The enquirer (Richmond, Va.), 1808-07-19 00:00:00

council and must be sacrificed. If this had not been the case, I should have got off a few 200 lbs. that I have long had on hand, very well: but as things now are, I know not how to sell it at any price, unless your embargo should continue a year or upwards, and in that time the scarcity of Virginia might force the manufacturers to make use of a few Marylands. York and James Rivers are worth 7 1-2d. a bd.—little demand.
'I have not lately heard from Holland: but as no tobacco can go there, I presume prices by this time are up to 15 a 16st. and will be much higher, if your embargo continues.'
'I am surprised to see by your newspapers the clamours against the embargo. Suppose for a moment it was taken off, that would not improve your situation in the smallest degree, unless the British orders in council and the French decrees were also removed. By the orders in council all your produce must come here, or be liable to capture and condemnation. But suppose all was to come here, it would pay the freight and other charges of transportation, so that the whole cost would be a total loss to the shipper—this is clear and certain—not speculation—and would apply almost to every kind of your produce. Cotton would be the best article; but even that would net little or nothing. Would it not then be better for your produce to perish in America and serve as manure for your lands, than to export it to perish in Europe, after adding to your loss by paying freight, insurance, and other charges? England, Scotland, and Ireland, do not consume more than one sixth part of your produce; & if the whole was obliged to come here, this one-sixth would sell for almost nothing, and the other 5-6ths would be a total sacrifice. This is a true state of the case. The measure of your embargo is wise, just and prudent, and ought not to be raised until all your political differences are settled in Europe.'
It is so natural that one man should feel gratitude for the endeavors of another to elevate him in the public estimation, that there must be some cause, shocking and abhorrent to the feelings of our nature, for shunning the author of such efforts as the greatest plague. Ashamed of his applause, disgusted with his egotism, turning with anger from the man, Gov. Clinton disclaims all connexion with Mr. Cheetham. Mr. De Witt Clinton has expressly declared that he does not countenance him. What regard then is to be paid to his babbling in favor of the vice president who spurns his officious friendship? I speak with confidence, with decision, with an intimate knowledge of the fact, when I say that Mr. De Witt Clinton has declared the conduct of the editor of the Citizen to be intemperate and worthy of all condemnation. And I am well assured that the Mayor of New-York will not deny the fact. I call upon Mr. Cheetham to contradict me. He dare not do it. Id.
July 13. The Secretary of the Navy has left this city for Baltimore, and the Secretary of War for Portland.
Mr. Erskine, the British minister, arrived in this city on Monday. Major Swann having resigned his appointment as Pay-master of the army of the United States, ROBERT BRENT his successor entered upon the duties of that office on the 1st inst. to whom communications for the Department may hereafter be addressed.
It is not often that we find occasion to notice any thing contained in the Washington Federalist; not, from any dearth of misrepresentation of that print, but from the articles of this character usually carrying on the face of them their own refutation. But that paper on Saturday, in giving Mr. Lewis as authority for the declaration of Bonaparte, that he would no longer suffer us to remain neutral, calls for the most marked contradiction, which, from the information we have received, we are justified in giving it. We have seen Mr. Lewis, and it is on his authority that we make the contradiction. We likewise offer the following statement relative to the treatment of the Osage on the same authority; a statement which has become the more necessary from the numerous wilful falsehoods with which the federal prints teem.
On the arrival of the Osage at L'Orient, she was arrested by the custom-house officers, conformably to their general instructions, in consequence of having been spoken by a British vessel. Mr. Lewis immediately proceeded to Paris, and there without difficulty obtained her recognition as a national vessel and release.
On her arrival at Falmouth the British Excise officer seized her and took out her naval stores, in virtue of an alleged infraction of the revenue laws, which prohibits private ships from entering with more than a prescribed quantity of them. Representation was forthwith made to the government at London, and Mr. Canning's order obtained for her release, the restoration of the stores, and her treatment as a national vessel.
Thus it appears that the treatment in both countries was not substantially different; and that such difference as does exist shows the conduct of the English subaltern officers to have been more aggravated than that of the French. It is however sufficient for our satisfaction, that both governments on complaint promptly interposed to set affairs right. Nat. Int.
NEW-YORK, July 12.
The Agent for the British Packet received orders yesterday to stop the sailing of the Duke of Kent Packet, till the 18th inst. Though the news of the arrival of the Osage and the Packet had not reached Washington, yet we find in the Government paper of Friday last, an hourly expectation of their arrival, as they had been advised of their sailing from England. This circumstance may have been the cause of the stoppage of the Packet till the 18th. Indeed we should not be at all surprised, if the time of her sailing is postponed to a more distant period, as it is certain that the Osage has brought out very important communications from Mr. Finkney, the discussion of which may take up some time between our executive and the British minister. It is most ardently to be hoped, that something may be done to better our situation. N. Y. Gazette.
Mr. Mansfield, who left this city a few days since for Philadelphia, and who was to return to go home in the Packet that was to have sailed on Friday, has in consequence of letters by the Packet just arrived, proceeded to Washington. It will be recollected, that Mr. Mansfield came out as Secretary to Mr. Rose. Id.
Capt. Sheffield, on his arrival at Gibraltar, the 14th of May, found 23 sail of British transports, full of troops, getting under way and was informed by an officer in the Health-office boat, which boarded him, that they were bound to Cadiz to take possession of that place, which, he said, the Spaniards had given up to the British—Capt. S. came through the Gut with the above fleet, and left them steering for Cadiz. Id.
BALTIMORE, July 12. The British minister, Mr. Erskine, passed through this city yesterday in great haste on his way to the seat of government. He has received dispatches by the packet, which may be considered as important. American.
Smuggling.—We learn from a correspondent at Machias, that since the prohibition to export Flour from Eastport has been carried into effect, large quantities are daily smuggled into the British territories from Chandler's river Plantation No. 28; but that Machias has become the principal place of deposit. Three hundred barrels, he says, have been carried away in one night. This shameful traffic will be put a stop to by the exposure of the names of persons concerned in it. Boston Chron.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in England, to his friend in the City of Washington. "Speculations are going on, as to the continuance of the Embargo, which the friends of the present ministry did not suppose could stand the time it has stood—they are still crying out, as they have been these three months, that the first arrival will bring accounts of an insurrection, and this they no doubt wish and would encourage: no doubt they will be disappointed. Between France and England we have a difficult course to steer; to remain within ourselves, will therefore be most to our interest."
Another letter. "By the last arrival here, it is stated that the United States are on the verge of an insurrection, in consequence of the embargo. Although I have no letters by the vessel which is said to have brought this intelligence, so disgraceful to our country, I have, nevertheless, pledged myself that it was an infamous calumny on the people of America. But these accounts, however unfounded, are believed by many here; and have had the effect to prevent a repeal of the orders of council; the ministry no doubt, calculates on deriving a benefit from a commotion of the United States. I hope the next news will be more congenial with my feeling, and prove to the European world, the fallacy of crediting every idle rumour, propagated by the enemies of the only free government on earth."
GEORGETOWN, July 16. We stop the press to announce, that a French national brig, of 16 guns, arrived in the Eastern Branch this forenoon, immediately from France, charged, as we are told, with dispatches. Wash. Fed.
CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION.
WILLIAM MCCREY, Esq. having declined a re-election, the following candidates have been announced in the democratic papers, as consenting to serve if elected. ALEXANDER MURKIN, JOSHUA BARNEY, PETER LITTLE.
ARCHIBALD MACNEIL, Esq. appointed consul of his Britannic majesty for the Orleans Territory, has been recognised in that character, by the President of the United States, and an exequatur has been granted to him accordingly. Amer. Daily Adv.
COLLECTOR'S OFFICE, Baltimore, July 7, 1808.
Permission will be granted till the first of August next, to the citizens of the United States having property abroad, under circumstances mentioned in a former advertisement, to dispatch vessels in ballast for its recovery, with the usual security and conditions already prescribed.
MORE SNUFF.
Capt. Palmer of the schooner in six days from Passamaquoddy, states, that the British June Packet had arrived at Halifax, where it was reported that Mr. Rose was soon to return to the United States. It is also stated on the same authority, that the May packet, which carried an account of the adjournment of Congress had arrived in England. Phil. Paper.
From Washington, July 9.
"The President of the United States made the following appointments this day:—Wm. Duane, Lieut. Col. Comdt. of the 25th regiment Pennsylvania militia, to be Lieut. Col. of the first regiment of Riflemen in the U. States service. Jonas Symonds, Lieut. Colonel of the 50th regiment Pennsylvania militia, to the command of the 6th regiment of Infantry in the U. States service" Balt. Whig.
BOSTON, July 7, 1808.
With the deepest sorrow and regret, we are called upon to announce to the public, the death of the Hon. FISHER AMES. The mournful event, which took place at his paternal seat in Dedham, on the 4th instant, will be considered a great national calamity, and excite the general sorrow of the whole country. This heavy bereavement being made known to his friends in this town on Monday morning, a request was made in the papers, for a meeting of the citizens on Tuesday morning, on the floor of the State-house, to take measures to testify their respect for the character and public services of the deceased. Agreeably to this request, a large number assembled, and having chosen the Hon. Judge PARSONS, moderator, the following resolutions moved by the Hon. Mr. OTIS, and seconded by the Hon. Mr. GORE, were unanimously adopted, viz:—
It being of the greatest utility as well as moral fitness, to pay public honors to the memory of those whose lives have been eminently useful; finding it has pleased GOD, to take from us FISHER AMES—a man whose virtues and talents have honored the American name; the citizens of Boston are desirous to exhibit their sense of his exalted worth, by a tribute of public respect:—It is therefore unanimously
Resolved, That in the name of this meeting, the family of Mr. AMES, be respectfully requested to permit his remains to be brought to this town, to be interred in the manner which a committee appointed by this meeting shall prescribe. Resolved, That the Hon. Thomas H. Perkins, William Phillips, Esq. Samuel Parkman, Esq. John Warren, Esq. Samuel Bradford, Esq. Hon. Simon Elliot, Hon. James Lloyd, junior, Arnold Weller, Esq. Stephen Higginson, Jun. Esq. John T. Apthorp, Esq. Charles Bulfinch, Esq. and Mr. Benjamin Joy, be a committee for the purpose of carrying the foregoing resolutions into effect, and of making all proper and necessary arrangements for the funeral.
Resolved, That the Committee of Arrangements be instructed in behalf of this meeting to apply to the honorable Samuel Dexter, and request him to pronounce, at the time of the interment, an address upon the melancholy occasion.
Agreeably to the regulations, adopted by the committee of arrangements, the
FUNERAL PROCESSION.
of the remains of the departed sage and patriot, took place yesterday, at five o'clock, from the dwelling-house of the hon. Christopher Gore, Park Street, and proceeded in the following order through Winter and Marlborough Streets, Cornhill, Court and Tremont Streets, to the Chapel.
ORDER OF PROCESSION.
 A Deputy Marshal.  The Junior and Senior Classes of Harvard University.  The Tutors and Professors.  The Rev. Clergy of this and the neighboring towns.  The President of the University.  Head Marshal.  Committee of Arrangements.  Officiating Clergymen.  Hon. H. G. OTIS, HON. C. GORE,  HON. E. H. RABBINS, HON. C. CABOT,  HON. T. PARSONS, HON. T. PICKERING.  Relations.  Neighbors and Townsmen of the deceased.  His Excellency the Governor, and his Honor the Lieutenant Governor.  Honorable Council.  Secretary and Treasurer of State.  Hon. President of the Senate, and Speaker of the House.  Judges of the Supreme Judicial Court.  Judges of the United States Circuit Court.  Judges of the Common Pleas, and Municipal Courts.  Members of Congress.  Secretary of the Senate of the United States.  Attorney-General, Solicitor-General, and Reporter.  Gentlemen of the Bar.  Societies of which the deceased was a Member, viz:—1. Academy of Arts and Sciences. 2. Humane Society. 3. Agricultural Society. 4. Historical Society.  Selectmen of Boston.  Town-Officers, Strangers and Citizens. 
When arrived at the Chapel, the body was placed before the Altar, and divine services performed by the Rev. Mr. Monague, and Rev. Mr. Gardner. After which the Hon. Samuel Dexter delivered to an uncommonly crowded auditory, a very eloquent and pathetic
FUNERAL ORATION.
The concourse of citizens was great beyond example. Every heart seemed to swell with grief; and every eye glistened with sorrow. A solemn silence proclaimed that "the loss of such a man at such a time" was irreparable to his country, his family, and his friends.
While the procession was moving to the Chapel, the flags on board the shipping in the harbor, were hoisted half mast, and the stores and shops in the several streets through which it passed, were shut, in testimony of respect to the deceased patriot and philanthropist.
THE SPEECH OF HENRY BROUGHAM, Esq. before the House of Commons, Friday, April 1, 1808, in support of the Petitions from London, Liverpool and Manchester, against the Orders in Council.
SIR, THE evidence for the petitions being now closed, it remains for me, as shortly as the nature of the case will permit, to state its import to this House. But first of all, you will allow me to express, on the part of the petitioners as well as for myself, the gratitude we feel for the very attentive hearing with which we have been honored. Whatever may be the fate of these petitions, thus much we have to comfort us, that we have been heard with the attention which the importance of our cause justified us in expecting; and even if we should be turned away from your bar without relief, at least we cannot complain that while standing before you, we have been hardly treated.
Before entering upon the subject, I may be permitted further to notice certain aspersions which, out of doors, have been cast upon the promoters of these three petitions. I may affirm once for all, that nothing can be more unfounded than any imputation of factious or discontented views having actuated the movers of this business. Those who best know the individuals who, in London, Liverpool & Manchester, have promoted this appeal to the parliament, will be easily satisfied that there is no class of men in the country more averse from impeding the measures of government in the present unparalleled crisis, more anxious to accommodate their views to those of his majesty's ministers, or more willing to postpone, to a more quiet occasion, any resistance which they might be compelled to make to their proceedings. It is not now for the first time that the petitioners think themselves aggrieved by the measures of government; but until now, that they have found those measures pressing upon them with an intolerable weight, they made it a rule to suffer in silence. The Order of the 7th of January, 1807, was no light matter to them, either in its substantial effects or in the alarm which it created. Their apprehensions of its effects were great and serious indeed. But confident that they could lose nothing in the estimation of their country, by delaying to urge any objection to it until they had first tried its operation, and experienced actual injury from it, they waited until, in common with others, they found that the inefficacy of that measure was one of its best recommendations. When these new Orders in Council were issued, it was their purpose to follow the same line of conduct; and after endeavoring to make themselves masters of the meaning of those decrees (an attempt which certainly demanded no trifling degree of attention, and occasioned a very considerable delay) it was much their wish to have found them as harmless as that of the 7th of January; but although they are very far from flattering themselves that they yet understand the nature of those Orders of November last, and although they can scarcely hope for the rare good fortune of ever attaining that knowledge, they are satisfied that they have discovered by the effects which they already have produced upon their own concerns, enough of their nature & import to feel that they are utterly ruinous to them. They are persuaded that if they had delayed any longer seeking for that redress which they now pray for, they would only have waited till, instead of three petitions, a general clamour would have been raised all over the country, which, if successful, would neither have been convenient for this government, nor productive of a favorable impression upon foreign nations. For these reasons the petitioners have at length resolved to bring forward a statement of their grievances, and apply to parliament, while yet it may both be safe to hear them, and possible to grant their request.
Sir, it is no doubt possible (although I am most unwilling to anticipate such a thing) that this appeal may be made in vain, and the petitioners sent away from your bar without obtaining redress. Nevertheless it will afford them much satisfaction to reflect, that they have been the means of bringing before you so great a body of important information, for elucidating a subject as difficult as it is momentous, and to know that, whatever fate may await their petition, they have done their best to enter a lasting protest upon the Journals of the country, against measures more dangerous to its prosperity than any that were ever before attempted. Plans of this sort, sir, are not in their nature long-lived; and after these Orders shall be known no more, or only remembered in the ruinous effects they may have produced, the mass of evidence which the petitioners have piled up at your bar, will remain, not perhaps to deter pernicious schemers from again meddling with the commerce of the country, but surely to warn the country from listening to their counsels. Sir, in proceeding to state the import of this body of evidence, it is necessary that I should go back, in the first place, to the decrees of the French government which are stated to have given rise to the measures complained of; and between which and those measures there appears to be some dispute, as to the occasion of the calamities that have arisen. Late in the year 1806, Bonaparte, in a moment, it should seem, of elation, unhappily by no means unnatural in his situation, tho' of issuing a decree which might affect the trade and navigation of this country, as extensively as those other decrees which he had issued upon the continent, and had executed by half a million of armed men. This decree was not then for the first time tried, nor was it accounted by him an experiment of a very novel description, although received in this country as something wholly new. It had been repeatedly tried before, and had in every instance manifestly failed. Not to go back to the war of 1756, I may only observe, that in the war of 1756, the principle was broadly laid down by the French government, that the seizure of any manufactures or produce of the British dominions should render the whole cargo, among which they were found, liable to confiscation. Towards the end of the American war, a similar principle was partially attempted to be introduced: but of these I need not say much; for in the course of the revolutionary war, two decrees similar to the former, though still more near the Berlin decree, were issued. Of these it may be necessary for me to mention the substance. The first of them was issued in 1795 and after a variety of other clauses, it subjects all ships carrying British goods to seizure and detention. We find not merely the detail of the Berlin decree introduced as to the goods, but also the provision requiring a certificate of origin (as this document has since been called,) which was deemed a sine qua non for saving the ship and cargo from detention. A similar decree was issued in 1800, after Bonaparte's arrival in France. It was generally promulgated, and remains, as far as any such decree can be in force. In 1797 those belligerent principles were extended from the cargo to affect the ship; and I hold in my hand, a decree issued by the council of Five Hundred, enacting that the characters of vessels shall be determined by their cargoes. In consequence of this enactment, every vessel loaded in whole or in part with English goods, was declared lawful prize. The second article declares that no foreign vessel, which in the course of her voyage shall have entered an English port, shall be permitted to enter any port in the French Dominions. It is surely needless for me to prove that although these orders were thus promulgated, they never were executed. I need not bring evidence to show that these commercial decrees were nugatory. After they were issued, the progress of our exports proceeded not merely increasing, but in a short period almost to double the amount of former times. It is notorious that France, in spite of all such prohibitions, has been consuming daily more and more of the produce of this country, down to the period of the Berlin decree. But, however inefficacious these boasts may have proved, the enemy, it seems, determined once more to try their effect. He resolved to have another decree at us and at our trade, expecting perhaps to frighten if he could not hurt us. Accordingly, in the month of November 1806, he issued that one which forms the pretext for our Orders in Council. This decree consists of three branches. It condemns all cargoes of British produce or manufacture; it threatens the seizure of all vessels going to or from England; and it shuts the ports of the enemy against all vessels which have last cleared out from British ports. It may be asked what chance was there that such a decree as this should succeed? Was it that France had determined suddenly to assemble all her fleets, and venture to send them to sea, which she had not dared to do before? Was it that she then intended to engage all our blockading and cruising squadrons, which till now she never durst look in the face? Was it that she purposed in this manner to beat us out of the water, and destroy, as it were, our naval superiority? Or was it that without these preliminary steps, she was, by her mere influence and great name upon the continent of Europe, to stop all vessels sailing upon the sea to or from England, to seize every article of our produce which could be found floating on the ocean, to do that which we, even we, with all our naval superiority, are not able to effect? Surely if France had not the power to execute her design in some of these ways, it might have been calmly regarded as a mere empty menace; nay, a stale one too. We might really have hoped, that so vain and spiritless a boast would not again have taken in those who had been so often before duped into a vain alarm by it. Nevertheless it should seem that the enemy knew us better, for we no sooner heard of it than we fell into our old error of supposing that, because it was a French manifesto, regularly drawn up, and enforced by Bonaparte's power on shore (where it might produce some effect) therefore it was also to have similar effects by sea. Sir, until our Orders in Council were issued, it appears clearly, without any reasoning, to any one who looks at the subject, that there was no possibility whatever of Bonaparte putting his threats into execution. But in order to show this more evidently than could possibly be effected by any arguments, we have brought witnesses to your bar, merchants engaged in trade with the continent, who have been able to state distinctly by dates, names and circumstances, the manner in which these decrees operated. Too much attention was bestowed upon this evidence to render it necessary for me to recapitulate it. I shall merely refer shortly to some of those parts where the point in question is clearly made out.
In page 55 of the printed evidence, Mr. White, an insurance broker of the city of London, in answer to a question, whether he had occasion to charter any vessels direct to the continent after the Berlin decree, states to this House, that he did himself charter two American vessels for Amsterdam, the one in the month of January, and the other in March, 1807, which both arrived safe. From this it appears therefore that four months after the Berlin decree, two vessels were chartered to the continent, and landed and sold the cargoes in safety at Amsterdam. He says that these vessels were chiefly laden with cotton produced by America and the West-Indies; he knew of their being discharged, and that "the ships were paid for their labour," and adds that he was paid his commission as ship and insurance broker. In short, these voyages were performed safely from one end to the other. In the next page (page 56) the same witness mentions, first that American vessels prior to last November used to clear out regularly from this country to the continent, and there land their cargoes; and secondly, that a considerable quantity of West-India produce had been taken over in American vessels, subsequent to the Berlin decree in November 1806. The same witness, in page 57, mentions other instances of voyages having been performed since that decree, and some in which the cargoes of the vessels had gone to the ports of Spain in spite of the Spanish decree issued in the terms of the Berlin decree, and with cargoes of British East-India produce on board. On being asked whether any considerable branch of trade was carried on in this way, he distinctly adds that other brokers as well as himself had transacted similar business, and that this sort of intercourse with the continent has been considerable. (To be continued.)
Erratum in some of the Editions of the last paper—"For Gov. Provost of Canada" read of "Gov. Provost of Nova-Scotia."
We shall publish the whole of Mr. Brougham's instructive speech. We have therefore no more room for the Oration of the 4th of July.
DIED, on Tuesday the 12th inst. Mr. SAMUEL PORTER, a respectable inhabitant of this city.
DIED, last evening, Mr. JOHN SEATON, aged 22 years. The friends of the deceased are requested to attend his funeral This Evening at 5 P. M. from the Mason's Hall.
UNITED STATES STOCK LOST!!! Notice is hereby given, That the following certificates of the United States' Stock, in the name of John Bird, bearing date 16 March 1791, have been lost or mislaid, and due application will be made at the Loan Office of the U. States for their renewal. Six per Cents No. 210 $711 33 Deferred 210 $335 67 Three per Cents 183 $211 93 WILLIAM BAIRD, Executor Of John Baird. ep3m
WILL BE SOLD BY Cash, on the premises near the town of Caiba, on Saturday the fifteenth day of August next, by virtue of a deed of trust executed to us by David Comland, for the purposes in said deed mentioned; a certain tract or parcel of LAND, it being a part of the tract on which the said David now resides, one hundred and fifty acres, binding on the lines of Geo. Anderson and Charles Wheeler, junr., beginning on Williams's, and running to the north of his house to his back line, to use the expression of said deed of trust, which will be found on record in Buckingham county. SAMUEL ANDERSON, JAMES WILSON, Trustees. July 19. epids
NOTICE.—Will be Sold to the highest bidder on Saturday the 30th inst. about 11 o'clock, at the late dwelling of Marks Vandewall, dec'd, adjoining the Union Tavern in this City, one Negro Man named Billey; also two likely Horses, one a good riding, the other a well broke Gigg-Horse;—Together with the Household Furniture, &c. &c. Terms of sale, six months credit on all sums above twenty dollars; cash for all sums under twenty. Notes or bonds, with approved security, for all sums above. All those indebted to said estate, are earnestly requested to make prompt payment; and those having claims against the same, are likewise requested to bring forward their claims authenticated as the law requires, to the end, that they may be discharged without delay. DANIEL VAN DEWALL, Administrator. July 19. ep4t
LAND & HOUSES TO RENT.—The subscriber is authorised to rent for one or more years, several commodious Tenements, on Shoemaker's Hill, well adapted for stores & private dwellings; among them is a three story brick Tenement on the Turnpike street, now in the occupation of Samuel McCraw, esq.—Also two Tenements on the same square, facing the street leading direct to the chapel, now in occupation by Wm. V. Henning and Wm. Mumford esqrs. To one of those tenements, is a Coach House and large Stable; a Well in the yard and a large Garden. The dwelling house is well calculated for a boarding house, having seven rooms and 5 fire places.—Also one or two brick tenements on the first mentioned street, fitted up for stores and dwelling houses. He is also authorised to rent for one or more years, a Valuable Plantation, now in the occupation of Mr. David Price, on the Three Choped Road, and about 18 miles above Richmond, adjoining and between Little and Big Tuckahoe Creeks, and the residence of Col. B. H. Saunders. On this tract, is some prime bottom land, well calculated for meadow. Possession to be given on the first of January next, with thirty bushels of wheat sown, and the privilege of sowing a greater quantity previous to taking possession.—For further particulars, enquire of Mr. Wm. Price, Register, or to WILLIAM DAWSON. July 19. Lw4w
SALES at AUCTION.—WILL BE SOLD at Public Auction, on Friday the 22d inst. at the dwelling house of the late Robert Means, dec'd. 1 Negro man—1 Horse, 1 Gig and Harness, 20 bds. Linc. and 1 Kilo of well burnt Bricks; with a variety of other articles belonging to the estate of the said Robert Means, dec'd. Six months credit will be allowed for all sums above fifty dollars, the purchasers to give approved endorsed notes, payable and negotiable in the bank of Virginia. DANIEL CALL, Executor. July 15. epids
A COURT OF INQUIRY for the 1st battalion will be held at the Bell Tavern in the city of Richmond, on the 25th inst.—and for the 2d battalion at the Washington Tavern, on the 26th inst.—and a Regimental Court of Inquiry will be held at the Bell Tavern on the 6th day of August next. These courts will commence at 9 o'clock, A. M. and adjourn at 4 o'clock, P. M. on each day, unless the business before them be sooner determined. GEO: WM. SMITH, Lieut. Col. 19th Regiment, 1808. July 15. 4t

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, ON THE SUBJECT OF PUBLIC ROADS & CANALS, Made in pursuance OF A RESOLUTION OF SENATE OF MARCH 3. [CONTINUED]
INTERIOR CANALS. Under this denomination will be included all the canals of which any knowledge has been obtained, and which are not immediately on the rivers opening communications with the western waters, or with those of St. Lawrence, although some of them may be considered as extending those communications to more remote sea ports. The documents from which the information is extracted, will be found under the letters (C. c.)
I. MERRIMACK. The navigation of that river, which rising in the state of New Hampshire, falls into the sea at Newburyport after a course of 180 miles, is interrupted by several falls. A canal called Blodgett's canal has been opened around Asmokeag falls. Lower down, and about 40 miles from the sea, the Essex canal, 4 miles in length, and admitting boats drawing 3 feet and a half, will open a communication around the Patucket falls, effecting through three locks, a descent of 34 feet. From the lower extremity of the canal, the river is navigable to the head of the tide at Haverhill, although the fall be 45 feet within that distance. No particular account has been received of the capital expended; but it is believed that the work will be profitable to the undertakers.
The Middlesex canal, uniting the waters of that river with the harbor of Boston, is, however, the greatest work of the kind which has been completed in the United States. That canal, 12 feet wide and 3 1/2 feet deep, draws its supply of water from Sudbury or Concord river, a branch of the Merrimack, and from the summit ground extends six miles with a descent of 28 feet to the Merrimack above the Patucket falls, and 22 miles with a descent of 107 feet to the tide water of the harbor of Boston. The descent to the Merrimack is effected by three, and that to tide water, by nineteen locks. They are all 90 feet long, 12 feet wide, of solid masonry and excellent workmanship.
In order to open that canal, it was necessary to dig in some places at the depth of 20 feet, to cut through ledges of rocks, to fill some valleys and morasses, and to throw several aqueducts across the intervening rivers. One of these across the river Shawshine is 280 feet long, and 22 feet above the river. All those obstacles have been overcome, and boats of 24 tons, 75 feet long and 11 feet wide, can navigate the canal. Those in most general use are of smaller dimensions, and are drawn by two horses at the rate of three miles an hour. A raft of one mile in length, and containing eight hundred tons of timber, has been drawn by two oxen, part of the way at the rate of one mile an hour. Common boats pass from one end of the canal to the other in 12 hours. The capital expended on the work is stated at 472,000 dollars, and the water rights & necessary land cost a further sum of 58,000 dollars. The total expense has exceeded 550,000 dollars—the tolls have never exceeded 17,000 dollars a year, but are increasing.
Several other canals have been contemplated in the state of Massachusetts, intended to unite the waters of Providence or Patucket river, with those of Charles river, which falls into the harbor of Boston, and of the river Connecticut. The grounds have been surveyed, but no particular description has been obtained, and the works have not yet been commenced.
II. SCHUYLKILL AND DELAWARE. A company was incorporated several years ago by the state of Pennsylvania, for opening a canal from Norristown, on the river Schuylkill, to the tide water of the Delaware at Philadelphia. The distance is 16 miles, the fall 53 feet, and the canal deriving its water from the Schuylkill, would have been carried on a level to Philadelphia, and in its descent to the Delaware supplied the city with water, and the shipping with docks. The expense had been estimated at 533,000 dollars; the work was commenced, one third part of the digging effected, and a considerable sum expended. But, either from want of funds, or from an improper selection of the ground, or from other causes not fully understood, the undertaking, if not altogether abandoned, has been suspended for several years.
This canal was intended as the first link of an extensive western communication. The Schuylkill, from Norristown to Reading, 46 miles higher up the river, being navigable a great portion of the year, was considered as the next link.
III. SCHUYLKILL AND SUSQUEHANNAH. Another company was incorporated, for the purpose of opening an inland navigation between Reading, on the Schuylkill, to Middletown, on the Susquehanna. Both towns are in the great Line of the valley, beyond the Blue Ridge, and the distance is seventy miles. It had been at first supposed that it would be sufficient to cut a canal four miles in length, on the summit level between the two rivers, and thereby to unite the Schuylkill, which falls into the Schuylkill, with the Schuylkill, a branch of the Schuylkill, which empties in the Susquehanna. But it was soon ascertained that the original plan of improving by a succession of dams the navigation of those small rivers was erroneous, and that it would be necessary to cut a canal the whole way.
The summit level is an elevation of 310 feet above the Schuylkill, and of 308 feet above the Susquehanna. Adjacent springs are considered sufficient for the upper locks; and the creeks would after a short descent afford an abundant supply. The proposed dimensions of the canal were a breadth of twenty feet at the bottom, and a depth of three feet and a half; and the expense was estimated at nearly 1,500,000 dollars.
The work was commenced: the canal has been cut the whole distance of four miles on the summit level; five locks made of brick have been constructed; land and water rights have been purchased, and a considerable capital has been expended. But although the state of Pennsylvania has permitted the company to raise 260,000 dollars by lottery, and is bound to pay them 300,000 dollars whenever the work shall have been completed, it remains suspended for want of funds.
The great leakage necessary for this canal, is the principal objection to that line of communication; and it has been suggested that a canal from Columbia, on the Susquehanna, to tide water or to the great Delaware and Chesapeake canal, would be much less expensive, and equally beneficial both to the interior country and to Philadelphia. This question, as many others suggested in this report, cannot be decided by any but practical and skillful engineers.
IV. APPOMATTOX. A company has been incorporated for opening a canal from the upper end of the falls of that river, which is the south branch of James river, to Petersburg on the head of the tide. The distance is five miles, and the descent more than thirty feet to abase, about sixty feet above the tide, in which the canal will terminate. The water is drawn from the river: and the canal 16 feet wide, three deep, and admitting boats of six tons, is nearly completed. The capital already expended amounts to sixty thousand dollars. The company own thirty negroes, and suppose that their labor, and a further sum of ten thousand dollars, will be sufficient to build the locks, and to dig about half a mile which remains to be cut in order to open the communication between the river and the basin. The work which has been carried on with much zeal, and a small expense, will open an important navigation at least a hundred miles.
V. NEUSE AND BEAUFORT. The harbor of Beaufort, in North-Carolina, and which must not be confounded with that of the same name in South-Carolina, admits vessels drawing eighteen feet of water. Overcock inlet, the only navigable entrance into the Pamlico and Albemarle sounds, that extensive estuary of the rivers Chowan, Roanoke, Tar and Neuse, has less water, and is seventy miles from Newbern, on the last mentioned river. The distance between Newport, or Beaufort river and the Neuse, being only three miles, and the elevation of the highest intervening ground no more than seven feet above the tide water, a canal uniting the two rivers, was undertaken by a company incorporated for that purpose by the state of North-Carolina. All the shares have, from particular circumstances, become the property of one individual; and the work which had been commenced some years ago, is now suspended.
VI. CAPE FEAR RIVER. A company incorporated by the same state, for improving the navigation of this river, after having exhausted a portion of their funds, which did not exceed twelve thousand dollars, in fruitless attempts to improve the natural navigation of the river, have opened a canal with a lock, which opens a safe passage around the Buck horn or great falls, seven miles below the junction of the Deep and Haw river. Another canal, six miles in length, with two locks, is necessary around Smilie's falls. Nearly half that distance has been completed; but the work is now suspended for want of funds. The legislature has lately authorised the company to encroach their capital.
VII. NEW ORLEANS. The canal Carondelet, which has already been mentioned, extends from Bayou St. John, to the fortifications or ditch of the city, and thereby opens an inland communication with Lake Pontchartrain. A company is incorporated by the territorial legislature, for the purpose of repairing and improving that work, and of uniting the canal by locks with the Mississippi. Independent of other advantages, this undertaking would enable government to transport with facility and use the same naval force for the defence of both the Mississippi and Lake Pontchartrain, the two great avenues by which New Orleans may be approached from the sea. (To be Continued.)
CHARLESTON, July 6.
SOUTH-CAROLINA, COLUMBIA.
In the House of Representatives, June 29th, 1808. The following resolutions were moved by Dr. WITHERSPOON, of Christ Church, and seconded by Mr. JENKINS, of St. Helena, were unanimously adopted by the house:
We, the representatives of the people of the state of South-Carolina, in general assembly met, deeply impressed with the state of our political affairs, and feeling as freemen ought to feel, whose rights have been violated by different belligerent nations, conceive it to be our duty at this crisis, to some forward and vindicate republican institutions from the charge of ingratitude, and unequivocally to express our sense of the late measures of the general government. We see in them a sincere desire to preserve to our country the blessings of peace and independence, objects so dear to us as to render personal inconvenience, and individual privation, matters unworthy of consideration.
Therefore Resolved, That THOMAS JEFFERSON, president of the United States, in recommending, and the congress of the United States in passing, the acts imposing and enforcing the embargo, have deserved well of their country.
Resolved, That it be, and it is hereby recommended to the good citizens of this state, to give them their aid to carry into execution this important national measure.
Resolved, That this state will, to the utmost of its power, and at all hazards, support the general government in all measures calculated to maintain the rights and support the independence of the United States.
Resolved, That these resolutions be forthwith transmitted by the president of the senate, and the speaker of the house of representatives of this state, to the president of the United States.
Ordered, That these resolutions be sent to the senate for their concurrence. By order of the house, R. GNATT, C. H. R.
In the Senate, July 29th, 1808. Resolved, That this house do unanimously concur with the house of representatives. Ordered, that the same be returned to the house of representatives. B. H. SAXON, C. S.
LEGISLATURE OF SOUTH-CAROLINA. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. MONDAY, June 27.
The following report was considered, viz. The committee appointed by this house to join the committee from the Senate, on the subject of sundry presentments respecting the embargo, report, that in the opinion of your committee, the exigencies of the country do not require any legislative interference. On the question to agree to said report, the yeas and nays were required, and are as follows, viz. Ayes 67. Noes 33, so the same was carried.
Mr. Proctor submitted a resolution approving the nomination of Mr. Madison as President, and Mr. Clinton as Vice-President of the United States, ordered for consideration to-morrow. Extract of a letter, dated State-House, Columbia, 8th June.
"GENTLEMEN.—The legislature, as was anticipated, have refused to interfere between debtor and creditor. The joint committee, to whom this subject was referred—reported, That in their opinion the exigencies of the country do not require any legislative interference, and this report was concurred in by the house of representatives, 67 to 33—and by the senate 21 to 10. The bill to alter the representation, has passed both houses substantially in the form it was forwarded, with only 4 negatives—2 in each house. The legislature have authorised the comptroller, to grant further indulgence to all persons indebted to the state, (except in the case of taxes) upon their giving such further security, as he may deem requisite. They have moreover refused to make any alteration in the constitution of the state except in relation to the representation, or to take up any private business. Their session—harmonious beyond example—draws therefore, to a close, and will in all human probability, terminate to-morrow."—Charleston Courier.
MASSACHUSETTS. WORCESTER. An erroneous opinion is too generally abroad, that the legislature have not actually settled the mode of choosing electors, but postponed the consideration of the matter, till a season, when it is known, an appointment by any other authority than that of the two houses themselves, will of necessity be precluded. The fact however is, that just before the close of the session, a vote was passed that the legislature would meet in November for the purpose of appointing the electors themselves!—And this is to be done, we say, in direct violation of the constitution, without the consent of the governor!—The constitution declares that no bill or resolve shall have any force without his acquiescence express or implied. How then can the difficulty to be superceded? Why, fellow-citizens, if you can credit the fact, which indeed almost exceeds the bounds of credulity, they have adopted this lilial quibble , to save themselves from a violation of the letter of the constitution. They will not assent under the form of a bill, or of a resolve, but have named it a vote , and so every measure that may be pleased to adopt in the course of the year, is to be a vote , for say these honorable, these high-minded legislators, the governor has nothing to do with a vote —he can object to nothing under this name—and we will order every thing as we please!! People of Massachusetts, if you endure this, you deserve to be slaves! Nat. Aegis.
MISCELLANY. An intelligent gentleman of Plattsburgh, has communicated the following method to preserve wheat from the ravages of the Hessian Fly, or what is often termed the insect. The little expense and trouble which is required to make the experiment, we hope will induce our farmers to give it a fair trial. "I take the salt and pickle, says our informant, which can be spared from my meat tub, and add water sufficient to soak my seed wheat, put in salt as long as the water will dissolve it—In this, I soak the seed eight hours, then turn off the water and add as much ground plaster as will adhere to the kernels of the grain. For clayey land, substitute lime for plaster. The grain should be harrowed in before it is sown. When my seed is thus prepared, continues our correspondent, I have never failed of a crop, although the adjoining field, which was sown in the common way, has been so far destroyed, as to induce me to plough it up for buckwheat. But the milk and water have been tried in the room of brine, but they do not produce any good effect. I do not sow my seed thus prepared until after the equinoctial storm, from the 21st to the 26th September, and have found it to answer well. Plebian.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. (BY AUTHORITY.)
AN ACT For procuring an additional number of arms, and for the purchase of saltpetre and sulphur.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That a sum of money not exceeding three hundred thousand dollars, be, and the same is hereby appropriated, out of any monies in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of procuring by purchase, or causing to be manufactured within the United States, and under the direction of the President of the United States, an additional number of stands of arms to be deposited in safe and suitable places. And for the purchase of saltpetre and sulphur, a sum not exceeding one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. J. B. VARNUM, Speaker of the House of Representatives. S. SMITH, President of the Senate pro tempore. MARCH 11, 1808. APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON.
AN ACT To continue in force, for a further time, an act entitled "An act for the more effectual preservation of peace in the Ports and Harbors of the United States, and in the waters under their jurisdiction."
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the act entitled, "An act for the more effectual preservation of peace in the ports and harbors of the United States, and in the waters under their jurisdiction," passed on the third day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and five, be, and the same hereby is continued in force for the term of two years, and from thence to the end of the next session of Congress, and no longer. J. B. VARNUM, Speaker of the House of Representatives. S. SMITH, President of the Senate pro tempore. APRIL 19, 1808. APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON.
AN ACT To appropriate money for the providing an additional number of gun boats.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and he hereby is authorised and empowered to cause to be built, or purchased, armed and equipped, a number not exceeding one hundred and eighty eight gun boats, for the better protection of the ports and harbors of the United States, and for such other purposes as in his opinion the public service may require. Sec. 2 And be it further enacted, That a sum not exceeding eight hundred and fifty two thousand five hundred dollars be, and the same hereby is appropriated for this purpose, out of any monies in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. DECEMBER 18, 1807. APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON.
AN ACT To continue the partnership of Thomas Rutherford & Co. is this day dissolved by mutual consent.
All persons indebted to the said firm are requested most earnestly to come forward and pay their respective balances to Thomas Rutherford; and all those who have claims against said firm, to produce them to said T. R. for settlement. THOMAS RUTHERFORD, FREDERICK ARGYLE. Richmond, July 1, 1808.
THE SUBSCRIBER respectfully informs his friends and the public, that he will continue to carry on business in this place, in the same line as the late firm have heretofore done. THOMAS RUTHERFORD. (Fgw) July 8.
IN CHANCERY.—February Court,—1804. Fauquier County, to wit:
Benjamin Rector, Complainant—Against Thomas Chapman, surviving executor of William Carr, dec'd. Defendant. On the motion of the complainant by his counsel, it is ordered, that master commissioner Scott settle, and examine the accounts between the parties and make report thereof to the court, with such matters specially as he may think pertinent or the parties may require. A Copy. Teste, F. BROOKE, c. c. Edenton, June 27. (July 5) [4w]
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD. The above reward of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS will be paid for apprehending and securing in jail within the United States, ARTHUR HOWE, a negro MUSTAPHA, commonly called Muss. Arthur Howe is a young man 19 or 20 years old, dark complexion, short yellowish hair and hazel eyes, his face is round, and his countenance ferocious and expressive of dark angry passions. He is remarkable for having a deformity in his back, which occasions him to walk nearly half bent, so that when he is in his most erect posture, he would scarcely measure 4 and a 1/2 or 5 feet high. His arms have much motion when he walks, are very long, and hang as low down as not lower than his knees. The above described young man stole or enticed d off on Monday night the 11th instant, a negro fellow called Muss or MUSTAPHA, about 28 years old of a darkish complexion, very long head, forehead, nose and chin more prominent than persons of his color generally have; his eyes are large, projecting, and of a reddish color, his mouth rather large, and his teeth yellow. In his general behavior he is polite and submissive; he is a complete body servant, and a handy fellow with some tools, or about horses. He carried off with him no clothes which are remarkable, except an olive great coat of bearskin. The above felon and slave went off on a single stick chair; a large bay horse, and have been traced in company about 18 miles from Edenton. It is conjectured that Arthur Howe will conduct Muss as far as Virginia, and may sell him several times on his journey; and Muss having many acquaintances in Norfolk, Petersburg and Richmond, may endeavor through their assistance to make his escape to the northward. Arthur Howe has relations near Wilmington, in this state, and near Nashville, in Tennessee; to one of which places he will probably endeavor to travel after parting with the aforesaid negro. To the above reward will be added travelling expenses and reasonable wages for the delivery of the aforesaid Howe, and negro Muss, to me in this place, or Fifty Dollars for either of them. MATTHIAS E. SAWYER. Edenton, June 27. (July 5) [4w]
GALLEGGO, RICHARD & Co.—Having no longer any concern in the COLUMBIAN MILLS, (COMMONLY CALLED ROSS'S MILLS) inform their friends and the public in general that any WHEAT sent to them by water from the upper Country, will be received AT THEIR MILLS ON THE CANAL, and any Wheat sent to them by LAND will be received at a convenient Lumber-House contiguous to their counting-room. Richmond, July 12. (ep2m) July 12. eptds
NOTICE.—All persons having claims against the estate of Adam Craig, deceased, are requested to make them known, to the subscriber; and all those who are indebted to the estate are solicited to make immediate payment. MARY CRAIG, Executrix. Richmond, July 5. [ep3w]
THE subscriber offers for rent or lease, for a term of years, two comfortable Tenements fitted for the reception of genteel families, adjoining to the tenement occupied by herself. MARY CRAIG. [ep7w] Richmond, July 5.
BANK NOTES, as below described, were put into the post office at this place on 27th May last, enclosed in a letter addressed to Messrs John W. Dyer and Sons, Philadelphia, in which letter has never been received; it is therefore apprehended that the BANK NOTES may have fallen into improper hands; and should such appear in circulation, we earnestly request that they may be stopped. Any satisfactory information regarding them will be thankfully received, and if required, liberally rewarded. BUCHANAN & POLLOK. Petersburg, July 5. (tf)
Bank of Virginia payable at their Office of Discount and Deposit Petersburg, to Robert Birch President thereof or Bearer. Table with 4 columns: No., Date, Amount, and Remarks. Rows include: No. 332, 9th February 1805, $100; 866, 6th July, 100; 153, 7th February, 100; 394, 9th Feb, 100; 700, 6th May, 100; 753, 7th Feb, 100; 788, 100. Total $700.
TO RENT.—The upper APARTMENTS in the House occupied by Messrs. Kirby, Drake & Taylor, possessing convenient accommodations for a family. Possession will be given immediately—apply to Kirby, Drake & Taylor, or to THOMAS NORVELL. [tf] June 13.
NOTICE.—All persons indebted to the Estate of Marcus Elcan, deceased, are requested to make immediate payment, and creditors to present their claims without delay. C. J. MACMURDO, Exors. JOS. MARK, (tf) Richmond, May 17, 1808.
VIRGINIA, to wit: At a court of Appeals held at the Capitol, in Richmond, the third day of June, 1808.
GENERAL RULE.—After the end of this present term, all causes depending in this court shall be called in the order in which they stand upon the docket, and such as may be ready for hearing pursuant to the former rules of this court, shall, unless good cause be shown to the contrary, be heard in the same order in which they stand upon the docket, until the whole shall be gone through; and the causes which shall be passed over, shall, unless for some very special reason appearing to the court, be put at the end of the docket of each term. Ordered, That the above rule be published in at least three of the newspapers printed in Richmond, once a week until the first day of October next. A Copy. Teste, J. BROWN, c. c. June 14. [18to]
FOR SALE.—The subscriber offers at private sale all his Stock in Trade, consisting of Groceries, Glass, China and Liverpool Ware. As the assortment is large, it will suit any person or persons willing to follow the trade with advantage—the terms will be liberal and the inventory may be seen; on the fourth of July next, and continue, if not previously sold, till the 1st of October. Also, for sale, the lower Tenement of that large brick house in which Mrs. Harris has an interest during her life, and three valuable House Servants, who are sold for no fault but want of employ—For terms apply to AUBIN LAFORST. [cp1m] June 13.
TO BE SOLD to the highest bidder, for ready money, on Thursday, the 21st July next, at the house called Naper's Tavern, in the town of Columbia, a tract of Land on the Rivanna, in the county of Fluvanna, containing by a late survey, 334 acres, more or less, adjoining the lands of Charles Adams, Richard Adams, Pleasant Bybee, and others, being land sold by David Ross to said Shepard, and conveyed by him, Shepard, to us in trust, to secure a debt due to said Ross, as stated in said trust deed, which said debt has since been assigned by said Ross to Henry E. Coleman—We sell our right as trustees only. GEORGE HOLLMAN, WILLIAM PASTEUR, JACOB MYERS, (cp1d) June 17, 1808.
VINEGAR.—A few casks of good Pickling and Table Vinegar, FOR SALE BY D. J. BURR. July 5. [2m]
THE Co-partnership of THOMAS RUTHERFORD & Co. is this day dissolved by mutual consent. All persons indebted to the said firm are requested most earnestly to come forward and pay their respective balances to Thomas Rutherford; and all those who have claims against said firm, to produce them to said T. R. for settlement. THOMAS RUTHERFORD, FREDERICK ARGYLE. Richmond, July 1, 1808.
THE SUBSCRIBER respectfully informs his friends and the public, that he will continue to carry on business in this place, in the same line as the late firm have heretofore done. THOMAS RUTHERFORD. (Fgw) July 8.
IN CHANCERY.—February Court,—1804. Fauquier County, to wit:
Benjamin Rector, Complainant—Against Thomas Chapman, surviving executor of William Carr, dec'd. Defendant. On the motion of the complainant by his counsel, it is ordered, that master commissioner Scott settle, and examine the accounts between the parties and make report thereof to the court, with such matters specially as he may think pertinent or the parties may require. A Copy. Teste, F. BROOKE, c. c. Edenton, June 27. (July 5) [4w]
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD. The above reward of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS will be paid for apprehending and securing in jail within the United States, ARTHUR HOWE, a negro MUSTAPHA, commonly called Muss. Arthur Howe is a young man 19 or 20 years old, dark complexion, short yellowish hair and hazel eyes, his face is round, and his countenance ferocious and expressive of dark angry passions. He is remarkable for having a deformity in his back, which occasions him to walk nearly half bent, so that when he is in his most erect posture, he would scarcely measure 4 and a 1/2 or 5 feet high. His arms have much motion when he walks, are very long, and hang as low down as not lower than his knees. The above described young man stole or enticed d off on Monday night the 11th instant, a negro fellow called Muss or MUSTAPHA, about 28 years old of a darkish complexion, very long head, forehead, nose and chin more prominent than persons of his color generally have; his eyes are large, projecting, and of a reddish color, his mouth rather large, and his teeth yellow. In his general behavior he is polite and submissive; he is a complete body servant, and a handy fellow with some tools, or about horses. He carried off with him no clothes which are remarkable, except an olive great coat of bearskin. The above felon and slave went off on a single stick chair; a large bay horse, and have been traced in company about 18 miles from Edenton. It is conjectured that Arthur Howe will conduct Muss as far as Virginia, and may sell him several times on his journey; and Muss having many acquaintances in Norfolk, Petersburg and Richmond, may endeavor through their assistance to make his escape to the northward. Arthur Howe has relations near Wilmington, in this state, and near Nashville, in Tennessee; to one of which places he will probably endeavor to travel after parting with the aforesaid negro. To the above reward will be added travelling expenses and reasonable wages for the delivery of the aforesaid Howe, and negro Muss, to me in this place, or Fifty Dollars for either of them. MATTHIAS E. SAWYER. Edenton, June 27. (July 5) [4w]
GALLEGGO, RICHARD & Co.—Having no longer any concern in the COLUMBIAN MILLS, (COMMONLY CALLED ROSS'S MILLS) inform their friends and the public in general that any WHEAT sent to them by water from the upper Country, will be received AT THEIR MILLS ON THE CANAL, and any Wheat sent to them by LAND will be received at a convenient Lumber-House contiguous to their counting-room. Richmond, July 12. (ep2m) July 12. eptds
WILL be Sold for cash, in the town of Lewisville, at the door of Temple T. Lewis & Co. for purposes in said deed mentioned, on the second day of August next, being the 31st day of Abner August court, the certain Tract or parcel of LAND, lying and being in the county of Albemarle, and adjoining the lands of John Bailey, John Burley, sen. Esda, Samuel Deadman, Thomas Garth, jun. &c.—Supposed to contain Three Hundred Acres, be the same more or less. Also one other tract or parcel of Land, lying and being in said county, supposed to contain fifty acres, be the same more or less, being the tract or parcel of land sold by Benjamin Brown, trustee for Stephen Hughes and James Lewis, and purchased by said Lewis on the day of sale, as per deed said trustee now on record in the county court of Albemarle. Also, one Negro Woman Slave, by names Anniky and Kizziah, to use the expressions of said deed which is recorded in the county court of Albemarle. Also will be sold, same day and place, and on same terms, by virtue of a deed of trust entered into by John B. Ellis, &c. for the purposes in said deed mentioned—Two NEGRO SLAVES, viz. Ephraim, a man, and John, boy. Ephraim, said Ellis bought of Mattox, and John, of the widow Tiller. Also, one black Mare and Colt, one Saddle Horse, and one Grey Mare. Also, eleven head of Cattle and two Feather Beds and Furniture, to use the expression of said deed of trust, which is on record in the county court of Albemarle. Also, will be sold, same day and place, and on same terms, by virtue of a deed of trust, entered into by Bartlett Ellis, & Co. for the purposes in said deed mentioned, sundry NEGROES, viz: David, a negro man; Winston, a negro boy; Anderson, a negro boy; Elijah, a negro boy; and Ann, a negro woman, with her future increase. Also five Horses, four Feather Beds and Furniture, twenty head of Cattle, twenty head of Sheep. Also, Household and Kitchen Furniture, as expressed in said deed of trust, which is on record in district court of Charlottesville. Also, will be sold, same day and place, and on same terms, by virtue of a deed of trust entered into by Richard G. Martin, William G. Martin, &c. for purposes in said deed mentioned—One Bay Mare with a blaze face; one Feather Bed & Furniture; also, sundry other Household and Kitchen Furniture; also, all that portion of the estate of Patrick Mechie, dec'd, it being one-seventh part of the estate of said Mechie, dec'd, which the said William G. Martin hath and claims right to, in consequence of his intermarriage with his wife Sarah, a daughter of said Mechie, dec'd, (or if more, the whole interest) consisting of eleven Negroes, to wit: Peter, Mol, Jimney, Milley, Harry, Lury, Bob, George, Sarah, and two small Children, together with all increase which may accrue to the said Martin's portion of said property to use the expression of said deed which is on record in the district court of Charlottesville. Being only interested as trustee for the benefit of others will only convey title to aforesaid property in me as trustee. MARTIN DAWSON, Trustee. Milton, July 12. (3w)
ALL persons having claims against the estate of Captain Thomas Roane of the Forge, King & Queen county, are desired to make them known to me by the first of October next. Those indebted are hereby informed that the situation of the estate will not admit of indulgence. LAURENCE MUSE, Adm'r. July 1. [ep6w]
JOSEPH MARK & Co. have on hand an assortment of German Oznaburgs, Tickenhards, Dowlas and Towlings, in the bate, box, or piece; Cognac Brandy, Molasses, Salt, Salt, coarse and fine, which they will sell for cash, tobacco or approved paper. May 17. (tf)
RICHMOND TILE MANUFACTORY.—The subscriber having procured the exclusive right to manufacture in this and several other states Harward's much improved Patent Tile for covering houses, and at considerable expense erected the necessary buildings, &c. for carrying on that useful business extensively, now offers to supply, at a short notice, any quantity that may be required, at the moderate price of thirty-five dollars per thousand, delivered at this Factory. He can with confidence, founded on actual experiment, in the covering of about 20 houses in the city, assert, that houses can be covered with this tile as cheap in the first instance, as with slates of the first quality, and when the security against fire, the difference of insurance, the durability and particular construction of those tiles to resist the most penetrating rains and snows are considered, he cannot doubt of meeting with considerable encouragement. It requires only the examination of a well covered roof to convince the most prejudiced mind of their superiority to any other tile heretofore made, or to the best of state, and will cost less than the latter, after paying the expense of water carriage to almost any part of the continent. Particular attention will be paid to orders from other towns, and in all cases where they are shipped, he will deliver them whole and sound, along side the vessels, at the expense of cartage only to the purchasers. Any person skilled in the art of tiling, will put on those tile with great facility, but where they cannot be procured, he can engage a few here who have had some experience, and will go a moderate distance, if the job be of sufficient magnitude and their travelling expenses paid. BENJAMIN DUVAL. Richmond, March 22. [cp2w&18wtf] N. B. I wish to sell Patent Rights in several other States. B. D.
REMOVAL.—The subscriber has removed his office to the tenement lately occupied by Marcus Elcan, dec'd, two doors below col. Mayo's new buildings. C. B. PAGE. To rent until 1st October the lowest tenement of Mr. G. W. Truheart—Enquire as above. Richmond, July 5. (4w)
BY virtue of a deed of trust executed to the subscribers by Ro. and Geo. Turner, and Ann the wife of the said George, recorded in Hustings Court of Richmond, made to secure the payment of $1500 to Dan'l. Couch, according to the terms of said deed; will be sold to the highest bidder, for cash, before the door of the Eagle Tavern, in the said city, on Saturday the 30th day of the present month, (July) all that Lot or Parcel of Ground, situate in the said city, on the east side of the cross-street leading from the Bell-Tavern to the river, and formerly under lease to Russell & Wallace; together with the following NEGROES, George (the cook), Peter (the barber), and Agy, or so many of the said property as will be sufficient to raise the sum of $300, and all costs attending the sale. ANDW. STEVENSON, C. ANTHONY, (cp1d) July 8.
RICHMOND TURNPIKE COMPANY.—At a meeting of the directors of the Richmond Turnpike Company on Thursday evening the 7th of July 1808.
Resolved, That all shares of delinquent stockholders in this company, be sold at the Swan Tavern in this city on Monday the 15th day of next month, at 5 o'clock, p. m. without reserve, and that the same be published in all the newspapers of this city. Resolved, That a call of Five Dollars on each share of the stockholders in the company be made, to be