The enquirer (Richmond, Va.), 1807-08-04 00:00:00

The Enquirer.
PUBLISHED BY THOMAS RITCHIE, OPPOSITE THE POST-OFFICE.....AT FIVE DOLLARS PER ANNUM.....(PAYABLE IN ADVANCE.)
VOLUME 4.]
RICHMOND, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 4, 1807.
[NUMBER 25.]
VIRGINIA BANK STOCK.....101.
Richmond Prices Current.
D. C. TOBACCO, : : : : : 5 50 WHEAT, NEW, : : : : 92 100 FLOUR—SUPERFINE, NEW, : : 5 cah FINE, : : : : : 4 50 CORN, PER BARREL, : : : : 4 50 BACON, PER lb., : : : : 16 BAR IRON—PER TON, : : : 110 120 HEMP—PER TON, : : : : 200 210 WHISKEY—PER GALLON, : : : 54
JUST RECEIVED AND FOR SALE, BY FITZ WHYLSONN & POTTER, Price 25 Cents.
A Treatise on the Nature and Subject of CHRISTIAN BAPTISM. Likewise a new edition of the AMERICAN PRECEPTOR, and a general assortment of other School Books, which will be sold cheap. They have also Music and Musical Instruments, Paper Hangings, Patent Razors and Pen Knives, Ladies and Gentlemen's Pocket-Books, and a fresh supply of Fool's-Cap and Post Paper. July 31. ep6w.
NEAL NELSON. BOOT & SHOE MANUFACTURER. Having returned from the expedition to Portsmouth, RESPECTFULLY informs such of his customers, as had given him orders previous to his going away, that such orders will now be punctually at- tended to; gentlemen desirous of becoming cus- tomers, are assured that his work shall be equal to any. N. N. N. B. I have a large assortment of BOOTS, &c. on hand: also, calf-skin BOOT LEGS, &c. for sale. July 31. ep4t.
Pursuant to several deeds of trust, executed to us at different periods by Flemming Cayce, to secure monies due John Gilliam & Co. Ben. Parker, John Lackland & Co. and Henry D. Enoe—we shall proceed to sell, at Cumberland Court-House, on Monday 24th August next, being court day, for the most that can be obtained in ready money.
THE TRACT OF LAND, on which Cayce re- sides, lying about 3 miles above Cumberland Court-House, divided by the main road. This Land contains about 200 acres, the buildings are suf- ficient for the reception of two families, and is infe- rior to no country situation for an enterprising me- chanick—a Negro woman Nancy and her Children, Ann, Herriot and Sally, with their increase since the execution of the deeds. Also, a Negro Man Ste- phney, a valuable blacksmith: or as much of the afo- re-named property as may effect the purposes of the re- spective deeds.
JESSE MICHAUX,  Surviving BERNARD SIMS,  Trustees. Cumberland, July 31. tdf.
NOTICE. That by virtue of a Deed of Trust, executed by John B. Winton to us, and duly proved and admitted to record in the district court held in this city; we shall on Thurs- day the 6th day of the ensuing month, expose to sale by public auction, upon the premises for ready money, NE half acre LOT N o 698, opposite to the rec- idence of the Rev. Dr. Wm. Dawson in this city: There is upon the said Lot, an excellent Kiln of Bricks, and which are nearly burnt, containing as is supposed at least 75,000, and which will be dispo- sed of with the Lot as appurtenant thereto, or so much thereof, as may be necessary to raise the sum of 200l. with the costs and charges of executing this trust.
SAML MCCRAW,  Trustees. WM. MCKIM, Richmond, July 17. tdf.
The former advertisements respecting the sale of the above property being erroneous, they will of course be disregarded.
VIRGINIA, TO WIT: At a Chancery District Court, held in the City of Wil- iamburg, the 22nd day of April, 1807. Robert Edwards, and Priscilla his Wife, Plffs. against James Ewell and Ann Robertson, execut- } Defs. ors of Andrew Robertson.
The defendant James Ewell, not having entered his appearance and given security according to the act of Assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the court that he is not an inhabitant of this country, on the motion of the plaintiffs contested it is ordered, that the said defendant do ap- pear here on the fourth day of October term next, and answer the bill of the plaintiffs, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some newspaper of the City of Richmond, for two months successively, and posted at the front door of the former Capitol in this City.
A Copy. Teste, ANTY ROBINSON, c. c. July 17. ep2m.
VALUABLE PROPERTY, FOR SALE. By virtue of a deed of trust, executed to us by Moses Davis, for the purpose of securing the payment of a certain sum of money, therein mentioned, and interest, due to John and Edward Cunningham, and the costs of carrying said trust into effect, we will on Tuesday, 11th August, between the hours of eleven and one o'clock, proceed to sell, at the Eagle Tavern, in the city of Richmond, to the highest bidder, for ready money, the following property; being the residue undivided under our for- mer advertisement, and which was sold by our consent of parties, viz:
No. 1. A LOT OF GROUND, lying on the main-street, near the Court House, said to contain 65 feet in front, and running backward on the cross street, 150 feet, with a three story Dwelling House thereon, and the necessary out-houses, all in good repair.
No. 2. A LOT OF GROUND, at Rockett's, containing about one acre, with some houses thereon. This Lot may be divided and improved to great ad- vantage.
No. 3. The unexpired term of 25 years of a lease, on a LOT OF GROUND, with several buildings thereon, lying on the main street, near Samuel Eggle's stone house, containing 29 feet in front, and running to the back-street. A more particular description of the property, will be given at the time of sale.
JOHN G. SMITH,  Trustees. GEORGE FISHER, July 21. tdf.
Printing. IN ALL ITS VARIETY, EXECUTED AT THE OFFICE OF THE ENQUIRER.
CORN, PORK, &c.
ABOUT 400 BARRELS FLINT CORN, weighing 58 and 59 lb. per bushel, 40 barrels prime New-York Pork, 20 barrels liver Oil, 20 kegs FF American GUNPOWDER, BOLTING CLOTH, German STEEL & GRIND-STONES. With a general assortment of HARDWARE and IRONMONGERY—For sale by BREAM & FOLLETT. July 14. ep1m.
TO BE SOLD, FOR READY MONEY. In pursuance of a Deed of Trust, from David Ross, Esq. bearing date on the 5th day of July, 1806, and recorded in the general court, in order to raise the sum of 57,768 25-100 dollars, and interest due on sundry bonds, to Granberry and Hancock and to Littleton Waller Tazewell, and a further sum of 10,000 dollars, and upwards, with interest due also on sundry bonds, to the said Granberry and Hancock, and the charges and expenses of sale:
THOSE well known MILLS with the appur- tenances in the city of Richmond, called the Co- lumbian Mills. Two undivided third parts of the Deep Run Coal Pits, in the county of Henrico, con- taining about 1750 acres more or less. Two undi- vided third parts of the Falling Creek Coal Pits in the county of Chesterfield, containing about one hundred acres. Two undivided third parts of the Dever Coal Lands in the county of Goochland, containing about ninety acres, which three several tracts of Coal Land were held in partnership between the said David Ross and James Currie, deceased. Also all that tract or parcel of Land in the county of Goochland, known by the name of Goochland court-house, containing about fifteen hundred acres more or less; Also twelve hun- dred acres of Land in Goochland county, called How- ards Neck, before pledged to Gallego and Gilson, for a debt due to them and secured by deed of trust, bear- ing date on the 24th day of May, 1806, and record- ed in the general court.
The Columbian Mills & appurtenances, are subject to a ground rent to Samuel Overton; and the said Mills and the two tracts of Coal Land, first mention- ed, are pledged for the security of sundry sums of money, due to Mrs. Frances Tabb and Wm. B. Giles, ad- ministrator of John Tabb, deceased—a large propor- tion of which, is stated by the said Ross to have been paid, & other estates are pledged for the balance. For further information on this subject, persons inclined to purchase, are referred to the said Ross, or it may be obtained on application to the subscribers.
The greater part of the debt due to P. Gibson, and secured by deed of trust above mentioned, bearing date the 24th day of May, 1806, has been paid, there being now a balance due him of only 1254 dls. 75-100 with some arrears of interest; a particular statement of which will be exhibited on the day of sale. The sales will take place at the Eagle-Tavern, on Tuesday the 15th day of September next. E. W. ROOTES, WILSON ALLEN, } Trustees. July 11. tdf.
LIKENESSES TAKEN & ENGRAVED. THE Subscriber begs leave to inform the Ladies and Gentlemen of the City of Richmond, that he has introduced, in this country; he respectfully follows from the inhabitants of this place, the same fa- vor and patronage he has met with in the largest ci- ties of the U. States, where he has taken a great number of Likenesses, copies of which may be seen at his lodgings in Mrs. Harris's House nearly oppo- site the Custom-House.
The subscriber in order not to disappoint those who might have a desire to get for their likenesses, begs leave to suggest that his stay in this place will be short ST. MEMIN. July 17. tdf.
By virtue of a Deed of Trust, executed to us by Mr. William Skipwith, for the purpose of securing the pay- ment of a certain sum of money, therein mentioned— shall, on Monday the 24th of the ensuing month, be- tween the hours of three and six o'clock, p. m. proceed to sell, at the Eagle-Tavern, in the City of Rich- mond, to the highest bidder for ready money,
THAT valuable TRACT OF LAND, lying in the county of Cumberland, called MILL- MOUNT, containing seven hundred acres; the same having been conveyed to the said William Skipwith, by Col. Henry Skipwith.
We shall likewise, should the above mentioned Land not produce the necessary sum, proceed in like manner to sell one other TRACT OF LAND, in the county of Amelia, containing one hundred and thirty acres, together with a Grist-Mill thereon. The said Land and Mill having also been conveyed to the said Wm. Skipwith by the said Col. Henry Skipwith.
JOSEPH SCOTT,  Trustees. W. WARDLAW, July 24. tdf.
Europe. CHARLESTON, July 22. To the politeness of capt. Callender, of the ship Portland, we are indebted for regular files of the Paris Monitor to the 30th May. These furnish two additional Bulletins, the last of which is dated at Finckenstein, 20th May, at which time it will be observed, no event of im- portance had occurred.
TRANSLATED FOR THE TIMES.
SEVENTY-FIFTH BULLETIN OF THE GRAND ARMY. FINCKENSTEIN, May 18, 1807.
The following are new details of the events of the 15th inst. Marshal Lefebvre makes par- ticular mention of Gen. Schramm, to whom he attributes in a great measure the success of the engagement at Weichelmunde. On the 15th, Gen. Schramm was in battle from two o'clock in the morning, covered by 2 redoubts, which were constructed opposite to the fort of Weichelmunde. He had the Poles on his left, the Saxons in the centre, the second regiment of light infantry on his right, and the regiment of Parisian reserve. The Russian lieutenant-gen- eral Kamensky came out of the fort at day- break, and after two hours fighting, the arrival of the twelfth regiment of light infantry, which Marshal Lefebvre dispatched from the left bank, and of a Saxon battalion, decided the affair. Of the brigade of Oudinot, a single battalion could be employed. Our loss was ve- ry inconsiderable; a Polish colonel, M. Paris, was killed. The loss of the enemy was greater than it was at first conceived; more than 900 dead Russians have been interred, and the whole loss of the enemy cannot be estimated at less than 2500 men.
At present he makes no movement, but ap- pears very cautious and fly behind the enclosure of his fortifications.
The number of bateaux, laden with wounded, that have been sent off, is forty.
His Majesty has decreed special rewards to those who have distinguished themselves, and whose signal services Marshal Lefebvre pointed out.
On the 14th, a division of 5000 Prussians and Russians, but chiefly Prussians, left Konigsberg, landed at Pillau, marched along the borders of Nehrung, and arrived at Kahlberg, before our advanced posts of the grand guard of light ca- valry, who reached Furstenwerder. The enemy advanced as far as the extremity of Frisch-haff. It was expected that they would be seen pro- ceeding from thence to Danzig. A bridge, thrown across the Vistula at Furstenwerder, fa- cilitated the passage of the infantry, that was cantoned in the island of Nogat, to defile upon the rear of the enemy. But the Prussians were aware of this, and would not venture. The Em- peror gave orders to Gen. Beaumont, aid-de- camp to the Grand Duke of Berg, to attack them. On the 16th, at 2 o'clock in the morning, this general set out with the brigadier-gen- eral Albert, at the head of two battalions of grenadiers of the reserve corps, the third and eleventh regiments of chas- seurs, and a brigade of dragoons. He met the enemy between Pas- senwerder and Stege, a little before day-break, attacked and defeated him, pursued him sword in hand for eleven miles, took 1100 prisoners, killed a great many, and carried off four pieces of cannon. General Albert has behaved with perfect gallantry; the Majors Chemineau and Salmon, distinguished themselves. The third and eleventh regiments of chas- seurs, have displayed the utmost intrepidity. Two brigades of the enemy, which navigated on the Haff, came to annoy us, but a grape-shot, which fell on one of them, made them flee off.
The enemy has also, since the 12th, experien- ced considerable losses on several other points. On the 17th, the Emperor made the fullers of the guard manoeuvre, who are encamped near the castle of Finckenstein, in barracks, equal in beauty to those at Boulogne. On the 18th and 19th, the whole guard likewise took up their camps in the same place.
In Silesia Prince Jerome is encamped with his corps of observation, at Frankenstein, pro- tecting the siege of Neiss. The Prince having learned on the 12th, that a column of 3000 men had left Glatz, to surprise Brezau, he made General Lefebvre set off with the first regiment of the Bavarian line, (an excellent regiment) one hundred cavalry and a detachment of 300 Saxons. General Lefebvre came up with the rear of the enemy on the 14th, at 4 o'clock in the morning, near the village of Cauth, he at- tacked instantly, took the village by the bayonet, and made 150 prisoners. One hundred of the Bavarian light-horse cut to pieces the enemy's cavalry and dispersed them, being 500 men, strong. The 300 Saxons dismounted—an ex- traordinary conduct, which must have been the result of some misunderstanding, for the Saxon troops have always behaved bravely, since they were united with the French troops.
This unexpected defection placed the first re- giment of the Bavarian line in a critical situa- tion, and occasioned their loss of 150 men, who were made prisoners; the rest retreated fight- ing, and in good order; and the enemy re-took the village of Cauth. At eleven in the forenoon, General Dumuy, who had left Brezau at the head of 100 French dragoons, chas- seurs and foot-hussars, who had been sent to Silesia to be mounted, and a part of whom had already got their horses, attacked the rear of the enemy; 150 of the foot-hussars took the village of Cauth with the bayonet, made 100 prisoners, and re- took all the Bavarians that had been made pri- soners before. The enemy, to return with greater ease to Glatz, went off in two separate columns. Gen. Lefebvre, who had quitted Schwednitz on the 15th, fell upon one of their columns, killed 100 men, and made 400 prisoners, among whom are 30 officers. A re- giment of Polish Spasmen, of whom Prince Jerome had sent a detachment to general Le- febvre, having arrived in the morning, greatly distinguished themselves.
The second column of the enemy sought to reach Glatz, by the way of Silberberg; but lieut. col. Ducondrais, the prince's aid-de- camp, met them, and put them to the rout. Thus this column, consisting of 3 or 4000 men, could not return to Glatz, from which it had issued—the whole were either killed, taken, or dispersed.
SEVENTY-SIXTH BULLETIN OF THE GRAND ARMY. FINCKENSTEIN, May 20.
A fine copper-bottomed corvette, mounting 24 guns and 120 Englishmen, loaded with powder and ball, presented herself in the river, de- fined for Danzig, coming abreast of our works. She was assailed by a brisk discharge of mus- ketry, from each shore, which obliged her to bring to. A picquet from the Parisian regi- ment, jumped on board, and made them pri- soners—Amongst many others, an Aid-de-Camp of Gen. Kalkruth, who was on his return from the Russian Camp, several English officers, &c. &c. This corvette proves to be the Le Sans Peur—Besides the 120 Englishmen, there were 60 Russians on board of her.
The loss of the enemy at the battle of Weich- elmunde, on the 15th, was greater than at first supposed. A column of Russians, marching a- long shore, were bayoneted—1300 Russian corpses have been buried.
On the 6th, a division of Russians, command- ed by gen. Turkow, on their route from Brock to the Bug on Pultusk, in order to assist the new works which had been ordered for the purpose of rendering more formidable the tete du pont, and which were defended by six battalions of Bavarians, commanded by the Prince Royal of Bavaria, attacked at four different times, fair corps, in all of which they have been overthrown by the Bavarians, and lagranged (mitraillée) by the batteries of the different works. Marshal Massena reports the loss of the enemy to consist of 300 killed, and double that number wound- ed.—What renders this affair more remarkable, is that the Bavarians had less than 4000 men.
The Prince Royal has bestowed much praise on the Baron of Wreden, a Bavarian officer of dis- tinguished merit. The loss of the Bavarians have been 16 killed, and 150 wounded.
There is as much want of sense in the attack on the works of Gen. Lemarquis, on the 15th, and of those on Pultusk, the 16th, as existed in the construction of a number of rats in the bay, about six weeks ago, and which cost the enemy near that time to complete—they were burnt in two hours. The successive attacks made on the above mentioned works, well entrenched
and supported by excellent batteries, have not only proved abortive, but have cost the enemy considerable losses, without any prospect of success.
It would appear that these operations have in view the drawing the attention of the French army to its right side; but its position is re- asoned on all the grounds, in all the hypotheses, as well defensive as offensive, that could offer. In the mean time the interesting siege of Dan- tzick advances—the enemy will experience a decided loss, in losing this important place and the 20,000 men that are enclosed in it.
A mine has played on the Blockhausen & has blown up the same. The covered way has been opened by four prime matches. The de- fence of the ditch has been executed.
PHILADELPHIA, July 28.
Yesterday arrived, ship Amelia, Capt. Mat- thews, from London, which he left the 29th May, and the Downs the 3d of June, and fur- nishes us with a Canterbury paper of the 2d of June from which we have only time and room for the following extracts, which are the chief it contains, except a long account of an infur- rection of some of the foreign troops at Malta, which they so far effected as to blow up a mag- azine of 500 barrels of powder, before they were quelled, when 25 of them were taken and executed. It does not appear by the paper or by verbal accounts, that any material action had taken place between the Russians and French. True American.
LONDON, June 2.
It is reported that the subsidies required for the present campaign, by Prussia and Russia, amount to seven Millions.
Private letters from Hamburg, under date of the 22d, state that a report had reached that city of a very dreadful battle having taken place between the Russians and French, in the neigh- bourhood of Danzick, in which the latter lost 30,000, and the former remained masters of the field. The siege of Danzick was consequently raised. These letters add, that it was confi- dently reported that the King of Sweden has not only refused to ratify the armistice, but has actually re-commenced hostilities.
THE GRAND EXPEDITION.
The time when the large expedition now pre- paring will actually fail, depends on the con- tingencies which may result from the present state of affairs upon the Continent—but we are assured that Ministers are indefatigable in their different departments, and that such activity has been employed, that every thing will be ready in fourteen days from this date.
An immense number of transports are hired; —Ordnance, Military, and Medical stores, have been embarked; and a large body of troops is in the neighbourhood of the points of embar- kation; so that on the very first receipt of ex- pected intelligence from the Continent, the troops will be hurried on board, and sail with- out a moment's delay.
In addition to the quantity of Stores now on board the Transports, 30,000 sets of account- ments were ordered from a House in the city within these few days.
A Tonissen mail arrived on Saturday morn- ing, with letters and papers from Hamburg and Altona, to the 24th inst. The rumour of a negotiation for a general peace, under the mediation of Austria, gains ground daily. A pa- ragraph, dated Banks of the Maine, May 16th, says, "The public Journals state, upon the authority of accounts from Vienna, that propo- sals for peace have already reached Vienna and Boda; immediately after the arrival of which, a Courier was sent off to London, with these proposals, to invite the English Government to accede to them; but many persons doubt that they will lead to a successful issue." An article, dated Vienna, May 13, adds, "We are here positively assured, that France and Russia have accepted the mediation of our Court, up- on condition, however, that there shall be no armistice during the course of the negotiations."
The present appearance of affairs upon the Continent corresponds with these accounts— for though an armistice be expressly prohibited, it is natural that the chance of peace, held out by an exciting negotiation, should restrain the ardour for the final appeal to a general action; and there does not appear any other satisfactory cause for the long pause that has taken place in the military operations in Poland, upon a large scale.
The report of the capture of Danzick on the 9th, had reached Copenhagen on the 18th inst. but it was universally discredited upon ap- parently good ground. Letters from Stettin of the 18th are silent respecting such an event, which if it had taken place, must have been known there before that date.
The head quarters of Bonaparte still conti- nue at Finckenstein on the 15th inst.
Further official accounts, from the Imperial head-quarters at Finckenstein, dated May 23, announce the following events:
"The General of Brigade Beaumont, aid-de- camp to the Grand Duke of Berg, and the Gen- eral of Brigade, Albert, at the head of two bat- talions of the division of Oudinot, the 3d and 11th battalions of chas- seurs, and a brigade of dragoons, have defeated and put to flight a divi- sion of the enemy which endeavoured to pene- trate by the Narew. This division was attack- ed on the 16th, when it was routed and pursu- ed 15 leagues beyond Naliberg. It lost 900 prisoners, and 4 pieces of cannon. This enter- prise of the enemy was connected with the ex- pedition of Lieutenant-General Camenlky. Both were intended to effect the deliverance of Danzick.
"On the 13th, the enemy attacked General Lemorris, who, at the head of a Bavarian bri- gade and a Polish regiment, held passed the Na- rew, to burn the rafts which the enemy had con- structed six weeks before, at Wyzkrowe. All these rafts were burnt. The enemy appeared before the entrenchments of Gen. Lemorris, but were defeated and left many killed on the field of battle. Marshal Massena, at the same moment, passed the bridge at Pultusk and fell on the rear of the enemy. Some Cossacks ad- vanced to attack the head of the bridge over the Omulew near Dronzewo: they were re- pulsed. The General of Brigade Girard, at the head of the 38th regiment, made 15 Cossacks leap into the Narew, and took from them six horses."
"Artillery has been brought into the covered way of the half moon before Danzick. The fire from Habelsberg has been silenced.
"From the Danube, May 15."—It does not appear in the several camps for practising ma- neuvres, any evolutions which were expected to be formed in the course of the summer are to take place. Every officer who wishes for leave of absence, obtains it without the least difficulty, and every thing shows that the im- perial Cabinet persists in its pacific dispositions. Peace alone can heal up the wound inflicted on the house of Austria by an unfortunate war.— The chief attention of the Imperial ministry is directed to the restoration of the finances.— Hamburg Correspondent, May 28.
"Vienna, May 13."—We are positively assured, that France and Russia have accepted the me- diation of our court, under the condition, however, that there shall be no armistice during the course of the negotiations.
"Breslau, May 16."—Our Gazette has this day published a Supplement Extraordinary, contain- ing the following intelligence:
"The enemy having been driven from Cauth, on the 14th, by the column commanded by General Dumuy, after suffering con- siderable loss, effected his treaty by the side of the mountains. General Lefebvre pur- sued him, and came up with him near Kevils- dorf. Not to mention the number killed, he took 700 hundred prisoners, among whom were 30 officers, and 3 pieces of cannon. We do yet know all the results of this brilliant day on which our brave allies perform prodigies of va- lour."
"Bareuth, May 14."—Dispatches brought to Dresden, by a courier on the 6th, occasioned a great Ministerial conference, to which the King repaired from Pillnitz.
"Banks of the Maine, May 14."—According to the latest accounts from Vienna, by the pul- lic journals, proposals for peace between the Belligerent powers have already reached Vien- na and Buda; immediately after the arrival, a courier was sent off to London, with these proposals, to invite the English government to accede to them.—Many persons however, doubt whether these negotiations will have a successful issue.
"Warsaw, May 13."—Our Gazette contains the following intelligence, dated Habelsberg, near Danzick, from the 1st to the 6th of May.
Private letters, which we do not say are offi- cial, but which have some pretensions to pub-

and from the first shock, this government, wherein one behold rather an army than a people, let its real weakness be seen. A single battle overthrew those phalanxes so often victorious, which, in the seven years war, had surmounted the efforts of Austria, Russia, and France leagued against them. Is it this then that was promised by those approved talents, that long experience of the oldest generals of Europe, those annual camps, wherein all military theories were developed, those famous reviews, those skillful manoeuvres, which from one end of Europe to the other the most able commanders came to study upon the banks of the Spree? That new art of war, all the secrets of which people went to dive into with the great noise at Potsdam, has just yielded to the combinations of an art still vaster and bolder. Let us enjoy to great a triumph, but let us honor, after having conquered them, those remains of Prussian greatness, upon which so many heroic remembrances are still stamped, and over which the shade of Frederick seems to groan.
"When formerly in that city the mistress of the world, an illustrious Roman* came to suspend upon the walls of the capitol the spoils of the kingdom of Macedon, he could not help feeling a deep emotion, upon thinking of the exploits of Alexander, and contemplating the calamities spread over his house. The hero of France was not less affected when he entered those sorrowful and deserted palaces, formerly occupied with so much lustre by the hero of Prussia. He was seen to seize with a religious enthusiasm, this sword of which he makes such a noble present to his veterans; but he forbade that the arms and Prussian eagles, that all this mass of trophies conquered from the descendants of a great king, should cross the place where his ashes rest, for fear of afflicting his manes and insulting his tomb."
"I think, therefore, that I enter into the thoughts of the conqueror, in rendering homage to the conquered before those very colors which they were unable to defend, but which they dyed with glorious blood. If from the elevated regions which they inherit, the great men whom the earth has lost, still interest themselves in human affairs, Frederick was able to recognize, even in their last breath, the old companions formed at his school, and who died worthily upon the ruins of his monarchy. He did not see fall without glory those young princes of his house who bit the dust in the field of Jena, or who, after illustrious feats, signed capitulations and received honorable fetters. O how just it is to pity unfortunate valor! O how sweet it is to be able to esteem enemies whom one has defeated! Yes, and it is a pleasure to me to say it in the midst of all these judges of true glory with whom I am surrounded; yes, the Prussian Monarch himself, at this day without a capital and almost without an army, supported, however, his dignity in the battle which was so fatal to him, and was wanting neither in the duties of chief, nor in those of a soldier."
"But these last sparks of the genius of Frederick had not sufficient strength and activity to reanimate a monarchy where artificial power was, perhaps, destitute of those preceptive principles which maintain societies. I cannot conceal, but some pages have made several reproaches to Frederick. If they admire in him the indefatigable administrator and the great commander, they have not the same esteem for the fame opinions of the philosopher-king. They would have wished him to have been better acquainted with the rights of nations and the dignity of man. To the cries of the philosopher Sans Souci , they oppose with advantage that book wherein Marcus Aurelius, who was also a warrior and philosopher, returns thanks to heaven, upon getting out, for giving him a pious mother and good masters who inspired him with the fear and love of the divinity. Instead of that disdainful and fatal philosophy which gives up to ridicule the most respected traditions, the pages I speak of love to see reign that grave and benificent philosophy which supports itself by the doctrine of the fages, which engenders fine sentiments, which gives a value to fine actions and which constituted more than once, upon ascending the throne, the delight and honor of mankind. They think in one word, that a king cannot with impunity profess a contempt for those salutary maxims which guarantee the authority of kings."
"I hope, it will become me at this moment to accuse with too much bitterness the memory of a great monarch whose posterity has just undergone so many misfortunes. His image is already but too much grieved at the spectacle of our glory, and at these triumphal pomp which we form with the wreck of his diadem. But if one ought not to show one's self too severe towards him, one should be just towards another great man who surpasses him, and when Frederick had the imprudence to proclaim in his court those reproachful doctrines which soon or late destroy the social order, ought I to forget that Napoleon raised again to honor those noble doctrines which repair all the evils of atheism and anarchy?"
"Thus in this part of his history, as in all the others, our monarch has no more rivals; and not to stray from the art of war of which this august ceremony recalls all the prodigies, how much all that was great disappears before the extraordinary enterprises we are witnesses of? Armies fought, Governments negotiated formerly during years for the capture of a few towns, and now a few days decide the fate of Kingdoms. What military name, what political talent, what glory ancient or modern is not henceforward lowered before him who from the seas of Naples to the borders of the Vistula, keeps in repose so many subdued nations; who, encamped in a Sarmatian village, receives there, as at his court, the Ambassadors of Ispahan and Constantinople, astonished at finding themselves together; who unites in the same interest the feodaries of Omar and of Ali; who joins in a common tie both the Spaniard and the Dutchman, the Bavarian and the Saxons who, for full water design, makes the movements of Asia concur with those of Europe, and who shows a second time as under the Roman Empire, the warlike genius arming itself with all the strength of civilization, advancing against Barbarians and forcing them to withdraw towards the bounds of the world."
"It does not belong to me to raise the veil which covers the aim of his distant expeditions. It suffices me to know that the great man by whom they are directed, is not less admirable in what he conceals than in what he allows to be seen, and in what he meditates than in what he executes. Does he wish to raise again those ancient barriers which held at the confines of the polished universe all those barbarous hordes with which the North always menaced the South? His policy has not yet spoken, let us wait until he explains himself, and let us especially remark that this silence is the surest guarantee of his pacific intentions."
"He wishes, he still wishes for peace; he asked for it at the moment of vanquishing, he asks it again after having vanquished. Altho'
* Paulus Emilius . (See Plutarque .) † The emperor forbid that the colors conquered from the Prussians should be carried through Potsdam, the place where Frederick died.
all the field of battle, which he has run through in these parts of the world, have constantly been the theatres of his glory, he has ever groaned for the disorders of war. It is because he knows all the scourges of it, that he takes care to carry them far from us."
"War ought to be paid for with foreign subsidies, in order not to aggravate too much the national burdens, one ought to live in the enemy's country in order not to starve the people whom one governs. The internal security is then the reward of those unheard of fatigues, of those numberless privations, of those dangers of every kind to which heroism devotes itself. Compare to our present situation that of the subjects of Frederick, when twice driven from his capital, in spite of his exploits, was unable even after the victories, to defend the industry of his towns and the harvest of his country against the ferocity of the Russians and the plunder of the Austrians. Such is not our destiny. Paris and the whole Empire repose in a profound calm under the authority of that same hand which spreads terror three hundred leagues from our frontier."
[Here the orator, after having paid a just tribute of praise to the armies which have procured this security to France, shows, by the striking example of Frederick and Napoleon, what the genius of two great men is capable of effecting upon the destinies of their people. Then all of a sudden he stops and cries out.]
"But alas! Whilst I am forming much less for him than for us, those wishes entertained by all French hearts, a royal child has just entered the tomb; and the regrets of his family are mingled with our hymns of victory. Perhaps at this moment the hero who saved us weeps in his tent at the head of three hundred thousand victorious Frenchmen, and so many confederate Princes and kings who march under his ensigns. He weeps, and neither the trophies accumulated round him, nor the lustre of twenty sceptres which he holds with so steady a hand and which Charlemagne himself did not unite, can turn his thoughts from the coffin of that child whose first steps he helped with his triumphant hands, and whose premature intelligence he was one day to have cultivated. Ah! let him not be ignorant at least that his domestic misfortunes have been felt as a public misfortune, and let so sweet a testimony of the national interest carry to him some consolation. All our alarms for the future are farther homages which we render him. May at least fortune content herself with the young victim which she has struck; and may she in always seconding the projects of the greatest of sovereigns, no more make him pay for his glory by similar misfortunes!"
His Serene Highness the prince Arch-Chancellor afterwards came down to deliver into the hands of the Governor of the Invalides, the sword of Frederick; his Excellency Marshal Money hastened to meet him, and to offer it to him. His Serene Highness in giving it to the Governor, together with the insignia of the Prussian Monarch, expressed himself in these terms:
"In the name and by order of his majesty the emperor and king, our most gracious sovereign, I deliver to you marshal the insignia and arms which belonged to a monarch of whom Prussia and Europe will ever preserve a great remembrance."
"This conquest, made by the hero of France, is for her a rich spoil, and a worthy ornament for the alyum of the defenders of the state."
"I also deliver to you the standards taken from the enemy during this last and brilliant campaign."
"It is his majesty's intention that they should remain under the guard of the brave fellows whom you command, until they be placed on the monument which his majesty wishes to have elevated to the immortal glory of the armies."
"Here, it is, Marshal, that from all parts, interest and admiration come to seek for the trophies of French valor; those who shall henceforth visit this hall will recognize in the double disposition made by the orders of his imperial majesty a new proof of his benevolence for his old soldiers, and of particular esteem for their worthy commander."
NEW-YORK, July 28.
The arrival of the ship Susan, capt. Howard, at this port, in 40 days from Bordeaux, has put the Editor of the Mercantile Advertiser in possession of Bordeaux papers to the 12th of June and Paris to the 8th. They contain the official intelligence, that Dantzig has at last surrendered to the French arms, after an obstinate resistance. This event is announced in the 77th bulletin, of which we have subjoined a translation.
No general engagement between the two hostile armies had taken place; but the reduction of Dantzig, it was expected, would be followed immediately by the opening of the campaign, unless prevented by pacific arrangements at the Continental Congress which it was laid was on the point of assembling.
Translated for the Mercantile Advertiser . FRENCH GRAND ARMY. SEVENTY-SEVENTH BULLETIN. Finkenstein, 29th May, 1807.
Dantzig has capitulated. That fine place is in our power. Eight hundred pieces of artillery, magazines of every description, upwards of 500,000 quintals of grain, considerable wine cellars, great stores of cloths and spices, resources of all kinds for the army, and finally a strong hold of the first rank supporting our left as Thorn supports our centre, and Prag our right. These are the advantages obtained during the winter, and which have signalized the leisure hours of the grand army. It is the first, the finest fruit of the victory of Eylau.
The rigour of the season, the snow which has often covered our trenches, the frost which has added new difficulties, have proved no obstacle in carrying on our works. Marshal Lefebvre has surmounted every thing. He has animated with the same spirit the Saxons, the Poles, and the Badens, and prepared them to his purpose. The difficulties which the artillery had to encounter were very considerable. One hundred cannons, from five to six hundred thousand pounds of powder, an immense quantity of bullets, have been drawn from Stettin and from the different places in Silesia. A great many difficulties for transports were to be got over, but the Vistula afforded easy and prompt means.
On the 2d in the garrison, headed by General Kalkreuth, defied. That garrison, which at first was 16,000 men, is reduced to 9000; and of that number 4000 have deserted. There are even some officers among the defectors. "We do not wish," say they "to go into Siberia." Several thousand artillery horses have been delivered up to us; but they are in very bad condition. At this moment inventories of the magazines are taking. General Rapp is appointed governor of Dantzig. We are now masters of that city and port. These events are a happy prelude for the campaign. The emperor of Russia and king of Prussia were at Kehlberg. They may have conjectured the reduction of the place by the cessation of the firing. The cannon could be heard as far.
The emperor as a testimony of his satisfaction towards the besieging army, has granted a gratification to each soldier.
The siege of Graudenz begins under the command of general Victor. Graudenz is strong on account of its mines.
The cavalry of the army is handsome. The divisions of light cavalry, two divisions of cuirassiers, and one of dragons, were reviewed at Elbing, on the 26th, by the Grand Duke of Berg. On the same day his majesty repaired to Bischofswerder and to
Stralsund, where he reviewed Hautpoul's division of cuirassiers and general Grouchy's division of dragons. He has been much pleased with their deportment and the good condition of their horses.
The Ambassador of the Porte, Said-Mahomed Emen-Vahid, was presented to the Emperor on the 28th by prince Benevento. He remained an hour in his majesty's closet. It is said with certainty, that the Emperor told him, that himself and the Emperor Selim were henceforward inseparable as the right and left hand. All the good news of the success of Imlau and of Wallachia had just arrived. The Russians have been obliged to raise the siege of Imlau, and to evacuate Wallachia.
CAPITULATION OF DANTZICK.
After a long resistance, fifty one days of open trenches, imperious circumstances rendering it necessary to treat for the surrender of Dantzig to the troops of his Majesty the emperor of the French, king of Italy, and those of his allies, his excellency general of cavalry Count Kalkreuth, knight of the order of the black eagle and of the order of Saint-Andrew and the general of division Drouet, commander of the legion of honor and grand cross of the royal order of Bavaria, chief of the general Staff of the tenth corps of the grand army, furnished with powers from his excellency marshal of the empire Lefebvre, commander of the said corps, have agreed upon the following capitulation.
Art. I. The garrison shall march out on the 27th instant, at nine in the morning, with arms and baggage, colors flying, drumbeating, lighted matches, two six-pounders of light artillery with their carriages, each drawn by six horses.
II. The overplus of the artillery horses shall be given up to the disposal of the French army.
III. The arms of any kind which may exceed the number of the sub-officers and soldiers marching off shall be given up to the officers of artillery who shall be designated for that purpose.
IV. The garrison shall be conveyed to the advanced posts of his Prussian majesty's army at Pillau, passing through Neuhagen, and in five days march.
V. The garrison engages itself not to serve against the French army, or its allies during one year, reckoning from the date of the capitulation. Gen. Count Kalkreuth, his highness prince Sherbatov, and all the officers engaged upon their word and honor to cause the present article to be observed.
VI. On the 26th, at noon, Hakenberg, the ports of Olivia, Jacob, and Newgerten, shall be surrendered to the troops of his majesty the emperor of the French and king of Italy, and those of his allies.
VII. The officers, sub-officers and soldiers, now prisoners of war at Dantzig, whether they make a part of the troops of his majesty the emperor, or of those of his allies, shall be returned without exchange.
VIII. In order to avoid all confusion, the troops of his majesty the emperor and those of his allies shall not enter Dantzig, until such time as the Prussian and Russian troops shall have evacuated it: guards shall nevertheless be established at the different posts, and a piquet of soldiers in the town.
IX. The means of transport being insufficient to carry away all the baggage, there shall be granted a boat to go direct to Pillau. The loading shall be effected under the inspection of a French officer appointed for that purpose.
X. Officers du genie and of artillery shall on both sides be appointed for the purpose of giving up and taking possession of objects relative to each party, without omitting the maps, plans, &c.
XI. The magazines, chests, and generally every thing belonging to the king, shall be delivered to the French army. A commissary shall be appointed for delivering the same to the person furnished with power from his excellency General Lefebvre.
XII. The Prussian officers who were prisoners on parole, and who repaired to their families at Dantzig previous to the blockade of that place, may continue there until further orders from his highness prince Neufchatel, major-general—Nevertheless, in order to enjoy this advantage, they shall be obliged to produce a certificate from the governor, which shall attest that they have taken no part in the defence of the place.
XIII. The wives of the officers or of others shall be at liberty to leave the town, passports will be delivered to them.
XIV. The sick and wounded shall be left to the humanity of his excellency marshal Lefebvre; officers and surgeons shall remain as well to take care of them, as for the observation of good order and to provide for their wants. Immediately after their recovery they shall be sent to the advanced posts of the Prussian army, and enjoy the advantages of the capitulation.
XV. An exact roll of all the officers and soldiers, by regiments, shall be made out for his excellency marshal Lefebvre; the military remaining in the hospital shall be registered separately.
XVI. His excellency marshal Lefebvre assures the inhabitants of Dantzig that he will use every exertion to cause property to be respected, and that the greatest order shall pervade in the garrison.
XVII. There shall be sent to the respective headquarters a superior officer to serve as a hostage for the execution of the capitulation. His excellency the governor, has designated Major Lessoff; his excellency marshal Lefebvre has named adjutant-commandant Guichard.
XVIII. The present capitulation shall receive its execution, if, at the epoch of the 26th at noon, the garrison has not been relieved. It is understood that in the interim the garrison of Dantzig cannot make any attack against the besiegers, supposing the case to be that the latter would have to fight on the outside of the city.
Done at Dantzig, 20th May, 1807. (Here follow the signatures.)
ELBING, May 24. It is generally expected that the campaign will open immediately after the taking of Dantzig. The French army is superb, full of ardor and animated with the liveliest spirit. Hardly any sickness prevails among them; and experience has shown that warlike movements have improved the health of our soldiers. In the state of strength and vigor, and especially of confidence in which the French army now is, it is capable of sustaining every fatigue. It is eager to finish with the Russians; it will certainly not let any opportunity escape of beating them.
The country begins to present the attributes of spring; vegetation is infinitely quicker in this country than in France.
LONDON, May 29.
Copy of a letter from the President of the U. S. of America to the king of Holland, intercepted by one of the ships of the North Sea squadron, under command of Admiral Ruffel.
Great and good Friend, Having received your letter of Sept. last which notifies your accession to the throne of Holland, I tender you, in behalf of the U. S. my congratulations on this event. Connected with that nation by the earliest ties of friendship, and maintaining with them uninterrupted relations of peace and commerce, no event which interests their welfare can be indifferent to us. It is, therefore, with the greatest pleasure I receive the assurances of your Majesty, that you will continue to cherish those ancient relations, and we shall, on our part, endeavor to strengthen your good will by a faithful observance of justice, and by all the good offices which occasion shall permit.
Distant as we are from the powers of Europe, and devoted to pursuits which separate us from their affairs, we still look with brotherly concern on what affects those nations, and offer constant prayers for their welfare. With a friendly solicitude for your Majesty's person, I pray God that he may always have you, great and good friend, in his holy keeping.
Written at the city of Washington, the 28th day of Feb. 1807.
Your good friend. TH: JEFFERSON. By order of the President, JAMES MADISON, Sec. of State.
THE NORTH OF EUROPE.
The fall of Dantzig will accelerate the decision of the fate of Great Britain. We anticipate the recalling of that military expedition which was to have failed for the continent, and the certainty of negotiations for peace between France and Russia.
Should the war party prevail in the councils of Russia, the news of the surrender of Dantzig may induce them to an immediate attack on the lines of the Passerage; if the Russians do not look for peace, the fall of Dantzig will be the signal for advancing towards Konigsberg and Grodno.
Aurora.
Domestic.
Extract of a letter from a British officer, at Halifax, to a gentleman in New-York, dated July 14.
"I applied on my arrival here to vice-admiral Lord Berkley for leave of absence on my private affairs for two months, which he readily granted. I had good interest with him. The rev. dr. Inglis, the bishop of this province, asked me as a favour. I had taken my passage and put my baggage in an American ship that had been sent here by one of our sloops of war, but was released immediately by the court of admiralty. While waiting a change of wind, the Columbine sloop of war, lord Townsend, arrived and brought the account of that distressing affair at Norfolk."
The admiral sent his secretary to say "that from the accounts he had received from the U. States, it would be highly improper in him to suffer any British officer to go to any part of the United States; also added, he had no sort of doubt of an immediate rupture between the two countries." I pray Heaven to prevent it, as it will materially injure the trade of the two finest countries on earth."
The commerce of England and America covers the ocean, and they are almost the only flags you'll meet on the ocean; then why go to war? Every thing here is in the most active state of preparation—in the king's dock yards, all the hands work double tides, and every thing that can float is getting ready for sea. A number of furnaces for heating red hot balls have been shipped for the squadron in the Chesapeake, and in short there are as active preparations on foot as if the war was actually declared. I heard a report this morning at the admiral's, that there is an account of a small vessel having arrived at Windsor, about 50 miles from hence, from one of the southern ports of the United States, that says an embargo was actually laid on by the President of the United States."
NEW-YORK, July 28.
We are informed, that the Corporation of this city have directed their committee lately appointed to confer with the secretary at war, to call on Col. Williams, and to request him to furnish, with all possible dispatch, a plan for fortifying the Narrows with an estimate of the probable expense.
WASHINGTON, July 29.
Much error having appeared in the accounts circulated, of what passed between the government and Mr. Erkine, in the case of the seamen, to obtain whom, the Leopard made the late attack on the Chesapeake, we are induced to state, that, as we understood, on application by Mr. Erkine, for their surrender, he was informed that it could not be done, and was referred to the written answer given by the Secretary of State, on a previous application in another case, for the principles on which the surrender of British deserters was refused. It was remarked to Mr. Erkine, at the same time, both by the Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary of State, that altho' the government could not deliver up deserters, it was so far from countenancing desertion, that general orders had been issued to our naval commanders not to permit any British deserters to be recruited for the American service. They also informed Mr. Erkine a few days after, that they had sufficient reason for believing that the seamen in question were native citizens of the United States; this being the result of an enquiry made by Capt. Barron, in pursuance of orders from the Secretary of the Navy. On this point Mr. Erkine expressed no opinion. This was not asked, because his opinion could form no part of the ground on which the government proceeded; and it was not offered because it appears to have been his practice, and to have been held as his duty also, to do no more than to transmit without remarks, whatever documents or information relative to facts, he might judge proper to be forwarded to the British Admirals on different stations. In this case, he accordingly, merely stated for the information of the British naval commander, that the result of an enquiry made by Captain Barron, had satisfied our government that the seamen, for whose surrender he had applied, were citizens and natives of the United States.
* This answer was written January 7, 1807. It was produced by an application for the surrender to their allegiance, of certain British seamen, who having united with American seamen left on board a vessel ordered to Halifax as a prize, brought her into the United States, and were charged with mutiny, piracy, and an attempt to murder their officers. The answer stated, that not only no prerogative for the purpose in question is vested in the Executive of the United States; but that neither the law nor the practice of nations imposes on them an obligation to provide for the surrender of fugitives from the jurisdiction of other powers. The obligation can result only from special and mutual stipulations; which do not exist between the United States and Great Britain; and which, indeed, as limited in the expired articles of the Treaty of 1794, do not comprehend any other offences than those of actual murder and piracy.
The information reported by capt. Barron was as follows:
William Ware, pressed from on board the brig Neptune, capt. Crafts, by the British frigate Melampus, in the Bay of Biscay, and has served on board the said frigate 15 months. William Ware is a native American, born on Pipe Creek, Frederick county, state of Maryland, at Bruce's Mills, and served his time at said Mills. He also lived at Ellicott's mills, near Baltimore, and drove a waggon several years between Ellicott's Town and Baltimore. He also served 18 months on board the United States frigate Chesapeake, under the command of commodore Morris and Captain James Barron—He is an Indian looking man.
Daniel Martin was pressed at the same time and place. He is a native of West Port, in Massachusetts, about 30 miles to the eastward of New Port, Rhode Island—served his time out of New-Port with Captain Narrowsby, in the Caledonia, refers to Mr. Benjamin Davis, Merchant, and Mr. Benjamin Coree, of West Port. He is a coloured man.
John Strachn, born on the Eastern shore of Maryland, Queen Anne's county, between Centreville and Queen's Town—refers to Mr. John Price and Pratt, Esqrs., on Kent Island, who knew his relations—Strachn sailed in the brig Martha Bland, Capt. Weevil, from Norfolk to Dublin, and from thence to Liverpool. He there left the brig and shipped on board an English Guineaman. He was pressed on board of the Melampus off Cape Finisterre, to better his situation, he consented to enter, being determined to make his escape when opportunity offered. He served on board the frigate two years. He is a white man, about 5 feet 7 inches high.
William Ware and John Strachn have protested—Daniel Martin says he lost his, after leaving the frigate.
John Little, alias Francis, and Ambrose Watts escaped from the Melampus at the same time, known to the above persons to be Americans, but have not been entered by my recruiting officer. William Ware, Daniel Martin, and John Strachn state, that some time in February last, there was an entertainment on board the Melampus, lying then in Hampton Roads. That while the officers, &c. were engaged, and all the ship's boats except the Captain's gig, being hoisted in to themselves and the two other men mentioned, availed themselves of a moment to seize the gig and row off; that as soon as they were got into the boat, they were hailed to know what they were going to do? They replied, they were going ashore; a brisk fire of musketry instantly commenced from the ship—that in defiance of balls and the hazard of their lives, they continued to pull, and finally effected their escape to land, namely, Se-wall's Point—that they in a carefully hauled up the boat on the beach, rolled up the coat, and placed up the oars in the boat, gave three cheers, and moved up the country.
This report is in a train, we learn, to be formally verified in every material circumstance, by a recurrence to the sources of evidence pointed out by the seamen respectively.
The account of lieut. Pike and his party being cut off by the Indians is totally unfounded. The latest information, entitled to credit, states that his party, having missed their route, and passed from the Red river to the Rio del Norte, in the territory of Spain, had been arrested in their course in the month of February, by a detachment of Spanish troops, and taken to Santa Fe, and thence to Chihuahua, the residence of governor Salcedo, who had treated them with great attention, and given them liberty to return to the U. S.
Admiral Berkley, it is said, is fitting out the frigate La Ville de Milan, at Halifax, with the intention of proceeding in her to the Chesapeake.
July 31.
By the President of the United States of America, A PROCLAMATION. Whereas great and weighty matters claiming the consideration of the Congress of the United States form an extraordinary occasion for convening them, I do by these presents appoint Monday the twenty-sixth day of October next, for their meeting at the city of Washington; hereby requiring the respective Senators and Representatives then and there to assemble in Congress, in order to receive such communications as may then be made to them, and to consult and determine on such measures as in their wisdom may be deemed meet for the welfare of the U. S.
In testimony whereof, I have caused the (SEAL) seal of the U. S. to be hereunto affixed, and signed the same with my hand.
Done at the city of Washington, the thirtieth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seven; and in the thirty second year of the Independence of the U. S.
T: JEFFERSON.
By the President JAMES MADISON, Secretary of State.
Capt. Decatur arrived in this city on the 29th inst.
Arrived here on Wednesday the U. S. felz. Enterprise, capt. Porter, in 35 days from the Mediterranean—Capt. P. left the frigate Constitution and Hornet at Syracuse. He states the information of a rupture between the Barbary powers and Great Britain to be unfounded. Capt. Porter likewise furnishes the following intelligence:
Some time in May a deputation was sent by the Bey governing Rosetta, to the commander in chief of the British forces at Alexandria, inviting him to come with his troops and take possession of the place; and stating that on his appearing before Rosetta, the keys of the city should be delivered him. The British commander, pleased with the proposal, marched next day with three thousand men to Rosetta; and, agreeably to the promise of the Bey, received the keys, marched into the public square, and was about allotting quarters to the different officers, and making arrangements for guards, &c. when, at that moment, the tops of the houses were covered with Turkish troops, who commenced a heavy fire on them, and killed great numbers of the British. The British commander seeing his men fall in every direction about him, without a possibility (from their crowded situation, and from the secure position of the Turks) of defending themselves, ordered a retreat. They fought their way to the city gates through a tremendous fire, but found them in possession of the enemy, with whom they had a severe struggle before they could gain possession of them—they at length succeeded in getting out, where they found a body of between 4 and 5000 horse ready to attack them. They then formed a hollow square, fought their way down to Alexandria, and of the three thousand men, 1500 were killed, among whom were two general officers. The Turks showed them no quarters, and as they were unable to bring off their wounded, they all fell a sacrifice to Turkish fury. The bodies of the two general officers were, however, brought off, and sent to Malta to be interred.
Admiral Louis died about the middle of June at Malta.
About the 15th of June a great battle took place in the province of Constantinople, between the forces of the Bey of Algiers and the Bey of Tunis, which was said to terminate in favour of the former; in consequence of which there was great rejoicing at Algiers. The war between those two powers appears to be carried on with great vigor; and the Portuguese squadron formerly stationed at Gibraltar, have proceeded off Algiers (as is supposed) to co-operate with the latter. Sidi Soliman Melli Meili was at Gibraltar when we left there, and had purchased military stores, which he had sent to Tunis. The whole of the coast of Barbary is declared by the Russians to be in a state of Blockade, and a number of small Russian privateers are on that coast.
A communication was made in June, by the Marquis de Circello, prime minister to his majesty the king of Sicily, to Mr. Gibbs, American consul at Palermo, announcing to him that his majesty had declared every part of his dominions then in possession of his enemies, in a state of blockaded.
His imperial majesty the emperor of Morocco, has given orders that no vessels of any nation whatever, coming empty, bringing with them only cash, goods that pay no duty, or ballast, shall be permitted to enter the port of Madagascar; but that such vessels shall be immediately turned away, as his majesty is desirous of reaping some benefit from his intercourse with Christians.
It is said an attempt will be made on Naples by his Sicilian majesty shortly, as there are but few French troops now in that city, and his party there still remains strong, notwithstanding the rigid means that have been used by the present government there to reduce their number.

On the 16th of May, about 40 sail of Sicilian transports under convoy from Messina for Palermo, were captured by the British fleet. The British and Sicilian troops possess a small part of Calabria. The rest is occupied by the French troops.
About the first of May, a regiment composed of people from the Levant, raised for the purpose of defending the island of Malta, demanded their discharge from the British service. In consequence of their having heard their sign, the Grand Seguior, and Great Britain, and as the governor of Malta did not think proper to grant their request, they became very disorderly, in consequence of which one of the officers of the regiment went among them to endeavor, by fair means, to quell the disturbance; but not succeeding, he resorted to blows. They immediately seized him, hacked him to pieces with their sabres, tore his heart, yet palpitating, from his body, and threw it into the street. The British and Maltese troops of the island immediately assembled, but the mutineers having had time to seize their arms, retreated to the castle of St. Elmore, of which they took possession, and renewed the demand for their discharge, and ships to transport them to the Ottoman empire and threatened, in case of a refusal, to fire into the town, which they shortly put into execution, as the governor still remained firm.
The different batteries were then turned on the fortress, and the cannonading and bombardment continued for about 48 hours, without intermission, when the besieged demanded water and threatened to set fire to the magazine, unless they were furnished with a supply; this was refused them, in consequence of which a number surrendered, but the most daring remained by the fortress, firmly determined to put their threat into execution. They accordingly laid a train, to which they set fire, and in a moment blew the fortress and a number of the besiegers and besieged into the air. Six of the mutineers, who were most distant from the magazine, made their escape thro' the line of troops which surrounded St. Elmore, and retreated to the interior of the island, where they wandered several days, hunted from haunt to haunt, until exhausted by hunger and the numerous wounds they had received from the different parties out in search of them, they were at length taken and shortly afterwards hung, in presence of the rest of the regiment, who were taught to believe that a similar fate awaited them.
Extract of a letter from Burlington, Vermont, dated July 15.
"A letter has been received from a gentleman now in Quebec, by his friend in this vicinity, dated July 4, in which he expresses much anxiety to close his business, and leave the place, as the public mind was then much agitated there in expectation of a rupture with the U. States."
Chillicothe, July 23. Extract of a letter from Lexington, (Ky.) to a gentleman of this town, dated July 15.
"Mr. Biamerhalter was arrested in this place yesterday, and Thomas Todd, circuit judge of the U. S. has directed the marshal to take him on to the city of Richmond, in Virginia, where he has been indicted for high treason. He is confined in the jail of this place, until the marshal is ready to proceed with him."
Extract of a letter from New Orleans, dated June 18.
"I am happy to inform you that his excellency governor Claiborne is fast recovering, and is now able to walk about his house on crutches."
The Enquirer.
RICHMOND, 4th August.
TRIAL OF AARON BURR
(Continued by adjournment and held at the Capitol in the Hall of the House of Delegates,) for High Treason against the United States. August 3d, 1807.
PRESENT—JOHN MARSHALL, Chief Justice of the United States. The court assembled at 12 o'clock. An immense concourse of citizens attended to witness the proceedings of this important trial.
A few minutes after, Aaron Burr entered attended by Messrs. Wickham, Martin, Botts and Baker and Mr. Alston of South Carolina, Mr. E. Randolph entered from afterwards.
Messrs. Hays, Wirt and McRae attended as counsel for the prosecution. Mr. Hay observed that he could take no steps in this business, until he had ascertained whether the witnesses summoned on the part of the United States were present; he therefore requested, that their names might be called over.
Their names were accordingly called in the following order: *Thomas Truxton, *Stephen Decatur, *Benjamin Stoddert, *William Eaton, *William Duane, *Erick Bollman, *Peter Taylor, *Jacob Albright, *Charles Willie, *John Graham, *Samuel Swartwout, *Julien Dupre, *P. H. M. Prevost, *Israel Miller, *Samuel Skontorp, *George Morgan, *John Morgan, *Thomas Morgan, *Nicholas Perkins, *Robert Spence, *George Harris, *Cyrenus Jones, *Thomas Peterkin, *Elias Glover, *Simon Poole, *Dudley Woodbridge, *David C. Wallace, *Edmund B. Davis, James Reid, *John G. Henderson, *Alexander Henderson, *Hugh Phelps, *Jacob Dunbaugh, *Chandler Lindley, *John Mulholland, *James Knox, *William Loves, David Fife, *Thomas Hartley, *Stephen S. Welch, *James Kinney, *Samuel Moxey, *Edmund P. Gaines, *Ambrose D. Smith, *George Peters, *Alner L. Duane, Lewis Kerr, John A. Fort, *Benjamin H. Latrobe, Cowles Meade, Thomas Fitzpatrick, Thomas Butler, Robert A. New, Thomas T. Davis, Syilas Dinsmore, Owen Alston, William Davis, E. Kirby, Theodore Brightwell, John Callier, Dr. Bennett, Earl Sproat, Robert Wallace, Walter Putnam, John Dana, Alexander Ralston, Mrs. Vanhorne, Henry Jacobs, Ranfome Peale, Hamlin Hicks, Phelaw Woodruff, John Blair, James McDowell, Samuel N. Lockett, Stockley D. Hayes, Samuel W. Butler, Walter C. Davidson, John Barry, Thomas H. Cushing, Nathaniel Evans, Jacob Jackson, William Platt, William White, Jarard Brooke, Morgan Neill, Thomas Callis, Mr. Peterston, Lieut. Swarlington, Mr. Weaver, Col. Osmund, Maj. M. Porter, J. B. Walback, Mr. Vanhorne, Dr. Charmichael, Dr. Alston, Col. P. R. ad, John Wilkins, Stephen Wood, Benton, David McKen, Hugh Allen, William Davis.
Those were present, whose names are printed in Italics. The rest were absent.—Such as have a * prefixed to their names, were recognized at the former meeting of the court. The rest were not. Of course, most or all of those, whose names are placed after that of H. Latrobe, have been subpoenaed since the adjournment of the court.
Mr. Hay begged leave to mention, that he had nothing more to submit to the court, this day. It was his duty to furnish the accused with a list of the jurors, with their places of residence; and also of the witnesses. But there
were many of the witnesses, of whose places of residence he was completely ignorant; several had not appeared; many had been merely pointed out to him by the A. G. for the J. S. It was clearly impossible for him to make out those lists, before the day after to-morrow.
The Chief Justice enquired then to what day it would be proper to adjourn the Court. Mr. Hay could not positively state, by what day, he should be able to prepare his lists. Mr. Burr observed, that it was not very probable, he should avail himself of any privileges which he might derive from any delay which had occurred in the furnishing him with the list of the jurors; and therefore the court might adjourn itself to any day, which was convenient to the Attorney for the U. S. Neither was it probable that he should avail himself of any objections which might be made to the correctness of the names of the jurors or their places of residence, as stated in the list; unless certain circumstances might occur after the production of the list, on which he ought to found objections to it.
A short conversation then ensued upon the day of adjournment, when Mr. Burr observed that as such a measure would seem in some measure to depend upon his own consent, he should not hesitate to consent to an adjournment, provided it did not extend farther than Wednesday. Mr. Hay had no objection to that day.
Mr. Hay observed that it might be proper to have the names of the Jury also called over, though not to impannel them at present. It would be premature now to impannel them as the opposite counsel had not yet possessed a sufficient time to examine the list, and as the witnesses for the United States were not present.
The names of the Jurors were accordingly called.
The names of the Jurors summoned from Wood County to appear before the Judges of the Court of the U. S. for the fifth Circuit in the Virginia District, on the 3d day of August 1807, for the trial of Col. A. Burr.
Hezekiah Basky, Jacob Bresson, James G. Laidley, William Prince, James Henderson, Nimrod Saunders, James Compton, Thomas Creel, Hamilton Morrison, Anthony Buckner, Yates S. Conwell, David Creel.
Wood County, District of Virginia. JOSEPH SCOTT, Marshal.
List of Petit Jurors for May Circuit Term, 1807; Continued.
Names of the Jurors summoned from the body of the District of Virginia for the trial of Col. A. Burr. John Horace Upshaw, Essex. William Pope, Powhatan. Peyton Randolph, Richmond City. John Bowe, Hanover. John Roberts, Culpeper. Joshua Chaffin, Amelia. Jarvis Stotts, Henrico. Miles Selden, ditto. Lewis Truett, Hanover. William Yancey, Pittsylvania. Thomas Proffer, Henrico. John Staples, Albemarle. Edward C. Steward, Albemarle. Richard B. Goode, Chesterfield. Nathaniel Selden, Henrico. *Esme Smock, ditto. William Wardlaw, Richmond City. Richard E. Parker, Westmoreland. John W. Ellis, Hanover. Thomas Stark, ditto. William White, ditto. William B. Chamberlain, Henrico. David Lambert, Richmond City. Randolph Harrison, Cumberland. William Hoomes, Caroline. Overton Anderson, Richmond City. Hugh Mercer, Spottsylvania. David Bullock, Richmond City. Jerman Baker, Cumberland. *Edward Carrington, City Richmond. Robert Haskins, Chesterfield. William R. Fleming, Goochland. George W. Smith, Richmond City. Armistead T. Mason, Loudoun. Dabney Minor, Albemarle. William McDaniel, Stafford.
JOSEPH SCOTT, Marshal F. D.
Those whose names are marked with a * were absent: All the rest were present. Of course two only, were absent, out of the whole Venire. Mr. Hay then requested the marshal to deliver as soon as possible, a correct copy of this list to the opposite counsel.
Mr. Peyton Randolph enquired whether this was a proper opportunity for any man on that panel, to state his objections to the service. The Chief Justice replied, that it would be better to waive any objections, until the jury were about to be impannelled.
Mr. Hay wished such of the witnesses as had not appeared before, to be recognized as the others had been. And accordingly Messrs. Duncan, Nevill, McDowell and Peters were recognized by the clerk.
The deputy marshal was then about to adjourn the court; when Mr. Burr recalled to the recollection of the court the motion which he had made on a former occasion for a subpoena Duces Tecum addressed to the P. of the U. S. That motion had been partly complied with. He wished to know of the court, whether it was not a matter of right for him to obtain a subpoena duces tecum. If it was not he should then lay a specific motion before the court.
The Chief Justice did not believe it to be the practice in Virginia to obtain such a subpoena upon a mere application to the clerk. The motion must be brought before the court itself.
Mr. Hay would say nothing on this subject, until he understood the object of the application. If it was to obtain the letter which was not formerly furnished, he would inform the opposite counsel that he had it now among his papers and was ready to produce it.
Mr. Burr. That is one object of the application. Another is to obtain a certain communication from Gen. Eaton to the President of the U. S. which is mentioned in his deposition.
Mr. Hay was not certain whether he had that communication; but believed that it was among his papers. If it was there, he would certainly produce it.
Mr. Burr. But if after a search, the gentleman finds that he has not that paper, will he consent out of court to issue a subpoena to the President of the U. S. under the qualification I have mentioned? I wish not at the present exigency, to derange the affairs of the government, or to demand the presence of the Executive officers at this place. All that I want is, certain papers.
Mr. Hay could not consent to such a measure; he would rather that it should go thro' the regular process of the court.
Mr. Burr. Then, Sir, I shall move for a subpoena Duces Tecum to the President of the U. S. directing him to attend with certain papers. This subpoena will issue as in the former instance. I shall furnish the Clerk with a necessary specification of the paper, which I require.
The court was then adjourned till Wednesday 12 o'clock.
FOR THE ENQUIRER.
THE DESPERATE AND DEPLORABLE SITUATION OF ENGLAND.
A writer has at last appeared in England of sufficient talents to discover, and candour to unveil, some truths which demonstrate the deplorable, desperate situation of that country. He is the same person
who lately attempted to vindicate the maritime usages claimed by that nation, in opposition to the common laws of all mankind, and common rights of all other nations, entitled "War is Diquist." He has at length now opened his own eyes, but appears willing to afford equal rays of light to all other persons, in another work, entitled "The Danger of the Country." The whole work, extending to 142 pages of small print, deserves the serious consideration of every politician, as well as philosopher. There is scarcely a page which does not contain something important or interesting; and the whole exhibits a picture of that ill fated nation, which cannot fail even when our indignation is raised to an enthusiastic height, to excite our commiseration.
How truly deplorable is the interior of England, may be inferred from the following extract:
"There is indeed an attachment to the land that gave us birth, which depends on no elevated sentiments. For my part, I am not ashamed to avow a love for the very soil itself; a weakness which has made me shed tears at bidding it a long adieu, which has made me view it with transport at my return, independently of the thought of any national object of attachment comprised in the endearing name of country. I blush not to confess that in a distant climate, the expectation of death has been embittered by the thought that my dust would not mingle with my native soil. But the patriotism that deserves the name, is composed of nobler elements. It is a filial sense of honored duty, animated by fervor for all that is noble and great, by affection for all that is excellent and amiable in the society to which we belong. It looks back on the dignity of our ancestors, it looks round on the wise and beneficent institution, the mild and equitable laws, the freedom, the happiness, the virtue by which the social edifice is adorned; till glowing with a generous ardor, it exclaims, this is my beloved country! I received it from my fathers; I will defend it with my blood; I will transmit it unimpaired to my children!"
"If such patriotic feelings are at this awful moment peculiarly seasonable and important, let them not be chilled with the sad reflection, that this beloved country is polluted by the most horrid and barba-
rous crimes, that though dear to ourselves, she is a curse to a great portion of the globe; that her wealth generates, and her power maintains a great mass of human wretchedness and guilt, than even the pestilent ambition of France, perhaps than all the other political crimes of the age."
"If the conduct of the British government, and her Dundasses, Cochrans, Whitbys, Humphreys and other pestilent and infernal scoundrels, has not regard the last of her admirers, of their mistaken censure and zeal; if there yet remains an inflated, partial American, who would rejoice to see his country crouch to British insolence and injustice, let him countervail if he can, these plain confessions, these voluntary declarations of a writer whose ardent attachment to that country, and whose lamentations over her miserable destiny can neither be doubted nor mislaid. If George the third, all maligning, stupid and obstinate as he is, should retain cast his eyes upon these quotations, and retain one drop of the milk of human kindness in his bosom, he will surely, at that fateful moment, order the sword of desolation and wretchedness to be sheathed for ever. He will stop the effusion of human blood. He will dry up the tears of the care-worn and war-worn world, and will call his heralds to proclaim far and wide, PEACE, PEACE."
Yet if George & the demons, who are his confidential counsellors and agents, shall shut their ears against the admonitions of truth and justice; if the nation is too heavily enchain'd to stand erect and break her chains, then it will behoove all other nations to withhold and interdict with miserable country, all further intercourse; not only to deny to them the common privileges of civilization, but to shut their ports, and repel them from their bays, rivers, anchorages and coasts. Great Britain has pretended to a pre-eminence, an audacious pre-eminence over all other nations! And will the other nations tolerate a complication of crimes, of insolence, of injustice, connected with such internal misery, as to have excited their eloquent denunciations? Will they longer open their ports and arms to those "wicked wealth generates, and whose power maintains a greater mass of human wretchedness and guilt, than all the other political crimes of the age?"
Oh no! we have been compelled to draw the sword of defence. It is now brandished with defiance. Every bosom is animated with feelings which can be appreciated only by those, who unite a love of liberty with a love of country; and we will support no other intercourse with those who have polluted their own country by the most horrid and barbarous crimes. Who have by their nefarious conduct rendered the British nation a curse to a large portion of other nations."
Harsh and distasteful as this language may be to the ear of a Briton, he must bear it, not merely because it is the language of truth, The Britons must bear more, they must prepare their minds to hear that their native land will be interdicted by the civilized world, that all other nations will form a social and federative compact, not merely to support the freedom of the seas, but to treat that nation as pirates and freebooters, unless they will, speedily make reparation for past injuries and give ample securities and assurances that they will become a party to the social and philanthropic league, and consent that the Ocean shall be free and that the American colours shall protect, not only the Vessel, but every person and every thing which a Vessel wearing those colours shall contain."
A Virginian.
This morning we were gratified by the return of our friends and fellow-citizens, the company of Cavalry, commanded by Captain Sheppard—in good health and spirits. They were welcomed by several public characters, the volunteer companies, in military style, and, after passing the customary salutes upon the Capitol Square, were discharged amid the joyous acclamations of a great concourse of people.
We are informed that, in consequence of a letter received from the President of the U. S. the Governor of this commonwealth, with the advice of Council, has directed all the militia now on service at Norfolk and Hampton to be immediately disbanded; except one company of Artillery, under the command of Capt. Nesbitt, and Capt. Robert B. Taylor's Troop of Cavalry; the former of which is to be stationed at Norfolk, and trained to the management of Artillery by the use of the guns at Fort Norfolk; the latter to be on duty in the vicinity of Lynnhaven Bay, for the purpose of watching the motions of the British squadron, and enforcing the President's proclamation. We farther learn that the Executive have thought proper to call out a company of Infantry from the County of Princess Anne, to assist the Cavalry in performing this service; and that Major Thomas Newton, Jr. is appointed Commander of the whole; a Brigadier General being appointed necessary for the command of so small a detachment. It appears therefore that General Mathews will not continue in employment.
Argus.
At a numerous meeting of the citizens of Hanover county, convened agreeably to previous notice, at the court house, on Wednesday the 22d of July, 1807, for taking into consideration the conduct of the British ships of war on the coasts, and in the harbors of the U. S.
Hardin Burnley, Esq. unanimously appointed Chairman.
William Pollard, Esq. unanimously appointed Secretary.
Messrs. Nathaniel Pope, William Brockenbrough, William D. Pope, Richard Morris, Jr., Samuel Richardson, Thomas Pollard, William Nelson, Jr. and Humphrey Brooke, and Gen. Thomas White, Col. Parke Goodall, Maj. John Bowe, Captains James F. Price, John Thornton, Jr. and Bathurst Jones, were
appointed a committee for drafting resolutions, expressive of the sense of the meeting, who withdrew, and after the absence of about one hour, reported the following preamble, and resolutions which were read, and on the question being put by the chairman, were unanimously adopted by the meeting:
Although the citizens of Hanover now convened, are conscious themselves, of the purity of the motives and principles which will influence them, in the measures and resolutions they are about to adopt, yet a deference to the opinions of mankind, seems to require an explanation of the circumstances and causes, which at this juncture under an expression of the public sentiment so important.
Ever since the establishment of our Independence, Great Britain, viewing with a jealous eye, the rising commercial greatness of these United States, has uniformly manifested towards us, a spirit the most illiberal, and a conduct the most hostile. The evidence of this illiberality and hostility, though numerous, we shall endeavour summarily to unfold. She has in open violation of an article contained in the treaty of 1783, carried away property belonging to the citizens of the United States, to an inestimable amount. She has in contravention of another article in the same treaty, forcibly detained for more than ten years, several important fortresses belonging to the U. S. She has, whilst in the illegal possession of those fortresses more than once, brought upon the defenceless inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian savages, whose known rules of warfare is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions. She has by her nefarious parties involved us in a war with those savages, in which the bodies of eight hundred of our fellow citizens have manured the fields of the Miami, and their blood dyed the tributary streams of the Ohio. She has by an order of her executive council, in June, 1793, commanded her ships of war to capture and carry into her ports American vessels, laden with provisions, and destined to the ports of France; and although our situation in this particular, was somewhat ameliorated by the treaty of 1794, yet by subsequent regulations, she has swelled the list of contraband articles, that the consequences to our commerce, have been nearly as deleterious as those we experienced under the provision order. She has continued the improvement of our seamen to such an alarming extent, that in the year 1803 it appeared by a report made by the Secretary of State to the President of the United States, that more than 3,000 American Seamen were then confined on board the British navy. She has declared most of the ports of her numerous enemies, in a state of blockade, and although no real blockade has ever been commenced, she has inhibited the American and other neutral vessels, an entry into those, under the penalty of confiscation! She has murdered an American citizen within the waters and jurisdiction of the United States, and after a pretended trial of the officer who perpetrated that murder, she has added insult to injury, by promoting the murderer to the command of a 74 Gun Ship. Arrogant from long impunity, and the disposition for peace manifested by three successive administrations, and irritated with our federal Executive for the rejection of a treaty which contained no stipulation for the security of our seamen, and their exemption from future impressments; she has at length perpetrated an act, infinitely derogatory to our national honor and independence, and which if suffered to escape with impunity, will fix an indelible stain upon the American character. An American frigate failed in the month of June last, from the port of Norfolk, destined for the Mediterranean, for the purpose of restraining the piratical depredations of the Barbary Corsairs, in the success of which all the civilized nations of the world were deeply interested. The cause of humanity in which she was engaged, if her national flag was insufficient, ought to have procured her a passport through the world. Unprepared for action with, because she was suspicious of danger from the ships of Great Britain, with whom we were connected by a treaty of amity and commerce, this American frigate, in the waters and jurisdiction of the United States, is attacked by a British ship of superior force, and by broad sides cruelly repeated, even after her surrender, is entirely disabled, and a number of her crew are inhumanly murdered; and to complete this scene of national degradation, from the balance of the crew (compelled by a British Lieutenant to parade on the deck, full facing with the blood of their comrades, and answer to the call of their own roll) four native American citizens are dragged on board a British ship of war. After insults and injuries like these, forbearance would be cowardice, and submission, treason against the constitution we have sworn to support.
Resolved, Therefore, That it is with emotions of indignation and just resentment, that we, the citizens of Hanover, now convened, have heard of the late wanton and pullanimum attack made by the British ship Leopard, upon the American frigate Chesapeake, within the jurisdictional limits and waters of the United States; an act which we consider not only as an infraction of the existing law of nations, but a gross violation of the laws of hospitality, accompanied with circumstances of inhumanity and perfidy, unworthy the head of a civilized nation, and to which we cannot submit without a total prostration of our national honor and independence.
Resolved, That altho' we are sensible of the many benefits derived to our country from a state of peace, which we know how to appreciate and deprecate—greatly deprecate the calamities incident to a state of war; yet war with all its concomitant horrors, we shall not hesitate to prefer to a fallacious security, an insidious, and consequently, a dishonorable peace.
Resolved, That we will, most cordially, co-operate with the rest of our patriotic fellow-citizens throughout the union, in the execution of such measures of either offence or defence, as the president and congress of the U. S. in their wisdom and patriotism, may deem it expedient, in the present crisis to adopt, and that for the defence and preservation of our national rights and independence, we pledge to the constituted authorities of our country, our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.
Resolved,"> Resolved, As the opinion of this meeting, that no renunciation or disavowal by the British government, of the act perpetrated by the Capt. of the Leopard, will, or ought to be admissible or satisfactory, unless the officer, who in the perpetration of that act of piracy and murder, shall be surrendered up for trial to the federal judiciary of this country; to which, by the law of nations, he is and ought to be amenable, and unless also, the means forcibly taken from on board the Chesapeake shall be restored, and ample reparation made for the damages sustained in consequence of the attack made on that frigate; but upon this, as upon all other national subjects, we will submit to a decision by the president and congress of the U. S. to whom it belongs to adjust our national differences, and to direct to their proper objects, the resources and energies of the nation.
Resolved, That the prompt and energetic measures adopted by the citizens of Norfolk, Portsmouth and Hampton, and the brave, generous and patriotic efforts of Majors Thomas Starke, John Ambler, John Randolph and of Captains Sheppard, Richardson and Randolph of Richmond; of Captain Heth, of Manchester; of Captain Robinson, of Petersburg; of Captains White, Thornton, Davis and Goodwin, of Hanover, and the officers and soldiers under their command, who voluntarily marched or offered to march, for the defence and protection of Norfolk and Hampton, meet with our most decided approbation, and are entitled to our highest applause; and we are persuaded, that whilst such a spirit of generous exertion and exalted patriotism shall continue to pervade and animate the American bosom, our liberties will rest on a basis the most solid and permanent, and we may bid defiance to all aggressions, whether foreign or domestic.
Resolved, That the aforementioned committee, any eight of whom may act, be appointed and constituted a committee of correspondence for this county.
Resolved, That the chairman cause a copy of these proceedings to be inserted in one or more public newspapers in the city of Richmond, and enclose another copy thereof, to the President of the U. S. and one other to the chairman of the corresponding committee of the city of Richmond.
Resolved, That the thanks of the meeting be given to the chairman, for his able, impartial and upright performance of his duty.
The committee also reported an address to the President of the U. S. which being read, was, on the question being put, unanimously adopted, as the sense of the meeting, which address is as follows:
Hanover County, Virginia, July 22d, 1807. To the President of the United States.
Sir, We, the citizens of Hanover county, having been informed of the outrage committed by the British ship of war Leopard, on the American frigate Chesapeake, and being assembled at the Court-house, on the court day of our county, and in consequence of notice publicly given, think it a duty which we owe to ourselves and our country, to express to you the great astonishment and deep indignation which we feel at conduct so arrogant and so insulting. We profess not to be acquainted with all the details which led to this eventful catastrophe, but we know that native citizens of America have been illegally demanded; that others have been cruelly murdered, and that our flag has been wantonly insulted. These are facts which cannot be questioned, and are sufficient to excite in us, those just emotions of resentful indignation which freemen must feel. That the national rights of neutrals, should be protected by their flag, is a principle so deeply rooted in reason, and firmly established in practice, that we are at a loss to see how any civilized nation can question the one, or would countenance the other. But that Great Britain, whose pride is in her navy, and whose safety depends in a great measure on the conduct of those who have the direction of it; that Great Britain acknowledged to be well acquainted with the law of nations, and particularly that side of it which relates to maritime jurisdiction; that she should be the champion to support through blood and murder, the violation of that principle, would be to us incomprehensible indeed, did we not recollect how apt she is, in her pride of power and forgetfulness of right, to trample upon the rights of others. If the unlawful demand made on the Chesapeake, and the assassination which followed it, could be ascribed to individuals: the British government being answerable for the acts of all persons engaged in its service, would then be subject to our just resentment and indignation; but it might perhaps find some shadow of apology in the ignorance or wickedness of those who were concerned in those base transactions. We speak of this outrage as of governmental authority, and how can we view it any other light, when we recollect the long series of injuries and insults, which the commanders of British vessels have habitually practised on our commerce, not only on the high seas, but within the jurisdiction of the U. S. we cannot ascribe it to individuals, but are constrained to look to a higher power for its source. A review of the black catalogue of aggressions which we have suffered, forces upon us the inevitable conclusion that they must have originated in a deep rooted enmity to, and jealousy of the prosperity and prospects of these U. S. Believing this to be the fact, and knowing as we do, that the people of America will never surrender their rights, but with their lives, we look forward to the most serious consequences. We regret that such should be the conduct of that ill fated nation, as to call us from our peaceful abodes. We deprecate war, because we are sensible of the horrors which surround it. The citizens who now address you, have been among the foremost to approve the wise, mild measures, which have been pursued by our government, to preserve us in peace, on the basis of an honorable neutrality, and will not be the last to avenge the violation of it. In whatever way this business may eventuate, we have the consolation to believe that it will have one good effect. It will prove to the world a fact, which had it been sufficiently known abroad in time, would probably have prevented the occurrence of this very case; that the people of America are but one, and that however they may differ about their own domestic affairs, or those even of a wider range, they are always ready to unite in asserting their rights and vindicating their national honor. We deplore the loss of our revolutionary heroes, who fell in the field of battle, or have been since taken away by the hand of time; but we have the consolation to know that they have left behind them a hardy race of sons, who will prove to their enemies and to the world, that they are worthy of the rich inheritance bequeathed to them by their fathers. We request you, Sir, to accept the assurances of our high confidence in the functions of our government, and this as a pledge to you and to the world, of all that freemen can hold dear; that we will support with all our energies, whatever measures our government may think proper to pursue.
Resolved, That these proceedings be signed by the chairman, on behalf of the meeting, and attached by the secretary.
HARDIN BURNLEY, Chairman. WILLIAM POLLARD, Secretary.
FOR LONDON, FROM NEW COOPER FASTERED SHIP, POWHATAN. WILLIAM COTTLE, MASTER, Burthen about 500 Tons. Tobacco. SHE is daily expected at City Point. Having part of her cargo already engaged, she will take the balance on moderate freight. For terms, apply to Mr. Edmund W. Roote, Richmond, or NASH & MURKOE, Petersburg. August 4.
MANCHESTER TURNPIKE COMPANY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT an adjournment of the general meeting of Stock Holders has been made to the first Monday in next month; when it is expected the members, generally, will attend, either in person or by Attorney duly qualified to act for them. JAS. BRANDER, C. K. August 3.
TO RENT. For a term of years, or for one year, A VALUABLE FARM, in the upper end of Hanover county, and at present in the occupancy of John Hay Esq. containing 250 acres.—There are perhaps few Tracts of Land, that combine more advantages than this; it is well adapted to the cultivation of corn, wheat and Tobacco; has a full proportion of the first qualified meadow Land upon it, and lies within 30 miles of the city of Richmond. The uncommon healthiness of the situation, the nature of the soil, the happy proportion of wood, arable and grass lands, together with its vicinity to the best market in the country, all serve to render it worthy the attention of any industrious farmer, who may wish to settle himself in this way for life, as it may be obtained for any term of years. The buildings are sufficient for the accommodation of a small family and for all plantation purposes. The premises will be shown by the present occupant, and the terms made known, upon application to the subscriber residing in the county of Orange. DABNEY MINOR. August 6.
On the first Saturday in September next, will be sold, on the premises, to the highest bidder, that valuable TRACT OF LAND.
FORMERLY the property of Owen Lewis, dec'd. situated in the county of Albemarle, on Toteer Creek, three miles below the town of Warren.—This Land is well adapted to the culture of tobacco, wheat and corn; has on it an excellent dwelling-house, with other necessary out-houses; also, a valuable apple orchard, &c. One third of the purchase money to be paid on the first day of May, 1808, the balance in two annual payments. Bonds with approved security, and also a deed of trust on the land will be required from the purchaser. A title will be made to the purchaser on the day of sale, by the 1st. Legatee. August 4.
HOSE persons having claims against the estate of the late Lewis Harvey, are requested to bring them forward for settlement. EDWIN JAMES HARVIE, Ex'or. August 4.

Of the comparative power and expense of ships of war, gun-boats and fortifications.
The natural defence by men is common to all nations; but artificial defence as an auxiliary to human strength, must be adapted to the local condition and circumstances of a country. What may be suitable to one country, or in one state of circumstances, may not be so in another.
The United States have a long line of coast of more than two thousand miles, every part of which requires defence, because every part is approachable by water.
The right principle for the United States to go upon as a water defence for the coast is, that of combining the greatest practical power with the least possible bulk, that the whole quantity of power may be better distributed through the several parts of such an extensive coast.
The power of a ship of war is altogether in the number and size of the guns she carries, for the ship itself has no power. Ships cannot struggle with each other like animals; and besides this, as half their guns are on one side the ship and half on the other, and as she can only use the guns on one side at a time, her real power is only equal to half her number of guns. A seventy-four can use only thirty-seven guns. She must tack about to bring the other half into action, and while she is doing this she is defenceless and exposed.
As this is the case with ships of war, a question naturally arises, whether, if we had a fleet of seventy-four guns, or any other number, cannot be more effectually employed, and that with much less expense, than by putting them all into one ship of such enormous bulk that it cannot approach a shore either to defend it or attack it; and though the ship can change its place, the whole number of guns can be only in one place at a time, and only half that number can be used at a time.
This is a true statement of the case between ships of war and gun-boats for the defence of a coast and of towns situated near a coast. But the case often is, that men are led away by the greatness of an idea and not by the justness of it. This is always the case with those who are advocates for navies and large ships.
A gun-boat carrying as heavy metal as a ship of one hundred guns can carry, is a one gun-ship of the line; and seventy-four of them, which would cost much less than 74 gun-ship would cost, would be able to blow a 74 gun-ship out of the water. They have, in the use of their boats, double the power of the ship, that is, they have the use of their whole number of guns.
Having thus stated the general outlines of the subject, I come to particulars.
That I might have correct data to go upon with respect to the expense of ships and gun-boats, I wrote to the head of one of the departments at Washington for information on that subject.
The following is the answer I received.
"Calculating the cost of a 74 or 100 gun ship, from the actual cost of the ship United States of 44 guns, built at Philadelphia, between the years 1795 and 1798, which amounted to 300,000 dollars, it may be presumed that a 74 gun ship would cost 500,000 dollars and a 100 gun ship 700,000 dollars."
"Gun-boats calculated merely for the defence of harbors and rivers will, on an average, cost about 40,000 dollars each when fit to receive the crew and provisions."
On the data here given I proceed to state comparative calculations respecting ships and gun-boats.
The ship United States, cost 300,000 dollars. Gun-boats cost 40,000 dollars each, consequently the 500,000 dollars expended on the ship for the purpose of getting the use of 44 guns, and those not heavy metal, would have built twenty-five gun-boats each carrying a cannon of the same weight of metal that a ship of an hundred guns can carry. The difference therefore is, that the gun-boats give the use of 31 guns heavy metal, more than can be obtained by the ship and the expenses in both cases equal.
A 74 gun ship cost 500,000 dollars. This same money will build 125 gun-boats. The gain by gun-boats is the use of 51 guns more than can be obtained by expending the money on a ship of 74 guns.
The cost of an 100 gun ship is 700,000 dollars. This money will build 175 gun-boats. The gain, therefore, by the boats is the use of 75 guns more than by the ship.
Though I had a general impression ever since I had knowledge of gun-boats, that any sum of money would go farther in building gun-boats than in building ships of war, and that gun-boats were preferable to ships for home defence; I did not suppose the difference was so great as the calculations above given prove them to be, for it is almost double in favour of gun-boats. It is as 175 to 100. The cause of this difference is easily explained.
The fact is, that all that part of the expense in building a ship from the keel upward, including mast, yards and rigging is saved by building gun-boats which are moved by oars, or a light tail occasionally.
The difference also in point of repairs between ships of war and gun-boats is not only great but is greater in proportion than in their first cost. The repairs of ships of war are annually from 1-14 to 1-19 of their first cost. The annual expense of the repairs of a ship that cost 300,000 dollars will be above 21,000 dollars; the greatest part of this expense is in her fails and rigging, which gun-boats are free from.
The difference also in point of duration is great. Gun-boats, when not in use, can be put under shelter and preserved from the weather, but ships cannot—or the boats can be sunk in the water or the mud. This is the way the nuts of cider mills for grinding apples are preserved. Were they to be exposed to the dry and hot air after coming wet from the mill they would crack and split and be good for nothing. But timber under water will continue sound several hundred years, provided there be no worms.
Another advantage in favor of gun-boats is the expedition with which a great number of them can be built at once. An hundred may be built as soon as one, if there are hands enough to set about them separately. They do not require the preparation for building them that ships require, nor deep water to launch them in. They can be built on the shore of shallow waters; or they might be framed in the woods or forests and the parts brought separately down and put together on the shore. But ships take up a long time building. The ship United States took up two whole years, '95 and '97 and part of the years '95 and '98, and all this for the purpose of getting the use of 44 guns and those not heavy metal. This foolish affair was not in the days of the present administration.
Ships and gun-boats are for different services. Ships are for distant expeditions; gun-boats for home defence. The one for the ocean; the other for the shore.
Gun-boats being moved by oars cannot be deprived of motion by calms, for the calmer the weather, the better for the boat. But a hostile ship becalmed in any of our waters, can be taken by gun-boats moved by oars, let the rate of the ship be what it may. A 100 gun ship of war becalmed is like a giant in a dead paralysis. Every little fellow can kick him.
The United States ought to have 500 gun-boats stationed in different parts of the coast, each carrying a thirty-two or thirty-six pounder. Hostile ships would not then venture to lie within our waters, were it only for the certainty of becoming sometimes becalmed. They would then become prizes, and the insulting bullets on the ocean become prisoners in our own waters.
Having thus stated the comparative powers and expense of ships of war and gun-boats, I come to speak of fortifications.
Fortifications may be comprehended under two general heads.
First, fortified towns, that is, towns enclosed within a fortified polygon, of which there are many on the continent of Europe, but not any in England.
Secondly, simple forts and batteries. These are not formed on the regular principles of fortification, that is, they are not formed for the purpose of standing a siege as a fortified polygon. They are for the purpose of obstructing or annoying the progress of an enemy by land or water.
Batteries are formidable in defending narrow passes by land; such as the passage of a bridge, or of a road cut through a rough and craggy mountain that cannot be passed any where else. But they are not formidable in defending water passes, because a ship with a brisk wind & tide & running at the rate of ten miles an hour, will be out of the reach of the fire of the battery in fifteen or twenty minutes, and being a swift moving object all the time, it would be a mere chance that any shot struck her.
When the object of a ship is that of passing a battery for the purpose of attacking or destroying some other object, it is not customary with the ship to fire at the battery left it should disturb her course. Three or four men are kept on deck to attend the helm, and the rest having nothing to do, go below. Duckworth in passing the Dardanelles up to Constantinople did not fire at the batteries.
When batteries for the defence of water passes can be erected without any great expense, and the men not exposed to capture, it may be very proper to have them. They may keep off small piratical vessels, but they are not to be trusted for defence.
Fortifications give, in general, a delusive idea of protection. All our principal losses in the revolutionary war were occasioned by trusting to fortifications. Fort Washington with a garrison of 2500 men, was taken in less than four hours and the men prisoners of war. The same fate had befallen Fort Lee on the opposite shore, if Gen. Greene had not moved hastily off and gained Hackinack bridge. General Lincoln fortified Charleston S. C. and himself and his army were made prisoners of war. Gen. Washington began fortifying New-York in '76, Gen. Howe passed up the East river, landed his army at Frog's Point about 20 miles above the city and marched down upon it, and had not General Washington stole silently and suddenly off on the north river side of York Island, himself and his army had also been prisoners. Trust not to fortifications, otherwise than as batteries that can be abandoned at discretion.
The case however is that batteries, as a water defence against the passage of ships cannot do much. Were any given number of guns to be put in a battery for that purpose, and an equal number of the same weight of metal put in gun-boats for the same purpose, those in the boats would be more effectual than those in the battery. The reason for this is obvious. A battery is stationary. Its fire is limited to about two miles, and there its power ceases. But every gun-boat moved by oars is a moveable fortification that can follow up its fire and change its place and its position as circumstances may require. And besides this, gun-boats in calms are the sovereign of ships.
As this matter interests the public, and most probably will come before congress at its next meeting, if the printers in any of the states, after publishing it in their newspapers, have a mind to publish it in a pamphlet form, together with my former piece on gun-boats, they have my consent freely. I take neither copy right nor profit for any thing I publish.
COMMON SENSE.
The following article is copied from the National Intelligencer.—We cannot doubt the source from which it emanates. It breathes the spirit of our government, and points out with a precision unequalled, the consequent results to this country, in the event of a war with Great Britain:
"The crisis in our affairs has been met with a proper temper and an honorable decision. There is no American who has not felt the indignity offered to his country, and who has not boldly avowed his preference of war to abject submission.—Such are the feelings we had reason to expect from the hearts of freemen and Americans. Their love of peace may have been mistaken abroad, and have been ascribed to pusillanimous fears of danger; but at home there is no man, who does not know that it has arisen from a spirit of benevolence and a dispassionate conviction of the best interests of the nation. It remains, perhaps, for us to demonstrate this fact to an unbelieveing world."
"That the spirit of Americans is invincible, if disputed, will be proved. The dangers it has encountered and repelled—which are the noblest monuments of our glory—are pledges that we will maintain our liberties with as much valor as was exerted in their acquisition. In our revolutionary contest our present happiness and national elevation was little more than the dream of philosophy."
"If then a whole people submitted to the hardships and sufferings of a seven years' war to attain an uncertain good, what limit shall we oppose to that fortitude or active courage which shall be called forth to maintain not only a great and certain good, but the greatest blessings ever enjoyed by human beings? We may boldly affirm that there is no sacrifice of personal ease and emolument, and no exertion within the physical power of the nation, that will not be made with alacrity. This undaunted spirit is the basis on which the measures taken on our part will rest. But while it is our only positive security against that injustice and despotism that know no other measure for right than force, and while it is cherished as the sacred shield of our rights, there are other considerations of high interest, deserving of our attention, and equally deserving the attention of our enemies."
"Should Britain refuse to redress our wrongs, it will become a wise government and an intelligent people, to husband with all the economy in their power, the national resources, by adopting those measures which shall in the highest degree combine our own security with the injury done to our enemy. Let us strike at those points in which she is most vulnerable, and guard those from her assault in which we are most exposed."
"The war waged between the U. States and Great Britain will be of a peculiar kind. After a very short period, there will cease to be any considerable conflict of arms except on the ocean. The British possessions in the continent will soon fall, and the West-Indies be commercially lost to Britain. They must be either our friends or our enemies—if the former, their intercourse with Britain will be at an end; if the latter, we shall starve them, if not fight them into submission. On the ocean the British navy will be balanced by the swarms of cruisers fitted out from our ports. Every merchant vessel will be converted into a letter of marque and reprisal. We shall consequently have no trade on the ocean to reward the cupidity of our enemy; while her vast and ramified commerce will be the victim of our privateers. The system of convoys will afford her but a feeble, and a totally inadequate protection."
"Hostilities once commenced between the two nations, a great change will be soon effected in the belligerent powers. Russia, and all those powers who ordinarily embark in her contests, will discern their true policy, too distinctly not to pursue it. France will see the policy of offering them terms which they will in all probability eagerly accept, the more especially from the cessation of British tribute, the sources of which will be dried up by a war with us. The ardent and ascendant ambition of Russia to rise to a maritime importance will be unfolded. She will become the open ally, or secret friend of America, not more interested than herself in curbing the naval superiority of Britain, and in establishing neutral rights on a broad and just footing."
"The combined navies of Russia, France, Spain, Sweden, Turkey and America, if not equal to, will at least give full employment to the British navy. She will no longer be able to distribute her strength in convoys, without exposing herself to great injury, if not irretrievable ruin. The allies will concentrate their strength either in a single fleet, or in a few squadrons of considerable force, which will require the undivided strength and the unceasing vigilance of Britain to keep in check."
"What will then be the situation of her commerce? It will be at the mercy of our privateers; at the mercy of an enterprize, a hardihood, and a valor, which we have already shown to be unsurpassed, if not unequalled."
"We have seen enough to equip seven hundred respectable privateers. Supposing that each of these took only four vessels a year, valued at 15,000 dollars, we are presented with an aggregate of forty-two millions of dollars, which exceeds the amount of our annual consumption of foreign goods."
"Such would be the loss to our enemy. What would be her gain? The capture of a few privateers, generally to much disabled before they were taken, as to be of little worth."
"From open hostilities then, it is apparent, we have little to apprehend."
"A prosecution of the subject will show that the incidental and necessary effects of war upon us will be much less injurious than on Britain."
"To prove this, we shall examine its effects on the pursuits of the inhabitants of the two nations—on national wealth—and on their political condition."
Miscellany.
GEN. BOWLES.
We have in our possession an account of the life of the celebrated W. A. Bowles, from his first entering the Creek nation, until a short time previous to his seizure, and being delivered up to the Spaniards—written by one of his companions, who is now engaged in finishing the narrative. As conspiracies and treason at present agitate the mind of the American people, this work, which fully develops the views of Bowles, as well as the Spanish agents, will be read with no inconsiderable interest. When the work is ready for the press it will be announced.
DIED at Martinique, 2d June, Madame Delapagerie, mother of her Majesty the Empress & Queen of France and Italy, aged 71. Her remains were interred with great pomp, in which all the civil, ecclesiastical and military bodies assisted. On the 17th the funeral service was celebrated throughout the colony on the event.
FITZWHYLSONN & POTTER, Have just received from London, a large supply of STATIONARY, which, with the stock formerly on hand, makes up an extensive assortment of
WRITING Paper, for blank Books, of all sizes, and of the very first quality, Various kinds of foolscap and letter Paper, Hot-pressed post, gilt and plain, Elegant embossed and plain visiting Cards, Drawing Books, Pencils and Water-Colors, Genuine Writing, Marking and Copying Ink, Fresh Quills, Sealing-Wax and Wafers, Chessmen and playing Cards, IMPROVED GLOBES, Excellent Pen-knives, A large collection of Music, Fashionable Paper-hangings, &c. &c. Their stock of Day-Books, Journals and Ledgers, and of other blank Books, for County Courts, Sheriffs, and private Gentlemen, is very extensive, and warranted of the best materials. They have also an assortment of School-Books, of approved editions, and some esteemed works on the different subjects of Law, Physic, Divinity and Miscellaneous Literature. May 15. law3m.
FOR SALE,
THE TAN-YARD in this place, formerly occupied by Wm. Hamby, which is now in good repair, with every improvement necessary to carry on the business extensively. The stock in said yard which is now in full operation, would be sold also, so that a purchaser would have an opportunity of commencing the business under every advantage the situation is capable of.
A very liberal credit will be given for both the yard and stock, on receiving satisfactory security for the payment of the purchase money, for terms apply to John Cunningham & Co. Richmond, or to JOHN & E. CUNNINGHAM. Carterville, June 18.
Also for sale or rent: A convenient BRICK LUMBER-HOUSE, situated on the bank of the basin, particularly adapted to the early reception and storage of flour, &c. For this property a liberal credit will be given if sold, on receiving satisfactory security for the payment of the purchase money, or it may be rented on easy terms and immediate possession obtained, by applying as applying as above. Carterville June 20. oaw1f.
TO RENT,
For three or five years: THAT valuable TANNARD of the late Mr. Jacob Bockius, and now occupied by the Subscriber situated on the Main-Street of this city, between the Capitol and Basin of the canal, its conveniences are superior to any other in this place. A large Curing Shop, Cellar and drying loft, a spacious Bark-House, two Bark Mills and Houses, a Beam House and every other requisite for the tanning of from 2 to 3000 hides a year, exclusive of skins: Also on the same tenement a convenient DWELLING HOUSE, Kitchen, Smoke House, Stable and Garden, the renter may be accommodated with about one hundred cords of excellent red and black oak Bark, now in the Bark House at a fair price. Proposals for the above will be received by the subscriber. Bond with approved security will be required, and possession given of the whole, except a few of the vats, on the first of September next. The reason assigned for offering the foregoing property for rent, is the ill state of health of the Subscriber to pay that attention the business requires. MILRCUS ELCAN. April 3. law1f.
A PROPOSITION.
AN interest in a law suit, now depending in the Superior Court of Chancery, holden in the City of Richmond, will be given in exchange for good Western Lands. By addressing a letter to A. B. Williamsburg, further information may be received. The fact above alluded to, has for its object, the recovery of a large sum of money. The gift of the action is a deed of trust, in which five brick and one wooden houses &c. (situate in this city) are conveyed. Some complexity attends the cause—but the ultimate success of a final recovery, depends merely upon a first application to its prosecution. N. B. For the next ensuing 8 or 10 days, any enquiry in writing, left at the Post-Office, in this place, (directed as above,) will meet attention. June 10, oaw2m.
LANDS FOR SALE.
The subscriber wishing to remove to the western country, OFFERS for sale 550 acres of LAND, in the county of Cumberland, on Rocky-Creek, a branch of Willis's river. This Land is of good quality, lies well, and only eight miles from navigable water at the town of Cairo. 200 acres are cleared 150 of which is fresh and in good order for cropping; the greater part of the remainder, prime tobacco Land. One third of the purchase money, will be required in hand, the balance in one and two years; or Negroes, in payment for the whole would be preferred. On this Land there are several barns, tobacco houses, &c. mostly new. For terms apply to JNO. C. PAGE. July 21. ea2m.
WINES, &c.
PORT, CLARET & ST. GEORGE'S WINE, in bottles, and a constant supply of— BOTTLED PORTER, ALE & CYDER, CYDER, —FOR SALE BY— D. J. BURR. Also:—A consignment of good Northern CHEESE. July 8. law5w.
TOBACCO LAND FOR SALE.
In Amherst County, on Horsley's Creek—500 acres of RICH TOBACCO LAND, formerly the property of Mr. Daniel Warwick, and known by the name of Wincanton. This Land has the advantage of lying on the main road leading from Amherst Court-House to Waugh's Ferry, on James-River, is a valuable stand for a country Store, with a framed house for that purpose, and sufficiently large, having two rooms below and two above stairs, with a good brick chimney and well-underpinned with brick. Also, a Lumber-House, fifteen feet square, with a cellar of its full size, walled up with stone. There is also a Taylor and Saddler's Shop, and other out Houses. Likewise a tolerable good Dwelling-House, with three Rooms below and two above stairs, a Kitchen, Dairy, and other out Houses within a mile of the Store, suitable for a private family. This Tract of Land is only seven miles from Bethel, where there is an infirmary of Tobacco, and within eighteen miles of Lynchburg. As it is presumed no person will be inclined to purchase without viewing the premises; they will be shown by Messrs. Taliaferro and Loring, who live within a few miles of Wincanton, and are fully empowered to make sale, and the terms of payment may be known from them, as also on application to THOMAS GILLIAT. Richmond, June 20. tf.
The above Tract of Land and improvements will be offered for sale at Amherst Court-House, on Monday the 17th day of August next, (being court day,) on a credit of one, two and three years, if punctually paid, if not, to carry interest from day of sale. A deed of trust will be required on the premises or satisfactory security for punctual payment. N. B. There are 100 acres of James-River Low-Grounds.
NOTICE.
THE debtors to the late firm of GILLIAT and KIRBY, are hereby informed that Thomas Gilliat alone is empowered to receive payment of all the debts due to that concern. All persons having demands against them, are requested to apply to Thomas Gilliat, and those indebted to the firm, are earnestly requested to come forward without delay and discharge their respective debts. For JOHN GILLIAT, AND SELF, THOMAS GILLIAT, JAMES KIRBY. ep3m. May 29.
NOTICE.
ALL persons having claims against the estate of JOHN M'CREADIE, dec'd. or of GEORGE M'CREADIE, dec'd. are desired to call on the subscriber for settlement, who is duly authorized as administrator of the former and executor of the latter: and all persons indebted to either of the said estates, are requested to make immediate payment. July 17. J. PENN. ep4w.
ROCKINGHAM SPRINGS, VIRGINIA,
The subscribers have opened a HOUSE OF ENTERTAINMENT, at the Rockingham Springs, about four miles from Harrisonburg and two from Kesell's-Town,
WHERE they will use their best endeavors to render the place comfortable to such as may think proper to visit it. For two years past, these springs, have been occasionally attended by invalids and although no accommodations within a convenient distance to the Spring could be had; yet it may be said with truth, that many received considerable benefit. The terms of boarding and lodging will be, for Gentlemen and Ladies three dollars and 50 cents per week—for Children and Servants one dollar and seventy-five cents—passage for Horses 50 6d per week. Gentlemen may purchase Grain in the neighborhood, or it will be furnished at a reasonable rate by the subscribers. HENRY OVERLEY, JONATHAN TAYLOR. July 1. 6w.
FOR SALE.
TWO TENEMENTS, nearly opposite the Bell-Tavern, containing 42 feet front and 90 deep, at present occupied by Samuel Bell and Wm. Sanderson. Also a LOT, on the crooks street leading from the Bell-Tavern, containing 28 feet front and 40 deep.—One third cash will be required, and 6 and 12 months for the balance. I am authorised to sell a BRICK HOUSE on Shockoe-Hill, conveniently situated for a family, for which good bonds will be taken. THOS. NORVELL. June 27. tf.
FOR SALE.
175 Ton Liverpool Stoved Salt, 80 Do. Do. Common Do, 60 Pieces Sacking, 50 Crates well assorted Earthen Ware, On board the Ship Vigilant, Capt. Bosworth, at Bermuda Hundred. Apply to, WM. BROWN & Co. July 8.
FOR SALE,
By EDWARD HALLAM, THREE Hundred Barrels good merchantable CORN. Also, a few Thousand Wt. Salt Petre BACON. July 1. tf.
FOR SALE,
A LIKELY Male SERVANT, who can come well recommended. For further particulars enquire of the Printer. July 15. tf.
WASHINGTON TAVERN!
ODEN & MOORE have taken the WASHINGTON TAVERN, adjoining the Capitol Square, lately occupied by Edward Hallam. At considerable expense, they have provided themselves with excellent accommodations for their friends, and invite their's and the public patronage. They are determined to keep as good a table and as gentle an Inn as any in Richmond.—Furnished ROOMS, adjoining the Tavern, and every necessary attendance, for families travelling.—Both the Co-partners having been well-versed in this business, flatter themselves with the expectation of rendering general satisfaction. Richmond, February 17. tf.
WILLIAM HART, OPPOSITE THE SCALE-HOUSE, —HAS JUST RECEIVED,—
5000 wt. Salt Petre Bacon, 3000 wt. Coopers, 30 Boxes Liverpool Pipes, 30 Barrels Shad. And has on hand, Real Cogniac Brandy, French, Peach & Apple Brandy, N. England Rum, Gin, Whiskey, C. Bounce, &c. Imperial & Young Hyson. Also: Philadelphia Porter, bottled by himself, Flour, Salt, Molasses, Queens Ware, with a variety of other articles. All of which he will sell at the lowest ready money prices, or exchange for country produce. July 14. tf.
TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS REWARD.
Ran away from the subscriber, living near New-Castle, in the lower of this county, on the 27th of March last, NEGRO MAN BILLY, about 50 years of age, and about 5 feet 6 or 7 inches high—he is of a rather a delicate form, a little inclined to a yellowish complexion, and considerably marked in the face with the small-pox—his hair rather inclined to be bushy, this is not very long—he is a fellow of good understanding, a well-informed mind, and very pious in his manner—he speaks rather quick and pert, and has a disposition to be very polite. He no longer will attempt to change his appearance, by altering his name, changing his hair for a wig, &c. He is pretty well known in most parts of this state, as well as in the Carolinas and Georgia, as the waitingman and fiddler of Mr. Nicholas M. Johnson, of whom I purchased him. His wife lives in Richmond, where he has frequently been since his elopement, and he has also been a part of his time in Petersburg, and his wife has a daughter, a free woman, living in Norfolk, where it is probable he has been also—though having no general acquaintance, there is no knowing where he will keep himself. I will give the above reward to any person who will deliver the said runaway to me, in Hanover. P. STREET. June 10. tf.
S. JACOBS,
Being about to decline the DRY GOOD business, (in which he has been engaged for some time,) requests all those indebted to him to make payment, as suits will be instituted against all delinquents at the August term: and if any have claims against him, they shall be paid on being presented. —Lately received a well selected assortment of—
GOODS,
Suited to the present and approaching season which will be sold at the lowest possible price, —AMONG WHICH ARE—
LADIES Kid and Mo-Fancy and Leno Muffins, Rococo Shoes, belt and Veils, quality, Check'd Silks, Shawls & 2 Do. Mouselanas, Habit Shirts, 2 Do. Coffas, Hosiery, Gloves & Call. 1 Do. fine blue Cotton, Licoes, 1 Do. Checks, Cotton & Silk Umbrellas, 3 Do. blue Gilly Handk's, Superfine and common Elegant cotton and thread Cloths, &c. &c. Laces, Gun Powder by the Keg. July 7. tf.
DR. THOMAS B. W. GRAY, RESPECTFULLY informs the public that he intends to practice Physic, Surgery and Midwifery at Tappahannock and hopes that by an unremitting attention to all the duties in the different departments of his profession, he will give general satisfaction, and merit the confidence and patronage of all those who may please to consult him. He also proposes to keep constantly for sale, and upon moderate terms, the various medicines which are generally known and used. July 8. 2m.
FOR SALE,
THAT well known Tavern, in the town of Charlottesville, Albemarle County, formerly the property of Isaac Miller, and now in the occupancy of Mr. Triplett T. Eyles, consisting of an elegant two-story House, sixty-six by forty feet, in excellent repair; in which there are on the first floor, four Rooms, a large and commodious bar, and a passage through the centre of the building, eighteen feet wide; on the second floor, eight lodging Rooms, four of which are sufficiently large for the accommodation of travelling families. Also, a dining Room, immediately over the passage, of the same size as the passage: the Garage is divided into six different Rooms, four of which have Fire-places. There is also, an excellent well of water in the back yard, from whence water is conveyed by subterraneous pipes to the Bar, and different parts of the Lot. There are also, convenient and well furnished Stables, with Stalls for about fifty horses, together with about thirty sheltered Stalls, railed in with oak posts; and two inferior Stables; so that about one hundred horses can be accommodated on public days. Also, about seven acres of Land, adjoining the town, and very convenient to the Stables; known by the name of Clover Lot, extremely rich and productive, and well enclosed. The whole of the buildings are insured. It would be useless to dilate on the eligibility of this stand for business of this sort, or the real value of this property, as every person inclined to purchase will enquire in to these facts; suffice it to say, that it is not exceeded by any, & equalled by few in all the upper country. The former proprietor, & his immediate successor, having in a few years made fortunes, and retired, & the present occupant rapidly following their steps. For the information of strangers, it may be observed, that at this house stop both the Richmond and Fredericksburg stages, and by the same route pass a number of genteel families and others to the Springs every season. Also, at this place is held twice a year the District Court, composed of several of the most opulent Counties in Virginia. Also, spring and fall racing; these advantages, together with the County Courts, and one of the most public roads in the state, open a vast advantage to this house; it is now under lease to the present tenant for three years from October next, the benefit of which will be transferred to the purchaser, on the receipt of the first payment. Terms of sale, one third on the first of January next, and the balance in two equal annual payments from that date. Bond with approved security, and a deed of trust on the property to secure the payments, will be required, which are to bear interest from the date if not punctually paid will be required. If the above property is not sold before, it will be offered at public sale, on the premises on the fifteenth day of September next, if fair, if not, the next fair day. Stock of the Bank of Virginia, at its current value, would be received in payment for the whole, or any part, or undoubled bonds due at the time of sale