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FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 8, 1805.
[VOLUME 1.]
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Auction Sales.
THOMAS TAYLOR & Co.
Will in future sell at the store occupied by M. W. Hancock & Co. on Wednesdays in each week; and at their office, on Tuesdays and Fridays as usual. Dec. 1, 1804. epf
NOTICE.
THE subscribers having put an end to their retail business, request the debtors to this firm to come forward, without loss of time, to have their accounts adjusted, and to pay what may be due. As great indulgence has been already given, further cannot reasonably be expected. George McCrede will attend at this place, for the purpose of settling the accounts, and receiving payments. Those who do not pay, or give satisfactory assurance of paying soon, will blame themselves if suits are instituted against them. LYLE & McCREDE. Manchester, Feb. 5. (epw.)
TO THE PUBLIC.
DURING the present year, J. Ogilvie will continue to instruct youth in the city of Richmond. In addition to the various branches of literature and science heretofore taught in his school, his pupils will have an opportunity of studying the higher branches of Mathematical science, a more extensive course of natural Philosophy, the dead languages, and the French and Spanish languages. In reaching the higher branches of Mathematical science and the dead languages, J. Ogilvie will be assisted by Mr. Wood of this city, whose superior proficiency and skill in Mathematical and Physical science eminently entitle him to public patronage. The French and Spanish languages will be taught by Mr. Bonnadi, with whose ability and qualifications in the line of his profession, the citizens of Richmond are sufficiently acquainted. These arrangements, whilst they will considerably diminish J. Ogilvie's emoluments, will greatly enlarge the utility of his school. The principal disadvantages of schools conducted by a single teacher, are, the principal and unassisted pressure of exertion, the dilapidation of thought amongst such a variety of studies as almost to preclude the possibility of pre-eminent skill or proficiency in any one department of knowledge, and the consequent imperfection and incompleteness of the course. These disadvantages will be radically obviated by the preceding arrangements. Thus modified and extended, the plan of education which will be pursued in this school, will embrace probably, as comprehensive and complete a course of literature and science as can be reasonably expected in a seminary, so totally destitute of every sort of extrinsic support. The school will be opened on the second Monday in January. P.S. Mr. Wood will teach the arts of drawing and painting, to such young gentlemen as may be desirous to acquire some knowledge and skill in these highly elegant and useful accomplishments. January, 1.
TO NON-RESIDENTS OF KENTUCKY.
THE SUBSCRIBER living in the neighbourhood of Frankfort, Kentucky, having undertaken to pay the taxes of a number of gentlemen residing in Virginia and elsewhere, on their lands in this state, and finding that the remitting of money to him for that purpose is attended with great difficulties, risk and trouble, proposes it to those gentlemen and any others who may find it an accommodation to them, the following plan, to wit: That they shall deposit their money in either of the banks of Richmond, Alexandria, George town or Baltimore, on or before the first day of May annually, and authorise some person at those several banks to advise him by post of the amount, and to subscribe it shall be applied, and impanel him to draw for the same, payable on sight. The lands of non-residents are advertised about the first of July, which is an expense of twenty-five cents on each tract. The subscriber's draft will command the cash in this state, and as soon as his bills are honoured at any of the above mentioned banks, he will advance the money in Kentucky, deducting seven and a half percent commission for his trouble, in attending to and executing the business. He will enclose duplicate receipts to those banks in which the money is deposited, or to the proprietors of the lands, keeping the original in his own possession, corrected any errors which may occur in the auditor's office of Kentucky. To those gentlemen who may wish to pay their taxes in this way, and who have not a personal acquaintance with the subscriber, he begs leave to refer them to the Hon. John Breckenridge, the Hon. Matthew Walton, Esqrs. now in Congress, at the city of Washington, or to Gen. John Preston of Montgomery county, and Col. James Breckenridge of Botetourt county, Virginia, as to the confidence which may be reposed in him.
NATHANIEL HART.
N. B. The postage on all letters directed to me on the above business must be paid. December 15, 1804. (est May.)
By virtue of a Decree of Court executed to the subscriber, for the purpose of securing the payment of certain sums of money therein mentioned, due to Zachariah Brooks, WILL BE SOLD, to the highest bidder, for ready money, at Zachariah Brooks' Tavern in the town of Manchester, on Saturday the ninth day of February next, between the hours of eleven and two o'clock. FIVE HALF ACRES LOTS with their improvements, designated in the plat of the town of Manchester, by Nos. 4, 15, 18, 31, and 32. The said lots are situated on the upper end of the Main-street, and immediately on the turnpike road. The sale will certainly take place at the time and place above mentioned. RICHARD HEWLETT, WASHINGTON WATTS, Trustees. The sale of the above lots, is postponed until Saturday, the 16th instant. February 1. (ep 3t.)
NOTICE
To the Creditors and Debtors of Rofs & Ford. WHAT on the 18th of March I shall make a dividend of the monies received; from which those creditors, who may not have come into the terms of assignment previous to that day will be excluded. And from a supposition that some of the Debtors, who have not come forward to give Notes for their accounts, may be expecting personal application, which cannot be made, they are again informed, that my duty compels me to commence suits indiscriminately, to the next courts, against those who shall not before have closed their accounts by notes. Richmond, January 28, '05. NEIL MCCOULL. 3w
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THE present year, as a WET NURSE, a likely young Woman with her first child. Apply at this office. February 1. epf.
JUST RECEIVED, and for sale at the Office of the ENQUIRER, a few copies of the following BOOKS:
 Moore's Anacreon,  Life of Doctor Darwin,  Report of the Trial of Lord Headfort,  Graydon's Digest of the Laws of the U. States,  Terrible Tragedy,  Volney's View of the United States, &c. &c. 
DEBATE,
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES.
TUESDAY, January 8.
Debate on receiving the District of Columbia.
[CONTINUED.]
Mr. Sloan. My friend from Maryland (Mr. Nelson) has observed that it is customary for members to express their sentiments on subjects under discussion in this House; not that he expected to make one professed by his observations. I perfectly agree with him that there is no reason to believe that he has for this plain reason, he has not added a single fact in support of his argument; but after exploring all conclusions drawn from implication or construction, drew his own from nothing else. But Mr. Chairman, under sanction of the aforesaid custom and also from a sense of duty, I beg the attention of this committee to some brief observations on this important subject. I consider it as altogether improper, unfair and unjust to blend a subject under discussion with others not even contemplated; and to endeavor to influence the minds of members with predictions of certain events, yet in the womb of futurity, that may, or may not come to pass. The end contemplated by the present resolutions, is neither the removal of the seat of government, nor to prevent Congress from exercising exclusive jurisdiction over any territory; but to reduce the present quantum. But if the opponents of these resolutions, the proposed reception of part of the territory, is intended as an opening wedge, preparatory to a total reception and removal of the seat of government. Mr. Chairman, I do not pretend to a foreknowledge of any member's thoughts before they are articulated in words; those who have this foreknowledge have a great advantage over other members who have it not; but I am free to declare that my opinion is quite the reverse; believing that the reception of that part of the territory contemplated by the resolutions now under consideration, would have a tendency to confirm the seat of government in this place. But it has been asserted that we have no right to make the proposed reception; and from the dictatorial style of the resolutions of the town of Alexandria, and the positive assertions that we have heard on this floor, that it was unconstitutional, oppressive and tyrannical, I expected from the usual accuracy and correctness of the member who made those assertions, (Mr. Dennis) that he was in possession of documents to substantiate the fact; but, to my surprise, instead of such documents, he has adduced, and principally relied on the constitution, in which there is not a single imperative sentence obligatory on Congress, either to receive a cession, or when received, to continue exclusive jurisdiction over one foot of territory; the plain and unequivocal language of the constitution leaving it perfectly optional whether to receive, and if received, whether to retain jurisdiction or not. Hence I conceive that no legislative body can be justly charged with tyranny or oppression, for altering, or, from experience it becomes necessary, disannulling their own acts: a contra-opinion I consider as altogether unconstitutional to improvement, genuine liberty, and the inherent rights of man; and as such I hope will ever be excluded in these United States. Mr. Chairman, the constitutionality and right to receive being tested, it turns solely on the principle of expediency: Here let me ask what advantage the United States derives from exercising exclusive jurisdiction over that part of the territory proposed to be received? Is not the city sufficient, even admitting the utility or necessity of exclusive jurisdiction? I conceive that no possible advantage can be drawn from a larger quantum of territory. Here let me call the attention of the House to the real and obvious disadvantages: these are, at least, the loss of the time of 176 members of Congress, from twenty to thirty days annually, spent in legislating for the district, at an expense of, from thirty to forty thousand dollars. This enormous expense can only be justified upon the principle contended for during the late administration, that a public debt was a public blessing; and consequently that the greater the debt, the greater the blessing. But, Mr. Chairman, I do not consider the expense as the greatest evil; I consider it as incompatible with the principle of taxation and representation being inseparable, and countenancing the just principles of equal rights set forth in our declaration or independence, to obtain which, the noble patriots of America fought, bled and died! And shall we, whilst thousands are yet living, who at the risk of their lives, obtained for us the inestimable blessing of liberty, even to the world that we despise and reject this heavenly gift, this celestial measure, by continuing in the centre of the Union, at the seat of government, thousands of our fellow citizens, deprived of the elective franchise, exactly in that degraded situation, which the noble patriots before mentioned, chose rather to suffer death than continue in! I hope we shall not. Finally, Mr. Chairman, considering the principle of exclusive jurisdiction over so large a territory, dangerous in its tendency, and as contrary in its nature, to the liberty and independence of these United States, as the rigid to the temperate zone. Considering it as nurturing a germ of aristocracy in our bosom—as an inescapable paradox, of liberty supporting tyranny—and as a vulture rising in the centre of the Union, to prey upon the vitals of liberty, I conceive it a duty I owe, not only to my constituents, and the present generation; but also, for the sake of millions yet unborn, to call upon the members of this House, if not now, at least at present, to destroy this yet undigested monster in its infancy, at least to clip its wings to close, and if permitted to live to mature age, it will be unable to fly upon its prey.
Mr. JACKSON. Mr. Chairman—When this subject was first presented to Congress during the present session, I felt a strong predilection in favor of the reformation, and contemplated to give them my warmest support; after the matured deliberation I have changed the opinion I had partially formed, and with the permission of the committee I will proceed to explain the reasons, which to my mind have been conclusive in influencing that opinion. The question depends upon two propositions. 1st. The right to cede—2ndly, The policy of the cession. Upon the first point, I am free to declare, the clause in the constitution which has been relied on by the gentlemen who have preceded me, does not prohibit us from adopting the resolutions; the words, "Congress shall have power to exercise exclusive jurisdiction," are not imperative; a grant of power does not imply a coercion to exercise its exercise; if it dilwe should be in a monstrous dilemma. Congress, the constitution says shall have power to declare war, to lay and collect taxes, to borrow money, to raise and support armies, &c. yet no man will contend that we are bound to adopt these measures indiscriminately. We search the constitution in vain for the authority to repeal a law; it is an inherent right incident to all governments; the right to repeal unless expressly prohibited, or unless violating or impairing contracts growing out of our laws, is co-extensive with the power of enacting them, and this power to exercise exclusive jurisdiction, is conceived in the same terms with the other powers given by the constitution to Congress.
Mr. Chairman—While I admit there is nothing in the constitution directly prohibitory of the retrocession; I believe the spirit of that instrument would be violated. It is predicated upon the sovereignty and indivisibility of the states, and the impossibility of dividing them, of transferring, or extending their territories or of ever exercising any act of sovereignty over the people without their consent. By the adoption of the constitution the people of the United States consented that a partial transfer should be made to Congress of a territory not exceeding ten miles square, with its citizens, for certain specified purposes; but by doing so they did not authorize Congress to dispose of them as they might think fit. An inference has been made by the friends of the resolutions that the right of transfer is an implied right, because it is not prohibited—is this a true construction of our charter? If it is, then indeed the great care expended in defining the powers of this government has been worse than useless; because it held forth an idea to the states who were invited to adopt it, that it was limited in its objects. If the right to cede the jurisdiction over the district of Columbia is inferred, because no constitutional barrier exists, the right to cede a portion of any state in the union may be exercised likewise; if the constitution did not repel this idea, there is a natural and inherent right incident to all governments which rejects it—the right of the people to be consulted as to the propriety of transferring the sovereign power over them is a natural and natural right; and social and natural rights survive the dissolution and wreck of states—by adopting a system of civil polity we give up certain natural rights; but an act of the government transferring the sovereignty over us to others, without our consent would be totally subversive of the fundamental principles of the social compact, tyrannical null and void. We have been told by gentlemen, that precedents may be found in our statutes, for the transfer of territory without the consent of the people—and have we indeed arrived at that epoch, when precedents once established are so much power? Precedents somewhat analogous, made without opposition when the principles involved in them were not examined!—I hope in God we have not—when we do; then adieu to Liberty! But the precedents quoted are not in point—the transfer of upper Louisiana to the government of the Indiana territory is not a similar case.—That country was acquired by treaty, the principles of the constitution do not apply to it; it was not a part of the United States, and did not comprehend any portion of the people who were parties to the compact—and I do not believe that an equal footing with the original states without an express amendment to the constitution for that purpose; it would contravene the objects of the constitution, for Congress to assume the right of admitting Louisiana into the union, unless authorized by an amendment for that purpose; as much as to admit the island of Ceylon or any other island, or Continent, whose population would be sufficiently numerous to destroy the very principles of the government—therefore the disposition of upper Louisiana by the act of last session does not afford an analogous case.
Thus much for the constitutionality of the question—which will now examine whether it is policy to make the reception. In approaching this part of the enquiry, gentlemen lament in the most pathetic terms, the degradation of human nature; and the prostration of the principles inculcated by "the rights of man," in the unwillingness of the people of this district to accept the proffered blessings of a free government.—Sir, I am disposed to think charitably of these people, and if possible to find an apology for their conduct; in preference to denouncing the terrible denunciation that they are fit engines of political despotism, and I do not believe that their opposition to a reception is conclusive evidence of political depravity. The people of Alexandria know that their influence in the state of Virginia would be as a drop in the ocean. The privileges extended to them would be merely nominal, they would be an integral part of the county of Fairfax, which is authorized to send two representatives to the state legislature, and whose representation could not be controlled by them.—Representation governed by population and taxation are the fundamental principles of freedom. In contemplating their they would recollect the county of Warwick they a white population of (I think) 665 white inhabitants, which has an equal representation in the popular branch of the legislature with Frederick containing 24 or 25,000.—Warwick charged with a land tax of 349 Dollars 13 Cts. which has an equal representation with Harrison, whose land tax is 5515 Dollars 85 Cts. per annum—what would be said to a proposition giving the state of Delaware an equal representation with this floor with New York, Pennsylvania, or any other of the great states in the union! Yet a much greater inequality exists in the representation in Virginia. By the Virginia laws, the poor man is compelled to labour as many days in repairing, and improving the highway, as his neighbour not owning slaves, is off-sided of a primary fortune; and he is also compelled to pay an equal sum annually, to defray the county charges, and for the maintenance of the poor. These members, in what we call a republican system, exist in the constitution and government of Virginia; and with these faults, which have been more sensibly felt by the people included in the territory west of the Potomac than the darkness which pervaded the land of Egypt in the days of Moses, we are told that their refusal to join their destinies with Virginia is conclusive evidence of a penchant for political despotism. But, Mr. Chairman, notwithstanding what I have stated, I should be disposed to join those who have depicted their miserable and abject condition, in such glowing colours, if the question propounded to them were, will you consent to remain forever without a representation, and the inestimable right of suffrage, in preference to a re-annexation to Virginia? Sir, this is not the prospect before them—They expect a local legislature—a free representation—a government given by the generous feelings, and liberality of the states, and of Congress—and if it be necessary, I have no doubt they will, by an amendment to the constitution, permit them to realize these observations. This disposition may induce them to remain even longer in their present state encountering all its temporary evils. Gentlemen say it is politic to recede, to avoid the great trouble and expense of legislating for the district—I acknowledge they are great but they can be better avoided by giving a local legislature that by the adoption of the resolutions—they contemplate retaining the jurisdiction over the City of Washington—for what purpose? certainly for the purpose of relieving their wants, by legislating for them—and where, I will ask you Sir, is the mighty difference between the trouble of legislating for a district of ten miles square, and a district of four miles square, the size of the City of Washington? Their general laws must be the same, and the only difference consists in the passage of a few more laws for local purposes; an additional, and to my mind important consideration, is, that by the measure we shall have to continue these people included in the City, much longer in the state they now are, as they alone are incapable of supporting the expenses of a subordinate government.—Mr. Chairman, stability, of all things, is most desirable. The enemies of the republican system have predicted that the want of it will produce convulsions in the body politic, the certain precursors of its dissolution. By giving into instability national faith and national convenience become convertible terms. all confidence in the government will be lost—its credit at home, and respect abroad will be destroyed, and it will be the reproach of all nations. By instability we shall become the prey of despotism, and then republican. America will give the awful example to the world, that in the very age, she attained her liberty, she also bore testimony of its incompatibility with the degenerate state of man—it is always impolitic to do injustice—The value of property will be diminished by the reception; admit this ear that the argument of the propriety of receding, on account of the great trouble of legislating be a good one—Next year an argument more substantially correct, and verified by the feelings of every member may likewise be urged, and Congress called upon to remove to Baltimore, Philadelphia or New-York. The establishment of the government here is a part of the same system, with the location of the ten miles square, they depend on the same principles, the constitution is not more explicit in the one case, than in the other; admit the right to recede, the right to remove is also admitted; the propriety of the measure has indeed already been contended for. The people associate the two ideas, and if they believe that Congress ever will remove, whether they do or not, its effect will be the same.—Congress in the act of acceptance of jurisdiction, declared that this ten miles square should be the permanent seat of government. The people considered the faith of the nation pledged, that the government should conduct its operations here; and under it in many instances they vested all their fortunes in City property.—Now to remove, or by any other act to injure the value of property, would be an act of injustice. There is no difference in principle between an injury done to one man, and that inflicted on a whole nation. The smallest animalcule feel as much pain in expiring, as the Brobdingnagian giants. I will never give my consent wantonly to sport with the rights and feelings of this people; and therefore shall vote against these resolutions. (To be Continued.)
was referred to the committee of the whole, who have that subject before them. Mr. Lattimore presented a memorial from the Legislative Council and the House of Representatives of the Mississippi territory, stating sundry grievances to which they were exposed by the act of Congress for the government of the same. They complain that a man is not qualified to vote unless he possess fifty acres of land, whereby those who hold houses and town-lots as well as respectable citizens of considerable personal estate are disfranchised. The inequality of representation in the several counties to the number of inhabitants in each—The necessity of extending the powers and authorities of an additional judge lately furnished the territory—The inconveniences arising from the prescribed mode of the disposal of lands—The necessity of establishing an Hospital at the Natchez, and lastly an increase of the salaries of the judges. On motion the memorial was referred to a select committee of five members. Mr. Mason (Speaker) presented a petition which had been inclosed to him from Edwin Lewis, the legal representative of Henry Mail, complaining of certain acts of the Commissioners of the Mississippi Territory with which he was dissatisfied. On motion this petition was referred to the last mentioned committee. A message from the Senate by Mr. Otis their Secretary informing that the Senate had passed an act concerning the mode of surveying the public lands of the United States to which they request the concurrence of the House. The act was read twice and referred to a committee of 5. Mr. Smith presented a petition from a number of purchasers of the public lands of the United States in the state of Ohio, under the laws of Congress. Referred to the committee appointed on the sale of public lands of the United States in the state of Ohio. Mr. R. Griswold after stating at some length the provision made by the several laws of the United States respecting the duties on the importation of goods, wares and merchandise into the United States, and endeavoring to show that Salt-petre had been particularly exempted from the payment of duties, under most of them, but that lately the Comptroller of the Treasury had directed the like duties to be taken upon the importation as upon other ad valorem goods—He regretted that a difference existed on this point—his own opinion as well as that of several eminent civilians being the reverse, he moved that the Committee of ways and means be instructed to enquire whether salt-petre is at this time liable by law to a duty on the importation thereof into the United States. If liable to a duty what is the rate thereof, and whether it is not expedient to define by law the duty to be paid hereafter on that article. After some conversation on the subject—The motion was agreed to. A message from the Senate by Mr. Otis their Secretary was received, informing that the Senate had agreed to the bill relating to the valuation of houses, lands, and slaves in South Carolina, under the United States direct tax. Also to the act supplementary to an act entitled an act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage, with an amendment to which they request the concurrence of the House. On motion of Mr. J. Clay the amendment of the Senate to the last mentioned bill was referred to the Committee of the whole on Monday next. Mr. Crowninshield called for the order of the day on the bill for the relief of the sufferers by the late fire in New-York. The motion being agreed to, the house took into consideration the amendment proposed by Mr. Early and agreed to in committee of the whole, for extending the like relief to those who suffered by the storm of the 8th September last, in the ports Savannah, Beaufort, Charleston and George-Town in Georgia and South Carolina. The motion being expressly to strike out Georgia and South Carolina, for the purpose of particularizing the ports intended to be relieved, viz. Savannah, Beaufort, Charleston and George-town, a division of the question was called for, and the question being put on striking out, it was carried in the affirmative. The remainder of the motion, viz. shall the above mentioned ports be inserted, passed in the negative, for there stood a blank in the bill without connection. It was then suggested that it would be proper to extend this relief all along the coast where sufferings had taken place. But this was opposed as too extensive and likely to defeat the bill altogether. On motion of Mr. Early the amendment was referred to a committee of the whole for the purpose of restoring it to the state it was in before it was thus mangled. The motion of reference was carried for Monday next. Mr. G. W. Campbell called for the order of the day on the resolution authorizing the establishment of a Post road from Knoxville in Tennessee to a settlement on the Tombigbee river, and so on to New-Orleans. On the question, will the House resolve itself into a committee accordingly,—It passed in the negative. Mr. Stanford moved to discharge the committee of the whole, with a view of referring the subject to the committee on Post offices and Post roads. Mr. Newton wished the subject to remain in its present state, until the information, which the House had requested of the President, was received. Mr. G. W. Campbell thought the subject not a proper one for the committee on Post offices and Post roads, and gentlemen might recollect, that such a motion had been made when the business was first introduced, and it then failed of success; he hoped the like fate would attend the present motion. It would be recollected that the information alluded to by his friend from Virginia, had been requested seven weeks since, and he presumed was not yet to be procured, for perhaps might it be during the session; he hoped however the House would agree to proceed to the examination of the subject. Mr. Gregg thought it would be as well to defer it to the committee of the whole on the bill directing the application of a certain sum of money out of the proceeds of the sale of western lands for opening certain roads. Mr. Stanford observed the facts were not similar, as there was a material difference between the useful roads through a county for carrying its produce to market—and a main Post road like the one under contemplation. The question on the motion to discharge the
Mr. Chairman—While I admit there is nothing in the constitution directly prohibitory of the retrocession; I believe the spirit of that instrument would be violated. It is predicated upon the sovereignty and indivisibility of the states, and the impossibility of dividing them, of transferring, or extending their territories or of ever exercising any act of sovereignty over the people without their consent. By the adoption of the constitution the people of the United States consented that a partial transfer should be made to Congress of a territory not exceeding ten miles square, with its citizens, for certain specified purposes; but by doing so they did not authorize Congress to dispose of them as they might think fit. An inference has been made by the friends of the resolutions that the right of transfer is an implied right, because it is not prohibited—is this a true construction of our charter? If it is, then indeed the great care expended in defining the powers of this government has been worse than useless; because it held forth an idea to the states who were invited to adopt it, that it was limited in its objects. If the right to cede the jurisdiction over the district of Columbia is inferred, because no constitutional barrier exists, the right to cede a portion of any state in the union may be exercised likewise; if the constitution did not repel this idea, there is a natural and inherent right incident to all governments which rejects it—the right of the people to be consulted as to the propriety of transferring the sovereign power over them is a natural and natural right; and social and natural rights survive the dissolution and wreck of states—by adopting a system of civil polity we give up certain natural rights; but an act of the government transferring the sovereignty over us to others, without our consent would be totally subversive of the fundamental principles of the social compact, tyrannical null and void. We have been told by gentlemen, that precedents may be found in our statutes, for the transfer of territory without the consent of the people—and have we indeed arrived at that epoch, when precedents once established are so much power? Precedents somewhat analogous, made without opposition when the principles involved in them were not examined!—I hope in God we have not—when we do; then adieu to Liberty! But the precedents quoted are not in point—the transfer of upper Louisiana to the government of the Indiana territory is not a similar case.—That country was acquired by treaty, the principles of the constitution do not apply to it; it was not a part of the United States, and did not comprehend any portion of the people who were parties to the compact—and I do not believe that an equal footing with the original states without an express amendment to the constitution for that purpose; it would contravene the objects of the constitution, for Congress to assume the right of admitting Louisiana into the union, unless authorized by an amendment for that purpose; as much as to admit the island of Ceylon or any other island, or Continent, whose population would be sufficiently numerous to destroy the very principles of the government—therefore the disposition of upper Louisiana by the act of last session does not afford an analogous case.
Thus much for the constitutionality of the question—which will now examine whether it is policy to make the reception. In approaching this part of the enquiry, gentlemen lament in the most pathetic terms, the degradation of human nature; and the prostration of the principles inculcated by "the rights of man," in the unwillingness of the people of this district to accept the proffered blessings of a free government.—Sir, I am disposed to think charitably of these people, and if possible to find an apology for their conduct; in preference to denouncing the terrible denunciation that they are fit engines of political despotism, and I do not believe that their opposition to a reception is conclusive evidence of political depravity. The people of Alexandria know that their influence in the state of Virginia would be as a drop in the ocean. The privileges extended to them would be merely nominal, they would be an integral part of the county of Fairfax, which is authorized to send two representatives to the state legislature, and whose representation could not be controlled by them.—Representation governed by population and taxation are the fundamental principles of freedom. In contemplating their they would recollect the county of Warwick they a white population of (I think) 665 white inhabitants, which has an equal representation in the popular branch of the legislature with Frederick containing 24 or 25,000.—Warwick charged with a land tax of 349 Dollars 13 Cts. which has an equal representation with Harrison, whose land tax is 5515 Dollars 85 Cts. per annum—what would be said to a proposition giving the state of Delaware an equal representation with this floor with New York, Pennsylvania, or any other of the great states in the union! Yet a much greater inequality exists in the representation in Virginia. By the Virginia laws, the poor man is compelled to labour as many days in repairing, and improving the highway, as his neighbour not owning slaves, is off-sided of a primary fortune; and he is also compelled to pay an equal sum annually, to defray the county charges, and for the maintenance of the poor. These members, in what we call a republican system, exist in the constitution and government of Virginia; and with these faults, which have been more sensibly felt by the people included in the territory west of the Potomac than the darkness which pervaded the land of Egypt in the days of Moses, we are told that their refusal to join their destinies with Virginia is conclusive evidence of a penchant for political despotism. But, Mr. Chairman, notwithstanding what I have stated, I should be disposed to join those who have depicted their miserable and abject condition, in such glowing colours, if the question propounded to them were, will you consent to remain forever without a representation, and the inestimable right of suffrage, in preference to a re-annexation to Virginia? Sir, this is not the prospect before them—They expect a local legislature—a free representation—a government given by the generous feelings, and liberality of the states, and of Congress—and if it be necessary, I have no doubt they will, by an amendment to the constitution, permit them to realize these observations. This disposition may induce them to remain even longer in their present state encountering all its temporary evils. Gentlemen say it is politic to recede, to avoid the great trouble and expense of legislating for the district—I acknowledge they are great but they can be better avoided by giving a local legislature that by the adoption of the resolutions—they contemplate retaining the jurisdiction over the City of Washington—for what purpose? certainly for the purpose of relieving their wants, by legislating for them—and where, I will ask you Sir, is the mighty difference between the trouble of legislating for a district of ten miles square, and a district of four miles square, the size of the City of Washington? Their general laws must be the same, and the only difference consists in the passage of a few more laws for local purposes; an additional, and to my mind important consideration, is, that by the measure we shall have to continue these people included in the City, much longer in the state they now are, as they alone are incapable of supporting the expenses of a subordinate government.—Mr. Chairman, stability, of all things, is most desirable. The enemies of the republican system have predicted that the want of it will produce convulsions in the body politic, the certain precursors of its dissolution. By giving into instability national faith and national convenience become convertible terms. all confidence in the government will be lost—its credit at home, and respect abroad will be destroyed, and it will be the reproach of all nations. By instability we shall become the prey of despotism, and then republican. America will give the awful example to the world, that in the very age, she attained her liberty, she also bore testimony of its incompatibility with the degenerate state of man—it is always impolitic to do injustice—The value of property will be diminished by the reception; admit this ear that the argument of the propriety of receding, on account of the great trouble of legislating be a good one—Next year an argument more substantially correct, and verified by the feelings of every member may likewise be urged, and Congress called upon to remove to Baltimore, Philadelphia or New-York. The establishment of the government here is a part of the same system, with the location of the ten miles square, they depend on the same principles, the constitution is not more explicit in the one case, than in the other; admit the right to recede, the right to remove is also admitted; the propriety of the measure has indeed already been contended for. The people associate the two ideas, and if they believe that Congress ever will remove, whether they do or not, its effect will be the same.—Congress in the act of acceptance of jurisdiction, declared that this ten miles square should be the permanent seat of government. The people considered the faith of the nation pledged, that the government should conduct its operations here; and under it in many instances they vested all their fortunes in City property.—Now to remove, or by any other act to injure the value of property, would be an act of injustice. There is no difference in principle between an injury done to one man, and that inflicted on a whole nation. The smallest animalcule feel as much pain in expiring, as the Brobdingnagian giants. I will never give my consent wantonly to sport with the rights and feelings of this people; and therefore shall vote against these resolutions. (To be Continued.)
Mr. Chairman—While I admit there is nothing in the constitution directly prohibitory of the retrocession; I believe the spirit of that instrument would be violated. It is predicated upon the sovereignty and indivisibility of the states, and the impossibility of dividing them, of transferring, or extending their territories or of ever exercising any act of sovereignty over the people without their consent. By the adoption of the constitution the people of the United States consented that a partial transfer should be made to Congress of a territory not exceeding ten miles square, with its citizens, for certain specified purposes; but by doing so they did not authorize Congress to dispose of them as they might think fit. An inference has been made by the friends of the resolutions that the right of transfer is an implied right, because it is not prohibited—is this a true construction of our charter? If it is, then indeed the great care expended in defining the powers of this government has been worse than useless; because it held forth an idea to the states who were invited to adopt it, that it was limited in its objects. If the right to cede the jurisdiction over the district of Columbia is inferred, because no constitutional barrier exists, the right to cede a portion of any state in the union may be exercised likewise; if the constitution did not repel this idea, there is a natural and inherent right incident to all governments which rejects it—the right of the people to be consulted as to the propriety of transferring the sovereign power over them is a natural and natural right; and social and natural rights survive the dissolution and wreck of states—by adopting a system of civil polity we give up certain natural rights; but an act of the government transferring the sovereignty over us to others, without our consent would be totally subversive of the fundamental principles of the social compact, tyrannical null and void. We have been told by gentlemen, that precedents may be found in our statutes, for the transfer of territory without the consent of the people—and have we indeed arrived at that epoch, when precedents once established are so much power? Precedents somewhat analogous, made without opposition when the principles involved in them were not examined!—I hope in God we have not—when we do; then adieu to Liberty! But the precedents quoted are not in point—the transfer of upper Louisiana to the government of the Indiana territory is not a similar case.—That country was acquired by treaty, the principles of the constitution do not apply to it; it was not a part of the United States, and did not comprehend any portion of the people who were parties to the compact—and I do not believe that an equal footing with the original states without an express amendment to the constitution for that purpose; it would contravene the objects of the constitution, for Congress to assume the right of admitting Louisiana into the union, unless authorized by an amendment for that purpose; as much as to admit the island of Ceylon or any other island, or Continent, whose population would be sufficiently numerous to destroy the very principles of the government—therefore the disposition of upper Louisiana by the act of last session does not afford an analogous case.
REGISTE, OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES.
FRIDAY, January 25.
A message in writing from the President of the United States was received and read as follows:
To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States.
I communicate for the information of Congress, the report of the director of the Mint, of the operations of that institution for the last year. (Signed) TH: JEFFERSON.
The letter and report were ordered to be printed.
Mr. Leib from the committee appointed on that subject, reported a bill making an appropriation for the completion of the Arsenal belonging to the United States on the banks of the Schuylkill, to the amount of 18,900 dollars, which was twice read and referred to the committee of the whole for Monday.
Mr. Crowninshield moved that the Committee of Ways and Means be directed to enquire what alterations are necessary in the laws fixing the salaries and emolument of the collectors of duties on import and tonnage, which motion was carried in the affirmative.
Mr. Southard presented the petition of Cutburt Simons of the 1st Regiment of the Virginia line commanded by Col. Grayson, and who was disabled from doing duty for a considerable time, by a strain he got on his marching from the Southward to the northward in 1776, which strain has rendered him incapable of procuring support for himself, his wife, and children, praying relief. Referred to the committee of the whole who have that subject before them.
Mr. Findley presented a memorial from a number of the inhabitants of the counties of Jefferson and Belmont in the state of Ohio and of Ohio county in Virginia, recommending a particular route for the road intended to be laid out from the district of Columbia through the state of Ohio. On motion the memorial

committee of the whole, was lost without a division.
Mr. Nelson reminded the House that they had done him the honor of electing him one of the managers for conducting the trial of Judge Chase, and asked permission to inform them, that his private business, and domestic affairs were so circumstanced, that he should be forced to be absent from next Saturday or Sunday next, during at least the ensuing fortnight. Under these peculiar pressure, he begged leave to decline his appointment as a manager. He mentioned this subject in order to apprise the House that if they considered another Member necessary, by excusing him, now upon his request, they might have sufficient time to appoint another.
On motion to excuse Mr. Nelson from serving as a manager it was agreed to.
Mr. Dana called for the order of the day, on the report of the committee of claims, respecting the Yazoo claims to lands. He did this, that at the time of adjournment, it might be considered as the unfinished business, and might have the preference over every other order of Monday. It would be recollected, that the report was made last week, and fixed as the order of the day for Monday last, but he had forborne to call it until this time, in order that gentlemen, after having had the printed report, so long in their hands, might be prepared to meet the discussion, if not the decision.
Mr. Newton was about observing that the subject was too important to be taken up in a thin House, and if gentlemen looked round they would perceive most of the seats vacant.
He was here reminded by the Speaker that no debate could take place on the priority of business. If gentlemen were not prepared to go into committee of the whole they would vote against the present motion.
Mr. Newton said since that was the case he would move to adjourn.
The motion to adjourn being decided in the negative.
The Speaker put the question on going into committee of the whole on the report.
On a division, there were 47 in the affirmative, and 42 in the negative, the motion was of course carried.
Mr. Varnum in the Chair.
The Chairman proceeded to read the report, and when he had gone through a small part of it,
Mr. Clarke moved that the committee should rise.
On the question for the committee rising there were 50 in the affirmative, and 43 against it, it was carried.
The committee thereupon rose, and reported progress, and asked leave to sit again.
On granting leave to sit again, there was 53 in the affirmative, and the speaker declared that in his opinion, the question was carried.
Mr. Claiborne suggested the propriety of proceeding to ballot for a manager in the place of Mr. Nelson, excused.
Mr. J. Randolph thought it would take up too much time at this late hour, and might as well be done to-morrow, or on Monday.
Mr. Claiborne, supposing some other business was about to be introduced by his colleague Mr. J. Randolph, withdrew his motion.
Mr. J. Randolph reported from the committee appointed on the petition of a number of the planters, merchants and others of Louisiana, a report of considerable length concluding with a resolution that provision ought to be made by law for extending to the people of Louisiana the right of self-government.
On motion of Mr. J. R. the report was referred to a committee of the whole, and made the order of the day for Monday next.
Mr. Morrow presented two petitions, one from Thomas Orr, the other from Jos. Walker, praying Congress to allow them certain sections of land, they had settled upon and improved. Referred to the committee on the subject of the disposal of the public lands appointed the 7th inst.
The order of the day for the House to resolve itself into a committee of the whole on the report of the committee of Revision and Unfinished Business, was taken up.
Mr. GREGG in the chair.
The first resolution for reviving and making permanent the law for regulating the mode of taking testimony in cases of contested elections was agreed to.
The second resolution for renewing the charter of Washington city being under consideration,
Dr. Leib observed that it would be unnecessary to act on this subject at the present time, as the law of last session had extended the duration of the charter to 15 years.
On the question the committee disagreed to the last resolution.
The committee then rose and reported.
The House immediately considered and concurred in the report of the committee of the whole—And the first resolution was referred to the committee of Revision and Unfinished Business to report a bill for the purpose.
Mr. McCrea from the committee appointed for the purpose reported a bill declaring the assent of Congress to the act of Maryland of December 28, 1792, allowing a health officer at Baltimore.
The bill being twice read.
On motion of Doctor Leib it was referred to a committee of the whole for Monday next.
Mr. Root from the committee appointed for the purpose reported a bill authorizing the discharge of John York from his imprisonment.—The same was twice read and referred to a committee of the whole for Monday next.
Mr. Dana called up the report of the committee of Claims on the petition of Margaret Ralston, widow of captain Ralston, late one of the inspectors of the port of Philadelphia, which recommends that she have leave to withdraw her petition.
The report was agreed to by the House. Adjourned.
MONDAY, January 28.
Mr. Brown presented a petition from a number of the inhabitants of Northampton & Berks counties, praying the establishment of a post road from Bethlehem to Berwick. Referred to the Committee on post offices and post roads.
Mr. Nelson presented a petition from James Royton, an old revolutionary soldier of the 1st Regiment of Artillery, attached to the Maryland line, praying for relief in consequence of his inability from wounds received in the service, to provide for himself and family. Referred to the Committee of Claims.
Mr. Holland moved for the appointment of a committee to report on the disposition of certain lots of ground in the city of Washington which had been given by the former proprietors for public walks and gardens, in such a manner as to answer the purposes of their original appropriation. Referred to a Committee of five.
Mr. Findley presented a petition from the Presbyterian Congregation at George Town, praying for a charter of incorporation. Referred to a committee of five.
Mr. Smilie presented a petition from a number of the inhabitants of the state of Ohio, pray-
ing to be indulged with a longer time to make payment for the lands purchased of the United States. Referred to the committee appointed on the subject of the disposal of the public lands north west of the Ohio.
Mr. J. Clay presented a bill from the committee on that part of the President's message relating to our intercourse with the Indian tribes, which being twice read, was referred to a committee of the whole for Wednesday next.
A message was received from the President of the United States, informing that he had approved and signed the act making an appropriation for the support of the navy for the year 1805, also, the bill appropriating 130,000 dollars for completing the fourth wing of the Capitol, and other purposes.
A message from the Senate by Mr. Otis their secretary, informing that they had passed the bill for the relief of J. Steele.
The House, on motion of Mr. John Randolph, balloted for a manager instead of Mr. R. Nelson excused; on counting the ballots, amounting in the whole to 95, Mr. Clark had 52 votes, and was declared duly elected.
Mr. J. Clay moved that a committee be appointed to enquire whether any, and if any, what alterations were necessary in the act to prescribe the mode of taking evidence in case of contested elections of members of the House of Representatives of the United States, and to compel the attendance of witnesses, and that the committee have leave to report by bill or otherwise.
Mr. G. Griswold presented a petition from Abraham Wolobar of Warren, an old revolutionary soldier, praying relief. Referred to the committee of claims.
Mr. Claiborne called for the order of the day, on the bill for the extinguishment of debts due by the United States. On the question to take up the same, only 17 members rose; it was of course lost.
Mr. Dana called for the order of the day, on the Yazoo claims.
Mr. J. Randolph called for the order of the day on the report of the committee on the Louisiana business.
On Mr. Dana's call, a motion was made to postpone the same till Thursday next, that motion failed, the division being 51 in the affirmative, and 55 in the negative.
It was moved to postpone it until to-morrow; this motion was carried, 65 members voting for it.
The House then agreed to Mr. J. Randolph's motion to go into committee of the whole on the Louisiana memorial.
The following resolution, which concludes the report of the select committee, was agreed to without a division.
Resolved, That provision ought to be made, by law, for extending to the inhabitants of Louisiana the right of self-government.
The committee rose, and the House immediately concurred without a division in their report, and intrusted the same committee that brought in the report to bring in the necessary bills.
Dr. Eustis presented a petition from a number of the inhabitants of Charlesstown, near Boston, praying to be established as a port of entry.
Referred to the committee of commerce and manufactures.
Mr. Crowninshield reported from the committee of commerce and manufactures, against the petition from Plymouth, in North Carolina, praying to be established as a port of entry. The report was referred to the committee of the whole, for Wednesday.
The House went into a committee of the whole, on the motion of Mr. Root, on the bill to discharge John York from his imprisonment.
Mr. Tazewell in the Chair.
After some time spent in considering the same, the committee rose and reported the bill; which being agreed to by the House, it was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading to-morrow.
Mr. J. Clay moved that a committee be appointed to enquire into the expediency of providing by law for the more effectual prevention of fraud and forgery on the bank of the United States. The motion was carried, and referred to a committee of three.
The House went into a committee of the whole, on Dr. Eustis's motion for fitting up and preparing one of the Navy Yards on the margin of the ocean for the reception and repair of our vessels of war on their return to the United States.
Mr. Varnum in the Chair.
A lengthy discussion took place on this motion, and several attempts were made to alter it; all which having failed, the committee agreed to the original resolution and reported it to the House.
The vote was 53 in its favor, and 51 against it.
Mr. Claiborne called for the Yeas and Nays on taking the question upon the fame in the House.
But while the members were rising in support of Mr. C's call, a motion was made and carried to adjourn.
TUESDAY, January 29.
The motion of Dr. Eustis for preparing and fitting up one of the Navy Yards on the margin of the ocean for the reception and repair of the vessels of war now on cruise or foreign station, being the unfinished business of yesterday was taken up.
Mr. Nicholson moved to refer it to a select committee.
On the question, there were 47 ayes, and 62 noes, so it was lost.
Dr. Eustis moved to postpone the consideration of the same till Saturday next.
Agreed to.
Mr. Nicholson called for the order of the day on the bill making provision for the preservation of peace in the ports and harbors of the United States and in the waters under their jurisdiction.
Mr. Elliot called up the report of the committee of claims on the Yazoo lands in the Mississippi territory.
The question was taken on the first order mentioned and lost, being 53 for it and 55 against it.
Mr. Thomas reported from the committee for the purpose, a bill to authorise Joshua Sands and others to erect a bridge across the marsh and Woollebaugh in Navy Yard on Long Island, which was read twice, and referred to a committee of the whole for to-morrow.
Mr. Elliot renewed his call for the order of the day, which was agreed to, accordingly the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole, on the Yazoo claims.
Gen. Varnum in the Chair.
After a short discussion, the committee rose and reported the resolution in favor of admitting the claim by way of compromise.
The vote was 61 in the affirmative, and 50 against it.
The House took the report of the committee of the whole into consideration—and
Mr. Clark proposed to amend the resolution by adding a proviso. That no part of the five millions of acres referred to compensate certain
claims, should be applied to the benefit of the claimants under the act passed or pretended to be passed by the legislature of Georgia in the year 1795.
On this question Mr. J. Randolph called the yeas and nays, in which he was supported by the constitutional number.
Mr. J. Randolph went into an argument showing the impropriety of the measure; and the sitting terminated some time after the usual hour by an adjournment.
Foreign Intelligence.
By the Kingston, Stevens, from Cowes, at N. Bedford.—Latest date, Nov. 24.
FRENCH OFFICIAL PAPERS.
(From the Paris Moniteur, Nov. 5.)
Circular Note from the Minister of Foreign Affairs to all the Agents of his Majesty the Emperor of the French.
Aix la Chapelle, 18th Fructidor, (Sept. 5.) Year 12.
YOU must, Sir, have observed and known according to my instructions at the time of the communication of the Note of Lord Hawkesbury, to the Foreign ministers residing in London, the impression which this publication of the strange maxims of political and social morality could not fail to produce on the mind of the government with which you reside. I think I ought to return to the subject. I, therefore, send you officially a copy of this note, and expressly charge you, by order of his Majesty, to make it an object of special conference with the Ministry of—
"The project which the English government has conceived for the last half-century, gradually to abolish the tutelary system of public law which animates and engages all civilized nations, develops itself with a fearful progression. Will other governments refrain from making opposition to such an enterprise till there no longer exists any moral bond which may preserve their rights, guarantee their engagements and protect their interests?
"The powers of the Continent have seen with what audacity the faith of oaths has been sported with by this government, and solemn Treaties violated even before they were carried into execution. The maritime nations every day experience its tyranny. There no longer exists any theoretical principle of navigation, any written convention, which has not been scandalously violated on every shore and in every sea. Neutral States know that even in using the rights which still remain to them, with the most timid circumspection, they expose themselves to insult, to pillage, and to extermination.
"Those States, in fine, which have the unhappiness to be at war, no more rely on any reciprocal principle of moderation and justice. All the bonds existing between them and neutral powers are broken.—Approach to the coasts and entrance into the ports and islands, though situated at the distance of 200 leagues from the station of their squadrons, have been prohibited by simple proclamations.
"Thus the English government has hitherto opposed to every power, according to its particular position, a maxim injurious to its honor, and subversive of all its rights. It now attacks them all together, and the more completely to attain its end, directs its blows against morality itself, and if I may so speak, against the religion of public law.
"In all countries and in all times, the Ministry of Diplomatic agents has been held in veneration amongst men.
"Ministers of Peace, organs of conciliation, their presence is an augury of wisdom, of justice and of happiness.—They speak an act only to terminate or prevent those fatal differences which divide Princes and degrade nations, by the passions, murders, and miseries which war produces.—Such is the object of the Diplomatic Ministry, and to the observation of the duties it imposes, and to the generally respectable character of the men who exercise this sacred Ministry in Europe, is that quarter of the world indebted for the glory and happiness it enjoys. But these happy results torment the jealous ambition of the only government which finds its interests in the ruin, the disgrace, and the servitude of their government.
"It wishes Diplomatic Ministers to be the instigators of plots, the agents of disturbances, the Directors of secret machinations, vile spies, and cowardly conspirators; it charges them to foment sedition, to excite and pay assassinations, and it would endeavour to shield the infamous service with the respect and inviolability which are due to the mediators of Kings the Pacificators of nations.
"Diplomatic Ministers, (says Lord Hawkesbury) ought not to conspire in the country in which they reside against the laws of that country; but, they are not subject to the same rules with respect to states to which they are not accredited." Admirable restriction. Europe will be filled with conspirators, yet the defenders of the public law will have no right to complain. There will be always some local distance between the chief and his accomplices. The Ministers of Lord Hawkesbury will pay for the crimes which they will cause to be committed;—but they will have the prudent deference for public morality—that they will not be at once the obligators and witnesses of the fact.
"Such measures are the height of audacity and hypocrisy. Never has the opinion of Cabinets, and the common sense of nations, been sported with so little shame. His Majesty the Emperor thinks it is time to put an end to this disastrous train of principles, subversive of all social order.
"You are in consequence ordered to declare to the Government with which you reside, that his Majesty will not acknowledge the English Corps Diplomatique in Europe, so long as the British Ministry shall not abstain from charging its ministers with any agency in war, and not retain them within the limits of their functions.
"The evils suffered by Europe arise only from this, that it is every where believed, that we are bound to observe the maxims of moderation and liberality, which being just only from reciprocity, are not obligatory, except to those who submit to be bound by them.—Hence Governments have as much to suffer from their own justice as from the iniquity of a ministry which acknowledge no law but its ambition and its caprice.
"The evils of Europe arise from this, that public law is considered under a partial point of view, whereas it has neither life nor force as a whole.—The Maritime Law, Continental Law, and the Law of Nations, are not parts of the Public Law, which may be considered and observed separately. The nation which pretends to introduce arbitrary rules into one of these parts, loses all its rights to the privileges of the whole. The systematic infractor of the Law of Nations places himself out of that law, and renounces every interest founded on the Maritime and Continental law.
"His Majesty the Emperor regrets having to
order measures which are an absolute interdiction against a Government; but all persons who reflect will easily perceive, that in this he only acts according to facts.
"The English Ministry, by the universality of its attacks, has placed the coast, the isles, the ports, the neutral powers, and commerce in general, in a state of interdiction. Recently, in fine, it has proclaimed the prostitution of the Ministry the most sacred, and the most indispensable to the tranquillity of the world. His Majesty believes it his duty to call the attention of all Governments and to inform them, that without new measures, taken under a sense of the present danger, all the ancient maxims, on which are founded the honor and independence of States, must immediately be annihilated.
(Signed) C. M. TALLEYRAND
The following is an extract of a letter from the Minister of General Police, to the Marshal Bernadotte, ordering the apprehension of Sir Geo. Rumbold.
Paris, 18 Vendemaire (Oct. 10.)
(After stating that M. Rumbold is following the system of Melfis, Drake and Smith, and that the British Minister has avowed a plan of conspiracy "which is proved, besides by the conduct of Mr. Taylor, and the original papers in my hands."—Fouché proceeds in the following terms:)
"In consequence of these new and subversive principles, his Majesty the Emperor, has caused it to be declared, that he will not recognize any diplomatic character in the English agents who have been placed, by their own Government, out of the law of nations, and the common law of civilized nations; they define then that M. Rumbold be considered as any other English individual who should adopt criminal practices, and be seized if it be in your power to do it, taking every measure to secure his papers. I invite you Marshal, to take all the necessary steps to accomplish this object.—I have the honor to be,
(Signed) "FOUCHE."
ENGLISH MERCHANDIZE.
The general of brigade Alexander Roussau, charged with the command and superintendence of the coast and ports of the Meuse,
To the Lords of the Magistracy, forming the government of the city of Rotterdam.
Head-quarters, Rotterdam, 24th Brumaire, Nov. 15, 1804.
GENTLEMEN,
I have the honor to inform you, that the general in chief having received fresh orders from his Majesty the Emperor relative to commerce, and the extraordinary measures to be adopted against England, has charged me to acquaint the merchants, that ships known to have come from England, or the Captains of which shall declare on oath that they come from English ports, shall be seized.
The moderation of the general in Chief made him exclude from this measure all colonial produce, and apply the seizure only to prohibited merchandise; but he has received orders to seize the whole cargoes of the ships, if there be any English merchandise on board.
Such seizure is to take place, and to be effected without any exception or modification.
Yet such is his affection, that he has charged me in his letter of 21 Brumaire (12th November), to inform the trade, that he will not put this measure into execution till after the expiration of fourteen days, in order to give the merchants time to make the necessary dispositions for the arrival of the ships consigned to them from Embden or neutral ports.
I request you, therefore, Gentlemen, to inform the trade of the same immediately, and in the official way, and to acknowledge the receipt hereof.—I salute you with particular esteem,
(Signed) ROUSSEAU.
From London papers to the 24th November, received at the office of the New-York Mercantile Advertiser.
LONDON, Nov. 10—22.
Our cruisers still continue to detain Spanish vessels. The dollars already captured are ordered to be sent to the Bank of England. The Medusa, capt. Goret, is arrived at Portsmouth, with the Spanish frigate Matilda, of 36 guns, taken off Cadiz, without any resistance. The Spanish frigate was outward-bound, and laden with quicksilver.
The traffic between the ports of England and Holland was not at any time since the commencement of the war so great as it is just at this moment.
Between 60,000 and 70,000 quarters of wheat from Dantzick, were imported in ships which arrived last week for the Thames.
In the unfortunate Spanish frigate, La Mercedes, were embarked a Spanish gentleman, his lady, four daughters, and five sons. He was returning to Old Spain with his lovely family, the daughters remarkably beautiful (especially the eldest) with all his large fortune, the gradual savings of twenty-five years industry! A little while before the action commenced this gentleman, with a son (a lad) went on board the Rear-Admiral's ship by his order. Alas! horrid to relate, in a few minutes he became the dreadful spectator of his wife, his daughters, and four of his sons, enrapit in sulphurous flames, sinking into the abyss of waters, with all his treasure! This unhappy victim of calamity (so vast as not to be found in the sad records of human woe) arrived at Plymouth, with the unit of his comforts, in capt. Moore's cabin, who unceasingly administered all in his power to his alleviation. C. Giboin has discovered an expedient for supporting Silkworms in unfavorable seasons, when the mulberry leaf is liable to be destroyed. It is by collecting the autumnal foliage, drying it artificially, and restoring it to its former freshness by immersion in hot water.
For the encouragement of the manufactures of Russia, the Emperor Alexander has, by a recent edict, forbidden the importation of cotton wool, and of chintzes and muslins made in India or Europe, by the way of the Baltic, for sale in those parts of his Majesty's dominions which are more adjacent to the Black Sea. It is obvious that one end of this prohibition must be to favour the trade of Odesa and the other empires, which he now strives to establish in the fourth east parts of his dominions.
Letters from Messina state that on the 18th of August a shower of fire continued for several leagues round Etna, from the burning materials thrown up by that mountain. On the 10th of August, the volcano ceased for 24 hours, even to emit smoke; but this calm was succeeded, on the 12th, early in the morning, by a terrible explosion and a noise as if millions of cannons had been fired at once. No earthquakes had been experienced at the date of the last accounts, but a subterraneous sound, like thunder, was heard all over Sicily, particularly at and near Messina.—Recent accounts from Rome state, that Spoleto, which a century ago was nearly destroyed by an earthquake, has for some time past been subject to almost daily shocks.
and that the inhabitants were in consequence flying in all directions.—From Naples we likewise hear, that the country round Vesuvius is overflowed by lava, and that the people apprehending some early and terrible explosions, were flying from the towns and villages in its vicinity to places of more safety.
Accounts of the 2d instant, state that the ultimatum of the Court of Madrid, on the subject of the differences between Spain and this country, was expected at Lisbon in the course of a few days from that date. What may be considered as extraordinary, is the silence observed in the most recent letters from Spain respecting the capture of the Spanish frigates. We have seen several letters from Madrid, of the 24th and 25th ult. which do not allude even in the most distant way to that important circumstance. Notwithstanding the vigilance of our cruisers, the Sabina frigate, whose arrival at Vigo, with three millions of dollars, we mentioned yesterday, succeeded in making that port, although she was for a short time off Cadiz. She appeared there the 19th ult. but in consequence of a positive order from the Court, that no vessel should be admitted into the harbor, on account of the fever which rages there, she was ordered to proceed to Vigo.
The price of Porter will this day (Nov. 15.) be raised to Sixpence the Pot, the Brewers having determined to advance that necessary article eleven shillings in the barrel to the retail dealer. In consequence of this exorbitant increase, the owners of all public houses within the bills of mortality have apprised their customers, that from this day, they would be under the necessity of adding one penny per quart to the former price of that beverage.
The French papers notice the gracious manner in which Mr. Monroe, the American Minister to our Court, was received at the Thuilleries. The object of Mr. Monroe's journey to France is said to be, as we had already supposed, the settlement of the differences between America and Spain; and if we are to judge from the language of the French writers, no apprehension is to be entertained of any rupture between those two States, as it would throw America into the arms of Great Britain. Spain will, probably, be forced by Bonaparte to give up Florida to the United States.
Bread upon the Continent, at least in France and Germany, was lately 75 per cent. cheaper than in England. On the 24th ult. a loaf of bread weighing 4lb. sold at Paris for 14 sous, or sixpence farthing; and at Hamburg, on the 21st instant, bread was only two pence per pound. These prices evince the abundance of corn; and the cheapness of bread is, we are assured, (Gill over in Russia and Sweden.
It is very extraordinary that coals are at such an exorbitant price, when it is known to a certainty, that there never was an instance known of their having been such a quantity in London at this time of the year, and yet they are dealt out to the public at 74s. per chaldron.
The astronomer, De la Lande, has calculated, that more rain has fallen within these last nine months than the twenty-seven preceding; to this he ascribes the fevers which afflict several countries. To console us, however, he promises a very healthy, dry, but, at the same time, a very cold winter.
We are happy to learn that trade is more than commonly brisk in most of our manufacturing towns. Since the cession of Louisiana to the Americans, immense orders have come over from thence to this country, particularly for flowered and fancy muslins. The returns made are in raw materials, dollars and provisions.
The entries of goods, and linens in particular, for the ports of America, at Dublin, continue to be very considerable, especially to Philadelphia New-York, and Boston, and our imports from thence are of the most useful and valuable nature as being the materials of industry, except tobacco, which, however, brings in a very large revenue to these countries.
Were the details given in all the Morning Papers of an action fought by the Lord Melville privateer, Captain Hutchinson, of Plymouth, with a Spanish frigate, from Vera Cruz, true, our naval

greed on the attack and conquest of Turkey, and permission or countenance has been promised for the march of French Troops through Moravia and Galicia to effect their project of ambition. The pretended cause, however, of the departure of the Austrian Ambassador from Peterburgh, is the refusal on the part of the Emperor Alexander to comply with the contents of a Note or Remonstrance against the recent occupancy by the Russian forces of Corfu and other places in the Mediterranean, and the formidable reinforcements which are constantly arriving there."
It has long been obvious to every one, that Bonaparte has been using his utmost efforts to alarm the Cabinet of Austria with respect to the intentions of Russia. We have little doubt of his efforts having been crowned with success. The plunder of Turkey has been the bait which he has been holding out—and appearances seem to justify us in supposing that it has been more relied at the Court of Vienna than at the Court of Peterburgh.
We are sorry to find that the apprehensions of an infectious disorder having broken out at Leghorn continue. The neighbouring States seem to be taking precautions against it. The disorder is nearly extinct at Malaga. At Cadiz it still raged on the 20th of last month.
A letter, we understand, has been received in Hull from Rotterdam, stating, that a respectable English Merchant, resident there, had been seized and sent off to Paris, in a way similar to Sir Geo. Rumbold.
Price of Stocks this day, at twelve. 3 per cent. Consols. for money, 58 3/8.— Ditto for Jan. 57 4/8. 3 per cent. Reduced 57 3/8 2. Omium 7 3/4.
LIVERPOOL, November 28. We were favored yesterday with letters from Rotterdam to the 17th inst. They give most melancholy accounts of the miseries suffered by the inhabitants of the Batavian republic. One of them says, "Annexed you have a copy of Emperor Napoleon's order for confiscating all British property. It is impossible to describe the consternation this arbitrary decree has occasioned, nor can human fancy appreciate the distresses that are likely to follow a measure so impolitic, so pregnant with distress, and so derogatory to the interest of these once flourishing provinces. For nine years past we have borne the most enormous exactions; our wealth and our industry have furnished abundant resources for our merciless conquerors during that period, which commerce, which used formerly to be exercised here with unrestrained freedom, has experienced privation and restraint, under the most ridiculous pretences. At no period of our humiliation has distress been so apparent as at the present moment: the decrees of the Directory were executed with perfect facility compared with what we now experience; the influence of the military is intolerable, and the misery of Holland is complete."
No foreign mail had arrived at a late hour last night; but some particulars of interest are communicated in private accounts from the Hague, which reach to the 15th inst. An order is stated to have been issued for the further postponement of Bonaparte's coronation to the 9th of Jan. The reason assigned for this new delay is the exhausted state of the public treasury; and the want of money is represented to be so great, that it has been found impossible to discharge the arrears due to the creditors of the nation, who have not received the dividends of Sep. 1809, while the pay of the army of England has been withheld for the last quarter. We doubt much the correctness of this intelligence. The finances of the French Empire are unquestionably without order and need; but the revenues are very considerable, and all duties and imposts are levied with great vigour. As Bonaparte possesses a supreme control over the receipts, we can scarcely suppose him in want of the sums requisite to defray the expenses of his coronation.
Be this as it may, it is confidently asserted that Gen. Marmont, at Amsterdam, and Gen. Roussau, at Rotterdam, have had several conferences with the principal Bankers and Merchants in those two cities. The object of these conferences has been to obtain a loan of ten millions of florins at Amsterdam, and five millions of florins at Rotterdam; for which Bonaparte engages to recall his brigade of Custom-house Officers from the Batavian Republic, and to allow the commercial intercourse with England, through the medium of neutrals, as since the beginning of the present war. For these sums amounting to nearly 1,400,000. Bonaparte offers as a pledge, the silver mines, the salt works, and the Electoral places, domains, and forests of Hanover; with an interest of six per cent. Schimmelpennick was on the point of leaving the Hague for Amsterdam, in order to promote the success of the negotiation. Should it be finally agreed to, we cannot conceive how the Dutch can supply so large a sum, since we know that the debt in last years budget of the Batavian Republic is not less than 33 millions of florins, about three millions sterling. A report prevailed at Rotterdam, that the jargon of the new French calendar is to be abolished and the Gregorian system restored on the 1st of January.
WAR WITH SPAIN. The most recent dispatches respecting this important subject are those received from admiral Cochrane, commanding the squadron of Ferrol, announcing that Mr. Frere, our Chargé d'Affaires at the court of Madrid, had informed him by letter, "that he had obtained his passports to leave Madrid, on the 10th inst." The answer of the court of Spain has been, of course, decidedly hostile, and although no dispatches have reached Government from Mr. Frere himself, his arrival is daily expected, as a frigate was appointed to convey him to England from the Tagus.
The conquest, or absolute submission of Portugal, is a natural consequence that arises out of our contest with Spain. As an appendage of France, Portugal must sink into absolute insignificance; she will be deprived of that commerce which has hitherto been her sole support; her merchants, who may be considered in no other light than as the intermediate agents or factors between Great-Britain and the Brazils, will be utterly ruined; the direct trade to her American settlements will devolve upon our traders; and thus the encroachments of France, and the spread of her pernicious Empire, will only tend to open new sources of commerce and wealth to us in the acquisition of a tract of fine sea coast upon the Atlantic ocean, stretching above two thousand miles, from the River of Amazons to the Rio de la Plata.
A very considerable supply of grain has been bought up on the Continent for the use of this country. The harvest on the Continent has been unusually plentiful, except in Spain, Austria, and the northern provinces of France. In Italy, Suabia, Bavaria, Russia, Prussia, Poland, Sweden, and Denmark, as well as in the southern parts of France, they have not for nine years gathered such a harvest. Even in Egypt & the Crimea, it is stated that they have housed more grain this year, than is required for the consumption of the inhabitants in four.
R. Aset, for embezzling Exchequer Bills, the property of the Governor and company of the Bank of England, is respited during his Majesty's pleasure.
A few days previous to the sailing of the Aurora from Nantz, an embargo was laid on all Swedish vessels in French ports. The transportation of nankeens into France is prohibited. N. T. Mer. Adv.
Captain Samis of the ship Aurora, from Nantz, informs us that an embargo had been laid on the ports of France upon all Swedish vessels, and the general opinion was, that war would ere long be proclaimed between that power and the French government. N. T. D. Adv. Jan. 31.
Domestic Intelligence.
PHILADELPHIA, January 30.
CLOSE OF THE IMPEACHMENT.
LANCASTER, January 28, 1805. The Senate assembled this day, according to their resolution of Saturday, at 12 o'clock, precisely—present 34 members.
The three judges, of the supreme court, appeared in a few moments afterwards; and being seated at the bar,
Mr. Reed (a senator) rose and said, Mr. Speaker, we are now arrived at an important stage of this interesting and eventful trial: we are now to pronounce, according to the constitution, the sentence of conviction or acquittal upon the chief justice and two associate judges of the supreme court of this commonwealth; and after a full and fair trial as has been taken place in any court; no evidence having been refused, no arguments unheard; and, upon the evidence, we are before our country, to pronounce judgment; I pray, sir, that before we each deliver our opinion, the article of accusation, upon which this trial has been had, may be read.
The speaker of the Senate—shall the article of impeachment be now read?
The Senators answered—Aye?
The clerk then read the article of the impeachment at large.
The speaker then said, is the court ready to proceed?
and the court answered, aye.
The Speaker said, gentlemen of the Senate, you have attended this long and important trial, and you are ready to pronounce judgment before God and your country; you will say guilty or not guilty, each of you. The clerk will read the names of the members.
The clerk then read the names of the Senators in alphabetical order, and they answered as follows:— James Brady, James Gamble, James Harris, John Heister, Edward Heston, John Keen, Presley C. Lane, Christ. Mayer, Th. Mewhörter, Wm. Pennell, John Richards—11— not guilty .
Joseph Hart, Jonas Hartzell, Gabriel Heister, Wm. McArthur, D. Montgomery, Thomas Morton, John Piper, John Porter, William Reed, Rud. Sprangier, John Steele, John Vance, Robert Whitehill 13— guilty . The number of the votes being reported to the Speaker, by the clerk—
The Speaker said to the judges; Edward Shippen, Jasper Yeates, and Thomas Smith, you have been tried upon an impeachment, brought against you by the house of representatives of the commonwealth, and you have heard the opinion of the court—there are 13 votes which declare you guilty, and 11 which declare you not guilty; the number which declare you guilty not amounting to two-thirds—according to the constitution you are acquitted.
The judges thereupon immediately rose and retired. And the court was closed by an adjournment to the chamber of the Senate—and the committee of the whole house of representatives having reported, the house also adjourned till ten o'clock on Tuesday morning.
We are authorized to say, that at a meeting held at the Havanna the 18th Nov. last, by the governor, intendant, &c. it was determined that the importation of horses in foreign vessels, should cease from and after the 1st of this month; and, that the privilege thereof should be allowed only to Spanish vessels. P. Gaz. Jan. 31.
It is rumored that Cæsar Augustus Rodney, esq. is to receive the appointment of attorney general of the United States, in the room of Livi Lincoln, resigned.—Phil. paper.
The marquis Casa Yrujo, ambassador of Spain, has arrived in Philadelphia from Washington.
WASHINGTON, February 1.
The House of Representatives have been almost exclusively occupied for the two last days in discussing the report of the committee of Claims, on the claims for GEORGIA LANDS, and the amendment offered by Mr. Clark, as stated in our last paper. Our readers will recollect that the report proposes referring the final adjustment of the claims to a board of commissioners, and that Mr. Clark's amendment provides against the allowance of any claims under the act of Georgia of 1795.
On Wednesday Messrs. Lucas and Clark advocated; and Messrs. Elliott, Boyd, and Eufis opposed the amendment.
Yesterday, Messrs. Jackson, Findlay and Root supported; and Messrs. Gregg and J. Randolph spoke against the amendment.
The House adjourned at 4 o'clock without taking the question.
Mr. Nicholson reported a bill making an appropriation of Dollars for a number of Gun boats not exceeding twenty-five.
PETERSBURG, Jan. 29.
On Saturday last, the Directors for the branch Bank in this town, met and made choice of the following officers:
Robert Birchett, President. Benjamin Ragsdale, Teller. John G. Helly, Book-Keeper. Gregory Johnston, Discount-Clerk. Henry Elliott, Runner. David Orgain, Porter.
The Legislature of the state of Ohio, have passed a resolution, declaring it inexpedient to adopt the amendment to the constitution of the United States, recommended to them by the Legislature of Massachusetts.
WANTED immediately at Hanover Court-house, a BAR KEEPER. One well recommended, I will give good wages to. B. C. THILMAN. February 8.—4t.
CASH WILL be given for 12 or 15 BOYS, from 7 to 15 years old. Enquire of the Printers. Dec. 15. [epif.]
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE DEBTORS OF ROSS & FORD,
THAT in compliance with my duty as assignee, I shall commence suits indiscriminately against all those who do not come forward and give assurances when payment may be expected. NEIL MCCOULL. December 22.—(tf)
ENQUIRER.
RICHMOND, FEBRUARY 8, 1805.
ADDITIONAL QUERIES ADDRESSED TO JAMES ELLIOTT, M. C. FROM VERMONT.
In your letter to the Editor of the Political Observatory, you declare your "conscientious belief, that Virginia is using every exertion to acquire an improper dominion over the states, or rather that certain men in that state with to acquire improper influence." You declare that you "have often said so, and have also said, and with truth that some of the leading southern members speak with contempt of the most distinguished northern republicans; but from your general centre of some influential Virginia politicians, you have always excepted the President and Mr. Madison."
The vote of the people has given you a consequence, Mr. Elliott, to which your personal qualifications would never have entitled you. The imagination of most observers is too apt to confound the man with his office; & there is some reason to believe, sir, that the borrowed honors which now surround you, may give a colouring to these liberal declarations, which your own character would never have imparted. Many a politician too, has had the honour of being reputed wise, because he has enjoyed the opportunities of acquiring wisdom; and the insinuations which you have published, sir, may derive some appearance of probability from the public Theatre, where you have exhibited your skill, and the abundant sources of information, which the seat of Congress ought to have laid open to your view. You will not then, sir, mistake the motives of the present communication. It is not addressed to your individual character; it is to the honorable James Elliott, it is to the man who is decked out in the artificial honours of an office, and who has the credit of understanding the politics of our country and the fluctuations of its parties, that the following queries are most respectfully addressed.
1. Who are those northern distinguished republicans that are spoken of with such contempt by the leading southern members? Is the honorable J. E. in this list? Grant that he is, sir, and I will at once admit without the labour of proof, that he stands particularly distinguished amongst the representatives of the north not only by the originality of his character, but by the possession of that sentiment, of which you so feelingly complain. 2. Who are the leading southern members, to whom you attribute this sentiment? You declare it is not the President nor Mr. Madison; and you thus leave us free to conjecture, that it is every other politician in Virginia, who has acquired a leading character. If your censure was not intended to be so general, you would surely have been liberal enough to have enumerated all the exceptions; and if then you really extended it to so many distinguished Virginians, you will permit me to tell you, sir, that the publication which Mr. Elliott occupies is not sufficient to preserve him from erroneous impressions. You will permit me to tell you, sir, that not by the republicans of the Virginia representation but of the whole people of our state, have maintained towards the republican natives of the north, the same friendly attachments which formerly united us during our revolution: that we have sympathized in all their political struggles, and partaken of their splendid triumphs; and that we are proud to pay an honorable tribute to the men of the north, who possess talents enough to support their principles, and whose principles have been tested by an unerring experience. For pretenders, however, we indulge very different feelings; on them we have, sir, less pleasing tribute to bestow; the tribute of our contempt.
3. Who are the "certain men" in Virginia, that wish to acquire improper influence; and what is this influence? Have you found them anxious to monopolize all the offices under the administration; or do they not willingly divide them with the other states? Have you found them attempting to pass any laws, which may sacrifice the interests of the other states at the shrine of Virginia? Has the recommended any amendments to the federal constitution, which may be productive of the same effect? Do the Virginia representatives hold any caucuses for the arrangement of their plans? This was made a charge against the larger states, by Pierce Butler; but was there any impartial man, who was acquainted with the ambitious views and disappointments of that man, who put confidence in his affections? And to refute such a suspicion by a single fact, is it not even attributed as a fault to the most independent politician in Congress (I mean John Randolph) that he holds no combination with his colleagues, and that almost all his plans are original, and first subjected to criticism on the very floor of Congress?
4. Let me ask you, sir, are you not conscious that there are other and less patriotic motives, which have induced you to bring forward these crude accusations against the republicans of Virginia and the southern states? Look into your own bosom, Mr. E. scan your own sentiments, and see whether you cannot find, in a wounded and disappointed ambition, a sufficient explanation for these liberal suspicions. When you first appeared in the Hall of Congress, had you not conceived a most exalted opinion of your own talents, and of the unbounded influence which you were to acquire among the republican party? You spoke in a Ciceronian manner; you opened your stores of classic learning; and you believed that the world would at once bow down before your gigantic genius. You were fatally mistaken, sir. The greater your exertions, the more excruciating was your disappointment. You were not entitled to take the lead of your party; you found other men much more competent to that office; and resentment succeded to mortified vanity. You found yourself completely thrown into the shade by a young man from the south. His genius, his eloquence, the rapidity of his mind, overthrew your towering pretensions; and in the imbecility of a wounded spirit, you took care to watch all the little errors of his mind, to expose them, and from these little fragments you hoped to build a slender column of reputation. For the purposes of attack you embraced different opinions; you wandered from your principles; you insensibly became suspicious of your friends; or you collected unfounded charges to palliate your own aberrations. "Too vain to fall back into the crowd; too weak to form to yourself a party, you have exhibited perpetual fluctuation; and the moment your inaptitude appeared, your hangarous and your principles became objects of equal indifference."
By circumstances of this kind, your personal resentments were excited against the Virginia representation, and the suspicions, which were encouraged by the federalists of the northern states, that Virginia was "using every exertion to acquire an improper dominion over the other states" were eagerly seized upon, to justify your own political deviations. Examine then your own bosom, sir, and see whether you cannot discover the origin of your suspicions in its own perturbed feelings.
You are certainly not deficient in genius; but it is a genius, abused, and running wild from the want of judicious cultivation. If you still aspire to a distinguished reputation, you must reverse your habits. You must give more of your time to thought, and less to harangue. You must acquire that habit, which Pythagoras was so anxious to instil into his disciples; a thoughtful silence. If you wish to rival, you must attempt to imitate, the Virginian, with whom you at present maintain such an unequal conflict. Like him you must dedicate your time to the labours of your closet and to the cultivation of original thought; and the time may come, when like him you may see your name mentioned without reproach, and you may experience the delight of being trusted by the republican party.
That you were and that you continue to remain a republican in principle, I shall not presume to entertain a momentary doubt. But if you wish to establish such a character beyond the reach of suspicion, you must shun the unnatural embraces of the federal party; you must relinquish that wavering deportment which has too strongly marked your political career. You must throw off, sir, the mysterious garb of Tomán and learn to imitate those firm and confident characters, which Mirabeau could so well describe in his gallery of Portraits.
The Editor has it in his power to present, in his next paper, another specimen from the Gallery of Portraits. He is indebted to the politeness of the author for a second copy of the portrait of Mr. ***** from *****.
The Editor is extremely unwilling to intrude his own reflections upon the reader, when there are so many articles of great public "pith and moment," which demand publication.
The Washington and Alexandria papers which came last night, contained no information about the impeachment of Judge Chase. Two letters only came from the city, and neither of these was taken from the P. Office before it was closed.
We are authorized to state, that George W. Smith, Esq. of this city, is a candidate as a Senator of this District.
COMMUNICATED.
UNFORTUNATE ACCIDENT.
On Saturday last, the proprietor of the Mail Stage from Williamsburg to Richmond, inadvertently suffered an important passenger to enter a barrel of flour for conveyance. The carriage had not proceeded three miles, when the wheels of one side ascended a hillock, over which it would have passed in perfect safety, had not the flour fallen to its lower side, which immediately upset the carriage. The writer of this is sorry to state, that the justly celebrated Dr. Beyham, of Caroline, one of the passengers, (all of whom received a very distressing shock) suffered a dislocation of the right shoulder joint; which has hitherto proved irreducible. It is to be wished, that, as well the sufferers of our fellow-citizens, as the loss society sustains in him as a skillful surgical operator, will deter others from the commission of similar improprieties. Williamsburg, 3d Feb.
By Authority.
LAW OF THE UNITED STATES.
AN ACT, For the relief of Charlotte Hazen, widow and relict of the late Brigadier-general Moses Hazen.
BE it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be allowed to Charlotte Hazen, widow and relict of the late Brigadier-general Moses Hazen, for her support, the annual sum of two hundred dollars, during her life, to commence from the fourth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and three; and that the sum hereby granted to be paid to her the said Charlotte, in the same manner, and under the same rules, regulations and restrictions, as pensions are paid to invalids who have heretofore been placed on the pension list of the United States.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JOS. ANDERSON, President of the Senate, pro tem.
January 29, 1805, APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON.
VALUABLE PROPERTY FOR SALE.
WILL BE SOLD, to the highest bidder, on the premises, on the third day of April next, at 12 o'clock, an undivided moiety in the two lots of ground, formerly the property of Andrew Ronald, dec'd. fronting the Basin of the James River Canal, near the center of the city of Richmond, with an undivided moiety of all the valuable buildings thereon, consisting of a large three story BRICK BUILDING, eighty feet in length, with four tenements, twenty feet wide and forty-five feet in length, with fire places on the first and second floors, roomy garrets in each, with large wheels fixed for hoisting and lowering packages, &c. with dispatch and ease, good dry cellars, with fire places in each. This house has been lately built and is in good repair adjoining a well filled two story framed dwelling house, thirty eight feet square, with two good cellars, with fire places in each for cooking, in the first and second floors are eight rooms and six fire places—Also, a small two story Brick House with four rooms, with fire places in each, convenient for a store or small family, likewise a small wooden building with a cellar, built for a kitchen, and may be used as a shop; also two stables and a carriage house. The buildings except the kitchen, stable and carriage house, are insured in the Mutual Insurance Company against fire in the state of Virginia, and the premiums paid. The lots front the basin on one side, and are bounded by Cary's Street, and the street leading to Shockoe warehouse, on the two other sides of them, and are as convenient for commercial or other business as any in the city.
The terms of sale, will be seventeen thousand dollars in ready money, the residue payable the fifth day of August next, for which residue, bond with approved security will be required. It is deemed unnecessary to state the great value of the above property, to those who reside in this city, but for the information of strangers, the subscriber begs leave to state, that the aforesaid property is immediately opposite the lower part of the basin of the James river canal, where all the produce of the upper country is landed; and to any person desirous of carrying on the commission business extensively, perhaps is superior to any other in this city.
WILLIAM AUSTIN. February 8.—4t.
FOR SALE.
A LIKELY young negro fellow, a BLACK SMITH by trade, and is well acquainted with the making of plantation utensils. For terms apply to PETER RUST. Richmond County, Feb. 8.—4t.
Sales at Auction.
Will positively be sold, TO-MORROW the 9th inst, at twelve o'clock, on the premises, for approved negotiable notes, in the Bank of Virginia, at 60 days.
SIX VERY VALUABLE LOTS, known in Quesey's plan of the Academy Theatre, lots. Nos. 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, the situation of which is inferior to very few, if any lots in the city of Richmond. The plan may be seen at the office of the subscribers. PROSSER & MONCURE, V. M'S. February 6. tds.
Sales at Auction.
Will be sold, by the subscribers on Thursday, the 14th inst. at their Vendue office at 11 o'clock, for ready cash. A NEGRO MAN, who is an excellent Cooper by trade. PROSSER & MONCURE, V. M'S. February 9. tds.
Sales at Auction.
Will be sold at Public Auction, on Tuesday the 19th inst. on the premises: THE well improved Half Acre LOT lying in that part of this city called Rocketts, No. 207, formerly the property of Robert Omberson, dec'd. The lot will admit of a partition into three tenements. The terms of the sale for negotiable notes in the bank of Virginia, at 90 days. An undisputable title will be made, except an incumbrance of the widow's dower. PROSSER & MONCURE V. M'S. February 8. tds.
By virtue of a Deed of Trust executed to the subscribers by John Bayne, for the purpose of securing the payment of a debt due Thomas Mitchell: WILL BE SOLD, on Friday the 1st day of March next—A Lease for Life of an hundred acres of LAND, lying in the county of Louisa, on Cub Creek. J. GARTH, and LANCELOT MINOR, } Trustees. Feb. 8. cTswj
BEER.
JUST received pr. the Schooner Caroline, a quantity of excellent Philadelphia beer, for sale wholesale or retail, by the subscribers opposite the Bell Tavern, who have always a regular supply. RUSSEL & WALLACE. Feb. 8.—4t.
THE subscriber offers for sale, the property on which he now resides, consisting of two acres (town measure) of highly improved Land, on which is situated a good Brick dwelling with all the necessary offices. JAMES DREW MCAW. Feb. 8. tf.
RICHMOND ACADEMY LOTTERY.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the days of drawing will henceforward be Wednesday and Saturday, commencing to-morrow, the 5th instant. From the great gain of the wheel, the price of tickets is now eleven dollars each; but, to favour early purchasers, the commissioners will continue to exchange tickets for prizes, until fifteen hundred numbers are drawn. R. MITCHELL, R. POLLARD, ALEX: STUART, WM: PRICE, G. TUCKER. } A committee to superintend the drawing. Richmond, Feb. 5th, 1805.
LANDS, LOTS & CANAL SHARES, FOR SALE.
On Monday, the twenty-fifth day of March next, Will be exposed to Public Sale at the Eagle-Tavern, in the City of Richmond, in order to close the Mercantile concern of Buchanan, Dunlop, & Co. the following TRACTS OF LAND, &c. viz.
A CERTAIN TRACT OF LAND, situated in the county of Campbell, on the branches of Cub Creek and Falling River, containing 2,500 acres, bounded by the lands of Hughes and McReynolds.
ALSO, ANOTHER TRACT OF LAND, in the same county, on the waters of Beaver and Paffum Creeks, containing four hundred and fifty acres, by a late accurate survey, and including part of what is called Cooper's mountain.
ALSO, ANOTHER TRACT OF LAND, in the said county, on the branches of Paffum, Rockcastle and Flat Creeks, containing 850 acres, and bounded by Stevenson's, Candler's and Martin's lands.
ALSO, ANOTHER TRACT OF LAND, in said county, containing 870 acres, on the head branches of the fourth fork of Falling River, and upon the south east side of Long mountain, and bounded by O'Byrne's, Forster's and Stith's lands.
ALSO, ANOTHER TRACT OF LAND, in said county, containing 90 acres, on the head branches of the fourth fork of Falling River, on both sides of the main road, and bounded by the Long mountain and Richard Stith's land.
ALSO, ANOTHER TRACT OF LAND, situated on the western branches of Buffalo Creek, in the county of Campbell, containing 350 acres, and commonly known by the name of Turner's place.
ALSO, A TRACT OF LAND, situated in Pason county, North-Carolina, containing 99 1/2 acres, sold under an execution against Duncan McJ. jr. and purchased at the marshal's sale at Raleigh, North-Carolina, as per deed to John Tompkins, made by the marshal, recorded in Pason county court.
ALSO, A TRACT OF LAND, in Patrick county, Virginia, on the head waters of South Mayo river, containing 1020 acres, more or less, as per deed from John Hughes to Buchanan, Dunlop & Co. recorded in the county court of Patrick, at February Court, 1800.—A considerable part of this tract is rich low grounds.
ALSO, LOTS No. 4 & 5, each half acre, situated on the main street, in the town of New-London, on which are a store and dwelling house.
ALSO, LOTS No. 45 & 46 in said town, containing 5 acres, adjoining the above half-acre lots, where on a Barn and other out buildings now stand.
ALSO, LOT No. 41 situated in said town, containing eleven acres, & No. 42 & 43, containing each eight acres.
ALSO, A TRACT OF LAND adjoining the above lots, containing 200 acres, which land Thomas Reid purchased of Pamela Grump, as will appear by the deed of indenture, recorded in the district court of New-London.
At the same time and place will be sold, FIVE SHARES IN THE UPPER APPAMATTOX CANAL COMPANY.—A further description of the lands and lots is deemed unnecessary, as those inclined to purchase, will of course view them.—Mr. Thomas Reid will show the lands in Campbell county and lots in New-London—Mr. Duncan McJ. jr. the lands in Pason county, and Mr. Samuel Staples that in Patrick county, and the deeds may be seen on application to Messrs. Prosser and Moncure of Richmond.—On the lands and lots a credit of 18 months will be given, and on the Canal Shares, a credit of 12 months—the purchaser giving bond with approved security, to carry interest from the date, if not pointedly paid.
DAVID BUCHANAN, By ROBERT POLLOK, his Attorney. JOHN DUNLOP, Attorneys for JAMES DUNLOP. ROBERT POLLOK. February 3.—4t.

For the Rainbow. THE PROGRESS OF INTELLECT IN A YOUTH.
THE sun had apparently described its eleventh annual revolution since the birth of Eugenio...
In searching among the books of adored library, the illustrious personage Plutarch, promised a delightful repast to his mind.
To trace the progress of Eugenio's mind, as he swallowed with avidity the important facts of the Roman and Grecian story...
In the Grecian story, the powers and heroism of Theseus, his attachment to Ariadne, rewarded by the clue which saved him from the horrid Minotaur...
As Eugenio gradually proceeded thro' these facts, his mind was maturing. Points of similarity between Greece and America were apparent to him.
Whilst Eugenio was enriching his mind with the important facts of ancient story, his sympathy for the liberty of Rome and of the world, impressed him with a veneration for Cato...
lume he found a Latin poem in honor of the victor at Blenheim. His muse essayed, in her infant flight, to give the most striking passages to the world in English verse.
He had heard that Milton had written a wonderful poem on a divine subject. In it he contemplated with awe the grandeur of Omnipotence creating a world.
The dignity of the poet, swelling with the majesty of the subject, elevated Eugenio's feelings to the adoration of the Author of being, and the wonder of his works.
The powers of reason, and the abstract sciences of geography and astronomy, had seldom been the subjects of Eugenio's contemplation, when a total eclipse of the sun was predicted in an almanack.
Such were the pursuits of Eugenio. A soul of refinement only, can appreciate his happiness. Practical morality, science and literature were the delight of his youth, and no doubt will be the support and comfort of his old age.
Miscellaneous.
[The following most enchanting Ode is from Thomas Moore's elegant translation of Anacreon; which like the Iliad of Pope, often equals, and sometimes excels, its splendid original.]
To all that breathe the airs of heaven, Some boon of strength, has nature given. When the majestic bull was born, She fenc'd his brow with wreathed horn.
AN ANACREONTICK.
Press the grape, and let it pour Around the board its purple shower; And while the drops my goblet steep, I'll think-in wine the clusters weep.
M. Van Marina, has contrived a species of portable pumps, which, by being advantageously distributed in different situations, are competent to extinguish the most destructive fires.
PUBLIC NOTICE IS GIVEN, THAT the President and Common Council of the City of Richmond, will, at their next Monthly Meeting, to be held at the Court-house on the 2d Monday in February next, proceed to recommend to the Court of Hustings of said city, one fit and proper person to be appointed a CONSTABLE...
JOHN SPINDLER,
RESPECTFULLY informs the Ladies and Gentlemen of Richmond, that he intends to teach DRAWING, PAINTING in Oil Colours and Crayons, and would instruct 6 or 8 pupils in those branches, either by waiting on them, or at his house, opposite Thomas Wilson's Esq. back street.
BRISH Linens and Sheetings; Superfine Cloths and Callicoes; India, Italian and French Silks; Do. Malt Mill Mullins; Do. do. do. Hairs; Fancy Muslins, Veils and Skirts; Colonial Muslins; Grenadine Dimities & Callicoes; Lawn Caps and Veils; Do. Hdkfs and Skirts; Do. Gloves and Mitts; Wasp Leather and Kid Gloves. For Sale by BARTLETT STILL.
TO RENT, AND POSSESSION GIVEN IMMEDIATELY, A TENEMENT on Shockey Hill, adjoining the house now occupied by Mr. John McCredie, lately possessed by the Subscribers. There is on it a convenient Wooden House with two rooms, a closet and a passage, on the first floor. Two rooms and a closet above, a kitchen and three cellars below with a Smoke House and Garden. Also a Wooden House with two rooms, fire place, kitchen and cellar, on the Tenement whereon I now live, lately occupied by Mr. Samuel Greenhow, on the lot formerly belonging to Mr. Benjamin Mosby. Wm. LONG. January, 17th 1805.
FOR SALE, BY WILLIAM ROSS, AT THE EAGLE TAVERN: LIGHTY-four yards Fancy, Toilets, Callicoes and Swardland Westfacing; 2 cafes Britanias, 1 bale Ticklenburgs, 8 cafes and trunks Chintzes and Callicoes, 1 cafe Cotton Shawls and Pocket Hdkfs, 1 do. India Satins, assorted colours, 1 bale Gurrah Mullins, 2 do. Bafta do. 3 do. Coffa do. 1 do. Jannah Mamoodi do. 1 do. do. Samah do. 60 boxes Spanish Segars, 20 do. containing sets of Tea China, 61 pieces each, 5 do. assorted, 80 ream Medium Vellum Printing Paper, 6 do. Foolscap Writing do. Also, 5 boxes Glass Tumblers and Decanters. N. B. Crop Tobacco, Flour, or Flax-Seed, will be taken in payment as cash. January 11. (lawt)
NOTICE. THOSE indebted to the late firm of Shanks & McRae, either by Bond or open account, are desired to make payment before 1st of March. All failing to comply, will find their accounts in the hands of an attorney. COLIN MACRAE. Manchester, January 15. (law)
BURR MILL STONES, OF ALL SIZES; and PLAISTER OF PARIS, of an excellent quality, FOR SALE, AS USUAL, BY WILLIAM DAVIDSON. near the Market. Dec. 4. (epit)
FOR RENT: THE Large White HOUSE at Rockets, formerly occupied by Mr. William Newwick, and afterwards by Mr. Braxton Craddock. For terms, apply to GALLEGO, RICHARD & CO. January 11. (if)
TO PRINTERS. HENRY OURAM—PRESS-MAKER, South-east corner of Prune and Sixth-streets: RESPECTFULLY informs the trade, that he undertakes to supply Printing-Offices with every thing in his line, having a complete Printer's Tooner, constantly employed in making the wood part of Presses, Furniture, Rules, &c. &c. Copies of all sizes, Composing Sticks, Brads & Wood Galleys, &c. &c. constantly on hand, or made to order with dispatch and neatness. Orders from any part of the Continent attended to. Priced. Jan. 5. epim.
WANTED, A MAN without a family, well qualified to teach correctly the English and Latin languages. Such an one who will come well recommended, will meet with liberal encouragement, in a private family. Enquire of the editor of the Enquirer. January 18. (law 3w.)
FOR SALE, FIVE Hhds. and 10 qr. cases of LONDON PARTICULAR TENERIFFE WINE of a superior quality, on a credit of 120 days—Negotiable notes. Enquire of THOMAS NORVELL. December 29. (if)
BROKER'S OFFICE. THE Subscriber has opened a Broker's Office, opposite the Union Tavern, and over the Counting-house of Thomas and Anas Ladd. All business confided to him, will be transacted with strict fidelity. THOMAS NORVELL. October 3. if
TO BE SOLD, For ready money, pursuant to a decree of the Federal Circuit Court, for the district of Virginia in a suit between Phineas Bond, Attorney for the creditors of Ezekiel Edwards Plaintiff, and David Ross and others defendants—TWO undivided parts, out of three, of forty-two acres of LAND, in the county of Henrico, upon Four-Mile Creek, with the Mills and Houses thereon, known by the name of the Norwich Mills.
ALSO—A Tract or Parcel of LAND, situate in the county of Henrico, about seven miles below the City of Richmond, commonly called and known by the name of the Seven Pines, thought to contain one thousand acres, but Mr. Ross undertakes, that an accurate survey and plot shall be produced on the day of sale. The Sale will positively take place at the Eagle Tavern in the City of Richmond on Thursday the 21st day of February next. BEN. MOSBY, D. M. for JOSEPH SCOTT, M. V. D. (tds) Jan. 8.
At the same time and place, I will dispose of the other undivided third part of the said Norwich Mills and will also dispose of a valuable tract of LAND adjoining thereto, which contains about five hundred acres, with various improvements—The whole is a valuable estate—Mr. Hooten will show the Mills and the land. The terms of payment for the said land and the other third part of the Mills will be half ready money, and twelve months credit for the other half. DAVID ROSS.
WASHINGTON TAVERN. THE subscriber has taken a lease of this tenement for a number of years, and has put it in a state of repair which renders it not inferior to any in this City. Besides the Tavern he has detached buildings, well calculated to accommodate those who are anxious of greater privacy than a tavern usually affords. These tenements adjoin the public square, and are within two hundred yards of the Capitol. They have decided advantages over any other houses in this City, with respect to pure air and excellent water. He has been straitened and a constant supply of the best porcelain. He extends his services to his friends and the public, and assures them, that no unlawful gaming, nor any other practice which might, in any degree, have a tendency to disturb the peace of his house, will ever be permitted. EDWARD HALLAM. Richmond, September 26.
NOTICE. ALL persons indebted to the estate of the late Mr. JOHN LESTER deceased, are requested to make payment to Mr. Sylvester Hevey, who is authorized to receive the same; and all those who have any demands against the said estate are desired to call on him for payment. SARAH LESTER, Executrix. JOHN FOSTER, Executor. Richmond, 22d January, 1805. THE public are respectfully informed, that the business of the Wharves, lumber, &c. will be carried on as usual, by their ob't. servant. SARAH LESTER.
WHO HAS ON HAND FOR SALE, New-England Boards, 3 inch, 3 and 1 inch Pitch Pine Boards & Scantlings, Cypress Shingles, Cedar posts, Providence Lime unslacked, Double Geered Baltimore Wheat Fans, Wire Sifters for Meal, Oats, Wheat and Flaxseed, Rowling Screen Wire, Screen Wire for Fans, Shakes for Meal, Bright and Black Varnish, &c. &c. January 22d. (ep 3w.)
NOTICE. ALL persons indebted to the late firm of BUCHANAN, DUNLOP & CO. of Petersburg, ROBERT POLLOK & CO. of Richmond, and DUNLOP, POLLOK & CO. of Manchester, are hereby notified, that James Dunlop, late a partner in the above concerns, has become purchaser of the outstanding debts—they will therefore be pleased to make payment to Mr. John Tompkins residing in Richmond, or the subscriber residing in Petersburg, who alone are authorized to make collections and grant discharges.—Suits will be indiscriminately commenced against all who do not make payment before the first of February next. JOHN DUNLOP, Attorney For JAMES DUNLOP. Petersburg, Nov. 15, 1804. epif
J. TOMPKINS RESPECTFULLY informs those concerned, that he has removed the books and papers of the late concern of Robert Pollok & Co. and Dunlop, Pollok & Co. to a new Brick House near the Basin, and directly opposite to the Scale-House. Where he has for sale, a few pipes of OLD COGNAC BRANDY, of superior quality. December 11.
NOTICE. WE the undersigned, partners in the late concerns of BUCHANAN, DUNLOP, & Co. at Petersburg, of ROBERT POLLOK, & Co. at Richmond, and of DUNLOP, POLLOK, & Co. at Manchester, have sold to Mr. James Dunlop, our late partner in said concerns, the debts now due to us, and outstanding at these different establishments—Those interested will therefore please to take notice, that hereafter payments are to be made only to the said Mr. James Dunlop, his attorney or attorneys, and to whom those having claims against these concerns will apply for payment. DAVID BUCHANAN. By ROBERT POLLOK, his Attorney. ROBERT POLLOK. Virginia, Petersburg, Dec. 6, 1804. (epim)
CHOICE LANDS—FOR SALE. A DIVISION of the famous Saura Town Lands having taken place between the heirs of James Park Farley, Esq. dec'd. and Col. John S. Farley and his sister Mrs. Elizabeth Morfon, the subscribers, Robert Taylor of Norfolk, and Charles Duncan at Roslin, near Petersburg, are fully empowered by the said Col. Farley and Mrs. Morfon, to dispose of their proportion, containing 12,832 acres, which are surveyed and laid off in eight lots, containing from 500 to 2800 acres, agreeable to plots in the possession of the said Duncan. The four largest lots are of excellent quality, each containing a considerable proportion of the richest low grounds, which produce tobacco of the very first quality, as has been experienced by one of the subscribers, who shipped it for a number of years. Those lands lie on Dan and Smith's rivers, in Rockingham county, on the borders of North Carolina, about 170 miles from Petersburg and Richmond. As there are seldom such lands for sale, they must be an object to those who want to purchase such as will produce fine tobacco, hemp and small grain. One third of the price must be paid in ready money, one third in twelve months, and the other third in two years, the purchaser giving bond with unexceptionable security bearing interest from the date if not punctually paid. Those who wish to purchase will be shown the lands by Doctor John C. Cox, living at Leekville, near Rockingham Court-House, and the terms made known by ROBERT TAYLOR, or CHARLES DUNCAN. Petersburg, Nov. 24. epif
HUGH J. CRAWFORD, HAS just Received, per the ship Alexander, from London: A general Assortment of Genuine DRUGS & MEDICINES, which he will dispose of on moderate terms. Richmond, Dec. 25. (law 2m.)
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. B—round the Calf. C—the pitch of ditto. D—round the heel and instep. E—round the instep. G—across the ball of the foot. F—the heel against a perpendicular, and stick 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. epim.
ENOCH SULLIVAN, JEWELLER & HAIR-WORKER, (First door below the Eagle Tavern), BEGS leave to inform the public that he has for Sale, A FASHIONABLE ASSORTMENT OF JEWELRY & SILVER WARE; Also, A HANDSOME SUPPLY OF LADIES ELEGANT COMBS, POCKET BOOKS, &c. Dec. 8. ep if
THE SUBSCRIBER OFFERS FOR SALE, THE CHINESE SNAKE STONE, formerly the property of the late Mrs. Tabb, of Mathews county, so famous throughout Virginia, for its efficacy in extracting the venom from the bite of a Mad Dog, Snake, or other poisonous thing. To prevent unnecessary applications, he deems it proper to mention that his price for this stone, is two thousand dollars. Until the stone is sold, it will be found at Seaton's Ferry, upon the Pianketank, in Gloucester county; where it will be applied to persons bitten by any venomous thing, upon the most moderate terms. JAMES R. MICOU. February 1. (ep 3w.)
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD. JACK, or JACK ASH, a gardner by profession, formerly the property of Lewis Burwell, dec'd. was sold by the Exor. of said Burwell, about this time last year, to a gentleman residing in Amherst county, who permitted him to come down last May, for the purpose of visiting his wife and relations, with a promise that his visits should be repeated frequently. Jack has thought proper to abuse this indulgence by not returning to his master. His age is something above fifty, rather under the middle size. 'Tis believed that he secretes himself in Chesterfield, probably Manchester, where his wife's friends live. The keeper of the toll bridge on the ferryman will have frequent opportunities of stopping him when on visits to his wife, who is free, and who resides opposite Mr. Southgate's garden. Whoever will deliver the said Jack to Mr. Rose the jailor will receive the above-reward on application at the office of the Enquirer. Jan. 8, 1805.
Agreeable to a Decree of the County Court of King and Queen, WILL BE SOLD, at the Court-House, on Monday the 11th February next, it being Court day: SEVEN LIKELY NEGROES, belonging to the estate of Thomas G. Rowe, dec'd. Twelve months credit will be allowed the purchasers for the said Negroes, on giving bond with approved security, to the COMMISSIONERS. January 25. 3w
VALUABLE LAND—FOR SALE. BY virtue of a deed of trust from William Maffie dec'd. in order to secure and pay the following debts, viz. the sum of £ 590. 3s. in specie assigned by Nathaniel Maffie to Arch'd. Bryce, Jr. for the purposes mentioned in the said assignment, and the sum of £ 183. 7s. 10d. due to Arch'd. Bryce with interest thereon from the 15th day of December 1802, at 6 per cent per annum till paid. Will be sold, at the late residence of William Maffie, on Friday the 1st day of March next, for ready money. All that TRACT OF LAND, in Goochland county, (whereon Mrs. Francis Maffie now lives) containing by a late survey 2684 acres, lying and being on the waters of the Little Byrd Creek, and bounded by the lands of Capt. Nathaniel Maffie, dec'd. Mr. David Ross, Mr. John Matthews and others. This land is of the first rate quality of high land, pleasantly situated, within 5 or 6 miles (and good road) of the town of Columbia, and from 7 to 8 miles of Lewis's mill, on the Byrd Creek. JOHN FORBES, trustee. January 25.
FOR SALE, At Louisa Court-House, on the 12th day of February next: THIRTY-SEVEN VALUABLE SLAVES, belonging to the estate of Christopher Smith, dec'd. consisting of Men, Women and Children. It is believed they are as likely a parcel of slaves as was ever offered for sale in the state. Bonds with approved security, bearing interest from the date, payable the 10th of February next, will be expected from the purchasers: the interest will be remitted if the principal is punctually paid. CHARLES SMITH, Adm'r Exor of CHRISTOPHER SMITH, dec'd. Louisa, 18th Jan. 1805. 10f
RICHMOND ACADEMY LOTTERY. NOTICE is hereby given, that the drawing of the said lottery will commence on this day, and be continued on Tuesdays and Saturdays, by drawing from fifty to five hundred numbers, until the whole is completed. All tickets not sold and delivered before this day, will be considered as held on account of the Trustees of the academy; and the agents for selling them are earnestly requested to remit either the money or the tickets committed to their disposal to the commissioners from whom they were received. Those who have purchased tickets on a credit, will be pleased to reckon from this day. If the days of drawing, and the number to be drawn, shall be increased, public notice will be given of the same. The prizes to be paid in sixty days after the drawing is completed. It is hoped that the tickets remaining in the hands of the commissioners, will be readily bought by those who are well wishers to the proposed academy, or who wish to see in the neighbourhood of this city, the beginning of a great National University. The committee appointed for that purpose here already purchased about 12 acres of ground a little more than a mile from town, in an eligible situation; & the necessary buildings will be begun in the ensuing spring. On behalf of the trustees, Robert Mitchell, Robert Pollard, Alex'r. Stuart, Wm. Price, G. Tucker, Richmond, January 8, 1805. Appointed to superintend the drawing.
THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED, AND FOR SALE AT RITCHIE & WORSLEY'S BOOK-STORE: The Rainbow, SERIES FIRST; Originally Published in the RICHMOND ENQUIRER. An association was formed during the last summer, by a few gentlemen, of whom some are now, and others have been, inhabitants of this city, for the purpose of composing a series of Miscellaneous Essays for the Richmond Enquirer. These Essays were regularly published every Saturday, during the months of August, September, and October. The first number appeared on the 1st of August, and the last on the 30th of October. These numbers, taken together in the order in which they were published, will constitute the first series of the Rainbow: and it is this first series which is now presented by the proprietors of the Enquirer to the amateurs of Literature, and to its patrons in Virginia. The second series will probably be communicated to the public in the present form, as soon as it shall be completed by the members of the association. Richmond, Dec. 11th, 1804.
FOR HIRE, FOR THE PRESENT YEAR, TWO valuable and experienced CARPENTER and one man COOK, who has been regularly bed. For terms enquire at the office of the Enquirer N. B. The Cook may be bought if the purchaser will take his wife, who is a good house servant. February 1. (epif)
BLANKS. The following Blanks, printed on a handsome Ruyi Type, may be had at the office of the Enquirer. D. C. BANK Checks, (plain) - pr. quire 1 ditto. ditto. (ruled) - 1 25 Negotiable Notes, - 1 Ditto on fine paper, - 1 25 Foreign Bills of Exchange, - 1 50 Bills of Lading, - 1 50 County Court Clerks' Blanks, - 50 Sheriff's ditto, - 50 Constables' Warrants, - 50 PRINTING generally executed in an elegant style, and on the shortest notice.