The enquirer (Richmond, Va.), 1807-03-27 00:00:00

The Enquirer.
PUBLISHED BY THOMAS RITCHIE, OPPOSITE THE POST-OFFICE.....AT FIVE DOLLARS PER ANNUM.....(PAYABLE IN ADVANCE.)
NUMBER 102.]
RICHMOND, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 27, 1807.
[VOLUME 3
IN CHANCERY.
United States Court, Fifth Circuit, and Virginia District, November term, 1806.
Cunningham Corbett, John Laurie, Gilbert Hamilton, John Sterling, and George Lothian, assignees of Ninian Minzies, Plaintiffs.
William Johnson, one of the heirs and devisees of Edward Johnson, dec'd. Henrietta Johnson and Edward Johnson, likewise heirs and devisees of Edward Johnson, dec'd. and infants under the age of twenty-one years, by William Hickman their guardian, John Powell and Elizabeth his wife, formerly Elizabeth Johnson, widow of said Edward Johnson, dec'd. William Bentley administrator of William Ronald, dec'd. William Fenwick and Catharine his wife, who said William is administrator, &c. of Andrew Ronald, dec'd. administrator by William Wigham, late administrator of the said Andrew Ronald, dec'd. Andrew Ronald and William Stephen Ronald & George Ronald, children of the said Andrew Ronald, dec'd. Sally Ronald and Jane Ronald by the said William Fenwick their guardian, William Murray, Bessey Ronald and Nancy Ronald, co-heirs of said William Ronald, dec'd. Samuel Pleasants, jr. Goodrich Crump, Brett Randolph, William Hickman, Richard Bentley, Calvine Cocke, John Archer, John Swann, Benjamin Harris, Peterfield Archer and Richard Archer, securities to William Bentley, as administrator, &c. of said William Ronald, dec'd. Robert Goode, one of the securities to William Ronald, dec'd. and Edward Carrington and John A. Cheville, administrators of William Wigham, dec'd. Defendants.
Samuel Donaldson, surviving partner of Gibson, Donaldson and Hamilton, against, The same.
THESE causes coming on again to be further heard on the papers formerly read, the amended bills, bills of revivor and answers thereto, replicati- ons, exhibits and reports of a commissioner, made pursuant to the orders of the eighth of June and ninth of December, in the last year, and was argued by counsel; on consideration whereof, the court setting aside the order made in the fifth suit on the fourteenth day of June last, for the present doth adjudge, order and decree, that unless the defendants, co-heirs of William Ronald, dec'd. who was one of the executors of Edward Johnson, dec'd. shall, on or before the first day of the next month, pay into the Bank of Virginia, the sum of twelve thousand and forty dollars fifty cents, and the costs expended by the plaintiffs in both suits, including the fees of the commissioner in taking the several accounts under the orders of this court; subject to the future order of this court, that William Berkeley, Josiah Ellis and William Mann, who are appointed commissioners for that purpose, any two of whom may act to lay off and allot to Catharine Cocke, late Catharine Ronald, widow of the said William Ronald, deceased, her dower in the following tracts or parcels of land, whereof the said William Ronald seized and possessed, to wit: one tract in the county of Powhatan, whereon he lived, containing fifteen hundred acres, also one other tract in the same county, containing forty-four acres, purchased by him of F. Woodson together with two tracts in the county of Goochland, the one on Beaver-dam creek, containing nine hundred acres, the other ten acres called Little Island, & after allotting to the said Catharine her dower in the same, that they having advertised the time and place of such sale, for six weeks successively, in one or more of the newspapers printed in the city of Richmond, do sell at public auction, for ready money, the remaining two third parts of the said four tracts or parcels of land (except so much of the nine hundred acres tract in the county of Goochland, as is stated in the report of the commissioner to have been claimed by a certain Jacob Johnson, about which the court will at a certain day decide) as also the reversion in the other third, to be allotted to the said Catharine as her dower, subject however to the extent of Ann Barclay, in the said report mentioned, and after de- fraying the expenses of laying off the dower, and making the sale aforesaid thereof, pay the same into court subject to its future order. And the said commissioners who may act, are directed to report their proceedings to the court. And the court doth further order that the said defendants, administrators of William Wigham, dec'd. who was executor of Andrew Ronald, dec'd. who was surviving executor of the said Edward Johnson, dec'd. do on the tenth day of the next term, pay into the court the sum of six hundred and eighty-five pounds four shillings and two pence, of the value of two thousand two hundred and eighty four dollars, three cents, with interest thereon, to be computed after the rate of five per centum per annum, from the thirty first day of December, one thousand eight hundred, till payment, subject, to the future order of the court. And the court doth recommit the report made in these suits to commissioner Greenhow, with directions to take the accounts required by the former orders made in these suits, as also the account of William Ronald's administration on the estate of the said Edward Johnson, dec'd. so far as any errors or omissions may have been made in the report made by commissioner Hay, in a suit depending in the superior court of Chancery for the Richmond district, between Powell and others, and the administrators of the said William Ronald, dec'd. and others; a copy of which is among the exhibits in these suits, and of the co- parters of the said William Ronald and Edward Johnson, of whom the said William was surviving partner, if either party shall require the same to be taken, together with an account of the deft. William Bentley's administration of the estate of William Ronald, deceased, so far as any errors or omissions may be found therein, as also an account of any monies received by the said William Bentley, guardian of the deft. co-heirs of the said William Ronald, dec'd. or in any other character, by sales, or otherwise, or any part of the real estate whereof the said William Ronald died seized or possessed, or to which he claimed any title in law or equity, to be by him examined, stated, settled, and to the court reported, with any matters thought pertinent by himself or required by the parties to be specially stated. And the court doth direct, that the said commissioners who may act, do (if the plaintiffs in these suits will consent thereto) sell the said lands upon such credits as they may agree to, and take bonds with security from the purchasers, for the payment of the same, payable to the marshal of this district, and also retain the title of the said lands, and in case default should be made in the payment of the said money so agreed to be given for the said lands or any part thereof, that the said commissioners do sell such part of the land as shall be unpaid for, and pay the money to the original purchaser. And on the motion of John Bracken and William Coleman, they are admitted parties plaintiffs in these causes, & a subpoena is awarded the against the defendants re- turnable here, &c.
A Copy. To Wm. MARSHALL, Clerk.
IN Puruance of the foregoing decree, we shall proceed to sell at Public Auction, for ready money, at the times and places following, that is to say: The tract in the county of Powhatan, containing 1500 acres, at Powhatan court-house, on the third Wednesday in April, 1807, being the 15th of the Month, and court day of the said county; the other tract in the said county of Powhatan, containing forty-four a-
crees, at the court-house of the said county, on the said third Wednesday in April next; The tract on Beaver-dam creek, in the county of Goochland, containing 900 acres, at Goochland court-house, on the third Monday in April, 1807, being the 20th of the Month, and court day of the said county; and the other tract of ten acres, called Little Island, in the said county of Goochland, at the court-house of the said county of Goochland, on the said third Monday in April next, in the year 1807.
WILLIAM BERKELEY, } Commissioners. JOSIAH ELLIS, } WILLIAM MANN, } eorum.
IT being more advantageous to the defendants, who are interested in the foregoing tracts of land, that they should be sold, on credit, than for cash; and the plaintiffs, by their counsel, having assented to a sale on credit; the same will be accordingly sold on credit. The lands will be laid off for sale in the manner, which shall seem most beneficial. One fourth of the purchase money is to be paid down in cash; one half of the remaining three-fourths in six months from the day of sale, and the balance in nine months from the same period. The conveyances to the purchasers are not to be made, until the whole amount of their respective purchases shall be discharged. The Goochland lands will be sold at Goochland court-house on the court day thereof, in the month of April next; to wit, on the third Monday, being the 20th day of April.
WILLIAM BERKELEY, } Commissioners. JOSIAH ELLIS, } WILLIAM MANN, } eorum.
March 3.
NOTICE.
THIS is to forewarn all persons from paying to William W. Cunningham, any monies on my account, he being no longer in my employ, having dismissed him for the improper appropriation of several sums collected for me. I have every reason to believe he has got fraudulently, several accounts, and bonds of mine, now in his possession. ROBERT DAVIDSON. March 24.
RICHARD BROOKE.
At the sign of the Plough, nearly opposite the Street leading from Mayo's Bridge:—Has just received and opened part of his SPRING GOODS, and daily expects the remainder, which being laid in on the best terms, he will sell on the most reduced prices, for cash or Country Produce.
AMONG THEM ARE.....    Clotus & Kerseymeres,  Do. Handkerchiefs,    Merfalle,  Red, brown & yellow    India Dimities,  Bandanna do.    Do. Calicoes,  Madras do.    Furniture do.  Silk Gloves,    Ginghams,  Velvet Ribbons,    Silk and Cotton Cham-  Sewing Silk,    brays,  Nuns Thread,    9-8 & 6-4 Cambrick  Coloured do.    Muslins,  Linen Cambrick,    Plain & Laced do,  Long Lawn,    Book do.  Dimities & Cambrick D-    Plain & Worked Leno,  mities    Crapes & Sarcenets,  7-8 & 4-4 Irish Linen,    Laces & Ribbons,  Diaper, Plaitillas,    Silk & Cotton Shawls,  White & brown Plaitillas,    Do. Counterpanes,  Dowlas,    Gentlemen & Ladies Silk  Ozamburgh,    & Cotton Tofe,  Ticklenburgh,    Silk, Cotton & Leather  Linen & Cotton Checks,    Supenders,  With Hardware and a va-    Silk Umbrellas,  riety of other articles.    He wishes to rent the upper part of the House consisting of four rooms, two of which are very large & have been recently repaired, together with the necessary out Houses. March 24. 6w.
WILL BE SOLD,
On Monday the 27th of April next, at the late Dwelling-House of Overton Colby, Esq. dec'd. in Urbanna.
THREE SLAVES, one good Watch, a number of valuable Books, and all the household and kitchen Furniture, belonging to said deceased;—On sums above five dollars, nine months credit will be allowed the purchasers on their giving bond with approved security. All persons indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment, as no indulgence can be given, those having claims are desired to exhibit them properly authenticated, to THE ADMINISTRATORS. Middlesex, March 24. 5t.
THE ADMINISTRATORS.
THE subscriber, having been lately admitted to the bar, purposed to commence the practice of LAW, in the county courts of Henrico, Goochland, and Hanover, and in the court of Hullings of this city. THOMAS MARSHALL. Richmond, March 24. 2p.
Weights as follows:    Aged 130lbs.   Six Years Old, 120   Five do. do. 110   Four do. do. 100   Three do. do. 86   And under 3 years, a feather. Mares and Geldings to be allowed, 5lb. A meeting of the members, will be required, on the day preceding the first day's race. A. S. BROCKENBROUGH, Secretary & Treasurer. 12:56A.
THE JOCKEY CLUB RACES at this place,
will commence on Wednesday, the 29th April next.
1st Day—Two mile heats, 4 mile heats—Second day's purse, supposed to be nearly equal to the first, the greater part of the toll being given up for that purpose—distance, three mile heats.
1st Day—Two mile heats, 4 mile heats—Second day's purse, supposed to be nearly equal to the first, the greater part of the toll being given up for that purpose—distance, three mile heats.
1st Day—A POST SWEEP STAKE of 30 dols. each, 7 Subscribers & closed. 90 lbs. on each, with an allowance of 3 lbs. for Fillies & Geldings.
2d Day—THE JOCKEY CLUB PURSE, 45 Subscribers at 5 dols. each, 3 mile heat.
3d Day—Two mile heats for the Subscription of the Proprietors of the course, with the toll of that and the preceding days entrance. 10 dols. each, free only for members of the Club—To carry the following weights, (Viz.)
  Three Years Old, 82   Four do. do. 102   Five do. do. 112   Six do. do. 122   Aged 126   Three pounds to be allowed Geldings & Mares. PHILIP SAMUEL, Secretary of Caroline Jockey Club Union-Tavern, (Car.) March 6. 12:56A.
WILL BE SOLD.
On the premises, without reserve, to the highest bidder, between the hours of 11 and 12 o'clock, Monday the 30th inst. the following PROPERTY, Viz:
ONE two-story BRICK HOUSE, 42 by 20 ft. do. single do. Wood do. 32 — 18 — Four do. do. do. do.
All neatly finished and calculated for dwelling, situated on handsome well enclosed Lots on Shockoe-Hill, in the City of Richmond; known in Duvalls plan, as No. 101 & No. 102, surveyed by Wm. G. Paine. TERMS OF PAYMENT:
1400 Dols. in cash—1050 dols. on the 25th of June, 1807—Half of the residue the 14th August—and the balance the 14th August, 1808. Satisfactory titles will be made to the purchaser, on the receipt of the money. ARCHIBALD PLEASANTS, jr. eptf.
TO THE PUBLIC.
On Wednesday the 8th of April next, will commence the sale of Wm. Prichard's whole Stock in Trade, consisting of.....
A VERY EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF BOOKS, in all arts and sciences, of the latest and best editions; together with a great variety of STATIONARY ARTICLES—Paper, Blank-Books, Quills, Ink-Powder, Wafers, Sealing-Wax, Morocco Pock- et-Books, fine Cutlery, Playing-Cards, Mathematical Instruments, Parchment, Drawing Paper. Also:—Musical and Musical Instruments—Finished Piano Portes with additional keys, Violins, Clarionets, German Flutes, &c. a Church Organ, four Repps and mahogany case. Bibles, Testaments, Spelling-books, &c. will be put up in dozens to accommodate Shop-Keepers and country Stores.
The sale to continue from day to day until the whole stock is disposed of.—For every sum above twenty dollars, sixty days credit will be allowed for negotiable notes with approved security. A Catalogue of the whole STOCK will be published before the day of sale. PROSSER & MONCURE, r. srs. March 20. tdf.
JACOB JOHNSON.
BOOKSELLER & STATIONER. A few doors below the Market, Richmond.
Is preparing to publish by subscription a MAP of the United States, upon a new plan, and intended as a game for youth. By this interesting amusement, a general knowledge of the United States may be obtained in less time than by any other way. The public are respectfully invited to examine a rough copy of the work now at the Store of the publisher. March 20. 5t.
NOTICE.
ALL persons having claims against the estate of John Pendleton, esq. late of the City of Richmond, dec'd. are requested to exhibit them to either of the subscribers as freeholders as possible.
GEO. PICKETT, ROBERT POLLARD, CHS. JOHNSTON, N. SHETLAND. Administrators. November 12. tf.
NOTICE.
ALL persons having claims against the estate of William Masten, deceased, of Chesterfield county, wherein I am concerned, are requested to bring them forward, their accounts properly authenticated, on or before the first day of April next, as provisions may be made for the discharge of the same. All, all those having claims against the estate of Andrew Scott, dec'd. of said county, are requested to come forward; and those indebted, to pay off their respective accounts, as no indulgence will be given, and this notice plead in bar, of any claim brought forward, after the above date, as I intend to close my administration, to April court. ROBERT MYTIRE, Adm'r of ANDREW SCOTT. March 10. tf.
NOTICE.
By virtue of three Deeds of Trust, executed to the undersigned, by William Cocke, of the county of Goochland, (and of record, in the court of that county,) for the purpose of securing the payment of a debt due to John Shelton and Son, and sundry other debts due to John L. Harris, & Co. will be exposed to sale, to the highest bidder, for ready money, at Goochland (Court House,) on the 31st day of March next:
A TRACT OF LAND, the property of said Cocke, now in the occupancy of George Underwood; lying in the county of Goochland, adjoining the lands of John Markham, John Lewis, Lewis Powers, and others; containing between three and four hundred acres, as expressed in said several Deeds of Trust.
FREDERICK HARRIS, } Trustees. WILLIAM MILLER, } (tdf. February 27.
SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
WILL commence on Thursday the 16th day of April next, the Smithfield Jockey-Club races, over the Windsor course.
1st Day—The Jockey-club purse, $ 400, four mile heats.
2d Day—Will be run a Sweepstake, one mile heats, twenty dols. entrance, half forfeit, three horses entered; the subscription left open until the evening preceding the race.
3d Day—The proprietors purse, two mile heats $ 150, certainly; but as there will be a surplus after making up the Jockey-Club purse; and which is to be applied towards increasing this purse, the probability is, that it will be worth to the winner one hundred & eighty or two hundred dollars. New-Market rules to govern.
NATHL. YOUNG, Sec'y.
The Subscribers who have taken the management of the course, having taken great pains to put the track in eligible order, and as no pains will be spared to render the accommodation satisfactory, it is hoped that gentlemen who attend will meet with such fare as will claim approbation—Stableage and litter gratis to race horses.
THOS. HANCOCK, WILSON DAVIS. March 17. 4w.
RACES AT TAPPAHANNOCK.
THE JOCKEY CLUB RACES at this place, will commence on Wednesday, the 29th April next.
1st Day—Two mile heats, 4 mile heats—Second day's purse, supposed to be nearly equal to the first, the greater part of the toll being given up for that purpose—distance, three mile heats.
1st Day—Two mile heats, 4 mile heats—Second day's purse, supposed to be nearly equal to the first, the greater part of the toll being given up for that purpose—distance, three mile heats.
1st Day—A POST SWEEP STAKE of 30 dols. each, 7 Subscribers & closed. 90 lbs. on each, with an allowance of 3 lbs. for Fillies & Geldings.
2d Day—THE JOCKEY CLUB PURSE, 45 Subscribers at 5 dols. each, 3 mile heat.
3d Day—Two mile heats for the Subscription of the Proprietors of the course, with the toll of that and the preceding days entrance. 10 dols. each, free only for members of the Club—To carry the following weights, (Viz.)
  Three Years Old, 82   Four do. do. 102   Five do. do. 112   Six do. do. 122   Aged 126   Three pounds to be allowed Geldings & Mares. PHILIP SAMUEL, Secretary of Caroline Jockey Club Union-Tavern, (Car.) March 6. 12:56A.
WILL BE SOLD.
On the premises, without reserve, to the highest bidder, between the hours of 11 and 12 o'clock, Monday the 30th inst. the following PROPERTY, Viz:
ONE two-story BRICK HOUSE, 42 by 20 ft. do. single do. Wood do. 32 — 18 — Four do. do. do. do.
All neatly finished and calculated for dwelling, situated on handsome well enclosed Lots on Shockoe-Hill, in the City of Richmond; known in Duvalls plan, as No. 101 & No. 102, surveyed by Wm. G. Paine. TERMS OF PAYMENT:
1400 Dols. in cash—1050 dols. on the 25th of June, 1807—Half of the residue the 14th August—and the balance the 14th August, 1808. Satisfactory titles will be made to the purchaser, on the receipt of the money. ARCHIBALD PLEASANTS, jr. eptf.
TO THE PUBLIC.
On Wednesday the 8th of April next, will commence the sale of Wm. Prichard's whole Stock in Trade, consisting of.....
A VERY EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF BOOKS, in all arts and sciences, of the latest and best editions; together with a great variety of STATIONARY ARTICLES—Paper, Blank-Books, Quills, Ink-Powder, Wafers, Sealing-Wax, Morocco Pock- et-Books, fine Cutlery, Playing-Cards, Mathematical Instruments, Parchment, Drawing Paper. Also:—Musical and Musical Instruments—Finished Piano Portes with additional keys, Violins, Clarionets, German Flutes, &c. a Church Organ, four Repps and mahogany case. Bibles, Testaments, Spelling-books, &c. will be put up in dozens to accommodate Shop-Keepers and country Stores.
The sale to continue from day to day until the whole stock is disposed of.—For every sum above twenty dollars, sixty days credit will be allowed for negotiable notes with approved security. A Catalogue of the whole STOCK will be published before the day of sale. PROSSER & MONCURE, r. srs. March 20. tdf.
JACOB JOHNSON.
BOOKSELLER & STATIONER. A few doors below the Market, Richmond.
Is preparing to publish by subscription a MAP of the United States, upon a new plan, and intended as a game for youth. By this interesting amusement, a general knowledge of the United States may be obtained in less time than by any other way. The public are respectfully invited to examine a rough copy of the work now at the Store of the publisher. March 20. 5t.
NOTICE.
ALL persons having claims against the estate of John Pendleton, esq. late of the City of Richmond, dec'd. are requested to exhibit them to either of the subscribers as freeholders as possible.
GEO. PICKETT, ROBERT POLLARD, CHS. JOHNSTON, N. SHETLAND. Administrators. November 12. tf.
NOTICE.
ALL persons having claims against the estate of William Masten, deceased, of Chesterfield county, wherein I am concerned, are requested to bring them forward, their accounts properly authenticated, on or before the first day of April next, as provisions may be made for the discharge of the same. All, all those having claims against the estate of Andrew Scott, dec'd. of said county, are requested to come forward; and those indebted, to pay off their respective accounts, as no indulgence will be given, and this notice plead in bar, of any claim brought forward, after the above date, as I intend to close my administration, to April court. ROBERT MYTIRE, Adm'r of ANDREW SCOTT. March 10. tf.
CITY ELECTION.
THE Electors qualified by law to vote for COMMON COUNCIL-MEN & ALDERMEN of the city of Richmond, are hereby notified to assemble on the first Wednesday in April next, and cause to be chosen eight fit and proper persons from each ward to serve as common Council-men and Aldermen for one year. The election for Jefferson ward, will be held at the Court House, for Madison ward at the Eagle Tavern, and for Monroe ward at Mr. Thomas Whites new brick house, near the old Academy; the poll will be opened in each ward, precisely at 10 o'clock. JOHN F. PRICE, Sergt. March 20. tf.
TO BE SOLD, FOR READY MONEY.
IN pursuance of a Deed of Trust, from Wm. Bentley, Esq. executed on the 28th day of Jan. 1806, and recorded in the Richmond District Court, in order to raise the sum of six hundred dollars due to Ann Bentley with the expenses of sale.
A TRACT OF LAND in the county of Goochland, on Beaver-Dam Creek, containing 6 hundred acres more or less, it being that part of the Tract of Land formerly owned by Wm. Ronalds, which was sold under a decree of the High Court of Chancery, in the suite Jefferson vs. Ronalds Representatives, and whereof the said Bentley became the purchaser, or for much thereof as shall be sufficient to raise the said sum of money and the expenses. The sale will take place at Goochland Court-House, on Monday the 20th day of April next.
E. CARRINGTON, } Trustees. J. WICKHAM, } Richmond, March 20. tdf.
CORN, WHISKEY, AND APPLE BRANDY.
JUST arrived from Baltimore, per the Sloop BETSEY, Capt. Bowen. 400 bushels CORN; 24 bbls. APPLE BRANDY & 5 bbls. WHISKEY; Offered cheap for cash, if taken on board the vessel, by JAMES SMITH. Also:—TWO hundred bushels CORN, in store, near the Basin. March 20. 4t.
CASH will be given, for a pair well matched, well broken, gentle HORSES.
Enquire of the Editor. March 20. tf.
WASHINGTON TAVERN!
ODEN & MOORE have taken the WASHINGTON TAVERN, adjoining the Capitol Square, lately occupied by EDWARD HALLAM. At considerable expense, they have provided themselves with excellent accommodations for their friends, and invite their's and the public patronage. They are determined to keep as good a table and as genteel an inn as any in Richmond—Furnished ROOMS, adjoining the Tavern, and every necessary attendance, for families travelling—Both the Co-partners having been well-versed in this business, flatter themselves with the expectation of rendering general satisfaction. Richmond, February 17. (tf.
JOHN ALCOCK,
INFORMS the Citizens of Richmond, and

bluded with these remarkable and never to be forgotten words. "England must be humbled, and dealt with, in a very different manner from that in which the hitherto has been treated. Russia and Prussia are at war with me, but upon fair and very different grounds; my conduct to them is therefore very different from that to England. Have I not Berlin in my possession; and have I not insisted on that City the smallest injury? Was not every thing in my power? Were not the Men, Women, and Children at my feet, and might I not have sold them as slaves? I have not done it yet, but mark my words: it may yet come to pass!"
January 18. A gentleman who lately left Rome, declares that the reduction of Naples has cost France thirty-five thousand men. Vast numbers of them have perished from the unwholesome vapors of the Calabrias; more, in fact, than have fallen by the swords of the Calabrese. In Naples, scarcely a night passes without several Frenchmen being murdered. King Joseph has not for many months ventured to leave the city. He has fitted up and fortified the palace of Capo di Monte, whither he retires every evening.
Lucien Bonaparte lives in the neighbourhood of Rome, in a state of domestic but elegant retirement. The large fortune which he amassed during his Embassy to Spain and Portugal, enables him to do much good in his neighbourhood. He employs a great number of persons in making various improvements, which he and his wife daily inspect. He avoids all political society, and is very generally respected.
We understand government has received advice from India to the beginning of October, which represent the insurgents under Rao Ghaneki to amount to nearly 50,000 men.
We have seen accounts of a late date from Travancore, and from Cochin, which state, that the Banditti in the hills were daily augmenting by defectors from the native troops on the frontiers, and that a considerable number of Arabs had joined them from the northward.
The Madras government was apprised, many months since, of a conspiracy amongst some of the Native troops; and the movement which we mentioned of the Mysore army to the southward, resulted from such information. Sir I. Craddock was collecting a body of troops to send against Ghaneki, and to restrain the Polygars from joining him.
Scindia has consented to pay the Peshwa the arrears of tribute due to him as head of the Mahratta Confederacy. — Holkar must follow his example.
The India Company has remitted the annual tribute of Elephants, which the Rajah of Nepal has been accustomed to pay.
The British government in India has allotted 1,700,000 pagodas, about £ 600,000 annually, for the Royal Family and establishment at Delhi.
Apprehensions have been entertained, that the adherents of Mulbar Row, meditated another attempt on the strong fort of Kurry; a relation of that Chief was, at the date of the last accounts, at the head of a numerous banditti on the hills.
TRIESTE, Dec. 25. The blockade of Venice still continues. The English vessels, belonging to the squadron of Sir Sidney Smith and Admiral Collingwood, board all vessels bound to our port, and capture those which come from the ports of France.
LEGHORN, Dec. 12. In the late terrible storm several ships were lost. The American brig Caroline, with sugar and campeachy wood, foundered in entering the port Marzocco. The American ship Liberty, Keith, was rescued from imminent danger by the intrepidity of Joseph Mel, a mariner, who, with a few courageous companions carried off an anchor and cable to her, at the risk of their lives.
The captain of the ship Eleanor, arrived at Portland 7th March, 42 days from Liverpool, says that the decree of Bonaparte is thought little of. Insurance on American vessels four guineas.
The Russians appear desirous of diverting Bonaparte towards Turkey—it is not very improbable that he may take the path pointed out by Catherine II.—tho' Cherson where she caused to be written—"This is the road to Byzantium."
From Warsaw to Cherson, is about the same distance as from Warsaw to Amsterdam; or about the same distance as from Paris to Warsaw;—and moreover, there is water carriage nearly the whole route; by the canal which unites the Bug with the Pripecz, which falls into the Dneister, and the Oginskij canal which unites the Memel river with the Pripecz, there is a commodious carriage to the cataracts on the Dneister, at Ekaterinoslaw; and the portage there would not be of such moment as to retard a numerous army; the grain and the black cattle of the Ukraine, being at the command of revolutionized Poland, there is great probability, that Bonaparte would prefer this short route; and if his army were required to cover a long line in front; the course of the Bug and Dneister which run in nearly the same direction and all fall into the Euxine, would afford accommodation down their several streams; and render it necessary to the Russian army to fight or abandon Moldavia, and Bessarabia, and even Budziac Tartary, about which Pitt made such formidable preparations a few years ago on the question concerning Oczakoff.
Should Bonaparte pursue this course, with the same success that has hitherto attended him; the path to India would be open and uninter-rupted to him.
The finest forests of ship timber on earth, are on the banks and neighbourhood of the Dneister—masts, hemp, tar, tallow, oil, corn, are in abundance in that route! The French had agents who procured timber in that country ten years ago. The survey of the Euxine by the engineer Beauchamp was executed at that time, and many errors in the latitude and longitude on the drafts pre-existed in old maps, were corrected at that time.
It is only five days passage from Odessa in the Euxine at the mouth of the Dneister to Constantinople.
Those who wish to possess very accurate and interesting information on this subject, should read Osborn's work now publishing by Mr. Humphreys of this city.
Indeed it is impossible that the sagacity of the French statesmen should overlook such resources for ships, colonies, and commerce; Bonaparte may there once more realize the classic apocrypha of Jason and the golden fleece and restore Colchis. Aurora.
Printing, IN ALL ITS VARIETY, EXECUTED AT THE OFFICE OF THE ENQUIRER.
West-Indies.
From the Philadelphia Gazette.
Sentence pronounced in the vice admiralty prize court at Antigua, Feb. 5th, 1807, by his honour the judge.
In the case of Schooner Sally Ann, John Chamming master and owner, bound on a voyage from N. York to Guadalupe.
The council for the captors urged, that the goods (say seventy odd hds. claret) were French produce imported at New-York from France by a Frenchman and now destined for a French colony. No proof could be produced, that they had not been imported with an intention to be exported.
Sentence—"This cause arises on the importation of sundry goods, the produce of the enemy, the manufacture of France, shipped by a domiciled Frenchman, to a French colony. I am satisfied with the national character of Mr. Longman, (the shipper) and am equally disposed to allow the certificate of the custom-house, that the certificate is in the usual form.
This trade with the enemies' colonies is now allowed but formerly it was not. There are doubts at home, meaning G. Britain, whether the rule of 1756, shall not again be adopted; but I trust it will. By the separation of America from Great-Britain, a new neutral power has arisen. America is allowed to import as much as she can consume, and to export what she can legally. There are French goods imported into the United States, and by the custom house said to be duly imported. "I will watch a French cargo narrowly in order that the relaxation may not be abused. Claimants know very well that the word duty may apply to goods for exportation.
One circumstance has escaped the captor's counsel, viz. that the goods came in the 12 months allowed for exportation. Are the Americans become enamoured with French manufactures? No, I know they prefer others. The charter party is another link in the chain of fraud. What is the conclusion? But that the goods shipped were not sufficient to load the vessel. The cause of the Polly, Lasky, master, 2d Admiralty Reports, page 361, is done away, the proofs on that occasion are not deemed sufficient by the superior court.
If French goods are entered for exportation, then there can be no doubt of an ultimate French destination; that they were duly imported, is not sufficient. I must have good and sufficient proof that these goods were not imported for the purpose of being exported, but had become part of the national flock."
An order for further proof was decreed as to the French articles; the American produce acquitted.
The ship Stranger, Robinson, of Philadelphia has arrived at Kingston, from St. Domingo, where she had been sent in by a French privateer, and detained near four months; and before she was liberated was robbed of 1300 barrels of flour.
A Jamaica paper of the 14th ult. says, "we learn that a reinforcement of 800 men, consisting of seamen and marines, will proceed immediately from Kingston for Currazoa; and that capt. Brisbane, of the Arethusa, goes there as governor."
The same paper states, that his honour the lieutenant governor has received, by the packet, information that his royal highness the duke of Sussex, may soon be expected in this island in the capacity of governor.
Capt. Pearson, arrived at Philadelphia on Saturday, in 26 days from Baffeterre, reports that at the time of his sailing, the French were expecting a visit from the English, having received accounts from the English islands, that two or three squadrons were fitting out from England, destination unknown, one of which it was presumed was intended for the West Indies. To be prepared government was making requisitions of Plantation Negroes, great numbers of whom were arriving daily in Baffeterre, and were immediately armed and equipped for service.
BALTIMORE, March 20. By the arrival of the ship Erin, capt. Stevenson, we learn that on the 15th of Jan. gen. Gray and his staff arrived at the Cape of Good-Hope from England, via La Plata, who superceded gen. Baird in the command of the Cape. The latter embarked on board a transport for England on the 18th Jan. Sir Home Popham, succeeded by admiral Sterling, had left Buenos-Ayres for England. A frigate had arrived express at the Cape from Ceylon, requesting assistance to quell an insurrection that had broke out there. American.
Domestic.
FROM THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
THE CONSPIRACY.
(Continued.)
But amidst these proud trophies of a government, whose best praise is its competency to guard the public liberty and general happiness, we are called upon to notice some circumstances of peculiar delicacy and even difficulty. The military power at New-Orleans has assumed the exercise of authority, vested by our constitution and laws in the civil departments of the government, and has thus suspended, for a time, the enjoyment of some of the dearest privileges of the citizen. However strong the necessity that may have dictated these measures, there is no man in this country friendly to our political institutions, that must not sincerely deprecate their occurrence. The subordination of the military to the civil power is one of the most necessary preservatives of freedom. There can be no principle of greater value.
That the invasion of a principle thus sacred, a principle for which we recently put our peace, our property and our lives at issue, should awaken an extraordinary sensibility is not in the least surprising. It would, on the contrary, have been surprising if events so rare and interesting had not commanded a general and solemn attention.
We rejoice that this sensibility and this attention have been excited. Regardless of the auspices, under which the one is attempted to be kindled into fury, and the other challenged to the exclusion of all other subjects by a zeal whose vehemence betrays great art or little reflection, the friends of the government ought to be, and we believe will be among the foremost to give this subject the freest and fullest examination. They will not pursue the enquiry in that spirit which has characterised most of those animadversions recently presented to the public; they will not make use of it as a stalking horse to gain the confidence of the people; they will not seize upon it as the last forlorn hope of turning the tide of public opinion against those who have heretofore possessed the confidence of the nation; they will not torture truth, so as to effect the base political or personal objects; they will not, before they have any examination, predetermine to destroy this man or that man. Unfitted to the use of such means, they will leave them exclusively, as they heretofore have done, to their adversaries, and confine themselves to the single enquiry how far the events at New-Orleans are justified by actual circumstances.
(To be continued.)
of turning the tide of public opinion against those who have heretofore possessed the confidence of the nation; they will not torture truth, so as to effect the base political or personal objects; they will not, before they have any examination, predetermine to destroy this man or that man. Unfitted to the use of such means, they will leave them exclusively, as they heretofore have done, to their adversaries, and confine themselves to the single enquiry how far the events at New-Orleans are justified by actual circumstances.
The first suggestion which presents itself to the unprejudiced enquirer after truth is, that any decided judgment at the present time is premature. Few events, which have occurred in this country, are clouded in so much uncertainty, as those on which we are thus called to pronounce. The virtue of the commander in chief is itself loudly impeached. Whether there be any truth in the imputations thrown on his fame we pretend not to say. They may be true; but however clearly this may be eventually established, it is not less certain, that there is at present before the public, no information on which an honest and unprejudiced mind would feel itself at liberty to decide. If any judgment were given, it would be that of acquittal and not conviction, according to the invariable feeling of every honest mind that an individual ought to be considered innocent until proof is adduced of his guilt. Equally obscure is the information we have heretofore received of the degree of danger existing or apprehended at New-Orleans. Nor are we better enlightened with regard to the number or power of Burr's confederates at that place. Under these circumstances it is the duty of a man, not rash to madness, or prejudiced beyond conviction, to hesitate before he definitely declares General Wilkinson unjustified in the strong measures he has taken.
For ourselves we should practice what we inculcate on others, and refrain from all farther discussion of a topic so difficult of treatment at the present moment, were it not for the unjust attempts which are so industriously made, to overwhelm the conduct of the commander in chief, and to use this as the means of vitally injuring the government. When, however, the federalists are in arms from one end of the union to the other, and are using these events as the means of once more rallying their forces and arraying them against those now in power; when their denunciations are mingled with those of a still louder note, emitted by the voice of treason; when too of the republicans of the nation, some from impure and others from honest motives are induced to increase the clamour; it certainly becomes the duty of the friend of truth and of his country, to give the subject as full an examination as the circumstances already referred to admit. Had he been permitted to take his own course, he would have remained silent. Attacked by an avowed enemy, resistance becomes a duty,—enforced by a principle of all others, the strongest, the principle of self-defence.
The first point that presents itself for examination on this subject is, whether there can exist any situation in which an invasion of civil rights by military authority is justifiable. It may be confidently affirmed that there are. It is true, that the general theory of our institutions, no less than their positive injunctions place the civil above the military power. It may likewise be demonstrated that this is essential to the maintenance of republican principles, as without it freedom cannot exist; but although this proposition be allowed in its utmost latitude, it is, notwithstanding, a gloomy fact that emergencies will too often occur, in which the salvation of the country, or at any rate some of the most invaluable blessings enjoyed by it, will depend upon the instantaneous application of force; in which the imminence of the danger will require immediate and vigorous exertion. If this danger present itself at a point where the armed force may be stationed, remote from the seat of government it will inevitably follow, that a good officer who clearly perceives the approaching danger, will consider it his duty to exert all the means in his power to repel it; nor will any man hesitate under such circumstances. According to their nature, he will observe or violate the instructions he may have received, as well as the existing laws or constitution of his country, where the necessity is great and commanding. These, however sacredly he may hold them in common times, will be no limitations on the exercise of his power; he will do what he deems right, and stake his life, his liberty and fame on the issue. It has been well said that necessity knows no law; and although this be called the plea of tyrants, it may fill be, as it often has been, the best justification of freemen. For its verification we appeal to the annals of the revolution, which, if they illustrate any one thing emphatically above another, illustrate the necessity, in times of danger of transcending the regular limits of law.
There is one consideration on this head, that merits some attention, as arising from the peculiar nature of our institutions. It is that just in proportion to the approximations of a government to the greatest state of freedom, will be the occasional necessity in periods of uncommon danger, for some of the public functionaries to adopt measures that will in some measure violate the established constitution or laws. In despotic governments, where all power, civil as well as military, is concentrated in the hands of one man, it is obvious that no occasion can present itself in which the despot can transcend his powers: and the same remark will apply with proportionate strength to the monarchies and aristocracies of Europe, according to the several degrees of limititude they bear to a despotic government. It is to be remarked that in almost all of them the military power is, without limitation, placed in the hands of the civil executive. Collisions between these two departments of power can therefore rarely happen. Whereas under a free government, which principally consists in the limitation and distribution of different species of power among the several distinct and co-ordinate departments, they may naturally, and will some times necessarily take place. Hence we may expect, if exposed to equal dangers with the European world, that these interferences of one department with another, these usurpations of authority, these violations of the constitution, will more frequently fall to our lot than to that of nations less free.
It may be well on this subject however to descend from general reasoning to particular cases, which will perhaps more conclusively shew the duty of the public officer in several cases to violate the constitution of his country, to act without law, and in some instances even contrary to law; for this is in fact the true view of the subject. It is not so much a case between the military and civil power, as between the former and the constitution and laws of the country. The civil power is indeed no otherwise entitled to respect than as being the established constitutional organ for carrying these into effect. So long as the military, or any other species of power aids it in executing them, the act is meritorious. It is only when it opposes itself to rights or benefits guaranteed by the constitution or laws, that it becomes reprehensible. (To be continued.)
ADDRESS. To his excellency Robert Williams, governor of the Mississippi territory. The legislative council and house of representatives of the Mississippi territory, beg leave to tender you their cordial congratulations on the arrival of yourself and family in this country.
During the period of your absence, the political horizon of the territory has worn a dubious and menacing aspect.—We have witnessed the disposition of our Spanish neighbors, to rear the standard of their monarch within the limits of the acknowledged territories of the U. S. The citizens received this daring outrage with becoming indignation, and with the zeal and promptitude which forms the peculiar characteristic of freemen, took up arms against those hostile invaders, and after receiving assurances that our national rights were maintained, returned again to the bosom of their families. Those military preparations had scarcely ceased to reverberate, until our ears were assailed by rumours from one end of the continent to the other, warning us of an association of citizens, said to be arming and equipping themselves, under the direction of an artful and enterprising leader, having for their ultimate object a dismemberment of the western states and territories of the U. S. from the union. We saw the gathering storm and prepared to meet it with becoming fortitude; at length the time approached when it became necessary to act in maintaining the empire of the law. The citizens repaired to the post of danger with a firmness, which we trust will meet the approving voice of the nation.
Amidst the conflict of these tumultuous occurrences, we are happy to assure you that the executive department has been conducted in a manner honorable to the officer who filled that station ad interim, and highly promotive of the general wealth. From a knowledge of the attachment which your excellency has always manifested, for law, order and good government, as the basis of civil and political rights, we imbibe the fullest confidence, that no exertion will be wanting, which falls within the pale of our official functions, to maintain the honor, prosperity and independence of our common country.
Influenced by these considerations, we offer that support which is due to virtue and patriotism.
JOHN ELLIS. Sp'r of the house of representatives. Representatives' chamber, Jan. 27, 1807. BEVERLEY GRAYSON, CLK. JOSHUA BAKER, President of the council. Council chamber, Jan. 27, 1807. Attest, JOSHUA DOWNS, Sec'y.
REPLY. Gentlemen of the legislative council and house of representatives. I have read with lively emotions, your affectionate address of yesterday. Be pleased to accept my sincere thanks for the pleasure you manifested on the arrival of myself and family in the territory.
While we view with just indignation the aggression of foreign enemies, and the machinations of internal foes, the promptitude with which our citizens turn out to repel both, is calculated to afford us real satisfaction; and I fondly hope that the zeal and patriotism exhibited by the people of this territory, in the scenes which have lately passed, will endure to them both at home and abroad, that portion of praise so justly their due. It also affords me peculiar pleasure to find that the officer who has conducted the executive department through those stormy periods, has deferred so well. His great reward will be in the thankfulness of his fellow citizens.
I should prove unfaithful to my own feelings, were I to conceal the pleasing sensations excited by the confidence you express in my attachment "to law, order and good government," and a determination "to maintain the honor, prosperity and independence of our common country." In these are comprehended the great cardinal duties both of the citizen and officer, and ought to be pursued with an undeviating step.
Accept, gentlemen, my warm acknowledgements for the support which you tender, and allow me to offer you in return assurances of my confidence in your zeal to promote the public good.
ROBERT WILLIAMS. Washington, January 28, 1807.
NEW-YORK, March 17. The following letter, with its inclosures, was forwarded to the Editor of the Mercantile Advertiser, from Mr. JOHN KING, a merchant of respectability at Jacquemel, by the English schooner Alert, captain Dill, which failed from thence for St. Thomas on the 6th February.
To the Editor of the Mercantile Advertiser. Jacquemel, Feb. 5th, 1807.
SIR, I have the pleasure to inclose you a letter from ROBERT SAUNDERS, (a) and sundry papers from a number of Americans connected with the expedition of General MIRANDA, now detained as slaves by the Spanish government at Carthagena, which I received from the Main a few days ago by captain *** (b), who generously tried to put in their possession one hundred dollars, but was prevented by the extreme jealousy of the Spaniards, who will not allow any person to speak to or render them any assistance. The papers are as follows:
1. A copy of their memorial to Congress. (c) 2. A copy of a paper found loose, without date or direction, in the hand writing of Lippincott, stating the names and sentence of a number of his companions. (d) 3. A list of letters 18 in number. (e) 4. An original paper from the seamen of the schooner Bee. (f) 5. An original paper addressed to Captain ***. (g)
Copies of all which, with Saunders's letter, I have taken, and shall transmit duplicates in due course. As the letters were put in the ceiling of the vessel that brought them, 8 or 10 were destroyed by the rats; to whom directed, or from whom I could not ascertain.
Should the trade to this island be opened by the American government, a few cargoes of lumber would bring a monstrous price, for the houses here are all in want of some repair. Single boards would be an excellent article. White pine boards will bring 7 to 8 dollars per 100, and perhs more.
Pork 30 dollars, flour 24, and beef 20, on the rise, and scarce.
Dry goods will always command a good market. By dry goods I mean German linens; nothing else seems to answer these people.
Claret 48 to 54 per hhd. scarce.
Herrings 6 dols. a quantity at market.
Codfish, if nice and white, 9 to 10 dols. per 100 lbs. American weight. The weight should always be marked on the cask.
There is no flour at market; not a barrel can be bought. The small quantity at present here is in possession of government for the use of the army.
Coffee, the staple of this place, can now be bought for cash at 9. 50 to 10 dols. per 100, French weight.—A vast quantity is at market, and one tenth of the late crop not in. I am, with respect, your obedient servant, JOHN KING.
NOTES. (a) ROBERT SAUNDERS was for many years foreman in the office of the Mercantile Advertiser, an active and intelligent man of a respectable family in Baltimore. He was seduced from his duty and his interest by the misrepresentations of the persons who conducted the business of Miranda preparatory to his expedition, and was captured in the schooner Bee. His fate is well known.—The letter alluded to, which develops some hitherto mysterious circumstances connected with that expedition, may appear hereafter.
(b) The name of this benevolent captain is not given to the editor. The intelligent reader will at once perceive the good policy of the concealment.
(c) For reasons which must be obvious, the publication of this "plain unvarnished" memorial is deferred.
(d) A correct abstract of this paper was published about two weeks ago in the Mercantile Advertiser, as it was received from the Spanish Government at Caracac.
(e) A list of letters, with their directions, received and forwarded by John King, merchant at Jacquemel, from the Americans connected with the expedition under General Miranda, now detained as slaves by the Spanish government at Carthagena:—
Mrs. Mary Negus, 20, Mead-Alley, Philadelphia.
Mr. John Garet, Bowerly-lane, to the care of Daniel Winship, butcher, no. 68 Fly-market, New-York.
Mrs. E. Saunders, 12, Thames-street, New-York.
C. P. David Smith, Brooklyn-ferry.
Mr. Robert Beresford, 116, Pearl-street, New-York.
Mr. Wm. Oliver, 47. Between Wallout and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia.
Lewis Angevine, corner of Bayard and Mulberry streets, New-York.
Mr. Ezekiel Briley, New-Bedford.
Mr. David Williams, rope maker, Mott-street, near Bayard-street, New-York.
Mr. Patrick Daley, no. 110, Water-street, for James Naulty, New-York, or elsewhere.
Michael Little, Mechanic-Hall, 2 letters.
Lydia Heckle, 316, Broadway, New-York, ditto.
Frederick Long, Bayard-street, New-York President of the United States, from Wm. Cartwright.
Hon. James Madison, Secretary of State, Washington; containing a memorial to Congress.
Francis White, butcher, Bear-market, New-York.
(f) "The following seamen, belonging to the schooner Bee, of Philadelphia, were forced on board the Leader, March 17th, and detained as prisoners until the 27th, when they sailed from Jacquemel: William Cartwright, Daniel Newbury, Samuel Towzer, James Hyatt."
(g) The following was addressed to the humane captain who delivered the above letters and papers into Mr. King's care:—(It is without date.)
"SIR—We have endeavoured to give you a correct statement of our deplorable situation as it is possible, allowing that we are not all in one prison together. If, Sir, you should arrive safe in New-York, and will take the trouble to call on some of our friends, and let them know our situation, or make it known through a public channel, we shall feel ourselves under many obligations to you. We find ourselves too grossly deceived, and so treacherously deserted, that the smallest assistance will be received as the greatest favour by your miserable and humble servants, The American slaves."
Capt. Allen, arrived at Boston, from Malaga furnished us with the following letter which he received from the American Consul at that place on the eve of his departure N. Y. Gaz.
(CIRCULAR) United States Ship Constitution, Gibraltar-Bay, Dec. 20, 1806.
SIR, The Tunisian Ambassador left this on the 2d instant, carrying with him impressions not the most favorable towards our Government, which may induce the Bey to act in a hostile manner to our flag; in consequence of which, I think it prudent to advise you of the circumstance, and recommend to the commanders of American vessels not to fail without first being convinced that hostilities have not commenced.
The present force under my command are, the Constitution, brig Hornet, and s'h'r Enterprise, with which I shall render every service in my power to the commerce of the U. S. I have the honor to be, Sir, very respectfully, HUGH G. CAMPBELL. Wm. Kirkpatrick, Esq. A true Copy, MALAGA, Dec. 30, 1806. Wm. Kirkpatrick.
Extract of a letter from Matthew and Alexander Duhamon, belonging to the Miranda expedition, to their relations in this city, dated CARTAGENA PRISON, Dec. 30, 1806.
"Since we wrote you last, giving a full account of our unfortunate capture and situation, nothing extraordinary has happened us. We are still kept in close confinement, loaded with chains, and death staring us in the face.—Unless our country will interfere in their behalf, there is not the most distant hope of our ever effecting our liberty. We have been very ill, but have recovered our health a little. Several of our unfortunate companions are already dead, and considering our miserable situation, poor living, scanty allowance, exposed to fevers and other diseases incidental to this climate, it is surprising to me that one of us has survived so long. Benjamin Davis and Wm. Long, of our city, are well, and pass our prison window in chains to and from their labor every day. John Scott has lost his hearing, is very low, and cannot live many days. Of the number confined in the cell with us, two only have died."
Copy of a letter from Mr. William Cartwright, to a gentleman in Philadelphia, dated CARTAGENA, Dec. 15, 1806.
DEAR SIR, After taking my leave of you, I shipped on board the s'h'r Bee, capt. Huddel, belonging to Philadelphia, bound to St. Domingo, and from thence back to Philadelphia. After we arrived in St. Domingo, and after lying there 5 months, the ship called Leader, captain Lewis, came in and chartered the schooner for fifty days; unknown to us where bound to. We applied to our captain for a discharge. He replied he would not discharge us. We told him we would go unless he would inform us where the schooner was going. The captain then hailed the ship Leader, and two boats came alongside the Bee, with men armed with pistols and cutlasses; cut and slashed fore and aft decks—threw us in a boat, and took us on board of the ship—kept us there till the fair weather was ready to sail—sent us on board of the s'h'r owner's, and went to the Spanish Main; and there was taken;

sentenced to hard labor in Carthagena for 8 years! I would be very glad if you would receive my wages, from the twentieth of September to the twenty-eighth of March, 35 dollars a month. If I should ever return, I shall recover heavy damages for my sufferings. There are 10 fellow sufferers with me, working every day at digging, with a long chain fastened to each. There were 57 sentenced; 10 hung, I remain,
Your much esteemed friend,
WILLIAM CARTWRIGHT.
FROM THE SCIOTO GAZETTE.
Chillicothe, Feb. 25.
The governor of this state has obligingly favored us with a copy of a letter from the president of the United States, which gives us much pleasure in publishing, inasmuch as it is a just tribute of praise bestowed upon our constituted authorities, and those of our fellow citizens who distinguished themselves by their patriotism in the late occurrence relative to the conspiracy formed by Col. Burr; and must confound with shame, those who were base enough, either to throw obstacles in the way, or to attempt to turn into ridicule their united efforts for the public good.
Washington, Feb. 2d, 1807.
"Sir"—The pressure of business during a session of the legislature, has rendered me more tardy in addressing you than it was my wish to have been. But our fellow citizens of the west, would need only to be informed of criminal machinations against the public safety, to crush them at once, I never entertained a doubt. I have seen with the greatest satisfaction, that among those who have distinguished themselves by their fidelity to their country, on the occasion of the enterprise of Mr. Burr, yourself and the legislature of Ohio, have been the most eminent: the promptitude and energy displayed by your state has been as honorable to itself, as salutary to the other states; and in declaring that you have deserved well of your country, I do but express the grateful sentiment of every faithful citizen in it.
"The hand of the people has given a mortal blow to a conspiracy, which in other countries would have called for an appeal to arms, and has proved that government to be the strongest of which every man feels himself a part."
"It is a happy illustration too, of the importance of preserving to the state authorities all that vigor which the constitution foresees would be necessary, not only for their own safety, but for that of the whole. In making these acknowledgments of the merit of having met this illustrious example of exertion for the common safety, I pray that they may be considered as addressed to yourself and the legislature particularly, and generally to every citizen who has availed himself of the opportunity given; or of proving his devotion to his country."
"Accept my flatteries and assurances of great consideration and esteem."
TH: JEFFERSON.
His Excellency Gov. TITZIN.
Last Evening's Mail.
From the Boston Centinel of March 14. The arrival yesterday afternoon of the ship Packet, Captain Scott, in the short passage of 25 days from Liverpool, has given us full files of London papers as late as the 12th February. Extracts will be found under the foreign heads.
French bulletins to No. 52, inclusive, are received. It will be seen by the sketches we have given of them, that the last is dated in Warsaw, and that the French headquarters had retrograded. Excepting the capitulation of Brezlaw, &c. in Silesia, no military event of note had occurred, previous to the battle of Pulzsk.
A Russian official account, and an abstract of other official particulars of the battle of Pulzsk, &c. are also given. It will be seen that the Russians, tho' forced eventually to retreat, lay claim to a partial victory. They retired in good order, and the French acknowledge they did not think it prudent to follow them. The battle was hard fought, and the ground dearly purchased. The Russians say Bonaparte commanded in person; and we know that one of his aids (Rapp) was wounded, and another (Segur) taken prisoner, and sent to Russia. At the last date, the Russian army, under Gen. Kamenefsky, was concentrated near Wizna, &c. and were speedily to assume offensive operations. The Russians had retired 11 miles from Pulzsk previous to the battle of the 26th.
The Emperor Napoleon had not (as reported by the Marblehead arrival) quitted his army. The Empress Josephine had arrived in Paris. English 3 per cent consols, Feb. 12th, 62 1-2.
FRENCH GRAND ARMY BULLETINS.
The Bulletin which was received from Marblehead and inaccurately translated, was the 47th and not the 45th. The 45th was dated Pultusk, Dec. 27, the 46th at Golymyn, Dec. 28th. These bulletins give very detailed accounts of the affairs at Czarnowo, Nasielie, &c.
No. XLVIII, is dated Warsaw, Jan. 3.
It states, that Gen. Corbineau had followed the Russians from Pulzsk, had reached Ostrolenka the 14 January, and had picked up 400 Russian soldiers, several officers, and many baggage wagons: That Marshals Soult, Ney, Prince of Ponte Corvo (Bernadotte) and Berthier, were cantoned on the little river Oraye: Davoust and Lannes at Pulzsk. That the Russians continued to retreat; and the Emperor came back to Warsaw the 2d: That Prince Jerome had laid Brezlaw in ashes, but the garrison had not surrendered: That a Prussian corps of 3000 men attempted to raise the siege, but were defeated by Gen. Montbrun, with a body of Wirttembergers and Bavarians, with the loss of 400 men, 600 horses, and a convoy of provisions. It contains no other military operations.
No. 49 is dated Warsaw, Jan. 8.
It states, that Brezlaw had capitulated, and Prince Jerome entered the place, and was going to besiege Brieg. Schweidnitz and Habel; That Gen. Vidier had marched to besiege Colberg, and Danzig; That Gen. de Zastrow had been appointed Prussian Minister of Foreign Affairs; That the French cavalry were not far from Koningsburg; and that the Russian army was continuing its movements towards Grodno.
No. 50, is dated Warsaw, Jan. 13.
It mentions, that the troops found several Russian sick at Ostrolenka; and that the illness in the Russian camp increased daily; and that the garrison of Brezlaw (3500 men) had defied before prince Jerome. A detailed account is given of the affair between the Prussian corps, and that of the Wirttembergers and Bavarians, mentioned in the 49th bulletin. The rest of the bulletin relates to the progress of the Russians in Turkey; the preparations making in Turkey to resist the "aggression" of the Russians; and that "Austria and France are equally interested (as well as England) in not seeing Moldavia, Wallachia, Servia, Greece, Romania and Natolia, become the sport of the Muscovites."
No. 51, is dated Warsaw, Jan. 14.
It notices the official dispatch of Gen. Benigsen to the King of Prussia; which it says was received with great joy; but which joy, on the receipt of other accounts, was turned into grief; and the consequence of the letter was the determination to evacuate Konigsberg; that all the Prussian forces then did not exceed thirty-two thousand; some of which were with the king; others in various garrisons in Prussia and Silesia. On the Russian official account, it states, that Buxhowden was not at Makow, Benigsen did not say he was at Golymyn, where he was beaten. It gives Benigsen's account of a single piece of French cannon captured, a single standard, or more than 12 or 15 standards taken; while the French can show 6000 prisoners, two standards, which he left at Pulzsk, and 3000 wounded, whom he abandoned in his flight.
The bulletin admits the French took care not to pursue him; denies that the Grand Duke of Berez or Davoust was opposed to him; and concludes with a number of remarks on the effect of such ridiculous relations.
No. 52, is dated Warsaw, Jan. 19.
And gives an account of the operations of Marshal Mortier in Prussia Proper; and of an affair between a detachment from the Prussian garrison in Colberg, and a small corps of Mortier's army, in which the latter took four pieces of cannon and 100 prisoners. It adds, that Brieg, in Silesia, had surrendered; that Poland, rich in grain and provisions, affords a plentiful supply; that Warsaw supplies 100,000 rations daily; that no diseases existed in the army; that no severe frosts had been experienced; and that the Emperor was daily upon parade, reviewing his troops, and particularly the Conscripti from France.
The Enquirer.
RICHMOND, 27th MARCH.
AARON BURR, Ex-Vice-President of the U. States, is now in this city; guarded as a state-prisoner.
We have had no opportunity of conversing with his escort; but a gentleman, who travelled with them in the stage, has given us the following account of the manner of his arrest, obtained from their lips:—It is not to be expected that it should be completely correct; But we shall hereafter amend whatever imperfections which we may be fortunate enough to detect.
Col. Burr was apprehended in the Tombigbee country in the first days of March: perhaps the 3d, in the following manner:—
A gentleman whose name is represented to us as Perkins, was at a public house in a village in that country a few miles (perhaps 18 or 20) from the Spanish Line. He was in company with the sheriff of the county.
About 11 o'clock at night a gentleman rode up to the door, and enquired for the house of a major—who lived in the neighbourhood. He was followed by another, who turned out to be his companion.—The strangers were told, that the house of the Major they enquired for, was at some distance from the tavern; and that they would have to cross a water course which had been swollen by the waters and might be dangerous of access. The strangers however persevered in their intention; and left the door of the Tavern.
Mr. Perkins was surprised by these singular movements: That men, at that late hour of a cold night should leave the comforts of a tavern, and explore a dangerous road of which they were professedly ignorant; the idea was a source of considerable astonishment. It naturally led to some speculation upon the character of the strangers, and he could not start any rational explanation of their mysterious conduct, but that they were robbers, who intended to pilfer the major's house. He determined, if possible, to prevent their design; and prevailed upon his companion (the sheriff) to accompany him to this scene of meditated robbery.
When they arrived, the Major was from home. One of the gentlemen was in the house; the other had retired to the kitchen, to warm his shivering limbs. The first glance, which Mr. P. caught of this visitant of the kitchen, convinced him that the mysterious stranger was no other than Col. Burr: Whether Mr. P. recognized him from a previous acquaintance with his person, or from the fire of his eye, the shape of his face and person so well corresponding to the description which he had received of him; the gentleman with whom we had conversed, was incompetent to inform us.—Certain it is; Mr. P. suspected that the stranger who stood before him with his white hat slouched over his face and with all the habiliments of a man so perfectly different from those in which he commonly appears, was the very man, whose name had rung for several months from one corner of the U. S. to the other.—It was A. Burr.
Mr. P. determined to arrest him. He repaired to Fort Stoddart on the Mobile, and prevailed upon Lieutenant Gaines (the Commandant at that Fort) to accompany him with a small file of soldiers.—In the mean time, Col. Burr had sent back his companion (by the name of Afley, whose name was mentioned in our last paper under the Frankfort head) for some purpose unknown; and requested his new companion the sheriff, to show him on the way to the Spanish Line.
On the road, they met the file of soldiers accompanied by Mr. Perkins & Lieutenant Gaines. "What," says Col. Burr; or in words to that effect; "do soldiers travel here in this style; on horseback? "No;" answered his companion. Col. Burr is said to have immediately dropt his bridle, and clasping his hands together to have uttered some ejaculation of vehement emotion; what that was, we cannot trust ourselves to describe.—Lieutenant Gaines advanced up to him, and interrogated him, whether he was not Col. Burr.—The scene closed, by L. Gaines's ominous words:
"You are my prisoner, Sir."
An escort of eight men accompanied Col. Burr from that quarter of the country, on their way to Washington. They crossed at Cokes ferry; on Monday morning between the hours of 11 and 12, they passed Prince Edward court house. On Wednesday Evening about 5 o'clock they arrived in Fredericksburg. Here they met with a gentleman from Washington, who was instructed to order them to Richmond; and on last evening the stage conveyed them to our city: Col. Burr and his escort of 7 men. The gentleman who met them at Fredericksburg has accompanied them to this place, and bears a communication from the Executive to the U. States, attorney for this district.
He is conducted to this city, to undergo an examination before Chief Justice Marshall.—Several circumstances concur to recommend the choice of this tribunal. The most material of them is, that,
The overt act of treason, on which he may be charged, was most probably committed at Blount's Island, in the river Ohio and within the limits of Virginia. His crime therefore will fall within the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court of this state.
He will be brought before the highest judicial minister known in this country; the chief justice of the U. States.
He will be examined in a judicial district, among the nearest to the seat of the government of the U. S.; and should he be sent on to fur-
* It is presumed from this circumstance, that Col. Burr was not far from the Florida line; that he was about to take refuge in the dominions of Spain, the only spot of ground in that quarter of the country, where he was exempt from the authority of the U. States; and that he intended to defend the Mobile and repair to Pensylvania.
* His force was collected on this Island.
ther trial, he will have the advantage of being brought before one of the district courts, whose session comes on the spot.
In these respects, Aaron Burr will possess all the privileges secured to him by the constitution of the U. States. He will enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law."
Whether we consider the nature of the crime or the character of the criminal; the witnesses who will be brought up, the council by whom it will be argued, or the eager curiosity of the nation; this will be one of the most impressive spectacles which this or any other city in the U. S. was ever witnessed in.
This criminal was once the Vice-President of the U. S.; & a man who ranks at all times, among men of the most exalted talents in his country.
The crime likely to be alleged against him is the foulest and most atrocious that can possibly disgrace the inhabitant of a free country. It is the crime of a traitor. It is the crime of a parricide in arms against his country; who has laboured to excite a gallant people against the very best government that ever existed; who has plotted to destroy that great ark of our political safety, our union; in fact, one who has whetted the poisoned daggers of civil insurrection, to "levy war" against his country. In comparison of such a crime, what is murder; what is the robbery that clandestinely empties my purse; or the felon that boldly prowls upon the highway, and at the same blow deals robbery and murder? If he be really guilty of treason, what is A. Burr compared to Eugene Aram?—If upon this ground, even, he be acquitted, perhaps he may still be indicted and tried by the laws of the U. S. for preparing an expedition against Mexico; the colony of a foreign state with whom we are now at peace.
The Virginia Bar has generally been pronounced by the federal judges themselves to be the ablest in the U. States.
Some of the witnesses are men of the highest standing and respectability.
And the conspiracy itself has excited so much public curiosity; it has rung so soon in the newspapers, and in the circles of private life, not only in this country, but in Europe, that public expectation may be calculated to be more general and eager than any state trial in this country has ever before produced.
The usual course of proceeding will be pursued. A. B. will be brought before the Chief Justice for examination.—Should he conceive that there is sufficient cause for a prosecution, he will remand him into confinement or hold him to bail. His trial will be ordered for the next session of the Federal District Court; held in this city on the 22d May.
We shall pass no premature opinion upon this man's guilt. If he be innocent of all stain of treason, in the name of justice let him be acquitted. Nay, if he be guilty, in the eye of morality, of the most abominable intentions of levying war against this country, yet if there be no overt act of treason perpetrated, or if his superior ingenuity has prevented the production of any satisfactory legal proof—even then too, the laws of his country will acquit him on the charge of treason. Those laws were imperfect during the hottest time of his conspiracy, though an act of the last congress, has in a great degree removed their imperfection. They made an overt act of treason punishable with death; while all the subordinate shades of that crime which consisted in preparing the necessary means, were suffered to escape with impunity.—But though Col. B. be discharged from the ground of treason, it will not therefore follow that he is to be let loose from all the trammels of the law. For still there is another count in the indictment to which it behoves the U. S. attorney to direct his attention.
Aaron Burr stands accused by the U. S. on two grounds.
1st. On a charge of treason; or levying war against the United States.
2nd. On a charge of preparing an expedition against the colonies of Spain; a nation, with whom the U. S. are at peace.
The act of Congress of April 30th, 1790, declares the punishment of treason to be death.
The act of June 5, 1794, defines the nature of the second crime, and affixes its punishment. It is "fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the court," but "so as that such fine shall not exceed three thousand dollars, nor the term of imprisonment be more than three years."
Let A. B. therefore be discharged on the charge of treason, he is still responsible on the 2nd charge to the laws of his country. The offences are different; and so is the punishment. It is to be hoped, therefore, that the attorney of the U. S. will lay his bill of accusations so broad, as to comprehend this new offence, even if col. Burr be discharged on the first. His own reputation and the interests of his country imperiously demand, that the judicial investigation should be satisfactory, and therefore it should be complete. Of course it should comprise that "offence," which Chief Justice Marshall on delivering the opinion of the court on the 21st February, confessed, "there is probable ground for supposing they have committed."
Look at THIS Picture,—and then at THAT.
Plutarch has drawn the most striking parallels between the worthies of Greece and Rome; by side, and face to face; and instituted an accurate comparison between their respective excellencies and defects; the traits in which they agreed and those in which they differed.—Let us draw a still more instructive parallel. It is not the comparative picture of a Greek and a Roman; of two different individuals, distinguished by different characters and fortunes. It is between the same being cast into the pursuit of very different careers; between what he might have been and what he is; between the destiny of A. Burr such as it would have been at this very moment, if he had but pursued the path of honourable ambition; and such as it actually is.
"He on a ledge is drawn, His wrong right arm unsway'd and in chains, And garlanded around his helmless head The laurel wreath of scorn."
A few months from this time, he would perhaps have been clothed with the highest office of the world; he would have been the President of the U. States; he would have been the object of the love of the freest people on the earth, of the respect of Europe, and his name would have descended to posterity among the benefactors and ornaments of his species. He had an energetic mind, which might have extended the means of information among his ardent countrymen. He had a spirit and an understanding to meet the difficult relations which he would have had to maintain with foreign powers. He would have had as ample a theatre as he could have wished for the display of all his powers—Such might have been Aaron Burr. And behold what he is now? A prisoner—under the eye of a military escort—charged
with the foulest crimes which an American home can conceive,—covered with the most odious suspicions; his reputation at its last gasp; his very life endangered.
  He might have been President of the U. States.  He is A Prisoner.    Docked with the wreath of glory.  Covered with a crown of thorns.    Elevated by new plans of beneficence.  Degraded by plots of treason.    Trusted by all.  Suspected by all.    Self satisfied.  His own conscience, re-echoing the decisions of the world.  
Whence this change of destiny?
Men borne down with adversity, are apt to impute all their miseries to the dominion of fortune. Why, they ask, should a man be prudent; why contrive his plans with the most sagacious intuition; why prepare a train of causes to conduct us to wealth or reputation; when there is a blind destiny continually interposing in the affairs of man and turning his wisest resolutions into sport? The merchant lays down the chart of a most profitable voyage; the winds and waves destroy his ship. The warrior marshals his army with the most admirable skill; every thing seems to promise him the laurel of victory; when some wandering ball falls him to the dust. The wheel of fortune is for ever rolling on: that which is the top to day, shall be down to-morrow; and the man who is this day the favourite idol of a nation, and saluted by the applauses of a world, may in the very next moment be sunk into the foulest and most unremitted disgrace.
Is this picture apocryphal in the present case?
No, Aaron Burr was not one of the riggard sons of fortune. She had never been to him a "relentless power," whose torturing lash had maddened and prepared him for deeds of desperation and power. She had been an indulgent mother, at whose exuberant bosom he had partaken of the cheering and invigorating draughts of hope. Prosperity had crowned his previous efforts with success; and had he possessed but a moderated and patient ambition, there was not a beam in hope's fairy circle, which would not have gilded and refreshed the remainder of his days.
No man could boast of an intellect superior to his own; penetrating the bottom of a subject at glance; practised in the lore of the law; acquainted with the world, and not "through the spectacle of books;" bold in argument, eloquent in debate, and of a spirit to work wonders in the cabinet or in the field. He was high in the confidence of his country. He was placed in the second office of the union, and various circumstances had given him a kind of pre-emption right to the first. It was not the least of his recommendations, that he was already the Vice-President of the United States; that he was from the state of New-York, one of the most powerful in the union; that he was from a district of the country which had aspired to the honor of giving a President, & would have backed him with all its interest.
No. It was not misfortune, which has involved the ruin of Col. Burr. It was not that blind goddess, which sometimes mars the designs of the best and wisest of men. It was his own imprudence; it was his own want of virtue. It is true that he was once near the top, and is now at the bottom of the wheel: but it was not the revolution of Fortune's wheel, which is the cause of this vicissitude. It was the consequence of that vicious indiscretion, which knows not how to regulate its wishes by its means, nor to wait with patience, till time itself shall have prepared the means of gratifying its desires.
Was Col. Burr ill treated, during the presidential contest in 1800-1? Were his services or talents unrewarded? Was there any thing to make him complain of the dispensations of fortune? Far from it: Fortune had scarce ever done more for any of our citizens; and no citizen had received more from his country. It was his ambition that ruined him. Although it was well known to him that his country had never designed him to be the competitor of Jefferson; that it was more chance which gave him an equal number of votes; yet still he aspired to supplant Mr. J. in the presidential chair. He was indifferent to the acknowledged voice of his country; and he was prepared to prostrate it at the feet of his own ambition.
The consequence is universally known. His fate, as a public man, was sealed for ever. And now behold the same vicious propensity is bursting once more into action. He stands charged as a Traitor!!
Come hither, ye men of ambition! and behold this melancholy example!!
Come, and confess, that as a Republic rests upon virtue only: So under a virtuous Republic, the political prosperity of individuals must repose upon the same basis.
It is understood that the President will not send back the British treaty, (as some have asserted) out of respect to the British government; that he will not however lay it before the Senate; and that he will instruct our commissioners to proceed in the negotiation, as if, in fact, no such treaty had ever been draughted.—The want of some adequate provision for the protection of our seamen, constitutes one objection to the treaty, in its present form.—But the principal one arises from the note of the British ministry, which accompanies it.
MARRIED, On Wednesday the 4th inst. Mr. Thomas Woods, of Powhatan, to the amiable and accomplished Miss Patsy Clements, of Amelia.
FAIRFIELD RACES.
1st DAY—Monday 4th May, will be run for the Fairfield Course JOCKEY CLUB CAP, value thirty Guineas—Distance 2 mile heats, the Horses to be bona fide the property of members of the Club.
2nd Day—The JOCKEY CLUB PURSE of five hundred dollars, four mile heats.
3rd Day—The PROPRIETOR'S PURSE of two hundred and fifty dollars, three mile heats.
4th Day—A HANDY-CAP PURSE, free for any Horse, two mile heats—Entrance twenty dollars. There is, also, a SWEEP-STAKE open for three years old Cols and Fillies, two mile heats, fifty dollars entrance—This Subscription will be closed on the evening of the 2nd day's race.
WEIGHTS AS FOLLOWS:
  Aged Horses,  133 lbs.  4 Years,  106 lbs.    6 Years,  128  5 Do.  90    5 Do.  116  Mares and Geldings allowed 3 lbs.   
The Proprietor of the Course informs gentlemen of the Turf, that the money for each day will be placed in the hands of the Judges.
The Dining-House and Booths in the field, are to be rented as formerly, but no preference will be given to any person—The first applicant will have a choice. RICHMOND, March 27, 1807. E. SMOCK, Treasurer & Proprietor. EOTT.
IN CHANCERY. In King William County Court, March 24th, 1807. Edward Watson, Compt. against Thomas Reeves, (an absent debtor) & John Temple, Defs.
This day, came the Complainant by his Counsel, and the deft. Thomas Reeves, not having entered his appearance, and given security, according to the act of Assembly, and the rules of this court; and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court, that he is not an inhabitant of this country; on the motion of the Complainant, it is ordered, that the said Deft. Thomas Reeves, do appear here, on the fourth day of the May term next, and answer the bill of the Complainant, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some newspaper, printed in the city of Richmond, for two months successively, and another copy posted at the front door of the court house of this county. And it is further ordered, that the Deft. John Temple do not pay, convey away, or secure any debts by him owing to the other Deft. Thomas Reeves, until the further order or decree of this court.
A Copy: Test, ROBERT POLLARD, c. c. March 27. cpm.
PROPOSALS
Will be received by the executive, for furnishing the convicts in the Penitentiary, with rations for one year, from the first day of next month. The component parts of each ration, may be ascertained, by persons willing to contract, by applying to DANIEL L. HYLTOM, Clerk, C. C. March 27. ct.
FOR SALE,
THAT well known & valuable FARM, on Chickahominy river, formerly the property of Mr. Thomas Watkins, deceased, about 14 miles from Richmond, containing 546 acres; a very considerable part, is valuable swamp land, a part of which is reclaimed, and now in meadow, from which I have been cretibly informed, that Mr. Watkins in his life time, cut upwards of 100 ton in the year; there is about 120 acres of the swamp land, now in timber, and could be reclaimed at a very inconsiderable expense, to make it produce at least double the quantity of hay, that has been formerly cut. There is a considerable quantity of cedar, on the high land, and I believe full sufficient to fine the greater part of the plantation. On this plantation, is a tolerable good dwelling house, kitchen, and a very good barn, with several out houses for the negroes: also, an excellent young apple orchard, of about 300 bearing trees, independent of the old orchard, of 100 more of the best kind, and about 300 peach trees, selected from the best kind, with a variety of pears, cherries, and all of which are choice fruit. There is also on this plantation, a very valuable mill seat, on which there was formerly a good grist mill, and from information I received from 50 to 60 barrels of toll corn, per annum. Last year, I erected a new mill house on it, with a considerable part of the running year, finished, and for about 100 dollars expense, the mill could be completed. Few plantations in this country, possess more natural advantages, as the whole of the meadow can be watered from the mill stream. This farm, is worthy the object of any person who is fond of farming, and can be made as productive as any in the state, for the number of acres it contains. I am satisfied, to any man, who would turn his attention to making of hay, the product of that article alone, would be from 4 to 500 pounds annually, independent of corn and wheat; to any person inclined to purchase this farm, I will give a credit of 3 years, on paying down 1/3 of the purchase money, on securing the balance, by a Deed of Trust, on the premises. DANIEL L. HYLTOM. 1aw2w—1af.
JUST PUBLISHED,
AND FOR SALE, At Jacob Johnson's Book-Store, a few doors below the Market, Richmond:
THE AMERICAN PLEADER'S ASSISTANT, being a collection of approved declarations, writs, returns and proceedings in the several actions now in use within the U. States—By Collinson Read, Esq.
LeCures on the elements of Chemistry delivered in the University of Edinburgh, by the late Joseph Black, M. D.
Subscribers to the LeCures are requested to call for their books.
Constantly for sale Writing & Wrapping Paper Blank Books, Quills, &c. &c. March 27. oaw3w
NOTICE.
ALL persons indebted to Humphrey Dabney, are requested to make immediate payment to him, or to either of the Subscribers, Trustees.—And all those having claims are requested to bring them forward, properly attested, on or before the 15th day of April next, at which time a dividend will be made. GAB. RALSTON, HENRY HOYT, Trustees. March 27. ct 115A.
SCOTTVILLE JOCKEY CLUB.
THE Races will commence at this place, on the third Thursday in April free for any horse, mare or gelding—weights as usual.
1st Day—Three mile heats, for the amount of the Subscription, after deducting contingent charges—say, about one hundred pounds.

Miscellaneous
City of Washington, March 11th, 1807.
Having been informed that there were several unauthorized and probably some spurious publications...
The map will most probably be published by the latter end of October next...
As early as a just estimate of the price of the several parts of this work can be formed, public notice will be given...
To Robert Frazier only has permission been given either by Gen. William Clark or myself...
MERIWETHER LEWIS.
PROSPECTUS
Of Lewis and Clarke's Tour to the Pacific Ocean, through the Interior of the Continent of North America...
This work will be prepared by captain Meriwether Lewis, and will be divided into two parts...
VOLUME FIRST.—Will contain a narrative of the voyage, with a description of some of the most remarkable places...
VOLUME SECOND.—Whatever properly appertains to geography, embracing a description of the rivers, mountains, climate, soil, and face of the country...
PART THE SECOND.—IN ONE VOLUME. This part of the work will be confined exclusively to scientific research, and principally to the natural history...
This distribution of the work has been made with a view to the accommodation of every description of readers...
Detached from this work, there will be published on a large scale, as soon as a sufficient number of subscribers...
LEWIS AND CLARKE'S MAY OF NORTH AMERICA.
From longitude 9 deg. west, to the Pacific Ocean, and between 20 deg. and 52 north latitude.
Embracing all their late discoveries, and that part of the continent heretofore the least known.
This map will be compiled from the best maps now extant, as well published as in manuscript...
For the convenience of subscribers these several works will be delivered at the most respectable com-
mercial towns, and at the seats of government of the respective states and territories within the union...
Knowing that a very considerable proportion of the expense of such publications depends on the engravings...
Extract of a letter from Dr. Hargreath, to the College of Physicians at Philadelphia, dated Bath (Eng.) October, 1806.
"I think it of great importance to acquaint you, that in consequence of earnest exhortations, I have prevailed upon Dr. Fellowes...
From these two houses, which undoubtedly had hourly intercourse by numerous visitors, who had not the least suspicion...
Dr. F. visited Cadiz, where he received a full confirmation of the above account of Sancho. He went to Malaga...
Dr. Gordon, Physician General of the Danish West India Islands, now in Bath, is preparing for the press some decisive proofs...
* Called in the United States Yellow Fever.
Such are the blessed effects resulting from the Vaccine or Cow Pock inoculation, that in the city of Glasgow...
Table with 4 columns: Year, Died, Year, Died. Data: 1797-231, 1802-104; 1798-179, 1803-91; 1799-224, 1804-123; 1800-159, 1805-21; 1801-107, 1806-15.
Survey of France.—The work of the government survey, or cadastre, of France, has proceeded with activity...
Effet of Heat on Magnetism.
M. Coulomb has published an interesting memoir on the effect of heat on magnetism. At 200 degrees of heat...
ENGLISH JANUARY COMMERCIAL REPORT.
The woollen manufactures in the north and west of England are not considerably injured by the recent events on the continent.
The trade in Welsh flannels is thought to be, at this time, one of the most promising in which a mercantile man can hazard a speculation.
Such has been the general increase of the woollen trade of this country in the space of fourteen years...
In 1792, 190,332 pieces of broad cloths, and 150,666 pieces of narrow cloths.
In 1806, 300,287 pieces of broad and 165,837 pieces of narrow.
Our information respecting the cotton manufactures is not flattering. The home consumption is immense...
The iron and copper works of Great Britain continue flourishing. The manufacturers of Birmingham and Sheffield...
By our possession of Malta, a brisk trade yielding quick returns, is now carried to the ports of Italy. Malta is the emporium, the store-house.
The French have sent from Brunswick to Paris, a large collection of most beautiful paintings by the first masters...
FROM THE SALEM REGISTER.
POLITICAL OBSERVATIONS.
By the 45th Bulletin we reach the end of the operations of the Grand F. Army in Poland, for 1806. The action at Pultusk, on the Narew, was on the 26th Dec.
Augereau engaged another division, and obliged a retreat to the same place which the Rus-
sians reached from Pultusk. The French state that the Russians lost 80 pieces of cannon, more than 1200 baggage waggons, and 12,000 men killed, wounded and prisoners.
Should we regard the French accounts of Turkey as from good sources, it may appear that a serious alarm against Russia had begun in Turkey...
The bold Volney, whose powerful imagination will not always stoop to facts, indulged a strong partiality towards the Russians.
The present order of events forebodes a new crisis of all Russian affairs. At the beginning of the French revolution, the French trade in Turkey was considerable.
For the convenience of the French merchants in each maritime town of the Levant, a general bank was established, to which every one paid, in proportion to his sales.
We learn that the King of Prussia had signed the armistice, with the French, and that he was at Wclau, at the confluence of the Alle and Pregel...
The combat deepens!... on ye brave, Who rush to glory, or... the grave! Wave, Mameluk, all your banners wave, And charge with all your chivalry.
THE BATTLE OF LINDEN.
ON Linden, when the sun was low, All bloody lay the untrampled low And dark as winter was the flow O'er their rolling rapidly.
O few shall pass o'er many more! He knows that 'tis your winding sheet; And every turf beneath your feet Shall be a soldier's cemetery.
Thomas Campbell.
By Authority.
LAW OF THE U. STATES.
AN ACT
For the relief of John Cheffer. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled...
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEO. CLINTON, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate. March 5, 1807. APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON.
NEW STORE.
TO BE SOLD CHEAP, OPPOSITE THE EAGLE TAVERN. SIMPSON MORRIS,
From London, begs leave to inform the public, that he has just imported from London, a large assortment of Fashionable DRY GOODS...
BLACK and Colored Men's, Women's and Children's Worsted Hose; also, Men's, Women's and Children's assorted White Cotton Hose...
FOR RENT.
And immediate possession given. A THREE storied HOUSE, smoke-house, garden, &c. on the Basin, occupied the preceding year by Mr. Chancellor H. Saunders.
ARCHCLAUS HUGHES. January 10. oawtf. The subscriber will also dispose of a part or the whole of a valuable half acre water LOT on the Basin, No. 409 with six small Tenements thereon...
THE SUBSCRIBER
OFFERS for sale, 500 acres of that valuable tract of LAND, in the North Garden in Albemarle, on the waters of Hardaway, known by the name of Sheppard's quarter...
DRUGS & MEDICINES.
WILLIAM WEST has purchased the stock of DRUGS & MEDICINES, belonging to the firm of Dr. Daniel Wilson & Co. at their Store on Main-street, Shockoe-Hill...
Orders, &c. that he may be favored with, shall be promptly attended to. N. B. Just received a small invoice of patent Medicines, Copal Varnish and Paints. February 6. oawtf.
FOR SALE.
A CONVENIENT HOUSE & LOT for a private family, it being brick 36 feet by 18, with two rooms on a floor with a passage and fire place in each room...
WM. HARPER. N. B. If the above property is not disposed of at private sale, before the 20th day of May, it will on that day be sold at Public Auction...
NOTICE. By virtue of a Deed of Trust, executed by Robert Woodcock, the Subser will offer for sale to the highest bidder, at Chesterfield Court-House, on Monday the eighteenth day of May next...
THOMAS GRAVES, Trustee. March 13. oawtfw.
WAR DEPARTMENT, February 23, 1807.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN.
THAT separate proposals will be received at the office of the Secretary for the department of war, until 12 o'clock at noon of the first Wednesday in June next...
First, At Niagara, Detroit, Michilimackinac, Fort Wayne, Chicago, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed...
Second, At the new military post opposite the mouth of the Hiwassee, and within the Cherokee nation between Tennessee and Georgia...
Third, At the garrison near Vincennes on the river Wabash, at Fort Massie, New Madrid, Chickasaw Bluffs, Arkansas, Natchez, and Fort Adams...
Fourth, At St. Louis, St. Charles, Kaskaskia, Cahokia, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed...
Fifth, At New Orleans, Plaquemine, Point Coupee, Ouchita, Natchitoches, Apponec, Attakapas, Fort Stodert, Fort St. Stephens, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed...
Sixth, At the Ocmulgee Old Fields, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed...
Seventh, At Charleston, Rocky Mount, on the head waters of the Santee, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed...
Eighth, At Norfolk, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed...
Ninth, At Fort M'Henry, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed...
Tenth, At Fort Mifflin, Carlisle, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed...
Eleventh, At Pittsburgh, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed...
Twelfth, At Fort Jay, West Point, Albany, Schenectady, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed...
Thirteenth, At Fort Trumbull, Fort Wolcott, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed...
Fourteenth, At Fort Independence (Boston harbor) and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed...
Fifteenth, At Portsmouth, Portland, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed...
Sixteenth, Proposals will also be received as aforesaid, for the supply of all rations, which may be required by the U. States, for the troops which are or may be stationed...
A ration to consist of one pound and one quarter of beef, or three quarters of a pound of pork, eighteen ounces of bread or flour, one gill of rum, whiskey or brandy, and at the rate of two quarts of salt, four quarts of vinegar, four pounds of soap, and one pound and a half of candles to every hundred rations.
It is understood that the contractor is to be at the expense and risk of issuing the supplies to the troops, and that all losses sustained by the depredations of an enemy or by means of the troops of the United States...
The privilege is understood to be referred to the U. States of requiring that none of the supplies, which may be furnished under any of the proposed contracts, shall be used, until the supplies which have been or may be furnished under contracts now in force, have been consumed...
H. D. HAZARD. February 24. oawtfw.