote posterity, although it is extremely probable that this was the only insult which Austria will be able to offer to the allies of France. The Austrians have endeavored, both in the Tyrol and Westphalia, to invite the inhabitants to rise in rebellion.
Austria has raised numerous armies, divided into corps like the French army; her troops are moving by forced marches, to imitate the French troops; her generals are publishing bulletins, proclamations, general orders, all in imitation of the French; but the ass is not enabled to a lion because he is covered with a lion's skin. The long ears betray the ignoble beast.
The emperor of Austria has left Vienna, and on his departure published a proclamation, drawn by his Gents, in the style and spirit of the most ridiculous performances of that kind. He is gone to Scharding, a position extremely well adapted for a Sovereign
who neither wishes to be in his Capital to govern his dominions, nor in the field where he is known to be merely an incumbrance and dead weight. When he was informed of the result of the battle of Eckmuhl, he judged it prudent to leave the banks of the Inn, and retire into the interior of his dominions.
The town of Scharding which is now occupied by the Duke of Rivoli, has suffered much. The Austrians on their retreat set fire to their magazines and burnt half the town which belonged to them. They had no doubt some presentiment of their future fate, that what belonged to Austria shall no longer belong to her.
It appears by this bulletin, that the Austrians are evacuating Tyrol, in consequence of the victories gained by our troops in Bavaria, and of the signal advantage obtained by General St. Hilaire in the Italian part of the Tyrol. We understand that Marshal Davoust is immediately to advance into Tyrol with a considerable corps of French troops to restore tranquility and order in that country, and open a communication between the German and Italian armies.
FOURTH BULLETIN. HEAD QUARTERS, BRAUNAU, May 1.
"On the crossing of the bridge at Landshut, Brig. Gen. Lancour gave proofs of valour, and coolness. Col. Lauriston placed the artillery advantageously, and contributed much to the happy issue of this splendid affair."
"The Bishop and the principal functionaries of Salzburg repaired to Burghausen, to implore the clemency of the emperor for their country, his majesty gave them his assurance, that they should never again come under the dominion of the House of Austria, they engaged to take measures for recalling the fourth battalion of the militia, which the circle had delivered and of which a part were disposed and fled."
"The Head quarters are to be this day removed to Reid. At Braunau, Magazines were found with 200,000 rations of biscuit, and 6000 sacks of oats. The circle of Reid had furnished three battalions for the militia, but the greater part of them had returned again to their habitations."
"The Emperor of Austria was three days at Braunau—he was at Scharding when he heard of the defeat of his army. The inhabitants consider him as the principal cause of the war. The famous volunteers of Vienna passed through this place after their defeat at Landshut, throwing away their arms and carrying with them in all haste their terror to Vienna."
"On the 21st of April, an imperial decree published in the capital, declaring the ports to be again opened to the English, the treaties with this ancient ally renewed, and hostilities with the common enemy began. Gen. Oudinot has taken prisoners a battalion of 10 thousand men, between Althavé and Reid. This battalion was without cavalry and artillery. On the approach of our troops, they made an attempt to fire with their small arms, but being surrounded on all sides by the cavalry, were obliged to lay down their arms. His majesty caused several brigades of light cavalry to pass a review at Burghausen, among others those of Hesse Darmstadt—at whose appearance he was pleased to express his satisfaction. Gen. Marslar, under whose command the corps stands, presented several of them, to whom his majesty was pleased to grant decorations of the legion of honor."—New York Paper.
BRIDGEPORT, (B.) July 1.
By the London papers it appears probable, that a change in the ministry is likely to take place, in which the Duke of Portland, Earl Camden and Lord Mulgrave, will be succeeded by Earl Grey, the Duke of Bedford and Mr. Geo. Ponsonby—and some minor arrangements consequently ensue.
Our naval force in the Baltic, has lately been considerably augmented, and we find that excellent officer, Rear-Admiral Pickmore, in the St. George, has been sent to join Sir Samson Saumarez on that station. Some operations, in great extent, are expected to be carried on immediately against Russia, in the event of her taking part against Austria; which, however, it is hoped to defer her from; and in order rather to conciliate her in favor of England, the Russian Admiral Shlapin and the crews of the squadron, pledged by the Convention of Cintra, have been sent home.
BOSTON, July 15. OF MARSHAL SOULT, &c.
In the Lisbon Gazette of June 1, there are dispatches from Marshal Beresford, Commander in Chief of the Portuguese forces, to the Regency, dated at Coimbra, the 29th May, and inclosing letters from Gen. Lasnia, containing events of war operations in that province. The first is from Gen. Mahy (second in command in the Marquis de Romana's army, the Marquis being absent on an important mission to Oviedo) in which he informs the Marshal that the Duke of Dalmatia (Soult) with his army (10,000) passed Orense about 70 miles to the northward of Oporto on the 18th of May, followed by the English army under General Wellesley:—That in the vicinity of Lugo, Soult formed a junction with the army under Marshal Ney, and that the united force amounted to 40,000 men.—That they had been pursued to Lugo—from whence Marshal Ney penetrated into Asturias from Galicia, where it was expected he would be reinforced by detachments from Castile, to the amount of 16,000 men—that he left 7000 men to guard the bridges between Leon and Galicia:—That the army of the Marquis Romana consisted of 18,000 men—8000 which were at Vigo, under General Carrera—the rest posted between Lugo and Mondarado—that with the reinforcements expected and the junction of the British troops under Wellesley, this army would be augmented to 40,000 men. Another letter is from Gen. VAA, dated 23d May, at Casado, in which is announced a battle fought for three days between MERNA and LUGO, in which the French lost 3 thousand in killed and prisoners; and in which they were pursued to PABADAT, after the loss of 3 pieces of cannon—the same letter adds, that after an obstinate resistance in which the French lost 4000 killed and wounded, and 6 pieces of cannon, the Patriots succeeded in retaking LUGO. Such is the outline of the despatches published in the official gazette of Lisbon.
GIBRALTAR, May 20.
Letters from ALGIERS state, that all the French there have been put in irons. By a French decree issued in March, American vessels ordered to be sold in the French ports, may be purchased on foreign

Account, on paying a duty of 15 franks per ton. The Cortes are to assemble the first of January next, or earlier if practicable.
LATEST FROM PORT-AU-PRINCE.
Capt. Smith, who arrived at Boston on Sunday in 24 days from St. Jago de Cuba, informs that two days previous to his sailing, a gentleman came to that place from Port-au-Prince, and reported that General Petion had collected all his followers in mass, amounting to about 14,000, of which 2,000 were cavalry; that of this force 4,000 had marched against the Cape under the command of 4 colonels, who in case of success were to be promoted; and who marched with a determination to effect their object or to perish in the attempt. The gentleman added, that information had been received of the unmolested march of this little army within 20 miles of the town; but that the news of their approach having been gained by the enemy, the troops and inhabitants were assembled to defend the place. It is however conjectured, that their resistance would be fruitless, and that the town had already capitulated. General Petion was encamped about 18 miles from Port-au-Prince with the remaining troops waiting the result of this enterprize; when it was his intention to join Gen. De Mem, who commanded at the Mole, and attempt the immediate and total annihilation of Christophe's army. Accounts had also been received of the destruction of a part of Christophe's fleet, and the dispersion of the remainder.
NEW YORK, July 18. CAPTURE OF THE TOULON FLEET, &c.
Captain Dashiell, of the sloop Henry, 8 days from Bermuda, (arrived here on Sunday,) informs us, that he left Martinique on the 27th of June, and on that day advices were received there of the capture of the Toulon fleet, by Lord Collingwood, consisting of 5 sail of the line, six or seven frigates and thirty transports, with the French Garrison of Barcelona on board. They were sent into Gibraltar. A vessel had arrived at Martinique, having spoken, on her passage, an American ship from Gibraltar, the Captain of which stated, that Lord Collingwood arrived at Gibraltar, previous to his sailing, with the French fleet.
A letter received from St. Croix, by the Richard, of the 2d of July, confirms the above account of the capture of the French fleet. Mercantile Advertiser.
FRESH ADVICES FROM EUROPE.
The following important intelligence was received at the Office of the Mercantile Advertiser, via Boston, in anticipation of the regular mail. It is copied principally from a Halifax paper of the 11th July.
BOSTON, July 17.
Arrived this morning, sch. Ann, Kelly, from Halifax, bringing London dates to May 25.
AMERICAN AFFAIRS.
LONDON, May 24. In the House of Commons last night Lord Henry Petty put a question to Mr. Canning upon the subject of correspondence between Mr. Erskine and the American government. Mr. Canning replied, that the agreement purporting to be entered into by our Ministers and the American government was not made in conformity with the wishes of his Majesty nor such as his Majesty could approve of. It was neither founded on the instructions sent to our Minister, nor consistent with them. Yet, as it was possible that, under the faith of that agreement, various speculations in trade might be entered into by American merchants, it became necessary to prevent any inconvenience or detriment to them, to issue some order by which they might be secured of indemnity in their speculations, at least till the sentiments of his Majesty could be conveyed to America. An Order of Council would be published to the above mentioned effect. It will appear in Saturday night's Gazette. Previously, however, to the meeting of the House of Commons yesterday, Mr. Sansom, the chairman of the committee of merchants trading to the United States of America, received a note from Earl Bathurst, the President of the Board of Trade, requesting his attendance, with such other gentlemen of the committee as might be inclined to accompany him at the Board. The Chairman and several members of the committee repaired at one o'clock to the Treasury Chamber, and on their being introduced to the Board of Trade, were informed by Earl Bathurst, that the recent arrangements made by our Ambassador, Mr. Erskine, with the government of the United States through its Secretary, Mr. Smith, were unauthorized by his Majesty's Ministers, and that he had sent for the committee for the express purpose of communicating the fact to them, with the view that the same might without loss of time, be made known to the merchants trading to the U. States. His Lordship at the same time informed the committee, that no advantage would be taken or any impediment thrown in the way of those who had already, and in consequence of this unauthorized arrangement, sent consignments to any of his Britannic Majesty's subjects; but that American ships and cargoes, under such circumstances, would be allowed to proceed to their destined ports in security.
LONDON, May 22-25. The king of Sweden has been formally deposed, and the government placed in the hands of the prince regent, until a new constitution should be finally settled.
The insurrection in Westphalia assumes a formidable aspect. The noted Schill has augmented his followers to a vast amount, has taken Bremen and was spreading them through Brunswick and Hanover.
A French squadron is said to have escaped from Toulon, and thrown relief into Barcelona. Lord Collingwood will probably give some account of the return of this fleet.
Rear-Admiral Harvey has been dismissed for contemptuous language against Lord Gambier.
The Emperor of Austria is said to have solicited peace, an assertion which we do not believe. The Archduke Charles accepted the chief command under the express stipulation that no peace should be made without his consent, and he has declared that nothing but the annihilation of the Austrian armies, and the impossibility of opposing any further resistance, should make him consent to that last degradation of all miseries, submission to the will of Bonaparte.
Dutch papers of the 23d arrived last night and have brought an account of the French having entered Vienna.
Schill's bold enterprize continues to give the greatest alarm to the enemy in the north of Germany. He had taken Bremen, and was spreading itself through Brunswick and Hanover, the inhabitants of which are to a man in his favor. Jerome Bonaparte has no army capable of opposing him, and confines himself to proclamations offering rewards for his apprehension. One article states that the king of Prussia, so far from approving of his conduct, has sent an army of 30,000 men against him. The necessity of which is here confessed of sending so large a force against him proves the formidable nature of the insurrection he has brought about. But we do not believe the King of Prussia has sent any force against him, and we remember having read in the Leyden Gazette the other day some reflections against his Prussian Majesty upon the subject of Schill's enterprize.
We stated on Monday, that a French squadron from Toulon had thrown relief into Barcelona, and that as Lord Collingwood had heard of their being at sea, great hopes were entertained of their being intercepted on their return. A report was in circulation last night that our squadron were off Minorca with a fine breeze, and that the enemy were only 15 miles distant. This morning a letter was received by a merchant in this city, from the master of one of his vessels, stating that accounts had just been received at Gibraltar, of Lord Collingwood having destroyed the French fleet in the Mediterranean. The letter is dated on the first May, and the news is contained in the postscript which is as follows—"Captain Ireland of the Orion is this moment standing in, and our fleet is coming in, after having completed the destruction of the squadron from Toulon."
If the postscript be written on the same day that the letter is dated, the intelligence cannot be true, for the admiralty are in possession of later advices which make no mention of such an event. The French papers received yesterday said that the squadron had got back to Toulon.
PLYMOUTH, May 23. By the Nonpareil schooner arrived at Falmouth from Oporto, in 90 hours only, is learnt that Romana had succeeded in getting possession of Coruna and Ferrol again from the French.
PORTSMOUTH, May 24. Arrived, the Inflexible, 64, Chatham—she is under orders for Halifax.
SURRENDER OF VIENNA. RATISBON, May 12. This morning the following Bulletin and General Orders have been published:
"ARMY OF GERMANY." "A S. ... officer, or courier, who passed through Ratisbon last night, has brought the intelligence, that on the 9th his majesty the emperor and king entered Vienna. By order of the Commandant. (Signed) "J. L. FELIX."
AUGSBURG, May 12. According to certain intelligence, the French troops are already on the other side of Vienna. It is probable that they will proceed directly towards Hungary, in order to anticipate the insurrection there.
AUSTRIA, May 4. We have heard nothing of battles since the retreat of the Archduke Charles over the Danube. He has fixed his great army in Bohemia.
HAGUE, May 22. The following important intelligence is contained in letters of the 13th inst. from the Lower Rhine:
On the 25th of April, the Emperor of Russia declared war against Austria, and ordered his armies to enter Galicia and Hungary. The Russians have already entered Galicia. Since the 5th inst. the French flag has been unfurled on the top of St. Stephen's church at Vienna. On the 10th or 11th the Emperor Francis II. has solicited peace.
A private letter from the French headquarters, of the 6th, announces, that on that day an Austrian officer of the staff had arrived with a messenger bearing a letter, written by the Emperor Francis, to the Emperor or Napoleon, in which the Emperor of Austria implored an armistice and peace of his majesty in the most humble expressions. The short time of the stay of the Parliamentary , in the head-quarters of his majesty, induced an opinion that the answer was unfavorable—the more so, as the army continues advancing.
ABDICATION OF THE KING OF SWEDEN.
The members having produced their credentials from their Constituents, and the Diet being duly constituted, the states proceeded in a body, on the 6th inst. to pay their respects to his royal highness the Regent, and to express their most grateful acknowledgements for the zeal, activity and patriotism he had evinced, in relinquishing the comforts and tranquility of a private station, and convoking the grand Constitutional Assembly of the nation, as the only means of saving the country from impending destruction.
On Tuesday, the 9th, his royal highness the Regent, opened the Diet with a speech addressed to the states, in which the Lord Chancellor (Lagerbjelke) of the court Baron, read in an audible voice, a detailed account of the events and circumstances which had rendered the Convocation of the states indispensably necessary for the salvation of the country. The Marshal of the Diet, and the respective Speakers of the Clergy, Burghers and Peasants, addressed his royal highness in appropriate speeches.
On Wednesday, the 10th, all the members of the states met at an early hour in one assembly, which will ever be remarkable in the annals of Sweden. His royal highness having ordered the Lord Chancellor to read aloud the Act of Abdication voluntarily made by the King on the 20th day of March, Baron Mannerheim rose and addressed the Assembly. The Baron, in a speech of considerable length, drew a picture of the state to which Sweden was reduced by the King's passion for war, renounced all allegiance and obedience to the person of Gustavus IV., and declared him and his issue, now and forever, deprived of the Crown and Government of Sweden. The Baron then asked whether this act, this solemn resolution of his, in which his heart and tongue concurred, met with the approbation of the members composing that august Assembly? Long and reiterated exclamations of Yes! Yes! All! All! resounded from all parts, and Baron Mannerheim's declaration was adopted by the constitutional Representatives of the Swedish nation, without a single dissentient voice.
His royal highness was then conducted to the chair, from which he addressed the
Assembly. He proceeded to remark upon the state of the nation, noticed the abuses which had crept into every department of the state, and lamented the inadequacy of the laws to restrain or suppress those abuses. It therefore became in his opinion, indispensably necessary to a new model the Constitution, and enact such laws as should secure the country from a recurrence of the evils which had brought it to the brink of ruin. The execution of this object, so important to the vital interests of Sweden, he confided to the united wisdom and counsels of the states, and hoped they would discharge their duty with credit to themselves and advantage to their country.
In the mean time he would take upon himself, and execute to the best of his ability, the management of public affairs in the capacity of Regent, and wished that nothing should be resolved upon respecting himself, until the new constitution should be drawn up and presented for adoption.
To-morrow a Committee for drawing up the new Constitution will be chosen, and when they shall have terminated their labors, it is supposed that the States will declare themselves in favor of his Royal Highness.
HALIFAX, July 11. Arrived on Sunday morning, H. M. sch. Nonpareil, Lieut. Dickenson, 42 days from Portsmouth.
The report published in our last of the capture of Oporto by the forces under Sir A. Wellesley is confirmed. They entered on the 12th of May after several actions.
The British Ministers have completely disavowed the late transactions of Mr. Erskine, with the American Government.
WASHINGTON, July 19. The President of the United States left the City on Monday for his seat in Orange County, Virginia. The Secretary of War left the City yesterday for Boston. Mr. Erskine, the British Minister, left the City on Saturday for Philadelphia.
THE ENQUIRER. RICHMOND, JULY 25, 1809.
SKETCH. Our paper of this day contains a vast mass of news of the first importance.
On the 9th May, the French Emperor entered Vienna. His troops were already on the other side of that capital. The presumption was, that they were bound directly for Hungary to dissipate the insurrection forming there. Francis had joined the Hungarian army of reserve near Presburg.
On the 25th April, the Russian Emperor declared war against Austria—instead of France, as Spanish rumors had represented it. His troops had already entered Galicia (Austrian Poland).
The Toulon fleet had thrown reinforcements into Barcelona. Of the fate of this fleet, on its return, the most contradictory accounts are given. Reports by the way of the W. Indies state, that it had been intercepted and taken by Lord Collingwood. According to the French papers, it had returned safe into port.
Soult, who has been so often taken prisoner by the Portuguese, has made his retreat from Portugal and effected a junction with Ney in Galicia (Spain). Their combined forces, to the amount of 40,000, have repaired, it is said, to the contiguous province of the Asturias.
But what is more interesting than all these things to the American reader is, the declaration of Mr. Canning in the H. of Commons, on the night of 23d May, that the contract of Mr. Erskine with our government was unauthorized by his instructions, and was such as his Majesty could not approve of .
LOOK AT IT FARLY.
The British Jesuitical Sophist pretends to say that Mr. Erskine has gone counter to his instructions .
Will any man believe it? Is Mr. Erskine such a fool, as to be unable to construe his instructions correctly? Can he be such a knave, as to dare to counterfeit an authority which never was conceded? Why did the British ministry send an extraordinary frigate, with dispatches, and a new secretary of Legation? Would Mr. Erskine have so immediately proceeded to act upon these instructions, or would the dispatch vessel have waited to bear the result, unless the propositions of his cabinet had been of the most urgent & explicit description.
What could have been more satisfactory than his solemn assurances on this occasion? His letter of April 12 to Mr. Smith, explicitly says "I am AUTHORISED to declare that his majesty's orders in council of January and November 1807, will have been withdrawn as respects the U. States on the 10th of June next." But this is not all. When the existence of the order of April 26 was announced in this country—when every man was solicitous to scan their import and bearing—What course did Mr. E. take? With a promptitude which does him honor, he voluntarily came forward, to express the sentiments of his government. In his note of the 15th June, he solemnly says: That "in consequence of official communications sent to me from his majesty's government, since the adoption of that measure, I am enabled to assure you that it has no connection whatever with the overtures which I have been AUTHORISED to make to the government of the U. States"—and concludes with repeating his persuasion that "the terms of this agreement will be strictly fulfilled on the part of his majesty."
Mr. E. owes it to himself, to come forward with the instructions, under which he has acted. There is no other way of wiping off the aspersions, which the ministry of his country have cast upon his character. He owes another duty to himself, if his cabinet do not anticipate its execution, by his immediate recall—to resign the commission of a government, that is marked by such infamous perfidy. His consenting any longer to serve such a ministry, under such circumstances, would unequivocally prove him guilty of the accusations which they had brought against him.
Should neither of these events take place, it is the duty of our own government to dismiss him—why retain a minister amongst us, who is no longer the representative of his country—in whose solemn word of honor we cannot place the slightest confidence? In fact, how can we repose any faith in the official communications, which may be subsequently tendered by the same ministry, unless their instructions to their ambassadors shall have been previously laid before our government?
It is obvious to the meanest capacity, that Mr. Erskine is to be sacrificed to Canning and the Jenkinsons.
Can our countrymen calmly behold this additional proof of the perfidy of the British government? Is there a single honest AMERICAN, who will not rally around our rights and execrate the treachery of this modern Carthage? From Tories, from Pickering and the Essex Junta—nothing is expected, but opposition to the U. S. and a vindication of G. B.
Some of the Federal prints have already begun to lay Mr. Erskine on the altar of public execration. The Boston Repertory prevents "to leave it to the sober, and reflecting to judge, after considering all circumstances, how far the terms perfidy & treachery , which will be liberally bestowed, not on Mr. Erskine , but the British government, justly apply." The North American asserts with the most perfect sang froid , that he has ever been of opinion that such disavowal would take place. The Phil. Gazette halts in his belief of the report—but adds, that if the fact be so , it exhibits a deplorable instance of diplomatic insincerity and knavery; and will forever be recorded as an indelible stain on the reputation of G. B. As for ourselves, we believe the fact—and we call upon every good man to rally around his country. The great error that was committed—and the real source of the present aggressions, was the partial suspension of the Embargo—Let us regain our ground, and go back to the Tone , which gave life and spirit to that system.
IMPROVEMENT OF MANUFACTURES.
In these times, when our commerce is shackled by the aggressions of foreign powers, and the most solemn pledges of the British government, are trampled under foot, it becomes our duty to support the independence, and cherish the internal resources of our country. Under this persuasion, we lay before our readers the following letter from a gentleman in N. Hampshire—in reply to some queries from the Editor of this paper, suggesting certain queries to him about the nature and utility of his Water Loom.
EXETER, July 12, 1809.
Sir, With much pleasure I acknowledge the receipt of a letter from you of the 30th ult. accompanying your paper the "Enquirer" of the 27th. The Note, headed "Improvements in Manufactures" gave me much satisfaction. As an American, I rejoice exceedingly that those arts or inventions, which are commonly the offspring of necessity, (and which, with their needy protectors have been left to combat foreign influence, supported by foreign capital, and the powerful stimulus, rivalry and jealousy,) should attract the attention of gentlemen whose situation and profession enable them to give tone to public opinion.
From the general character of your "paper," I think you will readily join in the sentiment, that to pretend to a high state of civilization, and real independence, without the ability to clothe ourselves, or to answer the ordinary demand of nature, is an egregious solecism ; the opinions of our importers to the contrary notwithstanding. The letter you mention, and which appears to make a small part of the note in the "Enquirer," I presume, was a communication made to my friend Mr. Pitman of Providence R. I. and which I have since learned by a letter from N. Y. was published in the "Aurora."
The following answers, to your queries, are founded on facts, connected with such observations, as the novelty of my Machine will allow me to make.
It is about 15 months since I entered on the subject with a full belief that water might supersede manual labor in weaving. My model has been completed about 10, and my large loom about 6 months—the cost of one loom may be estimated at 30 to 40 dollars. One loom may be erected by a quick workman in 10 or 12 days—a common joiner or millwright, of tolerable mechanical ingenuity, may do all the wood-work, the iron-work is plain and simple, and may be done by a common blacksmith. The number to each person I shall state as before.
Of duck, No. 1, each loom will weave a bolt per day, which is three days work for a man—of common shirting, from 20 to 25 yards, to a loom. The highest No's, we have yet wove, are about 20 skeins yarn, which compared with low numbers, affords the most flattering prospects of its success, in fine cloths. The fall or body of water, to work a single loom, is so trifling as hardly to admit of calculation. You will form an opinion of the necessary power, from the circumstance, that, with a crank or winch, 12 inches long, a person may work the machine easily, with one hand.
To a person tolerably conversant in mechanics, it must appear very obvious, that a machine operating by motions, adjusted to given purposes, and propelled by an uniform power, must be exempt from much of that irregularity, incident to muscular action, which depends on a new impulse for every succeeding motion.
Hence two important points are obtained, exclusive of saving labor, viz. the weaving of tender warp, with less ends, as the weavers term it, & putting a given quantity of wool or filling into a given number of yards, which may be done with the greatest possible exactness, and which constitutes almost the whole art of weaving fine cloths, mouselins, &c. Each loom being furnished with two shuttles, that the renewing of bobbins, (the work of small children,) may not produce a hindrance, the weaver has only to throw the whirl or pulley which carries the loom, in or out of gear; to work, or stop the machine; a work easily performed with one hand, without moving the body, or changing place, and in one second of time. So that the water loom has all the advantage of management common to the hand loom. The remaining labor of the weaver is to take up ends or threads, as they break, which in good warps may average four ends to a yard, & to exchange shuttles when the bobbin is wove up, which requires to be repeated two or three times in weaving a yard.
Since writing the letter, which appears to have attracted your attention, I have visited Providence, for the purpose of viewing the carding & spinning works erected in the vicinity of that place, which bids fair to become the Manchester of America. The capital employed is immense. I was informed that the number of spindles, now in operation, & owned principally in Providence, amounted to 50,000, and from what I could observe, I should not be surprised if the number were doubled in two years.
Should weaving be established on a basis equally permanent, it will hardly need the aid of prophecy to predict, that the United States, embracing a variety of climate, and a rich soil, adapted to the culture of wool, cotton, flax and hemp, may ere long vie with any section of Europe, for the value of her cloth manufactures; at least, I cherish a hope, that our annals will exhibit the fact.
Believe me, with respect, Sir, Your obt. and hb'e. servant, TH: MUSSEY.
DIED —On the evening of the 77th inst. WILLIAM LIGHTFOOT, Esq. of Sandy Point.
JAMES RIVER COMPANY —A dividend of four and a half per cent. was this day declared, on the stock in the James River Company, which will be paid to the respective Shareholders, or their order, on application to ROBERT POLLARD, Treasurer. July 25. 3w
PURSUANT to the last will and testament of the Rev. Matthew Maury, late of Albemarle county: We shall, on Friday, the first day of September next, (if fair, if not, the next fair day) expose to public sale, on the premises, that valuable and highly improved FARM , on which the deceased lately resided, containing between 1300 & 1400 acres. About 400 acres of this land are cleared and in excellent condition for cultivation, of which about 40 acres are very fine meadow. There is, on the plantation, a great variety of fruit trees, among which is a well-selected apple orchard of about two hundred trees in high perfection. This land is intersected by a vein of excellent lime-stone, parallel with, and two miles distant from the south west mountains. There are, on this plantation, a large convenient dwelling house, a large barn, stable, and all other necessary buildings, in very good condition for the accommodation of a large family. The quality of this land is very good, well adapted to the growth of tobacco and corn, and particularly so to the growth of small grain and grass. It has, from experiment, been proven capable of deriving very great advantages from the use of Plaster of Paris. We will allow a credit of one, two and three years, on the purchase money; for which we shall require a lien on the land, and approved personal security. The land may be seen by application to either of us who reside on it.
MATTHEW MAURY, } Acting THOS. W. MAURY, } Exec'tr. Albemarle County, Va. 25th July, 1809. w5w
NOTICE —All persons indebted to the late mercantile concerns of Thos. & W. Friend; Joseph and W. Friend & Co or Jos. & W. Friend are hereby notified that James Robertson, jr. attorney at law, Amelia, is alone authorised to receive money and grant discharges, and those who have claims against either of the above mentioned firms, are requested to make them known to the said Robertson, in order that provision may be made for payment.
THOMAS BRANCH, Exec'r of WM. FRIEND, who was surviving partner of J. & Wm. F. & Co and Thomas and Wm. Friend. EDWARD FRIEND, adm'r. of JOS. FRIEND, Dec'd. July 25. 1m
** THE Subscriber solicits payment as speedily as possible, from all those who are indebted to the firms above mentioned, as the situation of the business, will not admit of longer indulgence than has already been given. The books, accounts, &c. which were lately in the possession of C. F. Bates, Esq. are now in my possession. J. ROBERTSON, jr. July 25. 1m
NOTICE —On the 31st of this month, the partnership of Pulling and Collins will be dissolved by mutual consent, and on Tuesday, the 25th of the present month, will be sold at auction, the balance of their stock of Groceries, and also a handsome Phaton , and harness, and a good Riding Horse . For all sums under $50 cash, & for all sums over $50, 60 days credit, for approved endorsed negotiable notes, at the Bank of Virginia. THOS. PULLING, ADAM COLLINS. July 25. It
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD , for apprehending the thief, who, on the night of the 21st inst. stole from the boat of Daniel Jackson, in the basin of the canal, a small Seal Skin TRUNK, marked at the bottom, in black, i. D. Lynchburg, Va. No. 1. or for the safe delivery of said trunk to me, with its contents. It is supposed to contain Jewelry. THOS. GUY. July 25. 2t
IN DEBT —In Goochland county court 20th March, 1809. James Camp, Plt against William Shepard Def't.
This day came the plaintiff, by his attorney, and the sheriff having returned the pluries capias awarded in this cause "not found", and the defendant although solemnly called, not appearing to answer the plt's action: Therefore on the motion of the plaintiff by his attorney, it is ordered that the s'd defendant do appear here on the third Monday in August next and answer the plt's action aforesaid, or that judgment will then be rendered against him in default of his appearance according to his specialty with interest and costs, and it is further ordered that this order be published at three successive court days at the door of the court house of this county, and also three times in the Virginia Gazette. A Copy. Teste. Wm. MILLER, C. C. C. July 21. 34f
IN DEBT —At a quarterly sessions court, held for Goochland county at the courthouse on Monday, the 20th day of March, 1809. L. N. & James Bramham, Plt's against James Pace Def't.
This day came the plaintiffs by their attorney, and the defendant not being arrested on the pluries capias awarded in this cause and not appearing to answer the plaintiff's action although solemnly called: Therefore on the motion of the plaintiffs by their attorney it is ordered, that the said defendant do appear here on the third Monday in August next, and answer the plaintiff's action aforesaid, or that judgment will then be rendered against him in default of his appearance according to his specialty with interest and costs, and it is further ordered that this order be published at three successive court days at the door of the court house of this county, and also three times in the Virginia Gazette. A Copy. Teste. Wm. MILLER, C. C. C. July 22. 34f
ON Thursday next, the 27th inst. will be sold, at the Vendue Office, of the subscribers, at 11 o'clock, on 90 days credit, for approved endorsed negotiable notes, at the Bank of Virginia: A neat and fashionable COACHEE , with P red Harness and Lamps—made in Trenton, New-Jersey; and an elegant CHARRIOT , of unexceptionable materials and workmanship. PROSSER & MONCURE. July 25. It
WILL BE SOLD , on the 28th day of August next, at Cumberland court-house, (being Cumberland court day,) agreeably to an Act of Assembly, passed on the thirty-first day of January last, entitled an act concerning executions and for other purposes; by virtue of a deed of trust, made to us by David Coupland, & legally recorded in the county court of Buckingham, for the purposes in the said deed of trust mentioned, one certain tract or parcel of LAND, it being a part of the tract on which the said David now resides, containing one hundred and fifty acres, binding on the lines of George Anderson and Charles Wheeler, jr. beginning at Wilson's, and running to the north of his house, to his back line, as expressed in said deed of trust. Being only interested as trustees for the benefit of others, we will only convey the title we have by virtue of said deed of trust. SAMUEL ANDERSON, } Trustees JAMES WILSON, } July 25. 4w
WANTED —A BLACKSMITH—One that is a complete master of the trade, will meet encouragement by application to SEWALL OSGOOD, B.S. July 27. 1w

POLITICAL.
MR. ADAMS'S CORRESPONDENCE CONTINUED.
To the Printers of the Boston Patriot:
SIR, IN page 28, Mr. HAMILTON acknowledges that "the President had pledged himself in his speech, (he should have said in his message) to send a minister, if satisfactory assurances of a proper reception were given." Notwithstanding this, Mr. Hamilton, and all his confidential friends, exerted their utmost art and most strenuous endeavors to prevail on the President to violate this pledge. What can any man think of the disposition of these men towards the personal or official character of the President? But that they were secretly, if not avowedly, his most determined and most venomous enemies? When the measure had been solemnly, irrevocably, determined and could not be recalled nor delayed without indelible dishonor, I own I was astonished, I was grieved, I was afflicted, to see such artificial schemes employed, such delays studied, such embarrassments thrown in the way, by men who were, or at least ought to have been my bosom friends.
This was a point of honor indeed: not such a stupid, fantastical point of honor as that which Mr. Hamilton maintains with so much fanaticism and so much folly: but a point of honor in which my moral character was involved as well as the public faith of the nation. Hamilton's point of honor was such as one of those Irish duelists, who love fighting better than feasting, might have made a pretext for sending a challenge—and however conformable it might be to Hamilton's manner of thinking, it was altogether inconsistent with the moral, religious and political character of the people of America.
It was such a point of honor as a Machiavilian or a Jesuit might have made a pretext for a war. It was such a point of honor as a Roman senate, in the most corrupt days of that republic, might have made a pretext for involving the nation in a foreign war, when Patrician monopolies of land, and Patrician usury at twelve per cent a month, had excited the Plebeian debtors to the crisis of a civil war. But the American people were not Roman Plebeians. They were not to be deceived by such thin disguises.
Surely those who have lately censured Mr. Jefferson and Mr. Madison, for insisting on knowing the satisfaction which was to be given for the outrage on the Chesapeake, before they revoked a certain proclamation, can never blame me for not insisting on a point that was no point of honor at all.
In page 28, Mr. Hamilton says "When the President pledged himself in his speech (he should have said his message) to send a Minister, if satisfactory assurances of a proper reception were given, he must have been understood to mean such as were direct and official, not such as were both informal and destitute of a competent sanction."
The words "direct and indirect," "official and unofficial," "formal and informal," "competent sanction," &c. appear to have seized this gentleman's mind, and to have rolled and tumbled in it, till they had produced an entire confusion of his understanding.
He here supposes that I did not understand my own message, and patriotically undertakes to expound it both for me and the public. According to his metaphysics, I meant, by assurances of a proper reception, assurances direct and official, not such as were informal. Let me ask, what more formal or official assurances could have been given than Talleyrand's letters? What more formal, official, or direct, than Mr. Gerry's letters? If I understood Mr. Hamilton, he must have meant to say that my message demanded an ambassador to be sent directly from the Directory to me, for the express purpose of assuring me that they would receive a minister plenipotentiary from me. This, instead of being my meaning, was directly the reverse of it. From first to last I had refused to be taken in this snare. I had always refused to demand that a minister should be sent here first, though I had declared explicitly enough in my speech, that a French minister, if sent, should be received. I had always insisted that both the doors of negotiation should be held open. And as I have already said I now repeat, that I preferred to send a minister rather than receive one: not only for the reasons explained in a former letter, but because I thought the amende honorable ought to be made at Paris where the offense was given; where it would be known and observed by all Europe; whereas if it had been made at Philadelphia, little notice would have been taken of it by any part of the world.
I am somewhat disappointed in not finding in this pamphlet the word "obscure" applied to Mr. Pichon, because the newspapers in Boston, New-York, and Philadelphia, written by Mr. Hamilton's coadjutors and fellow-laborers in the same field of scandal, had profusely scattered their dull sarcasms on the obscurity of the agent, or agents at the Hague. Mr. Pichon obscure? A secretary of legation and charge des affaires obscure? Especially in the absence of his ambassador! The office of secretary of legation is an object of ambition and desire to many of the first scientific characters in Europe. The place is worth about a thousand guineas a year, affords a fine opportunity and great advantages for travel, and is commonly a sure road to promotion. These secretaries are almost always men of science, letters and business. They are often more relied upon than the ambassadors themselves for the substantial part of business. Ambassadors are often chosen for their birth, rank, titles, riches, beauty, elegance of manners, or good humor. They are intended to do honor to their sovereigns by their appearance and representation. Secretaries of legation are selected for their science, learning, talents, industry and habits of business. I doubt not Mr. Locke or Sir Isaac Newton in their younger days would have thought themselves fortunate to have been offered such a place. Would these have been called obscure? Was Matthew Prior or David Hume obscure? Yet both of them were secretaries of legation.
Such reflections as these which were thrown upon Mr. Pichon might impose upon a people who knew no better than the writers, but must have been despised by every man who knew anything of the world.
Had Talleyrand sent his letters to general Washington to be communicated to me, had he sent them directly to my secretary of state, had he sent to the Spanish minister to be by him communicated to the secretary of state, or to the Dutch minister for the same purpose, I do not say that I would have nominated a minister in consequence of them: nor will I say that I would not. There is no need to determine this question, because in fact the utmost rigor of diplomatic etiquette was observed. But I will say that my message demanded nothing but evidence to convince my own mind and give satisfaction to the Senate and the public, that a minister would be received—and if such evidence had arrived to me, in any manner that would leave no doubt in the public mind, I would not have sacrificed the National Neutrality to any diplomatic train of hackneyed whatever.
JOHN ADAMS.
Quincy, June 6, 1809.
To the Printers of the Boston Patriot:
SIR, In page 26, Mr. Hamilton says, that the mission "could hardly fail to injure our interests with other countries."
This is another of those phantoms which he had conjured up to terrify gulls and nerves as weak as his own. It was a common place theme of discourse, which, no doubt, the British facti-
on very effectually assisted him in propagating. I know it made impression on some, from whose lips I too often heard it, and from whom I expected more sense and firmness. It appeared to me, so mean, servile and timorous, that I own I did not always hear it with patience.
Which were those other countries? They could not be Spain, Holland or any countries in the north or south of Europe, which were in alliance with France or under her obedience. They could be only England, Russia and Sweden; for we had nothing to do with any but master powers. And what interest of ours could be injured with any of these powers? Would any of these powers make war upon us, and sacrifice the benefits they received from our commerce, because we made peace with France, asserted and maintained our impartial neutrality, and stipulated nothing inconsistent with their rights, honor or dignity? If such chimeraical fears as these were to govern our conduct, it was well to talk of our independence. We might as well petition the king and parliament of Great-Britain, to take us again under their gracious protection.
In page 26, he says, "I might secretly and confidentially have nominated one or more of our ministers actually abroad for the purpose of treating with France, with eventual instructions predicated upon appearances of an approaching peace."
Mr. Hamilton had entirely forgot the constitution of the United States. All nominations must be made to the Senate, and if the President requests and the Senate enjoins secrecy, secrecy will not be kept. Stephen Thompson Mason, was then a member of the Senate—and if he had not been, there were twenty other means of communicating the thing to the public. Had secrecy been requested and enjoined, when Mr. Murray was nominated, every man whose emulation was mortified, would have had the secret in three hours. But had the secret been kept, Mr. Murray must have gone to Paris with his full powers, or must have communicated them to Mr. Pichon—the French government must have appointed a minister to treat with him—their full powers must have been exchanged—neither the French government nor their minister would have kept it secret. And why all this cunning? That we might not give umbrage to England. This very motive, if there had been anything in it, would have induced the French to proclaim it to all Europe. In truth, such a sneaking idea never entered my brain, and if it had, I would have spurned it as unworthy a moment's consideration. Besides, this would have been the very indirect, circuitous mode that Mr. Hamilton so deeply deplores.
In this page, 37, another instance is given of his jealousy, and suspicious disposition. The most open, unsuspicious man alive, is accused of excessive suspicion.
I transiently asked one of the heads of departments, whether Ellsworth and Hamilton had come all the way from Windsor and New-York, to persuade me to countermand the mission?—How came Mr. Hamilton to be informed of this? I know of no motive of Mr. Ellsworth's journey. However, I have already acknowledged that Mr. Ellsworth's conduct was perfectly proper. He urged no influence, or argument, for counteracting or postponing the mission.
Unsuspecting as I was, I could not resist the evidence of my senses. Hamilton, unasked, had volunteered his influence with all the arguments his genius could furnish, all the eloquence he possessed, and all the vehemence of action, his feeble frame could exert. He had only betrayed his want of information, and his ardent zeal to induce me to break my word and violate the faith of the government. I know of no business he had at Trenton. Indeed I knew, that in strict propriety, he had no right to come to Trenton at all without my leave. He was stationed at Newark, in the command of his division of the army, where he ought to have been employed in accommodating, disciplining and teaching tactics to his troops, if he had been capable of it. He wisely left these things to another officer, who understood them better, but whom he hated for that very reason.
I have no more to say upon this great subject. Indeed I am weary of exposing puerilities that would disgrace the wisest and best of college.
JOHN ADAMS.
Quincy, June 7, 1809.
A Petersburg article, copied into the "Journal du Soir," narrates an event which strikes the soul with horror and bids humanity weep: Three persons who had been exiled into Siberia, for supposed or actual crimes, went out one day a hunting and lost their way, insomuch that they could not discover any traces of a human dwelling. Famine, thirst, retrenching and cruel scourge of animated nature, impelled the three, a father, his son, and a father of a family, to cast lots, whose frame should furnish subsistence to the survivors, which was done. After the first victim was consumed, they cast lots a second time, and the son was the only survivor. He was found by some hunters to whom he accidentally related the horrid detail. The government of Siberia sent him to Petersburg, to give an account of this singularly distressing narrative.
ADVERTISEMENT. —The subscriber wishes to sell the place known by the name of the Hot Springs, lying in Bath county, within five miles of the Warm Springs, and on the main road leading to the Sweet and Sulphur Springs, Lewisburg, Kanawha, state of Ohio, and Kentucky. This Tract of Land, contains about five hundred and forty acres, about fifty of which, is cleared, and a part of it will make excellent Meadow.
On the said place, are a large House two stories high, a good kitchen, a large and commodious stable lately erected, a granary, a number of out houses, and a number of small houses for the accommodation of Gentlemen and ladies who resort the waters during the bathing seasons.
There are also three baths in complete order, the temperature of which, are one hundred and six, one hundred, and ninety six degrees by Fahrenheit's Thermometer. The medical qualities of these waters, and the effectual cures which they have performed, in the removal of various diseases, are so well known to the public, that the subscriber conceives it to be unnecessary to make any remark thereon.
On the purchase of these possessions, one fifth of the money must be paid down, and the balance rendered in four annual payments. If a sale be not made before the first day of October next, the place as described above, may be rented out for a term of years.
In the occurrence of either of these two instances, the subscriber will have it in his power to furnish household, and kitchen furniture, and servants as may be agreed on.
By application made to the subscriber living on the place, the particular terms will be made known.
BENJAMIN THOMPSON. Hot Springs, July 4. 1aw4w
MANNsfeld FOR SALE. —The Subscriber offers the elegant and highly improved estate called Mannsfeld for sale. It is situated within less than two miles from the Town of Fredericksburg. The quantity of Land proposed to be disposed of is about 1900 acres. The mansion house and out-houses are equal to any in the state. A considerable credit will be allowed, for the greater part of the purchase money. The encumbrances on this property will be discharged out of the proceeds of the Sales, so as to leave to the purchasers an undisturbed Title. MANN PAGE. BENJ. BOTTS. Fredericksburg, July 4. 1aw
VIRGINIA. —At a Superior Court of Chancery held at the Capitol in the city of Richmond, the tenth day of June 1809. John Watkins ex'or. of the testament and last will of John Wyatt deceased, and John D. Watkins administrator &c. of Agnes Watkins late Agnes Wyatt deceased, vs. against Edward Bland Administrator with the will annexed of Edward Bland dec'd, Benjamin Cooke, George Cooke, Robert Cooke, Saml. Cooke, John Morris and Agnes his wife in right of the said Agnes, Thomas Boothe administrator &c. of Mary Boothe deceased late Mary Cooke & Boothe an infant child of the said Thomas and Mary by the said Thomas specially assigned his guardian, Agnes Cooke, Edward Wyatt and John Phillips sheriff of the county of Prince George, successor of Billy H. Avery late sheriff of the said county to whom administration of the estate of Pleasant Cooke deceased, had been committed by the court of that county.
THE defendants John Morris and Agnes his wife and Agnes Cooke not having entered their appearance and given security according to the act of assembly, and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court, that they are not inhabitants of this country, on motion of the plaintiffs by council, It is ordered, That the said defendants do appear here on the first day of the next term, and answer the bill of the plaintiffs; and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some newspaper published in the city of Richmond, for two months successively, and posted at the front door of the Capitol in the said city.
A Copy, Teste. PETER TINSLEY, C. C. law2w
VIRGINIA. —In the Stationery Chancery District Court, the 28th day of Nov. 1808. Between Samuel W. Barrett, plaintiff, & Wm. Hylton, sen. Wm. Hylton, jr. Mehetable Campbell, George Lawrence, Luke Tiernan, &c. defts. Between Daniel L. Hylton and Wm. Foushee, pffs. and Samuel Wardlaw, Wm. Hylton sen. and Miles King, defts.
These causes came on together this 28th day of Nov. in the year of our Lord 1808, to be heard on the bill, answers and exhibits in the original cause, and the bill, answer of the defendant King, and the proceedings had against Samuel W. Barrett and Wm. Hylton, as absent defendants in the cross bill, and upon the report of Commissioner Hay, to which there is no exception—Whereupon, it appearing to the court, that the plaintiffs have duly proceeded, by publication according to the rules of the court, against the first defendants, and are still failing to appear & file their answers, and that it further appears as confessed against them, and it further appears to the court from the exhibits, and reports of master commissioner Hay, as aforesaid, that the defendant, Wm. Hylton, is justly indebted to the defendant King, and to the plaintiffs in the following sums, to wit: To the defendant Miles King, the sum of £2951 6s. 9d. with 5 per cent interest on £2225 10s. part thereof from the 14th day of July, 1808, until paid; to the plaintiff Wm. Foushee, the sum of £1563 18s. 9d. with 5 per cent interest on £1000 10s. 9d. part thereof from the said 14th day of July, 1808, until paid; and to the plaintiff, Danl. L. Hylton, the sum of £1039 18s. 4d. with 5 per cent interest on £664 1s. 11d. part thereof from the said 14th day of July, 1808, until paid; and the court being of opinion, that these debts are justly chargeable on the Rich Neck Estate—Therefore, without pronouncing at this time any decree on the merits of the question made by the original bill between the plaintiff Barrett, and the defendant Wm. Hylton, it is adjudged, ordered and decreed that the defendant Wm. Hylton, do pay unto the said King, Foushee, and Daniel L. Hylton, respectively, the said several sums of money with interest, and on the payment thereof, it is further adjudged, ordered and decreed, that the said Miles King, Wm. Foushee, and Daniel L. Hylton, do execute a sufficient deed of conveyance for the said Rich Neck Estate, to the said Wm. Hylton, and deposit the same in this court, subject to its future order; and unless the said Wm. Hylton shall pay the said several sums of money with interest as aforesaid, to the said King, Foushee and Daniel L. Hylton, or the defendant, Barrett, shall pay the same for him, or on the first day of February next, then it is further adjudged, ordered & decreed, that Robt. Saunders, Robt. Greenhow, of Williamsburg, and Robert Nelson, of York, be appointed commissioners, any two or more of whom may act, who are hereby authorised and required, after duly advertising the time & place of sale for six weeks in some news-paper published in the city of Richmond, and some other news paper published in the Borough of Norfolk, to proceed to sell at Public Auction, for cash, in such manner, either in parcels, or in whole, as they may think best calculated to enhance the value of the property in the market, the Land, together with the Mills and appurtenances thereunto belonging, called the Rich Neck Estate, mentioned in the proceedings in this cause, and lying in the county of Warwick; and out of the proceeds of said sale, after defraying the costs and charges attending the same, the said Commissioners are directed to pay in the first place, to the said Miles King the above said sum of £2951, 6s. with interest on a part thereof as aforesaid; and next pay to the plaintiffs Foushee and Daniel L. Hylton, the respective sums above mentioned, to wit: to Daniel L. Hylton, the sum of £1039, 18s. 4d. with interest on part thereof, as aforesaid; and to William Foushee, the sum of £1563, 18s. 9d. with interest also on a part thereof, as aforesaid; and that they retain the residue of the purchase money, if any, in their hands, subject to the future order of this Court. If the Commissioners proceed to make sale under this Decree, concerning the continuance of an Act of Assembly concerning the sale of property under executions and other process passed the first day of February, 1809, they are required to proceed according to the provisions of that act, and not otherwise.
And on the motion of the plaintiffs in the cross bill, it is ordered that Humphrey Garrett, the representative of Charles Graves and William Fenwick, the Creditors of Rich Neck Estate, mentioned in the aforesaid Commissioners report, be made parties to the said cross-bill, and they are hereby required, on service of a copy of this order, to adjust and state their respective claims before Commissioner Hay who is authorised and required to settle and report the same to this Court, with such matters as he may deem pertinent, or the parties may require.
A Copy, Teste. HENRY J. PETTON, C. C.
In pursuance of the foregoing decree, we shall proceed to sell the Land with the Mills and appurtenances called the Rich Neck Estate, containing 4800 acres of valuable Timbered Land, of the best White Oak for ship building, with a fine Yard. This Land lies on a branch of James River, within 55 miles of the flourishing town of Norfolk, where a great quantity of timber is always wanting. This Land will be positively sold, on the premises, to the highest bidder, agreeably to the 14th Section of an Act of Assembly passed 31st of January, 1809 entitled "An Act concerning executions and for other purposes." On Thursday the 10th of August next, being Warwick court day. The Land and Mills with the dwelling-house, will be sold together or separate, in such parcels as may be most advantageous to those concerned.
ROBERT SAUNDERS, } Com're. ROBERT NELSON, } Com're. June 20. w6w
*N.B. The 14th Section of this law, directs that Property so circumstanced shall be sold on a credit until the rising of the next Legislature. This will probably be about the beginning of February next. Such valuable property is seldom at Market and Merits attention.
June 11. w6w
FOR SALE OR RENT. —That valuable property adjoining the city of Richmond, called the COLUMBIAN MILLS. Mr. Samuel Leech, living on the premises, will show the property to any person inclined to rent or purchase. The terms will be made known by application to the Subscriber residing in Norfolk. JOHN GRANBERY. July 11. tf
IN CHANCERY. —In Henrico County Court, June 5th, 1809. John Lynch, Compt. against John Bernard, Deft. The defendant not having entered his appearance, and given security according to the act of Assembly and the rules of this Court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that he is not an inhabitant of this commonwealth: On the motion of the complainant, by his Counsel: It is ordered, That the said defendant do appear here on the first Monday in August next, and answer the complainant's Bill: And that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some one of the newspapers printed in the city of Richmond, for two months successively, and another copy posted at the door of the Courthouse of this County.
A Copy, Teste. J. B. WHITLOCKE, C.P. June 6. w8w
IN DEBT. —At a quarterly sessions court, held for Goochland county at the court house on Monday the 20th day of March, 1809. John James, administrator of William James, dec'd Pff. against James Pace, Deft.
This day came the plaintiff by his attorney, and the defendant not being arrested on the pluries capias awarded in this cause & not appearing to answer the pff's action although solemnly called: Therefore on the motion of the plaintiff by his attorney it is ordered that the said defendant do appear here on the third Monday in August next, and answer the plaintiff's action aforesaid or that judgment will then be rendered against him in default of his appearance according to his specialty with interest and costs, and it is further ordered that this order be published at three successive court days at the door of the court house of this county, and three times in the Virginia G. zette.
A Copy, Teste. Mon. MILLER, C. G. C. July 21. 3w
FOR FREIGHT OR CHARTER. The fine New Skip AYERICK, daily expected at City Point, burthen about 500 bds. For terms apply to Mr. Robert Pollak at Petersburg, or to POLLOK & TREDWAY. Manchester, July 18. 2w
NOTICE. —The creditors of the estate of John J. Watt, deceased, are hereby requested to send their respective accounts or claims for settlement, and those indebted to make payment to the subscribers without delay. HENRY TOMPKINS, } Adm'rs. J. F. BURR. } July 18. 1aw6w
LANDS FOR SALE. —The Subscriber offers for sale his tract of Land in Amherst County, lying on the west side of the main road fronting the new Courthouse now building, containing three hundred & sixty acres. Upon this Land is an eligible situation for a store, also for a Tavern, there is likewise a very desirable situation for a Professional Gentleman. Being in a wealthy, populous and agreeable neighborhood, the Land is fertile, well watered, lies very well and extremely healthy. Upon it is a plantation well inclosed, and in a high state of Cultivation; laid off into separate fields and each field in its turn for some years past has been sowed in small grain rolled in Plaster of Paris, and in the spring following sowed in red Clover. The Indian corn has also been rolled in Plaster of Paris when planted for some years past; the plantation is sufficient to work six hands to advantage.
Also another tract of Land, lying in the aforesaid County of Amherst, on the waters of Penny River, adjoining the Lands of James Franklin, Joel Franklin's estate, Micajah Camden and Bartlett Cuth, containing near nine hundred acres. This Tract lies extremely well, upon it is a considerable quantity of plant-bed and meadow ground, it is very fertile, well watered, and well adapted to the culture of Corn, Wheat and Tobacco; upon it is a plantation sufficient to work eight hands. A considerable part of it is fresh Land, and the whole is in a high state of cultivation, well inclosed and divided into four fields; each field in its turn has been sowed in small grain. A part of the grain has been rolled in the Plaster of Paris, and the whole has been sowed in their turn in red Clover, which grows luxuriantly on this plantation, which together with the white Clover that grows naturally upon it produces very fine pasture. There is also upon it, a very good apple orchard, and there have lately been built thereon some useful and valuable houses. A farther description is deemed unnecessary, it is presumed that no person will purchase without first viewing the Lands, the Overseers living on the plantations will show the Lands to any person wishing to purchase—These Lands will be sold on time and the payments made accommodating to purchasers.
Also one other Tract of Land lying in Goochland County, on both sides of Tuckahoe Creek, on the north side of the three Chop Road, adjoining the lands of Benj. Hughes, Benj. Watkins and Kishia Leake's estates, containing three hundred & fifty acres, a considerable part of this land is cleared, and none of it has been in cultivation for some years past; it is land of good soil and is well adapted to the culture of corn and wheat, and is very convenient to Market, being within twenty three miles of the City of Richmond, this tract of Land will also be sold on time, and the payments made accommodating to the Purchaser. For farther particulars apply to the subscriber living in the City of Richmond.
WILLIAM GALT. July 11. w6w
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD. —Ran away 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,) and 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. Chan. H. Saunders, Richmond, and ten dollars for either of them, or if secured in any Gaol in this commonwealth so that I get them again.
JACOB FACKLER. N. B. Lony is now in the Gaol of this city, and is for sale. Enquire of Chan. H. Saunders. May 26. wtf
FITZWYLSONN & POTTER, have just received a large supply of Stationery, Elegant Ladies Work-Trunks, Travelling-Trunks, Pocket-knives, Pen-knives, Patent and Common Suspen-ders, Conversation, Playing and Embossed Visiting Cards, Music, Violin Strings, &c.
They have on hand, an extensive assortment of Blank Books, of all kinds; a few copies of Malthus on Population, Fox's Historical Work, Fisher's Military Tactics, Sampson's Plea for Religion, Illustrations of Prophecy, and a variety of School Books.
BOOK-BINDING, in all its branches, carried on as usual. Orders from the Country, duly attended to. June 16. w6w
A NELEGANT ESTABLISHMENT FOR SALE. —The House and Tenement where the subscriber lately resided. This tenement justly ranks amongst the first in this place, combining elegance, convenience, contiguity to the Capitol, and in the centre of a most agreeable neighborhood. For terms apply to Mr. Wm. Long who is fully authorised to contract for the same. J. PENN. June 23. tf
War Department, July 8, 1809.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: THAT separate proposals will be received at the Office of the Secretary for the department of War, until 12 o'clock, at noon on Wednesday the 23th of October next, for the supply of all rations that may be required for the use of the United States, from the first day of June 1810 inclusive, to the first day of June 1811, within the states, territories and districts following, viz.
 1st. At Niagara, Detroit, Michilimackinac, Fort Wayne, Chicago and in their immediate vicinities, & at any place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited, within the territory of Michigan.  2nd. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited, within the states of Kentucky and Tennessee.  3rd. At Belle Fontaine, Fort Osage and Belle Vue and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited, within the state of Ohio, and the Illinois, Indiana and Louisiana territories, except Fort Wayne and Chicago and their immediate vicinities.  4th. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited, within the Mississippi and Orleans territories.  5th. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited, within the district of Maine, and state of New-Hampshire.  6th. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited, within the state of Vermont.  7th. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited, within the state of Massachusetts, the town of Springfield excepted.  8th. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited, within the states of Connecticut and Rhode Island.  9th. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited, within the state of New York, Niagara & its dependencies excepted.  10th. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited, within the state of New Jersey.  11th. At any place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited, within the state of Pennsylvania.  12th. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited, within the states of Maryland & Delaware.  13th. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited, within the state of Virginia.  14th. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited, within the state of North Carolina.  15th. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited, within the state of South Carolina.  16th. At Ocmulgee Old Fields, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited within the limits of the state of Georgia.  17th. Proposals will also be received as aforesaid, for the supply of all rations which may be required by the United States, for the troops which are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited within the town of Springfield in the state of Massachusetts; and for the armorers and other persons employed in the United States' Armory at that place, from the 1st day of June 1810 inclusive, to the 1st day of June 1811. 
A ration to consist of one pound and one quarter of beef, or three quarters of a pound of pork, eight ounces of bread or flour, one gill of rum, whiskey or brandy, and at the rate of two quarts of salt, four quarts of vinegar, four pounds of soap, and one pound and a half of candles, to every hundred rations. The prices of the several component parts of the ration shall be specified; in the United States reserve the right of making such alterations in the price of the component parts of the ration aforesaid, as shall make the price of each part thereof bear a just proportion to the proposed price of the whole ration. The rations are to be furnished in such quantities, that there shall at all times, during the term of the proposed contract, be sufficient for the consumption of the troops at Michilimackinac, Detroit & Chicago, for six months in advance; and at each of the other posts on the western waters, for at least three months in advance, of good and wholesome provisions, if the same shall be required. It is also to be permitted to all & every of the commandants of fortified places or posts, to call for, at seasons when the same can be transported, or at any time in case of urgency such supplies of like provisions in advance, as in the discretion of the commandant shall be deemed proper.
It is understood that the contractor is to be at the expense and risk of issuing the supplies to the troops, and that all losses sustained by the depredations of an enemy, or by means of the troops of the United States shall be paid by the United States at the price of the articles captured or destroyed as aforesaid, on the deposition of two or more persons of credible characters, and the certificate of a commissioned officer, stating the circumstances of the loss, & the amount of the articles for which compensation shall be claimed.
The privilege is understood to be reserved to the United States, of requiring that none of the supplies, which may be furnished under any of the proposed contracts, shall be issued, until the supplies which have been or may be furnished under contracts now in force, have been consumed; and that a supply in advance may be always required at any of the fixed posts on the sea-board, or Indian frontier, not exceeding three months.
W. EUSTIS, Secretary for the Department of War. July 18. ep4w.
NOTICE. —The subscriber having rented the Amherst Sulphur Springs for the present year, takes this method to inform the public that there have been considerable improvements made there since the last season for the reception of company, and flatters himself, that he will have it in his power to accommodate those persons who may think proper to visit the Springs in a better manner than they have been heretofore at that place.
CHARLES L. BARRET. July 7. 3w.
A VALUABLE SERVANT FOR SALE. —A Negro Woman about twenty years of age, that does not breed, has been well brought up for cooking, washing and ironing, and is excellent in the house, especially among children. Apply at this Office. July 18. tf
PRINTING, IN ALL ITS VARIETY, EXECUTED AT THE OFFICE OF THE ENQUIRER. A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF BLANKS, FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE.