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The following Funeral Oration, in honor of the late venerable Chancellor, George Wythe, delivered on Monday, the 9th inst. by William Munford, Esq. to a numerous audience assembled at the Capitol, in the hall of the House of Delegates, was furnished by him for publication at the request of the editor of this paper. As it was a composition for which very little time was allowed, as previous to its being pronounced, nothing more than its outlines were prepared, all the rest being conceived and uttered extempore; it is hoped by the author that the candid reader will make all reasonable allowances for its inaccuracies.
ORATION, PRONOUNCED AT THE FUNERAL OF GEORGE WYTHE, FELLOW CITIZENS,
I ADDRESS you on this occasion with feelings which agitate and oppress me more forcibly than I am able to express. The truly mournful duty which we are assembled to perform, the irreparable loss we have all sustained, and particularly myself, who am now called upon, with an heart torn with grief, to speak of him, who was not only the friend of human nature, but my own dearest and best friend; the sorrow which I am certain is felt by every individual in this numerous audience; and which I see strongly depicted on the faces of many; all combine to overpower me with diffidence and regret. Hard indeed is the task to do justice to the many virtues of the great and good man for whom we mourn. I dread that my abilities will be found inadequate to this important undertaking; and I wish most sincerely that some gentleman of superior eloquence had consented to commemorate, by a funeral Eulogy, the departed Patriot and Sage, who was truly the boast of Virginia. Particularly, I should have been happy if some older citizen, who knew him in his younger days and joined his glorious labors at the commencement of our Revolution, had now endeavored to describe his great and meritorious public services in those days of difficulty and danger. But it cannot be. Most of the Heroes and Patriots of the Revolution are gone to their graves with glory, and George Wythe, one of the oldest and best of those venerable fathers of their country, has now followed Washington, Franklin, Samuel Adams, and many others, who are indeed removed from this troublesome world and at rest from their labors, but whose fame shall live for-
ever in the hearts of their Fellow-Citizens. Under these circumstances, the task devolves on me far inferior to those immortal worthies, to pay the last sad tribute of applause to their departed coadjutor and friend. I am emboldened, however, to engage in this difficult enterprise by considering that although many of the public virtues of the deceased were not personally known to me, yet some of them, and not the least important, have come within my own observation, and that I have long been most intimately acquainted with those which adorned his private life.—His extraordinary goodness to me, that kindness which induced him to take me when an unfortunate orphan into his house, and to treat me as a second father, afforded me peculiar opportunities of feeling and knowing the god-like spirit which animated the bosom of him who now lies cold and insensible before us. The sacred ties of gratitude therefore bind me not to permit the funeral of my dear, my noble benefactor to be unattended with an eulogy expressed with truth and sincerity, however imperfect it may be in other respects. Indeed I am most encouraged on this occasion by the reflection that truth, plain, artless & unadorned is all that is needful in an attempt to celebrate a character noted for his plainness and republican simplicity. True it is that nothing that can be said can benefit him. The "dull, cold ear of death" cannot be roused by the voice of honor, nor awakened by the lamentations of those who survive. Perhaps he hears not our praise, or is so engaged by the bliss he now enjoys as not to regard it. It might appear therefore that funeral solemnities are useless and unavailing. But such is not the case. They serve at least as an example to the living, and may be the means of communicating and keeping alive the sacred fire of virtue. I am also enthusiastic enough to believe that the souls of the good and worthy, even after death, may be gratified by knowing the manner in which their memories are regarded in this world; that they look down & observe the sorrows of their friends, and rejoice in the sound of their praise. Very probably this is one of the rewards of a well-spent life; else wherefore has heaven implanted in the breasts of men the desire of fame in future ages as an incentive to virtuous actions? I shall therefore proceed to describe as faithfully as I can, the career of glory through which this exalted patriot, firm republican and honest man has passed, trusting that the affection of you all for the dead will induce you favorably to accept a well-meant though feeble endeavor to pay the respect so eminently due to his memory.
In calling to your recollection his virtues, my own inclination would induce me to begin with those of his private life, in which I confess my own heart is more particularly interested; but as his public virtues were of the greatest importance, not to a few persons only, but to all America, the superior dignity of the subject requires me to mention them in the first place. Of these, let me turn your attention to the uncommon patriotism, which was conspicuous during the whole course of his long and useful life. The first remarkable example, evincing the degree in which he possessed that divine virtue, was his conduct at the commencement of the American Revolution. In those perilous days, when life, liberty and property were placed at hazard; when all that is held most dear by the mind of man depended on the doubtful issue of war; when death and confiscation would have been the fate, if they had proved unsuccessful, of those who opposed the tyrant king of Great-Britain; our venerable patriot, Mr. Wythe, was firm & undaunted, and zealously attached to the cause of his country. At that important time when the greatest men America ever produced were chosen by her voice to save her from destruction, to whom did his fellow-citizens look up as one of her deliverers? To George Wythe, to him whom we now with so much cause lament, for alas! he can serve no longer those he so tenderly loved. He was one of that famous Congress, who assembled on the 18th of May, 1775, and did not separate until they declared the Independence of America. He was one of those who signed that ever memorable declaration by which they pledged "their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor" to maintain and defend the violated rights of their country. He was an active, useful, and respected member of that body, the most enlightened, patriotic and heroic that perhaps ever existed in the world, in esteeming and admiring which all nations now concur. From the arduous and important duties which he there exercised, he was called by his native state to perform others not less interesting and necessary. Our countrymen were then attempting a new and hitherto untried experiment, of vast importance and of doubtful success; no
less than the political re-generation of a great nation, the total destruction of a monarchical system, and the establishment of a republic in its stead; every thing then depended on infusing into our laws that republican spirit which animated the people, and by the preservation of which alone, their liberty could be preserved and perpetuated. It became therefore necessary to new-model our laws, and lay the foundations of the temple of freedom firmly in the wisdom and justice of our institutions. The persons appointed, to execute this great work, and by whom it was accomplished were Thomas Jefferson, Edmund Pendleton and George Wythe; who, tho' mentioned last, might with propriety be considered as the chief; for, great and exalted as is the merit of Mr. Jefferson, it must be confessed that he is in a great measure indebted for it to George Wythe, his preceptor and his friend. Between those two extraordinary men the warmest friendship has ever existed, and the president of the United States has always been proud to acknowledge himself the pupil of the wise & modest Wythe. By a resolution of the Virginia Assembly, dated the 5th of November 1776, the three gentlemen, I have mentioned, were appointed revisors of the laws, with power to propose such alterations as in their judgment should be deemed necessary: A trust of prodigious importance, on which the future destiny of Virginia depended! And in what manner was it discharged? In a manner more glorious and more useful to the human race than the works of any other legislators, ancient or modern. On the 18th of June 1779, the committee of revisors made their report, a memorable monument of indefatigable industry and attention, as well as of wisdom, virtue and patriotism. In reviewing the labors of that committee, we find that they were the authors of the act directing the course of descent, by which the odious and unequal doctrine of the right of primogeniture was abolished, and an equal distribution of the landed property of persons dying intestate is made among their children, or other nearest relations; an act which, by introducing and supporting equality of property to a certain degree among the citizens of this commonwealth, has produced, and will continue to produce a more important and permanent effect in favor of freedom and republicanism, than any other cause whatsoever. The same committee proposed the act for regulating conveyances, by which all estates in-tail were converted into fees simple, and one of the most desirable contrivances of aristocracy to keep up inequality, and support proud and overbearing distinctions of particular families, was completely defeated. They also produced the deservedly celebrated act for the establishment of religious freedom, which I trust has released the people of Virginia from the danger of being ever subjected to ecclesiastical tyranny, perhaps the worst of all. As a proof, however, that the proposal of that act did not arise from a desire to subvert religion, but, on the contrary, to maintain it in purity and peace, they at the same time proposed another, entitled an act to punish disturbers of religious worship and sabbath breakers. Such were the most precious fruits of the appointment of that truly republican and patriotic committee.
Other important acts might also be mentioned, for in fact, the whole of our militia system as first organized, the original arrangement and mode of proceeding in our courts of common law and chancery, were all the work of that committee, were all illustrious examples of their industry and legislative skill; in which if some defects have in the course of experience been discovered, they are only proofs that no human performance can be perfect. Yet the committee of revisors are not only entitled to praise for the laws, of which they were instrumental in obtaining the establishment, but for several which they proposed without success. Among those may be found a bill for the more general diffusion of knowledge, which, if the public spirit of the general assembly had been equal to that of its authors, would have enabled the children of the poorest citizen in the community to stand an equal chance of acquiring science, honor, and promotion, with those of the most wealthy. Animated by motives of the same enlightened nature, they proposed a bill for establishing a public library; another for amending the constitution of William and Mary College, and providing more adequate revenues for its support; and furnished a hint, which gave birth to our present penitentiary system, by a bill for proportioning crimes and punishments in cases heretofore capital, and a bill for the employment, government and support, of malefactors condemned to labor for the commonwealth.
We next find this excellent citizen in the important office of one of the three judges of the high court of chancery, and afterwards, sole chancellor of the state of Virginia. His extraordinary patriotism
& disinterestedness were here most completely displayed. He served in that most troublesome and laborious office of all in the gift of the commonwealth of Virginia, and perhaps of the U. States, for many years with the small salary of 200£ and, at last, with a salary somewhat larger but still very inadequate. With that scanty supply from his country, he lived in this expensive city, secluded from all other business but that of the public, to which he devoted all his time, unless when prevented by sickness; and in that office he continued till the day of his death, because he believed himself better qualified to serve his country in that station than in any other; when, if he had been disposed to seek for offices, he might have easily obtained others far more easy and lucrative. Notwithstanding, however, the toilsome duties of that office, his patriotism, ever active and ardent, brought him forward whenever he conceived his country's interest to require his assistance. We behold him a member of the convention which met in this city in the year 1788, to take under its consideration the proposed constitution of the U. States. Being convinced that the confederation was defective in the energy necessary to preserve the union, liberty and general welfare of America, he was a zealous advocate for the new constitution. In that august convention, this venerable patriot, even then beginning to bow under the weight of years, was seen to rise to advocate that constitution, and exerted his voice almost too feeble to be heard, in contending for a system, on the acceptance of which he conceived the happiness of his dear-lov'd country to depend.—But the most remarkable instance of his genuine patriotism, to which I confess I am rendered most partial, perhaps by my own experience of its effects, was his zeal for the education of youth. Harassed as he was with business; enveloped with perplexing papers, and intricate suits in chancery, he yet found time for many years, to keep a private school for the instruction of a few young men at a time, always with very little, and often demanding no compensation.—What a proof was this of condescension, of pure patriotism and philanthropy! With all this, his industry and attention to business was not diminished, but continued as assiduous as ever. Of his indefatigable assiduity I was myself a witness even in his last sickness.—When on his death bed, racked with agonizing pains, I saw him with a large bundle of papers, relative to an injunction in chancery, lying by his bed side.—He told me he had been studying them, and hoped to be better by the next day, that he might be enabled to hold the court again, and pronounce his decree in that cause; lamenting with extreme concern the inconvenience, of which the delay of business, occasioned by his sickness, would be productive to persons who had causes depending before him. At that moment when death was visible in his face and in every limb, he thought not of himself; he thought only of the public. Oh! where shall we find such another Chancellor?
The necessary consequence of his great assiduity and attention to study, was his extensive, various and profound learning; his sound and excellent judgment.—Others may indeed have excelled him in genius, but he certainly never was surpassed in patriotism, learning and judgment.
Another quality, too, demands our attention, the most illustrious perhaps in the bright constellation of his virtues: this was his firm and inflexible republicanism, of which I have already adverted to several striking testimonials. Ever attached to the constitution of the United States, and to the principles of freedom, he was in every change of affairs always steady and unshaken. His mind was not to be moved by the gusts of popular influence, nor by the stormy threats of tyranny. As in 1776, he was the enemy of the King of Great Britain, so in 1798 and 1799, he was an opponent of the administration of John Adams, of alien and sedition laws, and standing armies. Always the friend of liberty and his country, twice have I seen him, hoary with age and touching all with veneration, in that very chair (pointing at the Speaker's chair,) sitting as President of the republican college of electors, and voting twice for a republican President. Yet, was it very observable that he never yielded for a moment to the rancour of party-spirit, nor permitted the difference of opinion to interfere with his private friendships, the truth of which observation will be acknowledged by many of his political opponents, to whom he nevertheless remained a friend in private life, to the last.
His impartiality as a judge, and rigid attachment to what appeared to him to be equitable, was not less remarkable than his other extraordinary qualities. It ought ever to be remembered that notwithstanding he loved his country so passionately, and was so attentive to its interest, he yet
loved equity still more. It ought to be remembered that he was the first judge who decided, (against the public opinion,) that the British debts should be recovered, and that on several very important occasions he entered decrees for large sums of money against his native state. Yet, to the immortal honor of the people of Virginia, be it said, those decisions of his did not diminish his popularity, but made them admire and respect him still more than ever.
Such then were the public virtues of this great man. His private virtues were not less exemplary. Among the most conspicuous of these were his integrity and disinterestedness. Undoubtedly, no man, not even the best of the worthies of ancient Greece and Rome, ever carried those virtues to a greater height than he did. Plain in his manners, strictly temperate in his life, and regardless of all profits except such as were made with honor and a good conscience, he furnished an example in the vicissitudes of his youth (as I have been told by some, whom I am happy to see here present) of a truly honest and upright lawyer, a character supposed by many (though I hope erroneously) to be very uncommon. No consideration could ever induce him to swerve from the strict line of integrity, to violate justice, or the laws of his country. With the spirit of a philosopher he lived a lawyer, and was indeed the brightest ornament of the bar. With these virtues of a stern and rigid cast, it should moreover be known, that this laborious student, this man of undeviating integrity, this firm and inflexible republican possessed a heart overflowing with the milk of human kindness. A kinder never trod in the bosom of a human being. His soul was the seat of benevolence and sensibility. From this most amiable turn of mind proceeded his ever active charity and liberality, the gentleness and mildness of his temper, which was seldom irritated but by zeal for his country's good, his modest and unassuming deportment, and unwillingness to give pain to any mortal. His charity extended to every human being, however low and humble his station; for he, emphatically, was always striving to do good. Let the officers of his court, the gentlemen who had the pleasure of pleading, and those who had causes depending, before him, let all who were educated by him, and indeed all who knew him bear witness to the sweetness of his temper, his benevolence and kind deportment. His unwillingness to give trouble and pain was apparent almost in his last agonies.—"Oh gentlemen!" said he, scarce audibly, "you are very good—I am sorry you take so much trouble—but all will be in vain!" It may be said indeed that in one deplorable instance, (which it strikes me with horror even to mention,) his benevolence was placed on an unworthy object, and repaid with black ingratitude.
But let not the selfish man deduce from this dreadful event an argument against the indulgence of charity, nor let the good man be discouraged. As no human being can be perfect, it is true, perhaps, that the mildness and goodness of Mr. Wythe was sometimes carried too far. But if he had any fault, it was that of excessive goodness, which injured himself alone. Injured did I say? No; whatever may have been the cause of his death, and I tremble to think of its probable cause, he is not really injured. He is only relieved from the infirmities of mortality a little sooner; and although he may be a proof of the truth of the saying,
How oft alas! does goodness wound itself, And sweet affection prove the source of woe?
yet the multitude of friends who sincerely mourn his death, and the affection of all his other pupils for his memory prove that he did not good in vain, but has indeed his reward. This then fellow-citizens, is the true character of the man, whose death we lament, of him who now sleeps in that coffin, a lifeless lump of clay. But no—he is not there! The good, the kind, the generous, the noble-minded George Wythe is not there. His mortal body, I admit, is before us. But the real man, the divine and immortal soul is far away, perhaps above the stars themselves, enjoying everlasting bliss in the presence of that God, on whom he called as his hope and refuge, in the last agonies of expiring nature. Here permit me to correct a mistaken opinion, which has gone abroad concerning this excellent man. I think it particularly important to state that he was a christian. He communicated to me him, if, a year or two before his death, his full conviction of the truth of the christian religion, and, on his death-bed, often prayed to Jesus Christ his Savior for relief. But death he did not dread, expressing only a wish to lay down his life with ease, observing, that, alas! it was a pity it should be so hard for a man to die! I will now conclude with exhorting every person present, and particularly the younger part of my audience to imitate the example of the virtues of that man.

whom I have endeavored to portray. True it is, that all who now hear me, cannot expect to attain the honors and dignified stations which he enjoyed and adorned. But it is in the power of all to resemble him in his industry and application to study, in his integrity, plainness and purity of manners, and in his patriotism and republican principles. Let me entreat you to consider that it is not by the love of money, by fancy and parade, by pomp and luxury that the liberties of the people are to be preserved. If you wish the Temple of Freedom, that glorious structure erected in America, to remain unimpaired a thousand years hence, it is incumbent upon you to live as republicans ought, free from vice and profusion, ever firm and inflexible, and never deviating from the course of rectitude. If you admire the character of the illustrious George Wythe, strive to make that character your own.
Your reward will be, in the first place, the approbation of your own conscience, the best and most valuable reward of virtue in this world, far more precious than the applause of a crowd, which often is bestowed on the undeserving. This was the approbation which the honest republican Wythe valued above every other, and this we may all obtain, if we sincerely desire it. Your reward in the next place will be the applause of all good men, that applause which the patriot George Wythe obtained. Such are the charms of true virtue that bad men admire it against their own inclinations; and good men never fail to love it, even in those who differ from them in opinion. Thus you see that federalists and republicans, friends and foes in politics, all unite in sincerely mourning the loss of the firm, the sincere, the virtuous republican George Wythe, all being convinced that his intentions were upright, although in some things he disagreed with themselves.
Your last and best reward will be happiness or death. In this world, our portion of happiness is but small. The best men are often afflicted like the worst. They have to weep with agonized hearts for the loss of those they love most dearly, as we do now; and sometimes, as was the case of our unfortunate friend, they feel the stroke of death embittered by the sharp and venomous sting of ingratitude. But they have their consolation. They repose their hopes in the bosom of their God, and look to the place he has prepared as their permanent abode. Such was the comfort, which smoothed the bed of death to our departed friend.
He always believed in a future and a better state, which alone can afford to good men their just retribution; and I trust is himself at this moment in that happier world, where "the wicked cease from troubling and the weary are at rest." If his blessed spirit, exalted above the cares and pains of mortality, could now render us any service, I would invoke it, and call upon him to infuse into our hearts, at least a portion of his virtues. But to him it would not be proper for us to make our application. To the Almighty Creator only, to that God who made him all that he was, our requests should be directed. And that he may, in his mercy, teach us properly to estimate, and draw the most useful instruction from the great example which is now set before us, is my most sincere and fervent prayer.
CONGRESS. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Monday, April 21.
DEBATE On offering the memorials of William S. Smith, and Samuel G. Ogden, relative to their concern with general Miranda in fitting out the Leander.
(Concluded.) Mr QUINCY said, in the remarks he had offered he had only meant to say there had been an extraordinary equipment and arming in the harbor of New York. He did not mean to pledge himself as to the knowledge of the destination, or to the other fact, whether there was time for the administration to have prevented it.
[Mr JACKSON. The gentleman did say so.] Mr QUINCY. Such is my impression at present, but I am not certain of it. Since I rose, I have understood that after this information was received, an attempt was made by the executive to stop the vessel. In making the remarks I have offered, I did not mean to criminate the administration. If my words bore such a meaning, I withdraw them. Such was not my intention.
Mr BIDWELL said, the memorials referred to two subjects. On the first, the memorialists state that they have been indicted for an offence, and represent certain facts, which they say are in their favor—they say the indictment is depending—this is begging the case. That while these facts remain to be tried before a tribunal of justice, while the whole benefit of evidence may be made use of either in justification or destruction of the charge, that the memorialists should resort to a petition of this nature on the last day of the session, is most extraordinary and for the house to undertake to decide a question now pending before a court at law, before whom any witnesses may be summoned, would be still more extraordinary. The other subject relates to the
conduct of the judge in this particular case. If when this case shall be ultimately decided, the memorialists shall think themselves aggrieved, it will be time enough to come forward with their complaint.
Mr EARLY. The memorials have been presented at a time and under circumstances so extraordinary, as in my opinion, to call for at the hands of this house, something more than is contained in the motion of the gentleman from Kentucky. These peculiarities of time and circumstance have been already noticed by different gentlemen, and are of a nature so striking that they cannot escape the attention of any. I shall not, therefore, detain the house with any arguments, or with a detail of them. I rise for the purpose of offering a resolution which I think the occasion calls for, and in favor of which I hope the gentleman from Kentucky will withdraw his motion.
Mr EARLY then offered the following resolution:
Resolved, That the charges contained in the memorials of S. G. Ogden and William Smith are, in the opinion of this house, unsupported by any evidence which in the least degree criminales the executive government of this country—that the said memorials appear to have been presented at a time and under circumstances, insidiously calculated to excite unjust suspicions in the minds of the good people of this nation against the existing administration of the general government—and that it would be highly improper in this house to take any step which might influence or prejudice a cause now depending in a legal tribunal of the U. S.—Therefore, resolved, that the said memorials be by the clerk of this house returned to those from whom they came.
Mr LYON withdrew his motion.
Mr CLARK said this resolution was susceptible of division. He had no objection to the latter part of it, but he did not wish to give a hasty decision on the former, as he was not acquainted with all the circumstances referred to. He would therefore move to strike out the first part of the resolution.
Mr SMILIE. We are now to give a vote whether these charges are true or not. Believing them to be untrue I shall vote against the motion to strike out.
Mr CLARK. I do not believe they are true. But it is not proper to condemn a cause unheard. These men think themselves aggrieved—they set forth certain charges, and we at once give our opinion that they are false. I can never agree to this course.
Mr DANA. These memorials contain a statement of certain facts in the nature of allegations against certain officers in this government. Whenever allegations of this kind are made, such language ought to be used as is best adapted to convey the ideas of the petitioners. These memorials contain two things. In the first place they charge the executive of the United States with a participation in Miranda's expedition. As to this charge, I am fully sensible of the impropriety of the house interfering. Under a law of the United States the equipment of a vessel against a power with which we are at peace, is considered as a misdemeanor punishable by fine and imprisonment; and if general Miranda misled these men under a belief that the president and secretary of state did countenance, though in fact they did not, this enterprise, they may, if found guilty by a jury, avail themselves of this circumstance, in mitigation of their fine and imprisonment. It does not become this house by any declaration, to give an opinion on this point either one way or another. On the other point relative to the conduct of the judge, I am not so satisfied relative to the course to be pursued. Is not every man accused entitled to a fair trial? And if the charges are true, and the man guilty, and yet the judge has erred—he has abused his authority. I will not say perversely, but he has not pursued the usual course of administering criminal justice. As to this part of the memorial, therefore, I am willing it should lie on the table; while I am perfectly ready as to that part which respects the executive to reject it.
Mr ALEXANDER. I wish to be informed of the correctness of my impression, that the mover of the memorial prayed it should be printed. Before the house give their consent to publish such a voluminous piece of calumny, I should be glad to hear some reason assigned for it. At first blush, as has been represented by the gentleman from New York, this appears to be an unjust and uncaused attempt to obtain the interference of this house. I should be glad gentlemen would show us any case in which it would be right for this house to interfere while it is coram judice .
Mr Alexander concluded with suggesting a modification of the motion of Mr Early, which he afterwards withdrew.
Mr CLARK likewise withdrew his amendment.
Mr MASTERS. It is the first time I ever heard of a defendant under an indictment for a public offence, petitioning the representatives of the people to interfere and arrest him from public justice. It is a kind of imputation on this house.
The petitioner is accused of a breach of the law, and is called on to answer that accusation before the proper forum; it does not belong to this house to interfere with that tribunal; the constitution has set apart and defined the different powers.
The memorialists attempt to criminate the administration. The administration
are not on trial before this house. If the district judge, in the course of the examination and trial, acts corruptly, there is a proper time and manner of bringing him constitutionally before this house. We ought not to countenance the defendants' endeavors to cast an odium on the court before whom the trial is depending, and the petition ought to be dismissed, in stronger language than is expressed in the resolution.
Mr RANDOLPH asked for a division of the resolution down to the word "country" preceding the first dash.
Mr CLARK said he really felt for the dignity of the House—he had no hesitation to say that the petition was unsupported by evidence. But the journals would show that this was not the first instance that similar petitions had been acted upon. The petitioners thought themselves injured, and had a right to call for redress. In order to get rid of this difficulty he moved the previous question.
Mr JACKSON asked the yeas and nays, which were taken on the previous question, "shall the main question be now put," as follows:—Yeas 74—Nays 15.
YEAS—Messrs. Alexander, Alston, Anderson, Bard, Barker, Bassett, Bedinger, Bidwell, Blake, Brown, Casey, Chandler, Claiborne, M. Clay, Clopton, Conrad, Covington, Crowninshield, Cuts, Darby, Earle, Early, Elliot, Elmer, Findley, Fisk, Fowler, Garnett, Gregg, Green, Halsey, Hamilton, Holmes, Hough, Jackson, Jones, Lambert, Lyon, Magruder, Marion, Masters, McCreery, N. R. Moore, T. Moore, John Morrow, Mumford, Newton, Olin, Pugh, J. Randolph, T. M. Randolph, Rea of Penn. Rhea, of Ten. Russell, Sailly, Sandford, Schuneman, Sloan, Smilie, J. Smith, S. Smith, Southard, Stanton, Thomas, P. R. Thompson, Tracy, Trigg, Varnum, J. Whitehill, R. Whitehill, D. R. Williams, N. Williams, and Winston.—74.
NAYS—Messrs. Betton, Clarke, Dana, Ellis, Ely, Lewis, Mosely, J. Nelson, Pitken, Quincy, T. Talmadge, Tenney, T. W. Thompson, Van Rensselaer and Wadsworth.—15.
The question was then taken on agreeing to the first member of the resolution—Yeas 75—Nays 8—as follows:
YEAS—Messrs. Alexander, Alston, Anderson, Bard, Barker, Bedinger, Bidwell, Blake, Brown, Casey, Chandler, Claiborne, M. Clay, Clopton, Conrad, Covington, Crowninshield, Cuts, Darby, Earle, Early, Elliot, Elmer, Findley, Fisk, Fowler, Garnett, Gregg, Green, Halsey, Hamilton, Holmes, Hough, Jackson, Jones, Lambert, Lyon, Magruder, Marion, McCreery, N. R. Moore, T. Moore, John Morrow, Mumford, Newton, Olin, Pugh, J. Randolph, T. M. Randolph, Rea of Penn. Rhea, of Ten. Russell, Sailly, Sandford, Schuneman, Sloan, Smilie, J. Smith, S. Smith, Southard, Stanton, Thomas, P. R. Thompson, Tracy, Trigg, Varnum, J. Whitehill, R. Whitehill, D. R. Williams, N. Williams, and Winston.—75.
NAYS—Messrs. Bassett, Dana, Ely, Lewis, Mosely, J. Nelson, Quincy and Van Rensselaer.—8.
The yeas and nays on the second member of the resolution were—Yeas 70—Nays 13—as follows:
YEAS—Messrs. Alexander, Alston, Anderson, Bard, Barker, Bassett, Bedinger, Bidwell, Blake, Brown, Casey, Chandler, Claiborne, M. Clay, Clopton, Conrad, Covington, Crowninshield, Cuts, Darby, Earle, Early, Elliot, Elmer, Findley, Fisk, Fowler, Gregg, Green, Halsey, Hamilton, Holmes, Jackson, Jones, Lambert, Lyon, Magruder, Marion, Masters, McCreery, N. R. Moore, T. Moore, John Morrow, Mumford, Newton, Olin, Pugh, T. M. Randolph, Rea of Penn. Rhea, of Ten. Russell, Sailly, Sandford, Schuneman, Sloan, Smilie, J. Smith, S. Smith, Southard, Stanton, Thomas, P. R. Thompson, Tracy, Varnum, J. Whitehill, R. Whitehill, D. R. Williams, N. Williams, and Winston.—70.
NAYS—Messrs. Clarke, Dana, Ely, Lewis, Lewis, Jr., J. Nelson, Pitken, Jr., Quincy, J. Randolph, P. R. Thompson, Trigg and Van Rensselaer.—13.
The House were unanimous in their vote on the third member of the resolution.
The yeas and nays on the last member of the resolution were—Yeas 71—Nays 14—as follows:
YEAS—Messrs. Alexander, Alston, Anderson, Bard, Barker, Bassett, Bidwell, Blake, Brown, Casey, Chandler, Claiborne, M. Clay, Clopton, Conrad, Covington, Crowninshield, Cuts, Darby, Dawson, Earle, Early, Elliot, Elmer, Eppes, Findley, Fisk, Fowler, Garnett, Gregg, Green, Halsey, Hamilton, Holmes, Jackson, Jones, Lambert, Lyon, Magruder, Marion, Masters, McCreery, N. R. Moore, T. Moore, John Morrow, Mumford, Newton, Olin, Pugh, T. M. Randolph, Rea of Penn. Rhea, of Ten. Russell, Sailly, Sandford, Schuneman, Sloan, Smilie, J. Smith, S. Smith, Southard, Stanton, Thomas, P. R. Thompson, Tracy, Varnum, J. Whitehill, R. Whitehill, D. R. Williams, N. Williams, and Winston.—71.
NAYS—Messrs. Bedinger, Clarke, Dana, Ely, Lewis, Jr., J. Nelson, Pitken, Jr., Quincy, J. Randolph, Russell, Tenney, T. W. Thompson, Trigg, and Van Rensselaer.
When the whole resolution was agreed to—Ayes 65.
FROM THE AURORA, POLITICAL VIEWS.
In former papers we have sketched without a studied attention to style or manner, such political considerations as appeared to arise naturally out of the contemplation of the present state of European nations, and the changes which must inevitably arise out of events so extensive and extraordinary as have arisen in Europe, since the wars of the convention at Filippi.
We have endeavored to fathom futurity, and to anticipate political revolutions of a momentous kind in the north and in the east of Europe. We propose taking the same subject up, under a different form, though the operation of events which we have surmised, we deem consequential and inseparable from the new point of view in which we propose to examine the subject.
Our former speculations embraced only the military and the governmental transactions and their consequences. The discussions which we now propose, embrace the commercial consequences, and the commercial incidents which have given direction to the combined operations of war in the Mediterranean and the Baltic.
The principal commercial consequences that must arise from the revolutions which have taken place, and that are to follow, would embrace the internal communications between the nations of Europe and the interior navigation of the continental states. These are no doubt the most important to the people of the populous and commercial nations of that section of the globe, and afford ample scope for interesting enquiries.
But they do not so immediately belong to the views we have already taken; it must be acceptable to those who have not leisure to study such topics to find an abstract view taken of the subject in this form; to perceive how policy and war operate in the course and direction of universal commerce.
There is another consideration, and that is a strong one, which leads us to prefer an examination of the influence of the existing state of things on the external commerce of Europe, rather than the internal, and that is the direct and the indirect effects which may be produced on the commerce of the United States.
The commerce of the United States may derive peculiar advantage from charges in the Baltic, by the enhancement of the prices of commodities of which the like are produced here—our iron, timber, lumber, hemp, pitch, tar. We may find a more ready and advantageous market in Europe, if the Baltic should be closed by either power, against the rival power.
But the most important consideration, and it comprehends reasonings and consequences both of policy and commerce, is what relates to the trade of the Mediterranean—the whole of the Levant trade and its incidental commerce with Asia, and Egypt, and Africa.
It is well known, that young as we are among nations, the commerce of the Mediterranean, has been deemed of the utmost consequence, by successive legislatures. To the commercial nations of Europe generally it has been deemed of the highest importance. It is to sustain and to secure this commerce, that Gibraltar , & Mahon , & Malta , have been so often taken, and made the ostensible cause of war. It is the commercial riches derived from this great reservoir that has stimulated the ambition of Russia, of Austria, of England and of France, at different periods.
From these obvious truths, it is reasoning in a direct line, to infer that France while she aims at the reduction of British power, by shutting her commerce out from the ports of Europe, will not if practicable leave her unmolested in the enjoyment of the Levant and the Mediterranean trade.
"France wants ships, colonies and commerce," so said Bonaparte. On the shores and islands of Archipelago, in the semi-barbarised soil of the once classic Greece, on the ancient theatre of the sciences of the arts, philosophy, eloquence, arms, are to be found sites for colonies, prepared with a hardly but scattered race of men to receive the impressions which French vivacity and comprehensive ambition may be desirous of making; where the surplus of its forty millions of population will find new dwellings and new fields for adventure, that novelty which it is the national characteristic to seek, and without those delays or discouragements with which long voyages are so apt to blast the enterprizes of an ardent and versatile people.
"France wants ships," and in the forests which shade the shores of the Propontis and the Euxine from Moldavia and Wallachia, is to be found the hairy capped oak and the cluster oak , ( Quercus Orientalis , latifolia , &c. and the Quercus Orientalis , glande cylindriciformis , of Tournefort) and which are to be found in their forests, together with the ( Quercus ceris ) Turkey oak, in the forests from the Trebisond throughout Asia Minor and Syria; where the Pinus pinea (or Stone pine) and the larix (or Corsican pine) are likewise abundant, and every species of wood and timber known in the naval arsenals of Europe.
Long before the revolution, the French government, had procured masts, spars, yards, and heavy timber for ships equal to those brought from the Baltic in the Levant, and from the ports of the Euxine and Moldavia—from Gala and Sinope —from Cartago and the Gulf of Ladina , from Durazzo , Janina , and the Cephalonian Straits , from Patras & Lavida , from the Gulphs of Solonica and Corinth the alliance or the power of France may draw materials for ships, for war or for commerce, and cargoes to load them. In Peloponnesus , now called the Morea , which once contained the celebrated Spartans , and from whom will proceed incentives to rouse those passions which never fail to influence war—from that Sparta , colonies of which were the progenitors of the modern Corinthians , an alliance by new colonies will serve to destroy prejudices which want but some such assimilation to render them scarcely objects of conversation; seeing the glory which Corinthian genius has shed upon France, genius educated and assimilated at once by habit and by glory, to her fame and destinies.
In the Morea there will be founded those colonies which France wants—there are ports, harbors, materials for naval equipment and the most ample resources that now exist, for universal commerce. At every step classic example and emulation, furnish incentives to enterprise and to fame; Achaia , Lycionia , Corinth , Argos , Tigala and Lacedemon , Messenia , and an hundred other places memorable in classic history, give interest and importance to the ancient Hellenoponnesus , the modern Morea ; and on the adjacent shores formed by the Saronic and Corinthian gulphs , Achaia and Attica —Athens and their fame—Megara and Thespiæ , Thebes and Boetia , and their thousand associate nations, Thessaly , Macedon and Epirus rush upon the mind—here the spirit of a nation proverbially vivacious and elevated by glory and triumph unexampled, find a theatre to satiate their ambition—and resources already prepared to gratify the most covetous cravings of commerce.
In a word, there exist at once the means of temptation and gratification superadded to a political necessity, arising out of the mediated destruction of France by the conspirators at Plinitz —which compels France to rule and to conquer—all those who would have destroyed, and would still destroy her.
Notwithstanding that the Mediterranean was once the centre of universal commerce, and although even since the passage round the Cape of Good Hope, it has been the chief mart of Europe, the knowledge of its immense resources and riches—has been by the spirit of mercantile monopoly, and selfishness confined to a few companies and a few adventurous merchants in different countries, who have ever considered it their best policy to keep within themselves that knowledge, which if diffused might excite competition, and overtrade the market.
Knowledge on this as well as all other subjects, always yields to enterprize; the American merchants have penetrated the remotest bays and inlets—the Islands and gulphs of the Levant—Syria and Egypt, Cyrene and the African shores have lent their winds to fill the American canvas and to display the colors of the new world.
Through the industry and liberality of an American, well acquainted by a long residence and a studious attention to the commerce of the Levant, the Italian and Barbary coasts—and the channels of the Propontis and Euxine, we are possessed of abundance of facts from which the dispassionate and discerning reader will be able to determine with what degree of reasonable probability, we have formed many of our anticipations and conclusions on those political relations of the powers of Europe which we have constantly discussed. These data shall be the basis of future essays.
The discussion will enable men who think correctly to discover the mistakes of those who declaim from passion, rather than consult common sense; it will show that even ambitious men are not so indifferent to common sense or to the superior and more splendid increments of their particular interests than superficial writers are willing to allow or capable of discerning; and in proportion as these truths are rendered clear, intelligible and incontrovertible, will be able to smile at the fancies with which we are sometimes amused by those who for want of data or
sober reflection, resort to the imagination to supply the place of fact.
The next number will appear on Thursday and No. III on Saturday.
NEW-YORK, June 7.
We learn by captain Fitzgerald, in 20 days from Santa Domingo, that a Spanish schooner had just arrived there from Laguira, on her passage had been boarded by two Spanish government brigs which had been dispatched (after the capture of Miranda's two schooners) in pursuit of the Leander . The above ship had two men pressed by one of the brigs by which means this information was received. There now no longer remains a doubt about the capture of the two schooners which Miranda chartered at Jacquemel , to further his designs against the Spaniards. As to the news of the execution of the crews of the schooners, we have only to observe, that it may be true; but it rests on mere report at Carracas , which report may have no other origin than conjecture.
The expedition of general Miranda has, thus far, proved unfavorable; but after the loss of part of his force, and finding it unsafe to remain in the midst of danger, the probability is, that he has shaped his course for Trinidad , to solicit the co-operation of the British.
While we are on the subject of general Miranda's expedition, we shall notice another article of intelligence which has just come to our knowledge—it is, that on his arrival off Barcelona , he wrote a letter to his brother on shore, advising him of his intention, and requesting him, his mother and sister, to retire into the interior, and to take with them the most valuable of their property. Miranda's brother was alarmed—and, lest he should be suspected of being concerned in the enterprize or favoring the views of his brother, he hastened to the governor general at Carracas with the letter. An immediate alarm was excited, and vessels were dispatched in pursuit of Miranda. The capture of his two schooners was the result.
We also learn, that after the engagement the Leander stoped 2 days off Bonaire , repaired her rigging and put to sea; since which she has not been heard of.
Aggravated insult. —Captain Wheeler of the brig Canton , who arrived this morning from Savannah , was detained off the Hook, two hours and a half by the British ship Leander , after having twenty six shot fired at him. Captain Whitby , in the most insolent and provoking manner, demanded money for the shot he had fired to bring too the Canton . This however, was very properly refused. Where are the 3 frigates, which the mayor and corporation called for, and which to answer party purposes at the late election their clerk assured his fellow citizens, would immediately be sent by Mr. Jefferson? We again ask, where are the three frigates? moored in the Potowmac , where they will stick until the president can bring 666 men from the Mediterranean .— Commercial Adv.
June 9.
MASSACRE AT CAPE FRANCOIS. —We learn from Captain Dodge, of the schooner Mary Ann , who arrived here yesterday, in 16 days from Cape Francois , that on the 14th and 15th of May, a general massacre of all the remaining white inhabitants of Cape Francois took place, and it was said, generally, throughout that part of this ill fated island under the dominion of Dessalines . The particulars of this tragical event are briefly these:
Some time previous to the 14th of May, the greater part of the white French inhabitants of Cape Francois , were ordered under some pretence to a fort about 3 leagues from the town, and there confined.—On the night of the 14th the residue of those unfortunate people amounting to about 150, were strangled in their beds, by order of the Emperor ; the blood thirsty villains, not content with this, plunged them in a horrid manner.—They then plundered the houses of those unfortunate people, who had thus fallen victims to the avarice and cruelty of the black emperor.—On the 15th it was reported at the Cape, that those of the inhabitants, who had been sent to the fort, had been put to death in the most cruel manner, and their dead bodies treated with the greatest indignity.
MIRANDA'S EXPEDITION. —In a Kingston paper of the 10th of May, received by the ship Emeline , captain Murdock , from Jamaica , we find the following interesting article.
"KINGSTON, May 10.
"Arrived his majesty's ship Echo , captain Muddle , from Aruba . The Echo sailed from Aruba , with the expedition under General Miranda , but parted from the Leander on the same evening in a squall, and fell to leeward of Carracas ; she therefore returned to Aruba , & took in a cargo of mules for Kingston .
"A vessel arrived at Aruba on the 3d inst. and brought intelligence that General Miranda had effected a landing at Porto Cavello ; where the garrison, after discharging a few guns loaded with sand, opened the gates of the city, and received him, also, that Carracas was ready to yield in the same way, to which province he had proceeded; and that the Leander , after debarking the general and staff, and 150 soldiers, had returned on the 30th ult. to Bonaire .
"The force under the Duke of Kent , mentioned some time since, as being expected in the West Indies is reported to be destined against Carracas ; and it is

supposed, with good reason, that Miran- da's expedition was fitted out under the auspices of Great Britain. "The Leander, we understand, had 7000 stand of arms, and 500 barrels of gun-powder on board."
VIRGINIA ARGUS. RICHMOND: TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1806.
RICHMOND PRICE CURRENT. (CORRECTED WEEKLY.) Tobacco, 33s CASH Wheat, 6s 9d do. Flour, fine, 39s do. Flour, superfine, 42s do. Corn, 16s 6d do. Hemp, clean, £ 55 do. Iron, £ 36 do. Bacon, 9d do.
The Executive of this State on Sat- urday last appointed CREED TAYLOR, Es- quire, Chancellor of the Richmond Dis- trict Chancery Court, to supply the va- cancy occasioned by the death of the ve- nerable Judge WYTHE.
Virginia, June General Court, 1806. In Testimony of the high respect of this court for the eminent public services, and veneration for the private virtues of George Wythe, late Chancellor of the Richmond District:
Resolved, that the members of this court will wear crape on the left arm for three months, as mourning. A Copy—teste WILSON ALLEN, C. G. G.
Hugh Lennox, esq. late of this city, has arrived at Kingston, Jamaica, and en- tered upon the duty of his official appoint- ment, as agent for the protection of Amer- ican seamen.—Aurora
Federal Toast. —"Commodore PRE- BLE, and the American Navy, or what is left of it.—May our rulers purchase more timber and less land."
This sentiment, though intended to cast a reflection on the present rulers, yet un- fortunately applies in full force against the former administration, and the advocates of war measures. For it should be re- membered, that Governor Morris, Jona- than Mason, and others, were disposed to commence war for the obtainment of the Island of New-Orleans , and thereby in- volve the country in a debt of millions; and yet the very administration under which they acted, ordered a reduction of the American navy, and actually adopted measures to dispose of certain ships in the service of the United States. Since the inauguration of President Jefferson, "the American navy, or what is left of it" (af- ter being reduced by Mr. Adams,) has accomplished more important purposes than the whole of it when under the direction of our former rulers. Commodore Preble has obtained the most dignified laurels, by executing those mea- sures, which were planned by the execu- tive of the United States, and effected with the small squadron "which is left" by his predecessor. Our successes in the Mediterranean have been more brilliant with what is left of our navy, than all that was done from the time of its first being built, to the expiration of Mr. Adams's pre- sidency. Our prisoners in Algiers have reason to rejoice at the energy given to what is left of our navy—the energy for their emancipation from the most distress- ing slavery.
The intended sarcasm of the federal- ists of "more timber and less land," only serves to render them ridiculous. They wanted land at the price not only of mil- lions of dollars, but oceans of blood. They reduced our navy to what is left of it, and yet urged war for the obtainment of land. They in fact cried for more land and less timber , and were desirous to adopt a system which, would have ended in a debt of 40 or 50 millions, to acquire the territory of the small island of New-Or- leans. Whereas Mr. Jefferson has gain- ed, with a much less navy than Mr. Adams had, a treaty of peace with Tripoli, and the release of our citizens; at the same time has obtained possession of a thousand times more land for less money than was ever contemplated by Morris, and other federalists. When men get together to carouse, they are apt to take sounds for realities. Bursts of applause will often- times follow a toast, when on cool reflection the force of the censure they wish to pass on others, generally recoils on themselves. Ind. Chron.
We learn that an engagement has been made by the manager of the Richmond Theatre, with Mr. Cooper the celebrated Tragedian to perform here SIX NIGHTS only, in the summer. We could have wished it had been at another season of the year; but understanding that Mr. Co- oper's arrangements for the next twelve months leave him but six weeks unem- ployed, we feel gratified that he has been secured to us for any part of that time.— Mr. and Mrs. Barret, of the New-York theatre, we learn are likewise engaged, which with some other new performers will give strength to our Virginia Corps— much desired.—Vir. Gaz.
The following official article translated from a Paris paper of the 8th of April, received at the office of the Philadelphia Political Register, must excite apprehen- sion for the safety of our commerce in the Mediterranean, and ought to put our Mer- chants on their guard.
From the Paris Journal du Commerce, A- pril 9. "GENOA, March 22. The chamber of commerce has been charged by order of his serene highness the arch treasurer, to announce that the regency of Tunis, is preparing a conside- rable armament to effect a landing on some part of the coast of Italy. The ar- mament consists of a brigate, a sloop of war, two brigs and two galleys, with troops on board."
"The chamber of commerce believes it useful to give this information, particu- larly to the Neapolitan vessels now at Ge- noa, as the regency has not yet recogni- zed the captains who commanded vessels sailing under the flag of Naples, as French subjects."
SEA ROBBERS. A few days since we stated, that Whitby, the murderer of JOHN PIERCE, had again made his appearance off Sandy Hook, and that he had re- commenced his piratical depredations on our com- merce, by the seizure of two valuable ships be- longing to this port. We have since been in- formed, that the ship Hope, also of this port, was seized last Thursday afternoon, by the same Bloodthirsty Ruffian, whose hands are yet stained with the blood of Pierce, and sent to Halifax.—Not a single vessel is permitted to pass without molestation—even Coasters are interrup- ted and treated with every species of indignity and violence; but his insolence to capt. Wheeler, of the brig Canton, from Savannah, is without a parallel: not satisfied with detaining capt. W. upwards of two hours and a half, Whitby had the audacity to demand MONEY for the twenty six shots he had fired to bring the Canton to. This insolent demand of the authorized PIRATE was however firmly resisted by captain Wheeler, who, after undergoing many indignities, was at length permitted to proceed.—N. Y. D. Adv. The New-York Gazette of Saturday last says "the ship Hope, Dyer, of Baltimore, from the ci- ty of St. Domingo, was captured on Thursday e- vening last by the Leander and sent to Halifax."
The article which we copied yesterday from the Philadelphia Gazette, and which appeared also as a communication in the Gaz. of U. States—is said to be a production of the duke of Alba , whom Spain has placed to watch over the United States, as another duke of the same name and for the same benevolent purposes was placed of yore to watch over the United Netherlands .—Aurora.
The republicans have decided majori- ties in both houses of the Legislature of Massachusetts. The speaker of the house of Representatives and the president of the senate, are both republicans. The two houses have gone into an in- vestigation of the governor's election, and find that gov. Strong had 36,692 votes, and Hon. James Sullivan had 36,031.— Necessary to make a choice 36,706; con- sequently there must be a new election, or the lieutenant Governor, Gen. Heath, a republican, will officiate as governor.
Worthy of attention. A Merchant of Moscow, Mr. Strick, was deprived of the faculty of hearing, and submitted to various applications without success; un- til he filled his mouth with tobacco smoke , closed it firmly, as well as his nostrils, and compelled the smoke to issue through his ears. The next day he felt a crash in each ear; ever since, his hearing has been perfectly restored.
One cold stormy day last February a female stranger made her appearance in the Bleach-Woods' settlement, on the Lackawanna. She appeared to be about thirty; tall and delicately formed; but the rose that had once bloomed on her cheek was withered by the canker-worm of care; and reason no longer swayed his sceptre over her mind. "They drown- ed my mother, O! how she screams!— there! there! she sinks—help her—help her!" was the burden of her song. But she would occasionally cast her eyes on men, & with a wild and fearful look, exclaim "No! No!—I hate you—you've ruined me —poor Poll would drown herself but wa- ter is too cold." No entreaties could in- duce her to take shelter from the storm. —But she flew from house to house, a most melancholy picture of sorrow and woe. After having been absent a day or two, she returned with an infant naked on her bosom. "Poor thing!" she would cry when the hospitable cottager begged it of her, "Poor thing, I know you'll starve it." Nature remained true to her duty, altho' reason had fled from her seat. A tear, the first, she had shed fell and mingled with the snow on its neck. The soul of the little sufferer was just wing- ing its way to a kinder parent, when the unfortunate maniac entered a cottage where the woman had but a week before buried a new born infant. She kindly begged that the child at least might be put in her arms. The mother consented and Mrs. Bucklin, (for that is the name of the humane woman) wiped the snow from its neck—wrapped it in warm flannel, & gave it the breast. A gleam of wandering reason seemed to shoot across the mind of the distressed mother. She was delighted to see her offspring on the breast of its humane nurse, and expressed no wish to take it again, but soon wander- ed off; declaring she had drowned her child. She passed this village, and it is not known from whence she came or whi- ther she was going. Mrs. Bucklin still keeps the child and nurses it as her own. [Luzerne, (Penn.) Paper.]
The unhappy Maniac mentioned in the above article has, since she left Luzerne, been wandering in this county, principal- ly in this township. She raves of her mo- ther and her babes having been drowned, but sometimes says she has left one with a good woman who took it from her when
she was going to drown it. We have no doubt she is the woman whose tale is so pathetically told by Mr. Miner. Would it not be worthy of the legislature of Penn- sylvania to make provision for restoring to society those afflicted Beings, whom misfortune has robbed of the proudest at- tribute Humanity?
We cannot close this article without noticing the benevolent kindness, the heart- cheering goodness with which Mr. Gas- kins and family of this township have up- on all occasions treated the unfortunate Polly. "They also shall have their re- ward."—Nor. Penn. Argus. Extract of a letter, from Liverpool, to the E- ditor of this paper dated 23rd of April, 1806. "The political rumours of the Day are that there is to be a regency, the Prince of Wales at the head, that Mr. Fox is despatched and not likely to live six months, that the Grenvilles wish to make peace on terms which Mr. Fox and his friends will not listen to, and that the latter actu- ally resigns if consequence. Mr. Fox though a very pacific man seems a very energetic Mini- ster, you probably know his opinions are very high respecting the resources of this country." Alex. Expositor.
From the Providence Gazette,
ANECDOE. —Some, who are as de- ficient in taste as in Christianity have re- presented the Bible as beneath the notice of a literary man. We would wish to in- troduce an anecdote which must be doubt- ly interesting to them, as the man who contended for the inspired writers, was a native of this State. The gentleman a- bove alluded to was once engaged in a con- troversy with a Clergyman, and declared that no writer, ancient or modern, rival- led Homer in the sublimity of his concep- tions. To prove his assertion, he cited the following passage:
"Love frowns, and darkens more than half the skies." There! cried he, what passage will you find equal to this? A frown from the brew of my heathen om- nipotent, overshadows one half the skies with darkness. The Clergyman did not ruminated long for an answer. He oppos- ed him by the following quotation from the 30th chapter of Revelations, verse 11, "And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heavens fled away, and there was no place for them." Your fabled god, he remarked, could only put one half the heavens into a ferment by the distortion of his visage. At the bare appearance of the Christian Deity, creation trembles, and seeks annihilation for shelter. It is ho- norable to the character of the heathen admirer, that he not only had taste and judgment enough to relish the superior splendour of revelation, but likewise the magnanimity to confess it.
MARRIED. On Thursday evening last, THOMAS PRESTON, Esq. of Montgomery, attorney at law, to the amiable Miss EDMON- IA RANDOLPH, second daughter of Edmund Randolph, Esq. of this city.
MARRIED. —At Warren, in Virginia, on Sa- turday the 31st of May; Mr. JOHN PAT- TERSON, of Baltimore, to Miss POLLY NI- CHOLAS, daughter of Wilson Carey Nicholas, Esq.
CUSTOM HOUSE—RICHMOND.
Sloop Molly, Weeks, Philadelphia. Marinda, Tookey, New York. Little Jim, Goodwin, Norfolk. Sch. Three Friends, Fisher, Philadelphia. Sloop Lucy, Roberts, Norfolk. CLEARED. Sch. Reuby, Sneden, New York. Weymouth, Weymouth, do. Samuel, King, do. Traveller, Snow, Boston. Amicus, Jackson, New York. Sloop Molly, Weeks, do.
TO BE SOLD,
FOR cash, at Orange courthouse, on Monday the 28th day of July next, by virtue of a deed of trust, to me executed, by William G. Allen, for the purpose of discharging his debts to Rives, Murphy & Co. and Willis Wills & Co. therein specified, ONE NEGRO BOY named Charles, one named Taylor—and ONE NEGRO GIRL , named Lucy.
Daniel Higginbotham, Trustee. Amherst, June 11, 1806.
In pursuance of a general rule adopted by the Court of Hustings, of this city, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , That an application has been made by William Allen Haulsey, for a Li- cense to Manufacture Tobacco, within the said city—the consideration of which is postponed until the next session of the said court. Geo. Chisman, D. C. M. Richmond, June 10th, 1806.
WE the subscribers, Judges of the General Court, have pursuant to law allotted the Judges of the respective District courts as follows: William Nelson, jr and Robert White, Esqrs. to the Districts of Winchester, Hardy and Mo- nongalia courthouse; Joseph Prentis and John Tyler, Esqrs., to the Districts of Richmond, Petersburg, Brunswick courthouse and Suffolk; Edmund Winston and Paul Carrington, jr. Esqrs., to the Districts of Prince Edward court- house, Franklin, Washington courthouse, and the Sweet Springs, ja Botetourt county; Richard Parker and Hugh Holmes, Esqrs., to the Districts of Northumberland, King and Queen, Williamsburg and Accomack courthouses; and Archibald Stuart and Francis T. Brooke, Esqrs., to Staunton, Charlottesville, Fredericksburg and Haymarket Districts, at the next succeeding terms thereof. Witness our hands and seals, this thirteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and six. John Tyler, (Seal.) Wm. Nelson, jr. (Seal.) Frs T. Brooke, (Seal.) Published by order of the Judges, Wilson Allen, C. G. G.
SECOND CLASS.
Scheme of a Lottery, FOR THE BENEFIT OF WILLIAM & MARY COLLEGE. Tickets that drew blanks in Dollars, 59,380 5938 the first class & may be renew- ed in this at ten dollars each, 59,380 4685 Tickets at fifteen dollars each, 70,275 10,623 129,655 Deduct loss on 3000 tickets, that drew prizes of fifteen dollars each, in first class, and may be renewed in this, at 2 1/4 dollars each, 4,500 Dollars 125,155
The number of prizes and order in which they stand, viz To float in the wheel, and come out as chance may direct. 2 prizes of 5,000 each 10,000 4 2,000 8,000 16 1,000 16,000 16 500 8,000 32 200 6,400 160 100 16,000 232 50 11,600 730 20 15,000 1 155 Stationary Prizes are, 1 ticket, first draw after 1,000 tick- ets are out of the wheel, 500 1 do do do 2,000 500 1 do do do 3,000 500 1 do do do 4,000 500 1 do do do 5,000 500 1 do do do 6,000 500 1 do do do 7,000 10,000 1 do do do 8,000 500 1 do do do 9,000 500 1 do the last drawn ticket, a prize of 20,000 1,223 prizes, Dolls. 125,155
The prizes subject to a discount of only 10 per cent,12,500Expense of drawing,2,500Dolls.10,000
The superiority of this scheme, to the one first proposed, is so obvious, that little need be said in recommendation of it. Those inclined to advent- ure, will see, that their chance for obtaining pri- zes, is greatly increased; that pending the draw- ing, their obtention of small prizes, may, by re- newal, instantly give them several chances for a prize of considerable magnitude. To those who have drawn PRIZES of fifteen dollars, in the First Class : as well as to those who drew BLANKS , INFORMATION IS NOW GIVEN , that the PRIZES , may, at their option, be renewed, by tickets in this class—and their BLANKS at ten dollars each: Provided such PRIZES and BLANKS with the CASH , is re- mitted, FREE OF POSTAGE , to ROBERT GREENHOW, merchant in Williamsburg, Agent and Treasurer; or WILLIAM NEWSUM, Post Master in Norfolk, previous to the commencement of the drawing; after which period no renewal will be made. When to the prospect of individual ad- vantage, that may result to each adventurer, is added, the patriotic reasons, which induced the legislature to authorise this lottery, it is ardent- ly hoped, that the disposition of tickets will soon enable the commissioners to certify that the draw- ing has commenced.—Which event the agent as- sures the public, shall be expedited by every means in his power.
Robert Greenhow, Agent and Treasurer. Williamsburg, June 10, 1806.
TO BE SOLD.
On the 23d day of June, 1806, at the dwelling house of the late George Wythe, Esq. all his Household & Kitchen Furniture. Six months credit will be given on all sums pur- chased to the amount of twenty dollars, and nine months credit on all sums above twenty dollars. Bond and good security, within the city, will be required; which bonds are to bear interest from the date, but if punctually paid when they be- come due, the interest will be remitted. On the same day, will be RENTED , for one or more years, the agreeable and healthy LOT , with the HOUSES , where Mr. Wythe lived— the rents to be paid quarterly; also Two Brick HOUSES , on the Main Street, on Shockoe Hill, late the property of George Wythe, Esq. Wm. Du-Val, Ex'or, June 12th, 1806.
FOR SALE,
THAT valuable TRACT OF LAND , which Cumberland Courthouse stands—It contains a- bout TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY ACRES , one half of which is yet uncultivated. Besides the advantage of having the Courthouse on this tract of Land, it is situated on one of the most public roads in Virginia; as a public stand the e are none that can surpass it. The buildings with some repair- ing, may be made sufficiently extensive and com- fortable. Part cash will be expected of the purchaser, when possession is given; a reasonable credit will be allowed for the balance or if it suits the pur- chaser better, rented property will be received in part. Cread Taylor and Blake B Woodson, both of Cumberland county, are authorized to sell the a- bove tract of land. Or the same may be purchas- ed of the subscriber in Buckingham county, near Allen's Mill. BEVERLY LANGHORNE. June 10th, 1806.
TO BE RENTED,
THE TENEMENT on the street leading from the Main street up Shockoe Hill by the Governor's, at present occu- pied by Mrs. Pheope as a Millinery Store and dwelling house; there is a large cellar, a room which she uses as a kitchen, a very convenient and well fixed store and composing room, up stairs a room 18 by 23 feet, another 14 by 16 feet, three sleeping rooms and a lumber room. It being on a street very much frequented, near the Capitol and Main street, it suits very well for a store or other business. The situation is healthy and pleasant. Also to let, four rooms in the TENEMENT wherein I live, that is, a dining room, drawing room, two bed rooms, part of the kitchen, scra- bling for two horses, and a place to put coal and wood. Wm. F. Ast. Richmond, June 16, 1806. law 3w
PARDON ASKED FOR ABUSE.
The following instance of the amende honorable is extracted from an English provincial paper. Whereas I, BENJAMIN BIRCH. Of Boston town (and near the church,) At Stamford market, o'er the bowl, Got drunk, and 'bus'd my neighbor COLE? For which he hath, to my vexation, By law compelled this declaration— That I, without just cause or reason, Made use of words as base as treason, And therefore do his pardon ask— A most unpleasant painful task; But as I own I was to blame, Why d—n it, then, I'll sign my name. BENJAMIN BIRCH.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS the Uniform established by the Executive for the Militia of this Com- monwealth and declared by Proclamation bear- ing date the first day of March last, in pursu- ance of the eighth section of the act of the General Assembly, passed at the last session, "to further to amend the several acts concerning the Militia of this Commonwealth," hath, in some particu- lars, been considered inconvenient by the people generally, and repeated applications have been presented to the Executive in behalf of the Mi- litia in various and numerous parts of the state, representing that very few, if any, of the Militia have as yet, provided themselves with the uni- form lately established, and praying certain al- terations therein: I have therefore thought fit, with the advice of the Council of State, to is- sue this Proclamation, hereby declaring that the uniform of the Militia of this Commonwealth shall be as follows, to wit:
For the General Officers. A dark blue coat, skirts lined with buff, cape, lapels and cuffs buff, yellow buttons, gold epau- lets (one on each shoulder) black cocked hat with black cockade, and black stock.
For the Artillery. A blue coat, skirts lined with red, cape, la- pels and cuffs red, vest buff, overalls blue, edged with red, black garters, yellow buttons, a cocked black hat with red cockade.
For the Light Infantry. A dark blue short coat with half lapels, cape and cuffs white, white lining and buttons, vest and overalls white, with black garters, black half boots, black stock, a round hat cocked on the left side, with black cockade.
For the Grenadiers. A dark blue coat, cape, lapels and cuffs white, white lining and buttons, vest and overalls white, with black garters, black half boots, black stock, cocked hat with black cockade.
For the Riflemen. A linen hunting shirt of purple color, with overalls of the same, leather moccasins or shoes, round hat cocked on the left side, with black cockade and black stock.
For the main body of the Militia. A blue hunting shirt trimmed with red fringe, white overalls and black garters, round hat cocked on the left side with black cockade and black and red plumé, black garters or half boots.—The officers' uniform to be a dark blue coat, cape, lapels and cuffs red, white lining and buttons, vest and pantalettes white, with black garters, black stock, cocked hat with black cockade.
For the Cavalry. A short dark blue coat, with yellow buttons, white lining, half lapels, cuff, and cape red, white vest & leather breeches, jack boots, spurs, black stock and black leather cap dressed on the crown with bearskin and decorated with a light blue sack and red and white plumé.
The officers of the main body of the Militia, of the Light Infantry, Grenadiers, Riflemen and Cavalry, to be distinguished by epaulets of silver; the officers of the Artillery to be distinguished by epaulets of gold. The field officers to wear two epaulets, the captains one on the right and the subalterns one on the left shoulder. All officers to wear side arms and boots. Provided however, That where any troop of cavalry, company of artillery, grenadiers, light infantry, riflemen, or of the main body of the militia, shall have provid- ed themselves with an uniform different from that herein prescribed, they are respectively per- mitted to wear the same

WANTED as House-keeper, in a large family, an elderly Lady who can give well recommended. Liberal wages will be given. Enquire of the printer. Nov 6, 1805
JUST RECEIVED And for Sale by the Subscriber, an extensive assortment of
GROCERIES, AMONG WHICH ARE THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES.  Muscovado Sugar, 2s. 6d. per cwt.  W. India Coffee  Antigua and Jamaica Rum  Cognac & Peach Brandy  Molassas Gin  W. India and Sugar House Molasses  L. P. Madeira Wine  Port, Sherrey and Madeira  Hobson's Brown Stout  Marble and Bordeaux Cordials  Basket Salt  Do. in Sacks & Loose  Bullock's Cheese  Caldwell, Fraser & Co. Sup. Chocolate  Rice  Nummegs, Pepper, Ginger and Pimento  Mace and Cloves  Oil, Olives and Capers  Gun Powder, Young Hyson & Souchong  Tea  Canister Containing 1-2 and 3 lbs. Gun Powder Tea  Pickled Salmon  Cut Herring and Shad  Patent Shot, assorted  A regular supply of LOAF SUGAR by the hogshead and barrel at the Philadelphia price, Fisher & Lesueur. May 20, 1805.
W. WARDLAW Is receiving a large supply of MEDICINES, SURGEON'S INSTRUMENTS, FAMILY MEDICINE, CHESTS, &c. by the Protestant, from London. Richmond, May 6, 1805.
Advertisement.
IN consequence of a resolution of the General Assembly, passed at their late session, I am instructed by the Executive to make enquiry respecting the situation of all Ordnance and Military Stores, belonging to the state (not including those in the service of the United States or of this State) and make report thereof to the Governor. In obedience to this instruction, and as the most probable mean of effecting the object contemplated by the Executive, I have thought proper thus publicly to request or such of the citizens of the commonwealth as may have any knowledge of the situation, number, quality and size or weight of any cannon or other ordnance, and muskets; cannon balls, shells or other military stores, supposed to belong to the state, and not in immediate use, to communicate a particular report thereof to me as soon as convenient. SAMUEL COLEMAN, Clerk to the Executive. Richmond, Feb. 7, 1806.
TO BE RENTED, THE TENEMENT where I now reside, and possession given in June. April 9th, 1806. J. PENN.
JUST PUBLISHED, AND FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE, A PAMPHLET, Containing Sketches of the History of France and England—And an account of NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, Emperor of France, from his birth to the battle of Austerlitz—price 3s. April 28, 1806.
NOTICE.
THE copartnership of Samuel Shelton & Co. in this day dissolved by mutual consent; those who have claims against said concern, will apply to Samuel Shelton, for their adjustment; and all those indebted to said concern, are earnestly requested to make immediate payment to him, or to those he may authorise to receive the same, as no further indulgence can be given. Saml. Shelton. John Staples. Jas. Walker, adm. for William Walker, dec. Warren, May 1, 1806.
WHEAT FANS, FOR SALE, BY J. & T. SAUNDERS, Near the Basin of the Canal. May 23, 1806.
Lownes & Peirce, OPPOSITE the Bell Tavern and corner of the street leading to the river, have just received a large quantity of the first quality
BACON, from Isle of Wight, cur'd by Robert and Richard Nickels—Also, on hand, a general assortment of
GROCERIES. A constant supply of the above articles will be kept and sold on the lowest terms. May 30, 1806.
"Discoveries of Lewis and his Party, in Louisiana."
A few copies of the above interesting work, just received, and for SALE, at the Post Office, Williamsburg, and at this office. May 5, 1806.
CORN'S CELEBRATED PATENT METALLIC HONES, Are for sale at this Office, June 5th 1806.
A. HEWES & Co. HAVE received a small quantity of very superior quality CHEESE; whole and cut HERRINGS; Alexandria BEER, of good quality; Rhode Island LIME; N. E. RUM; which with a general assortment of Groceries, they offer for Sale, either for cash, negotiable paper, or exchange for country produce. Richmond, 20th May, 1806.
Geo. Watt HAS removed from the store he formerly occupied to a brick house on the cross street leading from the main street to Shockoe warehouse, where he has on hand and offers to dispose of moderate terms, by wholesale, the following Articles, viz: Loaf and Muscovado Sugars, N. England, W. Island, and Antigua Rum, Cognac, Barcelona and Apple Brandy, Sherry and Malaga Wine, Coffee of a superior quality, Molasses, Ginger and Fig Blue, Young Hyson and Imperial Tea, 400 Sacks Liverpool Salt, Patent Shot, assorted sizes—And the remainder of his Stock at Dry Goods, consisting principally of articles suited to the present and approaching season, which he will either sell on a credit of 3, 6 and 9 months, for notes negotiable at the Bank of Virginia, with approved endorsers, or barter for Tobacco, Flour or Hemp. Cash given for Tobacco. Richmond, 22d March, 1805.
FOR SALE, THAT well known and very valuable farm belonging to the estate of Samuel Couch, dec. lying on James River, near Goodland court house, containing about
900 Acres of LAND, about half of which is well-timbered wood land; about 200 acres of River Low Grounds and from 50 to 100 acres of valuable Creek Bottom. The cleared land is well enclosed and improved, with convenient dwelling and out houses in good repair, with a commodious Store, a valuable Mill, and a choice collection of about 1,500 bearing fruit trees. The terms of sale may be known on application to Daniel Couch on the premises (who will show the land to any person inclined to purchase) or to Micajah Crew in Hanover. The above tract of land contains improvements and accommodations for two families, and, if more agreeable to the purchasers, they may be divided and sold separately. MICAJAH CREW, ANN COUCH, Ex'or & Ex'ix. of S. Couch.
A PROCLAMATION. BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA. WHEREAS it is represented to the Executive, by the Keeper of the Penitentiary, that two of the prisoners therein confined, to wit: JOHN TRAMBLE and ISAAC HARRIS, have made their escape from the Penitentiary; I have, therefore, thought fit, with the advice of the Council of State, to issue this Proclamation, hereby offering a reward of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for the apprehension of each, or either of the said prisoners and for their delivery at the Penitentiary; and I do, moreover, enjoin all officers, civil and military, and exhort the good people of the commonwealth to use their best endeavors to apprehend and convey to the Penitentiary the said John Tramble and Isaac Harris. Given under my hand, with the Seal of the commonwealth annexed, at Richmond, this 3d day of February, 1806. (Signed) Wm. H. CABELL.
John Tramble was convicted of Horse Stealing before the District Court of Washington, in the spring of 1805, and sentenced to five years and five months confinement. He was born in Maryland; is 5 feet 7 1-2 inches high; 25 years old; fair complexion; light hair; grey eyes; has a niche in his left ear; scars in his forehead, and is a shoemaker by trade. Isaac Harris was convicted of larceny before the District Court of Monongalia in the spring of 1805, and sentenced to two years confinement. He was born in the county of Wood, in this state, is five feet nine inches high, 18 years old, swarthy complexion, dark hair and hazel eyes.
Manchester Turnpike Company.
AT a meeting of a board of directors, on the 10th of May, 1806, Resolved, That the Stockholders be required to pay into the hands of the treasurer, the further sum of four dollars on each share, on or before the 14th of June next. Resolved, That the clerk be instructed to call a meeting of Stockholders, to be held at Mr. Brooks's tavern, on Saturday the 14th June next, for the purpose of deciding on business of consequence to the company. Extract from the minutes. James Brander, Clk. May 12th, 1806.
LAND FOR SALE.
THE subscriber wishes to sell the TRACT OF LAND whereon he now resides, containing upwards of 1300 acres, situate in Buckingham county, within five and a half miles of New Canton and three from Mr. Scott's Manufacturing Mill; there is a good dwelling-house upon it, with all the necessary out buildings, garden, &c. The situation is beautiful and as healthy as any in this part of the country; there is 2 or 300 acres of this land cleared and inclosed in good fences and in fine order for raising of small grain and grass. He wishes also to sell a tract of 409 acres, situate in the same county, within seven miles of New Canton; there are two small dwelling-houses upon this land, barns, tobacco houses, &c. the plantation in good order for cropping. A credit of one, two and three years will be given a purchaser of either or both of the above mentioned tracts of land, upon his giving bond and approved security, and a deed of trust upon the property to secure the payment; or I would receive in payment, military land lying in Tennessee or Kentucky. For terms apply to Daniel or William Guerrant in New Canton, or the subscriber. PETER GUERRANT. May 26, 1806.
SALES AT AUCTION.
On Wednesday the 2d of July next, will be sold by Auction, on the premises, if not previously disposed of at private sale, that valuable BRICK TENEMENT on Shockoe hill, opposite to Mrs. Page's, now occupied by Mr. James H. Lynch. Terms of payment, one and two years credit, the purchaser to give a deed of trust on the property, to secure the payment of the purchase money. TAYLOR & BROWN, Auctioneers. June 5th 1806.
JUST PUBLISHED, And for sale, by THOMAS NICHOLSON, near the capital, THE THIRD VOLUME OF CALL'S REPORTS. Richmond, June 3, 1806.
WHEREAS I purchased of Jesse Miller, now of Cumberland county, a certain tract of land, lying on Randolph's creek, in Buckingham county, and gave three bonds for the balance due for the said land, each bond for £280 13s 4d—the first of said bonds due on the first day of March, 1807, the second due the first day of March, 1808, and the third due the first day of March, 1809. The said land did belong to Thomas Miller, of Powhatan county, who conveyed it by deed of trust to Edward Carrington, and afterwards sold it to said Jesse Miller, who conveyed it to me by deed, which deed was recorded in the county court of Buckingham. I am informed that Mrs. Thomas Miller will not relinquish her right of dower on said land, and that Mrs. Jesse Miller, who likewise has a right of dower on said land, has not yet relinquished it—I therefore forewarn all persons from trading for said bonds, as I will not pay any more money for said land, until all the abovenamed encumbrances are removed. Samuel Woodfin. Powhatan City, June 2, 1806.
Thirty Dollars Reward.
RUN a way from the subscriber some time in December last, RANDOLPH, a mulatto man, about 21 or 22 years old, spare made, about 5 feet 9 or 10 inches high, is apt to smile when spoken to, he is at times in Richmond, but the principal part of his time as I am informed, is about Williamsburg and the upper end of York country. I will give the above reward if delivered to me in Chesterfield county on the Turnpike road, or before the 1st day of August next, or 20 dollars if secured in any jail, so that I get him again. I do forewarn all masters of vessels from employing him or carrying him out of this state. John P. Shields, June 5th, 1806.
ST. PAUL,
A beautiful sorrel horse, 15 hands 3 inches high, remarkable for his elegance, beauty, strength and fine bone; will stand the ensuing season, at my plantation on James river, generally known by the name of Maiden's Adventure, about 3 miles above Pine-Greek mill, and 4 miles below Michaux's ferry, in Powhatan county, to cover mares at twenty-five dollars the season, which will commence the first of March, and expire the first of August—Extraordinary good and extensive pasture gratis, but no liability for accidents or escapes. Gentlemen wishing their mares tamed, may be furnished with corn at the market price, for which cash must be sent with the mares—as also, notes of hand for the due payment of the money for the season. N. B. Twenty dollars, paid on or before the third Wednesday in November (being Powhatan court day) will be received as full compensation of the above, with half a do. to the groom. This beautiful horse, St. Paul, was raised by the Prince of Wales, and got by his horse Saltram, who was got by Eclipse that covered at 200 guineas the season—his dam Virago by Snap—his granddam by Regulus, out of a sister to Black and all-Black, and was thought to be the best runner of his time—he won several large stakes, among which was the Derby, 1783, beating Dungannon, Volunteer, Phenomenon, Gonzales, and several others—he was the sire of Whiskey, who at 3 years old won 4650 guineas, also of Whip, Royalist, Peeping Tom, General, Goiner, Sylph, Septim, Carolina, Tiffany, Laureatina, St. David, Sprightly, Queen of Sheba, Spankaway, Rose, Sweeper, Clytus, Coal Merchant, Pick-pocket, Oscar, Ambrosio, Pretty Betty, and several others of the first rate runners. St. Paul's dam Purity was got by Matcham, who covered for several of the last years of his life at 50 guineas a mare—her dam the Old Squirt mare, of as great fame perhaps, as a good breeder, as any mare in the kingdom—she was the dam of Virgin, Dido, Conundrum, Ranthon, Enigma, Miss Timms, Pampin, Maiden (who was dam of Walnut) Le Sang, Rasselas, Purity, and several others. Purity was the dam of Rockingham, Archibald, Fitzwilliam, St. Paul and several others—Several certificates of St. Paul as a good and sure lot getter may be seen at his stand. THOMAS HARRIS, Jr. Powhatan City, March 1st, 1806.
OSCAR,
The celebrated high blooded English Horse, Full fifteen hands high, imported by me in 1804, after having been him the year before, and satisfied myself as to his reputation, is now in fine health, full of vigor and muscular strength, and will be let to mares, the ensuing season, at my stables in Charles City county, Sandy Point, at Six Guineas the season, which may be discharged by the payment of Five Guineas, on or before the tenth day of August next; Three Guineas the leap, and Ten to insure a foal; a Dollar to the groom—Pastures as extensive as any in the state and inferior to none for fine natural grass, especially the white clover, which abounds to a wonderful degree in the months of April, May and June, as also after harvest, that succession of crab and other grass, which so plentifully takes place here, will be afforded, with entertainment for servants, free from charge. No liability for involuntary escapes, nor will I be responsible for any injuries or accidents which may not be the result of wanton neglect or abuse, as I here give my word to the public, that no pains nor assiduity shall be wanting on my parts, to render satisfaction without respect to persons, to every gentleman who thinks fit to send mares for the season—This very extraordinary Gallon colt me when landed in this state, greatly upwards of one thousand pounds, and without meaning to detract from the merits of any other. I can safely venture to say, is the most perfect horse in Virginia; for the most critical observer has not yet been able to discover a single defect or blemish in him, either as to activity, strength or beauty. Nothing can excel him in the neck, ear and eye; so bold, gay, and full of fire is he, that he fascinates in spite of prejudice, every beholder, that instant he is brought into view. I would endeavor to give a full description of him for the satisfaction of those gentlemen who cannot conveniently visit me, but in the attempt I might do him injustice, and therefore I invite the most scrupulous examination of him, even by those who think themselves competent judges in this respect, and I do not fear the result. In short, it will not be deemed extravagant to say, he is, of his kind, the best effort of nature. OSCAR is a dark brown, was got by Saltram, the best horse in his day, (who was the sire of Whiskey and many good racers)—his dam by Highflyer, granddam by Herod, great granddam (Miss Middleton) by Regulus, great great granddam (Camilla) by a son of Bay Bolton, Bartlett's Children, Honeywood's Arabians, dam of the two True Bloos.
KNOWSLEY,
Thenoted and much admired English Horse, Imported in 1801 by Wm Lightfoot, eq. He is a fine bay, 15 hands 3 in. high, 10 years old last spring, in great perfection, and as to muscular strength & beauty not inferior to any horse in the state. He is the only horse in this country that has won 4 king's plates in one year; this he did in 1800; see R. C. for that year. Notwithstanding this and other unexceptionable evidences of Knowsley's superior worth, yet a personal view of him will be his best recommendation. Knowsley will stand the ensuing season at our stable in Albemarle county, 10 miles above Charlottesville, to cover mares at 20 dollars the season, for which notes will be required, payable on or before the 15th of Sept. next; 14 dollars the leap, and 40 dollars to insure a mare to be in foal with one dollar to the groom, which, with the leap money, must be paid when the mare is covered. Those gentlemen who sent mares to Knowsley last season and did not prove with foal, shall have them insured this season for 20 dollars, except those which were covered by the leap; for such 26 dollars, will be required. Any gentleman putting six mares, shall have one covered gratis. The season will commence on the 18th of March, and expire the 1st of August next. We shall be able to furnish upwards of 200 acres of excellent pasture, gratis, well enclosed, in 5 separate fields, besides several grass lots, which will be kept exclusively for mares with colts, and those which may be sent before foaling. Servants sent with mares will be boarded at 9s. per week. Mares will be fed, as directed, at the market price of grain—and gentlemen may rest assured that all possible care and attention shall be paid to the mares left with the horse, both to have them got with foal, and to prevent accidents or escapes—but no responsibility for any that may happen. KNOWSLEY was purchased by us in March last, from Mr Lightfoot, at $5,000.—He covered 165 mares out of which number, as far as we have been able to learn, very few have not proved with foal.
KNOWSLEY'S SIRE,
the famous Sir Peter Teazle, now covers in England by subscription, a limited number of mares, at 25 guineas each; no other horse at more than 12 guineas. In 1804, he had 24 winning colts on the turf, when no other horse had more than 16—and out of 23 king's plates run for, 8 were won by his colts—see R. C. for 1804—the last arrived. From the present appearance of Knowsley's colts, and the successful performance of his stock on the turf in England, very little doubt can be entertained but that his colts will prove also successful on the turf in this country. The annexed certificates from such respectable characters, will place Knowsley, as a foal getter, on as high ground as any other horse in the state. WILLIAM WOODS. GEORGE M. WOODS. Albemarle, Feb. 20, 1806.
PEDIGREE—Given by Lord
Derby in the following words, viz, "I do hereby certify, that the bay horse called Knowsley, late the property of the Prince of Wales, was bred by me. He was got by Sir Peter Teazle, out of Capella, and was six years old last May, and no more. (Signed) DERBY, (Seal.) Knowsley, June 15, 1801. Capella was bred by gen. Parker, foaled in 1773, and got by Herod, out of Miss Cape, by Regulus, Blackeyes, by Crab, Warlock, Galloway. See general stud book, pa. 40. Sir Peter Teazle was got by Highflyer in 1784; see same book, pa. 182. Highflyer was got by Herod; see pa. 201; and so on he may be traced through a noble line of ancestors for ages past, without a single flaw in his genealogy, either on the male or female side. This extraordinary horse ran with great credit at 2 years old; at 3 he proved successful, and so continued until the last of the year 1800. In 1798 he won a sweepstakes of 20 guineas each, for 3 year olds, 8 subscribers, once round the ground, beating Mr Pierce's b c by Walnut, sir H. T. Vane, s Push Forward, sir H. Williamson's Stripling, Mr Fletcher's gr c Camperdown, Mr G. Grompton's c Baston, and lord A. Hamilton's b g by Spadille, out of Snow Drop see Calendar for 1798. He also won the members' plate of 50 gs for 3 and 4 year olds, beating lord Derby's 4 year old colt Diomed, 5 to 1 on Knowsley, who was then Mr Field's property; see Calendar for 1798. He also won a sweepstakes for 3 year olds, beating Mr Garforth's b c by Spadille, and lord A. Hamilton's b c by Spadille; see Calendar for 1799. In May, 1799, York. On Tuesday, May 28, a sweepstakes of 20 gs each, 7 subscribers, then the property of Mr Walker, was won by Knowsley, beating lord Fitzwilliam's c h Wonder, 5 years old, lord Hamilton's c h by Walnut, sir Th. Cascoigne's Maid of the Mill, & Jh. Robinson's b c Abraham Newland, now called Cock Fighter. On Thursday the 30th following, he also won the stand plate of 50 gs for 4 year olds, beating lord A. Hamilton's b c by Spadille, Mr Garforth's mare Caroline, 6 years old, lord Belhaven's c h Master Robert, 6 years old, Mr Wentworth's Barnaby, and Mr J. Anson's gr h Little Scott, 5 years old; see calendar for 1799. In June, 1800 (Guilford) the Prince of Wales owned him and won the king's plate for 4 year olds, of 100 gs; 10 at 4 lbs 4 mile heats, and beat lord Donegall's b h by Potso's; see Calendar for 1800, page 35. Winchester, July 8. His majesty's plate of 100 gs was run for and won by Knowsley, beating lord Donegall's b h by Potso's, 5 years old, and sir F. E. velin's b h Asparagus, 5 years old—six to four on Knowsley. Lewes, August 12, 1800. The king's plate of 100 gs 4 mile heats, was won by Knowsley, beating lord Donegall's c h Fugleman, 4 to 1 on Knowsley. Thursday following he won a subscription of 10 gs each, beating Mr Durand's Belissima and Mr Ladbrook's Humbug; see Calendar for 1800—78 and 79. Litchfield, on Thursday, September 9, he won the king's plate of 100 gs 3 mile heats, for 5 year olds, carrying 8 stone 7 pounds, beating Mr Heming's b h Plora; ten to one on Knowsley.
CERTIFICATES.
We, whose names are hereunto subscribed, do certify that we have bred colts from Knowsley, (or seen of his get,) that they are of fine size and form, and from their present appearance bid fair to make capital horses, either for the turf or any other service. We also believe him to be as sure a foal getter as any horse in the state. Given under our hands, &c. January, 1805. John Coles, sr. Walter Coles, Miles Selden, sr. Miles Selden, jr. John Eldoe, E. P. Chamberlayne, John Ronne, jr. C. Harrison, J. Minge, George W. H. Minge, Major Wilcox, George Cocke, James Stewart, John Christian, Hamlin Wilcox, William Southall, John Colgin. I do certify that in the spring, 1803 I saw and took particular notice of a number of colts which were in pasture where the imported Sterling then stood—a considerable proportion of them by imported horses, among which were several of Knowsley's, and tho' them equal if not preferable to any that were there. Given under my hand, &c. BRIGHTBERRY BROWN. Albemarle, January 1, 1805. I hereby certify that I have a filly, two years old this spring, got by the imported horse Knowsley, out of Capypso, and I think her equal to any colt I ever have had foaled, or indeed ever seen in this country. Given under my hand, this 5th day of May, 1805. JOHN TAYLOR, Mount Airy