The enquirer (Richmond, Va.), 1809-11-21 00:00:00

The Enquirer.
Vol. 6.]
RICHMOND, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1809.
[No. 56.]
Published by Thomas Ritchie, nearly opposite the Globe Tavern, Richmond, Virginia. CONDITIONS: Five dollars a year, to be paid annually in advance. Those who wish to be considered as annual subscribers, must hereafter designate it at the time of subscribing, otherwise their papers will be discontinued at the expiration of the first year. No paper can be stopped until all arrearages have been paid off. Good acceptances, in Richmond only, will be received in payment. The same rule as to Advertisements.
FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE: The 5th Volume of the ENQUIRER, complete, bound in boards. VIRGINIA DEBATES, in the Convention, bound in calf, sheep and boards. BURR'S TRIAL, for Treason and for a Misdemeanor, in boards—By D. Robertson. LETTERS on the Subject of THE CATHOLICS—By Peter V'lyme— from the 11th London Edition. BLANKS, for Lawyers, Clerks, Sheriffs, Constables, Merchants, &c. &c. which will also be printed according to any form exhibited, at the shortest notice.
ATTIMELY REQUEST. SUBSCRIBERS to the ENQUIRER, in this State, and those who are indebted to this office, for printing, &c. are informed, that the Editor expects to receive his respective demands by the hands of their Delegates to the ensuing Legislature—who are requested to oblige him in this respect. November 7. w5w
ROBERT GREENHOW, MERCHANT, in Williamsburg, will dispose of the valuable and most eligibly situated TENEMENT, on which he now resides, in this city, at a credit of one, two, three & four years; bonds with approved security, to be given by the purchaser, bearing interest from their dates, until paid: Or he will receive in exchange improved or unimproved LOTS, in and about the city of Richmond, at an agreed on price. All the advantages attached to this property, cannot well be described in an advertisement: They are left to be judged of by those inclined to treat with him—suffice it, however, to say, that the dwelling-house is roomy and spacious, that it has every convenient out house, necessary for those moving in the genteellest sphere; with a newly erected store, for mercantile purposes; that it is situated on the south side of the main-street, in the centre of the city; distant from the court-house, market and church, 4 or 500 yards, that its front is open on the right and left, to two spacious public squares, at once adding to the prospect, and giving free circulation to the air: That the whole tenement is in a complete and perfect state of repair; and that the buildings stand insured against fire, by the Mutual Insurance Company, in Richmond: The premiums, quotas, &c. all duly settled up to the 1st of April last. To add to the convenience of such as may be inclined to possess this property, an acre of ground laid down in Clover, about 200 yards from his house, also, on the main-street, and a tract of Land, containing between 90 and 100 acres, covered with oak, hickory and pine, 3 1/2 miles from the town, yielding an inexhaustible supply of fuel, is atatched.
If he is successful in the disposition by sale, or exchange of this property, he will sell eight other Tenements, on the same terms; all of which are most eligibly situated, in different parts of the city, on the main-street; and except one, which has just undergone a thorough repair, all tenanted out to respectable tenants, punctilious in their stipulated payment of rents; and which (he will convince those, inclined to purchase,) do annually yield a revenue, on the price he has fixed on them, of 1 1/2 per cent. free from all deductions, for the repair of natural decay. These tenements are all in good order; & what operates greatly in their favor, they are scarcely ever untenant. Three of them are also insured, and all demandable premiums and quotas fully paid. My brother, Mr. George Greenhow, residing in Richmond, will, if applied to, give a more accurate description of the above-mentioned property, and negotiate with such as may feel disposed to treat for their purchase. Williamsburg, November 3. 4w
THE SUBSCRIBER, OFFERS FOR SALE, a Tract of LAND, lying in Hanover county, on the waters of Cedar and Mill creeks; containing, by estimation, 475 acres, adjoining the lands of Col. John Thompson, dec'd. John Thornton, Mary Gough and others: There is a quantity of good meadow Land attached to this tract, a small dwelling-house newly built. A minute description is deemed unnecessary, as it is presumed no one will buy without first viewing the premises. The terms of sale are, one-third of the purchase money to be paid on the day of sale, the other two-thirds, in two annual payments; the purchaser giving bonds, with approved security; also, a deed of trust on the land. If the above land is not sold privately by the 23d of December next, I shall on that day offer it for sale, at public auction, on the premises. Hanover Nov. 17. Wm. WINGFIELD. 84
N. B. Possession of the above land will be given on the first day of January next. ON the 21st day of December next, if fair, if not the next fair day, will be sold, at the dwelling-house of the late George Garner, in the county of Westmoreland, about sixteen likely NEGROES, and the present year's crop of corn, &c. which property will be sold pursuant to a deed of trust, made by George Garner for the purpose of securing the payment of his debts. The sale will be on a credit of twelve months, the purchasers giving bond with approved security. If the negroes and crops do not sell for a sufficient sum to pay the debts of the said Garner, the subscribers will, on the day after the sale of the negroes and crops, sell all or so much of the land conveyed in trust for the above purpose, as will make a sum sufficient for the payment of the debts of the said George Garner. All such creditors as may exhibit their claims to the subscribers before the said 21st of December next, properly authenticated, and which the subscribers may consider legal and just, may purchase at the said sale, and shall be allowed a discount of their claims, against their purchase. THOS. STOWERS, } Trustees JAMES COX, } Westmoreland County, } October 24. tds
THE subscribers offer for sale, a very general assortment of GROCERIES, which they will dispose of on moderate terms, for cash, country produce, or approved paper. Also, 62 Kegs F and FF Brandy Wine Gun-Powder. October 19. WHITE & SHELTON. 2m
NEW STORE. THE Subscriber is now opening opposite the Globe Tavern, a general assortment of Piece and Fancy Goods, among which are Superfine and Common Broad Cloths, Do. do. Cassemeres, Do. do. Coatings, Flannels, Fancy Vestings, Red and Black Bombazetts, Worsted, Cotton and Silk Hosiery, Ginghams, Cotton Shirting, Irish Linen and Dowlass, Fine and Common Printed Calicoes, Velvets, Cords, Umbrellas, Threads, Sewing Silks, Extra long White and Colored Kid Gloves, November 14. JOHN WOOD. tf
FOUND! A Sum of money—The owner may have it by giving satisfactory evidence of his right, and paying the cost of advertising. Apply at this Office. November 7. tf
A CARD—DOCTOR LEWIS, lately from the West-Indies, has opened his Office, at Manchester, in the house of Mr. L. Bishop, for the practice of Physic, Surgery, and Midwifery. He hopes from his success and experience, to merit the patronage of a liberal public. N. B. Private families may be supplied with Medicines, with suitable directions. Advice for the poor, gratis. September 26. tf
MANCHESTER TURNPIKE COMPANY. THE Annual Meeting of Stockholders, will be held at Brooks's Tavern, in Manchester, on the first Monday in December next. Such members as cannot attend in person, will, it is expected, appoint their proxies. The undersigned requires to be furnished, so soon as possible, with the necessary evidence of shares sold and purchased, since the last meeting, in order that transfers may be made on the company books and shares duly represented. JAMES BRANDER, Ctr. November 7. tm
LOUDOUN LAND FOR SALE. FOR SALE, on Thursday, the 21st of Dec. next, on the premises, the TRACT OF LAND, on which the late Judge Jones resided, in Loudoun county, with about 25 SLAVES, and the stock of Horses, Cattle and Hogs, on the estate. The tract contains nearly two thousand acres, & possesses many advantages which entitle it to the attention of those who may wish to reside in that highly improved part of our country. Two metajohn mills are in the neighborhood, one on the adjoining estate, and the other within two miles. It is 35 miles from Alexandria, and forty from George-Town. The new Turnpike from Alexandria, crosses a corner of the land, and terminates at the nearest merchant mill. The tract is remarkably well watered. Little river passing through the middle of it, and many small streams on each side, emptying into that river. About 50 or 60 acres are already well set with timber, & at least 300 are capable of being made excellent meadow. It will be divided into tracts of different dimensions, to suit the convenience of purchasers. A credit of one, two and three years will be allowed; bonds with approved security and a deed of trust on the land, will be required. The negroes are supposed to be very valuable, some of them being good house servants, and the others principally young men and women. For them the same term of credit will be allowed. JAMES MONROE, Executor of the late JOSEPH JONES, the Elder. Albemarle, Oct. 27. 154
NOTICE. The subscriber being extremely desirous of settling his affairs, in this place, particularly, as relates to paying his creditors. Offers for sale, until the 24th December next, privately, or if not so sold, before that day, will then sell, at public auction, on the premises, all his HOUSES and LOTS, on Carey Street. Or he will barter said Property, for Lands in the Western country, by a small proportion of the value of said property being paid in cash. And on said day and place, will sell all his Household and Kitchen FURNITURE, &c. Should any person incline to treat for said property before the said day of sale, by application to the subscriber, they will be shown the premises. JAMES HURTT. tds
THE SUBSCRIBER, HAVING taken the whole of the large brick Building, belonging to the estate of the late Mr. Wm. Price, on the street leading from the Capitol, will be prepared to accommodate from fifteen to twenty of the Members of the next Assembly. JUDITH NELSON. October 1. ttd
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. ON the 27th instant, will be sold, at Public Auction, at Shirley, in the county of Charles City, all the Household and Kitchen FURNITURE, belonging to the estate of the late Chas. Garter; consisting of a variety of articles. The terms of sale will be, cash, for all sums under fifty dollars, and bonds with approved security, payable in twelve months, for that sum or upwards, to bear interest from the date if not punctually paid. WILLIAMS CARTER, Execr. of ROBERT CARTER, Deceased. November 17. tds
FASHIONABLE BOOT & SHOE-MAKERS. THE Subscribers next door above Messrs. Prower and Muncure's Vendue Office, just from Philadelphia, have commenced the manufacture of Boots and Shoes, of the most fashionable shapes, neatly and faithfully made out of the best materials, selected with much care and attention in Philadelphia—Those who may favor them with their custom may rely upon being neatly fitted, and promptly attended to. Orders from the Country shall be duly executed and are respectfully solicited. And they will merit a share of patronage in the line of their profession. CAMPBELL & PAUL. Two Apprentices from 12 to 15 years of age, wanted. November 14. 2m
ON Wednesday, December 27, 1809—At the late dwelling-house of Nathaniel Lancaster, dec'd, about ten miles above the court-house, in Prince Edward county, on Appomattox river: Will be sold, to the highest bidder, the following PROPERTY, belonging to the estate of the deceased, a valuable stock of Horses, Cattle, Hogs and Sheep, the plantation Utensils, household and Kitchen Furniture, too tedious to mention. Also: Nine valuable NEGROES; also, the crop of Corn, Wheat, Oats and Fodder. A credit of twelve months will be given the purchasers, on their giving bond, with approved security. All those who have legal claims against the estate of the deceased, will be pleased to exhibit them duly authenticated, on or before the day of sale, to enable the administrators to make provision for their payment. All those who are indebted to the estate, will see the necessity of immediate payment, as it must be evident no indulgence can be given. JOHN LANCASTER, } Adm'rs. ROBERT LANCASTER, } August 18. wtf
HAVE REMOVED TO RICHMOND. BENJ. BOTTS. October 31. tf
WANTED to purchase or hire, a good house SERVANT— Apply at the Enquirer Office. October 31. tf
CASH will be given, for a good male House SERVANT, and female COOK. October 31. tf
Europe. FROM THE LONDON EXAMINER.
DINNER IN HONOR OF "THE IMMORTAL PITT."
In Ireland, a death is the life of a whole neighborhood; the friends of the deceased assemble on the occasion to unite melancholy with mirth, to ask him in plaintive cries how he could have left them, and to get drunk. This solemnity is called a wake , and is confined to the lower orders. The English have their wakes also, but only among the great; a "great minister" dies; his friends, not content with a single wake, have an annual one; they assemble with the same mixed sensibility to grow melancholy or merry as the past or present feeling predominates, to ask the great man how he could have left them, and to slied a profusion of wine; if a joke or a jeux d'esprit goes round, then they all laugh; if the great man's name is mentioned, then they all look sorry; nothing can be more natural:—all the essential difference between the Irish and English solemnity is, that the Irish do not get drunk till they have commenced, while the English are manifestly intoxicated beforehand: with the former, intoxication is the effect; with the latter, it is, in every sense of the word, the cause.
If posterity, as it may be apt to do, should regard this festival as a remnant of northern barbarism—if it should not see the inspiring connection between a dead man & a dinner, or be able to conceive how the same wine that "gladdens the heart of man" should also dispose him to solemn sadness—it should recollect that the English never thought it necessary to pay a public dining testimony to the merits of their great statesmen, poets and philosophers: the immortality of those great men never depended upon eating, and drinking and ranting: to make foolish speeches would have had as little to do with the memory of Chatham , as to get drunk would have had to do with Locke , or to spout frothy verses, with Milton : but to the memory of great men and other such "illustrious" characters, a dinner has most excellent allusion. In the first place, their memory, as the savages believed of their deceased ancestors, perpetually stands in need of refreshment: secondly, all the objects as the dinner, as the loaves and the fishes, &c. may, even the very sea-s, tend to remind the assembly of the blessings they have enjoyed under the great man's dispensation: and thirdly, as it was the practice of ancient devotion to offer corn to Ceres the giver of corn, and wine to Bacchus the wine-bibber, so the gratitude of the assembly is best displayed in the solemn sacrifice of the above mentioned good things to the memory of the "illustrious" and "ever to be lamented" donor.
Mr. Pitt's anniversary was kept in this manner the other day; and in spite of those writers who object to the festival, no place, I think, could have met with more appropriate honors than to be drunk as he was, in fact, I cannot see what the most fastidious of those writers would have, when they recollect that the meeting has been eulogized by Mr. Fitzgerald in poetry, and by the Morning Post in prose. It is true, objections had been made, very "solemn" objections by the Pittites themselves, to the same kind of meetings among other people; the ministers who assembled for political purposes at the London tavern protested, it must be confessed against the men who assembled for political purposes at the Crown & Anchor ; and they certainly did maintain with great vehemence, that to meet for such purposes at the Crown and Anchor was a violation of decency, and true patriotism. But then the cases are so different!—For instance, Sir Francis Burdett, baronet, is not Mr. John Ingleby, East Indian director; therefore he has no right to be the head of a public table:—secondly, Mr. Wardlaw M. P. is not Mr. Percival, the chancellor of the exchequer; therefore, he has no right to give his opinion in public: thirdly, the cause of the people is quite a distinct thing from the cause of Pitt; therefore, the people have no right to dine together; fourthly, the people pay for the places but the ministers enjoy them; therefore, the people must keep at home, and dine as well as they can, and hold their tongues like good children, while the placemen may go, and eat, and talk wherever, whenever, and whatever they please. If these reasons do not satisfy my readers, they must have the very stomachs of the London livery. Mr. Canning, it must be allowed, does not go so far in this respect as his "illustrious" and "ever to be lamented" colleagues, but when he was asked in the
house the other night why a party-man and nobody else might dine in public, he replied with some confusion, that it was not the dinner to which he objected, but to what might be said at the dinner. Amiable and condescending liberality! And yet neither the wing club nor the reformists have gone to Mr. Canning with tears in their eyes to thank him for assuring them, that the people of England may eat beef in taverns!
The number of tickets on this "great" occasion is said to have been limited to 320 on account of the size of the room; nothing indeed was at first intended but "a private dinner of the gentlemen of the Pitt club, to which the leading members of Mr. Pitt's school of politics, and a few others, were to have been invited;" but "when so many persons," continues the Patheos Post , "possessing rank, property, character and every qualification that constitutes respectability, sought this occasion of assembling together, and shewing to each other, and to the country the falsehood, as well as the mischievousness of allowing the sentiments and resolutions of other meetings, composed of persons of a very different description, from being represented or received as the sense of the nation, it would have been unwise as well as cruel in the extreme, to have denied them the opportunity." Cruel in the extreme! How pretty an inuendo of resentment! How amiably boarding school! There the poor Pittites would have been standing, I suppose, some with patriotic hopes that one of the aldermen might be taken ill and make room for them; others in blank despair at their total want of place; one looking through the key hole with tears in his eyes and water in his mouth; and a third scribbling the porter to carry that little scrip of writing to My lord Castlereagh , who would very likely get him in. Well "from five to six o'clock" proceeds the dignified Post , "members of the house of commons, peers, and members of the government continued to arrive. The Lord Chancellor, and all his majesty's ministers, with a number of the most distinguished nobility, entered the room together, in a sort of procession, which, notwithstanding the festive purpose of the meeting, had in it an air of solemnity not unpleasing with sadness." Now it would have been as well to state, of whom this distinguished nobility consisted, and how it was distinguished: the rich nobles, the literary nobles, the heroic nobles, are unfortunately in opposition to the present ministers, but then there is the duke of Montrose , that distinguished master of the horse; and my lord Castle-reagh , that distinguished jobber; and the duke of Portland , that distinguished dowager; all famous personages and distinguished by very eminent places. This reminds me of Goldsmith's Chinese , when he was making his inquiries in Westminster abbey , and asking his guide what such a man was remarkable for: "Remarkable for," says the other; "O sir, he was a very remarkable man." "Yes, but what for?" returns the Chinese—"What for, sir! Sir, he was remarkable—a—a—remarkable for a tomb in Westminster abbey ."
With the aforesaid "air of solemnity not unpleasing with sadness" they of course sat down to dinner, and here there is a deplorable gap in the narrative, for hardly a word is said of the dinner, except that it consisted of "every thing the season could afford" (for season read taxes)—Now the effect of all these merry-mournful occasions depends entirely upon contrast, and therefore it was incumbent upon any one who undertook to be its historian to enter into a number of particulars, as how the company were so ardent in the cause as to scramble rather decorously for places—how they all seated themselves in an attitude of despondency and grasped the knives and forks as though they would have demolished Bonaparte —how at the name of that illustrious ruffian every body laughed outrageously from respect to Mr. Pitt's memory, and how at the name of Mr. Pitt they all recovered their "solemnity not unpleasing with sadness"—then the grave writer should have proceeded to describe how the general tear trickled down into the turtle soup, or wasted itself upon the trifle; how lord Castlereagh , from excessive sympathy with the music of the East India company's band, could hardly manage to keep his seat; how the company in an agony of impatience called sometimes upon Mr. Pitt and sometimes upon the waiter; how they praised that great man (I mean the former) for adding so artfully to our national strength by accustoming our shoulders to the heaviest burdens, like the porters who by the same means bring themselves to bear any thing; & lastly, how they exalted him to the skies for the consummate policy he displayed towards his enemies in aggrandizing them by every possible artifice, so that he may literally be said to have done for them, like the man in Horace who ruined his adversary by enriching and puffing him up. But all these matters are easily conceived, and the historian, considering their nature, and how "impossible" it was "to describe" them, was wise no doubt in leaving them to the imagination.
After dinner, Mr. Dignum , the Roman Catholic, commenced the very appropriate canon of non nobis Domine —that is to say, "not unto us, O Lord." Then after a few accustomed toasts came "the immortal memory of the late right hon. William Pitt ." "This toast," says the accomplished Post , "was drunk in solemn reverential silence." Then a little while afterwards, "may the spirit of Mr. Pitt ever animate and guide the councils of G. Britain." This "toast" was "drank" with three times three, "followed by enthusiastic applause!" A present deity! they shout around: A present deity! the vaulted roofs rebound With ravisht ears "George Canning" hears, Assumes the God, Affects to nod, And seems to shake the spheres.
However, he shook nothing but his pocket handkerchief. "A song, in which the spirit of Pitt was invoked to preside over the councils of Britain, and the spirit of Nelson to lead the British arms to victory, on the day of battle, was sung. The effect was sublime;" something like that of the punch, I should imagine, from the contrast of spirits. "Here Mr. Fitzgerald," that illustrious and
ever to be lamented poet, "at the request of the chairman recited at the head of the room, in his usual eloquent and (and what is very odd in an eloquent man) impressive manner, his beautiful poem," called, " An Independent Tribute to the Memory of Mr. Pitt ." We are not told what applause followed the recitation, and no specimen of the poetry is given; but the reader has no doubt been, once in his life, a peruser of those impressive jeux d'esprit called the Bellman's Verses . This " Independent Tribute " in verse was followed by a most independent toast:—"His majesty's sailors and seamen to their measures." I beg pardon—ministers. I should say, but it is the same thing, for as the former cut their cloth to the latter out of their consciences, precisely to fit the King. This toast was "enthusiastically drank with three times three, and followed by long applause & repeated shouts of huzza!" Then the Lord Chancellor was desirous to express, in adequate terms, the sense his majesty's ministers entertained of the honor done them, &c. &c. but it need not be added, he could not; his feelings overpowered him, not to mention the heat of the room; and it would have been "cruel in the extreme" to insist upon a long speech, our good Lord Chancellor is so extremely weak! The health of "the Lord Mayor and corporation, and prosperity to the city of London" were then "drank," and not only "Sir John Anderson returned thanks for himself," but we are absolutely assured by the precise Post , that "Mr. Alderman Shaw" who was present, said, "something." Very odd a man should say anything, who was present! Nothing is told us by persons who were not present; but I should conjecture, they never could have made a speech equal to this Alderman's, one of the "many persons possessing rank, property, character and every qualification that constitutes respectability." As a proof of two of the qualities that constitute respectability, viz: candor and common sense, this worthy magistrate declared "that the toast was the more flattering, as it came from the friends of the greatest man this or any other country ever produced." What a fund of reading and observation is opened in this single piece of criticism! Alas! to be sure had a little taste in every thing, Bacon some small penetration and Socrates a few hints towards human improvement; but Pitt was the man, Pitt who despised the liberal arts, Pitt who could not see through the rotteness of continental coalition, Pitt who found France in her old limits and left her stretching out her humbled arms, like a monstrous cancer, over the whole face of Europe. This is the "illustrious," the "immortal," the "ever to be lamented," the "greatest man, that this or any other country ever produced." People are apt to doubt Mr. Shaw's sincerity, and even the London Tavern seems to have been silent on this occasion; but if any thing could prove him to be distracted at the loss of Mr. Pitt, I think it is the speech. The madness, however, was contagious. The last speaker we find recorded is Mr. Canning , who, "in compliance with the desire of the chair," rose to give the company the sentiments of the present government, with respect to the various "legitimate" monarchies that had just been toasted. Were a member of Parliament to ask such an explanation in the house of commons, he might probably meet with rebuff, or at least with evasion; but when Mr. John Ingleby , East Indian director, signifies his "desire" to the ministers, what else remains for the minister but to comply? However, the explanation consisted of nothing but what we all know—the ministers, it seems, have hopes in Spain, and hopes in Austria, and are determined to act in every respect upon the Pittite principles , in which, says my lord Eldon , they have been educated; so that the nation, to its everlasting comfort, may still hope to find its enemies gaming, and itself losing influence, and when Europe is entirely gone, the Pittites may transfer the losing qualities, upon which they prize themselves, to India and America.
After this satisfactory statement, the company appear to have given a greater loose to their maudlin gaities, though still no doubt there was a "solemnity not unpleasing with sadness," whenever the chairman mentioned the word Pitt , and they still sought anxiously for that great man's memory where it was so often drowned—at the bottom of the sixth bottle. "At ten o'clock," concludes the inspired Post , with a chime not to be exceeded by Mr. Fitzgerald himself, "the greater part of the company retired, and shortly after, the company broke up, deeply impressed with the sentiments that had been en- forced in the course of the evening & highly charmed with the entertainment, which, while it was an abundant source of sublime delight, was not less remarkable for the gratification of the palate." This is as if a person were to say—"The shores of Kent, while they exhibit a majestic sweep of cliffs that seem with naked strength, to defy the hostile coast of France, are not less remarkable for the extreme quantity of shrimps they produce;" or, "Mr. Pitt, that immortal, ever to be lamented, and greatest of men, was not more celebrated for the mighty qualities of his mind than for his very extraordinary nose;" or, lastly, as one of Mr. Fitzgerald's predecessors satirically singeth,
Persuasion tips his tongue whene'er he talks— And he has lodgings in the king's bench walls.
So much for this most gross, most inefficient of all political farces. "HONOUR OF THE KING."—An English printer plays off the following humorous squib, on the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of king George's reign, (the 25th of Oct. last:)
THE JUBILEE. We have taken some pains to ascertain the different modes to celebrate the approaching entry of his majesty into the fiftieth year of his reign; a subject which has engrossed the public attention for some time. The sallow chandlers recommend a general illumination. T. being the most effectual mode, they assert, of displaying the loyalty of the people. The taylors advise that every man appear in a new suit of the Windsor uniform. &c.

loyalty will then appear as stiff as buck- ram. The clothiers back the recommendation of the tailors, simply adding, that the cloth be of British manufacture. The butchers contend that there should be a general feast; but with this difference the carcass butchers are for giving their loyalty wholesale, in roasted oxen & sheep, while the cutting butchers are in favor of joints. The insolvent debtors advise, that the pri- sons and lock-up houses be all thrown open The goalers, lawyers and bailiffs conceive that liberty of this kind would tend to licen- tiousness. The old maids contend, that all single men, between 17 and 37 years of age be compelled to marry on that day, and thus endeavor to fill up the chasm left in our population by the late expeditions. The milliners recommend all the La- dies to appear in new Jubilee caps and bon- nets.
NEW YORK, Nov. 14. LATEST FROM TONNINGEN.
Last evening arrived at this port the ship Orient, M c Millen from Tonningen, which port he left the 8th Oct. at which time the markets were very good for Amer- ican and Colonial produce—that it was reported Bonaparte remained ill at Vienna and that it was expected hostilities would speedily recommence between France and Austria.
BOSTON, Nov. 11. —Capt. Wheelwright, from Spain, yesterday favored us with a file of Seville official, and Cadiz Gazettes, to the last of September. They do not con- tain any war news, excepting details of affairs of posts. The great body of the French force in Spain being concentrated in the Castiles in front of Madrid; oppor- tunity was given to the Spanish partisan corps, scattered over the Peninsula, to at- tack the weakened French garrisons, and to destroy their foraging parties. The patri- ots had recovered Santander. New risings of the patriots were mentioned in the dis- tricts between Madrid and Bayonne. The position of the armies had not recently been changed. The spirit of the Supreme Junta, and the people, appeared to be unabated; and the Junta were attending as much to the correction of ancient abuses, and the repeal of unpopular taxes, as they were to the accumulation of means to carry on the war. The extracts from the French papers copied into the Gazette of the Junta, are accompanied by very severe notes. Cenfinel.
BOSTON, November 10.
Extract of a letter from Rotterdam to a Merchant in this town.
"September 18.—The great quantities of coffee and other articles, which are now im- ported by fraud, prevents the rise of the same. Within the space of a fortnight, have thus been imported into east Friesland alone, upwards of 7,000 bales of coffee. "According to the late accounts from Pa- ris, it appears there is no more fear of a rupture between France and the U. States; but that the state of things will remain as heretofore."
"Sept. 19.—The Danish government have prohibited the exportation of sugars from Holstein."
"October 3.—The disposition of our go- vernment, in regard to the admission of A- mericans, has again considerably changed of late; so that it seems, they are now de- termined not to admit any American cargoes whatever, even if they should consist only of articles permitted before, such as tobacco, ashes, whale oil, bark and medicines."
"The resolutions of our government, in regard to trade, are now so fluctuating, that no dependence can be placed upon the dura- tion of commercial regulations for any length of time, and therefore it is very possible that if a vessel, with before permitted ar- ticles, would arrive, the admission of it might be obtained; but we repeat, that nothing can be said of it with certainty."
CHARLESTON, November 11. —The Swe- dish ship Gustavus, Grandison, anchored off the bar, the evening before the last, from Liverpool, which place she left on the 8th of October.
It was reported in Liverpool, that the Russians were about to join the Austrians, but it was not generally credited.
A French privateer, called the Décidé, out of Bordeaux, had captured several A- merican vessels, the Captain of which said, that he had orders to capture all Ameri- can vessels, and those which did not give him a ransom, by drawing bills and leav- ing with him one of the officers of the ship captured, were to be burnt. On the 12th of October, in lat. 48, long. 19, she captured the ship Henrietta, Nickells, from Liverpool to New-York, with a valuable car- go of hard ware and dry goods which was sent to France—On the same day she captur- ed the ship Laconia, Walker, from Liver- pool to Portsmouth, N. Hampshire, which was in company with the Henrietta; she, not having a valuable cargo on board, was ransomed for 9,000 dollars—also the ship Resolution, Bunker, from London to New- York, in ballast; the crew was taken out and the ship scuttled.—Five ships were then in sight, supposed to be Americans, one of them thought to be the Sally, Webber, from Liverpool for this port, which sailed in com- pany with the Gustavus. As the privateer stood for them, it is believed most of them were captured. This privateer also captur- ed the Gustavus, and intended to burn her, but afterwards ransomed her for 25,000 dol- lars.
The captain of the privateer said, it was his orders to capture all American vessels from English ports; those that were worth more than 40,000 dollars were to be sent in, others of less value were to be ransomed or destroyed, as it was the determination of the French government, that neutrals should not trade with G. Britain. The mate of the ship Henrietta is on board the Gustavus.
The Captain of the privateer informed, that several other vessels were to sail from Bordeaux to cruise against the American commerce. The Décidé is a corvette of 18, 18 pounders, has a crew of 160 men, and sails very fast.
The verbal reports by this ship are, that peace was not concluded between France and Austria; that a ministry had been formed in England, but it was considered as one that would not continue long in office.
We understand, that there are no letters on board the Gustavus for this port.
Our informant returned from the ship late last night, but obtained no papers—w.c. un-
derstand she brought Liverpool papers of the 5th of October.—City Gazette.
The Gustavus and cargo not being consi- dered worth 40,000 dollars, the Captain of the privateer insisted on having her immi- diately ransomed, or he should destroy her; which induced Captain Evers to draw bills on England for 25,000 dollars, being the a- mount of ransom required.—Captains Bunker and Nickells, with two English gentle- men, passengers in the Henrietta, were suf- fered to go on board the Laconia. Every vessel ransomed had her chief mate and two able seamen taken out and detained on board the privateer, as security for the payment of the bills drawn; and in case of their non- payment, these men were to be imprisoned in France until payment was made.
Courier.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 16. LATEST FROM ENGLAND.
By the ship Philip, Capt. Williams in 36 days from Cowes, the Editor of the Balti- more Evening Post, was very politely fa- vored with a variety of London papers. Latest date, Oct. 7. The contents are of no great importance, though we observe several ar- ticles of considerable interest which we shall lay before our readers. Left Cowes Oct. 10.
The budget of ministers was not made up when Capt. W. left England. Lord Melville, alias, Dundas, has been sent for by command of the king.
Sick or crazy as Bonaparte is reported to be, he appears extremely active in review- ing his troops, &c.
LONDON, Oct. 6. —Napoleon is reported to have been seriously indisposed at the Pa- lace of Schoenbrunn. Whatever may be the nature of his complaint, it does not appear to have confined him, as he has attended re- views of his own armies in various remote situations, if we may believe the details on this subject in the foreign papers. By a gentleman who has lately arrived from France, on whose correctness we can depend, we understand it to be the fact, that a Cou- rier was despatched to that city from Vien- na, to require the principal physician im- mediately to repair to Schoenbrunn, and the medical professor immediately obeyed the command.
By a letter from Stockholm of the 24th ult. it appears that the Swedish Embassy which had been for some time in that city, had ta- ken its departure for Paris after waiting there for some time to receive directions from Vienna.
In a communication from Bayonne of the 9th of September, it is said that a battalion of Poles, with a numerous field train, and several detachments of other troops had passed through that town on their progress to Spain.
Private advices from Flushing of the 2d inst. state, that a person had that day arri- ved from Terques, with advice that the French were arming all their fishing vessels in the Scheldt, with a heavy gun in the bow of each, and were making other preparati- ons for an attack upon Walcheren. In the Paris papers we also find it stated, in a let- ter from Antwerp of the 21st ult. that two hundred gun boats were shortly expected there from Boulogne by the interior naviga- tion.
We have made further extracts from the French and Dutch papers which reached us yesterday—There certainly has not appear- ed so strong a probability of the renewal of hostilities as at present—Bonaparte, in ex- pectation no doubt of a speedy renewal of the war, passed the greater part of the first three weeks of last month, in reviewing the several corps of his army. He first visited the positions in Hungary, next those on the right bank of the Danube, ascending that river, and lastly, those in Moravia and Up- per Austria. Previous to his setting out on this last excursion, he sent a present of great value to count Bulna, an Austrian general who has been much employed in the various communications between him and the Em- peror Francis. This instance of ordinary courtesy in Sovereigns, is considered by some of the German Journalists as an indi- cation that the negotiation at Altenburg is drawing to a satisfactory conclusion—It might with equal reason be considered as a proof that hostilities were on the eve of re- commencing—for Count Bulna, upon receiv- ing this mark of Bonaparte's regard, imme- diately set out for Buda, the residence of the Emperor Francis. It is probable that he then bade a final adieu to the French Court.
The armistice has been renewed—but neither the date nor duration of this fresh suspension of hostilities, can be ascertained. It is stated, under the head of Vienna, that it is to expire on the 30th inst. from another place that it would terminate on the 5th Nov. while an article from Erlangen, asserts on slight authority indeed, that the armistice was concluded for a month, with a month's notice for a rupture. But whatever its dura- tion may be, it is evident from a passage in recent General Orders of the Emperor of Austria, that there is little probability that peace will be concluded in the interval. He says, by way of justifying himself to his gal- lant army and loyal people, for having ac- ceded to such an arrangement, "that it is to be attributed not to a sense of feebleness, but to his affection for his subjects, and his anxiety to avert from them the calamities of war." This is not the language of a sove- reign ready to make every concession that inordinate and remorseless ambition can re- quire.
Austria is making unexampled exertions to meet the approaching storm—the land- wehr, or militia, are ordered to put them- selves in military uniform, preparatory to their being incorporated with the regular troops, as occasion may demand—and a levy en masse is on foot, for the purpose of executing that part of the national defence that was assigned to the former.
With the Dutch Journals a considerable number of private letters reached town, by which we learn that the Decrees recently issued for the regulation of American ships and cargoes entering the ports of Holland, continued to be regularly enforced—all such ships as had arrived previous to the 1st Aug. had been permitted to land their cargoes, and dispose of such parts as were not prohib- ited, and the vessels allowed to depart in ballast—those which had arrived subsequent- ly, were compelled to deposit their cargoes in the government warehouses, and such as may in future appear off the coast are not to be permitted to enter, but to be ordered to proceed elsewhere. Mr. Armstrong had left Amsterdam and returned to Paris, where his reception appears to have been rather favorable.
In answer to his various remonstrances, he had been assured, that so soon as G. Britain could be prevailed upon, and should feel in- clined to withdraw her blockade, France
would annul her Berlin Decree as far as it regarded American commerce. And that when G. Britain shall think proper to annul her Orders in Council, France would cease to enforce the conditions of the Milan Decree. This is the present state of affairs between France and the U. States. The merchants of Holland seem, however, to have attained a temporary permission to export their articles of trade in neutrals, but that permission was not expected to be of long duration.
LONDON, Oct. 7.
SOUTH AMERICA.
Some accounts have been received of the new Viceroy having entered on his functions. From the letter given in a preceding column, and the documents with which it is accom- panied, it appears that the ancient system of Spain, with regard to her colonies, will be followed by the Junta. It will therefore cer- tainly be a question for Great Britain to con- sider—How far it is consistent with sound policy to promote that close and intimate u- nion between Spain and her American territo- ries, which shall exclude us from any di- rect intercourse with these colonies; and which will subject every b.d. of merchandise to the payment of whatever duties the Su- preme Government shall impose—whatever may be its character, and from whatever quarter its power may emanate.
Private accounts from France, received through Guernsey, repeat the report of the indisposition of the French Emperor. His malady is said to be a brain fever. We sub- join an extract from a Guernsey letter: "GUERNSEY, Oct. 4."
"A vessel is arrived here which left Cher- bourg on Friday last. The letters by her inform us, that accounts had reached that place from Paris, which leave no doubt that the emperor Napoleon was very ill at his pa- lace of Schoenbrunn. His disorder is a brain fever, brought on by excessive fatigue in his personal attentions to every branch of his army. Most certain it is, that two physi- cians, and two surgeons suddenly left Paris last week to attend him. They proceeded on their journey with extraordinary speed."
GERMAN PAPERS.
We have received letters and papers from the Elbe to a late date, brought by the Ann which left Heligoland on the 20th ult.
The Journals repeat the statements before re- ceiv'd, of the prolongation of the Armistice on the Danube; but still there is a want of har- mony in the dates and particulars.
The private letters are of more importance— In opposition to the general tenor of the state- ments in the printed journals, they are pretty unanimous in expressing an opinion that hosti- lities are on the eve of recommencing between France and Austria. The French army is drawn up on the line marked out in the Armistice, and its head quarters are advanced from Schoenbrunn to Pres- burg.
In an article from Vienna, of the 23d ult. dis- ease is said to prevail in the Austrian ranks, but it will be recollected that this report comes from a suspicious source, the Vienna press being of course under French control.
AUSTRIA, August 29. —On the name-day of her Majesty, the Empress Louisa of Austria, the Marshal Duke of Friuli was sent to Comorn, from Schoenbrunn, to compliment her Majesty in the name of the emperor Napoleon.
VIENNA, August 20. —The armistice which was to have terminated on the 30th inst. has been prolonged for three weeks, viz. from the 31st August to the 20th September. The reason assigned for this is, the great distance of the court of St. Petersburg, which is materially in- terested in the negotiations, as otherwise no fur- ther prolongation would have taken place.
As the city of Trieste has hitherto not been a- ble to pay more than a small part of the war con- tribution imposed upon it, the merchants there have been divided into four classes. Those of the first class are to pay 146,000 livers, and those of the last 10,000, yet on conditions of forthwith reimbursing the whole upon the sum total of the inhabitants agreeable to the means every one is possessed of.
August 30. —The French, since the armistice, have been extremely active. Prodigious encroach- ments cover all the bridges of the Danube, and render Vienna inaccessible to an hostile army— The triple encroachment which covers the bridge called Tabordon, is especially deserving of ad- miration. A corps of 20,000 men is encamped there. Within these few weeks, a number of officers of artillery, and five new regiments have arrived here from Paris.
The Austrians continue to carry on their mili- tary preparations in Hungary with great activity. By an imperial order of the day, the French ar- my is distributed in five arrondissements , viz. those of Lintz, Brunn, Presburg, Graz and Tri- este.
The emperor Napoleon frequently makes ex- cursions on horseback in the neighborhood of Vi- enna, accompanied by the viceroy of Italy, the prince of Neufchatel, general Walther, command- ant of the guard, and other generals. It is said that the emperor will go for some days to Brunn and to Zlany to review the 2 corps of the dukes of Rivoli and Auerstadt.
M. Denon, director of the museum at Paris, is still at Vienna. It is said that the rare books and manuscripts which are here, as also the pictures and other works of art, will be sent to Paris— The most valuable collections which were here, were sent into Hungary before the arrival of the French.
A requisition of 6000 horses has been made on the Austrian provinces, occupied by the French.
Sept. 2. —Our hopes of peace decline. The French head-quarters have been removed from Schoenbrunn to Presburg, & the French army is collected, prepared for action, on the line of the armistice.
The Austrians have laid the country in the vi- cinity of Olmutz, under water.
The course of exchange, in consequence of the present gloomy appearances, has altered much for the worse.
The flux and a putrid fever, prevail in the Aus- trian army. This sickly state of the troops is as- cribed to the bad bread which the soldiers have been obliged to eat.
The garrison of Trieste has been reinforced by some battalions.
General Guitay commands in Southern Hun- gary, where a very active recruiting is carried on.
Domestic.
ANTI-COPENHAGEN.
It must be gratifying to the American peo- ple, that the confidence which has been re- posed in its executive, with a decision of numbers and declaration of principle, as the foundation of that confidence; it must be peculiarly grateful, after the examples of for- bearance and magnanimity so long and re- peatedly given, that the executive has at length marked the point beyond which insolen- ce should not be suffered to travel after injury, and aggravate it.
Had the tenth congress behaved with the same firmness towards the traitorous conspi- rators to the eastward; had that body spurn- ed the degrading spirit which preached up the humiliation of the nation & the degradati- on of the laws, before the frowns of a profligate combination of foreign emissaries and
domestic traitors, the neutral rights of America would now be untrammelled on the ocean, and we should have maintained the high character of virtue which the adminis- tration of Jefferson had established. Madison has however fulfilled the expectations which were formed from the school in which he was bred, and the talents which in his former sta- tion he had displayed; and the country has been placed on high ground by the mag- nanimous candor with which he closed and acted upon the agreement with Mr. Erskine; the voice of faction & the fears of the timid were alike tremulous, on the arrival of the British minister, Mr. Jackson; the faction , fearful of the rejection of an emissary so notorious, and thereby the blasting of their hopes and the cessation of their stipends; the timid, those watering beings, whom every wind disturbs—whom every rumor ruf- fles, vibrated between the apprehended dangers of the refusal or the reception of such a character; forgetting that just men, and virtuous people, never have less to fear than from the agency of men who are so notorious; it was by the supple, simulating, secret, intriguing insidiousness of a Liston , that we were so long disgraced; Merry , soiled in iniquity as he was, could do no harm, for he blundered forth his contumacy as if he had been a man of war's purser or a paymaster; Erskine came with the weight of his father's reputation, and a good stock of private worth of his own; these men were known; and their various modes of action also; but when Jackson came, the negotiator of Copenhagen , then indeed it required lit- tle sagacity to perceive that in the very ef- fort of Canning to view contempt upon us by employing such an agent, our own go- vernment was doubly mortified in its justice, and in the confidence of the people.
Jackson has endeavored to treat the American government with insult; he ex- pected it would have been again borne—it was repelled and could be borne no longer. The course pursued is equally honorable to Mr. Secretary Smith, and creditable to the virtue and independence of our country. If the eleventh congress acts but with equal dignity, our national character regains what it had lost. Aurora.
All negotiation with the British govern- ment at this place is suspended by one of those events which we should call extraordinary, did not their frequent occurrence for a few years past make them familiar to us. With- out any redress for the accumulated wrongs heaped upon us, or for the bitter indignity committed by the outrage on the Chesapeake, a new and wanton insult has been offered directly to our government by a minister, upon the unsuspecting magnanimity of the nation trusted would in truth have turned out to be a messenger of peace. Sent, ex- pressly as we have been told, to heal misun- derstandings, occasioned by the acknowledg- ed mistakes, if not injuries, of his own go- vernment, he has permitted himself, in viola- tion of the plainest dictates of reason, and the clearest precepts of the law of nations, to offer the grossest insult, in the power of ingenuity to devise, to the American nation, by insinuating a doubt of the veracity of its government.
Sensible that our countrymen are no ways deficient in spirit, and that foreign injury and insult, so far from possessing the power to awe, will only serve to excite a just re- sentment, we shall a stain from ministering fuel to a flame which, we risque nothing in anticipating, will blaze from one end of the nation to the other. It is indeed most mani- fest that since the inexplicable disavowal of the arrangement entered into with Mr. Er- skine, it has required every effort of modera- tion and wisdom to keep down the tone of the public mind; and had the government chosen with that scene to close all further intercourse with Britain, there is no doubt but that the nation would have gone heart in hand with them.
As, however, this case is somewhat new in our political annals, we shall lay before our readers a few extracts from Vattel, the most approved writer on the law of nations, and certainly the writer, who from the un- common benevolence of his disposition, of all others is the most cautious in narrowing and circumscribing the causes of collision be- tween nations.
Book 2 Chap. 3, Vattel says:—
"Every nation, every sovereign, ought to maintain his dignity by causing the respect to be paid to it which is his due, and espe- cially not to suffer that any stain be cast upon it. If he has then, titles and honor that belong to him according to constant custom, he may require them; and he ought to do it, on occasions where his glory is concern- ed."
"But it is proper to distinguish, between negligence or the omission of what ought to be done according to commonly received custom, and positive acts of disrespect and insult. The prince may complain of negli- gence, and if it is not repaired, may consider it as a mark of bad disposition: he has a right to demand, even by force of arms, the reparation of an insult. The Czar Peter I. complained in his manifesto against Sweden, for not having fired the cannon on his passage to Riga. He might think it strange that they did not pay him this mark of respect, and he might complain of it; but to make this the cause of a war, was being extremely prodigal of human blood."
Book 4, Chap. 7, he says:—
"Should a foreign minister offend the Prince himself, be wanting in respect to him, and by his intrigues raise disturbances in the state and court, the injured prince, from a particular regard to the minister's master, sometimes requires that he should be recal- led; or, if the fault be more heinous, the Prince forbids him the court, till he receives an answer from his master; but in impor- tant cases he proceeds so far, as to order him to quit his dominions."
"Every sovereign has an unquestionable right to proceed in this manner; for being master in his own dominions no foreigner can stay at his court, or in his dominions, without his permission. And though sove- reigns are generally obliged to hear the o- vertures of foreign powers, and to admit their ministers, this obligation ceases entire- ly with regard to a minister, who being him- self wanting in the duties incumbent on him from his character, becomes dangerous or justly suspected by him, to whom he is to come only as a minister of peace."
So much for this particular case. We shall in our next, should nothing more im- portant offer, lay before our readers more copious extracts on the duties and privileges of public ministers; it being desirable that on this delicate point, the citizen should know and conform to his duties as well as the minister.
It remains to be seen in what manner this extraordinary cause for the rupture of the negotiation will be received by the public. That a vast majority will rally round the
government, there can be no doubt. As li- tle can exist a cordial co-operation of the legislative and executive departments, between whom and the people there happily exists a perfect identity of interests and feel- ings. But how will the federal part of the community receive it? Will they seize this new opportunity that offers, to show that, in a juncture, they know no government but their own? That they are as sensible to the insults it receives, as they are interest- ed in the maintenance of its honor and their own rights? Will they co-operate in the exhibition to the foreign world of a spect- acle of harmony and union, that will insure our eventual triumph, and draw closer per- haps, than ever, the bands of fraternity among ourselves? We sincerely trust and hope they will. It has recently given us pleasure on more occasions than one to ex- press our satisfaction at the honorable and dispassionate temper which has character- ized the most respectable members of the fe- deral party, those, who in point of talents, property and distinction, hold the deepest stake in the country. They have not scru- pled to avow their confidence in the honor and wisdom of the administration. Now is the time for them to show the sincerity of their professions, the purity of their patri- otism. They have now the noblest opportu- nity of serving their country. Will they not seize it?
The public will look with interest for the correspondence between the Secretary of State and Mr. Jackson, which will, we pre- sume, be laid before Congress at the open- ing of their session. Nat. Int.
MARYLAND HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
MR. BRENT'S RESOLUTIONS.
On Thursday last, William L. Brent, Esq., from Washington county, introduced into the Legislature of this State, the subjoined res- olutions. Mr. Brent, in introducing them, observed, that he felt himself obliged to do it from a duty he owed to his country and to his constituents. He was well aware that the ground he was about to tread upon was somewhat exposed, but that he had can- dily explored its every winding, and should proceed on his way, regardless and fearless of the consequences which might ensue. He then said, that had not the majority in the late house of delegates abandoned the elevated stand they ought to have occupied, by descending into the bathos of party, dan- gerous measures, he never would have introduced resolutions similar to those he then held in his hand; but imperious duty demanded their introduction, in order to counteract the effect of the resolutions en- tered into at the last November session. The object of which was to enrage the public mind against the government of their coun- try, and to fan the flame of party prejudice and violence; he observed that the resolutions alluded to, would record an eternal disgrace upon the annals of the Le- gislature, if not corrected by other resoluti- ons; and for that reason alone, he moved the following:
WHEREAS, certain resolutions were entered into by the "House of Delegates" of the General assembly of Maryland, at the last November session, the object of which was to impress a belief upon the public mind that the citizens of the state of Maryland viewed the act passed by Congress, "impo- sing an Embargo, and the several acts sup- plementary thereto, as constituting a por- tentous system of unnecessary, impolitic and unprecedented restraint upon the foreign trade and domestic intercourse of these U- nited States;" and also directing "the Senators and Representatives from this state in the Congress of the United States, to ex- ert themselves with all convenient diligence in endeavors to procure a speedy relief from the operation of the aforesaid act, and the several acts supplementary thereto;" And whereas "the public will" has been lately expressed by "the public voice itself" in the election for the immediate representative branch of this legislature, so as to leave no doubt what the real, true and unveiled sen- timents of the people of Maryland are rela- tive to that important and politic measure of our government, so far as their sentiments at this time can be ascertained by their sup- porting a policy of a similar nature, and by their electing, as members of this body, men who were the warm advocates and active friends of every leading measure of the late administration: And whereas the late "pub- lic voice" has shey conclusively, that the success, so much boasted of in

acknowledgements of those just rights, without which our commerce will always be precarious and exposed; that the very policy so much censured, protected and promoted the interests of our country, by withdrawing from the rapacious and piratical plunderers of the ocean our property to an immense and in calculable amount—by rescuing from seizure and bondage our "brave and hardy tars"—by diverting a portion of our wealth and attention to the establishment of those manufactures which are necessary to our subsistence, essential to our independence, and which have, in the short lapse of two years, succeeded to an extent surpassing the most sanguine calculations of the many honest, ingenious and industrious mechanics with which the U. States abound; that the "jealousies and discontent, distrust, suspicion and alarm," and the violation of "the sovereignty of the laws," may with more correctness be attributed to the opponents of the late administration, who have united into one body, and particularly to their leaders, who, by their feigned and uniform disapprobation of every measure pursued by the late administration, however wise and virtuous, have shown and evinced a determination not to "sheath the sword of opposition" until it had reached its destruction and overthrow, and that their opposition has been aided by the specious misrepresentations and insidious exertions of the friends of the great belligerents of Europe, and by the conduct of artful and designing men, who seek their own aggrandizement through the distresses of their fellow citizens, and the commotions of their native country;
that the insolent boastings of the British ministry, originated not so much from a disregard of the operation of the embargo, as from a confident hope of its speedy removal, and a desire to promote the success, to further the views and to verify the predictions of that party in this country, which it conceived most compliant to its wishes, and most friendly to its interests; that the adoption of the said resolutions, by a majority of the late "House of Delegates," may have had the most injurious tendency; that it is feared, by some unfortunate concurrence of circumstances, (which the great wisdom of the majority of the late "House of Delegates" might not have foreseen,) they have gone in aid of the system of measures adopted by both England and France, and particularly by England, to embarrass the government of our country, and to effect its downfall and humiliation, for they were entered into and passed the "House of Delegates" at the very moment when that system of measures, if they could succeed, would have had their effect; that, as serious and as awful as the declaration is, it is our firm belief our differences with the two great belligerents might have been settled long before this, had it not been for the opposition made to the late great leading measures of our government, by "a party within ourselves;" that the late treacherous and dishonorable conduct upon the part of one of the great and powerful nations of Europe, in disavowing the acts of her minister with the government of our country, must have been instigated, in part, by the differences existing amongst our citizens, and from a hope that she might find friends in our national councils, or by the many resolutions which have been entered into by the opponents to the late administration of the general government, similar to and advancing the same sentiments contained in the resolutions adopted by a majority of the late "House of Delegates" at the last November session; that effects the most beneficial, have followed the adoption of the embargo, and they have not failed to attract the just appreciation of a vast majority of the patriotic people of these United States; that unfortunately for our common country, the blessings of that policy have not been discovered, or if discovered, not approved of by that fraction of the people styling themselves by a particular party appellation, and of whose sentiments the majority of the late "House of Delegates" largely partook; and that this legislature are of the opinion, that the said resolutions were founded totally in error and contrary to the fact.
Resolved, That we highly approve of the measures adopted, and the policy pursued by the late administration. Resolved, That we have the fullest confidence in the patriotism, virtue and wisdom of the present administration, and that we freely pledge our support to the general government, upon the adoption of any measures calculated to protect the rights, or to avenge the wrongs of our country.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 15. THE TRIUMPH OF REPUBLICANISM COMPLETE.
Yesterday, according to the resolves of both houses of the legislature, a Senator was chosen to represent this state in the Senate of the United States in place of General Smith, whose term of service has for some time expired, but whose seat was peremptorily kept vacant by the majority delegation of the minority of the citizens in this state, in defiance of precedent and the spirit and meaning of the constitution of this state, and in violation of the general constitution of the union.
The following was the state of the poll:  For Gen. Smith (Repub.) 53  John Eager Howard (Fed.) 29  Scattering 4 33  Majority for Smith 20 
In the issue of this Senatorial election, the republicans of the United States have cause to rejoice, since the legislature of Maryland has effectually retrieved the character of the state, and shown that the servile adulators of Great Britain have had no real and permanent supporters among the independent citizens of Maryland. Were it not for the slanders heaped on the General for his meritorious services both during and since the revolution, both in the tented field and in the legislative character, most probably he would have voluntarily retired from the tolls of state, for domestic repose; but the harpies of Timothy and of Britain, paved the way for re-election. The General enjoys the confidence of Americans, and the malice of his enemies may sleep for ten years to come....American.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 15. WEALTH OF MARYLAND. By the report of the Auditor during the present session, which we have not yet found room for, it appears that the finances of the state of Maryland are in a flourishing condition. She possesses, in specie and in stock, 1,728,163 dollars....E. G.
We are assured, that Mr. Jackson received a bundle of dispatches on Friday morning last, and immediately after its receipt, posted away to Washington....Balt. Whig.
BALTIMORE, November 15.—Mr. Jackson and his wife have lately expended much money in this city for household furniture, &c. The vessel which carried them hence sailed last Sunday. On Saturday the master was offered 50 dollars if he would re-land the goods, which he refused to do on account of the delay it would occasion. Jackson left us on Thursday, under an expectation of returning in a few days, as we are informed, his wife remains in the city....Evening Post.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15. The Secretary of the Navy arrived in this City, on Monday last.
BALTIMORE, November 16. [From the American.] MR. PECKIN. With some of my acquaintance I had entertained doubts of the truth of the occurrence respecting the SWORD-FISH, which was inserted in the American some days ago. In order to satisfy these, and fully establish the fact, I have been on board the schooner Sarah-Milner, and have correctly transcribed from her Journal the following extract. The certificate of Captain Cracklow is annexed, as confirmatory of the whole, and a piece of the SWORD, which was extracted a few days since, is deposited in the museum in this city:
"Extract from the log book of the schooner Sarah-Milner, Captain Cracklow, of Kingston, Jamaica, on a voyage from thence to Baltimore."
September 9, 1809. A perfectly calm and smooth sea, out three days. At 5, P. M. a breeze sprung up. At twelve o'clock in the night a remarkable occurrence took place—we felt the vessel to receive a severe and sudden shock, which astonished all hands, and for which we were at a loss to account. Some time having elapsed in various surmises, the mate discovered that a large SWORD-FISH had struck us, which was unable to extricate itself, being fastened in the timbers—the vessel sprung a moderate leak immediately. Length of the Fish 25 feet, and 7 feet round by computation, and remained fastened to the vessel 6 or 7 hours, when he broke off apparently dead—breeze 7 knots—latitude 18, 30'.
I do certify, that the above extract is correct, and the facts therein stated are true.
NATHANIEL J. CRACKLOW. "Capt. of the sch'r Sarah-Milner."
When the schooner arrived here, she was howe down, examined, and the Sword was found about three feet from the keel as heretofore stated by Mr. Badger, it having entered in rather an oblique direction. I have been thus particular in order to place the possibility of imposition beyond a doubt. A CITIZEN. Baltimore, 15th Nov. 1809.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 15. LATEST FROM PORTUGAL.
Arrived this morning, the brig Reindeer, Wade, 28 days from Lisbon. Captain W. sailed the 15th Oct. the day previous to which Lord Wellington arrived in that place, and it was reported, the French were within 70 miles, and the British about 40 miles distance. It was generally expected, the English would not risk an engagement; but avoid it by embarking their troops on board several transports and men of war, laying in the roads for that purpose.
The Enquirer. RICHMOND, NOVEMBER 21, 1809.
FEDERAL PRINTS vs. F. J. JACKSON. It is with sincere satisfaction, that we have traced the firm and dignified course which has been held by some of the Federal prints, respecting the Ex-minister Jackson. Instead of vindicating the conduct of the British Agent, as they have generally done—instead of ranging themselves on the side of Great Britain in opposition to the acts and ideas of their own government—they seem to have imbibed a spirit, which should animate every American bosom.—Francis James Jackson, the negotiator of Copenhagen, the Ex-minister of Great Britain, is denounced in terms of indignant and just reprobation. His insulting conduct is resented. No tender tear is shed over his misfortunes. No sympathetic sigh is heaved for his sufferings. It is in vain that he loses his superb salary, rich as any which ever belonged to the highest ambassadors at the courts of Europe, when the British had ministers at those Courts—an appurtenance, which formed one of the conditions of his accepted commission. It is in vain, that his splendid equipage and magnificent Furniture have lost their lustre. The resentment, which has been inspired by his presumption, seems to have extinguished all sense of his misfortunes.
May this American spirit continue! The following extracts will disclose the grounds which have been respectively taken by the Norfolk Ledger, and the Philadelphia Gazette and Philadelphia Register on this occasion:
The circumstantial nature of the preceding article, leaves no doubt that it has proceeded from the cabinet, and is intended as an official announcement of what has passed between the Secretary of State, and the British Envoy, Mr. Jackson. As such, it must claim the serious attention of every real American. Viewing the statement as correct, we should consider it a dereliction of our duty not to express our approbation of the course which has been adopted by the administration, in refusing to receive any further communication from a foreign minister, whose first act, in his negotiation, was to stigmatize the government with false and dishonorable proceedings. And, much as we deprecate an increase of differences with any nation, or even a protraction of their adjustment, any result ought, in our opinion, to be preferred to the tolerance of such indecorous proceedings....Register.
The refusal of the British government to ratify the act of its the act of its regularly authorised agent, besides being almost without example, was attended by circumstances of a highly aggravating nature. It produced, as similar acts always will, an universal and instantaneous burst of reprobation in this country; and even among the enlightened and liberal of that nation, it was pronounced perilous. It was hoped however, after the first gusts of indignation had subsided, that a conduct more manly, candid and sincere would be observed—that the British government, not utterly regardless of the laws of civilized society, would not only in substance fulfill her part of the rejected arrangement, but also satisfactorily apologize for her abrupt refusal in the first instance. Unfortunately however, even these charitable expectations were no sooner conceived than dissipated. In the character of the man who was selected to be the bearer of these renewed overtures, the American people fancied they could perceive no pledge of sincerity or conciliation. Indeed the nomination of this offensive character, to the mission of peace, was by many deemed hostile in the highest degree. But these prejudices had no influence with our government. As far as we know, he was received by every other foreign minister would be received by the Executive; and from the period of his reception down to the present moment, the public mind had been amused with a variety of fluctuating reports, touching the progress and direction of his discussions with our Government;—and now indeed the light has burst in upon us! The following brief statement, which we deem completely official, contains the denouement of this political drama. The determination of our government to close all intercourse with this insolent negotiator is strictly regular and manly. It will meet the undivided approbation of every reflecting mind; while the unwarrantable and indecorous conduct which provoked it, will receive universal reprobation.
We cannot believe that this abortion of the negotiation, will have any tendency to widen the differences between the two countries. Our government have very properly made the case entirely personal to Mr. Jackson; and in refusing to receive any further communications from him, have at the same time expressed the readiness with which they would listen to any other agent. A line of conduct more manly, dignified and temperate, could not have been pursued.
Those who apprehend that the recent step of our government will add to the difficulties in the way of a final settlement with Great Britain, misconceive the true nature of the present case. Great Britain will have no cause to complain of the treatment of their Minister. The law of nations prescribes three modes of proceeding on these occasions:—1st, we have the right to request the recall of Mr. Jackson—2d, to refuse all further communication with him—and 3d, to order him to quit the territory of the United States. Mr. Madison very wisely adopted the middle & most temperate course. Unless gross misrepresentation, therefore, is sent forth, there is nothing further to apprehend from the suspension of the negotiation, than a still further and unexpected procrastination of a final adjustment....Gaz.
The conduct of Mr. Jackson, our government has with equal dignity and prudence, regarded as the intemperate conduct of an individual, and for which his government neither can nor ought to be responsible. It is possible, and probable, that Mr. Jackson may have received information, that in the first instance induced him to think, that our government was informed of the nature and extent of Mr. Erskine's instructions; but that being denied by our government, a reiteration of the charge afterwards, was contrary to the rules of common politeness, and, except in the instance of Genet's revolutionary diplomacy, without example.
"It was impossible that the government of the U. States could submit to have its veracity questioned upon such a delicate and important subject, in which the feelings and interests of this nation had been so strongly excited and deeply concerned. There appeared no other course but that which has been pursued by Mr. Madison, and for which the example of Gen. Washington in the case of Genet, furnished a precedent worthy of imitation....Ledger."
Now, all this is extremely well—The insolence of the ex-minister is here disclaimed in a proper tone of indignation. So much for these federal prints!
But let us view the other side of the medal!—The Federal Republican of Baltimore has come out openly in vindication of the Copenhagen minister. It sees nothing, forsooth, in all these proceedings at Washington, but a "disagreement as to matters of fact"—"Administration," forsooth, "had the power to chastise that insolence, which would not consent to a supposed misstatement of facts, and to gratify the resentment of Robert Smith, the power was exerted by the dismissal of the refractory minister"—this "hasty and insulting dismissal"—"that nice and lively sensibility to the touch of honor which Mr. Madison has now affected to manifest"—this "reprehensible rashness and indiscretion."
Lost to every sense of American honor—devoted and sold to the British government, must the soul of that man be, or cursed with more than Egyptian darkness must be his understanding, who can thus extenuate the conduct of Jackson—thus reprobate the sensibility and firmness of the Executive.—Let no man hereafter despair of the want of vindictors—since the devastation of Copenhagen has obtained its eulogists, and the insolence of Jackson has met with apologists. But the eulogists of the bombardment of Copenhagen were not the Danes—though the apologists of his insolence were Americans by birth.
The National Intelligencer has published a long extract from Vattel, respecting the rights and the duties of Foreign Ministers. That they have privileges of a peculiar sort—but that these have a limit—that there are means pointed out by the Law of Nations for repressing their encroachments and correcting their insults—that the government to whom they are sent, are bound to enforce the respect that is due to itself, as well as the rights which belong to them, is evident enough. This extract however does not embrace a maxim which suits the present condition of F. J. Jackson; which is, that though he is no longer the organ of his government, his usual privileges are in force until he leaves our soil; for Vattel expressly says, that "when the commission of an Ambassador is at an end, when he has terminated the affairs which brought him, when he is recalled or dismissed; in a word, when he is obliged to go away on any account whatever, his functions cease; but his privileges and rights do not expire until his departure."
the same time; he retains them till his return to his principal, to whom he is to make a report of his embassy. His safety, his independence & inviolability, are not less necessary to the success of the embassy in his return, than at his coming."
Our countrymen surely require no caution in regard to this Ex-minister. Let him be watched, whilst he continues—but let him depart in peace. Let him, who violated the laws of Nations at Copenhagen, still have the benefit of those laws. In no country, have the rights of foreign agents been more carefully shielded by municipal laws, than in the U. S. There is an act of congress of April 30th, 1790, which provides for the punishment of any person, who shall "distraint the goods or channels of any ambassador or other public minister," "shall assault, strike, wound, imprison, or in any other manner infract the law of nations, by offering violence to his person"—such offender is to be "imprisoned not exceeding three years, and fined at the discretion of the court."
The "Federal Republican" has vented all its rage against the Secretary of State. It would really seem from the complexion of this paper, that the President of the U. S. had nothing at all to do with Jackson's dismissal—that Mr. Smith alone planned the scheme, that he alone executed it, and he alone is responsible for it. Thus, while it attempts to wave all its attacks upon Mr. Madison himself, it defeats these indirect compliments upon his innocence by direct charges of the most criminal remissions.
Take a few specimens of Mr. Wagner's discernment and decorum. "Gen. Smith's brother Robert, the secretary, says we shall have war, he wills so; therefore let us haste and buckle on our armour!"—"If Robert Smith forces the country into a war with England, it is not reasonable to expect that Bonaparte will restore to General Smith his $400,000 worth of property seized and detained in French ports!"—"Of what importance is it, if 50,000 lives and 100 millions of money are sacrificed to gratify Mr. Smith's revenge, and restore Gen. Smith his money?"—"Some say, that as soon as Mr. Smith found that the British minister would get the better of him in the negotiation, he determined to stir up a rumour and end the discussion by a quarrel. The Secretary was mad because he could not wind the present minister about his finger as he did Mr. Erskine."
Could more indecorous nonsense have been condensed in the same compass?—Mr. Wagner, vice the chief clerk in the Department of State, must certainly have known, that in all important transactions of this kind, the P. U. S. is not a mere cypher—but that the Secretary of State is under his direction. What says the Act of Congress itself of July, 1789, which establishes this department? That the "Secretary for the department of foreign affairs," subsequently by an act of Sep. 1789, denominated the Secretary of State, "shall perform and execute such duties as from time to time be enjoined on or entrusted to him by the President of the U. S. &c." "and further more, that he shall conduct the business of the said department in such manner as the P. U. S. shall from time to time order or instruct."
Yet this is the very same law, which constituted the office of Chief Clerk in the department. Mr. Madison is not at all indebted to Mr. Wagner for this tenderness towards him. The transaction confers too much honor on the Executive, for him to have any wish to decline the merit.
"Gnaw then, Viper! Gnaw the file!" "Let your Bulrush be at once lifted against the Ocean."
1st. Threat.—"We learn that Mr. Jackson is about to leave Washington immediately. He takes Mr. Oakley with him, and leaves no agent to fill the vacancy....Balt. Federal Republican, Nov. 15."
2nd. Threat.—"What will be the fate of Mr. Pinkney? Mr. P. will be dismissed from the Court of St. James's, and thus will both parties have drawn the sword of battle."—Id.
3rd. Threat.—"If the British government chooses to adopt the insulting language of their minister—if they will make his cause a national quarrel—the blood be on them, and not on us!"
Some mischiefs have crept into some of the American prints respecting the two Wellesleys—they are brothers and both of them have been in Spain—Hence happens the confusion.
Sir Arthur Wellesley, now Lord Wellington, is at the head of the Army—His left-handed victory at Talavera gained him a Title—which his provident march into Spain and his precipitate retreat ought to forfeit.
The Marquis of Wellesley, again, is the British minister at Seville to the Supreme Junta—He was once Lord Mornington, afterwards Governor-general of Bengal—in which capacity, he pursued the steps of Warren Hastings, and was threatened with an impeachment on his return to England.—As a politician, he has been a rank Pittite—an unrelenting foe to the Revolution of France—in opposition to which, he pronounced, on the 21st July, 1794, on Mr. Fox's motion for an Address to the King, one of the longest philippics, that had ever been spoken in the House of Commons—containing not less than 123 pages of Chatham's Select Speeches. As to his feelings towards the U. S. he says he feels himself "persuaded that the noble Earl who had spoken in this debate (Lord Wycombe) will concur with him in thinking that the Government of America does not require to be improved by any infusion of French principles."—Yet this is the man, who, it is reported, is about to fill the place of Mr. Canning, as Secretary for Foreign affairs—through whom, of course, all our negotiations with the British cabinet will necessarily pass!
Wanted, at this office—a good JOURNEYMAN PRINTER, and an APPRENTICE of respectable connections.
CAVALRY ORDERS!!! A MEETING of the Richmond Troop of Cavalry, will be held at the Bell-Tavern, on Thursday evening, the 23rd inst. at 6 o'clock, for the election of First Lieutenant. A punctual attendance is requested. ROBERT GAMBLE, Jr. Captain. November 21.
EDUCATION. THE subscriber intends to continue his school in the Forks of Hanover, the ensuing year, where he offers to teach spelling, reading, writing, arithmetic, English grammar, geography, the use of the globes, rhetoric, natural philosophy, geometry, and the French language. The price for board, tuition and washing, will be $7.75 payable half yearly. The term will commence the tenth of January, and end the tenth of Dec. Vacation one month, beginning the tenth of June. This school will be critically examined in June and December. JAMES BYARS, Jr. w8t
ELIAS V. LACHAIZE, TAYLOR; RESPECTFULLY informs the Ladies and Gentlemen of Richmond, and its vicinity, that he has commenced business in the house next to Mr. Neilson's store, main-street, where he hopes, by assiduity and attention to all commands, to merit a share of public patronage. * * * All orders executed after the newest and neatest fashions. November 21.
Richmond Theatre.
MR. PLACIDE'S BENEFIT.
On This Evening, November 21, 1809, will be presented, the celebrated Comedy of
SCHOOL OF REFORM,
OR, HOW TO RULE A HUSBAND.
AFTER THE PLAY.
Mr. Sully will sing the much admired Song, called, "Knowing Job," or the "Shrew Fools." After which, Mr. Bray will sing the much admired Song, called, "The Potatoes Merchant."
To which will be added, (For the first time in Virginia,) a Grand Heroic Pantomime, in two acts, called
Jupiter and Europa:
OR, THE JEALOUSY OF JUNO.
(With New Scenery, Dresses and Decorations.)
STORY OF THE PANTOMIME.
ACT I. Jupiter having heard of the beauty of Europa, descends on her Eagle in search of her—is followed by Juno in her car drawn by Peacocks. Jupiter perceiving her approach, retires—she invokes the Furies—obedient to her call, they come, and fire her soul with anger & jealousy.
Agenor, Europa, and attendants, enter to receive Nicanor, the intended husband of Europa; trumpets announce his arrival. After the interview he retires with the King to prepare for the nuptials, and leaves Europa and nymphs to form Garlands. Dance of Europa and nymphs—Jupiter having discovered her, transforms himself into a white Bull—Europa & nymphs are at first afraid of him under this metamorphosis, but perceiving his gentleness, they approach, admire and adorn him with Garlands, and Europa at length seats herself on his back, instantly he proceeds to the sea, and swims to the opposite shore—Juno enters, enquires the reason of the nymphs' despair, they inform her of what has taken place; Juno suspecting it to have been Jupiter, summons Destiny, who opens the book of fate, and displays these lines:
"It is not a Bull from yonder flow'ry field, Bears off Europa from her aged sire; 'Tis mighty Jove who does the thunder wield."
"Again provokes imperial Juno's ire." Juno enraged, ascends her car, and crosses the sea in pursuit of them.—End of the first act.
ACT II.—Scene, Temple, Grand Priest, Agenor and Nicanor waiting for Europa—Nymphs enter, and inform the King of the disastrous fate which has befallen his daughter; Agenor in despair, sends for his son, who arrives with a party of soldiers, his father commands him to go in pursuit of his sister, and not return till he has found her—Grand March.
Scene Among the Rocks.—Europa flies from Jupiter, he avows his love to her, she refuses to listen to him, but on his towering with his thunder, her heart is raptly changed in the recesses of the Rock; Juno follows; they come out by another passage; Juno perceiving Grotto—A Fiery Dragon enters, and destroys all the soldiers, but is attacked and slain by Cadmus.
Juno meets Jupiter and Europa, seizes her, Jupiter escapes. Juno devours Europa to her father, telling him to shut her up in a tower—continues to demand her father for mercy, but he fled to the Tower, visited there by Juno, who is conducted in her confinement. Afterwards discovered by Jupiter, who transforms the Tower into an elegant Pavilion, and carries off Europa into the Pavilion. Juno enters, discovers what her husband has done, changes the Pavilion into a mounds Agenor to send his Son once more in search of his Sister—the Prince finds the lovers, and boldly informs Jupiter, that were it not for Jupiter's thunder he would defy him to combat—Juno summons her Eagle, delivers to his charge the Thunder, seizes a sword, and with a touch disarms the Prince, who then retires. Europa requests Jupiter to entrust her with his Thunder for a time, that she may govern the world. Jupiter refuses, and shows a scroll whereon is written:
"If Jupiter urg'd by an amorous fit, Let the Thunder escape from his powerful hand, Nor Mortal nor God, shall hereafter submit, Undone is his Empire, destroy'd his command."
She still insisting, he at last gives way to her wishes, the moment she seizes it, she is alarmed at the noise and faints. Jupiter thus disarmed, is surprised and seized by Cadmus and his Guard, who commands the God to be confined, and the thunder he delivers to Juno, who calls on Destiny; he opens the Book of Fate, and displays the following lines:
"Juno thy jealous rage give o'er Pardon thy wandering spouse once more. Kindness the fickle God may tame Anger will only blow the flame." Juno moved to sensibility by the situation of her husband, visits him at the Fort where he is confined—who is at first ashamed to see her, but after several protestations of fidelity, Juno returns him his thunder—The scene changes and represents the Palace of the King—Jupiter removes from Europa the charm which made her enamoured of him, who thus disenchanted returns the passion of the Prince Nicanor—The scene changes to the Palace of the God—where Europa and Nicanor are united with ceremony and splendor.
C. THOMPSON,
PORTRAIT PAINTER—Respectfully informs the inhabitants of Richmond and its vicinity, that he has commenced business in the house opposite the Swan-Tavern—where some specimens may be seen. November 16. w4w4
THE GRAND LODGE OF VIRGINIA.
WILL meet in the Mason's Hall, in the city of Richmond, at 6 o'clock, in the evening of the second Monday in Dec. next, being the 11th day of the month. November 21. 124MD
M. & B. MYERS—OFFER FOR SALE
100 Boxes fresh Raisins, 20 Frels Hard and Soft Shell Almonds, White and Brown Havana Sugars, Loaf and Muscovado Sugars by the hhd. or bbl. Choulan, Imperial, Hyson & Suchong Teas. Sherry and Madeira Wine, Cordials, Pennyweight Rye Whiskey, Mustard, Pepper, Ginger, Cinamon, Pimento, bottle Cork. Havana Cigars, 8 by 10 and 10 by 12 Window Glass, White Lead and Spanish Brown, Green Copperas, Printing and Wrapping Paper, De Silver's Playing Cards, German Cabbage, Raven's Duck, Cotton Hosiery by the package or dozen, Cotton Cambricks, Shirting and Dimities, by package or piece. A few Bales of Woollens, consisting of— Strong Duffles, Plains, Half Thicks & Kerseys. With a constant supply of best Paris Clothing Cloths. November 21.

Miscellaneous.
PARIS, August 19.
IMPERIAL UNIVERSITY. In conformity to the decrees of the 7th March and 17th September 1808, the deans and professors of the three faculties of theology, of sciences and of letters of the academy of Paris, have been appointed by his excellency the grand master.
In the vacancy the vicars general presented the triple list of individuals, from among whom the members of the faculty of theology were to be chosen.
The three faculties consist as follows:
FACULTY OF THEOLOGY. Italys writ.—Mr. de la Hogue, formerly professor in the Sorbonne. Evangelical morality.—Mr. de Demaine, idem. Ecclesiastical history and discipline.—Mr. Dieene, idem. Dogma.—Mr. Burnier Fentanel, doctor in the Sorbonne. Hebrew language.—Mr. Hugues, formerly professor in the Sorbonne. Sacred eloquence.—Mr. Gallard, doctor in the Sorbonne. Mr. Raillon, canon of Notre-Dame, professor adjunct. Mr. Dieche, dean of the faculty.
FACULTY OF THE SCIENCES.
Differential and integral numbers.—Mr. Lacroix, professor of mathematics in the Bonaparte Lyceum. Mr. Francaeu, professor of mathematics in the Charlemagne Lyceum. Astronomy.—Mr. Biot, professor in the college of France. Mechanics.—Mr. Poisson, professor in the Polytechnical school. Physics.—Mr. Gay-Lussac, professor in the Polytechnical school. Chemistry.—Mr. Thenard, professor in the college of France. Mineralogy and geology.—Mr. Hauy, professor in the museum of natural history. Botany and vegetable physics.—Mr. Desfontaines, idem. Several of the above professors are authorised to entrust part of their professorship duties to professors adjunct; viz: Mr. Hauy, to Mr. Brongnart. Mr. Desfontaines to Mr. Mirbel. Mr. Biot to Mr. Dinet, professor in the Napoleon Lyceum.
The article IV. of the decree of his excellency the grand master, also decides that the session of astronomy in the college of France, and the session of comparative anatomy and physiology in the museum of natural history, shall be sessions of faculty, and shall hold the same rank in the inscriptions.
Mr. Lacroix, dean of the faculty.
FACULTY OF LETTERS. Literary history and French poetry.—Mr. Delille, professor in the college of France. French eloquence.—Mr. Deguier, professor of belles lettres in the Bonaparte Lyceum. Latin poetry.—Mr. Luce-de-Lancival, professor of belles lettres in the imperial Lyceum. Latin eloquence.—Mr. de Saint-Auge, professor of belles lettres in the Charlemagne Lyceum. Greek literature.—Mr. Larcher. Philosophy.—Mr. Pastoret, professor in the college of France. Ancient history and geography.—Mr. L'Evesque, professor in the college of France. Modern history and geography.—Mr. Barbier-du-Bouage. Several of these professors are also authorised to allow their professorship duties to be fulfilled by professor adjuncts; viz: Mr. Delille, by Mr. Esnenard. Mr. Pastoret, by Mr. Millon, professor in the Napoleon Lyceum. Mr. de Saint-Auge, by Mr. De la Place, idem. Mr. Larcher by Mr. Boissonade. Mr. Pastoret, dean of the faculty. Each faculty is presided by the titular counselor whom the grand master delegates with the quality of vice-rector. Mr. Emery is vice-rector of the faculty of Theology. Mr. Cuvier, of the faculty of sciences. Mr. Bausset, of the faculty of letters. And in his absence, Mr. Noel, inspector general of the university.
IMPERIAL UNIVERSITY.
The distribution of the prizes to the pupils of the four lyceums of Paris, took place on the 16th instant, being the fete of Napoleon, in the hall of the public sitting of the institute, under the presidency of his excellency the grand master of the university. The institute and several members of the principal authorities in the state, attended this ceremony. The professors and the other members of the lyceums, accompanied by their pupils, and the professors of the five faculties of theology, of law, of physics, of sciences, and of literature, were assembled at 11 o'clock. At 12 o'clock, the grand master entered; he was preceded by the inspector generals, by the counselor secretary general, by the counsellors titulaires, and by the treasurer and chancellor. All the officers of the university, and also the three titulaires, wore the dresses which had been decreed by his majesty on the 31st July last. His excellency the grand master, delivered the following speech:
YOUNG GENTLEMEN. This solemnity which always terminates and crowns your annual labors, receives at this time an additional splendor and interest from the day and the place which call you together. The triumphs of your first years are going to be proclaimed before the statues of the great men who, in their turn, took their seats in this sanctuary of the sciences and of literature. Bossuet, Fenelon, Corneille, and Descartes, are, in a manner, present before you, and from your very first advances in the career, they point out to you the object which you must reach. But if the aspect of a place which is yet inhabited by their shades, must excite your enthusiasm, the day which we have chosen for this interesting ceremony, does not awaken less glorious recollections. It succeeds, it is linked in some measure, with that solemn day in which the fete of the monarch is that of all France. The chief of the state, to whom the public admiration has just been offering so much homage, and for whom it has been offering up so many prayers, appears to be beaming round your youth in all the rays of his glory. This double epoch will never be forgotten by you. It will never cease recalling to your mind that you owe to your prince the exercise of the talents, the first fruits of which you have just offered to us. It is for him that you ought to be developed. To serve him well, in whatever career your destiny calls you, it is your paramount duty. And how great is his claim upon your devotion! Many among you are indebted for the benefit of your education to his munificence. From the banks of the Danube which he has subdued, he cast his attentive looks upon your schools. It is in order to secure the course and the progress of proper studies that he has been pleased to place at their head a great body in which wise traditions may be maintained. In this creation is discovered the stamp of that universality of genius, which he possesses, in order to repair and aggrandize every thing. We will dedicate our efforts to the success of the vast establishment which has been confided to us; but, young gentlemen, it is also in your hands that the future destinies of the university are placed. Contribute as far as it lies in your
power, to the fame of the French schools by the purity of your morals and your sincere love of labor and of learning. Second the care of the respectable men who direct your youth, and may the glory of the pupil one day become that of the master. You are more fortunate than your fathers were. They beheld all society overturned, and you are now witnesses of its re-establishment. You are stopping into life after long storms, the shocks of which you never felt. Each of you may quietly follow your career under the safeguard of the laws. Distinguish yourselves by some merit and you are sure to be distinguished by the monarch. His triumphant hand is held in their crowns for all kinds of talents. May his looks encourage you, & may a generation worthy of him rise up from among you! May men every way illustrious, continue hereafter to accompany him and remain in his suite when he descends to posterity and takes his place above the greatest kings, whose different glories, as a vanquisher of nations, as a restorer of the laws, a protector of literature, as a founder of empires, he united in his own person.
This speech was frequently interrupted by applause. The greatest enthusiasm was always displayed in the assembly upon the grand master expressing the public gratitude towards the founder of the imperial university. In the evening, his excellency gave a grand entertainment, at which were distinguished the pupils who had obtained the first prizes. Music, illuminations, and all the accompaniments of a fete, closed in a worthy manner that day on which the masters and the pupils had received the reward of their labors for the year.
According to a report of Mr. Nauche, the Galvanic society of Paris has made different experiments upon the brain, which throws a great light upon the operations of the functions of that organ.
Upon applying the two conductors of a galvanic apparatus to the brain of an animal, a few minutes after its death; the partial contractions of the various muscles of the face, according to the spot upon which the application was made, had been determined; which seems to prove that the different parts of this organ have different functions relatively to the movement which they communicate to the muscular organs. The same experiments appear to prove that the hind and fore part of the brain have separate and distinct functions, for the irritation of the former upon a living animal does not produce the contraction of any of the muscles, whilst that of the latter produces it strongly and instantaneously.
PARIS, July 6.—An imperial decree dated the 7th June, enacts that all the property and domains, in the different departments of the empire, and particularly in those formed of the states of Tuscany, belonging to the princes of the house of Austria, shall be sequestered.
STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF GREAT BRITAIN.
The number of houses inhabited, by how many families, and those uninhabited, are thus calculated:
Table with 4 columns: Inhabitants, No. of farms, Uninhabited. Rows for England, Wales, Scotland, and a Total row.
Table with 2 columns: Item, Amount. Rows include From rent of lands, From rent of houses, Profits of farming or occupation of land, Income of laborers in agriculture, Profits of mines, canals, collieries, &c., Profit of merchant shipping and small craft, Income of stockholders, From mortgages and other monies lent, Profits of foreign trade, Profits of manufactures, Pay of army, navy, and merchant seamen, Income of the clergy of all descriptions, Judges, and all subordinate officers of the law, Professors, school-masters, tutors, &c., Retail trade, not immediately connected with foreign trade or manufactures, Various other professions and employments, Male and female servants, and a Total row.
Table with 2 columns: Item, Amount. Rows include From this table may be formed a calculation of the amount of national capital, Value of land at 38 years purchase, Value of horses at 20 years purchase, Manufactures, machinery, steam engines, &c., Household furniture, Apparel, provisions, fuel, wine, plate, watches and jewels, books, carriages, and other articles, Cattle of all kinds, Grain of all kinds, Hay, straw, &c., Implements of husbandry, Merchant shipping, The navy, Coin and bullion, Goods in the hands of merchants, &c., Goods in the hands of manufacturers and retail traders, and a Total row.
Mr. Pitt in the year 1795, estimated the total landed property at 750,000,000, and the personal property at 600,000,000; making a total of 1,350,000,000.
The difference in the proportion of inhabitants to a house, between some towns and others, is from 9.34, which occurs at Plymouth, to about 5.34 or 5, which occurs at Gloucester and Hereford, 4.12 at Worcester.
The late enumeration has ascertained also the proportion of males and females. It has long been known that more male children are born than female. The register of baptisms for 20 years, make 3,285,184 of the former, and 3,156,922 of the latter, which is about the proportion of 108 to 100.
OF SPANISH AFFAIRS.
To the Editor of the N. York Columbian.
The arrival of a minister in this country from the Spanish Junta has raised a question, whether he ought not to be received and recognized by our government. If, from the best information, it shall appear, that in all human probability the body he represents are not, and can never be the governing power of Spain, then there can be no doubt of the propriety of refusing him a diplomatic reception.
The perusal of a narrative of Sir John Moore's campaign in Spain, has convinced me, beyond doubt, that the Spaniards have neither the disposition nor the power to establish the government of the Junta; that they must yield to the master
whom Bonaparte has set over them; and that the division in Austria, and the assistance of Great Britain, will only suspend, but cannot avert their complete subjugation. This narrative was written by the brother of Sir John Moore, in order to vindicate his memory. It is compiled from his official and private letters, and from a journal & diary kept by him. It exhibits an interesting picture of the situation of Spain, and cannot fail to put an end to all confidence in the exertions of the Junta, (as they have been termed,) and to extinguish all hopes of their success, all expectations of any signal or extraordinary efforts in favor of their cause or on the side of their country.
It appears from this work, that there is neither wisdom, honesty nor vigor in the government; neither discipline, honor, nor courage in the army; neither patriotism nor enthusiasm, nor that all-commanding love of liberty in the people.
The Central Junta "consisted" (I give the words of the narrative) "of thirty-four persons, with equal power. So numerous an executive body was ill calculated for prompt decision. Self-interest, mutual jealousy and discord distracted their councils. There was no predominant leader to give uniformity to their acts, no animating passion to elevate their minds. B. cold languor and foggy dulness they culled and dampened the spirits of the nation."
"The Spanish Junta exerted all their finesse to deceive, not their enemy, but their ally, and succeeded in pretty as to lead them to execute a plan adapted to a state of circumstances the reverse of their actual condition. Their high sounding proclamations, exaggerated numbers, invented victories and vaunted enthusiasm, could not deceive him, whom it was useful to deceive. Bonaparte possessed ample means of obtaining exact information. There were traitors even among the loudest seeming patriots, who enabled him to calculate with perfect accuracy the precise portion of patriotism scattered through Spain."
"The imbecility (says sir John Moore, in a letter to Mr. Frere, the British minister in Spain, and to his family) exceeds belief." "The Junta, jealous of their generals, gave them no power, but kept them at the head of separate armies, each independent of the other. Thus they have prevented any union of action. They took no pains to recruit the armies, or to furnish them with arms and clothing. In short, during the interval that the French were weak, they did nothing either to overpower them before their reinforcements arrived, or to meet them with superior numbers when reinforced."
"The army of Gen. Castanos is thus described — "The army of Castile was drawn up to receive the general. Its strength about 11,000 men. But to form any idea of its composition, it is absolutely necessary to have seen it. It is a complete mass of miserable peasantry without clothing, without organization, and with few officers that deserve the name. The general and principal officers have not the least confidence in their troops; and what is yet worse, the men have no confidence in themselves."
"General Blake's army is stated to have been "in no condition to contend with regular troops." "Their condition was so wretched, that it is not to be wondered at that they were easily dispersed and had no inclination to rally." "It is impossible that the Spanish armies can stand before a line of French infantry. A portion of at least one-third of the Spanish muskets will no explode; and a French soldier will load and fire his piece with precision three times before a Spaniard can fire his twice. Men, however brave, cannot stand against such odds. As to charging with bayonet, if their arms were fit for the purpose, the men, though individually as gallant as possible, have no collective confidence to carry them on, nor officers to lead them; they will, therefore, disperse, probably on the first fire, and can never be rallied, until they voluntarily return to their general's standard, as in the case of the marquis de la Romana's present army, almost wholly composed of fugitives from the battles of the North."
"But really," (says sir John Moore) "so little alacrity has been displayed by the government, or by those employed to direct their armies, there appears so much apathy in the people, and so little means prepared for resistance, that I do not see how they can stand against the enemy. The French will have troublesome subjects; but in the first instance they will have little more than to march to subdue the country."
"You "can hardly credit the sluggish indifference that pervaded the Spanish nation when menaced by Bonaparte." It appeared very singular that the advance of the French so far into the country had produced no sensation among the people. They were all tranquil and employed in their ordinary occupations and amusements, and seemed to know of or care very little about public matters. Indeed, the passive disposition of the Spaniards was most remarkable; for they heard of the generous dispositions of the British, and of the destructive ravages of the French, with almost equal indifference."
"The inhabitants of Spain gave little aid to their persevering allies, who were encountering every evil for them, and made no attempt to annoy or to retard the enemy. Had the armed Spaniards harassed the flanks and rear of the French army, they might with little danger to themselves, have retrenched their advance, and diminished their numbers; instead of which they never fired a musket at a Frenchman, and often fled from their houses at the approach of the English—barring their doors, & carrying off mules, carts, oxen, forage and provisions; in short, whatever could lessen the distresses or contribute to the comfort of their friends."
"To crown the whole, sir John Moore, in an official letter to the British secretary of war, explicitly declares—"I have seen no ability with the Spanish government, but much the reverse; none has been displayed by their officers in the command of the armies; no one officer has yet a chief direction of the military branch. The armies have shown no resolution, the people no enthusiasm nor daring spirit; and that which has not been shown hitherto, I know not why it should be expected to be displayed hereafter. I feel as if the British was the only efficient force in Spain. Your lordship will consider with what view it was originally sent; whether in aid of an enthusiastic brave people, capable of fighting their own battles, or to contend alone with France, and retrieve the affairs of a beaten, disorganized nation."
The inference to be drawn from this description is obvious and irresistible. But it may not be amiss to demonstrate the infatuation and extreme imbecility of the British government by mentioning two extraordinary facts.
I. Previous to sending out sir John Moore and his army, not trusting to the proclamations of the Spanish Junta, the British ministry sent officers and agents into various parts of Spain, who rivalled each other in reporting the ability and universal ardor of that country, and thus suffered themselves to be duped and deceived.
II. After the discomfiture and retreat of sir John Moore's army, in the face of all these impressive facts, and in defiance of all experience, they sent out another army, under sir Arthur Wellesley, which, as might be expected, has fled vanquished before the victorious armies of France.
SIDNEY.
[FROM THE RHODE-ISLAND AMERICAN.]
Measure, Dunkan and Hawkins, On the 17th of June last, I took my departure from Block Island, bound to St. Bartholomew. We were steering E. S. E. and a southerly wind was blowing very brisk; the sky was cloudy and squally, accompanied with rain; sharp lightning, loud thunder, and a rough sea. At 3 days sail from Block Island, in lat. 30° 58' N, lon. 70° 25' W, at 11 o'clock at night, a sharp and uncommon noise was heard astern of the vessel, re-
sembling somewhat the report of a pistol, at two distinct and different times. A few minutes after this noise, the clouds separated over head in the form of a fog rainbow, and at that moment a large stone fell on our deck, and at the same time a quantity of water under our lee, at the distance of about 100 feet, in about five or six seconds afterwards, the fog rainbow descended to the horizon. I suppose from the quantity that fell in the water, that had they fallen on board, we should have suffered material injury. The stone that fell upon the deck, I have preserved, it weighs about six ounces, is of the colour of iron, and appears to be impregnated with copper.
Whether this stone was drawn up by the water spout, which broke a little astern of us, I leave for others to judge. The weather still continued very thick and cloudy, attended with rain, sharp lightning, heavy thunder and a rough sea. This stone may be seen and examined by any person who wishes to gratify his curiosity, by calling at the residence of the subscriber, in Westminster street.
BENNETT P. GATEWOOD.
[The Connecticut meteor, that terminated in a stone, has excited much discussion amongst learned philosophers, both in our country and in Europe. We embrace the earliest opportunity to communicate any facts to the public which may throw light on this interesting question. Instances of phenomena of this kind, both ancient and modern times have been witnessed, and the cause still remains unexplained. We have examined the stone, and it appears to be composed of iron, with spots of a substance resembling verdigris interspersed, which leads to the supposition that it is impregnated with copper.]
VIRGINIA to wit:—At a Chancery District Court held in the city of Williamsburg, the 13th day of July 1809.
William Evans, Thomas R. Evans, Sally Evans, Peter and Elizabeth his wife, Thomas Evans and Dice Evans infants under the age of twenty-one years by Thomas R. Evans their next friend, Harry Gardner and Stephen Prince and Elizabeth his wife, Plaintiffs—Against William Blake, Thomas Evans, senior, John Evans and Thomas E. Evans, junr. Defendants.
The defendant John E. was not having entered his appearance and given security according to the Act of Assembly and the rules of this Court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that he is not an inhabitant of this Country on the motion of the Plaintiffs by their counsel; It is ordered, That the said defendant 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 of the city of Richmond for two months successively and posted at the front door of the former Capitol in this City.
A Copy. ANTY: ROBINSON, c. c. wswf
Nov. 14.
VIRGINIA: At a Superior Court of Chancery held at the Capitol in the City of Richmond, the 7th day of Sept. 1809.
William B. Giles acting for the benefit of the representatives of John Tabb deceased, Plaintiff—Against John Ponderexter, junr. Valentine Mervewether and Nelson Harris, Defendants.
THE defendant Valentine Mervewether not having entered his appearance and given security according to the act of assembly, and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court, that he is not an inhabitant of this country, on motion of the plaintiff by counsel, It is ordered, That the said defendant do appear here on the first day of the next term, and answer the bill of the plaintiff; 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. PETER TINSLEY, c. c. wswf
November 3.
CURTIS FAIRCHILD.
MERCHANT TAYLOR, respectfully informs the inhabitants of Richmond, that he has just arrived from New York, and has taken a store next door to the Rising Sun Tavern, directly opposite Col. Gamble's where he imports a handsome assortment of Goods in his line, amongst which are Superfine Cloths of various colors, such as Brack, Navy-blue, Drab, Dark, Light, Mixt and Bottle-green Broad Cloths, Flesh and other colored Cassemeres, red, green, yellow and white Flannels, also a handsome assortment of Cambrics, all which he is determined to sell on the lowest possible terms for prompt pay. The Subscriber flatters himself from the long experience he has had in his business, together with the pains he has taken to get the latest fashions, that he will be able to merit a share of public patronage. All orders in his line both from town and Country thankfully received and strictly attended to by the public's humble servant, CURTIS FAIRCHILD. November 14. w3w
N. B. On hand, a Consignment of Shoes, which will be sold on reasonable terms at Wholesale only. Wanted immediately—two or three good journeyman—none others need apply.
RETAIL NIGHT AUCTION.
THE SUBSCRIBER has opened a RETAIL NIGHT AUCTION, for the sale of DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, BOOKS, or any article his friends, or the Public in general, may favor him with. He intends selling in large or small quantities, most for the advantage of owners or convenience of purchasers: And he hopes from the particular attention and punctuality, he is determined to pay to the business, to merit the patronage of a generous public. RICHARD BROOKE. November 14. oawIm
NOTICE.—In obedience to a decree of the Superior Court of Chancery, pronounced on 5th of May, 1807, and also, an additional decree pronounced on 9th February, 1809: will be exposed to sale, upon the premises, the tract of LAND, mentioned in said decrees, or so much thereof as will raise the sum of $115: 16, with interest thereon from 20th August, 1802, & costs of carrying the said decrees into effect. The above mentioned land lies in the county of Chesterfield, and adjoins the lands of Arthur Graves and John Perry, it being the land or part thereof formerly owned by James Perry. The sale of the above land will take place on the 20th day of the present month, (and will be sold under the provisions of the late act of the General Assembly, respecting executions, &c.) The decrees aforesaid, will be exhibited on the day of sale, and a title made the purchaser, in obedience thereto, by the SHERIFF, Of Chesterfield County. November 10. wswf
SHEPPARD AND LUKE
HAVE received a general assortment of Groceries consisting of Sugar, Coffee, Pepper, Pimento, W. I. Rum Molasses, Ginger, Imp. Tea, Country Gin, Whiskey, English Mustard, Salt Sherry and Malaga in Sacks. Wine. Also, Earthen, Glass, China and Stoneware, German, Crawley and blistered Steel, Bar Iron, Nail-rods, Seal-leather, Wrapping, Wrapping and Printing Paper, Spanish Segars, Cotton Cards, Shot, Powder, Window-glass, Indigo, Copper, Alum, Logwood, Cut-Herrings, &c. &c. Which they offer low for cash, country produce or approved paper. N. B. Cash given for flour as usual. November 7. wtf
HALIFAX COUNTY, October 16, 1809.
THE subscriber wishing to remove to the Western Country, offers for sale, in this county, 623 acres of Land, whereon he at present resides. This land is equal in quality, to most of the high land in the neighborhood, and superior to a considerable portion of it; is well adapted to the culture of grain at all kinds, tobacco & cotton, and by improved with houses, enclosures, &c. & is provided with excellent springs of water; altogether affording one of the most pleasant and healthy situations in the county. The dwelling-house is sixty four feet in length, composed of a centre part 24 by 22 feet, two stories high, and wings of twenty by eighteen feet, covered with heart pine feathered edge plank and shingles: the underpinning, and chimneys of brick, neatly laid, with convenient five places, windows, &c. in the several apartments. Stair cases, &c. in suitable style. The kitchen is 28 by 16 feet—a meat house 12 by 10 feet, and a dairy 10 by 8 feet, are all framed houses, neatly built, and covered with feathered edge plank and pine shingles, underpinned with brick; plank and brick floors, as they severally require; with a large brick chimney in the kitchen suitable for cooking, and a stair case and upper room, with other fine shingles. These houses are all new and cost upwards of $2,000; there are also, a number of other houses of considerable value and convenience. About 100 acres of the land is cleared, enclosed, & divided into different fields of from 10 to 20 acres, with excellent fences, and in good order for cropping. The residue, except a small part, is wood land, and generally of better quality than that heretofore cleared, and finely timbered: the whole lies well, is within two miles of Halifax courthouse, and upon the large trading road to Richmond, and Petersburg, which renders it a most eligible stand for any person wishing to turn his attention to public business. The price required is only six dollars per acre in cash—but if time is wished, it can be given to an extent not exceeding three or four years, upon payment of legal interest. The sale will be made privately, and possession given when required, on application to BERRIMAN GREEN. Oct. 10. wswf
PUBLIC SALE, of NEGROES & STOCK.
On Monday, the 11th day of December next, will be exposed to sale, at the Oaks, in the county of Hanover—120 NEGROES, belonging to the estate of the late Judge Lyons, deceased, amongst whom are carpenters, sawyers & laborers, young and healthy.
A credit of 12 months will be allowed the purchasers, on their giving bond with the most unexceptionable security to the trustees.
On Wednesday, the 13th day of the same month, at the late dwelling house of the deceased; will be sold, the household Furniture, with the crop of corn, stock and farming utensils. On Friday, the 15th, will be sold, at the plantation, called the Fork, the crop of Corn, the Stock and utensils: & on Monday, the 18th, will be sold at the Malgoonick plantation, in King William county, the crop of corn, stock, &c. The corn and pork will be sold for cash; the other articles on a reasonable credit. All persons indebted to the estate are requested to make payment before the first day of January, 1810; the money being appropriated to uses which will not admit of indulgence. BY THE TRUSTEES. Oct. 10. wtf
THE Subscriber, residing in Amelia, intends on the first day of Jan. next, to open an BOARDING SCHOOL, at Pridesville, (about 5 miles N. W. of the Court-house,) where he will teach the English & Latin languages, History, Mathematics and Geography. The board for each student will be $70 per year; tuition for those who learn Latin or Mathematics, $25; and for English $20, for washing, &c. $13 per year, the student finding his own bedding and candles. One third of the board money, and one half of tuition to be paid on the 10th day of July, and the balance at the expiration of the year. The situation I have selected, is high and healthy, and the houses numerous and commodious, and admirably calculated for the reception of students. JOHN L. TOWNES. November 3. wswf
EDUCATION.—The subscribers propose opening a Boarding-School, on Wednesday, the 10th day of January next, at the late dwelling of their Ex. the Revd. Matthew Maury, in the county of Albemarle, where they will instruct Young Gentlemen, in the Latin, Greek, French and English Languages, upon the following terms: Their price for board will be eighty dollars, for tuition, $33 1/3; and for washing & mending $12 payable half yearly, each boarder finding his own bedding. The qualifications of one of the subscribers have been proven by five years experience in this line of business. The other has been educated in the same School, and wants nothing but a few months experience to render his qualifications fully equal. The advantages of the situation are manifestly great, it being in the heart of a healthy and polished neighborhood, and far removed from every source of vice and dissipation. The subscribers, deeply impressed with the great importance of the duties which they have assigned themselves, pledge all their powers for their performance. They have a tolerably extensive and well selected Historical Library, which shall, (during the winter nights,) be used under their superintendence, for the benefit of their pupils. Should any of those gentlemen, who have patronized the labors of F. Maury, at the Green Springs, in Louisa, choose to place their sons or wards with the subscribers, their bedding, books, &c. shall be removed to this place gratis. Communications directed to the subscribers, Lindsay's Store, Albemarle county, will be immediately attended to. THOMAS W. MAURY, FRANCIS F. MAURY. September 12. wtf
RAN-AWAY, from my house, on Tuesday, 26th September, a negro woman named MARY, about twenty or twenty-two years old: she is a short black woman and tolerable likely. I expect she will make towards Manchester, as she was lately bought at that place of Mr. John F. Robertson. I believe she was raised by a Mr. Branch near Manchester. I will be thankful to any person who meets with her to have her secured and sent to me, or committed to some jail. I shall willingly pay for any extra expense or trouble that they may be at in securing her, besides the legal fee for taking up. SAML. W. VENABLE. Prince Edward Court House, October 27. wswf
FOR SALE, a Tract of LAND, in the county of Bedford, about 12 miles from Lynchburg, and two from New-London, adjoining Messrs. James Steptoe, N. Reed and Wm. Levine. This Land lies in an agreeable neighborhood, and has many other recommendations. The Land will be shown by Robert Bradford, living on the same. The terms of sale may be known by applying to me, in Richmond, or to Capt. William Irwin. DAVIDSON BRADFUTE. October 31. waw
N. B. A few likely young Negroes, will be taken in part payment. D. B.
WAS Committed to the Jail of Northumberland County on the 17th day of May last, a negro Fellow who calls himself Billy: he is about five feet, ten inches high, of a jet black complexion, he was sold from this County about fifteen years ago by Griffin Forster to a Mr. Jones of Bedford, and by him to a Mr. Scott of Hawkins County in the State of Tennessee. The owner is requested to apply to property, pay charges, or he will be sold to pay his prison fees according to law. JOSEPH ROGERS, Jailor. Northd. County, Oct. 26. w2w