The enquirer (Richmond, Va.), 1809-10-13 00:00:00

The Enquirer.
VOL. 6.]
RICHMOND, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1809.
[No. 45]
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.
STEWART, QUARRIER & KERNES. October 10.
The above subscribers wish to employ six good Workmen at the gun-smith business, to whom 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 may be at liberty to work by the piece. Also, two apprentices are wanted to the wheelwright business. A. QUARRIER. October 10.
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.
THE different business concerns, heretofore existing under the firms of Joseph Marx & Co. in Richmond, Virginia, Asher Marx & Co. in New York, and George Marx & Co. in Manchester, Va. are this day dissolved by mutual consent. The partner residing at each place is charged with the settlement of their respective concerns. Those who have demands on either of the above firms, will apply accordingly for payment, and those indebted are requested to settle their accounts without delay. JOS. MARX, ASHER MARX, GEORGE MARX. Oct. 1.
The business at Richmond, will be continued under the firm of Joseph & George Marx, and at Manchester, under the firm of George Marx & Co. Asher Marx having taken Joseph Marx's interest in the partnership, their business will be conducted at New York, under the firm of Marx & Linsley.
TEN DOLLARS REWARD —Runaway from the Subscriber, in the early part of April last, near South-West Point, in Tennessee, a negro man, named MOSES : we suppose him to be about six feet high, well made, a little inclined to be knock-kneed, of a dark complexion, speaks slow when spoken to, and inclined to lisp a little: his clothes cannot be described, as he took a number, and of various kinds.
The said negro was purchased by the subscribers, (in February last,) of Martin Turner, of this City, and generally calls himself Moses Turner. He has a wife in this place, and it is supposed he is now lurking some where in this Town, as we have been informed he has been seen here, previous to our arrival. The above reward, besides legal charges, will be given to any person who will deliver the said Negro to Richard Terrel or J. A. Grant, or secure him in any jail so that they get him again. R. TERREL, J. A. GRANT. Sept. 15.
All persons are strictly forbidden from harboring or employing the above Negro. Also, all Captains of Vessels, or any other person, are forbidden from taking the said negro out of the State under the strictest penalty of the Law. R. T. & J. A. G.
THE Partnership of BREAM & FOLLET is this day dissolved by mutual consent. All debts due to and from the Firm, will be settled by James Bream. JAMES BREAM, FRANCIS FOLLET. Richmond, Sept. 13.
JAMES BREAM respectfully informs his Friends and the Public, that the partnership of Bream and Follet being dissolved, the Business will be continued by him—he expects shortly to receive a fresh supply of articles in the Ironmongery and Hardware line, which with his present stock in hand, he will sell low for cash, approved paper, or country produce. Sept. 18.
LAND FOR SALE —The subscriber offers for sale that valuable estate on which he formerly resided, lying on James River, near the Town of Warminster, 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 commonly 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 Warminster, 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. CABELL. September 1.
NOTICE —All persons concerned are required to take notice, that we have paid the debts due to the late concerns of Robert Pollock and Co. of Richmond, & Dunlop, Pollock and Co. of Manchester, to Messrs. Tompkins and Murray of Richmond, and that payments hereafter are to be made to them alone, or to those whom they may empower to collect. JAMES & JOHN DUNLOP. Petersburg, Sept. 5.
THOSE indebted to the late concerns of Dunlop, Pollock and Co. of Manchester, and Robert Pollock and Co. of Richmond, are now requested to come forward and settle their respective balances, as longer indulgence cannot be granted: lawyers and agents having the collection or settlement of debts due either of the above concerns, will be pleased to forward us statements of the business in their hands. TOMPKINS & MURRAY. Richmond, Sept. 5.
TO THE PUBLIC —The subscribers, executors of John McRae, dec'd. will, on Tuesday, the seventh day of Nov. next, offer, at public sale, before the tavern of Mr. James Durell, of this town, the following PROPERTY , viz: Twenty-five or thirty Slaves, among which are several good carpenters, distillers, bakers, cooks and house servants: Two brood Mares, one of which is the celebrated running mare Carolina, with a Florizel colt by her side, and now in foal by Sir Harry: the other a high bred mare also in foal by Sir Harry, together with six or eight saddle and work horses, three milch Cows, carpenter's tools, plantation utensils, &c.
The terms of sale will be, for the slaves, a credit of one, two and three years, and for the balance of the property, a credit of twelve months; in all cases, bonds with approved security will be required, to carry interest from the date if not punctually paid.
RICHARD McRAE, and DANIEL EPPES, Exec'rs of John McRae, deceased. Petersburg, Sept. 29.
All persons having claims against the estate of John McRae, dec'd. are requested to bring them forward for adjustment, and all who are indebted to the said estate, to make immediate arrangements for pay, as no indulgence can be given. R. McR. & D. E.
VALUABLE LANDS FOR SALE —The subscribers wish to dispose of that valuable tract of LAND called FORT LEWIS , lying in the Counties of Botetourt and Montgomery, and containing about 2,600 acres. They also wish to sell 3,180 acres of Land lying in the County of Fluvanna, on the south side of the Rivanna river, extending from Col. Gary's line, down the river, to within about a mile of Columbia.
This last mentioned Land, being in five distinct tracts, will be sold separately or together, as may best suit any person desirous of purchasing. One-fourth of the amount being paid in hand, any reasonable credit will be given for the balance. GIBSON & JEFFERSON. Richmond, July 28.
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, how far soever it may prove the intent of the Testator, and that the Lands late of the said Richard Smith do of consequence, escheat to the Commonwealth, though contrary to his intent of bequeathing them on a citizen thereof. For that reason, the subscriber will request 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.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD —Runaway from the Subscriber on the 1st June last, a negro man named Billey , commonly called (Billey Hickman) he is about thirty years of age, 5 feet, 8 inches high, somewhat of a yellowish cast—I expect he is lurking about the neighborhood of Mr. Thomas Hickman's in Caroline, to whom he formerly belonged; or in the neighborhood of Col. Christopher Tompkins, in King William where it is understood he has a wife: whoever will deliver the said negro to me shall receive the above reward, and all reasonable expenses paid. JOHN HARRIS. Powhatan, Sept. 22.
The Subscriber has for sale Ten Shares in the Manchester Turnpike Company; Those that are inclined to purchase, may know the terms by applying to Mr. E. D. Digges of Manchester, or to the Subscriber. J. HARRIS. Sept. 22.
MANCHESTER ACADEMY —In consequence of the intended removal of Mr. John Wood, to the City of Richmond, on the 25th September next, the trustees of the above Academy, are desirous of engaging a Teacher of the Languages and Mathematics, to supply the station he now holds. On application to the Treasurer of the Academy, residing in Manchester, the terms will be made known to any gentleman of liberal education and moral conduct. August 25.
THE TRUSTEES will proceed, on Saturday, the 14th October next, to elect a Teacher, as above, out of the candidates, who may then be in nomination. September 29.
VIRGINIA INN —THE SUBSCRIBER having disposed of his interest in the EGLE TAVERN , respectfully informs his Friends and the Public, that he has leased for a number of years, the old CITY HOTEL , of Mr. Crouch at considerable expense this well known house is rendered as comfortable as any in Richmond. If the most unremitting attention, the best Tables, Liquors, Stables and Water, can conduct to public patronage, the Subscriber pledges himself that these shall not be wanting. A few genteel Boarders can be accommodated at 40 pounds per year. RATES, &c. —Gentlemen putting up at this House will be charged one dollar per day—Horses at livery, 50 cents per day—All other charges equally moderate. J. S. SMITHERS. Richmond, Sept. 29, 1809.
FITZWYLYSONN & POTTER, BOOK-SELLERS AND STATIONERS.
Have just received a very large supply of FOOLSCAP , Pott and Letter Papers; Latin, French & English school-books; pocket, school and family Bibles; Paper-hangings & bordering; Quills of the first and inferior qualities; Metallic Pens; Playing, blank & visiting cards; Ladies & Gentlemen's pocket books; Backgammon tables and Chess boards; Pearl Counters; Tooth-brushes and Dentifrice; Cold leaf, black leadpencils and water colors; Vocal and instrumental music; Durable Ink, &c. &c.
A great variety of Day Books, Journals and Ledgers, Record and Sheriff's books, on hand. Tickets in the Rhode-Island Coal Lottery—for sale, at 50 cts each. The price will be shortly raised. The scheme of this Lottery holds peculiar advantages to the adventurers, as will appear on an examination of it. The drawing will commence shortly.
Cheeks in search of a wife—a new and much admired Novel, just come to hand. Sept. 18.
WINDSOR, FOR RENT —Will be rented, on Wednesday, the 18th of the present month, to the highest bidder, on the premises: Two thirds of that valuable farm, near this city, called Windsor , for the term of one year, to commence on the first day of January next. The tenant will be permitted to sow wheat this fall, if he wishes to do so.
SAM'L GREENHOW, Agent for Wm. LANGBORN, Executor of Wm. DANDRIDGE, Deceased. October 10.
STOMACHIC ELIXIR OF HEALTH is a very valuable medicine for the cure of the cramp, pain, or wind in the stomach; carrying off superfluous bile, removing habitual costiveness and sickness at the stomach. It gives immediate relief in the dysentery, and cholera morbus, and removes the bowel complaints in children: It also gives relief in colds, asthma, and the whooping cough. Price 1 $50 cts per bottle.
DR. ROBERTSON'S VEGETABLE NERVIOUS CORDIAL , is celebrated for the cure of hysterical and other nervous complaints, impurities of the blood, seminal weakness, & the various inconveniences resulting from dissipated pleasures, residence in warm climates, and feminine complaints. Price 1 $50 cts per bottle.
DR. ROBERTSON'S PATENT STOMACHIC BITTERS , are particularly recommended for restoring weak constitutions, cleansing & strengthening the stomach and increasing the appetite. They expel worms from children, & are a good preventive against intermittent fevers and agues. Price 1 $50 cts per bottle.
DR. ROBERTSON'S Celebrated GOUT and RHEUMATIC DROPS , are in high repute for relieving the gout and rheumatism, umbago, stone and gravel. They cure weaknesses of the joints, sprains, bruises and all kinds of green wounds. Price 2 $ per bottle.
A constant supply of the above medicines for sale, by FITZWYLYSONN & POTTER , Book-sellers & Stationers, Richmond, where pamphlets containing certificates of cures &c. may be had gratis.
Take Notice, That none are genuine without the signature of T. W. Dyott M. D. Grandson of the late Dr. Robertson of Edinburgh. Sept. 15.
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, Enquirer, 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.
NEW LEATHER STORE —opposite the Eagle-Tavern— John McPherson respectfully informs the citizens of Richmond, its vicinity, and the public generally, that he has opened a general assortment of the best Northern Leather, in the store formerly occupied by Mr. Simpson Morris; consisting of—Upper and Sole Leather—Harness and Skirting do.—Black and Russet Bridle do.—Black & Russet Wagging do.—Brown Upper and Bellow Hides do.—Brown & white Sheep Skins—Tanned and dressed Buck Skins—Wax and grained Calf Skins—Russet ditto and Boot Legs—Horse Skins and Roundings—Black and Brown Deer and Dog Skins—Black, green, red and yellow Morocco Skins.
Also, a great quantity of coarse NEGRO & WELTED SHOES , all of which will be sold uncommonly low, for cash, or neat Dry'd Hide. September 8.
FIFTEEN DOLLARS REWARD , for apprehending & delivering Fanny , a bright Mulatt 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 ungobernable—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.
REMOVAL —The subscriber has removed his Coach-Maker's Shop about three squares north-east, on the same street he resided on, and nearly opposite the office formerly kept by Adam Craig, dec'd. where he carries on the coach making business, in all its branches. He begs leave to return his sincere thanks to his friends and the public in general, for their past support, & hopes by his attention and punctuality, to merit a continuance of their patronage. JOSHUA WEST. Sept. 26.
FOR SALE —323 ACRES JAMES RIVER LAND —On the 10th December next, (if fair, or otherwise the next fair day,) the Subscriber will offer for sale on the premises, a Tract of LAND situate in Buckingham county, immediately opposite the mouth of Rock-fish river—Thirty acres of which are prime low ground, & the residue strong, finely timbered upland, well adapted to the culture of Tobacco, Corn, and Wheat.
A credit of one, two and three years will be given, payable at equal installments, with interest from date, to be remitted if the payments be punctually made. Bonds with approved security will be required. A clear title made, & possession given on the day of sale. The above Tract of Land has been conveyed to me by Patrick Rose, Jun. of Buckingham, to be sold for the payment of his debts. ALEX. F. ROSE, Trustee. June 28.
EUROPE.
SENEGAL. [Communicated for the Mercantile Advertiser.]
The colony of Senegal was captured on the 14th July last by an English squadron under the command of Commodore Columbine, who is just from England, commanding on the African station, and Governor of Sierra Leon, consisting of one frigate and three sloops of war. The squadron arrived off Senegal the 8th July, and commenced landing their troops, under Major Maxwell, governor of Goree, the next day, in five small vessels, two of which were lost in passing the bar, the rest proceeded up the river with the troops, who met with no opposition, except a slight skirmish with a scouting party, until they arrived at the French encampment, about five miles from the town, which was a fort of five guns and a strong chain across the river, protected by five vessels advantageously moored, so as to prevent the forcing the chain. The English were preparing to attack the fort and vessels, the frigate in the mean time keeping up a regular fire upon the fort from the sea, when they were abandoned on the night of the 12th by the French, who next day sent a flag of truce with offers to capitulate, which, after some arrangements, were agreed to by Commodore Columbine and Major Maxwell, commanders of his Britannic majesty's forces, and commandant La Vasseur, commander of the colony of Senegal. The English took possession of the town and fort on the 14th; they had in all, on the shore, about 400 men, including soldiers and sailors, the French had about 200 soldiers, who were sent with their officers on parole to France. The inhabitants, upon the approach of the English, would not fight. The French officers were so enraged at finding the number of the English so much less than they expected, that they threatened to take the place after it had surrendered, and which they would have attempted to put in execution, had they not have been put on board of vessels, laying in the roads, until they were sent to France. The English had one private killed and one wounded. Lieutenant Simpson, of the artillery, died of fatigue, and Capt. Park, commander of the Derwent, was drowned in sounding the bar. The French had one killed and one wounded.
* Senegal, a Kingdom of Negroland, lying on a river of the same name, which overflows like the Nile, and much about the same time of the year. The French had a fort and factory in an Island at the mouth of the river, and were entire masters of the gum trade. It is called Port Louis, was taken by the English in 1758, and confirmed to them by the peace of 1763; but in 1783 it was restored to France. Long. 16 31, W. lat. 15 53, N.
List of the men of war in the taking of Senegal Frigate Solebay, 32 guns, Com. Columbine. Brig Derwent, 18 Capt. Park. Brig Tygress, 14 Lieut. Bones. Schr. George, 8 Lieut. Reynolds. N. B. The Solebay was lost in getting too near in shore to storm the fort. † Formerly the Numa, belonging to Mr. Wilson of Baltimore. The English had established an import duty of 10 per cent. in kind on American vessels.
Extract of a letter from a Commercial House in Naples, to a gentleman in Boston, dated Aug. 10.
It is a long time since circumstances have been such as to induce us to address you our Commercial advices; indeed could we even have supposed them interesting to you, such has been the state of politics that it would have been difficult to find means for their conveyance. We now profit of a direct opportunity in the schooner Kite , captain Thomson , bound to Baltimore, to acquaint you with the situation of our port as it respects our commerce with the United States. You will probably have heard of the arrivals we have had here since the raising of your embargo. They are the schooner Kite , Thomson , from Baltimore, with Martinique coffee; schooner Liberty , Atkins , from Chatham, with codfish; schooner Hampton , Brown , from New York and Tunis, with Java coffee; schooner Joanna , Hassam , from Salem, with pepper and a few hides, rum and Tobacco; brig Caroline , Drew , from Boston, and schooner Shadow , Matthews , from Philadelphia, both with assorted cargoes of colonial produce. All, excepting the Joanna , to our consignment.
The four first came here voluntarily; the two others were brought in by a French privateer, being cleared for, and in fact bound to Messina. The Kite was boarded on entering the harbor, and taken possession of by one of the king's gun-boats. Our government at first hesitated to admit these vessels to free entry, and to the remonstrance we made on the subject, we received for answer that H. M. had no communication either from the government of the United States or that of France, relative to the navigation of Americans; he reserved to himself to consult with the emperor before he decided on the subject. In due course of time, the Kite was set at liberty, and H. M. determined at the same time as a general measure, that all Americans coming with direct clearances, without having been boarded by British cruisers, and bringing regular certificates of the friendly origin of their cargoes, should be freely admitted into the ports of this kingdom. Pursuant to this resolution, the other vessels have also been permitted to transact their business, with the exception of the Caroline and Shadow , whose fate must be decided at Paris.
It must be considered that produce cannot be imported from hence into the French Empire, and that there was every reason to expect further arrivals. Very probably an English Expedition, which has been off the coast, and had taken possession of two of our Islands at the entrance of our bay, (which however, have since been again evacuated,) may have turned away many vessels that
were coming here. Prices have in consequence sustained, though a report which existed for some time, that a treaty had already been signed between France and the U. S., kept things in a calm.
All at once they now write from Paris, that the negotiations are broken off and even that gen. Armstrong had demanded his passports.
We know not what degree of credit this information deserves. Certain it is, however, that orders have, in consequence, come on, to buy up all the produce in the place, which has of course, caused an advance, as you will perceive by the inclosed price current. Appearances are from one day to another so contradictory, that it is impossible to hazard an opinion what we are to look for.
The above resolution of his Neapolitan Majesty continues at present in force here; but we must in all probability, expect our situation to be more or less affected by what will be the actual result of the negotiations between your government and France.
We have just dispatched the American brig Fitzwilliam , Wilson , from Gallipoli, with a cargo of oil. She at first experienced obstacles to her loading, owing to the Custom House exacting bonds to the amount of the cargo, to produce certificates of its being landed at the port cleared for. We had in consequence, to recur to the king, and, after much trouble obtained a general decree, by which these bonds are to be no longer exacted, and vessels may thus load freely with destination for a friendly port.
NAPLES, July 1, 1809. The Minister of Finance to the President of the Chamber of Commerce.
I have the Pleasure to advise the Chamber of Commerce, that his Majesty, in consequence of my last report to him, has decided, that all American ships coming directly to this kingdom, with a positive destination for its ports, shall be there freely admitted, provided they be furnished with the necessary certificates of origin of their cargoes, and of the corresponding papers of navigation in due form, and provided they will not be found infringing the Royal Decrees of the 20th December 1806, and 9th January 1808, relative to the English commerce, and of neutral powers; which decrees must be observed in their full vigour. I am persuaded, that Commerce will experience in such a disposition a new proof of the interest that his Majesty takes for it, and that it will reap the advantage of this singular benefit.
Prices at Naples, Aug. 10. —Beeswax 60 cents per lb; cassia lignea 107; cinnamon, 370; cloves 149; cocoa, Caraccas 703; coffee, Martinico green 58; St. Domingo 54; Bourbon 52; hides, Buenos Ayres 28; W. India 27; indigo, Spanish 7 32; pepper 36; pimento 40; figs 10; black sewing silk 7 77; coloured 9 23—all the foregoing per pound. Codfish—American 12 17, per 112 lbs; molasses 7 26; sugar, double, refined loaf 60 10; Havana, white 42 15; do. brown 32 73; Martinico white 42 15; common 37 46; muscovado 23 40; E. India 32 78; tobacco Virginia, 29 4; logwood 18 73; fustic 14 5; nankins 1 70 per piece; rum W. I. 200 per gallon; American 1 50; brandy 37; oil, Gallipoli, on board at Gallipoli, and Calabria do. on the coast 126 dollars per ton of 236 gallons; sweet oil, in cases of 30 flasks, 4 dollars per case; do. of 12 bottles 2 50; silks, Ormesines, 77 cents per yard; red wine 10 dollars per hhd.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 7. LATEST FROM ENGLAND.
The ship Diana , Captain Holbrook , arrived here last evening, in 40 days from Liverpool. We have received London and Liverpool papers from the 17th to the 24th of August. They are chiefly filled with accounts and details of the operations on Walcheren, by the army under Lord Chatham , and the fleet under Admiral Strachan . Pushing surrendered by capitulation on the 15th of August—the garrison, sick and well, becoming prisoners of war. It had been most tenaciously bombarded for the two nights previous to the signature of the articles of capitulation, which event was delayed by the demand on the part of the French gen. of more favorable terms for the Irish brigade which defended the place.
The islands of Schowen & Buyveland have also surrendered. The expedition was said to have excited a great sensation in Holland. [No matter!—“all's well that ends well.”] Considerable quantities of powder, besides cannon, and shot of various descriptions, was found in Flushing.
The next operation to be undertaken, says the Statesman, “is the reduction of Fort Lillo. To defend the passage of the Scheldt, at this particular point, the French admiral is said to have brought down a strong force of frigates and gun boats. It, however, the navigation be practicable for our vessels of war, strong as is Fort Lillo, the passage will, in all probability, be forced in less time than has been consumed before Flushing. The ultimate success of the expedition against Antwerp, [Aye, there's the rub!] must however finally depend upon the strength of the army that may have been collected for its defence.
In the eye of the statesman, who looks to great measures, the English expeditions to Archangel and Walcheren, &c. are really little things; but a dwarfish minister may think otherwise. Coming, will magnify them by saying with the poet,
“These little things are great to little men.”
The Courier of August 14, exults at the “splendid victory” of Wellesley over the French in Spain! But, the Morning Chronicle of the same date, with more discernment, says sarcastically and truly, “the extracts of dispatches from Sir A. Wellesley, are a little less intelligible than the dispatches from Lord Chatham, but they both lead to the same conclusion, that with an army of 70,000 British troops, placed under their separate commands, nothing has yet been done and little is to be expected.”
On a hasty perusal, we discover nothing very important; but farther extracts shall be given in our next. W/H/H.

LONDON, August 17. SURRENDER OF FLUSHING. We have the pleasure to announce the surrender of Flushing the day before yesterday. The welcome intelligence was brought by a merchantman, which had been sent with a present to the commander in chief, and arrived at Camp Vere on Monday afternoon, when seven 74's were just getting under weigh to proceed to the bombardment. He quitted Camp Vere on Tuesday afternoon, but before she sailed, an express had reached that place, stating that Flushing had surrendered on Tuesday morning, at 6 o'clock, under a tremendous bombardment which is said to have laid all the fortifications fronting the sea completely level with the ground. The number of inhabitants and soldiers that perished in the bombardment was very great indeed.
DUTCH DECREES OF JULY 29. Louis Napoleon, &c. &c. "Until further orders, our decree of 30th of June, No 1, respecting the admission of American vessels into the harbors of this kingdom, shall be repealed and every thing relating thereto be placed on the same footing as it was before the issuing of the said decree, so that no other vessels, than those conforming strictly to the restrictions contained in our former decrees, shall be admitted. Those which do not so conform, shall be warned off. The Director of the customs, hereby orders all custom house officers, stationed in the harbors and ports of this kingdom, to act according to the above decree, and to inform all captains of American vessels, which may hereafter arrive, of the contents of the same; as also of the decrees by which the import of goods is permitted. And also to send the papers of those, which from the nature of their cargoes, conceive the same inadmissible, with the addition of the final declaration on the director of the customs and to wait for further orders concerning the same."
The above decree, when issued, was accompanied with a copy of that of the 30th of June, in which the articles allowed to be exported from America are specifically enumerated. It was given in the Courier of the 8th ult.
August 18. The official account of the surrender of Flushing had not arrived when our paper was put to press. The bombardment of Flushing lasted from Monday afternoon, till Tuesday morning. On Monday the large ships went in, and began bombarding it on the sea side with tremendous effect. The resistance was rendered more obstinate, on account of part of the garrison being Irish, who dreaded falling into the hands of the government, against whom they were fighting. The first terms proposed by General Monnet, are said to have contained some stipulations in their favor, which were instantly and indignantly rejected by the Earl of Chatham. The town then held out some time longer, but all hopes of succour being at an end, and the fortifications tumbling fast about their heads, the garrison were reduced to the necessity of an unconditional surrender. The terms were signed early on Tuesday morning, and we were to take possession of the place on Tuesday evening.
August 19. We received, at a late hour this morning, Paris papers to the 2d, Hamburg to the 11th, Berlin, Frankfort, and other papers to the 4th. The following are their contents:— There is no fresh bulletin in them; nor does it appear that the preliminaries had been signed so late as the 28th of last month; though reports prevailed at Hamburg, on the 9th and 10th, that they were signed on the 27th. We have, however, the Vienna papers before us of the 29th, which are to tell silent upon the subject.
VIENNA, July 23. The Prince of Lichtenstein make frequent journeys from Comorn to Schoenbrunn. According to reports, the signature for peace is near; the conditions will be most advantageous to the Princes of the Rhenish Confederacy, but particularly to Bavaria and Saxony. The frontiers of Austria are to be removed far to the East.
LOUISBOURG, July 31. Our Court Gazette states, that on the 21st, the town of Gratz, and on the 23d, the city was given up to the French, and the whole Province evacuated by the Austrians. Count Mauley at first refused to give up Gratz, till Marshal Macdonald advanced with two fresh French divisions.
PARIS, August 1. Letters from Vienna state, that Count Champagne and the Duke of Friuli, on the part of the French, and Prince de Lichtenstein and Baron Vincent are furnished with the powers to treat for peace. General St. Savarre is appointed to the great command of the coast from Boulogne to Flushing. M. Antoine, nephew to the queen of Moravia, and Francesco, nephew of General Duhesme, have fallen into the hands of the Spanish insurgents.
AMSTERDAM, August 5. His majesty arrived here on the 2d, at 11 in the forenoon. An extraordinary meeting of the council of state immediately took place, and after some conferences with the minister, his majesty set off for Rotterdam. Our Court Gazette states, that a considerable French force, destined to drive out the enemy, is assembled in the neighborhood of Gratz, under the Prince of Ponte Corvo, who must, by this time, (the 2d) have arrived there. The troops are marching daily from Ghent towards Antwerp.
LIVERPOOL, August 24. On Saturday evening, about 7 o'clock, Major Bradford, aid de-camp to the commander of the expedition, and Lieut. Mayo of the navy, arrived at London with dispatches from the Earl of Chatham and Sir Richard Strachan, announcing the important news of the capture of Flushing. Dispatches have been received from the Earl of Chatham, which state, that the garrison of Flushing amounted to two hundred officers, 4,985 rank and file, 613 sick—Total, 5,583. The whole force opposed to us on the Island was upwards of 9,000 men. This greatly exceeds the estimate in the former dispatches. Arrived the ship General Knox, S. Hopkins, from Baltimore.
NEW YORK, Oct. 7. VERY LATE AND IMPORTANT NEWS. Yesterday arrived at this port the fast sailing British brig Pom Barry, captain M'Dougal, in 56 days from Greenock, which ship she left the last day of August. From the captain and a commercial friend, the Editor of the Mercantile Advertiser, has received a file of London Papers, (the Globe,) to the evening of the 26th of August, eleven
days later than our former advices from London. One of the papers states, that Gen. Armstrong was at Amsterdam; and that he had given orders to the commander of the American ship Enterprise, stationed off the Texel, not to let any American vessel enter the Port of Holland. The news from Spain is not so late as received via Baltimore. The accounts respecting Hostilities having recommenced between France and Austria, are contradictory. Flushing surrendered to the British on the 15th of August, by a capitulation, containing 8 articles. The garrison consisted of 4379 officers and privates, and are to be sent to England as prisoners of war. The following are the most interesting articles in the papers we have received:
PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. LONDON, Aug. 16. We have not heard that Ministers have received any further advices from the Island of Walcheren. A vessel has arrived in the river from the coast of Holland, by which letters till the 15th have been received. These letters confirm the report of the arrival of General Armstrong at Amsterdam, from Paris. They also inform us, that the American armed ship, which some time since went into the Texel, for the avowed purpose of imparting to the masters of American vessels the state of the relations between the Government of the United States and those of the belligerent powers, had, since General Armstrong reached Holland, been directed to quit her anchorage, and proceed on a cruise in the North Sea, with a view, no doubt, of warning American vessels in those seas not to enter the ports of Holland or France. In these letters it is said, decisively, that the Armistice between France and Austria has been broken; as a proof of which, are mentioned the various rises and falls of colonial produce in the course of a few days. It is not believed that Bonaparte has signified a determination to call out the conscription for 1811—12. This was merely a speculative rumor of yesterday; to which it was added, that a great coolness had taken place between Napoleon and the Emperor of Russia—the latter having seriously remonstrated against the French proceedings in Galicia. These are reports which emanated from the stock exchange.
The following is the copy of a letter, dated Flushing, 18th Aug. 1809. "This place was not altogether evacuated by the French until this day. A great part of the town is destroyed, and thousands of the inhabitants have perished. The Stadt House, a large Church, and several other public buildings, have been consumed. Most of our ships of war have proceeded off the Scheidt, and Sir R. Strachan will follow with the remainder to-morrow. There are ten French ships of the line and 15 frigates, with about 50 gun boats (as we now learn) beyond Fort Lillo. There are also a line of battle ship and two smaller vessels building in Flushing."
Letters from Paris of the 8th instant, speak of the probability of a decree, interdicting all communication with America. It is an unquestionable truth, that very serious disturbances have broken out at Rotterdam. The spirit of insurrection first manifested itself among the lower orders of peasantry, who commenced by exclaiming "Long live the House of Orange! Give us back the prince of Orange!" Twenty or thirty of the ringleaders were secured a week or ten days ago, and lodged in the Stadt House as prisoners. No example had been made of them at the date of the last advices. A strict Embargo has been laid on all vessels in Holland. We have been favored with the sight of a letter dated the 4th inst. which positively announces the fact.
London Gazette Extraordinary. SUNDAY, August 20. DOWNING-STREET, Aug. 19. A dispatch, of which the following is a copy, was this day received at the office of Viscount Castlereagh, one of his majesty's principal Secretaries of State, from Lieutenant General the Earl of Chatham, K. G. dated
HEAD-QUARTERS, MIDDLEBURGH, Aug. 16, 1809. MY LORD,
I have the honor of acquainting your Lordship, that, on the 13th inst. the batteries before Flushing being completed, (and the frigates, bombs, and gun vessels, having at the same time taken their stations) a fire was opened at about half past one P. M. from fifty two pieces of heavy ordnance, which was vigorously returned by the enemy. An additional battery of 6 twenty four pounders was completed the same night, and the whole continued to play upon the town, with little or no intermission, till late on the following day.
On the morning of the 14th instant, about ten o'clock, the line of battle ships, at anchor in the Durl passage, led by Rear Admiral Sir Richard Strachan, got under way, and ranging up along the sea line of defence kept up as they passed a most tremendous cannonade on the town for several hours, with the greatest gallantry and effect. About 4 in the afternoon, perceiving that the fire of the enemy had entirely ceased, and the town presenting a most awful scene of destruction, being on fire in almost every quarter, I directed Lieut. Gen. Eyre Coote to send in to summon the place; Gen. Monnet returned for answer, that he would reply to the summons as soon as he had consulted a Council of War; an hour had been allowed him for the purpose, but a considerable time beyond it having elapsed without any answer being received, hostilities were ordered to recommence with the utmost vigor, and about eleven o'clock at night, one of the enemy's batteries, advanced upon the Sea Dyke, in front of Lieut. Gen. Fraser's position, was most gallantly carried at the point of the bayonet, by detachments from the 38th, 71st and light battalions of the King's German Legion, under Lieut. Col. Pack, opposed to great superiority of numbers: they took 40 prisoners, and killed and wounded a great many of the enemy.
I must not omit to mention, that on the preceding evening, an entrenchment, in front of major general Graham's position, was also forced, in a manner equally undaunted, by the 14th regiment and detachments of the King's German Legion, under Lieut. Col. Nicholls, who drove the enemy from it, and made a lodgement within musket shot of the walls of the town, taking one gun and thirty prisoners. About two in the morning, the enemy demanded a suspension of arms for 48 hours,
which was refused, and only two hours granted, when he agreed to surrender according to the summons sent in, on the basis of the garrison becoming prisoners of war. I have now the satisfaction of acquainting your Lordship, that these preliminaries being acceded to, as soon as the Admiral landed in the morning, Col. Long, Adjutant Gen. and Capt. Cockburn, of the Royal Navy, were appointed to negotiate the further Articles of Capitulation, which I have now the honor to enclose. They were ratified about three this morning, when detachments of the Royals on the right, & of His Majesty's 71st regiment on the left, took possession of the gates of the town. The garrison will march out to-morrow, and will be embarked as speedily as possible. I may now congratulate your Lordship on the fall of a place so indispensably necessary to our future operations, so large a proportion of our force being required to carry on the siege with that degree of defence the enemy possessed, and particularly his power of inundation (which was rapidly spreading to an alarming extent,) rendered absolutely necessary.
Having hoped, had circumstances permitted, to have proceeded up the river at an earlier period, I had committed to Lieut. Gen. Sir Eyre Coote, the direction of the details of the siege, and of the operations before Flushing, and I cannot sufficiently express my sense of the unremitting zeal and exertion with which he has conducted the arduous service entrusted to him, in which he was ably assisted by Lieut. Col. Walsh & Officer, attached to him as assistants in the Adjutant and Quarter Master Generals department.
I have every reason to be satisfied with the judicious manner in which the General Officers have directed the several operations, as well as with the spirit and intelligence manifested by the commanding officers of corps, and the zeal and ardor of all ranks of officers.
It is with great pleasure I can report the uniform good conduct of the troops, who have not only on all occasions shown the greatest intrepidity in presence of the enemy, but have sustained, with great pleasure and cheerfulness, the laborious duties they have had to perform.
The active and persevering exertions of the corps of Royal Engineers have been conducted with much skill and judgment by col. Fyers, aided by Lieut. Col. D'Arcy, and it is impossible for me to do sufficient justice to the distinguished conduct of the officers and men of the Royal Artillery, under the able direction and animating example of Brig. Gen. M'Leod.
The seamen, whose labours had already been so useful to the army, sought their reward in a further opportunity of distinguishing themselves, and one of the batteries was accordingly entrusted to them, and which they served with admirable vigour and effect. I must beg leave to express my strong sense of the constant and cordial co-operation of the navy on all occasions, and my warmest acknowledgements are most particularly due to Captain Cockburn, of the Belleisle, commanding the flotilla, and to Capt. Richardson, of the Cæsar, commanding the brigade of seamen landed with the army.
I have the honor to enclose a return of the garrison of Flushing, in addition to which, I have learned that besides the number killed, which were considerable, upwards of one thousand wounded men were transported to Cadzand previous to the complete investment of the town.
I also submit a statement of the deserters and prisoners, exclusive of the garrison of Flushing. This dispatch will be delivered to your Lordship by my first Aid de-camp, Major Bradford, who is fully qualified to give your Lordship every further information, and whom I beg leave earnestly to recommend to his Majesty's protection.
I have the honor to be, &c. (Signed) CHATHAM. [Here follows the articles of Capitulation, &c.]
August 28. It is said now that the Austrian Government positively gave, on the 3d instant, the stipulated notice of the cessation of the armistice in fifteen days from that date; consequently hostilities might have recommenced yesterday. It is added, that the Archduke Charles published an address to the Austrian army, on resigning the command, speaking in the highest terms of Prince John of Lichtenstein, his successor. Some of the papers have already raised the most unbecoming cry against the Archduke Charles—the hero Charles whom they recently almost deified. We cannot follow them in these transactions. The Archduke Charles may have been weak; but we know nothing of the matter. The Generals whose advice he followed, may have been a cabal; but we know nothing of that. The Prince of Lichtenstein may be a much abler man; but we know nothing of that. If the war be renewed, we hope Austria will be successful under whoever may be entrusted with the command of her armies. But it is surely as unjust as ungracious to arraign a Prince, whose character has been hitherto unimpeachable, merely because he discontinued the war before we wished him; and to extol, at the expense of his character, a successor of whom we know nothing, except that he is in power, and is about to renew the war; and even that we know on doubtful authority—Pilot.
The mysterious veil which has covered the negotiations between Austria and France is at length drawn aside, and an appeal to arms has been once more resolved upon by the Emperor Francis. This important intelligence has certainly reached his majesty's ministers. The Archduke Charles no longer commands the Austrian armies, and Prince John of Lichtenstein has been declared Generalissimo, with full powers. An official communication, declaring this change and at the same time announcing the termination of the Austrian government to persevere in the contest at all risks, rather than yield to the arrogant demands of Napoleon, was on Sunday evening received by Mr. Canning. This we state as a fact, which cannot be contradicted. The Day. A Monitor of a late date is said to have been received, which states, that the conscriptions for the years 1811 and 1812 have been ordered to be immediately enforced. If this be true, little doubt can remain of the continuance of the war on the continent. The French funds, it was stated, had fallen five per cent.
August 25. —The dispatches from the Earl of Chatham, by the Phoenix, the arrival of which we announced yesterday, are dated the 20th, and state, that the whole of the British force had landed in South Beveland, except a corps left in garrison in Flushing, under the command of Lieut. Gen. Fisher. The
most active preparations were making for an attack on Fort Lillo. Several private letters also received thro' the same channel from Middleburgh, dated the 21st, state, that the Earl of Chatham had that day proceeded to Beveland. The amount of the force left in the island of Walcheren is 5000 men. The whole of the British fleet had assembled off B. & Z., and the enemy's ships, as we stated some days since, had gone up the river above Antwerp. We stopped the press yesterday to announce the arrival of Dutch papers to the 18th, of which the following is the substance:—An article from Antwerp, states, that reinforcements from France arrived in that city to the amount of eight hundred men a day; and that the communications between it and Bergen-op-Zoom are rendered difficult by the inundations that have been formed. The lines of Steinenbergen are inundated, and the low ground of Bergen is also under water. The corps of the Dutch Gen. Gratien, consisting of 6400, has returned to Holland, and the Westphalian troops are also advancing to it by forced marches. A corps of 8 or 10,000 men proved, that the English would attempt a descent on that island.
Boston papers to the 23d ult. arrived yesterday, but their contents are unimportant.
MORAVIA, August 1. —We learn that the Archduke Charles, owing to bad health, has resigned the command of the army, and that Prince John of Lichtenstein has taken it, ad interim.
August 26. —The Austrian army is again represented as very formidable in numerical strength, not less than 350,000 men, dependent of the Landwehr. This army is posted along the eastern banks of the river March; the centre is stated to be at Cremnitz; the right at Olmutz, the left at Holitsch.
The report of the renewal of hostilities between France and Austria, was repeated yesterday with increased confidence. It was farther stated, in the ministerial circles last night, that Prince Schwarzenberg had acknowledged the receipt of private letters, announcing an actual engagement in which the French were defeated.
Letters from Paris, of so late a date as the 17th, have been received. They state that peace between Austria and France was signed on the 10th, but accounts from Vienna, of the 12th, (two days later,) positively assert that no such event had then taken place.
Price of Stocks this day, at one o'clock. 68 1-8, omnium, 3-4 premium.
The only news of importance from Denmark is, that the Danish Government will not, for the present, license any more privateers; and that the American ships lately taken, will be liberated, as it is intended to encourage neutral trade as much as possible, in consequence of the great distress felt for the want of colonial produce.
FROM THE DUTCH PAPERS. THIRTIETH BULLETIN.
VIENNA, July 30. The 9th army, which was commanded by the Prince of Ponte Corvo, was disbanded on the 8th inst. The Saxons, who formed a part of it, are under the orders of General Reymen. The Prince of Ponte Corvo is gone to use the waters. In the battle of Wagram the village of that name was carried on the 6th between ten and eleven o'clock, and the glory of this successful enterprise is due to the corps of Marshal Oudinot.
The House of Austria took the field this campaign, with 62 regiments of the line, 12 regiments of cavalry, 12 regiments of grenadiers, four free corps or legions, making in the whole 310,000 men; 150 battalions of militia (landwehrers) commanded by ancient officers, exercised ten months; 40,000 men of the Hungarian insurrection, and 60,000 horse artillery and miners, composing in the whole from 5 to 600,000 men. With this force the House of Austria supposed herself to be sure of victory. She entertained a hope of shaking the power of France, if ever her whole force were united. But her armies are notwithstanding reduced to one fourth part of her original strength, while the French army has been increased to double the number it consisted of at Ratisbon.
In the Castle of Gratz, twenty pieces of ordnance have been found. The Castle of Sachsenberg, situated on the frontiers of the Tyrol, has surrendered to Gen. Rusco.
The Duke of Dantzic has entered Tyrol with 25,000 men. He has occupied Lofers, and disarmed the inhabitants; he must, by this time be at Innsbruck.
General Thielmann has entered Dresden. The Duke of Abrantes is in Bayreuth, and has pushed his advanced guard to the frontiers of Bohemia.
NAPLES, July 27. —The British have very unexpectedly received orders entirely to evacuate the Islands of Ischia and Procida. The Sicilian Prince Leopold, who was on board the fleet, and the Dukes of Areoli and Camaca, two Neapolitan emigrants, have by this time returned to Melazzo. It would appear, that considerable differences had taken place between them and Gen. Stuart. Two British regiments have proceeded to Malta.
PARIS, July 31. —A letter from Vienna, dated the 20th, states as follows:—Prince John of Lichtenstein, and General Wimpfen have had a long conference with the Prince of Neufchatel. Prince John of Lichtenstein is said, has received the most extensive powers (for the conclusion of a treaty of peace. At the last audience the Emperor Napoleon gave him a most distinguished reception. A speedy, and what is more a lasting peace may be relied on. According to all reports, the principal conditions are agreed upon. The Emperor Napoleon will not remain much longer at Schoenbrunn. It is known that the Emperor Francis has declared he wishes for peace, and that he has given the Archduke Charles full powers to decide on every thing. He besides will enter into no alliance with Britain, however alluring may be the propositions of the Cabinet of London.
PARIS, August 1. With respect to the British Expedition, the most active measures have been taken along the coast of Normandy, Bretagne and Flanders, to repel with vigour any attack which may be made. The forts are well supplied with artillery, and furnaces for heating red hot shot, are built. The troops from Versailles and Paris are concentrating themselves in Picardy, and will march from thence to wherever danger may call them.
The preparations making here induce us to presume that his majesty will soon be here. The Imperial Guard has already received orders to occupy the same posts as usual when the Emperor is here. It is reported here that a general Congress of all the Princes of the confederation will be held in this city.
August 8. Letters from Munich of the 31st July state, that an entrenched camp has been formed on the Wittenburg (White Mount) near Prague in Bohemia, to which the Austrian army is to retreat in the unexpected case that peace should not be concluded. The works of Prague have been considerably reinforced and the place has been victualled for a six months' siege. Much heavy ordnance has also been conveyed thither from Theresienstadt.
ROTTERDAM, August 4. —Gen. Chamberlain occupies the left bank of the Scheldt with a strong army. He can easily pass to the right bank, as he acts in concert with Admiral Mississ. A great number of troops are on their march for the defence of Antwerp.
HAMBURGH, August 10. —We have just received advices of the Archduke Charles having been removed from the command of the army; and that notice had been given to the French of the termination of the armistice. It is said that Prince John of Lichtenstein is to succeed the Archduke Charles in the command of the Austrian army.
DOMESTIC. PIRACY AND MURDER!
The following Circular has been forwarded by the collector of Boston, to the collectors of the respective Ports in the United States.
BOSTON, Sept. 27, 1809. To the Collector of SIR,
This will be forwarded to you by the collector of the Port of Boston; the purpose is to request of you that, should the vessel below described enter your Port, or come into your neighborhood, she may be detained, the persons on board taken into custody, and immediate information forwarded to me, or to Gen. DEARBORN; the said vessel having been forcibly taken possession of by the persons below described, two of the crew killed, and the captain compelled to leap into the sea.
I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, W. S. SKINNER, Pro. Consul. Schooner THREE SISTERS a remarkably high stern schooner, no cabin windows; has a yellow streak fore and aft; from the break of the quarter deck to the stern, a white streak; no mouldings round the stern, but painted yellow in imitation of mouldings—She is registered in Halifax, owned by Messrs John and John Tremain, burthen 633 tons; John Stairs, master. The signatures to the Register are, Thomas N. Jefferys, Collector, J. Slater, Comptroller, and James Grant, deputy Naval Officer. She has her clearance from Gaspe, or Percé, in the province of Lower Canada. Signed by Hugh O'Hara, Deputy Collector.
The people left on board were, Edward Jordan, a man about thirty eight years of age, dark complexion, black hair and a very black beard, of an innocent appearance; John Kelly, M.D., about twenty two or three years of age, five feet three or four inches high, very much pitted with the small pox, will probably pass as master of the vessel. Edward Jordan has his wife and four children on board, one of the four, a boy about eight or nine years of age and the oldest girl very much disfigured by a burn on her back and her right arm.
The above act of Piracy and Murder was committed on the 13th ult. on the eastern coast of Nova Scotia, and within two days' sail of Halifax, where the vessel was bound. In an unregarded moment, while the captain and one of the hands were in the cabin, the abovementioned Jordan, having first corrupted the mate, Kelly, and secured the arms, discharged a pistol down the sky-light at the captain, which wounded him and killed the man who was with him. The captain then ran on deck just in time to see the last stroke given to the only remaining man, who fell dead on deck. He was then fallen upon by Jordan and his wife, and another pistol attempted to be fired at him which flashed, and in the struggle was thrown overboard. Kelly at this time was charging another pistol; which the Captain observing, while engaged with Jordan and his wife, by great exertion disengaged himself, and seizing the hatch threw it over and jumped upon it. As it blew very hard he was soon clear of the vessel, and after remaining in the water about three hours, was providentially fallen in with by the schooner Eliza, of Hingham, Capt. Stoddard, who took him up when nearly exhausted by cold, and literally insensible. From Captain Stoddard he received the most humane treatment, and every attention necessary to his recovery and subsequent comfort.
Editors of Papers will subserve the cause of justice by giving the above every possible publicity, in order that the perpetrators of so atrocious an act may be brought to condign punishment. And all persons who may come to the knowledge of any facts likely to lead to a discovery of the property and the offenders, will have it in recollection that over and above the satisfaction they must feel in their detection, a competent salvage is in all such cases awarded.
From the Democratic Press.
The following letter has been published in most of the federal papers in the United States. We give it publicity that our readers also may know the faits and the means taken by the English government to secure to their ambassador, partizans and influence in the United States, immediately on his landing, in order to forestall public opinion and array it against our own government, in the event of Jackson's not succeeding in making an amicable arrangement with America.
(Here follows the letter, published in the last Enquirer; addressed to a gentleman in Cambridge.)
The "distinguished character" who is the author of the above letter, is Mr. David Barclay, a brewer in London; One of the most devoted tools of William Pitt when living, and now equally devoted to Canning and Dundas. He has some influence and it was on account of that influence that Pitt, Dundas and Co. used to visit his brewery and there eat beetsteaks and drink port wine. The above letter is only one copy of a circular which was sent to a great number of persons in the cities of the U. States. From what we have heard on the occasion, it is probable that no minister ever brought from the country which sent him, so many letters of introduction to the citizens of the country, to whose government he was accredited as Mr. Jackson. So great has been the number, that Mr. Jackson despaired of ever delivering them in person and sent them on to the persons, to whom they were directed, by his servants. We congratulate

governor Gore on this new link in the chain which binds him to the mother country, and stimulates him to the undoing the banners of the American Republic against those of imperial France.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 6.
Wednesday arrived at this port, the sch. Glee, Captain Sites, from Jamaica, which he left the 16th of September, and has brought with him the French general Barquiro (who commanded the city of St. Domingo, in the late siege and was there captured,) and his establishment, consisting of 22 officers, with their ladies and servants, to the amount of 66 persons, all of whom go to France by the speediest conveyance—Three brigs (one of whom the Alexander is arrived,) and a sloop with those captured at the same place, sailed before the Glee for this port. Capt. Sites also informs, that on the first day after the account of our non-intercourse arrived at Kingston, flour rose 25 per cent and lumber 33 1/3.
From the National Intelligencer. The legislature of the State of Tennessee met on the 18th ult. Joseph McMinn was unanimously chosen Speaker of the Senate, and General Joseph Dickson of the House of Representatives.
On the 20th a committee of both Houses were appointed to draft an address to the government of the U. States, expressive of the sense of the Legislature on the late conduct of the British government.
On the 21st the following resolution was adopted by the House of Representatives: Whereas the free navigation of the Mobile river, together with all the navigable water courses composing the same, would have a tendency, in a high degree to promote the interests and happiness of the citizens of the state of Tennessee, therefore Resolved, By the Senate and House of Representatives of the state aforesaid, that our representatives in the Congress of the U. S. be instructed, and our Senators requested to exercise their utmost endeavors to procure the free and unobstructed navigation of said rivers.
The following is the commencement of the address of the late Governor of (Tenn.) JOHN SEAY, on his retiring from office:
"I have the honor of once more addressing you, probably for the last time, and I sincerely wish I was able to communicate to you more satisfactory and agreeable information, with respect to our national concerns. It appears that some of the belligerent powers have become callous & regardless of their national dignity & honor, and that reliance can no longer be placed on a nation, who, contrary to all former established rules and principles, disregards and renders null and void the solemn acts and engagements entered into by their legal and regularly constituted ministers. The general government have, contrary to all expectation, been compelled to revert to the former position taken prior to the arrangement and adjustment entered into between our government and Mr. Erskine the British Minister. This breach and violation of national faith and confidence has naturally involved the commercial relations of the U. S. as well as the peace and dignity of the same, in the disagreeable predicament labored under for many months past, and time only can unfold what may be the result."
The following is an answer from the President of the United States to an address of the Legislature of Tennessee at their late session. To the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Tennessee. "I have received, fellow citizens, your address bearing date the 23d of April. The circumstances of the period which led to this expression of your sentiments, were well calculated to produce anxiety in the minds of citizens cherishing an ardent love of peace, though ready to maintain the rights of their country, even at the expense of that blessing. On any culpable share in bringing on so extraordinary a state of things, you very justly acquit the government and people of the U. S. who have given the most ample proofs of their desire to preserve the relations of amity with all nations, without requiring more in return than an undisturbed enjoyment of the fruits of their honest industry. In this expectation, reasonable as it was, we were disappointed. No appeals either to the justice, or the sound interests of the great contending nations, arrested the multiplied wrongs which assailed our honor and our rights."
One of those powers at length, yielding to better counsels, has stepped forward in a spirit of conciliation, which according with that always entertained on our side, has issued in a removal of the weight which more immediately pressed on our situation. And should the same spirit be extended, as is promised, to the remaining points of difference, it may lead to that permanent harmony and confidence which a mutual interest prescribes to both. Nor will we suppress the hope, that correspondent inducements, seconded by such an example, may produce a like change in the policy of other belligerents, and thus lay a foundation for the general tranquility and unobstructed prosperity of our country. In the mean time, prudence forbids an unlimited reliance on a favorable course of events; whilst patriotism enjoins a union of all citizens in a readiness to maintain the national rights and honor, and a disinclination of attempts to weaken, by dividing them. I tender my sincere thanks for the kind manner in which you express the interest you take in the successful discharge of the arduous trust committed to me; whatever inadequacy I feel in other respects, I can pledge myself for an undiminished attachment to the independence, the union, and the constitution of our country, and for those zealous endeavors to advance its happiness, in which I am promised the valuable support and co-operation of the citizens of Tennessee. JAMES MADISON. Washington, May 30, 1809."
CHARLESTON, Oct. 4.
The Resolutions adopted by the Citizens of Charleston, on the 5th of September, 1809, were immediately forwarded to the President of the U. S. by the chairman, David Ramsay, in a letter, of which the following is a copy:
CHARLESTON, S. C. Sept. 5, 1809.
SIR, With great pleasure I obey the orders of my fellow-citizens of Charleston, in forwarding to you the enclosed Copy of the Resolutions this day adopted by them. These Resolutions were prepared by a large committee, indiscriminately appointed; & afterwards unanimously adopted by a very numerous assemblage of citizens, of different political principles. The disavowal of the late negotiation by the British Ministry, though it calls for no gratitude, is likely to result in good. It has materially forwarded an extensive Association for the promotion of Domestic Manufactures, on a national scale—it has induced a belief, that the failure of just negotiation was not chargeable on the Administrators of our Government; and it has essentially contributed to the union of our citizens. The names of parties, which heretofore have prevailed, are in a fair way of being exchanged for the honorable appellation of Americans.
With the most exalted sentiments of respect and esteem, I am your most obedient servant, DAVID RAMSAY.
An Answer from the President was yesterday received, of which the following is a copy: SIR, I have received the Resolutions of the Meeting of the citizens in Charleston, on the 4th inst. covered by your favor of the same date.
However a difference of views may be indulged in subordinate questions of policy, a union of all, on such as evidently affect the sovereignty, the honor, or the essential interests of the nation, is a duty to which every denomination of citizens will rally, whose love of country elevates them above a spirit of party. Of this genuine patriotism, the meeting at which you presided, has given a conspicuous example.
The occasion which led to this proceeding of your fellow citizens, is as much regretted as it was little to be anticipated. It could the less have been anticipated, as, besides the respect due to an arrangement solemnly entered into by a Plenipotentiary Minister, and not only strictly but irrevocably carried into execution by the other party, the arrangement itself was of a nature to claim a ready sanction, even if, contrary to every ground of confidence, it had not been within the scope of previous instructions.
Whether the sequel may better correspond with the wishes and hopes of the U. States, founded on the attachment to peace which they have proclaimed, and on that exemplary justice which they have practised, remains to be seen. In no event can the citizens of Charleston lose the merit of having evinced a unanimity and zeal, not less calculated to avert, than to meet aggressions prompted by a mis conception of the American character. For the confidence which the meeting has been pleased to express in my faithful pursuit of the public good, I feel all the obligations which it demands. In tendering this acknowledgement of them, I beg, at the same time, that you will accept for yourself, assurances of my particular esteem. JAMES MADISON. September 20, 1809. Dr. DAVID RAMSAY, Chairman, &c. &c.
THE ENQUIRER.
RICHMOND, OCTOBER 13, 1809.
That the reader may better understand the following effusion "of an American's feelings on reading an infamous libel on his country," it seems proper to state, that Lord Shelburne, once in the U. States, and lately distinguished by his mad resolution in the House of Peers, respecting the seamen taken from the Chesapeake, has written on the 25th last April, and published, a reply to the polite proposition of Major Cartwright "to act as steward at the approaching meeting of the friends of Parliamentary Reform"—in which he declines that honor—avows the same apostasy to the cause of his father, his brother and his own early years, which had disgraced the conduct of Mr. Pitt and the Duke of Richmond—throws himself upon the hasty observations he had made in the U. S. as the apology for his change of theory—and conjures up all the anticipated horrors of a French revolution, as likely to result from an attempt to produce Parliamentary Reform in England: It is thus that he speaks of the U. S.
"A very short acquaintance with the legislative proceeding of America may afford conviction that universal suffrage and frequency of election prove no bar to the misconduct of representatives; and that a political adventurer, raised to power by popular favor, is full as likely to abuse that power, as is the purchaser of a rotten borough. There is no ground for the idea, that in that country public affairs are managed with a higher regard to the public welfare than in our own. The parliament of England, with all its corruptions, cannot be accused of proceedings approaching, in disgrace, to the infamous and barefaced jobs which have been transacted in many of the legislatures of America. It is evident to the most careless observation, that the state of public morals is there worse than in England—that political integrity is less respected—that corrupt motives have not the same degree of check from feelings of honor, as they have among Englishmen. To sum up all, there is no room for comparison between the two countries in that great test of a good government, the administration of justice."
The publication of this letter in the U. States was first started by the Boston Repository, who presents it without the slightest animadversion or comment on its opinions, as a proof of the sentiments entertained by an enlightened Englishman on our republican institutions. In this it has been followed by most of the federal prints in the U. States, without doing justice to those remarks, which should have been drawn from the bosom of an American, on such an occasion:
FOR THE ENQUIRER.
I have just seen in a federal print, the letter of Lord Shelburne declaring his opposition to parliamentary reform; and surely never appeared in this or any other country, a production better calculated to draw down on its author the scorn or pity of the honest and enlightened of mankind. The latter feeling it might claim, could we view it as the wailing of querulous dotage, trembling to act, and assimilating all things with its own tottering infirmity: but as the deliberate avowal of healthful maturity, this letter becomes a subject of higher consideration; and we must regard his Lordship as essaying to tarnish with a little dirt (for delusion itself could hope no more,) the most splendid and lasting monuments which virtuous effort has ever reared.
So strongly implanted in the human breast is a regard for the estimation of our fellows, that the most shameless knave dare not offend, without some show of right or necessity on his side. Happily however for the world, that vicious selfishness which prompts to deviate from true honor, is rarely so judicious in the choice of a disguise, that some of its deformed lineaments are not discovered. The frantic democracy of America is the mask, but it hides not the disproportioned, the multiforheaded monster, British corruption. The American citizen, the present observer and partaker of the political transactions of his country, will read with wonder and indignation the palpable and impudent falsehoods, detailed by one of that class, whose "feelings of honor" make the vaunted sanctuary of transatlantic happiness, and secure every object of good government to all within its influence. Where he will enquire, are the enormities which degrade the character of this nation to a level with the marauding disturbers of the habitable globe: when, hallooed liberty, has my beloved country exhibited the humiliating proofs that thy heavenly excellence transcends all mortal possession; that mankind are a herd fitted only for the lash & the goad.
It is impossible not to feel some warmth at hearing a Briton, necessarily acquainted with the history of his government—who has tracked it blood and devastation through every latitude—who beholds it now at war not only with particular portions of mankind, but with every fundamental principle of human association; who has seen in its latest political transaction a perfidy unparalleled in all the varieties of public or private swindling; a prate of political integrity, of public morals, and of the pure administration of the laws! Could the awful tone of truth and justice be wakened in the bleaching skeletons of India, Ireland or America—could oppressed genius be re-enimated in the person of a Muir, a Fitzgerald or an Emmet, methinks that the effrontery of even hiring assertions would be daunted.
But whilst the peaceful enjoyments of a people, not robbed of their honest earnings to pamper a tyrant's vices; nor butchered in those unnatural struggles which lawless domination engenders and maintains, furnish a triumphant confutation of this impudent libel, it may be shewn that the practical progress of our republican systems, has been, and must be, the reverse of what is alleged of them.
"History" says his Lordship "does not abound in examples of men who, after rising into power by the passions of the multitude, have employed that power for the good of their country." On this undeniable and disgraceful fact, (unquestionably fatal to his Lordship's argument,) we perfectly accord: and on this very fact are based the American constitutions.—Our conclusions however from this proposition are opposite indeed. His Lordship chooses to throw himself on the honor of "men of wealth and family connections." With no improper diffidence of the integrity of my countrymen, I greatly prefer, what to me seems preferable to every sane and cautious understanding, warned by the admonitions of the past, and reasoning from the nature of human passions—a strict and certain dependence of the governors on the governed.
I have heard of desperate appeals to the generosity of brigands and banditti; but I believe, however, such applications, sudden and unexpected, may, for a short time have surprised the assassin's heart, and replace dethroned nature, that more inexorable will be found the political plunderer, urged by the unabating incentives of dominion and avarice. The history of our country affords one instance of legislative baseness, which every virtuous man will remember and detest. A number of speculators, in the state of Georgia, "men of wealth" if not of "family connections," by machinations, some within the departments which they filled, others as private citizens, had managed a contract with the legislature, by which the interests of the state were sacrificed to an enormous amount. Were the people on that occasion untrue to themselves, to their country and to honor? No. This stupid, mad mob, "this natural prey of mountebanks and impostors," burst from power the workers of monstrous iniquity, rescinded their contract, and publicly burnt the cartel which contained it. But this was doing justice with too high a hand—a violation of country benevolence, and much better is that government which would not consign well bred gentlemen to the fury of a rude unpolished rabble, until they, foolish wretches, (not generous people,) should have forgotten the injuries offered them; better far that a vermin swarm should be smitten on their fat contracts with ministers, than the quiet of the state be disturbed; the pleasures and privileges of a respectable peerage be trenchanted upon; or, that seats in the commons, procured at great expense, should not return something to the drained purses of the purchasers.
FOR THE ENQUIRER.
A remarkable instance of the violence and obstinacy of acute inflammation in the case of Capt. James Niblett, of Lunenburg County Virginia.
On the 28th May last, I was applied to, to visit Captain Niblett, who I was told had then been ill about ten days; from the description given me of his situation by the messenger, I was induced to believe, that he labored under an inflammatory affection of the lungs; and it being inconvenient for me to visit him immediately, I directed, by note, that he be blooded freely and blistered over the pained part of his chest; and that the ensuing day I would see him; accordingly on the 29th I visited him, and found him complaining of most of those symptoms which characterize Peripneumonia Vera, to wit, Fever, dull obtuse pain of the side increased on inspiration, a sense of weight and oppression of the Praecordia, a slight difficulty in respiration, increased on lying on the pained side, pulse remarkably tense and hard, tho' not full, and beating seventy five strokes in the minute, a want of sleep, the prevalence of constipation, and a very frequent succession of sick fits of the stomach almost inducing by their violence Syncope; no cough now or during the disease. Capt. Niblett is thirty years of age, of a full and plethoric habit of body when in health, and accustomed to daily exercise on foot, of a bilious aspect, and suspects from some complaints a few years since that his liver was not in a sound and healthy state; he is also a gentleman of regular and temperate habits in every respect. After examining attentively into his situation, and observing the strong buff on the blood drawn the preceding day, I directed the repetition of the blood letting every eight hours, if his pulse by its tension, and hardness, together with the appearance of the blood drawn, should indicate its propriety, and that each bleeding should be continued until tension and hardness of the pulse entirely abated, or syncope ensued; that the copping glass should be applied over the pain of the chest, and a blistering plaster succeed this, that emollient injections be used to obviate costiveness; that a blistering plaster be applied over the pit of the stomach, to relieve the sick fits, and that the Tart. antimony be used in order to determine toward the skin, and enjoined the strict observance of a spare diet.
On the 4th of June I visited him again, and found on enquiry that he had complied with the directions given, and that he had been blooded nineteen times, losing at each time from four to twelve ounces of blood, all showing the buff very clearly. There was a very considerable remission of all the symptoms, except the appearance of the tongue, which still remaining unchanged, I was apprehensive of a renewed attack, and under this impression I directed a continuance of
the antimonial, with the diet aforementioned, and desired him to be on his guard, and on the first approach of fever, tense hard pulse, or pain of any part of the chest, immediately to have recourse to the lancet with the blistering plasters and Copping glasses. As I had anticipated, in a few days all the symptoms of his disease returned with two fold violence, accompanied with a painful periodical affection of the bowels, coming on chiefly of an evening, and causing very severe distress and uneasiness; he instantly resorted to the lancet, &c. as advised. On the 10th I visited him, and found him as above stated with an increased violence in the sick fits, at the stomach, but not so often repeated, he was more constipated than usual, and with some symptoms of Dyspepsia. Ordered bleeding, then an Emetic of Ipecacuanha, with a blister to the pit of the stomach, the frequent use of a strong infusion Senna in the form of injection, and the use of the carb. magnesiae as an absorbent, with the frequent bathing the feet and legs in warm water to induce, and keep up a determination to the surface of the body. On the 24th I visited him, and found little alteration except an abatement of fever, an increase of costiveness, and of the painful affection of the bowels, with the disappearance of the dyspeptic symptoms.
Directed a perseverance in blood letting, and of the injections, with the occasional use of sublimed sulphur, and castor oil, with the antimonial. Diet, &c. as before. On the 29th visited him, found his pulse still hard and tense in a remarkable degree, the sickness at the stomach much moderated, but the affection of the bowels scarcely to be borne with; and little feverish heat of the body, a metastasis of the inflammation now took place, and the head, which had heretofore remained free from disease, was now remarkably hot to the feel; and a dull heavy pain of the forehead complained of; with a considerable throbbing of the Temporal arteries. Ordered blood-letting as before mentioned, with the daily application of Leeches or Copping Glasses to the Temples; and the use of blistering plasters to the forehead, and back of the neck, together with the Copping the tops of the Shoulders; the use of two Pills at bed-time, consisting each of one grain Gamboge, one of Calomel and two of S. Alloes, the injections of Senna proving totally insufficient in obtaining a proving of the above Pills, he took eight at a time previous to their producing any effect at all, and they were at last assisted by a very strong decoction of Senna in the form of Glyster. — then passed off in the form of Scybala. Hearing on the 2d July he was no better, I sent over Mr. Chambers (a Gentleman reading Physic with me) to visit him, and if there was still a tense and hard pulse, with pain of the head, to bleed very freely, to insert a seaton in the back of the neck, and to advise the daily application of five or six Leeches to the Temples, and the shaving the head, and the keeping it constantly wetted with vinegar and water, cold. These directions were complied with. On the 12th hearing there was little alteration, I wrote him to observe strictly the directions last given, and particularly to encourage the discharge from the Seaton.
On the 15th visited him, and found his body cool, great heat of the head, and pain as sensibly felt as heretofore, with now and then a remarkable cool feel on one side of the Nose, which lasted for several weeks. On drawing the Seaton in the back of the neck the most excruciating pains of the bowels were produced I ever witnessed, with a very usual sensation of the head complained of at the same time. Bowels much more laxative, and the periodical pains before spoken of, had now left him, sleep tolerably enjoyed, appetite tolerably good. I now bled him the forty second time since the 28th May, and took Twenty ounces blood before the tension or hardness of the pulse abated, ordered an observance of the former prescription, with a solution in water of the Sal. Ammoniac to be kept to his head as cold as it could be had, and an abstinence from all kinds of food, except bread, mush, jomy, and molasses, this was complied with till the 18th, when hearing that he was no better, but much weaker, I sent Mr. Whitlow (reading with me) to visit him, with directions still to bleed, if his pulse, &c. justified it; this he did, taking in half an hour at two bleedings thirty ounces blood, all of which showed the buffy coat very strongly; being more than usually feverish, he was directed to use the antimonial as before, and attend to the seaton, Leeches, &c. On the 23d, I was informed that the only alteration consisted in his being weakened, and that there was some swelling about the eyes, with less fever and pain of the head, I was now apprehensive of a Dropsy coming on, and desired Mr. Garland (reading Physic with me) to visit him, and if there were threatening signs of a Dropsy, to desist from farther depletion, and to direct ten drops of the Saturated Tincture Digitalis to be begun with & taken three times daily, and the quantity to be diminished or increased as occasion should require. On the 30th visited him, and found him clearer of fever, pain of the head or bowels, but a slight degree of tension and hardness of the pulse still remaining, which now for the first time beat 80 strokes in the minute, the Digitalis having no effect in lessening its frequency; but apparently increased it. — On the 2d of August I sent him some newly made Tinct. Digitalis, with directions to commence with 10 drops for a dose, and to increase each dose by four drops till the desired effect was produced, and that the doses were to be repeated every three hours. On the 8th visited him, and found a feverish heat, which he attributed to the spirit in the T. Digitalis, 86 drops of which he had taken for the two last doses, without any diminution in the frequency of the pulse; I ordered him to desist, and gave him a grain in powder every hour for the eight succeeding hours, when, perceiving there was no alteration, I gave four grams at a dose, and one every hour after for eleven hours, without its in the smallest degree lessening the number of pulsations, tho' his pulse in the time became entirely free of all tension and hardness, and he was clear of all pain and uneasiness of every kind whatever, and has been gradually convalescing till this time, when he only labours under a little debility. It is perhaps necessary to add, that Digitalis from the same paper had been used previously to this case and produced its usual effect in its usual dose. From the 28th May to the 23th July, Capt. Niblett lost by measurement six hundred ounces blood, and by weight six hundred and eighty-eight ounces, six drachms; being, it is presumed, the largest quantity ever drawn from the veins of any human being in the same length of time by medical advice; and for the person to bear it and do well. He was bled fifty different
An ounce of blood, by measure, weighs nine drachms and eleven grains.
times, and the blood every time was covered with a thick, strong, white coat, and leeched from four to twenty ounces each time. He was cupped, and had leeches applied daily for several weeks, exclusive of the bleedings at the arm and the discharge from the seaton. Having a fixed principle in view, I was resolved to push the lancet till it produced its desired good effects, or its injurious consequences compelled me to desist. The liberal and the generous physician will attribute to their proper motives the publication of the preceding case; he will see that in this instance, the patient has lost Twenty nine pounds four ounces more of blood than is supposed to be present at any one time, in the system of a common healthy adult man. It will unequivocally impress on his mind, the urgent necessity of a prompt and strict adherence to fixed principles. It will perhaps recall to his recollection some valuable life that might have been saved, but for timidity in the use of the lancet. It will in critical cases, afford him a pleasing hope, that perseverance may crown his exertions with success. It will enable him to enjoy that exquisite pleasure arising from the conviction of having preserved the life of a fellow being; and it will demonstrate to all the immense quantity of blood which a man may lose and yet recover.
JOHN R. LUCAS. Rockland, Mecklenburg, 1st Oct. 1809.
LUNENBURG COUNTY, VIRGINIA.
I do hereby certify that the foregoing statement is strictly and literally correct, as far as I know or believe. Given under my hand this 2d. Oct. 1809. JAMES NIBLETT.
DIED—On Tuesday the 3d instant, Mr. ALEX. NEELE FRAZER, (Silk and Woolen dyer) of this City, a native of Scotland.
From the Fredericksburg Herald.
DEATH!!—With sensations of peculiar grief, we announce the death of Captain WILLIAM TAYLOR, who was accidentally drowned, on the evening of the 29th ult. Seldom has the painful task fallen to our lot of giving publicity to the departure, from this world, of a man more universally and justly respected, esteemed and beloved. In all the domestic and social relations, his conduct afforded to his fellow men, a distinguished and amiable pattern. He was an indulgent father—a tender husband—a kind master—a very useful citizen—a sincere & constant friend: He was a patron to the poor, and he was an HONEST MAN. Oft shall the saddening hue of sorrow sit on the cheek of friendship, when the remembrance of departed worth, shall swell in the heart; and the sacred tear of affectionate grief moisten the hallowed spot where his ashes slumber.
"The sweet remembrance of the just, Shall flourish when they sleep in dust." Oft shall the spot of consecrated earth, That marks the grave of dear departed worth, Arise from ev'ry wind and madd'ning gaze, That speaks the need of tributary praise: And like the votaries of voice approve The sigh of friendship, and the tear of love. Oh! ye who long have known the tender ties, That advance towards a death can canonize: Who, thro' the vista of departed years, Now feel and own a mutual joy and cares; Ye who have known that death's remembrance dark Give life's warm anguish to a brother's heart: Who with the throes of sympathy are even A son's deep pang, and torture-breathing groan: Where bosoms, warm'd by friendship's glow confess, The long drawn sigh of eloquent distress: While holy faith and sacred tears are shed, That mourn the loss of the departed dead, Let grateful prayers of fervent hope arise, B. Angelo's borne as incense to the skies, Since God in Heav'n, with purest spirits blends The best of fathers, and the best of friends! Z.
FOR SALE—A small tract of LAND, lying in the county of Prince Edward, on Bush river, joining the land on which I now reside, and containing about 400 acres.
Also, a few likely NEGROES—For terms apply to Wm. Randolph, in Richmond, or the subscriber, in Prince Edward. PETON RANDOLPH. September 26.
VALUABLE LAND FOR SALE—By virtue of the last will and testament of Edwin Motley, decd. will be sold to the highest bidder on Wednesday the 15th of November next, (or if not fair, the next fair day) A Tract of Land called Booths in Gloucester County, situated impended upon on Pophampton Creek, and within about one mile of York River, containing between six and seven hundred acres: this land is of the most valuable kind, and has an excellent mill seat on it: persons inclined to purchase and wish to see the land, will be shewn it by Mr. Wm. Gates who resides on it. Also on Thursday the 22nd November, will be sold under the same terms a tract of Land situated in the lower end of Spottsylvania County near Tlornton's Springs. A credit of one year will be given for one half the purchase money, in each case, and two years for the last payment, the purchaser giving bond with approved security, the bonds to be divided so as suit the payment of certain legacies, devised in the will of said decd. ELIZABETH MOTLEY, Administratrix with the Will annexed of EDWIN MOTLEY, decd. King & Queen County, Oct. 13. 2w4
P. S. For Sale a quantity of excellent old Peach and Apple brandy. E. M.
A LADY capable of teaching fine NEEDLE WORK, and EMBROIDERY, is wanted, as an Assistant, in a Female Academy, in the country. Respectable recommendation are required. Reference for further information, may be had at the Office of the Enquirer. October 13. 3t
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD—Ran away from the subscriber, last Wednesday evening, about 7 o'clock, at Richmond, a copper colored Negro Woman, by the name of LILLY. She is about 28 years of age, stout and strong made, full and round featured, of black complexion, and walks lame in her left hip, occasioned by an old wound 18 or 20 years ago, which has left a very slight scar directly back of her left hip joint. She is very artful, talkative and plausible in speech, and pretends to be a strict Methodist. Had on when she went away, a horn spun wool petticoat and jacket, with an ozanburg shift, and carried other clothes with her. She was brought from the northern side of the river Rappahannock, over Jubb's Hole ferry, near Dunkirk and New Castle, to this place; and, no doubt, will make the best of her way back again. The above reward, and all necessary expenses will be paid to any person, who will apprehend said woman and deliver her as soon as possible to Capt. Hugh Davis, in Richmond. J. BARRINGTON. October 13.

In the Superior Court of Chancery, for the Richmond District, Fall Term, 1809.
MARKS vs MORRIS.
The bill in this case, was brought, to be relieved against an usurious contract, covered by two deeds of trust, which the trustee was about to carry into effect, by making a sale of the property thereby conveyed; and for an injunction to stop the sale, which was awarded.
The usury was not admitted by the answer, nor was it positively denied, but from the terms of the answer, and the testimony in the cause, the usury, beyond all doubt, was made out. This cause was twice argued, with very great ability, by all the counsel; and the principal question, submitted to the court, was, whether the plaintiff should be relieved against the contract entirely, or against all but the principal money.
By the Chancellor— I have devoted much time to this case, and I confess, that when a motion was formerly made, to dissolve the injunction, I thought differently from what I do now; but surely, I was under an erroneous impression, and I now take much pleasure, in receding from it. It is not my habit, to take up much time in court, in delivering my opinions, as I deem time of more importance than words to the suitors; otherwise, upon this subject, I could write a volume; and while I have less respect for English judges, and English opinions, than other gentlemen; yet I have too much regard for myself, and the national character of my country, to rely upon English books farther, than for information merely, but not as authority; it was the common law we adopted, and not English decisions; and we should take the standard of that law, namely, that we should live honestly; should hurt no body; and should render to every one his due, for our judicial guide; to this standard, then, let this case be adjusted; to do which, we must understand what was the former rule, upon coming into equity, in a case like the present. Before the 3d section of our present act against usury, was introduced into our laws, the rule with respect to relief in equity against an usurious contract was this; that if the borrower brought a bill in chancery, against the lender, to compel him to discover the usury, he might demur, because it subjected him to a penalty; and no one upon principles of natural and universal justice could be compelled to subject himself. In order, therefore, to compel a discovery of the usury, the borrower had to waive the penalty, and to offer payment of the principal money with legal interest; and then the lender was compelled to answer, & to make the discovery, upon which, relief was afforded against the illegal interest; upon this maxim, that he who seeks equity, must do it; but the third section of our act declares, that a borrower may exhibit his bill in equity against the lender, and compel him to discover, on oath, all the circumstances in relation to the transaction; and if thereupon, it shall appear, that more than lawful interest was reserved, he shall be obliged to accept his principal money, without any interest, or other consideration, and pay costs, but shall be discharged of all other penalties of that act. The difference then between the former and the present rule, is this, that by the former, relief in equity could only be obtained upon doing complete justice, by paying the principal money and legal interest; but by the latter, it may be obtained upon payment of the principal money without interest. But I understand the counsel for the defendant to contend, that he is entitled to the full benefit of the former rule, unless the case falls expressly within the latter, as the discovery of the usury was not made by his answer, but proved upon him. But, as well the former, as the present rule, was predicated upon the ground, that there was no relief at law; and surely it never was intended, to preclude a borrower from relief in equity, if, from circumstances, which he could not control, he was prevented from making his defence at law; and then, whether upon the latter, or the former ground, if relief in equity should be asked, the rule in both cases should be the same: for I apprehend, that the legislature did not mean to place the lender, who should not make the discovery, in a better situation, than the one who should make it; for example: a bill for relief is filed: the defendant, the lender, in his answer, admits the allegations of the bill to be true; then he shall be obliged to accept his principal money, without any interest, pay costs, and be discharged of all other penalties imposed by the act—but if he had evaded the truth, though the usury should be proved upon him, he should, as I understand the counsel, be entitled to his principal money and legal interest, agreeably to the former rule; it not being a case expressly within the latter, as prescribed by the third section of the act; but this cannot be a fair exposition of the legislative will, as it would be an inducement to every lender, to withhold a fair disclosure of facts; upon this calculation, if they are disclosed, I lose all my interest; but if they are not disclosed, though they may be proved, I shall get lawful interest; and if they are not proved, I get my lawful and unlawful gain; but when the lender, in either case, is to lose all his interest, whether upon his discovery of the usury, or upon the plaintiff's proof, there is no inducement held out to him, to withhold the truth.
One word upon the main pillar of Mr. Hay's argument, that the plaintiff was operated upon by the effect of the deeds of trust, and having had no day in a court of law, was compelled to come into this court, for he could go no where else: this is true; and under the operation of these deeds, the plaintiff was placed precisely in the situation of a man against whom there was a judgement at law, upon an usurious bond, because he and his witnesses were all sick, & could not attend the trial, and therefore a judgement was rendered against him: now this man must pay the usury, in the judgement, unless he can be relieved in equity, & there is no doubt about it; & so with respect to the present plaintiff, his property was to have passed off under the hammer of the crier, but for the interposing hand of this court; he then had the applicant here for relief, to which he is most clearly entitled; but the question is, as to the extent of that relief: The answer is, that he must do justice, so far as the law will authorise it, in order to obtain it; & therefore, he must pay the principal money without any interest; and the defendant must be deprived of all gain by the contract, which was corrupted by the usury, pay costs, and stand discharged from all other penalties of the act.
The decree may be to this effect:— That if the plaintiff shall pay to the defendant so much of $2500, being the principal money, without interest, as shall remain, after deducting all costs, and $129 acknowledged to have been received) on or before the 1st October next, the injunction is to be made perpetual, and the deeds of trust, and a note for $93, in the bill mentioned, are to be delivered up to be cancelled, and the defendant to be discharged of all other penalties imposed by the act; but if such payment be not made, then the injunction for so much of the principal, as shall remain as aforesaid, shall stand dissolved as an act of this day, and the deeds remain as a security for the same, and Charles Copland, esq. is appointed a commissioner to proceed agreeably to the terms of the deeds, to raise the amount thereof, and to report his proceedings to the court in order to a final decree. To this decree, Mr. Hay objected, and referred the court to many precedents in the English books. Curia advisare vult—on the next day: By the Chancellor.
The principle in this case is settled. Marks is relieved against the hardship of
the contract, and Morris is to take his principal money without interest, pay costs and be discharged of all other penalties imposed by the act. The question now is, as to the form of the decree; about which there would be no difficulty, if Marks's counsel had not intimated a disposition to get out of court, in order to occupy his legal stand again; to prevent which, when the court said, the deeds, in the bill mentioned, might stand as a security for the principal money, it was objected as a solecism , that deeds void by law, should be set up in equity; and in support of this objection, the court has been referred to Vernon, Precedents in Chancery, Atkins, Brown, and Fonblanque. Let these books be examined in their chronological order; and first,
1. Vern. 467 Bill vs Price; the bill in that case was filed, to be relieved against several securities for goods sold at $5 for 1, and the court is reported to have said, that the plaintiff's security should be delivered up, on payment of what was really and bona fide paid to him.
2. The precedents in chancery, 80, Smith vs Loader; the bill in that case was to be relieved as a recognizance for a much larger sum than had really been advanced; and the master of the rolls decreed a perpetual injunction upon the payment of the principal money and interest, and the chancellor affirmed the decree.
3. 3 Atkins 287, Lawly vs Hooper; and although the chancellor, in that case, thought the transaction a shift to avoid the statutes of usury; yet he said, there was no necessity to determine that point; and decreed relief on certain terms, specified in the decree, upon the ground, that the agreement, though for an absolute sale, was such as a court of equity should not suffer: and by the decree it was provided, that if the terms were not complied with, the bill should be dismissed.
4. 1. Bro. 398, Lowther vs the countess dowager of Andover, et al. where the bill was filed for a specific performance of certain articles; & the court said, that if upon a tender of a sufficient conveyance, the money was not paid, the plaintiff's bill should be dismissed.
5. 4. Bro. 439 Mason vs Gardener, where the question was, whether a bill, for the discovery of the usury, without stating that the plaintiff was ready to pay principal and interest, upon demurrer, was good and could be entertained: & the chancellor said it was not.
6. 1. Fonb. Where it is laid down, that the court will attend to the claims of equal justice, and will never interfere, unless the plaintiff will consent to do that which is right.
I understand, that the object of the plaintiff's counsel in referring the court to those cases, was to prove, that where relief is afforded upon terms, that the party who obtains it, is at liberty to accept of the terms or not; and this is admitted, so far as the relief goes, no farther: Then, how far does the relief go in this case? to all but the principal money; and the court will not compel the plaintiff to accept of its relief; for, if he pleases, he may pay the usury; but the court will put it in his power not to do it; and this is all the court can do as to the relief; but the question is as to the principal money? Shall Marks have the aid of the court and not Morris? Shall the court not aid Morris in getting from Marks that which he may withhold? Or, shall the court suffer Marks to go out protected against the usury, and put Morris to his action at law for the principal? Would this be right, while both are here, and according to Fonb. entitled to equal justice? I think not. In the cases to which I have been referred, there was no necessity for the court to go farther than it did: because, the agreements were all good at law, and the defendants in equity were to be benefitted, if the plaintiffs refused the terms on which they were relieved; and therefore the defendants did not object; for it was their interest to be at law; but, says Morris, this is not my case: A court of law will not do for me; you have said my deeds are tainted with usury, and that if Marks will pay me $2500, my securities shall be cancelled; but if he will not, how am I to get that sum? Must I sue him? If I do, he pleads the usury upon me, and proves it by your decree: so, that although law and equity say, I am to have my principal money, without interest, pay costs, and be discharged of all other penalties; yet equity will not help me, while it relieves Marks. It is this view, which Morris is made to take of his own case, that makes it the duty of the court to provide for him as well as for Marks: for surely, it would be a solecism , to say, that the contract is so far legal and equitable, that the principal money shall be paid, but the deeds, by which such principal is secured, shall not be set up in equity, to secure the payment of that principal, which the act compels the lender to take: I think they may; and so said the English Chancellor in the case of Scott vs Nisbet: it is true, that that was the case of a judgement which the chancellor said, could only be displaced upon doing what was right, and that the judgement should stand as a security for the money actually paid with legal interest: and all Mr. Hay's arguments went to prove, in this very case, that Marks occupied a ground, on which, at law, there was no relief. Between Marks then and a judgement debtor, no difference is disclosed, and that if the principle laid down by the judge in Scott vs Nisbet was correct, with respect to a judgement, it must be equally so with respect to the deeds in this case; and, more especially, as it may prevent another contest, which this court should not be the means of producing, while it holds in its own hands, the means of preventing it. But it was said, the chancellor in Scott vs Nisbet did not understand the case: how this was, I do not know, but if he did not, he guessed well, for he struck upon the only principle that secured equal justice to the parties, while he relieved against the hardships of the case at the same time. But, if he had not done it, I would: My predecessor did it in Hill and Hook: and I shall do it in the case before me. I am perfectly satisfied with the frame of the decree, delivered out on yesterday, conformably to which the Clerk may draw it up, and have it entered.
FOREIGN SELECTIONS.
LONDON, July 15.—Mr. Pitt's Monument—The monument to be erected in the Guildhall of London, is in a state of great forwardness. This exquisite piece of sculpture is the production of Mr. J. G. Bubb, of Grafton-street, Fitzroy Square. The massy substance on which the figures in this composition are placed, is intended to represent the Island of Great-Britain, and the surrounding waves. On an elevation, in the centre of the Island, Mr. Pitt appears in his robes, as chancellor of the exchequer, in the attitude of a senatorial orator. At the wings, on the immediate foreground, two erect statues characterise his abilities; with national energy, which is embodied, and riding on a symbol of the ocean in the lower centre; they assist to describe, allusively, the effects of his administration. Mercury is on his right, overcoming anarchy, thereby securing internal repose to the country. Minerva is on the left, as the representative of Commerce and the patron of policy. To describe the unprecedented splendor of success which crowned the British navy, while Mr. Pitt was minister, the lower part of the monument is occupied by a statue of Britannia , seated triumphantly on a sea-horse; in her left hand is the usual emblem of naval power, and her right grasps a thunderbolt, which she is prepared to hurl at the enemies of our country.
As the place assigned in Guildhall for the monument of Mr. Pitt is immediately opposite to that erected to the memory of the illustrious Lord Chatham, the artist has taken care so to construct the pedestal, mouldings, breadth, elevation, and architectural parts of his design, that, in the points of dimension and outline, it may serve as a companion to the monument already executed to the father of the illustrious Wm. Pitt.
July 26.—Diseases and Improvements—The difficulty of procuring fibres sufficiently fine and elastic for micrometers has induced a gentleman to use the spider's web, which he found so fine, opaque, and elastic, as to answer all the purposes of practical astronomy. But as it is only the stalker, or long line which supports the web, that possesses these valuable properties, the difficulty of procuring it has compelled many opticians and practical astronomers to employ the raw fibres of unwrought silk, or what is still worse, the coarse silver wire manufacture used in this country. For these a substitute has been obtained, in a delicate glass fibre, which enables the observer to remove the error of inflection, while it possesses the requisite properties of opacity and elasticity.
Mr. Spencer Smith has lately introduced that valuable plant, Sinera maldier , into this country. Mr. Smith furnished the society of arts with some seed, from which Mr. Salisbury, of the Botanic Garden, Sloane-street, has raised plants that have grown in the most surprising manner. He expects to obtain seed from them, and there is every reason to hope that this useful, dye-root will become naturalized in our soil.
M. Doulergerais, optician to Bonaparte, has produced a ponderous flint of glass, intended for the manufacture of achromatic glasses, in which he has attained a degree of perfection equal to those of English manufacture. The glass made by him is heavier than flint glass; its specific gravity being 3.588, while the heaviest flint glass being only 3.329.
Lieutenant colonel Lindsay, of Grove-House Edgware, has obtained a patent for a telegraph, or apparatus, which conveys intelligence with as much facility by night as by day.
WINCHESTER ASSIZES.
July 10. Burges, vs. Cobbett, Aslett, and Dubber. This was an action of assault and imprisonment, brought against the defendants, said to be men of good property, in which the plaintiff sued in forma pauperis , and laid his damages at 1000l.
Mr. Borough (who was assisted by Mr. Gaselee) stated the cause at some length; from his statement it appeared, that in December last, Mr. Cobbett, of Botley, well known for his political writings, took Jesse Burges, a brother of the plaintiff, then a boy of 15, into his service, and in March, the lad ran away from his master, and returning home, complained that his master swore at him and threatened him so harshly that he could not stay with him. A warrant was issued to apprehend the boy, Mr. Cobbett having stated that he was a servant in husbandry. The boy was taken and carried to the Dolphin, at Botley, followed by his mother and brother. (William Burges, the plaintiff.) The lad being left alone took to his heels and ran off, and the mother and brother were proceeding along the road home, when Mr. Dubber, a constable, and Mr. Aslett (the former a constable, and the other a tithing man) riding after them. One of them roared out, "halloo! stop, old woman! stop, you fellow! take that old woman into custody. I've got a pistol and will shoot you!" They seized the mother by the bonnet and hair, and when the son said, if they touched his mother, he would knock them down. On which they laid hold of him, and smacked a stick from his hand, when he very naturally kicked Aslett on the leg, whereupon the tithing man struck the plaintiff, and a scuffle ensued, which ended in the plaintiff's being dragged to Botley, after being kept prisoner for several hours on the way. Here he was detained all night. In the morning, the mother and the son were carried before Mr. Smith, a magistrate, at Southampton; but on their arrival, Mr. Cobbett, who was there, now found he was in the wrong, and he desired the woman and plaintiff might go about their business. The young man said that his mother had many miles to go, and was unable to walk: Mr. Cobbett replied, "damn your eyes, you may get home as well as you can!"—Mr. Borough concluded by calling on the jury to give exemplary damages for the illegal violence committed by Mr. Cobbett's orders on the plaintiff and his mother.
The mother and sister of the plaintiff were examined, and corroborated the above statement. The sister was a servant to Mr. Cobbett, who threatened with an oath, to transport her for knowing that her brother ran away; he also threatened to send her elder brother to sea.
Mr. Jekyll, for the defendants, said, it was impossible for him to give any answer by evidence, for the whole was a gross fabrication. The witnesses were all of one family, and could of course tell the same story; and this was the reward and gratitude Mr. Cobbett received for the many kindnesses he had lavished on this ungrateful family. The fact was, that the lad was assisted in his escape by the mother and brother, and the defendant was justified in apprehending them. This action arose from spleen and malice. Mr. Cobbett as a political man, had naturally many enemies, and they had incited this action. He would appeal to any man in Botley whether Mr. Cobbett was an oppressive master. The whole was a trumped up case and he trusted the jury would find a verdict for the defendants.
Mr. Justice Lawrence said, that if a lad ran away from his master, he must be brought back again; but these persons were not justified in acting as they had done. If there was an attempt to a rescue, an indictment should have been preferred; as it was, their conduct was unlawful. If the boy had behaved ill, there was no reason why his brother should be imprisoned.
The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, with ten pounds damages. London Paper.
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At a convocation of the Visitors and Governors of William & Mary College, held at the Governor's Chamber, within the said College, the 24th day of July, 1809.
BE IT ORDAINED, That all students, during the first year of their attendance, who have entered the Junior Class, shall reside with the College, and board at the public table; those only excepted, who may live with their parents or guardians, or with a professor, and who will engage that any student living with them, shall observe the same rules, as far as they can be applied, which shall be in force within the college: Provided, nevertheless, That when the rooms, in college, shall be fully occupied by students, permission shall be granted others, by the society, to reside in any respectable private boarding-house, in the town or neighborhood: Provided, also, That at the request of the parent or guardian, of any young man, who is so sick or in such ill health as to render it necessary, in the opinion of the society, that he be permitted to reside out of college, permission may be granted by the society to him, to reside out of college, while his ill health continues.
2dly. The hours of study which every student shall observe, shall be first, from sun rise till breakfast: Secondly, from 9 o'clock in the forenoon, till twelve, unless engaged at lecture: Thirdly, from half past two o'clock, in the afternoon, till five, unless engaged as before mentioned, or in such duties as shall be required by the rules of the college.
3dly. No student shall be absent from his room during the hours appointed for study, unless engaged as mentioned in the second section of this statute, or for some sufficient reason of which the society shall judge.
4dly. At nine o'clock of every evening, except in the months of November, December, January & February, when the house shall be eight o'clock, the bell shall ring, when every student residing in college, shall, in an orderly manner, retire each to his room, nor shall he leave the same till next morning. The rooms shall be visited by the President, or by a professor, and every absentee particularly noted.
5dly. In any case of disorderly conduct, within the College, in which students are concerned, every student in college, at the time, whether he be a resident therein or not, shall be considered as a principal, and treated accordingly, unless he can show his innocence.
6dly. A roll shall be kept by each professor, which shall be called over at the meeting of his class or classes, and all absentees noted. The roll so kept, shall regularly, on each Monday, at 12 o'clock, be laid before the society and examined, and those who have failed in any duty assigned, shall then be called upon, and in no case, shall a delinquent be excused, without good and sufficient reason. The proceeding of such meeting with the reasons on which delinquents have been excused, shall be entered on the minutes or journal of the society. Let each professor carefully preserve the rolls kept by him, and lay them before the succeeding convocation.
7dly. Any student who shall frequent a Tavern, or be concerned in riotous noise, in the streets, or who shall have degraded himself by any single act of drunkenness, or by any other act contrary to good morals, shall for the first offence be either publicly censured or expelled, and for the second offence shall be deemed unworthy of being a student, and shall be expelled.
8dly. Any student, concerned in gaming or duelling, shall be forthwith expelled, and information of every expulsion shall be communicated to all other colleges in the United States. The sentence of expulsion, with the reasons therefor, shall be immediately published in some paper, or cited in Richmond, for three successive weeks. The parent or guardian of every student, who may be censured, suspended or expelled, shall also be notified of the same, and a copy of the proceedings, in each case, shall be transmitted to such parent or guardian.
9dly. Students shall be compelled to attend lecture; and in no instance, shall absent themselves, without the consent of the professor lecturing, except in case of sickness. Nor shall permission of absence be allowed by any professor in term time, unless at the desire of the parent or guardian signified in writing.
10dly. No student shall be subject to censure more than once. Suspension for the remainder of the course or expulsion, as the case may be, shall always succeed the repetition of the offence, for which the censure has been passed, or any other act of violation of the Rules of the College.
11dly. After the violation of any statute, rule or regulation, by any student, the society shall proceed to inquire into the case, and apply the punishment, although he may have absented himself.
12dly. There shall be two public examinations, in each year, one as heretofore, on the second Tuesday in February; the other shall commence six days previous to the fourth day of July.
13dly. Any student who shall be absent, from a public examination, unless he be prevented, by sickness, or with the permission of the society, to be absent, which permission shall be granted only in cases of urgency, shall be expelled.
14dly. Let the President examine the students and scholars in presence of the respective Professors or Ushers, once in every three months, or oftener, if he shall deem it necessary, and also, apart from the Professor or Usher, once in every six months, in order that the Professors, as well as students and scholars, may be kept more strictly to their duty.
15dly. Any student, failing to perform the duties required of him, in any school, which he may attend, shall be admonished by the Professor of such school, or his failure shall be reported to the society, at their meeting on the succeeding Monday.—But the Professor shall not admonish the same person, more than once. In the second instance of failure, it shall be his duty to make report to the society, who shall censure, suspend, or expel, as the case may require.
16dly. No student, after the second examination, in the first year of his attendance, shall be permitted to return to college, unless he shall obtain, either a vote of approbation of his attention, to his studies, and of his moral demeanor, from the President and Professors—a copy of which, shall be furnished to the student approved, if required, or unless a special license to return be obtained, stating the reasons for granting such license, a copy whereof shall be laid before the succeeding convocation.
17dly. No person shall be permitted to continue a student after the second year of his attendance, unless she shall, at the end of such second year, or before, obtain a degree of Bachelor of Arts: Provided, That at the end of such second year, the President and Professors, may permit such student to attend the lectures on the usual terms, if they be of opinion his attention and moral demeanor deserve such permission.
18dly. No Professor shall absent himself from college, during the times prescribed for Lecturing, nor at the same time, of public examination or exercises; and every professor is hereby required, respectively to examine the students of his class or classes, at every such public examination, and also at every lecture.
19dly. All the Professors and Students shall attend chapel, and there demean themselves in a manner suited to public worship.
20dly. No person shall be admitted, as a student, until he shall have made, in presence of the President and Professors, the following declaration. "I acknowledge myself to be a student of William and Mary College, and promise that I will observe and keep all the Statutes, Rules and Regulations, of said College." To which declaration he shall subscribe his name, in a fair and legible hand, in a book to be kept for that purpose.
Copy. Teste, Wm. RUSSELL, c. g. wsw
VIRGINIA:—At a Superior Court of Chancery, held at the Capitol, in Richmond, June 20th, 1809.
Philip N. Nicholas, Attorney General, on behalf of the Commonwealth of Virginia, vs. against Lucy Price, relict of Wm. Price, register, dec'd. and Wm. D. James Alexander, John Harvie, and Anne Price, infant heirs of Wm. Price, dec'd. by Wm. Duval, their guardian, and the said Wm. Duval, administrator of Wm. Price, dec'd. Defs.
Philip Duval, Plaintiff, against the same Defendants. The Mutual Assurance Society against Fire on buildings in the state of Virginia, Plffs. against the same, Defs.
And Wm. Marshall and Thomas Taylor, guardians of Eleanor and Lavinia Dandridge, orphans of Wm. Dandridge, dec'd. Plffs. against the same Defs.
THESE causes, by consent of parties, were this day heard together, on the bills, answer, exhibits, and report of commissioner Greenhow, made in the second suit, which is substituted, by consent, in the other causes, and is substantiated, by counsel; On consideration whereof, the court, by consent of parties, doth adjudge, order and decree, that John Prosser and Wm. Moncure, or either of them, who are appointed commissioners for that purpose, after having advertised the time and place of sale for thirty days, in two of the news-papers printed in the city of Richmond, do expose to sale, at Public Auction, upon the premises, the following
L A N D S, Of the Estate of the intestate Wm. Price, late Register, namely: Two-thirds of two Lots, in the city of Richmond, known and distinguished in the plan of the said city, by the numbers five hundred and twenty-seven, and five hundred and eight, lying on the main street, which were purchased of Alexander Quarrier, and adjoining his present residence: Nine vacant Lots in the said city, near the tenement of Joseph Jackson, and distinguished by the numbers
A House and Lot, on the main street of Shockoe Hill, near the brick building of Thomas White, commonly called the Blue House, and which the intestate purchased of John Bratton: Three hundred and fifty acres of Land (more or less) in the county of Goochland, adjoining the lands of Robert H. Saunders: Two hundred and eighteen acres (more or less) and eighty acres of coal land, both lying on Deep Run, in the county of Henrico: Three hundred and fifty acres on the Richmond Turnpike, situated about three and a half miles from Richmond, being the farm formerly occupied by the intestate, and now by Peter Wilkinson: And ten Shares in the Richmond Turnpike Company, or so much thereof, as shall be sufficient to satisfy the plaintiffs, in their respective claims, with interest thereon from the day of sale, in the order, and on the terms following, to wit: To satisfy the Commonwealth of Virginia two thousand eight hundred and forty-five dollars and ninety-two cents, with interest from the first day of October, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty, with costs of suit and expenses of the sales hereby directed, which sales shall be made on twelve months credit, the purchaser or purchasers paying interest from the date, and giving bond with sufficient security, payable to the treasurer, for the time being, or his successors in office; which bond or bonds shall be delivered to the Auditor of public accounts, by the said commissioners: To satisfy in the next place, Philip Duval, the sum of twelve hundred dollars with interest from the twentieth day of November, 1808, and costs of suit, which shall be made on six months credit, the purchaser or purchasers executing a note or notes, negotiable and payable in the bank of Virginia, with approved endorsers; and the note or notes so taken for such sum as shall be equal to the said Philip Duval's claim, with interest until such note or notes shall become due, be delivered to the said Philip Duval, by the said Commissioners: To satisfy, in the third place, the Mutual Assurance Society, against Fire on buildings, in the state of Virginia, the sum of two thousand two hundred and seven dollars and fifty cents, with interest on two thousand and ninety-four dollars and five cents, from the first day of the present month, and the costs of suit, with the expenses of the sales hereby directed, which sales shall be made at 12 months credit, the purchaser or purchasers executing a note or notes negotiable and payable at the bank of Virginia, with approved endorsers, for such sum as shall be equal to the principal & interest of the said society's claim, until the said note or notes shall become due, and costs of suit, which said note or notes shall be delivered to the principal agent of the said society, for the time being: And to satisfy, in the last place, the plaintiffs William Marshall and Thomas Taylor, the sum of fourteen hundred dollars, with interest from the first day of the present month, with costs of suit, and expenses of the sales hereby directed, which sale shall be made on a credit of two years, the purchaser or purchasers executing bonds with approved security, bearing interest from the date of the sale, the said bond or bonds to be delivered to the said Marshall and Taylor; and the court doth further adjudge, order and decree, that the said commissioners, or the one who may act, report their proceedings to the court: As to the dower of the defendant Lucy, in the property directed to be sold, the court will, if the parties consent, at a future day, proceed to make compensation to her, out of the other lands of the estate of the intestate: And liberty is reserved to the infant defendants to show cause against this decree, at any time within six months after they shall severally attain the age of twenty-one years; and by consent of the parties in the last suit, the court doth order the defendant Wm. Duval, to make up the accounts of the intestate as guardian of Lavinia and Eleanor Dandridge, now wards of the plaintiffs Taylor and Marshall, before one of the commissioners of the court, who is ordered to examine, state, settle and report the same to the court, with any matters required by the parties or deemed pertinent by himself.
A Copy. Teste, PETER TINSLEY, c. g.
IN Conformity with the foregoing decree, we shall, or one of us, proceed to sell on the Premises, —On Tuesday the 17th Inst. at 11 o'clock, —the Lots mentioned in said Decree: —The Blue House will be sold subject to the possibility of the Dower of Mrs. Bratton—and immediately after the Sale of the Blue House & Wm. Duval will be sold ten Shares in the Richmond Turnpike Company: —also mentioned in said Decree: —And on Wednesday the 18th Inst. will be sold on the Premises: —that beautiful Seat in the County of Henrico, called Chantilly containing 350 acres, or so much thereof, as will be sufficient to satisfy the Plaintiffs in their respective claims, with interest thereon from the day of sale.
JOHN PROSSER, } Commissioners. Wm. MONCURE. } Oct. 6.
N. B. The Sale of the Lots adjoining Col. Quarrier's was formerly forbidden, but the title will now be guaranteed to the purchasers.
A CARD.—DOCTOR LEWIS, lately from the West-Indies, has opened his Office, at Manchester, in the house of Mr. L. Bishop, for the practice of Physic, Surgery, and Midwifery . He hopes from his success and experience, to merit the patronage of a liberal public.
N. B. Private families may be supplied with Medicines, with suitable directions, & Advice for the poor, gratis. September 26.
COLUMBIAN MILLS.—The subscribers having purchased the Columbian Mills, leave to inform the public they are giving each Whest and Corn. P. DALLALL & Co. September 5.