The enquirer (Richmond, Va.), 1809-11-10 00:00:00

A TIMELY 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...
ROBERT GREENHOW, MERCHANT, in Williamsburg, will dispose of the valuable and most eligible situated TENEMENT, on which he now resides, in this city, at a credit of one, two, three & four years...
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...
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...
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.
HOUSES FOR SALE. BY virtue of a decree of the honorable Superior Court of Chancery, for the Richmond District; in a suit between George Pickett, plaintiff, and the subscriber defendant, will be sold to the highest bidder, at public auction...
A HOUSE—(Upon the basin)—For Sale. By virtue of the last will and testament of Robert Means, decd. will be sold, on the premises, on Thursday the 21st inst. if fair, if not, the next fair day, to the highest bidder, a tenement upon the basin adjoining the tenement of John Purse.
A HOUSE—(Upon the basin)—For Sale. By virtue of the last will and testament of Robert Means, deceased, will be sold, on the premises, on Thursday the 21st inst. if fair, if not, the next fair day, to the highest bidder, a tenement upon the basin adjoining the tenement of John Purse.
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.
GEORGE WATT has just received, and offers for sale, Sicily, Madeira, and Sherry WINE, by the Hhd. and Gr. cask, Green Coffee, Orleans Sugar by the Hhd.; German Platters & Plates by the piece or case, half-pint Glass Tumblers in cases of 1000 each, and New York Soap & Candles.
CHARLES FREMON Respectfully informs the public, that he has opened a Night School, for the French Language, at Mr. Darcus's next door below the Globe Tavern, where he will attend three nights every week, Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday, from 6 in the evening to 9.
HAVE REMOVED TO RICHMOND. HENRY BOTTS.
WANTED to purchase or hire, a good house SERVANT—Apply at the Enquirer Office.
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 Phyic, Surgery, and Midwifery.
WILL be sold, on a credit of six months for all sums above $10, (that sum and under cash,) the purchaser giving bond with approved security—a very large stock of Horses, Cattle, Sheep and Hogs, and plantation Utensils of every description...
On Monday the 13th of said Month will be sold at the plantation in Gloucester called the Dragon Quarter, all the Stock and Utensils belonging to that place.
On Wednesday the 15th of said Month will be sold at the plantation in Middlesex called Pine Top, all the Stock and Utensils belonging to that place, and
On Friday the 17th of said Month will be sold at the Mansion House of said Grymes called Brandon, all the Stock and Utensils belonging to that place, where the sale will continue from day to day till all are sold.
All persons having claims against said Estate, are requested to make them known, and those indebted to make payment, as the situation of the Estate will not admit of indulgence.
All legal creditors are requested to purchase at the Sale, the amount of any part of their respective claims.
ROBERT WEST, Administrator, &c. of PHILIP L. GRYMES, Dec'd. Woodville, Gloucester County, November 3, 1809.
BY AUTHORITY OF THE STATE. A SCHEME OF A LOTTERY, To Enlarge and Improve THE BALTIMORE HOSPITAL.
Table with 3 columns: Prize, Dollars, Dollars. It lists various prize amounts and their corresponding dollar values, including a section for 'FIRST CLASS' prizes.
STATIONARY PRIZES OF THE ABOVE. First drawn Ticket on the 1st day, 2d do, 3d do, 4th do, 5th do, 6th do, 7th do, 8th do, 9th do, 10th do, 11th do, 12th do, 13th do, 14th do, 15th do, 16th do.
WHEN the highly interesting objects of the above Scheme of a Lottery, are taken into view, to wit—the erection of a suitable building for the reception and care of Maniacs, together with the flattering prospect it offers to every person disposed to contribute their aid to so laudable a purpose, it is hoped it will not fail to receive a prompt and liberal support.
Bond and security have been given by the Managers to the State of Maryland for the faithful performance of their duty.
JAMES HINDMAN, JAMES CALHOUN, Junr. SAMUEL ARIM, STEWART BROWN, NICHOLAS BRICE, JAMES BOSLEY, JOHN WALRAVEN, EDMUND DUCATEL, PETER CHAFIN, COLLIN MACKENZIE, JAMES SMYTH.
Tickets to be had at John R. Jones's Book, Stationary and Fancy Store, N. W. corner of the Main Street, and that leading to the head of the basin, nearly opposite to the Eagle Tavern. Who has just received a considerable addition to his assortment consisting of Cap Paper No. 1, 2, & 3, Letter Paper 1 & 2, Folio Post, Royal Medium & Demy Writing Paper, Blank and Playing Cards by the gross doz. or single pack, red and black Morocco Pocket-Books of every description, red Morocco Purses, Thread Cases and Note Cases, elegant Travelling Portfolios, a large assortment of fine Cutlery, Sealing Wax, silver blade Fruit Knives, & Hanging Paper.
COLUMBIAN MILLS. The subscribers having purchased the Columbian Mills, beg leave to inform the public they are giving cash for Wheat and Corn. P. MARSHALL & Co.
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, (1D)
EDWARD HALLAM, HAS just received, from New York, and for sale at the store lately occupied by Daniel Triplett, a supply of Fresh GROCERIES, viz: Gun-Powder in cases of 25 lbs. each, TEAS, Imperial, Myson, and Young Hyson.
Smoked and Pickled Salmon, Hair Powder, Roll and Pot Pomatum Windsor and Brown Soap, Liverwort Ware, Canton China, Large and small sets, Plain and Cut Glass, Best Spanish Segars, Shott assorted, Gun Powder, Agate Flints, Writing Paper, Wafers, Crehore's & Desever's superfine Playing Cards, Cotton & Wool Carls, New-England Cheese, superior quality, 15 dozen Salt-Petred Hams, Sack Salt, Salt-Petre, Bar-Iron.
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.
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.
DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA, TO WIT: BE it remembered, that on the third day of October in the thirty-fourth year of the Independence of the United States of America, John Robinson of the said District, hath deposited in this Office, the title of a Book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit: "A collection of the most useful and approved forms of process, judgements and orders used in the County Courts and late District Courts of law in Virginia, also of bonds usually taken in the said Courts, and executions on judgements thereof; records on appeals, and writs of supersedeas, of proceedings on the arraignment of criminals, and of the entries used on the trials thereof. To which are added various forms of indictments, &c. in criminal cases. Declarations; & some of the most useful sorts of conveyances; and an index to the whole. By John Robinson, clerk of the Superior Court of Law for Henrico County, and late clerk of the District Court of law, formerly held in the City of Richmond."
In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled "An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned; and also to an act entitled "An act supplementary to an act, entitled an act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned. And extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints."
WILLIAM MARSHALL, Clerk of the District of Virginia. The above mentioned Book may be had on application to the Subscriber, at his Office on the Capitol in Richmond. J. ROBINSON.
LAND FOR SALE—The subscriber offers for sale that valuable estate on which he formerly resided, lying on James River, near the Town of Warm Springs, in the County of Nelson, lately Amherst. This tract contains nearly two thousand acres. The low grounds are of the most valuable kind, and the highlands immediately adjacent thereto are very fertile and mucu-potent level. It might be divided into two plantations to advantage, or continued in one, as might suit the owner. The houses are new and amply sufficient for the comfortable accommodation of a family. A more minute description is deemed unnecessary, as it is presumed the purchaser will view and judge for himself. The subscriber will only observe that the place is very healthy, lies in a fine neighborhood, and commands, perhaps, as many advantages as any other situation that is offered for sale in the state. One fourth of the purchase money will be required on the first of January, when possession will be given; and the balance will be divided into nine equal annual installments, without any charge of interest if the principal be punctually paid. A large crop of small grain will be sown in good order, and the purchaser may be accommodated with corn &c. sufficient for a year's supply. Letters directed to Buckingham Court-House, or to Westminster, would be soon received and attended to. In my absence, my brother Mr. Joseph C. Cabell will show the land to any person desirous to purchase. Wm. H. CADELL.
CASH will be given, for a good male House SERVANT, and female COOK. October 31.
ON the 23d of this month, if fair, if not, the next fair day, will be sold at the dwelling house of the late Hardin Burnley, Esq. Dec'd in Hanover county, to the highest bidder, all the perishable estate of said dec'd. consisting of the stock of Horses, among which is a thorough bred Stud (whose pedigree will be made known on that day,) sundry fine brood Mares, not inferior in blood to any in the State, work Horses & Mules, the stock of Cattle, a quantity of Pork, Sheep and Hogs—a Charnel and Harness, a Gig and Harness, the Crown of Corn and Fodder, House-hold and Kitchen Furniture, a number of valuable Books, and many other articles too tedious to mention. A credit of 12 months will be given, on all sums, above ten dollars, for which bond and approved security will be required, to carry interest from the date if not punctually paid; for all sums of ten dollars and under, cash will be required. If the sale is not completed on the first day, it will be continued from day to day until it is completed.
Also will be sold on the terms above mentioned, at Bar-Iland, in said county of Hanover, on the 27th day of next month if fair, if not, the next fair day—all the stock of Horses, Cattle, a quantity of Pork, Sheep and Hogs, plantation Utensils, the crop of Corn and Fodder, and many other articles not at present recollecting. All persons having claims against said Estate, are requested to bring them in immediately for adjustment, as no unliquidated claim will be admitted at the sale.
Those indebted are requested to make payment, as the situation of the Estate will admit of no delay—This sale if not completed on the first day will be continued from day to day until it is completed. On the last day of the sale will be re-sented to the highest bidder, for one year, & possession given on the 1st day of January next, that valuable plantation called Bar-Iland, on which will be sown from 150 to 200 Bushels of wheat, Bond and approved security will be required for the rent and observance of its conditions in other respects.
JOHN M. STEPPARD, Adm'r of Hardin Burnley dec'd and Guardian of HARDINIA BURNLEY. Hanover, Nov. 7.
Those who have borrowed Books will please to return them immediately.
Europe. CONTINUATION OF FOREIGN ADVICES. FOR THE WASP FROM L'ORIENT. Translated from late French papers.
COPENHAGEN, Sept. 5. We are assured that peace is on the point of being signed between Denmark and Sweden.
SCHLESWIG, 28th Aug. We observe with pleasure, at Tönningen and its environs, that the commerce of that city is beginning to revive. There have arrived about fifty American vessels, mostly laden with cargoes estimated at not less than 100,000 rix dollars.
VIENNA, Sept. 9. M. de Bubna, aide de camp to the Emperor of Austria, arrived yesterday at Schönbrunn. They speak of a new prolongation of the armistice; all that is certain is, that the Austrian army is not in a condition to recommence hostilities. On this point all travellers from Hungary and Moravia are agreed.
THE positions of the French army have undergone little change. The army of Italy occupies Carinthia, Carniola, Styria, and a part of Hungary; it has its head quarters at Raab. The troops of Marshal Macdonald at Gratz; marshal Oudinot occupies the borders of the Morava, which separate Hungary from Moravia; the Marshal duke of Dantzic occupies Upper Austria, Salzburg, and the frontiers of the Tyrol; Marshal Massena occupies the western part of Moravia, and Marshal Davoust the eastern. The Bavarian division is at Linz.
WARSAW, 28th Aug. It is contemplated to maintain a force of 40,000 men from the Polish army, joined to the troops of Galicia, without reckoning the numerous recruits which are found at the depots and who are exercised daily.
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 12. All the islands of Zealand, with the exception of Walcheren, are occupied by the troops of his majesty. Marshal Verneuil, with the squadron under his orders, has approached before Zirickzee, to protect the passage of the infantry to the island of Schouwen. A cutter belonging to the enemy has been taken and carried into Rotterdam.
PARIS, Sept. 16. According to the last letters from Madrid, the following is the actual position of the French army which covers that capital:—The first corps (Marshal Victor's) is at Toledo; the second, Marshal Soult's, at Piacenza; the fourth corps Gen. Sebastiani's at Aranjuez & the 6th corps, Marshal Ney's, at Salamanca.
September 19. On the 10th of October next a flag of truce, expedited by his excellency the minister of the United States near the court of France, will sail from Dieppe for Philadelphia or any other American port which the wind may permit her to enter; and will take on board persons wishing to embark for the U. States.
We understand by the Wasp, the United States schooner, Enterprize, was to sail from the Texel, for America, about the 8th of Oct.
Extract of a letter from Naples, via Bordeaux, dated 27th Aug. received by the Wasp.
Independent of the Hamilton, Brown, of New York, 27 hours from Tunis, we have the arrival at Civita Vecchia of the brig Amelia, captain D. Sawyer, from Boston, whose cargo will be sent hither by land. The brig Perseverance, Foster, from Boston, and ship Margaret, Fairfield, of Salem, have been lately captured by French privateers, and brought in, one to Civita Vecchia, the other to Gaeta. We fear these several arrivals will materially influence unfavourably the prices of colonial produce in this port, since it appears that our government conti-
nues to admit the Americans, provided they come with regular certificates of origin, and have not been boarded by English cruisers. The Hamilton has not been boarded on her voyage, and brings all her documents in perfect order: we, therefore, trust there will be no obstacles whatever in the way.
In one of our latest French papers, we find that a vessel taken up by Gen. Armstrong, would sail from Dieppe about the 10th of Oct. for Philadelphia, with despatches & passengers.
American and Colonial produce were very scarce and very high in France. Adv.
Per the Commodore Rodgers from Liverpool. LONDON, September 15.
An officer of the staff of our army in Spain, writes from Truxillo, on the 22d August, as follows:
"The war in Spain is nearly terminated; the Spaniards are savages full of superstition and fanaticism; there is nothing to hope from them. We can by no means rely upon them. Cuesta has been deposed, but too late. The general opinion is, that we shall be in England before two months—all the military stores are sent back to Lisbon—the French have 90,000 men, and we have no more than 25,000—we are in want of every thing—whether it be negligence or treason, on the part of the Spanish Commissaries, we have found nothing in a country where we expected to find abundance, we have not even carriages and mules to transport our sick and wounded. I am of opinion, that all this will cure our ministers of the mania of sending expeditions to Spain. There is not an officer or soldier in the army, who does not wish speedily to return from hence. The French do not at all molest us in our retreat. In a few days we shall be in Portugal. This fruitless expedition will have cost our government immense sums—Every thing is rightfully dear, hay costs here 24 pence a pound, and we give 10 pounds of it per day to each horse. Lord Collingwood was before Toulon on the 6th August. The French fleet is composed of 16 sail of the line, two Russian line of battle ships and three frigates. Four thousand seamen have arrived at Toulon from Rochelle. Rear Admiral Allemand has a command in the squadron.
MADRID, Sept. 6: Don Joseph Napoleon, &c. We have decreed, and do decree as follows:
Art. 1. Don Benito Pablo de Figuera, f. d. marshal in our royal armies, is confirmed as Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary near his imperial majesty the emperor of all the Russias.
Art. 2. The Count de Yold, Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary near his majesty the king of Denmark, is confirmed in that capacity.
Art. 3. Don Raphael d'Uquijs, Secretary of our legation, near his majesty the king of Prussia, and now Chargé d'Affairs at that court, is confirmed in that capacity.
LONDON, Oct. 5. We received, this morning, Dutch papers to the 1st instant, containing news from Vienna to the 30th last. Bonaparte was at that date at Schönbrunn, and the emperor of Austria at Buda, for which place the Austrian count Bubna had set out on the 15th from Schönbrunn, with despatches for his master. At his departure he was presented by Bonaparte with a precious stone of great value; from which circumstance it was inferred that the negotiations are drawing to a close. There are, however, many circumstances unfavorable to this supposition. Letters from Strasburgh, of the 22d September, state that the armistice, which expired on the 20th, has been prolonged for a month, with the additional stipulation that hostilities are not to recommence until after six weeks' notice of its expiration. French corps and military stores had passed thro' that city on their way to Austria, and the troops, both French and Austrians, were in constant motion. Bonaparte was also busily employed in establishing a line of telegraphs from Strasburgh to Vienna, passing through Ulm and Munich; by which means there would be a complete line of telegraphs between the Austrian and French capitals. As the immediate evacuation of Vienna would probably be one of the conditions of peace, it would seem, from this circumstance, that such an event is not considered as near at hand. The accounts from Paris, in the Dutch papers, are to the 27th last, and from Bayonne to the 9th. Several detachments of troops had lately passed through the latter place, on their way to Spain.
Mr. Perceval, yesterday, kissed hands on his elevation to the post of First Lord of the Treasury, vice the Duke of Portland, by which movement the Right Honorable Gentleman becomes Premier. This was the only appointment announced yesterday at the Levee. Lord Harrowby has not yet received the seals of the Foreign Department, vacated by the Right Honorable George Canning, and it is even said, that they have been refused by Earl Bathurst. Indeed, a man of any pretensions, however slender, if he possesses a particle of pride, must pause before he consents to become a locum tenens for Marquis Wellesley. The particular inducement to a calculating mind is the chance that Marquis Wellesley, seeing the sort of head that is put to the ministry, may decline also, in which event, the party put in as a warming pan for his lordship, would probably remain in permanent possession of "The Bed of Roses" Mr. Robert Dundas Saunders, of whose abilities we know nothing, but the pathetic and prepared speech which he made for his father, Lord Melville, in the House of Commons, previous to his lordship's trial in Westminster Hall, has set out for Ireland, to pack up his papers, before he makes his debut here as Secretary for the War and Colonial Department, vice Lord Castlereagh. He is expected back on Wednesday next, on which day the Premier will have probably made considerable progress in completing his squad.
From Barcelona we are informed that this city, which lately contained 120,000 inhabitants, is abandoned by almost every Spaniard, and that the grass is growing in those

streets, which were once crowded with the productions of every quarter of the world;
October 6. We know of no farther ministerial arrangements having been settled: we trust and believe however, that no time will be lost. The interest of the country imperiously requires it. His majesty will not come to town again before next Wednesday, but it is probable that Mr. Perceval will wait upon his Majesty before that time at Windsor—Meanwhile the Grenvilles assure us that "nothing can exceed the courtesy & canvassing that are now going forward;—and that applications have been made to men of all parties and of all opinions to join the ministers." And supposing this statement to be correct, how does it reflect upon the Ministers? They were anxious to form an extended Administration—They made overtures to Lord Grenville—Lord Grenville will not come in with men who have thought it right not to press the king's conscience upon a subject on which his majesty's principles are known to be unalterable. They are forced, therefore, to look to the other men, and not deeming the interest of party to be paramount to the interests of the country, they are willing to sacrifice the former, in order that they may consult the interests of the latter. They wish to prevail upon men of talents and of patriotism to join the Administration, without too nicely considering what party they may belong to.
It is justly said, no doubt, that the plan of the new administration is not extended or combined. We lament that it should be otherwise; but whose fault is it? We had hoped, that in a cordial union of the adverse parties there would have been a real healing of the divisions of the empire; and if we hope and believe that the plan of administration, though not extended and combined, will still go down, as the opposition elegantly express it, our hopes, thoughts and belief, are derived, not from any unworthy view we have of the present state of the Representation of the country, but from our firm persuasion, that, after a reign of half a century, in the most trying and arduous time this nation ever saw, our venerable sovereign will not be abandoned by his people, and will not be delivered over to a party which would grasp at undivided power, and which has once before endeavored to shackle and oppress him.
BRITISH MINISTRY.
In this manner, is a Ministry to be botched up out of the old materials, without a particle of new principle, sentiment, interest, or connection. It is a mere change of corners, and metamorphosis of persons; with this single difference, that, whatever brains were in the late ministry have been knocked out; and it no longer possesses that restless spirit, which, however mischievous, gave it some character for bustle and activity. If the subject were not too serious to be treated with levity, those who possess a talent for ridicule might indulge it with effect, in holding up to derision the conduct of the Treasury Journals. They regret the awkward circumstance , "the unpleasant affair," which has led to the schism in the Cabinet, for such is their definition of the most atrocious insult ever offered by ministers to their Sovereign and their country. They lament the loss of the "transcendant talents" of Mr. Canning; and as to a competent successor to Lord Castlereagh—a man possessing his habits and capacity for business—that is a treasure not to be looked for; Now, it would be natural to expect, that, with this conviction, they would lament also the reduced and enfeebled state of the remnant of office—but no: although the two eyes of the cabinet have been put out, and these two transcendant stars "have shot their fires, and empty left their orbs" the remainder is more luminous, more perfect and efficient, than the whole original system. It is like the Sybil's set of three volumes, which became more valuable after two of them had been burned. In evidence of this extraordinary position, we are told that we may now expect "more unanimity of sentiment, and cordial co-operation in the business of government;" that it "is impossible to reflect upon the constitution of an administration where the component parts are influenced by separate views, and convulsed by particular interests, without being alarmed at the injury the public service might in such case be liable to sustain;" that "their talents, probity and experience, however eminent and conspicuous, become lost to the community and it were far more disadvantageous to have an Executive who possessed those qualities in an inferior degree, if they but evince more cordiality and union of action;" and that "we may now be permitted to indulge the fond hope that this result, which can alone procure to government respect abroad and confidence at home, will be secured by the new arrangement." The sum of all which is, that we had lately a stork, and that we are now to have a tog, for a ministry. And to crown all, the public are gravely assured, that as to the late expedition to the Scheldt, "the blame of failure rests neither with the late war minister, nor the commander in chief." Like Johnny Macrea's dramatic genius, which neither lay in Comedy nor Tragedy, there is no blame any where. This, however, is only apparent nonsense. It has a meaning, and a wicked one. This fact is, as it has been justly observed, we are to have a Walcheren Administration, a Scheldt Cabinet; and this is a puff of flattery offered to the new shrine.... Globe .
PARIS, Sept. 25.
According to letters from Vienna of the 19th inst. his imperial majesty arrived that day at Schoenbrunn, after having passed 35 hours in Brunn, chiefly reviewing the troops stationed in that quarter.
It is said, that part of the French troops, who, about the end of last month, marched to the banks of the Morava and Raab, have received orders to return to the positions which they occupied at the conclusion of the armistice. The Austrian troops are also said to have been ordered to march back to the north of Hungary, from the banks of the Danube.
The two armies of Antwerp and Flanders have formed a junction under the name of the army of the North.
Letters from Strasburg, of the 22d inst. state, that the armistice, which expired on the 20th of this month, has been prolonged for one month, with the additional stipulation, that hostilities are not to be recommenced until six weeks after notice shall have been given of the armistice being at an end; they cannot, therefore, be resumed before the 5th of November.
Rotterdam Gazette, Sept. 30.
NUREMBERG, Sept. 16. Letters from Bohemia state, that the utmost discontent prevails among the inhabitants of that kingdom, because the landwehr, or militia, are to wear, in future, the same uniform as the Austrian troops of the line, and that their number is to be increased by a landsturm, or levy en-masse. All the magazines, formed in the different towns of Southern Bohemia, are to be removed to Prague. The corps of the ci-devant Elector of Hesse-Cassel still occupy the circle of Klatten.
CONSTAD, Sept. 20. Several French troops, and among them numerous detachments of horse, have lately passed through this place, on their march to Bavaria and Austria, with large transports of ammunition from Strasburg. On the other hand, several hundred Lieutenants, Serjeants and Corporals, have been sent from Vienna to Strasburg, apparently destined to form new corps.
General Suchet is said to have obtained fresh advantages over Blake's army, which was advancing for the relief of Gerona. Being informed of this movement, General Suchet marched to meet the enemy, attacked him in the fine position of San Domingo de la Legua, dislodged him and cleared the valley of Brinçal of the banditti, who intercepted the communication by that route.
Royal Amsterdam Courant of Sept. 21. LINTZ, Sept. 17. The last accounts from Vienna bring no thing certain relative to the negotiations for peace. According to some, a Russian Plenipotentiary was expected to take an active part in the negotiation, in order to regulate, in future, the relations between Russia, France, Austria & the States of the Confederation of the Rhine. Nothing is, however, publicly known concerning the progress of the negotiations.
We learn from Hungary, that the different Austrian corps, which were stationed between Kaschau and Neuhäusel, have, within these few days, broken up, and approached nearer to the Danube. A strong column has even passed that river, in order to extend itself along the Raab, and thus cover the fords of Komorn. The corps of the Archduke Palatine is the only one which remains in its former position, near Neuhäusel.
Accounts from Klattau state, that the troops in the service of the late Elector of Hesse are still in that circle, and have extended themselves more southerly, so that a division of them is in Stogern, adjoining to the circles of Prachin and Budweis, a cordon of Austrian troops extends over Winterberg, Oberwaldau, Kuschwarda, Worhn, Buchet, Obernalln, Schwatzbach, Unterwaldau and Hohenfurt. This cordon, which passes along the Bavarian frontier, is very numerous, and consists of the infantry regiment of Spork, and of militia. In many places, as at Winterberg, there are three companies. Near Wuldau, Kuschwarda and Waldein, intrenchments and redoubts have been thrown up, which are in part already complete. There are also five redoubts behind Budweis, which, however, are unoccupied. How long this position may continue is uncertain, as the greater part of the militia of Bohemia has drawn under the cannon of Prague, and a part of the militia, which forms the cordon, has received orders to break up for the same part. Near Kuschwarda there is some artillery.
The militia, it is understood, will lay aside their present uniform, and provide themselves, at their own expence, with a uniform similar to that of the Austrian regular troops; from which it is conjectured, that they will soon be made use of to supply the deficiencies in the troops of the line, though this appears to be inconsistent with the assurances given them when they were first established. A new militia, (besides the old, called the landwehr,) is likewise forming, in which all persons, capable of bearing arms, are liable to serve. It is to be called the landsturm. It is not, however, expected to be of equal service as the other.
FRANKFORT, Sept. 22. The Swedish Embassy, which arrived here some days back, left this place for Paris in the course of this morning.
Royal Amsterdam Gazette, Sept. 30. VIENNA, Sept. 10. The following are the particulars of the tour which his majesty the Emperor has made for some days past in Hungary: His majesty left Schoenbrunn on the 31st, at 2 o'clock in the morning, and arrived at an early hour at Pressburg, the environs of which he observed for the space of three hours: he then breakfasted at Rittsee, and immediately went to Altenburgh, where the Plenipotentiaries charged to negotiate a peace, waited upon his majesty. From Altenburgh, the Emperor went to Raab, where he reviewed the troops, and gave orders to improve the fortifications which are erecting there. The day following, on his return to Schoenbrunn, his majesty spent several hours in inspecting the troops stationed at Hamburg and its Vicinity; and returned to Schoenbrunn at 3 in the afternoon.
MUNICH, Sept. 14. Our Court Gazette contains the following general orders, published at the Austrian head-quarters:
"My beloved subjects, and even my enemies, know that I did not engage in the present war from motives of ambition, or a desire of conquest: self preservation and independence, a peace consistent with the honor of my crown, and with the safety and tranquility of my people, constituted the exalted and sole aim of my execution. The chance of war disappointed my expectations—the enemy penetrated into the interior of my dominions, and over ran them with all the horrors of war: but he learned, at the same time, to appreciate the public spirit of my people and the valor of my armies. This experience, which he dearly bought, and my constant solicitude to promote the prosperity of my dominions, led to a negotiation of peace. My ministers, empowered for that purpose, have met those of the French Emperor. My wish is an honorable peace; a peace, the stipulations of which offer a prospect and the possibility of duration.
"The valor of my armies, their unshaken courage, their ardent love of their country, their desire, strongly pronounced, not to lay down their arms till an honorable peace shall have been obtained, could never allow me to agree to conditions which threatened to shake the very foundation of the monarchy and disgrace us.
"The high spirit which animates my troops, affords me the best security, that, should the enemy yet mistake our sentiments and disposition, we shall certainly obtain the reward of perseverance."
"FRANCIS." "Comorn, Aug. 16, 1809." LONDON, Sept. 24.—It will be recollected that during the stand made between the
duke of Brunswick Oels and his faithful followers in Westphalia, his highness was chiefly opposed by general Reubell, by the superiority of whose force he was at last defeated and compelled to seek refuge in this kingdom. Reubell was accused of want of energy and neglect of duty, in suffering the duke of Brunswick and his adherents to make their escape. An order was issued from Cassel to put him under arrest. This information was privately conveyed to him, and he fled to Ostend, got on board a vessel at that port, and arrived at Gravesend yesterday. His lady is with him; she is the intimate friend of Miss Patterson, to whom Jerome was married in America, and Reubell was formerly the most distinguished favorite of Jerome.
We understand that his majesty's ministers have granted permission to gen. Reubell to proceed to London.
A late French paper stated that general Reubell, after having been arrested, tried, and dismissed the Westphalian service, had been permitted to retire to America with his lady.
LONDON, Sept. 25.—The Gazette of Saturday contains a proclamation for proroguing parliament from the 28th instant to the 2nd of November next. This proclamation does not state that parliament is then to meet for the dispatch of public business; and it is, therefore, probable that a farther prorogation is contemplated. The meeting of the legislature cannot, however, be protracted much beyond that period. Nothing, we believe, is yet determined, respecting the composition of the new cabinet.
Mr. Warde and Mrs. Clarke. Mr. Warde having abandoned his prosecution for perjury against Mrs. Clarke, for the purpose of indicating her and Mr. Wright preferred at Hick's Hall before the grand jury, charges Mrs. Clarke and Daniel Wright with conspiracy in the evidence they had given in the late trial brought by Mr. Wright against the Colonel for Mrs. Clarke's turnure. The examination of colonel Warde lasted upwards of two hours. The other witnesses examined were major Dodd, Mr. Glennie, Mr. Illingworth, a wine merchant, and Mr. Curt, a coffee house keeper. The result of the examinations was, that the grand Jury found a true bill.
When the Foreman presented this bill, he was informed, that not having a quorum present, namely five Magistrates, they could not receive it.
Mr. Alley, on the part of the prosecution, observed that when the dinner hour should arrive, there would be a considerable number of the bench present, and the jury would wait. At four o'clock the Jury in a great body again came into court, and a full bench of the Magistracy appearing, the bill was received.
Mr. Alley, then submitted that the defendants should find bail for their appearance next sessions. Some reluctance was manifested, but it was finally settled that no warrant was to be executed, provided bail was put in for the Messrs. Wrights to morrow, and for Mrs. Clarke on Tuesday next.
The words "A True Bill" were endorsed upon the back of it in letters three inches long. A vast crowd of people witnessed these occurrences.
September 20.—It is confidently stated, that Government yesterday received despatches, announcing the conclusion of a treaty of peace between Russia and Sweden, one of the conditions of which is, the exclusion of British ships from the Swedish ports. This had so long been expected, that it created, yesterday, no particular sensation among our commercial men, who, as neutral flags are not subjected to the same restrictions, will still have a channel open for trade. It appears, however, by the conditions of the treaty, that Russia perseveres in her system of inconstant hostility towards this country, notwithstanding a report which had been brought by a gentleman from Gottenburgh, and which stated, that a change was likely to take place in the line of conduct of the Russian Government, by which its amicable relations with Great Britain would probably be restored.
This report was said to be founded on the return to Petersburg of M. de Novosiloff and Prince Czartorietzy, who always supported the English party, and the removal of Admiral Chichagoff from the command of the Russian fleet, which had been given to Marquis Travers. The former is represented as entirely devoted to the interests of France, and the latter to those of Russia and England.
FALMOUTH, Sept. 27.—The Prince Ernest Packet arrived on Monday from Malta, by which a Gazette, dated Messina, 20th July, is received—giving an account of the Pope being taken prisoner, by a detachment of French soldiers, on the night between the 28th and 29th of June, and carried off from his palace at Rome, to the North of Italy.
BUENOS AYRES, August 7.—The new viceroy is arrived, and Liniers has resigned his command, and has retired to Mendoz, a town 300 leagues up the country. Liniers had orders from the Supreme Junta to repair to Spain, to answer the charge brought against him by Gen. Elio, Governor of Monte Video—but he resigning his command, refused to go, alleging the unsettled state of that country as an excuse. All the Creoles are on the side of Liniers, as he disbanded the old regiments of Spain, and placed Natives in their places, which caused much jealousy among the old troops, particularly much jealousy was excited against a Lady of French extraction, who has in consequence taken her passage on board an English gun brig, the Steady, for Rio Janeiro, carrying with her her family and property. The new viceroy has been invested with most extraordinary powers; those of life and death are even deposited in his hands. The British merchants applied to know how commerce was to be conducted in future? His answer was, that he had been commanded to put a stop to all contraband trade in the River Plate, and to put an effectual stop to it, both sides of the river are doubly guarded. Trade, of course, is at a stand still; a new Governor has also arrived at Monte Video, and General Elio is named commandant of the troops at Buenos Ayres; but on account of their dislike to him, he remains at Monte Video, and the new Governor of that place comes in his stead.
LONDON, Oct. 4. By letters from the east of Europe it appears that the Russians in Moldavia & Wallachia have received considerable reinforcements, and that the army in Galicia, lately acting against the Austrians, have orders to march to those provinces.
Ministers say that the present quarter of the Revenue of Customs has been good, and
will turn out near 1,500,000. better than the corresponding quarter last year. The stamps they add are half a million better, and if they can go on without meeting Parliament till after the Queen's Birth day.
The triumphal arch, erected in the Carrousel at Paris, by order of Bonaparte, to immortalize the glory of the French armies, is finished. It faces the Thuilleries on one side, in the direction of the Vestibule, and the Louvre on the other. It is 45 feet in height, 60 in length, and 20 1-2 in thickness.
M. Degen, a watchmaker in Vienna, who invented a machine, by which a person might rise into the air, has made several public experiments, and risen to the height of 54 feet flying in various directions with the celerity of a bird. The machine is formed of two parachutes of tafetta, which may be folded up or extended at pleasure; and the person who moves them is placed in the centre.
Letters and papers from Holland to the 28th ult. arrived yesterday. It appears from the former that the embargo has been taken off all neutral vessels in the ports of France and Holland, upon the express condition, however, that none of them shall enter an English port; and that if searched by our cruisers, they shall, if afterwards captured by the French cruisers, be considered as lawful prizes to the captors.
FROM LISBON.
On Monday, the 30th ult. arrived at Lisbon the brig Comet, Captain Bartlett, from Lisbon, whence she sailed on the 24th ult. No military operations of importance had recently occurred. The subjoined note, which was written on the day the Comet sailed, will shew the positions of the armies at the latest date. Reinforcements of British troops arrived daily at Lisbon, & the spirits of those people were not abated. In Spain, there had been several small affairs, the Spaniards improving every opportunity to annoy the French. The Patriots continue their efforts to increase, discipline & provision their armies.
"LISBON, Sept. 24, 1809."
[NOTE.] "The head quarters of the British army is at Badajoz.—It is supposed, with the late reinforcements, to be 25 000 strong.—The head quarters of the Portuguese army is at Castel Branco, but the larger part of the troops are distributed in different places, many of them at a considerable distance. The French army near the Tagus, is supposed to be 60,000 strong, and occupies Placenz, Alharez, Ponte del Arco, and Toledo, under Generals Soult, Sebastiani and Victor. Ney is at Salamanca. The Spanish army occupies positions near the Sierra Morena."
By Captain Bartlett a file of Lisbon papers is received to the 23d of September. They mention nothing of importance, except the relief which has been given to Gerona. It appears from the papers, that the Spaniards have respectable bodies of troops in Leon, Galicia, Arragon and Catalonia, as well as in La Mancha and Estremadura.
"JAEEN, Sept. 3."
Our army is returning and reinforcing. The total of the army La Mancha, will amount to 46,818.
"MOLINA, Aug. 20."
A Junta has been established at Saguenza, to accelerate the patriotic insurrection, and general armament. We are frequently engaged with small French detachments.
From the Boston Centinel.
We have received by the Comet a file of Lisbon Gazettes to the 23d September. They contain many sketches, and some official accounts of war events in Spain. But we see nothing in them which looks like despatch.
A Madrassa article, (August 20th) gives an account of the entrance of Don Ibonez into Gerona, with 12 000 men, 1500 sheep, and quantities of wine, &c. sent to the relief of that heroic city. Gen. Blake, under date of September 2d, also states that the Marshal Conde had broke through the French lines, and thrown in succors of provisions, troops, &c.
A Lerida article of Aug. 20th, mentions the retreat of the French from Barbastro (in Arragon,) to Saragossa, leaving their sick and wounded behind, which fell into the hands of the Spaniards.
A Badajoz letter of the 16th Sept. gives the strength & situation of the French corps. Marshal Ney, with 14 000, was at Salamanca. Soult, with 6000 at Placenzia, Coria, &c. Mortier, with 10 000 at Talavera. Victor, with 20 000, at Toledo—and Sebastiani, with 10 000, at Fuenteabada. Total 62 000.
The same papers state, that the Spaniards had an army of 16 000 men at Astorga, behind Ney.—That the Estremadurian army (late Cuesta's) had its head quarters at Truxillo, and extended from Jaracejo, to St. Vincent. The army under Venegas continued stationed in La Carolina. He had affairs of outposts with the French corps (we believe Sebastiani's) which had pursued him; in which, as usual, the French loss is made to exceed the Spanish. A Jaen (Andalusia) article of Sept. 3d, states, that Venegas' army had been reinforced from the Estremadurian, and that its total was 46,818 men. By a Molina article it appeared that the Patriotic authorities were established, and insurrections encouraged at Siguenza, and other places back of Madrid.
These papers also contain official advices from Turkey, to the 10th May; when the Turks had gained many advantages over the Russians; particularly before Ismail.
Domestic.
FROM THE AURORA.
VILLAINS DETECTED.
The papers hired by the British government to discredit, disgrace and distract the United States; to subvert its government, and involve the United States in the vortex of crimes and extravagance, which at this moment menaces the dissolution of British power and credit throughout the world; those papers, for several months past, have labored with a more than diabolical zeal, to injure the reputation and to discredit the services of general Armstrong. The publications issued from that sewer of corruption and baseness , the New-York Evening Post , we noticed at the time, and pointed them out as proceeding from Laban Felger, Gardner, Hopkins, &c. the vilest of the human species, whose misconduct had cast a shade of obloquy over the American nation and name; and while they ministered to the evil designing views of the British government, they alienated the whole people of the United States,
with either a war against all civilized nations, or an exclusion from their commerce. We have it now in our power to lay, in the most authentic form, before the public, the proofs of turpitude of those miscreants; but while we are thus giving it publicity, we anticipate that none of the wretches who were the agents of the fraud, will now have the honesty or feel the sense of justice, to publish the confutation of their calumnies; nor even in the honest humility of integrity, to confess that they were deceived.
PARIS, Sept. 18, 1809.
SIR—On looking over the files of some American journals, (brought by the Wasp sloop of war) I find that several charges have been publicly made and circulated against the minister of the United States (gen. Armstrong,) by certain sea faring men, which being to my knowledge utterly destitute of truth, require from me some degree of notice.
1st. A person of the name of Hopkins is made to assert that, gen. Armstrong refused to give him a passport, unless he (Hopkins) should previously pay therefor, ten or twelve francs, and that the general gave in order to this effect to his secretary in the presence of Hopkins. On this subject I offer the following deposition, viz:
Having been secretary to gen. Armstrong at the time Hopkins was in Paris, and having been specially charged by him with the giving of passports, I do solemnly swear, on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God, that no such order in relation to Hopkins, or any other person, ever was given to me by the said minister; and further, that the rule prescribed by him and observed by me, in all cases, was to give passports and other official acts gratis .
DAVID BAILLE WARDEN.
Sworn and subscribed before me, Consul of the United States for the district of Antwerp, this 18th day of Sept. 1809. J. KINGWAY.
The aforesaid Hopkins is also made to declare (in the authority of capt. William Nichols) that when he (Nichols) called on the minister to inform him that capt. Waterman, whose ship had been burnt at sea, was near Paris and on his way to Arras prison, that the general refused to interfere for, or in any way to assist, the said Waterman.
Had Mr. Nichols made this assertion, there would be no difficulty in showing it to be a most wicked and impudent falsehood (as will be seen hereafter) but the original letter from Nichols written to a friend at Paris, and which I send herewith, will prove, that his name has been employed on this occasion in a way equally remote from his wishes and from the truth.
(EXTRACT.)
AMSTERDAM July 5, 1809. DEAR SIR—Yours of the 8th and 29th of June, have come to hand. I was very much surprised that Hopkins should take the liberty of making use of my name. I don't remember of having any conversation with Hopkins concerning gen. Armstrong. If I had, I am confident I said nothing disrespectful of his excellency. There is no American that has taken part in favor of the general more than I have. Hopkins I knew protested against gen. Armstrong before he left Paris—Palmer I do not know. (Signed) Wm NICHOLS.
2d. John Wyle, mate of the Tao Brothers , in a letter addressed to Messrs. Hathaway and Russel, merchants of New York, and dated the 18th April, 1809, says, that he and others having been made prisoners at Charente, were marched to Arras; and that they frequently applied to Gen. Armstrong for relief; but that he would not even answer their letters.
3d. Isaac Doolittle, mate of the Ship Neptune , of Portland, Massachusetts, and who like Wyle, had been arrested at Charente, & marched to Arras, in a letter published by Coleman, in his evening Post of August the 9th, complains in nearly the same style with Wyle, but admits that gen. Armstrong did answer his first letter.
These papers, if genuine, exhibit the very worst side of human nature—falsehood and hypocrisy; and in support of this opinion, I send you the letters enclosed and marked, No. 1, 2 and 3. No. 1 is the joint letter of Doolittle, Wyle, Taubman & Copping. No. 2, is the separate letter of Wyle, and No. 3, is the private letter of Doolittle to his father and mother—which, after using, you will be good enough to forward to New Haven. (No. 1.)
ARRAS, September 10, 1809.
General Armstrong, SIR—We received your esteemed favor of the 1st, and beg leave to communicate to you our most sincere thanks for your kind interposition in our behalf, which we cannot but hope will have the desired effect. The departure of the last detachment from this depot, is fortunately postponed until further orders, which we hope will be a sufficient length of time for your excellency's application to meet a decision.
Mr. Hamilton Smith, late mate of the American ship Nancy, who was brought here as a prisoner on the evening of the 9th ult. finding nothing but a long march and hunger before his eyes, has entered for a privateer and left this depot yesterday: whether he has been too hasty or not, your excellency will be the best judge.
According to your excellency's offer, we send the enclosed to be forwarded to America, begging you will do us the honor to believe that we feel sentiments of thankfulness which we cannot express.
(Signed) ISAAC DOOLITTLE, JOHN WYLE, JOHN TAUBMAN, THOMAS COPPING. (No. II.) [SANE DATE.]
SIR—I return you my sincere thanks for the kind attention you have paid to me & the rest of my countrymen in our great extremity—I being fully convinced that your excellency was well disposed to do what lay in your power to obtain my liberty when opportunity offered; I have communicated all this to my friends, by letters under care of Mr. and Mrs. Clubb, who left here for the U. States. They informed me that they would deliver the letters themselves, which I have no doubt but they will, therefore I think a repetition of the same grievances would be wearisome to them. Therefore, I defer writing, hoping through your excellency's solicitations, to have a personal interview with them in a short time, which will produce the long wished for moment, that is a happy sight of my friends & country, where slavery and oppression do not exist, after two years absence; the first time was spent amongst in Holland, the latter part a captive in France. (Signed) JOHN WYLE.
* This decision was favorable.

DEAR PARENTS, His excellency General Armstrong, (who has kindly offered to forward this,) has made application for our release, which I doubt not would have been granted long before this, had it not been for the convulsed state of Holland, and indeed all Europe, for a few months past; but I hope this political squall will soon blow over, and we be blest with a moderate breeze to drive us out of this country. His excellency has also offered to become responsible to the minister at war for our good conduct, in order to obtain for us some privileges, which we could not otherwise enjoy, and should we be base enough to abuse the confidence placed in us, I hope we may be branded with a name more infamous than Arnold, be punished with a confinement more rigorous than Baron Trenck, and be no longer considered as Americans. (Signed) ISAAC DOOLITTLE, Junr.
Will Mr. Coleman say, after reading these letters, that general Armstrong has treated these men with harshness, contempt, or inhumanity? The fact is just the reverse. To them in particular, he has rendered all the service in his power—having done every thing for them, but give them public money; and having even become responsible for them to the French government. And why, Mr. Coleman may ask, refuse to give them public money also? For the best reason in the world—because the laws of his country did not permit him to do so. If these men came under the legal description of distressed seamen, their wants were to be supplied by some consular agent; if they did not, the minister could not pay money, appropriated to an object other and different from that prescribed by law; and that these men did not come under this description, is as evident as noonday. This leads me to shew, what both these letter writers have omitted in the history of their wrongs, viz that they were confined not as prisoners of war, but as persons convicted of being engaged in an illicit trade. To put this matter beyond the reach of Coleman, (who is falsehood and calumny personified,) I offer the following extracts from the judicial proceedings of the council of prizes:
[EXTRACTS.]
The American ship Two Brothers, seized at Charente the 14th October, 1808, on the denunciation of two of the crew, who declared, that she had come from Yarmouth in England. Five others of the sailors afterwards confirmed this declaration.
Sentence of the council 21st June, 1809: That whereas, the capt. Gardner, and second captain, or mate, J. Wyle, have made a false declaration on entry at the Custom-house. The said captain and mate, &c. are sentenced to pay to the state, the fine of 7000 francs, and to be imprisoned till this fine is paid.
Ship Neptune, of Portland, &c. Sentence of the council:—That the captain, mate and crew, having made a false declaration, and as aforesaid, be condemned to pay to the state, a fine of 12,000 francs, and remain in prison till the fine is paid.
Conformable to the original minute. DAVID BAILIE WARDEN, Consul and agent of prize causes. Paris, 19th Sept. 1809.
I now ask any reasonable and honest man, whether gen. Armstrong would have been justified in putting his hand into the public coffers and taking therefrom to pay fines for, or to give subsistence to 30 or 40 men convicted in a court of law, in the fullest manner, of having made false declarations on entry at a national custom-house? I am aware that according to the morality of some men, custom-house oaths and declarations of all kinds, go for nothing—but I write not to satisfy such men; my appeal is made to men both honest and reasonable, and I am sure that in despite of party, all such will approve the general's conduct.
4th. The only remaining misrepresentation that I have seen is that of Laban Folger, late captain of the Acorn, published in the Evening post of July the 5th, 1809.
Before I close this paper, I shall submit the substance of a legal document which will show the degree of credit to which captain Folger is entitled—and in the mean time will state as briefly as I can, the business in which Folger was engaged, the occasion which brought him to Paris, and the conversation which really passed between him and general Armstrong.
As to his business, this was the honorable employment of running between the two shores of the B. Channel; a smuggler on the one side, and a trader under a British licence on the other. For the truth of this representation, I appeal to Mr. S. Williams, merchant of London, and formerly American consul there. This gentleman knows the fact, and has too much honor to deny it.
2d. Folger having returned to France in the spring of 1808, hired himself and vessel to carry the Spanish consul at the port of St. Maloes to the Havana with his family, (his uncle being the governor or intendant of that island.) Getting however a cargo of wheat, and wishing to prosecute his old trade, he refused to fulfil his contract with the Spaniard. After much private altercation at St. Maloes, they agreed to come to Paris and have their controversies settled by the American minister. General Armstrong, not conceiving that he had any thing to do with the business, dismissed them and it, with an advice that, "as they both appeared to have secrets, they had better settle the dispute amicably and by themselves."
This was the amount of the first conversation. The Sunday following, these men came a second time to the general's hotel, and being told by the porter, that he was walking with his family in the garden of the Luxembourg, they followed him thither, and finding him on one of the walks, began an altercation in a language and tone which soon attracted a crowd about them. This was not much to the general's taste, and to put an end to the business & to do what he thought justice at the same time, he observed to Folger, that the game he was playing, to say the least of it was very hazardous. "What!" said he "would you situate, were this man to inform against you? Besides do you make no account of your contract and of the injury you may do him by defeating or deranging his voyage? My advice to you, therefore, is, to fulfil your engagements; to be an honest man." Folger answered, that as to his contract, he did not deny it—but that he could not fulfil it; that his British licence made him good prize if he passed the channel's mouth to the westward, and that if he went beyond it, he certainly would be captured; and as to his informing against me, he said, "I hope if he does, that I have a minister here who will soon get me out of their clutches;" "in this you are wrong," the general replied, "I never will interfere for a scoundrel, who violates at once public laws and private engagements." I need not add, that the conversation ended here. Mr. Folger immediately left the general, and as appears from his own narrative, repaired to Mr. Skipwith's where he found Aaron Vail, and T. C. Barnett, who after giving him one article of their creed, and a piece of good advice with it, proceeded to illustrate both, by the following story, viz. That "an American ship commanded by Waterman, having been burnt at sea, the captain and crew passed near Paris, on their way to Verdun or Arras, and that general Armstrong had refused to afford them any assistance." Now whether it be true or false, that Messrs. Vail and Barnett told captain Folger this falsehood, it is necessary that it be refuted; and for this purpose I offer to you the deposition of Mr. Deville, a clerk in general Armstrong's office, who was sent by him to see capt. Waterman, and to give him 300 livres (tournois) or 12 louis and a half, which captain Waterman received as he ought, with many expressions of gratitude.
DEPOSITION. I do swear on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God, that some time in the summer of the year 1808, general Armstrong being informed that Captain Waterman, whose ship had been burnt at sea, was at St. Denis on his way to Arras, and in want of money to render his journey comfortable, sent me thither with the sum of 300 livres (tournois) and directions to pay the same to capt. Waterman; that I accordingly did so at the prison of St. Denis, and found capt. Waterman and paid to him the aforesaid money, taking from him a receipt for the same—and further that the said Waterman expressed much gratitude to general Armstrong for this reasonable and humane supply. DEVILLE. Swore and subscribed before me. DAVID BAILIE WARDEN. Consul, &c. &c.
After having shown how far Mr. Folger has departed from the truth in that part of his narrative which relates to Gen. Armstrong, it is almost unnecessary to say any thing of the other parts of it, were it not to prevent some honest people of the United States from putting any confidence in this man's declarations hereafter, and for this purpose I send an authenticated copy of the facts, as they appeared in evidence before the council of prizes, to be used by you as you think proper, and from which I make the following extract. Laban Folger made a voyage to Petersburg in the service of a French merchant at Cherbourg, of the name of Liais, and so much to his satisfaction, that he engaged him in another enterprise to the north. This was to carry to Bergen (in Norway,) a cargo of provisions, and exchange them against one of planks, iron, &c. Folger sailed accordingly on the 3d of December, 1807, from the port of Cherbourg, but instead of going to Bergen, in Norway, agreeably to his charter party, he went into the English island of Guernsey, where he sold his cargo. On the 15th of March, 1808, Folger entered the port of St. Maloes, and declared at the custom-house, that he had gone to Bergen in Norway, in December, 1807, with a cargo of leather, wine, &c. that he had made his voyage in six days, and that his return voyage had been performed in the same time, and from the same place, &c. &c. Nothing appearing irregular about the Acorn, she was permitted to load again. While Folger was thus deceiving the custom-house, he had a similar game to play with his employer Mr. Liais. The account he gave of himself to Liais, was, that his crew had risen upon him in the channel, and had forced him out of his intended voyage, but that after many shifts, &c. he had placed Liais' interest in the hands of Mr. Samuel Williams of London, and would draw bills on him for the amount. He accordingly drew bills on Mr. Williams, but the bills being returned protested, & Liais being determined to push him for the amount, Mr. Folger took flight, not from the French custom-house, not from the French police, as he has falsely asserted, but from his lawful and acknowledged creditor.
It was only now, that a suspicion of the truth of Folger's declaration, on entry at the custom-house, in March, 1808, commenced. The prefect of the department, becoming the correspondent of Mr. Liais, got from him the above mentioned facts. The ship was now seized, and the papers, &c. sent to the council of prizes. Among these, was a letter from Samuel Williams, ci-devant consul of the United States at London, dated from Boston, the 14th May, 1808, and addressed to Mr. Laban Folger, which, as the false date was established, became proof, with other papers, that the former cargo of the Acorn was sold at Guernsey. The council, therefore, proceeded to judgment, and sentenced Laban Folger to a fine of 8,500 francs for a false declaration, and the four sailors who had joined him in making this declaration, to a fine of 500 francs each. This judgment was given on the 23d Aug. 1809.
I close this detail, by offering to you the assurance of my respect. DAVID BAILIE WARDEN. Editor of the Aurora, Philadelphia.
The process verbal, on Folger's case, is in possession, and shall be published if necessary.
NEW YORK, Nov. 4.—Captain Hillard, from Havanna, informs the editors of this Gazette, that many vessels had arrived from the United States, after the shutting of the port, and had petitioned the governor for permission to enter—and it was generally supposed, that as soon as several Spanish ships of the line lay there waiting for a wind, had sailed, the port would be again opened for the admission of lumber—but that the trade allowed to Americans would be limited.
We learn from captain Colfax, from the same port, that the governor had dispatched a vessel to the Junta of Seville, with a representation of the dangerous consequences of shutting the port against the Americans, if the measure was irrevocable; and hopes were entertained, that on the return of the despatch vessel, the ports would be again opened.
There were at Havanna two British frigates and two Spanish 74's from La Vera Cruz, laden with 14,000,000 dollars and indigo, to sail for Spain the first fair wind.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 4.—The Spanish government schooner Junta of Seville arrived at this port yesterday, with money and despatches for the Spanish minister chevalier Onis.
She sailed in company with the St. Ramon, and St. Leandro, of 68 guns each carrying 14,000,000 of dollars in specie, for the government, and loaded with cochineal and indigo, on public and private account.—They conveyed the schooner to the American coast, and thence proceeded on their voyage to Cadiz.
Mr. Jackson left Georgetown on Saturday last, on a visit to the northward. It appears that the negotiations between him and our government are suspended for the present.
THE LATE DESPATCHES. ALEXANDRIA, Nov. 7.
We are informed that our government has received despatches from Mr. Pinkney, dated the 5th October, and from Armstrong as late as the 20th of September. By the letters from Mr. Pinkney it appears that he expects no alteration in the measures of Britain towards this country will be brought about by the late change of the British ministry. Indeed there only seems to be a change of men; those who have been brought in being of the same politics of those who have gone out.—Mr. Armstrong's despatches appear to hold out no prospect of a favorable adjustment of our differences with France.—On the whole we think Mr. Madison will have nothing to lay before Congress which can cheer the gloomy prospects now before our merchants. Unless, indeed, the proposition from Mr. Jackson are such as can be conceded to on the part of our government. What Mr. Jackson's offers are, we know not, but let them be what they may, we are satisfied that nothing more will be done about them until after the meeting of Congress.—Dai. Adv.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5.—Lieut. Haswell, the bearer of despatches from France, arrived in this city on Friday. We do not learn, that the information brought by him indicates any material alteration in the relations between this country and France.—Nat. Int.
The U. S. have, at this time, in commission the following vessels of War: FRIGATES.—Constitution, Commodore Rogers; President, Captain Bainbridge; United States, Captain Decatur; Essex, Capt. Smith.
Sloops John Adams, Capt. Evans. BRIGS.—Siren, Captain Gordon; Argus, Lieutenant Jones; Hornet, Lt. Hunt; ship Wasp, Lt. Laurence; brig Vixen, Lt. Ludlow; schooner Enterprize, Lt. Tripple; brig Nautilus, Lt. Sinclair; and Cutter Ferret, Lt. Gadsden. About 20 gun boats and bombs at New Orleans.
We understand that all the vessels of war above stated (excepting the Wasp & the Enterprize, which are on foreign service) are under sailing orders to stretch along our coast, and examine its various ports & harbours. Thus an opportunity is afforded of acquiring a branch of professional knowledge which in time of war may be of inculcable benefit—while at the same time the commanders will be training their young Officers, disciplining their crews, and preparing them for the most active service. On the 26th ult the Constitution, Commodore Rogers, arrived at Hampton, in 45 hours from Sandy Hook.
Same day, the President, Captain Bainbridge, and Vixen, Lt. Ludlow, sailed from New York Eastward, to examine the different ports and harbours along the coast of Nantucket and Rhode Island. Same day, the ship John Adams, Capt. Evans, arrived at Hampton in 22 hours from Baltimore. This vessel was, before she was repaired, considered as a bad sailer. She is now a very fast sailer, as are all our other vessels above stated.—Nat. Int.
The Enquirer. RICHMOND, NOVEMBER 10, 1809.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE ENQUIRER. BANKS OF THE MOBILE, Oct. 14. Sir,—A petition was presented to Congress at their last session by the people residing on the Tombigby and Alabama rivers, the two great branches of the Mobile, for the purpose of obtaining the establishment of a separate territorial government on the eastern side of the Mississippi Territory. The policy of giving every reasonable encouragement to the population of a country lying midway between the settlements in Georgia and those on the Mississippi is so obvious, that it is confidently believed, that you will not deem it improper to devote a column of your paper to some remarks on the objections, which seemed to stand in the way of a compliance with the prayer of the petition. For surely it cannot be regarded as an act of national wisdom to foster settlements on the Mississippi, whilst a wilderness of 700 miles between the Mississippi and the old States is left unoccupied.
It is leaving both the old and the new settlements extremely vulnerable to the Indians who occupy the intermediate territory, and it is keeping out of the way of those numerous tribes that stimulate to adopt the habits of civilized life, which the example and the pressure of a respectable white population in their neighborhood always furnish with greater efficacy than the most earnest reclamation. The United States hold land enough on the middle ground to support such a population; and if the country were rendered an object of attention by the establishment of a local government, there can be no doubt but that the ancient settlements on the Tombigby and Alabama would soon become sufficiently strong to ensure a peaceful peace between the United States, and all the Indian tribes east of the Mississippi. At present those settlements are just large enough, by their prosperity to tempt the avarice, or by their blood to whet the fury, of any Indian tribe that might harbor hostile sentiments towards the U. States; and as it is always found necessary to station a company of troops in those settlements—it costs the United States at least 10,000 dollars a year to defend them.
The objections made in Congress to the establishment of a separate territorial government on the eastern side of the Mississippi Territory, were, that many of the petitioners are illegal settlers—that they were concerned in the Yazoo speculation, and that congress could not divide the territory without the consent of the Mississippi Legislature and of the State of Georgia.
1. As to the legality of the population on the Mobile and its waters. It ought to be remembered that a considerable part of that population is more ancient than that of some of the United States, and that their titles to land depend on the general laws of Congress.
There are many, it is true, who have lately emigrated to the country and who, from the impossibility of settling themselves in any other way, are now occupying the public lands of the United States. But they have candidly stated their situation to congress—they have pointedly disclaimed all pretensions of right to the land—they have declared that they came to the country ignorant
of the laws prohibiting such settlements—that they were too poor to proceed any further—too proud to accept lands from the Spanish monarchy in Florida—and that they rely for indulgence and relief on the benevolence of the American nation. And would it not be a strange selection, that their names should be counted by and, when the Mississippi Territory claims of Congress to be admitted into the union as an independent state; and that they should be deemed as nothing or worse than nothing when they pray for the establishment of a local government under the especial guardianship and control of the U. States?
2. It has been suggested that some of the petitioners were concerned in the famous Yazoo speculation. This is from a very general knowledge of the petitioners, believed to be entirely a mistaken idea. Their own conduct in disclaiming all title to the public lands, and in petitioning for pre-emption, fully proves that they are not men of that description. The greater part of the new settlers, indeed, are poor men who labor for their livelihood, and probably know nothing about Yazoo dreams. Indeed the only person in the Tombigby settlement, whom the writer of this ever understood was concerned in forcing settlements under Georgia sales, or in any way participating in the Yazoo iniquity, is violently opposed to the separation of the Mobile country from the Mississippi Territory. On the 4th of July last, before the observations, which had been made in Congress, could have been known, there was a numerous meeting of persons, settlers on the United States' lands, in the fork of the Tombigby and Alabama, and the toasts which were drunk on that occasion, evince a spirit of patriotism and respect for the laws. One of their toasts was, "John Randolph of Virginia—the great Patriot." A gentleman who is far from being a favorite with Yazoo men, but whose indignation at the oppressions suffered by the settlers on the Tombigby, from the Spanish government, has endeared him to a people, whose situation naturally calls their attention more to local grievances than to general politics. It is true that it has been generally asserted, and probably on good grounds, that several persons concerned in the Yazoo speculation, have lately established themselves in the big bend of the Tennessee, the northern part of the proposed new territory; but as they have never been consulted with respect to the petition, it is not known whether they are friendly to it or otherwise. What they remain under a territorial government, they can never effectually counteract the will of the people of the United States. But as soon as the Mississippi Territory becomes an independent state, they will, if they make a part of it, possess a consequence and a weight which they never yet enjoyed. If their vanity should prompt them again to attempt to move the world, the state legislature will be the ground on which they will stand. And surely so far from making the fear of Yazooism, the reason for rejecting a petition for a new territorial district; it affords the most substantial motives for retaining the country, in which the Yazoo men have established themselves, under the especial guardianship of the U. States; for whatever imperfections may attend our territorial forms of government, they possess at least the advantage of protecting the general interests of the nation, against the inroads of local calumnies.
3. It was said in Congress, that the consent of the state of Georgia, and of the legislature of the Mississippi Territory is necessary to a division of that territory.
But what are the words of the articles of agreement and cession, on which this doctrine is founded? They are as follows:
"The territory thus ceded, shall form a state, and be admitted as such into the Union, as soon as it shall contain 60,000 free inhabitants. If a state be formed, whenever there are 60,000 free inhabitants within the ceded limits; surely the object and intention of this provision is complied with. If it had been the object of the commissioners not merely to provide for the erection of a state, but to prevent more than one state from being established; surely words might have been found to express this intention. But what reason could the state of Georgia have for making such a regulation? It is improbable that she should wish thus to limit the weight and influence of the southern country in the American confederacy; and it is still more improbable that the commissioners of the United States should deem themselves at liberty to acquiesce in such a proposition, if it had been made, when the very law under which they acted, expressly provided, "that the Mississippi territory might, at the discretion of congress, be divided into two districts, with separate territorial governments in each." Indeed the very section itself, on which this objection is founded, adopts the ordinance for the government of the North Western territory, which contains a provision for the establishment of two or more states. As to the talk about the necessity of the consent of the territorial legislature, it deserves no notice, until it be shewn on what principles it is founded.
It is indeed a truly curious doctrine, that a body of men, formed for mere local legislation, under the authority of an act of congress, should have the power of controlling the great council of the nation in its arrangements for the good government and happiness of persons settling on lands, the general property of the people of the U. States.
The present prospect of affairs with Britain, & the prospect of a happy accommodation with France, whose interests as to maritime affairs are the same as ours—creates a rational expectation, that ere long, the United States will become possessor of Florida.
That country is too poor in territory, in soil, and in population, to be fit for a separate government. That part of it which lies west of Pearl river, will naturally fall to a state or territory on the Mississippi; whilst that part which lies between Pearl river and the Appalachicola, will still more naturally become united with the proposed territory of Mobile. But should the whole of the present territory between Georgia and the Mississippi, be erected into a state, it will be too unwieldy to admit of any accession of territory. Florida can never become a state of itself, and there will be then no other state or territory to which it can be conveniently united.
MOBILIENSIS.
ON Tuesday last, the Corner Stone of the RICHMOND ACADEMY was laid in the presence of a number of SPECTATORS. The Procession marched from the Capitol in the following order:—The Rifle Band of Music; the Society of Free Masons, with the Stone and the emblems of their Craft; the Governor and Council of State; the Mayor and Corporate body of the City; Messrs. Geraudin, Wood and Doyle, at the head of their numerous Pupils; and Citizens.—When they arrived at the foundations of the building, the Corner Stone was laid at the East Angle by the Society of Free Masons, and the Inscription on the Plate and a Masonic Prayer to the Fountain of Grace were read by the Governor, amidst sympathizing wishes for the prosperity of the rising Institution.
A small silver plate was imbedded in the Corner Stone, with the following Inscription upon it:
DEDICATED To the Education of Youth and to the diffusion of useful knowledge, as the sure basis of perpetuating the FREE GOVERNMENT At present enjoyed by this happy Country. THIS CORNER STONE Was laid on the 7th November, A. D. 1809, during the administration of
JOHN TYLER, Governor of the Commonwealth, who personally attended with
THE COUNCIL OF STATE; The Mayor and Corporate body of Richmond, The Society of Free Masons and A number of Citizens.
THE INSTITUTION Governed by twenty four GOVERNORS.
The funds of this Institution are drawn from the proceeds of a lottery and from voluntary contributions. It is to be hoped, that the patriotism and generosity of our Fellow Citizens will readily supply whatever funds may be eventually wanting for its establishment. Long may it prosper! Long may it bloom for the honor of the City! Richmond be its fruits! And numerous may be the similar Institutions, which may take root in our State! For education is one of the surest props of our liberty—the warmest friend and the most finished ornament of civilized life!
Congress meets on the 4th Monday, being the 27th. It is presumed, that the Communications respecting our relations with France and G. Britain, will be uncommonly interesting.
Richmond Theatre.
MR. CAULFIELD'S BENEFIT.
On Friday Evening, November 10, 1809, will be presented, Shakespeare's Tragedy, of MACBETH.
[With the original Music by Matthew Locke.] The Vocal parts, by Mrs. Green, Mrs. Clark, Mrs. Bray, and Messrs. Fox, Caulfield, Bray, Spear, Ringwood, Utt, Sully, &c. &c.
After the Tragedy, will be performed, by children only, a Ballet, called
THE HUNTERS, AND THE MILK MAID.
In the course of the Ballet, will be introduced, the celebrated
GAVOTTE DE VESTRIS; By Miss C. PLACIDE and Miss S. SULLY. Comic Song. THE COSMETIC DOCTOR, Mr. SULLY.
TO WHICH WILL BE ADDED, THE MUCH ADMIRING MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT, of
The Spoil'd Child.
Tickets to be had at the office of the Virginia Gazette, at the Office of the Theatre, and at Mr. Prichard's and Mr. Adams's Book Stores.
MR. & MISS SULLY, Respectfully inform the Public, that their BENEFIT will take place on Monday Evening next. November 10, 1809
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 10. w4w7
A YOUNG GENTLEMAN, who has made some progress in the study of Medicine & Physical Science, or a Physician, (a bachelor) who may incline to change the scene of his practice, may become interested in a very advantageous establishment to be made, in the ensuing winter, to the southward, the nature and scope of which will be explained in personal interview, by leaving his address at the Office of the Enquirer, between this and the 15th inst. November 10. 24
WHOLESALE & RETAIL CHEAP SHOE-STORE.—The subscriber has this day opened a Store, next door to the Rising-Sun Tavern, where he offers for sale, two thousand pair of SHOES, consisting of Ladies Morocco Shoes of every color, Kid, Fancy and Figured Lamb-Skin, do. Gentlemen's wear, calf and seal skin fine Shoes, morocco and leather Pumps, right and left's, French edge, of a superior quality; children's Shoes of different kinds and colours; coarse men's and women's Shoes; one trunk of excellent Boot Legs; yellow, green and black roan Morocco Skins; 500 lbs. fresh Clover Seed; 100 bushels Irish Potatoes, one barrel Onions. N. B. Boots and Shoes made at the shortest notice, and in the most fashionable style. All orders from the country gratefully received and punctually attended to by Wm. H. HUBBARD. A constant supply of Shoes and Leather from New York. November 10. w3t
MR. BURNLEY, has just returned from New-York and Philadelphia, with a handsome assortment of MILINARY, of the latest importations. She intends carrying on the Milinary and Mantua-making business, in the house lately occupied by Mr. Chambers, and next door below Mr. Neilson's Store. All Orders from the country, will meet with particular attention. November 10. 24
N. B. A few Young Ladies acquainted with either of the above lines of business, will meet with encouragement by applying as above.
NOTICE.—A PETITION will be presented to the next General Assembly of Virginia, praying the sale of a Lot and Houses, on Shockoe-Hill, in the city of Richmond, late the property of Win. Giles, dec'd. November 10. 1f
By order of the Executive, for the benefit of the Commonwealth of Virginia, will positively be sold, at public Auction, by the subscribers, at their Vendue Office, on Monday next, the 13th inst. at 12 o'clock, without reserve, on a credit of 12 months for all sums above 50 dollars, for approved endorsers, negotiable notes at the Bank of Virginia. All sums under fifty dollars each will be required. 155 ROSE BLANKETS. 302 STRIPED Do. PROSSER & MONGURE, Auc'trs. November 10. 1t
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 interest therein 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 30th 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. 22

OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
[FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE.]
DOWNING-STREET, Sept. 7, 1809. Despatches, of which the following are copies and extracts, were this day received at the office of the Viscount Castlereagh, one of his majesty's principal Secretaries of State, from Lieutenant General Viscount Wellington, K. B.
TRUXILLO, August 20, 1809.
MY LORD, I wrote some days ago a letter to the Commander in Chief, which I sent to him by Lieutenant Colonel Walters, to request his care & attention of the wounded officers and soldiers of the British army; who had fallen into his hands, in return for the care and attention I had paid to the French officers and soldiers who had fallen into my hands at different times; and that he would allow money to be sent to the officers; & that officers, who should not be deemed prisoners of war, might be sent to superintend and take care of the soldiers, till they should recover from their wounds, when the officers should be sent to join the British army.
I received a very civil answer from Marshal Mortier, promising that every care should be taken, and every attention paid to the British officers and soldiers who were wounded; but stating, that he could not answer upon the other demands contained in my letter, having been obliged to refer them to the Commander in Chief.
Since the receipt of this letter, Mr. Dillon, the Assistant Commissary, has arrived from Talavera, having been taken prisoner near Cevolla on the twenty-seventh of July, previous to the action, and having been allowed to come away.
He reports that the British officers and soldiers, who are wounded, are being remarkably well; and are well fed and taken care of; indeed he says, preferably to the French troops.
I propose to send col. Walters with another flag of truce, to-morrow morning, and a letter to the Commander in Chief of the French army, requesting that a sum of money, which I shall send may be given to the officers; and I shall endeavor to establish a cartel of exchange, as soon as possible.
I have the honor to be, &c. ARTHUR WELLESLEY. Lord VISCOUNT CASTLEREAGH, &c. &c. &c.
TRUXILLO, Aug. 21, 1809.
MY LORD, When I marched from Talavera, on the 3d instant, with a view to oppose the French corps which we had heard had passed through the Puerto de Banos, and had arrived at Placentia, Sir Robert Wilson was detached, upon the left of the army, towards Escalona; and before I marched on that morning, I put him in communication with General Cuesta, who it had been settled was to remain at Talavera. I understood that Gen. Cuesta put Sir Robert in communication with his advanced guard, which retired from Talavera on the night of the 4th.
Sir Robert Wilson, however, did not arrive at Valadida till the night of the 4th, having made a long march through the mountains; and as he was then six leagues from the bridge of Arzo Bispo, and had to cross the high road from Oropesa to Talavera, of which the enemy was in possession, he conceived that he was too late to retire to Arzo Bispo, and he determined to move by Venta St. Julian and Centinello towards the Tiesera and across the river towards the mountains which separate Castile from Estremadura.
Some of Sir Robert Wilson's despatches having missed me, I am not aware by which of the passes he went through the mountains, but I believe by Tornavacas. He arrived, however, at Banos on the 11th, & on the 12th was attacked & defeated by the French corps of Marshal Ney, which, with that of Soult, returned to Placentia on the 9th, 10th & 11th, that of Ney having since gone towards Salamanca.
I enclose Sir Robert Wilson's account of the action. He has been very active, intelligent, and useful in the command of the Portuguese and Spanish corps with which he was detached from this army.
Before the battle of the 28th of July, he had pushed his parties almost to the gates of Madrid, with which city he was in communication; and he would have been in Madrid, if I had not thought it proper to call him in, in expectation of that general action, which took place on the 28th of July. He afterwards alarmed the enemy on the right of his army; and throughout the service, shewed himself to be an active and intelligent partizan, well acquainted with the country in which he was acting, and possessing the confidence of the troops which he commanded.
Being persuaded that his retreat was not open by Arzo Bispo, he acted right in taking the road he did, with which he was well acquainted; and although unsuccessful in the action which he fought, (which may well be accounted for, by the superior numbers and description of the enemy's troops,) the action, in my opinion, does him great credit.
I have the honor to be, &c. (Signed) ARTHUR WELLESLEY. MIRANDA DE CASTENAR, August 13, 1809.
SIR, I have the honor to acquaint you, that I was on march yesterday morning on the road of Gredos from Aldea Neva, to restore my communication with the allied army, when a peasant assured us, that a considerable quantity of dust, which we perceived in the road of Placentia, proceeded from the march of a body of the enemy.
I immediately returned, and took post in front of Banos, with my pickets in advance of Aldea Neva, selecting such points for defence as the exigency of the time permitted.
The enemy's cavalry advanced on the high road, and drove back my small cavalry posts; but a picket of Spanish infantry, which I had concealed, poured on the cavalry a steady and well directed fire, that killed and wounded many of them.
The two hundred Spanish infantry in advance of Aldea Neva, continued under the direction of col. Grant and their officers, to maintain their ground and most gallantly, until the enemy's cavalry and chasuers a cleva, in considerable bodies, appeared on both flanks, when they were obliged to retreat.
The enemy's chasuers a cheual and cavalry advanced in great numbers in every direction, and pushed to cut off the legion posted between Aldea Neva and Banos; but by the steady conduct of officers and men, the enemy could only advance gradually, and with a very severe loss, from the commanding fire thrown on them.
The Merida battalion, however, having given way on the right, a road was laid open, which cut behind our position, and I was obliged to order a retreat on the heights above Banos; when I was again necessitated to detach a corps, in order to secure the road of Monte Major, by which I saw the enemy directing a column, & which road turned altogether the Puerto de Banos, a league in our rear.
At this time, Don Carlos Marquis de Estrañgue came up with his battalion of light infantry, and in the most gallant manner, took post along the heights commanding the road of Banos, which enabled me to send some of the Merida battalion on the mountain on our left, commanding the main road, and which the enemy had tried to ascend.
The battalion of light infantry, and the detachment of the legion on its right, continued, notwithstanding the enemy's fire of artillery & musketry, to maintain their ground; but at six o'clock in the evening, three columns of the enemy mounted the height on our left, gained it, and
poured such a fire on the troops below, that longer defence was impracticable, and the whole was obliged to retire on the mountain on our left — leaving open the main road, along which a considerable column of cavalry immediately poured.
The battalion of Seville had been left at Bejar, with orders to follow me next day, but when I was obliged to return, and the action commenced, I ordered it to Puerto Banos, to watch the Monte Major road, and the heights in the rear of our left.
When the enemy's cavalry came near, an officer and some dragoons called out to the commanding officer to surrender, but a volley killed him and his party, and then the battalion proceeded to mount the heights, in which movement it was attacked and surrounded by a column of cavalry and a column of infantry, but cut its way and cleared itself, killing a great many of the enemy, especially of his cavalry.
The enemy is now passing to Salamanca with great expedition; I lament that I could no longer arrest his progress; but, when the enormous superiority of the enemy's force is considered, & that we had no artillery, and that the Puerto de Banos, on the Estremadurian side, is not a pass of such strength as on the side of Castile, especially without guns, I hope that a resistance for nine hours, which must have cost the enemy a great many men, will not be deemed inadequate to our means.
I have to acknowledge the services rendered me on this occasion by col. Grant, Major Reiman, Don Fermen Marquis, Adjutant Major of the dragoons; to Pavia, capt. Charles and Mr. Bolman; and to express the greatest approbation of two companies of the Merida battalions, advanced in front, and of the commanding officer and soldiery of the battalions of Seville, and the Portuguese brigade. I have already noticed the distinguished conduct of Don Carlos, & his battalion merits the highest encomiums.
I have not been able to collect the returns of our loss. From the nature of mountain warfare, many men are missing, who cannot join for a day or two, but I believe the enemy will only have to boast that he has achieved his passage, and his killed and wounded will be a great diminution of his history.
I have the honor to be, &c. ROBERT WILSON. Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY, &c. &c. &c.
TRUXILLO, Aug. 21, 1809.
Gen. Cuesta moved his head-quarters from the neighborhood of the bridge Arzo Bispo on the night of the 7th inst. to Peraleda de Garbin, leaving an advanced guard, consisting of two divisions of infantry, and the Duke D'Albuquerque's division of cavalry, for the defence of the Tagus at this point.
The French cavalry passed the Tagus at a ford immediately above the bridge at half past one in the afternoon of the 8th, and surprised this advanced guard, which retired, leaving behind them all their cannon, as well as those in the batteries constructed for the defence of the bridge.
The general then moved his head-quarters to Mesa d'Ibor, on the evening of the 8th, having command of the army on the 12th, (on account of the bad state of his health,) which has devolved upon General Equia. The head-quarters of the Spanish army are now at Deleytosa.
It appears, that a detachment of Vanegas's army had some success against the enemy, in an attack made upon it in the neighborhood of Aranjuez on the 5th instant. General Vanegas was towards Ocaña, and he had determined to retire towards the Sierra Morena; and, after the 5th, he had moved in that direction. He returned, however, towards Toledo, with an intention of attacking the enemy on the 12th; but, on the 11th, the enemy attacked him, with Sebastiani's corps and two divisions of Victor's, in the neighborhood of Almoradi. The action appears to have lasted some hours; but the French having at last gained an advantage on General Vanegas's left, he was obliged to retire; and was about to resume his position in the Sierra Morena.
On the 9th, 10th, & 11th, large detachments of the French troops, which had come from Placentia, returned to that quarter; and, on the 12th, they attacked and defeated Sir Robert Wilson in the Puerto de Banos, on their return to Salamanca.
It appears now, that the French force in this part of Spain is distributed as follows: Marshal Victor's corps is divided between Talavera and La Mancha; Sebastiani's is in La Mancha; and Marshal Mortier's at Oropesa, Arzobispo, and Navalmorral; Marshal Soult's at Placentia; and Marshal Ney's at Salamanca.
Distress for want of provisions, and its effects, have at last obliged me to move towards the frontiers of Portugal, in order to refresh my troops. In my former despatches, I have informed your Lordship of our distress for the want of provisions and means of transport. Those wants, which were the first cause of the loss of many advantages, after the 22d of July, which were made known to the Govt. and were actually known to them on the 20th of last month, still exist in an aggravated degree; and, under these circumstances, I determined to break up, on the 20th from Jaracejo, where I had had my head-quarters since the 11th, with the advanced posts on the Tagus, near the bridge of Almaraz, and to fall back upon the frontier of Portugal; where I hope I shall be supplied with every thing I want.
LONDON, Sept. 23.
THEATRICAL HUBBUB. Or JOHN BULL versus JOHN KEMBLE.
Our readers are aware that there have been for many years past, only two regular winter theatres in London: those of Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden. Both these theatres were lately burnt down; and while the embarrassments in which the various proprietors of the former were involved, leaves their theatre, like their finances, in a confused heap of ruins, Covent-Garden theatre has been rebuilt in about nine months, and opened on the 18th inst.; when in the true spirit of monopoly, the prices of admittance were raised. This it seems, John Bull was determined to resist, and a systematic opposition has been accordingly made, every night since the opening of the theatre by a sort of peaceful rioting, which, it is conceived, does not warrant the interference of the police. It consists of a confused din of every species of noise—hissing, hooting, whistling, bugle-horns, cat-calls, hangarings, and shrieking, which nightly overpowers the dialogue and songs of the actors and reduces them to mimes. Great numbers of persons have been nightly sent into the house by orders, to form a party in favor of the managers, but the greater part of these have joined the people, who seem resolved in spite of constables & Bow-street officers, to be as noisy at least in the theatre. The noise has been diversified by innumerable boxing matches, in pit, boxes, and galleries, and many champions from each have been taken into custody. The crowd insist and persist still—not only as to the reduction of the prices; but they do not like the arrangement of private boxes, and the suspected intention of rearing upon the drama by the introduction of Italian singing with Madame Catalani. Among the labels and placards scattered about the house, the London papers give us the following:
"Britons! be firm, and conquer." "No Managers' riotous ruffians!" "The voice of the public is the voice of justice." "Steady, boys!—Steady!" "Make no noise—John's head aitches!" "No Catalani!—Dickson for ever!" "Harris will—but Kemble won't." "Dobez, be firm!"
The battle of light infantry, and the detachment of the legion on its right, continued, notwithstanding the enemy's fire of artillery & musketry, to maintain their ground; but at six o'clock in the evening, three columns of the enemy mounted the height on our left, gained it, and
"Kemble, remember the Dublin Tinker!" "John Kemble vs. John Bull!" "No advance—no private (alias annual) boxes!" "No Bow-street officers!—Persevere & succeed!" "No Stage Trick!" "Old play—or no play." "A little common sense, Mr. Kemble—no advance."
A representation of Kemble suspended from a gallows—motto, "A cure for my aitches." Mr. Kemble has frequently addressed the house, proposing a frequency of the contested points, but the audience seem determined upon the reduction of the prices; and if they persevere, they must ultimately succeed. Among the jeux d'esprit which this contest has given birth to, is the following:
This is the house that Jack built. These are the boxes, let to the great that visit the house that Jack built. This is the Cat—engaged to squall to the poor in the pigeon holes over the boxes let to the great that visit the house that Jack built. This is John Bull with a bugle-horn, that has sed the Cat—engaged to squall to the poor in the pigeon holes over the boxes let to the great that visit the house that Jack built. This is the Thief-taker, shaven and shorn, That took up John Bull with his bugle-horn, Who hissed the Cat—engaged to squall to the poor in the pigeon holes over the boxes let to the great that visit the house that Jack built. This is the Manager full of scorn! Who raised the prices to the people for lorn, And directed the Thief-taker, shaven and shorn.
To take up John Bull with his bugle-horn, Who hissed the Cat—engaged to squall to the poor in the pigeon holes over the boxes let to the great that visit the house that Jack built. The contest, which had been continued mightily, far from being subdued, seems to have acquired additional strength and consistence on Saturday, when the curtain rose amidst a full chorus of cat calls, rattles, trumpets, whistles, &c. Among the many placards displayed were—"British merit forever, and no Catalani!"—Another displayed a coffin with the epitaph,
"Here lies the body of New Price, an ugly child and base born, who died of the whooping cough."
"John Bull, John Bull, be merry, bold and resolute, Fear not to shew disapprobation, But fiercely keep your noisy station, For none of Kemble born Can call a British nation." "John Kemble alone is the cause of this riot;" "When he lowers his prices, John Bull will be quiet."
At length, after a hubbub of some hours, Mr. Kemble proposed from the stage, that the points in dispute should be investigated by a committee of disinterested persons, and till their decision be known, the house should be shut up; and in the mean time he assured the audience that Madame Catalani's engagement at that house was at an end—This declaration and arrangement was received with the shouts of victory, and here the business rests.
FOR SALE—One thousand acres Land lying in the lower end Buckingham county, on both sides of Buffalo creek, and on the road leading from Ca-Ira to New-Canton within half a mile of navigation, on Willie's river, and about two from Ca-Ira. This tract is esteemed remarkably fertile, and has a plantation cleared on it sufficient to work ten or twelve hands to advantage, and a good proportion of rich tobacco Land to clear. The improvements are only sufficient for the accommodation of an overseer and negroes, with a barn, and apple orchard. This estate, from its great fertility, vicinity to market, and situation in a polite and agreeable neighborhood, is well worthy the attention of any gentleman who may wish to remove from the lower country to a more healthy situation. For terms apply to Mr. Linceus Bolling, of the aforesaid county, who is fully authorised, by the subscriber, to treat with any person wishing to purchase. SUSANNA WILCOX. Chellow, November 3. w6w
N. B. The above Tract of Land will be sold either altogether or divided, as may best suit purchasers.
FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD. RAN-AWAY, from the Subscriber, in the city of Richmond, on the 20th of October last, a Negro Man named BILLY, supposed to be about five feet nine or ten inches high; stout, well made, a little bow-legged, has a full face; about twenty years of age; was purchased of Cyrus Carter of Northumberland County; was raised in Lincustia County, on the Currioman plantation by Mr. Carter; he is called by the negroes of that place, waitingman Billy; he is well acquainted at Shirley, on James River, where it is likely he is lurking at this time. I will give the above reward if secured in jail in the City of Richmond, or sixty dollars if secured in any jail in the state of Virginia, and information given to Joseph Carter, of Richmond, or John Winn, of Charlottesville. THOS. WINN, Sr. w6m
THE Subscriber intends to remove from Rumford Academy at the close of the present term, and settle in Richmond. He has taken a part of the new building adjoining the Custom-House, where he proposes to educate boys and young men not exceeding twenty-five or thirty in the following branches of learning—viz. Reading, Writing, Grammar, Arithmetic, Geography, Natural and Civil History, Natural and Moral Philosophy, Belles Lettres, Logic, Mathematics, Composition, and the French Language. Fees for tuition during the term 40 Dollars each, to be paid quarterly in advance. The term will commence on the 1st of January, and continue till the ensuing Christmas, being subject to customary vacations. CHILES TERRELL. October 27. w3w
MANCHESTER ACADEMY
WILL be opened on Monday the 30th instant. The branches of education in which instruction will be given, are the following: English Grammar, Elocution, Elements of English Composition and Arithmetic, Ancient & Modern Geography with the use of the Globes. Latin and Greek Languages. Rhetoric, Elements of Logic, of Moral Philosophy, of Modern and Ancient History. Geometry, Trigonometry, Algebra, Elements of Surveying and Navigation. A circular letter will shortly be published, stating the mode of tuition and discipline, which will be followed. It is only necessary to observe at present, that no corporal punishment is to be inflicted. The prices of tuition are: eight dollars a quarter for such as begin to learn the elements of the English Language: ten dollars for those who learn English Grammar, Elocution with Arithmetic: twelve dollars and a half for Latin or Greek scholars, or such as learn any science separately. But for those who are to receive instruction in Latin or Greek, together with any science, an additional charge will be made of two dollars a quarter. It is expected that the price of tuition will be paid in advance, as has been heretofore customary. FRANCIS S. O'REILLY. October 27. w4w
DOCTOR G. WATSON, OFFERS his Medical Services to the inhabitants of Richmond and its neighborhood. He may be found by applying at Dr. Wardlaw's Shop October 20. w4w
PATTESEA PAPER MILLS.—Those who wish to encourage the manufactures of their own state are informed, that they can be supplied with Paper Manufactured in Petersburg, in any quantities. PRICES AS FOLLOWS: Fine Letter Paper Vellum, $ 4 75 Do. do. Laid, 4 50 Do. do. Cap No. 1. 4 37 1/2 Do. do. No. 2. 3 57 1/2 Do. do. No. 3. 3 12 1/2 Do. do. Folio Post Vellum, 9 50 Do. do. Laid, 9 Do. do. Fine Printing Medium, 5 50 Do. do. Excellent Wrapping Paper, 4 50 A liberal discount made to wholesale purchasers. Orders for any of the above qualities, addressed to the subscribers, executed at the shortest notice. BANISTER & Co. August 4. w6w
IN COUNCIL, September 19th, 1809. It is advised, that from and after the first day of January next, the Auditor be instructed, in every case, where any claim by virtue of an order or certificate of court, is presented to him by a person whose name is not mentioned therein, to require such person to produce, also, an order or power of attorney from the individual in whose favor such order or certificate of court was made, together with an affidavit of one witness at least, certified by a magistrate or notary public, that such individual actually signed and acknowledged the same. And to give general information of this rule: It is advised, that a copy hereof be published in the Virginia Argus, Esquire, Petersburg Intelligencer, Norfolk Herald, Lynchburg Star, Staunton Eagle and Winchester Gazette, once a week until the first day of January next. Extract from the Journals, DANIEL L. HYLTON, Clerk of the Council. September 23. w6w
FIFTEEN DOLLARS REWARD, for apprehending & delivering Fanny, a bright Mulatto Girl, about five feet two inches high, seventeen years old, inclined to be fleshy; who ran away about the 20th Dec. last. She has been harbored in Richmond most of the time since, where she passed by the name of LOUISA SMITH—She was seen on the 5th instant on the basin, and brought home on the 6th, went off again on the morning of the 7th. She had on an India cotton frock; and left, she says, a variety of clothes, at different houses where she has been secreted; is very fond of dress, and has been frequently detected in committing daring robberies—She is one of those entitled to liberty when she arrives to a certain age, under the Will of the late John Pleasants of Henrico county; in consequence of which, many of them are very ungovernable—many of her connections enjoy their liberty, and live in the adjacent counties.—The above reward will be given on delivering her to SAMUEL PLEASANTS. Powhatan County, Sept. 27. w6w
HAVING this day received information that Mr. Flemming Payne, of Goochland County, is dead, I take this opportunity of informing his representatives, that I have in my possession a Silver Watch, which Mr. Payne left with me to repair. WM. McCABE.
A Youth left with me a Gilt Watch to repair in 1804; he informed me his name was James Burrell—I have not seen the Youth since, and am afraid he is no more. I am told he was at that time a pupil of Mr. Ogilvie's. His representatives will find me opposite Col. Gamble's, Main Street, Richmond, where all commands in my line are attended with strictness. WM. McCABE. November 3. w3w
TAKEN up by the subscriber, living in rural county, one sorrel MARE, about 9 or 10 years old, about 4 feet 6 or 7 inches high, blaze face, gray mane and tail, the right hind foot white up to the pastern joint, with some saddle spots—paces and trots. Appraised to thirty-five dollars. JAMES HOWERTON. November 3. w3w
THE Subscriber, residing in Amelia, intends on the first day of Jan. next, to open a BOARDING SCHOOL, at Pridewide, (about 5 miles N West 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. $12 per year, the student finding his own bedding and candles. One third of the board money, and one half of the 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. w8wp
ABSCONDED from the Subscriber, on the night of the 7th July last, a Negro man named Stephen 20 years old, five feet, eight or nine inches high, of a tawney complexion, with a very remarkable scar, on the right side of his forehead, occasioned by a burn; he carried with him sundry clothes among them was a black durantz coat, constitution cord pantaloons and two cotton shirts. The above negro was purchased of Mr. Joseph Deshield of Northumberland County, to which place I suspect he will endeavor to get, as his parents live in that country. I will give twenty dollars to any person that will apprehend or secure him in jail, so I get him again, or forty dollars for his delivery to me living in Brunswick County. August 22. w3w
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 vs. John Poindeexter, jun. Valentine Merriwether and Nelson Harris, Defendants. THE defendant Valentine Merriwether 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; & 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. November 3. w8w
FRESH FALL GOODS.
ELLIS & ALLAN inform their friends that the Ships Protector and Powhatan are arrived, by which they will receive in six or eight days, an extensive assortment of woollens of the very best qualities, and a general & select collection of other Goods suitable for the season, which they will sell very low for cash, or to punctual customers. Richmond, November 3. 3
TO all whom it may concern.—RICHARD SMYTH, a native of Ireland, departed this life on the 18th of June, 1809, without leaving in this State, or in the United States, any relation by consanguinity, and possessed of some Estate in Lands within this Commonwealth, of which, as well as of the United States he had long been a Citizen. His intent was to give the whole to the subscriber, as his Nuncupative Will, now of Record, will sufficiently prove; but the Subscriber hath been advised, that a Will of that kind cannot effect a conveyance of Lands, nor far sever it may prove the intent of the Testator, and that the Lands late of the said Richard Smith do of course descend, escheat to the Commonwealth, against contrary to his intent of her showing them on a citizen thereof. For that reason, the subscriber has requested the General Assembly, at its ensuing session, by Petition, to carry the intent of the said Smyth into execution, by releasing the interest of the Commonwealth in the Lands whereof he was possessed, or entitled to within the same, to the Subscriber. DAVID DOYLE. August 25. w6w
On the 21st day of December next, if it be not the next fair day, will be sold, at a dwelling-house of the late George Garner, in the county of Westmoreland, about sixteen lots of 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. id
HAMPDEN SYDNEY COLLEGE. At a meeting of the Board of Trustees, on the 29th day of September, 1809. Whereas, it appears, that some misrepresentations have been circulated, and many misapprehensions entertained by the public, respecting a regulation lately adopted, prohibiting the students of this seminary, from attending at the court-house, on court days, and other public days; On motion, it was ordered, That the same be published in one of the Gazettes printed in the city of Richmond.
Resolved, That a resort of the students of this seminary to public meetings, at the courthouses, on court days, Masters, &c. is a loss of time, generates vice and a corruption of morals, and ought not to be tolerated. "It is therefore ordered, That after the commencement of the next session, no student shall be permitted to go to the courthouse on court days, or on days of Masters, unless when compelled to attend by legal authority." Teste, DRURY LACY, Clerk. October 17. 4w
THE subscribers wish to purchase immediately, Black Walnut TIMBER, sufficient for the making of two thousand gun-stocks. Any person wishing to contract for furnishing the said timber, will apply to us at our shop, opposite the government house. STEWARD, QUARRIER & KERNES. October 10. w6w
The above subscribers wish to employ six good Workmen at the gun-smith business, to whom a liberal wages will be given: Also, five or six boys will be taken as apprentices.
THE subscriber wishes to employ two good Workmen in the wheelwright business, to whom good wages will be given. The workmen must be at liberty to work by the piece. Also, two apprentices are wanted to the wheelwright business. A. QUARRIER. October 10. w6w
NOTICE.—The partnership of Saylor & King, Tanners, near Prince Edward court-house, is this day dissolved by mutual consent. All those indebted to the concern, are requested to make immediate payment to George King, who is authorised to receive payments and settle all accounts of the company. MARTIN SAYLOR, GEORGE KING. October 17. 4w
THE Subscriber being licensed to practice the Law, will attend the Superior and Inferior Courts for Henrico, and the Hustings Court of Richmond—Persons trusting business to his management may rely on his best efforts for their interest. His Office is in the upper story of the Market House in Richmond. N. SHEPPARD. October 24. 1m
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. WHITE & SHELTON. October 10. w6w
IN COUNCIL, October 24th, 1809. PROPOSALS will be received, by the Executive, until the 14th day of next month, for furnishing the following TIMBER, viz: 140 pieces of White Oak Plank, 8 feet long, 14 inches wide, 3 inches thick. 420 do. do. 20 inches long, 12 by 3. 140 do. do. 3 feet long, 4 by 3. 140 do. do. 8 feet long, 9 by 3. 70 do. do. 4 do. do. 9 by 3. 140 Axle Trees, 7 feet long, 7 by 6 of Hickory, 3360 White Oak Spokes, 2 feet 6 inches long, 4 by 3, 1680 Willow Oak Felloes, 2 feet 4 inches long, 4 by 3, 280 Black-Gum Naves, 14 inches long, 12 by 12, 140 Pieces of Hickory, 6 feet long, 4 by 3, 210 Pieces of Ash, 7 feet long, 2 by 3, Seasoned timber will be preferred. DANIEL L. HYLTON, Clerk of the Council. October 31. w6w
ANN SMITH ACADEMY.
THE Trustees have the pleasure of informing those parents and guardians, who wish to avail themselves of the advantages of this seminary, that the new buildings are now completed, and upwards of forty ladies can be accommodated with boarding and lodging, in the Academy, where they will be under the superintendence of Miss Smith. Should a greater number offer, (as has heretofore been the case,) they can be accommodated in genteel families in town. The trustees pledge themselves that no exertion on their part, shall be wanting in the discharge of the duties of their station; and they trust that the convenience of situation, the purity of climate, and the qualifications of the teachers, with more particularly the reputation which Miss Smith has so deservedly acquired, will ensure to this institution, a liberal share of public patronage. The winter session will commence on Wednesday, the 15th of Nov. ANDREW REID, Sen. President of the Board of Trustees. Lexington, Nov. 3. w6w