The enquirer (Richmond, Va.), 1804-09-08 00:00:00

THE ENQUIRER.
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SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 8, 1804.
[VOLUME 1.]
CONDITIONS.
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SPRING GOODS.
WILLIAM TEMPLE,
HAS just received, by the ship Rebecca from London, and Yorkshire from Liverpool, AN ASSORTMENT OF GOODS Suitable to the season, which he will dispose of on the usual terms. Richmond, May 9th. tf (1)
Mediterranean Passports.
NOTICE is hereby given, that it has been deemed expedient to change the form of the Mediterranean passport issued to vessels of the United States; that from the 8th day of July next, those of the new form will be issued at the custom houses to every vessel, for which application may be made on a compliance with the terms prescribed by law and surrendering the former passport of which they may be possessed, if any, in which latter case no fees will be required for the exchange: and that by an arrangement agreed upon by the Barbary powers with whom we are at peace, either the old or the new form of passport will be sufficient to protect the vessels of the United States, from capture until the 1st of July 1805, after which the old form of passport will be unavailable and the new one alone in use.
Department of State, } 23rd of May, 1804. } The printers of the laws of the United States are requested to insert the above in their Gazettes twice a week for the space of six months, and the Collectors of the customs to keep copies of it posted up in their offices. June, 2.
NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY COURT.
BALL vs. JETT's heirs & representatives. } In Chancery. BY virtue of a Decree of the Court in this suit, WILL BE SOLD, on the 1st of October next, if fair, if not, the next fair day, at the late dwelling house of Mrs. Elizabeth Jett, dec. to the highest bidder, for ready money, the three following TRACTS or PARCELS of LAND, (or so much thereof as may be sufficient to raise the sum of two thousand dollars with interest and costs of suit)—to wit, a tract devised to Capt. William Ball by his father, containing by estimation 376 acres, be the same more or less; out of this tract will be excepted an old Mill, with the thereunto adjacent and appertaining. The tract on which the said Jett resided at the time of her death, containing 40 acres, more or less. And one other tract formerly part of the estate of Max'n Haynie, dec. containing 30 acres, more or less.
These tracts lie contiguous to each other, and have been used as one farm; they are situate near the Potomac, about two miles below the courthouse on the main road leading to Fairfields Church, and about the same distance from Coan Warehouses. The quality of this land is not inferior to any in its neighbourhood, and nearly two-thirds of it is well timbered. Its situation affords an abundance of excellent fish, oysters, &c. The dwelling and out houses are suitable for the accommodation of a small family. Mr. Samuel Harding, living near the premises, will show them to any person wishing to purchase. THOMAS D. DOWNING, RICHARD EDWARDS, HEROMEL L. OPE, PETER C. RICE. } COUNSEL.
July 29. cp-5w
FAIRFIELD RACES.
ON Monday the 1st of October next, will be run for over the FAIRFIELD COURSE, a Sweepstakes for Colts three years old, two mile heats. Seven Colts are entered, a two hundred dollars each, and the subscription closed. Weights, agreeably to the rules of the Jockey Club.
On Tuesday, the 2nd day of October, the Jockey Club Purse of 400 Dollars, will be run for, four Mile Heats. The following day, the Purse of the proprietor of the Course, three Mile Heats. WEIGHTS AS FOLLOWS. Aged Horses 133 lbs. 6 years old 128 5 years old 118 4 years old 106 3 years old 90 Mares and Geldings allowed three pounds. Richmond, August 18, 1804.
CASH SALE OF LAND IN ALBEMARLE.
On September 15th, WILL BE SOLD, in Charlottesville, to the highest bidder, for Cash, THE TRACT OF LAND lying on the east side of Rivanna, over against Charlottesville, containing ab out 600 acres, with a new commodious DWELLING HOUSE. Two years of a lease under good restrictions have to run after this. The land is all of the South-West Mon main quality; and though much injured in parts, is in general still very good, and all reclaimable. The sale proceeds from a deed of trust to indemnify against joint as security and bail, which was executed in December, 1802, by William Bache, of Pennsylvania, to THOMAS M. RANDOLPH. July 25. t155ep
Brantley, IN ALL ITS VARIETY, EXECUTED AT THE OFFICE of the ENQUIRER.
LIFE OF WASHINGTON.
THE FIRST VOLUME is ready for Subscribers at the Book Store of Wm. PRICHARD, Richmond, August 18, 1804. eptf
We have received a small additional supply of MADEIRA WINE, Of a superior quality, which we offer for sale by the hoghead and quarter-cask. GIBSON & JEFFERSON. July 18. eptf
SCOTTVILLE JOCKEY CLUB.
ON the second Tuesday in September, will be run for, over the Scottville course, the JOCKEY CLUB PURSE of £100—three mile heats. The day after, the Purse of the Proprietor of the Course, of £50—two mile heats. Weights as follows: Aged Horses, 133 lbs. Six Years Old, 128 } Mares & Geldings Five Years do. 117 } allowed 5 lbs. Four Years do. 106 Three Years do. 90 August 11. WM. ARCHER, Secretary. cp5w-279
NOTICE.
THE office of Supervisor of the Revenue for the District of Virginia being discontinued, and the unfinished business of the said Office transferred to me; the Collectors of the Direct Tax and Internal Revenue, whose accounts have not been finally adjusted and paid, are hereby informed, that they are now requested to call at my office, in the city of Richmond, without delay, and pay the balances due to the United States. And those whose lands have been sold in the District of Virginia by authority of an act of Congress of the United States for non-payment of the Direct Tax, may redeem such lands, by paying to me within the time limited, the principal costs and fees as the law directs. As most of the abovementioned lands were sold in Dec. 1802, the privilege of redemption will continue until December next. The money received by me for the redemption of the said lands, will be returned to the purchaser, with interest at the rate of 25 per cent per annum on the purchase money, to the day on which it may be paid to me. JOSEPH SCOTT. Marshal V.D. July 7. ep-tf
A WET NURSE. WANTED to hire or purchase, a Wet Nurse without a child of her own. Enquire of the Printers. August 8.—tf
FOR RENT, FOR A TERM OF YEARS, THE Farm whereon James Harris, decd. lived about 18 years ago in the county of Caroline. It is beautifully situated on Pamunkey River, commands a handsome prospect, and is extremely beautiful. The dwelling house is very convenient with six rooms in the Cellar, and very dry. A person may stand in the dwelling house and see the mill, which is about a mile distant. The mill, which has a great deal of custom when going, wants a little repair; the timber for which purpose is already on the spot. There are three springs on the place, the streams of which making into each other, form a rivulet which runs through the plantation. There are several flourishing orchards of charming fruits, such as Peaches, Apples, Pears, Damsons, Cherries of different kinds, &c. As I presume no one will purchase without viewing the premises, I think it useful to give a further description. The terms will be made more particularly known to those that wish to rent, by applying to George Winton, at Caroline Court next. MARY HARRIS, jr. eptf. Sept. 1.
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT the Common Hall of the City of Richmond, will at their next monthly meeting proceed to recommend to the Court of Justices for the said City, one fit and proper person to be appointed a CONSTABLE of the said City, in the room of Laughton Wood, who has resigned. ANDREW STEVENSON, C. C. H. August 25. cp17Sep
VIRGINIA: AT A HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY, HOLDEN AT THE CAPITOL, IN THE CITY OF RICHMOND, 5th March, 1796. BETWEEN Mary Ruffin, executrix, and Herbert Claiborne, James Ruffin and William Ruffin, executors of Robert Ruffin, and James Ruffin, William Ruffin and Sterling Ruffin, prosecuting in their own behalf, Plaintiffs. AND William Martin, Isaac Hicks and Nancy his Wife, William Gee and John Gee, Defendants. THIS cause, which related to the plaintiff Mary Ruffin, by her death, came on the fifth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, to be heard on the bill, answers, exhibits and examinations of witnesses, and was argued by counsel: on consideration whereof, the court did direct one of its Commissioners to state an account of the payments made, if any payments were made, towards discharging the debt, interest and charges intended to be secured by the indenture in the bill recited, and also to examine the bills of credit alleged to have been tendered by John Jones, on behalf of the defendant William Martin, on the ninth day of December, in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty one, in order to discover whether such bills of credit could be legally tendered at that time, and the Commissioner is empowered to examine the Plaintiffs in solemn manner, and require their acknowledgment or denial of such payments, and tender and to report the matters, as they shall appear to him, to the court, stating specially such as to him shall seem pertinent, or by the parties shall be desired to be so stated; and the bill is dismissed, as to the defendant John Gee, who hath by his answer disclaimed any title to the land conveyed by the indenture aforesaid. A Copy, Teste, PETER TINSLEY, C. C.
COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE, RICHMOND, May 23rd, 1804. The parties concerned are desired to take notice, that I have appointed Friday the twenty-third day of November next, for carrying into effect the within Decree, upon which day their attendance is required at my office, with their papers and accounts ready for examination. (48-8w) WM. HAY, M. C.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
5th Circuit, Virginia District, May 30, 1804. John Lloyd and John Hanbury, surviving partners of Hanbury and Lloyd, Plaintiffs. AGAINST John Buchanan, Archibald Price, Robert West and Elizabeth Carter his wife, Maria Thornton and Priscilla his wife, Henry Perrin and Anna his wife, Samuel Anderson and Janet his wife, John M'Kean, Willis M'Kean, and Alexander M'Kean, children and devisees of John M'Kean, deceased, and James Walsh, executor of Alexander M'Kean, deceased, who was executor of the said John M'Kean, deceased, Defendants. IN CHANCERY.
ROBERT WEST is appointed guardian to Alexander M'Kean, an infant defendant in this suit; and the cause coming on by consent of the parties to be heard on the bill and amended bill, the answers of the defendants, repli cations, the will of John M'Kean, as found, and the proceedings in a suit at law in this court brought by the complainants against the defendant West as executor aforesaid, which judgment was obtained at the December session 1801: WHEREUPON, IT IS DECREED AND ORDERED, That Edmund Randolph, William Mitchell, Robert Pollard and Edmund W. Rootes, or any two or more of them, do cause to be sold at public auction, together or separately, the lot and tenement in the proceedings mentioned, now in the occupation of William M'Kean, and the small tenements and ground thereunto belonging, which adjoin the tenement conveyed in trust to the defendants Buchanan and Price—after the time and place of sale shall have been advertised four weeks in one or more of the Richmond newspapers:—the terms of sale to be one third in cash, and the remaining two-thirds payable in instalments with legal interest from the day of sale, the first instalment to be paid twelve months, and the second in two years from the day of sale; the purchasers to give bonds for the said two instalments, and in default of payment to be again sold by the said commissioners, or any two of them, for ready money, for the payment of the balances that may be due from the respective purchasers: AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That the said commissioners who may act do from the proceeds of the sales hereby first directed, pay into the complainants, their agent or attorney, three thousand one hundred and twenty-five dollars, thirty-one cents, with interest on two thousand two hundred and twenty-five dollars, fifty-six cents, part thereof, at five per cent. from the sixteenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and one, the balance appearing to be due the complainants by a statement among the exhibits, and the cost of this suit; and the surplus, if any, after deducting the charges of the sale, to be brought into court, subject to such order as may hereafter be made concerning the same; the monies first raised by the sale to be applied to the satisfaction of the debt due the complainants: AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That such of the commissioners who may act convey to the purchasers in conformity to the terms of this decree, and that they make report of their proceedings to the court. A Copy—Teste, JAMES BLAGROVE, D. C.
Richmond, August 13th, 1804. IN pursuance of the foregoing decree, the full cost to be paid at public auction, the Lot, Tenements, Ground & Property therein mentioned, on the 19th day of the next month, on the premises, in the city of Richmond. EDMUND RANDOLPH. WILLIAM MITCHELL. ROBERT POLLARD. EDMUND W. ROOTES.
NEAL NELSON, BOOT & SHOE MANUFACTURER,
MAIN-STREET, RICHMOND.
MAKES Boots & Shoes to any pattern or fashion, equal in point of MATERIALS and WORKMANSHIP to any in general use. Imported Boots and Shoes, of the first quality and newest fashion, for sale. Gentlemen at a distance, who are disposed to forward me their measure, by paying attention to the annexed cut, can be fitted with Boots or Shoes as well as if they were on the spot. A—the length of the Boot.—C—round the Calf.—B—the pitch of ditto.—D—round the heel and instep.—E—round the instep.—G—across the ball of the foot. Fix the heel against a perpendicular, and flick a knife at the end of the great toe—set down in figures the number of inches and quarters, in the different measures. June 30. ep17m
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
LONDON, July 7.
On the 2d instant a boat was observed by our squadron to the westward of Boulogne at a greater distance from the land than that to which fishing boats go in general. The signal being made to chase, the Locust came up with her, and found in her two deserters from the French army. They had taken a fishing boat from Portal at ten o'clock the evening before, with a view of joining our fleet then at anchor in Boulogne Bay; but being unacquainted with the art of managing a boat, and having rowed a considerable distance till they were almost exhausted, they drifted to the situation in which they were found about three o'clock in the afternoon. According to the accounts given by these deserters there are one hundred thousand men encamped at Ambleteuse, Vimereux, and on the right and left of Etaples; and at Boulogne there are in the harbour and without it one thousand flat-bottomed boats, luggers, brigs and transports. The 26th regiment of light infantry are encamped behind Boulogne, and perform no other service than working in the harbour and forts. They state, likewise, that no more preparations are making for the invasion of this country. The vessels have had on board, these three last months past, pieces of ordnance for land service, but they do not know when the attempt will be made. They contradict the report of the coronation of Bonaparte, and assert that he will not be crowned: if he is, it is expected the people of Paris will revolt against a great many of his own countrymen again. One of these deserters says he was a drum-major in the 5th regiment of artillery, the other was a sergeant in the same regiment, and both state, that they were dissatisfied on being disgraced in the regiment, but on what account we have not been able to learn; they add, that great discontent prevails throughout the whole army. The same latter inform us that the enemy has not been very lately observed to be making any disposition for coming out; but when our fleet is off Boulogne, there are always about forty-six brigs and seventy-six luggers lying at anchor, under protection of their batteries. A great number of soldiers have been observed exercising on the coast, but as far as our cruisers are able to judge, the troops seen on this side of the eminence behind Boulogne, do not exceed ten thousand men.
GERMANIC EMPIRE.
Hamburg papers furnish the following letter, under date Ratibon, May 14. The Russian Note communicated to the Diet on the 7th inst. was this day taken into consideration. The Delegate for Bohemia and the
A gentleman lately from Spain informs, that throughout the interior of that country the greatest scarcity of provisions prevailed. So extreme was it at Madrid, in the month of June, that a royal order was issued ordering all the inhabitants who had not resided there for ten years to leave the city immediately. This difficulty of subsistence was occasioned by the failure of crops.
From Paris, dated June 21, the Russian minister, Livingston, has received bills for 15 millions of livres; but the said bills, not received by him, were sent to the Russian minister, Livingston, after his arrival here, and a better issue, were hoped for here. On Livingston's first conference, after his arrival here he remained with Talleyrand for six hours and a Courier was sent to the Emperor immediately afterwards, who ordered Talleyrand to wait upon his Majesty. The rumour of peace, caused by Livingston's journey, was received with a satisfaction every where not agreeable to the conquerors of England in petto; even the proud warriors on our coast began to think from the intrigues of their sovereign for peace, that his means to destroy modern Carthage did not correspond with his desire.
This has caused the paragraph in the Monitor, declaring what is very well known here, and which, a month ago, Government did not conceal, that Mr. Livingston was sent pour fonder le terrain, "to found the Cabinet," as Talleyrand himself said. But what confirms the particulars of the mission of Mr. Livingston is that another neutral Minister was asked to undertake it, but refused until he could obtain permission from his Court; regarding, as most politicians here do, these millions merely as intrigues, to gull England into a fatal security when the blow is intended to be struck.
Government, it is said, have received positive intelligence of the enemy's design to attempt a landing, as nearly as possible at the same time, in Jersey and Guernsey. Dispatches were sent off on Thursday, to both these islands. All the troops along the opposite line of the French coast from Ouzant to Vauville, have been in constant movement during the whole of last week, and reinforcements had arrived from the interior.
On the subject of the time of the invasion reports continue to be vague and contradictory; at any rate it is not safe for us to relax, even for a moment, our exertions; for if such an imprudent and inexcusable relaxation the French would not fail to avail themselves. Our troops must be every where on the alert, our volunteers must stand to their arms yet a little longer; but the effort of this summer will probably be the last they will make for many a year.
A private letter from Vienna, of the 6th inst. states, that on the 2d the French Ambassador Champagny went to court in state, and had a private audience of the Emperor, in which he delivered his new credentials, signed by the new Emperor himself. The Emperor is said to have assured the Ambassador that he considered this event as a new pledge of the uninterrupted good intelligence between the two states.
Letters from the fleet off Breft, dated on Monday last, announce that the French fleet in the outer harbor, apparently ready for sea, comprises 22 sail of the line and ten frigates, with several transports. An opinion prevailed in our squadron, that the enemy would take the first favourable opportunity to put to sea.
On Wednesday a number of very respectable American Gentlemen met at the Grove House, Camberwell, for the purpose of celebrating the anniversary of the Independence of the United States. A grand discharge of cannon took place on the occasion, and there was, previous to the breaking up of the company, a brilliant display of fireworks. A number of appropriate toasts were given in the course of the evening, and among the rest the health of our illustrious Sovereign was drunk with great enthusiasm.
Among the company present were Mr. Monroe, the American minister, and Mr. Evers, Consul-General for the United States. The whole business was conducted with the utmost cordiality, and the company parted in perfect friendship at a late hour.
It is stated that the mother of Georges, encouraged by the successful applications which have been made by the relations of several of the individuals who have been found guilty, is on her way to Paris, to implore mercy for her son. None of the French conspirators have yet been executed; And it is rumoured that they will all be pardoned.
It is currently reported, that the emperor of Russia positively refuses to recognize Bonaparte as Emperor of the French.
The hon. Lieut. Jones, belonging to the Naiaid frigate, who was tried by a court martial at Plymouth, for striking the First Lieut. of that ship, and was sentenced to be shot, has received his majesty's most gracious pardon. He is also restored to his rank in service.
It is rumoured that Parliament will sit till the first week in August, Mr. Pitt having a system of naval defence to propose, which must necessarily occupy the attention of both houses, for some time.
On the 14th inst. at four o'clock in the morning, the Empress of Germany was safely delivered of an archduchess.
It is the general opinion, on the day of coronation all the perfidious conspirators will be pardoned.
Barrymore is prepared to set at Liverpool. Cooper's debt to the goats of blood, streaming from the heads of his cuts a tremendous quantity of bills.
From Paris, dated June 21, the Russian minister, Livingston, has received bills for 15 millions of livres; but the said bills, not received by him, were sent to the Russian minister, Livingston, after his arrival here, and a better issue, were hoped for here. On Livingston's first conference, after his arrival here he remained with Talleyrand for six hours and a Courier was sent to the Emperor immediately afterwards, who ordered Talleyrand to wait upon his Majesty. The rumour of peace, caused by Livingston's journey, was received with a satisfaction every where not agreeable to the conquerors of England in petto; even the proud warriors on our coast began to think from the intrigues of their sovereign for peace, that his means to destroy modern Carthage did not correspond with his desire.
Archduchy of Austria declared verbally, that his Imperial Majesty had conceived he might expect that the French Government would have notified the reason which induced, and as it is supposed, might justify the seizure of persons in the German Territory in March last. His Majesty, therefore, thought that there could be no objection to an application to the French, on the part of the Emperor and the Empire, for a sufficient and satisfactory explanation. The further consideration of the subject was then deferred for six weeks from the 7th inst. and the opening of the Protocol fixed for the 15th of June.
To day the following Note was given in by Knat Bildt, the Swedish Envoy Extraordinary. "His Majesty the King of Sweden having been informed of the contents of the Note given in to the Diet of the 7th inst. by order of his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russians, conceives it to be incumbent on him to declare that when there is a question of guarantee of the Germanic constitution, he, as king of Sweden, may consider himself as one of the most ancient of its guarantors, since he is guarantee of the peace of Westphalia. His Majesty, however, does not conceive it necessary to declare his sentiments on the present question, as guarantee of the constitution, since he is convinced that the head of the Empire can explain them to the Diet. The sentiments of the King upon the affairs of Germany are, besides, too well known, and have too often been declared, to be repeated on this occasion."
The following Note was sent to the Diet by the Envoy from Brandenburg.
"The Envoy said, he had not failed to send the Russian imperial note to the king of Prussia, the elector of Baden, and his other constituents, but had not yet received any orders on the subject; he conceded, however, that his majesty, his most gracious master, had confidence that the First Consul would, of himself, give in such a declaration relative to the late occurrences, so alarming to the Empire, as should, according to the observation of the deputy for Bohemia and Archduchy of Austria, prove conciliatory and satisfactory, and answer the expectations of his Russian imperial majesty."
Subsequent letters from Ratibon, late, that "the directorial minister, in the fitting of the Diet of the 18th June, has given the Assembly to understand, that the matter respecting the alleged violation of the German territory, in the arrest of several persons on the right side of the Rhine by the French, can by no means form an object of deliberation for the Diet."
RATIBON, June 17.
A copy of the Note presented to the French Ministry by the Russian Charge d'Affairs, M. d'Oubril, relative to the late occurrence at Ettenheim, is now circulated here; it is as follows:—
"According to the orders which the undersigned Charge d'Affairs of his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of all the Russians, has received from his Court, he hastens to inform the ministry of the French Republic, that his illustrious master has learned, with equal astonishment and concern, the event that has taken place at Ettenheim, the circumstances that have attended it, and its melancholy result. The concern of the Emperor is the more lively, as he can by no means reconcile the violation of the territory of the Elector of Baden to those principles of justice and propriety which are held sacred among nations, and are the bulk of their reciprocal relations. His Imperial Majesty finds in this act a violation of the rights of nations, and of a neutral territory, which, at least, was as arbitrary as it was unjust; a violation, the consequences of which are difficult to estimate, and which, if considered as admissible, must entirely annihilate the security and independence of sovereign states. If the German Empire, after the misfortunes it has suffered, which have made it sensible the necessity of tranquility and repose, must still be in fear for the integrity of its territory, could it have been expected that this should have originated on the part of a government which has laboured to secure to it peace, and impose on itself the duty of guaranteeing its continuance. All these considerations have not permitted the Emperor to pass over in silence this unexpected event, which has spread consternation throughout Germany.
His Imperial Majesty has held it to be his duty, as guarantee and mediator of the peace to notify to the States of the Empire, the manner in which he views an action which endangers their security and independence. The Russian Resident at Ratibon has in consequence received orders to deliver in a note to the Diet, and to represent to it, and to the Head of the Empire, the necessity of remonstrating to the French government against this violation of the German territory.
"His Imperial Majesty holds it in like manner to be his duty to notify his sentiments directly to the French Government, by the undersigned, as his Majesty is assured, that the First Consul will hasten to attend to the just remonstrances of the German political body, and feel the pressing necessity of taking the most active measures to relieve all the governments of Europe from the alarm he must have occasioned to them, and put an end to an order of things too dangerous to their safety and future independence."
"The undersigned hereby fulfils the commands of his illustrious master, and avails himself of this opportunity to communicate to the Citizen Minister for Foreign Affairs, the assurance of his high esteem. (Signed) "D'OUNBRIL."
PARIS, June 23.
Georges has written a letter to the Emperor, asking to have his sentence executed as soon as possible, and demanding to have the lives of his fellow-sufferers spared, taking upon himself all their faults. It is said that the Emperor was not displeased with the firmness and frankness expressed in this letter, and many, therefore, hope, that even his life will be spared, should he consent to sign his renunciation of his pretended oath of allegiance to Louis XVIII. his father, and successors.

NEW-YORK, August 29.
This morning the French frigates Dido and Sybell , got under way about 7 o'clock, and proceeded through the narrows, with a light breeze from N. E. Their departure had occasioned a thousand conjectures, and bets have been made to a considerable amount, that they will not go out. Report says, that they received orders this morning at 2 o'clock to proceed to sea. This is not unlikely from this circumstance; at the above hour, a small encampment which they had erected on Gibbet Island , was broke up, and all hands ordered on board with the utmost expedition.
There is only one view here on the subject—that is, that they have gone off, let the result be what it may, between them and the British. For the conduct of the British off our port has been censured by all parties, and in my opinion, very deservedly.
With respect to the course &c. of the French frigates, I shall be able to advise you in my next.
The French frigates got to Sandy-Hook about nine.
August 31.
French frigates returned. —The French frigates Didon and Cybell , yesterday returned into port, and anchored in their former situation, opposite Governor's Island. The object of the Frenchmen's expedition to Gravesend Bay , was said to be merely to exercise their men, and that their intentions was not to put to sea—at present.
SEA-FIGHT. —Several passengers in the N. Brunswick packet report, that a heavy firing was heard yesterday, between 12 and 1 o'clock, which came from two vessels engaged about five league S.E. of Sandy-Hook . They could plainly discern the smoke that arose, but the hull of the vessels were not seen. The firing, they say, lasted about twenty minutes, and that they counted about 100 guns that were fired. The British ships, Leander and Cambrian were then at anchor at the Hook.
In our paper of yesterday we mentioned the arrival of a Schooner, which was fired at while under the Highlands , by the Cambrion and Leander ; she proved to be the Almira , Peckman's coasting Schooner from Virginia . Captain P. informs that he was fired at when within a mile of the beacon, and that 4 shot out of 5 struck within ten rods of the Almira ; when the men of war could not bring her to, they fired off for a vessel in the offing.— [Morn. Chron.]
Capt. Storey, from Gonaives , in addition to what is mentioned in our paper of Thursday, informs, that Dessalines had formally issued a proclamation of war against Spain , and in consequence the Haitians were employing their cruizers to intercept the Spanish vessels, and had actually captured a copper-bottomed ship.— [N. Y. paper.]
The ship Adrest , bound for Cadiz , returned to this port yesterday, having had two of her men killed by one of the British vessels of war off the harbour, and being from this circumstance incapable of prosecuting her voyage.
A gentleman lately from Spain informs, that throughout the country the greatest scarcity of provisions prevailed. So extreme was it at Madrid , in the month of June , that a royal order was issued ordering all the inhabitants who had not resided there for ten years to leave the city immediately. This distressing circumstance was occasioned by the failure of the last crops.
By Capt. Haskell , arrived at Salem we have intelligence of the English taking possession of the port and town of Muca ( Sumatra ) with a force consisting of a ship of 20 guns, one of 16 guns, one of 8, one of 6, and one of 4, and between three and four hundred Sepoys, after an action of six hours, in which the Malays lost 50 men, and the English 20. This was on the 14th of April .
Captain Wallace , of the Schooner Betsy , arrived at this port, from the Bay of Honduras , states, that the trade at that place was open for Americans bringing provisions, under the restrictions of not bringing off wood more than 17 inches square. He adds, that wood was very plenty, and vessels very scarce; and that provisions were rather low, not paying more than a freight.
From the Mediterranean we learn that Commodore Preble had sailed from Messina with his squadron, four bomb-vessels and four large gun-boats which Mr. Cathcart the late Consul at Tripoli , had borrowed of the King of Naples ; for the bombardment of Tripoli . The squadron, we also hear, was in good health and spirits.— [N. Y. Mer. Adv.]
We learn by Capt. Petty , of the Sch. Lively from the city of Santo Domingo , that no attack had been made on that place by the indigenous army of Dessalines , nor was such an event expected there, the troops being stationed at a considerable distance. The Island throughout was tranquil. An uninterrupted intercourse was permitted to American vessels by the British blockading squadron, who were stationed there for the avowed purpose of intercepting a French fleet which was daily expected with reinforcements.
Capt. Peckham of the Schooner Almira , informs us that four shots were fired at him by the Leander after he had passed the middle ground, and was about a mile from the shore. The Leander was separated from the Almira by the middle ground, which enabled the latter to escape. This is not the only vessel which this bit of ground has favoured, and as the cruizers off this port seem determined to bring to every vessel which comes within reach of their guns, no matter how near the shore—would it not be equally proper, and much more convenient for them to board vessels within the Hook? What is the difference whether it is a mile within or a mile without the Hook, that they intercept the trade?
Some American officers arrived in the ship Woodrop-Sims , from the Mediterranean , inform, that they had it from the American Consul at Malaga , on 15th July , that Moreau had arrived at Bayonne , and had taken his passage in a ship bound for Boston . Another person of distinction, concerned in the late conspiracy (they think it was Lajolais ) was in company with him, and had engaged a passage in the same ship.— [Norfolk Herald.]
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Lisbon to his friend in Philadelphia .
Lisbon, July 17.
A captain of my acquaintance being ready to sail for your place, I take advantage of this opportunity to inform you of the state of our market since my last. I then had the pleasure of mentioning to you, that our provisions would not be sufficient for the consumption of our town, but till June , and that the prices of flour and wheat had in consequence, rose considerably; and indeed it has proved as I predicted: good wheat has, in spite of a considerable importation, been sold at 800 Rs. per alq; and flour at 8000 a 8500 Rs. per barrel from on board, and I suppose that the prices will fix themselves, through the whole summer, at 1000 a 1250 Rs. for wheat, and from 8000 Rs. for flour, and quick sales cannot be doubted, Sept. 2.
from Dublin this morning, these fears are in some degree confirmed.—The Freeman's Journal says several foreigners have been lately observed in this country, who are suspected to be spies. Search is making after some; one was very narrowly apprehended a few days ago, near Maryborough . The same paper continues to assert that "certain confined miscreants" are adopting a lofty tone, and privately circulating printed papers of an inflammatory kind. The steps which have been recently taken by government, and the vigilance now exercised, it is added, shew that it is not a milkmaid to suppose that the flame of treason is rekindling. One Patrick Doyle has just been apprehended in Dublin . He was deeply engaged in the rebellion of 1798, and was an inmate at the depot in Maislane , prior to the explosion in July last. He is said to have belonged to the desperate knot of traitors finislers , that is assassins. A Mr. Smith was last week brought up from Kilcullen , in the county of Kildare , to the castle, where he underwent an examination. He was suspected to have arrived lately from France ; but it is said, that he was a resident of Baltimore in America , from whence he lately arrived in the quarter where he was arrested, of which he is a native.—A morning paper of the 7th of July says, Mr. Smith has been discharged; but the Dublin Evening Post , published on the afternoon of the same day, while it mentions Smith's arrest, does not say, that he is out of custody. In addition to these circumstances, the Dublin papers announce that most of the working class—the tailors, shoemakers and brick-layers in particular, have struck for more wages, and that at some of their secret meetings, on being broken in upon by the police officers, treasonable papers have been found. The late movements of the Brest fleet may probably be connected with these unpleasing proceedings, and we trust government will be on the alert.
We are concerned to state the capture of the extra ship Admiral Aplia , capt. Rogers , 553 tons, destined to Madras and Bengal ; she failed in August last, and is taken into the Isle of France ; she had 11,000 ounces of treasure on board, on account of individuals—the company's loss is but trifling.
London Prices of Stocks, July 12. 3 per cent. reduced 56 3-8—consolidated 5 1-4 pr. 3 per cent. consols for acc. 57 3-8—div. included.
By the London price current, of July 4th, Dollars were at one hundred and two cents, and plenty. An act had passed the British parliament, allowing the bank of England to redeem dollars; after which they passed at one hundred and ten cents. These new crowns were not considered as part of the coin of the realm. Mr. Pitt , in the debate on the bill, said, "he thought the only view in which those coins could be considered, was as bank notes issued for small sums, and stamped on silver instead of paper." They were recoining by Mr. Boulton , and bear the British king's head, finely struck, instead of that of the Spanish monarch. Their recoinage was executed with great dispatch—no less than 528 being struck in a minute; and the cost one farthing a dollar. Many millions had been recoined; and as they pass for more than their intrinsic value, they were not exported, and the bank gained a round sum by the coinage.
SALEM, August 24.
INDIA NEWS. —A gentleman who arrived yesterday in the Lucia , from Calcutta , has favoured us with the following summary of intelligence.
"The news of the war in Europe reached Calcutta about the beginning of December ; in consequence of which, a number of sailors were impressed from the American shipping, for the British ship Caroline , capt. Page . A great number of American seamen had deserted their ships in the months of September , October and November , and volunteered on board the East India company's frigate Bombay , capt. Hayes , where they still are, and probably will be, during the war."
"The company had concluded a peace with the Mahratta powers. The war was of but short duration, though extremely obstinate on the part of the natives—many hard battles were fought, in which the slaughter on both sides was very considerable. In one engagement, Scindiah , the Mahratta chief, lost 90 pieces of artillery. A number of European officers fought under his standard; his soldiers were armed and clothed in a style superior to that of their enemies, and the English troops found them much better skilled in war than at any former period. Several able and distinguished British officers fell in the course of the campaign. By the peace, the company have gained, as usual, a large accession of territory, besides several strongly fortified towns, and a good share of plunder."
"The event of the war seemed to diffuse a general joy among the inhabitants of Calcutta , both Europeans and natives, and his excellency the governor had publicly received a congratulatory address on the subject, from the principal inhabitants of the settlement. About the beginning of March , the palace and environs were most superbly illuminated. The names of " Lake and Welllesley " were exhibited in fire works in various positions, and a splendid ball at the government house closed the festivities of the night. An immense throng of all nations, hues and tongues, surrounded the palace in every direction. In short, the tout ensemble was grand and interesting beyond description."
"A dispute between Holkar , a Mahratta chief, and the company, was much expected; and it was also whispered that Pegu would soon fall into the hands of the English! On this subject however, no firm idea could possibly be formed from the Gazettes of Calcutta ; as not a syllable appears in them which has not previously undergone examination by the chief secretary of government, who expunges such articles as he thinks proper."
"There had been a number of French privateers from the Isle of France cruising in the Bay of Bengal , several of which had been taken by English cruizers, and sent into Calcutta . They had been at Bencoolen , and destroyed a quantity of pepper, and several vessels in the harbour."
"There had been two embargoes on all shipping at Calcutta , and on the river Hodgely , in consequence of the failing of the company's ships for Europe ."
SHERRY WINE, of an excellent quality, in pipes and half pipes—for sale by SAMUEL MYERS. Sept. 8. Sat
FOR RENT. THE Tenement in which the Office of the Examiner was formerly kept, situated on Shoock Hill immediately below the Swan Tavern . The House and lot has lately undergone a thorough repair. The land is supposed to be an excellent one for a Grocery and Dry Good Store; for which purposes the front Room is nearly fitted up. The above tenement may be rented with or without a Kitchen. Application to be made at the Office of the Enquirer. Sept. 2.
and of which traces are found even in the discussions of Parliament, were fabrications, and containing nothing either true or probable; that before they were transmitted to him they had been communicated to the agents of the Police at Paris , who blushed on reading them; and could not recover from their surprise, on seeing that fables framed with so little care and trouble, could charm Mr. Drake , and serve as the basis for the operations and calculations for the cabinet.
"Mr. Drake will be punished, when he shall know, that his bills, his gold, his correspondence, those of his colleagues, the spies at Rotterdam , Abbeville , Paris , and Munich , are the sport of men, who, by approaching him and Colleague at Sturgard , by watching their steps, and by studying their character, have learned and can teach Europe , that its ministry, which renders itself despicable by the choice and by the conduct of the diplomatic agents, cannot inspire either fear or confidence of the government of the continent; and that the influence and corruption, which that ministry employ as weapons to intimidate or lead astray the councils of sovereigns, do now find a powerful antidote in the discovery of the meanness, immorality and stupidity of their diplomacy."
"Concerning Mr. Spencer Smith , I have strong reasons to think that the operations which he has set on foot are confined to these plots. The events which have taken place in Abbeville , Paris , and Munich , that the disturbances in Strasbourg , and the double distrikt is again agitated, are all his intrigues."
"Citizen Firf Consul, I have the bounds of my function; but I have the truth which you love to hear, that the power to establish on neutral territory, accredited agents, whose principal mission is to carry to the bosom of the republic. You are at the head of a nation great enough, strong, and brave enough, to obtain, as your right, an absolute neutrality. You have constantly commanded me not to suffer that conspiracies be framed in any part of our immense territory, against any existing government: and already, during the short space of time elapsed since I have been entrusted with the administration of the police, have I repeatedly annulled machinations which threatened the King of Naples and the holy see; I have pursued as far as Strasbourg the forgers of Vienna bank notes. All these facts have proved how sincere your wish is to secure established governments against every kind of propaganda and plots. Why should you not have the right to demand an entire reciprocity from the states of the Germanic empire? Why should Munich , Sturgard , Ettenheim , have the right of remaining the centre of the conspiracies, which England never ceases to form against France and Helvetia ?"
"These objects deserve your utmost solicitude, citizen Firf Consul; and I dare to tell you so, because this privilege belongs to the chief of justice, and that the most serious attention in this respect forms part of your first duties."
"It may be objected, I know, that England , as a friendly power, has a right to send ministers to the electors of Bavaria , Baden , and Wirttemberg .—But English diplomacy is composed of two sorts of agents, whom all the continent well knows how to distinguish. Such ministers as Cornwallis and Warren , are never accredited but for honorable missions, to maintain a good understanding between nations, and to regulate the grand interest of policy or of commerce; whilst the Wickhams , the Drakes , and the Spencer Smiths , are known throughout Europe as the artificers of crimes, whose cowardice is protected by a sacred character. I will say no more, the presence of these contemptible agents is very mortifying to the Princes in Friendship with France ; and the courts of Munich and Sturgard cannot support, without disgust, Drake and Spencer Smith , whom numberless reasons render suspected of a very different mission from that which is announced in their official title. In consequence of the demand that you have made them, the Electors of Bavaria and Wirttemberg have driven from their states the impure remains of French who are enemies to their country, and whose hatred has survived the calamities of civil war, and the pardon which you have granted them. Let them equally drive away these artificers of conspiracy, whose mission has no other object but to reanimate the intestine dissensions of France and to draw a fresh discord on the continent. Ought not our neighbours to suffer an equal alarm with ourselves at the return of the political troubles, and of all those horrors of war, which can be profitable only to that nation which is the enemy of every other? I demand, in the most earnest manner, and every duty which I owe you, citizen Firf Consul, impels me to make the request, that the cabinet may take such effectual means, that the Wickhams , the Drakes , and the Spencer Smiths , may not be received by any power in friendship with France , whatever may be their title or character: men who preach up assassination, and foment domestic troubles; the agents of corruption, the missionaries of revolt against all established governments, the enemies of all states, and of all governments. The Law of nations does not exist for them. I have fulfilled my duty, citizen Firf Consul, in exposing to your view, the facts which prove, that Drake and Spencer Smith exercise upon the continent, the same mission with which Wickham was charged during the last war. Your supreme wisdom will do the rest. (Signed) "RECNIER"
BALTIMORE, Sep. 4.
By the arrival of the Diana , capt. Holbrook , 42 days from Liverpool , the editors of the American have been favoured with London papers to the 12th July , from which the following extracts have been made.
LONDON, July 7.
If any credit is to be paid to the French deserters who arrived at Deal from Boulogne a few days since, the French army is not very well satisfied with Bonaparte's assuming the Imperial dignity. Notice being sent to the army at Boulogne of the day Bonaparte was to be proclaimed emperor, on that day the general commanding there had an Imperial crown affixed on his tent, where it remained all day; but at night it was torn off and trampled under foot by the soldiers. Another circumstance which affects, which is very probable, viz. that very often, when the wind sets in shore the boats in Boulogne harbour are much damaged from their being so numerous and close together; the rolling of the sea dashes them one against the other, so that they are obliged to be constantly replaced, which causes much dissatisfaction.
The Empress Josephine has sent to Vienna a very neat toilet set of gold, set with choice diamonds, and a gold snuff box richly inlaid, containing a complete dress of Brussels lace, finer than any in the wardrobe.
The Imperial crown, surmounted with a globe, and the sceptre, the coronation of the emperor and empress, is nearly finished, and is extremely beautiful.
MADAME Josephine has a memorial to be printed and circulated, showing the innocence of her conduct, and the great number of copies destined for the army, which have been seized by the police, and the books which have been prohibited from selling.
It is reported that Bonaparte has, by the demand of Bonaparte , written a second letter to Louis XVIII , with proposals to resign his claims to the throne of France ; but that this unfortunate prince has given no other answer than that he would send a copy, both of his Prussian majesty's letter, and of that of Monseigneur Bonaparte , which accompanied it to St. Petersburg .
It is much more likely, on the Pope's arrival at Paris , that instead of Bonaparte's killing his holiness's toe, his holiness will submit to kiss the hem of his "beloved son's" imperial garment." July 9.
Paris Journals to the 27th ult. and Dutch pa.
CONSPIRACY AGAINST BONAPARTE.
Second report of the Grand Judge, respecting the plots of the person named Drake minister from England , at Munich , and of the person named Spencer Smith , minister from England at Sturgard against France and the person of the first Consul.
PARIS, April 12.
"CITIZEN FIRST CONSUL.—My conjectures are verified. Mr. Drake is not the only agent of England whose political mission is merely the plausible mask of a hidden ministry of seduction and insurrection. I have the honor to lay before your eyes, papers that prove that Mr. Spencer Smith , diplomatic agent of England in the states of Wirttemberg , after the example of Mr. Drake , has occupied himself, since his arrival at his place of residence, only in prostituting his public character, his influence, and the gold of his government, to that infamous ministry."
Mr. Spencer Smith has suffered a discovery of the secret part which formed the real object of his diplomatic mission. I present to the First Consul, an enigmatical letter, which this minister had written to M. Lelievre St. Remi , one of his agents in Holland ; this agent, spy, emigrant, and who has received his pardon, was already known to the police; but before I had any one of the parts of his correspondence with Mr. Spencer Smith , I knew by other reports, that when he was about to obtain his amnesty, which he procured in Pluviôse , year 11, he quitted Seez , his place of birth, in Nivôse , the same year, in order to go to Cambray ; and that on the second last Frimaire , he had gone to Holland , there to serve under the name Pruneau , and to follow the double direction of a Frenchman and a spy, named Le Clerc whom the British ministry supported at Abbeville and that of an accredited spy, named Spencer Smith , whom for the purpose of covering his designs, that the fame ministry had invested with a diplomatic character (See the pieces 8, 9, . . . &c.) I further knew by papers equally numerous and not less instructive, seized on the spy at Abbeville , that Mr. Spencer Smith , before he quitted London , had entered into rich intimate connexions with a general committee of Espionage established by the above administration, and the direction of which was entrusted to the Abbey Ratel , that he demanded and obtained of that committee a confidential secretary named Pericaud , who was to follow the secret correspondence, and to receive and communicate all the necessary documents to the agents in Holland , the spies on the coast, and the conspirators in Paris . The letters to Lelievre , the credit for 2000 louis d'ors given on the house of Ory at Rotterdam , the cypher, the enigmatical letter, No. 7 are of the hand writing of this Pericaud ; and thus it will be seen that Mr. Spencer Smith is gone to his residence with all the exterior diplomatic minister from England ; that is to say, with sympathetic inks, watch words to communicate with all the spies, bills of exchange to reward their services, and the confidential intermediate agent to follow up their proceedings and to direct, without committing himself.
"It is necessary to recur once more to Mr. Drake . The two reports which I lay before you, citizen Firf Consul, will give you an account of a mission to that minister, by citizen Rosey , captain and Adjutant Major of the 9th regiment of the line in garrison at Strasbourg , whom Mr. Drake was very willing to employ as agent of a pretended general, who was to stir up four departments, to draw around him the French army, to overthrow our government, to install in its stead a democratic directory; and finally, to put this phantom of power, and all France , at the direction of the English government."
"I should hesitate to present you these monstrous absurdities, if I had not to lay before you an original letter from Mr. Drake , backed by considerable sums of gold, counted by Mr. Drake and deposited at my office by Citizen Rosey . This letter serves as a proof of the accuracy of the reports of the French agent, and ought to be published, because the odious particulars which it contains, give an additional colouring to the picture of infamy which Mr. Drake has himself delineated of his incendiary diplomacy, in the first part of his correspondence."
"Mr. Drake replied to the pretended General. He acknowledges the receipt of his Envoy with his credentials. He congratulates himself on the harmony subsisting between him and the committee of disorganization, over which the general presides. 'Your views,' says he, complacently, 'are quite conformable to mine, and I need not enlarge further on this point.'
"But he requires (and here follow the first vagaries of the predeceased Wickham ) that provisionally they should secure two strong places, Huninguen by all means, and Strasbourg , if possible. By this means only could they depend upon a sure communication.—Then would Mr. Drake take his residence near the Rhine , and it will not suffice to inform him immediately of the moment fixed for commencing the operations, and of the precise periods when farther assistance will be necessary, as well as of the amount of the succours required that he may have time to take measures to provide for the same, and that the operations may not fail for want of support." (See No. 6.)
"However, the most important point is not the taking of places, and securing flags for the safe arrival of subsidies. First of all, we must disorganize the army. Mr. Drake complains of being left uninformed of the progress which the agents of the committee may have made to gain over some among them; but he trusts to their zeal. "He supposes," with confidence, "that the attempts tried with this view have completely succeeded, and that they are certain of a powerful diversion from that quarter; without this aid, (he solemnly declares,) your operations will be confined to cause three or four departments to raise, which can never succeed upon the long run, on the supposition that the First Consul retains a power over his troops sufficient to make them march against you."
"This disquietude, it will be easily believed, is the prevailing idea of Mr. Drake ; it seizes him, it occupies him continually; however he has found an admirable expedient to recover his courage. "You should, (says he,) offer the soldiers a small increase of pay beyond what they receive of the present government."
"Worthy discovery of a corrupt minister, of a government which weighs with gold every action and every affection! Nothing, according to them, can resist this gold, which is above every thing; and the French army, making honor its idol, attached to it by the glory of a thousand battles, and of ten years victories; this army, which spurns seduction, because the seducers and seduced are the greatest cowards; this army, I say, yielding to the attraction of a wretched increase of pay shall sacrifice whatever is most dear to it, all its most honorable recollections; in short its government, its liberty, to the irreconcilable enemy of their country! What horror! what madness!"
"I shall not be more prolix on these disgusting details; besides, to insist long on the indignation which the political and military projects of Mr. Drake inspire, is to do them too much honor—they are both ridiculous and absurd in an eminent degree; and I think it is a very appropriate punishment for him, to give up to the contempt and ridicule of the public the enterprises of this minister, till more credulous, more awkward, and more weak than wicked."
"An English minister, such as Mr. Drake , cannot be punished by obloquy. This can only mortify men who feel the price of virtue, and know that of honor; but Mr. Drake is proud and vain. The profits of his secret millions must have made him wealthy and covetous. He will be punished, when he shall know that the revolt of the four departments, the capture of Huninguen , the seduction of the army, the liberation of Pichegru , Moreau , of Georges , and his confederates; the existence of the diplomatic committee; in short, the talents, the credit and projects of this demagogue general, by nature endowed with a sublime eloquence, an imposing figure, and who is quite disposed to effect, at his call the overthrow of France , are chimera, with which the prefect of Strasbourg has liked to feed his simple credulity."
"He will be punished, when he learns that all his bulletins, which were sent to London by extraordinary messengers, communicated to every court, hawked round by the English ministers as far as Constantinople ,

the remains of our crop being now entirely destroyed by the excessive heat, and the prices neither in the Mediterranean nor in the Baltic are low enough to make undertakings for here advantageous.
Indian corn has been so very much in demand, that 600 Rs. have been paid on board and even now it would fetch 500 Rs. from on board.
Our new vintage promises very much, and will be had at St. Ubes at the end of August.
Extract of a letter from Lisbon, to a gentleman in Boston dated July 16, 1804. "Since our last, there has arrived here from Ireland, a number of vessels loaded with grain, several from the Baltic, and some Greeks from the Dardanelles, besides those from America; but what has arrived would not have made any impression on the market, had it not been backed with the information received from France by this day's post, that a general permission had been granted by the government of that country for the exportation of Flour and Grain, which is very abundant and very cheap, and that a number of neutral vessels had been engaged to carry grain to the ports of Spain and Portugal."
Extract of a letter from Cadiz, dated July 12, 1804. "The crops of grain in this country have been the most miserable ever experienced, and it is in want of immense supplies of wheat, flour and rice. I hope that the American merchants will avail of this favorable juncture to forward to this country the supplies we are so much in want of. Letters from Naples of the 2d ult. mention that the crop in Sicily was so very short, that the exportation was prohibited; the want of supplies from that quarter will be severely felt in this country."
Extract of a letter, dated Madeira, July 26. "We are very abundantly supplied with flour and Indian corn; and since we understand large supplies of those articles are daily expected, we request you will not make any shipments of either for the present."—[Phil. Gaz.]
BALTIMORE, Sept. 3.
Books were this day opened at the court house to enter subscriptions for the Farmers Bank of Maryland, but the room, when we were there at 12 o'clock, was very little crowded. At that time there were only about half a dozen names on the list.—[Balt. Fed. Gaz.]
Volney has resigned his seat in the Congress of the Confederative (perhaps more properly called the mutative ) Senate. He was one of the very small minority that voted against the confultum which changed the form of the government. He has now got something to add to his next edition of the Ruins of Empires . [Nor. Ledger.]
We hear that a captain Caster, an aid de camp of General Ferrand, commander in chief of Santo Domingo, has lately arrived from that island via Baltimore, and that he is come to demand the troops lately ordered to France by Mr. Bichon, the French charges des affaires, and to procure supplies from that gentleman for the use of the French army of St. Domingo, which for a year past have suffered every hardship. It is to be presumed that captain Caster will succeed, as general Ferrand's services under all circumstances are extraordinary: he appears to have pursued a different conduct from his predecessor, and established principles of the strictest economy & order, in every branch of his administration, without external aid or other resources but those of a constant and unlikened reformation.
General Ferrand who now commands at St. Domingo, served in our revolution as a lieutenant in the Hussars of Lauzun; he distinguished himself during the French revolution in many gallant actions, particularly at Boulogne, where he commanded when admiral Nelson attempted the bombardment of that place.
General Ferrand is about 48 years of age, a tall and commanding figure, a fair complexion, but more taciturn than the generality of his countrymen.—[Phil. pap.] A letter from St. Domingo to a merchant in Philadelphia, says—By several late arrivals from France, we have been informed that the government having conceived that all was lost at St. Domingo, after the evacuation of the Cape, have experienced an extreme satisfaction, on receiving the unexpected account of general Ferrand's possessing the whole of the eastern Spanish part of St. Domingo, with the remains of the French army. In consequence he is now vested with unlimited powers, and act of his administration will have full force and validity—every bill drawn by him on the public treasury has been duly honoured, a circumstance highly interesting to the American commerce. The French troops, beside the city of St. Domingo, occupy St. Jago, under the command of Deveaux , adjutant commandant, and Pallie : chief of the battalion—Colonel Peralta commands the Spanish national guards, who fight like veteran soldiers. In the defeat of Daffalines at St. Jago by Gen. Ferrand the former had one thousand men killed and a great many more wounded; the enraged black chief, to avenge his loss cruelly ordered several whites and mulattoes to be massacred, and the cities of Monte Christi, and Fort Dauphin reduced to ashes. St. Domingo is in a complete state of defence, and if the French agents in the United States exert themselves in its favour, it must hold out until peace is established, however remote that period may be."
The above letter agrees with the information received from other quarters. On Tuesday morning arrived at the Navy Yard in Washington from Norfolk, gun boat No. 2. She is to be rigged; & sent to her place of destination.
We are authorized to state, that Col. Hampton declines being considered a candidate at the ensuing Election, for a seat in Congress; and that in consequence of his refusal, O'Brien Smith, Esq. is proposed by his friends, as the Republican candidate to represent the united districts of Richland, Orangeburgh and Colleton, in the Congress of the United States. S. Car. State Gaz.
Benjamin Hall, one of the district judges of South Carolina, is appointed federal judge, we understand, at New Orleans. (Augusta Chron.)
It is reported that Col. Smith, the President of the New-York State Society of Cincinnati, has received an answer to a letter addressed by said Society to Gen. Charles Cotsworth Pickney, the Vice President General of the Society. Mr. Pinckney, in his reply, condemns in the strongest manner the practice of duelling, and proposes that the Society at a general meeting, or at their different State meetings, should enter into a resolution neither to give nor to accept a challenge. Such a letter coming from a gentleman of high character, and of great bravery, is very important. The letter ought not to be withheld from the public.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The famous steam engine used for drawing off the water from the great tin mine, at Polgarth in Cornwall Eng. cost the sum of £ 20,000. It requires 72 bushels of coals every 24 hours to keep this stupendous machine in motion. It raises 63 gallons of water at every stroke and performs 14 of those motions every minute—The water thrown upon the surface, runs off like a river and according to the above calculation, must be upwards of 900,000 gallons daily.
COMMUNICATION.
THE curiosity of our citizens for a week or two past has been excited by a machine, constructed by capt. Benj. Folger, for the purpose of raising water over the hill in front of the city. It consists of two forcing pumps, and the principles of its moving powers are the pendulum in its proper form and the lever; which, though perhaps not altogether of new invention, yet the application of their principles and the structure of the machine are entirely so; and this we have no doubt that every one conversant in the history of machines will most readily allow. The pendulum itself is formed of three grindstones weighing about a ton weight, the machine standing on the bank of the river makes a tall and stately appearance. When the whole was completed, on the day appointed for putting it in train of experiment, expectation was on tiptoe, the machine was put in motion, and contrary to the opinion of many after a few vibrations the water was brought to the top of the hill, nearly 100 feet in height: the flag of the United States having been displayed as an emblem of the triumph of their principles.
Quick moves the balanc'd beam, of giant birth, Rears its broad arms, and nodding shakes the earth. The only remaining question of any consequence is, whether a machine of this kind can be constructed which at a less expense than any other mode of procuring water, can supply the town from the river. The inventor is fully of opinion that it may be done. In all events, every candid person not determined to take from real merit which is its due, will confess that he has displayed a vast fund of original ingenuity, though now nearly 70 years of age, and this the first essay of his genius.
[Bee, on the Hudson.]
To the Editors of the (Baltimore) Federal Gazette.
GENTLEMEN, I come just from sea, and have heard that Napoleon Bonaparte has nominated himself emperor of the French; in my quality of a Frenchman, I protest against that usurpation. When France was a republic, and its chief magistrate a first consul, each citizen had a right and hope of coming to that dignity, but since he is a hereditary emperor, that hope is vanished, and I will not give up my rights to sovereignty. I am your humble servant, LUDOVIC.
A premium being lately offered by an Agricultural Society, for the best mode of irrigation, and the latter word being made irritation by a mistake of the printer, a farmer sent his wife to claim the prize.
The following pathetic lines, taken from a late English periodical publication entitled, "The Pic Nic," would not dishonor the pen of Moore himself. How eminently beautiful are the third and fourth verses. [N. Y. EVENING POST.]
THE EMIGRANT'S GRAVE.
(FOUNDED ON A TRUE STORY.) Why mourn ye, why strew ye these flow'rets around, To yon new-fodded grave (so slowly advance) In yon new-fodded grave (ever dear be the ground) Lies the stranger we love—the poor exile from France. And is the poor exile at rest from his woe, No longer the sport of misfortune and chance? Mourn on, village mourners, my tears too shall flow For the stranger we lov'd—the poor exile from France. Oh! kind was his nature, though bitter his fate, And gay was his converse, tho' broken his heart: No comfort, no hope his heart could elate, Tho' comfort and hope he to all could impart. Ever joyless himself, in the joys of his plain Still foremost was he, mirth and pleasure to raise; And glad was his soul, yet how blithe was his train When he sung the glad song of more fortunate days! One pleasure he knew—in his straw covered shed, For the snow beate-beggar his faggots to trim; One tear of delight he could drop on the bread Which he shar'd with the poor who were poorer than him. And when round his death bed profusely we cast Every gift every solace our hamlet could bring, He blessed us with sighs, which we thought were his last, But he still had a pray'r for his country and king. Poor exile adieu! undisturb'd be thy sleep! From the feast, from the wake, from the village green dance. How oft shall we wander, by moon light to weep, O'er the stranger we lov'd—the poor exile from France. To the church going bride shall thy memory impart One pang as her eyes on thy cold relics glance; One rose from thy garland, one tear from thy heart, Shall drop on the grave of the exile from France. W. S.
VERSES SENT TO MISS ——,
WITH THE EMIGRANT'S GRAVE, Soon the tear shall be dry, soon the flow'r shall be here, Which mourners on earth to these ashes have giv'n; But heaven from thy lips the sad story will hear, For music like thine is the language of heav'n. O! then shall this turf-bed with flowers ever crown'd, And with tears ever dew'd, Time's inclemency brave; For hands more than mortal shall garden the ground, And angels shall weep o'er the Emigrant's grave.
FALL GOODS.
WILLIAM TEMPLE has received by the ship Edward and Charles , from London, an extensive assortment of goods, suitable to the approaching season. He expects an additional supply, to compleat his assortment, by the ship Sally from London, and Latona from Liverpool; which he will dispose of on his usual low terms. Sept. 8. eptf
JUST PUBLISHED,
And For Sale at Wm. Pritchard's Book-Store: VOLNEY'S VIEW OF THE CLIMATE AND SOIL OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA—with Maps and Plates. Sept. 8. eptf
ENQUIRER.
RICHMOND: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1804.
V I E W
OF "THE MUTUAL ASSURANCE SOCIETY AGAINST FIRE, ON BUILDINGS OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA."
[PART THE THIRD.]
HAVING explained the leading principle and the most important bye-laws of this institution, it only remains for me to draw out a specific statement of its funds and its expenditures; and to add such other observations, as may serve to explain its peculiar advantages and defects.
The number of houses declared for insurance since its organization to the first of August 1804, amounts, by the records, to 7602.—Of these 4039 are situated in the country; and 3563 in the towns.
Their estimated value is 8,050,900 dolls. As four-fifths of this sum only is insured, the insured value of the buildings is equal to 6,440,720 dollars.
Upon calculating the premiums on this sum, they are found by the records, to amount to 175,940 dolls. and 17 cents.
The number of houses which have been destroyed since the commencement of the institution, to the 1st of August 1804, is 174.
The losses on these buildings (inclusive of the late fire at Norfolk) amount to 176,231 dollars 71 cents.
It thus evidently follows, that the number of houses which have been destroyed since the commencement of the institution, is to the whole number insured, nearly in the ratio of 174 to 7,602; that is, nearly the 102d part: that the sum of the losses is to the sum of the premiums actually incurred in the ratio of 176,231 dollars 71 cents to 175,940 dollars 17 cents; that is, that the losses exceed the premiums by 291 dolls. 54 cents; and that consequently if the society had no other resources, it must before this time have become bankrupt in its funds. These resources have consisted of the new quota, which it called for in the year 1799; & of the interest and dividend, which its funds have produced. The quota, which was called for in '99 amounted upon paper to dolls. 56,643 8 cts. What part of this sum has been actually received, will appear from the following statement.
The funds of the society have been vested in two different ways for the purposes of annual accumulation: in public securities , and in shares of the Alexandria Bank . The interest of the public securities up to 22nd of February, 1804, (the period to which the accounts have been accurately settled) amount to dolls. 23,341 92 cts. The dividend on the bank shares up to the same period, amounts to 3,948 dolls.
From this it will follow that the whole amount of the quota of '99, and of the interest and dividend of its vested funds may be expressed on paper by the sum of 85,933 dolls.
The following statement, which was made out by the company at their last meeting on the 31st of July 1804, will serve to exhibit at one view the actual state of the funds of the society. It will be sufficient to show:
1st. What part of the premiums and quotas has been actually received. 2d. In What kind of stock these funds have been vested. 3d. What will be the probable amount of those funds when the late losses have been discharged.
This statement deserves to be introduced by two remarks, 1st. that the value of the active stock is merely conjectural, and 2dly, that the two items of "Expences &c." and "Losses paid" under the head of expenditures, relates to the time which has elapsed since the 23rd of February, 1804.
FUNDS.
ACTIVE STOCK. Six per cent. stock of the United States, to wit: dolls. 32,904 39 reduced by reimbursements paid to dolls. 25,307 44 and estimated at 90 per cent. 22,776 69 Eight per cent stock of the United States, to wit: dolls. 10,000, estimated at dolls. 100 per cent. 11,000 Navy stock of the United States, to wit: dolls. 4,100, estimated at par, Six per cent deferred stock of the United States, to wit: dolls. 20,075 85, reduced by reimbursements paid to dolls. 18,852 32, and estimated at 92 per cent. 4,100 Six per cent stock of Virginia to wit: dolls 24,702 28, estimated at 94 per cent. 17,344 15 Shares in the bank of Alexandria, to wit: 17 shares, estimated at 250 dolls each. 23 320 14 Cash, to wit: In the hands of the Cashier (by the statement rendered) on the 23rd Feb 1804, dolls. 11751 45 Received for 2 quarters interest on the stock of the U. States stated as above. 2115 43 Received since to wit: for dividends on the stock in the Alexandria Bank. 154 For the sale of 24 shares in the Bank of Alexandria. 6000 For premiums declared for since the 23rd of Feb. 1804. 746 72 From debtors of this society since the 23rd Feb. last. 10268 15 Borrowed of several persons. 7287 38,531 19
DEAD STOCK.
Quotas due by delinquents on the 23rd of Feb. last, dolls. 9246 Premiums due by ditto up to same date, dolls. 16010 15 Debts due from various other debtors of the society, dolls. 55256 47 Deduct sum paid as above, dolls. 1093 63 Premiums due by delinquents since 23rd Feb. last, dolls. 56350 9 Interest on premiums & quotas due as above, calculated, at least 10268 18 Interest on the 6 per ct. stock of Virginia, payable 46,081 91 1650 61
on the first of Jan. next, calculated to this date, 864 57
EXPENDITURES.
Expences paid up to the 31st July, 1804, 2026 11 Losses paid, 25649 52 Premiums returned, 73 60 Commissions allowed attorneys, 49 60 27798 83 Debts due to individuals for monies borrowed, 7287 Losses demandable, 74350 48 109,436 31 Of this there is of dead stock, 67,153 71 In active capital, 55,577 29
Such is the statement which has been exhibited with the "errors excepted," of the present state of the entire funds of the society. This statement does not even refer to the difference between the amount of premiums and quotas, which the towns have contributed and which the country has contributed: nor does it specify the difference between the sum which has been returned to the towns to defray their losses, and the sum which the country has received. The following estimate is made for the purpose of illustrating these two points of difference:
Dolls. Cts. The 4039 houses insured in the country are estimated at 3,937,296 00 From which deducting 1-5 787,459 09 Leaves the insured value equal to 3,149,837 The premiums on which, calculated by the table of hazards, have been found to amount to 82,751 dolls 83 cents. The 3,563 houses insured in the towns are estimated at 4,113,603 00 From which deducting 1-5 822,720 00 Leaves the insured value equal to 3,290,883 The premiums on which calculated by the table of hazards, have been found to amount to 93,188,24 dolls.
So that the towns have contributed 93,188 dolls 24 cents in premiums, while the country has contributed 82,751 dolls 83 cents. Hence it is plain that the towns have been assisted a little more than one eighth more than the country. It is to be remarked that this statement applies to the premiums only. The quotas are not included. They may, however, be calculated by the same ratio.
If such be the ratio of the contributions, what, we may enquire, is the ratio of their losses. The following sketch will be sufficient to show this proportion, as well as the particular amount of the losses in the different towns:
Losses. Houses. The first fire in Norfolk in 1799 amounted to Dolls. 34,575 51 40 The last in Do. as per statement, 99,245 84 133,820 51 124 In the town of Fredericksburg 15,854 13 21 In the city of Richmond 6,977 37 11 In the town of Alexandria 3,809 60 2 Winchester 120 1 Petersburg 53 33 1 160,634 94 160 In the Country 15,596 77 14 176,231 71 174
Hence it follows that while the towns have received dolls. 160,634 94 cts. the country has received only dolls. 15,596 77 cts.; that is, the towns have recovered more than ten times as much as the country.
But it has been already stated, that the towns have scarcely contributed more than one eighth more than the country. Hence it will appear by a very simple operation of numbers, that the towns have received nearly nine times as much benefit from the Insurance Company, as the country, instead of contributing then an amount in premiums of dolls. 93,188 24 cts. they ought to have advanced as much as dolls. 943,530 80 cts. If, therefore, we may be permitted to apply the preceding data to future times, we shall arrive at the conclusion, that in estimating the relative risks and premiums for the towns and country, the towns have been rated much too low and the country much too high.
Two remedies present themselves for this partial assessment; an alteration in the rate of the premiums; and a separation of the insurance for buildings in towns and buildings in the country. If the first measure be adopted, the rate of the premiums should not certainly be calculated by the preceding data, because the mortality of buildings in the town (to make use of a very figurative expression) has been uncommonly great since the establishment of the Insurance Company. The fire in Fredericksburg, and the two fires in Norfolk have been destructive to a degree, which can scarcely be calculated upon, for any future period. From the difficulty of ascertaining these risks therefore, the second measure will most probably be adopted. The insurance for the towns and the country will be kept separate, although they may be conducted in the same office.
From the preceding data we may also arrive at this very obvious conclusion that the value of the buildings in town, in proportion to their numbers is much greater than the value of those in the country. The 4039, houses in the country are estimated at dolls. 3,937,296 95 cts. while the 3,563 houses in the town are estimated at dolls. 4,113,603 75 cts. Hence a country house is worth on an average about 974 dolls.; while a town house is worth on an average about 1154 dolls.
In drawing the foregoing estimate, I have been guided by the mortality of buildings in the town and country, as shown by the records of the society. I have also been guided by the value of the buildings in the town and country, as shown by the records of the society. I have also been guided by the value of the buildings in the town and country, as shown by the records of the society.
Though it is impossible (as I observed in the second part of this view) to predict the period, when the interests of its funds would be sufficient to pay all its losses yet with the preceding data we can approach a conjectural era. The present premiums of the society average about 2 3-4 per cent but we shall take them at 3 per cent, to make the calculation easier. Then to each
100 dollars insured, the society has 5 dolls. in stock. This sum laid up in proper securities at an average interest of 7 per cent, will produce an interest of 35 cents for each 100 dollars. If the original sum declared for 8,050,900 dolls. had still furnished the customary premiums, and if the expenses would not average more than 5,000 dollars per annum then each hundred dollars declared, for, would pay only 3 3-4 cents for all the expenses incurred. There would consequently remain 17 1-4 cents out of the annual interest to each 100 dollars insured. Hence it will follow that one house may be destroyed out of every 600 houses insured, before the interest can be absorbed.
When such a desirable era can approach, the Assurance Society will have attained to as great a degree of perfection, as can reasonably be expected. Whether this era will ever arrive, I am unwilling to confess without any scruple that I am incompetent to determine. But even under its present organization; even under the very great losses which it has sustained, I do not hesitate to express my decided conviction, that it is superior to its great rival, the Phoenix Insurance Company of London. This company is modelled upon the other form of an Assurance institution, which has been already designated. Every subscriber contributes a certain premium every year. These premiums have been sometimes one and a half per cent, and generally (as I am told) above one per cent. But this will be found even greater on an average than the contributions which have been paid to the Insurance Office of Virginia. If a man insured his house in the year '97, the intermediate point of time between the year '95 when the institution commenced, and the year '99 when the first quota was called for, it will be found that he has paid no more than 6 per cent (3 as a premium and 3 as a quota) down to the present time (a period of 7 years.) This insurance is less than 1 per cent per annum, and consequently less than the lowest premium to the London society.
CHARLES J. M'MURDO was on Thursday elected one of the Directors of the Bank of Virginia, in the room of William B. Giles, made a senator of the United States.
On Tuesday Benjamin J. Harris, of Richmond, was brought before the District Court in the Capitol, under the charge of murdering a negro girl, and acquitted.
On Thursday Francis Harris, of Goochland, was brought before the same court, under a similar charge, and acquitted.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE ENQUIRER.
A CARD.
The Editor of the Enquirer will oblige a friend by inserting the following communication in his next paper.
IN consequence of a mistake, into which Doctor Cringan of this city was involuntarily betrayed, from a superficial inspection of the Court Kalendar for 1804, a belief was impressed upon his mind, and by him on the minds of others, that "James Ogilvie, the present Earl of Finlater and Seafield," was dead, and that the Reverend Doctor Ogilvie, the father of Mr. Ogilvie of this place, had succeeded to the title and estates of that Earl. The writer of this article, was yesterday fortunate enough to have access to the Kalendar, and finds this report to be entirely without foundation. As a variety of circumstances have concurred to give currency and credit to this mistake, it is deemed proper to arrest its circulation in a manner thus public and decisive. Sept. 6th, 1804.
(BY AUTHORITY.)
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