Virginia Argus (Richmond, Va.), 1809-11-21 00:00:00

VIRGINIA ARGUS.
[XVIIIth YEAR.]
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[No. 1707.]
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1809.
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Land Office, November 1st, 1809.
List of Original Land Warrants for which Exchange Warrants have been granted, published agreeably to an Act of Assembly passed the 1st of February, 1809.
   Name of original holder. Right on which original warrant issued. Number of original warrant. Acres. Date. Names of indorsers, assignors and assignees, as also, place of residence of those to whom exchange warrants have issued.   Residence. Acres. Number.     Joseph Smith Treasury right 17827 1226 1-2 July 21, 1783 Robert Hadlock, ass'ee of William Evans, who was ass'ee of Joseph Smith Northampton 400 2065   James Inskerp do 12035 1243 May 18, 1782 Same ass'ee of do do do 400 2066   William Goode do 7625 4060 Oct. 27, 1781 Same ass'ee of do do do 426 1-2 2067   William McWilliams do 15671 1000 May 8, 1793 Hansford Tutt and Lewis Tutt, ass'ees of John Grinnan, who was ass'ee of James Inskerp Culpeper 316 2068   Joseph Smith do 17838 3000 July 21, 1783 John Harris ass'ee of Thomas Walton, who was ass'ee of William Goode Buckingham 1000 each 2069 to 2071 incl.   William Cundiff Exch. Trea. Warrant 1923 292 3-4 Sept. 24, 1807 Same ass'ee of do do do 500 each 2072 & 2073   George Pickett reasury right 18588 2000 Aug. 13, 1783 Robert Hadlock, ass'ee of Richard Leamon, who was ass'ee of William McWilliams Northampton 500 2074   Joseph Evans do 4175 290 Feb 20, 1805 Same ass'ee of do do do 500 2075   Same do 4342 300 April 30, 1805 Same ass'ee of William Evans, who was ass'ee of Jos. Smith do 500 2076   George Pickett do 18636 4000 Aug. 13, 1783 Same ass'ee of do do do 400 each 2077 to 2080 incl.   Same ass'ee of do do do 300 each 2081 to 2083 incl.   William Cundiff Prince Wm. 266 1-2 2083   Jacob L. Abraham, ass'ee of Ben Pollard, who was ass'ee of Geo. Pickett Buckingham 500 2084   Henry Bagby, ass'ee of do do do 500 2085   Robert Glover, ass'ee of do do do 500 2086   Same ass'ee of do do do 500 2087   Joseph Evans Buckingham 311 2088   Christian Snidver, ass'ee of Ben Pollard, who was ass'ee of G. Pickett Giles 1000 2089  
EDWARD C. DAVIS, Register.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 13. We are assured, that Mr. Jackson received a bundle of dispatches on Friday morning last, and immediately after its receipt posted away to Washington.
Whig.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 14.
FROM THE BALTIMORE AMERICAN.
Extra of a letter to the Editor, dated ANNAPOLIS, Nov. 10, 1809
"I enclose you one of the resolutions offered by Mr. Brent, of the county of Washington—he gracefully bowed towards the Feds, particularly so to John H. Thomas, when making his speech previous to reading the resolutions, and observed, he had explored the ground on which he was about to tread, weighed the subject well and was fearless of consequences, & willing to meet them.
He is a fine looking dashing fellow—the feds say, he looks as if he would jump through a fellow—they are more as mice when the cat is near—and chop fat-ten.
WHEREAS, certain resolutions were entered into by the "House of Delegates" of the General Assembly of Maryland, at the last November session, the object of which was to impress a belief upon the public mind, that the citizens of the State of Maryland viewed the Act passed by Congress, "imposing an embargo, and the several acts supplementary thereto, as constituting a portentous system of unnecessary, impolitic, and unprecedented restraint upon the foreign trade and domestic intercourse of these United States," and also directing "the senators and representatives from this state in the congress of the United States, to exert themselves with all convenient diligence in endeavors to procure a speedy relief from the operation of the aforesaid act, and the several acts supplementary thereto." And whereas "the public will" has been lately expressed by "the public voice itself" in the election for the immediate representative branch of this legislature as to it, I have no doubt, what the real, true and unfeigned sentiments of the people of Maryland are relative to that important and political measure of our government, so far as their sentiments at this time can be ascertained by their supporting a policy of a similar nature, and by their electing, as members of this body, men who were the warm advocates and active friends of every leading measure of the late administration; And whereas, the late "public voice" has shown, conclusively, to every unprejudiced and impartial mind, that the success, so much boasted of, in the said resolutions, by the majority of the late "house of delegates," must have proceeded from the many misrepresentations and deceptions made and used to deceive and ensnare the unguarded voter, and not from any real change in the political tenets of the state.
And whereas to correct and counteract the false impressions which may have been made upon the public mind by the proceedings of the majority in the "house of delegates" at their last November session, touching a measure so extremely interesting to the whole American people, and in order to remove the unfavourable opinions of the politics of this state, which the false coloring of the majority in the last "house of delegates," may have created in our sister states, it is a duty which the members of the present Assembly owe to the country, their constituents and themselves, to express a true and solemn declaration of their sentiments, as to the measures of the late and present administrations of the general government, and to set forth these feelings of unqualified disapprobation which the said resolutions have excited;—Therefore,
RESOLVED, That it is "the conscientious belief and unbiased conviction" of this Legislature, representing the interests, and speaking the sentiments of the independent freemen of Maryland, that the aforesaid act imposing an Embargo, and the several acts supplementary thereto, were wise, efficient, and dignified measures, rendered indispensably necessary by the unjust and illegal proceedings of the belligerents of Europe, and the convulsed and unprecedented state of the world as the only advisable alternatives between a destructive and calamitous war, and the humiliating surrender of our national honor and independence;—that many evils which were stated to have flowed from the adoption of the said Embargo and the gloomy picture of its consequences portrayed by the slanderous resolutions, were contrary to the good opinion and to the general sentiments of a large majority of the free and independent voters of this State;—that so far from proscribing and spinning away "the existence of commercial enterprise," it must be obvious to every reflecting and dispassionate mind, that the object of our Government was to secure it ultimately to the citizens of the United States, by contending for principles, and demanding acknowledgment,
Domestic.
From the National Intelligencer.
ALL negotiation with the British government at this place is suspended by one of those events which we should call extraordinary, did not their frequent occurrence for a few years past make them familiar to us. Without any redress for the accumulated wrongs heaped upon us, or for the bitter indignity committed by the outrage on the Chesapeake, a new and wanton insult has been offered directly to our government by a minister, whom the unsusppecting magnanimity of the nation trusted would in truth have turned out to be a messenger of peace. Sent, expressly as we have been told, to heal misunderstandings, occasioned by the acknowledged mistakes, if not injuries of his own government, he has permitted himself, in violation of the plainest dictates of reason, and the clearest precepts of the law of nations, to offer the grossest insult, in the power of ingenuity to devise, to the American nation, by insinuating a doubt of the veracity of its government.
Sensible that our countrymen are no ways deficient in spirit, and that foreign injury and insult, so far from possessing the power to awe, will only serve to excite a just resentment, we shall abstain from ministering fuel to a flame which, we require nothing in anticipating, will blaze from one end of the nation to the other. It is indeed most manifest that since the inexplicable disavowal of the arrangement entered into with Mr. Erskine, it has required every effort of moderation and wisdom to keep down the tone of the public mind; and had the government chosen with that scene to close all further intercourse with Britain, there is no doubt but that the nation would have gone heart in hand with them.
As however, this case is somewhat new in our political annals, we shall lay before our readers a few extracts from Vattel, the most approved writer on the law of nations, and certainly the writer, from the uncommon benevolence of his disposition, of all others is the most cautious in narrowing and circumscribing the causes of collision between nations.
Book 2, Chapt. 3, Vattel says:— "Every nation, every sovereign, ought to maintain his dignity by causing his respect to be paid to it which is his due, and especially not to suffer that any stain be cast upon it. If he has then, titles and constant custom, he may require them and he ought to do it, on occasions where his glory is concerned.
"But it is proper to distinguish, between negligence on the omission of what ought to be done according to commonly received custom, and positive acts of disrespect and insult. The prince may complain of negligence, and if it is not repaired may consider it as a mark of bad disposition; he has a right to demand, even by force of arms, the reparation of an insult. The Czar Peter I. complained in his manifesto against Sweden for not having fired the cannon on his passage to Riga. He might think it strange that they did not pay him this mark of respect,
and he might complain of it; but to make this the cause of war, was being extremely prodigal of human blood.
Book 4, Chapt. 7, he says:—
"Should a foreign minister offend the Prince himself, be wanting in respect to him, and by his intrigues raise disturbance in the state and injure the Prince, from a particular regard to the minister's master, sometimes requires that he should be recalled; or, if the fault be more heinous, the Prince forbids him the court, till he receives an answer from his master; but in important cases he proceeds so far, as to order him to quit his dominions.
"Every sovereign has an unquestionable right to proceed in this manner; for being master in his own dominions, no foreigner can stay at his court, or in his dominions, without his permission. And though sovereigns are generally obliged to hear the overtures of foreign powers, and to admit their ministers, this obligation ceases entirely with regard to a minister, who being himself wanting in the duties incumbent on him from his character, becomes dangerous or justly suspected by him to whom he is to come only as a minister of peace."
So much for this particular case. We shall in our next, should nothing more important offer, lay before our readers more copious extracts on the duties and privileges of public ministers; it being desirable that on this delicate point, the citizen should know and conform to his duties as well as the minister.
It remains to be seen in what manner this extraordinary cause for the rupture of the negotiation will be received by the public. That a vast majority will rally to a draft which he drew on the secretary round the government there can be no at war, which he considered tantamount to disgrace by government.
co-operation of the legislative and executive departments, be weal whom and the lic beheld the wreck of one of the nobles people there happily exists a perfect idea of men—he was a pupil of the immortality of interests and feelings. But how Jerson—by him he was reared—by him
will the federal part of the community receive it? Will they seize his new opportunity that offers, to show that in a just and true knowledge, acute penetration, and personal courage, so pointed him in the maintenance of its honor and their mand a projected exploring party to the north west coast of the American continent—he accepted the arduous command on condition that he might take Mr. Clark with him—they started; the best wishes
sure our eventual triumph, and draw closer perhaps, than ever, the bands of the American people around them. We sincerely I has recent- After an absence of two years, to us of anx- ious solicitude, we were cheered with he joyful return of our countrymen. A new joyous exploration—additional knowledge in all the sciences obtained at a trifling expense & blood shed treas- The voice of fame echoed the glad tidings through the civilized world—he
time on hold the deepest wake in the name of Lewis was the theme of univer- sity. They have not scrupled to a- sal praise. The national legislature voted vo- their confidence in the honor and wis- a complimentary donation to the brave v- dom of the administration. Now is the little band.
Scarcely had the governor time to pay his respects to a widowed mother, before he was again called into public service— The territory of Upper Louisiana had been torn to pieces by party feud, no person could be more proper to calm them— he appeared and all was quiet. The limits assigned this no ice do no adm- of a particular detail of his execu- acts—suffice it to say that the parties are
DEATH of M. LEWIS. From the Clarion, a Nashville (Tenn.) paper.
To record the untimely end of a brave and prudent officer, a learned scholar and scientific gentleman, this column of the Clarion is ushered to the world in black.
On the night of the 10th instant, Meriwether Lewis, esq. governor general of Up- per Louisiana, on his way to Washing- ton, came to the house of Mr. Gunder- ton near the Indian line in this state—called for his supper and some spirits, of which he partook and gave some to his servant. Mr. Grinder not being at home, Mrs. Grinder retired to the kitchen with her children, and the servants (after the gov- ernor went to bed, which he did in good order) went to a stable about three hun- dred yards distant to sleep—no one in the house with the governor—and some time after midnight Mrs. Grinder was alarm- ed by the firing of 2 pistols in the house; she called to the servants without effect, and at the appearance of day light the ser- vants came to the house, when the gover- nor was found dead, and he said he had shot himself and would die, and requested them to bring him water, he then laying on the floor where he expired about 7 o'clock in
morning of the 11th—he had shot a ball through the top of his head and ano- ther through his intestines, and cut his neck, arm and hand with a razor. When in his best senses he spoke about a trunk of papers that he said would be of great value to our government. He had been under the influence of a deranging malady for about six weeks—the cause of which is unknown, unless it was from a protest which a vast majority will rally to a draft which he drew on the secretary round the government there can be no at war, which he considered tantamount to disgrace by government.
In the death of governor Lewis the pub- lic beheld the wreck of one of the nobles men—he was a pupil of the immortality of interests and feelings. But how Jerson—by him he was reared—by him
will the federal part of the community receive it? Will they seize his new opportunity that offers, to show that in a just and true knowledge, acute penetration, and personal courage, so pointed him in the maintenance of its honor and their mand a projected exploring party to the north west coast of the American continent—he accepted the arduous command on condition that he might take Mr. Clark with him—they started; the best wishes
sure our eventual triumph, and draw closer perhaps, than ever, the bands of the American people around them. We sincerely I has recent- After an absence of two years, to us of anx- ious solicitude, we were cheered with he joyful return of our countrymen. A new joyous exploration—additional knowledge in all the sciences obtained at a trifling expense & blood shed treas- The voice of fame echoed the glad tidings through the civilized world—he
time on hold the deepest wake in the name of Lewis was the theme of univer- sity. They have not scrupled to a- sal praise. The national legislature voted vo- their confidence in the honor and wis- a complimentary donation to the brave v- dom of the administration. Now is the little band.
Scarcely had the governor time to pay his respects to a widowed mother, before he was again called into public service— The territory of Upper Louisiana had been torn to pieces by party feud, no person could be more proper to calm them— he appeared and all was quiet. The limits assigned this no ice do no adm- of a particular detail of his execu- acts—suffice it to say that the parties are
the limits assigned this no ice do no adm- of a particular detail of his execu- acts—suffice it to say that the parties are
ated by local circumstances and Wilkinson were soon united—the Indians were treated with and large purchases of valuable land made of them—the laws were amended, and judicious ones adopted—to the securing the citizens of the territory from a renewal of the scene of 1806.
During the few leisure moments he had from his official duties, he was employed in writing the particulars of his celebrated tour up the Missouri—to complete which appears to have been the wish nearest his heart—and it gives us much pleasure, if we can feel pleasure in the present melan- choly instance, to state that we have i- formed a source which can be depended up- on, that he had accomplished the work in three very large volumes, with an im- mense number of paintings—and all wa- ready for the press. We hope these vol- umes may be the means of transmit- ting to posterity the worth of a man whose last act casts a gloom over the fair pages of his early life.
"The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave,
Await alike th' inevitable hour— The paths of glory lead but to the grave."
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.
On Thursday the 5th instant, the Synod of the Carolinas met, according to adjournment at Poplar Tent, in the county of Cabarrus, N. C. and was opened by a sermon, replete with piety and good sense, and delivered with impressive elo- quence, by the Rev. John M. Wilson, the last Moderator—A more than usual num- ber of Ministers and Elders from the re- spective Presbyteries composing the Synod, appeared and took their seats. The Rev. Robert B. Walker was chosen Modera- tor, the Rev. John Brown, of Salisbury and the Rev. John B. Davis were chosen Clerks.
The Synod proceeded to the important business of consulting the affairs of the house of God, committed to their hands; Much interesting business came before them, through every branch of which was displayed the most answering attachment to the great and leading truths of the gos- pel—the doctrines of the reformation—the purity and discipline of the churches under the care of the Synod. A lively z-al for the interest and prosperity of Religion, and a most unrelenting vigilance over its respective members appeared to charac- terize that venerable body. A committee was appointed to draft a Pastoral letter to the churches embraced in the Synodical bounds, to the friends of religion in gen- eral, and to the Ministers of reconciliation in particular.
It must be a pleasing reflection—a re- flection which awakens every principle of gratitude in the heart, that while the plains of Europe are drenched with blood—their temples demolished—their altars trodden down, and the worshippers driven to the field of death; peace is in all our borders—Zion flourishes in our land, under a brighter sky—religion spreads its benign and peaceful influence through our churches—while her Ministers uniter- rupted by the din of arms, are permitted to pursue her interests in every form that changing circumstances may point out as best. The Synod received good news from abroad relative to the prosperity of many of the American churches.

ment of those just rights without which our commerce will always be precarious and exposed—that the very policy so much censured, protected and promoted the interests of our country, by withdrawing from the rapacious and piratical plunderers of the ocean, our property to an immense and incalculable amount,—by receiving from seizure and bondage, our “brave and hardy tars,”—by diverting a portion of our wealth and attention to the establishment of those manufactories which are necessary to our subsistence, essential to our independence, and which have, in the short lapse of two years, succeeded to an extent surpassing the most sanguine calculations of the many honest, ingenious and industrious mechanics with which the United States abound...
The following account of this officer's late misfortune, &c. is taken from an English paper, and is evidently very incorrect in some particulars. Whether the duke of Brunswick, (the head of the Saxon insurgents whom he had beaten) escaped by his connivance, we know not; but, the flight of Reubell is prima facie evidence of his misconduct. It is also ridiculous to say, that Bonaparte sent young Reubell to the W. Indies, that he might fall a victim to the climate; for, his own brother was sent thither.—Reubell was not an object of envy to any one, but to the envy or hate of Napoleon. The truth appears to be, that the duke of Brunswick effected his escape, either thro' Reubell's weakness or corruption, most probably the former; as gen. R. has no great military talent, and had seen very little service.—On Napoleon's giving orders to arrest him, it is believed, that Jerome Bonaparte (whose intimate friend and constant companion Reubell had been) gave him a private intimation of the design, and suffered him to get away unmolested.
We notice these reports, only to point out the misrepresentations of the London papers. For sake of Reubell's respectable connections in Baltimore, we regret that a shadow should cloud his fame, or any stigma be imprinted on his name. [Whig.]  Gen. Reubell is the son of Reubell, one of the 5 directors. The father being hostile to Bonaparte's plans of ambition, the latter of course marked him out as an object of hatred, which was also extended to his son. The general was sent to the West Indies, in his military capacity by Bonaparte, probably in the hope that he would fall a sacrifice to the climate. While the general was in the West Indies, he formed an intimacy of a most confidential nature with Jerome Bonaparte; and when the latter was made king of Westphalia, he took gen. Reubell into his service, and appointed him governor of Cassel, very much to the displeasure of Bonaparte. General Reubell received orders to intercept the Duke of Brunswick Oels, and he was informed in the orders in distinct terms that his head should be answerable for his success.  The duke, however, succeeded in effecting his escape, and Reubell was too conscious of the danger of his own situation to think of remaining any longer within the reach of Bonaparte's power; he accordingly set out from Cassel for Bremen. He travelled in his full uniform as general, and with his usual suite, having made out his own passports. The night after he left Cassel, some gens. d'armes arrived there to arrest him. At Bremen he embarked on board a neutral vessel and arrived about three weeks ago at Gravesend, where he still remains, not having received, as had been stated, permission to come to London. His wife is at Heligoland, and is daily expected in this country; and upon her arrival it is supposed that the gen. will set off for America. Madame Reubell is a native of America, and the daughter of a man of considerable property there.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 15. From Annapolis. The triumph of Republicanism complete.  Yesterday according to the resolves of both houses of the legislature, a Senator was chosen to represent this state in the Senate of the U. S. in place of general Smith whose term of service has for some time expired, but whose seat was pertinaciously kept vacant by the majority delegation of the minority of the citizens in this state, in defiance of precedent and the spirit and meaning of the constitution of this state, and in violation of the general constitution of the union.  The following was the state of the poll:   votes  For gen. Smith (Repub.) 53  John Eager Howard, (Fed.) 29  Scattering 4  Majority for Smith 29   In the issue of this Senatorial election the republicans of the United States have cause to rejoice, since the legislature of Maryland has effectually retrieved the character of the state, and shown that the servile adulators of Great Britain have had no real and permanent supporters among the independent citizens of Maryland. Were it not for the slanders heaped on the general for his meritorious services
both during and since the revolution, both in the tented field and in the legislative character, most probably he would have voluntarily retired from the field of state for domestic repose, but the harpies of Timon's and of Britain paved the way for his election. The general enjoys the confidence of Americans, and the malice of his enemies may sleep for ten years to come. American.  BALTIMORE, Nov. 15. We learn that Mr. Jackson is about to leave Washington immediately. He takes Mr. Okey with him, and leaves no agent to fill the vacancy. Fed. Repub.
GENERAL REUBELL.
It appears by the latest London paper we have seen, (Courier) that every exertion is making by the French to recruit their armies.  The Emperor of Austria in advertising to the prolongation of the armistice in his general orders, says, “his assent to the measure is to be attributed not to feebleness, but to his affection for his subjects, and his anxiety to avert from them the calamities of war;” and again assures his subjects that no peace shall be concluded, but an honorable one.  The expectation of renewed hostilities continues. While the French conscripts, men and boys, are called out, and five feet boys induced to volunteer. Austria is using an equal exertion. A levy en masse through all the Austrian dominions is expected.  The British ministry does not appear to have been formed. The Courier, the ministerial paper under Mr. Canning says, the plan of administration, tho’ “not extended and combined, (as the opposition express it) will still go down.” “After a reign of half a century in the most arduous times, our venerable sovereign will not be abandoned by his people.”  Paris, Sept. 23.—According to a circular from H. E. the Minister Director General of the conscription, the mayors are authorised to receive enrollments for the grenadier sharpshooters, ranger sharpshooters, and conscript grenadiers and conscript rangers of his majesty's guard. The young men who enlist in the grenadier sharpshooters and conscript grenadiers, must be five feet five inches; for the ranger sharpshooters, or conscript rangers, five feet two inches!  The mayors may admit to enlist—1st young men from 18 to 30, who have not fallen under the conscription—2d. individuals from 30 to 40, who have already served. Young men from 16 to 18, shall in like manner be permitted to serve, with consent of parents or guardian.  Notwithstanding these provisions, which evince that his majesty is desirous of facilitating to all his subjects the means of entering into his guards, he has decided that four young men from each department may be directly admitted by voluntary enrollments into his regiments of fusileers. Two of them must be at least five feet five inches, and two of five feet three.  Antwerp, Sept. 21.—Several movements have taken place among the troops. General Klein, commanding the cavalry, goes to Brussels. The grand park moved off in direction of Mechlen. Several regiments are quartered at Merzen, on the road to Holland.  The army of Antwerp will be divided into three bodies. The Dutch troops on the right; left wing under the command of senator Rampon; centre under Reille, one of the Emperor's aid-de-camps. Our garrison will be composed of 1000 dismounted dragoons, 1000 veterans and 1500 of the national guard. General Vatteleaux has arrived here.  From the Baltimore American. Mr. Editor—Occurrences like the following one so rarely happen, that I communicate it to you for publication:  The schr. Sarah Milner of Kingston, (J.) was, on her voyage from thence to this port, struck by a sword fish about 12 o'clock in the night, being out 3 days.—The sword penetrated through solid timber 13 inches thick, protruding within the vessel upwards of 7 inches, passed into a tierce of coffee. He struck until 7 the next morning, when he broke a way, being severely wounded by a stroke of the harpoon. The schr. being hove down yesterday, the sword was found and extracted.  JAMES BADGER, mate. Baltimore, Oct. 30.
MR. PECHIN, With some of my acquaintance I had entertained doubts of the truth of the occurrence respecting the sword-fish, which was inserted in the American some days ago. In order to satisfy these, and fully establish the fact, I have been on board the schr. Sarah Milner, and have correctly transcribed from the Journal the following extract. The certificate of Capt. Cracklow is annexed as confirmatory of the whole, and a piece of the sword, which was extracted a few days since, is deposited in the museum in this city:  “Extract from the log book of the schr. Sarah Milner, captain Cracklow, of Kingston, Jamaica, on a voyage from thence to Baltimore.” September, 9, 1809. “A perfectly calm and smooth sea, out 3 days. At 5 P. M. a breeze sprung up. At 12 o'clock in the night a remarkable occurrence took place—we felt the vessel to receive a severe
FROM ENGLAND.
By the ship Philip, capt. Williams, 36 days from Cowes, arrived this morning, we have received London papers to October 7, and hasten to give the most important items.
BALTIMORE November 16.
and sudden shock, which astonished all hands and for which we were at a loss to account. Some time having elapsed in various surmises, the mate discovered that a large sword fish had struck us, which was unable to extricate itself, being fastened in the timbers—the vessel sprung a moderate leak immediately.—Length of the fish 25 feet and 7 feet round by computation, and remained fastened to the vessel 6 or 7 hours, when he broke off apparently dead—breeze 7 knots—lat. 18 30.”  “I do certify, that the above extract is correct, and the facts therein stated are true.” NATHANIEL J. CRACKLOW, Capt. of the schr. Sarah Milner.  When the schooner arrived here, she was hove down, examined, and the sword was found about 8 feet from the keel as heretofore stated by Mr. Badger, it having entered in rather an oblique direction. I have been thus particular in order to place the possibility of imposition beyond a doubt.  A CITIZEN. Baltimore, 15th, Nov. 1809.
New York, November 13. Extract of a letter from a Colonel of the British army to his friend in Lisbon, dated Badajoz, Sept. 19, 1809. “The head quarters of the British army are in this city. My regiment is encamped about two leagues distant with the 4th division of the army, the 5th division is on our left at Campo Major—the rest extend toward Madrid. The army will certainly remain in its present position for 3 weeks, unless unforeseen circumstances influence the commander of the forces. My opinion is that we shall defend Portugal by advancing again into Spain. If we cannot fight the French in the Peninsula with Spain and Portugal at our back, we certainly cannot do it with Portugal only, in the present distracted state of that kingdom. The British army at this moment is in a more efficient state than it has been at any period on this part of the continent.—By remaining a short time here it will still more so by the junction of many small detachments, from almost every town in Portugal. The most experienced officers of the army are of opinion that we are able to beat the collected forces of the French in the Peninsula whenever we meet them; that the disparity of numbers may not permit our profiting by the victory cannot be contested; but that the fate of the whole Peninsula depends on the events in Germany, while the French have any army on this side the Pyrenees; but if we succeed in driving them to their own frontier, & rousing the dormant kingdom of Portugal into activity, these countries may still be free and independent forever, in spite of the Emperor of the French, the conqueror of all the continent of Europe. Lord Wellington or his noble brother are not men of despondent character—they are not likely to forsake Spain because in one important instance their just expectation was not answered. It is evident there still exists in the government and in the people of Spain a zeal for independence. Because the British arms proved their superiority and the army of Spain was unhurt at Talavera is there any cause for despondence? In my humble opinion the lesson is turned to great profit, and I look now with as much hope to see Madrid as I did when I left Lisbon. Many Spanish regiments have been decimated and the cowards shot in view of the British soldiers.”
LATEST FROM HOLLAND.
On Wednesday arrived at Boston, the ship Governor Strong. Captain Lord, 30 days from Rotterdam.—Captain L. left there 7th October, but brought no papers. The verbal intelligence communicated by Captain Lord, and which is corroborated by the letter, of which he is the bearer, states that Bonaparte still remained in Vienna—that the armistice had been prolonged to the 15th November—that Russia was at a stand, apparently undetermined what course to pursue; and that no prospect of a peace was entertained. That the American shipping had sailed from the ports of Rotterdam and Amsterdam, principally for Russia; that there had been no recent change in the maritime regulations of the Dutch Government, nor any relaxation of Bonaparte's Commercial Decrees. Captain L. adds, that he did not hear of Bonaparte's being insane, or indisposed.  Captain L. in his passage through the British Channel did not meet with a single British cruiser. The U. S. schooner Experiment, was to have sailed from the Texel, on the 4th October.  Walcheren remained in possession of the English when capt. L. left Rotterdam. Bos. Gaz.
NEW YORK, November 14.
LATEST FROM TONNINGEN.
Last evening arrived at this port the ship Orien, M. Millen, from Tonningen, which port he left on the 8th October, at which time the markets were very good for American and Colonial produce; that it was reported Bonaparte remained ill at Vienna; and that it was expected hostilities would speedily re-commence between Austria and France.  From the Boston Centinel of Saturday. Captain Wheelwright from Spain, yesterday favored us with a file of Seville official and Cadiz Gazettes, to the last of Sept. They do not contain any war news, excepting details of affairs of posts. The great body of the French force in Spain being concentrated in the Castiles in front of Madrid; opportunity was given to the Spanish partisan corps, scattered over the Peninsula, to attack the weakened French garrisons, and to destroy their foraging parties. The patriots had recovered Santander. —New risings of the patriots were mentioned in the districts between Madrid and Bayonne. The position of the armies had not recently been changed. The spirit of the Supreme Junta, and the people appear-
ed to be unabated; and the Junta were attending as much to the correction of ancient abuses, and the repeal of unpopular taxes, as they were to the accumulation of means to carry on the war. The extracts from the French papers copied into the Gazette of the Junta, are accompanied by very severe notes.
NEW YORK, November 15.
By capt. O'Connor, in 34 days from Lisbon, which port he left on the 9th of October, we learn, that the British and Spanish Armies, under sir A. Wellesley (Lord Wellington) were at Badajoz—and the French at Talavera. Advices had reached Lisbon, that Marshal Soult, with his division, was marching towards the North destined for Oporto.  We further learn, that the Combined British, Spanish and Portuguese Armies were plentifully supplied with Provisions—and that 7 or 8 British ships of the Line, and a vast number of Transports, were in the Tagus. Markets at Lisbon for American Produce very dull.
WILMINGTON, (Del) Nov. 15.
Extract of a letter from a friend to our republican and laws, dated Cape May, Nov. 6th, 1809. You may inform the keeper of the money changer's temple at Philadelphia that the schr. Friend commanded by one Huges, formerly a pilot, came to anchor last Friday in this road. She is said to be full of Coffee from an island dependant on France. The captain had an interview with a runner from Philadelphia; it had been lounging in the cape; after which he stood to sea, supposed for a port in the south. This runner has “let the cat out of the bag,” none of the vessels belonging to the money changers, which have been on illicit voyages, are to return either to Philadelphia, New-York or Baltimore, as that d—Cutter called the Gen. Green is looking out so sharp for them. We learn by the papers that some of our Collectors are peeping into the ports to the Eastward. If they were to peep round this cape at this time or oil and on the Delaware for a short time, they might fall in with the smugglers. I am told there are twenty sail expected in the course of November and December. Look out, Revenue Officers on the Eastern Shore of Maryland!
PHILADELPHIA, November 16.
It is rumoured that the British Envoy Mr. Jackson, has addressed a circular letter to the members of the Diplomatic Corps in the United States, in which he attempts to excuse his late correspondence with the Secretary of state, alleging, as we are informed, that his intention was to justify his own government, not to criminate the government of the United States. Should we be able to procure a copy of this letter, it will be published in the Register. Jackson's Register.
CHARLESTON, Nov. 4.
Highly Interesting Letter.
A mercantile friend has politely favored us with the following very interesting Letter, which we have translated for the Courier.
HAYANNA, Oct. 21.
“It would be difficult to conceive the agitated state of my mind; I have long been desponding for the fate of our unhappy mother country; for since the battle of Wagram, I have looked upon it as devoted to destruction, and as destined for another victim to the usurper. I have little doubt that before this, Spain has been overrun by his myriads, and my thoughts, therefore naturally turn towards the colonies, and to this island particularly, where first I drew my breath. I have for some time past, observed, that the seeds of discord have been sown, and are now springing up; that the minds of the people are agitated by different sentiments and factions.  “Some are inclined to assert our independence under the protection of the British; others, principally the natives of Old Spain, are for adhering to the Mother Country, under any dynasty that may govern her. Others are desirous of a British legislation and some few are perfectly French in their principles and wishes. In this conflict of opinion, what but anarchy, and revolutions can await us, unless a timely interference of the British should prevent it.  “A letter was received here yesterday from Cadiz, dated August 23, which says, an express has this moment arrived from the marq. of Wellesley, the British ambassador in Seville, to the British consul here, ordering him to put on board a vessel and immediately despatched for England, his despatches containing the account of the erection of a Regency, instead of the Central Supreme Junta, and which is composed as follows: The Archbishop of Toledo, nephew to Charles, the 18th, Regent; Altamira and Jovellanos, coadjutors; and Cevallos, Saavedra and General Cuesta, privy counsellors.” Should this prove to be true, of which I have no doubt, you may depend upon it, that it has been brought about by the marquis Wellesley. The marquis foreseeing the loss of Spain has formed the Regency in time, with the view of its being taken out to Mexico by the British fleet, for the safety and protection of our colonies, who will with open arms, receive and admit the government of a Bourbon, and perhaps no other, protected by and allied with England; in which case we shall once more, become a safe & happy people. In the course of six weeks I expect to see entering our harbour, a combined Spanish and British fleet, carrying the royal standard of Ferdinand 7th. God send that my expectations may be realised.  “You are already informed of the shutting of the ports of this island against all foreign flags; to day we understand that neutrals bringing negroes, sugar, oils, & lumber, will be admitted, but no other articles. God preserve you, &c.”
WINCHESTER, November 3.
The Memorial.
The importance of the subject embraced in the Memorial to the Legislature, given in our paper of to day, will, it is hoped, induce a very general list of signatures. Copies of this memorial, have been forwarded to almost every county in the state, and it is confidently expected,
FROM THE Boston Centinel of Saturday.
Captain Wheelwright from Spain, yesterday favored us with a file of Seville official and Cadiz Gazettes, to the last of Sept. They do not contain any war news, excepting details of affairs of posts. The great body of the French force in Spain being concentrated in the Castiles in front of Madrid; opportunity was given to the Spanish partisan corps, scattered over the Peninsula, to attack the weakened French garrisons, and to destroy their foraging parties. The patriots had recovered Santander. —New risings of the patriots were mentioned in the districts between Madrid and Bayonne. The position of the armies had not recently been changed. The spirit of the Supreme Junta, and the people appear-

The Legislature will be disposed to remedy the evil complained of, if it shall appear to be the general wish of the people. The gentlemen to whom copies of Memorials have been forwarded, will, it is hoped, be vigilant in procuring signatures and forwarding them by the members of the respective counties to the Legislature.
To the Honorable the Speaker and Members of both Houses of the General Assembly of Virginia, the Memorial of sundry Inhabitants of the County of
respectfully Sheweth, THAT, with great satisfaction your Memorialists have viewed the gradual improvement of the Judiciary System of their state, and testing the wisdom of Legislative measures, which regard such improvements, by the effect, do not hesitate to pronounce, that in most instances great advantages have been derived; but the adoption of the principle, "of bringing justice home to every man's door," in a peculiar degree claims their approbation. Your Memorialists perceiving a disposition on the part of the Legislature, when lately organizing anew the general Court, to realize in its extent this important principle, by applying it to the Courts of Equity, regretted the embarrassment which the incumbents of these Courts necessarily created, whilst they could not refuse their applause of that tender regard which was manifested for their constitutional rights. Time and events, however, have marked the present period as one free from every species of embarrassment, and not to improve the opportunity, is to abandon the most valuable effect of the principle, by which the late arrangement professes to be governed. Your Memorialists have learned, that by death the Court of Appeals have been reduced to three members, and one vacancy created in the General Court; by adding to the number of the former and filling the vacancy in the latter, provision may be made for all the Judges in office, & the ultimate object of establishing a Superior Court of Chancery in every Judicial Circuit be obtained. The necessity of such an establishment, if it did not arise out of the principle adopted and acted upon already by the Legislature, would at once be apparent by examining the course of proceedings and the embarrassment necessarily attendant on such proceedings, where no blame can possibly attach to the honorable gentlemen who fill the office of Chancellor.
Your Memorialists beg leave to suggest, that the Court at Staunton has jurisdiction over an immense Territory, and the inhabitants of several Counties to the West of the Blue Ridge, have little intercourse with that place; hence the difficulty and expense of forwarding, serving and returning process. To commence a suit in Staunton, when the Defendants reside in Ohio, or Brooke County, unless the person concerned will deliver the process to the Sheriff, and return it to the Clerk, the case may remain for years continued for return. Where the claim is large, this trouble may be taken; but when it is recollected that Courts are for the convenience of the poor, as well as the rich, and that there are many unable to encounter such an expense, as the delivery of process in person must occasion, the propriety of an amendment, will be evident. To a candid mind, the case is too plain to admit of doubt. Permit us concisely to mention the County Courts, and to request an inspection of their dockets. The Magistrates, whose worth and services entitle them to the thanks of their country, go through the Law Causes, but the Chancery remain untouched. Suppose an injunction granted, when will a dissolution or hearing take place? The different interlocutory orders, necessary to be made and served, deserves to be considered. We mean not to enumerate all our difficulties herein; to do this would be tedious. Members from the different counties can make them known, for they are felt by us all; & feeling they will speak.
Your Memorialists viewing the court of Appeals as the one of dernier resort, as fixing the great rules of property and of conduct, hold the expense of two additional Judges as an object of minor consideration indeed, when compared to that confidence in the decision of the increased number, which is so important to the good government of a free people. Your Memorialists therefore pray, that the Legislature may not forego the present auspicious period, which offers the means of improving our Judiciary System, by establishing a Court of Chancery in every Judicial Circuit, and of placing the Court of Appeals upon its old establishment as to numbers.
LYNCHBURG, Nov. 11. The prospects of the United States, in the midst of all our difficulties, are without comparison, more agreeable than those of any other people. We have a government rational in its constitution, economical in its execution, and amicable in its disposition towards other powers. The management of our public concerns, is happily committed to true-hearted Americans, whose delight is, to pursue the real interest of the commonwealth. Men wise to discern and firm to resist the arts of designing ambition, which would be gratified could it embroil us in the contests of Europe. Men properly acquainted with our great national relations, and ready to avail themselves of every opportunity to secure our national rights. Our citizens are industrious and enterprising in their disposition, and their genius naturally leads them to cultivate the arts of peace. Our situation, far remote from the scenes of war and blood, favors a perpetual safety from those horrid calamities, which have made all the transatlantic nations tremble. Our territory is fertile and extensive, giving scope for the cultivation of all the varieties of grain and grasses, in such abundance, that numerous flocks of sheep, and herds of cattle, with the surplus production of our lands. Cotton, hemp and flax already abound, which together with the wool, which a few years will furnish us, will secure an equal abundance of materials, for the fabrication of lots of every description. Already considerable efforts are making, to bring into
effect the necessary manufactories, to meet our demands, in all our agricultural or mechanical pursuits. If therefore impetuous circumstances, continue to forbid us the advantages of foreign commerce, an interchange of our northern and southern productions and other inland trade may furnish us a comfortable substitute for the present, which it will drive us into exertions, which will shortly, not only secure us real independence, but produce a surplus which will one day command the attention of the commercial world. This is a faint description of the condition of our country—whilst devastation and wars are the portion of the rest of the world. The victor and the vanquished are alike the subjects of oppression, the vassals of an ambitious tyrant. And even Great Britain in all her boasted liberties and powers, retains for the majority of her subjects, enjoyments which the slave of Virginia would not envy. The public expenditures of that government, the last year are said to have amounted to 283,285,030 dollars. This enormous weight of annual expense, together with a threatened invasion, are a part of the calamities of Great Britain!! And the awful horrors of Spain and Portugal, those countries once so rich and powerful, are sufficiently known by all who have read the accounts of their late contests with France. Whatever, therefore, may be the necessary sacrifices, we doubt not but our fellow citizens are ready, and determined to meet them, for the preservation of our neutrality, until all these storms are happily blown over. And every true lover of his country must be ready to reverse those men and measures, which have most largely contributed to this important end. Let justice and benevolence regulate our course, and no weapon that is formed against us shall prosper."
VIRGINIA. In Chancery—In Halifax County Court, 24th October, 1809. BETWEEN Anne Morton, formerly Anne Cobb, Howell Ridely and Milly his wife, formerly Milly Cobb, Nancy Cobb, Betsy Cobb, John Cobb, Isabella Cobb, James H. Cobb and Patsy Cobb, who are heirs & devisees of John Cobb, deceased, and which said Nancy, Betsy, John, Isabella, James and Patsy, being under age, appear by Anne Morton their natural guardian and next friend. Pleas. Thomas Cobb, James Cobb, Thomas Cobb, John Cobb, and Cynthia Cobb, which four last mentioned defendants, are the children of Jas Cobb, the elder, deceased—and William M. Watkins and Benjamin Morton, Defts. THE defendants Thomas, James, Thomas, John and Cynthia Cobb not having answered 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 motion of the plaintiffs by their counsel, it is ordered, that the said last named defendants, do appear here on the fourth Monday in February next, and answer the bill of the plaintiffs; and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in one of the newspapers published in the city of Richmond for two months successively, and posted at the front door of the court house of the said county. A copy—Teste, SAMUEL WILLIAMS, D. C. H. C.
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JUST PUBLISHED, And for sale at this Office the eight edition, making near twenty thousand copies already sold, of the Life of George Washington. A Life how useful to his country let it! How lovd, while living!—how revord, now dead! Ye living Sires! with pleasure all attend, And read the History of your Glorious Friend! List! list his name, ye Children yet unborn! And with like deeds, your own bright lives adorn. BY THE REV. M. L. WEEMS, Formerly Clergyman of Mount Vernon Parish, and intimate with the grey-haired veterans of the last century, who were the playmates and companions of the great Washington from his childhood.
RECOMMENDATIONS, BY EMINENT DIVINES, JUDGES AND GENERALS. "It is a surprising fact that even the American People know but little of George Washington. They have indeed heard a great deal of his Public Life; of his Military Character, and Political Talents, but hardly any thing of his private Life and Virtues. Many intelligent persons have ardently wished to see a faithful account of these, not only as a debt of gratitude to him, but as a fine example to our children. The Author has performed this task in a very satisfactory manner. His Angledotes of Washington present the supreme excellence of religion, with the transcendent dignity, charm and usefulness of the respective virtues in domestic, civil and military scenes. The moral sensibility and genius of the writer warms the heart and imagination of his readers. His descriptive fancy paints the occasional scenes of Nature in pleasing views; while his flashes of comic wit give an agreeable relief to the mind, and render the serious truths more impressive, especially on the young reader." NICHOLAS COLLIN, Ministers of the Swedish Church, Philadelphia.
Virginia Argus. RICHMOND, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1809. Richmond Price Current. [CORRECTED WEEKLY.] CASH. D. C. Tobacco, 6 00 Wheat, new, 1 25 Flour, super-fine, 6 75 Flour, fine, 6 25 Corn, 3 50 Hemp, per ton, 280 00 Iron, 110 00 Bacon, 00 10 Whiskey, 00 75
GENET, No. 21. Extract of a letter to the Editor of the Argus, dated Washington City, Nov. 18th, 1809. "Since I wrote you per this day's mail, I have read in manuscript an appeal to the people of the United States from the determination of their government by the very honorable Francis James Jackson. It is in the form of an address to British commercial agents in this country, and bears every mark of concealment and falsehood. The mail is closing, or I would send you a copy. If it does not appear in the papers of to day, I will to-morrow, send you a manuscript."
It is a fact worthy of being particularly noticed, that since the government of the United States has ordered a few vessels of war to stretch along and examine the American coast, we have heard of very few (if any) violations of our maritime jurisdiction by the cruisers of the belligerents. The Independent American, published at the seat of the general government, advises the public to suspend opinion respecting the insult offered to the executive by Mr. Jackson, until the whole correspondence between that minister and the secretary of state is made public. One may very fairly infer from such an admonition, that the said Independent American has no disinclination to vindicate Mr. Jackson. In some countries of the world the citizens or subjects have patriotism enough to support the government of their own nation even when it is in the wrong; but we have men among us who oppose their own government even when it is in the right.
Laban Folger, than whom there does not appear to be many more accomplished sinners, has involuntarily served the cause of republicanism in America. He certainly merits a reward. We recommend the presentation to him of a gold medal with the figure of the devil twirling a Frenchman. Surely no man will deny him this small acknowledgment; for, if a person who does a good action willfully deserves reward; much more does he merit recompense who does a good action against his will.
The editor of United States Gazette not long since asserted, and asserted it very solemnly, that none of the editors of the federal presses in the United States are foreigners. This is the severest remark that could be possibly made in relation to the opposition newspapers; for, if their editors were foreigners, (Englishmen for instance,) their conduct might be justified by love of country; but, being native Americans, (if, indeed, they are so,) they have no such apology for their adherence to the British monarchy. If they were subjects of George the third, we should think better of them; but as it is, according to their own showing, they are base traitors to their country's honor, and are not warmed by a single spark of amor patriae. If the editors of some republican gazettes be foreigners, they evince at least a noble spirit, for they vigorously maintain the rights of their country, whose constitution and whose laws they have sworn to support. Native writers of foreign sentiments are much worse than foreign writers of native sentiments.
Mr. Jackson the disgraced British minister, is like an exhausted comet. At Copenhagen he appeared in the diplomatic atmosphere with a terribly flaming tail; but at Washington, in his approaches towards the great republican luminary, his fire has been entirely put out.
Some of our democratic friends were very much alarmed at the arrival among us of such a reputed fire brand as Mr. Jackson. They may now dismiss their fears; for he turns out to be a miserable clunk. A new fact in Surgery.—By an hymeneal article in an eastern newspaper, it appears that a young lady has lost her Brain, and is still living. N. B. The lady's maiden name was "Braine."
By a London paragraph we find that the English have pensioned a writer in Germany by the name of Gentz.—The British writers in this country are more liberal; they scribble without pensions. This rule, however, is general; and, of course, there are some exceptions. The English are a calculating nation.—The fact is proved in their policy towards America. We have a popular government, popular governments are controlled by popular opinion; newspapers influence popular opinion; and money will buy up or set up newspapers. To fight the Americans in the newspapers, is much cheaper to the British than to fight them with the bayonet; and John Bull has found out, that he can sometimes effect his object with us as well by style as by trigger. Both modes of operation have some things in common,—lead is an ingredient in each, and they both move by columns. If the United States
could muster resolution enough merely to change their metal into a different shape, and convert a logical into a military contest, we may perhaps convey to our antagonists more conclusive and irresistible arguments in favor of the justice of our cause than we have heretofore done. Mr. Jackson is truly a moving negotiator. His household goods had no sooner got to Washington than they were repacked for shipment. His honor, it is said, will be shipped off also. Mr. Oakley, we understand, is to return immediately to England, whilst Mr. Jackson remains in the United States. Mr. O. is secretary of legation. Jackson departs from Washington for one of our cities to the eastward. It is thought he will prefer New York to either Philadelphia or Baltimore.
ENGLISH RECRUITING SERVICE. Ambassador Jackson has begun a new levy of Tories at Baltimore, where his recruiting serjeants, Wagner and Hanson, are beating up for adherents most lustily. These subalterns in the service of British ministerial perfidy and insolence use all the tricks of their vocation to cozen American citizens to their banners; but their falsehoods being pretty well understood, it is thought they will dupe very few individuals. One art which they play off to obtain partizans we should really think was new, if we had not met with it in the heroic speech which a cowardly Scotch parson once made to his brave countrymen whom he did not like to lead into battle. He represented the danger of their being cut to pieces, and the agonies of gunshot wounds. Wagner and Hanson proclaim that the disgrace of Jackson may lead to war, in which event the Americans would be cut down like corn-stalks. Such is the logic of Jackson's menials. And yet, (a duet to a doff) the discarded minister is more terrified than the most ignorant citizen of the United States that can be found. There is not a man in the union that would injure a hair of his head; but every body, except Tories and Tory muttons, despise him. The recruiting serjeants at Baltimore are not only despised, but they are hated; they are a nuisance, offensive to every patriotic sense in the country. They had before given us two reasons for submitting to British outrage and audacity, viz: 1. Because Great Britain is powerful; 2. Because she is fighting for her existence. Now they announce a 3d, namely, because the Americans, if they resist English impudence and robbery, will be cut down like corn-stalks. Really, there is no end to this sort of reasoning, and to this description of reasoners. And if the people of America suffer themselves to be intimidated with this species of argumentation, we might as well give up the affair altogether, and surrender at discretion. The question is, whether such a fellow as Jackson, with such vile tools as Wagner and Hanson, is to govern this country, or whether it is to be governed by the constituted authorities, lawfully chosen by the people? That is the question. Is a British envoy, on our own soil, to rule us with presses conducted by vagabond striplings? The people of the United States will never consent to it; they cannot be drilled into it either by blackguard scribblers or lying plenipotentiaries. As I then, what miserable canting trash about Robert Smith and his brother the General, do the British recruiting serjeants at Baltimore introduce to aid their cause. Every body knows the Secretary of State, of his own mere motion, cannot discard a foreign minister. The Secretary of State, and all the Secretaries, act by immediate command from the President; and the President has got no property in the clutch of Bonaparte. But what a silly argument is this! Napoleon has seized 400,000 dollars worth of property belonging to General Smith, ergo he is a Frenchman, ergo his brother the Secretary must put up with the lie direct; and the President, and the nation must put up with the lie direct from Mr. Jackson. Noble logic; excellent argument, truly! Why, if General Smith were so base a creature as Jackson, as Timothy Pickering, or the Baltimore recruiting serjeants, to worship the despot that wrongs him, one might believe it; one might, indeed, in such case believe that the general was the friend of France because France stole his goods. But he does not belong to the Essex or Copenhagen tribe; he is of a different species: he classes with Jefferson, with the heroes of the revolution, and such living patriots as Giles, and that band of Eastern worthies whose offspring Timothy Pickering and Governor Gore have attempted politically to bastardize. We laugh at the charges against the Secretary of State: in one column Wagner & Co. accuse him of being a spendthrift; in another with being a man so fond of money that he would involve the country in war to regain 400,000 dollars for his brother. These calumnies are inconsistent: they are both false; more false than Jackson, more contemptible than the Baltimore recruiting serjeants. And then, he has "kicked up a rumpus" because Jackson got the better of him in dispute! I believe it whosoever is silly enough. "A rumpus"—a beautiful phrase! from the diplomatic pen of Wagner, we presume; a man certainly fit for Secretary of State! "A rumpus!" Yes, yes; good Tories, rely on it your Copenhagen negotiator has got himself into a hobble from which he will not easily extricate himself. He's got it; depend on't, he's got it, snugly enough. He's peppered for this world, this Western American world, we'll warrant. He may do for Copenhagen, for Stockholm, or the Kamuck Tartars, or for the Persian Prince of the world who rules over the Cockleboys and Ravens; but he's done here: the Secretary of State has cooked him; and a fine dish he will be for the Congress. Let the recruiting serjeants go on, let them muster their forces, array their levies, and fire a volley, by scrip, or scrawl, or verbal warfare; the republicans will meet and beat them; the scurvy knaves shall well lashed, well flogged, and scourged with the rod of patriotism through the land.
The London Statesman of Sept. 23, says—Deeply do we lament to find that the report we noticed yesterday of the arrival and reception of Mr. Jackson in America,
is without foundation—not that we entertain much doubt of an accommodation being ultimately effected; for the restoration of commercial intercourse between the countries is become so essential to England, that perhaps even Mr. Canning himself, had he continued in office, might have seen the imperious necessity of renewing the commercial intercourse with America."
THEATRE. MR. PLACIDE'S BENEFIT. ON TUESDAY EVENING, Nov. 21, 1809, WILL BE PRESENTED, The Celebrated Comedy of the SCHOOL OF REFORM, OR How to Rule a Husband. AFTER THE PLAY, Ma. SULLY will sing the much admired song, called, "Knowing Joy," or the "Show Folks." After which Mr. BRAY will sing the much admired song, called, "The Potatoe Merchant." To which will be added, (For the first time in Virginia) A Grand heroic Pantomime, in 2 acts, call'd Jupiter & Europa, OR The Jealousy of Juno. [With New Scenery, Dresses and Decorations.]
CAVALRY ORDERS.—A meeting of the Richmond Troop of Cavalry will be held at the Bell Tavern on Thursday evening the 23d inst. at 6 o'clock, for the election of 1st lieutenants. A punctilious attendance is requested. ROBERT GAMBLE, Jas. Capt. November 17th, 1809. tdm
THE GRAND LODGE OF VIRGINIA will meet in the Mason's Hall, in the city of Richmond, at 6 o'clock in the evening of the second Monday in December next, being the 11th day of the month. November 19th, 1809. tdm
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