Virginia Argus (Richmond, Va.), 1806-05-16 00:00:00

VIRGINIA ARGUS.
[XIVth YEAR.]
A FREE PRESS MAINTAINS THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PEOPLE.
[No. 1260.]
RICHMOND:—PRINTED (ON TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS) BY SAMUEL PLEASANTS, JUNIOR, PRINTER TO THE COMMONWEALTH.
[Four Dollars Per Annum...paid in advance.]
FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1806.
[12 1-2 Cent Single.]
Mecklenburg County, March Quarterly Court, 1806.
John Wilson, son of Lemuel, vs. Richard H. Walker, adm'r &c. of Thomas Vaughan, dec'd, who was adm'r debonov of Thomas Hoard, dec'd, William Gill, adm'r &c. of Wagstaff Maynard, dec'd, Robert Saunders and Susanna his wife, Henry Chandler and his wife, Edmund Hoard, James Hoard, Jesse Hoard, William Hoard and John Hoard, children and legatees of Thomas Hoard, dec'd.
The deft. Edmund Hoard, not having entered his appearance and given security according to the act of assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that he is not an inhabitant of this commonwealth: On the motion of the plaintiff by his counsel, It is ordered , that the said defendant do appear here on the second Monday in July next and answer the bill of the plaintiff; and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some newspaper in Richmond or Petersburg for two months successively, and posted at the front door of the courthouse of this county.
A Copy. W. Baskerville.
Mecklenburg County, March Quarterly Court, 1806.
Thomas Pritchett, vs. John Bowman, William French, Andrew Buchanan, George Buchanan, James Hopkirk, Ronald Crawford and John M'Kee, citizens of the kingdom of Great Britain, and surviving partners of Alexander Spiers, John Bowman, George Crawford, William French, Andrew Buchanan, George Buchanan, Thomas Hopkirk, James Hopkirk, Ronald Crawford, John M'Kee and Andrew Johnson, late merchants and partners acting under the firm of Alexander Spiers, John Bowman & Co.
The defendants not having entered their appearance and given security according to the act of assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that they are not inhabitants of this commonwealth: On the motion of the plaintiff by his counsel, It is ordered , that the said defendants do appear here on the second Monday in July next, and answer the bill of the plaintiff; and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some newspaper in Richmond or Petersburg for two months successively, and posted at the front door of the courthouse of this county.
A Copy. John Dortch, d. c. m. c.
VIRGINIA: In the Superior Court of Chancery, holden in Richmond, the 27th day of March, 1806. Between John Michie, vs. Daniel Brodhead, junior and Thomas Miller, Henry Wood and William Sampson, defendants.
The defendant Daniel Brodhead, not having entered his appearance and given security according to the act of assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that he is not an inhabitant of this country; on motion of the plaintiff by counsel, It is ordered , that the said defendant do appear here on the first day of the next September term, and answer the bill of the plaintiff; and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some newspaper published in the city of Richmond for two months successively, and posted at the front door of the capitol in the said city.
A copy—Teste, P. TINSLEY, c. d.
REMOVAL. DOCT. WILSON has removed from the Bell Tavern to the Brick House opposite the stores of Messrs. J & R. Gamble and Mr. Neil M'Coll, and the 2d door below the corner formed by the main street and the cross street leading from Col. May's bridge. In addition to his former stock, he has just received a considerable supply of Articles in the Apothecary line, all of which are offered for sale at reduced prices.
It is his intention to devote a great share of his attention personally to his shop. Orders from Merchants, Physicians and others, will be faithfully attended to—Families can be supplied with Medicines of every kind, accompanied with proper instructions as to their mode of exhibition. Richmond, Jan. 23th, 1806. wtf
Fifty Dollars Reward. Run away from the sub-river near Revil's bridge, in Chesterfield county, on February the 5th, 1806, a very notable fellow—He is about five feet five or six inches high, very knock-kneed, has uncommon large feet, a scar on his nose, is a very good black-smith, and his name is DANIEL—He wore away a negro cotton pair of breeches and waistcoat—Whoever will lodge him in any jail so that I get him, or will bring him to me, shall receive the above reward, and all reasonable charges paid. Samuel Wilkinson. wtf
LOST, the SCRIP for nine Shares of Stock of the Bank of Virginia, viz. No 109, for eight shares, dated 17th Oct. 1804, and No. 3090, for one share, dated 2d Feb. 1805. Whoever has found the above scrip will please to leave it at the Bank, as the subscriber intends to apply for a certificate. JOHN WARE. April 24th, 1805. wtf
LATELY PUBLISHED, AND FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE, DISCOURSES CONCERNING GOVERNMENT. BY ALGERNON SIDNEY. With a short account of the Author's Life, and copious INDEX. Subscribers who entered with the Rev. M. L. Weems, will be supplied on application as above.
JUST PUBLISHED, By S. Grantham, and for sale at his office, and at Messrs. S. Pleasants and Jacob Johnson's Book Stores.
The Honey Moon, An admired COMEDY—By TOBIN.
TO BE SOLD, FOR cash, at Tarlton Hines's tavern, Goochland county, on the 7th day of June next, by virtue of two deeds of trust, to us executed, by Mr. Gideon Hatcher, for the purpose of discharging his debts to William Galt, therein specified.
A certain Tract or Parcel of Land, Containing three hundred and fifty acres, more or less, in the aforesaid county of Goochland, lying on the north side of the Three Chop'd road, adjoining the land whereon the said Gideon Hatcher now lives.
DAVID JOHNSTON, } Trustees. CHARLES F. BATES, } May 10th, 1806. 3w
FOR SALE, WOODBURY MILLS,
Lately built of brick and stone, 50 by 42 feet, three stories high, with a durable stone dam, two pair Burr and one pair Cologue stones with elevators, screens, bolting cloths, &c. on the most approved construction and now in complete order for business; situated on a constant stream, in the midst of a delightful wheat country, in the county of Powhatan, only one and a half miles from James river, and 23 miles above Richmond. To the mill will be attached a lot of about 100 acres land, on which stands a commodious two story dwelling house and other necessary offices, handsomely enclosed, under a post and rail fence, with garden paled in, all new, being lately finished; a cooper's and blacksmith's shop, miller's house, houses for the accommodation of the workmen, and excellent water very convenient for all purposes. Terms of sale made known by Thomas Wilson, Esq. Richmond; or, by the subscriber near the premises. THOMAS HARRIS Jun. Powhatan city, May 10, 1806. [ep3w&wtf.]
BY virtue of a deed of trust executed to me by Charles Craddock, to secure the payment of a sum of money therein mentioned, to Walter Kibble, will be SOLD, to the highest bidder, at John Jeter's tavern, in this county, on Saturday the 14th of next month, for cash.
Two Female SLAVES, Named Sally and Dicy.
Edmond Eggleston. Amelia, May 9th, 1806. 2
Manchester Turnpike Company.
AT a meeting of a board of directors, on the 10th of May, 1806, Resolved, That the Stockholders be required to pay into the hands of the treasurer, the further sum of four dollars on each share, on or before the 14th of June next. Resolved, That the clerk be instructed to call a meeting of Stockholders, to be held at Mr. Brooks's tavern, on Saturday the 14th June next, for the purpose of deciding on business of consequence to the company. Extract from the minutes. James Brander, Clk. tdm May 12th, 1806.
FROM THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
REMARKS On the measures of the last session of Congress.
Continued.
In the discussions relative to the measures adopted by Congress, various incidental views have been presented which merit elucidation. Some of them have been urged in the shape of objections, while others have been made the foundation of criticisms against the administration.
I. The expense of the purchase of the Floridas has been objected to. This objection can only lie against the measure in case the negotiation shall prove successful. If it fails, no extraordinary expense will have been incurred. If, on the contrary, it succeeds, we shall have acquired a large district of country, several most important outlets for a large part of the present U. States, an accession of commerce, with a concomitant augmentation of duties, and an exemption, at least for a considerable time, from war. These advantages, viewed in a moral light, are incalculably valuable. We have every reason to believe that a war with Spain would have been accompanied by a war with France. We shall not attempt to estimate the complicated evils of this result—we shall leave this to the imaginations of our readers; only observing that one of its probable effects would have been an alliance with England. Such an event would certainly in some degree, probably in a high degree, have checked the progress of improvement and settlement in the western country, & consequently the growth of that strength which would spring from a compact population.
But putting aside the injuries we should have suffered, let us attend, for a moment, to the positive benefits that are likely to ensue from the acquisition of the Floridas. It is a low estimate to compute the additional annual duties that would immediately come into our treasury at 300,000 dollars, and the proceeds of the sales of land at a like sum—There is every reason to believe that the aggregate amount of these two sums will more than pay the interest of the sum paid for the Floridas. In making this remark, we
admit that we have formed but vague ideas; nor has there, we believe, been any expression of opinion on this point by those who have the public affairs in their hands. But if the clear receipts from these sources should only pay the interest of the debt incurred, calculating, as we are authorised to do from our experience in other quarters, that they would double in a period of seven years, it will be found that the whole new debt incurred will, without costing the U. S. one dollar, be discharged in a period of about fourteen years.
Compare this result with the effects of the proposition for raising additional troops. We have seen a circular letter written by a friend of this measure, [Mr. Garnett,] which states that it was contemplated to raise four thousand additional troops. These could not have cost less than an annual sum of a million of dollars; while it is but too probable from the remote position they would have occupied, and the nature of the climate, the expense would have greatly exceeded this amount. In the one case, then, we should have sustained a positive loss, requiring probably the imposition of new taxes or involving the retarded extinguishment of the national debt; while in the other, a flattering prospect is held out of acquiring after a few years, a new fund of wealth, free from all mortgage or incumbrance.
Willing to contemplate the proposition for raising additional troops in its most favorable light, we have considered it as a measure not only meant to be, but which actually would have been, strictly defensive . Had a different issue ensued, which is but too probable, the expense would have been vastly increased.
II. Among the charges brought against the Executive, that which criticizes them with having withheld an important document, until the bill making an appropriation to the purchase of the Floridas had passed & was out of the power of the House of Representatives, is entitled to some notice. It is to be regretted that on this point we can at best glean but imperfect information, as the document alluded to still remains confidential. This document is a letter from Mr. Monroe to the secretary of state. It is said that its contents might have changed the vote of the House. But by whom is this said? By those who either opposed the appropriation, or who voted for the raising additional troops. Has it been admitted by a single member who voted for the former and against the latter measure? On the contrary several members of this description unequivocally deny that it could have had any such effect. They have gone further, & even said that it confirmed their convictions of the soundness of the measure adopted. Who then are to be considered the best judges on this point, and are the most to be relied on—those who are competent to decide from their own convictions, which must be, relatively to their own conduct, unerring; or those who undertake to pronounce on the probable convictions of others, in doing which they almost necessarily blend their own feelings with those of others.
Further—Had this document any effect on the Senate? Did it produce a different vote in that branch of the legislature from that which obtained in the House? On the contrary, the bill passed by a considerable majority. We have here, then, another strong presumption that the contents of it would not have had the effect ascribed to them.
This presumption is still further corroborated by an assurance we have received, on which we place the most implicit reliance, that the Senate obtained a copy of the dispatches, which have been alleged to be thus important, and that although they lay on their table during the whole period of the discussion that ensued on the bill making an appropriation of two millions, they were considered so little relevant to our affairs with Spain, that they were scarcely, if at all, noticed.
Further—Why did the President, if he dreaded the effects of this letter, communicate it at all? Had he dreaded its impression on the House of Representatives, he could not the less have dreaded its effects on the Senate; and if he had dreaded that the non-communication of it at an earlier period would have justly exposed him to the reproach of intentionally withholding it, surely the same impure motive that led him to this would have suggested the policy of keeping out of view the means of inevitable detection.
Further—Whence did this document come? From Mr. Monroe, resident in London, and engaged in conducting a negotiation with the British government. Is it to be presumed that any new facts relative to our affairs with Spain would be disclosed by a document emanating from such a place, and dated at a period so remote from the discontinuance of our negotiations with the government of Spain? Is it not most probable that it
contained, on this point, little more than mere opinion, and that this opinion bore as much, if not more, on British than Spanish relations?
We violate no confidence when we express the belief, derived from what we have heard, that these dispatches contained no facts relative to Spain not before known to the legislature.
That they contained opinions, whose justness, however undisputed when they were expressed, had, from a material change of circumstances, become extremely doubtful.
That they were considered as so irrelevant to the pending discussions as to have rendered the propriety of their communication to Congress extremely questionable.
And that it is owing to these circumstances alone that they were not communicated at an earlier period.
But why, it will be enquired, were they, although received in December, not communicated before the 17th of January, the day subsequent to the passage of the bill making an appropriation for the purchase of the Floridas in the House of Representatives? For this plain and satisfactory reason. The papers relative to Spain were communicated in the first instance, and when they had been acted upon, and not before, the President submitted to the House of Representatives the papers relative to Great Britain, of which number were those celebrated dispatches, written by our minister, not at Madrid, but at London, on our differences with the British government, and only incidentally noticing our affairs with Spain.
Let these circumstances be duly weighed: connect with them the unblemished integrity of the President of the United States, and the secretary of state; the folly of surreptitiously withholding from one branch of the legislature (until they had decided) a paper, which was given to the other at the commencement of their discussions, and the certainty of the detection and exposure of any unworthy conduct by the Senate; and we have no hesitation to declare our firm belief that the conduct of the Executive in this instance has been strictly correct.
III. It has been said that the money appropriated for the purchase of Spanish territory is intended for France, and it has been insinuated, if not affirmed, that France has made such a demand, or that we have made a proposition to her to this effect; thereby passing by the rightful owner, & unjustly giving money to France for the property of Spain. Such a subserviency to what have been denominated the base views of France is represented as conclusive evidence of the disposition of the government to crouch to the power of France, howsoever it may be exerted in violation of moral principle.
How such an allegation or insinuation came to be made is to us a matter of extreme astonishment. On a point so serious we have thought it our duty to seek for the best information within our reach. And on this information we do not hesitate to pledge ourselves in saying—that no money has been directly or indirectly demanded by France of the United States; that none has been offered or is now intended to be offered, to France; that no other intention has existed, or any measures been taken by the Executive of the United States, except for the purchase from Spain of her possessions east of the Mississippi;—and that the only interposition, which can be expected from France, must consist in the good offices she may tender, resulting from her general relative situation with the two countries, from her peculiar connections by treaty with Spain, and from her having been the party from whom we purchased Louisiana.
That this is the fair and honest path trodden by the government of the United States, appears indeed from those circumstances which have already been disclosed to the public.
If we examine the Journal of the secret proceedings of the House of Representatives we shall find that the two resolutions passed, and presented to the President as indicative of its views, expressly recognise, one of them, "the purchase of the Spanish territories, lying on the Atlantic ocean and gulf of Mexico, and eastward of the Mississippi"—and the other "the exchange of territory between the United States and Spain"—as "the most advantageous mode of settlement of existing differences between the United States and the court of Madrid." And so circumstantial were the House of Representatives, on this point, that as if not satisfied with the terms of these resolutions, pointed as they are, on sending their bill to the Senate they expressly say, "we transmit you a bill which has passed this House, entitled "An act making provision for defraying any extraordinary expenses attending the intercourse between the U. S. and foreign nations," and in which we request your concurrence. This bill
has been passed by us to enable the President of the U. S. to commence with more effect a negotiation for the purchase of the Spanish territories, lying on the Atlantic ocean and Gulf of Mexico, and eastward of the river Mississippi." It is true, that the bill making the appropriation neither specifies the territory to be purchased, or the power with whom the negotiation is to be conducted; but silence on this point probably arose from the expectation that, although the preliminary proceedings might be kept secret, the act of appropriation would be made public, and might, if it specified the object, frustrate a negotiation to the successful issue of which secrecy was then deemed essential. It is also to be observed that a similar course was pursued in the year 1803, on which occasion the resolution passed by the House was specific , and the bill general . This precedent may have had considerable influence on the views of the legislature.
Secondly—The nomination of Mr. Armstrong and Mr. Bowdoin, who were named commissioners to negotiate with Spain, and not with France, furnishes equally conclusive evidence of the intentions of the Executive.
We have remarked that the "only interposition, which can be expected from France, must consist in the good offices she may tender, resulting from her general relative situation with the two countries, from her peculiar connections by treaty with Spain, and from her having been the party from whom we purchased Louisiana." Such an interposition might originate in either of the causes assigned without the slightest departure from the ordinary course pursued by independent nations. The general good understanding of France towards the United States and Spain might naturally lead a government, even less powerful and active than the former, to offer her mediation to adjust existing differences between her mutual friends; and this is, in fact, an event which constantly takes place, and is far from being an uncommon mode of restoring a good understanding between powers temporarily alienated from each other.
But, in addition to this consideration, the existing treaty stipulations between France and Spain require the interposition of mutual good offices. According to these—"The two contracting powers reciprocally guarantee, without any reservation or exception, all the estates, territories, islands, and places which they respectively possess, or may possess," and if either power "finds itself, under any pretext whatever, menaced or attacked, the other promises, engages, and obliges itself to assist with its good offices." And lastly, France having been the party from whom we purchased Louisiana, it is natural to infer, as a large share of our controversy with Spain has arisen out of that purchase, and more especially that part of it which respects boundaries, not only that we should look to France for aiding us with her good offices in securing to us the undisturbed enjoyment of rights acquired from her, but that France herself would be solicitous to give validity to her engagements with us.
But we are told, on this head, that the money for the purchase of Spanish territory will inevitably go to France; that France will have it; that we know this; and that under the cover of paying Spain money for her property, we are in fact bribing France to bully Spain out of it.
The whole force of this argument rests on the assumed fact that Spain is under the control of France. For if she is not, she is an independent nation, a free agent, and may consequently do what she pleases with the price of the purchase, or altogether decline according to it. But if she is, thus completely under the control of France, and is consequently not free to act as she sees fit, are we on that account to remain eternally embroiled with her, and are our hands thereby tied against every effort to adjust our differences? To what absurd lengths would not this argument carry us? She does us an injury. But we are told she has no will of her own, and ought not to be answerable for consequences; that she is impelled by France. Are we then, passing her by, instantly to retaliate on France? When one nation menaces us, are we with more than Quixotic indiscretion to attack another? If the argument be sound, instead of proposing to repeal any Spanish inroad on our frontier, we ought to have sent an invading army to France.
The true answer to such remarks is that so long as Spain asserts the character of an independent nation, she must submit to all the consequences that follow in its train. If she commits outrages on others, she must expect retaliation from them; and if she is called upon to make an arrangement which will greatly advance the interests of another, she has a right to expect a correspondent benefit. Having received the boon, it is with her

either to keep it herself, to participate it with another, or entirely to part with it. Whether, in the last case, she receives an equivalent, must rest exclusively with her to judge. In the present instance, it be true that France has a control over her, whence can this influence arise but from the great importance to her of the protecting arm of France; and whether she pays for this to money drawn from her own mines, or from a purchase made by us, is altogether immaterial. We are bound to pursue our interests. Let her pursue hers.
IV. France has been represented as having threatened us with war in case we engaged in hostilities with Spain; and this allegation is set forth in the shape of an argument against any further negotiation with Spain, which it is contended, would, under such circumstances, be in the highest degree humiliating. Under what circumstances the alleged threat was made, or whether it was unqualified, we are not informed. We have, however, no hesitation in averring that no such threat has been made by France, and in saying that what has been distorted into a threat was nothing more than a candid answer of the French government to an application from ourselves, as to what she might do, in case of a war between the United States and Spain ; which we knew before as necessarily resulting from her treaty with Spain. By that treaty we find, after laying down, generally, the assistance which each government shall have a right to demand from the other, the following conclusive stipulation, which is so applicable as to seem to have been provided for the present case.
The required power shall likewise furnish, on the demand of the requiring power, within the term of three months from the requisition, eighteen thousand infantry, and six thousand cavalry, with a proportionable train of artillery, to be employed solely in Europe, or in defence of the colonies, which the contracting powers possess in the gulf of Mexico."
When then the question was put to the minister of France, if the U. States go to war with Spain, what part will you take, what other reply could he make, than that a war with the one power would produce a war with both. It was a question which need not have been asked; but being put, the answer given, so far from being a threat, was the only answer which could, with sincerity, have been rendered. It announced the truth, and nothing but the truth, in a style neither arrogant nor ofensive.
V. A distinguished member of the executive government has been charged with having made an application to the Secretary of the Treasury for money to aid in the negotiation for the purchase of the Floridas, previous to any appropriation having been made for this purpose by Congress.
This is indeed a serious charge. Were it true, it would have become the representatives of the people, the guardians of the national treasure, to have instituted a rigid enquiry. We will not undertake to say that there are not cases in which it would not be the duty of the executive to lay his hand, without a legislative sanction, on every dollar in the treasury. Such cases not only may exist, but actually have occurred. They are, however, such as involve the dearest interests of the country, and they can only spring from those great and critical emergencies in which deep and impending evils are ready unless averted by immediate and decisive measures, to burst with destructive fury on communities. No one will pretend to say that the Florida purchase was of this description. But is the charge true? Let any man read the following extracts from the journals of the House of Representatives, and judge for himself.
The charge was made—when Mr. Jackson offered the following resolution, which was agreed to: Resolved, That the secretary of the treasury be requested to communicate to this House any information which he may possess in relation to an application said to have been made to draw money from the treasury for the purchase of the Floridas before an appropriation made by law for that purpose.
A few days afterwards the following letter was received from the secretary of the treasury:
Treasury Department, April 15, 1806. SIR, In answer to the request contained in the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 8th instant, I have the honor respectfully to state, that "no application has been made to draw money from the treasury for the purchase of the Floridas before an appropriation made by law for that purpose."
The circumstances, which may have produced an impression that such an application had been made, being unconnected with any matter pertaining to the duties of the office of the secretary of the treasury, are not presumed to come within the scope of the information required from this department by the House.
I have the honor to be, With great respect, Sir, your obedient servant, Albert Gallatin.
The honorable, the Speaker of the House of Representatives. So far from any such application having been made, it appears from a statement before us made by a member of Congress to his constituents, "that in a consultation of the members of adminis-
tration on public affairs, a proposition was made, whether under the favorable circumstances for negotiating with Spain, presented by the then war in Europe, it would not be well to give immediate instructions to our minister to commence negotiation, on the ground of purchase, and depend on Congress for giving effect to the stipulations for money, which might be made." "This," adds the writer, "the executive had the most undeniable constitutional power to do; but it was decided to be most advisable to defer the instructions till they could be backed by the concurrence of the legislature."
BOSTON, May 5. Latest from Europe—By the packet, capt. Trot, from Liverpool, we have our files of London papers, continued to the 23d March. It appears, from them, that dispatches had been received from France, by a flag of truce on which a cabinet council was immediately held. They were understood to have come from M. Talleyrand, addressed to Mr. Fox. There was also a dispatch brought over in the same flag of truce, to Baron Jacobi, the Prussian minister. Both these dispatches were enclosed in a letter from the commandant of Boulogne to Lord Keith, requesting his lordship to forward them immediately. These particulars are stated in our papers of the 1st inst. at which time nothing farther had transpired on the subject.
The Exposé of the state of the French empire, had been received in England. It is an elaborate work, and embraces a wide and extensive field of political speculation. The terms upon which England may obtain peace are, when fully considered, nothing less than an equality of maritime strength—France, at the same time, is to retain every acquisition she has made on the continent of Europe. While this language is held out to England the exposé , enumerates Holland as one of the federative parts of the "grand empire," not merely as an allied power with France, but as incorporated with that kingdom. The intention too, of revolutionizing the Turkish provinces is openly avowed. After these pacific declarations, the exposé goes on to state the improvements making in the French ports; it observes:—
"If you cast your eyes on our ports, you will see that exertions are making on both seas, to render them more secure. Basins are digging at Antwerp, sluices and canals are forming at Antwerp, Dieppe, Ostend, Dunkirk and Havre. At Honfleur, Bordeaux, Nice, Huningue, Belleisle, Ajaccio and Bastia; quays, basins, docks, and jetties or moles lengthened or rebuilt. All these different kinds of works are carrying on at Rochelle. The cleansing of the ports of Centre and Marseilles is continued, and that of Oleron is enlarging. The ports of Dielette and Castera are prepared in such a manner as to be capable of receiving a greater number of vessels and galleys which will alarm the inhabitants of the English islands of Jersey and Guernsey, as those at Boulogne menace Dover and London. The sounding of the river Seine has afforded satisfactory results; the same will have a port. Engineers have examined what improvements it is possible to make in that of Genoa. Six millions eight hundred and fifty thousand francs have been expended on the military ports. This sum has been principally applied in the excavations, the jetties of the mole, the construction of the outer port and basin, and the foundation of the new port, Bonaparte, which, destined to complete this beautiful maritime creation, and worthy of his name, will be, on the channel, the terror of England; at Boulogne, the basin and the sluice, the completion of the works which constitute the whole of the port, and the construction of the establishments by which it is surrounded; at Ambleuse, the works necessary for deepening the port, the elevation of the jetty, which protects it from the land driven against it by the west wind, the line walls, and buildings at Brest, the formation of an artificial island, the excavations in the rock, the hospitals, the magazines, the arsenal, the barracks, and the completion of the batteries; at Antwerp, the continuation of the rapid works which are to form the arsenal of our marine on the north sea, the erection of quays and work shops; in the road of Rochefort, the jetties on which fort Bervard is to be erected, and the operations of every kind required by this difficult construction."
Letters from London assure us, that the most friendly intercourse subsists between the American minister in England, and the government of that country; and that no doubts are entertained of an immediate adjustment of our differences, on such fair and equitable principles as would bind the two nations in still stronger bonds of amity and friendship. British 3 per cent consols, 60 3/8 French 5 per cent consols, on the 9th March, 52 3/4 5 c.
BRITISH PRIZE COURTS.
PRIVY COUNCIL CHAMBER, March 11, 1806. Case of the William , John T. Gray, master. Present, earl Fitzwilliam, lord president, duke of Montrose, lord Auckland, master of the rolls, sir William Wynne, and sir William Scott. The case decided in this court was an appeal by an American claimant, from a sentence of the court of vice admiralty of Halifax. It was tried by a full court, and the judgment affirmed, for condemning the property as lawful prize. It was briefly stated by sir William Gray, master of the rolls, "that the single question in this case, is, whether the voyage in which the property of the claimant was embarked at the time of the capture was a lawful voyage? The cargo in question consisted of cocon, which had been shipped at Laguna, a port in the Spanish province of Carracas, in South America, on account of the claimant, in the same ship which it was now captured, and was bound to Marblehead, a port of the United States, where it was entered and landed, a bond having been given as usual for the duties; but it was a few days afterwards re-shipped, in the same bottom, and dispatched on a voyage to Bilbao. Debentures were thereupon granted to the claimant for the amount of the duties, a small part excepted; and these debentures being, at a subsequent period, given up at the custom house, and the small balance of duties paid in cash, the bond given on the entry from Laguna was concealed."
This our readers will observe, is the ordinary course of proceeding in like cases; and which it is contended, on the part of America, amounts to a fair importation into that country, so as to justify the subsequent transmission of the produce of a hostile colony to the mother country, or any other port in Europe, while the contrary is maintained by our prize courts.
The master of the rolls did not enter into those general principles of the laws of nations, in which this country asserts a right to prevent neutrals from carrying on the colonial trade of our enemies in general; principles which have been so often discussed, and so often solemnly recognized by the lords commissioners. He only observed, that by the uniform sense of the board, whatever branch of that trade was not allowed by his majesty's war instructions, was unlawful, and therefore the only question for their lord-
ships in this case was, whether the voyage in question was fairly within the licence of the royal instruction which applied to it. Dr. Lawrence as Amicus Curie, stated to their lordships, that in the case of the Polly , Lasky, at the admiralty, an affidavit had been produced on the part of the claimant, stating the actual payment of the duties, and that the court at that period was not at all aware that the duties were secured by bond in these cases, and discharged by debentures in the war that had since appeared. He also mentioned that by the law of America, as now clearly understood, the importer actually derived a positive advantage by these transactions; or that though the duties are not paid, negotiable debentures are issued on the credit of the bond, & these the importer can put into circulation, until a period at some months' distance, which is allowed for the payment of the bond, or for its discharge of the production of these debentures.
LONDON March 20. The dispatches brought by the flag of truce were received at Boulogne from Paris at 10 o'clock, on Tuesday night, with orders to send them off immediately, and to deliver them to the first British cruiser that had a king's officer on board—they were brought to Boulogne by a courier. In pursuance of the orders received, a French naval officer immediately embarked on board a flag of truce, but none of our ships were spoken till the flag of truce had stood nearly to Dover roads, when she fell in, a little after 7 o'clock yesterday morning, with the Venus frigate—he French officer immediately went on board her and delivered his dispatches, which were instantly conveyed to Admiral Holloway at Deal, and from thence sent off to government. The flag of truce remained off Dover till half past twelve yesterday, when she sailed again for Boulogne. Of the nature of the dispatches, the French officer, who was the bearer of them, was wholly uninformed. By some persons they are supposed to relate merely to a cartel for the exchange of prisoners. Others can hardly believe that they relate to a cartel, because they say, that a week ago no answer had been sent to the last proposal received from the French government upon the subject, upwards of a month since. As soon as the dispatches arrived at Mr. Fox's office, he went to the queen's house, and communicated them to his majesty, with whom he had a long audience; after which a cabinet council is said to have been held. A morning paper adds, that another French officer arrived at Deal in a galley belonging to the Nile lugger, which took him out of a French lugger off Gravelines. Our Deal letter, however, is perfectly silent upon the subject.
The arrival of the flag of truce, which was known, at the stock exchange between 2 and 3 o'clock, produced the effect of raising the funds, which in the preceding part of the day had been depressed, by large sales of stock made by the Dutch houses. The rise, however, was not so great as it probably would have been, had not some communication been made with respect to the loan for the service of the year.
Paris papers to the 12th, contain a note which seems to shew, that the French expect Bonaparte's speech will pave the way for a negotiation for peace. It is a note upon the article in a London paper, which mentions that "Mr. Fox suffered himself to be very easily persuaded by lord Grenville that peace could not be tho't of on account of the unfavorable circumstances and unpropitious situation in which England found herself."
Yesterday government received dispatches from general sir James Craig, which state, that the English and Russian troops, amounting to 22,000 men, were in perfect readiness to defend the island of Sicily against the attack which the French were meditating against it.
NEW-YORK, May 5.
The ship Hardware , capt. Matlack, arrived at this port on Saturday evening in 35 days from Liverpool, bringing London papers to the 20th of March. The following is a general summary of all the intelligence which they contain, and which will be found highly interesting.— Price of Stocks—Consols 60 11 3/4—Reduced shut.
Bonaparte, it is said, meditates several new changes in Germany, among which are four new Electorates. The Archduke Ferdinand, is to be Elector of Cleves, the Duke of Brunswick, Elector of Westphalia, and the Landgrave of Hesse Darmstadt, Elector of Padenborn. There is to be an Elector of Fulda. All these new Electors will induce new territorial arrangements, the executions of which will require the presence and assistance of French troops.
The court of Munich, on the 27th ult. received orders from Paris to keep the whole Bavarian army in readiness to March at a moment's notice. The French War Office for the general government of the army in Germany is at Munich. Four messengers arrived there from Paris within 48 hours, and had occasioned the utmost activity throughout the department.
Auspach has been occupied by a French army of nearly 30,000 men, and the Prussian troops in the Margravate have been obliged to retire into Bayreuth. Some think that this occupation was made without the consent of Prussia; it is certain that it was not preceded by any orders or communications from Berlin, in reference to that measure; on the contrary the Prussian commander on the frontiers made dispositions to resist the invasion, until he was informed of the magnitude of the force opposed to him, and the civil as well as military authorities of the principality have protested against this violation of their neutrality, and have despatched messengers to Berlin with the details. The French levy the necessary supplies by military execution, and the seizure of the Prussian depots.
The French troops in Suabia and the Western parts of Germany have broken up for the interior, and have reoccupied positions on the Inn, and in Salzburg. The troops which were drawn from Wurzburg, Alstadt, &c. have resumed their former quarters, and are followed by reinforcements from France. These extraordinary movements have excited the greatest alarm at Vienna, and we find by letters from thence, that a council of state had been held on the occasion, in which the Emperor presided, and at which the Archduke Charles assisted as vice Presi-
dent.—Couriers were immediately after despatched to Petersburg, Berlin and Paris.
France is stated to have demanded a passage through the Austrian states for an army to be employed against the Turks, but which the imperial cabinet refused. Such indeed is said to have been the purport of the French dispatches which reached Vienna on the 25th ult. and their result. Sir A. Paget received a communication from the Austrian minister soon after and in consequence sent a messenger to London.
The French armies in Germany, on the 1st of the present month, comprised one hundred and forty two thousand men, of whom twenty seven thousand are conscripts who passed the Rhine subsequently to the 1st of January.
General Berthier, after a short stay at Munich, continued his route to Vienna. He was preceded by a messenger. Lindau, Salzburg and numerous other positions in Germany, which the French evacuated agreeable to the treaty of Presburg, have been re-occupied by them; and at the former places they are forming magazines, &c.
The politics of Prussia, continued involved in mystery. Nothing further has transpired in regard to her views on Hanover. It was reported at Hamburg on the 7th, that a Prussian garrison was to be sent to Cuxhaven.
May 10.
The London & Liverpool papers, with which we have been favored by captain Carpenter, of the ship Projector , though extending to the 27th of March, contain very little intelligence, either of a political or commercial nature worth notice. We have selected the following as the most prominent articles, and as the only articles possessing even an ordinary degree of interest.
LONDON, March 22.
The new Kings of Bavaria and Wirttemberg, and the Elector of Baden, have, independently, at the desire of France, prohibited the importation of British articles.
Earl Selkirk (who was in Boston a few years since) is appointed Ambassador to the U. S. to settle the existing differences. The King of Prussia, it is said, is to take the title of Emperor of the North.
The American Minister in London is treated with marked attention; and there is no doubt; a good understanding will be soon restored between Great Britain and the U. S.
The Duke of Kent, is to have the military command in Ireland.
A report was current yesterday, that the Brazils have been taken by a French fleet, but it was regarded as an unauthenticated rumour.
March 24.
At two o'clock yesterday morning capt. Cochran arrived at the Admiralty, from Portsmouth, where he had landed the preceding evening at five o'clock. Captain Cochran came no in the Kingsfisher sloop of war, from the West Indies with an account of the total destruction, of a French squadron. He had a passage of five weeks and four days. Mr. Grey was called up immediately on captain Cochran's arrival; as were also the other Members of the board of Admiralty.
The dispatches were very early forwarded by a Messenger to His Majesty, at Windsor. Intelligence was likewise sent to Admiral Young, at Plymouth; to Lord Keith, at Ramsgate; and to Admiral Douglas, at Yarmouth, in the course of the day. And a Bulletin, stating the substance, was sent to the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, and by him transmitted to Lloyd's Coffee house.
The extraordinary Gazette was published about two o'clock, and the Park and Tower guns were fired in honor of the event.
Mr. Curran is appointed Master of the Rolls in Ireland.
Sixteen thousand French troops are ordered to occupy Besançon and Wetzlar, which are to be ceded to France.
Frankfort, in addition to the impost of four millions of francs, levied by France, has been compelled to pay upwards of 500,000 florins more, in requisition for hay, straw, oats, &c.
Report States, that Sir John Moore is to succeed Lord Lake, as Commander in Chief in India. It is added, that the gallant General is to be accompanied by his Regiment (the 52d) one of the finest in the service.
Admiral Thornborough arrived off Rochefort on the 3d instant, in the Prince of Wales , with the Malo , Achille , Lisieux , Conqueror , Palas , and Molare . The Larona was watching the port; where there is one three decker, four 74 gun ships, four frigates, two corvettes, and two brigs, at single anchor, ready for sea.
PHILADELPHIA, May 10.
We learn from a gentleman who arrived in this city a day or two ago, from St. Domingo, that, at the time of his departure there were very general movements among the subjects of the black emperor Dessalines—What the actual cause of this was he did not understand, but it was said that some advices had been received by way of Jamaica, that taught the blacks to expect a speedy attack.—The consequences of these advices were, that Dessalines was putting the black army into an active organization for war; all the money, valuable property and goods were removed to the mountainous country in the interior, and all the white inhabitants were ordered to remove from the sea coast.
During the recent celebration of some fete a French family had made its escape from the Cape, but being soon after missed by Gen. Christophe, he attributed the circumstance to the connivance of some Americans; in consequence Christophe ordered the commanders and crews of all the American vessels at the Cape to be seized and put in close confinement threatening to shoot or hang them all. Upon an investigation, however, it appeared that the Americans had not aided the escape of the fugitives, who had, in fact, succeeded in making the French lines at the city of St. Domingo. The Americans were then released.
The degradation to which the Americans trading to the indigene ports are re-
BALTIMORE, May 8.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Pinokneyville, dated April 3, 1806, to his friend in this city. The port of New Orleans has this season been crowded with shipping. Cotton has kept up, and is brisk, while the produce of the western country, say flour, pork, &c has been a mere drug, and will at this moment not sell at any price.
This country has been long on the tiptoe of expectation, believing the government of the U. States fraught with resources, would assume a dignified deportment, and not suffer any longer the violations on our commerce and our rights in other places to go unpunished. Perhaps, as I have myself been a great sufferer, I feel the violation too sensibly, and wish what I ought not.
A few months since, I was compelled by the governor of West Florida, to abandon an establishment I had in that territory, which I do assure you has in a very sensible manner injured me.
An officer at Fort Adams, yesterday received a letter from another at Natchitoches, stating, that captain Johnson, with sixty-five men, had gone towards the Sabine river, to meet a party of four hundred Spanish cavalry, who were coming to take possession of and re occupy a post near the Natchitoches, from which they have been recently driven by an officer and party of American troops, on the principle of its being within the American limits. It is confidently believed a fight will ensue, and be assured that no one wishes it more than I do.
WASHINGTON CITY, May 12.
We have received several late numbers of the London Morning Chronicle . The estimation in which this print is held, strengthens our expectation of a satisfactory adjustment of our differences with Britain. This print of the 1st of March says:
"We have received American papers to the 6th—They contain some further accounts of the proceedings of the American government, with regard to the disputes with this country. A report from the secretary of state to the president enumerates the interpolated points in the law of nations of which America complains, and all the belligerent powers, England, France and Spain, are included. There seems no truth in the report that the bill about the pressing of seamen had been rejected. The circumstance is not mentioned."
"Aware of the intemperance incident to a government like that of America, we are far from confounding the effervescence exhibited on this occasion, with the moderation of the executive authority, and the sobriety of the public opinion at large."
"Complaint is made that remonstrances have been treated in Eng and with neglect. This, if true, is a very grave and serious charge."
"We should be glad to be informed, however, by Mr. Robert Ward or Lord Mulgrave, whether any answer or explanation was ever returned to the remonstrances of Mr. Monroe, the American minister, on the subject of alleged spoliations, detention, or condemnation of vessels, so as to amount either to a justification of any principle laid down on the one hand, and denied on the other, or to the explanation of any specific on their particular merits. If it should happen that the remonstrances of Mr. Monroe were not duly attended to, while the subjects of complaint he urged were accumulating, his Majesty's late ministers are most seriously responsible for the present state in America, which undoubtedly will tend to render an amicable arrangement more difficult. We beg the attention of the public to this circumstance."
"It will be observed, that this is a matter totally different from the merits of the case—for the party who refuses to discuss, even supposing him to be right on the merits, is guilty of a denial of justice, by obstructing a trial and decision of the question."
"We have no doubt, however, when at last the matter comes fairly to issue, it will be adjusted to the satisfaction of both nations, without compromising the rights or interests of either."
"Very considerable interest appears to have been excited on the subject of American affairs, if we may judge of the numerous extracts from American prints. The letter of the secretary of state to the President of the 25th of January, on the new principles interpolated in the law of nations, is inserted at full length. The resolution, submitted by Mr. Gregg, is given in a paper of the 1st of March, without any comment. The following article is taken from a paper of the 12th of March."
"Information has been received that the emperor of the French has arrested a number of persons in Paris, and has exiled others from that metropolis, under pretext of their holding correspondence with certain emigrants in England. And that he has also determined to abolish his Conservative Senate, and to new model the whole of his Imperial Government. Such is the present temper of the people of France, that this measure is not likely to meet with the smallest resistance, or even to create any other than a momentary sensation."
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TAKEN up as a runaway on the 29th of March, and committed to Hanover jail, a negro man slave, who calls himself RICHARD BROWN, and says he is the property of James Hollie of Lynchburg. The owner is requested to come forward, pay charges and take him away, or he will be dealt with according to law. HENRY H. VAUGHAN. April 1, 1806. 2m

In addition to, and corroboration of the statements we have made in relation to the measures taken by the government on Spanish affairs, we offer the following supplement, comprising extracts from the remarks submitted by several gentlemen on the floor of Congress.
I. With regard to the document alleged to have been suppressed—
Mr. Alston says—"A particular document has been referred to, the receipt of which I have heard one or two gentlemen say, might have altered their votes on the bill passed by the House. But I was astonished to hear such a declaration. It could not have altered my opinion; it had in my mind no bearing on the measure."
Mr. Smilie says—"So far was the message of the 17th of January, which had been alluded to, from having any influence in changing his vote, that it tended strongly to confirm him in the propriety of it."
Mr. G. W. Campbell says—"It is said, sir, that a certain communication which was calculated to affect our votes relative to the bill making appropriation for the purchase of the Floridas, was detained some weeks after it was received from our minister abroad, before it was laid before us. I say, Mr. Speaker, that no communication made to this House was calculated, in my opinion, to alter the votes of the members of the House on that subject, certainly none that would have changed mine."
II. With regard to the alleged threat of France—
Mr. G. W. Campbell says—"With regard to some other remarks made by a gentleman from Pennsylvania, (Mr. J. Clay,) I think it proper to state that there is no communication before this House which authorises the assertion that a threat has been made by France against the United States. I deny, sir, that there is any document which if properly understood, can be construed to have such a meaning. I say, likewise, that there is no documents before the House which authorises the assertion, that France told us, if you give Spain one blow, we will give you ten or two, as stated by the gentleman from Virginia, (Mr. Randolph.) There is no such expression, nor any other that would countenance the idea. France was not brought into the question as being concerned in our differences with Spain. She has, indeed, been lugged in, in the place of argument; and we have been charged with truckling to France, when in all our proceedings the name of France has hardly ever been mentioned, except by gentlemen in debate, who will not admit that Spain exists as a nation."
Mr. Jackson says—"The gentleman from Virginia (Mr. J. Randolph) has declared that France said if we gave Spain one blow, she would give us two or ten in return, and others have declared France threatened us with war. Sir, I assert there are no such facts contained in the secret dispatches sent to us."
Mr. Jackson adds—"I will undertake to say that all the information we received from the documents on this point, was in answer to the enquiry, what their conduct would be, if we declared war against Spain, to which they replied they were compelled to take part with Spain."
III. With regard to the charge of an intention to bribe France—
Mr. G. W. Campbell says—"I deem it proper also to say, that the assertion that any member of this House voted for a measure calculated to bribe one nation, to induce another to give up her rightful property, so far as it may be applied to me, is without foundation, and not authorised by any act of mine, and that no man will undertake to say so."
Mr. Campbell adds—"Mr. Speaker, I think it proper here to state that there was no part of my conduct such as to authorise any man to say the measure I voted for was calculated to bribe any nation. This was not my intention; it was not the intention of the majority of this House, and such an allegation cannot be believed by the public, or by any unprejudiced and candid individual."
Mr. Eppes says—"It is said we have appropriated money not for the purchase of Florida, but to induce France to bully Spain out of her right. On this subject, I have never had but one opinion. I have always believed, and I still believe, that the money will be fairly employed in purchasing Florida of the rightful owner. The gentleman from Virginia will do me the justice to recollect, that I held this language with closed doors. I hold it now in the presence of the people. That France may ultimately get the money is highly probable, and why? Has not the gentleman from Virginia told us the sovereignty of Spain is annihilated, that the powers of her minister are signed Charles Maurice Talleyrand? But of what importance is it to us what becomes of the money we pay Spain? Are we to become the guardians of Spain? Shall we not purchase a territory important to the United States, because Spain may be bullied or cheated out of the money she receives from us? If Spain is really in such a degraded state that she has no will of her own, her conduct towards the U. S. been such, as to induce us not to avail ourselves of the situation in which we find her? For my own part, I care not what use Spain makes of the money paid to her for Florida. It is of no importance to me as a representative, nor to the people. That
the purchase will be fairly made of Spain, and the money paid to Spain, I have no doubt. The government dare not employ it in any other way."
IV. With regard to the charge of an attempt to draw money from the treasury without an appropriation by law—
Mr. Jackson says—"In relation to the principal charge made against him, (the secretary of state)—his having attempted to draw money from the treasury without an appropriation by law; it is not true—no such attempt was made. I happened to see the secretary of the treasury near the door of this House, and asked him whether it was true that such an attempt was made, and he told me it was not; that it was proposed in the executive cabinet before Congress met, to instruct our minister to open a negotiation for the purchase of the Floridas upon the supposition that Congress would appropriate the money when they met—but that he had remarked it was not certain that Congress would make the appropriation—and he added that this proposition did not come from the secretary of state, but from the President himself."—Nat. Intel.
We have received by the ship Enterprize, from London, a regular file of English papers; their contents, however, were chiefly anticipated by former arrivals, and we have later news by way of Boston, than these contain.
The latest information is more precise and creditable respecting the overtures of the French government for negotiating a peace. New overtures were probably made, but such were the terms proposed to the British ministry as to render a favorable understanding altogether impossible. It would be ridiculous to suppose, indeed, that, after having made his will the law of continental Europe, Bonaparte would relax in the least from his former pretensions and demands—nothing has occurred since the peace of Amiens to lessen his power, his fleets have experienced disasters, but these disasters, have not been felt by the nation; France is not dependent upon the superiority of naval power either for the manufacture or the vent of its commodities, but on the contrary the greater the difficulty on the ocean the greater has been Bonaparte's zeal to compensate by extending continental correspondence and intercourse. In E. & F. Bonaparte were the most ambitious, all-grasping man, that ever governed an European power, would it be surprising—he has conquered every foe, and been able to dictate terms to all his neighbours—will such a man, can he be expected, to stoop to the British nation, and until he grants what the British call favorable terms, they pledge themselves to carry on the war.
France has shut out England from a commercial connexion with nearly the whole of the continent; his movements in the north are evidently intended for the purpose of closing the few ports that remain, and in all probability the Baltic—he has nothing to oppose him, he has either, subdued, frightened, purchased, or married into, every reigning family, and it has become the absolute interest of them all to maintain the power of France.
The king of Prussia, we find, is to be honored with the title of emperor of the north—this and the surrender of Hanover, would have quieted any objections to the corporation of Holland with France, if Prussia had dared to make any. The incorporation of Holland is no longer a matter of doubt, it is only remarkable that it did not take place long ago.
The Exposé of the French government, which is mentioned under the Boston head, we shall be glad to see published entire—will scarcely be possible to exaggerate in describing the prosperous condition and enormous power of the French empire.
From the general complexion of the conversations in parliament, we find we were not deceived in our predictions relative to the present ministry of England—we said Fox would not oppose corruption without losing his place, and unhappily he has preferred his place to sustain an honest political reputation—he is sunk, altered, we may say debased; he is the mere register for that high state and church oligarchy, which he so often denounced for its tyranny and crimes.
Besides our London papers, we have been favored with files of late Paris papers, from which we shall now and then, select such articles as may appear worth publication.— aurora .
Recognition of the rights of Underwriters.
When the discussion concerning the rights of Underwriters was going on during the late session of Congress, the conduct of Mr. Armstrong was as our readers well remember, severely reproached by Merchants for having a badened their lawful claims. The opinion of the Minister was instantly disavowed by the government; and a notification of the sentiments of the administration sent on to the Insurance Companies of New-York. For the further information of our fellow citizens on this subject, we lay before them the following letter from Dr. Mitchell, one of our senators in Congress, to the President of the United Insurance Company, relative to the transaction.
Washington, Feb. 10, 1805.
Sir, Since I wrote you that the Merchants' Address to the President of the United States, respecting the official conduct of our Minister at Paris, had been duly forwarded according to request, I have received an answer to that communication, which I now send you for the information of the complainants.
The President has assured me that, in consequence of the Minister's opinion that Underwriters were not invited to indemnification for the losses they suffered, because the premiums they received gave them ample profits, a letter disapproving that opinion was written to the Minister, by the Secretary of State. Explanations are expected from Mr. A. by the government. From these it is hoped it will be known precisely whether that opinion solely decided the claim of the ship N Jersey; as well as what circumstances and views of the subject it was pronounced, it is deemed fair and proper to hear the minister's statement of the transaction; and not make up a final judgment upon a partial survey of the facts.
While reasonable time is given for elucidation on these points, I am authorised to assure the merchants and underwriters, that Mr. Jefferson has no doubt of the right of Insurers to stand in the place of the insured; and that this right will be asserted and maintained on every proper occasion.
I have only to add my hope that the course taken by the president will be considered just and satisfactory; and that you will accept for yourself and the concerned the renewed assurances of my devotion and respect.
SAM. L. MITCHELL. To John Delafield, Esq.
BY THOMAS JEFFERSON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas satisfactory information has been received, that Henry Whitby, commanding a British armed vessel, called the Leander, did on the 25th day of the month of April last past, within the waters and jurisdiction of the United States, and near to the entrance of the harbor of New York by a cannon shot fired from the said vessel Leander, commit a murder on the body of John Pierce, a citizen of the United States, then pursuing his lawful vocations within the same waters and jurisdiction of the U. States, and near to their shores, and that the said Henry Whitby, cannot at this time be brought to justice by the ordinary process of law:
And whereas it does further appear that both before and after the said day, sundry trespasses, wrongs and unlawful interruptions and vexations on trading vessels; coming to the United States and within their waters and vicinity were committed by the said armed vessel the Leander, her officers and people, by one other armed vessel called the Cambrian, commanded by John Nairne, her officers and people, & by one other armed vessel called the Driver, commanded by Slingsby Simpson, her officers and people, which vessels being all of the same nation, were aiding and assisting each other in the trespasses, interruptions and vexations aforesaid:
Now therefore, to the end that the said Henry Whitby may be brought to justice, and due punishment inflicted for the said murder, I do hereby especially enjoin and require all officers having authority, civil or military, and all other persons within the limits or jurisdiction of the United States, where soever the said Henry Whitby may be found, now or hereafter, to apprehend and secure the said Henry Whitby, and him safely and diligently to deliver to the civil authority of the place, to be proceeded against according to law.
And I do hereby further require that the said armed vessel the Leander, with her other officers and people, and the said armed vessels the Cambrian and Driver, their officers and people, immediately and without any delay, depart from the harbors and waters of the United States, And I do hereby interdict the entrance of all harbors and waters of the United States to the said armed vessels, and to all other vessels which shall be commanded by the said Henry Whitby, John Nairne and Slingsby Simpson, or either of them:
And if the said vessels, or any of them, shall fail to depart as aforesaid, or shall re-enter the harbors or waters aforesaid, I do in that case forbid all intercourse with the said armed vessels, the Leander, the Cambrian, and the Driver, or with any of them, and the officers and crews thereof, and do prohibit all supplies or aid from being furnished them or any of them:—
And I do hereby declare and make known, that if any person, from, or within the jurisdictional limits of the United States, shall afford any aid to either of the said armed vessels contrary to the prohibition contained in this proclamation, either in repairing such vessel, or in furnishing her, her officers or crew with supplies of any kind, or in any manner whatsoever, or if any pilot shall assist, in navigating any of the said armed vessels, unless it be for the purpose of carrying them in the first instance beyond the limits and jurisdiction of the U. States, such person or persons shall, on conviction, suffer all the pains and penalties by the laws provided for such offences:
And I do hereby enjoin and require all persons bearing office, civil or military within the U. States, and all others, citizens or inhabitants thereof, or being in the same, with vigilance and promptitude to exert their respective authorities, and to be aiding and assisting to the carrying this proclamation and every part thereof into full effect.
In testimony whereof, I have caused the seal of the United States to be affixed to these presents, and signed the same with my hand.
Given at the city of Washington, the 3d of May, in the year of our Lord, 1806, and of the sovereignty and independence of the United States the thirtieth. (Signed) THOMAS JEFFERSON. By the president.
(Signed) JAMES MADISON.
Philadelphia, 3d May. His Britannic Majesty's Consul General, for the Middle and Southern States of America, gives this public notice to the Merchants and Traders, of the official information he has received, that it is the intention of his excellency, Sir Eyre Coote, K. B. His Majesty's Governor of the Island of Jamaica to extend the duration of the Proclamation issued by his Honor Lieutenant General Nugent, on the 17th of October, 1805, relative to the permitting the importation of certain articles, enumerated in that proclamation, from the United States of America into that Island, for a further period of six months, from and after its expiration, that is to say, from the 30th of June to the 31st of December 1805.
P. BOND.
The impression made by the debates and resolutions in congress on the manufacturers of Great Britain, have been such as to occasion some of them, to forbid the shipment of goods, which had been sent to the seaport towns for the United States.—Phil. pap.
Mr. Beatty, surgeon of the Victory, has had the ball, which was the instrument of death to the late Lord Nelson, set in gold and crystals. The fringe of the epaulet is yet hanging to it. Two thousand guineas have been offered him for it, but he refused.—Lon. pap.
We observe by the Fredericksburg Herald , that Col. John Mercer, is a candidate for the district of Spottsylvania, Orange, Madison, and Louisa, now represented by Mr. Dawson.
We learn that Mr. Wm. Pinckney, lately appointed an ambassador to England, speedily will sail from Baltimore for London.
Advices, by way of the city of St. Domingo, Trinidad, Havanna, and St. Croix, concur in stating that Miranda had effected a landing upon the Spanish main. Barcelona or Barcelonetta, the place at which Miranda is said to have debarked, is the principal town of a district in the province of Cumana.
It was reported at Falmouth, (Jam.) when capt. Douglass sailed, that Miranda had landed at the Island of Margarita, & taken possession of the same.—This account we rather think is premature, as the time was too short.—Phil. pap.
DIED—In Philadelphia, after a tedious and lingering illness, ROBERT MORRIS, esq. whose signal and important services to his country during our revolutionary struggle with Great Britain are well known throughout the United States.
On Saturday last, Mr. WILLIAM POWELL, of Cumberland, universally regretted by a numerous and respectable acquaintance.—He has left four children to bemoan their loss, who were but a few months since deprived of an affectionate mother by the unrelenting hand of death.
On Wednesday last, LYNE SHACKELFORD, Esq. member of the Privy Council of this commonwealth.
The drawing of the Richmond Academy Lottery was unavoidably postponed on Wednesday last, in consequence of some tickets, which were placed in the hands of a gentleman for sale, not having been returned. So soon as they are returned, the drawing will recommence, and continue as heretofore, until finished. There are only 300 tickets remaining in the wheel.
THE MANAGERS. May 15, 1806.
(By Authority.)
AN ACT
To prohibit the importation of certain goods, wares and merchandise.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the fifteenth day of November next, it shall not be lawful to import into the United States, or the territories thereof, from any port or place situated in Great Britain or Ireland, or in any of the colonies or dependencies of Great Britain, any goods, wares or merchandise, of the following description, that is to say:
 All articles of which leather is the material of chief value;  All articles of which silk is the material of chief value;  All articles of which hemp or flax is the material of chief value;  All articles of which tin or brass is the material of chief value, tin in sheets excepted;  Woollen cloths whose invoice prices shall exceed five shillings sterling per square yard;  Woollen hosiery of all kinds;  Window glass, and all other manufactures of glass;  Silver and plated wares;  Paper of every description;  Nails and spikes;  Hats;  Clothing ready made;  Millinery of all kinds;  Playing cards;  Beer, ale and porter; and pictures and prints; 
Nor shall it be lawful to import into the United States or the territories thereof, from any foreign port or place whatever, any of the above mentioned goods, wares or merchandise, being of the growth, produce or manufacture of Great Britain or Ireland, or any of the colonies or dependencies of Great Britain: Provided however, That no articles which shall within fifteen months after the passing of this act be imported from any place beyond the Cape of Good Hope, on board any vessel cleared out before the passing of this act from any port within the United States or the territories thereof, for the said Cape of Good Hope or any place beyond the same, shall be subject to the prohibition aforesaid.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That whenever any article or articles, the importation of which is prohibited by this act, shall, after the said fifteenth day of November next, be imported into the United States or the territories thereof, contrary to the true intent and meaning of this act, or shall, after the said fifteenth day of November next, be put on board any ship or vessel, boat, raft or carriage, with intention of importing the same into the United States or the territories thereof, all such articles, as well as all other articles on board the same ship or vessel, boat, raft or carriage, belonging to the owner of such prohibited articles, shall be forfeited, and the owner thereof shall moreover forfeit and pay treble the value of such articles.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That if any article or articles, the importation of which is prohibited by this act, shall, after the said fifteenth day of November next, be put on board any ship or vessel, boat, raft or carriage, with intention to import the same into the United States or the territories thereof, contrary to the true intent and meaning of this act, and with the knowledge of the owner or mas-
ter of such ship or vessel, boat, raft or carriage, such ship or vessel, boat, raft or carriage, shall be forfeited, and the owner and master thereof shall moreover each forfeit and pay treble the value of such articles.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That if any article or articles, the importation of which is prohibited by this act, and which shall nevertheless be on board any ship or vessel, boat, raft or carriage, arriving after the said fifteenth day of November next, in the United States or the territories thereof, shall be omitted in the manifest, report or entry of the master or the person having the charge or command of such ship or vessel, boat, raft or carriage, or shall be omitted in the entry of the goods owned by the owner, or consigned to the consignee of such articles, or shall be imported or landed, or attempted to be imported, or landed, without a permit, the same penalties, fines and forfeitures shall be incurred, and may be recovered as in the case of similar omission, or omissions, landing, importation, or attempt to land or import, in relation to articles liable to duties on their importation into the United States.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That every collector, naval officer, surveyor, or other officer of the customs, shall have the like power and authority to seize goods, wares and merchandise imported contrary to the intent and meaning of this act, to keep the same in custody until it shall have been ascertained whether the same have been forfeited or not, and to enter any ship or vessel, dwelling house, store, building or other place, for the purpose of searching for and seizing any such goods, wares and merchandise, which he or they now have by law, in relation to goods, wares and merchandise subject to duty; and if any person or persons shall conceal or buy any goods, wares or merchandise, knowing them to be liable to seizure by this act, such person or persons shall, on conviction thereof, forfeit and pay a sum double the amount or value of the goods, wares and merchandise so concealed or purchased.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the following addition shall be inserted to the oath or affirmation taken by the masters or the persons having the charge or command of any ship or vessel arriving at any port of the United States or the territories thereof, after the said fifteenth day of November next, viz. "I further swear (or affirm) that there are not to the best of my knowledge and belief on board [insert the denomination and name of the vessel] any goods, wares or merchandise, the importation of which into the United States or the territories thereof, is prohibited by law: And I do further swear (or affirm) that if I shall hereafter discover or know of such goods, wares or merchandise on board the said vessel, or which shall have been imported in the same, I will immediately and without delay make due report thereof to the collector of the port of this district."
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the following addition be inserted after the said fifteenth day of November next, to the oath or affirmation taken by importers, consignees or agents, at the time of entering goods imported into the United States or the territories thereof, viz. "I also swear (or affirm) that there are not to the best of my knowledge and belief amongst the said goods, wares and merchandise, imported or consigned as aforesaid, any goods, wares or merchandise, the importation of which into the United States or the territories thereof, is prohibited by law: And I do further swear (or affirm) that if I shall hereafter discover any such goods, wares or merchandise, amongst the said goods, wares and merchandise, imported or consigned as aforesaid, I will immediately and without delay report the same to the collector of this district."
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That all penalties and forfeitures arising under this act may be sued for and recovered, and shall be distributed and accounted for in the manner prescribed by the act, entitled, "An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage;" and such penalties and forfeitures may be examined, mitigated or remitted in like manner, and under the like conditions, regulations and restrictions as are prescribed, authorised and directed by the act, entitled, "An act to provide for mitigating or remitting the forfeitures, penalties and disabilities accruing in certain cases therein mentioned."
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. S. SMITH, President of the Senate, pro tempore. April 18, 1806—APPROVED. TH. JEFFERSON.
SALES AT AUCTION.
ON Wednesday the 28th inst. at the store of Mr. Henry McClatchy will be sold, by Auction, all his STOCK IN TRADE, consisting of a complete assortment of Dry Goods, together with his House, bold Furniture—Terms of sale for all sums not exceeding 20 dollars, cash; above 20 and not exceeding 100, ninety days; and above 100, six and nine months credit—Notes with approved end orers, negotiable in the Bank of Virginia, will be required. TAYLOR & BROWN, Auctioneers. May 15, 1806
J. I. Cohen,
Second door below S. Pleasants book store, has just received part of her assortment of SPRING GOODS.
Among which are Silk and Cotton Chambrays; Cambrics; Plaid India Lustre; Worked India Muslins; Pink Ginghams; Patent Watered Vesting; Plaid and Figured Silk Handkerchiefs; Lace Shawls and Stettes; Extra Long Shammy and Kid Gloves. Also, Irish Linens; Drapers; German Dowls and Stripes; Russia Sheeting, &c. &c. Richmond, May 3d, 1806. (18)

WANTED as House-keeper, in a large family, an elderly Lady, can come well recommended. Liberal wages will be given. Enquire of the printer. Nov. 5, 1805.  W. WARDLAW RECEIVING a large supply of MEDICINES, SURGEON'S INSTRUMENTS, FAMILY MEDICINE, CHESTS, &c by the Protectress, from London. Richmond, May 5, 1805.  Advertisement. IN consequence of a resolution of the General Assembly, passed at their late session, I am instructed by the Executive to make enquiry respecting the situation of all Ordnance and Military Stores, belonging to the state (not including those in the service of the United States or of this State) and make report thereof to the Governor. In obedience to this instruction, and as the most probable mean of effecting the object contemplated by the Executive, I have thought proper thus publicly to request of such of the citizens of the commonwealth as may have any knowledge of the situation, number, quality and size or weight of any cannon or other ordnance, and muskets; cannon balls, shells or other military stores, supposed to belong to the state, and not in immediate use, to communicate a particular report thereof to me as soon as convenient. SAMUEL COLEMAN, Clerk to the Executive. Richmond, Feb. 7, 1805.
JUST received from London, and for sale by Wm. Crozier, in Manchester, a complete and general assortment of Fresh Garden Seeds , All of the last year's growth. N. B. The above collection of seeds may be had at Mr. Oakley Philpotts' next door above Russell & Wallace's, main street, Richmond. William Crozier. Richmond, 7th March, 1805.  STRAYED or stolen from the commons, some time last week, a likely grey HORSE, in good order, about 7 or 8 years old, nothing remarkable recollected about him. I will give a generous reward to any person that will bring him to me in Richmond. April 9th 1806. J. PENN.  TO BE RENTED, THE TENEMENT where I now reside, and possession given in June. April 9th, 1805. J. PENN.  Thirty Dollars Reward. FROM the subscriber about the 20th of November last, a negro man named TOM, 17 or 18 years old, of a very black complexion, about 5 feet 8 inches high, and very stout made; I deem it unnecessary to describe any of his clothing which he took with him, as it is presumed he has changed them before this time. I am told he is lurking about Richmond and passes as a free man, and calls his name Billy. Any person delivering the said negro to me, or securing him in any jail so that I get him again, shall receive the above reward. All persons are forewarned from employing or harbouring the said slave. RICHARD CLARKE, New-Market, Amherst, March 26 1806.
Marshal's Sale. TO BE SOLD, for ready money, under a decree of the Court of the United States for the fifth Circuit in the Virginia District, between Phineas Bond, attorney for the creditors of Ezekiel Edwards, plaintiff, and David Ross and others, defendants, in order to raise the sum of 11450 dollars 94 cents due and payable the first day of January last, that valuable and well known estate, in the county of Botetourt, called FORT LEWIS. The sale will be made on the premises, on the 5th day of June next. BEN. MOSBY, D. M. for JOS. SCOTT, M. V. D. April 16, 1806.
Notice. THE Copartnership heretofore existing between the subscribers in the Tanning Business in Cartersville, carried on under the firm of WILLIAM HAMLY & Co was dissolved on the first instant. All persons having claims against said concern, may receive immediate payment by applying to John & Edward Cunningham; and all persons indebted thereto will please call on them and discharge their respective debts, they alone being authorised to settle the business of said concern, and to dispose of the stock of leather remaining on hand, which will be sold on moderate terms for prompt payment only. WILLIAM HAMLY. JOHN & ED. CUNNINGHAM. Cartersville, April 15, 1806.
THE subscriber is particularly requested by Messrs. Abbotts & Sheward, (successors to Isaac W. Morris of Philadelphia, in the Brewing Business) to make known to the citizens of Richmond, and the public generally, that they mean to keep him supplied from time to time, with sufficient quantities of PORTER AND BEER From their Brewery, to answer the consumption of Richmond and the country trading therewith. The subscriber can say with confidence that judging from the sample heretofore received, that both the Porter and Beer is of superior quality, & will be sold as low as it can be had in Philadelphia. Orders from the country will be properly attended to. DANIEL TRIPLETT. April 17th, 1805.
JUST PUBLISHED, AND FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE, A PAMPHLET, Containing Sketches of the HISTORY OF FRANCE and ENGLAND—And an account of NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, Emperor of France, from his birth to the battle of Austerlitz—price 3s. April 28, 1806.
Notice. THE subscriber wishes to employ five or six good JOURNEYMEN SHOEMAKERS. MONCRIFEE HILL. Cartersville, 13th April, 1806.
Geo. Watt HAS removed from the store he formerly occupied to a brick house on the cross street leading from the main street to Shockoe warehouse, where he has on hand and offers to dispose of on moderate terms, by wholesale, The following Articles, viz: Leaf and Muscovado Sugars, N. England, W. Island, and Antigua Rum, Cogniac, Barcelona and Apple Brandy, Sherry and Malaga Wine, Coffee of a superior quality, Molasses, Ginger and Fig Blue, Young Hyson and Imperial Tea, 400 Sacks Liverpool Salt, Patent Shot, assorted sizes—And The remainder of his Stock of Dry Goods, consisting principally of articles suited to the present and approaching season, which he will either sell on a credit of 3, 6 and 9 months, for notes negotiable at the Bank of Virginia, with approved endorsers, or barter for Tobacco, Flour or Hemp. Cash given for Tobacco. Richmond, 22d Mch, 1805.
FOR SALE, THAT well known and very valuable farm belonging to the estate of Samuel Couch, dec. lying on James River, near Goochland court house, containing about 900 Acres of LAND, about half of which is well-timbered wood land; about 200 acres of River Low Grounds and from 50 to 100 acres of valuable Creek Bottom. The cleared land is well enclosed and improved, with convenient dwelling and out houses in good repair, with a commodious Store, a valuable Mill, and a choice collection of about 1,500 bearing fruit trees. The terms of sale may be known on application to Daniel Couch on the premises (who will show the land to any person inclined to purchase) or to Micajah Crew in Hanover. The above tract of land contains improvements and accommodations for two families, and, if more agreeable to the purchasers, they may be divided and sold separately. MICAJAH CREW, ANN COUCH, Exors. & Exix. of S. Couch.
A. Hewes & Co. HAVE for Sale at their Store, next door to Messrs. Sharpard & Lucke's, opposite the Market, Richmond, an assortment of Groceries, and other Articles, Which they will dispose of at the lowest prices for cash or country produce. Among which are, Jamaica and Antigua Rum, old and very superior Cogniac Brandy, Leaf and Brown Sugar, Coffee, Chocolate, Imperial, Hyson, Hysop Skin, and Young Hyson Tea; Port and Sherry Wine, Honey, Molasses, Figs, Nutmegs, Mace, Cloves, Cinnamon, Allspice, Pepper, Fig Dine, Starch, Soap, Candles, Salt, Tubers, &c. Richmond, Feb 10th, 1806.
A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS it is represented to the Executive, by the Keeper of the Penitentiary, that two of the prisoners therein confined, to wit: JOHN TRAMBLE and ISAAC HARRIS, have made their escape from the Penitentiary; I have, therefore, thought fit, with the advice of the Council of State, to issue this Proclamation, hereby offering a reward of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for the apprehension of each, or either of the said prisoners and for their delivery at the Penitentiary; and I do, moreover, enjoin all officers, civil and military, and exhort the good people of the commonwealth to use their best endeavors to apprehend and convey to the Penitentiary the said John Tramble and Isaac Harris. Given under my hand, with the Seal of the Commonwealth annexed, at Richmond, this 3d day of February, 1805. (Signed) Wm. H. CADELL.
John Tramble was convicted of Horse Stealing before the District Court of Washington, in the spring of 1805, and sentenced to five years and five months confinement. He was born in Maryland; is 5 feet 7 1/2 inches high; 25 years old; fair complexion; light hair; grey eyes; has a niche in his left ear; scars in his forehead, and is a shoemaker by trade. Isaac Harris was convicted of larceny before the District Court of Monongalia in the spring of 1805, and sentenced to two years confinement. He was born in the county of Wood, in this state, is five feet nine inches high, 18 years old, swarthy complexion, dark hair and hazel eyes.
BY virtue of a deed of trust executed by John Christian, jr. to secure the payment of a debt therein mentioned due to the late firm of Dunlop, Pollock & Co. will be sold, to the highest bidder, for ready money, at Prince Edward courthouse, on Monday the 19th day of May next, (being court day) a TRACT OF LAND, containing 150 acres more or less, lying on the waters of Big Rouch creek, in the said county of Prince Edward, being the land bought by said Christian, from Abner Coffey, per deed bearing date the 28th day of May, 1803. The land may be viewed previous to the day of sale, by applying to the said John Christian, jr. Samuel W. Venable, } Trustees. Peter Johnston, } Prince Edward, 17th March, 1806.
Ten Dollars Reward. DESERTED, on the 23d April last, JOHN JENKINS, a soldier of the guard. His clothing is unknown which he has taken with him. He is about twenty years of age, about five feet high, tolerable stout made, has dark hair and eyes, fair complexion, and when spoken to has a very down look, and speaks very mild, very fond of spirits. It is supposed he is gone up the river as far as Lynchburg, and from thence he probably may have gone to his father's, who lives in Pittsburgh. Any person taking up the said deserter and delivering him to me in this place, or either of the officers of the public guard, shall receive the above reward. Alexr. Quarter, Captain of the Public Guard. Richmond, 2d May, 1806.
The Literary Magazine, For March, 1806. HENING'S New Virginia Justice, Containing the Duties of a Justice of Peace, &c together with a variety of useful precedents, adapted to the laws now in force. Also, forms of conveyancing, such as deeds of bargain and sale, lease & release, mortgage, trust, &c. ARE FOR SALE AT S. PLEASANTS' BOOK-STORE.
We have lately received, FOR SALE, 12 hds. sugar 15 boxes cotton & wool 30 bbls. do. cards do. 3000 lbs. green coffee 4 tons castings assorted 10 hds. Antigua rum viz. pots, ovens, skillets, spiders, and 5 do. Windward Island do. 14 hds. N. E. rum 330 sacks salt 14 bbls. do. do. 100 bbls. cut herrings 12 hds. molasses 50 do. whole do. 8 casks Malaga wine 15 do. do. 20 tiers & bbls. whisky 40 lbs. Spanish indigo 4 pips apple brandy 15 lbs. do. do. 15 bbls. do. do. 100 p. men's fine shoes 12 crates Liverpool ware assorted 50 do. coarse 10 do. stone do. 500 lbs. Guber salts.  We have also on hand, Iron Tanners' & Linseed oil German, Crawley and Nova Scotia grind Race & ground ginger stones Pepper Ground plaster in bbls Allspice Good manufactured tobacco to the keg, for retailing FF & F powder Tar Shot assorted sizes Weeding hoes French brandy Nests woodware Rice Bed cords, leading lines and twine Cheese Wrought and cut nails, assorted sizes Necklaces Snuff Stone jugs, butter pots, Class ware, viz 1-2 pt. chamber pots, wash tumblers and decanters, basins, bakers pans, Hats chums, &c. &c. &c. We daily expect to receive, a quantity of Sherry Wine, Window Glass, Copperas and Allum, all of which articles, we will sell at a small advance, for cash, approved paper or country produce. Sharpard & Lucke. Richmond, May 8, 1806.
NOTICE. THE copartnership of Samuel Shelton & Co. is this day dissolved by mutual consent; those who have claims against said concern, will apply to Samuel Shelton, for their adjustment; and all those indebted to said concern, are earnestly requested to make immediate payment to him, or those he may authorise to receive the same, as no farther indulgence can be given. Saml. Shelton. John Staples. Jas. Walker, adm. for William Walker, dec. Warren, May 1, 1805.
Advertisement. HAVING rented a Tenement near the Bank, formerly occupied by Mr. John P. Shields, I have thought proper to open an Entertaining, Boarding & Coffee House, Where any number of gentlemen (not exceeding twenty) may be accommodated. A good stable, forage, and every attention paid to render satisfaction to a generous customer. STEPHEN W. GRAY. Richmond, April 18, 1806.
Sales at Auction. THE sale of the Lot as described below, having been unavoidably postponed, as heretofore advertised, will be sold, positively without reserve, on the premises, the 21st inst. Wednesday, at 11 o'clock, A. M. on an approved endorsed negotiable note at 6 months—That beautiful and truly valuable LOT, known by the No 542, and adjoining the lots in front of the residence of William Hay, esquire. Prosser & Moncure, v. m. Richmond, May 8th, 1806.
CHASE'S TRIAL. THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED, BY SAMUEL H. SMITH, TRIAL OF SAMUEL CHASE, An ASSOCIATE JUSTICE of the Supreme Court of the United States, Impeached by the House of Representatives, for HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS, before the Senate of the United States. Taken in short hand, By SAMUEL H. SMITH & THOMAS LLOYD. In two large octavo volumes—in boards, price, to subscribers four dollars and a half—and to non subscribers five dollars.
A much greater delay has been incurred in the publication of this trial than the Editor contemplated. He has, however, the satisfaction of saying that no effort has been omitted by him to give it to the public at an earlier period. The delay has arisen from the revision of the speeches of the Managers and Counsel. The publication might long since have been made in a less perfect dress; but it was deemed highly desirable that in a case, which, independently of its own importance, might be a precedent in future times, to sacrifice time rather than precision. The work now appears before the public, with the expectation of the editor that it will be considered as meriting the character of an impartial, comprehensive and faithful statement of facts. All the speeches have been revised, and inserted at length, in connection with whatever else formed a part of the trial. March 24, 1806.
Sports of the Pit, AT Judd's ferry, Powhatan county, will commence on Whitton Monday, the 26th inst. with a Royal Battle—25 cocks entered, two dollars each. After which, a Shake Bag Stag will be fought for 100 dollars. The sports will then continue with single combats, at discretion. May 2d, 1805.  Black Walnut Plank, Very well seasoned, from 1 to 1 1/2 inches, a few thousand feet for sale, by G. Runge. Powhatan, May 2, 1805.  Subscribers to the DEBATES of the VIRGINIA CONVENTION, and to GIBBON'S HISTORY of the DECLINE and FALL of the ROMAN EMPIRE, are requested to apply at this office, where their copies are now ready for delivery.
Valuable Medicines. PUBLIC confidence has never been more liberally and firmly reposed, and perhaps in no instance more justly, than it appears in the efficacy of HAMILTON'S WORM LOZENGES, prepared and sold, wholesale and retail, by RICHARD LEE, no. 56, Maiden-lane, New York. And in Richmond, (only) at S. Pleasants' Printing-office. The proprietor has lately presented to the public eye the testimony of the Hon. A. C. Hanson, Chancellor of Maryland, the Rev. Mr. Molther, and of other distinguished and respectable characters. The following cases, of more recent occurrence, are now respectfully submitted. Copy of a letter from Mr. Henry Ackerman, Bricklayer, Magazine-street, near Broadway, Jan. 24, 1804. Sir—It would be ungrateful were I to withhold my testimony in favor of Hamilton's Worm-Destroying Lozenges. I had been between five and six years past much indisposed, and latterly often tormented with severe griping and pains of the bowels, troubled with offensive breath, and with violent feverish fits, and other obvious symptoms of worms; but frequently hearing your Worm Lozenges recommended in cases similar to mine, I determined on a trial of them, as my last resource. The first dose evacuated twelve or thirteen feet of tape worms; two other doses were taken which brought away a quantity of matter like broken skins and pieces of worms. I suppose the tape worm, voided at different times, must have exceeded forty feet. The almost incredible benefit I received from this medicine, induced me to give a dose to a child of mine who was pining and sickly: it produced the same good effect in this instance, expelling a worm of a different kind, from nine to twelve inches long, and at the same time restoring a good state of health. I remain, Sir, yours, &c. HENRY ACKERMAN. To Mr. Richard Lee.
FOR SALE AS ABOVE.  Hamilton's Essence and Extract of Mulbard, A safe and effectual remedy for acute and chronic Rheumatism, Gout, Rheumatic Gout, Palsy, Lumbago, Numbness, White Swellings, Chilblains, Sprains, Bruises, Pain in the Face and Neck, &c. "AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION IS WORTH A POUND OF CURE." For the prevention and cure of Bilious and Malignant Fevers recommended Hahn's Anti-Bilious Pills. The operation of these pills is perfectly mild, so as to be used with safety by persons in every situation, and of every age. Hamilton's Elixir, A sovereign remedy for Colds, Obsolete Coughs, Asthma, Sore Throats, and approaching Consumption. To Parents who may have children afflicted with The Hooping Cough. This discovery is of the first magnitude, as it affords immediate relief, checks the progress, and in a short time entirely removes the most cruel disorder to which children are liable. The Elixir is so perfectly agreeable, and the dose so small, that no difficulty arises in taking it. From LUTHER MARTAIN, esq. attorney general of the state of Maryland. GENTLEMEN—I comply with your request in stating my opinion of Hamilton's Elixir. It has been used in my family for two or three years past with uniform success, whenever colds, coughs, or similar complaints have rendered medicine necessary. I have myself found it an excellent and agreeable remedy for a very painful and troublesome affection of the breath, accompanied with torpor, and with obtruded and difficult breathing. On these accounts, I do not hesitate to recommend Hamilton's Elixir as a valuable medicine, and deserving public attention. LUTHER MARTAIN.
HAMILTON'S Grand Retortorative, Is recommended as an invaluable medicine for the speedy relief and permanent cure of the various complaints which result from dissipated pleasures—juvenile indiscretions—residence in climates unfavourable to the constitution—the immediate use of tea—frequent intoxication, or any other destructive intemperance—the unwholesome or extensive use of mercury—the diseases peculiar to females at a certain period of life—bad lying in, &c. Hahn's true and genuine German Corn Plaster, An infallible remedy for corns, speedily removing them, root and branch without giving pain.
The Genuine Persian Lotion. So celebrated among the fashionable throughout Europe, as an invaluable cosmetic, perfectly innocent and safe, free from corrosive and repulsive minerals (the basis of other lotions) and of unparalleled efficacy in preventing and removing blemishes in the face and skin of every kind—particularly freckles, pimples, inflammatory redness, scurfy tetter, ring worm, sun burns, prickly heat, &c. The Persian Lotion operates mildly, without impeding that natural, insensible perspiration, which is essential to health; yet its effects are speedy and permanent, rendering the skin delicately soft and clear, improving the complexion, and restoring the bloom of youth—never failing to render an ordinary countenance beautiful, and a handsome one more so.
The Restorative Powder for the Teeth and Gums. HAHN'S GENUINE EYE WATER, A sovereign remedy for all diseases of the eyes whether the effect be natural weakness or of accident, speedily removing inflammations, defluxions of rheum, dizziness, itching and films on the eye; never failing to cure those maladies which, frequently caused the small-pox, measles and fever, and wonderfully strengthening to weak light. Hundreds have experienced its excellent virtues when nearly deprived of sight.
Tooth-Ache Drops, The only remedy yet discovered, which gives immediate and lasting relief in the most severe instances.  The Anodyne Elixir, For the cure of every kind of head ache.  The Damafla Lip-Salve. Infallible Ague and Fever Drops, For the cure of Agues, Remittant and Intermit-tant Fevers. Thousands can testify their being cured by these drops after the bark and every other medicine has proved ineffectual: not one in a hundred has had occasion to take more than one, and none bore not half a bottle.
The Sovereign Ointment for the Itch, Which is warranted an infallible remedy at one application, and may be used with the most perfect safety by pregnant women, or on an infant a week old, not contain a particle of mercury or any dangerous ingredients whatever; and is not accompanied with that tormenting smart which attends the exhibition of other remedies. For the cure of a certain deplorable Malady, The Indian Vegetable Specific.
The Medicines prepared by Richard Lee have been in high estimation and general use throughout the United States, for upwards of six years; many of them are sold for less than the drugs of which they are compounded could be purchased at a retail store. It is no inconsiderable evidence of their utility, that during the above period, numerous imitations of every article (the production of ignorance and inexperience, urged by envy and penury) have intruded on the public, from a day and then perished; others now succeeded them, which in like manner are fast defending "to the tomb of the Capulets," while our remedies become more generally used, and acquire a daily accession of well earned celebrity. To prevent the imposition of worthless or dangerous preparations, purchasers are requested to remember, that an engraved label, with the signature of Richard Lee's (to counterfeit which is felony) is affixed to each of his genuine medicines.
Lee's Infallible Ague Drops. Recent Cures. A child of Mr. William Lozier, grocer, corner of Hudson and Jay Streets, was sick about five or six weeks with ague and fever, and in so violent a degree, as for the hot paroxysms to terminate frequently in most alarming convulsion fits. A variety of medicines, recommended by sympathising neighbors, were administered, without alleviating the disease; at length hearing of the uniform efficacy of Lee's Ague Drops, a bottle was procured, of which three doses only were found necessary to perfect a cure. Five weeks have elapsed without any return of the complaint.
Mr. James Joyce, affiant in the warehouse of Mr. — Pearlall, Pearlall-street, was severely afflicted with an intermittent, but after taking Lee's Ague Drops, was cured in two days. At the recommendation of Mr. Joyce, a friend, Mr. Terence Tole, who had suffered much from an obstinate intermittent upwards of a year (with saw and trifling intervals) was cured by a few doses of the same Medicine. At the recommendation of Mr. Joyce, a bottle was procured by M. P. Skooley, who was likewise horrified with an obstinate intermittent. A small portion completely removed every symptom of the complaint (which may surprise those who regard the bark as the only specific.) Four persons of Mr. Skooley's acquaintance was by the remaining part of this single phial, cured of the prevailing malady. The above narrations may suffice to prove the usefulness of this medicine; but if the affection of the proprietor, and the fact of an annual demand for several thousand bottles have any weight, the public will believe that this preparation has never failed effecting a cure, and may without effrontery be termed INFALLIBLE. Prepared and sold by Richard Lee, No. 56 Maidenlane New York, and at S. Pleasants' Printing office, Richmond. Oct. 1, 1804.
SANS-CULOTTES, Believed to be inferior to no station in Virginia, in point of form and action, and the beauty of his stock, will stand this season in, or near Farmville, and will be let to market at Ten Dollars payable with Eight Dollars at the first of July. Pasturage gratis, but no responsibility for accidents. He was got by Old Celer, dam by the imported horse Medley, grandam by Fearnought. April 10, 1806.
Just published and for sale at this office, BROOKES'S GENERAL GAZETTEER IMPROVED; OR, A NEW AND COMPREHENSIVE GEOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY: CONTAINING A description of the Empires, Kingdoms, States, Provinces, Cities, Towns, Ports, Seas, Harbours, Rivers, Lakes, Mountains, Cafes, &c. IN THE KNOWN WORLD. With the Government, Customs, Manners, and Religion of the Inhabitants. Illustrated by eight Maps, neatly executed. ORIGINALLY WRITTEN BY R. BROOKES, M. D.
The first American edition from the latest European with great additions and improvements in every part. Just Received and for Sale at this Office, THE ELEMENTS OF CHESS; A TREATISE COMPRISING THE WHOLE OF PHILIDORE'S GAMES. And EXPLANATORY NOTES, new modelled; And arranged upon a new plan.
TO BE SOLD, for ready money, on the 12th day of June next, if fair, and if not, on the next fair day, at the Tan Yard near Elijah Hutchinson's in Louisa, agreeably to a deed of trust executed to us by Cecilia Bell and Pleasant Bell, in order to secure the payment of a sum of money due to Elijah Johnson, the said TANTARD and the LANDS belonging thereto, estimated at fifty-nine acres—also, three NEGRO BOYS, Jack, Darby and Cholly, and some STOCK and HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE; or so much of the said property as will raise the sum of three hundred pounds, with interest, and costs of the said deed, &c. David Watson, } Trustees. Elijah Hutchinson, } Wm. O. Morris, } 4th April, 1806.
Domestic Encyclopedia and Pinkerton's Geography. SEVERAL of the subscribers to the DOMESTIC ENCYCLOPEDIA, and PINKERTON'S GEOGRAPHY, who were permitted to receive the works in separate volumes as they came out, have neglected to call for the last volumes, in consequence of which a number of broken sets remain on hand; such subscribers are earnestly solicited to send for the vols. wanted to complete their copies, or return those in their possession, for which the printer hereof will pay them the cash. if it March 6, 1806.  THE subscriber has extended his practice to the Superior Court of Chancery for the Williamsburg district. Patrick Hendren, Attorney at Law. Shirley, Chas. City c'ty. March 4, 1806.  Ready made Pens for sale here.